Third step, looking for water using a map.
By now you should have completed steps 1 and 2 and be able to obtain and recognise the response to your own pendulum and your own questions.
You should be able to ‘find’ a ‘hidden’ object, the coin in step 2. Now lets proceed to what is a very important step, map dowsing.
Many people can dowse using a pendulum and map and never have to go out in the field. So lets give it a try now.

• Get a map (for this first exercise I suggest an accurate map or sketch) of an area you know and which is close by you.
• Set the map on a table and decide what you are going to look for. Obviously at this stage it should be something that is shown on the map, such as a stream, river, lake or sea.
• Holding the pendulum in the way that feels most natural natural to you, start to move over the map, asking yourself the appropriate question. “Is there a stream here”, for example.
• Note the way your pendulum moves and apply the lessons you learnt in the previous steps.
• If you are successful and confident, try looking for something not on the map.
• Try looking for something not on the map, but something that you could go outside an visually see where it is, even if it means a short drive in the car.
• Why not try looking for a friend’s car (and when you think you have found it on the map, check with your friend). Or pick a place on the map you have not visited and ask a question “does this street have yellow parking lines on it?” or “does this field have a hedge around it” or “does this church have a flag flying from its tower today?”. The aim is to look for something in a remote location that you can go and check as see if you were correct.
• When you are ready, move on to the next step.

Map dowsing