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Zur Illustration der Mahatmas in der „Occult World" diene 

 das Nachfolgende, [aus der Feder eines Derjenigen, welche ge- 

 schichtlich berufen sind, die „benighted natives" in India mit den 

 Segnungen der (Zivilisation zu beglücken, — ausserdem zu den 

 „Upper-ten-Thousand u xai' s'Zoxrjv gehörig, als Literat (und ,, Editor 

 of a leading newspaper", wie es heisst)|. 



,,About the end of September my wife wert one afternoon with Madame 

 Blavatsky to the top of a neighbouring hill. They were only accompanied by 

 one other friend. I was not present myself on this occasion. While there Madame 

 Blavatsky asked my wife, in a joking way, what was her heart's desire. She 

 said at random and on the spur of the moment, „to get a note from one of the 

 Brothers w . Madame Blavatsky took from her pocket a piece of blank pink paper 

 that had been torn off a note received that day. Folding this up into a small 

 compass, she took it to the edge of the hill, held it up for a moment or two 

 between her hands aud returned saying that is was gone. She presently, after 

 communicating mentally by her own occult methods with the distant Brother, 

 said he asked where my wife would have the letter. At first she said she should 

 like it to come fluttering down into her lap, but some conversation ensued as to 

 whether this would be the best way to get it, and ultimately it was decided that 

 se should find it in a certain tree. 



At first Madame Blavatsky seems to have made a mistake as to the 

 description of the tree which the distant Brother was indicating as that in which 

 he was going to put the note, and with some trouble my wife scrambled on to 

 nothing could be found. Madame then again got into communication with the 

 Brother and ascertained her mistake. Into another tree at a little distance, which 

 neither Madame nor the one other person present had approached, my wife now 

 climbed a few feet and looked all round among the branches. At first she saw 

 nothing, but then, turning back her head without moving from the position she 

 had taken up, she saw on a twig immediately before her face — where a moment 

 previously there had been nothing but leaves — a little pink note. This was 

 stuck on to the stalk of a leaf that had been quite freshly torn off, for the stalk 

 was still green and moist — not withered as it would have been if the leaf had 

 been torn off for any length of time. The note was found to contain these few 

 words: „I have been asked to leave a note here for you. What can I do for 

 you:" It was signed by some Thibetan characters. The pink paper on which 

 it was written appeared to be the same which Madame Blavatsky had taker. 

 blank from her pocket shortly before. 



