Spiritism, Hypnotism and Telepathy

MY PILGRIMAGE TO THE WISE MEN OF THE EAST BY MONCURE DANIEL CONWAY BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY (Cfc Rtertfbr p tr ft, Cambridge 1 9 0 6 Digitized by C.ooQle COPYRIGHT 1906 BY MONCURE DANIEL CONWAY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published. October 1908 Digitized by L j O O Q l e CONTENTS Prolegomena 1-13 CHAPTER I The Colt of Pktriotiam— Robert 0. Ingersoll —A block mark on the Declaration of Independence — Pilgrimage# to Virginia— The ori ginal aborigines — The first ehnroh in North America — Cruelties of colonisation — Christmas reunions of revolutionary veterans — A Song of Seventy-six—Mary Washington—Seamy ride of the R evolution.......................................................................................... 15-33 CHAPTER II A witch hunt at Washington — Yellow Springs, Ohio — Cincinnati — Judge Hoadly—Journey to Salt Lake City — John W. Young— Mormonism and human nature — Elder Penrose as a preaoher— Mormon wives and Mormon husbands — The fate of repudiated w iv e s...................................................................................................37-43 CHAPTER ITT San Francisco—Red Cross Knights— Chinese Joss and theatre — Voy aging southward— Flying fish and sunfish — Delia Bscon — Shake- speare-Baoonism— Honolulu Sabbath — Captain Cook — Legends — Pele-Jehorah— Rev. Titus Coan—Samoans — Phenomena— New Zealand— Dr. Richard Garnett—Pearl-divers — Onr floating U t o p i a .......................................................................................... 47-60 CHAPTER IV The Melbourne Cup — Joss House — Sects in Victoria — Governor of Victoria— Bishop of Melbourne — Rev. Charles Strong — Austra lian insanity — Ballarat gold mines— Hon. Petsr Lalor— Hon. A. Inglia Clark — Hobart— Campbellitea — Nature’s oddities— Relics of transportation times — Extinction of Tasmanians— My ordeal in Sydney— Impaled with Bishop Moorhouse and Rev. Charles Strong — Fusion of Freethought and Spiritualism — The Botany Bay myth — Justice Windeyer ......................................................................... 70-06 ' 1 a 2 1 4 8 CONTENTS CHAPTER V Colonial Chauvinism —King George's Sound — Weird coast name* — Australian aborigines — An nncivilixable maiden — Dangers of fed eration — Krakatoan lava — Voltaire and Wesley on the Lisbon earthquake........................................................................................ 07-107 CHAPTER V I Ceylon — Plain living and high thinking — Talks with the Buddhist Petera — Origin of Whittington’s oat— “ Rodyas ’’ — A Sinhalese law oourt— Judge ArunAchalam and his wife at Kattura— A ram ble with Sinhalese gentlemen — My Buddhist plea for a suffering snake—Hindu shrines in Buddhist temples —The learned priest Subhbti— Sinhalese homes—A Moslem on Heber’s verse about Ceylon — Temple at Khandy — A Modem sermon — Kellania— Buddhist folk-tales—“ Merits” — Nirvana — My Christmas lec ture at Colombo— High priest of Adam’s Peak— Conferences with Buddhists in their college— An unpublished Pitaka— “ Covetous ness” — Of actions at once right and sinful— The extinct order of female priests — English masqueraders— Bishop Mcllvaine and Bishop T e m p le ............................................................................. 108-142 CHAPTER VH New Tear’s eve in Cinnamon Gardens — Hon. P. Ramanathan's ban quet—Devil-dances— Sinhalese demonology— Entertainment in tiie palace of Mutu Kumars Swamy— The Nautoh dancers— “ The Martyr of Truth ” (Hariachandra) — Wagnerite musie 143-101 CHAPTER VHI Arab! In Exile — Relations between Egyptians and English in Colombo — Arabi’s Mohammedan Christianity — Adam’s Peak and Ararat — How Arabi’s life was saved — The English defenders of Arab! — Arabi’s situation at seventy — Conjurers — The giant turtle of Colombo — The heart and life of Buddhism in Ceylon . 162-173 CHAPTER DC Madras— Temple dancers — Talk with students — Juggenauth — St. Thom4—A Portuguese Thomas — Legend of Savatri— New Dis coveries concerning Thomas—Pain and piety — A Jain parable — Good will to man— A Buddhist carol .... 174-194 CONTENTS vii CHAPTER X Adyar—Mme. Blavataky and her confession — The Theosophists— Ad American receiving the Buddhist p a m a ia — The attempted fraud on the Broughtons — Letter of Commissioner Broughton— —Origin of Koothoomi — Revelations of Mme. Coulomb . 196-214 CHAPTER X I Calcutta—Keehub Chunder Sen and his death— Jogendra Chandra Ghosh and Positivism — Mozoomdar and Or. Tyndall — Exposition — Holy pictures— Miracle plays and Hindu theatres — Kalighat festival — S r William Hunter — A learned fakir— Kali—Salva tion Army— Entertainment by Prince Furrok Shah — Christian errors about “ idols ’’ — A dream interview with Kali 216-247 CHAPTER XII Exploring Bengal— A conference of religions— Modem Christianity — Dr. Rijendraldla Mitra on Christian polytheism — Hon. Syed Ameer Ali — Dr. Ananda Cumara Swamy— The marvellous dolls — Maharajah Sir Jotendra Mohun Tajore— The demonised Buddha — Buddha-Gaya — Root of Buddha’s Bo-tree—Letter from Dr. Mitra—Buddhist-Hindu-philosophy — Benares— Monkey Temple — Deer Park and legend of the Mango Girl — “ The Toy-Cart ” — Our Western Buddha ............................................................ 248-270 CHAPTER X m Delhi palaces — Pillar of AsSka—The Miner Pillar— Parana Keels — The Taj at Agra — Akhar — The Parliament of Religions— Oriental ethics — The Jehanara moeque .... 277-301 CHAPTER XIV Allahabad—Manwaysh festival — Ganges immersions — A Chris- tian-Brahman debate — Relic of oobra-worship — River deities — Christian and Brahman doctrines of sacrifice . 302-310 CHAPTER X V Bombay— Alexander Agassiz — Missionaries — England in India — “ The Old Missionary” — Nelaeantah Goreh — Professor Peterson — Hindu hymn — A drive with Judge West — Shankuran Pandit — The Towers of Silence — Zoroastrianism — The zenana— Ba- mabai — Keahub Chunder Sen and his monument— Bhakti (frith) via CONTENTS — Indian aecta— Faults of Bngliah ooloniata—Samuel Laing, M. P., “ A Hodern Zaroaatrian " — The ideal Jain temple . 817-842 CHAPTER XVI Homeward — The Flying Dutchman— Oar 'Lady of the Peking’ — A letter of John Bright— “ Chineae Gordon ” in the Soudan and in Palestine— Pilgrimage to the Krupp Gun Work* at Faatn, Ger many —Addreaa at Diokinaon College, PennsylTania . 848-860 CHAPTER XVII Seeking the Belored 361-381 CHAPTER XVm Addenda 1006,1000 882-400 LIST OP ILLUSTRATIONS Monouhb D , Conw ay {pkotogravwrt) Frontiipiece Larras or R. G. L n a u o u . ............................................................. 83 Waskaduwb SubhCti, a Lkabnsd Buddhist Authob . 118 A B uddhist T b m p lb .............................................................................180 Ehaidt T im fu ................................................................................. 138 S umanoala, P b ib s t o r Adam’s P b a x .......................................... ISO Buddhist Pbibsts or C b y lo n ........................................................ 188 Hon. P. Ramanathan, Souoitob-Qbnhhai. or Cbylon 134 D bytl-D ancxbs.......................................................................................... 144 Aohmbt Ababi, “ thb Egyptian” ................................................... 168 V ibch an d R . Gan dh i, t h b Ch ib t R x u o io u s L hadbb axoho th b Jains o r In d ia .............................................................................100 Thb Jain Symbolical P io tu b b ........................................................ 108 Madams B latatsky ............................................................................. 106 Kbshdb Chundbb S x n .........................................................................216 Hon. Sybd Ambbb A l i .................................................................... 252 S t u p a ...................................................................................................264 C astlb o r th b P a n d a v a s..................................................................... 288 P undita R a m a b a i..................................................................................882 Samubl Laino, M. P., Authob or “ A Modbbn Zoboastbian ” 840 L bitbb or John B b i o h t ................................................................ 846 Sib W illiam W. H u n tb b .................................................................... 404 MY PILGRIMAGE TO THE WISE MEN OF THE EAST PROLEGOMENA MID the fantastic Apocryphal fables one poetic tale has found its way into the Arabic Gospel of the Infancy. “ And it came to pass when Jesus the Lord was bom at Bethlehem of Judah, in the time of Herod the King, behold Wise Men came from the East to Jerusalem, as Zoroaster had predicted: and they had with them gifts, gold, incense, and myrrh; and they worshipped him and offered unto him their gifts. Then lady Mary took one of his swaddling bands and gave it to them as a little reward, and they received it from her with great honour. And the same hour there appeared unto them an angel in the form of the star which had been the guide of their way before; and following the leading of its light they departed into their own country. “ And there the kings and their princes came to them asking what they had seen or done, how they had gone and returned, what they had brought with them. And they showed them the swaddling band which lady Mary had given them; wherefore they celebrated a festival, and kindled fire according to their custom and worshipped it, and cast the swaddling band into it, and the fire seized it and absorbed it into itself.

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