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<b>Alexander, C. [Claude Alexander Conlin]. Alexander's Book of Mystery:
 
Interpretations of Dreams, Astrological Readings, Physiognamy Character
 
Delineations and an Explanation of Crystal Gazing, Etc.</b>
 
<br>C. Alexander,
 
Los Angeles, California, 1919. 38 pages. (36 pages  plus 1 page of ads
 
for crystals, and 1 blank page)
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>Introduction</li>
 
<li>Are You Taking a Partner for Life, or Business? [astrology]</li>
 
<li>Astrology</li>
 
<li>Special Attention to the Public [Zodiacal "if you were born between ..." text]</li>
 
<li>Meanings of the Months, Wedding Anniversaries, The Seasons</li>
 
<li>Symbols and Their Meanings</li>
 
<li>Physiognomy -- Character Reading by the Features</li>
 
<li>Complete Dream Book</li>
 
<li>Clairvoyance of Figures</li>
 
<li>Historical Savage Scryers, Crystal Gazing in Initiation Ceremonies, Crystal Gazing in India, China, Persia</li>
 
<li>Dear Friend</li>
 
</ul>
 
<p>
 
The final two text pages of this booklet ("Dear Friend") culminate in an
 
advertisement for crystal balls. A copy of Conlin's booklet
 
Crystal Gazing: Lessons and Instructions in Silent Influence with the Crystal
 
is offered as a free bonus with any purchase of a crystal ball.
 
<p>
 
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<b>Alexander, C. [Claude Alexander Conlin]. Crystal Gazing: Lessons and Instructions
 
in Silent Influence with the Crystal.</b>
 
<br>C. Alexander, Los Angeles, California,
 
1919. 32 pages. (27 pages  plus 5 pages of ads for crystals and for the books of
 
W. W. Atkinson written under various Hindu-sounding pseudonyms; note that this is an entirely different
 
book, despite an identical title, to the following book)
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>Introduction</li>
 
<li>Lesson Number One</li>
 
<li>Lesson Number Two</li>
 
<li>Lesson Number Three</li>
 
<li>Lesson Number Four </li>
 
<li>Instructions in Diet</li>
 
</ul>
 
<p>
 
In Alexander's Book of Mystery (see above), this booklet is offered free
 
with the purchase of any size crystal ball.
 
<p>
 
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<p>
 
<b>Alexander, C. [Claude Alexander Conlin]. Crystal Gazing: Lessons and Instructions
 
in Silent Influence with the Crystal. [Revised edition]</b>
 
<br>C. Alexander, Los Angeles, California,
 
<br>Undated, circa 1924. 38 pages. (Note that despite an identical title,
 
this revised edition has entirely different contents than the previous edition of the
 
same name.)
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>Preface</li>
 
<li>Lesson Number One: Mind Power Through Concentration</li>
 
<li>Lesson Number Two: How to Go Into the Silence: The Key of Life</li>
 
<li>Lesson Number Three: Concentration: The Development of Your Inner Forces</li>
 
<li>Lesson Number Four: Concentration: Special Instructions for Meditation</li>
 
<li>Lesson Number Five: Doubt Bars the Way</li>
 
<li>Lesson Number Six: Silent Influence: Application of Thought</li>
 
<li>Lesson Number Seven: Special Exercises</li>
 
<li>Lesson Number Eight: Silent Influence: Influencing Others</li>
 
<li>Lesson Number Nine: Health </li>
 
<li>Lesson Number Ten: Sex </li>
 
</ul>
 
<p>
 
This booklet carries a special dedicatory page: "Written especially
 
for and dedicated to members of The Crystal Silence League." (See below.) The
 
inside back cover, which was imprinted with a list of books for
 
sale, was pasted over with a light blue sheet declaring "I
 
have now completed my full course of lessons entitled The Inner
 
Secrets of Psychology. The sale of ALL OTHER books I have
 
heretofore listed has been discontinued." This notice would seem
 
to indicate that this undated booklet was Conlin's final volume
 
on Crystal Gazing. Because the first booklet of this name was
 
published in 1919, the Crystal SIlence League dates to 1920,
 
and Inner Secrets of Psychology was published
 
in 1924, it is likely that this second version of "Crystal
 
Gazing: Lessons and Instructions" was published between 1921 and 1923.
 
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<b>Alexander, C. [Claude Alexander Conlin].
 
Personal Lessons, Codes, and Instructions for Members of the Crystal Silence League:
 
A Concise and Comprehensive Treatise Embracing Proper Care of the Body
 
and Development of the Inner or Mental Powers.</b>
 
<br>C. Alexander Publishing Co., Los Angeles, c. 1920, 32 pages
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>Mental Treatment Course</li>
 
<li>Instructions for Thought and Codes for healing</li>
 
<li>Instructions for Developing Your Spiritual Aura</li>
 
<li>Instructions for Developing Your Psychic Intuition</li>
 
<li>Personal Analysis Index</li>
 
<li>Joy Road to Health</li>
 
<li>Special Lecture</li>
 
<li>Sex Force</li>
 
<li>Mind Power</li>
 
<li>Personal Magnetism</li>
 
<li>Winning Personality</li>
 
<li>Dynamic Thought</li>
 
<li>The Master Key</li>
 
</ul>
 
<p>
 
The purpose of this booklet was not to teach the divinatory art of
 
crystal scrying to beginners, but rather to instruct those who
 
had purchased crystal gazing balls from Alexander in how to use
 
them receptively to benefit from the "daily Mental Treatments" he
 
projected to them via his own crystal ball.
 
 
<p>
 
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<b>C. Alexander [Claude Alexander Conlin]
 
The Inner Secrets of Psycholgy Vol. 1: Creative Thought-Power. </b>
 
<br>C. Alexander Publishing Co., Los Angeles, 1924.
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>Preface<br>
 
<li>Lesson I: The Wonderland of Nature</li>
 
<li>Lesson II: Nature's Finer Forces</li>
 
<li>Lesson III: Thought-Waves and Currents</li>
 
<li>Lesson IV: The Secret of Concentration</li>
 
<li>Lesson V: The Secret of Visualization</li>
 
<li>Lesson VI: Crystals and Crystal-Gazing</li>
 
<li>Lesson VII: Mental Influence</li>
 
<li>Lesson VIII: Thought-Attraction</li>
 
<li>Lesson IX: Applying the Power</li>
 
<li>Lesson X: Words to the Wise</li>
 
</ul>
 
<p>
 
This is the first book in a multi-volume set; it is the only book in the
 
set with a chapter on crystal gazing. The intent here, unlike in the author's
 
other books, is to teach thought projection by means of a crystal ball. This
 
is the kind of projected visualization which he taught his students to receive via
 
their own crystal balls when he sent messages and healings to them. 
 
<p>
 
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<b>Anonymous. Course in Crystal Gazing and Clairvoyance:
 
A Practical Set of Instructions on Crystal Gazing Complete in This Issue, New Edition.</b>
 
<br>N.P., N.D., 15 pages mimeophraphed and top-stapled with a red paper illustrated cover; c. 1920s?)
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>Introduction</li>
 
<li>Clairvoyance and Crystal Gazing</li>
 
<li>Some Bits of History</li>
 
<li>The Crystal -- Advantages of Beryl</li>
 
<li>Care of the Crystal</li>
 
<li>Magnetism of the Crystal</li>
 
<li>The Position of the Crystal</li>
 
<li>Time for Use of Crystal</li>
 
<li>Importance of Right Mental Attitude</li>
 
<li>How to Induce Clairvoyance</li>
 
<li>Table of Interpretations</li>
 
<li>Appearances in the Crystal</li>
 
<li>Clairaudiency</li>
 
</ul>
 
<p>
 
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<b>Atkinson, WIlliam Walker. Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing:
 
A Course of Lessons on the Psychic Phenomena of
 
Distant Sensing, Clairvoyance, Psychometry,
 
Crystal Gazing, Etc. </b>
 
<br>96 pages [93 pges of text + 3 pages of ads]. 1908;
 
reprint by Yoga Publication Society, Desplaines, Ill., N.D. post-zip code
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>Lesson I The Nature of Psychomancy</li>
 
<li>Lesson II How to Develop Yourself</li>
 
<li>Lesson III Simple Psychomancy</li>
 
<li>Lesson IV The Astral Tube</li>
 
<li>Lesson V Psychometry</li>
 
<li>Lesson VI Crystal Gazing</li>
 
<li>Lesson VII Astral Projection</li>
 
<li>Lesson VIII Space Psychomancy</li>
 
<li>Lesson IX Past Time Psychomancy</li>
 
<li>Lesson X Future Time Psychomancy</li>
 
<li>Lesson XI Dream Psychomancy</li>
 
</ul>
 
<!--Complete text online here:
 
<br>http://www.archive.org/details/practicalpsychom00atki -->
 
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<p>
 
<b>Atkinson, William Walker (as "Swami Panchadasi").
 
A Course of Advanced Lessons in Clairvoyance and Occult Powers.</b>
 
<br>Advanced Thought Publishing, Chicago Ill., 1916.
 
Hardcover, Green cover with gold lettering, 319 pages;
 
Hardcover, Brown cover with black lettering, 319 pages.
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>The Astral Senses</li>
 
<li>Telepathy vs. Clairvoyance</li>
 
<li>Telephathy Explained</li>
 
<li>Scientific Telepathy</li>
 
<li>Mind Reading, and Beyond</li>
 
<li>Clairvoyant Psychometry</li>
 
<li>Clairvoyant Crystal Gazing</li>
 
<li>Clairvoyant Reverie</li>
 
<li>Simple Clairvoyance</li>
 
<li>Clairvoyance of Distant Scenes</li>
 
<li>Clairvoyance of the Past</li>
 
<li>Clairvoyance of the Future</li>
 
<li>Second-Sight, Prevision, etc.</li>
 
<li>Astral-Body Traveling</li>
 
<li>Strange Astral Phenomena</li>
 
<li>Psychic Influence: Its Laws and Principles</li>
 
<li>Personal Psychic Influence over Others</li>
 
<li>Psychic Influence at a Distance</li>
 
<li>Laws of Psychic Attraction</li>
 
<li>Psychic and Magnetic Healing</li>
 
</ul>
 
<p>
 
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<b>Besterman, Theodore. Crystal-Gazing: A Study In The History,
 
Distribution, Theory And Practice Of Scrying.</b>
 
<br>William Rider & Son Ltd. 1924.
 
<br>Reprint, New Hyde Park, N.Y.: University Books, 1965, 196 pages
 
(184 pages plus 12 pages of University Press book catalogue.)
 
<br>Reprint, Collector's Library of the Unknown, Time Life Education,
 
1993, 184 pages
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>Introduction (by Eve Juster, 1964)</li>
 
<li>Preface</li>
 
<li>Chapter I: Scrying and Its Methods</li>
 
<li>Chapter II: Scrying in Legend and Tradition</li>
 
<li>Chapter III: Scrying in Literature</li>
 
<li>Chapter IV: Scrying in Ancient and Early Europe</li>
 
<li>Chapter V: Scrying in Modern Europe</li>
 
<li>Chapter VI: Scrying in the East</li>
 
<li>Chapter VII: Scrying in Other Continents</li>
 
<li>Chapter VIII: The Procedure of Scrying and the Genesis of Visions</li>
 
<li>Chapter IX: The Mechanism of Scrying </li>
 
<li>Chapter X: Miscellaneous Phenomena of Scrying </li>
 
<li>Chapter XI: The Rationale of Scrying </li>
 
<li>Bibliographical Index</li>
 
<li>Subject Index</li>
 
</ul>
 
<!--Complete text online here:
 
http://www.esotericarchives.com/besterman/index.html -->
 
<p>
 
Theodore Deodatus Nathaniel Besterman (1904–1976) was a psychical researcher,
 
bibliographer, biographer, and translator. Born in Lódź, Poland,
 
he moved to England while still young. In 1924 he wrote his first book
 
on psychical phenomena,
 
"Crystal Gazing: A study in the History, Distribution and Practice of Scrying"
 
which was followed by "The Divining Rod: An Experimental and Psychological Investigation" (1926)
 
From 1927 to 1935 he was the investigating officer for the
 
Society for Psychical Research. "Water Divining: New Facts & Theories" (1938)
 
was his last book on psychism. He served in the British Royal Artillery
 
during World War Two and subsequently worked for UNESCO. During the 1950s he
 
lived in Switzerland and thenceforward devoted himself to translation, biography,
 
and bibliographical writing about Voltaire. He returned to England in the late 1960s
 
and died there in 1976.
 
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<b>de Laurence, L. W. Crystal Gazing: Spiritual Clairvoyance
 
Behind the veil, the Trance Sleep: Embracing The Beryl Crystal, Ancient
 
Methods, Clear Sight Or The Magnetic Sleep, Spiritual Clairvoyance, Astral
 
Appearances In The Crystal, Clairvoyance Or General Vision, Hygienic
 
Clairvoyance And An Explanation Of Terms Used With Glossary In The Back</b>
 
<br>The De Laurence Company Inc, Chicago, 1913, Hardcover, Blue cloth, gilt lettering;
 
<p>
 
(This is a pirated copy of Crystal-Gazing and the Wonders of Clairvoyance
 
by John Melville and Hygienic Clairvoyance by Jacob Dixon, to which
 
L. W. de Laurence illegally affixed his own name as author; he did
 
this to the works of many early 20th century occult writers from
 
England, as England and the United States did not have mutually supportive
 
copyright laws at the time. A modern reprint of the deLaurence eduition lists 108 pages,
 
close to the 98 pages of Melville-Dixon.)
 
<p>
 
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<p>
 
<b>Goldston, Will. Crystal Gazing.</b>
 
<br>London, 1905.
 
<p>
 
Will Goldston  (1878-1948).
 
<p>
 
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<p>
 
<b>Jones, Charles Stansfeld (as "Frater Achad"). Crystal Vision through Crystal Gazing
 
or, the Crystal as a Stepping-Stone to Clear Vision,
 
A Practical Treatise on the Real Value of Crystal-Gazing.</b>
 
<br>Yogi Publication Society, Chicago, Ill., 1923, xii + 116 pages)
 
Illustrated with 5 plates, and 2 pages of planetary hours, hardcover;
 
this book has been reprinted a number of times, including by the
 
Yogi Publication Society. Earlier editions are bound in blue-green
 
cloth with gold stamping; recent editions are red cloth with gold foil
 
stamping.
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>Foreword</li>
 
<li>The Lesser Crystalline Sphere</li>
 
<li>The Greater Crystalline Sphere</li>
 
<li>The Universal Crystalline Sphere</li>
 
<li>A Consideration of the Ancient Methods</li>
 
<li>Further Considerations -- The Methods of Dr. Dee and Sir Edward Kelly</li>
 
<li>The Attainment of Crystal Vision</li>
 
<li>Of the Ultimate Crystal</li>
 
</ul>
 
<!-- Complete text online here:
 
hermetic.com/browe-archive/pdf/crystal.pdf -->
 
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<p>
 
<b>[Life Savers], Life Savers Book-O-Secrets for 'Holesome Entertainmint. </b>
 
<br>Life Savers, Incorporated, Port Chester, N.Y., 1931
 
<br>32 pages plus colour wraps; only one chapter on Crystal Gazing, but
 
what a cool booklet; published by a candy manufacturer.
 
<ul>
 
<li>Secret Writing (writing in code)</li>
 
<li>Ventriloquism or How To Throw Your Voice</li>
 
<li>How To Make Invisible Ink</li>
 
<li>Secret of Making Everlasting Ink</li>
 
<li>Finding Out a Person's Age</li>
 
<li>Secret of the Moslem Oracle</li>
 
<li>Secret of Making a Gold-Finder</li>
 
<li>Divining Rods</li>
 
<li>Secrets of Telling Fortunes</li>
 
<li>Fortune Telling by Tea Leaves or Coffee Grounds</li>
 
<li>Fortune Telling by Crystal Gazing</li>
 
<li>Railroad Signals</li>
 
<li>Secret Hiding Places</li>
 
<li>Secret Initiations</li>
 
<li>Secret Initiations of the Ancient Persians</li>
 
<li>Initiation of the Druids</li>
 
<li>Secrets of Making Money</li>
 
<li>Secrets of the Woods and Trails</li>
 
</ul>
 
<p>
 
<center><img  width=500 height=13 src="http://www.yronwode.org/pookline.gif"></center>
 
<p>
 
<b>Marcelliee, R. S. Hindu Crystal Gazing, Clairvoyance, and Development of
 
Mind Powers: Complete Course Translated in English: The Real Hindu True System
 
of Clairvoyance and Telepathy.</b>
 
<br>New York City, Dr. R. S. Marcelliee, PhD., 1930.
 
<br>12 pages, top-stapled wraps, cover illustrated with a photo of "Dr. Marcelliee,
 
Author, Teacher, Psychic, and Astrologer."
 
<p>
 
The cover also carries and ad for
 
"Imported Crystal Balls. Prices on Application."
 
<p>
 
<center><img  width=500 height=13 src="http://www.yronwode.org/pookline.gif"></center>
 
<p>
 
<b>Melville, John. Crystal-Gazing and the Wonders of Clairvoyance
 
Embracing Practical Instructions in the Art, History, and
 
Philosophy of This Ancient Science, Illustrated with Diagrams,
 
New and Revised Edition, to Which is Appended an Abridgment
 
of Jacob Dixon's "Hygienic Clairvoyance" with Various Extracts and Original Notes. </b>
 
<br>London: Nichols, 1897. 
 
<br>98 pages (48 pages, including 4 plates and a 2-page table of Angels by Melville;
 
<br>plus  50 pages by Jacob Dixon). 
 
Reprinted by W. Foulsham & Co., Ltd. Fleet Street, London, c. 1910.
 
Pirated as Crystal Gazing and Spiritual Clairvoyance, with attribution to L. W. de Laurence, 1913
 
Reprinted as Crystal Gazing and Clairvoyance. Wellingborough, England: Aquarium Press, 1979.
 
<p>
 
Crystal Gazing and the Wonders of Clairvoyance
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>Preface</li>
 
<li>Crystal-Gazing</li>
 
<li>Beryl</li>
 
<li>The Crystal </li>
 
<li>Hints on the Use of the Crystal </li>
 
<li>Appearances in the Crystal</li>
 
<li>Warning</li>
 
<li>Summary of Practical Directions for Modern Experimenters, or Beginners </li>
 
</ul>
 
<p>
 
Hygienic Clairvoyance [by Jacob Dixon, abridged by Melville]
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>Introduction</li>
 
<li>Clairvoyance: Its Theory and Practice</li>
 
<li>Illustrations and Cases of Clairvoyance</li>
 
<li>Summary</li>
 
<li>Magnetic Clairvoyance</li>
 
<li>A Successful Method of Inducing Clairvoyance</li>
 
<li>What Proportions of Persons Can Become Clairvoyant?</li>
 
<li>Kinds of Clairvoyance</li>
 
<li>Glossary</li>
 
<li>Bibliography</li>
 
<li>Index</li>
 
</ul>
 
<p>
 
See also de Laurence, L. W.
 
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<b>Melville, John. 
 
Crystal Gazing: Concentration and Auto-Suggestion, Elementary
 
And Advanced Instruction For Crystal Vision, Advanced
 
Mediumship, Mesmerism, and An Exhaustive Treatise On
 
Concentration and Autosuggestion.</b> 
 
<br>Regan Publishing Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, 1923, 160 pages
 
<br>(74 pages, including 5 plates and a 2-page table of Angels by Melville;
 
<br>plus  70 pages by Jacob Dixon,
 
<br>plus 16 pages of book catalgue for Regan Publishing Corporation). 
 
<br>This is a thoroughly revised edition of the above title, with 1 new
 
illustration and 1 redrawn illustration, and considerably different text;
 
the Bibliography and Index of the former edition are omitted.
 
<p>
 
These chapters are mostly revised from
 
<br>Crystal Gazing and the Wonders of Clairvoyance by Melville
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>History and Source of Crystal</li>
 
<li>Brain and Body: Vision, Magnetism</li>
 
<li>Elementary Mediumship: Practical Directions, Visions</li>
 
<li>Advanced Mediumship: Choice and Care of Crystal, Placement, Ritual</li>
 
</ul>
 
<p>
 
These chapters are mostly revised from
 
Hygienic Clairvoyance by Jacob Dixon, abridged by Melville, and UNCREDITED here
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>Historic Clairvoyance and Mesmerism</li>
 
<li>Concentration and Auto-Suggestion</li>
 
<li>Conclusion</li>
 
<li>Glossary</li>
 
</ul>
 
 
 
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<b>Nelson, Robert A[lan], (as "Dr. [Korda] Ra Mayne") Six lessons in Crystal Gazing:
 
A Complete Course of Instruction for the Beginner.</b>
 
<br>Psychic Science Publishing Co., Columbus, Ohio, 1928.
 
28 pages [18 pages of text plus 10 pages of ads],
 
illustrated wraps; several variant covers exist; this
 
book was continually in print from 1928 - 1972, when
 
Robert Nelson died and publication ceased.)
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>Lesson I History of Crystal Gazing</li>
 
<li>Lesson II The Power of Concentration</li>
 
<li>Lesson III Visualization</li>
 
<li>Lesson IV How to Crystal Gaze</li>
 
<li>Lesson V Silent Influence Thru the Crystal</li>
 
<li>Lesson VI How to Attain Your Desires</li>
 
<li>Lesson VII Oriental Method of Charming Those You Meet and Love</li>
 
</ul>
 
<p>
 
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<b>Old, Walter Richard a.k.a Walter Gornold a.k.a. Walter Gorn Old. (as "Sephariel").
 
How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer, With a Concise Dictionary of Astrological Terms.</b>
 
<br>Foulsham & Co., Ltd, London, 1922.
 
<p
 
<ul>
 
<li>Chapter I.  A Postulate </li>
 
<li>Chapter II.  Qualifications </li>
 
<li>Chapter III.  Preliminaries </li>
 
<li>Chapter IV.  The Vision </li>
 
<li>Chapter V.  Difficulties </li>
 
<li>Chapter VI.  Symbols </li>
 
<li>Chapter VII.  Some Experiences </li>
 
<li>Chapter VIII.  Directions for Using the Ovoids and Spheres for Crystal or Mirror Vision </li>
 
<li>Chapter IX.  Consise Dictionary of Astrological Terms </li>
 
</ul>
 
<!-- Complete text online here:
 
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/26622/26622-h/26622-h.htm -->
 
Walter Richard Old a.k.a Walter Gornold a.k.a. Walter Gorn Old (1864 - 1929)
 
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<p>
 
<b>Seward, Professor A[lfred] F[francis].
 
The Art of Crystal Gazing or Secrets of the Crystal Revealed.</b>
 
<br>A.F. Seward & Co., Publishers, Chicago, 1920, paperback,
 
illustrated wraps, 104 pages (28 pages on crystal gazing dated March 12, 1920;
 
12 pages on astrology, numbered through page 39 but faced with blank page 40
 
-- this section on different paper stock; 64 pages of book catalogue of
 
A.F. Seward & Co., Publishers and Dealers in Astrological and Occult Books -- on
 
a third type of paper stock -- featuring ads for the works of W. W. Atkinson
 
(including his pseudonomous writings as Swami Panchadasi and Theron Q. Dumont),
 
the Zancigs, Professor Seward, and others, and also an ad for crystal balls)
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>Views of Noted Writers on Crystal Gazing</li>
 
<li>Preface</li>
 
<li>The Art of Crystal Gazing</li>
 
<li>Conditions for Crystal Gazing</li>
 
<li>First Signs of Vision</li>
 
<li>Spirit Sight</li>
 
<li>Astral Colors or How to Read the Crystal</li>
 
<li>History of Crystal Gazing</li>
 
<li>The Astral Senses</li>
 
<li>Spirit Messages as Seen Through the Crystal</li>
 
</ul>
 
<p>
 
Incidentally, almost an entire paragraph of instructional material
 
from page 11 of this book is read aloud
 
(without credit) by Warren William in the 1933 film "The Mind Reader."
 
<p>
 
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<p>
 
<b>Thomas, Northcote  W[hitridge], M.A. Crystal Gazing, Its History and Practice:
 
with a Discussion of the Evidence for Telepathic Scrying, 
 
with an Introduction By Andrew Lang, M.A., LL.D..</b>
 
<br>Alexander Moring (The De La More Press), London, 1905, Hardcover.
 
<br>Dodge Publishing Company, New York, 1905, Hardcover.
 
<br>Reprinted by Health Research, Mokelumne Hill, CA., 1968, spiral binding)
 
<br>Illustrated, 210 pages (unnumbered pages, plus i-xlviii introduction, and 1-162 text)
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>Introduction [by Andrew Lang]
 
<li>Chapter I.  Superstition and Incredulity </li>
 
<li>Chapter II.  Vision and Visions </li>
 
<li>Chapter III.  Crystal Visions </li>
 
<li>Chapter IV.  The Speculum, and the Methodf of Using It </li>
 
<li>Chapter V.  Historical </li>
 
<li>Chapter VI.  Historical [continued]</li>
 
<li>Chapter VII.  The Incantation or "Call" </li>
 
<li>Chapter VIII.  Egyptian Scrying </li>
 
<li>Chapter IX.  More Egyptian Scrying </li>
 
<li>Chapter X.  Prophetic and Telepathic Scrying </li>
 
<li>Chapter XI.  Evidential Cases </li>
 
<li>Chapter XII.  Experimentation </li>
 
<li>Bibliography </li>
 
<li>Index </li>
 
</ul>
 
<p>
 
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge (1868-). Lang, Andrew (1844-1912)
 
<p>
 
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<p>
 
<b>Thorpe, C. Practical Crystal-Gazing.</b>
 
<br>London, 1916.
 
<p>
 
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<p>
 
<b>Verner, A. Clairvoyance and Crystal-Gazing.</b>
 
<br>Bolton, 1903.
 
<p>
 
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<p>
 
<b>Zancig, Julius, The World's Greatest Mind-Reader.
 
Crystal Gazing, the Unseen World: a Treatise on Concentration.</b>
 
<br>Famous Products Co., 2451 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago 16, Ill., 1925,
 
48 pages, illustrated paper wraps
 
<p>
 
<b>Zancig, Julius, The World's Greatest Mind-Reader.
 
Crystal Gazing, the Unseen World: a Treatise on Concentration.</b>
 
<br>I. & M. Ottenheimer, Baltimore, Maryland, 1926,
 
48 pages, illustrated paper wraps
 
<p>
 
<ul>
 
<li>Preface</li>
 
<li>Crystal Gazing</li>
 
</ul>
 
<p>
 
(Except for publishers name, date,  slight variation in trim size of
 
height, and ads on covers 2, 3, and 4 of the Ottenheimer edition -- blank
 
on the Famous Products edition -- the two editions are identical. In an
 
interview published around this time for the magic trade, Julius Zancig
 
claimed not to have written this book but to have been paid to put his name
 
to it. He had retired from the stage and was living with his second wife
 
Ada in Philadelphia at the time, running the Zancig Zodiac Shop where they
 
sold horoscopes, read tea leaves, and gave private readings.)
 
<p>
 
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<p>
 
 
<!-- POST 1950 Ruthchild, Myriam & Clettis Musson. Crystal Gazing: Then & Now.
 
Pomeroy, OH: Lee Jacobs Productions, 1982. A wide-ranging
 
exploration of the use of crystal balls, perhaps the finest
 
discussion of this infrequently-used oracle, by two extremely
 
skilled practitioners. -->
 
 
<!-- Invocating by Magic Crystals and Mirrors. HOCKLEY, Frederick ( Edited
 
and with an Introduction by R. A. Gilbert ). York Beach, Maine, USA: Teitan
 
Press, 2010. First Edition Hardcover. Small octavo. 112pp. Bound in heavy
 
black cloth with a gilt design after Hockley stamped on the front cover,
 
and gilt title to the spine. Printed in color throughout. Edition limited
 
to 600 numbered copies.
 
 
"Invocating by Magic Crystals and Mirrors" contains a full color facsimile
 
of an original manuscript by Frederick Hockley, a transcription of the
 
text, an Introduction by R. A. Gilbert, and other related material.
 
Frederick Hockley (1809-1885) was an important if often-overlooked figure
 
in nineteenth-century occultism. He was an active "seer" who engaged in
 
scrying, and took an interest in ritual magic, alchemy and spiritualism. He
 
was also a Freemason, who later in life joined the Societas Rosicruciana in
 
Anglia and other esoteric fraternities, and his work was posthumously used
 
by various members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Hockley is
 
also rightly renowned for the manuscripts he created, for he sought out and
 
carefully prepared copies of numerous grimoires and other magical,
 
alchemical and kabbalistic texts that had lain hidden in private
 
collections around England. In addition he compiled a number of his own
 
magical texts, as well as keeping detailed records of his many scrying
 
sessions. "Invocating by Magic Crystals and Mirrors" is one of Hockley's
 
own writings. In it he describes the philosophy and method of
 
"crystallomancy" ("crystal gazing" or "scrying through crystals or
 
mirrors"), a practice which has long been associated with ritual magic.
 
John Dee and his seer Edward Kelly were of course famous proponents of the
 
system during the Elizabethan years, and after a period of relative
 
obscurity it had found a new popularity in Spiritualist circles during the
 
nineteenth century. Hockley's is a short work, that is reproduced from an
 
original manuscript, dated 1869, that he presented to Barbara Honywood, a
 
well-known society Spiritualist of the time. Honywood was said to have
 
mediumistic powers, and it seems likely that Hockley prepared and gave the
 
manuscript to her in the hope that it would excite her interest in the
 
process, and perhaps persuade her to act as his "seer." This Teitan Press
 
edition is the first ever publication of the work. In addition to a full
 
color facsimile of the beautifully decorated original manuscript,
 
Invocating by Magic Crystals and Mirrors also includes a typeset
 
transcription, a fascinating Introduction by Hockley scholar R. A. Gilbert,
 
and the text of the "Invocation of the Crowned Angel," a related work taken
 
from Hockley's manuscript records of his personal scrying activities. -->
 
 
<!--Mystic Test Book of the Hindu Occult Chambers by L.W. DE LAURENCE " 177
 
pages HARDCOVER with GILT ELABORATE DESIGN on the cover. THIS RARE out of
 
PRINT Book is in Good to Very Good condition outside and Near Fine
 
condition inside. Some agewear, corner rubs, chippings to covers and slight
 
water fading to back cover to grade it as good to vg. Pages are clean and
 
the binding Tight . Do not miss this opportunity to obtain this rare
 
Rosicrucian , Occult , Rose Croix , Rosy Cross , Hermetic , Magic Esoteric
 
Mystic Mysticism book. This book is the FIRST EDITION published in 1909.
 
 
TOPICS INCLUDE: The Magic and Occultism of India; Hindu and Egyptian
 
Crystal Gazing; The Hindu Magic Mirror and how to prepare it; Astral and
 
Spirit Sight; Clairvoyance; Inner Sight; Interior Focalization of the Mind;
 
State of Introspection; Interior Concentration; Astral Auras and reading
 
colors; To read past and future of man, Reading in the Astral Light;
 
Telepathy, the Zodiac; Instructions for ASTRAL Projection; Sacred Magic,
 
Oriental Magic, White and Black Magic, Jesus, Paracelsus, Dr. Dee,
 
Cornelius Agrippa, Apollonius, Hypnotism, HIndu and Egyptian Crystal
 
Gazing, Magnetism, Eliphas Levi Occult Symbols and their meanings -->
 
 
<!-- On Cryska Balls and Crystal Gazing, reprinted in 2005 by Kessinger is
 
simply Chpater 6 (pages 176 - 224) of this book, mostly covering the
 
history of scrying in mirrors and crystals.)
 
 
The Curious Lore of Precious Stones
 
George Frederick Kunz
 
Precious and semi-precious stones have many qualities beyond their physical attributes. They have remarkable monetary value, and in the opinion of most of mankind, from the earliest recorded times to the present, they have abilities and characteristics that can only be termed magical.
 
 
Agate, for instance: Cardan believed that it cured insomnia; an air ship designed in 1709 by a Brazilian priest planned to use agates as antigravity devices. Amber: ancient Greeks thought it the fossil ized tears of Indian birds, weeping over the death of Meleager. Amethyst: believed to prevent drunkenness anti to cool sexual pas sion. Beryl: in the Middle Ages it helped one in battle or law suits, rendered one amiable, intelligent, and diligent. Rubies: divided by the ancients into male and female stones, they could make Water boil, it was believed, arid could protect one's fruit trees from tempests as long as they were uncontaniinated.
 
 
Dr. Kunz, Americas foremost gemmologist, long consultant to Tif fany's, prepared the definitive book on this fascinating, traditional gem lore. Ranging over a wide wealth of sources oral, ancient lapidary manuals from the Middle Ages, Greek and Roman geograph ical accounts, the Eddas, archeological discoveries in Egypt, the Bible, oriental gem books, travelers' accounts in the primitive world, historical documentation of the fated gems of the world he provides an unmatched account of the inner life of the gem.
 
 
Among the larger topics which he covers are: exotic beliefs about gems, the use of gems as ansulets and talismans, carved and engraved magical stones (including scarabs), luminous stones, stones of ill omen, crystal balls and crystal gazing (scrying), the religious use of gems in many traditions, birth stones, the astrological meaning of precious stones, the magical and therapeutic value of gems, and much else.
 
 
Dover Publications 1971
 
Softcover 406 pages-->
 
 
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The Yronwode Institution for
the Preservation and Popularization
of Indigenous Ethnomagicology

(YIPPIE!)

Our aims:
  • The identification, acquisition, preservation, and interpretive display of objects and documents specifically identified as originating within, or being part of, indigenous magical activities.
  • The study, understanding, and popularization of ethnically diverse indigenous magical activities, the people who engage in them, and the tools they employ in their magic endeavours.

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Research Resources



CRYSTAL GAZING BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Books about the methods and practices of divinatory Crystal Gazing and Scrying that were published prior to 1950, compiled by catherine yronwode for the edification of students of the Mystic Arts, arranged by Author's name.



DOWSING, PENDULUM, AND DIVINING ROD BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Books about Dowsing, Water-Witching, Pendulums, Doodlebugging, and Divining Rods, compiled by catherine yronwode for the help of students of Practical Divination, arranged by Author's name.



NUMEROLOGY BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Books about Numerology, Number Divination, Gematria, Isopsephia, the Lo Shu Square and Number Magic, compiled by catherine yronwode for the use of students of Practical Occultism, and arranged by Author's name.



SPIRIT BOARD BIBLIOGRAPHY:
A bibliography on talking boards, spirit boards, and ouija boards by nagasiva b.w yronwode; materials contained herein are focussed on their history and use in divination, arranged chronologically by publication date.



HOODOO, ROOTWORK, AND CONJURE BIBLIOGRAPHY:
A bibliography of source material on African American folk magic, hoodoo, rootwork, and conjure, compiled by catherine yronwode; for the use of students of Practical Folk Lore and Spirituality, and arranged by Author's name.



NEW THOUGHT BIBLIOGRAPHY:
A bibliography by catherine yronwode of books and pamphlets originating in the New Thought Movement of the 19th and 20th centuries, including self-help, positive thinking, philosophical, metaphysical, and denominational texts.



THE BENEFITS OF RECITING CERTAIN SURAHS:
An anthology of verses from the Holy Qur'an, with the prescriptive values given to them by those practicing folkloric forms of Muslim prayer and healing. This work is an Islamic counterpart to the Jewish "Secrets of the Psalms."



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Books on Worldwide Folk Magic

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Spellcraft from Manchuria, Mongolia, and Siberia

by David Borji Shi

From the ancient Mongol empire to the Manchurian Qing Dynasty, the people of North Asia have shaped the history of the world. With an extraordinary range of beliefs and practices, both indigenous and influenced by their geographic neighbours, the Animist, Shamanic, and Buddhist folk magicians of Mongolia, Manchuria, and Eastern Siberia preserve a vital religio-magical practice by which people seek and obtain blessings, protection, luck, love, and health. This book will open your eyes to diverse cultural customs and spell-casting methods that you may never have known existed.

Author David Borji Shi, an American of Manchurian heritage, brings us authentic spells and methodologies from this remote corner of the world, and teaches us how to use the tools and techniques of North Asian magic. David Borji Shi is an animist and spiritual worker who was raised in a household that incorporated both Southeast Siberian and North Chinese practices. As a scholar of global folk magic, David is a practitioner of hoodoo and conjure as well as the customs of his ancestors and greater Eurasia. He currently resides in New York City.

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     Publication date: May 14, 2016
     ISBN: 978-0-9903136-2-5
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Trolldom
Spells and Methods of the Norse Folk Magic Tradition

by Johannes Bjorn Gardback

Trolldom, the folk magic of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, has been practiced for more than 500 years. Now, after extensive research, Johannes Bjorn Gardback presents the fascinating occult art of Norse trolldom to an English-speaking audience. This detailed account of traditional Scandinavian folk magic offers in-depth historical background, divination methods, and descriptions of practical spell-craft, and includes hundreds of collected Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish trolldom workings for love, money, protection, healing, and cursing.

Author Johannes Bjorn Gardback is an internationally respected healer, teacher, and spiritual worker of Swedish folk-magic. A practitioner of hoodoo and conjure, he is also a founding member of AIRR, the Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers. He brings solid, firsthand knowledge of Norse, Scandinavian, and African-American folklore to his practice. He currently lives in Goeteborg, Sweden.

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     Format: 288 pages, trade paperback, illustrated
     Publisher: Yronwode Institution for the Preservation and Popularization of Indigenous Ethnomagicology (YIPPIE)
     Publication date: May 15, 2015
     ISBN: 978-0-9903136-1-8
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Product Details (hardcover):
     Format: 288 pages, clothback, illustrated
     Publisher: Yronwode Institution for the Preservation and Popularization of Indigenous Ethnomagicology (YIPPIE)
     Publication date: December 1, 2020
     ISBN: 978-0-9903136-3-2
     Tagged: Spells
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