The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

not leaf stirring in the breeze. and. /,
~, IL cast no shadow. / changed my posi-
ton and the vision became less distinct,
but on going back 70 my former stand J \
saw II plainly again. / was impressed with L
the peculiar expression Ia the eye ana on Il
the cOuntenance Of the wizard People Of |
sands Of voices one could hear EXPIRES |
sions OF amazement- We went forward \
and touched the leaves and trunk Of the |
tree, and actually tasted the fruit from |
The captain Of an English passenger |
steamer relates the following. He says
once when there Was among my PAS
sengers an English lady and two little |
children, an old fakir with a young girl |
came aboard. Every one gathered Ground
them and all very soon were much inter-
ssteo, especially the English lady, VINO
was peculiarly and painfully impressed
with the expression Of the old mans face
and eyes with several others OF the
party she sat in circle about him After
few Insignificant performances. he and
girl began TO raise from the deck and
iioat across the space between the lady
and hammock. in which her baby and
little girl were resting To her horror
she saw the fakir's girl stoop oyer and
take up the baby Holding the child she
rose from the deck. higher and higher.
er. In the meanwhile. being unable 10
cry out or move. as II size was in a sort
Of waking nightmare Suddenly. as she
watched she saw a small spot Ia the
clouds. and as 1t grew larger il took the
form OF her baby in the arms Of the girl.
who gradually descended to the deck and
Just then the mother had the power 10
break away from the circle, and rushing
TO the side Of the hammock, she eagerly
snatched up the child, only 10 find il
asleep and unhurt. How could you let
that strange woman take your little
brother awayr she screamed TO her as
tonished little daughter. The child re-
piled. Why mamma. brother has been
asleep here by me all the time no one
In looking through JacoIlicot's occult
Science in India" we find the narrative
Of an educated gentleman occupying a
nigh judicial position for fifteen years
a resident of India, and a close student
Of its people. its customs and peculiari-
ties. He relates one instance OF the yogI's
power to move inanimate objects. An
! immense bronze vase full of water, stood
/ in yacOuicOts room The yogi stood sew
sTal feet away and extended his hands
towards the vase Within fye minutes il
| commenced To rock 10 and fro upon its
base and gently approached the yogi with
a regular motion. Metallic sounds Issuing
/ from II led him to think that some one
/ had struck Il with steel rod The blows
/ at times were quick in succession. and 50
numerous that il resembled hailstones
/ Iallng upon metal roofs sometimes
measured and slow. and again continuous
! ike the roll of a drum The yogi was
/ asked il directions could be given regard
| sent being given the vase moved back
L ward and forward, according 70 the com
| intervals. in response to requests, from
1 slow strokes TO a continuous roar At
| another seauce, taking a small wood1n
| table, he placed IL on the terrace in the
/ open air, and asked the fakir If he could
tx IL there 50 that il could not be moved
The fahir at once went towards the stand
| and, placing both hands on top Of Il
stood InotionIess for ten or fifteen min
utes; then with the operators permission.
| Jacollieot approached the stand, but
found IL imrnovable, as II fastened TO the
| ground Violent efforts were made, with
| the result that the top came OF in his
hands. but the legs and cross-braces re-
| manned standing and still refused TO
move. Requesting the fakir to remove
| to the farther end Of the terrace, Jacolli-
cot was able TO handle the stand without
| difficulty
In order to judge concerning the per-
formances of the yogis. Indian fakir. etc
IL Is needful to bear in mind that these
people possess the power OF producing
hallucinations in the minds of other PER
sons, simply by forming pictures N their
own minds. which they mentally impress
upon the minds Of the spectators: not
upon one only. but upon hundreds and
thousands at once, making what is known
as a collective hallucination- The basis
upon which an exhibitions of this nlagi-
cal power rests is a knowledge OF the re-
| lations that exist between objective and
subjective states OF existence If we con-
ceive in our mind OF a picture OF d thing
that thing comes into existence within
our own mind. and IS composed Of the
substance OF our own mind If, by con
tinual practice. We gain sufficient power
to hold on 10 that image and prevent il
from being driven away and dispersed BY
other thoughts, Il viii before COMPARE
| lively dense, and be projected upon The
mental sphere of Others, so that the lat
ter may actually Believe TO see objectiveIy
that which exists merely as ina &c
within our own mind; but il we cannot
/ .
picture-and control IL at will, we cannot
produce its reflection upon the minis u
others and therefore. such Tlsychol Jgic4l
experiments as the moving Of pOaderlble
objects, deviation. rope and basket Inys-
terles, spirit naturalization. etc. often
fail, not on account OF any absolute
impossibility to perform them. but "a &C
count Of the weakness OF those who desire
TO experiment. but have not the p0wcr To
concentrate and control their own
thoughts. and render them sufficiently
solid for. transmission novel way OF
demonstration Is TO hypnOtize a person
and silently formulate in our mind a he
tStiOus scene representing a burning build
ing and a mother with her child in her
arms appearing at an upper window; or.
We may mentally picture the murder Of
the subjects wife. mother or child The
subject, standing several feet away, with
his face 70 the wall. perceives the scene
with NlNlcneSS which We have formulated
and projected mentally. with all the emo
cite.
1 mere We NAlueSS 4 pS1CGlcil tnanlESSLa-
ton, a phenomena. a transferrence of
Ideas from operator TO subject. thus pro
dueing what may be termed a teIepathie
Authorization.
An operator who has gained the uouse~
to concentrate and hold on 10 a Thought.
may-as have said-pro5ect il upon an
other, and the process WI be facilitated
If the subject is in passive state. hyp-
nosiS. or s0innamhulism The subject
not merely acts upon the suggested
thought of the operator. but having 10
viii of his own-if being inhabited for
/ the time being-becomes a hopeless in
strumenL through which the thoughts OF
operator are executed upon the sub Elective
or objective mind of the subject
| There can be no doubt Of these YOGI
performances being illusions. because an
attempt TO photograph any OF them re
veals nothing but an empty plate. You
are simply made 10 see things which do
not really exist
You viii naturally ask what are the
| qualifications necessary for the Yogi 1
| viii answer by saying that the yogis
the Gurus. the ChelaS. the SwamfS the
Adopts, the Gnanis. and the Mahatmas.
both of india and Tibet. belong TO a sep
arate class of individuals. who, during a
period OF many years. undergo curse
of psychic training which has for its oh
4 loot of