_passive_ type of seer. It is not usually so regular and constant as
the symbolic vision, owing to the peculiarities of the negative
temperament. When it does appear however, it is particularly lucid
and actual, and has its literal fulfilment in the world of experience
and fact. It is an actual representation of past or future event, or
yet of what is then presently happening at some place more or less
distant.

The _symbolical_ vision is more closely associated with the
_positive_ temperament. It has the advantage of being more ready
and constant in its manifestation than the _direct_ vision, while on
the other hand it is frequently a matter of speculation as to what
the symbolic vision may portend.

The positive temperament, centripetal and forceful in its action,
appears to throw off the soul-images, afterwards going out towards
them in a mood of speculative inquiry. The passive temperament,
however, centrifugal and sensitive, most frequently feels first and
sees afterwards, the visionary process being wholly devoid of
speculation or mental activity. The one sees and thinks, the other
feels and sees that, in a word, is the distinction between the two
temperaments.

In the early stages of development the crystal will begin to cloud
over, first becoming dull, then suffused with milky clouds, among
which sparkle a large number of little specks of light like gold dust
in the sunlight. The focus of the eyes is inconstant, the
pupil rapidly expanding and contracting, the crystal at times
disappearing entirely in a haze or film which seems to pass before
the eyes. Then the haze will disappear, and the crystal will loom
up into full view again, accompanied by a lapse of the seer into
full consciousness. This may be the only experience of the first
few sittings, it may be that of many; but, sooner or later, there will
come a moment when the milky clouds and dancing starlights will
suddenly vanish--a bright azure expanse like an open summer sky
will occupy the field of vision; the brain will take up a spasmodic
action, as if opening and shutting in the superior coronal region;
there will be a tightening of the scalp on a level with the base of
the brain, as if the floor of the cerebrum were contracting; the seer
will catch his breath with a spasmodic sigh, and the first vision
will stand out, clear and life-like, against the azure screen of
heaven.

The danger at this supreme moment is that the seer will be
surprised