E. A. Koetting - staticfly.net

CHAPTER. EIGHT GAINING THE DAR.K SIGHT
which you are peering; at the same time, bring to mind an image of an
enormous python. Rather than trying to concoct a mental image of the
most ferocious, slithering, creepy serpent that you can image, relax
your mind and begin the visualization with the basic form of a large
snake. Bring its colors into focus: pale green, grey, and dull silver.
Once you can see these colors, bring your attention to the serpent's
head. All of its intricate details will naturally fill themselves in, until
its black eyes show an intelligence and personality that could never be
imagined or duplicated.
When the mental image of the python is clear and sharp in
your imagination, turn the majority of your attention towards the
mirror, the python remaining on the surface of your mind. Inhale
deeply. As you exhale, feel your vision piercing through the darkness
in the mirror. Repeat this, sensing that with each breath the mirror is
becoming more alive and responsive to your visual probing.
Know that the python is not a thing created by and existing in
your mind, but is an entity independent of your brain's electrical
currents. Know that the serpent could now be seen in the scrying mirror
if only that sight were fully restored. Like a child playing make-believe,
imagine that the body of the python is swirling on the surface of the
mirror. Look deep into the mirror and imagine the form of it, project
the shape of the snake onto the black glass. Usually, it at this point that
the scrying senses reach a peak and a plateau, carrying the Sorcerer
into the vision until he has seen all. As the image which was once in
your mind is projected into the mirror, the surface of it will seem to
darken, and perhaps to deepen, in the same manner that it filled with
white fog at the onset of scrying. It can then be considered that your
scrying senses are fully awakened and receptive, and need only to be
dialed in to the right frequencies to see what lies beyond the glass.
The first real success in scrying may come as a sharp and
colorful mental impression of the serpent in the mirror, not originating
(rom the mind and being projected into the mirror, but seen as
originating from the mirror and being projected into the mind. The
Operator will be able to watch the snake move and squirm, and may
even communicate with him in these movements, the mind perceiving
",-hat the eyes cannot, his imagination having released its control and
the perception simply picking up where the creative mind left off. While
some may achieve such a clarity of perception in their first few scrying
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