In the autumn of 1880 many strange stories were afloat in India concerning the studies and practices of what is now widely known as occult science, indulged in and made manifest by the late Madame Blavatsky, the authoress of _Isis Unveiled,_ who claimed to possess in a high degree, by nature, those attributes which spiritualists describe (without professing to understand) as "mediumship". Prominent members of Anglo-Indian society associated themselves with Madame Blavatsky, supported her, ...