How does a pendulum work exactly when it comes to matters of questions and answering? I have one and I have asked it a lot of yes and no questions and have found it to be surprisingly correct, which I find really freaky. How does this work?
2007-03-05 15:24:10 · 5 answers · asked by Ned No D 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The pendulum works by your subconscious mind. When you ask questions; your subconscious mind causes subtle muscle movements that you are unaware of that influences the movement of the pendulum.
2007-03-06 00:09:49 · answer #1 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the boring scientific answer would suggest your muscles and environment are incapable of being perfectly still for more than a second or two, so you inadvertantly make it move and then remember when it works and forget or minimize when it fails.
Others would say you are tapping into your subconscious or a higher power that moves it in an acurate way, even though you cannot comprehend it.
And there are others still that say you call upon spirits that are either good guides or evil and leading you astray. Put a protective circle up if you are worried and up to that level.
2007-03-05 15:29:46 · answer #2 · answered by scrabblemaven 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Gravity. I could make all kinds of smart-Alec comments, but simply, the forces of gravitational pull, attraction, exerts 'pull' upon the weight tethered on the string. Because the weight has to travel along the arc of the string, trying to get closer to the earth, it builds momentum and swings past the earth at the bottom All of Newton's laws explain what happens to the weight and why it will eventually stop. Read about him.
(Can't resist. Eyes rolling back into my head. Fingers moving of their own accord, brain's clutch disengaging thinking gears. Sinking into a Gravity hole where I lose the gravity of this answer)
Pst-tt, I told em I wouldn't tell ya but, hey, they'll never know it was me. Pixie dust and the plumber's union..
2007-03-05 15:43:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do people ask How and why when something works? To ask is to set against it working. If it stops working, then you ask questions. Lay out a piece of natural wood without metal, stain, or paint. Mark it by carving. Then yes and no can expand.
2007-03-05 16:10:49 · answer #4 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thoes are really weird....i had one and when i would ask it questions , some were right...but then i would ask it if it was a monday..it would say yes...but it was really a friday.I would not put to much faith in them...i was not impressed,but i have seen people who swear by them so.....i don't know!
2007-03-05 15:30:01 · answer #5 · answered by sugar_n_spice 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋