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A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

ght, or whenever you have time, you can explore your inner psychic powers at your altar. for example, you can gaze into a candle or scry into a bowl of water on the surface of which you have dripped coloured inks. try holding the different crystals that you place on your altar and allow impressions to pass through your fingertips, manifest as images, sounds or feelings. this psychic art is called psychometry and is one that will emerge spontaneously. you may, however, have a more specific aim in mind. for example, to improve your finances, place a pot of basil herbs, surrounded by golden coloured coins and light a green or golden prosperity candle while visualising golden coins showering upon you. if you have a friend who is sick, and wish to send healing thoughts to them, place a photogra

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astronomy "kabalistic astrology" etc. etc. with numerous diagrams and illustrations. 368 pp, handsomely bound in cloth gilt. gilt tops. crown 8vo. 6"s" net_ contents: part i. the occult sciences, comprising: astrology- palmistry- thaumaturgy- kabalism- numerology- talismans- hypnotism. part ii. the occult arts, comprising: divination- the tarot cartomancy- crystal gazing- clairvoyance- geomancy- psychometry- dowsing- dreams- sortileges- alchemy_ the need for a concise and practical exposition of the main tenets of occultism has long been felt. in this manual of occultism the author has dealt in a lucid manner with both the occult sciences and the occult arts, and has added some supplementary matter on the subjects of hypnotism and alchemy. the book is written from the point of view of a p

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astronomy "kabalistic astrology" etc. etc. with numerous diagrams and illustrations. 368 pp, handsomely bound in cloth gilt. gilt tops. crown 8vo. 6"s" net. contents: part i. the occult sciences, comprising: astrology- palmistry- thaumaturgy- kabalism- numerology- talismans- hypnotism. part ii. the occult arts, comprising: divination- the tarot cartomancy- crystal gazing- clairvoyance- geomancy- psychometry- dowsing- dreams- sortileges- alchemy. the need for a concise and practical exposition of the main tenets of occultism has long been felt. in this manual of occultism the author has dealt in a lucid manner with both the occult sciences and the occult arts, and has added some supplementary matter on the subjects of hypnotism and alchemy. the book is written from the point of view of a p

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

r desires, and by our thoughts. but the time is coming when we shall consciously control our threefold lower nature. time will then not exist for us at all. we shall have that continuity of consciousness upon the three planes of being physical, emotional, and mental which will enable us to live as does the logos, in that very metaphysical abstraction, the eternal now. another power of the soul is psychometry. now what is psychometry? it might be defined as the ability to take a tangible something, belonging perhaps to an individual, and through the medium of that, to put oneself en rapport with that individual, or with a group of individuals. psychometry is the law of association of ideas applied to the vibratory quality of force for the purpose of obtaining information. again, the race wi

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

planes of the solar system, and the two higher planes of- 108- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust abstraction, the spiritual or monadic and the divine, or logoic. microcosmic sensory evolution plane physical. 1. hearing..5th..gaseous 2. touch, feeling..4th..irst etheric 3. sight..3rd..super-etheric 4. taste..2nd..sub-atomic 5. smell..1st..atomic astral. 1. clairaudience..5th 2. psychometry..4th 3. clairvoyance..3rd 4. imagination..2nd 5. emotional idealism..1st mental. 1. higher clairaudience..7th form 2. planetary psychometry..6th form 3. higher clairvoyance..5th form 4. discrimination..4th form 5. spiritual discernment..3rd formless response to group vibration 2nd formless spiritual telepathy..1st formless buddhic. 1. comprehension..7th 2. healing..6th 3. divine vision

ere, for the sake of clarity, tabulate the five different aspects of the five senses on the five planes, so that their correspondences may be readily visualised, using the above table as the basis: a. the first sense..hearing. 1. physical hearing. 2. clairaudience. 3. higher clairaudience. 4. comprehension (of four sounds) 5. beatitude. b. the second sense..touch or feeling. 1. physical touch. 2. psychometry. 3. planetary psychometry. 4. healing. 5. active service. c. the third sense..sight. 1. physical sight. 2. clairvoyance. 3. higher clairvoyance. 4. divine vision. 5. realisation. d. the fourth sense..taste. 1. physical taste. 2. imagination. 3. discrimination- 110- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 4. intuition. 5. perfection. e. the fifth sense..smell. 1. physical s

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

e five senses in order to arrive at the field of knowledge. 2. that all our three planes in the three worlds constitute the dense physical body of that one in whom "we live and move and have our being" 3. that on the astral or emotional plane, the lower powers of clairvoyance and clairaudience are used by the perceiver and when misused reveal the serpent in the garden. 4. that on the mental plane psychometry and symbology (including numerology and geometry) are used by the perceiver to arrive at an understanding of the lower mental levels. 5. that only when these three are seen as lower and as constituting the form aspect does the perceiver arrive at a condition where he can begin to understand the nature of the soul and comprehend the true significance of sutras 40 and 41. 6. that, having

e to make clear the five different aspects of the five senses on the five planes, and for further information, the student is referred to that treatise pages 186-202. microcosmic sensory evolution plane sense subplane physical 1. hearing. 5th. gaseous 2. touch, feeling. 4th. first etheric 3. sight. 3rd. super ethric 4. taste .2 nd. sub-atomic 5. smell. 1st. atomic astral .1. clairaudience. 5th 2. psychometry. 4th 3. clairvoyance. 3rd 4. imagination. 2nd 5. emotional idealism. 1st- 178- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust mental. 1. higher clairaudience. 7th 2. planetary psychometry. 6th 3. higher clairvoyance. 5th> form 4. discrimination. 4th 5. spiritual discernment. 3rd< response to group. vibration. 2nd> formless spiritual telepathy. 1st buddhic .1. comprehension .7 th 2. h

erfection. 4th 5. all knowledge .3 rd in the following table the numbers one, two, three, four and five under each sense refer to the planes of manifestation as given in the first tabulation above. a. the first sense..hearing. 1. physical hearing. 2. clairaudience. 3. higher clairaudience. 4. comprehension (of four sounds) 5. beatitude. b. the second sense..touch or feeling. 1. physical touch. 2. psychometry. 3. planetary psychometry. 4. healing. 5. active service. c. the third sense..sight. 1. physical sight- 179- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. clairvoyance. 3. higher clairvoyance. 4. divine vision. 5. realisation. d. fourth sense..taste. 1. physical taste. 2. imagination. 3. discrimination. 4. intuition. 5. perfection. e. the fifth sense..smell. 1. physical smell. 2

ALICE A BAILEY11 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME II ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY II

ning. prevision. f. healing through animal magnetism.h ealing through science. healing through spiritual magic. extracts from "a treatise on cosmic fire" pp. 188-196 no. 1 microcosmic sensory evolution plane subplane physical. 1. hearing. 5th. gaseous 2. touch, feeling. 4th. first etheric 3. sight. 3rd. super-etheric 4. taste. 2nd. sub-atomic 5. smell. 1st. atomic astral .1. clairaudience. 5th 2. psychometry. 4th- 338- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. clairvoyance. 3rd 4. imagination. 2nd 5. emotional idealism. 1st mental. 1. higher clairaudience. 7th form 2. planetary psychometry. 6th form 3. higher.clairvoyance. 5th form 4. discrimination. 4th form 5. spiritual discemment. 3rd formless response to group vibration. 2nd formless

planes, so that their correspondences may be readily visualised, using the above table as the basis: a. the first sense. hearing. 1. physical hearing. 2. clairaudience. 3. higher clairaudience. 4. comprehension (of four sounds. 5. beatitude- 339- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust b. the second sense. touch or feeling. 1. physical touch. 2. psychometry. 3. planetary psychometry. 4. healing. 5. active service. c. the third sense. sight. 1. physical sight. 2. clairvoyance. 3. higher clairvoyance. 4. divine vision. 5. realisation. d. the fourth sense. taste. 1. physical taste. 2. imagination. 3. discrimination. 4. intuition. 5. perfection. e. the fifth sense. smell. 1. physical smell. 2. emotional idealism. 3. spiritual discernment. 4

and clairaudient demonstration is that in this case there is full mental control and understanding, and in the other cases the lower powers are automatically employed, are uncontrolled, are occupied with matters of no true importance and are not understood in any way by the one who is employing them. the one basic sense, as you well know is that of touch. this is the reason why i have not placed psychometry in any particular category in my tabulation of the instincts, senses and powers. psychometry is essentially the capacity to work with and to get in touch with the soul of the higher grouping to which the unit in the lower grouping aspires, and with the soul that can thus aspire in any form. it concerns, in reality the "measure" of inclusiveness. this measure will govern, for instance

al to a human being, of a man to other men, and of an aspirant to his soul, his master and his group. when this psychometrical inclusiveness is turned towards the world of tangible things minerals, possessions and other material objects, for instance we tend to make a magical performance out of it, and to charge money for the demonstration of psychometrical power. we then call this the science of psychometry. yet it is the same power, turned towards the lower kingdoms as is employed in making contact with the higher. there are three groups of people who use the lower psychic powers, either consciously or unconsciously: 1. those whose evolutionary stage is low enough to permit of their automatic use. 2. those who have brought over the capacity to see and hear on astral levels or to "work ma

h is mental in nature. sensitivity or the psychic sense of touch is etheric in nature, is general in expression and must eventually give place to that spiritual impressibility which enables a man, like the christ, simply to "know" what is in his fellow man and to be aware of his condition and of the condition of life in all forms. it is the first step towards that universal spiritual key of which psychometry is the lowest expression. in the above paragraph and differentiations i have given you much food for thought and indicated a sequence of unfoldment which is individual, racial and universal. if we extend these ideas into their planetary connotations (which is interesting but probably quite useless to you) i would add that: 1. touch..is the keynote of the evolution proceeding at this ti

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

react to need from the angle of a rounded out equipment; it will be of a psychical nature which can identify itself with the reactions of others and a mental stability which will enable you to work as a soul. thus you will learn to avail yourself of the knowledge, gained psychically, and to serve with increased effectiveness. later, i will (if you progress in sensitivity) train you in the art of psychometry, but the time is not yet. that the light of your soul and the light emanating from the master's group may flood your heart and energise your life is the thought which lies in my heart for you. june 1935 brother of old: i seek today to make a somewhat careful analysis of the condition of your psychic centres from the solar plexus upwards. you are passing through a dual process of psychi

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

tively used and functioning, it means that the solar plexus centre is open and active. when the corresponding mental faculties are present in consciousness, then it means that the throat centre and the centre between the eyebrows are becoming "awake" and active. but the higher psychic powers, such as spiritual perception with its infallible knowledge, the intuition with its unerring judgment, and psychometry of the higher kind with its power to reveal the past and the future, are the prerogatives of the divine soul. these higher powers come into play when the head and heart centres, as well as the throat centre, are brought into activity as the result of meditation and- 6- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust service. let the student, however, remember two things

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

nables it to form persisting connections between various groups of sensations and possibilities of sensations, and thus generate the notion or idea of an external object (d) its power in connecting our ideas together by the mysterious link of memory, and thus generating the notion of self or individuality; some of its manifestations when liberated from the bonds of matter are (a) clairvoyance (b) psychometry (3) itchasakti- the power of the will. its most ordinary manifesta[[footnote(s* the writers of the above knew perfectly well the physical cause of the tides, of the waves, etc. it is the informing spirit of the whole cosmic solar body that is meant here, and which is referred to whenever such expressions are used from the mystic point of view[[vol. 1, page] 293 the seven powers. tion i

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

m. in this way you can watch your progress. the above exercises can be done quite well in a group. you can even arrange two teams and see which is the more accurate. other exercises and tests will suggest themselves. keep trying. don't be discouraged. and keep those notes. a pocket guide to the supernatural raymond buckland, ace books, 1969 lesson eight: marriage, birth, death and channeling 1105 psychometry all physical material has memory. it is not the memory of a conscious awareness, but is the retention of manifested energy with which the material has come into contact. further, if a person touches a particular object, a cosmic link is established between the two that will exist at least as long as the human lives and oftimes long after. thus, if you touch a chair, another person with

tween the two that will exist at least as long as the human lives and oftimes long after. thus, if you touch a chair, another person with developed channeling abilities could "read" you when s/he comes in contact with that chair, regardless of where you might happen to be at the time. the channel could "see" into your past, present and even future just as easily as if you were physically present. psychometry, then, is the reception of impressions from a physical object. the impressions may come in the form of feelings, scenes, thought forms, color, emotions. they may come singly or in combination. whatever thought, feeling, or sensation you receive should be carefully recorded. to practice psychometry, begin with small items such as jewelry, that can be easily held in the hand. something o

ajor points you must address in order to clear your mind for channeling. 5. you have mislaid your car keys. you don't know whether they are in your bedroom, living room or kitchen, or at the office. how do you locate them? give two methods. 6. you see a large break in your father's aura, in the area near his heart. what would you tell him and why? please read: how to read the aura; how to develop psychometry; how to develop clairvoyance all by w.e. butler practical color magick by raymond buckland 232/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft recommended supplementary reading: the principles and practice of radiesthesia abbe mermet amazing secrets of the psychic world raymond buckland and hereward carrington lesson nine 1. after trying at least three different spreads for the tarot, and doin

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to be in direct contact with the energies of the person you are working with so try not to work with someone who is in going to be in a reasonably good mood at the time, at least until you get used to this stuff. set up the helmet and stick pad as before but this time, once you have the contact rate, place the witness on the pad, close your eyes and see the person in your mind. it s sort of like psychometry, well, it is psychometry but with an advantage. in ordinary psychometric work, the experimenter will just hold a witness and take what impressions he is lucky enough to get. some people can become very adept at this and cause all manner of embarrassment to their friends. me, i never could do it. if you handed me a ring belonging to a dwarf, i would say that he was six-foot-eight and hi

g on your head and you feel totally ridiculous (there is no way to appear dignified while hooked into this stuff) the first thing you have to do is stop laughing. once you have stopped giggling at the absurdity of all this, concentrate on your message, just as you did with only the helmet. if you have chosen the subject and message properly, you should get results very soon. repeat the reception (psychometry) experiments. try to note any differences in perception with the addition of the box. now you can start to have fun and add the teleflasher to your work. a repeat of the dream experiment on aunt myrtle might be a good idea. after all, if you can t torment your relatives you might as well grind them up for dog food. you arrange your equipment as before; the box on a table next to you an

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

irectly form the subject matter, not taking it by telepathy form one mind to another. generally speaking, we view telepathy as one form of esp. esp is the functioning astral senses that correspond to our physical senses. they are all psychic in nature. these include but are not limited to: clairvoyance (q.v) as astral sight; clairaudience (q.v) as astral hearing; telepathy (q.v) as astral speech; psychometry (q.v) as one form of astral touch; empathy (q.v) as another form of astral touch; telekinisis (q.v) as one form of projecting astral force; and psychonisis (q.v) as another form of projecting astral force- f- familiar: a spirit or entity that has established a close, constant relationship with a human being, usually of a beneficial or benign nature. often the spirit communicates throug

"kinesis" meaning "to move or to change" implying energy. 2) the psionic discipline of the changing objects without obvious material agency. sometimes mistakenly called telekinesis (q.v. in psychokinesis, the object is altered or changed in some way. bending spoons with the mind is an example of psycho kinetic activity. 3) the psionic discipline of changing matter with energy via mental process. psychometry: 1) from the greek "psycho" from "psyche" meaning "the soul" and implies the mind or mental process, and "metry" meaning "measure, thus literally psychometry means "measure of the soul" 2) the psionic discipline of "object reading" the faculty of gaining knowledge about an object, or about any matter associated with it, by handling the object and reading the psychic (q.v) impressions f

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is therefore a good thing to send off the specimens for psychometrising at the commencement of an occult investigation, before any opinions have been formed. it is not the simplest matter in the world to take psychometric specimens properly. i have seen a man bring a lock of hair belonging to someone else out of his pocket, where he had carried it about for a couple of days, and hand it over for psychometry. it was of course so thoroughly impregnated with his own emanations as to be useless. a psychometrical specimen should be some object thoroughly impregnated with the vibrations of a person. a garment recently and habitually worn, a lock of hair, a piece of jewellery, all these can be made to serve provided they are properly preserved. crystalline substances, such as precious stones, ho

window pane, it is almost useless. stone is fair. earthenware poor. an elaborate article is not as good as a simple article. for instance, a marquise ring is not as good as a signet ring. letters are apt to be misleading because they often contain nearly as much of the magnetism of the recipient as of the writer. some psychics can work from a photograph, but this method is not, strictly speaking, psychometry, for the mental image evoked by the photograph is used to pick up the corresponding image in the reflecting ether. great care should be used in taking a psychometric specimen, for it is readily contaminated by the magnetism of anyone who handles it, who is in proximity to it, or who even thinks about it concentratedly. for instance, if while packing up such a specimen for sending off y

n the previous chapters, and see if you can find any that resemble the case you are investigating. note the explanations given, and see if they throw any light upon the problem, or suggest lines along which enquiry might be pursued. working in this way, you ought to be able to arrive at a tentative diagnosis. if this is confirmed by the findings of the psychics to whom you have sent specimens for psychometry, then you may feel confident you are upon the right track and go forward boldly. remember, however, that although the psychics ought to agree as to the main points of their investigation, you cannot expect any complete agreement as to details. they are inspecting a composite photograph of the patient's entire life, and there is so much to see that no one person is likely to see everyth

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

bridge the gap between academic parapsychology and the experimental esp participation among laymen, and to stimulate interest in scientific research and encourage public involvement in future research. the foundation offered a complete course in parapsychology, including basic theories, principles, and histories of phenomena involving telepathy, clairvoyance, hypnosis, and sensory awareness, and psychometry, psychokinesis, and the human aura. it maintained a consultation and advisory service and awards a certificate after completion of the prescribed course of study in the advancement of psychic research and human understanding. last known address: po box 5395, 15446 sherman way, sherman oaks, ca 91413. american psychical institute and laboratory a short-lived parapsychology facility orga

tic of certain pathological conditions of brain, nerves, and sense-organs. as mentioned earlier, myers was of the opinion that an apparition represented an actual psychic invasion, that it was a projection of some of the agent s psychic force. such a doctrine was, as myers himself admitted, a reverse animism. another theory of apparitions, particularly applicable to haunted houses, was related to psychometry. sir oliver lodge, in his man and the universe (1908) wrote: occasionally a person appears able to respond to stimuli embedded, as it were among psycho-physical surroundings in a manner at present ill understood and almost incredible:.as if strong emotions could be unconsciously recorded in matter, so that the deposit shall thereafter affect a sufficiently sensitive organism, and cause

n on the ether itself, by reason of the intensity of emotion felt by those who enacted it; and thenceforth in certain persons an hallucinatory effect is experienced corresponding to such impression. it is this theory that accounts for the feeling one has on entering certain rooms, that there is an alien presence therein, though it be invisible and inaudible to mortal sense. the idea of connecting psychometry with apparitions might seem of considerable interest because of its wide possibilities, but in the end it belongs to the realm of romance rather than science; it is hardly to be considered as a serious theory. not only is it unsupported by convincing evidence, but it again attempts to explain one unknown by another. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. apparitions 71 spir

1995. henry, william. the keeper of heaven s gate: the religion behind the rancho santa fe suicides. anchorage, alaska: earthpulse press, 1997. applied psi applied psi, a term coined in the early 1980s by parapsychologist jeff mishlove, refers to the technological aspect of psychic phenomena as opposed to the purely scientific study of it. assuming that psychic phenomena (telepathy, clairvoyance, psychometry, etc) exists, one should be able not only to describe it and predict its behavior, but to learn to control it to some extent and use it in practical situations. the idea was announced in a new periodical, applied psi, the first issue of which appeared in 1982. mishlove called for parapsychology to refocus its attention, then almost exclusively oriented (in the face of skeptical critics

tualism in the direction of humanistic science rather than religion. with the growth of interest in experimental psychology stimulated by such pioneers as dr. horacio rinoldi, scientific techniques were applied to the study of the paranormal. the first institute of psychology was created in the university of buenos aires in november 1931 to investigate general psychology, psychological pathology, psychometry, and psychotechniques. dr. enrique mochet, who headed the institute, observed activities of various clairvoyants and mediums and included a course on paranormal psychology. other scientists at the institute included dr. fernando gorriti, prof. dr. gonzalez bosch, and prof. jose fernandez. in 1933 fernandez founded the atman spiritualist circle and also attended meetings of the psyke ci

s affects both its size and color. impairment of the mental powers causes a diminution in size and distinctness. nervous diseases result in highly observable changes. from all this kilner concluded that the higher brain centers are intimately concerned in the output of auric force. this suggested an identity with the nerve-aura of dr. joseph rhodes buchanan, the first explorer of the mysteries of psychometry, which was postulated as early as 1852, and with the nerve atmosphere of dr. benjamin richardson. as death approaches, the aura gradually shrinks. no trace of it is discovered around the corpse. kilner also claimed the discovery that the aura may be affected by an effort of will, that it may be projected to a longer distance from the body, and change its colors. he said that the auras

om the suspicion that they arise from telepathy. stead s communicator, julia, often wrote through stead and his secretary, edith k. harper, at the same time, but not until the idea was further developed to cross correspondence: only by obtaining broken off sentences in each script so that they should complete each other, could these scripts be considered exempt from the influence of living minds. psychometry may offer an indirect presumption. if the script emanates from an extraneous intelligence, its psychometric reading should result in the presentation of a character different from the medium s. there is no way of telling, however, to what extent the medium s influence may blend with the script and garble psychometric impressions. the difficulties, therefore, are very great if we set ou

not well known. the demon barbu is not to be confused with barbatos, a great and powerful demon said to be a duke in hades, although not a philosopher; nor with barbas, who is interested in mechanics. it is said that the bearded demon is so called on account of his remarkable beard. beare, charles albert (ca. 1931) famous british fake medium, who demonstrated claimed clairvoyance and trumpet and psychometry phenomena. in 1920 he joined the spiritualist organization the temple of light and promoted himself as a medium. his phenomena were tested by the temple of light, which presented beare with a diploma certifying his mediumistic gifts and accrediting him as an authorized medium. beare claimed to have a spirit guide named shauna, supposed to be a greek who had lived 130 years earlier. in

d several seances with the medium. he found the phenomena supernormal and entirely convincing. besinnet died in 1936. bessemans, joseph francois antoine albert (1888) belgian physician and public official who became active in many branches of parapsychology beginning in 1913. bessemans held many academic appointments during his distinguished career. he investigated such phenomena as clairvoyance, psychometry, and esp, although his conclusions were skeptical. besterman, theodore (deodatus nathaniel (1904.1976) librarian, world authority on bibliography, psychical researcher, and member of the theosophical society. he was born september 18, 1904, in geneva, switzerland, and was educated at lycee de londres and oxford university. in addition to his activities in the field of psychic research

a musical teacher. under contract to a theatrical company in 1856, she went to america where she performed on broadway and elsewhere in new york city. through the mediumship of ada hoyt (mrs. coan, she converted to spiritualism, developed her own psychic powers, and sat publicly for the society for the diffusion of spiritual knowledge in new york. her mediumistic gifts included automatic writing, psychometry, occasional healing, prophecy, and inspirational speaking, which disclosed great erudition. as was common at the time, she spoke extempore on a subject generally chosen by a committee from the audience. in the early history of spirit return, britten furnished one of the better attested cases. after the mail steamer pacific sank in the high seas, a member of the crew possessed her body

l brunton: perspectives (1984. brunton died july 27, 1981, in vevey, switzerland. buchanan, joseph rhodes (1814.1899) american professor of psychology and medical science born in frankfort, kentucky, on december 11, 1814. he became dean of the faculty and professor in the eclectic medical institute (which practiced natural medicine) in covington, kentucky, and a pioneer researcher in the field of psychometry. the discoverer of phrenomesmerism, buchanan published in 1843 a neurological map, a new distribution of the phrenological organs. he anticipated prof. ferrier s center of feeling by localizing as early as 1838 the region of sensibility in which, in a state of high development, he found traces of an unknown psychic faculty for which in 1842 he coined the word psychometry, the measuring

n that emanations might be thrown off by all substances, even by the human body, which certain sensitives might feel and interpret in their normal state. he was staggered by the implication of such a possibility and asserted: the past is entombed in the present, the world is its own enduring monument; and that which is true of its physical is likewise true of its mental career. the discoveries of psychometry will enable us to explore the history of man, as those of geology enable us to explore the history of the earth. there are mental fossils for psychologists as well as mineral fossils for the geologists; and i believe that hereafter the psychologist and the geologist will go hand in hand, the one portraying the earth, its animals and its vegetation, while the other portrays the human be

ithstanding her doubts of so novel a proceeding, in giving as good a description of the character of dr. n. as if she had made the description from an autograph. after that experiment i was accustomed to extend my inquiries to ancient and modern historical characters, public men and any person in whose character i was interested, as well as localities i wished to have described. buchanan regarded psychometry as a human faculty that did not involve the intervention of spirits. l. a. coffin, however, in her preface to buchanan s manual of psychometry (boston, 1889) admitted that she was often impressed by spirits. this was not incongruous, as buchanan himself was an avowed spiritualist. he published an astounding narrative of his own experiences in the light of truth, columbus, ohio, in 1899

d many books formed the substance of the magical servants of the light association. his the magician: his training and work (1959) is a classic text for basic magical training. burt, sir cyril (lodowic) encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 230 sources: butler, walter e. apprenticed to magic. 1962. reprint, wellingborough, england: aquarian press, 1990. how to read the aura, practice psychometry, telepathy, and clairvoyance. new york: warner destiny books, 1978. an introduction to telepathy. 1975. magic: its ritual, power, and purpose. london: aquarian press, 1952. the magician: his training and work. london: the aquarian press, 1959. reprint, north hollywood, calif: wilshire book, 1959. butter, witches according to old superstition, the devil gave the witches of sweden cats

ves, n.d. clairvoyance the faculty of clear-sightedness, the supposed paranormal ability to see persons and events that are distant in time or place. clairvoyance may be roughly divided into three classes. retrocognition and premonition; perceiving past and future events; and perception of contemporary events happening at a distance, or outside the range of normal vision. clairvoyance may include psychometry, second sight, and crystal gazing. prophecy is a form of clairvoyance extending back into antiquity, and second sight is also an ancient form. it is notable that spiritualism in great britain was directly heralded, about the third decade of the nineteenth century, by an outbreak of clairvoyance. among clairvoyants of that period was alexis didier, whose phenomena suggested that telepat

usly stored in the subconscious. the term clairvoyance is also used to describe the power to see discarnate spirits, and is applied to mediumship generally. for a discussion of the early history of clairvoyance, see divination. types of clairvoyance charles richet used the term cryptesthesia in a wide sense to cover a whole range of such related phenomena as clairvoyance, premonitions, monitions, psychometry, dowsing, and telepathy. f. w. h. myers used the term telesthesia in a narrower context. as substitutes for clairvoyance henry holt suggested the word telopsis and dr. heysinger the word telecognosis but these terms would not include deathbed visions and other apparitions. the clairvoyant experience may be spontaneous or induced by suggestion (as in hypnotism) or autosuggestion (as in

d guessing, target guessing, and ganzfeld setting, but decades of experimentation have not yet established any consistent rationale for clairvoyant faculty, although there is some presumptive evidence for its occurrence under control conditions. further experimentation with talented subjects is needed to determine the relationship between clairvoyance and other forms of esp, such as telepathy and psychometry (see also eyeless sight) sources: butler, w. e. how to develop clairvoyance. new york: samuel weiser, 1971. dykshoorn, m. b, and russell h. felton. my passport says clairvoyant. new york: hawthorn, 1974. edmonds, simeon. esp: extrasensory perception. london: aquarian press, 1965. reprint, north hollywood, calif: wilshire book, 1972. fukurai, t. clairvoyance& thoughtography. london, 193

par le dr. l. watteau (1865, wiertz had been closely following a murder trial that ended in two men being sent to the scaffold. it is very likely that one of them was the subject of his experiment. community of sensation is witnessed when the medium through whom a recently freed spirit communicates takes on the conditions of his last illness and suffers his agonies. in experiments connected with psychometry this occurs frequently. it may also occur in prevision. british psychic vincent turvey said that when he foresaw a future event in which the subject suffered pain, he experienced the victim s sensations at the moment of premission (see also wirdig s magnetic sympathy) sources: wiertz, antoine joseph. antoine wiertz, 1806.1865. paris: j. damase, 1974. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsyc

testhesia a term coined by charles richet meaning a hidden sensibility, a perception of things by a mechanism unknown to us of which we are cognizant only of its effects. it indicated an allinclusive psychic sense which comes into action by some mysterious external vibrations which richet termed the vibrations of reality, the so-called sixth sense. it includes clairvoyance, premonition, monition, psychometry, dowsing, and telepathy, for richet believed that among the unknown vibrations that bring cryptesthesia into action, human thought is one that can most easily be transmitted. he argued that telepathy as a hypothesis comes before cryptesthesia, since the reception of thought vibrations implies a new faculty. psychometry and dowsing disclose knowledge of facts, so richet classified them

only by voluntary contributions. bond claimed that about 25,000 people in the united states experienced fuller s allegedly miraculous dental healing. sources: st. clair, david. psychic healers. rev. ed, new york: bantam books, 1979. denton, william (1823.1883) william denton was born in darlington, england in january of 1823. a professor of geology in boston who became famous for his research in psychometry, begun for the purpose of controlling joseph rhodes buchanan s experiments. his sister, anna denton cridge, developed the gift of giving descriptions of character, surroundings, and personal appearance.to the color of the hair and eyes.of the writers of letters she held in her hand. denton applied this mysterious ability to geology and found that the history of geological specimens pas

sia, is specifically concerned with a claimed sensitivity to subjective and objective aspects of subtle force and polarity. the visual indications of subtle force allegedly perceived by reichenbach s sensitives also have relevance to aura research, where lines of force and colors are described by psychics as surrounding the human body. theories of emanations are also invoked for such phenomena as psychometry. sir oliver lodge, lecturing before the literary and philosophical society of liverpool, speculated: here is a room where a tragedy occurred, where the human spirit was strung to intense anguish. is there any trace of that agony still present, and able to be appreciated by an attuned or receptive mind? i assert nothing, except that it is not inconceivable. if it happens, it may take ma

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extrasensory perception by parapsychologists. metagraphology term indicating psychometric power on the basis of scripts. it has nothing to do with graphology (interpretation of personality traits indicated in handwriting, as the reading of the present, past, and future of the subject is not effected by the study of the writing. the script simply serves as an influence, as does any given object in psychometry. the sole justification of the term metagraphology is the fact that some graphologists developed their remarkably sensitive powers from the study of scripts. raphael schermann was the most notable among the metagraphologists. similar powers were discovered in otto reimann of prague, a bank clerk born in 1903 who, by simply touching a script, would offer a psychometric reading and also

spirits (the others were andrea malchus and inchubus) said to have been raised up by the parson of lesingham and sir john of leiston in norfolk, england, ca. 1528. objective phenomena term used in psychical research, together with subjective phenomena as an alternative classification to physical and mental phenomena, terms which emerged out of the study of spiritualism. object reading a term for psychometry, in which the operator may form impressions of events relating to an object associated with those events, usually by holding the object in his or her hand. obsession and possession obsession, from latin obsidere (to besiege, is a form of insanity caused, according to traditional belief, by the persistent attack of an invading spirit from outside the individual. obsession is the opposit

ding sealed papers developed. with human subjects ossowiecki claimed to know their most intimate thoughts and read their past, present, and future. reportedly on several occasions, mostly involuntarily, but once by an effort of will, he projected his likeness over a distance. his friends claimed to have received the impression that he was near in flesh and blood. ossowiecki s powers were possibly psychometry rather than clairvoyance. it was claimed he never read the sealed letters word for word but perceived the ideas. he was unable to perceive ideas from typewritten or printed texts. letters had to be written by a living person. if the writing was in a language he did not know, he could not disclose the contents but supposedly could describe the circumstances connected with the writer and

ardell, who may be contacted at p.o. box 823, bathurst, new south wales 2795. the alliance s internet site is found at http/ www.geocities.com/athens/thebes/4320. it publishes the pagan times quarterly. sources: pagan alliance. http//www.geocities.com/athens/thebes/ 4320. february 20, 2000. pagenstecher, gustav (1855.1942) nineteenth-century german physician who conducted important experiments in psychometry. he was born in germany in 1855, and received his medical degree from leipzig university. shortly afterward he moved to mexico where he practiced medicine for some four decades. one day pagenstecher treated a patient, maria reyes zierold, for insomnia by using hypnosis. during treatment she claimed to see beyond the closed doors of her room and could describe accurately individuals and

psychical research via an article in the society s journal. in 1921 walter franklin prince visited mexico to observe pagenstecher s experiments and to conduct his own. prince also endorsed the phenomena in his reports to the society. pagenstecher died december 26, 1942, in mexico city. sources: pagenstecher, gustav. die geheimnisse der psychometrie oder hellsehen in die vergangenheit (secrets of psychometry or clairvoyance into the past. n.p, 1928. a notable psychometrist. journal of the american society for psychical research 14 (1920. past events seership. aspr proceedings 16 (january 1922. prince, walter franklin. psychometrical experiments with senora maria reyes de z. aspr journal 16 (january 1922. psychometrical experiments with senora maria reyes de z. aspr proceedings 15 (1921. pa

899, peters held a seance in london in which he had the strange expe- perty, maximilian encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1202 rience of being controlled by a living person. there were two ladies at the sitting and a third, a well-known medium, acted as the control of peters from paris. evidential messages were reportedly given. peters scored some notable success in demonstrating psychometry in connection with the box of religious enthusiast joanna southcott at the national laboratory of psychical research in 1927, before the box was officially opened by psychical researcher harry price. phantasmagoria term generally used for a shifting series of imaginary or fantastic images as seen in a dream or fevered imagination. the term appears to have been derived from a magic lant

rs. piper herself, and the good that she has been able to do along these lines, during the past nine or ten years, is almost unbelievable. piper did not exhibit physical phenomena, except for one single strange manifestation: she could withdraw the scent from flowers and make them wither in a short time. to establish rapport with her spirit communicators, she utilized psychometric influences (see psychometry, usually asking for an object belonging to the departed. james succeeded in hypnotizing her and found the conditions of the hypnotic and medium trances entirely different. he found no signs of thought transference either in the hypnotic condition or immediately after it. of the earliest trances there is no contemporary record. when, owing to other duties, james relinquished direct cont

action (see psychokinesis) plaat, lotte (mme. von strahl (1895) dutch psychometrist whom, for some time, the german police regularly employed to trace criminals. she was born december 30, 1895. plaat was under the observation of drs. paul sunner, gustave pagenstechner, harms, ludwig jahn, kasnacich, and other scientists, who recorded significant results with her. in 1930, important experiments in psychometry took place at the national laboratory of psychical research in london at the conclusion of which plaat left for the united states where further experimental work was performed. sources: sunner, paul. die psychometrische bebabung der frau lotte plaat. leipzig, 1929. placement test term used by parapsychologists to indicate a test for psychokinesis in which the subject attempts to make o

ensa (persons who have established by score in a standard intelligence test that their intelligence is higher than that of 98 percent of the population. psisig was concerned with interest in and conducting of scientific research in the psychic sciences and arts, such as theories of existence and reality, states of mind, human auras, clairvoyance, mental and thought projection, telepathy, dowsing, psychometry, healing and defense, multiple personalities and possession, psychokinesis, survival after death, discarnate entities, and extraterrestrial life. it disseminated research findings and applied research and education for the benefit of humanity in mental health, reduction of superstition and fraud, safety, and enhancement of human relations. psisig provided educational programs to promot

his book, he offers instructions on constructing a psychomanteum. he has also initiated a research program to quantify the results of contacts made within the psychomanteum. moody believes that it will provide further evidence of communication between the living and the dead. sources: moody, raymond, with paul perry. visionary encounters with departed loved ones. new york: ballantine books, 1993. psychometry a faculty, claimed by many psychics and mediums, of becoming aware of the characters, surroundings, or events connected with an individual by holding or touching an object, such as a watch or ring, that the individual possessed or that was strongly identified with the person. medium hester dowden described psychometry as a psychic power possessed by certain individuals which enables th

stinguish different metals merely by holding them in their hands. later he found that some among them could diagnose a patient s disease simply by holding his hand. many of his acquaintances, on pressing a letter against their foreheads, could tell the character and surroundings of the writer, the circumstances under which the letter was written, and other details. many mediums who have practiced psychometry have since become famous in this line. as has been said, their method is to hold in the hand or place against the forehead some small object, such as a fragment of clothing, a letter, or a watch; appropriate visions are then seen or sensations experienced. while on rare occasions a psychometrist may be entranced, normally he or she is in a condition scarcely varying from the normal. th

pearance of misty light. i seem to go miles and miles very quickly, up and up. streams of light come from the right, a great way off. light shining at a vast distance. some negative impressions can prostrate the psychic and cause illness. on occasion, if the impressions are too antagonistic, the psychic will refuse to handle the object. some psy- encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. psychometry 1257 chometrists have been known, when given an object belonging to a deceased person, to take on the personal appearance and mannerisms of the owner and even to suffer from his or her ailments. eugene crowell, in the identity of primitive christianity and modern spiritualism (2 vols, 1875.79, writes of a sentry box in paris in which the sentry on duty committed suicide by hanging. ano

raid of me in spite of touching me as they pass by. many psychometrists in the spiritualist community have asserted that they are simply instruments and that spirits do the reading. trance mediums often ask for objects belonging to the dead to establish contact. it was a habit with leonora piper. but other psychics, like pascal forthuny, repudiated the theory of spirit intervention and considered psychometry a personal gift, a sensitivity to the influence of the objects possessed. this influence, or emanation, was likened by waldemar wasielawski to the rhabdic force that he believed bends the rod of the water-witcher while dowsing. william t. stead suggested that very slight contact would suffice to impart such personal influence. on one occasion he cut pieces of blank paper from the botto

er from the bottom pages of letters of eminent people, just below the signature of each, and sent them to a miss ross marked no. 1. lady, no. 2. gentleman. the readings were very successful (see stead s journal, borderland, october 1895. the psychometric vision sometimes comes in quickly flashed images and requires an effort of will to slow down, say mediums. acccording to d aute hooper in spirit psychometry, it would be impossible to follow up and write the impressions as they pass through my consciousness. it is far too rapid. they are like cinematographic pictures. i seem to fly, and at other times i seem to be the piece of stone, without thinking power but seeing things and happenings around me. the scope of the visions has been described as small or encompassing the whole room. there

rapped up in their hands. as a rule, a clue containing an influence is indispensable for psychometric readings. but experiments with exceptional psychics led joseph buchanan to the conclusion that the clue may be supplanted by an index, for instance, by a name written on a piece of paper. such cases appear to be rare. it is usually said that a medium cannot get a reading for himself or herself by psychometry. an incident told some years ago in the journal light is therefore very interesting. e. a. cannock was handed, without her knowing the origin, a broad piece of elastic that was actually her own. she not only gave a character reading of herself, but also made a prediction that proved to be correct. it is said that the image of engravings is retained by the glass and that by some process

e described. the experiments were unsuccessful, however, because he had seemingly overlooked the complications of the ectoplasm from which the spirit hand was said to be formed. if the writing was done by a materialized hand built out of the bodily substance of the medium, it might bear as little impression of the spirit as a dictated text bears of the dictator, he reasoned. as already mentioned, psychometry has been utilized to gain information about hauntings. that the victim of some century old villainy, writes sir arthur conan doyle in his book the edge of the unknown (1930, should still in her ancient garments frequent in person the scene of her former martyrdom, is indeed, hard to believe. it is more credible, little as we understand the details, that some thought-form is used and re

isible at the spot where great mental agony has been endured. but he was not unmindful of the difficulties of such speculation, adding, why such a thought-form should only come at certain hours, i am compelled to answer that i do not know. the psychometric impression should always be there and should always be perceived, if the theory is correct. the ghost apparently is not; its ways are strange. psychometry encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1258 searching for explanations psychometry was identified by buchanan and entered into the terminology of spiritualism at a time when a somewhat elaborate and detailed understanding of the spirit world was being conceived in order to explain the many varied phenomena emerging in the seance room. many of these ideas were offered in an

arapsychology. 5th ed. 1258 searching for explanations psychometry was identified by buchanan and entered into the terminology of spiritualism at a time when a somewhat elaborate and detailed understanding of the spirit world was being conceived in order to explain the many varied phenomena emerging in the seance room. many of these ideas were offered in an attempt to explain one mystery, such as psychometry, by another, such as ectoplasm. much of that speculation disappeared along with the mass of physical phenomena. stephan ossowiecki, a prominent modern psychometrist, has noted correctly that should the psychometric speculation be even partially true, it would explain nothing. psychometry is just a word and not an explanation, he said. its essential nature, its exercise, is a mystery. h

tness, at the present moment, the primeval past. from various distances the creation of our world could be seen as a present reality. theoretically, therefore, astronomy admits the existence of a scenic record of the world s history. the concept of this cosmic picture gallery and that of the akashic records is similar. there is no generally validated method of access to such records in sublimated psychometry. however, theosophist g. r. s. mead, in his book did jesus live 100 b.c (1903, asserted the following regarding akashic research: it would be as well to have it understood that the method of investigation to which i am referring does not bring into consideration any question of trance, either self-induced, or mesmerically or hypnotically effected. as far as i can judge, my colleagues a

ommission not only reported having seen the vision on two occasions, but actually recognized fallen friends of theirs among the fighters; one was sir edmund varney. a similar instance was recorded by pausanias (second century b.c.e, according to whom on the plains of marathon, four hundred years after the great battle, the neighing of horses, the encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. psychometry 1259 shouts of the victors, the cries of the vanquished, and all the noise of a well-contested conflict, were frequently to be heard. patrick walker, the scottish presbyterian covenanter, is quoted in biographia presbyteriana (1827) as stating that in 1686, about two miles below lanark, on the water of clyde, many people gathered together for several afternoons, where there were shower

garden as before, the same terrible sight met his eye. this time, however, the count stood for some minutes studying the picture, then after some hesitation knocked at the door. no answer, even to repeated knocks, until at length count moerner opened the door and entered to find what he saw this time was no vision. the old woman s body was indeed hanging from the beam. she had committed suicide. psychometry remains a popular practice in both psychic and spiritualist circles. there has been little work done on it in parapsychology since it is difficult to quantify results and many consider it but a variation on clairvoyance. it may also be seen as merely a helpful tool to assist the psychic into the proper state for receiving clairvoyant impressions. sources: buchanan, j. rhodes. manual of

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strong decoction of chamomile flowers. at this performance, you are loading your body once with the water element through pulmonary and pore-breathing and with the desire that this element may produce clairfeeling in you. the term clairfeeling means the faculty of perceiving and feeling all the phenomena and powers occurring in the elements and in akasa. to this field also belongs the faculty of psychometry, the clear perception of the present, past and future of any object. even the power of materialization of any thought, any being, no matter whether the point in question is a self-created being or an entity already existing in the akasa, belongs to this domain. other faculties connected with sense perception and touch perception also can be registered in the category of clairfeeling. i

ally, and the magnetic power accumulated inside you to dissolve into infinity. if you are able to discriminate the difference between the electric and the magnetic fluid by mans of frequent exercises, you will have the opportunity, just as with the electric fluid, to strengthen those faculties in yourself that dwell in the water and the earth elements, such as mediumistic faculties, clairfeeling, psychometry, thought reading, medial writing, and others. 5. control of the electric fluid deductive method you cannot work with this method before being able to manage both the previous methods. the deductive method is similar to the inductive one, but in just the opposite sequence. accumulate the fire element drawn from the universe into your body through pulmonary or pore breathing or both of t

thoughts only partially, or only if they are effective ones. thought-reading is no problem at all; it requires the contact from mind to mind. the magician has to feel himself a spirit, and all he needs to do is to establish the connection between himself and the person in question by imagining the subject s spirit, without the body and soul, in order to seize all the thoughts he wants to know. 7. psychometry psychometry means the faculty to read the present time as well as the past and, if it should be necessary, the future too of any object whatever, investigating all the events related with this object at whatever period. this ability is a concomitant of developed astral senses and easy to manage if the magician has undergone all the practical training taught in this course, and if he ha

agic mirror. in this manner he can unroll all the events connected with an antique object, like in a motion picture, and he will learn all related anyhow to the object. naturally he has got the opportunity to see not only the sender of a letter but also the thoughts that happen to be i the person s mind at the given time. in a nutshell, he can read between the lines of any letter. to the field of psychometry also belongs the faculty to communicate with any person that came in touch with any object, because an object, no matter of what nature it happens to be, always represents the connecting link between the body, soul and spirit of the magician and the person in question. no doubt the magician is able to read thoughts with the help of an object even at the greatest distances. at the same

to learn all about the psychic side of the person concerned, and to detect the qualities of character and the mental development in the world of akasa without any effort. the same can be said about the material side, and he can fathom the past, present and future once he has established the communication between his spirit and that of the person with respect to akasa. psychography is a variant of psychometry, but it is of little importance to a magician. through the connecting link the sender of the letter can be detected in all phases of his existence, but the object itself can serve to establish the contact with the respective person, influencing him mentally or physically and psychically. from these arguments it has become patent that psychometry is nothing else but a subvariant of clai

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e are enormous possibilities and depending upon facilities, funds and resources research will go. at present we have ideas and some preliminary data. shri hira-ratan-manek is in the usa and has also been examined by highly qualified doctors and scientists of jefferson university and university of pennsylvania at philadelphia. he was examined by an ophthalmologist to study his retina and eyes. his psychometry was done. numerous blood tests and x-rays are done. hormones and neurotransmitters levels are studied. brain imaging and spect have been studied. energy levels by eav method are studied. his nutrition and metabolism is also being studied. most studies are done at 3 levels. one before fasting, second during his ongoing fasting and last level will be repeated at the end of his 130 days c

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n: www.abika.com 3 5. other systems listed above i. divination 1. scrying 2. astrology 3. tarot 4. runesticks 5. lithomancy (casting the stones) 6. i ching 7. other systems 8. pendulum or radiesthesia j. astral travel k. thought forms; wraths, fetches, artificial elementals l. extra-sensory perception 1. clairsentience 2. clairvoyance 3. clairaudience 4. precognition 5. telepathy 6. telempathy 7. psychometry 8. telekinesis 9. teleportation m. sympathetic magic (poppets and such) n. runes o. mediumship, necromancy, and spirit guides p. philtres and poteins q. cleansing, purification, protection and blessing; esxorcism; ligature, binding r. power animals, totems and familiars; shapeshifting s. tree magick t. dreamcraft u. ritual tool magick v. invocation, evocation and going into aspect w. s

plished by receiving psychic force from outside the body. here are some examples of esp: 1) clairvoyance, or remote viewing- the ability to sense or 'see (non-physically) distant objects, places, and people. individuals who see ghosts and spirits are probably clairvoyant. 2) astral projection (oobe) or traveling clairvoyance- full experience at a remote location while the physical body sleeps. 3) psychometry- the reading of information by the touch of physical objects. 4) telepathic receiver- the ability to directly receive thought (communication) at a distance, with no physical connection to the sender. there are many everyday examples of this, in which we think something just as another person is about to say it. this is an easy one to test for through experiment. very dramatic cases of

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regardie, golden dawn, 605. chapter seven: the golden dawn 105 her group's teachings, and who controlled the work of the group. this rather mysterious figure was first contacted through a fragment of his egyptian mummy case,136o r so ellic howe was informed by f. l. gardner, a theosophist who joined the golden dawn and became a member of the sphere group. this initial contact was probably made by psychometry, a psychic ability supposed to enable sensitive individuals to divine, by touch, events connected with an object. in 1901, the egyptian astral announced that he must retire from the group because he was about to ascend to a higher plane, which would make it impossible for him to carry on his former work. this was in keeping with the teachings of blavatsky's theosophy, which held that s

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