Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-30
LYMAN j. GAGE HAD VISION
How the chicago Banker Came 20
study the occult and the
"BIack Art"

Lyman j. Gage. VINO has issued denial |
Of the report that he contempates Joining |
Mrs. Tingley's theosophical colony, was /
well known during his residence In Chicago /
to students Of the occult and black art |
His interest in esoteric matters began in |
a dramatic way in Chicago in 1876. He has |
been considered a candidate for the great |
world society, unknown and unnamed |
which waits for its exponent in the year |
1000, when a new Christ is to come to earth |
to teach the truth that the world is not |
ready to receive now. There was mourn
ing among the two or three members Of
this society in Chicago when it became
known that he had followed a new and, to
them, false god.
While still president Of the First National
bank. Mr.. Gage. hard, cold man Of money,
received a fash OF inner vision which is
said to have changed his life. 1t was while
he was at a banquet at the Auditorium no.
tel that the vision came. He saw a scene
In far country in which his brother, a
western mine owner, was the principal
figure He received q distinct impression
that his brother was holding a gun and
that the weapon exploded. He saw his
brother lying dead in lonely country road.
The picture was so vivid that he was dis
turbed by It, and when a few hours later
he received word that his brother had been
killed in the same manner as had appeared
to him in the dream, he was so impressed
that he began to study the theories under
lying theosophy.
At that time Thomas Hudson was the
great psychic in Chicago. He had written
books on the subject and taught the cult
in rooms at Thirty-ninth street and Ellis
avenue. Mr.. Hudson left for the east a
Gu, Iafe Had WAS
under this man that the banker took up
the study.
In the opinion of Chicago students he was
a born psychic He was in the habit OF
receiving flashes of some indistnct thing
that was going to happen to him. The
black art" or the study of astrology, was
| the next step, and, although he communi-
Gated indirectly with leaders in this art
he also pursued this study in quiet and
was identified with no organization.
Astrology goes beyond the mathematical
calculation of the influence Of the heavenly
| bodies upon individual and national life
| 1t develops through concentration in the
study of colors, a great brain power, &C
cording to those who profess to know
| The voices of the stars. best interpreted
| by Zaidkel OF London have lured many
of the worlds greatest business men, fin
anciers and thinkers,
Mr. Gage began with the most humble
neophyte in the study OF the Identity OF
blue and yellow stars. After this. it is
claimed, comes the power to conjure out
OF the black unknown the souls of men
in any part Of the world. In the opinion
! of Chicago authorities, Mr.. Gage never
reached the spiritual plane where higher
astrology holds sway
He touched it," said one man, land
| saw the beauty and wonder OF H. Now
he has answered the wrong call.
THAT woman, Nine. Tingley, knows
! few things. That Is why she mas adopted
the name of the Purple That means the
divine But the kings of old, who adopted
this as the color for kings to wear, know
as much. She is another Dowie, and has
a low plane.
There are a few OF us in this world
who know. There are Few IN every age
The flood vas not a flood OF water, but
a symbol meaning the flowing OF the gray
matter of the brain into the body. 1t
signified the first victory over the animal
I and Noah was the first man who learned
to breathe the true atmosphere That Is
why he could not drown. The ministers
today know nothing OF the deep meaning
Of the Bible. They are like the seven
virgins with no oil in their lamps-mean-
ing no wisdom in their heads.
II pity Mr.. Gage in some ways. He is
so near and yet going astray. I have fol-
lowed his mental career for years, as 1
have followed that Of many of the great
men of this country whose names never
are mentioned In connection with the arts
that the world affects to despise, but knows
nothing Of"
One Of Mr.. Cages first esoteric inter-
ests was Splritualism. An intimate friend
OF the banker told last night of the de-
light with which Mr.. Gage followed this
study before the more modern cult OF
/ theosophy was known 10 the world at
! large. 1t was rumored among his friends
, ten years ago that Spiritualism was od-
cupying a great deal of his attention and
; attempts were made to dissuade him from
II.
: In this study thc call TO the unseen is
I answered by evil as we'll as good spirits
It is claimed by the astrologers. and a
) man is in danger OF lowering his mental
plane when he let's his soul roam the
trackess paths II Is a lower science
: and precarious stepping-stone to that
which Mr. Gage sought. His investlga-
, lions into this were not extensive.
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