THE NEW YORK TIMES

New York City, New York, U.S.A.

16 July 1916

(page 87)

A CURIOUS KIND OF LIGHTNING.

To the Editor of The New York Times:

I do not know whether globular lightning is a sufficiently rare phenomenon in this country to merit remark. Yesterday a globe of fire with an apparent diameter of about a foot burst on the floor of the middle room of a cottage here and within a few inches of my right foot. Curiously enough, no damage of any kind was done.

ALEISTER CROWLEY.

New Bristol, N.H., July 13, 1916.