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An Exponent of Occult Science. Art and philosophy

■ S e c r e t S c ie n c e s "ITp a n sc e n d e n t a l ism A strology, Astronomy

* R el ig io n , Ro m ance

# ccultism,Orientalism F reemasonry~ Fa c t s

T heosophy-T elepathy H ealth and Hy g ie n e

•H v e n t s and tbeir A spects

M a g ic . My s t ic is m ‘■Mlchem y .A deptship G eometry. Qeom ancy I nitiation. I nt u itio n

Volume III. MARCH. 1902. Number 5.

< < >n t i :n t s :MARA; A LEGEND OF BUDDHA. METOPOSCOPY. Ad Deum Poemi.WISDOM; THE WORD.KING SOLOMON S TEMPLE.Planets and Indications tor March. 1902. Earth's Transit of Leo. A News Summary.A Mystic Relic Unearthed.HISTORY OF THE ASTRAL NUMBER. HELIOCENTRIC SCIENCE.THE SIGN PISCES.Editorial Notes and Comments.THE PARKER QUADRATURE.Yoga Training in India.Camille Flammarion and Spiritualism."Thy Will Be Done." Poem.t HEPWORTH HARMONICS.The Idealist Citizen. Interesting Experiment. GARDEN OF EDEN AT THE NOTRH POLE. Valuable Finds in Egypt.Cold Ice and Warm Ice. Mythology of Trees. PROBLEMS OF THE SKIES.Revolution of Planets. Another Glacial Period. MASONIC MISCELLANY.Quaint and Curious Corner.HEALTH AND HYGIENE MISCELLANY. EDITOR'S TABLE. Notes and Reviews. Etc.

PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY

News E. Wood, A. M., M. D., Editor and Proprie-or,617 LA SALLE AVENUE. CHICAQO. U. S. A.

>4 H T A l t O F T H E M A O I November, 1901

THE PAPPUS THE MYSTIC THESAURUSPL A N ETA HUM.

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Initiation In the Theoretical and Practical Secrets of Astral

Truth and Occult Art.H r W i i .i .i* F. W h it k h k a i*

K d ito r A rr ip f ia * “ N a tu ra l M aftic.”

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la »li*m M v*ti* S v m U d *»f th e Xtalfai . w ith F .tch lng . %*Hliacal lReprree*. O u a r te r* . Hou*e*. T r lp llc itie * an«l (Ju * * tern a rie* : A r r ip p ia n ( T o m a n d It* My*- te r ie* (T o w n «»f , \* t ra f S ev en * : P l a n e t a n r L ife P e rio d * Q u a r te r* of L ife ll*Hik o f L ife T w elv e P*dar P e r io d * o f th e L in e o f L ife : S e a l o f S o lo tn o a : C e o m e trfi ' am i C*»*mi« W o n l N u m b e r* o f P e r f e c ­tio n : R elation* *>t Z odiac. Cr«»** an d M an. illu*- tra tea l w ith Six l« a r re K tc h in r* o f o ld . curi«»u* a n d r a r e K o * icru c ian S ym bol* .

S e iH rrrA i.O irT M . T h o u e h t T e le g ra p h y o r T e le ­p a th y : M ind K ad ia tio n am i I n * ii ir a t io n :’ A n Illu*- t r a i lv e T ex t C a*e o f In * p ir a t lo n : T a b le to IK 'te rm - Ine f ro m a Ilo ro * co p e th e P a r t i c u la r P *vch lc *»r S i ii r i tu a l ( l i f t m*»*t re a d llv o b tain ev l: P *ych ic* a n d M y*tic* d efin ed a n d tleac rib eo .

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te r* a n - N u m b e rs an«t f a r m N c m w Ii i a le s o r Caliali*U c C*»rre*ponden* e * : C orre*pon« lence n«*t Id en titti a l i o n : T h re e ( i r e a t C a b a la* ( i r e e k C a b ­a la T a b le of th e N a tu ra l W orld . H e b re w C a lta la am i T a ro t T a ttle* o f th e H u m a n W orld . K nulU h M ajor a n d M inor C a lta la T a b le «d t n r D iv ine W o rld : T h re e M v*tte S ta r* R e v e a le d : T h e S u ­p re m e l^ tw *d L o v e : T h e P e r f e c t P a th o f A t ta in ­m en t Mv*ti< Dav of th e W o n l O m n itir W ord of W ord* M v*tic D e v e lo p m en t . lAeath a n d Im m o r ­ta l i ty : N a tu ra l F o u n d a tio n * , o r th e T w elv e Z o d i­a c a l K ey -W o rd * o f I 'n f o ld m e n t . T h re e fo ld Mywtlc L ife : T h e K in g '* I liK h w av . o u r D ivine M a* ter: A * tral N u m tie r T attle*.

THE AmTMAI. llRoTHEHHOOIt. T h e ir S e v e n A * tra l S c ien ce* : T h e lb>ok of In te l lig e n c e . T a r o t o f th e Ito h em ian * a n d th e C lav ic le «»l S o lo m o n : o r ig in . I '* e a n d lli* torv«*t th e R o * icru c ian ll**»k of l le r - m e* T h e W o n d e rfu l A g ro n o m ic a l D eck: M v*ter- le* itf th e C ard * : T h e ir Z od iaca l a n d T im e V alue*: In * tru m e n t* of M agical Kv<* a tio n an d th e P i l ­g r im * P a c k o f In it ia t io n .

MEm*AGE o r THE liMoTHEKHttolt. W ork of th e l ln t th e r h t to d : T h e A *tral A ge: T e* t o f l l r o tb e r - h ood : T h e Id e a l L ife : Co*m lc L aw S u ftre m e : T h e A u ra o f P*>wer

T h e Magic Mi k ic k F u ll M ateria l* . C ondition* , an d P re p a ra tio n * w ith C om ple te In*trucli<»n* fo r M aking a n d M agneti/.ing th e M ir ro r: How I t M u d Me K e p t am i C a re d F o r

CBLRXTIAI. CoMFAXIoN*HIP Ne< e**arv O b*erv - an* e* m -vv)o |ting C o m m u n ica tio n Melb«id* o f th e ltrotherh*HM| in th e W ork F in d A p |te a ra n c e * : A * tral A de|K *hip A tta in e d .

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N. K. WAHID. F iiltlU her.HI* I . * a lle A ven u e, t b le a c o . III.

OLD MOORE S ALMANACK.F«tr th e Y e a r of H u m a n R ed em p tio n

1!M >-2.* *m tain* 4m**ng*t a v a rie ty of ax efu l in fo rm a tio n .

Old Moore's Predictions Concerning COMING EVENTS.

T h e W e a th e r. Kcllp*e*. Moon * C hange*.A 1'rophet u H iero g ly p h ic by a S o l a M e A str o l­

o g er o f th e N in e teen th C en tu ry.|Mre« ti**n* f*#r th e F a r m e r a n d (h a rd e n e r . B i t .

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« n \ m «t«||e A venu e. ( h ie a g o . H llnala .

REINCARNATION.Immortality through

Repeated Lives.A n ew e d it io n of M r W a lk e r '* g r e a t w o rk fo rlg -

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NEW S E. W O OD. A . M .. M . D ..w h o ha* al*o a d d e d l ib e r a l q u o ta t io n * , g iv in g th e c e n tr a l th o u g h t a n d c lin c h in g a rg u m e n t* on th i*Br e a l q u e s tio n by *uch r e c e n t w r i t e r * a* D r. F ranz.

a r tm a n n . C h a r le * J o h n s o n . M.R A .S.. O. J . S m ith . J a m e s M P rv * e . A n n ie lle * a n t. a n d o th e r* , w h o se p u ld i* h ed w o rk * h a v e w on th e a p p ro v a l o f o c c u lt a n d theo*o |> b ica l s tu d e n t* .

RK.INCARNATION RKVKAIA ALL All th e v a lu a b le fe a tu re * o f th e « » r ig in a l ed itio n

D r e l**en f a i th fu l ly r e p ro d u c e d , in c lu d in g M r. W a lk e r * m a * te r ly a rg u m e n t* , w ith h i* q u o ta t io n * f ro m a la r g e n u m tie r o f w ell k n o w n a u th o r* . *cl- e n tU t* a n d philo*«ii>her*. b o th a n c ie n t a n d m o d ­e rn . in * u |m o rt o f R e in c a r n a tio n a n d it* c o m p a n ­ion t r u t h . K a rm a .

THK MYHTKRIBH or LIPK.T h e w o rk c o n ta in * th e fo llo w in g f o u r t e e n c h a p ­

te r* : " I . R e in c a r n a tio n D efln ed a n d K xpla ine* l.“• I I. E v id e n c e * o f R e in c a rn a tio n .'* " I I I . A s tra l l e c tu r e * o f S u c c e ss iv e In c a rn a tio n * . " I V . O b ­je c t io n * to R e in c a r n a tio n . ' ' " V . R e in c a r n a tio n A m ong th e A n c ie n t* . '' " V I . R e in c a r n a t io n In th e Hi M e." " V I I . R e in c a rn a tio n in K a r ly C h r i s te n ­d o m ." " V I I I . R e in c a rn a tio n In th e K a* t T o -d a y ,” "IX. E s o te r ic O r ie n ta l R e in c a r n a t io n ." "X. T r a n s ­

m ig ra t io n th ro u g h A n im al* ." " X I . IH*ath. H e a v e n a n d H e!l." X II K a rm a , t h e ( ’o tn n a n fo n T r u th o f R e in c a rn a tio n . X III W e s te rn W ri te r* o n R ein - t a r n a t i o n ." " X IV . M r. W a lk e r * C onclusion*.*IT IS A T E X T H O O K ON R E IN C A R N A T IO N .

A* th e l*Mik s ta n d * , i t I* th e m«**t c o m p le te , lo g ­ica l. c le a r a n d c o n v in c in g w o rk o n th e s u b je c t e x ­ta n t . N o l ib r a r y * h o u ld be w ith o u t It.

•T h o se f a m i l ia r w ith th e d o c tr in e o f r e b i r th , o r r e in c a rn a t io n , e x p re s s th e o p in io n th a t tb l* w o rk I* t h e Im*«I ex |*»*ition of th e th e o r y now Iw fo re th e publi- A u th o r* , s c ie n tis t* a n d p h ilo so p h e r* , a n c ie n t a n d m is le rn . a r e q u o te d in * u p |* > rto i r e i n ­c a rn a t io n a n d it* ro m i» an io n th e o ry , k a r m a . T h e p r ie e I* m u c h lo w e r th a n p re v io u s e d itio n * o f M r. W a lk e r '* l**»k. a n d i* th u * p la c e d w ith in th e r e a c h o f a ll i n te r e s te d in th e s u b je c t ." S c g g e s t i o x

- W ith th e p r e s e n t w id e s p re a d I n te r e s t in th e p ro b le m * am i m y s te r ie s o f life , th is c le a r s t a t e ­m e n t o f th e di* t r i n e w h ich te a c h e s im m o r ta l i ty th ro u g h re |* - a te d liv e s o u g h t to s p e ed ily find it* w av in to th e l ib r a ry o f e v e ry p e rs o n w h o w ish e s to k e e p a b r e a s t o f th e tim e* a iid k n o w w h a t th e l***t m ind* o f th e a g e a r e g iv in g to th e w o rld . I t is a w o rk fo r th e t r u t h s e e k e r* w h o a r e r e a c h in g o u t a f t e r * l a r g e r a n d f u l l e r r e v e la t io n : a n d th e g r e a t m asses , a s w ell w ould b e b e n e fi te d b y a c a re f u l |»e- r u s a l o f th i* h a n d y v o lu m e o f IM p a g e * ." - E q u i t y .

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N E W S E . W O O D . P u b l is h e r . H i ; lav S a lle A v e n u e . < b le a g o . III.

Lessons in Practical Cccultism—BY CORRESPONDENCE

t i l YEN BY

MRS. MAR6ARET B. PEEKE,S A N D U S K Y . O H IO .

T E R M S . T W E N T Y iM Il .L A R a A CtM RNE.

THE SOURCE OF MEASURES.(W IT H S U P P L E M E N T .)

A Key to the Hebrew-Egyptian Mystery.BY J . R A L S T O N S K IN N E R .

T h e S o u rc e f ro m w h ic h o r ig in a te d th e B r i ti s h In c h a n d th e A n c ie n t C u b it, b y w h ic h w a s b u ilt th e O r e a t P y r a m id o f E g y p t a n d th e T e m p le of S o lom on a n d th ro u g h th e i io s s e - io n a m i u se of w h ich M an. a s s u m in g to r e a l iz e th e C re a tiv e Law o f th e D iv in ity , s e t i t f o r th in th e M v s te rv c a lle d K a b b a la . D iag ram * . *vo. c lo th . P r ic e . B .v o o .

S e n t . |*»*t|*aid. on r e c e ip t o f p r ic e byS . E . W OOD. 617 L a S a l le A ve.. C h ic a g o . III.

A PerpetualPLANETARY HOUR BOOK.

G IY O aU T H E

GOOD AND EVIL HOURSFO R ANY HO UR IN A N Y DAY A N D A N Y YEA R

My E R N E S T S. G R E E N .P r ice . (MMtpald. T w e n ty - f iv e C en t* .

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** Ne«|«m re: i h r P r i n t r w t i f th e Maul.** T h l* In ­te r e s t in g rom an* e o f w h i te a n d bl.»* k m a t u com* m ence tl in t h e A ugu*t n u m h r r o f V o lu m e O o r am i im k lM e * in th i* v o lu m e * J u ly n u m ite r.

" K-'*m*my of H u m an L ife " T h i* I* a n r t h h a l cla**lc of KniiiU h <*rigin. I t la c o n ta in e d In th e D ecem b er. J a n u a r y am i F c lv ru a ry num lie r* .

A M-rle* on •• M arti n i* tn .” t r a n s la te d f ro m th e F re n . h. u n d e r th e tit le * of - H i . M a rtin a n d M ar- t W km ” l ’r a c t i . al M ag ic ." am i T h e W o rk ..I I R ea liza tio n " I* c o n ta in e d , c o m p le te . In th e n u m ­ber* f ro m M arch to O c to b e r. In c lu s iv e .

T h e m o re n o ta b le a rt ic le * o f th e v o lu m e a re :

N« m em b e r Q u a d r a tu r e o f t h e C irc le . S |H rlt of Theo*o|»hv. T h e F t i l i t y o f th e P y ra m id *I 'ro b ie m of th e Ace*. A lc h e m ic a l L ig h t. E n d of th e W orld .

P ro p h e cy . A rro w M agic. T h e Dm**** a n d I»ru*e M agic. W h o le s* .m e T h o u g h t* . A s tra l N u m lie r T e*ts. I n te r c h a n g e a b le C ycle N u m le r*

J u n e A n tiq u ity a n d F * e o f T a r o t C ard* . Love. M a rr ia g e a n d A*troh*gv. p ow ie l*m U«HBeU. A la-g en d of th e A rtm tu*. P *ych lc K in s h ip * I th th e s u n . Am le n t A lp h ab e t* . A S t r a n g e M e ta m o r- ph.**l*. S tran g * S to rie * of th e D ead. G e o m e try .

J u ly T h e A s tra l N u m lie r V in d ica te d . H ello - c e n tr ic H ouse*. P la n e t* a n d A spect* . A*trol*»gy a X « cessa ry S c ien c e . A n O c c u lt S o la r S jie c tru m . M yth of th e J u g g e rn a u t . C h a r a c te r B u ild in g . P re h is to r ic M an. L ig h t a n d M otion of th e S ta r*

A ugu*t D ual P e r s o n a l i ty . K e ln ra rn a tlo n . T h e A s tra l N u m b e r; F in a l IMkII. Y -K ool. e tc . A s tro l­o g e r* a n d A stro lo g y . O c c u lt P o w er* of M o h am ­m ed. In te l lig e n c e of N a tu re . H ow to C a s t Y o u rA s tra l N u m lie r . S«»meo« c u l t H is to ry , s t a r l le a t V*w M easu red . R e p re se n tin g a n Ecllp*e.

D r r rm la r \ V in d ica tio n o ( A . t ro ln c r . P a l in - s iit. i r la - r D e a th a n d I m m o r ta l i ty . H e re d ity P la n t- . K eliitloa in A m ie n t K n 'p t . a n .l E n v iro n m e n t. A » lr« l»«y A d r a n .I n n . V ilira -

W hy W e S h o u ld He T h a n k fu l. P e a . c o f th e Houl. K d d r l-m K xponed. A re S o u l-S e x le « « : P a -th e SoulM ultip le P e rso n a lity . T h e S u n '* In s ta n c e .

J a n u a r y An A stro lo g ica l R e v ie w ; M,«l. r n and Am le n t l i t e n t r ie A*tr«4ngy. th e A s tra l N um - •« r a n At c o u n t o f P y th a g o ra s . A R e a so n a b le R eligion. L ife a* a F in e A r t . M y ste ry In Icy H a n d . L ig h t o f ih e Z od iac.

F e t iru a ry T h e S t a r o f B e th le h e m . T h e D iv in ­ing K**l. S< tr ia l i*tic S la v e ry . T h e Old U e n tu rv a n d th e New . T o w er «>t II.i Im-I: s t i r am i S h a p e S ia e o t th e E a r th D e te rm in e d by tb e G o v e rn m e n t.

M art h ** . re t td th e S fd linx . A F ew 1 ie o re n tr ic F a lla c ie s , o u r p o lit y. T h e IH rln ity In M an. T h e U*«ad to H app in r** . An A n c ie n t s ta i rw a y M ystic H im ita iP a rc h m e n t* . H a* o u r S u n Aiit»ltier?

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tv tid ie r V e d a n ta R elig ion . P re d ic t io n * on th e A s*ass|natl«Hi. - E n d o f th e V o lu m e " A rtic le* . O u r l^ i te P r e s id e n t <A*trob*gfralp. o u r M a rty re d P r e s id e n t ( E d ito r ia l ) . V ib ra t io n I n th e O r ie n t T in N ig h tm a re o f T o -m o rro w (b y W llfla in W a lk e r A tk in so n ). T h e L o s t A r ts . G r e a t T e lesc o p e s .

I te p a r tm e n ts . r u n n in g th ro u g h th e v o lu m e , a r e : llrlitM -en trie - P o s i t lo n s o f th e P la n e t s .” - E v e n ts

am i t h e i r Aspects.** a r t i c l e s o n th e Z*slia« a l S ign* E d ito r ia l N«de*. o r ig in a l am i s e le c te d P o e t ry . M y­th o lo g y . M ason ic S y m lm lls m a n d L eg en d . " Q u a in t a n d C u r io u s .” " H e a l th am i Hygiene.** a n d th e

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Volume III. CHICAGO. ILL.. DECEMBER I. 1901. Number 2.

TRI E MAGIC.An Important Paper of a Practical Character on

this Little Understood Subject.BY MAKIiAKKT II. I’KKKK.

Certain words are used flip|>antly whose meaning is not thoroughly understotKl. Of these the four words, Magus, Mage. Magi, and Magic, are examples. They are useil freely but their exact meaning is not always considered. When Moses was in Pharaoh's court, well taught in the wisdom of the Egyptians, the cra­dle of all magical and mystical knowledge, he had not yet become a Mage, for we do not read of his perform­ing any so-called miracles until he had tied to the mountains of Midian and remained there forty years, after which he reappears upon his old scene, master of True Magic, which overthrew the magic of the Egyptians. He was now a true Mage, for he could use certain laws, not generally known, to produce wonderful results.

Even now, Moses was not a Magus, as far as we know, for a Magus is one who takes in hand the guid­ance of some soul, seeking light, ami this we do not hear that Moses ever did. Neither did Elijah, though he was a Mage also. Nor Elisha. And even the great Daniel, whose magical works transcend any of whom we read, did not undertake the training of any one else, thong'll we might In* led to conclude that the un­swerving friendship of the young men who were his companions in tribulation was based on such a rela­tion. The Mages were the practical workers of mag­ical law, while the Magus was one devoted to the training of others. Hence we find frequent allusions in the Old Testament to the School of the Prophets, and from that were sent out into the world, at transi­tional times, Magi, who were led by their inner light to set their seal on the advent of the Avatar. Such were they who came to the liabe at Bethlehem, having seen his Star in the East. The word Magi refers only to those who have passed beyond ordinary service to human souls, and, by ju-rsevering devotion, have Iteen set a|iart to serve those divine beings who come to earth for a mission to humanity. To these the Magi are ever servers. When we consider these words in their pro|>er meaning and remember that a Mage must be a practical worker of invisible laws, while the other two need never perform a single magical act (though they must understand the theory |>erfectlyl, we shall never use the words carelessly.

Mttffir in Irttr trimlum. It differs from mere knowl­edge of the mind as day differs from night. There is true Magic and there is falx- Magic the one called White Magic, and the other Black but in reality there is but mir, and the other is its reflection or

| shadow. The direction, or purpose for which it is used, gives the character to the work done.

When the work done is absolutely without a thought of self, it is Magic of the highest order. When it turns inward and is connected in any way with the «r//. it brings shadow and is perverted. Those who under­stand occult law know that the finer forces of nature can Ik- used by a trained ego. A few centuries, even one century, ago our ancestors would have denied the electrical wonders of this age. yet time has produced them: so to day the higher laws, under the control of minil and trill, are only known by the few. while a few decades hence they will Ik- universally reci»gnixed. To-day all that is done in this way is called Magic: then it will be known under a name as scientific as electricity-

Magic does not belong to the realm of mesmerism, hypnotism, or metaphysical science. T h e s e are dif­ferent words for work done by human mind u|M>n hu­man mind. Whenever a </,«■/•.<»/ change is produced by one person u |miii another by repeated metaphysical treatments, it is to Ik- traced to one mind acting upon another. Mesmerism and hypnotism is a more direct and intense action of one human mind, with the dy­namic force of trill added, u|K>n another. These have nothing whatever to do with the realm of true Magic, as can Ik- easily proven.

When a hypnotist attempts to bring under his men tal control the mind of another, he is conscious of each step in the work. He proceeds w ith a determined will to attack and weaken and break down the op|Hv>ing will until by reiterations he gradually takes control of the mind, and his thought or feeling becomes the thought or feeling of the other. Bay by day he makes himself master of the identity of the other ami ends by complete subjugation. The writer witnessed a most wonderful example of this in |*aris that was the result of > itjhl years' lals>r. where tin- mind could he made to enter that of another and Ik*, for a time, nei­ther its own nor the o|«erator s but a d u f party. Wotdd this Ik- the »«-»/><» ititnli of a Mage. |K-rfortn mg his work according to the rules of Magic?

The tirst principle of Irtu Magic is t , i..'./ ,W ,*/f thiii Miwiit (« tnwrto-. What more- precious titan the

which must ever Ik- central force, ami the muni

4 December, 1901.S T A I 5 O F 'which muni regulate ami guide the willy Therefore a

* Mage, understanding nature's secret laws, wishing to accomplish certain results, would never interfere with the mind and will of his subject. What. then, will he do? Unless he can rouse the will of the other to act for itself, he can do nothing, and this he can never do by subjugating it to his own.

We read in the words of the iri**t of men. •• Wisdom hath builded her palaces, she hath hewn out her seven pillars." Man. the palace of wisdom, must eternally stand upon the seven creative principles tor pillars) of the universe: and they do not grow like strata of •',K-k in the earth, they must lie h u m m i l , cut and fashioned with great lalsir. Then they lx-come the foundation of all he «■»'// ■ Should, however, the inhabitant ofthis palace yield his irill to another, as in the case of Sampson, his eyes are blinded, and. by his own act. the central pillar being seized, the entire palace falls. The recognition of » / / destroys all. Henceforth the soul is shorn of its power.

The acting Power is mind and will. If it dare not act for self, or subjugate another, what <!..<« it act upon?

There is a tine substance, known as Astral Light, through which and in which all higher strata of mind can act to produce results that seem miraculous, but upon which the thinking or rational mind cannot have any effect whatever. This is where Magic works. In­stead of attempting to change a h in tn m mind, which is weak in itself an.) limited to a small range, he trains him— If for months and years to rise into those higher realms of the subjective mind, through which he can touch the ether or Astral Light, and become at list a !/«#/. or wonder worker.

It cannot Ik- denied that great results can lx- ob­tained by a centered human Wii.i.. This is the mean­ing of the Pentagram, where the center is fixed in the Micnwosm, and there are to-day on the earth those who have devoted a whole decade to training their will to lx- held to a point, and when they have attained they find, alas! as did Moses in Egypt. that this is only knowledge that Wisdom lies far beyond. Knowledge can effect a few results: Wisdom can do all things.

In coming to the subject of Magic, which is but another name for Wisdom, we find that it is always known iiiiirfiinlltj by a true Mage; is always known theoretically, sometimes practically, by the Magus, and i» known by the Magi in its highest and truest sense, for the Magi means, first, last and always, a collection of Mages who have retired from work among the |s-ople to do a greater work for the world in a more collective and universal manner.

Whenever a soul is awakened and starts out on the quest of Wisdom, there is one who knows his purpose and accompanies every step, leading him to IsNiksand teachers that will aid him in his purpose. This one is a Magus, and may Is- either embodied or diseinixslied, ami will, sooner or later, reveal himself. He only leaves the Neophyte when. by growth, lie passes into higher teachings, and needs additional guidance. Should, however, the Magus see at any time a falter­ing of the will or a vacillation of purpose, he will leave the pupil, never to return.

r H F m a c ; i .

Magic belongs to two realms. It may be worthy the name and lx- under the control of the human will, or it

1 may transcend this, and rise into the dignity of su(xr- nat lira I powers, by what is known generally as The­urgy or the ability to be used by the Divine Will for a certain end. In the former it is necessary to undergo long and severe training under a Master, that the hu­man will may become absolute ruler of a p a tite , thoughts, affections and desires. It lasts seven years, and often much longer, before all the weaknesses of the ego are under perfect control. When this is ac­complished its power is marvelous, yet always limited to human possibilities. Take a case of disease, pro­nounced incurable by ordinary methods, and place it in tin- hands of a Mage of the irill, what will be his mode of procedure? I will describe a case that occurred a few vears ago in Paris. The disease was cancer of the knee, in an advanced stage, and beyond the hope of relief by ordinary means. The first step of the Mage was isolation for three days, during which he fasted from all meats, wines, or any but the simplest articles of food. There was then made a wax representation of the diseased part—a perfect fac simile in color and contour. His inmlim o/w-ivoe// was never given to the public, but the connection of the diseased part with the consciousness was broken entirely; and the forces of blood and nerve force thus severed, it could not con­tinue to feed on the system and had to die. Whether the strong will controlled the mind of the patient and dominated him entirely, and for how long, we were not told, but the cure was effectual. The same Mage to-day. having passed into the mysteries of Theurgic art, he would pursue very different methods, quicker and more efficacious. The former is symbolized by the Pentagram, the latter by Solomon’s Seal.

In transcendental Magic the long training of the hu­man will is a very important factor. Without it noth­ing can lx- accomplished. It corresponds in the spirit­ual realm to a steady hand in the physical realm, where a fine bit of delicate surgery is to be performed.

First of all, it is inqxirtant to keep in mind the realms of being and manifestation. They are always //</■<< divine, human, and intermediate; or. spiritual, physical, and moral or intermediate; or, again, crea­tive. natural, and astral. All that is accomplished on the lower plane is really done in the cause world through the intermediate, for it is an immutable law that everything must have a medium through which to act. Mind cannot act without a physical instrument to perform its bidding, and spirit cannot act without mind as a medium Ixtween it and the physical. To know this law is not enough. We must lx- able to use it. To know that all changes on this plane are set in motion from the central world will do us no good un­less we understand how to affect that world by some-

| thing in ourselves.In Alexandria, at the time of Egypt's greatness.

Theurgy was taught and practiced in its perfection, and when Pythagoras was initiated into their myster­ies. and in his own country instituted the same mys­teries, he had but one object in view, viz, to bring the initiates or Caberei into conscious touch with the

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Cause World, through the chain of wise men of all ages, known by him as the Caberic chain, by Homer as the golden chain, and by the Egyptians as the chain of the gods. This once accomplished, and the law of magnetism understood, a desire passing from the low­est, smallest, feeblest, or latest link was responded to by the mighty powers of a Moses or Daniel. Herein lies the jiower of amulets and prayers that have l>een in touch with the conscious magnetic currents of great sages. Herein lies the power of the great Wmit, for it has been used in all ages by all nations and cannot fail to bring forth its result. There are no forms of Magic more powerful than the Psalms of David, and the Druses on the mountains of Lebanon to day use them for natural results. Nothing can be done on these lines by one living an ordinary life. Thmujhi* must be held ahmf from external things, desires must be withdrawn from this world and be entirely devoted to the spiritual, and the law must be known and un­derstood.

To those reading this article I would say that I have told enough in these few lines to give every one un­told power if they know how to use the knowledge, lieyond this I dare not venture. The first step is in living a life consecrated to the highest powers in man.

HELIOCENTRIC SC IENCE.A Treatise on John A. Parker's Cosmic Problem

of Three Revolving Bodies.BY ZENO T. CBIFFKN.

J. Ralston Skinner's “ Source of Measures, or Key to the Hebrew-Egyptian Mystery,” published in 1*75. is the most wonderful work of the last century. If I was to be sent to a desert isle for life, and had my choice of only three books, this would certainly be one of them. The other two would lx* the Bible and a 78-deck of Tarot Cards. It takes years of study to master Skinner's work, for it is real food for the con­templative mind, and a key to the Bible, so necessary in this schismatic age. I shall use ordinary and sim­ple language in attempting to elucidate the “ Trinity.” as I call it, “ in action. ” This problem, says Skinner, of the “ Three Revolving Bodies,” is that process of Mr. Parker, founded geometrically upon the elements of the circle and of the equilateral triangle. The cir­cle is the primary of all shaix*s. and encloses the greatest area, and is formed of curved lines, while the triangle is the primary shape in nature of all geomet­rical figures formed of straight lines. The triangle is of equal sides and angles, and contains the least space of an integral value, and with which, to determ­ine the value of a circle, that integral or least num­ber is found to be 3.

By means of this shape and this integral Mr. Parker obtains the value of a circle, that shape of greatest extension as compared with the triangle, in terms of the square. The square r<xit of the square r*x»t of this integer, or 8, is opposed by the square times the square of 3, or *1, which is the length of the side, and the di­ameter of his square. The area of this square is 8t

squared, or fi5»il. in terms of his least integral numer ically. The area of the circle enclosed in this square is 5153, a whole number also. Thus is found the great QfADKATK, 5153, which the mathematical world, since ancient times, has ignored.

To change area value into circumference value, in whole or |x-rfect numlx*rs, multiply this value of the enclosed circle. 5153, by 4; i. e.. quadrate it. and we have 1*0612 for the circumference of a circle hat has for a diameter exactly 0501 the area of fh« square enclosing said circle. To recapitulate:

Area of first square.................................. 0561Area of enclosed circle............................. 5153Diameter of second circle......................... 0501Circumference of second circle................. 20012

A practical mind asks: “ Of what value is thisQuadrature? ” Here it is:

1. It unlocks the measures and mysteries of the Great Pyramid.

2. The sacred cubit was derived from it.3. It gives the real value and meaning of the names

of the Deity in the Bible.4. Reveals the teachings of the Ancient Mystics.5. Is the foundation of the British Measures.0. And is. in short, a literary key to the compre­

hension of ancient learning.The Problem of Three Revolving Bodies obtains:1. Astronomical Time.2. Distances of the Sun. Moon, etc.3. Sizes of Sun, Earth. Moon. etc.4. And Periods of same.And all this more accurately than is possible with

instruments, observations, or any m«xlern invention.P koI’OSITIOX I of John A. Parker's problem is:••The respective and relative motion ot three gravi­

tating Ixxlies revolving together and about each other is as four to three, or one and one-third of one p r i m " r t f

circumference."This has Itafflcd all attempts of mathematicians to

solve, as also the Quadrature of the Circle, but it is daily performed right Ix-fore our eyes. I*arker rea­sons that whatever can lx- constructed by mechanics out of given magnitudes, can lx- >.r»s-//j» determined by numbers, for we cannot, out of the same magnitudes construct a square which is just twice as big as any other perfect square. So if this problem is a mechan­ical operation, daily (x-rformed in nature, it is lienee a thing capable of being proved by numbers, by a dis­play of diagrams, a safe mode. Mathematicians have demanded that the quadrature of the circle should he demonstrated by the properties of rfmijMi lines, well knowing at the same time that straight lines are inad­equate for such purpose.

The following are given as the elements of which the problem is conqx»sed:

l. Kokck. which, being applied, i n q x - l s motion, ami which, with res|x*ct to the forces of these three Ixxlies. at some |x>int are made equal, ami may lx- considered as but one force, and hence one element in tin1 problem.

<{ staii oi« n

i. MAcxiTroK. which includes the density, gravity, or otherwise of the IxMlies.

:!. Distaxck. which must be understood to mean the chosen distance from one another of these bodies as they |H-rform their revolutions in space. They must take up their mean distance from one another in exact proportion to their respective magnitudes and forces: and in proportion as these are greater or less, the dis­tances from each other will Is- greater or less.

4. Vkmxttv, by which distances are to Ik- per­formed or overcome by revolution, and which includes chosen distances, magnitude and force. In short, by the term velocity is included momentum, and every other quality, condition or effect of motion.

These four are all the elements necessary for the mechanical performance of the problem, and conse- quentlyall that are necessary for its determination by numbers. The Vhole constitutes but one problem or mechanical operation, in which four elements are con­cerned Force. Magnitude. Distance and Velocity.

There is a difficulty of reducing imponderable things to a jsinderable standard, generally, but not in this case for these elements may all l>e as truly represented by numliers and magnitudes as if they were palpable things in themselves, having the qualities of length, breadth and thickness. For instance, a force which can raise a stone, of any weight, one foot, and hold it there, is. in relation to the magnitude or stone, exactly equal to«./.< /;•* of measure, so that it is evident that the /••«•<■< and it ml, have become equal at thatpoint of elevation.

Parker now makes the following im|>ortant state­ment:

•• And therefore, r... r..«</, the magnitude, or stone, is. in it* relation to the force, exactly equal to • •lit JHl I't i»f measure, and conseipientlv and motion areeach also seen to lx- equal to one part."

This same principle exists in thn> bodies suspended in space and made to revolve about each other by force* inherent in themselves. If a disturbing force exist*, it must tiud an equality.

Till. Si.’I 'lliU K I. I’lionl-KM .

Out in Ohio, one morning, an old farmer took hi* favorite shotgun and repaired to the forest to hunt for black squirrel*. T hese squirrel* are the mo*t clever and cunning, so to *|ieak. of any. and therefore the most difficult to get a shot at.

The hunter at last came to a very large oak tree, twelve or more feet around, and. on looking up along­side ol the tree a couple of rod*, saw a large, tine black squirrel, just |h .-ping around the tree at him. only the tip end of hi* nose wa* visible, and a* the hunter advanced around, close up at the foot of the tree, with hi* gun j mi Hied at the nose of lii» crafty game, the squirrel »lowly backed out of sight, thu* keeping the same distance ahead of the hunter, until In- stood at tie »ame place he Is-gan at. with his gun still pointed at tin- squirrel.

V<"'•'/•' Had tin- hunter gone around the squirrel?I 'ertainly: for lie had gone around the trunk of tin-

oak and everything on it.

P H E M A G I . December, 1901.

I only give this country tavern problem to more strikingly present what follows.

Mr. Parker says, after presenting a diagram:•• First. Let us sup]iose that we have three bodies

revolving in space by their own gravitating power, and let the magnitudes of these bodies be exactly equal to one another: then, (if) their forces shall be equal, their distances equal, and l heir velocities equal, it will lie seen that they cannot revolve about each other, but must follow each other around a common center, and their relative motion, in respect to any point in space, must lx- on the value of the circumference of a circle which passes through the center of each body.

“ Suppose that each of the elements the fourwe have given) contained in this problem of three gravitating bodies, is an equal portion of the area of the circle which these bodies describe in a revolution, then the circle may be divided into four equal parts, with points at the ends of the diameter, and let ••ach part equal one. It will now be seen that in each rela­tive change of position (or aspect) each revolving bodv passes over an area equal to one and one-third. In other words, their relative motion is as J'onr to three. So. also, if each element shall be an equal portion of the circumference of the circle, or an equal portion of the square of the diameter of said circle, the same re­sult is manifest, and the relative motion of each re­volving body is as four to three of such magnitude as is made the standard of measure.

•• Second. Let the area of the circle inscribed in the equilateral triangle, whose sides make the distance between these three revolving 1m/dies, be as one, and it will be seen that the circle, whose circumference these bodies describe by their revolution, is four times greater than such inscribed circle.

•• Hence, again, their relative change of position is seen to lx* as four to three, or one and one-third of the primary magnitude which i* made the standard of measure, and it is seen that the circle inscribed in the triangle forms the basis of the area of that triangle when it shall be measured by circumference and radius, irhieh ore Ho-»»/./// te[fitinnde element9 of area in all shapes alike.

In short, in angular shape, it will be seen that tin *e ImmI'u-s. in performing a complete revolution, de­scribe a circumference equal to one and one-third the circumference of one diameter. In other words, their relative motion is as four to three of one primary cir­cumference.

•• The only circle in nature whose diameter and area form exact and equal portions, and the only circle whose diameter and area are equal to one another, is a circle whose outer circumference is Jour, and also when four is taken for a diameter the area of the cir­cle is equal to the circumference. Hence the relative motion of these three Ixxliea of equal magnitude, re­volving together, can not lx* otherwise than as one and one-third of such parts.”

Thus Mr. Darker seeks to set forth his opinions of nature in the construction of the solar system and of tin- cosmos, found in all bodies, as to their size, shape

December. 1901. S T A R O F T I F F M A O I . 7density, motion, relation to each other, and relative motion to each other, upon an underlying law, capable of mental realization and geometrical setting forth. The base of this law is the relation of the geometrical elements of the triangle, the circle and the square; and then the second stage is the relation of the area and rectification of the circle in terms of the square, viz. 0501 : 5133x4, and none other; and from this form of his quadrature value, and the problem of three re­volving IxKlies, Mr. Parker proceeds to the calculation of the time |>eriods of the Earth and the Moon.

A iK>int on the Earth at the equator |>erforms a cir­cle of time in what we call 360 degrees of space, or 24 hours of time, or 5,164,000 thirds of last subdivisions of time. Then 5 | m4 i.s an index of this work done and of a circular value accomplished.

Mr. Parker demonstrates that 5153 is abstractly the area of a circle inscribed in a square of an area of 0501.

Skinner says; “ The conclusion is irresistible that the numerical methods which we as mortals do possess, are. after all. but the very ones which some unseen l ‘<>w> r has been working by in the very creation of our cosmos, and in some way has actually implanted in us for our use." Here is Parker's characteristic value of a solar day, as a circular admeasurement in its division of 5164: Abstract value of circular area, in mechan­ical construction. 5153. As the first is the solar day in thirds, the second (or abstract circular value in thirds), in like demonstrations, produce:

•‘The length [as a straight line| of one circular day is 5,153,000 thirds.

“ The length of one solar day, 5,164,000 thirds.“ The length of one sidereal day. 5.109,640 thirds.“ Note the differences: 6' 30” 40'", or 31,000"'. and

4' 40" 40'".“ So that the relation of area of square to that of

inscribed circle is: Area of square, 0501. Area of in­scribed circle, 5153.

“ Which, l>eing rectified or changed, is four times the area of inscribed circle (5153) for a circumference (20,0 12) of a circle with area of square for a diameter. viz. 0501.

•• Now, calculating from the three revolving bodies, we have 20012 x 4 3ds 274*2.660+, and this multiplied by 4 :kls 30042.555+, in which the base is the area ol the inscribed circle, multiplied by 4. equals its rectifi­cation. which produces the solar year of 300.1355 • divided by 100. plus one-third of itself.

“ The first term. 274*2.0004-, is the value of the Moon's lunation, plus one-third of itself. Deduce this 274*21100+ x 5153000 51' loooths. and we ha ve 273.1 '3 220104+: Take this result as 27.31*3220014+ solar days, and reduce to pro|>er division of solar time, there results 27 days, 7 hours, 3*' 23” 1"’ 20"". Hut this is too small fora sidereal lunation by 4' 40" MS’", which added gives the exact time.

“ So we may accept as true the following, obtained by Mr. Parker by means of Ills wonderful quadrature:

“ A Sidereal Lunation 27 d. 7 h, 43' 8” 17" 20"“ A Solar Lunation 29 d. 12 h. 44'2" 64 |00ths+ .“ A Mean Year 305 d. 5 It. 4*' 50" 53"' 00"’’-“ A Solar Year 305 d, 5 It. 4*' 0" I”' 0'"'.”

These statements exhibit the use of the (Quadrature of the Circle in connection with the problem of Three Revolving I Jodies, as regards time of revolutions of the Earth around the Sun and the Moon around the Earth.

I have alluded to the measurement of the Earth* diameter, also. This the (Quadrature gives as 7.920. + miles, the decimal being a fraction of the equatorial diameter.

With this setting forth of the demonstrati * value of Mr. Parker's wonderful problems the way is made clear for the presentation of planetary |>eriods. which we will consider later.

LEO TAXIL. THE “ ARCH LIAR OF THE AGE.”BV HKLOI8E r o i NTKSS I»*ALKM« OI*KT.

I'ari* ( 'orrcf|M»mlrnt of the* ** \Va«*hinjft**n Po*t.”Leo Taxil. arch liar of the age. is dying in this city

|Paris|, worth several millions of francs—all made in juggling with the truth. And. as he told one of his friends the other day, lie will expire with a smile of triumph on his lips, because his life's work as a Mun­chausen has just been made the subject of a serious delxite in the Austrian chambers.

Taxil was the man who “ showed up" Masonry's connection with the devil; he invented “ Satanism and Luciferianism," and re]M»rted gravely and learnedly on the cult of the Diabolists, who never had any exist­ence at all except in his mind. The “ Black Mass." with its maniacal ceremonies and Cagliostro hocus- pocus. was another of his impositions on the credultHis that went the rounds of the world's press; he also sprung Diana Vaughn, “ devil's bride and great-grand­mother of the anti-Christ." u|*>n an unsuspecting pub­lic. with the result of having accepted as a creature of flesh and blood a phantom that could not be produced for the combined fortunes of Morgan ami Carnegie.

Finally, after keeping it up for twelve years, from April 1. 1**5. to April 1. 1*97. he called a meeting of his admirers at Paris on All Pools Day ami made this quaint little speech:

- Ladies and (lentlemen: Don't be angry with me.I have fooled you all these years. I he stories of Ma­sonry and devil-cult and devil-brides, etc., which I palmed off on you in a hundred lss«k>. |>amphlet* ami lectures were all stuff and n o n s e n s e . Tlu-y were lies, lies and nothing but lie*, invented for the |m r|»sr of testing )Mipular credulity."

Then a broad smile, a |*>lite how exit I wo Taxil. his (HK'kets bulging with ill gotten gain, every centime of which meant a ridiculous exaggeration of a highly ooloivtl caricalurt*.

Taxil hail* from M a rs e ille s , and received an excel­lent education. but was disowned by his father w hen quite young for.11leged connect>on with Masonry. He now say* he attended only three lodge meeting*, hav ing I teen cx|ielled for some yarn lie told aisuit tlH‘ order shortly after hi* admittance Hut inadequate knowledge of the rite* and purp»«sc* of tin- society that kicked him out didn't hinder T a\d from writing a

8 S T A R O F T H E M A G I . December, 15101.

number of hooks on Masonry to “ expose " its wicked­ness.

One of bis best selling liooks, of which 1*00,000 were struck off at 1*4 francs a copy—an unheard-of price in Prance—charged that every Mason was a murderer. Here is the proof offered:

Hefore a man is admitted to the higher degrees he is blindfolded and taken into a room where a live sheep is lying on the floor. The animal's moutl and and feet are secured and it is clean shaven, so that its skin feels to the touch like that of a human being.

“ Next to the animal a man is placed, who breathes heavily, feigning to struggle against imaginary ene­mies. The candidate is given to understand that the sheep's body is that of a disloyal Mason who gave away the secret* of the order and must die, according to some ancient law. the candidate being made execu­tioner. as a warning to him.

“ Then he is given a big knife, and after some cere­monial is persuaded to -kill the traitor,' that is. plunge the knife repeatedly into the body of the sheep, which he imagines to be that of an unknown human being, his brother.

••Thus every Mason is a murderer in spirit at least, if not actually, for sometimes treacherous Masons take the place of the animal."

This daring falsehood attracted wide attention, and even such men as Bismarck, Emperor William I, Em­peror Frederick, and the Prince of Wales, who were, and are, respectively, Masons of high degree, raised their voices against the monstrous imposition. Taxil had long been aching for an advertisement of that kind, and immediately sprung another book against Masonry on the unsus|iecting masses.

In this volume he *• proved " to his own satisfaction that Masons were not of this world, but of that below; that they were devil-ridden and subject to the orders of the jsiwersof hell. “ They belong to the party of the Evil One." he cried, ‘'anti their very existence is a menace to society. Murderers and assassins, as a matter of course, they indulge in works of hatred and vengeance, such as only the devil can think out." etc.

In l'!'- his Isstk, “ The Devil in the Nineteenth Cen­tury," made its appearance, which purported to give the actual experience of one Dr. liataille with his S a ­

tanic majesty in various parts of the world. Here are some extracts:

••While Dr. liataille was a Mason of the lower de­grees, lie saw nothing particularly wicked in their conduct, except that they were frauds and liars, but when he joined the ranks of the highest Masons, the Palladhists. his eyes were opened.

“ At his inauguration. Luther and Voltaire were called from hell to preach to the brothers. Lucifer himself was ex|iected. too. but before he could make his ap|M-arance, ‘ the brother sent to China' had to show up. At last became, bringing a small white Imix. The box contained three human heads tile heads of m i s s i o n a r i e s , murdered esjiecially for the purpose.

•• Thereu|s»n tin- Masons assembled round the heads, burying their knives into them while calling for Luci­

fer. Later the skulls were ground up in a mil), the mass lieing burned iijsin the altar of the Masons' idol, called ‘Baphomet. ’ Finally, all the lights but one were extinguished and the master Mason read the in- cantatu n to Lucifer, at the conclusion of which he asked all the brothers to open their arms wide. Then subterranean rumbles, a windstorm ensued, and the light went out! Earthquake and thunder followed, the hall illuminated with indescribable radiance.

“ Looking up, Dr. liataille beheld Lucifer on the throne. He made a speech, walked among the broth­ers. looked each through and through, and finally shook hands with the brother from China. The brother indulged in an unearthly yell, darkness enveloped the hall, and Lucifer vanished. When the lights were re­lit the brother from China was found dead. The devil had taken him.”

The book has “.000 pages, and this is one story of 500 or 600, among them “ hair-raisers" of this sort:

“ The Devil-pope, Pike (an American gentleman, by the way) and his meetings with Lucifer to advise about acts of wickedness for the Masons to commit.”

Another: “ The devil's workshops under the rockof Gibraltar, where hundreds of devils and Masons are at work producing paraphernalia used by the Ma­sons,” etc.

This book is illustrated with pictures of the devils ••as they walk among us.” We are introduced to Beelzebub sporting duck's feet, monkey paws, bat wings, long horns, ass's ears, and a cow's tail. Devil Moloch has the head of an ass, while the female devil, Astarte, wears a coquettish apron and has cat's paws.

“ Out of compliment for my readers—there is no higher form of Mattery than imitation—all my devils were fitted with donkey ears," said Taxil afterward.

Dr. liataille devoted many pages of his book to a minute description of the Masons' temple in Charles­ton, U. S. A., depicting it as the abode of the devil's cult, with a devil pope as high priest, and though the Catholic bishop of Charleston took the trouble to deny this silly story in a letter to the papal court, Taxil maintained that his report was absolutely true, and that his pictures were made from actual photographs.

By this time Taxil thought his millions of admirers on the continent ripe for even wilder extravagances of his fancy, so the devil-cult was invented. His intro­duction of the “ new religion," by the usual high-priced book, reads as follows:

“ We all know that the kingdom of the fallen on this earth i* divided into two camps, one of the Luci- ferians, who encircle the globe, who possess a ]>ope, a curia, a college of cardinals, who are. in fact, a parody on the court of the Vatican. The other camp is com- |>osed of isolated groups, working alone or under the tutelage of some seer, following a personal end. There seems to be no relation between the great army of Lu- ciferians and the cliques of Satanists."

The ls»ok divulged the contract between Satanists or Masons and the devil. As far as fit to print, it is here reproduced:

December, 1901. H T A n O F T H F M A O T . !>

‘•I abjure baptism anti Christian faith. I repudiate obedience to God. I deny the sacraments. I swear fidelity and vassalage to the Prince of Darkness. I will do as other Satanists do, and I will endeavor to bring others to this belief.

“ Then the neophyte is baptized in the name of the devil.

“ New godfathers and godmothers are assigned and the old ones banished.

"The devil receives a piece of the clothing as a gauge of jiossession. Ily faith and baptism lie rules the spiritual welfare; by blood, the corporal; by chil­dren, the natural, and by the clothing, all worldly goods.

“ The neophyte then says: ‘ Scratch my name out.O Satan, from the Hook of Life: inscribe my name on the Hook of Death.'

“ Then he or she adds: • I promise to make pleasing sacrifices to thee. I will slay magically each month, and every fortnight go so far as to even drink the blood of a young child.'

“ Lastly, the newly initiated cries out: • 1 will never confess my sins entirely, and 1 shall guard an eternal silence on my dealings with thee, () Devil!'"

Thinking perhaps that the public might get too much of him. Tax'll next invented Diana Vaughan “ some time the devil's bride and executrix of his un­holy commands, but now reformed and eager to dis­close the diabolical secrets she learned during her ap­prenticeship in hades and as high priestess of the Masons.”

“ On Diana,” explained Taxil, “ devolved the awful duty of killing the children intended for sacrifice and whose blood is drunk by the fanatics. To her also was given the task, after a certain novitiate, of enticing men to join the order and enrolling them under the devil's banner."

Of course, a jierson who did such things and saw such things had a story to tell, and presently Diana, too, blossomed out as an author of books on Masonry and deviltry. Prom one of them this description of the famous “ black mass" is borrowed:

“ In a thick cloud of jierfumes tin- priest ascends tile altar of Satan's synagogue.

"On the table is seen a goat with a human face, al­ready excited by some preliminary homages, intoxi­cated by |>erfumes and adoration.

“ The priest opens a box and takes out some wafers.“ The rites jierformed and the words s|H>ken during

the continuance of the magical ceremony are blasphe­mous in character, and- the sacred vessel ami its con tents are subjected to insult and mockery. The goat plays the infernal part, cursing and reviling, and. lastly, the following incantation is delivered: ‘ .Mas­ter of the Ksclandres. dis|ienser of the benefits of crime, intendant of sumptuous sins and great vices, sovereign of contempt, preserver of old hatreds and inspirerof vengeance and misdeeds.’

“ At this ceremony the children of the choir are clad in red and wear scarlet cap* surmounted by two horns. They hold black candles in their hands."

The above are some of the printable contents of Miss Vaughan's great book, but as a matter of fact there never wasa Miss Vaughan. The mythical Diana was simply a »«,» </«- /#/««<*■ for fx-o Taxil, who ex ploited his alter ego for all it was worth. Among other rubbish, lie told his readers that the young lady had been dedicated to the service of Satan when scarcely fifteen years old. She rose quickly to the higher offices and soon became “ the Vicar of Hell's " first assistant. “ The vicar." said Taxil, was General Hike, of Charleston, S. which is called the “ In­fernal Rome."

While high priestess of the Masons. Diana—we are further informed owned a private devil, named Asmo- daeus, who executed all her commands with prompt­ness and dispatch, and, small wonder, seeing he trav­eled about on a “ monster, half lioness, half crocodile, fitted with tremendous wings." As for Asmodaeus. he had three heads, either of which he could use at will, an ox-head, a ram's head, and that of a crowned personage, spitting fire.

Ik-fore parting com]tany with her subterranean friends. Miss Vaughan obtained from them a numlier of interesting documents with signatures attached Of the latter, that of “ Devil Bitru ” is one of the most elaborate It was signed to the following docu­ment:

•• This is to testify that the most puissant and gra­cious Hitru recognizes Kophia-Sapho. also known as the great-grandmother of anti-Christ." etc.

“ On the eighth day of the month of Haopliy. in tin- year OUOHiifi, said Diana will give birth to a daughter, who will Ik- the grandmother of anti-Christ," etc.

And this rot. and more of it. was eagerly swallowed by hundreds of thousands of Kuro|»eans during twelve long years at the end of the nineteenth century, for Taxil's books were translated into German. Italian, Spanish and several Scandinavian dialects as quickly as they ap|K-ared. the various publishers securing the right of translation long beforehand, outbidding each other in the matter of royalties.

“ The public made me wliat I am. the arch liar of tin- period." -slid Taxil recently, “ for when I first com me need to write against the Masons my object was amusement, pure and simple. The crimes l laid at their door were so grotesque, so impossible, so wildly exaggerated. I thought everybody would s«-e the n>ke and give me credit for originating a new line of humor Hut my readers wouldn't have it so; they accepted my fables as gos|H-l truth, and the more I lied lor tin- |Hir |H>se of showing that I lied, the more convinced lie came they that I was a |Kiragon of veracity.

“ Then it dawned iqsm me that then- was lots of money in lieing a Munchausen of the right kind, ami for twelve years I gave it to them hot and strong, hut never too hot. When inditing such slush as tin- story of the devil snake w ho wrote projdnvies on Diana's back with the end -if his tail, I sometimes -slid to mv self: - Hold on; you are aoitig too far.' Imt I didn'tMy readers even took kindly to the yarn of the devil who, in order to marry a Mason, transformed h i m s e l i

i o D ecem ber. 1901.STAH OF THE M A O T .

into a crocodile and, despite the masquerade, played the piano wonderfully well.

••One day. when lecturing at Lille. 1 told my audi­ence that I had just had an apparition of Nautilus, the most daring affront on human credulity I had so far risked. Hut my hearers never turned a hair.• Hear ye. the doctor has seen Nautilus.' they said with admiring glances. Of course no one had a clear idea of who Nautilus was I didn't myself but they assumed that he was a devil.

•• Ah," concluded Taxil, “ the jolly evenings I spent with my fellow authors hatching out new plots, new. unheard-of jierversions of truth and logic, each trying to outdo the other in organized mystification. I thought 1 would kill myself laughing at some of the things projMised. hut everything went: there is no limit to human stupidity."

^ • mGreat Pyramid Angular Basis of Measure.

The November number of that unique publication. Xutr* iiml iiiffii-H, contains the following article on the •• (Jreat Pyramid Angular Basis of Measure," by Louis H. Ayme, Guadeloupe, \V. I. Mr. Ayme is a deep stu dent of old Cheops and anything he has to say merits close attention by Occultists generally. We quote his article in full:

•• How did the architect of the Great Pyramid divide the circle? Did he use our system of atio degrees, di­vided into »>o minutes and each of these again divided into do seconds? Or. did he know and use some other system? I do not pretend to answer these questions.I think I have a new and very beautiful proof of sev­eral important things. I think I can bring forward a new proof that the architect knew perfectly every property of the circle and gave evidence of his knowl­edge. and of his intent to |>er|>etuate it. by the use In- made of straight lines.

••In my article on the ' Height of the King's Cham­ber ' (.V. <1 Vol. XV. p. -i~\, I showed that its chosen height was governed by the angle of the diagonal from one (Iis)r corner to the diagonally opposite ceiling cor­ner, and that that angle was LM ">*’ 4"", or the latitude of the Pyramid. It has been fully explained that, theoretically following out the builder's plan, one would have ex|*ected to find the Pyramid in latitude •M exactly, and. also, why it was not there placed. My article just referred to asserted that the selection of the angle which expressed the «.-/«/»/ latitude of the Pyramid was made purposely. Hut in that case one would ex|s-ct to find somewhere the theoretic angle •Hi as clearly indicated. Where better than in the Capstone? Hut how? I could not assume that the builder used our system of degrees. I had to assume that he knew all about circlesand angles. It occurred to me lately that lie should have known of the there retical unit angle, what is now termed a ‘radian.* Forthwith I calculated the nuinlier of radians in the King's Chamber's latitude angle. I found it to beaSfcMW. I recognized a if miliar look in that nuinlier

and turned to my discussion of Capstone measure- ineiits l.V .» V Vol. XV. p l'i!q. I did find a closely

similar number. Then I calculated the number of radians in an angle of :t0 . Here are my results:“ Nuinlier of radians in an angle of 110 , .028511**•• Volume of the sphere whose radius 1

is the height of the Capstone in 5285tl8.05(1250 | cubic inches. )

‘•Shall this. too. be called a ‘fortuitous coinci deuce'? Or, does it not show that there was design and • necessity' in every linear Pyramid measure. I no longer need such proofs, but this may interest some or induce some one to go on farther."

Revision of New Testament in Modern English.In ‘•tentative form." the Twentieth Century New

Testament is now complete, part third having just been added to the two sections previously published in Chicago. The new revision, which has been trails lated by well known Knglish scholars, isaimed to meet a demand for the Scriptures in modern English.

In this revision a suggestion offered to the English revisers, when the edition of 1**1 was in preparation, has been adopted and is accountable for the *‘ tenta tive " form. The new edition will circulate experi­mentally for two or three years, and it is announced that criticisms and suggestions will be welcome. The identity of the men engaged in the revision is not re vealed. but, according to the announcement, criticisms should be sent to a certain “ Treasurer” in England, who will receive but a few. as jieople, scholars espe cially. like to know who they are writing to. We re gard this secrecy as altogether unwarranted, and such as might hide some other motive than that of render­ing the Scriptures in modern English merely. It is well known that certain “ cults." like •• Eddyism." for instance, by forced translations of the Scriptures, do violence to their text; thus, to have a proper conti dence in this •• latest revision" the names of all con­cerned should be made public.

Public criticisms, however, may be expected, just as the Stak is here engaged. We note that the l.nniliin Kmiinji Xiii'h says:

•• In Chicago even the masterpiece of literature is not sacred. Twenty misguided inhabitants have just issued a translation of the New Testament into mod ern American. Such an atrocity almost make one sigh for a few hours of the inquisition."

From the fact that the new translation is the work, as announced, of “ English" scholars, whose address is an “ English " town that could be annexed to Chi­cago as a suburb without much notice being taken of it. it is safe to conclude that the whole matter is an enterprise of certain Englishmen who show good busi­n e ss sense by coming to Chicago to get their printing done, and where American proof-readers will correct their bad s|ielling. Hesides. Mr. Xeint, if one, can translate, has not he the right? And "prent" it. too. if he have the coin? It is just such bigoted and sense less utterances as you here exhibit that cause Ameri can publications to sell so well in England. To take unwarranted dings at America is poor policy.

It is claimed that the translators have been at work

December, IttOI. S T A R O K T H E M A O f . I tii|nhi the revision for twelve years. In introducing it to the public the announcement says:

“ Few English-speaking people of to-day have the opportunity of reading the Bible in the English of their own time. In the course of the last hundred years the Bible has l>een translated into the everyday language of the natives of most countries, but the lan- guageof our Bible is still the English of 900 years ago."

It is the colloquial character of the English used in the new translation which has brought down criticism. This is illustrated in the first letter to Timothy. A comparison of the old and new versions of one of Paul s writings concerning women, contained in this letter, will show the difference in the styles:

OLD TKXT.“ In like manner also that

women adorn themselves in modest apparel with shame­faced new* and sobriety: not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array.

” Hut, which becometh wo­men professing godliness, with good works.

•* Let the women learn in si­lence with all subjection.

•* Hut 1 suffer not women to teach, not to usurp authority over the man. but to be in si­lence.

“ For Adam was first formed and then Kve.

“ And Adam was not de­ceived, Isit the woman being deceived was in the transgres­sion.*'

MODKKX K N U L 1SH .

•• I also desire that women should make themselves at­tractive by theirdiscreet. quiet and modest dress. They should not indulge in wreaths or gold ornaments for the hair, or in pearls or in expensive clothes, but as is pro|>er for women who profess to lie religious they should make themselves at- traotive by their gissl actions.Women should listen to their teachers and always show them deference. I do not consent to women becoming teachers or exercising authority over men: they ought to lie quiet. It was Adam who was formed first, not Kve. And it was not Adam who was deceived: it was the woman who was so completely deceived that she fell into sin.**

If Paul ever ha* tile good fortune to reincarnate in Chicago, and graduates from a common school, a very far different opinion of women as teachers will Ik* his. As an authority on women, or most anything else, the writings of Paul, more than any other gosi**l writer, became obsolete a long, long time ago. We shall not cumber our book-shelf with the *• revised version ” even if it was translated by •*English** scholars and read by American proof-readers.

^ —A Wonderful New Light Discovered.

Professor Frederick I*. IJorliam. of llrown I’niver sity, is engaged on the problem of producing the great­est amount of light with the smallest amount of heat, ami he hopes to accomplish this by chemical means.

There is a kind of animal phosphorescence which is so far as known entirely devoid of heat. This is the light observable in glowing summer seas, in fire flies, in decaying vegetation, or decaying flesh. Science has long known that the phosphorescence of the seas, of wood, and meat was from minute animal and vegv table organisms. Professor Corliam obtained a <|uan tity of these from a piece of decayed meat, which he transferred to test tubes containing gelatine. These tidies emit a vivid greenish glow. The professor said he had taken several photographs by tile aid of the light, which is the result of oxidation, just as the heat

of our isslies is from oxidation; it is a chemical action. Tile organisms are sustained by three chemical salts, the principal one being ordinary table salt. He hopes to find a chemical to take the place of the organisms.

PRE EXISTENCE.

The Theosophist to his Child.“ There i* no Keligion higher than Truth.

)/«•//«• *»f tfn A•• /»*•/»**.Kre*h comes thy spirit, child, from Ik-vachan.

And thither, in our view, it will return:Again, long ages hence, to wake ami don

New life, in some new lamp of flesh to liurn.Thou art eterne: for untold ages liack.

liroadcast upon the boundless ether sown.This new-liorn soul of thine has left her track.

Ami likewise shall for centuries unknown.Thou art eterne: the simplest deed or thought

Is graven on the astral fields of space.Ami lo! in after time thou shalt be brought

With thy undying record face to face.Thou art eterne. I say: and yet for some.

Whose lives no influence for good can hoast.Annihilation waits in outer gloom

Avitchi they have won. Nirvana lust.What might the seer in thy |»ure eyes divine.

What mystic tale of Idrtb. and life, and death!Thou mayst have lieen some Priestess of the Shrine

To me thoo owest nothing Iwt thy breath.What mayst th«»u not have l*een when time was young.

Hefore this wheeling orb e*er saw the light!Some t ’irce. haply with an angel's tongue.

< H yet some Helen of barbaric night.In thee might Sappho's |»ent-up fires have burned.

Or from thy li|** Aspasia's wisdom flowed:Thy former ashes yet may lie inurned

In temples where the Pluvine ( mmI abode.I know not. I wit thou mayst have sometime w»»m

With queenly grace the |»urple cloth of Tyre:* >r with the Thracian maids thyself have torn.

What time the loved Musician did expire.Thy lip* indeed may once have been as mute

At Menmon's |»ul*ele**. shattered image now:Or like the Arcadian shepherd’* rustic flute.

As tuneful a* the l»ee* on llyhla's brow.Hast thou, like me. some gliui|>*e of years forgt*.

Some gleam of life |»ursued beyond the stars?Some memory Lethe stupelieth not.

Of melodies oft played on golden Ivar*?I do remember me of some far youth.

( >f skies unclouded and a siren** voice: o f M4»ane Kurydice I hist in sooth.

Of scene* that come ami go without my choice.Who know*, when our untiring soul* have wrought

The ends of nature through a milium live*.When Fun* ha* hern said. who know* hot what

The record of th«*w wanderings survives?It does! lake dusty papers laid away.

demote from lo** against the time of need.These records yet shall *ev the light of day.

And we ourselves each entry made shall read.Ay5 That will lie our Ibv of Judgment when

Awakened memory restore* the past.And yields to each hi* l lo 4 of Idle again

lie there no Idol in thine from flrst to last!ST. Lumok UfcMT.

U T A H < >K* T H K MAC; I December, 1 !•*>!

ASTROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.HELIOCENTRIC SECTION.

i iuHltti ti-4 h t W il m - F W h it m ik a i*. IO St IIMimm-. *•»„h.>m . .*inrminl« 4ti«»n- r«*.ir«lim : H elK w i-n tile A M ro lifv n u t h r aiM rr-M -il Mr \Vhil«*h**4«l i ' r r-p M n -ib lr f*»r a m . th .it 4 |« |ira r« in tfii- s « . l io n w h r lh r r o c n H »•« h im " t n«»i u n le — othrrw tM * n«»t***l

0HKI.HM K NTK H ZODIAC*.

POSITIONS OF THE PLANETS. ETC.. FOR DECEMBER.Mercury IKu hiIht 1st. IliOt. in Libra: **th. in Scorpio: iMh.

in Sagittarius; 3Pth. in Capricornu-.Venus l»»t. in degree 31 of Arie*: *»th. enter- Taurus: 34th.

enter* Gemini. Travel* a Is nit two degree- a day.Earth l-t. in degreeUof Gemini: 33d. enter*Cancer, the fourth

house, and winter commences. Travel* al*»ut one decree a day.Mar- l-t. in degree 31 of < 'apricornu-: loth, enter* Aquarius*.

.1 1 -1 . in degree 11 of -anie. Iieing degree 111 of the almve Zodiac..1 ii|»it« r 1-t. in degn t 33 of i 'apricornu-: lift, in degree 34 of

M in e . Now form- an important conjunction with Saturn.Saturn l*t. in degree l**of C‘apricornu*: 1.1th. in degree It* of

-ame: lift. fame.I'ranuf Indegreef IT ami 1“ of Sagittariu-during the month. Neptune In degree 311 of Gemini up to Wedncfday. the llth.

when he enter* the 1ft degree of Cancer.New Moon, in h’<mmi. on the 10th. in the iliininm of Sagitta­

riu-from the Earth in the hnw* zodiacal ana of Gemini and mhjh /i*liacal rirmmt*nnr* of Sagittariu-.

Full Moon, on the 31th. in both hou-e ami -ign of Cancer.The Moon enter- the >*</#** a-follow- l-t. in lao 31. Virgo:

Ith. Libra: Tth. Scorpio: Pth. Sagittariu-: 13th. < apricornu-: 14th. Aquarius: loth. Ki-ce-: lPth. Arie*: 31-t. Tauru-: 3UI. Gem* ini: 3*»th. Cancer: 3Tth. laro: 3Pth. Virgo: 31-t. Libra.

The Moon enter-each 1 llatioM the day it leave- it- >/</». Evening Star- Venu*. Mar*. Jupiter ami Saturn.Sun in Middle state-, on Dec. 31-t. ri-e- at T:1P: -et- at 4:4*. chri-tma- Day i- Wedne*day. December 31.

N K TK D H U LH aC A L IN D IC A T IO N *.

Meteorological and other di-turliance- are indicated for the -Id. Tth. llth. I“th. 31-t. 3dth. and contiguou* dav-. Some -harp ami heavy -torm- may I** look«*d for. etc., and I expect pre-ent • arth di-turba nee- will continue. Whatever the weather, we wi-h a Merry « hri-tma- to all. ami to all a Happy New Year.

EVENTS AND THEIR ASPECTS.A News Record of Prominent Features of the World's

Current History and Heliocentric Phenomena.O o M P IL K Il HV W IL M S Y . W lflT K H K A Ii.

i h tidier 21. VMt\. I’luuct-* |Nmilion«: Mercury in |*i*« e-.V« ntif in Aquariu-: Mar*. Jupiter and Saturn in Capricornu* a triple conjunction : I ranu- in Sagittariu*. and Neptune in Gem­

ini. Kartli cuter* Tauru*. Colombian in-urgent* defeated: 1"D killed, tdad-tone *tatue unveiled. Ilanitnond, Ind.. tire: hiss, +.1oo.tim. chile occupie* territory claimed by Argentine.

< K toln r 34. Admiral Schley tell* story of kittle with < ’evera's lleet. Nearly a hundred |*dfoned at a Hath. N. Y.. wedding.

< H'tolier 31. Philadelphia tire kill* lb. Pa. mine explo-ioii kill* .1. Filipino con-piracy, l-laml Leyte, discovered. Advo­cate-of -hip subsidy active. |I*kkiiktion . They will lose. |

< Vtolier 3d. President Koosevelt 43 year* old. ( ampania ami Lucania. I TO mile-apart at -ea. communicate: wireless telegraph.

October 3T. Mercury enter* Ari«**. Filipino insurgent-. Panay. defeated. Chile and Argentine prepare for war.

October^. Pace war. 3 white- and 31 negroes killed. King Alfred, world's largest cruiser, launched at Barrow, Eng.|Pkk.dkt i o n . This cruiser will become famous in history.)

< Vtolwr 30. Venn* enter* l*i*ce*. C’zolgoss, the Polish as­sassin. executed. Hoers attack British and are repulsed: 4n Boer* and 31 British killed. Chinese court arrives at Honan Fu.

i k*tolwr 30. Snow at El Paso. Tex.: earliest on record. Ihier reverse- reported. Chicago ha- large tire. Bread riots. Mexico.

October 31. Celni Filipino* surrender: 300. Earthquake felt at la»well. Ma—. Plague case* in Glasgow: 1 death.

Novemlier 1. Sjiecial envoy sent by (Guatemala to I'. S. to ex­press-orrnw of that government at McKinley's death. Yaqui- Mexican race war active: Indian* massacre 30 ranchmen.

Novemlier 3 Mercury enter* Tauru*. Pan-American Ex- |N»-ition closes. Chinese Empress escapes assassination.

November 3. Sudden change to winter weather: snowstorm- in Illinois. Wisconsin and Iowa. Samar Island blockaded by 14 American war vessels. Firemen make a living chain of them- -clve-at Mount Vernon and rescue six families from tire trap.

November 4 Chinese court rejects new Manchurian treaty with ISussia. A great fog in Unidon *to|»* business. French squadron arrives at Turkish |sirt of Smyrna.

Novemlier .1. State and municipal elections -how Kcptihlicaii gains: Tammany Hall defeated. French squadron seizes three principal |*>rts of I-laml of Mitylene. Izondon fog continues.

Novemlier d. Li Bend Chanu diks at Pk.kin: had stormy interview with Uu—ian official. Fire at Hurley. \Vi*., kill* P.

November 7. Mercury outer* Gem ini. France and l*u—i.t reach an agreement to force Turkey to make reforms in Armenia and other provinces. Schley inquiry ends.

Novemlier H. Turkey grants French demand*. Dutch troop- defeat Java reliel*. Colombian rebel- capture Tumaco.

November P. King Edward celebrates hi* With birthday. Earthquake at Brescia. Italy.

Novemlier l»>. Marine disaster* re|iorted. Diplomatic rela­tion* between France and Turkey restored. Earthquake wreck- house* at Er/.erouni. Turkey. British gun hurst* and kill* T.

Novemlier 11. Filipino in-urgent* routed at Abrade Hog.Novemlier 13. Mercury enter* Cancer. British coa-t i-

-wept by fierce gale that cause* great damage to harbor* and -hipping: many vessels l o s t and -ailor* drowned.

Novemlier 13. Mine cave-in at Oronogo, Mo., buries entire plant. Ue|M»rt* indicate that lid lives were lost in storms now -weeping British coast: shores strewn with wrecks. Filipino rebels dispersed in liatanga* by American cavalry.

Novemlier 14. Earthquake* in Utah wreck Iniildings in many place-: 2U shock* during the day; estimated loss. *.Hm: all part- of state affected. Many marine disaster*. *torm* and tire*: .1

killed and several missing by Va. mine fire. British gales de- -troy more vessels and lives.

Novemlier 1.1. l<eonid* seen and charted in large number* at many ol—ervatorie*: Carleton College more than 1,111) in one night. Vessel* forced to remain in lake jiort* by a gale that has lieeii raging for three days: many wreck* re i sir ted. Earth­quake -hock felt at Buena Vista, Colo. New 13-inch army gun a great success: it* -hell |ie net rated armor 111 Inches thick and exploded. Earthquake at Erzerouni. Turkey, kills 33. Four Itriti-h ship* founder in storm at the mouth of the Tyne.

Novemlier Id. Venn* cuter* Arie*. I guidon is again fog- IsMind: Im-ines* at a standstill.

Novemlier IT. Mercury cuter* Leo. Striking coal miner- riot in Ky; fatalities result. Norwegian steamer Ella lost in

December. 1901. S T A H O K T H K M AC SI•tor 111 off Newfoundland coiutt; erew of 2*’> perish: otherdi*a*ter* re|H»rted. Meteor net» lake of oil on lire near Tul»a. I. T.

November 1*. laird I’auneefoteand Secretary Hay affix their *ijfnaturc» to the new treaty for the construction of a Nic­araguan Canal: I*. S. jfiven control over waterway. Twelve |KTMons shot liy hunters in Maine wood* who mistiNik them for deer: .*»die. Mont. H. II. accident kills 10 Japanese: 2* injured.

Novetnlier ll». Chicago fog causes many accidents. Steamer Kaiser Wilhelm takes $7.<MUNNI in gold to Kuro|ie.

November 30. Colo, mine lire imprisons 2«*» miners: over a score of liodies recovered: victims may numlier li"*. Ari/. K. K. accident kills 7. Argentine tmo|** invade Chilean territory. Three Samar insurgent cam|is destroyed. Americar tr«N»|is land at Colon to protect traffic across the isthmus: rebels sur­prise Colombian forces and capture city.

November -I. Kiots in Athens over translation of Scriptures:7 killed, :•>! injured. Colo, mine yields 23 dead.

Novemlwr 22. Kartli eu trrs tiem in i. The January S t a r will contain a summary of notable events of the Karth** transit through Caemlni under the Sun in Sagittarius.

— m ♦ mTHE ASTRAL NUMBER

Under the above ca])tion tile November number of l '<miinil Emit* prints the Astral Number as we have re­quested, and. having examined it carefully, I find it is correct in every particular. For giving the Number a •‘ fair showing" in thus doing I wish to sincerely thank Mr. Evans Hugh.

1 M ifi;■ that the Astral Number is a key to some far reaching and stupendous system of Astrological truth: that it was slowly evolved by illustrious As­trologers who have long since gone to their reward.

1 have given what evidence i could concerning the irinkiiiij of the Astral Number, but there remains some matter for me to present relative to its analysis and history. Some of this is only a matter of belief with me. and. as such, is held subject to change: therefore, l ask no one to accept any I may present ex­cept as a clue, a suggestion or a help to Hu- m il hull, in the matter. “ The truth, the whole truth and noth­ing but the truth " for "II, wholly defines my |>osition, for any personal motives do not and should not exist other than this end Mr. Hugh views this problem from a different stand|ioint than I and naturally enter­tains different views. He thinks that the Astral Num­ber is “ an ingenious mathematical puzzle without any astrological basis whatever." This dues not disturb me in the least, especially as he adds: “ I want eachone to form his own conclusions and ihmiiiiijlilii inrr*ii ii"lij the matter." 1 heartily accord with this.

If Mr. Hugh is wholly sincere in his invitation for a thorough investigation, uml I mur mumim ih"i In <«. he will lay aside any (mssible prejudice, if he has any. in the matter, and frankly and fearlessly publish in his excellent magazine n i l ami ir lm li n r r r i i l r m r iiim j h r />#-■» i l i ic r t l h ii i i i i i j I * * I i j i i * h, l/ii A * li i i l X " ill I m i ' .

Thus, while Mr. Hugh and myself hold diverging opinions on the Astral Number, we occupy a common ground as to having a full and thorough investigation made of it. As for myself, I shall fully discuss the “ detailed criticism" of Mr. Hugh on the Numlier. Incidentally, I shall also consider its probable origin and history, its analysis and uses, and whatever other (mints or matters may arise. My first pnprr will ap pear in the January Stak .

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USEFUL TABLES FOR ASTROLOGERS.There are a number of useful tables that the Astrol­

oger wants occasionally but hardly knows where to look for them as they are not in his Issiks. For in­stance, take the Obstetrical table below. F o r som e reason a figure of the time of conception is d e sir e d . this table gives the day to an exact certainty in all ordinary cases of every-day life. It will be noticed that leap years are not allowed for. Should February have twenty-nine days during the period ado or sub tract, il necessary, one day as the case requires.

ORHTKTKK'AI, TAHI.K.

We shall print one of tiles,- useful t a b l e s in the S r \ k from time to time, ami Astrologers who have found some mirticular table as useful to them o« occasion, and not ordinarily in "the books,"are invited to send the same to us for publication

S T A l { < ) K T H K M A C i l December, l!*Ot.1 4

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iu il» i ii- t \ ii «ii> h w ill r»-« •-»%•* |»rom|»t *n<! a|*|*ro|»rlai»-.»tt»-iit ion an«|«• know U -.u in .n t I ’tMvaiUltU* n i4 iiii~ ri|* t•• w ill !«•■ r t tu rn .-.l if r«-«|ij»-%t.-.|

INDICATIONS OR INFLUENCE: WHICH?iseemingly a- an answer to I'rofe—or i'unningham's

article mi whether tin- planet- I 'a use or only Indicate. Frol.-rick Whit.- says in hi- .1 «/•/»/.

"Astrologv i' tilt- science of tin- -tar- the tin-een law of tin- univrri- which govern- humanity.

" A ll that i- known of Astrology i- what ha- been olK.-rv.il by t i n - interested in the -tu.lv of the-e un- -e.-n force-for several thousands of year- Why tin- planets of our solar system, a- well as the sign- of the Zodiac ami the fixed -tar- shoul.l hav. an influence u|M.n all human, animal ami vegetable life, no one know-, but year-of olmervation and -tu.lv have |>rove.l that this i- the case. From the hour of birth, the As­trologer will tell the characteristics, mental <|ualities. busine— ability, ami all that com.-- into the life .rl the individual a- accurately (when the hour and minute of birth is knoHin a- if it were written in a liook instead of in tin- heavens

“ Many Astrologer- claim that the -tar- influence but do not com|t I; others a-sert that the -tar- indi­cate but do not cause an event. A- a rule, they make this claim to cover up their own errors. There is no Astrologer w ho i- infallible in hi- judgment, yet there are many who. when they have made an error in their judgment, are too conceited toadmit it and will assert that tin- will of the native overcame the influence.

" Astrology proves that one born under a certain sign ami configuration of the plam-t- will have a cer­tain mentality, and certain traits of character with a love for certain things. Common sen-.- teaches that on.- who has a love for one thing will have Is-tt.-r suc­cess in that than in something lie has an abhorrence for. and il has Is-.-n observed that certain plants a- well a-certain type- of m.-n and women have differ­ent forms, like- or d.-siry- according to the place of lb.- Moon: certain plant- will not grow unless they have sunlight, others must have moonlight. To -ay that tin- Sun do*-- not have an effect, regardless of wheth.-r it indicate-, i- to make a very ridiculou-a- -ertion w hich no one w ith common sen-.- will make, therefore, it observation has shown that Jupiter in tin- a-c.-iidaiit of a nativity i- followed by years of good health, it i- not unreasonable to assert that .In lite r in the ascendant of a nativity causes good health.

•• Astrology, a- well a- palmistry, phrenology, or any system of reading tin- tendencies of one s life, is Fatali-m. clear and distinct! It is |mssible lor one to change his like-or di-likes if he so desires, but can In- do tin- w ithout a cause, and what i-a cause but a nat lira I law which man ha- not made?

" I t is so ridiculous ami comical, that it is excruci­atingly painful to a reasoning |s-r-on, to see a wise Astrologer or I'lir.-uologist tell lu.w to make your own destiny, and they them-elve-a picture of |s>verty and

misery, ino-t of tln-m complaining of |ioor health, lack of money sufficient to clothe themselves decently, and often engaged in divorce suits or moving out of town between two days. Reader, just think of it. Master of their own destiny, and still soliciting business for a dollar a head! Even the Gods laugh at such con­summate idiocy. When will some of the Anti-Influ ettce and I Am people learn to set a good example and quit their begging if they have the world and the heavens by the horn-?

Now to the common sense part of Astrology. Ob­servation has shown that one born under a watery sign with his ruling planet in a watery sign, will have best success in a place located near a body of water. If the native know- this and i- so situated that he can take advantage of it, he will be benefited by living in such a place. Again, if one sees by their horoscope that they should not marry such a person as they may de-ire. that it will prove a failure, he need not marry unle— he de-ire- to do so. but I have observed that one who wants to marry a certain one will do so in spite of all planets and all Astrologers, and then be -orry for it. A certain Astrologer (who made Minne­apolis hi- home for a time) who claims that marriage would always be a failure with him, but that the plan­ets only indicated and did not cause it, married seven or more times, and has complained about his -hard luck ' in one sentence and asserted that there was no luck in the next one. that he was master of his own destiny. What a fine teacher he must Ik-.

" 1 have found that when one has had a certain ex­perience from a certain aspect or configuration of the planets, that like conditions did not cause like events, because, as one learns, he comes under higher laws. This is evolution, and evolution is fate.

•• When one can control their circumstances, make their own destiny, etc., they can take a ten dollar bill and walk into the Chicago Hoard of Trade and carry away all the gold there is in the world. . . .

•• What we need is some one who can demonstrate what he preaches in order to prove that Astrology is not fatalism, or that the stars do not influence their actions. Let some Astrologer pick out an evil period for speculation ami let them show that their judgment and success is good at such a time: let some of these |H-ople who control their circumstances and who teach others to do the same thing, keep out of the clutches of tin- law a few weeks longer.

••All do as they are influenced to do. It may be a love of money that influences indirectly, or it may be that one does things for the benefit of humanity out of sympathy, caused principally by Venus; but whether by one or the other, there is the influence to excite the inind. According to the formation of the brain, so will the person think. It is jiossible that they might think differently if they desired, but that would neces­sitate a cause for the desire, and if the element was not present to cause tile desire, then they could not desire to think differently.

--An idiot may Is- improved u | h >ii by a better mind, but it i- not the idiot's mind that makes the improve­ment u|K»n it-elf by any means."

December, 1901. S T A H O F T I f F M A O f . 1-*>

CURRENT COMMENT.T hk Mrlo/ilti/sHitl Mn<i<r,.hii for November contains a

horoscope and general prediction of President l{«Mtse- velt's administration by Julius Erickson. He predicts that the President will be elected to succeed himself.

W k learn that Mr. I 7. G. Kison, of Milo, Ohio, one of Professor Cunningham's pupils in Astrology, correctly predicted, a second time, the election of Governor Nash of Ohio. Doth the Professor and his pupil are to lie congratulated.

T he //<<ciwn/ie, of ::40| King street, Gorin Station. Herkeley, Calif., is a bright little Astrological publi­cation which employs the Hindu system. Editor W. M. Pearsall makes some momentous predictions in the November issue, among which we notice that “ Kuro|te and Asia will meet with changes of a startling nature very soon, for Mars will shortly form a conjunction with Saturn and Jupiter, and the Moon is in opposi­tion to them. "

I n a recent issue of that smart little publication. I'miiiiiil h'.n ntx. says Isidore Ko/.ininsky in the ll>ii hinti> i iif l.iijhi for October, there is an interesting article by “ Aquarius " anent the recent disaster to the English yacht Shamrock II. The writer mentions that the Shamrock I was rendered unable to help her successor on account of an accident to her sailing gear, and also that on the same day, on the Thames, a steamer bear- ing the name "Shamrock" met with an accident to her paddles, and was rescued from danger by another vessel, by name " Prince of Wales." Soon the same day three vessels, all having the name “ Shamrock,' met with accidents to their p ro filin g parts, t'ases of this kind are by no means uncommon or strange to the student of that wonderful lunik known as the t^u- halali. Numbers have wonderful virtues, the which I notwithstanding the repeated assertions of Pythago­ras and the Greek philosophers that " the universe is built on numbers " | find little favor with the ignorant critic of our days. Hut leaving these gentry to follow their own particular ideas, which little concern us, let us consider how the rules of the tjuhalah regarding names and numbers will apply in connection with the recent deplorable accident to the ill fated torpedo boat destroyer "Cobra." The name Cobra, treated (jubalistically, equals the number II. which signifies " The Two Urns," or “ The Two Ways." According to the information given in our daily newspapers, the "Cobra" broke in two halves, “ the stem and stern meeting together in the air. " It is further stated that the name of the braveand noble Englishman who com ninnded the "Cobra " was Gieutenant Alan Wyldbore Itosworth Smith, which name (juahalistically equals I* “ The Twilight." It will be rememltered that, a little time back, the " Vi|K*r," sister ship to the "Co bra," struck on a ri>ck during the naval maneuvers and was destroyed. According to the tjubalah the name Viper equals and symbolised as "The Hlind Pool"! In leaving these |Miints for consideration, I may mention the name of the United States warship "M aine," which, turned into mimliers. equals Id "The Hlasted Tower " !

Symbol./ THE SIGN SAGITTARIUS. Ruler, i'IT S S IO S IK I i A TIO N W H E N T A K E S 1 U H I .

|.\t all times when considering thedescri|itinn of the |s-r-unal appearance and characteristics denoted by this or any other '■"diai al sign, students -houlil keep the fact in mind that the de­scriptions are given to show the indications of the sign when taken alone w ithout regard as to whether the ruling planet ami the Mmiii are placed in dark, light, short, tall, stout, or dernier signs at the time of birth. Also without considering the indica­tions of the planet elevated alsive all others, ami those in aspect to the ruling planet. Moon, and rising degree. It must --- re- memliered that all planets may lie likened unto a sen-nixed plate in so far as they partake of the nature of. or par’ i sym- lsili/.e, the indications of the signs in which they are placed at the time of birth. When less than the sixth degree of a sign is rising at the eastern horizon, it is then necessary to cunsider some of the indications of the preceding sign ami blend them with the testimonies offered by the ISising Sign. It often hap­pens that a sign is intercepted in the lirst house, ami in such cases the indications must is- priqierly Idemled ami ludgmrnt rendered accordingly. When planets are in the lirst their indi­cations must also hr considered. Kach sign is divided into se-c- tions, called •* terms." and care should Is- taken to notice a- to the proper "term" in which the rising degree belongs. All these jsiints can Is- determined accurately only when the horo­scope is calculated according to the date, place, amt exact min­ute of liirth. Sun-time. Many of them can Is- determined when the time is quite near to the exact, ami some of them from the date alone, w ithout the time. When considering the character­istics it is always well to pay attention to the sign in which the Sun i» transiting at the time of birth or. from a Hrlioerntri. st a ml | s lint. the sign op|s*site to that in which the earth is placed. |

The ninth thirty degrees of the Xmiiac are represented by the sign Sagittarius, symbolized by the Archer ami ruled by Ju|dt«-r. It is a southern, common, hot. fiery. dry. masculine, humane, douhle-lsslied. tall, medium sign: the celestial home ami joy of Jupiter and the detriment of Mercury.

P K K m iN A I. A I’l ’K A K A Ni K.

Sagittarius denotes a tall, large, well pro|s>rtioned ligurc: the complexion medium, also clear and healthy in ap|warance: the hair near a chestnut color: the eyes medium to light, usually handsome, expressive ami oftentimes exhibiting a merry twinkle. The forehead is full ami broad, and at the |wdnt where the hair is or should lie |»arteil. by a ns’s, it grows in such a way as t« form a notch w hich is i|uite prominent.

| , |s |X S S |T I « > \ .

These characters are endowed by nature with a cheerful, jovial. Iiappv. generous, humane, charitalde dis|Mssition. The I fill I v enjoy a good joke and a hearty laugh: they are kind I” all humanity, also animals, and are e»|wcially fund of line horse*. Hunting is one of their favorite pastime*. They do not belong to the conservative class of people, for they are daring and in­trepid. They usually drift into some large ami im|swt.int enter­prise. Their idea- do not Hml their limit in a -mall They are apt to get entangled into the me-he-of the specula­tive net. ami if they do they usually make a reputation as a plunger: this will pan out all right if Jupiter, ami the houses of inonev. business, or speculation are not afflicted. I wit if they are they will at times make large amounts of money ami then h*. it quickly. If this happens they are not the people to hroml over it: they would l*e more liable to laugh about it ami then Start out t” recuperate their !«>»-«•-. They are- endowed with a certain kind of gwnl luck which dm- not fall to the lot of others for they may he on the very 'wink of a financial precipice ami just rea.lv to plunge over, when something will turn up in their favor which will enable- them to pull through in far hette-r con­dition than for a time appeared pnesihle. They are- natural leaders in am thing they IwVeWm interested mami will generally lie-eonie closely illi.il with the financiering t«rt of any hniiws- or enterprise with which they are associated. They are ge-ner- ally elected pre-i.leiil-of clu»«. ledge*, etc . and thx*e •»«.»- come without wdicitatlon on their part. The x are usually the IH-ople Who supply or command the money to promote xar»*i* kinds O f colossal enterprise'. Many people whe. were horn at a time when Sagittarius was rising will he found aimuig minister^ surgeons, physicians, orat.w*. attorney*. pol-tn lan*. l“e-«k »tx treasurers, general manager-. editor*. and in xainwis .dher kind- <>f leading p o ll ion-. t. t i NMV.Hxw.

December. 190t1<5 w T A t i o V T H K M A G I .

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EDITORIAL SECTION.< k<h»KF.I> stick* tit clone to a |s»t.lit: who slander* ca r r ie s a pitch-|»ot.«H*Ri**Ktlu* elem ent* to conquer them .WlIF.X b a d -a g re e wise nu n yet insured.It> the en»|»t> U ickct th a t ifurn to th e

well.Tmk leaner the turkey the higher the

|n*rch.A rh N K th a t stand* - till i- r igh t tw ice

every «lay.A Ft.u of th e I .. oni.l- gav e u- a call as

in tim ated .A jr« . witluHit a handle may hold j»i*-t a*

inik’li good wine.W hkn you get " s a v e d ." let ib know

wliat it was from.Wk notice that Eddy it e* go insane *onie-

tiiiM *. *• for keeW h a t a m an i n - ami not w hat he p*»**

M*iMN*« fixes hi* rank.MoNXIVi i« IIo| m*. noon i* Ih ity . evening

i- F a ith , night i* K«*«t.Tllf: fellow who often hits the buir**cye

c a n 't alw ay- *aw w«s*i.Sh w .t iiN tin* Slick ha* qu it lirajfinjf he

i- trigger th an I'ncU* Sam.A n a k i* unstrung i* equal 1« a church

o rg an *ix day* in th e week.Now th a t flu* cro|»» a re in. it i- ab*H,f

lino to - ta r t the •• revival* ."ViH' will ik-ti-r learn how to do it by

w atching o ther* '. get a " w o v e " on.A m n » i* g«NMi in it* way hut it fake*

th e o re nil |*»wer of to nNivr thing*-W t. ikrt i. *■ th a t the m an who "know s

all'* • • *»iiM*tiin. • worrit *1 over a iu d h e r m an '* ofrinboi.

lAK»n man know -a wlutle lot of wi-doin th a t i* unknown to tin- l#alam*' of man* kowl: .loo t yoti '

Krxxv, Isn't it. that we so easily detect the weakness** of others ami remain Id hid to virtue* more prominent?

It is said that “ pride goeth before a fall." How al*out the man who has not pride enough to keep out of had company?

Tm: liver of a l»at. the heart of a toad, ami the tongue of a snake, all stewed in a skull, will not cure the smallpox, but vac­cination will prevent it.

A ••vnixis'r" has discovered that the egg antedated the hen it was more easy for the '* tireat Dynami*’* to make it. Thus are we again betrayed into the un­scientific grasp of vile *ii|ier*titio»!

THE ASTRAL PLANE.Everything in the known universe has j

its astral double. The term astral comes | from the word "astro." meaning star: thus astral light means literally the light which has l»ecn rendered magnetic by the stars.

It i* sfsiken of ill the sacred liooksof the Hindus a* the living ethereal fluid that re- *|M»nd* to the will of the Creator, and. a* man contains within himself a part of the divine spark, the human soul. The astral j light al*o responds to the will of man. pro­vided that will is strong and concentrated and emanates from a determined being.

The astral light form* the delicate, in- tangible covering for the soul ami is taken into the Issly with the first breath of a new Isirn child.

The astral light exist* everywhere and permrates everything. It is much more ethereal than either air or ether.

t »ne of the old occultists endeavor* to explain it by saying that a glass may Ik- thoroughly tilled with sand, even *o it will receive yet a considerable quantity of wa­ter: also a \e**el may Ik- filled with water ami yet receive a considerable quantity of air. which rushes in to till the interstices of the liquid, (bring -till further, a jar may Ik- tilled with air. yet receive quite a lot of ether, which, on account of it* rar­ity. can easily till the interstitial spaces of the air.

Now, a* rare a* we may try to conceive the ether, we must draw -till further upon our imagination Ik-fore we can form any idea of the rarity of the astral light.

The a s t r a l l i g h t has many p r o |K * r t i e s , s o m e of which m a y seem s t r a n g e to t h o s e

who*** e x p e r i e n c e s have Iw-eti c o n f i n e d

w h o l l y to the r e a l m of the p h y s i c a l . As

This fact has been proven in many ways, one of which we may mention is the art of l>sychologi/.ing stones or fossils or even implements unearthed by the geologist.

The |>*yvhologi*t places to her head the article in question, and liecomes quiet and quiescent. The whole scene of former conditions, which may have surrounded the object hundreds or perhaps thousand* of years ago. comes vividly liefore the reader.

Some such relics bring forth pictures of huge reptiles and gigantic vegetation, or gloomy scenes of the glacial period may ap|K*ar. Some call forth happy reflections of primitive life, while there are other* that call up scenes of battle and bloodshed where man strove to kill man. for not since the golden age have we reason to lielievethat this planet was ever perfectly at peace.

To prove that such scenes are not fanci­ful creations of the negative's mind, if an object thus read Ik- taken to another |>sv-

holngist of equal skill and training, alamt the same scene will Ik- reproduced, show­ing conclusively that each object, whether animate or inanimate, carries with it for­ever the most forceful scenes of its exist­ence.

A* the land has its earth-lanind crea­ture*. the air it* denizens, and the sea its myriads of strangely formed creatures, so ha* the astral plane its being* or inhab- itant*. Ilya wise provision of nature, the mhabitants of each plane arc confined by certain law* to their own realm, yet if we note the lower forms of animal life we *hall find ample cause to believe that they greatly transcend the ordinary man in their |»ower to receive communication* from the great astral plane.

oliserve. if you will, the regularity with which the wild ducks and geese migrate. How certain lish seek fresh water for spawning at certain periods of the season, (bring still further, we might ask why do rats desert a doomed ship? or why doe* the family watch doe howl *o piteously when the angel of death approaches? To say *uch things are merely coincidences is an easy explanation, however, not accepta- ahle to the sincere investigator who seek* to know the truth. One of the most 1111- reconcilable peculiarities of human nature is to hear men calling loudly for pr«»of of iK*culti»ni and slurring the testimony of reputable |K-r*on*. when the same so-called materialist will accept without question

clear wat«-r reflect* w ith artistic |K-rfe* - almost any flimsy explanation of what lion the overhanging limb of a tree, or may be a glimpse into the unseen world, the face and form of a |»syche. so does the That the lower animals obtain informa- astral light reflect w ithin itself every act. | tlon through avenues dosed to the mass situation or condition of mankind.

I'nlikethe reflections of a mirror, or the clear and silent wafer, the images do not fade, although they pass away or move aliotit in this great storehouse of the infi­nite. Thu* everything that exists now i i | sm i th«- face of the earth, or ever ha* ex- idol in age* pa*t. has indelibly impressed its*-lf i i | m»ii the astral light and may, under pro|H*r condit ion*. In-called up ages hence to the tiew of imlNtrii nation*.

if humanity cannot lie doubted. I w ill re­late a case in (Hiint. from my own exiwri- ence, where a horse showed by his strange actions, a cognizance of the astral plane.

I re mem Ik-r once, when a Isiy and going to school, that just in the rear of our yard, a woman was found murdered one morn­ing. The mystery of the crime was never solved. Some time after the finding of the Issly it iK-came necessary for me to ride a distance on an errand. I aro*e

December, 1901. 1 7STAB OK THE MAGI.about four in the morning, mounted my horse and started. The path leading to the highway took me directly past the «|K)t where the body of the mordered wo­man had been found. I was riding slowly along, when my horse suddenly gave a hound that very nearly unseated me. The earsof the animal stood erect, it trembled all over most violently, and gave vent to loud snorts of alarm. I tried repeatedly to urge him past the s|K»t but was unsuc­cessful. Finally, he lunged to one side, ran furiously around the s|>ot and became almost unmanageable for at least a mile. At that time the actions of the horse were nearly incomprehensible to me, but later, through the study of occultism. I learned that the astral Issly of one who has de­parted this life may hover around the house or sjsit for some time, especially if the death be sudden or violent.

During life the three bodies of man should Ik* about equally developed, that is, the physical, astral and psychical.

The physical body is developed accord­ing to the food we eat and the ex erc ise we take, while the astral body may be devel­oped by proper b re a th in g , and the soul or psychical body by meditation upon the Divine Creator. All men, however, do not |K>ssess a properly developed physical, neither do all of us have fully developed astral Isslies, and welind less of those who have fully developed their soul forces.

The astral Issly is composed, as Ik-fore stated, of astral light, and as this fluid ex­ists everywhere, one should keep their as­tral body sufficiently replenished by fre­quently taking long, deep breaths.

When one has a g<ssl, strong physical Issly they must of necessity have a fairly developed astral. When one has suffered for weeks or months with some wasting disease, their astral body likewise becomes weak. When the end comes under such circumstances there is just sufficient co­hesion to the astral body to l>ear away the soul to its pro|»er realm, providing the subject has a soul left: but when a man is struck down suddenly,’ from accident or the assassin, a strong astral Isxly is liber­ated. This is what is sometimes seen by sensitives and others, and known to the vulgar as ••ghosts.*’

There is another im|s>rtant property of this fluid which can only Ik* mentioned, as explanation is beyond the power of man: The astral light is said to have been that which existed before the dawn of creation. It was this substance that yielded to the Divine Thought which brought forth the worlds, it has the peculiarity of moulding itself according to concentrated thought. Thus the man who fears gh<»sts, holtgolw lins, etc., as he passes a lonely graveyard, may easily create one or more specters for himself by keeping his mind u | h>ii such things.

The Society of Psychical Research re­lates an experience of a man who dreamed that he was being attacked by a huge balsion. When he awoke he found his hair standing erect and the cold insp ira­tion like lieadsu|Hm his forehead, .lust as

he wait about to congratulate himself upon the happy termination of his horrible ex­perience, he glanced over to one corner of the room and, behold! there sat a mon­strous balssm! He arose and dressed him­self. all the while casting side glances at his unwelcome visitor, -lust as he was alsmt ready to leave the room it disap­peared. lie was in this case much like Job. who said: “ That which I most feared has come upou me.”

Another thing which often holds the as­tral shells within the earth plane, is de­sire. People allow themselves to worship money, jewels, relations, homes or |K*ts of any kind. They are cultivating a most dangerous folly. They are binding them­selves with the chains of desire. Do not understand these statements to apply to the holy passion of love or the natural sentiment of affection. I refer to those persons w ho Income Idolatrous in the flesh, those who adore some material thing, and value it above all else. Such |K*rsons are worshiping idols. Some men will sacrifice their souls for money, others for a woman, and yet others for pride. They have dwarfed the grandeur of their being into a thing purely material. Such persons are held in the .astral plane. Isnind by the chains of desire.

For instance, if a man has an estate, a home, we will say, which he worship, many years after death his astral shell can Ik* seen, keeping a gloomy and silent vigil over his once cherished blot: there­fore the Orientals who seek the highest attainmant, first purify themselves by crushing out all desire save that for the F.ternal. They neither love nor hate, they look u|s»n the material, and justly so. as a tem|s>rary abode from which they are likely to move at any time.

Occult science also teaches that an as­tral Issly, liberated by violence, can move alsmt in the earth sphere, but is con­stantly attracted to and in sympathy w ith the deserted body. It is even claimed that for a time the astral shell can feel any in­jury inflicted u|>on the dead body. Now, with these statements, manv will ask to know what proofs we have of the exist­ence of the astral body, etc. We might relate much that we consider |msitive proof to ourselves, ami also refer to the experiences of others, yet such statements would not Ik* proof to you. Any one. how­ever, who has lost an arm or a leg can bear |*»sitive witness to an astral experi­ence. When the physical arm bsevered from the body the maimed individual can yet feel the hand ami fingers as plainly as Ik* fore the accident: ami if the severed member Ik* buried In a cramped |s*»ition. the cripple has been known to suffer in­tense |»ain until it has been exhumed and straightened (Hit.

To those who wtmld wish to go further into this subject, we refer them to a lxs*k issued by the Royal Society of Psychic Research, entitled •• Phantasms of the Living.** All statements therein are re­corded in a brief, scientific manner, with affidavits attached. You will learn that

the astral shells of the living can be seen more readily than the astrals of the dead. When one is in great peril, or about to die, the astral is frequently projected to some one whom they love, even though thousands of miles may se|«arate them.

To develop the astral body so it may be projected at will, is one of the highest oc­cult attainments, ami many who know liut little of occultism unconsciously project the astral during sleep.

This feat is always attended with it. e or less danger, as. if a loud noise occurred or the physical Issly was shocked, death would undoubtedly result: stormy weather also increases the danger.

T. J. H e t ik k o . M. D.

UNMASKING A “ DIVINE HEALER.”•* Dr." John Alexander Ifc»wie is charged

with fraud in his business dealings. His accuser is his brother-in-law. Samuel Ste­venson. who has asked the Circuit Court to ap|s»int a receiver for the ** Zion *’ lace industries at Zion Pity. He a Iso requests an order restraining Ihiwie from selling any more stock in the corporation, requir­ing him to make an accounting of hi» transactions in connection with the fac­tory. ami dissolving all contracts lietween the plaintiff and defendant.

The |K * tit io n is u n iq u e in t h e a n n a l s of t h e c«H irt. I t deals l a r g e l y w i th t h e al­le g e d piety o f the general o v e r s e e r a n d t o u c h e s o n re l ig U m . m a t r im o n y , p e r s o n a l f r i e n d s h i p , ami b u s in e s s , in a l l of w h ic h i t is a l l e g e d that E l i ja h II is a fraud.

The suit is liased on agreements follow­ing the transfer of Stevenson** lace indus­try at lteeston. Nottingham. F.ngland. to Dowie nearly two years ag(K The peti­tioner says he first met Ih*wie in Monta­gue. Michigan, in January. and was approached at once on the subject of sell­ing his business.

••The defendant came to your orator,** say* the |K*tition. “ in meekne-*- ami hu­mility, as he claimed, with his heart bleed­ing at every pore for humanity, and ap­pealed to your orator in the name of our Savior. Jesu* Christ. our lawd. to come to tin defendant and join with him in the notde and glorums work of leading men ami women to Zion, the Kingdom of towi.

The plaintiff admits he was “ carried away with the descripti«*n of the work as held out by the defendant.** and was “ led into what he believed to be the vineyard of life.**

Stevenson declares he 'pike to “ lb*." Dow ic alwmt mo\ ing to a strange country and breaking home ties, and thereupon, the bill says, “ the defendant, with a voice that was like unto the gentleness of a dove, hut with a wisdom that has been likened unto that of the serpent, said to Steven-on. * in all thing' we are one.' ami promised him that In* would appoint him a ikacm in his chun k"

Consenting to bring h*s factory to this country, the petitioner says lV»wie agreed to incorporate a company with a capital of hlJMMkkt. make Stcwnmn general manager ami overseer, deed to the corpo*

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ration twenty-five acre* of land near Wau­kegan. and to give the plaint iff incash and worth of full |»aid stockin the corporation in payment of hi* Inisi- no*.

The petition also intimates that Dowie «a«a coy a—i-tant to Cupid in addition to hi* other undertaking*. Steven*on al­lege* that al*»ut thi* time in their negoti­ation* he wa» a*ked by Dowie if he had anyone in view for a wife. But Mr. Ste­venson way* he wouldn't tell. Thereupon, it i- alleged. Dowie replied that he he- lieved the plaintiff wanted to marry the general overseer*# *i*ter. hut that **he could not hav« her." Notwithstanding thi** declaration, the t»ili says. l*owie later arranged a meeting Iwtween hi«*i*ter and Stevrn*on. and their engagement and marriage followed.

Steven*on assert* that near midnight on August r after having *|Krnt theevening with Ikiwfe. he wa* induced to sign two pa|*ers which he thought were copies of the original agreement, and did not learn to the contrary until dune of the present year. Then he discovered, he allege*, that he had signed an agreement by which he was to receive *1**UWU worth of common *tock instead of the same amount of capital stock, and which re­lieved Howie from carrying out his con­tract in regard to turning over to the cor- |M»ration the pro|**rty ami a-set» pur­chased from Steven*on.

ste • n***n states further that fk>wie ha- removed him from the |M»*itionof superin­tendent of the lace factory, and that he ha- | • aced the l»u*ine»s in the hand* of in- c«mila tent |*-rson*. The c**-t of running the plant, however, it i« alleged, is nearly

jK-r month. # 7#*••#»*/*» I r#7**o»*. No­vember l!*. l!«»|.

HOW MICH ARE YOU WORTH?One cu*tnn which the Iwjsine— man *»l>-

-erv«-. -ay- Mr. Hepworth. may well I* imitated in our spiritual concerns. At certain season* of the year he want* to know ju-t where h« i- financially, what hi* profit- have in m in the f*a-t and what hi- pro*|M . t* ar» for tiie future, lie can do tr - »•> taking what i-called an account of -t** •<. |f ha* a g«*id deal of cum* lierMMn<* material *»n hand. occupying •forage r«M»m which i- n«-r*ied for more at­tractive i,t *et* hi* wit- to work togt t r;t|t,f it. Whatever i- outline of the |M»|Ki;ar «;• tnand. whatever i* u-ele— for futur* tra.i. , fit -acrifice* without a mur- n. -r. In v, . .1 v he find-out what he -worth ,n hard m*»ri« v. what h« can and arid w r ,i» r . . ...» . ..nnt on in hi* aim toex|<and hi. Uj-ine—.

• -♦ tin--pirifnally. It i* notoft. t.»at s • -t t up tin -taixlard of trio ma '•*»**. woniaii.no*si and face the factthat have tjuaiifie* of character ami tend* tu , . 4j, , , «« »,ii-t hatu-h fr*#rn th* •oul if «, are to a. nit ve tfi. high«-*t »oc- ce**. an*i .*ti . r .pia.iti* - arsl tendencies which in ,.t filter ami cherish. Thi* revo * t».. -itu.it on. "taking a*. ountof stork." g« tting ri*J of the worthies*

and adding to the worthy, if marie with se­vere ami impartial judgment, would pro­duce result* which would make the world blossom like a rose arid fill the air w ith the perfume of good deeds and noble thoughts.

Human nature i* not lad: it is thought­less. The majority of our impulses are good, but selfishness checks them, ami the love of gain turns the current the other way. |f it were a universal habit to re­tire to solitude for thirty minutes each day. to seriously think of what it is Inst to do ami why it i* liest to do it. to examine our motives as we examine a specimen un­der the micrrrscn|K\ we should change the whole complexion of life, ami the acts to he regretted would Ik- greatly diminished in numlH-r. (live the soul an op|*ortunity to work out its destiny with perfect free­dom. Take an inventory of yourself.

^ ♦ mTHE MISSING LINK

That the I'nited States, in its al»*orption of the Philippines, may have annexed a pithecanthropus colony, exemplifying the niis*jng link in the evolution of man. is a )ni«.Utility already attracting the atten­tion of anthro]sdogi*ts and men of science.

In Washington men connected w ith the National Museum and the Smithsonian In­stitution. especially, are saying that it is higli time that the government send an « x]K-dition to the Philippines for the pur- |h**i- of investigating the geology, paleon­tology and anthro|s»logy of those Islands, o f prime interest to these institutions is the aiithrojtology of the islands. They call attention to the fact that in this field of endeavor the IhM work *«» far done has not )»een American, hut has been col­lected by the Berman professors Virchow and lileumentritt.

Conceding that the anthropological his­tory of the island* should Is- looked into ri-st. it is urged that the geology and |•ale- ontology of the group, properly Investi­gated. would Ik- only of the most advanta­geous character and of greatest interest in the I’nited State*.

A* prompting this investigation, the chief s|*eculative feature i* that in the gnat island group, of which the Philip­pine- are but a handful, the original Har­den of Eden stood, and that there wa* the cradle of man. according to the Darwinian theory.

Heologists have shown th a t thi* whole Ka-t Indian Archi|K-lago i* noth ing more th an a subm erged con tinen t th a t sank 1k- n ea th th* w ate r- in com parative ly recen t t i t l e - . and th a t tile island* of Borneo, the pi. i.pin*-. N, w H uiiiea. Jav a . S um atra . « eleis-s. i ey Ion and Madaga*«‘a r a re -im- p \ th* h igher or imHiiitainou- p a r t- **f thi* fo rm er con tin en t. I*ater. Milne bl* n a n l" and P. L S c la te r. th*- form* r krencli aisi th*- la t te r H erm an. showed th a t the |« uitir an an im al th a t *tand* in th*- -am*- re la tio n to a|** - and monkey* a* th* -*- in tu rn stand t** hum anity i* confined strict*•» to th* i-laisl-of thi- group, ami to no

«»t her quarter «»f the globe. Kurth*-r. t hat the a*s»riginal races of these Islands are tii. -mall, dwarfish negroe* k iowna-th*-

Tislos in Ceylon, the Mlncopies in the An­daman Island*. .Ktas in the Philippines, and Papuans in New Guinea, and. on the strength off this, two scientists erected the theory that this ancient and sunken con­tinent. which they named •• Lemuria,” wa- the original birthplace of man—the Har­den of Kden. as it were—where man was first evolved from a lower and pithecoid form.

They had for guidance the proof that in the lemur they had found the prototyjw* of the monkey and the ape. showing that these islands had been evolutionary in tendencies*, that if the lemur there could liecome a monkey, why not the monkey then- iK'Come a man?

For a long time this theory of Edward- and Sclater was ridiculed l»y scientist*, but when Hr. Eugene Dubois of Holland discovered the cranial inferior bone, the femur, and a tooth lielonging to the pithe­canthropus. buried in r*K*k of the tertiary age at Trfnil. on the island of .lava, in l*“.*4. the attitude of scientists toward this theory ex|K*rienced a change. At the Congress of Anthropologists in 191*8 these fragment* discovered by Dubois were ac­knowledged and accepted a* l»eing from the framework of the Darwinian •* miss­ing link.**

Since that time *o generally have these finding* of the congress l>een accepted that in IKOu two expeditions were sent to Java to add further proof o f the link Ik— tween the pithecanthropus and man.

(>ne of the first of these to gw* was David .1. Walter*, a Vale student, who wa* out­fitted by George Vanderbilt to make a still hunt of Java. He left New Haven in September of last year. A month later Professor Haeckle of the University of Jena, one of the foremost scientist* of Eu­rope. left on the same quest. Neither ex- } K -d itio n was successful in Java, despite the stories frequently told by natives from the jungles.

Nothing more than the remains of the pithecanthropus is considered likely* to Ik* found in the Philippine*. But in that group, just a* in Java, Sumatra. Borneo ami New Guinea, the gomlawana and nar- kida rock formations are plainly marked, and it was in the first named of these that Dr. IhilNii* discovered the prehistoric lioncs of thi* first ancestor of man.

Now. recognizing the existence of this tertiary r*K*k in the whole chain of the East Indie*, the scientific institutions at Washington are anxious to undertake a search to prove still further the existence of this mammal. Tlu- theory is that the animal roamed the jungles before the sinking of tlu- former continent and that the rocky liases of the Philippines should In a- good scientific hunting ground for Americans as is any other island in the w hole chain.

m ^ — —lin vci.Ks are generally considered a

very modern invention, but some of the Egyptian obelisks, it is said. Iiear figures mounted on tw’o-wheeled vehicles resem­bling tile old velocipede*.

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MYSTICAL EXPERIENCES.Mont people. says a correspindent of the

New Zealand Chridekmrrh Slnr. when asked if they have any glimmer of a belief in things occult will emphatically repudiate the intellectual weakness which, to their thinking, an affirmative answer to the question would imply.

And yet many of the same people, in­consistent though it Ik*. will, after you have gained their confidence, tell you of some unexplainable occurrence which either they thqpnselves, some member of their family, or some intimate friend has experienced.

Many such stories have, from time to time, been told to the present writer by |K*rsons whose truthfulness he could not question. The present article will deal with three decidedly mysterious experi­ences, two of which were told the writer by a well-known New Zealand police in­spector, who lately died. The third was narrated by a civil engineer, who resides in the vicinity of Auckland. An intimate acquaintance of many years with both gentlemen enables the w riter to vouch for their integrity. Here is the first gentle­man’s statement, as nearly as pmsible in his own words:

“ While stationed in a northern city. I one morning found myself standing in the center of my bedroom, looking at my own body lying upon the bed. I was fully con­scious of where I was, and could see my body distinctly. A desire came to me to re-enter it. which I immediately did. but I cannot describe to you the sensation of re­turning. On another occasion I again found myself out of my InmIv. but I could not realize where 1 was till a strange sound reached me. It was somewhat like the roll of the ocean u|sm the beach, but a much more musical sound. It was so musical that I reuienilier saying to myself. •This is no earthly ocean: I must Ik* in the spirit world.' I felt that I was a tremen­dous height from the earth. This thought filled me with fear, and I returned to my IhkIv with indescribable sp*ed."

The experience of the civil engineer was told the writer some years since, but the facts are easily recalled:

*• When I was a young man.” said he. “ I was engaged up>n a survey in the bush a a good way north of Auckland. We had two tents, one occupied by my assistants, the other by myself. They were pitched close together. One bright moonlight night 1 was lying wide awake, thinking of the morning’s work. It was somewhere between one ami two o'chw'k. ami nothing was further from my thoughts than ghosts or specters. Iwit as 1 was looking through the doorway of the tent, the covering of which was folded kick, Iwcausc of the night living so line. 1 suddenly Iwcame aware of the presence of a young lady, dressed in white, like a bride, standing in the doorway and looking at me intently.

“ 1 saw her features distinctly, as the moon shone upon her face. She looked so natural that 1 had no fear, but 1 did not »l»cak, as 1 was wondering where the lady

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could have come from at that hour of the night, as our camp was many miles from any habitation. She seemed to have been looking at me for als»ut two minutes w*hen she slowly withdrew. As noon as she dis­appeared the thought Hashed upon me that it might Ik* someone who had lost their way in the bush. 1 jumped up, hur­riedly dressed myself, and followed her. but could see nothing of her. This I thought very strange, as for some distance around our tents the view was fairly clear. I next went to the assistants* tent and found them fast asleep. In the morning they assured me they had played no trick u | m »i i me. and knew nothing whatever of the visit of the mysterious lady.

“ Some weeks after my strange experi­ence I returned to Auckland, and was told by my sisters that they had an invitation for me to s|H*nd the evening with some of their friends, who were quite unknown to me. I'pm going to the house* the first lady I was introduced to was. to my in­tense astonishment, the young lady I had seen at the doorway of my tent. There was no mistaking the same calm features I had seen in the bright moonlight. We iK'came very fond of each other, and mar*

! ried. We were a long time man and wife U-fort I ventured to mention my experi­ence to her. She could in no way explain it. I Hit said that when I was intnsluced to her. she experienced a strange shock, for w hich she could not account.”

To those versed in occultism the writer will leave the task of throwing light upm the above remarkable experiences.

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MYTHOLOGY OF TREES.The ancient custom of planting tribal

trees is still p-rpetuated in many parts of the old world. The village was Iwiilt around the tree, and as the settlement grew, often developing into a city, the original circular plan was preserved. This tree was suppised to have some mystical connection with the life and well k*ing of the people, and Ik*fore any impirtant ac­tion was undertaken the aid of the tree was invoked in a variety of ways. Thus the village tree of the German race was originally a tribal tree, and in the center of the great city of Vienna the stin k atsl eiseii still stands, marking the last vestige of the sacred grove around which the city has grown up. At the present day. ap­prentice* often drive nails into the tree or strike it with their hammers, kdieving that the action will bring luck. Aretes hung the golden lleece up*n a sacred tree, while the oracle of the Ikslona grove wa* supposed to guide the lives of men.

A singular idea is carried out by the to- tem piles of the Alaskan* ami South Sea Islanders. They consist of a tall, straight tree, the red cedar usually living selected in Alaska, ami on this sometime* as many as six generations are represented. The center tree records the totem of the clan, such a- the raven, brown bear, the thunder bird. etc., while those in front of the dwellings are family records. As the child takes the totem of the mother a variety

of tribes are represented on each pile, which gives the grotesque appearance to the tree. Aretes was not the only one who hung the materials for weaving on the sacred trees. It is related that Minerva, who with the graces wove the garments of the god*. banished one of her handmaidens until she could produce some new cotton fabric, feres, the Godde**of Agriculture, took pity upon her distress and caused a tree to k*ar cotton, which she taught her how to weave. This tree was ever after known as the cottonwood, and each year produces its store of cotton for the loom* of the gods.

A CENTURY OF ASTRONOMY.The regular progress of astronomy in

our time along the old no le—than the new lines of research, has been largely due to its adoption of photography as an ally. The services which this wonderful art has proved capAble of rendering have dis­tanced hojK*. The staying power of the chemical plate, its faculty of waiting upin time and integrating infinitesimal impressions, has led to the |>artial abdica­tion in its favor of the human eye. It has the further prerogatives of sensibility to invisible light, of swiftness in procedure, and of affording permanent ami absolutely truthful records. There is no imaginati«*n iiehind it.

C elestial photography is predominately employed in four departments of inquiry— in direct pirtraiture. in the discovery of new objects, in star charting, ami in the delineation of spectra ami spectral forms. A daguerreotype of the corona of k ‘.l is still extant: ami coronal photography ha* grown to Ik* an art in itself, practiced, weather permitting, with added success, each time that the mysterious solar nim­bus starts into view from liehindthe inter* |N»sing Moon. and the instructive details of its intimate structure can be studied only by means of such authentic record*.

t omets and nebula* are slow in *elf-p»r» traiture. which was, indeed, rendered prac­ticable only by the invention of dry plate* with their attendant facility for hug ex- p ski res. lienee, the first comet success­fully recorded wa*Tehhutt*s r June. I*M. I'hotogiaphs «»f the great September comet of 1*«1 at the t a p tH»w*rvatory started and exemplified two broad streams of inquiry. Taken with a portrait Ion*, their perfection showed the advantage* of the wide field of view and strong concen­tration of light afforded by that typ* of instrument: ami the richness of their star* sprinkled backgrounds irresistibly sug­gested the use of the camera for the prep a rat ion of stellar chart* ami catalogue*. No hrilhant Comet ha* apparee *-nce |xx;\ but Iwtween l,Hi amt |v*4 «e\cral minor apparition* were photographs! by IVofessor Itarnard of the l.ick id«*ei\a* lory, with excellent result*.

lb-. Ilenry IhrapT obtained a ptooi.*»ngphotograph of the Onou nebula* » ami I»r. t • minion's classic picture* oi the *ame object, by which the future ot neb*

I ular self-delineation wa* a*u«vd. followed

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in l***J. Dr. Botarts next entered a Held in which lie hai won signal success. A plate ex|NMH*d for three hours with hit* llti- inch reflector. October M. 1**hm, disclosed the Andromeda neltula in it** true annular or spiral sha|H*.

|*rof«-«4Nir Barnard undertook in l**uthe task of photographing the Milky Way. The star spray* constituting it can neither l»e w en nor depicted with an ordinary tel- eiK'ofte. They mut*t Ik* taken in the mass, not bit by bit. The t*|K*cial lent*, however, proved equal to the occasion, and a series of astonishing galactic views were pro* duci*d. in lucid piles and drifts of sawdust and singularly interrupted by dark chasms, cracks and vacuities.

The eye sees at once, or not at all: the camera sees by degrees: hence its effect­iveness as an engine of discovery. It bring* into cognizance the contents of depths of -pace unsounded by the tele- s c o | h\ as weli as objects hidden by their intrinsic faintness, or by the quality of their radiations.

The flr-t photographic detection of a comet fell to the share of l*rofes*or Bar­nard. Octolter 111. 1**'.*-. It proved to have a |h riod of *ix years, and seemed to have exhausted its vitality. In asteroidal dis­covery. by the same method, the number found brought their total up to about 1170.

The only photographic star catalogue as yet existing i- Dr. tiill's ’T ape Ihirch- muwterung." the first volume of which, containing one hundred and lifty-t wo thou­sand and five hundred entries, has I wren issued from the press. In all, about three hundred ami fifty thousand stars, measured from the < a|n* plates by Professor K;»|»- teyn. are enrolled in this comprehensive survey.

With the apparatus in use at Harvard College, star spectra can Ik* p h o t"graped by the score together: ami. as a result of these eX|K*ditiou« priwccdings. the " Dra- per Catalogue’* of ten thousand three hundred and fifty-one stars, referred to fifteen spectral s u ls l ivisions, ap|**ared in

\t Potsdam, when the same kind of work was execut«*d with a slit spectro- ko |h- instead of w ith an objective prism, a few bright stars were made the subjects of a stricter examination.

Christian Doppler, of Prague, announced in 1*4:1 the principle of an alternation in the refrangibiiit v of light emanating from a source retreating or advancing rela­tively to an olswrver. It i-. indeed, toler­ably obvi«K Js that the ethereal waves must Ik- virtually lengthened in the tir»t case, ami sh«frtened in the secoml: ami the rate, no le— than the direction of radial move­ment. can l« fully ast*ertain«*d, a* Fizeau showed in 1*4*. by measuring the displace­ments of lines, bright or dark, in the s|*ec- tra of th* moving Isslies. Twenty years, however. ela|*w*d ta-fore any attempt was made to realize the indicated method. It was reserved for Dr. Ilugglns. in I***. to apply it practically to stars ami nebula*.

Iyr. Vogel, director of the Potsdam Ota servatory. ably seconded by Dr. Mcheiner, initiated, in I***, the speCtrographic

measurement of radial movements, and j the details of his model investigation were published in l^rj.

The conclusion of this review of astro­nomical progress during the nineteenth century will appear in the January S T A R , and will treat of the discovery of “ spec- ! troscopic binaries.'* one of the most i striking fruits of the *• line-of-sight ** method. The great suns and dark stars ! of space, the planets and their moons, ami s|K*cial information in regard to our Sun and Mmm will also come within the s c o | k* of the article, and will illustrate how rapidly and grandly this science is developing in our present age.

HEALTH AND HYGIENE.To Enhance Beauty.

The too-brown maid will find peroxide a friend to her beauty. A little In the wa­ter will whiten her skin and incidentally act as a line deodorizer.

Lemon juice is best to use for removing stain from the lingers. A teas|M»onful of lemon juice inacupof black coffee will re­lieve a bilious headache. An excellent tooth wash is made by a dash of lemon in water. It removes tartar and sweetens the breath.

** Uich 1»1<hm1 makes lK*autiful women.*’ but rich blood never came from greasy or indigestible foods. tiirls who value their complexion, eyes and figure will cut out fried food and made dishes. Lobster (at night insures a sallow *kin next morning, ami if continued all season will ruin any complexion.

A homely neck is woe to a pretty girl. She has caverns in front and blades in the rear and anxiety is hers. Here is her sal­vation. Deep breathing first: head move­ments night and morning thirty minutes |K*r diem. Then the nightly use of the all-helping lanoline. Persevere, and do not ex|K*ct too much at first, the muscles must develop as well as the flesh. A tight cloth around the neck, so much affected, will not only ruin its graceful contour, but w ill ruin its muscles as well.

Pulling the Ears.The Herman law forbids teachers in the

school* to pull the ears of their pupils. Many cases of deafness have been shown to have resulted from such punishment, ami the other day a prominent medical man declared that a case of lupus under his charge had been caused by the tuberc­ulous nail* of a teacher who had pulled the ears of the patient at school.

Sick Headache.Nausea has its seat in the brain and not

in the stomach, and relief may be obtained by cooling the base of the brain. A phy­sician claim* to have tested this often and thoroughly in the case of sick headache, bilious colic, cholera morbus, and other ills in which the nausea is a distressing •ymptom. without a single failure, says Ih"Ith. also, that he once relieved the nausea resulting from cancer of the stom­

ach by the application of ice to the back of the neck and occipital tame. The ice is to be broken and the bits placed be­tween the folds of a towel. Belief may be obtained by holding the head over a sink, or tub. and (muring a small stream of wa­ter on the neck.

Microbes and Good Health.The number of distinct species of nii-

hrolies living in the body of a man in good health is between sixty and seventy. More than thirty species have been found in­habiting the cavity of the human mouth, others are found on the skin, ami a variety of forms live in various parts of the di­gestive organs.

A Cologne for the Skin.A good many years ago there was a cer­

tain Madame Butin, a French actress, the beauty of whose skin caused the critics and public to rave. When she was grow­ing old she gave away her secret of pre­serving the softness and brilliancy of her -kin. She never liathed it in water alone, neither did she use soap, but always washed her face, arms and shoulders with a sort of cologne water, which is made as follows: oil of lavender, 1* parts: oil of lemon, 1* parts: oil of rosemary, ti |»arts: oil of cin­namon. 1 part: alcohol, 2,000 parts. Mix and dissolve.

Repose and Health.We cannot write or talk too much of re-

|s»se. in this busy, hustling world, where l»eople are keyed to such high nerve ten­sion. More mental quiet is an unconscious demand of the race to-day.

On every side we meet with this mental unrest, this struggle with burdens of some variety or other, until from the expendi­ture of nerve force a large number are among the never well, always tired, class: after which follows the morbid and finally the insane.

The marvelous (mwerof the nervous sys­tem to wreck or build is startling. Where the mind force that rules the body is scat­tered and disorderly, the consequent lack of re|H»se is almost sure to result In dis­ease. This mental unrest is most subtle, and therefore a sure health destroyer; it may quietly work for years, yet it will ac­complish in time, with no apparent effect, some form of tanlily disorder.

The majority are not trained to mental quiet: even the children are not receiving such discipline.

Every healthy child Is brimful of active life, but it is not restless, only under arti­ficial conditions. If re|>ose i* power, then we cannot too early train the child to ob­serve times of daily silence short inter­vals when taith tasly and mind rest.

< tar public schools should cultivate more repose on the part of both teacher and pupil, for In the school lies much of the moulding of the race. The schools would send home fewer tired nerves if relaxation and energizing were more frequently al­ternated during the day.

The way to secure the principal repose of the day is to adopt an inflexible rule to seek sleep at a certain hour.

December, 1901. S T A R O F T b l K M A G I v i l

QUAINT AND CURIOUS.The Chinese used the first pa|»er money.

A liank note, issued during the Ming dy­nasty. aliout A. I). l.'KiO. ha* been found.

At Kalamazoo, Mich., lately, a daughter wax liorn to Mr. and Mr*. Kdward Kastead, and a son to Mr. and Mn*. Frederick Kas- tead. Both bahieti weighed twelve |M>unds each, and both were born in the name house at exactly the name hour. The fathers are twins, ax are also the mothers, and the couples were married a year ago last Xovemlier and have lived together as one family.

At l*ekin. on November 11. in conform­ity with a notice which the foreign office sent to the legations, all the Chinese offi­cials gathered at the Hoard of Hites to “ rescue the Sun,” which was suffering from a partial eclipse. The rescue was accomplished by prostrations, the burning of incense and the beating of drums. A few foreigners, for the first time in his­tory. were permitted to witness the quaint ceremony.

Kac'H individual, says a Chicago musi­cian, has a certain key or pitch which must harmonize with the keys surrounding him in order to insure his complete happi­ness. Not only are human beings individ­ualized by their voices, but one can tell each person's nature by ascertaining hi-* particular key. A man who is pitched in C. for instance, is amiable, and a man in l> is also cheery. Hut a )>erson keyed up to A is fretful and one in H is timid.

It is not generally known that, size for size, a thread of spider silk is decidedly tougher than a Ictr of steel. An ordinary thread will bear a weight of three grains. This is just about fifty per cent stronger than a steel thread of the same thickness. How small a spider thread is may lie in­ferred from Leeuwenhoek's estimate that “ 10,000 threads spun by the full grown spider when taken together will not be equal in substance to the size of a single human hair!”

A Ta iil k with growing legs is owned by a Donegal farmer named O'Hrian. It has been varnished and revarnished many times. It has never been out in the open air and has not received any excessive amount of sunshine: nevertheless, a few months ago tiny buds formed on two of its three legs, and vivid green sprouts grew from them. These sprouts have now be­come slender branches which are covered with leaves. The table's age Is unknown by the O'Hrian family.

NEWS comes from llerlin that one of the most extraordinary natural phenomena in the world has been discovered in a valley watered by a tributary of the river Mo- sclle. The air at different points of this valley vibrates with three distinct musical notes—C major at the entrance, K toward the middle, and F at the upper end. The sounds are like those of hells, Uit as there is no bell within miles of the valley this cannot lie the cause of the sounds, ami no satisfactory explanation of the phenom­ena has yet been made.

AMOXo the villagers on the Volga in the province of Samara a curious sect of women ha* made its appearance. It was originated by an elderly peasant woman in Soznavo, called the “ Blessed Mother." These women have fled from the villages around into a remote district, where they

I live singly in holes dug out of the face of the hill. They lead a life of fasting and prayer, and lielieve themselves called from the world, which they think is shortly about to |K*rish in a general conflagration,

i The " Blessed Mother" has "ten wise vir- i gins" as a sort of bodyguard, and the sect | lielieve* that these eleven women are |»o*- sessed of miraculous |s»wers.

—— • m —EDITOR S TABLE.

Shelton the Slick.I«a*t month we had this to say: " Kddy-

ite grafters are getting a 'think* on. Kven Shelton the Slick has * tired * his typewritist and moved into his garret.”

Shelton the Slick quotes our remark and replies as follows:

“ Why is it that jK-ople who deal in ass- trology are always making asses of them­selves* by speaking slightingly of other |H*ople? The term 'slick* is applied to thieves, gamblers. Ininco-steerer* and. sometimes, to certain Spiritualist medi­ums. It does not applv to me. I am a publisher and editor and live In the world of sunlight. The planetary prophets are always attacking somebody. They are trying to prove the doctrine of reincarna­tion by showing the tiger, the wolf, the coyote and sometimes the hyena, in their own characters.** December " f Virisb**#*.**

No. Brother Shelton, the issuing of a montnly circular la lie led "a journal of Christian science.” which you mail /»*• yrali* to most anyone who will accept it from the powtofllce without protest, in di­rect violation of the laws and regulation* of I’ncle Sam’s I w t office Department, hardly constitutes you a legitimate editor and publisher, es|iecially as your so-called “ journal *’ is issued for the sole pur|iosc of advertising ami promoting your "absent healing" graft, from which aU»ut ninety- eight |ier cent of your income is derived. It is true your monthly circular is got out in imitation of a periodical, is issued reg­ularly, with price, etc., printed at the heading. Imt those in position to know do not believe you receive enough subscriptions in a year to pay for the ink used In printing one issue. This you vir­tually acknowledge in your latest an­nouncement wherein you plainly admit you have been "slick" enough to Ihiiico Uncle Sam all these years in getting him to distrilsite your print#* p isu sd it*fn dts Mt/ moth,- at abmit one twentieth hi* regu­lar cost price for such work. You pre* tended to have a kw« fid* list of subscrib­ers, ami when the aforesaid Uncle Sam demanded that you submit proof youcould not produce it: ami we notice you have quit hraging that you are "a bigger man than Uncle Siam.”

We are glad to learn that you have re­solved 1 you admit forced) to reform and be honest with the I Sot office lV|»artment in

the future ami publish a legitimate peri­odical. We believe y«Hi are enough to do this ami make it a success, and we will gladly welcome you to the sunlight •***»

,jit in it. The planetary prophets are not attacking any one who is striving to do good and trying to lienetit and uplift humanity: but they are out with a club after the “ Kddyltes." " Dowieites." and all other *„„**!• wA* *»#*»** who are de­ceiving. deluding ami defrauding the |»m- ple. We stand for honesty, truth, justi. . integrity, true science, real religion «n«. humanity, as again*t all fakes, fraud*, hy­pocrisy. mock science ami intellectual tom my rot, and if Brother Shelton choose to classify him*elf among the latter. so be it we do not select his com|»any for him.

A Letter from Hazelriftg.We have received the following letter

from Ha/elrigg. editor of //•#:» .Is#m-ItHfiml .\hn»,,or ami author of •• Metaphyw- ical Astrology.** a notable work which we take pleasure in reviewing in it* proper place. We print thi* letter, which is self- explanatory. that pro|K*r credit may be given, however tardily, to whom it i* due.

*N ew Yo r k . N ovem ber fltb . WMt-

Mk. Ne w s K. W ood, K ditur s t a r «»»•* t h eM a«;i . * h icago:I t , . , , >##• The IsK im l volume of s t a r o f

THE M.vil received. I regard it as a treasure of occult lore. I am pained, how­ever. to note Krnest S. llrven - free u*e. without proper credit, of my article on “ Inductive Astrology." In your July. issue. If you will compare with that e*«*ay in " Metaphysical Astrology" which my )»uhli*her is *ending you to-day you will note the *s*ni parallel in many places. 1 appreciate the fact that editors are im- |M*»ed upon too frequently in this partic­ular.

I sha ll send fo r Vol. II in a wet k o r so. I do not th in k any * tuden t a long th e se lines c a n well afford t o d ispense w ith th e St a r : it is br«tid. co rn p re h n is iv e . thor- ough. am i e n te r ta in in g .

I tru* t you will rind my " M etaphysica l A s tro lo g y " a p le a sa n t, th o u g h hum ble, add ition to your lib ra ry .

Fraternally yours. II v/.n.RK-'i.*

We rind that the matter in the S ta r complained of i* an article by Krnest S. tireen entitled " Uranus, the Historian of America." ami |»oldished in the July. STAR. Mr. tireen ih4 only tow'd abmt all the historical matter gathered by Mr. Ilazelngg but went further. K una brief examination will show this. We regret proper credit was mnittvd. ami anote our esteemed correspondent that we printed the article in good faith a* being wholly original, thir reader* must not confotmd Mr. JE. S. tireen with Mr. If. *C tireen. as done sometime since by the .|>/.sAs#wwf VtKfM.’iw of Madrav India, which bed pointed exceptions to A*. S. tirevn'* "Chah Iviige to Mr. Maunder." and criticised Mr. If. S. tireen for writing it. \Ye published in the la*t s t a r an article by Mr. If. S.

»).) S T A I t O K T I I K M A G I December. 1901.

<*reen from V••hr* .|MoJtnjg) on " Num­ber* ami Astrology." which has* elicited much favorable ex predion among "our Chicago proi'le.” all of whom regard him a* being a correct ami leading exponent of astrological science ami philosophy.

*TilK man who wrote ** Twinkle, twinkle,

little star.” ha«l the satisfaction of seeing the little star follow hi** instruction*. \»tr )'n,k >*n.

Similar happiness was vouchsafed the author of ** I Sol I on. thou dark and deep Hue ocean, roll!** /M om UltJ*.

Nor must the e<|ually delighted gentle­man who cordially said. *• I How. ye wintry wind-.” I*c forgotten. t'hnlmnl l*loin Ik „ h , .

Hut. alas for the |»erson who wrote. *• Itaclcwanl. turn backward. O, time, in \our flight!** Time didn't do it. 1 'hinujo 7'rihn,H.

Vet. in the measureless realm of etern­ity ami the countless numbers of rebirths, he will get precisely that result.

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It is to the lasting credit and honor of the vainly-disputed science of astrology that scholars like John llazelrigg have enlisted their talents in its In-half. With such men to desire is to uo. This volume is the result of patient research and vig­orous thought on some of the- higher prob- leuis which astrology affords, and which, like all masterful essays, goes straight to the liottom principles of the matter and makes each application plain. So well and so clearly has our author performed hi* task that the volume ha* been most aptly termed a* one ” for everybody.” We have been unable to find a dry or use- le— page in it it in nulhl until oil thnoojh. Everybody who can read and think will not only Ik* instructed I Kit fascinated with it* five chapters on ” The Rationale of As­trology.” ** Inductive Astrology.” ” Astro- | logical Symbolism.” " Kclipse*,” and ” Na­ture’s Analogies.” No astrological library I i* complete without thi* really good l**»k.

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by Itu lw er L vtton . It c a rr ie s the re a d e r in to the rem ote in te r io r of th e rea lm of the Ko*icrucian*. It* occult te ach in g is re m ark ab ly in te res tin g and advanced . Much know ledge re*pecting occult or hypnotic phenom ena, dialwdism. etc., is displayed In th e scene* of th is |« iw erfu! sto ry , c a rry in g the re a d e r th ro u g h m any m arvelous ex iierienees in th e rea lm lieyond the physica l, and enlivened with enough love am i ad v e n tu re to sa tisfy all. T i i K T i : n r i . i : » i ' T i i i : k o * i i h i m *, h v k . ii .

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It* peru sa l will fasc in a te th e m ost captious reade r. It con ta in s not only m arvelous inc iden t bu t the mo*t r a re and noble thou g h t of the age*, i t em - Ixidle*. In a se rie s of revelation*, m any of the p r in ­ciple* held and ta u g h t by the B rotherhood of the Ko*y <’ro**. anti t r e a ts in the m«»*t lucid m anner of the occult re la tio n so f th e body, mind and soul, the |N-rfecting of each , and disclose* method* fo r the a tta in m e n t of s p ir i tu a l (lif ts .T IIK K V O M T IO X OK IM M O R T A L IT Y . W rit­

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Initiation in the Theoretical and Practical Secrets of Astral

Truth and Occult Art.Itv W il l i* F W in il iu m .

Editor Agripp.i * N atural Magic.**

\OP«|ft or < OM | NTS:Thl *-v hho|. o r thi: i M"** *»i mu.l* ami S \ m-

l"«li*in My*ti. Symbol of the Z*H|fa< w ith Ft. hing : Z*"lia. al llegree*. Q uarter* H«u*r* T npli. Hie* ami Q uaternaries Agrippian t'r«*** ami it* Mv*. t« rn * crow n of .\*tral Seven* P lane tary Life I'rri.Nl* Q uarter* ut Life: It-N.k of Life Twelve I'olarIVriiN |*t.f th r I.in ro t Lit* S ra lo f Solomon: i.roim tri. ami i o*mi. Word: XunilN*r*ot P erfec -

Kelatlon* Zodlai (T own and Man. Illus­trated with six Large Etching* ofold. • uriou* and ra re Ro*i< ru. i.m Symbol*.

sp iH in v i .L in v Thought Telegraphv o r Tele- |u thv Mind Radiation and Insp ira tion :' An Illu*- tra tiv r Te*t < a*, of Inspiration Tatde to Ib-term - Inr from a lh.ro*. .>|H- ti,r P articu la r P*vchic or sp iritual lilft m<**t rrad ilv ob ta ined : Psychic* and Mystic* defined ami described.

A> INvPIH tTlo.S\M o.o LPTIog A Mr-th r star* . Thr SymL me Constellation:

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ASTR0L06Y: ESOTERIC AND EXOTERIC.T hr *«•• otid rd lthm of thiv iNH.klrt of 7* |ktgr* i*

m>w ready It t« an adm irutde treati*<* on the *-1- en. r o f A«tro|ogv. and I* the lN-*t work for th«N>r w ti.. devirr an insight into its w onder*and m y»irr- :• * It delight* all who read it. |*alr pink > over*.

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P h ra th r Pbo*nician Kdwln la *t« r ArnoldT*n M ».'.*• • Wilkie i ••llin*Thelm a M aru t ’orrlliA rdath .. Marie t ’«*rrlliA Koniam r of Two World* M ariet'orelll<’o«itr**iot>* ot an ttfiium K alrr Th«* iN U uino v T he H aunted Man C harles Ih-km *M\ *trry of Sa*a**a Valley A Study in S* a r l r t The Sign »»f the F«^ir T he My*U*rv of t loom lirr J-forpti llaNam-.M« m--ir*ot a Ph»«»« lan She

•age from Recital of

.i W onderful Kxiieriem » with the A*tr.»l llro the hood«d Magi. The A*tral or Magi. M irror TheMaster'* Totem Five i)l»je ra tion ; An Arch T«

tso f M irror ( ••mmuni*

Initiative Kxp. » it i.»\. NumU-rof K.ndle**Kv- olutiou Triune F.mlNM||ment*ot the i imnltic W ord: Mysteries of th. Zodiai and Hun P rim ary Num- Is-r* The Mvsth Notator Franklin * A*tral Rule: Astral Mathematic*. Language «.t the Infinite: i irea l Astral NutnU-r • -.*mi. M a*terot |*enta« le*: ll"w N ature and Numtier Kvolve I O'..*: Magic 'v.juare <>f tin- < o*mo* Ai.*oliitr Q uad ra tu re of tm Circle W hj tt" Zodiai haw D r u r m Tin- IHvinr l^iw a* kevealed ill Pv r.imid i 'fn*ojr.: The '.re a t Work of Initiation The Three World* L e t­ter* are \um»N r* and form Mea*uring S a le * o r t 'a la l i 't i . t i.rre*|N.nden< e*: t orre*iw.ndence not ldentith atlon : Three fireat Caltaia* *;reek Cab­ala Tat.le of the N atural World. Ilelirew Caltala and T and Tat.le* of the Human World. Kngli*h Major and Minor t a lu la Tat.le nt the Invine World Three Mv*ti. s tar* Revealed: The s u ­preme Law ..f The perfec t P ath of A ttain-mm? Mv*ti, llav of the W ord: om niti. Word of Word*: My*tic In-velopinent: Imath and Itnm or-

N at lira | Foundation* ,,r th e Twelve Zodi­ac al Kef - Word* ..f Fnftddm ent Threefold Mf wilt Life Th. King * Higbwav o u r Divine M aster: A*tral Numlwr Talile*.

T hl \*tmai. Hkothkmh. n.p Tbelr Seven A *tral 1 S< ieme* The Hook «d Intelligence. T arot of the ; llohemiati* and the Clavicle of Solomon: Origin. F*r and l!i%torv of the R.^i. ru. ian H-«»k of lle r- me* The Wonderful Astronomical lh*« k My*ter-

f the Cards Their Zodiacal and T in e Value* Instrum ent* of Magical Kv.N ation and the 1*11- • grim * Pack of Initiation.

Me*s o .e o r t h e Hmothkhh . n .o W ork of the llrotherh.NNl The A*tral Age Te*t of B rother- . ImmnI The Ideal Life c .^m i. Law Suprem e: The I Aura of power

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c e i.kmtiai. Companionship. Necessary oi»*erv- •*»« e* |ieve|o|Nng Communication: Method* of the ltroiherho.Ni in the Work P1r*t Appearancew: Astral Adeptship Attained.

REINCARNATION.Immortality through

Repeated Lives.A n e w e d itio n of Mr. W alker** g rea t w<.t k ■ •

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T ill-: MVMTERIKM « r M I L.T h e w ork con tain* th e follow ing fourteen chap­

te r* : I. R e in ca rn a tio n Defined ami Kxi*l.iII. K v iden .e s of l* e in carn a tio n ." Ilf \*:r.d

P ic tu re* of S uccessive In carna tion* |Y ub. Jection* t<» R e in c a rn a tio n .' - V. Reincarnation Among th e A ncient* ." "V I. R eincarnation in the Hible." • VII. R e in ca rn a tio n in Karly Christen­dom. "V III R e in ca rn a tio n in th e Ka*t To-day

IX. K*«»teric O rie n ta l R ein carn a tio n . X Trans­m ig ra tio n th ro u g h A n im a K " XI. Death. H. .. n and Hell. ' XII. K arm a, th e Com minimi Truth of R« iic .irna tlon . " " X III. W e ste rn W riter* oi R. n- • arnation .'* XIV. Mr. W alker*! Conclusion*IT

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