The Osceola times., 1877-05-26


signs of great delight, but when the
sorcerer began the tiger leaped around in
evident terror, roaring In frightful
manner, and at last became 30 violent
that he broke his chain, leaped through
the window, ran away, and was never
seen again. Tho monkey fed to his
perch, grasped IL with his tail, and hung
in fainting fit, while the parrot fell TO
the floor nearly dead.
"Do you think that all this indicates
a spiritual nature to these magical
powers 7"
ct does 70 HE" was the reply. They
work with the aid Of spirits or the souls
of their ancestors. All the Orientals
veneratc these spirits, and the magicians
sometimes bscome powerful enough 70
create an atmosphere about them in
which these spirits become visible. And,
ON the other hand, they often become in.
visible themselves. ! remember the first
time this was done in my presence. A
fAkir was in the room with me, crouched
down In prayer, and suddenly the fakil
disappeared. Twas great skeptic then
and ! pinched myself to bs sure | was
not in a dream. The door was locked
and ! searched the room carefully. Al
length stumbled over something which
] could not zee, and suddenly my fakir
appeared. thought even then that
had been deluded in some way, but
saw the same thing many times after.
ward"
How do they acquire this power ?"
was the next question.
" By the subsection of the body. You
will find that the most of the good spir.
itual mediums are unhealthy in some
way, and the eastern msgiciahs reduce
their physical nature until the astral
body becomes the most powerful. Then
they can work like disembodied spirits,
which they really are. But many spirits
during this life and after 1t are evil.
Not devils---I don't believe in devils :.
but evil disposed. But the seeming un-
natural growth of seeds and voluntary
levitation, and all such feats are un.
doubtedly produced by these men. The
black sorcerers for some reason always
choose mango seed for their marvels,
but fakir will make any seed grow into
plant and bear blossoms and fruit in an
hour or two. And they will sit in the
air yard from the ground for twenty
minutes or longer without being in con.
tact with anything. have seen all
such things done hundreds OF times, and
30 have hundreds of other Europeans"
How were you converted TO the
Buddhist faith" asked the reporter,
curiously.
"By what was To me absolute proof.
was at vihara in the northern part of
India, and the chief of the gurus OF the
little village showed me things which !
demonstrated 10 be truth. For instance,
he made me look ut bright tin plate
and fix my thoughts on something !
wished to see. thought of my home,
and l instantly saw room iu my fathers
house, in Russia. Two OF my aunts was
sitting there, one of them reading a
book, the title OF which l could read.
And a strange. looking hump. backed
woman entered the room as ! looked. /
wrote home about it and learned,
months afterward, that at that time my
sunts were sitting in that room and one
of them was reading the book ] men,
toned. And the hump-backed woman
was Polish governess, they had en-
gagged after had left home and without
my knowledge.
"Then the guru threw me into a
trance, first asking me to think OF some
place to which l wished to go. Now,
some of the most powerful mesmerizers
Of Europe have tried to throw me into
sleep, and have been utterly
Prince Dolgourouski
tried it, but even he failed But after
this guru had made few passes over
my face, and had given me something to
smell, and had made me swallow GER
tain potion. the ingredients OF which ]
know now, but will not tell, l instantly
fell into the trance. had desired to 20
10 the house of my dearest friend in Ber-
lin, from whom / had not heard for a
long time! | was there at once, and rung
the door.bell. An old woman came to
the door, and l asked for my friend.
Alas, said the old woman, she WAS
buried three msnths ago. | asked her
where she was buried, and she named
the cemetery. Then had desire to
see the grave, and was instantly be-
side it, looking through the earth at the
below. Suddenly felt two
arms thrown about my neck, and kiss
pressed upon my cheek. looked up
and my friend stood before me, a glori-
fed image of what she had been in this
life, but transparent. Some months
later heard by letter Of her death, and
years afterward visited her grave and
recognized it as the place had seen in
nv trance.
AFTER this guru, who was from Pun
iaub, had thus proved his powers TO me.
| was unable to doubt him when he
showed me in similar ways the secrets of
nature, the mysteries Of the future life,
and the truths that appertain to meta
physics. l studied them for years, and
1t last did not believe, but knew the
ruth of these things, Tor l saw them,
elt them, tried them, lived them"
But you cannot expect others, who
nave not had your experience, 10 follow
you in your belief" said the reporter.
al do not. What is proof to me is no
proof TO the public, and il they will not
believe eleven million spiritualists be-
caLse many of the mediums are hum
bugs and tricksters, they will not take
my word, Of course, and I don't expect
them to. But what know l know.
And these marvels, that seem incredible
10 those who have not seen them.--these
as they are called by the
Christian church, and tricks as they are
called by selfstyled scientists.-are not
to me, for | understand them"
DIR. RICHARDSON, Of England, who is
now recognized as high authority on
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