WATER SCRYING
Next is a series of hand passes over the liquid, slowly and deliberately. Magically speaking, the right hand is of an electrical nature/active charge, and the left hand is of a magnetic/receptive charge. Right handed pass will strengthen the image and left handed passes will attract the image to form. Begin by making left handed passes over the bowl, in a clockwise circle, just a few inches above the water (palms open and facing down).
Stop, and gaze into the dark liquid, not At the liquid, but INTO the liquid. You will need to repeat these passes as you go, from time to time. Alternate between the left hand and the right hand. This requires patience, and time. Use your intuition as you sit before the bowl. Make sure the area is quiet and there are no distractions.
Drinking some Rosemary tea, prior to Divination, can aid in the work. There are several herbs which aid the Psychic Mind, this is just one of them (careful though, Rosemary can be toxic in large quantities).
Magic Mirrors - They enabled us,
it
was
said,
to see the present, the past
and the
future. They are of great variety, and
of
great antiquity.
St. Augustine (in De Civitate Dei,
Ch.
VII, 35) says that they were used
by
the
witches of Thessaly who wrote their
oracles
on them in human
blood.
Varron claims that they are of
Persian
origin, the Magi having used them
for a
method of divination called
Catoptromancy.
Spartianus says that
Didius Julianus
used
them to know the result of the battle
which
Tullius
Crispinius fought with
Septirnus
Severus, his rival for the Throne.
The persons who, in Rome, read these mirrors were called Specularii.
In the East these instruments were
called
Stellar Mirrors. Pica della
Mirandola
had faith in them, provided they were
made
under a favorable
constellation, and
that
they should only be consulted when one
felt
comfortably warm, for the cold
harms
the lucidity of their oracle.
Reinaud
speaks of them in his Description of the
Blacas Cabinet. He adds
that the
operators perfume them, fast for seven
days
before using them,
and recite
sacramental
prayers at the moment of consulting
them.
The
Chinese and the Hindus made
theirs of
metal, concave or convex.
Muratori tells us of a Bishop of
Verona
who was put to death because
under
his
pillow a magic mirror was found bearing
on
the reverse the
word flore which
means
flower, and proves collaboration with
the
devil,
since, according to St.
Cyprian,
Satan sometimes appeared in the
shape
of
a flower. A mirror of this kind was also
found in the house of Calas
de
Rienzi.
Catherine de Medicis had one.
The shape of these mirrors was, as we
have
said, very varied. Some bore
the
name of
their inventor (Cagliostro, Swedenborg,
etc.)
More recently
they have been used to
fix
the eye of clairvoyants or mediums so as
to
put them into a state of
hypnosis.
Cahagnet, in his Magnetic Magic, quotes
the
principal mirrors as follows
:-
The Theurgic Mirror-a bottle of clear
water
looked at by a child and in
which
the
Archangel Gabriel replies by pictures to
his
questions.
The Mirror of the
Sorcerers-any kind of mirror or pail of
water. The
country sorcerer,
standing
near the consultant, recites a spell
and"
shows him the reflection
of the
picture wanted.
The Mirror of
Cagliostro-the bottle of clear water is
on a
piece of
furniture, and before it a
child, on whose head the operator places
one
hand and tells him the questions
to
ask, to which replies are given in
allegorical pictures.
The Mirror of
du
Polet-a piece of cardboard having pasted
on
one side a
sheet of tin and on the
other
a piece of black cloth. The operator
magnetizes it strongly and places it a
foot
away from the eye of the
consultant
who,
having fixed his eyes on it, soon sees
in it
the desired
object.
The Swedenborgian Mirror - a paste of
graphite mixed with olive oil is
poured
on an ordinary mirror and allowed to dry
for
a few days. The
consultant, whose
image
must not be reflected (he stands at
some
distance for this reason) looks into it,
whilst the operator stares
magnetically
at the back of his head, and vision
takes
place.
The Magnetic Mirror-a round
crystal globe filled with magnetized
water
at which the consultant looks
carefully until the desired vision
appears.
The Narcotic Mirror-similar globe but a
narcotic powder made of
belladonna,
henbane, mandragora, hemp, poppy, etc.,
is
dissolved in the
water.
The Galvanic Mirror-it is made of two
discs,
one of copper and concave,
the other
of
zinc and convex, both magnetized nine
times
in nine days.
The center of the
concave
is looked at.
Cabalistic
Mirrors-there
are seven, being seven globes each
representing
one of the seven
planets of
Astrology, made of the corresponding
metal
and consulted on the
appropriate
astrological day. They are:-
The
globe of
the Sun, made of gold and consulted on
Sundays as to
superior beings and
the
great persons of the earth.
The
globe of
Mercury, made of a glass globe filled
with
mercury and
consulted on Wednesdays
as to
questions of money.
The globe of
Jupiter,
made of tin and consulted on Thursdays
as to
the
probability of success and as to
the
devotion of domestics.
The globe of
Mars,
made of iron and consulted on Tuesdays
as
to
quarrels, lawsuits, enmities.
The
globe of Venus, made of copper and
consulted
on Fridays as to
questions of
love.
The globe of Saturn, made of lead and
consulted on Saturdays as to
secrets,
lost articles, etc.
The globe of the Moon, made of silver
and
consulted on Mondays as to
dreams
and
plans.
