Effluvia

• effluvia: gaseous or vaporous emissions, especially foul-smelling ones
• See the article on Virgula Divina or the Divining Rod, a method used to find underground springs or mines. In this claimed method, the user takes a Y-shaped branch of a hazel tree walks slowly over the ground. When a source is found, the effluvia or the particles in the mineral water causes the branch to bend down, the same direction as the flow of particles.