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(March 1888)
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- The Path, vol. II, no. 12, March 1888, pp. 382-383
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Title for references: Wachtmeister C - Keeleys Motor
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A letter to the editor, dated London, 16 January 1888, relating H. P. Blavatsky's private predictions—made two years earlier, at Ostend and Würzburg—about the ultimate fate of John Keely's "Etheric Force" motor.
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Correspondence.
London, Jan. 16th, 1888.
To the Editor of The Path.
Dear Sir:—I notice in your issue of January a translation from the "Lotus" of an essay by Madame Blavatsky on the "Etheric Force" of Mr. Keeley; it may perhaps be interesting to your readers if I add something to the information contained in it.
It is curious to note, in contrast, the prophecy of Madame Blavatsky and the Report in the N. Y. Sun on Mr. Keeley's work; and it is especially curious when one knows, as I do by personal experience, that those lines were penned by Madame Blavatsky two years ago at Ostend and previously at Würzburg, and at a time when every friend of Mr. Keeley was jubilant with the prospect of success.
At that time, owing to the interest of one of my friends in Mr. Keeley, I was very well informed as to his progress, and I had a long conversation with Madame Blavatsky on the subject. She stated that the source of her information and her prophecies was her "Master,"—one of those "Elder Brethren" mentioned in her article, who guard the welfare of the human race. She then said that Mr. Keeley would never be allowed to bring to perfection the working of the force which he was investigating, and that he could never discover its final secrets; but that he would probably be able to prevent a commercial loss to his friends. She said, however, that this would be accomplished in a way different from what his friends expected. In his "Etheric Force" Mr. Keeley had got upon the track of a most tremendous power in occultism, and he was a wonderful man to have done so much, unaided as he was; but that it was not at all clear whether he would be able to utilize it. That he would never be allowed, even if it lay in his power, which she said was "impossible," to discover the final secret of this force, because in this case he would be able to destroy half the world in a moment of time.
383 She said that it was impossible for Mr. Keeley to make machines driven by "Etheric Force" into a commercial success, because the source of the force lay in himself, and, further, that this was the only thing which had enabled him to go as far as he had in his discoveries, provided he was a truthful man. Consequently she was very certain that such a machine would never be available for the use of other people apart from Mr. Keeley. That while everybody has this power in themselves in varying degree, they are unable to use it while untrained to liberate it; and that Mr. Keeley, a "born Magician," was trained in a former incarnation.
She again asseverated that, while Mr. Keeley had made a great name for himself in connection with "Etheric Force," he would also make a great success, but on a line entirely different from that which his friends expected.
I have written this to you because it seemed of interest that these remarks were made two years ago at a time when there was no idea of any different line for Mr. Keeley, as we see there is by the report of his Company's meeting. Further, the prescience contained in them is of interest, as being one more demonstration of the knowledge of those "Elder Brethren."
I remain, Sir, very truly yours,
Constance Wachtmeister.
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