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Russian pseudo-scientist and sect leader| Otto Edler von Graeve | |
|---|---|
 von Graeve in 1913 | |
| Born | (1872-07-22)22 July 1872 Gotteswalde |
| Died | 10 January 1948(1948-01-10) (aged 75) Heidelberg |
| Nationality |  Germany |
| Known for | Dowsing |
| Spouse |
Elsbeth Schrey (m. 1902) |
Otto Edler von Graeve (22 July 1872 – 10 January 1948) was a German divining rod proponent.
Biography
He was born on 22 July 1872 to Emil Edler von Graeve (1826–1904), lord of Gotteswalde and Neuhof. Otto von Graeve served in the Prussian army, acheiving the rank of Major before he settled in the small town of Gernrode in Anhalt. In 1913, he published a manuscript on dowsing, Meine Wünschelrutentätigkeit. Beobachtungen in Theorie und Praxis nebst einem Anhang: Anerkennungen, Protokoll sämtlicher Schürfungen bis 31. December 1912 und Statistik (My dowsing activity: Observations in theory and practice along with an appendix acknowledgments, minutes of all excavations to December 31, 1912 and statistics).
He visited the United States on 27 January 1914 aboard the USS George Washington, passing through New York City on his way to Vancouver Island to divine for radium. He also spent time dowsing in the Sinai Peninsula and in Palestine. The Deutsche Levante-Zeitung reported in November 1915 that von Graeve had dowsed for water at the German temple colony, on the property of the Auguste Viktoria Foundation on the Mount of Olives and on that of a Syrian orphanage.
In 1918, von Graeve is said to have found a mineral spring on the Schwedderberg near Gernrode, allegedly by using a divining rod, which was then used for the local outdoor pool. The town of Gernrode then had three bathing establishments, namely the Osterteich, the Schraderbad and the Ottobad, the latter discovered by and named after von Graeve.
It was reported that during geological explorations undertaken in Thermalbad Wiesenbad between 1919-21 von Graeve was present as a representative of the company Meyer und Co. and, in May 1920 he used his dowsing rod (through a bore hole made by the engineer Röttinger from Halle) to discover a spring that was 25 °C (77 °F), erupted 5.2 metres (17 ft) initially on tapping and produced 210 litres (55 US gal) per minute.
Because of his reported successes, in 1920 he was commissioned by the city of Reutlingen to assist with drilling for a water source. After drilling in vain to a depth of 126 meters at the site von Graeve had indicated, he was expelled from the site.
Von Graeve married Elsbeth Schrey on 1 April 1902 in Danzig and they had seven children (four sons and three daughters).
Publications
- Bestätigungen über erfolgreiche Schürfungen vermittelst der Wünschelrute des Rutengängers (1911)
- Die Wünschelrute und ihre Anwendung in der Praxis [The dowsing rod and its application in practice] (in German). 1911.
- Meine Wünschelrutentätigkeit. Beobachtungen in Theorie und Praxis nebst einem Anhang: Anerkennungen, Protokoll sämtlicher Schürfungen bis 31. December 1912 und Statistik [My dowsing activity: Observations in theory and practice along with an appendix acknowledgments, minutes of all excavations to December 31, 1912 and statistics] (in German). 1913.
- Hildesheim (1914)
- Behörden und Wünschelrute (1921)
- Auszug aus den Erfolgen meiner Wünschelrutentätigkeit von 1910 bis 1928 Padelt, Gernrode (1928)
- Referenzen über Wunschelrutenerfolge: Mit Berücksichtigung grosser Wassergiebigkeit für Gemeinden... [Sammlung von Sonderdrucken, Briefkopien etc.] [References about successes in divining rods: With consideration of large water yield for communities... .] (in German). 1939.
References
- ^ "Otto Edler von Graeve". Dictionnaires (in French and German). 9 May 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ Otto von Graeve, a Modern Dowser. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. 1914. p. 312. ISSN 0361-3941.
Otto Edler von Graeve, president of the Internationalen Vereins der Rutenganger, the International Divining Rod ... Otto Edler von Graeve, divining-rod expert, who has come over here to locate radium, told a visitor something about ...
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Hartung, Hans (1912). Zur vergangenheit von Gernrode [On the past of Gernrode] (in German). C. Mittag. p. 263. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ Hartung, Hans (1913). Die Welt des Islams: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Islamkunde (in German). D. Reimer. p. 92. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- "His Rod to Find Radium" (PDF). New York Times. 28 January 1914. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
Otto Edler von Graeve, who locates water and minerals with a 'divining rod,' arrived yesterday from Germany on the George Washington, ...
- ^ Mönch, Winfried (1990). ""Der Herr aller Gewässer in der Wüste": Der Wünschelrutengänger Otto Edler von Graeve im Kriegseinsatz an der Sinaifront 1915" ["The lord of all waters in the desert": the dowser Otto Edler von Graeve in action on the Sinai front in 1915]. Zeitschrift für Parapsychologie und Grenzgebiete der Psychologie (in German). 32 (1): 88–98.
- Picand, Yann; Dutoit, Dominique (26 July 2008). "Gernrode (Quedlinburg) : définition de Gernrode (Quedlinburg) et synonymes de Gernrode (Quedlinburg) (allemand)" [Gernrode (Quedlinburg) : definition of Gernrode (Quedlinburg) and synonyms of Gernrode (Quedlinburg) (German)]. Dictionnaires (in German and French). Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- Picand, Yann; Dutoit, Dominique (7 April 2012). "Wiesenbad : définition de Wiesenbad et synonymes de Wiesenbad (allemand)" [Wiesenbad : definition of Wiesenbad and synonyms of Wiesenbad (German)]. Dictionnaires (in German and French). Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- "20. Jahrhundert und Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts – Von der Entdeckung und Erschließung neuer Quellen zum modernen Rehabilitationszentrum" [20th century and early 21st century - From the discovery and development of new springs to the modern rehabilitation center]. Thermalbad Wiesenbad (in German). 29 August 2009. Archived from the original on 29 August 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2022.