There are occult laws of the soul which, if understood by some powerful mind, can be made to explain some of the deepest mysteries of the universe.

For example, a man versed in the secrets of the spirit life can cause the soul of any human being to leave its clay tenement, and go to the world of spirits, and learn its secrets; and by the powers of his soul life, which can be a thousand times strengthened by means of a knowledge of the forces at the command of all, he can summon it back to the body again.

Of course I can only hint at these things here, as only the initiated can understand these secret laws; but these are the things I would have studied, and thus lift the life of man beyond his poor material surroundings." By this time the drawing-room was pretty well full.

Nearly all the men had left their wine, and all were listening intently to what Voltaire was saying.
"You have lived in the East ?" said Miss Forrest, evidently fascinated by the strange talk.
"For the last ten years.

I spent a year in Cairo, two more up by the banks of the Nile, among the ruins of ancient cities, where, in spite of the degradation that exists, there is still to be found those who have some of the wisdom of past ages.