A clear technical approach to looking into the past or future. Practical Psychomancy & Crystal Gazing by New Thought pioneer William Walker Atkinson deals technically with a clairvoyance technique using the crystal ball, once a popular instrument of Gypsy fortune tellers. Atkinson explains the technique within the framework of psychomancy, in which the crystal ball (just like the black mirror) functions as the ""TV screen"" of an astral tube. An astral tube is in essence a thought form or servitor that serves as an intermediary between the earthly and the astral world. Within the framework of the psychomancy-training the book offers several lessons and, in addition to crystal gazing, also focuses on astral projection, space psychomancy, past time psychomancy, future psychomancy, the aura and a lesson in self development.
Decades ago, I took classes in hypnosis at the Fort Worth Institute of Hypnosis. One of the courses was on Crystallomancy. However, we did cover several other subjects that are in this book. We dealt with past lives, out-of-body experiences, etc.
I have a hard copy of this book in my library near my crystal ball mounted on a black velvet cloth. I still periodically dabble in scrying for the fun of it. You will find it easy to do and quite addictive.
For such a small book, this is packed with a lot of great information; some of it is practical, some of that informative, but all of it is useful, especially if you are watching movies that tout any kind of psychic phenomena or capabilities. It is divided into easy-to-read chapters dedicated to the different skills and clarifies terminology.
If you find yourself reading books by Sax Rohmer, Alice Hoffman, or the like, you will want to read this book first. It is even useful for such movies as "Vibes" (1988) with Cyndi Lauper.
I also keep an electronic version to refer to when I am on the go.
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