Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-07

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1t is only after a probation extending over
years that they permit initiation into the
more profound mysteries Of natural law,
rightly holding that one is competent to
control nature VINO can not first control him
self Tue wisdom OF such u provision is
obvious, as who cal say what evil might not
result from abuse OF sUch control over laws
Of such tar-reachins eGer5:7
The telet5 OF the The,s lphists,- trss-
entity remarked, seem 70 baar some SINH
iarity 10 what have read about the Rosi-
crucians OF the middle age
They are one aai the same" answered
the doctor. -Ths iso icrdcians or Brethren
o. tbs Rosy Gross, ware an off-shoot OF the
august Oriental brotherhood Whate ser Of
practical value or actual power over the
forces of nature they 70 seAe1 was derived
from the eastern sayes.
At this moment q c.ocil upon the mantel
tlcSied forth the hoIr o. nine. Agatha
| Howard, who hal beea p!ayin; thu piaEo
stopped short. The 9th IS rose Doctor
Hathaway also rose, ani imply requesting
me u follow, Led ths wa - the door The
party passeI on. into tbs corr. lor and ti.eace
| into another chamhcr completely hung with
back Even the carpet WAS OF a black and
gray geo:letrical pattern. and the ceilin..
| was orIianented with dark mosaic From
tIe center OF the ceiling depended single
| oroIz, lamp, or cres ct, OF antique design
The chamber was destitute Of ornament Of
| any kind. Its only furniture teinr five chairs
| OF some dar1-colored wood and small cir
ou.ar ebony tab.e. StanGin. cut in
bold relief from the blick background OF
one OF ths WALL. and covering nearly
| its whole area, was figure Of the uentacle
| in rel All took their seats in silence AID
| remained seemingly bu"ied in proro-ni
meditation Five minutes had 20 elaI,sed
| when | aecarne ware OF :. change going ON
within the Periphery OF Il. Ientacie. Tony
surprise, within tn central SPACE bounded
| b. tie interlacing TRANCE, a name va, be-
| IIg written In the same erin on ccioriny OF
wnich the Ientacle itself wa co:np0ssd. Had
! it been the veritaLia handwriting on tbs
wall % Be!sEazza-'- palace the effect could
MT have been more vivid or real Letter
t.r letter forme Itself succ-ssively. as
| though uni the topSh of invisible
| LIl>I, until the LaIne \ gatha' filed tie
pc At the s-ina T.oinsnt Il little folded
sip OF white Iap.r ca.:r ilutier.ng down
s.owi; from above ami rested On the ebony
:abia. felt p tive that the fiuttering
paper ia not fallen :r1a, tire 70 IT. bat that
il had torme ITSELF Ey S5ne unseen agency,
If from the air, IT a distance Of a few
feet from the table. DT hathaway spoke.
IL Is communication for Agatha be
-ail, "f.on oas o tn, R-);hers in Tibet.
She has asked Gu s-ii,n and now receives IA
rply.'
Agatha rose, went u tie table unfold Il 1
and READ the contents of tas PAPER, while Il |
deep blush overspreli hq' fair features.
Was it fancy supar.n luce b. my mysteri- |
Us surroun .ing>. ~ dill really ses upon |
=
preston oi dark AID p:>uliar import a. n. 1
concen rasei her gaZ, UpDn the PAPER her !
coi,in was reading. Agatha Howard Put )
the m'sSive into her pocket AMI resumed her .
s,I-. Again the COMPANY relapsc.i into ST.
n AMI Inc .itaiiJn. Ten nlinu.es more (
MAJ Eav, PCS ~ Won bJuiU,t %: beautiful .
fow-r -.al p'. rosss, magnjia' ard fern;
anon; others-sui lensy appeared OF the
cent-r Of the little ebony table, a. # laid
there l,y an iIvis.bi, hand.
That i ne sign said Dr. Hathaway.
turning TO me, while the rest Of the party
rose an II riam tooi 10 the bouquet. Chat
We shall receive NJ more communications
Tonight. The leaving Of the e flowers i, al
ways the in,iinhtion Of flrewe!L Nou have
now had a personal experience, though a
slight one ii tn, results which the subtitle
natural agencies aim TO control can
effect Space, time, AM matter are. in
effect, hell in suborlination T. that won. I
drous fluid which pervade; naMre. AM
which Is itsslf subordinate to the mind power
Of those who confrol it. The flowers yGu
have just seen mystariouSly produced in this
chamber grew probably 1000 miles from
here. The letter which A-atIa received VA,
doubtless pennei among tie mountain. II
Tibet They wrre moi, however. trans
-a.A h. J.. 4 1 a.
they appeared to y,lr eyes The. w,r- 70
solved into their elemental forms ~ IN.
mighty minll-power of ono OF the b., h.'el
Transmitted in this form through the N IiuIu
OF tiie al!pnrvaiins oth,r AMI repr lucel
here "a If created en- the spot
We had 10y this time reacha the Te.e..
tion-room which hal first entsrc :, an {. I
saw Armitags bidding goodnight t. sIa
ladies, Ill likewise, and. after a corla! in
vtaton 10 repeat my visit, | acc1mrln Il
my artist friend into the street.
Six weeks hal elapsed sine, my first irtr.-
daction u tie TEeo'ophical ,y1ciety has
been present upon several occa;Ions AT T. i.
se,ui- weekly reunions for Inmunicatln: !
with the occult worli. | hal been witn,S
Of occurrences AMI manifestations even
more extraordinary AMI perpiexing thla
those have already described | hal even Z
gone so far Us TO intimate desire to be al
mlttet as regular ms mber, though nothing
definite had as yet bean done on that p,int
my observation, Of what was 20. I
ing on arounl me had not been IN, [ !
fanciei detected a certain ten lerns,s in 4
the natural relations OF Julian Ar
mi,ags and Agatha Howard b. [
You'd what was called for by the :
mere fortuitous belonging of both to the sam. e
50 Getty also fancied that the attentions d
bestowed upon her cousin by tie handsome (
artist were not pleasing 10 Miriam Hatha- =
way, end on more than on occasion | 4
thought detected the same dark and pecul- c
lar expression that | Observed when Agatha e
received the letter, On my first night in the
chamber, overclouding her I
-eautiful features. Could it lie possible, | a
hought that such earthly pas .ons as love {
iGd jealousy could nave entered into this !
title family Gree anil il s.. woul! they L
D.. sap the found6c.oaS OF tE 80 virtue, by +
Va ch alone the disciples OF Theosophy could =
.rie 10 arrive at the exalted knowledge II
\ ticd they aimed at! OH DR. Hathaway y
ttnlinei Tranquil AMI serene presiding with C
,lEnity both at the musical recitals ami the y
mystic and elect meetings in the black v
rapei amber. b
| found mys-lf, one Monday afternoon. 9
Il the house on Van Ness avenue. The
emi-wee&ly reunions l should here remark. &
ooS place upon Thursllys and Sundays, ii
Ed If was consequently an unusual thing for Il
ne t. pre-ent myself al DR. Hathaway house il
pon n Monday afternoon / had. however. / Ii
ccideEtaIly let s1me paper there on the u
revi5us evening, and. as / had pressing j
eel OF the sans, VIZ, n1w calling FOR them / Il
ring at the d1orj ell brought no Response. eI
second ring was equally futile. and lust
: | was about - depart. cha-rInei 1 t.
: my il-.ortuue. the door suddenly opened {,
nj | stepped mechanically into tho hallway. n
W. or three minutes passel without ans Il
ne appearing. and one of the windows "
fenins on the conservatory was open, c.
epied in and took q sea; among the shrubs
nj flowers The aftern ,on was warm. the \
tmoSphere of tie place laden a b,
was with perfume from exotic be
overs and plants, induced a dreamy IL
Insuor, and / found myself falling INTO a th
've-ie. eH
Ny train Of speculation naturally Led in 'e
lie direction Of what hal WITNESSED in tas Toe
)use | was in / felt strange longing TO IN
arm more Of the mysterious realms Of spirit iI
70 which tue member OF the household Ell
al penetrated WHAT il /. TOO, should -
lock az the gate, Of this occIlt knowledge
ID explore the arcana within. ! already III
leN that the prime, indeed Necessary. con-
ton for dong - was an Garnet desire on :ei
IL part a.. the seeker hlru-.'f Ak