J. Cecil Maby

Joseph Cecil Maby
Maby dowsing at River Leven, Fife
Born 1902
Died 1971
Occupation Physicist, dowser

Joseph Cecil Maby (1902-1971) was a British biophysicist, dowser and psychical researcher.

Maby was born in Natal, South Africa but moved to England as a child. He lived near Cheltenham. It was alleged that he had experienced paranormal events at his family's home. He developed a lifelong interest in psychical research.[1]

Maby with physicist T. Bedford Franklin wrote the book The Physics of the Dowsing Rod (1939).[2] They postulated that dowsing occurred due to some form of radiation. A review in Nature noted that there is "no direct evidence for such waves and the author's discussion of their polarization cannot be justified on our present physical knowledge."[3] Psychologist Donovan Rawcliffe wrote that claims in the book have no scientific validity.[4]

Maby was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.[5] He was a member of the British Society of Dowsers and Society for Psychical Research.

Publications

Books

  • By Stygian Waters (1933)
  • The Physics of the Divining Rod (1939, 1978) [with Thomas Bedford Franklin]
  • Confessions of a Sensitive (1966)
  • Physical Principles of Radiesthesia (1966)
  • A Naturalist at Large (1967)

Papers

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, Neil. (2000). Shadows in the Attic: A Guide to British Supernatural Fiction, 1820-1950. British Library. p. 334. ISBN 0-7123-1074-6
  2. ↑ Gardner, Martin. (1957). Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science. Dover Publications. p. 103. ISBN 0-486-20394-8
  3. ↑ Anonymous. (1940). The Physics of the Divining Rod. Nature 146: 150.
  4. ↑ Rawcliffe, Donovan. (1988). Occult and Supernatural Phenomena. Dover Publications. p. 358. ISBN 0-486-25551-4
  5. ↑ "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society". May 8, 1925.


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