Photo by Weile and Klein 

 WITH HIS IRON STAFF 



Among many races iron is believed to have 

 the virtue of scaring away dangerous and evil 

 spirits As a protection against more sub- 

 stantial enemies— wild beasts, for example— 

 the iron staff carried by the majority of as- 

 cetics ought to be effective. 



I'huto by W. M. Zumbro 

 A DEVOTEE OF VISHNU 



It is usually easy to distinguish between the 

 followers of the gods Vishnu and Siva accord- 

 ingly as they favor beads of the holy basil 

 wood or the rough berries of the rudraksha 

 tree. This Sadhu being a devotee of Vishnu, 

 wears beads of basil wood (see page 1263). 



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