Crystallomancy, or crystal gazing, is a method of divination of distant or future events by gazing into a crystal or a ball of polished rock crystal. In popular media, a crystal ball is often used. Among objects used are a pool of ink in the hand (Egypt), the liver of an animal (tribes of the North-West Indian frontier), a hole filled with water (Polynesia), quartz crystals (the Apaches and the Euahlayi tribe of New South Wales), a smooth slab of polished black stone (the Huille-che of South America), water in a vessel ( ...

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CRYSTAL GAZING - the use of a candle flame, a crystal ball, a black mirror, a dark bowl of water or a bright sword for divination. (SD)

(See also: CRYSTAL GAZING, Wiccan Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

Crystal Gazing

the use of a crystal ball, for divination.

(See also: Crystal Gazing, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Non-acceptance of Isvara or God: The Sankhya system is called Nir-Isvara (Godless) Sankhya. It is atheistical. The Sankhyas do not believe in Isvara. They do not accept Isvara (God). The creation produced by Prakriti has an existence of its own, independent of all connection with the particular Purusha to which it is united. So the Sankhyas say that there is no need for an intelligent Creator of the world, or even of any superintending power.

Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda

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Catoptromancy (Gk. Katoptron, mirror, and manteia, divination), divination by mirrors and related techniques such as crystal gazing, etc. Other related archives

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As a common precursor, when you sit down to practice exercises in concentration and contemplation, precede your sessions with a prayer to God or Guru, and invoke their presence and Grace.

Smile and fill your heart with a recollection of joy and happiness that you may have experienced in the past. Feel God's light suffusing and relaxing the entire body, and gently, rhythmically, slow down the process of breathing. It always helps to keep your eyes shut and focused on the area of the third eye. Closing the eyes ensures stillness of the mind. The attention should always be turned inward, that is, we should try and lose awareness of our bodies and feel the consciousness being sucked into the vacuum-like depths of the eternity.

(See also: Meditation  and Concentration, Meditation, Meditation for Beginners, Meditation Techniques)

The word Yoga comes from the root Yuj which means to join. Yoga is restraint of the activities of the mind, and is the union of the individual soul with the Supreme Soul.

Hiranyagarbha is the founder of the Yoga system. The Yoga founded by Patanjali Maharshi is a branch or supplement of the Sankhya. It has its own charm for students of a mystic temperament and of a contemplative type. It claims greater orthodoxy than the Sankhya proper by directly acknowledging the existence of a Supreme Being (Isvara).

Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda

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The word - Sankhya - means - number -. The system gives an enumeration of the principles of the universe, twenty-five in number. Hence the name is quite appropriate. The term - Sankhya - is used in the sense of - Vichara - or - philosophical reflection - also.

In the Sankhya system, there is no analytical enquiry into the universe as actually existing, arranged under topics and categories. There is a synthetical system, starting from an original primordial Tattva or Principle, called Prakriti, that which evolves or produces or brings forth (Prakaroti) everything else.

Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda

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Samhain. All Hallows. All Hallow's Eve. Hallow E'en. Halloween. The most magical night of the year. Exactly opposite Beltane on the wheel of the year, Halloween is Beltane's dark twin. A night of glowing jack-o-lanterns, bobbing for apples, tricks or treats, and dressing in costume. A night of ghost stories and seances, tarot card readings and scrying with mirrors. A night of power, when the veil that separates our world from the Otherworld is at its thinnest. A "spirit night," as they say in Wales.

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Urim and Thummim (in Hebrew Urim VeTumim, אורים ותמים, Tiberian Hebrew ʾÛrîm wəṮummîm, Standard Hebrew אורים ותומים Urim vəTummim; Arabic اوريم وتميم Ūrīm waṮummīm) — typically translated as "lights and perfections" or "revelation and truth" — were a divination medium or process used by ancient Hebrews (usually Israelites) in revealing the will of God on a contested point of view or other problem. Also used to translate ancient manuscripts ...

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• Urim and Thummim - Device or process
• Urim and Thummim - Biblical references
• Urim and Thummim - Christian views
• Urim and Thummim - Non-Biblical references
• Urim and Thummim - University References
• Urim and Thummim - External link

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Scrying is the occult practice of using a medium, most commonly a reflective surface or translucent body, to aid perceived psychic abilities such as clairvoyance. The mediums often used to "see" are water, polished precious stones, crystal balls, or mirrors. Scrying, in this context, uses a "visual" process. There are some who believe the art of scrying is not limited to the use of "refective" or "translucent" bodies only, but includes other mediums (see "Other forms of scrying"). Scrying has been used in many cultures as a means of seeing the past, present, or future; in this s ...

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• Scrying - Etymology
• Scrying - Art of scrying
• Scrying - History of visual scrying
• Scrying - Scrying terms
• Scrying - Other forms of scrying
• Scrying - Historical figures
• Scrying - Ideology
• Scrying - Recommended reading

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An apparition, strictly speaking, is merely an appearance (Latin apparere, to appear), the result of perception exercised on any stimulus of any of the senses. But in ordinary usage the word apparition denotes a perception (generally through the sense of sight) which cannot, as a rule, be shown to be occasioned by an object in external nature. We say "as a rule" because many so-called apparitions are merely illusions, i.e. misconstructions of the perceptive processes, as when a person in a bad light sees a number ...

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In English history, the cunning woman or cunning man is a professional or semi-professional folk magic user up until the twentieth century. Such people were also frequently known as wizards, wise men, wise women, witch doctors or conjurers. The term white witch was infrequently used for cunning folk until recent times, except in the county of Devon. Cunning folk are frequently confused with witches. The key difference between the two is that cunning folk were real, whereas there is no evidence that witches existed outsid ...

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• Cunning folk - Usual services offered by cunning folk
• Cunning folk - The legal position of cunning folk
• Cunning folk - Cunning folk and religion
• Cunning folk - External link
• Cunning folk - Reference

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In religion, the term "Animism" is used in a number of ways. Animism (from animus, or anima, mind or soul), originally means the doctrine of spiritual beings. It is often extended to include the belief that personalized, supernatural beings (or souls) endowed with reason, intelligence and volition inhabit ordinary objects as well as animate beings, and govern their existence (pantheism or animatism). More simply, the belief is that "everything is alive", "everything is conscious" or "everything has ...

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• Animism - Overview
• Animism - Origins
• Animism - Plant souls
• Animism - Object souls
• Animism - Animism and death
• Animism - Evil spirits
• Animism - Differences between animism and religion
• Animism - Animism and the origin of religion
• Animism - Animism and mythology
• Animism - Animism in philosophy
• Animism - Tylor
• Animism - List of phenomena believed to lead to animism
• Animism - The new animism

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Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions of Muhammad Household of Muhammad Prophets of Islam Qur'an • Hadith • Sharia Jurisprudence Biographies of Muhammad Sunni • Shi'a • Sufi Art • Architecture Cities • Calendar Science • Philosophy Religious leaders Women in Islam Politi ...

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• Sufism - Etymology
• Sufism - History of Sufism
• Sufism - Origins
• Sufism - The great Masters of Sufism
• Sufism - Formalisation of Philosophies of Sufism
• Sufism - Propagation of Sufism
• Sufism - Modern Sufism
• Sufism - Influences
• Sufism - Basic beliefs
• Sufism - Sufi Concepts
• Sufism - Lataif-e-sitta The Six Subtleties
• Sufism - Sufi cosmology
• Sufism - Sufi practices
• Sufism - Muraqaba
• Sufism - Dhikr
• Sufism - Qawwali
• Sufism - Sama
• Sufism - Orders of Sufism
• Sufism - Traditional orders
• Sufism - Non-Traditional Sufi Groups
• Sufism - Traditional Islamic schools of thought and Sufism
• Sufism - Sources

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This article is about the concepts and terminology in Robert Jordan's fantasy fiction series The Wheel of Time. Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Items of Power. Angreal are items of the One Power which enable the user to draw more of the One Power than they would normally be able to. Angreal also protect the user from drawing enough Power to burn themselves out. Sa'angreal are identical to angreal, except that they allow the user to draw more Power than even an an ...

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• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Items of Power
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Ogier
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Aelfinn and Eelfinn
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Shadowspawn
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Trollocs
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Myrddraal
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Darkhounds
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Gholam
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Draghkar
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Aes Sedai
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Warders
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Aiel
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Atha'an Miere
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Amayar
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Asha'man
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Children of the Light
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - The Hand of Light
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Darkfriends
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Dreadlords
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Gray Men
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - The Kin
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - The Knitting Circle
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Seanchan
• Concepts in the Wheel of Time series - Tuatha'an

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In heraldry, a charge is the image that occupies the field on an escutcheon (or shield). The most common charges, or "ordinaries", are geometric constructs such as crosses and saltires. Other charges include animals, plants, astronomical objects and tools ranging from those of ancient vintage to locomotives (railroads also occur in the arms of a handful of units of the United States Army), airplanes (the arms of Beddington and Wallington specify a "Hannibal Aircraft"), a satellite (in the arms of Arthur Maxwell House). "Atomic" charge ...

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• Charge heraldry - Tinctures
• Charge heraldry - Proper charges
• Charge heraldry - Honourable Ordinaries
• Charge heraldry - Sub-Ordinaries
• Charge heraldry - Diminutives
• Charge heraldry - Common charges
• Charge heraldry - Supernatural or Divine beings
• Charge heraldry - Humans
• Charge heraldry - Animals
• Charge heraldry - Plants
• Charge heraldry - Inanimate charges

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Crystal Gazing:

Staring into a reflecting surface (e.g., mirror, glass, crystal, liquid) in order to obtain paranormal information. Also known as scrying.

See also Divination .

(See also: Crystal Gazing, Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)

scrying

Crystal gazing

(See also: Scrying, Body Mind and Soul)

Crystalomancy: Divination or fortune telling by gazing into a crystal rock or crystal ball.

(See also: Crystalomancy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)