Practical Psychomancy and Crystal GazingAtkinson, William Walker
Religion
Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing
Atkinson, William Walker
Clairvoyance; Crystal gazing; Magic
A well-authenticated case is that of the wreck of the ship
"Strathmore." Stead relates the story as follows: "The father of a son
who had sailed in the 'Strathmore,' an emigrant ship outbound from
Clyde, saw one night the ship foundering amid the waves, and saw that
his son, with some others had escaped safely to a desert island near
which the wreck had taken place. He was so much impressed by this
vision that he wrote to the owner of the 'Strathmore,' telling him what
he had seen. His information was scouted; but after a while the
'Strathmore' became overdue, and the owner became uneasy. Day followed
day, and still no tidings of the missing ship. Then, like Pharaoh's
butler, the owner remembered his sins one day, and hunted up the letter
describing the vision. It supplied at least a theory to account for the
vessel's disappearance. All outward-bound ships were requested to look
out for any survivors on the island indicated in the vision. These
orders being obeyed, the survivors of the 'Strathmore' were found
exactly where the father had seen them."
Another interesting case is reported by the Society previously
mentioned. It reports that Dr. Golinski, a physician of Kremeutchug,
Russia, was taking an after-dinner nap in the afternoon, about
half-past three o'clock. He had a vision in which he saw himself called
out on a professional visit, which took him to a little room with dark
hangings. To the right of the door he saw a chest of drawers, upon
which rested a little paraffin lamp of special pattern, different from
anything he had ever seen before. On the left of the door, he saw a
woman suffering from a severe hemorrhage. He then saw himself giving
her professional treatment. Then he awoke, suddenly, and saw that it
was just half-past four o'clock. Then comes the strange sequel. Within
ten minutes after he awoke, he was called out on a professional visit,
and on entering the bedroom he saw all the details that had appeared to
him in his vision. There was the chest of drawers--there was the
peculiar lamp--there was the woman on the bed suffering from the
hemorrhage. Upon inquiry he found that she had grown worse between
three and four o'clock, and had anxiously desired that he come to her
about that time, finally dispatching a messenger for him at half-past
four, the moment at which he awoke.
We could fill page after page with these interesting and
well-authenticated instances, but our lack of space prevents. We have
stated enough to illustrate the principle, and then, besides, many of
our readers will know of many similar instances in the actual
experience of themselves, relatives or friends. Volumes would not
contain all the true stories of phenomena of this kind--and still
people smile in a superior way at the mere suggestion of the phenomena.
LESSON IX.
PAST TIME PSYCHOMANCY.
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