Swami Panchadasi - Clairvoyance and Occult Powers

Clairvoyance and Occult Powers
From a 1916 edition.

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LESSON ITHE ASTRAL SENSESThe skeptical person who "believes only the evidence of his senses." Theman who has much to say about "horse sense." "Common Sense" versusUncommon Senses. The ordinary five senses are not the only senses. Theordinary senses are not as infallible as many think them. Illusions of thefive physical senses. What is back of the organs of physical sense. Allsenses an evolution of the sense of feeling. How the mind receives thereport of the senses. The Real Knower behind the senses. What theunfolding of new senses means to man. The super-physical senses. TheAstral Senses. Man has seven physical senses, instead of merely five. Eachphysical sense has its astral sense counterpart. What the astral sensesare. Sensing on the astral plane. How the mind functions on the astralplane, by means of the astral senses. The unfolding of the Astral Sensesopens up a new world of experience to man.

LESSON IITELEPATHY vs. CLAIRVOYANCEThe two extra physical senses of man. The extra sense of "the presence ofother living things." The "telepathic sense." How man may sense thepresence of other living things apart from the operation of his ordinaryfive physical senses. This power is strongly developed in savages andbarbarians, but has become atrophied in most civilized men, by continueddisuse. It is now vestigal in civilized man, but may be developed bypractice. Animals have this extra sense highly developed, and it plays avery important part in their protection from enemies; their capture ofprey, etc. The strange actions of dogs, horses, etc., explained. How thegeese saved Rome by reason of this sense. All hunters have experiencedevidences of the existence of this sense on the part of animals. Thephysical telepathic sense. How it operates. Interesting instances of itspossession by animals, and savage tribes. Women possess it strongly. Thedistinction between this form of thought-transference and clairvoyance.

LESSON IIITELEPATHY EXPLAINEDWhat "telepathy" means. The mental process by which one "knows at adistance." The sending and receiving of waves and currents of thought andfeeling. Thought vibrations, and how they are caused. The part played bythe cerebrum, cerebellum, and medulla oblongatathe three brains of man.The part played by the solar plexus and other great nervous centres. Howthought messages are received. How states of emotional excitement aretransmitted to others. The Pineal Gland: what it is, and what it does. Theimportant part it plays in telepathy and thought-transference. Mentalatmospheres. Psychic atmospheres of audiences, towns, houses, stores, etc.Why you are not affected by all thought vibrations in equal measure andstrength. How thought vibrations are neutralized. Affinities andrepulsions between different thought vibrations. Interesting factsconcerning telepathy. Scientific explanations of telepathy.

LESSON IVSCIENTIFIC TELEPATHYThe important investigations of the Society for Psychical Research. Truetelepathy and pseudo-telepathy; how they are distinguished by scientists.Strict tests imposed in investigations. The celebrated "CreeryExperiments," and how they were conducted. The elaboration of the"guessing" game. Seventeen cards chosen right, in straight succession.Precautions against fraud or collusion. Two hundred and ten successes outof a possible three hundred and eighty-two. Science pronounces the resultsas entirely beyond the law of coincidences and mathematical probability;and that the phenomena were genuine and real telepathy. Still morewonderful tests. Telepathy an incontestable reality. "A psychic forcetransmitting ideas and thoughts." Interesting cases of spontaneoustelepathy, scientifically proven. Extracts from the scientific records.Cold scientific reports read like a romance, and prove beyond doubt thereality of this great field of phenomena.

LESSON VMIND-READING, AND BEYONDWhat "Mind-Reading" is. The two phases of Mind-Reading. Mind-Reading withphysical contact; and without physical contact. Why the scientificinvestigators make the distinction. Why science has been over-cautious;and how it falls short of the full understanding of contact Mind-Reading.How the thought-waves flow along the nerves of the projector andrecipient. Like telegraphy over wires, as compared with the wirelessmethod. How to learn by actual experience, and not alone by reading books.How to experiment for yourself; and how to obtain the best results inMind-Reading. The working principles of Mind-Reading stated. Fulldirections and instruction given for the successful performance of theinteresting feats. This lesson is really a little manual ofpractical instruction in Mind-Reading, and the higher phases ofThought-Transference. The person carefully studying and applying theprinciples taught therein should become very proficient in both privateand public manifestations.

LESSON VICLAIRVOYANT PSYCHOMETRYWhat Clairvoyance really is; and what it is not. The faculty of acquiringsuper-normal knowledge of facts and happening at a distance, or in past orfuture time, independent of the ordinary senses, and independent oftelepathic reading of the minds of others. The different kinds ofClairvoyance described. What is Psychometry? Clairvoyant en rapportrelations on the astral plane, with distant, past or future happenings andevents; by means of a connecting material link. How to obtain the psychicaffinity or astral relation to other things by means of a bit of stone,lock of hair, article of wearing apparel, etc. Interesting instances ofclairvoyant psychometry. How to go about the work of psychometrizing. Howto develop the power. How to secure the best conditions; and what to dowhen you have obtained them. Psychometry develops the occultist for stillhigher clairvoyant powers.

LESSON VIICLAIRVOYANT CRYSTAL-GAZINGThe second great method of securing clairvoyant en rapport relations withthe astral plane. How the crystal, magic-mirror, etc., serves to focus thepsychic energy of the clairvoyant person. The crystal serves the purposeof a psychic microscope or telescope. How crystals tend to becomepolarized to the vibrations of their owner. Why crystals should bepreserved for the personal use of their owners. The use of crystals, orother forms of shining objects, by different peoples in ancient and moderntimes. How they are employed in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji Islands,South America, etc., by the primitive tribes. Various substitutes for thecrystal. Full directions for Crystal Gazing. Complete instructions andwarnings. All stages described, from the first "milky mist" to the clearlydefined "psychic photograph." The Astral Tube, and the part it plays inCrystal Gazing. A complete little text-book of the subject.