Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00947)

At 01:23 AM 1/31/97 -0500, you wrote:
>M K Ramadoss wrote:
>
>>Couple of years ago, one of the frequent attendees of our lodge mentioned to
>>me about Pryse's experience with HPB. Since I have never seen it, she
>>graceously provided me with a copy. BTW, she was not a member of TS nor did
>>she joined it. My grateful thanks go to her. Here is the account.
>>
>>=================================
>>
>>MEMORABILIA OF H. P. BLAVATSKY
>>
>>By James Morgan Pryse
>
>>In years past I made hundreds of mesmeric experiments, with different
>subjects, sometimes using my prana as a healing force. As H.P.B. was >dying
for lack of this vital force, while I, a young man had plenty of it, I
>determined to transfer, by a mesmeric process, half my prana to H.P.B. It
is >analogous psychically to the transfusion of blood physically. As I began
>concentrating to make the transfer H.P.B. called to me, physically but
>audibly. "Don't do it; it's black magic." Undeterred, I cabled back to her
>"Very well, Old Lady, black magic or not, I'm going to do it anyway" and I
>did. 
>
>I don't understand this.  What makes one act white magic and another
>black, if not the motive?
>

I believe that when some occult power is used for selfish purposes it may be
called black magic. In this case HPB may have initially resisted Pryse using
his power. But it seems ultimately it succeeded.