Reiki Combined: Reiki and Using the Pendulum

The pendulum is one of my favourite and preferred intuitive tools in my healing practice. Pendulum dowsing is particularly useful in obtaining “hidden” information… information that clients often prefer not to share but which may be vital to unlocking their path towards healing.

The pendulum has such a wide range of application and here are a few examples:

• Establishing the course of action for future treatments. Apart from applying my own knowledge, experience and intuition, I make use of fan charts to assess or re-assess the specifics of client-specific Reiki treatments, e.g.:
  • Is a long chakra balance or a short chakra balance more appropriate for today’s treatment?
  • Is traditional Reiki, chakra-based Reiki or meridian based Reiki required today?
  • Should goal manifestation be included into today’s Reiki treatment?
  • Should a healing attunement be done as part of today’s Reiki treatment?
  • Should other healing methods be included into today’s Reiki treatment, e.g., crystals, affirmations, oracle cards, etc.
  • If crystals are to be incorporated today, which crystals?

• With a distant healing session, the pendulum is also particularly useful to access the quantum field to obtain information the client doesn’t necessarily communicate and which remains “hidden” because of the lack of contact and being able to read the client’s energy field, tone of voice or any other clues that one would normally pick up during an in-person session. Here, again, fan charts can be used to gain insight and guidance to determine the following for example:
  • Are we addressing the past, present or future within the context of this healing session?
  • What specific aspect or aspects need to be addressed? E.g., relationships, health, limiting beliefs, money/finances, personal growth, self-sabotages, etc.
  • Are there any problems with the aura, e.g., energy debris, cracks in the aura’s energy shield, parasitic cords, watchers, etc.

• Within the Reiki treatment itself I often use dowsing as a scanning tool. Pendulum dowsing is a quick and accurate way of establishing energy flow and blockages in a client, particularly where scanning by hand is for some reason not possible. By using a pendulum and dowsing over each chakra the energetic status and well-being (i.e., being balanced/under energised/over energised) of each chakra can be determined. During the Reiki treatment I am then guided by this awareness to focus on specific chakras if necessary. A quick check-in with the pendulum after a treatment will confirm the effectiveness of the treatment by indicating the new post-treatment status of the energy body of the client… the pendulum usually confirms that the energy body is now healthy, balanced and vibrant with a comfortable, rhythmic clockwise swing!

• With cord cutting the pendulum is a wonderful and useful tool for finding the exact location of point of attachment the etheric cord or any other spiritual or negative energy attachment. I also often use my pendulum to establish the type of spirit or negative energy attachment, e.g., earthbound entities, psychic attacks, past life blocks, spells or curses, thought parasites, etc. Once the removal or cord cutting is done, a quick check-in with the pendulum can confirm that the attachment has been removed successfully.

• Finally, in conjunction with allergy testing, using the pendulum to confirm an allergy has proven useful.

I would at this point, however, caution you not to use the pendulum without the proper guidance, training, and practice. Like any tool we use in our calling as healers, we need to understand the protocols and procedures of using a pendulum to allow for the appropriate and correct use, application, and reading of our pendulum. There are certain pitfalls to be aware of and reasons why a pendulum may be giving “false answers”. Using a pendulum is not just about picking it up and allowing it to swing… It is understanding that it is an extension of YOU and YOUR intuitive knowing and all this understanding implies.

Please stay tuned for my next article where I will discuss Reiki Combined: Reiki and Holistic Pain Management

Article by Thea van der Merwe, Ph.D.

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Thea van der Merwe, Ph. D. is a nationally and internationally trained holistic energy, certified and experienced Master Reiki Practitioner, qualified in Usui Reiki, Reijukido, Karuna® Reiki, Karuna Ki Reiki, Crystal Reiki, and Gendai Reiki. She obtained the title of Shihan (full master/teacher), the highest level in Gendai Reiki Ho. Besides her greatest passion which is Reiki, Thea is also a spiritual shaman, healer, and teacher, offering readings as a way of accessing spiritual guidance. Her journey of personal discovery, growth, and healing started back in 2005 when she was personally in need of healing and searching for something more than what conventional medicine and therapy could provide. Thea is currently nationally and internationally registered with the South African Reiki Masters Association and The Reiki Healing Association respectively – both professional associations for the local and global Reiki communities, working to promote the wide-reaching practice and healing effects of Reiki throughout the world and where the primary philosophy is that together, we can do so much more. You can get into contact with Thea van der Merwe at viterra.co.za, which is her website, and at facebook.com/viterrahealing on Facebook.