Francis Worcester Doughty

Name: Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars — Chapter 27
Author: Francis Worcester Doughty

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“Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars — Chapter 27”, published in 1892, is a work by Francis Worcester Doughty. It explores elements such as rift, Doctor and spirit.

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Francis Worcester Doughty, Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars… (1892)

“ If one was a man, then so also was the other. Not an organ, not a muscle, not even the most minute fibre which was not perfectly reproduced.
“It is the spiritual man you behold,” said Mirrikh. “Until the heart ceases to beat, it remains enchained. Its life is eternal, it destruction as impossible as for you to tear one of yonder stars from heaven; and as it is with the Doctor, so also is it with every man on earth. But look now at Maurice and behold a mystery unfathomable to your Western schools of thought.”
Instantly my eyes were upon Maurice. ”

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Francis Worcester Doughty, Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars… (1892)

“ Silently I prayed that God might give his spirit messengers power to help us in this the hour of our sore distress.
I watched the light. It came and went. There seemed to be unusual difficulty in repeating the process which I had so often seen; but it came at last, and I saw at Walla's feet a man who was certainly not Maurice, nor yet the Doctor. He was crouching upon his hands and knees. By no human power could he have come unknown to me upon the rock. ”

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Francis Worcester Doughty, Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars… (1892)

“ I shall take my chances and discount the future, if I can muster up the courage to make the fatal plunge.”
“In a case like this every man must decide for himself,” I replied gloomily; “but for my part all doubts of an existence beyond the grave have vanished. Our lives were certainly not given us to throw away, and I shall stick it out to the end.”
“But think of the horrors of starvation; think——”
He suddenly ceased to speak; his head fell forward on his breast, his eyes closed, his face became as white as death.
“Doctor! Doctor!” I cried, springing to my feet. ”

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Francis Worcester Doughty, Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars… (1892)

“ It has already begun to shine, but it must be made to shine brighter and brighter still, until darkness is wholly banished, and men, as in the days of old, know Nature’s secrets as the dwellers beyond the veil know them ”

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Francis Worcester Doughty, Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars… (1892)

“ No man, no spirit, none but God himself can see the soul. Look at the Doctor and you will understand what I mean.”
Again his hand passed before my eyes and they rested upon the Doctor. To my astonishment I saw that he was not alone. Above him stood a man’s form, dim and shadowy, with wolfish face and hideous bulging eyes. He held his hands above the Doctor’s head.
“It is the spirit which holds him in control,” said Mirrikh. “It is a spirit which is ever with him, ever will be until he rises out of his sphere of intense selfishness, if happily that times ever comes ”

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Francis Worcester Doughty, Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars… (1892)

“ Your work is but as the work of one of the minutest fibres in the body whose interiors you have just seen. Help will be given you when help is needed. In the words of Jesus the Christ, I say unto you: “Watch and pray! The time is close at hand.”
He ceased to speak and walked with firm tread toward the rift—that awful rift through which the water went rushing with its sullen roar. ”

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Francis Worcester Doughty, Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars… (1892)

“ Midnight came and found Maurice slumbering. Not again had the transformation come upon him. If his claim was true and a female spirit from our sister planet was united with his own, then like a sensible creature she had kept in the background. Walla’s condition remained as before. The Doctor and I sat together, conversing in low tones. ”

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Francis Worcester Doughty, Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars… (1892)

“ It is well that you do, for it is written that you must write, that those who will may read. The time is close at hand when a flood of spiritual light is to be poured upon the earth, arousing the Eastern adepts from their selfish lethargy ”

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