Four of us gathered for our WWW workshop on the use of a pendulum and the tools and methods of scrying. The evening, as expected, turned out to be quite magickal indeed!
We started by creating sacred space and calling in positive energies of protection and guidance before starting our discussion and practice. Creating a sacred space is always a good idea when dealing with energies from other realms and planes of existence. Not only do we want to create a safe space but also to call for guidance in what we are about to undertake. We invited all helpful energies in and told all other energies to leave our space.
We began by stating that each person has their own way of receiving psychic information. We reminded each other that there are psychic senses called “the clairs”.
According to http://www.quantumpossibilities.biz/clairs.htm, they can be described as:
CLAIR SENSES
This collective word phrase includes any or all types of psychic sensitivity corresponding to the senses: seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, tasting, touching. Clair Senses in psychic terms are translated:
clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, clairscent, clairtangency, and clairgustance. Additional gifts are clairempathy and channeling.
CLAIRVOYANCE
Clairvoyant (clear vision) — To reach into another vibrational frequency and visually perceive “within the mind’s eye” something existing in that realm. A clairvoyant is one who receives extrasensory impressions, and symbols in the form of “inner sight” or mental images which are perceived without the aid of the physical eyes and beyond the limitations of ordinary time and space. These impressions are more easily perceived in an alpha state and during meditation, though many clairvoyants can obtain visual information regarding the past, present and future in a variety of environments.
CLAIRAUDIENCE
Clairaudience (clear audio /hearing) — To perceive sounds or words and extrasensory noise, from sources broadcast from spiritual or ethereal realm, in the form of “inner ear” or mental tone which are perceived without the aid of the physical ear and beyond the limitations of ordinary time and space. These tones and vibrations are more easily perceived in an alpha state and during meditation, though many clairaudients can obtain verbal and sound-related information regarding the past, present and future in a variety of environments. Most Channelers (also known as Mediums) work with both clairvoyance and clairaudience.
CLAIRSENTIENCE
Clairsentience (clear sensation or feeling) – To perceive information by a “feeling” within the whole body, without any outer stimuli related to the feeling or information. (Also see clairempathy)
CLAIRSCENT
Clairscent (clear smelling) – To smell a fragrance/odor of substance or food which is not in one’s surroundings. These odors are perceived without the aid of the physical nose and beyond the limitations of ordinary time and space.
future in a variety of environments. Most Channelers (also known as Mediums) work with both clairvoyance and clairaudience.
CLAIRSENTIENCEpreviously known by the clairtangent.
CLAIRGUSTANCE
Clairgustance (clear tasting) — To taste a substance without putting anything in one’s mouth. It is claimed that those who possess this ability are able to perceive the essence of a substance from the spiritual or ethereal realms through taste.
CLAIREMPATHY
Clairempathy (clear emotion) – An Empath is a person who can psychically tune in to the emotional experience of a person, place or animal. Clairempathy is a type of telepathy to sense or feel within one’s self, the attitude, emotion or ailment of another person or entity. Empaths tune into the vibrations and “feel” the tones of the aura.
CHANNEL/CHANNELING
Channel — A person who allows his/her body and mind to be used as a mechanism for etheric world intelligence to bring psychic information or healing energy to others.
Channeling — To allow an etheric world intelligence to enter one’s mind and impress thoughts upon the consciousness to be spoken aloud, using one’s voice or body to deliver the information or healing energy.
It’s important to not compare your abilities at receiving psychic information to others because we are all different and receive this information in our own unique ways.
We took a survey of who had experience with using a pendulum or various scrying tools and found mixed levels of experience in our group. All four of us did own a pendulum and a discussion and practice of pendulum work seemed like a good place to start.
We did a brief meditation, breathing deeply as we inhaled and slowly exhaled all the tensions of the day. We relaxed our bodies and sent etheric roots through the souls of our feet into the earth to ground ourselves.
Pendulums can be useful for getting a read on whether to cast a certain spell or to varify other information you have received. There are certainly many ways to use a pendulum, but we decided to just cover using one to get a “yes” or “no” answer for this particular workshop, and to revisit the topic at some future date for more pendulum practices.
It is best to attune your pendulum to your own energy. The best way to do that is to cleanse, annoint and practice with it. Incidentally, that goes for all scrying tools as well. To energetically cleanse an object it can be exposed to the five elements of earth, air, fire, water and ether in any combination. Smudging, rinsing in purified water, burying in earth or salt for a time and giving the object energy can be great ways to cleanse it. Annointing or blessing a tool can be accomplished by exposing it to the full moon, applying blessing oil or, an old time witchy favorite, bathing it in a tea made from mugwort. After the cleansing and annointing comes the practicing.
Using your pendulum takes some exploration. You are basically getting messages from your subconscious mind and your “yes” and “no” answers from the pendulum will be unique to you.
Start by holding your pendulum so that it dangles from the end of the chain or cord between your fingers. Many people prefer to hold the chain between the thumb and index finger, but find what is comfortable and what works best for you.
Also figure out which hand works best for you. Some people say dominant and others that the non dominant hand works best. Your goal is to find out what gives you the best results. I write with my right hand but do other things (like high jumping in high school) on my left side. The pendulum works best for me when I hold it in my right hand. Experiment!
The way to determine the “yes” answer is to ask your pendulum out loud something that has “yes” as the obvious answer. If your name is Jane, hold the pendulum, look away and state aloud, “Is my name Jane?”. Pause for a moment and then look at the pendulum and see how it is moving: clockwise, counterclockwise, back and forth, side to side. It may take a few tries but you should get an answer. Relax!
Next, do the same for your “no” answer, noticing the pendulum’s response. If your name is Jane try asking if your name is David. You get the idea. Don’t give up! Pendulums can be very useful tools to an energy worker. I found I had to be standing with my left hand on my hip to get mine to work, so be creative.
We practiced with the pendulums and the newbies promised to continue practicing at home.
At this point we pointed out that all magickal tools should be kept in their own sacred place such as a bag or a box placed on an altar or other protected spot.
Recording your messages from divination in a journal is a very good habit to form. I need to work on this one since I always seem to be in such a hurry. Note in your journal things like weather, moon phase and sign and especially the time of year. Around Samhain and Bealtaine the veil is thinner. See if your readings are more accurate at those times and make a note. After practicing with the pendulum we discussed ways to scry. It’s possible to see messages in natural objects like clouds, grassy patches of earth and marble floors. Scrying, as many forms of divination, involves looking at your tool with a softened gaze and relaxing your mind into a meditative state. It is in this altered state that one receives messages through the psychic senses. We had assembled some of our tools which included various crystal balls,
Bowls of water (and one bowl lined with aluminum foil which produced some amazing results!)
Two magick (black) mirrors. Only one was photographed. And a candle flame.
We took turns rotating around the table and practicing with different tools. I won’t go into all the things we saw and messages we received from these magickal tools, but the evening turned out to be pretty mystical, and our Witchen Witchy Wednesdays seemed to be off to a great start!
We moved our group outdoors to witness the Harvest Moon and give thanks to the Lord and Lady and all who had assisted us.
We even managed to catch an image of the full moon in the water of one of our scrying bowls.
Are you ready to start practicing your scrying and pendulum work?? I plan to make it a regular practice! Our coven is looking forward to our Next Witchen Witchy Wednesday! Until then, brightest witchy blessings,
Sarina
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