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Speaker 1: Oriental fascination. At this point, I wish to call your

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attention to a feature of the subject that has received

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but scant attention at the hands of Western writers. I

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allude to the wonderful manifestations of mental fascination displayed by

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some of the magicians of the Orient, particularly of India

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and Persia. These feats are being performed to day in

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those lands and are equal to any of the wonderful

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instances related of the ancient Persian and Egyptian magicians mental

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fascination in the East. Without going in to an extended

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consideration of the subject in question, I will mention a

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few of the recorded instances of mental fascination among the

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Oriental people, in order to give you an idea of

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the degree of power possible to an adept in the

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practice of mental influence. One writer describes an exhibition of

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this kind in India, witnessed by himself. The writer was

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a profound skeptic who believed that it was all hanky

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panky along the lines of sleight of hand or similar methods.

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That is, he so believed until he actually witnessed the demonstration.

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He goes on to relate that the magician was a

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native Hindu of dignified and imposing appearance. Surrounded by a

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number of assistants of his own race, the serpent feet,

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the magician seated himself on the ground with several jars, boxes, implements,

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and other paraphernalia before him. He opened the seance by

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the production of a number of tiny snakes, which he

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lifted from one of the boxes and placed on the

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ground before him in full sight of the audience, After

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allowing the latter to examine the serpents and thereby satisfy

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themselves regarding their reality. An English naturalist present identified the

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snakes as belonging to a well known native variety. The

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magician then began a slow, low, mournful, droning, monotonous song,

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the predominant sound of which was um like the droning

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of a bumblebee or a distant sawmill. The snakes reared

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themselves up and moved their heads from side to side

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at the sound of the chant, the magician touching them

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softly with his wand from time to time to the

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eyes of the audience, the snakes seemed to gradually grow

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from their original tiny proportions, until finally they appeared as

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immense boa constrictors, which caused great alarm among the audience,

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both Englishmen and native The magician bade the audience remain

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quiet and assure them that there was no danger. Then

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he reversed the process, and the snakes were seen to

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gradually decrease in size until they vanished from sight altogether

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the vanishing Hindoo. The next act was equal is Wonderful.

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The magician placed one of his assistants in the center

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of a circle described on the sand, and with appropriate

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gestures and ceremony, went through some magical incantation. The boy

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was then seen to spin around faster and faster like

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a large top, and then began to gradually ascend in

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the air, still spinning around until he vanished from sight.

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Then the magician reversed the process and brought him down

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from the aerial heights, the boy appearing like a small

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speck at first, gradually growing larger as he neared the earth,

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until he stood before the audience, bowing and smiling. The

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mango feet. The next act was the placing of some

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mango seeds in the sand, building a tiny hillock around them.

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The magician then began his chant and waved his hands

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over the hillock. In a moment, a tiny shoot was

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seen to appear, and then a little bush, which gradually

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grew up until a mature mango tree was seen bearing leaves.

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The blossoms were seen, and the ripe fruit appeared, which

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was passed among the audience. Then reversing the process, the

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tree disappeared gradually, and at the end the magician dug

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up the original seeds and showed them to his audience,

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and wonderful to relate. The fruit that had been distributed

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among the people also disappeared. The rope feet. The concluding

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act was as startling as those preceding it. The magician

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produced a coil of real rope, which was passed around

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for examination. Then he knotted one end of it and

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then tossed the knot into the air. The rope rapidly

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uncoiled itself, and the knot was seen away up in

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the air and still ascending. When the rope was completely

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uncoiled and the end left dangling on the ground as

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if supported by some hook holding the knotted in hundreds

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of feet in the air, one of the as assistance

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approached the rope and took hold of it. At a

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shout from the magician. He began climbing rapidly up the

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rope and in a short time disappeared from view after

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appearing as a tiny speck in the air. Then at

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another word from the magician, the rope itself flew up

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in the air and vanished from sight. The test and

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explanation this concluded the performance. But here is a remarkable sequel.

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An Englishman present took a snapshot with a pocket camera

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just as the boy began to climb the rope. When

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the negative was developed, there was no trace of rope

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boy or anything else appertaining to the manifestation. Even the

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magician was absent from the center of the scene and

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was shown on the plate as sitting down on one

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side with an amused smile on his face. This fact

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demonstrated that which similar tests have also proven, i e.

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That the facts were not really performed at all, but

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were simply illusions produced by impressions upon the minds of

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the audience. In fact, they were examples of mental magic

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along the phase of mental fascination and arising from concentrated

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will and visualization of mental images transmitted by mentative currents

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and acting by mentative induction. I shall give you another

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proof of this in a moment or two after I

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have related a few more instances of this wonderful manifestation

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of mental influence a wonderful man. Another writer, a correspondent

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of an American paper, relates that he was once on

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a steamer plying up one of the rivers in India,

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when at a stopping place there scrambled up the side

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as nimbly as a monkey, a native Hindu, clad only

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in a loin cloth and having a tight rolled red

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bundle fastened at the back of his neck to keep

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it safe from the wall while swimming from shore. There

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was nothing about the man to distinguish him from the

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ordinary Fukirs, but he soon showed his quality his startling feats.

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Passing along the deck, he picked up a ball of

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thin rope which was lying there, and unwinding an end,

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he knotted it and tossed the knot up in the air,

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where it ascended rapidly, unwinding the ball until the whole

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of the rope disappeared in the air, just as in

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the instance previously related. Then passing a sailor who was

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holding in his hand a broken cocoanut shell containing the

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liquid or water of the nut. He lifted the shell

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from his hand, and holding it high up over a

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ship's bucket standing near by, he emptied the liquid until

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it filled the bucket, and repeated the process upon another bucket,

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and so on until twelve buckets had been filled from

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the half cocoanut shell. Then he picked up one of

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the buckets filled with the liquid, and holding it in

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his hand, he caused it to gradually until it completely disappeared.

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Then a moment later he exhibited a tiny speck in

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his hand, which gradually grew until it was again the

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bucket of water filled to the brim with the liquid,

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which he then poured out on the deck a strange occurrence.

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Witnessing the strange performance was a young mother with her

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babe beside her and a young nurse girl several feet away.

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To her horror, the mother then beheld the nurse girl

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rising a few feet in the air and moving rapidly

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toward the babe, reaching down for the infant as she

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glided over it, and then rising high into the air

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with the child clasped in her arms, until both were

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lost in the clouds. The mother burst into frantic cries

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and shrieks, and gazed upward, and as she gazed, she

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saw a fleecy cloud appear, which gradually took the shape

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of the nurse girl, who grew larger and larger as

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she descended, until she finally reached the deck again and

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handed the babe to the rejoiced mother. The mother, after

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clasping her babe close to her bosom, cried out, how

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dare you take my child away? When, to her surprise,

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the girl answered, why, ma'am. The baby has been asleep

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all the time and I have not touched him. And

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then the Fakir smiled and said, mem Saib has been

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dreaming strange things. It was merely an instance of mental

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impression of a remarkable degree of power produced by the

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will and mental imagery of the Fakir, and his previous

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feats were also so performed wonders upon wonders, But this

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was only the beginning. The Fakir then untied his red bundle,

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and extracting therefrom a cocoanut, he exhibited it to the passengers,

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passing it around for inspection, then placing the nut on

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the end of a bamboo stick and balancing it there,

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he commanded it in Hindi to spout as a fountain,

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and immediately a great jd of water sprang from it,

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falling over the deck in great showers. He then caused

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it to stop flowing, and it obeyed. Then he restarted it.

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This he repeated several times. Then he materialized a cobra

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from the air and caused it to disappear at his command,

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after he had terrified the passengers with it. Then he

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materialized several human forms in broad sunlight in full view

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of the passengers, and afterwards caused them to melt away

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gradually until they disappeared like a cloud of steam. Then,

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taking up a collection which was quite liberal, he jumped

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over the side and swam rapidly to shore. The real secret.

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The natives among the ship's passengers smiled at the wonder

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of the Europeans present, and laughed at the latter's talk

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of jugglery or magic power, informing them that it was

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merely an instance of Hindoo mesmerism or mental influence, and

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that those among them who resisted the spell saw nothing

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of the phenomena except the fakir with glistening eyes and

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every evidence of a powerful and concentrated exercise of his will.

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These feats are quite common in some parts of India,

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but they are known to be but mental illusions. For

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all attempts to catch the exhibition on photographic plates have failed,

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the plate showing nothing but the magician in a state

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of mental concentration. These magicians have developed the power of

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causing many persons at the same time to have the

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illusion of seeing, hearing, tasting, and smelling things that have

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no material existence. It is induced mental imagery in a

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developed degree, but differs only in degree from the phenomena

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more familiar to the Western world. Testimony of a Hindu sage.

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In this connection, I would like to add the testimony

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and explanation given to me personally by a greatly esteemed

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friend of mine, a Hindu sage traveling in this country, who,

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in addition to his Oriental learning, has received the highest

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English education, and who is a highly educated man in

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both the Eastern and Western meanings of the terms. This

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gentleman told me that when a youth, he had witnessed

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exhibitions of the kind just related in his native land.

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At first he was puzzled and mystified by them, but

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his naturally scientific turn of mind caused him to seek

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for the solution. He began experimenting, and soon at least

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was able to classify the phenomena as pure mental illusion.

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He found that the crowd would gather close round the

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magician in order to see what was going on, Although

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all were required to keep a certain number of yards

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away from the wonder worker by the latter's instructions and requirements.

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My friend found that if he retreated a few yards

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beyond the outer edge of the crowd, he could see

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nothing but the magician, all the material doings disappearing. When

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he would join the crowd, the mystic appearances were again

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plainly seen. He tried the experiment in several ways with

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the same result. Then he tried a riskier one and

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pushed nearer to the magician than was allowable, and with

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the same result. In short, the influence was confined to

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a certain area, and the mental influence was doubtless increased

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by the contagion of the different minds in the crowd.

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My friend tested the well known mango feet and the

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rope disappearing feat as related in these pages, in this way,

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and was determined that they came well under the rule

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of mental illusion, instead of being an occurrence defying the

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established laws of nature. The testimony of this gentleman corroborated

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the opinion that I had already formed to that effect,

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which opinion agrees with that of the best authorities. An

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erroneous Western idea. In closing this chapter, I wish to

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point out to the students of the work an erroneous

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idea that has crept into some of the Western works

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along the lines of hypnotism, et cetera, and which I

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shall now mention and explain. The Hindoo magicians or mesmerists

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frequently sit in a squatting position during their enchantments, droning

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a monotonous, soothing chant, as has been described, and at

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the same time moving the body from the waist upward

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in a circling twisting motion from the hips, at the

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same time fixing their gaze firmly upon their audience. This

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motion in twisting is merely an accompaniment to the droning chant,

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akin to the motions of the Oriental dancers, who twist

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their bodies in a similar manner in rhythm to the music.

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The motion is merely a custom among these people and

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has nothing to do with the production of the phenomena.

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the higher magicians among the Hindus do nothing of the sort,

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but maintain a dignified, calm standing position, or the firm

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yogi seat, in which the body is evenly and firmly

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poised in a position of dignified rest, the hands resting

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on the lap, the back of one hand in the

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palm of the other, a foolish idea. All native Hindus

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understand the above matter, but Western visitors jump at the

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conclusion that this gyrating circling of the body from the

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as I have said, some of the Western works on

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the subject have gone into considerable detail regarding this wonderful

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Oriental hypnotism, which they assert is accomplished because of this

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twisting of the body. They might just as well point

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out some physical trick of motion of each leading Western

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hypnotists and assert that the motion was the secret of

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his power. I do not think that further common is

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necessary in this case. The motions and attitudes, et cetera

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are merely part of the setting of the piece, or

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possibly bits of stage business designed to heighten the impression

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of mystery. That's all Oriental methods of developing power. I've

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been informed by an authority whose word is entitled to

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the greatest respect, and who has spent many years in

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India and other Oriental countries, that the following method is

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used by these Oriental magicians in developing within themselves the

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power to create these strong mental images in the minds

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of those witnessing their performances. The magician starts when a

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youth and practices mental imagery in his own mind. This

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process is akin to visualization, as mentioned by me in

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my work on mental magic. The magician at first uses

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his will in an endeavor to form a clear and

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distinct mental image of some familiar object arose, for instance.

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He practices until he is able to actually see the

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thing before him in his mind's eye, just as certain

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eminent painters have acquired the faculty of visualizing the faces

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of persons they meet so that they can reproduce them

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on canvas without further sittings. Superlative sense induction attained, then

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the magician experiments upon larger objects, and then upon groups

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of objects, and so on to more complex pictures. After

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years of constant experimentation and practice, a few of those

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undertaking the work find themselves able to picture any of

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the scenes described in this chapter as feats. That is,

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they are able to clearly picture them in their own mind.

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And this being accomplished, the magician is able, by his

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highly developed concentrated will, to project the mental image into

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the mind of those around him. It is the sense

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induction described by me in this work, only raised to

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a much higher degree of manifestation. Oriental versus occidental, the

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people of the West will not devote the time and

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attention to the cultivation of such faculties, while the Oriental

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will willingly give up half of his life for the attainment.

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But on the other hand, the Western man will devote

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his time to the acquirement of will, power and concentration

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in the direction of becoming a ruler of men and

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a general of finance, each to his taste in temperament,

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and neither would trade places or power with the other.

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They are both dealing with the same force, however, as

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little as they realize it,