Experimental investigation of the perceptibility of the artificial source for the dowsing agent. Progress report

Summary An artificial source for dowsing experiments is described. Investigations on the perceptibility of this source by turning on and off the water flow gives significant statistical results. The experiments for locating the source compared with blank experiments equally reveal perceptibility. An unexpected hysteresis in the reactions is observed when changing the source conditions in time and space. The behaviour of the sensitivity of the operator is deduced from many locating experiments.Acknowledgments. The author expresses his gratitude to the pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche for supporting this project, particularly to Prof. Dr A. Pletscher, the operators mentioned by the code names TR, RU, ER, ME, KO, RY and others, and all persons who contributed to this investigation.