In my previous books and courses on Pendulum Alchemy and Healing, I advised against the use of crystal pendulums due to concerns regarding their safety for healing purposes.
This stance is based on the fact that Pendulum Alchemy and Healing appears to involve quantum effects involving light. Scientists have used similar quantum effects to permanently program and transmit data from crystals. My concern was that a remote possibility exists for harmful information to be encoded during a healing session and subsequently transmitted to someone else during the next use of the pendulum. Since totally safe materials that are as good as or even better than crystals are available, I felt the potential risk was not worth the reward.
While writing my new book, The Pendulum Witch, I revisited this issue. Since most self-identified witches use crystal pendulums and I was not teaching healing in this specific book, I decided to be less restrictive.
My current view is that while I still don’t recommend crystal pendulums for healing work, they are perfectly suitable for manifestation, non-healing pendulum commands, spell casting, raising energy, and empowering your spoken word.
These activities don’t typically involve directly manipulating another person’s energy field. Furthermore, the methods I teach (such as protecting your hand chakra and using a non-conductive string instead of a chain) help isolate the practitioner from any stored information potentially transmitted by the crystal. Even when spell work or the occasional pendulum command is directed at a person, the risk remains significantly lower than with direct healing practices.
I should note that this concern is rooted in an extreme precautionary approach; while the theory of information storage in crystals may be wrong, I prefer to err on the side of caution when working with human energy systems.
So, while I personally choose not to use crystal pendulums, I feel it is fine to use them for non-healing work. Ultimately, the choice is yours, but I wanted to provide this statement to avoid confusion and clarify my current view so you can practice with confidence.
If you have questions about a specific crystal pendulum, please reach out to me. There are a few other nuances I haven’t mentioned here for the sake of clarity that I would be happy to discuss.