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The Fountain of Youth
“The Eye of Revelation” is basically Five Rites to the Fountain of Youth!
Practiced Two times each day at about 10-15 minutes for all Five Rites and your body will respond and heal itself from the inside out.
Each Rite is specifically designed to help to regulate your bodies spinning Vortexes to achieve an overall sympatic vibratory health.
These Rites can be practiced anywhere or in a sacred place of your choosing.
The following is exact wording from the above book by Peter Kelder published in the 1920s.
Enjoy and Live Young!
One afternoon I dropped into the travelers club to escape a sudden shower and while seated in an easy chair waiting for it to clear up I fell into a conversation with a most interesting old gentleman; one who, although I did not know it then, was destined to change the whole course of my life, I call him an old man for that is exactly what he was. In his late sixties, he looked every year his age, He was thin and stooped, and when he walked leaned heavily on his cane.
It developed that he was a retired british army officer, who had likewise seen service in the diplomatic corps of the crown. There were few accessible places on the globe to which colonel Bradford, as I shall call him, although that was not his true name, had not, at some time or other in his life, paid a visit, and warming under my attention he related incidents in his travels which were highly entertaining, needless to say I spent an interesting and profitable afternoon listening to him. This was some years ago. We met often after that and got along famously. Many evenings, either at gis quarters or at mine, we discussed and discoursed until long past midnight.
It was on one of these occasions I became possessed of a feeling that Colonel Bradford wanted to tell me something of importance. Something close to his heart which was difficult for him to talk about By using all the tact and diplomacy at my command I succeeded in making him understand that I should be happy to help him in any way possible, and that if he cared to tell me what was on his mind I would keep it in strict confidence. Slowly at first, and then with increased trust he began to talk.
While stationed in India some years ago, Colonel Bradford, from time to time, came in contact with wandering natives from the remote vastnesses of the country. He heard many interesting tales of the life and customs of the country. One story, which interested him strangely, he heard quite a number of times, and always from natives who inhabited a particular district. Those from the other districts seemed never to have heard it.
It concerned a group of Lamas or Tibetan priests who, apparently, had discovered “The Fountain of Youth.” The natives told of old men who had mysteriously regained health and strength, vigor and virility shortly after entering a certain Lamasery; but where this particular place was none seemed exactly to know.
Like so many other men, Colonel Bradford had become old at 40, and had not been getting any younger as the years rolled by. Now the more he heard this tale of “The Fountain of Youth” the more he became convinced that such a place and such men actually existed. He began to gather information on directions, character of the country, climate, and various other tid-bits that might help him locate the spot: for from then on there dwelt in the back of his mind a desire to find this “Fountain of Youth.”
This desire, he told me, had now grown so powerful that he had determined to return to India and start in earnest a quest for the retreat of these young-old men: and he wanted me to go with him. Frankly, by the time he had finished telling me this fantastic story. I, too, was convinced of its truth, and was half-tempted to join him, but finally decided against it.
Soon he departed, and I consoled myself for not going with the thought that perhaps one should be satisfied to grow old gracefully; that perhaps the Colonel was wrong in trying to get more out of life when was vouchsafed to other men. And yet-a Fountain of Youth!! What a thrilling idea it was! For his own sake I hoped that the Colonel might find it.
Months passed. In the press of every-day affairs Colonel Bradford and his “Shangri-La” had grown dim in my memory, when one evening on returning to my apartment, there was a letter in the Colonel’s own hand-writing. He was still alive! The letter seemed to have been written in joyous desperation. In it he said that in spite of maddening delays and set-backs he actually was on the verge of finding the “Fountain”. He gave no address.
It was more months before I heard from him again. This time he had good news. He had found the “Fountain of Youth”! Not only that but he was bringing it back to the States with him,
and would arrive within the next two months. Practically four years had elapsed since I had last seen the old man. Would he have changed any I wondered? He was older, of course, but perhaps no balder, although his stoop might have increased a little. Then the startling idea came to me that perhaps this “Fountain of Youth” might really have helped him. But in my minds eye I could not picture him differently than I had seen him last, except perhaps a little older.
One evening I decided to stay at home by myself and catch up on my reading, maybe write a few letters. I had just settled down to comfortable reading when the telephone rang.
“A Colonel Bradford to see you, sir,” said the clerk.
“Send him up.: I shouted, and casting the book aside I hastened to the door. For a moment I stared, and then with dismay I saw that this was not Colonel Bradford but a much younger person.
Noting my surprise the man said, “Weren’t you expecting me?”
“No,” I confessed. “I thought it would be an old friend of mine, a Colonel Bradford.”
“I came to see you about Colonel Bradford, the man you were expecting,” he answered.
“Come in,” I invited.
“Allow me to introduce myself,” said the stranger, entering. “My name is Bradford.”
“Oh, you are Colonel Bradford’s son,” I exclaimed. “I have often heard him speak of you. You resemble him somewhat.”
“No. I am not my son.” he returned. “I am none other than your old friend, Colonel Bradford, the old man who went away to the Himalayas.”
I stood in incredulous amazement at his statement, then it slowly dawned upon me that this really was the Colonel Bradford whom I had known; but what a change had taken place in his appearance. Instead of the stooped, limping, sallow old gentleman with a cane, he was a tall, straight, ruddy-complexioned man in the prime of life. Even his hair, which had grown back, held no trace of gray.
My enthusiasm and curiosity knew no bounds. Soon I was plying him with questions in rapid-fire order until he threw up his hands.
“Wait, wait,” he protested, laughingly. “I shall start at the beginning and tell you all that has happened.” And this he proceeded to do.
Upon arriving in India the Colonel started directly for the district in which lived the natives who had told of “The Fountain of Youth.” Fortunately, he knew quite a bit of their language. He spent several months there, making friends with the people and picking up all the information he could about the Lamasery he sought. It was a long, slow process, but fis shrewdness and persistence finally brought him to the coveted place he had heard about so often but only half-believed existed.
Colonel Bradford’s account of what transpired after being admitted to the Lamasery sounded like a fairy tale, I only wish that time and space permitted me to set sown here all of his experiences; the interesting practices of the Lamas, their culture, and their utter indifference to the work-a-day world. There were no real old men there. To his surprise the Lamas considered Colonel Bradford a quite novel sight, for it had been a long time since they had seen anyone who looked as old as he. The Lamas good-naturedly referred to the Colonel as “The Ancient One.”
“For the first two weeks after I arrived,” said the Colonel, “I was like a fish out of water. I marveled at everything I saw, and at times could hardly believe what my eyes beheld. I soon felt much better, was sleeping like a top every night, and only used my cane when hiking in the mountains.
“A month after I arrived I received the biggest surprise of my life. In fact, I was quite startled. It was the day I entered for the first time, a large, well-ordered room which was used as a king of library for ancient manuscripts. At one end of the room was a full-length mirror. It had been over two years since I had last seen my reflection so with great curiosity I stepped in front of the glass.
“I stared in amazement, so changed was my appearance. It seemed that I had dropped 15 years from my age. It was my first intimation that I was growing younger; but from then on I changed so rapidly that it was apparent to all who knew me. Soon the honorary title of “The Ancient One” was heard no more.
There are five rites. These five exercises are really not exercises at all, in the physical culture sense. The Lamas think of them as ‘Rites,’ and so instead of calling them exercises or practices, we too, shall call them Rites.
There are SEVEN Psychic Vortexes in the body. Vortex “A” is located within the forehead; Vortex “B” is located in the posterior part of the brain; Vortex “C” is in the region of the throat at the base of the neck; Vortex “D” is located in the right side of the body above the waist line; Vortex “E” is located in the reproductive anatomy, and it is directly connected with Vortex “C” in the throat. Vortexes “F” and “G” are located one in either knee.
These Psychic Vortexes revolved at great speed. When all are revolving at high speed and at the same rate of speed the body is in perfect health. When one or more of them slow down, old age, loss of power, and senility set in.
RITE NUMBER ONE
“The first Rite,” continued the Colonel, “is a simple one. It is for the express purpose of speeding up the Vortexes. When we were children we used it in our play. It is this: Stand erect with arms out stretched, horizontal with the shoulders. Now spin around until you become slightly dizzy. There is only one caution: you must turn from left to right. In other words, if you were to place a clock or watch on the floor face up, you would turn in the same way the hands are moving.
“At first the average adult will only be able to spin around about a half-dozen times until he becomes dizzy enough to want to sit or lie down. That is just what he should do, too. That’s what I did. To begin with, practice this Rite only to the point of slight dizziness. As time passes and your Vortexes become more rapid in movement through this and other Rites, you will be able to practice it to a greater extent.
“When I was in India it amazed me to see the Maulawiyah, or as they are more commonly known, the Whirling Dervishes, almost increasingly spin around and around in a religious frenzy. Rite Number One recalled to my attention two things in connection with this practice. The first was that these Whirling Dervishes always spun in one direction-from left to right, clockwise. The second was the virility of the old men; they were strong, hearty, and robust. Far more so than most men of their age.
“When I spoke to one of the Lamas about this he informed me that while this whirling movement of the Dervishes did have a very beneficial effect, yet it also had a devastating one. It seems that a long siege of whirling stimulates into great activity Vortexes ‘A,’ ‘B,’ and ‘E’. These three have a stimulating effect on the other two - ‘C’ and ‘D’. But due to excessive leg action the Vortexes in the knees ‘E’ and ‘G’ - are over-stimulated and finally so exhausted that the building up of the Vital Forces along with this tearing down causes the participants to experience a kind of ‘psychic jag’ which they mistake for something spiritual, or at least religious.
“However,” continued the Colonel, “we do not carry the whirling exercise to excess. While the Whirling Dervishes may spin around hundreds of times, we find that greater benefit is obtained by restricting it to about a dozen or so times, enough so the Rite Number One can stimulate all the Vortexes to action.”
RITE NUMBER TWO
“Like Rite Number One,” continued the Colonel, “this second one is for further stimulating to action the Seven Vortexes. It is even simpler than the first one. InRite Number Two one first lies flat on his back on the floor or on the bed. If one practiced on the floor one should use a rug or blanket under him, folded several times in order that the body will not come into contact with the cold floor. The Lamas have what might be called in English a ‘prayer rug.’ It is about two feet wide and fully six feet long. It is fairly thick and is made from wool and a kind of vegetable fibre. It is solely for the purpose of insulation, and so has no other value, Nevertheless, to the Lamas everything is of a religious nature, hence their name for the mats - ‘prayer rugs.’
“As I said, one should lie full length on his ‘prayer rug,’ or bed. Then place the hands flat down alongside the hips. Fingers should be kept close together with the finger-tips of each hand turned slightly toward one another. The feet are then raised until the legs are straight up. If possible, let the feet extend back a bit over the body, toward the head; but do not let the knees bend. Then, slowly lower the feet to the floor and for a moment allow all muscles to relax. Then perform this Rite all over again.
“One of the Lamas told me that when he first attempted to practice this simple Rite he was so old, weak, and decrepit that he couldn’t possibly lift up both legs. Therefore he started out by lifting the thighs until the knees were straight up, letting the feet hang down. Little by little, however, he was able to straighten out his legs until at the end of three months he could raise them straight with perfect ease.
“I marveled at this particular Lama,” said the Colonel,”when he told me this. He was then a perfect picture of health and youth, although I knew he was many years older then I. For the sheer joy of exerting himself he used to carry a pack of vegetables weighing fully a hundred feet above. He took his time but never stopped once on the way up, and when he would arrive he didn’t seem to be experiencing the slightest bit of fatigue. I marveled greatly at this, for the first time I started up with him, I had to stop at least a dozen times. Later I was able to do it easily without my cane and with never a stop, but that is another story.”
RITE NUMBER THREE
“The third RIte should be practiced immediately after practicing Rite Number Two. It, too, is a very simple one. All one needs to do is to kneel on his ‘prayer rug,’ place fis hands on his thighs, and lean forward as far as possible with the head inclined so that the chin rests on the chest. Now lean backward as far as possible; at the same time the head should be lifted and thrown back as far as it will go. Then bring the head up along with the body Lean forward again and start the Rite all over. This Rite is very effective in speeding up Vortexes ‘E’, ‘D’ and ‘C’; especially ‘E.’
“I have seen more than 200 Lamas perform this Rite together. In order to turn their attention within, they closed their eyes. In this way they would not become confused by what others were doing and thus have their attention diverted.
“The Lamas, more than two and a half millenniums ago, discovered that all good things come from within. They discovered that every worthwhile thing must have its origin within the individual. this is something the the Occidental has never been able to understand and comprehend. He thinks, as I did, that all worthwhile things must come from outside world.
“The Lamas, especially those at this particular Lamasery, are performing a great work for the world. It is performed, however, on the astral plane. This plane, from which they assist mankind in all quarters of the globe, is high enough above the vibrations of the world to be a powerful focal point where much can be accomplished with little loss of effort.
“Some day the world will awaken in amazement to what the unseen forces - the Forces of Good - have been doing for the masses. We who take ourselves in hand and make new creatures of ourselves in every imaginable way, each is doing a marvelous work for mankind everywhere. Already the efforts of these advanced individuals are being welded together into One Irresistible Power. I anew day is dawning for the world - it is already here. But it is only through individuals like the Lamas, and you and me that the world can possible be helped.
“Most of mankind, and that includes those in the most enlightened countries, like America and England, is still in the darkest of the Dark Ages. However, they are being prepared for better and more glorious things, and as fast as they can be initiated into the higher life, just that fast will the world be made a better place in which to life.”
RITE NUMBER FOUR
“Now for Rite Number Four,” said the Colonel. “The first time I tried this it seemed very difficult, but after a week it was as simple to do as any of the others.
“Sit on the ‘prayer rug’ with he feet stretched out in front. Then place the hands alongside the body. Now raise the body and bend the knees so that the legs, from the knees sown, are practically straight up and down. The arms, too, will be straight up and down while the body, from the shoulders to the knees, will be horizontal. Before pushing the body to a horizontal position the chin should be well down on the chest. Then, as the body is raised the head should be allowed to drop gently backward as far as it will go. Next, return to a sitting position and relax for a moment before repeating the procedure. When the body is pressed up to to complete horizontal position tense every muscle in the body. This will have a tendency to stimulate Vortexes ‘F,’ ‘G,’ ‘E,’ and ‘C.’
“After leaving the Lamasery,” continued Colonel Bradford, “I went to a number of the larger cities in India, and as an experiment conducted classes for both English people and natives. I found that the older members of either felt that unless they could perform a Rite perfectly, right from the beginning, they believed no good could come from it. I had considerable difficulty in convincing them that they were wrong. Finally I persuaded them to do the best they could and see just what happened in a month’s time. After a good deal of persuasion I was able to get them to do their best, and the results in a month’s time were more then gratifying.
“I remember in one city I had quite a number of old people in one of my classes. With this particular Rite - Number Four - they could first barely get their bodies off the floor; they couldn’t get it anywhere near a horizontal position. In the same class were several much younger persons who had no difficulty in performing the RIte perfectly from the very start. This so discouraged the older people that I had to ask the younger ones to refrain from practicing it before their older class-mates. I explained that I could not do it at first, either; that I couldn’t do a bit better than any of them; but that I could perform the Rite 50 times in succession now without feeling the slightest strain on nerves or muscles; and in order to convince them, I did it right before their eyes. From then on the class broke all records for results accomplished.
“The only difference between youth and virility, and old age and senility, is simply the difference in the rate of speed at which the Vortexes are spinning. Normalize the different speeds, and the old man becomes a new man again.”
RITE NUMBER FIVE
“The best way to perform this Rite is to place the hands on the floor about two feet apart. Then, with the legs stretched out to the rear with the feet also about two feet apart, push the body, and especially the hips, up as far as possible, rising on the toes and hands. At the same time the head should be brought so far sown that the chin comes up against the chest.
“Next, allow the body to come slowly down to a ‘sagging’ position. Bring the head up, causing it to be drawn as far back as possible.
“After a few weeks, that is after you become quite proficient in this movement, let the body drop from its highest position to a point almost but not quite touching the floor. The muscles should be tensed for a moment when the body is at the highest point, and again at the lowest point. Before the end of the first week this particular RIte will be one of the easiest ones to perform for the average person.
“Everywhere I go,” went on the Colonel, “folks, at first, call these Rites physical culture
exercises. I would like to make it clearly understood that these are not physical culture exercises at all. They are only performed a few times a day; so few times that they could not possibly be of any value as physical culture movements. What the Rites actually do is this: They start the seven Vortexes spinning at a normal rate of speed; at the speed which is normal for, say, a young, robust, virile man of twenty-five years of age.
“Now in such a person the Vortexes are all spinning normally at the same rate of speed. On the other hand, if you could view the seven Vortexes of the average middle-aged man - weak, unhealthy, and semi-virile, as he is - you would notice at once that some of the Vortexes had greatly slowed down in their spinning movement; and worse still, all were spinning at a different rate of speed - none of them working together in harmony. The slower ones allowed that part of the body which they govern to degenerate, deteriorate, and become diseased. The faster ones, spinning at a much greater speed would have caused nervousness and nerve exhaustion. All of them making the individual anything but a real man.
FURTHER INFORMATION
When the Colonel had finished his description of the Five Rites I said to him.
“Let me ask you some questions now.”
“Very well,” he replied. “That is just what I want you to do.”
“I feel that from your description I understand the Rites quite well,” I began, “but when and how often are they to be employed?”
“They can be used either night and morning,” answered the Colonel, “in the morning only, or just at night, but I would not advise so much stimulation for the beginner until he has practiced them for about four months. At the start he could use them the full number of times in the morning, and then in the evening he could gradually build up until finally he is doing the same amount of practice as in the morning.”
“Just how many times a day should a men use these Rites?” was my next question.
“To start with,” said he, “I would suggest you practice each Rite three times a day for the first week. Then increase them by two a day each week until you are doing 21 a day; which will be at the benefit of the 10th week. If you cannot practice Rite Number One, the whirling one, the same number of times as the others, then do it only as many times as you can without getting too dizzy. The time will come, however, when you can practice it the full number of 21 times.
“I knew of one man who required more then a year before he could do it that many times. But he performed the other four without difficulty, gradually increasing the number until he was doing the full 21 on all four. He got very splendid results.
“Under certain conditions,” added the Colonel, “There are some who find it difficult to perform Rite Number One at all, to begin with. But after having done the other four for about six months they are amazed at how easy it is to do Number One. Likewise with the other Rites. If for any reason one or more of them cannot be used, do not be discouraged; use what you can. Results, in that case, will be a little slower, but that is the only handicap.
Dervishes of whom we spoke. Had they spun around only a limited number of times, they would have found themselves greatly benefitted, although they may not have attributed their improved condition to the whirling. The fact that they whirled from left to right and that the old men, who no doubt whirled around less than the younger ones, were virile and strong is ample proof that just one Rite will have powerful effects. So if any one finds that they simply cannot perform all five of these practices or that they cannot perform them all the full number of times, they may still know that good results will be experienced from what they are able to do.”
“Does anything else go with these Five Rites?” I asked.
“There are two more things which would help. The first is to stand erect with hands on hips between the Five Rites and take one or two deep breaths. The other suggestions is to take either a tepid bath or a cool, but not cold, one after practicing the Rites. Going over the body quickly with a wet towel and then with a dry one is probably even better One thing I must caution you against; you must never take a shower, tub, or wet towel bath which is cold enough to chill you even slightly internally. If you do you will have undone all the good you have gained from performing the Five Rites.”
“This seems so simple,’ I ventured, “do you mean to tell me that this is all that is necessary in the work of restoring senile, old men to robust health, vigor and virility?”
“All that is required,” answered the Colonel, “is to practice the Five RItes three times a day to begin with, and gradually increase them as I have explained until each is being practiced 21 times each day. That is all; there is nothing more.
“Of coarse,” he continued,”one must practice them every day in order to keep one’s robust vitality. You may skip one day a week, but never more than that. The use of the Five Rites is no hardship at all; it requires less than 10 minutes a day to practice them. If necessary one can get up ten minutes earlier or go to bed ten minutes later.
“The Five Rites are for the express purpose of restoring a man to manhood. That is, to make him virile and keep him that way constantly. Whether or not he will make the come-back in youthful appearance, as I have done in so short a time, depends on how he uses his virility. Some men so not care whether they look young, or even whether they appear young, just so long as they have all their manly powers. But as for me, I was an old man for so many years, practically forty, that I like the idea of throwing off the years in every way possible.”
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