Show TIE BIjAVATSKY NONSENCE I From the Nineteenth Century I there were a single barnacle goose left in the Orchaxies L 1 e the Orkey Islands tourists would by this time have given a good account of it There are few countries left now beyond the II reach of steamers or railways and if there is a spot never trodden by an I European foot that IS the very spot which is sure to be fixed upon by some adventurous members of the Alpine club for their next expedition Even Central Asia and Central Africa are no longer safe and hence no doubt the great charm which attaches to a country coun-try like Thibet now almost the only country some parts of which are still closed against European explorers I was in Thibet therefore tat Mme I Blavatsky met her Mahatmas who initiated her in the mysteries of Esoteric Esot-eric v Buddhism Mr Sinnet claims to have followed iI her footsteps but has never described his or her route Of course i Mme Blavatsky and Mr I Sinnet had only told us by what passes they entered Thibet from India at I what stations they halted and in what language they communicated with the Mahatmas In India and Thibet no one would venture to deny The only II doubt Is whether these real Mahatmas I i know or profess to know anything I beyond what they can and what we Ian I-an learn from their sacred literature If so they have only to give tie authorities au-thorities to which they appeal for their esoteric knowledge and we shall know at once whether they are right or wrong Their sacred canon is accessible to us as it is to them and we could therefore there-fore easily to under very asiy come an unde standing with them as to what they mean by Esoteric Buddhism Their sacred sa-cred canon exists in Sanscrit in Chinese Chi-nese and in Thibetan and no sacred sacre canon is so large and has at the same time been so minutely catalogued as that of the Buddhists in India China and TMbet |