Mythral The Mystic – Digging deep into the occult

Crystal Gazing

Crystal gazing or crystallomancy is the divination of reading the past present or future of an individual, by gazing into a crystal. This has been practised through the ages. First by the Druids, this divination art had been carried over to the medieval periods of Europe. All seers, sorcerers and the like have been found to be practising crystal gazing during those times. Later on, during the years of fifteen to sixteen hundreds, a Dr John Dee was also noted to be interested in crystal gazing. Now Crystal gazing has become more of a fair attraction or restricted to magicians and stage shows.

The crystal to be gazed at can be a clear flawless crystal ball (completely spherical) or stone, mirror, a liquid set in a dish or ink and it differs from one seer to another. It can be made of rock-crystal, ivory or ebony, quartz etc. The colour can also vary.  What one seer may be comfortable with the other may not. Those that practice crystal gazing are called as seers, scryers or readers. They attempt to read the past present or future of the subject, their fortunes and solutions to the subject’s problems.

The process starts with cleansing of self and the crystal. The crystal is held in both the palms and a silent prayer invoking God’s blessings and presence to guide is performed by the seer. Then it is placed on a stand of wood or metal. The lighting should be dim and not draw attraction to other objects around the room nor disturb the eye of the seer. The lighting should not cast reflections on the crystal itself and thus affect reading the vision. The room for placing the crystal and gazing should itself be a relaxing one. There should not be any bad memories associated with the room so as to put a pressure on the seer to concentrate of gazing. Mediation should come with ease. The seer should have a receptive mind and not probe the crystal but relax completely. It is like mediating having the crystal ball as the point of focus. Stray thoughts should gently be put aside and concentration returned. The possibility of seeing a vision depends on the seer’s ability to mediate and concentrate and also on the reason for crystal gazing. Unless prepared with a proper question, mere curious gazing will not take you anywhere.

It will definitely take a lot of practice of master crystal gazing. What is important is that you should not give up. Finally when the seer is having success, he/she is said to observe a misty cloud like swirl before the illusion. The seer can have a range of illusions from actual visions to colours, objects, symbols which will be interpreted.

It is important to note the shapes and symbols arising before you.  Then refer the numerous books available and try to interpret your visions. There is no hard and fast set of rules to follow for interpreting. With time, you will be able to agree upon your own rules of interpretation.

//Bruce