| Show COLONEL H S OLCOTT The Theosophist Who Is Now in the United r States fFor THE SUNDAY HER Copyrighted 3 Colonel Henry S Olcott is an American who has lived abroad for many years He Is president of theTheosophioal society and is in a very scornful mood regarding the excitement over Theosophy coming from Mrs Besants conversion in England to the esoteric doctrine Colonel Olcott is of tho opinion that the English do not understan Theosophy and his only reason for deliver ing l an address there was to vindicate tho memory of his late friend Mme Blavatsky HENRT S OLCOTT who was a performer of miracles Colonel Olcott will spend but a short time in this country He has been many years in India whither he will proceed via Yokohama Theosopby is not exactly understood in this country but regarding it Colonel Olcott spoke before tho Theosopblcal society in i Bombay India and saidWc aim to revive the study of the Veda and an inquiry into ttio alleged latent powers of tho human soul 1V I stated to exist by many thousands of exper I imentalists i in ancient anr times and our ott r nays d n-ays We call upon every man of you and every lover of India to rally around us Choose any man hero of oither of the old I races represented and show us that he is the right man to lead in either branch of I this reformatory movement and i will most I gladly enlist as a common soldier under him Come let us labor together like broth ers for the welfare of our motherland 1 dia Colonel Olcott thus looks upon India aa his mother country instead of America Ho is tho author of work a entitled Theosophy Theo-sophy Religion and Occult Science Ha has delivered several hundred lectures in India and Ceylon and wishes it to bo understood under-stood that the Tbeosophical society has no use for Nihilists dynamiters and Commun ists Anything that sounds mysterious or eastern is agreeable to him His first lec ture ou Theosophy and HPBlavatsky was delivered in New York city on Thursday evening last Admission was free |
