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Fakirs' Lights Out Trance Impresses Royal Officers
Captain John Gladwin Jebb recalls a fakir in India who extinguished gas jets in a crowded mess, then re lit them in reverse order. When asked to lift, twenty officers could not rise, all paralyzed until the fakir released them. The scene, dramatic and puzzling, sparked debate on hypnotism and unseen forces.
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John Gladwin Jebb
India
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Sunday Magazine