Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-11-29
A DREAD OF EVIL SPIRITS.
EVERY COUNTRY DISTURBED.
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isterce Of spirits. devils, and demons
smorg the educated classes Of the west
Ct Europe and Of America, that il il
hard 20 recall the fac; that only = nj.
nority OF human beings may Be said to
be free from constant fear Of the attacks
Of supernatural beings. No, Only does
tie great majority Of the dweIlsrs on
earth to-day believe in ghosts and
nslefcent unseen powers, but the chill
drtn Of the most enlightened have to be
included in that majority and excluded
from the minority which their parents
sud relatives form. Asve 20 back in
history that minority OF adult. sane,
skeptieal men ard women dri1dles con-
s,sntly, until We meet only now and
then a remarkable philosopher who d.
recily or By the inference Of his satire
denies the reality Of that horrible ter
ror Of the unseen which still rides the
greater part Of humanity. Pope was
much in cur cosdiiion Of gnaware3-
ness. He did not realize how true TO
thousands in his own and the adjoining
lands were the famous words Of the
poor Indian, Whose untutorei mind
sees God in clouds and hears Him IN
the wind" The gods Of savage rAces
are 10 other than the hobgOblins, sprites.
the elf. imp. devil Of the lover strata
Of the civilized. We find in peasants the
same abjsct terror Of the unseen. and
to this day. in certain English fishing
communities, where education i By 10
means absent, and heroic deeds Of
daring are often performed s, sea and By
night. it has been found impossible to
induce grown men TO venture on land
from village to village after sundoEn.
Rather than face the terrors Of ghost or
bogey, poor man will refuse large
messengers fee. In similar commuai-
ties in ireland until recent years the
fishermen would never let down line or
net until the fishery had been blessed
By the village priest. This was 10.
50 much to call the blessing Of Heaven
on the fisheries a. to put a curb on the
attacks Of the evil spirits Of the deep.
who are supposed to be ever lying in
wait for the unEsry and unprotected.
The lives OF seafariDg men are certainly
not 50 conducive TO narroTness Of
thought ss those Of peasants; contact
with men Of other nations. the sight OF
foreign ports. and the stories that are
exchanged between sailors contribute
70 widen their minds. Yet the su-
perstition Of the forecasi,e. All II
deed cf the captains cabin. are TOO
well known 70 need more than L
mention. The many evils TIA: follow
In the train Of love for women. the
abductioas and murders. the poiso1i1gs
ard wars over the Helens Of cities aai
farms. seem 70 have invested Frig-i.
the uorthern Venus. with i sinister re-
putation. which remained a. f0i. .
her obvious charms All gave 20 her dly
II the wees 10 FRIDAY hat evil nine
= h;ch lids tie ballads; begin his song
Of wee. " FRIDAY morning We SCI sail.
&c. As nigh; Be expected. the Chinese
are found 70 believe il devils y ever
.egree Of malice. VIVA; Is surprising i
the Likeness between the manifestations
& The Chinese demon ard the ordinary
syirit that r.1ss the bells. beats s5og:
among the pots and pans. b,agsthe shut
ters. and breaks the plates II or own
land. Men Of the four seas are all
brothers" Is AZ arcien, saw among the
Celest.lls. Dsnnys reports notable
even; from about A. D. go, which
happened to one OF the Chinese en-
perors. Having been taken III. be
dre,med TIA; : blue. hilf-naked devil
cane into his palace. took TIE Empre's's
r.rfuue-bag and the Emperor's hg,e,
which was studded with Jewels. and
rev OF with them to the roof. Sud
denly another blue devil appeared.
tull.uou;hed and Of gigantic size, with
= black leather top-booi on one FOO.
while the other was bare. lie had i
blue gown. which covered one arm.
The other vas bare All held
. massive sword with which be
instantly put the little sneak-;hief
to death. The Emperor asked him VII
he Vas. and the monster replied thai
bis name was Tsusg Krei. When )
mar be had taken houors in the theo-
r.,ical study Of WAY. and as spirit he
had become genera over ALI nps. ogres.
vraiihs. hobgoblIns. AM such Ike
entities Throughout; the lands Of the
four seas. The Emperor aw0ke 70 hnl
bis Illness gone, and We know 20 this
day how the Afreet looked. and par
iicul.rly that he was blue. because be
instantly summoned his couri painter.
ard had = portrait made Of him from
This was copied again All
again. and sent 10 81 parts Of China. 50
that be became , avorite object OF wor-
ship. and popular with artists asatype Of
the souetimes-benefceni spirits Of the
air. According 70 Gardner. The pre-
sent head Of the demons was once 1
priest Of the Taoists. or believers in the
old Chinese religion that fo.rishei be-
fore the Buddhists grew powerful; be
lived when the limits Of China were
very different from VIA. thsy became
He WAS Chang Tau Ling.
and the epoch VAS that Of the great
ness Of the kingdom Of Wei. When he
reached sixty be obtained and a:e the
magical pills which few can fnd--the
pills or spheres of Immortality;
The founder Of bis religion.
Lso-ize, came to him from the other
world and gave hin supreme command
over all demons, investing hin with
two magic swords and furnishing him
with = book Of charms. SiIiy-ihree
years after this Oriental colleague OF
King solomon arose from earth IN broad
daylight and assembled the throne Of the
demons. Hence the Tsoists often re-
gard the name Of demon as far from
iishonorable, and are glad TO have sny
reason TO be called so. Demons Will
possess 5 man for = time and
then make bargain with him; If the
victim will worship him the demon
viii cease tornenting hin and Will IN
crease his riches. But if not
be will add 20 his tortures and
rob hin Of al he possesses. 1t IS the
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