Take up the censer and again swing it, censing the whole area around the altar, while rhythmically repeating the Key Word "Merge," and building up the energy to that focus. Replace the censer. Take up the Violet #3 Candle, inscribe it with the word "Spirit," and dress it with Oil. Replace it and light it and say:

Here do I light the third Lamp of Spirit. May its light also reach out across the barriers from this world to the next. May the light from these three lamps blend and grow, dispelling all darkness and lighting the way that my Spirit Guide may come to me and speak with me here today.

Inscribe each of the White Candles with the word "Truth," and anoint each with Oil. Light the White #1, #2, and #3 Candles in order saying:

Here do I build Truth. As these Candles burn throughout this ritual, their power generates nothing but the truth in all that transpires between this world and the next. Through these candles there is truth in all communications that come to me

Take up the Censer and again cense the whole ritual area, while chanting the Key Word "Merge." As you finish censing, replace the censer, but keep up the chanting, sitting, and now gazing into the crystal ball as you chant. (A clear glass tumbler filled to the brim with water will do if you do not have a crystal ball. Stand the ball or glass on a piece of black cloth - velvet is best - so that your eye is not distracted when skrying.) When you feel right, let your chanting taper off until you sit quietly looking into the crystal. Do not try to picture anything in the crystal. Rather, try to keep your mind blank so that whatever will come and appear to you comes of its own free will. Gaze into the center of the ball. There is no need to try not to blink; look naturally, blinking as you need, but try not to be distracted. Try not to notice anything in your peripheral vision; just gaze into the center of the ball. Eventually a face or figure will appear there. It may take a long time to come, or it may appear almost immediately. If it doesn't come at all, after twenty minutes of waiting, abandon this attempt. Extinguish the candles in reverse order to that which they were lit and, leaving everything set up, leave the ritual area. Try again in three days time. If nothing happens then, try in three more days, and so on. You should have results within a month at the most. If a figure does appear, accept it, and ask if he/she is your Spirit Guide. You will hear an  answer. You may not here it out loud, or even see the figure's lips move, but you will become aware of the answer. This is how most of your "conversation" will proceed; you will ask her questions mentally (or out loud) and the answers will come into your head as though you are hearing them from the Spirit Guide. Ask if you have more than one Spirit Guide and, if you do, ask for them to also appear to you. You may ask anything you wish, but I would suggest establishing a connection whereby your Guide may appear to you at any time, or at specific times, so that you can converse with other spirits through him/her. When you are fininshed speaking with your Guide, thank him/her, and then sit for a moment with your eyes closed, meditating on all that you have learned. Extinguish the candles in reverse order.