PRACTICAL PSYCHOMANCY/PART 5
LESSON V.
PSYCHOMETRY.
The
phenomena commonly known as “Psychometry,” is but one phase of Psychomancy—or
it even may be said to be but a method employed to bring into
action the Astral Senses. The Psychometrist merely gets into rapport with
the distant scene; or period of time; or person; or object; by using some bit
of physical material associated with that scene; time; person; objects; etc.,
in order to “open up communications” along the usual lines of Psychomancy. This
has been compared to the use of objects associated with a thing in the case of
memory. We all know how the sight of some object will recall at once memories
of things long since forgotten to all appearances, but which memories have been
merely stored away in the great storehouse of the mind, to be recalled readily
when the “association” is furnished. What “association” is in the case of
Memory, so is the material object presented as the “associated object” in
Psychometry.
The
Occult Teachings inform us that there is a psychic connection ever
existing between things once associated, and that when we throw ourselves
into the psychic current surrounding an object we may readily follow the
current back until we reach the associated object for which we are seeking on
the Astral Plane. In the Akashic Records (See Lesson IX) all memories are
registered and recorded, and if we have a good starting point we may travel
back until we find that which we desire. In the same way the “associated object”
furnishes us with a ready means of starting our Astral Tube into being and use.
This is the secret of the use of the lock of hair; the bit of clothing; the
piece of metal or mineral, etc., used by Psychometrists.
A
well known authority on the subject has said concerning Psychometry: “It may be
asked how it is possible, amid the bewildering confusion of these records of
the past, to find any particular picture when it is wanted. As a matter of
fact, the untrained psychic usually cannot do so without some special link to
put him in rapport with the subject required. Psychometry is an instance in
point, and it is quite probable that our ordinary memory is really only another
presentment of the same idea. It seems as though there were a sort of magnetic
attachment or affinity between any particle of matter and the record which
contains its history—and affinity which enables it to act as a kind of
conductor between that record and the faculties of anyone who can read it. For
instance, I once brought from Stonehenge a tiny fragment of stone, not larger
than a pin’s head, and on putting this into an envelope and handing it to a
psychometrist who had no idea what it was, she at once began to describe the
wonderful ruin from which it came, and the desolate country surrounding it, and
then went on to picture vividly what were evidently scenes from its early
history, showing that the infinitesimal fragment had been sufficient to put her
into communication with the records connected with the spot from which it came.
The scenes through which we pass in the course of our life seem to act in the
same manner upon the cells of our brain as did the history of Stonehenge upon
that particle of stone; they establish a connection with those cells by means
of which our mind is put in rapport with that particular portion of the
records, and so we ‘remember’ what we have seen.”
THE FIVE METHODS
The
method of Psychometry may be employed in a number of ways, among which are the
following, all of which are subject to many variations and combinations:
1.
Locating a person by means of a lock of hair, article of clothing,
handkerchief, ribbon, piece of jewelry, bit of writing, etc. In this manner not
only may a good Psychometrist locate the person, but will also be able to give
an idea of his characteristics, habits, health, etc.
2.
Describing a person's characteristics, past life, future, etc., by means of the
rapport condition made possible by the person's presence.
3.
Describing a present distant scene by means of a bit of mineral, plant, or
similar object once located at the place.
4. Describing
the surrounding underground characteristics by means of a bit of mineral, etc.
5.
Getting into touch with the past history of an object, or its surroundings, by
means of the object itself. For instance, a bullet from the battle-field may
give the history of the battle; a bit of ancient pottery, the characteristics
and habits of the people who made or used it, as well as the appearance of the
land in which they dwell, etc.
In
all of these phases, with their variations and combination, the student will
see the operation of the phenomena under the various heads as classified by us
in this work. Each Occurrence or manifestation will be found to fit into the
class of Simple Psychomancy; Space Psychomancy; Past Time Psychomancy; or
Future Time Psychomancy.
(See
Lesson II, for suggestions regarding development of Psychometric power.)
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