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V ol. II. BOMBAY, OCTOBER, 1880. No. 1.

]nd i.to

, S P E C I A L N O T I C E S .I t Is e v i d e n t t h a t tl io T i l i :o s ;n rn 1ST will o i l e r t o a d v e r t I rc rs u n u s u a l atl*

n n ta g e s in c i r c u l a t i o n . A\ o liavo a l r e a d y su b s c r i b c r s in e v e r y p a r t of udia , in C ey lon , B u r i n a h , a n d 011 t l io P e r s i a n (1 nlf . O n r p a p e r a l so g o e s ► Grea.t B r i t a i n , t r a n c e , G e r m a n y , H u n g a r y , G r e e c e , K u ss ia , C oli s tn lit.i-

n o p ie , E g y p t , A u s t r a l i a , a n d N o r t h a n d S o u t h A m e r i c a . T l ie f o l l o w i n g v e r y m o d e r a t e r a t e s li avo b e e n a d o p t e d :

A u v k h t i s i n g

l ' i r s t i n s e r t i o n ................. 16 l i n e s a n d u n d e r ...........1 T!upec.F o r e a c h a d d i t i o n a l l i n e ...............................................1 A n n a .

Space is c h a r g e d fo r n t ( li e r a t e of 12 linen t o t l ie inc li . S p e c i a l a r r a n g e - Incn t s can b e m a n e f o r l a r g o a d v e r t i s e m e n t s , a n d f o r l o n g e r a n d ti xed per iods . F o r f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n a n d c o n t r a c t s f o r ad v e r t i s in g - , a p p l y to

M r s s n s . C O O I ’K I l ' k Co.,A d v e r t i s i n g A g e n t s , B o o k s e l l e r s a n d P u b l i s h e r s , M e a d o w S t r e e t , F o r t ,

Bombay .

T o S U B S O 'U l B E l i S .T h e S n b s e r lp t i o l i p r i c e a t w h ic h t h e T l i w i s o l ' l l i s t is p u b l i s h e d b a r e l y

covers c o s t — t h e d e s i g n in e s t a b l i s h i n g t.he j o u r n a l h a v i n g b e e n r a t h e r to r e a c h a v e r y w id e c i r c le of r e n d e r s , t h a n t o m a k e a p ro f i t . W o c a n n o t af fo rd , t h e r e f o r e , t o s e n d s p e c i m e n c o p ie s f l e e , n o r t o s t ip p lv l i b r a r ie s , s o ­ci e ti es , o r in d i v id u a l s g r a t u i t o u s l y . F o r t h e s a m o r e a s o n w e a r e ob l ig ed to a d o p t t h e p l a n , n o w u n i v e r s a l in A m e r i c a , of r e q u i r i n g s u b s c r ib e r * to n a y in a d v a n c e , a n d o f s t o p p i n g t h e p a p e r a t t h e e n d o f th o ' t e r m [.a id fo r . M a n y y e a r s o f p r a c t i c a l e x p e r i e n c e h a v e c o n v i n e c d W e s t e r n p u b l i s h e r s t h a t th i s s y s t e m o f c a s h p a y m e n t is t h e b e s t a n d m o s t s a t i s f a c t o r y to b o t h p a r t i e s ; a n d al l r e s p e c t a b l e j o u r n a l s a r e n o w c o n d u c t e d on th i s p la n .

S u b s e r i b e i s w i s h in g a p r i n t e d r e c e i p t f o r t h e i r r e m i t t a n c e s m u s t s e n d s t a m p s f o r r e t u r n p o s t a g e . O th e r w is e , a c k n o w l e d g m e n t s will b e mailo t h r o u g h t l ie jo u r n n l .

T h e T i i e o . s o I ' I i i k t will a p p e a r each m o n t h . T h e r a t e s , f o r tw e l v e n u m ­b e r s o f n o t less t h a n 40 c o l u m n s J toy a l ) t o e a c h , o f r e a d i n g m a t t e r , o r 4S0 c o l u m n s in a l l , a r c a s fo llows :— T o S u b s c r i b e r s in a t iv p a r t o f I n d i a , U s . 6 p e r a n n u m ; in C ey lo n , J?s 7 ; in t h e S t r a i t s S e t t l e m e n t s , C h in a J a p a n n n d A u s t r a l i a , J ts . S ; in A f r i c a , E u r o p e , a n d th o U n i t e d s t a t e s , A ]’. H a l f y e a r ( I n d i a ) I l s . 4 ; S in g le c o p ie s a n n a s 1‘2. B e m i t t a i i c e s in p o s t a l s t a m p m u s t b e a t t h e r a t e of a n n a s 17 t o t h e l i u p c e t o c o v e r d i s c o u n t . T h e a b o v e r a t e s i n c l u d e p o s t a g e . A o nmne. v i l ! he m b n d in. Ihe t,„ nh o r v , 'p , r m x t v .n lil Ihe vwiti-n i t n m t i k d ; in ,,/ o ir a r ia b h i the p u p tr v , ' / l l,e d im n t l H v t da t the i. ,p m it ,u ) i . u j th e tn u s u b m ih td fo r . B e m i t t a i i c e s s h o u ld b e m a d e in M o n e y - o r d e r s , U n n d i s , Bill c h e q u e s , ( o r T r e a s u r y b il ls , i f in r e g i s t e r e d l e t t e r s ) , a n d m a d e p a y a b l e o n l y t o t h e l ’n o r i i i J T o l i s o l ' T1IK T l l K u s o r i n s r 108, U i r g n u m B a c k B o n d , JJ 'onibay, I n d i a . ’

Ar,i;vr.s : L o n d o n (K ng .) , B e r n a r d Q n a r i t e h . lf» P i c c a d i l l y W M P 0 J .ey iu a r ie F r a n c e : N e w Y o r k , S . U . W e l l s k C o . , 787, B r o a d w a y ; B os 'tom i l a s s . C o lby a iu l l l i c h , !), M o n t g o m e r y P l a c e ; C h ic a g o , JII. C ." B u n d y , !*2, L a S a l le St. A m e r i c a n s u b s c r i b e r s m a y a l so o r d e r t l i e i r p a p e r s t h r o u g h W.’ (J. J u d g e , Ksq. , 71, B r o a d w a y , N e w Y o rk . '

, V . * ; ; ^ s,‘’nc '"'eeresoori.va, Deputy Coroner, D edandnw a : John Jlobcrt de Silva, No. >, ho rteboam S tree t, Colombo : Don T im othy K urunanitne, K andy. * ’

THE THEOSOPHIST!BOMBAY, OCTO BER ] r t , 1880.

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SU PER STITIO N IN ESSEX .— T h e L ondon T i m e s says tlm t a t th e D uum ow P e tty Sessions, on T uesday , C harles an d P e te r B rew ster, fa th e r aud son, labourers, w ere charged w ith m is­behav ing them selves tow ards S usan S harpe, w ife of an arm y pensioner, liv ing a t H ig h E aster, in a m a n n e r lik e ly to lead to a b reach of th e peace. T h e ev idence show ed th a t th e ■defendants w ere u n d er th e im pression th a t th e com pla inan t was-a witch, and th ey w an ted to p u t h e r to th e te s t by th ro w ­in g her in a pond to see w h e th e r she w o u ld s in k o r float. T hey affirm ed she had bew itched th e y ounger d e fe n d an t and his wife, causing th e fu rn itu re in th e house to bo d is tu rbed , th e ir dom estic an im als to die, th e ir bed to rock like a sw ing iD g-boa t, au d a shadow in th e “ sh ap e ” of th e com -

plainant to appear in. the ir bed-room. The elder defendant had visited ce r ta in 're p u te d “ cunning” men and women in the villages around 'with a view to baffle the supposed witch’s evil designs, bu t without effect— thoy could get 110

; peace. The chairman; observed th a t such things as the •„ defendants had done m ight have led some, years ago. to a

serious r io t . ' They would be bound'over to keep’the peace for;six months. (This'was far less troublesome ibr the

s;Judge t h a n .to;study,;,,the elcments of.psychological.science. — E d . T u e o s .) '

E D U C A T I O N I N I T S P R E S E N T A N D

.. . , ■ : F U T U R E A S P E C T S . • . ■

......................... BY G. TH ESE;' ESQ.

I f wc draw the balance of the total results of our present educational work in England and the W est (European Continent) the fact will be evident, th a t : we have made progress only in industry, wealth, knowledge and science ; but none in wisdom and morals !

The num ber of stragglers in the ranks of our education­al army is enormous. A t least, fifty per cent, of our able­bodied and able-minded young soldiers of knowledge and science are constantly lingering behind in the rear and leave a small minority of the ir brave comrades alone to fight in the b ru n t of the battle for hum an progress. A large majority of these stragglers appear to have found no aim and purpose for useful activity iii life. They can­not, or will not get 011, and thus finally they derive no good. W hy ? asks the reader. Because the ir education, has been dcfectiec ! Because they are sadly ignorant of even the fi-rst principles of the spiritual nature of m an and its wants. A great many of them have no moral hold, no proper sense of du ty or honour, bu t are slaves of habit and low enjoyments; in short, they are adorers and slaves of matter. Of spirit, they generally know so little tha t they do not even believe in the existence of the ir own,— which, of course, m ust be pardoned in the case of those th a t are so poor in spirit. B u t why have they not risen to a higher level of intellectual and moral condition ? Because they have had no able teacher to show them how to acquire and keep such higher knowledge and gifts !

Physical knowledge and science has been pu t into the foreground a t modern schools and universities. Young intellects and memories have been drilled and stuffed with an immense quantity of minor and retail m atte r in nature, of little or no practical use to the enlightenment and progress of mankind,— whilst total ignorance prevails about the lrighett laws and principles, 011 which the de­velopment and prosperity of their own spiritual nature depends. W hy ? Because their teachers knew nothing about it themselves, or did not even believe in the exis­tence of such principles when they were told. Our sys­tems of modern education have led to the neglect,of the development’ of iiidejiehdcnt '- thought and spirit and to the putt ing aside of wisdom and virtue, as things of no material, and altogether problematical, 'value. '

To change this unsatisfactory condition, and to bring to the front the majority of stragglers now iu the rear; we m ust pu t the two unjustly-banished royal sisters of science, viz., wisdom a n d ' virtue, again into their rightful domi­nions, and a t her head. No attention should be paid to the rage and noise of the savan ts of the so-called “ exact ” N atura l Science, aud of the rest of the “ worshippers of matter,” and disclaimers of “ Spirit.” , They will soon be quieted, for th e ir primitive weapons are 110 match for ours. W e can drive them home to their swamps, where they may continue to feed upou reptiles, physically and spiritually. The result will be a great boon to mankind. I t will cause a general progress in the “ right direction,” and a great economy of time, trouble and material for the welfare, not only of pupils and teachers, but of a ll.' I t will save many parents from endless grief, many youths from bodily ru in aud spiritual misery, who, without a moral bold, are constantly exposed to the danger of being

corrupted, body and soid, through the bad influence of the false materialistic doctrines now afloat and believed in by modern science, and in modern society. This ju s t alteration in our public and private systems of education and instruction will bring forth a more enlightened, v ir­tuous and happy generation. Sciencc will then flourish much better than it docs now, where a few scientific sports­men do, as if they alone had the license of hunting on the vast domain of science, and the right to treat any other honest man th a t crosses the ir path 011 it, like a poacher. Higher and. nobler aims will then be discovered, striven lor and readied by man, leading to an increase of hum an progress in spiritual and material wealth, th a t our philoso­phers never dreamt of. : . ;

[Continued from the Ju ly number.] .

A G L I M P S E OF T A N T R W O C C U L T IS M .

1!Y HA1UJ JiA RADAKANTA M A JU M D A It. .

The third cell, called navel or M anipur lotus above the second lotus, in the region of the navel, is blue like* tlie cloud, having ten petals symbolized by the ten letters; da, dlia, 11a, ta, tlia, da, dha, na, pa, and plia, bearing nasal sounds. The Yogi must realize the tr iangular discus of fire in it, as well as three fire seeds called Swastika out­side the triangle. ■

W ithin this lotus the Yogi m ust then contemplate tlie four-anned god of fire, bright as the rising sun, mounted on a buffalo. On bis lap, red like a verinillion, is a Rudra, having throe eyes. His body is covered with ashes. This old l lud ra is the creator and destructor of the U n i­verse. W ith one hand he deals out bounty and with an ­other intrepidity.

W ithin this lotus is a four-handed black-coloured god­dess called Lakslimi, who wears a red cloth and many ornaments, and is crazy.

The fourth cell, called, A nuhata P a d m a above the third cell, in the heart, bright as the Bandliuka flower, is a cell symbolized by twelve letters from ka to tlia. ] t-is called Anuhata Padma. W ithin this cell is tlic smoke- coloured hexagonal air-ventricle ('TI9T

W ithin the above-named lotus is the essence of air mounted 011 a black antelope ; its colour is smoky and it has four hands. W ith in the essence of air is Isa, white as goose,dealing out bounty and intrepidity with the two hands.

W ithin this lotus is the threc-cyed Kal-ini, bright like lightning, wearing a necklace of bones, and holding in her four hands a snare and a skull.

Within the pericarp of this lotus, bright as millions of lightning is a three-eyed Salii, (negative force.) W ith in this Sakti is a gold-coloured Siva (positive force) called Bana. His head is like a full-blown lotus.

The f f t h cell called Bisudha Padm a in the guttural region, is a smoky lotus, having sixteen petals of thecolour of Biijnonia Lndica symbolized by sixteen vowels. W ithin this cell is a circular etherial region (jNabho m andalam ) bright as the full moon. This ether is the essence of Ak&s, represented as mounted 011 a white elephant.

Tlio Sidhas say th a t within this etherial region (which is represented as holding a snare, a hook, benediction and intrepidity in its four hands) is a five-faced, three-eyed, ten-handed Siva called P a rra Deva, wearing ,a tiger skin, and having his body inseparably associated with Girija (negative force).*

There is a goddess, Sdkini, in this lotus, holding a bow, an arrow, a snare and a hook in her four hands. H er colour is red. W ithin the pericarp of th is lotus is a spot­less disc of the moon, which is' the vestibule of final emancipation.

The hco-petalled lotus *f- called Acjva .— Between the eve- brows is situated a lotus called A tjn d having two petals,

• Tho two forces, positive nnd negative, arc d istinc tly set forth in thoforegoing systoms, but in tlie fifth cell they .nro described ns blended intoono integral wbolo.

+ This is not properly nn independent foroe-contre—situated ns i t is in tlio forehead, betweon the eye-brows; it is strictly speaking1, a wart of thosixth coll. . ■ , .

symbolized by the letters ha and Icsha. I t is a rgent like tho moon-beams and is the place of communion of Yogis. W ith in this cell is a six-headed goddess, named l ld h in i of the cot lour of moonbeams ; she holds-in: her four hands books, a skull, a musical ins trum ent :and a rosary. 1 . . : 1

W ith in this cell is s ituated the mind, which is known to be subtle ; and in i t s ’ pericarp is tlie phallus of Siva called Itara. This symbol of Siva is bright as electricity,; I t illuminates the .m ind of men with the true knowledge of God, and is tho primordial symbol of the Vedas ( Om). The Yogi m ust contemplate it by and by with a steady mind. ' ’ ' ' ' ' 1 ' . : " ' ' ' •

Tlie ascetic who can realize iii his miud tho mysterious powers lying in this cell is able to pass into other bodied aud becomes omniscient' and seer of all; H e lives loiig and becomes possessed of the power of creation, preser­vation find .destruction. A t the extremity of this cell, th a t is, a little above the eye-brows, is i.tlie seat o f tho intellect.* Above the intellect is a crescent, above which is a dot, symbolized by..*J, and near it (the dot) is a Siva, bright as the moon. •' Concentrating the mind at this place the Yogi with tho help of; air can : realize the illumination of his soul. . ,

The seat of the Universal Infinite Spirit, seer of all, is in the brain (at the m outh of the Sushumna nerve where the two brains meet, and over which the Brahmins keep a long braid of liair to remind them' of tlie Param apad). The Yogi m ust carry his intellect to th a t point, where his luminosity excels the sun, tho mooii and the fire ; and this divine light illuminates the whole hum an organism from the brain to the m undane discus in the first cell. • i

The Yogi who breathes his last in communion with this divine light, being freed frorrl his mortal environments becomes commingled with tho Universal Infinite Spirit (never again to suffer tlid pangs of birtli and death). ■

H a lf of the great vocal Siva described above as situated a t the foot of the dot is to be considered as the place of the dissolution of the element of air.

The sixth cell, called thousand-]ietalled. lotus a t the top of tho S a n k h in i- f nerve and of the great vocal Siva, described above, is a vacuum (region of E ther or Akas) where there arc a couple of dots (fissures ?). Below these dots is the sixth cell, blown topsy-turvy. ‘ ,

Great effulgence pervades this lotus. W ithin this efful­gence ■ is a triangle brigh t a s . electricity, wherein is a very secret vacuum (etherial region of the encased soul ?) adored by the immortals. | .

I t is told among the Sidhas th a t in this vacant place dwells the great S iva , whose form is etherial ( A kasic ), and who is the destroyer of ignorance and illusion. Ever and Over does this great Siva impart nectar and instruc-' tions of self-knowledge to the Yogi. I t is the creator of all objects and the fountain1 source of happiness. ' '

The Sivaites call this etherial region, the seat of S iva ; Vaishnavas call it, Vishnu D hdm ; some call it Ilarihara- jv id a ; Saha* (worshippers of Suldi or force) call it Devis- thdn ; the lovers of duality call it the foot of I la r g o u r i ; and the Munis and philosophers call it the pure place of P ra- hriti and P n n tsh a (negative and positive powers, or a t tr i­butes co-incident, eo-eval m atte r and the abstract, superin­cumbent Universal Infinite Spirit). . : : ' .. ,

' The m an who can concentrate his mind a t this place of divine illumination, conquers b ir th and death and is not bound to any place— heaven, earth or the nether worldsj H e becomes possessed of all the psychic . powers ; ho can ' soar in the air and his word never fails! ; 1 ■ •

There is a phase of the moon J in this cell, like the roseate sun of the morning possessed of sixteen attributes

_• Tlio reader of H indu philosophy m ust bo woll acquainted with tho diffcronco botween M anti and lluddki. .

+ Tho ton th psychological norvo. . ,_ X Tho moon is tlic symbol of the Tra nerve. I think this place of the moon is another fine nerve, conductor of trausim uidane forces, . •

nnd is as fine as tbe hundredth pa r t of a string of the stalk of lotus. I t is soft as electricity aud its face is turned downwards.

W ithin the above-mentioned phase of the moon is an ­other phase callcd Nirvana. I t is as fine as a thousandth pa r t of the hum an hair and as luminous as twelve suns. I t s form is crescent-like, and is brittle, (/. e. its luminosity is not always visible ; it appears and disappears from timo to time). I t also gives animation to living objects.

W ith in this place dwells the force called Nirvana, whose effulgence transcends tens of millions of suns. She is as fine as a ten-millionth pa r t of the hum an hair. She is the m other of the three universes, and from her is incessantly flowing the nectar (of true happ iness). She is the Jiva ( life ?) of all objects and she imparts true knowledge to th e Yogis.

W ith in this N irvana force is the scat of Siva ( positive force ), who is pure and eternal, and accessible to deep meditation. M unis call i t Jlrahm astlurn ; Yaishnavas call it V ishnupada and some philosophers call i t lla m a . In fact it is the illuminator of the way to salvation, yearned after by Yogis.

The Yogi, who has well practised la m a , N iy a m a ,aml other physical and mental disciplines preparatory to yoga and who has received instructions from his piiru, should know K id n h m d a lin i by H u n k a r *. H e should then free her from the attacks of air and heat to which she is sub­ject. H e should then make her pass through tho Siva described in the first cell and conduct her through l ira h - Ofnnrandhra (aperture between the two b ra in s ) to the sixth cell in the brain.

This pure force k id a k im d a lin i, piercing the positive forces in the first, fourth, and the two-petalled cells, and passing through all th e centres of force-evohilion joins the sixth centre or cell in the brain. As soon as tlic Yogi dis­covers her within himself his way to salvation becomes open.

The wise Yogi should bring the kvlakundalini and his 1 * • . • , » . l psyclnc faculties-)* to the etherial region of S iva 111 thesixth cell, and thero immerse in deep commune.

W hen the kidahu ida lin i drinking nectar a t the etherial region returns by her path to the first cell, i t is then th a t the yogi becomes well acquainted with the nature of all tho forces dwelling in this miniature universe, the hum an body,

llajshahyc in Bengal,2nd August, 1880.

JO H N GRANGER, WHO B E SID E S N E A R M ILTON CEN TRE, Saratoga county, missed the family cat from his premises about three weeks ago. Im agine his surprise when, a t the end of three weeks, Mistress Pussy returned to the domestic hearth, bringing with her a family ol five little chickens. These she cared for with m aternal tenderness, covering her little brood a t n ight and devoting to themo o oevery possible attention. A t the end of a fortnight the little family was thought by its strange protector to be able to battle alone with the s tern realities of life, and, discharged from her care, they are now as rational and well- conditioned chickens as the county affords. B u t the end was not ye t with this chicken-hearted cat. The owner of the animal, entering his barn a week ago, found the four­footed poulterers’ friend in a hen’s nest, endeavouring with all the “ henergy” of her nature, to im part to an egg the genial warmth which is effectual in the process of in ­cubation. To lend dignity to the operation, Mr. Granger p u t five more eggs under the remarkable quadruped, and upon these the cat has since sat, leaving her charge for only a few minutes a t a time. The strange sight has a ttracted m any spectators, who eagerly discuss the effect upon the price of barnyard fowl if the extraordinary be­haviour of this cat should become catching. Pussy’s chicks arc peeping .— Troy Times.

• Tho T antrik mystic syllablo+ Tho Sanskrit word is J ira ; b u t I th in k it is not used to moan tho on*

casod soul. Tho othcrial region in tho brain, i t would appear, is th o placo assigned by mystics to tho soul, which, though encased pro fnnpore, is in fact th e U nirorsal Infinite Spirit itself. Emancipation is noth ing moro than tho breaking up of tho mundano caso tb a t environ* it, and ynpa is tho means to fffcct the disbolulivp pi tbo various a ttrib u tes form ing the psychic body, '

[Continued from the Septem ber number.] t

A T R E A T I S E O X T H E Y O G A P H IL O S O P H Y .BY N. C. PAUL, G.H.M.C., SUB-ASSISTANT SURGEON.

The following words are endowed with the property of inducing sleep, by diminishing the exhalation of carbonic acid :— Soham, Oin, Bam, Lam, Ram, Yam, Bam, Ham, &c., &c. The word Om, which, for one, has the property of diminishing the quantity of carbonic acid evolved from the lungs during a given time, is employed to designate the Supreme Being. The pronunciation of this word, which prolongs the Kumbhaka, or interval between an inspiration and expiration, is monopolized by the Brahman tribe of the Hindus. A boy p u t himself to sleep, says Dr. Radcliff’ by pronouncing the word cnf> 4o0 times. Any word which prolongs the K um bhaka (interval), when pro­nounced slowly and distinctly, may be selected as a hyp­notic word. Such a word is cup, the pronunciation of which threw the Christiau boy into a condition of hypnotic sleep. J a p a is one • of the most essential ceremonies of Yogis. Counting their rosary is also a very common prac­tice of Yogis. Tlio aerial Brdhman of Madras, who prac­tised the suspension of breath (pranayaina), counted his beads while he maintained the aerial posture, with his hand resting upon a Yoga-danda or s t a f f ; and Parama Sw atantra Purushanauda Brahmachiiri, who practised Yoga towards the la tter end of the eighteenth century a t Benares, and slept upon a bed of iron spikes, was given to counting hts beads. Amongst the orthodox H indus the counting of the sacred beads leads to indigestion and costiveness. Many of the noted Japis of Benares cannot digest moro than eight ounces of solid food, which is usually dal and litii.

W hen the same air is breathed more than once, the quantity of carbonic acid in the expired air is increased. Allen and Pepys sta te th a t air passed nine or ten times through the lungs contains 9'5 per cent, of carbonic acid.

Mr. Coatliupe found the average quantity of carbonic acid in air where warm-blooded animals had beeu con­fined until they were becoming comatose, to be 1 0 42 per cent., whereas, if they were allowed to remain in it until they had become asphyxiated, it contained 12.7o per cent.

The act of breathing tho same air more than once is known to tho Yogis, who call it the Praniqia.ua Yoga. This is one of the easiest methods of effecting self-trance, W hatever tends to increase the absolute quantity of car­bonic acid evolved from the lungs, induces the system to absorb a proportionately increased quantity of oxygen in a given time. For every grain of oxygen th a t is absorbed, 2'54.‘i!)l grains of normal blood are decomposed.

Animals which breathe rapidly, consume much oxygen, exhale much carbonic acid, and possess a higher tem pera­tu re than those which breathe more slowly. The tem ­perature of a child, whose respirations arc more frequent than those of an adult, and who cun less easily bear hunger, is 1 0 2 '.”) F . ; and th a t of an adult, who requires less nou­rishm ent than the former, is 90.') F. A bird dies from want of food 011 th e th ird day. I ts heat is 100’ to 10!).’ The serpent, which, when placed for an hour under a receiver, consumes scarcely so much oxygen as to enable the resulting carbonic acid to be detected, lives for three months, and even longer, without food. The Yogi, liko the serpent, endures the privation of air, water, and food, by diminishing his respirations through the practice of H a th a and Raja Yoga, of which a full account will be given in the sequel.

Comment.—Dr. Tanner of New York, wlio lias set himselflo prove “ tlmt it is possible to do without any food—sustain­ing tho body on water nml air only for forty days nnd forty nights, ” is said by the American papers to lmve been suggested through a reforeuee to (lie duration of Christ’s temptation iu the wilderness. But this special number of “ forty days” is older than Christianity, and was practised by more than one pre-christian ascetic, 011 the strength of ancient pathology which knew the limit of man’s endurauce and had well calculated the powers of the vital organs. Beyond—no man, unless he is in a complete state of hybernation, can go. Thus, is the extreme limit to the Jain fast prescribed as “ forty days and wc hope to furnish nn unimpeachable proof in some future number

tlmt thero arc liere, iu Bombay, men wlio practise and carry out this forty dnys’ fast successfully. We know personally two such fanatic*. A month earlier our statement would have been not only questioned but positively denied, “ ns the opposite of Dr. Tanner’s theory has been stoutly maintained by tho orthodox American physicians.”

According to the H indu ltishis, tlicrc are five stages of the suppression of respiratory movements. They arc as follows : 1. Pranayania ; 2 . P ra tyahara ; 3. l)hurana4. Dliyana; and, 5. Saniadhi.

Tlie following table shows the duration of the inspira­tion, interval, and expiration, of each of the abovo stages of tlie suspensation of the respiratory movements.

D u r a t i o n , i n S k c o n d s .

Interval. Expiration*.

Pranayama........ 12 seconds. 324 seconds. 24 secondsPratyahara,...... do. (!4<S do. do.Dharana,........... do. 1 2 !)(> do. do.Dliyana.............. do. 25!)2 do. do.Saniadhi............. do. T.184 do. do.

T11K NORMAL NITM11KR OF IN SPIR A TIO N S D IFFK RK , IN D IFFK RKNT A N IM A LS, AS SHOW N BY THK FOLLOW ­

ING TABLK.

Names o f A n im a l*. B i r d s .

P igeon ...............................Common fo w l .............Duck .................................Heron ................................

M a m m a l i a .

Monkey ............................M an .....................................Guinea pig .......................

.......................................Cat .....................................Goat ................................R abb it ................................Horse ................................

R k p t i l k R a c k .

Tortoise ............................

N o rm a l number o f inspira­tions per minute.

34.‘{02122

30123(12 K24243<;

Ki

3

Of all the above animals the tortoise has the least respiration. I t is endowed with the power of supporting the abstraction of atmospheric air and of enduring a sus­pended respiration (Pranayaina). I t also lives to a great age. One instance is recorded of a tortoise having lived110 years.

Comment.—Wc believe this period underrated. At Colombo, Ceylon, we were shown iu a gnrden a gigantic land turtle, about five feet long nnd three-and-ii-half wide, -which—if we have to believe the inhabitants—linn lived in that place and known the Dutch iu its palmy days. But this is not yot scienti­fically proved to us.

The tortoise is more tenacious of life ; it is notorious for enduring long abstinence, and is composed and tranquil in its manners and habits. I t can refrain from eating and breathing for a great part of the year. This animal retires under ground about the middle of November, and comes forth again about the middle of April. It, therefore, sleeps five months in the year ; and during this long hybernal repose it neither breathes nor eats. I t sleeps a great part of the summer, it retires to rest before every shower of rain, and does not move a t all on wet days. W hen it first awakes from its winter sleep it discovers bu t little in ­clination for food, but in the height of summer it grows voracious. As the summer draws to a close, its appetite, however, declines, so that for the last six weeks in autum n

it hardly eats a t all. Milky plants are its favourite nourish­ment. I t is, further, insensible to severe wounds. 1 1

Comment.—When Dr. Tanner had fatted for over twelve days, some interesting experiments were made by the physicians to determine whether or not his sensibility was diminished. Says tho New York 'Tribune of July 8 :—

“ The lesthesiomcter was employed, an instrument consisting of two sharp points which aro arranged at light angles to a graduated scale upon which thoy can be moved backward and forward. This was npplied to Dr. Tanner’s feet, legs, hands, and arms. IIo was almost invariably able, to tell whether one point, or two had been applied, even when they wore very near together. l ie distinguished distances as small ns three-eighths of an inch, and the opinion of the physicians was that his sensi­bility had not diminished.”

Had the physicians gone on with these experiments, they would liavo probably ascertained that lie gradually became quite insensible to physicnl pain.

The Lacerta Palustris is another animal of a similar nature. This creature lives on insects, and hyberuates like the land turtle. Common salt is highly poisonous to it, and i t dies on being immersed iti salt water. I t is remark­able for reproducing different parts of the body when deprived of them by accident. I believe this circumstance first a ttracted the a ttention of a European medical practi­tioner iu Great Britain, who discovered the new plan of treating Phthisis pulmonalis by enjoining abstinence from common salt. I t is by observing a diet similar to th a t of this reptile, th a t the Yogis of Ind ia have learned the hy­gienic property of abstinence from common salt. Many faqirs of India abstain from common salt for years together.

rh o winter dormitory of a Yogi may be compared to the hybernacuhim of a land turtle. The Himalayan mar­mot, which has a small respiration, hyberuates five months in tlie year. I ts respiration is very nearly suspended dur­ing hybernation. The evolution of carbonic acid ceases with the subsidence of the animal heat to th a t of the atmosphere. And to this circumstance the endurance of the total abstraction of atmospheric air, and of food and drink, may be fairly attr ibuted . _

Amongst the circumstances which favour hybernation the chief are as follows :—

1 .— Abstinence. This renders the system more suscep­tible of the influence of cold ; it induces the loss of animal temperature, which subsides to th a t of the external atmo­sphere, .and produces sleep. Religious fasting has been practised by most nations from the earliest times. Py tha ­goras fasted for no less than forty days, and Christ abstained from food aud drink for as many days together.

Fasting is a common practice amongst the Hindus. Widows of the superior castes, who are forbidden to marry arc enjoined to fast two days every month, in addition to other lasts, which arc oppressively numerous in India, aud more especially a t Benares, the focus of H indu supersti­tion.

Comment.— Simple justice compels us to remind tho reader that rigid fasts do not pertain merely to “ Hindu superstition.” The Homan Catholics have as many, and more than one com­munity of monks—especially iu the East—in their incessnnt eudeavour to “ subdue flesh,” adds to such fastings self-torture1111 the way of hair cloth, nnd constant flagellation. In India, Native Christians and Roman Catholic converts are made, as n penance after confession, to whip themselves in the presence • of their priests till “ the blood trickloB iu torrents,” according to the expression of an eye-witness who saw the scene hut a short time ago. 1

A faithful H indu widow, who observes .all fasts pre­scribed by the xhastras and abstains from the indulgence of sexual appetite, generally enjoys good health ; and in- stancesoflongevityamongst abstinent and continent Hindu widows are not very uncommon at Benares. The longe­vity of H indu widows is, in fact, proverbial. I t were, indeed, to be desired th a t the moderation in diet which ensures long life, should be practised by Europeans visiting In d ia , , as such persons fall, in great numbers, victims to repletion ..

2 .— Sheltered situations, as caverns, burrows, &c. &c. ,These secure hybernating animals from extreme vicissi- . tudes of weather. The gupha, or subterranean retreat, of.

nn Indian Yogi is nothing bu t an imitation of the winter hybernaciilnin of tlie Jaml turtle. Tlie gupha is as indispensably necessary to the Yogi for the practice of Yoga as the cavern is lor their winter rest to some of tlie hybernating animals.

3— A state of rest or repose is indispensably necessary to hybernation. Many insects reduce the ir num ber of respirations by a state of repose. A Yogi who practises suspension of the breath, resorts to tranquil postures, called the Siddlmsana and Kamaliisana,— the influence of which 011 the expired air may be more readily imagined than described. A German physiologist, alone could do justice to them, by analyzing the air contaminated by a Yogi accustomed to sit in one of these postures for more than twelve hours in the day.

4.— Confined atmosphere also conduces to hybernation. This is be tter secured by burrows and caverns, which the hybernating animals construct with such ingenuity as to allow of no free ventilation. The Yogi’s gupha is so con­structed th a t there is no ventilation, and no disturbance from light and sound.

5.— Non-conductors of heat are essentially necessary to hybernation. H ybernating animals in general make use of hay, straw, cotton, wool, dry leaves of various plants, &c. &c., for beds, in order to prevent the radiation of the earth’s temperature. A Yogi, im itating them, prepares liis beds from kus’a grass, cotton, and the wool of sheep.

0.— Aliments. The softest vegetables and the lightest. O ©animal food are indispensably necessary to hybernation. According to the H indu Rishis, the chief aliments th a t conduce to human hybernation are rice, wheat, barley, mfmg (Phaseolus mungo), milk, sugar, honey, glii, butter, &c. In addition to the foregoing aliments, a Yogi indul­ges in the following vegetables :— Boerhaavia diffusa alnta (Punarnavii), Jussieu repens, (Ililamachika), Clienopodi- um album (vdstuka), Cassia sophera (kalakiisunda), Ama- ranthus spinosus (kanttiinatiya), and Tricosanthes Dioiea (Piitola). Of pungent aliments he takes only ginger. He regards common salt as highly prejudicial to health. He abstains from this condiment, all his life. H e also abstains from acid and pungen t articles of diet. Flesh, fish, wine,oil, mustard, onions, garlic, and carrot a are forbidden to such as intend to lead a religious, moral, intellectual, or hybernal life. Rice, bai ley, and wheat constitute the chief articles of food of some of the burrowing animals that, pass the winter in a torpid state. The marmot, which is distinguished for its long hybernal sleep, is extremely fond of milk. The badger, which passes the greatest part of the winter in a ha lf torpid state, is fond ot honey. The turtle, which abstains fiom eating and breathing for a great par t of the year, is fond of milky plants, such as lettuce, dandelions, sow thistles, &c. &c. The Laccrta Aquatica, which is noted for repairing the loss of its legs, tail, and eyes, and which hybernates, dies when immersed in salt water.

From the above observations it is quite evident the Yogi’s selection of aliments has been the result of ages of observation of the habits of temperance amongst torpid animals. .

Comment.-—Tlie well-known peculiaiity of the serpent to live for months together without- tood, nml to cost off its skin, or to rejuvenate ; nml, its extreme longevity having suggested to the undent naturalists nml philosophers tho idea that tlio secret nnd instinctive habits of the ophidians might be tried upon ihe liumnn system, they set to watching, and found that in­variably before retiring for Ihe cold season into ils hole, the serpent rolled itself in the juice of a certain plnnt which it did by crushing the leaves. This plant— its name being a secret among the Raja Yoga— brings 011 without any elaborate prepara­tion or training for the occasion as in the case of the Ileitha Yoga— n dead comu, during which all tho vital functions aro paralyzed and the processes of life suspended. , The Yogas have learned to regulate the duration of this trance. As, wliilo tliis state lasts, 110 wear and tear of the organs can possibly take place, and hence they caunot “ wear out” ns tliey slowly do even during the natural sleep of the body, every hour of such a state generally produced towards night and 10 replace the hours of rest, Is an hour gained for the duration of human

life itself.' Thus the Raja Yogas have been sometimes known to live the double and triple amount of years of an nTcrngo human life, and occasionally, to have preserved a youthful ap- pcnrance for an unusual period of time and wlieii they were known to be old men— in years. Such at least, is their explana­tion of the apparent phenomenon. For one who has seen such enses nnd assured himself that the nssertion wns an unimpcncli- nble fact, nnd who, at. the same time, utterly disbelieves in tlio possibility of magic, whether divine or infernal, unless the exis-r tc-ncc of its wondrous phenomena can be accounted for 011 tlio principles of exact science and shown as due to natural forces, cannot, well refuse to listen to any such explanation. I t may bo but little plausible, and the probabilities against tlic advanced theory seem great. Yet—it is not one utterly impossible ; and this, till we have n better reason to reject it, tlinu our simpio ignornnco of the existence of such a plant—must be considered sufficient. Ilow often exnet science is led astray by its dogma­tism is once more proved iu the following defeat of tlie ortho­dox “ regular” physicians, ns noted by the I\Teto York Tribune und in the same case of Dr. Tanner.

Another account, issued 011 the 7th July stntcs :— “Dr. Tanner claims that the crisis is past. No severe craving for food was experienced this morning. Should none make itself felt the test will hereafter devolve entirely upon the ability of tbe vital organs to maintain their functions without food. One physi­cian expresses the opinion thnt Dr. Tanner will suddenly be­come delirious alter the twelfth or thirteenth day. followingthnt event he may die at any moment from lock-jaw or convul­sions of tlio muscles. l ie might be resuscitaled it his condition were discovered iu time, but, the chances would be against, him owing to liis excessive weakened condition. The principal change to-day in his condition is n decline in tempera lure, it being !I8'25 at six p . m . I f it falls five degrees more tlic result will be fatal. The doctor is still resolute and hopeful.”

* . * * * . * *And yet, the telegram from New York given in our last, num­ber announcing tlmt Dr. Tanner has gone without any food for forty days and has survived-. is there ! •

(To be continued.) '

M A R O T I B A B A ’S W O H D E R S .

BY G. S. K lIA PA liD K , KKQ. '1

W hen setting out last from my native place for Bom­bay, 1 observed to my friends and relations, who had come to the station to see me off, th a t as it was very hot, 1 was likely to be very th irs ty 011 the way. Immediately one who will foim the subject of this memorandum, stooped down and picking up a few pebbles from the graveled platfouu, and holding them a. moment in liis closed hand, changed them into four large balls of sugar of two different kiinlt — one, used by us to satisfy hunger, the other, to quench thirst. This s ta i tk d seine bu t not many, for lie is well known in those parts to l:e a great Yogi or “ magi­cian”— in the be tte r and revived sense of the word.

I have known him upwards of five years, with excep­tionally good opportunities of obseiving him night and day. H e made a stay of a few months with us, hence my knowledge and the confidence and certainty with which I can afford to speak of him. Many stories are current about him, and are universally believed. 1 will, however, content myself with giving a few of them, the instances having mostly happened under my personal observation. They also adm it of easy verification. One has bu t to go to Umrawati, in the Bcrars, and see my father, Mr. Srikrishna Narahara, or Mr. Devidaspant Bhow, and be will be en­abled to converse personally with the Yogi. .

Once he was standing near a large well a t Elichpur with some few friends, including myself. One of them had two nice silver boxes (tavits) of curious workmanship, and lie produced them to be shown to Maroti Baba (this is the ascetic’s name) and asked him to take care lest they fall into water. Thereupon the Biibii told him to throw them into the water. H e hesitated, bu t was finally prevailed upon to do so ; and 'apparently had no reason to repent, for within a few seconds, the Baba, asked him to feel for them in bis (the owner’s) own pocket, which hedid, and found the identical boxes, ' ’

The Extra Assistant Commissioner a t Karanja, nearly forty miles away from Umrawati, was auxious to see tbe l>aby, and wrote many pressing letters of invitation to him, bu t all in vaiiu It, however, happened th a t one of tlic parties in a civil ease before him, mentioned the B aba as one of the witnesses. The Mmisiff was highly pleased at this unexpected chance of obtaining his attendance. A legal summons was issued and duly served, bu t the Biiba refused : to go. H e was now a t Umrawati. H is friends represented to him the dangers of disobeying a summons, but despite these repeated representations and remon­strances, lie pu t off going from day to day, until a t last the very day appointed for the bearing of the case arrived. Even then he was inexorable, and his friends gave up the m atter in despair, with an inward trembling for the consequences. On the appointed day, the Bdbu, as usual, breakfasted a t 10 A.M., with his friends, and then sat down to his wonted work of m edita tion , with great case and composure. Upon this the friends remarked th a t it 'would have been infinitely better for him to have gone, bu t as it could not now be helped, they would seek out a legal practitioner to see if the consequences m ight be avoided. On hearing this the Baba roused himself, took his turban and said tha t he would go. The distance was mentioned to him, and the impossibility of crossing it urged, bu t to no purpose.! H e was seen to go out of the front door, but further on, none could trace liim. A few days after they heard tliat the Baba duly attended the Court on the same day, and at tlic same hour, a t Karanja.

Once he happened to meet the D eputy Commissioner of Nagpur, who having previously hoard of liis “ super­natural" doings, begged him to favour him with an exhi­bition. Upon being answered in the affirmative, and ask­ed what lie wished to see, he said tha t he would like to pluck mangoes from the Niin tree before which he was standing. The Baba said “ certainly ; this is not difficult. Pluck as many as you like •” and straightway everybody saw th a t in an instant the tree in question had become thickly laden with nice, eatable mangoes. This D eputy Commissioner wa.s aii English gentleman.

■ Once tho Baba was asked to cause to appear some edi­ble substance tha t should be in such a condition as to show th a t it must have been instantly brought from a great distance. The questioner mentioned a peculiar sweetmeat th a t is made in S ura t and nowhere else, and asked that he m ight have sonic hot from the cooking pan. A t once the wonder-worker pu t liis hand under his garment and handed the thing demanded anil hot, as had been asked. This respected and extraordinary man appears to be not more than 25 or !50 years old, bu t he is known to be far older, and his oldest friends have remarked no change in his face or person since they have known him. His father before him was a Yogi, and the son in his youth showed no signs of his subsequent pious self-abnegation ; bu t ju s t before the father's death, he called his son to his side and conversed with him in strict privacy. W hen the parent had breathed his last and the rites enjoined by religion had been observed, the present B aba left home and was seen by no one for above twelve years. W hen he returned he had become an ascetic and began showing the marvellous psychic powers above indicated. How he learned the secret or from whom, no one knows, for. upon his experiences during the period of his absence from his home and friends he has ever maintained strict silence.

Parel Hill, Bombay, A ugust 1880. '

A SOCIETY, CALLED THU Al(VAVATSAJ, SOCIETY, HAS BEEN formed in Ktuiliyana, Kattywar, and has adopted the following sensible rules :— ■ .

(I). To devote an hour every morning and evening to meditate upon the Divine Spirit in a secluded spot and perfect calm state of mind, passing all the time in holi­ness, • r ■ : '

1 (2 ). To speak always the truth, knowing th a t our conscience is a witness to all our actions, ' , , ,,

• (3).: To eat, drink, &c., with all men, bearing well in mind the fact th a t all were alike when t h e y were born,: and to regard all m ankind as one brotherhood. •• 1 •

(4). N ot to commit adultery or give way to lustfuldesires ; in short, to gain mastery over the passions of the body. " ' • ■ - ■ : • ■ ■ : ' • • • • ' • • :

(5).""To be simple and regular in eating and drinking ,1in wearing clothes and speaking and in all habits. • '

(6 ). : N ot to use intoxicating liqtiors or drugs.' '(7.) N o t to tease or kill any animal, knowing well th a t

all are alike, the creatures of one God, and th a t others feel the same pain as ourselves. ,i 1 :

(8 .) To be honest in all our dealings, and never to have recourse to lies or to fraud. 1 >

(!)). To remember all our evil actions and to try to be free from them . ' 1

(10). To avoid the company of immoral persons. ' 1(11); To abstain from early marriage. ’ '(12). To consult our conscience as to what is r igh t and

what is wrong, and then to adopt the proper course which intuition may dictate.

(I.S). To be kind to the poor and to assist them in proportion to our means.

[Continual from the May • number.]T H E N A T U R E A N D O F F I C E O F B U D D H A ' S

R E L I G I O N .

HY TIIK RIGHT REVD. II. SUMANGALA, F.T.S. ,

: (Saimiid Samadhi). R ig h t M edita tion.

The devotee who is desirous of entering into meditationhas various ways of doing it, but as Pathavikasina is thetirst course, I shall here explain the m anner in whichthis process of meditation is practised. This is done bycalling to our mind the existence of the earth. The in­t . O . . . . . .dividual who may have practised meditation in a previous existence finds it. comparatively easy in the present one. This process of meditation is generally practised by the devotee, expressing the determination that he will by this meditation free himself from decrepitude, death, &c., aud w il l a tta in the primary stage of meditation. Thus deter­mined, he procures a quantity of earth of reddish colour found at the bank of rivers and frames a circular struc­ture (Kasinamandala) in a retired spot, such as a jungle, a cave, or a shed covered with boughs, near the abode of au ascetic. The clay of which this s tructure is made must not be blue, entirely red, yellow, white or variegated in colour. The structure may either be portable or fixed. The portable structure is made by daubing the earth ground into a fine paste on the cloth fixed on a square frame of, sticks. The fixed structure is made thus. A certain num ­ber of sticks is fixed into the ground and encircled with bark. The enclosure is filled with earth, the surface levelled and daubed with the paste prepared as s tated above, and a circle drawn with a circumference of one span and four inches. This being constructed in a secluded spot, the devotee bathes, takes his breakfast, and after some rest, retires th ither and in a sitting posture on an elevation of one span and four inches from the ground, and at a dis­tance not further than two-and-a-half cubits from the Kasinamandala, brings to his mind the folly of hunting after sensual pleasures and the sublimity of the destruc-i tion of desires and determines by the observance of pre­cepts of Buddha and other sublime teachers to rise above all worldly cares and atta in Nirvana. W ith such a: firm determination he should without an effort direct his eyes on| the structure before him as lightly as if he was looking a t a mirror. This should be repeated as often as possible, and in, this way the eyes should be fixed on the structure for a short, time and then closed, facing it all the time. This is to be repeated until the Uggalia N im itta (the sign th a t th is ' stage of .meditation is attained) becomes apparent. Being thus engaged iu meditation he. must lifive. in mind a word expressive of material earth which should be repeated often aud often. The Pali words are Pathavi, ■ Mediiri^

&c„ etc. These or any other word th a t can with convenience he u ttered, ought to be repeated hy tlie devotee, Pathavi is desirable. Repetition or practice will soon lead the devotee to the a t ta inm ent of his object. A lte r repeating the word hundreds of times, he secs th is circular structure before h im even when his eyes are closed. This is a sign tha t Uggaha N im itta has attained. A t this stage of m edita­tion, desires begin to cease and the devotee is on the right track towards the a tta inm ent of Samadhi. H e should then return home. Here the Mandala will appear to him and if it does not, he should go again to the place, and once more recover this power. W hilst engaged in these devotional trips he lias to provide himself with a light, a pair of sandals with soles, and a walking stick. W hen this stage of meditation is attained, it is to be understood th a t he has succeeded in the conquest of sensual desires. Obstructive sinful desires will be checked, wicked and sin­ful thoughts subdued and Patibluiga N im it ta will show itself and the sight of the KasinainamUda will afford greater pleasure.

(To be continued.)

T H E GOD O P T H E U P A N 1 S H A D S .

]!Y JO G 1N M IA NATH BOSK.

The great philosophical subject of though t and spe­culation th a t engaged the closest and the most serious attention of the wisest, the best, and the purest of Aryan llishis of ancient Aryavart was God. To pry into the hidden depths of Divine N atu re was the absorbing pursuit of the holiest Aryan sages of antiquity . I t would not be a violation of t ru th to assert th a t the only nation 011 the face of the earth th a t used to study the Incomprehensible Creator with real enthusiasm and devotion was the H indu Aryans. Their continuous resear­ches into this subject were crowned with great success, hardly a tta ined by other nations ; for the fruits of these researches, as have been handed down to us, clearly show how very perfect and sublime was the ir knowledge of God. The Aryan conception of God is the soundest, truest, most philosophical, and, I may add, scientific th a t has ever been formed by any portion of mankind. 1 th ink it is the highest, the noblest, the most sublime, and the most perfect conception th a t man has ever formed of the {Supreme King of this mighty, illimitable, and boundless Empire— the Infinite tiliivei.se. In this essay it will be my humble endeavour to represent this Aryan concep­tion of God as briefly as I can.

The Aryans taugh t of God as the cause of all th a t exists — the Cause of all Causes— the F irs t Cause— the only Creator of the Universe.

" H e wlio is the Cause ol all Causes is without any ap­pearance, and free from diseases.”

“ cfcr: ”“ T he Supreme Spirit-— the cunte o f the v u ivt ree is the

greatest of all.”

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“ The Lord who is the only one w ithout a second— hath created the firmament and the material world.”

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“ The Lord though t of creating the universe, and H e by the force of his thought created all th a t exists.”

The Aryans did not believe in the eternity of m a tte r— in the co-existence of God and matter. They tau g h t th a t m atter was created by God and th a t it was never un- cl'cate. They sang;-—

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‘‘ N oth ing o f ' t h i s Universe existed before. Before creation, existed God alone who is True, one only without a second, and without birth. H e is the great spirit. He is w ithout decay, immortal, eternal, and fearless,”

The Vishnu Purana says :—“ W hen there was neither day nor night, neither earth nor

sky, ne ither light nor darkness, when there was nothing th a t could be seen or felt by the physical senses or the faculties of the mind, there existed the One Great Being— God.”

The Aryans tau g h t th a t the Lord God needed not the help of m atte r to create this universe. H e brought into existence the vast universe unaided. H e thought of crea­ting the Universe and immediately H e created it, or, to express in Biblical language, the Lord said— Let there be vniverte and there was universe.

“ The Lord though t of creating the universe and by the mere power of his thought H e created all th a t exists.”

The Aryans tau g h t th a t all th a t happens in the universe, happens through the fear of the Lord ; th a t is, they happen according to the laws established by Him.

'O i, 'O“ On account of fear for God the Lord the fire burns,

the sun shines, and the clouds, the wind, and death, do their duties.”

The Aryans ta u g h t th a t God is the Mighty Ruler and Governor of the Universe.

" ^ f l s fw s iF T : f l s f a i f a q T c r : l”“ Everything is under H is control; He is the Oidaiucr

and Master of all.”

“ 11”“ H e is the Lord of all, the Master of all, and the S u p ­

porter of all beings.”

“ This Suprem e Spiri t is the Ruler and Master of all. H e govejnetli all th a t is in this universe.”

“ H e is the ruler of the Past and the Fu tu re .”The Aryans taugh t that God not only lules and governs

the Universe, but H e is also incessantly providing for all beings their necessaries.

“ w i ten all creatures sleep, the Perfect Being, who is1.wake, creates the necessaries of tlieir lives.”

'C *\“ H e provides th e various necessaries of the creatures

with H is various powers.”The Aryans tau g h t th a t every th ing depends on God

for its existence, activity, and life ; tha t creation exists because God exists, and th a t if the Lord God pleases to separate H im self from it, it would immediately cease to exist. The Aryans seem to have taugh t most emphatical­ly the Pauline doctrinc-—“ In H im we live, move, and have our being.”

*8 : ’’Ii“ The heavens, the earth, the sky, the m ind and the

senses'—all these exist, being dependent 011 H im ,”

W n ’’“ H e is the M aster of all, the Lord of all, the Jh 'm n vpmi

u-ftom a ll d tp im lfo r their txidtnce, and the Friend of all,”

" He, oil whom tlic worlds depend for the ir existence, is the Great Spirit who was never born.”

f a a r : ^ II“ The worlds exist depending upon H im .”

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: I ^ ll”“ Tliey surely know this Oldest and H ighest Being, who

know H im as the Life of Life, Eye of Eye, E a r of Ear, and Mind of Mind.”

The Aryans taugh t th a t God depends on nothing for his existence b u t Himself.

“ God who is existing in H im self, is alone worthy to be known.”

The Aryans were most eloquent on the subject of God's omnipresence and existence in every object as if H e was its very life and soul. They had a clear conception and a vivid realization of this glorious a ttr ibu te of God by means of intense contemplation and meditation which they always practised and whereby they trained their souls so as to enable them to behold the Lord in every thing.

N" God pervades all things in this Universe.”

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“ H e walks, and yet H e walks not; H e is far, and still He is n e a r ; H e is in all things, and again H e is without all things.”

C\„ T ] ie Universe is filled with t h a t Perfect Being.”

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“ He is above nnd below n s ; H e is behind and before tis ; He is on our r ight and on our left,”

T1 ie Aryans taugh t th a t tlic best place for man to be­hold the Lord is. the human soul ; God is nowhere else manifested so vividly as in the soul of man. Tlie soul is His best Temple. Tho consciousness of this fact led tlie Aryans in later times to adopt the scientific method of Yoga to sec tho Lord reflected on the surface ol the soul, and commune witli Him.

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“ H e who has realized the True, Wise, and Infinite Lord with himself in the form of his soul, enjoys nil the plea­sures he desires to enjoy with the all-knowing God.”

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" Those who truly know the na tu re of their ijouls, be­hold the pure, the formless and the b l igh t Lord in Hisshining and best sheath— the soul.”

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" l i e dwclleth in the soul,”The Aryans had a clear conception of God being the

greatest, highest and most powerful of all beings. They taught tha t none is or can be greater and higher than He.

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" There is none who is the Master of the Lord or who has the power to dictate law to H i m ; H e lias no organs of action. H e is the Cause of all ami the Master of the mind. H e has 110 Procreator and no Master.” : •.

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" Know the Lord as the one. H e is beyond compari­son. H e is eternal. This Holy, Deathless, Great Spirit is above the heavens. H e is the Greatest of all beings, and Indestructible.”

The Aryans taugh t th a t God is deathless, indestructible, unborn, uncreated, eternal.

“ *r s t r W ftprer f a q f a ^ R ^ c n ^ r w ^ f w i ”>3 ^ N“ The Supreme Spirit is ne ither born nor docs H e die.

H e is omniscient. H e has proceeded from no cause, nor did H e ever become any object.

" H e is withoiit death and fear.”

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r ’“ He, on whom the worlds depend for their existence, is

the great soul who has no birth.”

“ f l 'p i r q a : r“ H e exists to-day; H e will remain for ever.”I 11 the forty-seventh chapter of the Shanti P a rva of the

Mahdblii'l rat, the devotee addresses the Lord thus:— “ Thou a r t True, w ithout a second, Indestructible.” Again, in the eightieth chapter of the Dronn P a rva of the Maluibhiirat we find— “ God is the source of all. Like ether, H e is without birth, death or destruction.”—

The Aryans believed God to be Omniscient, the knower of all— the present, the past, and the future of every object.

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“ Knowledge enables the wise to behold in every object the L o rd who I,notes a ll objects superficially and particularly nnd whose glories are in the earth and the heavens.”

ll”“ T1 lose who know God say,'—know H im to be the Lord

whom none can comprehend, bu t who knoweth every thought o f every m ind.”

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“ H e knows all things tha t can be known, bu t none knows H im .”

“ 3Tft?TRt R f R l ’’“ None has known Him, bu t H e knows all.”

“ ?r to rn * f^q r^ c r ” 1N“ He has neither b irth nor death ; 7/e is omniscient."Ill the thirty-fifth chapter of the B hishm a P arva of

the Mahabhiirat, the devotee addresses the Lord as follows:—

“Thou ar t the only knower of all andThoti a r t the only know- able”. I 11 the thirty-first chapter of the same P a rva God declares to His worshippers—■“ 1 know the present, the past and tlie future, bu t none knoweth me.”

The Aryans had a clear conception of God being All-wise,In tl ie Upanishad, H e is often called or the Wise.By calling H im “ D ynanam ” the Aryans m eant tha t God * is perfectly wise in a l ib is actions, and unlike man and all finite creatures is infallible.

The Aryans 1 could perfectly conceivc th a t God is the Purest and ' the Holiest of Beings— that nothing in H im is impure or unholy, and th a t nothing im pure or Unholy could come from Him. • ’ :

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“ H e is omnipresent, P ure without organs of action, w ith­out veins, without pimples, llo b j and impevvious to si/n,”

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“ He is called the Pure, the Supremo Spirit, and the Iminprtal.” . ■ ; .■ . >

! “ The great soul Who is void of any sin." In the forty- seventh chapter of the S/ianti Parva of the Mahabh&rat (Jod is thus addressed;— Thou ar t without any fault or sin. TlioU ar t the Lord of all.”

The Aryans had a clear conception of the Infinite Good­ness of God.

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God is omnipresent, t/ood, and is w ith in all objects.”

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' " H e is AlKpeace, Good and One without a second.’'The Aryans taugh t th a t God is an All-happy nnd in ­

cessantly Joyous Being ; th a t unlike man l i e is never sub­jec t to grief or sorrow which is the a t tr ibu te of a .finite nature.

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“ Who could have moved, who could have lived, had the A ll-Joyous Supreme Spirit not been present in all space ? l i e metes out joy to all beings.” ■ ■ •

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“ These beings proceed from the A ll-Joyous Supreme Kjiirit, live through H im and at the tim e of the dissolution of the universe go to H im and enter into H im .”

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“ The wise by means of their knowledge see everywhere the Lord who manifests Himself as the A ll-Joyous and Immortal Being.” '■ :

The Aryans taugh t th a t God is nn Infinite Being— a Bc- in»- th a t has none of the finite qualities, and whatever be the quality, H e possesses it to an infinite degree.

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“ 1 Le who has known in the sky of his soul the Lord who is True, All-Wise an,d Infinite.” By calling God ST^cT the Aryans m eant tha t H e is infinite in all I l is a ttr ibu tes— in­finite in power, knowledge, wisdom, goodness, holiness, joy as well as in time and space.

The Aryans could very well conceivc th a t God is the Friend of all, th a t H e acts towards all creatures as a friend would towards his friends. ,

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“ l i e is the Master and the Lord of all, the Being upon whom depends every thing, and the F riend o f a ll.’’.

In the fifth chapter of the B/tat/vai G ita we read

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“ H e is the Friend of all beings.” :T he Aryans had a bright conception of the close and

in tim ate relationship between God and man. Animated by a firiii and devout conviction of th is relationship, they exclaimed:— ■ : " 1 '

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" T h e Supreme Spiri t th a t is in ,the innermost recefises of our being is dearer than son, wealth, and all other pos!sessiolis.’ ‘ 11 1 '■ 1 ' ' • " ■

The Aryans fully comprehended the im materiality of the Divine Being. They sang :—■ , |

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“ H e is neither thick nor thin, ne ither short nor long; without colour, or humour; H e is neither d a r k n e s s nor shadow, neither wind nor sky, unmixed with any material object, without savour or odour; H e has ne ither eyes nor cars, nor voice. H e is w ithout mind, light, bodily life, and face. ; There is nothing to which lie could be compared,”

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“ H e is beyond nam e and appearance.” • .Calling God or the ; Supreme Spirit is a suffi­

ciently clear and strong proof th a t the Aryans conceived God as a Being perfectly immaterial, having no qualities of material things. ; .

The Aryan, conception of God is by no menus anthropo­morphic. The Aryans attr ibuted no hum an qualities to God, and eloquently proclaimed H im to be devoid of every th ing human. .

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“ H e docs not possess hands and yet H e holds th ings ; H e has no feet, and yet H e walks; H e has no eyes, and yetH e secs ; H e does not possess ears and yet H e hears.”

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“ The Great Soul [w ho] is sinless, w ithout decay or death, grief or sorrow, hunger or thirst.” . . . .

NO ©\“ l i e is w ithout inind, light, bodily life and face.” . .

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“ l i e has no body, no senses, and no physical organs of action.”

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“ H e who is the Cause of all Causes is w ithout any ap -‘pcarance and free from diseases.”

The Aryans taugh t th a t God in a Being whom none but. H imself can perfectly comprehend, th a t H e is not perfect­ly comprehensible to man, th a t we could know God only partially and im perfec tly , ' and th a t this partial and im­perfect knowledge of God is the highest knowledge of H im th a t we could possibly possess. Thu Aryans had a true conception of the exact nature of the incomprehen­sibility of the Divine N ature . • 1 : '

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“ H e who thinks th a t he has not been able to know the Lord, has known Him, and he who th inks th a t he has been able to know the Lord, has not known Him. I t is the be-, lief of a truly wise man th a t lie has 1iot known the Lord,, while an ignorant man believes tha t he has known the Lord.” ' , . : ' . . ..

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“ I do not th ink I have known the Lord perfectly. I t is not a fact tha t I know not God, nor is it a fact th a t I know Him. H e who .among us knows the meaning of tlie Faying— 1 I t is not a fact th a t I know not God, nor is it ft fact tha t I know Him,’ knows the Lord.”

|| ”"n“ I f yon th ink th a t yon have known the Lord perfectly,

then surety 3’on have known very little of I l is Nature.

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cfT?- I ” 1'“ He is not an object of tho oye, nor of the tongue, nor

o f the mind. We do not know any tiling particularly of Him, nor do we know how to discourse about H is Nature. H e is different from all known aud unknown objects.”

From the foregoing it is plain th a t the Aryans were any th ing bu t idolators. The Aryans were not idolaters in .any sense of the term. Tliey denounced and despised all ■descriptions of idolatry. They pronounced idol-worship fit only for those who arc 011 the lowest step of the ladder of spiritual knowledge and culture, for those who find it difficult to comprehend God as a Formless, Invisible and Infinite Being. The Aryans distinctly declared th a t God could never be a finite object.

^ || ”“ Know H im to be God who cannot be spoken of by

speoch bu t who has given us speech. Any of the finite objocts which people worship is not God.” , 1

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“ Know H im to be God whom men cannot th in k of in the ir minds, bu t who reads every though t of every mind. Any of the finite objects which people worship is not God.”

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“ H e hns 110 image; His name is the Great Glorious.”

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“ H e is beyond name and appearance. ” In the forty-fifth chapter of the Udyoga Parva of the M ahabharat/i we find God declaring— “ My nature is unspeakable ; the ignorant only represent me as a fish or a tortoise.”

All the ftJilofaix I have quoted above are from the Upani- shads— the fountain head of the purest Arj'an theology. The Upanishads are the oldest and earliest theological' works extant. Before the Tripitaka, the Avesta, and the Bible had any existence, the Upanishads were composed and the ir light was illumining the minds of the people of sacred A ryavarta . The above sketch will, I believe, en­able any man to form a fair idea of the nature and ex­tent of the knowledge of God the Aryans posressed. I t would appear to every theological s tudent th a t no other nation lias till now been able to form such a high and noble conception of God as these Aryans of hoary antiquity did, and th a t in point of tru th , reasonableness and purity, the Christian, the Parsee, the Mahomedan and every other sectarian and denominational conceptions of God fall far behind the Aryan. The Aryans were the most enlightened Theists, and if there be any religious body whose conception of God approaches the Aryan more than th a t of any other, it is the most.enlightened religious body of the Theists of the present century— theists like Theodore Parker, Francis W illiam Newman, Charles Voysey and Debendra N ath Tagore. Does it not speak volumes of the mental and spiritual progress of the Aryans' tha t their conception of God is .even to. this day the highest and best th a t man'cUn form and grasp ? ' ' ' '

f T I I E P R A I A Y A O F M O D E R N S C IE N C E , -

■ I f Science is r ight th en the future of. our Solar System -—hence of w hat we call the Universe— offers bu t little of hope or consolation for 1 our descendants^ Two of hep votaries, • Messrs. Thompson and Klansius, have simultane­ously reached the conclusive opinion th a t the Universe' is doomed, at some future and not so very remote period, to; u t te r destruction. Such is also the theory of several other astronomers, one and all describing the gradual cooling off and the final dissolution of our planet in terms nearly iden ­tical with those used by the greatest Hindu, and even somo of the Greek sages. One m ight almost th ink he were reading over again Manu, Kanada, Kapila and others. The following are some of the newest theories of our Western p a n d its . ■ ' ■• ;■ ■ : ■ • •

“ All the ponderable massos which m ust have separated themselves a t the evolution or f i rs t : appearance upon the earth from the primeval mass of matter, will reunite them-' selves again into one gigantic and boundless heavenly body, every visible movement in this mass will be arrested,' and alone the molecular motion will remain, wliich will equally spread throughout this ponderous body under the form of h e a t . . i . . . ” say our scientists. Kanada, the atom- ist, the old H indu sage, said as m uch... “ In creation,” I10 remarks, “ two atoms begin to be agitated, till a t length they become separated from their former union, and then 1 unite, by which a new substance is formed, which possess­es the qualities of the things from which it arose.” '

Lohschmidt, the Austrian professor of mathematics and' astronomy, and the English astronomer, Proctor, treating of the same subject, have both arrived at another and different view of the cause from which will come the future dissolution of the world. They attr ibu te it to the gradual and slow cooling off of the sun, which m ust result in, the final extinction of this planet someday. All the planets will then, following the law of gravitation, tumble in upon the inanimate, cold luminary, and coalesce with it into one huge body. If this thing should happen, says the German savant, and such a period begins, then it is im-. possible th a t it should last for ever, for such a state would not be one of absolute equilibrium. During a wonderful period of time, the sun, gradually hardening, will go on. absorbing the radiant heat from the universal space, and concentrating it around itself. , ..

B u t let us listen to Professor Tay upon this question. According to his opinion, the total cooling off of our planet will bring with it unavoidable death. Animal and vege­table life, which will have, previous to th a t event, shifted its quarters from the northern and already frozen regions to the equator, will then finally and for ever disappear from the surface of the globe, without leaving behind any trace of its existence. The earth will be wrapped in dense, cold and darkness ; the now ccaseless atmospheric motion will have changed into complete rest anil silence ; the last clouds will have poured upon the earth their last rain : the course of the streams and rivers, bereaved of their, vivifier and motor— the sun— will be arrested ; and the seas' frozen into a mass. Our globe will, have no other light than the occasional glimmering of the shooting stars, which will not }ret have ceased to penetrate .into and be­come inflamed in our atmosphere. Perhaps, too, the sun, under the influence of the cataclysm of the solar mass, will ye t exhibit for a t im e some signs of vitality ; and thus heat and light will re-enter it for a short space of time, bu t the reaction will not .fail to i'e-assert itself :. the sun, powerless and dying, will again become extinct and this time for ever. Such a change was remarked and actually took place in the now extinct constellations of the Swan, the Crown, and the Ophiuchus in the first period of their cooling. And the same fate will reach all the other pla­nets, which, meanwhile, obeying the law of inertia, will go on revolving around the extinct sun.... F u r th e r 011, the learned astronomer depicts the last year of the expir­ing globe in the very words of a H indu philosopher de­picting the P va la ya :— “ C o ld 'and death blow from the northern pole, and spread along the entire face of the earth ‘

nine-tenths of which have already expired. Life, hardly perceptible, is all concentrated at her' heart— the equator, in tho few remaining regions which are yet inhabited, nnd where reigns a complete confusion of tongues and nationalities. The surviving representatives of the hum an race are soon joined by the largest specimens of animals which are also driven there by the iutenso cold. One ob­ject, one aspiration huddles together all this varied mass of beings—-the struggle for life. Groups of animals, without distinction of kinds, crowd together into ono herd in the hope of finding some heat in the rapidly freezing bodies ; snakes threaten no more with tlieir poisonous fangs, nor lions and tigers with tlieir sharp claws ; all tha t each of them begs for is— life, nothing bu t life, life to the last minute ! A t Inst comes th a t last day, and the pale and expiring rays of th e sun illuminate the following gloomy scene ; the frozen bodies of the last of the hum an family, dead from cold and lack of air, 011 the shores of a likewise rapidly freezing, motionless sea” !...

The words may not bo precisely those of the learned professor for they aro utilized from notes taken in a foreign language ; bu t the ideas are literally his. The picture is indeed gloomy. B u t the ideas, based upon scientific, mathematical deductions are not new, aud we have read in a H indu author of the pre-ehristian era a descrip­tion of the same catastrophe as given by Mann in a language far superior to this one. Tlie general reader is invited to compare, and the H indu reader to see iu this, one more corroboration of the great wisdom and knowledge of his forefathers, who anticipated the modern researches in almost everything. '

“ Strange; noises are heard, proceeding from everypoint. . . These are the precursors of the N ig h t of Brahma. Dusk rises a t the horizon and the sun passes away...Gradually light pales, heat diminishes, uninhabitable spots multiply011 the earth, the air becomes more and more rarefied ; the springs of waters dry up, tlie great rivers see the ir waves exhausted, the ocean shows its sandy bottom, and plantsdie....Life and motion lose their force, planets can hardly gravitate in space ; they are extinguished one by one... Surya (the Sun) flickers and goes out ; m a t te r falls into dissolution ; and Brahm a (the creative force) merges back into Dyans, the unrevealed, and his task being accom­plished, he falls asleep.. . .N ight for the Universe has come !...” (By Vamadeva.)

BEA U TY .— A B E A U T IFU L PERSON IS T H E N A TU RA L FORMof a beautiful soul. The mind builds its own house. Thesoul takes precedence of the body, and shapes the bodyto its own likeness. A vacant mind takes all the meaningout of the fairest face. A sensual disposition deforms thehandsomest features. A cold, selfish heart shrivels anddistorts tho best looks. A mean, grovelling spirit takes allthe dignity out of the figure and all tlie character out ofthe countenance. A cherished hatred transforms the mostbeautiful lineaments into an image of ugliness. I t is im­© Opossible to preserve good looks with a brood of bad pas­sions feeding 011 the blood, a set of low loves tram ping through the heart, and a selfish, disdainful spirit enthron­ed in the will. Badness and beauty will 110 more keep company a great while than poison will consort with health, or an elegant carving survive the furnace fire. The ex­periment of pu tt ing them together has been tried for thousands of years, bu t with one unvarying result. There is 110 sculptor like the mind. There is nothing th a t so refines, polishes, aud ennobles face and mien as the con­stan t presence of great thoughts. The man who lives in the region of ideas, moonbeams though they be, becomes idealised. There are 110 arts, 110 gymnastics, 110 cosmetics which can contribute a t i the so m uch to the dignity, the strength, the ennobling of a m an’s looks as a great pu r­pose, a high determination, a noble principle, and un­quenchable enthusiasm. B u t more powerful still than any of these as a beautifier of the person is the overmastering purpose and pervading disposition pf kindness in tlie

heart. Affection is the organising force in the human constitution. W om an is fairer than man because she has moro affection than man. Loveliness is the outside of lovo. Kindness, good-will, a prevailing desire and determination to mako others happy, make tho body a tem ple .— M oray {Scotland) Weekly. Nen'x. t

S 1 1 R A D D H A A N D P I N D A . .

B Y SI. V . S O O B U A B A O . :

In tho March T h e o s o p h i s t , three questions about “ Shraddha” and “ P inda ” havo been raised with tho request of an expression of the Editor’s views also 011 them .

Tlie answer, given by Swamiji Dayanand, is not a t all satisfactory, bu t very much against the prevailing H indu custom.

As the T h e o s o p h i s t , an interesting and valuable J o u r ­nal, is devoted to Oriental philosophy, religion, &c., it is roquested th a t this le tter may bo published therein for the benefit of its readers.

The three Vedas, the eighteen “ Sinritis” and tho Puranas (also eighteen in number) are the chief authori­ties accepted by the H indus in performing their religious rites. Such holy sages as Mann, Yadnyavalkya, &c., are tho authors of the “ Sinritis” and Vedoyasa is of the Purars, Their philosophical and religious discussions are even now held in high esteem. I t is only by a reference to these religious tex t books , tha t tho true meaning of the word “ Shraddha” can be fixed, the origin of the H indu custom» * ♦ ’ O tof performing “ Shradda” traced and the point— whether the offering of P inda benefits in any way the persons for whom it is offered, satisfactorily solved. A reference to the Shlokas from 191— 200 of the “ Manu Smriti,” chapterIII., “ Shraddha P rakarna” with the ir commentary, would show how tlie H indu custom of performing Shradda arose.

According to Manu and other sages, the word Shradda means the offering of eatables or money instead to “ departed ancestors. ” This is said to confer eter­nal bliss 011 them. ( Vide Vidnyaneshwar’s commentary, Yddnyavalkya Smriti, Acliara Ivanda, and, also, ShlOka 274 Chapter I I I . Mauu.)

From this it is plain th a t the word Shraddha does not a t all signify the service of the living parents with all devo­tion. Of course, nowhere is it stated th a t we should neg­lect our living parents ; b u t it is everywhere strictly en­joined tha t we should worship them like gods during their lifetime and perform Shraddha in the ir honor after death.

I t m ight be asked here how tho departed ancestors who may have gone to heaven or hell in accordance with the ir former virtuous or vicious deeds, can receive the blessings accruing from the performance of Shraddha. The answer is th a t they do receive such blessings through the three sects of representative deities, viz., Vasu, I lud ia and Aditya. ( Vide Shloka 2 G8 Achara Kanda, Y&dnyavalkya Smriti and also Vidnyaneshwar’s commentary 011 the same),

I wish to point out th a t tlie article, published in the February T h e o s o p h i s t under the t i tle of “ A case of genuine H indu lnediumship” can be taken as an ex­ample to show th a t tlie offering of P inda by a Hindu benefits departed ancestors for whom it is offered.

The point C. cannot be answered as I have 110 time to search for Sm riti texts, supporting the non-performance of Shraddha for dead children. I leave it to be decided by some Pand it well versed in Dharm a Shastra. As an authority are annexed the Sanskrit texts to be published along with this letter. . 1

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II

T H E T H E O S O P H IC A L S O C I E T Y .T h e Founders of our Society, Colonel Olcott nml Ma­

dame Blavatsky, left for Simla on tiie 27th of August. On thoir way they stopped one day a t Allahabad, whence they proceeded to Meerut, where they passed about a week with Swamiji Dayiuiand Saraswati. Colonel Olcott delivered a public lecture there, and then they went to Simla on the 7th of September. There they have been receiving the most gratifying politeness from many of the principal officers of the Government. On the evening of Sep tem ­ber 17, F. 11. Hogg, Esq., Director-General, Post Office, India, gave a dinner a t his house in their honour. Among those present were A. C. Lyall, Esq., Secretary to the Gov­ernment of India, "Foreign Department, H on’ble C. Grant, Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department,D, Fitzpatrick, Esq., Secretary to the Government of I n ­

d ia , Legislative D epartm ent, nnd other high officials. I t will thus be seen tha t the last traces of the old suspicion as to the ir “ real motives and objects” have happily dis­appeared.

A S I M P L E C U R E F O R M A L A R IA F E V E R .

Mr. C. H. Van der Linden, one of our most respected Thcosophists, sends us the following facts for publication, nnd says th a t he has himself seen the experiment tried over nnd over again. W e earnestly hope with our learned contributor th a t the experiment may be tried here in India by our Oudli friends and others, and the results made known for the information and consideration of the public. . i

“ Some time ago I noticed in our daily press th a t in Oudli, thousands of people died last year from malaria fever ; and, as we receive through tha t most ably conduct­ed and well-written magazine, The T hkosophist, so much light from our Indian Brethren upon th a t most important subject— soul-development— I feel under great obligations, aud beg to give them, in exchange, some of my experiences with th a t malignant scourge, malaria fever. I t may per­haps serve to save the lives of many a victim to that dreadful disease. Some, surely, will laugh at it, others will call it ridiculous, b u t I hope tha t the readers will try it nnd give me the results.

“ In 1859,when in Government employ of my native coun­try ,H olland,I lived in Leemoaidcn— a city in the northern par t of th a t country. Through carelessness and lack of fore­sight on the part of the city government, w'e had to suffer from malaria fever in its most vehement character ; thousands of people wcro the sufferers and a great many died or dragged the consequences along for many years. My family belonged to the Inst category. Upon my re­quest the Government removed me to Utrecht, one of the oldest and most healthy plaecs in tha t par t of the world. I had a boy of about two years old, who, it seemed, could not get rid of th a t fever. For more than two years it baffled all the a ttem pts of the most skilled physicians and the best of care to cure the boy. But, one day, a lady neigh­bour told us th a t she wanted to try to take th a t fever away. She was a God-send ! Our grateful nceeptnnce of her help was expressed in less time than it takes me to write down this sentence. Said she, “ as soon as the chill sets in, call me at once.” We did so. She took a pair of scissors and cut the finger and toe nails of the patient who lay trembling as an aspen leaf ; she gathered the nail cuttings, pu t them on a buttered piece of bread, which shegave to a dog, a n d ................ the fever broke up the samemoment, never to return, bu t the dog was seen no more. Later I tried this cure several times over and over a«aint © and it never failed— only I omitted feeding a dog with the nails bu t only threw them away.

“ W hen asked by what theory I explained this cure, I must say I had none a t th a t time, but after I studied mesmerism more or less and became interested in Indian philosophy, I tried to explain it as follows :— ‘ Does not the magnetiser, in m aking passes, throw out by way of his fingers, what is so deficiently understood ns vital jh iM ; consequently, for healfhy vital force, by way of the fingers is a gate, so to say, to pass out ; why not for diseased fluids forces or what it may be called, as well ? B u t the sufferer by his ignorance or incapability to throw off th a t disensed fluid is helped by cutting off' his nnils.’* How far this theory is correct I cannot say ; anyhow it is short and plausible, and worth to be investigated, for if found to be true, how many other diseases will have to succumb to this harmless remedy.

“ The facts s tated above, I can testify to as a Brother, as being real aud having come under my own observation while living in Holland. Our Oudli brethren may try the remedy and get th e blessings of many a sufferer for the given relief.”

• Nnil-euttinp belongs to tho popular belief. Some persons th a t I knew, wouM nlways cut their tin^er-nnils on Friday to prevent tootbncjic, Is therQ anything known ubout it in Iucjut!

A T H E O S O P H IS T O N M A T E R I A L I S M . 'BY P. lU T IIN A V E L A .

Tlie August num ber of tlie TriuosorniKT contains a very ably written article from tlie pen of a learned F arsi m em­ber of the “ Theosophical Society,” which deserves careful study by all Freethinkers. I t is full of very wise observa­tions, here and there interspersed with some pungent criticisms on the negative tendency of the age in regard to certain truths, which theosophists feel themselves bound to reveal to the world a t large. The article seems to all intents and purposes to have been aimed at the lending scientists of the present, century, though the writer makes us believe th a t ' i t is only “ certain sc ien tis ts” whose teach­ings are deleterious to the intellectual well-being of the rising generation. I f we closely look into the matter, we shall find th a t it is not a few and “ certain scientists ” but the leaders in science, the very van th a t lead the nation in the path of intellectual progress, th a t are materialistic in the ir teachings. W e are told th a t “ previous to last quarter of a century, European materialistic ideas had made little progress in this country, bu t now it has to a certain extent succeeded in teaching the young minds to deny every­th ing old, and live in an atmosphere of negation.” W e do not quite, endorse the above opinion with our approbation; ns it is a little too strained to be true to a certainty. I t is undeniable th a t it is only to a very limited extent th a t the Western materialism has influenced the minds of our young men, bu t it is open to question whether such young minds have been taugh t absolutely to deny whatever is old, and to breathe in an atmosphere of pure negation. Modern materialism, so far as we know, has done much to provoke a spirit of doubt, in the credulous minds of people long accustomed to blind and unhesita ting faith, and a laudable thirst for knowledge. This scepticism is so essential to the progress of hum anity th a t until doubt began there was no knowledge. In the language of Buckle “ doubt is the parent of all inquiry” w hether after spiritual or materialistic truths. And it is a most salutary sign of the times th a t young minds have begun to doubt by virtue of the teachings of the scientists, and tha t for the very reason they are open to conviction. T heir love of enquiry has been all the more intense, in spite of the “ canker of doubt” th a t has been raised only to eat away the rusty faith, which lias for ever bedimmed the bright parts of man. While avowing th a t mankind owe a vast debt to Science, for its wonderful inventions and discoveries, which arc essential to the well-being of man, the theosophical critic of materialism points out prominently the powerless- ncss of Sciencc in offering a solution to “some problems ot vital importance for the well-being of m ankind.” True, modern science is not all-embracing and does not arrogate to itself th a t it can solve all the problems of existence. On the other hand it is still in its infancy, considering the vast.ness of the universe, and the multifarious forces, botli vital and physical, th a t are a t work in it. I t has not yet dived into the very depths of nature, and rausacked her unbounded resources. I ts materials are yet very scanty, only limited by the finitude of the hum an powers. B u t the conclusions th a t can fairly be drawn from some of its undoubted truths, set a t defiance some of m an’s old preju­dices and convictions. The fact of the incompetence of Sciencc to unravel certain mysteries in nature, and to explain the why and how of her secret workings, is no ground for believing in anything th a t ignorance and abnormal experience may offer to tlie world in respect of the unexplored parts of nature.

“ Matter,” our learned F arsi observes, “ in the present century has almost been deified,and theexistence in the uni­verse of any other power or force outside, and independent of matter, is denied.” Here the theosophist is a little too imaginative and inaccurate, and lays himself open to criti­cism. I f deification consists not in prostrating oneself before a thing, imploring mercy and begging of blessings, bu t in asserting and declaring the omnipresence and omni­potence of an existence which cannot be denied and glory­ing in its self-sufficiency, surely m atte r deserves all such

deification. And it is. no shame to extol na ture’s powers, and her unbounded resources. And unless it can be auogated th a t man can go beyond the illimitable bounds of nature, and ascertain the essence of tho very ultim atum of matter, and the laws governing its multifarious pheno­mena, and unless also it can he asserted and pointed out th a t here the powers of m atter are a t an end,” it is sheer waste of argum ent to advance th a t there is a power or forco outside and independent of matter. The assertion tha t there i s . such a power or force, implies ' t h a t m an has ■nm\n all about matter, and there is nothing else for him o iiiow about it. W e do not th ink why m atter should

s ° f its im m anent power or force, which inac ua lty is inseparable from it, unless i t be to glorify and < ei y the abstraction and clothe it with hum an attributes.

oice ui its statical or dynamical aspect cannot be dissoci- p C( from matter, whose manifestation it is. And it is °i our theosophist to prove th a t motion exists indepen­

!, o' 1 ■ body moving or even can be so conceived.cience says he, “ boasts th a t i t has divorced spirit from

terrestrial regions a t least; bu t modern spiritualism like a goblin assuming protean shapes seems to stare cold m ate­rialism almost out of countenance. More than twenty mil­lions of persons of various nationalities and countries of the civilized world believe in the reality of these pheno­mena.” The “ spirits” of old have really been divorced from the terrestrial regions but with the / ' spirits” of tho enlightened modern science has vet to war. How far any one will be justified in bringing into a discussion of this kind any m atte r touching the numerical strength of those arrayed on each side of the points a t issue, we leave it to our readers to judge. Science takes no account of the num ber of m en th a t believe in a certain doctrine, be it tw enty millions or infinitely more or bo it of civilized men or otherwise. N or can it be swayed by any number of publications th a t have appeared in favour of a theory tha t cannot stand the rigid test of Science. All th a t Science has to do is to enquire whether a certain belief accords with the universal experience of mankind, and can bo subjected to the laws of inductive reasoning, and if not, to pronounce th a t it is e ither false or lies beyond tho bounds of rational and philosophic inquiry. By this declaration it is not to he m ean t th a t science in cases in which it may find impossible from w ant of more accurate knowledge to give a decisive opinion or offer a satisfactory solution, would deny the t ru th thereof. F a r be it from supposing tha t she is dogmatic in her assertions. I f mesmerism and modern spiritualism have not been raised to a science, it is not the fault of those th a t ignore them ; bu t ra ther of those th a t strive to make men believe in them, without taking the trouble to offer to the world a systematic presentment of the doctrines and of the laws which regu­late the phenomena in question. Men like Mr. H . G. Atkinson, Mr. Crookes, Mr. Prideaux, Capt. Valiant and Dr. Elliotson, have worked hard in the field of mes­merism and brought to light many wonderful facts bear­ing upon the t ru th of mesmerism, b u t i t is reserved for nobler minds to strike out a generalization, and raise mesmerism into a science. And we long to see a day when the marvellous and the almost inexplicable powers of mind such as those manifested in clairvoyance, somnam­bulism and others, shall be explained 011 purely scientific principles. W e shall in a future num ber deal with the la tter half of the article in the T h e o s o p h i s t under review,1

and hope to be able to do the fullest justice to the feel­ings of our Thcosopical friends, while wishing always to shield materialists from unmerited attacks. , 1 ,

: ' , ' ' --------- ; : ' '/A HAD PERSON , W ILL ALWAYS TUT AN: UNCHARITABLE,

construction upon the motives and deeds of others, "whether good, bad or indifferent, '' ' : 1 ; 1 !|

(Continued from the August number .)

E A S T I N D I A N M A T E B IA MEDICA.

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The vegetables of this group arc local stimulants, acting as gentle irritants of the skin and mucous membranes, and are, therefore, capable of removing local congestions, w her­ever 'they may occur. They act remotely as stomachics, kindling appetite , removing spasm and pain in the intes­tines ( Carminatives or pain-cliarmers ). They also remove coryza or catarrh of the nasal mucous membrane.

Group X I.— N ervine stimulants, alcxipliaimics, cosmetics and alteratives of the skin.

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i n t e r s e c t e d t h e e l s e m a s s i v e w a l l s , i n a v e r y r e m a r k a b le w a y . F o r w h a t p u r p o s e a l l t h e s e i n t r i c a t e w a l k s ' w e r o o r i g i n a l l y m a d e , 1 d o n o t k n o w , a s I h a v e s e e n n o t h i n g

s i m i l a r a n y w h e r e e l s e .A m o n g t h e t e a c h e r s i n t h e p u b l i c s c h o o l , w a s o n e C . Y .

B e r g m a n , w i t h w h o m I b e c a m e m o r e i n t i m a t e l y a c q u a i n t ­e d . H e w a s a m a n o f d e e p l e a r n i n g , e s p e c i a l l y i l l h i s t o r y , l a n g u a g e s a n d a n t i q u i t i e s . O f t h e r u i n s o f t h e c i t y , a n d e v e r y t h i n g p e r t a i n i n g t o t h e m , h e h a d m a d e a t h o r o u g h s t u d y , t o w h i c h s e v e r a l o f h i s l e a r n e d w o r k s o n t h e . s u b j e c t c o u ld t e s t i f y . B e s i d e s , t h e P r o f e s s o r w a s a l w a y s w i l l i n g

.a n d d e l i g h t e d t o s e r v e a s c i c e r o n e t o f r ie n d s , w h o w e r e l e s s a c q u a i n t e d w i t h t h e r u i n s t h a n h i m s e l f .

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t h r o u g h t h e r u in , a n d w i t h i n a f e w m i n u t e s w e r e a c h e d t h e r e .

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t r e a s u r e o f s o m e k i n d w a s o r h a d b e e n h i d d e n i n t h i s r u in b y t h e a n c i e n t m o n k s , s h o r t l y b e f o r e t h e C h u r c h h a d b e e n b u r n t a n d s a c k e d d u r i n g o n e o f t h e m a n y w a r s o f t h a t e n l i g h t e n e d , t h o r o u g h C h r i s t i a n t i m e — t h e M i d d l e A g e s . I a s k e d t h e P r o f e s s o r a b o u t t h e o r i g i n o f t h i s s t o r y , a n d w a s t o l d t h a t t h e s a y i n g w a s t h a t a f e w y e a r s a f t e r t h e d e ­s t r u c t i o n o f t h e C h u r c h , a G o t l a n d i c s a i lo r , a t t h e t i m e in I t a l y , h a p p e n e d t o o v e r h e a r a c o n v e r s a t i o n b e t w e e n t w o m o n k s , w h o c o n s u l t e d w i t h e a c h o t h e r , h o w b e s t t o r e c o v e r a g o l d e n g o o s e w i t h f i f t e e n g o l d e n e g g s , s e c r e t e d s o m e ­w h e r e i n t h e n o w r u i n e d C h u r c h o f S t . C l e m e n s in W i s b y .

T h e s t o r y g o e s o n t o s a y t h a t t h e s a i lo r , o f c o u r s e , i m ­m e d i a t e l y w e n t h o m e , s e a r c h e d S t . C l e m e n s a s w e l l a s l i e c o u l d w i t h o u t p u l l i n g d o w n t h e w h o l e C a t h e d r a l a n d f o u n d

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a b e l i e f , h e l e d m e u p o n e o f t h o s e w i n d i n g s t a i r w a y s ,

a u d s u d d e n l y s t o p p i n g in f r o n t o f a l a r g e s q u a r e s t o n e , w h i c h s e e m e d o n l y l o o s e l y i n s e r t e d i n t h e w a l l , a n d , p o i n t ­i n g t o t h e s a m e , t o l d m e t h a t w i t h t h i s s t o n e w a s c o n ­n e c t e d a n a t l e a s t s a i d s t r a n g e s t o r y .

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a n d a f e w c h i l d r e n . B a d l u c k in b u s i n e s s a n d h a r d t i m e s

h a d r e d u c e d t h e i r m e a n s c o n s i d e r a b l y , a n d i n f a c t , b r o u g h t t h e u t m o s t p o v e r t y in t h e h o u s e a n d a l l o f t h e i r

f e w v a l u a b l e s w e r e p a w n e d l o n g a g o . B e i n g a n e a r n e i g h ­b o u r , I o f t e n , p e r h a p s d a i l y , s a w t h e f a m i l y , a n d M r s . S t r o m , w h o d id o u r f a m i l y w a s h i n g , c a l l e d f r o m t i m e t o t i m e , a n d t o o o f t e n c o n f i d e d o n l y t o m e a l l h e r t r o u b l e s a n d m i s f o r t u n e s . O n e m o r n i n g , a t a n e a r l y h o u r I w a s s t a r t l e d b y a lo u d k n o c k a t t h e d o o r , a n d b e f o r e 1 h a d t i m e t o a n s w e r , M r s . S t r o m e n t e r e d r a t h e r e x c i t e d l y a n d i m m e ­d i a t e l y b e g a n t o t e l l m e a b o u t a s t r a n g e a n d v i v i d d r e a m p h e h a d h a d t h e n i g h t b e f o r e . H e r s t o r y w a s t h a t n n

a n g e l , c la d i n t l i c w h i t e s t r o b e , a p p e a r e d t o h e r , t o l d h e rt h a t h e r t r o u b l e s w e r e n o w a t a n e n d , a n d f i n a l l y t o o k h e rb y t h e h a n d a n d l e d h e r o v e r t h e s t r e e t t o t h e r u i n o fS t . C l e m e n s C a t h e d r a l . H a v i n g e n t e r e d t h r o u g h t h e

t •w e s t e r n j io r t a l , t h e y t u r n e d t o t h e l e f t , a s c e n d e d t i n s n n r -r o w s t a i r c a s e , s t o p p e d i n f r o n t o f t h i s w a l l , w h e n t h e a n g e l p o i n t e d t o w a r d s t h i s s t o n e , t h e n s o l i d i n t h e w a l l , a n d o n l y d i s t i n g u i s h e d f r o m t h e r e s t b y i t s s o m e w h a t l a r g e r s i z e . T h e a n g e l t h e n v a n i s h e d , a n d s h e w o k e u p . S u c h w a s h e r d r e a m .

“ O f c o u r s e , s h e d i d n o t b e l i e v e i n g h o s t s , a n d h a r d l y i n d r e a m s , b u t w a s , h o w e v e r , t o o f r i g h t e n e d t o d e c i d e u p o n v i s i t i n g t h e C a t h e d r a l a l o n e , a n d h a d s i m p l y c o n i c t o m e t o c o n s u l t , a n d , i f p o s s i b l e , m a k e m e a c c o m p a n y h e r t o t h e s p o t d r e a m t o f i n t h e w a l l . S h e h a d h e r s e l f n e v e r v i s i t e d t h e r u i n a n d h a d 110 i d e a a b o u t t h e w i n d i n g s t a i r c a s e a n d h i d d e n w a l k s , a n d e x p r e s s e d g r e a t s u r p r i s e w h e n I t o l d h e r t h a t s o fa r a s t h e w i n d i n g s t a i r e a s c i n t h e w a l l g o e s , h e r d r e a m m ig h t , t u r n o u t t r u e .

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t h e h i d d e n s t a i r c a s e a n d a s c e n d e d t h e s a m e . F r o m h e r

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s t o p p e d a n d p o i n t e d o u t t o m e t h e l a r g e s q u a r e s t o n e , a p p a r e n t l y i n s e r t e d s o l i d l y i n t h e w a l l . T h i s w a s t h e n t h e s t o n e s h o w n h e r b y t h e s p i r i t , a n d i n t h i s s h e s a i d s h e c o u ld n o t b e m i s t a k e n .

“ U p o n e x a m i n a t i o n w c f o u n d t h a t t h e s t o n e e v i d e n t l y Intel o n c e b e e n l o o s e a n d a f t e r w a r d s a g a i n f i t t e d i n a m o n g t h e r e s t . I t d id n o t l o o k a s s o l id a s t h e o t h e r s t o n e s a n d u p o n m a n i p u l a t i n g i t w i t h a p o c k e t - k n i f e a n d a w a l k i n g c a n e , t h e o n l y i n s t r u m e n t s a t h a n d , w e s o o n f o u n d t h a t i t m i g h t e a s i l y b e t a k e n o u t . T o d o s o , h o w e v e r , w a s q u i t e i m p o s s i b l e w i t h o u t o t h e r t o o l s , a n d w c d e c i d c d t o l e a v e t h e t h i n g a s i t w a s u n t i l a f t e r n o o n t h e s a m e d a y , m y s e l f b e i n g e n g a g e d i n t h e s c h o o l u n t i l a l a t e h o u r . W e w o u ld t h e n t r y t o g e t t h e s t o n e o u t , a n d s e c i f a n y t h i n g w a s to b e f o u n d b e h i n d . A n d s o w e p a r t e d , a p p a r e n t l y o n l y fo r

a f e w h o u r s , b u t a c t u a l l y f o r e v e r .“ I w a s p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e c a s e . P e r h a p s s o n i c

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b e f o u n d , w h i c h m i g h t c o n t r i b u t e t o o u r k n o w l e d g e o f t h e o ld g l o r i o u s C a t h e d r a l . F a t e , h o w e v e r , d e c i d c d o t h e r w i s e .

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w a s M r s . S t r o m a n d h e r d r e a m . S h e h a d n e v e r c a l l e d a s i n g l e t i m e , w h i c h s e e m e d t o m e v e r y s t r a n g e i n d e e d , a s s h e h a d b e e n n o t l e s s a n x i o u s t h a n m y s e l f t o p e n e t r a t e

t h e d r e a m m y s t e r y a n d i t s t r u t h f u l n e s s . I s e n t f o r h e r ; s h e w a s g o n e , f a m i l y a n d a l l . T h e y h a d s o l d t h e i r c o t t a g c , g o n e a c r o s s t h e B a l t i c , a n d , a s s o m e s a i d , s e t t l e d i n s o m e

t o w n o u t h e m a i n l a n d o f S w e d e n .

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s u s p e c t e d , a n d b e h i n d , w h e r e i t h a d b e e n in t h e w a l l , w a s a t o l e r a b l y l a r g e c h a m b e r o f a t l e a s t o n e f o o t e a c h w a y . T h e c h a m b e r w a s n o w e m p t y , a n d o n l y i n o n e c o r n e r I f o u n d s o m e o ld r a g s , c r u m b l i n g a t m y t o u c h . U p o n e x ­a m i n a t i o n I f o u n d t h e m t o c o n s i s t o f t h e r e m a i n s o f s o m e f i n e l y - k n i t t e d c l o t h . A n d t h a t w a s a l l .

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a n d v a l u a b l e p r o p e r t y , a n d l i v e d i n a g r a n d s t y l e , e v i d e n t ­l y n o t w a n t i n g in a n y o f t h e l u x u r i e s o f t h i s l i f e .

“ I w iD t c t o M r s . S t r o m , e n q u i r i n g a b o u t a n y p o s s i b l e f in d i u t h e r u in . S h e a n s w e r e d m e s h o r t l y t h a t e x c e p t r a g s , s h e h a d f o u n d n o t h i n g w h a t e v e r . B u t t h e s u d d e n w e a l t h o f t h e f a m i l y t o l d c e r t a i n l y a n o t h e r s t o r y . S h e m u s t h a v e f o u n d s o m e t h i n g e l s e t h a n r a g s , i f n o t t h e

g o l d e n e g g s , a t l e a s t s o m e t r e a s u r e h i d d e n b y t h e a n c i e n t inonks.” '

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W h a t i s H u m a n M i n d ? D o e s i t d i e w i t h o u r m o r t a l f r a m e ? I n o r d e r t h a t w e m a y b e a b l e t o a n s w e r t h e s e q u e s ­t i o n s , l e t u s c o n s i d e r a l i t t l e a b o u t t h e n a t u r e o f s o u l . T h e w o r d s o u l i s d e r i v e d f r o m a G a e l i c t e r m “ s a o i l ” m e a n i n g “ T h e t h i n k i n g p r i n c i p l e i n m a n . ” . T h e d e v e l o p e d m e a n ­i n g o f t h e w o r d , a s a c c e p t e d b y s o m e o f t h e m o d e r n P s y ­c h o l o g i s t s i s , “ T h e t h i n k i n g s p i r i t u a l a n d i m m o r t a l e s s e n c e i n m a n . ” W e l l , t h e n , w h e t h e r w e t a k e t h e w o r d i n i t s o r i g i n a l o r s e c o n d a r y s e n s e , i t i s q u i t e t h e r e v e r s e o f w h a t B a b o o A m r i t L a i D e , i n h i s a r t i c l e “ M in d i s m a t e r i a l ” s a y s t h a t “ i t i s t o t h e m o r t a l m i n d i n m a n , t h e p o w e r o f t h i n k i n g a n d r e a s o n i n g , & c ., b e l o n g s w h i c h n a t u r a l l y c o m e s t o m e a n t h a t t h e p o w e r c a n n e v e r a c t i n d e p e n d e n t ­l y a f t e r t h e d e a t h o f w h a t l i e Calls m i n d ; t h e n , h o w c a n w e b e l i e v e t h a t t h e r e y e t e x i s t s a t h i n g w h o s e a c t i o n is n e v e r t o b e s e e n ? W h e r e t h e r e i s n o a c t i o n t h e r e c a n b e

n o a c t o r , a n d w h e r e t h e r e i s a c t i o n t h e r e m u s t b e t h e t h i n g t h a t a c t s ; f o r n o t h i n g c a n u n n a t u r a l l y h i d e i t s n a ­t u r e . H c n c e i t f o l l o w s t h a t t h e s a i d t h i n k i n g p o w e r c a n n o t b u t b e a l w a y s t h i n k i n g , f o r i t i s i t s n a t u r e . S w e e t n e s s w i l l a l w a y s r e m a i n s w e e t , a n d t h e r e d c o lo u r w i l l a l w a y s

k e e p r e d o n l y . T h e r e f o r e m y h u m b l e k n o w l e d g e d o e s n o t a l l o w m e t o g o s o f a r a s t o c o m p r e h e n d w h a t h e m e a n s b y s a y i n g t h a t o u r m i n d i s m o r t a l a n d o u r s o u l im m o r t a l . T h e v e r y w o r d “ m i n d ” h a s t h e s a m e m e a n i n g a s t h e w o r d “ s o u l ” b u t l i e s p e a k s o f t h e m a s t h o u g h t h e y w e r e q u i t e s e p a r a t e f r o m e a c h o t h e r . I d o n o t k n o w w h a t d i s t i n c t i o n h e m a k e s b e t w e e n t h e t w o w h e n t h e i r o r i g i n a l i m p o r t i s o n e a n d t h e s a m e . H e s a y s “ M i n d p o s s e s s e s o r e x e r c i s e s s o m e p o w e r s , ” w h i c h m e a n s t h a t m i n d i s a t h i n g q u i t e d i f f e r e n t f r o m t h e p o w e r s i t e x e r c i s e s ; f o r i t i s a n u n ­d e n i a b l e t r u t h t h a t t h e p o s s e s s o r m u s t b e q u i t e d i f f e r e n t f r o m t h e t h i n g p o s s e s s e d . T h e t o n e o f h i s w r i t i n g l e a d s m e t o t h i n k t h a t b y “ m i n d ” h e m e a n s o u r v e r y b r a in o r t h e v e r y “ h a r m o n i o u s u n i o n o f o u r o r g a n i s m s . ” C o r r e c t l y , s p e a k i n g , o u r m i n d b e i n g a p o w e r b y n a t u r e c a n n e v e r b e

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m e n o f a n t i q u i t y , II : | | “ i s d i s a p p e a r i n g f r o ms i< jh t .” W h e n a t h i n g r e s o l v e s i n t o i t s c a u s e — t h e

o r i g i n a l a t o m s — i t i s s a i d t o b e “ d e a d . ” H e r e a p o w e r i t s e l f i s q u i t e i n v i s i b l e a n d i s n o t c o m p o s e d o f a t o m s . T h e n h o w c a n w e a s s e r t t h a t i t i s t h e “ r e s u l t o f t h e h a r ­m o n i o u s u n i o n o f o u r o r g a n i s m s , ” a n d c o n s e q u e n t l y i s s u s ­c e p t i b l e o f m e e t i n g w i t h t h e s a m e f a t e a s i t s c a u s e . T h e v e r y i m m o r t a l i t y o f t h e D i v i n e M i n d w h i c h n o b o d y c a n

d e n y , p r o v e s t h o e t e r n a l e x i s t e n c e o f t h e h u m a n . F o r t h e D i v i n e M in d b e a r s t h e s a m e r e l a t i o n t o t h e h u m a n t h a t t h e w a t e r s o f t h e o c e a n b e a r t o t h e f o a m s . F o a m s a r i s e f r o m w a t e r w h e n s o m e i m p u r e m a t t e r i s m i x e d w i t h i t . A s l o n g a s t h e w a t e r a n d t h e i m p u r i t i e s r e m a i n i n c o n t a c t ,

t h e f o a m s a r e s u r e t o e x i s t e i t h e r 011 t h e s u r f a c e i f t o u c h e d b y w i n d , o r i n s i d e t h e w a t e r a f t e r t h e y v a n i s h o n t h e s u r f a c e . T h e r e l i e s 110 d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n t h e f o a m s a n d

t h e w a t e r s , e x c e p t s o m e i m p u r i t i e s a n d c o n s e q u e n t fo r m s . I f i m p u r i t i e s b e r e m o v e d , t h e y a r e n o t t w o b u t o n e a n d t h e s a m e . T h e n , h o w c a n w c s a y t h a t t h e f o a m s a r c m o r ­t a l , w h i l e w e a s s u m e w a t e r s t o b e i m m o r t a l ? D e a t h c o m e s u p o n t h e name o n l y , n o t 011 t h e t h i n g i t s e l f . S o a l s o t h e h u m a n m i n d , d i f f e r i n g l i t t l e f r o m t h e D i v i n e , " e x c e p t i u t h e f i l t h o f c a r n a l i t y , k e e p s a l i v e t h r o u g h a l l e t e r n i t y . T h e d e a t h t o t h e h u m a n m i n d i s o n l y t h e removal o f t h e d i r t o f c a r n a l i s m , not. the dissolution o f t h e o r g a n s ; f o r i t t h e n t u r n s t o t h e D i v i n e , a n d i s n o m o r o c a l l e d b y t h a t n a m e . I t i s o w i n g t o t h i s c a u s e t h a t Y o g i s

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o u t o f t h e r a n g e o f w h a t h a s h e r e t o f o r e b e e n o b s e r v e d . T h e g i r l h a d b e e n s i c k f o r o v e r t w o y e a r s , b u t i s n o w e n ­j o y i n g u u e x c e p t i o u a l l y g o o d h e a l t h . T h e p h y s i c i a n s w h o h a d n e v e r b e e n a b l e t o c o m p r e h e n d h e r d i s e a s e , u n d e r ­s t a n d s t i l l l e s s w h a t a i l s h e r , n o w t h a t s h e f e e l s p e r f e c t l y w e l l . S i n c e h e r c o n v a l e s c e n c e s h e h a d b e c o m e a k i n d o t p e r a m b u l a t i n g e l e c t r i c b a t t e r y . T h o u g h n o t e s p e c i a l l y n e r ­v o u s , y e t 110 o n e c a n e i t h e r t o u c h h e r o r p l u n g e h i s h a n d l i n k e d w i t h h e r s i n t o a b a s i n o f w a t e r , w i t h o u t r e c e i v i n g a t e r r i b l e s h o c k . T w e n t y o r m o r e h e a l t h y v i g o r o u s p e r s o n s , f o r m i n g a c h a i n a n d h o l d i n g e a c h o t h e r s h a n d s , f a l l t o t h e g r o u n d u p o n h e r m e r e l y t o u c h i n g t h e h a n d o f o n e o f t h e m ! L i k e a m a g n e t , s h e a t t r a c t s e v e r y m e t a l l i c o b j e c t in t h e r o o m t o h e r s e l f . W h e n a b o u t t o p i c k u p a k n i f e , i t t u r n s i t s b l a d e t o w a r d s h e r , b e f o r e s h e h a s e v e n t o u c h e d it , a n d t h e n e e d l e s , in (heir pcqier sacks, h a n g t o t h e t i p s o f h e r f in i 'c r s . A s s o o n a s s h e e n t e r s i n t o a r o o m a l l t h e p e r s o n s p r e s e n t f e e l h e r i n f l u e n c e . j s o m e f a l l a s l e e p , o t h c i s b e c o m e s i c k a t t h e s t o m a c h a n d s o n e r v o u s t h a t t h e y a r e u n a b l e t o e n d u r e h e r p r e s e n c e f o r m o r e t h a n a

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t h e i r m a r e ’s n e s t . T h e e x p r e s s i o n w a s t h i s : “ W e e v e n m o t [ i n C e y l o n ] t h o s e w h o h a d q u i t e r e c e n t l y e n c o u n t e r ­e d s u c h h o l y m e n [ t h a t i s , m e n w h o h a d a c q u i r e d 1 t h e e x a l t e d p s y c h i c a l p o w e r s o f a d c p t s l i i p ’] ; a n d a c e r t a i n e m i n e n t p r i e s t w h o j o i n e d o u r S o c i e t y , w a s s h o r t l y a f t e r p e r m i t t e d t o s e e a n d e x c h a n g e s o m e o f o u r s i g n s o f r e c o g ­n i t i o n w i t h o n e . ” W e e x p r e s s l y e x p l a i n e d i n t h e a r t i c l o in q u e s t i o n t h a t b y t h e t e r m Rahat w e m e a n t a n a d e p t , o r o n e w h o “ l i a s d e v e l o p e d h i s p s y c h i c a l p o w e r s t o t h e i r f u l l e s t e x t e n t . ” S u c h a p e r s o n i s k n o w n in I n d i a a s a Itixhi o r a Yogi, a n d t h e r e a r e m a n y s t a g e s a n d d e g r e e s o f

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b e t t e r : h i s h o u s e i s o f g l a s s , a n d h e h a d b e t t e r n o t t h r o w s t o n e s i n o u r g a r d e n . W h e t h e r t h e p r i e s t d id o r d id n o t s e c a n d e x c h a n g e s i g n s w i t h a s t r a n g e r w h o i s a c q u a i n t e d , w i t h t h e o c c u l t s c i e n c e s , a n d h e n c e w h a t t h e B u d d h i s t s c a l l a rah at o f s o m e o n e o f t h e d e g r e e s , i s i m m a t e r i a l : w e b e l i e f ! h e d id , i n a s m u c h a s t w o o f o u r p a r t y o f D e l e ­g a t e s a l s o h a d a s i m i l a r e x p e r i e n c e a t t w o d i f f e r e n t p l a c e s o n t h e I s l a n d — t o s a y n o t h i n g o f t h o e x p e r i e n c e o f t h e

E d i t o r o f t h i s m a g a z i n e , o r t h a t o f a. c e r t a i n o t h e r p e r s o n , n o t o f o u r S o c i e t y , w h o b o t h s a w a n d c o n v e r s e d w i t h s u c h a n i n d i v i d u a l . I f t h e p r i e s t d i d s e e h i m , h e s a w a l i v i n g m a n , n o t a g h o s t , o r a g o d , o r a s p i r i t . A f e w w e e k s a f t e r l a n d ­i n g in I n d i a , a n d w h e n n o n e b u t h a l f a d o z e n o f B o m b a y g e n t l e m e n k n e w o u r S o c i e t y s i g n a l s , C o l o n e l O l c o t t , b e i n g a t t h e lv a r l i C a v e s , i n t h e M o f u s s i l , w a s a c c o s t e d b y a H i n d u mnyashi w h o f i r s t g a v e h i m t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t o f o u r s i g n s a n d t h e n a l l t h e r e s t . W h e n a s k e d w h e r e l i e h a d

l e a r n t t h e m , h e a n s w e r e d t h a t h i s guru ( t e a c h e r ) h a d s e n th i m f r o m ------------------------t o K a r l i , o r d e r i n g h i m t o a r r i v e t h e r ea t p r e c i s e l y t h a t h o u r a n d m e e t a w h i t e m a n t o w h o m h o s h o u l d g i v e t h e s e s i g n s a n d a m e s s a g e w h i c h h e t h e n d e l i v e r e d . T h e p o i n t fo r b o t h e n e m i e s a n d f r i e n d s t o r e a l i z e i s t h a t B u d d h a d e c l a r e s t h a t t h e s t a t e o f R a b a t , o r a d e p t , m a y a l w a y s b e a t t a i n e d b y t h o s e w h o w i l l f o l l o w h i s p r e c e p t s .

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b u l l e t h a s t o b e c a l l e d l e a d . F r o m t h i s p o i n t o f v i e w , t h e n , m a t t e r i s b u t a m o d e o f m o t i o n ; a t t h e a b s o l u t e ' z e r o o f t e m p e r a t u r e t h e i n t e r - m o l e c u l a r m o v e m e n t w o u l d s t o p , a n d a l t h o u g h .something r e t a i n i n g t h e p r o p e r t i e s o f i n e r t i a a n d w e i g h t w o u l d r e m a i n , waiter, a s w e k n o w i t , w o u l d c e a s e t o e x i s t .—Banner of Light. ■ • ■ ■ '

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e a r l y a t t a c h m e n t t o t h e m e t a l l u r g i c b r a n c h e s o f c h e m i s t r y ,

i n c l i n e d t h e a u t h o r o f t h o e n s u i n g n a r r a t i v e t o b e l i e v e t h a t t h e w o n d e r s r e l a t e d i n b o o k s a t p r e s e n t l i t t l e r e a d , t h o u g h f r e q u e n t l y e x a g g e r a t e d h a d a t l e a s t s o m e f o u n d a ­t i o n .

T h e p h e n o m e n a w h i c h h e c o n t i n u a l l y m e t w i t h i n t h e p u r s u i t o f h i s e x p e r i m e n t a l e n q u i r i e s c o n t r i b u t e d g r e a t l y t o s t r e n g t h e n t h i s o p i n i o n ; h e f o u n d a l s o t h a t s o m e d i s ­c o v e r i e s s u p p o s e d t o b e m o d e r n w e r e r e a l l y r e c o r d e d i n

v e r y a n c i e n t w r i t e r s , b u t i n t e r m s s o o b s c u r e t h a t t h e f a c t m u s t , r a t h e r b e a p p l i e d t o e x p l a i n t h e d e s c r i p t i o n ,

t h a n t h e d e s c r i p t i o n t o i l l u s t r a t e t h e f a c t .T h e p o s i t i o n s o f t h e S p a g y r i c P h i l o s o p h e r s r e s p e c t i n g

m e t a l s , s e e m e d t o b e v e r y e a s i l y r e c o n c i l e d w i t h t h e n o ­t i o n s o f m o r e m o d e r n c h e m i s t s .

T h a t t h e i r i n f l a m m a b l e p r i n c i p l e i n m o d e r n l a n g u a g e , o r t h e i r s u l p h u r i n t h a t o f t h e a n c i e n t s , i s t h e s a m e i n a l l , i s n o w u n i v e r s a l l y a l l o w e d .

T h a t t h e i m p e r f e c t m e t a l s h a d a s a l i n e p r i n c i p l e , t h e a n c i e n t c h e m i s t s k n e w o r b e l i e v e d , a n d , a c c o r d i n g t o

B o e r h a a v e , d e n o t e d i t b y a c r o s s a t t a c h e d t o t h e i r c h a r a c ­t e r s , a s i n % h 9 a n d t h e l i k e . T h e m o s t e x c e l l e n t o f m o d e r n c h e m i s t s , P r o f e s s o r B e r g m a n o f U p s a l ( f r o m t h e

e x p e r i m e n t o f t h e a c u t e S c h e e l e w h o h a s d e m o n s t r a t e d a i l a c t u a l a c id i n a r s e n i c ) s u s p e c t s a n a c i d , a t l e a s t a s a l i n e b a s i s t o b e c o m m o n t o a l l t h e i m p e r f e c t m e t a l l i c s u b s t a n c e s .

O f t h e i r e a r t h s , m o s t h a v e a l l o w e d t h e d i v e r s i t y ; b u t s p e c i f i c g r a v i t y b e i n g u s u a l l y c o n s i d e r e d a s t h e l e a s t d u ­b i o u s m a r k o f r e a l i d e n t i t y b e t w e e n t w o b o d i e s , o t h e r w i s e d i s s i m i l a r , i t s e e m e d p r o b a b l e t h a t M e r c u r y a n d G o ld h a d

a b a s i s n e a r l y a l i k e .

T h e r e m a r k a b l e a n a l o g i e s b e t w e e n t h e h a b i t u d e s o f S i l v e r a n d M e r c u r y , t o c h e m i c a l s o l v e n t s a n t i o t h e r a g e n t s , a r e k n o w n t o e v e r y c h e m i s t .

T h e s e , a n d a t h o u s a n d o t h e r a n a l o g i e s , t o o o b v i o u s a s w e l l a s t o o m i n u t e t o r e l a t e , o c c u r r e d i n a c o u r s e o f i n ­c e s s a n t e x p e r i m e n t , in w h i c h a n a r d e n t c u r i o s i t y i n v o l v e d t h e a u t h o r a t a v e r y e a r l y p e r i o d ; a n d w h i c h , i n c o n s e ­q u e n c e o f h i s b e i n g p a r t l y e n g a g e d i n i n s t r u c t i n g o t h e r s , a n d f r o m v a r i o u s c a u s e s n o t m a t e r i a l t o t h e p u b l i c , h e h a d

o c c a s io n t o c o m p a r e w i t h p a s s a g e s i n b o o k s c o n t a i n i n g “ a l l s u c h r e a d i n g a s w a s n e v e r r e a d .” A m o n g t h i s m a s s o f u n f o r m e d m a t t e r , w h e r e o p i n i o n f o u g h t w i t h o p in io n , a n d chaos judged the strife, t h e s p e c i o u s g l i t t e r o f s o m e b r o k e n g e m s , a l l u r e d h i m t o p r o s e c u t e h i s s e a r c h , a n d ; i f

p o s s i b l e , d i v e t o t h e b o t t o m : t h e t u r b i d s t r e a m d id n o t p e r m i t h i s v i e w o f t h e u t m o s t d e p t h s , b u t h e r e t u r n s t o

s h o w t h a t h e l i a s b e e n b e l o w t b e s u r f a c e , a n d n o t q u i t e i n v a i n . ■ ■ •

T o t h e c h e m i s t i t i s u n n e c e s s a r y t o h i n t a t m o r e a n a l o ­g i e s ; t o o t h e r s i t w o u l d b e u s e l e s s . A l l u s i o n s t o c h e m i c a l

f a c t s t o t h e l a t t e r w o u l d b e u n i n t e l l i g i b l e . I t m i i s t , t h e r e f o r e , b e o n l y t o t h e P h i l o s o p h e r s hy fire, t h a t h e c a n a d d r e s s t h e f o r m e r p a r t o f t h i s I n t r o d u c t i o n ; f o r w h o c a n t e a c h a s c i e n c e i n a p a g e ?

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j u d g e s . H a v i n g , t h e r e f o r e , p a r t l y a s s i g n e d h i s r e a s o n s fo r

i n s t i t u t i n g t l i o e n q u i r y , h o n o w p r o c e e d s t o t h e a t t c s t a : t i o n o f i t s r e s u l t .

E x c l u s i o n o f t h e c o n f i r m a t i o n w h i c h t h i s w i l l r e c e i v e f r o m r e f l e c t i n g o n t h e d i f f i c u l t y o f d e c e i v i n g m e n , e v e n o f c o m m o n s a g a c i t y , a s t o a f a c t w h i c h p a s s e d b e f o r e t h e i r o w n e y e s ; t h e t e s t i m o n y a t p r e s e n t o f f e r e d , p o s s e s s e s p e c u l i a r a d v a n t a g e s .

T h e c h a r a c t e r s o f m a n y s p e c t a t o r s o f t h e s e p r o c e s s e s , w h o s e t i t l e s a d o r n t h e f o l l o w i n g p a g e s , a r e t o o w e l l k n o w n i n t h e p o l i t i c a l o r l i t e r a r y w o r ld t o r e q u i r e i n t h i s p l a c e a n y i l l u s t r a t i o n . '

A m o n g t h e r e m a i n d e r , s o m e — m e m b e r s o f a s o c i e t y , w h o s e o b j e c t i s t o i n v e s t i g a t e t r u t h b y e x p e r i m e n t — w e r e t o o p e r s p i c a c i o u s t o l e t e r r o r e s c a p e , u n d e t e c t e d ; a n d t h e s a c r e d f u n c t i o n o f o t h e r s m u s t h a v e i m p e l l e d t h e m t o m a r k i t , i f v o l u n t a r y , w i t h p u b l i c r e p r o b a t i o n .

I n t h o f i r s t e x p e r i m e n t , i n d e e d , t h e - a u t h o r h a d o n l y t i m e t o r e q u e s t t h e p r e s e n c e o f C a p t a i n G r o s e , a g e n t l e ­m a n , a d v a n t a g e o u s l y k n o w n t o t h e a n t i q u a r i a n w o r l d b y h i s r e s e a r c h e s a n d p u b l i c a t i o n s ; t h a t o f t h e l l e v . M r . A n d e r s o n , a c l e r g y m a n , r e s i d i n g n e a r G u i l d f o r d , w e l l v e r s e d

i n e x p e r i m e n t a l p h i l o s o p h y a n d s t u d i o u s o f i t s c h e m i ­c a l b r a n c h e s ; a n d o f M r . R u s s e l l , a m a g i s t r a t e o f t h e p la c e , a n d a p e r s o n f r o m h i s t e c h n i c a l e m p l o y m e n t s c o n ­v e r s a n t w i t h t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f t h e p r e c i o u s m e t a l s , w e l l a c q u a i n t e d w i t h t h e u s u a l o p e r a t i o n s 011 t h e m , a n d w i t h t h e m e t h o d s e m p l o y e d b y a r t i s t s f o r a s c e r t a i n i n g t h e i r c o m m e r c i a l v a l u e .

A s t h o f ir s t p r o c e s s w a s q u i c k l y m e n t i o n e d , m o r e s p e c t a ­t o r s w e r e p r e s e n t a t t h e l a t e r o n e s ; a n d t h e s e v e n t h w a s m a d e b e f o r e a c o m p a n y s o r e s p e c t a b l e a s t o l e a v e t b e

a u t h o r l i t t l e t o w i s h fo r , i n p o i n t o f t e s t i m o n y .T h e e x p e r i m e n t s , h o w e v e r , w h i c h i t i s t h e p u r p o s e o f t h e

f o l l o w i n g n a r r a t i o n t o r e l a t e , a r e o f a n a t u r e s o v e r y u n ­c o m m o n , a n d t e n d t o e s t a b l i s h a n o p i n i o n s o g e n e r a l l y e x p l o d e d , t h a t t o p r o c u r e t h e m c r e d i t , r e q u i r e s t h e m o s t r e s p e c t a b l e a t t e s t a t i o n s .

T h o p l a c e a t w h i c h t h e s e e x p e r i m e n t s w o r e m a d e , b e i n g a t a c o n s i d e r a b l e d i s t a n c e f r o m t h e c a p i t a l , w o u l d n o t a d m i t o f t h e i r b e i n g s e e n b y m a n y t o w h o m t h e a u t h o r w o u l d

o t h e r w i s e h a v e b e e n h a p p y i n e x h i b i t i n g t h e m .T h e w h o l e o f t h e m a t e r i a l s p r o d u c i n g t h e e x t r a o r d i n a r y

c h a n g e i n t h e m e t a l s e m p l o y e d , w a s e x p e n d e d i n p e r f o r m ­i n g t h e p r o c e s s e s w h i c h a r e n o w t o b e r e l a t e d ; n o r c a n t h e a u t h o r f u r n i s h h i m s e l f w i t h a s e c o n d p o r t i o n , b u t b y a p r o ­c e s s e q u a l l y t e d i o u s a n d o p e r o s e , w h o s e e f f e c t s h e h a s r e c e n t l y e x p e r i e n c e d t o b e i n j u r i o u s t o h i s h e a l t h , a n d o f w h i c h l i e m u s t t h e r e f o r e a v o i d t h e r e p e t i t i o n . T h e r e p e t i ­t i o n i n d e e d w o u l d a v a i l b u t l i t t l e t o e s t a b l i s h t h e f a c t s , o r g a i n b e l i e f . T h a t m o r e w o u l d b e l i e v e , i f m o r e h a d b e e n

r e s e n t , i s i n d e e d t r u e , b u t a s t h e s p e c t a t o r s o f a f a c t m u s t e a l w a y s l e s s n u m e r o u s t h a n t h o s e w h o h e a r i t r e l a t e d ,

t h e m a j o r i t y m u s t a t l e a s t b e l i e v e , i f t h e y b e l i e v e a t a l l , o n t h e c r e d i t o f a t t e s t a t i o n .

P r e v i o u s t o t h i s p u b l i c a t i o n , t h e a u t h o r h a s h a d f r e q u e n t o p p o r t u n i t i e s o f h e a r i n g t h e o p i n i o n s o f m a n y c o n c e r n i n g

i t s s u b j e c t . S o m e s a y t h e y c a n n o t a c c o u n t f o r t h e t h e o r y o f t h e p r o c e s s , a n d , therefore, t h e f a c t i s n o t t r u e . O t h e r s

a s k i f i t b e t r u e , i s i t p r o f i t a b l e ? I l l i b e r a l m i n d s s u g g e s t t h a t t h e w h o l e w a s a t r i c k , a n d w i t h o u t k n o w i n g o r e n ­q u i r i n g w h a t e v i d e n c e i t r e s t s o n , m o d e s t l y c a l l t h e a u t h o r

a k n a v e , a n d t h e s p e c t a t o r s f o o l s . A n d s o m e h e r o e s o f

i n c r e d u l i t y d e c l a r e t h a t t h o y w o u l d n o t b e l i e v e i t , t h o u g h t h e y s a w i t w i t h t h e i r o w n e y e s , a n d t o u c h e d i t w i t h t h e i r o w n h a n d s .

T o p r e j u d i c e , a v a r i c e , o r i l l i b e r a l i t y , p e r h a p s n o a n s w e r w i l l p r o v e s a t i s f a c t o r y ; b u t o f t h e c a n d i d a n d i m p a r t i a l h e v e n t u r e s t o a s k , b y w h a t a r t s o f d e c e i t M e r c u r y c a n b e p r e v e n t e d f r o m b o i l i n g i n a r e d h e a t a s i n E x p e r i m e n t I I . ; o r w h e n a c t u a l l y b o i l i n g a n d e v a p o r a t i n g , i t c o u l d

b e a l m o s t i n s t a n t a n e o u s l y f i x e d b y a d d i t i o n o f a s u b s t a n c o n o t a b o v e l -4 8 0 t h o f i t s w e i g h t a s i n E x p e r i m e n t I I I .

M e t a l m i g h t ( t h o u g h n o t e a s i l y b e f o r e t w e l v e o r f o u r ­t e e n s p e c t a t o r s ) h a v e b e e n s e c r e t l y c o n v e y e d i n t o t h e c r u c i b l e , b u t t h i s w i l l n o t a c c o u n t f o r t h e e v e n t o f E x ­p e r i m e n t s I V . a n d V . , w h e r e t h e s i l v e r w a s e n r i c h e d w i t h a q u a n t i t y o f g o l d e i g h t t i m e s l a r g e r t h a n t h e w e i g h t o f t h e

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m i x e d m a s s r e m a i n e d t h o s a m e o r r a t h e r s m a l l e r , t h a n t h e o r i g i n a l w e i g h t , w h i c h c o u l d n o t h a v e h a p p e n e d h a d a n y u n d u e a d d i t i o n b e e n m a d e . H e m a y f u r t h e r a s k ( t h o u g h t h i s i s n o t p r o p e r l y a n a r g u m e n t w i t h t h e p u b l i c a t l a r g e , b u t o n l y w i t h t h o s e w h o k n o w h i s s i t u a t i o n ) w h a t c o u l d i n d u c e h i m t o t a k e s u c h L a b o r io u s a n d i n d i r e c t m e ­t h o d s o f a c q u i r i n g s i n i s t e r f a m e , p o s s e s s e d a s b o w a s o f t o t a l i n d e p e n d e n c e a n d o f c h e m i c a l r e p u t a t i o n . T h e a u t h o r i s t o o w e l l a w a r e o f t h e s t r e n g t h o f p r e ­

j u d i c e t o b e a t a l l s a n g u i n e i n b i s e x p e c t a t i o n s o f r e c e i v ­i n g c r e d i t ; b u t t b e c u r i o s i t y o f t h e p u b l i c h a s b e e n s o m u c h ( t c c i t e d , a n d h i s c h a r a c t e r s o r i g o r o u s l y e x a m i n e d , t h a t i n j u s t i c e t o h i m s e l f , a n d , i n c o m p l i a n c e w i t h t h e m , I10 o f f e r s t h e f o l l o w i n g s u c c i n c t a c c o u n t o f b i s e x p e r i m e n t s — a n a c c o u n t w h i c h w a s r e a d o v e r t o t h e r e s p e c t i v e w i t n e s s ­e s o f e a c h e x p e r i m e n t , a n d o f w h i c h h e n o w p u b l i c l y , a s b e f o r e p r i v a t e l y , r e q u e s t s t h e i r c o n f i r m a t i o n , w i t h o u t t h o s l i g h t e s t f e a r o f c o n t r a d i c t i o n , o r d i s s e n t .

H e h a s e n d e a v o u r e d t o g i v e e v e r y p o s s i b l e s a n c t i o n to h i s p r o c e s s e s , b y s u b j e c t i n g t h e m t o t h e m i n u t e i n s p e c t i o n

a n d c a u t i o u s e x a m i n a t i o n o f t h e s p e c t a t o r s , w h o s e r a n k , a n d d i s c e r n m e n t c o n f e r a s m u c h h o n o u r 011 h i m a s i s r e ­f l e c t e d 011 t h e m s e l v e s b y t h e i r l i b e r a l i t y a n d c a n d o u r .

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W i t h c o n f i d e n c e , t h e r e f o r e , i n h i s o w n i n t e g r i t y a n d r e l i a n c e o n t h e i r c a n d o u r , h e a w a i t s t h e i r d e c i s i o n n o t v o id o f s o l i c i t u d e , b u t w i t h o u t t r e p i d a t i o n , t h e m o r e c o n f i r m e d b y t h e r e c e n t h o n o r s , w i t h w h i c h t h e U n i v e r s i t y t o w h o m h e o w e s h i s e d u c a t i o n h a v e c r o w n e d h i s c h e m i c a l la b o r s .

H e r f a v o r s h e t h u s p u b l i c l y m e n t i o n s , f r o m a b e t t e r m o t i v e , h e h o p e s , t h a n v a n i t y ; b y t h e m b i s s c i e n t i f i c a n d m o r a l c h a r a c t e r i s p l a c e d b e y o n d t h e l i m i t s , a t l e a s t o f v i d g a r s c r u t i n y ; a n d l i e m u s t e v e r r e m e m b e r w i t h r e s p e c t ­f u l g r a t i t u d e t h a t s h e e n l a r g e d h i s i n s t i t u t i o n s t o p la c e h i m a m o n g h e r g r a d u a t e s , a t t h e i n s t a n c e o f h e r m e d i c a l

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I t w o u l d h a v e b e e n e a s y t o c o l l e c t f r o m b o o k s , p a r t i ­c u l a r l y f r o m t h e N o t e s 011 B o e r h a a v e ' s c h e m i s t r y , u n d e r t h e a r t i c l e s , H i s t o r y o f C h e m i s t r y a n d M e t a l s , m a n y n a r r a ­t i v e s o f c h a n g e s o f m e t a l l i c b o d i e s specifically s i m i l a r to t h a t o f o u r p r i n c i p a l s u b j e c t , i.e., o f n o t o n l y a c h a n g e b u t a melioration. B o y l e ’s e x p e r i m e n t r e s e m b l e s o u r s , generi- cally o n l y ; f o r i t w a s a c h a n g e , b u t n o t a m e l i o r a t i o n ; y e t

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p r o d u c e d b u t o n e V e d i c p h i l o s o p h y , a n d t h e f i r s t t o f a t h o m t h e n a t u r e o f t h e h u m a n s o u l w e r e t h e R i s l i i s . S i n c e t h e T h e o s o p h is t c a r e f u l l y a b s t a i n s f r o m p o l i t i c s , a n d i t s p l a n i s o n e o f a U n i v e r s a l B r o t h e r h o o d , i t s h o u l d b e w e l c o m e d

h y e v e r y s e c t a n d p e o p l e t h r o u g h o u t t h e w o r ld . A n d a s i t r e c o g n i z e s t h e A r y a n s a s t l i e f a t h e r s o f a l l r e l i g i o n s a n d s c i e n c e s , H i n d u s o w e i t t l i e i r e n t h u s i a s t i c s u p p o r t .”— The Amrita Bazar Patril-a, ( C a l c u t t a ) S e p t e m b e r I I , 1 8 7 9 .

“ ........... T h o u g h i t t a k e s t h e r e a d e r o f f a u d f a r a w a y f r o mt h o b e a t e n p a t h s o f W e s t e r n c l a s s i c s , f e w c a n a f f o r d t o

u n d e r r a t e t h e i n d i c a t i o n s o f t h o r o u g h s c h o l a r s h i p a n d e c l e c t i c p h i l o s o p h y w i t h w h i c h s e v e r a l a r t i c l e s o f t h i s n u m b e r a r c r e p l e t e .”—Bombay Revieiv and In d ian A d ­vertiser, O c t o b e r 4 , 1 8 7 9 . .

“ ........... T h e p r e s e n t n u m b e r i s w e l l g o t u p a n d c o n t a i n s an u m b e r o f e x c e l l e n t a r t i c l e s o n t h e s u b j e c t s o f T h e o s o p h y ,S p i r i t u a l i s m , & c ................... T h e j o u r n a l p r o m i s e s t o a c h i e v em u c h s u c c e s s a n d p r o s p e r .” — Indu-Prakash, ( B o m b a y )

O c t o b e r 0 , 1 (8 7 9 .“ ........... T h e n e w p e r i o d i c a l w i l l p r o b a b l y o b t a i n a n e x ­

t e n s i v e c i r c u l a t i o n a m o n g s t t h e N a t i v e s . ” — Statesman. ( C a l c u t t a ) O c t o b e r 7 , 1 8 7 9 .

11........... W e h a v e n o s p a c e t o d o j u s t i c e t o a l l t h e a r t i c l e si n t h e p r e s e n t n u m b e r o f t h e T h e o s o p h i s t . T h a t i t i s a

c r e d i t t o i t s p r o m o t e r s , n o o n e w i l l b e d i s p o s e d t o d e n y . T h e g e t - u p i s e x c e l l e n t f o r a B o m b a y p r e s s . T h e T i i e o s o - p i i i s t s h o u l d f in d m a n y r e a d e r s .”— The In d ian Spectator, ( B o m b a y ) O c t o b e r 1 2 , 1 8 7 9 . '

“ ........... I t i s n e e d l e s s t o p o i n t o u t t h a t a m o n t h l y m a g a ­z i n e u n d e r h e r ( M in e B l a v a t s k y ’s ) a u s p i c e s c a n n o t b u t

b o c o m e a p e r i o d i c a l o f s t r o n g i n t e r e s t f o r t h e l a r g e a n d v a r i e d p u b l i c l y i n g b e t w e e n t h e t w o r e l i g i o u s e x t r e m e s — a t h e i s t i c m a t e r i a l i s m o n t h e o n e s i d e a n d s i m p l e o r t h o d o x y

o n t h e o t h e r .— The Pioneer, ( A l l a h a b a d ) O c t o b e r 1 . 1 ,1 8 7 9 .“ ........... W e c a n o n l y s a y t h i s m u c h h e r e t h a t t h e i s s u e t o

h a n d f u l l y m e e t s t h e e x p e c t a t i o n s t h a t w e r e f o r m e d o f i t a s t o t h e m a t t e r i t w o u ld c o n t a i n . W e w i s h e v e r y s u c ­c e s s t o t h e j o u r n a l i t s o r i c h l y d e s e r v e s .”—Native Opinion, ( B o m b a y ) O c t o b e r 2 0 , 1 8 7 9 .

“ ...........T h e T h e o s o p h i s t m a d e i t s a p p e a r a n c e , a s p r o ­m i s e d , o n t h e 1 s t o f t h i s m o n t h , a n d a n y o n o w h o s e c u r i o ­s i t y h a s b e e n a r o u s e d b y t h e m i s s i o n o f M a d a m e B l a v a t s k y a n d h e r f r i e n d s f r o m A m e r i c a , m a y f in d m u c h t o i n t e r e s t t h e m i n a p e r u s a l o f t h e v a r i e d c o n t e n t s o f t h e n e w

m a g a z i n e ........... ”— The Timea of India, O c t o b e r 1 5 , 1 8 7 9 .

“ ........... T h e r e i s a t o n e o f e l e g a n c e a n d s c h o l a r s h i p a b o u tt h e w h o l e o f t h i s p e r i o d i c a l , w h i c h a l m o s t l e a d s 1 5 u r o p e .a u r e a d e r s t o e n v y i t . T h e t r a n s l a t i o n s o f t h e I n d i a n s a c r e d d o c u m e n t s g i v e n h a v e t h e a d v a n t a g e o f b e i n g r e v i s e d b y H i n d u s a n d t h e r e is , a c c o r d i n g l y , a d e c i d e d l y O r i e n t a l

a s p e c t t o t h e w h o l e w o r k , w h i c h c o n t r a s t s w i t h t h e a t t e m p t s c e r t a i n G e r m a n s p e c u l a t o r s h a v e m a d e t o s e e t h e V e d a s t h r o u g h t h e s p e c t a c l e s o f V a t e r l a n d i f n o t o f V a t e r . A l l s t u d e n t s o f O r i e n t a l l o r e w h o h a v e d e r i v e d t h e i r i d e a s f r o m t h e c u r r e n t p h i l o l o g i c a l t r e a t i s e s , w h i c h a r e , iu f a c t , c h i e f l y m e r e d i l u t i o n s o f S c h l e i c h e r , m u s t p e r u s e t h i s w o r k f o r t h e m s e l v e s , a n d , i f t h e y h a v e p a t i e n c e , w i l l b e a b l e t o u n d e r s t a n d f o r t h e m s e l v e s h o w s o m e H i n d u s a c c e p t a l l t h e s a c r e d w r i t i n g s o f t h e E a s t . A p e r i o d i c a l o f t h i s n a t u r e b e i n g p u b l i s h e d a t t h e p r e s e n t m o m e n t m u s t a t t r a c t s o m e a t t e n t i o n o n t h e p a r t o f t h e i n t e l l i g e n t H i n d u s , w h o ( a t l e a s t s o m e o f t h e m ) h a v e n o t b e e n a l t o g e t h e r g r o u n d

d o w n u n d e r t h e M a h o m e d a n r e l i g i o n o f t h e E a s t . S t i l l t h e r e i s n o t a w o r d i n t h i s 2> ap or w h i c h is o f f e n s i v e t o a n y c la s s o f t h e o l o g i a n s . T o s h o w t h a t i t i s a t h o r o u g h l y

learned production , i t is m erely, nepessary to in d ica te th a t th e nam e a p p e a rin g on th e cover as conducto r is th a t of I I . P. B lavatsky , tlie e ru d ite au th o r of “ Isis U nveiled , and one of th e g re a te s t liv ing O rien ta lists . W e wish th a t th e T h e o s o p h i s t did n o t com e o u t as fa r off as B om bay.” P ublic Opinion, (London,) N ovem ber 1879. _

“ .........I t is som ew hat s tran g e th a t th e Y oga philosophyw ith its m ysterious rites, w hich h ad a lm ost died in Ind ia, an d w hich every educated n a tiv e was ta u g h t to ridicule, should receive help from th is unexpected q u arte r, andprom ise to rise aga in to be a d isp u ted q u es tio n ........ . . .B u tw h atev er success th e jo u rn a l m ig h t a t ta in in a rre s tin g th e progress o f m ateria lism , or in gain in g over advocates to its cause, i t is none th e .less ce rta in , th a t i t shall prove on o tho r g rounds e m in en tly useful to our countrym en.^ T ho large h u m a n ity it b rea th es in every colum n, th e U n iversa l B ro therhood i t advocates, and th e sy m p ath y it ex tends to all classes o f people can n o t b u t m ake i t po p u la r and a t th osam e tim e u se fu l........”— N a tiv e O p in io n , N ovem ber .*30,i8 7 9 . , .

“ ......... I t is a large, w ell-p rin ted jo u rn a l, full of in te re s t­ing reading, m uch of i t co n trib u ted by n a tiv es of Ind ia, and affording an in s ig h t in to th e relig ious th o u g h t of the far E a s t . — I'he. Sp iritua lix t, (London) O ctober 3.1, 1879.

“ .........W e g re e t our con tem porary as a noble foe, andwish i t a ll success in th e dom ain of u t i l i ty . . . . . . -IhePhilosophic Inquirer, (M adras) Ja n u a ry I I , 1880. ^

“ T h e T h e o s o p h is t has now ou tlived th e necessity for a friend ly notice from its o lder contem poraries.^ B u t wo have ta k e n such in te re s t in it from th e b eg in n in g of its career, i t has so well justified our in te rest, th a t we need no excuse for re tu rn in g to i t for th e fou rth tim e. I ho c u rre n t (Jan u a ry ) n u m b e r is teem in g w ith topics of pecu lia r value to th e In d o p h ile in science, a rt, an d philosophy, w hile to h im w ho ‘ reads as he runs, its colum ns open up fresh avenues of th o u g h t which, like so m any new d is­coveries, fill h im w ith g lad su rp rises an d te n d to expand his narrow vision. In th is respec t th e es tab lish m en t of the T h e o s o p h i s t m arks a new era in th e h is to ry of m odern A ry a v a r t ; and every tru e A ryan h e a r t w ill b ea t in unison w ith th is expression of o u r sincere hope th a t th e I i ik o - S o i ’H i S T m ay have a long, p rosperous an d usefu l c a re e r ... B o m b a y Review and Indian, A d vertiser , J a n u a ry 17, 1880.

“ T h e F eb ru a ry n u m b e r of th e T h e o s o p h i s t has ju s t been pub lished , and it is perhaps th e m ost in te re s tin g forth e lovers of m ystica l lore of any ot th e se rie s ..............The Bombay Gazette, F eb ru a ry 3, 1880.

“ I ts lis t of ‘ ad d itio n a l subscribers’ th row s a halo of golden h ea lth over th e co lum ns of th is m o n th ’s T h e o s o p h i s t .

T his is sa tisfactory . ‘ T h e feast of good th in g s w ith w hich th is lu sty c a te re r m o n th ly provides th e pub lic has received accession of s tre n g th an d savour from a P arsi am ia M oslem co n trib u to r. T h is too is sa tisfac to ry .........”—B om bay Review and Indian, A d v e r tis e r , F eb ru a ry 7, 1880,

“ .........T h e busy T heosoph ists have a lready created aw ide in te re s t iu th e ir d o in g s ...”— The Harbinger of Light (Melbourne), M arch 1, 1880. _

“ .........A s regards th e ob ject in view in com ing to Ind ia ,we canno t see th a t an y o th e r resu lt b u t good can come, of honest, endeavours to b rin g ab o u t a be tte r, a closer, in tim acy in th o u g h t, w ord and action betw een th e various races to be found in tlie E ast, especially betw een the govern ing and th e governed. W e believe m ost sincerely, th a t by fa r th e la rg e r portion of th e evil th a t is a t work in our possessions in th e E ast, m ay be a t tr ib u te d to the w ide g u lf w hich sep ara tes th e E u ro p ean from th e N ativ e .”-—The Ceylon Times, J u n e 5, 1880. .

“ T h e T h e o s o p h i s t for M ay is rap id ly increasing itsm erits as a h igh-class lite ra ry o rg an .........W e m arvel a t th eb ea u ty an d accuracy w ith w hich th is m agazine is ed ited .— P ublic O pinion, (London), J u n e 12, 1880,

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D r . J a i n s h e d j i M a u o c k j i , H i s H i g h n e s s N i z a m ’s G o v e r m n e n t , J a l n n , H y d e r a ­b a d ( D e k k a n ) .

L a i Iu S h i v D a y a l , B . A . , A s s i s t a n t E n g i ­ne e r , I l o s h a n g a b f td .

I t . V e n k o b h a c h a r y E s q . , S e c r e t a r y , A r y a S a m a j , l l o s p e t t .

P . S r c e n c v a s H o w , E s q . , J u d g e o f t h e C o u r t o f S m a l l C a u s e s , M a d r a s .

S e c r e t a r y , L i t e r a r y S o c i e t y , T r i p l i c a n e , M a d ra s .

M . V i r a r a g h a v a C h a r i n r , E s q . , M a n a g e r o f t h e H i n d u T r i p l i c a n e , M a d ra s .

V . M a d h a v r a o N a i d u , E s q . , T r i p l i c a n e , M a d r a s .

B . J a y n r a m l ’ i l lay , E s q . , S u p e r i n t e n d i n g E n g i n e e r ’s Office, M a d ra s .

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K a t t a m u r i V e n k a t a S u b h a r a y a : l u G a r u , S e c r e t a r y to t h e V e d a s l i a s t r a P r a b o - d h i u i S a b l ia , M u s u l i p a t a n i .

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I I . S u b b a r a y a A i y a r , E s q . , D e p u t y C o l ­le c to r , T r i c h i n o p o l y .

M a j o r M c l c l a n d l i e u d e r s o i i , C l u b , O o t a - c a m u n d .

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S e r e e S o o b r a m a n i a l ’ i l lay , P u r o o r a n n y M i t t a d a r , T in u e v e l l y .

G . H a n i a s a m y P i l l a i , E s q . , D i s t r i c t M u u - sil t ; T i u n e v e l l y .

S . T o n o o ? a \v m y M u d c l i a r , E s q . , D i s t r i c t M u n s i l l , D a r a m p u r .

M . S . M o o t o o s a w n i y N a i d u , E s q . , 1 s t C la s s H o s p i t a l A s s i s t a n t , N a m k a l , S a l e m D i s ­t r ic t .

M e ss r s . A b r a h a m a n d C o . , C o m m e r c i a l H a l l , B e l l a r y .

M . lv . S o o b b a H a o , E s q . , C o i m b a t o r e .L a l l a M u l k 1 H a j , Office o f I n s p e c t o r o f

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M o o l t a n .J . T h o m a s , E s q . , A c c o u n t a n t G e n e r a l ’s

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S u b - I n s p e c t o r , M u d d e l i p o o r a , B l ia g a l - p u r , B e n g a l .

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E . C . B u c k , E s q . , C .S . , C a w n p u r .B a b u B e n e e M a d h a b B h a t t a c h a r y a , G o v ­

e r n m e n t S e c r e t a r ia t ,N . -N Y . P . a n d O u d l i , A l l a h a b a d .

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g u n j c , L u c k n o w .B a b u C h u n d u n G o p a l , E s t i m a t o r , E x e c u ­

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E s q . , D e p u t y A s s i s t a n t A d j u t a n t G e n e ­r a l ’s Office , K u r r a c h e e .

M a d h a v L a i , E s q . , C a n o o n g o i , P a r w a y a ,

Oy»- .B a b u J a g e s h w a r P r a s a d T i w a r i , H e a d ­

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D i w a n B a h a d u r to I l i s H i g h n e s s th o M a h a r a j a o f T r a v a n c o r c , T r e v a i i d r u m .

D o. D n . D o .S e c r e t a r y , L i b r a r y a n d H e a 'd in g R o o m ,

T r i c h u r .M i r z a M u s a C o w s c r , E s q . , P e r s i a n T r a n s ­

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Street, Simla, Calcutta.Babu Kirty Chander Cliowdiy, Assistant

Engineer, Blmngor.C. AV. Nallatatnby, Esq., Puttoontola Lane

Calcutta.A. G. Armstrong, Esq., Inland Customs,

Didwana.T. Rangasami Moodeliar, Esq., Shcris-

tedar, District Court, Bellary.K. Venkata Narasaya, Esq., Translator,

District Coutt, Bellary.G. Balaji Singh, Esq., Record-kccper; Dis­

trict Court, Bellary.O. V. Nanjuudiiya, Esq., Clerk, District

Court, Bellary.S. P. Narasimulu Naidu, Esq., Editor

Salem Patriot., Coimbatore. .Lalla Sagar Mull, Assistant Engineer,

Lahore.C. Narainsawmy Naidoo, Esq., Pleader,

Nagpur.C. R. Krishna lino Naidoo, Esq., Head

Clerk, Deputy Commissioner’s Ofliee, Nagpur.

Babu Anand Lai, Secretary, Arya Sninaj, Meerut.

Babu Chedi Lai, Godown Gumashta, Meerut,

Pandit Uniba Shankcr, Meerut,Secretary, Kesovrao Library, Blioika in

Ka tty war.C. P. Hogan, Esq., Foreign Office, Simla.Sadashiv Gnuesh Paranchpe, Esq., Khet-

wadi, Bombay.Sirdar Altar Singh, C. E., Chief of Bha-

daur, Ludliiaua.

Dr. Ram Das Sen, Zemindar, Berliampore, (Bengal.)

Dr. Mukund Lall, Assistant Surgeon, Ajrra.' © ' ©Babu Sohun Lall Misra, Accountant, Lo­

comotive Superintendent’s Office, W. R. S. llailway, Nttburmati via Ahmedabad.

LaUa Sundar Lall, Head Clerk, Collector’s Office, Cawnpore.

Lalla Surjaii Das, District Engineer, Gondii (Oudli).

M. Bhawanishankar Rao, Esq., Nngpur.Dr. Manilal Gungadas, L.M. & S., Assist­

ant Surgeon, Pnlaupur.Sheriarji Dadabhoy Bharucha, Esq., Das-

tur Street, Naosari.Jlmvcrilal Umiashankar, Esq., Bhoolesh-

war, Bombaj’.Rao Bahadur Mahadev Govind Ranade,

Sub-Judge, Dliulia, Kiiaudesh.Karsandas Madhavdas, Esq., Bhoolesliwar,

Bomba}'.A. Cachapariwariah, Esq., B. L., Deputy

Inspector of Schools, Chingleput Range, Conjeveram.

Krishna Rao, Esq., Extra Assistant Com­missioner, Jubbulpore.

David Jones, Esq., Ballygunje Circular Road, Calcutta.

Desai Koover Rae Bapoobhai, Esq., Gandevi.

Honorary Secretary, Literary Association, Cocnnada.

Babu Kali Pada Bannerjee, Jeypore.Babu Manolmr Deb, Executive Commis­

sariat Office, Kasauli.Gimgadhar Eshwantraoji Marathey, Esq.,

Raopura, Baroda.Ramnath, Esq., Deputy Munsarim, Deputy

Commissioner’s Court, Bahruich (Ouilli.)K. Shianisinha, Esq., Tnjpur, District

Bijnor.Janies Jones, Esq., Executive Engineer,

Dharnseo.Maneklal Jagjiwaudas, Esq., Kajkumar

College, Rajkot.Kliau Bahadur Cursetji Rastainji Chief

Justice, Baroda.Kripa Rain Swami, Esq., Secretary, Arya

Sanmj, Delira Dun.Babu Piari Lall Cli:, Executive Engineer's

Office, Iloslinngabad Division, Pachmarhi.G. Kacolmn, Esq., Overseer, Public Works

Department, Pachmarhi.S. VenketswHiuy Naidu, Esq., Clerk, Exe­

cutive Engineer’s Office, Pachmarhi.C. E. Davies, Esq., Rotiisligarh via

Sasseram.Achanathlnl G. Jlmverce, Esq., Pleader,

Broach.Babu Koylash Chunder Cliatterjee, Super­

visor, D. P. AV., Basti.Jno. Turner, Esq., Marshalltown, Iowa,

U. S. America.Babu Gopal Chuuder Mookerjee, Pleader,

Satkhira in 21 Pergs., (Bengal).Babu Shyama Charan 13hatla, Pleader,

Judge’s Court, Berlminpore (Bengal).Lalla Balmukund, Head Clerk, Executive

Engineer’s Office, Attoek Bridge Divi- s o i i , Attoek.

Tlinkur Ganesh Singh, Naib Tehsildar, Bilari Zilla, Moradabad.

Cursetjee Pestonjee Kama, Esq , Gowalla Tank Road, Bombay.

Lakshmi Narayan Pandit, Sub-Manager, Jhanjharpur, via Durblmngii.

Gopal Govind Gliate, Esq., Subordinate J udge, Kotri (Sind.)

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