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    • Crystal Ball Reading for Beginners: Have No Fear

      by Alexandra Chauran

      (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

      What if you literally saw God, Goddess, an angel, or a fairy with your own two eyes? If this happened to you in a dream, in church, within the confines of a magical circle, such incredible visions would be appropriate. If, however, this happened while you were driving to work and you swerved off the road to avoid a pixie or Gabriel's horn, you would likely rightfully find yourself in the psychiatric ward of your local hospital. Everything in between is a big old gray area, and not one that feels comfortable to explore.

      For that reason, as a professional fortune teller, I have many friends and clients who gush excitedly that they love fortune tellers, scrying, and divination, but that they could never do it themselves. How could this be that I've heard people who are obviously intuitive and open-minded about psychic arts tell me that they feel and see nothing when they attempt to do the work themselves? This is especially strange considering that such people have more access to step-by-step instructions like those in my book, Crystal Ball Reading for Beginners.

      It isn't that visions can't be seen by everyone. People who say that they can't see things when they try often either don't know what to look for, or simply don't actually want to see anything supernatural with their own eyes. After all, who hasn't had the experience of catching spooky shadows out of the corners of their eyes and wishing for a bright light to chase them away? Inviting a hallucinatory encounter may seem like a step toward madness. Many wannabe psychics ask themselves: How will I know I'm not crazy?

      Fear of "becoming crazy" or of not being able to see anything at all are the reasons why I recommend crystal ball reading as an incredibly valuable and versatile practice. Firstly, having a tool in which you can see whatever "crazy" things that you want, without spooky visions bleeding out into your mundane life, allows the beginning reader and budding psychic a chance to relax and allow whatever amazing revelations there are within the crystal ball to come forth. When the visions seem frightening or overwhelming, the crystal ball can simply be set aside for a time when the reader feels more ready. Some people really do see images inside the crystal ball as clear as in a television set. Others only see the visions on the inside of their eyelids, in the mind's eye, and that's okay, too.

      The second amazing virtue of the crystal ball is to provide inspiration to those people who really don't believe that they would be able to see any visions at all. To see why this is true, you may need to see a real quartz crystal ball in person. It isn't just a translucent sphere, like a marble of glass. Each real quartz crystal ball is blessed with countless tiny imperfections throughout. On the clear backdrop of the crystal's surface and interior, you'll see white wisps frozen forever in time within the crystal ball. When the crystal ball is turned in the light, those small imperfections may appear to be different colors along the light spectrum, and will be all different shapes depending on how you turn the crystal ball. In fact, it may seem quite impossible to see one of those imperfections the same way twice. This property is exactly how you can be inspired to see things in the crystal ball.

      Even those who don't boast of great creativity can literally see shapes in clouds. If you can lay on your back in the grass and see clear shapes in the clouds almost as if somebody had sculpted them to look like a rabbit, a car, or what have you, then you can also see visions in the crystal ball. The tiny white and rainbow shining imperfections in a crystal ball speak to your intuition in the same way that clouds speak to your imagination. The shapes you see may tell a story, or have personal meaning to you. Or, you can use a book like Crystal Ball Reading for Beginners to help you know what you should be seeing and paying attention to and understand how to interpret your perceptions into full crystal ball readings.

      The crystal ball exercises the part of you that sees your intuition expressed in a visual form, while keeping a safe boundary between your psychic practice and your everyday life. For that reason, I find it to be a more valuable tool for the budding fortune teller than other forms of divination (such as tarot cards) or more difficult scrying tools such as a mirror or a bowl of water, which may not already have inspiring shapes swirling around in them. As you practice, you may find that the actual tiny flecks that inspire you to see shapes in the crystal ball allow you to see other fleeting visions within the crystal ball itself that are more akin to real visions right before your eyes. Seeing things in the crystal ball is possible for anyone when you know what to look for.

      If you're still too worried to pick up the crystal ball, knowing that you can put it down when you no longer want to see things, then you can take comfort that seeing intangible things does not make you "crazy." In fact, the American Psychiatric Association requires that other problems besides hallucinations or delusions be present before a person can be diagnosed with a mental illness. For example, you must have a severely dysfunctional life, such as not being able to work, have a relationship, or care for yourself in order to be diagnosed with something like psychosis. In addition, to be diagnosed with something like schizophrenia, your hallucinations would have to be happening all the time for a period of six months, not just whenever you looked inside your crystal ball.

      So, stop being afraid of seeing things! You won't go crazy. Whether you're someone who has already tried to have visions until your eyes hurt or you're somebody who would scream if they saw a ghost, go pick up a crystal ball and push your boundaries. You'll find out what makes visions so useful and appealing, and why the ancient art of crystal ball reading has persisted to the present day.

      Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2011. All rights reserved.

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    • IS THERE A SPELL TO PUNISH AN UNFAIR BOSS?

      miserable

      I am facing problems at work: My boss has not paid me all the money I am owed since last December. I am suffering mentally because I am unable to make ends meet. Is there any sort of spell I could use on him so that he will obey me and not make my life miserable? I have lots of problems in my life, and am finding it very hard to cope. My main priority is to see that this unkind, heartless boss of mine is punished for all the suffering that he has inflicted on me, which is affecting my family and daily life. I have also been hanging in for many months now, trying to get a better job, but to no avail. I am wondering if someone out there can help me to lead a normal, trouble-free life. Thank you for your time in reading this most urgent message.
      PS: I am also suffering from cataract and unable to perform the operation because of this financial hardship.

      R.

      Dreamchaser:

      I absolutely cannot help you with this situation. It is my personal belief that we cannot use spells, prayers, wishes or anything else to interfere with someone’s free will. If we wish to bring harm on someone, we are asking for three times the harm to come to us. You are wishing harm on your boss and I cannot help you with that in any way. I refuse to assist anyone in bringing harm to any living thing.

      Why aren’t you using the legal system? You are fully entitled to go down to your local courthouse to file suit against your employer. You are entitled to your wages and you can absolutely use legal methods to demand those payments from your employer. No one can make you a victim except yourself; you have chosen to play the victim role here. As long as you say things like, “I’m unable to perform the operation because of this financial hardship” or “I’m trying to get a better job, but to no avail,” then that is all that will come to you.

      We are what we think we are. I spent 35 years or so being a very typical Virgo. I often used the phrase “I can’t” every single day. “I can’t afford that” or “I can’t ever have a life like that.” Then I read a book by Catherine Ponder called The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity and I changed my thinking. I stopped saying things like “I can’t” and “I won’t,” and my whole life changed. I am now prosperous and abundant in so many ways. You should listen to what I am saying, for I used to be you.

      If you want things to change, you have to change them yourself. You have to change your thinking and the way you live. You have to stop blaming everyone for your problems. You have to stop expecting someone else to bail you out. The reason you can’t find a new job is because you have this angry energy all around you. People can sense that anger, frustration and hatred coming from you, and they decide not to hire you before you even open your mouth.

      I strongly suggest you get some counseling. You have massive amounts of anger you have built up over the years. I also suggest that you read Ms. Ponder’s book. As I doubt you are truly open to counseling right now, then at least read the book. If you really want change, you have to make it happen yourself. No good fairy is going to come down, wave a magic wand and change your whole life.

      You can be happy, abundant and fulfilled, but you have to choose to become those things. I know – I did.

      I wish you real happiness.

      *****
      Astrea:

      As long as your focus in life is getting even with someone, you won’t find anything good for yourself. I’m sure this is affecting your family in a very negative way; you’re a bundle of nothing but negativity. It takes a lot of energy to keep this anger going all the time! You must find some way out of that angry rut.

      I’m so sorry that your boss is doing this to you. I don’t know anyone who has gone to work every day for over eight months without getting paid. If you will quit this job and hire an attorney, you may be able to do something about this situation. Quit now, before your boss racks up any more paychecks to you that you might never see! I feel that he has the money to pay you, and is just using you. By continuing to go to work every day, you enter into a daily legal “credit agreement” with him that he doesn’t have to pay you until he feels like paying you! You should quit that job, get an attorney to talk to him about the money you are owed, and never go back again!

      A spell isn’t the right approach in this situation. I don’t know anyone who would give or sell you a spell to “get back” at anyone. Saying that you want to get even or punish someone with magic is very, very dangerous – to you!  Being so angry is what is holding you back from finding another job or getting any of the money you so need.

      When we have been wronged, releasing anger can be very difficult, and sometimes takes a very long time. Holding on to the anger, however, keeps us from finding relief. You’re so upset about this situation that you’re allowing nothing but negativity into your life, and that is going to keep blocking you until you are able to understand that you are not in control of this situation, and you’re never going to be. Trying to find an easy fix in a spell is absurd. No reputable witch, psychic, or shaman would help you harm anyone else. Any person who suggests they will or can is welcoming the same grief into their life as you have now in yours! Magic is not to be used for getting even.

      I’m sorry things are so difficult, but keeping that anger going all the time is going to make you seriously ill. It’s already affecting your health through your eyes. Anger and hatred are poison; find a way to banish them from your life, and things will change for the better. Become someone who isn’t always a victim. If you don’t, you’re looking at many more years of misery!

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