None knew when the end of the _Kali-Yug_ might be, and it was thought that if men saw things they could not explain, perhaps they would turn and seek the true mastery of the universe.

But what happened?
You, who are from America; is there one village in all America where men do not speak of Indians as fakirs and mock-magicians?
For that there are two reasons.

One is that there are multitudes of Indians who are thieves and liars, who know nothing and seek to conceal their ignorance beneath a cloak of deceit and trickery.

The other is, that men are so deep in delusion, that when they do see the unexplainable they seek to explain it away.

Whereas the truth is that there are natural laws which, if understood by all, would at once make all men masters of the universe.
"I will give you an example.