Basic instructions for dowsing.

Before using your rods you may wish to cleanse the rods by smudging with insence, saying a prayer, blessing them or whatever takes your fancy. Hold the dowsing rods about shoulder length apart, and do not grip tightly.  Relax your arms and just hold them, as it feels appropriate.  Dowsing rods are usually used in pairs.  Using only one rod is possible, though not as effective. As with a pendulum, dowsing rods can also be used to answer yes or no questions, but test to make sure which is which.  Ask, "Show me Yes", and the rods should point in one way.  Do the same for "Show me No".  This test is also good to perform before searching for objects, to make sure the dowsing rods are responding to you. To find something, just start walking.  Try a few times, perhaps with a bowl of water nearby, and walk past it with the intention of finding water. The rods may point towards it as you walk past, indicating that you should change direction and walk in the direction the rods are pointing.  Work with them, with practice you should be able to interpret what they are trying to tell you. After a while, the dowsing rods may stop indicating proper direction or swing randomly.  This could be an excess of energy around the rods at this time, and they may need to be cleansed again or put away for another time.  Again, just do what feels appropriate.