Hours with the ghosts, or, Nineteenth century witchcraft : illustrated investigations into the phenomena of spiritualism and theosophy . rests of the estate. Here, inthis House of Usher, the Sibyl lived and dreamed, andat this period exhibited many abnormal psychic pe-culiarities, ascribed by her orthodox governess andnurses of the Greek Church to possession by the had at times ungovernable fits of temper; shewould ride any Cossack horse on the place astride amans saddle; go into trances and scare everyone fromthe master of the mansion down to the humblestvodka drinker on the estate.
Hours with the ghosts, or, Nineteenth century witchcraft : illustrated investigations into the phenomena of spiritualism and theosophy . rests of the estate. Here, inthis House of Usher, the Sibyl lived and dreamed, andat this period exhibited many abnormal psychic pe-culiarities, ascribed by her orthodox governess andnurses of the Greek Church to possession by the had at times ungovernable fits of temper; shewould ride any Cossack horse on the place astride amans saddle; go into trances and scare everyone fromthe master of the mansion down to the humblestvodka drinker on the estate. In 1848, at the age of 17, she married GeneralCount Blavatsky, a gouty old Russian of 70, whomshe called the plumed raven, but left him aftera brief period of marital infelicity. From thistime dates her career as a thaumaturgist. Shetravelled through India and made an honest attemptto penetrate into the mysterious confines of Thibet,but succeeded in getting only a few miles from thefrontier, owing to the fanaticism of the natives. In India, as elsewhere, she was accused of being aRussian spy and was generally regarded with suspi-. Im. 53— MAHATMA LETTEB. THE PRIESTESS. 223 cion by the police authorities. After some months oferratic wanderings she reappeared in Russia, this time in Tiflis, at the residence of a relative, Prince . It was a gloomy, grewsome chateau, well suited forSpiritualistic seances, and Madame Blavatsky, it isclaimed, frightened the guests during the long winterevenings with table-tippings, spirit rappings, etc. Itwas then the tall candles in the drawing-room burntlow, the gobelin tapestry rustled, sighs were heard,strange music resounded in the air, and luminousforms were seen trailing their ghostly garments acrossthe tufted flooi. The gossipy Madame de Jelihowsy, in her reminis-cences, classifies the phenomena, witnessed in the pres-ence of her Sibylline sister, as follows: 1. Direct and perfectly clearly written and verbalanswers to mental questions—o
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