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Feb 2023
1h 21m

Dowsing (Divining Rods, Pendulums, Radie...

JIMMY AKIN
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The practice of dowsing has been used for hundreds of years, at least, to find water, gold, oil, and more. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli talk to an expert on dowsing to ask what it is, what we know about it, and how it works.

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