By the way, have you seen The Book of Stones? Robert Simmons has a very interesting intro to the book that touches on scientific observations for crystal properties.
It boiled down to the fact that there are some noticeable property correlations to certain molecular patterns and makeup.
I believe they exist but they have never bothered me, I haven’t seen or heard them and nothing has scared me. They’re not part of my practice at all.
I’ve never seen a spirit, ghost, entity, nothing.
I don’t work with a specific deity. I believe my power comes from me and items from Earth that amplify my power.
The pendulum is the object itself, usually a crystal, giving you the yes or no answer. As for tarot cards, I use them daily, but they’re an inanimate object more often then not printed by US Games. I do not believe they hold power or have a personality or anything like that, they tell a story revealed from your subconscious, that you then hold the power to interpret and choose which direction to go in.
There are so many ways people do this, from meditation, to eating certain foods. You just have to find a way that works for you. Again not part of my practice.
Weed doesn’t work for me but my late husband used all day every day. He also liked a bit of LSD to enhance his practice. From what he told me he could astral project better, manipulate things, and see things on a different spectrum. He also had severe ADD so the weed slowed things down for him allowing him to concentrate on his workings.
The Book of Stones is an excellent resource for crystals, it’s MASSIVE, I actually have to get another copy because mine was destroyed. It’s the book the crystal sellers I buy from use.
https://www.amazon.com/Book-Stones-They-What-Teach/dp/1556436688 This is my favorite resource. It has high definition photos of every stone and in depth mineralogical and metaphysical properties of the stones. It's my absolute go to.