THE POWERS AND MYSTERIES OF CLAIRVOYANCE
MARVELS OF THE “SIXTH” SENSE
CLAIRVOYANCE, originally a French word, means the ability to see
clearly. The reason so few people possess this extraordinary psychic
faculty, is because most human beings are three-quarter parts blind,
deaf, and insensate to anything beyond the ordinary emotions.
The power of prophecy and acute intuition is a sixth sense which most of
us have in a slight degree dormant and uncultivated.
Clairvoyance has often been mistaken for superstition or wilfully
imposed and cunning deceptions, and it is difficult for ignorant and
cynical people to believe that it is founded on science and truth.
It has stood firm through the ages in spite of the quackery of wizards,
paraphernalia of sorcerers (used to inspire fear and awe in the
uninitiated), the sneers of those of material minds. All of us at some
time or other have felt the control of that still small voice, potent
and penetrating as conscience, which comes, unaccompanied by earthquake
or fire, to instill us with awe, joy, extreme sadness, or warning at
some critical juncture of our lives; often anticipating, with power
greater than speech can convey, some event that concerns our well-being.
Why this power should be deemed more extraordinary or mysterious than
the senses of sight, hearing, smell, and touch which, even to those
thoroughly conversant with the anatomy of the human body, remain steeped
in mystery, it is difficult to say.
Science teaches that a million delicate sounds escape the ear and brain,
and as many minute exquisitely fashioned atoms escape the eye.
A magnifying glass reveals the marvelous structure of insects and
microbes invisible to naked sight, and it is only by means of a
telescope that the beauty of the stars is discerned; thus the developed
power of clairvoyance may be called the magnifying lens of the soul.
It is because this lens is dull and misty that we fail to see.
The history of ages and a great deal of our most cherished literature
prove its existence.
Many of the stories and prophecies of the Bible are founded on
clairvoyance. People were simpler and more trusting then; for this
reason visions and clear sight were granted them.
Pilate’s disregard of the warning conveyed in his wife’s dream, affected
the whole course of Christianity, and the Bible abounds with examples of
the disasters that befell those who disobeyed the spiritual promptings
sent them.
This wonderful faculty of inner sight is the possession of the
individual born blind. He demonstrates its existence when by merely
passing his fingers over an object he can describe exactly a color he
has never seen. In him it is nature’s recompense, and no one who watches
his movements can doubt that he is guided by this psychic organism, yet
when we note the same power granted to a man or woman blessed with
eyesight, we at once decide that happy coincidence, trickery, or
charlatanism is the origin of the manifestation.
Clairvoyance teaches that everybody has a distinctive color, which
conveys more of character and personality than any word or action. The
shades of these colors vary according to temperament, and are as much
concealed from untrained vision as the million tints composing the gold,
purple, and green bands of the rainbow.
Optimistic persons emanate a pale blue aura.
Large-minded progressive persons, a pale green.
Pessimistic worried persons, gray.
Ill-health in mind or body, dark green.
Kindly benevolent, humane persons, pink.
The thinker and scholar, deep blue.
The degraded, brown.
The passionate and bad-tempered, red.
The ambitious, orange.
The lover of the beautiful in Art, yellow.
KEYS TO CHARACTER
These colors, however, although providing the key to the character, are
subject to constant changes. Our moods sway and change our thoughts
according to the happenings that affect us.
For example, bereavement or anxiety has power to transform the blue aura
of the optimistic temperament to gray, and this temporary change of
color studied alone may perplex the clairvoyant, and mislead him to a
false diagnosis of character.
In order to prevent this, the seer will do well to request some article
constantly worn by the inquirer to be handed him; the older and shabbier
it is the better. A dilapidated glove, an everyday tie or a ring
constantly worn are equally valuable by which to discriminate between
the temporary and habitual aura peculiar to temperament. When a man’s
glove emits a pale blue aura, in contradiction to the gray of his own
personality, the deduction is that he is naturally of a hopeful and
cheerful tendency, but that some mental anxiety or bereavement causes
the gray, deep or pale, according to the depth of emotion dominating
him.
The reason of this difference of colors is that the glove is, as it
were, saturated with the essence of his normal disposition, while the
color of his character has been changed by circumstances or environment.
In the brain there exists a small and delicate organ known as the pineal
gland, and it is thought by some scientists that this is responsible
for, and sensitive to, the subtle vibrations of ether which are too
minute to stir the tympanum of the ear. Its cultivation produces the
power that beholds and distinguishes the difference in shades of mental
color in which the mind is absorbed.
People of erratic temperament possess an aura of many and constantly
changing colors, but those whose calm never varies maintain but one.
Some few persons are aware of the tones of their aura, and are therefore
keenly sensitive to the influence of their surroundings.
They will be perfectly miserable if the paper on their walls, or the
material of their clothes, clashes in color with that of their
character; while they are at their best and happiest surrounded by the
tints that blend or contrast harmoniously.
The clairvoyant’s outfit consists of six qualities:--
1. Power of magnetism.
2. Mental health and influence.
3. Physical health and cleanliness.
4. Temperance in food and drink.
5. The power of discerning the aura and interpreting its colors.
6. The liberty from all evil or slothful habits.
In advanced clairvoyance the use of the crystal for vision is designated
by many seers as “clap-trap” and vulgar “playing to the gallery.” It is
found to be injurious to eyesight and brain centers to gaze at any
shining article for too long a period, yet in parlor clairvoyance there
is no doubt that it has great power of inducing concentration of sight
and thought.
CRYSTAL GAZING
By means of crystal scrying the gazer creates and becomes subject to the
influence of auto-hypnosis--that is, he is able to throw himself into a
trance which veils his own personality and links him to that of his
client.
The surface of the crystal gradually reflects images, and subconscious
impressions conveyed by and vital to the individual whose past, present,
and future are being revealed.
Sympathy and intuition merge the soothsayer’s aura with the
temperamental coloring of his client. His magnetic force creates further
powers, while his psychic discernment or sixth sense is the nucleus
about which these are bound.
No student of clairvoyance can be successful in discerning character and
personal emanations of color unless he is disciplined by simple rules
which should govern his life.
Excessive eating, drinking, intemperance in any form, self-indulgence,
bad habits, and drugs destroy this delicate sixth sense past redemption.
Want of sincerity and integrity results in the rapid decline of its
power.
The body and mind must be pure and of perfect mental and physical
balance. No nervous fretting or pettiness of outlook should be permitted
to intrude.
In clairvoyance the brain is ruled by large and lofty aims, and it must
be kept as unspotted and clean as a white garment; so only is it capable
of performing its proper functions.
Likewise it is essential to remember the important, nay, vital dominion
it exerts over the body, which cannot rise to perfect beauty and health
unless its mental orbit is lofty and serene.
In consulting a clairvoyant the client should be serious, earnest, and
trustful that he will hear the truth. Frivolity, incredulity, or idle
curiosity forms as it were a thick crust between the mind of exponent
and inquirer, which prevents the penetrating of thoughts and vision,
strains the powers, and results in disappointment.
In the same spirit in which one visits a doctor or solicitor should the
clairvoyant be approached, and there must be no determined reserve to
conceal thoughts and character in the mind.
Clairvoyance in a drawing-room full of people is extremely
difficult--indeed impossible, unless the onlookers can be induced to
keep perfect silence during the operation.
It is always better to be closeted alone with the inquirer in a small
room to which street noises do not penetrate, provided only with the
necessary furniture, kept clean and fresh, airy, and well lighted.
The crystal should never be touched by any one save the clairvoyant, and
must be kept free from spots and smudges. A black silk handkerchief
round its globe will be a help to divination by preventing the
reflection of lights.
There may be, especially to beginners, temptations to pose as the
possessor of supernatural powers--to make passes over the crystal, light
wax tapers, burn perfumes, and murmur incantations--but these methods,
although employed by the ancient prophets, are of no aid to the modern
sage. Indeed, they do harm by appealing to the senses and superstitions,
and, being a mere affectation, are unworthy of that sixth sense and
harmful to it.
SIMPLE MANIFESTATIONS BEST
The simpler the manifestation, the more assured the clairvoyant may be
of arriving at the truth.
Self-confidence, an absolute belief in his gift, and faith in his
methods dominate him.
He does not endeavor to avoid exertion of his nervous forces by
discreetly “pumping” the inquirer as to ways and means, but takes a
delight in silent investigation.
The clairvoyant should come to his task fresh and buoyant, bubbling with
enthusiasm, and yet without frivolity or thoughtless mind. At the
slightest sense of fatigue he should desist from his efforts, for it is
extremely harmful to apply any force or strain to this abstract power.
Physical fatigue and excitement must be avoided, for these engender
jangled nerves, sleeplessness, and finally inability to isolate the mind
from the orbit of our own concerns to the sphere of others.
The processes that occur in crystal-gazing are thought transference and
telepathy. A communication of ideas is set up between the prophet and
client, and the mirror-like surface of the crystal is the medium by
means of which innate thoughts are reflected.
As far as possible, the clairvoyant submerges his own personality in
that of the inquirer, putting himself in his or her place. The best
means of creating these links is to place an article constantly worn by
the inquirer to the head. Profound silence brings about the sense of
atmosphere and aura usual to the latter, and by these means, and an
intent gazing into the crystal, visions originate.
The crystal is supposed to be the magic bridge which spans the chasm
fixed between itself and the spiritual world. In the iron it contains
are situated the collective and culminating forces.
Mists of white, green, blue, and violet tints are symbols of good
fortune and happiness; black, yellow, and red are warnings of disaster.
When the mists disperse and gradually ascend to the surface, the
clairvoyant may reply to any question in the affirmative; mists that
descend to the bottom are signs of negation.
Images that develop to the left of the clairvoyant are real; those on
the right are purely symbolical.
It will be seen from the above that in order to apply oneself to the
achievement of reading the secret depths of mind, character, talent, and
circumstances, it is necessary to possess the power of separating
oneself from material surroundings and allowing the spirit to dominate
the body.
This can only be executed by the process of hypnotizing oneself.
Clairvoyance is based on certain forms of this semi-somnolent state,
for, just as in hypnotism, the mind reigns supreme over matter and
becomes isolated by means of an object, so, in clairvoyance, a waking
trance is brought about by fixed gazing into the crystal.
However, there are other methods of inducing this state, more or less
difficult of manipulation, until constant practice and experience have
made them a habit.
For the reason, formerly mentioned, that long gazing at a bright surface
is injurious to eyesight, many clairvoyants prefer to create visions
without the use of a crystal.
Words repeated over and over again have a mysterious power of isolating
the sixth sense from the rest.
For example, the word AUM is extraordinarily symbolical. It stands for
three influences--
A = the objective.
U = the subjective.
M = the Eternal.
These are the three kingdoms in the heart of man.
_The objective_, being the natural surroundings of objects and events
which we all can feel and see.
_The subjective_, being the realm of influences the degree of which is
felt according to the perception and training of our spiritual forces;
too often vague and illusive, because most of us ignore its existence.
_The Eternal World_, being that state to which the subjective world, in
its highest state of development, leads. This word repeated, slowly and
steadily at first, and then at great speed, has a marvelous power to
create as it were a vacuum between the spirit and body of the prophet.
His mind dwells on its meaning; the vibration of the different letters
acts on his mind, and he is carried by gentle stages to the very seat of
his spiritual being.
It is when he attains this full development that he is granted large,
clear, and deep perceptions of his client’s character, and is able to
reveal facts concerning him which in his normal state would be
absolutely impossible.
The sensation experienced is that of being plunged into space in which
the senses of sight, hearing, and touch are transmuted to the brain and
spirit.
The student will doubtless be discouraged at first at his inability to
produce this state, but he should remember that hard work and
perseverance are the attributes which all must give to be perfect in any
learning, art, or science.
One destined to become a great mathematician stumbles in childhood with
despair over the first addition sum, and the most distinguished musician
has to do battle with the rudiments of music.
Thus it is in clairvoyance. Seemingly insuperable difficulties surround
the novice who has never learnt to recognize the value and power of the
sixth sense. Patience, a tranquil, determined mind, and not a little
courage, are necessary in this branch of science. Time and growth work
wonders in the persistent mind, and it will be seen that the obstacles
gradually move aside, the curtain is lifted, and the strenuous seeker
reaches that mature vision which he has formerly imagined dimly, if at
all.
It is a good plan for the novice to ponder on his own name, and, shut
away from all distractions, repeat it again and again to himself. He
will gradually feel a sense of deepest mystery surrounding him, for in
that name is concentrated the riddle of existence. The blending of
spiritual and material kingdoms lies behind it, and the material slips
rapidly into obscurity.
THE ETERNAL QUESTION
The eternal question based on introspection faces him. “What am I?
Whither am I going? What is the meaning of this thoughtful brain, this
palpitating heart, these stirring pulses through which the mysteries of
the soul flash in a thousand directions?”
These and many other questions will move into being until the eternal
atmosphere of spirituality is reached, and the wings of the soul become
unfurled and increase in strength and power to lift him to the realms of
his desire.
Only when the heart is pure and worthy will the vision be granted--the
dross of bitterness, envy, hatred, and malice, which generally hide the
precious jewel from the light, and render scintillating brilliance
impossible, all discarded.
Every one knows how difficult it is to control the mind, and keep it
from mean and uncharitable thoughts. It is more rebellious even than the
body, and influences it for good or evil.
Temptations small and great are created and emerge from the mind. No one
thieves with his fingers until the thought of theft is born. His mental
faculties plan the ways and means and cunningly devise protections
against the punishment in which the act when culminated results, unless
artful deceptions render discovery impossible. No treason or wrong-doing
was ever committed before the deed was hatched in the brain.
The mental sphere may be a hotbed of falsehoods and treachery, or it may
be a world of purest truth and virtue.
Therefore, before all else, the clairvoyant must learn to discipline and
constrain his thoughts, and this is extremely difficult, and seems at
first almost impossible; yet, if the lamp is to burn brightly, it must
be kept clean, and daily fed with all thoughts that are benevolent,
gentle, and good.
A humble demeanor, a longing for purity and singleness of purpose are
needed to bring about these noble qualities, and here it is that proper
treatment of the body is invaluable.
Simple diet, early rising, daily exercise, constant isolation, and
cultivation of good habits create the orbit for the higher faculties.
These are the elementary rudiments of clairvoyance, and, unless they are
mastered, the clairvoyant, no matter how diligent and persevering he may
be in his studies and labor, is doomed to failure.
A quiet state of mind helps in all the storms and stress of life. It is
a harbor of quiet blue waters, in which the seafaring vessel may shelter
beneath peaceful starlit skies, securing power and refreshment and
shafts of clearest light by which other human ships may be led towards
his haven.