Show Woman Uy the Light of Theosophy Apropos of the recent presentation of that remarkable phase of thought i known as Theosophy comes the question ques-tion of its value to the problems of our every day life Does it simply upset old theories Is its mission to break down without replacing newer I and better ideals of life or does it take cognizance of those fundamental fundamentalj truths on which humanity rests and illumining them with a new light shin I ing from the experience of a glorious i past bring out unexpected beauties of j thought and feeling I I As chemistry has demonstrated that I the same ingredient differently com i 1 I I bined produce new and often valuable i I compounds so it seems to me that the I few roottruths on which Theosophy I i rests have a value to our later civil1 I ization I I Among the varied applications of I the law of Karma and Reincarnation I the one that is of interest to women I wo-men is its relation to prenatal life j I I Does it weaken or strengthen family 1 i ties It seems to me that it does add I greatly to the sacredness and responsibility responsi-bility of parentage and respect for the individuality of childlife I i The theory that the soul after its i rest in Derachan just as it is wakening I i waken-ing to the new life which we call birth reviews its past crreer and deliberately j de-liberately selects the conditions which give promise of the possibility of t repairing and atoning for the old mistakes mis-takes and to progress to loftier heights in its onward journey to God That is the babe selects its parents and the tie between parent and childlike I child-like that which should and may unite the husband and wife is purely spiritual spir-itual that strongest of all ties Just as surely that the mothers love provides the clothing for the expected I baby so alsodoes it rest with her to I provide the pure healthy body which I as the new instrument of the soull shall keep or hinder its development I a sacred responsibility The theory that the mothers mentality men-tality during the prenatal period is reflected in the disposition and character char-acter of the child is still an unsettled unset-tled question with our scientific observers ob-servers but the tendency of thought is that the mothers spiritual influence is not so great as has been ascribed to herTwo of the best mothers whom I ever knew whose children rise up and call her blessed told me that so far from believing that their condition was reflected in the child they were distinctly dis-tinctly aware that their own characters charac-ters during pregnancy were modified and took on the traits which were prominent In the childvaryIng with every child The large families of both I were remarkable for their pronounced individuality I The question which arises under the new 1i htis it not possible that the mothers life and capacity for later and better motherhood may be greatly I enriched by more delicate attention to this divine instinct of motherhood I this capacity to understand childhoods nppds and truly to minister unto these little ones Inasmuch as ye have I done it unto the least of these ye have I I done it unto me It is more blessed to give than to receive To those 1 who are denied maternity does not j that theory that the sex of the soul I I determines bodily sex surest that womans mission in life may grow from the smaller family i circle to the wider needs of I the universal brotherhood of humanity hu-manity Lit the new woman of whom so much has been written finds rest for her troubled soul in purifying and assisting those influences which tend to righteousness |