| The Power of Chevreul's Hypnotic-Pendulum | | | | time feel the pendulum moving back and forth, back |
| History... In the 1800's, tales of spiritualist phenomenon | | | | and forth. Then maybe moving round and round, round |
| were on the increase. Many of the weird and | | | | and round. Feel how powerful a movement you can |
| wonderful characters that are often thought of today | | | | get without moving your arm, just by thinking, by willing |
| as charlatans, were plying their trade in the middle and | | | | that pendulum to move. Now if you want to have a |
| upper classes of western Europe and America. They | | | | more clear signal of the movements you can add a |
| frequently demonstrated tables flying around the room | | | | signal board (see below) which will give you a clear |
| with people barely touching them, spirits making | | | | guideline of how your pendulum is moving. Just hold the |
| contact through pendulums, and ouiji boards revealing | | | | pendulum over the board and will it along the axis. |
| insights from the great beyond. Not only were they | | | | You now have the perfect tool to help you connect |
| making a good living from their arts and capturing public | | | | with your unconscious mind, and to help friends |
| attention, they were also producing phenomenon that | | | | connect with theirs. If you want to demonstrate the |
| was catching the attention of the scientific community. | | | | power of the mind to friends this is it! Just get them to |
| One man who was keeping a keen eye on the | | | | repeat the same process you've gone through. |
| paranormal goings on was Michel- Eugene Chevreul, a | | | | How to make your own... |
| highly thought of French chemist. Chevreul was a man | | | | - The pendulum: A pendulum consists of a long piece |
| who believed highly in the laws of science, and whose | | | | of material that has movement to it, with a weight at |
| scientific skills were more than up to the task of | | | | the end. This can be a traditional crystal pendant |
| making scientific breakthroughs and accurate | | | | available from alternative health shops. Or, as I use, it |
| observations. In fact Chevreul was so highly thought of | | | | can be a necklace or chain that you wear around your |
| that on his 100th birthday in 1886 a gold medal was | | | | neck, with a ring threaded on to create the weight. |
| minted for the occasion, which was celebrated as a | | | | You can make your own with string and a plumbing |
| national event in France. He was honoured with a | | | | washer, or any other method you can think of. I |
| public funeral and commemorative statue at his death | | | | personally like to use my chain as I always have it with |
| in 1889, at the age of 102. Now as a nationally | | | | me, and can use it anytime, anywhere to provide |
| acclaimed scientist in France, Chevreul was an | | | | hypnotic demonstrations to people. You can buy |
| empassioned enemy of charlatarian phenomonem. He | | | | necklaces and pendants to wear that work perfectly |
| was not only Sceptical, but determined to prove them | | | | as a hypnotic pendulum. There are no real rules for the |
| wrong. He couldn't. | | | | pendulum, except does it swing? If it does it will |
| After undertaking many studies into many of the | | | | probably work. So use things like a small pocket |
| phenomonem, Chevreul found out the many of the | | | | watch, or whistle on a string if that's all you have |
| phenomenom were real. However the cause of the | | | | available. |
| phenomenom turned out to prove far more interesting | | | | - The Signal Board: The signal board can be created in |
| than even the spiritualists had been claiming! What | | | | many ways, with the different possible answers |
| Chevreul found was that the movement was caused | | | | written on it. Here's an example: Just draw a cross as |
| not by spirits and paranormal phenomenom, but | | | | above (the circle is optional) and choose two opposing |
| involuntary muscle movements that were outside of | | | | suggestions, one written on both ends of the vertical |
| the persons conscious awareness. This internally | | | | axis, and one written on both ends of the horizontal |
| constructed phenomenom became known as | | | | axis. Above you can see the suggestion for the |
| ideomotor movements. The person was making the | | | | pendulum to move left and right written on the |
| movements themselves but was not aware of it, and | | | | horizontal axis, and the suggestion to move up and |
| neither were others watching. The persons | | | | down written on the vertical axis. You can substitute |
| unconscious was taking responsible for the | | | | these suggestions with your own, but these are the |
| movements. | | | | basic, and arguably most effective suggestions, as |
| What does all this mean? | | | | they are very clear for your unconscious to provide |
| This meant that it was possible to communicate with | | | | movements for. |
| the unconscious mind. The unconscious mind being the | | | | A Stage further... |
| area of the mind that controls everything outside of | | | | Now, our unconscious minds are an infinitely powerful |
| our awareness, our blood pressure, the release of | | | | resource. Our unconscious minds have access to far |
| hormones, the area that regulates our mood, our | | | | more information than we do, which is limited by the |
| temperature and many other thousands of processes. | | | | span of our attention. Our unconscious mind is also |
| However, it also provided an explanation for many of | | | | there to protect us. For example when a fly comes |
| the paranormal phenomenon being branded around by | | | | near our eye, automatically we blink (automatic |
| the spiritualists. Automatic handwriting, mind-reading | | | | movement, ring any bells?) to protect ourselves. We |
| (muscle reading), table turning, dowsing, and the | | | | do not consciously think 'Oh there's a fly coming |
| paranormal pendulum! So when people were holding | | | | towards our eye, should we move? Or maybe it will |
| onto a glass on a ouiji board they were claiming spirits | | | | miss? Will it matter if does hit us in the eye? Is it |
| were moving the glass, and they had no control of it, | | | | definitely a fly? Ok I'll move, but in what direction?'. |
| whilst the scientific community were arguing that at | | | | If we consciously went through this process we would |
| least one of them was in fact moving the glass, and | | | | end up with a fly in the eye! Now because of this |
| were defrauding the others. They were both right. As | | | | many people believe in trusting your intuition or gut |
| the scientists claimed the subjects were moving the | | | | instinct. This is really a metaphor for the tendencies we |
| glass, but as the spiritualists claimed they really didn't | | | | pick up off of our unconscious mind. So you can use |
| have any awareness that they were moving it! | | | | the hypnotic pendulum to get more in touch with your |
| So we now have a phenomenon that's not controlled | | | | unconscious or intuitive decision making capabilities. All |
| by outside forces, but by internal ones. We have a | | | | you do is this: Hold a question in your mind. For |
| phenomenon that can demonstrate to others the | | | | example let's say you're not sure whether to buy a |
| power of our unconscious mind, to make movements | | | | new Harmony CD. You hold the question in your mind... |
| without making movements, to make decisions without | | | | "Should I buy a new Harmony CD....Should I buy a new |
| having to make decisions. Our unconscious, the area | | | | Harmony CD..." and repeat it over and over, over and |
| that has far more control over our body's internal | | | | over, and wait for your unconscious to give you an |
| processes, the area that has far more information | | | | answer. In this case 'Yes' or 'no' on the signal board via |
| surrounding our lives than just our conscious | | | | your pendulum. The question can be anything, just |
| awareness does, was now communicating with us. | | | | change the answers on your signal board! This will give |
| How to use it... | | | | you an intuitive answer, which won't be burdened with |
| Hold a pendulum in your dominant (writing) hand. And | | | | conscious pressures. (Please read the warning below |
| make it fall still so it is hanging straight down. Then | | | | before putting this into practice!). |
| without moving your hand just begin to think | | | | Warning! |
| 'Left....Right...Left....Right' in your mind over and over. Will | | | | The purpose of the Hypnotic Pendulum at this moment |
| the pendulum to move left and right, in time with how it | | | | in time is to give you a tool by which you can |
| should move to the left, and then back to the right. Just | | | | demonstrate, to yourself and to others, some hypnotic |
| hear the words 'Left....Right...Left....Right', in your head, | | | | phenomenon. It should not be made to make life |
| even say them out loud to yourself. Visualize the | | | | altering decisions. Obviously this will be patently obvious |
| pendulum moving 'Left....Right...Left....Right', see it in your | | | | to most of you! But feel free to use it to make |
| mind moving 'Left....Right...Left....Right', and without moving | | | | decisions whereby there is no consequence in the |
| your arm feel the momentum of the pendulum moving | | | | decision. Use it for a bit fun and for training your mind |
| 'Left....Right...Left....Right' over and over. When the | | | | to experience hypnotic phenomenon, which will put you |
| pendulum moves to left in your mind, feel, hear, and | | | | more in touch with your unconscious mind. If you're at |
| see it moving left, as it swings back to the right, feel, | | | | a party and want to demonstrate something |
| hear, and see it moving to the right. But don't | | | | interesting, pull out your Hypnotic-Pendulum! If you want |
| consciously move your arm. Focus solely on the | | | | to train you mind, then use it to make small insignificant |
| pendulum moving, beginning to swing to across a left | | | | decisions about things that really doesn't matter which |
| and right axis in front of you. It may help to be in a | | | | decision you make. Do not use it to decide whether |
| place where there is no distractions, and you can | | | | you should invest in the local snake oil salesman's |
| focus on nothing but that pendulum there moving. | | | | inflatable dart board business! |
| Once you have mastered this, Then change direction. | | | | Have fun! |
| Stop the pendulum and repeat the process, but this | | | | |