Pendulums to Gauge Energy Flow Beginning one's exploration of energyflow with a pendulum is as easy as hanging an object from a string.
Many people like to use crystals or gemstones as the suspended object.
I have tried a few different types of pendulums and have settled personally with a small jingle bell on a simple cotton string. As in many facets of life, ones' objective is what might best determine the type of tools used. For example, I personally must have an extremely lightweight pendulum in order to pick up the flows that I am focusing upon and therefore find the heavier gemstones to be cumbersome. I also noted a vast range of intensity or degree of force with which the pendulum would move in those patterns, sometimes so strongly moving the pendulum that it would literally fly out of my hand and some so weak that I could barely note any movement at all. I came to realize that this was life-force vitality being expressed verbatim and the range displayed was incredibly rich and descriptive even without the accompanying rhythms.