,transcriber's ,note3 ,minor typographical errors have been corrected without note4 ,irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed4 ,words printed in italics are noted with underscores3 italics4 ,words printed in bold are noted with tildes3 bold4 ,,practical ,,psychomancy ,,and ,,crystal ,,gazing ,by ,,william ,,walker ,,atkinson ,a ,course of ,lessons on ,the ,psychic ,phenomena of ,distant ,sensing1 ,clairvoyance1 ,psychometry1 ,crystal ,gazing1 ,etc4 ,printed by ,,yoga ,,publication ,,society ,,isbn #j-iaaffb-da-c ,copyright #aijh ,,table ,,of ,,contents ,,lesson ,i--,,the ,,nature ,,of ,,psychomancy #e ,interesting1 scientific principles underlying ,psychomancy4 ,sensing objects by the ,astral ,senses4 ,the three classes of ,psychomancy4 ,the phenomena of the ,astral ,vision4 ,the ,astral ,tube4 ,projection of the ,astral ,body4 ,,lesson ,,ii--,,how ,,to ,,develop ,,yourself #ae ,the ,dawn of the ,psychic ,faculties4 ,auric ,colors4 ,visions4 ,development ,methods4 ,concentration4 ,visualization4 ,psychometry4 ,the ,magic ,mirror4 ,how to use the ,crystal and ,mirror4 ,general ,instruction4 ,,lesson ,,iii--,,simple ,,psychomancy #bg ,simple and ,space ,psychomancy and their differences4 ,sensitivity to ,impressions4 ,feeling the ,thought of ,others4 ,seeing ,through ,solid ,objects4 ,seeing ,down ,into the ,earth4 ,telescopic and ,microscopic ,vision4 ,diagnosis of ,disease by ,psychomancy4 ,,lesson ,,iv--,,the ,,astral ,,tube #cf ,this most interesting study is stated clearly1 so that all may readily understand this fundamental principle of ,psychic ,communication4 ,,lesson ,v--,,psychometry #da ,locating persons by a lock of hair1 etc4 ,reading a person's characteristics1 past history1 etc4 ,describing distant scenes from flowers1 etc4 ,describing mines from bits of minerals1 etc4 ,reading the past associations of an object4 ,,lesson ,,vi--,,crystal ,,gazing #de ,revival of a ,lost ,science4 ,various forms of ,crystal ,gazing4 ,directions of ,how to ,do ,it1 etc4 ,,lesson ,,vii--,,astral ,,projection #ea ,projecting the ,astral ,body4 ,materializing one's self4 ,taking part in ,distant ,scenes1 ,events and ,conversations4 ,showing one's self to ,absent ,friends4 ,what the trained experimentor may do4 ,the ,english ,society's reports upon ,psychic ,phenomena along these lines4 ,the ,living ,ghost within each of us4 ,traveling in the ,astral4 ,,lesson ,,viii--,,space ,,psychomancy #ei ,what it means1 and what may be accomplished by means of it4 ,swedenborg's1 and others'1 wonderful experiences4 ,truth stranger than fiction4 ,scientific facts reading like a romance4 ,,lesson ,,ix--,,past ,,time ,,psychomancy #fh ,sensing the scenes1 occurrences and objects of the ,past1 by ,astral ,vision4 ,a most fascinating subject1 and one of importance to those having or developing ,psychic ,power4 ,,lesson ,x--,,future ,,time ,,psychomancy #gf ,reading the ,future4 ,future events cast their shadows before4 ,destiny and ,fate4 ,premonitions1 ,previsions and ,second ,sight4 ,the wonderful prevision and prediction of ,cazotte1 and its amusing sequel4 ,,lesson ,,xi--,,dream ,,psychomancy #hd ,psychomancy during sleep4 ,the ,phenomena of ,psychic ,dreams and ,visions4 ,traveling in the ,astral while asleep4 ,remarkable and well authenticated cases of ,psychic ,dreams and ,visions1 true and verified4 ,this lesson will explain many similar instances in your own experience4 ,,lesson ,i4 ,,the ,,nature ,,of ,,psychomancy4 ,the term ,psychomancy 7pronounced1 sy-ko-man-see71 is derived from two ,greek words1 the first psycho1 meaning the soul2 the mind2 the understanding 7and generally used to indicate psychic or unusual powers of the soul or mind72 the second word1 mancy meaning to divine2 to foresee1 or foreknow2 to detect secret things1--and in occult parlance1 to sense1 or to receive impressions by the ,astral ,senses4 ,so the word1 as we use it1 may be said to mean ,psychic ,sensing1 and in this work will be so used4 ,the word ,psychomancer means one practicing ,psychomancy2 and the word ,psychomantic means relating to ,psychomancy4 ,the word ,clairvoyance is frequently used by people to designate some of the phases of ,psychomancy1 but strictly speaking this term is incorrect when used in this sense1 the true occult meaning of the word ,clairvoyance1 being transcendental vision1 or the perception of beings on another plane of existence--the seeing of disembodied souls1 elementals1 etc4 ,and so1 in this work1 we shall consider the true phenomena of ,clairvoyance1 as distinct from that of ,psychomancy4 ,in this work1 we shall regard as the true phenomena of ,psychomancy1 all the various phenomena known as ,psychometry2 ,crystal ,gazing2 ,perceiving ,distant ,scenes2 a perception of ,past ,events1 and ,indication of ,future ,events2 either in the full waking state2 the state of reverie2 or the state of dreams4 ,and1 so this work will examine1 consider1 and explain1 the various phases of phenomena above indicated--in short1 the phenomena of sensing objects by means of ,astral ,senses1 omitting the phenomena of ,clairvoyance1 or seeing disembodied souls1 etc41 which we regard as belonging to a different phase of the general subject1 and which require special consideration and examination4 ,the majority of works upon these lines begin by an elaborate attempt to prove the reality of the phenomena in question4 ,but we shall not fall into this error1 for such we regard it4 ,the time for the necessity of such proof is past4 ,the records of the ,societies for ,psychical ,research are full of proofs1 and evidence1 which are as full1 complete and strong as ever required by any court to hang or clear a man4 ,and the book shelves of the libraries are full of other books1 giving like proof4 ,and1 for that matter1 this work is not written to convince people of the truth of this phenomena--it is intended for those who have already convinced themselves of its reality1 but who wish for specific information regarding its nature1 manner of manifestation1 etc4 ,where we quote instances of the manifestation of some form of ,psychomantic phenomena1 in this work1 we do so simply to illustrate the characteristics of some particular form of the phenomena1 and not as corroborative proof4 ,with this explanation1 we propose plunging right into the main subject itself4 ,there have been many attempted explanations of1 and theories regarding the phenomena of ,psychomancy1 some of which are more or less plausible1 while others are quite visionary1 wild1 and fantastic4 ,in this work1 we shall pay no attention to those more or less ingenious guesses of the theorists1 but shall1 instead1 give you plainly1 clearly1 and simply1 the time-honored teachings of the advanced ,occultists which teachings we believe to be the ,truth1 tested and tried by centuries of investigation1 and experiment4 ,,the ,,astral ,,senses4 ,the ,occult ,teachings inform us that in addition to the ,five ,physical ,senses possessed by man1 viz3 ,seeing2 ,feeling2 ,hearing2 ,tasting2 and ,smelling2 each of which has its appropriate sense organ1 every individual is also possessed of ,five ,astral ,senses1 which form a part of what is known to ,occultists as the ,astral ,body4 ,these ,astral ,senses1 which are the astral counterparts of the five physical senses1 operate upon what ,occultists call the ,astral ,plane1 which is next above the ,physical ,plane1 in the ,sevenfold ,scale of ,planes4 ,just as do the ,physical ,senses operate upon the ,physical ,plane1 so do the ,astral ,senses operate upon the ,astral ,plane4 ,by means of these ,astral ,senses1 one may sense outside objects without the use of the physical senses usually employed4 ,and it is through this sensing by these ,astral ,senses1 that the phenomena of ,psychomancy becomes possible4 ,by the employment of the ,astral ,sense of ,seeing1 the ,psychomancer is able to perceive occurrences1 scenes1 etc41 at a distance sometimes almost incredibly far2 to see through solid objects2 to see records of past occurrences in the ,astral ,ether2 and to see ,future ,scenes thrown ahead in ,time1 like the shadows cast by material objects--coming events cast their shadows before1 you have heard4 ,by the use of the ,astral ,sense of ,hearing1 he is able to sense sounds over immense distances and often after the passage of great periods of time1 for the ,astral vibrations continue for many years4 ,the ,astral senses of ,taste and ,smell are seldom used1 although there are abundant proofs of their existence4 ,the ,astral ,sense of ,feeling enables the ,psychomancer to become aware of certain occurrences on the ,astral ,plane1 and to perceive impressions1 mental and otherwise1 that are being manifested at a distance4 ,the ,astral ,sense of ,feeling may be explained as being rather a sense of ,awareness1 than a mere ,feeling1 inasmuch as the ,psychomancer1 through its channel1 becomes aware of certain occurrences1 other than by ,astral ,sight or ,hearing1 and yet which is not ,feeling as the word is used on the ,physical ,plane4 ,it may be well called ,sensing for want of a better name1 and manifests in a vague consciousness or awareness4 ,but still we must not overlook the fact that there are many instances of true feeling on the ,astral ,plane1 for instances1 cases where the ,psychomancer actually feels the pain of another1 which phenomena is commonly known as sympathetic pains1 taking on the condition1 etc41 etc41 and which are well known to all investigators as belonging to the phenomena of the ,astral ,senses4 ,,the ,,astral ,,body ,but1 to understand the ,astral ,senses1 one must be made acquainted with the existence of that which ,occultists know as ,the ,astral ,body4 ,there is no point in the ,occult ,teachings better established2 longer held2 or more thoroughly proven than that of the existence of the ,astral ,body4 ,this teaching of the ,ancient ,occultists is being corroborated by the experiments1 and investigations of the ,psychic ,researchers of the present day4 ,the ,astral ,body1 belonging to every person1 is an exact counterpart of the perfect physical body of the person4 ,it is composed of fine ethereal matter1 and is usually encased in the physical body4 ,in ordinary cases1 the detaching of the ,astral ,body from its physical counterpart is accomplished only with great difficulty1 but in the case of dreams2 great mental stress2 and under certain conditions of occult development1 the ,astral ,body may become detached and sent on long journeys1 traveling at a rate of speed greater than that of light waves4 ,on these journeys it is always connected with the physical body by a long filmy connecting link4 ,if this link were to become broken1 the person would die instantly1 but this is an almost unheard of occurrence in the ordinary planes of action4 ,the ,astral ,body exists a long time after the death of the physical body1 but it disintegrates in time4 ,it sometimes hovers around the resting place of the physical corpse1 and is mistaken for the spirit of the deceased person1 although really it is merely a shell or finer outer coating of the soul4 ,the ,astral ,body of a dying person is often projected to the presence of friends and loved ones a few moments before the physical death1 the phenomenon arising from the strong desire of the dying person to see and be seen4 ,the ,astral ,body frequently travels from its physical counterpart1 in ,psychomantic phenomena1 and visits scenes far distant1 there sensing what is occurring4 ,it also leaves the body during what are known as ,psychomantic dreams2 or under the influence of anaesthetics2 or in some of the deeper phases of hypnosis2 when it visits strange scenes and places1 and often holds mental conversation with other ,astral ,bodies1 or else with disembodied entities4 ,the jumbled and distorted recollections of these dreams are occasioned by the brain not having received perfect impressions transmitted to it1 by reason of lack of training1 development1 etc41 the result being like a blurred or distorted photographic plate4 ,in order to intelligently grasp the underlying principles of the phenomena of ,psychomancy1 and its allied subjects1 you must familiarize yourself with the truth concerning the ,astral ,senses1 which we have just stated4 ,unless you understand and accept this truth and fact1 you will not be able to grasp the principles underlying the phenomena in question1 but will be lost in the quagmire of idle theories1 and fantastic explanation hazarded by investigators of psychic phenomena who have not made themselves acquainted with the ,occult ,teachings which alone give the student an intelligent key to the mysteries of the ,astral ,plane4 ,,the ,,three ,,classes ,the phenomena of ,psychomancy1 etc41 may be grouped into three classes1 each being produced by its own special class-cause4 ,in either or all cases1 the impressions are received by and through the ,astral ,senses1 but there are three distinct ways in which1 and by which1 these impressions are received4 ,these ways1 which we shall now proceed to consider in detail1 may be classified under the following terms3 7#a7 ,sensing by the quickening of one's ,astral ,senses sufficient to perceive more clearly the etheric vibrations or currents1 the auric emanations of persons and things2 and similar phases of ,psychomancy1 but which does not include the power to sense occurrences happening in distant places2 nor the power to sense the records of the past1 or to receive indications of the future4 7,see ,lesson ,,iii47 7#b7 ,sensing by means of the ,astral ,tube1 erected in the ,ether by the operation of one's ,will or ,desire1 and which acts as a ,psychic telescope1 or microscope1 with ,x ,ray features4 7,see ,lesson ,,iv47 7#c7 ,sensing by means of the actual projection of one's own ,astral ,body to the distant scene4 7,see ,lesson ,,vii47 ,,clairaudience4 ,clairaudience is a term sometimes used to indicate ,astral ,hearing4 ,some writers on this subject treat ,clairaudience as a separate class of phenomena4 ,but we fail to see the distinction they make4 ,it1 of course1 employs a different ,astral ,sense from that generally employed1 but both are ,astral ,senses functioning on the ,astral ,plane1 just as the physical senses of ,seeing and ,hearing function on the ,physical ,plane4 ,and1 more important1 both forms of ,astral ,sensing are subject to the same laws and rules4 ,in other words1 all that is said in the lessons of this book on the subject of ,psychomantic ,vision holds equally true of ,clairaudience4 ,thus1 there may be ,simple ,clairaudience2 ,space ,clairaudience2 ,past ,time ,clairaudience2 ,future ,time ,clairaudience1 etc42 also ,clairaudient ,psychometry2 ,clairaudience through ,crystal ,gazing1 etc4 ,psychomantic ,vision is the employment of the ,astral ,sight1 while ,clairaudience is the similar employment of the ,astral ,hearing4 ,in many cases of ,psychomantic ,vision there is an accompaniment of ,clairaudience2 while in others it may be missing4 ,likewise1 ,psychomantic ,vision usually accompanied ,clairaudience1 although sometimes one may be able to hear astrally1 although no seeing4 ,you will notice that in many of the instances of ,psychomantic ,vision related in this book1 there is a mention of the person hearing words or sounds1 while seeing the vision--this1 of course1 is ,clairaudience4 ,,lesson ,,ii4 ,,how ,,to ,,develop ,,yourself4 ,passing to the actual practice1 we desire to inform our students that the faculty of ,psychomancy lies dormant in every person--that is the ,astral ,senses are present in everyone1 and the possibility of their being awakened into activity is always present4 ,the different degrees of power observable in different persons depend chiefly upon the degree of development1 or unfoldment1 rather than upon the comparative strength of the faculties4 ,in some persons1 of certain temperaments1 the ,astral ,senses are very near the manifesting point at all times4 ,flashes of what are considered to be intuition1 premonitions1 etc41 are really manifestations of ,psychomancy in some phase4 ,in the case of other persons1 on the other hand1 the ,astral ,senses are almost atrophied1 so merged in materialistic thought and life are these people4 ,the element of ,faith also plays an important point in this phenomena1 as it does in all ,occult phenomena1 for that matter4 ,that is to say1 that one's belief tends to open up the latent powers and faculty in man1 while a corresponding disbelief tends to prevent the unfoldment or manifestation4 ,there is a very good psychological reason for this as all students of the subject well know4 ,belief and ,disbelief are two potent psychological factors on all planes of action4 ,occultists know1 and teach1 that the ,astral ,senses and faculties of the human race will unfold as the race progresses1 at which time that which we now call ,psychomantic ,power will be a common possession of all persons1 just as the use of the ,physical ,senses are to the race at the present time4 ,in the meantime1 there are persons who1 not waiting for the evolution of the race1 are beginning to manifest this power in a greater or lesser degree1 depending much upon favorable circumstances1 etc4 ,there are many more persons in this stage of development than is generally realized4 ,in fact many persons manifesting ,psychomantic power1 occasionally1 are apt to pass by the phenomena as imagination1 and foolishness1 refusing to recognize its reality4 ,then1 again1 many persons manifest the power during sleeping hours1 and dismiss the matter as merely a dream1 etc4 ,regarding this matter of the dawning of ,psychomancy1 a well-known authority writes as follows3 ,students often ask how this psychic faculty will first be manifested in themselves--how they may know when they have reached the stage at which its first faint foreshadowings are beginning to be visible4 ,cases differ so widely that it is impossible to give to this question an answer that will be universally applicable4 ,some people begin by a plunge1 as it were1 and under some unusual stimulus become able just for once to see some striking vision2 and very often in such a case1 because the experience does not repeat itself1 the seer comes in time to believe that on that occasion he must have been the victim of hallucination4 ,others begin by becoming intermittently conscious of the brilliant colors and vibrations of the human aura2 others find themselves with increasing frequency seeing and hearing something to which those around them are blind and deaf2 others again see faces1 landscapes1 or colored clouds floating before their eyes in the dark1 before they sink to rest2 while perhaps the commonest experience of all is that of those who begin to recollect with greater and greater clearness what they have seen and heard on other planes during sleep4 ,very many persons possess respectable degrees of ,simple ,psychomancy1 varying from vague impressions to the full manifestation of the faculty1 as described in these lessons4 ,such a person has intuitions2 notions2 presentiments1 and the faculty of getting ideas regarding other persons and things1 other than by the usual mental processes4 ,others manifest certain degrees of ,psychometric powers1 which develop rapidly by practice4 ,others find themselves possessing certain degrees of power of scrying through ,crystals1 which power1 also1 may be developed by practice4 ,the phases of ,time ,psychomancy1 ,past and ,future2 and that of ,space ,psychomancy1 in its higher degrees1 are far more rare1 and few persons possess them1 and still fewer persist in the practice until they develop it1 they lacking the patience1 persistence1 and application necessary4 ,while it is very difficult to lay down a set method of instruction in the ,development of ,psychomantic ,power1 owing to reasons already given1 and because of the varying temperaments1 etc41 of students1 yet there is possible a plan of giving general information1 which if followed will put the student upon the right path toward future development4 ,and this plan we shall now proceed to give the students of this little book4 ,,development ,,methods ,concentration4 ,in the first place1 the student should cultivate the faculty of ,concentration1 that is the power to hold the attention upon an object for some time4 ,very few persons possess this power1 although they may think they do4 ,the best way to develop ,concentration is to practice on some familiar and common object1 such as a pencil1 book1 ornament1 etc4 ,take up the object and study it in detail1 forcing the mind to examine and consider it in every part1 until every detail of the object has been observed and noted4 ,then lay the object aside1 and a few hours after pick it up again and repeat the process1 and you will be surprised to see how many points you have missed on the first trial1 ,repeat this until you feel that you have exhausted your object4 ,the next day take up another object1 and repeat the process4 ,a drill of this kind will not only greatly develop the powers of ,perception1 but will also strengthen your powers of ,concentration in a manner which will be of great value to you in ,occult ,development4 ,visualizing4 ,the second point of development for the student1 is the development of the faculty of ,visualization4 ,in order to ,visualize you must cultivate the faculty of forming ,mental ,pictures of distant scenes1 places1 people1 etc41 until you can summon them before you at will1 when you place yourself in the proper mental condition4 ,another plan is to place yourself in a comfortable position1 and then make a mental journey to some place that you have previously visited4 ,prepare for the journey1 and then mentally see yourself starting on your trip2 then seeing all the intermediate places and points2 then arriving at your destination and visiting the points of interest1 etc42 and then returning home4 ,then1 later try to visit places that you have never seen1 in the same way4 ,this is not ,clairvoyance1 but is a training of the mental faculties for the exercise of the real power4 ,psychometry4 ,after you have developed yourself along the lines of ,concentration1 and ,visualization as above stated1 you may begin to practice ,psychometry1 as follows3 ,take a lock of hair2 or handkerchief2 or ribbon2 or ring2 belonging to some other person1 and then press it against your forehead1 lightly1 closing your eyes1 and assuming a receptive and passive mental state4 ,then desire calmly that you ,psychometrize the past history of the object4 ,do not be in too much of a hurry1 but await calmly the impressions4 ,after a while you will begin to receive impressions concerning the person owning the object pressed against your forehead4 ,you will form a mental picture of the person1 and will soon begin to receive impressions about his characteristics1 etc4 ,you may practice with a number of objects1 at different times1 and will gradually develop the ,psychometric power by such practice and experiments4 ,remember that you are developing what is practically a new sense1 and must have perseverance and patience in educating and unfolding it4 ,another form of ,psychometric development is that of tracing the past history1 surroundings1 etc41 of metals1 minerals1 etc4 ,the process is identical to that just described4 ,the mineral is pressed against the forehead1 and with closed eyes the person awaits the ,psychometric impression4 ,some who have highly developed the faculty have been able to describe the veins of mineral1 metal1 etc41 and to give much valuable information regarding same1 all arising from the psychic clue afforded by a sample of the rock1 mineral1 metal1 etc4 ,there are other cases of record1 in which underground streams of water have been discovered by ,psychometrists1 by means of the clue given by a bit of earth1 stone1 etc41 from the surface4 ,in this1 as in the other phase mentioned1 practice1 practice1 practice1 is the summing up of the instruction regarding development4 ,crystal ,gazing4 ,we consider the use of the ,crystal ,glass ,ball1 or other forms of what the ancients called ,the ,magic ,mirror1 to be the best plan of developing ,psychomantic ,power4 ,as we have already explained1 this method serves to focus the concentrated desire1 will1 and thought of the person1 and thereby becomes the starting point for the ,astral ,tube1 of which we have frequently spoken in this work4 ,the student becoming proficient in this class of phenomena1 passes by easy1 gradual and natural stages to the higher and more complex phases of the subject4 ,the ,magic ,mirror 7of which the ,crystal is but a form7 was used by the ancient ,occultists in developing the powers of their students1 and in all countries1 and in all ages1 it has played a similar part in the process of developing psychic powers1 and serving as a focal point for the erection and operation of the ,astral ,tube1 in ,psychomancy and other forms of occult and psychic phenomena4 ,at this point1 we wish to tell you that there is no special virtue or magical properties or qualities in the ,crystal itself--it is merely an instrument for ,astral ,vision1 just as the telescope1 microscope and other optical instruments are instruments employed in the phenomena of physical vision4 ,it is true that the atomic and molecular characteristics of glass1 crystal1 etc41 tend to produce the best results1 but1 after all1 water1 ink1 etc41 have been1 and may be similarly used4 ,no1 there is no special magic in the crystal itself1 so do not allow yourself to fall into any superstition regarding its use4 ,various teachers use different forms of the ,crystal1 or substitutes for it4 ,some of the teachers whose patrons are among the wealthier classes of the community1 insist upon their pupils possessing globes of pure crystal1 insisting that the latter alone gives the best results4 ,but others who have pupils among people with shorter purses1 have found that their pupils obtained just as good results by the use of a ball of plain glass1 which is inexpensive4 ,others have advocated the use of watch crystals laid over a piece of black cloth1 preferably velvet4 ,others have used polished steel objects1 or pieces of polished metal of various kinds1 a new silver coin1 for instance4 ,others still1 have used a large drop of ink poured into a small dish1 etc4 ,others have had cups painted black on their inner surface1 into which they poured water1 and claimed to have obtained the finest results4 ,all the old talk about magic ceremonies and incantations being necessary in manufacturing the ,magic ,mirror1 is pure nonsense1 which has grown around the scientific facts of the case1 as is so often the case4 ,do not be deceived by any such tomfoolery4 ,a number of persons prefer to gaze into the bright substance of a precious stone4 ,so you see1 when we use the term ,crystal1 we mean that the student may make his choice of any1 or several1 of the above-mentioned objects1 or that he may even substitute some other object of his own choosing1 possessing the requisite power of reflection4 ,there are but very few directions to be given in the use of the ,crystal4 ,read what we have to say at the conclusion of our lesson on ,crystal ,gazing in this book1 7,lesson ,,vi74 ,the principal point insisted upon by nearly all the teachers1 is that of placing the back of the gazer to the light1 instead of having him face the light4 ,the simple general direction is that the gazer should practice by himself1 at first1 in a quiet room1 sitting with his back toward the light1 with the ,crystal placed before him on a table1 on a piece of black cloth1 or other dark material1 and then gaze calmly at the ,crystal4 ,do not be afraid of winking1 and do not strain or tire the eyes4 ,some prefer making funnels of their hands1 and gazing through them just as if they were opera-glasses1 and we think this plan a very good one1 for it serves to shut out distracting light1 and sights4 ,if you fail to see anything at the first trial1 do not be discouraged1 but persevere4 ,a number of trials are necessary in some cases1 while in others wonderful results have been obtained at the first experiment4 ,an ,english authority recommends that beginners failing to get direct results1 then try to visualize something that they have already seen--something familiar1 such as a chair1 a ring1 a face1 etc41 and then turning to the ,crystal endeavor to reproduce it there4 ,it is claimed that this practice will often gradually lead to actual seeing in the ,crystal4 ,the first signs of the actual seeing in the ,crystal1 comes in the form of a cloudiness1 or milky-mist in the crystal1 which slowly resolves itself into a form1 or scene1 which appears gradually like the precipitation of a photograph upon a sensitive plate in the developing room4 ,in some cases1 the misty cloud deepens into a black one1 from which the pictures appear4 ,general ,advice4 ,in this work we give you a comprehensive1 although condensed1 account of the various phases of the phenomena of ,psychomancy1 together with a number of instances of typical manifestations4 ,by reading the following lessons1 after having read the present one1 the student will be able to gather much practical instruction on the subject of the manifestation of the power4 ,he will be able to understand the nature and general workings of the phenomena1 so that1 when he undertakes the work of developing the power within himself1 he will recognize the indication of his increasing power and unfolding faculties1 which otherwise would be ,greek to him4 ,in order to get the very best results of instruction in this line1 the student would of course do well to secure some competent instructor who could give him personal lessons4 ,but1 the person who has the patience and perseverance to work the thing out for himself1 as many before him have done1 will obtain results none the less valuable because they were worked for without assistance4 ,we feel that we have given the students of this little work1 such an idea of the general subject1 and its fundamental laws1 together with such general instruction in the methods of developing and manifesting the power that it will be one's own fault if he fails to get at least a fair degree of success from his undertaking self-development along these lines4 ,there is no royal road to occult or psychic power--or magic word which when once pronounced will prove an open ,sesame to the ,doors of ,psychomancy4 ,and we would warn the student against persons who undertake to impart the ,secret upon the payment of a goodly sum of money4 ,there is no ,secret to be so imparted--it is all a matter1 first of general understanding1 and then practice and work4 ,to some it comes easier than to others1 but even to such1 the higher degrees mean work and practice4 ,we trust that we have given you food for thought and material for practice4 ,the rest depends upon yourself4 ,,lesson ,,iii4 ,,simple ,,psychomancy4 ,the phenomena of ,psychomancy may be divided into three general classes1 depending upon the nature of the seeing1 as follows3 ,i4 ,simple ,psychomancy1 by which is meant the power of sensing by means of the ,astral ,senses in the degree of a mere quickening of the ,astral ,senses sufficiently to enable one to sense more clearly any etheric vibrations or currents2 the auric emanations of persons and things2 and similar phases of ,psychomantic phenomena2 but which does not include the power to sense actual occurrences happening in distant places2 nor the power to sense the records of the past1 or to receive indications of the future4 ,,ii4 ,space ,psychomancy1 by which is meant the power to sense distant scenes1 persons1 or objects4 ,,iii4 ,time ,psychomancy1 by which is meant the power to sense objects1 events1 persons1 etc41 in the records of the past2 and also the power to sense the indications of the future--the shadows of coming events4 ,simple ,psychomancy is very much more common than is generally supposed4 ,very many people are quite sensitive to impressions coming to them in this way1 which while akin to the impressions of ,telepathy1 nevertheless belong to the higher grade of ,psychic ,phenomena known as ,psychomancy4 ,it may be well to state here the difference between ordinary ,telepathic impressions1 and those of ,simple ,psychomancy4 ,many students are perplexed by the similarity between the two mentioned classes of phenomena1 and we think it advisable to set them straight regarding the matter1 at this point4 ,as we have stated in our previous work in this series1 7entitled ,practical ,mind ,reading7 ,telepathy is occasioned by the passage of ,thought ,waves or ,currents1 passing from one brain to another1 just as pass the waves of ,heat1 ,light1 ,electricity1 etc4 ,in ,telepathy the brain of the ,transmitter sends forth the vibration1 waves1 or currents1 and the brain of the ,receiver registers the same1 receiving them by means of the ,pineal ,gland which acts in a manner closer resembling that of the receiving instrument in ,wireless ,telegraphy4 ,in ,telepathy there is merely the sending and receiving of thought vibrations1 over the physical organs4 ,but in ,simple ,psychomancy1 the person may1 and does1 receive the thought vibrations emanating from the mind of another1 but not over the physical channels1 as in ,telepathy1 but by means of the ,astral ,senses4 ,in this lies the difference4 ,now1 it follows that the ,astral ,senses being far more keen and acute than the ,physical ,senses1 the former will register vibrations and impressions far more readily than the latter1 and will often register impressions that the ,physical ,senses 7even the ,pineal ,gland organ7 take no account of4 ,in this way the person in whom the ,astral ,senses are even partially developed will receive impressions of the thoughts of others that even the most acute ,mind ,reader will fail to notice2 as well as words actually spoken by the other person2 and ideas forming in the mind of the other person not yet expressed in active thought-waves4 ,but1 it should be added1 the development of ,telepathic powers very frequently grow into a development of ,psychomantic powers1 and so the former is one of the easiest paths to the latter1 and may be used in developing ,clairvoyant power1 and in unfolding the ,astral ,senses4 ,in this way the person possessing even a moderate degree of ,psychomantic power often feels the thoughts1 ideas1 emotions1 and other mental states of the people around him1 and knows without any words being used just what the others are thinking and feeling4 ,this is often perceived by merely the increased power to receive and register the ,thought-vibrations1 but in some cases the ability to sense the ,aura of the other persons heighten the impression4 ,,the ,,aura ,the majority of our readers are familiar with the fact that all persons1 and objects1 are surrounded by an emanation called an ,aura1 or egg-shaped psychic emanation extending several feet around them4 ,this aura is charged with the thought-vibrations of the persons1 and is really the atmosphere that we feel surrounding people and by which we feel attracted or repelled as the case may be4 ,the trained and developed ,psychomancer is able to see the colors by which the various emotions1 thoughts1 etc41 are indicated1 but even when that degree of power is lacking1 he may feel the general character of the various component parts of the person's aura4 ,while it is not our intention to go deeply into this matter of ,auric ,colors1 in this work1 still we think it well to indicate the same here1 by quoting from a well-known authority on the subject1 who says3 ,as he looks at a person he will see him surrounded by the luminous mist of the astral aura1 flashing with all sorts of brilliant colors1 and constantly changing in hue and brilliancy with every variation of the person's thoughts and feelings4 ,he will see this aura flooded with the beautiful rose-color of pure affection2 the rich blue of devotional feeling2 the hard dull brown of selfishness2 the deep scarlet of anger2 the horrible lurid red of sensuality2 the livid grey of fear2 the black clouds of hatred and malice2 or any of the other hundredfold indications so easily to be read in it by a practiced eye2 and thus it will be impossible for any persons to conceal from him the real state of their feelings on any subject4 ,but only a comparatively few are able to distinctly see these ,auric ,colors1 by reason of their lack of development along these special lines4 ,but a great number of people are able to feel the subtle vibrations which give rise to these colors4 ,just as there are well authenticated cases of blind men and women being able to distinguish by the sense of feeling 7in touch7 the various colors which their blind eyes fail to see1 so are thousands of people able to feel the auric shades which their imperfectly developed clairvoyant vision fails to perceive4 ,in this connection it is interesting to note that science informs us that the sense of ,feeling was the first developed of any of the physical senses2 in fact all the other senses are developments of1 and extensions of1 the original sense of ,feeling4 ,and there is a close correspondence between this phenomena of the ,physical ,senses1 and that of the ,astral ,senses4 ,but there are other1 and perhaps more wonderful1 features of ,simple ,psychomancy4 ,it is a well established scientific fact that nearly1 if not indeed all1 objects are constantly emanating streams of ,radiant ,energy1 or ,streams of ,electrons as they are called by some4 ,the delicate instruments of science are able to detect and register some of the coarser vibrations of this energy1 but the more delicate ones have so far escaped them4 ,but the ,astral ,senses of the developed ,psychomancer register and record many of the finer vibrations1 and in this way many so-called miracles of occultism are explained4 ,let us examine this phenomena at this point4 ,it becomes apparent to any student of the subject1 early in his investigations1 that the ,psychomancer is able to see things hidden by other objects1 and often surrounded by the densest matter4 ,in other words he is able to see through solid objects--to see through a brick wall to use the familiar phrase4 ,now this may seem almost incredible to one at the first mention of the subject4 ,but when the skeptic's attention is called to the fact that the ,x ,rays and similar forms of energy recently discovered by science1 readily pierce through solid objects1 and may be actually seen by the eye 7aided by the proper instruments71 or recorded on a photographic plate--then the impossible feat of seeing though a brick wall becomes a very simple1 understandable matter1 indeed4 ,and in an almost identical manner the ,psychomancer sees through solid object--and the most solid material becomes transparent to his ,astral ,sight4 ,the fine streams or waves of energy constantly being emanated by all objects1 which are invisible to the naked physical eye1 are registered and recorded by the ,astral ,sense of ,sight4 ,the ,psychomancer even by means of the comparatively elementary power of ,simple ,psychomancy is able to see what is going on in an adjoining room1 or other nearby place2 to read the contents of a sealed letter2 to describe the contents of a locked1 steel book2 or to read a chosen passage in a closed book4 ,to the developed and trained ,psychomancer1 when he concentrates his power1 the solid ground over which he is walking1 becomes transparent1 and he is able to see down into its depths to a considerable distance4 ,in this way he may see living underground creatures at work1 and play2 and to discover veins of mineral1 coal1 etc41 or underground streams of water4 ,in these cases the ,clairvoyant does not travel in the ,astral1 but merely receives and perceives the subtle vibrations or streams of fine energy constantly being emanated by the objects4 ,some ,clairvoyants have developed certain other less common faculties of ,astral ,sight1 which give the telescopic and microscopic vision in these cases1 in addition to the main faculty of seeing things through solid coverings4 ,the question will naturally arise in the mind of the student1 whether there is any limit to the depths open to the ,astral ,sight of the ,psychomancer 7in this phase of the phenomena71 as for instance when he is looking into the solid earth4 ,it may be urged that as objects at immense distances underground emanate rays just as truly as do objects nearer the surface1 then there should be no difference in the power of vision4 ,answering this question we would say that the same objection and obstacle arises in this case1 as in the corresponding physical phenomena1 such as the ,x ,rays4 ,while a far distant object emits rays just as well as a nearby one1 still there is a loss of energy according to distance1 and the ,astral ,sense1 like the ,physical ,sense1 fails to clearly register after a certain distance is attained4 ,this distance varies in the case of different persons using their ,astral ,vision1 just as it does in the case of the different degrees of eyesight possessed by various persons4 ,and then again1 it must not be supposed that the earth becomes as clear as glass to the ,astral ,vision4 ,on the contrary it presents a similar appearance to that obtained when one is seeing objects through water or mist1 with the physical eye4 ,one can see quite a way through water or mist with the physical eye1 but after a certain distance the impressions grow dim1 and finally fade from view4 ,of course in the case of the erecting of the ,astral ,tube better results may be obtained1 but this phenomena belongs to the class of ,space ,psychomancy4 ,there is another power open to the ,psychomancer along the lines of ,simple ,psychomancy4 ,we refer to the phenomena of seeing into the physical bodies of other people2 examining the internal organs2 diagnosing diseases1 etc4 ,of course1 in this case1 before the ,clairvoyant is able to correctly diagnose a disease he must be acquainted with the nature of the organs1 and their appearance in their normal state1 etc41 so that he will recognize a diseased condition when he sees it4 ,one must needs have an acquaintance with ,anatomy and ,physiology1 as well as possessing trained ,psychomantic powers for this work4 ,,lesson ,,iv4 ,,the ,,astral ,,tube4 ,the term1 ,the ,astral ,tube1 is frequently met with in the writings of ,occultists1 but you will find very little more than a mention of it in many of such works1 the proverbial caution of the older writers having acted in the direction of preventing their entering into a fuller description or explanation1 for fear of the information falling into improper hands4 ,this will be more readily understood1 when we tell you that the ,astral ,tube is1 and may be1 used for classes of phenomena other than that of ,psychomancy1 notably that of ,mental ,influencing1 treating1 etc41 which however forms no part of the present work1 but which will be discussed in a future volume of the series to be called ,mental ,influence1 etc4 ,the ,astral ,plane is composed of an ethereal form of matter1 very much rarer and finer than the matter of the ,physical ,plane--but matter1 nevertheless1 and subject to fixed laws and conditions4 ,and1 just as it is possible to establish lines of force in the physical matter1 so may corresponding lines of force be established in ,astral matter4 ,and this ,astral ,tube is really such a line of force4 ,in other words1 it is possible to set up and establish a line of force on the ,astral ,plane1 that will serve as a ready conductor of ,astral vibrations1 currents1 etc41 and which affords a highly efficient channel of communication between objects far removed from each other in space4 ,and this channel is actually created and used in a variety of forms of ,occult phenomena4 ,,polarization4 ,you have heard of ,polarity1 and ,polarization in connection with electrical phenomena4 ,polarity is defined by ,webster as3 ,that quality or condition of a body by virtue of which it exhibits opposite or contrasted properties or powers1 in opposite or contrasted parts or directions2 or1 a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions4 ,and1 ,polarization is defined by the same authority as3 ,act of polarizing2 state of having polarity4 ,well1 then1 the process of erecting the ,astral ,tube is practically that of the polarization of the particles of ,astral matter by an effort of the human ,will1 set in motion by means of a strong ,desire or ,determination1 under certain conditions4 ,when the human ,will is directed toward a distant person or object1 under the proper psychic conditions1 it tends to polarize a path or channel through the ,astral atmosphere toward the desired point1 which channel becomes at once an easy course of psychic communication for the transmission or receiving of psychic impressions or expressions1 as the case may be4 ,and1 in the case of ,psychomancy and kindred phenomena1 the ,astral ,senses of the person 7even though his ,astral ,body be still within its physical counterpart7 are able to readily sense the impressions being manifested at a far distant point in space4 ,the above mentioned channel of communication--the ,astral ,tube--has not of course the advantages of actual travel in the ,astral ,body1 and is besides affected by certain ,astral happenings1 such as the breaking up of the tube1 or an impairment of its efficiency1 by reason of some stronger astral current or channel1 etc41 for instance4 ,when one considers the currents and cross-currents constantly in operation on the ,astral ,plane1 it will be seen how likely the above mentioned interference is to happen4 ,through the ,astral ,tube the ,astral ,senses actually sense the sights1 and often the sounds being manifested at a distance1 just as one may see distant sights through a telescope1 or hear distant sounds through a telephone1 for instance4 ,it also may be used as a microscope1 as we shall see as we proceed4 ,the student's attention is especially directed toward the fact that in this form of phenomena1 the ,psychomancer remains within his physical body1 and does not travel in the ,astral at all4 ,he sees the distant scenes1 just as a man sees them through a telescope4 ,his consciousness remains within his physical body4 ,a well known writer on this subject has truly said3 99 99 99 the limitations resemble those of a man using a telescope on the physical plane4 ,the experimenter1 for example1 has a particular field of view which cannot be enlarged or altered2 he is looking at his scene from a certain direction1 and he cannot suddenly turn it all around and see how it looks from the other side4 ,if he has sufficient psychic energy to spare1 he may drop altogether the telescope that he is using1 and manufacture an entirely new one for himself which will approach his objective somewhat differently2 but1 this is not a course at all likely to be adopted in practice4 ,but it may be said1 the mere fact that he is using ,astral ,sight ought to enable him to see it from all sides at once4 ,and so it would1 if he were using that sight in the normal way upon an object which was fairly near him--within his astral reach as it were2 but at a distance of hundreds or thousands of miles the case is very different4 ,astral sight gives us the advantage of an additional dimension1 but there is still such a thing as position in that dimension1 and it is naturally a potent factor in limiting the use of the powers of its plane4 99 99 99 ,astral sight1 when it is cramped by being directed along what is practically a tube1 is limited very much as physical sight would be under similar circumstances1 though if possessed in perfection it will continue to show1 even at that distance1 the auras1 and therefore all the emotions and most of the thoughts of the people under observation4 ,the ,astral ,tube1 in connection with ,psychomancy1 is used in a variety of forms4 ,it is often used unconsciously1 and springs into existence spontaneously1 under the power of some strong emotion1 desire or will4 ,it is also observed in some cases of hypnotic phenomena1 in which the hypnotist uses his will to cause his subject to form an ,astral ,tube1 and then report his impressions4 ,it is also used by the trained ,psychomancer1 without the use of any starting point1 or focal centre1 simply by the exercise of his trained1 developed and concentrated will4 ,but its most familiar and common use is in connection with some object serving as a starting point1 or focal centre4 ,the starting point or focal centre1 above mentioned1 is generally either what is known as the associated object in the class of phenomena commonly known as ,psychometry1 or else a glass or crystal-ball1 or similar polished reflecting surface1 in what is known as ,crystal ,gazing4 ,in the two next succeeding lessons1 we shall consider these two forms of phenomena1 respectively4 ,,lesson ,v4 ,,psychometry4 ,the phenomena commonly known as ,psychometry1 is but one phase of ,psychomancy--or it even may be said to be but a method employed to bring into action the ,astral ,senses4 ,the ,psychometrist merely gets into rapport with the distant scene2 or period of time2 or person2 or object2 by using some bit of physical material associated with that scene2 time2 person2 objects2 etc41 in order to open up communications along the usual lines of ,psychomancy4 ,this has been compared to the use of objects associated with a thing in the case of memory4 ,we all know how the sight of some object will recall at once memories of things long since forgotten to all appearances1 but which memories have been merely stored away in the great storehouse of the mind1 to be recalled readily when the association is furnished4 ,what association is in the case of ,memory1 so is the material object presented as the associated object in ,psychometry4 ,the ,occult ,teachings inform us that there is a psychic connection ever existing between things once associated1 and that when we throw ourselves into the psychic current surrounding an object we may readily follow the current back until we reach the associated object for which we are seeking on the ,astral ,plane4 ,in the ,akashic ,records 7,see ,lesson ,,ix7 all memories are registered and recorded1 and if we have a good starting point we may travel back until we find that which we desire4 ,in the same way the associated object furnishes us with a ready means of starting our ,astral ,tube into being and use4 ,this is the secret of the use of the lock of hair2 the bit of clothing2 the piece of metal or mineral1 etc41 used by ,psychometrists4 ,a well known authority on the subject has said concerning ,psychometry3 ,it may be asked how it is possible1 amid the bewildering confusion of these records of the past1 to find any particular picture when it is wanted4 ,as a matter of fact1 the untrained psychic usually cannot do so without some special link to put him in rapport with the subject required4 ,psychometry is an instance in point1 and it is quite probable that our ordinary memory is really only another presentment of the same idea4 ,it seems as though there were a sort of magnetic attachment or affinity between any particle of matter and the record which contains its history--and affinity which enables it to act as a kind of conductor between that record and the faculties of anyone who can read it4 ,for instance1 ,i once brought from ,stonehenge a tiny fragment of stone1 not larger than a pin's head1 and on putting this into an envelope and handing it to a psychometrist who had no idea what it was1 she at once began to describe the wonderful ruin from which it came1 and the desolate country surrounding it1 and then went on to picture vividly what were evidently scenes from its early history1 showing that the infinitesimal fragment had been sufficient to put her into communication with the records connected with the spot from which it came4 ,the scenes through which we pass in the course of our life seem to act in the same manner upon the cells of our brain as did the history of ,stonehenge upon that particle of stone2 they establish a connection with those cells by means of which our mind is put in rapport with that particular portion of the records1 and so we 'remember' what we have seen4 ,,the ,,five ,,methods ,the method of ,psychometry may be employed in a number of ways1 among which are the following1 all of which are subject to many variations and combinations3 #a4 ,locating a person by means of a lock of hair1 article of clothing1 handkerchief1 ribbon1 piece of jewelry1 bit of writing1 etc4 ,in this manner not only may a good ,psychometrist locate the person1 but will also be able to give an idea of his characteristics1 habits1 health1 etc4 #b4 ,describing a person's characteristics1 past life1 future1 etc41 by means of the rapport condition made possible by the person's presence4 #c4 ,describing a present distant scene by means of a bit of mineral1 plant1 or similar object once located at the place4 #d4 ,describing the surrounding underground characteristics by means of a bit of mineral1 etc4 #e4 ,getting into touch with the past history of an object1 or its surroundings1 by means of the object itself4 ,for instance1 a bullet from the battle-field may give the history of the battle2 a bit of ancient pottery1 the characteristics and habits of the people who made or used it1 as well as the appearance of the land in which they dwell1 etc4 ,in all of these phases1 with their variations and combination1 the student will see the operation of the phenomena under the various heads as classified by us in this work4 ,each ,occurrence or manifestation will be found to fit into the class of ,simple ,psychomancy2 ,space ,psychomancy2 ,past ,time ,psychomancy2 or ,future ,time ,psychomancy4 7,see ,lesson ,,ii1 for suggestions regarding development of ,psychometric power47 ,,lesson ,,vi4 ,,crystal ,,gazing4 ,there has been a great revival of interest in the subject of ,crystal ,gazing1 particularly in ,england1 of late years1 and many interesting accounts have appeared in the papers and magazines regarding the results of the experiments4 ,but the majority of the writers on the subject persist in treating it as a thing separate and apart from other forms of ,psychomancy--in fact1 many of them ignore ,psychomancy altogether and are apparently under the impression that there is no connection between it and their favorite subject of ,crystal ,gazing4 ,this attitude is somewhat amusing to persons who have made a careful study of ,psychic ,phenomena and who know that ,crystal ,gazing is not a distinct phenomenon1 but is merely a method of bringing into action the ,psychomantic faculties4 ,in many respects the ,crystal acts in a manner akin to that of the associated object in ,psychometry1 but there is one point of distinction which should not be overlooked by the student4 ,the associated object gives to the ,psychometrist a starting point for the ,astral ,tube1 and also serves to point the ,astral ,telescope 7if one may use the term7 in the right direction1 by reason of its affinity with the distant scene1 etc4 ,but the ,crystal does not so act1 for it is not closely allied to1 or in sympathy with other things1 when used in the ordinary manner4 ,instead of being the eye-lens of the telescope1 it is really a ,magic ,mirror which is turned first this way and that1 and which reflects whatever comes within its field1 just as does any other mirror4 ,the trained and developed ,psychomancer1 however1 may direct his ,mirror to any desired point1 and may hold it there by means of a concentrated ,will4 ,the favor with which ,crystal ,gazing meets with at the hands of beginners is due to the fact that it is the easiest method known by which the ,astral ,vision may be awakened4 ,with the majority of people1 the power may be awakened only by the aid of some physical object which may act as a starting-point for the ,astral ,tube1 or as one writer has expressed it1 a convenient focus for the ,will-power4 ,a number of objects may be so employed1 but the ,crystal or ,glass ,ball is the best for the purpose because of certain atomic and molecular arrangements which tend to promote the manifestation of the psychic power and faculties4 ,crystal ,gazing1 as a method for inducing ,psychomantic vision1 has been quite common among all peoples1 in all times4 ,not only the ,crystal but many other objects are similarly used4 ,in ,australia the native priests use water and shining objects1 or in some cases1 flame4 ,in ,new ,zealand some of the natives use a drop of blood4 ,the ,fijians fill a hole with water1 and gaze into it4 ,some ,south ,american tribes use the polished surface of a black stone4 ,the ,american ,indians used water and shining bits of flint or quartz4 ,and so the story goes4 ,as ,lang states it1 people stare into a crystal ball2 a cup2 a mirror2 a blot of ink 7,egypt and ,india72 a drop of blood 7the ,maoris of ,new ,zealand72 a bowl of water 7,american ,indians72 a pond 7,roman and ,african72 water in a glass bowl 7,fez72 or almost any polished surface1 etc4 ,we quote a typical case of ,crystal ,gazing1 related by ,mr4 ,andrew ,lang4 ,he says3 ,i had given a glass ball to a young lady1 ,miss ,baillie1 who had scarcely any success with it4 ,she lent it to ,miss ,leslie1 who saw a large1 square1 old-fashioned red sofa covered with muslin 7which she afterward found in the next country-house she visited74 ,miss ,baillie's brother1 a young athlete1 laughed at these experiments1 took the ball into his study1 and came back looking 'gey gash4' ,he admitted that he had seen a vision--somebody he knew1 under a lamp4 ,he said he would discover during the week whether he saw right or not4 ,this was at #e3cj on a ,sunday afternoon4 ,on ,tuesday1 ,mr4 ,baillie was at a dance in a town forty miles from his home1 and met a ,miss ,preston4 ',on ,sunday1' he said1 'about half-past five1 you were sitting under a standard lamp1 in a dress ,i never saw you wear1 a blue blouse with lace over the shoulders1 pouring out tea for a man in blue serge1 whose back was towards me1 so that ,i only saw the tip of his moustache4' ',why1 the blinds must have been up1' said ,miss ,preston4 ',i was at ,dulby1' said ,mr4 ,baillie1 and he undeniably was4 ,stead relates the following experience with the ,crystal3 ,miss ,x4 upon looking into the crystal on two occasions as a test1 to see if she could see men when she was several miles off1 saw not me1 but a different friend of mine on each occasion4 ,she had never seen either of my friends before1 but immediately identified them both on seeing them afterward at my office4 ,on one of the evenings on which we experimented in the vain attempts to photograph a ,double1 ,i dined with ,madam ,c4 and her friend at a neighboring restaurant4 ,as she glanced at the water bottle1 ,madame ,c4 saw a picture beginning to form1 and1 looking at it from curiosity1 described with considerable detail an elderly gentleman whom she had never seen before1 and whom ,i did not in the least recognize from her description at the moment4 ,three hours afterwards1 when the seance was over1 ,madam ,c4 entered the room and recognized ,mr4 ,elliott1 of ,messrs4 ,elliott ,fry1 as the gentleman whom she had seen and described in the water bottle at the restaurant4 ,on another occasion the picture was less agreeable3 it was an old man lying dead in bed with some one weeping at his feet2 but who it was1 or what it related to1 no one knew4 ,as a matter of general interest1 we also quote ,mr4 ,stead's remarks on crystal gazing1 which agree with our own views and experience4 ,he says3 ,there are some people who cannot look into an ordinary globular bottle without seeing pictures form themselves1 without any effort or will on their part1 in the crystal globe4 ,crystal gazing seems to be the least dangerous and most simple of all forms of experimenting4 ,you simply look into a crystal globe the size of a five-shilling piece1 or a water bottle which is full of clear water1 and which is placed so that too much light does not fall upon it1 and then simply look at it4 ,you make no incantations1 and engage in no mumbo-jumbo business2 you simply look at it for two or three minutes1 taking care not to tire yourself1 winking as much as you please1 but fixing your thought upon whatever you wish to see4 ,then1 if you have the faculty1 the glass will cloud over with a milky mist1 and in the centre the image is gradually precipitated in just the same way as a photograph forms on the sensitive plate4 7,see ,lesson ,,ii1 for further particulars on ,crystal ,gazing1 and suggestions for the successful development of the power47 ,,lesson ,,vii4 ,,astral ,,projection4 ,in our last three lessons we considered that class of ,psychomancy arising from the erection and employment of the ,astral ,tube4 ,in the present lesson we pass to a consideration of the third class of phenomena1 namely1 that occasioned by the actual projection of one's ,astral ,body to distant points4 ,in this class of phenomena the consciousness of the person does not remain within the physical organism1 but is actually projected along with the ,astral ,body to the point being psychically viewed or examined4 ,this form of ,psychomancy is1 of course1 a higher degree of manifestation than the class previously described4 ,here physical consciousness is temporarily suspended 7perhaps for but a moment or so7 and the ,astral ,body containing the consciousness of the individual is projected to some point1 perhaps far distant1 with the rapidity of thought1 where it examines objects there situated1 receiving sensations through and by means of the ,astral ,senses4 ,this phenomena may arise while the person is in a trance1 or sleep1 etc41 or else in a moment of concentrated abstraction1 when one is day-dreaming2 in a brown study2 or wrapped in thought1 as the familiar terms run4 ,when he returns to his physical body he comes to himself1 and what he has seen or heard seems to him like a day-dream or fantasy--unless he be a trained seer1 in which case the two planes of consciousness will be closely related1 and almost continuous4 ,besides the more familiar phases of this class of phenomena1 there are wonderful possibilities open for the developed ,psychomancer along these lines4 ,as a leading writer on this subject has said concerning it3 ,he has also the immense advantage of being able to take part1 as it were1 in the scenes which come before his eyes4 ,if1 in addition1 he can learn how to materialize himself1 he will be able to take part in physical events or conversations at a distance1 and to show himself to an absent friend at will4 ,the trained experimenter along these lines has also the advantage of being able to search about on the ,astral ,plane for what he desires to find or locate4 ,he is able to direct his ,astral ,body to definite places1 either by means similar to finding one's way on the physical plane1 or else by following up the psychic clue afforded by a piece of clothing1 a lock of hair1 a piece of stone1 or some other object connected with the person or place desired1 by means of a higher form of ,psychometry4 ,of course1 the person whose powers are not so highly developed is not able to have such control over his ,astral ,body1 or to manifest such a degree of trained power4 ,he is like a child learning to walk1 or read--he is awkward1 and must learn to direct his movements4 ,there are many degrees of power1 from the occasional1 spontaneous manifestations1 to those of the highly trained ,occultists who travel in the ,astral even more easily than in the physical1 and with the same degree of certainty and control4 ,the pages of reliable works on ,occultism and ,psychic ,research are filled with illustrations and examples of cases along these lines1 in which the ,astral ,body of persons have traveled to distant scenes1 and have reported occurrences and scenes witnessed there1 sometimes materializing so as to be seen by the persons in the places visited4 ,we herewith mention a few of these cases1 in order to illustrate the principle4 ,a well-known example is that of the ,philadelphian1 mentioned by the ,german writer ,jung ,stilling1 and quoted by some ,english writers4 ,the man in question was a well-known character1 respected1 of good reputation and steady habits4 ,he had the reputation of possessing ,psychomantic powers which he sometimes manifested for the benefit of friends and others4 ,he was once consulted by the wife of a sea captain1 whose husband was on a voyage to ,europe and ,africa1 and whose vessel had been long overdue1 and from whom no tidings had been received for a long time4 ,the ,psychomancer listened to the story of the anxious and distressed wife1 and then excused himself from the room for a short time1 retiring into an adjoining room4 ,becoming alarmed at his continued absence from the room1 the lady quietly opened the connecting door1 and peeped in the second room1 where much to her surprise and alarm she saw the old man lying on a couch1 showing all the appearances of death4 ,she waited in great alarm for a long time1 when he aroused himself and returned to her4 ,he told her that he had visited her husband in a coffee-house in ,london1 and gave her the reasons for his not having written1 adding that he would soon return to ,philadelphia4 ,when the husband finally returned1 his wife questioned him regarding the matter1 and he informed her that the reasons given by the ,psychomancer were correct in every detail4 ,upon being taken into the presence of the man1 the old sea captain uttered an exclamation of surprise1 saying that he had seen the man on a certain day in a coffee-house in ,london1 and that the man had told him that his wife was worried about him1 and that he had answered the man1 saying that he had been prevented from writing for certain reasons1 and that he was on the very eve of setting sail for ,america4 ,he said that he had then lost sight of the stranger suddenly4 ,w4 ,t4 ,stead relates the case of a lady of his acquaintance who has spontaneously developed the power to travel in her ,astral ,body1 and to materialize the same unconsciously4 ,she became a source of great worry and distress to many of her friends1 to whom she would pay unexpected and involuntary visits1 frightening them out of their wits by the materialization of what they supposed must be the ghost of the lady1 whom they thought must have died suddenly4 ,the occurrences1 however1 became so frequent that her friends at last became familiar with the nature of the appearances1 and viewed them with merely great interest and wonder4 ,the ,english ,society for ,psychical ,research have several hundred well-authenticated instances of such appearances in their published records4 ,one of the well-known cases is that of a gentleman described as ,s4 ,h4 ,b41 a member of the ,london ,stock ,exchange1 and a man of considerable business note4 ,he relates his story as follows3 ,one ,sunday night in ,november1 #ahha1 ,i was in ,kildare ,gardens1 when ,i willed very strongly that ,i would visit in the spirit two lady friends1 the ,misses ,v41 who were living three miles off1 in ,hogarth ,road4 ,i willed that ,i should do this at one o'clock in the morning1 and having willed it1 ,i went to sleep4 ,next ,thursday1 when ,i first met my friends1 the elder lady told me she woke up and saw my apparition advancing to her bedside4 ,she screamed and woke her sister1 who also saw me4 7,a signed statement of the two sisters accompanies this statement1 both ladies fixing the time at one o'clock1 and saying that ,mr4 ,b4 wore evening dress47 ,again1 on ,december #a1 #ahhb1 ,i was at ,southall4 ,at half-past nine ,i sat down to endeavor to fix my mind so strongly upon the interior of a house at ,kew1 where ,miss ,v4 and her sister lived1 that ,i seemed to be actually in the house4 ,i was conscious1 but was in a kind of mesmeric sleep4 ,when ,i went to bed that night1 ,i willed to be in the front bedroom of that house at ,kew at twelve1 and to make my presence felt by the inmates4 ,next day ,i went to ,kew4 ,miss ,v4's married sister told me1 without any prompting from me1 that she had seen me in the passage going from one room to another at half-past nine o'clock1 and that at twelve1 when she was wide awake1 she saw me come to the front bedroom1 where she slept1 and take her hair1 which is very long1 into my hand4 ,she said ,i then took her hand and gazed into the palm intently4 ,she said1 ',you need not look at the lines1 for ,i never had any trouble4' ,she then woke her sister4 ,when ,mrs4 ,l4 told me this4 ,i took out the entry that ,i had made the previous night and read it to her4 ,mrs4 ,l4 is quite sure she was not dreaming4 ,she had only seen me once before1 two years previously1 at a fancy ball4 ,again1 on ,march #bb1 #ahhd1 ,i wrote to ,mr4 ,gurney1 of the ,psychical ,research ,society1 telling him ,i was going to make my presence felt by ,miss ,v41 at #dd ,norland ,square1 at midnight4 ,ten days afterwards1 ,i saw ,miss ,v41 when she voluntarily told me that on ,saturday at midnight1 she distinctly saw me1 when she was quite wide awake4 ,we have related these accounts in order to show instances of the appearance of a materialized ,astral ,body4 ,but1 we must remember that these cases of materialization are very rare as compared to the cases of ,astral ,projection 7without materialization7 in ordinary ,clairvoyance4 ,and yet the phenomena is practically the same in both instances1 leaving out the phase of materialization4 ,in many instances the individual actually travels in his ,astral ,body to the distant scene and there witnesses the events occurring at that point4 ,there is a ghost within each one of us1 which under certain favorable conditions travels away from our physical body and sees things at far-off points4 ,under certain other conditions it materializes1 and is visible to others1 but in the majority of cases it merely sees without being seen4 ,the ,psychomancer1 in this phase of the phenomena1 actually travels from the location of the physical body1 to the other points desired1 and reports what he or she sees and hears there4 ,astral ,projection is frequently developed by faithful practice of1 and demonstration of1 the simpler forms of ,psychomancy4 ,it is all a matter of successive steps of development4 ,,lesson ,,viii4 ,,space ,,psychomancy4 ,as we stated in previous lessons1 ,space ,psychomancy is the exercise of the faculty in the direction of perceiving far-distant scenes1 persons1 objects1 etc4 ,of course1 there is really an exercise of ,space ,psychomancy in some instances of ,simple ,psychomancy4 ,but we make the distinction because in the case of objects seen by ,simple ,psychomancy at some little distance from the observer1 the impression is received by means of the rays1 or vibrations from the objects themselves1 by means of the developed ,astral ,senses1 acting in a simple manner2 while in the case of ,space ,psychomancy 7in the technical sense of the term7 the impression is received by means of either the erection of the ,astral ,tube1 or else by the actual projection of the consciousness in the ,astral ,body--the latter being an actual visiting of the scene4 ,a little illustration may perhaps make clearer the above distinction4 ,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 vision1 and he would be like a person devoid of ,psychomantic powers4 ,then let us suppose a man of extraordinary visual powers1 such as many hunters or seafaring men--such a one could see things invisible to the first man1 and would thus resemble the person manifesting ,simple ,psychomancy4 ,then let us suppose a third man1 using a telescope--this man could see things that neither of the other two could perceive1 and he would thus resemble the person manifesting along the lines of ,space ,psychomancy by means of the ,astral ,tube4 ,and1 finally1 let us suppose a fourth man1 who possessed magical wings which would instantly transport him to the distant scene1 whence he could view the objects1 personally1 and at close range--well this man would be like the person who was able to project his ,astral ,body1 and thus view the distant scenes at will1 and at short range1 without the difficulties attendant upon the use of the telescope-like ,astral ,tube--to see the object on any and all sides1 and from all points of view--to get inside of it1 as well as outside4 ,the following interesting cases are quoted to illustrate the principle3 ,captain ,yount1 of the ,napa ,valley1 ,california1 had a peculiar experience while asleep4 ,he had a remarkably clear vision in which appeared a band of emigrants perishing from cold and hunger amidst a mountain range4 ,he noted particularly1 and in detail1 the scenery and appearance of the canyon4 ,he saw a huge1 perpendicular cliff of white rock2 and the emigrants cutting off what appeared to be the tops of trees arising from great drifts of snow2 he even saw plainly the features of some of the party4 ,he awoke1 sorely distressed by the vividness and the nature of his dream1 for so he considered it to be4 ,but1 by-and-by1 he fell asleep again1 and saw the scene repeated1 with equal distinctness4 ,in the morning he found that he could not get the dream out of his mind1 and he told it to some of his friends4 ,one of the hearers of the story was an old hunter1 who at once recognized the place seen in the dream as a place across the ,sierras1 known as a point in the ,carson ,valley ,pass4 ,so earnest was the old hunter1 that ,captain ,yount1 and his friends1 organized a rescue party and set out with provisions1 mules1 and blankets to seek the perishing emigrants4 ,notwithstanding the ridicule of the public1 the rescuers persisted in their search1 and finally about one hundred and fifty miles distant1 in the ,carson ,valley ,pass1 they found the scene as described by ,captain ,yount1 and in the identical spot seen in the dream were found the party of emigrants1 the surviving members of whom were rescued and brought over the mountain4 ,another interesting account is given in the reports of the ,society for ,psychical ,research1 of ,england4 ,it relates that an ,english lady1 ,mrs4 ,broughton1 awoke one night in #ahdd1 and aroused her husband1 telling him that she had had a strange vision of a scene in ,france4 ,she stated that she had seen a broken-down carriage1 evidently wrecked in an accident1 and a crowd gathered around the figure of a man1 whose body was then raised and carried into a nearby house4 ,she said that the body was then placed in a bed1 when she recognized his features as those of the ,duke of ,orleans4 ,then friends gathered around the bed1 and later came the king and queen of ,france1 all weeping4 ,she saw the doctor1 who stood over the ,duke1 feeling his pulse1 with his watch in his other hand1 but she could only see the doctor's back4 ,then the scene had faded from her vision4 ,when daylight finally came1 she recorded the vision in her journal4 ,it was before the days of the telegraph1 and it was more than two days before the newspapers announced the death of the ,duke of ,orleans4 ,the lady visited ,paris afterwards1 and recognized the place of the accident4 ,it then appeared that the attending physician whose face she could not see in her vision1 was an old friend of hers1 who then told her that as he watched the bed his mind had involuntarily dwelt upon her and her family4 ,the well-known case of ,swedenborg gives us another illustration of this class of ,psychomancy4 ,it is related that in the latter part of ,september1 #agei1 at four o'clock one ,saturday afternoon1 ,swedenborg arrived home from ,england1 and disembarked at ,gothenburg4 ,mr4 ,w4 ,castel met him and invited him to dinner1 at which meal there were fifteen persons gathered around the table4 ,at six o'clock that evening ,swedenborg went out a few minutes1 returning to the table excited and pale4 ,when questioned1 he said that there was a fire at ,stockholm1 #bjj miles distant1 which was steadily spreading4 ,he grew very restless1 and frequently left the room4 ,he said that the house of one of his friends1 whose name he mentioned1 was already in ashes1 and that his own was in danger4 ,at eight o'clock after he had been out again1 he returned crying out cheerfully1 ,thank heaven6 the fire is out1 the third door from my house4 ,the news of the occurrence excited the whole town1 and the officials made inquiry regarding it1 and ,swedenborg was summoned before the governor1 and requested to relate what he had seen1 in detail4 ,answering the governor1 he told when and where the fire had started2 how it had begun2 how1 when and where it had stopped2 and the time it lasted1 the number of houses destroyed1 people injured1 etc4 ,on the following ,monday morning a courier arrived from ,stockholm1 bringing news of the fire1 having left the town while it was still burning4 ,on the next day after1 ,tuesday morning1 another courier arrived at the governor's palace with a full report of the fire1 which corresponded precisely with the vision of ,swedenborg--the fire had stopped precisely at eight o'clock1 the minute that ,swedenborg had so announced it to the company4 ,stead relates the following instance of this class of ,psychomancy1 which was told him by the wife of a ,dean of the ,episcopal ,church4 ,the lady said3 ,i was staying in ,virginia1 some hundred miles away from home1 when one morning about eleven o'clock1 ,i felt an overpowering sleepiness1 which drowsiness was quite unusual1 and which caused me to lie down4 ,in my sleep ,i saw quite distinctly my home in ,richmond in flames4 ,the fire had broken out in one wing of the house1 which ,i saw with dismay was where ,i kept all my best dresses4 ,the people were all trying to check the flames1 but it was no use4 ,my husband was there1 walking about before the burning house1 carrying a portrait in his hand4 ,everything was quite clear and distinct1 exactly as if ,i had actually been present and seen everything4 ,after a time ,i woke up1 and going downstairs told my friends the strange dream ,i had had4 ,they laughed at me1 and made such game of my vision that ,i did my best to think no more about it4 ,i was traveling about1 a day or two passed1 and when ,sunday came ,i found myself in a church where some relatives were worshipping4 ,when ,i entered the pew they looked rather strange1 and as soon as the service was over ,i asked them what was the matter4 ',don't be alarmed1' they said 'there is nothing serious4' ,then they handed me a postcard from my husband which simply said1 ',house burned out2 covered by insurance4' ,the day was the date upon which my dream occurred4 ,i hastened home1 and then ,i learned that everything had happened exactly as ,i had seen it4 ,the fire had broken out in the wing ,i had seen blazing4 ,my clothes were all burnt1 and the oddest thing about it was that my husband1 having rescued a favorite picture from the burning building1 had carried it about among the crowd for some time before he could find a place in which to put it safely4 ,a well-authenticated case is that of the wreck of the ship ,strathmore4 ,stead relates the story as follows3 ,the father of a son who had sailed in the ',strathmore1' an emigrant ship outbound from ,clyde1 saw one night the ship foundering amid the waves1 and saw that his son1 with some others had escaped safely to a desert island near which the wreck had taken place4 ,he was so much impressed by this vision that he wrote to the owner of the ',strathmore1' telling him what he had seen4 ,his information was scouted2 but after a while the ',strathmore' became overdue1 and the owner became uneasy4 ,day followed day1 and still no tidings of the missing ship4 ,then1 like ,pharaoh's butler1 the owner remembered his sins one day1 and hunted up the letter describing the vision4 ,it supplied at least a theory to account for the vessel's disappearance4 ,all outward-bound ships were requested to look out for any survivors on the island indicated in the vision4 ,these orders being obeyed1 the survivors of the ',strathmore' were found exactly where the father had seen them4 ,another interesting case is reported by the ,society previously mentioned4 ,it reports that ,dr4 ,golinski1 a physician of ,kremeutchug1 ,russia1 was taking an after-dinner nap in the afternoon1 about half-past three o'clock4 ,he had a vision in which he saw himself called out on a professional visit1 which took him to a little room with dark hangings4 ,to the right of the door he saw a chest of drawers1 upon which rested a little paraffin lamp of special pattern1 different from anything he had ever seen before4 ,on the left of the door1 he saw a woman suffering from a severe hemorrhage4 ,he then saw himself giving her professional treatment4 ,then he awoke1 suddenly1 and saw that it was just half-past four o'clock4 ,then comes the strange sequel4 ,within ten minutes after he awoke1 he was called out on a professional visit1 and on entering the bedroom he saw all the details that had appeared to him in his vision4 ,there was the chest of drawers--there was the peculiar lamp--there was the woman on the bed suffering from the hemorrhage4 ,upon inquiry he found that she had grown worse between three and four o'clock1 and had anxiously desired that he come to her about that time1 finally dispatching a messenger for him at half-past four1 the moment at which he awoke4 ,we could fill page after page with these interesting and well-authenticated instances1 but our lack of space prevents4 ,we have stated enough to illustrate the principle1 and then1 besides1 many of our readers will know of many similar instances in the actual experience of themselves1 relatives or friends4 ,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 phenomena4 ,,lesson ,,ix4 ,,past ,,time ,,psychomancy4 ,as we have previously stated1 ,time ,psychomancy is a term used to designate that phase of the phenomena in which one senses objects1 events1 persons1 etc41 in the records of the past2 and also in which he senses the indications of the future--the shadows of coming events4 ,for convenience1 we shall separate our consideration of the subject into two parts1 viz43 7#a7 ,past ,time ,psychomancy2 and 7#b7 ,future ,time ,psychomancy4 ,past ,time ,psychomancy is that phase of the phenomena which enables one to use his ,astral ,vision to explore the records of the past1 and we shall now proceed to examine4 ,the first question that naturally arises in the minds of careful students1 in connection with this phase of the phenomena1 is1 ,how is the person able to sense the scenes1 occurrences1 and objects of the past8 ,there are no vibrations emanating from past scenes1 and as they no longer exist1 how can anyone see them1 by ,astral ,vision1 or by any other means8 ,this question is a most proper one1 for even those who readily grasp the explanation of ,space ,psychomancy find themselves at a loss to understand the ,past ,time ,phenomena without a knowledge of the ,occult ,teachings on the subjects4 ,,the ,,akashic ,,records ,the secret of ,past ,time ,psychomancy is found in the ,occult ,teachings of the ,akashic ,records by which is meant that on the higher planes of ,universal ,substance1 there are to be found records of all that has happened and occurred during the entire ,world ,cycle of which the present time forms a part4 ,these records are preserved until the termination of the ,world ,cycle1 when they pass away with the ,world of which they are a record4 ,this does not mean that there is any ,great ,book in which the doings1 good and bad1 of people are written down by the ,recording ,angel1 as popular fanciful legends have it4 ,but it does mean that there is a scientific occult basis for the popular legend1 in spite of the sneers of the skeptics4 ,we must turn to modern science for a corroboration4 ,it is now taught by scientists that there is no such thing as a destruction of ,energy1 but that ,energy always exists in some form4 ,the ,occult ,teachings verify this1 and go further1 when they state that every action1 thought1 happening1 event1 occurrence1 etc41 no matter how small or insignificant1 leaves an indelible record on the ,akasha 7or ,universal ,ether7 with which ,space is filled4 ,in other words1 every action1 or scene1 that has ever occurred or existed in the past1 has left an impression in the ,universal ,ether1 or ,akasha1 where it may be read by developed ,psychomancy4 ,there is nothing especially wonderful about this1 when you compare it with other facts in nature4 ,astronomy teaches us that light travels at the rate of #ahf1jjj miles a second--and that there are fixed stars in space so far removed from the ,earth that their light leaving them hundreds1 yes1 thousands1 of years ago1 is only now reaching our sight4 ,in other words1 when we look at some of the fixed stars1 we do not see them as they now are1 or where they now are1 but merely see them where and how they were hundreds of years ago when the rays of light left them4 ,astronomers tell us that if one of these stars happened to be blotted out of existence hundreds of years ago1 we would be still seeing the light that left them before the event--in other words would be seeing them hundreds of years after they had ceased to be4 ,and our children1 and children's children1 for several generations would still see them1 and would not learn of the terrible catastrophe for hundreds of years after it actually happened4 ,the vibrations of light once set into motion would persist for centuries1 and even for thousands of years after their source had disappeared4 ,this is no wild occult fancy1 but a well-proven and thoroughly-established scientific fact1 as any one may see for himself by reference to any work on astronomy4 ,and the same is true of waves of electricity1 or electronic emanations1 or waves of any kind of energy4 ,really1 even in the physical view of things1 nothing can exist without leaving a record in the ,universal ,ether4 ,and so the ,occult ,teachings now find their corroboration in ,modern ,science4 ,another illustration is found in the phenomena of the ,memory of ,man4 ,stored away in our brain cells are records of things1 events1 scenes1 occurrences1 people1 and objects1 registered there in past years4 ,you often find yourself thinking about people1 things and events of years long since passed away--and by a mere effort of the will you bring the records of these people1 things1 or events before your mental vision and see them reproduced in detail4 ,dissect a brain-cell and you will find no trace of the thing there--but nevertheless every exercise of memory proves that the record is there4 ,and there is nothing more wonderful1 or miraculous1 in the ,akashic ,records of ,past ,events1 than there is in the ,memory ,record of ,past ,events6 ,the ,universal ,ether1 or ,akasha1 has within itself a true and full record of anything1 and everything1 that has ever existed within its space4 ,and if one develops the power to read these records at will1 he has a full and complete key to the past1 from the speaking of the ,creative ,word which began this great ,world ,cycle4 ,but1 in order to avoid a misapprehension1 we must say to our students that none but the most advanced and highly-developed ,occultists and ,masters have clear access to the planes upon which these records are to be found4 ,the majority of ,psychomancers merely see on the ,lower ,astral ,plane a reflection of the ,akashic ,records1 which reflection may be compared to the reflection of the trees and landscape in a pond of water1 which of course1 is often more or less imperfect--distorted and disturbed by the ripples and waves occasioned by the passing breezes1 and sometimes being made muddy and clouded4 ,the records of the ,past1 open to the average ,psychomancer1 are merely reflections of records1 which are apt to be more or less distorted1 or cloudy1 by reason of the disturbances of the surface of the reflecting medium4 ,this is a brief and simple statement of an important ,occult scientific truth1 which would require volumes to explain technically4 ,the illustration of the reflecting surface of the water1 however1 is so true to the real facts that the student may confidently adopt the same as his mental image of the phenomena of ,past ,time ,psychomancy4 ,in actual practice we find the phenomena of ,past ,time ,psychomancy manifested principally along the line of ,psychometry and ,crystal ,gazing1 the consideration of which phases of phenomena has been made in previous lessons in this book4 ,there are to be found1 however1 many instances of at least a partial manifestation of this phase of power among individuals in every-day life1 who when meeting a person frequently get impressions 7more or less correct7 of his or her past life1 past scenes1 etc4 ,the ,german writer1 ,zschokke1 in his autobiography1 writes as follows regarding this power of ,past ,time ,psychomancy possessed by him1 and which was often set into operation when he came into the presence of strangers for the first time4 ,he states3 ,it has happened to me sometimes1 on my first meeting with strangers1 as ,i silently listened to their discourse1 that their former life1 with many trifling circumstances therewith connected1 or frequently some particular scene in that life1 has passed quite involuntarily1 and1 as it were1 dream-like1 yet perfectly distinct1 before me4 ,during this time ,i usually feel so entirely absorbed in the contemplation of the stranger's life1 that at last ,i no longer see clearly the face of the unknown wherein ,i undesignedly read1 nor distinctly hear the voices of the speakers1 which before served in some measure as a commentary on the text of their features4 ,for a long time ,i held such visions as delusions of the fancy1 and the more so as they showed me even the dress and emotions of the actors1 rooms1 furniture1 and other accessories1 but ,i soon discovered otherwise4 ,on one occasion1 in a gay mood1 ,i narrated to my family the secret history of a seamstress who had just before quitted the room4 ,i had never seen the young woman before4 ,nevertheless1 the hearers were astonished and laughed1 and would not be persuaded but that ,i had a previous acquaintance with her and the facts of her former life1 inasmuch as what ,i had stated was perfectly true4 ,i was not the less astonished than they to find that my vision agreed with reality4 ,i then gave more attention to the subject1 and as often as propriety allowed of it1 ,i related to those whose lives had passed before me1 the substance of my visions1 in order to obtain from them a contradiction or verification thereof4 ,on every occasion the confirmation followed1 not without amazement on the part of those who gave it4 ,one day1 in the city of ,waldshut1 ,i entered an inn 7the ,vine7 in company with two young students4 ,we supped with a numerous company at the table d'hote1 where the guests were making very merry with the peculiarities of the ,swiss1 with ,mesmer's magnetism1 ,lavater's physiognomy1 etc4 ,one of my companions1 whose national pride was wounded by their mockery1 begged me to make some reply1 particularly to a handsome young man who sat opposite to us1 and who had allowed himself extraordinary license4 ,this man's life was at that moment presented to my mind4 ,i turned to him1 and asked whether he would answer me candidly if ,i related to him some of the most secret passages of his life1 ,i knowing as little of him personally as he did of me4 ,he promised1 if ,i were correct1 to admit it frankly4 ,i then related what my vision had shown me1 and the whole company were made acquainted with the private history of the young merchant--his school years1 his youthful errors1 and1 lastly1 with a fault committed in reference to the strong-box of his principal4 ,i described the uninhabited room with whitened walls1 where1 to the right of the brown door1 on a table1 stood a black money-box1 etc4 ,a dead silence prevailed during the whole narrative1 which ,i alone occasionally interrupted by inquiring whether ,i spoke the truth4 ,the startled young man confirmed every particular1 and even1 what ,i had scarcely expected1 the last mentioned4 ,touched by his candor1 ,i shook hands with him1 and said no more4 ,he is1 probably1 still living4 ,,lesson ,x4 ,,future ,,time ,,psychomancy4 ,future ,time ,psychomancy1 as the term itself indicates1 is the name given to that class of phenomena in which one is able to sense the ,astral ,plane impression of coming events--the psychic shadows thrown before by coming events4 ,in order to give the student a technical nature of the occult cause behind this phenomena would require volumes of the deepest metaphysical lore1 which field is foreign to the purposes of this work which deals with phenomena alone1 and does not enter into the metaphysical side of the subject4 ,it will be sufficient for the student to understand that in the ,astral as well as on the ,physical ,plane1 ,coming ,events cast their ,shadows ,before4 ,without entering into a discussion of ,destiny or ,fate1 or anything of that kind1 it may be stated that when ,causes are set into motion1 the ,effects follow1 unless other ,causes intervene4 ,in some cases certain effects have been averted by reason of the previous ,vision--in such cases the other ,causes intervened1 which showed that the matter was not wholly cut and dried4 ,it is like a man walking toward a precipice--he will walk over unless he is warned in some way4 ,he is not fated to walk over but over he will go1 unless warned and prevented4 ,do you see what we mean8 ,on the other hand1 there seem to be cases in which the person seems unable to escape the ,effect of ,causes once set into motion--he even seems to run into the effect1 while seeking to escape it4 ,in this connection the little fable of the ,persians may be quoted4 ,the story goes that a friend was with ,solomon when the ,angel of ,death entered and gazed at him fixedly4 ,upon learning who the strange visitor was1 the friend said to ,solomon1 ,pray transport me on thy magic carpet to ,damascus1 that ,i may escape this dread messenger4 ,and ,solomon complied with his request1 and the man was instantly magically transported to ,damascus4 ,then said the ,angel of ,death to ,solomon3 ,o ,solomon1 the reason that ,i gazed so intently at thy friend was because ,i had orders from ,on ,high to take him from the body at ,damascus1 and lo6 finding him here at ,jerusalem1 ,i was sore perplexed as to how to obey my orders4 ,but1 thou1 by transporting him to ,damascus hath rendered my task an easy one4 ,many thanks1 for thy help at thy friend's suggestion1 ,o ,king6 ,and saying which the ,angel of ,death was wafted away to ,damascus to take the man1 according to orders4 ,the phenomena of ,premonitions1 ,prevision1 and ,second ,sight1 are all forms or phases of ,future ,time ,psychomancy4 ,in these various forms the phenomena is of quite common and frequent occurrence1 and is met with all over the world4 ,in the ,isle of ,skye many persons possess the gift of ,second ,sight in varying degree1 but they claim that a native of the island loses the power when he moves to the mainland4 ,in the same way the ,scotch ,highlander 7among whose people the gift is quite common7 is said to sometimes lose the faculty when he removes to the lowlands4 ,the ,westphalian peasants also are noted for the power of ,second ,sight4 ,an instance of this phase of the phenomena1 well known in ,england1 is that connected with the assassination of ,mr4 ,percival in the lobby of the ,house of ,commons4 ,this deed was foreseen by ,john ,williams1 a ,cornish mine manager1 some nine days before its actual occurrence1 the vision being perfect down to the most minute details4 ,williams had the vision three times in succession4 ,he saw a small man1 dressed in a blue coat and white waistcoat1 enter the lobby of the ,house of ,commons1 when another person1 dressed in a snuff-colored coat1 stepped forward and drawing a pistol from an inside pocket fired at and shot the little man1 the bullet lodging in the left breast4 ,he seemed to ask some bystander who was the victim1 and he received the reply that it was ,mr4 ,percival1 the ,chancellor of the ,exchequer4 ,williams was so much wrought up over the vision1 that he seriously contemplated going to ,london to warn the victim1 but his friends1 to whom he told the story1 ridiculed him and persuaded him not to go on a fool's errand4 ,a few days later the news was received of the assassination of ,mr4 ,percival1 in precisely the manner indicated by the vision4 ,george ,fox the ,quaker1 experienced the impression of a waft of death about ,cromwell when he met him riding at ,hampton ,court1 shortly before his fatal illness4 ,fox also foretold the expulsion of the ,rump ,parliament2 the restoration of ,charles ,,ii2 and the ,fire of ,london4 ,caesar's wife had a warning of her husband's death4 ,the ,bible is filled with similar instances4 ,we will conclude this lesson with a recital of the wonderful instance of ,cazotte1 whose prediction1 and its literal fulfillment1 are now matters of ,french history4 ,la ,harpe tells the story as follows3 ,it appears but as yesterday1 and yet1 nevertheless1 it was at the beginning of the year #aghh4 ,we were dining with one of our brethren at the ,academy--a man of considerable wealth and genius4 ,the conversation became serious2 much admiration was expressed on the revolution in thought which ,voltaire had effected1 and it was agreed that it was his first claim to the reputation he enjoyed4 ,we concluded that the revolution must soon be consummated2 that it was indispensable that superstition and fanaticism should give place to philosophy1 and we began to calculate the probability of the period when this should be1 and which of the present company should live to see it4 ,the oldest complained that they could scarcely flatter themselves with the hope2 the younger rejoiced that they might entertain this very probable expectation2 and they congratulated the ,academy especially for having prepared this great work1 and for having been the great rallying point1 the centre1 and the prime mover of the liberty of thought4 ,one only of the guests had not taken part in all the joyousness of this conversation1 and had even gently and cheerfully checked our splendid enthusiasm4 ,this was ,cazotte1 an amiable and original man1 but unhappily infatuated with the reveries of the illuminati4 ,he spoke1 and with the most serious tone4 ',gentlemen1' said he1 'be satisfied2 you will all see this great and sublime revolution1 which you so much desire4 ,you know that ,i am a little inclined to prophesy2 ,i repeat1 you will see it4' ,he was answered by the common rejoinder3 ',one need not be a conjuror to see that4' ',be it so2 but perhaps one must be a little more than conjuror for what remains for me to tell you4 ,do you know what will be the consequence of this revolution--what will be the consequence to all of you1 and what will be the immediate result--the well-established effect--the thoroughly-recognized consequence to all of you who are here present8' ',ah6' said ,condorcet1 with his insolent and half-suppressed smile1 'let us hear--a philosopher is not sorry to encounter a prophet4' ',you1 ,monsieur de ,condorcet--you will yield up your last breath on the floor of a dungeon2 you will die from poison1 which you will have taken1 in order to escape from execution--from poison which the happiness of that time will oblige you to carry about your person4' ',monsieur de ,chamfort1 you will open your veins with twenty-two cuts of a razor1 and yet you will not die until some months afterward4' ,they looked at each other1 and laughed again4 ',you1 ,monsieur ,vicq d',azir1 you will not open your own veins1 but you will cause yourself to be bled six times in one day1 during a parozysm of the gout1 in order to make more sure of your end1 and you will die in the night4 ,you1 ,monsieur de ,nicolai1 you will die upon the scaffold2 you1 ,monsieur ,bailly1 on the scaffold2 you1 ,monsieur de ,malesherbes1 on the scaffold4' ',ah6 ,god be thanked1' exclaimed ,roucher1 'and what of ,i8' ',you6 you also will die upon the scaffold4' ',yes1' replied ,chamfort1 'but when will all this happen8' ',six years will not pass over1 before all that ,i have said to you shall be accomplished4' ',here are some astonishing miracles 7and1 this time1 it was ,i myself 7,la ,harpe7 who spoke71 but you have not included me in your list4' ',but you will be there1 as an equally extraordinary miracle2 you will then be a ,christian4' ,vehement exclamations on all sides4 ',ah1' replied ,chamfort1 ',i am comforted2 if we shall perish only when ,la ,harpe shall be a ,christian1 we are immortal4' ',as for that1' then observed ,madame la ,duchesse de ,grammont1 'we women1 we are happy to be counted for nothing in these revolutions3 when ,i say for nothing1 it is not that we do not always mix ourselves up with them a little2 but it is a received maxim that they take no notice of us1 and of our sex4' ',your sex1 ladies1 will not protect you this time2 and you had far better meddle with nothing1 for you will be treated entirely as men1 without any difference whatever4' ',but what1 then1 are you really telling us of1 ,monsieur ,cazotte8 ,you are preaching to us the end of the world4' ',i know nothing on this subject2 but what ,i do know is1 that you1 ,madame la ,duchesse1 will be conducted to the scaffold1 you and many other ladies with you1 in the cart of the executioner1 and with your hands tied behind your backs4' ',ah6 ,i hope that1 in that case1 ,i shall at least have a carriage hung in black4' ',no1 madame2 higher ladies than yourself will go1 like you1 in the common car1 with their hands tied behind them4' ',higher ladies6 what6 the princesses of the blood8' ',still more exalted personages4' ,here a sensible emotion pervaded the whole company1 and the countenance of the host was dark and lowering2 they began to feel that the joke was become too serious4 ,madame de ,grammont1 in order to dissipate the cloud1 took no notice of the reply1 and contented herself with saying in a careless tone3 ',you see that he will not leave me even a confessor6' ',no1 madame1 you will not have one--neither you1 nor any one besides4 ,the last victim to whom this favor will be afforded will be----' ,he stopped for a moment4 ',well6 who then will be the happy mortal to whom this prerogative will be given8' '',tis the only one which he will have then retained--and that will be the king of ,france4' ,the amazing sequel to this historical prediction is that it was verified in every detail1 as all students of the ,french ,revolution know--and all within the six years1 as ,cazotte foretold4 ,,lesson ,,xi4 ,,dream ,,psychomancy4 ,the ,student will have noted that in many cases mentioned in these lessons1 the ,psychomantic vision manifested during physical sleep4 ,the reason of this occurrence is that in the majority of persons the physical nature1 when awake1 holds the attention of the individual to such an extent as to prevent him from manifesting the psychic faculties clearly4 ,but when the physical body sinks into sleep then the field is clear for the exercise of the ,astral ,senses1 which not being fatigued1 are in fine condition to manifest4 ,in fact the majority of persons do manifest ,psychomancy during sleep1 but have little or no recollection of the same when waking1 beyond indistinct recollections of dreams1 etc4 ,still1 many of you who read these lines will have a more or less clear remembrance of certain dreams in which you seemed to visit other places1 scenes1 lands1 countries1 etc41 seeing strange faces1 land-scapes1 etc41 and upon awakening were somewhat annoyed at having been brought back from your pleasant travels4 ,it is not our intention to enter into an extended consideration of the general subject of ,dreams1 at this time and place4 ,we write these few lines merely for the purpose of calling your attention to the fact that the phenomena of ,psychomancy very frequently manifests itself in dreams1 for the reasons stated above4 ,the principle in both the waking and dream phenomena is precisely the same1 the apparent difference being that the dreamer very seldom carries back with him a clear and connected memory of his vision1 while the waking person is able to impress his ,astral vision upon a wide-awake physical brain1 there to be remembered4 ,you will find several instances of ,dream ,psychomancy recorded in the various lessons of this work1 inserted for the purpose of illustrating the several phases of the phenomena4 ,in such cases we have made no distinction between the ,psychomantic phenomena experienced in dreams on the one hand1 and that experienced in the waking state on the other hand4 ,the principle is the same in both cases1 and there is no necessity for making any such distinction between the phenomena occurring under any of the several general classes4 ,but as we still have to spare a few pages of the space allotted to us in the preparation of these lessons1 we think that we should give you a few more of the many interesting cases of record4 ,a well-known and interesting case is that mentioned in the ,proceedings of the ,psychical ,research ,society1 of ,london4 ,it is related as follows3 ,on ,september #ith1 #ahdh1 at the siege of ,mooltan1 ,major-,general ,r4 was most severely and dangerously wounded2 and1 supposing himself to be dying1 asked one of the officers with him to take the ring off his finger and send it to his wife1 who at the time was fully #aej miles distant at ,ferozepore4 ,on the night of ,september #ith1 #ahdh1 writes his wife1 ,i was lying on my bed1 between sleeping and waking1 when ,i distinctly saw my husband being carried off the field seriously wounded1 and heard his voice1 saying1 ',take this ring off my finger and send it to my wife4' ,all the next day ,i could not get the sight or the voice out of my mind4 ,in due time ,i heard of ,general ,r4 having been seriously wounded in the assault of ,mooltan4 ,he survived1 however1 and is still living4 ,it was not for some time after the siege that ,i heard from ,general ,l41 the officer who helped to carry my husband off the field1 that the request as to the ring was actually made by him1 just as ,i heard it at ,ferozepore at that very time4 ,the following1 related by ,mrs4 ,crowe1 is interesting1 particularly in its aspect as a warning3 ,a few years ago1 ,dr4 ,watson1 now residing at ,glasgow1 dreamt that he received a summons to attend a patient at a place some miles from where he was living2 that he started on horseback1 and that as he was crossing a moor1 he saw a bull making furiously at him1 whose horns he escaped only by taking refuge on a spot inaccessible to the animal1 where he waited a long time till some people1 observing his situation1 came to his assistance and released him4 ,while at breakfast the following morning the summons came1 and smiling at the odd co-incidence 7as he thought it71 he started on horseback4 ,he was quite ignorant of the road he had to go1 but by and by he arrived at the moor1 which he recognized1 and presently the bull appeared1 coming full tilt towards him4 ,but his dream had shown him the place of refuge1 for which he instantly made1 and there he spent three or four hours besieged by the animal1 till the country people set him free4 ,dr4 ,watson declared that but for the dream he should not have known in what direction to run for safety4 ,this case is an instance of ,future ,time ,psychomancy1 as the student will readily see4 ,here is another case coming under the same classification4 ,it is related by ,dr4 ,lee3 ,mrs4 ,hannah ,green1 the housekeeper of a country family in ,oxfordshire1 dreamt one night that she had been left alone in the house on a ,sunday evening1 and that hearing a knock at the door of the chief entrance1 she went to it and found confronting her an ugly tramp1 armed with a big club1 who forced himself into the house in spite of her struggles1 striking her insensible with his club during the conflict4 ,she awoke at this point4 ,a considerable period of time elapsed1 and she had almost forgotten her dream until it was recalled in a startling manner4 ,she was then in charge of an isolated mansion at ,kensington1 and on a ,sunday afternoon1 when the servants had taken a holiday1 leaving her alone1 she was startled by a loud knock at the door4 ,at once the memory of her dream flashed before her with singular vividness and remarkable force4 ,she knew that she was alone1 but for the purpose of frightening away the intruder she lighted a lamp on the hall table1 and afterward in other places in the house1 and also rang the bells violently in different parts of the house4 ,she also made sure that the doors and windows were fastened4 ,she succeeded in scaring off the man1 by making him believe that the house was occupied by the family1 or several people at least1 but not until she had thrown up the window over the stair landing1 and there to her intense terror saw the identical man of her dream1 armed with the same club1 and demanding an entrance4 ,had she not been warned by the dream of several years previous1 she would have met with a fate such as she had dreamed of4 ,the following case of ,dream ,psychomancy1 which is a good example of ,astral ,projection during sleep1 is related by a correspondent of the ,psychical ,research ,society1 as follows3 ,one morning in ,december1 #ahcf1 he had the following dream1 or1 he would prefer to call it1 revelation4 ,he found himself suddenly at the gate of ,major ,n4 ,m4's avenue1 many miles from his home4 ,close to him was a group of persons1 one of whom was a woman with a basket on her arm1 the rest men1 four of whom were tenants of his own1 while the others were unknown to him4 ,some of the strangers seemed to be assaulting ,h4 ,w41 one of his tenants1 and he interfered4 ',i struck violently at the man on my left1 and then with greater violence at the man's face on my right4 ,finding1 to my surprise1 that ,i had not knocked down either1 ,i struck again and again with all the violence of a man frenzied at the sight of my poor friend's murder4 ,to my great amazement ,i saw my arms1 although visible to my eye1 were without substance1 and the bodies of the men ,i struck at and my own came close together after each blow through the shadowy arms ,i struck with4 ,my blows were delivered with more extreme violence than ,i ever think ,i exerted1 but ,i became painfully convinced of my incompetency4 ,i have no consciousness of what happened after this feeling of unsubstantiality came upon me4' ,next morning ,a4 experienced the stiffness and soreness of violent bodily exercise1 and was informed by his wife that in the course of the night he had much alarmed her by striking out again and again with his arms in a terrific manner1 'as if fighting for his life4' ,he1 in turn1 informed her of his dream1 and begged her to remember the names of those actors in it who were known to him4 ,on the morning of the following day 7,wednesday7 ,a4 received a letter from his agent1 who resided in the town close to the scene of the dream1 informing that his tenant had been found on ,tuesday morning at ,major ,n4 ,m4's gate1 speechless and apparently dying from a fracture of the skull1 and that there was no trace of the murderers4 ,that night ,a4 started for the town1 and arrived there on ,thursday morning4 ,on his way to a meeting of magistrates he met the senior magistrate of that part of the country1 and requested him to give orders for the arrest of the three men whom1 besides ,h4 ,w41 he had recognized in his dream1 and to have them examined separately4 ,this was at once done4 ,the three men gave identical accounts of the occurrence1 and all named the woman who was with them4 ,she was then arrested1 and gave precisely similar testimony4 ,they said that between eleven and twelve on the ,monday night they had been walking homewards altogether along the road1 when they were overtaken by three strangers1 two of whom savagely assaulted ,h4 ,w41 while the other prevented his friends from interfering4 ,h4 ,w4 did not die1 but was never the same man afterwards2 he subsequently emigrated4 ,stead relates the following case1 which was imparted to him as a truthful and correct account of the vision of a murder seen in all of its details by a brother of the murdered man4 ,it is a case of ,astral ,projection1 undoubtedly3 ,st4 ,eglos is situated about ten miles from the ,atlantic1 and not quite so far from the old market town of ,trebodwina4 ,hart and ,george ,northey were brothers1 and from childhood their lives had been marked by the strongest brotherly affection4 ,hart and ,george ,northey had never been separated from their birth until ,george became a sailor1 ,hart meantime joining his father in business4 ,on the #hth of ,february1 #ahdj1 while ,george ,northey's ship was lying in port at ,st4 ,helena1 he had the following strange dream3 ',last night ,i dreamt my brother was at ,trebodwina ,market1 and that ,i was with him1 quite close by his side1 during the whole of the market transactions4 ,although ,i could see and hear everything which passed around me1 ,i felt sure that it was not my bodily presence which thus accompanied him1 but my shadow1 or rather my spiritual presence1 for he seemed quite unconscious that ,i was near him4 ,i felt that my being thus present in this strange way betokened some hidden danger which he was destined to meet1 and which ,i knew my presence could not avert1 for ,i could not speak to warn him of his peril4' ,the brother having collected considerable money then started on his ride homeward4 ,the story then continues3 ',my terror gradually increased as ,hart approached the hamlet of ,polkerrow1 until ,i was in a perfect frenzy1 frantically desirous1 yet unable1 to warn my brother in some way and prevent him going further4 ,i suddenly became aware of two dark shadows thrown across the road4 ,i felt my brother's hour had come1 and ,i was powerless to aid him6 ,two men appeared1 whom ,i instantly recognized as notorious poachers1 who lived in a lonely wood near ,st4 ,eglos4 ,the men wished him ,good-night1 maister1 civilly enough4 ,he replied1 and entered into conversation with them about some work he had promised them4 ,after a few minutes they asked him for some money4 ,the elder of the two brothers1 who was standing near the horse's head1 said1 ,mr4 ,northey1 we know you have just come from ,trebodwina market with plenty of money in your pockets2 we are desperate men1 and you bean't going to leave this place until we've got that money1 so hand over4 ,my brother made no reply1 except to slash at him with the whip and spur the horse at him4 ',the younger of the ruffians instantly drew a pistol and fired4 ,hart dropped lifeless from the saddle1 and one of the villains held him by the throat with a grip of iron for some minutes1 as though to make assurance doubly sure1 and crush out any particle of life my poor brother might have left4 ,the murderers secured the horse to a tree in the orchard1 and1 having rifled the corpse1 they dragged it up the stream1 concealing it under the overhanging banks of the water-course4 ,they then carefully covered over all marks of blood on the road1 and hid the pistol in the thatch of a disused hut close to the roadside2 then1 setting the horse free to gallop home alone1 they decamped across the country to their own cottage4' ,the vessel left ,st4 ,helena next day1 and reached ,plymouth in due course4 ,george ,northey had during the whole of the voyage home1 never altered his conviction that ,hart had been killed as he had dreamt1 and that retribution was by his means to fall on the murderers4 ,the sequel shows that the murder was actually committed in precisely the manner in which it had appeared to the brother in the dream4 ,the crime aroused universal horror and indignation1 and every effort was made to discover the murderers and bring them to justice4 ,two brothers named ,hightwood were suspected1 and a search of their cottage revealed bloodstained garments1 but no trace of the pistol was to be found1 although the younger brother admitted having had one and lost it4 ,the story continues3 ,both brothers were arrested and brought before the magistrates4 ,the evidence against them was certainly not strong1 but their manner seemed that of guilty men4 ,they were ordered to take their trial at the forthcoming assizes at ,trebodwina4 ,they each confessed in the hope of saving their lives1 and both were sentenced to be hanged4 ,there was1 however1 some doubt about the pistol4 ,before the execution ,george ,northey arrived from ,st4 ,helena1 and declared that the pistol was in the thatch of the old cottage close by the place where they murdered ,hart ,northey1 and where they hid it4 ',how did you know8' he was asked4 ,george ,northey replied3 ',i saw the foul deed committed in a dream ,i had the night of the murder1 when at ,st4 ,helena4' ,a pistol was found1 as ,george ,northey had predicted1 in the thatch of the ruined cottage4 ,we trust that we have established the identity of ,waking ,psychomancy1 and ,dream ,psychomancy1 to your satisfaction4 ,,finis4 ,practical ,mind ,reading ,by ,william ,walker ,atkinson ,a course of ,lessons on ,thought ,transference1 ,telepathy1 ,mental ,currents1 ,mental ,rapport1 etc4 ,this book is full of practical condensed instruction about every phase of ,mind ,reading1 ,telepathy1 etc4 ,the exercises and directions are so plain and simple that they can be understood and demonstrated by any person of ordinary intelligence4 ,here you will find complete instruction in all the latest points about ,mind ,reading4 ,it tells how ,thought ,transference is practiced in the scientific laboratory as well as by a public performer4 ,it tells you how to perform feats that will mystify an audience and arouse the deepest interest and enthusiasm1 or you can conduct ,telepathic experiments with your friends right in your own home4 ,here are the titles of the lessons and a few of the subjects treated3 ,the ,nature of ,mind ,reading--,a vast1 mysterious subject4 ,power of ,etheric ,vibrations2 ,mental wireless telepathy2 the mysteries of science2 ,action of mind upon mind2 ,the mental battery4 ,the ,proofs of ,mind ,reading--,the ,psychic post office3 ,wonderful results2 ,a convincing experiment4 ,contact ,mind ,reading--,the two classes of mind reading3 ,the simplest form2 ,nerve current theory2 ,the truth about public performances4 ,development ,exercises--,how to begin2 ,rapport conditions--,rhythmic breathing2 ,details of finding objects4 ,no4 #h--ie ,pages1 ,paper ,bound1 ,size #fd-a_/b ,,the ,,human ,,aura ,astral ,colors and ,thought ,forms by ,,swami ,,panchadasi ,contents ,,chapter ,i4--,what is the ,human ,aura4 ,the human aura is a very important and interesting phase of every personality4 ,,chapter ,,ii4--,the ,prana ,aura4 ,how it affects the human aura4 ,interesting experiments4 ,,chapter ,,iii4--,the ,astral ,colors4 ,each mental or emotional state has its own astral hue4 ,,chapter ,,iv4--,the ,astral colors interpreted4 ,the varying reds1 the yellow of pride1 the green of jealousy1 the spiritual blue1 and the idealistic white4 ,,chapter ,v4--,the ,aura ,kaleidoscope4 ,how the trained occultist is able to ascertain the character and tendencies of a person4 ,,chapter ,,vi4--,thought ,form4 ,how thought forms are projected and travel4 ,a wonderful study of a fascinating subject4 ,,chapter ,,vii4--,psychic ,influence of ,color4 ,how certain tints affect persons favorably and others unfavorably4 ,,chapter ,,viii4--,auric ,magnetism4 ,magnetic healing4 ,how to treat yourself and others by this method4 ,,chapter ,,ix4--,developing the ,aura4 ,how to build up a strong positive aura4 ,no4 #aa1 #hf ,pages1 ,paper ,bound1 ,size #fd-a_/b ,,mental ,,influence ,by ,william ,walker ,atkinson ,a course of ,lessons on ,mental ,vibration1 ,psychic influence1 ,personal ,magnetism1 ,fascination1 ,psychic ,self-,protection1 etc4 ,illustration3 ,,mental ,,influence by ,william ,walker ,atkinson ,,lesson #a4--,why one mind can be made to influence another4 ,,lesson #b4--;,how thought waves manifest1 and how they affect other persons4 ,,lesson #c4--;,how mental states are transmitted4 ,,lesson #d4--,what mental concentration is1 and how it works4 ,the occult teachings regarding developing the powers of concentration4 ,a course of training described and explained4 ,,lesson #e4--;,how occultists form a mental image4 ,,lesson #f4--,the secret of mental fascination and personal magnetism4 ,why some have such a charming1 irresistible influence4 ,how it can be cultivated4 ,,lesson #g4--;,difference between fascination and hypnotism4 ,how hypnotic influence upon others affects the person4 ,the truth about hypnotism4 ,,lesson #h4--;,influencing at a distance4 ,how you can exert a mental influence upon others at a distance4 ,how distant treatments are given4 ,the most effective occult methods and practices4 ,,lesson #i4--;,how mental influence may be used to affect a great number of people at the same time4 ,,lesson #aj4--,the need of instruction on the part of the public4 ,no4 #g--if ,pages1 ,paper ,bound4 ,size #fd-a_/b