● Either out loud or silently, state the question to which you require an answer. If you have no specific question, then just ask for guidance.
● You will now find that impressions come and go and that you can, with some clarity, be aware of the answers you seek. Let these impressions flow until such times as you instinctively ‘know’ that there is no more information.
● Now begin to become aware once more of your experience of the crystal. You may find yourself floating inside it, aware of its boundaries. This experience is totally individual and cannot be quantified.
● Gradually become aware of the feeling of the crystal in your hands and the sense of your own body as it returns to normal. Finally, become aware of the room you are in. Adjust your breathing and open your eyes.
● Sit quietly for a few moments assimilating the experience. Make sure you have fully returned to everyday consciousness. If you called on the deities, thank them for the experience, then either cover your crystal ball with the velvet cloth or put it back where it is kept.
It takes time and concentration to use the crystal ball successfully. Learning to concentrate properly is a talent that has many other applications, so it is well worth the effort and time.
Your first attempt should last no longer than ten minutes, gradually increasing the time of each session, at first to fifteen minutes, then twenty and so on, but no session should ever last longer than one hour. Time each session with a watch or clock positioned so that you can see its face, but will not be distracted by its ticking.
The presence of another person can be distracting at first. With experience comes the ability to answer the questions of others, as their energies become part of the ambience.
Gazers often find that small, glittering points of light appear in the mist before it clears, and what has been described as an ocean of blue space forms, within which visions appear. These visions are sometimes symbolic, the meaning of the symbols often being similar to those seen in tea-leaf reading or other symbology known to the reader, or for some they may be more scenic in nature. Visions that appear in the background lie further ahead than those that are to the front, which denote the present of the immediate future.
When images come, no effort should be made to keep them there: they should be allowed to come and go, ebbing and flowing like the tide, with no attempt being made to control them.
