Seeing Visions While Gazing at a Glass of Water?

 The book Nineteenth Century Miracles by Emma Hardinge Britten is a long, fascinating and very scholarly account of observations of the paranormal. You can read it online for free here or here. On page 38 we have this interesting claim:

"Our spirit guides advised me to make the attempt to see visions in a glass of water. They disclosed to me one day that I possessed the gift of being able to see spirits without becoming somnambulic [hypnotized]. They said I was to fill a glass with water, and look therein, and they would then produce spiritual representations in the same. Upon making the trial, I immediately saw all kinds of objects in the water. At first the water seemed to be agitated ; by degrees the pictures appeared at the brim of the glass. I perceive these visions only in the evening, never by day, and I must feel disposed thereto through an earnest desire for the same. I am in a normal condition — i. e., in full consciousness of what I observe and say. The desire of others to see this or that picture has absolutely no influence upon me. These pictures often remain a long time in the same place, others again disappear instantaneously. They often appear to be much larger than the surface of the glass would seem to permit ; sometimes appear like photographs, then again in colors, or like brilliant light cloud pictures. As I perceive the visions in the water I dictate the view to my husband, Baron Eugene von Vay, who transcribes it, and it is then explained by my guides.

' Adelma Vay.' "

No one should be terribly surprised to hear of such a report, given the long history of people reporting they saw visions while gazing into crystals.  Gazing into a glass of water is rather similar to gazing into a crystal. 

Although I have never tried such an activity of gazing for a long time into a glass of water, the activity is very similar to what I did do for a very long time, which was to photograph ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling against a dark featureless background.  There is a strong common feature in trying to see visions in a water glass, and trying to photograph falling water drops.  In both cases you are engaging in an activity which under materialist assumptions should produce nothing interesting.  But just as the quoted writer did get something very interesting from her activity, I got something very interesting and unexpected from my activity of photographing falling water drops.  The effect I got was that on very many days, the most dramatic patterns would appear. Once a pattern had shown up, there would typically be multiple instances of it in a single photograph. And the pattern would typically persist for many consecutive photos.  You can see the photos I am talking about by using the link here, and continuing to press Older Posts at the bottom right. Or, if you prefer to finger-swipe your way through the whole very long series of photos, you can use the link here. 

Below from December 3, 2021 is one of the endless patterns I got while photographing ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling:

Here is a photo I took on December 3, 2021 while photographing ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling:

I took the photo below on November 9, 2021 while photographing ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling. We see what looks rather like moons orbiting a planet.

I took the photo below on September 15, 2021 while photographing ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling:

I took the photo below on  June 5,2021 while photographing ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling:

I took the photo below on  November 11, 2020 while photographing ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling. We see a seven-part pattern repeated three times.