Show HOME FOR THES THE WEAK MINDED MINDE D Df Dc c S f t Ridiculous Ridiculous Ceremonies of Spun Spurious S ri rious ous Theosophists SOUL SaUL TREATMENT FOR F R BABIES a THEY THE BECOME MORE SPIRITUAL BY BT BEING STARVED 4 C AN N DIEGO Cal Dec Dee 23 In the SAN libel suit today the the deposition of Dr Di J A Anderson of ofSan San Francisco Francis o once a member of or the Tingley cabinet was finished Ander Anderson son described his the so 50 society society cl ty of or the lost mysteries He said all aU who vho were present sat on canvas and TV were ere supposed to be tak talc ing ng part in a very ancient ceremony All were dressed in light muslin cos costumes costumes umes and the rite was solemnized in inthe inthe the he open air Describing the initiation Anderson said it consisted chiefly of Mrs Tingley telling of her dog Spot and what the dog had done Then Mrs Tingley ate some fruit which was sup supposed posed to be a very mysterious symbol and a part of the high initiation which was taking place Anderson then told how bow he was made a member of the Or der of the Rising Sun Suna a son of the Rising Sun The chief feature of this Initiation was he said that each can candidate ca held l ld a sunflower There was another order known as the Ancient Order Or er of Scribes which Y I w was very high Part the Dog Played Anderson related in some detail what Mrs Tingley had said about abo t the dog Spot Mrs Tingley he said s id had r re how was very blue blut blu and cast down and had gone to a heap leap of letters n xi the floor and picked pick out oui ou one froth from fr fu Dr Allen Alien Griffin wl ch greatly gI comforted d her herIn herrn t In rn describing the ceremonies onles the de deponent de deponent pon nt said there were a great number numbe I of them In some those who took pat wept v pt about barefoot but they varied so s that it much time to de describe describe describe scribe them Anderson said when Mrs Tingley went to welcome her visitors she wore a large purple robe that gave her a a queenly appearance Describing the sacred costume such as was worn to welcome a bridal couple married at the Dr Anderson said it was w was s something like a skirt but rather longer The one I wore he said was like a wrap belted at the waist Men anc and women wore about the same Carried Carri d All those who took part carried line lime lights in orde to read improvised parts p and responses of or the ceremony which took place at night and was supposed to be one of great antiquity i In reference to the food of the chil children dren the th deponent continued I IThe The little tots t were fed fea principally on bread and milk a suitable food I suppose They seemed to have hae sufficient sufficient dent I am referring to those from 1 to 2 years old There was a class of new babies there Those Mrs Irs Tingley told me she had great trouble with be because because because cause of Dr Woods Mrs Tingleys physician He would not fall into line with her ideas as to food She said he desired to have them fed while she de desired desired desired sired to have them starved first be because because be because cause they could more quickly qui kly kill lUll ou out the lower animal nature in those dren S in Them ey little food d and the doctor do tor protested This she told me directly and person personally personally ally A matter of Discipline As to parents being separated from 1 children Anderson said I know o of one instance in Ia which they were vere sep separated separated sets It was a matter of discipline Parents were permitted to see the their children once in two weeks Of or course there were exceptions but he said tha was the rule Mrs Tingleys reason was that parental favoritism and an l par parental parental parental law interfered with the proper prope development of the children and anti were things to be avoided as much as pos possible possible sible W I Referring to the discipline of chil ChU children children dren Anderson averred She takes away avay their food that Is she orders them away awa from the table and orders them to cease eating If they do any anything anything thing that she does not want that is contrary to the rules I have seen that and know that they were deprived altogether of or a meal meat for the time be being being being ing I did not watch very losely closely be because because because cause it was considered d a matter of ot Impertinence e almost amo t to question her ber on t any of her methods or to observe things t too l J Jd 9 Good d Tor F the Sow Soul 4 Reverting to the fe feeding ding eding of the ba let babies bies Anderson said I 1 was going I through the grounds once with Mrs 4 Tingley W We came to t the te babies and andone andone one ne was only a few days old She vas was explaining her methods starvation A withholding the food She Sh said that in n one case C S she sh withheld the food twan 4 hours The child hild was about 1 year old She said that the childrens 4 lower nature was w wa subdued and azid d broken that hat the quickest way to bring it about was vas to adopt the course of withholding 4 food until the child came to its senses senes seD tS until its soul o l appeared ared 4 In reply to toa a question touching the status tatus of o the institution Uon at Point LoaTh Loma Anderson said 4 it is not a theosophical society at all It is Iii a seceded move movement 4 ment meat from the theosophical society a branch ranch 5 He said he left the th Universal 1 Broth because Mrs Tingley had sub substituted her will for the institution As Asto Asto to writings that had been prepared for publications managed m by Mrs Tingley he 10 said they were rejected by Mrs Tingley because beca se he would not no t acknowledge acknowledge edge her as divine as others did |