Enter your psychomanteum at
sunset or a short time before. The "Crack in the Twilight" is your
destination. If your mind feels "busy" and the "committee" is
still in session in your head, find a way to distract your thoughts. This is the
time that it is good to read a comic or look at pollen in a microscope. Play with a
slinky, play jacks, pick-up sticks or some childhood game that is filled with distraction,
but not taxing on your mind.
Once you have quieted yourself, begin scanning the area. Let your eyes rest where
they want to and let your body settle where it feels drawn. Begin meditating, with
only the intention of finding a gap between thoughts. Eventually, you will find that an
attention within you has focused away from you. The longer you maintain your
attention in this area, the more likely you are to have "otherworldly" visions.
Be aware that you may spend much time in your psychomanteum and not see anything at
all. You may leave it and find the person you seek sitting next to you in your car
the next morning. You may go in with the intention of seeing someone or answering a
specific question and having a completely "unrelated’ experience. You
could find yourself visualizing a future event or conversing with Mozart. The point
is that although there are no mistakes in the Universe, our perceptions of what we need
from it may not be what we are destined to "see" or observe in our sessions in
the psychomanteum.
Your "quest" may not be to unlock Universal secrets, but to gain particular
insights into yourself and your life. Remember: Nothing you do in a psychomanteum is
insignificant!
You will intuitively know when it is time to end your time in the psychomanteum, so please
do not schedule your time in it. You will also find that time tends to
"warp" when you are using your psychomanteum. You may think you’ve
been in it for several hours only to find that a half-hour has passed.
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