Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-28

| SAID TO BE HARMLESS.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, Nov. 18th, 1885.
| To the Editor Of The EVENING STAR:
The occult world on whose confines O STAR
reporter ventured last week I'm calling ON DR.
Elliott Coues and his associate, the Brahmiu
pundft, may offer secrets worth searching for
bnt you viii give me leave, I am sure, to say
that DR.. Coues need not fear that elf everybody
knew what and Mr.. Joshee do the social or
ganism OF the world would be thrown into
chaos" Others have known for years all he
knows, and have found his moral dynamite
| harmless as tooth powder.
For myself know little about the Brahmini-
! cal lore which he calls "Theosophy;" but good
! or Ill luck once put into my keeping mythical
| MS, which, as 1t related to my native town, I
/ translated, and in 1866 furnished 1t to my
ds FOR ey,p sas
clue TO several mysterious events connected
! with the town, gave an insight into the meth
! an adept At that time paid little attention
! 20 that part OF the narrative which treated OF
occult science. My attention was specially
directed TO the recitals which made local mys-
teries clear, and passed over hurriedly what
may have been an exhibit of matters OF more
| worldwide interest. THE STARS interview
with Drs Coues and Joshee has led me to look
again over the publication made In the Gazette,
and as I see on almost every page evidences
DIR. Coues thinks should he esoteric, will brief
for THE STAR such parts of the narrative ~
bear on the subject.
THE OLD MANUSCRIPT.
The writer of the Ms snbmfited IL tn TIM
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has delivered me, and a warning voice, raised
up in season against the erring powers, which,
my past experience teaches, are soon to lead the
world astray with lying wonders"
He described himself as one John Trust, an
erudite Englishman Of leisure, who, during
voyage round the world, had met at Calcutta
"a DR.. Wroe, who had reputation for
familiarity with the occult sciences and it was
believed in the capital that he had, by some
Which the indian priests of Hindostan eontriyed
to acquire and perpetuate an unlimited infiu-
"ni .t s, aS hoatheu ciuiitnty} Se :,
In 1915 the Englishman met him in Paris.
nWs ne ,..,.,. mn, r.. ,,.o,.,,... .. T.,
S our a h aG annSs 10 I'M
e nS itar bn cao fr Our r'sss !" r
into chair into stupor attracting 10 him pgeol.
Mn a tss as nys pas s anu SUe eh mn o ee d
10 nue. sne ,oI iG h S t dne pm had
Without knowing t. the same ambition which drove
Lucifer from his high estate found, from his in
were necessary to the full exercise the power that
the least OF spr Weaksnea IT, ana II was
mss tSe u, soui Vi any e'''o"
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AN ASTRAL ABDuCrloS.
Ihey went 10 the Isle Oh .hartihlque .osether'
ana thefe' by the asIrai power u kho" no
better name Tor it), Wroe carried on iady ana
brought her to a little town near washington,
MANS Ihefe trust met MN again, anu again
they pursued the practice vi the brahm1nlcai
ART he says:
ain Alexandria, as in Paris. it Was necessary to
lect place secuted from visitors with n chance to
a es a, anu le I to f
nahscan eaefce M i nfs1 we tooa y.
eS ST., Sprg as' place oelTeem as IL as
retired and the walk there gave us muscular vsor,
but we felt the want of apartments in town yet subj.
GENTLY retired for purpose. Chance favored
Wroe met in Alexandria an acquaintance. whom he
nad known f. Airc as seceeary 4 NE snsooy
A a., ies.ion a. aunsma MI I'M M9untiofo
The TON AM of tie eitS hail and offered ms rooms
there.
Having secured the best collection Of books treat
ing the occult arts could obtain which, by luck,
included highly valuable >anscrit manuscript which
Mroe had found among Mo the AIa9 p manuscripts
. IN, ,xas indsaS n, tho roxsi road Imui
ZIG ~as now nover- md led every s,en a new en-,
pire to rule a new region TO inhabit-
'.Wroe 5 success had been fur greater than his pu-
pills. aud would tax only the creduiity but the
Imagination of those who shall read these lines were
TO tell what these eyes mad seen worked by him In
'nat quiet 'o"h oeS'ue 'he ro'oha.
Trusts sister was SICK ana Wroe SAID to
him:
why 90 you not Try our art? we can cure
any nervous disease; ana by action on the
day CONQUER death itself and drive it from the
world
SHOT AT THE ADEPT.
Trust. however, became nearly crazed, fear
ing Wroe would use"Astral" influence with his
Sd a n
- ~ go $50 =; Ill, Ie,I s., t.,,,s
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noS.aSsed ,vas sb,wn h,. a iattar ho ,ddrasS a
+" Tr1st while the Iattsr was bd;ne ~ 1851
tho ,,enalty Of his crime ~ e ~ e"eP0
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ia for ~ viii ,o IL ,n tRht SUI, S W yV t,a
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toss wy crowns .S h,uhias ,.n, NV 800.
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not earn Won so,%h TO- steal from ns f by uiu
~ q a., r;ouS e.. u,t,;oi, in', ~ ~ VI
Cause con,S M, sha,e IT. 9Th vow iios' oe-
These eycarnts from a n.r,a,iye n,b,,shod e.,
SEfs Show mai tho nowar xvhich H. T ~
links he keens coiled nm like =. P,tricE's
sernent I'm a cbest nnder iocl. and Eev hn 81
osaf 49, .o;no -, tLo - ~ A'S, IL
re- ~ s,ni soTs In ~, riI ;d io1 years.
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h ,hic, Sa,p'o = rdi'' o,i snS nope uses
IN dua fi,,na onens i; .@ain amH ,r,,.t he;
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nnhI;c iha NH sYrn:;tion ,hat ;s 49, i. .ne
rran"a nj his extraordinarv eisIS nnS aan,i ine
, ,.issea W ni' eA'ia''oiS si's "no acquire
iHenlS'
THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BHAHMINS SCIENCE.
have already said that in the Ms referred
To publisbed only such things ns exnlaines
not,hle events heraabouts rho or orc 90 ,ha
hotapie eNehts heFeaoou's' Inc Lore OF the
Brahmins, which was appended to the narra>
tive, never appeared to me to be OF Interest nm
til after | read'THE STARS interview with DR.