[GUIDE] Pendulums - info on purifying, charging and scrying

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PURIFYING

Purification is the removal of the energies that your pendulum has picked up from everyone who has touched it and all the environments it has been in, until the moment it came to you. A very simple way to do that is to hold your pendulum over a glass bowl of pure water. (By “pure”, we mean purified drinking water, or distilled water.) As you hold the pendulum suspended over the bowl, imagine your own awareness at the very exact center or heart of the pendulum. See this in your minds eye. As you do, say a prayer/spell or power phrase, telling the universe/God/Goddess/Spirit that you are cleansing the pendulum of all the negative energies it possesses. This can be as simple or as complex, as you like, and using your own words will always have more power than that which is written by someone else. Now, lower the pendulum into the water. You may release the pendulum, allowing the entire chain and bead to be submerged in the purifying water for a few minutes. As it sits submerged in the water, visualize the negative energy flowing from the pendulum into the surrounding water. As you do this, visualize the water becoming slightly darkened by the negativity that is releasing into it. When you feel the pendulum has released all negativity into the water, simply pick up the bead and slowly draw the pendulum out of the water, visualizing the pendulum surrounded in white light, as you do. Place your pendulum on a clean cloth or paper towel, and pour the water down the drain. Your pendulum is now ready to be charged, if you like. You may store your pendulum in a clean cloth. Many people use silk bags, as they believe this protects the pendulum from outside energies.  

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CHARGING

Now that you have purified your new pendulum, you are ready to charge/empower it. The best time to do this is at the full moon, although it can be done on any evening where the moon is showing and is growing from new to full. All you need do is, set the pendulum where the light of the moon will be shining directly upon it, for several hours.
At the same time that you are charging your pendulum, you might also charge a clear glass container of water. This can be used later to enhance your pendulums responsiveness (explained in scrying directions).
Do not allow your pendulum to lie exposed to sunlight, as that will neutralize the lunar energy (if you want to attune it to the sun's energy, then follow the same directions above, but let it sit in the sunlight to charge).  

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SCRYING

The pendulum can be used in many different ways. It can be used to identify ailing parts of a body, to locate missing objects, and to answer specific questions. It is entirely up to the individual to decide how they choose to use their pendulum and at what “level”. You can choose to communicate with the subconscious, or connect to the universal consciousness that connects all beings. The choice is yours and no one way is the right or wrong way.

For best result in Scrying, use the pendulum in a quiet room. Even soft music seems to disrupt the attempt for many. Do not attempt to scry during storms, for the same reason. Avoid scrying when very tired, or ill. You are working through your own nervous system, and if you are extremely tired or out of balance, you may not get accurate readings. Better to start when fresh and full of energy. You might like to keep a small notebook on your scrying attempts. You could write questions, answers, and check back later, to verify results. It will also be a written record of your progress. Sometimes, we don’t realize just how far we have come, but a written record is there to show the truth of the matter.

There are several ways you can scry with your pendulum. One of the easiest ways is to take a piece of paper and mark it with a cross.  The scryer sits at the scrying table and places the elbow of their scrying hand on the table.  Most people use the hand that they do NOT use for writing. With elbow on the table, holding the pendulum dangling from their scrying hand, they suspend the pendulum above the cross and ask the question. The pendulum will start to move back and forth, one way on the cross for yes, and the other way for no. Start with a question you know the answer to, to define which way is yes, and which way is no. Wait for a response. Sometimes, it is several minutes before you get a first response.

In another pendulum method, the scryer uses the same cross, but the pendulum circles round the cross, clockwise for yes, counter-clockwise for no.

In yet another pendulum scrying method, the scryer sits in the same position, noted above. Relaxed and holding the pendulum with their scrying hand, they suspend the pendulum in a glass, with the pendulum very close to one of the sides of the glass. Then they ask the question.  The pendulum moves to hit the side of the glass, one time for yes, two times for no, or visa versa.

Try different methods to find what works the best, for you. You can enhance the responsiveness of the pendulum by placing a bowl of Lunar charged water (or solar if you charged it that way), under the cross, or in the glass, depending on which method is used. At first, you will want to pay attention to how long you are working. If you start to get a pendulum swinging wildly in all directions or circles, you may be pushing too hard and should stop for the day. You (or your pendulum) will tire very easily, at first, and it is important not to make this feel like a chore, if you want good results. It may also be to your advantage to have a list of questions, before you begin, so you are not sitting there tiring, thinking of what to ask next.


source: http://www.grandpasgeneral.com/index.php from an email they sent me several years ago