The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-23
OMNIBUS OUTLOOK FOR FRANCE
Papus, the Celebrated Seer. Makes Some
Strange Predictions

Papus, the Celebrated Seer. Makes some
Strange Predictions
Several so-cailed prophets have arisen
In France during the last few months.
Of them hardly one seems 10 have any
real claim TO the lofty title of prophet.
The young girl who says she is the
mouthpiece OF the angel, Gabriel, seems
to have more claim TO the title than any
Of the others, but even her claim seems
very ludicrous in the eyes of those who
have given any time to the study of the
mysterious art of divination. Such per-
sons turn with a sigh of relief from the
vague predictions of these fortune tell
ers TO the measured words which Papus,
probably the ablest living magician and
seer in Europe, has just uttered in re-
gard to the future of France.
Papus, remember, is no windbag. but
q trained student of occult sciences and
an authority on all matters relating 10
magic and sorcery. Intellectually he
is as much above these little prophets
of yesterday as Nostradamus is above
an itinerant gypsy fortune teller. He
predicted the assassination of President
tragedy took place. Here are his very
words, as they were published in the
Initiation: During the fourth month
of 1894 the president of the republic
win be in danger of death at the hands
of an assassin" Now, Carnot was as
sassinated in June. and. as the astrolog-
ical year begins in March, the prediction
was clearly fulfilled.
Papus predicts dire events for the
coming year, and insists that they will
occur unless warded off by human will
power. Ever since the 18th century,"
he says, ''all the prophecies relating
to this period are in harmony on one
point-namely, that the year 1926 will
be disastrous one. Philippe Olivarius,
a monk Of Citeaux, prophssied long ago
that in 1896 Paris and other great cities
would be destroyed by fire. Now, do
not believe that a calamity of this kind
will happen, but / am confident that
during 1895 the French republic will
suffer serious loss in many ways.
see danger of war, and not of war wits
a foreign country so much as of civil
war. The government, too, will have
many troubles, and the president will !
either resign or be dismissed. Incl |
dentally, may mention that early in
1895 there was a clear foreshadowinc I
OF the present Italian troubles In Africa. /!
Personally, 1 look forward to the /
coming year with great dread. Either /
fate or Providence is determined that /
the republic shall be severely tried. The I
danger of a popular uprising and of all /
the horrors of civil war have never been /
more great. France, it is true, will pass
safely through this crisis, and the an
archist movement which threatens will 1
unquestionably be crushed. But never
thele.'s the year will long be remem-
bered for its many calamities.
"All that 1 have spoken of is fore
Swallowed, and yet nothing of it may
happen. We who read the stars can only
the events most likely TO occur
at any given time. Human will is all
and as the strong will of a
man can ward off many peril in his
path, SO the will of strong nation can
ward off even the worst catastrophes.
The glory OF astrology is that it en-.
nbles US TO see the dangers ahead and to
guard against them. IN. Y. Herald.