Creating & Choosing Pendulums for Dowsing & More
In this class, you will learn about the different types of materials used to create pendulums, tips for selecting materials, basic construction techniques to help you create your own pendulums, and so much more! Copyright © 2013 Kelly Small Email:
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What is a Pendulum? A pendulum is a simple divining tool that consists of a small object (often referred to as a "weight") suspended from the end of a chain, cord, or thread.
Although pendulums are easy to find in most new age stores and online, there's something special about a pendulum that you make for yourself. When you select certain materials that have personal significance for you and take the time to put them all together, you can create a one-of-a-kind pendulum that's perfect for you and your dowsing needs.
Just remember: If you can imagine it, you can create it!
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Types of Weights 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Crystals, gemstones, & other minerals Metal Wood Jewelry (pendants or rings) Found Objects/Keepsakes
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Choosing Materials for Your Pendulum A handcrafted pendulum should be made out materials that appeal to your senses, mean something to you, and ones that correspond to your dowsing practices.
Why Choose Crystals, Gemstones, & Other Minerals? If you'll primarily be using your pendulum for healing purposes (physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, Earth), you may want to use a particular crystal, gemstone, or other mineral as a pendulum weight. Crystal and gemstone pendulums are good for dowsing astrological charts, creating home remedies, eliminating addictive behaviors, and Feng Shui. If your pendulum will be a multi-purpose one, your favorite kind of crystal is an ideal choice.
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Why Choose Metal? Metal is suitable as a pendulum weight especially if you will be using it to dowse for Earth's precious resources. Use metal to find locate water, buried treasure, and of course…metal! Some metals can also be very healing, so don't rule it out if you plan on dowsing for healing purposes. Using your pendulum for alchemy, rituals, spell-work, or Earth magic? Again, metal is a great choice.
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Why Choose Wood? If you'd like to enhance your connection with nature, totem animals, or faery guides, you may want to choose a weight made out of a certain wood. Wooden pendulums are also excellent for selecting foods and supplements, creating home remedies, dowsing for pets, Feng Shui, and for Earth healing.
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Why Choose Jewelry? People often choose pendants or rings to serve as pendulum weights for sentimental reasons. A treasured piece of jewelry that was passed down by a loved one, received as a gift, or one that's simply a favorite makes for a one-of-a-kind pendulum weight that's about as personal as you can get! It's especially suitable if you will be using it to dowse exclusively for yourself.
Why Choose Found Objects/Keepsakes? A "found object" or keepsake could be something you have lying around the house, a little treasure that you find at a flea market, garage sale, or antique store, or any little trinket such as a coin, key, charm, or bead. Use a found object or keepsake if it holds significance for you to really personalize your pendulum. Like jewelry, it's a good choice if you'll primarily be dowsing for yourself.
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Healing & Metaphysical Properties of Crystals, Stones, & Other Minerals Agate, Blue Lace: (5th Chakra) Blue Lace Agate improves communication (both listening and speaking), promotes peace and calming, alleviates anxiety, encourages joy and happiness, reduces inflammation, and is a very balancing stone for children. It relieves pain of the throat and mouth (teeth and gums) and reduces stress headaches. Agate, Moss: (1st & 4th Chakras) Moss agate enhances one's connection with nature and nature spirits, assists in grounding and centering, and gives one's confidence a boost. It reduces emotional pain at the heart center, improves physical health overall, and is an excellent choice for planetary healing as well. Amazonite: (4th & 5th Chakras) Amazonite brings out the truth in any situation, provides clarity, improves communication, helps one connect with spirit guides and angels, keeps the throat, mouth, and heart healthy, and helps one set appropriate boundaries. Amethyst: (6th & 7th Chakras) Amethyst protects against negative energies, alleviates headache pain, eases symptoms of depression, promotes emotional balance, helps overcome addictions, promotes healthy weight control, enhances psychic abilities, and relieves insomnia. Apophyllite: (4th, 6th, & 7th Chakras) Apophyllite provides mental clarity, enhances intuition, assists in past-life recall, and facilitates lucid dreaming. It's also beneficial for astral travel, connecting with one's angels and guides, and for opening up one's self to healing energy from the Universe. Aventurine: (4th Chakra) Green Aventurine soothes the spirit, relieves migraines and stress-induced headache pain, strengthens the heart, improves overall health, attracts abundance, and promotes inner-peace.
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Bloodstone: (1st & 4th Chakras) Bloodstone is highly protective, grounding and centering, promotes self-confidence, boosts self-esteem, and helpful with negative energy at bay. It improves overall physical health, cleanses the blood, and detoxifies the body. Calcite, Golden: (3rd Chakra) Golden calcite is a good companion when big changes are occurring. It promotes a positive attitude, increases feelings of happiness and joy, and eliminates the fear of the unknown. It aids in digestion and promotes a healthy digestive system. Carnelian: (1st & 2nd Chakras) Carnelian energizes, motivates, sparks creativity, increases sexual energy, pain relief, promotes reproductive health, and improves digestion. Chrysoprase: (3rd & 4th Chakras) Chrysoprase is a gentle, soothing crystal that alleviates feelings of sadness, lifts depression, and encourages feelings of self-love and self-worth. It promotes compassion, empathy, and forgiveness - encouraging one to look for the positive in all things. It is especially beneficial for the heart and the digestive system. Citrine: (3rd & 7th Chakras) Citrine stimulates creativity, promotes joy and happiness, cleanses the physical body, alleviates symptoms associated with depression and SAD, increases self-esteem, and improves concentration. Danburite: (3rd, 4th, 6th, & 7th Chakras) Danburite opens up the Crown chakra allowing one to experience Universal love and healing directly from the Divine. It facilitates communication with angels and spirit guides, increases intuition, and assists with meditation. It promotes compassion, joy, happiness, and harmony. Dumortierite: (5th & 6th Chakras) Dumortierite calms and soothes the nerves, provides mental clarity and focus, enhances intuition, and improves communication. It helps one to see clearly on all levels. On the physical level it reduces inflammation and can be used to skin reactions to allergies and bug bites/stings. Fluorite, Rainbow: (4th, 5th, 6th, & 7th Chakras) Rainbow Fluorite boosts one's brain power by assisting with focus and concentration. It also protects against EMF's, keeps the emotional body in check, and lifts depression. Fluorite relieves pain associated with arthritis, promotes healthy skin, and encourages one to stay physically active.
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Garnet, Red: (1st & 4th Chakras) Not only does Garnet assists one in grounding and centering, it's also a very stimulating ally. It energizes the body, improves digestion, promotes overall heart health, and helps one become more self-motivated. It can also give the libido a boost and improve romantic partnerships. Hematite: (1st Chakra) Hematite helps one ground and center, assists in astral travel, transforms negative energies into positive ones, aids in overall pain relief, protects, and calms one's fears. Howlite: (6th & 7th Chakras) Howlite is beneficial for those suffering from insomnia, eliminates bad dreams, assists in dream recall, and balances out the emotional body. It's a nurturing stone that can be very calming for children. Jade: (4th Chakra) Jade attracts wealth and abundance, removes obstacles, promotes heart health, heals and balances the entire physical body, provides protection, instills a sense of inner peace, and enhances meditation. Jasper, Kambaba: (4th Chakra) Kambaba Jasper promotes feelings of tranquility, calms frayed nerves, alleviates sadness and depression, helps one feel more connected to nature and nature spirits, and detoxifies the physical body. Jasper, Red: (1st Chakra) Red Jasper helps one stay grounded, increases vitality, energizes and motivates, and helps with self-discipline. It also stimulates digestion, regulates blood pressure, and improves circulation. Jet: (1st Chakra) Jet increases vitality, protects the auric field, shields against psychic attack, alleviates sadness, helps one work through grief, encourages a respectful attitude, and is helpful for those struggling with addictions. Kyanite, Blue: (5th & 6th Chakras) Blue Kyanite improves communication skills, assists one in communication with one's angels, guides, and totem animals, enhances psychic abilities, helps with manifesting, relieves stress, promotes feelings of tranquility, and promotes peaceful sleep. Labradorite: (6th & 7th Chakras) Labradorite transforms negative energy into positive energy, protects the aura, strengthens intuition, stimulates creativity, clarifies the truth, assists in astral travel, and is beneficial during past-life regression. It balances the hormones, regulates blood pressure, and relieves stress.
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Lapis Lazuli: (5th & 6th Chakras) Lapis Lazuli aids in communication with ancestors, angels, totem animals, and spirit guides, enhances psychic abilities, calms and soothes the emotional body, aids in childbirth and promotes reproductive health, assists in astral travel, and helps one speak their truths. Lepidolite: (3rd, 4th, & 7th Chakras) Lepidolite balances the emotions, alleviates depression, and levels out mood swings/mood disorders. It comforts and soothes the soul, encourages forgiveness, and promotes a peaceful and harmonious environment. Malachite: (4th Chakra) Malachite promotes feelings of love and compassion, reduces "mind chatter," encourages a positive attitude during times of change, and helps one connect with nature. In the physical body it regulates blood pressure, boosts the immune system, and relieves pain. Moonstone, Rainbow: (2nd, 6th, & 7th Chakras) Rainbow Moonstone helps one connect with Goddess energy, balances the emotions, aids in fertility, alleviates symptoms associated with PMS, promotes reproductive health, relieves insomnia, assists in dream recall, enhances intuition, and calms the nerves. Obsidian, Black: (1st Chakra) Black Obsidian is useful for grounding and centering, protection, transforming negative energies into positive ones, blocking psychic attack, shielding the aura, allowing one to see one's self objectively, promoting feelings of inner peace, and boosting self-esteem. Quartz, Clear: (All Chakras) Clear Quartz is a natural amplifier that is helpful in balancing and healing the emotional, physical, and spiritual bodies. It's suitable for all types of energy work. Quartz, Rose: (4th Chakra) Rose Quartz promotes a strong, healthy heart, encourages love and compassion, alleviates pain and sadness caused by grief or stress, calms and soothes the emotions, encourages forgiveness, and aids in all romantic endeavors and matters of the heart. Quartz, Smoky: (1st Chakra) Smoky Quartz grounds, protects, blocks negative energy, shields the aura, enhances meditation, alleviates worry, reduces headache pain, and prevents nightmares. It helps one stay motivated, focused, and present.
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Rhodochrosite: (4th Chakra) Rhodochrosite encourages feelings of love, compassion, empathy, and romance. It balances the emotions and helps one maintain a positive attitude. Selenite: (7th Chakra) Selenite amplifies and purifies energy, cleanses and balances the chakras, protects the aura, enhances meditation, and promotes a sense of inner peace. Sodalite: (5th & 6th Chakras) Sodalite strengthens the third eye, increases psychic abilities, assists in healthy communication, eliminates feelings of guilt, promotes peace and harmony, and helps one speak one's truth. Tiger's Eye, Golden: (3rd Chakra) Golden Tiger's Eye provides clarity, encourages a positive attitude, helps one feel comfortable in one's own skin, protects, promotes harmony, lifts depression, strengthens and heals the eyes, and helps maintain healthy digestive and reproductive systems. Tourmaline, Black: (1st Chakra) Black Tourmaline offers protection, helps one stay grounded and centered, shields against negative energy, boosts the immune system, alleviates pain associated with arthritis, and increases self-esteem.
Healing & Metaphysical Properties of Metal Aluminum: Provides protection, shields the auric field, blocks psychic attack, increases intuition, assists in magical endeavors, and stimulates the mind. Brass: Transforms negative energy into positive energy, attracts wealth and abundance, assists in rituals and spellwork, and provides protection on all levels. Copper: Helps one find love, attracts abundance and wealth, encourages feelings of self-love and self-worth, improves circulation, boosts the immune system, relieves physcial pain (and is especially beneficial for those with arthritis). Gold: Increases self-confidence, makes one feel more powerful, helps one find success in all endeavors, energizes, balances the emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual bodies, promotes overall physical health, strengthens the body, and alleviates pain. It's a metal of prosperity and wealth.
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Silver: Attacts love, connects one with lunar energy, opens the third eye and enhances intuition, blocks psychic attacks, promotes lucid dreaming, assists with dream recall, and relieves tension headaches. Associated with magic and protection. Steel: Provides protection, blocks negative energies, promotes peaceful sleep. Tin: Promotes harmony, brings good luck, attracts wealth and abundance.
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Healing & Metaphysical Properties of Wood Birch: New beginnings, energy, truth, compassion Cedar: Cleansing, fertility, intuition, & protection Cherry: Concentration, love, magic, & stability Elm: Energy, fertility, foundation, & magic Maple: Communication, health, love, positive change, & wisdom, Oak: Abundance, connection, health, power, & protection Pine: Connection, health, love, & peace Poplar: Comfort, elimination, hope, & magic Walnut: Clarity, health, intelligence, & wisdom Willow: Beauty, inspiration, strength, & love
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Tips for Selecting a Pendulum Weight
• Choose a shape that swings well (cone, inverted pyramid, bullet, sphere, teardrop).
• Select one that appeals to all of your senses. • Your weight should hold special meaning for you. • If you have difficulty finding a weight that you really like, consider using a special pendant from your jewelry box.
• Pendulum weights can be found in your home, at flea markets, garage sales, antique stores, new age stops, or online.
• A rock or river stone that you find outside in nature can be the perfect pendulum weight…so keep your eyes open!
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Materials Needed for Pendulum Construction
• A pendulum weight of your choice • Desired length of chain, cord, or string, thread, or flexible beading wire • A charm, bead, or other small object for the end of the pendulum that you hold on to (if desired)
• Beads or gemstone chips (if you want a beaded cord) • Jump ring and bale • Wire or headpins (optional) • Craft pliers • Wire cutter
Craft pliers are not the same as the pliers you'd find in the toolbox out in the garage. Craft pliers are smaller and intended for jewelry making and other similar projects. A craft-sized round-nose, chain-nose, and flat pliers along with a wire cutting tool will make it easy to work with wire, jump-rings and other materials that you may be using to construct your pendulum. They can be found at most craft supply stores and discount chains. Copyright © 2013 Kelly Small Email:
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Instructions for Pendulum Construction
• Cut the length of chain, cord, thread, or flexible beading wire that you will be using for your pendulum. If you're undecided about length, start longer. You can always shorten it later.
• If you will be attaching a small bead or charm to the end of the pendulum that you hang on to, use pliers to affix a jump-ring to that end of the chain. To do this, gently pinch the jump-ring with either your fingers or craft pliers to keep it steady, and use another pliers to pull the other end of the jump-ring towards you to create a small opening. Do not pull the two ends of the jump ring apart by pulling them in opposite directions of each other.
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• If you want to attach a bead or drilled stone to the end of chain, you can do so by using a small head pin. Hold the headpin straight up and down with the sharp end pointing up. Place the bead(s) on the headpin filling it not more than half way. Gently pinch your chain-nose pliers just above the top bead and bend it 90 degrees so that your head pin looks like an upside-down "L." With a round-nose pliers, pinch the pin right next to the bend on the part of the L that doesn't have any beads on it. Turn your wrist sharply so that the wire wraps around the roundnose, creating a loop. Before closing and securing the loop, slide it on to the end of your chain length. To secure it, use the remaining wire that's hanging off the loop and wrap it tightly around the "neck" of your loop using a pliers. *Please Note: Working with headpins may require some practice first! Don't be too hard on yourself if you struggle with it the first time 'round.
• If you want to affix a bead or charm onto cord, you can simply tie it on and make a small square knot to make sure it's secure. Copyright © 2013 Kelly Small Email:
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• If you are making a beaded pendulum, use a very flexible craft wire or thread to string your beads or gemstone chips. Use a beading needle if you're working with tiny beads or chips.
• Attach a bale to your weight if one is needed. Then connect the weight of your pendulum to the chain or cord by either tying it on or using a jump-ring. Follow the jump-ring procedure that was explained previously.
• Consider using a jewelry clasp to attach the weight to the chain or cord. That way your pendulum weight can double as a pendant and you can wear it to better attune to its energy.
• Test out your pendulum to make sure it moves fluidly and make adjustments if necessary.
• Have fun dowsing with your new pendulum! Copyright © 2013 Kelly Small Email:
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Combining Materials for Additional Benefits! A great way to enhance the healing and metaphysical properties of your handmade pendulum is to combine materials. This is a great way to experience additional benefits during your dowsing sessions. Here are some ways to do this:
• Wire-wrap a crystal or stone • Fill a metal cage with small tumbled stones or chips • Incorporate wooden beads • Use metal charms with symbols that hold significance for you • Use chain in place of cord or thread • Replace beads with gemstone chips • Use a piece of jewelry as a weight (for metal) • Incorporate lots of color
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Creating Pendulums as Part of Your Spiritual Practice Make the time you spend creating your own pendulums a sacred time. You can incorporate your creative endeavors into your spiritual practice by doing the following:
• Working in a scared or quiet space where you will be undisturbed • Turning off your phone, TV, and other electronic devices • Cleansing your space before you begin working on your pendulums • Lighting a candle or burning your favorite incense • Beginning your project with a prayer, mantra, or positive affirmation • Playing your favorite music while you work • Blessing your creations as you breathe life into them
Happy Dowsing!
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