Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

OF the great city and the higher p aneS
of intellectualism developed believes
Thurston. And he has entered upon that
work of development. In a little room
in Regent street not fifty PAGES from
Piccadilly Circus Thurston sits one after
noon a week and answers the eager
questions of men and women who thirst
for the knowledge of the Hindu philoso-
pliers.
The erstwhile SETH / is d remarkable
looking man. Just above the average
height, he has an enormous head, crown
ed with an immense dome OF forehead.
Across his temples and the shining ex-
panse of his half-baid head run great
protruding veins. But the strangest thing
about this most extraordinary man is
his uncanny facial resemblance to the
Egyptian ruler of whom he claims. to
be d reincarnation. Compare his PRONE
with that of the mummy of Sethi / and
it is difficult to put your finger on a
point of difference. There is the same
sweep of the full forehead. the same
long nose, the same repressive lips and.
allowing for the sinking of the chin with
age, the same formation of the lower
Jaw The resemblance of the ears and
the back of the head is even more exact.
But the process of reincarnatiOn. while
reproducing the outward form of the
original has played an odd trick in other
famous Egyptian ruler in the body of a
Thamesside recluse. who. far from be-
lieving and practicing the religion of the
original is deep in the mysticism of the
Hindus; who is STEPPED in, practices and
breaches the beliefs of a secret cult OF
Indians-the adopts of the Gosainthan
temple, hidden away in the soaring Him.
alayas 5000 feet above the level of the
sea where no white man has ever pene-
trated.
This religion is neither Buddhism. The
osophy nor New Thought. but a strange
mixture of all three. It's greatest vogue
was reached forty centuries ago. when
the shrine Of the Cosainthan, nesting in
the snow of the Himalayas, the highest
tempe in the world. was known and re-
vered throughout the length and breadth
Of India.
1t is the adopts Of this religion almost
unknown to the scientists of the present
day. who have developed to an extra
ordinary extent the study of the mind in
the spirit realm. which is just beginning
to take hold upon the imaginations OF
people all over the world. In the system
of these Hindu scholars there is mark
ed distinction between what is known as
''metempsychosis,' or a mere passing OF
the soul. and "reincarnation." meaning
the passing of the soul through flesh. as
in the case OF Thurston and the soul of
SETH l.
Cosanthan is the Chapel Royal Of
the fabulously rich Maharajah Of Nepal
a semi-independent Indian ruler who is
in treaty alliance with England He,
however. pays no tribute to the British,
but every five years sent offerings of
fruit and flowers to the Emperor OF
China up to the time Of that rulers alb
dication.
Although Thurston has never penetrat-
ed the sacred precincts of this Himalayan
temple, he probably knows more about
il than any other white man.
For some years he acted tutor and
coach to a number of Indian princes at
Eton and from them he gathered many
of the secrets of the strange cult. But
quite aside from that, he has Travelled in
the east studying the wisdom which was