Post by Zeda on Apr 7, 2018 10:19:55 GMT -6
Crystallomancy
CRYSTAL BALL READING
Introduction Crystal Ball Reading
Crystal ball reading is known as Crystallomancy, some crystal ball gazers use a small round crystal held in the palm of their hand, others use something larger mounted on a stand. The archetypal image of the gypsy woman reading your fortune is the first image that comes to mind when crystal ball reading is mentioned.
The crystal ball used does not need to be perfect, it depends on what you are attracted to or which crystal chooses you, you will be guided by your intuition when purchasing your crystal ball. If made of glass, it should be free from air bubbles but can be coloured. If caved from quartz, beryl, calcite, obsidian, or amethyst, it will likely display the natural colouring structure of the mineral from which it was created.
Crystal gazing should be practiced in a dimly-lit, quiet room, so as to aid visions and encourage a trance state.
THE HISTORY OF CRYSTAL BALL READING
The world’s largest crystal ball in the world can be viewed in the Ross C. Purdy Museum of Ceramics in Westerville, Ohio, weight 700 pounds. The third largest crystal ball in the world, can be viewed in the Penn Museum and weighs fifty-five pounds. It was created during the Qing Dynasty in the 19th century for Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908).
Dr. John Dee (1527-1608), was royal advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, he was a scientist, astronomer, mathematician, and geographer who was also involved in alchemical studies. He employed a form of scrying using a small crystal ball and a black obsidian mirror, which he believed helped him communicate with angels. A quartz ball that once belonged to Dee now has pride of place in the British Museum.
Nostradamus (1503-1566) would gaze into a bowl of water, mirror, or dark ink and then take notes about what he saw. He would later use these notes as inspiration for his famous writings.
The Shahnama, was a historical work written in the late 10th century, gives a description of what was called the Cup of Jamshid, used in Ancient Persia, which was used by wizards and practitioners of the esoteric sciences for observing all the seven layers of the universe.
Mormon prophet Joseph Smith contacted angels using two stones called the Urim and Thummim, in his 1829 translation of the Book of Mormon from the Golden Plates.
Ancient Egypt used scrying in their initiations. This included water scrying, dream scrying, oil scrying, and mirror scrying.
Ancient Greeks and Celts practiced scrying using black glass, polished quartz, beryl, water and other transparent or light catching bodies.
In the Middle Ages crystal balls shifted from being shaped in beryl to crystal which is more reflective.
HOMEWORK
Why do you think Crystal Balls pop up all throughout Earth's history?