Divining with a Pendulum, Intuition, and Healing

Dowsing is "human communication with the cosmos."

— CHRISTOPHER BIRD, The Divining Hand

What if there were a simple tool that could answer truthfully any question we might have? What if this were easy to learn and use? What if this instrument could help us make great decisions about anything in our life? The pendulum — a body suspended from a fixed point so as to swing freely to and fro under the action of gravity — is such a tool.

When I first learned to use a pendulum, I didn't know it would take me on a healing journey. I didn't know what "dowsing" was and why it could change my life. I just saw a demonstration, tried it myself, and suddenly I wanted to know everything I could about it. At first, I did not question why it worked; I just accepted the healings I was receiving. When someone throws you a lifeline, you don't question the maker of the rope.

Over time I read, took classes, and became trained in Spiritual Response Therapy (SRT), which utilizes the pendulum and a chart system. Eventually, I became an SRT consultant. I have given spiritual readings and healings now since 2004. The more I work with pendulum dowsing and the Intuitive Charts, the more intrigued I become.

It is important to have background knowledge so you know that what you are learning has been studied, has a long history, and is legitimate. Before we get into the history in the next chapter, I want to share more about what intuitive pendulum healing is and is not. Let's start with the subject of dowsing.

To dowse, the more scientific term, means to search with a rod or pendulum for anything. A sister word, more spiritual, is to divine, to discover by intuition, the direct knowing of truth. In this book, I use both terms interchangeably. In this and the last century, dowsing (or divining) has gone through a paradigm shift.

Once used primarily for finding water or minerals, today dowsing is used to search for and understand the mysteries of earth, spirit, and healing. In her book Dowsing, the Ultimate Guide for the 21st Century, Elizabeth Brown, a dowser in Britain, describes dowsing as "a way of finding out by accessing information with direct intent, using a means outside the five senses and culminating in a physical response within the human body."

Dowsing is an art form, rather than a science. After centuries of study, it hasn't yet been adequately explained. But we know through empirical evidence that it works. Two primary types of dowsing are field dowsing for resources and information dowsing for remote information.

Field dowsing is the form that is most well known. You might have seen pictures of an older gentleman holding a rod or forked willow branch in both hands in front of him and slowly walking across a field to find water or resources. This is field dowsing.

Information dowsing is analogous to remote viewing, which can be done using maps, charts, or simply by asking yes or no questions. Russell Targ, a physicist and researcher at Stanford Research Institute for two decades, documented in repeated experiments that humans have the capacity to perceive and describe scenes remotely and that these psychic abilities are real. As Targ says in his book Limitless Mind, "Remote viewing is an example of nonlocal ability. It has repeatedly allowed people to describe, draw, and experience objects and activities anywhere on the planet, contemporaneously or in the near future."

How does it work? The dowser projects an intent, a request for information, and through the mind of the dowser and an instrument (a rod or a pendulum), an answer is fed back. The dowser picks up a signal. It's a type of clairvoyance, seeing beyond the ordinary. We might compare it to making a phone call; if we dial correctly, we get the right person, or in more modern terms, we ask a question of Google and we receive an answer back. However, in the case of dowsing, we are connecting with the collective unconsciousness. Just as animals home in on targets and mysteriously find their way home if lost, we humans have the capacity through intention, practice, and dowsing — by using all our innate senses — to seek and find our truth.

When dowsing, we are using our mind, body, and spirit, and a pendulum to access the invisible realm. With practice and through study of the pendulum and the Intuitive Healing Charts, we have a practical yet profound way to access the spiritual world. When we use the pendulum, the innate intuitive self will be automatically activated. With the help of our super-consciousness, we will be guided to understand both the problems and the solutions available. The pendulum acts as a compass, the charts as a map. You can then create your own healing plan.

I read from Deepak Chopra's book Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul: "Your body is the juncture between the visible and invisible world." Just as our energy body and chakras are our link within our body to the physical and nonphysical aspects of our bodies, so the body is a link between material and spiritual worlds.

Should we become sick, it's wise to look at all aspects of our being. Yes, most assuredly, go to the doctor, especially when facing imminent danger, but also do the inner work (afterwards) to discover the bigger picture, finding out what is out of balance — spiritually, mentally, and emotionally.

We may have this inner realization that we are not just a physical being, but energetic, spiritual beings as well. That we are not just this lump of flesh, but made of light. Not just physical machines with various parts that break and are fixed or not, but in the words of Father Teilhard de Chardin, "We are spiritual beings having a human experience." With the pendulum and the Intuitive Healing Charts, we can begin investigating, learning, and truly healing; and in the process we can come to know ourselves at a much deeper level.

Because we live in a materialistic society, we must actively seek and find our connection with the spirit within and without, the greatest earthly gift we can have. When we discover our true nature, it is important to create a daily practice to nurture and enhance this most necessary connection, to survive and thrive on earth. We each find our own way, in...