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22nd February 2017, 09:47 AM | #1 |
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Evelyn Penrose the world's most successful dowser?
I am looking for information on the water diviner Evelyn Penrose (1882-1971). She was described by proponents as the most successful water diviner.
It is alleged that Penrose worked as a dowser for the British, Australian and Canadian governments. Kenneth Roberts in his book The Seventh Sense (1953) says she was the "official government-employed dowser for British Columbia." Other sources say she was employed in 1931, but these ''sources'' are all paranormal books. I cannot find any reliable sources. The paranormal proponents who have written about her usually write of her very positively. For example Francis Hitching in his book Dowsing: The Psi Connection (1978) writes:
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Penrose wrote an autobiography Adventure Unlimited: A Diviner Travels the World (1958), I have not checked it out yet but it will obviously be heavily biased. I guess my question is, does anyone know anything about Penrose, or of any skeptical information. I am interested in this person. |
23rd February 2017, 04:28 AM | #2 |
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Mixed results here. (second article down)
http://www.bcfga.com/249/Body+Blows+to+Control In the only records when she was employed by a district in British Columbia, she had no success. When the BC government hired her, SHE reported raging successes but the comments from even the satisfied folks aren't cited nor verified, and they cut her loose the following year. (Apparently this was during a drought in BC.) |
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23rd February 2017, 01:18 PM | #3 |
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Thank you for the link. I cannot verify any of her successes.
Penrose was a friend of Beverley Nichols, he mentions her in his book Powers That Be (1966), here is what he says:
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