THE SHERWOOD DOWSER
DOWSING RESEARCH PROJECT 2026
2026 Dowsing Research Project Findings
This document describes Mave Calvert's research, linking into the other articles on this website, and then goes on to summarise the findings of the 2026 dowsing research project. (105 pages)
A summary of the aspects of Mave's research that inspired this project can also be found in the three part 'The Landscape Speaks' series of Videos on the British Society of Dowsers YouTube channel that are accessible via the 'Videos' page of this website.
A recording of a talk about the research project, given by Mave to the Earth Energies Zoom group on 8th October 2026, can be found under the title 'The Grand Finale' via the 'Videos' section of this website.
This document and the accompanying talk can also be accessed from the 'Home' page of this website.
The project plans and detailed reports for each of the eight project sessions are available below.
Project Plan and Overview
This is the overview of the 2026 Dowsing research project which took place between April and September 2026. Its aim was to explore different aspects of tree, water, and earth energies, investigating whether the different aspects are related, as well as how they are affected by the Solar/Lunar transition periods (the 20-minutes leading up to Sunrise, Solar Noon, Sunset, New Moon, Half Moon, Full Moon and the exact times of the Equinoxes and Solstices) and the mid-afternoon transition period (3pm to 3:15pm).
The project also aimed to demonstrate how all these interconnected energies facilitate the Earth's self-cleansing and balancing mechanism during the various transition periods.
Some Dowsers undertook research in the parkland surrounding Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire while others worked at their home locations.
Session 1 - Tree Energies
This is the project plan for the first session in which we explored the energy fields of trees and the structure of the energy lines that connect trees together.
We investigated how the trees and connecting energy lines were affected by the playing of music, drumming and chanting as well as the Solar Noon and mid-afternoon transition periods.
Session 2 - Water Energies
This is the project plan for the second session in which we located some blind springs and water veins that ran from them, explored their energetic structure, water depths and flow rates. We also located some of the smaller capped vortices that are associated with blind spring networks.
We explored how these energetic features behave during the Solar Noon and mid-afternoon transition periods and whether the water depth and flow rate changes at all during these periods.
Session 3 - Earth Energies
This is the project plan for the third session when we located some earth energy dragon currents and explored their structure in terms of the number of bands that they are comprised of. We took Bovis readings for each band and explored its width, colour frequency and Yin/Yang polarity,
We also took readings of how much beneficial/detrimental energy these flows were carrying and see whether this was affected by the Solar Noon and mid-afternoon transition periods.
Additionally, we started to explore how earth energies link in with the trees, blind springs and the capped vortices that we had dowsed previously.
Session 4 - Summer Solstice Energies
This is the project plan for session 4 of the project where we explored the Summer Solstice energies.
The day prior to the Solstices and Equinoxes is said to be a harmony day when earth energy lines come into sync with one another and the energetic features surrounding blind springs widen out for several days.
In this session we explored whether the tree, water and earth energies that we dowsed in the previous sessions changed during the Summer Solstice period and whether this affected their behaviour during the Solar Noon and mid-afternoon transition periods.
At this special time of year, we started to become aware of how Elemental Beings are involved in the Earth's self-cleansing and balancing system.
Session 5 - Beacon Tree Energies
This is the project plan for the 5th session of the project where we located a Beacon Tree and its associated Beacon spring, and explored their energies, how they relate to underground water and how they are connected to other trees in the area.
We also explored how the energies of the Beacon Tree behaved during the Solar Noon and mid-afternoon transition periods.
Durinmg this research we also started to become aware of how Higher Luminous Beings play a part in the transition periods.
Session 6 - Landscape Pentagram Energies
This is the project plan for the 6th session of the project. The south-west tip of the Sherwood Forest pentagram is located at Newstead which was a former Priory. In this session we dowsed for its location, and explored its energetic structure. We also investigated how the lines of this landscape geometry can be energised by ad-hoc sound based stimuli such as singing and chanting and how this happens automatically during the Solar Noon transition period.
An article describing the Sherwood Forest pentagram can be found on the 'Landscape Geometry' section of this website.
The article entitled 'The Maltese Pentagram' on the 'Sacred Geometry' section of this website discusses the energetic structure of the tips of landscape pentagrams, which are often found at trees. These are also discussed in the article 'Dowsing Earth Energies without Tools' on the 'Earth Energies & Leys' section of this website.
The article 'The Old Straight Beacon Tree Tracks' on the 'Earth Energies & Leys' section of this website discusses how the lines connecting trees are energised by sound and suggests that this is how landscape geometries such as the Whiteleaved Oak decagon found by John Michell and dowsed by John Gibson-Forty were energised by the perpetual choirs.
The Sherwood and Maltese Pentagrams and the ideas about the energising of these geometries by sound are discussed in the Landscape Speaks videos accessible from the 'Videos' section of this website.
Session 7 - New & Full Moon Energies
This is the project plan for the penultimate session of the project. In this session we explored how vertical cylinders form around Trees and Capped Vortices in the periods around the New and Full Moons as well as the relationship between trees and the lunar tranition periods.
We also investigated whether relaxing, meditating or taking a nap during the mid-afternoon transition period can revitalise our metabolisms since research by other people suggests that the physiology of humans and plants also undergo changes around 3pm.
Session 8 - Autumn Equinox Energies
This is the project plan for the final session of the project where we explored how the Autumn Equinox energetic changes around Blind Springs and Trees compared to those we dowsed at the Summer Solstice, including how they behaved during the Solar Noon transition period.
We also looked at how trees produce dowsable manifestations in response to the consciousness of the Dowser.
To mark the end of the project we made a Gatekeeper Trust style Mandala to Bless and thank the land and its unseen beings for their participation in the project.