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But from it proceeded thought-waves, odylic force which smote on the tympanum of my mind or soul, and thereon registered the ideas formed by it.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

Exposure to the sun's rays not only scores the faces of the crystal, but also puts the odylic substance into activity, distributing and dissipating the magnetic force stored up therein.

From How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer by Sepharial

But the odylic substance is acted upon by the nervo-vital emanations of the body of the seer, and reacts upon the brain centres by means of the optic nerves.

From How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer by Sepharial

Yet it does not follow that because the crystal is highly odylic and glass altogether negative the former will induce clairvoyance.

From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial

Exposure to the sun's rays not only scores the surface of a crystal or mirror, but also puts the odylic substance into activity, distributing and dissipating the magnetic power stored up therein.

From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial