Crystal Gazing

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20th century
Language: English

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Crystal Gazing is a book by Northcote W. Thomas, first published in 1905. This work offers a detailed study of the ancient and enduring practice of scrying, focusing particularly on the use of crystal spheres as a means of divination and accessing visions or psychic impressions. Thomas, an anthropologist and folklorist, examines the historical roots of crystal gazing in both Western and non-Western traditions, while also exploring its psychological and parapsychological dimensions. The book aims to treat the subject with both scholarly rigor and open-minded curiosity, combining accounts of experiments, case studies, and folklore to provide a comprehensive overview. It stands as an early 20th-century attempt to bridge the gap between mystical experience and emerging scientific inquiry into the unseen aspects of the human mind.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics, Divination and oracles, and Occultism and esotericism.

Occultism and esotericism
Controlled discovery queries from global-grey matched “Occult Teachings and Traditions”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the subject metadata and “Occult Teachings and Traditions” in the subject metadata.
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Divination and oracles
Retained metadata contains “Divination” in the description and “Scrying” in the description.
- “Divination”· in description
- “Scrying”· in description
Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics
Retained metadata contains “mystical experience” in the description.
- “mystical experience”· in description

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