The Washington herald., 1913-07-27
Old SHANTY IN TAKOMA PARK HOUSE OF MYSTERY

the human known as earth-bound. These
are those whose thoughts ana desires
centered In material things while in the
body. Whisky shops are all haunted by
those whole while incarnate patronize
those shops regularly. Wall Street is
haunted by those men whose absorbing
thought in life was stocks and bonds.
Churches are haunted by those who
there feasted and fattened OF rich
salaries while in life. The sensual, the
vicious, the bigots, the liars. the drunk
ards are here anxious to be in contact
with their kind and earnest to speak
through mediums
After explaining in detail the nature
of the astral body. the writer lays down
important rules Of cleanliness. He says:
ITO make your astral companions de-
sirable ones you must be clean and pure
not merely in heart but exteriorly. A
man even Of pure heart but clad in filthy
clothes and with ten days accumulation
OF sediment all over his flesh will repel
from him the astral intelligences which
would come to him il clean in person
and apparel, Our teachers tell us that
the physicA body must be bathed and
scrubbed continually and the garments be
kept free from all stains or offensive
odors
There must be actual cleanliness.
The powerful purgation Of the turkish
bath Is the best and II should be used
once in 3 to days. No amount Of bodily
purgation will. however. attract desirable
intelligences unless the thoughts. desires,
and feelings are also pure. But when
inward and outward purity conjoin a
great thing has been attained. The good
effects of this are most amazing IN eN-
tent and kind. You can now under
stand why the clairvoyant Mohamme-
dams and Hindoos are SO strict in all
their ablutiona.
Astral Diet Is Given.
with all religions except that lowest
and most degraded form which domi-
mates in our midst and consists largely
Of creeds and money-greed, the observ-
ances and practices all look to produc-
ing clairvoyance as well as other So
called supernatural powers. A religion
devoid Of cIairvoyance is a humbug."
The pamphlet winds up with para
graph concerning the food upon which
astNl bodies thrive. Glittering general
tiles are used, and when the reader has
finished the passage he still remains in
absolute ignorance as to which foods he
should include in his diet. The paragraph
is as follows:
There are three kinds Of food. the
tamasic, or deadening. appropriate fer
those who lead the sensual, selfish, and
emotional lives: IL destroys clairvoyance
of all sorts. but is absolutely necessary
in such life; rajasic, or medium. which
is appropriate to those who ordinarily
pass for good and respectable people;
and the satvic. which will bring on clair
voyance of all sorts very rapidly.
But unless the heart and life are puri
fed in a most exceptional manner the
satvic diet will unbalance the mind and
produce insanity. Hence, though We
could name the satvic foods. We must
not, lest your great desire to be clair |
voyant lead to mischief. Be consoled,
however, for just as fast as you purify
your heart and life, you will lose appetite
for tamasic foods and begin to banker |
after the satvic. Therefore. always eat
what your appetite Graves 1t will assign |
to you food to correspond with heart con- |
ditions. \
Even your outward circumstances will
help by offering to you cheaply what Is |
best you should eat. There never was |
q meat eating. beer drinking clairvoyant |
except by means Of delirium tremens. In |
deed, the best we can say to beginners
ls-cut down your quantity Of eating by |
one-half, and by degrees cease to eat all |
kinds Of dead carcasses. They have dead /
ened all your powers. They nourish only
your physical. Grain and fruit and vege-
tables are stin alive. 1 g. retain their