I did start reading another book about him that featured some Indian swami saying that he was revered in India. They likened him to one of the ancient gods when he was showing off the device where he electricity flowing through him. In the book he wrote he didn't mention it as far as I can remember but he did mention how silly things like esp and other psychic phenomena were.
“My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists”.
“What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics”.
Nikola Tesla
Two of my favorite quotes. There is another quote that I’m unable to remember about when science studies these phenomenon’s they’d advance faster? He may have changed his mind, one way or the other over time. He was a very interesting character.