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could, in the ordinary postal way, not have been in Elberfeld 

 before Saturday or Sunday. The event of my receiving the reply 

 of the Mahatma, however, occurred on Friday morning, the 

 i st August. I may mention here that Madame Blavatsky assured 

 me she never found my questions enclosed in the letter to her; 

 these must have been taken out while in the hands of the post. 

 My best proof of the genuineness of this phenomenon, I find, 

 though, is the Contents of the letter, for it was not onlv a replv 

 to the said questions, but also referred to the conversation I was 

 just at that time having with Colonel Olcott. I cannot doubt 

 that this hand writing of the Mahatma must, therefore. have been 

 precipitated by him at that verv instant and transmitted to me by 

 a magic process which lies beyond the power of ordinary niea. — 

 I am, dear sir, yours very truly. Hübbe-Schleiden. 



To T. YY. H. Myers. Esq. Cambridge. 



Advar, December 3i st , 1884. 



Dear Sir, — Complying with your request I shall give you 

 in the following an account of a phenomenon as witnessed by me 

 in my fathers house some couple of mouths ago. 



ßefore I describe what has happened, allow me to say a few 

 words about mv seif ; it will serve to show that I am better adapted 

 than most other people to advance an opinion on these subjects. 



Since my earliest boyhood I have always had a taste and a 

 knack for conjuring tricks. When in London I took lessons there from 

 a professional conjurer, u. s. w. u. s. w. ,,Proceedings of the Society 

 for Psychical Research", Part IX (Dec. i885), S. 385 (ferner: „Account 

 of a Phenomenon, that occured in Elberfeld on September," 1884). 



„The Germania T. S. (Theosophical Society), one of the latest 

 founded Europaean branches, represented by Mr. Rudolph Gebhard, 

 is a nucleus of great promise, and it is fortunate in having so able 

 a President, as Dr. Hübbe-Schleiden, who is well krown as an 



