Maria Wheatley is a second-generation dowser who is a leading authority on the geodetic system of earth energies. She was taught how to decode and divine the land by her late father, Dennis Wheatley, who was considered to be one of the UK's top Master Dowsers. She is an accomplished author of books on sacred sites and dowsing, and has researched the esoteric design canons of prehistoric sites, Druidic ceremonial enclosures and the Knights Templar for many years.
Maria has lectured and given workshops in America and Europe and has also appeared on the History Channel. In the late 1980s, Maria studied astrology and tarot and during the 1990s turned her attention to hypnotherapy, past life regression and reflexology. She has taught complimentary medicine for Swindon College for over 15 years.