Back to Home Page or Contents Page or Divination or Index Scrying by Fire Scrying by Fire or fire scrying is a method of divination sometimes used by Witches to see events of the past, present and future. The practice can be performed by burning driftwood by the seashore after the sun has set. (It may be performed in other locations as well by burning other types of wood.) After the wood is well ...

Fire Gazing This ancient technique can produce surprising results. Sit before a roaring fire. Ask your question. Gaze into the flames while the fire burns down. Within the flames, or in the sparkling, glowing coals below them, images of the future may appear. Interpret them with symbolic thought. It's best to limit gazing time to about five minutes, but there's no need to check your watch. Allow ...

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Beyond Cards and Stones: Neglected Forms of Divination Part Two: Following the Lamp and Reading the Ashes It defies the exacting eye of science; it is rendered a secret sacred treasure by innumerable mythologies; it is a symbol of destruction and divine presence, hearth and elemental fury, fertility and the blackened sterility that births new life. Fire is an ideal medium for divination, for it ...