Even the best scryers often fail to see anything in the crystal which maintains its natural 'diaphaneity,' as Dr. Dee says.
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What had been leanness in her youth had become transparency in her maturity; and this diaphaneity allowed the angel to be seen.
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I believe (he continues) that 'consciousness,' when once it has evaporated to this estate of pure diaphaneity, is on the point of disappearing altogether.