The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-09

fucus Socrates, and other great men of the past ordinary man of placing these they were, the level founder of the Faith pulsive.
 You may just as well pray to Buddha as to jesus salu the leader to a young lady who had been initiated and who asked the question O why all these statues were around the walls. You answered."
 Did the mischief here perhaps the evil tates find that their ideas personal morality are supposed to be held rather loosely.
 The doctrines of free love taught, and it must be admitted not infrequently practised. prominent member of this small community had no nc difficulty in securing release from her bond ner in life. Nor is that isolated
 Haseesh Visions
 Under the veil inducing visions haseesh is siven for consideration, t mem oers of these to give a ser11bance of 1itera- communicate to the editor of magazine, ed amongst the members only. experiences when under the influence of the drug
 Opium, cocaine and veronal n more than one of these gatherings, which are fre- quently not by the poor unlettered but by men and women young and middle-aged, who have pos tuons in life and are well educated, the often being university graduates. and not infrequently, are people of independent
 In such of these gatherings he of Satan is the principal feature Prayers to the Prince of Darkness, rosaries which daily prayers are to be recited are blessed by the head Of the confraternfty, and flowers placed the shrine of the Evil One every meeting
 Many of the seemingly inexplicable cases of in- sanity occurring amongst highIybred and wealthy people can be traced to the whoe-hearted and manner in which devotees of this cult have obeyed the injunctions and behests of their
 Driven Insane.
 People of ''b1ack magic' as they are supposed to have occurred in the dark ages, and congratulate themselves if they contain a semblance of truth they grossly gerated and that in modified form such in cidents could not take place at the present day. but novelist yet succeeded porraying the horrors or black magic as practised today in the heart e the Metropolis.
 The following is extract from letter writ ten to a friend by hgh-sou1ed young girl of twen- rred to 11y in her cir as one Of Londons beauties, and who afterwards became an inmate of insane asylum:-
 T wish l could blot the of that awful ceremony of Crossing the Threshold breaking my in telling about 1t, and cialy in putting it in writing, but perhaps shall get of mind if do this.
 l hesitated when found that I could enter the room except by putting foot crucifix. not that T. know. paid the honor blem that Catholics do. but still it emblem l was told that it was necessary to show diSre gard of n1an-made religion, and that I could not enter unless I conformed to the rule.
 Then had to take a VOW, along with the other initiate, in which solemnly renounced all hope heaven Can you imagine the depth of infamy to which have sunk? Oh, that God may forgive me-"
 This particular society Is not of mushroom growth. It has been quartered in London. branch years The numbers become large. The pro- verb safety in numbers is not believed in. When there is a likelihood of the membership exceeding twenty the chiefs at once select district hith erto unworked and inaugurate branch there. but generally under another title.
 The late Father Ignatius. of Llanthony Abbey had wilder knowledge of the working of these ceties than other living and it would interesting to know what became of the collection of rituals of these Cults of the Devfr' which, to the writer's knowledge had been handed him at various times by penitents who went him for advice how to escape the awful tram mels in whtchs they had become enmeshed