| Show I t s 1 1111 OUllI a I r J Modern tbeasoph has btencallai so 1 the younger sister of plrltulllm and III Ia more than probable that It will xplne a late Imllor to that of It I sonlawhat oldr relative At present it endeavors to lose Wits t t > bn Chile Vioulty It claims cnliion as the I boretucal III the uks ol science 1 I ow opening up to view the holy of hall of the psychological world and graspIng grasp-Ing the alleged facts of the grfll nit seen It has assumed a name fsrnlllar to believers since the dsyt ol Jacob Doebme but cirrylng with It no char tc stlc of The spiritual conception of his school Only a brief generation ago spiritualism spiritu-alism or father splrlllsrn a at Us beUht At tile French curl the Lowell Low-ell Medium iloue terformed his experiments ex-periments In the presence of Emperor ISshl CD Lmpreas Eugenics Prince Mursl and others Hi called spirit be Jot were made visible Even the Qrst Napoleon was supposed ti have favored the Imperlsl circle with bland 44cleUCO bl-and given his hand U the ttnptror and tmpreitf to kiss Solon Hall lights joined In this stances Pro letter Crooke undertook to stabo Ins refutation on the genuineness of the experiments of Mfr Corner who want so tr as 10 thRrootaph the alleged spirits Profess Z elluur In Loll z o became converted on1 1 everything thing appeared ti > be favorable for the general recognition of The ruptrstl lous lad But then the retells came Home had Ihe mlsforlunoof being convicted of fraudulent cinduct In a certain lanolsl operatlou and lad IK refund to the heirs 01 n rich widow 0oco shortly afterwards his performances at tit Ieteriburg turned out a compute failure Mr Hlale who had gained considerable Influence In scientific circles oonsentid li It strict Investigation Investiga-tion of his methods but as the time let far this arrived he disappeared from Germany and went to Australia Mrs Career was UeioceJ at n seance ID London aDd her spirit mtnllests IJOB found to be humbug Lgllntou Uusnchen hsda elmlhr experience and was 03m polled to time to ratio Others met with aslmllir fate ant In a abort time the whole movement was held up In Us proper light 1 It appears honevsr that the defeat of spiritism resulted h l Its reiurreo lion In another form Since 1SSO t pub I loitloa has ppeired In Uermtuy as the organ of theosophy According Accord-ing to this the Theosophlsts have two organizations Ju the first all Ibo are gathered In who may ba but Imperfectly I Im-perfectly prepared lor the principles of tbe new faith Tbo Idea Is to gather DlOIi > others the remnants of Ibe scattered ranks splrltlils In order lo lilt them up gradually to the higher plans of theosophy Wild regard to the origin ol this religion It Is I known that It comes train l India Mme lilaVMtaky and Colon1 Henry OlcMt are mentioned as the organizers of the society Through their united ell itto the book IBIS Unveiled was produced 111 Is claimed or this work that It was Inspired I In-spired by deceased celebrities and hat Illsvatsky and 011 only acted go aminuenses to the spllllr Lio calibrated ngllsh philosopher Henry More who died lu 1CS7 and 7ho lu Ills day was an enlhus uitlc aj roeate of 1Jstoj philosophy Is I eaU to have been one of those who prompted prompt-ed title literary production avalsky claimed to have the most Intimate ac iiualntatco With this celebrated pro lessor as Bwedenbor claimed personal per-sonal Interviews with the colebrlllie ot antiquity Thoosophlsts bellevs Ibis and claim that tuoa relations between Ibo living and the dod are the natural neultof famlllarlly with the fads of their higher science lu India and the United States the new dictrlae his found many adherents particularly In the former country where It was found that theosophy borrowed many ot Its tenets from liuJJhlsm It It essentially 11 Irlluallsm In a new form and It will not stand an earnest Investigation Inves-tigation with any more probability of tucctts than that system It must ba condemned from the outset by all who believe that necrimancy Is prohibited by the word of God because of the fact that by attempts tu I communicate communi-cate with Ihe great beyond exospt In the mon prescribed by Uod peoplo ore In great danger of encountering deceiving spirits and of btlng led Into error and 1 dalkneis Instead of Intel go mad Itutb TUosa who have made theosophy the subject of a critical Investigation re I oognln In It the rationalistic tendencies tenden-cies everywhere visible where the Lhrlstlai religion Is subjected to refining processes of 1 more human wisdom Us great principle li I rom UoJ to UA11 Ol I the foundation of the recognition of the Image UoJ In man Immortality and the necessity ol a return lo Uod on the line of ethical l prluiilpltn Ibo system Is I lulU But tuete are not new principles The new arrangement Is the union of these with the ancient doctrine of eIL iarnatlouand the belief thst ihooiopt Is I the highest form of religion all others being regarded equally good or I equally bd Its ootcpllon eJeoln lug Jesus may bo understood from a > ajlngol Ann JleUU Ychs7 tb < Christie of the HluJoos OLd their JluUIha D Jib Christ of the ObrUtUnr tut they an all the repeated IntUnces of tbo out truth That I laces tbe I davlor ol 1 tin ctlj I ou a level I with the fouodois oi iclool rtlliikui systems no lower I and no higher I old so say that lie poor Ideas ol 1 I IJ I rationalism even when coootes will I the uucirlaln speculations of a meta t ibjilcl nature are tbllrely Inade luate to The needs it manklnt Tin alleged mlislon of tbeooo by to bo a i protest the world against the Mt lines ot materialism and raturallln Issureiflu J ue since the vole ot rave Ilion bas bum beard and the Spirit o Lila Almighty hall eon promise I in all I who will omply wIts I e tectulle me nls I ol ItieOotii |
