The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-18

Connection Between fhe Apparently
Supernatural and HeeoS niHed
Forces in Nafare-fieser Tricks
Aided by q secret knowledge OF
some Agencies of which Euro
means Have Been Ignorant.

In q former paper i fEfSNsAftn Ia
erofty have spoken OF ar Indian brother
In magic" Who performed the mango
frfek for ne. and whose thunder. ! tn4nK'
/ proved with reasonable ConclHs1Teness'
a al events on paper. have fairy apg99-
fyrlated In time the old fellow, VINO, II
memory Is not a. fault, mas been auoos.
by ne Yoxf. which he Was not. instead OF
a nrst-class faksr. which he was. became
very friendly chiefly in consequences, X
would seem OF tao shings-One that ne
brought a man 10 acc as interpreter De-
fseeu las vino Was a munsni tutor py
profession. snf occnlrlst BY 2redl4ec+ioa'
che Dsher~-T told hlm straight thAt ms
mango trick no longer puzzled me. aha' IN
proof. id 1t before him If he @as sur
arssed, he avoided showing IL. but seem
tng 30 admit me as sort OF brother IN
arr hs introduced me 10 some native gem
tseHseu whD we're vsEitahle yogls. faklF,
n must be remembered, Is an acoIyte or
feesee OF esoierfcism, yogi is an expert
Of accglr art. a priest % the cnIt
From these gentlemen 1 heard many
things ard saw some things. which, al the
rex OF taxing The creduiity OF my readers,
must be written
This paper shaIl he devoted 30 a descr.p-
non Of aga1a. what it il. and what are
some OF tbs resultanfs Of us MIRACULOUS
a.
Agasa. according 70 the Hindu and Ara
ban ecstAtlcs. Is another name for lie
fad The ularvels that ! snail presently
a.-scrlb be. performed by these yog.s IN nay
presence were accomplished. they claimed.
by tas aid Of The pttrls or ancestral sp.r-
its and the superb oundant, super poten-
tai aEaaa IN their trained and maeerated
systems. Spirits. they insisted. used aEasa
as a conductor 10 matter. some" hat as
the electric current uses a copper 1re as
q travelling Inrd4um In proportion 10 the
quantity and potency Of agasa IN the sys-
TEN. SO is the power TO work maEVelS by
the aid OF spirits Magnetic fluid, with the
assistance OF which nuch may be done OF
medical value IA. Most PROBABLY. only an
other name for this essence OF life. Sur
eeons have Of late performed many pain
less operations. using magnetism and hyp-
notlSm. instead OF anesthetics-
one 81 these yogi gentlemen assured me
that one could 'mut4iate the body. Top of
the limbs and with a sufficient amount Of
sgasa. you can simultaneously hea. the
wound Agasa Is the clement which keeps
the atoms 81 matter together tie knife or
sword sewers IL. the fire expels Ii from It's
loigment IA those atoms put the agasa
hack 20 the severed or burned parts be
fore they have had time to tester or
wzther. and the parls must reunite aud
again become whole as before. /; is by
virtue OF agasa that seed terminates IN
the ground and grows up 10 be a tree.
with leaves, frulf ana flowers. Pour
streams Of agasa on the seed ana you
quicken Ia minute what would else, with
less of life fiaid. occupy a month 10
grow" Crhe Implication here In connec-
,ion With the mango growing trick Is EVIL
dent. l used ants earth, which is pree-
pant with fornlC acid. SO. undoubtedly.
did ngy venerable friend, the fakir, The
yogi implied that he could achieve the
same result, with agasaD
Charge stones OF other inanimate OBJ
A. exrfF = Fr.a. Atsr~
body ana spirits can make such objects
move. rs. swim. or travel hlther and thith-
er n VIII: la short. IL Is through the
power OF acasa-~hy watch / mean force
the life Of things-that preternat9rSl
narvels could he wrought provided al
ways that pllris tsplrits) assist In the
operation. first. because their spiritual
bodies were al sgasa. and next. because
they had a knowledge Of this great living
force and how % apply Il. which they
c0uld not communicate to mortais'
one Of the gentlemen named Bahadur
post Sauda assured ne that initiation
into these wonder working powers was
Through asceticlsm. chastity. frequent
ahlutians. long fsisfs. seasons Of profound
abstraction. spirit exalted to the contem-
p!ation OF creation. deity. heaven and
heavenly things. a mind wholly suhiin-
sted from earth and earthly things
This particular conversation occurred
a. bombay IN the middle Of the nlAh. IN
iiiile~kuown temple. opening out of the
celebrated caves Of Elcphanta Sauda
ssnib had worked himself up into state
or What 7. poor ordinary mortal that /
aft. SHOULD 4ee.rt9fc as hNsteriral excite
rusnt. condition that closely twins the
feTver - Some az our religious bottles
Suddenly bis ewes began so dlsten1 he
stopped ar ag}tatst walk Ae hat been ir.-
dais'ns ia. As he talked. and facing ne.
he cried out.
Behold me- ! an al agasa. Tbs thla
rlm OF matter waeressih I am covered
these meghes cf bone that form my frame
~crk % Nfe. are they not fined away %
the tfnai5y of the elements They hinder
ne my nght through space. neither can
'hsy bind He 20 tha earth. I am casting
them OF see The roof. man wahan tame
see aarta nahin hun q am not afraid
e. go thsrvl
he booked upwards. the expression Of
bis ttcH became ecsiatic. throwing 40 MS
hands he seemed - Re uuii.ng az me at
naoSQnere shove ass head. ana 20 my sssr-
prise. ani- g b musi 1c admitted. some
WAT Co ms alarm. he tegau gently TO as
cfn3 yea ar& -1sr raaf az the femme some
~ geet above as A. his hands reached
through tne space RtesNe hifn his feat
gently Beat hack 80. space fe}1w aim.
Thr action Was net y Aa "a man ys}ks-~
trfs space hot rather chat OF ave pulling
himself Mia hts bands aul pushing him
seaf etn his feet sntc g. n motion noe
iSe east 80 sS4mmar. ffs rsavef an
tAis o}1 NaN riEat IN me rocf ara cirele3
slowly r0amf ans raunt taen aaas>s
aa@1 As Ae REARED me De commenced
tatar.nS t1a eso}ence.
Nam ahI cahar a. II SHAN SD ca.
a'se-l rtASb over ARA over aeata- A
he Fear "ttsn feot or So @, ;ae
"fFfh PEI '-asan -s Haae Ssowiv raert rar.
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