These are just a few basic things that I’ve learnt, whilst working with my companions and vetting spirits.
1. If the spirit you’re chatting to seems to have trouble working with the pendulum, try switching hands. A left-handed spirit will find it easier to work with a pendulum held in the spirit worker’s left hand.
2. (a) If you suspect that you might be influencing the pendulum because you know what it’s going to say before it gives the answer, it is possible that you are telepathically hearing the spirit telling the pendulum what to say – some will spell “out loud” and others will simply give it the words to relay as you work with a pendulum board together.
(b) If you still feel that you’re influencing your pendulum, put it to the test. Sit down with it and try to influence it. Decide for yourself if it feels the same and whether you truly are influencing it.
3. Remember: Not all spirits enjoy using a pendulum. My friend the bear shifter prefers to use telepathy and becomes frustrated with me when I use the pendulum to ensure that I have understood him correctly. On saying that, most spirits understand it if you are too ill/tired to communicate in a more taxing way and won’t complain (even Bauble doesn’t mind in a case like that – his complaint has only ever been that I need to believe in myself).
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