Show supernatural GUARDIANS OF THE GREAT I 1 tuo the belief in a star of destiny or a guiding spirit superstitious notions of many malay famous historical personages every great man has his familiar all men morn more or less superstitious napoleons po leons alar oliver cromwell cellini and the king aln of sweden joan of are arc and the saints lamillar Ta millar spirits of tho the Nac necromancers mancera romancers ago age of Devils Armies led laid by supernatural beings prodigies seen by the ancients ancient 9 literary litera ry men who heard voiced virginia city nov oct act 8 1896 an ancient writer says never wu ivas any man extraordinarily famous in any art action or as aa a a great commander that thai lied had not a familiar spirit to inform and inspire talin him dr Sig bignion nion a celebrated french physician says it aou would id bo be difficult dini cult to find a celebrated celebrate a man who has not in his autobiography or his confessions mado made allu slon blon to some home supernatural event r oc f his lite life slid and adds that the most skeptical have had at one time or another some extraordinary impression presentiment or vision doubtless Doubt loso most ot of these NJ 1 I storm care arc more hallucinations yet they ato are frequently accepted as tle 11 by Y those m who he experience them it has ha often happened that men havo have had homo dome strange experience partaking of at tho the supernatural of which they give it a more or as plausible explanation but A which in fa aceret s e by a certain reserved action ot r t the h a n mind i ind they are induced to regard as tho the of 0 some omo weighty event metric coal exalted ted destiny or an inspiration in from heaven they believing themselves special objects ot of tile tho care ot of provi donee dence many great men mail have believed their lives to bo be controlled by a star ot of destiny by a protecting spirit or a anor titan dlan angel arid and by y reason of lit this ihla trait ot of even tho the most marvelous apparitions have not always found thern them incredulous they havo have accepted their visions as ad realities tho distinctive character of 0 hallucinations ot of this kind Is that tho the soul moul of 0 the man receives no plain main from rom them and apito what MAY appear to many believers in uch such marvels often attain ca high reputation for or wisdom virtue and ability indeed ll it Is li quite probable pro bahlo that belief in supernatural guld guidance nanice and protection la Is a lively stimulant to tho execution of great projects these ib beliefs ellets are mostly of ancient if times nia an fand of tho the old world but some t hink ot of the samo name spirit a sort eort of hereditary redi tary superstitious taint survives in the race to this day and on nil this tilde aide of the water wo va have spirit and all manner of fe such as an tho the rabb rabbits itra tool foot and no end of 0 choras and lallemang nans to bring rood good fortune then there liters aro a thousand observances observance na is which rat must first bo bit drawn rift r w which atell foot the right or air left must first be jut forward and the like many inmany portions persons mho aho pretend to laugh at the all superstitious nr ars in secret given to these little heakne weaknesses 4 in ili E europe drope in ili the old t lays days tha th gets are douht doubtless less tra more 0 ro or gerim fh responsible tor for the pre prevailing via aling belief in a star mar of cant iriv guardian spirl spirits tri and the like while fatime were ready to lako to k a up with almost any kind hind of su ail p bt being diniar as an a familiar those of a religious temperament imagined themselves to be advised arid and protected protect ed by angels and sat Intra tho the old romans and greeks creeks believed lit in such guardians guard and indeed tilt tile superstition goes back beyond tho the written litia toly of tho the human race A FEW historical EXAMPLES tho the giant napoleon believed in a guiding star it Is IB related that in ili IMS gen con rapp kapp on 1114 from tho the allege of dantzle Dantz lc da drinis to speak with the emperor entered the cabinet unannounced noun ced lie found him in no BO deep a reverie that hit his entrance ent ranco was wag colled the general intentionally made a noise to aroune him hill napoleon then recovered seized rapp by the arm and sald raid to him pointing to the ceiling cellene cell lne look up tin there the tha general made no reply but on tile iti quest being repeated said he BOW nothing what ci led the emperor you do not me nee it it la is my star it to Is before you beaming ear bolli and groning more anima animated al lie ho continued it lias has never deserted me I 1 see it on every great occurrence it argee mo me onward and is an unfailing omen amen of success oliver was waa stretched ret etched ched fatigued and on its ills lied bed suddenly the curtains curtal nii opened and a woman of gigantic size bile appeared and told him that ihal lit he would be the greatest man jal in england Dera venuto collini cellini the great artist in ill his memoirs tells tella of hla his being visited by ills his guardian spirit cellini being im imprisoned P in rome home by order of tho e pope was wn pa no overcome with jill suffering buffering that he resolved on oil suicide st alcide one day gays ay he determined to put art an end to myself I 1 suspended an enormous beem beam over my head but I 1 was arrested and flung some borne paces from it in an invisible manner during the night it a young man of wonderful beauty appeared to me and gaid eald thou aiho ho gave thee life and thou quit before thy time the odthe prison wit was cruel another time the tha youth who had pieve pic vented rated my committing suicide camo came to me and in a clear voice saidi said my dear benvenuto come come pray earnestly to cod terrified I 1 threw myself on my knees and recited my usual prisons orisons ori orl sons ainna the tamo mama voice then aid to me 00 oo go to rest now and tear real not on oil several other occa occasions the same supernatural buldo appeared to cellini the surprising fortune of bernadotte king of sweden had bad it isaid Is said been predicted by a famous sorceress who had bad also foretold that of bonaparte Dona parle and who nho so no entirely possessed tile the superstitious confidence of empress jose joae phine destiny deemed never to tire in pr protecting toting bernadotte Dam adotte lie continued to rise without over experiencing the almost inevitable reverses that attend those spirito who he overleap the abyss that divides modest from the most brilliant as like all men who nho feel power within themselves that impels them on to fortune Deino Deana lotte dotto believed belle vod in a special destiny in a sort of if divinity who selected from tho the multitude certain individuals divi duals dulds and became to them it guide and protector doubtless tile the marvel ous old id traditions that surrounded hla his cradle were lie ilia groundwork ot of tho the derail anition superstition that lie never mistrusted in tin an ancient family chronicle it wax related that a fairy N w lio ho was v aa the alfo A ito of on one ot of hla 1114 ancestor had bad predicted that ea n king should make inake his family in ancient in I 1 all countries alme almone alt every family of note lied had till ll 11 good ge balun pome port fort of lupoi natural benr by which its Int alrestA welti guarded mid arid claere ilia pennant peasant family hd had its aron frond aroni I fairy Bernad Berrin dotto olto never boigot the lealend that tied hod ci lulled its ills caily ye are he believed that the flat fairy prill les teals s chose hose blood blond flowed in hia is veins co constantly match watched cl over him 1 the following Is in an example of this thin trait the K kink ing had decided to settle a dispute ii 1 tit norway by lucans iri euria of the ilia njord and wai wag about to send his son ron goricar at the head nf an ail army to redu reduce this the rebella re belta in this ills tie tic was violently opposed bv hit his council of state one day offer after rl a fierce of tile tho matter matte tile the king hing mounted hla him horse and after a long boniv gallop entered the shades nf a deep colvit suddenly an old woman woma n strangely dressed land with disordered hair stood before him what do you want roughly tweed the king the old woman boldly answer answered edi it if oscar dighto in the war vou von meditate he will vill riot nut give the first blows but will rel receive velve them the next day ohp king entered tile hie council find and said gald 1 I 1 have changed my mind we win alit negotiate prue but jt it must bo on honorable terms JOAN OP 01 ARC AND OTHERS joan of 0 are arc claimed to be inspired by divine gulden guides at tho the age ae of 0 12 her first vision occurred ad u follows in tho the field with her companions pho nha saw iw a young man mail who said bald joan run home hom e tur for your mother wants you jon joan flew to lo her mother another who declared she lied had not nuked for her the young girl wag waa about to return to h her er friends lendt rr but suddenly nud denly a bright etc cloud u d a appeared and from the midst ol of the cloud a voice said raid joan jelin thou art born to pursue another career an and d to do marvelous things for it if la thou whom the kins king of 0 heaven hen has rhoten rho ten to reestablish this kingdom ot at france clothed as 03 n a man thou wilt take laho arms thou wilt bo be a chief in the or army ill Y and all will obey thy counsels counsel day an end ani I night similar apparitions appeared to joan she continued tor for ne file idars ears in alili lina natate at I 1 cast in a final vision joan received this command the kanc of heaven commands it g go a then to van 1 cou leurs ho he who comm commands ands there will conduct thee thou SO go on be being ana interrogated liy by her enemies joan said the first voice she heard wild was that ot of st michael chael whom ham she sha saw haw he was as accompanied by angels all 0 f whom land had corporeal form sho she declared 1 a that she fine embraced to bain saints tit arid and said all they had bad sweet odors odore she olbo also at times saw paw and talked with st 81 margaret SL bt catherine and the he angel gabriel who ile all wore rich and precious crowns joan of nt aro are ls la ot the same game family in begard to her religious visions with and st catherine ol of sienna she was in that state mate ot of religious when tile the powerfully overexcited over excited mind demands of imagination the of the phantoms at n its creamo abw george fox founder of the society of quakers or friends had his spiritual gulden lit in order to give himself up tip to H H work a 0 f regeneration he in early life abandoned his family A and d luring durine a long lone series of 0 years seal in skins harad to foot N now 0 w can concealed c ell I 1 cd in efrom his chambers now hidden in in a hollow tree Iti sting and praying ha was As assailed by it variety of tempt temptations no and discouragements discourage ments about this thin period cerind he lied had many revelations that lit ruck him with astonishment alarmed and ham d als a at finding no support on any aldo ito iro was finally consoled by a h fel i r raid a 1 d to I 1 him i 1 m T there h ere 1 Is m one w who li c can fl n e console ni i q 0 iti anil 41 n i aid a id yo you u e even y en cl chrlot ri to t lor for fourteen days dayn ho he to le bained in it a kind of 0 lethargy let haigy and blia him hl body lily tri in all appearance dead hla his mind plunged into otei ralty and ho he witnessed alint no lank u D L are c could 1 I saw maid ald lie he the h g rea ineda the iho and tho the lovo love of und mohammed like mony many other great religious reformers and leaders of ilia I 1 he masses had visions and tran cert bon he supposed ho he heard volica and ad advising him many who have suddenly Bud donly risen up amid the common people find and corded carried with thern them vat vast arnle allies have hold had that in their compol llon ilon which 1 has hair caused them to be look looked e d u upon p on as a being little better than madmen not a for few writers have viewed mohammed jai in this light however lit in order to act on the multitude to flae upon ilia iho people to charko charge or overt uirl n beliefs it la in necessary to think speak and grow frenzied with inith the arran exes to believe with them and beyond ahm in in ili order to be their mes menger and their prophet VARIOUS FAMILI AIl SPIRITS Brin iTS tile tho famous abdin in ills book on demonology and sorcery relates related the fol laming 1 I hive have heard of 0 a person ri crann still li who nho has haa a spirit constantly attending him and with till whom he has hao become well acquainted having had his company for or thirty seven years yeara aery morning at 3 or 4 the spirit knocked at hla his door sometimes lie he acobe and opened it b but u t s BOW aw no one ills his filand the kinita secretary who Is still living one nna day I 1 n g at dinner with him hearing the spi I 1 it knuck knock on a stool that stood near lit him m began to grow red and to fear ear but he said bald do not be a afraid it 1 l la Is nothing lit he al a l our e d mo me that it has accompanied him over ever since giving him a sign touching ills his right ear when nhon lie he acted wrongly and the left car it he did 61 1 well it uny any one n approached to surprise or deceive him lie he suddenly dud denly felt tho the signal on the right car but tin in the contrary it a men man came am for ilia hla good he h felt ill the signal grant on his big left ear when his big mind was troubled the spirit would wake ake him at I 1 2 or 3 2 in the morning he would sleep leep again and have dreams ad a to what hat would happen so no that since not nothing hing has hail happened hap pencO ot of which he had haa not lice been nor han ham hi he doubted what v hat ho he n s should hould believe or what course to pursue some of boains friends tee rt that this experience belongs to bad bodan ln himself blany of tho the ancients had spirits tie as and card cardan a relates that lils hig tether father carden cardan had can an aerial spirit bound to lint him tot foi themy twin y years agrippa the famous us astrologer am iro loger had a small devil tied to the all collar of hla him dog anti and the cela celebrated physic lan wore on one 0 in the pommel of his him sword sord carbans Car dans father old fallum was all ail expert action among g tho the mi spirits and had t great reat command over them cordon cardan hays lauya that on the day of august 1491 his father after the accustomed ties conjured conjure up lip aerial devi lit in ari areck ok up apparel parel about forty years of age some home of ruddy complexion and some lather pale as ho he thought cardan ail it them many and they made ready they said they were aerial devils and lived and died OM am men did save that they lived much nit I 1 c h lonker longer to silo 1100 years year they knew alt all things but might not reveal them to mm men they its as far excelled od moil mail an men excel monkeys wo we can no moro more apprehend their nati natures neff and functions function than than it a horse horne a minis malls yome times the In men communicating their abill load nj again terrify and punish to keep keen them lit in awn awl about falls age of tho the woi id devils were so easily cosily captured that many wore bior e them tarm in rings and other ornaments that thua were able to consult them ut at LL a ill moments 0 ments B notice Alth lINS hr SUNI ItI NAIL it at IIII 1111 not only were individuals anti and fit fum an ilion hop supposed posed to be bai under lander supernatural a tal rat protection in fit ancient haines alm but ul rn fell were bell bellevo believed eved to be headed and aided ayt by the a spirits of nt saints and hernes |