HPB-SB-13-28: Difference between revisions

The accompanying certificate came by post on the 28^th instant.

"At 8 p.m., (Bombay Time) on Friday the 24^th March, 1882, we were spending our time with Madame Blavatsky in the room as the wind was blowing powerfully outside. Madame told us that she felt that something would occur. The whole party consisting of seven persons then adjourned on the terrace and within a few minutes after our being there, we saw a letter drop as if from under the roof above. Some of us saw the letter coming slanting from one direction and drop quite opposite to where it came from. The letter on being opened was found to contain a closed envelope to the address of Mrs. Gordon, Howrah; on the reverse side were three crosses ††† in pencil. The envelope was of bluish colour and thin. The open letter written in red pencil contained certain instructions to Madame Blavatsky, and accordingly she put the envelope together with three visiting cards and strung them all with a blue thread of silk and put the packet as directed on a book case, and within five minutes after it was put there it evaporated to our no small surprise.

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{{Style P-No indent|Gwala K. Deb, F.T.S.}}

{{Style P-No indent|Damodar K. Mavalankur, F.T.S.}}

{{Style P-No indent|Martandrew B. Nagnath, F.T.S.}}

{{Style P-No indent|Dorab H. Bharucha, F.T.S.}}

{{Style P-No indent|Bhavani Shankar, F.T.S."}}

"The packet was taken away from the book case at 21 minutes past 8 p.m., (9, Madras Time.) A letter from Mr. Eglinton to myself was also received by me. In it he confesses to a firm belief in the Brothers. Speaks of K. H. having visited him two nights ago (the 22^nd) on the ''Vega, &c.''

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By the last mail I received a long letter from the gentleman whose letter was brought on January 15^th to Mr. Meugens. He begs his name may not be published, but I will give a few extracts from his letter. He says: "I was much pressed for time when I last wrote to you, and so could only beg of you not to bring before the public the most extraordinary occurrence of my unfinished letter finding its way to India. Being now at leisure, I send you a full account. On Sunday the 15^th of January I had been thinking much of my kind friend, Mr. Meugens, and a friend having lent me a Crystal, I, to amuse an idle moment looked into it, to my amazement I distinctly saw as in a little picture, Mr. Meugens and Mr. Eglinton sitting under a verandah, and also the name of "Gordon." I thought I would write to Mr. Meugens, and began to do so, when I was called away for a moment, and on my return could not find my letter, though I hunted for it everywhere. I had no time then to write another, as I had to be off to church, but the following day I wrote again to Mr. Meugens a hurried note telling him of the occurrence, but never dreaming anything would come of it. I remember remarking on the darkness, there being a fog at the time. Four days after I was visiting a friend, Mr. Wedgwood, when he was told by my ''guide'' that she had taken the note, and she exactly described where it was found. He unknown to me (as he knows I am not at liberty to publish my name) sent an account to ''Light'', which has since been verified ''word for word'', in such a way as to leave no doubt on the most sceptical mind ***. The manifestation being quite unsolicited on my part, and indeed proving rather embarrassing, I am sure you will see, that as it is quite out of the question for me to be in any way public with respect to the phenomena of Spiritualism it would never do to publish this wonder." As the ''wonder'' has been published there is no breach of etiquette in publishing this letter without name. I think any person who carefully considers the two cases of instantaneous transmission which I have recorded will find great difficulty in accounting for the facts as due to collusion. In the first instance it has to be supposed that a young man who neither wishes for publicity nor gains money has lent himself to fraud, and that Mr. Meugens has either done the same, or been the victim of a stupidly concocted plot to deceive him. There are but two explanations possible. On the collusion and fraud theory, either Mr. Eglinton brought the letter dated January 15''th'' out with him early in October, or Mr. Meugens {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|13-29}}