The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1914-08-04
It a VISION lntETTupIeII.
Could Call It Up At viii.

not account for this mysterious as
fair"
"Is it vision?" interrupted.
Could Call It Up At viii.
"Something of that order, but very
clear. So clear that l could draw b
distinct picture of all that transpired.
Furthermore, can call up the vision
at will. I am almost sure could DO
it while you are here. The only ditfi-
Guilty is that am not able to write
anything during the time Of the mani
festation. My hands are absolutely
paralyzed,"
ST shall be happy to write down
what you dictate" 1 urged. .-
every good That settles the mat
ter" he replied. 81 shall try for some
thing Immediately. There on the table
are pencil and paper. Or use a pen
whatever you want"
In a few minutes I was waiting for
the great moment, pencil and paper IN
hand. My aged host, leaning PACK IN
his chair, covered his eyes with his
hands and relapsed into an apparently
comatose condition.
Begins His Revelation.
For ten minutes he remained abso-
lutely motionless. Then, straighten-
ing up like one in trance, he began
in a. low and hollow voice:
This is a revelation of events or a
universal character which must short
ly come to PASS. Their spiritual out
floating upon the surface of the sea OF
human fate the huge silhouette OF
nude woman. She is--with her beauty,
poise, her smile, her jewels-a super
Venus. Nations rush madly after her.
each of them eager to attract her es--
pecially, But she, like an eternal
courtesan, flirts with all. In her hair
ornaments, of diamonds and fubies, Is
engraved her name, "Commercialism"
AS alluring and bewitching as she
seems, much destruction and agony
follow in her wake. Her breath, reek-
ing of sordid transactions. her voice
Of metallic character like gold, and
her look of greed are so much poison
TO the nations who fall victims to her
charms.
Three Torches of Corruption.
And, behold, she has three gigantic
arms with three torches of universal
corruption in her hands. The first
torch represents the fame of war, that
the beautiful courtesan carries from
city to city and country to country.
Patriotism answers with flashes OF
honest flame, but the end is a roar or
guns and of muSketS.
The second torch bears the fame OF
bigotry and hypocrisy. 1t lights the
lamps only in temples and on the al"
tars of sacred institutions. It carries
the seed of falsity and fanaticism. 1t
kindles the minds that are stil in era
dies and follows them to their graves.
The third torch is that of the law,
that dangerous foundation of all un-
authentic traditions, which first does
In 40 ia n0ilU then
sweeps through the larger world of lit
erature, art and craftsmanship.
All Europe in Flames.
The great confagration will start
about 1912, set by the torch of the first
arm in the countries of southeastern
Europe. 1t will develop into destruc-
ton and calamity in 1913. In that year
| see all Europe in flames and bleed
ing. l hear the lamentations of huge
battlefelds.
But about the year 1915 the strange
figure from the north-a new Napo-
leon-enters the stage of the bloody
drama. He is a man Of little mil1tar- =
istic training, a writer or Journalist,
but in his grip most Of Europe will re-
main until 1925.
The end of the great calamity will
mark a new political era for the OLD
world. There will be left no empires
or kingdoms, but the world will form
| federation of the United States OF
! Nations. There will remain only fou1
great giants-the Anglo-Saxon, the
Latins. the Slavs and the Mongohans
Then a New Ethical Era.
After the year 1925 see change
in religious sentiment. The seconc
torch of the courtesan has brought
| about the fall Of the church. The
| ha1 Oh wal aishn1 Il.
manity is without moral feeling.
| But then great reformer arises. III
| will clear the world of the relics O.
monotheism and lay the corner ston
of the temple of panthe1sm; Goa, SOU
spirit and immortality will be moltel
in a new furnace, and see the peacetu
/ beginning of an ethical era. The mar
determined to this mission Is Mongo
lian Slav. He is already walking tn
earth--a man of active affairs. He him
self does not now realize the mission
assigned to him by Superior Powers.
| And, behold, the fame of the thir'
torch, which has already begun Z
destroy our family relations, our stand
| ards of art and morals. The relation
between woman and man Is accepted
| a prosaic partnership of the sexes. Ar
fhas become realistic degeneracy.
| Political and religious disturbance
have shaken the spiritual foundation
of all nations.
| Race wars StranEIe Progress.
| only small spots here and there hav
remained untouched by those thre'
| destructive flames. The antl-natlona
wars in Europe, the class war of Am
I erica and the race wars In Asia nav
| stranrled progress for half a century
BY then, in the middle of this century
II see a heroine of literature and ar
rising from the ranks of the Latin
and Persians. the world of the tediou
Il is the light of symbolism that shall
| outshine the light of the torch of com
mercialism. In place of polygamy an
| monogamY of today there Will come
| etogamy-relations of the sexes bas
ed fundamentally on the poetic coneep
tions of life.
And see the nations growing large
and realizing that the alluring woma
| of their destiny is after all nothln
but an illusion. There will be tim
when the world will have no use fo
| armies, hypocritical religions and de
generate art. Life is evolution, a
evolution is development from the sim
pie to the more complicated forms c
the mind and body.
I see the passing show OF the world
drama in its present form, how 1t fade
like the glow of evening upon tn
mountains. One motion of the hand c
commercialism and new history be
gins. '"-
The late author-reformer finishe,
| opened his eyes and looked at m
Had gone to sleep?" he asked m
II beg your pardon" IT,
| signed BY T0IstOl. .s-. -
When l read the vision-talk to hill
| he listened gravely and nodded, sayin
that it was correct. Upon my reque'
he signed the document and handed
to me with a blessing. | left him th
same day, and Immediately upon m
informed the CZar OF rea(