Re: Proofs
Feb 01, 2005 06:48 PM
by stevestubbs
--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Konstantin Zaitzev"
<kay_ziatz@y...> wrote:
>
> As for the proofs of ESP observations and existence of the subtle
> bodies there is a good book by Hector Durville "Manifestation Du
> Fantome Des Vivants". The book is available in French in Russian. I
> don't know whether is an English translation.
> Durville was a psychic researcher who tried to be objective, but he
> writes much in favour of theosophists. He found that of many
systems
> the theosophical system matches best to his observations, but he
adds,
> "if theosophists theoretized less and experimented more, their
books
> would be more accurate"
Not just more accurate but more interesting.
If you are Russian you might find this interesting. Years ago I read
a story about the last Czar inviting the French magician Papus to his
capital. Papus (real name Gerard Encausse) claimed to have cast a
spell on Russia which would prevent the country from descending into
chaos, but he said the spell would be broken when he died. It has
been years since I read the book in which this story appeared, but
unless I am mistaken it was published when Papus was still alive,
which is what made the story interesting.
Papus died in October, 1916.
It was reportedly to counter the influence of Papus that the Russian
church promoted Rasputin as the royal family's new wonder man.
Papus' son Philippe Encausse published a bio of him (entitled
Sciences occultes I believe) which described his experiences in
Russia but I got this story from a much older source.
- References:
- Proofs
- From: "Konstantin Zaitzev" <kay_ziatz@yahoo.com>
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