A Little Bit of Pendulums: An Introduction to Pendulum Divination

by Dani Bryant

In the popular “Little Bit of” a fresh, accessible introduction to the practice of using pendulums.
 
With every swing of the pendulum, you can develop your spiritual energy. Dani Bryant, a green witch, provides an easy-to-follow guide that explains how to choose or craft your pendulum, and use it for dowsing and divination. You’ll find rituals for clearing negativity, balancing chakras, making contact with the spirit world, meditation, generating accurate answers to your questions, and much more.

Genres: Witchcraft, Spirituality, Nonfiction, Divination, Wicca, Magic, Occult

128 pages, Hardcover

Published March 5, 2019

Reviews

[Gʀᴇʏʜᴀᴍᴇ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read several books about pendulums and I think this one serves as a great reference for beginner technique. It's always best practice to read other books/articles on the subject as well, to ensure you're getting multiple views on divination tools and usage.

[Salem ⛤⃝ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Informative and very cute! I use my pendulum often (because I lose absolutely everything), so this was a nice little refresher and a useful tool to see if I could learn anything new!

[Simply Arden · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 out of 5

Find my full review on my blog, Simply Arden.

** CONTENT SPOILERS :) **


Quick Review

- I found this book easy to understand and immediately apply to my pendulum practice.
- Gives a wide range of ways to use your pendulum and describes briefly how to use the pendulum for many of these uses.
- Has very practical information to help you choose your pendulum, care for it, learn to use it, and develop a divination practice.
- Sometimes information is repeated a few times within a couple paragraphs of each other.
- A quarter of the book’s length is dedicated to different pendulum circles with illustrations, including 5 blank circle pages.
- I appreciated the emphasis throughout the book that what works for her or another person may not work for you, and that you should experiment.

In Depth Review

I myself am only a beginner pendulum user before reading this book, and have only used mine a limited amount of times (however with great success!). In other words I did not have a lot of preconceived thoughts or practice. That being said I did find that I knew a lot of the information in this book coming into it, however it did solidify the knowledge I have and give it structure. I found a few of the concepts introduced that were new to me fascinating and went on to research them further, such as the ideomotor phenomenon, perpetual transmutation of energy, the Akashic records, and pendulum circles.

This book gives a wide range of ways to use your pendulum and describes how to use it for these purposes with easy to follow instructions that you can apply immediately to your practice. I think this would be an amazing book for the beginning pendulum user and pagan as it has a great overview of the pendulums uses, the materials and shapes for you to choose from, what to do before, during, and after to create a divination practice, and describes in detail how to use a pendulum for specific purposes.

The book dedicates a fourth of it’s length to pendulum circles, giving you eleven different circles that you can practice with. Within these there is more hidden basic information on things such as, crystals, moon phases, chakras, color correspondences, and suggestions to help you with your career, love life, meditation and relaxation, and life improvements.

If I had to describe this book in two words?: introductory and helpful.

Look

- As the series name “A Little Bit” implies this book series has a small formatted book that is about 4.25 x 5.5 (or a sheet of paper folded in half).
- My copy is a hefty hardback cardboard cover with a textured paper taped over it in a vibrant purple plum and mustard yellow with foiled silver text. It’s very eye catching.
- The paper is a cream/off-white, medium weighted, textured paper where one side of the paper appears to be textured differently than the other side - one side is much smoother than the other making half the book easier to highlight and the text is also significantly darker on many of the pages than the other half of the book.
- The font is a soft serif that is rather small and printed in a dark purple which could be difficult to read for those with sight issues.
- The chapters and chapter sections are clearly marked with all caps purple or gold titles. The chapter title pages are text on a purple background with vector decorations.
- The book is formatted in a basic way with chapters and section headings and lists that are easy to ready and follow.
- This book does not have many illustrations, and no pictures. The illustrations are mostly pendulum practice circles.



Favorite Quotes

“Your energy field is responding to what your inner self already knows subconsciously, but consciously you are unaware because you are so conditioned to closing off intuition and instead listening to your rational mind.”

“The pendulum will be your lifelong friend - something you can go to for reassurance, for that second opinion, to open yourself to the spiritual realm, connect to higher beings, and move your life in the right direction.”

Musical Suggestions

I would pair this book with some moody fantasy music or a “Harry Potter” themed study playlist.

* I enjoyed this book while listening to the playlist “A Witch’s Autumn” on Spotify (by hannahbetharnett).

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[Fi · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is already really tiny, but I could have done without a lot of the information in the first couple chapters. It feels like a lot of filler. I noted down some things I thought were interesting and useful, but aside from that I don’t think I’ll ever look at this one again.

[cherry trzxj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pěkně napsána knížka.
Pro mne však plná informací, které již znám.
Myslím si, že je perfektní pro úplné začátečníky, kteří kyvadlo nikdy nedrželi v ruce.
Najdete zde i jednoduché přehledy o významech barev, nějaké kameny a fáze měsíce.

[Adèle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it, has some good info HOWEVER for a small book it's a lot of fluff. The author mentions that using a pendulum isn't like using a Ouija board (something I was worried about) however she never explains why. Very frustrating. Also the meat of the book is basically in the last two chapters.

That being said, this little book has some good info and the author does give a lot of different pendulum circles and some blank ones for personal use. Also lists different types of pendulums, how to cleanse and program your pendulum etc.

Overall, this is a good, informative quick read. Recommend!

[Khadesia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some typos here and there but very beginner friendly

[Rey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Insgesamt finde ich das Buch sehr gut.
Es erklärt die wichtigsten Begriffe und Nutzungsarten.
An manchen Stellen wurden einige Dinge jedoch sinnlos wiederholt, weshalb ich einen Stern abgezogen habe.
Weiterhin gutes:
Es ist relativ frei in dem was man am besten tun und lassen sollte,
Es ist nicht gate-keepy und gibt sogar diverse Pendel Kreise als Beispiele, welche man direkt selbst nutzen kann.
Ebenfalls gibt es sogar ein paar leere vorgezeichnet Kreise damit man diese selbst beschriften kann.

All in all sehr gut und mit positiver Energie geschrieben.

Kann ich nur weiterempfehlen für jeden, der schon immer mal mehr über Pendel wissen wollte.

[Andreea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not sure how non-beginners in the art of pendulum divination would feel about this book. As a beginner, I found this one very useful, not only in explaining how, where, when, why to use and create a relationship with your pendulum, but also by going a bit in-depth into some other magickal combinations (like herbs or crystals) and giving suggestions for pendulum circles. Her writing was engaging and fluid. Top! ✨

[Janette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative. A lot I knew, but even more I didn't. The history of the pendulum was very interesting, and I enjoyed reading the entire book. I now feel more confident in my answers with my pendulum. And to find out that I can do so much more than yes and no questions is astounding! I never imagined that I could get full-on answers! Quite amazing!

[Graeson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent little book! Very concise and too the point. I like that there are examples of pendulum circles in the book, as well as blank ones for personal use. I read the whole book from cover to cover in just a couple hours, so it's definitely worth a read.

[Nik · Rating 4 out of 5]

A well set out introduction to the pendulum. Easy to read chapters with beginner explanations and information.
I will be passing this book on for sure to the person I meet who is interested in using a pendulum.

[Taye Rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

Was wondering if there's something deeper to interpreting pendulums, there's not. I suppose if you don't know ANYTHING about them, this book would be useful. Not actually helpful to me, uses some appropriative terms. I love the Little Bit series, but they're not all winners.

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it. Completely new to pendulums and this was a great introduction to it. I would definitely recommend.

[Leah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This tiny book was packed of very useful nature and even dips into other arts of divination. Absolutely great starting point for using a pendulum.

[Sanja Smilevska · Rating 5 out of 5]

I red it in one breath. Great for beginners.

[Miri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great for Beginners! really good information

[Jasmine L. Mullet · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very easy read and very unique pendulum board ideas! I never knew I could use a pendulum for anything!!

[M. · Rating 3 out of 5]

fun to learn about :D really easy to understand and easy to read, the pictures were helpful as well

[Ariadna Arredondo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick and easy to read book giving you the right information you need about the subject. Perfect for first-timers and more.

[Rachel Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series!

[Misty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great introduction to pendulums. Very useful and well explained.

[iluvsexpistols · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yeah it was very informative, with the advice it gave me I managed to choose my pendulums.

[Nomadic Yogic · Rating 5 out of 5]

It helped me to create a relationship with my pendulum. Definitely will use it with my healing sessions

[Neena Semone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very informative and an amazing beginner guide.

[monique · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great insight and techniques of how to use a pendulum. And create tips and great pendulum circles

[Victoria Filler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed. Felt like I learned a lot easily.

[Erin Murphy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good introduction to crystal magick, I just unfortunately knew most of it already. 3/5 because I would have loved this at the start of my journey!!

[Адриана Андреева · Rating 1 out of 5]

I got a pendulum as a gift and I decided to read this book after some Youtube digging. Apart from the history of the pendulum, there’s really no information that can’t be found online. Even tho I expected short and simple language, I was definitely disappointed that the things I know from youtube aren’t even explained as detailed as in the videos. I was really considering one start, but again - the history was a new thing.