Crystalomancy

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

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Scry: To predict the future by gazing at or into an object such as a crystal ball or pool of water.

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2005-04-23

Scrying: A form of divination by gazing into something, usually a reflective surface (ie a crystal ball).

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Scrying - Any form of divination which involves gazing at or into something, such as a crystal ball or black mirror, to observe psychically-perceived images.

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SCRYING: A method of divination. To gaze at or into an object (a quartz crystal sphere, a pool of water, reflections, a candle flame) to still the conscious mind in order to contact the psychic mind. Scrying allows the scryer to become aware of events prior to their actual occurrence, as well as to perceive past or present events through other than the five senses.

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SCRY, SCRYING:

1) the act of gazing into an object to still Conscious Mind, allowing contact with Psychic Mind.

2) to practice divination by crystal ball, mirror or other transparent, reflective surface. See DIVINATION.

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SCRYING: Divination, usually using such methods as crystal gazing, or divination via incense smoke, or water as opposed to tarot or other manipulative means. A method using specific tools such as a bowl of inked water, a mirror, crystal ball, etc., where the diviner "sees" either normal visual pictures, mental visual pictures, or information without any pictures at all!

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SCRYING

(Or crystal gazing.) The trick is to learn first how to clear the crystal. What is needed is a blank screen (indeed an empty wall serves equally well). Shutting the eyes in hope of stirring up images can also be useful, if the practitioner can keep from falling asleep. A crystal ball is better only because it strongly stimulates the image-making faculty without eliciting soporific side-effects. Images so produced can be written down or recorded on tape for subsequent interpretation by the intuition. The serious practitioner should keep a record of recurrent common images and their occult meanings for him (e.g., a mountain might be a "challenge," a tree could be "health", a lion is "friendship, etc.). Then, when these images appear in the crystal ball, their condition can provide him with detailed information: a snow- covered mountain would be a worthwhile challenge, a rugged mountain would be a difficult challenge, etc.

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SCRYING - A form of divination intelling self hypnosis to achieve a trance state, in which joins the concious with the sub-concious to discern useful information. Usually done by using such methods as gazing into crystal balls, black glass or polished bronze mirrors, hearth fires, candle flames, smoke or a bowl filled water as opposed to tarot or other means that may be manipulated.

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At about the same time as Smith reportedly had his First Vision, it has been said that he began to practice crystal gazing, a form of divination in which a "seer" looks into a crystal, often called a seer stone, to divine esoteric knowledge. There are two stories about how Smith obtained his first seer stone. According to an account of an interview with Smith, Sr., a 14-year-old Joseph borrowed the stone from a person working as a local crystal gazer (Lapham 1870, pp. 305-306); it reportedly showed him the underground location ...

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Early life of Joseph Smith Jr., Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Smith's childhood, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Smith's religious background, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Joseph Smith's First Vision, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Work as a treasure seeker and marriage to Emma, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Moroni and the Golden Plates, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Moving to Harmony Pennsylvania, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Notes

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The Shining Trapezohedron was discovered in Egyptian ruins, in a box of alien construction, by Professor Enoch Bowen before he returned to Providence, Rhode Island in 1844. Members of the Church of Starry Wisdom in Providence would awaken the the Haunter of the Dark, an aspect of Nyarlathotep, by gazing into the glowing crystal. Summoned from the black gulfs of chaos, this being could show other worlds, other galaxies, and the secrets of arcane and paradoxical knowledge; but he demanded monstrous sacrifices, hinted at by disfigured skeletons that were later found in the church. The Haunter ...

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The Haunter of the Dark, The Haunter of the Dark - Synopsis, The Haunter of the Dark - The Shining Trapezohedron, The Haunter of the Dark - Trivia

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Because the words Urim and Thummim are plural and in most cases do not connote an object, the device or process could be referred to as Urim and Thummim rather than "the" Urim and Thummim (Hebrew האורים והתמים, Tiberian Hebrew hāʾÛrîm wəhatTummîm, Standard Hebrew האורים והתומים haʾUrim vəhaTummim; Arabic الاوريم و ...

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The earliest reference to Urim and Thummim in the Hebrew Bible is that Aaron carried them with him as High Priest. Many scholars believe Urim and Thummim were originally stones that resided in the breastplate (with other precious stones) of the Jewish High Priest ceremonial clothing when he officiated in the tabernacle or temple. Upon the death of Aaron and Moses, Joshua was instructed to present himself to the high priest for the counsel of the Urim and Thummim when he wished to consult God. This was in contrast to Moses, who ...

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Urim and Thummim play a role in Mormonism. Joseph Smith, Jr. claimed to have used a Urim and Thummim to assist in the translation of the Book of Mormon from metal plates. Smith also reportedly used the medium to assist in receiving divine revelation, such as in dictating some of the sections of the Doctrine and Covenants as well as to facilitate some portions of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible. The LDS Bible Dictionary defines an Urim and Thummim as "an instrument prepared of God to assist man in obtai ...

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Divination (from Latin divination a soothsayer from divus spiritual being, god)

The art of obtaining hidden knowledge by the aid of spiritual or ethereal beings. It is divisible into two main kinds: the inducing of seership or clairvoyance, and the interpretation of signs. Under the former come the oracular responses of the Pythian priestess, of the Cumaean Sibyl, and many similar instances, including all cases where the diviner induces trance or clairvoyance, whether in himself by natural power or by incantations, drugs, or other preparations; or in a subject, as when ink is poured into the palm of a child, who sees visions in it, or by some kind of hypnotism.

Under the second head come geomancy, augury, the reading of the marks on the liver of a slaughtered animal, reading cards, Chinese throwing-sticks, predictive astrology, palmistry, numerology, and a great variety of other forms. Between the two classes are ranged such practices as gazing into crystal or water, where external means and interior vision both play a part in the result. Often it is a means of utilizing one's own inner faculties, whether by natural or induced clairvoyance, or by employing the agencies which regulate events apparently casual such as the fall of the cards, the marks in the sand, the drawing of lots; and this last is related to the subject of omens.

The universal correspondences in nature, the interrelation of all things, imply that the most apparently casual and trivial events have of necessity connection with other events, so that the one can be interpreted by means of the other, provided only that the diviner knows the rules and has the insight and skill. Thus, in cartmancy, one deals the cards with a mind concentrated on the knowledge desired, and their fall is determined by these unseen and little understood influences. It is evident, however, that the condition and capacities of the diviner play an essential part in the success of the operation; hence the instructions as to fasting, continence, and the like, so often laid down as preliminaries.

The art of divining is and always has been universally diffused. Today this art, in common with many other items of ancient lore, has fallen into disrepute on account of the great abuse to which it has been subjected, as in the case of the abuses of black magic and sorcery. The same remarks would apply as are made in the case of psychism, seances, etc. -- that a large proportion of humanity is neither wise enough nor well-balanced enough to meddle with such methods; and there is too much tendency to use the methods for the gratification of mere personal desires or curiosity. We do far better to attend to the cultivation of our spiritual faculties, incomparably more powerful and effective, such as intuition.

It may be added that such practices as the slaughter of animals in order to read the entrails can scarcely be regarded, in any age, as pertaining to divine or white magic.

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Akashic Records - Believed to be a written account of all significant events throughout time, however the records have been lost for centures. An ancient table was discovered that is believed to be map that locates the records, but the tablet is written in a lost language that no one can decipher. Past Lives - As people progress through different lives, their souls remain in contact with the same souls in every lifetime. Souls can recognize each other so that they may find each other in each new life. Sometimes a past li ...

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List of Other Charmed Magical Information, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series One, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Two, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Three, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Four, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Five, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Six, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Seven

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After two of his pieces had been published in Crowley's journal The Equinox, Jones self-published his book Q.B.L., and then wrote several books that were issued through the Yogi Publication Society of Chicago. Jones self-published others with a "Collegium ad Spiritum Sanctum, Publications Department" imprint. Many of his writings remained unpublished on his death. Published writings: A Master of the Temple, Liber CLXXV (issued in The Equinox III:1, a.k.a. the "Blue" Equinox) This text is the published form of Jones' earli ...

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Charles Stansfeld Jones, Charles Stansfeld Jones - Jones as the Magical Child of Aleister Crowley, Charles Stansfeld Jones - Work in O.T.O., Charles Stansfeld Jones - Involvement in U.B., Charles Stansfeld Jones - Rumors of insanity and imprisonment, Charles Stansfeld Jones - The Aeon of Maat or MA-ION, Charles Stansfeld Jones - Jones' writings, Charles Stansfeld Jones - Sources

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Some cultures do not make a distinction between animate and inanimate objects. Natural phenomenon, geographic features, everyday objects, and manufactured articles may also be attributed with souls. In the north of Europe, in ancient Greece, in China, the water or river spirit is horse or bull-shaped. The water monster in serpent shape is even more widely found, but it is less strictly the spirit of the water. The spirit of syncretism manifests itself in this department of animism too, turning the immanent spirit into the pres ...

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Animism, 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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Once Smith had the purported Golden Plates, temporarily kept safe from his Palmyra neighbors, his focus turned to getting the engravings on them translated. To do so, however, he needed money, and at the time he was penniless (Smith 1853). Therefore, Smith sent his mother (Smith 1853, p. 110) to the home of Martin Harris, a local landowner said at the time to be worth about $8,000 to $10,000 (Howe 1834, p. 260). Harris had apparently been a close confidant of the Smith family since at least 1826 (Howe 1834, pp. 255), and he may have h ...

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Early life of Joseph Smith Jr., Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Smith's childhood, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Smith's religious background, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Joseph Smith's First Vision, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Work as a treasure seeker and marriage to Emma, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Moroni and the Golden Plates, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Moving to Harmony Pennsylvania, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Notes

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In some animistic worldviews found in hunter-gatherer cultures, the human being is often regarded as on a roughly equal footing with animals, plants, and natural forces. Therefore, it is morally imperative to treat these agents with respect. In this worldview, humans are considered a denizen, or part, of nature, rather than superior to or separate from it. In such societies, ritual is considered essential for survival as it wins the favor of the spirits of one's source of food, shelter, and fertility and wards off malevolent spirits. In more ...

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Animism, 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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