Magicienne
04-09-2010, 00:11
I am currently in London and yesterday I went to the British Museum to look at the magical artifacts once belonging to John Dee who was a magician and astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I. The are fascinating, you can take a look here: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/d/dr_dees_magic.aspx
Anyway, I was especially drawn to the scrying mirror. Now I would not consider myself psychic or clairvoyant and while I work with tarot and astrology I consider myself more intuitive or sensitive rather than psychic.
However as I looked at the mirror and felt myself seem to gaze "through" it, faces began to appear to me not in my minds eye but in the mirror! It seemed as though the mirror were a window and that many people were jostling to peer though it into the room and at me. The faces seemed to belong to people of the past and I saw one rather demonic looking face but only briefly. I also saw the face of John Dee himself. I was very surprised by this but not afraid. I stopped looking at the mirror and walked away from the mirror for a few minutes.
I then returned and looked again through the mirror and the same thing happened, all these faces appeared to me. It was not an upsetting experiance but one I have never had before. The only difference is that recently I have had therapy from a transpersonal therapist and have been doing a lot of inner journeying and meeting my guides so perhaps that has set something off.
After I left the Museum I went ot Atlantis the occult bookshop near by and was looking at a book called The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age by Frances Yates which contains a chapter on Dr Dee. I really wanted to read it but it was £12 and too expensive for me. I noted down the title and left. Then about 2 minutes later on a whim I went into a leftwing book shop I was passing and on the second hand shelf sat a copy of the very same book for £1!
I very surprising day for me, I am keen to see if I can try scrying again at home and looking forward to reading the book as it feels it was put in my hands by fate!
Anyway, I was especially drawn to the scrying mirror. Now I would not consider myself psychic or clairvoyant and while I work with tarot and astrology I consider myself more intuitive or sensitive rather than psychic.
However as I looked at the mirror and felt myself seem to gaze "through" it, faces began to appear to me not in my minds eye but in the mirror! It seemed as though the mirror were a window and that many people were jostling to peer though it into the room and at me. The faces seemed to belong to people of the past and I saw one rather demonic looking face but only briefly. I also saw the face of John Dee himself. I was very surprised by this but not afraid. I stopped looking at the mirror and walked away from the mirror for a few minutes.
I then returned and looked again through the mirror and the same thing happened, all these faces appeared to me. It was not an upsetting experiance but one I have never had before. The only difference is that recently I have had therapy from a transpersonal therapist and have been doing a lot of inner journeying and meeting my guides so perhaps that has set something off.
After I left the Museum I went ot Atlantis the occult bookshop near by and was looking at a book called The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age by Frances Yates which contains a chapter on Dr Dee. I really wanted to read it but it was £12 and too expensive for me. I noted down the title and left. Then about 2 minutes later on a whim I went into a leftwing book shop I was passing and on the second hand shelf sat a copy of the very same book for £1!
I very surprising day for me, I am keen to see if I can try scrying again at home and looking forward to reading the book as it feels it was put in my hands by fate!