cerridwen
05-25-2004, 01:44 AM
Scrying is an ancient art in which clairvoyance is achieved by concentrating upon an object with a shiney surface. The term scrying comes from the English word descry, which means "to make out faintly", or to reveal.
Scying in shiney surfaces has been practiced in every culture and time, not only by mystics and magicians, but by every girl who has gazed into a mirror and preformed rituals to see her lover's face, or by any man who has sought wisdom in moonlit water. Crystallomacy differs from other forms of scrying, such as tea leaves, because the images are not formed by the medium itself, but from within your psyche. People sometimes feel that they cannot use a crystal ball or mirror successfully because there are no concrete images on which to work. For this reason, scryers can become anxious and actually block the natural and very
vivid images cast on to the glass by the mind's eye.
One of the most famous prophets was Nostradamus. He used many tools to aid his work but produced his most meticulous predictions by using bowls of water. Nostradamus would place a lit candle next to a bowl of water and stare at the water's surface. The visions of people and events that were revealed to him span all the way up to the 21st century.
Scrying as Related to Witchcraft ... Because witches use the power of their mind, they obtain vibrations from the clients who come to them for advice. This enables them, through their subconscious, to receive from high level spiritual counsellors, clairvoyant visions of objects, events, places and people. This method is silmilar to psychometry, that ultra-sensitive ability that allows the practitioner to "read" a personality from special items such as clothing, jewelry, or ever correspondence sealed inside an envelope.
Although scying is simply defined as gazing into a reflective surface, this is only the beginning of the process. After a while the subconscious moves into a channelling state, thereby opening up the psyche, which is considered to be influenced by the phases of the moon.
Scying in shiney surfaces has been practiced in every culture and time, not only by mystics and magicians, but by every girl who has gazed into a mirror and preformed rituals to see her lover's face, or by any man who has sought wisdom in moonlit water. Crystallomacy differs from other forms of scrying, such as tea leaves, because the images are not formed by the medium itself, but from within your psyche. People sometimes feel that they cannot use a crystal ball or mirror successfully because there are no concrete images on which to work. For this reason, scryers can become anxious and actually block the natural and very
vivid images cast on to the glass by the mind's eye.
One of the most famous prophets was Nostradamus. He used many tools to aid his work but produced his most meticulous predictions by using bowls of water. Nostradamus would place a lit candle next to a bowl of water and stare at the water's surface. The visions of people and events that were revealed to him span all the way up to the 21st century.
Scrying as Related to Witchcraft ... Because witches use the power of their mind, they obtain vibrations from the clients who come to them for advice. This enables them, through their subconscious, to receive from high level spiritual counsellors, clairvoyant visions of objects, events, places and people. This method is silmilar to psychometry, that ultra-sensitive ability that allows the practitioner to "read" a personality from special items such as clothing, jewelry, or ever correspondence sealed inside an envelope.
Although scying is simply defined as gazing into a reflective surface, this is only the beginning of the process. After a while the subconscious moves into a channelling state, thereby opening up the psyche, which is considered to be influenced by the phases of the moon.