For millennia, seekers have used reflective surfaces to part the veil. Ancient Egyptians gazed into pools of ink or oil, while Celtic druids stared into still bodies of dark water to receive visions. In the 16th century, Dr. John Dee; astronomer, occultist, and trusted advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, famously used crystal spheres and obsidian mirrors to commune with unseen realms and map the hidden depths of the universe.

These practitioners understood what the modern world has largely forgotten: the most profound answers are rarely found in the noise of the waking day. They are found in the shadows.

When we scry today, we are tapping into this exact ancient lineage. We are intentionally bypassing the loud, logical, and anxious parts of our brain to create a vacuum for pure gnosis (<- if you want to know wtf that is, read more here). We are slipping past our inner guards and stepping into the domain of The High Priestess. The physical sphere simply gives our restless eyes something to anchor to while our inner vision opens up to receive a direct, unmediated truth.

If you are ready to explore the forgotten halves of your spirit, here is how to begin your scrying practice.

1. Prepare Your Space (and Yourself)
Scrying requires dim, ambient light. Place your gazing sphere on a steady surface. Position a single candle either just behind the crystal or slightly to the side. You want the light to bend, refract, and dance within the glass, but you do not want the flame reflecting directly into your eyes.

Ground yourself before you begin. Take three deep, slow breaths. Acknowledge whatever heavy, chaotic, or mundane energy you might be carrying from the day, and intentionally let it settle to the floor.

2. Soften Your Gaze
The secret to scrying is not staring; it is softening. Look into the crystal, not at its surface. Allow your eyes to relax to the point where the edges of the room begin to blur. You are consciously entering a light, trance-like state. Do not try to force an image to appear. Patience and surrender are your greatest allies here.

3. Trust the Shadows
At first, you may only see clouds, shifts in the candlelight, or creeping shadows inside the glass. But as your mind relaxes, shapes, symbols, or even sudden, unprompted memories and visceral feelings may rise to the surface.

Your logical brain will immediately try to dismiss these flashes as just your imagination. Do not let it. In shadow work, there are no coincidences. If an image, a word, or a strong emotion arises, it is coming from a part of you that is finally ready to be seen and acknowledged. Trust the download.

4. Close the Session
When you feel the session is complete… even if it only lasted five minutes… blink your eyes fully open. Blow out the candle. Place your palms flat against the earth or your desk to ground your energy back into the physical, mundane realm.

Immediately open your journal. Write down every fragment, emotion, colour, or symbol you experienced before your logical brain can step in to edit or rationalise it away.

Are you ready to look into the depths?

Explore our collection of Clear Gazing Spheres and begin your practice.