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Scrying Balls - Seeing The Unseen

Scrying Balls are unique.

They have the ability to create and hold energy for specific purposes and questions.

Scrying balls have been used for for thousands of years, looking into a reflective surface, such as glass, water, a mirror, or a crystal, to gain insight. 

The images seen with a scrying ball isn't foretelling, instead they are images from deep within one’s consciousness, and the ball is the door through which consciousness can be accessed. 

Through this meditation a trance-like state is induced that enables information from your consciousness to pass through the mind’s eye. 

It is here the images are seen, not in the crystal itself.

Cleansing:

When you get your ball, wash it using a soft cloth, water, and mild soap. 

This will not only make your ball clean physically, but also help cleanse the ball’s energies as well. 

To completely cleanse your ball of any previous and/or negative energy, it is best to smudge it as well. 

To smudge, simply light a sage smudge stick and pass the ball through the smoke several times. 

Your crystal ball should be cleansed (smudged) before each use.

Handling and Storage:

A crystal ball is very personal. 

You shouldn’t let anyone else touch it as their energies and subconscious thoughts will pass onto it and “contaminate” your ball, causing inaccurate readings. 

The ball may also lose its charge, or your personal influences with it may become weakened and/or corrupted.

Charging:

To charge your ball, place it in the light of a full moon.

Do NOT place your ball in direct sunlight. 

This will weaken the ball’s magnetism and may render it unable to draw images. 

Using Your Crystal Ball:

Create a relaxed atmosphere by burning candles or incense or by playing soft music. 

I suggest working by candlelight as too much light on the ball can make the images distorted or difficult to see. 

Dim lighting also relaxes the eyes, making it easier to focus on the ball.

You may wish to smudge the room and yourself before beginning your work with the ball.

Relax your mind and body, hold the ball in your hands for awhile to energize it and strengthen your psychic bond with it. 

Think about the purpose for this session. 

You may wish to visualize the topic, or ask a question about it either in your mind or out loud.

Put the crystal down and begin to stare into it. 

Let your eyes relax and go out of focus. 

Try to clear your mind and concentrate on feeling open and receptive.

In awhile you should see a mist filling the crystal and then gradually clearing. 

Keep your eyes relaxed and unfocused. 

Watch for symbols or images appearing in your mind’s eye. 

Do not try to force the images to come. Let them come naturally. 

It is okay if you do not see any images the first several times you use the ball. 

Most people need practice at achieving the necessary receptive and relaxed state of mind before images will appear.

When you do see images, don’t try to make sense of them right away. 

Just take a mental note of what you see. 

Once you have seen the images that you need, they will fade away and the ball will again fill with mist. 

Blink your eyes, breathe deeply, and allow your mind to return to the physical plane. 

A drink of water and a snack will help ground you as you reconnect with the Earth’s energies.

Thank the ball for its message and put it away.

Take notes of the images you have seen as well as any thoughts or impressions that come to mind. 

The images may not be what you expected. 

Sometimes it may seem that the images have nothing to do with your topic or are just plain nonsense. 

Your subconscious mind gives you the information you need. 

The images are often symbolic, and so it may take you some time to decipher their meaning. 

Go with your instinct and intuition. Most often your first impression is the correct one.

Crystal ball gazing takes a lot of practice and patience, but in time you will become more receptive and more adept at reading the crystal.

These powerful spheres are made from fiber optics (man made Ulexite). Man made Ulexite, is comprised of parallel optical fibers, which transmits light from one end of the sphere to the other. 

Each color is designed as a unique vibrational experience, celebrating life and spirit. 

Ulexite is said to bring insight into self and others and sheds light on solutions to difficulties. 

It also is known for amplifying dreams, stimulating imagination and creativity. 

In Feng Shui each specific color can be placed in the corresponding area to enhance the specific auspicious energy: 

pink/love, 

green/money and healing, 

purple/spirituality, 

yellow/mental clarity, 

orange/business, 

blue/calming, 

turquoise/peace and friendship, 

brown/attainment, 

black/protection, 

gray/unconscious thought, 

white/blessings, 

gold/wealth and winning, jeweled multi color/wealth Also, great for meditation and hypnosis. 

The Burning Times

The Burning Times is a Canadian documentary about the witchcraft trials & persecutions that swept through Europe in the 15th-17th centuries. 

This was a period when those accused of being heretics or witches were tortured & executed, often by fire.

The tragedy of the Burning Times was that women and even some men who were considered allies and healers to their communities were betrayed and turned into the Church for being Satan's soldiers. 

The Church preached that anyone with supernatural abilities, in many cases (particularly midwives) with the knowledge to heal, was working for and with the devil and acquired these superhuman abilities by making a deal with him. 

The documentary is about an hour long and you can watch it:

Watch Here

A lot of people are asking about the opening music, it is haunting and beautiful, isn’t it?

It’s called “Tango to Evora” by Lorena McKennitt.

Beltane, the Gaelic May Day Festival

Beltane the May-Eve Sabbat is coming.

It marks the end of the dark half of year and the beginning of the light half of the year.

Beltane was traditionally the time to seek protection from both natural and supernatural threats. Protection for the home, the family, the crops, the livestock.

The original meaning of the name may be Bel-fire, after the Celtic God Bel or Balor - another name for Cernunnos.

In some traditions, Beltane (along with Lughnasadh) is a good time for handfasting (marriage).

Beltane is considered to be the second greatest of the four Greater Sabbats.

Beltane is traditionally celebrated on April 30th. 

The Beltane celebration actually begins on sundown of the preceding day, April 30, because the Celts always figured their days from sundown to sundown. 

And sundown was the proper time for Druids to kindle the great Bel-fires.

Frequently, cattle would be driven between two such bon-fires then they would be taken to their summer pastures the next day.


Other May Day activities included walking one's property ('beating the bounds'), repairing fences and boundary markers, processions of chimney-sweeps and milk maids, archery tournaments, morris dances, sword dances, feasting, music, drinking, and girls bathing their faces in the dew of May morning to retain their youthful beauty. 


But many popular customs associated with Beltane didn't exist in the Celtic pagan celebrations.

About the only thing that can be said about ancient Beltane is that it was a fire festival, and most likely not as adventitious as it is today. 

Cattle were routinely run between fires (and in the 9th Century that practice was said to involve Druids) to protect them as they moved from their winter quarters to their summer grazing-land. 

When you are dependent on cattle as a source of food, you want to do everything possible to ensure their survival, so instead of Beltaning in the woods it was more important to bless the livestock.

Fire as a source of control and good fortune wasn’t just limited to cattle, human beings jumped over fires for good luck as well. 

Up until the 1300’s history doesn't mention the Maypole, and when it eventually does get mentioned, it's not referred to as “phallic” or “ancient pagan.” 

The earliest function of the Maypole was to simply dance around it. 

There were no ribbons tied to the top of it, though it was sometimes decorated with flags. 

As time passed the May Pole was given a special dance with the ribbons going around it. 

And actually this is all kind of new, dating back to just the last few hundred years.

Also relatively recent is the notion that the Maypole is “phallic.” 

Early Maypoles were not designed or said to look that way.

But let's be honest, Beltane, for last 700 years May Day has been associated with sensuality.

Anyway, today's Beltane traditions may not necessarily be the purest form of paganism, and just because ancient Pagans probably didn’t dance around the Maypole, it doesn’t make Beltane any less fun. 

This festival officially begins at moonrise on May Day Eve, and marks the beginning of the third quarter or second half of the ancient Celtic year.