This is part one of a three-part series discussing the pendulum and how to use it for magick. For information on the contest to win a free pendulum, read on to the end of this post. What is a Pendulum? A pendulum is simply a weight that is hung from a fixed point, giving it the freedom to swing in multiple ways from that fixed point. Frequently, there are limitations so that the weight can only swing in two directions. The most commonly seen example of this is with an old pendulum clock as seen at the right, here. The French physicist, Léon Foucault (1819–1868) came up with an experiment with a large pendulum that wasn't locked into two directions. Although the pendulum had