Divination Tools, Dowsing Pendulums, Crystal Balls and Runes.

Divination using a reflective or translucent object (scrying) developed in very ancient history among almost every culture. They all used scrying and many developed the use of a crystal ball. In Europe, crystal balls have been in use for around 1500 years.

Divination using pendulums for dowsing.

Another form of divination that is widely used are pendulums for dowsing. Pendulums are extremely portable and versatile. A crystal point suspended on a chain makes an excellent dowsing pendulum. Our range includes crystal dowsing pendulums, the witches dowsing pendulum, for use in matters of the craft. The love dowsing pendulum, best suited for matters of the heart. The oracle pendulum, used to dowse for general and life questions, and the wealth dowsing pendulum for questions of finance and personal wealth.

Like all other divination, pendulums and dowsing tap into the dream consciousness to provide knowledge that isn't readily apparent to the conscious mind. It does so by allowing the dream consciousness to direct the movement of the dowsing pendulum through minute movements of the hand and body not under the conscious control of the diviner.

To perform a pendulum reading, bring yourself into a trance state and then set the pendulum moving. This can be sun wise (also called deosil or clockwise) or anti-sunwise (widdershins, or counterclockwise). The direction you set it circling depends on the question. For matters that are masculine, or pertain to Fire or Air set the pendulum sun wise. For matters that are feminine, or pertain to Water or Earth set the pendulum to anti-sunwise. Either mentally or out loud state your question in a yes-no form and observe the motion of the pendulum. Eventually the pendulum will stop moving in a circle and either move toward and away from your body - a definite yes, or side to side - a definite no. The pendulum may also continue circling (in smaller and smaller orbits) until it stops. This means yes and no are equally balanced and you need to rephrase your question. A diagonal swing can indicate direction or the question has more than one correct answer - so rephrase your question and redo your pendulum swing.

Dowsing pendulums can also be used to detect unseen energy flows like auras or ley lines. In this instance you hold it still and move it from location to location pausing long enough in each spot to see if something happens. The dowsing pendulum indicates the presence of energy by beginning to move on it's own. Polarity and type of energy in a spot can then be determined by the direction it moves (sun wise - masculine, waxing. Anti-sunwise - feminine, waning - side to side - negative - to and fro - positive) and the intensity is shown by how forcefully the pendulum being used for dowsing moves.

It is important when a pendulum for dowsing that you are in the correct frame of mind. It won't work unless you are in a state of connection with your dream consciousness, a light trance or reverie.

How to perform a runic reading.

Find a suitable place to do the reading. You do not want to be disturbed. Try to sit facing North if possible, the direction of the Gods in Norse mythology. Place a small white cloth on the surface in front of you. You work with the runes on this cloth. This cloth protects them from getting dirty and also forms the boundary for the casting.

Carefully form a question in your mind. Take your time doing this, as it is very important that you do not change the question midway through the reading. Once you have the question firmly fixed in your mind begin to gently mix the runes in their bag or container. Continue to mix the runes until you feel compelled to take up certain rune lots. (This is why it is important that the rune lots be of the same shape and size: so that you can't identify each rune by shape.)

Continue to stir and select lots until you have the correct number of runes in front of you for the layout you will be using. Keep track of the order in which the runes were pulled, laying them in their proper position in the layout as you pull them. You can use any Tarot layout, or one of the methods described below.

Runes are oracles, and oracles are often obscure. Each rune can mean many different things. It is up to the runecaster to decide how these meanings apply to the question at hand. You may get even deeper interpretations through your own "gut" reactions to the rune's definition. However, don't delude yourself in thinking that you have a completely different understanding of the cast than indicated by the traditional interpretations. Stick to the recognized interpretations, but learn to expand on their meanings through insight and meditation.

When one does a runic reading, one usually addresses a particular issue, and examines the past, the present and the "future", or rather "what will be if one follows the path one appears to be on". The future is always perceived as mutable, changeable. The runic reading is done as an evaluation process. One has an opportunity to look at what has occurred in the past (regarding the issue being questioned), what is occurring right now, and what direction one is headed.

A runecaster does not see the future. He/she examines cause and effect and points out a likely outcome.

What the runes are.

Runes are an ancient Germanic alphabet, used for writing, divination and magick. They were used throughout northern Europe, Scandinavia, the British Isles, and Iceland from about 100 B.C.E. to 1600 C.E. Runic inscriptions of great age have even been found in North America, supporting stories that the Vikings arrived in the Americas long before Columbus.

Runes are an oracle from which one seeks advice. They work best if you detail your current circumstances and then ask a specific question. Rune readings are sometimes obscure. They hint toward answers, but you have to figure out the details. This is when the rune casters intuition becomes paramount. Some times the Runes "sing" to me, and their meaning becomes instantly clear.

Runic divination or "rune casting" is not "fortune telling" in the sense that one actually sees the future. Instead, runes give one a means of analysing the path that one is on and a likely outcome. The future is not fixed. It changes with everything one does. If one does not like the prediction, one can always change paths.

Since ancient times, runes have been used for divination and magic, in addition to writing. The word "rune" actually means mystery, secret or whisper. Each rune has esoteric meanings and properties associated with it, beyond its mundane meaning and phonetic value. Each translates into a word or a phrase signifying concepts important to the early peoples who used them, representing the forces of nature and mind. Each rune has a story attached to it, a relationship to a Norse God.

Odin, the Norse High God of the Aesir, hung from the world tree, Yggdrasil, impaled on his own spear, for nine days and nights in order to gain the knowledge of runes. When the runes appeared below him, he reached down and took them up, and the runic knowledge gave him power . He later passed on this knowledge to the Vanir goddess Freya. She, in turn, taught him the magic of seidr. Heimdall, the god who guarded the Rainbow Bridge, taught the runes to mankind.

Runic alphabets first appeared among German tribes in central and eastern Europe. Some runes symbols are likely to have been acquired from other alphabets, such as the Greek, Etruscan, and the Early Roman. The runes were made of straight lines to make the characters suitable for cutting into wood or stone. The earliest runic inscriptions on stone are dated to the late 3rd century AD, although it is probable that runic alphabets had been in use for some centuries before.

The Old Germanic Runic alphabet or "Elder Futhark" contains 24 runes. The first six runes of the alphabet spell out the word "FUTHARK". As the runes spread northwards into Scandinavia, some rune symbols were dropped and the alphabet was reduced to only 16 runes. Between 400 and 600 AD, three Germanic tribes, the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes, invaded Britain. They brought the runes with them. The forms of several of the runes changed, notably the runes for A/O, C/K, H, J, S, and Ng. Also, changes in the language led to nine runes being added to the alphabet to compensate for the extra sounds, and several runes were given different corresponding letters. This alphabet, expanded to 33 symbols, has become known as the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc. The rune names themselves have been passed down relatively intact. Although no manuscript exists listing the names of the older, Germanic runes, the Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian rune poems agree to such an extent that their common origin can be deduced.

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