This episode covers the last couple of pages of chapter 5 from: 

“My sister Uma met me as I entered the door...” 
To 
The end of the chapter 

This section covers how the “Perfume saint” produces fragrances and materialises tangerines out of thin air. Years later, Paramahansa Yogananda understood by inner realiation how Gandha Baba accomplished his materializations. We discuss why the method should be beyond the reach of the world’s hungry hordes, why you should steer clear of hypnotism and the wonderful sufi mystic: Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr.  

0:00 Preamble;

1:00 Mukunda returns home to Uma;

9:25 Yogic powers and astral miracles;

19:40 Hypnosis;

30:51 Spiritually useless;

46:20 To buy and sell for God;

1:01:00 By sublimity of example alone;

1:09:50 Summary of Chapter and looking ahead.

Links discussed in the podcast: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Sa%27id_Abu%27l-Khayr 
 
Homework for next episode— Read, absorb and make notes on the start of chapter 6 from: 

The start of the chapter... 
To 
“... Chandi and I listened respectfully” 

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