THE MY STI C TEST B OOK OF THE HI NDU “

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OCCULT CHA MB ERS

T HE M AGI C A ND G OCULTI SM (O F I N DIA .

PA RT O N E .

C HAPT E R I .

HI NDU EGYP TIAN C RYS TA L GA Z I N G TDG DTH DD

A ND
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WITH T H E WO N DERS DE TH E H I N D U M AGI C

MI RROR fl— CLAI RV O YAN T VI SI O N SPI RI T
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A N D A S T RAL SI GHT .

The most pitiful and yet the most grotesque

sight that meets the eye o f today is the p resu m p
tuons fool W ho does n o t stop to think that by his
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o wn actions conduct and very m anner o f living

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and believing he is persistently closin g his inne r

o r spiritual sight to the real possibilities of L ife .

These are concealed from him because he has ,

never developed his Inner or S oul S ight sufficient

to realize or know that the most valuable asset in
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life is to Kn o w Thys e lf and to see with the
Inner or S piritual S ight .

This book gives real instruction and Indi an ,

teachin gs as they are known in S outh India H e

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who really and truly desires knowledge and is ,

sincere faithful and steadfast in his e fforts to

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obtain it w ill learn a great deal from this work

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The h alf brained lazy complaining fool who is

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always suspicious of others robbing him will ,

learn nothing here nor from no other book H e .

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
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because he could not see while at the same time ,

he was standing in his own light .

S o be careful that you are not guilty of stand

ing in your own light .

As delve into Hindu E gyptian a n cien t

yo u ,

the S pirit world will open before yo u

m ys te ri es .

The more you begin to understand the language

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of the A depts the more grows your conception

of that life and world called S pirit not seen by ,

the outward sight .

The O ccultism a n a to m y p hys i o lo gy and p s y

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cho lo gy which they teach make of man something

immeasurably greater than the puny and impo

tent being known to modern science as a com
pound o f bones mu scles and nerves M odern
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science ( materialism ) attempts to prove that man

is an ani mal ; the teachings o f the A dep ts show
that he may be a G od Modern science invests.

him with the power to lift his own weight ; ancient

science ( O ccult Philosophy ) invests him with the
power to control the destiny of the world Mo d .
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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
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desires to live Modern science deals with the

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instrument that the real man uses as long and as

often as he comes into relationship with the world
o f phenomena and she mistakes that instrument
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f o r the man ; the A dep ts show you the true nature

o f the essential man to whom one earthly exist
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ence is nothing more than one of the many inci

dents o f his eternal Spiritual career .

This power of spiritu al perception potentially ,

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contained in every man but developed in few is , ,

almost un known to the guardians o f science in

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o ur Western countries of modern civiliz ation ,

because learning is often separated from wisdom

and the inner or S pirit S ight and the calculating
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intellect seeking for worms in the dark caverns

o f the earth cannot see the geniu s that floats

toward the light and it cannot realize his exist

ence And yet this ancient science ( O ccultism )
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which the modern ignore is as old as the world

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I t was known to the ancient prophets to the ,

A rhats and Rishis of the E ast ; to initiated B rah

min s E gyptians and G reeks and the Hindu
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S ages I ts fundamental doctri nes are found in

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the Hindu Vedas and the S acred B ooks of the

E ast Upon these secret doctrines rest the fun
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dam ent s of the religions and sec ret orde rs of the

world They formed the essence of the secrets
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that were revealed only to the initiated in the

inner temple where the ancient mysteries wer e
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taught and whose disclosure to the vulgar was

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forbidden under the penalty of torture and death .

They were secrets known to the ancient sages and

to the H indu A depts and Rosicrucians of the
Middle Ages and upon a partial understanding
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of their truths rests the system o f modern

F reemasonry .

They are not to be confounded with speculative

philosophy that reasons from the known to that
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Which it cannot know trying by the flickering li ght

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o flog c and orthodoxy to gro pe i ts way into the

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darkness , and to feel the obj ects which it cannot

see These doctrines were taught by the seers o f
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o ld who possessed spiritual power and the inner

sight to see S uch men were the great religious

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reformers of all ages from C onfucius and Z o ro a s,

ter down to Jacob B oehme and E ckartshausen ,

and their teachings have b eenw v e rified by every

o n e whose purity o f mind and whose power o f

intellect have enabled him to see and to under

stand the things o f the spirit ( G o d ) .

Some o f their doctrines refer to morals and

ethics others are of a purely scientifi c character ;
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but both aspects o f their teachings are intimately

connected together because beauty cannot be ,

separated from truth They both form the tw o .

pages o f a leaf in the book o f unive rsal N ature ,

whose understanding confers upon the reader not

merely opinions but kn owledge and renders him
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not only learned but illuminated with wisdom

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and S pirit Sight A t Will

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A mong those who have taught the moral aspect

o f the secret doctrine there are none greater than

B uddha Plato and Jesus o f N azareth ; of tho s e

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who have taught its scientific aspect there have

been none more profound than H ermes Trisme ,

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g s tu s Pythagoras and Paracelsus
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They o b
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tain ed their knowledge n o t merely from following

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the prescribed methods of learning or by accept ,

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ing the opinions of the recogni zed authori ties
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of their times but they studied nature by her
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own light and learned the lesson Know Thy
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self and they became lights themselves whose
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rays illuminate the world of mind What they .

taught has been to a certain extent verified and

amplified by the teachings of E astern A depts
( Y o ghis ) and Hi ero yhan ts of the O ri en t
, .

TH E LIGHT or WISDO M .

There is an art known only to a few by which

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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 .

I f the soul is perfectly purified and sanctified it

becomes free in its movements it sees and recog ,

n iz e s the D ivine light and instructs itself while it

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seems to be instructed by another In this state .

the soul requires no other admonition except its

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own realization which is the head and guide of

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the soul .

I t is then no more subject to terrestrial condi

tions of time but lives in the eternal ; and for the
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human soul to desire a thing is to possess it

already .
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Man s power to realize increases in proportion

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as this ethereal and celestial power of light pene

trates his mind and developing his in ner sight
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o r S pirit sight it may enable him to see and per

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ceive that which he interiorly thinks just as if it ,

were obj ective and external S pirit being u ni ty .

and independent o f our idea s of space and all men ,

having therefore essentially the same spirit the ,

soul o f men existing at places widely distant from

each other may thus enter into communication
( telepathy ) and converse with each other exactly
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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 s o ,
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that it may seem to us as if he had required n o

time at all to perform it S uch a man is able t o
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comprehend and understand everything by the

light of the universal power ( spirit ) o r guiding
intelligence with which he is spontaneously united .

A gain that there is a certain kind o f S piritual

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force occult influence or energy based o n the

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existence o f the spiritual and A stral world placed ,

without not within the body and into c o m m u n ica

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tion with which the human soul o f man can enter

by and through the law and principal of realiza
tion has long been demonstrated as a fact That
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these invisible forces ( evil spirits who are earth

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bound and exist in the A stral body ) can control

a man and break him do wn as easily as the fearful
hurricane sweeps all before it striking him in a
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thousand places at the same time without his ,

being able to perceive the invisible f o e or being

able to protect himself is also proven
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B ut that these forces may be dominated and

invoked so that they will obey the thoughts
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answer to the voice and understand the meaning o f

traced signs is what many cannot realize and
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what their reason rejects ; yet this also is capable

o f 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

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minded loving his fellow men and seeking t o

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benefit mankind rather than seeking or desiring

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O ccult powers to further his o wn selfish interests ,

he had much better be dead than to try any o f

these things for the gratification of his personal
natur e ; for in seeking to harm another curses , ,

like chickens return home to roost with a much

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greater force than the original impulse .

Thus again we should look within rather than

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without as the exercise of True M agic doe s n o t

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require any ceremonies or conjurations o r the ,

making of circles and signs ; it only requires a

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strong faith gained through a knowledge o f na

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ture s laws which can acco m p lis h a nything if i t

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a cts thr o ugh a hu man m in d which is in ha rm o ny

with thes e laws , witho u t w hich f no thing us e u l can

be do n e . True Magic also consists in true faith ;

but true faith rests in spiritual knowledge and ,

without that kind of knowledge there can be n o

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faith ; this is o n ly o btain e d by develo ping o n e s
o wn inn er a n d m o s t lo f ty n a tu r e: The conjura
tion o f the evil spirits o f the A stral plane ( sorcery ,

black magic and witchcraft ) m eans practically a

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full realization o f F aust and the D emon .

There are many strange things set forth in the

foll owi ng pages almost to o strange to believe yet
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because o n e is ignorant o f their existence it does

not follo w that they are n o t real as the sad rec ,

ords o f S orcery and Witchcraft o f Voodooism ,

and The B lack A rt abundantly testify .

Man does not know himself there fore he does ,

n o t understand the things o f the invisible world .

E ach man has the essence o f the D ivine ( S piritual )

within himself ; he pos sesses o n e kind o f knowl
edge as much as another and he who does n o t ,

find that which is in him he cannot truly say he

does n o t possess it only he is not as yet capable
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o f successfully seeking it .

The r ef o re in s e e king a lways bea r in m i nd

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tru e g ro wth r es ts in the cap a ci ty o f the hu m an

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s o u l and the hu m a n w ill to co m p r e hen d . s pi ri tu a l

tru ths , an d no t by bas ing i ts co n clu s i o n s up o n

ex te rn a l a pp ea r an ce s cau s e d by the illu s i o n o f the

f
s en s es o r o fi s el sh p p o s es
u r .

The writer s teachings are that our soul is the

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vehicle of celestial attraction transferring celes ,

tial and spiritual virtue into S ea ls I m ag es A m u , ,

le ts R ing s P ap e rs G la s s e s etc
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Also he has
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endeavored to give the most clear and rational

illustration o f the wonderful O ccult sympathy and
antipathy attraction and repulsion between all
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things in the universe .

H e has likewise proved how cures are performed

by virtue of sympathetic powers and medicines ,

by sea ls rings and amulets even at unlimited

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distances which he has been a witness o f and are

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daily confirmed in the true and certain belief

of. This same being taught in “
The G reat
B o o k of Magical Hindu Magic and E ast I ndian
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O ccultism .

The writer knows ho w to communicate with

any person and to give him intimation o f pur
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pose a t a hundred o r a thousand miles distance ;

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but then a preparation is necessary and the par ,

ties should have their appointed seasons and

hours for that purpose ; likewise both should be ,

o f the same firm constancy of mind and a disciple ,

o r broth er in O CCUL T I SM o r A DE PT SHIP .

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There is also given methods whereby a man may

receive true and certain intimation of future
things ( by dreams ) of whatsoever his mind has
before meditated upon himself being properly ,

disposed .

L ikewise there is recited the various methods

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used by the ancients fo r the invocation o f spirits

fro m the AS TR AL P LAN E ; di fferent forms o f
MA GI CAL E X O R C I SM incantations orations , , ,

binding o f spirits conjurations ; all o f which is

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the kn owledge taught by the E astern AD E PT S

and the most famous M AGI C IAN S such as ,

Zoroaster H ermes Apollonius Simon o f the

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Temple T rithemi u s Agrippa Porta ( the N eapo l

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itan ) D r D ee Paracelsus Roger B acon an d a

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great many others ; to which the au thor has sub

joined notes endeavoring to point out the di ffer
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ence o f the arts s o as to free the name o f M agic

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from any scandalous imputation seeing it is a ,

word originally s ign ificative not o f any evil but ,

o f every good and laudable science such as a man ,

might profit by and become both WI S E and

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happy ; and the knowledge o f O CCUL T I SM is s o

far from being o ff ensive to science o r man that
the very root or ground of all Magic takes its ri s e
from the O rient and B ritish West Indi es .

The H indus were the fi rst M agicians for by ,

their high and excellent knowled ge they knew that

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the O ccult power which was promised was born

in all men Therefore let no one be o ffended at
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the venerable and sacred title o f Magician o r

A dept—a title which every WI S E m an m erits
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while he pursues that path which Jesus the
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Master himself trod viz humility charity ,
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mercy fa sting etc ; and again men should B e
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wise as serpents and harmless as doves
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instructions as these are frequently named and

given in many places of the ancient Mysteries .

“
The Great B ook o f Magical A rt H indu Magi c ,

and E ast Indian O ccultism referred to elsewhere ,

in this work also forms a complete treatise on the

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mysteries o f O CCUL T I S M and C E R E M O NIAL

M AGI C by the study o f which a man ( who can
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separate himself from material objects by the ,

modification of the sensual appetite—abstinenc e

from drunkenness gluttony and other bestial pas
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sions and who lives pure and temperate free

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from actions which degenerate a man to a brute )

may become a recipient o f D ivine Light and knowl
edge ; by which he may foresee things to come ,

whether to private families o r kingdoms or states , ,

empires battles victories etc ; and likewise be

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capable o f doing much good to his fellow crea -

tures such as the healing of all disorders mental

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and physical and assisting with the comforts o f

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life the unfortunate and distressed .

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F urther the writer has spoken in that famous

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work largely o f prophetic dreams and visions

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throughout the different ch ap ters an d has given ,

valuable kn o wledge fully set down f o r the in f o r

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mation of the W I SE some few most secret things

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being reserved by the author for his pupils only ,

not to be taught by publication .

I f in these writings the A utho r seems oracular

and do gmatic it is because he writes from the
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standpoint o f the true A dep t and S eer rather

than that of the scientist or materialistic philo s o
pher o r the orthodox theolo gian and depends
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f o r the reco gnition and acceptance o f the absolute

truth more upon its clea r and positive enunci ation
thro ugh the soul than upon its exposition and
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defense by argument .

To READ TH E PAS T AND F U T URE or MA N .

There is a true and D ivine O ccult Philo s ophy ,

as there is an O ccult o r Thaumaturgic Power .

This Thaumaturgi c P ower was exercised by

Jesus The M aster and all followers of his
school This P ower was the legitimate fruit of
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the regenerate o r higher spiritual life to which

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they called the world and in the Power and in
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spiration of which they lived spake and wrought ,

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To u n de r s tan d the m ys teri o u s O ccu l t i n u en ces

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o f the C eles tia l r ea lm up o n the I n te lle ctu a l a n d

thes e up o n the T e r r es tri a l, an d to r e a liz e ho w to

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develo p o u rs e lves so as t o be a M as te r w ho i s
cap a ble o f a ttra ctin g to his o wn so ul the s u p r em e

in u en ces f o t he s e w o r lds , w he r e by he m a y be

o p e r a te a n d do w o n de rfu l thin g s by the s e

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a ble to
O ccu lt P o w er s — to r ea d the p as t a n d fu tu r e o f
m an , t o kn o w the s ecr et co u n s e ls o f m en , t o a ttr a ct

fl
w ea lth, to o ve r co me s ecr e t en e m i es a n d a ni m a ls , to
p r o cu re the lo ve a n d fa vo r o f tho s e a r o und yo u,
to de e ct o r exp el dis eas e, to p ro lo n g the days
o f yo u r life o n the e a r th p lan e, t o f o re te ll fu tu r e

e ven ts , to s ee cla irv o ya n tly a n d r e a liz e

thi ngs hap

p en in g m a n y hu n dr e d m i l e s a w ay, a n d s u ch li ke s
a s thes e Tha t thi s li e s wi thin the p o s s i bi li ti e s o f
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the s o ul o f m an
m ay s e em i n cr edi ble, ye t r ea d the
“
G r e a t B o o k o f M agi ca l A r t, Hin du M agi c an d
”
E as t I n dia nO ccu ltis m , a vo lu m e o f a lm o s t 6 0 0

p ag es , a s w ell the en s u ing t r ea ti s e, a n d yo u w i ll

r ea liz e the a bo ve p o s si bi li ti es , co n fir m e d a n d v eri

fi edby c o m m o n s en s e a n d r eas o n . F o r the cri n g

i ng , s cep ti cal, M a teri a l fo o l an d do u bter the

w riter ca r es n o thin g .

WA RN I N G A N D WORDS OF ADVI C E To C RYS TAL G A Z ERs

A N D T H O SE W H O US E T H E MA G I C M I RR O R .

The writer will hereby inform the student that

whatever the desires are which have prompted yo u
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in the pursuit o f a knowledge O f O CC U L T I SM

AN D T HE I NVI S IB L E F O R C E S O F NA T U R E ,

S O you will reap for LI KE A L WA Y S A T

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TR A C TS LI KE I f you desire the knowledge
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to secure revenge it is but proper that I should

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warn you that thou wilt in any Of the experim en ts

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contained in these treatises draw o r attract to ,

thyself a revengeful demon or an accursed infer ,

nal furious evil spiri t serving in the principal and

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law O f wrath ; if for worldly riches and a ggran

dizem en t then shalt thou have an e a rthiel or fiery
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spirit which will delude thee with the riches o f

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the central wo rld ; if for fame o r the blaze o f ,

glory then you will have the evil s p irits o f p ride

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and they will be allotted thee who will gratify ,

thy inordinate desire O f vain glory ; for all these

o ffices are 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 o wn nature and serve ,

all thy desires and purposes according to the

extent as thy desires are and from what prin ,

cip les they proceed so shalt thou be answered ;

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but if thou desirest the knowledge bu t fo r the

honor and glory o f thy s oul ( G O D ) and to help
thy fellow men and in great humility fill thy
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heart with the love O f all manki nd thou shalt then ,

attract a good spirit which will gr ant thy desires ;

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and also to assist yo u to overcome enemies .

Therefore bear this advice : S eek for and desire

that which is good ; avoid attracting ALL E vil ,

either in thought desire word or action ; and

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then shalt thou reap the rewards Of the soul which

desires to develop the inner o r spirit sight R e .

m em ber there a re tw o w ays m agica lly s e t befo re

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thee ; cho o s e whi ch tho u wi lt tho u s ha lt be s u re o f

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thy rewa r d R e m em ber beli eve in yo u rs elf an d

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yo u will s u cceed .

S T A T E OF IN TR OS P E C T I ON .

B y and through the law O f reali z ation inspira ,

tion is awakened and established A gain by and .

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through the exercise of the powers Of Auto sug -

gestion self thought the supreme realizati o n of

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self and the innermost desire O f life are reached

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and manifested withholding all doubt which

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opens up to us and connect s us with the inward

o r latent supreme possibilities of soul ( G od ) .

To have appreciative knowledge O f this exalted

condition Of inspiration before it is experienced ,

and Of the separate and distinct planes O f con

s cio u sn ess and the specific dormant forces they

involve it will be necessary to keep before the

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mind the conception that we can by constant ap ,

plication o f suitable Auto suggestion manifest -

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This inspiration realization o r psychic con

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sci o u sn e s s established however breaks forever

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dominance o f embarrassment and hesitation

caused by sense impressions of self ; hence the im
portance O f the immediate awakening and en
thro n em en t Of this inspiration ( realization ) and
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the self control Of this higher consciousness the

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perfection o f which is reached and effected by

gaining supreme self control through the law o r
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doo r o f realizatio n .
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C H APT E R I I .

ADEPT S HI P, C LAI RV OYAN CY H I N DU M AGI C O C C UL T

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INF LU E N C E M EDI U M S HIP A N D INN ER SI G HT

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On the west coast of I ndia about one hundred

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and thirty miles north of B ombay lies the city O f ,

B aroda H ere the writer has seen many m ira cd

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lou s occult feat s o n many different oc casions per ,

formed in precisely the same manner and the ,

mystery to the outsider seemed only to deepen

with every repetition The S pirit and O ccult p o w
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ers o f the H indus have been the wonder o f India

from a time antedating perhaps the building Of
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the first pyramid .

The early Jesuit F athers and other pious ortho

do x hair brained mortals startled at the sight
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a nd 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 O f
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Theology O f the present who assert that it i s a sin

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even to witnes s these performances and who ,

anathematize the Y o his as agents O f Satan

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Many are the wonders O f H indu Magic I .

mi ght go on relating a hundred or more O f wonder

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ful significance and in every respect strange

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which have been witness ed in that gorgeous land

o f the E ast which even in this nineteenth centu ry
, ,

o f merciless Western materialism is mor e Of a ,

fairyland than A rabia ever was at the time o f

H aroun al Raschid .

That earliest cradle O f o u r race and civili z ation ,

Hindustan still holds the key to many O ccul t mys

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te rie s
. In the shade of its palm g roves in the ,

depths of its jungles in the wild recesses Of its

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mountains and behind the walls Of its temples and

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lamaseries there yet lurks many a secret which ,

will tax the ingenuity of your best Western rea

s o n e r s for ages to come .

The E astern adepts an d Hierophants through ,

their long practice O f thought and attention and ,

the art Of contemplation and ancestral practice fo r

centuries as well as the invoca tion o f the spirits
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of the A stral Plane have developed an intellectual

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insight subtl ety O f thought power O f metaphysical

, ,

analysis and philosophical reasoning which dwarfs

into in s ign ificance the best product o f o u r Western
S chools .

There is a strange fascination in solitude M an .

,

that singular admixture o f the bestial and divine

who in the society o f his o wn species delights in
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being paltry and trivial in developing the more

,

ignoble and clowni sh side o f his nature becomes a ,

different being when by necessity o r choice he is

left to his o wn meditations The silenc e Of the
.

forests the stillness Of the desert the vast expanse

, ,

o f the ocean o r the unbroken quiet Of some

,

secluded nook awaken in him thoughts and feel

,

ings which the bustle O f every day life Can never

-

engender Then the man is apt to propound to

.

himself the great O ld riddle a n d to desc end into

,

the abysmal depths Of his o wn consciousness .

TH E LA W FOR AN ADEP T .

To o ne, th en who would become an A dept and

, ,

e nter in earnest upon the proce s s Of induction into

the higher states and plan es of consciousness the ,

importance o f recognizing and Observing the law

and adopting the ha bits 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 ,

m g I n both those indulgences which perverte d

activities and abnormal desires demand .

TH E T H REE SPE C IF I C O CC UL T STEP S .

T here are but thr ee steps involved in the act o f

w ithdrawing from the sense plane ( material-
 M Y S TIC TE S T BO OK HI ND U OCCULT CHAMBER S
, .

world ) and entering into communi cation 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 O f the personal ego into ab s o

lute stillness by diverting O r withdrawing the
,

attention and thought from everything relating

to things for the sense life and centering them
-
,

upon the specific Obj ect chosen for i nterior co n f

templa tio n The second is to empty the mind also

.

Of everything relating to self— interest and lay ,

down all p reim p re s si o n s prejudgments and per

,

sonal p r edilections that the mind may be a perfect

,

blank o n which the truth undisturbed or u n o b

, ,

structed by the bias O f prej udice or personal

desire may write its o wn story The third is to
,
'
.

fi rmly hold the mind in this unbiased receptive

attitude upon the obj e ct in the full expectation o f
thus receiving the desired truth .

I t should be remembered that on the inner

psychic plane the soul activities O f everything pro
duce vibrations upon the psychic or ethereal
atmosphere which is S O subtile and elastic that
,

these vibra tions 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 gi ven Object

o r person the soul vibrat ions of that particular
,
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23

Object b ecome focused upon the psychic organism ,

and awaken in the consciousness O f the listener the

very truth O f that which made the vibr a tions I f .

the soul be in a p erfe ctly receptive attitude and ,

you have attained it can take on the condition and

,

thus enter into such s ym p a the tic u n ity with the

dominant states O f the p erson o r thin g upon which
'

the attention is fixed that it will sense and know

them as perfectly as if they w ere its o w n 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 o wn .

C LAI RV O YAN C Y .

If ,then any one would enter into the secret life

, ,

real character and true condition O f persons and

things SO as to kno w the absolute t ruth 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 O f mind and will is perfectly

held , the vibrations on the psychic ether from the
spontaneous activities O f the Object upon which the
attention is centered will be gathered up in t he
,

personal life and made to reproduce to and in the

,

personal consciousness the original co n dition that

,

p roduced them and thus

,
be made t o tell their o wn
 M YS TIC TES T BOOK HINDU O CCULT CHA M BERS
, .

story without dissimulation o r abating o n e jo t o r

tittle Of the truth in the matter The same holds .

true o f any particular or special thing which it is

desirable and legi tim ate 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
I t will thus be seen that this necessary listening
and receptive attitude is possible only when the
soul desires the absolute truth independent Of all
prejudgm ent o r any bias O f personal considera
,

tion We do n o t lis ten to an o the r s co n ve rs a ti o n

.
’

w hi le w e a r e talkin g to him neither can we receive

,

the true story O f another s life or character on

’

the psychic plane with our mind upon him full o f ,

active prejudgment and the bias Of p erson al co n

,

s iderations .

This attitude Of des1r1ng and seeking the truth

and nothing but the truth independent of all per
,

sonal consideratio n and bias involves also the,

attitude and determination to be absolutely just o n

the basis O f this t ruth independent Of all personal
,

consideration or bias O f any kind whatsoever .

This attitude will prevent any misuse o f the

knowledge of the truth thus gained an d also keep ,

the desire to that only which is legi timate The .

 M Y S T IC TES T BOOK HI ND U OCCULT CHAM BER S
, .

mind and feelings O f every bias and standard of

self and sense ; that is put out O f the mind every
,

thing relating to the sense li fe and the desires of -

self thus putting the soul in a p e rfectly receptive

,
'

attitude for the unbiased and unobstructed revela

tion O f truth S econd : When this passive state
.

is fully induced fix and hold the attention in the

,

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 fo r the immediate
revelation O f the truth concerning it and in the ,
“
full expectation O f getting it and a cco r ding to ,
”
yo u r fa ith s ha ll i t be d o n e u n to yo u This .

receptive state and listening expectant attitude

, , ,

will certainl y open the consciousness to the psychic

vibrations which write unerringly their story o n
the receptive mind .

I f in this third step we entertain doubts and

, ,

questionings we are not holding the receptive and

,

listening attitude This was the co nstant attitude

.

“ ”
and normal condition O f 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 H e said : .

“
I ca n o f m i n e o wn s e lf do n o thin g ; a s I he a r I
.

j g
u d e ( always in th e listenin g attitude for the
THE MAGI C A ND O CCU LTISM or I N DIA .

inner voice o r revelation ) : a n d m y ju dgm en t is

j u s t ; becau s e I s e e k n o t m i n e o wn wi ll bu t a lw ays ,
”
lis ten to the in n e r vo ice f r o m the a s tr a l p lan e .

TO gain the mastery O f these three steps S O as ,

to be able to assume this attitude at will requires ,

no more qualification attention and persevering

,

application than does the mastery O f any of the

ordinary a ccomplishments as music art o r the
, , ,

me chanical handicrafts O f industry ; but as in all ,

these the N eophyte may be greatly helped by the

,

personal sympathy and guidance Of those who

h ave had experience in overcoming and have ,

attained some degree of experimental A deptship .

Very few if any will succeed absolutely without

, ,

this E ven Jesus needed and received the sym

.

pathy and ministry Of John the B aptist Where .

two O f 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 O f life and that is the immediate

,

help O f divine inspiration if the seeker begin at

the center Of his being ; since this brings him at
once under the transforming chemistry O f the
spiritual life and the awakening touch o f the
,

quickening power that comes directly from the

.

S upreme C enter O f the D ivine and Absolute The .

benefit derived from the ministry O f others is the

28 M YS TI C TE S T BOO K HINDU O C CULT CHAM BERS
, .

help they may give in bringing o n e to the true

attitude within himself
H e who gains the mastery O f these three steps ,

so as to be able to assume and hold this attitude

—
at will nay to hold it as the perm anent and
,

n ormal attitude O f his life by having applied it to,

the Opening and co ordination O f the three planes

.
-

Of activity in the personal consciousness—has

gained the psychometric key to all legitimate
knowledge wis do m s e ers hip an d o ccu lt m as tery
, ,

o f being and may take his place in the M ighty

,

B rotherhood Of the I lluminati Magi and H iero , ,

p ha n ts O f the ages the twice born S ons of G od

,
-
,
“
who is Imm anent and B rothers of ,
Jesus the
M aster ,
who was the greatest clairvoyant that
has ever lived .

C O N DITI O NS FO R S PIRIT SIGHT .

Those who in the true sense deserve the appella

“ ”
tion of A DE PT S in India a re n o t the sp ecu v

l ative philosophers o r elaborations O f cosmogoni es .

The real adepts are Often remarkabl y deficient in

philosophical and even general information .

The writer has found among them individuals

who would be deemed exceedingly ignorant if
judged by o u r Western standard O f education ;
men for instant who had not the haziest knowl
, ,
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29

edge o f geography and to whom even the histo ry

,

o f their o w n country was in a great measure a

sealed book Yet these men were the custodians

. ,

o f O ccult power and secrets for which many an

fl
intellectual giant would readily exchange twenty
years Of his life secrets which SO far have success
,

fully baf e d the researches o f the best Western

thinkers and experimenters and which not only ,

enabled the p o s s e s o r to suspend o r defy the ordi

“ ”
nary laws Of nature but to trium ph over time
,

and space with an e ase and readiness which the

G reeks hardly dar ed to attribute to their O lym pian
gods .

There are among the adepts men o f 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 B ut 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 rea l esoteric science of India does
not presuppose great learning or intellectual
superiorit y on the part of the

The
O fl
year s of probation and th e almos t incredible hardships
which are ften in i cted upon the N eophyte before he is deemed
worthy o f reception into the brotherhood are mor e intended
“ ”
,

to test his physical endurance and b s erve his tru stworthin e ss th an

O
to increas e hi s store o f informa tion .
30 M Y STIC TE ST B O O K '

, HI ND U OCCUL T CHAM B ER S .

S PE C IFI C M E TH ODS OF C O N CE N T RATI O N .

The gr e at principle which underlies the almo st

endless modification of H indu O ccultism may be
“ ”
embodied in the term AB S TRAC T I ON
namely the attainment O f as complete a state of
,

introspective vision as possible by the withdrawal ,

O f the senses O f s ight hearm g touch etc

,
from the , , .
,

external world .

Perhaps it will be O f advantage to the reader if

I here describe a little more fully what is meant
by introspection S uppose a mathematician in
.

order to master some intricate problem were to

seek refuge within the solitude O f his four walls
and end eavor to concentrate his mind completely
upon the task before him N ow 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 O f hl S attention in spite of ,

the most rigid application Of his will .

A ssuming however that all sound were ex

, ,

cluded there are impressions of S ight which are

,

an equal if not a greater Obstacle in the path of

him who w ould seek to attain the introspective
state.
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31

H e might resort to the simple method of shut

ting his eyes ho ping thereby to g et rid O f the
,

external world and reach the introspective state .

F utile e ffort ! There still would remain the con

scio u s n e s s of that fact that Objects O f various

kinds were s u rro u n din g him which is a disturbing ,

.

influence .

N o w granting that the perceptions Of sound ,

,

sight and even touch could for a time at least be

, ,

completely extinguished there still would remain ,

o f this o r that sorrow O f frustrated hopes O f busi ,

ness troubles o f all the petty vexations and annoy

,

ane cs of life .

Unless these also be completely annihilated ,

there ca n be no such thing a s abstraction in the
sens e O f the esoteric philosophy O f India The .

va ri ous methods followed by the students Of

O ccultism i n the F ar E ast from the fakir to the ,

greatest adept have only one sole aim— namely

, ,

the attainment O f a state Of complete in tro spec

tion o r interior concentration of the mind .

When this condition is reached as all M asters ,

“
know ,
The mind is a scroll upon which nature
”
will write . I n other words the A dep t in that ,

state identifies himself with the A stral world o r

univers al consciousness and partakes in a meas ,

ure Of the divine attribute O f omniscience as well

as omnipotence .
 M Y STI C TES T B OOK , H I NDU O CCUL T CHA M B ERS .

C RYS TA L GAZI NG A M O NG TH E H I NDU S EERS .

Am ong the Hindu S eers and initiates the prae

tice O f crystal gazing is largely followed as a
-

means Of enforcing the introspective condition .

A piece o f crystal usually polished ( Japanese

,

balls O f rock crystal about three inches in diam

eter are in co mmon use all over India ) I S plac e d ,

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 o n a leve l with the

crys tal and about ten Inches away from the latter ;
a light must be adjusted sideways s o that its image ,

is not in the line O f vision and a piece O f black

,

cloth should be S uspended behind the crystal .

Within less than tw o minutes the A dept has

attained a degree O f introspection and will then ,

behold in the A stral light which will envelop the

crystal surface whatever he wishes to ascertain ;
f o r instanc e what a certain person i s 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 tw o o r three times a day will

enable almost any o n e to reach this degree o f
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O ccultism , and the clearness of the images thus

obtained coupled with the correctness of the in
,

formation will be an everlasting surprise to the

,

N eophyte .

O f course what he appa retly sees in the crystal

,

is in reality transpiring in the A stral light H e .

has reached a degree of int rospective vision but ,

is obliged to make use of some external tangible

o bject ,
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 purpo s e and many F akirs enforce the

,

abstract condition by merely gazing into the wate r

which they have poured into a small earthen bowl .

The breathing exercises r es orted to by the s o

called H atha Y o gha school Of O ccultism have n o
o ther purpose than to identify the consciousness

o f the individual with that of the astral plane and ,

fi fty pages might be filled with a description Of

the endless variety Of methods which this scho o l
enj o ms .

The true adept however who has attained to, ,

the highest pinnacles Of esoteric wisdom scorns to ,

m ake use O f these external and to him childish

m o des O f introspection ; he has come to recogni z e
“
that the tru th li es wi thin the dep th o f his o wn
co n s ci o u s n es s and he can place him self in the
,

abstr act state within a few seconds by mere will

34 M Y STI C TES T B O OK HINDU O CCU L T CHAM BERS
, .

'

power whereas the 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 .

M I ND READI NG I N IN DIA
-
.

The development of telepathy or mind reading ,

-

in I ndia as a national characteristic is amazing ; ,

it manifests itself in the every day life of her peo -

p l e and reaches its climax in the attainment O f the

masters O f occult wisdom on the high plateau of
Thibet The wonderful manner in which in telli
.

gence is communicated or rather the speed with , , ,

which news O f an important character travels in

the E ast i s a case in point
,
D uring the late .

A fghan war it invariably happened that the news

o f any success o r disaster to the B ritish was kn own

I t will be observed that a specific de finition and de scription

o f spiritual gifts
“ ” “
P ower or Sight embraces every phrase
,
”

of a legitimate occult power knowledge insight and mastery e ver , ,

claimed or s ought by the M agi Seer Adept Apostles and Hi ero , , ,

pha t s of the world and that the great Apostl e c l early intimat es
n ,
that they are for and should be e perienced by the humble st of x

the M aster s follower s

’
.

I t will be further noticed th at the s ource of the new and

higher knowledge wisdom and power here recogni ed and s pecifi
,
z

cally emphas i ed a s free to all is ascribed to the direct enduement

z ,

o f the Spirit ( not spirits o angels ) but the Supreme and Univer
,
r ,
s al Spiri t from which men as wel l as angels derive their life ,

their intelligence and their power and to which therefore all , , ,

alike th e humble as well a s the mo st exalted have e qual a c cess

,
.
THE M AGI C A ND OCCULT ISM OF I NDIA .
35

all over I ndia long before the authorities at C al

cutta were O fficially informed Thus for instanc e
.
, ,

the details Of the battle Of M ain e au d were dis

cussed in the bazaars O f C alcutta for days before
the news was received at headquarters to the utter ,

amazement of the vice royal government

-
.

Thi s in spite O f the fact that the B ritish had

,

the advantage O f sending dispatches by couriers

down the valley of the Kabul River and through
to Khyber Pass to Peshawur and telegraphing ,

cypher messages from there to C alcutta I t is .

absurd to try to account f o r this on the supposi

tion that the news will travel from mouth to mouth ,

as it were and from villa ge 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 B esides the H indus are not

.

given to much travel and there is little if a n y

, , ,

intercommunicati on by means O f letters or mes

sages of any sort Why the news O f the great
.
,

disaster which befell N apoleon 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 E urope I n India it would have
.

been known all over the land in less than tw o

hours and not merely in the sense O f a vague
,

presentiment that something had happened but in ,

36 MY S TI C TE S T BOO K HINDU O C CULT CHA M BER S
, .

the shape o f a distinct vision which although not , ,

seen by everybody is beheld by tens o f thousands

, ,

who are not slow to communicate it to their fellow

men .

ME TH OD .

The method to accomplish this is a very simple

o ne : L OOK I N T O YOU R O W N S E L F and if
”
,

you do this rightly you will see everything and ,

will be under no Obligations to ask further ques

tions .

9‘
we compare the teachings f the E astern s age s with the
I f O
co smology taught by the writer and substitute the San s crit O f,
the T ibetan term s used by the former f o r those invented by the
latter the two systems will be found almo st if not wholly
, , ,
i dentical Acc ording to the E astern sages there is a cea sele ss
.
,
activity going on during the state of P al ya ( the night f r a O
B rahm ) in that incomprehensible eternal First Cau s e that may
,

be looked upon in one f it s many aspects as being M atter

O ,
M otion and Space in an ab s olute sen s e which i s beyond the gra s p
, , ,
of our relative conception I ts motion i s the uncon s cious latent
.

life inherent in it T hi s i s the Y liaster f the writer the “ roo t

. o
,
o f M atter
”
or Mula prakriti f the V e d ti s o u t of which
, O n an n
,
P rakriti ( M atter ) and P uru sha ( Space ) become manife st as body
and form I n this T he A b s olute I nfinite and Unconditioned
.
, , , ,
being the endles s aggregation of everything conditioned and finite
the germ of potenti ali tie s f all things are contained I t is th e
,
O .

Limbu s Chaos and the germs contain ed in it that are developed by

the action of the Univer sal M ind D yan Cho ha s and the power -
n

o f W isdom FO hat—to use the T ibetan word s

, ,

,
-
T hu s the Universe .

may be said to be a product of Cosmic I deation and Cos mic

E nergy acting not at random or in an arbitrary manner but
, ,
according to a certain order produced by previous caus e s and ,
which constitute the Law T he existence o f this inevitable and
.

unchangeable law S fre quently alluded to by the writer A s for

I .
,
ins tance “ D oes not holy writ s ay that God spoke A m I not :
the G o d who made the dumb and the deaf the b lind and the s ee ,

ing ? What el s e does t hi s me an but that h e i s c reato r o f all

,
THE M AG IC AND OCCULTISM O F INDIA .
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The exercise O f T HAU M A T U R GI C P O WE R by

the C hrist and his Apostles has mistakenly been
regarded as a supernatural and miraculous gift ,

bestowed for an exceptional purpose instead Of ,

the working O f an O CCUL T law to be practically

studied mastered and applied in universal eXperi
,

ence .

There is no t the slightest warrant for the

miracle view in the teaching Of either Jesus or his
Apostles O n the contrary, this power was spe
.

cifica lly emphasized by them as the legitimate fruit

Of the r egenerate 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 the Master insisted up o n the exercis e
Of this power as a necessity to the successful
preaching and Spread O f his gosp el which taught ,

the Immanence of G od , through the world .

thin gs of good and of evil ? ” T he writing s of the B uddhis t s

,
teach the same doctrine s ayin g that there is only O n e P ower
, ,

Sva bha va t .I t c annot act otherwise than according to the law of

cause and e ff ect and that make s a u s eful tree grow as well a s
,
u s ele ss stone in the bladder of man according t o the cause s that
,
have bee n produced by previous e fi ects E ach act and each
.

thought ha s a cause and the c au s e of the cau s e i s the L aw

, .

The identity of the doctrine s Philosophy and T heosophy by

, ,
the writer with that of the eastern s a ges and Adept s will prove
that he wa s tau ght these things in the E ast Nevertheles s thi s i s
.

not es sential ; f o r to the opened spiritual under standin g of m an

G o d i s a s near in the W est as H e is in the E ast H e who i s
.

capable developed to open his spiritual eye s may s ee the sun him
, ,
self and does not need to be informed about it s e xistence by some
body havin g s een the sun in the O rient .
 M Y ST I C T ES T BOOK HI NDU OCCUL T CHAMBERS
, .

In choosing and preparing his disciples for the

preaching O f his gospel we read that he first ,

taught them the use o f this power as a necessary

condition O f successful preaching .

“
And when he had called unto him his twelve
disciples he gave them power against unclean
,

spirits to cast them out and to heal all ,

manner O f sickness and all manner O f disease

,
.

The Object O f the writer of this book is an analyt

ical epitome of the Theosophy and O ccultism of
“ ”
Jesus the Master and to briefly Show its foun
,

dation in the nature O f things and the constitution ,

o f man as a basis O f an I ntelligent and compelling

“
faith a faith w hich s p ea ks an d i t is do n e whi ch
,
“

,
”
co m m a n ds a n d fa s t
it s ta n ds .

The O riental O ccultism and Theosophy vener ,

able with age having its origin in antiquity and

,

the F ar E ast and which has been handed down

,
“
from almost prehistoric times through genera
”
tions and generations O f adepts is now by the ,

author s e fforts being introduced into the Western

’
,

world .

B y a growing well o rgam z ed and tolerably

,
-

widespread propaganda it is being popularized , ,

epitomized and vigorously promulgated in both

,
“
E urope an d America for wherever The G reat , .

B ook O f Magical A rt H indu M agic a n d E ast ,

”
Indian O ccultism has been studied the Hindu
40 M YS T IC TES T BOOK HINDU OCCULT CHAM BER S
, .

thought and D ogmatic Th eology that the attention

Of the whole C HRI S T IAN world has been diverted
from the rational and practical study Of the
O CCUL T P O WE R 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 li f e ,

which they call the world S tarting o u t with the

.

baseless impression this OCCUL T P O WER,

“ ”

being exceptional in human experience was n ece s,

s a rily supernatural and miraculous it has never

,

occurred to the theologian s and students Of the

“ ”
N E W T E S T AM E N T a rcanum to regard the
S O called miracles as possible
-
legi timate Of an
,

occult law and power to be practically studied ,

mastered and applied in universal e xperience .

N evertheless an unbiased and caref ul c o n s ide ra

,
f

“
tion Of the direct and emphatic teaching O f Jesus
”
the M aster and his Apostles will convinc e the
most hesitating and conservative mind that they
certainly regarded the possession and exercise Of
this power as well as A stral or inner sight as the
, ,

o rderly and legitimate result Of certain specific

mental and spiritual attainments possible to all ,

and which was the special work to urge upon all .

I t will be Observed that this Specific definition

“ ”
and description O f spiritual gifts embraces
eve ry phase o f a legitimate power knowledge, ,
T HE MAGI C A ND OCC ULTISM O F INDIA .
41

inner S ight and m astery ever claimed o r sought

,

for by the Magi and H ierophants Of the World

‘

,
“ ”
and that Jesus the M aster clearly intimated
that they are for and should be experienced by the
M aster s followers
’
.

I t will be further noticed that the source o f the

new and higher knowledge wisdom and power ,

here recognized and specifically emphasized as free

to all is applied to the direct and enduement O f
,

the spirit ( n o t spirits o r angels ) but the SU ,

PR E M E and UN IV E R SA L S PI RI T from which ,

men as well as angels derive thei r life their intel

, , ,

ligence and their power and to which therefore , , ,

all alike the humblest as well a s 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 E astern Magic ,

the most advanced scientific reasoners Of the Wes t

in their more recent utterances appear quite inter
e s te d in the subject having come t o recognize that
,

there may be such things as natur al forces or sub

stan ces o h this planet which have as yet eluded
the grasp o f 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

HI NDUS which is immeasurably Older in civili z a
,
42 M YSTIC TES T BOO K , HI ND U OCCULT CHAM BER S .

tion and experience than their own some O f these ,

forces may have been discovered even thousands

of years ago and preserved among the wisest O f
,

its representatives ( adepts ) wh o in consequence

,

o f such knowledge can perform feats which to one

Of limited understanding are perfectly miraculous .

A part from the material progress or outward

development which the Hindus had already a t
tain e d which they are apt to call preh isto ric 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 O f A ryan races had developed an inn er life

even more strange and wonderful .

L et those who are imbued with the prevalent

modern conceit that the Westerners have reached
the highest pinnacle of intellectual culture or that ,

O rthodoxy is right go to I ndia L et them go to

,
.

the land O f mystery which wa s ancient when the

,

great Alexander crossed the IN D US with his

warriors ancient when AB RA HAM T HE JE W
,

roamed the plains of C HAL DE A with his cattle ,

ancient when the first pyramid was built ; and if ,

after a careful s tudy O f H indu magic life religion , , ,

and philosophy the inquirer is still o f the opinion

,

that the p alm of intellectual advancement belongs

to the w e s te rn w o rld o r that O rthodo xChristianity
,

is not founded on a fabulous Jewish Myth let him ,

THE M AGI C A ND O C CUL T ISM OF I NDIA .
43

lose no time in having his own cranium exam

in ed The HI N D US owing to their intense love
*
.
,

for solitary meditation which has been one of ,

their pronounced characteristics from time im

memo rial have acquired mental faculties Of whi ch
,

the materialists have no conception .

There are in man latent powers which are sus

cep tible O f the highest culture and it is more than
“

probable that a faculty once aroused and persist

ently exercised for a number Of ge nerations may
develop into a permanent characteristic .

I t would seem as if among the H I N D US speen

lative philosophy had been the ruling fancy from
a very remote antiquity and moreover that kind , , ,

o f philoso phy which does not depend upon an

interchange O f idea for its advancement but is ,

based almost entirely upon intuition ; viz upon .

,

the cultivation O f certain mysterious innate f acu l

ties which are presumed to lie dormant even in
,

the breast o f the savage They have accomplished

.

I need n o t amu s e the reader with the speculation s of we s ter n

C hristian s endeavorin g to convert other s to their belief in a
tyrant f a G o d and a belief in the S criptures
O .

I ndeed I might not amuse him for it is a pitiful recital

,

throu ghout I ndeed there is o sadder s pectacle in the intellectual

. n
world than that of men and women posses s ed o f really g reat
, ,

mental possibilities frittering away their time and their self

,
re spect in trying to make a superstiti on appear reasonable by
explainin g it s absurditie s in an ill ogi c al manner and instead of , ,

walki ng erect in the di gnity o f a rational manhood s ta g gerin g ,

along in a blind stupor produced by the fume s o f mystici s m
, ,
s upers tition and Do g matic T heolo gy .
44 M Y S TI C TES T BOOK HIND U O CCULT CHAM BER S
, .

and have certainly come nearer the truth than the

Western materialist with his endless e m piricali sm
,

and expe rimental torture Of matter .

The HI N DUS in their e fforts 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 N E O P HYT E and which is ,

destined to play a great part in the future Of this

country Their triumph in this direction was the
.

discovery and application Of that strange

P S Y C HI C FO R C E known to the Western people
as HYP NO T I S M .

The American people have just begun to real

i z e that there is such a force and are o n the
,

threshold as it were Of a dominion which is a s

, ,

bo undless as it is marvelou s B ut the discoveries

.

which are being made today were made ages ago

by the early SA SCRI TI C I N DIANS and I RA
N I A N S and while a knowledge Of the subject in
,

this country is chiefly derived from or based upon

, ,

the experiments of a few materialistic s cientists

and investigators during very recent years the ,

HIND US have the experience of at least centuries

behind them .
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45

C HAPT E R III .

TH E HI N DU S D O G M ATI C T H EOLOGY
’
A ND .

The ancient H indu s idea O f G o d differed much

’

fro m the modern notion that H e thrusts the

wicked and very Often the innocent also whom
, ,

H e has predestinated to sin and who are undoubt ,

e dly a portion Of H imself and made in H is own ,

image into bu rm n g lakes and pitchy gulfs where

, ,

they are everlastingly tormented by revengeful

and spiteful devils with n o view to their amend
,

m ent with n o pretense to their operating as an

,

example with n o possibility o f their escape And

, .

s o fond i s G o d their F ather o f subj ecting H is

children to this fi ery tartarus that H e employs

the chief o f the devils to tempt th em into sinful
ness ( H e Himself having no prescience o r fore
knowledge as to ho w they will act when tempted ) ,

s o that H e may reward them for their resistance

which is generally unaccomplished—o r torment

them for their submission which unhapp ily is ,
.

their most usual fate And this chief devil p o s

.

sesses eno rmous power ; is omnipresent ; is the

P rince of Air o r S pace ; is almost next to G od in
 M Y S T IC TE S T BOO K HIND U OCCUL T CHAM BERS
, .

sovereign domin1 ou and in contriving intellect , ,

and wages everlasting w ar with the Almighty and

his pure spirits ; nor can the O mnipotent Maker
and Master O f the Universe reduce him to subm i s
sion or repress his Wi ckedness but is S imply 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 ,
’

s tin ct rebels aga i nst it and there rests at the ,

bottom of almost every human heart an innate

notion that it is a ll a li e imagined or invented in ,

the days O f Jewish or monkish barbarism to

frighten the ignorant ; but wholly with o ut any
warranty in fact .

E ternal damnation orthodoxy holds to be the

true end a n d punishment O f all who in their lives
deny a heaven .

*
The fact however O f the Hindu s id ea of G o d
, ,
’
,

and their knowledge Of celestial laws being so ,

T he followers f M ohammed however“ put some

*
O rather p , , uz
zli g q uestions to our P etro Pau li tes
n W hy ” s aid M -
.
, u rra n e
Sing ( Hindoo who can read English ) d you not convert the
a
“
,
o

J ews who live among you know your virtues and the e cellence
, , ,
x
of your faith and whose forefathers knew of the prophecies and
,
saw the wonder s mentioned in your Vedas ? ( meanin g the
,
”

E nglish B ible ) A P rotestant rep li ed they were a stubborn race

.

d the denun c iations against their ra c e had been ful filled ; and
,
an
i nstan c ed the o cc asion s and t i mes Tha t i s the m o re i n f a vo r
“
.

replied M ”“ for if under the s u fferi ng s

o f y g
m u m en
ar t a
, e u rr n , ,
they have endured and the a cc omplishment f the c urs e threat
,
o
ened t hem they still remain obstinate and sinful how are we to
, ,
43 MY a TES T BOO K HIN D U OCCULT CHAM BER S
, .

With all this blaze O f knowledge before us clear ,

and shining as the light O f the O rient the question ,

arises H ow 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 o r their futu re or Of the sub
, , ,

lime and pure nature Of the S upreme B eing than ,

o u r forefathers are shown to have been in remote

ages ; when O rthodox historians tell us that all

was superstition ; when philosopher s hold that we
were monk eys or savages ; and priests pretend
that there was nothing but im pie tyl The answer ‘

seems to me to be this that the Church whether

, ,

o f Rome or of L uther which now sways the con

, ,

sciences O f men wag es a n in ces s an t wa r up o n the

,

acq u i s i ti o n o f tru e Kn o w le dg e a n d p e rp etu a lly

,

in terfe r es to dw a rf the in tellect a n d to des tr o y the

g ro w th o f e du ca ti o n That the Popes for the first
.

fifteen hundred years of Christendom and from ,

thence also until this moment did and have done , ,

a ll they c o u ld t o keep the w o rld in a s ta t e o f ba r

,

bari s m , i s n o w a tru is m s o u n ivers a lly a ckn o wl

e dg e d, a n d s o lo u dly p r o cla i m e d by P ro tes ta n t

w ri ter s , tha t n o m an w o u ld co n des cen d to a rgu e

i t ; fo r to do s o w o u ld i m p ly tha t the m a t te r m ig ht
be di s p u te d, o r tha t o u r s en s es ha d deceive d u s as

to the p a ten t facts

That great scholars arose in
.

those dark ages proves nothing ; for those men

T HE M AGI C AND OCCULTISM O F INDIA .
49

were not the children o f the papacy but were the ,

discipl es and missionaries o f knowledge and they ,

were as entirely independent of that odious super

s titio n as if it had n o existence The P a p a l chu rch
.
,

s u p r em e in E u r o p e, w a s ba s ed o n ign o ran ce, a n d

c o u ld o n ly be m ain ta in e d w hi l e ign o ra n ce co n

tin n e d The whole e ff orts of the clergy , therefore ,

.

have been and are directed to this one end to keep ,

thew o rld in thei r lea ding s trin gs by cru s hin g o u t ,

the m in d o f the w o r ld That they di d s o a n d s u c

.
,

ceeded, his to ry p r o ves ; tha t they s till la bo r in the

f
a w u l a n d u n ho ly ca llin g is clea r to a ll w hb ta ke
the tr o u ble t o in ve s tiga te ; an d tha t to this o n e en d

the so ldie rs o f tha t fea rfu l fa bric m us t n e ces s a ri ly

a dhe re o r be des tro yed i s the in evi ta ble co n clu s i o n

to whi ch tho s e a rri ve w ho have f o u n d her to be
Fa ls eho o d, an d who kn o w tha t Kn o wledge is he r
dea dly fo e .

The L utheran churche s p u rs u e the s am e co u rs e .

H olding to a creed devised by a narrow minded -

and illite ra te m o n k whose early training had for

,

ever incapacitated him from broad comprehensive ,

o r enlightened views ; who though a passionate

,

thinker and a bold writer an d a man of daring

,

courage was a bs o lu tely ign o ran t o f everything

,

but mere monastic theology than which it would ,

be diffi cult to discover more exquisite fooling and ,

Who in his later years of beer and bigotry was s o

50 M Y STIC TES T BOOK HIND U OCCULT CHAM BERS
, .

im m ers ed in vulg a r s q u a bble s a bo u t m a n iaca l

do gm as ,that he had no time even if he possessed ,

the 1n telle ct 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 pow er majesty and wisdom of the,

S upreme B eing ; of the universality o f His L aws ,

and the unchanging grandeur of His attributes

notions that would shock a Pagan but which re ,

ce ive a ready approval among the S imple savages

o f the S outh S eas or the dark skinned lowly

,
-

races of A frica With these communities the

.

D ivine F abricator of the Universe is a white tied -

parson w ith 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 upon the very beings whose hearts he

has hardened so as to make them merit these
calamities ; swearing many oaths ( for the B ible
says God will smite and curse the children of the
earth ) and immediately after violating those
,

fl
oaths ; the instigator to murder the patron of in ,

cest the pardoner of adultery the seducer of a

, ,

young virgin who was the a i an ced wife of ah

o ther so that true C hristianity between Peter and
,
THE M AGIC A ND O CCULTISM or I NDIA .
51

Paul is like Jesus crucifi ed between two thieves .

B ut why pursue the dreadful theme ? o r why com

mit to print the fearful thoughts that naturally
arise in the mind as the A theist G od of Petro
,

Paulite E urope and America looms up before us

, ,

covered with the blood of millions whom a belief ,

in his dark mystery has borne into ruin .

Le t tho s e w ho des i r e t o kn o w m o re on this sub

feet, an d the B i ble , whi ch his to ry s ho ws i s a

“
fo rg ery ,
rea d the
’
a u tho r s tw o la t e bo o ks , The
I m m a n en c e G o d, Kn o w Thys elf,
o f 432 p ages ,
“
an d G o d, The B i ble, Tru th, a n d C hris tia n Theo l
o gy, 570 p a ges , a n d he will have his eyes o p en ed

as they have n ever been bef o re .

T HE MAGI C AN D OCCUL T I S M OF IN DIA .

S PE C IA L FEAT URE S—HI N DU A N D EGYP TIAN C RYS TAL

GAZ I NG —AS T RA L A N D S PIRIT SIGHT IN DIAN -

C RYS TAL GA e G C LAIRVOYAN CE A N D TH E HI NDU

,

MAGI C M I RR OR .

P ART TWO .

C HAPT E R IV .

SPI RIT OR AS TRAL SIGH T .

M ost every living person possesses the natural

“ ”
gift of C lairvoyance or clear S pirit S ight 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 p roper means to
unfold them .

C lairvoyance o r A stral S ight ( state o f intro

,

s p e ctio n )
,
is not a sixth s en s e as some writers
52
THE M AGIC A ND O CC ULT ISM O F INDI A .
53

wrongly state it is the t rue development o f man s

,
’

ordinary inner or S piritual S ight which has been ,

stunted and injured by the materialism and ign o

rance which rules the world today .

L ive a natural life as did the o ld S e ers philos

, ,

o phe r s in the by gone ages when the highest and

,
-
,

best only reigned supreme and men and women ,

were taught to introduce the state of in tro sp e cti o n

at will and you can develop all your spiritual gifts
,

o r inner sight .

The first consideration is o f 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 S eer in his attempts -

at unfoldment You must also study all that has

.

been said here about the interior focalization o f

the m ind That you will succeed if you follow any
.

o n e of the methods I am teaching you is certain ,

and you will have phenomenal success if yo u will

only persevere and cleanse your mind from all
sordid material and unworthy thoughts .

In a word unless you will attempt to live the

,

L ife you cannot attain more than the ordinary gift

,

o f C rystal G azing but if you will go o n and seek

,

higher and believe you will succeed yo u cannot

, ,

have any limit to the extent of your spirit and

A stral Sight in any PLA CE at any TI M E and under
,

any C O NDITIO NS .
 M YS TIC TES T B O OK HIN DU OCCULT CHAM BER S
'

54 , .

Y will be able to introduce Spirit S ight at will

ou ,

and read in the A stral L ight the mysteries of the

past present and future both in your o w n 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 depe nd
c u t on your own good judgment .

The conditions of he a lth to be sought are

l st The better your health the d e m o n your
.
,

vision although many people in indi fferent health

,

do s ee yet they have not the greater powers You

,
.

should live as far as possible in the fresh air take ,

a reasonable amount o f exercise and try to hold ,

the thought of he a lth and p u ri ty ever before you r ”

2n d C leanliness is essential this includes body

.
,

and clothes you should bathe all ov er once a week

,

and change your linen at least once or twice a

week o r oftener if possible , .

3rd D iet 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 o ff a coarse red AURA or AS TRAL F OR CE , ,

which I will explain later entirely opposed to all ,

conditions e s s en ti a l to spirit S i ght A t any rate .

,

eat as little as possibl e but the amount of progress

,

yo u make almost entirely depends up o n your

56 M YS TI C TEST BOO K , HI ND U OCCULT C HA M BER S .

trol the power of concentration and the desire to

,

attain these gifts of the s p irit together with gen ,

u in e faith .

N ow having attained the necessary q u alifica

,

ti ons decide to have confidence in yourself and

,

make up your mind to mean business then set the ,

time o f sitting which should be kept religiously

,
.

I will now a ssume that yo u are ready to com

mence bu t befo r e yo u s ta r t m a ke u p yo u r m in d
,

tha t, w ha t thers have do n e yo u can a n d will do ,

o

an d tha t if yo u fail the fau lt i s yo u r o wn Y ou .

m us t help yo u r s elf N o bo dy ca n do fo r yo u wha t

.

y0 u m us t do fo r yo u r s e lf .

TH E B LAC K MI RR OR OR C RYS TAL .

Take a comfortable chair and sit facing the

N o rth sit at least three feet from the C rystal ; if
,

using the B lack Mirror hold it at arm s length ’

before you ( full instructions for the making of this

M irror will be given you in a later lesson ) but ,

whatever you do do not permit another to handle

,

o r touch your ball or glass and do not set it upon ,

a stand during your setting S et it upon a cushion .

o f black velvet—let this rest on the tabl e .

“
When not using the C rystal learn to Think
”
without watching that is to say learn to w ith
, ,

draw your attention from things aroun d you and

THE M A GI C AND O CCULTISM OF INDIA .
57

center it inwardly I t then you will be thinking

.
,

but not watching things around you in the material

world .

Try to take your ex ercise the same hour daily

and sit for at least fi fteen minutes increasing it ,

to half an hour as yo u feel able but as soon as

, ,

your eyes grow tired s top and rest them .

F ix your eyes upon the glass but without e Ho rt , ,

just watch it naturally and without taking them

,

away at all fix yo u r m in d u p o n the g la s s .

“
Wa tch q u ie tly wi tho u t thin kin g ”
.

C an you understand what I mean by that—I

want you to make your mind quite blank ready ,

to receive the pictures and impressions that will

come to you from the mirro r simply wa tch and ,

h —
br ea t e b e u t e and w a c
r h t h— have belief and faith
and get as quiet as pos sible .

N ow after a time I do not say at the fi rst sit

, ,

ting yo u will see scenes o r faces form in the glass

, ,

sometimes a cloud forms all over it and soft milky

clouds float around it and after these clear o ff
,

faces symbols and scenes appear clearly in the

,

glass B ut more often you will see by your astral

.

o r S pirit sight a face or some scene n o w dim no w , ,

bright then this will fade away and other faces

,

appear o r perhaps symbols fi gures o r even let

, ,

ters So as far as thi s go e s of course the S eer

.
, ,

can work by himself bu t when it comes to further

,
58 M YS TI C TE S T BOOK HIND U OC CUL T CHAM BER S;
,

d evelopment and the i nterpretation of symbols ,

the question of seeing without any means of con

centration such as the C rystal then yo u have
, ,

need of further instruction .

S PIRIT SI GHT .

The phase of A stral or S pirit S ight just cited ,

above is easily produced and should be 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 pu rityg fo r a soul which is

impregnated with love for hum anity and free ,

from jealousy hatred and evil of any kind I S

,

nec essary if you want good results in any business .

It is well to make notes of the symbols faces ,

and scenes which appear in the C rystal and to

keep them for further reference for you must ,

learn to interpretate them .

M r C W L e a dbe a te r in his vo lu m e
. . .
,
The ,
”
O the r Si de o f D ea th s a ys
,

C LAI RV OYAN CE I N SPIRITUALIS M .

Many of the phenomena commonly displayed

at a spiritualistic gathering are simply the mani
f e s ta tio n of the ordinary powers and faculties
THE M AGIC A ND O CC ULT ISM or I NDIA .
59

natural to the astral plane such as are possessed

,
“
by every dead man I have already explained
.

in my little work on C lairvo yan ce 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
hibite d by the dead O f reading a closed book o r
a sealed letter or describing the contents of a
,
”
locked box . I have had repeated evidence
through many di fferent mediums o f the posses
sion of this power ; sometimes the knowledge o b
ta in e d by its means was given out through the
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 va rying 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 D r , .

L ee in his G lim ps es o f the S up ern atu ral vo l ii

, ,
.
,

p.

TH E M ISS I NG P APE RS .

A commercial firm at B olton in L ancashire , ,

had found that a considerable sum of money which

60 M Y S TI C TE S T B O OK HIND U OCCULT C HAM BER S
, .

had been sent to their bank by a confidential clerk

” “
had not been placed to their credit The clerk .

remembe red 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 elu ci ,

date it sought the help of a Spirit medium The

,
-
.

medium promised to do her best H aving heard .

the story she presently passed into a kind o f

,

trance S hortly after She said : I see yo u go to

.
,
‘

the bank— I see you go to such and such a part o f

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 a t the time and wrote to the firm in ques

,

tion the name of which was given asking whether

, ,

the facts were as stated H e 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 N ovember ,

9 18 74 :
,
‘
Your account is a co rrect one I have .

the answer of the firm to my enquiry at home

’
no w .
THE M AGIC AND OCCULTISM OF INDIA .
61

The description given does not make it ab s o

lu telyclear whether this was a case of cla irvo y
ance on the part o f 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

,

o n r app o r t with the scene ; and then by following

it to its close he was able to supply the informa

tion required H ere is the authenticated record
.

o f another good example of such a case in which ,

the power of thought reading is much more promi

-

n en tly exhibited since all the questions were men

,

tal I t is extracted from the R ep o r t o n Spi ri tu al

.

i s m published by L ongman L ondon in 187 1 and

, , , ,

is to be found 1n the E x am in a ti o n o f the M as te r

o f L in ds ay p 2 15,
. .

A L O S T WILL .

Afriend o f mine w as very anxious to find the “

will o f his grandmother who had been dead forty

,

years but could not even find the certificate o f

,

her death I went with him to the Marshalls and

.
,

we had a s !ance ; we sat at a table and soon the ,

raps came ; my frien d then asked his questions

m entally ; he went over the alphabet himself o r ,
62 MY STI C T E S T BOO K HIND U OCCULT CHAM BER S
, .

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 W hite ,

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 u n

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 .

C LAIRVOYAN T READI NGS .

This power of clairvoyance is also frequently

displayed in a minor way at the weekly meetings
o f which I have spoken A fter the trance address
.

is over the medium usually expresses her rea di

,
“ ”
ness to give descriptions o r readings as they , ,

are often called of the surroundings of various

,

members O f the audience Where 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 individual s will be selected and
,

called up for special attention .

I have heard striking fragments of private

64 M YS TIC TE S T BOOK HIND U OCCULT CH A M BER S
, .

a girl ; a n s o m e young chap he was too !n o t more

’ ’
,

than fiv e and twenty and to be drownded like

- -
,
”
that !
M ediu m Um !yes—yes— ah ! I see him more
.

clearly now— yes you re right I t s not a white

,
’
.
’

beard—it s the white undershirt what sailors

’

—
wears that s what it is ! ” ’

“
Cho ru s H ow 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
.

illi terate woman there would come on another o c

casion some me ssage about a matter of which she
could by no possibility have known anything—a
message which she could never have evolved from
he r sordid consciousness by any amount of clumsy
guess work
-
.

A PRI VATE TEST .

Iremember on one such occasion applying a

little private test of my own to a medium in a
poor L ondon suburb S he was a coarse looking.
-

woman whom I had never seen before but she

, ,

seemed earnest enough though far from cultured ,

.

S he went on from one member o f the circle to an

THE M A GIC A ND OCC ULT I SM OF I N DIA .
65

other monotonously describing behind each o f

,

them spirits with flowing robes and smiling faces ;

she varied the story a little in my own case by
giving me a dark looking foreign gentleman
-
,
”
with something white round his head which may ,

very pos sibly have been true enough or may have ,

been merely a coincidence .

I t occurred to me to try whether she could see a

thought form so as a change from all these rev
-
,

er o nd white haired sp I rit s with flowing robes I

-
,

set myself to project as strong a mental image as

I could construct Of two chubby boys in E tons ,

standing behind the chair o f the member of the

circle who was next in o rder for examination .

S ure eno ugh when that person s turn came the

,
’
,

medium ( o r the man speaking through her if there ,

was one ) described my imagina ry boys with toler

"

able accuracy and represented t hem as sons o f

,

the lady behind whom they stood The latter de .

nied this explaining that her sons were grown

,
"

m en and the medium then suggested gr a n dchil

,

dren which was also repudiated so the mystery

, ,

remained unsolved B ut from the incident I de

“

du ce d two conclusions : F irst that either the me

,

diu m was genuinely clairvoyant or there really

was a dead person speaking through her ; and s ecl
o n dly that whoever was concern ed had not yet
,

s u fficient discernment to distinguish a thought

66 M Y S TIC TE S T BOOK HI NDU OCCULT CHAM BER S
, .

form materialized o n the astral plane from a living

astral body ”
The O ther Si de o f D ea th by C W
.
,
. .

L ea dbe a ter .

S o far I have only been dealing with S pirit S ight

f o r 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 o ff his glove ,

touch his hand quite lightly with one o f your

fingers to establish communication between you ,
“ ”
o r what is called r a pp o r t then you must look
,

earnestly and quietly into the glass and tell ex

actly what you see or what is given to yo u ; re

member that o u no account must you reason ; to do

s o 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 n o t know why you cannot know,

what reference they will have to the a ffairs of

your client but will find them true .

Unless the C rystal 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
tu res since it is not the virtue of the glass but
,

your own S pirit S ight which can read the A URA

o r see in the A stra] light o f those who consult
“

yo u .
T HE M AGIC A ND OCCULTI S M OF I NDIA .
67

RO C K C RYS TAL OR H I N D U B ERY L .

The real Rock C rystal or B eryl is very exp en

sive quite a small one costing $ 50 but you can get
, ,

an excellent C rystal or imported Sphere for $ 3

that will do equally as well or the Magic o r B lack
,

Mirror the materials for making which will cost

,

yo u about

A URA OR A S T RAL LI GHT .

To return to the A URA or A stral L ight 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 o f its color as i t sur
rounds every man woman and child
, .

The A URA or A stral Light is a mist like emana -

tion which arises from every animate and inani

mate object .

The AURA or A stral L ight thrown o ff by people

is composed of tiny atoms of s o minute a character
it is entirely impercep tible 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 E urope and America

as C la i rvo yan t S ight The A URA is of the nature
.

o f a cloud which entirely surrounds the person sit

ting and it is through reading this either know

,
68 M Y S T IC TE S T BOOK HI ND U OCCULT CHAM BER S
, .

in gly o r unconsciously that the C lairvoyant is able

to deduce the events in the lives of those around
him .

The ability to see this A URA or read in the

A stral L ight is only acquired after long practice
,

and psychic training which means that you have

,

to sit regularly to eat temperately to have co m

, ,

p le te control over temper your feelings t ru e fai th

, ,

a n d b eli ef in yo u r s e lf to g e t r esu lts ; and also it

means sexual purity and continence yet without ,

doubt the results more than repay one for the

e ffo rt required to obtain them .

I t is best when the clairvoyant faculty or your

S pi rit S ight has been developed to the necessary
degree to sit l OO kin g quietly at the subject with
, ,

o u t winking the eyes a t all m ake the mind blank,

and gaze very steadily for at least ten or fifteen

minutes in silence ; at the end o f that time you will
perceive by your S pirit S ight the health AURA o r
A stral L ight 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 L ea dbea te r in
. . . s p e a kin g o f A s tra l
“
Tho u ght f o rm s i n his w o rk,
- The O the r S i de o f
D e a th, s ays
“
E very thought o f the man which is connected
T HE M AGI C AND OC C ULTISM OI
'
IN DIA .
69

with self o r tainted by any desire for his o wn gain

instantly draws round itself matter o f the astral
plane as well as of the mental and remains hover
,

ing round him I f any man yiel ds frequently to

.

thoughts of this type he makes for himself exceed

,

in gly strong thought forms which are constantly

-
,

fl
fed and rendered more and more powerful by each
recurrence of the feeling D uring physical life
.

these are invisible to him although their in uence

,

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 I n many cases it is in this way that men
.

fi rst come to realize how ugly and hateful some of

their thoughts may be and so they learn to exo r
,

cise more rigid supervision over them .

A man may sometimes fi nd himself surrounded

by thoughts which are not his own for if any one ,

else i s directing towards him any strong feeling ,

whether it be of love or hate o f j oy or sorrow , ,

he will certainly find the thought form which ex -

presses it hovering about him and will feel within ,

himself the e ffect of its vibrations I t is in this .

way that the strong thoughts of love and the .

friendly wish which should accompany a remem

brance o f the dead produce so ben eficent a result
 M Y S TI C TE S T BOO K HIND U OCCULT CHAM BER S
, .

upon them We may if we will surround the

.
, ,
“ ”
friend whom we have lost with a rosy cloud of
affectionate thought through which he will see
,

fl
everything co u leu r de r o s e so that it may be a ,

veritable shield for him from unpleasant in

u en ce s ; and its own action upon him will also

tend to stir up within him sympathetic feelings

o f affection and to calm all disturbances
, A ref .

erence to Plate 1x I n M an Vis i bl e a n d I n vis i ble

will Show how the thought form of affection is -

shaped within the astral body of the thinker and ,

in the illustrations to Mrs B esant s article upon.

’

“ ”
Thought F orms in Lu cife r S eptember 1896 , ,

the thought form will be seen rushing on its way

-

towards its object .

O ther 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 ha s 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 O n 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 .

ab le example O f this was seen in the case of H er

Maj esty the late ! ueen Victoria whose rapid ,

passage into the heaven world was undoubtedly -

due to the millions O f loving and grateful thought

 M YS TIC TE ST BO O K HINDU OC CULT CHAM BER S
, .

ated by many persons to co ale s e into one gigantic

phantom and if this be o f an unpleasant nature
, ,

the result may be very terribl e —The O ther Si de

o f D ea th by L ea dbe a te r
,
.

The m ean in g a ttache d to Tho u ght fo rm s a n d -

HU M AN AURA will be given in a la te r l es s o n

C LAI RV OYAN T OR AS TRAL SIGHT .

No w far as the di fferent kinds o f Clairvo y

so

ance o r d egrees O f A stral or S pirit Si ght are con

cerned I shall place normal S pirit S ight first
, .

The o n ly n a tu ra l a n d n o r m al
Sp i ri t Sight o r
vis i o n i s o bta in ed by s o co n t r o lling yo u rs e lf tha t

yo u ca n by y o u r o w n f a i th a n d w i ll bring a bo u t
the in teri o r f o ca liz a ti o n o f the m in d at wi ll .

C lairvoyance in a trance c o ndition when the ,

subject is at the mercy o f chance S pirits is n o t ,

always reliable and seldom as clear as the normal

vision which is the result O f self induction
,
-
.

C lairvoyance under Hypnotism which is pra o ,

ticed to a great extent by the Hindus though ,

capable o f great development is open to the same ,

charge as the N eophyte who not having full and

, ,

cl e a r S pirit Sight himself does not ever know that

,

spirits may assume command o f his subject s ’

mentality what personalities they assume o r what

,

mischief they may bring about so that if you ,

THE MA G I o A ND 0 0 011a or INDIA .
73

r e ally w an t the best be content with the methods

given here which yo u are receiving for only a few
,

dollars until such time as you may be able t o

,

receive private and personal instruction from a

master .

Remember that the hum an A URA o r A stral

Thought F orms imprint themselves and their his
tory o n everything they come in contact with and ,

by these means you can develop the power o f

P s ycho m e try which is s o clo sely allied to C lair
,

voyance that it is difficult to say which is which

“ ”
when a sensitive begins to work .

G iven a letetr o r an article belonging to any

person you can in this manner learn the history
by simply holding the same lightly in your hand
o r against the right side o f your head never t o the ,

forehead as some surface writers advise

,
.

I f you will follow the instruction I have given

yo u will make a splendid S e er and I say this to
-

all who will have true faith and absolute belief

,

in themselves since the gift o f the S pirit Sight

,

is free for all who fulfil the conditions and believe .

D oes not Jesus the G reatest M aster and C lair

,

voyant that ever lived say A cco rdin g t o yo u r

,
”
b e li ef be i t u n to yo u To you then who believe
.
, , ,

and listen for the inner voice of revelation and ,

the oncoming o f the Spirit o r A stral Sight all ,

nature and all the hidden doings and secrets o f

 M YS TI C T E ST B OOK , HI N D U OCCULT CHAM BER S .

mankind will be as an open book ; nothing will be

hidden from you when you choose to use your
inn er or A stral S ight .

P RA CTI CE .

S it daily for half an hour in perfect silence and ,

at a time most suitable to yourself and gaze into ,

th e C rystal glass bowl or mirror ; record a ll that

,

passes ; you must not reject things on the plea

that they may be fancy ; very little is fancy that
co m es to you in this way but is mostly real even
, ,

if it appears shadowy D o not forget the breath

.

ing exercises as these hav e a very great potent

,

effect upon the inner sight and will help you

greatly D o n o t f o rg e t f ri en d w he the r yo u be a
.
, ,

br o the r o r s i s te r in this w o rk, t o r em em b er e very

thin g I ha ve s a id to yo u i n the f o r ep a rt o f this

“
bo o k u n de r the he a din g I M P O RTAN T W O RDS . I
s u pp o s e yo u u n de r s ta n d tha t a hai r br ain ed
-
fo o l
no r a lazy, br a in les s in dividu a l ca n n o t get r e su lts .

I yo u wa n t r es u lts , g e t do wn to g o o d ha rd w o rk;
f
’
ke ep a t i t a ll the tim e a n d do n t w a s te yo u r tim e
tryin g t o fin d fau lt o r co m p la in in g a bo u t yo u r n o t
bein g a ble to do a n ythin g, fo r if yo u fail i t is yo u r
o fau lt
wn .

Apparitions are referred to as follows by C W . .

“
L eadbeater in his book The O ther S ide o f,
”
D eath
T HE M AGI C AND OCC ULTISM O F INDIA .
75

There was a time not many years a go when it

was fashionable to ridicule anyone who had had
the good fortune to meet face to face an inhabit
ant o f 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

”
ta ti o n as sane members of a m a te ri ali s tl c 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 n o w
.

recognized as showing not intellectual vigour but

ignorance and assumption When there exists a
.

S ociety for Psychical Re search which numbers

among its members well known scientists like Sir
-

William C rookes and S ir O liver L odge and public ,

men like Mr A rthur B alfour and when that s o

.
,

ci e ty issues huge volumes of learned reports upon

such phenomena and considers them worthy o f

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 o f -

superstition .
’

“
Impartial enquiry into the subject o f appari
tions shows us that from all countries o f the world
there come well attested accounts of the occasional
-

return of the dead S uch visitors have rarely

.

g iven much information with regard to the w orld

76 M YS TIC TE S T BOOK , HIND U OCCULT CHAM BER S .

from which they came though a good deal may be

,

inferred from collation and comparison of the

various stories B ut at any rate the mere fact
.

that man does survive the process called death is

proved for any fa i r mi nded investigator by these
-

accounts alone .

A s Mr W T S tead remarks in the introduct ion

. . .

“ ”
to his Real Ghost S tories
O f all the vulgar superstitions o f the half
educa ted none dies harder than the absurd delu
,

sion that there are no such things as ghosts A ll .

the experts whether spiritual poetical or seien

, , ,

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 B ut as to .

the fact of its existence whatever it may be there

, ,

is no longer any serious dispute amo ng honest

I nvestigators I f anyone questions this let him
.
,

investigate for himself In six months possibly .

,

in six weeks or even in six days he will fin d it

, ,

impossible to deny the reality of the existence of

the phenomena popularly entitled ghostly H e .

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 .
THE MAGIC AND OCC ULT ISM O F I NDIA .

S PI RITUALIS M .

Another w ay in which many tr avelers have

retu rned is through the use of the m eans provided
by mod ern spiritualism I am well aware that
.

there has b een much fraud and deception in this

connection but I also kn ow from personal investi
,

g a tio n that there is truth to be found along these

lines by the patient and indefatigable seeker .

Unless specially trained in the higher clairvo y

ance however the enquirer is ve ry much at the
, ,

mercy o f 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 an aly

sis o f some o f the phenomena o f sp i ritualism but ,

for the present my point is that here I s an o ther

source from which information as to the life after
death i s to be obtained by tho se who are willing
”
to take some trouble in lo o kin g f o r it .

I t may be said that any value which spiritual

is tic testimony may possess is la rgely discounted
by the fact that it is not always consistent— that
the acc ounts given by spi rits 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 o f acceptance .

B ut I do say that in very m any cases the com

78 M Y S TI C TE ST BOOK HI ND U OCCULT CHAM BER S
, .

m u n icatin g entity is telling the truth as far as he

knows it and that the di fference between the state
,

ments made by two such entities is often due to the

fact that both of their views are partial and n o t to ,
”
any wilful deception practised by either of them .

“
F or exampl e most of those who speak through
,

mediums in E ngland and America describe the

after death state as a progressive life in a sum
-
‘

m e rlan d which is in fact only a glorified repro

’
,

duction o f the earth and so far as they give any

,

religious teaching it is always a kind of Chris

“

ti a n i ty and
-
water — certainly w ider and less rigid
-

than the orthodox idea though usually very much

,

vaguer but still distinctly Christian in tone O ne

, .

gets so used to this that I remember it was quite

a surprise to me when I attended my first s !ance
in C eylon to find that all the communicatin g enti
ties were B uddhists and that beyond the grave
'

they also had found their religious preconceptions

confirmed exactly as had the members o f various
,

Christian sects over here B ut di fferences such .

as these become easily comprehensible when we

understand that after death as before like , ,

attracts like and that people o f the same race

, ,

religion or caste will keep together and remain

apart from the rest of humanity in that world as
” —
in this . The O ther S i de o f D ea th Lea dbea ter , .
80 M Y S TIC TES T BOOK HIND U OCC ULT CH A M BER S
, .

and wait ; this repeat five or six times keeping ,

the eyes still closed an d grea t waves of color will

,
'

pass before you in sweeping rolling lengths which , ,

will pass from one side to the other This method .

is followed by the Hindus S itting or lying when , ,

they want certain information about you .

When the A stral Auras become clear and vivid

you will place the full meaning given upon them ;
when cloudy then wi ll the re ading be averse .

The same can be done with the C rystal but the ,

Aura will not always be so vivid and for the ,

ability to see the A URA I much prefe r the method

given here as names and faces will float in the
,

clouds of A stral L ight .

AS TRAL A URAS A ND T H EIR C OLORS .

The di fferent AURAS shown in the A st ral L ight

are ten in number and they have a fix ed meaning ,

but they are seldom seen pure as in the prism .

The meanings which follow are of great use to the

S e e r no matter whether the colors appear in the
,

C rystal or with the high phases of Spirit S ight .

A S T RAL C OLORS A ND T H EI R M EAN I NG .

O range , material success very good ,

.

G reen j oy pleasure light he arted

, , ,
.

Yellow a surprise—if cloudy unpleasant news

, ,
.

B lue intellectual a good brain

, ,
.
THE M AGI C AND OCC ULT ISM O F I NDIA .
81

Violet spirituality S pirit Sight possible

, ,
.

White is of good omen

, .

B lack trouble danger a bad omen

, , ,
.

C rimson love sympathy and good will

, , , .

Red passion very sensual

, ,

S o much f o r the general readings ; now fo r the

enl arged .

I f the A stral colors should happen to come

wi thin the mental vision with any planet zodiacal ,

S ign letters numbers etc ; attached it will alter

, , ,
.

the meaning but at first be content to w f i te down

,
'

the nature of any vision carefully and int erpret at

leisure .

AS TRAL A URAS I N TH E CRYS TAL .

Always get at this before you attempt further

development o f your S pirit o r A stral S ight .

B ear in mind also that many of these conditions

change and alter from day to day even—un less
the A stral A ura is very dense and dark o r all ,

very light and pure when the uniform condition

,
“ ”
will indicate a certain set condition in the
mental and spiritual conditions .

You will always fin d that the fin e and pure

AURAS rise ; they will be highest in the C rystal ,

above the head in the A URA The denser colors .

always sink the purer rise ,

.

Y o u wi ll see from this how to read the colors ,

32 M Y STIC TES T B O OK HI NDU OC CULT CHAM B ER S
, .

bu t yo u should always balance one against the

other ; never jump to a conclusion and never te ll ,

p p
e o le t o o m u ch They are not intended to
. lift
the veil altogether .

When the A stral L ight or A URAS appear in the

C rystal 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 C rystal surrounded by

,
.
,

waves or clouds o f A URA when the colors will ,

indic ate the condition the person whose face

appears is in and you must give your reading
,

accordingly .

TH E MEAN I NG O F TH E AURAS .

PALE VIOLE T signifies love passion suffering , ,

and great endurance .

GREE N shows the person will attain victo ry and

s ucc es s 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 ; S H UN THE M

wha teve r yo u do fo r if yo u don t you will regret it
,
’
.

BRO WN signifies greed avarice disappointment , ,

and dishonor .
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83

These colors will appear clearly to yo u if your ,

inner Sight is developed in the AURA or A stral

C loud which envelopes mankind and all living
bodies ; they will also be observed in your C rystal
o r M agic Mi r ror .

Y o u will seldom see them alone ; they will nearly

always appear with symbols letters or some indi ,

cation o f form which will give yo u the real Key to

their meaning .

These di fferent colors o f the Auras indicate

clearly the mental and spiritual condition as well ,
'

as the traits an d characteristics o f the people who

'

consult o r whom you are diagnosing .

Y o u can tell at once what condition your client

is in as your S pirit Sight grows and yo u learn
,

to interpret the A stral C olors .

The gross material and mentally unorgani z ed

,

people will be surrounded with darke r shades o f

~

red of black o f brown o f blue o f green ; mean

, , , ,

and treacherous people will have clouds of br o wn

around them those who are deceitful and j ealous
,

will have clouds o f mustardy yellow or dirty green ,

whilst the hypocrite will be surrounded with a

bro wn y blue mixture The bad tem pered irritable
.
,

person will have much scarlet ; the sensual persons

clouds o f red I t is thus the hypocrite and the
.

deceitful will be made known to yo u alone .

N o w in this way you strike the very key not e o f -

84 M Y S TIC TE ST BOO K HIND U OC CULT CHAM BE R S
, .

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 C rystal .

WHITE is a token o r emblem o f innocence faith ,

and purity This 1s but seldom seen in the Aura

.

o f ordinary people but comes to those of special

,

spiritual training who ha ve learned the great les

“ ” “ ”
sons Co n tr o l Thys elf
, Kn o w T HYSELF , .

R ED, o f
a pale shade or tint signifies love cre ,

ative power a character full of warmth inventive

, ,

genius vitality and true worth

, .

S CARLET signifies lust passion and a lo w degen

, ,

e ra te d sensual nature
,
.

B LOOD R ED means war , hatred punis hment , .

S CARLE T A N D B LAC K combined in the A stral A URA

indicates a diabolical outburst o f passion possibly ,

bloodshed and poor control over the will o r reason

ing powers

fl
.

B LA C K prominent in the AURA will show mate

r ia lity a f iction , gros s earthly thoughts and a
,

mercenary nature .

GREY means frequent mourning trouble and ,

continued so rro w an d disappointment

'

PALE B LU E shows an intellectual nature ,

o ne
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who is in an advanced state o f development and

under standing of self hood -
.

D E EPE R SH ADE O F B LUE shows religious fe rvour ,

but if there is a mixture o f brown or grey with it

ther e will be a good deal of selfishnes s and pious
deceit with the religion and a good deal of narrow
,

bigotry in the nature o f those who show this

A stral C olor .

YELLO W o f a muddy mustardy color will belong

,

to a person enviou s jealous whose disposition is

, ,

uns atisfactory in his dealings inconstant often , ,

deceitful and a liar .

C LEAR P URE YE LLO W indicates the highest order

o f intellectuality intuitional and generally spirit
,

u ally disposed .

O RANGE indicates a somewhat lower order o f in

tellectu a lity an d a good deal o f success in com
m ercial life .

A D EE P VI OLE T B L U E a very high state of spirit

u a lity—it is seldom seen however I regret to , ,

state .

A C LEAR B RI GHT B LUE will indicate a condition

o f religious fervour and where there is much of
,

this it might quite po ssibly be unbearable to those

surrounding the person who will wait neither time
,
86 M YS TIC TE ST BOO K HI ND U OCCULT CHAM BER S
, .

nor opportunity to thrust his pious opinions upon

them .

Where considerable pale blue A stral Aura is in

evidence yo u get the man who is coldly i ntellectual ,

often scientific generally piety and free from lust

,

of passion These people have a refining influence

.

on others and frequent places of a r t and cu ltu re ,

and refined music .

DARK YE LLOW AURAS are always best avoided ,

people with these a re always very jealous envious ,

unscrupulous and deceitful B ad for business .

dealings and bad associates

,
.

The C LEAR SH ADES O F YELLO W indicate a very

high order of intellectuality and these people will ,

be o u t o f the common run not at all frequent ,

amongst your client s

'

So with the VI OLE T B LUE A URA the man o r ,

woman who carries this has intense aspiration for

spiritual things will never mix up with anything
,

degrading gross or mean Will be trustworthy

,
.
,

truthful and genuine G ood people to associate

.

and do business with .

TH E INFL UE N CE AS TRAL C OLORS

fl
O F TH E ON

O TH E RS .

The in uence upon others of the varying shades

o f the R ED A S T RA L A URA thrown o ff by certain

people is widely di fferent .

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,
.

B L UE and PALER VI OLE T with perhaps some muddy

,

yellow o r green combined in it—here you have pas

sion , a certain degree o f intellectuality, a desire
f o r spiritual things , but an underlying strat a o f
deceit selfishness and jealou sy which will keep the
,

subject from any gr eat advancement—a weak

character clearly .

Warn him of this if you feel it wis e .

N ow there comes into your vision ano ther face

and surroundin g it you get clouds of red and black ,
o f brown even and flashes o f scarlet .

You will see at once that it is necessary to warn

your client o f this man who can be no friend to
,

him and only a bad influence .

TH E B LAC K AURA .

fl
The influence of the B LAC K A URA is lowering and
brings a depressing in uence upon other people
and a ffects all those who may come in contact
,

with it .

I ts influence upon the person who creates it is

very bad it brings his life into chaos it keeps him
, ,

o n a low level it creates gross imperfect conditions

,

which are difficult to overcome S uch people are .

always in tro uble too and seem to attract evil and

, ,

disa s ter .
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C H APT E R VI .

SYM B OLS AND PLAN E T S .

I n last lesson I stated that in addition to

yo u r
the actual vision o f color perceived by your S piri t
Sight there are times when the planets would be
,

seen in connection with th ese colors .

I t mu st be borne in mind that to be a succe ssful

S ee r and M edium the w orld o f symbols must be
fully grasped and that for o n e person who can
,

see things as they actual ly occur in the A stral

Light there are twenty who s e e the same thing in
s ymbols The exact vision is r are 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 n o t for o n e in

stant advocate and o n e which is seldom relied
,

upon—there are times when the revelation is n o t

o f a nature to help o r elevate .

WHITE A ND B LA C K MAG I C .

In the symbolic world o n the contrary there is

, ,

very little of this but the earnest student m us t

,
90 M YS TIC TE ST B OO K HINDU O CCULT CH A M BER S
. .

learn to distinguish between white and bla ck

magic and to remember that the subject of S pirit
,

and A stral S ight and O ccult Powers covers a ve ry

wide area and can be put to all sorts of uses good
, , ,

bad and indi fferent .

A s 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

.

tinct and very important meaning .

SI GNS O F TH E ZODI AC .

The signs o f the Zodiac are divided into four

groups and these groups are known as triplicities
, ,

earth air fire and water

, ,
.

A n d the atmosphe ric spirits those nameles s ,

beings which throng the very air we breathe called ,

“
elementals are also divided into four groups
,

governing the same elements .

C lairvoyants Mediums and sen s atives are in

,

particular open to the inroads of these m is chiev

ous influences and must be warned against them
,
.

The E arthy Triplicity is Taurus Vi rgo and ,

C apricorn .

The Triplicity is Aries L eo and Saggit ,

tarins .

The Water Triplicity is C ancer S corpio and ,

Pisces .

When people come to you clad in certain colors

’

,
THE M AGI C AND OCC ULT I SM OF INDIA .
91

or yo u fin d these colors predominatin g in their

home dress etc then you can place them under
, , .
,

the Triplicities to which they belong and you can ,

tell them what elementals they must avoid .

Those people w ho belong mostly to the airy

triplicity will have a love for blue red and black ,
.

The fiery triplicity gives o ff 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
,
.

I t is taught by H indu Seers that Where the four

elementals earth air fire and water prevail there
, , , ,

will be found certain corresponding spheres gov

erned by spirits o f the planets and these ele
m en tal s bear names according to the substance
over which they rule and the elementals which
,

they obey their dictates .

I n the Sanscrit they are known as follows

Thus Akasha is inspired by the good I ndra and
signifies the mother ether F ire by A gn i— air by
.

P a va n o —water by Va ru n a— earth by Ks hi ti .

I t is taught that under each of these exalted in

telligen ce s there are seven orders and under them ,

yet again seven orders and so o n ad in fin itu m

through the co smos into chaos .

The ancient Initiated o r C abbalists divide the

elementals thus :
92 M Y S TIC TES T B O O K HINDU O CCULT CHAM BER S
, .

F ire S alamande rs
,
.

Air S ylphs
,
.

Water Undines ,
.

E arth Gnomes ,
.

They Simply swarm in the elemen tal they rep

resent and they attend each individual according
,

to their o fi ce and strength in that in dividual S

,
’

psychic other than material composition

, ,
.

A man or woman is spiritual o r material not s o ,

much according to their fleshy standard as the ,

standard of their soul When these elementals .

a re in a peaceable frame of mind they do very li ttle

harm or indeed none and often good B ut when

, ,
.

they are disturbed o r in a malevolent frame of

mind they are like swiftly moving flames o r atoms
,

s wishing 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 n o t to sit

,

late at night gazing at their C rystals or a B lack

Mirror I am really warning them a gainst the
,

un due i nfluences likely to attack them in the fo rm

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

94 M Y STIC TE S T B OOK HIND U OCCULT CHAM BER S
, .

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 H ence the C lairvoyant
.

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 ea rlyhours of

the morning The best time to sit f o r development
.

is certainly from eight to nine o clock in the eve

’

ning S it in a dark room and concentrate all your

.

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 ful l deep breaths as directed in

,

fl
the last chapter and at last the desired form will
appear .

The great thing is to avoid promiscuous in u

en ce s and another thing is to sit alone if possible
, ,

and certainly not with more than o ne person in the

room—remember that law an d wi ll p o wer are
expressions of the u n ive rs a l s p i ri t and that will
, ,

la w and the perfect self balance taught by the les

,
-

“ ”
son C ontrol Thyself all tend to establish a p o s
i tive mental attit ude which is quite able to avoid
the troubles threatened by elementals When the .
THE M AGI C A ND OCCULT ISM or INDIA .
95

S eeris in a weak and negative state of mind they ,

lay themselves open to be obsessed by elementals ,

and for this reason a trance C lairvoyant is often

—
the victim of promiscuous control and misleading
results a n d this a ls o very o ften leads to in s an i ty
and de a th
.

I do not advocate trance Cl airvoyance it is dan ,

gerons and seldom reliable but as these chapters ,

would not be complete without a few words o n

the subject of self hypnotism I will proceed to
-

describe what I have found to be the best method .

Hindu Masters and S e e rs are able to induce the

state of introspection with a slight e ff ort o f their
will but the ne o pyte will find this an impossibility
,

until he learns to have faith .

L et the pupi l sit facing the E ast in a chair o f ,

wood , with a comfortable footstool Then fix the .

gaze steadily upon a Magic Mirror and draw thirty

long deep breaths A fter a short time the eyes
.

will grow weary close and the S ee r falls into a

, ,

state of coma or Self induced trance and is then

,
-
,

able to exercise the inner or S piritual S ight There .

must always be somebody in the room to take down

all that is said of course the person for whom
,

you are in a trance will do very well it is not n ec ,

essary to have a third person G ive strict orders .

that no on e is to arouse you but make a suggestion

,

to yourself as you enter the trance that you will ,

96 M YS T I C TE ST B O O K HI NDU DCCULT C HAMB ER S
, .

awake after a certain length o f time The proces s .

I have described above is a g e nu in e trance but ,

three parts of the s o 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 yo u are an adept and absolute
master o f yourself otherwise yo u will only lay
,

yourself open to trouble .

revert again to the p lan etry symbols when

To
they appear in the crystal no matter what the ,

colors attending them

MARS always means action ,
war ,
quarrels , a
martial spirit .

VE NUS means love marriage ,

.

J UPITER success often social position

‘

.
, ,

SAT URN ,
at times trouble more often melan ,

cho ly and great troubles .

The SU N means victory joy triumph , ,

.

M ER CURY financial matters writing literature ,

, , ,

science etc ,
.
98 M Y S TI C TE ST B O O K HIND U OC CULT CHAM B ER S
, .

S corpio means passion lust red hot anger , ,

.

S a gittarius all things connected with ho rses

, ,

racing animals etc

, ,
.

C apricorn 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 engine ering the O ccult and all things deal

,

ing with the hidden laws of the Universe one of ,

the most difficult signs to master and full o f all

sorts of contradictions .

Pisces indicates sea j ourneys travel water , ,

fatalities and kindred matters according to the

nature of the color clouds And to each of thes e .
‘

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 A ries L eo or S agittarius a t
, ,

tended with victorious colors means that the ele

m en tals are friendly and that fire will help not
hinder And so with the others The subject mat
. .

ter o f this chapter must be committed to memory .

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C H A PT E R VI I .

Ho w MAKE P REPARE A N D USE A MAGI C HI N DU

'

To , OR

B LAC K M IRRO R .

The disciple who prefers to use a Magic M irror

to the C rystal can o f course do so and many get
, , ,

fine results sinc e the Mirror will be made with his

,

o wn hands magnetised with his own magnetism

, ,

and to most people will prove a much more val

u able med ium for clea r seeing than the ordinary

C rystal and moreover it is not so tiring to the

,

eyes H owever using the C rystal occasionally is

.
,

good fo r continuous development of S pirit Sight .

The fi rst requisites are the necessary materials

f o r the M irro r these can be obtained from places
,

I will name but are not obtainable from the o r

,

din a ry run o f artists colormen or chemists , .

Write Messrs de L aurence S cott 85 Co 1514

.
,
.
,

M asonic Temple C hicago Ill U S A fo r the, , .

, . . .
,

glass which you must have to make the Magic

M irror .

These glasses are imported by de L aurence ,

S cott Co and are full concave They are called

.
,
.

by de L aurence Scot t Co The H indu B lack

,
.
10 0 M Y S TIC TE S T BOO K HI ND U O C CULT CHAM BER S
, .

Magics as they know full well what they are used

,

for Price of one glass prepaid packed against

.
, ,

breakage ,

N ext you must have a tube of bismuth and

o n e camel hair brush which they will also supply ,

f o r 50 cents Just send them

. and
they will send the glass for Hindu B lack M agic
Mirror the bismuth and brush prepaid N ow
,
.

procure a pint of ordinary turpentine a yard o f ,

clean white linen muslin or nainsook for cleaning

, ,

the glasses , etc two saucers which must be new

.
, , ,

and a sheet o f sti ff cardboard or paper to rest your

glass on during the coating process .

In addition to this you need a bo x which is

dustproof to hold the Magl c Mirror while it is
drying and another box to contain it when fi n
i she d This last may be obtained from any good
.

confectioner .

T he M agic o r Hin du B la ck Mi rr o r af ter i t i s ,

fi n i s he d m u s t
,
b e kep t w e ll w ra pp e d in a bla ck
v elve t clo th w hen no t in use .

E verything you use in the work must be clean

and new .

You must not tel l anyone o f your project but ,

keep it a secret .

Y o u must do the work in a clean room if pos ,

sible the room yo u have prepared and made ready,

as described in Chapter III .
1 02 M Y S TIC TES T BOOK, HINDU OCCULT CHA M B ER S .

col d during the process The magnetising Should

.

take about twenty minutes and your thought s

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 fo r seven days when the ,

process must be again repeated as on the first o c

casion in fact it is repeated three times an in
, , ,

te rv al of one week lapsing between each opera

tion thus it takes three weeks to complete
,
.

O n 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 n o

unholy hands to touch it .

This Mirror is the same as those used by the !

ancient magicians a nd the Hindu S e ers 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 yo u use
, ,

unless you receive clients when you should cer ,

tain ly have a di fferent chamber to that of the cere

mony for the eyes of the curious are not for your
,
THE M AGIC AND OCC ULTISM OF I NDIA .
10 3

secrets nor their comments for the things you

,

hold sacred .

When you have finished the Mirror you may

use it as you would a C rystal with the exception
that you hold it in your lap and place your
thumbs one on each of the poles the right thumb
, ,

o n the right pole and the left thumb on the left

pole I f yo u prefer however you may sit in the

.
, ,

dark then you must gaze earnestly into the depths

, .

o f the M irro r and wait with all patience f o r wha t

may appear .

“ ”
WIT H OU T HAS TE WITH O U T R ES T
, ,

you cannot force these gifts o f the spirit .

1 04 M YS TI C TEST BOOK HI ND U OCCULT CHAM BER S
, .

C HAPT E R VIII .

TH E AS TRAL FLA M E .

B efo re the disciple can obtain S pirit or A stral

S ight he must be absolute master of himself You .

cannot master the forces of nature until you can

master those of your o wn 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 co mplete co n

trol of their sensual and physical nature o r ex
cesses .

When the passions are not controlled the result ,

is terrible and the birth of countless m o n s tro s i

,

ties which literally throng the atmosphere and

,

continually impede the spiritual and earthy prog

ress of the offenders is one of the sad trials o f
,
106 M YST IC TE ST BOOK HI ND U OCCULT CHA M BER S
,
.

harm you an even temper untiring perseverance ,

pure living freedom from anim al desires —these

, ,

must be yours if you would lift the veil which

hides the Past and the F uture .

I f you desire to develop you S pirit o r S oul S ight

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 G aze into your C rystal and concentrate
.

upon the knowledge you need— avoid spe culation

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 .

Remember that the normal C lairvoyant is a power

in himself and is not of this world only but has ,

connection with the unseen .

The doors of S pirit S ight can only be opened

to the man who has patience and these words Will , ,

and Power B elief and F aith are the keys to their

, ,

unfoldment .

TH E MAGI C or MAGN ETIS M .

I t has been held for many ages more in the E as t ,

than in prosaic E ngland and half cultivated -

America that H oodooism o r Voodooism The

, ,

B lack A rt an d D iabolical Magic as it is called

the M agic o f M agnetism—is all humbug
,

.
THE MA G I C A ND O CCULTISM O F INDIA .
10 7

This is n o t true as the sad records o f Witch

craft and B lack M agic Show and if the person who ,

is thus cursed by having an evil s p ell thro wn o ver

,

them has a weak and receptive min d and is wil l

,

ing by means o f auto suggestion and that craven

-

o f all cravens F ear to aid and carry out the w ill

, ,

o f the sorcerer o r the evil eye the results are

, ,

sometimes terrible indeed .

B y means of various proceedings the person

thus to be cursed is impregnated with the thought
o f the operator whether he be in or out o f the

body and where this is very concentrated it will

, ,

bear s eeds in weak and unorganized soil .

S ometimes the ancient B lack magicians would

mould a wax image o f 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 simpl y -

a case o f concentrated venom The man o r wo man .

who holds a positive mind who has learnt to rec ,

~

o gn iz e the princi ple o f eternal good cannot be

“

hurt o r harmed in any way by these proceedings

n o matter ho w powerful the operator .

A 1.

The magnetism in the crystal which is focussed ,

there by the flow o f astral light from the eye o f the

M edium o r Seer enables yo u to see and it is the
, ,
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, .

magnetism in your person which causes you to

attract o r repel those yo u 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 fi rst L aw is persistence fixity of purpose , .

The second L aw is attention concentrated a t

‘

tention about the person or thing enquired about .

fl
The third L aw is calmness Y o u can learn noth
.

ing by hurry Or excitement these things destroy,

i

the o w o f magnet c currents .

“
The fourth L aw is will the I wi ll have what
,
”
I want power o f the S oul This is the pivot upon
.

which the others rotate and without it nothing can

be done .

The fif th L aw is that o f intensity .

The sixth is that o f polarity The positive and .

negative prin ciple of n ature it represents the ,

light and 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 L aw is attraction magnetism o r ,

desire.
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, .

C harity opposed to L uxury by Venus that is ,

to say love o f mankind to love of self .

S trength and Anger by Mars .

Prudence and Industry in opposition to Idleness

by Mercury .

Temperance Opposed to Gluttony by S aturn .

Justice opposed to E nvy by Jupiter .

The seven attributes to the seven planets more ,

often known as the seven magical works—works

o f light and wealth under the S un .

O f m ystery and the occult under the Moon O f .

skill and science and of speech under Mercury

, .

O f wrath chastisement and of war under Mars

, ,
.

O f love music and art under Venus O f death and

,
.

malediction under S aturn O f ambition and policy .

under Jupiter .

These must be considered when invoking the

S pirits for unless the work suits the planet o r
,

genii of the hour the invocation will not be much

,

use .

The metals are G old S ilver I ron C opper F ix ed

, , , ,

Mercury B rass and L ead

, .

The precious stones D iamonds C rystals E mer , , ,

alds A gates S apphires C arbuncles and O nyx

, , , .

Pentagrams or talismans are dedicated to some

S pecial planet and as such must have the mark o f
the planet upon them .

A circle for the S un a scythe for S aturn a , ,

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crown f o r J upite r a sword f o r M ars a capital G

-
, ,

f o r Venus caduceus for M ercury and a crescent

,

f o r the M oon .

A medallion o f purest marble white the size o f

, ,

a half crown piece may have the pentagram e u

graved in gold .

I f the student cares to go to the expense and

trouble the seven metals may be employed in the
,

making of this pentagram and also the seven

j ewels but virgin marble and gold will suffice
, .

This pentagram is a powerful talis man f o r good

apart from its uses in ceremonies o r ordinary ,

talisman s upon parchment are equally as power

’

ful and these can be prepared to orde r at the cost

,

o f 5 cents each .
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, .

C HAP T E R I X .

O RIE N TAL M AGIC .

The method o f
influ ence used to large extent
by O riental women is if n o t quite so p otent as
,

a magnetised charm very much easier to carry

,

into execution .

I f any apology is needed for giving such in

s tru cti o n s I m ay say that all my sympathie s are
,

with true love all the world over and that to those
,

who love le gi timately and who fail by reason o f ,

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 O ld Magi ,

cian s o f G ermany and others are a pplied

, , 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—m isu n der
standing—and two temperaments unsuited to o n e
another B ut supposing these two temperaments
.

can be adjusted so as to supply that which is

1 14 M YS T IC TE ST BOO K HINDU OCCULT CHAM BER S
, .

they may not have so much power as the O rientals ,

for the former are brought up in an atmosphere

o f mystery and occultism and the latter are ,

mostly prosaic and material B ut the true C lair .

voyant is very seldom S axon there is generally a ,

stra in of eithe r Ce ltic or L atin blood to account

.

for the S eer 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 .

B ut o n e thing is very sure and that is that the ,

magnetic C lairvoyance can be more easily and as

surely utilized as the m ore expensive and co stly
processes in use amongst O rientalists 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 f o r those who know .

The consideration of the inner sense o f color

as supplied to the D ivine man and o f numbers as ,
T HE MAGI C AND OCC ULTISM O F INDI A .
1 15

applied to the same will answer to the fo llowing

,

scale of colors etc etc , .

,
.

We will begin at the fountain head D ivinity , ,

that which is and which governs all

,
.

D ivinity o r the D ivine B eing .

—
Number 1 C olor White .

F irst The H indu S ign— A ja

, .

The S pirit the E ntity the I ndividuality

, , .

G od the F ather the C reator

,
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.

2 —
Number C olor D eep Violet .

S econd H indu Sign—B eth .

The Positive o r S ens e C onsciousness .

The male and female expression Will Person

ality The active generative principle The di
. .

vision o f the S oul into male and female forms .

M ind Sensory O rganisms .

The Mystic I nterpretation o f man and woman .

N umber 3 C olor—Pale Yellow ( The dividing .

line between the gro ss and the etherea l ) .

Third H indu S ign— Gimel .

The Universal L ife G eneration etc , ,

.

P o s tive o r E lectrical .

M an .

Will .

Intelligence .

Power .

A ction .

N egative o r M agnetic .
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, .

Woman

Understanding .

Intuition .

The Human H and and Woman

—
.

Number 4 C olor Rose .

F ourth H indu S ign D aleth -

.

Man or Woman on the E arth Plane The o re .

ative principle in the material form G od s work .

’

made manifest Human L ove . .

The D ivine M an and Woman .

Number 5 C olor—Purple .

F ifth Hindu S ign— He .

Man . Intelligence .

Woman . Understanding .

L ove . Power .

Will . I ntuition .

Wisdom . Action .

D ivinity .

H ere we see the q ualities reversed an d merged ,

bearing out the statement made in a previous

chapter that man and woman were one parts o f a
, ,

perfect whole .

The Universe .

Number 6 C olor— G reen

—
.

S ixth H indu Sign Vau .

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CHAP T ER X .

O CC U LT SYM B OLS A ND T H EI R T RUE MEAN I NG .

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 .

T r e es
. When bright and green s i gn i fy growth , “

development— when dark and dreary lo o kin g they

'

'

often signify deception .

A Ship in ful l sail means a water journey when ,

it is sailing away but when it is sailing to the

,

subject it me ans coming news if the ship I S eu ,

v e lo p e d in grey the news is sad o r worrying but

, ,

if bright colors enshroud it the news is good I f ,

.

black clouds or a skull and cross bones appear o n

the sails then is the person you are gazing fo r
,

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

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1 19

and fo r a man success but if it is clouded it means

, ,

mon ey troubles and if eclipsed it means often

, ,

bankruptcy o r 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 indi cates that
all plans will be very unsettled and much wor ry
will b efall the p e rson S itting
A long white road full of pebbles and ston es
m eans trials an d difficulties overcome .

A long dark passage or entrance with a bright

light at the end means that the person will have
sudden knowledge and en lightm en t into hidden ‘

and secret things .

A key also means knowledge and a serpent with

light blue clouds or color rm gs means sensation
and sometimes lust with yellow clouds o r colo r
,

rings love of hidden sciences with light red it

, ,

means reproduction o f 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 swo rd

means the same thing H o w ever a bird sitting
.
,

o n the crown means power o f gr o wth and o b

s tin acy .
12 0 M Y STIC TE S T BOOK , H INDU OCCUL T CHAM BER S .

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 f o r
.

kn owledge with grey it sign ifies helple ssness with

, ,

dark red it signifies sensuality often the drink or ,

the drug habit and with great flashes of red and

black it signifies vice s bad thoughts sometimes , ,

insanity and e ven death The play o f dark red .

round this symbol is never good -

.

A padlock and key with bright light ( clear )

around and behind it signifies T ru th and often ,

spiritual illumination with dark blI I e it means

'

egotism selfishness with black or dark red or

, ,

reddish brown particularly the last it means mi

, ,

s e rlin e s s greed and often hate but if the symbol

, ,

appears in the left c o rner of the crystal attended

by clouds and flashes of black and scarlet it means
murder imprisonment and very intense ex ecu
, , ,

tion if the flashes are followed by pure pale colors

,

the meaning is a q u ittal .

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 .

s carl et red it means adultery and attended by

scarlet a n d dark green it may sometimes mean
divorce .

A picture of a man or woman holding a bottle in

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,
.

with large and prominent cloud s of light blue it

means a valuable document possibly a bank note ,

o r mo n ey 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 pregnan cy .

The symbol of a pen means authorship but with ,

a pen much grey and black means trouble through

the S igning 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 H ands without arms

.

means a warning from across the border A pea .

cock flitting through glass also means a warning ,

often o f coming danger .

H orses are always good but the gallows will ,

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mean dn race not necessarily death upon the

,

sam e .

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 signi ficance

and do not always indeed very seldom mean , ,

dates 1 means with a pure white light Unity

.
,

G od 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 o f 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 H uman love 7 is the mystic number and also

.

means victory it is always good 8 is the m o the r

,
.
‘

principle it means also trouble which hanging in

,

the balance will be decided after long waiting 9 .

means warfare 10 is the symbol of a perfect

.

sphere it signifi es magnetic force magic power

, , .

When dates come into the crystal o r the mental

vision do not pay much attention unless you get
the whole date say M ay 22n d then if a similar
, ,

date appears at the left hand side it is this year if ,

o n the right it is distant maybe a year o r two bu t , ,

1 24 M Y S TIC TE S T BOO K HI ND U OCCULT CHAMBER S
, .

anything which comes right in the centre of the

crystal and appears to be clearly o u t will happen
ve ry shortly I f it appears dim and way back it
.

will be distant .
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, .

can feel it thinking is not any use you must be

, ,

sure if you make your mind blank and don t argue

,
’

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 s ame thing do not mix inspiration

,

with spirit control they are quite di fferent things

,

make your mind blank as in the ca se 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 d rivel but things which ,

will surprise yourself and which you may have

been unaware of knowing even dimly .

I n 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 .

F or 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 an d to whom y o u can turn for ex p e ri

ments You can either arrange with him to sit at

.

certain times in a receptive state of mi nd o r you

need make no app ointment with him but make ,
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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 j ourney between his house and

,

your o wn now call him aloud by name two or three

,
“ ”
times say John S mith
, or whatever his name ,
“ ”
is I want you come to me
, , Y o u will find that .

in a very short time he will come to you .

Then yo u can proceed to send him more dis

tin ctive messages make him bring you some ar
,

ti ele you want some book o r paper after a time

, ,

he will do this easily too then yo u 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 o f any authenticated instance of this

being done where there was a lack o f sympathy be
tween th e experimenters .

I ha ve made some wonderful experiments along

these lines myself and had most interesting r e
,

s u lts n o t with any one person but many

,
I do .

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best wi th my tru e Che la s ( D isciples ) possibly be ,

cause the sympathy between us is always pe rfect .

SP it $8 3? 3? 36 St

The A stral L ights hold the images o f the ele

m en ta ls as I have explained in other lessons when ,
128 M Y STIC TE S T BOOK HINDU O C CULT CHAM BER S
, .

yo u see these VI SI O n S clairvoyantly you can make

them of use to you but as a rul e those which
,

will be of most use to yo u are those in your own

particular sphere for instance if you are b Orn
,

under a fire sign then you can use the elementals

,

o f 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 p erformed .

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 B lack

,

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 no t in any way clairvoyan t an d ,

very often to their di s comfort and fear B lack .

Magic sho uld be left alone but it is necessary for ,

the would b e 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 yo u desire ,

but you can only make them do i t in their own

S phere.

In the more difficult matter of making othe r 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 it is very trying to their nerves

, .

When yo u have the image clearly upon yo u place ,

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, .

C HAPT E R XII .

O C C U LT MEAN I NG O F S PIRIT LIGHT S VISI O NS , ,

DRE AM S SIGNS A N D WARN I NGS

,
.

O CC U LT LI GHTS — I will now explain to yo u the

.

correct meaning of the di ff erent colored occult

lights which will appear to you fr om time to time
,

during and after your development in Clairvo y

ance or S pirit S ight .

S hould you be sitting at the table or in the ,

presence of anyone or should you be holding a

,

private or publ ic entertainment better known to ,

all Mediums as a spiritual seance and the di ffer ,

ent lights appear the meaning is as follows

,

R ED O C CU LT LI GHT .

SH O U LD TH ELI GHT APPEAR it denotes that

R ED ,

the spirit is an Indian who is trying to reveal

something to you I f the light changes from a
.

deep red to a light red it denotes that this Indian

is your guide I f it appears over a person to
.

whom you are addressing tell them there is money

,

buried or hidden near where they reside and the ,

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spirit is trying to reveal it to them o r tell them , ,

if you are impressed to do so there is a secret ,

surrounding them o r some o n e they are interested

,

fl
in and this secret will soon be discovered I f the
,
.

light raises toward the ceiling and falls quickly to

the o o r 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 , o r

,

something else of importance The s pirit I n dian

'

always makes hi s fi rst appearance by showing yo u ,

a red light .

GREE N LIG HT —I f a green light appears to yo u

.

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 B ut .

if the light appears over a person to whom you

are addressin g tell them that some one is using
them with deceit and for them to be careful o f
false friends and new acquaintances
, .

BLUE L I GH T —The blue light means the presence

o f a high a n d fully developed spirit and only ap ,

pears when ther e are great blessings and agree

able surprises coming The moment you see this .

light you will feel most happy and you should al ,

ways act upon your fi rst impressions after this

V I SI OI I appea rs .
1 32 M Y S TI C TE S T BOO K HI NDU OCCULT CHAM BER S
, .

YE LLO W LIGHT S hould you be sitting with a

.
-

person and a yellow light appears at their feet ,

tell them to be careful of a near future illness

( F ever ) I f it appears over their head tell them
.
,

there is some one in their family who is su ffering

and there are grave hopes for their recovery .

L AM P LIGHT — I n case you are S itting talking to

.

a person and you see a lamp appear before yo u

, ,

burning and it suddenly goes o u t it denotes that

,
”
,

a member of the family will pass away within a

year I f the lamp remains burning and the sec
.

ond lamp appears also burning it denotes a mar

r i a ge 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

o f the two lamps you can tell them positively yes .

PURPLE L IGHT —Sign ifies the presence of the

.

ethereal forces which is the highest and most pow

e rf u l 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 .

I t matters not what you see every object has a ,

great significance and your spirit guides will ex

,

plain much more to yo u as you grow stronger .

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, .

and lead you in the light of many wonderful

things I want yo u to continue in this manner
.

until you can master these instructions I have so

far given you A lways 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 N ever forget your duty .

toward those souls out of the body called spirits , ,

as they as s ist yo u many times .

VI S I O N OF FLO WERS .

THE VI S I O N o r F OW R
L — When reading for a
E S

person or if for yourself and the vision of flowers

, ,

appear their meaning is as follows : F ennel

,

F lower worthy o f all praise ; White Rose ele

, ,

gance ; B alm sympathy ; B en dal Rose happy love ;

, ,

B uttercup ingratitude ; D eep Red C arnation true

, ,

love ; Chrysanthemum cheerfulness ; China A ster

, ,

sentiment ; Red C lover industry ; C itron weak , ,

ness easily led also lack of will power ; H olly

, , ,

patience ; Ragged Robin wit ; Pineapple perfect ; , ,

Pinks boldness ; N arcissus egotism ; O ak L eaves

, , ,

bravery ; O ak Tree power and hospitality ; L ilac

, ,

confidence ; Violet faithfulness ; Tree of L ife old

, ,

age ; Apple B lossoms ( white ) deceitful ( pink ) af , ,

f ectio n ; L ettuce cold heartedness ; Willow f o r

, ,
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saken ; Tree F oil revengeful ; Yellow L ily deceit

, ,

and falsehood ; H eliotrope faithful honest frank , , ,

ness determination a n d generosity

, .

I f strict attention is paid to this lesson it will

enable the D isciple to read the full and true dis
position o f persons by the vision of flowers .

In this lesson I have given you the true spirit

omen of flowers .

W H E N R EADI NG CLAI RVOYAN T LY do not say to a ,

“ ”
person I see a flower and it is a rose ; o r do
, ,
“ ”
n o t say I see a bird o r an object of any kind
, , ,

as it would sound entirely o u t of place to those

n o t familiar with the laws o f C lairvoyance Al .

ways speak o f the meaning F or instance you are .

,

reading the life of a lady or a gentleman and you ,

S hould see the F ennel F lower appear ; o r you ,

should see also the Yellow L ily the Willow and ,

“
the L ilac speak thu sly ,
You are worthy o f all
praise but at times yo u feel forsaken ; you place
,

to o much confi dence in those who are only using

y o u with deceit and also telling
, falsehoods abou t
yo u etc
, .

No doubt yo u will think these visions very Sim

ple but I will say even s o they are direct from
, ,

the spirit guides and they a re showing yo u these

,

wonderful visions and are attempting to have yo u

,

understand their meaning .

1 36 M YS TIC TE S T BOOK HIND U OCCULT CHAM BER S
, .

You will have from time to time many visions ,

and I could speak of many more ; but for the want

o f 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

o f what they do show you .

TH E VI S I O N OF B I RDS B EAS T S ,
AND OB J E C TS .

S PI RIT UAL ME AN I NG OF B I RDS B EAS TS F OR M S , , ,

E TC — . S hould you be sitting and see a white dove ,

appear at the table or otherwise it denotes a good

, ,

message from afar o ff S hould the dove seem .

ingly go away and then appear with o n e wing

,

black it denotes a message of illness from a near

,

friend I f 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 o f a ne a r

,

connection .

TH E B IRD o r WISDO M The Owl is known as the .

- -

spirit bird of wisdom and when it appears before ,

you holding in i ts mouth a letter the message is ,

as follows : The one to whom yo u are addressing

is in volved in business matters and is seriously ,

contemplating a change Then tell them they will .

make a change in business which will prove for

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, .

PEACOCK — S hould 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 is a vision .

I seldom care to see for when it appears it gen

,

e r ally 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 .

TH E VIS I O N O F A RAI NB OW — Sl10 u ld you be sit .

ting with a person and you see the vision o f 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 themselve s favor

ably for you to gain that which you are n o w
—
grasping for ; go o u all will be well ”
.

A VI SI O N O F A SEA GULL —When you see a s ea .

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 m ost b eautiful vision, and to watch the gull

THE M A GI C AND OCCU LTI SM O F INDIA .
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yo uwill see that it performs all kinds of move

ments as it comes nearer to the person .

PRI S O N BARS —When appearing directly in back

o f a person it denotes legal confinement When .

appearing directly in front of a person it denotes

anticipated crime When appearing to the left o f
.

a person it denotes a male relative will be confined

in prison ; if to the right it will be that of a female
,
.

VI S I O N o r FI RE — This has tw o distinct mean

ings F irst anger ; second destruction ; but we
.
, ,

advise the M edium to speak of this according to

impressi o ns as you will fin d as yo u grow
, ,

stronger that when fi re appears many other vis

,

ions are bound to follow .

While writing the last paragraph we are a d

vised by our guide to inform you that the vision
o f fi re also denotes buried money valuable papers , ,

etc. but only I n such cases where it appears be

,

fore you o u t in the open air ( wood fi elds o r plain ) ,

.

M any times an O ccult ball of fi re 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
,

yo u to the very spot where the spirit wishes yo u

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

, .
140 M YSTIC TE S T BOOK HI ND U O C CUL T CH AM BER S
, ,

such occurs it is then positive evidence of val

u able s being at the exact spot or that a crime has

been committed there .

VI S I O Nor S NAK — The vision of snakes in all

ES

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 tho se 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 o f

,

those you are addressing do not trust them out of ,

your sight for they are o f evil and will do evil

,
-

to their best friend S hould the snake appear

.

upon the floor or seemingly creeping toward the

,

person tell them to be aware of all enemies and

,

evil doers bu t rem em be r the p e rs o n s to who m a

-
,

s n a ke app ea rs a re g en e r a lly o f evi l cha r a cte r .

B ut 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 the1r

,

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 yo u and it ,

is adv isable for you to change from such as soon

as you possibly can o r it will prove greatly to
,
”
your disadvantage B y reading in this manner
.
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denotes that which is hoped for will be lost and ,

you should tell the person that they will be dis ap

pointed in whatever they have on their mind at ,

the time when calling to see you .

TH E VIS IO N o r A S W O RD denotes that the person

is halting between two o pm i o n s ; they do not know
what course to pursue Then if you see the sword
.
,

wave in the air and point north it denotes success ,

f o r the person and they S hould act upon their

,

first proposition I f the sword appear s in two

.

parts it denotes law suit an d losses To get more .

light upon this subject kindly r eque st your spirit

,

guide to give you further impressions Then .

speak accordingly .

TH E VIS I O N O F AN EA R O F C ORN —S hould you be .

s itting with a person and you S hould see an ear of

corn appear before them and the ear is full o f ,

well formed healthy corn tell them they will soon

-
, ,

meet with wonderful success and the coming ,

events of their life will be absolutely successful .

I t positively signifies full and plenty I n order to .

a scertain if a person has m o ney ask your S pirit ,

guide the ques tion and you will see them bring
,

yo u an ear of full corn I f the ear appears to be

.

scant tell the p erson they are surrounded with

,

poverty and those who are poverty stricken will

,
-

continue to meet with the same for some time to

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come . I f tw o ears of corn appear , it denotes pov

e rty at present but success will soon follow and
, ,

the person will gain greater wealth and happiness .

A gain I will say to you , pay strict attention to

,

all visions that appear before yo u an d 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

.
,
“
o r ask ,Why do the S pirits not show or tell us
just what all these things mean w ithout showing ,
”
so many strange visions ? Well , it is their ways ,
and we must abide by their laws I f yo u remem .

“ ”
ber reading when Jesus the M aster appeared , ,

to His disciples H e spoke to them in parables

,
.

“
We might say Why did Jesus speak parabol
,
”
ically to H is followers ? B ut 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 yo u will study and attempt to properly inte rpret

and understand thos e signs that are given from
spirit life .
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, .

T E L E PA T HY .

C HAPT E R XIII .

P RO J EC TIO N OF AS TRAL ME SSAGES .

In dealing with the question of Telepathic co m

m u nica ti o n I am not only giving you the best I
,

know and p ra cti ca l development but I am also

,

giving yo u knowledge concerning my greatest

hobby—a hobby I have n o t taught others before ,

and in which I have conducted some very remark

able experiments .

Te l ep a thy is the central factor in every phas e

o f 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
, .

I t is more easily developed in its simplest forms

than C lairvoyance o r any other method of re
search and in its more intricate and advanced
,

stages it can be brought to such a pitch of p erfec

tion that communication can be established be
146 M Y S TIC TE S T BOO K H IN D U OCCULT CHA M BER S
, .

o ff
thei r material tendencies will also be able to ,

transmit and receive and can develop very fine

,

powers .

S o far as mutual understanding is concerned ,

the people who will work best together are as

follows
Those born in April 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 A ugust .

Those born in July with people born in May and

S eptember .

Those born in August with people born in June

and O ctober .

Those born in S eptember with people born in

N ovember and July .

Those born in O ctober with those born in

August and D ecember .

Those born in N ovember with people born in

S eptember and January .

Those born in D ecember with people born in

O ctober and F ebruary .

Those born in January with people born in

N ovember and March .

Those bo rn in F ebruary Wi th people born in

April and May .
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Those born in M arch with people born in

January and May .

Also it will frequently be found that successful

experiments may be made between people born
in M arch A ugust and D ecember those born in
, ,

January D ecember and May those born in F eb

, ,

ru a ry June and O ctober

,
those born in July
, ,

N ovemb er and March .

These rules are arbitrary ; so much depends

upon the instruments used and those who wish ,

t o develop the faculty S hould choose their part

n ers according to the scale—this is however only , ,

f o r continuous experiment for by following my ,

i nstructions you can accurately read the tho u ghts

o f an y p e r s o n u p o n w ho m yo u cho o s e t o co n cen

tra t e yo u r a tten ti o n O f this however more in a

.
, ,

later chapter .

The L aw which enables a man s tho u ght the ’

,

most delicate and subtle factor in operation upon

o u r present plane ( next to spirit ) to be transmit

ted from one mi nd and to be received and compre

hended by another .

Thought forms take the nature of pictures as a

rule you think of a ro se for instance not as a
-
, ,

word but as an image o f the flower You send

,
.

your thought in a method I will explain , not as the

word ro se but as the mental picture This pic
,
.

ture impresses itself with more or less force on

1 48 M Y STIC TE S T BOOK HINDU OC CULT CHAM BER S
, .

the mind of the receiver H e may be conscious o f

.

the picture for these thought ( pictures ) flashes

,

come swifter than lightning but he at once grasps ,

“ ”
the meaning and thinks o f the rose The mes .

sage has been accurately transmitted H ow ? .

The student asks naturally enough .

I f my friend is in Chicago and I am in Madras ,

I nd ia what makes the journey of a single thought

,

over that vast distance possible ? The same

medium whi ch enables Light and S ound to travel
the E ther .

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 E ther is a substance
.
,

which fills a ll s p a ce—I n fin ity S cience 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

,

o f tiny atoms .

—
The E ther is not composed of atoms it is a
smooth substance filling all space ; it does not
,

cause any friction to bodies o r 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

1 50 M Y STI C TE ST B O O K HI ND U OCCUL T CHAM BER S
, .

those trivial experiments the purer your b o dy and ,

mind the better your results A clean body i e

, .
, . .
,

a bath either once or twice a day so far as exter ,

n a l s go ; spotless linen clean inside ; no S pirits or

,

alc o hol 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 atmo sphere ,

and prevent the sending o r receiving of telepathic

messages .

S o far as ordinary Mind reading is concerned -

two people are needed to carry out the exp e ri

ments The Mind Reader must belong to one of
.

the less positive groups The man or woman born .

in August April or D ecember 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 2 1s t ) N ovem

, ,

ber F ebruary and March will be the best readers

, ,
.

Theyneed a second person as operator one born ,

in August April D ecember January May or S ep

, , , ,

tember to help them carry out the proceedings

,
.

The Mind Reader is then blindfolded and taken ,

o u t of hearing— better still out of the room ; the

people remaining decide upon a test— many o f the

tests are well known but may be used by begin
,

ners Place a pin in any position in any part o f

.
,

the house or even out of the house ; let every p er

,
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151

son w ho wishes to test the M ind Reader know

whe re the pin is ; the operator mentioned above
‘

must also know

The M ind Reader o r Te lepathist 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 E very person present thinks of the

.

pin and its hiding place and the operator co n cen

,

trates his whole thought and will upon the Telep a

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 S poken
by anybody A fter a few seconds the Telepathi st
.

will sway from side to side as if uncertain where

,

to go then will suddenly make a start and g o

,

s traight o fi towards the pin— the O perato r will

n o t touch the Telepathist but simply guard against

falls .

A fter a week o r two of practice a sensitive per,

son wi ll be able to find any obj ect a t any distance

in this way .

A lthough this experiment is trivial and not new ,

it is excellent training for those who desire to

open up these channels o f silent communication ,

sharpens their senses and teaches their mind

concentration .
1 52 M Y STIC TE ST BO OK HIND U OCCULT CHAM BER S
, .

In telepathic experiments with cards you can

pass over the simple tests common with ordinary
Mind Readers F or 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 remainin g as

,

before To begin with the entire pack of cards

.
,

may be shuffled thoroughly and then the feat of ,

removing the C ourt C ards of every suit be decided

upon The Telepathist is brought blindfolded
.

as before led to a table give n the cards The

, , .

operator curves his hands round the brow as b e

fore without touching and all present fix their
, ,

thought upon the C ourt C ards I have seldom had .

a failure in this experiment but all must give ,

entire thought and attention o r 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

,

difiicu lt feat the O perator may place his fingers

lightly on the Telepathist s temples to assist the ’
,

flow of thought .

O ne of my best mediums has with as many as ,

S ixteen or more pocket handkerchiefs taken from

a roomful of people the handkerchiefs being tied
,
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, .

C HAPT E R XIV ;

T ELEPATHI C C O M M UN I CATI O NS .

In the previous chapter I S howed you a S imple

method of demonstration in the most common and
conventional forms of Tho ught T ra n s fer en ce ,

methods and experim ents which are to me unin

te r e s tin g but which go a long way to convince
sceptics .

F or 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 S cience

,
.

boasts of the delicacy of instruments which can

measure light waves sound waves color waves
, , ,

which can investigate the nature size and atmos

,

p h e re of planets billions of m i les distant S cience .

has yet to invent the instrument which can record

tho u ght but N ature herself has provided the in
,

strument in the brain of another E xcept in .

unusual circumstances this brain receiver will

,

only record thought with accuracy when the nerv

ous system of the person is tran q ui l and so recep
,
THE M AGI C AND O CCU LTISM OF INDI A .
155

tive when it is not engaged actively in any mental

,

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
.
,
.

O f course there are instances startling instances

, , ,

too o f a telepathic communication having been

,

received in the midst of turmoil but I am dealing ,

with the question of experiment o f pre arranged ,

-

sittings not of sudden warnings etc

, ,
.

I t 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 di fferent rooms finally in

.
,

different rooms in di fferent parts of the s ame

town and gradually increasing the distance as
,

time goes and easy communication is possible To .

make these experiments a real success the mode ,

o f life and diet must be of the most simple nature .

A s little excitement as po ssible absolute clean li ,

ness and a clean room L et the person who acts

,
.

as receiver sit down in a comfortable chair and

free his mind from thought This is n o t easy but .
,

if the student will for a few days before starting

experiments sit down quietly fo r 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 o f

nothing .
15 6
“

M YS TIC TE ST B OOK HIN D U OCCULT CHAM BER S

, .

.
I n fact many
, o f my students have found that
the b es t w ay t o m a ke the m in d blan k o r to co n e en
tra te i t u p o n a n y s in g le p o in t is to sit down with
the idea that the mind is free to think upon any
subject it pleases— and this very permission seem s
to stop any desire for m i n d w a n de rin g .

This littl e rule will apply both to operator and

receiver .

B oth students can sit but whils t the receiver

'

, ,

makes his brain blank thinking of nothing ready , ,

to take any impression which may be sent to him ,

the o p e r a to r fixes his whole mind upon the mes

s age he wants to convey I t is best to begin with .

action .

Thin k 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 .

o f doing this su cce s s f ully i s n o t to thin k— “

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 C lose .

your eyes call up a mental vision of yo u r f rien d

'

, ,

see him sitting in the chair Opposite you then ,

see his limbs move watch him put his hands on

,

the a rm s o f 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 o f his legs ,
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, .

your receiver catch your thought as regards actiOn

from any part of the house S it 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
,
i t— ask your receiver to
give the impression he receives H e may hesitate .

“
a moment then he says I t is something oblong
, ,

- —
it is it is a book ”
G o o n thinking clearly of
.

o n e obj ect 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 O ne 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 sma ll duties of life ; get

,

into the habit of making these mental pictures of

all you do and of all you see or have seen C oming .

to the questions of long distances and co m m u n ica

tions slightly di fferent methods are called for
,
.

I t is best fo r beginners to arrange a sitting at a

few streets distance The operator will then as
.
,

befo re close his eyes and call forth a vivid mental

,

picture o f the receiver Then still holding the .

,

pictu re before him he must call aloud the name

,

of the receiver — “
John S mith John S mith do , ,
”
y o u hear me I am-
going to write you a letter .
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Repeat the sentence two or three times making ,

the voice clear and distinct O f course yo u can

.

use any S imple sentences but let there be only one

,

idea.

N aturally as you grow pro ficient you can leave

the A B C and learn to transmit and receive whole
.

sentences a s easily as possible B ut you must .

become perfect by degrees B efore you can play

.

the piano you must learn your notes .

The idea of calling the name and sentence aloud

is to help co n cen tra te the will and to increase
,

the power of the vibrations by this additional

concentration .

The methods gi ven in this lesson may be the

’

r o ya l r o a d if there is such a thing as a royal road

,

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 ,

reali z e that the o ld theories are dead and that

Thought is very far from being confined to each
individual brain pan like the chained bulldog but
-
, ,
“

that it can tr avel the world round and over a ,

distance o f thousands of miles find the object o f

its search.
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, .

CHAPT E R XV .

To C O N TROL TH E M E N TAL VISI O N .

We have been concerned in the transmission o f

simple words and impressions so far but now it ,

comes to the question o f transmitting Whole sen

teno es which is more difficult but worked o n
, ,

exactly the same principles F irst analyze your .

,

sentence let it be as direct as possible I n your own

,

mind ; let it have some definite point .

S it quietly as before close your eyes and as a , ,

preliminary call up the face and figure o f your

,

comrade ; have it very clearly before yo u and ,

then when fixed speak loud to the image you have

, ,

called up N ot 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 I t is just as well to o 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 .

S ay this aloud and having arranged with your

, ,

co worker as to time etc

-
be sure that he is wait
,
.
,

ing for your message to come through N o w d rop .

16 2 M Y STIC TE S T BOO K HI ND U OCCULT CHAMB ER S
, .

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 o f joy love fear and , ,

anger ; it will help you to concentrate your Will

and increase its power In this instance you are.

n o t trying to send a sentence to your receiver ,

being unprepared may be a little startled S o

, .
,

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 o f

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 o r

tests but of course the time when perfect com
,

m u n ica ti o n is ful ly established is much more inter

esting than mere tests or experi ment s A thing .

I have done successfully with any number o f

people is to make them come to me by telepathic
com mand if I have wanted them for anything .

This without pre arrangement at all

-
.

C over your eyes call forth the image o f the

,
“
say aloud John S mith ( or whatever his name
,

person you wish for then looking into his eyes

,
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may be I want you — come to me ; do you hear ? '

S ay it over three o r four times and picture your

friend leaving his house o r office boarding bus or ,

train walking o r riding to your house F ollow

,
.

him out every step o f the journey and in the ,

shortest possible time he will turn up impelled by ,

what force he may n o t know yet be unable to ,

resist it .

A certain amount o f sympathy between the

operato r and the person thus conjured up is n ece s
sary but not by any means the same sympathetic
,

relationship which is needed fo r the experiments

previously cited .

The di fficulty o f calling up the m en tal im age

is o n e that practice will render perfect Some .

people can do this naturally others find it difficul t

, .

To help you take a look at a face any face

, , ,

close your eyes and still try to see it ; remember

how the eyes no se and mouth are fo rmed the
, ,

contour o f the face coloring Take another peep

,
.

at the person , close your eyes and go over it

again .

I n the same way with scenery houses animals , , ,

y o u will be astonished h o w soo n you gain control

over this mental vision and by closing your eyes
,

at any time you can see accurately any thing or

,

person yo u want to Y o u will notice that in the

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above experiment it is unnecessary to know what

your receiver is doing or where he is .

You want him you send your message ; it fli e s

,

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

peopl e you know will obey the mental command
and a possible 7 5 per cent will feel it whether they
obey or not .

A s a more striking experiment you may com

“ ”
mand the receiver to bring you some specified
obj ect say a daily paper a certain book some
, , ,

flowers .

C all his name call up his mental image ; tell him

, ,
”
I want you to bring me the Tim es or any othe r ,

paper you fix on Repetitions of this experiment

.

will soon prove its remarkable truth You will .

fin d 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 O f course they a re .

carried o u t b etter where the people are in the

same town F or naturally with a train j ourney
.

between people think twice before obeying the

,

thought message they receive bidding them take

the j ourney unless it came in the form of a dis
,
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C HAPT E R XVI .

P RO J ECTI NG TH E AS TRAL .

“ ”
The question of projecting the astral is a
subject o f the greatest fa scin a tI O n to most people .

”
Many peo ple openly s tigmatize it as ro t ;
‘

others allow that there may be something in it ;

others yet again kn o w that it is a po ssibility N o
, , .

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
,

p e r a m en t when a hint may be given of what is

,

coming A clear understanding of what consti

.

“ ”
tu tes the astral self may help m y students .

I am not trying t o put this description into

technical language but only to make it a s S imple
,

and plain as can be .

The p hys i ca l body o f each person is composed

o f gross matter vibrating at a very low rate .

I have previously explained that all things in

nature are in a state o f constant movement known ,
“
by scientists as vibration ”
.

Within this physical body dwells the Soul body

call thi s S oul o r Spi ritual body
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”
Spirit of a departed person ( irrelevant people
”
call it a spook ) it is really the finer vibrations
o f the body , the S o ul itself .

These finer and purer vibrations of the human

form take o n the exact representation of the physi
cal body ; to all appearance it is the physical body ,

but greatly e theralize d .

When an ordinary person goes to sleep this

astral form floats lightly above his body never ,

leaving it for long n o r for any great distance and

, ,

in the undeveloped person this form takes but

little shape When the Mind and S pirit are devel
.

oped the senses conquered thought and body

, ,

pure this astral form takes o n a definite shape

, ,

can leave the body entirely for hours travel in the ,

astral o r physical world as he pleases to any land

, ,

o r any distance .

This cannot be done successfully until man has

mastered the an i mal side o f hi s nature .

I t is possible to send this astral form to visit

people or places at Will I t is very fatig uing and
.

an experiment not to be attempted by the unde

ve lo p ed person .

To commence with try experiments in your

,

natural Sleep — suggest strongly to yourself as ,

you fall o ff to sleep that yo u will remember when

,

you wake .

When yo u can obey this suggestion and when

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yo u can rem em ber then and not till then have

, , ,

you arrived at a condition suitable f o r projecting

“ ”
the ast ral .

Choose a very qu1et place where you cannot

be disturbed S it o r lie down close your eye
.
,

lids and roll the balls up as if you were trym g to

,

look between the eyebrows ; in a very few minutes

your eyes will grow tired and Sleep steal upon you .

D o not trouble to think of the sleep .

R em e m ber the who le eff o rt o f yo u r will i s to be

r t r —
dir ected up o n yo u a s a s elf you desire this
l
S elf to visit a certain place or person—as you fall
“ ”
o ff to sleep all yo u r fo r ce di r e cts the astral to
its destination I can assure yo u 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 I s often done The only drawback is
,
.

the fact that the person who projects the astral in

this fashion suffers from terrible fatigu e and the ,

student who is content to work and travel during

S leep does not feel such fatigue .

The sensation of leaving the body is curious ;

one rises slowly in the atmosphere feeling ,

strangely light an d free and the sight of the heavy

,

Sleeping body lying uncon scious beneath o ne is

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, .

ing a patient telepathically it is best to proceed

as follows : S it dow n and call up the m ental image
o f your patient S ee him lying down and mentally
.

take your seat beside him N o w commence treat .

“
ment by saying aloud if it helps you Y o u are
, ,

quite w e ll you are in p e rfe ct he a lth; life an d

,

he a lth p e rm e a te yo u r bo dy You are getting .

stron ger you grow tired and weary you are going
, ,

to sleep sou nd sleep ; you will awake feeling per

,
”
f e ctly well and quite refreshed .

D o not picture the person as sick and in pain

‘

but in perfect health able to m ove with ease

, ,

bright cheery full of vitality

, ,

You must absolutely force yourself to ignore his

real condition for he will not take up your thought
,

at all if there is any hesitation or doubt in your

mi nd when you send it The patient is susceptible
.

to every feeling and thought you allow you rself to

manifest so be careful to avoid anything which
,

may harm him .

We all kn ow that health is often restored by

sudden joy caused by sudden trouble ; a great
,

many o f the diseases man is liable to are o f mental

origin nervous troubles and are curable by simi
, ,

lar treatment The positive thought of health

.

telepathed to the patient takes root and his mind ,

g rasps it fi rmly ; w i th the vital mental stimulant

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the nerves grow calm the functions o f the bo d y

,

resume their normal action and health is restored

, .

H eadache toothache
,
indigestion ,
stomach ,

troubles colds etc etc and sometimes chronic

, , .
,
.

diseases of long standing may be cured by the

telepathist So may melancholia and even hysteria
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C HAPT E R XVII .

T E LEPATHI C APPARAT US .

In concluding these chapters in Telep athy I am

goin g to give you an appa ratus which I have found
singularly helpful in some cases where extreme
“
sensitiveness was not the strong point of the re
”
ceive r 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 A t the two S ides 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 o f two o r even three

yards long or more .

Many people find the contact of pure copper

very disagre e able even producing a taste in the
,

mouth ; to neutralize this a roll of silver wire

should be procured and wound not too tightly o r
,

closely round the copper wire but not round the

,

band this must always be of plain copper unless

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the trained receiver who taking the Copper ends

, ,

in his hand will after a moment o r so be able to

, ,

read accurately the message sent by the operator .

The explanation is s imple enough the man who ,

is untrained recei ves the messages as clearly as

the trained sensitive ; that is to say they are ,

clearly impressed upon his sub conscious mi nd but -

,

he does not comprehend them at all A telegraph .

ist can read the Morse m essage with eas e the man ,

in the street only hears the tiresome tick— ticking

o f the instrument S o the messages impressed
.

upon the brain of the non sensitive is as clear as

-

daylight to the sensitive .

Remember that it is not o u r eyes that see no r ,

physical ears that hear ; it is the delicate mechan

ism o f the brain behind them which illuminated
'
,

by the living sp irit r eceive s the impressions o f

,

sight and sound and through which the receiving

,

inst rument of the m in d 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 bra i n the s o u l of the ,

man has gone

,
.

The consideration of telepathy under hyp nosis

is o n e which many students will be glad to
investigate .

There is not any difficulty about it but expe ,

“
ri cuce will co nvince m any sceptics Put the re .
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ceive r into a fairly deep condition of hypnosis

“
by any of the methods I have explained in Prac
”
tical Hypnotism then let your sceptic approach ,

the receiver and start his experiment .

O f course it is necessary that the person under

hypno sis should be trained sensitive ; some people
‘

can never do much in telepathy because they are of

the earth earthy and incapable o f receiving any
, ,

other vibration at all .

The sceptic may then either give t he receiver

an article such as his watch a letter or glove to
, ,

hold o r he may seal a paper containing words o r

,

numbers in an envelope the contents known only ,

to him self and not to the operato r The operato r .

after placing the sceptic in touch with receiver

“
for a moment says This gentleman has written, ,

a letter or numbe r and has enclosed it in this

, ,
”
envelope Without hesitation the receiver will
.

declare aloud the contents o f the envelope o r from

holding the watch o r glove give a ve ry accurat e
description of his surroundings mental conditions , ,

troubles etc etc The subject may still under

, .
, .
,

hypnosis be blindfolded tightly and any obj ect

, ,

taken up haphazard be placed between his brows ,

when he will be able to state the nature o f the

object Playing cards any small ornament may
.
, ,

be used O f course onlookers must all think hard

.
,

o f the article during the experiment .

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, .

These chapters I n Thought Transfe rence 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 yo u r wi ll upon ordi
n ary people who have no idea at all of wha t i s

going on G et 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 o f 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 A fter a time yo u can start the

.

conversation in the direction you Wl sll still keep ,

ing the mind fixed on the same subj ect : Y o u 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 particul ar realm .

Very few people do their most brilliant work

with Thought Transference when undergoing
tests yet they can acquire the habit o f reading
,

the mind o f a ll tho s e they co m e i n co n tact with .

There are few people who come to me whom I

cannot read as a book without any cfi o rt o n my
,

part This is simply accomplished by practic e

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