| 单词 | divining rod |
| 例句 | The marines had started to use stethoscopes and divining rods to see if they could find them. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The divining rod in my mind dipped sharply and a spring gushed water when I remembered that I was on a genuine, regulation lifeboat and that such a lifeboat was surely outfitted with supplies. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z You know things are bad when the United States Marine Corps is using stethoscopes and divining rods. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He grabs a jacket and hits the streets of Munich to find her …using a divining rod? The Bachelorette Watch: O Say Can You Ski? 2013-06-25T03:52:08Z Cameron is someone who appreciates and enjoys being a lightning rod or a divining rod for brilliance, and Joe is someone who is always looking for that kind of inspiration in himself. The ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Showrunners on ‘Redefining the Story of Losers’ 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z We'll never know where his singular literary divining rod would have drawn him next, but judging from the closing words of Stella Maris, it certainly feels like McCarthy was bidding the world farewell: Cormac McCarthy – the greatest Western writer ever – didn't actually write Westerns 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z She is the reviewer we need at a time when the medium of television has so elevated itself as an art form and cultural divining rod. Attica Locke, Novelist and TV Writer, Has Some Suggestions for Hollywood 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Or they wield them like implements — punt poles, divining rods, balancing poles, spears used as if to catch fish. Review: In ‘Latitude,’ Dance in Silence Makes Its Own Inner Music 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z From divining rods to endoscopes to SS Nazi search parties, it has all been to no avail. Art's perfect theft: the `Ghent Altarpiece' 2012-11-19T10:46:03Z It opens with Connor wandering a prettily dusty landscape with a divining rod and, like some Aussie Moses, soon hitting a gusher. Review: In ‘The Water Diviner,’ Russell Crowe Revisits Gallipoli 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Using the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte as a kind of divining rod, it finds surrealism in some unlikely places. Art Review: Out-Magritting Magritte, or at Least Coming Close 2011-08-11T21:37:51Z In one hand she casually clasps a pair of divining rods, while in the other she holds up a pendulum, her gaze raised toward it, her lips upturned in a slight, self-possessed smile. The Many Faces of Women Who Identify as Witches 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Even if you don’t want to dance, the wattage forces you to tremble like a divining rod. Bo?te: District 36 2010-12-16T06:48:04Z Buried with the surgeon's shiny tools were divining rods and a magical board game. What the Romans didn't do for us 2011-03-16T20:30:00Z The stories acted as a divining rod, signaling the morbid well within me. ‘Scary Stories’ Gave Me Nightmares as a Kid. Thank Goodness. 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z And if you’re optically overwhelmed, may I suggest picking one material, color or theme that serves as an “I Spy” divining rod of sorts? What to see at Seattle Art Fair 2023 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z It contained an analysis of data from farmers who had banded together to search for oil, using divining rods and other questionable techniques. Hidden hydrogen: Earth may hold vast stores of a renewable, carbon-free fuel 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Dozens of people have descended with shovels and metal detectors, and one man even brought a divining rod, according to Mr. Tammes, who lives on the estate where the treasure might be buried. Nazi Soldiers Buried a Treasure. Nearly 80 Years Later, the Search Goes On. 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z So how did I end up with a city employee traipsing across my front yard with divining rods on a recent evening, searching for underground water? Column: My broken sprinkler sent me on a quest. Can dowsers help us through the drought? 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Junghans described him as a “divining rod for the special and the rare,” a person who throughout his life knew good food and good music and wanted to share those pleasures with people. Perspective | ‘Greetings from a dead man’: They were strangers until a dying man brought them together 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z To keep from raising gas taxes, Liias and Fey took up their divining rods to quest for other wellsprings of money. Build state’s transportation plans on a bipartisan foundation 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z "I like monochrome, without it being a uniform. I like simplicity. I like the details in the stitching, the way it feels. If anything, that's the only divining rod I have." Brad Pitt says his style is all about comfort now that he's 'older' and 'crankier' 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Thompson, shades down, divining rods in hand, maintained a cool demeanor. Two Rods and a ‘Sixth Sense’: In Drought, Water Witches are Swamped 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z A snippet of an email chain inadvertently made public became in the eyes of some a divining rod to university President Gregory Woodward’s true motives and intent. Editorial Roundup: New England 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Looking for a vaccine practically requires a divining rod and Ouija board. Vaccine may be in short supply, but lip service to equity isn’t 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Booker provided this sort of divining rod for the emotional water we were looking for in the songs, and also just a focus. Matt Berninger webchat – follow it live 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z That Rice was there suggests that she knows when to be a lightning rod and when to be a divining rod. Opinion | Democrats are trying to unseat a bully. They need to stop using a bully’s tactics to do so. 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z “I feel like I need a divining rod to get through it.” Troubled renovation of Denver International Airport offers lessons for others 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z But the only accurate way to get a handle on wireless broadband coverage is to measure the strength of the signal on the ground with a sort of digital divining rod. Telecom official crisscrosses Vermont to check cell coverage 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Terry uses L-shaped dowsing, or divining rods, to detect the earth’s buried secrets. Liscomb man restores headstones, dowses for graves 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z And we see her, slightly older, eyes wide with primal alarm, forehead daubed with gel, as an ultrasound probe is held to her temple like a divining rod. A photographer's remarkable, bittersweet diary of his daughter's life, MRI and all 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z While it may be considered a cheat, Brown’s work on This Is Us has rendered him an emotional divining rod for me. Question Club: The best and worst parts of Black Panther 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Water companies are also using drones and satellites to help spot leaks, and in some circumstances even divining rods - despite scientific doubts, some firms say they do work. Will Cape Town be the first city to run out of water? 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Water companies are using divining rods to find underground pipes despite there being no scientific evidence they work, an Oxford University scientist found. Water companies use 'magic' to find leaks 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z You’re right to now be skeptical of snake oils and divining rods — which usually pop up in the stock market in the form of penny stocks, priced at a few dollars or pennies per share. The Motley Fool: Use tips on investing 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z Was it possible to forge a guitar into a divining rod of truth and fury? Tom Morello on why activism in music matters: 'Dangerous times demand dangerous songs' 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z They were divining rods, he said, the kind used by mystics to find water in the desert. Searching for Nazi Gold 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Experienced leaders use doubt as an informational divining rod. If You Want To Be A Leader, Get Comfortable With Doubt 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z All the companies emphasised they do not encourage the use of divining rods nor issue them to engineers, and said modern methods such as drones and listening devices were preferred. Water companies use 'magic' to find leaks 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Let’s put aside all the tea leaves and divining rods and approach this as straightforwardly as possible. Boehner’s immigration failure: A weak Speaker tries to look tough 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Practitioners of dowsing use rudimentary tools — usually copper sticks or wooden “divining rods” that resemble large wishbones — and what they describe as a natural energy to find water or minerals underground. California farmers hire dowsers to find water 2014-03-03T02:12:52Z He walked back to his suitcase and gingerly removed a fantastical divining rod—gold in color, with a small, rocket-shaped glass capsule attached to its tip. Searching for Nazi Gold 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z A Mr. J. A. Sevey of Essex Street, Boston, sold fifty three varieties of whalebone items, including divining rods, tongue scrapers, plait raisers, and policeman’s clubs. How Harmful for Whales Is Shipping? [Excerpt] 2013-08-09T14:15:01.067Z In a statement issued later, Severn Trent said: "We don't issue divining rods but we believe some of our engineers use them." Water companies use 'magic' to find leaks 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Weiner represented this neighborhood in Congress and has an internal divining rod on questions of politics. City Room: A Campaign Trail Lined With Words Friendly to Each Audience 2013-06-05T17:19:22Z Dowsers use copper or wood “divining rods” and natural energy to locate underground water sources. California farmers hire dowsers to find water 2014-03-03T02:12:52Z They avoid radar technology, preferring instead to examine termite and ant mounds; they study vegetation and carry divining rods. Old-Timers Can Be Worth Their Weight in Gold 2013-03-04T03:48:28Z That divining rod will be followed by what are expected to be stagnant retail sales figures from the ONS on Thursday. War of statistics looms over state of UK economy 2012-08-11T23:01:10Z As the divining rod points to the stream of water in the earth, so I find my intuitive eye takes cognizance of your interior life. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z Theology must absolutely be destroyed, just as judicial astrology, magic, the divining rod, and the Star Chamber have been destroyed.—l’A.B.C. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z On a recent afternoon, standing in the Charles Krug vineyard holding two copper divining rods, Mondavi walked slowly forward through the dormant vines. California farmers hire dowsers to find water 2014-03-03T02:12:52Z He does however rely on microscopes to study samples and has been known to carry an L-shaped divining rod, which he holds over his head until it points him toward water. Old-Timers Can Be Worth Their Weight in Gold 2013-03-04T03:48:28Z Cranks wrote to me who professed to be acquainted with certain methods for discovering treasure by means of divining rods, or charms, or other uncanny tricks. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z At her side stands an inverted cornucopia, from which is issuing at her feet lumps and grains of native gold, to which she points with her left hand, which holds the divining rod. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Autoscope.—Any instrument which reveals a subliminal motor impulse or sensory impression, e.g., a divining rod, a tilting table, or a planchette. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z They followed with religious minuteness the directions of the water-wizard, with his magic divining rod, and the faith doctor who wrought miraculous cures by strange sounds and signals to some mysterious agency. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z It is the same force which acts in the divining rod, the pendulum, and similar phenomena. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z They do not have divining rods that direct them to patients they can save and away from those they can’t. Essay: When Care Is Worth It, Even if End Is Death 2011-12-12T17:41:29Z Critics say they are no more than an explosive divining rod. At War Blog: As Soldiers Leave Iraq, Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Stay 2011-12-01T22:20:56Z Despite all this, while the ancient naturalists all give detailed directions for finding water, none mention anything akin to the divining rod of the Middle Ages. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The English "witch hazel" is a species of elm to which superstitious miners went to get forked twigs to use as divining rods. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Nevertheless, many believe that the divining rod acts in all cases simply as an extension of the arms, and thus serves to make the vibrations of the muscles more distinct. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Mr. Dykshoorn was buried with his “divining rod,” a thread of piano wire that served, as he wrote in his book, “as an aid to my concentration” during case work. Marinus B. Dykshoorn, Psychic, Is Mourned in Bronx 2011-10-10T00:51:19Z It seems, indeed, as if to me were sent A smile from Heaven—as if to-day the clods Were lined with silk—the trees divining rods, And roses gems for some high tournament. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z Therefore it seems that the divining rod passed to the mines from its impure origin with the magicians. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z After losing their way twice or thrice they reached the ledge of rock with the crosses on it, and at a sign from Wolfert the doctor produced the divining rod. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z The former have, from time immemorial, generally used a wand, the so-called divining rod, which, according to Pliny, was already known to the ancient Etruscans as a means for the discovery of hidden springs. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Science has hitherto turned a cold shoulder to the skilled wielders of the divining rod, and at first sight perhaps few subjects appear to be so little worthy of investigation. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z We have accounts from some, unimpeachable for integrity, of the agitation of the divining rod as authentic and incomprehensible as any recorded of animal magnetism. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z "Her divining rod is not long enough for that," said Mr. Busby. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z I believe that the imagination is the principal motive force in those who use the divining rod; but whether it is so solely, I am unable to decide. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z It is certain that when the electric current is interrupted, the power of the divining rod is suspended. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z The writer of this letter also has had some considerable experience with Mr Lawrence of Bristol, who was one of the most noted divining rod men in the West of England. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z The use of the divining rod is still common in many parts.—Cf. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z One geologist told me he would show me the tools he used to find oil when all else failed; he then produced a divining rod and a crystal ball. The Will to Drill 2011-01-14T19:13:05Z The fourteenth law of the Frisons ordered that the discovery of murders should be made by means of divining rods used in Church. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z The genetics pointed to PPK28 as a likely fly divining rod. Researchers Figure Out How Flies Taste Water 2010-04-05T15:07:00Z It appears to me that the assumption which underlies the belief in the divining rod is erroneous. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z When the questioner of the horse and the bearers of the "balancier" and of the divining rod are confident of success, they succeed. Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology It was a joke, but one made frequently enough that he had a divining rod and a crystal ball lying around. The Will to Drill 2011-01-14T19:13:05Z The divining rod showed no signs of movement till it approached the blood-stained weapon, when it began to oscillate. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z Dilettante occupation with physical science introduced again to the people the ancient divining rod, by which springs, murders, thefts, and always concealed gold, were to be discovered. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. The soothsayer who carried the divining rod, a hazel branch, was Mr Charles Sims, a local farmer, and a notable discoverer of wells in the district. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z The man, who was known as an expert in the art of using the divining rod, immediately set out to locate the gold. Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology It is a positive fact that the divining rod turned in his hands in the direction of springs of water, precious metals, thieves, and escaped murderers. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Andreas Libavius, a writer I have already quoted in my article on the Wandering Jew, undertook a series of experiments upon the hazel divining rod, and concluded that there was truth in the popular belief. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z Dr. Hutton, the geologist, is quoted as a witness of her success in the search for water with the divining rod. Custom and Myth New Edition The divining rod is always held in a position of extreme tension, and at the same time of unstable equilibrium. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z Ritter, a man with a bent for natural philosophy and metaphysics, describes an instrument which was to replace the divining rod, and which he called "balancier." Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology Washington Irving was so thoroughly versed in the lore of buried treasure that the necromancy of the divining rod, as a potent aid to this kind of industry, had received his studious attention. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Olivet, a young lady of tender conscience, who was a skilful performer with the divining rod, but shrank from putting her powers in operation, lest she should be indulging in unlawful acts. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z The latest revival among old beliefs is faith in the divining rod. Custom and Myth New Edition One cannot help conjecturally anticipating, by the way, that with left-handed diviners, the divining rod will be found habitually to move the wrong way. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 For a long time the activity of the users of the divining rod seems to have been restricted to the search for metals. Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology If one desires to find pirates' gold, it is really essential to believe in the divining rod and devoutly obey its magic messages. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day If the divining rod is put in motion by any other force except the involuntary action of the muscles, we must confine its powers to the property of indicating the presence of flowing water. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z A passage usually quoted from Seneca has no more to do with the divining rod than with the telephone. Custom and Myth New Edition Therefore leave off appealing to the shade of Oldbuck, and listen to a plain narrative, and you shall hear how much truth there is in the reputed popular delusion of the divining rod. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 One of my daughters found she had the strange power which moves the divining rod, and it works for her now quickly over any spring. Psychic Phenomena A Brief Account of the Physical Manifestations Observed in Psychical Research If the divining rod is able to fathom the secrets of underground water channels, it must be as potent in the case of buried treasure. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day How he'd been right, dead right, each time with his divining rod. The Land of Look Behind Perhaps one good word may be said for the divining rod. Custom and Myth New Edition Then he tried the effect of covering one handle only of the divining rod with a thin layer of silk stuff. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Mr. Mullins, sen., who died rather more than ten years ago, was for thirty years engaged all over Great Britain and Ireland in finding water by means of the divining rod. Psychic Phenomena A Brief Account of the Physical Manifestations Observed in Psychical Research That the twisting of the forked twig, or so-called divining rod, is due to involuntary muscular action on the part of the dowser. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day She seemed to Josè to uncover joy by a means not unlike the divining rod, which points to hidden gold where to the eye there is naught but barren ground. Carmen Ariza The great authority for the modern history of the divining rod is a work published by M. Chevreuil, in Paris, in 1854. Custom and Myth New Edition But perhaps you know nothing at all about the divining rod. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 It’s more like a divining rod to me, finding souls.” At the Crossroads The great authority for the modern history of the divining rod is a work published by M. Chevreul in Paris in 1854. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day It is supposed that very few persons can use the divining rod effectually; for most men it refuses to turn. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining It is habitually used by the miners in the Mendips, as Mr. Woodward found ten years ago; and forked hazel divining rods from the Mendips are a recognised part of ethnological collections. Custom and Myth New Edition What relation has the person of the operator to the motion observed in the divining rod? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 How many marvelous effects are related of the divining rod, sympathetic powder, phosphoric lights, and mathematical secrets! The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. The discussions that raged among those Dry-as-dusts have interest to-day because the doctrine of the divining rod is still vigorously alive and its rites are practiced in every civilized country. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day A greater mystery connected with the Hazel is the divining rod, for the discovery of water and metals. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare The culprits could not be discovered, and a neighbour took upon him to bring to Lyons a peasant out of Dauphiné, named Jacques Aymar, a man noted for his skill with the divining rod. Custom and Myth New Edition Mrs. R. then took my friend to a part of the shrubbery, where she knew, from former trials, the divining rod would move in her hands. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 The boy's father was a digger for hidden treasure, and used a divining rod to find the proper place to dig wells. The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. At first sight, few subjects appear to be so unworthy of serious notice and so utterly beneath scientific investigation as that of the divining rod. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day If the water is stagnant the divining rod is silent. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 A contributor to the Westminster Budget, in December, 1893, sends the following account of the use of the divining rod for the purpose of spring-finding: How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer Then it might be said, that by covering the right handle of the divining rod, he checked the current rushing through the right side of the frame, and so gave predominance to the left current. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 The divining rod was a simple means of locating water, and it had been in common use through the ages, especially in arid regions. Land of the Burnt Thigh Neuheusius spoke of the divining rod as a marvel from the bounteous hands of Nature, and exhorted men to use it in the search for mineral wealth and concealed treasure. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day No better place could be chosen for a demonstration of the efficacy of the divining rod. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 The department of agriculture of the French republic is seriously investigating the divining rod, and an association having five hundred members in Stuttgart, Germany, has begun laborious tests to determine its real value. Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California And in truth, with reference to the divining rod, I have already given my letter extension and detail enough for the purpose I contemplated, and I will add no more. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 If there were water close to the surface, the divining rod would bend and turn with such force that it was hard to keep the prongs in hand. Land of the Burnt Thigh But one then heard nothing of the divining rod, not at least in cities, in cathedrals, among the sepulchers of kings, and in the department of State. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day I will now relate some of my experiences of the efficacy of the divining rod. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 Its solution cannot fail of being full of interest, but it is yet, unluckily, a desideratum, or, like the principle which gives motion to the divining rod, as yet only indicated and partially outlined. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 I saw a good deal of him; and one day by accident the subject of the divining rod was mentioned. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Our divining rods refused to twist or bend. Land of the Burnt Thigh In debating the Fine Arts Department estimates, M. Delattre, Deputy for St. Denis, animadverted on the divining rod experiments in the cathedral. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day After a cold and snowy night it needed a divining rod to find it. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 "Will the divining rod tell you how far you must dig for it?" The Dude Wrangler So that a divining rod that has been used for some little time to go the wrong way, requires further time before it will go round right again. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 The farmers tried excavations, and the divining rod is said to have been used. Folklore as an Historical Science They will scoff at the divining rod and yet swallow the grossest frauds without so much as blinking. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day He defended himself, cross-examined the authorities, and made some of the chiefs cut very sorry figures under the divining rod. Six Years in the Prisons of England If they found water at the depth indicated by the divining rod, it might not so much matter, but there was the other contingency confronting him—feeding the Reeds indefinitely! The Dude Wrangler In houses about the West of England, people will show visitors magic or divining rods, cut many years ago, and now carefully kept as memorials of the past. Chatterbox, 1905. The notion still prevails in England and elsewhere, that water and precious treasure could be discovered, though far below the surface of the earth, by carefully and skilfully handling the divining rod. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales The divining rod is to lead the way.... The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Some 'dowsers,' we know, can detect subterranean water, by the sensations of their hands, without using a twig, or divining rod, and others can 'spot' gold hidden under the carpet, with the twig. Historical Mysteries By the aid of his divining rod he has succeeded in unearthing some of the most remarkable inscribed tablets which have thus far rewarded the diligent search of the mound explorer. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 A common one was that of 'divining rod.' Chatterbox, 1905. But I retorted that he was quite behind the times if he considered the divining rod an exploded superstition. Pieces of Eight It is somewhat difficult to determine exactly the period at which the divining rod first came into use. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Among the numerous subjects into which the board inquired was the divining rod for finding water, which was tested in Hyde Park in 1801, and successfully stood the test. A Short History of English Agriculture I have read your very interesting paper on the divining rod, and the additional evidence you now send. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 The virtue and mysterious power of the divining rod is still believed by many, and has frequently been resorted to during this century for the purpose of discovering water springs and metallic veins. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century But, alas, divining rods, like dogs, have had their day. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 And so this seventeenth century Frenchman, his manner as wise as a tree-full of owls, drones along from one musty authority to another in defense of the mystic powers of the divining rod. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day They were especially in demand among the superstitious for their skill in casting horoscopes, using divining rods, and carving potent amulets. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making Perhaps one good word may be said for the divining rod. Custom and Myth In the meantime, the wonderful divining rod, that great key to nature's secrets, was duly prepared. Tales of a Traveller He was thinking aloud, his thought leaping from point to point as they sprang into the brilliant atmosphere of his mind; or using its rapid divining rod. The Conqueror But, with the divining rod, it is possible to distinguish what metal is contained in the mine towards which the rod inclines. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day The 'physical phenomena' which answer among savages to the use of the 'divining rod,' and to 'spiritist' marvels in modern times, have only been glanced at. The Making of Religion A passage usually quoted from Seneca has no more to do with the divining rod than with the telephone. Custom and Myth His sensitive hand, that carried a divining rod in every finger-tip, met a vase on the shelf, and, traveling upward, touched a full branch of alder berries tied about with a ribbon. The Village Watch-Tower To see a divining rod in your dreams, foretells ill luck will dissatisfy you with present surroundings. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition He considers that the Abb�'s high position in the church, and his deep knowledge of physics and mathematics, should lend great weight to his opinion concerning the divining rod. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day What corkscrews did I see the military power bring out against that Bottle; what gimlets, spikes, divining rods, gauges, and unknown tests and instruments! The Uncommercial Traveller It is habitually used by the miners in the Mendips, as Mr. Woodward found ten years ago; and forked hazel divining rods from the Mendips are a recognised part of ethnological collections. Custom and Myth In medicine, the field of action is growing infinitely broader, now that its training is securely based on science, and the divining rod no longer stands first among its implements of precision. The Call of the Twentieth Century An Address to Young Men In old days they made use of the forked branches of the hazel as a divining rod. Welsh Fairy Tales The river was lower than had ever been known or seen, and on the hills round the "dowsers" had been called in with their divining rods to find the vanished waters. The Naturalist on the Thames There is an impression among the vulgar, that certain persons only have the gift of the divining rod, as it has been sometimes called; by the French, Baguette Devinatoire. The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire The culprits could not be discovered, and a neighbour took upon him to bring to Lyons a peasant out of Dauphiné, named Jacques Aymar, a man noted for his skill with the divining rod. Custom and Myth Well, yes, he has an eye for knowing what surfaces mean, the secret of the divining rod. The Book-Bills of Narcissus An Account Rendered by Richard Le Gallienne A very few years ago, in France, and even in England, another kind of divining rod has been used to discover springs of water in a similar manner, and gained some credit. The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. The schoolmaster searched the old books, and then sent for a venerable old man, who came and brought his divining rod; but it was no use. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales These were the happy couriers of God, Bearing your gifts: a magic all your own, And Beauty with her tall divining rod; While tiny star-smiths, bending to your throne, Your feet with summer shod. Embers, Complete Dr. Hutton, the geologist, is quoted as a witness of her success in the search for water with the divining rod. Custom and Myth "Why didn't I think to put a divining rod in my pocket?" chuckled Hippy. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great American Desert "That yarn about the divining rod is no lie, anyhow," said Mary. Rainbow Valley But Harriet drew them out, and seemed to have some conversational divining rod by which she touched with unfailing instinct upon the topic of each in turn. Harriet and the Piper "This," said the guide, turning the stick over in his hand, "is a divining rod." The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail The great authority for the modern history of the divining rod is a work published by M. Chevreuil, in Paris, in 1854. Custom and Myth The party included neither metallurgist nor practical prospector 306 but Burton carried a divining rod, and seems really to have believed that it would be a help. The Life of Sir Richard Burton A woman's love is, perhaps, the only true divining rod. The Garden of Allah His sensitive hand, that carried a divining rod in every finger-tip, met a vase on the shelf, and, travelling upward, touched a full branch of alder berries tied about with a ribbon. A Village Stradivarius I have heard of the remarkable work of divining rods. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail The latest revival among old beliefs is faith in the divining rod. Custom and Myth At last the tenant fetched an old man from some parish a long way off, who said that he could find springs with a divining rod. Beatrice "The thing's a fraud!" exclaimed Ned disgustedly, throwing the divining rod away. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail Instantly the tug of the divining rod was felt by the new hands. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail Stacy did so, whereupon the divining rod immediately ceased its peculiar actions. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail A divining rod is used to locate springs. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail It is just like the story of the man who came here last year with the divining rod. Beatrice According to some French writers as much depends upon the man as on the divining rod. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail The three lads started on a run, Chunky holding his precious divining rod tightly clasped in both hands. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail The spot where the divining rod had so suddenly gotten busy was about midway of an old water course, covered with a thick growth of bunch grass. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail He said he'd use it for a divining rod when he wanted to find a little spring. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail You are the man with the divining rod, Mr. Bingham, and you have made me talk a great deal too much, and, after all, you see it is not nice talk. Beatrice Chunky held the divining rod over the excavation, whereupon it drew down with even greater force than before. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail |
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