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MAGIC the gland grow abnormally. Another method was to cut out other glands, thus bringing all development to a single power of clairvoyance.
It is not the author's intention to disclose the methods employed for developing levitation-at-will and vanishing, although it may be said that these powers of clairvoyance and levitation can be attained through fasting, such as is practised in Japan by disciples of Za-Zen, but these methods require too much time, and in many cases are dangerous. This article does not decry the born Medium, but simply outlines the nature of magic as left behind by Atlantis.
Many instances of the use of these powers described by Mr. Felstead have been recorded within recent years, and Monsieur G. Mollein, a Frenchman who explored the interior of Africa from the north, gives an account in his book, published in 1820, of a sect called the Almousseri who could control the elements. He relates that a certain native named Boukhari, with whom he made friends, attested on the most solemn oaths, that being in a canoe with one of these men, such a severe rain-storm came on that he refused to start on his journey. However, he yielded to the wishes of the Almousseri and set sail. “Torrents of rain fell on all sides,” added Boukhari, “but our bark remained perfectly dry and a favourable wind
