CLAIRVOYANT VISIONS OF MARS
In connection with the revelation contained in this book concerning the
physical characteristics of Mars, the compiler of this volume, as well
also as the medium, was given much information concerning this advanced
planet by means of clairvoyant visions. These pictures were given the
writer at different times, commencing early in 1920, and continuing
until the book was finished.
As has been explained by the controls who have been instrumental in
giving the information about Mars, the purpose of these clairvoyant
pictures was to give the compiler of this book real visual evidence as
to life on Mars; and in particular, real pictures setting forth its
topography, which could be elucidated in no other way.
Written descriptions of scenery and of human activities necessarily
fall short of the reality, especially when an attempt is made to record
a series of events or a point of view outside the realm of our
experience.
The first picture realized by the writer, and for that matter the most
important one, was the view given him of Urid the Beautiful, one of the
most Important centers of population on the planet Mars.
It was while lying in bed one morning the writer was contemplating the
many messages being received from the Martian, who is the dictator of
the subject matter of this book, that he found himself at a strange
place, suspended as it were in the air over a beautiful lake of blue
water, whose surface was broken by gentle ripples, due to the soft,
balmy breeze blowing over the surface of the water. The writer was
facing what seemed to be a westerly direction; and at a distance of
about five miles there arose a series of small mountains about 2,500
feet in altitude. These mountains skirted the shores of the lake. The
sky was a beautiful blue, bluer than the sapphire-tinted skies of our
own desert lands. The mountains were tinted red from base to top,
except where the moisture near the shores of the lake had stimulated a
vegetal growth, whose green contrasted most harmoniously with the red
of the soil. Two white clouds floated majestically near the peaks of
the highest mountains.
The atmosphere was impressively clear and all objects seemed to stand
out in sharp definition, a condition seldom seen by dwellers on our
Earth except in extremely dry and arid regions.
On top of a small plateau, forming the crown of a low-lying hill at the
base of one of the highest mountains, and about 1,500 feet from the
shore line, I was startled to see a large city. The thousands of
closely nestling buildings seemed to be built of white stone. The
writer was lost in admiration, for there in front of him the pure white
of the city, contrasting so vividly with the red soil of this faraway
planet, stood the habitations of an advanced race many millions of
miles removed from my own world.
The writer was impressed with the fact that, with but few exceptions,
the buildings of gleaming white were all one story in height, and it
became instantly evident that crowding is not tolerated by the
inhabitants of this progressive planet. A few structures towered above
the rest. These, as the writer was informed later, were the public
buildings dedicated to the use of the people as lecture halls, centers
for music and art, etc.
On a subsequent occasion the writer was shown a close-up view of Urid.
Flowers, grass and green foliage abounded everywhere. The long streets
were broad and well paved, and flanked on two sides with long rows of
one-storied buildings of white stone, beautiful in their simplicity.
No extreme ornamentation is carried out in the erection of buildings on
Mars. On the contrary, the simple square outlines characteristic of
our own Old Mission architecture seems to prevail on the planet Mars.
The same simple style prevails with the public buildings, except that
massive stone columns marked the portals of same, reminding one of our
own early Grecian architecture.
Many palm-like trees grew all over the city, especially in the
neighborhood of the public buildings.
A week after the occurrence of the above incident the writer was shown,
in the same manner as before, one of the many canals that gridiron the
Martian globe. This particular canal is one of the main waterways on
Mars, and appeared to be about a mile wide at the point of observation.
The water was of a deep blue color, denoting great depth. Along the
banks of this waterway could be seen many houseboats or floating
dwellings. Some of these houseboats were very large and evidently
housed large families. The writer was informed that many Martians who
have charge of the waterways dwell in these habitations.
The banks above the canal were covered with green grass and many
flowers.
On subsequent occasions I was shown other canals and reservoirs, and
the manner in which some of the canals were cut through the mountains.
In some instances the walls of the canals were almost perpendicular.
Steep cuts, even in soft ground, seemed to be characteristic of all the
waterways observed by the writer.
On another occasion the writer was given a view of the North Polar
regions. At that time the deep snows that covered the ground
everywhere were melting. The country seemed to be very hilly. As far
as the eye could reach I observed low-lying hills covered with a white
mantle of snow. Patches of reddish earth here and there indicated that
the thaw was general and that the snow had thinned out in spots.
Between the hills I observed a large body of water, and was informed
that this was an artificial reservoir which had been created by the
damming of a large valley. The sky on this occasion was hidden by a
mist, a very natural phenomenon in view of the fact that many thousands
of square miles of the country, covered with snow on this part of Mars,
was undergoing a rapid thaw.
That the large dark-colored areas on Mars, supposed by early observers
to be seas, are nothing more or less than low, swampy land covered with
rank vegetation, was evidenced to me on one occasion when I was
permitted to see the true character of these portions of the planet.
The rank vegetation was about three feet high and of a greenish red
color. Interspersed throughout the mass of coarse-leafed plants were
high, dry stalks the remnants of an earlier crop of Martian flora. The
season seemed to be advanced and all plant life was taking on autumnal
tints.
It was in December 1919 that I saw the first close-up picture of a
Martian--a woman. Her head was covered with a thin veil which came
down to her well-formed mouth. She seemed to be a most beautiful woman
with most expressive eyes. Her hair was black. Her skin was unusually
white, which contrasted with the dark hair. She wore no jewelry, or
other ornaments that I could see.
On a subsequent occasion I was permitted to see a Martian male. He was
playing a flutelike instrument, and as he was quite close to me I could
observe the wax-like texture of his skin. This semi-transparency of
the skin is characteristic of the Martians, and evidences a life that
is free from the many bodily ailments that afflict humanity on our
Earth. The Martian was dressed in graceful but loose-fitting clothes
of a reddish-brown color. His eyes were a deep blue and his lips
seemed to be unusually red. In respect to stature he was, I would say,
about five feet nine inches in height. In fact, on subsequent
occasions I have observed crowds of Martians gathered together and they
appeared no different from the inhabitants of our own world except as
to clothing, which is much simpler, but more graceful than our styles.
I was informed by the spiritual control that the fauna of Mars is
varied, but that all animal life is domesticated, there being now no
wild animals on the planet.
It was shortly after I had seen the Martians, described in the
foregoing paragraph, that I was shown two cat-like animals, which at
the time of my vision were engaged in playing about the feet of a
Martian. They did not exactly resemble cats, but were more feline than
canine. They were about the size of a large Airedale, and of a dark,
reddish-brown color with deep black stripes, similar to the markings of
our tigers. They were very playful and cavorted about just as our own
dogs and cats do when endeavoring to attract the attention of their
masters.
On the morning of January 20, 1920, I was shown another Martian canal.
On this occasion I observed a large building on the banks of the
waterway near my point of vision. This building was more of a
grandstand with a roof than anything else I can compare it to. It
consisted of a large framework painted white, and was as high as our
two-storied structures. A multitude of the people were inside the
building, some sitting, some standing. They all seemed to be intently
gazing in a Northerly direction, up-stream.
Much green foliage and varied-colored flowers lined the banks of the
canal, especially in the neighborhood of the building. The people all
seemed to be attired in holiday garb, and it was evident to me that a
celebration was going on.
Later I was informed that what I had witnessed was an annual
celebration observed by the people of Mars on the occasion of arrival
of the first water from the North Pole after commencement of the
Martian Spring. It appears that this occasion is a very important
event with the Martians, as the arrival of the life-giving moisture
from the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the planet insures a season of
plenty for the inhabitants. The water arrives at the equatorial
regions in a little less than a Martian month (60 days) after the
commencement of the Polar thaws and after a season of thanksgiving to
the Father has been held by all in appreciation of His bountiful gifts.
The Spiritual leaders of the different communities preside at these
gatherings.
The foregoing is in remarkable agreement with a statement on page 375
of the late Professor Lowell's book titled "MARS," as follows.
"The Canal quickening on Mars occupied 52 days, as evidenced by the
successive vegetal darkenings which descend from latitude 72 degrees
North and latitude 0, a journey of 2,650 miles. The rate of
progression is remarkably uniform, and this fact that it is carried
from near the Pole to the Equator is sufficient tell-tale of extrinsic
aid, and the uniformity of the action increases its significance."
On the morning of January 21 I witnessed another interesting Martian
scene, which was almost identical with the previous vision of the
Arctic regions of this planet, except that the warm season was more
advanced, and I was permitted to see the country from another angle. I
was facing East. Most of the Polar snow had disappeared, and the
low-lying hills were now covered with a growth of dark green
vegetation, except at a few isolated points which showed small patches
of snow. The sky was less misty than on the previous occasion.
On the evening of January 21 I was shown a flock of Martian sheep. The
herd was small and I observed five of the animals at close range. I
call them sheep for the reason that the animals resembled our sheep in
every particular. The wool was very long and of a dark reddish-brown
color, except underneath their bellies which was yellowish.
On the evening of January 29 I had a vision of a beautiful woman with a
child kneeling at her feet. She was seated on a chair and held a book
on her lap. The symbolism of the vision was later explained to me by
the controls, who said: "Verily I say unto you whosoever shall not
receive the Kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter
therein." God's truths are perceived only by those who can acquire the
simple faith of a child.
It was about the same time I had a vision in which I saw Sergius for
the first time distinctly. He is the principal control dominating the
writing of this book. He appeared very patriarchal with a long beard.
His features were decidedly semitic. His countenance was most
spiritual and beautiful.
On February 10 I had my first vision of Mars' two moons, known to our
astronomers as Diemos and Phobos. The latter appeared as a satellite
about half as large as our full moon, and the former like a star
brighter than the first magnitude, and could be compared with Jupiter
as seen from our Earth during a favorable opposition of that planet.
The latter satellite sheds considerable light on her primary. An
interesting explanation of these two moons will be found in a later
chapter of this book.
On February 17 I was shown the actual appearance of our sun from the
planet Mars. What I saw disproves the theory that owing to the
distance of Mars from the sun the latter would be viewed by the
Martians as a disk about half the size as seen from our Earth. The
Solar Orb appeared as to size and brightness, about the same as viewed
from our Earth, and seemed to give forth its heat with the same
intensity. I was facing the sun and its brilliance blinded my eyes for
an instant.
On the evening of February 29 I had a vision of a strange looking
creature ape-like in appearance. The form was about five feet tall,
very hairy, his body being covered with a thick coat of woolly hair of
a grayish color. He was smoking what appeared to be a cigar-like roll
of something, probably some sort of leaves rolled up into a convenient
form for smoking. On the tips of his pointed ears were little tufts of
long hair, which gave his head a lynx-like appearance. There were
quite a number of large yellow spots on his hairy chest. His nose was
very stubby, and his entire face was decidedly apelike.
I was later informed that I had seen an inhabitant of the planet
Mercury, where life has not yet evolved to a very high degree, and
where man has not yet wholly emerged from his primary beast-like state.
Concerning the flora of Mars I have on various occasions viewed
orchards of growing fruit trees. The trees were set out in rows
similar to the methods adopted in our own orchards. The trees were
dwarf-like, being not over five or six feet high. I was informed that
this particular species of tree was cultivated for its fruit and for
the fiber obtained from its large leaves, which is made into cloth,
thread and cordage.
On one occasion a short time after the chapter dealing with the
transmission of Electro-magnetic energy by wireless was received, I was
shown two immense towers on the planet Mars which are used for the
purpose of distributing power throughout the planet. The two towers
were very close together, probably 100 yards apart and 100 feet high.
They resembled two immense round smoke-stacks, such as are common in
our factory districts. The tops of the towers were surmounted by oval
caps, transparent as if made from glass, and protected by a system of
grill work. While I was intently observing the towers there occurred a
blinding flash of light simultaneously from the two oval caps.
The surrounding country was covered with high trees, and it was
impossible for me to observe the base of the two structures.