Crystal-gazing (Cosimo Classics Paranormal)

From the point of view of the scryer telepathy can be of two kinds experimental and spontaneous. -from Telepathy Perhaps the first comprehensive exploration of the ancient art of crystal gazing ever written-and still considered the best-this intriguing 1924 volume roams the history of civilization from Greece and Rome to modern Europe to aboriginal Australia to gather fascinating commonalities in the global practice of scrying. Besterman a student of the paranormal discusses: . scrying in legend and tradition . scrying in literature . the procedures of scrying . related phenomena: automatic writing hauntings and multiple personalities . why scrying works . and more. Also available from Cosimo Classics: Bestermans A Dictionary of Theosophy. British bibliographer and editor Theodore Besterman (1904-1976) is remembered chiefly as a scholar of the philosopher Voltaire though his interests ranged from anthropology to the paranormal. His many books include Annie Besant: A Modern Prophet and Divining Rod: An Experimental and Psychological Investigation.