What is it about?
Dowsing experimental technique (DET), also known as divination, has been used to serve human needs across different civilizations. A comprehensive review of the literature on DET indicates that scientists are divided into two groups, regarding DET’s science and interpretation. One group believes that there is pure physics and chemistry behind DET and, therefore, it should be considered as one of the applied sciences used for materials’ prospecting. The other group believes that identification of materials using DET can be explained as a psychological behavior. In this research paper, DET has been used to identify several materials, and the various possible mechanisms behind it also examined. Accordingly, 68 samples were collected from various locations in Jordan and Palestine to identify them using DET. The collected samples, including different kinds of minerals, metals, rocks, etc., were divided into 9 groups. Experiments were conducted on combinations of the collected materials, using wooden rods and two capsules filled with crushed materials and placed on the rods. It is believed that the materials were identified using DET because of energy radiation, thermal conduction, piezoelectric effects, and/or electrostatic forces. DET may be also interpreted in terms of psychological perspectives, as being a psychological kinesthetic sense. So that these forces may be able to move the rods towards the target material, identify it, and recognize its location. However, DET is still an open question for further research, including cyber-psychology and other digital tools. In short, DET has proven to be a successful, easy, cheap, applicable, and sustainable technique for identifying and locating various materials.
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Why is it important?
Dowsing Experimental Technique (DET) is an old means to uncover minerals, metals, groundwater, archeological sites, etc. This research paper has used for the first time, a new methodology to explore hidden materials and identify their locations. This research paper is greatly important for a wide range of academics, research scientists, mineralogists, metalurgists, miners, hydrogeologists, archeologists, and many other specialists, as it offers a new, simple, environmentally friendly, affordable, and easily applied technique.
Perspectives
Hilmi S. Salem and Ibrahim Rabba investigate the dowsing experimental technique (DET) to assess its viability for material identification, especially of minerals and metals, while also probing the mechanisms that underlie its operation. His research examines whether DET is based in physics and chemistry or if it arises from psychological behavior. Salem's research entails performing experiments with different materials, such as minerals, metals, and rocks, organized into groups. His research paper states that he believes energy radiation, thermal conduction, piezoelectric effects, and/or electrostatic forces could be involved in the identification process, using wooden rods and capsules filled with crushed materials. The study seeks to establish whether DET is a legitimate applied science or merely a psychological phenomenon.
Prof. Dr. Hilmi S. Salem
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This page is a summary of: Using Dowsing experimental technique (TED) to identify different minerals, metals, and other materials: Is it pure physics and chemistry (Applied Natural Sciences), or psychology (Human’s Behavioral Science)?, Engineering and Applied Science Letters, June 2025, Ptolemy Scientific Research Press,
DOI: 10.30538/psrp-easl2025.0113.
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