B Premanand
Whenever someone wants to build a
temple, the god man or the priest has a dream in which he is informed that an
idol of the god will appear at a certain spot out of the ground. Prayer is
offered at that place. The next day he starts the prayers, getting gullible
people to participate and on the exact spot shown to him in the dream. He marks
the place, chants mantras non-stop, and then consecrates it with water. Within
two or three days an idol of the god rises out of the ground by itself at the
exact spot. Astounded believers pour money into the coffers of the baba and he soon becomes rich.
Method: Without the knowledge
of others, dig a pit, put the Bengal gram m the pit and place the idol on Bengal gram which should be about 2" lower than the
ground level. Fill the pit and smooth over the ground to look natural. Mark the
place.
Experiment: 55
Effect: Producing Ganga water from hands or beard.
Props: Cloth or sponge
dipped in water.
Method: Hide the cloth or
sponge where you sit. Show your hands empty and palm the sponge or cloth. Press
the hands together, or with the beard, and the water in the sponge or cloth is
squeezed out.
Experiment: 56
Effect: Idols appearing by themselves from earth as Swayambhu.
Whenever someone wants to build a
temple, the god man or the priest has a dream in which he is informed that an
idol of the god will appear at a certain spot out of the ground. Prayer is
offered at that place. The next day he starts the prayers, getting gullible
people to participate and on the exact spot shown to him in the dream. He marks
the place, chants mantras non-stop, and then consecrates it with water. Within
two or three days an idol of the god rises out of the ground by itself at the
exact spot. Astounded believers pour money into the coffers of the baba and he soon becomes rich.
Props: Bengal
gram (chickpea) to the weight of the idol or minimum 2 kg. A pit to the exact size of idol
but 12" deeper than the idol.
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| Bengal gram swells as it sprouts pushing the idol upwards above the grund |
The next day you reveal your
dream, put up decorations and banners, start the prayers and the non-stop
singing of bhajans. Water is
sprinkled at intervals to soak the spot. Bengal
gram swells and germinates as it sprouts pushing the idol upwards above the ground.
Experiment: 57
Effect: Red feet of the
goddess on the cloth.
To prove that he is possessed by
the Goddess, an oracle washes his feet with water and walks over a cloth. The
red foot-prints of the goddess appear on the cloth.
Props: Turmeric powder,
slaked lime, water and a white cloth. METHOD: A white cloth is dipped in
turmeric solution until is gets yellow. It is then dried and the turmeric
powder sticking on the cloth removed. In a vessel slaked lime solution is
stored as water. The oracle acts as ifhe is possessed by the Goddess. He then
washes his feet in this water and walks on the cloth. Red foot-prints appear by
the reaction of turmeric powder with slaked lime.
Reproduced with permission from Indian CSICOP. For
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