A pendulum is any heavy object that hangs on a
line which is weighted.
Pendulums can be made out of materials like crystal, wood or metal, and other simple objects found in your home. One of my favorite ways to make a pendulum is to use a cork.  Insert a sewing needle in the top of the cork, and then thread the needle with string. Voila!  You now have a pendulum! 

Other ways of making a homemade pendulum are to use a heavy ring on a chain. But I have used a bookmark with a tassel (in a pinch) – and even my car keys!! So the point is, you can use just about anything that is weighted, suspended on a string which will generate swing. Use your imagination or select from many commercially available pendulums.

Once you have found a pendulum that you like and that works well with your energy, keep it for serious (yet fun) inquiries with spirit.
The pendulum that I use most of the time, I treat as a personal sacred object and don’t loan out to many people. To me, my personal pendulum is a sacred connection with my spiritual center, so I treat it accordingly.

By trying out several pendulums over time, you will come to find out what type of material you can “read” the best with. I “read” (receive spiritual information) best with a pendulum made of the metal gold, but I can read or connect from all pendulums (and connect without them too).  Personally I read least well with a wood pendulum and from what I’ve read most people do not read well with a metal pendulum. So I am unusual in preferring metal pendulums like gold or brass. Crystal pendulums work well with lots of people.   The point is to keep testing pendulums or pendants until you find one that works really well for you. You will probably “just know” when you have found the type of pendulum that works best (that’s how you work psychically), but it is also fun to ask your pendulum if the one you are using currently is the best one for you to communicate with Spirit. If there is a better one out there for you, ask: