answer to a question.\u201d (Fenton, 198) <\/span><\/p>\nI have only heard of dowsing for water. And where I\u2019m from, you use a <\/span>dowsing rod, <\/i><\/span>one of those sticks that have one prong at one end and two at the other end, to search for water. Although she mentions dowsing for a \u201clong-lost gold ring\u201d (Fenton, 199) nowadays I suppose you might have better luck dowsing with a metal detector. But I suppose you could dowse for anything if you wanted to. <\/span><\/p>\nThe only other book that mentioned using a pendulum for divining purposes was Raymond Buckland\u2019s <\/em><\/span>The Fortune-Telling Book<\/u><\/span><\/em>. I thought that one of my other occult books might mention using a pendulum but none did. (It was fun and informative looking through all of them). Buckland also connects Dowsing and the use of Pendulums but he has a separate chapter for Dowsing. When I looked up Pendulums in the Index, I was redirected to \u201cRadiesthesia\u201d, which he describes as a \u201crefinement\u201d of the \u201cart of dowsing, rhabdomancy or water witching\u201d (Buckland, 397) He goes on to say that although its history \u201ccan be traced\u201d over thousands of years to its origins in the Orient, it became quite popular in the Middle Ages and remained popular into the Nineteenth Century. He writes that in the Middle Ages a key on the end of a chain was popular; but any kind of small weight will do \u2013 a ring, a pendant, a special locket. (Buckland, 397) I imagine that this kind of divination was easy to carry around with you and easy to disguise when any kind of soothsaying or witchery may have been punishable by torture and death.<\/span><\/p>\nThe use of this kind of divination is deceitfully simple. The pendulum swings one way for \u201cyes\u201d and the other way for \u201cno.\u201d What could be simpler? However, it often gives no answer at all. \u201cIf the pendulums swings in a circle or doesn\u2019t swing at all, it may be because the question asked is ambiguous and needs rephrasing, or is one that cannot be answered with a simple yes or no.\u201d (Buckland, 398)<\/span><\/p>\nHe talks of using a pendulum to find lost objects. For this, you use a map, and the pendulum swings when you move it over the area where the object you wish to find was lost. Out in the field, you need to mark the area in a grid and move accordingly, using your pendulum as a guide. It should swing in the same place where it did when it was being held over the map and you will find your object. (Buckland, 399) I personally have never used a pendulum in this way.<\/span><\/p>\nGrowing up, I always heard of using a pendulum over a pregnant woman\u2019s belly to determine the sex of her unborn child. If the pendulum swung straight back and forth, the child was a boy. If the pendulum circled, the child was a girl. This was often done at baby showers by one of the older women. With the advent of sonograms, this is a lost art. <\/span><\/p>\nSo, how do I use my pendulum? I use it for \u201cYes\/No\u201d questions. \u201cShould I stay or should I go\u201d comes up a lot! I also have been using it in conjunction with Tarot readings. With a daily 3-Card Spread, I will hold the pendulum over each card and note the way the pendulum swings \u2013 which direction, how strong, if it\u2019s in a circle, etc. I\u2019m not quite sure what I\u2019m doing with this yet! But it\u2019s an interesting experiment. I write down my findings and hopefully, a pattern will emerge. <\/span><\/p>\nAnd isn\u2019t that what divination is about? Looking for patterns and seeing the signs?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nUntil next month, blessings from pollyapplequeen…<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Divining by Pendulum Recently, I received a beautiful pendulum from our generous editor, Jenn. I have used pendulums in the past but they were homemade ones of braided embroidery floss & crystal buttons. This is a really nice one! It felt really good in my hand and it was weighted perfectly. And I loved the pentacle etched into it! Although I have used pendulums in spell work in the past, I naturally had to pull out my books and do some research on using one. I was rather dismayed at what I found, or what I didn\u2019t find. But perhaps that\u2019s because of my own preconceived notions and I admit that right now. First I consulted The Fortune-Teller\u2019s Workbook\u00a0by Sasha Fenton. She only has two pages on the subject and personally I think what she presents is pretty useless \u2013 more dedicated to dowsing than to using a pendulum. She writes that both methods \u201care normally used to locate things\u201d. Also: a pendulum can be used \u201cpredictively\u201d for giving a \u201cstraightforward yes or no answer to a question.\u201d (Fenton, 198) I have only heard of dowsing for water. And where I\u2019m from, you use a dowsing rod, one of those sticks that have one prong at one end and two at the other end, to search for water. Although she mentions dowsing for a \u201clong-lost gold ring\u201d (Fenton, 199) nowadays I suppose you might have better luck dowsing with a metal detector. But I suppose you could dowse for anything if you wanted to. The only other book that mentioned using a pendulum for divining purposes was Raymond Buckland\u2019s The Fortune-Telling Book. I thought that one of my other occult books might mention using a pendulum but none did. (It was fun and informative looking through all of them). Buckland also connects Dowsing and the use of Pendulums but he has a separate chapter for Dowsing. When I looked up Pendulums in the Index, I was redirected to \u201cRadiesthesia\u201d, which he describes as a \u201crefinement\u201d of the \u201cart of dowsing, rhabdomancy or water witching\u201d (Buckland, 397) He goes on to say that although its history \u201ccan be traced\u201d over thousands of years to its origins in the Orient, it became quite popular in the Middle Ages and remained popular into the Nineteenth Century. He writes that in the Middle Ages a key on the end of a chain was popular; but any kind of small weight will do \u2013 a ring, a pendant, a special locket. (Buckland, 397) I imagine that this kind of divination was easy to carry around with you and easy to disguise when any kind of soothsaying or witchery may have been punishable by torture and death. The use of this kind of divination is deceitfully simple. The pendulum swings one way for \u201cyes\u201d and the other way for \u201cno.\u201d What could be simpler? However, it often gives no answer at all. \u201cIf the pendulums swings in a circle or doesn\u2019t swing at all, it may be because the question asked is ambiguous and needs rephrasing, or is one that cannot be answered with a simple yes or no.\u201d (Buckland, 398) He talks of using a pendulum to find lost objects. For this, you use a map, and the pendulum swings when you move it over the area where the object you wish to find was lost. Out in the field, you need to mark the area in a grid and move accordingly, using your pendulum as a guide. It should swing in the same place where it did when it was being held over the map and you will find your object. (Buckland, 399) I personally have never used a pendulum in this way. Growing up, I always heard of using a pendulum over a pregnant woman\u2019s belly to determine the sex of her unborn child. If the pendulum swung straight back and forth, the child was a boy. If the pendulum circled, the child was a girl. This was often done at baby showers by one of the older women. With the advent of sonograms, this is a lost art. So, how do I use my pendulum? I use it for \u201cYes\/No\u201d questions. \u201cShould I stay or should I go\u201d comes up a lot! I also have been using it in conjunction with Tarot readings. With a daily 3-Card Spread, I will hold the pendulum over each card and note the way the pendulum swings \u2013 which direction, how strong, if it\u2019s in a circle, etc. I\u2019m not quite sure what I\u2019m doing with this yet! But it\u2019s an interesting experiment. I write down my findings and hopefully, a pattern will emerge. And isn\u2019t that what divination is about? Looking for patterns and seeing the signs?\u00a0 Until next month, blessings from pollyapplequeen…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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