El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-09

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st was written,' he replied, "by
DR.. New brough, under the guidance of
he spirits. He was a medium AT
| first he received nothing but very ord
mary communications, such as COM
mon mediums receive every day
which you know, do not generally
amount to very much. Soon, however,
be became convinced that by proper
care he could get into communication
with higher order OF spirits. Finally
he succeeded 10 doing so, and under
their irfiuence he wrote on a type
writer for over year without having
any control over himself or knowing
at he wrote. At the end of that
time he found he had written Oahspee.
This means earth, sky and spirit,
and comes from dead language
spoken before the days of the
flood by race inhabiting the
Ocean, which has been submerged
since then"
In this building are also the chill
dren's sleeping rooms, the kitchen and
other rooms A kindergarten is main
tanned for the benefit of the little ones.
They receive instruction in some OF the
trades besides learning to read and
write. The instruction given is most
" in practical way.
We next proceed to visit the F'rater-
mum, as the building for the adults is
called. 1t is one story adobe, rectan-
gu ar in shape, 220 feet long by 100 feet
wide. In the center is a large court,
plotted with grass, and the rooms OPP
on 70 this. At present it is unoccupled,
but nicely furnished. In the front are
the library and the parlOr. In the lat
ter are hung number OF strange ana
weird paintings, some very hideous.
One represented person OF coarse,
heavy, brutal features. with small,
deep-set eyes and low, slanting fore
head. Next to this was one of a man
OF the present time.
''What are these pictures?' [ asked.
''These a"e some pictures drawn by
the hand of DR.. Newbrough." was the
reply. This" said he. indicating
several thousand years ago, and this
next one shows man of the present
century. thus illustrating the evolution
of man
In front of these buildings stands a
small adobe building. with large bell
supported by a wooden frame, at the
door This was called the Temple"
but Mr.. Rowland told me it was seldom
if eve,' used now, as, when there were
only few 1ults there, they preferred
to use the parlOr or another room in
the other buildings for worship
Oahspee teaches belief in one supreme
god, called Jehovah, the creator If the
universe, and a number of inferior
spirits, called gods, lords and lord
gods Evil spirits are called drujas.
In Oahspee is given an account of the
founding of Shalem. The whole book
is strange and weird in its language.
in the names given are long and ex-
traOrdinary.
On to the farm, I saw number of
wells, provided with wind mills, to
pump water for irrigation and drink
ing pnrpose5 A long trough extends
for some distance. carrying the water
to all parts of the farm.
About mile TO the north of shalem
proper is Levitica. This is colony
esta blished in connection with Shalem
for families that may desire to join the
community. Here they have erected
a number of small adobe cottages,
with a small patch of land around
each, for cultivation. A few families
have located here. and an exec lent
store is kept here for their acccmmo-
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