Radiesthesia, an entry in the Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology reproduced on Encyclopedia.com, covers Abbe Alexis Bouly's coining of the term radiesthesie around 1930 and his founding of the supporting association that year. Its strength is that it is a maintained reference work entry with a documented historical claim. Its limit is that it is a general reference encyclopedia entry rather than independent scholarly history, so a detailed claim about the practice's later spread should be checked against dedicated historical scholarship.
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Radiesthesia, an entry in the Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology reproduced on Encyclopedia.com, the middle tier reflecting that it is a maintained reference work entry with a documented historical claim, covering Abbe Alexis Bouly's coining of the term radiesthesie around 1930, notwithstanding that it is a general reference encyclopedia entry rather than independent scholarly history, so a detailed claim about the practice's later spread should be checked against dedicated historical scholarship. NotesCovers Abbe Alexis Bouly coining radiesthesie around 1930 and founding the supporting association that year.
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The Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, edited by Leslie A. Shepard, first published 1978 and revised through a 1991 third edition; the specific edition consulted is not stated on this entry, so no single edition year is asserted. Source Typereference
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