What is Psychometry?

Psychometry is a combination of normal psychic awareness plus the ability to read the energy patterns that we all leave on the objects around us. It also acts as an aid to the psychic, helping him / her tune in better to their sitter.

Most psychics who use this method tend to prefer metal objects, such as rings, bracelets or other jewellery, this could have a lot to do with the fact that these objects are in contact with the person on a more regular basis and therefore retain more information. It can be almost anything, other psychics are good with cloth, such as clothes, again these items are in regular contact with the owner. There are no rules, it's simply a matter of what works best for the individual, or whatever is available.

Psychometry is also the method that a lot of psychics use when working with the police, especially when trying to locate a person. The psychic or medium will be given an object, which belongs to that person or a photograph of them. The handling of an object here helps to create a psychic link to that person.

How does Psychometry work?

Whenever we handle an object we are laying down information about ourselves on that object, because our bodies give off magnetic energy fields it can be likened to a recording on to audiotape.

Its also important to remember that an object may have been handled by more than one person, thus its history may reveal things that are not relevant to the sitter. If, for example an object has been passed on down the family, it will contain information about its previous owners.

But back to our tape recorder, the psychic can then be thought of as a tape player, playing back the information stored on the object.

The information is picked up by the subconscious mind. The 'signatures' on objects are imprinted on the subconscious and then transferred to our conscious thinking. But here is another way to explain how this works.

Imagine you are reading a book; the TV is on in the background. Your conscious mind is involved in what you are reading but you suddenly hear something on the TV that interests you, you look up to see what is happening on the screen. Your subconscious mind was monitoring the output of the TV, and registered the information. Although not a perfect example, I hope it goes someway to explaining how the information arrives.

Strong emotions seem to be stored well on objects psychics are often able to pick-up on these signatures. The imprints left on objects could relate to any information, a location, a time, a feeling -all seem to be stored.

A medium may choose to start with Psychometry during a reading, as I often do, to help link into the person. This will enable some basic details to be picked up about that person and help gain some trust from them.

As the reading develops it may then become a 'medium' reading, when spirit communicators come through to give a message.