| The history of pendulum dowsing begins with a | | | | "yes" for this pendulum. People use this interesting |
| 4000-year-old drawing of a physician using a | | | | process to determine the gender of an unborn baby, |
| pendulum in the healing of a patient. Pendulum usage | | | | to diagnose sickness, for locating lost objects, for |
| is a mystical, magical means of divining answers to | | | | obtaining spiritual information, locating missing persons, |
| unknown questions. When a person practices this | | | | and they can also use this process for predicting the |
| ancient art, he or she is continuing an age-old healing | | | | future. The knowledge of this technique opens up |
| method, overlooked by modern medicine. The | | | | many doors for the user. |
| dowser holds the string or chain and allows the charm | | | | Pendulum dowsing is much the same as dowsing for |
| to fall straight down. The dowser then asks the | | | | water or water divination. The main difference is that |
| pendulum a question and it reveals the answer by | | | | with this process, the dowser uses a pendulum. With |
| swinging in a certain direction. | | | | water dowsing, the dowser uses a divination rod, |
| Before a dowser begins pendulum dowsing, he asks | | | | which is most often a 'y' shaped stick or staff. Many |
| the device to show him "yes" and then waits for the | | | | people believe that only certain people have the skill |
| pendulum to swing. If the pendulum swings forward | | | | for dowsing or using a pendulum for divination, |
| and backward, then forward and backward means | | | | though anyone is welcome to try. |