¹After Gyeong-seok departed for his travels in 1917, a series of scandalous events beset Cha Gyeong-seok’s dao order in Daeheung-ri Village, and so the area police station kept surveillance on the dao order day and night.²During this period, in November 1918, Mun In-taek, a follower from Jejudo Island, was apprehended at Mokpo Port on his way to Daeheung-ri Village in possession of over one hundred thousand won of offering money collected from the followers on Jejudo Island, hidden in a cotton sack.³Consequently, eighteen senior organization officials, including Cha Yun-chil, were arrested and severely tortured at the police station in Mokpo.⁴At that time, Yi Sang-ho of Gyeong-seok’s dao order took the lead in resolving the incident and did so by blaming everything on Taemonim.

⁵On November 25, the police arrived in Jojong-ri Village near noon to arrest Taemonim and questioned Sa-seong about Taemonim’s whereabouts.⁶Alarmed, Eung-chil rushed to Taemonim and informed Her of this development with great apprehension, “There is certain to be trouble. Please enter into hiding for a time.”

⁷But Taemonim replied, “I already knew of the approaching police, but I must unreservedly accept what is now to occur to prevent repercussions. Hiding is out of the question.”⁸With this, Taemonim immediately wrote the Haemaju Mantra upon a talisman for extinguishing concealed enmity, burned the paper, then serenely sat waiting.

⁹Before long, the police entered Eung-chil’s house and demanded to know Taemonim’s whereabouts. She had the police summoned before Her, exchanged a few words with them, and then She and Eung-chil left with the police for the police station in Jeongeup County.

¹⁰Taemonim and Eung-chil spent the night at the Jeongeup Police Station. The next day, they were transferred to Mokpo Police Station, where they were held for questioning. ¹¹But since there was no clear evidence of wrongdoing, Eung-chil was discharged on December 12 and Taemonim was released on January 3, 1919 (DG 49), after thirty-eight days of confinement.

¹²After this time, Taemonim devoted Herself to tending to Her crops and led a leisurely life for the next several years.