For example, when Mrs.
Buncomhearst learned of the remarriage of her second husband--she had lost him three years before, owing to a difference of opinion on the emancipation of women--she showed the most complete Bahee possible.

And when Miss Snagg learned that her brother in Venezuela had died--a very sudden death brought on by drinking rum for seventeen years--and had left her ten thousand dollars, the Bahee which she exhibited almost amounted to Nirvana.
In fact, the very general dissemination of the Oriental idea became more and more noticeable with each week that passed.

Some members attained to so complete a Bahee, or Higher Indifference, that they even ceased to attend the meetings of the society; others reached a Swaraj, or Control of Self, so great that they no longer read its pamphlets; while others again actually passed into Nirvana, to a Complete Negation of Self, so rapidly that they did not even pay their subscriptions.
But features of this sort, of course, are familiar wherever a successful occult creed makes its way against the prejudices of the multitude.
The really notable part of the whole experience was the marvellous demonstration of occult power which attended the final seance of the society, the true nature of which is still wrapped in mystery.
For some weeks it had been rumoured that a very special feat or demonstration of power by Mr.Yahi-Bahi was under contemplation.

In fact, the rapid spread of Swaraj and of Nirvana among the members rendered such a feat highly desirable.

Just what form the demonstration would take was for some time a matter of doubt.