You will learn to use your scrying device or speculum more quickly if you are
familiar with the techniques of visualization. Visualization is the ability
to create a picture in your mind's eye and transfer this image to walls,
ceiling or mid-air, mentally changing its color, shape or size. When you are
first training yourself to scry, you will find it helpful to practice with
visualization, mentally creating an image and then transferring the image
onto the speculum surface. This will acquaint you with the sight of an image
on your speculum so that when you begin to achieve results in your scrying
you will be familiar with the sight and it won't disconcert you.
As with scrying, it takes a little time to develop the ability to visualize
at will. You must be prepared to expend energy and time to allow your
ability to manifest. You should set aside a period each day in which to
experiment with the process - a time when you will not be interrupted. Thirty
minutes each day should be enough.
Even if you haven't worked with scrying or magick to date, you have
experienced visualization. When you are fantasizing or daydreaming and you
become immersed in the scenes inside of your head, you are visualizing. The
following exercises will help you to gain and control that ability:
1) Begin thinking about a subject which is dear to you, a particular fantasy
that you have, such as the house you would like to build, the picture you
would like to draw or the person you are in love with. Concentrate all of
your attention on this subject and enjoy your thoughts, seeing in your mind's
eye the house, the picture or the lover. Now become aware that you are
visualizing. The scene in your mind's eye will probably waver or disappear
at this realization. Re-grasp it firmly in your mind and hold it there for
as long as you are able.
2) After you have successfully completed the first exercise and have been
able to consistently visualize the scene every day for a week, sit down in a
quiet, private room and allow yourself to relax. Decide upon an object in
the room, a chair for example, and look at it very carefully, keeping all of
the thoughts on the chair. Notice the shadows on the chair, the wrinkles in
the fabric, the grain of the wood. Now sit back and close your eyes. Try to
bring the image of the chair into your mind in all of its detail. Experiment
with this exercise very day until you can do it. After you have successfully
visualized the chair with consistent results for a week, go on to exercise
three.
3) Continue using the same object that you have been visualizing. Bring it
into your mind and hold the image. Now open your eyes and see the object
before you (the image in your mind, not the physical object), and place it at
eye level against a solid colored wall, preferably a white wall. Practice
this exercise for the next three days.
4) Now when you visualize the object against the wall, change the color of
it. Change it back to its original color. Practice changing the color of
the object with many different colors. Now raise and lower the object on the
wall. Turn it completely around and upside down. Return it to its original
position.
Visualization is not difficult, but it does require time, determination,
quiet and patience. Once you have mastered the techniques of visualization,
it will be a simple and natural step to transfer images to your speculum. By
training yourself with visualization, you have acquired the necessary
discipline, patience and meditative qualities essential to successful
scrying.
When you scry, it is important to place your back to the source of light
rather than facing the light. I prefer semi-darkness with three lavender
candles behind me for illumination. You will find that objects in the room
will reflect slightly in the surface of your speculum. Do not let this
bother you. You will become accustomed to the sight and will soon find that
the reflections aid you in forming pictures on the surface of the scrying
device.
You will gaze at the surface of your speculum (ball, scrying mirror or
chalice of water) not into the center of it- not trying to penetrate it with
your eyes. It is helpful to relax your eyes, slightly unfocusing them, when
you scry. If you wear glasses, you can wear them or not when you are
scrying. It is not your physical eyes which are seeing, but your psychic
self and glasses won't make any difference in the quality of the images.
Practice by yourself, in a quiet room with the speculum set before you on a
table covered with a dark solid colored cloth. Be seated in a comfortable
chair and relax. Pick up the speculum and concentrate on it, warming it with
your body heat. Set it back on the table and still your mind. Open yourself
up the impressions about to be received. Do not stare at the speculum and
strain your eyes. Gaze at the complete speculum not at any particular point
on it. You will find that the speculum really does cloud up. I have
experienced images in two ways - the symbols or picture will begin to appear
in the center of the speculum and gradually become clearer, rather like a
picture print being developed, or the image will begin to appear at the side
of the speculum and drift over to the center. It is important to note here
that if the image comes from the side, you must continue to gaze in the
center of the speculum. If you turn your eyes to look at the coming image,
it will most likely disappear. If you fail to see anything the first few
times, don't be discouraged. A number of sittings are necessary when first
training. It helps to use the ability that you developed in your
visualization exercises and visualize an object, then transfer it to the
surface of your speculum. Let the image rest there, relax yourself and allow
the image to change by itself. By practicing this technique you will
gradually learn to see in the speculum.
It is also important to remember when using a speculum of any type that it is
merely a focal point for your mind. The image is not really there on the
surface or within the speculum. Your mind is placing it there. The speculum
merely serves as a tool to facilitate this ability.
When reading the future do not despair if you see something that you don't
like. The future is not a cut and dried affair. When reading the future,
you are seeing what is most likely to happen if you or your querent (the
person for whom you are reading) proceeds on the same path now traveled.
People change and by that change so do events and the future. If you
encounter a possible future that you don't like, meditate on how you can
change it into circumstances which will benefit you. This is the value of
divination - knowing the most likely outcome from the actions you are now
taking and thereby having the knowledge you need to make the future your own.
When you are not using your scrying device, store it out of busy areas of
your home and out of the sunlight. It's a good idea to store it wrapped in a
silk cloth in a box out of the way. If you want to subtly display your
speculum, you can set it on a table (out of the sunlight and not in busy
areas) covered with a silk cloth.
Plan to spend thirty minutes a day practicing with your speculum. As with
any occult studies, learning to scry with consistent and true results
requires an investment of interest, energy and time. You will find yourself
amply rewarded for your investment and effect, however, if you have the will
and perseverance to pursue it to its successful end.
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