The Ghost of Guir House

ad been done from within, and that there was, and had been, no other outlet but that through which he had entered. To suppose that the main wall of the house ha

been self-immured. Although the reason for such an act was utterly beyond his comprehension, Paul felt a certain satisfaction in having reached this conclusion, as it showed the impossibi

sposed to conversation at this hour; and after Dorothy had retired, Paul alluded to the strange scene he had witnessed through the chimney, and expressed a desire to learn something of occultism. Taking his long-s

remains incomprehensible; and yet a child may acquire its secrets by its individual efforts. Spiritua

consider me a trifler, I should like to

d at him com

subject; but if you seriously wish it, and can believe in me as an honest and honorable custodia

a question. Was the room I saw through the chimney a rea

d in the Valley of the Jhelum, in the Punjab. The officer and lady w

scene so long passed out of existence, and

value as we give them. India, doubtless, seems very far to you, but to one whose powers of will have been sufficiently developed, it is no farther than the wall of this room. So it is with time. How can we see that which no longer exists? But a little reflection will show us that even on the physical plane we see tha

uarter, the stars are visible; whether they be actually there or not, they are there to me; but not so with the vision

But suppose the machinery of your body were finer-suppose your senses were absolutely in accord with those vibratory movements, instead of only partially so-do you not know that the starlight would reveal far more than it now does? Then you would see not only the light, but

ago, and whose light vibrations would require but the fraction of a second to reach our point of consciousness-no matter wh

scene by transposing our consciousness. Granted these powers, which are born of the soul, and we may behold any event in history with the clearness of its original force. Man is mind, and mind is one; but all mind is not self-conscious. The consciousness of mind is in spots, as it were,

"I can not see how it was that I, who have no su

c vibration. The scene was ref

ow said there w

intensity of my thoughts struck a sympathetic chord in yours, and vibrated through you as one consciousness. Without undue familiarity,

, and which state was as familiar to him as the body in which he appeared. Time and reflection alone, as this strange man had declared, could bring one to comprehend and realize a condition of existence so totally differing from that of our material plane.

was absolute; that all was relative; and yet when it comes to fixed measures, I think you must admit that this is not

s, it is a mental conception, and relative to other mental conceptions. Let us, for example, suppose that the world and all its contents, and, in fact, the entire universe, were exactly twice as large as it is, the mile would then be twice as long as it is now; and that which we now call a mile would only make the impression of half as much distance as it

ng more of your power in the region of occulti

, but I warn you to

thing better than to witness an

d solemn, and the

othy is asleep, and it is a fitting time. If you will

own, to investigate the supernatural, was uncanny, and he half wished he had not made the request. He knew the ma

narrower stairway at the back, Paul following closely. Presently they entered a passage which led in the opposite direction from He

different from the ordinary. The circumstances of my life have set me apart from most men;

opened t

reddish fluid that meandered through his body in thread-like streams; a horoscope and a globe, suspended from the ceiling, with the signs of the Zodiac. Various old parchments

the quietest hour of the night, and the

" asked Paul with a misgi

of spirit is not subject to the restrictions of matter. But remember that a

e in the glaring light of day. Beneath them lay a city of marvelous beauty, whose streets were lined with palaces, surrounded by their own parks, and whose inhabitants were walking in and about the shaded

you. Come, let us descend these

ouch of the man

where the people looked happy. There was neither hurry nor effort, but the grandest monuments to human action were visible upon every ha

nce man's unity is understood? Exclusiveness is the result of ignorance, but privacy and seclusion may even be better enjoyed in the conditions prevailing here than in our own st

?" inquired Paul, feeling as if the whol

"They are where they always were, in the minds of thos

ring. These things appear

s go into one of these bazars, a

dise of every description, were crowded with people. No one was in attendance; and those who came and went, carried with them what they pleased. No money was passed,

planation, which Ah

l state, which precedes and follows all material forms. It will begin its descent into matter, through the minds of physical man, about the time I have mentioned. It is merely a type of a class toward which we are tending, and I show it to you that you may see the vast strides we shall have made by th

ning rapacity of a thief, who will ta

thers, and there is no temptation to take that which can not be kept, since his neighbor has equal right to take from him an idle surplus. Here the laws are the reverse of ours, for here a man is encouraged in the taking, but neve

ld value; jewels of indescribable splendor; men, women, and children with strangely eager faces. The

Paul. "I feel as if it were a dream, and y

e to men of earth. Its inhabitants are as conscious of their existence as you and I are of ours. They are

all it contained?" repeated

dreaming it all. But to you it is incomprehensible, as I told you it wou

g is utterly beyond me; and this, none the less, because I am aware that one of the fundamental facts of nature is that two things can not occupy the same space at the sa

ibrations are interpenetrable and non-obstructive. Even on the material plane we see how the vibrations of light and heat penetrate those of visible and tangible substance, and how, in your more recent discoveries, light rays penetrate solid metals formerly called opaque. When I say that these vibrations are interpenetrable and non-obstructive, the statement must be taken as approximating the truth, and not as a finality, independent of all conditions; for by the power of the will, or as a result of mental habit, a man may either exclude or admit to his consciou

of day. Do you mean to tell me that the mind controls the sun itself?

ed by a long course of training? But let me quote you a few words from one of our greatest

ht, or atmosphere, or pulp, is the mind of man, an organized ocean of spiritual substance, wherein all things exist. If man were conscious of his own greatness, h

utterly beyond me,

and looking at his pupil with a kindly expression; and then, with

are actually as real as the furnitu

ouch them, strike them with your hand. Are they not solid? Apply every test in your power to their reality; they will not fail you in one-and, let me ask, what

hed Paul; "and I could never even ask the

peated in a minute; "it is a mystery involving mysteries! What are dreams? Give them a little more intensity, as in the case of the somnambule or clairvoyant, and they are real. The trouble is, Mr. Henley, that few of

born; the spirit sha

was not; end and b

s and changeless remai

it at all, dead though

have really occupied less than a second of time as counted with us; through all the minutiae and details of youth, courtship, marriage, a military career, war with all its horrors, the details of the last battle where death was inevitable, and where the last shot was fired and heard that brought the great change-of awakening, and the sudden perception that the entire phantasmagoria