Using a Pendulum
by Ronnee Ruselle
This guide is a down to earth, basic guide on how to use pendulums.
How they work
Pendulums work on the same principle as tarot cards. Your brain and your energy pick up on a lot of information that you may not be aware of. In the case of most people who think they have no psychic ability, they do - they simply don't know how to recognize it and use it. This is when using a tool is helpful. The information is there and your energy can access it. The tools simply do the interpretation for you. So when you ask a question and you've selected a direction for the pendulum to swing in for each possible answer, your energy reaches out and moves the pendulum in the appropriate direction for the correct answer.
Is a pendulum the right tool for you?
Pendulums are fabulous tools, but like with anything, they may not be the tool for you so if you find that you have little success or if you find it frustrating to use it, then simply choose another tool.
The thing I like most about pendulums is that they show physical evidence of your energy at work. Do this little test...hold your pendulum- even if it's just a ring on a thread or hair - out in front of you. I find it easier if I rest my elbow on my knee or other surface because it lessens the chance of accidentally moving the pendulum myself. Make sure that your arm is tilted enough to allow plenty of room for the pendulum to swing. Then just tell the pendulum to swing clockwise and while you do that, imagine an image of it swinging clockwise in your head. It may take a moment, but it will move. Even if it swings a tiny bit - just enough to discern the movement, you've had success.
If you can do this, then you can use a pendulum.
Types of pendulums
A pendulum can be any freely moving object - usually on a thin thread of some sort. As long as it is free to swing in any direction needed, it will be fine. Some people use a ring on a thread or a hair, but there are many different types of pendulums. What you use really doesn't matter because it's your energy moving it. The pendulum merely moves in the direction it's pushed to.
Getting an accurate answer.
For most people, that last step would have seemed pretty easy. It's not hard to make a pendulum move. In fact, it's far too easy. Just thinking of a subject that you have any hope or idea of the outcome will influence the pendulum. In your energy is the true answer and also the answer you want it to be. Let me explain...Basically in order to use your energy, you only need to think of what you want to happen and your energy within a split second will instantly react to those thoughts and carry them out. This is why we need to be careful of our thoughts. Let's say for example that you've just met somebody and you really like that person. You may wish to have him for a friend, but you don't know whether you can trust him or not. Well, your energy would have picked up information from his energy which will give you the answer and so you decide to use your pendulum to find out whether you can trust him.
If you are hoping that the answer is yes while you swing that pendulum, then the answer will indeed be yes. Your 'hopeful' answer will reach out and override the true answer because hoping for it while you're using the pendulum is the same as telling the pendulum to answer yes. You hope it, or think or it, your energy faithfully reaches out and does it. So what's the answer? You need to be able to distance yourself emotionally from the possible answer. You need to find a way to not think of what the answer will be. You need to dampen down your enthusiasm for the subject and try to be feeling as non-committal about it as possible. Some people are able to instantly shut off their feelings for things, but even those people won't be able to all the time so you need a distraction for your brain. If you're focussing on that pendulum while it's swinging, your energy will be moving it in the direction you want it to go when it must be free to swing in whatever way the energy moves it whilst accessing the unconscious information that you have in your energy.
One way some people do this is to ask the question and close their eyes while the pendulum swings. Then after a moment or two, they open them to see which way it swings. This can be tricky though because having your eyes closed will not stop your energy from moving the pendulum if you're still hoping for a certain result. It's the actual thought processes that you need to distance. If closing your eyes helps you to 'not' think of anything, then go ahead. Otherwise you'll need something more effective.
For myself, I imagine a piece of cardboard in front of my face so close that I cannot see past it. In my case, I imagine black cardboard, because if it was white, I'd be tempted to imagine seeing all the flecks in the cardboard whereas my aim is to imagine nothing at all - to think of nothing at all. This is much harder than most people imagine it is.
If you are using the pendulum on behalf of another person and they ask a question that you have an emotion or strong opinion about, then you may endanger the truth of the answer. Please be fair and either learn how to switch off so that you can ensure a completely truthful answer, wait until you feel no particular emotion about the question asked or be honest and tell the person that you will not be able to do it for them as you are concerned that you will influence the answer. People take the results of such things seriously and make life altering decisions based upon them no matter how much they claim it's "all in fun".
Patience is key
As the subheading suggests, patience is important when using a pendulum. If you get the slightest feeling that you have influenced the answer, then start again. It does nobody any good to delude themselves by answering a question with a pendulum just to get the answer you want to see. If this happens, then you already know the answer within and you're trying to convince yourself of something that is untrue. It's no different to just talking to yourself and agreeing with your own thoughts.
Sometimes the pendulum can take a moment to move. Be patient. Many people think that if the pendulum swings only a teeny bit then they've failed - not so. If the pendulum moves enough for you to detect the direction of its' movement, then you've been successful. Your energy becomes accustomed to the use of a pendulum and you may find it easier to use as time goes by. You may find it swings more quickly or more clearly. Please be aware that you can influence it more easily too.
Directions it can swing
There are a variety of ways that you can have the pendulum swing in answer to your question. For the layman, three answers are the simples to work with - Yes, No, and I don't know or won't reveal. The last will get the same reaction from the pendant. Usually you'll be instructed on how to program the pendulum. I will instruct you on how to program your energy because that's what is moving the pendulum. You can tell your energy to program the pendulum to move any of the following ways:
- Clockwise
- Anticlockwise
- Sideways (left to right)
- Frontways (front to back)
- Stand still
Play around with these and see which works best for you and which is comfortable for you. This will also be the most comfortable for your energy so you'll get the best results.
I've heard all sorts of rubbish about holding it in the left hand and saying a pretty speech, but seriously, just tell it which way you want it to swing for each answer. For example: You would say: "Swing clockwise for yes" then see it swing clockwise in your head and allow it to swing clockwise while you're thinking about the answer yes and you will feel what the yes feels like. Once you're satisfied with the way the pendulum is swinging, then say "Swing anti-clockwise for no" and then do the same as previously while allowing the pendulum to swing in that direction. Then you would say "Swing sideways for no." Of course you may prefer the pendulum to swing in a different way - this is just an example. Then you will test the pendulum by asking it questions that you know the answers to for yes and no. If it responds appropriately then you've correctly programmed your energy to move the pendulum.
You begin as you would with any psychic work - preferably without interruption. Think carefully about the questions you want to ask. They are important. Then ask each question ensuring that you are not influencing the energy. Ensure that you place a simple protection around you such as a white light bubble. Do not try to use the pendulum (or any other tool for that matter) for communicating with spirit unless you are a trained and experienced medium. To do otherwise is to court problems.
The influence of those around you.
If you have another person nearby while you're using that pendulum, they can influence its' results as easily as you can particularly if they have stronger energy than your or if they feel more strongly. Their energy can override yours. Just ensure that you are alone or if you're doing it for a friend over a cup of coffee you can ask them to distract themselves, distance themselves emotionally, clear their mind or move away - anything that you feel is necessary to get a true answer.
Remember - like with any psychic work, there are simply no guarantees. If you find you have a reasonably good accuracy using a pendulum, that's great, but there are so many possible things that can happen to alter the answer such as energy going by, spirits affecting it, being a little unwell, pregnancy and a whole range of things that it is possible to make a mistake. Don't be hard on yourself if it works out differently to what you expect. Some days are just not as good as others.
Have fun!