[89] In reply to several inquiries as to the meaning of Chela, we answer that it here means an accepted disciple of an Adept. The word, in general, means, Disciple.
[90] See Agroushada Parakshai, 2d book, 23d dialogue.—[Ed.]
[91] It is interesting to compare the Brihadaranyaka-Upanishad, 4th Brah., with this: “In the beginning this was Self alone, in the shape of a spirit. He looking round, saw nothing but his Self.”—[Ed.]
[92] Quran xxiv, 35.
[93] ibid. lxxvi, 18.
[94] The Mevlevi or dancing devishes.
[95] Quran xix, 74.
[96] ibid. xxv, 26.
[97] ibid. ii,
[98] ibid. lxxx, 15.