The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-02-16
FIRST TORCH OF WORLD VAN
PRE- STARTED THE BIG CON-
FLAGRATION OF 1914-TWO
MORE STILL BURNING.

Is it possible that the philosopher
and statesman who prophesied the
World war of 1914 and events leading
up to it actually saw as far into the {
future as 1928?
Skeptics will scott, but the fact re-
mains that the prophetic vision of the
Russian seer, who died in 1910, told
with startling fidelity what lay be-
fore the nations of Europe One sec
ton of the vision has come to pass:
is the way now being paved for the
fulfllment of the others?
TolstoTs account of his vision is
printed below. 1t was dictated to a
near relative, Countess .Nastasia Toll
stoi while the count lay in state of
coma shortly before his death Now
ten years after the strange document
first came to light, it is Of greater
interest than ever before.
The Countess Nastasia's transcript
of Tolstois prophecy follows:
"This is a revelation of events of
a universal character which must
shortly come to pass. Their spiritual
outlines are now before my eyes. I
see floating upon the surface of the
sea of human fate the huge silhouette
of a nude woman. She is-with her
beauty, poise, her smile, her jewels
a super-Venuss Nations rush madly
after her, each of them eager to at
tract her especially. But she, like
an eternal courtesan, firts with all.
In her hair ornaments of diamonds.
and rubies is engraved her name,
"Commercialism." AS alluring and
bewitching as she seems, much de-
struction and agony follow in her
wake. Her breath, reeking Of sordid
transactions, her voice of metallic
character like gold, and her look of
greed are so much poison to the ma
TOMS who fall victims to her charms.
Three Torches
"And behold, she has three gigan-
tic arms with three torches of univer-
sal corruption in her hands. The first
torch represents the flame 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 roar Of
guns and Of muskets.
"The second torch bears the fame
of bigotry and hypocrisy. It lights
the lamps only in temples and on the
affairs Of sacred institutions. It car
ries the seed of faIsity and fanaticism
It kindles the minds that are still in
cradles and follows them to their
graves.
sThe third torch is that Of the law,
that dangerous foundation Of all un-
authentic traditions, which first does
its fatal work in the family, then
sweeps through the larger world of
literature. art and craftsmanship.
EUROPE IN FLAMES
"The great confagration will start
about 1912, set by the torch of the
first arm in the countries of south
eastern Europe. It will develop into
destruction and calamity in 1913.
In that year I see all Europe in flames
and bleeding. I hear the lamentations
Of huge battlefelds.
ssBut about the year 1915 the
strange figure from the nOrth-a new
Napoleon-enters the stage of the
bloody drama. He is a man of little
militaristic training, writer or a
journalist, but in his grip most OF
T,lrope will remain until 1925.
"Tbe end of the great calamity vii
mark a new political era for the ole
world. There will be left no empires
or kingdoms, but the world will form
federation Of the United States O.
Nations. There viii remain only fou
great giants-the Anglo-SaXons' tn
T.atins the Slavs and the Mongolians
NEW ETHICAL ERA
"After the year 1925 see a chang
in religious sentiment. The secon
torch of the courtesan has brough
about the fall Of the church. Th
ethical idea has almost vanquisheC
Humanity is without moral teeIng'
"But then a great reformer arises
He viii clear the world Of the relic
Of monotheism and lay the corne
stone of the temple Of pantheisn
God. soul, spirit and Immortality WI
be molten in a new furance, and
see the peaceful beginning Of
ethical era. The man determined
this mission is a Mongolian Slav. i
is already walking the earth-a ma
Of active affairs. He himself does NJ
now realize the mission assigned I
him by Superior Powers.
"And, behold, the flame Of Il
third torch, which has already begU
TO destroy our family relations, OF
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