Show INDIANS GUARD FAKIRS SECRETS Juggler Caste Never Reveals Mystery of Their Wonder onder Wonderful W ful Performances NATIVES KEPT IN l DARK HYPNOTISM N AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN MYSTICISM According to Pundit N Krishna of Bom Born Bombay Bombay bay India who is a guest at the Ken Kenyon Kenyon Kenyon yon and who will speak at the First Congregational church tonight on The Religions of ot India and Her People fully 40 per cent of the jugglery which is practiced practiced practiced by Hindu fakirs In India Is hyp hypnotism hypnotism hypnotism The real secrets of or the powers of the Indian jugglers will never be known to toan any an but their own caste The uThe jugglers are aie a caste by them themselves themselves themselves selves Dr Krishna said and the only method of admission is i by birth of fakir parents No Indian not of the thc caste has ever learned the secrets of the fakirs and though European psychologists have spent years in India and thousands of dollars in pursuing their studies along this line they have never penetrated the mysteries of the juggler jugler caste f Resembles Free Masonry The caste is much like Uke Free Masonry except that a person not of Masonic par parentage parentage parentage may enter into the secrets of the theoder order oder under certain conditions N NAs As to the jugglers caste there are from to of them in India They are hill hm people and in their moun mountain tain fastnesses are savage and forbidding In appearance A Juggler will wm never un under under under der any an circumstance take a human life Neither will he even with a dagger pressed to his throat reveal the slightest and most unimportant secret of his hi caste The uThe Jugglers are arc of the lowest inal type of humanity in India They The are not a branch of the Caucasian race r ce as a the high h gh caste Hindus are but are arc aboriginal savages They have no permanent abid alibi abiding abidIng ing lag place and cannot be compared defInitely definitely with any all other class of people in inthe Inthe inthe the world Do Not Believe in God The UThe Jugglers do not believe in God nor in the word of God as do the high caste Hindus Their form of worship is what may be termed the worship of earth earthbound earthbound earthbound bound souls This is their only religious belief As to their personal habits They are the greatest gre test drinkers of intoxicating li U liquors liquors ever seen in any part of or the world The TIre youngsters can beat the most besotted drunkards ards in America and can 1 I continue to drink when an American to toper toper toper per would be tie in delirium or as you say I under the table I They are tall and spare Their thin thinness thinness thinness ness gives them the appearance of added height Nearly Nearl all aU of or them wear red tur turbans turbans turbans bans which is a kind of caste mark Everything they of the most prim primitive primitive character Their methods corre correspond correspond correspond spond They can eat cat at as much at one onetime onetime onetime time as ten Europeans or high caste Hin Hindus Hindus Hindus dus and experience no difficulty what whatever whatever whatever ever in going without food for ten days das at a time These Jugglers seldom travel alone There are re usually from three to five of them traveling together They take their wives and children with them on all their journeys journe s Sleep in Burial Places The Juggler caste is not allowed to en enter enter enter ter the house of any an other caste They aro are forbidden to enter the yards or sta stables bies bles They Th r sleep in graveyards grave ards These people are even prohibited from entering the temple yards ards or the monastery gardens of 01 the orders U The little demons is the name given them then by the common people pe This is be because because because cause their acts are seemingly demoniacal hI 1 will relate a few of or their exploits in inthe Inthe inthe the lines of jugglery jUggler and magic which though they may seem exaggerated are actual facts Not long before I lIen left Bom Born Bombay Bombay bay on this last trip a party part of distin distinguished distinguished distinguished Europeans were being enter entertained entertained tamed In Bombay by resident Europeans One of the guests had a purse in his pock pocket et Ct when the performance began A few moments later the purse fell from the air to the ground ten feet away from him and an equal distance from the perform performer er Cr The European was surrounded by his friends None could explain this He had hadnot hadnot hadnot not missed the purse until he saw it fall faU fallat fallat at his feet This is a common feat An Another Ani Another other of the party was asked if he had any money He said that hC M h had and I Iwas was instructed by the juggler to hold it I tightly in his hand with his hand in his pocket The man had five one pound notes He held them firmly fInnly but a few moments later while his attention was attracted to another act the juggler reached d into the tho air and caught the live five notes as they fluttered to the ground The spectator and victim leUm had no money mone in his pocket UA A bright and intelligent English woman carried a handbag She was surrounded by her friends and said that she would get g t a pencil and paper from the handbag to make malte a few notes The rhe juggler told her herno herno I no to do this as there was a large snake in the bag The bag had not grown hea heavier I ier and she laughed and opened it In mediately a snake at least four feet long stuck its head out of the bag and hissed The fhe dropped the bag in fear and the snake crawled out and disappeared d Scotchman Is Hoodwinked A Scotchman would not believe that the tho tricks were being done and thought that his e eyes es deceived him He Hc told the juggler that if he would take taie his watch from his pocket he would believe The Thc juggler agreed to this The rhe Scotch Scotchman Scotchman Scotchman man held his watch tightly in his hand The juggler took a slender rope about eighty feet long and threw one end into the air While the rope was still sUU coiling ui ward a small boy began to climb the rope hand over hand and went so high that in the bright sunlight he could scarcely be seen Then he dropped fruit to the ground Suddenly the juggler shouted to the Scotchman to hold tightly to his watch The Tho Scotchman pressed it tightly and an egg had place in his hand The egg was bur burt burst t and spoiled his clothing The Tho boy descended tho the rope and handed hand the Scotchman his timepiece The box trick is another wonderful thing These jugglers have a box large enough for a man to sit comfortably in inA InA inA A European Is asked to sit in the box and the lid is closed for an instant and then opened The box is empty The European cannot be seen Another wonderful and terrifying terri ying feat is to cut off oft a mans head with a sharp sword The head hend is put lUt in one on box and the bleeding trunk in another Then a cloth is spread over these and a moment later the man steps forth alive Not Hypnotism Alone If we consider these tricks and per performances performances solely from a psychological standpoint and attribute them entirely to hypnotism how can you OU explain the pres prea presence presence ence once of or the broken egg in the Scotchmans pocket How can you explain the disappearance disappearance disappearance of something tangible and end ma material material tonal such as ag the bank notes from the Rockets of the spectators and their reap reappearance reappearance p In the possession of the juggler OL or In some unlooked unlocked for place Feats Are Inexplicable I have lived in India all aU my life lIe ex cx except except when I have been traveling and studying abroad and I have given the matter as careful and Impartial study stud as any visiting psychologist The feats of these people are as mysterious and inex inexplicable inexplicable for me as they the would be for you ou when you ou see them for the first tim These jugglers will ask you to make malce a fire You procure the wood and ignite It on the ground As the fire leaps up the juggler chants and leaps within the flames He Ho remains there until it would seem that he would be incinerated Then he steps forth and overt evert his loin cloth cioth is not scorched A juggler passed a party of six Euro European EUropean European man and an equal number of women An Indian in the party told the juggler h would give fe him a small sum of money if he would perform an unusual feat All of the members of the party wore hats In an instant the hats of three thre of the themen themen men inca and three of the women disappeared The juggler was twenty feet away When hen the party returned to their club the hats of the women were found in the mens bath tub The TIle mens hats were In Inthe Inthe inthe the retiring room Three Elements Considered In the opinion of the masses of India and they tho know as little as us do the thou thousands thousands thousands sands of tourists who witness these per ler l er there are three elements en entering entering into these feats The first ele element element ment meat considered is hypnotism h It is gen generally generaU orally conceded by all aU students who have investigated the subject that mental sug suggestion suggestion suggestion plays pla s an important part in the performances The second element elemont is that of black magic or the control of matter without touching t it That is they the can cause objects to move at their bidding without approaching them The third ele do element doment ment may be he defined as IS X or the tho un ian known It is estimated that 40 per pOl cent of the work is of or a hypnotic character 30 ro roper per cent of the black magic and the re remainder remainder remainder of the X type typo These jugglers cannot convert to their own use any money or object that is not given them for their performances They do qc not steal Even though they can re remove remove remove move money or valuables from the pock poel pockets pockets ets of the spectators this is always re returned returned returned turned to the owners They cannot t ap appropriate appropriate appropriate to their own uses what does not belong to them themA A few years cars ago a O a Japanese tooka too a number of these jugglers to Japan with him on business They went to a restaurant restaurant restaurant rant and ate a meal In l payment the they gave a note for 10 yen The took the bill and made the change Then rhen the Ule bill was recovered by the jug jugglers from the till of the and spent again and again The 10 yen in coins to replace e the note were put in inthe thc the closed cash boxes each time that the note was taken This same note was spent bv by b the party r two times in inthe inthe Inthe the evening No shopkeeper lost a cent by the transfer of the note from his till to tD the pockets of the party because silver was invariably given in exchange and without tho the knowledge of the shopkeeper An Improvident I Class These Thee jugglers never made provision for f r the tho morrow They live lIvo from hand to mouth They make a n dollar doUat in a n day and will spend 5 95 05 cents of ot it for liquor They attach absolutely no value to tp t mon men money mone mency ey cy e p After Arter their boys bo s are 10 years cars old they the are arc self supporting The uThe jugglers as I said have havo a sort of Free Masonry among While they do not mix with other castes they themselves are aro divided into three separ sopar separate separate ate degrees These degrees do not min mingle mingle gle gb together The degree to which the members of the caste belong are deter determined determined determined mined by the class of performances which they the give I believe b lIeve that the reM real rea secret of their powers will never bo be known to any an out outside outside side of their caste They The have haye defied tho the world to penetrate their mysteries for a u thousand years and I believe bellec they thOy th v will wUl willever willeVer ever er to do doo so 80 |