Quartz, or rock crystal, has been considered one of the best magic stones since ancient times. And this is due to the fact that, according to the mystics, there is a special magical energy in it, thanks to which sunlight, passing through quartz crystals, acquires healing properties. Therefore, products made of rock crystal, especially crystal balls, were often applied to sore spots. And for some peoples of Tibet, this method of treatment has not lost its significance at the present time.
In addition to its healing properties, mystics attribute to crystal a positive influence on intuition and supersensible perception. It is assumed that the rays of light passing through this stone have a special effect on the brain: they contribute to the concentration of thoughts, give clarity and clarity to thought processes, contribute to the manifestation of insight and penetration into the global information field …
The fact that with the help of crystals, mirrors, crystal spheres and other transparent or reflective devices can cause visual hallucinations, it is said in the legends and written sources of many peoples: in ancient Peru, Madagascar, Siberia, the American Indians, in Ancient Greece and Rome, India and Egypt. Everywhere and everywhere it was believed that in this way one could see both the past and the future …
And as the facts show, there is a lot of truth in these legends. At least, many famous clairvoyants of the past were able to see the future, separated from them by tens of years, with the help of a crystal ball.
On this occasion, the Arab scholar of the 13th century Ibn Kaldoun wrote: “Some people look into mirrors or vessels filled with water … They stare intently until they begin to see images. The contemplated object disappears, and then a veil similar to fog is drawn between the observer and the mirror. Against this background, images appear that he wishes to perceive, and then describes what he sees …"
So, it is assumed that the famous Michel Nostradamus saw in his crystal ball pictures of future catastrophes, and the great Paracelsus, with the help of a magic crystal, maintained contact with astral entities. Other mystics and magicians did not refuse to use crystal balls.
For example, the eminent philosopher and scientist John Dee, with the help of a magic ball, very accurately predicted Mary Tudor, who became the Queen of England in her prime, that her reign would be short-lived. At the same time, in his magic crystal, he saw that her half-sister Elizabeth, who was at that time in disgrace, would soon inherit the throne. And just two years later, Dee's prediction came true.
By the way, some historians believe that England owes much to the expansion of trade ties and geographical discoveries to John Dee and his forecasts.
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It should be noted that with the help of a crystal ball, Dee allegedly wrote down the language of angels, which has its own alphabet and grammar, completely different from all existing dialects and dialects of the Earth. This unknown language, according to John Dee, was shown to him in a magic ball by an elf named Madina and two angels who named Ave and Raphael …
And here is a case, also associated with the prediction of future events using mountain quartz, which took place in Russian history. He was told about him in Otechestvennye zapiski by V. F. Odoevsky in the article "Witchcraft in the XIX century". It reported on one very mysterious incident that occurred with the guard officer Yurlov, who was on friendly terms with the author of the article. From his words, Odoevsky wrote down the story. Below, with some abbreviations, we present it.
“This guardsman once met 96-year-old Anton Markovich Gomuletsky. He was still a cheerful old man with an enviable memory and a reputation as a sorcerer. Gomuletsky liked Yurlov, often visited him, sometimes sitting up after midnight. Once Yurlov asked Anton Markovich to show him his future bride. The old man at first denied, but then nevertheless condescended to the pleas of the guest.
They (together with Yurlov's friend Tsedilin) went into a small room where a crystal vase of water stood on the table, and a smooth dark stone lay next to it. The owner explained that there is nothing wonderful about these items. The tourmaline stone is "saturated with the sun's rays" and, if placed in a vase, will illuminate the water from the inside. Even if the image of Yurlov's bride appears, it is only as a result of the will of the owner, without any spells.
When Yurlov asked about the reasons for the possible failure, Gomuletsky explained that it was in his power to cause a reflection only of those events that would occur during his life. And he is already 96 years old …
The guests silently looked at the water glowing with a mysterious light. Ten minutes later, a picture of a room in which a girl of remarkable beauty was sitting at the piano appeared clearly and with all the details. Nearby stood a man with a pale face and long hair, pointing something out to her.
The vision was forever imprinted in Yurlov's brain. For about five minutes he and Tsedilin admired the painting. Then a strange crack was heard in the vase - and the vision disappeared.
Sitting opposite the guests, Gomuletsky kept staring at the vase. When they got up, Anton Markovich said: "So, my dear, you saw your bride, but do not rejoice, she will not be your wife!"
Six months later, Yurlov met a girl whose image he saw in a vase in Gomuletsky's apartment. The engagement took place. But the wedding was postponed due to the Hungarian campaign. And when the campaign ended, the bride was already married to someone else”…
But how plausible are all these examples of clairvoyance with the help of rock crystal? At least while investigating this problem, scientists often came across rather curious facts related to this mineral.
Back in the 1870s, one study of a quartz ball noted the following: “The resulting image on a glass ball can be amazingly accurate and true. Sometimes the "beholder" even moves away from the ball and takes a magnifying glass. Returning, he finds the old picture, which he examines through a magnifying glass. The picture unfolds in front of him wider and wider, details become clearer and clearer."
However, the majority of scientists to such statements of mystics treated with obvious distrust. The only thing they agreed with was that the bright shine of the crystal ball tires certain parts of the brain, which allows hypnotists, who, by the way, most often used it during the sessions, easier to put a person into a hypnotic state.
And only the story of the crystal ball, which played a decisive role in the fate of the famous twentieth century prophetess, Englishwoman Neil Montague, attracted a new surge of interest in this stone, not only from professional clairvoyants, but also from serious scientists.
As for Neil herself, it turns out that as a child she most of all loved to play with a crystal ball, which was presented to her by an Indian nanny. And it was thanks to this ball that the girl once saved her mother's life.
Subsequently, the soothsayer described this incident in her memoirs: “Before going to sleep, I usually looked at the ball for a long time, admiring the overflow of light and darkness inside it. And then one evening an amazing thing happened: the ball in my hand began to change shape! It seemed to me that instead of him I was holding in my hand a thick dark cloud: it gradually increased in size, enveloping the surrounding space in darkness. Then vague images appeared in the blackness - and I suddenly recognized the setting of mother's bedroom! My eye was attracted by the bed, or rather, a blue silk robe lying on top of the bedspread: I suddenly fancied some movement in it. With my peripheral vision, I saw the silhouette of my mother, who stretched out her hand for the robe, and with horror noticed in its folds a king cobra, preparing to throw … A wild cry escaped from my chest, I dropped the ball and lost consciousness for a moment.
To calm me down, my mother called the soldier guarding the house, and together we went up to her bedroom. Mother cautiously moved to the bed: the sentry issued a warning cry, pushed her aside and rushed forward, and the hood of an angry cobra emerged from the folds of the robe, she arched menacingly, hissed, and then the soldier began to shoot …"
This incident made Neil believe in the special power of the crystal ball, and since then he has almost always been with her.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the use of crystal balls by European mystics became especially widespread. At the same time, some of them used this tool so successfully in their clairvoyant practices that they gained considerable fame.
One of these celebrities at the beginning of the 20th century was the Englishman Von Burg. He became famous for the fact that, using an egg made of rock crystal, he solved several rather complicated cases.
The most impressive story, in which Burg played the main role, was the disappearance of the London businessman Foxwell. It was believed that he went to America. But since there was no news from the businessman for a long time, his wife decided to contact the police. But there she heard nothing comforting. Therefore, the woman went to the famous clairvoyant.
Von Burg looked into the famous crystal egg for a while, and then in a mournful voice announced that the businessman had not gone anywhere. He was cunningly killed, and his body was thrown into the Thames. At the same time, Burg very accurately named not only the time when Foxwell's corpse would be discovered, but also the place where it would be found. And the clairvoyant was not mistaken in his predictions …
The famous clairvoyant from America, Jane Dixon, amazed with her ability to see the future in a crystal ball. Unusual abilities she showed already in early childhood. The girl predicted that they would give her for her birthday, what events would soon happen …
Seeing that the child was endowed with an amazing talent, the mother went with her eight-year-old daughter to the famous gypsy fortune-teller, who asked the girl to show her her palm. Finally, after a short silence, she said: "The lines on her hand indicate that this girl will become a great fortuneteller in the future." Then she gave her a crystal ball and asked to describe what she would see in it.
When Jane started talking about the rocky shore, about the foaming ocean waves, the gypsy stopped her and then said: “This is my homeland. I give you a ball …
Since then, using a gift from a gypsy woman, Jane predicted many different events: the attempt on the life of the Pope and the death of American astronauts in the fire on Apollo 1, named the time of death of F. Roosevelt and D. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe and Martin Luther King, as well as some other famous people.
The clarity of the images in time and space that Jane could see in the crystal ball literally amazed everyone who was present at her clairvoyance sessions.
So, “watching” from the other end of the country President Eisenhower and the famous comedian Bob Hope playing golf, she very accurately described all the nuances of the game, and the veracity of her words was immediately checked by phone …
All these facts, in the end, led to the fact that in recent decades, official science began to show interest in visions in a crystal ball.
The famous American psychotherapist Raymond Moody has conducted numerous studies of this phenomenon. “I have established,” he noted, “that the visions in the crystal ball are not fiction, but fact. They were clearly projected in the ball, moreover, they were colored and three-dimensional, like in a holographic movie."
Psychologists from West Georgia have also studied the amazing features of crystal balls. Of the several dozen volunteers who participated in the experiment, more than half in transparent spheres were able to see the faces of familiar and unknown people, visions from childhood and adolescence.
Moreover, the scientists found that while watching an episode from their past, the subjects could stop the flow of events at any moment and examine the frozen picture in detail …
To explain such amazing effects of crystal balls, scientists put forward the following hypothesis.
The rays passing through the transparent sphere introduce the human psyche into a hypnotic state, in which the activity of some parts of the brain weakens, while others, on the contrary, increases. As a result of such "switching" the consciousness of people gazing intently at the ball changes, and their brain begins to perceive waves, which contain encoded information from a single information field of our planet.
Then the images received by the brain through the eyeballs and the pineal gland fall on the crystals of the quartz ball, are reflected from them and return back to the brain. As a result, a person “sees” the images that have arisen in the crystal sphere.
Bernatsky Anatoly