The Divining Rod.
Chambers' "Encyclopaedia tells us that the Divining Hod is a forked branch, usually of hazel, and sometimes of iron, and even of brass and copper, by which it "hos been pretended" that minerals and water have been discovered beneath the surface of fhe earth. The rod, when suspended, by tho two prongs, sometimes between the bales and the thumb, will distinctly indicate, by a deoided inclination, it is alleged, the spot over whioh the concealed mine or spring is Bituated. Other powers are ascribed to the divining-rod, but this is the chief. Many men, oven of somo pretensions to scientific knowledge, have been believers in the ocoulfc powers ascribed lo the magio wand. Scientific men who havo bestowed any care on the examination of nature regard this alleged power of the divining-rod as an unconscious delusion, ascribing the whole phenomena to the effect of a strong impression on the mind acting through the agency of the nerves and musoles.
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Bush Advocate, Volume XI, Issue 832, 16 September 1893, Page 5
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162The Divining Rod. Bush Advocate, Volume XI, Issue 832, 16 September 1893, Page 5
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