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[magickkate]

🪞🔮 A Beginner’s Guide: The Practice of Scrying 🔮🪞

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I got some messages that asked me to explain a bit more about scrying, and I wanted to make a separate post to clarify this method of divination from my main post on commonly used divination methods. So, let's dive in!

Scrying is a form of divination that involves gazing into a reflective surface or medium to receive insights, visions, or messages from the spiritual realm. It's a practice that has been used by various cultures and civilizations throughout history, dating back to ancient times.

1. Cultural and Historical Significance: Scrying has been practiced by cultures around the world for thousands of years. It has roots in ancient civilizations such as Egypt, Greece, Rome, and China, where it was used for divination, spiritual guidance, and accessing hidden knowledge.

2. Psychic Abilities: Some practitioners believe that scrying can help enhance psychic abilities such as clairvoyance (seeing visions), clairaudience (hearing messages), and clairsentience (feeling energies). By quieting the mind and opening oneself to the messages of the spiritual realm, practitioners may strengthen their intuitive faculties.

3. Modern Applications: While scrying has ancient origins, it continues to be practiced today by witches, psychics, and spiritual seekers around the world. Modern practitioners may incorporate scrying into their magical or spiritual practices, using it as a tool for guidance, insight, and personal growth.

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Here are some key aspects of the practice of scrying:

⦿ Tools: Scrying can be performed using a variety of tools, including: -> Crystal balls: Smooth, polished spheres made of crystal or glass. -> Black mirrors: Mirrors with a dark, reflective surface, often made of obsidian or other black stones. -> Bowls of water: Still water in a dark-colored or reflective bowl.- Flame: Gazing into the flame of a candle or fire. ⦿ Preparation: Before scrying, it's important to prepare yourself and your space. This may involve cleansing and consecrating your scrying tool, setting a sacred space for your practice, and quieting your mind through meditation or relaxation techniques. ⦿ Technique: To scry, you fix your gaze on the surface of the scrying tool while allowing your mind to relax and enter a receptive state. You may begin to see images, symbols, or visions appear in the reflective surface. It's important to maintain a soft focus and an open mind, allowing the messages to come through naturally. ⦿ Interpretation: After a scrying session, it's helpful to journal your experiences and interpretations. Pay attention to any symbols, images, or feelings that came up during the session and reflect on their significance. Trust your intuition and the guidance you receive from the spiritual realm. ⦿ Types of Scrying: While the most common form of scrying involves gazing into a reflective surface, there are other variations of the practice as well. This includes water scrying (gazing into bodies of water), fire scrying (gazing into flames), and even scrying using smoke or clouds. ⦿ Uses: Scrying can be used for various purposes, including divination, receiving guidance or insights, connecting with spirit guides or ancestors, and accessing subconscious or hidden knowledge. It can also be used as a tool for personal and spiritual growth, meditation, and self-reflection.

4. Ethical Considerations: Like any form of divination, it's important for practitioners to approach scrying with respect, integrity, and ethical awareness. Practitioners should be mindful of the potential impact of their readings on themselves and others and strive to use their abilities responsibly and ethically.

5. Experimentation and Exploration: Scrying is a deeply personal practice, and there is no one "right" way to do it. Practitioners are encouraged to experiment with different scrying tools, techniques, and environments to find what works best for them. Trusting one's intuition and inner guidance is key to successful scrying.

Overall, scrying is a versatile and powerful practice that allows practitioners to tap into their intuition, connect with the spiritual realm, and gain valuable insights and guidance. It’s a deeply personal and intuitive practice that can be adapted and customized to suit individual preferences and needs.

Regular practice, combined with an open mind and heart, can lead to deeper insights, clearer visions, and a stronger intuitive connection with the spiritual realm. Additionally, seeking guidance from experienced practitioners, studying relevant literature, and participating in supportive communities can offer valuable support and encouragement on the scrying journey.

This is not a tool I regularly use, simply because of my headaches. Either it’s the mundane tapping into your head saying, “Hey, knock it off, you don’t need to do this.” or it’s the magical side saying “Hey, you have better places to put your time and energy. this is not one of them.” So if you are interested in this practice by all means utilize it to the best of your ability, but if you can’t seem to focus or get really bad headaches all the time, this may not be the BEST practice for you. It is an option, though! just be careful, witchlings!

Remember to approach scrying with a sense of curiosity, wonder, and reverence for the mysteries of the universe. Trust in your own intuition and the guidance you receive, and allow the magic of scrying to unfold in its own time. With dedication and perseverance, the practice of scrying can become a profound and transformative tool for spiritual growth and enlightenment.

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Learn more: How to Scry Candle Wax in Water Tarot, Pendulums, Scrying, and More! Ways to Improve Psychic Gifts + Removing Mental Blockages Using A Witch's Mirror: Scrying, Automatic Writing, Spirit Work

[witchrealms]

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[astra-ravana]

Mirror Magick Applications

Mirrors are a big part of our lives. Mirrored surfaces, both man-made and natural exist almost everywhere. Every culture has myths regarding mirrors and I'm sure some of these we have all heard. Such as breaking a mirror is worth seven years of bad luck, that you shouldn't keep them in the bedroom, or to cover all your mirrors after someone dies, so their soul isn't trapped. Mirrors are more than just shiny bathroom fixtures, they are literal portals and amplifiers with several magickal utilities.

Trapping Energy by Charging Mirrors

Mirrors can be used to 'trap' the energy of any setting you find particularly powerful. For example: leaving your mirror close to the ocean waves or in a dark forest overnight. It will absorb the potent natural energies, then you can use the mirror in late workings as you please.

Lunar magick is another area where mirror work is ideal. Place a few mirrors under the moon to charge them with the energy of that phase. If you want to use them for a specific purpose, consider marking them with a symbol or sigil. When you need the energy of the moon, or a moon phase, you can access it as needed by using an appropriately charged mirror.

Amplification

Mirrors, like crystals, can help to amplify the power of your spells ans rituals. Keeping a mirror on your altar can bolster and increase the success of your workings. Just as focused sunlight on a mirror ignites a fire, focused magick will ignite a spell. Make sure your spell components are reflected, or better yet, perform the working on top of a mirror, to substantially increase its power.

Scrying and Accessing Other Realms

When correctly utilized mirrors can be used to access messages and visions that we wouldn't normally be able to connect with. Scrying is an ancient divinatory magick that is often used as a form of fortune-telling. Traditionally, a lot of scrying was done with water, the ancient Celts and Greeks even practiced this form of divination. Mirror scrying is an evolution of these water oracles, with historical practitioners like the famous John Dee, who used highly polished silver, brass, mercury, or obsidian.

Scrying wit mirrors can be particularly powerful due to the idea that your reflection is the manifestation of your soul. When viewing your reflection, if you're well in tune with yourself, you can ask your soul questions regarding your life and development or even open up the door to another dimension entirely. Mirrors can be enchanted and sigified into being gateways in and of themselves.

Many scrying mirrors are black because one's own reflection can be rather distracting. The traditional material of a black mirror is obsidian, however you can craft your own by painting one side of a piece of glass black. Picture frames are great for this. A black mirror is the best option for scrying as you won't be distracted by your own features, leaving you open to interpret your visions.

Banishing

Mirrors, as reflective surfaces and magickal conductors, are often used in banishing spells. Banishing magick can be used when someone is directing negative energy your way or you're being harassed. In this case, a mirror can be used to return bad energy back to the person who sent it.

Banishing magick can be a wonderful tool when applied to bad habits or negative thoughts as well. To banish an idea or behavior, encant something akin to: "[what you're banishing] you've caused me pain, I banish you, now stay away. Mirror help to reflect my plight, and keep [what you're banishing] out of sight". Keep the mirror close to you in order to protect you from what you're banishing.

Defense

Mirrors are also an incredibly effective defensive tool. They can deflect any negative energy, ill intent, or malevolent spirits sent your way. By placing mirrors in areas where you need the most protection, you can repel any unwanted energy trying to infiltrate your space. For added potentcy, draw a protective sigil/symbol on the mirror and/or place a protective crystal in front of it.

Hexenspiegal: The Witch's Mirror

A hexenspiegal is a small mirror used as a protective charm to reflect away baneful/attack magick, the evil eye, and other bad omens and intentions, as well as return the energy back to its sender. Its basis is in German folk magick. Translated, it means "witch's mirror". Hexenspiegals may be suspended from cords, fastened to walls, or, in the case of small ones, worn as jewelry. You can make your own by cleansing, decorating (optional), and sigifying/enchanting a small mirror to your intent.

[gavamont]

A parakeet wizard that gets frustrated that every time they try to use their scrying mirror some other parakeet wizard that looks a lot like them shows up and blocks their view.

[artifacts-archive]

Obsidian Mirror

Aztec

1200-1521 CE (mirror) 16th century (frame)

Obsidian, a volcanic glass, was used to make cutting tools as well as delicate ornaments. It was valued for its reflective qualities and employed in the form of mirrors for divining. Such mirrors were associated with powerful rulers and divinities: the name of a major Aztec god, Tezcatlipoca, means "smoking mirror." The gilded wood frame of this example likely dates to the colonial period and is carved with alternating flower and step-fret symbols.

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[unlimited-witchcraft2]

Divination Methods

Automatic writing- entering a meditative state and channelling information from the spirits while writing/typing messages.

Scrying- gazing into what is usually a reflective surface to divine.

Tarot- using cards to interpret a story.

Oracle- cards used to help in spiritual enlightenment, offering the possibility of self-growth.

Osteomancy- divination using animal bones.

Tasseography- the reading of tea leaves.

There are many I didn’t include, but I thought this would be a good start.

[mer-se]

alsooooo got this obsidian mirror and she and I are gonna be best friends forever

[unlikelyinternetnightmare]

🖤Made a scrying mirror during the last full moon shenanigans 🖤

[thesorcererpoet]

Here’s some 1970’s occult books my Dad gave me a while back. This stuff is gold!

[pieces-of-roses]

Scrying with a mirror - Part 1

Introduction of the series

When people start their divination journey, most of the times they start out with oracle or tarot. These are the most common divination techniques - and those, that have a good structure, as each card has a fixed basic meaning.

But at one point on your journey, you might hear or read the word scrying.

I could start out with all the basics around scrying now, but just let me give you a short definition of it:

Scrying is basically an intuitional way of divination, where you use a surface or element to see forms and shapes, that you gonna have to interpret.

Easy, right?

And that is the problem. When reading this definition, you have clear ideas on how scrying should look like and how to it should work. You maybe gonna expect to see full HD pictures or clear shapes. Yay!

But uhm. Nah. Sorry. Grab that expectation, walk to the trash bin and throw your expectations away.

Done that? Perfect! Now let's move to what you can await in this tumblr for next weeks!

About this series:

This series shall help the readers to understand, what scrying with a mirror (or a crystal ball) can look like.

This series gonna consist of different around 1-3 minute readings about small parts of the how to do - and maybe on how to DIY one yourself!

I also might add links to other helpful tumblr and youtube posts to get a deeper understanding of different basics.

This series is about >my< experiences. Yours can look truly different to mine!

Having said that, I want to give a short reminder: while this method definetely has a lot of sources, my main sources are my experience and a few youtube videos. Absolutely fine for me, but I am sure, I never invented the wheel anew.

I am a chaos witch. For me, that means to get a lot of trial and error. Especially around divination, I happen to go into stuff without reading about the stuff for weeks. I am just trying it out, facing a problem, ban the method for a few days and then find out my problem.

There are awesome sources. Absolutely. But man, my brain wants that trial and error.

But that also leads to not many sources besides my own experience. And while I absolutely did my job on learning about the safety with a mirror, I forgot some of the ressources. Oopsie. But for real, guys:

do your research on proper protection! Just do it.

I do have aphantasia (sometimes less, sometimes worse), so people with that condition might have fun with this series. We all are in the same boat, and small appetizer here: scrying is more than seeing. So even those with the worst aphantasia could have a good result with scrying.

I hope, some gonna follow me on that journey. Feel free to always comment, criticize or give any other feedback!

Uhm yeah. I need a good bye-sentence. Uhm.

Byeeee! ^^"

[technomancytoys]

About a month ago I decided to learn programming so I could level up my electronics journey, and am currently enjoying the roller coaster ride of learning to program microcontrollers. Although I have many ideas that I wish to develop, I first chose to co-create a magic mirror device with a witch named Eryk.

This is a small handheld electronic device that looks like a little scrying mirror, but when powered up, the mirror reveals a face that talks to you. You can ask it a yes or no question, which it will answer, and it has a divination mode, where you can ask a more specific question or obtain a general fortune.

I am still troubleshooting the hardware, which includes an ESP32, an OLED display and a DFPlayer mini. I started with an Arduino and a small OLED and everything was working well until I hit the memory limit of the Arduino. I upgraded to an ESP32, which I had to adjust my code to, and then decided to upgrade again to a slightly larger OLED. Along the way I somehow acquired almost as many electronic components as there are trees in my forest.

[witchrealms]

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[astra-ravana]

Dark Moon Scrying Ritual (Shadow Work)

Warning: With shadow work, you're bringing secrets, the past, and sometimes painful memories to surface. If you're not prepared to deal with the reality of your decisions and the possibly intense emotions, maybe now isn't your time for shadow work, and that's okay.

There's a polarity with shadow work done on the Dark Moon that is undeniable: we wait until the darkest night to bring our shadows 'into thr light'.

Needed:

• Scrying mirror or bowl of water

• Black candle

• Dragon's blood incense

• Jornal and pen

Instructions:

For this Dark Moon ritual, you're going to scry to see your true shadows. Dim the lights, this ritual is best performed by candlelight. Light the black candle and place it close to the mirror/bowl of water so that the light reflects off it. Dedicate this candle to the Dark Moon. Light the incense and offer it to the spirit of the Moon. Next enter a meditative/trance/otherworldly state, however you shift your consciousness. Begin to soften your gaze and say,

"By the Dark of the Moon, I turn inwards to reflect upon my own darkness.

The shadows, the secrets, the old wounds holding me back.

My shadows will now be revealed to me, so that I may heal."

Look in the mirror/water and allow the images to play out. This includes images that appear in your mind, words, sensations, feelings, etc. These are all things the Dark Moon is trying to show you. Sit and watch as long as you need. When finished blow out your candle. Record your findings in your journal.

[connectparanormal]

Ghosts and Scrying

The concept that both scrying and ghosts involve a bridge between the physical and spiritual realms is the basis for the relationship between the two. Practitioners of scrying often strive to connect with spirits, including ghosts, to gain insight into unresolved occurrences, relationships, or problems. People believe that the reflective surfaces used in scrying act as portals or windows to the spirit world, allowing perceptions into realms beyond conventional perception. The concept that both scrying and ghosts involve a bridge between the physical and spiritual realms is the basis for the relationship between the two. Practitioners of scrying often strive to connect with spirits, including ghosts, to gain insight into unresolved occurrences, relationships, or problems. People believe that the reflective surfaces used in scrying act as portals or windows to the spirit world, allowing perceptions into realms beyond conventional perception.

Various civilizations have adopted scrying as a means of communicating with ghosts throughout history. People frequently perform rituals or meditation states in conjunction with the practice, aiming to open their minds to the influence of spiritual forces. People who engage in scrying often report seeing images or receiving messages from spirits, who they believe use this medium to convey important information or warnings to their followers. People believe that spiritual practices like divination make ghosts, entities caught between worlds, more accessible. Scrying offers a methodical approach to dealing with these spirits, providing a means of interpreting their presence and comprehending the goals they wish to accomplish. We might interpret this encounter as a form of spiritual communication, where the scryer acts as a mediator between the living and the deceased.

Both scrying and ghostly encounters strongly emphasize intuition and perception that extend beyond the physical senses. This reflects a broader belief in the interconnectedness of all things, and the notion that invisible forces connect the past, present, and future. Through the means of tapping into these forces, humans are able to investigate the mysteries of existence and the afterlife through the practice of scrying, which frequently reveals revelations that are both profound and personal. Finally, the relationship between scrying and ghosts highlights a similar interest in the unknown and the human need to grasp what lies beyond the curtain of death between the two phenomena. Both activities highlight the everlasting belief in a reality that extends beyond the physical world. They offer a glimpse into the ageless questions of life, death, and the possibility of an existence beyond the physical world.

[artifacts-archive]

Dr Dee's Magical Mirror

Aztec

14th-16th century

The ‘scrying glass’ belonging to the Elizabethan magician and astrologer John Dee, now in the British Museum, has long been regarded as one of the most enigmatic Tudor artifacts. While it was allegedly used by Dee in the late 16th century to contact angels and demons, recent geochemical analysis published in the journal Antiquity reveals its origins in the obsidian quarries of Pachuca, Mexico. For the Aztecs who mined and created it, the mirror’s reflective properties may have been seen as deflecting bad spirits, and it was associated with the deity Tezcatlipoca, whose name translates as ‘smoking mirror’, symbolizing his powers of premonition and revelation. x

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[balancetarot]

I was rewatching the Haunted Objects Podcast, the episode with the Dark Mirror in particular, and they were talking about John Dee's scrying mirror... and I had a sudden memory of the time I made a scrying mirror.

I think it was, maybe late 90's, early 00's? I dunno, time is an illusion, the past is fluid, whatever, back then I got a little round bit of glass and painted one side of it black.

It looks a lot like John Dee's scrying mirror, tbh.

The British Museum Collection, John Dee's scrying mirror.

My mirror, in which I discover that taking a picture of a reflective surface is a pain in the ass.

bonus fun, reflective surface plus reflection off my glasses equals a real trippy pic of your dear author. yikes.