Crystal-Gazing and Spiritual Clairvoyance Behind the Veil the Trance Sleep Doctor — L. W. de Laurence — 1916

Crystal-Gazing and Spiritual Clairvoyance Behind the Veil (1916) is L. W. de Laurence’s practical period manual on scrying, trance, clairvoyance, and the cultivation of visionary perception.

De Laurence treats the crystal, mirror, or reflective surface as an instrument for steadying attention rather than as the source of a vision. The work discusses preparation, concentration, receptive states, symbolic impressions, trance sleep, and the interpretation of scenes believed to arise beyond ordinary sensory awareness.

The book reflects the early twentieth-century overlap among ceremonial occultism, psychic development, mesmerism, and popular instruction in mental concentration.

Historical Note
The practices and claims presented belong to the occult and psychical literature of their period and should not be confused with established contemporary psychological or scientific methods.

Details
Author: L. W. de Laurence
Publication year: 1916
Subjects: Crystal-gazing, scrying, clairvoyance, trance, and psychic development
Available formats: PDF and Physical Book