Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing — John Shaqi
Practical Psychomancy and Crystal GazingAtkinson, William Walker
Religion
Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing
Atkinson, William Walker
Clairvoyance; Crystal gazing; Magic
A little illustration may perhaps make clearer the above distinction.
Let us suppose a man on the physical Plane with ordinary eyesight--such
a man could not see an object beyond the average distance of vision,
and he would be like a person devoid of Psychomantic powers. Then let
us suppose a man of extraordinary visual powers, such as many hunters
or seafaring men--such a one could see things invisible to the first
man, and would thus resemble the person manifesting Simple Psychomancy.
Then let us suppose a third man, using a telescope--this man could see
things that neither of the other two could perceive, and he would thus
resemble the person manifesting along the lines of Space Psychomancy by
means of the Astral Tube. And, finally, let us suppose a fourth man,
who possessed magical wings which would instantly transport him to the
distant scene, whence he could view the objects, personally, and at
close range--well this man would be like the person who was able to
project his Astral Body, and thus view the distant scenes at will, and
at short range, without the difficulties attendant upon the use of the
telescope-like Astral Tube--to see the object on any and all sides, and
from all points of view--~to get inside of it~, as well as outside.
The following interesting cases are quoted to illustrate the principle:
Captain Yount, of the Napa Valley, California, had a peculiar
experience while asleep. He had a remarkably clear vision in which
appeared a band of emigrants perishing from cold and hunger amidst a
mountain range. He noted particularly, and in detail, the scenery and
appearance of the canyon. He saw a huge, perpendicular cliff of white
rock; and the emigrants cutting off what appeared to be the tops of
trees arising from great drifts of snow; he even saw plainly the
features of some of the party. He awoke, sorely distressed by the
vividness and the nature of his "dream," for so he considered it to be.
But, by-and-by, he fell asleep again, and saw the scene repeated, with
equal distinctness. In the morning he found that he could not get the
"dream" out of his mind, and he told it to some of his friends. One of
the hearers of the story was an old hunter, who at once recognized the
place seen in the dream as a place across the Sierras, known as a point
in the Carson Valley Pass. So earnest was the old hunter, that Captain
Yount, and his friends, organized a rescue party and set out with
provisions, mules, and blankets to seek the perishing emigrants.
Notwithstanding the ridicule of the public, the rescuers persisted in
their search, and finally about one hundred and fifty miles distant, in
the Carson Valley Pass, they found the scene as described by Captain
Yount, and ~in the identical spot seen in the dream were found the
party of emigrants~, the surviving members of whom were rescued and
brought over the mountain.
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