II The Intentional Auto-Movement

One can divide the phenomena of auto-movement into three clearly distinguishable groups:

• the intentional auto-movement (e.g. commuting)
• unintentional auto-movement (e.g. remote hypnosis)
• and the collective auto-movement (e.g. crop circles).

II 1. Pendulum

In commuting one holds a pendulum in the hand and lets it swing without consciously doing anything to make it swing.

You use the arm with which you write. You hold it bent at the elbow about the height of the neck in front of you and hold the string of the pendulum with your hand.

There are basically four ways for the pendulum to swing:

• circular clockwise
• circular counterclockwise
• back and forth
• left and right

Strictly speaking, of course, all movements of the pendulum are ellipses. The four forms of oscillation mentioned are merely the extreme forms of the ellipse. If both radii of the ellipse are equal, it becomes a circle, if one of the two radii of the ellipses becomes"0", it becomes a back and forth motion.

To be able to use the pendulum these four movements are aimed at. Swinging back and forth from the front left to the back right for example would also be a possibility of swinging, but it is not usually used as a possible response.

In order to use the pendulum, it must be programmed beforehand, so to speak, i.e. one must determine the meanings of the movements.

As meaningful meanings for the four possible"distinctive" movements the following can be suggested:

• yes
• no
• don't know
• unclear/nonsensical/unanswerable question

You can of course think of other meanings, but"yes" and"no" will probably be needed for each version.

Which movements you use for which answers is up to you. It is obvious to use two opposite movements for"yes" and"no" – either the two circle movements or the two line movements. But this can also be handled differently.

No special materials are needed for the pendulum. For years, every time I needed a pendulum, I hung my front door key on my headband. But again, you should use what feels good. If a rock crystal on a silver chain feels better to you personally, you should also use such a pendulum.

The next point is asking meaningful questions – and exploring what questions the pendulum can answer at all.

It's a good idea to start by asking simple questions like"Am I a woman?","Is it daytime?","Do I have two hands?", etc. This way you can see if the pendulum gives the right answers, i.e. if the"programming" of the pendulum has worked.

So you hold the pendulum in front of you and ask the question. Then you do nothing and wait. At first, the pendulum will probably only wobble a little, but gradually the movements will become more distinct. Until you have achieved clear movements, you should first continue with simple questions – although humorous questions can certainly increase success:"Do I like raspberry ice cream?","Does X love Y?","Am I too fat?" and the like.

It can also be helpful to conduct these experiments in pairs, with one taking turns asking the other a question.

When the pendulum movements have become clear, one can go one step further and ask questions to which one does not know the answer, but where one can easily find out the answer.

If there are two of you, Person A can ask Person B, for example, the Hobbit-question"What do I have in my pocket?" Person B then has to start asking questions like"Is it round?","Is it made of metal?","Is it precious?","Is it white?" etc. In this way, the answers given by the pendulum of Person B gradually create a clearer and clearer outline of the object in the pocket of person A. It is helpful, of course, if you enjoyed playing the question game as a child, where you have to guess what the other person is thinking about with the help of such questions and yes/no answers. By this procedure person B will see if his telepathy and his pendulum works well.

Next, you can move on to asking questions about things that no-one in the room knows, but that you can check. This type of question includes, for example,"How many coins does X have in his wallet?","How many cars are in the parking garage?" or"How many phone calls will I receive today?" By this kind of q