The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-15
MANY CURIOUS FANCIES
Have Mingled In McIvOr-Tyn dalI's
Life,

DR.. Alexander J. Meteorological,
the celebrated English mystic, who Is
to give one of his marvellous exhibit
tons Of his strange powers at Conover
hall tonight, is a most interesting char
acter, whose experiences and theories
are peculiarly original
Upon being asked by a G. i G b rep
representative how he accOmplishes his
wonderful feats, McIvor-Tyndall said:
''Oh, it is very simple. There is
nothing supernatural about it.
just put my cerebum into a somnam-
bulic condition and center my powers
in my cerebellum, thus producing a
state of nti-entrancement which rem
ders me peculiarly sensitive to the
vibrations of thought-waves."
Some Of McIvor-Tyndalrs wonderful
feats cannot be explained by thought
reading, however, and the only ex-
PLANTATION possible is that this famous
thought reader and hypnOtiSt must be
possessed Of a kind Of psychic X-ray
power, enabling him to look into things
supposedly impenetrable.
why do you believe in the theory Of
reincarnation? was asked
Simply because I have indisputable
evidence Of the truth of the theory. I
was born with certain knowledge and
occult powers which could have been
gained only through successive earth
lives.
mo; there is no chance for explana-
ton in the theory of heredity, even
granting it to be law, which 1 do not.
My father is busy, practical physi-
clan. and my family for generation
have been the most orthodox Episco-
palianS, not one of whom, to my knOWl-
edge, has ever dabbled in mysticism.
When mere child I would often cleo
trify my father by answering his men
tai questions or predicting the result
of some of his cases. / used to be
haunted with vague memories of events
long past which tried in vain to recall
more distinctly-just as we will often
struggle for days to recall a nama
face or event, known and half-forgot-
ten in this life. One thing l particu-
larly remember was ever present in
my mind, and became to me as much a
reality as the presence of my daily
companions. This was the mental pic
ture of an old man with a long gray
beard and wonderfully calm, dark eyes.
He was dressed in the costume of
an Aryan. I used speak of him
Familiarity as my old man" / after
wards met and recognized him during
my travels in India.
1.-THE face Of the lady who is now my
wife grew to be almost as familiar to
me as my own, and the moment 1 saw
her recognized her and exclaimed to
a friend who was with me: There she
isr
LAS I grew older these impressions
became more tangible, until I have
been able to remember circumstances
in my previous incarnation as clearly
as the events of a year ago.
DR.. McIvor-Tyndall has a strikingly
spiritual face, deep gray, thoughtful
eyes and wavy black hair, which he
wears a la Paderewski. In this connec-
ton the following incident occurred:
DR.. McIvor-Tyndall was the guest Of
a certain well-known physician in Los
Angeles. The little daughter of the
house, aged eight years. had lately
heard a great deal of Paderewski and
his wonderful piano playing. She gave
one glance at the English mystic and
clappfng her hands said: ooh, mama.
ask him to play the piano for US" Nc
Ivor-Tyndall protested that he was not
a pianist, when the little miss, with an
expression of mingled incredulity and
disappointment exclaimed: Mama,
why can't he play, he has got long
hair"