Scrying In Occult Rituals: How To Scry, Interpreting Symbolism, Improve Your Psychic Abilities

This video discusses various forms of divination and more specifically: scrying. Learn what scrying is, how to scry, and how to interpret symbolism.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Various Types of Divination
04:47 What is Scrying?
07:00 What Sets Scrying Apart
10:26 How To Scry
16:42 Interpreting Symbolism
22:58 Final Thoughts

[strangetenderness]

i’m an ultrasound tech so sometimes i scry on my lunch break by just scanning my own bodily tissue with my ultrasound machine 🤪

[pinekun]

some of my favorite ways to scry are less conventional. i love using clouds, wood grain in furniture, that popcorny ceiling texture or speckled ceiling planks, and carpet!

[Beccah]

I've been intuitively scrying for years. I never felt the need to look up how to do it because it just always happened. I love that you describe it the exact way I do it! As my psychic skills have grown, it's really helped with my channeling and trusting images I would get in mediations. This was an amazing video!

[nicholaswoodhead]

I have been divining for many years, mostly using ordinary playing cards. I also use runes, bones, pendulums, Lenormand and tarot. Five years ago I learned to scry with a black obsidian sphere. It took me six weeks to master the art of scrying! I use a quartz sphere by day and my obsidian by night with a candle. I take off my glasses to get my eyes out of focus ;) I take my hearing aids out of my ears as this enables me to hear things that have absolutely nothing to do with what is heard in the real world.

BTW, some people never see anything ... or they only ever see clouds, or coloured lights, or sparkles. these have meaning, too. Some only ever hear sounds, even snatches of conversation, or they taste things, or they feel strong emotions, or they feel things, like being pinched or tickled, for instance. I have experienced all of these as well as seen images while scrying.

You are one of the very few people who have written and given videos on scrying that explain the vital point that the scryer's eyes have to be out of focus!

[pwnedyouwithpurple]

I put ALL of my skill points into Scrying 😂 i really really enjoy it. I’m skeptical agnostic, but I get SO much value from scrying.
It’s so hard to find other people to talk to about or find community around it the same way one might with tarot.

Somewhat spicy scrying take: focusing so much on anthropomorphisizing tools, or on specific objects instead of technique obscures the fact that the real “window” to your visions is in YOURSELF not your stuff.

My fave unconventional tools are a glitter lava lamp and a bowl of Dr Pepper. Dark carbonated liquids work really well! 😊

EDIT: Carbonated moon water and ink also works if it won't be consumed; the goal is to create gentle but random variations on the surface of the water to affect the scrying, kind of like the static mentioned in the video

[mariLU]

I've never tried it myself, but a black, glossy surface most people always have at hand is a phone or a tablet. Make sure it's completely turned off and you have a small black mirror on the go.

[heathersmith]

Scrying is one of the tools in my magical toolbox. When I am firekeeper of sacred ceremonies I use fire and smoke. If I’m working by myself I use a scrying bowl. Years ago I made myself a scrying bowl at one of those Paint Your Own Pottery places. I painted symbols that are important to me on the outside. I painted the inside with a black glaze. I’m sure the person working the kiln thought it was weird and ugly. But it’s incredibly important to me.

[kathleenroberts]

I love to scry! I do what I call bath tub serving. My own words. I light candles all around my large round tub and as I sink into the bubbles I let my eyes soften above the water line and between that and the candle glow symbols and pictures take place and sometimes they are complete pictures and I do this on a Sunday night and take this as my message for the coming week.

[feralfoods]

thank you for tackling such a difficult topic. i'm again trying to hone my psychic abilities. i've fallen out of practice for about a year, just now coming back. i'm rewatching many of your older videos, and catching up on newer ones. they are proving to be immensely helpful. much appreciated!

[DJMaster]

Hey Ivy, I make scrying mirrors on etsy using layers of ground powdered charcoal and UV resin, I use this to create depth in my scrying mirrors and the effect is really incredible, I would love to help you on the next video of how to create a scrying mirror using a picture frame, (or atleast thats what I do). Thanks for all your amazing work, great

[pwnedyouwithpurple]

Other thoughts: if scrying is something you plan to do a lot, you could consider getting a voice recorder; it’s much simpler to stay in a trance state and capture more detail when you don’t have to stop and physically write. (If you don’t scry often this probably isn’t worth the cost!) I’d still recommend writing it down in a journal afterwards though; I have a filled scrying journal that now also works as an amazing bibliomancy tool.

I also gotta mention the Troxler effect: it’s a kind of hallucination that’s easily triggered by staring at a single point for a while. It’s the cause of many a “warped” or “demonic” face in the mirror and probably more than a few Bloody Mary scares. It’s really not a big deal if you know about it, but can be very scary if you don’t. I find the easiest way to avoid face-warping is to just make sure you can’t clearly make out your face in your scrying tool.

Ugh, I have so many SCRYING OPINIONS. Too many for YouTube comments lol.

[sarahlarue]

I am very new to my practice (I seriously started pursuing witchcraft in July) and started scrying in a black mirror pretty early on. I’ve seen a lot, but it doesn’t seem to be like how I hear other people talk about it. For me it’s like seeing into another realm or place, like I’m looking through a window. I often see people just going about their day, one time a village where people were bringing in a harvest and one time just people out shopping. One of the first times I scryed a winged man was just flying by as if he was on an errand and stopped, looked through the mirror, though not directly at me, shrugged and flew off. Anyway, I have enjoyed the stories that seem to come from it, though I don’t think any of it is actually related to me in any way. It’s more like a portal than a mirror I guess. 😅

[alineh]

I love that you're talking about introspection when scrying and the importance of figuring out what each symbol means to you 🙌

[TheGalacticGrizzly]

As I was watching this video on the TV, my husband passed along and said "yeah, she looks adorable" (/gen). So I thought I'd pass the compliment along 😁

[balBROni]

You tend to drop videos when I personally most need them 💜

*LOL at “the little booklet” my peers look at me with daunting eyes when I pull out my Holistic Tarot book with my deck

[unepetitecourfleurie]

You have just inspired me to finally use the crystal Ball i received as a gift last xmas. Thank you for all the valuable tips ❤ Blessed be.

[EmmaNation]

Firstly, I love this completely, ivy. What a wonderful job. You are so gifted at unpacking these sorts of things and so generous of you to do so ❤
Secondly, 100 percent agree about not asking other what symbols mean (usually). I have had very important signs and symbols that have presented in my life that have taken months to understand and then in a moments, months later, the meaning is completely clear and the understanding of what it means for me regarding action if necessary. Spirit will keep with you and bring back to you everything you need at all the right times and should you miss it, if you are seeking you will find it again if you didn’t understand the first time ❤

[DavidBridger]

Hello, friend. I am a scryer, long time, and what you say here hits many points that align with my experience.

[kristibrown]

You’re so kind …. I would never be able to have a channel on YouTube because I’m just not as thoughtful I suppose. Which craft or personal spirituality is exactly that it’s personal … I would highly suggest joining a bunch of groups or googling results whatever you are doing because everybody’s opinion is going to be based on their experiences which are not the same as years. If you think back to when you were a child for me I had a lot of trauma a lot of Abuse when that abuse was happening I would pretend I was watching my hamstring running on his wheel that I could see it plain as day although it was dark in the room. I would zone out. Anytime anything super emotional happens I zone out …. Obviously, this is kind of like self-preservation. When you look at the clouds and see shapes…. Trees etc … it’s a form of scrying

[johngross]

I love scrying! I like it exactly for the reason my wife hates it. She prefers rules and established structure. She believes it's the systems in place that are what make tarot effective and not as easily manipulated as the many ways you can scry.

I think the fact that your subconscious or spirit tries communicating through the iconography and symbology already established deep in your brain means there's potential the messages can be tailored directly for the individual and also a much more vast vocabulary can be utilized beyond the 78 cards in the tarot.

I also like scrying matte black and utilizing it as a hole for my consciousness to fall into. It gets trippy.

Thank you for the video. I really like what you come out with