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... | {{Style S-Small capitals|Sir}},—I am sure the general reader will accord to you praise for the fair and catholic spirit you show in giving all persons a fair hearing in your paper. Of late we have had Theosophy pretty well exhibited, and probably we now know as much about that subject as its adherents can tell us, or care to tell us. Whether that will help any in furthering psychological inquiry and experiment remains to be seen. At any rate I sincerely hope that the rather peppery correspondence which has been printed upon it is about to subside in favour of something dealing more obviously with facts. I write this with all deference to the learned in ancient occult lore, and I imagine there must be many who think with me. | ||
I have been greatly struck with the advance made recently in connection with materialisations, which, if reports be accurate, gives us good hope that at no distant date the dark cabinet may be dispensed with, and the phenomena closely watched and studied. May I be permitted to make a remark here, expressive of a little disappointment with the results of ''seances ''held at the rooms of the British National Association of Spiritualists. Unless memory fails me, I think no materialisation of any consequence has yet taken place before the ''seance ''committee. How is this to be accounted for? Favourable conditions are of course essential, and these it may not always be possible to command at a given time; but there can be little doubt that if a materialisation without a cabinet, such as has recently been reported, could be repeated before the committee, it would not fail to give a great impetus to psychological interest and inquiry, because of the extended corroboration of the fact. One such report would be worth a good deal of occult or metaphysical reading (I mean no discourtesy), if it were for no other reason than that it related to a fact which could be seen, heard, and handled. | |||
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... | {{Style S-Small capitals|Sir}},—In the account of a ''seance ''held at Naples, at which the spirit of Nana Sahib controlled, as printed in this week’s ''Spiritualist, ''“the well at Lucknow” is mentioned. The Nana, or the medium, or Signor Damiani has made a mistake. It ought to be the well at Cawnpore. | ||
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... | {{Style S-Small capitals|Sir}},—In reference to an article in ''The Spiritualist ''of 22nd instant, taken from the ''Oriental Annual, ''I have had thirteen years’ experience in India and Ceylon, and have seen similar feats; therefore, I can bear witness to their truth. When I was stationed at Ghazipore, on the banks of the Ganges, in 1857, some native jugglers came into the Government opium godowns, when about 150 of us were doing duty. We formed a circle around them in the open parade, at or about midday, in the month of December. The jugglers had some round stones, which we' handled, and, having satisfied ourselves they were stones, we placed them on the ground, a yard from the natives, who muttered some words, and touched the stones with a stick. The stones then disappeared, or were transformed into little living snakes, about a foot and a half long each. They wriggled and hissed, causing the circle of about twenty men to widen. The jugglers touched the little live snakes again with their sticks or wands, and called on Ram-Ram, The snakes then turned again into stones. I immediately took up one of these snakes, or stones, and smashed it on a flag-stone brought for the purpose. It was simply a stone. Where the snakes went to, or {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on |7-72}} | ||
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