Chapter XII: Conclusions and Illustrations

Recapitulation of fundamental propositions 587
Seership of the soul and of the spirit 590
The phenomenon of the so-called spirit-hand 594
Difference between mediums and adepts 595
Interview of an English ambassador with a reïncarnated
Buddha 598
Flight of a lama’s astral body related by Abbé Huc 604
Schools of magic in Buddhist lamaseries 609
The unknown race of Hindu Todas 613
Will-power of fakirs and yogis 617
Taming of wild beasts by fakirs 622
Evocation of a living spirit by a Shaman, witnessed
by the writer 626
Sorcery by the breath of a Jesuit Father 633
Why the study of magic is almost impracticable in
Europe 635
Conclusion 635