On this matter, Blavatsky explained the following:
« Of all
phenomena produced by occult agency in connection with our Society, none have
been witnessed by a more extended circle of spectators or more widely known and
commented on through recent Theosophical publications than the mysterious
production of letters.
The phenomenon itself has been so well described in The Occult World and
elsewhere, that it would be useless to repeat the description here. Our present
purpose is more connected with the process than the phenomenon of the mysterious
formation of letters.
Mr. Sinnett sought for an explanation of the process and elicited the
following reply from the revered Mahatma, who corresponds with him:
“. . . . bear in mind that these my letters are not written, but
impressed, or precipitated, and then all mistakes corrected . . . I have to
think it over, to photograph every word and sentence carefully in my brain,
before it can be repeated by precipitation. As the fixing on chemically
prepared surfaces of the images formed by the camera requires a previous
arrangement within the focus of the object to be represented, for, otherwise—as
often found in bad photographs—the legs of the sitter might appear out of all
proportion with the head, and so on—so we have to first arrange our sentences
and impress every letter to appear on paper in our minds before it becomes fit
to be read. For the present, it is all I can tell you.”
Since the above was written, the Masters have been pleased to permit the
veil to be drawn aside a little more, and the modus operandi can thus be
explained now more fully to the outsider.
Those having even a superficial knowledge of the science of mesmerism
know how the thoughts of the mesmeriser, though silently formulated in his mind
are instantly transferred to that of the subject. It is not necessary for the
operator, if he is sufficiently powerful, to be present near the subject to
produce the above result.
Some celebrated practitioners in this Science are known to have been
able to put their subjects to sleep even from a distance of several days’
journey. This known fact will serve us as a guide in comprehending the
comparatively unknown subject now under discussion.
The work of writing the letters in question is carried on by a sort of
psychological telegraphy; the Mahatmas very rarely write their letters in the
ordinary way. An electro-magnetic connection, so to say, exists on the
psychological plane between a Mahatma and his chelas, one of whom acts as his
amanuensis.
When the Master wants a letter to be written in this way, he draws the
attention of the chela, whom he selects for the task, by causing an astral bell
(heard by so many of our Fellows and others) to be rung near him just as the
despatching telegraph office signals to the receiving office before wiring the
message.
The thoughts arising in the mind of the Mahatma are then clothed in
word, pronounced mentally, and forced along the astral currents he sends
towards the pupil to impinge on the brain of the latter. Thence they are borne
by the nerve-currents to the palms of his hand and the tips of his finger,
which rest on a piece of magnetically prepared paper.
As the thought-waves are thus impressed on the tissue, materials are
drawn to it from the ocean of âkas (permeating every atom of the sensuous
universe), by an occult process, out of place here to describe, and permanent
marks are left.
From this it is abundantly clear that the success of such writing as
above described depends chiefly upon these things:
1)
The force and the clearness with which the thoughts
are propelled, and
2)
The freedom of the receiving brain from disturbance of
every description.
The case with the ordinary electric telegraph is exactly the same. If,
for some reason or other the battery supplying the electric power falls below
the requisite strength on any telegraph line or there is some derangement in
the receiving apparatus, the message transmitted becomes either mutilated or
otherwise imperfectly legible.
The telegram sent to England by Reuter’s agent at Simla on the
classification of the opinions of Local Governments on the Criminal Procedure
Amendment Bill, which excited so much discussion, gives us a hint as to how
inaccuracies might arise in the process of precipitation.
Such inaccuracies, in fact, do very often arise as may be gathered from
what the Mahatma says in the above extract. “Bear in mind,” says He, “that
these my letters are not written, but impressed, or precipitated, and then all
mistakes corrected.”
To turn to the sources of error in the precipitation. Remembering the
circumstances under which blunders arise in telegrams, we see that if a Mahatma
somehow becomes exhausted or allows his thoughts to wander off during the
process or fails to command the requisite intensity in the astral currents
along which his thoughts are projected, or the distracted attention of the
pupil produces disturbances in his brain and nerve-centres, the success of the
process is very much interfered with.
It is to be very much regretted that the illustrations of the above
general principles are not permitted to be published. Otherwise, the present
writer is confident that facts in his possession alone would have made this
paper far more interesting and instructive.
Enough, however, has been disclosed to give the public a clue as to many
apparent mysteries in regard to precipitated letters. It ought to satisfy all
earnest and sincere inquirers and draw them most strongly to the path of
Spiritual progress, which alone can lead to the knowledge of occult phenomena,
but it is to be feared that the craving for gross material life is so strong in
the western Society of the present day that nothing will come to them amiss so
long as it will shade off their eyes from unwelcome truth.
They are like Circe’s swine “Who not once their foul deformity
perceive,” but would trample down Ulysses for seeking to restore them their
lost manhood. »
(The Theosophist, Vol. V, N. 3-4(51-52), December-January, 1883-1884, p.
64; Collected Writings 6, p.118-120)
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