No. Not the kind from a night of revelry. The residual energy left behind by the people and events in the home or business.

Here are a couple of examples that people have reported: feeling an uncomfortable heaviness when walking into a room where someone has had an argument, and feeling as if someone is watching them with no one there.

In a recent podcast, the guest speaker discussed what’s known in the real estate industry as a divorce house. Divorce houses are known for more than one marriage ending in divorce. There are also stigmatized properties—those impacted by events, such as crimes, that have occurred or are suspected to have occurred there.

No matter what the circumstances, they all have one thing in common. They have negative residual energy. There are many ways to clear negative energy, including smudging, placement of crystals, prayer, feng shui and dowsing.

Dowsing is an ancient art and science of locating energy. Most notably, dowsing identifies water sources on ranches and farms. There are also professionals trained to dowse for energy sources within homes and businesses. These dowsers use an energy ring and brass dowsing and copper curing rods to find and amplify positive energy and block negative energy.

If required, dowsing can also be done at a distance. When using this method, the client will provide a floor plan of their home, office or map of their property. When the client receives the dowsed floor plan, they will place the curing rods themselves to complete the final step of the process.