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CONilUC'fEDBY II.J?BLA VATSKY. UNDERTHEAUSPICESOFTHETHEOSOPHICALSOCIETY. --- ._------------ --_. VOL UM E V1--1884-85. --------------- -... MADRAS: PUBLISHEDBY'l'HE'l'.IEOSOPHICiLSOCIE'l'Y,ADY.Au' ...... :fi'l it llr(l$! PRINTEDATT\H;SCOTTISIIPRF.SS, Br ANn('0. INDEX TO THEOSOPlfIST. VOLUNIEVI. (OOTOBER7884TOSEPTEMBER7885) ACKNOWI.I!DOMENTS Alchemy inDnblin Algebra,to-Review. Animallifebyelectricity, Animalmagnetism-Heview' Answers to cOl'I'espondents". Aphol'ismsofthe Sages Apparitions' ArabianNights PAGE. 20,72 . 12:3 9t .'5 2:3 17,46,275 85 92 8 Al'yaNectiPradhana Pustakam-Review AryanCivilization,Ancient Al'yanMiscellany-Review ArYltnMorals 193 88 72 180 18 131 106,160 36,101 Aspirant,Sh'ltythoughtsofan'" Astrologer,aremarkable Astrology. AtmaBodh... Atma Puranam-Review Aura of1'reos

47 307 BASISOFBELII,PINIMMonTAI.IrY,A NEW-Ih:VIEW23 BewitchedLife265,28] Bhagwat.Gita-Review276,310 BibleInterpretation19 Black Art.. ,......233 B1a vatsky Madame.... ..2,46 llombay'fheosophicalSociety49 Borderland betweenMatter and Spirit40 Brahmoism-Review20 " Bnddha IlnudhislllinCeylon. BuddhismEsoteric.. , ""in Gel'l1Hll1Y 306 94 3U9 175,250 CATECHISM,TIlEBUDDlllSTIN}'I:ENCII135 HH " Chclas " in America- Review310 I Chih'a Gupta Christian:hJysticism Ci vilizationandInfidelity "AncientAryan CollapseofKhootHoomi... Concentration Cl'Ucible,inthe CurioUBIncident ...191 100,128 43 88 70 271 170 227 DIVINEPrMANDER-REVIIlW4G DiviningRodtil ",,-Review168 Double,seenhya Miner93 Dreamor Vision?272 Dreams,reallifein118 ]lublin,Alchemyin......123 DuPrel,Philosophiedel'Mystik150 gatingandsleepingaione EcceHomo... Eclipse,the.. HfficacyofPrayer glectricity.Animallifeby ... "Natureof FjsotericBuddhism.. llnddhisminGermany EsotericPhilosophyin'l'amil PAGE. 245285 ., 124 ...Il9 ..193 la,71 5 .200 ...309 175,259 Literature .... .244 Bnropo,thePoundel'sin,.. . 12"t:l Bye57 Jllll1ethnt electricactionisnecessaryto vitality,until suchfactshalllmvebeenmostdibtincLlyproved.*I next imagined, asothel's havedone, that they might have OI'iginllted fromthe watt],and cOllsequently madeaclose examinationoft;everalllUlldredvesselsfilledwiththe sumewater as that whichheldinsolution thesilicateof potassa,inthesamerOOlll,wllichvesselsconstit,utedthe cells ofaIa.lgevoltaicLa.ttei'Y,usedwithoutacid.In noneofthcsevessel:;conldIpel'ceivethetraceof an insectoftllatdescription.Ilikewisecloselyexamined thecrevices and mostdustypart::;oftheroom,with110 better Sllccess. "In the conrse ofthe same month,indeed, theseinsects soincreasedthat whenthey wel'Ostrong ellonghto leavu their moi::;tenedbirth.pln.ce,they issuedontindifferent directions,Isupposeinquestoffood;huttheygene-rallyhuddledtogether,under acard or piccoofpaper in theil' neighbourhood,asifto avoid ligllt and disturbance. Inthecourseoflilyexperimentsuponothermatters,I filledaglass basinwithacOllcerltrat.odsolu tionofsili-cate ofpotassa,withoutacid,inthemidclleof which I placedapieceofbrick,usedinthe lloigh10urhoodfor *For agostheOccultdoctrineteachest.hatlifeiAvital electricity and the latter thoreal lifo-giver,thecreatorof all.-Ed. 2 6THETHEOSOPHIST. [October,1894. --=================== doinesticpurposes, and consistingmostlyofsilica.Two wiresofplatina connectedeither endofthebrick,with polesofavoltaicbattery,ofsixty.three pairsofplate, eachabouttwoinchessquare.Aftermany months' action,silicn"inagelatinous state, formedinsomequan-tityroundthebottomofthebrick,awlasthesolution evaporated,Ireplaced it byfreshadditions,sothatthe outsideoftheglassbasinbeingconstantlywetbyre-peated overflowings,wasofcourseconstantlyelectrified. Onthisoutside,aswellasont.heedgeofthefluid within,Iolledayperceivedthowell-knownwhitishex-crescence,withitsprojectingfilaments.Inthoconrse oftimethey increasedillnlllnber,andastheysncces-sivelyburstintolife,thewholetableonwhichtheap-paratus stood,wasatlast coveredwith'.i111ilarinsects, whichhidthemselveswhereverthey couldfindfIshel-t,or.Someofthemwereofdifferentsizes,therebeing aconsiderabledifferenceinthisrespectbetweentho largeandsmaller;andtheywereplainlyperceptible to thenakedeye,as theynimbly crawledfromonespot toanother.Icloselyexaminedthot'.lulewithalens, butcouldperceivenosllchexcrescenceliSthatwbich markstheir incipient state,onanypnrt ofit. "While tbeseeffects weretakingplaceinmyelectrio room,similar formationsweremaking theirappearance in anotherroom,distantf!'OmthefOImer.Ihadhere placedonatabletbreevoltaicbatteriosunconnected with oneRnother.Thefirstconsistedoftwontypairsof 2inchplates,betweenthepolosofwhichIplaceda glasscylinder,filledwithaconcontratedsolutionof fJilioateof potassa,inwhichwassuspendE'dapieceof clayslatebytwoplatinawires,cOllnoctedwitheither poleof thebattery.Apieceofpaper wasplacedonthe topofthec.vlindertokeepout t,hedust.Aftermany months'action,gelatinous silica,invariousforlllR,was fllectricHllyatt,ractedtot.heslate,whichitcoatedin rather asingula.r manner,unnocessaryheretodescribe. Inthe courseoft.ime1 obRervedsimilar insects,in their incipientstatoformingm'OlUldtheedgeoftheIIliid withinthejar,which,whereperfect,crawledabontthe ilmer Rmfaceof thopapor withgrpat activity.'rhose-conelbattery consistedofmanypairsof cylinders,ear.h equaltoa4inchplnte.Betweenthepolesofthis J aseries ofsevonglasscylinders,filledwith t.IIefollowingconcentratedsolutions :-lst,Nitrat.oof Copper;2nd, SuLcm'bonate ofPotassa; 3rd,Sulphate of Copper;4t.h,GreenSulplmte of Iron;5th,Sulphateof IJime;6th,Wateracidifiedwith8minnteportionof HyrlrocLloric acid; 7th,Waterponrod 011powdered met-tr..llic arRenic,rosting on acopper cup, connected witht;he IloRitivepoleofthebattm'y.Allthe!'ecylindorswere electrifiorl,andunited byarcsofsheet coppor, sothatthesameelectricClll'l'ent the wholeofthom.Aftermanymonths' action,and conse-quent formationof certaincrystallino mattel'Rwhichit is not myobject heretonotice,Iobservedsimilar excres-cenceswiththosebeforeohserven,attheedgeofthe lluid in everyoneofthecylinders,exceptingthotwo whichcontainedthecarbonateofpotassaunO.the metallic arsenic;andinduotimeahostofinsectsmade their appearance.It WIIScurioustoobsel'vethecrystal-lisednitrateandsulphateofcopper,which formedby Rlowevaporationat theedge ofthe respectivesolutions, dottedhere andtherewiththehairy excrescences.At thefootofeachofthecylindersIhadplacedthick paper uponthotable,aIHIupon lifting them up,Ifound alittle colonyofinsoctsunder each,but noappearance oftheirhaving beenborn under their respective papers, or onany part ofthetable.Thethird batteryconsist-edoftwen.typairsofcylinners,eachequalt.oaa inch plate.Between the polesofthis,interposed likewise a series of six glass cylinders,filled withvariolissolutions, in onlyoneofwhichIobtainedtllOinsect.1.'hiscon-tainedasolutionofRilicateofpotassa.Abentiron wire,one-fifthofaninchindiametE'lI',intheformofan inyertedsyphon,wasplunged someinches inthissolu-tion, andoonnecteditwith thepositivepole,whilst 1\ smallcoil finesiIyerwirejoineditthenegative. Ih?,vem.sects a bare platma wire,plung-edmtofluo-slhmcamd,one IDchbelowthesurfaceof the fluid,Iltthe negativepole of asmallbattery oftwo-inchplates,incellsfilledwithwater.'1'1 isisasome-wbatsingularfluidfortheseinsectstobreodinwho seemto have aflintytaste,although they are by no confinedtosiliciousfluids.Thisfluo-silicicacid procured from London some time since, and consequently of IJondonwater!sothnt ide?,oftheir being natlvosoftheBroomhddwater,ISqUItesetasideby thisresult,TheappamtusWIISarranged asfollows:-aglassbasin(apint one)part filledwithflnosilicicacid tothelevel,asmullporouspan,madeofthesame materials asagllrden-pot,partlyfilledwiththesame acidtothe level,withuneal,thenCOVE'rplar,eduponit, tokeepont the light,dust,&c.,a platina wireconnected withthepositivepoleoftho batterywiththeot hel'('nd plnngedinto the Acidinthe jar and twist.edround a piece of common quartz;onwhichquartz after many monthA' action,areformingsinglllarlyboautifulandperfectly formedcrystalsofatrllnsparontsubstance,notyot analysed,asthey arestill growing.'I'hesocrystalsare ofthemodificationofthecube,andareoftwelve or fourteensides.'rho platina wirepassesunder the cover ofthepan;aplatina wireconnected withthenegative poleofthesamebattery,withtheother enddipping intothebasin,aninchortwobelow thefluid,and,as wellastheathol',roundapieceofquarti.Bytllis arrangement it isevident thattheelectricfluidenter!'! thepo rOllSpanby thewire,percolatusthepan,and passesoutbyt,hewire.It isnowofsix or eight monthssincethisapparatushasbeeninaction, andthoughIhaveoccasioDallyliftedoutthewiresto examinetbembyayet it wasnottill the otber day that Iperceivedan insect, and there arenowth"eeoftho Bam",insectsintheirincipient state ofappoaring onthe nakedplatinawil'e,atthebottomofthequartzinthe glassbasinoftho negativepole.'1'hese insectsnrevery percept.ible.It shouldboobsE>rvedtlmtthe glassbasin hasalwaysbeeu 100Rely coveredwitb paper.The incipi-ent appearance ofthe insects bas alI'eadybeendescribed. '1'hefilamentswhichPl'oj()ctareincourseof Hmeseento move,befol'etheperfectinsectdetachesitselffromitR birth-place." PRAOTIOALlNSTRUOTlONS.Tt'ORSTUDENTS OFOCOUL'l'ISM. i- VI. IMAGINATION. 7'hcuniverseap1'oductof thought," 'fIIliJfirstpowerthat meets usat thothreshold of prac-ticaloccultismisthepoworofimagination.Mllnis consciouso[havingideas and ofbeingabletoputhis ideasin.toform.He possessesaninteriorworldofhis own,wherethosoiueas exist.Heisthesoloautocmt in thatworldofmind,themasterofitscreationsand lordovorallitcontains.Hegovornstherebytho snpreme poworofhiswill,annifideasintrude,which have nolegitimate oxistence,it isin hispowereiUICrto aunihilatethemor sufferthem to grow.Itisaworld liketheouter world,sometimesd!l,rk,sometimesillumi-nated;itsspace andthe thiDgswhichitcontains,areas realtoits inhabitants,as 0111'physicalworldisrealand objectivetooursenses;itsspaceiseithernarrowor expanded, limited in sOJIleandwithout limitsin others,; it has itsbeautifulsceneriesanddismallocalities,its sunshine andstormsand lightnings,its formsofbeauty and horrible 8hapes. It isthe privilogeofintellectualman toretiretothat worldwheneverhechooses.Physicalenemiesdonot persecute himthere,bodilypaincannotenterandthe vexationsofmateriallifemust remain behind,butigno-rance andwillgowithhim. October,1884.] TIT ETHE 0SOP HIS T.7 Theboorwhenhecloseshiseyesandshuts llisears canhardlybesaidtohave any humanexistence.'rhere isnothinginhisinteriorworldtoattract hisattention; but the poet or artist.,when hisindividualityretiresinto the interior chamber of his mind, fil'ds it filledwith visions ofbeauty jand,wraptin their admiration or listeningto itsmelodious harmonies,heforgetstheexistence of the objoctive world;whilethe trueAdept,whoconsciously evolvesthoseimagesunderthe guidanceofhis educated Will,not only cI'eates for himsolf at any time the surround-ingshechooses,butalsomakesthembythesame powervisibletoothers, Imaginationformsthe ofallmagical operations, andal'tand magicarecloselyrelated.Buth giveobjec-tiveshapetotheproductsoftheimagination,andonly thomanner inwhichthisiseffocteddiffers.'rho sculp-tor shapesthepicture ofabeautifulforminhismind andmentallyprojectsitintothemarble.Hothen employsmeehanicalforcetofreethatformroomall irl'ogulal'ities, alld the result muy be a Venus or an Apollo, 'rhopaintercoversthecanvasswiththecreationsofllis imaginationandmakesthemvisiblebytheapplication ofpaint,.'rhe magicianformsanimageinhismind andprojects itdirectlyuponthemilldsofothers,orhe mayprojectit into space,andby theattractivepowerof hisWill clothe it withmatter andrenderitvisibleand tangible, 'rhis power oftheAdept toprojectimagesisneither soincI'ediblenorsodifficulttoexplainasiscom-monlybelieved,findthephenomena.-ofmind-reading, transmissionofthought andsometimesclairvoyance are bltseduponit.If wofullyrealisethefactthat theseat ofhighintellectionisanuniversalprinciple,or,to stateitmorecorrectly,afunctionoftheOmnipresent Spirit,therewillbe nodifficultytoconceivehowthe vibrationscreatedbythatcent,I'Oof foroes,callodthe brain,canbe transforrodand bl'ong-htto afocusillany othel'part ofthat principlebytheWill.Ima"esthus projectedbytheminduponanotherperson 0canbe broughttohisconsciousnesseither inthe wakingor sleepingcondition,but apowertotransmitalsopre-suppusesthepowertoreceive,and theimagesproject-ed mustnotonlybeofsufficientstrengthtoimpress thcmselvesuponthemind oftlJOrcceiver,but thehLtter lllllstalsoheinpossessionot'asufIicientlysemitive organisationandin areceptivestatetoperceivethose images,Nosoundaffectsthedeafandnoimagescan be impressduponthebrainofacorpse. Variousmeanshavebeenadaptedtoproducean ahnormal receptivity for snch purposes. They al'e all calcu-latt;dto lessen01'suspend the upI'oarof vital forcesgoing 011IIIthephysicalsystembylesseningitsvitalityand allpracti,cesareinjuriousinproportionasthey are etficaclOus.'I heonlysafeandsurewaytoaccom plish thoobject inview,istopreservealwaysandunderall cj l'cumstuncesaserellet1'anq'U'ili ityof thomind, Thosurfaceofa lakewhose water isin motion reflects repl'od?ctions of the images projectedupon It, andIfIIIour Ul.terlOrworldthe elementsarc inuproar and,confusion,ifitiscloudedbyprejudices,dal'kened loyha;llllcinatedby,desireordistul'bedby the true Imag'esofthmgsseenwillbe equally 'rhe stateofour imaginationisagreat factor 1Il?llrandappreciationofthings,and8n obJect. 01'anIde?,beagreeable01'disagreeable accOl'dlllgtoIllchnatlOnsandunderstanding.The may seeIIIthesculptUl'edVenusonlyacurious ofrock,andthebeautifulpainting istohimonlya pIeceofcanvassdaubedoverwithcolors.'1'0thepoet tho forestwith fairiesandthepl'ojectingrocks 01'wandermg cloudstakeweird andcuriousforms,while the seesanene.myoragh?stlurking in every cornel.'I he mIseronlookmgatthebeauties ofnature onlythmksofthe moneyvaluetheyrepl'osent, huttrueartfindsbeautyeverywhere)andtohim. whosemind ispoetic,everysymbol innature becomes a poemandsuggeststohim new ideas. The images formedinthemindeither bythewillor by impressionsreceived,may actpowerfullyuponthe physicalbody ofthe person.rrheychange or distort the featureseithertemporarily,orifcontinuedoroften repeated, permanently.Theymayrender the hail' white inasinglehoul',mark,killorbreakthebonesofthe unbornchildalld makeinjuriesreceivedbyoneperson visibleuponthebodyofanother,'rheymay causeor cnrediseases,inducehallucinationsandvisionsand p,'oduce"stigmata,"Imaginationperformsits miracles eithOl' consciouslyorunconscionslyinalldepartmentsof nature.Frequentlyweseoinstancesof"protective coloring,"whichmeansaclosoresemblance between tho calm'ofananimalandthat ofthelocalityinwhichthe animallivos,andthecauseofthisisthe powerfuleffect ofsurrounding colorson the imagination of animalswhen breeding.Byalteringthesurroundingsof' animalsat suchtimes,theircolOl'canbechangedatwill.Tho tiger's stripes are saidto correHpondwiththe long jungle grass, and the leopard's spots resemble the speckled light fallingthroughtheleaves,*'I'heforcesof nature-in-fluencedbytheimaginationofman-act ontheastl'al planeandcreatetendenciesundshapes,whichin the courseofprogressfindexpressionthroughmaterial forms.Inthiswaythe vice,;ofmangive rise-asoftenbeenpointedoutby occultwriters-tothe evolu-tion andreproductionofmonsters,noxiousplantsand poisonous reptiles,unuasman'simagination will becomo purified,sowillthe lastremnantsofdisgustinganimal formsdisappear,andtheearthbecomemorebeautiful and refined.The refinedandmoreculturedideation of theUniversalMindcauseseachplanetateachnew ,edayof creation"toevolvehighor furmsthan it possess-edontheprevious,eevening,"whenthelife-waveiu its cyelic,eround"passedon tothe next planettofulfil destinythere;andifafterulltuldagostheimpulse given "atthebeg/un'iILY"hasagainpassedthroughits seven rOllndsandthegreat" yeaI'ofcreation"isended,when 0111'wholesolar systemImspatlsedthroughitsslumber and Brahmreawakening againbeginstoevolveforms, hismOl'eexaltedandperfectedimaginationwillmake tllOllewworldstillmoreexaltedandperfect. In Ollrnormalconditionourwillcanguideour imaO'i. nation,in abnormalCOli ditionsthewillof anotherru":ty take its place,Apersollwhodreamsdoesnotcontrol the actions whichheperformsinllisdl'eam,althoughhe maydreamthatheisexercisinghiswill.'rhethings seeninhisdreamaretohimrealitiesandhedoesnot doubt their.while exterual physicalobjects hav,eno. eXIstencefOl'hIm,. andnot. even the possibilityof theIr eXIstencecomestoIusconSCIOusness.He may see before himaditchand droamthathe willstojump over it,whileinfacthedoesnotexertlliswill,butonly followstheimpulsescreatedduringhiswakingconcli. tiOll,ApersoninaI, trance"maybe so much nnder the influence of a" magnetiser," IlS/.0have no active will of his andbe on!y ,led.by theimagiuationoftheoperator. .lhe avenuesof IllSexterllal senses aJ'eclosed andhelives entirelyinthe regionof ideas,inwhichmaterial objects canfindn.oplaceandinto, which such could byno means 1.0Il1troduced.StIll,whatheseesISrealtohim and ifthe operatol' croates aprecipice inhisimaginatioll, perhapsrepresentedby [\chalkmarkonthefioor,the "subject"willonapproaching it experienceand exhibit theEameterrorashewould.inhisnormalstateifan abysswere yawning under hisfeet,andiftheshouldhaye. thecrueltytothe entrancedjump into thatpreCIpICe,themostserIOusconsequencesmight follow.Aglassofwatertransfonnedintoimagiuary winebythewillof a"mesmerisOl',"maymakethesub-ject intoxicated, whileit would not necessarilyhave such aneffectonpersonsinthenormalstate,andifthat waterhasbeentI'ansformedintoimaginarypoison,it .*Sir JohnLubbock,"lll'itish8THErr H E 0SOP HIS T. LOctober,1884. maylOJureorkillthesensitive.Apowerfultrmesme-riser"canformeit,lim'aben,utifulorhorriblepicturein his mind, and bytransferring it by his willuponthe talsphere ofasensitiveeveninhisnormalconditIOn, causehimeitherpleasnreorsutTering,andthe qualitiesoftheproductso[thoimagination,eitherun-consciouslyorconsciouslyevolved,attractusto certainpersonsorrepelusfromothersandsympathiesandantipathiesinthehumanandammal kingdoms. '1'hecreationsoftheimaginationsaswellas their material symbolsonthophysicalplane aremoreorle!'s lastingaccordingtocertainconditions.Highand spiritllalideas make amorelasting impressiontlumth.ose onalowerplane,andit iswellknown that after leavmg aplace wherewehaveresided, we,generally rc 111 ()1l1 bel'without efIortonlypleasurableeven ts,wlule disaoTee[Luleonesareforgotten,unless they have madea verystl'ongimpressionuponthemind.Acansewhich producesasuddenterrororacts otherwisestrollglyon theilllaginatianPI'oelucesalastingimpressionnotonly throughlife,blltbeyondit.Anideawbichbeen inO'mftedinto themindby education or studyisdifficult to"'uprootortodestroy.Apersonwhoduringhis life has stronglybelievedinthoexistence ofeternaldamna-tionand hell-fire, mayan hisentrance intothesubjective stateafter death, suddenlybehold all theterrorsofhell, which his imri.ginationduring life hasconJuredup,There hasbeennopremature"burial,the physicalbody was actuallydead;but the terrifiedsoul.againrushesback iutothedesertedbodyand clingstoit indespair,seek-ing protection,and findRitself aliveinthegrave,where it may pass asecondtimethronghmoretel'l'iblepangs .ofdeath, or by sending outitsasti'alforminsearchof Rllstellancefromtheliving,becomeavampireand prolongforawhileahOl'l'ibleexistence.Suchmisfor-tunesinChristiancountl'ies are exceE'dinglynumerOllR, andthe best remedy forit isarationaleducatiun orthe cremation ofthobody soon afterdeath. Onthe otherhandtheconvictedmurderer,whobe-[arestepping onthe gallowshasbeenfullyprepared" by theclergy andbeen assuredofhis" salvation;"who hasbeenchE'ated into afalsebeliefthathissinsare01'-given,andwhofirmly expects tojumpfromtheplaceof executionintothearmsoftheangels,mayan his entl'ancetothesubjectivest,atereally seethe creatiollS of his imagination beforehim andthereby besaved from hecoming avampire;but whotherthoclergy bysaving him fromsuchsufIeringconferanyrelllbenefitupon him,orratherretardhisprogressbyimpedingalld postponingthe [lctionofhisKarma,is asubjectwhich weWill110t examino at present. What has been said previously inregardto the develop-mentofthewill,isalsoapplicabletothedevelopment of the imagination,becauseimagination is strengthened aud culturedbythowill. "Whenthewillisheldillsllspense,theimaginationis renderedpassive,that ist,hemindtakes inthe reflects of pictures storedupill theastrallight,witholltchoiceor discrimination,./,the tl ini!yoflove,though t,andaction. The" body"isthematel'ialpad beforespokenof. III.Manismadeup ofa SOl;r,Pllorr-ll, MllilJ, MIND, SPIIlITUAI,BODY,and MATEltIAI,BODY. The" Mind"if;heredividedintotwopart"!.The"Tnter-nalmind"belongsprop(']'lytoheavens;thc"External mind,"tothe..W od(1ofSpirits" andtothe ma-tel'iltiwoI"l(1. The formeris,!1SarnIe,unopencdduring man'slifeinthis world;butthelatter isopened.Anexceptiontothisrule occursinthecaseofhimwhoturnshis mind'sfacetoward theDivineSun,-byincessantlyshunningcvilsassinfl againstliim,"inwill,thought, andwork,-fol' his" intc1'llal mind"isthen openedandaHoodofdi,inehcatandlight, or loveand wisdom,isp01l1'edintohis"externalmimI"alld life,fromabove,a1J(1hebecomesasonofthoMostHigh, being,asJesussaid,"bornfromabove.""Hemustbe bornfromabove"(asa,,"'U(}fV).Johniii.7.Butolher-wise the" internalmind"remains clos'ldillsa;cnla S(1'CUiU1'I1JI1, andthemanremainson;J.nanimalplaneoflifo:orwhat if!worse,heimmerseshimselfinthecorporealsenses, and develops aninfcrno Imanhood. The" Spiritualli()(1y"istheexternalRhn,peinwhieh man appearsuponhisseparationfromthe" materialbody." IV.Manismadeupof a SOULPliOl'llR,"I INTERNALf C.'elesti(lZdegree,I MIND.Spilitualde.gree,j iVcttnT!1ldegree. E I Rationaldegree,r 'XTEHNALSt 'r'1I MINDIelen1:UJc egree,) .Sensualdegree. SPIRITUAT.BODY. Reccivedf!'OmLhe DivineSun throughLhenatural father. {Limbus..}Receivedfromthe Earth through the MATERIALBODY.natural mother. We areheretaughtwhat man receivesfromtheDivine Sun through hisnatural father;andwhathe receives from theEarth through hisnatural mother; The"internal mind"issub-dividedintothreedegrees;so also,the"external mind." The.,Sensualdegree"is thedegreeofthe five ;the firstdegreeopenedininfancy.The" scientificdegree"if; openedinchildhoodandyouth,bystudy,observation,nnd experience.Tho"Rationaldegree"iAopenedillmnll-hood,bycomparison,sifting,weighing,anddrawingjust conclusions. Theopening anddevelopmenbofthe"Rational degree" makesitpossibleformantorisehigher;tohavetheor"naturaldegree"ofhis" internalmind"opened.13nt t.hisisaccomplishedonlybyliving aholylife.Notindecd thekindof"holy"lifeunderstoodby" faithinChrist," church-going,prayers,pseudo-chastity,orpompousmora-lity,but thekindof1101ylife understoodbyit steadfastlook-ingGod-towalll,andbyadeterminedsubjugationoft/,e corp01'ealsenses;or touse thesewordsofSwedeliborg:by "lovetoGodalldcI!aJ'itytowardtheneghbour."Let aman begintolivethiflkindofholylife,andthedegreesofhis "internalmind"willbeopened,anddivineloveandwisdom willdescendilltohis "externalmind"alldlife. Theopeningofthe" naturaldegree"ofthe"internnl miud"placesman on alevel withtheholy men(angels)of the firstor"naturalheaven;"andhebecomesvClsedin spiritunlIndeed,shouldhe,atthisstage,deplll't fromhismaterialbody,hewouldbecomeanangelofthis But"ifnot,hemityad"aneetothe"spiritual d('gl'ee,"andbecomeanangelofthesccondheitven,in whieh -casehewouldbeversedinspiritual intelligence.The highestdegreetowhichhecanadvanceisthethird,01' "celestial,"inwhichdegree hewouldbeversedinspiritual uisdolJl.Paulspeaksofthisdegreewhenhesayshewaf! caught up intothet.hirdheaven. The"spiritualbody"hasbeenspoken ofbefore.This andanthat is aboveit isimmortal. InhisworktheTrneChristianReligion,No.103,Sweden-borgsays: "lifter death,every m{\nputsofft,henaturalthat heIladfromthemothel',andretainsthespiritualthatlie hadfromthefather,together withakindoflimbl(s[trans-lutetl,"border,""eircumambient accretion,"and,inGer-man,"Saum"Jfl'OIllthe purestthings ofnatule." 'I'heuscof this" Umbus"seemstohet,hatofacutielefer the integument oft.he"spiritual botly."Inhiswork,'l'he DivineLoveandtheDivhwWisdom,No.388,the isspoken ofas"somefixedeOlltainantforspiritual things; fromthe }HlI'CI'substances ofthe world"(" aliquod filumcon-tinensspiritualiumexpurioribus SUbstulltuSmUlldi)." IT.TIll':MINn. Fl'omthestatelllrntsalready madewelJaveseenthatthe "Mind"occn piesthemiddleregionofthehumannature. Its seat isinthehead(inthebrain);hut"hy('xtensionof its force,aswillandthought,itispresentinthewhole body."Its'abode iswithillthesubstancesthatconstitute thegraymatte)'ofthe an.dalso,aReatte.rc(l way,illtbewhitemuttCl',PRpecmliy111thestl'latedbodll's; itsabodeisalsowithinthe substanceofthecerebellumall{l thespinaleOln.I tistheoriginofmotionandsensation illthephyeienlbody." I:'ITlWNAI, MIN)). 801!!,PnorER.ANBIA. jSpi'-il1l alTrillI Spiritualu)I(lersfandij,g.1j\h::o;s. !Limbus,Conpus. (]\'[,\TEJUALBODY. ') -Ij r ) Theregionsofthemind,whichcorrespondtothethree degreesofthe ofthespiritualhear ens llmIof nature-tIle aurn,pthcr,ana ail',haveheennpokenofnsthe "celestinl,""spiritual"and"nat.ural"degreeRoftho "lnternn-IMind,"andas the" rRHonal,""scieldific,"aPll "sensual"degreesofthe" ExternallIfind."We1myo abovearepresentationofthesesixdrgroef;,asthe spiritual andnatuml willsandunderstandings;the formerbelonging tothe" InternalMind,"andthelattertothe"External Mind."These faeultiesof the min,dsare successively openeu frominfancy tooldage,-provided, evilandfalseinfluences are not permitted toget theupperhand. Manisborn"corporeal,"saysonrAuthor, andinpro-portionasthemindisopenedfrombelow,hebecome/il October,1884.]THETHE 0SOP HIS T.11 .,!"ttl ionalj" rationalastotheaffairsofthewOtldjandin )ll'oport.ion ashis" l'ldional" degreeis purified,andasit were drainedofthefallaciesthat flowinfromthebodilysenses, andthe concnpiRcencesthat flowin fromthe allurements of theflesh,illti,eFamGproportionit isopenedtotheinflow ofthewilldomfrOInthe Divinity,tll1'oughthe"Soulpro-per,"and thl'oughthedegreesofthe"InternalMind,"and 110becomes"spiritually ratiunalj"rationalastothe affairs ofthesoul. Now as man ad vallces from spiritualratiollu,lit,y into" know-ledge"(the"spiritualscience"ofthe"natumlllegl'ee") andfrom"knowlcdge"into"intelligence,"andfrom "intelligence"into," wisdom,"hismindchanges itsform; forit isopenedmoreandmore,andconjoinsitselfmore lleadywith the goodandtl'Uethat isillthespheresnearest theDivineSun(theheavens),andbythiscoujnnctionwith t.heDivnity,andbecomesmoreenamoredoft.hetrue,and moredesirousofthegood.Havingrtlachedthehighest degreeofthe mindthemanhasascendedthetrueJacob's - ladder,and hecan,withthe mysticthat WI'Ot(lthesixteenth I'su,lmsay:"thouwiltshowmelitepath oflife jthereis fulnessofjoyinthypresence,thereIlI'epleasuresatthy righthandforeyer." Sueh,ingeneral, istheorderlyprocessofdevelupment fromanimalitytospirituality jsuchisthe1"'OCt'SHofdeve-lopment of"those fewthat livencarGod."'rheesoteric teachingsof Swedcnborg aresublime:div.inc! In the"GoldellAge"t.hemind' ofllla nwasaunity. 'Yhut hewilled,hethought,andwhat hethougllt,he spoke. 'I'hisiseverthe casewithhimthatisofthe"stature of a man, 'thatis,ofanangel."Only Itdegf'nel'atemancan speakcontrarytohisthoughtandthinkcontral'ytohis speech.Hypocrites areexperts inthesefeats. 'rhe"Internal Mind"hastwofaeilltieu:the"Spiritual Will" andthe" Spil'itual U Ilderstanding":theyaredistinct fromeachother,hut actinunity.'1' he"'Yill"wasformed tobearccciveralldholderofwhat isgoodfl'omtheCrca-tur'sdivinelove jthe"Undel'standing,"tobcareceiver andholder ofwhatistruefromHisdivine wisdom.'l'!Je goodalldt,hetruearcillseparable.'fhemindthatholds theformer,holds !tisothelal,ter.Swedenborgcallsthisin-scparable unionofthegoodalldthetrue,the"heavenly marriage j"andwhenhe speaks ofamanand awomallthat areunitedbysoul. affinity,tbatis,uniteflregardlessof CfIHte,rank,andwefllth,hespeaksofthemasaunionof what isgoodandtrue,themanholdillgthetrueundthe woman,thegood. ALthis-day,theWillandtheUnderstandingofthe "Internal:Mind,"are,asarnle,unopened jthat is,inope-mtive;dormant.It wasotherwisein the"GoldenAge;" it is,unquestionably,othcrwise,atthisday,inthecm;eof theunknownfewthatknowandpracticetheonenoble tt'll thofJesus,orthe"fournohllltruths"ofBuddlH1 Gantama. Thedevelopment ofthe" BxLernalMinu"(01'man)has hOBIIhinkdat before.It isnecessltt'ytosayolllythat thc "Natural'vYill"andthe"NaturalUllderstnnding"arethe r"uei vcrSandhoILlur8ofallthat come::!int h ronghthephysi-mil;thattbeyillclinetothenn1t,tel'SoftheSllllHes, t he thing'S oftheworltljandthat theyal'edisunitcd.'their oWIIershipofallthatcomesfl'OIllbeluwmakesthemtllC dcpositoriesofcountlessfltihciesjtheil'inclinatiolltothe mattersofthe senses IIHlkesthemdoviliHhandsatrmic,evil andfalsejthe d wellingintheWill, andLhosatanic, in theUuderstandingj!Iudtheir disllniollmal.eshypocrisy easyandlWCeSSftl'y. 'rhefacultiesofthe" Bxternal Mind" are,thcrefore,fullof the evilandthefalse.Touseownwords, whenhospeaks ofthe" civilizeu"mall,the"Wcstcrn" mind,01'IIIan: "furwill,hehnsl'IISl,!IndfOI'IllLdcrshUldillg, heha::!scil3l1ce."By" lust"hemeansthediabolioforce thatis behindau tocracyandplutocl'acy,statecraft[Llld priest-eraH,sellsualityandbcastia.lit,y,And,when he speaks of"inferual fire,"or "hell.fire,"he invarinhly means" lust." "Lust" isthe fot'cethat isbehind allthaI;islowandbrutal inhuman nature."Lust" issogeneral that it isnot neces-sary to }Joiutto'rorquemadaforcruelty,toTalleyrandfor craftiness, to- Shylock forgreed,ortoBrighamYoung for sensuality;forwherever"lust"dwells,there,latentor active,dwellalsothesovice!>andcrimes.Torquemadas, 'l'alleyraudsl Shylocks/ and Brigham.Youngs maybe found in, every church, inevery politicalasselubly,on every exehange andineverysocialcotelie.By" science,"inthis 'instance: Swedenborg meanstheknowledgesoughtandpossessedby "lustful"men.Knowledge whose object is position,wealth, andpower jnotthegoodoftheindividualheart, notthe _elevationoftheindividualmindabovegrossselfishness,not lisetoHumanity.Who,hntan ignoramus,asophist,or a hypocrite,wouldsaythattheendinviewofthesecular, educationu,linstitutionsofthe"civilized"nations,isthe inculcationandpmcticeoftheonemajesticteachingof Jesns:"love yeoneanothcr,evenasIhave lovedyou ?" And yet, this should be theprimary object of a christianedu-cation,Swedenborg hasmuchtosay aboutthe self-satisfac-tion,self-congrat,ulation,andselfdelusionofthe"Christi-ans,,,foundedupontheirspectl'al"religion"anelinflated science.Let the"benighted heathen,"that trembles at the bare mentionofthe" highculture"ofthe"Western mind," visitthegreatcent,res ofEuropeandseehow themillions faroillpassingthronghthis"beantiful" world,and hisres-pect forthis"culture" willprobably lcssen. Degenerationofthemindaffectsnotonlythespiritual nature ofman,but alsothephysical.Our Author saysthat the" men of Golden Age did Hot die,but slept away,"'l'hat is,theydid notdieofloof orthodox:heliovers ;or elsetheconcellsns provestlltttithasnohettel'foundationtll!tnthevery generaltendencyofmantoinvesthisGodwiththe cLaracterof:thumandespot,whocanbeswayedhy entreatit'sandmollilieuby supplications. stances.Anauthor whomadeuseof itwouldcertainly runtheriskofbeingsuspectedofchoosingone-sided examples. Theprinciplesarebroadandsimpleuponwhich onr enquiry intothe efficacyofprayer mustbeestablish. ed.Wemust gltthercasesforstatisticalcomparison,in whichthesameobjectiskeenlypursuedbytwoclasses, similarintheirphysicalbut oppositeinthei!"spiritual stHte;theoneclassbeingprayerful,theothermateri-alistic.Prlldt-mtpiouspeoplemustbecomparedwith prudent materialisticpeople,andnot withthe northevicious,Secondly,wehavenoregardinthis inquirytothecourseby whichtheanswertoprayers may besuppost!dtooperate.Wesimplylooktothe fimtlresult-whether thosewhoprayattaintheirobjects' morefreqnentlytlmnthosewhodonotpl'l1y,but who liveinallothel'respectsundersimilarconditions.Let usnowapplythesepl'inciplestodifferentcases. A rapidrecoveryfromdiseasemaybeconceivedto dependonmanycausesbesidesthereparativepowerof the patiellt'sconstitution.Amiraculousquellingofthe diseasemaybeoneofthesecauses; anotheristheskill ofthephysician,orofthenurse;anotheristhecal'e that the patient takesof himself.In our inquiry whether prayerfulpeop'erecovermorerapidlythanothers,we neednotcomplioatethequestionbyendeavouringto learntho channol throughwhich thepatient's prayer may have reacher!its fulfilment.It isforeigntoourpresent purposetoaskiftherebesignsof amiraculousquelling ofthedisease,orif,thr()llghspecialintervention,the physicianhasshowedunusualwisdom,orthenurse of thepatientunusualdiscretion.Wesimplylooktothe mltinissue-dosickpersonswhopray,or are prayed for. recovel'ontheaveragemorerapidlythanothers? ThecfllbpseofLhis>lrgllment leavesus solelyconcern-edwiththesimple!'tatisticalqnestion.Areprayers unsweri:dor aretheynot?Therearetwolinesofre-search,by0il.l101ofwhiehwelllaypursuetheinquiry. '1'beone thatIshall follow promises themost trllstworthy results jit istoexaminelargeclassesofcases,andtobe gllidetlllybroauavemg'es.'}'hoothOl',whichIhave pursuedformyowniufol'Dul.tion,butwillnotemployin thesepages, istodelLlwithisolatedandremarkablein. . fromJlIguij'iesill toHuman Faculty. R.S. It appearstlmtinallCOUll triesandillallcreeds,tho priestsurgethepfttientto prayforhis own recovery,and thepatieut'sfriendstoaidhimwith theirprayers;but tlllttthedoctol'smakenoaccountwhateveroftheso spiritualagencies,unlessthe officeofpriestalldmedicnl manbecombimdinthesalUeindividual.'rhe medical worksofmodernEuropetcemwithI'ecordsofindividual illnessesandofbl'Oadaveragesofdisease,butIhaVe! discoveredhardlyany instancein whichamedicalman ofreputehasattributedrecoverytotheinfluenceof prayer.'l'hereisnotasingleinstancc,tomyknow ledge,inwhichpapersreaubeforestatistical haverecognisedtheagencyofprayereitherondisease or Oilanytbing else.Thl:luniversal ofscientific woddto ignOl'Qthepowerof prllyer ISaveryImportant fact.1'0fullyappreciate( theeloquenceofthesilence' of medicalmen, wemnst bear iUll1indthocarewith which theyendeftVonrtoassign asanatoryvaluetoeveryin luence.Har!prayersforthesickanynotableeffect,it isincI'edihle,but that the doctors,whoal'ealwaysonthe watchforsudlthillgs, should ltave observed it,and added their influencetotllatoftheprieststowaldsobtaining them foreverysick man,If they abstain fromdoing SO, it isnot becausetheil' attentionhas neverbeen awakened tothepossibloefficacyofprayCl',but,ontheGontrary, that althoHO'htheyhave hearditinsistedonfl'omchild-llOocl theyal'eunahletodetectitsinfluence. AsI tl,esolines,H happens thatthe latest number of theJournalof theStatisticalSociety(Sept.1882)ifi lyingOIlmy whi,ehc?lltainsan inquiry intotherelatIve mortality after amputatIOns111largeand smallhospitals,intheCOUl'seofwhichquotationsari} made fromotherpainstltkinginvestigatorsonthesams subject.Tlwreisacolumninthememoir. heaned ((p'reviousstateoflIealth,"bu!;thereisto' ((DevotioualIftherehat}' the resultswonluahordadlstlllctproofofthe' of prayer,ifittoevena,minute:ofthe amountthat rehglOus teaclwrsexllOrt ustobe\leIe.Ths medical men thus seemt.odibregarrlits agency'altogether ByFl'ancisGalton,Mostpeoplehavosomegeneralbeliefintheobj'ecwve 14THETHEOSOPHIST. [OctobeJ',1884. efficitcyofprayer,blltnoneseemwillingtoadmitits actioninthosespecialcasesofwhichthey havescientific cognisance. Aninquirymaybomadeiuto thelongevityofpersons whosolivesarepubliclyprayed for,and thMofthe pray-ing classesgenerally,fOI'bothofwhichCaSOI'! fadsoxistreadyath:md.ThopublicprayerfOI'the Bovel'eignofeveryState, Protestant andOatholic,ifer';'the,onecourtingmaterialism, drunkennessandother' concomitantvicesof moderncivilization';theotherbigotedlystickingto theil' , dead-lettertheologies.Bothpartiesignore alikethevirtues ofwhattheypretendedtostudy,EditorsofVernacul.tr papers sh.ou/d ,notthereforelose.of dutyinmis-ing thestatus ,of the latter clnss bnnglng themnearerto theformer,Toeffectthis object; wantofcompetent'Tamil IJa.persisseriouslyfelt;Wohopethat" SudesaN esan"will }J roveusefulinthisp[tcetoresultfromthe ex, tellsionofrailroads,fromthemultiplicityoffacilities ofinternationalexchange,fromthetiesformedbe-tweenpeoplesby thecommoninterestofall.Perhaps hewasHe wasIlgreatfinancieralldspeculator, hoknewthat themajorityofmellareguidedbytheil' illiluediatoandbytheprofoundinterestthey Imveillpersonalconservation,andthataltl'llismon accountof thevery greatnessofitsmoralcanonlyba uuderstoodand comprehended andpractisedby superior minds,andthat it willtherefol;ebel'estl'iotedto a yery limited number.It is possiblethat, in spiteofthe forco ofthe ideal andin spite of the power ofjusticerail.roads willhastenthe adventofaneraoffraternity,andthat steam engineswillprovetobestrongertlUlllideasin demolishingthedesp-icableba'l'1"iel'sbetweennations,of whichthe '1'heosophistsspeak withaveryjustindigna-tion, Inregardtothesecondparagraph,relativetothe study ofthe litemture, religions and sciences ofthe East, the6eldisverylargeandformsasufficientbasisfor severnlseparntesocieties.India,thecradleofhuma-lIitv,containsevidently the germsoftheGreekmytho-logies,inthe samemannerasthemoralphilosophyof Buddha hasinspiredthereligionofChrist,Wecannot followMr.J acolliotin hisanti-scientificvagaries,when heprebendstohavediscoveredanIndianJesusChrist, moreancientthanthe Catholic sflviour;but itisbeyond doubtthat wefind inBuddhismarareexampleofreli-gioustolerationpreachedseveralcenturiesbeforetho Christianera.Whatismoreevangelicthantho maximsof the grBut king Asokll :-" vVemust never blame othersfortheirbelief.Weshalltheunotwrongany-body,Dndet'certaincircumstancesweshouldeven honorabelief whichwedo not share.Byacting in this mannel'westl'engthen our ownbeliefandareusefulto others,"Wemaynownnderstandtheenthusiasmof. Col.Olcott,whosees agreat futureforBuddhism asue-ing thereligion" w bichconformsmostwithnatureand with the law,"HeevenmakestheteachingsofBud-dha's moralphilosophyaccessibletoall bythepublica, tionofhisBuddkistOatechism,acconl-ingtotheGanon (If theSouthernOhurch,and 1'eC01nmended for/1"1\ in Buddhistsehool8bylI,Sumangala, HighPriestof t/w Sripada(Adam'sPeak)a1HlGalle,and Principaloftlw WidyodayaPuri'vena(Buddh'istOollege,) Pompous asthistitlemay appear toourFrenchscep'. tics,theworkis, neverthelessinterestingandwritten ill aremarkablysimplestyle,Wefirstobservethatit; speaksoftheSonthernOhurch.Infact,twogreat schoolsexistinBuddhism,thatoftheNorth,whoso ceutreisTibet,andthatoftheSouth,whosefocusi:i Ceylon,'1'hedifferencebetweenthetwoschoolsC011-sistsintheil'differentsolutionsofthequestion,ofwhat remainsofmanafterthelastparticleofthephysicfll bodyhasbeendissolved.'rhe doctrinesofthe Southel'll churchapproachour 1fateriaUsrn,thoseofthe Northem churchhavesomeresemblancetoourSp'irUuaiism. Thelatter admitsthatiudividualit,ystillcontinuesto existinNirvana,but bothsystemsagree:I,that weall are the artisans of onr misery or ofour happinessaecord-ingtoour badorgoodactions(Kal'maistheterm, whichdesigu:tt esthegeneralresultoftheseactions); 2,that weareRuhjecttosuccessivereincarnations,to acertainkindofevolutionofthesoul,whoselawi:i regula,tedbyour merits 01'demerits;and:l,that therei:i noextm-cosmic Deity togovernmen andand that thereforuthemostefficaciollspmyer isagoodaction, fnregardtoN-i'/'vannweHlUstwellremember thistenndoesnot signifyextinction01'aIlllihilation,as the philosophersofthe nineteenth century havebelieved. Nirvanaisthatpeacefulandserenestate ofthespirit, inwhichitentersafterhavingfreeditselffromtho bondsofmuttet'bysllccessiveincarnationsandtriab. As f[ll'assh:tpeOt'figm'eisconcerned,wewillthen10 annihilated;butweliveasspil'it!;,lindspiritalollu isnotfinillusion(Maya),Aftel'Nirvanaisattained, lUunisnotbornagaiu,heexistsintheworldof thehighesttl'nth,heattainsakindofdivinu unfolding,astatoofeontiuuousbeatitude,wheru nodesireexists,therewardfOt,hisfightsandhid troubles. TheBuddhsim ofthe Southisthereforeahighschool ofmoralphilosophy.Buddha isnotlookeduponasa god,andifItisasked:" DotheBuddhistsnotbow beforethestatuesofBuddha,beforehisrelicsamI before the monumentswhich contain thosorelics?:'-it is 6 4G T II ET II EO SOP HI f; T. [N ovem ocr,1884. nnRwcrcd in theCaLfJeliism:"Yes, but notinthospirit of anidolator."Thepagan looksnponsnchimageRaR thevisiblerepresentationsofGodor of invisibloGods; huttlll1idobtorthinksthattheidoleontainsinits substalloeaportionofthatdivinitywhichiseverywhere ]1t'eS0nt.'riteBuddhists honortheRtatueofBuddlll1 andotherobjectsinmemoryofaman,whowastiro greatest,thebest awl thewisest, and the most eharitablo onetlmt everlived.BuddhafurthormorerecomllllJll(h Dot;tobelievein, anyrevelation,except intha.tofone's ownconscience, and lHlappml.l's to usonthe wholetho highest;illclLm:LtiOllof indeplmdeut moral. Butifwe acceptBuddba's teachingsinregard tonon-revelaliion,howcanwoacceptwithoutreservecertain specialteachingsoftbeadeptsof'1'ibet,ofthosewho Imvedirectlyinspiredthe '1'beosophicalmovement,and who111:1.ygivousyet moreinformationaboutthesecret doctrinoandlh'awawaytheveilthat;hidestheirmyste-riousscience?Occultism,themysteriouspart of '1'l1e080-phy,hilSbeentoaceltainextellt divnlgedbythepor- ofthe adeptsthroaghtheirChelasOl'disciples. .LadyCaithnessgivesusacurioussummaryofthose revelations.Whatstrikesnsmostinthem,istheir ('.h'lmet,Deof(],prl:oriaflirmation.'1'herearenohypothe-l'eR, HOconjectures illtheir doctrines, they simply aliiI'm; andthoyseemtohavegreatreasontokeepsecretthe methodhywhichtheyarriveattheil'conclusions,I. euullot seeuponwhatoxpeeiences theircOllclu-siom;arcbased. '1'hel'o is{Ol'instancethedivisionof thesevellprinciples which according to them belong to tho human constitution. J.'l'llflFhy,icallwrly.2.Vitality,:3.ThoA,'ntlllOdy(P01oispl'U) 4.AnillwlSonl.5.][u./nanSont.(i.Sl!il'ilnalSanl.7.Spirit. Death,theysay,affoctsonlythe firstthreeprinciples, whichareequallypossessedbymellaud byan iIII al!'!. Thelift.h(orthehuman soul)is yet VClOYlittle developed -illOUI'presentracc,thesixth(theRpirit)unlsoul)exists onlyillgermasfal'asthe majorityofpeopleal'eCOIl-.... er;wd,alldtheRevellth(Atma)isthe divinoRp!llottostop,but homesaretobe providedforthemwithillthecolonies,where theywaylive as long aslifelasts ifthey sochoose.'1'hein-quirerwouldsuggest thatit wouldrequireanimmense sumof, moneyto carryoutthisenterprisesuccessfully.Bu tsuchis notthecase.Eachcolonyistobeself.snpporting;mising. growing and manufacturing everythingwithin itself thatmaybu requil'ed.'l'oaccomplish this,anewgovernment(fraternal)is laiddown,anditisdifferent fromcithermonarchy orrepublic, aud on ahigherplane.Anewreligion ishi\ckofallthis.alld yet 1I0tanewreligion.in fact,butthevntting intopractice of religionfoundedupontheOommandments,re\realcdinallthe religionsoftheworld.'l'he1!'aithists are areligiouspeople,buL theyworshipnoLordnorSaviour,tntonlyJ ehovih,thu Creator. 'l'heir ritesand ceremoniesaremorciltlposingthananythat have everbeenpractised, and yet they(wegi'vononlyasa mattei' (lj edllcalion an(ldi8cil'line,Angelcommunion alsot;ntght, withinstrucGiollsas to the conditionofthespiritsofthedead. ButinnocasedotheFaithistsplacenndCl'tile guidance of the spirits.They weigh mort,alanu kuow lcllge,andtake onlywhatcanbefullyproved. 148 SUPPLEMENTTOTHETHEOSOPHIST.[November,1884. communities are never to exceed3,000inhabitants. eacb, andalltbingsareto be heldin common.'1'0thist.hechildren are to betrained fromtheir'infancyup,andtoassist. one. an-other,understandingtbatallthingsbelongtoJehovlh,given into our trust.. 'l'hename oftbis organir;ation is "THETAE,"and it is compos-cd ofanOuter audInner OOllncil.. Any ofthe homes ol"'OolonieswillallInuer OounClI, hut there is to beonlyoneOuterItsmembersand lodgesaretobeinallourlargeclLlell.Each Inlier 'Oouncilswillcontrolitsownhomeorcolony.'Ihelr wants, requirern ents, capacities, etc"willbemadeknowntotheOuter 'Conncil.' 'l'hemembers ofTheTae, either ofthe OuterorInnerCoun-eil,drawnopayor stipendforth.eirAll that gointothese homes or coloOles;Ifacoepted,Willbeprovid-ed withfoodand clothes, andahomeduringtheirnaturallives, but receive nopByfortheirlabours...,. NeithercantheybeaccepteduntiltheygivelDalltheir earthlypossessionsandisolatethemselvesfromtheOll!ltoms, URBges,andvanitiesoftheworld.It isonlyafewmonths sinceTheTaeWBSstarted.Acallforvolunteershasbeen 'respondedtofromnearlyallpartsoftheUnitedStates.A J?athering,.inhomewasbegunthe 1stof !day,1884,near Pearl lti\'erl{ocklandCo.,N.Y .andasuffiCIentnumberofvolun teers ha"egatheredinandconseoratedtheirlivesalldfor-tunestotheworktoinsuresuccess..' '1'heritesandreligiousceremonieswerenotonlyInterestIDg and instructive, but ofthe mostimposingkindimaginable. DlSCIPL1NB. 'rheFaithistsareTegetarians,usingneitherfish,fleshnor animalproduct.sa\'ehoney;eithercelibacyormonog.amic marriage,nothingelse.Workisdividedintogroups,Witha "ten.cherorchief toeach,and thesecbangeweeklyormonthly, sothatallmemberstoketu!'nSaschiefs.'I'besechiefsare absolute forthe timebeing.And overtheseisaC'cbief,als.o absoluteforhisterm.ButallmembersoftheInnerCouncil take turnsRIIO'chief also.'I'hey are ahappy. ThetempleofwOI'shipisopenedawhileinthe at !!Unriee.but insubdued light,for allwho chooseto'comeIDand pray, quietly,andthento pass out.Sabbathserviceembraces impoHingceremonies,processions,prayers, responses,lectureor Se1'1II0n,andmusic. Oneeveningeach weekis de"otedtole!lson8;oneto. educa-tion in ritesandceremonies,aspractisedinallreligion",aud l!Ometimesinregalia;onetomusic,onetoprayer,oneto dancing'andetiquette,but eventhisisopenedwithprayel', t.houghwusicispractisedneol'lyevel'yeveninp:. Libertyispreserved.Nocritici!liug,fnult.findingorcom-plaiuingBg'ainstoneanother ispractisedwithinthe home. 'l'heyha\"enocou8titutionalldbye-laws., FOI' fmtherinformll.tiontherenderisreferred toOAHSPE,the New.Bible.All communicatiollssbouldbeaddressedto Du.H.S.TANNER. Secretary of theInnerOouncil. CampHored,PearlRi"el',UocklandCo.,N.Y. August1st.1884. AFEWRKMARKSSUGGESTEDBYTImARTICLE "1'HECOLLAPSEOFKOOl' ThePadres. WflpitythepoorPadresoftheChristiAnCollege. Miserableindeedistheir plightwhentheyare compelled to l'Cllorttot.helledoubtfulmeRnstoo,vemometheir oppollents. The Padres never meetthe 'l'heosophiRt'Hlecture 011theopen platformIlllddefend their sectal'ilmviewsOJallyorillwrit-in/!.Theydenouncethem asatheists lIlIdpoliticalhUlllbugs behindtheirbacks,where theyhave nofear ofbeing contra-.tided. Tht'selettersha.vebeenpublishedipthenameofpublic morality.If thisisthePadres'standardof publicmorality, then publicmoralitybecomespollutedwhenitsnameisut-teredby the mouthsof the :Padres.Inherllametheyhave violatedsacredrights.InherIlametheyhave!recome willing dupesofawoman whohaslost herballastilltho reversesoffortune,thevileinstrumentsforthepCl'petra-tionof agreedy woman'srevenge. TheOccultRoom. Therewitsonly onelargeroomupstairswhenthe Society purchasedtheAdyar House.To oneendofthis.roomw.as attached abed-roomwithapartitionbetween it and thesit-ting room.Fromthebed-room.adO,orledtoaverandah. 'l'his doorway wasshutup andthe verandahwasconverted into e.room caJledtheOccultRoom. In closing up the doorwayabollow splice witsallowedto be left in themiddle that theweight ofthe newadditionnpon the beamoftheceilingmightbeaslittleaspossible.I haveseenboth sidesofthiswall,bothwhenit wasbeing built andwhen itwas finished.Ihave seenit alsowhenit waspapered. Ol'iginallyit hadnoslidingpanelsat thebackor front.. WhenIsawit againafewdaysafterthe expulsionoftho Coulombs,Ifoundin variouspari,sof thewallinthe rooms upstairs smallpanelsrecentlyconstructedinplaceswhere therewerenonebefore.Iknowevel'ypartofthisroom, having beenin it by day andsleptinit bynight during our stay inMadras.Themischiefworkerswereevidentlydill-turbed in the middle of their work. TheShrine.' The shrineisa.movablecupboardhungontherecently closedupwalloftheOccultroom.Thisportionofthe wall isleftstillintact, Theshrineissomethinglikeapsychologicaltelegraph office.It is connectedby acurrent ofakn..'!withtheAsram oftheMahatmas.Whatever isput intoitwillatoncebo knownto them.Bnt it shouldbedistinctlyunderstoodthllt thisisnottheonlymeansofcommunicatiou;nor,iftho shrine were removed to-day, will all communicationsbestop. ped.The shriue is simplyamatter of convenience. TheCoulombs. OutofrespectforMme.Blavatsky,theCoulombswere treatedkindlybyallofus.Mme.Coulomb'snumerous peccadilloeswere freelyforgiven.Shewa.sconsidered all irresponsible medium,the willinginstrument of o.nystrong-willedpersonthatcircumstancesmaythrowinherwuy. Last December when IgaveMme.Blavatsky acuriosity in the shape of apetrified plantthat we cameacros8in acave in one of our ramblesin the PapannassumRills,Mme.Con-lomb examined it andpretended to seeclairvoyantlyheaps of gold coinstreasuredup near theplace inthe cavewhere we got thearticle.We lionthenhad finejokes onhersay. But when afewdayslater shetookus o.aideandseriously insistedOllher being taken, to the spot o.nd asked fora loanto make the necessary pI'eparations for a.journey, we plainly told her wewouldhave nothingto dowith hertreasuresorher journey. TheMaltatmas_ Histoolate inthe day forthePadres to denytheexist. enceof the Mahatmo.s.'l'here are several Englishmenofthe CivilService, whohave had correspondence with themwhen Mme.Blavatskywasfarawayandknewnothingoftho matter,not tospeak of scoresofother gentlemen,Europenn o.ndnative.Itoocan claimthe honorofhaving hadallin-terviewwith oneofthem inhisphysicalbodyontside the precincts of alamasery near Sikkimonthe road leadingtoit fromDllrjeelmg.Theinterviewtookplaceatelevenill the forenoonand lastedforabonttwohours.Ihaveseen himandseveralofhi!:!pupilsintheas(.ro.lbodyonmallY occasions.Manyof onr friendswhohappened to bewith us at tbetime have seenthemlike oarselves.Mme.BlavatsIF1 isnowinEurope,ColonelOlcott tooisthere.Onrcom-municationwith theMo.hatmasstillcontinues uninterrupt-ed.If MadameBJavatskycandothis,whythen,verily she is aMahatma. Phenome1lts. Atthisday,onlythose,whohavehadneitherthetimo northe inclinationtosearchintopsychicalJaws,joinwith the theologistsand raiseafeeblecryagainstthe existenctJ of such powers.'}'heonlyquestioniswhether Buchpowers al'ebronght intopllLyinparticularoccurrences.The boat witnesses to prove suchthings arethose who .haveseenthem andnot tbePadreswho delibera.telykeepa.way,a.ttributiug them alltothe machinations of theirfriend,the Devil.The Padressaythatallphenomenahavebeenprodncedby trickery by Madame Bla.vatskywiththe aid of the ConlombH. Ishall mention two instances, out ofseveral, that have COIDO under my personal experience.AnAmericangentlemanof awellknown firm,who is not inany wayconnected with the wrote aletter .toasking certain questions in Aryan philosophy.Ouopemng ItasBoonas thepostmangaveit to me o.tmy placein 'l'innevellywe foundthat the answers tothemo'reintricate questions werealready entered opposite eachofthem,under tbewell-knowninitials ofmyrevered Guru.The letterisstill.withmeandMadameBIll.-November,1884;] SUPPLEMENTTOTHE,THEOSOPHIST. 149 Viltskytothisda.yknowsnothingofit.Onedayin mypluceat'l'innevelly,alearnedPandit oftheSbaktaya !!t:ctwasspeakingtousinflowingtermsoftheadvan-ta.gesof, theShaktayaceremonialsoveraUothersinthe developmentofpsychicalpowers.Inoteddowninhis pl'esencethe salient points ofhisargumentonpaper,putit iuto anenvelope,addressed it tomyGuru,and placedit in mybox.Thishappened in the evening.The nextI saw on my table,p.longwithother papers,thesarna unopenedbutwithmyaddresswrittenovertheprevlOUS superscription.Iopened itandfoundwrittenbetween the lines ofthe original letteracrushing answel'toallthe false logic of the Pandit, withquotations in Sanskrit from the Upa-nishadsneatlywrittenintheDevanagaricharactels. MadameBlavatsky wasinMadras then and to thisdayshe isignorant ofthisletterorits reply.Scoresoflettersof this kindreceivedbyus froQ}our VeneratedMastel',when weweretal' away fl'omMadameBlavatskyor Colonel Olcott, are inour possession.Manyof our friendshave seenseveral ofthem.Some of them containTil milquotationswritten inneat chalacters. If thePadres say we and severalothers,who had the same experience,are labouringundersomehallucination, wemay lI.Swellretort that the definitionof that word willhave to be considerably altered,They cannot under any circumstances, hallncinate awaytheletters in our possession.If they ques-tiononr veracity,not only can weproduce better credentials, but weare in apositiontochallengethe public tocatch us misrepresenting one fact forthe hundred factsaboutwhich thePadres havebeen caught fibbingdeliberately. ThePadresmisleadthepublicwhen they assert that the Society is founded onphenomena.No phenomenon is shown for its ownsake.The Mastersbelong to ahigherplane of existenceand they get holdof theeasiestmethodintheir plane for communication with t,heirpupils and others. OOllclusion. Dr. Hunter, theDirector-GeneralofStatistics,saysthat tho proportionof jail goingpopulatlOninBengal as compa-redwithEnglandforan equal area andpopulationis one-third forthe male and oneseventeenth forthe female,He doesnot sayhowmuoh oftheBengalorimes.are traceable to the influx ofevangelicalcivilization.ThePadres have done manyacrimeinthenR.meofEvangelicalmorality. They havetornbywiles husbands fromwives,children from pal'8nts.TheirKarma now overtakes them and impels them todoquestionableactiQnl:!like the present publicatiQns which willultimatelyresult intheir going homebag and baggage, leaving theheathenHindutothesimple,unsQphisticated, sublime moralityofhis sageforefathers,the authors ofthe Upanishads. MADURA.S.RAMASWUIIER. THEQSOPHYANDCHRISTIANITY. EVERYstudentofhistOl'yknows thatwhenChristiR.nity wasintheascendantinEurope,persecution,torture, murder, imprisonment,andburning ofheretics-unbelievers intheBible-were the chief glOl'iesofChristendom.One needbutopenthe pagesofthe histQryofthe MiddleAges, toknowhowunderthenameoftheInquisition,millions ofhuman liveswereput tothe.I'ack and f,tggQt,imprisoned, burned,andmUl'det'edtoappeasethewrathofthe all-mercifulGQdofthe Bible.Oneneedbut readthehistory (IfQUI'rulingcountry,espeoiallythereignsofMary and Blizabeth,toknowhow in thenameofthe verygo(lQfthe Bible,theCatholicandProtestantChristiansexchanged massacres.FaotsareabundantinthefamousbOQksof Buckle,Draper,andLccky,and evenin thehistoryofthe ChristianMQsheim,tQshowthattheChristianswere ever buriedindarkness,of manifQldorimes even in those ageswhentheinfluence of the teachings ofChristhadnQt quite faded away; that they revelled in luxury,IicentiQuimess, andwhatnQt;andtocrownall,they glQried in putting everypossiblebarriertointellectualand moral Read thelivesQfGalileo,Bruno,Vanini,Campanella, Voltaire, Paine, Diderot,HYJlatia,D'l!olbach,DavidHume, Volney,Bradlaugh,lIQ1yoalre,Besant, :fJennett and FOQte-theunbelievers-whospllrIledattpeinhumanChristian creed.Has ChristianityceasedtodothegloriQusdeeds enumerated abQve? Has it gtven up those barbarQns measures meted outto}'.eethinkers up to end of the past century P No! The prime object ofChristianteachel's in everyland they tread, isto chQkethe intellectnalfreedom of the land;to persecutetbefreethinkingpioneersofthe land;toprint ingenious falsehoodsagainst them, toslander themand impeach thei!'honesty, andaccusethemofinsin-cerity in theil' severalprofessions.WedQnotandcannot wonderiftheP,'otestantChristiansstrive their best,per-hapsingQodfaith, t,oexcel incalumny,theirgQodmastel' Luther,who outoftrueChristianspiritcalledthegreat Greekphilosopher Aristotle,"truly adevil,a horridcalum-niator,ilwic.fedsycnpliant,aprinceofdarkness,areal .Apollyon,abeast,amosthorrid impostoronmankind,onein whomthereis scarcelyanyphilosophy, a pUblicand professed Zi(",,agoat, acomplete epicure, thistwiceexemableAristotle." This undying tl'ibute was paid tQAristotlebecause,according toMacaulay,"he wasthe great fashioneroftheintellectual chaos; he changed its darkness into light, and its discord into order."Needwewonder thereforethatChristiansshould afterLuther'sfashiQnpersistincalling non-chriiltiansall names theyplease P Christians have tried their WOI'StinEng-land; enough of persecutions have they counted inthe names of the Free-thought leaders ofthat land;butthey couldnot intellectuallyandmorallysucceedinwinningovertheiL' lostsheep;theycouldnotestablishtheclaims oftheir belovedcreedontruefoundations;they could notgaina singlefreethought leader totheir flockbyreason, argument and trne conviction;they eQuidnot, with allthe unitedel' Qfthe Bishopsofthe land, stemthe torrent of infidelity that israging ineverycreek andcorner ofcivilizedEurope. Despairingintheirfailure,they have fallenuponthetwo famousFoundersoftheTheosophicalSociety.Dreading the remarkable influence of their teachingsover the minds of the rising generation ofour country-men,theyhavebegun to traduce their character, and to pronounce thatthewhole Society isbaseduponmere fraud andsham.They have not however had the manlinessto meet the malefounder of the Society-ColonelOlcott-upon apnblicplatformand show the supel'iority of their creed to Theosophy.Morethanfive years havepassed,since the arrival of the fQunders inIndia; notasingleChristian missionaryhasup todate in India-so far as we are aware-dared to debate with the President-Foun-der ontheI'elativemeritsandclaimsofChristianityand They have, however, to give vent tQ their ra,ncour fouodamouthpieceintheOhristianCollegeMagazine ...... : Webegpermissiononbehalf ofpublic morality toreview ingood faith,the Editorial inthecurrent issueQfthe 'gazine,'thathas appearedunder the curiQusheading-" The Collapseof/(ootHoomi." The editorialaboverefcrredto hascaused nodoubtsome sensationltmong intelligent Indian circles, ... but the thinking portionoftheHindupublic,andsuch ofthcHindus, aH Ilrealreadyacquaintedwiththeways and mannersofthe ChristianMissionariesandtheirmodesofconversiQn,are nnt soeasily, as the Editor imagined,to be led astray by the in-terpretationsputby aChristian jQurnalist uponletters and documents allegedtQhave beeninMadame Blavatsky's Qwn hand-writing,andfQundout of"strange recklessness"on Madame Blavatsky's part,in PQssession of the very irrespDnsible persQns,the Coulombs.Thel:haveput forwardsuspICiousletters,w hlOhthemll:lSlOnarleSofthe "ChristianCollegeMagazine"havebeencI'edulousenough tosupposeto be genuine. Dr.Hartmanndeserves t.hethanks of ourSociety,for so ablyandtluccessfullydrawing up astatement offacts,which call1lotfailtoshow Itoevery impartialinquirer,theutter impl'obability of themadebyof mission-aliesandtheCoulombsto rUIDthereputatIOn ofoneofthe respectedFoulldersof ourSociety. Twoofusknowfullwellalltheparticulars oflIfadame Blavatsky'slastvisittoPoona;andtheabsurdletterthat is madetohanguponatelegram,that wasreceivedbyhel'at thetime,simplydeserve>!contempt.MadameBlavatsky neVeL'attemptedeventoplacethetelegrambeforelanyono at thetime,much lesstried tocreate anyimpressionupon anyone thereby, It iswellknown to manyTheosophists, flSwellastosome outsiders,that several personshave reeeived letters in amys-teriousway,principallyfromtwooftheadepts.One of thesewriteswith l'ed inkiua,roughandl'uggedway Ithe ot.llf'rwithbluepencil,illabeautiful andremarkable band; Both arepeculiar andunmistakable.Accord-illgtothe allegedlet.tel'softheConlombs,MadameBlavat-skysllPposedtowritetheredinkandbluepencil letters herself,butWlllLtwouldthedoubters sa,Yif itwereproved tothemthatlettersintheseSlIlnehand-writingshave pheuomenallybeenreceivedb'yseveral, illside andoutside the ..Shrine," evenwhenyourselfandMadameBlavatsky have beeninEu"()peIwdevensincetheCoulombshavebeen expelled?Note thatMadameB1avatskyissupposed tobaveinSanskrit., a letter asananswer, in anticipa-tiontoaSanskritletterth,.twastohavebeenplacedatthe Shrine! Nowall ofusal'eawarethat Blavatskyknows nothingofSallsh'it andClillnotwrite tbe In.nguage,nor form thelettCls.....Veknowthatoneofourllombaymembers receivedillDeuelllber lastphenomenally aletter addressed to him writtenintheMahrathi language,intheModicharae-tels.AI'ewetobelievethereforethatMadameBlavatsky knowsMahrathiand couldwritein Modi,whensheknows llO! hing ofeither? ,V' e shall content ourselves bynotingbutoneinstance-ofwhichneither yourself nor MI1dameBlavatsky areaware-whichwillsatisfactorilyshow that lettershavemysteriously beenanswered,-in the absenceofbothofyou-inthe very samebluepencilhandwritingthatisfalselyattributed to' Madamelliavatsky. Mr.NlLwtamrumOotamramTrivedi(f\memberof our BranchSociety,nowatSurat)wenttotheHead-Quarters at Ml10rassimplytoseeafewfriends.Heasked brotherDamodal'toshowhimthe" Shrine,"butDamodar didnotat that timeaccedetohisrequest.After anight's rest, it occurredto himto notedownafewquestions,audhe wrotethemout onasheetofwhitefoolscapwhichwas simplyfoldedtothe sizeofafourthpartofasheet.He wantedMl"Damodar toget thescquestionsanswered,but Mr.Damodar didnot takeanynoticeofthem.At about noon he sat at atablewithMI"D!Lmodaroppositetohim, andhisletter,placednponthetable,with oulyhisquestiouYTOTHEMANAGER,"TIIEOSOPHISI'"OFFICF. .. MESSRS.NICHOLASANDCO.havemadoasplondid .photographofagroupcomprisingeighty-threeDele-gatesaU,endingthoEighthAnniversarycelebration ofthe '1' IJeosophicalSociety,togethorwitha viewofthe porticouf the AdyarHoad-quartersBuilding.Everyportrait i'leJ\:cel-leut.Copiesmaybehad atRB.2--8(68.)each,illclu'livoof packingandpostage.FellowsoftheTheosophicalSociety mayalsoobt,aincabinetsizephotos ofMadameBlavat'lky, ColonelOlcott andagroupconsistingof Madame Blavatsky, Mossrs.Stlbba Rowand DharbagiriNath at RB.1-12(4s,)Pel' copy,inclusiveofpackingand postage. ApPLYTOTHEMANAGEROFTHE THE 108UPANISHADS inoriginalSanskrit(inTeluflu characters)withanabstract of the RamebySiddhanta Subramania Sastrial,togetherwithMabavakiaHatnavali, BrahmaSutras, anda"hortabstract ofthePhilosophyeJ\:-poundedtherein andBhagavatGita-editedbySiddhanta Subramania Sastrial. Price8-6 per copy, including postage. ApplytotheManager,TheosophistOffice,Adyar, or S.SubramaniaBRstrial,KllnaresePandit,. Presidency CollegeKrishnamaNaidu'sAgraharam,BlackTown,orto Mnlukdtla Venkatappiah,170,MintStreet, Madras. PEOPLEFROMTHEOTHERWORLD. (CHEAPEDITION-PRICERUPEESTWO.) THE publisher givesnoticethatonlyfiftytwocopiesofthishook, wherein Col.Olcott givcs an account ofhiswonderfulexverimont8 in spiritnalistic remaininstock.Afterthoscare exhausted, nomoreoopiescan behad, asthework willthen beontof print. "TRANSLATION(inEnglish)ofr.a'IJo'Y"1'aniRhadincludingits "commentarybySrimat Sankara Charya; pricefive annas, inclu. sive ojpostage.Applytothe Manager,TheosophistOffice. A MONTHLYJOURNALDEVOTEDTOORIENTALPHILOSOPHY,ART,LITERATUREANDOCCULTISM: EMBRACINGMESMERISM,SPIRITUALISM,ANDOTHERSECRETSCIENCES. VOL.6.No.3. M .AD R.A S,DEC E M B ER,1884. No.63. ""'(' \:liT: THEREISNOREIJIGIONHIGHERTRU'l'H. [FamilymottoofthelIIaharaj ahsojBena?'es,] ANEWYEARANDNEJVERA, ONthe sixteenth day of lastmonthtl16'fheosophical Society completed the ninthyearofitsexistence,and entered anew and importantera.Fouudedonthe17th November 1875at New York, its carecrhas been, though st?rmy:-on ahighly t:lUccessfulone.W Ithm tllls.lbrlef perIOdIt 1msexpanded tomanycountries,conqueredafootholdamongmany peoples'; wonthedevotedloyal,tyofalal'g,e.numberof intellectual persons;formedahteratul'oofIts own;re-vivedinterest intheanciontphilosophies;andcreated a taste forhiO'herpsychologicalreseal'ch.Operatingon linestracedbyitself,ithas,especially, arousedamongthe Asiaticdescendantsof ,th? Sanskrit leal'Uing,anew and deepappreCiatIonoftheIr ancestral litemture, andinfinen()edthemtoreopenthe ancientschools, long closed,print and circulateaIicient worksand re-examillotheclaimsofAryanPhilosophy. Hytl';cingtheunderlyingbasisofallfaiths and the necessaryofscience and rascomponents of asoleand um versalAbsolllteIru th,theSOCIetyhas given thisenquiring age agroundwhich men of allgroups and allmmds maystanu forco-op era-ti veresearch. The aboveareundeniablofacts-factsdemonstrable upon evidence outside and independentof thestatements of nnyprejudiced witnesses.As such, they vindicate the judgment ofth0.sewhotheSoci?tyunderthe convictionthat It was aneceSSIty0,1thetunes.Bllt Wd haveseenonly thebeginning- ofthismovement.What issure to comewillbe vastly gt'eatel' t.hanwhat has been seenduring these firstnineyears.Agreat idea likean inert huo'oph ysieal massislong inacquiringmomentum, butonceinmotionits force is cumulative,likethat of a.bodydescending anillclinedplane.'l'heosophy lmd, first,tobe testedbyknownmethods,libeevery other unfamiliaridea,and has been aud is now, more than evel', going>through thisphAse.The Materialistshavetried to put it tlown,and f'liled:failed:because,as aphy,it standstheseverestscrutinyofthosewhoinsist uponthe rejectionofallhypotheses not resting' uponex-perimental research.Its natural enemiesare,of course, thesectariantheologians,whowouldmonopolisethe Absoluto Trllth and (,coinit intodrachmas."'l'heyhave alsofailedtostemthemovementor shaketheSocioty, thoughthey lmveemployedeverycraftyresourceand begrudgedneithermcneynor trouble..Atthisvery timeofwritingweareencountering,atMadras,the mostdesperate resistanceever yet offeredtoour workby the Missionaries,Whohave Benttoeverycornel'of the earth atissueofslandel'Ousassaultsuponthecharacter of the Editor ofthismagazine.This plot will be asfruit-lessas its predecessors,and its maliciousauthors willbe driventosomeotherdesperateschemetokeepup for awhiletheir selfish,intolerant and un philanthropicorga-nisation.TheosophyandSectarianismareat opposite poles:theonecontemplatesthe evolutionofmankind through the spiritualdevelopment of theindividual;the other,theag-grandisement of afaction by the subjngation of the worldtodogma.Our century,whichisrighting the wrongsofpast ages, willsettlethisalso,andanti-quity willhave its hour ofvindiclltionhastenedbythe' laboursof OUl"Society. The present attnckuponthe ancientphilosophiestukes the formof anincidental denial ofthe possibilityofany psychicphenomena.,hence of lInytrnthin wha.tis known asOccult Science.Thisisthe mistake offatuity.There never wasntimewhensuch ag'reatbodyoffreshproof. ofthedignity and seriousimportanceofthisbranchof scientificinquirywasoffered.TheSpiritualistshave beencollectingsuchevidenceinmassformorethan thirtyyears;tIleMesmeristshavebeenat it afullcen-tury ;it isforty-fouryearssinceProfessorBuchanan discoveredthepsychometricfaculty;and,finally,the Society forPsychicalnesef1l'chalone has,within the past twoyears,gatheredtogetherandsiftedSOlllethreeor fourthousandcases showing the reality of trans-corporf'al psychicaction.It has,foronethnig,provedscientifi. callynndthronghmonofhigh!'ankinscience,the transferofthoughtasadynamicactiollfrombrain uponbl'ain'..Asforthemheingaplaceinnature formenlike tho Mahatmas-w bich the POOt'cOllspirators ofMadraswouldhaveusbelievebutconfectionsor bladders,mnslinand masks- eitherit mustbesoor the theoryofevolutionmllstlJOabandonedandscience must revert tothatofmiracle.Thop.ignsofthe times' point, most unmistakably, to tllOg-radual spt>ead of'1'heoso. phy ovel' the wholewodel,andtheconsequent rectifica-tionofmodernideasastobothScienceandReligion, 'fhis isthefnturethatweareenabledtocontemplate, and beforethemomentumofthemovementexhausts. itself,thosewhosurviveitsoriginators-upon thelower and external plane-may beinapositiontocompare it, as asociological evolution,withtlJatothel'whichdates fromthegiganticande.udaciouslahoUl'ofLuther and hiscontemporaries.Certainly the inherent powerofthe idea representedintheTheosophicalmovementcould: not bobetter shownthanillthe constant growthof our Societydespitethe limitedexperience ofthe two Found-ers.Aweak cansemust havesuccumbedtoeither 01It: ofadozenCl'isOHthrough whichwe havesafely passed. The ninthyeal',just complt!ted,hasbeenoneof ft'uit-ultrial.It hasalwaysbeenthewishofCol.Olcott-oneexpressed in many public addresses-that sofar and rapidlyas possibleaplan ofgovernment shouldbepet. fectedwhich wouldplace the Societybeyondthe possibi-lity of extinction uponthedeath oftheF-ounders.'l'his WaBhis main idea in purchasing theAdyal'propel'ty as 52 apermanenthomeand head-quartersfortheSociety. ,Vhen heleft I ndiainFebruary last forEurope.hepro-vided againstallaccidentsbyformingtheBoard ofCon-trol andgivingit supreme charge oftheSociety'saffairs duringIlisabsence.Inlikemanner,Blavatsky temporarily entrusted the editorial managementofthe Theo-80phistto other hands annhas written littleor nothing for its columnssince.Asit happened,the periudofthis in-terregnumhasbeenstormy andtrying in anexceptional begged01'mercy,pl'omi81ngto res-tore the daughtertohealt,h.Shewasthenreleasedand begantohim';upoutheyonngladyan(1toprayover her.Asoldier \vit,hadmwnswordst.oodby,readyto killthewitchifhel'pmyershouldhavenoeffect.,But ltllwasinvain;thePOOL'girl died,and the014Woman waspermitted to' moroAimilnrinstancesnrogivrm,bnt theaboveis fllOicienttoill!\strntetho nctionofthoEvilBye.Sceptics willbor(mdy to littriiJlitethecllIlSOof 'RIlCh tothAItetionofsnp(ll'stitionRnd fcnr,bnttho fnct'that cC'rtainporsollAhltvethe power tokillsmnllani-malsIintlotCIl1>;1'119(luringtheirflightinthe air,byac/oneclltrlttiou of th'irlllil\'(iel'OI1Awill,(lir,'ctedbylook,provesthnttheJo,'t'itEye is somethingruorethan !tfablo.-,1'ral!sl.' ,'- . S'l'UDIESINSWEDENB01W. Byti. C.M.D. III....:..'i'HUJCHURCIlES. .INthowl:itings t,heJewswearetaughttliiittllC Qfafewpersons,thorementiohed, :irothecRpeciai favoritosOftheAlmighty,tLnainedin certain ofthe booksof the Bible, arewrittenaccordingtotbcScienceofCorrespondences, :wdhave therefore an internal sem;c,and .aredivine.The key to the interpretationof thesedivine writings is,accordingto our Author,tobefonndinhistheologicalwritings., The JewishChurchcontinuednntil thecoming of J estls. Its spiritual consummation took placewhen Jesus ,',as cruci-ficd,-an act thatrepresentedtheprofanationoftheLogos. After His entrance into the Innel' World, Jesusmade Himself visibletoHiBdisciplesand sentthemtopromulgatethe "lawoflove,"andtoestablish the CHRISTIANCRuRcrr. The primitive Christian Church waR represented by the ICO'fI ofIl'lInoftheImll.ge.Iron naturaltl'uth,trntn ofalow,buthcavenlyorder;truthheldbyehildt'onand simple-mindedperBons;tl'Uthfoundeduponappearances. Swedenhorg dividcsthisChllrchintotwo epochs:The Apos-tolicChurch andthePostApostolic. THEArOSTOMCCHURCH. The obje(,tof thoestablishment oftheChristianChurch wastileelevation ofthemindfromtheofmatter to thoworshipofAll-father,inthepersonofJesus.For All-father,"aBHeisessenndsubstance,isunknowahle andunapproachable;"but,!ISmadcmanifestinthelove, the wisdom,andtheworkofJesus,thedivinetrinity ofsavingprinciples,Heif!knowltbleandapproachable. TheworshipofJesus,Hotbecauseofanirn:1giI\R.rySon-shipofAll-father, notbecauseofmirificpower,not because ofacrueldeathonacross,butbecauseofareflectionhy Him,ashining forththroughHim,of All-father'sboundless loveforHispoor,mixedchildren,wus thesimple,apostolic

But,thisapofitolicfaithandpracticewaned,andinless than thrcecenturiesperiShed.Murde1:'crs, adulterers, thieves, and such-like,erowneuanduncrowned,purpled andunpnr-pled, Rt.alkedabout thenusnow, cn,llingthemselves"Chlis-tians,"followers!Ludsuccessorsofthemerciful, pure"JURt audmelldicant. Jesus.The inconsistency had to be manipulat-edsoas nllttoappeartooglaring.'1'0t,hisend aCouncil was convokedat Nice,inAsiaMinor,inthe 'year325.Tha l'!'futat.ionof the heresiesofArius,apriestthat({elliedt.he Son.shipof Jesns,was the ostensibleobjcctoftheCouncil. However,n,1lpm'pollcswere scrved,bytheproclamationof the doctrine that,"Jeslls,thc Son ofGod,SecondPersonof theGodhead,dcseendodfromHis throne in Beavcn, aliddied for sinnprs, to assuage the wra.th of the Father, the First Persoll. of theGodhcad;!!lldthatallsinnersthatbclievein thifi Hncrificewere pardon cd,cleansed, and received intoHeaven by theHolyGhost,thcThirdPersonoftheGodhead."Avery comfortingdoctrinc,fittingsixteencenturiesofluxury, brutalityandprofanity.It established 'l'heFast-ApostolicChurch, representedbythefeetofironand claymixed.Ironrp.-presentsNatural'l'ruth;here, thetl'uthconcerning Je8m;, heldandpractisedbytheunknownfewintheChl'illtian world;clayreprcRcntsthe falsedoebrineestabliRhedat N icc, heldandpr:tctiReclbythemassesandtheirSpiritualand TcmporalHeads.Theonteomeofthis doctrineisgmphi-c:dly:mdvoluminouslypicturedbySwedcnborg.Afew lines will suffice: TheChristians ofthisageappear tobeverynevout,in asmuchI1Stheyconversebecominglyabout religiousaffairs, attendpnblicworship,partakeoftheEucharist,andliVl< withoneanotherinthefriendshipofcivilizedlife.Bnt tlreir charity anddevoutness arefarfromgenuine,far above nationsunderthesun,theyare at hearttreacherolls, Iyh.'lg',adulterous,murderoml,andatheistic;andthehells get t!1,'JmajorityoftheirinhabitantsfromUmlesiiff,3489,6G66,9409. 'l'I1f:STONE. The st.one,thatsmotethefeet of the imageandtllCnhe-came agl'trtmountainthat filledtheearth,represent.R.the Truthis'abonttotaketheplaceofthetheologIcal fiction.TheUlountainrepresents theChurch oftheFntnl't" SwedenborO'ernphasisestheteachingthatanew tionof'1'rnth iB:'al'ely-if ever-giventothemembers of a corruptChurch; but to those that areontsidethe Chu:ch,the Gentiles.'Ve aretlwreforenot toexpectthe establIshment of theChurchrepresentedbr thestone..th?mountain, amonO'thememberRof thelost-ApostolIc ChrIstIanChurch, buta':nongtheGentiles,tllCwell-disposedofallThatthisisnotaninference,buttheactualteachmg of Swedenborg, may be seenfrompas,sages:.. There is nothing'spiritul11rem!tlIlmgInthcoldChrrshnn Church;itisfullofblasphemyagaiusttheLol'd.-Apoccl-lypseRevealed,692-71.5. 'rhe Lord'sNew il'l,at thepresent day,transferred totheGentiles, becausetheoldChrifltianChurchhas closed heavenagainstitselfbyfalsifyanlteviL-A.C.92513,298(;, . December,1884.)THETHEOSOPHIST.61 TheNeworSecondChristianChurchwillberaisedup in someregion of the earth,whilethepresentChurch abides initsworship,astheJewsdointheirs,in whoseworship thoreisnothing ofcharityandfaith,i.e.,nothing ofatrue Church.-Ibid, 1850. THENEWCHURCII. ThisChurchofthe Future,describedintheRevelation underthenameofthoHolyCity,theNewJerusalem, will beuulikeitsimmediatepredecessorsinthis,thatitsmemo, herswillcultivatethe soulrather thanthe corporealsenses. Theywill regardJesusandHisintimatedisciplesastheil' patterns.Asthese,theywillcultivate love,justice,mercy, chastity,poverty,abstinence,andothei'positivevirtues. There aresuchnowilltheCIll'istianworld,/Lfew"simple good,"withloving,pure hearts,withclea.nmindsandhauds ReekingChristhood,butwhotheyarethe"Lordalone knows."-lbid,a808. THliJOSOPHY. WHATTilE]'RENCHTHINKOFUS. Translated from" LaNouvelleRevue." II. NOTWITHSTANDINGalltheobjectionswhichmaybe raisedagainstthetheosophicdoctrinesasa.whole,I havebee11captivatedbywhathasbl'entoldtomein rtlgllrdtothephenomellawhichtheAdepts are ableto produce.'L'hes8AdeptsfurthermoreBaythat,/l.Slong as theworldisg'overnedbyegoismandignobledesires, they cannotgivetohumanitytheimmenseandsuper-human powers which they possess;because ifa}1average lJlllnwerearmedwiththepowersofanAdept,he might in afitofpassion produce the greatest disasters,without employing anyofthe forces ofnature,fluchas areknown atpresent. An aspirant foroccultlearning isobligedtopassfor ntleastsevenyearsthroughthemostsevere,ordeals whicharenot only ofaphysical butfurthermoreofa moralcharacter,and beforethepowersofanAder't,are conferreduponhim,hemustcontinuallygive proof,by hismannerofliving,that nopersonalmotiveisunder-lying hisactions, and that his moral development and the spit'itualinterestsof humanity are the onlyobjectofhis ;3spiratio[ls. AsfaritSt?emodeoflivingoftheAdepts or the aspirantsisconcerned,theyarestrictvegetarians.Be-bides,asceticismis oneofthe rulesoftheirorder.'rhey donot assertthat loveontllephysicalplaneisevil,but theyrenounceit,becauseit leadstoalossofprecious psychicalforces.Astateofasceticismisnotsuddenly entered,butarrivedIttbyprogressivedevelopment. ,Not onlymust amorous actsbe avoided,butthedesire forsuchactsmust cease.Thewill-powerof theindivi-dualisgraduallydevelopedbyincessantculture,and is thestepping-stone toallpowers.Heconcentrateshis effortsdaybyday,hegoverns allhisinteriorinstincts, suchasarenot favourabletoobtaintheobjectin view, hegives hisenergies a differentdirectionandcreatesor transformshimselfintoanewperson,accordingtothe typeoftheidealperfectionwhichhehopestoattain. Probablythosepowershavea great analogywithwhat wecall Hereisanillustrstion: MadameBlavatsky saysthatshe wasonce inaforest illIndia,andoneofthe" Brothers"ofThibet waswith her,whogaveher aproofofItispowersoveranimals. I none ofthemost solitary places ofthe forest, hecaused, hya whistling' sound, inaveryshorttime,agreat num-ber of serpentsofvariouskindsto appear.'Theycame out of the rocks aud the grass and formed a circle around thevisitors,whichmovedillundulationsandhorriblo con tOt'tiOllS. "Are youafraid ?"saidthe Adept to Madame Blayat-sky.. She trembled, but shesaili:"I havenofear,becallse , youarewithme.". 'rhe serpents camenearer and nearer,andtheAdept repeatedhisquestion,andMadamel3lavatskygavethe same answer.Seeing thatshewasfilledwithterror, he madeasign,Rndtheserpentsdisappearedlikethe visionof a110rrible dreum. Iamthe moreinclinedtobelieveinthismanifestation ofoccult power,asseveralverytrustworthytravellers told mesimilarexperienceswith snake-charmers in India. Ialsohave beenrepeatedlytoldofArabsinEgypt,who havea peculiarpowertomakeserpents come outof their holes withoutliny ot.hermeansthan thatofproducinga soundthatseems toattractthem. Oneofthepowers,whichisattributed totheAdepts, istheirnbilityofcorrespondingwitheachotherat1\ greatdistancewithouthll.vingrecoursetowritingor other material means;bythe useofthpir will-power and by establishing amagnetic andspiritual current between them,Still mJre:weliretoldthattheAdepts,even if tleparatedfromeachotherbythousandsofmiles,can visibly manifest their presence to each other intheirusual andapparentlyphysicalform.Itissaidthatbythe effort oftheir will theyare abletoproject their perispiril or theetherealllstralbodies,which,similartothespirit oftheclait'voyants, trllvels through spaceand reachestho place 'ofhisdestinationwiththevelocityofathought. Thisprocess iscalled the pl'ojectionofthe(,double". Mr.Sinnett,anEnglishman,inarecentworkon Occultism,whosetranslution is lIot yet published,speaks of suchfacts.HehasbeeninIndia/lndin connection with someofthe principal Adepts ofThibet,and explains suchphenomenainapaper,ofwhichatranslationwas madebyoneofthe mostdistinguishedTheosophistsin Paris: "'rhe most important point inspeaking ofoccultism," says :Mr.Sinnett""istobring outthe factthatthes01,11 of man,although agreatdeal finer and ethereal und more durablethanthephysicalbody,isneverthelessama-terialreality.'1'0saythat ahypothetic substancecannot be weighed,doesnot prove that it isnot material.Those, whobelieveintheexistenceofauniversaletherwhich transmits light,believethatit ismaterial,butthereif! an immense diffel'ellce between ether findthe most rarefied gas.'rhemateriality ofethermaybearguedfromour observationsofthe actionoflight,the materialityofthe soulmaybededucedfromitscontrolovercertain forces." Is this theory given by the Bl'Others from Thibet unscien-tific? Certainly llOt.Can we not conceive of states of matter sosuperiortothose whichareknown,thatthey may be lookeduponaspurespirit?Let uslook atoneoftho mostrecent and extraordinary discoveries,thediscovery of radiantmatter byFaraday in1816.'l'hi sis what the discoverersays: "If weimagine aconditionofmatter asfarremoved fromthegaseousstat.easthegasisremovedfroma Huidcondition, we may,perhaps,-provided our imagina-tion reaches so far-conceiveof radiant matter, and as mat ter inpassiug fromthe liquidto the gaseousstate loses a. greatmanyof itsattributes,sowillitcorrespondingly change in thissl.ill11igher'transformation." 'rhis showsthatParaday conceivedthepossibilityof theexistenceofafourthconditionofmatter.About sixtyyearsafterwards,thewell-knownProfessorM. Crookesstudiedthepropertiesofthatradiantmatter, whichissomuchmorerefitledthangas,andhisexperi-mentshaveledto thefollowingconclusions: WhereverradiantllJattercomesincontactwitha body, it exhibits phosphogenetic energy.Radi"nt matter movesin straight lines.I ntercepted by a sol id Sll bstance, it throwsashadow.ItscourseCanbe madetodeviate blthepresenceofamagnet.Ifinterruptedinits course,it produces heat. EdgarPoeinhisstartlinglIJagneUc Revelationmakes someveryscientificremarksandobservations about the possible states of matter. According to them there can beno actual immatet'iality, but gradations ofmatter progressing inrareficationand finenessupto astate inwhichit isso tosaywithoutmolecules,indivisibleaDd G2 THETHEOSOPHIST. [December,188t. aunity.'fhatwhichmenattempttopersonify inthe word thought,ism'ltterinmovement.Balfour Stewart in hisreselll'che8 intheUnseenUniverschaspropounded similartheories. He says:Each oneofour thoughts is accompaniedby It displacementandmotionof cerebral palticles, and we mayimaginethatinsomewayorotherthesemotions maybepropagatedilltheuniverse."llabbageheld similaropinions,andt,hesetheoriesappearedvery plausibletomanyscientists,Jevonsamongstothers. 1'hisauthorsays:"MI'.Babbagehasdemonstrated that, ifitwerein our power todiscover and to observe theminntesteffectsofallagitations,eachparticleof matter wOllldappear tousas aregisterofeveryevent counectedwith it," '1'histheory isas farfromthespiritualistic conception of animpalpableandintangiblesoul asit isfromthe materialistictheory,which deniestheexistenceofsuch asou1.*He,whosaysthereisnothingbutwhat we callmatter illourbodiesand spirit doesnot exist,speaks without reason; and he, whomakes ont ofsoulandbody twosep!uateandabsolutelycontrary entities,isequally Illlleasolmble.Natura non facitsaltu,s(N sture doesnot Ildvancebyjumps)saidLeibnitz, andRenan aft.erwards wrotetheremalkablesentence:Laver-itOestdttnsleli ('l'l'llthistobefoundbydiscrimination). Materialismand Spiritualism are onlyvainwordsin the sonsegiventothembyphilosophers.'1'heAdepts of 'l'hibet are acting upto the standard of mouernscience, whentheyconsidel'thought asamechanicalfOI'ceand man as a living source ofenergieswhich may make them-selves felt at immensediRtances,'l'hesegradationsof matter,ofwhichEdgar Poospeaks,al'e notthoproducts of theimagination ofadiseasedsoul, andtheelectric, magneticorcaloric forcesnre,withoutdoubt,composed ofaseries ofinfinitesimalatoms.Crookeshastaken specialpllinstostudy thoquestions in regardtothought acting at adistance.Having very thol"Oughlyex.uuined radiant mattOl,hewasalmostwithoutanyeffort ledto makeextensiveresearchesinregardtowhathocalls p.qychic force.Artet'hltvillgmade many expel'iments,he becamecOllvincedoftheexistence of aspecialforcein eonnectioll withthe human organism.By meallSofthis force,solidbodiescanbemauotoweighmore,witholtt beingtouched,heavybodiescanbesuspendedintheail' withoutbeingheld,bodieslllaybemadetomovo'witholtt beillgtotlchvd,andsOllndsmaybeproducedwithont anyappn.lentCall,qCandbedistinctlyhoardinthe air.Darknesswasnotnecessaryinhisexperiments toproducesuchphenomena,andtocOltuinobjec-tions,whichweremadetohim,hegavethefollowing answer:"1haveconvincedmyselfthatthesefacts aretrue,anditwoulllbemoralcowardiceformeto keep silent.Iamtelling whatIhaveseen and what hRS repeatedlybeenpl'ovedto mebyexperiments whichI controlledmyself."Asto the causeofsuchphenomena, which is sometimes attrihuted toinvisible spirits, Crookes givesnodefiniteanswer.liesimply Qssertsthe exist-enceofapsychicforce which canmanifestitself at a.dis-t,ance,without muscular 01'any other visiblecontact,and which maymakevisiblebodiesmove andproduce sound, and whicha.pparentlyhasitssourceinthesoulofmau and is guided by his will. ASociety forPsychicalReflearchhas beenestablished at London in1882.Its objectistostudy tho phenomena of thought-transference,mesmerism,apparitions, hallnted houscs,and.generali;rspeaking,allpsychicphenomena producedby apsychICforce.If wenoticeamongstits members suchnamesasBarrett,Professor ofPhysicsof the Royal College at Dilblin;Balfour StewartProfessor ofPhysics at Manchester;A.DuHourand Jol:n Holland :Members ofthe House ofCommons;SallasProfessor at theRoyalCollege at Bristol,weCRnno longer doubt the SeeHudsonTuttle's Arcana o/Bpiritltalism. importance ofthatSociety.'1'heobjectoftheSociety accordingtoits statutes, isasfollows:' (It)'1'0unitein an organised body. scientistsandporimentorstoaidintheinvestigationofcertainob-Mcurephenomena, commonly called psychicmesmeric and .andtopublishthe resultsr,>fthatinvesti-gation. (h.)T?sell and books Rndpamphlets onPsyc1uesubjects,toassIstexperimentersandsear-chersbycorrespondence,tocollect!lndanalysesuch facts ashavebeenestablishlibraries,reading roomsaudotherJl.ldsforthestudyofpsychicpheno-mena. Note.-To avoidit isexprossly declar-edthat the membershIpofthe SOCiety does not imply the accept.ance anypalticularofthepheno-mena nor anybehef 8Stotheoperation in thephYSICalworld offorcesotherthanthoserecognised byPhysicalScience. 1theMahatmas 01'Adepts ofThibetwouldwishto comecompletely out oftheir retirement,they wouldfind he.reasplendid opportunity tomanifest toustheirpsy-cllle powers.As they are said tobeabletoestablish magnetic thought cUl'rents, sufficiently stronO' to influenco the and to yro?uce Rof ph:nomeua,let them gIveupthedlsdumand sel'emtywithwhichthey havesUlToundedthemselves, if for one day only,and cornu andpowersto spiritswhoJ inspite oftheu' anxIetytobe convlllced,arestillassceptical as theholySaint '1'hol11as. Themysteriousfactsof which seemtobethe result ofaofthesoul, donot datefromto-day,HIstoryfut'nishesabundant evidence in regard to the occult facultiesofhuman oraau-ism.Appolloniusof'fyana.whileinAsiadescribed thedeath oftheEmperor Domitiauatthemomentwhen thewas assassinate.d in ;Plotinus, being away fromI orphyry,felttlJemtentlOnoftho latter to kill him- andwentto his hous.eto.dissuade him;Swedenbol'g, willIe at Gothenbulg,whIchISfiftymiles ftom Stockhollll sawwithhisthought afireinthelatterplacewhicl: came verynear destroyinghis hOllse.' followingisafact,whichrecentlyhappened,A years EugeneS.: .... mateofashipsta tlODedatSeuegal.OnelllghtIusmother,\'esidiogIlt Saint she .saw himi? .0.ship;. she suddenly a.woke,heal"lughuncallmadeSpal1'1ngVOICe,"Milon1 :MilonI"but she didnotsee whatcausedthatcry,alld didnotknowwhethet'itwasherSOILwhocalledor whether it wasoneofthesailorssheSIIWwithhim. Eighteen dayswererequiredtosend aletter toSenegal andanothereighteentoreceiveananswtlr.About eighteendltYsafterthishappened,Mrs.S ......receiv-edaletterfromhersoo,whichcontainedthe following passage: " an officer of a.ship whichhas beensent hOlO,and whIChwasundermycommand,went to take abath inthe ocean"!thoughIhadwarnedhim riottodoso,andhad histhighslacelated by ashark;I had totear Ill' myshirt lmndagehimup,"etc., S ......onhISpart receIvedthe letter whichhis mot.her wrote,a!1dit wenttoshowthat,theveryhour, when thn,tacCIdenthappened,she-bemgtbousltndgofmiles away-perceived what wasoccurring,and evenknewthe name of theunfortunate,-a namewhichshehad never hoardbefore. Aphysician,AdolpheD' Assier,wasled bylllany simi-lar factsto investigatesuch cases,and theresults ofhi!i studiesinduced himtocometotheconclusionthat evcn deathdoes .JJotalwayssuspendtheactionofpsychic force, and hISP08thnmou.'lpublished in 1883 isoneofthe most remarkable books that ever havewritten onthatsubject.He doesnotbelievethatthe ?f hallucination sufficiently explainssuch spectinl appantlOns. as hnve inthe of antiquity as well asdurm.g the MIddle Ages and also1Dmodern times; It See TheoBophist,Reviews,;runeDecember,1884.] 63 hebelieveslike theTheosophistsofIndia inalivingand ethereal form,acounterpartofourexteriorshfipeand ourintel'iororganisation.In acllseofsomnalllbulism, hesays,this er.herealbody sepaeates itself fromthe sleep-ingLody,trawlstoadistanceandproduceswhat is known asthe" double"of'aperson.In casesofsudden death thisphantom ofourselveshas averymarkedexist-euceOfits ownjbecause itistlwnmOl'ealivoandfullof energy,asthosourceofvitality istLeninfullaction at the tillie whon it isformed,D' Assier 8upports hisasset'-tionsbyt,lIeknownfactt.hatnoforceinnaturebecomes annillilated;evcl'ythiugleavesatrace,ovel'yvibration continues forawhile,and theinternalpersonality,which in somnambulic phenottlenamanifestsits!:'],continucs-according to hint-for along time beyondthe gl'ave,'rhe ethel'eal constitutionofsuchphantoms explains itspecu-lim'itiesjfol'instance,the possibility to penetrute withou/; hindl'uncethroughwallsor closeddoors.'rhisappears notmorestrallgethanthefactthathydrogengu'scan penetrate th rough platina, which isametal ofthe greatest density.Butthiswanderingphantom,whichhecalls posthltmOl/.S,this etliel'Oulmouldof ahumunform,hasno eternal Lightand otheragentsdecomposeit gradually;exposedtuthesUIToundiuginfinellcesofthe physicalllndchemicalforcesoftheatmospllere,it ontersatombyatominthe great All jitis,soto say,a fadingecho ofour life,anundulatingandephemerous' r.etlexionof our enelgies.Tothequestion"Didyou ever Beeaphantom?"D' Assier anSWeI'Sbyproducing n.long list ofauthenticated facts.. We mustmoreoverrememberthat one ofthe subjects, which tlw lnglishDociety for psychical researchproposes toiHthat of" haullt.ed houses."As br as Iam concerued, Ishallwait andsee.Posthumousphantoms fLnd trallsillission!> of thought are, after all,uotmol'e surpris-ingthantheekdt'ictelegraph,thephotopltotJu,the phonog'r1lI'handothcr wonderfulthings,which atfirs/; sight.appe:1l'incredible, butwhosediscovcryISduetoa deeper studyofJnlttter.Crookesgivesinhisbookof psychicfOl'cedetailedaccountsofluminonsapparitions ofperolls,arlJwecall notbelievethatsuchagrmtt thill keraudscientistcanbecOllfoundedwiththose charlatan.swhoarepreyingupon the pullliccredulity. Our century,goingtowa.rdsitsend,seems,therefore, inspiteofitspositivistictendencies,tomakean unexpectedturn-nottowardsthewondorrlll-bu/; towards the unknown.'rhe 'rheosophical SoeiGtyinIndia puts beforo ustltegl'eat andeternalqnostionsorsoulalld ofdea,th,undwe that withouttheassistallceoft