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GHANNEL An International Quarterly of Occultism, Spiritual Philosophy of Life, and the Science of Superphysical Facts EDITOR
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Stead Borderland Bureau and Library ......... Estelle Estelle W . Spirit Photograph of W. T. Stead................................... Stories of Past Lives......................................Elizabeth Se The Great Banyan Tree........................... E. Christina Christi na La Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Alban ......... Ernest Udny, M The The Phantom Phan tom S h ip...................................... ip ......................................Carl Carl Ramus, King Ki ngsh ship ip............................................................... ............................................................... J. C. John Religion and the Literature of Today ............. Helen M. The Science of Occult Healing ......... Marie Russak Hotch A Call to to the the Women Wo men of th the W o rld rl d ......... . .Louise R. Citizens of Heaven ............................................. J. C. Johns
The Doris Case ase of Quintu Qui ntuple ple Personal Pers onality. ity...............The ..............The Ed A stro st roth ther erap apy........... y................. ............. ............. ............ ............ ............ .......... .... John Joh n Hazel Magic of the Javanese......................... ...... .......... ........ ........ ....M. M. Sre The The Virtue of Compassion.................................................. Compassion. .................................................
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night , June Ju ne 22 22, 19 1916, there there was given to m m g m m H U R S D A Y night, vMa 1 the Office Officers rs and Councilors of the Supreme Gran Gran f vMa
Lodge in the Temple in New York, a demonstration //■\\ of the the anc ancie ient nt art— art— science— of transm transmut utat atio ion. n. //1 //1 \ \ It was the first ti time su such a convocation wa wa \ Wi held held in Ameri America— ca— and it may ma y be several several years before /-{I M / similar demonstratio demonstration n will be given again. JL . // a similar Each Grand Master General is permitted to give, ive, during during his lifeti lifetime me and term of office, ffice, one demonst demonstrat ration ion of the ancient ancient proc rocess whereb whereby y the tran tr ansm smut utat atio ion n of metal metal is accomplished. Believing that the time was ripe for such a demonstration before the members who have been studying the laws which underlie all transmutation, our Imperator and Grand Master General made preparations for this most interesting manifestation of those fundamental laws so thoroughly covered by the lectures of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Degrees of our Order. The preparations consisted in writing upon fifteen cards the six or seven ingredients used in the process and the eight or nine accessories, including a small pair of tweezers, a small china dish piece iece of gauze, pail of filtered filtered water, etc. Also was was writ writte ten n on one card “ a piece piece of ordinar ordinary y zinc, zinc, size abo ab out }^inch wide, wide, 1 1inc inch h lon and 1 132 of an inch inch thic th ick, k,” ” while on another another card was written writt en “ smal amount of pure nitric acid for testing the zinc.” These cards were drawn at random by the members of the Fourth Sign up to vote on this title Degre egree e on the the previous previous Thursda Thu rsday y night. nig ht. By this means fifteen Useful Not useful the com the members of the Council actually possessed, collectively, plete formula for the process, though individually each found that
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T he Tem ple was esp e spec ecia iall lly y decor decorat ated ed with with »>eautifu tifull r Beside the usual crucible stood a table draped with the alta a n d sym s ymbo bols ls an a n d an a n Am A meric er ican an flap. flap. All Al l offic officer ers s were in After an opening prayer an address was given by the Master General, as follows: “ W e are assembled a ssembled in H oly ol y Conv Co nvoc ocatio ation n tonight in t to demonstrate for the first time in this country the actual rea of the th e dre d ream ams s of o u r founde fou nders. rs. For Fo r a hundred hund red year years s o Elder Brothers of our Order in Egypt worked at their crucib wrestled with the problems of alchemy in an attempt to ap fu n d a m e n tal ta l laws of our ou r philos phi losoph ophy y and an d scie scienc nce. e. A t last last ceeded, and transmutation on the material plane, according laws of the th e tria tr iang ngle le on the t he mate m ateri rial al plane, plan e, was was dem demonstra onstra it has never been demonstrated outside of our Order. “ Y o u have ha ve had ha d expl e xplain ained ed to t o you yo u in the first, first, se second degrees, degrees, these same sam e f u n d a m e n tal ta l laws. Y o u know the true lying the composition of all matter and its qualities and classi You know the real difference between glass and wood, air an flesh and mineral; and you know the true and actual difference a piece of granite, a piece of lead, and a lump or grain of pu Y o u know kn ow th a t by alter alt ering ing or o r mod m odif ifyi ying ng thes these e dif diffe fere ren nc m odif od ify y the th e physi ph ysical cal pro p roper perty— ty— the qua qu a lity li ty,, the exp express ressio io minera min erals. ls. A ll this t his you y ou know. know . Y o u have ha ve rece receiv ived ed th knowled kno wledge ge in our ou r lectures and an d demons dem onstrat trations ions.. \our our un of the great principles and laws of God and nature is bas facts, whereas all around us we see and meet with claims and p in those fields of science outside of our Order, which are based upon theory or promiscuous observation. “Since the members of this Fourth Degree are the most a o f our ou r own hundre hun dreds ds of Rasaecrucia Rasaec rucians ns in America tod today ay the call to take advantage of the privilege accorded to me Imperator and Supreme Grand Master, to make this demo Sign up to vote on this title of the laws of transmutation; and after due consideration o Not useful Useful tional import and its immediate effect upon the minds of th esteem this Order and its work so reverently, I grant unto you
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regard regarding ing the genuineness genuineness of the clai claims ms made l>y our ou r Order. Order. Fo this reason—unlike those bodies he is trying to investigate,—we gav him every possible opportunity to know. When the zinc was produced by one of our members—himsel a mining engineer and expert on the subject of metals—it was at once turned back to the members to be so marked with initials and symbol as to make future identification positive. The New York World representative representative was one of the first to mar his initials on the piece iece of zinc in an unmistakab unmista kable le manner. The the zinc was tested tested by nitri nitric c acid to to prove prove its nature. nature. The fume from from the acid on the zinc wer were e plai plainly nly visible to all all present. Then The n th piec iece of zinc was cut cut in half. The half half piece, piece, abo a bout ut half half an inc square, containing the scratched initials and symbols, was carefull weigh eighed on assay assayers ers’’ scale scales. s. I t weighed exactly exactly 44 446 6 milli milligra grams. ms. Then the zinc was handed to the Vestal Virgin, who took it wit the tweezers and held the metal in full sight while the Grand Maste General picked up a small china dish—such as is used as “butle dis dishes” and which which a member had placed placed on the table. tabl e. Int In t o this dish could plainly see the Master drop some white powder supplied by on Sister Sister presen present. t. In t o this thi s was dropped dropped seve several ral petals from from a fresh rose brought by another anot her Sister. Then the Vestal Virgi Virgin n placed th piece iece of zinc in the dish and and over it were were sprinkle spri nkled d seve several ral othe white powders by some of the Hrothers. The dish was was then held over the th e colore colored d flames flames and fumes of crucible, while the Master stirred the contents of the dish with merel the tip of the forefinger of his right hand. The left hand of the Master held the dish over the flames and th fingers of the hand were certainly severely scorched, as could be see after the allotted “sixteen minutes" of stirring were up, but he showe no sense of pain then then nor over over two hours afterward, afterward, and the followin morning even the outward effects of the burn had disappeared. During the process, which called for continued concentration an Sign up to vote on this title very active handling of dish, ingredients, etc., to a most tiring an Useful Not useful exhaustive degree, the Master dropped into the dish the differen ingred ingredients ients brough bro ughtt by the members. members. The World representativ
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his figure from the bcntover position he had maintained for m inut in utes es . Those Tho se in th e rear r ear of the t he roo r oom m rose rose from their their crowded to the front of the Temple, forgetting all Temple d in their eagerness to see the result of the process. Th en. in a qu iet, ie t, sim ple ma nn er the M aster ast er lifted the m the dish, held it cióse to the altar light burning in a crys brou br ou gh t from a R osa ecru ec rucian cian T em ple in the t he Orient, a critical examination, announced in a dignified, almost revere “ I t is gold!” Those Tho se cióse cióse b y leane le aned d fo rw ard ar d to see see the metal. me tal. The almost imperceptible motion of rushing toward the Master thirtyseven members present, when the Master passed the m to the Brother who had brought the original piece of zinc a “ Brothe Brother. r. you you an d the gentleman gentleman from the World, m ay metal and note the probable increase in weight.” C aref ar efull ully y was the m etal et al weighed ag ain b y the same same sc adjustment possible showed that the piece of metal had incr weight. we ight. T his hi s was anno an no unce un ce d b y those witnessing the the Then the World's representative announced that the piece contained and plainly showed his initials and other marks, an stated that their identification marks were also visible. The metal had a bright yellow appearance, much like color of puré gold and not like the more copper yellow color 18 k a ra t gold. go ld. _ A t the request of th e M as ter the m et al was was immedi jected to nitric nit ric a cid tests, as was the zinc— the same piec piece e before before the tran sm utat ut at ion . Th is tim e there was was no no bur metal, no fumes, and the test was repeated several times. As tou nde d— yet kno win g w ha t re ally ally h ad occurr occurred ed an plic ity o f it according to o ur teachings — most mo st of us felt th witnessed witnessed one of the strangest, strange st, mo st sacred sacred demo de monstr nstration ation periments yet given in our Temple. The Master fittingly closed the convocation, and all Sign up to vote on this title the Imperátor’s office, the Imperator carrying Useful Notwith useful him tw of m eta l— each each origin ally fo rm ing one piece piece of zinc— now d color, color, weight, and n ature T he Secretary Secretary General remai
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metal etal I raar raarke ked d and and tested tested was at one time zinc, z inc, it i t is not zinc z inc now, and the change was brought about before our eyes in fifteen to twenty minutes, in an honest, sincere, and frank manner.” The two pieces of metal will remain for some time in the Im perator’s perator’s offic office, e, in a case case,, where they they may m ay be seen. seen. Newsp Newspap aper er men, men, editors, and several scientists have examined them and gone their way greatly greatly perple perplexe xed. d. No change in the appearance or size of the metáis has occurred since the demonstration—and none is expected— except that one small córner piece of the gold has been cut off and sent to the Supreme Council of the Order in Franee along with an official report. — The Ameri Am erican can Rosae Crucis. 3Jnbían &nafee Cfjarmer
We have jus ju st been the the eyew eyewitne itness sses es of one of those remark remarkabl able e ex hibitio hibitions ns of of India In dian n skill which which travel traveler ers s report to an unbelieving West ern world world.. Fraudu Fra udulen lentt jugglers have so often duped dup ed mere mere tourists that the uninformed believe that no genuine magic can be found in India. But Bu t the incident inciden t which which I am about abo ut to rela relate te took place place in our our own bungalow compound, within sight of my sisters and myself and a host ost of peop people le of all sort sorts s and conditions; conditi ons; I had the opport opp ortun unitv itv of following the chief actor within a distance of four or five feet and of interrogating him through a kind and able interpreter at every stage; and so, for those who will believe me, there is a bi bi t of firsthand ev evi dence of the unquestioned variety. . . . _ Today a wandering wandering snak snake ech char arm mer from Anuradhap Anur adhapura, ura, a Tami T amil, l, originating_ really in some obscure South Indian village, happened into Mt. Mt . Lavinia. He is a wellb wellbuilt uilt and very dark Ind In d ian, ia n, ciad in the picturesque garments that suit the dark skin so well, and wearing in his right nostril a bright gold ring in which was set a blood ruby. He carried a sort of saddlebag on his shoulder, at his belt a kind of woven pouch, and in his hands a gourd pipe giving notes like a very soft oft bagpip bagpipe. e. An ordinary stick stick completed his Sign equipment. equipm ent. up to vote on this title At the request of the inhabitants he displayed his permanent Not useful Useful stock in trade, a huge cobra de capella, making it hiss and sway and strike to the notes of his singing gourd; and he displayed also a drug
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