make hardship, sorrow, suffering or misery an impossibility on earth.
In order to be of the greatest service to others, he knew that he must
not only be unselfish, but also build up his body, brain and character
to the very highest degree of efficiency and perfection. And he did so.
He built himself up from a physical, mental, and moral standpoint, until
it seemed to others that he was the personification of intelligence,
love, virtue, and magnificence. While possessing the greatest brain
power, still he was the most humble man in Sageland. Although a giant in
physical strength, yet he was as gentle as a lamb. He was the greatest
thinker of all time, but there was no room in his brain for an impure
thought. Notwithstanding he was still a young man, being but fifty years
of age, nevertheless he had attained distinct success and fame as a
musician, composer, scientist, inventor, architect, and athlete. He
endeavored to unravel all the mysteries of nature which attracted his
attention. One of the many occult forces he experimented with was human
magnetism. It was his belief that man could preserve himself
indefinitely, either in a state of animation or suspended vitality, by
the strength of his own will power. He often said that, barring
accidents, he would live to be a thousand years old. In order that he
might thoroughly study the subject and discover, if possible, the exact
forces that caused life and death, he often used me as an example for
his experiments. Many times he had caused me to lie in a trance for
several months' duration without the slightest change in my appearance
showing itself. While my aid was necessary to suspend animation, yet
when once under the influence of the strange forces by which it was
accomplished, my senses departed entirely, and I had no power to revive
myself, but had to depend upon him to restore consciousness. Ten days
prior to the date set for the first trial whereby man was to navigate
the earth in space, I allowed him to put me under the spell of these
influences, and although it seems like yesterday that it happened, still
over forty-two centuries have since passed by. Uncounted billions of
human beings have lived, suffered and died since that time, but the same
soul which guided the magnificent being who put me into that trance, has
lived through it all, and by a mysterious power, has finally returned to
release my soul from its incarceration. It was a natural law which
caused me to