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Jh'swas, tfo. 2,Ananda Chatteriee's Lane*Bagbazar, Calcutta. O U JN 'JL'JtUJN ------ :(0):------- Are the dead alive ? 357 Art and craft of mind-f£ading or telepathy , 229 Bangs Sisters : Their miraculous feats M Case of spirit identity 70 difficulties in believing in spiritualism Tfil Distinguished men on spiritualism 379 Evidence of a noted scientist M 7 Exploration of the other world 271 Experiences with the Bangs Sisters 4U4 Extraordinary messages through a medium Glad tidings of great joy to all ’37 Good test of spirit identity < Sr G. P. communications 32 r Gruesome horror in Georgia 21() Hanumannagar spirits re-appear :;-ii How to transmit'thought messages 2K9 Jealousy of a spirit wife^ ... 251 Kept promise to came back* 3*6 Life in the spirit-world 388 Lincoln the mystic ... ... 5^» 109 Lord Gauranga 1 Modern history of Animal Magnetism and Mesmerism ... ... 257. 332 Modern history of Animal Magnetism and Hypotism 4 ‘9 Mother’s first e^peronce ... 75 Mr. Stead’s experiences ... ... 43> : 22 Mr. Stead and Julia’s Bureau 47.) My first psychic experiment 198 Mysterious manifestations in a haunted house t::4 Notes ... ... 78, 154, 232, 312, 390, 477 Objects which carry misfortune , '95 Observations on the re-birth theory 428 Occult Therapeutics 29 “One of these little ones” 3'*. Origin of Theosophy in India 24* Prophets 'analysed 8t Religious Convention and its work CONTENTS. Page* Seance with Madame Paladino ... 202 Series of materializations ... 374 Spirit photography ... 6y Spiritualism triumphant in court of justice ... 152 Spiiit solves his mysterious deaths ••• 437 Some remarkable experiences ... 441 Tantra9"afid the Tantriks ... 95. 188, 264, 348 ’Trumpet ^eances by Mrs. Wagner ... 30b Vision fxperience 73 Watseka Wonder ... 91 Why religion is not growing >«.. 401 Yorkshire mystery . ... 72 THE Hindu Spiritual Magazine. --------- XX)-:---------- EDITED BY Shishir Kumar Ghose. v o l . m ] MARCIjf, X909. [No. i. LORD GAURANGA. ---------------:•{&: ------- -------- Goo L man plus something which marks Ilim out from the latter. This something is beyond the reach of man, for man can only conceive of one like himself and can never go beyond that. He may be described, as “all-pervading” Being but the expression will convey no definite meaning to p man. 'ilhis all-pervading God will still be a man to him. If, therefore, man tries to commune with God, he must commune with a God whom he can conceive,— with a God who is minus that something which marks Him out from men. So, if God appears before nftm or talks to 'him, He must be 2 . THE HINDU SPIRITUAL MAGAZINE. such as the latter can cpnceive,— a God who can be descuot.d as only a Grand Man*» But has God ever spoken to man, face to face ? The followers of Lord Gauranga contend that He has, in the Person of Gauranga, not once but often— not for minutes but hours together. Of course, very few men will believe this •statement. We can, however, say that a spiritualist has no ground to disbelieve i t ; on the other hand, he is bound to admit that such a consummation is^quite possible, nay natural. Spiritualists believe that spirits speak to man face to face, by using the person of a man with mediumistic powers. They further believe that the better the medium, the higher the intelligence that speaks through him. If, then, a man is born, who is physically, morally and spiritually almost perfect, where is the wonder that (lod, who is a Spirit, and Grand Man should speak throughhi'm ? And everyone, who has followed the career <K Gauranga will have to admit that be was such a personage. Gauranga had two states, natural and divine. In h^ natural state he was the most attractive being in cxisteruv, sweet, intellectual, loving and pious. In his divine state, be was more or less in a trance. In this divine state, be bad three moods,-—be was without God, be was with God, and be was God Himself. When without God he yearned for Ilim hi such a manner that it appeared to his followers that his heart would break. He would fall into one swoon after adother, and it was felt that he would die. But the second always followed the first in time to save him. In this seefind state, he felt that he was with God and then he would be under the influence of an uncontrollable joy. IIis third state was, when he was God Himself. LORtf) GAURANGA. 3 We mean to deal to-day with this third stage of his divine .mood— when he was God. He would would down Unconscious in a trance, and on getting up declare: “ I ini come, I Who created you— I Who am the life, and soul of ^very one and everything— I Who reign in every heart, feeing fbur fallen condition I have come to save you,— to gflk to you,— to shew you your high destiny and to teach you how to attain®to Me, by Myself practising all the steps necessary for a devotee to securg that great end.” It was thus he flourished for twenty-four years. Those who are familiar with spiritual manifestations, especially demonical possessions, will see that the find Al­ mighty, if He actually spoke through Gauranga, only followed His own laws. A low spirit takes entire possession of a man or woman, so that the latter ceases to be himself, per­ sonating the while the evil spirit. When the evil spirit is forced to vacate his temporary habitation, the possessed falls down in a swoon after a shi iek, rising later on to be himself or herself again. In the case of Gauranga, the spiiit that possessed him was the very Highest,— that is all. It may be contended that those who believed Gauranga to be the medium of the God Almighty, were hypnotised. But we believe, one who has followed his career, will jmi venture to think so. We have often said that the incidents of his life are supported by overwhelming evidence. It was not miraCles that led the people of India to ascribe divinity to him, for the Hindus, every one of them, believed in the ^Ccult powers of man. Yet many millions of men in the id of Sri Krishna and Buddha, the most profound philoso- ters of India included, believed him to bo the incarnation of 4 THE HINDU SPIRITUAL MAGAZINE. 3 God. In our last, we have already given an account of his second Revelation. Wc shall now describe how ho would behave when the Lord God left' him. Let us quote from the chapter in his life which deals with “the great Revelation day” — a day when he was, as God Almighty, for twenty-one hours before thousands of his followers. In the morning his person was taken possession of by God, and on the following morning He was asked to leave, because the followers, who were present, told Him that, having spent twenty-one hours in His company, they felt so utterly exhausted, that they could no longer bear His august presence : — When the bhaktas prayed that He would subdue His glory and appear to them simply as a marf, He said, “Very well, I go.” This was followed by something like a shriek and the lx>rd fell down in a swoon. And thus ended what is called the Malta Prokas or the Great Revelation. Whenever the Lord fell down in a trance his companions became frightened, accustomed though they were to the spectacle. For, in a stale of trance, the Lord looked just like a dead man.