The Pendulum
Pendulums for Divination:
- Pendulums can also be asked questions regarding how much, how many.
- For finding lost items, take the pendulum around the area and ask it if you are near the lost item.
- Spirits can also communicate to us through pendulums.
- We can concentrate and focus on the name of the spirit or Demon we wish to contact.
- The pendulum is an excellent way to communicate with Demons. With Demons, the pendulum can be placed over a drawing of or copy of the sigil and asked questions.
Pendulums are easy to use and can be mastered rather fast. Sometimes, we need easy answers to things. A pendulum is usually accurate, easy to use and takes little time. Everything takes practice, patience, and above all persistence, in the psychic realm. Most pendulum adepts have worked with their pendulums for years. When one is advanced, a pendulum can reveal practically anything.
For those of you who are serious about becoming proficient with a pendulum, I suggest you start out with asking the pendulum several unimportant questions at the beginning of your day, questions that pertain to events you know will occur during your day.
For example: Will it rain today? Will I receive money today? Will I get off from work early today?
Ask easy questions that are not of any great importance, as emotions and desires very much affect the answers we receive and this is where inaccuracy can step in. Record the questions in your black book/book of shadows/journal. At the end of your day go through each question and write the answer and note whether the pendulum was accurate or not.
I also like to ask questions to check the direction of the yes and no questions.
For example: My name is Savannah, and the day is Monday….I will ask
- “Is my name Fred?” – The pendulum will turn in one direction.Obviously, this direction will be the NO answer.
- “Is today Monday?” – The pendulum should swing in the opposite direction, and this will be the YES answer.
You can ask other questions to check the direction again to feel more comfortable.
TIP – Always record the accuracy in your black book.
After several months, you should notice a lot of improvement in your accuracy. If you want to advance further, try asking the pendulum questions using a map.
When recording your work in your black book, it is often helpful to note the time of day, the moon phase, the weather and other phenomena. For ladies, including your time in your menstrual cycle is also very important. I have found this affects us more than most are aware of as it has to do with the moon. Remember, it is always important to be as relaxed as possible when working with a pendulum as to access the right/psychic side of your brain, which operates through the pendulum.
How to Use a Pendulum
- Hold the strand with your fingertips and let the weighted part hang. For those who are new and or inexperienced with using a pendulum, it is a good idea to place yourself into a trance when working with a pendulum. Once you are confident in obtaining correct answers, you no longer need to be in the trance state.
- Now ask a question you know the answer to, like what day it is. Start out by asking yes or no questions. See what the pendulum does and get a feel for it.
Make Your Own Pendulum
Paul Huson in his book Mastering Witchcraft provides this traditional witch manner of making a pendulum:
Obtain a lodestone or, failing that, a small steel magnet and some strong twine about nine inches in length. Now, making sure the lodestone is free of dust adhering to it, or the steel magnet free from any grease, glue one end of the twine to it with a drop of strong plastic household adhesive which binds metal. When this is dry, sprinkle the pendulum with salt water, and cense it with an incense composed of wormwood herb (also called mugwort, artemesia, or southernwood) and a few grains of mastic.
Now in order to employ your pendulum, you must either hold the thread firmly between the finger and thumb of your right hand (your left if you are left-handed) and let it hang free, keeping your elbow out, away from your body or, alternatively, tie the free end of the twine onto the middle of a short stick or pencil, and holding one end of the stick lightly in each hand, rest your elbows on a table so that the pendulum dangles free between them.
You may now either ask the pendulum questions with a “yes” or “no” answer or, alternatively, you may write the question down on a piece of paper and place it so that the pendulum can swing freely over it. If the pendulum swings to and fro, toward and away from you, the answer is “yes.” If it swings sideways, however, the answer is “no.”
NOTES & TIPS:
The wider the swing of the pendulum, the more accurate the answer.
Takes notes when you are new
The directions will vary from person to person. For me:Yes and no answers will spin left or right
Side to Side means – not sure; ask again
VARIOUS USES FOR A PENDULUM:
Pendulums are an excellent means for communicating with the spirit world, checking the accuracy of other readings and divinations and many other different things.
RITUALS:
- Ask what kind of incense to burn, the best time to perform the ritual, the best place, candle colors and so on.
DEMONS:
- For simple contact of a Demon, place the pendulum over the Sigil of the particular Demon and begin asking questions.
- Ask what kind of incense to burn, the best time to perform the ritual, the best place, candle colors and so on.
TO FIND SOMETHING LOST:
- In a Room – hold the pendulum and ask where the object is located. The pendulum will swing in the direction of the lost object.
- In a House – Ask the pendulum, room by room, i.e., is it in the kitchen? yes/no, bathroom and so on until you narrow it down. Then go into the room and section it off.
- On a Map – Start by asking if the missing person or object is in the area of the map. (For missing persons, it is helpful to have a photo and an item he or she has touched or worn). Hold the pendulum in the hand you normally use to divine with it and a pointer or pencil in the other. Point to places on the map, until you arrow it down and go from there.
- Outside: Ask – “Am I facing the right direction to find… If the pendulum swings foreword or backward, you are moving in the right direction. In circles, move with the circle slowly, until it swings foreword and backward.
OUTDOOR RITUAL SITES:
- Try using a map at first to pinpoint a good area. Places where Ley Lines and other energies on the Earth grid intersect, are powerful spots to perform all kinds of rituals. The pendulum will circle so fast when positioned over these areas, it will nearly be parallel to the Earth. The stronger the energies, the faster the pendulum will spin.
PAST LIVES:
- You can write dates on separate small pieces of paper or cards and space them out, evenly on a table. Ask about your past life and the pendulum will swing in the direction of the paper with the accurate date. You can keep going back this way in time. You can do the same with continents, narrow it down to countries in which you lived. People you now know and their relationship to you in a past life. Put on separate pieces of paper- lover, friend, spouse, family member and so on. Name the person and ask the question.
HEALTH:
- Ask about each area of your body or ask the aura of someone you want to know about. Keep narrowing down the questions with each answer you receive from the pendulum.
GAMBLING:
- Be careful here, as mistakes can be costly, but you can take the pendulum to a casino and ask if this is a table or slot machine, you can win big at quickly and easily. The same can be done when betting on horses and so on. *It pays to be real experienced before you start going for the money.
RELATIONSHIPS:
- A pendulum can tell you all sorts of things about other people. A photo or personal item of the person in question is a big help, but is not necessary. Just hold the pendulum over the item and ask questions.
PLACES TO GO TO SHOP OR GET REPAIRS DONE:
- Just open the phone book and ask where is the most inexpensive and the best quality place for what you want. Name places and the pendulum will answer yes/no. A pendulum can also be helpful in diagnosing car trouble before pulling everything apart or taking it to a shop.
TAROT CARDS:
- Lay out several Tarot Cards as possible answers to a question. Ask the question and the pendulum will begin swinging in the direction of the card with the answer, until a yes is reached when it is placed directly above the card.
- Any yes or no questions can be accurately answered with a pendulum. Small cards or papers with names of people, places or things can be lined up from left to right and the pendulum will start swinging in the direction of the card or piece of paper with the answer.
- The pendulum should swing widely, as this is a definite yes or no. Circles are uncertain and a small swing is not so sure.