The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-12-18
THE MAN WHO VANISHED,
BY FERGUS HUME.
Chapter lII-CoNTINUED.


desire to learn, namely, how TO incar.
nate my own soul or that Of another
human beings in a separate body. |
have seen my master leave his own
body apparently l~ifeless, and re-incar-
nate his own soul in a corpse; the
dead arose, walked, talked. and lived
under the animating influence Of the
soul Of Lal Chunder, and then re-
turned to its former ~lifeless condition
when the %animating soul came back
once more to its accustomed tene-
ment. This secret was withheld from
me. as LaI Chunder considered | had
not achieved a sufficient degree Of
publication to be blessed with such a
boon, SO in order to gain this last
secret I travelled to Thibet and took
up my abode with the mystic brother
hood who have their home in those
distant wilds. | remained some years
with them. and, at last, having at
tanned the highest degree Of spiritu-
ality possible for a denizen of this
planet, | returned to Lal Chunder,
whom folnd on the point Of death.
His hour had come, and his soul was
about to leave his emaciatel body for
the last time. Previous, however. to
his departure, being satisfied with my
efforts to deserve knowledge. he in
itiated me into the last secret Of all,
and then his soul departed from this
earth for cven, to return to the spirit
world from whence it originally came.
When this took place I eagerly
tried the effect OF my newly-acquircd
knowledge, and. leaving my own
body, ! projected my soul into the
shell Of Ial Chunder. The expert
ment was entirely successful. for in
the guisc OF Lal Chunder { arose and
walked, while at my feet my former
tenement remained motionless and
empty. The laws of the universe.
however. forced me to return once
more to my own body, and having
done so, | buried the mortal part Of
the yoghi in the earth to resolve into
It's original elements, and then left
ndia for Europe.
IL did this as | was still an object
OF enmity to the priests. and although
l now possessed spiritual powers
equal to their own. was unwilling to
come into collision with them in any
way. | had plenty of money, and, as
lar as material wants were concerned,
l was amply provided; while. OF
course. my lifelong studies gave me
complete command over the spiritual
part OF myself.
II only. arrived in England last
year. and established myself il this
house, which l found convenient to
the city and also isolated enough to
permit me to live my own life without
comment. I have one servant whom
/ hired when | first settled down, and
he serves me sufficiently well-that is,
he does everything necessary for my
material wants. and speaks to
no one about the life l lead.
I frequently leave my body for
days and oar. untrammelled, through
the wide expanse of the ininite-I
have strange visions. wild dreams. mex
plainable ecstasies --and my only regret
is that being bound by the laws OF
the universe, which are fixed and I'M
alterable, I have to return at certain
intervals to this body. OF course, my
servant knows nothing of my frances
as his knowledge Of me IS bounded by
the life l lead in this house.
Cautiously enough, in spite of my
years Of spiritual training: my ma
tsrial desires were not yet conquered,
and six months after my arrival
in this country l fell in love. What
attracted me most about the young
lady / became attached to. was no
her beauty Of face and form. although
in both OF these she was pre-eminent
but the strong masculine spirit which
inhabited her feminine body. l was
introduced to her through the medium
OF her father. on whom l called to de.