CHAPTER XII

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THE “IMPASSABLE CHASM.”

Confessions of ignorance by men of science 417

The Pantheon of nihilism 421

Triple composition of fire 423

Instinct and reason defined 425

Philosophy of the Hindu Jaïns 429

Deliberate misrepresentations of Lemprière 431

Man’s astral soul not immortal 432

The reïncarnation of Buddha 437

Magical sun and moon pictures of Thibet 441

Vampirism—its phenomena explained 449

Bengalese jugglery 457

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