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rsre whIch called him els,where iu.t ,hon.

He left II. T. Patterson TO talk, however.
Mr.. Patterson is the President Of hard
ware company. No one would dream that he
dealt in Thought waves along with machinery,
tools, and metals, but he does. lilo ist't Oil.
taken 4 good. many degrees, and what I've
doesn't know himself about the occult world,
ne "STeerptSIniry% w tbeosopShists dS.S he replied n
tho same %a9cstiog that had been put TO Red.
Aura Wright. TIT STh AZ, p re { what ,ho they
sophical Society is the investigation OF the
hidden forces in nature. and the psychic powers
about twcnty-one years. and its work would
have. amounted to very little II some Of its
members did not understand something about
the real nature OF man md his higher powers
which Is not understood by the mass of peo-
ssgncS 30 there 1sr as seems ins to iSf bs no OF p 5naiH ffS Of ogn a
doubt that these maEicians have learned GER
tain little details about the use OF generally
PROF. Kcliar. who should be an authority
where supposed tricksry, Is concerned. stated
eral years ago. that he was thoroughly con.
WINGED from his own observations that not
Zulus and. Sioux Indians have knowledge OF
q practical nature not possessed by the people
Of our civilization. In this article Prof, kel.
lar told of seeing n number Of fnkirS In India
stick three swords. which he examined care
fully, in the ground. hilts down.
which numbered about 10000. and W course
the performance was IN an open square. The
lHklTb were quite nAkeu excepting rs 10 ION
cloths. and they did \ great deal Of salanming
before the Prince. They caused one Of their
numoer to become rigid and placed him on the
by one. leaving the man in the air apparently
without support. This might have been hyp.
think that the human body or anything else is
not subject to leyitatIon.
IN Zr;uland kellar saw a very similar feat.
made rigid by, having burning, grass waved
save that he Niaita0 n Sinnv In1inn tnnIiTfpa
man at his tent one bright moonlight night and
asked to see some of his magic. The man shot
the shooting of the first and last. and Kollur
or course he did not for n moment accept the
Idea Of anything supernatural. that being an
some forces were used the existence Of which
was unsupported by him before. lie said posi-
lively that 1t could not be ordinary Juggling.
or course I'll eosophists understand ali Of these
As TO individual Theosophists making
edge. such a thing is hardly to DO expected.
4 does no good. and is apt to do much harm.
and energy and endeavor to place before all
OF the people In all countries our philosophy
and our knowledge; II people will not take
1t is i'm possible for others to give them those
results which can only be acquired by study.
mathematics or music. No man expects to
have a business build itself uu. He knows
tnht unless ne taxes the necessary stems, the
business will not become existent. 'TiS the
same with knowledge. 1t cannot be handed
over like a piece Of cake or a loaf of bread.
II must be. gained by each one for himself.
Certainly Theosophists can tell Mr.. Hermann
exactly what the fakirs in India do. and how
they do 1t. The people OF India are not the
only ones who have this knowledge. Some
people in every country have It, and the wave
is rolling toward America"
Well. why don't you tell Hermann what
you know and get the S1o.0o0?" persisted the
reporter.
''Tush. tush! Minor matters don't inter.
est Theosophists," replied Mr.. Patterson. and
that same second a thought wave rushed up
against him and he tore out OF the reading
room Of the society and out into the inhabited
daylight. murmuring something about a din.
ner engagement, and leaving ten thousand
American dollars to go a-begging or to India.