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The Mystic Test Book of
**The Hindu Occult Chambers"
THE
Magic and Occultism of India
Hindu and Egyptian
Crystal Gazing
The Hindu Magic Mirror
By DR. L. W. de LAURENCE
Astral and Spirit Sight. The Wonders of

the Magic Mirror. Clairvoyance. Inner
Sight. Interior Focalization of the Mind.
State of Introspection. Interior Concentra-
tion. Astral Auras. Reading in the Astral
Light. Telepathy.
SPECIAL FEATURE
Hindu and Egyptian Crystal Gazing
de LAURENCE, SCOTT & COMPANY

MASONIC TEMPLE, CHICAGO, ILL.
Copyright, 1909, by
DR. L. W. de LAURENCE.
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Published April, 1909.
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**TheHindu Occult Chambers'
The
Magic and Occultism
of
India
"The Hindu Occult Chambers''
Hindu and Egyptian Crystal Gazing
Together With The
Wonders of the Magic Mirror
This work teaches the original and true science

of Hindu Seership and
"Spirit-and-Astral-Sight-At-Will."
The Hindu can, by the use of the Crystal or the
aid of the Magic Mirror, tell one's life from the
cradle to the grave; he can, and does, by the use
and aid of these mediums indicate medicine for
disease, and perform many marvelous and myste-
rious things; the very same being both good and evil.
Many there are who have

personally tested the
Hindu and found that he possesses wonderfiil Astral
and Esoteric Powers, gained only by the constant
use of his Crystal and the aid of his Magic Mirror,
which is his constant companion and helpmate.
The author, in writing this treatise, has used some extracts

and passages contained in his work "The Great Book of
Magical Art, Hindu Magic and East Indian Occultism" as,
of course, he had a perfect right to do, although this refers
only to a very few pages in the fore part of this book.
(.The Publisher's Note. )
THE MYSTIC TEST BOOK OF "THE HINDU
OCCULT CHAMBERS''
THE MAGIC AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA.
PART ONE.
CHAPTER L
Hindu and Egyptian Crystal Gazing, Together
With the Wondees of the Hindu Magic
Mirror. —Clairvoyant Vision. —Spirit
and Astral Sight.
The most and yet the most grotesque

pitiful
sight that meets the eye of today is the presump-
tuous fool, who does not stop to think that by his
own actions, conduct, and very maimer of living
2 MYSTIC TEST BOOS, HINDU OCCULT CHAMBERS.
and believing he is persistently closing his inner

or spiritual sight to the real possibilities of Life.
These are concealed from him, because he has
never developed his Inner or Soul Sight sufficient
to realize or know that the most valuable asset in
life is to ^^Knoiv Thyself" and to see with the
Inner or Spiritual Sight.
This book gives real instruction and Indian
teachings, as they are known in South India. He
who really and truly desires knowledge, and is
sincere, faithful and steadfast in his efforts to
obtain it, will learn a great deal from
this work.
The half-brained, complaining fool, who is
lazy,
always suspicious of others robbing him, will
learn nothing here nor from no other book. He
who is eternally crying and complaining, is he who
disbelieves; and he who disbelieves, that is, has
no belief or confidence in himself to learn some-
thing from a book, is like the fool who complained
because he could not see, while at the same time
he was standing in his own light.
So be careful that you are not guilty of stand-
ing in your own light.
As you delve into Hindu, Egyptian ancient

mysteries the Spirit world will open before you.
The more you begin to understand the language
a?HE MAGIC AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA. 3
of the Adepts the more grows your conception

of that life and world called Spirit, not seen by
the outward sight.
The Occultism, anatomy, physiology, and psy-
chology which they teach make of man something
immeasurably greater than the puny and impo-
tent being known to modern science as a com-
pound of bones, muscles, and nerves. Modern
science (materialism) attempts to prove that man
is an animal; the teachings of the Adepts show
that he may Modern science invests
be a God.
him with the power own weight ancient
to lift his ;
science (Occult Philosophy) invests him with the

power to control the destiny of the world. Mod-
ern science allows him to live for a very limited
number of years; ancient science teaches that he
always existed, and will never cease to exist if he
desires to live. Modern science deals with the
instrument that the real man uses as long and as
often as he comes into relationship with the world
of phenomena, and she mistakes that instrument
for the man the Adepts show you the true nature
;
of the essential man, to whom one earthly exist-

ence is nothing more than one of the many inci-
dents of his eternal Spiritual career.
This power of spiritual perception, potentially
contained in every man, but developed in few, is
almost unknown to the guardians of science in
4: MYSTIC TEST BOOK, HINDU OCCULT CHAMBERS.
our Western countries of modern civilization,

because learning is often separated from wisdom
and the inner or Spirit Sight, and the calculating
intellect seeking for worms in the dark caverns
of the earth cannot see the genius that floats
toward the light and it cannot realize his exist-
ence. And yet this ancient science (Occultism),
which the modern ignore, is as old as the world.
It was known to the ancient prophets, to the
Arhats and Rishis of the East to initiated Brah-
;
mins, Egyptians, and Greeks, and the Hindu

Sages. Its fundamental doctrines are found in
the Hindu Vedas and the Sacred Books of the
East. Upon these secret doctrines rest the fun-
daments of the religions and secret orders of the
world. They formed the essence of the secrets
that were revealed only to the initiated in the
inner temple, where the ancient mysteries were
taught, and whose disclosure to the vulgar was
forbidden under the penalty of torture and death.
They were secrets known to the ancient sages and
to the Hindu Adepts and Rosicrucians of the
Middle Ages, and upon a partial understanding
of their truths rests the system of modern
Freemasonry.
They are not to be confounded with speculative
philosophy, that reasons from the known to that
which it cannot know, trying by the flickering light
;
THE MAGIC AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA. 5
of logic and orthodoxy to grope its way into the

darkness, and to feel the objects which it cannot
see. These doctrines were taught by the seers of
old who possessedspiritual power and the inner
sight to see. Such men were the great religious
reformers of all ages, from Confucius and Zoroas-
ter down to Jacob Boehme and Eckartshausen,
and their teachings have been verified by every
one whose purity of mind and whose power of
intellect have enabled him to see and to under-
stand the things of the spirit (God).
Some of their doctrines refer to morals and
ethics, others are of a purely scientific character
but both aspects of their teachings are intimately
connected together, because beauty cannot be
separated from truth. They both form the two
pages of a leaf in the book of universal Nature,
whose understanding confers upon the reader not
merely opinions, but knowledge, and renders him
not only learned, but illuminated with wisdom
and Spirit-Sight- At-Will.
Among those who have taught the moral aspect
of the secret doctrine there are none greater than
Buddha, Plato, and Jesus of Nazareth; of those
who have taught its scientific aspect there have
been none more profound than Hermes, Trisme-
gistus, Pythagoras, and Paracelsus. They ob*
tained their knowledge not merely from following
6 MYSTIC TEST BOOK, HINDU OCCULT CHAMBERS.
the prescribed methods of learning, or by accept-

ing the opinions of the "recognized authorities"
of ''their times," bnt they studied nature by her
own light, and learned the lesson ''Iôw Thy-
self," and they became lights themselves, whose
rays illuminate the world of mind. What they
taught has been to a certain extent verified and
amplified by the teachings of Eastern Adepts
(Yoghis), and Hierophants of the Orient.
The Light of Wisdom.
There is an art, known only to a few, by which

the purified and faithful soul of man may be
instructed and illuminated so as to be raised at
once from the darkness of ignorance (material-
ism) to the light of wisdom and knowledge.
If the soul is perfectly purified and sanctified it
becomes free in movements, it sees and recog-
its
nizes the Divine light, and instructs itself, while it
seems to be instructed by another. In this state
the soul requires no other admonition except its
own realization, which is the head and guide of
the soul.
no more subject to terrestrial condi-
It is then
and for the
tions of time, but lives in the eternal ;
human soul to desire a thing is to possess it

already.
THE MAGIC AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA. %
Man's power proportion

to realize increases in
as this ethereal and celestial power of
light pene-
trates his mind, and, developing his inner sight
or Spirit sight, it may enable him to see and per-
ceive that which he interiorly thinks, just as if it
were objective and external. Spirit being unity
and independent of our ideas of space, and all men
having therefore essentially the same spirit, the
soul of men existing at places widely distant from
each other may thus enter into communication
(telepathy), and converse with each other exactly
in the same manner as if they had met in their
physical bodies.
In this state man may perform a great many
things in an exceedingly short period of time, so
that it may seemto us as if he had required no
time at perform it. Such a man is able to
all to
comprehend and understand everything by the

light of the universal power (spirit) or guiding
intelligence with which he is spontaneously united.
Again, that there a certain kind of spiritual
is
force, occult influence or energy, based on the

existence of the spiritual and Astral world, placed
without, not within, the body, and into communica-
tion with which the human soul of man can enter
by and through the law and principal of realiza-
tion, has long been demonstrated as a fact. That
these invisible forces (evil spirits who are earth-
8 MYSTIC TEST BOOK, ffiNDU OCCULT CHAMBERS.
bound and exist in the Astral body) can control

a man and break him down as easily as the fearful
hurricane sweeps all before it, striking him in a
thousand places at the same time, without his
being able to perceive the invisible foe or being
able to protect himself, is also proven.
But that these forces may be dominated and
invoked, so that they will obey the thoughts,
answer to the voice and understand the meaning of
traced signs, is what many cannot realize and
what their reason rejects yet this also is capable
;
of being demonstrated and proven. The reader

and student should always bear in mind that in
trying to demonstrate these things for himself he
is working with unseen and powerful agents,
which, if he is not equally powerful, pure and high-
minded, loving his fellow-men, and seeking to
benefit mankind, rather than seeking or desiring
Occult powers to further his own selfish interests,
he had much better be dead than to try any of
these things for the gratification of his personal
nature; for in seeking to harm another, curses,
like chickens, return home to roost, with a much
greater force than the original impulse.
Thus, again, we should look within rather than
without, as the exercise of True Magic does not
require any ceremonies or conjurations, or the
making of circles and signs; it only requires a
strong faith, gained through a knowledge of na-

ture's laws, ivhich can accomplish anything, if it
acts through a human mind which is in harmony
with these laws, without which nothing useful can
he done. True Magic also consists in true faith;
but true faith rests in spiritual knowledge, and
without that kind of knowledge there can be no
faith; this is only obtained by developing one's
oivn inner and most lofty nature. The conjura-
tion of the evil spirits of the Astral plane (sorcery,
black magic and witchcraft) means practically a
full realization of ''Faust and the Demon."
There are many strange things set forth in the
following pages, almost too strange to believe, yet
because one is ignorant of their existence it does
not follow that they are not real, as the sad rec-
ords of Sorcery and Witchcraft, of Voodooism
and The Black Art abundantly testify.
Man does not know himself, therefore he does
not understand the things of the invisible world.
Each man has the essence of the Divine (spiritual)
within himself; he possesses one kind of knowl-
edge as much as another, and he who does not
find that which is in him he cannot truly say he
does not possess it, only he is not as yet capable
of successfully seeking it.
Therefore, in seeking, always bear in mind —
true growth rests in the capacity of the human
' ;
soul and the human will to comprehend spiritual

truths, and not hy basing its conclusions upon
external appearances caused by the illusion of the
senses or of selfish purposes.
The writer's teachings are, that our soul is the
vehicle of celestial attraction, transferring celes-
tial and spiritual virtue into Seals, Images, Amu-
lets, Rings, Papers, Glasses, etc. Also, he has
endeavored to give the most clear and rational
illustration of the wonderful Occult sympathy and
antipathy, attraction and repulsion between all
things in the universe.
He has likewise proved how cures are performed
by virtue of sympathetic powers and medicines,
by seals, rings, and amulets, even at unlimited
distances, which he has been a witness of, and are
daily confirmed in the true and certain belief
of. This same being taught in '"The Great
Book of Magical, Hindu Magic and East Indian
'
Occultism.
The writer knows how to communicate with
any person, and to give him intimation of pur-
pose, at a hundred or a thousand miles distance
but then a preparation is necessary, and the par-
ties should have their appointed seasons and
hours for that purpose; likewise, both should be
of the same firm constancy of mind, and a disciple
or brother in OCCULTISM or ADEPTSHIP.
THE MAGIC AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA. H
There is methods whereby a man may
also given
receive and certain intimation of future
true
things (by dreams) of whatsoever his mind has
before meditated upon, himself being properly
disposed.
Likewise, there is recited the various methods
used by the ancients for the invocation of spirits
from the ASTRAL PLANE different forms of
;
MAGICAL EXORCISM, incantations, orations,

binding of spirits, conjurations; all of which is
the knowledge taught by the Eastern ADEPTS
and the most famous MAGICIANS, such as
Zoroaster, Hermes, Apollonius, Simon of the
Temple, Trithemius, Agrippa, Porta (the Neapol-
itan), Dr. Dee, Paracelsus, Roger Bacon, and a
great many others to which the author has sub-
;
joined notes, endeavoring to point out the differ-

ence of the arts, so as to free the name of Magic
from any scandalous imputation, seeing it is a
word originally significative not of any evil, but
of every good and laudable science, such as a man
might profit by, and become both WISE and
happy; and the knowledge of OCCULTISM is so
far from being offensive to science or man that
the very root or ground of all Magic takes its rise
from the Orient and British West Indies.
The Hindus were the first Magicians, for by
their high and excellent knowledge they knew that
the Occult power which was promised was born

in allmen. Therefore, let no one be offended at
the venerable and sacred title of Magician or
—
Adept a title which every WISE man merits
while he pursues that path which "Jesus the
Master" himself trod, viz., humility, charity,
mercy, fasting, etc.; and, again, men should "Be
wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." Such
instructions as these are frequently named and
given in many places of the ancient Mysteries.
The Great Book of Magical Art, Hindu Magic
*
'
and East Indian Occultism, referred to elsewhere

'
*
in this work, also forms a complete treatise on the

mysteries of OCCULTISM and CEREMONIAL
MAGIC, by the study of which a man (who can
separate himself from material objects, by the
modification of the sensual appetite —abstinence
from drunkenness, gluttony, and other bestial pas-
sions, and who lives pure and temperate, free
from actions which degenerate a man to a brute)
may become a recipient of Divine Light and knowl-
edge; by which he may foresee things to come,
whether to private families or kingdoms, or states,
empires, battles, victories, etc.; and likewise be
capable of doing much good to his fellow-crea
tures, such as the healing of all disorders, mental
and physical, and assisting with the comforts of
life the unfortunate and distressed.
Further, the writer has spoken in that famous

work, largely of prophetic dreams and visions
throughout the different chapters, and has given
valuable knowledge, fully set down for the infor-
mation of the WISE, some few most secret things
being reserved by the author for his pupils only,
not to be taught by publication.
If in these writings the Author seems oracular
and dogmatic, it is because he writes from the
standpoint of the true Adept and Seer rather
than that of the scientist or materialistic philoso-
pher, or the orthodox theologian, and depends
for the recognition and acceptance of the absolute
truth more upon its clear and positive enunciation
through the soul than upon its exposition and
defense by argument.
To Read the Past and Future of Man.
There is a true and Divine Occult Philosophy,

as there is an Occult or Thaumaturgic Power.
This Thaumaturgic Power was exercised by
"Jesus The Master" and all followers of his
school. This Power was the legitimate fruit of
the regenerate or higher spiritual life to which
they called the world, and in the Power and in-
spiration of which they lived, spake and wrought.
To understand the mysterious Occult influences
of the Celestial realm upon the Intellectual and

these upon the Terrestrial, amd to realize how to
develop ourselves so as to he a Master who is
capable of attracting to his own soul the supreme
influences of these tvorlds, whereby he may he
able to operate and do ivonderful things by these
—
Occidt Powers to read the past and future of
man, to hnoiv the secret counsels of men, to attract
ivealth, to overcome secret enemies and animals, to
procure the love and favor of those around you,
to deflect or expel disease, to prolong the days
of your life on the earth plane, to foretell future

events, to see clairvoyantly and realise things hap-
pening many hundred miles away, and such likes
as these. That this lies within the possibilities of
the sold of man may seem incredible, yet read the
''Great Book of Magical Art, Hindu Magic and
East Indian Occidtism," a volume of almost 600
pages, as well the ensuing treatise, and you will
realize the above possibilities, confirmed and veri-
fied by common sense and reason. For the cring-
ing, sceptical. Material fool and doubter the
writer cares nothing.
Warning and Words of Advice to Crystal Gazers

AND Those Who Use the Magic Mirror.
The writer will hereby inform the student that
whatever the desires are which have prompted you
THE MAGIC AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA. .
15
in the pursuit of a knowledge of OCCULTISM

AND THE INVISIBLE FORCES OF NATURE,
so you will reap, for ''LIKE ALWAYS AT-
TRACTS LIKE.'' If you desire the knowledge
to secure revenge, it is but proper that I should
warn you that thou wilt, in any of the experiments
contained in these treatises, draw or attract to
thyself a revengeful demon, or an accursed infer-
nal furious evil spirit, serving in the principal and
law of wrath; if for worldly riches and aggran-
dizement, then shalt thou have an earthiel or fiery
spirit, which will delude thee with the riches of
the central world; if for fame, or the blaze of
glory, then you will have the evil spirits of pride,
and they will be allotted thee, who will gratify
thy inordinate desire of vain glory; for all these
officesare there evil spirits who have been allotted,
and they are ever eager to merge their evil will
and spirit with yours they will through the same
;
law attract thee to their own nature, and serve

all thy desires and purposes according to the
extent as thy desires are, and from what prin-
ciples they proceed, so shalt thou be answered;
but if thou desirest the knowledge but for the
honor and glory of thy soul (GOD) and to help
thy fellow-men, and, in great humility, fill thy
heart with the love of all mankind, thou shalt then
attract a good spirit, which will grant thy desires.
and also to assist yon to overcome enemies.

Therefore bear this advice: Seek for and desire
that which is good; avoid attracting ALL Evil,
either in thought, desire, word, or action; and
then shalt thou reap the rewards of the soul which
desires to develop the inner or spirit sight. Re-
member, there are tivo ivays magically set before
thee; choose which thou wilt, thou shalt be sure of
thy reward. Remember, believe in yourself and
you will succeed.
STATE OF INTROSPECTION.
By and
through the law of realization, inspira-
tion is awakened and
established. Again, by and
through the exercise of the powers of Auto-sug-
gestion, self -thought, thesupreme realization of
self,and the innermost desire of life are reached
and manifested, withholding all doubt, which
opens up to us and connects us with the inward
or latent supreme possibilities of soul (God).
To have appreciative knowledge of this exalted
condition of inspiration before it is experienced,
and of the separate and distinct planes of con-
sciousness and the specific dormant forces they
involve, it will be necessary to keep before the
mind the conception that we can, by constant ap-
plication of suitable Auto-suggestion, manifest
that perfection of the permanent inner-soul body.

Further, it is necessary to hold this thought or
conception and dwell upon it until it becomes the

dominant impression and actual realization of our
daily life, exerting its uplifting and toning influ-
ence upon our personality, upon all our actions
and thoughts.
This subtle magnetism (soul essence or force)
and aormal spheres of personality emanates from
souls properly controlled, not bodies, and exert all
their marvelous subtlety of action most potently
on the minds of others. This inner Occult or soul
power (vital magnetism), when properly exerted,
will overcome and remove all adverse and oppo-
site impressions which have become a life habit of
identifying our personal life and being with the
Physical body, and its dependence upon external
things and conditions. The person who is a crea-
ture of habit, and one whom the sense conscious-
ness has so long held dominance, that the tend-
ency of its impressions to continually recur is so
fixed, it will perpetually reassert itself, unless the
habit be broken by implanting through special and
persistent Auto-suggestion the opposite impres-
sion to dominate in its place. Any deficiency of
character or habit, mental or physical, can be thus
overcome or be broken by earnest, persistent
effort in the right direction.
This inspiration, realization or psychic con-

sciousness established, however, breaks forever
dominance of embarrassment and hesitation
caused by sense impressions of self hence the im-
;
portance of the immediate awakening and en-

thronement of this inspiration (realization), and
the self-control of this higher consciousness, the
perfection of which is reached and effected by
gaining supreme self-control through the law or
door of realization.
THE IVLA-CHC AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA. 19
CHAPTER II.
Adeptship^ Clairvoyan^cy, Hindu Magic, Occult

Influence, Mediumship and Inner Sight.
On the west coast of India, about one hundred

and thirty miles north of Bombay, lies the city of
Baroda. Here the writer has seen many miracu-
lous occult feats on many different occasions, per-
formed in precisely the same manner, and the
mystery to the outsider seemed only to deepen
with every repetition. The Spirit and Occult pow-
ers of the Hindus have been the wonder of India
from a time antedating, perhaps, the building of
the first pyramid.
The early Jesuit Fathers and other pious ortho-
dox hair brained mortals, startled at the sight,
and at a total loss to account for it, very promptly
attributed it to the devil, and this ingenious ex-
planation is still persisted in by the missionaries
and those superstitious, ignorant followers of
Theology of the present, who assert that it is a sin
even to witness these performances, and who
anathematize the, Yohis as agents of Satan.
Many are the wonders of Hindu Magic. I
might go on relating a hundred or more of wonder-
ful significance, and in every respect strange,

which have been witnessed in that gorgeous land
of the East, which, even in this nineteenth century
of merciless Western materialism, is more of a
fairyland than xirabia ever was at the time of
Haroun al Easchid.
That our race and civilization,
earliest cradle of
Hindustan, still holds the key to many Occult mys-
teries. In the shade of its palm groves, in the
depths of its jungles, in the wild recesses of its
mountains, and behind the walls of its temples and
lamaseries there yet lurks many a secret, which
will tax the ingenuity of your best Western rea-
soners for ages to come.
The Eastern adepts and Hierophants, through
their long practice of thought and attention, and
the art of contemplation and ancestral practice for
centuries, as well as the invocation of the spirits
of the Astral Plane, have developed an intellectual
insight, subtlety of thought, power of metaphysical
analysis and philosophical reasoning which dwarfs
into insignificance the best product of our Western
Schools.
There is a strange fascination in solitude. Man,

that singular admixture of the bestial and divine,
who in the society of his own species delights in
being paltry and trivial, in developing the more

ignoble and clownish side of his nature, becomes a
different being when by necessity or choice he is
left to his own meditations. The silence of the
forests, the stillness of the desert, the vast expanse
of the ocean, or the unbroken quiet of some
secluded nook, awaken in him thoughts and feel-
ings which the bustle of every-day life can never
engender. Then the man apt to propound to
is
himself the great old riddle, and to descend into
the abysmal depths of his own consciousness.
The Law For an Adept.
To one, then, who would become an Adept, and

enter in earnest upon the process of induction into
the higher states and planes of consciousness, the
importance of recognizing and observing the law
and adopting the habits which belong to the higher
life he is seeking, will be apparent. That law is
temperance in eating and drinking, and modera-
tion in all the functions and relations of sex, avoid-
ing in both those indulgences which perverted
activities and abnormal desires demand.
The Three Specific Occult Steps.
There are but three steps involved in the act of

withdrawing from the sense-plane (material
world) and entering into communication with the

things of either the psychic world or the spiritual
plane, and they are so simple that the humblest
intellect can comprehend them. The first is to
bring the activities of the personal ego into abso-
lute by diverting or withdrawing the
stillness,
attention and thought from everything relating
to things for the sense-life, and centering them
upon the specific object chosen for interior con-
templation. The second is to empty the mind also
of everything relating to self-interest, and lay
down all preimpressions, prejudgments and per-
sonal predilections, that the mind may be a perfect
blank, on which the truth, undisturbed or unob-
structed by the bias of prejudice or personal
desire, may write its own story. The third is to
firmly hold the mind in this unbiased receptive
attitude upon the object in the full expectation of
thus receiving the desired truth.
should be remembered that on the inner
It
psychic plane the soul activities of everything pro-
duce vibrations upon the psychic or ethereal
atmosphere, which is so subtile and elastic that
these vibrations extend indefinitely. When the
mind is emptied and still, or passive, and opens
itself to the psychic plane and the spirit world,
and the attention is centered upon any given object
or person, the soul vibrations of that particular
object become focused upon the psychic organism,

and awaken in the consciousness of the listener the
very truth of that which made the vibrations. If
the soul be in a perfectly receptive attitude, and
you have attained, it can take on the condition and
thus enter into such sympathetic unity with the
dominant states of the person or thing upon which
the attention is fixed that it will sense and Imow
them as perfectly as if they were its own, so the
real character and condition of persons and things
becomes as tangible and real to the soul of the
psychometrist as if they were his own.
Claievoyancy.
If, then,any one would enter into the secret life,

real character and true condition of persons and
things, so as to know the absolute truth concern-
ing them, he must get mentally still, hold his
attention steadily upon them, and keep in perfectly
receptive and unbiased attitude toward them.
.
When this attitude of mind and will is perfectly

held, the vibrations on the psychic ether from the
spontaneous activities of the object upon which the
attention is centered, will be gathered up in the
personal life, and made to reproduce to and in the
personal consciousness, the original condition that
produced them, and thus be made to tell their own
story without dissimulation or abating one jot or

tittle of the truth in the matter. The same holds
true of any particular or special thing which it is
desirable and legitimate to know concerning them.

When the attention is held in this receptive atti-
tude upon such specific matter to learn the exact
truth concerning it, that particular truth will be
made clear and certain to the listening conscious-
ness.
It will thus be seen that this necessary listening
and receptive attitude is possible only when the
soul desires the absolute truth independent of all
prejudgment, or any bias of personal considera-
tion. We do not listen to another's conversation
while we are talking to him, neither can we receive
the true story of another's life or character on
the psychic plane with our mind upon him, full of
active prejudgment, and the bias of personal con-
siderations.
This attitude of desiring and seeking the truth
and nothing but the truth, independent of all per-
sonal consideration and bias, involves also the
attitude and determination to be absolutely just on
the basis of this truth, independent of all personal
consideration or bias of any kind whatsoever.
This attitude will prevent any misuse of the
knowledge of the truth thus gained, and also keep
the desire to that only which is legitimate. The
:
desire for that which is not legitimate destroys the

condition of reliability.
This twofold attitude is an absolute necessity
for the successful development and exercise of the
psychometric power and true spiritual seership,
and the holding of this attitude will most certainly
enable any one to do this. But for one to hold this
impersonal and impartial attitude absolutely, he
will need, as I have said, to come in touch and
sympathetic unity with the Impersonal Life and
Spirit of the Divine and Absolute, which should
be the first or supreme desire of every one. This
awakens and enthrones the divine and impersonal
ego of his own being, which is always in unity and
oneness with the astral world, and holds the per-
sonal life in the consciousness of its spiritual
supremacy. This is why the writer emphasizes
the necessity of first opening the spiritual con-
sciousness and developing the inner or spirit sight,
and enthroning the spiritual nature in the personal
life, in which the impersonal and impartial atti-
tude becomes the spontaneous and permanent law

of the life.
The three successive steps, then, which open the

soul to free and unobstructed activity and com-
munication on both the psychic and spirtual
planes, may be summed up and briefly stated thus
First, get the personal ego still, and empty the
:
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mind and feelings of every bias and standard of

self and sense that is, put out of the mind every-
;
thing relating to the sense-life and the desires of

self, thus putting the soul in a perfectly receptive
attitude for the unbiased and unobstructed revela-
tion of truth. Second: When this passive state
is fully induced, and hold the attention in the
fix
passive yet expectant attitude upon the specific
object about which the truth is desired. Third:
These two steps having been fully taken, stand
firmly and persistently in the receptive and listen-
ing attitude toward the object for the immediate
revelation of the truth concerning it, and in the
full expectation of getting it, and ''according to
your faith" shall it he done unto you. This
receptive state, and listening, expectant attitude,
will certainly open the consciousness to the psychic
vibrations which write unerringly their story on
the receptive mind.
If, in this third step,we entertain doubts and
questionings, we are not holding the receptive and
listening attitude.This was the constant attitude
and normal condition of "Jesus The Master," and
so without study or effort he always stood in the
light of absolute truth concerning everything with
which he came into personal relations. He said
"I can of mine oivn self do nothing; as I hear, I
judge (always in the listening attitude for the
inner voice or revelation) and my judgment is

:
just; because I seek not mine oivnwill, hut always

listen to the inner voice from the astral plane."
To gain the mastery of these three steps, so as
to be able to assume this attitude at will, requires
no more qualification, attention and persevering
application than does the mastery of any of the
ordinary accomplishments, as music, art, or the
mechanical handicrafts of industry; but, as in all
these, the Neophyte may be greatly helped by the
personal sympathy and guidance of those who
have had experience in overcoming, and have
attained some degree of experimental Adeptship.
Very few, if any, will succeed absolutely without
this. Even Jesus needed and received the sym-
pathy and ministry of John the Baptist. Where
two of you are agreed, etc., it shall be done for
them.
There is one advantage in seeking the mastery
of these three steps over that of the ordinary
accomplishments of life, and that is the immediate
help of divine inspiration if the seeker begin at
the center of his being; since this brings him at
once under the transforming chemistry of the
spiritual life, and the awakening touch of the
quickening power that comes directly from the
Supreme Center of the Divine and Absolute. The
benefit derived from the ministry of others is the
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help they may give in bringing one to the true

attitude within himself.
He whogains the mastery of these three steps,
so as to be able to assume and hold this attitude
—
at will nay, to hold it as the permanent and
normal attitude of his life, by having applied it to
the opening and co-ordination of the three planes
of activity in the personal consciousness — ^has
gained the psychometric key to all legitimate
knowledge, ivisdom, seership and occult mastery
of being, and may take his place in the Mighty
Brotherhood of the Illuminati, Magi, and Hiero-
phants of the ages, the twice-born Sons of God,
who is Immanent, and Brothers of ''Jesus the
Master," who was the greatest clairvoyant that
has ever lived.
Conditions For Spirit Sight.
Those who in the true sense deserve the appella-

tion of ''ADEPTS" in India are not the specu-
'
lative philosophers or elaborations of cosmogonies.

The real adepts are often remarkably deficient in
philosophical and even general information.
The writer has found among them individuals
who would be deemed exceedingly ignorant if
judged by our Western standard of education;
men, for instant, who had not the haziest knowl-
edge of geography, and to whom even the history

of their own country was in a great measure a
sealed book. Yet these men were the custodians
of Occult power and secrets for which many an
intellectual giant would readily exchange twenty
years of his life, secrets which so far have success-
fully baffled the researches of the best Western
thinkers and experimenters, and which not only
enabled the possesor to suspend or defy the ordi-
nary "laws of nature," but to trimnph over time
and space with an ease and readiness which the
Greeks hardly dared to attribute to their Olympian
gods.
There are among the adepts men of vast mental
caliber, philosophers in the highest sense, men
whose society is coveted by the foremost Hindu
scholars and Western scientists, and who bear the
stamp of genius in their countenance. But they
are rare exceptions, like everything else that is
great and noble in this sorrowful world.
What I desire to dwell upon is the fact that
adeptship in the real esoteric science of India does
not presuppose great learning or intellectual
superiority on the part of the initiate.*
* The years of probation and the almost incredible hardships

which are often inflicted upon the Neophyte before he is deemed
worthy of reception into the "brotherhood," are more intended
to test his physical endurance and observe his trustworthiness than
to increase his store of information.
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Specific Methods of Concentration.
The great principle which underlies the almost

endless modification of Hindu Occultism may be
embodied in the term ''ABSTEACTION"—
namely, the attainment of as complete a state of
introspective vision as possible, by the withdrawal
of the senses of sight, hearing, touch, etc., from the
external world.
Perhaps it will be of advantage to the reader if
I here describe a little more fully what is meant
by introspection. Suppose a mathematician in
order to master some intricate problem were to
seek refuge within the solitude of his four walls
and endeavor to concentrate his mind completely
upon the task before him. Now, if his success
depended upon his power to reach complete
abstraction, he would speedily discover that he was
far from reaching the desired goal; although he
might secure solitude, he would not be able to
exclude sound, for various noises are bound to
reach and attract part of his attention, in spite of
the most rigid a]3plication of his will.
Assuming, however, that sound were ex-
all
cluded, there are impressions of sight which are

an equal if not a greater obstacle in the path of
him who would seek to attain the introspective
state.
He might resort to the simple method of shut-

ting his eyes, hoping thereby to get rid of the
external world and reach the introspective state.
Futile effort! There still would remain the con-
sciousness of that fact that objects of various
kinds were surrounding him, which is a disturbing
influence.
Now, granting that the perceptions of sound,
sight,and even touch, could for a time at least be
completely extinguished, there still would remain
of this or that sorrow of frustrated hopes, of busi-
ness troubles, of all the petty vexations and annoy-
ances of life.
Unless these also be completely annihilated,
there can be no such thing as abstraction in the
sense of the esoteric philosophy of India. The
various methods followed by the students of
Occultism in the Far East, from the fakir to the
—
greatest adept, have only one sole aim namely,
the attainment of a state of complete introspec-
tion or interior concentration of the mind.
When this condition is reached, as all Masters
know, "The mind is a scroll upon which nature
will write." In other words, the Adept in that
state identifies himself with the Astral world or
universal consciousness, and partakes in a meas-
ure of the divine attribute of omniscience as well
as omnipotence.
;
Ceystal Gazing Among the Hindu Seeks.
Among the Hindu Seers and initiates the prac-

tice of crystal-gazing is largely followed as a
means of enforcing the introspective condition.
A piece of crystal, usually polished (Japanese
balls of rock crystal about three inches in diam-
eter are in common use over India), is placed
all
before the observer, who will seek some solitary

spot and steadily gaze on the shining surface.
The student who practices crystal-gazing will
obtain results which will be a surprise and a
revelation to him.
The eye should be placed on a level with the
crystal and about ten inches away from the latter
a light must be adjusted sideways, so that its image
is not in the line of vision, and a piece of black
cloth should be suspended behind the crystal.
Within less than two minutes the Adept has
attained a degree of introspection, and will then
behold in the Astral light which will envelop the
crystal surface whatever he wishes to ascertain;
for instance, what a certain person is doing at a
certain moment. Even the past and future will
become revealed and he can read your past and
future as easily as you are reading this page.
A
little practice two or three times a day will
enable almost any one to reach this degree of

Occultism, and the clearness of the images thus

obtained, coupled with the correctness of the in-
formation, will be an everlasting surprise to the
Neophyte.
Of course, what he apparetly sees in the crystal
is in reality transpiring in the Astral light. He
has reached a degree of introspective vision, but
is obliged to make use of some external tangible
object, which for the time being becomes his

medium. A
plain or concave mirror, set in a
wooden frame, and floated upon water, will answer
the same purpose, and many Fakirs enforce the
abstract condition by merely gazing into the water
which they have poured into a small earthen bowl.
The breathing exercises resorted to by the so-
called Hatha Yogha school of Occultism have no
other purpose than to identify the consciousness
of the individual with that of the astral plane, and
fifty pages might be filled with a description of
the endless variety of methods which this school
enjoins.
The true adept, however, who has attained to
the highest pinnacles of esoteric wisdom, scorns to
make use of these external and to him childish
modes of introspection he has come to recognize
;
that "the truth lies tvithin the depth of his own

consciousness/^ and he can place himself in the
abstract state within a few seconds by mere will
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power, whereas, tlie beginner identifies the occult

phenomena with the crystal, the mirror or the
magic cup, which he correspondingly reverences
and regards of great value in assisting him to get
a start.*
Mind-Eeading in India.
The development of telepathy, or mind-reading,

in India as a national characteristic, is amazing;
itmanifests itself in the every-day life of her peo-
pleand reaches its climax in the attainment of the
masters of occult wisdom on the high plateau of
Thibet. The wonderful manner in which intelli-
gence is communicated, or, rather, the speed with
which news of an important character travels in
the East, is a case in point. During the late
Afghan war it invariably happened that the news
of any success or disaster to the British was known
* It will be observed that a specific definition and description

of "spiritual gifts," "Power or Sight" embraces every phrase
of a legitimate occult power, knowledge, insight and mastery ever
claimed or sought by the Magi, Seer, Adept, Apostles and Hiero-
phants of the world, and that the great Apostle clearly intimates
that they are for and should be experienced by the humblest of
the Master's followers.
It will be further noticed that the source of the new and
higher knowledge, wisdom and power here recognized and specifi-
cally emphasized as free to all, is ascribed to the direct onduement
of the Spirit (not spirits, or angels), but the Supreme and Univer-
sal Spirit from which men as well as angels derive their life,
their intelligence and their power, and to which, therefore, all
alike, the humble as well as the most exalted have equal access.
all over India long before the authorities at Cal-

cutta were officially informed. Thus, for instance,
the details of the battle of Maineaud were dis-
cussed in the bazaars of Calcutta for days before
the news was received at headquarters, to the utter
amazement of the vice-royal government.
This, in spite of the fact that the British had
the advantage of sending dispatches by couriers
down the valley of the Kabul River and through
toKhyber Pass to Peshawur, and telegraphing
cypher messages from there to Calcutta. It is
absurd to try to account for this on the supposi-
tion that the news will travel from mouth to mouth,
as it were, and from village to village. There are
intervening mountain ranges and great deserts,
villages and hamlets many miles apart and exten-
sive ranges, where scarcely any human habitation
is to be met with. Besides the Hindus are not
given to much travel, and there is little, if any,
intercommunication by means of letters or mes-
sages of any sort. AVliy, the news of the great
disaster which befell Napoleon's army at Moscow
took over six weeks to reach Paris, and this at a
time when postal communication was already well
organized all over Europe. In India it would have
been known all over the land in less than two
hours, and not merely in the sense of a vague
presentiment that something had happened, but in
the shape of a distinct vision, which, although not

seen by everybody, is beheld by tens of thousands,
who are not slow to communicate it to their fellow-
men.
Method.
The method to accomplish this is a very simple

one: LOOK INTO YOUR OWN SELF*, and if
you do this rightly you will see everything, and

will be under no obligations to ask further ques-
tions.
* If we compare the teachings of the Eastern sages with the
cosmology taught by the writer, and substitute the Sanscrit of

the Tibetan terms used by the former for those invented by the
latter, the two systems will be found almost, if not wholly,
identical. According to the Eastern sages, there is a ceaseless
activity going on during the state of Pralaya (the night of
Brahm), in that incomprehensible eternal First Cause that may
be looked upon in one of its many aspects as being Matter,
Motion, and Space, in an absolute sense, which is beyond the grasp
of our relative conception. Its motion is the unconscious latent
life inherent in it. This is the Yliaster of the writer, the *'root
of Matter," or Mula prakriti of the Vendantins, out of which
Prakriti (Matter) and Purusha (Space) become manifest as body
and form. In this, The Absolute, Infinite, and Unconditioned,
being the endless aggregation of everything conditioned and finite,
the germ of potentialities of all things are contained. It is the
Limbus Chaos and the germs contained in it that are developed by
the action of the Universal Mind, Dyan-Chohans, and the power
—
of wisdom, Fo-hat to use the Tibetan words. Thjis the Universe
may be said to be a product of Cosmic Ideation and Cosmic
Energy, acting not at random or in an arbitrary manner, but
according to a certain order produced by previous causes, and
which constitute the Law. The existence of this inevitable and
unchangeable law is frequently alluded to by the writer. As, for
instance: "Does not holy writ say that God spoke: Am I not
the God who made the dumb and the deaf, the blind and the see-
ing? What else does this mean, but that he is creator of all
The exercise of THAUMATUEGIO POWER by

the Christ and his Apostles has mistakenly been
regarded as a supernatural and miraculous gift,
bestowed for an exceptional purpose, instead of
the working of an OCCULT law to be practically
studied, mastered and applied in universal experi-
ence.
There is not the slightest warrant for the
miracle view in the teaching of either Jesus or his
Apostles. On the contrary, this power was spe-
cificallyemphasized by them as the legitimate fruit
of the regenerate or higher spiritual life to which
they called the world and in the power and inspira-

tion in which they lived, spake and wrought.
''Jesus theMaster" insisted upon the exercise
of this power as a necessity to the successful
preaching and spread of his gospel, which taught
the Immanence of God, through the world.
things, of good and of evil?" The writings of the Buddhists

teach the same doctrine, saying that there is only One Power,
SvabhaTat. It cannot act otherwise than according to the law of
cause and effect, and that makes a useful tree grow as well as
useless stone in the bladder of man, according to the causes that
have been produced by previous effects. Each act and each
thought has a cause, and the cause of the cause is the Law.
The identity of the doctrines. Philosophy and Theosophy, by
the writer with that of the eastern sages and Adepts will prove
that he was taught these things in the East. Nevertheless this is
not essential; for to the opened spiritual understanding of man
God is as near in the West as He is in the East. He who is
capable, developed to open his spiritual eyes, may see the sun him-
self and does not need to be informed about its existence by some-
body having seen the sun in the Orient.
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In choosing and preparing his disciples for the

preaching of his gospel, we read that he first
taught them the use of this power as a necessary
condition of successful preaching.
"And when he had called unto him his twelve
disciples, he gave them power against unclean
spirits to them out, and to heal all
cast
manner of sickness, and all manner of disease."
The object of the writer of this book is an analyt-
ical epitome of the Theosophy and Occultism of
'
Jesus the Master, and to brief!}'' show its foun-
'
'
'
dation in the nature of things, and the constitution

of man as a basis of an intelligent and compelling
faith, a faith luhich "speaks and it is done, which
commands and it stands fast."
The Oriental Occultism and Theosophy, vener-
able with age, having its origin in antiquity and
the Far East, and which has been handed down
from almost prehistoric times "through genera-
tions and generations of adepts" is now, by the
author's efforts, being introduced into the Western
world.
By a growing, well-organized and tolerably
widespread propaganda, it is being popularized,
epitomized, and vigorously promulgated in both
Europe and America, for wherever "The Great
Book of Magical Art, Hindu Magic and East
Indian Occultism" has been studied the Hindu
methods are adopted, they being superior to all

others.
Let the initiate take up the study of Hindu
Magic and Occultism and give it the attention its
importance demands as something to be under-
stood and applied as a jpractical and demonstrable
science.
The writer would urge this study and effort
because of the profound conviction :
— That this is
the legitimate work and the rightful province of

man as a spiritual being and child of ''The
Astral, '
' whose duty as well as privilege is to stand
in relation to his environments, in the image and
likeness of those in spirit life holding dominion.
It was to bring mankind to this realization that
the CHRIST GOSPEL and ministry was open
to the world. Now that the time seems specially
auspicious, because of the present opening up of
ORIENTAL OCCULTISM AND ESOTERIC
PHILOSOPHY to Western thought, and the con-
fronting of the Orthodox Christian church, which
is a farce, by the Eastern world with its mystic
orders and brotherhoods of "HOLY MEN,"
^'YOGHIS," and HIEROPHANTS as possessing
the miracle-working THAUMATURGIC POWER.
The Christ life and teaching have hereto been
so exclusively studied from the standpoint of
theology and ethics by the leaders of Christian
tliouglit and Dogmatic Theology that the attention

of the whole CHRISTIAN world has been diverted
from the rational and practical study of the
OCCULT POWEE exercised by the Master and
his Apostles, and which they emphasized in their
teaching as an equally important and indeed a
vitally practical factor in the new and higher life,
which they call the world. Starting out with the
baseless impression this "OCCULT POWER,"
being exceptional in human experience, was neces-
sarily supernatural and miraculous, it has never
occurred to the theologians and students of the
"NEW TESTAMENT" arcanum to regard the
so-called miracles as possible, legitimate of an
occult law and power to be practically studied,
mastered and applied in universal experience.
Nevertheless, an unbiased and careful considera-
and emphatic teaching of Jesus
tion of the direct
'
'
the Master" and his Apostles will convince the

most hesitating and conservative mind that they
certainly regarded the possession and exercise of
thispower, as well as Astral or inner sight, as the
orderly and legitimate result of certain specific
mental and spiritual attainments possible to all,
and which was the special work to urge upon all.
It will be observed that this specific definition
and description of "spiritual gifts" embraces
every phase of a legitimate power, knowledge,
inner sight, and mastery ever claimed or sought

for by the Magi and Hierophants of the World,
and that ''Jesus the Master" clearly intimated
that they are for and should be experienced by the
Master's followers.
It will be further noticed that the source of the
new and higher knowledge, wisdom and power
here recognized and specifically emphasized as free
to all, is applied to the direct and enduement of
the spirit (not spirits or angels), but the SU-
PREME and UNIVERSAL SPIRIT, from which
men, as well as angels, derive their life, their intel-
ligence and their power, and to which, therefore,
all alike, the humblest as well as the most exalted,
have equal access.
Those who can read between the lines may have
observed that far from discrediting wholesale the
reported stories and wonders of Eastern Magic,
the most advanced scientific reasoners of the West
in their more recent utterances appear quite inter-
ested in the subject, having come to recognize that
there may be
such things as natural forces or sub-
stances on this planet which have as yet eluded
the grasp of the Western science forces, which
their chemists and their physicians can neither
gauge, weigh nor measure; and that there is a
possibility that among a subtle race like the
HINDUS, which is immeasurably older in civiliza-
43 MYSTIO TEST BOOK, HINDU OCCULT CHAMBEES.
tion and experience thantheir own, some of these

forces may have been discovered even thousands
of years ago, and preserved among the wisest of
its representatives (adepts), who in consequence
of such knowledge can perform feats which to one
of limited understanding are perfectly miraculous.
Apart from the material progress or outward
development which the Hindus had already at-
tained, which they are apt to call prehistoric, as
evinced by the splendor of their buildings and the
luxuries and the refinement of their civilization in
general, it would seem as if this greatest and most
subtle ofAryan races had developed an inner life
even more strange and wonderful.
Let those who are imbued with the prevalent
modern conceit that the Westerners have reached
the highest pinnacle of intellectual culture, or that
Orthodoxy is right, go to India. Let them go to
the land of mystery, which was ancient when the
great Alexander crossed the INDUS with his
warriors, ancient when ABRAHAM THE JEW
roamed the plains of CHALDEA with his cattle,
ancient when the first pyramid was built and if, ;
after a careful study of Hindu magic, life, religion,

and philosophy, the inquirer is still of the opinion
that the palm of intellectual advancement belongs
to the western world, or that Orthodox Christianity
is not founded on a fabulous Jewish Myth, let him
lose no time in having his own cranium exam-

ined*. The HINDUS, owing to their intense love
for solitary meditation, which has been one of
their pronounced characteristics from time im-
memorial, have acquired mental faculties of which
the materialists have no conception.
There are in man latent powers which are sus-
ceptible of the highest culture, and it is more than
probable that a faculty once aroused and persist-
ently exercised for a number of generations may
develop into a permanent characteristic.
It would seem as if among the HINDUS specu-
lative philosophy had been the ruling fancy from
a very remote antiquity, and, moreover, that kind
of philosophy which does not depend upon an
interchange of idea for its advancement, but is
based almost entirely upon intuition; viz., upon
the cultivation of certain mysterious innate facul-
ties, which are presumed to lie dormant even in
the breast of the savage. They have accomplished
* I need not amuse the reader with the speculations of western

Christians endeavoring to convert others to their belief in a
tyrant of a God and a belief in the Scriptures.
Indeed I might not amuse him, for it is a pitiful recital
throughout. Indeed there is no sadder spectacle in the intellectual
world, than that of men and women possessed, of really great
mental possibilities, frittering away their time and their self-
respect in trying to make a superstition appear reasonable by
explaining its absurdities in an illogical manner, and, instead of
walking erect in the dignity of a rational manhood, staggering
along in a blind stupor, produced by the fumes of mysticism,
superstition and Dogmatic Theology.
and have certainly come nearer the truth than the

Western materialist, with his endless empiricalism
and experimental torture of matter.
The HINDUS in their efforts to raise the veil
which hides the mysteries of time and space, dis-
covered that which is apt to cause extreme sur-
prise in the Western NEOPHYTE, and which is
destined to play a great part in the future of this

Their triumph in this direction was the
country.
discoveryand application of that strange
PSYCHIC FOECE known to the Western people
as HYPNOTISM.
The American people have just begun to real-
ize that there is such a force, and are on the
threshold, as it were, of a dominion which is as
boundless as it is marvelous. But the discoveries
which are being made today were made ages ago
by the early SASCRITIC INDIANS and IRA-
NIANS, and while a knowledge of the subject in
this country is chiefly derived from, or based upon,
the experiments of a few materialistic scientists
and investigators during very recent years, the
HINDUS have the experience of at least centuries
behind them.
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CHAPTEE III.
The Hindu ^s and Dogmatic Theology.
The ancient Hindu's idea of God differed much

from the modern notion that He thrusts the
wicked, and very often the innocent also, whom
He has predestinated to sin, and who are undoubt-
edly a portion of Himself, and made in His own
image, into burning lakes and pitchy gulfs, where
they are everlastingly tormented by revengeful
and spiteful devils, with no view to their amend-
ment, with no pretense to their operating as an
example, with no possibility of their escape. And
so fond is God their Father of subjecting His
children to this fiery tartarus that He employs
the chief of the devils to tempt them into sinful-
ness (He Himself having no prescience or fore-
knowledge as to how they will act when tempted),
so that He may reward them for their resistance
which is generally unaccomplished —or
torment
them for their submission, which unhappily is
their most usual fate. And this chief devil pos-
sesses enormous power; is omnipresent; is the
Prince of Air or Space is almost next to God in
;
sovereign dominion, and in contriving intellect,

and wages everlasting war with the Almighty and
his pure spirits; nor can the Omnipotent Maker
and Master of the Universe reduce him to submis-
sion, or repress his wickedness, but is simply con-
strained as well as he can to counteract his hor-
rible devices. Great scholars argue for this great;
churchmen hold it
; the masses are taught that it
is divine truth, but somehow or other man's in-
stinct rebels against it, and there rests at the
bottom of almost every human heart an innate
notion that it is all a lie, imagined or invented in
the days of Jewish or monkish barbarism to
frighten the ignorant; but wholly without any
warranty in fact.
Eternal damnation orthodoxy holds to be the
true end and punishment of all who in their lives
deny a heaven.
The fact, however, of the Hindu's* idea of God,
and their knowledge of celestial laws, being so
The followers of Mohammed, however, put some rather puz-

*
zling questions to our Petro-Paulites. "Why," said Murrane
Sing (a Hindoo who can read English), "do you not convert the
Jews, who live among you, know your virtues, and the excellence
of your faith, and whose forefathers knew of the prophecies, and
saw the wonders mentioned in your Vedas?" (meaning the
English Bible). A Protestant replied they were a stubborn race,
and the denunciations against their race had been fulfilled; and
instanced the occasions and times. "That is the more in favor
of my argument," replied Murrane, "for if, under the sufferings
they have endured, and the accomplishment of the curse threat-
ened them, they still remain obstinate and sinful, how are we to
"
far greater than those which form the basis of

mere European creeds, furnishes a reason why all
endeavors at their conversion to western views

have failed, except among the lowest, poorest, and
most degraded outcasts. An attempt by Chris-
tians to enlighten Orientals on the subject of God
is about as wise as if an idiot sought to initiate a
sage into the wonders of philosophy. In all true

theological knowledge, in all profound, august or
ennobling ideas of the Divine Polity, the West is
hundreds of years behind the East nor can it ever
;
attain the splendid heights of speculation to which

these men have reached, until it seeks its inspira-
tion at other sources than those from which
has it
so long drawn it, and enlarges its views of God's

providence, until it can understand the broad,
beautiful and comprehensive basis developed in
the Divine works of God a basis that appears as
;
universal in its nature as the very laws of light

and air themselves.
be convinced, much less converted, who know nothing of these

signs and wonders of which you speak and have neither had
promises or threats held out to us, except by mortals like our-
selves who may or may not intend well? At least, they have
nothing to show us to the contrary but windy words." He then
referred to Paul, who, he observed, undoubtedly was a prophet,
and whose mission, though it appeared very probable, had made
no effect on King Agrippa, who was as civilized as the Hindoos;
yet he was not to be persuaded, even though one of the principal
' Then
propagators of it was present before him. '
how, he '
'
added, "am I to be persuaded by those who are neither saints

nor prophets'?
With all this blaze of knowledge before us, clear

and shining as the light of the Orient, the question
arises, How comes it to pass that the whole West
is still in darkness; and why are Europeans and
Americans now more hopelessly ignorant of their
past, their present, or their future, or of the sub-
lime and pure nature of the Supreme Being, than
our forefathers are shown to have been in remote
ages; when Orthodox historians tell us that all
was superstition when philosophers hold that we
;
were monkeys or savages; and priests pretend

that there was nothing but impiety? The answer
seems to me to be this, that the Church, whether
of Rome, or of Luther, which now sways the con-
sciences of men, wages an incessant war upon the
acquisition of true Knowledge, and perpetually
interferes to dwarf the intellect and to destroy the
groivth of education. That the Popes for the first
fifteenhundred years of Christendom, and from
thence also until this moment did, and have done,
all they could, to hêp the tvorld in a state of bar-
barism, is now a truism so universally acknowl-
edged, and so loudly proclaimed by Protestant

ivriters, that no man would condescend to argue
it;for to do so tvould imply that the matter might
be disputed, or that our senses had deceived us as
to the patent facts. That great scholars arose in
those dark ages proves nothing; for those men
were not the children of the papacy, but were the

disciples and missionaries of knowledge, and they
were as entirely independent of that odious super-
stition as if it had no existence. The Papal church,
supreme in Europe, ivas based on ignorance, and
could only he maintained ivhile ignorance con-
tinued. The whole efforts of the clergy, therefore,
have been and are directed to this one end, to keep
the world in their leading strings, by crushing out
the mind of the ivorld. That they did so, and suc-
ceeded, history proves; that they still labor in the
awful and unholy calling is clear to all ivho take
the trouble to investigate; and that to this one end
the soldiers of that fearfid fabric must necessarily
adhere or be destroyed is the inevitable conclusion
to which those arrive who have found her to be
Falsehood, and who know that Knoivledge is her
deadly foe.
The Lutheran churches pursue the same course.
Holding to a creed devised by a narrow-minded
and illiterate monk, whose early training had for-
ever incapacitated him from broad, comprehensive
or enlightened views; who, though a passionate
thinker and a bold writer, and a man of daring
courage, was absolutely ignorant of everything
but mere monastic theology, than which it would
be difficult to discover more and
exquisite fooling,
who in his later years of beer and bigotry was so
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50 MYSTIC TEST BOOK, HINDU OCCULT CHAMBERS,
immersed in vulgar squabbles about maniacal

dogmas, that he had no time, even if he possessed
the intellect, to enlarge his stock of ideas. The
Protestant sects, dissipated into a thousand
despicable conventicles, every one of which calls
itself
'
Christ 's people,
'
'
have clung with desper-
'
ate tenacity to the smallest and most degrading-

notions of the power, majesty and wisdom of the
Supreme Being; of the universality of His Laws,
and the unchanging grandeur of His attributes
notions that would shock a Pagan, but which re-
ceive a ready approval among the simple savages
of the South Seas, or the dark-skinned lowly
races of Africa. With these communities the
Divine Fabricator of the Universe is a white-tied
parson, with the wretched changing passions, and
the still more wretched wants and necessities of a
parson now enraged, now capricious, now deceit-
;
ful, now encouraging deceit; breathing pestilence

and death ujaon the very beings whose hearts he
has hardened so as to make them merit these
calamities; swearing many oaths (for the Bible
says God will smite and curse the children of the
earth), and immediately after violating those
oaths the instigator to murder, the patron of in-
;
cest, the pardoner of adultery, the seducer of a

young virgin who was the affianced wife of an-
other, so that true Christianity between Peter and
Paul is like Jesus crucified between two thieves.

But why pursue the dreadful theme! or why com-
mit to print the fearful thoughts that naturally
arise in the mind, as the Atheist God of Petro-
Paulite, Europe and America looms up before us,
covered with the blood of millions, whom a belief
in his dark mystery has borne into ruin.
Let those who desire to knoiv more on this sub-
ject, and the Bible, which history shows is a
forgery, read the author's tivo late books, ''The
Immanence of God, Know Thyself," 432 pages,
and ''God, The Bible, Truth, and Christian Theol-
ogy," 570 pages, and he will have his eyes opened
as they have never been before.
THE MAGIC AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA.
—
Special Features Hindu and Egyptian Crystal
—
Gazing Astral and Spirit Sight Indian —
Crystal Gazing^ Clairvoyance and The Hindu
Magic Mirror.
PAKT TWO.
CHAPTEE IV.
Spirit or Astral Sight.
Most every living person possesses the natural

gift of Clairvoyance or clear "Spirit Sight" to a
very marked degree, and yet do not know what use
to make of their gift. Many people possess this
power in an undeveloped state, capable of develop-
ment to any extent when they will use these gifts
to their advantage and take proper means to
unfold them.
Clairvoyance, or Astral Sight (state of intro-
spection), is not a sixth sense as some writers
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THE MAGIC AND OCCULTISM: OF INDIA. 53
wrongly development of man's

state, it is the true
ordinary inner or Spiritual Sight, which has been
stunted and injured by the materialism and igno-
rance which rules the world today.
Live a natural life, as did the old Seers, philos-
ophers, in the by-gone ages, when the highest and
best only reigned supreme, and men and women
were taught to introduce the state of introspection
Sit will, and you can develop all your spiritual gifts
or inner sight.
The first consideration is, of course, the rules
for sitting, the necessary precautions for develop-
ment, and the best time and conditions which are
to be adopted by the would-be Seer in his attempts
at unfoldment. You must also study all that has
been said here about the interior focalization of
the mind. That you will succeed if you follow any
one of the methods I am teaching you is certain,
and you will have phenomenal success if you will
only persevere and cleanse your mind from all
sordid material and unworthy thoughts.
In a word, unless you will attempt to live the
Life, you cannot attain more than the ordinary gift
of Crj^stal Gazing, but if you will go on and seek
higher, and believe you will succeed, you cannot
have any limit to the extent of your spirit and
Astral Sight in any place, at any time and under
any conditions.
—
You will be able to introduce Spirit Sight at will,

and read in the Astral Light the mysteries of the
past, present and future, both in your own life
and in that of others all will be as an open book
;
to you and the amount of this knowledge you

choose to reveal to others will be entirely depend-
ent on your own good judgment.
The conditions of health to be sought are :
1st. The better your health, the clearer your

vision, although many
people in indifferent health
do see, yet they have not the greater powers. You
should live as far as possible in the fresh air, take
a reasonable amount of exercise, and try to hold
the thought of health and purity ever before you.
2nd. Cleanliness is essential, this body
includes
and clothes, you should bathe all over once a week
and change your linen at least once or twice a
week or oftener, if possible.
3rd. Diet is also a necessity and I can assure
you that you will not develop satisfactorily if you
eat too much meat, as it causes heat and inharmony
in the blood, disturbs the system, generating an
irritating condition and causes the people who eat
it to give off a coarse red aura, or asteal force,
which I will explain later, entirely opposed to all
conditions essential to spirit sight. At any rate,
little as possible, but the amount of progress
eat as
you make almost entirely depends upon your
—
absolute belief and faith that you will succeed, for

without true faith you will accomplish nothing.
All doubt and disbelief that you will be able to
develop your inner sight must be discarded.
The next question is that of breathing, this has
a great deal to do with the development of your
Astral Sight.
Draw in a deep slow breath, and exhale very
slowly, try this during the sitting for the first week
and then change to the following :
Inhale with closed mouth while you count four,

hold the breath ivhile you count sixteen and exhale
slowly ivhile you count eight (mentally, of course).
Have the room you sit clean and free
in which
from impurities, with plenty of fresh air. Some
fresh-cut flowers to place near your crystal or
whatever you use for a medium are very desirable
but not absolutely necessary. The question arises
what class of persons are most likely to develop
and succeed in obtaining the state of introspec-
tion? I can frankly inform you that all people can
develop, provided they are faithful and believe, for
*' according to your faith be it unto you."
Positive, magnetic people make the best Seers

as a rule, although the fair and languid type often
develop into excellent Seers, but their visions are
seldom quite as reliable as the positive type
quoted. The necessary qualifications are self con-
trol, the power of concentration and the desire to

attain these gifts of the spirit, together with gen-
uine faith.
Now, having attained the necessary qnalifica-
tions, decide to have confidence in yourself and
make up your mind to mean business, then set the
time of sitting, which should be kept religiously.
I will now assume that you are ready to com-
mence, hut before you start make up your mind
that, what others have done you can and will do,
and that if you fail the fault is your own. You
must help yourself. Nobody can do for you what
you must do for yourself.
The Black Mieeoe oe Ceystal.
Take a comfortable chair and sit facing the

North, sit at least three feet from the Crystal; if
using the Black Mirror hold it at arm's length
before you (full instructions for the making of this
Mirror will be given you in a later lesson), but
whatever you do, do not permit another to handle
or touch your ball or glass, and do not set it upon
a stand during your setting. Set it upon a cushion
—
of black velvet let this rest on the table.
When not using the Crystal learn to "Think
without watching," that is to say, learn to with-
draw your attention from things around you and
center it inwardly. you will be thinking,

It then
but not watching things around you in the material
world.
Try to take your exercise the same hour daily
and sit for at least fifteen minutes, increasing it
to half an hour, as you feel able, but as soon as
your eyes grow tired stop and rest them.
Fix your eyes upon the glass, but without effort,
just watch it naturally, and without taking them
away at all fix your mind upon the glass.
Watch quietly without thinking.'*
**
Can you understand what I mean by that Î —

want you to make your mind quite blank, ready
to receive the pictures and impressions that will
come toyou from the mirror, simply ivatch and
— —
breathe breathe and ivatch ^have belief and faith
and get as quiet as possible.
Now, after a time, I do not say at the first sit-
ting, you will see scenes or faces form in the glass,
sometimes a cloud forms all over it and soft milky
clouds float around it, and after these clear off
faces, symbols and scenes appear clearly in the
glass. But more often you will see by your astral
or spirit sight a face or some scene, now dim, now
bright, then this will fade away and other faces
appear, or perhaps symbols, figures or even let-
ters. So as far as this goes, of course, the Seer
can work by himself, but when it comes to further
development and the interpretation of symbols,

the question of seeing without any means of con-
centration, such as the Crystal, then you have
need of further instruction.
Spirit Sight.
The phase of Astral or Spirit Sight, just cited

above, is produced and should be
easily arrived at
after a week or so of practice, if the conditions
are fulfilled and you have had absolute confidence
and faith in yourself. You must not forget the
necessity of mental purity, for a soul which is
impregnated with love for humanity, and free

from jealousy, hatred and evil of any kind is
necessary if you want good results in any business.
It is well to make notes of the symbols, faces
and scenes which appear in the Crystal and to
keep them for further reference, for you must
learn to interpretate them.
BIr. C. W. Leadbeater, in his volume, ''The
Other Side of Death,'' says:
Clairvoyance in Spiritualism.
"Many of the phenomena commonly displayed

at a spiritualistic gathering are simply the mani-
festation of the ordinary powers and faculties
'
natural to the astral plane, such as are possessed

by every dead man. " "I have already explained
in my little work on Clairvoyance what these
powers are, and any one who will take the trouble
to read that will see how clearly the possession of
such sense accounts for the faculty so often ex-
hibited by the dead of reading a closed book or
a sealed letter, or describing the contents of a
locked box." 'Î have had repeated evidence
through many different mediums of the posses-
sion of this power; sometimes the knowledge ob-
tained by means was given out through the
its
medium's body in trance-speaking, and at other

times it was expressed directly by the dead man,
either in his own voice or by slate-writing.
'
These astral faculties sometimes include a cer-

^'
tain amount of provision, though this is possessed

in very varying degrees and they also frequently
;
give the power of psychometry and of looking

back to some extent into events of the past."
*'The way in which this is sometimes done is
shown in the following story, given to us by Dr.
Lee, in his Glimpses of the Supernatural, vol. ii,
p. 146."
The Missing Papers.
"A
commercial firm at Bolton, in Lancashire,
had found that a considerable sum of money which
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60 MYSTIC TEST BOOK, HINDU OCCULT CHAMBEES.
had been sent to their bank by a confidential clerk

had not been placed to their credit. " ^' The clerk
remembered the fact of taking the money, though
not the particulars, but at the bank nothing was
known of it. The clerk, feeling that he was liable
to suspicion in the matter, and anxious to eluci-
date it, sought the help of a spirit-medium. The
medium promised to do her best. Having heard
the story, she presently passed into a kind of
trance. Shortly after, she said: 'I see you go to
—
the bank I see you go to such and such a part of
—
the bank I see you hand some papers to a clerk
I see him put them in such and such a place under
—
some other papers and I see them there now.' "
"The clerk went to the bank, directed the
cashier where to look for the money, and it was
found; the cashier afterwards remembering that
in the hurry of business he had there deposited
it. A relation of mine saw this story in a news-
paper at the time, and wrote to the firm in ques-
tion, the name of which was given, asking whether
the facts were as stated. He was told in reply
that they were. The gentleman who was applied
to, having corrected one or two unimportant de-
tails in the above narration, wrote on November
9, 1874: 'Your account is a correct one. I have
the answer of the firm to my enquiry at home
now.' "
THE MAGIO AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA. 61
"The make it abso-

description given does not
lutely clear whether was a case of clairvoy-
this
ance on the part of the medium, or of the use of
ordinary faculty by a dead man; but since the
medium passed into a trance-condition the latter
supposition seems the more probable. The dead
man could easily gather from the clerk's mind
the earlier part of his story, and thus put himself
en rapport with the scene and then by following
;
it to its close he was able to supply the informa-
tion required. Here is the authenticated record

of another good example of such a case, in which
the power of thought-reading is much more promi-
nently exhibited, since all the questions were men-
tal. It is extracted from the Report on Spiritual-
ism, published by Longman, London, in 1871, and
is to be found in the Examination of the Master
of Lindsay, p. 215.
A Lost Will.
*'A friend of mine was very anxious to find the
will of his grandmother, who had been dead forty
years, but could not even find the certificate of
her death. I went with him to the Marshalls, and
we had a seance we sat at a table, and soon the
;
raps came; my friend then asked his questions

mentally; he went over the alphabet himself, or
sometimes I did so, not knowing the question.

We were told (that) the will had been drawn by a
man named William Walter, who lived at White-
chapel ; the name of the street and the number of
the house were given. We went to Whitechapel,
found the man, and subsequently, through his aid,
obtained a copy of the draft; he was quite un-
known to us, and had not always lived in that
locality, for he had once seen better days. The
medium could not possibly have known anything
about the matter, and even if she had, her knowl-
edge would have been of no avail, as all the ques-
tions were mental ones."
^^
Clairvoyant Readings.^'
This power of clairvoyance is also frequently

displayed in a minor way at the weekly meetings
of which I have spoken. After the trance address
is over, the medium usually expresses her readi-
ness to give descriptions, or "readings," as they
are often called, of the surroundings of various
members of the audience. AVhere the circle is a
small one, something will be said to each of its
members in turn; if there be a large number gath-
ered together, individuals will be selected and
called up for special attention.
I have heard striking fragments of private
' : '
family history brought out in this way cases —

which bore every mark of genuineness but in the ;
majority of such meetings as I have attended the

descriptions were exceedingly vague, and had a
rather suspicious adaptability about them. The
conversation would usually run somewhat along
these lines
Medium (supposed to be entranced, but speak-

ing with exactly her normal contempt for aspirates
and grammatical rules). *' There's an old gent
with white 'air a-standin' be'ind that lady in the
'
corner.
Enthusiastic and Credulous Sitter. *'Lor! that
must be my father!"
Medium. "Yes; he smiles, he nods his 'ed,
he's so pleased that you know him. I can see
his white beard regularly shaking, he's so glad."
Sitter. Ain 't it wonderful But father didn 't
'
' !
have no beard before he passed over; p'raps he's

grown one since, or p'raps it's my uncle Jim; he
used to have a beard."
Medium. "Ah! yes, that's who it is; he nods
his 'ed again, and smiles he wants
; to tell you 'ow
'
'appy he is.
Sitter. "Well, now just to think of poor uncle

!
Jim coming like this Why, it 's more than thirty

!
year ago he was drowned at sea, when I was quite

" a'
a girl 'an 'some young chap he was, too not more

; !
than five-and-twenty, and to be drownded like

that!"
Medium. * *
Um ! yes —yes—ah ! I see him more
clearly now — yes, you're right. It's not a white
beard — the white
it's undershirt what sailors
wears —that what 's it is
!
Chorus. "How lovely! how wonderful! Ain't

it beautiful to think they can come back like this
! '
I have heard just about that sort of conversation

a score of times and it is naturally not calculated
;
to produce a very robust faith in that particular

medium. Yet perhaps through the very same
illiterate woman there would come on another oc-
casion some message about a matter of which she
could by no possibility have known anything —
message which she could never have evolved from
her sordid consciousness by any amount of clumsy
guess-work.
A Peivate Test.
I remember on one such occasion applying a

little private test of my own to a medium in a
poor London suburb. She was a coarse-looking
woman, whom I had never seen before, but she
seemed earnest enough, though far from cultured.
She went on from one member of the circle to an-
;
other, monotonously describing behind each of

them with flowing robes and smiling faces
spirits
she varied the story a little in my own case by
giving me "a dark-looking foreign gentleman,
with something white ronnd his head, which may
'
'
very possibly have been true enongh, or may have

been merely a coincidence.
It occurred to me to try whether she could see a
thought-form, so as a change from all these rev-
erend white-haired spirits with flowing robes, I
set myself to project as strong a mental image as
I could construct of two chubby boys in Etons,
standing behind the chair of the member of the
circle who was next in order for examination.
Sure enough, when that person's turn came, the
medium (or the man speaking through her, if there
was one) described my imaginary boys with toler-
able accuracy, and represented them as sons of
the lady behind whom they stood. The latter de-
nied this, explaining that her sons were grown
men, and the medium then suggested grandchil-
dren, which was also repudiated, so the mystery
remained unsolved. But from the incident I de-
duced two conclusions First, that either the me-
:
dium was genuinely clairvoyant or there really

was a dead person speaking through her and sec- ;
ondly, that whoever was concerned had not yet

sufficient discernment to distinguish a thought-
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form materialized on the astral plane from a living

astral body." The Other Side of Death, by C. W.
Leadbeater.
So far I have only been dealing with Spirit Sight
for yourself, and for development only, but when
the more important question arises of seeing for
other people, much the same conditions are re-
quired; let the person who seeks a seance or
reading sit in front of you and take off his glove,
touch his hand quite lightly with one of your
fingers to establish communication between you,
or what is called ^^ra'pport," then you must look
earnestly and quietly into the glass and tell ex-
actly what you see or what is given to you; re-
member that on no account must you reason to do ;
so is fatal simply make your mind blank and say

;
what comes into your head; do not think that it

may be improbable and so refrain from voicing it,
the things which come to you in this way will be
correct; you do not know why, you cannot know
what reference they will have to the affairs of
your client but will find them true.
Unless the Crystal Vision is very true and clear
you will find that many things half formed in the
glass will come to your mind as quite vivid pic-
tures, since it is not the virtue of the glass but
your own Spirit Sight which can read the Aura
or see in the Astral light of those who consult you.
EocK Ckystal or Hindu Beryl.

The real Eock Crystal or Beryl very expen-
is
sive, quite a small one costing $50, but you can get
an excellent Crystal or imported sphere for $3
that will do equally as well, or the Magic or Black
Mirror, the materials for making which will cost
you about $3.50.
Aura or Astral Light.

To return to the Aura or Astral Light, this is a
very important consideration, since as soon as you
are able to perceive this about a person you can
read meanings in the play of its color as it sur-
rounds every man, woman and child.
The Aura or Astral Light is a mist-like emana-
tion which arises from every animate and inani-
mate object.
The Aura or Astral Light thrown off by people
is composed of tiny atoms of so minute a character
it is entirely imperceptible to the naked eye, but is
clearly visible to those who have succeeded in so

controlling themselves that they can obtain the
state of introspection and see spiritually at will.
This is referred to often in Europe and America
as Clairvoyant Sight. The Aura is of the nature
of a cloud which entirely surrounds the person sit-
ting, and it is through reading this either know-
ingly or unconsciously that the Clairvoyant is able

to deduce the events in the lives of those around
him.
The ability to see this Aijra or read in the
Astral Light, is only acquired after long practice
and psychic training, which means that you have
to sit regularly, to eat temperately, to have com-
plete control over temper, your feelings, true faith
and belief in yourself to get results; and also it
means sexual purity and continence, yet without
doubt the results more than repay one for the
effort required to obtain them.
It is best when the clairvoyant faculty or your
Spirit Sight has been developed to the necessary
degree, to sit looking quietly at the subject, with-
out winking the eyes at all, make the mind blank
and gaze very steadily for at least ten or fifteen
minutes in silence at the end of that time you will
;
perceive by your Spirit Sight the health Auba or

Astral Light, which is a kind of bluish grey mist
arising from the body; when you see this you
are getting on and other developments may be
expected to follow.
Mr. C. W. Leadheater in speaking of Astral

Thought-forms in his work, ''The Other Side of
Death," says:
*' Every thought of the man which is connected
;
with self or tainted by any desire for his own gain

instantly draws round itself matter of the astral
plane as well as of the mental, and remains hover-
ing round him. If any man yields frequently to
thoughts of this type, he makes for himself exceed-
ingly strong thought-forms, which are constantly
fed and rendered more and more powerful by each
recurrence of the feeling. During physical life
these are invisible to him, although their influence
is constantly reacting upon him and tending to
reproduce in him the thought which created them

but after death they become visible and haunting
forms from which he cannot escape, because their
attraction to him is of the very essence of their
nature. In many cases it is in this way that men
first come to realize how ugly and hateful some of
their thoughts may be, and so they learn to exer-
cise more rigid supervision over them.
A man may sometimes find himself surrounded
by thoughts which are not his own, for if any one
else is directing towards him any strong feeling,
whether it be of love or hate, of joy or sorrow,
he will certainly find the thought-form which ex-
presses it hovering about him, and will feel within
himself the effect of its vibrations. It is in this
way that the strong thoughts of love and the
friendly wish which should accompany a remem-
brance of the dead produce so beneficent a result
;
Tipon them. We
may, if we will, surround the
friend whom we have '4ost" with a rosy cloud of
affectionate thought, through which he will see
everything couleur de rose, so that it may be a
veritable shield for him from unpleasant in-
fluences; and its own action upon him will also
tend to up within him sympathetic feelings
stir
of affection, and to calm all disturbances. A ref-
erence to Plate ix in Man Visible and Invisible
will show how the thought-form of affection is
shaped within the astral body of the thinker, and
in the illustrations to Mrs. Besant's article upon
"Thought Forms" in Lucifer, September, 1896,
the thought-form will be seen rushing on its way
towards its object.
Other thought-forms are less pleasant than this
and sometimes it is no small part of the retribu-
tion which overtakes the man who during earth-
life has treated others harshly to see after death
the thought-forms of those whom he has injured,
and to feel the vibrations which radiate from
them. On the contrary, one who has been widely
loved is very much helped and uplifted by the cur-
rents of thought directed to him. A very notice-
able example of this was seen in the case of Her
Majesty the late Queen Victoria, whose rapid
passage into the heaven-world was undoubtedly
due to the millions of loving and grateful thought-
forms which were sent to her, as well as to her

own inherent goodness.
Unfortunately there are sometimes men who
deserve the distrust or anger of many, instead of
their love. It has sometimes fared hardly after
death with those whose financial operations have
heartlessly ruined hundreds of people, for the
forms which surround them in menacing^ crowds
have often caused them the utmost horror and
remorse. The thought-form has no intelligence
of its own, and has only a temporary existence,
the length of which is determined by the energy
put into the thought in the first place. Never-
theless it is impossible for the man towards whom
it is directed to escape from it, since the very
cause of its existence, the essence of its being, is

its attraction towards him. He may, if he knows
how to do so, surround himself with a shell which
will prevent its vibrations from affecting him he ;
may (again if he knows how to do it) break up

and dissipate that thought-form by an effort of
his will; but while it exists it will cling to him
with the tenacity of a limpet. Usually thought-
forms coming from different persons retain their
individuality and have each of them a distinct,
impress of the mind from which they came; but
under certain circumstances it has been found
that it is possible for the thought-forms gener-
—
ated by many persons to coalese into one gigantic

phantom, and if this be of an unpleasant nature,
the result may be very terrible. The Other Side
of Death, hy Leadbeater.
The meaning attached to Thought-forms and
Human Aura will be given in a later lesson
Clairvoyant or Astral Sight.
Now so far as the different kinds of Clairvoy-

ance or degrees of Astral or Spirit Sight are con-
cerned, I shall place normal Spirit Sight first.
The only natural and normal Spirit Sight or
vision is obtained by so controlling yourself that
you can by your own faith and ivill bring about
the interior focalisation of the mind at will.
Clairvoyance in a trance condition, when the
subject is at the mercy of chance spirits, is not
always reliable and seldom as clear as the normal
vision, which is the result of self-induction.
Clairvoyance under Hypnotism, which is prac-
ticed to a great extent by the Hindus, though
capable of great development, is open to the same
charge as the Neophyte, who, not having full and
clear Spirit Sight himself, does not ever know that
spirits may assume command of his subject's
mentality, what personalities they assume or what
mischief they may bring about, so that if you
really want the best be content with the methods

given here, which you are receiving for only a few
dollars, until such time as you may be able to
receive private and personal instruction from a
master.
Remember that the human Aura or Astral
Thought Forms imprint themselves and their his-
tory on everything they come in contact with, and
by these means you can develop the power of
Psychometry, which is so closely allied to Clair-
voyance that it is difficult to say which is which
when a *
' sensitive '
' begins to work.
Given a letetr or an article belonging to any
person you can in this manner learn the history
by simply holding the same lightly in your hand
or against the right side of your head, never to the
forehead, as some surface writers advise.
If you will follow the instruction I have given
you will make a splendid Seer, and I say this to
all, who will have true faith and absolute belief
in themselves, since the gift of the Spirit Sight
is free for all who fulfil the conditions and believe.
Does not Jesus, the Greatest Master and Clair-
voyant that ever lived, say: ^^ According to your
belief he it unto you." To you, then, who believe,
and listen for the inner voice of revelation, and
the oncoming of the Spirit or Astral Sight, all
nature and all the hidden doings and secrets of
74 MYSTIO TEST BOOK, HINDU OCCULT CHAMBERS.
mankind will be as an open book nothing will be

;
hidden from you when you choose to use your

inner or Astral Sight.
Peactice.
an hour in perfect silence, and

Sit daily for half
at a time most suitable to yourself, and gaze into
the Crystal, glass bowl or mirror record all that
;
passes; you must not reject things on the plea

that they may be fancy; very little is fancy that
comes to you in this way, but is mostly real, even
if it appears shadowy. Do not forget the breath-
ing exercises, as these have a very great potent
effect upon the inner sight and will help you
greatly. Bo not forget, friend, tvhether you he a
brother or sister in this luork, to remember every-
thing I have said to you in the forepart of this
book under the heading ^împoetant woeds.^^ /
suppose you understand that a hair-brained fool
nor a lazy, brainless individual cannot get residts.
If you tvant residts, get doivn to good hard work;
keep at it all the time and don't tvaste your time
trying to find fault or complaining about your not
being able to do anything, for if you fail it is your
own fault.
Apparitions are referred to as follows by C. W.

Leadbeater in his book, ''The Other Side of
Death":
'
There was a time not many years ago when it

*
'
was fashionable to ridicule anyone who had had

the good fortune to meet face to face an inhabit-
ant of the world usually unseen, and though such
experiences were presumably no less common then
than now, those who encountered them naturally
kept them to themselves if they valued their repu-
tation as sane members of a materialistic society."
Within the last few years, however, a salutary
change has come over public opinion in this re-
spect. To sneer at psychic phenomena is now
recognized as showing not intellectual vigour but
ignorance and assumption. When there exists a
Society for Psychical Research which numbers
among its members well-known scientists like Sir
William Crookes and Sir Oliver Lodge, and public

men like Mr. Arthur Balfour, and when that so-
ciety issues huge volumes of learned reports upon
such phenomena and considers them worthy of
careful and prolonged investigation, it is no longer
safe for anyone who wishes to be in the fashion
to raise the silly and antiquated parrot-cry of
*
superstition.
''Impartial enquiry into the subject of appari-
tions shows us that from all countries of the world
there come well-attested accounts of the occasional
return of the dead. Such visitors have rarely
given much information with regard world
to the
'
from which they came, though a good deal may be

inferred from collation and comparison of the
various stories. But at any rate the mere fact
that man does survive the process called death is
proved for any fair-minded investigator by these

accounts alone."
As Mr. W. T. Stead remarks in the introduction

to his ''Real Ghost Stories":
''Of all the vulgar superstitions of the half-
educated, none dies harder than the absurd delu-
sion that there are no such things as ghosts. All
the experts, whether spiritual, poetical, or scien-
tific, and all the others, non-experts, who have
bestowed any serious attention upon the subject,

know that they do exist. There is endless variety
of opinion as to what a ghost may be. But as to
the fact of its existence, whatever it may be, there
is no longer any serious dispute among honest
investigators. If anyone questions this, let him
investigate for himself. In six months, possibly
in six weeks, or even in six days, he will fiind it
impossible to deny the reality of the existence of
the phenomena popularly entitled ghostly. He
may have a hundred ingenious explanations of the
origin and nature of the ghost, but as to the exist-
ence of the entity itself there will no longer be
any doubt. '
Spiritualism.
"Another way in which many travelers have

returned is through the use of the means provided
by modern spiritualism. I am well aware that
there has been much fraud and deception in this
connection, but I also know from personal investi-
gation that there is truth to be found along these
lines by the patient and indefatigable seeker.
Unless specially trained in the higher clairvoy-
ance, however, the enquirer is very much at the
mercy of various masquerading entities, and this
line of research is surrounded by pitfalls into
which the unwary may very readily stumble. I
hope later to devote some pages to a careful analy-
sis of some of the phenomena of spiritualism, but
for the present my point is that here is another
source from which information as to the life after
death is to be obtained by those who are willing
to take some trouble in looking for it."
"It may be said that any value which spiritual-
istic testimony may possess is largely discounted
—
by the fact that it is not always consistent that
the accounts given by spirits at various times and
places have differed considerably. This is quite
true, and I am by no means suggesting that all
spirit evidence is equally worthy of acceptance.
But I do say that in very many cases the com-
— '
nmnicating entity is telling the truth as far as he

knows it, and that the difference between the state-
ments made by two such entities is often due to the
fact that both of their views are partial, and not to
any wilful deception practised by either of them. '
"For example, most of those who speak through

mediums in England and America describe the
after-death state as a progressive a 'sum-
life in
merland,' which is in fact only a glorified repro-
duction of the earth, and so far as they give any
religious teaching it is always a kind of Chris-
tianity-and-water — certainly wider and less rigid
than the orthodox idea, though usually very much
vaguer, but still distinctly Christian in tone. One
gets so used to this that I remember it was quite
a surprise to me when I attended my first seance
in Ceylon to find that all the communicating enti-
ties were Buddhists, and that beyond the grave
they also had found their religious preconceptions
confirmed, exactly as had the members of various
Christian sects over here. But differences such
as these become easily comprehensible when we
understand that after death, as before, like
attracts like, and that people of the same race,
religion or caste will keep together and remain
apart from the rest of humanity in that world as
in this." The Other Side of Death, Leadheater.
CHAPTER V.
AsTBAL Clouds of Human Auea.
The meaning of Astral Light and the color of

the tints of the Aura which surround all humans
as well as animals is a subject that has long en-
gaged the attention of intelligent investigators,
outside of India, the world over, but when my
Chela (disciple) in this work observes through
the use of his or her Spirit Sight the Aura around
any person you must always first be quite sure
that it is clear.
The attempt to see the Astral cloud or Auea,
which envelopes every person, is one that a great
many proselytes find hard to grasp; there is a
royal road to it, however, that will give results;
it is the road of true FAITH.
To Give a Reading.
When about to give a reading take the hand of

your clientand hold it gently, place no pressure
except upon the hall of the tliumh, then close the
eyes and draw a long abdominal deep breath (in-
flating the lungs to their utmost capacity), hold it
80 MYSTIC TEST BOOK, HINDU OCCULT CHAMBEBS.
and wait; this repeat five or six times, keeping

the eyes still and great waves of color will
closed,
pass before yon in sweeping, rolling lengths, which
will pass from one side to the other. This method
is followed by the Hindus, sitting or lying, when
they want certain information about you.
When the Astral Auras become clear and vivid
you will place the full meaning given upon them;
when cloudy then will the reading be averse.
The same can be done with the Crystal, but the
Aura will not always be so vivid, and for the
ability to see the Auka I much prefer the method
given here, as names and faces will float in the
clouds of Astral Light.
Astral Auras and Their Colors.

The differentAuras shown in the Astral Light
are ten in number and they have a fixed meaning,
but they are seldom seen pure as in the prism.
The meanings which follow are of great use to the
Seer, no matter whether the colors appear in the
Crystal or with the high phases of Spirit Sight.
Astral Colors and Their Meaning.

Orange, material success, very good.
Green, joy, pleasure, light hearted.
—
Yellow, a surprise if cloudy, unpleasant news.
Blue, intellectual, a good brain.
Violet, spirituality, Spirit Sight possible.

White, is of good omen.
Black, trouble, danger, a bad omen.
Crimson, love, sympathy, and good will.
Red, passion, very sensual.
So much for the general readings now for the ;
enlarged.
If the Astral colors should happen to come
within the mental vision with any planet, zodiacal
sign, letters, numbers, etc.; attached it will alter
the meaning, but at first be content to write down
the nature of any vision carefully and interpret at
leisure.
Astral Axjeas in the Cbystal.

Always get at this before you attempt further
development of your Spirit or Astral Sight.
Bear inmind also that many of these conditions
change and alter from day to day even unless —
the Astral Aura is very dense and dark, or all
very light and pure, when the uniform condition
will indicate a certain ''set condition" in the
mental and spiritual conditions.
You will always find that the fine and pure
AuEAS rise; they will be highest in the Crystal,
above the head in the x\uea. The denser colors
always sink, the purer rise.
You will see from this how to read the colors,
but you should always balance one against the

other never jump to a conclusion, and never
; tell
people too much. They are not intended to lift
the veil altogether.

When the Astral Light or Auras appear in the
Crystal you can give them the same meanings as
when they appear around the head of an individ-
ual, but remember that often faces, figures, sym-
bols, etc., come into the Crystal surrounded by
waves or clouds of Aura, when the colors will
indicate the condition person whose face
the
appears is in, and you must give your reading
accordingly.
The Meaning of the Auras.
Pale Violet signifies love, passion, suffering

and great endurance.
Green shows the person will attain victory and
success, a bright and cheerful character, full of
life, of good purpose, and ever ready to see the
hopeful side of things.

A dark sickly green signifies a deceitful, evasive
nature, a double-tongued person whom you should
place no confidence or import in; shun them
whatever you do, for if you don't you will regret it.
Brown signifies greed, avarice, disappointment

and dishonor.
These colors will appear clearly to you, if your

inner sight developed in the Auka or Astral
is
Cloud which envelopes mankind and all living

bodies they will also be observed in your Crystal
;
or Magic Mirror.
You will seldom see them alone they will nearly
;
always appear with symbols, letters or some indi-

cation of form which will give you the real Key to
their meaning.
These different colors of the Auras indicate
clearly the mental and spiritual condition, as well
as the traits and characteristics of the people who
consult or whom you are diagnosing.
You can tell at once what condition your client
is in, as your Spirit Sight grows and you learn
to interpret the Astral Colors.
The gross, material and mentally unorganized
people will be surrounded with darker shades of
red, of black, of brown, of blue, of green; mean
and treacherous people will have clouds of brown
around them, those who are deceitful and jealous
will have clouds of mustardy yellow or dirty green,
whilst the hypocrite will be surrounded with a
browny blue mixture. The bad tempered, irritable
person will have much scarlet the sensual persons
;
clouds of red. It is thus the hypocrite and the

deceitful will be made known to you alone.
Now in this way you strike the very key-note of
the person you are dealing with and find at once

the true reason for their actions, their troubles,
and often the symbols and visions which relate to
futurity appearing in the Aura or Crystal.
White is a token or emblem of innocence, faith

and purity. This is but seldom seen in the Aura
of ordinary people, but comes to those of special
spiritual training who have learned the great les-
sons, ^^Control Thyself/' "Know Thyself."
Eed, of a pale shade or tint signifies love, cre-
ative power, a character full of warmth, inventive
genius, vitality and true worth.
ScAELET signifies lust, passion and a low, degen-
erated, sensual nature.
Blood Eed means war, hatred, punishment.

ScAKLET AND Black combiucd in the Astral Aura
indicates a diabolical outburst of passion, possibly
bloodshed and poor control over the will or reason-
ing powers.
Black prominent in the Aura will show mate-

riality, affliction, gross earthly thoughts and a
mercenary nature.
Grey means frequent mourning, trouble and
continued sorrow and disappointment.
Pale Blue shows an intellectual nature, one

who is in an advanced state of development and

understanding of self -hood.
Deepee Shade of Blue shows religious fervour,

but if there is a mixture of brown or grey with it
there^ will be a good deal of selfishness and pious

deceit with the religion, and a good deal of narrow
bigotry in the nature of those who show this
Astral Color.
Yellow of a muddy, mustardy color will belong

to a person envious, jealous, whose disposition is
unsatisfactory in his dealings, inconstant, often
deceitful and a liar.
Clear Pure Yellow indicates the highest order

and generally spirit-
of intellectuality, intuitional
ually disposed.
Orange indicates a somewhat lower order of in-

tellectuality and a good deal of success in com-
mercial life.
A Deep Violet Blue a very high state of spirit-

uality — it is seldom seen, however, I regret to
state.
A Clear Bright Blue will indicate a condition

of religious fervour, and where there is much of
this it might quite possibly be unbearable to those
surrounding the person, who will wait neither time
nor opportunity to thrust his pious opinions upon

them.
Where considerable pale blue Astral Aura is in
evidence you get the man who is coldly intellectual,
often scientific, generally piety and free from lust
of passion. These people have a refining influence
on others and frequent places of art and culture,
and refined music.
Dakk Yellow Aueas are always best avoided,
people with these are always very jealous, envious,
unscrupulous and deceitful. Bad for business
dealings, and bad associates.
The Clear Shades or Yellow indicate a very
high order of intellectuality, and these people will
be out of the common run, not at all frequent
amongst your clients.
So with the Violet Blue Auea, the man or

woman who carries this has intense aspiration for
mix up with anything
spiritual things, will never
degrading, gross or mean. Will be trustworthy,
truthful and genuine. Good people to associate
and do business with.
The Influence of the Asteal Colors on

Othees.
The upon others of the varying shades
influence
of the Red Asteal Auea thrown off by certain
people is widely different.
From the pure affection and tender love of the

EosE (pale) Aura, a condition which creates hap-
piness wherever it falls, to the gross sensual love
of the Scarlet Aura is a wide difference and the
effect upon others may be easily gauged.
The person with much Scarlet will bring an
element of discontent and dissension wherever he
goes. His lot will fall amongst sensual, envious
and material people, he will frequent places where
similar conditions exist in Music Halls, Public
Houses, Brothels, etc., according to his station in
life; so will these places be of high or low aspect,
but allbear the taint of vice and can be judged
accordingly. Blood Eed Auras envelops and at-
tends soldiers in active conflict, murderers, butch-
ers, all those whose thoughts run red with war,
but with certain symbols which I will explain to
you in a later lesson, it means swift and terrible
punishment.
People with much grey, ash-grey or blue-grey
Aura, will bring a depressing influence to bear
upon their relatives, friends, neighbours and all
their affairs. They are always afraid, morbid, and
worrying over something, always in grief or sor-
row. When the ash-grey Aura swiftly descends,
or sweeps out all other colors, it indicates mourn-
ing or bereavement. You have, for instance, a
client whose Astral Aura gives you shades of Red,
Blue and Paler Violet^ with perhaps some muddy-

—
yellow or green combined in it here yon have pas-
sion, a certain degree of intellectuality, a desire
for spiritual things, but an underlying strata of
deceit, selfishness and jealousy which will keep the
subject from any great advancement a weak —
character clearly.
Warn him of this you feel it wise.
if
Now there comes your vision another face
into
and surrounding it you get clouds of red and black,
of brown even and flashes of scarlet.
You will see at once that it is necessary to warn
your client of this man, who can be no friend to
him and only a bad influence.
The Black Auea.
The Black Aura is lowering and

influence of the
brings a depressing influence upon other people,
and affects all those who may come in contact
with it.
Its influence upon the person who creates it is
very bad, it brings his life into chaos, it keeps him

on a low level, it creates gross imperfect conditions
which are difficult to overcome. Such people are
always in trouble, too, and seem to attract evil and
disaster.
CHAPTEE VI.
Symbols and Planets.
In your last lesson I stated that in addition to

the actual vision of color perceived by your Spirit
Sight, there are times when the planets would be
seen in connection with these colors.
It must be borne in mind that to be a successful
Seer and Medium the world of symbols must be
fully grasped, and that for one person who can
see things as they actually occur in the Astral
Light there are twenty who see the same thing in
symbols. The exact vision is rare, and even when
it is frequent, as in the instance I shall give you
later,when the help of what are called elementals
—
are called forth a practice I do not for one in-
stant advocate, and one which is seldom relied
—
upon there are times when the revelation is not
of a nature to help or elevate.
White and Black Magic.
In the symbolic world, on the contrary, there is

very little of this, but the earnest student must
learn to distinguish between tvhite and hlach

magic, and to remember that the subject of Spirit
and Astral Sight and Occult Powers covers a very
wide area, and can be put to all sorts of uses, good,
bad and indifferent.
As in all else the planets must play an impor-
tant part in our being, and when the symbols
appear in the vision, they carry with them a dis-
tinctand very important meaning.
Signs of the Zodiac.
The signs of the Zodiac are divided into four

groups, and these groups are known as triplicities,
earth, air, fire and water.
And the atmospheric spirits, those nameless
beings which throng the very air we breathe, called
''elementals," are also divided into four groups
governing the same elements.
Clairvoyants, Mediums and sensatives are in
particular ojên to the inroads of these mischiev-
ous influences, and must be warned against them.
The Earthy Triplicity is Taurus, Virgo and
Capricorn.
The Airy Triplicity is Aries, Leo and Saggit-
tarius. *W^
The Water Triplicity is Cancer, Scorpio and
Pisces.
When people come to you clad in certain colors,
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or you find these colors predominating in their

home, dress, etc., then you can place them under
the Triplicities to which they belong, and you can
tellthem what elementals they must avoid.
Those people who belong mostly to the airy
triplicity will have a love for blue, red and black.
The fiery triplicity gives off white, red, yellow and
green. The watery gives brown, green, white and ;
the earthy gives black, brown, white and yellow.

I do not say that these colors will be found to
be by themselves, but they will surely predominate.
It is taught by Hindu Seers that where the four
elementals, earth, air, fire and water, prevail there
will be found certain corresponding spheres gov-
erned by spirits of the planets and these ele-
mentals bear names according to the substance
over which they rule, and the elementals which
they obey their dictates.
In the Sanscrit they are known as follows
Thus Akasha is inspired by the good Indra and
signifies the mother ether. —
Fire by Agni air by
— —
Pavano water by Varuna earth by KsJiiti.
It is taught that under each of these exalted in-
telligences there are seven orders, and under them
yet again seven orders and so on ad infinitum
through the cosmos into chaos.
The ancient Initiated or Cabbalists divide the
elementals thus:
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Fire, Salamanders.
Air, Sylphs.
Water, Undines.
Earth, Gnomes.
They simply swarm in the elemental they rep-
resent, and they attend each individual according
to their office, and strength in that individual's
psychic, other than material, composition.
A man or woman is spiritual or material, not so
much according to their fleshy standard, as the
standard of their soul. When these elementals
mind they do very little
are in a peaceable frame of
harm, or indeed none, and often good. But when
they are disturbed or in a malevolent frame of
mind, they are like swiftly moving flames or atoms
swishing through their elemental under immense
dynamic pressure.
These infuriated elementals when they come in
contact with human beings work havoc with their
victims, causing disease, disaster and all sorts of
trouble, so that when I ask my pupils not to sit
late at night gazing at their Crystals or a Black
Mirror, I am really warning them against the
undue influences likely to attack them in the form
of malevolent elementals.
These spirits of the sub-human kingdom are
governed by natural law and also by human will,
they can be controlled by those who are their
superiors, yet under certain conditions they can

work mischief and harm even amongst their
superiors.
These elementals have their corresponding
forms in human passions, and these forms are
called elementaries, they are the servants of the
elementals often with or for them.
Elementals,
Earth,
Air,
Fire,
Water,
Elementaries.
Desire.
Power.
Will.
Passion or Love.
Man at the outset is an ordinary elementary,
a creature of will, power, passion and desire in
varying degrees, and as an elementary is quite at
the mercy of an elemental, and can be obsessed by
such, so it behoves all who know and who would
rise above the temptations of these pests to rise
above the elementary plane, and seek the realm of
theAdept or Master, who learns the lessons,
^'Know Thyself"— ''Control Thyself."
Now it frequently occurs that those who seek
to lift the veil of the past or future, are anxious
to communicate with some dear ones who have

passed out of the body. To do this they either try
crystal gazing or go to a spiritualistic medium,
yet half the time the results are but the pranks
and games on the part of the elementals which
swarm in the atmosphere. Hence the Clairvoyant
or Medium must not sit for development at a time
when these spirits have most power, viz., at late
hours in the evening and in the very early hours of
the morning. The best time to sit for development
is certainlyfrom eight to nine o'clock in the eve-
ning. dark room and concentrate all your
Sit in a
thought upon the person you want to see, at first
you will obtain little result beyond clouds of color,
and perhaps many varying forms, not the one you
seek, all the room will seem to be full of light and
people, then take full deep breaths as directed in
the last chapter and at last the desired form will
appear.
The great thing is to avoid promiscuous influ-
ences, and another thing is to sit alone if possible,
and certainly not with more than one person in the
—
room remember that latv and ivill power are
expressions of the universal spirit, and that will,
laiv,and the perfect self-balance taught by the les-
son "Control Thyself" all tend to establish a pos-
itive mental attitude which is quite able to avoid
the troubles threatened by elementals. When the
—
Seer is in a weak and negative state of mind, they

lay themselves open to be obsessed by elementals,
and for this reason a trance Clairvoyant is often
the victim of promiscuous control and misleading
results- and this also very often leads to insanity
and death.
I do not advocate trance Clairvoyance, it is dan-
gerous and seldom reliable, but as these chapters
would not be complete without a few words on
the subject of self-lwpnotism I will proceed to
describe what
have found to be the best method.
I
Hindu Masters and Seers are able to induce the
state of introspection with a slight effort of their
will,but the neopyte will find this an impossibility
until he learns to have faith.
Let the pupil sit facing the East, in a chair of
wood, with a comfortable footstool. Then fix the
gaze steadily upon a Magic Mirror and draw thirty
long deep breaths. After a short time the eyes
will grow weary, close, and the Seer falls into a
state of coma, or self-induced trance, and is then
able to exercise the inner or Spiritual Sight. There
must always be somebody in the room to take down
all that is person for whom
said, of course the
you are in a trance will do very
well, it is not nec-
essary to have a third person. Give strict orders
that no one is to arouse you, but make a suggestion
to yourself as you enter the trance, that you will
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awake after a certain length of time. The process

I have described above a genuine trance, but
is
three-parts of the so-called trance mediums are

not in a trance at all but merely induce a state of
great excitement by deep breathing, etc., and in
that state they are often less reliable than when in
complete hypnosis.
I can only repeat do not attempt trance
mediumship unless you are an adept and absolute
master of yourself, otherwise you will only lay
yourself open to trouble.
To revert again to the planetry symbols when

they appear in the crystal, no matter what the
colors attending them:
Maes always means action, war, quarrels, a

martial spirit.
Venus means love, marriage.
JupiTEE, success, often social position.
Saturn, at times trouble, more often melan-

choly and great troubles.
The Sun means victory, joy, triumph.
Mercury, financial matters, writing, literature,

science, etc.
Now the next thing is to fit in the colors given

in Chapter V. the planet, thus Venus with
to
black or grey means trouble in love affairs Venus ;
with light happiness in love marriage.

red, —
Venus with very dark red means passion, lust,
improper love affairs, and so on through the whole
gaunt of color reading. These signs appear more
frequently than anything else in the crystal, hence
the importance attached to them. The Zodiacal
signs have also their meanings, and these are of
equal importance. Aries means always fighting,
either against people or circumstances as the color
clouds indicate.
Taurus, an earthy sign, gives love of material
pleasures, feasting, and is also indicative of strug-
gles.
Gemini indicates duality, often deception, nearly
always science and discoveries, inventions.
Cancer, tenacity so far as events are concerned,
;
it is an immoral sign when coming with very much
red, and also covers events happening in South

Africa and the Cape.
Leo is martial, but curiously enough indicates
mother love, often birth, and nearly always a
struggle for supremacy.
Virgo indicates business matters, and also all
Stock Exchange work.
Libra, music, the fine arts, love, uncertainty.
Scorpio means passion, lust, red hot anger.

Sagittarius, all things connected with horses,
racing, animals, etc.
Capricorn, business matters, but of a heavier
nature than those indicated by Virgo, and also of
material pleasures.
Aquarius, matters of any nature to do with elec-
trical engineering, the Occult and all things deal-
ing with the hidden laws of the Universe, one of
the most difficult signs to master and full of all
sorts of contradictions.
Pisces indicates sea journeys, travel, water
fatalities and kindred matters according to the
nature of the color clouds. And to each of these-
signs according to the triplicity to which they
belong may be attached the warning necessary
against the elemental familiar to the sign. When
attended by favorable colors the elementals will
be friendly, thus Aries, Leo or Sagittarius at-
tended with victorious colors means that the ele-
mentals are friendly and that fire will help not
hinder. And so with the others. The subject mat-
ter of this chapter must be committed to memory.
CHAPTEEVIL
How TO Make, Peepake and Use a Magic or Hindu
Black Mirroe.
The disciple who prefers to use a Magic Mirror

do so, and many get
to the Crystal can, of course,
Mirror will be made with his
fine results, since the
own hands, magnetised with his own magnetism,
and to most people will prove a much more val-
uable medium for clear seeing than the ordinary
Crystal, and moreover it is not so tiring to the
eyes. However, using the Crystal occasionally is
good for continuous development of Spirit Sight.
The first requisites are the necessary materials
for the Mirror, these can be obtained from places
I will name, but are not obtainable from the or-
dinary run of artists, colormen or chemists.
"Write Messrs. de Laurence, Scott & Co., 1514
Masonic Temple, Chicago, 111., U. S. A., for the
glass which you must have to make the Magic
Mirror.
These glasses are imported by de Laurence,
Scott & Co., and are full concave. They are called
by de Laurence, Scott & Co. The Hindu Black
Magics, as they know full well what they are used

for. Price of one glass, prepaid, packed against
breakage, $2.50.
Next you must have a tube of bismuth and
one camel hair brush, which they will also supply
for 50 cents. Just send them $3.50 and
they will send the glass for Hindu Black Magic
Mirror, the bismuth and brush prepaid. Now
procure a pint of ordinary turpentine, a yard of
clean white linen, muslin or nainsook, for cleaning
the glasses, etc., two saucers, which must be new,
and a sheet of Stiff cardboard or paper to rest your
glass on during the coating process.
In addition to this you need a box which is
dustproof to hold the Magic Mirror while it is
drying and another box to contain it when fin-
ished. This last may be obtained from any good
confectioner.
The Magic or Hindu Black Mirror, after it is
finished, must he kept well tvrapped in a black
velvet cloth when not in use.
Everything you use in the work must be clean
and new.
You must not tell anyone of your project, but
keep it a secret.
You must do the work in a clean room, if pos-
sible the room you have prepared and made ready,
as described in Chapter III.
—
You must —anger,

also prepare yourself jeal-
ousy, meanness, all these things must be elimin-
ated from your life completely a pure mind,
faith, and absolute control of yourself for at least
a fortnight previous to the commencement of the
work, which should be taken up with an earnest
desire to benefit mankind.
After you have received the glass, arrange
your materials on a table before you and pour a
little turpentine into one saucer and some bis-
muth should be squeezed into the other not too —

much for you must only go over the Mirror once.
Place the glass on a piece of stiff carboard,
concave side down (i. e., the hollow side down-
wards) and carefully coat its convex side with
the bismuth, if it is too stitf moisten it with a little
—
turpentine the glass should have been carefully
cleaned with the turpentine before commencing
operations at all. Lay the coating on smoothly,
going over the glass only once and do not stop
until it is finished.
When done you will proceed to magnetise
it is
it by making passes over the glass with your

—
hand make whatever motion you feel inclined to
and keep the hands about two inches above the
glass, then hold them quite still over the Mirror
for a time, so that the bismuth can absorb all the
magnetism from your hand, which will grow quite
102 MYSTIC TEST £001^ HINDU OCCULT CHAMBEES.
cold during the process. The magnetising should

take about twenty minutes and your thoughts
should be lifted in pure aspiration the whole time.
You must not fail to mark the poles of the Mirror
so that you can always keep them right and left
and this is a most important matter as they must
not be mistaken. The right pole will be the end of
the glass nearest the right hand. When you have
magnetised the Mirror you will place it in the
drying box and leave it for seven days, when the
process must be again repeated as on the first oc-
casion, in fact, it is repeated three times, an in-
terval of one week lapsing between each opera-
tion, thus it takes three weeks to complete.
On each occasion you must carefully wash the
brushes and the saucers, and place the Mirror
where there will be no prying eyes to see it and no
unholy hands to touch it.
This Mirror is the same as those used by the
ancient magicians and the Hindu Seers and is a
much more powerful instrument than you can buy
ready made. There is only your own magnetism
in the work and this is a most important point,
moreover you should never allow any person to
touch your Mirror, nor to enter the room you use,
unless you receive clients, when you should cer-
tainly have a different chamber to that of the cere-
mony, for the eyes of the curious are not for your
secrets, nor their comments for the things you

hold sacred.
When you have finished the Mirror you may
use it as you would a Crystal with the exception
that you hold it in your lap and place your
thumbs, one on each of the poles, the right thumb
on the right pole and the left thumb on the left
pole. If you prefer, however, you may sit in the
dark, then you must gaze earnestly into the depths,
of the Mirror and wait with all patience for what
may appear.
*'
Without Haste, Without Rest/'
you cannot force these gifts of the spirit.
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CHAPTER VIII.
The Astral Flame.
Before the disciple can obtain Spirit or Astral

Sight lie must be absolute master of himself. You
cannot master the forces of nature until you can

master those of your own body, and before the
true initiation can take place, it will be necessary
to overcome the forces of the sense nature and
have absolute belief and faith in yourself.
To the true initiate the physical senses and
pleasures have no attraction, they are in the world
but not of the world.
Then again, the fact that the ancient adepts
were celibate meant that they had complete con-
trol of their sensual and physical nature or ex-
cesses.
When the passions are not controlled, the result
is terrible,and the birth of countless monstrosi-
ties, which literally throng the atmosphere and
continually impede the spiritual and earthy prog-

ress of the offenders, is one of the sad trials of
THE IMAGIO AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA. 105
misguided humanity. These fluidic phantoms, as

they are called, fasten hold upon the person, and
not all the praying and religious beliefs in the
world can make up for this violation they cre- —
ate abortions of the Astral Flame, things which
are neither of the spirit nor human, monstrosities
of vampire-like origin with no marked individual-
ity of their own, who simply prey upon the weak
and diseased, bringing them almost invariably to
a terrible end. To avoid these vampires, keep
clear of the terrible practice which creates them,
keep your thoughts pure and your body pure so —
shall you be free.
There are also in the world many people who
are involuntarily vampires in themselves. They
are seldom aware of the fact, but they gain all
their vitality from other people with whom they
come in daily contact, literally absorbing their life
forces and leaving them limp and unable to ex-
plain the feeling of languor which has overcome
them. When this occurs the cure is simple, make
yourself positive to them, hold the thought of good
firmly in your mind, and then deny the power of
master of yourself you will know what is meant by
evil. If you have arrived at the state of being
this and also by studying my other chapters.
Concentration, absolute faith and belief in your-
self to remain steadfast against those who would
—
106 MYSTIO TEST BOOK, HINDU OCCULT CHAMBERS.
harm you, an even temper, untiring perseverance,

pure living, freedom from animal desires these —
must be yours if you would lift the veil which
hides the Past and the Future.
If you desire to develop you Spirit or Soul Sight
so you can look into the future, and also unfold
the past for others, you must fix your Mind upon
one single point at a time and believe that you will
succeed. Gaze into your Crystal and concentrate
—
upon the knowledge you need avoid speculation
and make your Mind receptive. At the same time
you must Will with all your might to know the
correct solution of that which is to be unravelled.
Eemember that the normal Clairvoyant is a power
in himself and is not of this world only, but has
connection with the unseen.
The doors of Spirit Sight can only be opened
to theman who has patience, and these words, "Will
and Power, Belief and Faith, are the keys to their
unfoldment.
The Magic of Magnetism.
It has been held for many ages, more in the East

than in prosaic England and half-cultivated
America, that Hoodooism or Voodooism, The
Black Art and Diabolical Magic, as it is called
the Magic of Magnetism — is all humbug.
—
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This is not true as the sad records of "Witch-

craft and Black Magic show, and if the person who
is thus cursed, by having an evil spell throivn over
them, has a weak and receptive mind and is will-

ing by means of auto-suggestion and that craven
of all cravens. Fear, to aid and carry out the will
of the sorcerer, or the evil eye the results, are
sometimes terrible indeed.
By means of various proceedings the person
thus to be cursed is impregnated with the thought
of the operator whether he be in or out of the
body, and where this is very concentrated, it will
bear seeds in weak and unorganized soil.

Sometimes the ancient Black magicians would
mould a wax image of the victim and stick pins
into it and curse it daily, the object of this amiable
performance really being to concentrate the mind
—
to the fullest extent upon the victim it is simply
a case of concentrated venom. The man or woman
who holds a positive mind, who has learnt to rec-
ognize the principle of eternal good, cannot be
hurt or harmed in any way by these proceedings
no matter how powerful the operator.
The magnetism in the crystal, which is focussed

there by the flow of astral light from the eye of the
Medium or Seer, enables you to see, and it is the
—
magnetism in your person whicla causes you to

attract or repel those you come in contact with in
daily life.
The rules to acquire this magnetism to such

purpose that it can be utilized by the disciple, so
forming that perfect mastery which will enable
you to penetrate the secrets of nature, are as fol-
lows :
The first Law is persistence, fixity of purpose.

The second Law is attention, concentrated at-
tention about the person or thing enquired about.
The third Law is calmness. You can learn noth-
ing by hurry or excitement, these things destroy
the flow of magnetic currents.
The fourth Law is will, the *'I will have what
Iwant power of the Soul. This is the pivot upon
'
'
which the others rotate and without it nothing can

be done.
The fifth Law is that of intensity.
The sixth is that of polarity. The positive and
negative principle of nature, it represents the
lightand darkness, male and female, the positive
—
and negative side of things I have explained this
positive and negative in my other chapters, so I
will not repeat them.
The seventh Law is attraction, magnetism or

desire.
—
Man and woman are the negative and positive of

each other, a woman is not man's equal, nor his
superior, She is Man.
Above you the seven Laws of Mag-
I have given
netic Attraction which constitute the true method
of self mastery.
The Magic Seven
Elliaphas Levi and others taught that the world

was governed by seven secondary causes, after-
wards designated by Moses the Elohim. That is
to say the Gods, not —

be it remarked God.
These are the seven names I have given you in
the list of Spirits for the hourly ceremony. So
we have seven planets, seven days of the week,
seven virtues, seven sins, seven colors of the
prism, seven magical works, seven beasts, seven
birds, seven fishes, seven metals.
The stars and planets we already know, as also
the days of the week and the musical octave. The
planets are said to correspond to the seven vices
and virtues, the positive and negative of each
other.
The Sun represents Faith, that self confidence
which in a negative nature develops into crime,
the negative quality of so-called vice. Hope by
the Moon, negative quality Avarice.
Charity opposed to Luxury by Veims, that is

to say love of mankind to love of self.
Strength and Anger by Mars.
Prudence and Industry in opposition to Idleness
by Mercury.
Temperance opposed to Gluttony by Saturn.
Justice opposed to Envy by Jupiter.
The seven attributes to the seven planets, more
often known as the seven magical works works—
of light and wealth under the Sun.
Of mystery and the occult under the Moon. Of
skill and science, and of speech under Mercury.
Of wrath, chastisement, and of war under Mars.
Of love, music and art under Venus. Of death and
malediction under Saturn. Of ambition and policy
under Jupiter.
These must be considered when invoking the
spirits, for unless the work suits the planet or
genii of the hour, the invocation will not be much
use.
The metals are Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper, Fixed
Mercury, Brass and Lead.
The precious stones. Diamonds, Crystals, Emer-
alds, Agates, Sapphires, Carbuncles and Onyx.
Pentagrams or talismans are dedicated to some
special planetand as such must have the mark of
the planet upon them.
A circle for the Sun, a scythe for Saturn, a
THE MAGIC AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA. m
crown for Jupiter, a sword for Mars, a capital G
for Venus, caduceus for Mercury and a crescent
for the Moon.
A medallion of purest marble, white, the size of
a half crown piece may have the pentagram en-
graved in gold.
If the student cares to go to the expense and
trouble, the seven metals maybe employed in the
making of this pentagram and also the seven
jewels, but virgin marble and gold will suffice.
This pentagram is a powerful talisrhan for good
apart from its uses in ceremonies, or ordinary
talisman's upon parchment are equally as power-
ful, and these can be prepared to order at the cost
of 5 cents each.
CHAPTER IX.
Oeiental Magic.
The method of influence used to large extent

by Oriental women is, if not quite so potent as
a magnetised charm, very much easier to carry
into execution.
If any apology is needed for giving such in-
structions, I may say that all my sympathies are
with true love all the world over, and that to those
who love legitimately and who fail, by reason of
the interference of some other person or for some
reason to get on with the subject of their love, I
consider that any means are right to bring about
such an end as may be desired, and to this purpose
the teachings of the Rosicrucians, the Old Magi-
cians of Germany, and others, are applied. What
is the cause of half the misery between husband
and wife in this twentieth century? Why just

—
what it has been since the world began misunder-
—
standing and two temperaments unsuited to one
another. But supposing these two temperaments
can be adjusted so as to supply that which is
—
wanting? Then will harmony reign when before

there was nothing but discord.
A blonde nature needs warmth—it is too cold
and a woman who would seek the love of a dark
man, or would regain it should learn to caress
and thus supply his wants, let her sit before a
Mirror or Crystal and then call up his image
before her. She must now put into practice the
seven laws of magnetism given in the last chapter
and call upon the images thus invoked to come
back to her. A woman who wants to influence
some special man, even if she is not married and
he is not her husband, can do so by thus calling
up the man's image, and then acting upon it as
already stated.
No man can resist this practice when it is kept
up steadily, and it is even said that these Oriental
women can bring to themselves an unknown man
from out of the world at large, by concentrating
upon their soul partner until the image comes
forth she feels she can love, then by the same laws
of magnetism she will bring this unknown man
into her life. Now all this is simply magnetic or
Spirit Clairvoyance from first to last, and there is
not a shade of mystery in the whole matter. These
things are done in our everyday life but little
because very few Europeans and Americans know
what a power they possess. Indeed it may be that
they may not have so much power as the Orientals,

for the former are brought up in an atmosphere
of mystery and occultism, and the latter are
mostly prosaic and material. But the true Clair-
voyant is very seldom Saxon, there is generally a
strain of either Celtic or Latin blood to account
for the Seer's power, albeit it is said that a pure
virgin or a spotless boy can always see clearly
when they are tested, but of this I have my doubts,
for this is a power that must be cultivated and
developed.
But one thing is very sure, and that is that the
magnetic Clairvoyance can be more easily and as
surely utilized as the more expensive and costly
processes in use amongst Orientalists. To ascend
to more ethereal and spiritual uses for clear vision
we come to the all important question of the
esoteric meanings of color and numbers, and
here be it understood that I am not in any way
referring to the meanings, etc., already given,
but to a very much higher sense, which is possible
to the adepts comprehension, and far above that
of the neophyte. There is ever thus an inner and
outer meaning, the one for the ignorant and the
other for those who know.
The consideration of the inner sense of color
as supplied to the Divine man, and of numbers as
applied to the same, will answer to the following

scale of colors, etc., etc.
We will begin at the fountain head, Divinity,
that which is, and which governs all.
Divinity or the Divine Being.

Number 1 Color —White.
First, The Hindu Sign —Aja.
The Spirit, the Entity, the Individuality.
God the Father, the Creator.
—
Number 2 Color Deep Violet.
Second Hindu Sign Beth. —
The Positive or Sense Consciousness.
The male and female expression Will Person-
ality. The active generative principle. The di-
vision of the Soul into male and female forms.
Mind Sensory Organisms.
The Mystic Interpretation of man and woman.
Number —
3 Color Pale Yellow. (The dividing
linebetween the gross and the ethereal.)
Third Hindu Sign Gimel. —
The Universal Life, Generation, etc.
Postive or Electrical.
Man.
Will.
Intelligence.
Power.
Action.
Negative or Magnetic.
Woman.
Love.
"Wisdom.
Understanding.
Intuition.
The Human Hand and Woman.
Number 4 Color —Rose.
Fourth Hindu Sign —Daleth.
Man or Woman on the Earth Plane. The cre-
ative principle in the material form. God's work
made manifest. Human Love.
The Divine Man and Woman.
Number 5 Color Purple. —
Fifth Hindu Sign— He.
Man. Intelligence.
Woman. Understanding.
Love. . Power.
Will. Intuition.
Wisdom. Action.
Divinity.
Here we see the qualities reversed and merged,
bearing out the statement made in a previous
chapter, that man and woman were one, parts of a
perfect whole.
The Universe.
Number 6 Color —Green,
Sixth Hindu Sign —Vau.
The perfect blending of God and Nature, the

universal love principle and life in all its varied
phases.
Materiality, Evil, Ignorance.
Number 7 Color Black.—
Seventh Hindu Sign Zain. —
The earth principles, the desire for conquest,
for gain, and for eairthly honor and glory. The
material plane, from whence the spirit at a mo-
mentary standstill, is ready to work its way back
to paradise.
Eemember that Black is absorbent, and White
the reflection of light.
The soul is both male and female, is really sex-
and it
less, an absolute necessity that it should
is
materialize in the forms of both man and woman

here on earth, so that the perfection of experience
may be gained.
CHAPTEB X.
Occult Symbols and Their Teue Meaning.
In this chapter it is necessary to bear in mind

that a great many people see clairvoyantly not
in actual vision, but by means of symbols, and
that these symbols again are often shrouded in
color which adds a new meaning to them, I am
giving these meanings also.
Trees. When bright and green signify growth,
—
development when dark and dreary looking they
often signify deception.
A ship in full sail means a water journey, when
it is sailing away, but when it is sailing to the
subject means coming news, if the ship is en-
it
veloped in grey, the news is sad or worrying, but

if bright colors enshroud it, the news is good. If
black clouds or a skull and cross bones appear on
the sails, then is the person you are gazing for
about to cross the border.
A woman naked, standing under a bright light,
signifies maternity, but an empty cradle would
signify that hopes in this line are doomed to be
disappointed.
The rising sun indicates marriage for a woman
THE MACHO AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA. 119
and for a man success, but if it is clouded, it means

money troubles, and it means often
if eclipsed,
bankruptcy or ruin.
The symbol of pigs means always human beings
who will work mischief, if they are white then it
means they are white people, if black then it

means that they are colored people.
The moon when full signifies success, but when
half a moon appears with clouds it indicates that
all plans will be very unsettled and much worry
will befall the person sitting.
A long white road full of pebbles and stones
means trials and difficulties overcome.
A long dark passage or entrance with a bright
light at the end means that the person will have
sudden knowledge and enlightment into hidden
and secret things.
A key also means knowledge and a serpent with
light blue clouds or color rings means sensation
and sometimes lust, with yellow clouds or color
rings, love of hidden sciences, with light red it
means reproduction of species, with bright green

it means cautiousness, sometimes secrecy, and
without any color rings it means wisdom.

A crown means victory and a crown and sword
means the same thing. However, a bird sitting
on the crown means power of growth and ob-
stinacy.
To see a large drinking cup with light red

colors around it means love and often sudden
news. With light blue it signifies a desire for
knowledge, with grey it signifies helplessness, with
dark red it signifies sensuality, often the drink or
the drug habit and with great flashes of red and
black it signifies vices, bad thoughts^ sometimes
insanity and even death. The play of dark red
round this symbol is never good.
A padlock and key with bright light (clear)
around and behind it signifies Truth, and often
spiritual illumination, with dark blue it means
egotism, selfishness, with black or dark red or
reddish brown, particularly the last, it means mi-
serliness, greed and often hate, but if the symbol
appears in the left corner of the crystal attended
by clouds and flashes of black and scarlet it means
murder, imprisonment, and very intense, execu-
tion, if the flashes are followed by pure pale colors
the meaning is aquittal.
To see bottles with light red color, hospitality

and feasting, often an invitation, if attended by
dark red it means sensuality, often drunken feast-
ing and always unfaithfulness. With a bright
scarlet red it means adultery and attended by
scarlet and dark green it may sometimes mean
divorce.
A picture of a man or woman holding a bottle in
THE MAOIO AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA. 121
the left hand and with scarlet clouds or dark red

colors round them will indicate an adventurer or
adventuress, according to sex.
To see a vision of Christ means redemption.
A dove means peace, reconciliation, with much
light red it means a love of home life, and domestic
happiness.
A lot of luggage means a journey abroad if it
has dark green clouds of color in it, but if it has
much yellow in it it means mechanical invention,
and if with violet the invention will be a big suc-
cess —the best of symbols.
A skull means authority, but with much blue
surrounding it it means blasted hopes, grievous
disappointment, when there is a play of bright
pure light around it it means psychic perception,
mystic power.
To see a violin or stringed instrument means
intuition, and with much violet light, ideality.
To see a cross with light red surrounding it
means much love and marriage. Much happiness,
with black it means sacrifice and with much violet
it means a love child.
The vision of a heart means conquest, some-

times love and emotion, particularly when light
red is around, but in the event of much scarlet be-
ing seen it means sensuality, with much grey it
means grief, but when it appears on the left side
with large and prominent clouds of light blue it

means a valuable document, possibly a bank note
or money order, but with brown coloring, still on
the left side, it means an overdraft, with black,
deep disappointment.
A sleeping child means motherhood, but if there
is much yellow round it it means discovery, ap-
pearing in the centre of the crystal with violet
shades it means pregnancy.
The symbol of a pen means authorship, but with
a pen much grey and black means trouble through
the signing of a name.
—
To see a bird means aspiration if the bird is
flying, hasty news. The symbol of a railway
train means the same thing.
A large bird to the left of the crystal with black
and red clouds means vampirism.
A large human eye means protection, intuition,
the gift of prophecy and an anchor means rest.
A viper means treachery and a spider means
entanglement.
A triangle means psychic power. A bat flying
means great treachery. Hands without arms
means a warning from across the border. A pea-
cock flitting through glass also means a warning,
often of coming danger.
Horses are always good, but the gallows will
mean disgrace, not necessarily death upon the

same.
Much money means riches, but when it is fol-
lowed by a cloud of black which sweeps down over

the money and covers it, then you can predict a
loss of money, instead of gain.
The numbers also have an occult signij5cance
and do not always, indeed very seldom, mean
dates. 1 means with a pure white light Unity,
God, the Universe, with any other color it means
the beginning of a new enterprise, changes. 2
with pure light means force, with pale colors it
means intuitive knowledge of unseen things. 3
means a birth, creation. 4 with light colors means
a new and successful enterprise, but with dark red
it means the same with loss. 5 means aspiration.
6 Human love. 7 is the mystic number and also
means victory, it is always good. 8 is the mother
principle, it means also trouble which hanging in
the balance will be decided after long waiting. 9
means warfare. is the symbol of a perfect
10
sphere, magnetic force, magic power.
it signifies
When dates come into the crystal or the mental

vision do not pay much attention unless you get
the whole date, say May 22nd, then if a similar
date appears at the left hand side it is this year, if
on the right it is distant, maybe a year or two, but
anything whicli comes right in the centre of the

crystal and appears to be clearly cut will happen
very shortly. If it appears dim and way back it
will be distant.
CHAPTER XI.
Clairvoyant Vision.
In the somewhat difficult art of obtaining Clair-

voyant visions from articles belonging to people
who are not present, the great thing is patient
practice, try with everything that may come into
your possession, hold it to your forehead, or in
your hand, and make your mind blank, cease any
speculation, and wait until you either feel what
relates to the person or see it in the crystal, never
doubt any results you may obtain, but go on prac-
ticing patiently until you acquire the power of
reading as clearly the history conveyed through
the article as if the person were before you in the
flesh.
It isnecessary that the article has been touched

well,a ring, a handkerchief, a letter, anything will
do that has been handled sufficiently to have taken
on and retained the Auea and it should be borne
in mind that it must not be touched by other peo-
ple for fear of mixing the vibrations of the dif-
ferent Auras. Do not make the mistake of form-
ing theories never give any single fact unless you
;
can it, thinking is not any use, you must be

feel
you make your mind blank and don 't argue
sure, if
with yourself the results will flash into your mind
and as convictions they will be true.
In the question of inspirational writing it is
very much the same thing, do not mix inspiration
with spirit control, they are quite different things,
make your mind blank as in the case of above
practice, and then take a pencil in your hand and
sit down quietly and wait, write anything that
—
comes to you do not mind what drivel it is, but
just persevere and in the course of a few days
possibly, or weeks at any rate, you will find that
you are no longer writing drivel, but things which
will surprise yourself and which you may have
been unaware of knowing even dimly.
In the development of clair-audience, you will
find the same methods apply. Sit down alone and
in silence, still your mind and thoughts and listen
with all your attention and you will in time hear
that which mortal ears hear not as a rule.
For Telepathy, however, I have small patience
with the usual card reading methods of to-day.
The first essential is a partner who is in sympathy
with you and to whom you can turn for experi-
ments. You can either arrange with him to sit at
certain times in a receptive state of mind or you
need make no appointment with him, but make
him catch your thought without previous notice,

sit down and make a strong mental picture of
your friend, hold it in your mind clearly, now
picture him coming towards you, watch him, men-
tally, covering the journey between his house and
your own, now call him aloud by name two or three
times, say ''John Smith," or whatever his name
is, "I want you, come tome." You will find that
in a very short time he will come to you.
Then you can proceed to send him more dis-
tinctive messages, make him bring you some ar-
ticle you want, some book or paper, after a time
he will do this easily too, then you can try sending
him short sentences and arrange with him that he
will take them down, it is astonishing in how short
a time you can communicate and that over any dis-
tance, with those who are away from you. I do
not know of any authenticated instance of this
being done where there was a lack of sympathy be-
tween the experimenters.
I have made some wonderful experiments along
these lines myself, and had most interesting re-
sults, not with any one person but many. I do
best with my true Chela's (Disciples), possibly be-
cause the sympathy between us is always perfect.
# # * * * * *
The Astral Lights hold the images of the ele-

mentals as I have explained in other lessons, when
you see these visions clairvoyantly you can make

them of use to you, but as a rule those which
will be of most use to you are those in your own
particular sphere, for instance if you are born
under a fire sign, then you can use the elementals
of that realm and so on. When you see the ele-
mental, you have then but to tell them the work
you want carried out and it will be performed.
You can send them forth upon your errand, cer-
tain that it will be done. The good commands
relate to adeptship, the evil to sorcery and Black
Magic pure and simple. The spirit thus invoked,
by either black or white magic, although only visi-
ble to the clairvoyant eye, is distinctly felt by
those who are not in any way clairvoyant, and
very often to their discomfort and fear. Black
Magic should be left alone, but it is necessary for
the would-be adept to know all about it, not for
use at all but for avoidance.
When you command an elemental you can send
them as I have said upon any errand you desire,
but you can only make them do it in their own
sphere.
In the more difficult matter of making other peo-
ple not gifted clairvoyantly to see the vision clear
to you, I do not at all advise my pupils to try this
frequently, since very trying to their nerves.
it is
When you have the image clearly upon you, place

your hand upon that of the person you wish to see,

then fix all your will poiver upon the desire that
they too shall see, also keeping the vision very
clearly cut before your eyes.
It is in fact a pure effort of will, possibly even
it may be more truthfully described as an hypnotic
effort, for the subject in the hypnotic sleep will

see what you desire him and so here always
to,
demand absolute passivity and make his mind an
absolute blank, not to think of anything but to
wait and expect to see the vision. When you have
him in this condition, when your own will is strong
and properly under control, you will make him
see what you see perfectly clearly, the only draw-
back is that it is fearfully exhausting to you.
You need a good deal of practice to perform
this successfully and indeed I think that most per-
sons who wish to gain strength of will, will find
much help from the study and practice of hypno-
tism.
:
CHAPTEE XII.
The Occult Meaning of Spirit Lights^ Visions,

Dreams^ Signs and Warnings.
—
Occult Lights. I will now explain to you the
correct meaning of the different colored occult
lights, which will appear to you from time to time
during and after your development in Clairvoy-
ance or Spirit Sight.
Should you be sitting at the table, or in the
presence of anyone, or should you be holding a
private or public entertainment, better known to
all Mediums as a spiritual seance, and the differ-
ent lights appear, the meaning is as follows
Eed Occult Light.

Should the Red Light Appear, it denotes that
the spiritis an Indian who is trying to reveal
something to you. If the light changes from a

deep red to a light red it denotes that this Indian
is your guide. If it appears over a person to
whom you are addressing, tell them there is money
buried or hidden near where they reside, and the
spirit is trying to reveal it to them, or tell them,

if you are impressed to do so, there is a secret
surromiding them, or some one they are interested
in, and this secret will soon be discovered. If the
light raises toward the ceiling and falls quickly to
the floor, we then advise you to follow the light
with the mind's eye, as it will lead you to the
place of location, matters not if it is money, or
something else of importance. The spirit Indian
always makes his first appearance, by showing you
a red light.
—
Geeen Light. If a green light appears to you
while you are alone it denotes that some person
is using you with deceit, this will be given to you
by your guide for your own individual self. But

if the light appears over a person to whom you
are addressing tell them that some one is using

them with deceit and for them to be careful of
false friends, and new acquaintances.
Blue Light. —The blue light means the presence

of a high and fully developed spirit, and only ap-
pears when there are great blessings and agree-
able surprises coming. The moment you see this
light you most happy, and you should al-
will feel
ways act upon your first impressions after this
vision appears.
—
Yellow Light. Should you be sitting with a
person and a yellow light appears at their feet,
tell them to be careful of a near future illness
(Fever). If it appears over their head, tell them

there is some one in their family who is suffering
and there are grave hopes for their recovery.
—
Lamp Light. In case you are sitting talking to
a person, and you see a lamp appear before you,
burning, and it suddenly goes out, it denotes that
a member of the family will pass away within a
year. lamp remains burning and the sec-
If the
ond lamp appears also burning it denotes a mar-
riage in the immediate family. This vision is also
used when persons ask you a question pertaining
to marriage for instance, if some one asks you if
;
a marriage will take place, wait for a minute, and

if the vision appears according to the explanation
of the two lamps you can tell them positively yes.
Purple Light. — Signijfies the presence of the

ethereal forces which is the highest and most pow-
erful spirits, who only appear at certain times,
but whenever it appears it denotes brightness, ele-
vation, happiness and prosperity, especially for
yourself and the one to whom you are addressing.
It matters not what you see, every object has a
great significance, and your spirit guides will ex-
plain much more to you as you grow stronger.
THE MAaiO AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA. 133
You purple light will seldom

will find that the
appear when you first start to develop your power,
not that the higher spirits do not want to come,
but for the reason, you are not, as a rule, strong
enough at the beginning to attract spirits of this
sphere, as it requires wonderful spiritual mag-
nets a person when developing is a spiritual mag-
;
net for either good or evil forces. A

pure mind
and a clean body make a good magnet, and will
attract good influences.
—
Black Cloud. In case you are sitting, giving
a person a reading, or if you are at a church,
theatre, or matters not where, or upon what oc-
casion, and you should see a Black Cloud appear
over a person, it denotes a death is close at hand
for the person to whom the cloud appears. If the
Cloud should chance to be a light blue it denotes
slight trouble surrounding the person to whom it
appears, but that person will soon recover from
it, and gain victory in the end. If the cloud ap-
pears to be a dark grey, it denotes accident. If a
light grey it denotes illness of a close member in
the family. They will fall sick, but will recover.
Again, I will say, allow yourself to have per-
fect confidence in these visions, and try to develop
along in this line as forms, lights, birds, beasts
and flowers will appear to you from time to time,
;
and lead you in the light of many wonderful

things. I want you to continue in this manner
until you can master these instructions I have so
far given you. Always allow yourself to firmly
believe every thought or impression passing
through your mind whilst sitting (for either your-
self or some one who has employed you), is the
spirit talking to you. Never forget your duty
toward those souls out of the body, called spirits,
as they assist you many times.
Vision op Flowees.
The —
Vision op Flowers. "Wlien reading for a
person, or if for yourself, and the vision of flowers
appear, their meaning is as follows: Fennel
Flower, worthy of all praise; White Eose, ele-
gance Balm, sympathy Bendal Eose, happy love
; ;
Buttercup, ingratitude Deep Eed Carnation, true

;
love ; Chrysanthemum, cheerfulness China Aster, ;
sentiment; Eed Clover, industry; Citron, weak-

ness, easily led, also lack of will power; Holly,
patience; Eagged Eobin, wit; Pineapple, perfect;
Pinks, boldness ; Narcissus, egotism ; Oak Leaves,
bravery; Oak Tree, power and hospitality; Lilac,
confidence Violet, faithfulness Tree of Life, old
; ;
age; Apple Blossoms (white), deceitful (pink), af-

fection; Lettuce, cold heartedness; Willow, for-
THE MAGIC AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA. I35
saken; Tree Foil, revengeful; Yellow Lily, deceit

and falsehood Heliotrope, faithful, honest, frank-
;
ness, determination and generosity.

If strict attention is paid to this lesson it will
enable the Disciple to read the full and true dis-

position of persons by the vision of flowers.
In this lesson I have given you the true spirit
omen of flowers.
When Beading Clairvoyantly, do not say to a

person, "I
see a flower, and it is a rose;" or do
not say, I see a bird, " or an object of any kind,
*
'
as it would sound entirely out of place to those

not familiar with the laws of Clairvoyance. Al-
ways speak of the meaning. For instance, you are
reading the life of a lady or a gentleman, and you
should see the Fennel Flower appear; or, you
should see also the Yellow Lily, the Willow and
the Lilac, speak thusly: '^You are worthy of all
praise, but at times you feel forsaken; you place
too much confidence in those who are only using
you with deceit, and also telling falsehoods about
you, etc.
No doubt you will think these visions very sim-

ple, but I will say even so, they are direct from
the spirit guides, and they are showing you these
wonderful visions, and are attempting to have you
understand their meaning.
You will have from time to time many visions,

and I could speak of many more but for the want
;
of space I am obliged to omit many of them; but

I have given you what I think is most needed for
your future development. The spirits will show

you many things as you grow stronger, and at the
same time they will impress you as to the meaning
of what they do show you.
The Vision of Birds, Beasts and Objects.

Spieitual. Meaning of Birds, Beasts, Forms,
Etc. —Should you be and see a white dove
sitting,
appear at the table, or otherwise, it denotes a good
message from afar off. Should the dove seem-
ingly go away, and then appear with one wing
black, it denotes a message of illness from a near
friend. If the wing is tipped with a white edge,
it denotes illness of a near relative. In case the
dove dematerializes, and then quick returns with
both wings black, it denotes a death of a near
connection.
The Bird of Wisdom. — The Owl is known as the

spirit bird of wisdom, and when
appears before
it
you holding in its mouth a letter, the message is

as follows The one to whom you are addressing
:
is involved in business matters, and is seriously

contemplating a change. Then tell them they will
make a change in business which will prove for
THE MAGHO AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA. 137
the better. Owl seemingly opens the letter,

If the
then tell the person you are reading for that they
are terribly worried, but worry is unnecessary,
for they will soon discover new ideas that will
relieve them of all trouble. Should the Owl fly
around and around the person, that denotes the
person in question will soon gain secret wisdom
from friends, who will help him out of all troubles
and perplexities.
—
Black Raven. When a black raven appears it
denotes great suffering and distress. Should it
hold in its bill an object, it denotes that provisions

are being made for the one who is distressed. The
raven is also protection, and when it is seen flying-
over a person's head it denotes that trouble and
worry surrounds the person, and some one will
come in due time to protect them from harm.
Bald Eagle. — Should you see a bald eagle fly

towards a person it denotes losses, financially es-
pecially, and you should at once tell the person to
whom you are addressing to be careful of all finan-
cial investments. Remember, when you see these
visions, do not say to the person, '*I see an eagle,"
or *'I see a raven." Say to them, ''I see that you
are about to invest in something financially, but
I see you should be careful, for there are losses
ahead of you," etc.
'
Peacock.— Should you be sitting, or otherwise,

and chance to see a peacock appear behind a per-
son, it denotes that person is full of vanity, and
if you will only try you can flatter them to such an
extent that they will worship you. This a vision
is
I seldom care to see, for when it appears it gen-

erally leads to you discovering many unpleasant
things pertaining to the person to whom it ap-
pears. They are not only full of vanity, but they
are generally deceitful and dishonest but you can
;
read for them as you are impressed.
The Vision of a Rainbow. —Should you be sit-
ting with a person, and you see the vision of a

rainbow appear over them, read as follows My :
'
'
dear friend, I see that you are terribly worried

over domestic troubles, but you can cheer up all ;
troubles will soon vanish, and your heart will be

changed from sadness to perfect happiness, and
opportunities will soon present themselves favor-
ably for you to gain that which you are now
—
grasping for go on all will be well.
;
'
A —
Vision of a Sea Gull. When you see a sea
gull appear, seemingly in the far distance, it de-
notes that the person to whom you are addressing
has a dear friend across the ocean, and that there
is a message of brightness coming to them. This
is a most beautiful vision, and to watch the gull
you will see that it performs all kinds of move-
ments as it comes nearer to the person.

—
Prison Baes. "When appearing directly in back
of a person it denotes legal confinement. When
appearing directly in front of a person it denotes
anticipated crime. When appearing to the left of
a person it denotes a male relative will be confined
in prison if to the right, it will be that of a female.
;
—
Vision of Fiee. This has two distinct mean-
ings. First, anger; second, destruction; but we
advise the Medium to speak of this according to
impressions, as you will find, as you grow
stronger, that when fire appears many other vis-
ions are bound to follow.
While writing the last paragraph we are ad-
vised by our guide to inform you that the vision
of fire also denotes buried money, valuable papers,
etc., but only in such cases where it appears be-
fore you out in the open air (wood, fields or plain).

Many times an Occult ball of fire will appear be-
fore you, and continue to follow you like a shadow.
Whenever this occurs I would advise you to pay
strict attention to this, as many times it will lead
you to the very spot where the spirit wishes you
to go. I have seen a ball of fire appear about the
size of an ordinary apple, and lower itself down to
the earth, and remain for several minutes. When
:
such occurs it is then positive evidence of val-

uables being at the exact spot or that a crime has
been committed there.
Vision op Snakes. —
The vision of snakes in all
cases and upon all occasions positively denotes
evil and meanness of every description. When
appearing around yourself beware of all persons
for some time to come that is to say, of those of
;
whom you think are not your friends and also

watch those who pretend to be your friends. When
appearing in the lap, around the neck or waist of
those you are addressing, do not trust them out of
your sight, for they are of evil and will do evil
to their best friend. Should the snake appear
upon the floor, or seemingly creeping toward the
person, tell them to be aware of all enemies and
evil-doers, but remember the persons to whom a
snake appears are generally of evil character.
But when you are reading, and see a snake ap-
pear near the person, do not tell them they are
evil, as I do not approve of telling people of their
evil always tell them of the good that they pos-
;
sess, if any, and I advise you to read as follows

I see there are evil influences around you, and it
* *
is advisable for you to change from such as soon
as you possibly can, or it will prove greatly to

your disadvantage." By reading in this manner
it appeal to them more forcibly, and at the

will
same time be correct.
—
The Vision of an Eye. In case a large, black
eye appears, it denotes that someone is shadowing
you, or planning evil against you, and by watch-
ing the eye steadily it will enable you to recognize
the person, should you chance to meet them at any
time. If the eye is a large, blue one it is always a
friend.
—
Vision of a Cross. When a cross appears to
you, it denotes contention; when it appears over
a person it denotes sorrow, worries, troubles and
crosses in life. After you have fully developed,
you will find that whenever you are to have a
trouble or a quarrel with anyone, the cross will
always appear before the said troubles come upon
you, thus enabling you to guard against the same,
although trouble is many times indicated by
muddy water.
—
The Vision of an Anchor. To see an anchor
appear over a person, read in this manner You :
* *
are about to venture out into the gulf of enterprise.

Gain and happiness is before you; go on, dear
friend; you will surely land upon the foundation
of success."
If an anchor appears before you in two parts, it
denotes that which is hoped for will be lost, and

you should tell the person that they will be disap-
pointed in whatever they have on their mind, at
the time when calling to see you.
The Vision or a Swoed denotes that the person

is halting between two opinions they do not know
;
what course to pursue. Then, if you see the sword

wave in the air and point north, it denotes success
for the person, and they should act upon their
first proposition. If the sword appears in two
parts it denotes law suit and losses. To get more
light upon this subject, kindly request your spirit
guide to give you further impressions. Then
speak accordingly.
The —
Vision of an Ear of Coen.^ Should you be
sitting with a person and you should see an ear of
corn appear before them, and the ear is full of
well-formed, healthy corn, tell them they will soon
meet with wonderful success, and the coming
events of their life will be absolutely successful.
It positively signifies full and plenty. In order to
ascertain if a person has money, ask your spirit
guide the question, and you will see them bring
you an ear of full corn. If the ear appears to be
scant, tell the person they are surrounded with
poverty, and those who are poverty-stricken will
continue to meet with the same for some time to
THE MAGIC AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA. I43
come. If two ears of corn appear, it denotes pov-

erty at present, but success will soon follow, and
the person will gain greater wealth and happiness.
Again, I will say to you, pay strict attention to
all visions that appear before you and all dreams
and all impressions that are given to you, even
though you may think this very simple but allow
;
me to state that spirits do show these things and

give secret information and warnings in dreams
and visions, which you will do well to study and
try and understand. You might think to yourself,
or ask, ''Wliy do the spirits not show or tell us
just what all these things mean, without showing
so many strange visions I
'
Well, it is their ways,
'
and we must abide by their laws. If you remem-

ber reading when "Jesus, the Master," appeared
to His disciples, He spoke to them in parables.
We might say, ''Wliy did Jesus speak parabol-
ically to His followers'?" But we know such was
the case with Jesus, and such is the case with
spirits. You have no right to question these
things, and it is utterly impossible to be misled
if you will study and attempt to properly interpret
and understand those signs that are given from
spirit life.
TELEPATHY.
CHAPTER XIII.
The Peojection of Asteal Messages.
In dealing with the question of Telepathic com-

nmnication, I am not only giving you the best I
know and practical development, but I am also
giving you knowledge concerning my greatest
—
hobby a hobby I have not taught others before,
and in which I have conducted some very remark-
able experiments.
Telepathy is the central factor in every phase

of Psychical Research. In common
with all physic
development the faculty of thought reading and
thought communication requires certain condi-
tions, and a degree of patient experiment.
It is more easily developed in its simplest forms

than Clairvoyance or any other method of re-
search, and in its more intricate and advanced
stages it can be brought to such a pitch of perfec-
tion that communication can be established be-
—
tween people tliousands of miles apart, and that

continuously; the psychic body of those persons
can be also projected, regardless of the ordinary
means of locomotion.
The first question is that of suitability of tem-
perament. The very gross and material will
never succeed, although the necessary conditions
are far less stringent than those for the Clair-
voyant, but for higher development, of course,
rigid laws are enforced.
The nature of the student is next to be consid-
ered. As in telegraphy there is a transmitter and
receiver, and whilst some people can both receive
and transmit, others can only do one or the other.
People who are very strong-willed and positive
will make the best transmitters, and the people
who are passive and negative the best receivers.
The positive people send the messages nega-
tive people receive them. Where perfect rapport
is established between two people, they can both
transmit and receive regardless of such conditions,
and this should be the aim of all students.
People born in April, August and December
will be themost positive as a rule; those born in
July, November and March, the best receivers.
People born in June, October and February can
both transmit and receive with ease. Those born
in January, May and September, once they throw
:
ojff their material tendencies, will also be able to
transmit and receive, and can develop very fine

powers.
So far as mntiial understanding is concerned,
the people who will work best together are as
follows
Those born in xipril with people born in June
and February.
Those born in May with people born in July and
March.
Those born in June with people born in April
and August.
Those born in July with people born in May and
September.
Those born in August with people born in June
and October.
Those born in September with people born in
November and July.
Those born in October with those born in
August and December.
Those born in November with people born in
September and January.
Those born in December with people born in
October and February.
Those born in January with people born in
November and March.
Those bom in February with people born in
April and May.
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Those born in March with people born in

January and May.
Also it will frequently be found that successful
experiments may be made between people born
in March, August and December, those born in
January, December and May, those born in Feb-
ruary, June and October, those born in July,
November and March.
These rules are arbitrary; so much depends
upon the instruments used, and those who wish
to develop the faculty should choose their part-
—
ners according to the scale this is, however, only
for continuous experiment, for by following my
instructions you can accurately read the thoughts
of any person upon whom you choose to concen-
trate your attention. Of this, however, more in a
later chapter.
The Law which enables a man's thought, the
most delicate and subtle factor in operation upon
our present plane (next to spirit) to be transmit-
ted from one mind and to be received and compre-
hended by another.
Thought forms take the nature of pictures as a
—
rule you think of a rose, for instance, not as a
word, but as an image of the flower. You send
your thought in a method I will explain, not as the
word rose, but as the mental picture. This pic-
ture impresses itself with more or less force on
the mind of the receiver. He may be conscious of

the picture, for these thought (pictures) flashes
come swifter than lightning, but he at once grasps
the meaning and thinks of "the rose." The mes-
sage has been accurately transmitted. How?
The student asks naturally enough.
If my friend is in Chicago and I am in Madras,
India, what makes the journey of a single thought
over that vast distance possible? The same
medium which enables Light and Sound to travel
the Ether.
People who are not given to thinking do not
trouble themselves with any conjecture as to what
exists beyond the atmosphere which circles the
earth. In simple words, the Ether is a substance
—
which fills all space Infinity. Science has proved
to us that every conceivable object, from thought,
the physical body of man, the air we breathe, the
water we drink, down to the grains of sand upon
the seashore, are composed of billions and billions
of tiny atoms.
The Ether is not composed of atoms it is a —
smooth substance, filling all space; it does not
cause any friction to bodies or particles moving
through it, and it is not subject to the laws of
gravitation. It has been described as a "jelly-
like substance, and to put the matter in plain but
'
'
unscientific terms it has the property of carrying

atoms of any nature, very much as water will

carry a log of wood, simply by the wave motion
in the water there is a similar wave motion in the
;
Ether, and light, sound, thought, etc., are among

the objects which travel through this invisible
substance, differing only from the log of wood in
rate of speed and the method of vibration.
Without this universal substance, Telepathy
would be impossible. The finer the atom the more
swiftly it travels, for then it has what is techni-
cally known as ''free path" to vibrate in; the
more concentrated the thought the quicker it flies
and there is less liability of filtration through the
—
atmosphere weak and vacillating thought will
filter away in the atmosphere like steam and be
lost long before it can reach its goal, but a con-

centrated thought will fly straight as an arrow
and hit its mark. So the second Law of Telepathy
is concentration.
In fact Telepathy may be defined as similar to
wireless telegraphy, the instruments used being
the delicate mechanism of brain and spirit or the
subjective mind.
For "Mind-reading" amusement very
as an
little preparation is necessary. Almost every-
body can emulate the tricks of the well known
Thought Readers; time, patience, and a little en-
thusiasm are the necessary outfit. Yet even for
those trivial experiments, the purer your body and

mind, the better yonr results. A
clean body, i. e.,
a bath either once or twice a day, so far as exter-
nals go spotless linen, clean inside no spirits or
; ;
—
alcohol, little or no meat better not any and —
give no room to impure thoughts, learn to control
anger, envy and all uncharitableness. All these
things cloud your mental or spiritual atmosphere,
and prevent the sending or receiving of telepathic
messages.
So far as ordinary Mind-reading is concerned
two people are needed to carry out the experi-
ments. The Mind Reader must belong to one of
the less positive groups. The man or woman born
in August, April or December, will have too strong
an individuality to become receptive (without a
lengthy training) to other people's thoughts, and
those born in June, July (up to the 21st), Novem-
ber, February and March, will be the best readers.
They need a second person as operator, one born
in August, April, December, January, May or Sep-
tember, to help them carry out the proceedings.
The Mind Eeader is then blindfolded, and taken
—
out of hearing better still out of the room; the
—
people remaining decide upon a test many of the
tests are well known, but may be used by begin-
ners. Place a pin in any position, in any part of
the house, or even out of the house let every per-
;
son who wishes to test the Mind Reader know

where the pin is; the operator mentioned above
must also know.
The Mind Reader or Telepathist is then brought
in, and the positive person, who acts as operator,
stands behind the Telepathist and curves the

fingers round so that both hands are poised over
the temples, but not touching the head of the
Telepathist. Every person present thinks of the
pin and its hiding place, and the operator concen-
trates his whole thought and will upon the Telepa-
thist 's brain, trying to impress the picture there,
and willing steadily all the time that he shall go
straight after the pin —not a word must be spoken
by anybody. After a few seconds the Telepathist
will sway from side to side, as if uncertain where
to go, then will suddenly make a start and go
—
straight off towards the pin the Operator will
not touch the Telepathist but simply guard against
falls.
After a week or two of practice, a sensitive per-
son will be able to find any object at any distance
in this way.
Although this experiment is trivial and not new,
it is excellent training for those who desire to
open up these channels of silent communication,

sharpens their senses and teaches their mind
concentration.
In telepathic experiments with cards you can

pass over the simple tests common with ordinary
Mind Eeaders. For instance, the audience may
select a single card, impress it on their mind, and
thence to the mind of the Telepathist.
A much more difficult feat is one which I have
conducted with great success. The Telepathist is
taken out of the room, the operator remaining as
before. To begin with, the entire pack of cards
may be shuffled thoroughly, and then the feat of
removing the Court Cards of every suit be decided
upon. The Telepathist is brought blindfolded
as before, led to a table, given the cards. The
operator curves his hands round the brow as be-
fore, without touching, and all present fix their
thought upon the Court Cards. I have seldom had
a failure in this experiment, but all must give
entire thought and attention, or the Telepathist
may fail.
To read a name, number of a bank note, etc.,

fastened securely in an envelope, the same process
is gone through, but in this more delicate and
difficult feat the Operator may place his fingers

lightly on the Telepathist 's temples, to assist the
flow of thought.
One of my best mediums has, with as many as
sixteen or more pocket handkerchiefs taken from
a roomful of people, the handkerchiefs being tied
together in a loose knot, and the Telepathist blind-

folded, has, without contact, given to each person
his own In the same way, out of a
handkerchief.
large gathering of friends, six have had coins of
different value laid haphazard on the carpet, she
has found each coin and returned it to its rightful
owner; this without mistake. These trivial ex-
periments in Thought Transference are the
A.B.C. of the student. They are very easily car-
ried out and the methods I have given are those I
have found best.
CHAPTER XIV.
Telepathic Communications.
In the previous chapter I showed you a simple

method of demonstration in the most common and
conventional forms of Thought Transference,
methods and experiments which are to me unin-
teresting but which go a long way to convince
sceptics.
For all experiments passing those cited in the
last chapter certain conditions must be fulfilled.
Remember, first of all, that the mental receiver,
the brain, is a very sensitive instrument. Science
boasts of the delicacy of instruments which can
measure light waves, sound waves, color waves,
which can investigate the nature, size and atmos-
phere of planets billions of miles distant. Science
has yet to invent the instrument which can record
thought, but Nature herself has provided the in-
strument in the brain of another. Except in
unusual circumstances, this brain receiver will
only record thought with accuracy when the nerv-
ous system of the person is tranquil, and so recep-
when it is not engaged actively in any mental

tive,
work of an opposite nature and when the sur-
roundings are not of a character to distract the
mind. Therefore, repose and quiet are essential.
Of course, there are instances, startling instances,
too, of a telepathic communication having been
received in the midst of turmoil, but I am dealing
with the question of experiment, of pre-arranged
sittings, not of sudden warnings, etc.
It is best to commence at close quarters.
Two kindred souls, the one positive, the other
negative, may sit in the same room, later on in
the .same house but different rooms, finally in
different rooms in different parts of the same
town, and gradually increasing the distance as
time goes and easy communication is possible. To
make these experiments a real success, the mode
of life and diet must be of the most simple nature.
As little excitement as possible, absolute cleanli-
ness, and a clean room. Let the person who acts
as receiver sit down in a comfortable chair and
free his mind from thought. This is not easy, but
if the student will for a few daj^s before starting
experiments sit down quietly for an hour daily,

and let his mind run down, i. e., let it run down
until he has thought up all his thoughts, then
gradually it will be less difficult to think of
nothing.
In fact, many of my students have found that

the best waif to make the mind blank or to concen-
trate upon any single point is to sit down with
it
the idea that the mind is free to think upon any

—
subject it pleases and this very permission seems
to stop any desire for mind ivandering.
This little rule will apply both to operator and
receiver.
Both students can sit, but, whilst the receiver
makes his brain blank, thinking of nothing, ready
to take any impression which may be sent to him,
the operator fixes his whole mind upon the mes-
sage he wants to convey. It is best to begin with
action.
Think steadily that the receiver will get up,
walk to the window, and pull down the blind, or
anything else that may occur to you. The secret
of doing this successfully is not to think ''you —
will get up, walk to the window and pull down the
—
blind" in fact, you may go on thinking that for
quite a while and have no result at all. Close
your eyes, call up a mental vision of your friend,
see him sitting in the chair opposite you, then
see his limbs move, watch him put his hands on
the arms of the chair, hesitate a second, get up,
stand a second, then walk to the window, watch
him (mentally with your eyes closed all
the time)
—
step by step watch the movement of his legs,
see him lift his arms to the blind and pull it down.
The more vividly you can impress this picture on
your brain, the more accurately it will be tran-
scribed, and that in a very short time.
The whole secret of thought transference is
this ability to make the mind blank, like a clean
slate, on the one hand, and to create vivid mental
pictures on the other. In photography, we have
— —
the plate blank a short exposure and the object
before the camera is indelibly pictured upon the
blank plate. The successful telepathist does not
think in words but in pictures.
When this simple experiment has been carried
out successfully the operator may try his hand as
the receiver, and the receiver can make the mental
picture in his turn. The difficulty of the experi-
ments may
be increased day by day, and it will be
well to take notes of the proceedings for refer-
ence, and also to gauge the extent of progress.
Quite apart from the interest created by these
experiments, they are valuable for mind building
— it is impossible to carry on a course of mental
exercises like this, without greatly strengthening
the powers of memory, observation, concentration
and The above-mentioned method of
intuition.
thought transference is only the beginning. The
next condition is the transference of words.
You may undertake this when you can make
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your receiver catch your thouglit as regards action

from any part of the house. Sit down quietly as
before, and close your eyes. Choose simple nouns
—
to begin with ^your receiver must make his mind
—
blank as before. Think intently of a book not a
—
word, but the picture of it ask your receiver to
give the impression he receives. He may hesitate
a moment, then he says, ''It is something oblong
— —
it is it is a book." Go on thinking clearly of
one object at a time, making the picture as sharp
and vivid as possible. You will need to do this
at close quarters to commence with if you like, you
may even hold the receiver's hand, though I do
not recommend this. One thing I must urge
carry your hobby into everything you do, try its
effect upon everything and everybody, whatever
you think of, even in the small duties of life get
;
into the habit of making these mental pictures of

all you do and of all you see or have seen. Coming
to the questions of long distances and communica-

tions, slightly different methods are called for.
It is best for beginners to arrange a sitting at a
few streets distance. The operator will then, as
before, close his eyes and call forth a vivid mental
picture of the receiver. Then, stillholding the
picture before him, he must call aloud the name
of the receiver
—''John Smith, John Smith, do
you hear me ? —I am going to write you a letter.
'
Repeat the sentence two or three times, making

the voice clear and distinct. Of course you can
use any simple sentences, but let there be only one
idea.
Naturally as you grow proficient you can leave
the A.B.C. and learn to transmit and receive whole
sentences as easily as possible. But you must
become perfect by degrees. Before you can play
the piano you must learn your notes.
The idea of calling the name and sentence aloud
is to help concentrate the will, and to increase
the power of the vibrations by this additional

concentration.
The methods givenin this lesson may be the
royal road, if such a thing as a royal road
there is
to any matter of psychic import at any rate, by

;
practicing them carefully you will gain a practical

insight into the wonderful power of Thought, and
realize that the old theories are dead and that
Thought very far from being confined to each
is
individual brain-pan, like the chained bulldog, but

that it can travel the world round, and over a
distance of thousands of miles find the object of
its search.
CHAPTER XV,
To CoNTEOL THE Mental Visioisr.
We have been concerned in the transmission of

simple words and impressions so far, but now it
comes to the question of transmitting whole sen-
tences, which is more difficult, but worked on
exactly the same principles. First, analyze your
sentence, let it be as direct as possible in your own
mind ; let it have some definite point.
Sit quietly as before, close your eyes, and as a
preliminary, call up the face and figure of your
comrade; have very clearly before you, and
it
then, when speak loud to the image you have

fixed,
called up. Not only speak the words, but have a
clear and concentrated conception of their mean-
ing. Take a simple sentence at first with a
definite object. It is just as well, too, to take a
sentence that will not be anticipated by the
receiver.
Try this experiment, if you like, for instance:
I am holding a red or white flower in my hand.
Say having arranged with your
this aloud, and,
co-worker as to time, etc., be sure that he is wait-
ing for your message to come through. Now drop
the image of your receiver, and picture clearly the

flower in your hand. Hold this picture mentally,
—
never mind the retinue that would complicate
—
matters dwell on the picture, emphasize the word
flower and Will that the impression is fixed on
your receiver 's brain. This should not take more
than five minutes, but you must not let any other
thought come in at all.
This is part of the business, and you can trans-
mit a variety of sentences, all simple to commence
with. You are learning a new language and can-
not expect fluency without practice, and the more
enthusiastic you are the more easily you can fix
your mind on the sentence, and the sooner it will
be received.
Coming to the attitude of the receiver, let him
take a pencil and paper and at the appointed hour
sit down, cover his eyes with his hands, and make
his brain blank. Then when he gets any impres-
sion or message he must write it down.
Never mind if it seems unlikely or improbable,
that can be tested afterwards as you grow more
;
in sympathy, the meaning will come so clearly you

will seem to almost hear the words uttered.
The must not close with the transmis-
practice
sion of words and sentences only you must learn
;
to transmit feelings as well. This is not at all

easy work, but can be done.
When I say this I mean it is not easy to impress

simulated feelings upon the receiver; when the
feelings are real, it is easy enough. All the same,
try to transmit feelings of joy, love, fear and
anger; it will help you to concentrate your Will
and increase power. In this instance you are
its
not trying to send a sentence to your receiver,
being unprepared, may be a little startled. So,
during the experiments, it is as well to warn him
not to be astonished at any feeling or impression
that may come to him.
These experiments come under the heading of
pre-arranged messages, that is to say, both of the
experimenters sitting at a pre-arranged time and
devoting their thoughts to the transference of
Thought.
Words, sentences, figures, etc., may be sent in
this way from any distance as experiments or
tests, but of course the time when perfect com-
munication is fully established is much more inter-
esting than mere tests or experiments. A thing
I have done successfully with any number of
people is to make them come to me by telepathic
command if I have wanted them for anything.
This without pre-arrangement at all.
Cover your eyes, call forth the image of the
say aloud, *Mohn Smith (or whatever his name
person you wish for, then looking into his eyes
'
may be )
, I want you —come to me
do you hear ?
;
'
Say it over three or four times and picture your

friend leaving his house or office, boarding bus or
train, walking or riding to your house. Follow
him out every step of the journey, and in the
shortest possible time he will turn up, impelled by
what force he may not know, yet be unable to
resist it.
A amount of sympathy between the

certain
operator and the person thus conjured up is neces-
sary, but not by any means the same sympathetic
relationship which is needed for the experiments
previously cited.
The difficulty of calling up the mental image
is one that practice will render perfect. Some
people can do this naturally, others find it difficult.
To help you, take a look at a face, any face,
close your eyes and still try to see it; remember
how the eyes, nose and mouth are formed, the
contour of the face, coloring. Take another peep
at the person, close your eyes and go over it
again.
In the same way with scenery, houses, animals,
you will be astonished how soon you gain control
over this mental vision, and by closing your eyes
at any time, you can see accurately any thing or
person you want to. You will notice that in the
above experiment it is unnecessary to know what

your receiver is doing or where he is.
You want him, you send your message it flies ;
straight to its destination, and, drawn by the force

of your thought, he comes to you. You will find
with a little practice that quite 50 per cent of the
people you know will obey the mental command
and a possible 75 per cent will feel it whether they
obey or not.
As a more striking experiment you may com-
mand the "receiver" to bring you some specified
object, say a daily paper, a certain book, some
flowers.
Call his name, call up his mental image tell him,
;
"I want you to bring me the Times," or any other

paper you fix on. Eepetitions of this experiment
will soon prove its remarkable truth. You will
find as a rule, however, that the people who will
bring any specified object ordered will be more in
sympathy with you than those who come but do
not answer to the command to bring something.
I have had the most striking instances of the
truth of these experiments. Of course they are
carried out better where the people are in the
same town. For naturally with a train journey
between, people think twice before obeying the
thought message they receive bidding them take
the journey, unless it came in the form of a dis-
tinctwarning, which, of course, no operator would

use for experimenting.
In the case of long distance experiments, pre-
arranged times of sitting are best, and then, of
course,more complicated messages may be sent,
and every possible test given as to accuracy.
This is Telepathy in the natural state.
Telepathy during sleep is very common, people
call this dreaming to quote the old women,
' '
true,
' '
but it is simply a recurrence of the phenomena of

Thought Transference.
The best way to remove any indictment of
*' chance" or "collusion" from these instances is
for the operator to be given the vision or message

he proposes sending to his "receiver" by a third
party, who can so test the truth of the whole
transaction.
As the operator drops off to sleep he fixes his
whole mind upon the and wills
"receiver"
strongly that he shall dream of the message or
thing agreed upon, in many instances the "re-
ceiver" will not only receive the message but see
the operator as well.
I have to deal with this phase later on in
another chapter.
Of course, constant practice in this form of
Telepathy makes the perfect operator, just as in
any other instance.
CHAPTER XVI.
'' ''
Projecting the Astral.
The question of projecting the "astral" is a

subject of the greatest fascination to most people.
Many people openly stigmatize it as "rot";
others allow that theremay be something in it;
others, yet again, knoiv that it is a possibility. No
pre-arrangement is necessary at all with the per-
sons you are going to send your "astral self" to
visit, unless that person is of very nervous tem-
perament, when a hint may be given of what is
coming. A clear understanding of what consti-
tutes "the astral self" may help my students.
I am not trying to put this description into
technical language, but only to make it as simple
and plain as can be.
The physical body of each person is composed
of gross matter vibrating at a very low rate.
I have previously explained that all things in
nature are in a state of constant movement, known
by scientists as "vibration."
Within this physical body dwells the Soul body
^^"Spiritualists" call this Soul or spiritual body
*' Spirit" of a departed person (irrelevant people

call it a ''spook") it is really the finer vibrations
;
of the body, the Soul itself.
These finer and purer vibrations of the human

form take on the exact representation of the physi-
cal body to all appearance it is the physical body,
;
but greatly etheralized.

When an ordinary person goes to sleep this
astral form floats lightly above his body, never
leaving it for long, nor for any great distance, and
in the undeveloped person this form takes but
little shape. When the Mind and Spirit are devel-
oped, the senses conquered, thought and body

pure, this astral form takes on a definite shape,
can leave the body entirely for hours, travel in the
astral or physical world, as he pleases, to any land
or any distance.
This cannot be done successfully until man has
mastered the animal side of his nature.
It is possible to send this astral form to visit
people or places at Will. It is very fatiguing and
an experiment not to be attempted by the unde-
veloped person.
To commence with, try experiments in your
—
natural sleep suggest strongly to yourself, as
you fall off to sleep, that you will remember when
you wake.
When you can obey this suggestion and when
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you can remember, then, and not till then, have

you arrived at a condition suitable for projecting
the' 'astral."
Choose a very quiet place where you cannot
be disturbed. Sit or lie down, close your eye-
lids, and roll the balls up as if you were trying to
look between the eyebrows in a very few minutes

;
your eyes will grow tired and sleep steal upon you.
Do not trouble to think of the sleep.
Remember the ivhole effort of your ivill is to be
—
directed upon pour astral self you desire this
Self to visit a certain place or person —
as you fall
off to sleep all your force directs the ''astraP' to
its destination. I can assure you that it will do so.
Your friend will look up and see you standing
beside him looking perfectly natural.
The "astral self" will in advanced stages speak
— touch him, remain with him for some time even.
All this sounds like a fairy story to the uniti-
ated, but it is often done. The only drawback is
the fact that the person who projects the astral in

this fashion suffers from terrible fatigue, and the
student who is content to work and travel during
sleep does not feel such fatigue.
The sensation of leaving the body is curious;
one rises slowly in the atmosphere, feeling
strangely light and free, and the sight of the heavy
sleeping body, lying unconscious beneath one, is
most strange. Then, too, matter is not impene-

trable for the astral body; it can pass through
brick walls as easy as light passes through the

window and that in itself is a curious sensation.
In the East they have a very powerful method
of inducing sleep and of sending the astral body on
its journey. The real methods of Yoga training
are not for the Western mind; the trained adept
simply makes samyama on his desire and his
astral self will travel anywhere, or even be in two
places at once. But the method I give is used
with success among the lower class Yogis and is
quite well adapted for modern uses. The student
lies flat on his back, closes his eyes, then he
imagines a small hole or chamber in the middle
of his brain, about an inch above the ear. This is
technically called the Pineal Gland. It is a small
cone-shaped body in the cerebellum, and was said
by Descartes to be the seat of the Soul.
The student imagines he is looking into this
gland, then up into the back of his head. Slowly
he draws his breath in and as he draws it imagines
it ever going up to fill the chamber in the brain.
In manner
this upon him, of a deeper
sleep falls
and more potent nature than the ordinary self
hypnotic slumber.
The astral body then moves obedient to the will
and command of the student. In the case of treat-
'
ing a patient telepathically it is best to proceed

as follows : down and call up the mental image
Sit
of your patient. See him lying down and mentally
take your seat beside him. Now commence treat-
ment by saying aloud, if it helps you, "You are
quite tvell, you are in perfect health; life and
health permeate your body. You are getting
stronger, you grow tired and weary, you are going
to sleep, sound sleep you will awake feeling per-
;
fectly well and quite refreshed.

'
Do not picture the person as sick and in pain,

but in perfect health, able to move with ease,
bright, cheery, full of vitality.
You must absolutely force yourself to ignore his
up your thought
real condition, for he will not take
at all if there isany hesitation or doubt in your
mind when you send it. The patient is susceptible
to every feeling and thought you allow yourself to
manifest, so be careful to avoid anything which
may harm him.
We all know that health is often restored by
sudden caused by sudden trouble; a great
joy,
many man is liable to are of mental
of the diseases
origin, nervous troubles, and are curable by simi-
lar treatment. The positive thought of health
telepathed to the patient takes root, and his mind
grasps it firmly; with the vital mental stimulant
the nerves grow calm, the functions of the body

resume their normal action, and health is restored.
Headache, toothache, indigestion, stomach
troubles, colds, etc., and sometimes chronic
etc.,
diseases of long standing may be cured by the

telepathist. So may melancholia and even hysteria.
X72 MYSTIC TEST EOOE, HINDU OCCULT CHAMEEES.
CHAPTER XVII.
Telepathic Apparatus.
In concluding these chapters in Telepathjr I am

going to give you an apparatus which I have found
singularly helpful in some cases where extreme
sensitiveness was not the strong point of the '
re-
'
ceiver" and only blurred and imperfect messages

could be got through. Any worker in metals could
make the apparatus and the cost is only a few
shillings. A very thin band of copper, about half
an inch in width, should be made to fit round the
head. At the two sides of the band let two copper
wires be fixed in such a position that they can
join the band on either side of the temples; the
band itself should reach just above the eyebrows
and fit tightly.
The wires may each be of two or even three
yards long or more.
Many people find the contact of pure copper
very disagreeable, even producing a taste in the
mouth; to neutralize this a roll of silver wire
should be procured and wound, not too tightly or
closely, round the copper wire but not round the
band, this must always be of plain copper, unless
THE MAOIC AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA. 173
the receiver very averse from the metal, when a

is
plate of thin gold or a sheet of gold, such as paint-

ers use for gilding, may be fixed across the band
from the temples to the middle of each eyebrow,
but not on any account to pass between the
eyebrows.
This apparatus must be used at first in trans-
mission at close quarters. The ^'receiver" wears
the band, the operator holds the end of the wires,
one in each hand. It is not at all necessary to sit
in the same room if the wires are long enough.
After messages can be transmitted and received
through the instrument it will be found that the
operator can dispense with it, may indeed go to
any distance, and if the receiver wears the copper
band the message will come through clearly. I
do not care for mechanical means myself, but
many people find great assistance from this band.
One very curious experiment may be carried out
with it, however, very successfully. Here we need
two receivers and one operator, and a single
apparatus. The receiver wearing the apparatus
in this case may know nothing whatever of tele-
pathy and be quite unable to read a message. He
sits at an appointed time wearing a band. The
operator sends him a telepathic message, which
conveys no impression to him at all; in fact he
cannot read it. Still wearing the band he goes to
the trained receiver, who, taking the copper ends

in his hand will, after a moment or so, be able to
read accurately the message sent by the operator.
The explanation is simple enough, the man who
is untrained receives the messages as clearly as
the trained sensitive; that is to say, they are
clearly impressed upon his sub-conscious mind, but
he does not comprehend them at all. telegraph-A
ist can read the Morse message with ease, the man
in the street only hears the tiresome tick ticking —
of the instrument. So the messages impressed
upon the brain of the non-sensitive is as clear as
daylight to the sensitive.
Kemember that it is not our eyes that see, nor
physical ears that hear ; it is the delicate mechan-
ism of the brain behind them which, illuminated
by the living spirit, receives the impressions of
sight and sound, and through which the receiving
instrument of the mind transmits its messages to
the organs. The dead have eyes and ears, yet
they neither see nor hear; the organs are there,
but the living spirit of the brain, the soul of the
man, has gone.
The consideration of telepathy under hypnosis
is one which many students will be glad to
investigate.
There is not any difficulty about it, but expe-
rience will convince many sceptics. Put the ''re-
ceiver" into a fairly deep condition of hypnosis

by any of the methods I have explained in Prac- '
'
ticalHypnotism," then let your sceptic approach

the receiver and start his experiment.
Of course it is necessary that the person under
hypnosis should be trained sensitive some people;
can never do much in telepathy because they are of

the earth, earthy, and incapable of receiving any
other vibration at all.
The sceptic may

then either give the receiver
an article, such as his watch, a letter or glove to
hold, or he may seal a paper containing words or
numbers in an envelope, the contents known only
to himself and not to the operator. The operator
after placing the sceptic in touch with receiver
for a moment, says, "This gentleman has written
a letter, or number, and has enclosed it in this
envelope." Without hesitation the receiver will
declare aloud the contents of the envelope or from
holding the watch or glove give a very accurate
description of his surroundings, mental conditions,
troubles, etc., etc. The subject may, still under
hypnosis, be blindfolded tightly, and any object
taken up haphazard be placed between his brows,
when he will be able to state the nature of the
object. Playing cards, any small ornament, may
be used. Of course, onlookers must all think hard
of the article during the experiment.
;
These chapters in Thought Transference are

very valuable in everyday life. When as an opera-
tor, for instance, you have learnt how to impress
the mental vision upon your "receiver" you will
find it very easy to impress your tvill upon ordi-
nary people who have no idea at all of what is
going on. Get first of all people in a receptive
condition and do not antagonize them; talk about
something they feel a deep interest in, but of which
they can hold forth in a friendly and quiet spirit
then let them talk and begin to form the mental
image of the thing you wish them to do; stop
listening to what they are saying, but look them
quietly in the face, not staring, and fix the image
on their brain. After a time you can start the
conversation in the direction you wish, still keep-
ing the mind fixed on the same subject. You will
have very few failures. This method of tele-
pathic magnetism in business is invaluable, but it
is not only the operator but the receiver who has
the pull in his particular realm.
Very few people do their most brilliant work
with Thought Transference when undergoing
tests, yet they can acquire the habit of reading
the mind
of all those they come in contact with.
There are few people who come to me whom I
cannot read as a book, without any effort on my
part. This is simply accomplished by practice,
THE MAGIC AND OCCUIiTISM OF INDIA. 177
and of course when you want to do this you make

yourself quite passive and receptive to the person
you are dealing with. Let them talk be content to
;
listen and to make your mind blank. It is aston-

ishing how soon one picks up the faculty, how easy
it is to read the minds of those who know but little
how great is your power, and of course it is an

invaluable aid to life's success.
Try both methods, to make other people think
as you think, i. e., receptive to your thoughts, and
also yourself receiver.
Practice everywhere, in private, in public, on
those you know and those who are strangers to
you. Get a friend with whom you
can practice
regularly and make liberal notes of every success
and every failure you achieve. Once you have
learnt how to transmit thought, and to receive it,
you can annihilate distance; those you love may
be at your side or in Timbuctoo, and you can com-
municate, see, hear and speak to them, as easily
one way as the other.
If you can achieve half the success others have
obtained here and in India you will find a new
world opened out to you, full of strange possi-
bilities, and unexplored, unexpected realms of
investigation.
The End.
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