at him and asked him to go away. The Sadhu did not utter a word, but looked at the carriage for a minute and stood still. The driver put on steam, whistled, but the train would not move. He examined the engine, but found nothing wrong with it. However, it was replaced by another engine, but it also would not move. It struck certain Hindus, who had overheard the conversation between the guard and the Sadhu, that the latter had undoubtedly stopped the train’s motion by his will. They ran to him and implored him to allow the train to proceed. His men had turned up by this time, and when all were seated, he smilingly waved his hand, and lo! the train began to move.

But enough for the present. Suffice it to say that the Sadhus are the silent rulers of Hindu India. Onslaughts have been made, from time to time, on Hinduism, but it has not succumbed. It is a living force, not vociferous or militant, but its power is immense. Here and there, persons will be found to have left the fold, but their defection is not noticed. They are tolerated and allowed to live unmolested. It was their “karmabel,” Hindus say. So why be sorry?

“As you sow, so you reap”—this is the doctrine of Karma, and nowhere in the world it is so much believed as in India.

“Karma” rules over our lives. We alone can mar or unmake ourselves.

If we have the will, we can advance along the spiritual path. Being blind or half-blind, however, we require somebody to show us the true path to salvation. That somebody is the true Sadhu of India.

Let us salute him in awe and reverence! —From The Occult Review, London, July 1926.

THE ABOVE article is quoted in full as an indication to our readers of what is accomplished by Master Minds. We do not vouch for the truth of the statements of our Hindu editor; neither do we doubt them, in the light of what has been said in our own articles on the Mind.

But it gives you an idea of how the Sadhus of India are venerated and how they are looked upon as having divine powers. In very