Nobin
Krishna Bannerji was an early Theosophist in
India. He served as Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector, and Manager-General
of Wards’ Estates in Moorshedabad, Bengal.
And regarding the apparition he
perceived of Master Morya, he narrated the following:
« On the occasion of the seventh anniversary [convention of the
Theosophical Society], in 1882, one evening before the anniversary celebration,
at about 7 p.m., I was sitting in the balcony of the headquarters in Bombay, in
company with Norendra Nath Sen, Mohini, Madame, Ramaswamier, and several
others.
We were talking when Madame said:
- "Don’t
move from your seat until I say," or something to that effect.
This made us expect that
something was about to happen.
Some were standing near the
railing of the balcony, others were seated a little back. After a few moments
those standing near the rails saw something, and made some remarks which
induced the rest of the party, excepting myself and Norendra, to get up and go
towards the rails, and look at the object.
We didn’t stir, as nothing
further was said by Madame, but kept turning our heads in expectation of seeing
something. But we didn’t perceive anything.
Some four or five minutes after,
we inferred from the remarks made, that the others had seen some luminous astral
figure walking to and fro below the balcony on the side of the hill. It was not
pitch dark. Objects could be seen at a distance, but not distinguished clearly.
The same party with the addition
of Mr. Ghosal were sitting together on the north extremity of the bungalow
facing the sea, at about 7:30 p.m., when some remark of Madame’s made us expect
to see something immediately.
Shortly after we saw a form
standing on a rock close to the adjoining bungalow, about 10 yards distant. The
light was about the same as on the previous occasion. There was no tree near
and the figure could be seen clearly. The figure was dressed in a white flowing
garment, with a light coloured turban, and a dark beard. The figure was that of
a man of apparently ordinary size, but I could not recognise who it was.
From my description Colonel
Olcott recognised one of the Mahatmas. He mentioned the name, which we
afterwards found to be correct, as Madame and Damodar corroborated it.
The figure seemed faintly
luminous, but I am unable now to recollect any further details concerning its
description. The figure gradually vanished, and for a minute or two afterwards
the place where it had been seemed to be gleaming with a milky brightness.
The rock itself has some date and
other trees upon it but the spot where the figure appeared was bare. The figure
was standing still when we saw it. »
("Account
of Personal Investigations in India, and Discussion of the Authorship of the
'Koot Hoomi' Letters," Proceedings
of the Society for Psychical Research, Volume III, 1885, Appendix
VII, pp. 348-351.)
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