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“Apparently by accident I had effected the transition, but I had succeeded in the acquisition of something beyond the accidental change. I had made the discovery of the insulating law, and the actual process of the creation of the medium of astral projection. The great mystery was solved. To the formulation of my anthropo-biologic battery, and to the ushering into being of the organic form of immortal life, henceforth all my energies should be devoted.
“I left my laboratory and proceeded to my home, which I reached about half past two o’clock, and retired for a little rest. I fell into a pacific slumber, which lasted about two hours, when I was awakened by the noise of what sounded like a terrific wind-storm having reached the magnitude of a hurricane. There rushed upon me a feeling of extreme trepidation; the wind ceased suddenly, and I heard the noise of a great rushing; succeeding this, the noise as of great wings flying, and then the noise as of chariot wheels. All was hushed in silence for a few minutes, when again came the wind. I arose and looked out of the window, but all was as quiet as the utter stillness. The same succession of sounds repeated themselves. All was again hushed. Again, and for the third time, this routine of auditory phenomena was repeated, and again all was as still as the grave. I then felt the breathing of the most delicate accentuation vibrating the extreme ramifications of the sensitive fibriles of my hearing, and in sweet rhythmic cadence there came to the ear of my innermost consciousness from the voice of mystery, still and small, the whispered secret of that which, later on, and by gradual unfolding, you shall become possessed. It was the revelation of the mystery of Immortal Life.”—From The Mystic Circle, by Koresh.
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The Flaming Sword · Vol. 14, No. 48 · Oct 1900 · PDF p. 14