Introduction to Scrying

Scrying comes from the Old English word "descry" meaning "to make out dimly," and refers to an ancient form of divination used to see the past, present and future. Scrying is done with the aid of a reflective surface or translucent body to strengthen psychic abilities such as clairvoyance and remote viewing. Popular scrying mediums include water, oil, polished precious stones, crystal balls, and mirrors.

Scrying involves meditation and deep trance mediumship. By focusing attention on the scrying tool, you can eliminate unwanted thoughts from your mind in the same way as using a mantra. Once the mind is focused, scrying stimulates visions and communication with spirits and guides.
If you have never tried scrying, you can place a small compact mirror under your pillow (facing up toward your head) when you sleep. Keep a note pad and a pen beside your bed and write down everything you can remember from your dreams as soon as you wake up. Several good dream dictionaries and references can help you decipher the messages you receive in your dreams, which will go a long way in helping you interpret visions and messages you receive in a trance while scrying. Some visions received while scrying are literal (showing people, places and events exactly as they appear or will transpire in real life), while others are sybolic and include imagery very similar to the imagery of your dreams.

My first scrying work was done with a shallow black bowl full of water, similar to Nostradamus. Gazing beyond the surface of the water stimulated visions and opened up my clairvoyant and clairaudient abilities when I was a child. Reading tea leaves also involves some scrying because the leaves are left in a small amount of tea, but scrying works best if the tea is in a dark or black cup (which unfortunately doesn't allow you to see the leaves well enough). I use a quartz crystal merkaba pendulum and a crystal ball for scrying now, and I prefer to do scrying sessions in low light such as candlelight or dim lamps.

When you're ready to try scrying with water, a crystal ball, a scrying mirror or another tool, you will probably be more successful if you practice in a dimly lit environment. Remember to look beyond the surface of the tool (especially with water and crystal balls, you want to gaze into the tool rather than focus on the surface); or if you use a scrying mirror or polished stone for scrying, you want to allow your eyes to relax while you're gazing at the tool so that you're not focusing intently on the surface. It's rare to see the visions with your eyes, so do not be discouraged if you don't see anything different in your scrying tool--most of the time people perceive the clairvoyant visions with their mind's eye instead.

After every scrying session, it's a very good idea to write down everything you perceived while you were scrying. Write down everything you saw in your visions as well as any scents, sounds or physical sensations you perceived that were not connected to your physical surroundings, plus any emotions you experienced and new ideas or thoughts that came to you while you were scrying. Your other psychic senses tend to become engaged while you're scrying, which is why you should pay particular attention to information that may come to you through clairsentience, intuition, empathy, and other psychic faculties. You may not immediately understand or be able to interpret all the information that comes to you during your scrying sessions, so writing it down and looking back on it will help you a lot.

~*~Monica Who~*~