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'''Psychometry''' (from Greek: ψυχή, psukhē, "spirit, soul"; + μέτρον, metron, "measure"), is a [[siddhi]] through which the psychometrist can find out the history of an object simply by making physical contact with that object. | '''Psychometry''' (from Greek: ψυχή, psukhē, "spirit, soul"; + μέτρον, metron, "measure"), is a [[siddhi]] through which the psychometrist can find out the history of an object simply by making physical contact with that object. This ability is possible due to the constant interchange of "atoms" (not only the ones known by science but also the occult [[Life-Atom|"life-atoms"]]) between beings and objects: | ||
[[H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote | <blockquote>[T]he magnetic fluid projected by a living human body is life itself. “Indeed it is life atoms” that a man in a blind passion throws off, unconsciously, and though he does it quite as effectively as a mesmeriser who transfers them from himself to any object consciously and under the guidance of his will. Let any man give way to any intense feeling, such as anger, grief, etc., under or near a tree, or in direct contact with a stone; and many thousands of years after that any tolerable Psychometer will see the man and sense his feelings from one single fragment of that tree or stone that he had touched. Hold any object in your hand, and it will become impregnated with your life atoms, indrawn and outdrawn, changed and transferred in us at every instant of our lives. Animal heat is but so many life atoms in molecular motion. It requires no adept knowledge, but simply the natural gift of a good clairvoyant subject to see them passing to and fro, from man to objects and vice versa like a bluish lambent flame.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. V (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1997), 115-116.</ref></blockquote> | ||
As [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote, psychometry involves a "reading or seeing, not with the physical eyes, but with the soul or inner Sight".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 6.</ref> She explained: | |||
<blockquote>The psychometer sees the secrets of the [[Akasa]] by the “Eye of Siva,” while corporeally awake and in full possession of his bodily senses.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 182.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>The psychometer sees the secrets of the [[Akasa]] by the “Eye of Siva,” while corporeally awake and in full possession of his bodily senses.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 182.</ref></blockquote> | ||
==Online resources== | ==Online resources== | ||
===Articles=== | ===Articles=== | ||
*[http://www.blavatsky.net/theosophy/judge/articles/psychometry.htm# Psychometry] by William Q. Judge | *[http://www.blavatsky.net/theosophy/judge/articles/psychometry.htm# Psychometry] by William Q. Judge | ||
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[[Category:Theosophical concepts]] | [[Category:Theosophical concepts]] | ||
Revision as of 15:06, 30 April 2013
Psychometry (from Greek: ψυχή, psukhē, "spirit, soul"; + μέτρον, metron, "measure"), is a siddhi through which the psychometrist can find out the history of an object simply by making physical contact with that object. This ability is possible due to the constant interchange of "atoms" (not only the ones known by science but also the occult "life-atoms") between beings and objects:
[T]he magnetic fluid projected by a living human body is life itself. “Indeed it is life atoms” that a man in a blind passion throws off, unconsciously, and though he does it quite as effectively as a mesmeriser who transfers them from himself to any object consciously and under the guidance of his will. Let any man give way to any intense feeling, such as anger, grief, etc., under or near a tree, or in direct contact with a stone; and many thousands of years after that any tolerable Psychometer will see the man and sense his feelings from one single fragment of that tree or stone that he had touched. Hold any object in your hand, and it will become impregnated with your life atoms, indrawn and outdrawn, changed and transferred in us at every instant of our lives. Animal heat is but so many life atoms in molecular motion. It requires no adept knowledge, but simply the natural gift of a good clairvoyant subject to see them passing to and fro, from man to objects and vice versa like a bluish lambent flame.[1]
As H. P. Blavatsky wrote, psychometry involves a "reading or seeing, not with the physical eyes, but with the soul or inner Sight".[2] She explained:
The psychometer sees the secrets of the Akasa by the “Eye of Siva,” while corporeally awake and in full possession of his bodily senses.[3]
Online resources
Articles
- Psychometry by William Q. Judge
Notes
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. V (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1997), 115-116.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 6.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 182.