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But there is a key.  The one who first conquers self, Shasta will not deny.”

   (The complete account of his stay in the interior of Mount Shasta later on in his life can be found in the book, but due to its length, it cannot be reproduced here)

 

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#5 --- Mount Lassen is another extinct volcano and is located southeast of Shasta in the Lassen Volcano National Park. The following letter comes from page 206 of the June, 1945 edition of AMAZING STORIES, and the story which follows appeared on pages 155-157 of the December, 1946 issue of the same magazine:

 

Sirs:  "...In California there is a Mt. Lassen, and I have been told that at times voices are heard from the interior of the mountain, and that at such times persons approaching too near are covered with a shower of stones in size from peas to your head. I have not been there, but have talked to at least a dozen people who have; and that section refer to it freely as an entrance to another "world" and a different and strange people. - Irene M. Steen., General Delivery., Clewiston, Fla.

 

INSIDE MOUNT LASSEN - By RALPH B. FIELDS

(The writer of this article presents it as a factual story; the editor’s present it as received. It is amazing!)

 

"In Beginning this narrative and the unexplainable events that befell my friend and myself, I offer no explanation, nor do I even profess to offer any reason. In fact, I have yet to find a clue that will, even in part, offer any explanation whatever.