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This is a satirical advertisement masquerading as editorial content, mocking the early 20th-century spiritualist and New Thought movements that promised psychological transformation and occult enlightenment. The caricatures at top appear to represent stereotypical spiritualist practitioners—figures associated with the era's popular mysticism craze. The main illustration depicts a figure in cosmic/mystical imagery, parodying spiritualist iconography. The text satirizes spiritualist organizations' recruitment tactics and dubious promises: "twenty million mental subscribers" achieving "imaginary life" through meditation and yogic practice. The satire targets their claims of supernatural communication, money-back guarantees, and vague spiritual benefits ("increased joyfulness," "harmony with all the world"). The magazine ridicules both the spiritualists' grandiose claims and their cynical commercialism—charging fees for courses leading to "the imaginary life."

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gL BRIE: Have You Been Psychically Revitalized ? \¥ , OVER TWENTY MILLION MENTAL SUBSCRIBERS NOW LEADING THE IMAGINARY LIFE. WING to an unfortunate strike in our Yogi depart- ment, we have had some trouble during the past few weeks in filling orders and answering all vibrations. We have been so short of help that we had to take on almost anyone who applied, without par- ticularly looking up their references. The difficulty began by the employment of a person who represented herself to be a genuine trance medium, seventh daugh- ter of a seventh son, born with a fluted caul, gifted with second sight and the eighteenth reincarnation of a Babylonian manicure expert. Being so busy we didn’t submit her to the usual test, but put her to work on our waiting list. The yogis all struck at once, represent- ing that she was a fakir of the worst type. While the whole force was only out five minutes, or until we had placed this lacy in the silence, in the mental world this means widespread trouble, and those friends of ours who were waiting to apply and got the red vibra- tions hereby receive our apology. Everything is now running smoothly, except for the difficulty in getting help. —— i We will give anyone a trial. We pay first-class wages to all mediums, palmists, astrologers and imported yogis. We regret tc say, however, that we cannot undertake to emplcy any more Christian Scientists. We had quite a force of them, but they always demanded real money at the end of the week. While some of them did gocd imaginary work, they in- sisted on coin of the realm. The two things don’t go together, however. But to everyone else in the psychic world we give a hearty welcome. Moreover, we advise you to apply at once; it will not be long now before we shall control the market, and if, as an astrologer or medium, you have an establishment of your own, you would better give it up at ence and come with us, as 1t is only a question of time when we shull vibrate you out of your business. This may seem cruei and in line with trust methods, but nothing could be further from our intention. The truth is, that leading the mentu: life is the most important thing in the world. Once you become an imaginary LIFE sub- Geelme-Mit. Morec Every ) orders t anyone faction, proof th scriber, your troubles cease; for this reason, we are gradually this part closing up all the spiritualistic centres in the country and uniting them under the banner of Gee. Ime. Mit. and the Imaginary LIFE. If you need help of any kind, therefore, apply to Gee. Ime. Mit. at once. Send us five mental dollars and you will be t placed on LIFE’S waiting list, which means that you will receive all the advantages of our preparatory school while you are waiting to become a regular subscriber, say in twenty or thirty years. Reme every thi ing this mental Ime. M moment Remember, that you have to do nothing but want us to receive five dollars. We will do the rest. As soon as your impulse is thus recorded—and you may be sure that we won't miss it, as our yogis are the best in the world— we will then communicate with your subliminal self. Now, you won't know this until later. Physically speaking, you can keep right on taking the coarse, materialistic LIFE, that we believe is still issued every week from this office, and which we have no par- your er hard ani with evi sablimir the ben you do money moment will rec ull kno troubles Enthroned- ticular interest in except occasionally, It cos in which to make an announcement me coe . . = oR nent o} like this to somatic friends. desires | We will, we say, communicate with your subliminal self and put it through the preliminary paces, leading up to the grand entry upon our waiting list. The only thing you will notice will be an increased joyfulness and a sense of harmony with all the world. This will not come until about a week after you have sent in your imaginary money; then you will slide up on the first har- monic plane, where you see a blue disc with a brown centre; it is only when you arrive on the third harmonic plane that you see a blue disc with a bright yellow centre. average Beeat the hou Now, many of our physical friends have written us that they don’t believe all this, and have ridiculed the idea and seemed to feel that this department is an imposition. Our only reply is, Try it and see. We do not have to Prove our case. We not only guarantee results but we posi- tively promise to refund your money if you don't get what we claim. THE ( (Concluded on page 1095) comicbooks.com