Psychometry - My Way!
Author: Per Hogseth

Have you ever touched someone or something and gotten some kind
of message — such as ideas, pictures, or words? While shopping
in an antique store, do you pick up impressions about certain
pieces? You are 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 may 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 thoughts, their emotional
state, and sufficient events affecting the person's 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
been worn only 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 in a very helpful tool. And as I always say,
only use your gifts for your highest good. 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 of 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 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 is which.

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 owner of the
object. 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!

The following exercise is for a group of people. Group practice
is best because you can all put an object into a bowl without
knowing which object belongs to whom. In a new group setting
such as this, try not to say anything that might make someone
uncomfortable. Be tactful and diplomatic, but as descriptive of
your thoughts, feelings, or symbols as possible for feedback
from the owner of the object.

1. As discreetly as possible, everyone puts an object of theirs
in a bowl.

2. Each person then reaches in and takes out an object that it
is not their own.

3. Hold the objects in your receptive hands until you receive
an impression.
Sometimes I ask specific questions such as, "Will this person
change their job or career?" "Will he or she find love?" "If so
when?" "Who?" What lesson does this person have to face at this
time? ... etc.

4. Each person then takes a turn describing his or her
impressions. Relate everything that you see in your mind, think
of, hear in your head and any feelings that you have while
holding the object.

5. Everyone should give some kind of feedback. Feedback is what
helps us to develop your skills.

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 of the 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 shared that on day while she
was wrapping Christmas presents, she asked her six-year-old
daughter to give her the bolt of red ribbon. Her daughter
immediately pulled the right colour 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 short
amount 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 through your fingertips the
substances in the envelopes.

Various objects have different feelings, not just in texture,
but because everything radiates its own specific energies, and
trained fingertips can sense these differences. Awareness of
this speeds the process of 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 him or her, as you
learned psychometrically, remembering the ethical application
of first obtaining one's permission to do so.


About The Author: Per Hogseth is a professional psychic reader
currently living in Norway. Today, Per teaches private courses,
speaks at seminars and consults for several psychic groups in
Norway. http://www.powerful-psychic-reading.com