Amador ledger., 1906-06-15
was burned at the stake many years
How She Sees the Past.

1HdI IL prdcGlCally Gno Ouly Ou0 VI
my former lives in which 1 remem ber
the facts sequentialIy. In the others
l remember only single scenes gener-
ally.
In the life previous to the last one
my father was wealthy Greek who
moved to Rome. 1 was called Lucella
Vera. | had my same independent
spirit, which manifested itself in this
case in the way wore my hair. 1 had
so much hair that l could not do it
up in the fashion of the times, so
wore it In braids down my back.
A feature in conectlon with this life
is that l have met two people in New
York who knew me in that incarna-
tion.
There is nothing wonderful in this.
[ attribute my knowledge of my past
lives partly to my remarkable memory
and partly to the fact that in each
case l died conscious and knowing
that l was going to die.
The trouble is that men do not real
ize what the human will can accom-
plish. There is nothing in the uni
verse that is not open to the soul ii
the mind is strong enough to free it
from the body. As l said before, we
who follow the higher life do not as
a rule risk the ridicule of the world
by telling these truths. Mankind will
learn them all in time. But l will
tell you briefly some of my own ex-
periences,
When was born into this life must
have been nearly ready for the circle
that l am now in; because, before l
was 16 years old my soul began to
leave my body in the night. l did
not know then what it meant. l
thought my strange experiences we're
dreams.
First Flights Through Space.
About this time, while in London,
| came into contact with a master,
one of the greatest. His name was
Marius. He recognized my power, and
with his soul L made my first fights
through space. He introduced me
into an order to which none can be
elected excepting those who have
reached the plane of our circle. There
[ was taught how to leave my body at
will and how to return to it. With
out this teaching l might in one OF
my flights, have remained too long,
and not knowing how to re-enter my
body, would have been found dead.
When l started out into space for the
first time the initial sensation was one
of darkness, of over whelming, oppres-
sive blackness unknown on earth.
Then gradually out ut the void big,
dim, red ball took hazy form, until l
recognized it as the earth. Then this
slowly faded and disappeared, and
was alone ID space.
Can you imagine the awful sensation
of realizing that you are rushing
through the universe, the exultation
of feeling that you are answering the
call of the unknown that has stirred
the souls of men from the begin
ning?"
Her whole body seemed to grow
tense, and her eyes glowed with an
almost spiritual light.
Saw Countless Worlds.
81 seemed to be half enveIoped in a
faint, iiImy cloud that carried me
along at an incalculable speed. Above,
below me and on every side flashed
the lights of countless worlds, and
our own was but speck that L could
not see.
81 could not pretend to keep an ac
count of time, but after. it seemed to
me, some hours of this flying, before
me in space star was growing larger
and larger. In seemingly few min
utes after | had noticed | was ap-
preaching it the star had grown into
great planet and l was upon it.
81 wish it were possible for me to
give yon some idea of that new world.
1t was a wonderland of beauty. In
general respects it resent bled our own,
but it was so much more glorlously
beautiful. The trees, the mountains,
the flowers, the rivers, the valleys,
and every part of the scene were woven
into a harmonious whole that was
more wonderful than any dream.
The Animal Eliminated.
81 have already told you more than
| am permitted to but | must tell you
something about the people. They
resembIed US in general figure and
feature but the same greater beauty
that had seen in the inanimate
scenery was present here. In every
face and figure the animal was almost
entirely eliminated. Their features
we're cast in mold of spiritual beauty
and nowhere were there in form OF
feature evidences of bodily induIg
ences OF any kind.
The Garden of Paradise.
"To myself have always called that
planet 'the garden of paradise. Thai
is the only name that can convey any
idea of its unearthly beauty.
Several times l have been to world:
lower than ours, but do not wish tc