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(00:00):
Chapter seventeen, Cristel gazing and shellhearing. Cristel gazing means simply the practice
of looking into a ball of crystel, glass, or some similar substance,
and endeavoring to see within it picturesor images which apparently present themselves to the
eye while thus gazing at it.Cristel gazing is very ancient. The Egyptians
(00:22):
used it in their practices of divination, and throughout ancient history we find traces
of this magical art. In theMiddle Ages, it was revived, especially
by the learned Doctor D, wholived in the reign of Queen Elizabeth in
England, and who employed a seeror scrier by the name of Kelly.
Doctor D wrote a book on hisresearches, which work is now classical.
(00:45):
In more recent times, cristel gazinghas been made a subject of special study
by the Psychical Research Society, andseveral books may now be had upon the
question. It is a very simpleand at the same time one of the
safest means of psychic development. Itis now necessary as a matter of fact
to employ a crystal or even aglass ball, particularly if you are a
(01:06):
good subject, but it would greatlyhelp matters if you did possess one,
and we should advise the student toprocure one if possible, and use this
for purposes of experimentation. How tobegin. The best way to begin is
to procure a crystal of at leastthree inches in diameter, larger if possible,
and mounted upon a slender wooden stand. The stand and crystal should be
(01:29):
placed against a background of black feltor cloth, and the crystal should be
shaded with more cloth of the samecharacter, so that there is no highlight
anywhere upon it. That is,no point upon which the sun's rays fall,
making it a bright spot. Ifthe outlines of the ball appear a
little cloudy and uncertain owing to thesemi darkness, this will often help matters.
(01:51):
Place yourself in front of the ball, your eyes being about a foot
from its surface. You should beseated in a comfortable chair, your eyes
shaded from the light, and relaxedin body and quiet in mind. Gaze
steadily at the crystal for a fewminutes. Do not strain or focus the
eyes, particularly upon any part ofthe ball, or try to see into
its interior. Do not blink theeyes more than you can help. At
(02:14):
the same time, do not strainthem by trying to keep them open for
any length of time without blinking.Do not let your eyes wander from the
ball, nor your attention relax fromthe subject in hand. Do not let
your eyes stare vacantly, but lookintently at the ball without undue strain or
concentration. Try not to think ofanything in particular during the process of this
(02:34):
gazing. Make the mind fairly blank. At the same time, do not
allow yourself to become sleepy or themind to become totally blank to outside impressions.
It is inadvisable to keep this upfor more than five minutes at a
time at first, for if youdo, you will find that your eyes
will become strained and will water afteryou leave off the experiment. If this
is the case, you may besure you have continued gazing for too long
(02:58):
a period. As an automatic writing, it is advisable, if possible,
to sit at the same time everyday while developing, and for the same
length of time each day. Thistime may be lengthened as you progress,
though it is usually found unnecessary tolook into the crystal for more than a
few minutes at a time, foryou cannot get consistent, long drawn out
(03:19):
visions as you can automatic writing explanationof crystal gazing. Crystal gazing depends largely
upon the ability possessed by the psychicto visualize or express in pictorial form thoughts
and images which arise from the subconsciousmind. The majority of crystal visions are
of this character. You must notassume that because you see figures in the
(03:40):
ball, that these figures are reallyin that place. That is, that
they are objective or external and existwithin the crystal. No, they are
mental pictures or hallucinations. But theyare expressed or externalized in this way.
For example, you may think ofa friend's face and bring it up vividly
before your mind's eye as a memorypicture. Now, in ordinary life,
(04:04):
the process of externalization ends there,but if you are a good visualizer,
you can carry it further and actuallyproject into the crystal the picture of your
thought, placing it in the ball, where you will see your friend's face
clearly reflected from within its depths.But your friend is not really in the
ball, It is merely your mentalconception or picture of him. Nearly all
(04:27):
crystal visions are of this character.As before said, supernormal crystal visions.
Crystal visions, however, often containinformation and messages which the sitter could not
possibly have known normally, in whichare conveyed to him by This means,
for instance, you may look intothe ball one day and see acted before
(04:48):
you in the crystal vision a tragedyin which some friend of yours plays a
part. You know nothing whatever aboutthis, yet later on you receive from
this friend a letter telling you ofthe details of the tragedy in question.
Your vision has proved correct. Itis authentic and supernormal in character. Thus
you will see that crystal visions aremore than mere empty visions or hallucinations.
(05:12):
The character and content of these picturesoften convey striking information, and they may
be telepathic, clairvoyant, or promontory, just as dreams are, or they
may represent genuine spirit messages conveyed fromsome deceased friend or relative. It is
no unknown thing to see words writtenin the ball as though you were reading
handwriting. A friend of mine oncelooked into her crystal ball and saw within
(05:36):
it a newspaper notice of the deathof her dearest friend. She was totally
ignorant of the fact, and onlylearned it later on. This same lady,
who is a writer, has thepower of projecting or placing in the
crystal at will figures or scenes whichshe conjures up before her, And when
they are in the ball, theywill continue acting out the parts assigned to
(05:58):
them, just as they would ata dream. For the figures scene in
the crystal are not inert and motionless, but move about and appear to have
life and motion of their own.On many occasions, when this lady placed
the characters of a novel she waswriting into the crystal by an effort of
will, she was enabled to seethem there, and they frequently enacted certain
scenes which gave her a good ideafor the continuation of the plot of the
(06:21):
story. In such a case,you will see crystal gazing performed a very
useful and practical service. How todevelop the power, You may develop the
power of visualizing in yourself, whichis extremely important, by such simple imagination
exercises as the following. Ask yourselfa question such as, what was the
(06:43):
color of Mother Hubbard's dog? WasJack the giant killer? Dark or fair?
Was Helen of Troy tall or smalland slender? Such questions as these
should bring up before your mind's eyein immediate answer in the form of a
mental picture of the person or eventin question. If they do not do
so, you may be sure thatyour power of visualizing is not good and
(07:03):
will have to be developed before youcan have clear crystal visions. If your
power of visualizing is extremely good,you will probably be enabled, after a
certain length of time to dispense withthe ball altogether and see your visions upon
a white or black background by concentratingupon it, and finally anywhere in space
that you may choose to induce them. When you have arrived at this stage
(07:26):
of development, however, you arevery far along the path of successful mediumship,
clouding and visualization. If you areto obtain crystal visions, you will
probably notice that just before the visionappears, the ball will cloud over,
as though a blackish gray mist werefilling it, or were interposed between your
eyes and it. This clouding,as it is called, is well known
(07:49):
and is a symptom of oncoming visions. If after sitting for five minutes every
day for a couple of weeks youdo not obtain any visions at all,
you may rest assured that you area very poor visualizer and will probably not
succeed in this direction. You mighttry, however, one simple experiment for
a few days longer. Gaze ata bright and highly colored object upon which
(08:11):
the light is falling for about aminute. Then close your eyes for a
few seconds, and then look atthe ball. If you are ever to
see anything, you should, aftera few attempts, see within the ball
a duplicate of the object you havebeen looking at, in its complementary colors.
It is asserted by a certain schoolof occultists that the visions seen within
the crystal are not invariably subjective orhallucinatory, but are real entities, and
(08:35):
that the figures have an independent existenceapart from the seer. This, however,
is a complicated question which is unsuitablefor a primary book of instruction upon
psychic development such as the present.It will therefore be omitted from consideration with
this brief mention. Shell hearing.If you placed your ear two large conk
(08:56):
shells, you will hear a peculiarrushing or roaring sound, as of the
sea in the far distance. Thisis only natural, and probably due to
the air within its cavities and theresounding properties of the various curves of the
shell. So far all is simpleenough, but many persons who are slightly
psychic, as soon as they placethe shells to their ears, hear distinct
and characteristic sounds, usually in theform of whispered or spoken words. These
(09:22):
words may be inarticulate, they maybe incoherent like dreams. They may repeat
your own name time after time,or they may convey systematic and definite messages,
as in the case of crystal gazing, dreams and automatic writing. Shell
hearing is a method of externalizing orexpressing an outward form the thoughts and auditory
(09:43):
messages of the subconscious mind. Butthey may be more than this. They
may at times embody telepathic, clairvoyantor promontory messages, or they may represent
genuine spirit communication. It all dependson the content of the message and upon
the character of the words spoken.Just as in Planchet writing, if you
obtain a jumble of nonsense, youmay be sure that it is the product
(10:05):
of your own subconscious activity. Butif you obtain a characteristic and direct message,
you may have reason to believe itemanates from the friend it purports to
proceed from. In shell hearing,it is the same important warnings and advice.
If the messages are nonsensical, theyshould be disregarded. If, on
(10:26):
the other hand, they are interesting, clear cut, and are proved to
be correct, you should regard themas possibly genuine mediumistic messages, and they
should be judged and valued by youaccordingly. In all cases of this character,
here as elsewhere, you must useyour own critical judgment and common sense
upon the messages you receive. Shellhearing is certainly one of the clearest,
(10:48):
at the same time one of themost pleasant methods of receiving communications that can
be employed. The voices which youhear may be recognizable or unrecognizable. It
is the former that are a goodproof of authenticity. They may develop by
themselves or emerge from a confused babbleof sound. Unrecognized voices will often utter
warnings or convey information of this character. Human voices are not always heard in
(11:13):
the shell, but occasional musical andother sounds which cannot easily be described.
Finally, an important warning should beheated. If after discontinuing shell hearing,
you continue to hear voices, youshould immediately drop all experiments for some days,
as this phenomenon of insistent voices isone of the first symptoms of danger.
(11:33):
As long as the manifestations are wellcontrolled, you may feel that you
are on the safe road and developingas you should. But if they begin
to get beyond your control, youshould stop shell hearing for some time until
you have strengthened your inner self tosuch an extent that you think it advisable
to continue experimenting again in this direction. End of Chapter seventeen.
Chapter seventeen, Cristel gazing and shellhearing. Cristel gazing means simply the practice
of looking into a ball of crystel, glass, or some similar substance,
and endeavoring to see within it picturesor images which apparently present themselves to the
eye while thus gazing at it.Cristel gazing is very ancient. The Egyptians
(00:22):
used it in their practices of divination, and throughout ancient history we find traces
of this magical art. In theMiddle Ages, it was revived, especially
by the learned Doctor D, wholived in the reign of Queen Elizabeth in
England, and who employed a seeror scrier by the name of Kelly.
Doctor D wrote a book on hisresearches, which work is now classical.
(00:45):
In more recent times, cristel gazinghas been made a subject of special study
by the Psychical Research Society, andseveral books may now be had upon the
question. It is a very simpleand at the same time one of the
safest means of psychic development. Itis now necessary as a matter of fact
to employ a crystal or even aglass ball, particularly if you are a
(01:06):
good subject, but it would greatlyhelp matters if you did possess one,
and we should advise the student toprocure one if possible, and use this
for purposes of experimentation. How tobegin. The best way to begin is
to procure a crystal of at leastthree inches in diameter, larger if possible,
and mounted upon a slender wooden stand. The stand and crystal should be
(01:29):
placed against a background of black feltor cloth, and the crystal should be
shaded with more cloth of the samecharacter, so that there is no highlight
anywhere upon it. That is,no point upon which the sun's rays fall,
making it a bright spot. Ifthe outlines of the ball appear a
little cloudy and uncertain owing to thesemi darkness, this will often help matters.
(01:51):
Place yourself in front of the ball, your eyes being about a foot
from its surface. You should beseated in a comfortable chair, your eyes
shaded from the light, and relaxedin body and quiet in mind. Gaze
steadily at the crystal for a fewminutes. Do not strain or focus the
eyes, particularly upon any part ofthe ball, or try to see into
its interior. Do not blink theeyes more than you can help. At
(02:14):
the same time, do not strainthem by trying to keep them open for
any length of time without blinking.Do not let your eyes wander from the
ball, nor your attention relax fromthe subject in hand. Do not let
your eyes stare vacantly, but lookintently at the ball without undue strain or
concentration. Try not to think ofanything in particular during the process of this
(02:34):
gazing. Make the mind fairly blank. At the same time, do not
allow yourself to become sleepy or themind to become totally blank to outside impressions.
It is inadvisable to keep this upfor more than five minutes at a
time at first, for if youdo, you will find that your eyes
will become strained and will water afteryou leave off the experiment. If this
is the case, you may besure you have continued gazing for too long
(02:58):
a period. As an automatic writing, it is advisable, if possible,
to sit at the same time everyday while developing, and for the same
length of time each day. Thistime may be lengthened as you progress,
though it is usually found unnecessary tolook into the crystal for more than a
few minutes at a time, foryou cannot get consistent, long drawn out
(03:19):
visions as you can automatic writing explanationof crystal gazing. Crystal gazing depends largely
upon the ability possessed by the psychicto visualize or express in pictorial form thoughts
and images which arise from the subconsciousmind. The majority of crystal visions are
of this character. You must notassume that because you see figures in the
(03:40):
ball, that these figures are reallyin that place. That is, that
they are objective or external and existwithin the crystal. No, they are
mental pictures or hallucinations. But theyare expressed or externalized in this way.
For example, you may think ofa friend's face and bring it up vividly
before your mind's eye as a memorypicture. Now, in ordinary life,
(04:04):
the process of externalization ends there,but if you are a good visualizer,
you can carry it further and actuallyproject into the crystal the picture of your
thought, placing it in the ball, where you will see your friend's face
clearly reflected from within its depths.But your friend is not really in the
ball, It is merely your mentalconception or picture of him. Nearly all
(04:27):
crystal visions are of this character.As before said, supernormal crystal visions.
Crystal visions, however, often containinformation and messages which the sitter could not
possibly have known normally, in whichare conveyed to him by This means,
for instance, you may look intothe ball one day and see acted before
(04:48):
you in the crystal vision a tragedyin which some friend of yours plays a
part. You know nothing whatever aboutthis, yet later on you receive from
this friend a letter telling you ofthe details of the tragedy in question.
Your vision has proved correct. Itis authentic and supernormal in character. Thus
you will see that crystal visions aremore than mere empty visions or hallucinations.
(05:12):
The character and content of these picturesoften convey striking information, and they may
be telepathic, clairvoyant, or promontory, just as dreams are, or they
may represent genuine spirit messages conveyed fromsome deceased friend or relative. It is
no unknown thing to see words writtenin the ball as though you were reading
handwriting. A friend of mine oncelooked into her crystal ball and saw within
(05:36):
it a newspaper notice of the deathof her dearest friend. She was totally
ignorant of the fact, and onlylearned it later on. This same lady,
who is a writer, has thepower of projecting or placing in the
crystal at will figures or scenes whichshe conjures up before her, And when
they are in the ball, theywill continue acting out the parts assigned to
(05:58):
them, just as they would ata dream. For the figures scene in
the crystal are not inert and motionless, but move about and appear to have
life and motion of their own.On many occasions, when this lady placed
the characters of a novel she waswriting into the crystal by an effort of
will, she was enabled to seethem there, and they frequently enacted certain
scenes which gave her a good ideafor the continuation of the plot of the
(06:21):
story. In such a case,you will see crystal gazing performed a very
useful and practical service. How todevelop the power, You may develop the
power of visualizing in yourself, whichis extremely important, by such simple imagination
exercises as the following. Ask yourselfa question such as, what was the
(06:43):
color of Mother Hubbard's dog? WasJack the giant killer? Dark or fair?
Was Helen of Troy tall or smalland slender? Such questions as these
should bring up before your mind's eyein immediate answer in the form of a
mental picture of the person or eventin question. If they do not do
so, you may be sure thatyour power of visualizing is not good and
(07:03):
will have to be developed before youcan have clear crystal visions. If your
power of visualizing is extremely good,you will probably be enabled, after a
certain length of time to dispense withthe ball altogether and see your visions upon
a white or black background by concentratingupon it, and finally anywhere in space
that you may choose to induce them. When you have arrived at this stage
(07:26):
of development, however, you arevery far along the path of successful mediumship,
clouding and visualization. If you areto obtain crystal visions, you will
probably notice that just before the visionappears, the ball will cloud over,
as though a blackish gray mist werefilling it, or were interposed between your
eyes and it. This clouding,as it is called, is well known
(07:49):
and is a symptom of oncoming visions. If after sitting for five minutes every
day for a couple of weeks youdo not obtain any visions at all,
you may rest assured that you area very poor visualizer and will probably not
succeed in this direction. You mighttry, however, one simple experiment for
a few days longer. Gaze ata bright and highly colored object upon which
(08:11):
the light is falling for about aminute. Then close your eyes for a
few seconds, and then look atthe ball. If you are ever to
see anything, you should, aftera few attempts, see within the ball
a duplicate of the object you havebeen looking at, in its complementary colors.
It is asserted by a certain schoolof occultists that the visions seen within
the crystal are not invariably subjective orhallucinatory, but are real entities, and
(08:35):
that the figures have an independent existenceapart from the seer. This, however,
is a complicated question which is unsuitablefor a primary book of instruction upon
psychic development such as the present.It will therefore be omitted from consideration with
this brief mention. Shell hearing.If you placed your ear two large conk
(08:56):
shells, you will hear a peculiarrushing or roaring sound, as of the
sea in the far distance. Thisis only natural, and probably due to
the air within its cavities and theresounding properties of the various curves of the
shell. So far all is simpleenough, but many persons who are slightly
psychic, as soon as they placethe shells to their ears, hear distinct
and characteristic sounds, usually in theform of whispered or spoken words. These
(09:22):
words may be inarticulate, they maybe incoherent like dreams. They may repeat
your own name time after time,or they may convey systematic and definite messages,
as in the case of crystal gazing, dreams and automatic writing. Shell
hearing is a method of externalizing orexpressing an outward form the thoughts and auditory
(09:43):
messages of the subconscious mind. Butthey may be more than this. They
may at times embody telepathic, clairvoyantor promontory messages, or they may represent
genuine spirit communication. It all dependson the content of the message and upon
the character of the words spoken.Just as in Planchet writing, if you
obtain a jumble of nonsense, youmay be sure that it is the product
(10:05):
of your own subconscious activity. Butif you obtain a characteristic and direct message,
you may have reason to believe itemanates from the friend it purports to
proceed from. In shell hearing,it is the same important warnings and advice.
If the messages are nonsensical, theyshould be disregarded. If, on
(10:26):
the other hand, they are interesting, clear cut, and are proved to
be correct, you should regard themas possibly genuine mediumistic messages, and they
should be judged and valued by youaccordingly. In all cases of this character,
here as elsewhere, you must useyour own critical judgment and common sense
upon the messages you receive. Shellhearing is certainly one of the clearest,
(10:48):
at the same time one of themost pleasant methods of receiving communications that can
be employed. The voices which youhear may be recognizable or unrecognizable. It
is the former that are a goodproof of authenticity. They may develop by
themselves or emerge from a confused babbleof sound. Unrecognized voices will often utter
warnings or convey information of this character. Human voices are not always heard in
(11:13):
the shell, but occasional musical andother sounds which cannot easily be described.
Finally, an important warning should beheated. If after discontinuing shell hearing,
you continue to hear voices, youshould immediately drop all experiments for some days,
as this phenomenon of insistent voices isone of the first symptoms of danger.
(11:33):
As long as the manifestations are wellcontrolled, you may feel that you
are on the safe road and developingas you should. But if they begin
to get beyond your control, youshould stop shell hearing for some time until
you have strengthened your inner self tosuch an extent that you think it advisable
to continue experimenting again in this direction. End of Chapter seventeen.
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