Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-02-09


when We Of the Western Hem
isphere undertake. le explore The
region OF the occult y have things
TO learn Of the Orienlala 81 every
step of the way ssi.l ! New York
man who has fondn<se or psyco-
logical study and tbe inr<stieation
Of che phenomena spiritism.
"This fact was 5rone1 Oppressive
= e me lsst supn demon
s'ration gwen BY an educated Sy-
rian with whom | vas brought in
to contact Cor some weeks during
nv stay in the country. His re-
ligion | never learned. lie may
have been . FIRE worshipper or an
Oiympian, for any HAT be gave TO
the contrary. He called himself q
Christian. which sas bis way so |
fancied, of saying that he was not
q Nohammedan or a Buddhist.
But talking with him one day on
the subject of spiritism, ! got an
offhand expression Of opinion from
him that had not anticipated.
'Why do you in England and
America who call yourselves Spirit
ualis,s restrict yonr belief and seek
manifestations ouly of departed
human souls 2 be said. sThe weak
ness of your faith is in denying
in ignoring at any rate-the spirit
in other forms of animate life.
Thus you would assert for your
son what you would probably deny
of the living creature he is torment
ing
eve were in nv garden, and we
were looking. as he spoke, at q
striped garter snake that nv little
boy had found and WIS playing
with.
SO | pretend to know nothing
that can be spoken OF the powers
and continuance OF the ncofporeal
spirit the Syrian cpntinned. Yet
sf-5aaE;lip iprerisss seimpia mears
for an experiment that will take
some little time and trouble / will
give you a manifestation Of that
creeping thing beyond its body-a
visible, moving representatives.
positive as anything you have af-
firmed of materializsd forms in
Your spirit circles. will drop
this basket over the snake-so-
and detain him alive. Now for
you- part. Please fetch me jar
Of olive oil large enough to hold
him.
81 went into the house. to the
kitchen, AMI got from the cook q
two quart glass preserving jar and
a bottle of olive oil. poured the
oil into the jar and the Syrian
dropped the snake iato the oil.
".We need not stop with shis,'
he said. Let rs end others
snakes, lizards. worms-snything
that creeps and crawls. shall
show you thst they shall oil mani
fest themselves as incorporate
forms
"My boy by this time was highly
interested, and the three of us
started in on q round up of the gar
dens and adjoining Geld. A small
green snake, two lizards. cent?
pede, three csterpillars, 9 butterfly
and q half dozen angle worms was
our bag of an hours hunting. All
we're captured alive and unhurt, for
that thew should 60 into the jar in
this condition. the Syrian said, was
essential to the success of the de-
monstration. They we're dropped
into the oil which then completely
filed the jar, and the cover was
screwed on. Then bv direction OF
the Syrian the jar was placed where
il could be in the direct rays Of the
sun all day long. The place se-
lected was the roof of . lean-to
Oh the south side of the stable,
which could be reached only by
ladder-and be directed that the
Jar should remain undisturbed for
twenty one days.
".Then ! will come and give the
demonstration that shall astonish
yon,' he said. You have .. vonr
laboratory the other things We need
"a crucible, alcohol, aud shutters
that will dsrken the ROOM
In the afternoon Of the twenty
first day from this time the Syrian
came over to the house and We went
together to exsmine the Jar on the
roof. Il had been undisturbed,