Crystals
Scrying
Crystal scrying is one of the oldest
forms of scrying. Because of the traditional associations, you may think you
need a natural crystal ball. Unfortunately, even a small rock crystal ball with
little imperfection is horrendously expensive. A common mistake for beginners is
the belief that the bigger the crystal, the better it will work. In all
actuality, if you have a choice between buying a small, perfect crystal and a
larger crystal with many imperfections, get the small crystal.
The second choice for a crystal ball is a good quality leaded glass. Like the
rock crystal balls, glass crystals vary greatly in quality. Look around until
you find a glass crystal that is regular on the outside, with no sign of sag or
ripples. This can be easily seen in a bright light, when you look through it.
The last choice for a scrying crystal is plastic. Plastic "crystals" are light,
highly polished, perfectly round and contain no flaws, but are not a natural
material .
The surprising thing about using a crystal ball is that you do not actually see
much of the ball during use. Crystal scrying should be done in near, or total,
darkness.
How To Begin:
When you begin to scry, focus your gaze upon the center of the crystal, not upon
its surface. Try to look through the crystal as though it were merely a window
upon the astral world. Probably the first thing you will see after concentrating
your vision at the center of the crystal for several minutes is shifting gray
clouds that billow and roll like thunderheads. These will begin to change color.
Observe these color changes in a detached way but do not focus your attention
upon them. Continue to scry through the crystal, not into it.
A white radiance that is similar to a milky mist will gradually spread outward
from the center of the crystal. This will lift to reveal images. At first these
will be very tiny and far away, but clear and unnaturally bright. If you focus
your critical reasoning powers upon these visions, they will vanish at once. It
is necessary to observe them with an absent mind and allow them to arise of
their own accord. As you gain skill in scrying, it will become possible for you
to focus your awareness more directly upon these images without causing them to
be covered by the white mist.
This visual abstraction of the mind from the images that arise in the crystal
are learned techniques. Once you begin to receive visions, you will quickly
discover what internal mental actions you must follow to sustain them.
Unfortunately, I cannot tell you exactly how to create the right mental climate
for sustaining scried visions any more than I can tell you how to balance on one
foot. You must try yourself, observe your mistakes and learn by experiment. The
correct mental state is the one that does not banish the visions.
If you find that you are getting no results after half a dozen sessions, you may
wish to employ this technique for training the mind to receive visions: Look
around the scrying room and focus your attention on some small object, then
close your eyes and mentally attempt to transfer the image of the object into
the crystal, to be observed when the eyes are reopened. When you are successful
at this, transfer the image of a strong memory into the crystal and observe it
in the same way.