Bill Oliver’s introduction for us to Colin Bloy has opened up some interesting data.
The Old Stein Fountain, was the kicking off point for Fountain International. Some interesting facts about that fountain though makes for some good dowsing questions.
The Old Steine Fountain, inaugurated in May 1846 for Queen Victoria’s twenty-seventh birthday and was restored in October 2023. The pool is of cast-iron while the centre comprises locally sourced Sarsen Stones. Sarsen Stones are to be found at Stonehenge and other prehistoric monuments.

Why the choice of Sarsen Stones? Accompanied with water, both energy strong elements. For many thousands of years, the early churches knew to build their christening font over a crossed energy line, so why not all the beautiful fountains, especially so when you consider they attract people to them, and they are round.
Round – this leads us into the relevance of the circle.
CIRCLES
The Circle Of Life
Pythagoras held that the circle was the most perfect shape. Every radius line in a circle is that same and there is no beginning or end to it.
The middle point of a circle represents centralized power. It makes sense that the Egyptians prayed to their Sun God Ra.
The circle stands for oneness, completeness, infinity with no beginning or end.
The circle upholds the story of creation. From nothing in the beginning, to the circle of creation and enlightenment, or God consciousness as beheld in the centre point.
The circle is the basis of every living cell, which allows for life to flow through.

Powerful circles in our life:
Mandala – Sanskrit for Circle. The mandala, usually colourful, presents a visual motif, bringing one’s focus to the centre point. Its effect is to concentrate on the subconscious. Used as a meditation technique originating from the many religions of the East. 

Mandorla – Italian word meaning ‘almond’ which relates to the centre of the two overlapping circles of the Mandorla. Also known as the ‘Vesica Pisces’ the two circles represent the bringing together the opposites of the physical and spiritual world. The centre ‘almond’ was also taken to represent a fish in the time of Jesus. The overlapping circles are the basis of our number eight. Both the fish and number eight being symbols of Jesus...

Flower of Life – Earliest images of the Flower of Life are found in the Egyptian temple of Abydos, some 5000 years ago. It is seen as a divine blueprint for the universe, embracing the codes of creation and existence. It is now included in the spectrum of ‘Sacred Geometry’

Labyrinth – A single easy path leading to the centre of a circle. It represents a spiritual journey to the centre of solitude and meditation and the outward return to the physical world. One of the most famous labyrinth is located in the Cathedral of Chartre. We all learnt of the Greek and Roman labyrinths from history lessons. A labyrinth medallion can now be seen to be worn as a protective amulet against evil.

FOUNTAINS
Then we come to the Fountain itself. The spiritual power of fountains is rooted in deep antiquity. Fountains embrace the symbolic understanding of water as being a source of life and purity of both the body and the spirit, leading to spiritual renewal and a connection to the divine. The mere fact of the sound of water in the fountain leads one to experience peace thus allowing a person to gain inner peace and spiritual reflection. The reverence in which fountains are held presents itself in many cultures and religions.
The central height of the earlier fountains, often held statues of people, with the base often supported by exquisitely crafted angels or animals. All denoting a connection to the divine and creation. The modern fountain though, often appears to be only a display in the brilliance of the art of creating artistic height of throwing water.

Then to just reinforce the impact of Colin Bloy’s group ‘Fountain International’ we have an article from Australia-
FROM THE LAND OF OZ
There may be many Fountain folk who are unaware of the scale of Fountain activity undertaken by our Australian cousins, so from time to time we will be taking a look at exactly what is going on ‘Down Under.” Fountain groups in OZ regularly attract hundreds of people to their meetings and have to hire coaches to transport them when working in the field! Currently, just over half of the Continent is covered by the basic Fountain energy grid. It is also interesting to those who may think that some of the geometrical and other “energy patterns” picked up by dowsers in this country could be figments of their imagination, for these changing patterns are often picked up and identified totally independently, which appears to confirm their objective existence. Meticulous records of such changes are kept for historical and cross reference purposes.
The following is from the introduction to the Adelaide Fountain Group’s introductory leaflet, and sums up the essence of the concept in a beautifully simple manner.
Our Planet Earth supplies food and drink to nourish us. Everything that clothes and shelters us is taken from the earth. Without the sun, nothing would grow. It is the sun that draws upon the sky water which then falls as rain. The sun gives light and warmth to every creature on this planet, whether they are big or small, good or bad, beautiful or ugly, strong or weak. Rain and rivers can bring water to all who need it. Some rivers begin as springs or fountains. Water collects under the earth and bubbles up from the ground. Because they are places where the water we need starts from, people have for a long time thought that fountains were special places. Something that everybody needed bubbled up and flowed from there, that all could use and enjoy.
People feel happy and healthy if those around them are loving and caring. You may have noticed that some places, houses or rooms or parks or gardens cheer people up and make them feel more caring and loving. Sometimes this is because people who live and work there have many kind and healthy thoughts. Even when not there they send love to those places, like the sun sends warmth to those places.
In Victoria Square in the centre of Adelaide, there is a large fountain. Everyday hundreds of people send love and light to that fountain for a few minutes. They then see all this goodness pouring away from the fountain in every direction, helping to heal and make happier the whole of South Australia. In this way they hope people will feel less ready to commit crimes and behave badly, more ready to care about each other and the world they live in.

All this reading about Colin Bloy brought up the books of interest to dowsers that he has written:-
-Who’d Have Thought It: a community healing project. By Colin Bloy & Suzanne Thomas.
-Dowsing Ley Line Energies And the Search For The Grail.
-I’m Just Going Down to the Pub to Do a Few Miracles or, The Rational Way of Spiritual Healing. (Coming to our Society Library).
So thank you Colin Bloy for your inspirational life, which sadly ended in June 2023.
Source: Fountain International Magazine.