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Basics of Pendulums
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    A PENDULUM is an object that is attached to a
    pivot point (in divination, your fingers) so it
    can swing freely.

    This object is subject to a restoring force that
    will accelerate it toward an equilibrium
    position. When the pendulum is displaced from its
    place of rest, the restoring force will cause the
    pendulum to oscillate about the equilibrium
    position.

In other words, a weight attached to a string swings back and forth.






As a tool of divination, a pendulum is simply a tool that transfers
energy into responses to questions by swinging into particular
directions.

HOW IT WORKS:

The pendulum can be thought of as an extension of the intuition,
since it is used to gain access to information that exists at the
subconscious level of the Inner Being.

It could be said that it strengthens or amplifies the intuition
because it converts the subtleties of the intuition into a more
obvious form of physical motion. When you ask a question of the
pendulum, it is your own intuition that answers it. The pendulum
merely allows you to physically see what the intuition already knows.

As an extension of the intuition, the pendulum can give you
information from the same two sources as the intuition: from your own
subconscious mind; and from your guidance, spirit, or guardian angel.
Because of how it operates, the pendulum can only answer questions
that are phrased so that the answer is either "yes" or "no".

USING A PENDULUM:

Before using a particular pendulum for the first time, hold it in the
appropriate position.

For me, this can be done in two ways.  
1) Hold it over your left hand or
2) Hold it over a piece of paper with a "V" drawn on it.  On one side
of the V write "YES" and the other write "NO"

Then, you ask, either aloud or mentally, "Pendulum, please show me
YES". Give the pendulum time to respond and observe the direction of
the swing as it responds. If the swing is modest at first, don't be
concerned, because it takes a while for a particular pendulum to
begin to vibrate with you.

After you have determined the YES response, ask the pendulum to show
you the NO response in the same manner. Check the YES/NO response in
this way, the first few times you do a session with the pendulum.

I was also taught that sometimes after a question, the pendulum does
not go to either YES or NO, but visibly turns in circles at the
bottom of the "V".  I was told that if this happens, it means "you
are not supposed to know that answer at this time."   

Remember, always use PROTECTION when using any TOOL of DIVINATION.