THE CHARM OF THE OCCULT

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 10

THE CHARM OF THE OCCULT

It is/brio. of -.'tho 'mbst curious signs of,tho .times- (says.- a.. London .paper). that' dabbling in:occultism-seems to.be almost: as; much 'talked about' just : now as ! the extraordinary-discoveries iri the'field of, real ' science,. "'Everyone, for' instance, is ; talking for the moment of the extraordin-' ary discovery -by Herr lluhmer, of a means of-'transmitting a likeness by electricity. It does;'in--truth,-'.seem almost miraculous, that: there .'-should be', eyeii the; expectation -of being ablo^'-'-to-talk' to' someone, at a distance, hear her. .voice- in ' answer, and at - thb sairib.-timo 'see : her' ;in; her---habit; as.'she lives. One would r have, thought that- such' a, discovcry" as this .would have' ;satisfied- the - cravings even ;of those' who are keenest: in "thbir" desire ' to '.-fathom ' the mysteries' of "Na-' ture and -peer into the region of the un-- . known.. Yet; go'into', any "drawing-room-' one; may, one hears sometimes-'fiippant; but ; often quite serious and earnest' discussion of., spiritualism 1 ' and -psychological: mysteries', generally. It• would be"■ perhapi .-well*for'- socioty-if women-in '.par-' ticulnr could - confine' their interest, to tho wonderland of real science, but the mere word mystery is. enough to .attract',tho majority of our, sex,- no. matter what may bo its association or environment. Meantime, such discoveries as' that made 'by Herr: lluhmer may Tvell; riiake 'the -inost sceptical among-us hesitate to dismiss; anything-and 'everything which wo do not understand as "impossible."