St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-15
WONDERS oFoCoULT SCIENCE
Light That Cast No Shadow and a
Huge Rock Made to Vanish.

Light That Cast No Shadow and a
Huge Rock Made to Vanish.
Arena.
Heinrich Hensoldt is a German nat
uralist who, while youth, went to
Ceyion with DR.. f. Goldschmied, a dis
tlnguIShed archaologist and Sanscrit
scholar, whose mission was to study
two ruined cities there. He afterward
Travelled widely III India. devoting
his attention to his science, and
deSpising the occult knowledge of
which he heard so much as he
went about. In what he relates is ne
amusing himself in an effort to discover
If there be limit to gullibility? A man
OF science with little humor might
he suspected of such thing. Has he
been imposed upOn-which is to say,
was he hypnotized by the cid adept, and
made to see what was suggested to him?
If neither of these theories of eXplana-
ton be correct, what is the correct eX-
PLANTATION?
In March of 1881, his curiosity con-
rrrning occultism being aroused, he was
to visit an adept of Serinagur. city of
the Vale of Cashmere. The pundlt
gave him letter of introduction to the
adept, Coomra Sami, and he set out 10
that place. Reaching there, no one
seemed to know such person as COON
IA, and he began TO think he had been
tricked, when he lea ned from a shep-
herd that Coomra. with four compan-
ions and two servants, occupied a mon
astery made out of the walls of an old
pagoda, three miles to the northwest of
the city.
AS he approached the monastery a
tall man with an emaciated face, but
with features not unpleasant except for
the sternness displayed by the lips.
rose from behind some earthen jars and
stepped forth to meet him. This was
Coomra. and. passing over much detail,
COomra told Hensoldt he knew he was
coming, described the roads he had
traversed, and even the musings in
which he had lndulged Old The way. He
was given a room in the monastery.
The revelation which he had of the
adopts powers in the first moments
interview prepared him for other
strange experiences. Still he thought
this revelation might be referable ito
the dark field of cerebricity and clair
Voyance," and, therefore. not uneXam-
pied in other parts of the world.
But the evening of the second dav
something happened which was not SO
easily eXplicabIe. He asked if there
were any books in the monastery which
would assist him in his inquiries. Yes,
there were, and Coomra invited him to
where they were, in room as dark as
pitch. He had to be led in it bv the
hand. Releasing his hand. Coomra went
to what afterward was seen To be a
chest, and took out book, saving
Look at this fine carving and
at these pictures" Hensoldt replied
81 beg your pardon, how can L see
anything in this lnky darkneSs?'' The
adept exclaimed: ION, ! forgot" and
then, says HenSoldt. "a flood Of light
surrounded me, and found myself in a
hIgh-roofed apartment devoid of furli
ture, except All old chest and two sheen.
skins i'll the middle of the floor. The
light was certainly not produced by any
artificial means; 1t was as light as day
ara OF that unearthly refulgeEce which
on more than one previous occasion
had startled ne in certain of the feats
q 1oghis in Cent; india.
lie objects In the light cast nc
shadows, which clearly proves that its
source cannot be an incandescent body
like the sun Or any other radiating
point. The nearest defnition-althougl
poor one-whicn can give Of The
llght, Is that OF a luminous fluid which
is suddenly precipitated over a limited
space, and in which the objects seemed
10 be Immersed. On this occasion the
light did not extend beyond the thresh
old OF the apartment. where it did no
merge by gradual transition into the
darkness of the corridor, but seemed
cnt OFF by sharp demarcatfon line
The same was the case with the win
doWs which were square holes in the
wall; there was inky darkness and the
drlZzling rain without.u In that m
eanny light he saw the adept before him