Smoke is a language of movement.
Light incense and allow the smoke to rise naturally.
Avoid strong drafts.
Ask your question.
Watch the column.
Do not blow upon it.
Do not deliberately move it.
Observe:
- spirals
- curls
- sudden changes
- thickening
- thinning
- openings
- movement toward or away from you
- temporary forms
A shape may emerge and vanish within moments.
Receive it before it disappears.
Record it immediately.
Smoke is naturally turbulent, so the meaning lies not in assuming that every movement is supernatural, but in the symbolic relationship between what you observe and the question you carried into the work.
Never leave burning incense unattended.
Fire is an oracle, but it is also fire.
Treat it accordingly.
