Science Discovers Eternal Wisdom

Author(s): Amarendravijay, J D Lodaya, Bhuvanchandra
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Academy

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Resurrection after 28 days in a grave :
Even amongst our contemporaries, there exist individuals with such extraordinary powers. One such person is the famous mystic of Egypt Dr. Tahra Bey. He is not an orthodox faqueer. He has received medical education at Constantinople, Turkey and is open-minded about his unusual powers to willingly submit himself to scientific investigation. He was trained in Hathayoga from his very childhood. After medical graduation, he started his practice in Greece, where he undertook a record feat of remaining entombed in a grave for twenty eight days at a stretch. This demonstration of resurrection from the grave by unusual powers irked the local leaders of Christian Orthodoxy who tried to interfere but as Tahra Bey was a qualified physician, the government authorities permitted him to proceed with his project. Later, when he visited Italy, he invited wellknown scientists of that country to scrutinise and test his unusual powers. Under their stringent inspection, he was placed in a lead coffin filled with sand and its cover nailed shut. This hermetically sealed contraption was then lowered into a swimming pool. After half an hour, the police arrived on the scene and put a stop to this 'demonstration' but during that crucial half hour, the test had successfully proved its point. Later, in France too, he remained in watery 'grave' for twenty four hours where his performance evoked great interest in members of medical profession who did not spare any effort to 'expose' him. Of course, it did not bother Tahra Bey at all. He, on the contrary, welcomes scientific investigation in this field and permits the coffin to be lowered in water so that vigilant observers can satisfy themselves that no trick has been played.
The author of the book, "The Search in Secret Egypt" has given a comprehensive report (pp. 104-126) on the impressive display of Tahra Bey's extraordinary powers and has included Bey's own explanation for such superhuman feats. If biologists and medical men would care to study it, they will be convinced that the human body hoids many secrets which
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