>> TONIGHT WE VISIT THE MECCA OF AMERICAN DOWSING IN DANVILLE, VERMONT.

FOR A FEW DAYS EACH YEAR HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OF THE PARA-SCIENTIFIC GATHER TO COMMUNITY WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH CERTAIN MYSTERIOUS POWERS AT THEIR COMMAND.

YOU WILL MEET SOME OF THEM AND GET A FEW POINTERS ON WHAT'S NEW IN THE WORLD OF DIVINING, AND IT'S OFF INTO THE BLUE YONDER OVER WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS FOR A HIGH ALTITUDE TOUR OF THE MAGNIFICENT BERKSHIRE REGION.

WELCOME TO "CROSSROADS."

THE GROWTH OF AMERICA'S SO-CALLED NEW AGE CONSCIOUSNESS HAS PROVIDED FERTILE GROUND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND POPULARIZATION OF A SLEW OF ALTERNATIVE BELIEF SYSTEMS.

AMONG THESE IS THE BELIEF IN THAT THE HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS IS CAPABLE OF DISCERNING CERTAIN SUBTLE SOURCES OF ENERGY WHICH, WHEN FULLY UNDERSTOOD, CAN BE APPLIED TO PRACTICAL USES LIKE FINDING UNDERGROUND WATER IS, LOST OBJECT, AND EVEN IDEAL BUILDING SITES.

ALTHOUGH THE PRACTICE OF DOWSING HAS ATTRACTED BELIEVERS IN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE FOR CENTURIES, SOME RECENT APPLICATIONS HAVE GENERATED THE MOST INTEREST AND SKEPTICISM EVER.

FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS, ENTHUSIASTS HAVE BEEN FLOCKING TO DANVILLE, VERMONT, TO SHARE THE LATEST IN DOWSING THEORY AND TECHNOLOGY AT AN ANNUAL CONVENTION UNLIKE FULLY YOU HAVE IMAGINED.

♪ I HAVE GOT A FEELING DEEP INSIDE ♪ ♪ OH, YEAH ♪ I HAVE GOT A FEELING, A FEELING I CAN'T HIDE, OH, NO ♪ >> THEY COME BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOT A FEELING.

THEY COME OUT OF THE NORTH AND UP FROM THE SOUTH, WAY OUT WEST AND FROM ACROSS THE BORDER.

THEY COME FROM ALL OVER.

THEY ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE DOWSERS, AND FOR DOWSERS, THE BIGGEST EVENT THAT THERE IS HELD IN SEPTEMBER IN THE LITTLE TOWN OF DANVILLE, VERMONT.

THIS IS THE 32nd ANNUAL ASD CONVENTION.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PROBABLY OVER 1,000 PEOPLE.

THIS LOOKS LIKE IT IS SHAPING UP TO BE THE LARGEST CONVENTION THAT WE EVER HAD.

THE CONVENTION TAKES OVER THE ENTIRE TOWN.

NEARLY EVERY BUILDING IS USED FOR LECTURES, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND JUST PLAIN SHOPTALK.

FOR FOUR DAYS DANVILLE IS THE DOWSING CAPITAL.

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE, IS AT THE HEART OF DOWSING.

MOST PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE IMAGE OF SOMEONE TRYING TO FIND WATER WITH A ROD OR A STICK.

FOR THOSE IN THE KNOW, FINDING WATER IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

>> IF I DO THIS, I CAN TELL YOU WHERE THE WATER IS, AND IN WHICH DIRECTION THE VEIN IS FLOWING, HOW DEEP IT IS.

I CAN TELL YOU HOW MANY GALLONS PER MINUTE THAT YOU CAN PUMP OUT OF THERE.

I CAN TELL YOU THE QUALITY OF THE WATER, LIKE ON A SCALE OF 1-10.

ONE BEING THE WORST AND TEN BEING THE BEST.

I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE QUALITY OF THAT WATER IS.

>> BUT EXPERIENCED DOWSERS CLAIM THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE NEAR A SOURCE OF WATER TO DO THIS.

LEROY TEACHES BASIC DOWSING METHODS INCLUDING THE ART OF REMOTE DOWSING.

>> THIS IS A MAP OF A PROPERTY A HOUSE ON IT, AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR DEMONSTRATION IS LOOK NO FULL-TIME WATER VEINS.

MANY PEOPLE WILL USE ANY KIND OF A TOOL AS A POINTER, AND ANOTHER TOOL AS A DOWSING DEVICE.

IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IT IS A PENDULUM.

FOR ME, WHEN THE PENDULUM SWINGS IN A CLOCK-WISE MOVEMENT, THAT IS THE ANSWER YES, AND WHEN THE PENDULUM SWINGS IN A COUNTERCLOCKWISE MOVEMENT, THE ANSWER IS NO.

I USE A NEUTRAL SWING OF BACK AND FORTH, AND THAT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THINGS IN MOTION TEND TO STAY AT MOTION AND THINGS AT REST TEND TO STAY AT REST, SO I START A NEUTRAL SWING AND CONCENTRATE ON WHATEVER TARGET I WISH TO FIND ON THIS MAP.

AND THE WAY THAT I WOULD DOWSE A MAP, I START AT ONE CORNER, AND I AM SCANNING AS THOUGH I AM LOOKING ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE MAP AT ONE TIME, SO I WILL MARK THE EDGE ON ONE EDGE AND AN EDGE ON THE OTHER AND DRAW THE TWO THINGS TOGETHER.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF I WERE LOOKING FOR A SEPTIC TANK ON THIS PROPERTY, I WOULD START MINUTE MY --MINUT MINUMYNEUTRAL EDGE.

MOVE THIS DOWN THE EDGE UNTIL I GOT A POSITIVE RESPONSE ON THE PENDULUM FOR THE EXISTENCE OF A SEPTIC TANK.

THERE IS A POSITIVE SWING.

I WOULD MARK THE EDGE OF THE MAP RIGHT THERE.

I GO ACROSS THE MAP THE OTHER WAY, AND I START MI MY SWING, AI THINK OF THE SEPTIC TAKE, TAKE THE PEN ACROSS THE MAP, AND WHEN THE PENDULUM GIVES A POSITIVE SWING, I MARK THAT PLACE ON THE MAP.

NOW AT THAT POINT I COULD JUST DRAW THESE TWO LINES TOGETHER AND SAY THE SEPTIC TANK IS RIGHT BESIDE THE EDGE OF THE HOUSE.

THAT'S ALL THAT THERE IS TO IT.

AS LONG AS YOU ARE ENTRAINED UPON THE TARGET THAT YOU ARE AFTER, YOUR ANSWER SHOULD BE CORRECT.

>> IN DANVILLE'S CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH THERE IS A DEMONSTRATION ABOUT REMOTE DOWSING AND DIVERSION OF WATER SOURCES.

IT'S BEING GIVEN BY MR.

GORDON, ONE OF DOWSING'S LIVING LEGENDS.

>> THREE GALLONS IS ALL THIS BABY WILL ACCEPT.

AND I WILL SAY IF I CAN'T -- >> WITH THE ANXIOUS OWNER LOOKING ON, GORDON USES HIS SKILLS TO DIVERT WATER INTO A WELL HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY.

>> WHAT WE'LL DO, HIT IT RIGHT LIKE THAT.

HOPEFULLY, DON'T GUARANTEE A THING -- HOPEFULLY, YOU WILL HAVE A LITTLE MORE WATER IN YOUR WELL.

I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IF YOU LET ME KNOW.

>> HOW DOES DIVERSION WORK?

EVEN THE FOREMOST PRACTITIONERS CAN'T SAY FOR SURE.

>> I HAVE DIVERTED A VEIN AT LEAST 150 FEET ONE TIME.

THE MINE IS TO WONDERFUL, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

I THINK THIS REMOTE DOWSING AND DIVERTING THE VEINS UNDERNEATH THE GROUND, THAT'S SOMETHING -- I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS.

MAYBE WE JUST CHANGE THE STRUCTURE DOWN THERE, JUST CUT A CHANNEL TO THAT WELL OR WHATEVER, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS.

>> DOWSING DOESN'T END WITH WATER.

JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU THOUGHT OF CAN BE DOWSED.

60 IS WORK ENERGIES, AND OTHERS ARE LOST DOGS, AND BODIES SUNK IN LAKES, AND WHATEVER COMES ALONG.

I HAVE DONE ALL OF THAT.

>> DOWSERS BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING IN THE EARTH EMITS ENERGY.

SOME OF THIS ENERGY IS CONSIDERED BENEFICIAL AND SOME OF IT IS CONSIDERED NOXIOUS.

THIS IS JIM PERKINS.

HE'S TEACHING A WORKSHOP ABOUT HOW TO DIVERT NOXIOUS ENERGIES FROM ROADWAYS.

PERKINS INSISTS THAT RAYS OF THIS ENERGY ARE THE CAUSE OF MANY AUTO ACCIDENTS.

>> NOXIOUS RAYS IS ONE TERM THAT IS USED FOR A BAD ENERGY SOURCE.

IT CAN AFFECT AN INDIVIDUAL, DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS TO CERTAIN EXTENTS.

THERE IS ALSO ELECTRO-MAGNETIC ENERGY.

IT CAN FLOW WITH THESE.

AND IT'S LIKE A BIG MAGNET.

IT CAN CHARGE THE CAR AND JUST PULL IT.

YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT.

THE NOXIOUS ENERGY IS USED FOR CLEARINGHOUSES.

SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT SOMEBODY IS LIVING IN THE HOUSE THAT HAS A LOT OF NOXIOUS ENERGY UNDER IT AND CROSSING THE VEINS OF WATER.

IT CAN BE A HEALTH HAZARD.

WELL, I AM NO DOCTOR.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

ALL I KNOW IS THAT IT CAN AFFECT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.

AND I CAN CLEAR A HOUSE OR AN OFFICE BUILDING OR AN APARTMENT.

IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MANY FLOORS TO IT OR ANYTHING ELSE.

>> AS IN THE CASE OF WATER, NOXIOUS RAYS CAN BE DIVERTED THROUGH MAPS.

HERE'S THREE BLUE LINES THAT CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE ENERGY FLOW.

THE DIVERSION OF NOXIOUS RAYS FROM ROADWAYS CAN ALSO BE DONE ON-SITE THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLACEMENT OF A STRIP OF BLUE TAPE.

>> ONE METHOD OF DIVERTING THIS NOXIOUS ENERGY, IS IT GOES ACROSS.

NOW, WE KNOW, THAT THE VEIN IS OVER HERE.

I STILL GET A READING ON IT.

WE CAN STEP ACROSS THE TAPE.

THEY ARE THE SAME THING.

THIS IS THE SEARCH POSITION.

IF I FIND ANY NOXIOUS ENERGY, THIS WILL GO DOWN.

SO YOU SEE IT HASN'T GONE DOWN THE FULL LENGTH.

ACROSS INTO THE BLUE TAPE.

BUT STILL OVER HERE, WE ARE GETTING IT.

SO THAT TELLS ME THAT I HAVE NOT CLEARED THIS NOXIOUS VEIN, WHICH IS CROSSING THE HIGHWAY AT THIS POINT.

AND PEOPLE DRIVING THROUGH THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT WHATEVER FROM THIS NOXIOUS ENERGY THAT'S OVER HERE AND WAS GOING ACROSS HERE BUT IS NOT NOW DOING SO.

>> IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A DEVICE TO PROTECT YOU FROM NOXIOUS RAYS OR NEED SOME SPECIAL DIVINING TOOL THAT YOU CANNOT SEEM TO FIND ANYWHERE ELSE, CHANCES ARE GOOD IT IS HERE IN DANVILLE'S TOWN HALL.

THIS AREA IS THE MARKETPLACE OF THE CONVENTION WHERE INFORMATION IS EXCHANGED, OPINIONS RENDERED, AND ALL MANNER OF PARAPHERNALIA SOLD, INCLUDING ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PRODUCTS OUT OF NEW AGE MYSTICISM, CRYSTALS.

>> MY NAME IS TRAVIS, THE MANAGER OF THE STORE.

EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE -- HOW BOOKSTORE HAS QUITE A FEW ASPECTS OF THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.

WE JUST STARTED TO GET CRYSTALS, AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE ONES THAT WE HAVE, AND WHAT THE PURPOSE IS, SOME FEEL -- A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY HAVE HEALING POWER.

A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY ARE POWERFUL CRYSTALS, AND THAT YOU DON'T REALLY TOY AROUND WITH, AND SOME ALSO USE CRYSTALS TO PUT ON ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO CLEAR THE NOXIOUS RAYS OR THE HARMFUL RAYS COMING OUT LIKE ON A CASH REGISTER HERE.

SOME PEOPLE FEEL, OR WEAR THEM, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THEM ON THE NECKLACE, AND WEAR THE CRYSTALS.

THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR HERE, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE DECORATIVE AND THEY ARE NICE TO LOOK AT.

>> THE COALESCENCE OF DOWSING WITH NEW AGE IDEAS CAN BE SEEN IN THE WORK OF IMAM WHO USES ANCIENT SYMBOLS TO CREATE ORIGINAL WORKS WHICH HE CLAIMS GO DIRECTLY TO THE SUBCONSCIOUS.

>> IT TELLS YOU WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW, AND HOW MUCH, BUT OF WHAT?

SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE MEDICINE.

THIS IS THE MEDICINE.

YOU USE THIS LIKE A PERSON WANTS TO DEVELOP PROSPERITY.

I HAVE THE DESIGNS THAT THEY USE, LIKE THIS, FOR PROSPERITY.

>> IMAM'S WORK IS BASED ON THE EFFECT THAT CLASSIC EASTERN SYMBOLS HAVE ON THE MIND.

THE WESTERN TRADITION IS ALSO RICH WITH SYMBOLS USED TO FOCUS THE MIND.

ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC EXAMPLES IS FOUND ON THE FLOOR OF FRANCIS 13th CENTURY SHARK CATHEDRAL.

35-FOOT WIDE LABYRINTH FAMED FOR ITS ABILITIES TO CLEAR THE MIND.

FOR THE CONVENTION, A REPLICA WAS PAINTED ONTO THE GREEN.

>> WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A MODEL OF THE 12 CIRCUIT LABYRINTH FOUND ON THE FLOOR OF THE CATHEDRAL.

IT IS ON MY SHIRT.

AND THAT'S A FAMOUS LABYRINTH THAT WAS WALKING THE LABYRINTH ON THE FLOOR, WAS THE CULMINATION OF A PILGRIMAGE, AND THAT WAS A STANDIN FOR A TRIP TO JERUSALEM.

IT IS ALSO USED BY MANY PEOPLE WOULD DO THE LABYRINTH THREE TIMES ON THEIR KNEES.

THE MONKS USED THE 12th CIRCUIT LABYRINTH AS PART OF THE PRACTICE.

GOING IN WAS TO BE RELEASING A DROPPING AWAY.

THE MIDDLE WAS TO MEET EMPTINESS OR THE SOURCE.

I LIKE TO CALL THAT THE PRESENCE, OR THE HOPI CALL THAT THE GREAT SOMETHING, AND THEN COMING OUT WAS TO RECEIVE INSPIRATION, AND I SIT HERE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS SINCE WE PUT THE THING IN AND TALK TO PEOPLE AS THEY HAVE COME OUT, AND IT'S AMAZING THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THAT PEOPLE REPORT, BUT A LOT OF THEM WEAVE AROUND THIS THEME AS SUGGESTED OF GOING IN.

I WATCH THE WOMAN GO IN, AND SHE WENT IN AND FIRST TOOK OFF HER SHOES AND TOOK OFF HER HANDBAG AND TOOK OFF HER WATCH AND EARRINGS, AND JUST GRADUALLY STARTED FEELING BURDENED BY THESE THINGS THAT SHE NORMALLY HAD CARRIED IN, BUT SHE CAME OUT AND WAS IN TEARS.

SHE WAS MOVED BY THE EXPERIENCE.

>> THE DESIGN IS A RELATIVELY NEWCOMER.

ALSO ON DISPLAY IS ANOTHER TYPE OF LABYRINTH IN A STYLE NEARLY AS COLD AS CIVILIZATION, ITSELF.

>> THIS IS THE CLASSICAL SEVEN RING LABYRINTH.

IT'S FOUND ALL OVER THE WORLD.

YOU WILL FIND IT IN HOPI.

THEY USED IT AS A FERTILITY SYMBOL.

IT'S FOUND IN EAST INDIA.

AND IT'S FOUND ON THE COAST OF SWEDEN, THE FISHERMEN USED IT, AND THEY BUILD IT IN ROCK AND BEFORE THEY WOULD GO OUT ON THE DAY'S JOURNEY AND INTO THE OCEAN THEY WOULD WALK THIS ROCK LAB WINDS.

THEY ARE HUGE.

THEY ARE 50 SOME FEET WIDE ALONG THE COAST OF SWEDEN.

THEY ARE FOUND IN ENGLAND, AND THIS IS A LABYRINTH.

THIS IS A SINGLE PATHWAY IN CONTRAST TO A MAZE, WHICH IS A PUZZLE.

THE PUZZLES ARE WHERE YOU GO IN AND YOU RUN INTO DEAD ENDS AND CAN'T GET OUT AND YOU GET CONFUSED.

THIS IS A SINGLE PATHWAY.

YOU ENTER, AND THERE IS ONLY WAY TO GO, WHEN YOU GET TO THE CENTER YOU TURN AROUND AND WALK BACK OUT.

SO THERE IS NO CONFUSION HERE.

THE ONLY FUSION I -- THE ONLY CN IS WHERE AM I GOING TO BE NEXT, AND THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE IT IS A PROGRESSION.

YOU ARE MOVING THROUGH AND AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT PUZZLE OF DISORIENTATION AND YOU ARE GETTING REORIENTED.

SO IT'S LIKE BREAKING THROUGH.

AND AS YOU WALK THROUGH, THERE IS A RIGHT AND LEFT SWITCHING.

SO IT IS A SEVEN RIGHT AND LEFT TURNS.

SO THEY ARE WORKING ON IT LIKE BRAIN TRAINING.

WORKING ON CHANGING THE DIRECTION, AND SO AS YOU SWITCH, THE BODY SWITCHES.

>> TO PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN DOWSING, A LAB W -- A LABYRINTHA TOOL LIKE A PENDULUMTON BRINGS YOU IN LINE WITH THE EARTH'S ENERGY BECAUSE DOWSERS ARE PEOPLE WHO ACCEPT THE PREMISE THAT EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED BY ENERGY AND A UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS.

SO IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE WHEN A WORKSHOP IS OFFERED CALLED, DOWSING THE UNCONSCIOUS OF ANIMALS.

>> WELL, I GO ABOUT DOWSING THEM, AN ACTUAL DOWSING AS AN AFFIRMATION OF WHAT I SEEM TO SENSE, AND IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE IT, BUT OFTEN I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I AM HEARING OR FEELING OR SEEING IN MY MIND'S EYE SO I WILL GO TO ACTUALLY USING A DOWSING TOOL, FOR AN AFFIRMATION.

I GET AUDIO.

ACTUAL SOUND, AND IN THEIR LANGUAGE, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, AND I HAVE HAD A FEW INSTANCES THAT HAVE PROVEN THIS TO ME.

IT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT I UNDERSTAND IS MORE LIKE A DISTRESS CALL OR A CALL FOR HELP, GENERALLY IS WHAT I GET.

AND ALSO A GREETING.

>> BUT WHETHER YOU ARE DOWSERRING FOR WATER, NOXIOUS RAYS OR THE THOUGHTS OF ANIMALS, ALL HERE.

THE RULE THAT DOWSING APPLIES BEYOND TERRESTRIAL LIMITS AND IF THEY DO IS MAINSTREAM SCIENCE WILLING TO ACCEPT IT?

ONE OF THE GUEST SPEAKERS, BRIAN OWE HERE RIGHT HERE IS A PHYSICIST ON THE FACULTY OF MANY PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES AND BRIEFLY WORKED WITH NASA.

HE'S LOOKING FOR A WAY TO FIT THE NEW SCIENCE REPRESENTED BY DOWSING INTO ACCEPTED SCIENTIFIC THINKING.

>> IT IS A HIGHER ORDER THAN THE UNIVERSE.

A HIGHER ORDER OF NATURE, WHICH PHYSICISTS AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SPECULATED ON FOR A LONG TIME.

THE HIGHER ORDER BRINGS US SOME OF THE BEAUTY OF NATURE, THE FORMATION OF CRYSTALS AND TREES AND PEOPLE AND SO FORTH, JUST AROUND US, AND THAT'S OBVIOUS.

THE PART THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE WHETHER HE IS OBVIOUS IS THAT WE ARE INTERCONNECTED IN OUR CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THERE ARE EXPERIMENTS THAT VERIFIED THIS, THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT'S CALLED BIOCOMMUNICATIONS AND TELE-THEY TELE-PETHAY HAS BEEN SHOWN, AND IT HAS BEEN VERIFIED BY MANY SCIENTISTS, AND THIS INVTHIS INVOLVES AFORCE OF NATUS PHYSICS, SO WHEN PEOPLE LIKE STEVEN HOCKEN AND OTHERS SUGGEST ALL WE NEED TO DO IS COME UP WITH A FIELD THEORY THAT RECONCILES THE FORCES OF PHYSICS, THAT'S MAIN STREAM AND LIMITED TO THE UNIVERSITY.

THE UNIVERSITY HAS THIS HIGHER ORGANIZING POWER, CALL IT CONSCIOUSNESS OR WHATEVER, THAT HAS BEEN VERIFIED BY MANY SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS.

WE HAVE TO RECKON WITH THAT FORCE, TOO, WHEN WE START TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT REALITY IS.

>> WHETHER OR NOT DOWSER IS AN ACCEPTED SCIENCE, THE ADHERENTS BELIEVE IT WOULD BE RIDICULOUS TO ARGUE WITH WHAT THEY KNOW IS REALITY.

>> THAT'S LIKE ASKING ME IF THERE IS SOME PLACE THAT I CAN GO WHERE GRAVITY DOESN'T APPLY ANY LONGER.

THE ANSWER IS NO.

THE LAWS THAT REGULATE THE FLOW OF THE CHI OR THE LIFE ENERGY ARE UNIVERSAL.

>> DOWSING IS AN ART.

IT'S NOT A SCIENCE.

AND IT IS NOT RIGHT EVERY TIME, BUT IT IS RIGHT SO MANY OF THE TIMES.

IT IS CORRECT EVIDENTLY, AND I MAKE NO EFFORT TO MIX OUR ART COMPLY WITH THE SCIENTIFIC SCIENTIFIC WAY OF DOING THINGS.

>> WHATEVER DOWSING IS, IT'S GROWING, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS CLAIMS THAT THE RANKS ARE SWELLING AND THAT THE CHAPTERS ARE SPROUTING UP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING NONE TOO SOON FOR THE SOCIETY'S PRESIDENT, HAROLD McCOY.

THE WORLD IS IN BIG TROUBLE, AND SOMEONE HAS GOT TO TO SAVE IT.

>> OUR MEMBERSHIP HAS INCREASED, WE REALLY WERE -- WE WANTED TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DO THIS, WITH THE WATER SITUATION, THE POLLUTANTS IN THE STREAMS AND GETTING IN THE GROUNDWATER, TO FIND PURE UNDERGROUND WATER.

WE DON'T JUST LOOK FOR GROUNDWATER BUT FOR FLOWING STREAMS, AND I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE US, AND THIS ORGANIZATION AND PEOPLE THAT WE CAN BRING IN THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF SAVING THE UNIVERSE ONE DAY.

IT SEEMS PEOPLE ARE NOT DOING TOO MUCH ABOUT POLLUTION AND CONTAMINATED WATER, AND I BELIEVE WITH THIS ENERGY THAT WE CAN USE, THAT WE CAN CLEAN UP TOXIC WASTE DUMPS AND FIX THE OZONE, AND I THINK THAT EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

WE ARE LEARNING TO DO ALL THIS STUFF.

>> WITH A MISSION LIKE THAT, IT IS NO WONDER THAT SO MANY DOWSERS COME TO VISIT DANVILLE, AND NEXT YEAR PROBABLY MORE WILL ARRIVE, TO TALK, AND TO LISTEN, BUT MOSTLY TO DOWSE BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOT A FEELING.

♪ I HAVE GOT A FEELING >> TRAVEL LOGS HAVE BEEN A WAY TO VIVACIOUSLY VISIT BEAUTIFUL PLACES, THE USUAL FORMAT HAS THE TYPICAL VIEW OF THE MOST APPEALING SIGHTS ACCOMPANIED BY A RUNNING NARRATIVE OF FACTUAL OF COURSE IN, A PERMUTATION OF THE GRAVEL LOG GETTING A LOT OF AIR PLAY IS THE AERIAL TOUR SHOT FROM ESPECIALLY EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT AND ACCOMPANIED ONLY BY MUSIC.

FILMS LIKE OVER NEW ENGLAND PROVIDE A DRAMATIC BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF YOUR FAVORITE REGION AS WELL AS HIGH VIDEO ART.

ONE OF THE PIONEER PROJECTS PRODUCED EIGHT YEARS AGO BY WFSB REMAINS ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF WHICH GENRE.

WE ARE FORTUNATE TO SHARE ANOTHER GLIMPSE OF THIS BERKSHIRE DAY.

♪ ♪ >> AND THAT'S "CROSSROADS" FOR THIS TIME.

WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE SHOW, AND THAT YOU WILL BE WITH US NEXT WEEK FOR A LOOK AT WHAT'S NEW IN THE OLD ART OF SMALL BOAT BUILDING HERE IN THE NORTH COUNTRY.

UNTIL THEN, FOR ALL OF US AT "CROSSROADS," WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

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