DESARROLLO INDIVIDUAL

Great men throughout history have used prophets and astrologers as advisors in times of decision. Today, in America, names such as Jeane Dixon and Irene Hughes have become bywords; their predictions are read each year in books and newspaper columns. The late Edgar Cayce’s hundreds of predictions covering the rest of this century have made him the Nostradamus of our time. In Europe and elsewhere around the world, prophecy is even more common.

These psychics are the first to insist that we all have this ability. Like anything else, it needs to be used to be developed. Irene Hughes has used hers since the age of four when she found she “knew” certain things were going to happen. She was willing to continue to explore this challenge rather than to relinquish her extrasensory ability for sensory conformity. Edgar Cayce fell asleep on his school textbook when he should have been studying. To the astonishment of his angry father, who then tested him, young Edgar could repeat verbatim any random page from the book.

The psychic prophet is not necessarily an astrologist. He may ask for a birth date, but this can be merely to relate

better to a person he is “reading.” A rapport is helpful in tuning in to a person’s karma or future.

Another tool of importance to the psychic can be some object that will help divert the conscious mind so that its thoughts do not block out the delicate message picked up by the superconscious mind. The so-called crystal ball can be anything but crystal and far from a ball. A famous psychic on Long Island, known as the Egg Lady, uses the white of an egg. Many tea-leaf readers are not familiar with the meanings of the leaf patterns but use them as diverters of the conscious mind.

Some psychics are not able to divert their conscious mind this easily. They must go into a deep trancelike state before their psychic messages can be seen or heard. Edgar Cayce’s trances, which he could enter instantly, gave him the appellation, “The Sleeping Prophet.”

This trance is, of course, a state of self-hypnosis; we can all induce it to one degree or another, quickly and safely.

This evening we’ll all become prophets—to some extent.

At least, we will be expanding our awareness in the direc­

tion of that universal storehouse of information which it is believed we all have the ability to tap.

Procedure

Step 1 “Tomorrow” is a magical word. It brims with promise. The group discusses tomorrow. What will happen in the lives of participants when they go home after this Evening, and wake up tomorrow morning? First, each person describes what tomorrow will probably have in store for him. What will he eat for breakfast, what will happen at work, or at home, etc? Instructions for Step 2 should be read before beginning this.

Step 2 As each person listens to the others, he is aware of mental images in his own mind created by the speaker.

Do these images include any details not mentioned by the speaker? If so, jot them down. When all the speakers have concluded, each person tells of his “glimpses.” To­

morrow he will check those that actually take place and report back at the next meeting. Did one participant really lose three golf balls? Did another actually meet a long lost friend? Did a dish actually break? And so forth.

Step 3 Sensitivity is further sharpened by the “Magne­

tized Water” test. Ten numbered glasses of water are placed in a row a few inches apart on the dining-room

or kitchen table. A volunteer remains behind as all leave.

The volunteer “magnetizes” one of the glasses by placing both hands over and around it. Everybody returns and tries to sense what glass has been “magnetized.” Each per­

son writes down the name of the volunteer and the num­

ber of the glass. All leave again. The volunteer changes the water in the glass he magnetized. He rejoins the group.

A second volunteer goes through the same procedure.

When a number of volunteers have done this and the group has attempted to detect the results, the participants report on their findings and the volunteers disclose the correct numbers of the glasses they “magnetized.” Correct

“hits” are tallied. The odds are less than even for each person to have one “hit,” providing there have been fewer than ten volunteers. Mathematical odds for the group as a whole can be computed as follows: Total number of

“hits” likely = number of participants × number of volunteers ÷ 10.

Step 4 The above exercise is repeated with several changes. Participants in another room visualize, in ad­

vance, the glasses and the volunteers going in one by one to “magnetize” a particular glass. Each person writes down the number of the glass he “predicts” will be magnetized by each volunteer. There is a minute of silence to permit this visualization to be accomplished. The volunteers then go in singly to magnetize one glass each. The participants do not follow them. The volunteers reveal the right an­

swers. Again a tally is made of “hits.” Are these seriously down from Step 3? Are they still above the laws of prob­

ability?

Step 5 A group member who has been relatively suc­

cessful in reaching a deep state of relaxation, and in autosuggestion, volunteers to answer questions from other members while he is in a state of self-hypnosis. He sits in the center of the room. It may be helpful for him to fix his attention on one of the water glasses just used but freshly filled. He relaxes. He suggests to himself that “the veils of time are lifted.” He announces to the group when he is “ready.” Members ask specific questions about prob­

lems or decisions facing them. He answers automatically, whatever thoughts come, even if they do not make sense or are already understood. It is best to limit this to ten minutes as it can be tiring. The self-hypnotist ends the session with suggestions of renewed energy and well-being, and a count of one, two, three!

Step 6 Refreshments. The members discuss the answers supplied by the self-hypnotized subject. Do they appear to have elements in them that go beyond the apparent knowledge of the subject? Was symbolism used? If so, what was the meaning to the member concerned?

Evening No . 14