This "Old" publication bases its weather forecasts on esoteric interpretations of natural phenomena
The Physical Basis of Long-Range Weather Forecasts holds interest .... as well 
as his contemporaries, creating an ethic that allows for old traditions to ... into 
natural phenomena and for the construction of hypotheses and ... Around 1840, 
argues Norriss Hetherington, 'science' was becoming an esoteric... [DOC] [TLE] Dowsing - Christian Research Institute [PAR] They believe their dowsing stick or other device (often an occult pendulum) 
somehow ... one might think that simple water dowsing could have a natural 
explanation.