CONTENTS.
PAGE - Vampirism—its phenomena explained................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
449 - Bengalese jugglery................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
457
CHAPTER XIII.
REALITIES AND ILLUSION.
- The rationale of talismans................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
462 - Unexplained mysteries................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
466 - Magical experiment in Bengal................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
467 - Chibh Chondor's surprising feats................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
471 - The Indian tape-climbing trick an illusion................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
473 - Resuscitation of buried fakirs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
477 - Limits of suspended animation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
481 - Mediumship totally antagonistic to adeptship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
487 - What are "materialized spirits"?................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
493 - The Shudâla Mâdan................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
495 - Philosophy of levitation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
497 - The elixir and alkahest................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
503
CHAPTER XIV.
EGYPTIAN WISDOM.
- Origin of the Egyptians................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
515 - Their mighty engineering works................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
517 - The ancient land of the Pharaohs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
521 - Antiquity of the Nilotic monuments................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
529 - Arts of war and peace................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
531 - Mexican myths and ruins................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
545 - Resemblances to the Egyptian................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
551 - Moses a priest of Osiris................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
555 - The lessons taught by the ruins of Siam................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
563 - The Egyptian Tau at Palenque................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
573
CHAPTER XV.
INDIA THE CRADLE OF THE RACE.
- Acquisition of the "secret doctrine"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
575 - Two relics owned by a Pali scholar................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
577 - Jealous exclusiveness of the Hindus................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
581 - Lydia Maria Child on Phallic symbolism................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
583 - The age of the Vedas and Manu................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
587 - Traditions of pre-diluvian races................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
589 - Atlantis and its peoples................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
593 - Peruvian relics................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
597 - The Gobi desert and its secrets................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
599 - Thibetan and Chinese legends................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
600 - The magician aids, not impedes, nature................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
617 - Philosophy, religion, arts and sciences bequeathed by Mother India to posterity................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
618
