To dowse is to search for that which is otherwise hidden from view. This activity is most commonly known by most people in association with searching for underground water. An archaic art for many, dowsing has a connection to the supernatural in that it relies on the ability of an individual to use his/her sensitivity to know things he/she cannot know by logical thinking, learning, by experience or by the use of the five senses. Dowsing is done with the aid of simple hand held tools that allow the dowser to see clearer signals that can be detected without them. One of these tools is the Cameron aurameter, developed by a Verne Cameron in the California of the middle of the last century. Initially designed to detect human auras –and find holes in them- this tool's best use is not to find an exact spot where to drill for water but, rather, to define parameters of energy fields or underground veins of primary water. The simple configuration of this object is a spring-loaded L rod with a small handle and a pointer that in some models is adjustable. Certain suppliers explain in their sales pitch that the Cameron aurameter allows the dowser to experience many sensations and movements, transmitted from the tip, through the wire, to the hand and, eventually, to dowser's full body. It continues to say that this object also detects emanations from persons, objects and substances to the smallest push, swing or pull.
