[Note: In the original text, the Concise Dictionary of Astrological Termsdisplayed a small astrological glyph illustration next to each term,but I have not included these diagrams in this online text.]
HOW TO READ THE CRYSTAL
OR, CRYSTAL AND SEER
WITH A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF ASTROLOGICAL TERMS
BY
SEPHARIAL
AUTHOR OF "BOOK OF CARDS," "THE LITTLE BOOK OFMAGIC," ETC.
LONDON FOULSHAM & CO., LTD.
10 & 11, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C.
1922
Printed in Great Britain
CONTENTS
| Chapter I. | A Postulate | 5 |
| Chapter II. | Qualifications | 13 |
| Chapter III. | Preliminaries | 17 |
| Chapter IV. | The Vision | 21 |
| Chapter V. | Difficulties | 25 |
| Chapter VI. | Symbols | 29 |
| Chapter VII. | SomeExperiences | 35 |
| Chapter VIII. | Directionsfor Using the Ovoids and Spheres for Crystal or Mirror Vision | 51 |
| Chapter IX. | ConsiseDictionary of Astrological Terms | 53 |
CHAPTER I.
A POSTULATE
Any attempt at a scientific explanation of the phenomenon of"crystal seering," to use an irregular but comprehensive term, would perhapsfall short of completeness, and certainly would depend largely upon the exerciseof what Professor Huxley was wont to call "the scientific imagination." Thereasons for this are obvious. We know comparatively little about atomicstructure in relation to nervous organism. We are informed to a certain degreeupon atomic ratios; we know that all bodies are regarded by the physicist as acongeries of atoms, and that these atoms are "centres of force." Primarily, theatomic theory would refer all heterogeneous bodies to one homogeneous substance,from which substance, by means of a process loosely referred to as"differentiation," all the elements are derived. These elements are the resultof atomic arrangement, and the atoms of each are known to have variousvibrations, the extent of which is called the "mean free path of vibration."The indestructibility of matter, the fact that all nature is convertible, andthe absolute association of matter and force, lead to the conclusion that sinceevery change in matter implies a change of force, matter must be ever living andactive, and primarily of a spiritual nature. The great Swedenborg, no less ascientist than a spiritual seer, laid down his doctrine of "Correspondences"upon the primary concept of the spiritual origin of all force and matter.Matter, he argued, was the ultimate expression of Spirit, as Form was that ofForce. Spirit was to Force what Matte