Pendulum

Objects that could be pendulums appear in the archeological record as far back as the stone age. Certainly we know pendulum objects were used in the Bronze age through until now. Tales are told of pendulums being used for divination throughout time. It's impossible to say when the practice actually began.

This is my take on this beautiful and classic form.

As I try to forge my work on the day I most associate with it's purpose or function, I make my Pendulums on Wednesday (Woden or Odin’s day) as that is the deity I most associate with fortunetelling and weaving the Web of Wyrd. I have an altar in my shop to Odin, and the Norns, and the Wyrd. I make offerings before I every Wednesday at that altar. I burn incense and give libations and other offerings. As I make my offerings, I ask all the divination deities I work with bless my work on this day, and to give true answers. I ask my work connect to the Web of Wyrd.

As I forge each piece, I chant in a repeated request for each pendulum to be tied to the web of Wyrd, that it give true answers, and that it reveal what the Norns weave, be it choice or fate. I chant in a request that each can be used as a candle scribe, to write into the Web of Wyrd. Lastly, I chant protection into everything I make.

Once I'm done forging and the pendulum is assembled, I clean it, heat it, and quench it in beeswax that has been infused with protective herbs. The beeswax polymerizes on the piece, giving it a protective coating and it's distinctive black color.

• Mild Steel
• Beeswax
• Deerskin lace cord

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