Abbe Alexis Mermet

Abbé Alexis Mermet (November 11, 1866 - September 7, 1937) was a French Catholic priest, the Rector of Chapelle de Sainte-Madeleine in Jussy, Switzerland, and noted sourcier or practitioner of radiesthesia, sometimes known by the sobriquet Le Roi de la Radiethésie ("The King of Radiesthesia").

Abbot Alexis Mermet (1866-1937), French Jesuit priest and medical dowser. Mermet used a pendulum held over patients to diagnosis disease. He was an advocate of radiesthesia (dowsing), writing the book Comment J'opere (1935) that explained how to detect water and minerals. Most of the water sources around Paris and Vienna were discovered using this method.

Selected Bibliography

in French

• Mermet, Alexis (1928), Le Pendule Révélateur ou Moyen de Découvrir les Corps Cachés et les Maladies de Près ou à Distance, sur Plan ou Photographie, Cognac: Impr. du "Paysan"
• Mermet, Alexis (1934), Comment J'opère: Pour Découvrir de Près ou à Distance Sources, Métaux, Corps Cachés, Maladies, Jussy, Genève: Chez l'auteur

in English

• Mermet, Alexis; Clement, Mark (1959), Principles and Practice of Radiesthesia, London: Vincent Stuart

Press Coverage

1920s

• "SUBTERRANEAN RIVER DISCOVERED BY ABBE" (in English), Calgary Herald (Calgary, AB, Canada): 18, 4 Aug. 1922
• "Swiss Priest Gets Fame as Diviner" (in English), The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT): 23, 31 Jan. 1929
• "PRIEST'S INSIGHT INTO SECRETS IS MYSTERY OF EUROPE" (in English), The Knoxville Journal (Knoxville, TN): 36, 10 Feb. 1929

1930s

• "ENOUGH FOR A CENTURY. WATER AND GAS UNDER THE CITY OF PARIS." (in English), Nottingham Evening Post (Nottingham, England): 6, 29 Jun. 1932
• "Abbe Diagnoses Disease By Use of Divining Rod" (in English), The Advocate-Messenger (Danville, KY): 1, 24 Apr. 1934
• "OLD RELICS FOUND." (in English), The Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT): 17, 29 Mar. 1935
• "THE STRANGE POWERS OF AN ABBE: LOST PERSONS FOUND: SEARCH FOR MISSING CHILD CARRIED OFF BY AN EAGLE" (in English), The Observer (London, England): 12, 12 Sep. 1937
• "Abbe-Scientist Dies" (in English), Our Sunday Visitor (Omaha, NB): 1, 1 Oct 1937