Path: shell.portal.com!svc.portal.com!sdd.hp.com!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!netcom.net.uk!ix.netcom.com!news From: jcfilk@ix.netcom.com(James M. Connelly) Newsgroups: alt.magick,alt.magick.tyagi,alt.divination,alt.pagan,alt.pagan.magick,alt.paranet,alt.religion.wicca Subject: Re: Making a Black Mirror Date: 29 Aug 1996 15:50:50 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 34 Message-ID: <504e8q$qs@sjx-ixn5.ix.netcom.com> References: <4v72ud$c1u@due.unit.no,<4v9vnq$plv@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4va4qe$6mp@prometheus.acsu.buffalo.edu> <4vbncf$fta@cronkite.gwu.edu> <4vjg36$1i0@jobe.shell.portal.com> <321E1AC9.26E1@mpr.ca> <3222FD50.5F67@radix.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: alb-ny6-53.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Aug 29 8:50:50 AM PDT 1996 Xref: shell.portal.com alt.magick:82430 alt.magick.tyagi:10216 alt.divination:8071 alt.pagan:171679 alt.pagan.magick:1509 alt.paranet:443 alt.religion.wicca:38227 In <3222FD50.5F67@radix.net> Corbie writes: > >One of the simplest methods is to find a bowl that has a black matte >glaze on the interior. (I found a Japanese bowl that has a quite >lovely black matte glaze inside, and a green gloss glaze on the >outside.) > >If you can't find a bowl matching this description, you might be able >to find a ceramic shop that will let you buy a bowl, glaze it, and >return it to the shop for firing. > >Fill the bowl with water. > >Voila; scrying tool. > >Corbie One of the most interesting scrying mirrors I have is made from a cheap magnifying mirror, bought at a discount store. It's about six inches wide. I dismounted it from its plastic surround, took the silver off the back with a combination of paint remover and gentle steel wool scraping (really cleaning it well, nice and transparent) and then sprayed the cleaned side with a couple of layers of flat black enamel. I mounted it with hot glue on a black painted triangle made of masonite, just to protect it. The masonite has a hole in one of the apexes, through which I've threaded a loop of black twine. This I wear over head and shoulder so it hangs at my side. On a trip through a dark wood - or your available equivalent - this is a handy tool to have, to stop and meditate and veiw the astral scene around. Just remember to blacken the convex side, not the bowl face - Walk in Brightness, everywhere