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{{Style P-No indent|his ''Psuche? ''Note, please, his ''soul, ''not his ''nous ''(immortal spirit); that cannot be lost, for it is eternal and immortal.”}} | |||
Col. Olcott, we see, puts the ''nous ''as synonymous with the immortal spirit; and certainly our chief recognition of God is as ''nous. ''But what is ''nous? ''I look in ''Donnegan’s Greek Dictionary, ''and I find ''Nous ''thus interpreted, and by the following words only: “Thought, Purpose, Resolution, Sentiment, Opinion, the Manner of thinking, or Disposition of Mind, the Mind in a general sense, as the seat of the passions and of feeling, Intelligence, Sagacity, Foresight, the Mind, the Understanding, Prudence, Wisdom, Judgment, Consideration, Meaning, Purpose or Object.” Now I would ask Col. Olcott if he ever met with an “astral man,” or “elementary” who did not demonstrate one or other, all or many of the qualities here described as the signification of the Greek word ''nous? ''How then, can the “astral man” have ''lost ''it? He may have lost his goodness, or most of it, but not his ''nous. ''On the other hand, when school boys wish to denote a stupid fellow, they say, “he has no ''nous,''”'' ''but he may be a good boy nevertheless. | |||
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A correspondent of an English paper, says ''The Two Worlds, ''writing from Madras, India, gives the following account of phenomena witnessed there: | |||
A beautiful young Rajput of twenty, by name Padmasing, is attracting much attention at Madras. I was present at one of his performances, which are like the spiritualistic ''stances ''in America. He began the performance by playing on the fiddle, the exquisiteness of which I am at a loss to describe. It was the grandest performance I ever heard. There was a small tent about a yard and a half in height in the centre of the house where the performance was given. This was made up of four iron bars; the base formed a square, and the top of it was a dome made up of sticks. The tent had a red satin cover. The construction of this tent, or whatever you may call it, was such that it could be taken to pieces and adjusted in a minute. Then came the “Dusavathanum.” This was done by playing ten kinds of musical instruments. We had the tent examined and found nothing inside. The young man entered it and took in the instruments that were outside. I All these instruments were played upon at the same time, accompanied by singing by the p young man alone. Then all the instruments were taken out; he remained inside the tent. Scarcely a few minutes after there was a noise of brass vessels. Immediately followed the noise of water being poured from one vessel to another. Shortly after he threw out two cloths—one he wore at the time he entered the tent and another. Then he rang a bell, which was a token, I think, of his performing “Pooja.” At last the tent was taken to pieces, when we found the young man dressed like a beautiful damsel, and decorated with flowers and jewels after the fashion of Hindu dancing girls, and wearing white muslin with lace borders, and a violet bodice, the contents of which a constable tried to examine. Before he entered the tent he had three tufts; when he came out his head was like a female’s. The general belief of the Hindus is that it is all done by the help of spirits. | |||
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< Conditional Immortality and "Elementary" Spirits (continued from page 11-353) >
his Psuche? Note, please, his soul, not his nous (immortal spirit); that cannot be lost, for it is eternal and immortal.”
Col. Olcott, we see, puts the nous as synonymous with the immortal spirit; and certainly our chief recognition of God is as nous. But what is nous? I look in Donnegan’s Greek Dictionary, and I find Nous thus interpreted, and by the following words only: “Thought, Purpose, Resolution, Sentiment, Opinion, the Manner of thinking, or Disposition of Mind, the Mind in a general sense, as the seat of the passions and of feeling, Intelligence, Sagacity, Foresight, the Mind, the Understanding, Prudence, Wisdom, Judgment, Consideration, Meaning, Purpose or Object.” Now I would ask Col. Olcott if he ever met with an “astral man,” or “elementary” who did not demonstrate one or other, all or many of the qualities here described as the signification of the Greek word nous? How then, can the “astral man” have lost it? He may have lost his goodness, or most of it, but not his nous. On the other hand, when school boys wish to denote a stupid fellow, they say, “he has no nous,” but he may be a good boy nevertheless.
An Indian Medium
A correspondent of an English paper, says The Two Worlds, writing from Madras, India, gives the following account of phenomena witnessed there:
A beautiful young Rajput of twenty, by name Padmasing, is attracting much attention at Madras. I was present at one of his performances, which are like the spiritualistic stances in America. He began the performance by playing on the fiddle, the exquisiteness of which I am at a loss to describe. It was the grandest performance I ever heard. There was a small tent about a yard and a half in height in the centre of the house where the performance was given. This was made up of four iron bars; the base formed a square, and the top of it was a dome made up of sticks. The tent had a red satin cover. The construction of this tent, or whatever you may call it, was such that it could be taken to pieces and adjusted in a minute. Then came the “Dusavathanum.” This was done by playing ten kinds of musical instruments. We had the tent examined and found nothing inside. The young man entered it and took in the instruments that were outside. I All these instruments were played upon at the same time, accompanied by singing by the p young man alone. Then all the instruments were taken out; he remained inside the tent. Scarcely a few minutes after there was a noise of brass vessels. Immediately followed the noise of water being poured from one vessel to another. Shortly after he threw out two cloths—one he wore at the time he entered the tent and another. Then he rang a bell, which was a token, I think, of his performing “Pooja.” At last the tent was taken to pieces, when we found the young man dressed like a beautiful damsel, and decorated with flowers and jewels after the fashion of Hindu dancing girls, and wearing white muslin with lace borders, and a violet bodice, the contents of which a constable tried to examine. Before he entered the tent he had three tufts; when he came out his head was like a female’s. The general belief of the Hindus is that it is all done by the help of spirits.
Editor's notes
- ↑ An Indian Medium by unknown author, London Spiritualist, No. 488, December 30, 1881, p. 320
Sources
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London Spiritualist, No. 488, December 30, 1881, p. 320