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1. A black mirror, or a cauldron filled with water (or an herbal fusion of your choice), or a crystal or even a shallow dish of water (made black by the addition of ink), or a ring with a nice stone (i.e.- labrodorite or moonstone), a black stone like hematite or obsidian or onyx, a black tile or whatever reflective surface you choose.<o:p></o:p>
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Place the gazing medium on your altar so that you can look at it from about a 45° angle while in a very comfortable position. Arrange the candles throughout the room so that they are elevated above the gazing medium but at remain outside of your direct line of sight. You may wish to cast a circle at this time or recite a blessing or charge thru the gazing medium and over the entire gazing session.<o:p></o:p>
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Breathe deeply and rhythmically while gazing at the medium. Imagine you are looking through a red lens so that everything you see is tinted red. Move through the chakra colours one by one. The colour sequence is as follows: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. <o:p></o:p>
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When you feel relaxed, keep looking at the gazing medium. Your first sessions may last 10 to 30 minutes, but work up to hour-long sessions. Do not be critical of yourself or your results. If you fall asleep or daydream, these are perfectly fine. Just allow whatever is happening to happen. In this way you will quickly refine your skills. Relax your gaze as if you were attempting a 3D magic eye hidden picture. Gazing is similar to this in that you need to relax your eyes and not really look AT the surface.<o:p></o:p>
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After you have completed your session, jot down a few rough notes. Do what you need to ground yourself and clean up your area. Sometime during the day, go through your notes and fill in more details as you remember them. You can use two columns, one for description of the images seen and one for your translations of those images. <o:p></o:p>
