Emersion

The following exercise is not a typical water scrying method.  However, it is one of my favorites.

Tools Needed:

Table surface.

Dark glass or ceramic bowl. 

Pitcher of warm water.

Three taper candles in holders.

Salt in a small dish. 

Matches.

Towel.

Journal and pen. 

Wear a simple article of clothing that can be easily removed.  Have the temperature of the room warm enough as to not be cold. 

When you have all the tools needed, place a candle in its holder on either side of the bowl and one to the back of the bowl opposite yourself.  Fill the bowl with the warm water.  Center yourself.... 

Light the candles, beginning with the one to your left, then on your right. Quiet you mind...  When ready light the third and final candle, take a pinch of salt and sprinkle it across the surface of the still, flame-reflected water. Breathe... 

Let you vision soften as you gaze into the water... Rest your eyes there for as long as you like....

Slowly bring your gaze to the 'surface' of the water.  Let you mind drift there, let it float on the surface of the warm, inviting water while you stand in candlelight.

Close your eyes...

Image for a moment that you are very small; small enough to be standing on the table surface.  Keeping your eyes closed, imagine walking slowly across the table's surface....feel the surface under your feet. What does it feel like? 
When you reach the bowl pull yourself up and onto the lip of the bowl, now stand and find your balance on it's edge. 

Imagine your clothes slipping ever so gently from your body onto the table surface next to the bowl on which you balance.  Let your own clothes slip from your body and drop to the floor.

Bring your attention back to yourself in miniature standing on the edge of the bowl.

Step or dive into the water.....

Swim out to the center; slowly turn over in the water and float effortlessly on your back in it's warmth.

Breathe... 

Concentrate on what the water feels like around you.  Your ears are covered with water, muffling any outside noises.  Your hair floats around your head in a lazy manner.  Your arms float out from your sides weightless on the surface of the water. Breathe... 

Separate your legs to a comfortable distance from each other. Feel the warmth surrounding you. As you float there in the stillness feel the water level shift ever so slightly up and down on your skin.... around your legs, hips, chest, neck, your jaw line and your face.
Breathe... 

Above you is an endless night sky void of stars.  Much like the black abyss of water in the dark bowl in which you float.  Let you mind open.  Seek guidance in the 'Between'..   

When you feel completely relaxed slowly open your physical eyes but hold the thought of floating naked on your back in the warm candlelit, as you gaze at the surface see and feel yourself in both places at the same time.

( If your mind wanders close your eyes are return to the sensation of floating.)

What images flutter there on the surface of the water in the reflected candlelight?  Are they whole scenes or fleeting images?  Familiar or unknown to you?  What comes from the depths of the blackness as it reaches to communicate with you?   

Can you see your face reflected on the surface of the water?  Can you see your face reflected in the black sky above the candles as you float? 

What do you see?....

What do you sense?....

What are the waters of the unconscious saying to you?....

Take as long as you like., don't hurry the process.

When you are ready and wish to end this exercise, close your eyes and feel the water around you once more.  Slowly and deliberately lift yourself (in your mind's eye) from your connection with the water. 

Dry your skin.  Extinguish the candles.  Pour the water on the earth outside.  Eat something to bring your senses back to the mundane once more.

 Journal your impressions.