What is dowsing?
In practical terms, dowsing is simply the use of the body's innate abilities to discover information about the world about us. Dowsing, or divining, for water is the most commonly known form of this ancient craft but it is possible to dowse for anything hidden, from lost items to health problems.
While many dowsers use tools such as divining rods or pendulums, these in themselves are not what is identifying the hidden object. The dowser is doing that him or herself through their own abilities; the tools merely signal a response.
One of the most common myths about dowsing is that it is a special talent than only a very few 'gifted' people can develop. This could not be further from the truth. We all have the ability, it is just that in today's busy world where our five senses are bombarded with stimuli of every kind, the deeper, quieter abilities become overwhelmed and underused.
Our main aim is to help you realise your own inner dowser!
Our Next Event
Phil Cope
Poet, Photographer and Designer
Sacred Wells
15th May 7pm for 7.30pm at Christchurch Hall
(behind actual church), Avenue Road, Malvern, WR14 3AY.
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Phil will be looking at sacred wells, spas and springs including the traditional characteristics of a 'holy well', the physical compostion of natural water from the earth and the journey of the water itself.
2024 Program
Unless otherwise stated, live talks will take place at
Christ Church Hall, Avenue Road, Great Malvern. WR14 3AY.
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Doors open 7pm for tea, coffee and biscuits for a 7.30pm start.
Admission is £4 for members; £5 for non-members
11 January: Let's talk about… trees and their energies
Zoom meeting. Members only.
17 January: 'The Secret Intelligence of Water', talk by
Veda Austin. (See opposite.)
Zoom talk. Members only.
7 February: Renowned dowser and healer Patrick MacManaway on 'Circular Consciousness: understanding and living in harmony with the natural rhythms and cycles of time.' Zoom talk. Members only.
21 February: 'An Evening of Bird Wisdom' by shamanistic practitioner Karen Stead Dexter
Zoom talk. Members only.
2 March: Let's talk about… things that go bump in the night Zoom talk. Members only.
20 March: 'We Are All Healers', stories and live musical performance by singer-songwriter Keith Forrest.
Malvern Dowsers' guest is both healer and singer-songwriter: . His talk, entitled 'We are all Healers', aims to demonstrate how we can offer healing both to ourselves and to others, how the energies of the modern world can impact on both our physical and mental wellbeing.
17th April: Priests of the Stones talk by dowser, author and experiential archaeologist Maria Wheatley who will share her pioneering research into the burial rites and the harnessing of natural earth energies by Stone Age peoples which persisted into Medieval cathedral construction and beyond.
15 May: 'Borderlands to Another World' new images and old tales of the sacred springs, holy wells and spas of the Wales/England border by author and photographer Phil Cope.
8-9 June: Hellens Garden Festival an Introduction to Dowsing at Much Marcle, Herefordshire HR8 2LY.
19 June: A site visit to the two churches at Kempley. One an arts and crafts church with papist effigies the other an exquisite 12th century Norman church with well preserved medieval wall paintings.
17 July: All-day workshop with shamanistic healer and channeller Lisa Fullbright Cossey at Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, Herefordshire, HR8 2LY. Participants will be shown how to access wisdom, healing and support in 'guidance levels' of consciousness.
14 September: 'Give Your Home an Autumn Energetic Polish'
Workshop with Adrian Incledon-Webber.
Mathon Village Hall, WR13 5NY.
18th September: Quantum Dowsing with Gary Biltcliffe and Caroline Hoare.
9th October: Veda Austin - in person - more details to follow
16 October: AGM plus short talk.
20 November: Renovating lesser known Malvern springs
talk by Carly Tinkler of Malvern Spa Association.
4 December: Members' Christmas bring and share supper plus entertainment.
To Join Malvern Dowsers email
treasurermalverndowsers@gmail.com
What we do
Past Events
Maria Wheatley
'The Lost Priesthood of the Stones'
Patrick Macmanaway
'Circular Consciousness'
Dr Keith Forrest
'We are all Healers'
Karen Stead- Dexter
'Bird Wisdom'
Veda Austin
The Secret Intellegence of Water
Be part of a friendly community
Malvern Dowsers is a group of people from many different walks of life who have a common interest in developing and using their dowsing skills to explore the world. You will be made very welcome at our regular meetings and events, where tea and biscuits are always served.
Learn and develop your dowsing skills
Our meetings are not just theoretical but practical, too. We particularly welcome those who would like to try dowsing for the first time. Dowsing with someone who has done it before means that when using dowsing tools, you have immediate confirmation that you are on the right track.
Meet people who share their experiences
We meet regularly to share our thoughts and experiences and to hear from some of the UK's most experienced dowsers about their adventures and discoveries. The one thing we all enjoy is the opportunity to share our own experiences and to see how others have revealed their world through a richer perception.
Receive special member benefits
Annual membership of Malvern Dowsers is £12, which we think is excellent value for money. This entitles you to preferential rates for workshops and meetings, and free admittance to a wide variety of Zoom talks given by knowledgeable and interesting people. You will also be entitled to a free digital dowsing manual.
What others say...
"The dowsing rod is a simple instrument, which shows the reaction of the human nervous system to certain factors that are unknown to us at this time"
Albert Einstein
"For some [dowsing] is just a tool, a bit like using a chainsaw, but for others it is an entry point, a portal if you like, to another way of understanding themselves and the life they see around them. It is is concept, a worldview, an idea."
Nigel Twinn
"Dowsing is just a simple way of talking to the universe."
Munther Ghannam
Join Malvern Dowsers
To apply for membership to Malvern Dowsers, please fill in and submit this form.
For all other enquiries and to receive our newsletter, please fill in the form opposite, stating your enquiry in the box provided.
We hope to see you at a dowsing event soon,
Throughout the year, we run day-long workshops on subjects related to dowsing and energy-work. In the past, these have included a healing workshop with Adrian Incledon Webber and creating a labyrinth at Hellens Manor in Herefordshire. Keep an eye on the calendar of events to see what's coming next.
We host a variety of fascinating speakers at our monthly meetings, held in Malvern. Past speakers have included Gordon Field, above, who spoke on his work as a tree guardian, Maria Wheatley who talked about Earth Energies and the Plant Kingdom, and Caroline Sheldrick who introduced us to the world of medical herbalism
Explore and dowse in the outdoors
Nothing beats getting out into the landscape and dowsing on site. Recently we headed to British Camp on the Malvern Hills, and our chair Kate taught the fundamentals of dowsing at National Trust property Hidcote in Gloucestershire. Expect more adventures in the months ahead.
