The origin of dowsing is unknown though dowsing is reported to date back approximately 8000 years. Egyptian cave paintings depict a dowser searching for water. Dowsing was also known to the Hebrews, Chinese, Polynesians, Peruvians and Native Americans. Artifacts from 1300 BC in Mesopotamia and 2200 BC in China show dowsing and dowsing tools. Dowsing was used widely in Europe in the Middle Ages.
Many people today use a piece of jewelry or a pendulum to dowse on their own.
It is another way to stay in touch with our inner knowing by bringing forth the unconscious. Using a pendulum is surprisingly accurate when used correctly and with common sense. Once you have chosen the type of pendulum you want to use, allow yourself to become centered and focused. Take a deep breath and ground yourself. Hold the pendulum between your thumb, your middle and index fingers.