Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16

In America or Europe have gone more
deeply into these questions, and the pluin
result Of it an Is that he believes. I'M
Quired more fully about what happens
when one of these sclf-hypnotic frances
has been fully produced, and the answers
given me were even more surprising than
what / had already heard. IL seems
that In this trance state an adept not
only contemplates his dominant self In
the present, but also In the past, and to
a limited degree In the future. "lhcy
can see the ripples n little ahead We're
Mr. Cruwford's words. Really the
terms present, past aud future should
not be used at al In this connection, as
IN the trance state both time aud space
disappear. The soul lives simultaneously
In the whole cycle of existence, and II
secs backward and forward through
many deaths, as through the doors of
rooms opening one into the other. The
great joy In this state, the only joy worth
striving for the only motive TO action, Is
the reconciliug Of the soul TO It's mem
cries. Whatever has been wisely done
gives peace of mind; whatever has not
gives pain,
Out of this statement so calmly given,
but so hard 10 grasp | caught at the
one idea that space no longer exists for
Il soul IN the trance state ] asked for
more light on this point and repent Mr.
Cruwford's reply almost exactly. Most
undoubtedly In these frances spncp dis
appears just rs language does, and what
We call matter with it, supposed laws
An ndcpt in trance will reud the
thoughts Of another person as easily as
you read a printed page The fnct chat
he did not understand thu person
language would be no obstacle, lie also
transfers his thoughts NO will regardless
of distance You are incredulous. | can
only assure You that | know such 10 be
the cuse. 1t has happened IN my own
experience. On two occasions, within
three months, n very dear friend OF mine
now in New York, caused his own hinge
TO appear before q woman 200 miles dis
tant In each instance she wrote him
within twenty-f1ur hours stating that he
had appeared 10 her In vision. like a
figure on Il magic lantern slide. In both
cases the hours were fOud TO be idenu-
cal"
Here again / caught nc straw In the
words, what we call matter with It's
supposed laws This seemed a promis-
ing clue.
Mr. Crawford went on to explnin that
the japanese wise men whom he regards
as even more learned than those of India,
maintain that all material things around
and about us, the world itself aud every
thing on H., are but SO many Illusions Of
the senses. You see a book before you,
but what you see Is no more than the
orchestra you hear In q phonugrnph.
All forms of matter are but temporary
and ephemcrnl. The only realities, the
only things which are eternal aud unulter.
able are ideas. There can be Only one
life of any value, and that Is the life OF
the soul. Death is Only the opening OF
another door into a more richly furnished
room Why should any one fear deathg
That brought up the question Of rec
wards and punishments which Ia this
philosophy is merely a beautiful system
OF cause and effect IL you tell lies on
wrong your neighbor In one existence
you win be so much worse of Ia the
next one, so much the less in peace with
memory Whatever good or bad things
you do In one room count for or against
you In the next. The standards OF good
and evil have been handed down by
adopts from generations. Thus they are
In no sense fntallsts.
asked particularly about various ex-
truordinary powers which lave been
ascribed by travellers 10 certain wise men
IN the East. These powers, says Mr..
Crawford really do exist; for instance,
they have such marvellous mesmoric COM
troll over men aud beasts that tigers are
faced with indifference in the junglcs,
while Indian ingglers hypnoilze their
audiences at will so that they see boys
seeds, and men climbing unsupported
ropes ana disappearing into space Fur
therm0re, these wise men haze Che So
cret Of the fourth dimend0n Of space,
which means that they can cause Pile
nomeua 10 axe place which are entirely
beyond what we call the laws Of graWita-
ton, light, sound etc. They are also
able 20 cure diseases In some unexplained
manner and even 10 prol0ng life. They
are aYerse 20 using these last named
powers, however, as Il Is not their desire
70 outliYe their predetermined term,
There Is no reason why they should wiSh
10 DO 80. On the contrary
Mr.. Crawford cited an instance Of the
power these men have over disease. II
happened 40 himself IN India. lie was
stricken at one time With fever which
Is often fatal 10 Europeans aud the best
doctors could DO nothing ior him. II
looked as IL he was going 10 tle. AZ the
cr.tlcpl moment q high caste Brahmiu,
who had showa the rere5i devotion Tor
ihe novelist, came 20 him and offered Lis
aervicrs.
y can cure you" ne said, If you obey
my in7gfueiinns
PR era wferi was So weak he could
have pr0mlsea anything and assented
With q feeDla nod, WbereupQn the Brah.
min Went away aud presently returned,