Psychometry
Have
you ever touched someone or something and gotten some kind of message --
a
message in the form of ideas, pictures, or words? While shopping in an antique
store,
do you pick up impressions about certain pieces? Are you instantly attracted
to
some people and objects and repelled by others? If you’ve experienced any of
these
sensations, you’re experiencing psychometry.
Psychometry is the art of interpreting the psychic
vibrations contained in objects.
Sometimes
referred to as "psychic touch," it is the ability to read an object's
history
or the
history of those who have handled it. While it deals most often with the past,
it may
often reflect present states as well. It is often used in cases of missing
persons.
The reader can touch an object the person has worn or touched, usually an
article
of clothing, to get intuitive impressions of the person’s whereabouts.
Some
common items used in psychometry are rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings,
and
watches. Any of these items will hold information about the wearer, such as
their
thoughts, emotional state, and events affecting their life. Through
psychometry, a story unfolds that describes not only the events of a person's
life,
but
also how the person is feeling, thinking and reacting to these events. In order
to
receive
clear information, the object should belong to, and have only been worn by,
the
person getting the reading.
The following exercises are very basic, but they will
help you learn to develop your
psychometric
abilities, individually and in groups. Everyone has this ability to
some
degree, but most of us don't focus on it consciously. With practice, you may
become
proficient.
If you decide to develop your psychometric skills, only
use them for positive
purposes. Any attempt to intrude on someone’s life
without their permission is not
only inappropriate, but clearly an invasion of privacy.
Which Hand To Use
The
hand you use to get impressions from objects is very important. Your dominant
hand
gives or relays information, while your non-dominant or receptive hand
receives
information. Your receptive hand is the correct hand to use.
The
following is a simple test to find out which hand is most receptive. It is very
important
that you do this, as you will always use this hand to receive impressions,
at
least until you have become so accurate that you can use either hand.
For
most right-handed people, the left hand is the receptive hand. For left-handed
people,
the right hand is likely to be the receptive hand. If you are in doubt, or were
changed
from a left-hander to a right-hander as a child, the following test can be
used
to discover which hand is your receiver.
1.
Hold both hands at chest level with fingertips pointing up and palms facing
each
other.
2. Rub
hands together very lightly to stimulate the energy flow.
3.
Move your hands closer together, then apart, feeling the flow of energy.
4.
Whichever hand feels stronger, or that it is emitting stronger energy, that is
your
dominant
hand. The other is your non-dominant or receptive hand. Always use
your
receptive hand in psychometry.
When you are beginning your work in psychometry, always
pick up or touch an
object
with your receptive hand. If you pick up the object with your dominant hand,
you
may inadvertently transmit an impression as you do.
Form a habit of using your receptive hand to take things
from others, and to pick up something you may intend to use. This will be a
challenge, as you are probably
used
to picking things up and holding things with your dominant hand, but this
practice
will help you to remember to use your receptive hand for psychometric
work.
How To Practice Psychometry
As we have already learned, all objects carry an energy
frequency connected to the person they are most in contact with. You can learn
to interpret these energies with
the
exercises that follow.
The first exercise is for
the individual, but it is best performed with a friend from whom you can
receive feedback.
1. Sit
relaxed with your eyes closed and your hands in your lap, palms up.
2.
Instruct a person to place an object that they have had in their possession for
a
long
time in your receptive hand.
3. Relate
everything that you see in your mind, think of, hear in your head and any
feelings
that you have while holding the object.
You
may pick up some thoughts, feelings, and symbols that seem meaningless to
you
but keep talking as much as possible about what is in your mind and you may
be
amazed at how much is relevant to the owner of the object. This technique
develops
your gift of feeling. It gives you the experience of learning to tune into
another
person's vibrations to discern what you are feeling.
Sometimes,
while practicing psychometry, the feelings associated with the object
are
vague and don't seem to bear much relevance to anything recognizable to the
object’s
owner. On other occasions, the opposite is the case and intricate details can
be
discerned. Some people are more relaxed and trusting and so they get many
messages
immediately. Some people are afraid they will say or do it incorrectly so
they
get nothing. Don’t worry. You can’t do it wrong!
Dermo-Optic Perception
Another
area of psychometry is dermo-optic perception, or "sight through
touch." It
refers
to ‘seeing’ by touching the skin’s surface. Some people have developed this
sensitivity
quite naturally, especially those who are sight impaired and must rely on
touch.
Everyone emits electromagnetic energy. When we tap into
this energy, we can see
as
well as if we were using our eyes. But regardless of continuing proof that such
a
thing
as dermo-optic ability is present in many people, arguments still abound that
relate
dermo-optics to telepathy and clairvoyance. Therefore, it should be
mentioned
that in many cases where dermo-optic perception ability was found
evident
in a certain person, that person was separately tested for telepathic and
clairvoyant
abilities, and in most cases, no such ability was present!
Some people can distinguish colours and patterns through
dermo-optic perception.
Various
colours have different feeling. Some have described black as "sticky"
or
"clinging"
to the touch, while yellow was "slippery" and blue was found to be
"still
more
slippery, but cool to the touch, like delicate ice." Red causes great,
bold
radiation,
and according to some, is so hot that the subject immediately draws his
hand
away, as though from searing heat.
It seems that small children are sensitive to colours,
and can easily distinguish them
merely
by feel. One young mother reports the case of her six-year-old daughter’s
ability
to distinguish colours by touch. She discovered it one day while she was
wrapping
Christmas presents, she asked her six-year-old daughter to give her the
bolt
of red ribbon. Her daughter reached into a bag without looking and
immediately
pulled the right colour of ribbon out of the bag, and repeated this with
green,
gold, white, and blue ribbon. She never pulled the wrong colour out of the
bag.
With
practice, we can all master the ability to read by touch.
Here is an exercise to help you develop your sense of
touch.
1.
Prepare a bowl of lukewarm water.
2.
Close your eyes and gently dip your fingers into the water.
3.
Repeat this exercise for about five minutes at a time.
At
first, you may have some difficulty knowing exactly when your fingers make
contact
with the water, but after a bit of practice, you will feel the tips of your
fingers
becoming more sensitized.
Feeling textures is also a helpful means of developing
dermo-optic perception.
Place
various specimens such as salt, sugar, sand, or other granular substances into
small
separate envelopes and touch each substance through the envelopes. Don’t
reach
in and touch the substance directly. First, try to distinguish it through the
paper
of the envelope. At first, it may seem impossible to detect exactly what your
fingertips
are touching through the paper, since all of the substances are similar in
texture.
Here is the point of the test where you must not doubt! Trust your instincts.
With
patient practice, you will be able to detect the substances in the envelopes
just
by
using your fingertips.
Various objects have different feelings. This applies not
only to texture, but to
vibration
as well. Because everything radiates its own specific energies, trained
fingertips
can sense these differences. Awareness of this speeds up your own
development
in dermo-optical attempts.
Feel the difference between wood and paper, plastic and
metal, wool and silk, china
and
glass, or hair and fur. This method will help to enhance your sensitivity to
feel
the
varying objects and textures.
Such
practice raises your vibration so that eventually you will be able to
"read"
someone
just by touching them. Remember though, it’s ethical and polite to ask
someone’s
permission to read them before you touch them.
About the author
Per Hogseth is a professional psychic, palmist and
magician and author. Hogseth
has written the definitive guide to Palmistry For Fun And
Profit and is currently
working on a palmistry and psychic accredited courses.
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