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tea-time.”” Mr, Turvey opened his eyes and said, ‘‘ Bet you I play croquet in four months.” And in four months he could have done so, with an effort, had there been the need.
In spite of his illness Mr. Turvey has pro- duced this book; and few can know what it has cost him todo so. He says, “I felt I had done nothing for humanity. I felt that my gifts, which returned during my illness, should at least be tabulated and evidenced, in the hope that, by the record of what I have seen, some fellow-man might be convinced that there is no death. If only ove soul be convinced by my book, that will be enough payment for me for anything I may have suffered in order to demonstrate and tabulate the phenomena which I have experienced.”
For about eight years he has lived practically alone in his garden, in a tent, and has spent about ten or twelve hours a day either reading, writing, talking to inquirers, or meditating upon occult things, He says, “ After forty thousand hours on one topic, I think I can claim to be, in a small way,a yogi, My illness and my medita- tion have produced, or awakened, my psychic gifts; and all the Yoga, Vedic and Gnostic teach- ings which I #ow read (and much more besides) seem to be familiar to me. I seem to have
tea-time.”” Mr, Turvey opened his eyes and said, ‘‘ Bet you I play croquet in four months.” And in four months he could have done so, with an effort, had there been the need.
In spite of his illness Mr. Turvey has pro- duced this book; and few can know what it has cost him todo so. He says, “I felt I had done nothing for humanity. I felt that my gifts, which returned during my illness, should at least be tabulated and evidenced, in the hope that, by the record of what I have seen, some fellow-man might be convinced that there is no death. If only ove soul be convinced by my book, that will be enough payment for me for anything I may have suffered in order to demonstrate and tabulate the phenomena which I have experienced.”
For about eight years he has lived practically alone in his garden, in a tent, and has spent about ten or twelve hours a day either reading, writing, talking to inquirers, or meditating upon occult things, He says, “ After forty thousand hours on one topic, I think I can claim to be, in a small way,a yogi, My illness and my medita- tion have produced, or awakened, my psychic gifts; and all the Yoga, Vedic and Gnostic teach- ings which I #ow read (and much more besides) seem to be familiar to me. I seem to have
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