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Copyright, 1909, by
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Dr. L. W. de Laurence
IS AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER OF
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The
Magic and Occultism
of
India
Wonders
The Hindu
Many
who have
INDIA.
PART ONE.
CHAPTER L
Hindu and Egyptian Crystal Gazing, Together
With the Wondees of the Hindu Magic
Mirror.
Clairvoyant
Vision.
Spirit
The most
and believing he
is
know
sufficient
sincere, faithful
efforts to
this work.
complaining fool, who is
always suspicious of others robbing him, will
learn nothing here nor from no other book. He
who is eternally crying and complaining, is he who
disbelieves; and he who disbelieves, that is, has
no belief or confidence in himself to learn something from a book, is like the fool who complained
because he could not see, while at the same time
he was standing in his own light.
So be careful that you are not guilty of standing in your own light.
obtain
it,
will
The half-brained,
lazy,
to
a?HE
The Occultism, anatomy, physiology, and psychology which they teach make of man something
immeasurably greater than the puny and impotent being
pound
known
to
of bones, muscles,
man
may
him with
the
be a God.
power
to lift his
4:
And
is
Sages.
the
Its
East.
Upon
of the
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way
into the
it
cannot
who possessed
old
sight to see.
Some
and
the prescribed methods of learning, or by accepting the opinions of the "recognized authorities"
of ''their times," bnt they studied nature by her
own light, and learned the lesson ''I^ow Thyself," and they became lights themselves, whose
rays illuminate the world of mind. What they
taught has been to a certain extent verified and
amplified by the teachings of Eastern Adepts
(Yoghis), and Hierophants of the Orient.
The Light
There
is
an
art,
of Wisdom.
known only
to a few,
by which
man may
be
once from the darkness of ignorance (materialism) to the light of wisdom and knowledge.
If the soul
is
it
movements, it sees and recognizes the Divine light, and instructs itself, while it
seems to be instructed by another. In this state
the soul requires no other admonition except its
own realization, which is the head and guide of
becomes free in
its
the soul.
already.
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proportion
light penetrates his mind, and, developing his inner sight
or Spirit sight, it may enable him to see and perceive that which he interiorly thinks, just as if it
were objective and external. Spirit being unity
and independent of our ideas of space, and all men
having therefore essentially the same spirit, the
soul of men existing at places widely distant from
each other may thus enter into communication
(telepathy), and converse with each other exactly
in the same manner as if they had met in their
to realize increases in
power of
physical bodies.
In this state
a great
many
may seem
to us as if he had required no
perform it. Such a man is able to
comprehend and understand everything by the
light of the universal power (spirit) or guiding
intelligence with which he is spontaneously united.
that
it
time at
all to
who are
earth-
so
Thus, again,
we should
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strong faith, gained through a knowledge of nature's laws, ivhich can accomplish anything, if it
acts through a human mind which is in harmony
'
10
human
will to
truths,
comprehend
its
spiritual
conclusions
upon
The
is
the
and
Amu-
Also, he has
lets,
'
receive
is
also given
true
MAGICAL EXORCISM,
binding of
incantations, orations,
which
is
ADEPTS
13
in all
Master" himself
trod,
viz.,
humility,
charity,
'
'
abstinence
from drunkenness, gluttony, and other bestial passions, and who lives pure and temperate, free
from actions which degenerate a man to a brute)
may become a recipient of Divine Light and knowledge; by which he may foresee things to come,
whether to private families or kingdoms, or states,
empires, battles, victories, etc.; and likewise be
capable of doing much good to his fellow-crea
tures, such as the healing of all disorders, mental
and physical, and assisting with the comforts of
life
the unfortunate
and
distressed.
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13
mation of the
secret things
is
is
school.
they called the world, and in the Power and inspiration of which they lived, spake and wrought.
To understand the mysterious Occult influences
14
above possibilities, confirmed and veriby common sense and reason. For the cringsceptical. Material fool and doubter the
realize the
fied
ing,
INDIA.
knowledge of
in the pursuit of a
15
OCCULTISM
LIKE.''
If
warn you
draw or
attract to
an accursed
infer-
law of wrath;
if
and aggran-
and they
you
will
have the
who
will gratify
attract a
good
spirit,
which
will
16
and also
you
will succeed.
STATE OF INTROSPECTION.
By and
tion is
awakened and
supreme realization of
and the innermost desire of life are reached
and manifested, withholding all doubt, which
opens up to us and connects us with the inward
or latent supreme possibilities of soul (God).
To have appreciative knowledge of this exalted
gestion, self -thought, the
self,
it is
experienced,
and of the separate and distinct planes of consciousness and the specific dormant forces they
involve,
it
will be necessary to
can,
by constant ap-
Auto-suggestion,
manifest
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17
Further,
daily
life,
exerting
its
uplifting
and toning
all
influ-
our actions
perpetually reassert
habit be broken
itself,
by implanting through
unless the
special
and
Any
deficiency of
18
dominance
of
embarrassment
and
hesitation
caused by sense impressions of self hence the importance of the immediate awakening and enthronement of this inspiration (realization), and
the self-control of this higher consciousness, the
perfection of which is reached and effected by
gaining supreme self-control through the law or
door of realization.
;
THE
IVLA-CHC
AND OCCULTISM OF
CHAPTER
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19
II.
first
pyramid.
ortho-
20
ful significance,
strange,
Haroun
al
Easchid.
That
earliest cradle of
power of metaphysical
Western
Schools.
There
is
Man,
who
own
species delights in
trivial, in
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31
own
when by
necessity or choice he is
meditations.
The
silence of the
expanse
of the ocean,
can never
life
apt to propound to
himself the great old riddle, and to descend into
the abysmal depths of his own consciousness.
engender.
is
one, then,
enter in earnest
and relations of
sex, avoid-
The Three
22
stillness,
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33
things, so as to know the absolute truth concerning them, he must get mentally still, hold his
attention steadily upon them, and keep in perfectly
receptive and unbiased attitude toward them.
.
When
this attitude of
mind and
will is perfectly
34
it is
When
the attention is held in this receptive attitude upon such specific matter to learn the exact
truth concerning it, that particular truth will be
made
clear
and certain
ness.
It will thus be seen that this necessary listening
possible only
is
when the
life
or character on
full of
siderations.
is legitimate.
The
is
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35
condition of reliability.
life.
2e
self,
tion of truth.
Second:
When
induced,
fix
questionings,
listening attitude.
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27
and my judgment is
mine oivnwill, hut always
listen to the inner voice from the astral plane."
To gain the mastery of these three steps, so as
to be able to assume this attitude at will, requires
no more qualification, attention and persevering
application than does the mastery of any of the
inner voice or revelation)
him
at
2S
He who
^has
''ADEPTS"
The
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29
Western
enabled the possesor to suspend or defy the ordinary "laws of nature," but to trimnph over time
and space with an ease and readiness which the
Greeks hardly dared to attribute to their Olympian
gods.
men
30
Specific
The great
Methods of Concentration.
endless modification of
embodied
the
in
term
''ABSTEACTION"
etc.,
from the
external world.
Perhaps
it
will be of
I here describe a
little
more
fully
what
is
if
meant
Suppose a mathematician in
order to master some intricate problem were to
seek refuge within the solitude of his four walls
and endeavor to concentrate his mind completely
upon the task before him. Now, if his success
depended upon his power to reach complete
abstraction, he would speedily discover that he was
far from reaching the desired goal; although he
might secure solitude, he would not be able to
exclude sound, for various noises are bound to
reach and attract part of his attention, in spite of
by introspection.
all
He might
INDIA.
31
method of shut-
There
still
of this or that sorrow of frustrated hopes, of business troubles, of all the petty vexations and annoy-
ances of life.
Unless these also be completely annihilated,
there can be no such thing as abstraction in the
sense of the esoteric philosophy of India.
The
When
Masters
upon which nature
32
Ceystal Gazing
Among
tice
the
Seeks.
condition.
common
use
all
cloth
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33
Neophyte.
Of
course,
in the crystal
enjoins.
The true
adept, however,
who has
attained to
mere
will
34
Mind-Eeading in India.
The development
of telepathy, or mind-reading,
manifests itself in the every-day life of her peoand reaches its climax in the attainment of the
masters of occult wisdom on the high plateau of
it
ple
Thibet. The wonderful manner in which intelligence is communicated, or, rather, the speed with
which news of an important character travels in
the East, is a case in point.
During the late
Afghan war it invariably happened that the news
of any success or disaster to the British was known
* It will be observed that a specific definition and description
of "spiritual gifts," "Power or Sight" embraces every phrase
of a legitimate occult power, knowledge, insight and mastery ever
claimed or sought by the Magi, Seer, Adept, Apostles and Hierophants of the world, and that the great Apostle clearly intimates
that they are for and should be experienced by the humblest of
the Master's followers.
It will be further noticed that the source of the new and
higher knowledge, wisdom and power here recognized and specifically emphasized as free to all, is ascribed to the direct onduement
of the Spirit (not spirits, or angels), but the Supreme and Universal Spirit from which men as well as angels derive their life,
their intelligence and their power, and to which, therefore, all
alike, the humble as well as the most exalted have equal access.
INDIA.
35
had
to
of the
to
is to
be met with.
36
it
to their fellow-
men.
Method.
The method
one:
you do
will be
SELF*, and
if
tions.
* If we compare the teachings of the Eastern sages with the
cosmology taught by the writer, and substitute the Sanscrit of
the Tibetan terms used by the former for those invented by the
latter, the two systems will be found almost, if not wholly,
identical.
According to the Eastern sages, there is a ceaseless
activity going on during the state of Pralaya (the night of
Brahm), in that incomprehensible eternal First Cause that may
be looked upon in one of its many aspects as being Matter,
Motion, and Space, in an absolute sense, which is beyond the grasp
of our relative conception. Its motion is the unconscious latent
Am
exercise of
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37
THAUMATUEGIO POWER by
There
is
On
power was
spe-
of this
38
mNDU
OCCULT CHAMBERS.
"And when
disciples,
'
to
cast
'
'
'
world.
INDIA.
39
to all
others.
this
man
That this
is
rightful province of
as
Astral,
'
'
is to
stand
image and
was
to bring
mankind
the
to
up of
orders
40
tliouglit
of the whole
OCCULT POWEE
practical
exercised
study of the
"NEW
'
'
INDIA.
41
Master's followers.
It will be further noticed that the source of the
new and higher knowledge, wisdom and power
here recognized and specifically emphasized as free
to all, is applied to the direct and enduement of
the spirit (not spirits or angels), but the SUand UNIVERSAL SPIRIT, from which
men, as well as angels, derive their life, their intelligence and their power, and to which, therefore,
all alike, the humblest as well as the most exalted,
have equal access.
Those who can read between the lines may have
observed that far from discrediting wholesale the
reported stories and wonders of Eastern Magic,
the most advanced scientific reasoners of the West
PREME
in their
inter-
may be
such things as natural forces or substances on this planet which have as yet eluded
the grasp of the Western science forces, which
their chemists and their physicians can neither
gauge, weigh nor measure; and that there is a
there
possibility
that
HINDUS,
which
among
is
immeasurably older in
the
civiliza-
43
tion
forces
may have
luxuries
general,
it
would seem as
if this
Orthodoxy
is right,
Let them go to
was ancient when the
go to India.
INDUS
with his
Orthodox Christianity
not founded on a fabulous Jewish Myth, let him
lose
ined*.
in
INDIA.
43
pronounced characteristics from time immemorial, have acquired mental faculties of which
the materialists have no conception.
There are in man latent powers which are susceptible of the highest culture, and it is more than
probable that a faculty once aroused and persistently exercised for a number of generations may
develop into a permanent characteristic.
their
It
would seem as
lative philosophy
if
among
the
HINDUS
specu-
44
is
Western
NEOPHYTE,
and which
is
country.
discovery
as
HYPNOTISM.
The American people have
just
begun to
real-
is
by the early SASCRITIC INDIANS and IRANIANS, and while a knowledge of the subject in
this country is chiefly derived from, or based upon,
the experiments of a few materialistic scientists
and investigators during very recent years, the
HINDUS have the experience of at least centuries
behind them.
CHAPTEE
45
III.
which
is
generally unaccomplished
resistance
or
torment
them for their submission, which unhappily is
their most usual fate. And this chief devil possesses enormous power; is omnipresent; is the
Prince of Air or Space is almost next to God in
;
46
but
is
simply con-
rible devices.
churchmen hold
is
zling
"
INDIA.
47
mere European
why
all
these
men have
reached, until
it
seeks
its
inspira-
from which
has
so long drawn it, and enlarges its views of God's
providence, until it can understand the broad,
beautiful and comprehensive basis developed in
the Divine works of God a basis that appears as
universal in its nature as the very laws of light
tion at other sources than those
it
and
air themselves.
'
'
'
48
With
all this
groivth of education.
fifteen
all
they could, to h^ep the tvorld in a state of baris now a truism so universally acknowl-
barism,
no
man would
condescend to argue
it;
men
INDIA.
49
must necessarily
and
illiterate
for-
be
difficult to
who
discover
more
and
and bigotry was so
exquisite fooling,
50
'
'
'
wisdom of the
Supreme Being; of the universality of His Laws,
and the unchanging grandeur of His attributes
notions of the power, majesty and
notions that would shock a Pagan, but which receive a ready approval among the simple savages
of the South Seas, or
races of Africa.
With
the
dark-skinned lowly
these communities
the
INDIA.
51
Bible, Truth,
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PAKT TWO.
CHAPTEE
IV.
Most every
very marked
to
make
of their gift.
Many
Sight"
to a
power in an undeveloped state, capable of development to any extent when they will use these gifts
to their advantage and take proper means to
unfold them.
Clairvoyance, or Astral Sight (state of introspection), is not a sixth sense as some writers
52
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53
development of man's
ordinary inner or Spiritual Sight, which has been
stunted and injured by the materialism and ignorance which rules the world today.
Live a natural life, as did the old Seers, philosophers, in the by-gone ages, when the highest and
best only reigned supreme, and men and women
were taught to introduce the state of introspection
Sit will, and you can develop all your spiritual gifts
wrongly
or inner sight.
The first consideration is, of course, the rules
for sitting, the necessary precautions for develop-
any conditions.
54
You will be
and read
choose to reveal to others will be entirely dependent on your own good judgment.
The conditions of health to be sought are
:
1st.
The
vision, although
your
many
Cleanliness
body
over once a week
is essential, this
includes
later, entirely
opposed to all
At any rate,
eat as
55
Have
room
in which
make
56
trol,
the
to
uine faith.
qnalifica-
oe Ceystal.
INDIA.
57
it
inwardly.
It then
world.
exercise the
an hour, as you
to half
soon as
come
to
let-
68
The phase
is
easily
after a
arrived at
conditions
confidence
forget the
is
make notes
Clairvoyance in Spiritualism.
"Many
of the
'
INDIA.
59
my
in
powers
little
are,
how
such sense accounts for the faculty so often exhibited by the dead of reading a closed book or
a sealed letter, or describing the contents of a
locked box."
through
'^I
many
different
mediums of
the posses-
its
'
These astral faculties sometimes include a ceramount of provision, though this is possessed
in very varying degrees and they also frequently
give the power of psychometry and of looking
back to some extent into events of the past."
*'The way in which this is sometimes done is
shown in the following story, given to us by Dr.
Lee, in his Glimpses of the Supernatural, vol. ii,
^'
tain
p.
146."
The
"A
Missing Papers.
60
having corrected one or two unimportant details in the above narration, wrote on November
'Your account is a correct one. I have
9, 1874:
the answer of the firm to my enquiry at home
to,
now.' "
"The
INDIA.
61
make it absowas a case of clairvoyance on the part of the medium, or of the use of
ordinary faculty by a dead man; but since the
description given does not
lutely clear
whether
medium passed
this
The dead
man could easily gather from the clerk's mind
the earlier part of his story, and thus put himself
en rapport with the scene and then by following
it to its close he was able to supply the information required. Here is the authenticated record
of another good example of such a case, in which
the power of thought-reading is much more prominently exhibited, since all the questions were mental.
It is extracted from the Report on Spiritualism, published by Longman, London, in 1871, and
is to be found in the Examination of the Master
;
of Lindsay, p. 215.
A Lost Will.
*'A friend of mine was very anxious to find the
will of his grandmother, who had been dead forty
years, but could not even find the certificate of
her death. I went with him to the Marshalls, and
we had a seance we sat at a table, and soon the
raps came; my friend then asked his questions
mentally; he went over the alphabet himself, or
;
62
the
name
of the street
Clairvoyant
^^
Readings.^'
members
up for
special attention.
fragments of private
'
'
INDIA.
63
Medium (supposed to be entranced, but speaking with exactly her normal contempt for aspirates
and grammatical rules). *' There's an old gent
with white
corner.
'air a-standin'
'
Sitter.
'
"Ah!
Medium.
'appy he
who
it is;
to tell
yes, that's
;
he nods
you 'ow
'
is.
Jim coming
"
a'
64
Medium.
clearly
now
* *
Um
yes
yesah
the white
that what
beard
wears
Chorus.
it
it is
"How
I see
him more
It's not a
undershirt
it's
's
what
white
sailors
lovely!
how wonderful!
come back
Ain't
like this
! '
A
I
Peivate Test.
little
private test of
woman, whom
my own
to a
medium
in a
INDIA.
65
them
spirits
'
'
dren, which
was
mystery
remained unsolved. But from the incident I deFirst, that either the meduced two conclusions
:
sufficient
ee
living
C.
W.
Leadbeater.
So far I have only been dealing with Spirit Sight
for yourself, and for development only, but when
the more important question arises of seeing for
other people,
much
the
who
seeks a seance
re-
or
tell
ex-
what you see or what is given to you; remember that on no account must you reason to do
so is fatal simply make your mind blank and say
what comes into your head; do not think that it
may be improbable and so refrain from voicing it,
the things which come to you in this way will be
correct; you do not know why, you cannot know
what reference they will have to the affairs of
your client but will find them true.
Unless the Crystal Vision is very true and clear
you will find that many things half formed in the
glass will come to your mind as quite vivid picactly
who
consult you.
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67
very expensive, quite a small one costing $50, but you can get
an excellent Crystal or imported sphere for $3
that will do equally as well, or the Magic or Black
Mirror, the materials for making which will cost
you about $3.50.
real
is
in so
68
is
able
around
him.
when
degree, to
sit
all,
make
the
mind blank
is
connected
INDIA.
69
70
We
Tipon them.
whom we
veritable
tend to
stir
"Thought Forms"
its
way
own
INDIA.
71
her
to her, as well as to
inherent goodness.
72
Human Aura
to
Thought-forms and
Now so far as the different kinds of Clairvoyance or degrees of Astral or Spirit Sight are concerned, I shall place normal Spirit Sight first.
The only natural and normal Spirit Sight or
vision is obtained by so controlling yourself that
you can by your own faith and ivill bring about
the interior focalisation of the
mind
at will.
of his
subject's
mischief they
may
if
what
you
INDIA.
73
Remember
the
that
human Aura
or Astral
Thought Forms imprint themselves and their history on everything they come in contact with, and
by these means you can develop the power of
Psychometry, which is so closely allied to Clairvoyance that it is difficult to say which is which
when a
*
'
sensitive
'
'
begins to work.
you
you
will
make a splendid
all,
who
will
have given
74
Peactice.
at a time
brother or sister in this luork, to remember everything I have said to you in the forepart of this
book under the heading ^^impoetant woeds.^^ /
own
fault.
Death":
'
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75
'
tation as sane
members
of a materialistic society."
To sneer
spect.
at psychic
phenomena
is
now
among
superstition.
there
come
given
all
Such
visitors
have rarely
world
to the
'
76
man
is
As Mr. W.
to his ''Real
educated, none dies harder than the absurd delusion that there are no such things as ghosts.
All
the experts, whether spiritual, poetical, or scientific, and all the others, non-experts, who have
bestowed any serious attention upon the subject,
know that they do exist. There is endless variety
its existence,
may
whatever
it
be.
But as
may
to
be, there
investigators.
the
may have
any doubt.
'
INDIA.
77
Spiritualism.
in which many travelers have
through the use of the means provided
"Another way
returned
is
78
'
nmnicating entity
is telling
knows it, and that the difference between the statements made by two such entities is often due to the
fact that both of their views are partial, and not to
any wilful deception practised by either of them.
"For example, most of those who speak through
mediums in England and America describe the
'
merland,' which
is
life in
tianity-and-water
it
is
certainly wider
and
less rigid
still
a surprise to
One
was quite
me when
remember
I attended
my
it
first
seance
CHAPTER
AsTBAL Clouds of
The meaning
the tints of the
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79
V.
Human
Auea.
as well as animals
is
all
humans
it is
clear.
The attempt
To Give a Reading.
When
your
client
80
and wait;
keeping
still
closed,
The
different
are ten in
but they are seldom seen pure as in the prism.
The meanings which follow are of great use to the
Seer, no matter whether the colors appear in the
81
White,
is
of good omen.
will.
enlarged.
leisure.
Always get
at this before
or
Astral
Sight.
in
AuEAS
You
will see
from
this
how
The denser
colors
82
tell
lift
When
Auras appear
in the
when they appear around the head of an individual, but remember that often faces, figures, symbols, etc., come into the Crystal surrounded by
waves or clouds of Aura, when the colors will
indicate
appears
the
condition
is in,
the
accordingly.
The Meaning
of the Auras.
love, passion,
suffering
Brown
if
and dishonor.
will regret
it.
disappointment
will
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appear clearly
83
to you, if
your
is
cation of
form which
will give
you the
real
Key
to
their meaning.
You can
is in,
whom you
tell
are diagnosing.
at once
Now
in this
way you
strike the
very key-note of
84
White
is
and purity.
Aura or
relate to
Crystal.
"Know
Thyself."
Eed, of a pale shade or tint signifies love, creative power, a character full of warmth, inventive
genius, vitality
ScAELET
signifies lust,
Black prominent
riality,
affliction,
mercenary nature.
intellectual nature,
one
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85
who
but
Astral Color.
Yellow
and a
liar.
of intellectuality, intuitional
ually disposed.
Orange
tellectuality
mercial
indicates a
life.
it
is
state.
86
nor opportunity
upon
them.
Where
Aura
is
in
dealings,
indicate a very
amongst your
clients.
woman who
and do business
with.
The Influence
Othees.
The
of the
people
is
influence
widely different.
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87
etc.,
all
you
88
yellow or green combined in it here yon have passion, a certain degree of intellectuality, a desire
for spiritual things, but an underlying strata of
deceit, selfishness
subject
character clearly.
You
if
into
it is
necessary to warn
The
with
influence of the
it.
Its influence
it is
CHAPTEE
INDIA.
89
VI.
when
Magic.
90
As
all sorts
of uses, good,
when
the symbols
dis-
tinct
The
known
as triplicities,
and water.
Mediums and
sensatives are in
The Airy
tarius.
Triplicity is Aries,
*W^
The Water
and
Pisces.
to
you clad
in certain colors,
(Oi
<y^i?o^y gjj jg
RIME S
riiiin-nHTmg^j^.j[]gja
^2^^^J5?^-^.^
INDIA.
91
home, dress,
etc.,
found to
be by themselves, but they will surely predominate.
It is taught by Hindu Seers that where the four
elementals, earth, air, fire and water, prevail there
will be found certain corresponding spheres governed by spirits of the planets and these elementals bear names according to the substance
over which they rule, and the elementals which
they obey their dictates.
I do not say that these colors will be
The ancient
elementals thus:
9^
Air, Sylphs.
Water, Undines.
Earth, Gnomes.
They simply swarm in the elemental they represent, and they attend each individual according
to their office, and strength in that individual's
psychic, other than material, composition.
A man or woman is
much according
standard of their
soul.
When
these elementals
dynamic pressure.
These infuriated elementals when they come in
contact with human beings work havoc with their
victims, causing disease, disaster and all sorts of
trouble, so that
late at night
Mirror, I
am
really
undue influences
likely to attack
of malevolent elementals.
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their
superiors.
Elementals,
Earth,
Air,
Fire,
Water,
Elementaries.
Desire.
Power.
Will.
Passion or Love.
Man
an ordinary elementary,
a creature of will, power, passion and desire in
varying degrees, and as an elementary is quite at
the mercy of an elemental, and can be obsessed by
such, so it behoves all who know and who would
rise above the temptations of these pests to rise
above the elementary plane, and seek the realm of
at the outset is
Now
it
lessons,
who
seek
94
from eight to nine o'clock in the evedark room and concentrate all your
thought upon the person you want to see, at first
you will obtain little result beyond clouds of color,
and perhaps many varying forms, not the one you
seek, all the room will seem to be full of light and
is
certainly
ning.
Sit in a
appear.
The great thing is to avoid promiscuous influences, and another thing is to sit alone if possible,
and certainly not with more than one person in the
room remember that latv and ivill power are
will,
and the perfect self-balance taught by the lesson "Control Thyself" all tend to establish a positive mental attitude which is quite able to avoid
laiv,
When
the
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and death.
I do not advocate trance Clairvoyance, it is dangerous and seldom reliable, but as these chapters
would not be complete without a few words on
the subject of self-lwpnotism I will proceed to
what
describe
and
in the
is
then
There
that
you are
is
in a trance will do
to yourself as
very
trance, that
you
will
ge
is
action,
war,
quarrels,
martial spirit.
Venus means
love,
marriage.
Now
is to fit
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97
to
light
red,
clouds indicate.
and
is
gles.
it
98
lust,
sorts of contradictions.
Pisces
fatalities
travel,
water
to the
indicates
sea
journeys,
nature of the color clouds. And to each of thesesigns according to the triplicity to which they
belong may be attached the warning necessary
against the elemental familiar to the sign. When
attended by favorable colors the elementals will
be friendly, thus Aries, Leo or Sagittarius attended with victorious colors means that the elementals are friendly and that fire will help not
hinder. And so with the others. The subject matter of this chapter must be committed to memory.
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99
CHAPTEEVIL
How TO Make, Peepake and
Black Mirroe.
The
disciple
who
The
first requisites
from the
or-
100
keep
it
a secret.
You must do
sible the
the work in a clean room, if posroom you have prepared and made ready,
You must
INDIA.
101
anger,
must be
jeal-
elimin-
until
it is
When
finished.
will
grow
quite
102
You must
not
fail to
mark
INDIA.
103
hold sacred.
it
you may
may
appear.
*'
104
CHAPTER
VIII.
To
the
Then
were celibate meant that they had complete control of their sensual and physical nature or excesses.
When
and the birth of countless monstrosities, which literally throng the atmosphere and
continually impede the spiritual and earthy prog-
is terrible,
is
trials of
THE
IMAGIO
AND OCCULTISM OF
misguided humanity.
These
INDIA.
fluidic
105
phantoms, as
you be free.
There are also in the world many people who
are involuntarily vampires in themselves. They
are seldom aware of the fact, but they gain all
their vitality from other people with whom they
come in daily contact, literally absorbing their life
forces and leaving them limp and unable to explain the feeling of languor which has overcome
shall
them.
When
make
power of
meant by
my
other chapters.
106
harm
to the
unfoldment.
The Magic
of Magnetism.
the Magic of
Magnetism
is all
humbug.
is
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107
By means
thus to be cursed
is
108
magnetism
in
daily
life.
The
magnetism
you
lows
to such
disciple, so
will enable
The third Law is calmness. You can learn nothing by hurry or excitement, these things destroy
the flow of magnetic currents.
'
be done.
Law is
The
fifth
The
that of intensity.
The
positive
and
light
positive
and negative in
my
other chapters, so I
is
attraction,
magnetism or
INDIA.
109
She
is
Man.
you the seven Laws of MagAttraction which constitute the true method
Above
I have given
of self mastery.
the
list
we have seven
is
in
So
sins,
seven
colors of the
The
stars
and
other.
self confidence
Hope by
110
under Jupiter.
These must be considered when invoking the
spirits, for unless the
work
much
use.
INDIA.
A medallion
may have
may
and
be employed in the
making of this pentagram and also the seven
jewels, but virgin marble and gold will suffice.
This pentagram is a powerful talisrhan for good
apart from its uses in ceremonies, or ordinary
talisman's upon parchment are equally as powerful, and these can be prepared to order at the cost
of 5 cents each.
trouble, the seven metals
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CHAPTER
IX.
Oeiental Magic.
any apology
needed for giving such instructions, I may say that all my sympathies are
with true love all the world over, and that to those
who love legitimately and who fail, by reason of
the interference of some other person or for some
reason to get on with the subject of their love, I
consider that any means are right to bring about
such an end as may be desired, and to this purpose
the teachings of the Rosicrucians, the Old Magicians of Germany, and others, are applied. What
is the cause of half the misery between husband
and wife in this twentieth century? Why just
what it has been since the world began misunderstanding and two temperaments unsuited to one
another. But supposing these two temperaments
can be adjusted so as to supply that which is
If
is
Then
will
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113
cold
114
INDIA.
115
We
that which
is,
all.
Number
First,
1 Color
White.
Aja.
Number
(The dividing
3 Color Pale Yellow.
between the gross and the ethereal.)
Third Hindu Sign Gimel.
line
The Universal
Postive or Electrical.
Man.
Will.
Intelligence.
Power.
Action.
Negative or Magnetic.
116
Woman.
Love.
"Wisdom.
Understanding.
Intuition.
Number
4 Color
Rose.
Daleth.
Man
or
Woman
Man.
Intelligence.
Woman.
Love.
Understanding.
Power.
Will.
Intuition.
Wisdom.
Action.
Divinity.
qualities reversed
perfect whole.
The Universe.
Number
made
Green,
Vau.
6 Color
in
and merged,
a previous
one, parts of a
of
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117
the
varied
phases.
Materiality, Evil, Ignorance.
Number
7 Color Black.
Seventh Hindu Sign Zain.
Eemember
that Black
is
The soul
and it
is
is
really sex-
may
is
be gained.
118
CHAPTEB
X.
a water journey,
when
it is
when
sailing to the
means coming news, if the ship is enveloped in grey, the news is sad or worrying, but
If
if bright colors enshroud it, the news is good.
black clouds or a skull and cross bones appear on
the sails, then is the person you are gazing for
subject
it
disappointed.
The
woman
success, but if
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it is
119
clouded,
it
means
troubles, and
it means often
bankruptcy or ruin.
The symbol of pigs means always human beings
money
who
if eclipsed,
will
work
it
clouds
it
indicates that
much worry
person sitting.
long white road full of pebbles and stones
means trials and difficulties overcome.
long dark passage or entrance with a bright
light at the end means that the person will have
sudden knowledge and enlightment into hidden
will befall the
and
secret things.
and sometimes
lust,
serpent with
means sensation
it
120
To
colors around
it
cup
meaning
To
is aquittal.
colors round
INDIA.
121
dark red
an adventurer or
scarlet clouds or
indicate
To
means redemption.
cess
133
train
A large bird to
thing.
will
mean
disgrace,
INDIA.
123
same.
riches, but
when
it is fol-
means warfare.
sphere,
it signifies
10
124
CHAPTER
125
XI.
Clairvoyant Vision.
In the somewhat difficult art of obtaining Clairvoyant visions from articles belonging to people
who are
is
patient
may come
into
well,
126
can
feel
sure, if
127
name
to
The Astral Lights hold the images of the elementals as I have explained in other lessons, when
128
use at
all
know
all
about
it,
not for
In the more
difficult
do not at
When
all
advise
my pupils
to try this
frequently, since
it is
129
to,
130
CHAPTEE
The Occult Meaning
XII.
the spirit
is
tell
them there
is
money
131
Blue Light.
of a high and fully developed spirit, and only appears when there are great blessings and agreeable surprises coming. The moment you see this
light
you
ways
act
most happy, and you should alupon your first impressions after this
will feel
vision appears.
132
member
away within a
lamp remains burning and the second lamp appears also burning it denotes a mar-
year.
If the
Purple Light.
Signijfies
is
at certain times,
but whenever it appears it denotes brightness, elevation, happiness and prosperity, especially for
yourself and the one to whom you are addressing.
It matters not what you see, every object has a
great significance, and your spirit guides will explain
much more
to
You
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133
attract
good
influences.
134
believe
many
times.
Vision op Flowees.
The
love
Eed
sentiment;
patience;
Eagged Eobin,
Pinks, boldness
power; Holly,
Narcissus, egotism
Oak Leaves,
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I35
If strict attention
is
it will
enable the Disciple to read the full and true disposition of persons by the vision of flowers.
omen
of flowers.
When
"I
*
'
not familiar with the laws of Clairvoyance. Always speak of the meaning. For instance, you are
reading the life of a lady or a gentleman, and you
you with
you,
deceit,
and also
telling falsehoods
about
etc.
No
doubt you will think these visions very simple, but I will say even so, they are direct from
the spirit guides, and they are showing you these
wonderful visions, and are attempting to have you
understand their meaning.
136
You
and
will
I could speak of
of space I
The
Meaning of
Spieitual.
Should you be
sitting,
connection.
The Bird
of Wisdom.
The Owl
is
known
as the
appears before
you holding in its mouth a letter, the message is
The one to whom you are addressing
as follows
spirit bird of
it
is
is
seriously
INDIA.
137
If the
its bill
an
object,
it
it
it
Bald Eagle.
Should you
towards a person
it
ahead of you,"
etc.
'
138
a vision
appears it genis
when it
you discovering many unpleasant
This
whom
ap-
it
pears.
The
Vision of a Rainbow.
Should you be
you
sit-
'
'
INDIA.
139
see that
it
Vision of Fiee. This has two distinct meanFirst, anger; second, destruction; but we
ings.
advise the Medium to speak of this according to
impressions, as you will find, as you grow
stronger, that when fire appears many other visions are bound to follow.
While writing the last paragraph we are advised by our guide to inform you that the vision
of fire also denotes buried money, valuable papers,
etc., but only in such cases where it appears before you out in the open air (wood, fields or plain).
Many times an Occult ball of fire will appear before you, and continue to follow you like a shadow.
Whenever this occurs I would advise you to pay
strict attention to this, as many times it will lead
you to the very spot where the spirit wishes you
to go. I have seen a ball of fire appear about the
size of an ordinary apple, and lower itself down to
the earth, and remain for several minutes.
When
140
such occurs it is then positive evidence of valuables being at the exact spot or that a crime has
cases and
* *
INDIA.
141
it
will
time.
it is
always a
friend.
you
have a
to
muddy
water.
friend;
you
* *
of success."
If
it
143
The
The
INDIA.
it
I43
denotes pov-
'
'
spirit life.
144
TELEPATHY.
CHAPTER
The Peojection
XIII.
of Asteal Messages.
know and
am
am
also
able experiments.
Telepathy
is
In
common
INDIA.
145
means
The
of locomotion.
first
question
is
146
the people
who
will
follows
and October.
Those born in September with people born
November and July.
Those born in October with those born
August and December.
Those born in November with people born
September and January.
Those born in December with people born
October and February.
Those born in January with people born
November and March.
Those bom in February with people born
April and May.
in
in
in
in
in
in
147
in
later chapter.
hended by another.
Thought forms take the nature of pictures as a
rule you think of a rose, for instance, not as a
word, but as an image of the flower. You send
your thought in a method I will explain, not as the
word
148
the
mind of
the receiver.
He may
be conscious of
sage
has
been
accurately
The mes-
transmitted.
How?
of tiny atoms.
'
INDIA.
149
can reach
and
is
hit its
mark.
fly
its goal,
but a con-
straight as an
So the second
Law of
arrow
Telepathy
concentration.
In fact Telepathy
may
be defined as similar to
spirit or the
subjective mind.
amusement very
Almost everylittle preparation is necessary.
body can emulate the tricks of the well known
Thought Readers; time, patience, and a little en-
For "Mind-reading"
as an
outfit.
150
all
uncharitableness.
All these
who wishes
to test the
INDIA.
151
and willing
by anybody.
will
sway from
falls.
After a week or two of practice, a sensitive person will be able to find any object at any distance
in this way.
Although this experiment is trivial and not new,
it is excellent training for those who desire to
open up these channels of silent communication,
sharpens their senses and teaches their mind
concentration.
153
fail.
One
of
my
sixteen or
best
mediums
has, with as
many
as
153
together in a loose knot, and the Telepathist blindfolded, has, without contact, given to each person
own
his
handkerchief.
154
CHAPTER
XIV.
Telepathic Communications.
In the previous chapter I showed you a simple
method of demonstration in the most common and
conventional forms of Thought Transference,
methods and experiments which are to me uninteresting but which go a long
way
to convince
sceptics.
For
last
INDIA.
155
tive,
Of
It is best to
Two
commence
at close quarters.
166
In
fact,
many
of
my
make
the
mind blank or
to
concen-
it
receiver.
see
him
the
arms of the
him put
his
hands on
his legs,
INDIA.
157
see him lift his arms to the blind and pull it down.
The more vividly you can impress this picture on
your brain, the more accurately it will be transcribed, and that in a very short time.
The whole secret of thought transference is
this ability to make the mind blank, like a clean
slate, on the one hand, and to create vivid mental
pictures on the other. In photography, we have
the plate blank a short exposure and the object
before the camera is indelibly pictured upon the
blank plate. The successful telepathist does not
The
may
ments
ence,
and
also to
it is
intuition.
make
'
158
Then,
you hear me ?
''John
holding the
aloud the name
still
letter.
'
159
idea.
royal road,
if
there
is
Thought
its
is
search.
160
CHAPTER
XV,
Visioisr.
which
same
exactly the
sentence, let
mind
let it
it
more
is
but worked on
First, analyze your
difficult,
principles.
have some
own
definite point.
comrade; have
then,
when
it
fixed,
receiver.
Try
I
this experiment, if
am holding
Say
you
like,
for instance:
my
hand.
INDIA.
161
Hold
Coming
him
The
sion of
must not close with the transmiswords and sentences only you must learn
practice
This
is
not at
all
163
may come
to him.
munication is fully established is much more interesting than mere tests or experiments. A thing
I have done successfully with any number of
people is to make them come to me by telepathic
command if I have wanted them for anything.
This without pre-arrangement at all.
'
may be
want you
INDIA.
come to me
163
do you hear ?
Say it over three or four times and picture your
friend leaving his house or office, boarding bus or
train, walking or riding to your house.
Follow
him out every step of the journey, and in the
shortest possible time he will turn up, impelled by
what force he may not know, yet be unable to
resist
'
it.
The
difficulty of calling
again.
164
drawn by
the force
INDIA.
165
course,
sent,
'
'
'
transaction.
As
whole
mind upon
and wills
dream of the message or
the
"receiver"
thing agreed upon, in many instances the "receiver" will not only receive the message but see
the operator as well.
I have to deal with this phase later on in
another chapter.
Of course, constant practice in this form of
Telepathy makes the perfect operator, just as in
any other instance.
166
CHAPTER
Projecting the
The question
XVI.
''
Astral.
''
is
Many
it is
a possibility.
No
pre-arrangement is necessary at all with the persons you are going to send your "astral self" to
visit, unless that person is of very nervous temperament, when a hint may be given of what is
coming. A clear understanding of what constitutes "the astral self" may help my students.
I am not trying to put this description into
technical language, but only to make it as simple
and plain as can be.
The physical body of each person is composed
of gross matter vibrating at a very low rate.
I have previously explained that all things in
nature are in a state of constant movement, known
by scientists as "vibration."
Within this physical body dwells the Soul body
^^"Spiritualists" call this Soul or spiritual body
INDIA.
167
call it
itself.
I6g
Remember
as you fall
your force directs the ''astraP' to
I can assure you that it will do so.
its destination.
Your friend will look up and see you standing
Self to visit a certain place or person
beside
it is
often done.
student
who
is
who
from
is
terrible fatigue,
and the
The sensation
one
rises
slowly
in
the
atmosphere,
feeling
INDIA.
169
most strange.
its
journey.
The
real
two
used
places at once.
I give is
ever going up to
fill
manner
upon him, of a deeper
and more potent nature than the ordinary self
In
this
sleep falls
hypnotic slumber.
'
170
it is
best to proceed
quite
tvell,
Sit
you are
and
stronger,
'
You must
up your thought
any hesitation or doubt in your
mind when you send it. The patient is susceptible
to every feeling and thought you allow yourself to
manifest, so be careful to avoid anything which
real condition, for he will not take
at all if there is
We
all
know
by
sudden
many
joy,
of the diseases
grasps
it
mind
171
Headache,
toothache,
stomach
troubles, colds,
etc.,
etc.,
indigestion,
X72
CHAPTER
XVII.
Telepathic Apparatus.
In concluding these chapters in Telepathjr I am
going to give you an apparatus which I have found
singularly helpful in some cases where extreme
sensitiveness was not the strong point of the
receiver" and only blurred and imperfect messages
could be got through. Any worker in metals could
make the apparatus and the cost is only a few
shillings. A very thin band of copper, about half
an inch in width, should be made to fit round the
head. At the two sides of the band let two copper
wires be fixed in such a position that they can
join the band on either side of the temples; the
band itself should reach just above the eyebrows
'
'
INDIA.
173
many
is
174
Kemember
that
it is
it is
see,
nor
There
is
many
sceptics.
it,
but expe-
Put the
''re-
INDIA.
175
'
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mind
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and
those you
know and
those
who
are strangers to
whom you
can practice
regularly and make liberal notes of every success
and every failure you achieve. Once you have
learnt how to transmit thought, and to receive it,
you can annihilate distance; those you love may
be at your side or in Timbuctoo, and you can communicate, see, hear and speak to them, as easily
one way as the other.
If you can achieve half the success others have
obtained here and in India you will find a new
world opened out to you, full of strange possibilities, and unexplored, unexpected realms of
you.
investigation.
The End.
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