The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-07

-. also. she claims as n fact in tho face OF
| -efOf. Tyndnls recent experiments demolish-
ing it, And. finally. she gravely gives recipes
for manufacturing perpetual lamps. burning an
inconsumable DILL
The philology of the book is another funny
feature Of it. Jehovah we are told. is II word
81 IIindoo origin. and identical with the root Of
the name OF III" god Bacchus. Elohim" is de-
rived from the Egyptian, and means " sun"
Peter" comes from the Chaldcc pdtldr, to in
trrprct. and Jesus Christ was called n Nazarcnc,
NOT hccausc his rcputcd birthplace was the city
Of Nazareth. but because. like Samson, mo had
taken the vow not to cut his hair nor drink
wnc and therefore was a Nazarite, the truth
being that this is Il moro tradition founded
upon an erroneous spelling " Nazarito" for
"nasir,tc." We are treated to many such au-
dacous ctymologics which tho author evident
ly accepts in good faith.
ACCOMMODATING those defects of mental train
ing, the book manifcsis. ny might be expected,
boundloss crcdulity. The author rccounts
the performances of Indian iugglcrs and snake
chdrmcrs. and attributes their skill not to
manual dcXterity. but to the assistance Of super
natural beings She is u rm believer in witch
craft and narratcs confidently tho old stories
Of yampr. S leaving their graves to feed on the
blood Of the living. OF the efficacy OF amules
To- render the bodies II their wcarcrs invulncr-
able TO muskct balls she has no doubt and gives
a quas-p philosophical explanation Of tho fact.
The astral nuid.' she says. IL compressed into
an impenctrabe she'll, and thus forms n safe
guard against deadly missiesl She quotes
from n Spanish Spiritualist journal an account
of a young girl whose body could be suspended
in the air by two bars Of iron being held over
her horizontally at the distance Of half yard
ana uses 1t to prove tho possibility of Mr..
o.. 4
through thu air. OF COURSE all the marycls Of
Spiritualism arc believed 10y her and treated Ms
matters not 20 hc disputed. She even refers to
the nursery tales Of fairies and goblins. and
triumphanuy challenges u doubt vi their his
torical reality.
II Is easy from these indications 10 soc how the
book came to be- made. Given restless female
mind. illogical, ill-oducated. unframed In scicn-
t.ilc research. AM crclulous to an extreme de-
gee. and set it 10 exploring tho literature Of ihc
supernatural. and we may safely predict Just
such a work as the ono before US. The author
has got hold Of enough truth to make her fancy
she has got II all and she accepts rs authorities
Unfortunately Robert Dale owen and tho
Ncdas. Prof Tyndall and Henry ). Olcott. Bul-
w"r and the Bible Emma Hardingc Britain and
the London Times. Naturally. she complains
Of the obstinate Indifference Of the educated
world 90 Observation-Disclosures aud denouncos
10 with all the clouuance at her command. What
she takes for real diamonds il pronouncos imi-
tation paste. and what She would build upon ms
"a solid foundation il warns people against as Il
trearhorous moraSs.
This indeed, Is the inevitable point Of divcre-
once between men of science on the one hand
amt lovers Of the marvellous like the Spiritual
lists and Mrs. Blayatsky ON the other. Science
proceeds cautiously step by step. verifying