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    "Protogonos" is a Theosophical publication I put out in 42 numbers between 1987 until 2001. The word Protogonos is Greek for "first born" in terms of manifestation or emanation from the Divine or any local hierarchy. The original is illustrated with pen and ink drawings and formats differ. The "Contents" is at the head of the file, and an Index is at the end. The addresses for the mag. are defunct. It is not copyrighted.

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    "Protogonos" is a Theosophical publication I put out in 42 numbers between 1987 until 2001. The word Protogonos is Greek for "first born" in terms of manifestation or emanation from the Divine or any local hierarchy. The original is illustrated with pen and ink drawings and formats differ. The "Contents" is at the head of the file, and an Index is at the end. The addresses for the mag. are defunct. It is not copyrighted.

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    Protogonos

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    "Protogonos" is a Theosophical publication I put out in 42 numbers between 1987 until 2001. The word Protogonos is Greek for "first born" in terms of manifestation or emanation from the Divine or any local hierarchy. The original is illustrated with pen and ink drawings and formats differ. The "Contents" is at the head of the file, and an Index is at the end. The addresses for the mag. are defunct. It is not copyrighted.

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    PROTOGONOS

    - A Theosophical publication published in 42 issues from 1987 - 2001


    - Edited by Mar !a"ua
    Protogonos Contents
    #1 Contents: What is Truth - Blavatsky.....; Mutual Tolerance......; The Face on Mars.....;
    Fear, The Great Destroyer......; n Channelin!.....; "e# $urucker Books....; The Ge% an&
    Blavatsky
    '''''''''''''''
    #( Contents: The )ast Theocracy.....; *+anish Boy is )a%a.....; ,s Theoso+hy a -eli!ion. -
    Blavatsky........; /sin! 0a1it Force.....; 2*urvival o3 the Fittest2 - Blavatsky......; 2Dark
    Matter2......
    ''''''''''''''
    #4 Contents: n Channelin!......; "e# 5u&!e Book.....; 6ctive $atience - Martyn
    Witter.........; Full Moon 7+oe%8 .....; Cre%ation....; First Mass Mailer....; Theoso+hical
    Branches - 5u&!e.........
    '''''''''''''
    #9 Contents: 6 Co%+arison o3 )ea&1eater:s The Chakras #ith Blavatsky.....; The
    ;ncyclo+e&ic Theoso+hical Glossary....
    ''''''''''''''
    #< Contents: The $seu&o-ccultis% o3 Mrs. 6. Bailey - Cleather, Cru%+......; 6ncient
    Manuscri+ts 3ro% the Go1i.....; n Truth.....
    ''''''''''''''
    #= Contents: The $rayer o3 "ature 7+oe%8....; ur Greatest "ee& - Ben>a%in ....; ?atherine
    Tin!ley as , ?ne# 0er - &e @irko33.....; The $racticality o3 Brotherhoo& - Mo TAu ......;
    /n%erite& *u33erin! - $urucker ......; ,ts the $rinci+le o3 the Thin! - $lu%%er ....; The r&eal
    o3 Ti1et .....; The ?eely Motor ......; )evitation o3 *tone Blocks in Ti1et....; $oints o3
    ,nterest....; Centri3u!al Theoso+hy....; ,s Theoso+hy l&-Fashione&. ......
    '''''''''''''
    #B Contents: 0. $. Blavatsky an& the ne# $hysics - Boris &e @irko33........; *cience an&
    Theoso+hy.........; Why , "ever Tick o33 a Waitress.........; Theoso+hical 0istory.......; ?ar%ic
    Threa&s Fro% )i3e to )i3e - *ava!e, $urucker......; 0$B:s 2Gran& Manner2.......
    '''''''''''''
    #C C"T;"T*: n&ra 7+oe%8 - )e!ros.....; Glo1e D, Forth -oun&, ?ali Du!a........; Mystic
    ;E+eriences - ;n&ers1y ......; *cience an& Theoso+hy .......; "o1el $riAe 3or Dalai
    )a%a .......; Theoso+hical 0istory ........; Ma!ic an& the 6ustralian 61ori!ines .....; Book
    -evie#s ....; Theoso+hists vs. "ice $eo+le ........; $oints o3 ,nterest ......; 6nan&a, cela
    7+oe%8 - -ose.....; Doctrine an& Do!%a.....
    ''''''''''''
    #F C"T;"T*: *u+erhu%an ?in!&o%s .....; Conservation Thera+y ........; *tru!!le an&
    Coo+eration - G.&e$ ......; )ies - Blavatsky ......; $an!aea an& 6tlantis .....; *+iritual
    ;E+eriences - -ose .......; 6,D* ......; $oints o3 ,nterest .......; Theoso+hists an& Books -
    Barker .....; Ter%s 3or Dhyan Chohans .....
    '''''''''''
    #1G C"T;"T*: The Critical *+irit., Blavatsky; 6 Fe# Basic ,&eas, $lu%%er; 5esus as
    6vatar., ;kins; ccult 6s+ects o3 Consciousness, 5aHua; Book -evie#s: $ro3oun& Writin!s,
    Dar#in Dea&.; )etters; $urucker on -e+ro&uction; $oints o3 ,nterest
    '''''''''''
    #11 Contents: *o%e /n+u1lishe& 0istory - ;n&ers1y, Theoso+hy Is. "eo-Theoso+hy, ;tc.
    ''''''''''
    #1( Contents: Blavatsky on Bu&&his%; Doctrines on the Moon; $oints o3 ,nterest; n
    $ersonal Con&e%nation; -evie# - 6t 0o%e With the ,nner *el3; "e# Tao-Te Chin!
    Manuscri+t; )etter - Blavatsky:s Bu&&his% an& Besant:s 0in&uis%
    '''''''''''
    #14 C"T;"T*: Thou!hts on the *u1-Conscious Min& - $lu%%er; The Gulls 7verse8 -
    )eGros; The $oet - ;%erson; ,&eas; Mastery 7verse8 - Teas&ale
    '''''''''''
    #19 C"T;"T*: Ti1etan Doctrine o3 Tulku - $urucker; 5u&!e Huotes; To Dissi+ate the
    *ha&o# - Machell; *tri++e& o3 *urroun&in!s
    '''''''''''
    #1< C"T;"T*: (1st Century $oses a Glo1al Challen!e - *olAhenitsyn; @onke& on 6n!els
    - Carter; The ,%+ortance o3 the Trivial - *tokes; -evie#s: Dea& *ea *crolls /ncovere&,
    ;%1race& 1y the )i!ht; $oints o3 ,nterest; )a#s o3 0ar%onious )ivin!; *+eculations on the
    )ast-Juarter Messen!er
    ''''''''''
    #1= C"T;"T*: 6 Iision - ;n&ers1y; 0ar&ene& *inners K 0ar&ene& *aints - *tokes;
    What is Truth. - $urucker; 5ohnson:s Book on the Masters - 5aHua; Tal1ot Mun&y
    6+horis%s; Chelas an& 0u%an Bein!s - )eGros; $oints o3 ,nterest;
    '''''''''''
    #1B C"T;"T*: 0elena $etrovna Blavatsky 7verse8 - Morris; *iE Great *chools o3 the
    6ncients - $urucker; ,&eal an& the 6ctual - 0arris; Force o3 Conviction - 5u&!e; Century
    Cycles - Mackey; $rolo!ue to a *tu&y o3 Death - *%all; -evie#s: "ine-0ea&e& Dra!on
    -iver, The Celestine $ro+hecy, )ila-6n ,nHuiry into Morals; The *eE Juestion - 5aHua; The
    -eli!ion o3 the Future; $oints o3 ,nterest; )etters; "otes 3ro% 5u&!e
    ''''''''''
    #1C C"T;"T*: Gol&en Chalice 7verse8 - G. C. )eGros; Who 6re the Mahat%as.; )ast
    Chan!e o3 ;arth:s 6Eis; The )i!ht o3 Darin! in the 0eart - Wheeler; Ca+turin! a Worl& With
    ,&eas - $urucker; 0in&u *cri+tures *+eak on 61ortion - 0i%alayan 6ca&e%y; *iouE Mystic
    Warriors - 5aHua; -evie#: The )ast 6&venturer: The )i3e o3 Tal1ot Mun&y; $oints o3 ,nterest;
    *o%e Ii&eos; )etters; The $oor - Blavatsky; Chain -eaction
    ''''''''''''''
    #1F C"T;"T*: 6 "e%esis 7verse8 - Mun&y; ur Thou!hts, ur ;arth - -o11; 6 0ero:
    )inus $aulin! - Car+enter; )etters to 6 Frien&: ConHuerin! the *el3 - *%all; Destroyin!
    Delusion - Morris; "ative 6%ericans an& -eincarnation - Mo33ett; -;I,;W*: Gnostic an&
    Mystical Theoso+hy, *y%+osiu% on *ecret Doctrine; )etters; $oints o3 ,nterest; Books
    ''''''''''''''
    #(G C"T;"T*: The Ma!ic ,ncantation o3 *an-Fun-0o 7verse8 - Mun&y; Within - 6&
    ,n3initu% - W.;.*.; The $ersonal Go& Conce+t; The Theolo!ical $ro1le% - Mitchell; Bach:s
    Fu!ue in D Minor - 6n ,nter+retation - Morris; Theoso+hy 3or Be!inners - -eincarnation;
    $oints o3 ,nterest; -e+rinte&: Theoso+hy Is. "eo-Theoso+hy; )etters; -evie#s: Devils;
    Des+erate 5ourneys, 61an&one& *ouls; ;n&urance: *hakleton:s ,ncre&i1le Ioya!e; 6lone;
    The *cience o3 "ature; Ioya!e to 6cturus; ur ;arth; Mental *lavery - Blavatsky
    '''''''''''
    #(1 C"T;"T*: Work o3 the T* ......$urucker; Discretion, Corres+on&ence, 6ltruis%
    .....-o11; *hocks.......Morris; Black%ail.....Mun&y; 6re 6ll Theoso+hists De%ons......5aHua;
    -evie#: Ma&a%e Blavatsky:s Ba1oon .....; -evie#: *%ithsonian.....; )etters.....; $oints o3
    ,nterest .....; The *tru!!le 3or *urvival.....Blavatsky Juotes
    ''''''''''''

    #(( C"T;"T*: The 20i!her *el32 - )au&ahn.......; 6 $ath With "o Tracks -
    ?ana&alavala......; $oleshi3ts - $ratt......; -. -o11 res+onse to $ratt.......; The 6Eis an&
    Meteorites........; The Mass Min& - Cul1ertson.......; 6l!eo on The Masters -eveale&.........;
    ,nstinct - ;. 6llan $oe......; Why 4=G De!rees. - $lu%%er........; $ara&oEes..........; This
    an& That.........; $oints o3 ,nterest......
    '''''''''''
    #(4 C"T;"T*: Man, ,n3inite in ;ssence....;&!e; 6ca&e%ic ?no#le&!e K
    Theoso+hy .....Wane ?ell; "e# Tal1ot Mun&y Book - The )a%a:s )a#.....; Fashiona1le
    Theoso+hy. ......D.;.; 6 Collection o3 Masks ....?an&alavala; -evie#: Miss M; 6Eis *hi3ts,
    Meteorites, -o11, $ratt, Fru%, etc.; Meteoric Dust ......$ratt; $urucker on $sychis%....
    '''''''''''''
    #(9 C"T;"T*: n 5u&!e .......&e @irko33; Why 2Theoso+hy2......$urucker; n the
    $oor......-.-; n the $oor Too......5.5.; Theoso+hical Ioca1ulary....T.G.D.; Tantra K 0atha-
    Do!a......0.$.B.; The ;arth.....la3 *ta+le&on; ?ar%a "o# an& ?ar%a Then ....5.5.;
    Teacher an& Frien&.....5. 0. Fussell; )etters
    ''''''''''''
    #(< C"T;"T*: -i!hts, Duties, $rivile!es ;&!e; Da#n - 6 Messa!e 3or
    1FF=....Theoso+hical Move%ent; The $erverse in 0u%an "ature.....$oe; 2Goin!
    GhaAi2..........)o#ell Tho%as; Juantu% )evels o3 ;rror an& Iirtue....Daha; $er+etual
    Fla%es.....-o11; Will ;very1o&y Make ,t
    ''''''''''''''
    #(= C"T;"T*: The ;a!le an& the Mole 7verse8.....Wylie; The Three $aths.......;&!e;
    *asHuatch *i!htin!s.....5aHua; Future o3 the White -ace......5aHua; .;. )i1rary Critic on
    6lice Bailey.....5aHua; 6t 0o%e #ith the ,nner *el3......Burns; )au&ahn on Burns;
    Greschner on Burns; 6ccounts o3 Giants.....-o11; Ii&eos; Bri&ey Mur+hy Dea&; 20it 1y
    )i!htnin! Convention2; /nsun! 6s Det 7verse8....Mun&y
    ''''''''''''
    #(B C"T;"T*: Declaration o3 the Free 7verse8.....,n!ersoll; 6%1ition Is.
    6ttain%ent......)e!ros; Means K ;n&s.....?.0.; Brah%a, Iishnu, *iva......*%all; Mark T#ain
    on Tele+athy; Dalai )a%a on "on-Iiolence; *ynthesiAin! Trian!les; -eason an&
    -eli!ion, ,n!ersoll; Books -eceive&; )etters
    '''''''''''''
    #(C C"T;"T*: *;)F 7verse8.....0u%+hreys; Book o3 DAyan -esearch -e+ort.....-ei!le;
    -evie#: The Theoso+hical ;nli!hten%ent; )etters; The *ilent an& Desolate )an&; ;arly
    Mornin! Thou!hts ,,.....6rcher; -evie#: The White Bu&&hist; ,ncorro&i1le Brass.....0.T.
    ;&!e
    '''''''''''''
    #(F C"T;"T*: ur ;!o:s )a%ent 7verse8......6iken; ,s the Desire to )ive
    *el3ish.......Blavatsky; Fossils......-o11; 2Go&2......$urucker; /nion-,n&eE to
    Theoso+hical 5ournals......akley; )etters to a *tu&ent ,,,......."ie%an&; T#o in ne
    7verse8........Daha; -eal Me%ory........Cros1y; The -hino.......Mun&y; Duty, Death o3
    0a1it......?an&alavala
    ''''''''''''
    #4G C"T;"T*: The Carnal *oul 7verse8.....-u%i; Goo& Works....Blavatsky; n
    2Mana!in!2 $eo+le......Theoso+hy; 26ll are ,nsane 1ut Me an& Thee..2......$o!ue;
    Blavatsky on -itual an& Cere%ony; 6 Chinese "ostra&a%us......-o11; -eli!ious Belie3 o3
    )incoln.....,n!ersoll; Marria!e o3 )ove an& Truth.....$o!ue; Dates.....Theoso+hy;
    63ter#or&: The Whole 0u%an -ace....T#ain
    '''''''''''''
    #41 C"T;"T*: -.,.$. 7verse8.....Morris; What is the *el3.....;&!e; n the Decay o3
    the 6rt o3 )yin!......Mark T#ain; *o%e -an&o% Thou!hts; *uici&e is "ot
    Death.......5u&!e; Will K Desire.......?an&alavala; Con3erences; The *aint o3 the 6n&es;
    -uins o3 Baal1ec....T#ain
    ''''''''''
    #4( C"T;"T*: Juotes: $urucker, Mun&y; Who are the To&as......5oHuel; To *tan&
    6lone.....;n&ers1y; *ecret Doctrine Con3erences; Iarious K *un&ry: Christian roots,
    Drui&s, ,n&ian %oun&s; -an&o% Thou!hts; Ca+ital $unish%ent.....5u&!e
    ''''''''''
    #44 Contents: @en *tory; The *in o3 -etaliation.......Beres3or&; Moun& Buil&er
    Giants.......-o11; The Face in the Woo&.....$ercival; Books; The )i1eration o3
    *el3......*a&at; n ccultis%....Blavatsky; /nite& Det ,n&e+en&ent......;&!e; *cra+1ook
    1G
    '''''''''
    #49 Contents: "octurne 7verse8....)e!ros; The Cross o3 ,nitiation....Ben>a%in; The ,nvisi1le
    61ori!ine.....Bur&ick; Blavatsky on the 61ori!ines; -evie# - *cienti3ic Corro1orations o3
    Theoso+hy; Dalai )a%a "o )on!er *eek ,n&e+en&ence 3or Ti1et
    '''''''''''
    #4< Contents: *o%e Thou!hts on Bu&&his%....Cru%+; *u1#ays are 3or *lee+in!.....)ove;
    -evie#s: ;%erson 6%on! the ;ccentrics; *o%e Theoso+hical Writin!s 7;&!e8; Mason K
    DiEon 7$ynchon8; Ii&eos: Dark City; Brah%a 7verse8......;%erson; Marria!e o3 )ove K
    Truth.....$o!ue
    ''''''''''''
    #4= C"T;"T*: 0o# Much )an& &oes a Man "ee&.......Tolstoy; 2*lick )ies2.....Tillet;
    -evie#: Close ;ncounters o3 the Fourth ?in&; "e# Book: The Works an& ,n3luence o3 0.$.
    Blavatsky Con3erence $a+ers
    '''''''''''
    #4B Contents: The )etter.....;n&ers1y; The *un:s :D#eller: Discovere&......5aHua;
    2ne *el32.....Blavatsky; The *+hinE.....Carlyle; Costa -ica:s "e!lecte& *tone *+heres;
    BronAe 6!e ;uro+eans -e+orte&ly Iisit ntario; *tray Thou!hts; -;I,;W: Blavatsky:s
    *ecret Books.....$elletier; Books; $assin! o3 ).G. $lu%%er
    '''''''''''''
    #49 Contents: The Mauryas o3 ,n&ia - ?enneth Morris..... The *unLs MD#ellerN
    Discovere&. - 6!ain....... -evie#: The Autobio#raphy of a Tibetan Mon$$$$$$$$$ -evie#: The
    %no& 'eopard.......N*eahen!eN Date&
    ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
    #4F Contents: *i1erian 6ntiuities; .....6n l& Book;.....Fi!urine Foun& 4GG Foot in
    ;arth;.....Theoso+hical 0istory;.....?enneth Morris: (rest-)a*e of E*olution;..... Manas
    -e+rint;....Tal1ot Mun&y;.... Blavatsky 6rchives nline;.... "e# Blavatsky Book;..... Books;....
    $anchen )a%a *till ,%+risone& 1y China
    ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
    # 40 Contents: What 61out $urucker:s 2"e# Teachin!s.2 .................... ?enneth Morris; 0.$.
    Blavatsky:s %tyle - 2The ?nout2 .......................; /nreco!niAe& ;le%ents o3
    Disor&er ....................... )y&ia -oss; Books an& CDs ...................; Tal1ot Mun&y
    CD ...................; n the We1...........
    ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
    # 41 Contents: n 2Go&N2..... (; Co%+uters......C; $ryse an& 6; ......11; Fro% 6.;. ..............
    14; The *+ell ..... 19; Tra!e&y.... 1<; $riest or 0ero. ...... 1<; 6 "ote on Bet#een-ness ..... 1F;
    Books ... (G
    ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
    # 42 Contents: *el3ishness....see& o3 &estruction......1; 2Muta1ility2............ 1;
    Deo%ocray......... 9; -evie#: Ama Adhe+ The ,oice that -emembers$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ C;
    Theoso+hy an& 6rt.............. 1G; Theoso+hy on CD................. 19; The 6nt, 1y Mark
    T#ain............... 1<
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    Contents:
    What is Truth - Blavatsky.....; Mutual Tolerance......; The Face on Mars.....; Fear, The
    Great Destroyer......; Channelin!.....; "e# $urucker Books....; The .em an& Blavatsky
    "WHAT IS TRUTH?"
    2What is truth.2 aske& $ilate. o3 one #ho, i3 the clai%s o3 the Christian Church are
    even a++roEi%ately correct, %ust have kno#n it. But he ke+t silent. 6n& the truth #hich 0e
    &i& not &ivul!e re%aine& unreveale&, 3or his later 3ollo#ers as %uch as 3or the -o%an
    Governor. The silence o3 5esus, ho#ever, on this an& other occasions, &oes not +revent his
    +resent 3ollo#ers 3ro% actin! as thou!h they ha& receive& the ulti%ate an& a1solute Truth
    itsel3, an& 3ro% i!norin! the 3act that only such Wor&s o3 Wis&o% ha& 1een !iven the% as
    containe& a share o3 the truth, itsel3 conceale& in +ara1les an& &ark, thou!h 1eauti3ul,
    sayin!s. O
    This +olicy le& !ra&ually to &o!%atis% an& assertion. Do!%atis% in churches, &o!%atis%
    in science, &o!%atis% every#here. The +ossi1le truths, haAily +erceive& in the #orl& o3
    a1stractions, like those in3erre& 3ro% o1servation an& eE+eri%ent in the #orl& o3 %atter, are
    3orce& u+on the +ro3ane %ultitu&es, too 1usy to think 3or the%selves, un&er the 3or% o3 Diine
    ree!"tion an& S#ienti$i# "%t&orit'. But the sa%e Huestion stan&s o+en 3ro% the &ays o3
    *ocrates an& $ilate &o#n to our o#n a!e o3 #holesale ne!ation: is there such a thin! as
    a1solute truth in the han&s o3 any one +arty or %an. -eason ans#ers, 2there cannot 1e.2
    There is no roo% 3or "(so!%te tr%t& u+on any su1>ect #hatsoever, in a #orl& as 3inite an&
    con&itione& as %an is hi%sel3 But there are relative truths, an& #e have to %ake the 1est #e
    can o3 the%.
    ,n every a!e there have 1een *a!es #ho ha& %astere& the a1solute an& yet coul& teach
    1ut relative truths. For none yet, 1orn o3 %ortal #o%an in our race, has, or coul& have !iven
    out, the #hole an& 3inal truth to another %an, 3or every one o3 us has to 3in& that 7to hi%8 3inal
    kno#le&!e in hi%sel3 6s no t#o %in&s can 1e a1solutely alike, each has to receive the
    su+re%e illu%ination t&ro%g& itsel3, accor&in! to its ca+acity, an& 3ro% no hu%an li!ht. The
    !reatest a&e+t livin! can reveal o3 the /niversal truth only so %uch as the %in& he is
    i%+ressin! it u+on can assi%ilate, an& no %ore. Tot homines+ a"uot sententiae - - is an
    i%%ortal truis%. The sun is one, 1ut its 1ea%s are nu%1erless; an& the e33ects +ro&uce& are
    1ene3icent or %ale3icent, accor&in! to the nature an& constitution o3 the o1>ects they shine
    u+on. $olarity is universal, 1ut the +olariAer lies in our o#n consciousness, ,n +ro+ortion as
    our consciousness is elevate& to#ar&s a1solute truth, so &o #e %en assi%ilate it %ore or less
    a1solutely. But %an:s consciousness a!ain, is only the sun3lo#er o3 the earth. )on!in! 3or the
    #ar% ray, the +lant can only turn to the sun, an& %ove roun& an& roun& in 3ollo#in! the
    course o3 the unreacha1le lu%inary: its roots kee+ it 3ast to the soil, an& hal3 its li3e is +asse&
    in the sha&o#.
    *till each o3 us can relatively reach the *un o3 Truth even on this earth, an& assi%ilate its
    #ar%est an& %ost &irect rays, ho#ever &i33erentiate& they %ay 1eco%e a3ter their lon!
    >ourney throu!h the +hysical +articles in s+ace.. To achieve this, there are t#o %etho&s. n
    the +hysical +lane #e %ay use our %ental +olarisco+e; an&, analyAin! the +ro+erties o3 each
    ray, choose the +urest. n the +lane o3 s+irituality, to reach the *un o3 Truth #e %ust #ork in
    &ea& earnest 3or the &evelo+%ent o3 our hi!her nature. We kno# that 1y +aralyAin! !ra&ually
    #ithin ourselves the a++etites o3 the lo#er +ersonality, an& there1y &ea&enin! the voice o3 the
    +urely +hysiolo!ical %in& - that %in& #hich &e+en&s u+on, an& is inse+ara1le 3ro%, its
    %e&iu% or *ehicle, the or!anic 1rain - the ani%al %an
    --- (
    in us %ay %ake roo% 3or the s+iritual; an& once arouse& 3ro% its latent state, the hi!hest
    s+iritual senses an& +erce+tions !ro# in us in +ro+ortion, an& &evelo+ pari passu #ith the
    2&ivine %an.2 This is #hat the !reat a&e+ts, the Do!is in the ;ast an& the Mystics in the West,
    have al#ays &one an& are still &oin!.
    But #e also kno# that #ith a 3e# eEce+tions, no %an o3 the #orl&, no %aterialist, #ill ever
    1elieve in the eEistence o3 such a&e+ts, or even in the +ossi1ility o3 such s+iritual an& +sychic
    &evelo+%ent. 2The 7ancient8 3ool hath sai& in his heart, there is no Go&2; the %o&e% says,
    2There are no a&e+ts on earth, they are 3i!%ents o3 your &isease& 3ancy.2
    ... ,t thus 3ollo#s that, thou!h 2!eneral abstract truth is the %ost +recious o3 all 1lessin!s2
    3or %any o3 us, as it #as 3or -ousseau, #e have, %ean#hile, to 1e satis3ie& #ith relative
    truths. ,n so1er 3act, #e are a +oor set o3 %ortals at 1est, ever in &rea& 1e3ore the 3ace o3
    even a relative truth, lest it shoul& &evour ourselves an& our +etty little +reconce+tions alon!
    #ith us. 6s 3or an a1solute truth, %ost o3 us are as inca+a1le o3 seein! it as o3 reachin! the
    %oon on a 1icycle. Firstly, 1ecause a1solute truth is as i%%ova1le as the %ountain o3
    Moha%%e&, #hich re3use& to &istur1 itsel3 3or the +ro+het, so that he ha& to !o to it hi%sel3
    6n& #e have to 3ollo# his eEa%+le i3 #e #oul& a++roach it even at a &istance. *econ&ly,
    1ecause the kin!&o% o3 a1solute truth is not o3 this #orl&, #hile #e are too %uch o3 it. 6n&
    thir&ly, 1ecause not#ithstan&in! that in the +oet:s 3ancy %an is

    2.....the a1stract
    3 all +er3ection, #hich the #ork%anshi+
    3 heaven hath %o&ele& ......2
    in reality he is a sorry 1un&le o3 ano%alies an& +ara&oEes, an e%+ty #in&1a! in3late& #ith his
    o#n i%+ortance, #ith contra&ictory an& easily in3luence& o+inions. 0e is at once an arro!ant
    an& #eak creature, #hich, thou!h in constant &rea& o3 so%e authority, terrestrial or celestial,
    #ill yet-
    2....like an an!ry a+e,
    $lay such 3antastic tricks 1e3ore hi!h 0eaven
    6s %ake the an!els #ee+.2
    "o#, since truth is a %ulti3ace& >e#el, the 3acets o3 #hich it is i%+ossi1le to +erceive all at
    once; an& since, a!ain, no t#o %en, ho#ever anEious to &iscern truth, can see even one o3
    those 3acets alike, #hat can 1e &one to hel+ the% to +erceive it. 6s +hysical %an, li%ite& an&
    tra%%ele& 3ro% every si&e 1y illusions, cannot reach truth 1y the li!ht o3 his terrestrial
    +erce+tions, #e say - &evelo+ in you the inner kno#le&!e. Fro% the ti%e #hen the Del+hic
    oracle sai& to the enHuirer 2Man, kno# thysel3,2 no !reater or %ore i%+ortant truth #as ever
    tau!ht. Without such a +erce+tion, %an #ill re%ain ever 1lin& to even %any a relative, let
    alone a1solute, truth. Man has to )no* &i+se!$, i.e., acHuire the inner +erce+tions #hich
    never &eceive, 1e3ore he can %aster any a1solute truth. 61solute truth is the symbol of
    Eternity, an& no $inite %in& can ever !ras+ the eternal, hence, no truth its 3ullness can ever
    &a#n u+on it. To reach the state &urin! #hich %an sees an& senses it, #e have to +aralyAe
    the sense o3 the eEternal %an o3 clay. This is a &i33icult task, #e %ay 1e tol&, an& %ost +eo+le
    #ill, at this rate, +re3er to re%ain satis3ie& #ith relative truths, no &ou1t. But to a++roach even
    terrestrial truths reHuires, 3irst o3 all, love o3 truth 3or its o#n sake, 3or other#ise no reco!nition
    o3 it #ill 3ollo#. 6n& #ho loves truth in this a!e 3or its o#n sake. 0o# %any o3 us are +re+are&
    to search 3or, acce+t, an& carry it out, in the %i&st o3 a society in #hich anythin! that #oul&
    achieve success &"s to (e (%i!t on ",,e"r"n#es- not on re"!it'- on se!$."ssertion. not on
    intrinsi# "!%e? We are 3ully a#are o3 the &i33iculties in the #ay o3 receivin! truth. The 3air
    heavenly %ai&en &escen&s only on a 7to her8 con!enial soil - the soil o3 an i%+artial,
    un+re>u&ice& %in&, illu%inate& 1y +ure *+iritual Consciousness; an& 1oth are truly rare
    &#ellers in civiliAe& lan&s. ,n our century ... #hen %an lives at a %a&&enin! s+ee& that leaves
    hi% 1arely ti%e 3or re3lection, he allo#s hi%sel3 usually to 1e &ri3te& &o#n 3ro% cra&le to
    !rave, naile& to the $rocrustean 1e& o3 custo% an& conventionality. "o# conventionality -
    +ure an& si%+le - is a con!enital ),;, as it is in every case a 2si+%!"tion o3 3eelin!s
    accor&in! to a receive& stan&ar&2 7F.W. -o1ertsons &e3inition8; an& #here there is any
    si%ulation there cannot be any truth. 0o# +ro3oun& the re%ark %a&e 1y Byron, that 2truth is a
    !e% that is 3oun& at a !reat &e+th; #hilst on the sur3ace o3 this #orl& all thin!s are #ei!he& 1y
    the 3alse scales o3 #%sto+,2 is 1est kno#n 1y
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    those #ho are 3orce& to live in the sti3lin! at%os+here o3 such social conventionalis%, an&
    #ho, even #hen #illin! an& anEious to learn, &are not acce+t the truths they lon! 3or, 3or 3ear
    o3 the 3erocious Moloch calle& *ociety.
    )ook aroun& you rea&er; stu&y the accounts !iven 1y #orl& kno#n travelers, recall the
    >oint o1servations o3 literary thinkers, the &ata o3 science an& o3 statistics, Dra# the +icture o3
    %o&ern society, o3 %o&e% +olitics, o3 %o&ern reli!ion an& %o&e% li3e in !eneral 1e3ore your
    %in&:s eye. -e%e%1er the #ays an& custo%s o3 every culture& race an& nation un&er the
    sun. 1serve the &oin!s an& the %oral attitu&e o3 +eo+le in the civiliAe& centres o3 ;uro+e,
    6%erica, an& even o3 the 3ar ;ast.... every#here #here the #hite %an has carrie& the
    21ene3its2 o3 so-calle& civiliAation. 6n& no#, havin! +asse& in revie# all this, +ause an&
    re3lect, an& then na%e, i$ 'o% #"n, that 1lesse& Eldorado, that eEce+tional s+ot on the !lo1e,
    *&ere TRUTH is t&e &ono%re/ g%est- "n/ 0I1 "n/ SHA2 t&e ostr"#i3e/ o%t#"sts? D/
    C6""T. "or can anyone else, unless he is +re+are& an& &eter%ine& to a&& his %ite to the
    %ass o3 3alsehoo& that rei!ns su+re%e in every &e+art%ent o3 national an& social li3e. 2TruthP2
    crie& Carlyle, 2truth, thou!h the heavens crush %e 3or 3ollo#in! her, no 3alsehoo&, thou!h a
    #hole celestial )u11erlan& #ere the +riAe o3 6+ostasy.2 "o1le #or&s, these. But ho# %any
    think an& ho# %any #ill &are to s+eak as Carlyle &i&, in our... &ay. Does not the !i!antic
    a++allin! %a>ority +re3er to a %an the 2+ara&ise o3 &o-nothin!s,2 the pays de (oca#ne o3
    heartless sel3ishness. ,t is this %a>ority that recoils terror-stricken 1e3ore the %ost sha&o#y
    outline o3 every ne# an& un+o+ular truth, out o3 %ere co#ar&ly 3ear, lest Mrs. 0arris shoul&
    &enounce, an& Mrs. Grun&y con&e%n, its converts to the torture o3 1ein! rent +iece-%eal 1y
    her %ur&erous ton!ue.
    *;)F,*0";**, the 3irst-1orn o3 ,!norance, an& the 3ruit o3 the teachin! #hich asserts that
    3or ever ne#ly-1orn in3ant a ne# soul, separate and distinct 3ro% the /niversal *oul, is
    2create&2 - this *el3ishness is the i%+assa1le #all 1et#een the ,erson"! *el3 an& The Truth.
    ,t is the +roli3ic %other o3 all hu%an vices, 0ie 1ein! 1orn out o3 the necessity 3or &isse%1lin!,:
    an& H',o#r"#' out o3 the &esire to %ask 0ie. ,t is the 3un!us !ro#in! an& stren!thenin! #ith
    a!e in every hu%an heart in #hich it has &evoure& all 1etter 3eelin!s. *el3ishness kills every
    no1le i%+ulse in our natures, an& is the one &eity, 3earin! no 3aithlessness or &esertion 3ro%
    its votaries. 0ence, #e see it rei!n su+re%e in the #orl& an& in so-calle& 3ashiona1le society.
    6s a result, #e live, an& %ove, an& have our 1ein! in this !o& o3 &arkness un&er his trinitarian
    as+ect o3 *ha%, 0u%1u!, an& Falsehoo&, calle& -;*$;CT6B,),TD.
    ...... To su% u+ the i&ea, #ith re!ar& to a1solute an& relative truth, #e can only re+eat
    #hat #e sai& 1e3ore. /utside a certain hi#hly spiritual and ele*ated state of mind+ durin#
    &hich Man is at one &ith the 012,E-%A' M213 - he can #et nou#ht on earth but relati*e
    truth+ or truths+ from &hatsoe*er philosophy or reli#ion$ . Were even the !o&&ess #ho &#ells
    at the 1otto% o3 the #ell to issue 3ro% her +lace o3 con3ine%ent, she coul& !ive %an no %ore
    than he can assi%ilate. Mean#hile, every one can sit near that #ell - the na%e o3 #hich is
    ?no#le&!e an& !aAe into its &e+ths in the ho+e o3 seein! Truth:s 3air i%a!e re3lecte&, at least,
    on the &ark #aters. This, ho#ever, as re%arke& 1y -ichter, +resents a certain &an!er. *o%e
    truth, to 1e sure, %ay 1e occasionally re3lecte& as in a %irror on the s+ot #e !aAe u+on, an&
    thus re#ar& the +atient stu&ent. But, a&&s the Ger%an thinker, 2, have hear& that so%e
    +hiloso+hers in seekin! 3or Truth, to +ay ho%a!e to her, have seen their o#n i%a!e in the
    #ater an& a&ore& it instea&.
    - 0. $. Blavatsky
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    O 5esus says to the 2t#elve2 - 2/nto you is !iven the %ystery o3 the kin!&o% o3 Go&;
    1ut unto the% that are #ithout, all thin!s are &one in +ara1les,2 etc, 7Mark, iv, 118.
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    2UTUA0 TO01RATION
    Mutual tolerance is the 3irst ste+ to#ar& the i&eal o3 universal 1rotherhoo&. *a!es o3 all
    a!es have tau!ht the necessity, the -;6),TD on a &ee+er level, o3 universal 1rotherhoo&.
    The reachin! an& livin! o3 this -eality coul& 1e the &e3inition o3 #hat a 2sa!e2 is. The &e!ree
    o3 sel3lessness is the &e!ree to #hich a +erson has realiAe& his essential i&entity #ith all
    hu%anity, an& #e are tol& that sel3lessness is also the P"t& to this realiAation. 6ll !enuine
    s+iritual +aths a++ear to have this one thin! in co%%on, the +lacin! o3 an i&eal su+erior to the
    +ersonal sel3 -#hether it 1e a1stract Truth or *ervice to 0u%anity. ;ach +erson as his
    ;ssence,
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    or as a 2%ona&2 in Theoso+hical ter%inolo!y, is i&entical #ith the essence o3 all other +eo+le.
    While #e are one in our essence, this translates into unavoi&a1le inter&e+en&ence in the
    +hysical #orl&.
    ;ven in such a cru&e eEa%+le as econo%ics, the reality o3 the interconnecte&ness o3
    +eo+le can 1e seen. While our syste% see%s 1e 1ase& on #hat is calle& 2enli!htene&
    sel3ishness2, the truth 1ehin& its success lies in its creation o3 a tre%en&ously close-knit
    interrelationshi+ 1et#een +eo+le., ur in&ustrial an& services syste% are so closely knit that
    they are in a relationshi+ o3 co%+lete inter&e+en&ence. -ecently, in eEa%+le, a #hole 3actory
    in %y ho%eto#n shut &o#n 3or several #eeks 1ecause a su++lier o3 a certain siAe 1olt #ent
    out o3 1usiness. We are o3 necessity 3ollo#in! "ature:s &esi!n o3 2#orkin! to!ether2 to create
    the 1asic %aterial success o3 this country, al1eit on a su+er3icial level each is &oin! it 3or his
    +aycheck. The +rinci+le is, the %ore closely +eo+le #ork to!ether a++roachin! the +rinci+le o3
    /niversal Brotherhoo& - an& even on the lo#est an& coarsest 3inancial level - the %ore
    success3ul the result. This country is the %ost %aterially inter-connecte& %o&ern history has
    kno#n, an& it is resultantly 1y 3ar the %ost success3ul. *u+er3icially, our syste% is 1ase& on
    sel3ishness, 1ut it can:t hel+ 1ut 3ollo# "ature:s la#. The &ay #hen everyone o33ers his #ork
    3or 3ree, #ill 1e the &ay #hen there is no +overty an& all #ill live like kin!s.
    The harsh reality is that +eo+le have to reach a certain sta!e o3 &evelo+%ent 1e3ore they
    even have the ca+acity to tolerate other +eo+le or reach a level o3 unsel3ishness. The vast
    %a>ority o3 the #orl& +o+ulation, es+ecially in the #est, >ust haven:t !ot there yet. ,3 anythin!, it
    actually see%s thin!s are !oin! in the o++osite &irection. ,3 one #asn:t convince& that -
    althou!h there %ay 1e vast u+#ar& an& &o#n#ar& tren&s - hu%anity #as on an aeons-lon!
    u+#ar& s+iral o3 evolution - ,t certainly #oul& 1e a 1leak +icture.
    ;"),G0T;";D *;)F,*0";** is a co%%on ter% use& 3or the rationaliAation that each is
    out to !et #hatever he can 3or hi%sel3 at the eE+ense o3 others - a %utual a!ree%ent that
    everyone is out to %eta+horically cut the other +erson:s throat. Most o3 #hat #e &o alon!
    these lines, 3orce& 1y the +ressures o3 survival, is so %uch o3 a ha1it, in!raine& 1y a
    co%+etitive society -3ro% s+orts to ro%ance to %arket+lace -that #e are no lon!er even
    a#are o3 it. ,t is senseless to try to chan!e society all 1y yoursel3 unless you #ish to en& in the
    +au+er:s house, 1ut %ost o3 us can %ake chan!es here an& there. The easiest +lace to %ake
    chan!es in the &irection o3 sel3lessness is in our relations #ith other +eo+le. *el3lessness is
    easy to a++ly to#ar& so%eone you like or love, 1ut #hat a1out the 2&i33icult2 +eo+le.
    ,n &i33iculties #ith +eo+le, i3 one is convince& o3 the truth o3 the elevatin! &octrines o3
    -eincarnation an& ?ar%a, he is a#are that no one 1eco%es +er3ect2 in one li3eti%e, or 1e3ore
    !oin! throu!h an a#3ul lot o3 2lessons2. 6 3ault so%eone 7or you8 %ay have is 1ecause he
    hasn:t ha& that lesson yet. The +erson %ay also 3ar out&istance you in so%e other area. ,t is
    i%+ossi1le to kno# a1out so%ethin! unless so%eone has ha& enou!h eE+erience to kno#
    a1out it. Why &islike so%eone 3or not kno#in! so%ethin! you &i&n:t un&erstan& either 1e3ore
    you ha& the 2lesson2. n the other han&, #hile a lion in the >un!le is only an innocent an&
    i!norant 1east an& has %any 2lessons2. 1e3ore hi% - it is still #ise to avoi& hi% althou!h you
    un&erstan& his &is+osition.
    Tolerance %ay also a++ly to innate &i33erences o3 character 1et#een +eo+le. There are
    si%+ly &i33erent ty+es o3 +eo+le an& their natures are like oil an& #ater - they si%+ly &on:t %iE.
    6 re3leEive reaction #ith such a +erson %ay 1e that they !o a1out thin!s #ron! or that they
    >ust 2&on:t think ri!ht.2 The truth %ay 1e that they see a si&e o3 thin!s, an& vice versa, that you
    >ust aren:t suite& to see. )i3e, an& The $ath is a >e#el o3 %any 3acets, an& no one +erson can
    see each an& all o3 the%. We are each s+ecialists accor&in! to our o#n in&ivi&ualities.
    - To% *ny&er
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    2Ii!ilance is the Way #hich lea&s to ,%%ortality. "e!li!ence is the Way to Death. -
    Dha%%a+a&a
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    TH1 4AC1 ON 2ARS.
    This is the title o3 an intervie# #ith -ichar& 0oa!lan&, re+orter an& science #riter an&
    3or%er consultant to Walter Cronkite an& CB* "e#s, that a++eare& in the %a!aAine The %un+
    ,ssue 1(C, 5uly 1FC=. ,n the intervie# Mr. 0oa!lan& &iscusses 2certain un+u1liciAe&
    +hoto!ra+hs2 taken 1y the Iikin! *+acecra3t in its 1FB= %ission to Mars. $hoto!ra+hs o3 the
    sa%e i%a!e 7see 1elo#8 #ere taken on t#o se+arate occasions thirty-3ive &ays a+art un&er
    &i33erent li!htin! con&itions an& at &i33erent an!les o3 eE+osure. ,n the #or&s o3 Mr. 0oa!lan&:
    2There is no Huestion that this is a re%arka1le 1i-sy%%etrical hu%anoi& countenance. The
    Huestion o3 course is: is it a trick o3 erosion, or &i& so%eone %ake it. But one can no lon!er,
    #ith this &ata, &is%iss the 3act that it is there.2
    "6*6, the 6%erican s+ace a!ency that launche& the Iikin! s+acecra3t, a++arently #ants
    to su++ress +u1lic a#areness o3 the controversial +hoto!ra+hs. *hortly a3ter the 3irst +hoto
    #as +rocesse& a Iikin! +ro>ect scientist sho#e& it at a +ress con3erence an& sai&: 2,sn:t it
    +eculiar #hat tricks li!htin! an& sha&o# can &o. When #e took a +icture a 3e# hours later it
    all #ent a#ay; it #as >ust a trick, >ust the #ay the 3i!ht 3ell on it.2 0o#ever, Mr. 0oa!lan& +oints
    out that there #ere no +ictures taken 2a 3e# hours later2 1ecause 1y then, it #as ni!htP
    Moreover, in a secon& set o3 +ictures taken thirty-3ive &ays later the 23ace2 &as still there.
    To a&& to this %ystery is the 3act that in the sa%e +hoto!ra+hs, a1out ten lar!e structures
    that un&er co%+uter enhance%ent reveal o1>ects that Mr. 0oa!lan& 3eels %ay 1e the re%ains
    o3 a co%+leE o3 3ive-si&e& +yra%i&s. The 3ace itsel3 is a1out one %ile #i&e an& o3 the nature
    o3 hi!h relie3.
    Mr. 0oa!lan& +oints out the irony that a +rinci+al +ur+ose o3 the Mars %ission #as to
    search 3or si!ns o3 li3e on the +lanet. *cientists #ere lookin! 3or %icrosco+ic evi&ence - livin!,
    &ea&, or &or%ant - 1ut #ere not attitu&inally +re+are& to see a, hu%an-lookin! 3ace starin!
    1ack at the% an&, there3ore &iscount the +ossi1ility o3 its havin! 1een the creation o3
    conscious 1ein!s.
    Mr. 0oa!lan& !oes on to say that the -ussians see% to 1e %ore intereste& in this
    +resently ineE+lica1le +heno%ena than is the /.*. as they +lan a %ission to Mars in the near
    3uture, one o3 their +ur+oses 1ein! to 3urther investi!ate these eni!%atic an& %ysterious
    i%a!es that %ay +rove that at one ti%e in the &istant +ast Mars &i&, in&ee&, have a civiliAation
    o3 intelli!ent, sel3-conscious 1ein!s.
    ,n this re!ar& it is #orth#hile to consi&er these #or&s 3ro% Willia% 5u&!e:
    2,t has 1een state& in letters 3ro% 6&e+ts that .... .. Mars is no# in o1scuration. This
    %eans that the 1o&y o3 the +lanet is, as it #ere,. slee+in! in s+ace The li3e-#ave 1elon!in! to
    it has +asse& on to the neEt
    or so%e other !lo1e o3 its o#n chain, 1ut since that #ave has to return, the 1o&y
    --- =
    o3 the +lanet &oes not !o into +ralaya, 1ut #aits 3or the ne# &ay.2 - 2-in!s, -oun&s,
    1scuration,2 in Theosophical Articles, vol. 1, +. (GC8
    ,n a letter 3ro% a 2Teacher2 Huote& 1y 0..$. Blavatsky in The Secret 3octrine 7vol. 1, +
    (GC, 1st e&ition8 it is sai&:
    2ur +lanet 7like all those #e see8 is a&a+te& to the +eculiar state o3 its hu%an stock,
    that #hich ena1les us to see #ith our nake& eye the si&ereal 1o&ies #hich are co-essential
    #ith our terrine +lane an& su1stance, >ust as their res+ective inha1itants, the 5ovians,
    Martians an& others can +erceive our little #orl&...2 7e%+hasis a&&e&, e&.8
    - Fro% Theosophical %pars
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    41AR5 TH1 GR1AT D1STRO61R
    The Great Destroyer is 3ear, horror, a++rehension o3 #hat is !oin! to ha++en to %e. Fear
    is &estructive 1ecause it is 1ase& on e!ois%. Think ho# true this is. ,3 a %an utterly 3or!ets
    hi%sel3 3ear vanishes 1ecause he no lon!er thinks o3 the e33ect that anythin! %ay have u+on
    hi%sel3. Fear is a concentration o3 attention u+on onesel3 in an eE+ectancy o3 &isaster
    ha++enin! to one. )ose track o3 yoursel3, 3or!et yoursel3, an& 3ear #ill vanish.
    Fear is o3ten sai& to 1e a +rotection, 1ut a +rotection only to the #eak #hose secon&
    nature is 3ear; it is never a +rotection to the stron!. ,t is horri1ly &estructive. 3 #hat. 3 sel3-
    co%+osure, sel3-con3i&ence. ,t un&er%ines #ill. ,t o3ten %akes one cruel in one:s treat%ent o3
    others. Fear is cri++lin!. ,t sto+s the li3e-3orces; it %akes one shrink an& tre%1le, 3or,
    har1orin! it, one no lon!er has the &arin!, the vi!or, the stren!th an& the +o#er to !o 3orth.
    Det the ti%i& %an is al#ays in 3ar !reater &an!er than the %an #ho has no 3ear. Fear actually
    attracts &an!er. Dour chances o3 sa3ety are in3initely !reater i3 you have no 3ear. Think it over.
    Who #oul& like to live in 3ear o3 his li3e, 3earin! everythin! that is !oin! to ha++en, al#ays
    slinkin! aroun& the corner an& runnin! into cellars, an& tryin! to !o u+ an& yet a3rai& to !o u+
    3or 3ear he #ill 3all. 6ll his li3e #oul& 1e a continuous horror. Whereas the %an #ho has love in
    his heart, #ho recks not o3 #hat is !oin! to ha++en to hi%sel3, ho# ha++y an& >oy3ul he is;
    an& he is stron! an& a33ects others #ith his sel3-con3i&ence. ,3 3ear ever co%es into his soul, it
    is 1ecause 3or the ti%e 1ein! he has 3or!otten,
    For!et yoursel3, an& 3ear #ill vanish. Do you kno# the royal #ay to the 3or!ettin! o3 the
    sel3 - utterly losin! track o3 the thou!ht o3 sel3 in your li3e. ,t is to love all thin!s 1oth !reat an&
    s%all; 3or +er3ect love casteth out all 3ear. Do you 3ear the thin!s you love. "ever. Dou #ant
    the%, you lon! 3or the%, you yearn 3or the%. )earn there3ore to love, an& 3ear #ill !o; an&
    you 1eco%e stron!; 3or love is a %i!hty +o#er enchaine& in the hu%an 1reast.
    Why is love so !reat a +rotection, outsi&e o3 the 3act that it cast out 3ear. Because its
    vi1rations are in3initely har%onious; an& 3ear is al#ays shaken, &istorte& vi1rations. The
    Divine is +er3ect har%ony, an& all 1eneath it can arise to that. But 3ear is in-har%ony,
    tre%1lin!, shatterin!, un&er%inin! vitality. )ook at the +icture o3 a thorou!hly 3ri!htene& 1east
    or %an. Dou say to yoursel3 Where is the love in that %an:s heart #hich #oul& !ive hi%
    +eace, stren!th an& utter co%+osure. 0e has lost it, he has 3or!otten it; i3 it #ere there, there
    #oul& 1e no 3ear. 6n& #hat is this +er3ect love #hich casteth out all 3ear. Why, it is si%+ly
    livin! in that +art o3 our o#n sel3 #hich is universal. ,t is 1eco%in! allie& #ith the Divine.
    Therein lies +er3ect +eace, +er3ect har%ony.
    - G. &e $urucker 7Fro% Theosophical 4orum8
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    "CHANN10ING"
    2.... no %atter #hat it is that you are in the a&venture o3 7sic8, #hether it 1e a >oy3ul
    %arria!e or a heinous %ur&er, it is thy +re3erre& &estiny at the %o%ent. 6n& the 1elove&
    Father so loves you 7sic8 that he allo#s you that an& #oul& never inter3ere in any %anner #ith
    it.2
    This a++eare& in the *e+te%1er 5ody+ Mind 6 %pirit %a!aAine as a trance channelin!
    3ro% an entity calle& 2Ma3u.2 , %ean -;6))DP 6re +eo+le !ulli1le enou!h to acce+t this sort o3
    thin! as s+iritual teachin!. ne #on&ers i3 there is any &iscri%inatin! intellect at all a++lie& in
    these %atters. Why, 3or instance, is the #or& 2heinous2 use& at all i3 everythin! is 3or
    eE+erience:s sake, the i%+lication 1ein! that there is actually no such thin! as !oo& or evil.
    Mass %ur&er %ay 1e reco%%en&e& in the neEt install%ent as a s+iritual &isci+line. 6lso, has
    the 21elove& Father2 7#hoever this %ay 1e8 ;I;- intervene& to sto+ a 2heinous2 cri%e.
    Theoso+hy attri1utes %ost %e&iu%shi+ 7no# calle& 2channelin!28 to the in3luence o3
    ele%entaries, #hich are the astral shells o3 &ea& +eo+le. This shell is seen as the re%ainin!
    %e%ories an& lo#er %ental a1ilities o3 a &ea& +erson, the %oral an& s+iritual +arts o3 the
    +erson havin! co%+letely &e+arte& - leavin! 1ut a 2*hell2 1ehin&. This is not seen as the
    case o3 "!! %e&iu%shi+, 1ut the vast %a>ority. ,n the, rient these ele%entaries are kno#n as
    bhutas an& avoi&e& at all costs.
    0.$. Blavatsky #rites o3 her eE+erience at a channelin! session:
    2With horror an& &is!ust , o3ten o1serve& ho# a reani%ate& sha&o# o3 this kin&
    se+arate& itsel3 3ro% the insi&e o3 a %e&iu%; ho# se+aratin! itsel3 3ro% his astral 1o&y an&
    cla& in so%eone else:s vesture, it +reten&e& to 1e so%eone:s relation 7or an ancient
    +hiloso+her, an eEtraterrestrial, etc. - e&.8 .... h, i3 they only kne# the truth... ,3 they sa#, as ,
    o3ten seen, a %onstrous, 1o&iless creature seiAin! hol& o3 so%eone +resent at these
    s+iritualistic sorceriesP ,t #ra+s the %an as i3 #ith a 1lack shrou&, an& slo#ly &isa++ears in
    hi% as i3 &ra#n into his 1o&y 1y each o3 his livin! +ores...2 7Fro% a letter to her sister
    +u1lishe& in 2The $ath,2 vol. ,Q, ++. 4 CG- 18
    6 3e# o3 the %any channeler:s %essa!es are rather a&roit, 1ut the %a>ority, i3 >u&!e& 1y
    nor%al stan&ar&s, #oul& not !et a secon& look 1y any serious stu&ent o3 +hiloso+hy. Most o3
    it &oesn:t a++roach in any sense #hat conscious livin! +eo+le can easily &o on their o#n. 6s
    to the %ore intelli!ent %essa!es, %ere intelli!ence tells us nothin! a1out the +ur+oses or
    ethics o3 the entity involve&. ,t see%s +eo+le are si%+ly enthralle& #ith the +rocess o3
    channelin! an& use very little &iscri%ination as to the value o3 the content o3 the %essa!e, or
    i3 it %akes any nor%al sense #hatsoever. They are so &aAAle& 1y the thou!ht that they are
    co%%unicatin! #ith an invisi1le entity 7the sa%e ty+e o3 entity that eEorcis%s are use& on ... 8
    That they let their intellects 3ly a#ay #ith their e%otions.
    6s in $hysics, +erha+s it #oul& 1e to so%e a&vanta!e to %ake a 2thou!ht eE+eri%ent2
    on the nature o3 the entities 1ehin& channelin!. *u++ose that you #ere such an entity an&
    that it #oul& 1e +ossi1le to take over so%eone:s 1o&y. *u++ose that in takin! over the
    channeler:s 1o&y you #oul& 1e ro11in! her or hi% 3or the ti%e o3 his sel3-consciousness an&
    also o3 his #ill. *u++ose that once you:ve 1y-+asse& the +erson:s nor%al &e3enses to such a
    +rocess, he %i!ht 1eco%e hel+less to other entities 1esi&e yoursel3. *u++ose also, that you
    #oul& 1e +rivy to that +erson:s 1rain-%in& an& +rivate %e%ory, that you #oul& kno#
    everythin! a1out the%. ,n other #or&s, the +erson #oul& 1e violate& in the #orst #ay
    +ossi1le. Woul& you think it ri!ht to &o such a thin!.
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    ,n his /ccult .lossary G. &e $urucker !ives this &e3inition o3 the 1huta:
    2...... The 1hutas are 2shells2 3ro% #hich all that is s+iritual an& intellectual has 3le&: all
    that #as the real entity has 3le& 3ro% this shell. an& nau!ht is le3t 1ut a &ecayin! astral cor+se.
    The 1hutas are the s+ooks, !hosts, si%ulacra, the reliHuiae, o3 &ea& %en; in other #or&s, the
    astral &re!s an& re%nants o3 hu%an 1ein!s. They are the 2sha&es2 o3 the ancients, the +ale
    an& !hostly +hanto%s livin! in the astral #orl&, or the astral co+ies o3 the %en that #ere; ....
    Bere3t o3 all that +ertains to the real entity, the !enuine %an, the 1huta is as %uch a cor+se in
    the astral real%s as is the &ecayin! +hysical 1o&y le3t 1ehin& at +hysical &eath; an&
    conseHuently, astral or +sychical intercourse o3 any kin& #ith these shells is +ro&uctive only o3
    evil. The 1hutas, althou!h 1elon!in! to the astral #orl&, are %a!netically attracte& to +hysical
    localities si%ilar in ty+e to the re%nants o3 i%+ulses still inherin! in the%. The 1huta o3 a
    &runkar& is attracte& to #ine-cellars an& taverns; the 1huta o3 one #ho has live& a le#& li3e is
    attracte& to localities sy%+athetic to it; the thin an& tenuous 1huta o3 a !oo& %an is si%ilarly
    attracte& to less o1noEious an& evil +laces. 6ll over the ancient #orl& an& throu!hout %ost o3
    even the %o&ern #orl& these ei&ola or 2i%a!es2 o3 &ea& %en have 1een 3eare& an& &rea&e&,
    an& relations o3 any kin& #ith the% have 1een consistently an& universally avoi&e&.2
    0e &escri1es the 1huta as not havin! 2intelli!ence2, 1ut 1y this , 1elieve he %eans an
    active intelli!ence. ,t #oul& see% that the 1huta #oul& necessarily have an auto%atic
    intelli!ence in the sa%e %anner that a co%+uter &oes. ,3 it is invi!orate& 1y a %e&iu% it coul&
    s+e# out #hat it has as %e%ory in its li3eti%e, or ta+ the %e%ory an& conce+ts o3 the
    %e&iu%.
    *o%e channelin!, like the 2*eth2 or 2-a%antha2 %aterial is actively intelli!ent in its
    +resentation, an& this see%in!ly #oul& not 1e in the 21huta2 cate!ory. Most channelin!
    see%s to 1e a +assive act on the +art o3 the %e&iu%. That is, the %e&iu% is consciously or
    unconsciously eE+ressin! her o#n conce+ts an& i&eas. *o%eone #ho has rea& a lot o3 1ooks
    has a lar!e storehouse o3 %eta+hysical conce+ts to &ra# u+on. ,n the 2trance2 state, lar!ely
    like hy+nosis, the channeler %ay call u+on %e%ories she &oesn:t have conscious recall o3.
    This, ho#ever, is still in the real% o3 +assive re!ur!itation, so to s+eak, o3 %e%ories, an& isn:t
    in the active intelli!ence real% as is so%e channelin!.
    ,n the luci& channelin!, like 2*eth2 or 2-a%antha2, , think it is a++arent that there is a sel3-
    conscious 1ein! 1ehin& the +heno%enon. The %oral nature o3 the entity is another %atter. ,s
    2*eth2:#hat he clai%s to 1e, or is 2-a%antha2 an ancient ;astern *a!e as he clai%s to 1e. ,
    &ou1t it. ;astern *a!es, 3or instance, &o not 1elieve in %e&iu%shi+. They 1elieve it a %oral
    a33liction an& #oul&n:t stoo+ to such a +rocess.
    ,n Theoso+hy #e are tol& that i3 a %e&iu% is o3 a very %orally +ure ty+e an& s+iritually
    incline&, she can -aise 0ersel3 7or hi%sel38 to the level o3 the 2!o&s2 or 0i!her *el3. This is a
    very rare +heno%ena. There are also %en throu!h occult &evelo+%ent #ho can %aintain a
    sel3-conscious eEistence se+arate 3ro% the 1o&y 1e3ore an& a3ter &eath. *uch a %an, o3
    a%1i!uous or evil %oral nature, #oul& 1e a1le to use channelers 3or his o#n +ur+oses. ,n
    Ti1et they are kno#n as Du!+as - evil sorcerers. 6s 3or the 2+hiloso+hies2 involve& - there is
    an ol& a&a!e to the e33ect that: 2The 1est cover 3or a &ollar lie is ten cents o3 truth.2
    - ;&itor
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    12 7O0U21S O4 1SOT1RIC T1ACHINGS
    - 1y G. &e $urucker
    Ier1ati% re+rints, never 1e3ore +u1lishe&, eEce+t 3or %e%1ers o3 the ;soteric *ection 7at
    the early an& 3or%er $t. )o%a Co%%unity8.
    - 6vera!e volu%e 19G +a!es, #ith co+ious ,n&eE, $re3ace, an& 6++en&ices.
    - $re-$u1lication $rice o3 R<(.GG till the en& o3 1FCB #hen or&erin! the 3ull set o3 1(. 7,n
    1FCC: R<.B< +er vol.; R=<.GG 3or the set8 The 3irst 4 vols. rea&y no#; 4 %ore 1y ct 1<, an&
    the last = 1y Dec. 41
    - r&er 3ro%: $oint )o%a $u1lications, $.. BoE =<GB, *an Die!o, C6. F(1G=
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    TH1 "G128 AND 90A7ATS:6
    Bertra% ?ei!htly, 0.$. Blavatsky:s +roo3 rea&er 3or her %a!aAine 2)uci3er2 #rote o3 an
    uncanny eEa%+le o3 #hat a++ears to have 1een Blavatsky:s a1ility to accurately rea& the
    astral 3i!ht. The +oe% 1elo# #as use& to lea& o33 her occult story 2?ar%ic Iisions.2 The
    3ollo#in! account is taken 3ro% the 5la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s, volu%e ,Q:
    h sa& No 2oreP h s#eet No 2oreP
    ......h stran!e No 2oreP
    By a %osse& 1rook1ank on a stone
    , s%elt a #il&#ee&-3lo#er alone;
    There #as a rin!in! in %y ears,
    6n& 1oth %y eyes !ushe& out #ith tears,
    *urely all +leasant thin!s ha& !one 1e3ore,
    )o#1urie& 3atho% &ee+ 1eneath #ith thee, "o MoreP
    - Tennyson 7The .em, 1C418
    There is an interestin! story connecte& #ith this +articular +oe%. 6ccor&in! to Bertra%
    ?ei!htly ... 0.$.B. al#ays #rote her 'ucifer e&itorials hersel3, 2an& she ha& a 3ancy 3or very
    o3ten hea&in! 7the%8 #ith so%e Huotation, an& it use& to 1e one o3 %y trou1les that she very
    sel&o% !ave a re3erence 3or these, so that , ha& %uch #ork, an& even visits to the British
    Museu% -ea&in! -oo%, in or&er to veri3y an& check the%, even #hen , &i& %ana!e, #ith
    %uch entreaty, an& a3ter 1ein! %ost heartily :cusse&,: to eEtract so%e re3erence 3ro% her.
    2ne &ay she han&e& %e as usual the co+y o3 her contri1ution, a story 3or the neEt issue
    hea&e& #ith a cou+le o3 3our line stanAas. , #ent an& +la!ue& her 3or a re3erence an& #oul&
    not 1e satis3ie& #ithout one. *he
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    took the %anuscri+t an& #hen , ca%e 1ack 3or it, , 3oun& she ha& >ust #ritten :6l3re&
    Tennyson: un&er the verses. *eein! this , #as at a loss 3or , kne# %y Tennyson +retty #ell
    an& #as certain that , ha& never rea& these lines in any +oe% o3 his, nor #ere they at all in
    his style. , hunte& u+ %y Tennyson, coul& not 3in& the%; consulte& everyone , coul& !et at
    -also in vain. Then 1ack , #ent to 0.$.B. an& tol& her all this an& sai& that , #as sure these
    lines coul& not 1e Tennyson:s, an& , &are& not +rint the% #ith his na%e attache&, unless ,
    coul& !ive an eEact re3erence. 0.$.B. >ust &a%ne& %e an& tol& %e to !et out an& !o to 0ell. ,t
    ha++ene& that the 'ucifer co+y %ust !o to the +rinters that sa%e &ay. *o , >ust tol& her that ,
    shoul& strike out Tennyson:s na%e #hen , #ent, unless she !ave %e a re3erence 1e3ore ,
    starte&. 5ust on startin! , #ent to her a!ain, an& she han&e& %e a scra+ o3 +a+er on #hich
    #ere #ritten the #or&s: 2The Ge% - 1C41.2 :Well, 0.$.B.,: , sai&, :this is #orse than ever; 3or ,
    a% &ea& certain that Tennyson has never #ritten any +oe% calle& 2The Ge%.2: 6ll 0.$. B. sai&
    #as >ust: :Go out an& 1e o33.:
    2*o , #ent to the British Museu% -ea&in! -oo% an& consulte& the 3olk there, 1ut they
    coul& !ive %e no hel+ an& they one an& all a!ree& that the verse:s coul& not 1e, an& #ere not
    Tennyson:s. 6s a last resort, , aske& to see Mr. -ichar& Garnett, the 3a%ous 0ea& o3 the
    -ea&in! -oo% in those &ays, an& #as taken to hi%. , eE+laine& to hi% the situation an& he
    also a!ree& in 3eelin! sure the verses #ere not Tennyson:s. But a3ter thinkin! Huite a #hile, he
    aske& %e i3 , ha& consulte& the Catalo!ue o3 $erio&ical $u1lications:. , sai& no, an& aske&
    #here that ca%e in. :Well,2 sai& Mr. Garnett, :, have a &i% recollection that, there #as once a
    1rie3-live& %a!aAine calle& the 2Ge%.2 ,t %i!ht 1e #orth your lookin! it u+.: , &i& so, an& in the
    volu%e 3or the year !iven in 0.$.B:s note, , 3oun& a +oe% o3 a 3e# stanAas si!ne& :6l3re&
    Tennyson: an& containin! the t#o stanAas Huote& 1y 0.$.B. ver1ati% as she ha& #ritten the%
    &o#n. 6n& anyone can no# rea& the% in the secon& volu%e o3 2)uci3er2; 1ut , have never
    3oun& the% even in the su++ose&ly %ost co%+lete an& +er3ect e&ition o3 TennysonLs Works,2
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    7-/T/./1/% is sent 3ree o3 char!e 3our ti%es a year u+on reHuest. ,t is su++orte&
    in +art 1y 3ree-#ill contri1utions. *u1%ission o3 %aterial is #elco%e& an& encoura!e&, as are
    co%%ents an& criticis%. 6ll +u1lishe& %aterial su1>ect to e&itorial co%%ent. 6rticles not
    si!ne& 1y the e&itor &o not necessarily re3lect the o+inion o3 7-/T/./1/%. ;&itor: Mark
    5aHua. 6&&ress all corres+on&ence care o3 ,*,* Books......
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    Contents5 The )ast Theocracy.....; *+anish Boy is )a%a.....; ,s Theoso+hy a
    -eli!ion. - Blavatsky........; /sin! 0a1it Force.....; 2*urvival o3 the Fittest2 - Blavatsky......;
    2Dark Matter......
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    TH1 0AST TH1OCRAC6
    ,n #hat #as to 1e the 1e!innin! o3 one o3 the +erio&ic %a&nesses that !ri+ +arts or all the
    !lo1e, in the s+rin! o3 1F<G Ti1et #as inva&e& 1y China a3ter China:s &eclaration that it
    inten&e& to 3ree Ti1et 3ro% 2the in3luence o3 3orei!n i%+erialists2 7there 1ein! siE #esterners in
    Ti1et at the ti%e8 ,t #as to +rove the total &estruction o3 the 1ase o3 eEoteric Mahayana
    Bu&&his%, #hich has i&entical &octrines to that o3 Theoso+hy. The invasion #as to &irectly
    an& in&irectly result in the &eath o3 so%e one %illion Ti1etans an& to %ake re3u!ees o3
    1GG,GGG others inclu&in! the Dalai )a%a.
    Be3ore China:s atte%+te& 2%o&erniAation2 o3 Ti1et, it #as the ho%e o3 so%e 4,GGG
    Bu&&hist %onasteries an& (GG,GGG %onks. By 1FC9 these vast nu%1ers ha& shrunk to a
    re%ainin! or re1uilt 9< %onasteries housin! so%e 1,9GG %onks. For years any +ractice o3
    reli!ion #as 3or1i&&en in Ti1et, 1ut in the last ten years un&er a ne# Chinese a&%inistration
    so%e o3 these strictures have 1een loosen. $artially this chan!e in +olicy is &ue to the value
    o3 Bu&&his% as a tourist attraction. While the su+er3icial cere%onial +ractice o3 Bu&&his% is
    allo#e&, any serious scholastic stu&y o3 its scri+tures is 3or1i&&en.
    Most the &estruction o3 %onasteries occurre& &urin! the chaos o3 China:s 2Cultural
    -evolution2 in the 1F=G:s. *o%e %onasteries #ere taken a+art 1rick 1y 1rick #hile %ost #ere
    &yna%ite& or shelle& #ith 3iel& artillery - althou!h the #alls o3 %ost #ere too thick to 1e totally
    &estroye&. The +rocess #as to 3irst take an inventory o3 all valua1les. Gol& an& silver arti3acts
    #ere taken in truck convoys to China to 1e %elte& into 1ullion. Manuscri+ts #ere either
    1urne& on the s+ot or sent 3or use as shoe +a&&in! an& toilet +a+er. Clay i%a!es #ere
    +ulveriAe& an& recast 3or the s+eci3ic +ur+ose o3 %akin! +u1lic lavatories. 6t the central
    te%+le in the ca+ital at )hasa, sacre& %anuscri+ts ke+t 1on3ires 1urnin! 3or 3ive &ays.
    Monasteries not totally &estroye& #ere use& 3or !ranaries, 1arracks or o33ices. The te%+le at
    )hasa #as rena%e& 2Guest 0ouse #<2 an& use& 3or !overn%ent o33ices an& its courtyar&s 3or
    kee+in! +i!s.
    Monks #ere either kille& or shi++e& #ith other Ti1etans to #ork ca%+s such as that at
    Golo%o to 1uil& railroa&s, Tsala ?a to %ine 1oraE, or ?on!+o 3or Ti%1erin!. 6t Golo%o, #hich
    is at 1G,GGG 3oot elevation an& has siE %onths o3 #inter #ith !ale 3orce #in&s %uch o3 the
    ti%e, lar!e nu%1ers &ie& al%ost i%%e&iately 3ro% eE+osure an& starvation. ne account
    clai%s that 1,9GG o3 1,BGG +risoners hel& at Dre+an! %onastery &ie& o3 starvation 3ro%
    "ove%1er 1F=G to 5une 1F=1. Ti1etan:s ho%es #ere ar1itrarily seiAe& an& all their
    +ossessions sol&. Durin! this +erio& Ti1et:s a!ricultural +ro&uction actually increase&, 1ut
    nearly all the harvest, eEce+t that ke+t 3or Chinese troo+s, #as shi++e& to China. to o33set its
    o#n 3a%ine. While 3a%ine #as +reviously unkno#n in Ti1et, 3or%erly +ros+erous +easants
    #ere re&uce& to stealin! scra+s 3ro% the Chinese +i!s, +ickin! horse o33al 3or un&i!este&
    !rain, an& 3ee&in! their o#n 1loo& %iEe& #ith tsa%+a to their starvin! chil&ren. Fare at the
    #ork ca%+s, #hen there #as any, #as ty+ically 1arley husks %iEe& #ith sa#&ust or ulcer-
    +ro&ucin! tree 1ark.
    Monks an& )a%as #ere s+ecial o1>ects o3 Chinese +ersecution. )a%as, 3or%erly
    hea&s o3 %onasteries, #ere lashe& throu!h the streets o3 )hasa #ith heavy statues o3
    Bu&&ha stra++e& to their 1acks. Monks an& nuns #ere 3orce& to co+ulate in +u1lic or 1ran&e&
    #ith irons. There #ere cruci3iEions. Monks
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    an& nuns #ere 3orce& to %arry #hile other Ti1etans #ere steriliAe& in lar!e nu%1ers. ne o3
    Ti1et:s hi!hest )a%as, the $anchen )a%a, #as +u1licly 1eaten in his trial 3or 2cri%es a!ainst
    the state2 - chie3ly his su++ort o3 the Dalai )a%a. 0is a!e& tutor #as sent to Golo%o #here he
    shortly &ie& an& the $anchen hi%sel3 #as i%+risone& 3or 3ourteen years, an& release& in
    1FBC 3or +olitical reasons. ,t is still ille!al to&ay to even have a +icture o3 the Dalai )a%a. "BC
    recently re+orte& an arrest 3or havin! the )a%a:s +icture on a T-shirt.
    ,n China:s 2&evelo+%ent2 o3 Ti1et, the +rovinces o3 Gansu an& 6%&o #ere trans3or%e&
    into #hat a 1FBF Ti%e %a!aAine article calls a 2vast sea o3 +rison ca%+s2 #ith u+ to ten
    %illion Ti1etan an& Chinese +risoners - a 21lack hole ... 3ro% #hich little in3or%ation ever
    reache& the outsi&e #orl&.2 By 1FBC China:s lar!est nuclear #ea+ons 3actory #as locate& at
    "a!chuka 1=< %iles north o3 )hasa. Whole %ountain ran!es have 1een &enu&e& o3 ti%1er.
    Ti1et:s vast her&s o3 #il& ass #ere %achine-!unne&, her sno# leo+ar&s, hi%alayan %onkeys
    an& #il& yaks have 1eco%e nearly i3 not eEtinct an& her 3or%erly en&less 3locks o3 &ucks an&
    !eese have &isa++eare&. *iEty #estern scientists #ere allo#e& to visit Ti1et in 1FCG an&
    accor&in! to their account there is not a lar!e #il& ani%al to 1e seen any#here an& only a 3e#
    1ir&s in Ti1et:s no# sterile lan&sca+e.
    ,n short, there has 1een nothin! #orse in "aAi Ger%any, *talin:s Gula!, or un&er the
    ?hy%er -e!i%e in Ca%1o&ia than #hat has occurre& in Ti1et un&er the Chinese. There is no
    outcry in the West, ho#ever, over this !reat atrocity or even s+arse +u1lic kno#le&!e. ,t is
    !oo& +olitics to 1e 3rien&s #ith China an& its 1illion +eo+le, #hile Ti1et is i%+ortant neither
    econo%ically or %ilitarily an& Bu&&his% %atters very little in the +olitical !rist %ills o3 the
    #orl&. ur country, #hich +ri&es itsel3 3or its stan& on #orl&#i&e hu%an ri!hts, has chosen
    eE+e&iency an& o33icially reco!niAes China:s clai% to ri!ht o3 soverei!nty over Ti1et.
    What #as to 1e3all Ti1et #as +erha+s 3oreseen 1y the thirteenth Dalai )a%a #hen he
    #rote in 1F4( a year 1e3ore his &eath: 2,t %ay ha++en that here, in the center o3 Ti1et, reli!ion
    an& !overn%ent #ill 1e attacke& 1oth 3ro% #ithout an& 3ro% #ithin. /nless #e can !uar& our
    o#n country, it #ill no# ha++en that the Dalai an& $anchen )a%as, the Father an& *on, an&
    all the revere& hol&ers o3 the Faith,, #ill &isa++ear an& 1eco%e na%eless. Monks an& their
    %onasteries #ill 1e &estroye&. The rule o3 la# #ill 1e #eakene&. The lan&s an& +ro+erty o3
    !overn%ent o33icials #ill 1e seiAe&. They the%selves #ill 1e 3orce& to serve their ene%ies or
    #an&er the country like 1e!!ars. 6ll 1ein!s #ill 1e sunk in !reat har&shi+ an& over+o#erin!
    3ear; the &ays an& ni!hts #ill &ra! on slo#ly in su33erin!. 2
    While the +resent Dalai )a%a has 1eco%e a #orl& a%1assa&or in his never en&in!
    e33orts to !ain in&e+en&ence 3or Ti1et, his attitu&e is also o1>ective an& +hiloso+hic. 2There
    are %any +ro+hecies #hich in&icate that , #ill 1e the last Dalai )a%a. The #orl& is chan!in!
    so &ra%atically, that there %ay no lon!er 1e a nee& 3or the linea!e.2 ;lse#here he has state&
    that 2the very a!!re!ates o3 a hu%an %in& an& 1o&y have, as their actual nature, su33erin!.
    They serve as a 1asis 3or su33erin!, an& as lon! as one has the% one is susce+ti1le to
    su33erin!. Fro% a &ee+ +oint o3 vie#, #hile #e Ti1etans &on:t have our in&e+en&ence an& are
    livin! in so%eone else:s country, #e are su1>ect to a certain ty+e o3 su33erin!, 1ut #hen #e
    return to Ti1et an& !ain our in&e+en&ence, then there #ill 1e other ty+es o3 su33erin!. *o, you
    see, this is >ust the #ay it is. Dou %i!ht think that ,:% +essi%istic, 1ut , a% not. This is Bu&&hist
    realis%. This is ho#, throu!h Bu&&hist teachin! an& a&vice, #e han&le situations. These sorts
    o3 thou!hts %ake one stron!er, %ore active.2
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    2n E8ile from the 'and of %no&s, 5ohn F. 6ve&on, 6l3re& 6. ?no+3, "D, 1FC9; The
    Main# of Modern Tibet+ 6. To% Grun3el&, M.;. *har+ ,nc., 6r%onk, "D, 1FCB
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    SPANISH 9O6 TA:1S UP 0I41 O4 TI91TAN 0A2A
    - Fro% 0arry De1elius, Ma&ri&
    The %ost 3a%ous son o3 Bu1ion, a villa!e hi!h in the %ountains o3 Grana&a, (4-%onth-
    ol& sel ,Aa Torres, a1ove, #as &ue to leave here yester&ay to take u+ his li3e:s #ork in the
    0i%alayas.
    The 1oy, the 3i3th chil& o3 a *+anish cou+le #ho are converts to Bu&&his%, is re!ar&e&
    1y the 3aith3ul o3 his sect as the reincarnation o3 Deshe, a Ti1etan la%a #ho &ie& in *an
    Francisco in 1FC9.
    sel:s +arents an& his tutor, @o+a, a Ti1etan %onk, 1elieve that he %ust 1e !iven a
    s+ecial e&ucation in a %onastery in the east to ena1le hi% to continue Deshe:s #ork.
    The )aina Deshe, althou!h #ell kno#n, #as not one o3 the a++roEi%ately 14 holy %en
    #hose alle!e& reincarnations are nor%ally 1rou!ht 3or a++roval 1e3ore the Dalai )a%a, the
    s+iritual lea&er o3 Ti1etan Bu&&his%.
    6s a result, the &ecision a1out #hether sel is really Deshe:s reincarnation #as u+ to the
    %onk:s 3ollo#ers an& to 3ello# %onks in his %onastery at ?e+an, #here the chil& #ill 1e
    enthrone& on March 1(. Be3ore then, ho#ever, he #ill have an au&ience #ith the Dalai )a%a.
    *enora Maria Torres &e ,Aa, his %other, sai& that the reincarnation o3 Deshe #as
    sus+ecte&, #hen sel #as 19 %onths ol&, althou!h she ha& a vision 1e3ore he #as 1orn.
    Follo#ers o3 Deshe &eci&e& that sel #as the %onk:s reincarnation a3ter su1%ittin! hi% to
    a series o3 tests, inclu&in! +ickin! o1>ects #hich 1elon!e& to the late %onk 3ro% si%ilar ones
    #hich &i& not.
    - 'ondon Times, (S9SCB
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    SU9SCRI91 TO TH1 TH1OSOPHICA0 N1TWOR:
    $B 1<<, Musko!ee, ? B99G( R<.GG /.*.; R=.GG SForei!n; *a%+le on -eHuest
    ''''''''''''''''''''''''
    2..... the %e%1ers o3 the Brotherhoo&, are continuously actin! as a Guar&ian Wall
    shiel&in!, +rotectin!, %ankin& 3ro% &an!ers o3 cos%ic an& terrestrial character o3 %any kin&s
    . ,n&ee&, there are in constant circulation alon! the Circulations o3 the *olar *yste%, -ivers
    o3 )ives havin! as %uch ri!ht to 1e as #e have a ri!ht to 1e; 1ut ini%ical to us in our +resent
    evolutionary state . ... #hich... #oul& #i+e out the hu%an race overni!ht .......2
    - G. &e $urucker, Esoteric Teachin#s, Iol I, ++. B(-4
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    IS TH1OSOPH6 A R10IGION?
    ...,t %ay soun& o&& an& +ara&oEical, 1ut it is true to say that, hitherto, the %ost a+t
    #orkers in +ractical theoso+hy, its %ost &evote& %e%1ers, #ere those recruite& 3ro% the
    ranks o3 a!nostics an& even %aterialists. "o !enuine, no sincere searcher a3ter truth can ever
    1e 3oun& a%on! the 1lin& 1elievers in the 2Divine Wor&,2 let the latter 1e clai%e& to co%e
    3ro% 6llah, Brah%a, or 5ehovah, or their res+ective ?oran, $urana, an& Bi1le. For:
    2Faith is not reason:s la1our, 1ut re+ose.2
    0e #ho 1elieves his o#n reli!ion on 3aith, #ill re!ar& that o3 every other %an as a lie, an&
    hate on that sa%e 3aith. Moreover, unless it 3etters reason an& entirely 1lin&s our +erce+tions
    o3 anythin! outsi&e our o#n +articular 3aith, the latter is no 3aith at all, 1ut a te%+orary 1elie3,
    the &elusion #e la1or un&er, at so%e +articular ti%e in li3e. Moreover, 23aith #ithout +rinci+les
    is 1ut a 3latterin! +hrase 3or #ill3ul +ositiveness o3 3anatical 1o&ily sensations,2 in Coleri&!e:s
    clever &e3inition.
    What, then, is Theoso+hy, an& ho# %ay it 1e &e3ine& in its latest +resentation in this
    closin! +ortion o3 the Q,Qth century.
    Theoso+hy, #e say, is not a -eli!ion.
    ... there are, as everyone kno#s, certain 1elie3s, +hiloso+hical, reli!ious an& scienti3ic,
    #hich have 1eco%e so closely associate& #ith the #or& 2Theoso+hy2 that they have co%e to
    1e taken 1y the !eneral +u1lic 3or theoso+hy itsel3. Moreover, #e shall 1e tol& these 1elie3s
    have 1een +ut 3or#ar&, eE+laine& an& &e3en&e& 1y these very Foun&ers #ho have &eclare&
    that Theoso+hy is not a -eli!ion. What is then the eE+lanation o3 this a++arent contra&ict.
    0o# can a certain 1o&y o3 1elie3s an& teachin!s, an ela1orate &octrine, in 3act, 1e la1ele&
    2Theoso+hy2 an& 1e tacitly acce+te& as 2Theoso+hical2 1y nine tenths o3 the %e%1ers o3 the
    T. *., i3 Theoso+hy is not a -eli!ion. - #e are aske&.
    To eE+lain this is the +ur+ose o3 the +resent +rotest. ,t is +erha+s necessary, 3irst o3 all,
    to say, that the assertion that Theoso+hy is not " -eli!ion,2 1y no %eans eEclu&es the 3act
    that 2Theoso+hy is -eli!ion2 itsel3. 6 -eli!ion in the true an& only correct sense, is a 1on&
    unitin! %en to!ether - not a +articular set o3 &o!%as an& 1elie3s. "o# -eli!ion, +er se, in its
    #i&est %eanin! is that #hich 1in&s not only "!! M;", 1ut also "!! B;,"G* an& all t&ings in
    the /niverse into one !ran& #hole. This is our theoso+hical &e3inition o3 reli!ion; 1ut the sa%e
    &e3inition chan!es a!ain #ith every cree& an& country, an& no t#o Christians even re!ar& it
    alike. We 3in& this in %ore than one e%inent author. Thus Carlyle &e3ine& the $rotestant
    -eli!ion in his &ay, #ith a re%arka1le +ro+hetic eye to this ever !ro#in! 3eelin! in our +resent
    &ay, as:
    2For the %ost +art a #ise, +ru&ential 3eelin!, !roun&e& on %ere calculation, a %atter, as
    all others no# are, o3 eE+e&ience an& utility; #here1y so%e s%aller Huantu% o3 earthly
    en>oy%ent %ay 1e eEchan!e& 3or a 3ar lar!er Huantu% o3 celestial en>oy%ent. Thus reli!ion,
    too, is +ro3it, a #orkin! 3or #a!es; not reverence, 1ut vul!ar ho+e or 3ear.2
    ,n her turn Mrs. *to#e, #hether consciously or other#ise, see%e& to have ha& -o%an
    Catholicis% rather that $rotestantis% in her %in& #hen sayin! o3 her heroine that:
    2-eli!ion she looke& u+on in the li!ht o3 a ticket 7#ith the
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    correct nu%1er o3 in&ul!ences 1ou!ht an& +ai& 3or8, #hich, 1ein! once +urchase& an& snu!ly
    lai& a#ay in +ocket-1ook, is to 1e +ro&uce& at the celestial !ate, an& thus secure a&%ission
    to heaven ......2
    But to Theoso+hists 7the !enuine Theoso+hists are here %eant8 #ho acce+t no
    %e&iation 1y +roEy, no salvation throu!h innocent 1loo& she&, nor #oul& they think o3
    2#orkin! 3or #a!es2 in the ne /niversal -eli!ion, the only &e3inition they coul& su1scri1e to
    an& acce+t in 3ull is one !iven 1y Miller. 0o# truly an& theoso+hically he &escri1es it, 1y
    sho#in! that
    2..... true -eli!ion
    ,s al#ays %il&, +ro+itious an& hu%1le;
    $lays not the tyrant, +lants no faith in blood,
    "or 1ears &estruction on her chariot #heels;
    But stoo+s to +olish, succor an& re&ress,
    6n& builds her #randeur on the public #ood.
    The a1ove is a correct &e3inition o3 #hat true theoso+hy is, or ou!ht to 1e. 76%on! the
    cree&s Bu&&his% alone is such a true heart-1in&in! an& %en-1in&in! +hiloso+hy, 1ecause it
    is not a &o!%atic reli!ion.8
    .... Thus Theoso+hy is not " -eli!ion, #e say, 1ut -;),G," itsel3, the one 1on& o3 unity,
    #hich is so universal an& all-e%1racin! that no %an, as no s+eck - 3ro% !o&s an& %ortal
    &o#n to ani%als, the 1la&e o3 !rass an& ato% - can 1e outsi&e o3 its li!ht. There3ore, any
    or!aniAation or 1o&y o3 that na%e %ust necessarily 1e a /",I;-*6) B-T0;-0D.
    Were it other#ise, Theoso+hy #oul& 1e 1ut a #or& a&&e& to hun&re&s others such #or&s
    as hi!h-soun&in! as they are +retentious an& e%+ty. Iie#e& as a +hiloso+hy, Theoso+hy in
    its +ractical #ork is the ale%1ic o3 the Me&ieval alche%ist. ,t trans%utes the a++arently 1ase
    %etal o3 every ritualistic an& &o!%atic cree& 7Christianity inclu&e&8 into the !ol& o3 3act an&
    truth, an& thus truly +ro&uces a universal +anacea 3or the ills o3 %ankin&. This is #hy, #hen
    a++lyin! 3or a&%ission into the theoso+hical society, no one is aske& #hat reli!ion he 1elon!s
    to, nor #hat his &eistic vie#s %ay 1e. These vie#s are his o#n +ersonal +ro+erty an& have
    nou!ht to &o #ith the *ociety. Because Theoso+hy can 1e +ractice& 1y Christian or 0eathen,
    5e# or Gentile, 1y 6!nostic or Materialist, or even an 6theist, +rovi&e& that none o3 these is a
    1i!ote& 3anatic, #ho re3uses to reco!niAe as his 1rother any %an or #o%an outsi&e his o#n
    s+ecial cree& or 1elie3.
    .... ,ts &octrines, i3 seriously stu&ie&, call 3orth, 1y sti%ulatin! one:s reasonin! +o#ers an&
    a#akenin! the inner in the ani%al %an, every hitherto &or%ant +o#er 3or !oo& in us, an& also
    the +erce+tion o3 the true an& the real, as o++ose& to the 3alse an& unreal. Tearin! o33 #ith no
    uncertain han& the thick veil o3 &ea&-letter #ith #hich every ol& reli!ious scri+ture #as
    cloake&, scienti3ic Theoso+hy, learne& in the cunnin! sy%1olis% o3 the a!es, reveals to the
    sco33er at ol& #is&o% the ori!in o3 the #orl&:s 3aiths an& sciences. ,t o+ens ne# vistas 1eyon&
    the ol& horiAons o3 crystalliAe&, %otionless an& &es+otic 3aiths; an& turnin! 1lin& 1elie3 into a
    reasone& kno#le&!e 3oun&e& on %athe%atical la#s - the only e8act science - it &e%onstrates
    to hi% un&er +ro3oun&er an& %ore +hiloso+hical as+ects the eEistence o3 that #hich, re+elle&
    1y the !rossness o3 its &ea&-letter 3or%, he ha& lon! since a1an&one& as a nursery tale. ,t
    !ives a clear an& #ell-&e3ine& o1>ect, an i&eal to live 3or, to every sincere %an or #o%an
    1elon!in! to #hatever station in *ociety an& o3 #hatever culture an& &e!ree o3 intellect.
    $ractical Theoso+hy is not one *cience, 1ut e%-
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    1races every science o3 li3e, %oral an& +hysical. ,t %ay, in short, 1e >ustly re!ar&e& as the
    universal 2coach,2 a tutor o3 the #orl&-#i&e kno#le&!e an& eE+erience, an& o3 an eru&ition
    #hich not only assists an& !ui&es his +u+ils to#ar& a success3ul eEa%ination 3or every
    scienti3ic or %oral service in earthly li3e, 1ut 3its the% 3or t&e !ies to co%e, i3 those +u+ils #ill
    only stu&y the universe an& its %ysteries *it&in t&e+se!es, instea& o3 stu&yin! the%
    throu!h the s+ectacles o3 ortho&oE science an& reli!ions.
    6n& let no rea&er %isun&erstan& these state%ents. ,t is Theoso+hy per se, not any
    in&ivi&ual %e%1er o3 the *ociety or even Theoso+hist, on #hose 1ehal3 such a universal
    o%niscience is clai%e&. The t#o - Theoso+hy an& the Theoso+hical *ociety - as a vessel an&
    the olla podrida it contains, %ust not 1e con3oun&e&. ne is, as an i&eal, /iine Wis&o%,
    +er3ection itsel3-, the other a +oor, i%+er3ect thin!, tryin! to run %n/er, i3 not *it&in, its
    sha&o# on ;arth. "o %an is +er3ect; #hy, then, shoul& any %e%1er o3 the T. *. 1e eE+ecte&
    to 1e a +ara!on o3 every hu%an virtue. 6n& #hy #oul& the #hole or!aniAation 1e criticiAe&
    an& 1la%e& 3or the 3aults, #hether real or i%a!inary, o3 so%e o3 its 2Fello#s,2 or even its
    )ea&ers. "ever #as the *ociety, as a concrete 1o&y, 3ree 3ro% 1la%e or sin - errare
    humanum est - nor #ere any o3 its %e%1ers. 0ence, it is rather those %e%1ers - %ost o3
    #ho% #ill not 1e le& 1y theoso+hy, that ou!ht to 1e 1la%e&. Theoso+hy is the soul o3 its
    *ociety; the latter the !ross an& i%+er3ect 1o&y o3 the 3or%er.
    ... -e!ar&less o3 this, Theoso+hy is s+oken o3 1y 3rien&s an& 3oes as a reli!ion #hen not a
    sect. )et us see ho# the s+ecial 1elie3s #hich have 1eco%e associate& #ith the #or& have
    co%e to stan& in that +osition, an& ho# it is that they have so !oo& a ri!ht to it that none o3
    the lea&ers o3 the society have ever thou!ht o3 &isavo#in! their &octrines.
    We have sai& that #e 1elieve& in the a1solute unity o3 nature. /nity i%+lies the +ossi1ility
    3or a unit on one +lane, to co%e into contact #ith another unit on or 3ro% another +lane. We
    1elieve it.
    The ....%ecret 3octrine #ill sho# #hat #ere the i&eas o3 all antiHuity #ith re!ar& to the
    prime*al instructors o3 +ri%itive %an an& his three earlier races. The !enesis o3 the W,*DM-
    -;),G,", in #hich all theoso+hists 1elieve, &ates 3ro% that +erio&. *o-calle& 2occultis%,2 or
    rather ;soteric *cience, has to 1e trace& in its ori!in to those Bein!s #ho, le& 1y ?ar%a,
    have incarnate& in our hu%anity, an& thus struck the key-note o3 that secret *cience #hich
    countless !enerations o3 su1seHuent a&e+ts have eE+an&e& since then in every a!e, #hile
    they checke& its &octrines 1y +ersonal o1servation an& eE+erience. The 1ulk o3 this
    kno#le&!e - #hich no %an is a1le to +osses in its 3ulness - constitutes that #hich #e no# call
    Theoso+hy or 2&ivine kno#le&!e.2 Bein!s 3ro% other an& hi!her #orl&s %ay have it entire; #e
    can have it only a++roEi%ately.
    Thus, unity o3 everythin! in the universe i%+lies an& >usti3ies our 1elie3 in the eEistence
    o3 a kno#le&!e at once scienti3ic, +hiloso+hical an& reli!ious, sho#in! the necessity an&
    actuality o3 the connection o3 %an an& all thin!s in the universe #ith each other; #hich
    kno#le&!e, there3ore, 1eco%es essentially -;),G,", an& %ust 1e calle& in its inte!rity an&
    universality 1y the &istinctive na%e o3 W,*DM--;),G,".
    ,t is 3ro% this W,*DM--;),G," that all the various in&ivi&ual 2-eli!ions2 7erroneously
    so calle&8 have s+run!, 3or%in! in their turn o33 shoots an& 1ranches, an& also all the %inor
    cree&s, 1ase& u+on an& al#ays ori!inate& throu!h so%e +ersonal eE+erience in +sycholo!y.
    ;very such reli!ion, or reli!ious o33shoot, 1e it consi&ere& ortho&oE or heretical, #ise or
    3oolish, starte& ori!inally as a clear an& un-
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    a&ulterate& strea% 3ro% the Mother-*ource. The 3act that each 1eca%e in ti%e +ollute& #ith
    +urely hu%an s+eculations an& even inventions, &ue to intereste& %otives, &oes not +revent
    any 3ro% havin! 1een +ure in its early 1e!innin!s. There are those cree&s - #e shall not call
    the% reli!ions - #hich have 1een over lai& #ith the hu%an ele%ent out o3 all reco!nition;
    others >ust sho#in! si!ns o3 early &ecay; not one that esca+e& the han& o3 ti%e. But each an&
    all are o3 &ivine, 1ecause natural an& true ori!in; aye - MaA&eis%, Brah%anis%, Bu&&his% as
    %uch as Christianity. ,t is the &o!%as an& hu%an ele%ent in the latter #hich le& &irectly to
    %o&e% *+iritualis%.
    .... 7Theoso+hists8 kno# that bein#s from other+ hi#her &orlds do confabulate &ith some
    elect mortals no& as e*er9 thou!h no# 3ar %ore rarely than in &ays o3 ol&, as %ankin&
    1eco%es #ith every civiliAe& !eneration #orse in every res+ect.
    Theoso+hy - o#in!, in truth, to the levee in ar%s o3 all the *+iritualists o3 ;uro+e an&
    6%erica at the 3irst #or&s uttere& a!ainst the i&ea that every co%%unicatin! intelli#ence is
    necessarily the *+irit o3 so%e eE-%ortal 3ro% this earth - has not sai& its last #or& a1out
    *+iritualis% an& 2*+irits.2 ,t %ay one &ay. Mean#hile, an hu%1le servant o3 Theoso+hy ....
    &eclares once %ore her 1elie3 in Bein!s, !ran&er, #iser, no1ler than any ,erson"! Go&, #ho
    are 1eyon& any 2*+irits o3 the &ea&,2 *aints, or #in!e& 6n!els, #ho nevertheless &o
    con&escen& in all an& every a!e to occasionally oversha&o# rare sensitives - o3ten entirely
    unconnecte& #ith Church, *+iritualis% or even Theoso+hy, 6n& 1elievin! in hi!h an& holy
    *+iritual Bein!s, she %ust also 1elieve in the eEistence o3 their o++osites - lo#er 2s+irits,2
    !oo&, 1a& an& in&i33erent. There3ore &oes she 1elieve in s+iritualis% an& its +heno%ena,
    so%e o3 #hich are so re+u!nant to her.
    ...... There is not a reli!ion #orthy o3 the na%e #hich has 1een starte& other#ise than in
    conseHuence o3 such visits 3ro% 1ein!s on the hi!her +lanes.
    Thus #ere 1orn all +rehistoric, as #ell as all the historic reli!ions, MaA&eis% an&
    Brah%anis%, Bu&&his% an& Christianity, 5u&ais%, Gnosticis% an& Moha%%e&anis%; in short
    every %ore or less success3ul 2is%.2 6ll are true at the 1otto%, an& all are 3alse on their
    sur3ace. The -evealer, the artist #ho i%+resse& a +ortion o3 the Truth on the 1rain o3 the
    *eer, #as in every instance a true artist, #ho !ave out !enuine truths; 1ut the instru%ent
    +rove& also, in every instance, to 1e only a %an. ,nvite -u1instein an& ask hi% to +lay a
    sonata o3 Beethoven on a +iano le3t to sel3-tunin!, one hal3 o3 the keys o3 #hich are in chronic
    +aralysis, #hile the #ires han! loose; then see #hether, the !enius o3 the artist
    not#ithstan&in!, you #ill 1e a1le to reco!niAe the sonata. The %oral o3 the fabula is that a
    %an - let hi% 1e the !reatest o3 %e&iu%s or natural *eers - is 1ut a %an; an& le3t to his o#n
    &evices an& s+eculations +%st 1e out o3 tune #ith a1solute truth, #hile even +ickin! u+ so%e
    o3 its cru%1s. For Man is 1ut a fallen 6n!el, a !o& #ithin, 1ut havin! an ani%al 1rain in his
    hea&, %ore su1>ect to col&s an& #ine 3u%es #hile in the co%+any #ith other %en on ;arth,
    than to the 3aultless rece+tion o3 &ivine revelations.
    0ence the %ulti-colore& &o!%as o3 the churches. 0ence also the thousan& an& one
    2+hiloso+hies2 so-calle& 7so%e contra&ictory, theoso+hical theories inclu&e&8; an& the
    varie!ate& 2 *ciences: an& sche%es, *+iritual, Mental, Christian an& *ecular; *ectarianis%
    an& 1i!otry, an& es+ecially the +ersonal vanity an& sel3-o+inionate&ness o3 al%ost every
    2,nnovator2 since the %e&iaeval a!es. These have all &arkene& an& hi&&en the very eEistence
    o3 T-/T0 - the co%%on root o3 all. Will our critics i%a!ine that #e eEclu&e theoso+hical
    teachin!s 3ro% this no%enclature. "ot at all. 6n& thou!h the eEoteric &octrines #hich our
    *ociety has 1een an& is eE+oun&in!, are not mental or spiritual i%+ressions 3ro% so%e
    2unkno#n, from abo*e,2 1ut the 3ruit o3
    --- C
    teachin!s !iven to us 1y livin! %en, still, eEce+t that #hich #as &ictate& an& #ritten out 1y
    those Masters o3 Wis&o% the%selves, those &octrines %ay 1e in %any cases as inco%+lete
    an& 3aulty as any o3 our 3oes #oul& &esire it. The %ecret 3octrine - a #ork #hich !ives out all
    that can 1e !iven out &urin! this century, is an atte%+t to lay 1are in part the co%%on
    3oun&ation an& inheritance o3 all - !reat an& s%all reli!ious an& +hiloso+hical sche%es. ,t #as
    3oun& in&is+ensa1le to tear a#ay all this %ass o3 concrete %isconce+tions an& +re>u&ice
    #hich no# hi&es the +arent trunk o3 7a8 all the !reat #orl&-reli!ions; 718 o3 the s%aller sects;
    an& T8 o3 Theoso+hy as it stan&s no# - ho#ever veile& the !reat Truth, 1y ourselves an& our
    li%ite& kno#le&!e. The crust o3 error is thick, lai& on 1y #hatever han&; an& 1ecause #e
    personally have trie& to re%ove so%e o3 it, the e33ort 1eca%e the stan&in! re+roach a!ainst
    all theoso+hical #riters an& even the *ociety. Fe# a%on! our 3rien&s an& rea&ers have 3aile&
    to characteriAe our atte%+t to eE+ose error in The Theosophist an& 'ucifer as 2very
    uncharita1le attacks on Christianity,2 2untheoso+hical assaults,2 etc., etc. Det these are
    necessary, nay, in&is+ensa1le, i3 #e #ish to +lou!h u+ at least appro8imate truths. We have
    to lay thin!s 1are, an& are rea&y to su33er 3or it - as usual. ,t is vain to +ro%ise to gie truth,
    an& then leave it %in!le& #ith error out o3 %ere 3aint-hearte&ness. That the result o3 such
    +olicy coul& only %u&&y the strea% o3 3acts is sho#n +lainly. 63ter t#elve years o3 incessant
    la1our an& stru!!le #ith ene%ies 3ro% the 3our Huarters o3 the !lo1e, not#ithstan&in! our 3our
    theoso+hical %onthly >ournals... our #ishy-#ashy, ta%e +rotests in the%, our ti%i&
    &eclarations, our 2%asterly +olicy o3 inactivity,2 an& +layin! at hi&e-an&-seek in the sha&o# o3
    &reary %eta+hysics, have only le& to Theoso+hy 1ein! seriously re!ar&e& as a reli!ious
    *;CT.
    - 0. $. Blavatsky
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    USING HA9IT 4ORC1
    The initial reaction to %ention o3 the #or& 2ha1it2 is usually ne!ative. 6ctually, ha1it is a
    neutral +heno%enon inherent in the nature o3 the #orl&. The ha1it o3 every&ay li3e 1len&s
    i%+erce+ti1ly into the ha1its o3 natural la# an& the %ove%ents o3 electrons an& +lanets.O UO,n
    an as+ect ?ar%a is also ha1it. - e&.V ,n&ee&, i3 #e #ere not surroun&e& #ith +re&icta1le
    +rocesses, the #orl& coul& not eEist as #e kno# it an& our universe coul& 1e nothin! other
    than uncreate chaos.
    Man is a creature o3 ha1it in innu%era1le #ays, 3ro% the %anner in #hich he ties his
    shoes to the %ore su1tle +sycholo!ical ha1its o3 attitu&e an& inter+ersonal reaction. 0a1it is
    +ara&oEical; it 1oth ai&s us an& hin&ers us. ,n %any #ays it saves us %uch ener!y an&
    attention, an& can 1e consciously use& an in&e3inite a%ount in this &irection. Can you i%a!ine
    learnin! ane# each ti%e to &rive a car or to use a ty+e#riter. n the other han&, 1eco%in!
    entrenche& in ha1its an& not 1ein! consciously a#are an& &iscri%inatin! to#ar&s the% can
    ten& to +ut one to slee+ an& %ake a +erson %echanical an& unconscious.
    Dou can use the ten&ency to#ar& ha1it to your o#n a&vanta!e
    --- F
    1y consciously &iscri%inatin! #hat ha1its you #ish to esta1lish in your &aily li3e an& a++lyin!
    ener!y to &o so. This can 1e a #ay to vastly i%+rove e33iciency in &aily li3e, as #ell as 1ein! a
    %eans to s+iritual 1eco%in!.
    Whatever your occu+ation %ay 1e, you 1eco%e %ore e33icient at it #hen you
    continually re3ine an& &evelo+ ha1its that a++ly. ,3 you #ish to 1eco%e in!enious an& e33icient,
    then a++ly ener!y in nu%erous tasks &urin! the &ay to 3in& a 1etter #ay o3 +er3or%in! the%.
    ,n ti%e, this a++roach or attitu&e #ill 1eco%e ha1itual an& you #ill 1eco%e in!enious an&
    e33icient. ,3 you #ish to 1eco%e a &iscri%inatin! thinker, then search out ha1itually the
    &i33erent si&es an& an!les o3 the issues an& Huestions you encounter. By constant atte%+t at
    this, in ti%e there #ill 1e a chan!e in your character an& you #ill have 1eco%e a
    &iscri%inatin! thinker, to the &e!ree o3 ener!y a++lie& an& stren!th o3 ha1it esta1lishe&.
    This is one o3 the secret o3 ascetics an& yo!is. ,t %i!ht see% harshly +ain3ul to #ear a hair
    shirt an& live in a cave,O UOsuch 1o&y-+unishin! asceticis% is actually >ust another ty+e o3
    sensualism - e&.V 1ut once the ascetic has 1eco%e used to or accustomed to his situation, it
    reHuires very little +ain an& ener!y to %aintain hi%sel3 there. 6&%itte&ly, it #oul& reHuire a
    !reat &eal o3 +ain an& e33ort to accusto% hi%sel3 initially. The yo!i #ho can %e&itate 3or 3our
    or 3ive hours at a sittin! coul& not &o so #hen he 3irst atte%+te& it. By a !reat &eal o3 e33ort he
    3or%ulate& a ha1it, or traine& hi%sel3, so that he is a1le to +er3or% the 3eat no# #ith little
    e33ort. The ener!y an& &eter%ination are reHuire& +ri%arily in 3or%in! the ha1it, not in
    %aintainin! it. 3 course, there is al#ays the +ossi1ility o3 continually a++lyin! ener!y to
    increase ca+acity an& Huality in #hatever area the ha1it +rocess is a++lie&.
    6lthou!h %ost o3 our a++arent an& su+er3icial li3e can 1e clai%e& to 1e co%+ose& o3
    various ha1it +rocesses, there see%s to 1e a se+arate an& o1servin! +art o3 the +syche that
    can vie#, &iscri%inate an& !ive &irection to this su+er3icial as+ect o3 our %ake-u+. The
    o1servin! +art o3 the +syche can 1e traine& to o1>ectively vie# an& &iscri%inate #hat chan!es
    nee& to 1e %a&e in one:s li3e an& to +rovi&e the %otivation to %ake those chan!es. The real
    2/s2 is not the ha1it-%achine.
    - To% *ny&er
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    "SUR7I7A0 O4 TH1 4ITT1ST"
    The 2stru!!le 3or eEistence2 a++lies only to the +hysical, never to the %oral +lane o3
    1ein!... this +seu&o-la# is a 2+reten&e&2 la# in&ee&, as 3ar as the hu%an 3a%ily is concerne&,
    an& a 3iction o3 the %ost &an!erous kin&. 2*el3-+reservation,2 on these lines, is in&ee& an& in
    truth a sure, i3 a slo# suici&e, 3or it is a +olicy o3 %utual ho%ici&e, 1ecause %en 1y
    &escen&in! to its +ractical a++lication a%on! the%selves, %er!e %ore an& %ore 1y a
    retro!ra&e reinvolution into the ani%al kin!&o%. This is #hat the 2stru!!le 3or li3e2 is in reality,
    even on the +urely %aterialistic lines o3 +olitical econo%y. nce that this aEio%atic truth is
    +rove& to all %en, the sa%e instinct o3 sel3-+reservation only &irecte& into its true channel #ill
    %ake the% turn to "!tr%is+ - as their surest +olicy o3 salvation.
    --- 1G
    ... ,t is not the +olicy o3 sel3-+reservation, not the #el3are o3 one or another +ersonality in
    its 3inite an& +hysical 3or% that #ill or can ever secure the &esire& o1>ect an& screen the
    *ociety 3ro% the e33ects o3 the social 2hurricane2 to co%e: 1ut only the #eakenin! o3 the
    3eelin! o3 se+arateness in the units #hich co%+ose its chie3 ele%ent. 6n& such a #eakenin!
    can only 1e achieve& 1y a +rocess o3 inner enli#htenment. ,t is not violence that can ever
    insure 1rea& an& co%3ort 3or all; nor is the kin!&o% o3 +eace an& love, o3 %utual hel+ an&
    charity an& 23oo& 3or all,2 to 1e conHuere& 1y a col&, reasonin!, &i+lo%atic +olicy. ,t is only 1y
    the close 1rotherly union o3 %en:s inner *;)I;*, o3 soul-soli&arity, o3 the !ro#th an&
    &evelo+%ent o3 that 3eelin! #hich %akes one su33er #hen one thinks o3 the su33erin! o3
    others, that the rei!n o3 5ustice an& eHuality 3or all can ever 1e inau!urate&.
    - Blavatsky
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    "DAR: 2ATT1R"
    -ecent o1servations an& calculations 1y astro+hysicists have 1rou!ht %any to the
    conclusion that u+ to FGW o3 the %atter in the /niverse is invisi1le an& not &etecta1le 1y any
    +resent +hysical %eans. They conclu&e& the necessary eEistence o3 such 2Dark Matter2 3ro%
    calculatin! chie3ly the rotational s+ee& o3 stars #ithin !alaEies an& relative %ove%ent
    1et#een !alaEies, an& then co%+arin! these calculations #ith the a%ount o3 %ass nee&e& to
    +ro&uce such %ove%ent accor&in! to kno#n +hysical la#s. There is 3ar too little %atter to
    +ro&uce eEistin! star an& !alaEy rotational s+ee&s - thus the necessity o3 invisi1le,
    un&etecta1le 2Dark Matter2 to +rovi&e the necessary %ass. The 3ollo#in! eEcer+ts 3ro%
    Blavatsky:s Transactions are a++ro+riate 3ro% the ccult vie#+oint:
    :uestion; 2s it to be supposed that the Mily )ay is composed of matter in a state of
    differentiation other than that &ith &hich &e are ac"uainted<
    Ans&er: , thorou!hly 1elieve so. ,t is the store-house o3 the %aterials 3ro% #hich the stars,
    +lanets an& other celestial 1o&ies are +ro&uce&. Matter in this state &oes not eEist on earth;
    1ut that #hich is alrea&y &i33erentiate& an& 3oun& on earth is also 3oun& on other +lanets an&
    vice-versa. But, as , un&erstan&, 1e3ore reachin! the +lanets 3ro% its con&ition in the Milky
    Way, %atter has to 3irst to +ass throu!h %any sta!es o3 &i33erentiation. The %atter, 3or
    instance, #ithin the *olar syste% is in an entirely &i33erent state 3ro% that #hich is outsi&e or
    1eyon& the syste%.... For the ccultist, the -osecroiE o3 the Mi&&le 6!es, an& even the
    %e&iaeval ?a1alists, sai& that to our hu%an +erce+tion an& even to that o3 the hi!hest
    2an!els,2 the universal Deity is &arkness, an& 3ro% this Darkness issues the )o!os in the
    3ollo#in! as+ects: 7,8Wei!ht 7Chaos #hich 1eco%e aether in its +ri%or&ial state8; 7(8 )i!ht;
    7480eat; 798 Fire .....By #ei!ht, !ravity in the occult sense o3 attraction an& re+ulsion is
    %eant. ,t is one o3 the attri1utes o3 &i33erentiation, an& is a universal +ro+erty. 7,n occultis%,
    !ravity is a su1-la#, so to s+eak, o3 the !eneral la# o3 attraction an& re+ulsion. *ince all is
    /nity, an& there is connection 1et#een visi1le an& invisi1le -to us - +lanes o3 &i33erentiation,
    then 2!ravity,2 in a sense, is eEerte& 3ro% invisi1le +lanes o3 %atter on our +hysical %atter an&
    vice versa. - e&.8
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    ON CHANN10ING
    Channelers, as a #hole, see% %uch less circu%s+ect a1out the source o3 their
    co%%unications than they #oul& 1e &iscri%inative in 1uyin! a use& car. The +heno%enal
    as+ects o3 1ein! in contact #ith an invisi1le creature - o3 so%e nature - see% to out#ei!h any
    ten&ency to 1ein! critical to#ar& #hatever entity is involve& an& the 21ill o3 !oo&s2 it is
    o33erin!. "o channeler i3 1uyin! a use& car or a house, 3or instance, #oul& take as !os+el
    truth a sales%an:s +itch, yet this is eEactly #hat thousan&s are &oin! in the vastly %ore
    i%+ortant arena o3 %oral +hiloso+hy. 6n eye is not 1atte& at the %ost outlan&ish state%ents,
    thin!s that i3 sai& 1y another #oul&-1e 1ut +hysical +hiloso+her #oul& not 1e hee&e& 3or a
    %o%ent.
    $ossi1ly an eEcellent tool 3or &eter%inin! the nature o3 the intelli!ences 1ehin& the
    thousan&s o3 channelers in this country 7a thousan& in the )os 6n!eles area alone accor&in!
    to one re+ort8 is to ask Huestions a1out the%, Huestions that #oul& 1e a++ro+riate in
    investi!atin! any source o3 authority an& su++ose& !enius.
    Why, 3or instance, is there no channele& +oetry. $oetry is an eE+ression o3 %an:s &ee+er
    nature, o3 his %ost sacre& 3eelin!s. $oetry is so%ethin! !enuine. Coul& it 1e that the entities
    1ehin& channelin! are never +oets, or &eliverers o3 any literature o3 Huality 3or that %atter,
    1ecause they have no &ee+er nature. ,s it 1ecause the sources are nor%ally shells or astral
    auto%ata, as Theoso+hy conten&s, an& are &ivorce& 3ro% anythin! sacre&. They cannot
    &eliver #hat they &o not have an& they &o not have the hi!her +rinci+les that are the source
    o3 ins+ire& literature. This &oes not %ean that the sources cannot 1e sel3-conscious or
    intelli!ent.
    Why, since the entities 1ehin& channelin! +lace a clai% to 1ein! !reat +hiloso+hers, are
    no hu%an !reat +hiloso+hers ever re3erre& to. There is never a re3erence to technical
    ;astern literature or sa!es such as Bu&&ha,, *hankara, the Ie&as, the /+anisha&s or to
    !reat #estern thinkers such as ?ant, 0e!el, *cho+enhauer, Bacon or occult authorities such
    as Blavatsky, Gur&>ie33, ;li+has )evi or scores o3 others - any o3 #hich 1y any critical
    stan&ar&s have vastly %ore to o33er than anythin! in the channelin! 3iel&. Why is it that si%+ly
    1ecause so%ethin! is invisi1le an& o3 reasona1le intelli!ence, that it is eE+ecte& to 1e o3
    su+erior insi!ht an& %oral nature. ,3 such #ere so, #hy have there never 1een a channele&
    $ulitAer $riAe, "o1el +riAe or the least o3 scienti3ic &iscoveries or +re&ictions. )ivin! hu%ans
    achieve !reater than the acco%+lish%ents o3 channelin! every &ay o3 the #eek.
    ,t is un3ortunate in the West that throu!h !enerations #e have &evelo+e& the inca+acity to
    a++ly critical reason to anythin! o3 reli!ious nature. For the +ast 1<GG years the reli!ion o3 the
    West has 1een Christianity, a reli!ion that cannot stan& the least a%ount o3 critical
    investi!ation as to its 3un&a%ental &octrines. ;%otional 1elievin! is necessary to 1e a
    conventional Christian, #ith the intellect &e!ra&e& to a tool use& to veri3y an& su++ort &octrine
    rather than as a %eans to &iscover Truth itsel3. The sa%e +ath is 1ein! auto%atically 3ollo#e&
    in channelin!. There are %any star-struck 1elievers co%+are& to a very 3e# that analyAe
    --- (
    the +heno%enon.
    Why is there no syste%, no %orality a&vocate& in any o3 the volu%inous channelin!s.
    Where is a 2*even $ara%itas2 o3 Bu&&his% or a 2Ten Co%%an&%ents o3 5u&ais% an&
    Christianity. 6ll &ee+ hu%an +hiloso+hers an& all reli!ions o33er a co&e o3 con&uct, yet
    nothin! alon! these lines is 3oun& a%on! channele& %essa!es. This #riter has 3oun& nothin!
    1ut lo!ical con3usion in the channele& %essa!es he:s rea& - the isolate& i&eas &o not tie
    to!ether in any vision or ins+ire& an& co%+lete vie# o3 li3e. *uch con3usion is a!ain
    &estructive to hu%an reason, i3 one 3eels co%+elle& to 21elieve2 a %essa!e that critically has
    nothin! su1stantial in it. ;levate& 1ein!s ou!ht to %ake %ore sense. 6t least they shoul&
    a++roach the !ra%%atical an& lo!ical consistency o3 the avera!e colle!e stu&ent.
    Most Theoso+hists conten& that channelin! is the i&entical +heno%enon as 1Fth
    century %e&iu%shi+ an& s+iritualis%. 6 co%%on o1>ection to this vie# is that the %a>or
    concern o3 channelin! is not co%%unication #ith &ecease& relatives an& the like as it #as
    #ith s+iritualis%. This is no real o1>ection, since our %o&ern !eneration is not concerne& #ith
    the sa%e issues as the 1Fth century. Throu!h hun&re&s o3 eE+ose& %e&iu%s an& conclusive
    evi&ence that it is not +ossi1le to relia1ly co%%unicate #ith the &ea&, the %o&ern !eneration
    no lon!er looks in this &irection - ho+e3ully as 3uture !enerations #ill no lon!er look 3or relia1le
    s+iritual a&vice 3ro% channelers. ,n channelin! an& %e&iu%shi+ one is serve& u+ eEactly
    #hat he is lookin! 3or, an& the %o&ern !eneration is lookin! %ore in the &irection o3
    +hiloso+hy an& the %ysterious. ;very !eneration has a %ore co%+leE #orl&-vie# an& are
    &elu&e& 1y a hi!her &e!ree o3 co%+leEity.
    The %ost &an!erous as+ect o3 channelin! is the total lack o3 any %oral +rescri+tion. The
    i&ea conveye& 1y such as 2-a%atha,2 2*eth,2 an& a host o3 others is that li3e is %erely 3or
    eE+erience, an& that the only value o3 li3e is eE+eriences an& not in any %oral #ay o3 livin!.
    %uch a *ie& is not merely amoral but the deepest and subtlest doctrine of immorality$ Who,
    3or instance, #oul& listen to an intelli!ence i3 it outri!ht reco%%en&e& i%%orality. Iery 3e#.
    The sa%e &octrine can 1e su1tly in3erre& 1y su!!estin! that %orality &oes not %atter, that li3e
    is only 3or the !arnerin! o3 eE+eriences, that 1ein! 2evil2 is as %uch an eE+erience as 1ein!,
    2!oo&2. ne can 3in& this &octrine in all the %ore intelli!ently +resente& channelin!s - %ore
    intelli!ent 1ecause this &octrine is that a&o+te& 1y Black Ma!icians an& *orcerers an& not
    %erely the 1a11lin!s o3 astral auto%ata.
    ,n recent issues o3 5ody+ Mind+ 6 %pirit %a!aAine %any ty+ical eEa%+les o3 this &octrine
    can 1e 3oun&. Fro% the entity 2*oli2 #e 3in&: =There is no such thin# as failure$$$ you are here
    to e8perience The >i#her %elf is only &antin# e8periences and if it doesn?t happen no&+ it &ill
    happen later$ 5ut if it can happen no&+ so much the better$= ,n other #or&s, i3 you are te%+te&
    #ith the 2eE+erience2 o3 1ein! a &ru! a&&ict - or so%ethin! else - you:& 1etter succu%1 no#
    or you:ll have to later.
    Fro% the entity 2)i *un!2: 22n our @manyA lifetimes &e ha*e also been a rascal one or t&o
    times Bust to eep thin#s interestin#$= This soun&s &eceivin!ly har%less 1ut o3 course is a
    reco%%en&ation that 1ein! a 2rascal2 is ?. When is consciously har%in! other +eo+le ever
    ri!ht.
    Fro% the entity 2*eth2 #e 3in&: 2The truth of any spiritual communication contact can be
    tested by the "uality of the information &hich is #i*en$ 2f that information is in any &ay
    Bud#emental+ in other &ords+ if that information tells you that certain thin#s are ne#ati*e+ it is
    "uestionable$2 What, than this, is a %ore 3oul &octrine. ,t is a state%ent that there is no such
    thin! as %orality, no such thin! as !oo& an& evil. 6ll !ro#th o3 civiliAation or o3 in&ivi&uals
    co%es 3ro% &iscri%inatin! the ne!ative as har%3ul to onesel3 an& others an& strivin! 3or the
    !reater value. This is once a!ain the &octrine o3 the Black )o&!e.
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    This &octrine i!nores :AR2A an& 3or sensations:s sake +rescri1es +ro&ucin! untol& su33erin!
    3or others an& onesel3. Theoso+hy %aintains that the en& result o3 such a +hiloso+hy, a3ter
    horri1le kar%ic su33erin!s, is total annihilation o3 the in&ivi&ual.
    6nother co%%on &octrine a%on! channelin! entities is that they are so%eho# 1ein!s
    21eyon& ti%e an& s+ace,2 in3errin! +erha+s that this is #hy their &octrines are so
    inco%+rehensi1le to %ere %ortals. This is a 1unch o3 %alarkey. There are no in&ivi&ual
    1ein!s 1eyon& ti%e an& s+ace. Beyon& ti%e an& s+ace can only eEist the 6)), the 61solute
    or 2Go&2. "o in&ivi&ualiAe& entity can eEist #ithout conteEt, other 1ein!s to co%+are itsel3 #ith
    an& 3ro% #hich in&ivi&ualiAation is +ossi1le. Without ti%e an& s+ace or relative &i%ension, no
    in&ivi&ual thin! can eEist. Ti%e an& s+ace an& in&ivi&uality are synony%ous #ith each other.
    2)ove2 is o3ten +ro%ul!ate& 1y channelers, 1ut even the %eanin! o3 love can 1e t#iste&.
    Channelers !enerally +resent the i&ea o3 love alon! #ith the thou!ht o3 not 1ein! >u&!%ental
    or &iscri%inative. The !eneral i&ea see%s to 1e: 2Don:t >u&!e anyone:s actions, 7even i3 they
    are &estroyin! the%selves or others8 1ut >ust uncon&itionally acce+t the% on a +ersonal
    level.2 ,t is true that one shoul& 1e very slo# to >u&!e other +ersons 1ecause one never
    kno#s #hat har&shi+s they are u+ a!ainst an& other 3actors, 1ut this &oes not %ean that one
    shoul& re3rain 3ro% kno#in! ri!ht an& #ron!. The hi!hest &octrine o3 )ove is ,M$;-*"6)
    )I; that %ay kno# that onesel3 an& the lo#est i%%oralist are one in ;**;"C;, 1ut
    avoi&in! the latter:s actions like the +la!ue. ,3 one cannot %ake >u&!e%ents as to con&uct,
    then there is no ho+e 3or +ro!ress an& 1y +roEy one a&o+ts a +hiloso+hy o3 seein! "ature as
    a hu!e %ish-%ash, hea&in! no#here an& a#ay 3ro% nothin!. 6ll +ro!ress is 2u+on one:s
    &ea& selves2 an& this is a +rocess o3 >u&!in! an& esca+in! the lesser 3or the !reater. ne hal3
    o3 +ro!ress is as+iration an& e33ort, the other is &estructive in nature, al1eit the latter %ay
    ha++en auto%atically.
    *o%e Huestions alrea&y touche& u+on an& others channelin! a&vocates %i!ht consi&er
    inclu&e: Do you 1elieve all channelin!s are truth3ul. 0o# &o you &eter%ine i3 one is or not.
    Do you think you can 1e 3oole&. What are the nature o3 the 1ein!s 1ehin& channelin!. Can
    evil 1ein!s use channelers. Woul& you kno# the &i33erence. Why is !oo& an& evil sel&o%
    re3erre& to in channelin!, a 3un&a%ental issue in all reli!ions. Why are none o3 our !reat
    +hiloso+hers or %o&ern authorities re3erre& to. Why have no Huality literature, +oetry,
    scholarshi+, scienti3ic &iscoveries, +re&ictions, or %usical co%+osition co%e 3ro% channelin!.
    Why is a lar!e a%ount o3 %oney char!e& 1y so%e channelers. Why &on:t all channelers
    a!ree #ith each other. Why aren:t the sa%e ter%inolo!ies use&. D& you think you coul&
    co%+ose a +hiloso+hy that %akes as %uch sense as %ost channelin!s. ,3 so%ethin! is
    invisi1le an& intelli!ent, &oes this auto%atically %ake it %orally an& +hiloso+hically su+erior to
    onesel3.
    6s #ell as har% a channeler &oes to hi%sel3, there are also terri1le conseHuences 3or a
    certain class o3 1ein!s the channeler %ay attract. *uici&es or acci&ent victi%s, #e 3in& in
    Theoso+hical teachin!s, &o not Huickly +ass throu!h the astral real% to Devachan as in
    nor%al &eath, 1ut 3in& the%selves still 2alive2 in the astral real% 1ut >ust 1ere3t o3 their
    +hysical 1o&y. 6n acci&ent victi%, i3 havin! 1een o3 !oo& %oral nature, %ay likely sli+ into a
    &rea%y slee+-like state until his nor%al +hysical li3e #oul& have en&e&, an& then enter his
    &evachan. ,3 suici&es or acci&ent victi%s are attracte& 1y channelers they can &evelo+ a
    #hole ne# line o3 kar%a an& sandhas that they #ill 1e 1ur&ene& 1y in their neEt
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    incarnation. Co%+are& to the astral an& ka%a-loka real%, resistin! te%+tation in the +hysical
    #orl& is an easy task. ,n the &esire-#orl& #here the suici&e or acci&ent victi% %ay 3in&
    hi%sel3, all &esire an& te%+tation is %ulti+lie&. 0e literally lives a%on! &esires #hile on the
    +hysical +lane #e have the anchorin! routine an& &istraction o3 the +hysical environ%ent. By
    the encoura!e%ent o3 channelers the suici&e or acci&ent victi% %ay 1e te%+te& an&
    &evelo+e& into a va%+ire #hich %ust continuously seek vicarious satis3action throu!h livin!
    hu%ans 3or ne#ly cause& &esires. 6s a result, the suici&e or acci&ent victi% %ay &evelo+ a
    2&#eller on the threshol&2 7his +revious ele%entary sel38 to +la!ue his neEt incarnation, i3 not
    #orse conseHuences. ,t is not a +retty +icture. 7*ee The Mahatma 'etters, ++ 11G-118
    Channelin! is essentially the sa%e +heno%ena as hy+notis%, #hich a!ain is essentially
    the sa%e +heno%ena as +ossession. ,n channelin! an& hy+notis%, the inter%e&iate +art o3
    the constitution is eE+elle& or nu%1e& to %ake #ay 3or that o3 either an eEternal entity or the
    livin! hy+notist. This is o3 course also #hat ha++ens in +ossession. ,t is the result o3 +assivity
    on 1ehal3 o3 the channeler or hy+notic su1>ect, an& +assivity is the antithesis o3 the
    a!!ressive %entality that is reHuire& 3or any ty+e o3 +hysical, +sycholo!ical, or s+iritual
    achieve%ent. $assivity is an o+en &oor to every 3or% o3 ne!ative in3luence. ne %i!ht
    su!!est to s+iritualists that they %ake the eE+eri%ent o3 3reein! the%selves 3ro% their 2s+irit
    !ui&es2 i3 they &ou1t the analo!y o3 o1session. The key is in 1eco%in! +ositive rather than o3
    ne!ative +olarity. 7*ee 5la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s+ vol. ,,, ++ 4F<-9GG8 The surest esca+e o3
    any ill is to elevate onesel3 to the 3eelin! o3 love, co%+assion an& /nity - #hich 1rin!s one to
    -;6),TD an& 1eyon& any +la!ues o3 this Maya.
    6nyone 1eco%in! overly concerne& #ith astral or +sychic %atters is invitin! trou1le #ith
    o+en ar%s. )ike the +erson #ho +uts the cu+ to his li+s, he %ay not realiAe the chan!e he
    un&er!oes 1ecause o3 the e33ect o3 the &rau!ht. The +hysical #orl& is a sa3e an& sane +lace
    co%+are& to the astral. The reason 3or the astral 1ein! such a &an!erous +lace is that it is
    literally the &u%+in! !roun& o3 all that is 3oul 3ro% the hu%an %in&. While the u++er levels are
    o3 +uri3ie& nature, the lo#er levels #hich #e are closely in contact #ith are the cess+ool o3
    "ature. 3 necessity any 1ein! reache& on this level #ill 1e o3 the coarsest nature, a
    +ersona1le a++earance not#ithstan&in!. ,3 a +erson 1elieves he is co%%unicatin! #ith a
    !enuine White 6&e+t, the chances are in3initesi%al that he is actually &oin! so. There are no
    White 6&e+ts that use channelers. Channelin! is a +rocess that &oes !reat har% to the
    %e&iu% i3 only consi&ere& 3ro% this as+ect alone.
    - M. 5aHua
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    N1W WI00IA2 ;UDG1 7O0U21
    *ince the 3oun&in! o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety in 1CB< 1y 0.$. Blavatsky, 0enry *.
    lcott, Willia% J. 5u&!e, an& others, its 1asic i&eas have ha& enor%ous e33ect u+on #orl&-
    thou!ht. 5u&!e:s o#n contri1ution
    to this out+ourin! has 1een uniHue, as the co%+iler o3 the three volu%es o3 ;choes states.
    2Willia% J. 5u&!e,2 she #rites, 2#as tireless in seekin! ne# %etho&s to reach the co%%on
    %an #ith +ractical Theoso+hy. Besi&es this, he kne# ho# to ta+ the ethical roots o3 an
    eE+an&in! ne# nation. Thus the %ove%ent !re# an& thrive& un&er his &irection in 6%erica.2
    ,nclu&e& in this volu%e is a *ection ;soteric instruction, ;Ea%ination +a+ers on
    a&vance& technical theoso+hical stu&ies, 6ns#ers to Hueries 3ro% stu&ents, an& hel+3ul
    co%%entary.
    Echoes of the /rient, ,,,, 1y W.J. 5u&!e, co%+ile& 1y Dara ;klun&, 9(G ++., cloth, R1C.B<.
    $oint )o%a $u1lications, BoE =<GB, *an Die!o, C6 F(1G=
    7Echoes of the /rient+ Iol. , K ,,, R1(.GG each8
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    ACTI71 PATI1NC1
    The ascetic cultivates +atience 3or he has the #is&o% to un&erstan& "ature:s )a# o3
    6&>ust%ent. The ;ternal Mother #orks in her o#n slo# 1ut #on&rous #ays. *he #ill neither
    rush nor lin!er 1ut #alks #ith stately ste+ throu!hout all &uration. The sa!es are a1le to
    calculate cycles 1ecause o3 this %easure& trea&.
    The &isci+le is a1le to &ra# coura!e an& co%3ort in his &arkest %o%ents o3 trial, 3or
    "ature #ill clear his +ath#ay i3 he 1ut have con3i&ence an& re%ain true to her o+erations. The
    &arkest clou&s +ass an& sunli!ht takes their +lace. Thus there 3ollo#s throu!hout all 1ein! the
    o+erations o3 action an& reaction. The 3ar%er #ho so#s see&s %ust #ait until the 3all 1e3ore
    he can rea+ his harvest. The &isci+le %ay #ait %any lives 1e3ore his see&s o3 thou!ht an&
    action sen& hi% soarin! into the s+aces u+on #in!s o3 thou!ht. Thus the Great Mother
    teaches +atience to her chil&ren. ,3 the &isci+le 1eco%es i%+atient an& +its his #ill a!ainst the
    slo# 1ut healthy +rocess o3 !ro#th in an atte%+t to rush the !oal, he %ay in&ee& 3ail. 0e #ho
    #oul& +luck the 1losso% 1e3ore it has ri+ene& into the 3ruit is 1oth rash an& sel3ish. -ash
    1ecause he is atte%+tin! to harvest 1e3ore it is rea&y. *el3ish 1ecause he has his !aAe u+on
    the re#ar&.
    There is 1oth a ne!ative an& +ositive ty+e o3 +atience. 0e #ho 3ollo#s the ne!ative ty+e
    lets li3e 1atter hi% #ithout ever raisin! his
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    #ill into an e33ort to 1etter his con&ition. 0e #ho 3ollo#s the +ositive ty+e o3 +atience is
    intensely active #hile he en&ures. 0e is the one #ho acco%+lishes action #hile to all
    a++earances he is inactive.
    ,%a!ine the +atience reHuire& o3 the teacher #ho #aits throu!hout the a!es 3or the &ay
    #hen in3ant hu%anity #ill sen& out a call to hi%. 0is ran!e o3 vision s#ee+s the centuries
    #hile ours covers the %inutes.
    - Martyn Witter
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    2n the %ental ste+s o3 a %illion %en, Bu&&ha +asse& throu!h the Gates o3 Gol&.2
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    CR12ATION
    utsi&e o3 the 6%erican ,n&ians, cre%ation #as unkno#n in this country an& %ost o3
    ;uro+e 1e3ore the Theoso+hical 3uneral an& cre%ation o3 Baron Du $otet in the 1CBG:s in
    "e# Dork. 6ccor&in! to a recent %ornin! +ro!ra% on CB*, there are no# so%e <C<
    cre%atoriu%s o+eratin! in the /nite& *tates. The reason Theoso+hy an& ;astern reli!ions
    reco%%en& cre%ation is that it %ore Huickly se+arates the connection 1et#een the lo#er
    +rinci+les o3 the &ecease& an& the +hysical #orl&, thus Huickenin! his &e+arture 3or his
    s+iritual ho%e.
    HIGH COUNTR6 N1WS01TT1R
    6 really eEcellent an& #ell-#orth su1scri1in! to ne#sletter is +u1lishe& %onthly 1y the 0i!h
    Country Theoso+hical *tu&y Center 7R<.(< +er year-to: Dick *lusser, 19G *. 44r& *treet,
    Boul&er. Colora&o CG4G48 The May nu%1er has a very interestin! +iece on the eEtraor&inary
    article 2The Eli8er of 'ife= #hich #as +u1lishe& in an early Theosophist. 2The Eli8er of 'ife= is
    a very unusual an& +o#er3ul article that #as #ritten 1y the author un&er the stran!e
    circu%stance o3 havin! 0.$. Blavatsky stan&in! over his shoul&er.
    TH1 4IRST 2ASS 2AI01R
    ,n the 1CFG:s Willia% 5u&!e an& associates institute& a Theoso+hical 2Tract-Mailin!
    sche%e2 #hich resulte& in so%e FG,GGG ineE+ensive 1ooklets 1ein! sent out. To&ay this
    see%s as !oo& an i&ea as it #as then 3or !ettin! Theoso+hical i&eas to the !eneral +o+ulace.
    There are %any ineE+ensive 1ooklets 1y the various societies availa1le that can 1e sent out
    3or a 3irst class sta%+. 7ne shoul& +ro1a1ly check the #ei!ht on a +articular one 3irst 1e3ore
    +urchasin!.8 For a +erson #ho #ants to &o %ore an& is una1le to involve hi%sel3 in a lar!e
    scale +ro>ect, or is isolate& 3ro% any availa1le !rou+, this is an eEcellent #ay to &o
    Theoso+hic #ork that is eEactly 1alance& to ti%e an& the +ocket1ook. ne %erely has to &ro+
    a 1ooklet in a sta%+e& envelo+e a&&ress an& %ail it. Mailin! lists are rather ineE+ensive, or
    one coul& >ust sen& to a&&resses out o3 a +hone 1ook.
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    2,t takes hun&re&s o3 hours o3 3acin! the unkno#n to !et the unkno#n
    to yiel& one little insi!ht, one little +iece at a ti%e. ,3 you are !oin! to 1e any !oo& at it, you
    have to 1e lucky enou!h to esca+e the tra+ o3 thinkin! that you can learn anythin! 3ro%
    1ooks. Dou can learn anythin! at all a1out outsi&e reality 3ro% a 1ook, 1ut #hen it co%es to
    your o#n inner reality it cannot 1y &e3inition ever 1e &escri1e& 1y anyone else. ,t can only 1e
    &escri1e& 1y yoursel3. "o one else has access to it. ,t is a totally solo tri+ an& a totally into-
    the-unkno#n tri+. The natural +rocess o3 &ee+ %e&itation is 1uilt in. Dou &on:t %ake it that
    #ay, you &iscover it. 6 natural 3unction !ets you #here you:re tryin! to !o. Goin! to slee+ is
    the sa%e +rocess as &ee+ %e&itation. ,t is !oo& to learn to !o to slee+ slo#ly an& #ake u+
    slo#ly.2
    - 5i% Burns
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    C!"re Pro,&et8s KUTHUMI ON SELFHOOD 7*u%%it /niversity $ress, R1C.F<8
    C0T>0M2 /1 %E'4>//3 is a recent re-release un&er ne# title o3 ;liAa1eth Clare
    $ro+het:s 1F=F volu%e 1( o3 her 2$earls o3 Wis&o%2 series o3 short essays su++ose&ly
    channele& 3ro% the a&e+ts 1ehin& the 3oun&in! o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety, Morya an& ?oot
    0oo%i 7an& a host o3 others 3ro% 26rchan!el Michael2to Gauta%a Bu&&ha8 are 1oun&
    to!ether in one volu%e.
    First o3 all, any serious stu&ent o3 Theoso+hy realiAes that Clare $ro+het:s 2Morya an&
    ?uthu%i2 are not the real Morya an& ?oot 0oo%i since these t#o a&e+ts &i& not 1elieve in the
    +ractice o3 %e&iu%shi+. The i%+ersonation o3 a&e+ts 1y astral entities is no unco%%on thin!
    as can 1e seen 1y ?oot 0oo%i:s o#n #or&s on +a!e 91F an& other +laces in T>E MA>ATMA
    'ETTE-%.
    While T>E MA>ATMA 'ETTE-% 7the +ro&uction o3 the real ?oot 0oo%i an& Morya8 is
    soli& +hiloso+hy throu!hout an& o1viously the +ro&uction o3 !reat %in&s, #hether the critic 1e
    theoso+hist or not, the contents o3 $ro+het:s Cuthumi on %elfhood is nearly entirely +ollyannic
    !i11erish, #ith un&e3ine& ter%s +ile& helter-skelter u+on each other 3ro% every area o3
    reli!ion an& occultis% in such an irrational 3ashion as to %ake anyone atte%+tin! to 3in& even
    a 3ocal +oint as a 1asis 3or critiHue to thro# his han&s u+ in an!uishe& &es+air. nce a!ain,
    as the case in %ost all channelin!, the &iscourses are an a++eal to the e%otions #ith only the
    1arest necessary trace o3 rhy%e, reason an& syste%.
    ne #on&ers ho# #ith any sense o3 conscience Clare $ro+het can 3or the last 4G years
    +resent her channelin!s as 3ro% the sa%e Morya an& ?oot 0oo%i 1ehin& the ori!inal
    Theoso+hical *ociety an& res+onsi1le 3or %ost o3 Foun&er Blavatsky:s eru&ite #ritin!s. 0o#
    coul& one su++ose such a &rastic &e!eneration in style an& co%+lete a1out-3ace on
    +hiloso+hic %atters coul& co%e 3ro% the sa%e %en. The #or& 2Go&2 is use& a++roEi%ately
    hal3 a &oAen ti%es on each +a!e o3 $ro+het:s #ork, #hile in The Mahatma 'etters ?.0. an&
    M. #oul& not use this ter% at all #ithout Huali3ication 1ecause o3 the ter%:s connotation o3 the
    Christian +ersonal &iety. While it is state& re+eate&ly in the a&e+t-+ro&uce& #ritin!s that it is
    ho+e& the Theoso+hical Move%ent #ill avoi& any sort o3 2churchis%,2 Clare $ro+het:s
    2%asters2 have instructe& her to &o this very thin! #ith her 2Church /niversal an&
    Triu%+hant2 co%+lete #ith 1isho+s, et. al. 2Morya2 is even %a&e to !ive a #on&er3ul
    Christ%as ser%on at one +oint an& vicarious atone%ent is +ro%ul!ate& at others - so%ethin!
    that is the co%+lete antithesis o3 Theoso+hical teachin!s. 25esus Christ2 &elivers a %essa!e
    also, an& in the a&e+t:s earlier Theoso+hical teachin!s Christ #as hel& to 1e an 6vatar - a
    1ein! create& 1y #hite %a!ic #hich ceases to eEist 3orever a3ter +hysical &eath - one
    #on&ers #hat he is still &oin! aroun&. Di& Clare $ro+het:s 2a&e+ts2 chan!e their +hiloso+hy
    3ro% early Theoso+hical &ays, or &oes she %erely i!nore the a1ove &iscre+ancies an& the
    thousan& other +ara&oEes 1et#een her 2ne#2 a&e+ts an& the ol&, !enuine a&e+ts - #ho #ere
    not 2ascen&e& %asters2 at all 7#hatever this %ay 1e8 1ut real livin! %enP
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    TH1OSOPHICA0 9RANCH1S
    - W,)),6M 5/DG;
    The #ork o3 a Branch has t#o o1>ective +oints #here it is inten&e& in the theoso+hic
    or&er o3 thin!s, that its hel+ an& in3luence are to 1e 3elt. The 3irst is in an& a%on! its
    %e%1ers, an& the other u+on that +ortion o3 the #orl& #hich lies #ithin its +urvie#. ,3, as ,
    3ir%ly 1elieve, the theory o3 universal 1rotherhoo& is 1ase& u+on a la# - a 3act - in nature, that
    all %en are s+iritual 1ein!s #ho are in&issolu1ly linke& an& unite& to!ether in one vast #hole,
    then no Branch, no in&ivi&ual theoso+hist, can 1e re!ar&e& as #ithout si!ni3icance an&
    in3luence, nor is any %e%1er >usti3ie& in su++osin! that he or she is too o1scure, too
    un+ro!resse&, to 1e o3 any 1ene3it to the %ove%ent an& thus to %ankin& at lar!e.
    The 3act that a 1ranch T.*. is a 1o&y o3 in&ivi&uals %akes stron!er the certainty that 1y
    %eans o3 the su1tle link #hich, un&er the la# o3 unity, connects to!ether all the %en #ho are
    on this +lanet, a #i&er an& %ore +otent in3luence 3or !oo& or evil %ay 1e eEerte& throu!h a
    Branch than throu!h any sin!le in&ivi&ual. For >ust as %an is co%+ose& o3 ato%s &escen&e&
    to hi% in various lines 3ro% %any 3ore3athers, all o3 #hich have a +art in the in3luence he
    eEerts, so a Branch is a 1ein! co%+ose& o3 the ato%s - its %e%1ers - inclu&e& #ithin its
    1or&ers. 6n& it is no 3ancy, no 3antastic &rea%, to say that this 1ein! %ay 1e intelli!ent, or
    3orce3ul, or #eak, or #icke& as a #hole, >ust as it is %a&e the one or the other 1y its
    co%+onent +arts. 6n& the &eclarations %a&e 1y the a&e+ts res+ectin! in&ivi&ual theoso+hists
    shoul& have #ei!ht #ith such a 1o&y. Those Bein!s have sai& that each %e%1er can ai& the
    %ove%ent 1y eE+lainin! its 3un&a%ental &octrines or at least 1y &oin! a#ay #ith
    %isconce+tions, an& that no sin!le unit in the #hole shoul& 1e so i!norant as to su++ose that
    he or she has a s+ecial kar%a o3 his o#n unconnecte& #ith the rest. "ot a sin!le !oo&
    eEa%+le in theoso+hic li3e is lost, they say, 1ut every one o3 us a33ects not only the i%%e&iate
    associates 1ut also +ro>ects into the !reat universal current an in3luence that has its #ei!ht in
    the &estiny o3 the race, *o%e o3 these !ol&en #or&s are as 3ollo#s: 75() Q,, 1=C-F8
    2)et not the 3ruit o3 !oo& kar%a 1e your %otive; 3or your kar%a, !oo& or 1a&, 1ein! one
    an& the co%%on +ro+erty o3 all %ankin&, nothin! !oo& or 1a& can ha++en to you that is not
    share& 1y %any others. 0ence, i3 the %otive 1e 3or yoursel3 it is sel3ish an& can only !enerate
    a &ou1le e33ect - !oo& an& 1a& - an& #ill either nulli3y your !oo& actions or turn the% to so%e
    other %an:s +ro3it... There is no ha++iness 3or one #ho is ever thinkin! o3 sel3 an& 3or!ettin!
    other selves...2
    This is all a++lica1le to a Branch in its totality, 3or it is an intelli!ent 1ein! Huite as %uch
    un&er the !overn%ent o3 kar%a as any in&ivi&ual. ,t #ill 3eel the kar%a o3 its actions, an& the
    res+onsi1ility #ill rest u+on the %e%1ers #ho have ne!lecte& or o1eye& &ictates o3
    theoso+hic &uty. 6n& the kar%a o3 the entire international 1o&y #ill react u+on it 3or 1ene3it or
    the reverse, accor&in! to the !oo&, 1a&, or in&i33erent kar%a #hich the Branch %ay have
    acHuire& 1y its course o3 action. ,t is a +art o3 the #hole., an& no +ortion can 1e eEe%+t 3ro%
    the in3luence 1elon!in! to the total %ass o3 #orkers. Thus a Branch #hich has 1een
    in&i33erent, or sel3ish, or 3ull o3 &ou1t or &isloyalty re!ar&in! the i&eals it +ro%ise& to 3ollo#.,
    #ill attract out o3 the international theoso+hic kar%a >ust enou!h to accentuate its #eakness
    an& &ou1t, an& on the other han& a Branch #hich has #orke& har&, unsel3ishly, an& earnestly
    #ill attract the !oo& 3ro% the #hole su% o3 kar%a, an& that, a&&e& to its o#n, #ill ena1le it to
    resist 1a& e33ects an& #ill 3urther stren!then the vital ele%ents in its o#n cor+orate 1o&y.
    --- 1G
    The !oo& or 1a& kar%a o3 the #hole Theoso+hic *ociety %ay 1e 3i!ure& as surroun&in! it
    3ro% one en& o3 the #orl& to the other in the sha+e o3 layers an& s+heres o3 li!ht or &arkness.
    The li!ht is !oo& kar%a an& the &arkness is 1a&. Those units - Branches - #hich contain the
    ele%ents o3 li!ht #ithin the% #ill attract 3ro% the s+here o3 li!ht as %uch o3 that as they are
    ca+a1le o3 hol&in!, an& the &arkness #ill 1e &ra#n in 1y those #hich have &arkness alrea&y.
    Thus #e are all, theoso+hically s+eakin!, kee+ers an& hel+ers o3 each other, not only in the
    /nite& *tates 1ut in ;n!lan&, in Bo%1ay, in Calcutta, in Ma&ras. ,3 #e &o not &o our &uty it
    %ay ha++en that so%e stru!!lin! Branch in so%e 3ar o33 +lace #ill 1y reason o3 its ne#ness
    or #eakness 1e the reci+ient, not o3 hel+ 1ut o3 &a%a!e 3ro% us. ;ach Branch is se+arately
    res+onsi1le 3or its o#n actions, an& yet every one is hel+e& or in>ure& 1y every other. These
    reci+rocatin! in3luences #ork on the real thou!h unseen +lane #here every %an is
    &yna%ically unite& to every 3ello# %an.
    *o the %ost o1scure has a +lace in the sche%e as i%+ortant as the one that is lar!e an&
    #ell kno#n, #hile those that are laAy or &ou1tin! or sel3ish %ust co%+ensate so%e ti%e or
    another 3or their acts o3 co%%ission, as #ell as 3or any 3ailure to a&& to the !eneral su% o3
    !oo&.
    With this in vie# #e %ay conclu&e that a sin!le Branch has the +o#er to e33iciently ai&
    an& 1ene3it not only its %e%1ers 1ut also the #hole theoso+hic 1o&y cor+orate.
    - 3ro% Echoes of the /rient, vol. ,,,, ++. CB-F
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    2The &ivinity #ithin each one o3 you is a !lory, a !lory #hich is in&escri+ti1le, shinin!,
    s+len&i&, e%anatin! s+iritual ener!y an& $o#er all the ti%e. 6s the sun is continually +ourin!
    3orth 3ro% #ithin its o#n heart,, unceasin!ly throu!h the aeons, 3loo&s o3 s+len&or: s+iritual.,
    intellectual, +sychical, vital, an& astral, as #ell as 3loo&s o3 +hysical ener!y; so also &oes the
    res+len&ent &ivinity #ithin each hu%an 1ein!, 3or that &ivinity or !o& lives in s+len&or an&
    ra&iates it al#ays. ;ach one o3 you is an e%1ryo-sun, in the core o3 his 1ein!, an& in 3uture
    cos%ic %anvantaras every one o3 you is &estine& to 1e one o3 the stellar host, shinin! in
    res+len&ent !lory, each in his o#n +lace, in the s+aces o3 *+ace.2
    - G. &e $urucker
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    7-/T/./1/% is sent out occasionally an& su++orte& in +art 1y 3ree-#ill
    contri1utions. To 1e +lace& on the %ailin! list, #rite: 7roto#onos........
    7,n re3erence to the 2Theoso+hical Tract-Mailin! *che%e2 on +a!e B, 6n eEcellent source
    o3 Huality, ineE+ensive Theoso+hical +a%+hlets is: The Theoso+hy Co%+any, (9< West 44r&
    *treet, )os 6n!eles, C6 FGGGB8
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    Contents5 6 Co%+arison o3 )ea&1eater:s The (haras #ith Blavatsky .....1; The
    ;ncyclo+e&ic Theoso+hical Glossary....F
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    A CO2PARISON O4 C.W. 01AD91AT1R8S THE CHAKRAS WITH TH1 WRITINGS O4 H.P.
    90A7ATS:6- WI00IA2 ;UDG1- AND G. D1 PURUC:1R
    By 3ar the lar!est sellin! 1ook o3 any Theoso+hical $u1lisher over the +ast 3i3ty years has
    1een C. W. )ea&1eater:s The Chakras, #ith 4GG,GGG in +rint as o3 1FCB. $ossi1ly it has sol&
    %ore than all Blavatsky:s 1ooks co%1ine&. To&ay, #hen one tells a kno#le&!ea1le +erson he
    is a Theoso+hist, he #ill %ore than likely 1e cate!oriAe& a stu&ent o3 )ea&1eater an& 6nnie
    Besant. Most, , &ou1t, have any 3urther un&erstan&in! o3 #hat Theoso+hy is a1out, an& no
    clear conce+tion o3 #ho our 3oun&er Blavatsky #as, i3 they have ever hear& her na%e, let
    alone the na%e o3 the even %ore o1scure 3oun&er Willia% 5u&!e.
    With the +u1lication o3 the revealin! 1io!ra+hy o3 )ea&1eater 1y
    Gre!ory Tillett, The Elder 5rother, the )ea&1eaterSBesant school o3 2Theoso+hy2 a++ears to
    1e on the #ane. Thin!s chan!e slo#ly ho#ever, an& i3 one !oes to his local 1ookstore an&
    looks in the 2"e# 6!e2 section he is likely to 3in& 1ooks 1y )ea&1eater, alon! #ith shelves o3
    2channelin!2 an& the like, an& unlikely a sin!le 1ook 1y Blavatsky or any o3 the &oAens other
    serious Theoso+hical #riters.
    )ea&1eater:s The (haras an& other #ritin!s have 1een +ro%ote& as 2Theoso+hy2 3or
    the +ast three-Huarters o3 a century, yet they &i33er consi&era1ly in +hiloso+hy 3ro% other
    3or%s o3 2Theoso+hy.2 This #riter:s o#n 3avorite authors Blavatsky, 5u&!e, an& $urucker also
    call their +resentations 2Theoso+hy.2 Do each &i33er in 3un&a%entals to #hat they are callin!
    Theoso+hy. ,3 each &i33er consi&era1ly, #ho can lay clai% to correctly callin! his #ork 1y that
    na%e. This #oul& not see% a %atter o3 %ere o+inion or va!ue intellectualiAin!, 1ut
    so%ethin! o3 concrete &e3inition. 6ny Theoso+hist #ho is sincerely intereste& in T-/T0 an&
    not %ere e%otionalis% or the titillation o3 +sychic an& +o#er !a%es #oul& see% necessarily
    to 1e intereste& in co%in! to so%e reasona1le conclusions a1out the %atter. 6 +oint 1y +oint
    co%+arison o3 as+ects o3 )ea&1eater:s 2Theoso+hy2 in his The (haras #ith state%ents 1y
    other #riters shoul& +rovi&e so%e valua1le insi!ht on this crucial Huestion to the 3uture o3
    Theoso+hy.
    ,n his Esoteric Teachin#s 7Iol. ,Q, $$ C<-FF8 G. &e $urucker states that he %akes the 3e#
    o1servation he &oes o3 the chakras:
    2...lar!ely in or&er to en3orce or to e%+hasiAe the #arnin! to all esotericists to leave the
    chakras an& their res+ective +ranas alone, 1ecause very serious +eril to 1oth %ental an&
    +hysical health #ill al%ost certainly 1e incurre& 1y i!norant an& conseHuently 3oolish yo!a-
    eE+eri%entation in conneEion #ith the%, such as atte%+tin! to control the 1reath . . . etc.2
    While )ea&1eater s+eci3ically !ives the location o3 the chakras in his 1ook 7#hich &i33ers
    consi&era1ly 3ro% $urucker:s locations in ET, Iol. ,Q8, Blavatsky no#here in her %ecret
    3octrine !ives the location o3 the chakras or in any o3 her other #ritin!s outsi&e the +a+ers 3or
    her ;soteric Grou+. Willia% 5u&!e also &i& not !ive out the location o3 the chakras in any o3
    his #ritin!s.
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    There are nu%erous contra&ictions #ithin )ea&1eater:s The (haras. n +a!es FG an&
    F1 he states that use o3 alcohol, to1acco or other &ru!s &estroys a +erson:s 2etheric #e12 an&
    allo#s entrance o3 ne!ative in3luences. 0e states that in other cases these &ru!s cause this
    2etheric #e12 to 2har&en2 so that no hi!her in3luences can enter. This 2etheric #e12 is not
    re3erre& to in the literature o3 Blavatsky, 5u&!e, or $urucker. )ea&1eater:s analo!ies as to the
    e33ect o3 these su1stances is contra&ictory an& si%ilar to sayin! that a 1ullet #ill either +ierce
    the 3lesh or turn it into concrete.
    n the use o3 to1acco, to #hich )ea&1eater assi!ns the %ost horri1le conseHuences, #e
    3in& that he is not in a!ree%ent #ith either Blavatsky, 5u&!e, or $urucker. )ea&1eater #rites:
    2For any +erson #ho really %eans to &evelo+ his vehicles, to a#aken his chakras, to %ake
    +ro!ress alon! the +ath o3 holiness, to1acco is un&ou1te&ly to 1e se&ulously avoi&e&.2 7+. F48
    Consi&erin! that to %ost Theoso+hist:s a&%ission, 0.$. Blavatsky, #hile 1ein! a s%oker,
    #as also the !reatest +ractical an& +u1lic occultist o3 our %ove%ent, there see%s to 1e a
    %isa++rehension o3 3act in )ea&1eater:s state%ents. lcott, 5u&!e, $urucker, Blavatsky an&
    Master Morya #ere all s%okers 7see The Mahatma 'etters, +. 4B98. ,n another contra&iction
    alon! this line, )ea&1eater states on +a!e 11 o3 The (haras that 2un3ol&%ent2 o3 the chakras
    2see%s to have no %ore &irect connection #ith %orality than has the enlar!e%ent o3 the
    1ice+s.2, #hile, contra&ictin! hi%sel3, on +a!es FG-4 he states that use o3 &ru!s, alcohol, or
    to1acco is 3atal to occult &evelo+%ent. Blavatsky, 5u&!e an& $urucker all state in innu%era1le
    +laces that only #ithin the hi!hest %orality is any occult &evelo+%ent sa3e or &esira1le.
    Blavatsky states a1out to1acco in her rules 3or the ;soteric Grou+ that:
    2The %o&erate use o3 to1acco is not +rohi1ite&, 3or it is not an intoEicant; 1ut its a1use,
    like that o3 everythin! else - even +ure #ater or 1rea& - is +re>u&icial.2 75() Q,,, +. 9F=8
    $urucker like#ise #ith Blavatsky on to1acco states that:
    2There is no occult reason a!ainst s%okin!; 1ut there is an occult reason 3or s%okin! in
    certain cases, 3or it takes the +lace, to a &e!ree, o3 incense, #hich is an ai& or a hel+ in
    &rivin! a#ay certain ele%ental an& evil 3orces.2 7Esoteric Teachin#s, Iol. 1, +. 1G93n8
    5u&!e, #hile i%+lyin! that to1acco is only a +rotective on %ore %aterial levels an& that
    real occult +rotection ste%s 3ro% inner stren!th, states:
    2To1acco %ay +rotect the carcass 3ro% !er%s o3 &isease, 1ut that security is nee&e& 1y
    all %en, #hether they are stu&yin! occultis% or not. The #hole Huestion o3 to1acco or no
    to1acco is +urely %aterial. ,t has 1een &iscovere& that it &oes not &e!ra&e eEce+t 1y a1use,
    1ut at the sa%e ti%e it #as 3oun& an& &eclare& that other narcotics an& sti%ulants, such as
    he%+, o+iu%, an& s+irits, &o &yna%ically o1struct an& s+iritually &e!ra&e. 0ence these tears -
    an& to1acco.2 7Echoes of the /rient, Iol ,,, $. (=98
    /se o3 alcohol #as +rohi1ite& in 1oth the $urucker an& the BlavatskyS 5u&!e ;soteric
    Grou+s.
    ,n another contra&iction #ithin The (haras, )ea&1eater states on +a!e B1 that the
    astral chakras are in 23ull activity2 in all culture&, later races - #hile on +a!e C= he states that
    0in&us, #ho are o3 an earlier race-stock than our o#n, are 21y here&ity %ore a&a+ta1le2 to
    a#aken the hi!her centers. 0is 3irst state%ent i%+lies that our #estern race is su+erior to
    --- 4
    the eastern occultly, #hile his secon& state%ent contra&icts his 3irst Iie#+oint. 6ctually the
    0in&u race is less %aterialistically intellectual, 1ut %ore s+iritual than our #estern race. The
    3irst an& later su1-races in a root-race are %ore s+iritual in nature 1ut less %aterialistically
    intellectual like our o#n %i&-race.
    n +a!es 9=-B an& <B o3 The (haras )ea&1eater states that the reason +ersons
    1eco%e tire& is 1ecause they can no lon!er absorb su33icient ener!y 3ro% the environ%ent.
    They thus have to slee+ to a1sor1 %ore vitality an& char!e the 1o&y u+, so to s+eak, #hile it
    is inactive in slee+. 0e says +eo+le o3 ru&e health are a1le to 2a1sor12 %ore ener!y than
    those o3 #eak constitution.
    2When vitaliAe& ato%s are . . . %ore s+arsely scattere&, the %an in ru&e health increases
    his +o#er o3 a1sor+tion, &e+letes a lar!er area,, an& so kee+s his stren!th at the nor%al
    level; 1ut invali&s an& %en o3 s%all nerve-3orce, #ho cannot &o this, o3ten su33er severely, an&
    3in& the%selves !ro#in! #eaker an& %ore irrita1le #ithout kno#in! #hy.2
    )ea&1eater:s +osition here is a!ain &irectly contrary to that o3 each Blavatsky, 5u&!e, an&
    $urucker. The latter all state that the reason slee+ is necessary is not 1ecause there is too
    little vitality availa1le, as )ea&1eater states, 1ut 1ecause there is too much, an& the onslau!ht
    cannot 1e resiste& any lon!er. This is also #hy &eath ensues. 6t &eath #hen there is no
    lon!er resistance 3ro% a uni3ie& 1o&y-syste%, the +ranic currents &estroy the 1o&y in
    &eco%+osition. Willia% J. 5u&!e #rites:
    2Durin! the #akin! state the li3e-#aves rush into the 1o&y #ith !reater intensity every
    hour, an&, #e 1ein! una1le to resist the% any lon!er than the +erio& usually o1serve&, they
    over+o#er us an& #e 3all aslee+. While slee+in!, the li3e-#aves a&>ust the%selves to the
    %olecules o3 the 1o&y; an& #hen the eHuili1riu% is co%+lete #e a!ain #ake to continue the
    contest #ith li3e. ,3 this +erio&ical a&>ust%ent &i& not occur, the li3e current #oul& &estroy us.2
    7Echoes of the /rient, Iol. ,,,, +. 118
    $urucker in his Esoteric Teachin#s, Iol. Q,, Huotes 3ro% The Transactions of the
    5la*atsy 'od#e in eE+ressin! his vie#s on the +hysical cause o3 slee+:
    26sk a !oo& clairvoyant to &escri1e the aura o3 a +erson >ust re3reshe& 1y slee+, an& that
    o3 another >ust 1e3ore !oin! to slee+. The 3or%er #ill 1e seen 1athe& in rhyth%ical vi1rations
    o3 li3e-currents - !ol&en, 1lue, an& rosy; these are the electrical #aves o3 )i3e. The latter is, as
    it #ere, in a %ist o3 intense !ol&en-oran!e hue, co%+ose& o3 ato%s #hirlin! #ith an al%ost
    incre&i1le s+as%o&ic ra+i&ity, sho#in! that the +erson 1e!ins to 1e too stron!ly saturate&
    #ith )i3e; the li3e essence is too stron! 3or his +hysical or!ans, an& he %ust seek relie3 in the
    sha&o#y si&e o3 that essence, #hich si&e is the &rea% ele%ent, or +hysical slee+, one o3 the
    states o3 consciousness.2
    Blavatsky, 5u&!e an& $urucker 7throu!h Huotin! Blavatsky8 all state that +hysical slee+
    1eco%es necessary 1ecause there is too much vitality 3or the 1o&y an& not too little as
    )ea&1eater states. This is a 3un&a%ental &i33erence in &octrine 1et#een Blavatsky, 5u&!e an&
    $urucker co%+are& to )ea&1eater
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    an& +oints to a clear-cut &iver!ence in the source o3 their teachin!s that !oes 1eyon& %erely
    the +oint at han&.
    There is so%e ini%ical +o#er in +ersoni3yin! the 2&eity2 or 61solute. ,t cate!oriAes it
    #ithin narro# hu%an li%itations #hen actually 1eyon& all +ossi1le co%+rehension on the
    hu%an level. Blavatsky !oes so 3ar as to say that such +ersoni3ication is at the root o3 Black
    Ma!ic an& all the &e!enerative 3orces a!ainst the hu%an race. 75() Q, +. (<=8 )ea&1eater
    +ersoni3ies the )o!os several ti%es in The (haras 1y re3errin! to it as 20e.2 2,t2, yes, 1ut
    20e2, har&ly. The )o!os is no sin!le entity as #e think o3 an in&ivi&ual entity. Blavatsky #rites:
    2,n ;soteric +hiloso+hy, the De%iur!e or 'o#os, re!ar&e& as C-;6T-, is si%+ly an
    a1stract ter%, an i&ea, like :ar%y.: 6s the latter is the all-e%1racin! ter% 3or a 1o&y o3 active
    3orces or #orkin! units - sol&iers - so is the De%iur!e the Hualitative co%+oun& o3 a %ultitu&e
    o3 Creators or Buil&ers.2 7%ecret 3octrine, Iol, ,, +. 4CG3n8
    ;lse#here Blavatsky re%arks on the %atter o3 +ersoni3yin! cos%ic +o#ers:
    2*hall #e call these :Fathers: o3 ours, #hether in&ivi&ually or collectively an& un&er any
    circu%stances, our personal .od. ccultis% ans#ers 1e*er.2 75() Q,,, + <448
    )ea&1eater:s &escri+tion on +a!es (C-4G o3 The (haras o3 the %ani3estation o3 our
    cos%os throu!h the First, *econ& an& Thir& )o!os is at complete odds #ith the teachin!s o3
    Blavatsky, 5u&!e an& $urucker an& could only be aimed at destruction of any sense of
    philosophic discrimination in the studentD While )ea&1eater has each o3 the )o!oi +er3or%in!
    &i33erent 3irect 3unctions in the creation o3 the %ani3este& #orl&, accor&in! to the #ritin!s o3
    Blavatsky, 5u&!e, an& $urucker - A% )E'' A% %2M7'E '/.2(D - only the Thir& )o!os can
    +ossi1ly have anythin! 3irectly to &o #ith our %ani3este& #orl&. )ea&1eater:s +osition here
    can 1e nothin! else than 3actitious, as he has the First an& *econ& )o!os &irectly involve&
    #ith our +hysical cos%os #ithout the inter%e&iary Thir& )o!os. ,t is o13uscation, +ure an&
    si%+le, o3 a true &octrine.
    -ou!hly, in the !enuine &octrine, the Thir& )o!os, or 2De%iour!os2 as calle& 1y the
    Greeks, is e%anate& 1y the *econ& )o!os, the *econ& )o!os is an e%anation o3 the First
    )o!os, an& the First )o!os an e%anation o3 in&escri1a1le $ara1rah%an. )ea&1eater, as 2he
    has lon! un&erstoo&2 71ut incorrectly8 has the First an& *econ& )o!os +artici+atin! in our
    %ani3estation in&e+en&ently o3 the Thir& )o!os - #hich is so%ethin! like sayin! that the
    +resi&ent o3 General Motors is +ersonally res+onsi1le 3or ti!htenin! the lu! nuts on every car
    sol&. 6s re!ar&s our %ani3este& cos%os e%anatin! only 3ro% the Thir& )o!os, Blavatsky
    #rites in a co%%entary on the "e# Testa%ent:
    2The 4r& verse 75ohn ,,, v. 48 re3ers to the Thir& or Creative )o!os. 6ll thin!s ca%e into
    eEistence throu!h it, *iE., the thir& as+ect o3 the )o!os an& source o3 their eEistence.2 75()
    Q,, +. 9CC8
    $urucker #rites i&entically as to the e%anation o3 the First, *econ&, an& Thir& )o!os an&
    the %ani3este& cos%os throu!h the latter:
    2Manu, or &hyani-chohan, in the esoteric syste%, is the entities collectively #hich a++ear
    3irst at the 1e!innin! o3 %ani3estation an& 3ro% #hich, like a cos%ic tree, everythin! is &erive&
    or 1orn. Manu actually is the 7s+iritual8 tree o3 li3e o3 any +lanetary chain, o3 %ani3este& 1ein!.
    Manu is thus, in one sense, the Thir& )o!os . . , 2 74undamentals of the Esoteric 7hilosophy+
    +. 9C8
    --- <
    5u&!e #rites i&entically to Blavatsky an& $urucker:
    2....all $lanes o3 Consciousness an& all the $rinci+les o3 %an are root-&i33erentiations o3
    M606T, the :Great $rinci+le: or Min& o3 the /niverse 7the Thir& )o!os o3 the *ecret
    Doctrine.82 7Echoes of the /rient, Iol. ,,,, +. 41G8
    n +a!e (B o3 The (haras )ea&1eater #rites that the 3orce o3 kun&alini in our 1o&ies
    co%es 3ro% that la1oratory o3 the 0oly Ghost &ee+ &o#n in the earth.2 *ince he else#here
    states that the source o3 the +hysical kun&alini is the 1asal or Mula&hara chakra, he see%s to
    1e eHuatin! the thir& 1ein! o3 the Christian trinity #ith the lo#est chakra. ,n $urucker:s o+inion
    the Christian 20oly Ghost2 is the sa%e as the *econ& )o!os 1ecause o3 its 3e%inineS+assive
    +otency, 7Esoteric Teachin#s, Iol. v, +. (18 ;lse#here $urucker eHuates the *econ& )o!os
    #ith 2C*M,C Bu&&hi2 or 6laya. Blavatsky at one +oint eHuates the 0oly Ghost #ith 6t%a,
    1ut in one sense anythin! that is un%ani3est to us in our cos%os coul& 1e !enerically la1ele&
    26t%a.2 75() Q,, +. 9FB8 Willia% 5u&!e #rites i&entically to $urucker: 26kasa in the
    %ysticis% o3 the ;soteric $hiloso+hy is, +ro+erly s+eakin!, the 3e%ale :0oly Ghost: . . . 2
    7Echoes=of the /rient, Iol. ,,,, +. <C8 7(osmic Bu&&hi, or 6laya, is o3 a su+erior hierarchy to
    the Bu&&hic +rinci+le in the hu%an constitution. 6kasa is i&entical to 6laya or 2Cos%ic Bu&&hi
    in 6kas:s hi!her as+ects.8 "either Blavatsky, 5u&!e or $urucker +lace the 0oly Ghost 2&ee+
    &o#n in the earth2 as )ea&1eater &oes. ;ven conventional Christianity +laces the 0oly Ghost
    as so%ethin! hi!hly s+iritual an& not earthy-%aterial, or #ithin the earth, #here %any +lace
    their 0ell.
    n +a!e (C o3 The (haras )ea&1eater states that the Thir& )o!os 720e2 in his incorrect
    +ersoni3ication8 2is en!a!e& in 1uil&in! &enser an& &enser che%ical ele%ents.2 This is a!ain
    &irectly contrary to the teachin!s o3 Blavatsky an& $urucker an& a!ainst the very s+irit o3 their
    Theoso+hy -thus a!ain +ointin! to another source o3 )ea&1eater:s teachin!s. 6ccor&in! to
    Blavatsky an& $urucker, #e have no# +asse& the lo# +oint in %ateriality 3or our roun& -
    &urin! 6tlantean ti%es - an& no# %atter is 1eco%in! 'ess &ense an& %ore e+he%eral as #e
    ascen& the arc o3 s+irituality, an& 1/T M/-E 3E1%E as )ea&1eater states. )ea&1eater
    !ives the +ers+ective that #e shoul& 1e lookin! to the %ore %aterial an& a#ay 3ro% the
    s+iritual, #hich is o3 course the &irection o3 sorcery an& not o3 s+irituality. The 2+o#ers that 1e2
    are no# +ri%arily ai&in! in our #orl&:s !ra&ual esca+e 3ro% &ense %ateriality an& not the
    o++osite as )ea&1eater in3ers.
    $urucker states:
    2Fro% no# on, all the !lo1es an& all the li3e-#aves u+ to the +resent have sho#n a
    ten&ency to sink into %atter, no# havin! reache& their 1alance, #ill herea3ter sho# a
    ten&ency to 1eco%e %ore ethereal. The very earth #e live on, as the a!es +ass, #ill sho# a
    ten&ency to etherealiAe itsel3, s+iritualiAe itsel3; an& , %ay +oint out that the &iscoveries in
    ra&ioactivity, such as that o3 uraniu%, an& certain other ele%ents o3 hi!h ato%ic #ei!ht, are
    %erely eEa%+les o3 the stea&y &isinte!ration o3 the !rossest che%ical ele%ents kno#n. They
    #oul& naturally 1e the 3irst to etherealiAe.2 7%tudies in /ccult 7hilosophy, +. FB8
    --- =
    )ea&1eater states that the kun&alini is arouse& 1y a 1rin!in! o3 the 3irst or Mula&hara
    chakra 3ully into activity 7++. BB-C.8 This %etho&, or #hat he calls 2)aya Do!a2, is the %etho&
    o3 Tantra Do!a, its coine& 2)aya Do!a2 na%e not#ithstan&in!. )ea&1eater states 7+. 11F8 that
    the ter% 2laya2 is so%eho# &erive& or associate& #ith the ;n!lish #or& 2latency,2 to #hich ,
    &ou1t it has +hilolo!ical relationshi+ other than soun&in! si%ilarly. 2)aya2 is 3ro% the *anskrit
    root li , %eanin! 2to &issolve2 or 2&isinte!rate.2 ,n $urucker:s /ccult .lossary a 2laya center2
    is &escri1e& as 2the %ystical +oint #here a thin! &isa++ears 3ro% one +lane an& +asses
    on#ar&s to rea++ear on another +lane.2 2)aya Do!a2 coul& not 1e &escri1e& as one o3 the
    2seven reco!niAe& syste%s o3 Do!a2 in ,n&ia as )ea&1eater states, 1ut as a &erivation o3
    o3ten &e!enerate Tantra Do!a - the syste% use& 1y eastern sorcerers.
    ,n another contra&iction #ithin The (haras 7++. B(, BB8 )ea&1eater states that the 3irst
    chakra or Mula&hara is the ho%e o3 the ser+ent 3ire or kun&alini, #hile else#here 7++. C1-(8
    he states that the !reatest &an!er in rousin! the kun&alini is that it #ill rush &o#n#ar&s
    instea& o3 u+#ar&s, an& thus eEcite the lo#er +assions. ne %ay #on&er ho#, i3 its 1ase is in
    the lo#est chakra, the kun&alini can rush &o#n#ar&s any lo#er than this lo#est chakra.
    n +a!e BB o3 The (haras )ea&1eater states that 2all schools o3 Do!a reco!niAe . . .
    the i%+ortance o3 the chakras2 an& that 2The +lan o3 the -a>a Do!i is to %e&itate u+on each in
    turn an& 1rin! the% into activity 1y sheer 3orce o3 #ill . . . 2 This is a false statement and
    &ould be no&n to be false by anyone &ho had e*en superficially studied the different
    systems of yo#a$ -a>a-yo!a, #hich is the %etho& o3 Theoso+hy o3 Blavatsky, 5u&!e an&
    $urucker, &oes not re!ar& stu&y o3 es+ecially the lo#er chakras as i%+ortant 1ut ini%ical, an&
    sees concentration on the chakras 1elo# the hea& as har%3ul or 3atal to s+iritual
    &evelo+%ent. ,t is a concentratin! on the +erisha1le +hysical an& astral Hualities instea& o3
    the truly valua1le %ental an& s+iritual Hualities. ,t is a &irectin! o3 the attention in the #ron!
    course, to#ar&s the %aterial an& a#ay 3ro% the s+iritual. Blavatsky #rites in her ;soteric
    ,nstructions:
    20e #ho has stu&ie& 1oth syste%s, the 0atha an& -a>a-Do!a, 3in&s an enor%ous
    &i33erence 1et#een the t#o: one is +urely +sycho-+hysiolo!ical, the other +urely +sycho-
    s+iritual. The Tantrists &o not see% to !o hi!her than the siE visi1le an& kno#n +leEuses, #ith
    each o3 #hich they connect the Tattvas; an& the !reat stress they lay on the chie3 o3 these, the
    Mula&hara Chakra 7the sacral +leEus8, sho#s the %aterial an& sel3ish 1ent o3 their e33orts
    to#ar&s the acHuisition o3 +o#ers . . . #ith 3ollo#ers o3 the ol& school it is &i33erent. We 1e!in
    #ith %astery o3 that or!an #hich is situate& at the 1ase o3 the 1rain, in the +harynE, an&
    calle& 1y Western anato%ists the $ituitary Bo&y.2 75(), Q,,, $. =1=8
    ,n re3erence to the hi!her centers that Blavatsky states -a>a-yo!a is solely concerne&
    #ith, )ea&1eater clai%s that the 1ro# center or +ituary chakra eEerts its s+ecial 3aculties o3
    s+iritual si!ht 1y %eans o3 a s+ecial 2etheric %icrosco+e.2 0e #rites:
    26 tiny 3leEi1le tu1e o3 etheric %atter is +ro>ecte& 3ro% the center o3 it, rese%1lin! a
    %icrosco+ic snake #ith so%ethin! like an eye at the en& o3 it. This is the s+ecial or!an use&
    in that 3or% o3 clairvoyance, an& the eye at the en& o3 it can 1e eE+an&e& or contracte&, the
    e33ect 1ein! to chan!e the +o#er o3 %a!ni3ication accor&in! to the siAes o3 the o1>ect #hich is
    1ein! eEa%ine&.2 7+. BF8
    --- B
    )ea&1eater also states that this 2etheric %icrosco+e2 #as the 1asis o3 the ser+ent-cro#n
    #orn 1y ;!y+tian initiates.
    The +o#ers o3 the 2thir& eye2 are %ental an& s+iritual +o#ers an& have no nee& o3
    etheric &evices %o&ele& a3ter %o&ern %icrosco+es. *iAe is a %ental an& relative &i%ension
    an& Huality an& has no 1earin! u+on the relative siAe o3 the s+iritual clairvoyant. ,t #oul&
    see% that an a&e+t #ith such an occult a1ility #oul& %erely have to 1rin! his Mind in ra++ort
    #ith an o1>ect #hether its sco+e 1e, to us, the siAe o3 an ato% or a !alaEy. The ser+ent is an
    ancient sy%1ol o3 #is&o% an& initiation an& it #as such on the ;!y+tian hea&&ress - a
    sy%1ol.
    ,n ;!y+t the ser+ent in one as+ect #as 0er%es-Thoth an& re+resente& 2&ivine creative
    #is&o%.2 2. 2... the :*er+ent: an& :Dra!on: #ere na%es !iven to the :Wise ones,: the initiate&
    a&e+ts o3 ol&en ti%es,2 . 7%ecret 3octrine+ Iol. ,, +. 9G98 6s to the ;!y+tian ser+ent-
    hea&&ress in +articular, Blavatsky #rites: 2,t has 1een re+eate&ly state& that the ser+ent is the
    sy%1ol o3 #is&o% an& o3 occult kno#le&!e . . . the cro#n 3or% o3 the as+, the Thermuthis
    1elon!s to ,sis, !o&&ess o3 )i3e an& 0ealin!.2 7ibid., Iol. ,, +. (=3n8
    ,n the &ia!ra% o++osite +a!e <(9 in 5la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s Iol. Q,,, Blavatsky
    states that the lo#er +hysical or!ans are 2use& only 1y Du!+as in Black Ma!ic.2 7The lo#er
    ternary is only use& in sorcery, its sy%1ol 1ein! the inverte& trian!le. ne %i!ht consi&er
    #hether the inverte& trian!le use& in the heart chakra on +a!e FF o3 The (haras is sy%1olic
    o3 such.8
    )ea&1eater states on +a!e CB that 2...one &ay one o3 the Masters %a&e a su!!estion to
    %e #ith re!ar& to a certain kin& o3 %e&itation #hich #oul& evoke this 3orce.2 7the kun&alini8
    This +ractice #hile re%ainin! a %ystery to %ost 3or siEty years, #as recently unearthe& in
    Gre!ory Tillet:s 1io!ra+hy o3 )ea&1eater, The Elder 5rother. The +ractice )ea&1eater re3ers to
    is one that %ost &e3initely utiliAes the lo#er +hysical or!ans - an& thus 1y Blavatsky:s
    &e3inition is a 1lack %a!ical +ractice. 6s such it coul& not have 1een reco%%en&e& 1y a
    Master 1ehin& the Theoso+hical %ove%ent in any stretch o3 i%a!ination.
    Blavatsky states else#here 75() Q,,, +. =(18 that -a>a-yo!a schools never +u1lish
    tantra-like #orks on the chakras 1ecause they 2ten& to Black Ma!ic an& are %ost &an!erous
    to take 3or !ui&es in sel3-trainin!.2 ,n the ori!inal ;soteric *ection un&er Blavatsky overall an&
    5u&!e in 6%erica, there #as a +rohi1ition 2a!ainst +hysical %eans an& +hysical +ractices
    +ursue& 3or the &e3inite +ur+ose o3 &evelo+in! +sychic +o#ers.2 7Echoes of the /rient+ Iol. ,,,,
    +. 4448
    G. &e $urucker hel& the sa%e o+inion as Blavatsky an& 5u&!e that concern over the
    chakras ten&s in the &irection o3 sel3ishness, +sychis% an& the le3t-han& +ath:
    2....it is +recisely these relatively uni%+ortant 3acts o3 occult +hysiolo!y #hich see% to
    eEercise on the +erverse %in&s o3 the %en an& #o%en o3 our !eneration a sort o3 +sychic
    3ascination, as i3, 3or sooth, it is #ith the hu%an 1o&y an& its 3unctions an& or!ans, etc., that
    the really su1li%e teachin!s o3 the occult or ;soteric $hiloso+hy %ainly &ealsP ....,n ,n&ia
    these truths 7o3 hi!her +hiloso+hy - e&.8 are as #ell kno#n an& in 3act 3ar 1etter kno#n, &ue to
    a!es o3 hi!h +hiloso+hical teachin!, than they are in the West; yet ,n&ia an& China an& other
    oriental countries are si%+ly overrun #ith the &an!ers o3 Huasi-occultis%, #hose +ro+onents
    in ,n&ia are calle& the lo#er classes o3 Do!ins or Fakirs, etc., etc. Their #hole attention an&
    in&ee& their #hole li3e, %ore or less, is !iven u+ to a stu&y an& +ractice o3 the
    --- C
    o3ten ela1orate rules 3or +sycho-+hysical &evelo+%ent containe& in the 0atha-Do!a as #ell as
    in the o3ten in3a%ous an& 1estial Trantrika #orks. But #hereas in ,n&ia, as an eEa%+le, the
    &an!ers o3 these #orks throu!h centuries o3 a relatively hi!h +hiloso+hical e&ucation are
    %ore or less clearly a++reciate& 1y e&ucate& +eo+le an& those #ho have 1een traine& in the
    hi!her +hiloso+hical thou!ht, there is little i3 any such +rotective kno#le&!e a1roa& or
    co%%on in the cci&ent. .. . There is a co%+lete science re!ar&in! the chakras, 1ut it is not a
    science #hich it #oul& 1e hel+3ul 3or you to stu&y . . . ,t is %ostly stu&ie& 1y Black Ma!icians
    or 1y those #ho unconsciously as+ire to 1eco%e Black Ma!icians, 1ecause #hat they #ant to
    !ain is :+o#ers: . . . even the chelas are not allo#e& to cultivate the +o#ers o3 the chakras 1y
    concentratin! u+on the%. They 3in& out 1y 3ollo#in! the chela-li3e ho# to use the +o#ers
    naturally; an& , have kno#n chelas #ho &i& not even kno# the na%es o3 the chakras. They
    have hear& va!uely that these nerve-centers are in the 1o&y, 1ut they are not intereste&. They
    si%+ly use the +o#ers #hich 3lo# throu!h these chakras, 1ecause they have 1eco%e evolve&
    %en.2 7Esoteric Teachin#s, Iol. ,Q, ++. C<, C=, F43n8
    5ust #hat is 2Theoso+hy.2 ,s it anythin! anyone #ishes to call 1y that na%e - like so%e
    !eneric na%e 3or the %eta+hysical. - or is there a vali& stan&ar& o3 &e3inition. )ea&1eater
    calls his 1ook, The (haras 2Theoso+hy2 in %any +laces yet it &i33ers !reatly an& is
    antithetical to the 2Theoso+hy2 o3 Blavatsky, 5u&!e an& $urucker - #ho, inci&entally, a!ree in
    every +articular this #riter has 1een a1le to &eter%ine.
    Within the +resent Theoso+hical *ocieties, accor&in! to the +ro!ra% o3 the ori!inal
    *ociety an& still a&here& to 1y each, there can 1e +ro%ul!ate& no &o!%a, 2co%+lete 3ree&o%
    o3 thou!ht2 1ein! one o3 our +ri%ary +rinci+les. ;ven i3 one thou!ht Theoso+hy as +resente&
    1y Blavatsky, 5u&!e or $urucker - or so%eone else - #as the 2co%+lete truth an& nothin! 1ut
    the truth2, it #oul& 1e e*il to set such u+ as &o!%a. The Theoso+hical *ociety7s8 an&
    T>E/%/7>F, ho#ever, are t#o thin!s Huite &i33erent. Whether there %ay 1e a +enulti%ate
    syste% calle& T>E/%/7>F or not is re!ar&less o3 the 3act that +eo+le ha*e to &iscover Truth
    1y their o#n %eans, throu!h +aths that are %iraculous an& un3orseen, an& throu!h their o#n
    inner &esi!n an& evolvin! convictions. There is no other #ay, an& this is #hy there can 1e no
    &o!%a in a society o3 sincere Truth-*eekers. To i%+ose 1elie3 is to &estroy the very 3unction
    that is res+onsi1le 3or &iscoverin! Truth.
    6s to Theosophy+ the +hiloso+hic syste% - one %ay not a++reciate this syste% o3 thou!ht
    or 1e convince& o3 the !ran& enco%+assin! or +articular truths it contains, 1ut technically the
    system of philosophy presented by 5la*atsy is &hat T>E/%/7>F is. This is the only
    o1>ective &e3inition. ,3 one 1eco%es convince& that 5u&!e, $urucker, or so%eone else
    re+resents the i&entical school o3 thou!ht - an& can +rove it - they also %i!ht lo!ically 1eco%e
    a stan&ar& o3 &e3inition.
    ,n short, a3ter an analysis an& co%+arison o3 C.W. )ea&1eater:s The (haras #ith #hat
    1y &e3inition is T0;*$0D, it is o1vious that )ea&1eater &oes not re+resent the sa%e
    school o3 thou!ht, 1ut %ore likely its +olar antithesis. The (haras is not Theoso+hy. ,t is
    so%ethin! else. ,3 one +re3ers the %etho&s an& #ritin!s o3 )ea&1eater 7at his o#n +eril i3 one
    is to 1elieve Blavatsky, 5u&!e an& $urucker8, this is o3 course anyone:s an& %any:s
    +rero!ative, 1ut such a stu&y cannot 1e calle& Theoso+hy eEce+t 1y the3t.
    ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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    WHAT 171R HAPP1N1D TO THE THEOSOPHIC ENCYCLOPEDIC GLOSSARY??
    ver %any years un&er G. &e $urucker in the thirties an& early 3orties a lar!e scale
    encyclo+e&ia o3 Theoso+hical an& relate& ter%s #as 1ein! +re+are& at the $oint )o%a an&
    later Covina Theoso+hical *ociety. ,t #as a %assive +ro>ect, an& #hen the +ro>ect #as
    co%+lete& - as it #as - the resultin! %anuscri+t 23ille& three 3ilin! ca1inets2 accor&in! to one
    account. This %anuscri+t is still in eEistence an& un+u1lishe&. ,t is in the +ossession o3 the
    $asa&ena Theoso+hical *ociety.
    ,n the ori!inal 1F44 e&ition o3 G. &e $urucker:s /ccult .lossary, no# +u1lishe& 1y
    $asa&ena, the 3ollo#in! +re3ace o3 $urucker:s is inclu&e& 7$asa&ena has re%ove& it 3ro%
    later e&itions8: 2,t is ho+e& that this 1ook, a co%+en&ious Glossary o3 co%%only use& riental
    an& Theoso+hical ter%s, #ill 1e hel+3ul to all stu&ents o3 the ;soteric $hiloso+hy. Bein! a
    co%+en&iu% only, it &oes not inclu&e every technical Theoso+hical #or& or ter% that %ay 1e
    3oun& in the ran!e o3 Theoso+hical literature. 6n encyclo+e&ic Glossary o3 this latter character
    it is ho+e& to +u1lish at a later &ate.2 Geo33rey Bar1orka #as chair%an o3 this +ro>ect, #ith
    5u&ith Ty1er!, 0enry ;&!e, Charles -yan an& others re!ularly su1%ittin! contri1utions. ,n
    1F9= there #as a s+lit in the 3or%er $oint )o%a Theoso+hical *ociety #ith a s%all !rou+ o3
    +eo+le 3or%in! the 2$ort rient Book Co%+any.2 This s%all +u1lisher took a co+y o3 the
    Encyclopedic .lossary #ith the% #ith the intention o3 +u1lishin! it #hen su33icient 3un&s #ere
    availa1le. This co+y #as stolen 3ro% their 3iles, leavin! the +resent $asa&ena *ociety #ith the
    only co+y or co+ies.
    "u%erous inHuiries have 1een %a&e to $asa&ena concernin! the Glossary
    over the years 7several +u1lic enHuiries can 1e 3oun& in 1ack issues o3 the Eclectic
    Theosophist8 1ut have 1een avoi&e&, !reete& #ith %ysti3ication, or i!nore&. This #riter:s o#n
    inHuiry #as si%+ly i!nore&. The +u1lication o3 such a %assive #ork #oul& 1e invalua1le to
    our Theoso+hical e33ort. 6ll ne# syste%s o3 thou!ht can only 1e conveye& throu!h &ords an&
    key ter%s #hich convey the central &octrines, an& this is one crucial area in #hich our
    %ove%ent is lackin!. We have no co%+rehensive !lossary an& any scholar #ho #oul& look
    3or co%+lete &escri+tion o3 our ter%s has no #here to turn to. We HA71 such a source1ook,
    1ut it is not +u1lishe& an& has not 1een +u1lishe& 3orty years. Woul& one 1elieve that
    $urucker, Bar1orka, ;&!e, Ty1er!, -yan an& all the other har&-#orkin! Theoso+hists that +ut
    so %uch e33ort into this #ork #oul& have #ishe& it not +u1lishe& in the 3ace o3 their +revious
    state%ents. ,t coul& not 1e so. What conclusions coul& one reasona1ly co%e to in this %atter
    other than there are so%e skeletons in a closet so%e#here that 3or +ersonal reasons kee+s a
    !reat #ork 1ein! still un+u1lishe& a3ter its authors are &ea& an& no lon!er a1le to +rotest.
    Truth is in&ee& stran!er than 3ictionP
    (UPDATE! Ten years later+ GH99+ The Encyclopedic Theosophical .lossary has been
    published in tentati*e form on the 2nternet by the 7asadena American T$%$ - di#$ ed$A
    '''''''''''''''
    2*ince truth an& 3act are on our si&e, #e nee& not &es+air, 1ut #ill si%+ly 1i&e our ti%e.
    Ti%e is a %i!hty con>uror; an irresisti1le leveler o3 arti3icially !ro#n #ee&s an& +arasites, a
    universal solvent 3or truth.2
    - 0.$. Blavatsky
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    contri1utions. To 1e +lace& on our %ailin! list, #rite 7-/T/./1/%, BoE 9BG, 414B West
    Central, Tole&o, hio 94=G=
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    TH1 PS1UDO.OCCU0TIS2 O4 2RS. A. 9AI016
    Contents:
    - ,ntro&uctory "ote, 1y 5.C. Miller
    - $re3ace
    - "otes on A Treatise on (osmic 4ire, 1y Basil Cru%+
    - 6&&itional "otes, 1y 6.). Cleather
    - "otes on 2nitiation+ >uman and %olar, 1y 6.). Cleather
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    2,n the la1yrinth o3 #or&s the %in& is lost like a %an in a thick 3orest.2
    - *ri *ankaracharya, The (rest !e&el of )isdom
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    INTRODUCTOR6 NOT1
    ,t has 1een sai& in Ie&ic literature that truth shines in its o#n !lory - true, an& that is #hy
    it so%eti%es ha++ens to 1e the 3on& +leasure o3 a !reat &eal o3 sha% to +ass 3or truth an&
    &elu&e +eo+le #ith its %a!ic s+ells. But it &oes not take a lon! ti%e 3or &iscernin! %in&s to
    +eer throu!h the think veil o3 &elusive lustre an& eE+ose its inherent u!liness to the li!ht o3
    hitherto conceale& 3acts.
    2The 1est &e3ense is an attack2 is an ol& %ilitary %aEi%, an& such is this +u1lication. But
    it is a reasona1le an& reasone& attack, a++ealin! to the rea&er:s lo!ical 3aculties an& treatin!
    the su1>ect on the hi!h +lane that is in kee+in! #ith its really vital i%+ortance.
    The authors, ho#ever, nee& no intro&uction in literary circles #here their colla1oration
    in 3our volu%es on Wa!ner:s *y%1olic Music-Dra%as, inter+rete& accor&in! to-his $rose
    Works, esta1lishe& their re+utations over a Huarter o3 a century a!o.
    Mrs. Cleather #as one o3 the 3irst %e%1ers o3 the Branch o3 the Trans-0i%alayan ;soteric
    *chool esta1lishe& in ;n!lan& 1y Ma&a%e 0.$. Blavatsky
    in 1CCC, an& later #as chosen as one o3 the t#elve %e%1ers o3 the ,nner Grou+ +resi&e&
    over 1y that 3aith3ul 6!ent o3 the Masters.
    With her son, Mr. Gor&on Cleather, an& Mr. Basil Cru%+, she #ent to ,n&ia in 1F1C, an&
    there the three #ere initiate& into the Ti1etan Gelu!+a 7Dello# Ca+8 r&er, at Bu&&ha Gaya,
    in 1F(G. ,n 1F(= they #ere receive&, an& their %e%1ershi+ rati3ie& at $ekin!, China, 1y 0is
    *erene 0oliness The Tashi )a%a o3 Tashi-)hu%+o, Ti1et, #ho is the 0ea& o3 the Gelu!+a
    or&er throu!hout 6sia. Mr. Gor&on Cleather has since stu&ie& Ti1etan #ith his secretary an&
    has also learne& Chinese. Thus it #ill 1e seen that they +ossess eEce+tional Huali3ications 3or
    >u&!in! anythin! +ur+ortin! to e%anate 3ro% Ti1etan sources.
    Mr. Cru%+ is a Ca%1ri&!e /niversity %an, a Barrister o3 the Mi&&le Te%+le, an& 3or
    t#elve years #as e&itor o3 the 'a& Times an& a &e+art%ental e&-
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    itor o3 The 4ield an& The :ueen.
    This latest atte%+t to o1tain cre&ence 3or another syste% o3 alle!e&ly riental learnin! 1y
    +resentin! it as an a%+li3ication o3 the &octrines eE-+oun&e& 1y 20.$.B.2 is 3urther reco!nition
    o3 her +ree%inence in that 3iel&, an& %ore o3 the i%itation that is such sincere 3lattery. May it
    not 1e, ho#ever, that in seekin! !ui&ance concernin! the +ro3oun&est Huestions in li3e, it is
    #is&o% to acce+t " */B*T,T/T;.
    - 5.C. Miller, Manila, March, 1F(F
    PR14AC1
    The 3ollo#in! notes an& co%%ents on t#o o3 Mrs. Bailey:s +rinci+al #orks, A Treatise on
    (osmic 4ire, an& 2nitiation+ >uman and %olar, #ere un&ertaken at the su!!estion o3 Mr. 5.C.
    Miller, o3 Manila, a %e%1er o3 the Blavatsky 6ssociation, as +art o3 the #ork assi!ne& to its
    De3ence Co%%ittee. That #ork, as #e un&erstan& it, inclu&es such as #as &one in >$7$
    5la*atsy; A .reat 5etrayal; an& it #ill 1e seen that the +resent notes are &irecte& a!ainst
    another as+ect o3 the sa%e %ove%ent. They &o not +ro3ess to 1e in any #ay co%+lete, 1ut
    %erely ai% at &ra#in! attention to a 3e# salient +oints #hich #ill at once strike stu&ents
    3a%iliar #ith 0.$. Blavatsky:s #orks.
    We +articularly #ish to e%+hasiAe that #e have un&ertaken this eEtre%ely &istaste3ul
    task only 3ro% a stron! sense o3 our &uty to the cause o3 0. $. Blavatsky an& her #ork. We
    have never %et Mrs. Bailey, an& not havin! +reviously rea& any o3 her 1ooks, #e #ere
    una#are ho# closely their !eneral sche%e an& +hraseolo!y rese%1le that o3 the Besant-
    )ea&1eater 2"eo-Theoso+hy2 #hich inclu&es the )i1eral Catholic Church an& Worl&-Teacher
    +ro+a!an&a. Both the latter are %ore or less veile& atte%+ts to &ivert the +ure strea% o3
    riental ;soteric $hiloso+hy, intro&uce& to the West 1y 0.$. Blavatsky, into a &e3initely
    Christian channel. This is
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    &one +artly 1y the su1stitution o3 such ter%s as 2Go&,2 2The )o!os2 7as a 0e8, 2The Trinity,2
    2The Master 5esus,2 etc., etc. 6t the sa%e ti%e, in (osmic 4ire an astute en&eavour is %a&e,
    1y co+ious re3erences to an& Huotations 3ro% 0.$. Blavatsky:s %ecret 3octrine, to convey the
    i%+ression that the 3or%er is a continuation o3 the latter -in 3act, a 23ra!%ent o3 the *ecret
    Doctrine2 7Fore-#or&, E8.
    ;ven such a cursory eEa%ination as #e have ha& ti%e to !ive, ho#ever, has convince&
    us that there is little or nothin! in co%%on 1et#een the%. The i%+ression le3t on the %in& is
    that o3 a su1tle atte%+t to su1stitute a s+eci3ically Christian syste% 3or the universal one o3
    the %ecret 3octrine, rather than 2con3ir%in! an& a%+li3yin!2 that %arvelous #ork, as a&%irers
    o3 (osmic 4ire have state&.
    ,n a letter to the /ccult -e*ie&, 5uly B, 1F(C, Mrs. Bailey &enies that she ever clai%e&
    that her alle!e& ins+irer 2The Ti1etan2 #ith #ho% she has 2coo+erate& in +ro&ucin!2 (osmic
    4ire+ 2nitiation, etc., is one o3 the Masters o3 the Trans-0i%alayan Grou+. 2,t is the eE+ress
    #ish o3 the Ti1etan,2 she &eclares, 2that his real na%e 1e #ithhel&; it is his &esire that the
    1ooks 1e stu&ie& an& value& on the 1asis o3 their o#n intrinsic #orth an& 1y their a++eal or
    non-a++eal to the intuition, an& not 1ecause any +erson +resu%es to clai% authority 3or
    the%.2
    We have ke+t this in>unction care3ully in %in&, an& have >u&!e& the state%ents o3 the
    2Ti1etan2 strictly on their 3ace value. Further, Mrs. Bailey Huotes #hat she sai& so 3ar 1ack as
    Fe1ruary, 1F(4, in her %a!aAine The 5eacon, a1out 2the 1lin& cre&ulity o3 a certain !rou+
    #ho acce+t any state%ent +rovi&e& it is 1acke& 1y an 0ierarchical clai% o3 so%e kin&, an&
    the narro# sectarianis% #hich #oul& %ake a +ro+het out o3 0.$.B. an& a Bi1le out o3 the
    %ecret 3octrine.2
    The 3irst +art o3 this eEtract a++lies %uch %ore to the Besant-)ea&1eater &octrines an& to
    Mrs. Bailey:s o#n 1ooks 7#hich 3airly 1ristle #ith i%+lie&, i3 not eE+resse&, 2authority28 than to
    the %ecret 3octrine. 0.$.B.:s clai% 3or that #ork is couche& in the #or&s o3 Montai!ne: 2, have
    here %a&e only a nose!ay o3 culle& 3lo#ers, an& have 1rou!ht no-
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    thin! o3 %y o#n 1ut the strin! that ties the%2 7*. D. ,., Eivi.8.
    63ter all, #hat is there o3 21lin& cre&ulity2 an& 2narro# sectarianis%2 in re!ar&in! 0.$.B. as
    a 2+ro+het2 an& the *..D. as a 2Bi1le2 in the 1est sense o3 those ter%s. Was she not a true
    +ro+het an& one #ho 1rou!ht a #on&er3ul %essa!e entirely ne# to the %o&ern #orl&. Where
    else is to 1e 3oun& the !i!antic an& all-e%1racin! three3ol& syste% o3 evolution so clearly an&
    convincin!ly eE+oun&e& in the *.D., su++orte& 1y a #ealth o3 evi&ence 3ro% every i%a!ina1le
    source. The #ork stan&s a1solutely alone, una++roache& an& una++roacha1le in our ti%es;
    a %onu%ent so !reat that it is even yet too near us to 1e a&eHuately a++reciate&. ,ts a++eal
    throu!hout is entirely to reason an& never to cre&ulity. 6s Mr. Base&en Butt says in the 3inest
    esti%ate yet #ritten: 2,3 these, an& her other #ritin!s #ere all +ro&uce& 1y Ma&a%e
    Blavatsky:s unai&e& talent, she %ust have +ossesse& the intellectual resources o3 at least
    three or&inary !eniuses . . . This a%aAin! #o%an has han&le& #ith the authentic tones o3
    6uthority the +ro3oun&est, %ost vital an& a1struse su1>ects kno#n to %ankin&2 7Madame
    5la*atsy. By G. Base&en Butt, )on&on, -i&er an& Co., 1F(=, +. (1=8
    Mrs. Bailey evi&ently consi&ers that her o#n #orks are to 1e >u&!e& on the sa%e level,
    3or she continues: 2,t is hi!h ti%e, there3ore, that occult 1ooks shoul& 1e +ut 3orth an& >u&!e&
    1ecause o3 their contents an& not 1ecause this, that an& the other Master is su++ose& to 1e
    res+onsi1le 3or the% or 1ecause they a!ree or &isa!ree #ith the %ecret 3octrine.2 Mrs.
    Bailey:s evi&ent i%+lication that the *.D. #as 2+ut 3orth an& >u&!e&2 in the latter sense is
    entirely 3alse, as any stu&ent #ith an intelli!ent un&erstan&in! o3 its contents #ill a!ree. That
    the Masters M. an& ?.0 assiste& 0.$.B. to #rite it, as state& 1oth 1y the% an& 1y her 7see
    Mahatma 'etters+ an& her o#n to *innett8, %akes no &i33erence to one:s >u&!%ent o3 its value
    an& i%%ensity.
    /n3ortunately 3or Mrs. Bailey:s &isclai%er, her 2Ti1etan Brother2 is un&ou1te&ly 1elieve&
    1y %ost o3 her 3ollo#ers to 1e a %e%1er o3 the Trans-0i%alayan Brotherhoo&, as t#o o3 the
    %ost +ro%inent in
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    6%erica have the%selves tol& us. The na%e Ti1etan, cou+le& #ith the assu%+tion o3
    +ractically unli%ite& kno#le&!e, inevita1ly su!!est it. 0er 1ooks are 3ull o3 +ure assertions
    concernin! the /niverse an& it %ost a&vance& 1ein!s #hich only a hi!h 6&e+t coul& +ossess
    - if true, #hich in %ost instances see%s %ore than &ou1t3ul.
    Finally, a %ost i%+ortant clai% %a&e 1y Mrs. Bailey in her Fore#or& to (osmic 4ire, %ust
    not 1e overlooke&. *he says 7+. E8: 2,t ai%s to +rovi&e a reasona1ly lo!ical +lan o3 syste%ic
    evolution an& to in&icate to %an the +art he %ust +lay as an ato%ic unit in a !reat an&
    cor+orate #hole.2
    ;vi&ently, then, Mrs. Bailey an& the 2Ti1etan2 consi&er the sche%e o3 evolution o33ere&
    in the %ecret 3octrine as ina&eHuate, an& o33er their o#n in its +lace. 6+art 3ro% the &i33iculty
    o3 &iscoverin! anythin! 2syste%ic2 at all in Cos%ic Fire, it is Huite clear that the 2Ti1etan2 7i3 he
    is really one8 is not in a!ree%ent #ith the Trans-0i%alayan Brotherhoo&. ,n that case one
    #oul& in3er 3ro% #hat is sai& in the Mahatma 'etters that he %ay 1elon! to the 2-e& Ca++e&
    Brothers o3 the *ha&o#2 7see ,n&eE un&er Du!+as8. 6s ?.0. says 7+. 4((8: 2the o++osition
    re+resents enor%ous veste& interests, an& they have enthusiastic hel+ 3ro% the Du!+as - in
    Bhutan an& the IaticanP2 0ence the Christian ter%inolo!y that characteriAes so%e o3 their
    e33orts in the real% o3 ccultis%.
    - 6lice )ei!hton Cleather
    - Basil Cru%+
    $ekin!, Fe1ruary, 1F(F
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    NOT1S ON A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE
    - By Basil Cru%+
    ,ntro&uctory $ostulates
    These are state& to 1e 2eEtensions o3 the three 3un&a%entals to 1e 3oun& in the $roe% in
    the 3irst volu%e o3 The %ecret 3octrine 1y 0.$. Blavatsky.2 But in reality Mrs. Bailey &evelo+s
    #hole cos%ic sche%e o3 her o#n, #hich inclu&es a ne# set o3 so-calle& *tanAas o3 DAyan, a
    *olar )o!os also calle& 2Go&,2 a Tri+le *olar *yste% consistin! o3 Father, *on an& 0oly
    *+irit, a Tri+le 0u%an Bein!, an& a tri+le 6to%. 6lso *even centres o3 )o!oic Force, an&
    *even -ays #hich inclu&e those o3 2)ove -Wis&o%,2 20ar%ony,2 2Beauty an& 6rt,2 an&
    2Devotion an& 61stract ,&ealis%.2 The rea&er is constantly re3erre& to +assa!es in the %ecret
    3octrine, 1ut very 3e# o3 the ter%s use&, e.!., 2)ove-Wis&o%,2 261stract ,&ealis%,2 2)o!oic,2
    etc. ,etc., #ill 1e 3oun& there. My i%+ression is that this is &one to %islea& the stu&ent into
    thinkin! that this #ork is on 0.$. Blavatsky:s lines, #hereas even a cursory eEa%ination
    sho#s that it is entirely &i33erent an& is really &esi!ne& very cleverly to lea& the stu&ent a#ay
    3ro% the real teachin! an& con3use his %in& #ith an i%+osin! %ass o3 a++arently very
    learne& in3or%ation #hich really %eans little or nothin! an& lea&s no#here. The %etho& is
    so%e#hat si%ilar to, 1ut less o1vious an& %ore clever than, that o3 C. W. )ea&1eater, 1ut ,
    think that the +o#er 1ehin& is the sa%e, #orkin! #ith the sa%e o1>ect on a &i33erent line 3or a
    %ore intellectual ty+e o3 %in&. ,t is o3 consi&era1le si!ni3icance that )ea&1eater an& Mrs.
    Besant are 3reHuently Huote&, an& their Christ an& Worl& Teacher &octrines taken 3or !rante&.
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    2RS. 9AI0168S "TI91TAN T1ACH1R "
    With re!ar& to the source o3 Mrs. Bailey:s in3or%ation, it has lon! 1een un&erstoo& that
    she receives it in a +sychic, tele+athic, or ins+irational 3or% 3ro% a 2Ti1etan Teacher.2
    -e3errin! to (osmic 4ire, a #riter in the (anadian Theosophist 3or Dece%1er, 1F(=, says:
    2This %aterial also has 1een receive& 3ro% the Ti1etan Teacher - not 1y any auto%atic
    +rocess 1ut a++arently in %uch the sa%e #ay as The %ecret 3octrine #as #ritten. . . . ,t is
    not a 3anci3ul or ar1itrary revelation, 1ut rather a turnin! o3 #hat 0.$. Blavatsky calle& the
    analo!ical key in the *ecret Doctrine lock. The result is startlin!, al%ost as startlin! as the
    %ecret 3octrine itsel3.2 0e !oes on to &escri1e an& +raise Mrs. Bailey:s 6rcane *chool, #hich
    is evi&ently inten&e& as a successor to 0.$. Blavatsky:s ;soteric *chool, #ith o3 course Mrs.
    Bailey as its 2uter 0ea&2 or %outh+iece 3or the 2Ti1etan Teacher.2 The sche%e 3or #hat one
    %ay call a ne# an& i%+rove&7.8 e&ition o3 0.$. Blavatsky:s #ork is there3ore co%+lete, an&
    co%%ent thereon is scarcely necessary. Conclusions %ay 1e &ra#n 3or the %o%ent 3ro% the
    3ollo#in! notes:
    GOD- TH1 0OGOS AND TH1 HI1RARCH6
    The #or& 2Go&2 is constantly use&, an& !reat stress is lai& on the 2)ove 6s+ect o3 the
    )o!os2; 1ut the re3erences !iven to the %ecret 3octrine contain no such ter%. This sort o3 trick
    is 3oun& throu!hout the 1ook; 3or in nearly every instance, on lookin! it u+, the re3erence
    !iven uses &i33erent +hraseolo!y or has no a++lication at all. Thus, on +. ==, Fohat is state& to
    1e 2)ove-Wis&o%,2 an& a 3ootnote re3ers to *.D. ,, 1GG, 199, 1<<, 7Besant ;&ition8, 1ut on
    lookin! the% u+ one 3in&s: +. 1GG 2BlaAin! Dra!on o3 Wis&o%;2+. 199, 2Fohat, in his-ca+acity
    o3 D,I,"; )I; 7ErosI8 7O 6s in the ol&est Grecian Cos%olo!y, &i33erin! #i&ely 3ro% the later
    %ytholo!y, ;ros is the thir& +erson in the +ri%eval trinity: Chaos, Gaea, ;ros. - *.D. ,, 1GF8,
    the electric $o#er o3 a33inity an& sy%+athy2;

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    +. 1<<, no %ention o3 Fohat, )ove, or Wis&o%. "eEt Mrs. Bailey says Fohat is 2Go&2 an&
    re3ers to *.D. ,, 1=B, 1ut #e there 3in& in a 3ootnote that #hat she calls 2Go&2 is 2a1solute Be-
    "ess, :*6T:.2 6n& i3 #e turn to +. 4B= 74<( l& ;&ition8 #e rea&. 2When the Theoso+hists an&
    ccultists say that Go& is no B;,"G, 3or ,T is nothin!, "o-Thin!, they are %ore reverential
    an& reli!iously res+ect3ul to the Deity than those #ho call Go& a 0;, an& thus %ake o3 0,M a
    !i!antic M6);.2,
    The Huestion is &ealt #ith at consi&era1le len!th 1y the Master ?.0. in )etter Q, Mahat%a
    )etters, +. <(, #here he says 2... #e &eny Go& 1oth as +hiloso+hers an& as Bu&&hists. We
    kno# there are +lanetary an& other s+iritual lives, an& #e kno# there is in our syste% no such
    thin! as Go&, either +ersonal or i%+ersonal.2
    ne %ay search in vain 3or Mrs. Bailey:s 2-ay o3 )ove-Wis&o%2 in the *.D., an& the
    re3erences 7+. B98 !iven to it concernin! the 2)ove as+ect o3 the )o!os2 contain nothin! o3 the
    kin&. These are only a 3e# out o3 &oAens o3 such eEa%+les in the t#o volu%es.
    6t +. F1 the 2Fourth Creative 0ierarchy2 is 2%ale,2 1ut surely creative +o#er is %ale in any
    case. The #or& 2)ove2 is use& ad nauseam throu!hout the #ork an& even the ;!o is calle&
    the 2)ove 6s+ect2 719B8.
    ASS1RTION AND PROPH1C6
    Con3i&ent assertions are %a&e as to #hat eEactly #ill take +lace in 3uture -oun&s, e$#$
    2The )o!os o3 our sche%e, *anat ?u%ara, #ill take a %a>or initiation in the %i&&le o3 the Fi3th
    -oun&, 1ut is +re+arin! 3or a %inor one at this ti%e2 7+. 4B98. 6ccor&in! to the *.D. ,, 9<=-B,
    there are seven ?u%aras, #ho are the *olar an!els
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    that en&o#e& %an #ith his i%%ortal ;!o. *anat ?u%ara 7see Theos$ .lossary, (CF8 is the
    %ost +ro%inent o3 these, an& there3ore it is %islea&in! to a++ly the na%e to the )o!os. 7*ee
    also post ...8
    1serve +articularly that the Bailey sche%e entirely i!nores the Bu&&ha 0ierarchy
    e%anatin! 3ro% 6&i-Bu&ha 7*.D. ,, <BG8 su1stitutin! the *olar )o!os, the Trinity, an& *even
    -ays, one o3 #hich 72)ove-Wis&o%28inclu&es 2The Christ, the Worl& Teacher.2 ,t is o1vious
    there3ore that, like )ea&1eater, Mrs. Bailey is really #orkin! in the interests o3 the Christian
    syste% 1y intro&ucin! its ter%inolo!y an& conce+ts into #orks that are ostensi1ly eE+ositions
    o3 the ;soteric $hiloso+hy o3 the Masters an& 0.$.B., 1ut are really cleverly %aske& Christian
    +ro+a!an&a.
    For instance, the *even Dhyani Bu&&has here 1eco%e *even -ays, un&er three o3 #hich
    7those o3 26s+ect28 are !rou+e& various Masters, inclu&in! those %entione& 1y 0.$.B. an&
    several others. The Christ co%es 3irst un&er the 2)ove-Wis&o% 6s+ect2 an& 2the Master
    5esus2 un&er the 2,ntelli!ence 6s+ect.2 *ee ela1orate Chart o3 2*olar an& $lanetary
    0ierarchies2 #ith key on ++. 1(4C-F.
    "TH1 2AST1R ;1SUS"
    (osmic 4ire +ositively 1ristles #ith +ronounce%ents concernin! the 2Master 5esus,2 e#. +.
    B<B et seH.:
    2...the co%in! o3 0i% 3or #ho% all nations #ait.2
    2The *on o3 Man #ill a!ain trea& the hi!h#ays o3 %an an& 0is +hysical incarnation #ill 1e
    3act.2
    2The Master 5esus #ill take a +hysical vehicle an& ....e33ect a re-s+irtualiAation o3 the
    Catholic churches ...a1out 1FCG2. 70ere #e have the sure si!n o3 a certain in3luence #hich is
    also evi&ent in the Besant-)ea&1eater )i1eral Catholic Church sche%e.8
    2Christ occu+ie& the 1o&y o3 5esus... Fe# are as Christ is, an& have the +o#er to %ake a
    &ual a++earance. This ty+e o3 %ona& is only 3oun& on -ays t#o, 3our, siE.2
    --- 1(
    Co%+are this #ith #hat is sai& on the Bu&&ha:s +o#ers in The Mahatma 'etters+ ++. 94,
    9B. *ee also +. 499 concernin! 2the real Christ o3 every Christian2 an& 2the %an 5eshu.2
    "either the Masters nor 0.$. Blavatsky ever #rite o3 the Christ as an in&ivi&ual 1ein!, 1ut
    al#ays as a +rinci+le in %an.
    TH1 0OGOS IN 4ACT AND 4ICTION
    The 2)o!os2 is a very +ro%inent 3eature o3 this 1ook, in various 3or%s, such as 2Cos%ic,2
    2*olar,2 2$lanetary,2 a1out all o3 #hich #e are !iven inti%ate +ersonal &etails, as to their
    2initiations,2 2incarnations,2 etc. "othin! o3 this kin& is ever assu%e& in the Se#ret Do#trine.
    6s %ost +eo+le, outsi&e this 1ranch o3 stu&y, &o not kno# #hat a )o!os is, an& as Mrs.
    Bailey +re3ers assertion to eE+osition, , #ill !ive 0.$. Blavatsky:s &e3inition 3ro% her
    Theosophical .lossary: 2)o!os 7Gr.8 - The %ani3este& &eity #ith every nation an& +eo+le: the
    out#ar& eE+ression, or the e33ect o3 the cause #hich is ever conceale&. Thus, s+eech is the
    )o!os o3 thou!ht; hence it is a+tly translate& 1y the :Ier1u%: or :Wor&: in its %eta+hysical
    sense.2
    ,n the %ecret 3octrine, ,, <B4 71st ;&.8 #e are tol& that 2The )o!os is the 2s&ara o3 the
    0in&us #hich the Ie&antins say is the hi!hest consciousness in nature - :the su% total o3
    Dhyan-Chohanic consciousness: accor&in! to the ccultists.2 ,t #ill at once 1e seen ho#
    !reatly these &i33er 3ro% Mrs. Bailey:s li%ite& an& +ersonal conce+tion. *.D. ,, ++. <B1-(
    shoul& also 1e stu&ie& in this connection. "ee&less to say, no such i&ea as the 2,nitiation2 o3 a
    )o!os is to 1e 3oun& in the *.D.
    There is an i%%ense a%ount o3 this sort o3 thin!, very %uch on the )ea&1eater lines o3
    +ure assertion #ith i%+lie& authority in the 1ack!roun&. . 0o# &i33erent 3ro% 0.$. Blavatsky, o3
    #ho% the Masters say in the Mahatma 'etters,
    --- 14
    +. (CF: 2*he ha& to 1rin! the #hole arsenal o3 +roo3s #ith her, Huotations 3ro% $aul an&
    $lato, 3ro% $lutarch an& 5a%es, etc., 1e3ore the *+iritualists a&%itte& that the Theoso+hists
    #ere ri!ht.2 Mrs. Bailey scorns such a %etho& she is content to assert, or her 2Ti1etan2 is.
    $ro+hecies an& 1ol& state%ents concernin! evolution on the ;arth a1oun& in the 1ook:
    e$#. +. 4FG: 26n entirely ne# !rou+ o3 hu%an 1ein!s #ill s#ee+ into incarnation in our ;arth
    sche%e. . . . ;ntities #ill co%e in 3ro% Mars. . . Mecurian li3e #ill 1e!in to synthesiAe,2 etc., in
    re!ular )ea&1eater style. $resu%a1ly #e are to re!ar& these as eEa%+les o3 2turnin! the
    analo!ical key in the *ecret Doctrine lock,2 althou!h nothin! o3 the sort is to 1e 3oun& in that
    #ork.
    "ot#ithstan&in! the uns+arin! con&e%nation o3 *+iritualis% in the Mahatma 'etters, #e
    rea& at +. 9<= 73ootnote8 that 2Master 0ilarian 7sic8, a Cretan Master, is intereste& in the
    *+iritualistic %ove%ent.2 6lso that a 20un!arian Master, -akocAi, is the -e!ent o3 ;uro+e an&
    6%erica un&er the :Great White Brotherhoo&,:2 - a ter% coine& 1y the Besant-)ea&1eater
    &octrine an& never use& 1y 0.$. Blavatsky. 7*ee post$$$8
    IGNORANC1 CONC1RNING TH1 9UDDHA
    Consi&erin! that these teachin!s are su++ose& to co%e 3ro% a 2Ti1etan,2 a re%arka1le
    i!norance is sho#n a1out the Bu&&ha an& his real stan&in! in the ccult 0ierarchy. For
    instance, #e are tol& at +. (1G: 2The Bu&&ha hel& o33ice +rior to the +resent Worl& Teacher
    an& u+on his ,llu%ination 0is +lace #as taken 1y )or& Maitreya #ho% the cci&entals call
    Christ2... 7+. (11, note8. This Worl& Teacher, #ho is also calle& here 2the Great )or&, the
    Christ,2 is a s+eci3ically )ea&1eater invention; so is the i&enti3ication o3 Maitreya 7the neEt
    Bu&&ha8 #ith the Christ, the o1>ect 3ro% the Christian +ro+a!an&a stan&+oint 1ein! evi&ent.
    But the #hole sche%e is entirely 3orei!n to the riental teachin! o3 the %ecret 3octrine.
    --- 19
    ne has only to turn to the Mahatma 'etters an& look u+ the re3erences to the Bu&&ha to
    see #hat a su+re%e +osition is !iven to hi% 1y the Trans-0i%alayan Brotherhoo&. , have
    collecte& an& co%%ente& on these +assa!es un&er the title 2Ti1etan ,nitiates on the Bu&&ha2
    in $art ,,, o3 our ne# 1ook 5uddhism the %cience of 'ife 7$ekin!, 1F(C8, +ointin! out their
    si!ni3icance in connection #ith +resent &evelo+%ents in 6sia.
    "TH1 PH1NO21NON CA001D S1< ACTI7IT6"
    Mrs. Bailey, even associates the )o!os #ith *eEP Thus 7+. B(18: 2The )a# o3 6ttraction
    &eals #ith the a1ility o3 the )o!os to :love #isely: in the occult sense o3 the ter%. ,t has relation
    to the +olariAation o3 the )o!os in 0is astral 1o&y, an& +ro&uces the +heno%enon calle& :seE
    activity:...2 ,s this another s+eci%en o3 2turnin! the analo!ical key in the *ecret Doctrine lock2.
    ,3 so, the result is scarcely encoura!in!; an& #hen #e rea& 7+. FG<8 o3 2the throat centre o3 a
    +lanetary )o!os an& o3 a *olar )o!os2 #e realiAe that sheer anthro+o%or+his% can !o no
    3urther.
    Moreover, the 2Mahachohan2 7as Mrs. Bailey #rites the na%e8 is state& 7++. FGB-C8 to 1e
    &irectly connecte& #ith 2the e33ect that the &evas o3 the kun&alini 3ire are +ro&ucin! u+on
    %an2 in the &irection o3 seE activity. The +assa!e is too lon! an& unintelli!i1le to Huote here;
    the +oint to note 3or anyone #ho has learne& 3ro% 0.$. B. an& the Masters so%ethin! o3 the
    nature o3 the Maha Chohan, is the &esecration involve& in even %entionin! his na%e in such
    a connection.
    6nother eEa%+le o3 Mrs. Bailey:s i!norance o3 #hat 0.$.B. really #as occurs at +. 1G4B:
    2"e#ton, Co+ernicus, Galileo, 0arvey, an& the Curies are, on their o#n line o3 3orce
    li!ht1rin!ers o3 eHual rank #ith 0.$.B.2 Con3ucius, #e are tol&, is to reincarnate an&
    su+erinten& the #ork o3 2ren&erin! ra&ioactive so%e o3 the 3ore%ost thinkers...2 ur Chinese
    3rien&s #ill a+-
    --- 1<
    +reciate this +iece o3 in3or%ation.
    2Cos%ic ra+ture an& rhyth%ic 1liss 7sic8 are the attri1utes o3 the Fourth $ath. ,t is a 3or%
    o3 i&enti3ication #hich is &ivorce& 3ro% consciousness alto!ether.2 Those #ho 3ollo# this
    Fourth Way are calle& 2the 1liss3ul &ancin! +oints o3 3anatical &evotion.2 #hich su!!ests
    nothin! so %uch as &ancin! &ervishesP
    I2ITATION STAN=AS O4 D=6AN
    6n alle!e& eEtract in 2*tanAas o3 DAyan2 style 2Fro% the 6rchives o3 the )o&!e2 is !iven
    at ++. B9B-C, hea&e& 2The Co%in! 6vatar.2 The 3ollo#in! is a s+eci%en o3 the 3la%1oyant
    lan!ua!e: 2Greater the chaos 1eco%eth; the %a>or centre #ith all the seven circulatin!
    s+heres rock #ith the echoes o3 &isinte!ration. The 3u%es o3 utter 1lackness %ount u+#ar&s
    in &issi+ation. The noise &iscor&ant o3 the #arrin! ele%ents !reet the onco%in! ne, an&
    &eter 0i% not.2
    6!ain, at +. 1(=B, #e 3in& a set o3 2*even ;soteric *tanAas 3ro% 6rchaic For%ulas.2 6
    note in3or%s us that they 23or% only one true stanAa out o3 the ol&est 1ook in the #orl&, an&
    one #hich the eye o3 the avera!e %an has never contacte&2 7sic8. The last o3 the% is hea&e&,
    as one %i!ht eE+ect, #ith 2The $ath o3 61solute *onshi+,2 an& en&s su!!estively #ith 2To
    0i% 1e !lory o3 the Mother, Father, *on, as the ne Who hath eEiste& in the +ast, the no#
    an& That #hich is to co%e.2 The 2Finale2 1e!ins #ith 2The %ornin! stars san! in their
    courses2 an& en&s #ith 2the %arria!e son! o3 the 0eavenly Man.2
    6 s+eci%en o3 the alle!e& 2*tanAas o3 DAyan2 %ay also 1e !iven: 2-iseth the cave o3
    1eauty rare, o3 colour iri&escent. *hineth 7sic8 the #alls #ith aAure tint, 1athe& in the li!ht o3
    rose. The 1len&in! sha&e o3 1lue irra&iates the #hole an& all is %er!e& in !lea%in!.2 *tanAa
    I,,, +.((.
    What a contrast to the !enuine *tanAas in the *.D., e$#$ ,, 4<:
    --- 1=
    21. The ;ternal $arent 7*+ace8, #ra++e& in her ever invisi1le ro1es, ha& slu%1ere& once
    a!ain 3or seven eternities.2
    2(. Ti%e #as not, 3or it lay in the in3inite 1oso% o3 Duration.2
    The state%ent at +. B9F that 0.$.B. #as 2over-sha&o#e&2 1y 2ne !reater than an 6&e+t2
    scarcely a!rees #ith #hat #e !lean a1out her occult status in the Mahatma 'etters an&
    else#here. 0o#ever, at +. B<B she is &escri1e& as 2a true +sychic an& conscious %e&iu%,2
    #hich is the s+iritualistic theory a1ove #hich 6.$. *innett like#ise #as never a1le to rise,
    es+ecially a3ter her &eath.
    6t the close o3 this century, #e are tol&, the 26vatar . . . #ill co%e as the Teacher o3 )ove
    an& /nity, an& the ?eynote 0e #ill strike #ill 1e re!eneration throu!h love +oure& 3orth on
    all.2 ,%a!ine 0.$.B. or the Masters #ritin! this kin& o3 senti%ental stu33, such as one rea&s in
    Christian tracts or the 2r&er o3 the *tar2 literature.
    INSTRUCTIONS 4OR WOU0D.91 2AGICIANS
    $a!es FF=-1G(= contain 2Fi3teen -ules 3or Ma!ic2 in the section 2Thou!ht an& Fire
    ;le%entals.2 They are in Mrs. Bailey:s usual ver1ose an& +seu&o-6+ocaly+tic style, an& are
    le& u+ to 1y a clever touch concernin! 2an ol& 1ook o3 %a!ic, hi&&en in the caves o3 learnin!,
    !uar&e& 1y the Masters2P 3ro% #hich so%e 2a++ro+riate #or&s2 are Huote&;
    2The Brothers o3 the *un, throu!h the 3orce o3 solar 3ire, 3anne& to a 3la%e in the 1laAin!
    vault o3 the secon& 0eaven, +ut out the lo#er lunar 3ires, an& ren&er nau!ht the lo#er :3ire 1y
    3riction:.2
    2The Brother o3 the Moon i!nores the sun an& solar heat; 1orro#s his 3ire 3ro% all that tri+ly
    is, an& +ursues his cycle. The 3ires o3 hell a#ait, an& lunar 3ire &ies out. Then neither sun nor
    %oon avails hi%, only the hi!hest heaven a#aits the s+ark electric, seekin! vi1ration
    synchronous 3ro% that #hich lies 1eneath. 6n& yet
    --- 1B
    it co%eth not.2
    ,n case the rea&er shoul& 3ail to %ake any sense o3 this !e% o3 2%a!ic,2 he is tol& that
    2the ter%inolo!y is in the nature o3 a 1lin&, #hich ever carries revelation to those #ho have
    the clue, 1ut ten&s to +er+leE an& to 1e#il&er the stu&ent #ho as yet is unrea&y 3or the truth.2
    ,t nee& har&ly 1e a&&e& that no#here in this entire 2la1yrinth o3 #or&s,2 runnin! to a total o3
    1(C( +a!es, is the eEact nature o3 the :clue: %ore than &arkly hinte& at, as in the +resent
    instance. 6n ol& an& co%%on trick, usually e%+loye& to conceal the co%+lete a1sence o3
    either clue or %eanin!.
    2-ule ,2 runs thus: 2The *olar 6n!el collects hi%sel3, scatters not his 3orce, 1ut in
    %e&itation &ee+ co%%unicates #ith his re3lection.2 Why this is ter%e& a 2-ule2 is not Huite
    clear.
    The other 3ourteen -ules are o3 course eHually %eanin!less an& o1scure - #ithout the
    2clue.2 These -ules are !iven #ith over thirty +a!es o3 co+ious co%%ents #hich %ake
    con3usion #orse con3oun&e&, containin! such ter%s as 2the %a!ician2 73or #hose use they
    are 3or%ulate&8, 2*olar 6n!el,2 2;!oic )otus,2 2the ,llu%inator,2 2the eye o3 the %a!ician,2 2the
    6!nichaitans,2 2the 6!nisuryans,2 etc.
    1SOT1RIC INT1RPR1TATION O4 CO0OUR
    2The :;ye o3 *hiva,: #hen +er3ecte&, is 1lue in color2 7-. I,, +. 1G118, 2an& as our solar
    )o!os is the :Blue )o!os,: so &o 0is chil&ren occultly rese%1le 0i%; 1ut this color %ust 1e
    inter+rete& esoterically.2
    This last is a s+eci%en o3 the sort o3 #eir& >u%1le #hich constitutes the %a>or +art o3 this
    1ook, in #hich 0.$. Blavatsky an& her %ecret 3octrine are %uch Huote& an& re3erre& to in
    3ootnotes, %ore as a 1lin& to the rea&er than as 1earin! any real relation to Mrs. Bailey:s o#n
    sche%e. Fa%iliar #or&s an& +hrases are t#iste& 3ro% their +ro+er an& ori!inal settin! an&
    use, in an e33ort to co%+ile an i%+osin! #ork #hich
    --- 1C
    %ay a++ear on the sur3ace to continue the sa%e line o3 teachin!, 1ut is really Huite &i33erent.
    The lan!ua!e is certainly not such as any 2Ti1etan,2 or in&ee& any riental, #oul& use.
    ,n 3act, as , have sho#n, it is &istinctively Christian; an& Mrs. Bailey:s ins+irer, i3 a se+arate
    entity at all, is %uch %ore likely to 1e an ecclesiastic o3 that 3aith #ho 7like %any o3 the%
    no#a&ays8 has 3a%iliariAe& hi%sel3 #ith the literature o3 ccultis% an& is tryin! to %ake it 3it
    the Christian sche%e. ,t has even 1een su!!este&, not #ithout so%e >usti3ication, that the
    2Ti1etan2 is %erely a %islea&in! !eneric ter% 3or a council o3 astute theolo!ians 3or #ho%
    Mrs. Bailey is the %outh+iece an& scri1e.
    ADDITIONAL NOTES
    - By 6.). Cleather
    SU9T01 D1PR1CIATION O4 H.P. 90A7ATS:6
    1serve ho# cleverly 0.$.B. is !ra&ually +ushe& into the 1ack!roun&; little hints an&
    re%arks, 2&a%nin! #ith 3aint +raise,2 1ein! thro#n out no# an& a!ain - a #ell-kno#n 3or% o3
    2su!!estion.2
    We have no 2evi&ence2 3or the eEistence o3 this 2Ti1etan Brother2; si%+ly Mrs.
    Bailey:s #or& her o#n ipse di8it 3or everythin!. , a% incline& to 1elieve that i3 her 2teacher2 is
    not actually 6B-CW), it is so%eone 1ehin& all three, #ith a +seu&ony% cleverly a&a+te& to
    conceal his i&entity #ith a certain Christian hierarchy, an& 1y re+eate& 2su!!estion2 +lant in
    the %in&s o3 Mrs. Bailey:s rea&ers the conce+t o3 a T,B;T6" ori!in 3or the 2teachin!s.2
    The co%+lete o%ission 1y this su++ose& %e%1er o3 the )o&!e 7P8 o3 all re3erence to the
    true status an& nature o3 the Bu&&ha an& his +lace in ;volution, as #i*en by the Masters and
    >$7$ 5la*atsy, ten&s to 1ear out %y theory.
    --- 1F
    Whether Mrs. Bailey 1elieves #hole-hearte&ly in her 2%ission2 is not clear. *he is
    evi&ently a +sychic. Whatever %ay 1e the truth o3 the %atter, the #hole 2+lot2 is %ost cleverly
    contrive&, an& she %ust surely 1e a #illin! 2tool,2 i3 not a 3ully conscious a!ent.
    1serve in this 2ne# cycle teachin!2 there is no +lace 3or or %ention o3 the necessity 3or
    the t#in la#s o3 ?ar%a an& -eincarnation, althou!h they are o3ten %entione& inci&entally; nor
    o3 the !reat s#ee+ o3 Cyclic )a# throu!h #hich they #ork. "othin! really &e3inite, reasona1le
    or rational; an&, as a %atter o3 3act, 1ut little relation to the teachin!s o3 0.$.B. &es+ite the
    constant re3erences thereto.
    TH1 SO.CA001D "N1W C6C01 T1ACHING"
    To such +ro+ortions has this ne# cult alrea&y !ro#n that the 3ollo#in! astoun&in!
    assertions are 1ol&ly %a&e in the May /ccult -e*ie& 71F(C, +. 4G<8 1y 0. 6&a%s, in an
    article on Mrs. Bailey:s latest 1ook on $atan>aliO 7OThe 'i#ht of the %oul; 2ts %cience and
    Effect8: 2the Ti1etan Brother #ho is res+onsi1le 3or the i%+artation o3 Mrs. Bailey:s +revious
    #orks...2
    Mr. 6&a%s then !ives a 3e# su++ose& 3acts culle& 3ro% the 1ook, an& continues: 2This
    authoritative state%ent. . . . 2 7The 2authority2 is Mrs. Bailey:s invisi1le teacher an& 3or hi% #e
    have only her o#n #or&8 2e%anates 3ro% the Brotherhoo& 7PP8, in that it has 1een +ro&uce& 1y
    the eE+ress authority an& un&er the +ersonal su+ervision o3 the Brother s+ecially a++ointe& to
    co%%unicate the ne# cycle teachin! necessary at this +oint o3 evolution in connection #ith
    the secon& -ay i%+ulse.2 The last 3e# #or&s are ty+ical o3 her (osmic 4ire 2teachin!.2
    "ote the +ilin! u+ o3 assu%+tion a3ter assu%+tion. First, he is 2a Ti1etan 1rother,2 then his
    +ronounce%ents are 3orth#ith i&enti3ie& #ith 2the Brotherhoo&2P There is talk o3 their 2eE+ress
    authority2 an& so on.
    --- (G
    Boile& &o#n, #hat &oes it all-a%ount to. *i%+ly Mrs. Bailey:s cal%, unchecke& 7an&
    uncheck-a1le8 assertions, 3or the vali&ity o3 #hich she clai%s the eHually unchecke& 7an&
    unchecka1le8 2authority2 o3 her 2Ti1etan.2 The conclu&in! sentences actually !o the len!th o3
    +lacin! her on a level #ith 0.$. Blavatsky.
    A001G1D INSPIRATION TI91TAN 2AST1RS
    Mr. 6&a%s 3urther says: 2,n the %i&st o3 reli!ious controversies on every han& e%+tyin!
    the churches an& 3illin! sincere an& seekin! souls #ith &isHuiet an& ea!er 718 Huestionin!,
    an& our 3rien&s the Theoso+hists &ivi&e& into hal3 a &oAen societies an& +athetically askin!
    one another :What is Truth.: surely it is a !reat solace an& %atter 3or thank3ulness that the
    ever #atch3ul 7(8 5rotherhood of Masters+ i#norin# all the petty issues+ or+ rather+ @JA
    ans&erin# them most effecti*ely by the *oice of an accredited messen#er+ declares once
    a#ain in clear solid En#lish 7P8 the *cience o3 the *+irit hi&&en in the sutras.2 7,talics %ine. -
    6.).C.8 0ere #e %ay note: 718 6 clever touch, !ivin! the i&ea that this ne# sche%e has
    nothin! to &o #ith Theoso+hy or its societies; lea&in! to the un1lushin! assertion 7(8 that this
    ne# teachin! actually e%anates from the Masters. Further 748 that the 2accre&ite&
    %essen!er,2 #hether Mrs. Bailey or her su++ose& teacher, has 1een ins+ire& 1y The%P
    6t the 1e!innin! o3 Mr. 6&a%:s article 0.$. Blavatsky is re3erre& to only as the translator o3
    The ,oice of the %ilence; his i&ea evi&ently 1ein! to 1lot out 3ro% the rea&er:s %in& the
    eEistence o3 her ma#num opus, the %ecret 3octrine, the teachin!s o3 #hich are in 3lat
    contra&iction to so%e o3 the 1e#il&erin! %aterial #e have 3oun& in (osmic 4ire.
    --- (1
    DOCTRIN1 O4 "RA6 I2PU0S1S"
    With re3erence to 0.$. Blavatsky it shoul& also 1e note& that Mr. 6&a%s says on +. 4G=:
    26n interestin! +oint is %a&e 1y Mrs. Bailey in her intro&uction to the e33ect that the
    co%in! s+iritual i%+ulse is a secon& -ay i%+ulse an& #ill reach its Aenith to#ar&s the close
    o3 the +resent century, 1ut it has no relation to the first -ay impulse &hich produced the &or
    of >$7$ 5$= This is, o3 course, one o3 Mrs. Bailey:s usual ar1itrary state%ents, not in the least
    #hat 0.$.B. hersel3 tol& us, 1ut evi&ently %a&e as +art o3 the #hole sche%e to su1or&inate
    her an& her #ork to the 2ne# &is+ensation2 o3 the Besant-)ea&1eater-Bailey cult.
    TH1 "WOR0D.T1ACH1R" I2POSTUR1
    ,t is clear that the e33orts no# 1ein! %a&e 1y the ene%ies o3 the Masters is to 3ocus the
    attention o3 the #hole thinkin! #orl& o3 the West on the 2Christ-Worl&-Teacher2 i&ea ori!inate&
    1y the Besant-)ea&1eater cult, an& here sho#n to 1e a lea&in! 3eature in Mrs. Bailey:s
    sche%e, *ide the s+eci%ens cite& 1y Mr. Cru%+. "or is it any less &an!erous to the +ro!ress
    o3 hu%anity, althou!h the intellectual 3or% in #hich it is so a1ly +resente& ten&s to &isar%
    criticis% an& conceal the cloven hoo3.
    The #arnin!s o3 the &isasters on the &an!ers o3 +sychic co%%unications an& the #ork o3
    the Du!+as - 2the in3a%ous %hammars2 - the 2-e&-ca++e& Brothers o3 the *ha&o# . . . #hose
    +ernicious #ork is every#here in our #ay2 7Mahatma 'etters, (B(, (C98 %ust 1e a++lie& to
    such cases as this. 6lso the eEtre%ely i%+ortant letter in >$7$ 5la*atsy?s 'etters to %innett+ +.
    (4G re the #ork o3 the 5esuits, 7#hich #as evi&ently #ritten 1y one o3 the Masters8, es+ecially
    the conclu&in! +ara!ra+h on +. (44.
    C0AI2S O4 HIGH INSPIRATION 96 PS6CHICS
    ,n the sa%e nu%1er o3 the /ccult -e*ie&, at
    --- ((
    +.4<9, is an a&vertise%ent o3 a 1ook calle& 'i*in# %ecrets 1y )u%a Ial&ry. ,t is &escri1e& as
    3ollo#s: 2$ro&uce& 1y auto%atic #ritin! un&er the &irect ins+iration o3 a Master o3 the
    Wis&o%, the authoress &urin! its co%+osition 1ein! in a &ual consciousness. ,t is a +rose
    +oe% o3 transcen&ental esoteric i%+ort. This 1ook %ay #ell 1eco%e the ty+e o3 a ne# %o&e
    o3 co%%union...2
    0ere #e have a +recisely si%ilar clai% to that o3 Mrs. Bailey, an& this sort o3 thin! is Huite
    co%%on in s+iritualistic an& +sycholo!ical literature. Me&iu%s !enerally have a list o3 e%inent
    2controls,2 an& there3ore it is Huite natural 3or +sychics #ho #ish to a++eal to those seekin!
    ne# 2occult teachin!2 shoul& clai% to !et it in the sa%e %anner an& 3ro% the sa%e source as
    0.$. Blavatsky. $sychis% is so little un&erstoo& as yet that 3e# realiAe ho#, es+ecially in
    3e%ale +sychics, the line is very &i33icult to &ra# 1et#een conscious an& unconscious
    &ece+tion 7#hich inclu&es self-&ece+tion8. $aracelsus is very illu%inatin! on the +o#er o3 the
    3e%ale i%a!ination, an& such i%+osin! #orks as Mrs. Bailey:s %ay Huite #ell 1e the +ro&uct
    o3 o#n i%a!ination, usin! occult i&eas an& ter%inolo!y, an& 3ilterin! into her 1rain as &e3inite
    2teachin!,2 s+oken or ins+ire& 1y an entity that calls itsel3 2the Ti1etan.2
    NOT1S ON INITIATION, HUMAN AND SOLAR
    - By 6.). Cleather
    *ince the 3ore!oin! notes on (osmic 4ire #ere #ritten, this earlier #ork has 1een sent to
    %e 3or co%%ent. , note that it #as 3irst +u1lishe& in 1F((, a year earlier than the +u1lication
    o3 the Mahatma 'etters, 3ro% #hich Mrs. Bailey %akes several Huotations in (osmic 4ire+
    +u1lishe& in 1F(<. *he has &e&icate& it 2With -everence an& Gratitu&e to the Master ?.0.,2
    the i&ea o1viously
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    1ein! to su!!est that the contents #ere o1taine&, i3 not &irect 3ro% the Master, at least
    !leane& 3ro% his teachin!s. That this #as %ost certainly not the source o3 the i&eas o3 Mrs.
    Bailey, or the 2Ti1etan,2 %ust 1e evi&ent 3ro% the 3ollo#in! +arallels:
    ----
    Fro% 2nitiation+ >uman and %olar+ +u1. 1F((, Ch. ,, +. F:
    2,nitiation De3ine. - The Huestion anent initiation is one that is co%in! %ore an& %ore
    1e3ore the +u1lic. Be3ore %any centuries +ass the ol& %ysteries #ill 1e restore&, an& in inner
    1o&y #ill e8ist in the (hurch - the Church o3 the +erio&, o3 #hich the nucleus is alrea&y
    3or%in! - #herein the 3irst initiation #ill 1eco%e eEoteric in this sense only, that the takin! o3
    the 3irst initiation #ill, 1e3ore so very lon!, 1e the %ost sacre& cere%ony o3 the (hurch,
    +er3or%e& eEoterically as one o3 the %ysteries !iven at state& +erio&s, atten&e& 1y those
    concerne&. ,t #ill also hol& a si%ilar +lace in the ritual o3 the Masons. 6t this cere%ony those
    rea&y 3or initiation #ill 1e +u1licly a&%itte& to the )o&!e 1y one o3 its %e%1ers, authoriAe& to
    &o so 1y the #reat >ierophant hi%sel3.2 7,talics %ine. - 6.).C.8
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    Fro% a letter to 6.$. *innett 1y Master ?.0. a1out 1CC1-(, in The Mahatma 'etters,
    1F(4, ++. <B-C:
    2, #ill +oint out the !reatest, the chie3 cause o3 nearly t#o-thir&s o3 the evils that +ursue
    hu%anity, ever since that cause 1eca%e a +o#er. ,t is reli!ion un&er #hatever 3or% an& in
    #hatsoever nation. ,t is the sacer&otal caste, the +riesthoo& and the (hurches. ,t is in those
    illusions that %an looks u+on as sacre&, that he has to search out the source o3 that %ultitu&e
    o3 evils #hich is the !reat curse o3 hu%anity an& that al%ost over#hel%s %ankin&. ,!norance
    create& Go&s an& cunnin! took a&vanta!e o3 the o++ortunity... ,t is +riestly i%+osture that
    ren&ere& these Go&s so terri1le to %an... 2t is belief in .od an& Go&s that %akes t#o-thir&s o3
    hu%anity the slaves o3 a han&3ul o3 those #ho &eceive the% un&er the 3alse +retense o3
    savin! the%. 7,talics %ine. - 6.).C.8
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    ,t #oul& a++ear that Mrs. Bailey too hastily took in vain the na%e o3 the Master, an&
    %ust have 3elt so%e#hat &isconcerte& 7as &i& Mrs. Besant an& Mr. )ea&1eater8 on the
    a++earance in +rint o3 the Master:s real vie#s a1out 2Go&2 an& 2the Church,2 etc. "othin!
    &aunte&, ho#ever, an& 1earin! in %in& the sa!e a&vice to &i+lo%ats: 2):au&ace, l:au&ace, et
    tou>ours l:au&ace,2 she +u1lishe& (osmic 4ire in 1F(<, 3reely Huotin! 3ro% the Mahatma
    'etters, an& +e++erin! her +a!es #ith 3ootnotes containin! co+ious re3erences to the %ecret
    3octrine #hich in %ost cases &o not con3ir% her assertions, as anyone can see 1y lookin!
    the% u+.
    Who is this 2!reat 0iero+hant2 o3 #ho% she s+eaks. Can he +erchance 1ear any relation
    to Mr. )ea&1eater:s 2*u+re%e Director o3 ;volution on this !lo1e2.
    --- (9
    The 1ook a1oun&s 7like (osmic 4ire8 #ith the usual unsu++orte& assertions ty+ical o3 an&
    co%%on to the Besant-)ea&1eater-Bailey cult - as to initiations, their nu%1er 71st to =th, etc.8;
    the 2$lanetary )o!os,2 #ith a 3ull &escri+tion o3 his #ork; 2The ?,"G, the )or& o3 the Worl&2,
    the 2Master 5esus,2 #ho, it is state& 7+. <=8, 2is the 3ocal +oint o3 the ener!y that 3lo#s throu!h
    the various Christian Churches,2 an& #ho is 2at +resent livin! in a *yrian 1o&y... is rather a
    %artial 3i!ure, a &isci+linarian, an& a %an o3 iron rule an& #ill. 0e is tall an& s+are #ith rather
    a lon! thin 3ace,, 1lack hair, +ale co%+leEion an& +iercin! 1lue eyes2P
    "or is this the only &etaile& &escri+tion 3or the Masters M. an& ?.0., an& %any others, are
    also &ealt #ith an& the character o3 their #ork 3ully &escri1e&. $art o3 the Masters: #ork, #e
    are in3or%e&, is 2to +re+are the #orl& on a lar!e scale 3or the co%in! o3 the Worl& Teacher2.
    This, o3 course, at once i&enti3ies the Bailey school 7as #e have alrea&y seen in (osmic
    4ire8 #ith the Besant-)ea&1eater +erversions an& &elusions. 2;very#here,2 says Mrs. Bailey,
    2They 7the Masters collectively8 are !atherin! in those #ho %ay in any #ay sho# a ten&ency
    to respond to hi#h *ibration, seekin! to 3orce their vi1ration an& to 3it the% so that they %ay
    1e o3 use at the time of the comin# of the (hrist$$.2 7,talics %ine. - 6.).C.8 Mrs. Bailey:s i&ea o3
    res+onse to 2hi!h vi1ration2 #oul& +resu%a1ly 1e i&entical #ith a 2res+onse2 to her o#n
    2%essa!e, 2 as she ter%s it in her o+enin! cha+ter.
    6nother si%ilarity #ith the Besant-)ea&1eater school occurs in Cha+. I, #hich contains the
    3ollo#in!: 26t the hea& o3 a33airs . . . stan&s the ?,"G, the )or& o3 the Worl& . . . . Co-o+eratin!
    #ith 0i%, as 0is a&visers are three $ersonalities calle& the 7ratyea 5uddhas, or Bu&&has o3
    6ctivity. These 3our are the e%1o&i%ent o3 active intelli!ent lo*in# &ill$$$= 7,talics %ine. 6.).C.8
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    ,t #ill 1e re%e%1ere& that in %y .reat 5etrayal , &ealt #ith Mrs. Besant:s 3alse state%ent
    correctin! 0.$.B.:s &e3inition o3 the $ratyeka Bu&&ha in The ,oice of the %ilence +. 1GF, note
    (<, in our re+rint 7an& the Theos .lossary8 #hich #e 3in& acce+te& all over the ;ast as
    correct, i.e. that +urely intellectual, sel3ish, solitary saint. There is here, too, no #or& o3 the
    "ir%anakayas, none o3 the 2Masters o3 Co%+assion,2 or the 2Great -enunciation2 an& a1ove
    all o3 the 2T#o $aths.2
    Clearly, the Besant-)ea&1eater teachin!s have lar!ely ins+ire& this later 23alse !ui&e2 -
    one %ore 21lin& lea&er o3 the 1lin&.2 These +eo+le, in 3act - es+ecially Mrs. Bailey - +ossess
    so%e o3 the reHuisites o3 a #riter o3 3iction. But, 2h, the +ity o3 it,2 that it shoul& nee& 1ut
    1are3ace& an& entirely unsu++orte& assertions, cou+le& #ith the &etaile& &escri+tions so
    !ree&ily a1sor1e& 1y the novel-rea&in! +u1lic, to co%+letely i%+ose u+on the 3oolish
    %ultitu&e.
    ,t is Huite i%+ossi1le to &eal at any len!th #ith a #ork in #hich truth an& error are so
    in!eniously %in!le& that to se+arate the cha33 3ro% the !rain #oul& nee& another volu%e o3
    the sa%e len!th. The very titles o3 the nineteen cha+ters sho# the nature o3 the su1>ect
    %atter.
    6n& 3or all the su++ose& 2kno#le&!e,2 or 2teachin!,2 containe& in these nineteen
    cha+ters nothin! is o33ere& in con3ir%ation, testi%ony, or eEcuse, save in the 2,ntro&uctory
    -e%arks,2 #here the #riter &eclares that she &oes not arro!ate to hersel3 2any cre&it or
    +ersonal authority 3or the Cno&led#e i%+lie&,2 an& e%+hatically &isavo#s all such clai%s or
    re+resentations. %he cannot do other&ise than present these statements as matters of fact$=
    7,talics %ine. - 6.).C.8 The unso+histicate& enHuirer %i!ht not unreasona1ly ask, Why. The
    2clai%,2 here so >esuitically &isavo#e&, is really there, thou!h cleverly ca%ou3la!e&. ,3 these
    thin!s are 2%atters o3 3act,2 #hy is no e*idence #hatever a&&uce&.
    Consi&ere& as an in!enious an& hi!hly i%a!-
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    inative #ork o3 occult 3iction, the 1ook +ossesses &e3inite attractions. ther #riters in the
    sa%e 3iel& have +ro&uce& actual novels &ealin! #ith the occult, e.!. A 5rother of the Third
    3e#ree+ Three %e*ens, an& %any tales 1y later #riters, all o3 #hich have #on reco!nition
    3ro% the 3iction-rea&in! +u1lic. But, #ith the eEce+tion o3 C.W. )ea&1eater, Mrs. Bailey is the
    3irst #riter on occult su1>ects #ho has ha& the #it to +resent Fiction as Fact, thus #innin! at
    one stroke an& #ith the !reatest ease a certain 3ollo#in! a%on! the cre&ulous, an&
    +resu%a1ly the 3inancial 1ackin! so necessary 3or a&vertisin! +ur+oses these &ays. 0er
    1ooks, ho#ever, cannot 1e taken seriously 1y 3ollo#ers o3 0.$. Blavatsky:s teachin!s, or as
    1ein! any sort o3 contri1ution to !enuine occult 2kno#le&!e.2
    T1ACHING ON S1< OPPOS1D TO H.P. 90A7ATS:68S
    Moreover, Mrs. Bailey:s +resu%a1ly 2ins+ire&2 vie#s 7one %ust not 3or!et her alle!e&
    2Ti1etan2 teacher8 on seE relations in their a++lication to those #ho have entere&, or are
    enterin!, on the serious stu&y o3 +ractical occultis%, are in &irect con3lict #ith the teachin!s o3
    0.$. Blavatsky an& her Teachers on the su1>ect.
    ,n the last cha+ter, 2-ules 3or 6++licants,2 she is 3ar %ore &e3inite on this +oint than in
    her later (osmic 4ire. $ossi1ly the +u1lication o3 the Mahatma 'etters %ay have counsele&
    %ore +ru&ence on that hea&, i3 - as see%s +ro1a1le - she is anEious that the +u1lic shoul&
    1elieve that the contents o3 her 1ooks are &ra#n 3ro% the sa%e source as 0.$. Blavatsky:s,
    as sho#n 1y the constant re3erences to the %ecret 3octrine in (osmic 4ire. )ike the 3ollo#ers
    o3 the )ea&1eater &is+ensation, there are so%e #ho re!ar& her #orks as an eEtension an&
    eE+ansion o3 the %ecret 3octrine, #hich is o3 course al%ost !rotesHue.
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    -ule 11, +. (G9, runs thus: 2)et the &isci+le trans3er the 3ire 3ro% the lo#er trian!le to the
    hi!her, an& +reserve that #hich is create& throu!h the 3ire o3 the %i&#ay +oint.2
    Mrs. Bailey eE+lains this as 3ollo#s: 2This %eans, literally, the control 1y the initiate o3 the
    seE i%+ulse, as usually un&erstoo&, an& the trans3erence o3 the 3ire #hich nor%ally vitaliAes
    the !enerative or!ans to the throat centre, thus lea&in! to creation u+on the %ental +lane
    throu!h the a!ency o3 %in&. That #hich is to 1e create& %ust then 1e nourishe& an&
    sustaine& 1y the love ener!y issuin! 3ro% the heart centre.2
    "o #or&s o3 %ine coul& 1e hal3 stron! enou!h to con&e%n the a&vice here !iven to all
    an& sun&ry in a +rinte& 1ook. The 2trans3erence2 a&vise& is +ro1a1ly the %ost &an!erous in
    the +rocess o3 Black Ma!ic, #hich is &istin!uishe& 3ro% White 1y its use o3 the seE 3orces. ,t is
    3oun& in such Tantrik #orks as The %erpent 7o&er, 1y 26rthur 6valon2 7the late *ir 5ohn
    Woo&ro33e, an ,n&ian 5u&!e8, a!ainst the terri1le &an!ers o3 #hich 0.$. Blavatsky so
    constantly #arns her rea&ers an& +u+ils. ,n %ost cases she says that such an atte%+t as
    a1ove &escri1e& #oul& have a 3atal result. For this one +assa!e alone Mrs. Bailey &eserves
    the severest con&e%nation. *he is in&ee& +layin! #ith 3ire - the Fire o3 Cundalini, #hich, as
    0.$. Blavatsky says, 2can as easily kill as it can create.2
    The 3ollo#in! is the 2lo#er trian!le re3erre& to:
    1. The *olar $leEus.
    (. The Base o3 the *+ine.
    4. The Generative r!ans.
    The 2hi!her2 is thus !iven:
    1. The 0ea&.
    (. The Throat.
    4. The 0eart.
    There is not the s%allest reco!nition throu!hout this 1ook o3 the tre%en&ous !ul3 #hich
    ya#ns 1et#een 2White2 an& 2Black2 Ma!ic in $ractical ccultis%. 6n& in these three +a!es
    7(G9-<-=8 she unconsciously lays 1are the
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    real evil at the root o3 her teachin!s #hich, #here *eE is concerne&, are in &irect o++osition to
    those o3 0.$. Blavatsky an& her Teachers.
    For Mrs. Bailey:s 3urther &etaile& eE+lanations as to the seE relationshi+s o3 2,nitiate&
    Masters2 +arallel colu%ns #ill a!ain su++ly the necessary contrast:
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    2nitiation >uman and %olar$ Cha+. Q,Q, ++. (G9-<-=. -e3errin! to the a1ove Huotation
    3ro% +. (G9. Mrs. Bailey continues:
    2This %i!ht 1e inter+rete& 1y the su+er3icial rea&er as an in>unction to the celi1ate li3e, an&
    the +le&!in! o3 the a++licant to a1stain 3ro% all +hysical %ani3estation o3 the seE i%+ulse.
    This is not so. Many initiates have attaine& their o1>ective #hen &uly an& #isely +artici+atin!
    in the %arria!e relation....
    2The physical plane is as much a form of di*ine e8pression as any of the hi#her planes$$$
    that it %ay 1e a&visa1le to certain sta!es 3or a %an to +er3ect control alon! any +articular line
    throu!h a temporary abstention is not to 1e &enie&, 1ut that... #ill 1e succee&e& 1y sta!es
    #hen - the control havin! 1een !aine& - the %an &e%onstrates +er3ectly throu#h the medium
    of the physical body+ the attributes of di*inity, an& every centre #ill 1e nor%ally an& #isely
    use&, an& thus race +ur+oses 3urthere&.2
    2,nitiates an& Masters, in %any cases, %arry, an& nor%ally +er3or% their duties as
    husbands+ &i*es, an& househol&ers, 1ut all is controlle& an& re!ulate& 1y +ur+ose an&
    intention, an& none is carrie& a#ay 1y +assion or &esire. ,n the perfect man upon the
    physical plane, all the centres are un&er co%+lete control... the spiritual &ill of the di*ine inner
    .od is the main factor... The true initiate #oul& 1e kno#n 1y his #ise an& sanctified
    normality... 1y the eEa%+le he sets to his environin! associates o3 s+iritual livin! an& %oral
    rectitu&e, cou+le& #ith the &isci+line o3 his o#n li3e...2 7,talics %ine. - 6.).C.8
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    Fro% 2The Huali3ications eE+ecte& in a Chela2 7Theosophist, Iol. ,I, *u++le%ent, 5uly,
    1CC4, +. 1G8:
    2(. 61solute %ental an& +hysical +urity.2
    2-e%e%1er, he #ho is not as +ure as a youn! chil& 7ha&8 1etter leave chelashi+ alone.2
    7The Master ?.0.8
    The Master M. to the ;soteric *tu&ents: 2Bo&ily +urity every 6&e+t takes +recautions to
    kee+.2
    2The *el3 o3 %atter an& the *;)F o3 *+irit can never %eet. ne o3 the t#ain %ust
    &isa++ear; there is no +lace 3or 1oth.2
    2Guar& thou the lo#er lest it soil the hi!her.2 ,oice of the %ilence.
    There are not in the West hal3-a-&oAen a%on! the 3ervent hun&re&s #ho call the%selves
    :ccultists: #ho have even an a++roEi%ately correct i&ea o3 the nature o3 the *cience they
    seek to %aster. With a 3e# eEce+tions, they are all on the hi!h#ay to *orcery.2 70.$.
    Blavatsky in /ccultism ,s$ The /ccult Arts.8
    21o Adept e*er marries.2 - 0.$. Blavatsky
    2,t is true that the %arrie& %an cannot 1e an 6&e+t.2 7The Mahat%a ?.0. in The
    Mahatma 'etters, +. 1B.8
    2bid$ 7+. (B(8 1y Master M8: 2The 3u#pas an& the .elu#pas are not 3i!htin! in Ti1et
    alone: see their vile #ork in ;n!lan& a%on! the :ccultists2 an& 2*eers:P 0ear your
    acHuaintance - +reachin!, like a true :0iero+hant o3 the le3t-han&,: the %arria!e o3 the :soul
    #ith the s+irit: an& !ettin! the true &e3initions to+sy-turvy, seek to +rove that every +racticin!
    0iero+hant %ust at least 1e spiritually %arrie& - i3 3or so%e reason he cannot &o so physically,
    there 1ein! other#ise a !reat &an!er o3 6&ulteration o3 Go& an& DevilP , tell you the
    %hammars @3u#pas, or Black Ma!icians8 are there alrea&y, an& their +ernicious #ork is
    every#here in our #ay.2
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    "ot only &i& 0.$. Blavatsky tell us that true 6&e+ts o3 the -i!ht-0an& $ath never %arry
    or enter into any sort o3 seE relation, 1ut she also sai& that certain Black Ma!icians #ell-
    kno#n in occult annals #ere the o33s+rin! o3 hi!h occultists #ho 1roke their vo# o3 celi1acy.
    Thus o3 Ca!liostro she #rote 7Theos$ .loss., B(8: 2Det his en& #as not utterly un&eserve&, as
    he ha& 1een untrue to his vo#s in so%e res+ects, ha& fallen from his state of chastity an&
    yiel&e& to a%1ition an& sel3ishness2 7cf. 2Great ones 3all 1ack, even 3ro% the Threshol&28.
    The evil is a !reat one, 3or in this +articular instance, teachin! on one o3 the !reatest
    &an!ers in ccultis% - *;Q - is !iven out #hich is su1versive o3 all that 0.$. Blavatsky an&
    the Masters stan& 3or. ,n 0.$. Blavatsky:s /ccultism *s$ The /ccult Arts 3ro% #hich , Huote
    a1ove 7an& at !reater len!th in %y .reat 5etrayal8 the true occult teachin! on this su1>ect is
    clearly an& uneHuivocally set 3orth. ,t 3or%s a co%+lete re3utation o3 the 3alse an& &an!erous
    i&eas +ut 3or#ar& #ith such a sho# o3 authority 1y Mrs. Bailey, #hich are co%%on to all the
    charlatans o3 ccultis%, #hether conscious or unconscious. Many other eEa%+les, 1esi&es
    C.W. )ea&1eater, %i!ht 1e !iven o3 this.
    6 +oint o3 interest in connection #ith the lar!e nu%1er o3 6&e+ts %entione& 1y na%e in
    Mrs. Bailey:s 1ooks is that 0.$. Blavatsky says in 2)o&!es o3 Ma!ic2 7'ucifer, 1CCC8: 2The
    +ersona!e kno#n to the +u1lic un&er the +seu&ony% o3 :?oot 0oo%i: is calle& 1y a totally
    &i33erent na%e a%on! his acHuaintances . . . . The real na%es o3 Master 6&e+ts an& ccult
    *chools are never, un&er any circu%stances, reveale& to the +ro3ane.2
    6%on! the Besant-)ea&1eater 2Masters2 a&o+te& 1y Mrs. Bailey, 1ut no#here to 1e 3oun&
    in the
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    Blavatsky literature so 3ar as , a% a#are, is 2-akocAi,2 re3erre& to ante .....7*ee 2nitiation+
    >uman and %olar, +. <C, an& (osmic 4ire +.9<<8 . 6ccor&in! to Mrs. Besant, he #as
    +reviously incarnate& as -osenkreuA, Bacon, *t. Ger%ain, an& others, only achievin!
    a&e+tshi+ as 2-akocAi2 7The Masters, ++. B<-B=. ?rotona, 1F1C8 0.$. Blavatsky, on the other
    han&, calls *t. Ger%ain 2the !reatest riental 6&e+t ;uro+e has seen &urin! the last
    centuries2 7Theos$ .lossary, +. 4GF, also +. (19 un&er 2Mes%er28 *ee 2,n3luence o3 occultis%
    an -evolutions2 in our 5uddhism the %cience of 'ife, (n& e&., +. 11G.
    Finally, #ith re3erence to Mr. Cru%+:s re%arks 7ante, ....8 on the a++lication o3 the na%e
    *anat ?u%ara to the )o!os, it %ay 1e a&&e& here that 3our o3 the seven ?u%aras are
    eEoteric an& three are esoteric. 7%ecret 3octrine+ ,. 9<B ol& e&.8 *anat ?u%ara is one o3 the
    3or%er. ne o3 the esoteric ?u%aras is *anat *u>ata, a3ter #ho% the %anat %uBatiyan o3 the
    Mahabharata is na%e& 7*ee The (rest !e&el of )isdom: Translate& 1y Mohini Chatter>i,
    verse 4(9 an& 3ootnote, +. CG8.
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    +a%+hlet issue& 1y ,nternational *tu&y Centre 3or ,n&e+en&ent *earch 3or truth. ,t can 1e
    +urchase& 3ro%: The 0.$.B )i1rary, cSo M. Free%an, *ite "o. 1F, Co%+. "o. (, -.-. l,
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    MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE GOBI
    2Many a lost secret lies 1urie& un&er #astes o3 san& in the Go1i &esert o3 ;astern
    Turkestan . . Beneath the sur3ace is sai& to lie such #ealth in !ol&, >e#els, statuary, ar%s,
    utensils, an& all that in&icates civiliAation, luEury an& 3ine arts . . . a#aitin! the &ay #hen the
    revolution o3 cyclic +erio&s shall a!ain cause their story to 1e kno#n 3or the instruction o3
    %ankin&.2 72sis 0n*eiled, Iol. ,,, ++. 4=1, <FC8
    2. . . #ell e&ucate& an& learne& natives o3 ,n&ia an& Mon!olia . . . s+eak o3 i%%ense
    li1raries reclai%e& 3ro% the san&, to!ether #ith various reliHues o3 ancient M6G,C lore, #hich
    have all 1een sa3ely sto#e& a#ay.2 7%ecret 3octrine, EEEiv8
    $eter 0o+kirk:s 4orei#n 3e*ils on the %il -oad 7/n. o3 Mass. $ress, 1FC98 on the early
    t#entieth century treasure hunt in Chinese Turkestan is a 1ook as 3ull o3 real-li3e a&venture,
    %ystery an& intri!ue as one is likely to 3in&. This is a +articularly %ysterious area o3 the #orl&,
    an& #e are tol& in Blavatsky:s %ecret 3octrine that it is the %ost occultly si!ni3icant +art o3 the
    +lanet, hol&in! 3or a!es one o3 the hea&Huarters o3 the )o&!e she re+resente&.
    The Go1i &esert, #here rain3all %ay co%e once in ten years, is a vast eE+anse that
    stretches so%e 3i3teen hun&re& %iles east to #est an& t#o to 3ive hun&re& north an& south. it
    has also 1een calle& the 2*ha%o2 &esert an& %ore %o&ernly has 1een !eo!ra+hically &ivi&e&
    into the Takla%akan an& Go1i &eserts. To its south lie ,n&ia an& Ti1et, to the north -ussia an&
    Mon!olia, an& to its east, China. *hortly a3ter the 1e!innin! o3 the Christian era tra&e routes,
    #hich latter ca%e to 1e kno#n as the 2silk roa&2, #ere esta1lishe& alon! its northern an&
    southern 1oun&aries. asis to#ns #ere a1le to 1e esta1lishe& alon! rivers e%+tyin! into the
    &esert 3ro% the !ra&ually %elt-
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    in! !laciers le3t #ith the last ice a!e. 6s the !laciers !ra&ually %elte&, the rivers &rie& u+ an&
    the oasis tra&in! to#ns !ra&ually #ere a1an&one& an& le3t to 1e covere& 1y the &ri3tin!
    san&s.
    While this area re%aine& untouche& 3or a thousan& years, al%ost at the soun&in! o3 a 1ell
    in the 1CFG:s an& early t#entieth century Western eE+lorers an& archeolo!ists 1e!an
    eEtensive #ork in the area until 1F4G #hen China #oul& no lon!er allo# 3orei!n eE+loration.
    *cores o3 ancient cities an& te%+les #ere &u! 3ro% the san& an& tons o3 arti3acts an&
    %anuscri+ts #ere trans+orte& to Western %useu%s, %uch to the later cha!rin o3 the Chinese.
    7,t is 1elieve& 1y %any, that ha&n:t the #esterners 2+illa!e&2 the area, %ost o3 their 3in&s
    #oul& have 1een &estroye& 1y later +olitical u+heaval, econo%ic &evelo+%ent o3 the areas,
    etc. 6 co%%on eEa%+le #as that local 3ar%ers #ere 3on& o3 scra+in! the +aint o33 thousan&-
    year-ol& 3rescoes to use as 3ertiliAer.8
    ,n 1CF< *ven 0e&in o3 *#e&en #as the 3irst #esterner to launch an eE+e&ition into the
    area, several years a3ter the &iscovery o3 the 2Bo#er Manuscri+t2 1y native treasure hunters.
    This #as a 3i3th century Bu&&hist teEt on %e&icine an& 2necro%ancy2 an& &eter%ine& to 1e
    one o3 the ol&est eEistin! +ieces o3 #ritin!. Iarious other %anuscri+ts also 3oun& their #ay
    into #estern eE+ert:s han&s. These &iscoveries sent a shock#ave throu!h the #orl& o3 ,n&ian
    scholarshi+, +ointin! to the eEistence o3 a 3or!otten Bu&&hist civiliAation in China:s 1ack o3
    1eyon&.2
    *ven 0e&in:s 3irst valua1le 3in& resulte& 3ro% returnin! to !et a 3or!otten shovel an&
    stu%1lin! on a 1urie& city in the &unes at )oulan. The li1rary o3 a Bu&&hist %onastery #as
    &iscovere& at Dan&anuilik that containe& *anskrit teEts 3ro% the 3i3th an& siEth centuries. 6
    #ealth o3 &ocu%ents %ere 3oun& in an ancient !ar1a!e &u%+ at "iya. 6t ;a&ere a Bu&&hist
    te%+le #as &u! 3ro% the san& an&, a%on! %uch else, the ol&est s+eci%en o3 Ti1etan #ritin!.
    6t ?arakho>a )e CoH o3 Ger%any 3oun& the site so +lenti3ul o3 3in&s that he o1serve& an ol&
    #o%an &i!!in! u+ arti3acts an& %anuscri+ts 7#hich she #ante& a hi!h +rice 3orP8. 6t
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    *hui-+an! a 2cartloa&2 o3 Christian teEts &atin! to the 3i3th century #ere 3oun&.
    ;i!hth century Manichean teEts #ere 3oun& 1y )e CoH at ?arakho>a, althou!h a lar!e
    nu%1er o3 %anuscri+ts #ere also :tra!ically: lost here #hen a su+erstitious native &u%+e& a
    cartloa& into the river an& others #ere &iscovere& to have 1een &estroye& 1y irri!ation #ater.
    "estorian %anuscri+ts #ere 3oun& at sites on the northern 1or&er o3 the Takla%akan. 7The
    "estorians #ere an early Christian sect that coul& not 1elieve that Christ #as 1oth &ivine an&
    hu%an. They #ere outla#e& 1y the Council o3 ;+hesus in 94( an& 3le& east#ar&.8
    The lar!est %anuscri+t 2haul2 o3 all #as %a&e initially 1y 6urel *tein o3 Britain an& later
    $elliot o3 France at Tun-huan! at the 2Caves o3 the Thousan& Bu&&has.2 )e& 1y ru%ors, they
    +ersua&e& a Bu&&hist %onk restorin! the cave te%+les to reveal a secret cha%1er he ha&
    &iscovere& that #as 2. . . a soli& %ass o3 %anuscri+t 1un&les risin! to a hei!ht o3 nearly ten
    3eet, an& 3illin!, as a su1seHuent %easure%ent sho#e&, close to <GG cu1ic 3eet.2 6%on! the%
    #as the ol&est 1lock-+rint 1ook in the #orl&, a 3iamond %utra 3ro% the ninth century. There
    #ere 2. . . countless %anuscri+ts in Chinese, *anskrit, *o!&ian, Ti1etan, Tunic-Turki an&
    /i!hure, as #ell as in unkno#n lan!ua!es ...2
    Most o3 the Tun-huan! %anuscri+ts en&e& in the British Museu% or at the Musee Gui%et
    in $aris. 6nother cache o3 teEts at Tun-huan! #as &iscovere& 1y Chinese archeolo!ists in the
    1F9G:s an& as late as 1FBB a *#e&ish 1ookseller #as o33erin! Tun-huan! %anuscri+ts in his
    catalo!. 3 the British-hel& %anuscri+ts, 20al3 a century #as to +ass 1e3ore these 7an& then
    only the co%+lete ones8 ha& 1een catalo!ue&. ,n his %ono!ra+h, %i8 (enturies at Tunhuan#+
    Dr. )ionel Giles, #ho carrie& out this titanic task, calculates that in all he ha& to #a&e throu!h
    1et#een ten an& t#enty %iles o3 closely #ritten rolls o3 teEt.2
    0o+kirk su%%ariAes that 2To&ay the thousan&s o3 %anuscri+ts 1rou!ht 1ack 3ro%
    Chinese Central 6sia, #ritten in a %ultitu&e o3 ton!ues an& scri+ts, are &ivi&e& a%on! the
    institutions o3 at least ei!ht &i33erent countries. Iery %any have
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    take a %an:s entire #orkin! li3e. . . . 6nyone #ho #ishes to un&erstan& the contri1ution these
    %anuscri+ts have %a&e to the stu&y o3 Central 6sia an& Bu&&hist history can turn to the host
    o3 translations, catalo!ues, %ono!ra+hs an& other s+ecial stu&ies +ro&uce& 1y scholars such
    as Bailey, Giles, Waley, Mas+ero, )evi, -ono#, Muller, 0ennin!, 0oernle, $elliot an&
    Chavannes, to na%e >ust a 3e#.2
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    ,t is o3ten not &i33icult to &etect 3alsehoo& i3 one &e+en&s on his %in& an& certain 3eelin!s
    an& not on the e%otions. ,3 one is sincerely in search o3 T-/T0 in every %atter, he has
    nothin! to 3ear, or no anEiety a1out &e3en&in! his current vie#+oints. ,3 they are true, they
    shoul& not 1e, #ith a little e33ort an& coura!e, so &i33icult to &e3en&. ,3 his vie#-+oints are 3alse,
    then he can 1less his o++onent 3or sho#in! hi% his error. 0e nee&n:t 1e anEious or #orrie&
    a1out his convictions, havin! no +recariously +erche& chi+ on shoul&er that can 1e knocke&
    o33 at the sli!htest a&verse #in&, 1ut &e+en&ent on -eality itsel3 to su++ort his +ers+ective.
    The Truth can #ithstan& any 1u33etin! an& e%er!e stron!er 3or the 3oray. This is 1ecause the
    Truth &e+en&s not on relative +ersuasion /lti%ately, or on hy+nosis, 1ut ste%s in %any
    rivulets 3ro% the 61solute *ource - in&estructa1le an& su1>ect to nothin! relative. ,n the lar!e
    sche%e o3 thin!s, +eo+le are not ene%ies o3 Truth an& cannot 1e, 1ecause in the 3inal
    analysis an& in essence they are Truth itsel3 an& cannot 3orever 1attle the%selves.
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    Contents5 The $rayer o3 "ature 7+oe%8....1; ur Greatest "ee& - Ben>a%in ....(;
    ?atherine Tin!ley as , ?ne# 0er - &e @irko33.....B; The $racticality o3 Brotherhoo& - Mo
    TAu ......C; /n%erite& *u33erin! - $urucker ......1G; ,tLs the $rinci+le o3 the Thin! -
    $lu%%er ....1=; The r&eal o3 Ti1et .....1C; The ?eely Motor ......(1; )evitation o3 *tone
    Blocks in Ti1et....(B; $oints o3 ,nterest....(F; Centri3u!al Theoso+hy....4<; ,s Theoso+hy l&-
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    TH1 PRA61R O4 NATUR1
    )et 1i!ots rear a !loo%y 3ane,
    )et *u+erstition hail the +ile,
    )et +riests, to s+rea& their sa1le rei!n,
    With tales o3 %ystic rites 1e!uile.
    *hall %an con&e%n his race to 0ell,
    /nless they 1en& in +o%+ous 3or%.
    Tell us that all, 3or one #ho 3ell,
    Must +erish in the %in!lin! stor%.
    *hall each +reten& to reach the skies,
    Det &oo% his 1rother to eE+ire,
    Whose soul a &i33erent ho+e su++lies,
    r &octrines less severe ins+ire.
    *hall those, #ho live 3or sel3 alone,
    Whose years 3loat on in &aily cri%e
    *hall they, 1y Faith, 3or !uilt atone,
    6n& live 1eyon& the 1oun&s o3 Ti%e.
    - Byron
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    "OUR GR1AT1ST N11D"
    - ;lsie Ben>a%in 73ro% (orrespondin# 4ello&s 'od#e 5ulletin "o. 4(F8
    2T-/T0 F- ;6C0 $;-*" ,* T06T W0,C0 M;;T* 0,* G-;6T;*T ";;D2
    7Juote& 1y 0$B8
    #hich o3 course leaves it to each stu&ent to 3in& out #hat is his !reatest nee&. For so%e it is
    to have 2+eace at any +rice2; 3or others, that #hich !ives !reatest co%3ort an&Sor con3ir%ation
    o3 their +reconceive& 1elie3s; or a!ain, 2there shoul& 1e no critical &iscussion or &isa!ree%ent
    o3 other:s 1elie3s, no &i33erences o3 o+inion, it isn:t 1rotherly2P
    The Theoso+hical *ociety since its 3oun&ation has stresse& that there are neither
    &o!%as nor cre&al 1elie3s i%+ose& on its %e%1ers, an& insists on co%+lete 3ree&o% o3
    thou!ht 3or all, an& o3 course the 1asis o3 our #ork is roote& in /niversal Brotherhoo&. 0$B
    hersel3 #rote, in one o3 her 3a%ous letters to Willia% J. 5u&!e 3or the 6%erican Convention o3
    the *ociety, in 1CCC:
    2rtho&oEy in Theoso+hy is a thin! neither +ossi1le nor &esira1le. ,t is &iversity o3
    o+inion, #ithin certain li%its, that kee+s the Theoso+hical *ociety a livin! an& healthy 1o&y, its
    %any other u!ly 3eatures not #ithstan&in!. Were it not, also, 3or the eEistence o3 a lar!e
    a%ount o3 uncertainty in the %in&s o3 stu&ents o3 theoso+hy, such healthy &iver!ences #oul&
    1e i%+ossi1le, an& the society #oul& &e!enerate into a sect, in #hich a narro# an&
    stereoty+e& cree& #oul& take the +lace o3 the livin! an& 1reathin! s+irit o3 Truth an& an ever
    !ro#in! ?no#le&!e.2
    6 nee&e& #arnin!, this, 3or #ho o3 us, ho#ever enthusiastic an& convince& #e %ay 1e,
    can 1e a1solutely certain that #hat #e un&erstan& is the truth. Certainly it cannot 1e the
    #hole Truth. But note her 2#ithin certain li%its2, an& 2&iversity o3 o+inion2.
    *lo!ans an& %ottos an& %aEi%s can 1e inter+rete& &i33erently 1y &i33erent +eo+le. 6s
    ;Ea%+les: 26 little learnin! is a &an!erous thin!2: To so%e it %eans, 26voi& learnin! entirely
    1ecause it is &an!erous2. To others:
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    2Dou %ust kno# M-; than >ust a little on a su1>ect, else you run into &an!er2. r a!ain,
    2*tu33 a col& an& starve a 3ever2. *o%e take it to %ean that one %ust eat heavily #hen one
    has a col&. thers inter+ret it: 2f you eat heavily #hen you have a col&, you #ill en& 1y !ettin!
    a 3ever that %ust 1e starve&. *o, take your choiceP
    ;ven the Huote that hea&s this ;&itorial has 1een inter+rete& thus: 2Why shoul& you &i33er
    3ro% or criticiAe so%eone else:s i&eas o3 Theoso+hy, 0$B says everythin! is truthP2 )et us
    see: 6 stu&ent takin! the Corres+on&ence #rote us: 2May , ask your vie#s on the 3ollo#in!.
    ,n recent Manuals , have rea& a1out the +erio& o3 ti%e re3erre& to as :Devachan: &escri1e& as
    1liss; 1ut , a% rea&in! a -u&ol+h *teiner 1ook at +resent entitle& Theosophy in #hich he
    clai%s that +erio& as anythin! 1ut 1liss3ul 0e #rites o3 al%ost un1eara1le 1urnin! &esires o3
    the soul #hich have to 1e kille& out as they cannot 1e satis3ie&.2
    Well, our aske&-3or vie#s #ere !iven. We have not rea& that +articular 1ook o3 *teiner:s,
    1ut :&i33erence o3 o+inion:PP 5ust +ossi1ly *teiner %i!ht have 1een con3usin! the ka%a-loka
    #ith the &evachan, #e &o not kno#. But the :#ithin certain li%its: certainly a++lies to such a
    co%+lete %isun&erstan&in! o3 the &evachanic +erio&, #hen one is +assin! on teachin!s to
    another. Too o3ten #e 3in& the honestly hel& o+inion that i3 one calls onesel3 a theoso+hist,
    then anythin! one 1elieves, any inter+retation one %akes o3 the teachin!s is all ri!ht, 1ecause
    :there are no &o!%as:.
    6nother illustration: , #as talkin! once to a #o%an o3 so%e intelli!ence., an& one al#ays
    active in hel+in! others, 1ut anta!onistic to Theoso+hy. *he #ante& to !et into an ar!u%ent
    +ro an& con a1out reincarnation. , sai& 2*orry, , &on:t ar!ue a1out %y reli!ious or
    +hiloso+hical 1elie3s 1ecause :truth is never arrive& at 1y ar!u%ent, an& any#ay there is no
    reason #hy , shoul& try to +ersua&e you to 1elieve #hat , 1elieve.2 *he re+lie&: 2Well, o3
    course , kno# there is no such thin! as reincarnation2. 20o# so.2 , aske&, intereste&. 0er
    ans#er: 2Because Go& #oul& never allo# such a 3oolish thin!.2 0er ";;D #as not 3or a 1elie3
    in reincarnationP
    To !o 1ack to our hea&in! Huote: We think it can 1e a++lie& thus: 6 s%all chil& &oes not
    need to kno# the list o3 the seven +rinci+les o3 %an #ith their *anskrit na%es. 6t the very
    1e!innin!, the avera!e chil& learns that there is a !oo& chil& in hi% an& a nau!hty one.
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    That 3ills his nee& 3or a ti%e. )ater as his %in& &evelo+s he 3eels there is %ore to hi% than
    that; %ay1e this is the ti%e to s+eak o3 :1o&y, soul, s+irit:. *till later even that &oes not satis3y.
    0is nee&, #e %aintain, #oul& 1e satis3actorily %et 1y a kno#le&!e o3 the seven-3ol& nature o3
    %an.
    ,n our o#n chil&hoo&-eE+erience #e #ere tau!ht: 2Do #ell the s%allest &uty, an& #hen
    the &ay is &one there #ill 1e no re!rets, no ti%e #aste&, then >oy #ill co%e. 6 co%+lete an&
    satis3yin! +hiloso+hy, #e thou!ht - until one %ornin! the &istur1in! thou!ht ca%e, 20o# &o ,
    al#ays kno# >ust #hat is %y &uty.2
    Truth is not al#ays &resse& in +leasin! !ar%ents, +an&erin! to the #ish 3or so%ethin!
    sensational, #e %i!ht say it never is. $erha+s that is #hy #e hear at ti%es that 0$B is
    out&ate&, an& 2#hy shoul& #e stu&y teachin!s !iven 1y ol& %en 7the Masters8 a century a!oP
    2We %ust !o #ith the ti%es, #e %ust 1e u+-to-&ate, #e #ant so%ethin! ne#.2 Des, Free&o%
    o3 thou!ht &oes in&ee& leave each o3 us 3ree to 3ollo# #hat +ath #e ";;D. But as a
    +arenthetical thou!ht: it see%s stran!e that #ith so %any turnin! their 1ack on 0$B an& #hat
    she tau!ht, they cannot !raciously allo# us #ho think &i33erently also to have their 3ree&o% o3
    thou!ht - yes, even to reverin! 0$B 3or the !reat sacri3ice she %a&e o3 her li3e.
    But let us not o1>ect to criticism of oursel*es: one o3 the %ost hel+3ul thin!s #e can
    encounter as #e stu&y an& #ork. ,t hel+s to a#aken our %in&s, to search 3urther, to Huestion
    ourselves, an& to listen to others even i3 or #hen #e can:t acce+t #hat they say. *o%eti%es
    #hen #e encounter #hat #e consi&er a %istaken un&erstan&in! o3 a +articular teachin!, #e
    en& u+, a3ter investi!ation %ay1e still consi&erin! the other vie# %istaken 7such as the nature
    o3 Devachan8, kno#in! vastly %ore a1out the su1>ect ourselves than #e &i& +reviously.
    , ha& 1een +on&erin! on these %atters, realiAin! that #hen %y un&erstan&in! o3 a
    +articular +oint is &i33erent 3ro% another:s, there #as the +ossi1ility that #e 1oth %ay 1e
    #ron!, or a!ain that #e 1oth %ay 1e ri!ht each 3ro% his +articular vie#+oint - 2Fro% &i33erent
    +eaks o3 the 6l+s the vie# is &i33erent2, ?.0. re%in&s us - 1ut 3eelin! also that Theoso+hy is
    not 25/*T 6"DT0,"G 6"D"; C0*;* T B;),;I;,2 or that 3its #ith +reconceive&
    convictions, an& the realiAation that Truth is "T &o!%a -- these thou!hts #ere in %y %in&
    #hen , rea& in
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    The Eclectic Theosophist, 3or May 1FB(, a %ost sti%ulatin! article 1y ;%%ett *%all,
    2*+eakin! ut, The 0i&&en Ioice2, too lon! to Huote in its entirety here, %ore:s the +ity. ,t #as
    calle& 3orth 1y his ver1al crossin! o3 s#or&s #ith Dr. 0u!h *hear%an #ho +osits that in
    Theoso+hy there are %ainly t#o ntolo!ies, one +ut 3orth 1y the Masters an& 0$B, an&
    another :%ore +ersonally his o#n:, tau!ht 1y Bisho+ )ea&1eater. 7Does Dr. *hear%an
    +ossi1ly not un&erstan& the %eanin! o3 the #or& ntolo!y - 1rie3ly the science o3 the nature
    o3 Bein! -8 n that +articular &iscussion #e nee& not concern ourselves here. ,t #as #ell
    han&le& 1y Mr. *%all. But #e #ant to Huote a 3e# +ara!ra+hs 3ro% Mr. *%all:s article,
    illustrative o3 our the%e: that evi&ently 3or Mr. *%all, his !reatest nee& is the !enuine truths
    a1out the /niverse an& Man, an& his search lea&s hi% in a &i33erent &irection 3ro% Dr.
    *hear%an:s. 0e #rites - an& he says it 3ar 1etter than #e coul&:
    2)et us s+eak +lainly. There are not in Theoso+hy various an& sun&ry :ontolo!ies:
    &i33erin! in their 3un&a%ental teachin!s concernin! the nature o3 the /niverse 7see The
    Mahatma 'etters, +. 9F8, not one +ro+oun&e& 1y 0$B an& another eHually soun& an&
    authentic +resente& 1y C.W. )ea&1eater or 1y lcott or 1y To%, Dick, or 0arry. Truth +er se is
    one. ,t is not one thin! here an& another thin! so%e#here else. 2t is one. ,3 you #ant to use
    the ter% :ontolo!y:, acce+ta1le to that 1ranch o3 stu&y calle& $hiloso+hy, then there is in
    Theoso+hy only one ontolo!y. We +re3er the si%+le #or& 2Teachin!2. The Teachin!s are the
    3acts o3 universal 1ein!, Thus >a*e 2 >eard; 2ti maya srutam: are the #or&s that %ark the
    true chela 1eco%e Teacher. nly as , have 1een tau!ht, only as , have receive& it, &o , +ass
    on the Teachin!. What true Theoso+hist &oes not reco!niAe its esoteric rin!. n that
    state%ent an& #hat it &ee+ly si!ni3ies Theoso+hy stan&s - or 3alls.
    2...Facts are +itch3orks, sai& 0$B so%e#here, %eanin! they are there, they eEist, they
    cannot 1e #ishe& a#ay or &enie&. ur ina&eHuacy intellectually an& intuitively to !ras+ the%,
    to +lace the% in +ro+er relationshi+s #ith other 3acts o3 1ein!, &oes not chan!e 3as 3in# an
    sich, ,t re%ains. 1viously 0$B &i& not say all there #as to say a1out these 3acts o3 1ein!,
    1ut #hat she &i& say is a 3aith3ul re+ortin!
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    on *&i#& st%/ents #"n re!'. They can test the%, they shoul&. They can Huestion the%, they
    shoul&. They #ill 3in& that there #ill 1e no nee& to thro# the% over1oar&, to 3loun&er aroun&
    3or ne# 3acts, or i3 you +re3er, ne# ontolo!ies.
    2;ach stu&ent #ill, o3 course, see these 1asic i&eas colore& 1y his o#n nature an&
    un&erstan&in! - so%e %ore clearly an& intuitively one as+ect., so%e another. But this natural
    +erson colorin! is not a creatin! o3 !ran& +ostulates on ne# an& #orthy :ontolo!ie:s. ,t is
    %erely a vie#in! o3 the Truth throu!h the Hualities o3 one:s in&ivi&ual s#a1ava, one:s
    essential nature. *eek the Truth. *eek the Great ,&ea, The rest #ill co%e. *eek in the 1u&&hi-
    %anas o3 your 1ein! an& let +sychic visions 3all into their +lace as relatively uni%+ortant an&
    su1si&ary. . .
    2Who, a3ter all, #as 0$B. 6ll true Theoso+hists shoul& kno# her ri!ht3ul +lace. ,t is not
    a %atter o3 +raise or #orshi+. ,t is a %atter o3 honesty an& a 1urnin! &esire to search 3or an&
    kno# the Truth. Who #as that co%+leE &yna%ic, o3ten volcanic an& unconventional
    character. *ays the Master M 7M) +. (=48: 2... a #o%an o3 %ost eEce+tional an& #on&er3ul
    en&o#%ents. Co%1ine& #ith the% she ha& stron! +ersonal &e3ects, 1ut >ust as she #as,
    there #as no secon& to her livin! 3it 3or this #ork...:
    20$B %akes no 1ones a1out her o#n Huali3ications. *he kne# #hat she kne# an& 3or
    the %ost +art ke+t silent on the real issues involve&. Des+ite #hat her &etractors in the +ast
    have sai& o3 her; still #orse, &es+ite #hat so-calle& 3rien&s #oul& inti%ate to&ay, that she
    concocte& or invente& these truths, she &eclares 3rankly an& strai!ht3or#ar&ly, 1orro#in!
    Montai!ne:s #or&s, that #hat she 1rou!ht o3 her o#n #as 1ut the :strin!: that tie& the
    :nose!ay o3 culle& 3lo#ers:. 6n& she a&&s #or&s that every stu&ent o3 Theoso+hy shoul&
    kno# an& shoul& have teste&: :$ull the 2strin!2 to +ieces an& cut it u+ in shre&s, i3 you #ill. 6s
    3or the nose!ay o3 F6CT* - you #ill never 1e a1le to %ake a#ay #ith these. Dou can i!nore
    the%, an& not %ore.:2
    Thus &oes Mr. *%all +ut the #hole Huestion in a nutshell. ne %i!ht ask: Why 1other
    a1out #hat others think o3 0.$.B.. Why in&ee&PPP For each one o3 us, our Dhar%a is to 3ollo#
    its in&ications 3or ourselves, let others
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    3ill their o#n nee&. B/T #hen it co%es to %isre+resentin! 3acts, #hether consciously or not,
    #hen seekin! to teach others, then the res+onsi1ility &evolves on us to 2*+eak out2.
    Mr. *%all en&s #ith these #or&s:
    2,t is o1vious that the #orl& is in the throes o3 +re+aration 3or the e33ort o3 the en& o3
    the century. The 3er%ent in every &e+art%ent o3 li3e sho#s it. We are in the %i&st o3 it, not
    a1le to stan& asi&e an& vie# it in +ers+ective an& see the &irection to #hich the conver!in!
    %ove%ents +oint. There are likely to 1e chan!es %ore 3un&a%ental an& #i&e-s+rea& than the
    #orl& has ever kno#n 1ecause o3 a con>unction o3 3orces never 1e3ore +ossi1le in our hu%an
    story. Can #e 3ace the%. ur %in&s %ust 1e o+en 1ut &iscri%inatin!...2
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    :ATH1RIN1 TING016 AS I :N1W H1R
    - Boris &e @irko33
    5uly 11, 1FBF, #ill %ark the 3i3tieth anniversary o3 ?atherine Tin!ley:s 2+assin! into
    )i!ht...2 a3ter a lon! li3e &e&icate& to the service o3 hu%anity.
    6s is o3ten the case #ith unusual +eo+le, her stature !ro#s as her i%a!e rece&es into the
    &istant +ast, Misun&erstoo& 1y so%e, violently o++ose& 1y others, %is>u&!e& 1y those #hose
    %aterialis% an& i!norant conceit #ere challen!e& 1y her s+iritual outlook on li3e, ?atherine
    Tin!ley is slo#ly 1ein! reco!niAe& as an ins+ire& lea&er o3 thou!ht, an& a #itness to the
    un&rea%t o3 +ossi1ilities o3 the hi&&en +o#ers in %an.
    The $oint )o%a Theoso+hical Center #hich she 3oun&e& on the eve o3 the t#entieth
    century, an& o3 #hich she #as the &rivin! 3orce an& the ins+irer, #as another 2#itness,2 in the
    a!e-ol& %eanin! o3 this %ystical eE+ression, to the re&ee%in! an& s+iritually-constructive
    +o#er o3 hu%an 1rotherhoo&, 6+art 3ro% 1ein! the 0ea&Huarters o3 a #orl&-#i&e
    or!aniAation, it #as inten&e& to 1e a nucleus o3 a @continued p$ JMA
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    TH1 PRACTICA0IT6 O4 9ROTH1RHOOD
    2Mo TAu sai&: What the %an o3 hu%anity &evotes hi%sel3 to surely lies in the +ro%otion o3
    1ene3its 3or the #orl& an& the re%oval o3 har% 3ro% the #orl&. This is #hat he &evotes hi%sel3
    to.
    But #hat are the 1ene3its an& the har% o3 the #orl&.
    Mo TAu sai&: Take the +resent cases o3 %utual attacks a%on! states, %utual usur+ation
    a%on! 3a%ilies, an& %utual in>uries a%on! in&ivi&uals, or the lack o3 kin&ness an& loyalty
    1et#een ruler an& %inister, o3 +arental a33ection an& 3ilial +iety 1et#een 3ather an& son, an& o3
    har%ony an& +eace a%on! 1rothers. These are har%s in the #orl&.
    But #hen #e eEa%ine these har%s, #hence &i& they arise. Di& they arise out o3 #ant o3
    %utual love.
    Mo TAu sai&: They arise out o3 #ant o3 %utual love. 6t +resent 3eu&al lor&s kno# only to
    love their o#n states an& not those o3 others. There3ore they &o not hesitate to %o1iliAe their
    states to attack others. 0ea&s o3 3a%ilies kno# only to love their o#n 3a%ilies an& not those o3
    others. There3ore they &o not hesitate to %o1iliAe their 3a%ilies to usur+ others. 6n&
    in&ivi&uals kno# only to love their o#n +ersons an& not those o3 others. There3ore they &o not
    hesitate to %o1iliAe their o#n +ersons to in>ure others. For this reason, as 3eu&al lor&s &o not
    love one another, they #ill 3i!ht in the 3iel&s. 6s hea&s o3 3a%ilies &o not love one another,
    they #ill usur+ one another. 6s in&ivi&uals &o not love one another, they #ill in>ure one
    another. When ruler an& %inister &o not love each other, they #ill not 1e kin& an& loyal. When
    3ather an& son &o not love each other, they #ill not 1e a33ectionate an& 3ilial. When 1rothers
    &o not love one another, they #ill not 1e har%onious an& +eace3ul. When no1o&y in the #orl&
    loves any other, the stron! #ill surely overco%e the #eak, the rich #ill insult the +oor. The
    honore& #ill &es+ise the hu%1le, an& the cunnin! #ill &eceive the i!norant. Because o3 #ant
    o3 %utual love, all the cala%ities, usur+ations, hatre&, an& ani%osity in the #orl& have arisen.
    There3ore the %an o3 hu%anity con&e%ns it.
    "o# that it is con&e%ne&, #hat shoul& take its
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    +lace .
    Mo TAu sai&: ,t shoul& 1e re+lace& 1y the #ay o3 universal love an& %utual 1ene3it.
    What is the #ay o3 universal love an& %utual 1ene3it .
    Mo TAu sai&: ,t is to re!ar& other +eo+le:s countries as one:s o#n, -e!ar& other +eo+le:s
    3a%ilies as one:s o#n. -e!ar& other +eo+le:s +erson as one:s o#n. ConseHuently, #hen
    3eu&al lor&s love one another, they #ill not 3i!ht in the 3iel&s. When hea&s o3 3a%ilies love one
    another, they #ill not usur+ one another. When in&ivi&uals love one another, #ill not in>ure one
    another. When ruler an& %inister love each other, they #ill 1e kin& an& loyal. When 3ather an&
    son love each other, they #ill 1e a33ectionate an& 3ilial. When 1rothers love each other, they
    #ill 1e +eace3ul an& har%onious. When all the +eo+le in the #orl& love another, the stron! #ill
    not overco%e the #eak, the %any #ill not o++ress the 3e#, the rich #ill not insult the +oor, the
    honore& #ill not &es+ise the hu%1le, an& the cunnin! #ill not &eceive the i!norant. Because
    o3 universal love, all the calu%ities, usur+ations, hatre&, an& ani%osity in the #orl& %ay 1e
    +revente& 3ro% arisin!. There3ore the %an o3 hu%anity +raises it.
    But no# !entle%en o3 the #orl& #oul& say: Des, it #ill 1e !oo& i3 love 1eco%es universal.
    "evertheless, it is so%ethin! &istant an& &i33icult to +ractice.
    Mo TAu sai&: This is si%+ly 1ecause !entle%en o3 the #orl& 3ail to reco!niAe its 1ene3it
    an& un&erstan& its reason. "o#, to 1esie!e a city, to 3i!ht in the 3iel&s, an& to sacri3ice one:s
    o#n li3e 3or 3a%e are #hat all +eo+le consi&er &i33icult. 6n& yet #hen a ruler likes the%, his
    %ultitu&e can &o the%. Besi&es, to love one another universally an& to 1ene3it one another
    %utually is &i33erent 3ro% these. Those #ho love others #ill 1e love& 1y others. Those #ho
    1ene3it others #ill 1e 1ene3ite& 1y others. Those #ho hate others #ill 1e hate& 1y others. 6n&
    those #ho har% others #ill 1e har%e& 1y others. Then, #hat &i33iculty is there #ith this
    universal love. nly the ruler &oes not %ake it his !overn%ental %easure an& o33icers &o not
    %ake it their con&uct.
    - Mo TAu 79BF-4C B.C.8
    7Fro% A %ource 5oo in (hinese 7hilosophy, W.T. Chan8
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    UN21RIT1D SU441RING
    - G. &e $urucker
    Dou can never solve kar%an at all, nor +ro+erly un&erstan& it, i3 you !et the i&ea that it
    is so%ethin! #orkin! outsi&e o3 us, an& that #e are creatures o3 un3ettere& 3ree #ill
    continually 1an!in! our hea&s a!ainst a /niverse so%e#hat a3ter the 3ashion o3 a 3ly 1u%+in!
    its nose a!ainst a #in&o# tryin! to !ot out. This is not kar%an. ?ar%an is action,
    conseHuences. The 3ly itsel3 is its o#n kar%an, an& #e learn in this #ay. ur un&erstan&in!,
    our #ill-+o#er, our %oral or ethical sense, an& our evolution, are all &evelo+e& 1y this #ay o3
    learnin!. ,t is thus #e !ro# stron!, ever un3ol&in! in continuously lar!er &e!ree the no1ler
    ele%ents #ithin us.
    ?ar%an is not outsi&e o3 us. ?ar%an is the entity itsel3, the %an is his o#n kar%an, What
    he is, thinks, 3eels, an& there3ore &oes, 1eco%e conseHuences, in other #or&s, 1eco%e
    hi%sel3 - chan!e&. "ature is %erely the 3iel& on #hich the entity, #ho or #hich is a 1un&le o3
    ener!ies, lives an& #orks an& has its or his 1ein!. "ature is so &elicately 1alance&, #hich
    %eans all the entities co%+osin! "ature are so &elicately 1alance& as a%on! the%selves,
    that no entity can +ossi1ly a33ect any other entity unless this other entity has 1y its o#n
    #orkin! o3 ener!ies, #hich %eans thou!hts, 3eelin!s, #ills, an& there3ore acts, +ut itsel3 in
    such +osition that the conseHuences there3ore 3lo# u+on it. But these conseHuences are the
    %an o3 the +ast an& o3 the +resent; an& the 3uture kar%an #ill 1e the %an hi%sel3 in the
    3uture.
    ,3 the #or& :un%erite&: si%+ly %eans events or thin!s eE+erience& 1y the evolvin! entity,
    #hich this evolvin! entity has not yet #holly un&erstoo& an& there3ore %astere&, then o3
    course there is un%erite& kar%an. But the #or& 2un%erite&: here coul& not 1e use& in the ol&
    Christian sense o3 the #or&, as 1ein! so%ethin! +ut u+on so%eone 1y an outsi&e 3orce,
    #hether this outsi&e 3orce 1e :Go&: or the %aterialists: 2"ature,2 or the #holly erroneous i&ea
    o3 the 3atalists.
    Thus, there3ore, 1oth state%ents are true: every-
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    thin! that a %an is or eE+eriences, is his kar%an an& is there3ore >ust, 1ecause it is the %an
    hi%sel3, the %an 1ein! his o#n kar%an. But 1ecause o3 %an:s intricate constitution,
    co%+risin! &ivine, s+iritual, intellectual, astral, an& +hysical +arts, an& 1ecause he is a
    co%+osite entity, the 1un&le o3 3orces #hich co%+ose hi% are o3ten #orkin! as it #ere in
    inhar%onious %anners, an& these inhar%onious %anners +ro&uce #hat can 1e +ro+erly
    calle& un%erite& +ain or su33erin!. But nevertheless, it is the %an hi%sel3, or the entity itsel3,
    i$e., the constitution, #hich 1rin!s these thin!s a1out, 1ecause the kar%a o3 a %an is the %an
    hi%sel3, the kar%an o3 an entity is the entity itsel3, at any %o%ent throu!hout in3inity, +ast,
    +resent, or 3uture.
    This i&ea #as 1ack o3 the state%ent 3oun& in the Christian teachin!s 2, &o not the
    thin!s that , shoul& &o, 1ut , &o the thin!s that , shoul& not &o. )or&, !ive Thou %e health.2
    These #or&s contain the su1stance o3 the Christ-%ystery. The +oint is very su1tle, an& you
    %ust try to su1tiliAe your thou!ht an& not take #or&s or teachin!s too literally. )et %e try to
    illustrate: there is in %an a s+iritual entity, call it the Bu&&ha or the Christ. There is in %an
    like#ise a hu%an entity, call it the hu%an soul. "o#, this Christ-entity #hich #orks throu!h the
    hu%an entity, #ill actually so%eti%es 1rin! the hu%an entity into situations o3 +ain an&
    su33erin! 7so that the hu%an entity %ay learn8 #hich the %ore hu%an entity 1rou!ht a1out 1y
    its o#n attitu&e o3 &evotion an& yearnin! to !ro#, 1ut #hich nevertheless it &i& not itsel3
    consciously choose. This is, strictly s+eakin!, un%erite& 1y the hu%an entity, 1ut it is 3or the
    hu%an entity:s ulti%ate 1est, an& it coul& not have 1een &one to this hu%an entity even 1y
    the Christ or Bu&&ha #orkin! throu!h it unless the hu%an entity ha&,, as it #ere 1lin&ly, like a
    chil& !ro+in! in the ni!ht, +ut itsel3 in the +lace o3 a vehicle or %e&iator or trans%itter. Do you
    catch the i&ea. ,t is in 1oth cases kar%an. *o%e +eo+le, seein! only one si&e o3 the
    eHuation, #ill say 2un%erite&2 1ecause the hu%an entity su33ers 1ecause o3 the !o& #orkin!
    throu!h it. ther entities, seein! only the other si&e, #ill say, 2"o. 3ully %erite&,2 1ecause the
    entity itsel3 chose. Both are in +art #ron!. The solution o3 the +ro1le% is
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    1y co%1inin! the t#o.
    "o#, reverse the illustration, #hich is on the 3oun&ation o3 the Christian theolo!ical
    sche%e #hich has 1een so 3ri!ht3ully %isun&erstoo& al%ost &atin! 3ro% the ti%e o3 the &eath
    o3 the 6vatara 5esus, to #it: The %an, the hu%an 1ein!, 1y reason o3 his i%+er3ections, his
    #eaknesses, his &eli1erate choosin!s o3 evil an& o3 i%+er3ect !oo&, %akes the Christ #ithin
    the %an, su33er continually, an& un&er!o #hat so%e +eo+le #oul& call un%erite& su33erin!
    an& +ain; an& yet the Christ &eli1erately chooses this as a +lank o3 salvation 3or the i%+er3ect
    instru%ent throu!h #hich it is #orkin!. This is !oin! on #ithin us all the ti%e; an& there3ore it
    is that our kar%an is so co%+licate&, an& the +hiloso+her o3 one *chool, catchin! a !lea% o3
    li!ht 1ut only one !lea% #here there are 1illions o3 rays, says Fatalis%; an& the +hiloso+her
    o3 another *chool, catchin! only one !lea% o3 li!ht #here there are 1illions o3 rays, says utter
    3ree #ill, an& no cos%ic la#. Both are #ron! in a s%all &e!ree, 1oth are ri!ht in a s%all
    &e!ree. Man is %ore than his sin!le i%+er3ect #ill an& intelli!ence; he is a co%+oun& entity.
    Throu!h hi% at the very core o3 his 1ein! #orks the un3ettere& %a>esty o3 the Brah%ic 6t%an,
    utter 3ree #ill, utter #is&o%, cos%ic ener!y; an& it is this ener!y #hich !ives to %an such
    i%+er3ect 3ree #ill as he has, such un3ettere& un&erstan&in! as he has, such li1erty o3
    >u&!%ent an& vision o3 !enius as %ay #ork throu!h hi%, hin&ere& ho#ever 1y the i%+er3ectly
    evolve& lo#er 1ein!, 1rain, astral, 1o&y, etc.
    The #or&s :un%erite&: an& :%erite&: %ust not 1e taken too literally. -e%e%1er that our
    Masters an& 0.$.B. tau!ht the &octrine o3 ?ar%an 3ro% the Bu&&hist stan&+oint, an& you
    %ust un&erstan& #hat this Bu&&hist stan&+oint is, i3 you &esire to un&erstan& their #or&s. The
    Bu&&hist teachin! is that every hu%an 1ein! at any instance o3 his eEistence, is 1ut the
    3ruita!e o3 the +rece&in! instant, an& o3 +rece&in! instants: is 1ut the result, kar%ic
    conseHuences, o3 the +rece&in! instant or o3 +rece&in! instants. ConseHuently, #hen an
    avalanche 1uries an& kills a %an #ho ha++ens to 1e #alkin! un&er a +reci+ice, you can at
    once cry: Why, an un%erite& &eathP True 3ro% the stan&+oint o3 that 1o&y, 1ecause the 1o&y
    &i& not
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    1rin! it a1out. But the a!o, the reincarnatin! e!o, as a chain o3 kar%ic cause an& e33ect, 3ro%
    all +rece&in! lives, 1rou!ht that 1o&y to 1e #alkin! at that s+ot at that i&entical ti%e; an& the
    e!o in its s+here is Huasi-o%ni+otent, in this s+here o3 %ani3estation, an& kar%ically 1rou!ht
    a1out the &eath o3 its o#n 1o&y.
    ?ar%an is not Fatalis%, 1ecause in each instant #hatever ha++ens to a %an is the %an:s
    o#n choice in this or so%e other li3e or lives, 3 course #e su33er 3ro% the 3aults o3 others, 1ut
    #e #oul& not 1e in the +osition to su33er 3ro% other:s 3aults unless #e ourselves ha& +ut
    ourselves there. 6ttraction &re# us to this %ilieu. We can call the su33erin!s un%erite&,
    1ecause the +resent incarnation, the +resent 1o&y, the +resent astral Mona&, hi%sel3 &i& not
    1rin! the% a1out. But the -eincarnatin! ;!o &i& 1rin! the% a1out, 1rou!ht the e!o into this
    ne# %ilieu o3 1irth; an& there3ore, #hatever #e su33er in our +resent li3e is kar%ic 1ecause it is
    ourselves. ,t co%es to us an& a33ects us, as +ain or +leasure, 1ecause #e ourselves
    eE+erience the +ain or +leasure. The events or circu%stances #oul& 3lo# +ast us,
    unreco!niAe&, un3elt, unkno#n. 5ust as a %an %ay stri&e over an ant runnin! to its nest. The
    ant is utterly inco!niAant o3 the &e%i!o& #alkin! over it; 1ut it ha++ens >ust the sa%e.
    ,t %ay +ossi1ly 1e true that so%e +eo+le %ay 1eco%e col&-hearte& an& think that
    #hatever su33erin!s a %an has are his kar%an, an& that :#e cannot hel+ hi%.: But this is
    1ecause they &o not un&erstan&, an& i3 they 1eco%e col&-hearte&, they #ill su33er 1itterly 3or
    their col&-hearte&ness, an& #ill +ay 3or it to the utter%ost 3arthin!. The teachin! is that
    2inaction in a &ee& o3 %ercy 1eco%es an action in a &ea&ly sin.2 We are all inti%ately 1oun&
    to!ether, >ust as the ato%s o3 a %an:s 1o&y are inti%ately 1oun& to!ether, an& an in>ury to
    one ato% a33ects all the ato%s; an& i3 the sto%ach 1ecause o3 its !luttony %akes the rest o3
    the 1o&y sick, the rest o3 the 1o&y #ill react on the !luttonous sto%ach, an& %ake it #orse.
    "evertheless even here, 1y reason o3 the sickness, every +art o3 the 1o&y learns a lesson,
    an& !ro#s #iser, +erha+s unconsciously, 1ut nevertheless #iser.
    Because o3 the very su1tlety o3 this %ost &i33icult o3 all our teachin!s. i$e., ?ar%an, our
    Masters, an& 0.$.B o3 course, have al#ays sai& that connecte&
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    #ith the &octrine o3 ?ar%an shoul& !o the teachin! o3 our ethical res+onsi1ility to#ar&s
    others, #hich is a +art o3 the teachin! o3 ?ar%an: as ye so#, ye shall rea+, an& ye cannot
    rea+ eEce+t #hat ye have so#n. There is the &octrine in a nutshell. )et a %an 1e col&-hearte&
    an& turn a#ay #ith in&i33erence 3ro% a cry o3 a!ony; he #ill +ay to the utter%ost 3arthin! so%e
    &ay, +erha+s i%%e&iately, +erha+s in the 3uture; 1ut even here, even !rantin! this, out o3 the
    su33erin! an& the +ain co%e the lessons #hich %ake us !reater, %ore s+iritual, kin&lier.
    -e%e%1er that "ature is i%1o&ie& )a#, to use the +o+ular ter%, that everythin! is
    har%onious at heart, an& that even the so-calle& su33erin! an& +ain #hich i%+er3ect creatures
    un&er!o, 3inally inure to the 1ene3it o3 these latter, 3or su33erin! is our !reatest teacher,
    "ature:s %ost 1lesse& an!el o3 %ercy. ,t is entirely #ron! to look u+on su33erin! as so%ethin!
    horri1le 1rou!ht into the /niverse, #hether 1y an outsi&e 3orce or 1y an insi&e 3orce. *u33erin!
    an& +ain are in&ee& horri1le enou!h, 1ut they arise %erely 3ro% the i%+er3ections o3 !ro#in!
    entities, unevolve& intelli!ences.
    $eo+le co%+lain o3 their su33erin!s; yet every tyrro in Theoso+hy kno#s that +eo+le rarely
    co%+lain o3 the so-calle& :un%erite& 1lessin!s or 1ene3its: #hich also occur to the%. Both
    really are &ue to so%e +ast thou!hts or 3eelin!s #hich +erha+s 3or a!es lay latent, 1ut no#
    co%e 3orth as kar%ic conseHuences, 1ecause the #ay o+ens 3or such %ani3estation.
    "ever 3or!et to +ut si&e 1y si&e #ith the teachin! o3 ?ar%an o3 its inelucta1le character
    as 1ein! the entity itself, the other no1le teachin!: 2,naction in a &ee& o3 %ercy 1eco%es an
    action in a &ea&ly sin.2 ,n other #or&s, inaction +ro&uces >ust as stron! kar%an as action
    &oes. ,n other #or&s, a!ain, a %an #ho re3rains 3ro% a &ee& o3 %ercy &istorts his character
    >ust as +o#er3ully as a %an #ho res+on&s to a cry 3or hel+ 1eauti3ies his character. ,n either
    case it is kar%an, 1ecause it is the conseHuences +ro&uce& on the %an hi%sel3; the %an is
    his o#n kar%an.
    ?ar%an is the %ost &i33icult o3 all our teachin!s to un&erstan&, an& even the 3e# hints
    that , have !iven on the su1>ect are not 1y any %eans all that coul& 1e sai&. Take into
    consi&eration the hierarchi-
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    cal nature o3 the /niverse, an& the hierarchical nature o3 %an:s constitution. Take into
    consi&eration the 3act that %an is a co%+osite entity, o3ten #ith con3lictin! +o#ers #orkin!
    #ithin hi%, an& yet all hi%sel3. Take into consi&eration that %an is an inse+ara1le +art o3 the
    /niverse, #ith ,n3inity as his o#n core o3 1ein!, an& #ith !reat i%+er3ection as his vehicle,
    an& the !reat +ro1le%s o3 kar%an #ill lar!ely solve the%selves, an& you #ill see that this
    Huestion o3 so-calle& :%erite&: or :un%erite&: su33erin! is really a 1attle o3 #or&s. "othin! is
    un%erite& in the Christian sense, as %eanin! havin! no cause inherin! in the %an hi%sel3,
    1ecause i3 this #ere so, then a %an coul& never at any instant o3 his eEistence 3eel sure lest
    he %i!ht at the neEt instant 1e in so%e terri1ly un>ust, inhar%onious, an& #icke& state o3
    circu%stances, #hich he ha& never 1rou!ht u+on hi%sel3, so%ethin! that an outsi&e +o#er
    #hi++e& hi% into #ith the scour!es o3 3ate. This is not kar%an, an& it is not trueP
    ''''''''''''''''''
    $ossi1ly the !reatest &an!er in esotericis% is the &evelo+in! o3 the intellectual an&
    +sychic 3aculties #ithout strivin! to a#aken the 1u&&hic li!ht or &irect-+erce+tion o3 unity #ith
    other hu%ans. With this +erce+tion it 1eco%es i%+ossi1le to take a&vanta!e or i%+ress one:s
    #ill on other +eo+le. Without it, the lo#er %in& is %ost likely to 3ollo# its natural inclination to
    o1tainin! various 3or%s o3 +o#er 3or sel3, or to 3ollo# the le3t-han& +ath. nly the cultivation o3
    the love o3 hu%anity can insure the ri!ht +ath #ill 1e taken.
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    IT8S TH1 PRINCIP01 O4 TH1 THING
    - ). Gor&on $lu%%er

    6 1asic theoso+hical conce+t, 1rie3ly state&, assures us that there is a +lan u+on #hich
    all o3 "ature is 1uilt. We are tau!ht that a GalaEy, a *olar *yste%, a $lanet an& even an
    in&ivi&ual, in #hatever kin!&o% o3 "ature it %ay 1e, is 1asically the sa%e in +rinci+le, no
    %atter ho# the out#ar& 3or%s %ay &i33er. 6 little thou!ht &irecte& to#ar& +on&erin! this
    conce+t %ay lea& us 3ar in the ri!ht &irection.
    6nalo!y is the !reat key, an& , #oul& like to +resent a Gran&3ather:s clock as the 1est
    eEa%+le 1ecause o3 the o1vious &i33erence 1et#een itsel3 an& a tiny HuartA controlle& #rist
    #atch.
    What is it that %akes the Gran&3ather:s clock tick. ,t is a universal ener!y calle&
    !ravitation. *o the 3irst thin! to consi&er is the #ei!ht #hich sets the %echanis% in %otion.
    The other #ei!hts o+erate the West%inster chi%es an& the hourly !on!, an& these are
    accessories an& are secon&ary in our +resentation here.
    The 3allin! o3 the #ei!ht sets the #heels in %otion, 1ut #ere it not 3or the control o3 the
    +en&ulu% an& the esca+e%ent, the #heels #oul& run #il&, an& all notion o3 tellin! the ti%e
    #oul& 1eco%e noneEistent.
    The +en&ulu% %ust 1e o3 the ri!ht len!th, an& its s#in! #ill cause the esca+e%ent to
    3unction, allo#in! a certain #heel to %ove in s%all incre%ents o3 its rotation. The accuracy o3
    the clock &e+en&s entirely u+on the rate at #hich the esca+e%ent allo#s the #heel to turn.
    This %ay 1e re!ulate& 1y alterin! the e33ective len!th o3 the +en&ulu%. Iarious %etho&s %ay
    1e e%+loye&, 1ut it is the &uration o3 each s#in! #hich &eter%ines the len!th o3 each interval
    o3 ti%e #hich, as #e %easure it, is in secon&s. nce this has 1een achieve&, the %otion o3
    the #heels is assure& an& the en& +ro&uct
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    is the &is+lay o3 the han&s on the &ial.
    /+ to this +oint #e have &ealt #ith the %echanics o3 the clock, 1ut are there less tan!i1le
    +rinci+les involve&. )et us see.
    First o3 all, the #ei!ht res+on&s to the 2+ull o3 !ravity2 as it is calle&. *econ&ly,, the #ei!ht
    %oves a &istance throu!h s+ace, an& thir&ly, #e have an instru%ent #hich %easures ti%e.
    What are these three, Gravitation, *+ace an& Ti%e. They are three essential ele%ents i3 you
    #ill, o3 %ost a1struse consi&eration o3 the 1asic 3or%ation an& structure o3 the universe as a
    #hole.
    ,t #oul& 1e a1sur& to su++ose that a Gran&3ather:s clock has an inner li3e, yet even it
    #oul& not 3unction, let alon! eEist, #ere it not 3or the three 1asic +rinci+les on #hich all thin!s
    rest.
    What, then, a1out the #rist #atch. There is no a++arent si%ilarity 1et#een it an& the
    Gran&3ather:s clock, eEce+t that an hour takes as lon! 3or the one to recor& as the other. 6n&
    yet, like the clock, the #atch &e+en&s on a source o3 ener!y - the 1attery. 6lso there is a
    control,, corres+on&in! to the escar+e%ent o3 the clock. This is the #on&er3ul HuartA crystal
    #hich esta1lishes a certain rate o3 3reHuency once it has 1een installe& in the %echanis% an&
    a&>uste&. This 3reHuency is invaria1le, an& the #atch re+resents only one o3 its %any uses.
    6n& the #atch, li!ht as it %ay 1e, is nevertheless in3luence& 1y !ravitation, s+ace an& ti%e.
    These three, then, 3or% a trinity, each one a see%in!ly se+arate +rinci+le, an& yet in
    their co%1ination, 3or%in! one continuu%, to a&o+t the scienti3ic ter%. This, #orkin! #ithin the
    +hysical universe, lea&s into the thou!ht that a nu%1er o3 the #orl&:s reli!ions, +ast an&
    +resent, reco!niAe a Trinity at the heart o3 all. 0ere #e have the !reat %ystery - three
    $ersons in ne. Coul& this 1e %ore than a coinci&ence.
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    TH1 ORD1A0 O4 TI91T
    ,n >umanitas 7"o. 9, 1FCB8 issue& 1y 0u%anitas ,nternational, 3oun&e& 1y 5oan BaeA in
    1FBF, ;& )aAar &ra#s attention to the continuin! in>ustice to the Ti1etan +eo+le o3 the
    occu+ation o3 their country 1y %ilitary 3orces 3ro% China. Why, he asks, &o #e hear so little o3
    this anti-hu%an +olicy o3 China, #hich 1e!an #ith the invasion o3 Ti1et in 1F<G, &rivin! the
    Dalai )a%a, the reco!niAe& lea&er o3 the Ti1etan +eo+le, to seek re3u!e in ,n&ia in 1F<F.
    ne eE+lanation %ay 1e that Ti1et see% to have little strate!ic i%+ortance to the West. ;&
    )aAar +ro+oses that -
    2...it #as a conver!ence o3 events inclu&in! so%e o3 the violence #ithout #hich ne#s is
    sel&o% &ee%e& 2ne#s2 in our not so civiliAe& #orl&. ,n 5une, +artly as a result o3 e33orts o3
    The 33ice o3 Ti1et #hich re+resents the Dalai )a%a in the /.*., the /.*. 0ouse o3
    -e+resentatives a&o+te& le!islation #hich con&e%ne& China:s hu%an ri!hts a1uses in Ti1et
    7a stron!er *enate 1ill +asse& in early cto1er8. n *e+te%1er 1F,, the Dalai )a%a 1e!an a
    lon!-+lanne& ten &ay visit to the /.*., an& on *e+t. (1 he outline& a 3ive-+oint +eace +lan 3or
    Ti1et #hen he %et #ith the Con!ressional 0u%an -i!hts Caucus in Washin!ton.2
    *ince the invasion in 1F<G, #hat have the Chinese &one in Ti1et. ;& )aAar su%%ariAes:
    2,ronically, tra!ically, &urin! one o3 the !reat +erio&s o3 &ecoloniAation, the avo#e&ly anti-
    i%+erialist $eo+les -e+u1lic o3 China, throu!h its %ilitary +o#er, 1eca%e the i%+erialist ruler
    o3 Ti1et. *ince that ti%e over one %illion Ti1etans have &ie& 7one-siEth the +o+ulation8, t#o-
    thir&s o3 the Ti1etan territory have 1een a&&e& on to a&>oinin! Chinese +rovinces, an& %ore
    than =GGG %onasteries have 1een &estroye&...
    2,n recent years China has ha& a +olicy o3 %ovin! Chinese settlers into Ti1et to &ilute the
    native Ti1etan character o3 the area. ,n the 6%&o area Chinese no# outnu%1er Ti1etans 7t#o
    %illion Chinese to 1.C %illion Ti1etans8, an& in )hasa itsel3 there are only <G,GGG Ti1etans #ith
    1<G,GGG Chinese settlers. 6lto!ether, in #hat use& to 1e Ti1et, there are = %illion Ti1etans
    an& B.< %illion Chinese....
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    2There are re+orte& to 1e so%e 1GG,GGG Ti1etans i%+risone& in la1or ca%+s, in a&&ition
    there are 1< %ilitary &ivisions, co%+ose& o3 (GG,GGG sol&iers, #ithin the Ti1etan 6utono%ous
    -e!ion alone. . . . %any Ti1etans 3eel that 2Ti1et itsel3 is one lar!e +rison.2
    )aAar +rovi&es this !eneral 1ack!roun&:
    2$rior to the 1F<G invasion, Ti1et #as a 3ully in&e+en&ent nation, an& ha& a lon! history
    o3 in&e+en&ence over a (GGG year +erio&. Durin! its history Ti1et has 1een inva&e& an& +artly
    controlle& 1y China several ti%es. These +ast a!!ressions in no #ay le!iti%iAe the +resent
    a!!ression or China:s clai% to the area, >ust as "icara!ua cannot 1e consi&ere& to 1e +art o3
    the /nite& *tates 1y virtue o3 the /.*. intervenin! there several ti%es this century. The 3ull
    story o3 the violation o3 hu%an ri!hts in Ti1et is 1rilliantly +resente& 1y 5ohn F. 6ve&on in his
    1ook 2n E8ile from the land of %no&s 7Iinta!e, 1FC=8. The 'os An#eles Times in revie#in!
    this 1ook calle& it 2The %ost si!ni3icant non3iction 1ook o3 the season.2
    The Bu&&hist reli!ion has 1een an& re%ains at the heart o3 the Ti1etan culture. Fro%
    the ti%e o3 its invasion, a central +ur+ose o3 the Chinese in Ti1et has 1een to un&er%ine the
    stren!th o3 Bu&&his% in the li3e o3 Ti1et. Chinese s+okes+ersons clai% that the cultural
    revolution #as res+onsi1le 3or the &estruction o3 Ti1et:s %onasteries, 1ut %ost o3 the
    %onasteries #ere &estroye& #ell 1e3ore the cultural revolution. The Chinese +ur+ose is not to
    &estroy Bu&&his% 1ut rather to totally control an& ren&er +o#erless the reli!ion.... The
    Bu&&hist 3aith an& alle!iance to the Dalai )a%a re%ain very stron! in Ti1et. The Chinese, 3or
    eEa%+le, #ere a%aAe& at the out+ourin! o3 su++ort #hich #as !iven to re+resentatives o3 the
    Dalai )a%a #hen they #ere allo#e& to visit Ti1et on a 3act-3in&in! %ission in 1FBF.
    6nother #riter in >umanitas, Tinley "yan&ak, e&itor o3 1e&s Tibet, issue& three ti%es a
    year, relates:
    2*ince 1F<F there have 1een %ore than 3i3ty %a>or u+-risin!s a!ainst the Chinese
    occu+ation. The Chinese res+onse #as al#ays s#i3t an& 1rutal, as it is no#. The Chinese
    kille& 94(,BB( Ti1etans as they crushe& each an& every u+risin!. "e#s o3 these %assacres
    never 1e3ore
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    %a&e hea&lines 1ecause o3 China:s co%+lete closure o3 Ti1et to the outsi&e #orl& an& the
    #orl&:s in&i33erence to the re+orts +resente& 1y 3leein! Ti1etan re3u!ees.
    26s recently as cto1er 1FC4, &urin! the so-calle& :s+iritual +ollution: ca%+ai!n, the
    Chinese authorities in Ti1et roun&e& u+ 4,GGG +olitical activists an& su%%arily eEecute& 9G,
    all o3 the% shot in the hea& in +u1lic s+ectacles. Be3ore they %ere slain, these 3orty victi%s
    #ere torture& to near &eath an& then +ara&e& throu!h the streets o3 )hasa as stern #arnin!s
    to other Ti1etans. 5ust last Fe1ruary, t#o Ti1etan nationalists #ere eEecute&, three %ore #ere
    sentence& to &eath an& 4G #ere sentence& to har& la1or.
    2Det &es+ite these killin!s an& the risk o3 i%+rison%ent that +rotest 1rin!s, Ti1etan
    resistance to Chinese Co%%unist rule has never cease& an& never #ill. Ti1etan
    &eter%ination is #ell illustrate& in a recent ne#s story 1y a Ti1etan %onk #ho sai&, 2This is
    so%ethin! #e are #illin! to &ie 3or. They 7Chinese8 can kill us, 1ut the Dalai )a%a #ill live
    on.2...
    2To insure +eace an& sta1ility in 6sia, #e Ti1etans 1elieve that the 1est solution #oul&
    1e an honora1le an& +eace3ul eEit on the +art o3 China. *uch a !esture #oul& 3ul3ill Ti1et:s
    natural role as a 1u33er state %aintainin! an& +ro%otin! +eace not only in 6sia, 1ut in the
    #orl&.2
    ,n a state%ent %a&e in Washin!ton last *e+te%1er, the Dalai la%a +ro+ose& his +eace
    +lan #ith 3ive co%+onents, as 3ollo#s:
    1. Trans3or%ation o3 the #hole o3 Ti1et into a Aone o3 +eace.
    (. 61an&on%ent o3 China:s +o+ulation trans3er +olicy #hich threatens the very
    eEistence o3 the Ti1etans as a +eo+le.
    4. -es+ect 3or the Ti1etan +eo+le:s 3un&a%ental hu%an ri!hts an& &e%ocratic
    3ree&o%s.
    9. -estoration an& +rotection o3 Ti1et:s natural environ%ent an& the a1an&on%ent o3
    China:s use o3 Ti1et 3or the +ro&uction o3 nuclear #ea+ons an& &u%+in! o3 nuclear #aste,.
    <. Co%%ence%ent o3 earnest ne!otiations on the 3uture status o3 Ti1et an& o3 relations
    1et#een the Ti1etan an& Chinese +eo+le.
    - MA1A%+ 5une 1, 1FCC
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    CORR1SPOND1NC15 TH1 :1106 2OTOR
    6lon! #ith the last issue #as inclu&e& a 3lyer, announcin! 2The (n& ,nternational
    ?eely *y%+osiu%2 hel& in Colora&o *+rin!s on May 1F-(1. 7roto#onos ha& no connection
    #ith the sy%+osiu%, 1ut thou!ht it a !oo& thin! to let +eo+le kno# a1out it. We receive& one
    letter on this 3lyer 3ro% Willy *ch%it o3 the $oint lo%a a33iliate& Theoso+hical *ociety in The
    "etherlan&s. *he 1rin!s u+ %any i%+ortant +oints on scienti3ic &iscoveries 1or&erin! the
    occult an& the &an!ers thereo3. Blavatsky &evotes a !oo& &eal to ?eely in the %ecret
    3octrine. For 1ack!roun& #e Huote the 3ollo#in! on ?eely 3ro% )eslie *he+ar&:s
    Encyclopedia of /ccultism and 7arapsycholo#y:
    ?eely, 5ohn 7;rnst8 Worrell 71C4B-1CFC8 - 2Foun&er o3 the ?eely Motor Co%+any,
    3or%e& to +ro%ote his inventions +o#ere& 1y ener!y clai%e& to 1e &erive& 3ro% :vi1ratory
    etheric 3orce: or cos%ic ener!y. Born in $hila&el+hia *e+te%1er 4. 1C4B, son o3 a %usician,
    he #orke& as a car+enter 1e3ore &evelo+in! his 3a%ous inventions. The ?eely Motor
    Co%+any #as incor+orate& 6+ril (F, 1CB9, out o3 the ?eely Motor 6ssociation. The co%+any
    eE+en&e& R=G,GGG on eE+eri%ental #ork on ?eely:s 3irst en!ine calle& :The Multi+licator:. The
    co%+any attracte& invest%ents #hich #as s+ent 1y ?eely on his researches, 1ut he 1a& no
    +ractical %otor to sho# 3or the %oney. ,n 1CC1 the %ana!ers threatene& ?eely #ith
    i%+rison%ent i3 he #oul& not &isclose his secret. 0e &i& in 3act s+en& a 1rie3 +erio& in >ail, 1ut
    #as 1e3rien&e& 1y Mrs. Clara Moore, a Theoso+hist, #ho +rovi&e& 3urther 3un&s 3or ?eely:s
    eE+eri%ents an& &e3en&e& hi% 3ro% criticis%. *he #rote a stirrin! &e3ense o3 his #ork: Ceely
    and >is 3isco*eries 7)on&on, 1CF4, re+rinte& /niversity Books, "e# Dork, 1FB(8 76lso
    recently availa1le 3ro% 0ealth -esearch, $ BoE BG, Mokelu%ne 0ill, C6 F<(9< ;&.8
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    2,n a&&ition to the 3a%ous Motor, ?eely also &e%onstrate& other &evices, inclu&in! a
    :Co%+oun& Disinte!rator:, :Musical Ball:, :Glo1e ;n!ine:, :$neu%atic -ocket Gun: an& a %o&el
    airshi+, all +o#ere& 1y the sa%e %ysterious etheric 3orce. 0e #rote a nu%1er o3 articles
    +ur+ortin! to eE+lain this 3orce, 1ut they #ere shrou&e& in such resoun&in! +seu&o-technical
    >ar!on that they only &ee+ene& the %ystery. 0e s+oke o3 :Ii1ro-Molecular, Ii1ro-6to%ic, an&
    *y%+athetic 6ttraction.: 0o#ever, there #as no &ou1t a1out the startlin! &e%onstrations o3
    3orce !iven in his la1oratory at $hila&el+hia, an& %any scientists, +ro3essors an&
    1usiness%an #ere !reatly i%+resse&. 63ter ?eely:s &eath.... startlin! evi&ence o3 3rau& #as
    uncovere&, an& it has since 1een assu%e& that all his inventions #ere 3rau&ulent. The real
    %otive 3orce see%s to have 1een co%+resse& air, conceale& in cylin&ers in a secret
    1ase%ent an& conveye& to the a++aratus 1y thin hollo# #ires.2 7This 2eE+lanation2 #as the
    real 3rau& that investi!ators +resente& 3or #hat they coul& not un&erstan& an& 2thus coul& not
    eEist.2 The air-+ressure reHuire& to +er3or% ?eely:s &e%onstrations 3ar eEcee&e& the +otential
    o3 any air co%+ressor o3 the ti%e. ?eely coul& have %a&e a %int on such a co%+ressor i3 it
    really eEiste&, instea& o3 &yin! in +overty. - ;&.8
    The +ara!ra+h 3ro% the ?eely sy%+osiu% 3lyer re3erre& to in the 3ollo#in! letter rea&s as
    3ollo#s:
    2This ne# an& 1ol& science is the %er!in! o3 science an& reli!ion &e%onstratin! the
    connectin! link to 1e the +rinci+les o3 %usic evolution. 5ohn ;rnst Worrell ?eely +ioneere& the
    re&iscovery o3 lon! lost kno#le&!e in the late 1CCG:s -years 1e3ore the ti%e #as ri!ht. The
    ri#ht time is no&D Dou &on:t #ant to %iss this incre&i1le o++ortunity to hear 3ro% lea&in!-e&!e
    researchers 1ri&!in! this !a+ an& 1rin!in! to li3e this ancient kno#le&!e o3 ho+e to %ankin&.
    Dears have !one into research an& su1stantiation o3 these %ost valua1le +ieces o3 ancient
    yet %ost %o&ern o3 technolo!ies. Be +re+are& to 1e stunne& 1y these incre&i1le 3in&in!s that
    are &estine&
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    to chan!e Mankin&:s vie# o3 hi%sel3 an& his relationshi+ to "ature. -udolf %teiner said the
    science of the future &ill be based on sympathetic *ibrations$ Madame 5la*atsy &rote in the
    %ecret 3octrine a full chapter on Ceely sayin# he had redisco*ered the lost science of Atlantis
    and &as thousands of years ahead of his time. What is this stran!e ne# vi1rant su1>ect.
    What is it a1out this su1>ect that 3ires +eo+le:s i%a!inations. Were the +yra%i&s really
    1uilt 1y son! as ;&!ar Cayce sai&. 6coustic levitation is no# a %o&ern-&ay reality use& 1y
    "6*6 an& other hi!h-tech research co%+anies to sus+en& o1>ects. Why is there so %uch
    attention on soun& an& %usic in connection #ith healin! no#&ays. Can soun& an& %usic
    really +ossess these an& other startlin! +ro+erties. -esearch all over the #orl& is +rovin! this
    to 1e true. This sy%+osiu% is 1rin!in! %any o3 the +eo+le #orkin! #ith soun& an& vi1rations
    to!ether. Many thin!s #ill 1e reveale& at this eEcitin! !et-to!ether &e%onstratin! that soun&,
    Huantu% acoustics, acoustic levitation %ay really 1e the e%er!in! science o3 the 3uture, a
    science o3 0ar%ony an& neness.2 - Delta *+ectru% -esearch
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    7roto#onos;
    To&ay 7roto#onos #< arrive& in its ne# sha+e an& , notice& that you have carrie& out your
    intention o3 1rin!in! in Mrs. Cleather:s 1ook a1out the $seu&o-ccultis% o3 Mrs. Bailey. , think
    that you &i& #ell #ith your en&eavor to 1rin! so%e clarity o3 thou!ht to those #ho are not
    3a%iliar #ith the 1ook. But the reason o3 %y Huick res+onse is the +a%+hlet enclose&, on 2The
    (n& ,nternational ?eely *y%+osiu%2 . . . This +a%+hlet is the very reverse o3 your +erio&ical. ,
    shoul& say that a Theoso+hist #ith even an avera!e kno#le&!e o3 Theoso+hy #ill Huery that
    +a%+hlet. But +erha+s it #as enclose& to +rovoke reactions 3ro% your rea&ers.
    ..., #as astonishe& to rea& a1out the activities o3 this Delta *+ectru% -esearch, Huotin!
    so in&iscri%inately 3ro% the %ecret 3octrine an& 1ein! so
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    utterly una#are o3 the &iscre+ancy 1et#een the true character o3 ccultis% at the one han&
    an& their conce+tions o3 it on the other... Huotin! -u&ol3 *teiner #ith M%e. Blavatsky in the
    #ake can only 1e eE+laine& #ith the 3or%er havin! rea& the sa%e cha+ter o3 the *.D. as the
    or!aniAers o3 Delta *+ectru% -esearch &i&, only he &i& not %ention his source o3 in3or%ation.
    But the 1i!!est %istake they %ake is +ronouncin! that 2the ri!ht ti%e is no#2 as 0.$.
    Blavatsky state& so clearly that ?eely ha& tro&&en on 3or1i&&en !roun& an& that there3ore his
    3urther investi!ations into this 3orce #as +revente&. We have only to turn to M%e. Blavatsky:s
    #ritin!s 3or the +roo3.
    ,n her E$%$ 2nstruction "o. ,,, 7BCW Q,,, ++. =GG-48 she eE+lains #hy secrecy concernin!
    ccult truths is nee&e&. *he %entions three +ersons, a%on! #hich is 5ohn W. ?eely, #ho in
    various &e!rees ten&e& to#ar& B)6C? M6G,C, either unconsciously an& #ith !oo&
    intentions, or &eli1erately an& #ith the %ost a1o%ina1le o1>ects in vie#. *o, even !oo&
    intentions are no sa3e!uar&,
    Turnin! to BCW Q,,,, +. (1<, #e rea&- 2There are secrets that kill in the arcana o3
    ccultis% an& unless a %an lives the li3e he cannot 1e entruste& #ith the%.2 6n& on +a!e
    (1C: 26&& to this the 3orth-co%in! lon! +ro%ise& ?eely:s vi1ratory 3orce, ca+a1le o3 re&ucin!
    in a 3e# secon&s a &ea& 1ullock to a hea+ o3 ashes, an& then ask yoursel3 i3 the ,n3erno o3
    Dante as a locality can ever rival on earth in the +ro&uction o3 %ore hellish en!ines o3
    &estructionP The con!enital blac %a!icians - those #ho, to an innate +ro+ensity to#ar&s evil,
    unite hi!hly-&evelo+e& %e&iu%istic natures - are 1ut too nu%erous in our a!e. ,t is hi!h ti%e
    then that +sycholo!ists an& 1elievers, at least, shoul& cease a&vocatin! the 1eauties o3
    +u1licity an& clai%in! kno#le&!e o3 the secrets o3 nature 3or all. ,t is not in our a!e o3
    :su!!estion: an& :eE+losives: that ccultis% can o+en #i&e the &oors o3 its la1oratories eEce+t
    to those #ho &o live the li3e.2
    ,n her ,ntro&uctory to The %ecret 3octrine, +. QQQI, she %entions a!ain ?eely an& his
    rock-&estroyin! 3orces 2MD*T;-,;* have ever 1een %a&e a &isci+line an& sti%ulus to *irtue.
    This is very ol& ne#s, an&
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    #as re+eate&ly %a&e kno#n 1y the !reat a&e+ts, 3ro% $ytha!oras an& $lato &o#n to the
    "eo-$latonists.2
    6n& no#, Huotin! 3ro% Cha+ter Q, *.D. ,, #e rea& on +a!e <<<, that i3 2?eely ha& 1een
    +er%itte& to succee&...2 in&icatin! that there are other 3orces in the universe at #ork to +rotect
    %ankin& - even i3 the intentions are !oo&, #e coul& a&&, o3 the investi!ators in Huestion.
    $a!e <<C: 2They are hel+e& only on the condition that they should not become+ &hether
    consciously or unconsciously+ an additional peril to their a#e; a dan#er to the poor+ no#
    o33ere& in &aily holocaust 1y the #ealthy to the very #ealthy.2
    $a!e <=G: 2,t is >ust 1ecause ?eely:s &iscovery #oul& lea& to a kno#le&!e o3 one o3 the
    %ost occult secrets, a secret #hich can never 1e allo#e& to 3all into the han&s o3 the %asses,
    that his 3ailure to +ush his &iscoveries to their lo!ical en& see%s certain to ccultists.2
    M%e. Blavatsky states several ti%es that ?eely:s &iscoveries can only 1e %a&e in his
    hands and throu#h himself. 6n& ho# can #e eE+ect that only a hun&re& years a3ter the
    +u1lication o3 the *.D. the #hole secret #oul& 1e reveale& #hen she #rites that: 2The
    &iscovery in its completeness 7un&erlinin! a&&e&8 is 1y several thousan& or shall #e say
    hun&re& thousan&. - years too +re%ature. ,t #ill 1e at its a++ointe& +lace an& ti%e only #hen
    the !reat roarin! 3loo& o3 starvation, %isery an& un&er+ai& la1or e11s 1ack a!ain - as it #ill
    #hen ha++ily at last the >ust &e%an&s o3 the %any are atten&e& to; #hen the +roletariat eEists
    1ut in na%e, an& the +iti3ul cry 3or 1rea&, that rin!s throu!hout the #orl& unhee&e&, has &ie&
    a#ay. . . . Then only #ill :?eely:s Motor an& Force.: as ori#inally conte%+late& 1y hi%sel3 an&
    3rien&s, 1e in &e%an&, 1ecause it &ill be more needed by the poor than by the &ealthy$=
    ,t is u+ to the +eo+le o3 Delta *+ectru% -esearch to +rove that this ha++y situation has
    alrea&y set in. But #hen , rea& such #or&s as, 2DesP , #ant to atten& this eEcitin! eventP2 ,
    think it #oul& 1e #iser to si&e #ith M%e. Blavatsky an& The %ecret 3octrine than 1elievin! in
    the :%any thin!s to 1e reveale&: 1y the Delta *+ectru% -esearchers.
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    , ho+e that %y contri1ution #ill 1e o3 so%e use.
    With kin& re!ar&s,
    Willy *ch%it
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    7, coul&n:t &i33er in essence #ith Willy *ch%it:s co%%ents 1ut +ersonally 1elieve that a
    certain risk %ust 1e taken in such %atters, an& that there is an area o3 research an&
    investi!ation that &oes not overly en&an!er the hu%an race. That there are such secrets ,
    cannot &ou1t. ne only has to look at the hy&ro!en 1o%1 to 1e convince& o3 that. While the
    Bo%1 takes ela1orate techniHue to construct, one %i!ht #on&er a1out a 2ne# technolo!y2
    conceiva1le that #oul& ena1le any 2To%, Dick or 0arry2 to 1uil& an eHuivalent &evice in his
    !ara!e - or his %e&itation !rou+. Fro% Blavatsky:s in3erences it is o1vious that ?eely:s
    &iscoveries #ere as %uch a %ental techniHue or inherent knack as technolo!y. They likely
    #ere in the real% o3 2?riyasakti2 or the +o#er o3 thou!ht on %atter. The &an!ers o3 ne#
    technolo!y is not only in the area o3 eE+losives. Bio-technolo!y no# has the ca+acity to alter
    the hu%an !enetic co&e. *ince it took %illions o3 years, accor&in! to Theoso+hical teachin!s,
    3or an a&eHuate 1o&y to 1e &evelo+e& 3or the hu%an %ona&, one #on&ers #hat tinkerin! #ith
    this in3initely &elicate %achinery can result in. Brain-%in& science that only reco!niAes the
    +hysical 1o&y an& not the soul that ins+ires it is a &an!erous thin!. ,3 &isease is the result o3
    kar%a - the cause an& e33ect la# o3 the non-+hysical real%, then the Theoso+hist #ill see that
    3orce3ul che%ical an& !enetic %eans are no real cure at all, 1ut a +ost+one%ent. Me&icine o3
    the 3uture #ill slo#ly 2lea& out2 a &isease instea& o3 &a%%in! it 1ack. *ee G. &e $uruckerLs
    Esoteric Teachin#s+ Iol. I,,,, $oint )o%a $u1lications - ;&.8
    '''''''''''''''''''''''
    7-/T/./1/% is issue& 3our ti%es a year. ;&itor: Mark 5aHua. *u1scri+tion rate is R4.<G
    +er year /.*. an& Cana&a, R=.GG ;lse#here. 7roto#onos,. $ BoE 1(1, Waterville, hio
    94<==
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    017ITATION O4 STON1 90OC:S IN TI91T
    7Taken 3ro% The (ycles of >ea*en 1y Guy $lay3air K *cott 0ill, 6von Books, 1FBC8
    2...noise can 1e +ut to !oo& use, the %ost o33-1eat o3 #hich in our eE+erience co%es
    3ro% Ti1et, #here a++arently it is, or has 1een, use& to raise 1locks o3 stone. We #oul&
    hesitate to %ention this 1ut 3or the re%arka1ly &etaile& evi&ence +rovi&e& 1y the late 0enry
    ?>ellson, one o3 the +ioneers o3 *#e&en:s aircra3t in&ustry, #ho has le3t a very +recise
    &escri+tion o3 ho# Ti1etan %onks 1uil& #alls on hi!h rocky le&!es. ,t is 1ase& on 3irst-han&
    evi&ence, an& #e have also 1een a1le to o1tain his ori!inal &ra#in!s o3 the event, #hich is
    re+ro&uce& here . . .
    2Blocks o3 stone %easurin! 1.< %etres sHuare #ere haule& u+ to a +lateau 1y yaks,
    an& +lace& over a s+ecially &u! 1o#l-sha+e& hole one %etre in &ia%eter an& 1< c%. &ee+.
    The hole #as 1GG %etres 3ro% the sheer rock #all on to+ o3 #hich the 1uil&in!, +resu%a1ly a
    her%ita!e o3 so%e sort, #as to 1e 1uilt. *iEty-three %etres 1ack 3ro% the stone there stoo&
    nineteen %usicians, s+ace& at 3ive &e!ree intervals to 3or% a Huarter-circle, in !rou+s, as
    clearly sho#n on ?>ellson:s &ra#in!. Measure%ents #ere taken eEtre%ely care3ully, usin! a
    knotte& leather thon!.
    Behin& the %usicians, a1out (GG +riests arran!e& the%selves so that a1out ten stoo&
    1ehin& each %usician. The instru%ents involve& #ere &ru%s an& tru%+ets o3 various siAes,
    7?>ellson !ives the eEact &i%ensions o3 the 14 &ru%s an& siE tru%+ets that %a&e u+ this
    unusual orchestra.8
    2Then, at the co%%an& o3 the chie3 +riest, the %usic 1e!an. The 1eat #as set 1y a
    !i!antic &ru% #ei!hin! 1<G kilos an& slun! 3ro% a s+ecially 1uilt 3ra%e so that it #as o33 the
    !roun&. 7*ee inset in illustration.8 T#o %onks took turns at each tru%+et, 1lo#in! a total o3
    t#o 1lasts +er %inute. 6ll siE tru%+ets #ere +ointe& to#ar&s the stone on its launchin! +a&,
    an& a3ter a1out 3our %inutes o3 #hat %ust have 1een in&escri1a1le racket 7since the
    %eticulous ?>ellson 3ails to &escri1e it8, the stone rose into the air, #o11le& sli!htly, an& then,
    as the noise 3ro% tru%+ets, &ru%s an& chantin! +riests increase&, 3ollo#e& a +recise
    +ara1olic course o3 so%e 9GG %etres u+ to the to+ o3 the cli33. ,n this #ay, #e are tol&, 3ive or
    siE 1locks #ere li3te& in an hour...2
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    KKdia#ram here; Tibetan %tone 'e*itationLL
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    POINTS O4 INT1R1ST
    The #eekly MA1A% cease& +u1lication this year a3ter 3orty-one years. ,ts e&itor #as
    0enry Gei!er, also the e&itor o3 2Theoso+hy2 %a!aAine 3or %any years. MA1A% #as a
    Theoso+hical +u1lication in s+irit althou!h , &ou1t the #or& 2Theoso+hy2 ever a++eare& in its
    +a!es. 6s such it a++eale& to %any 7circulation #as over (,GGG8 #hich never #oul& have
    su1scri1e& to a %a!aAine., Huite 3rankly, #hich #as overtly Theoso+hical. MA1A% #as to a
    lar!e &e!ree a revie# o3 the 1est o3 the 1est 1ooks, 3ille& #ith Huotations an& inters+erse&
    #ith +ithy co%%ents. The 3orty-one years o3 MA1A% is a tri1ute to #hat one +erson:s e33orts
    can acco%+lish. To in&icate the Huality o3 the Huotations +revalent in MA1A%, 1elo# 3ollo#s a
    3e# strikin! +ara!ra+hs 3ro% 6l&o )eo+ol&:s A %and (ounty Almanac #hich a++eare& in the
    article 2The Green Fire2 in the 5an. 14, 1FCC MA1A%:
    2My o#n conviction on this score &ates 3ro% the &ay , sa# a #ol3 &ie. We #ere eatin!
    lunch on a hi!h ri%rock, at the 3oot o3 #hich a tur1ulent river el1o#e& its #ay. We sa# #hat
    #e thou!ht #as a &oe 3or&in! the torrent, her 1reast a#ash in #hite #ater. When she cli%1e&
    the 1ank to-#ar& us an& shook out her tail, #e realiAe& our error: it #as a #ol3. 6 hal3-&oAen
    others, evi&ently !ro#n +u+s, s+ran! 3ro% the #illo#s an& all >oine& in a #elco%in! %elee o3
    #a!!in! tails an& +lay3ul %aulin!s. What #as literally a +ile o3 #olves #rithe& an& tu%1le& in
    the center o3 an o+en 3lat at the 3oot o3 our ri%rock.
    2,n those &ays #e ha& never hear& o3 +assin! u+ a chance to kill a #ol3. ,n a secon& #e
    #ere +u%+in! lea& into the +ack, 1ut #ith %ore eEcite%ent than accuracy: ho# to ai% a stee+
    &o#nhill shot is al#ays con3usin!. When our ri3les #ere e%+ty, the ol& #ol3 #as &o#n, an& a
    +u+ #as &ra!!in! a le! into i%+assa1le sli&e-rocks.
    2We reache& the ol& #ol3 to catch a 3ierce !reen 3ire &yin! in her eyes. , realiAe& then, an&
    have kno#n ever since, that there #as so%ethin! ne# to %e in those eyes - so%ethin!
    kno#n only to her an& the %ountain. , #as youn! then, an& 3ull o3 tri!!er itch; , thou!ht that
    1ecause 3e#er #olves %eant %ore &eer, that no #olves #oul& %ean hunter:s +ara&ise. But
    a3ter seein! the !reen 3ire &ie, , sense& that neither the #ol3 nor the %ountain a!ree #ith such
    a vie#...
    2, no# sus+ect that >ust as a &eer her& lives in %or-
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    tal 3ear o3 its #olves, so &oes a %ountain live in %ortal 3ear o3 its &eer. 6n& +erha+s #ith
    1etter cause, 3or #hile a 1uck +ulle& &o#n 1y #olves can 1e re+lace& in t#o or three years, a
    ran!e +ulle& &o#n 1y too %any &eer %y 3ail o3 re+lace%ent in as %any &eca&es.2
    7ublishers of The %ecret 3octrine - ,:% only a#are o3 three current +u1lishers o3 the *D.
    /nite& )o&!e o3 Theoso+hists o33ers a har&1oun& e&ition in one volu%e at R1C.<G. This is %y
    3avorite as one &oes not have to >u%+ 1ack 1et#een t#o 1ooks i3 lookin! u+ re3erences. The
    +rint is rather s%all ho#ever an& so%eone &esirin! easier to rea& +rint %i!ht 3avor another
    e&ition. 7/)T a&&ress is (9< West 44r& *treet, )os 6n!eles, C6 FGGGB8
    Theoso+hical /niversity $ress o33ers several e&itions o3 the *D: a centennial (-volu%e
    si%ulate& leather har&1ack e&ition at R(C.GG; the sa%e e&ition in so3t-1ack at R1B.GG; an&
    also a li%ite& nu%1er o3 their har&-, 1ack e&ition o3 1FBB still availa1le at R(G.GG. 6s #ith the
    /)T *D, T/$:s e&itions o3 the *D are ver1ati% #ith the ori!inal *D issue& 1y Blavatsky.
    ,n the current Juest BooksS Theoso+hical $u1lishin! 0ouse catalo!, the only *D
    availa1le 3or +urchase is a three volu%e set +rice& at R<B.<G. Whether this e&ition is ver1ati%
    #ith the ori!inal , cannot say, 1ut the 6&yar *ociety &oes not have a very !oo& recor& in this
    res+ect - startin! #ay 1ack #ith the 1CF4 thorou!hly e&ite& e&ition #ith over 9G,GG chan!es,
    the latter con3usin! = volu%e e&ition, etc. For researchers, this constant chan!e o3 +a!ination
    an& content is a ni!ht%are. ne %i!ht ho+e the current 4 volu%e e&ition has retaine& the
    ori!inal +a!ination an& content. T$0 in the lar!est Theoso+hical +u1lisher an& one %i!ht
    think they #oul& 1e a1le to sell a *D at less than R<B.<G i3 they sincerely &esire& to circulate
    the 1ook. This +rice +uts it 2out o3 +rint2 3or the avera!e 1uyer. The &i33iculty o3 the *D is
    1e%oane& 1y %any, ho#ever, it is no %ore &i33icult than a colle!e teEt1ook in its !eneral
    to+ics. )aAiness an& 3ear o3 #hat one %ay 3in& , a% a3rai& is the chie3 1arrier.
    7Theoso+hical /niversity $ress:s a&&ress is: $ Bin C, $asa&ena, C6 F11GF.
    Theoso+hical $u1lishin! 0ouse:s a&&ress is: 4G= W Geneva -oa&, Wheaton, ,)) =G1CF8
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    2ore on P%(!is&ers - $oint )o%a $u1lications 7$ BoE =<GB, *an Die!o, Ca F(1G=8, one
    o3 the %ost active Theoso+hical +u1lishers in recent years, release& a ne# catalo! #ith %any
    ne# a&&itions. $t. )o%a is the +u1lisher o3 the Collecte& Works o3 Willia% 5u&!e, e&ite& 1y
    Dara ;klun&, an& also the T#elve Iolu%es o3 Esoteric Teachin#s o3 G. &e $urucker. Both o3
    these series o3 volu%es are a%on! the %ost i%+ortant #orks a Theoso+hical stu&ent can
    have. 7 G. &e $urucker:s t#elve volu%e set has also 1een +u1lishe& in e&ite& version 1y
    Theoso+hical /niversity $ress as 4ountain %ource of /ccultism.8 The $oint )o%a catalo!
    contains %any ne# +u1lications as #ell as a selection o3 %any 1ooks o3 other +u1lishers.
    *o%e o3 $oint )o%a:s ne# releases inclu&e: The 0u%an an& Divine /niverse - a co%+ilation
    o3 #ritin!s on $latonic, "eo-$latonic an& Theoso+hic %ystical syste%s; True Messiah 1y
    $hilli+ Mal+as - an overvie# o3 the li3e an& teachin!s o3 6+ollonius o3 Tyana; 5asic %elf-
    Cno&led#e 1y 0arry Ben>a%in - an intro&uction o3 the Gur&>ie33 +sycholo!ical syste% an& ho#
    it ties in #ith Theoso+hy; 5oo of the 'i*in# 1y Miles Mac6l+in - truly one o3 the %ost uniHue
    an& insi!ht-3ille& 1ooks , have rea&, Mac6l+in:s use o3 analo!y to illustrate Theoso+hical
    conce+ts is %aster3ul. 8 Mac6l+in #as a %e%1er o3 the $oint )o%a Theoso+hical Co%%unity
    3or so%e thirty years; an& also Esoteric Man 1y 0elen To&& - an eE+lanation o3 the
    Theoso+hical &octrine o3 evolution an& co%+arison #ith the %aterial scienti3ic vie#+oint.
    The real >e#el o3 the Theoso+hical +u1lishin! #orl&, the 19 volu%es o3 the 5la*atsy
    (ollected )ritin#s, is +u1lishe& 1y Theoso+hical $u1lishin! 0ouse in Wheaton. While no
    in&ivi&ual volu%e is as i%+ortant as either the *D or the Mahatma 'etters., there is >ust a
    #ealth o3 in3or%ation in the% on every as+ect o3 Theoso+hy an& occultis%, enou!h 3or a
    li3eti%e o3 stu&y. The +urchase +rice is R1F.<G +er volu%e. The 5la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s
    #ere the result o3 4G years o3 #ork 1y Mr. Boris &e @irko33 #ith only the last volu%e re%ainin!
    3or co%+letion a3ter his &eath. These volu%es an& a nu%1er, 1ut %inority o3 other eEcellent
    1ooks nearly %ake u+ kar%ically, is %y 1et, 3or the siEty or so 1ooks on +honey 2Theoso+hy2
    1y )ea&1eater, Besant, et$ al$ T$0 sells an& the lethal &a%a!e it has &one to the re+utation o3
    !enuine Theoso+hy.
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    >E-ME%, #hich is un&ou1te&ly the %ost strictly esoteric o3 any o3 the Theoso+hical
    %a!aAines, ha& a 3e# +ara!ra+hs on the conce+t o3 2vasana2 in the last 7May, :CF8 issue
    #hich #as %ost interestin!. ,asana is &escri1e& as 2the 3orce o3 cravin! an& the unchecke&
    i%+ulse 3or li3e in 3or%, #ith its atten&ant conseHuences.2 What #as %ost interestin! a1out
    this conce+t o3 vasana is that it entails that every thou!ht one has ever entertaine& in the #ay
    o3 satis3yin! &esire throu!hout his incarnations, or acts +er3or%e&, has an eternal connection
    #ith the +erson until it is 2&ealt #ith2 or eli%inate& 1y the +erson. Most the %ore o1scure
    ten&encies never reach the avera!e +erson until he %akes %ore intense s+iritual e33ort, #hich
    has the e33ect o3 1rin!in! +uAAlin! su1conscious arti3acts to the sur3ace,
    T&eoso,&i#"! Uniersit' Press in their :CF catalo! has a ne# o33erin! o3 An 2n*itation to
    The %ecret 3octrine 3or R<.GG so3tcover. ,t inclu&es stu&y su!!estions 1y Blavatsky on the
    *D, an& also +hoto!ra+hs o3 0$B:s %anuscri+t an& a historical account o3 2The Writin! o3
    The *ecret Doctrine2 1y lon!-ti%e stu&ent ?ir1y Ian Mater.
    P"%! ;o&nson8s interestin! article 2-evival o3 the 6leEan&rian )i1rary2 a++eare& in the
    %unrise 6+rilSMay s+ecial issue 2Theoso+hy To&ay an& To%orro#2. The ;!y+tian Govern%ent
    $lans to 1uil& a %assive )i1rary an& 3acilities on 9C,GGG acres near #hat is 1elieve& the site
    o3 the ancient center o3 learnin!, The ancient 6leEan&rian )i1rary containe& so%e <GG,,GGG
    +a+yrus rolls 1e3ore it #as +artially &estroye& 1y Christians in 4F1 C; an& 3inishe& o33 1y the
    Musli%s in =9< C.;.
    2essi"&, +u1lishe& 1y Marcheta 0enry,7$ BoE <., Weau1leau, Mo. =<BB98 al#ays is
    3ille& #ith ins+irin! thou!hts. Fro% the 6+rilSMay issue: 2...the 3e# o3 us #ho are Theoso+hists,
    an& the %any #ho are as+irin! to 1eco%e Theoso+hists, have a #ell-&e3ine& inesca+a1le
    &uty to our 3ello#%en #ho, seein! no li!ht at all, #an&er hel+lessly in a %ias%a o3 i!norance
    an& su+ersti-
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    tion, seekin! esca+e 3ro% the a++arent in>ustices o3 li3e in sloth an& sensation.2

    The %onthly Hig& Co%ntr' Ne*s!etter 719G *. 44r&. *t., Boul&er, C CG4G4,
    su1scri+tion: =.<GSyr.8 al#ays has a research article o3 interest, or so%ethin! uniHue an&
    intri!uin! 3ro% so%e arcane source. The last t#o issues have concerne& $.G. Bo#en an& his
    &iscoveries a%on! the Ber1ers o3 63rica.
    The MayS5une Eclectic Theosophist 7$ BoE =<GB, *an Die!o, C6 F(1G=, R<.GGSyr.8
    contains several interestin! Huotations 3ro% G. &e $urucker on the i&ea o3 serial succession
    in the Theoso+hical Move%ent o3 lea&ers, an& also on the i&ea o3 3ree&o% o3 s+eech. 6lso
    inclu&e& is an article 1y Wayne ?ell on the 1e!innin!s o3 the 25u&!e Case2 #hile 0$B #as
    still alive. 7Iictor ;n&ers1y in his 2Theosophical 1otes2, so%e#here, %a&e the interestin!
    o1servation that no one #ho &eviates 3ro% the 2$ath2 can !et !oin! in the ri!ht &irection
    a!ain unless he !oes 1ack an& corrects #hatever error or &eviation he %a&e. 0e has to !o
    1ack to #here he !ot o33 the track. ne #on&ers i3 this %i!ht 1e a 2la#2 3or societies also, an&
    #here they %a&e a #ron! turn.8
    6lso note& is that ). Gor&on $lu%%er 7author o3 The Mathematics of the (osmic Mind
    an& 4rom Atom to Cosmos8 $oint )o%a $u1lications #ill 1e the !uest o3 honor at the
    convention o3 the W. Ger%an Theoso+hical *ociety this year as #ell as visitin! several other
    centers in ;uro+e 7at a!e C=P8. ,3 anyone has ha& the o++ortunity to rea& Mr. $lu%%er:s
    1ooks, its o1vious that he is one o3 the !reat %in&s o3 our century.
    Re$!e#tions o$ " T&eoso,&ist is a local Marylan& ne#sletter +u1lishe& 1y Claire Walker
    714CG1 Dork -&., 6-14, Cockeysville., M&. (1G4G8 #hich is al#ays 3ille& #ith interestin!
    in3or%ation an #hat is !oin! on in Marylan& an& else#here an& also %any +ithy o1servations
    on to+ics o3 interest to Theoso+hists. *he sen&s out co+ies 3ree o3 char!e 1ut is 1ein!
    +osta!e-starve&, so i3 you
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    #ant a co+y, or on the su1scri+tion list, sen& sta%+s.
    6 ne#sletter , 3in& very re3reshin! an& 1roa&enin! in +ers+ective is P"t&*"'s 7$ BoE
    <B44, *tation B, Iictoria. B.C., Cana&a IC- =*C8. ,t is a Huarterly an& the articles usually
    a++roach Theoso+hy an& s+irituality 3ro% a cultural +ers+ective. The s+rin! issue has short
    1io!ra+hies o3 the artist Wassily ?an&insky an& also Willia% Blake. 6lso inclu&e& is an article
    on the sy%1olo!y o3 Mount ?ailas an& a s+iritual inter+retation o3 Wa!ner:s 7relude to
    'ohen#rin concernin! the 0oly Grail.
    T&eoso,&' %a!aAine, no# in its BBth year, has assu%e& ne# e&itorshi+ a3ter the recent
    &eath o3 0enry Gei!er. 2n the )ookout2 is %y 3avorite colu%n in this %a!aAine, #hich is a
    current survey o3 ite%s o3 interest. 6 sur+rise in the last issue #as that recently in ,srael the
    to+-sellin! 1ook has 1een a thick volu%e on the +hiloso+hy o3 *+inoAa. T#o articles a++ear
    on the #ork an& i&eals o3 -o1ert Cros1ie, the 3oun&er o3 /nite& )o&!e o3 Theoso+hists. For
    %any years it #as only 1ecause o3 the e33orts o3 Cros1ie:s /)T an& also the $oint lo%a
    Co%%unity that any o3 the ori!inal #orks o3 Blavatsky an& 5u&!e #ere ke+t in +rint.
    7Theosophy %a!aAine is %onthly an& R1G.GGSyr. Their a&&ress is: (9< W. 44r& *t., )os
    6n!eles, C6 FGGGB8
    , %is+lace& %y last issue o3 5oe Fulton:s O&io 7"!!e' 4e/er"tion Ne*s!etter 71=(4
    Tri+lett Blv&., 6kron, 0 994G=8 1ut the lea& article #as s+eculations on 2Catastro+he
    Theory2 1y the e&itor. *everal other short articles +lus current ha++enin!s in the IF are
    inclu&e&.
    ,3 any, %a!aAine or ne#sletter #oul& like to eEchan!e su1scri+tions #ith 7roto#onos,
    $lease let us kno#.
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    $ossi1ly the 1est 1ook in &e3ense o3 the various accusations an& attacks on 0.$. Blavatsky
    is Iictor ;n&ers1y:s T&e H"!! o$ 2"gi# 2irrors. This 1ook has 1een lon! unavaila1le 1ut is
    no# availa1le a!ain 3or RB.GG 3ro% Juest Books, cSo 5erry 0ei>a-;kins, $ BoE (1(C, Ienice,
    C6 FG(F9. Mr. ;n&ers1y +asse& a#ay last 3all at the a!e o3 FB. 0e ori!inally #orke& #ith
    Theosophy %a!aAine, an& then +u1lishe& Theosophical 1otes 3ro% 1F<1 until 1FBC. 0is 3irst
    activity in Theoso+hy 1e!an in 1F19, an& a%on! his %any, %any acco%+lish%ents he #as
    chie3 en!ineer 3or the eastern hal3 o3 the *an Francisco Bay Bri&!e.
    ''''''''''''''''''''''''''
    C1NTRI4UGA0 TH1OSOPH6
    The Huickest %eans to less i%+e&e& coo+eration a%on! Theoso+hists #oul& 1e 3or the
    +resent *ocieties to &is1an&. 6%on! %uch else it #oul& alleviate sectarianis%, as #ell as
    +olitical, +ersonal an& +o#er intri!ues an& those #hose %a>or interest in Theoso+hy are
    these. ,t #oul& 3orce in&ivi&uals to rely on their o#n 2sel3-in&uce& an& sel3-&evise& e33orts2
    instea& o3 the &irection an& su33erance o3 lea&ers. ,t #oul& &isinte!rate the %ean-s+irit an&
    social +ressures that +revent +ersons o3 like-%in& or !oals 3ro% coo+eration, %erely 1ecause
    one 1e an 26&yarite,2 a 2$asa&ena +erson,2 3ro% /.).T., or no or!aniAation at all. ;very
    +erson is a center o3 the #ork.
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    @Catherine Tin#ley+ cont?dA
    %ystery-school 1uilt on the tra&itional lines o3 ancient te%+le-schools, in #hich %en an&
    #o%en #ho #ere rea&y in this incarnation #ere tau!ht ho# to unlock 3ro% #ithin the%selves
    their in1orn s+iritual ca+acities, an& ho# to +ut the% into +ractice on lines o3 &evote& service
    an& unsel3ish en&eavor #ithin the structure o3 a coo+erative e33ort in the cause o3 the 6ncient-
    Wis&o%.
    *uch an e33ort can 1e success3ully starte& an& har%oniously con&ucte& only 1y an
    initiate& &isci+le o3 esoteric kno#le&!e, in touch #ith the Custo&ians o3 that kno#le&!e, an&
    la1orin! un&er their tutela!e. *uch an initiate& &isci+le ?atherine Tin!ley un&ou1te&ly #as,
    an& , take this occasion to &eclare this as %y o#n irre3uta1le conviction.
    *he #as a +o#er3ul character, #ith an i%%ense &rivin! 3orce, an unHuencha1le
    ins+iration, a total &e&ication to the hi!hest s+iritual i&eals, an ins+irin! outlook on li3e, on the
    +otencies o3 every hu%an 1ein!, an& a &isre!ar& o3 the ne!ative as+ects o3 those #hose
    +ositive Hualities she incessantly 3ostere&, an& #hose &or%ant ca+a1ilities she constantly
    ur!e& into action.
    *he #as a +erson o3 kin&ly an& sy%+athetic attitu&e #herever these #ere reHuire&,
    an& a +erson o3 !reat %oral stren!th an& &yna%ic 3orce #hen such #ere nee&e&. *o%e o3
    her actions an& +lans sho#e& rather +lainly that she #as a1le to use a +o#er o3
    3orekno#le&!e not or&inarily co%%on a%on! %en, an& to rely on a thorou!h acHuaintance
    #ith hu%an nature !athere& in +revious lives. These %a&e it +ossi1le 3or her to 1len& into
    concerte& action the lives o3 a %any-si&e& co%%unity %a&e u+ o3 a lar!e nu%1er o3 %en an&
    #o%en 3ro% the 3our Huarters o3 the !lo1e. This, i3 nothin! else, #as a clear evi&ence o3
    s+iritual lea&ershi+, as a !enuine lea&er is a %an or #o%an #ho can sense the as+irations
    an& hi!her &esires o3 others an& release the% to action in har%onious unity. ,t is relatively
    easy to try an& i%+ose one:s o#n #ill u+on i!norant 3ollo#ers #ho ha++en to love authority
    #here they see it. ,t is 3ar %ore &i33icult to !ui&e the +otencies o3 other +eo+les: #ills into
    constructive s+iritual an& ethical channels, an& to lea& the% into 3orce3ul an& sustaine& action
    in a !reat an& i%+ersonal Cause. ?atherine Tin!ley #as a1le to &o that throu!hout her career.
    *o%e have atte%+te& to convince others that she #as a %e&iu% an& that she #as
    occasionally en!a!e& in %e&iu%istic +ursuits o3 a kin&. nly i!norant +eo+le can hol& this
    vie#, those unacHuainte& #ith ?atherine Tin!ley:s
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    character an& her o+inion u+on such %atters. ,n all %y association #ith her, never once have
    , seen the sli!htest ten&ency to#ar&s %e&iu%is% or anythin! co%%only associate& #ith it.
    *he #as a&a%ant on +sychic %atters, #arnin! a!ainst the &evelo+%ent o3 any +sychic
    +o#ers, or a1nor%al +sychic ten&encies unre!ulate& 1y reason an& a soun& intellectual
    un&erstan&in!. 0o#ever, it is un&erstan&a1le that so%e o3 her s+iritual Hualities o3
    3orekno#le&!e, &irect +erce+tion o3 certain truths, an& &evelo+e& s+iritual intuition, #oul&
    a++ear as akin to %e&iu%is%, to those #hose kno#le&!e a1out such thin!s is al%ost nil, an&
    #hose in3or%ation is usually &istorte& 1y other channels throu!h #hich it ha& to +ass 1e3ore
    reachin! the%.
    "either the +ersonality o3 ?atherine Tin!ley nor the nature an& o1>ectives o3 her #ork can
    ever 1e a&eHuately un&erstoo& an& >ustly a++raise& #ithout takin! into consi&eration the 3act
    that she #as an initiate& &isci+le o3 one o3 the Teachers an& #as o3ten actin! as a &irect
    a!ent instructe& to +er3or% a certain task in the #orl&, to leave a s+eci3ic %essa!e 3or 3uture
    !enerations o3 %en, an& to carry out a certain %an&ate 1etter kno#n to those un&er #hose
    &irections she #orke&. /nless this is taken into care3ul a&vise%ent, there #ill 1e
    %isun&erstan&in!s an& %is>u&!%ents as a natural result o3 #ron! +re%ises an& &istorte&
    vie#s.
    6s other &irect a!ents o3 the Brotherhoo& o3 Teachers, ?atherine Tin!ley eEhi1ite& u+on
    occasion so%e#hat con3lictin! ten&encies an& characteristics #hich cannot 1e a&eHuately
    eE+laine& #ithout at least so%e kno#le&!e o3 occult %atters. This is al%ost invaria1ly the
    case #ith
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    such a!ents, an& this 3act alone, i3 nothin! else, %akes it very &i33icult to a++raise their #ork,
    >u&!e their actions an& assess their #orth in +ro+er relation to their surroun&in! an& their
    kar%ic circu%stances.
    6!ents o3 the Brotherhoo& are not %e&iu%s in the usual %eanin! o3 that ter%, #hich, as
    a rule, is connecte& in +eo+les: %in&s #ith one or another con&ition o3 trance. *uch a!ents
    are mediators, in the sense o3 1ein! channels - sel3-consciously a#are - throu!h #ho% so%e
    s+eci3ic teachin! or #ork is to 1e conveye&, an& these are so%eti%es &i33erent 3ro% the
    +ersonal characteristics o3 the &isci+le an& %ay 1e conveye& only +artially or #ith sli!ht
    %o&i3ications. 6ny care3ul stu&y o3 the li3e o3 0.$.B. or o3 W.J. 5u&!e #ill sho# this #ith
    consi&era1le clarity. They #ere also mediators o3 their o#n ty+e an& kin&. 6s a %atter o3 3act,
    the Theoso+hical Move%ent - usin! this ter% in a #orl&#i&e %eanin!, an& #ithout relation to
    any s+eci3ic a!e or era o3 history - has ha& a nu%1er o3 mediators #ho #orke&, an& #ork
    even to&ay, un&er the !eneral !ui&ance o3 the Brotherhoo&, to the eEtent to #hich they are
    a1le to channel that !ui&ance throu!h their o#n +ersonal natures.
    ne o3 the %a>or achieve%ents o3 ?atherine Tin!ley, an& a cro#nin! victory o3 her #ork
    an& trainin!, #as the 3act that she #as a1le to han& over her Torch o3 )i!ht to another &irect
    a!ent o3 the Brotherhoo& - Gott3rie& &e $urucker - #ho in his o#n Huality o3 mediator
    3or%ulate& an& outline& 3urther install%ents o3 the ;soteric $hiloso+hy 3ro% the sa%e a!eless
    source o3 Wis&o%.
    "o#, 3i3ty years a3ter ?atherine Tin!ley:s &e+arture 3ro% our scene o3 action, let this 1rie3
    account stan& as a &eclaration o3 trust an& &ee+ a++reciation 3ro% the +resent #riter 3or the
    inesti%a1le +rivile!e o3 havin! 1een le& to kno#in! her +ersonally, an& 3or the kar%ic
    o++ortunity o3 havin! 1een 3or so%e years a +u+il un&er her tutela!e an& !ui&ance. The
    Center #hich she 3oun&e& an& le& #ill so%e &ay 1e reco!niAe& as an inte!ral +art o3 the
    Mystery-*chools, #hich arise an& &isa++ear te%+orarily, on the shi3tin! scenes o3 history, as
    links in an en&less chain o3 si%ilar e33orts. They stan& as Witnesses to the never-&yin!
    Wis&o% o3 Those #ho !ui&e the 3alterin! ste+s o3 the hu%an race throu!h the sta!es o3 its
    i%-%aturity an& its search 3or the )i!ht that can illu%ine all li3e, the $resent an& the $ast, an&
    thro# its shinin! 1ea% u+on the Future.
    7Fro% Theosophia, *+rin!, 1FBF8
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    CAN TH1OSOPH6 91CO21 "O0D 4ASHION1D"?
    6ccor&in! to Theoso+hical Doctrines, #hich o3 course one %ay consi&er to 1e !enuine
    or not, Theoso+hy in its entirety is not a syste% o3 thou!ht that #as 2cooke& u+2 or 3or%ulate&
    1y %erely hu%an %in&s. ,t #as a !i3t or inheritance 3ro% those 1ein!s that are su+erior to
    hu%ans in evolutionary &evelo+%ent as #e are su+erior to ani%als in evolutionary
    &evelo+%ent. ,n its entirety Theoso+hy is a co%+lete &escri+tion o3 the visi1le an& invisi1le
    cos%os, only +arts o3 #hich #ere !iven out in Blavatsky:s #ritin!s, an& the rest o3 this
    kno#le&!e 1ein! +reserve&, as it al#ays has 1een, 1y the lo&!e o3 #hich Blavatsky #as a
    %essen!er. ,t is +ro1a1ly sa3e to say that no one a&e+t has in its co%+leteness this
    kno#le&!e. 6n analo!y %i!ht 1e that o3 a %o&ern university in #hich no one contains all
    current hu%an kno#le&!e, 1ut all to!ether a++roach this. Theoso+hy is not so nearly
    s+ecialiAe& as %o&ern science, ho#ever, as every area o3 un&erstan&in! is inti%ately
    connecte& #ith every other.
    ,3 all o3 kno#le&!e +ossi1le to hu%anity is containe& #ithin the co%+lete syste% o3
    Theoso+hy, ho# can such a syste% ever 1eco%e ol& 3ashion. ,t is like sayin! the ;arth itsel3
    is ol& 3ashione&. The %un&ane hu%an %in& is al#ays lookin! 3or ne# sensations an& is
    al#ays lookin! 3or the 23ashiona1le2. ,t is 3ickle in the eEtre%e. 6n analo!y 3or the syste% o3
    Theoso+hy %i!ht 1e that o3 a %anual &escri1in! ho# in every &etail a +articular auto%o1ile
    #orks. 6s lon! as that auto%o1ile eEists - or the uni*erse eEists in our case - that %anual can
    not 1eco%e i%+ractical or anythin! other than it ori!inally #as, a co%+lete &escri+tion o3 ho#
    so%ethin! #orks. Cars !et out o3 &ate, 1ut the 2car2 #e are ri&in! in our #hole inner an& outer
    #orl&, our kos%os - never !ets out o3 &ate. ,t is the sa%e no# as a 1illion years a!o, an& a
    1illion years hence. The 2%anual2 o3 Theoso+hy inclu&es evolution an& chan!e #ithin its
    syste%. 6s lon! as there is eEistence, the sa%e rules a++ly, #hich is in3inity.
    There %ay 1e ne# translations o3 Theoso+hy, accor&in! to the sy%1ols an&
    un&erstan&in!s o3 the ti%es, 1ut the i&entical i&eas #ill only 1e +lace& in a ne# 3or%. This is
    >ust like translatin! our car %anual into another lan!ua!e. Theoso+hy is o3 eternal values an&
    la# an& not in co%+etition #ith the sensation o3 the current he%line or tail-3ins.
    - M. 5aHua
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    TH1OSOPHIC 2ANUA0S
    718 Theoso+hy: 6 General Iie# o3 ccult Doctrine - Charles 5. -yan, (.(<
    7(8 -eincarnation: 6 )ost Chor& in Mo&ern Thou!ht - )eoline ). Wri!ht, 4.GG
    748 The Doctrine o3 ?ar%a: Chance or 5ustice. - Gertru&e van $elt, M.D.,
    (.(<
    798 Man an& 0is *even $rinci+les: 6n 6ncient Basis 3or a "e# $sycholo!y -
    ).). Wri!ht, (.(<
    7<8 63ter Death - What. - ).). Wri!ht, 4.GG
    7=8 ;volution: Who an& What is Man. - 0enry T. ;&!e, (.(<
    7B8 Man:s Divine $arenta!e an& Destiny: The Great -oun&s an& -aces - van $elt
    (.(<
    7C8 Cycles: ,n /niverse an& Man - )y&ia -oss, M.D., 4.GG
    7F8 0ierarchies: The Cos%ic la&&er o3 )i3e - G.W. van $elt, M.D., (.(<
    71G8 The 6stral )i!ht- "ature:s 6%aAin! $icture Gallery - 0enry T. ;&!e, (.(<
    7118 $sychic $o#ers - 0elen To&&, (.<G
    71(8 Theoso+hy an& Christianity - 0.T. ;&!e, (.(<
    The %ecret 3octrine - 0.$. Blavatsky, 1C.<G
    The Theosophic Manuals #ere all #ritten 1y li3e-lon! stu&ents o3 Theoso+hy an& are
    availa1le 3ro%: ,sis Books....... 7,nclu&e R1.GG +osta!e8
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    PROTOGONOS
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    Fall, 1FCF # B
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    2We are all 1rothers o3 the 1oul&ers, cousins o3 the clou&s.2
    - 0arlo# *ha+ley 71CC< - 1FB(8 UFirst astrono%er to
    &ethrone the sun 3ro% the center o3 the !alaEy.V
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    Contents5
    0. $. Blavatsky an& the ne# $hysics - Boris &e @irko33........1; *cience an&
    Theoso+hy.........1F; Why , "ever Tick o33 a Waitress.........(F; Theoso+hical 0istory.......4G;
    ?ar%ic Threa&s Fro% )i3e to )i3e - *ava!e, $urucker......49; 0$B:s 2Gran& Manner2....... 4C
    ............................
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    H. P. 90A7ATS:6 AND TH1 N1W PH6SICS
    6 -e%arka1le $ro+hecy Ful3ille&
    - Boris &e @irko33 U1V
    2 - 21 T>E 19T> (E1T0-F )E C1E) 2T A''
    The initial +oint an& the !eneral tren& o3 t#entieth century *cience #ere +ro+hetically
    3oresha&o#e& in the +a!es o3 The %ecret 3octrine, that stu+en&ous +ro&uction 3ro% the +en
    o3 0.$. Blavatsky. ,n this #ork, +u1lishe& in 1CCC, there occurs the 3ollo#in! +assa!e: U(V
    2The eEact eEtent, &e+th, 1rea&th, an& len!th o3 the %ysteries o3 "ature are to 1e 3oun&
    only in ;astern esoteric sciences. *o vast an& so +ro3oun& are these that har&ly a 3e#, a very
    3e# o3 the hi!hest initiates - those #hose very eEistence is kno#n 1ut to a s%all nu%1er o3
    6&e+ts - are ca+a1le o3 assi%ilatin! the kno#le&!e. That it is all there, an& one 1y one 3acts
    an& +rocesses in "ature:s #orksho+s are +er%itte& to 3in& their #ay into the eEact *ciences,
    #hile %ysterious hel+ is !iven to rare in&ivi&uals in unravelin! its arcana. ,t is at the close o3
    !reat Cycles, in connection #ith racial &evelo+%ent, that such events !enerally take +lace.
    We are at the very close o3 the cycle o3 <,GGG year, o3 the +resent 6ryan ?aliyu!a; an&
    1et#een this ti%e an& 1CFB there #ill 1e a lar!e rent %a&e in the Ieil o3 "ature, an&
    %aterialistic science #ill receive a &eath-1lo#.2
    The !ras+ the 3ull i%+ort o3 these #or&s, an& their see%in! incre&i1ility to the rea&er o3 the
    ti%e, one shoul& 1ear in %in& the +sycholo!ical outlook o3 *cience in the last Huarter o3 the
    nineteenth century.
    Fore%ost eE+onents o3 conte%+oraneous +hysics vie#e& it as a static science. 6ll the
    3un&a%ental +rinci+les a++eare& to have 1een alrea&y &iscovere&. The triu%+h o3 the la#s o3
    %echanics #as assure&. "e#tonian
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    &yna%ics #ere 3la#less. 0uy!ens #ave theory o3 li!ht ha& 1een co%+letely con3ir%e&.
    Doun!, Fresnal an& others ha& outline& #ith see%in! co%+leteness the conce+tion o3 the all-
    +erva&in! ether o3 s+ace. The +rinci+le o3 the conservation o3 ener!y ha& 1een 3ully
    reco!niAe&. Conservation o3 %atter #as not in &ou1t. The *econ& la# o3 Ther%o&yna%ics, o3
    the &issi+ation o3 ener!y 7entropy8, #as re!ar&e& as 1eyon& attack. The +heno%ena o3
    electricity an& li!ht ha& 1een uni3ie& 1y MaE#ell in his electro%a!netic theory o3 li!ht.
    ;E+eri%ental veri3ications #ere a%+ly su++lie& 1y 0ertA. The indi*isible an& non-elastic ato%
    re%aine& unchallen!e&.
    26 ti&y #orl& this #as, an& #ell %i!ht the reci+ients o3 so +riceless a herita!e vie# it #ith
    +ri&e. Their only task #as to kee+ the estate intact, ten& the vineyar& an& en>oy the #ell-
    earne& 3ruit o3 +revious centuries o3 la1or. "o ne# varieties #ere eE+ecte& to 1losso% 3orth
    on the tree o3 +hysical kno#le&!e. Future +ro!ress #oul& consist only in a little %ore
    intensive a++lication o3 #ell-kno#n %etho&s an& +rinci+les.2 U4V
    Most o3 the nineteenth century %en o3 science
    2. . . assu%e& that they the%selves #ere &ealin! in realities, an& that the %ain lines o3
    +ossi1le scienti3ic enHuiry ha& 1een lai& &o#n once 3or all. ,t see%e& that all that re%aine& 3or
    the +hysicist to &o #as to %ake %easure%ents to an increasin! or&er o3 accuracy, an& invent
    an intelli!i1le %echanis% #hich #oul& eE+lain the nature o3 the lu%ini3erous aether.2 U9V
    Then, #ith a startlin! an& 1e#il&erin! su&&enness, in rushe& a verita1le 3loo&ti&e o3
    uneE+ecte& +heno%ena an& o3 ne# conce+tions.
    22 - %T-A1.E 7>E1/ME1A 21 .'A%% T05E%
    To 1e sure, 3or so%e years +ast, the !roun& ha& 1een care3ully +re+are& 1y a 3e#
    in!enious researchers #hose outstan&in! intuition, #hile ackno#le&!e& 1y %o&ern *cience,
    has never yet 1een satis3actorily
    --- <
    eE+laine&.
    ;ver since 1C<4, #hen 6. Masson, o3 $aris, ha& sent the &ischar!e 3ro% a +o#er3ul
    in&uction coil throu!h the so-calle& Torricellian vacuu% a1ove the %ercury in a 1aro%eter
    tu1e, an& even +rior to this &ate, scientists con&ucte& eE+eri%ents on the &ischar!e o3
    electricity throu!h rari3ie& !ases in her%etically seale& tu1es, nota1ly Fara&ay, von
    0el%holtA, 0ertA, Gol&stein, $lucker, Geissler, 0ittor3, )enar&, an& others.
    The +rinci+le o3 these tu1es is very si%+le. *eale& into each en& o3 the tu1e is a %etal
    electro&e usually %a&e o3 +latinu%. The +ositive ter%inal is calle& the anode, an& the
    ne!ative, the cathode. ,3 the t#o ter%inals o3 any source o3 hi!h +otential electricity are
    se+arate& 1y a !as, such as air, at co%%on at%os+heric +ressure 7B=G %illi%eters o3
    %ercury8, an& the volta!e is !ra&ually increase&, at a certain &i33erence o3 electrical +ressure,
    the air is ulti%ately una1le to 1ear the strain an& a current +asses %o%entarily, +ro&ucin! a
    s+ark. "o# i3 the !as containe& in the tu1e is +artially evacuate&, the &i33erence o3 +otential in
    the t#o ter%inals reHuire& to cause a &ischar!e 1eco%es less, an& as the +ressure o3 the !as
    is &i%inishe& the character an& a++earance o3 the &ischar!e chan!es. *trai!ht, #ell-&e3ine&
    s+arks are no lon!er +ro&uce&. The s+ark 1roa&ens into a Huiet strea%er &ischar!e.
    6t a +ressure o3 a1out 1 %%. o3 %ercury %ost o3 the tu1e is 3ille& #ith a 1luish-+ur+le
    !lo# that eEten&s 3ro% the anode9 this so-calle& positi*e #lo& en&s not 3ar 3ro% the cathode+
    a &ark s+ace 7Fara&ay &ark s+ace8 intervenin!; this &ark s+ace eEten&s close u+ to the
    catho&e #hich itsel3 is covere& 1y a thin ne#ati*e #lo&. n 3urther re&ucin! the +ressure, the
    ne!ative !lo# is seen to se+arate itsel3 3ro% an& a#ay 3ro% the catho&e, an& a secon& &ark
    a+ace 7Crookes &ark s+ace8 a++ears 1et#een the ne!ative !lo# an& the catho&e +ro+er.
    When the +ressure 3alls to a1out G.1 %%., the !lo#in! +ositive colu%n s+lits u+ into
    alternate &ark an& li!ht 1an&s calle& striations+ #hich 1eco%e lon!er an& 3e#er as the
    +ressure is still 3urther re&uce&. /+on 3urther re&uction o3 the +ressure, the 2Crookes &ark
    a+ace2 s+rea&s out until it 3ills the #hole tu1e an&
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    it 1eco%es +ractically i%+ossi1le to +ass any current at all throu!h the tu1e.
    6t this +oint, althou!h there in no !lo# in the rari3ie& !as #ithin the tu1e, the catho&e is
    !ivin! o33 a strea% or 1ea% kno#n as cathode rays+ #hich strikin! the o++osite !lass #alls o3
    the tu1e eEcite it into !reenish fluorescence$
    6ll o3 these 3acts an& +heno%ena &i& not 1eco%e kno#n at once. They #ere the result o3
    years o3 eE+eri%entation 1y %en #ho constantly i%+rove& u+on the researches o3 their
    +re&ecessors or conte%+oraries.
    6s -ay%on& F. Dates has +ointe& outs 2,t o3ten ha++ens in science that the curious
    3ello# >ust +utterin! a1out &oes as %uch 1y acci&ental &iscovery as the syste%atic researcher
    &oes #ith his %easure&, cautious ste+s.2 This is very a++lica1le to research con&ucte& #ith
    the vacuu%-tu1e. "o one really kno#s #ho #as the 3irst %an to sen& an electric current
    throu!h a +artially evacuate& !lass tu1e. The %ain thin! is that so%e1o&y &i& so, #hether on
    i%+ulse, as a result o3 a ha++y 2!uess,2 or at the insistence o3 a recurrin! 2i&ea.2 6 lar!e
    nu%1er o3 scienti3ic 2&iscoveries2 are &irectly attri1uta1le to such
    2ha++y !uesses2 or 2hunches.2
    )ate in the 1Cth century, Willia% Watson, the ;n!lish scienti3ic +hysician ha& +asse&
    the static char#e o3 his i%+rove& )ey&en >ar throu!h a !lass tu1e a1out three 3eet lon!, +artly
    eEhauste& o3 its air, an& notice& 1rilliant corruscations the #hole len!th o3 the tu1e.
    $lucker, a Ger%an +hysicist at the /niversity o3 Bonn, see%s to 1e the 3irst #ho% #e 3in&
    sen&in! electric current, the hi!h volta!es o3 an in&uction coil, into a vacuu%-tu1e. 0e #as
    a%on! the earliest %en to %ake historic o1servations o3 the catho&e rays. ,n 1C=F, $lucker
    en!a!e& the instru%ent %aker, 0einrich Geissler 71C(9-1=BF8, o3 Bonn, to %ake 2tu1es2 3or
    hi%. Geissler 1eca%e eEtre%ely skill3ul in his #ork, an& his na%e is associate& #ith %any
    tu1es o3 intricate 3or%.
    6t the ti%e o3 Geissler:s eE+eri%ents it #as i%+ossi1le to o1tain a hi!h vacuu%. ,t #as
    0ittor3 71C(9-1F198 #ho carrie& the eEhaustion o3 the vacuu%-tu1e 3ar enou!h 3or syste%atic
    stu&y o3 the catho&e-rays. 0e sho#e& also that o1stacles, +lace& 1et#een the ne!ative
    electro&e an& the !lass, thro# a sha&o# thereon.
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    Gol&stein 71C<G-1F4G8, #ho intro&uce& in 1CB= the na%e Cathoden-strahlon 7catho&e-
    rays8 3or this e%anation, re!ar&e& the% as ethereal #aves as the sa%e nature as li!ht.
    Iarley, on the other han&, in 1CB(, !ave evi&ence, such as the &e3lection o3 the rays in a
    %a!netic 3iel&, to sho# that they #ere electri3ie& particles shot out 3ro% the catho&e an&
    +ro&ucin! 3luorescence 1y 1o%1ar&%ent.
    0einrich 0ertA 71C<B-1CF98, the !reat Ger%an +hysicist, ca%e to the conclusion, aroun&
    1CF(, that catho&e-rays #oul& not +ass throu!h !lass, %ica, or other trans+arent su1stances
    to any eEtent, 1ut #oul& +ass so%e#hat 3reely throu!h thin %etal 3oil, +lace& insi&e the tu1e.
    $hili+ )enar&, 0ertA: assistant, ha& a 1ri!ht i&ea. 0e %a&e a s+ecial catho&e-ray tu1e
    #ith a tiny alu%inu% #in&o# at the en& o++osite the ne!ative electro&e. 0e inten&e& to stu&y
    in this #ay the +ro+erties o3 these stran!e rays outsi&e the tu1e, in 3ree air i3 +ossi1le. *ure
    enou!h, #hen the current #as turne& on, a !reenish-1lue !lo# a++eare& >ust outsi&e the
    alu%inu% #in&o#. 0e o1serve& that the rays %a&e the air electrically con&uctive, that they
    #ere easily a1sor1e& in a 3e# centi%eters o3 3ree air, an& +ro&uce& lu%inescent e33ects u+on
    certain 3luorescent salts. 0e %a&e sha&o#s o3 1its o3 %etal on a 3luorescent screen an& 3iEe&
    these sha&o#s on +hoto!ra+hic +lates. 0ittor3 con3ir%e& these o1servations, 1ut neither o3
    the% #ent any 3urther, an& %isse& there1y so%e 3un&a%ental &iscoveries. Ti%e #as not yet
    ri+eP
    222 - %2- )2''2AM (-//CE% A13 =-A32A1T MATTE-=
    6%on! the early researchers stan&s +ro%inently the %ost !i3te& +ioneer o3 the% all - *ir
    Willia% Crookes. U<V
    For years he ha& 1een con&uctin! a si%ilar line o3 research. ;ver since 1CB=, he ha&
    1rou!ht the electrical e33ects in a hi!h vacuu% to a %atter o3 strict scienti3ic +recision, an&
    &evelo+e& a %ore +er3ecte& tu1e kno#n 1y his na%e.
    0e #as a1le to re&uce the +ressure therein to less
    --- C
    than one ten-%illionth o3 an at%os+here. 0e #as the 3irst one to sho# in a really clear %anner
    the %a!netic &e3lection o3 the catho&e-rays, thou!h this 3act ha& 1een 3oresha&o#e& 1y
    $lucker as early as 1C<C. 0e &e%onstrate& that the rays #hen concentrate&, heate& a %etal
    tar!et +lace& in their +ath.
    Were these rays a ne# ty+e o3 ether #aves, or #ere they in the nature o3 corpuscles.
    Crookes s+eculate& that i3 they #ere cor+uscular, their i%+act shoul& +ro&uce %otion. 0e,
    there3ore, 1uilt 1et#een the +oles o3 his tu1e a little track, an& +lace& u+on it a s%all +a&&le-
    #heel o3 very li!ht %etal, #ith its aEle restin! 3reely on the rails. /n&er the &ischar!e, the
    #heel 1e!an to turn, %ovin! alon! the track. This result stren!thene& the cor+uscular theory
    consi&era1ly.
    Crookes ha& alrea&y 3or so%e ti%e sus+ecte& the eEistence o3 a totally &i33erent state o3
    %atter. U=V ,n a 3ootnote to one o3 his +a+ers, he &re# attention to the +ro+erties o3 hi!hly
    attenuate& !as, an& eE+resse& the vie# that the +heno%ena in&icate the eEistence o3 a
    fourth state of matter as 3ar re%ove& 3ro% the con&ition o3 !as as !as is 3ro% liHui&.
    ,n his +a+er sent "ove%1er 4G, 1CBC, UBV to the -oyal *ociety, Crookes #in&s u+ his
    eE+osition o3 varie& +heno%ena in hi!h-vacua 1y statin! that:
    2The +heno%ena in these eEhauste& tu1es reveal to +hysical science a ne# #orl& - a
    #orl& #here %atter eEists in a 3ourth state, #here the cor+uscular theory o3 li!ht hol&s !oo&,
    an& #here li!ht &oes not al#ays %ove in a strai!ht line; 1ut #here #e can never enter, an& in
    #hich #e %ust 1e content to o1serve an& eE+eri%ent 3ro% the outsi&e.2
    *+eakin! #ith !reater conviction an& %ore &e3inite kno#le&!e, on 6+ril 9, 1CBF, 1e3ore
    the -oyal ,nstitution, on the su1>ect o3 2Molecular $hysics in 0i!h Iacua2 UCV Crookes states
    #ith +ro+hetic insi!ht:
    2,n stu&yin! this Fourth *tate o3 Matter #e see% at len!th to have #ithin our !ras+ an&
    o1e&ient to our control the little in&ivisi1le +articles #hich #ith !oo& #arrant are su++ose& to
    constitute the +hysical 1asis o3 the universe. We have seen that in so%e o3 its +ro+erties
    -a&iant Matter is as %at-
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    erial as this ta1le, #hilst in other +ro+erties it al%ost assu%es the character o3 -a&iant
    ;ner!y. We have actually touche& the 1or&erlan& #here Matter an& Force see% to %er!e into
    one another, the sha&o#y real% 1et#een ?no#n an& /nkno#n, #hich 3or %e has al#ays ha&
    +eculiar te%+tations. , venture to think that the !reatest scienti3ic +ro1le%s o3 the 3uture #ill
    3in& their solution in the Bor&er lan&, an& even 1eyon&; here, it see%s to %e, lie /lti%ate
    -ealities, su1tle, 3ar-reachin!, #on&er3ul.2
    This lecture #as acco%+anie& 1y convincin! eE+eri%ental &e%onstrations o3 the
    re%arka1le +ro+erties o3 catho&e-rays 1y %eans o3 an in!enious a++aratus 1uilt 3or Crookes
    1y his colla1orator, C.0. i%in!ha%. Throu!h his classical research on hi!h-vacua, an&
    +erha+s even %ore so throu!h his eEtre%ely a&vance& vie#s on the nature o3 the ele%ents
    7#hich #e inten& to outline in a 3uture issue o3 this %a!aAine8. *ir Willia% Crookes 1eca%e
    2the 3orerunner o3 so%e o3 the %ost i%+ortant researchers in the closin! years o3 the last
    century.2 UFV
    *ir Willia% 6. Til&en 71C1(-1F(=8, the &istin!uishe& British che%ist a1ly voices the
    o+inion o3 a !reat %any outstan&in! scientists re!ar&in! Crookes: +lace in the #orl& o3
    *cience, #hen he says: U1GV
    2The late *ir Willia% Crookes %ust 1e re!ar&e& as the chie3 +ioneer in the
    investi!ation o3 +heno%ena sho#n in !ases un&er !reatly re&uce& +ressure, an& his
    researches %ust 1e vie#e& as the startin!-+oint 3or the &iscoveries 1y *ir 5.5. Tho%son an&
    his school, #hich have thro#n a ne# li!ht on the constitution o3 %atter ... . Whatever +osition
    in the hierarchy o3 science is ulti%ately assi!ne& to Crookes, there can 1e no &ou1t that his
    #ork on the electric &ischar!e in !ases #ill &eter%ine the Huestion . . . 6n& so the >u&!%ent o3
    the conte%+orary !eneration o3 che%ists %ust certainly +lace hi% in the 3ront rank o3
    scienti3ic +ioneers.2
    The 3a%ous French 6strono%er Ca%ille Fla%%arion, !reatly enthuse& over Crookes:
    lecture at the $aris
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    1servatory, #hich #as atten&e& 1y the $resi&ent o3 the -e+u1lic, Ga%1etta, #rote an
    account o3 Crookes: vie#s 3or the French 5ournal, 'e ,oltaire. U11V 0e closes #ith a +ro+hetic
    s+eculation:
    2... , ho+e the learne& eE+eri%enter #ill here +er%it %e to %ake a re3lection ins+ire& 1y
    his o#n eE+eri%ents. That #hich he calls ra&iant %atter, %ay it not 1e si%+ly a %o&e o3
    electricity. The ra&iations o1serve&, the lu%inous an& calori3ic an& %a!netic currents, &o
    they not su!!est &irectly to the %in& the eEistence o3 actions o3 the electric or&er.2
    *cores o3 scientists re+eate& Crookes:s eE+eri%ents. Be3ore lon!, it 1eca%e &e3initely
    ascertaine& that, no %atter o3 #hat %aterial the catho&e ter%inal o3 the Crookes tu1e #as
    %a&e, the same identical =somethin#= e%anate& 3ro% it. *cience #as on the track o3 so%e
    co%%on constituent o3 all %atter. 0o#ever, a !reat &eal %ore research #as nee&e& to +rove
    this 3act, an& u+set the #ell-entrenche& co%+lacency o3 the then scienti3ic #orl&. The electric
    structure o3 %atter ha& 1een %ore than sus+ecte& 3or so%e ti%e +ast. MaE#ell:s
    electro%a!netic theory o3 li!ht i%+lie& the very +ro1a1le eEistence o3 vi1ratin! electric
    syste%s #ithin the ato%. )orentA an& @ee%an success3ully &evelo+e& this i&ea. The theory o3
    ionic &issociation 7electrolysis8, chie3ly &evelo+e& 1y ?ohlrausch an& 6rrhenius, i%+lie& also
    an electric structure o3 %atter., Det, these researchers not#ithstan&in!, the in&ivisi1le ato%
    still hel& its s#ay.
    2, - A =-E1T 21 T>E ,E2' /4 1AT0-E=
    5ust as so%e o3 the learne& +hysicists #ere con!ratulatin! the%selves u+on the 3act that
    %ost o3 the 1asic &iscoveries ha& alrea&y 1een %a&e. Wilhel% Conra& -ont!an 71C9<-1F(48,
    Director o3 the $hysical ,nstitute o3 the /niversity o3 WurA1ur!, &iscovere& a ne# ty+e o3
    ra&iation, #hich he calle& the Q-ray. )ike so %any other e+och-%akin! &iscoveries in *cience,
    it
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    ca%e a1out in the 3or% o3 an 2acci&ent.2
    This &iscovery coul& have conceiva1ly 1een %a&e %uch earlier. *tu&y o3 &ischar!es in
    vacua ha& 1een !oin! on 3or over t#enty years. *till no one ha& a++arently thou!ht o3
    thro#in! a 1lack coverin! o3 o+aHue %aterial over a 0ittor3-Crookes tu1e 7an all-!lass tu1e
    #ithout any thin alu%inu% #in&o#8 an& set it into o+eration as -ont!en &i&.
    0avin! &arkene& the roo%, to test the o+acity o3 the 1lack car&1oar& cover, he satis3ie&
    hi%sel3 that no li!ht +enetrate& throu!h it. 0is intention #as to test the a1ility o3 the catho&e
    rays to +ro&uce 3luorescence on a screen covere& #ith 1ariu%-+latinocyani&e +lace& >ust
    outsi&e the tu1e. $reviously, this ha& 1een &e%onstrate& as +ossi1le only #hen the screen
    #as very close to the thin alu%inu% #in&o# o3 a )enar& tu1e. 0e #as >ust +re+arin! to
    interru+t the current o3 the &ischar!e that #as !oin! on, in or&er to set u+ the screen, #hen
    su&&enly, a1out a yar& 3ro% the tu1e, he sa# a #eak li!ht that !li%%ere& on a 1ench near1y.
    6 yar& #as too 3ar a &istance 3or any +heno%ena o3 3luorescence +ro&uce& 1y or&inary
    catho&e rays. 0e satis3ie& hi%sel3 that the !li%%erin! li!ht #ent o33 an& on in unison #ith the
    3luctuatin! &ischar!es o3 the coil. 0e lit a %atch an& &iscovere& that the source o3 the
    %ysterious li!ht #as the screen o3 1ariu%-+latinocyani&e lyin! on the 1ench. nly one
    eE+lanation #as +ossi1le. Contrary to esta1lishe& rules, a ra&iation #as o1viously 1ein!
    +ro&uce& ca+a1le o3 +assin! throu!h %atter #hich ha& 1een consi&ere& co%+letely o+aHue
    to li!ht rays. 6s 1eca%e evi&ent 3ro% 3urther research, Q-rays ori!inate& 3ro% the +oint o3
    i%+act o3 the catho&e rays u+on the #alls o3 the tu1e. The &iscovery #as %a&e on the
    evenin! o3 "ove%1er C, 1CF<, U1(V 2at a late hour #hen assistants #ere no lon!er to 1e 3oun&
    in the la1oratory.2
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    The ne#s s+rea& ra+i&ly all over the #orl&. -ont!en #as acclai%e& in every continent.
    The >u1ilant enthusias% over the &iscovery contraste& strikin!ly #ith the %o&est retirin!
    character o3 the &iscoverer hi%sel3. ,n the li!ht o3 al%ost i%%e&iate +ractical a++lication o3 Q-
    rays in the s+here o3 %e&icine, it is curious to note the aci& re%ark o3 the tra&itionally
    ske+tical %cientific American #hich o1serve& that it #as yet 2too soon to in&ul!e in the #il&
    +ossi1ilities that have 1een su!!este& 3or the +rocess. When the &etails reach us, the
    +rocess #ill +ro1a1ly +rove to 1e o3 scienti3ic rather than +ractical interest.2 7PP8.
    *everal investi!ators ha& co%e very close to &iscoverin! the sa%e rays. *o%e o3 the%
    have clai%e& +riority o3 &iscovery. Certain it is, they ha& o1serve& %any o3 the Q-ray
    +heno%ena, 1ut #ithout inter+retin! the% ari!ht. ,t is interestin! to note that Crookes, as
    early as 1CBF, use& a catho&e-ray tu1e #ith a concave catho&e an& +latinu% ano&e, a
    construction ty+ical 3or later -ont!en-ray tu1es, an& o3ten notice& that +hoto!ra+hic +lates
    store& near his catho&e tu1es #ere 3o!!e&; once he co%+laine& to the %anu3acturers o3 the
    +lates an& receive& their a+olo!ies7P8. 6t the ti%e o3 -ont!on:s &iscovery the Cos%ic Clock
    ha& a&vance& to 1CF<, t#o years short o3 the &ate %entione& 1y 0.$. Blavatsky in her
    +ro+hecyP
    , - T>E =-E1T= )23E1%
    *+urre& 1y the &iscovery o3 Q-rays, 6ntoine-0enry BecHuerel 71C<(-1FGC8, o3 the
    /niversity o3 $aris, 1e!an in 1CF= an eEtensive investi!ation o3 the li!ht-!ivin! +ro+erties o3
    +hos+horescent su1stances in !eneral. ,t still re%ains o1scure >ust #hy he chose uraniu%
    salts, as one o3 the 3irst su1stances. ,t %ay have 1een another one o3 those +eculiar
    2acci&ents2 #hich so o3ten 1eset the 3ootste+s o3 scientists.
    /sin! the &ou1le sul+hate o3 uraniu% an& +otassiu% o3 #hich he ha& crystals in the 3or%
    o3 a thin trans+arent crust, he %a&e the 3ollo#in! eE+eri%ent: U14V
    2, #ra++e& a )u%iere +hoto!ra+hic +late #ith 1ro%iAe& e%ulsion on it in t#o sheets o3
    thick 1lack +a+er, so thick that the +lates &i& not 1eco%e clou&e& 1y eE+osure to the sun 3or a
    #hole
    --- 14
    &ay. , +lace& on the +a+er a +late o3 the +hos+horscent su1stance an& eE+ose& the #hole
    thin! to the sun 3or several hours. When , &evelo+e& the +hoto!ra+hic +late , sa# the
    silhouette o3 the +hos+horescent su1stance in 1lack on the ne!ative. ,3 , +lace& 1et#een the
    +hos+horescent su1stance an& the +a+er a coin or a %etallic screen +ierce& #ith an o+en-
    #ork &esi!n, the i%a!e o3 these o1>ects a++eare& on the ne!ative.2
    /raniu% salts, there3ore, eE+ose& 3irst to sunli!ht, !ave o33 rays #hich coul& +enetrate
    o+aHue %atter an& +ro&uce che%ical chan!es in silver salts. That %uch ha& 1een eE+ecte&,
    at least consi&ere& +ossi1le. But the 3ollo#in! #as so%e#hat &isconcertin!:
    2, +articularly insist on the 3ollo#in! 3act, #hich a++ears to %e eEcee&in!ly i%+ortant an&
    not in accor& #ith the +heno%ena #hich one %i!ht eE+ect to o1serve; the sa%e encruste&
    crystals +lace& #ith res+ect to the +hoto!ra+hic +lates in the sa%e con&itions an& actin!
    throu!h the sa%e screens, 1ut +rotecte& 3ro% the eEcitation o3 inci&ent rays an& ke+t in the
    &ark, still +ro&uce the sa%e +hoto+hic e33ects. , %ay relate ho# , #as le& to %ake this
    o1servation: a%on! the +rece&in! eE+eri%ents so%e ha& 1een %a&e rea&y on We&nes&ay
    the (=th an& Thurs&ay the (Bth o3 Fe1ruary an& as on those &ays the sun only sho#e& itsel3
    inter%ittently, , ke+t %y arran!e%ents all +re+are& an& +ut 1ack the hol&ers in the &ark in the
    &ra#er o3 the case, an& le3t in +lace the crusts o3 uraniu% salt. *ince the sun &i& not sho#
    itsel3 a!ain 3or several &ays , &evelo+e& the +hoto!ra+hic +lates on the lst o3 March,
    eE+ectin! to 3in& the i%a!es very 3ee1le. The silhouettes a++eare& on the contrary #ith !reat
    intensity...2
    The +lates ha& 1een +o#er3ully a33ecte&. /raniu% salts #ere !ivin! o33 rays 1y
    the%selves, #ithout 1ein! eE+ose& to sunli!ht. "e# eE+eri%ents con3ir%e& it. ;E+eri%ents
    con&ucte& #ith %etallic uraniu% +ro&uce& !reatly intensi3ie& results. "atural ra&ioactivity ha&
    1een &iscovere&. The 3oun&ations o3 nineteenth-century science #ere &an!erously shaken.
    --- 19
    ,2 - A 1E) E-A 21 %(2E1(E 3A)1%
    Follo#in! the +ath so 1rilliantly tro&&en 1y Crookes, another !reat li!ht o3 %o&ern
    science, *ir 5ose+h 5ohn Tho%son, U19V then Caven&ish $ro3essor o3 ;E+eri%ental $hysics
    at Ca%1ri&!e, en!a!e& in syste%atic eE+eri%ents on the %a!netic &e3lection o3 catho&e-
    rays. By %easurin! its curvature, he conclusively +rove& that they consiste& o3 ne!atively
    char!e& 2+articles2 +ossessin! a %ass eHual to a1out 1S1CGG o3 that o3 a hy&ro!en ato%, u+
    to then consi&ere& as the s%allest unit o3 %atter. 0e 3urther%ore sho#e& that these
    2+articles,2 as he calle& the%, are o3 the sa%e ty+e 3ro% #hatever !as or catho&e %aterial
    they are +ro&uce&. 0e soon announce& the% to 1e uni*ersal constituents of all substances.
    The har&, inelastic, 1illiar&-1all ato%, as conceive& 1y 1Fth century +hysics, coul& no lon!er
    1e %aintaine&. What Crookes ha& sur%ise& re!ar&in! the catho&e-rays ha& 1een +rove&.
    The electrical or 2electronic2 nature o3 all %atter ha& 1een &e%onstrate&.
    *ir 5.5. Tho%son %a&e his 3irst announce%ent in a &iscourse 1e3ore the -oyal ,nstitution.
    The Cos%ic Clock +ointe& to April 29+ 1897. U1<V
    ,n the sa%e year, the e+och-%akin! researches o3 ;&ison, 0ertA, $o+o33, an& others : on
    the electro%a!netic #aves, eventuate& in the +ractical utiliAation o3 the% 1y Marconi, an& the
    1irth o3 -adio.
    The %ountin! %o%entu% o3 the o+enin! cycle ushere& in the astoun&in! &iscoveries o3
    ra&iu% 71CFC8, in&uce& ra&ioactivity, the trans%utation o3 ele%ents, the !ranular structure o3
    ener!y 71FG18, an& others, +unctuate& 1y such na%es as $ierre an& Marie Curie, -uther3or&,
    -a%sey, *o&&y, $lanck, until ;instein #i+e& the scienti3ic sta!e clean o3 #hat re%aine& o3 the
    2a1solutis%2 o3 ol&, an& Bohr, 0ahn, Fer%i an& Meitner +ave& the #ay 3or the ulti%ate
    li1eration o3 nuclear ener!y in our ti%e.
    --- 1<
    26 lar!e rent2 in&ee& #as 2%a&e in the Ieil o3 "ature,2 an& %aterialistic science ha&
    receive& 2its &eath-1lo#2P
    Witness the testi%ony o3 t#entieth-century *ciences:
    2:The 3uture o3 +hysics is in the 3i3th &eci%al +lace.: *uch #as the o+inion seriously, an&
    a little sa&ly, hel& 1y %any &istin!uishe& classical +hysicists >ust 1e3ore the turn o3 the
    t#entieth century. The nineteenth century - the century o3 +ro!ress - they %ourne& 1ecause it
    ha& +ro!resse& so triu%+hantly that it ha& le3t the% #ith nothin! %ore eEcitin! to &o than
    calculate +hysical constants to the 3i3th &eci%al +lace.
    2Then, a1ru+tly, everythin! chan!e&. Within ten years the &iscoveries o3 -oent!en,
    BecHuerel, $ierre an& Marie Curie, -uther3or&, *a&&y, MaE $lanck, 5.5. Tho%son, 6l1ert
    ;instein, an& others ha& co%+letely revolutioniAe& the ol&er classical +hysics an& o+ene&
    entirely ne# #orl&s to conHuer insi&e the ato% an& outsi&e the solar syste%.2 U1=V
    2What is no# !enerally kno#n as the electron theory ha& its ince+tion in the latter +art o3
    the 1Fth century >ust a3ter the voci3erous %aterialists o3 that ti%e ha& su++lie& the ans#er to
    +ractically everythin!. Dar#in ha& !one into retire%ent, 0uEley ha& eEhauste& hi%sel3 in
    a&oration o3 his theory. The che%ists #ere !ettin! alon! nicely an& +hysics ha& settle& &o#n
    to &o heaven only kno#s #hat #hen startlin! thin!s 1e!an to ha++en. Theories 1uilt on san&
    slu%+e& a#ay an& lar!e Huestion %arks 1e!an to haunt the #akin! an& slee+in! hours o3 the
    savants #hose occu+ations ha& only recently 1eco%e &ull an& so%e#hat unins+irin! the ol&
    school #as in 3ull retreat. $hysics #as totally at sea. ,t #as %o%entarily stunne& 1y an
    avalanche o3 +on&erous Huestions. The last soli& 1rick ha& 3allen 3ro% the e&i3ice o3
    %aterialis% an& the neat little syste% o3 cate!ories an& +i!eon-holes it ha& so la1oriously
    arran!e& ha& 3allen #ith a sickenin! thu&.2 U1BV

    --- 1=
    2Mo&ern nuclear +hysics %ay 1e sai& to have s+run! 3ro% the tri+le scienti3ic &iscoveries
    that illu%ine& the years 1CF< to 1CFB . . . There is no %ore reason no# than there #as in
    1F1F #hen -uther3or& 3irst trans%ute& %atter to 1elieve that the conte%+orary &iscover is the
    +innacle o3 scienti3ic achieve%ent.2 U1CV
    2The history o3 science a1oun&s #ith instances #hen a ne# conce+t or &iscovery has
    le& to tre%en&ous a&vances into vast ne# 3iel&s o3 kno#le&!e an& art #hose eEistence ha&
    hitherto 1een unsus+ecte&. The &iscoveries o3 Galileo, Fara&ay an& $asteur are such
    instances. But, to %y notion, no such instance has 1een so &ra%atic as the &iscovery o3 the
    electron, the tiniest thin! in the universe, #hich #ithin one !eneration has trans3or%e& a
    sta!nant science o3 +hysics, a &escri+tive science o3 che%istry an& a sterile science o3
    astrono%y into &yna%ically &evelo+in! sciences 3rau!ht #ith intellectual a&venture,
    interrelatin! inter+retations an& +ractical values.2 U1FV
    ----------------------
    NOT1S5
    - 1. ,n this series o3 articles, it is inten&e& to thro# so%e li!ht on the inti%ate relation 1et#een
    the &iscoveries o3 %o&ern *cience an& the teachin!s o3 ccultis%, an& to in&icate the
    +resence o3 a !ui&in! in3luence, not !enerally acce+te&, #hich %a&e itsel3 3elt +rior to, an&
    &urin!, the %a>or 2scienti3ic revolution2 at the turn o3 the century. 6n e33ort #ill 1e %a&e to
    trace the connection 1et#een certain scienti3ic research o3 the ti%e an& the %o&ern
    Theoso+hical Move%ent.
    - (. Iol. 1, ++. =11-1(
    - 4. The 1e& )orld of 7hysical 3isco*ery+ 1y Floy& ). Darro#, +. 4
    - 9. A >istory of %cience, 1y W%. C.D. Da%+ier-Whatha%, +. Evii
    --- 1B
    - <. Willia% Crookes #as 1orn in a tailor:s 3a%ily, 5une 1B, 1C4(. 6t siEteen he entere& the
    ne#ly esta1lishe& -oyal Colle!e o3 Che%istry. 63ter several years o3 &ili!ent stu&y, he
    1eca%e 6ssistant in the -a&cli33e 1servatory., E3or&, an& later )ecturer on Che%istry at
    Chester Trainin! Colle!e. ,n 1C<F, he 3oun&e& the (hemical 1e&s. Most o3 his li3e #as s+ent
    in )on&on. ,n 1C=1, he &iscovere& the ne# ele%ent thalliu%. Durin! the years 1CBG-B9,
    Crookes, #ith characteristic in&e+en&ence o3 s+irit. un&ertook an investi!ation o3 +sychic an&
    %e&iu%istic +heno%ena #hich, on account o3 their strictly scienti3ic 1asis, have 1eco%e
    classical. This 1rou!ht &o#n on hi% the ire o3 entrenche& scienti3ic conservatis%. Crookes
    never retreate& 3ro% his ori!inal +osition an& his &e&uctions. While en!a!e& at various ti%es
    in his li3e in a variety o3 scienti3ic researches, Crookes is 1est kno#n 3or his e+och-%akin!
    investi!ations o3 electrical &ischar!es in hi!h-vacuas an& his re%arka1le vie#s on the
    structure o3 %atter, #hich +ave& the #ay 3or the &iscovery o3 the electron. 0e 1eca%e
    $resi&ent o3 the British 6ssociation in 1CFC, an& o3 the -oyal *ociety in 1F14. 0e #as also
    $resi&ent o3 the *ociety 3or $sychical -esearch. ,n 1CC4, he >oine& the Theoso+hical *ociety,
    an& 1eca%e Counselor o3 its )on&on )o&!e. 0e &ie& 6+ril 9, 1F1F.
    - =. 7roc$ -oy$ %oc., 1CB=, Iol. EEv, +. 4GC
    - B. 2n The ,llu%ation o3 )ines o3 Molecular $ressure an& the Tra>ectory o3 Molecules,2 7roc$
    -oy$ %oc... 1CBC, Iol. EEvii, ++. 1G4 et seH. 761stract8
    - C. Juote& in The 'ife of %ir )illiam (rooes, 1y ;.;. Fournier &:6l1e.
    - F. Floy& ). Darro#, /p$ cit$+ ++. 1F1-(
    - 1G. 4amous (hemists9 The Men and Their )or+ ;.$. Dutton K Co., " Dork, lF(1, ++. (<F,
    (B1-(
    - 11. Juote& in 'a -e*ue %pirite 7$aris8, Fe1ruary, 1CCG
    - 1(. -ont!en:s ori!inal %ono!ra+h on this su1>ect, entitle& 0eber eine neue Art *on %trahlen+
    7n a "e# ?in& o3 -ays8, an& &ate& Dece%1er (C, 1CF<, a++eare& in the %itEun#sberichte
    der 7hysiulish-MediEinischen Eu )urEbur#, Dec, 1CF<, Iol. cEEEvii. This #as the 3irst o3
    three consecutive +a+ers on the su1>ect. ;n!lish transl. in 1ature 7)on&.8, Iol. <4, ++. (B9 et
    se".
    - 14. The eEtracts Huote& are 3ro% the ori!inal +a+ers 1y 0enry BecHuerel, entitle& %ur lea
    -adiations Emises
    --- 1C
    7ar 7hosphorescence 7n -a&iations ;%itte& 1y $hos+horescence8, +u1lishe& in (omptes
    -endus, 6ca&. *ci., $aris, Iol. 1((, Fe1 (9, 1CF=; ++. 9(G-1, an& Mch. (, 1CF=, ++. <G1-G4.
    - 19. Born in Manchester, Dec. 1C, 1C<=. ;&ucate& in his native city an& later at Trinity
    Colle!e, #here he #as a++ointe& )ecturer in 1CC4. 6 %an note& in the &o%ain o3 +hysics 3or
    the i%a!inative ran!e an& 3ertility o3 his #ork. /n&er his &irection 71CC9-1F1C8 the Caven&ish
    )a1oratory 1eca%e one o3 the #orl&:s %ost 3a%ous la1oratories o3 +hysics. n his retire%ent
    3ro% this +ost, Tho%son 1eca%e Master o3 Trinity Colle!e. ,n 1FG= he #as a#ar&e& the
    "o1el $riAe in $hysics. 0e &ie& in 1F9G.
    - 1<. To%son:s ori!inal %ono!ra+h &ealt #ith the relation o3 char!e to %ass o3 catho&e-ray
    2+articles.2 ,t #as +u1lishe& in the 7hilosophical Ma#aEine 7)on&.8, *er. <, Iol. Eliv, cto1er,
    1CFB, ++. (F4 et se". 0is 3inal conclusions on the nature o3 these 2+articles2 #ere announce&
    on *e+te%1er 1=, 1CFF, to the $hysics *ection o3 the British 6ssociation. This +a+er
    a++eare& in the sa%e %a!aAine, *er. <, Iol lEviii, 1CFF, ++. <=9 et se".
    The convenient ter% electron #as intro&uce& 1y Dr. 5ohnston *toney a 3e# years earlier,
    to &enote the unit o3 electricity carrie& 1y the ato% o3 hy&ro!en in electrolysis. ,t soon 1eca%e
    a&o+te& 3or Tho%son:s 2+articles.2
    - 1=. The Autobio#raphy of %cience, e&ite& 1y Forest -ay Moulton K 5ustus 5. *chi33eres,
    Dou1le&ay, Doran K Co. "e# Dork, 1F9<, $. 9C9
    - 1B. These AmaEin# Electrons, -ay%on& F. Dates, Mac%illan Co., "e# Dork, 1F4B, ++. 11-1(
    - 1C. Dr. 6.?. *olo%on, o3 the /.*. "ational -esearch Council, in 4ortune+ May, 1F9=, +. 11<
    - 1F. Dr. ?arl T. Co%+ton, s+eakin! in Dece%1er, 1F4=, as retirin! $resi&ent o3 the 6%erican
    6ssociation 3or the 6&vance%ent o3 *cience. %cience 7"e# Dork8, 5anuary C. 1F4B
    -------------
    7The a1ove article has 1een re+rinte& 3ro% the 5an.- Fe1., 1F9B, #1B issue o3
    Theosophia. - ;&. $roto!onos8
    ''''''''''''''''''''''''
    --- 1F
    SCI1NC1 AND TH1OSOPH6
    The 3ollo#in! consists o3 Huotes 3ro% Theoso+hical #ritin!s alon! #ith co%%ents 3ro%
    %ore recent scienti3ic +ers+ective. The co%%entary is su+er3icial 1ut an i&ea can 1e !aine&
    o3 the tre%en&ous insi!ht o3 Theoso+hical literature o3 a hun&re& years a!o. The &i33iculty a
    hun&re& years a!o o3 tryin! to relay i&eas to the #estern %in& #hich ha& no conce+ts or
    #or&s 3or the i&eas #oul& 1e o1vious. The electron ha& not yet 1een &iscovere& an& the ato%
    #as vie#e& as a sort o3 inelastic 1illiar& 1all, #ithout the hun&re&-o&& su1ato%ic +articles #e
    no# kno# o3 &ue to the %arvelous &iscoveries o3 su1ato%ic +hysics. n the &i33iculty o3
    !ettin! ;astern occult i&eas across to the #estern %in&, ?.0. #rites in the Mahat%a )etters:
    2We #ill 1e at cross +ur+oses in our corres+on&ence until it has 1een %a&e entirely +lain
    that occult science has its o#n %etho&s o3 research as 3iEe& an& ar1itrary as the %etho&s o3
    its antithesis +hysical science are in their #ay. ,3 the latter has its &icta so also has the 3or%er;
    an& he #ho
    --- (G
    #oul& cross the 1oun&ary o3 the unseen #orl& can no %ore +rescri1e ho# he #ill +rocee&
    than the traveler #ho tries to +enetrate to the inner su1terranean recesses o3 ):0assa - the
    1lesse&, coul& sho# the #ay to his !ui&e. . . . 0o# shall , teach you to rea& an& #rite or even
    co%+rehen& a lan!ua!e o3 #hich no al+ha1et palpable, or #or&s audible to you have yet
    1een invente&P 0o# coul& the +heno%ena o3 our %o&ern electrical science 1e eE+laine& to -
    say, a Greek +hiloso+her o3 the &ays o3 $tole%y #ere he su&&enly recalle& to li3e - #ith such
    an un1ri&!e& hiatus in &iscovery as #oul& eEist 1et#een his an& our a!e. Woul& not the very
    technical ter%s 1e to hi% an unintelli!i1le >ar!on, an a1raca&a1ra o3 %eanin!less soun&s,
    an& the very instru%ents an& a++aratuses use&, 1ut :%iraculous: %onstrosities.2 7M)s ++. =,
    4G8
    T>E AT/M
    n the 1CCG:s vie# o3 the in&ivisi1le nature o3 the ato%, 0$B #rites:
    2,t is on the &octrine o3 the illusive nature o3 %atter, an& the in3inite &ivisi1ility o3 the ato%,
    that the #hole science o3 ccultis% is 1uilt. ,t o+ens li%itless horiAons to substance in3or%e&
    1y the &ivine 1reath o3 its soul in every +ossi1le state o3 tenuity, states still un&rea%t o3 1y the
    %ost s+iritually &is+ose& che%ists an& +hysicists.2 7*D , + <(G8
    6n& also:
    2. ... on the neEt hi!her +lane, that sin!le ele%ent #hich is &e3ine& on our earth 1y current
    science, as the ulti%ate un&eco%+osa1le constituent o3 so%e kin& o3 %atter, #oul& 1e
    +ronounce& in the #orl& o3 a hi!her s+iritual +erce+tion as so%ethin! very co%+leE in&ee&.
    ur +urest #ater #oul& 1e 3oun& to yiel&, instea& o3 its t#o &eclare& si%+le ele%ents o3
    oEy!en an& hy&ro!en, %any other constituents, un&rea%t o3 1y our terrestrial %o&ern
    che%istry.2 7*D , +. <9(8
    --- (1
    20o# &o they kno# that those very 1o&ies no# calle& :ele%entary ato%s: are not in their
    turn co%+oun& 1o&ies or %olecules, #hich, #hen analyAe& #ith still !reater %inuteness, %ay
    sho# containin! in the%selves the real, +ri%or&ial, ele%entary !lo1ules, the #ross
    encase%ent o3 the still 3iner ato% - s+ark - the s+ark o3 ),F;, the source o3 ;lectricity -
    M6TT;- stillP2 7BCW ,I + (1=8
    With the &iscovery o3 the electron, the ele%entary +article o3 electricity, 1y 5.5. Tho%son
    in 1CFB, 0$B:s +re&iction #as 3ul3ille&. ;lectricity is no# seen as another 3or% o3 %atter. The
    2still 3iner ato%-s+ark2 0$B re3ers to is #hat Theoso+hy calls the 2li3e-ato%2. There are li3e-
    ato%s 3or each s+here o3 1ein!, an& on one level o3 hierarchy, %an hi%sel3 is such a li3e-
    ato%. n the +hysical level in G. &e $urucker:s vie#, these essential ener!ies or li3e-s+arks
    are e%1o&ie& in the electron an& other su1ato%ic +articles. 7see $urucker:s /ccult .lossary8
    %TATE% /4 MATTE-
    2Western *cience has still three a&&itional states o3 %atter to &iscover,2 7Mahatma 'etters,
    +. 4918
    The three states o3 %atter kno#n in the 1CCG:s #ere soli&, liHui&, an& !as. 6 3ourth state o3
    %atter is no# kno#n an& la1ele& 2$las%a2 - thus veri3yin! the a&e+t:s +re&iction. $las%a is
    create& #hen a !as is heate& a1ove (GGG C resultin! in electrons esca+in! the %olecule an&
    creatin! a hi!hly ioniAe& or +olariAe& !as. $las%a thus res+on&s to a %a!netic 3iel& an& is
    likely the 2%a!netic %atter2 re3erre& to 1y ?.0. as eEistin! in the *un 7M)s ++. 1=4-<8. $las%a
    is 3or%e& in 3usion reactions, #hich is #hy controlle& 3usion reactions are &i33icult to %aintain,
    as the +las%a #ill %elt any container it co%es in contact #ith an& %ust 1e sus+en&e& 1y
    %a!netic 3iel&.
    --- ((
    T>E %01
    2Can one i%a!ine the :*un:s 3ires 3e& #ith purely mineral %atter: - #ith %eteorites hi!hly
    char!e& #ith hy&ro!en !ivin! the :*un a 3ar-reachin! at%os+here o3 i!nite& !as:. We no&
    that the in*isible *un is co%+ose& o3 that #hich has neither na%e, nor can it 1e co%+are& to
    anythin! kno#n 1y your science - on earth; an& that its :re3lection: contains still less o3
    anythin! like :!ases,: %ineral %atter, or fire, thou!h even #e #hen treatin! o3 it in your
    civiliAe& ton!ue are co%+elle& to use such eE+ressions as :va+our: an& :%a!netic %atter:, . . .
    The *un is neither a solid nor a li"uid, nor yet a !aseous !lo#; 1ut a !i!antic 1all o3
    electro%a!netic Forces, the store-house o3 universal life an& motion...2 7M)s +. 1=<8
    ,n 1CCG:s ter%inolo!y, #hen the *un #as 1elieve& to 1e a 1urnin! 1all o3 !ases as there
    #as no other +heno%enon kno#n to &escri1e it, a 3usion reaction in the *un coul& har&ly 1e
    &escri1e& 1etter than a 2!i!antic 1all o3 electro%a!netic 3orces2. This veri3ies a&e+t
    kno#le&!e o3 +hysical +rocesses 1eyon& kno#le&!e at the ti%e. ,n several +laces in
    Theoso+hical literature the visi1le sun is s+oken o3 as the 2re3lection2 o3 the real, invisi1le
    *un. The use o3 2re3lection2 +ro1a1ly has the sa%e %eanin! as sayin! the 1o&y is the
    re3lection o3 the invisi1le soul. The s+len&or o3 the visi1le *un in&icates #hat a %a!ni3icent
    1ein! it %ust serve as a vehicle 3or.
    (/MET% A13 2%/T/7E%
    2The s+ectrosco+e only sho#s the +ro1a1le si%ilarity 7on eEternal evi&ence8 o3
    terrestrial an& si&ereal su1stance; it is una1le to !o any 3arther, or to sho# #hether ato%s
    !ravitate to#ar&s one another in the sa%e #ay an& un&er the sa%e con&itions as they are
    su++ose& to &o on our +lanet, +hysically an& che%ically. The scale o3 te%+erature, 3ro% the
    hi!hest &e!ree to the lo#est that can 1e conceive& o3, %ay 1e i%a!ine& to 1e one
    --- (4
    an& the sa%e in an& 3or the #hole /niverse; nevertheless, its +ro+erties, other than those o3
    &issociation an& reassociation, &i33er on every +lanet; an& thus ato%s enter into ne# 3or%s o3
    eEistence, un&rea%t o3, an& inco!niAa1le to, +hysical science. ...the essence o3 Co%etary
    %atter, 3or instance, is totally &i33erent 3ro% any o3 the che%ical or +hysical characteristics #ith
    #hich the !reatest che%ists an& +hysicists o3 the earth are acHuainte& . . . 6n& even that
    %atter, &urin! ra+i& +assa!e throu!h our at%os+here, un&er!oes a certain chan!e in its
    nature. Thus not alone the ele%ents o3 our +lanets, 1ut even those o3 all its sisters in the
    *olar *yste%, &i33er as #i&ely 3ro% each other in their co%1inations, as 3ro% the Cos%ic
    ele%ents 1eyon& our *olar li%its. There3ore, they cannot 1e taken as a stan&ar& 3or
    co%+arison #ith the sa%e in other #orl&s.2 7*D 1, ++. l9(-48
    6s note& in a recent (anadian Theosophist 7May-5une :CF8 investi!ation 3ro% the 1FC=
    +assa!e o3 0alley:s Co%et in&icates 2that the ratio 1et#een Car1on 1( an& Car1on 14 in
    0alley &i33ers 3ro% all other so-lar syste% o1>ects eEa%ine&, inclu&in! terrestrial an& lunar
    rocks, %eteorites an& the at%os+here o3 lar!e +lanets.2 accor&in! to astrono%er Dr. *usan
    Wycko33 o3 6riAona *tate /niversity. 7(al#ary >erald, 4S4SCF8 Car1on 1( an& Car1on 14 are
    isoto+es o3 Car1on. ,soto+es o3 an ele%ent are ato%s #hich +ossess the sa%e ato%ic
    nu%1er 7nu%1er o3 +rotons in the nucleus #hich is 1alance& 1y an eHual nu%1er o3
    ne!atively-char!e& or1itin! electrons8 1ut have &i33erent ato%ic #ei!hts or %asses &ue to
    &i33erent nu%1ers o3 neutrally-char!e& neutrons in the nucleus. 6to%s #ith the sa%e ato%ic
    nu%1er 7nu%1er o3 +rotons or electrons8 lar!ely %ake the sa%e che%ical co%1inations
    re!ar&less o3 &i33erin! isoto+es or ato%ic #ei!ht 7nu%1er o3 neutrons8. ,soto+es o3 an ele%ent
    &o have sli!htly &i33erin! che%ical an& +hysical +ro+erties 7as +erha+s in3erre& 1y 0$B8 such
    as rate o3 &i33usion an& reaction - other#ise they coul& never 1e &etecte&.
    ,n the 1CCG:s science #as not s+eci3ically a#are o3 the isoto+es o3 &i33erent ele%ents,
    althou!h Crookes an& +ossi1ly others sus+ecte& the%, Fe# ele%ents are
    --- (9
    KKdia#ram of carbon 12+ 1J 6 14LL
    --- (<
    +ure an& o3 only one ato%ic #ei!ht, Most are a %iEture o3 &i33erent isoto+es, #hich is #hy on
    the +erio&ic chart ato%ic #ei!hts are !iven in &eci%als rather than #hole nu%1ers. Tin 3or
    instance, has t#o sta1le isoto+es an& a nu%1er o3 ra&ioactive ones.
    "o &ou1t %a!netic an&Sor unkno#n con&itions a33ect #hich isoto+es +re&o%inate in an
    ele%ent - #hich coul& lea& to the conclusion that si!ni3icant %a!netic an& other &i33erences
    on +lanetary 1o&ies #oul& lea& to +re&o%inance o3 &i33erent isoto+es. 2...none o3 the so-calle&
    ele%ents #ere, in the three +rece&in! -oun&s, as they are no#.2 #rites 0$B in the %ecret
    3octrine. 7*D ,, +. (<48 Con&itions chan!e on +lanets accor&in! to their state o3 evolution an&
    #hat roun& they are in. $lanets in a &i33erent roun& 3ro% our o#n 3ourth roun& %i!ht have a
    #hole &i33erent array o3 isoto+es 3ro% earth:s. 6s %eteors, co%ets an& +erha+s even li!ht
    co%e #ithin earth:s in3luence, they coul& un&er!o chan!es &ue to 3ourth roun& %a!netic an&
    other con&itions that eEist in our real% o3 s+ace.
    %7A(E
    The Theoso+hical teachin! a1out the vast eE+anse o3 see%in! near vacuu% 1et#een
    cos%ic 1o&ies is that it really is not 2e%+ty2 or a vacuu%, 1ut %atter in its <th, =th, an& Bth
    states #hich is i%+erce+ti1le to our senses 7>ust as-the 9th state o3 %atter, +las%a, #as
    unkno#n until #e #ere a1le to %anu3acture an& %easure it.8
    $lanets, suns, an& other cos%ic 1o&ies %i!ht 1e likene& to vorteEes 7laya +oints8 in
    +ri%or&ial %atter in #hich %atter in its hi!her states in 2ste++e& &o#n: a 3e# levels into our
    3a%iliar states o3 %atter. Matter co%in! in contact #ith such a vorteE %i!ht 1e a33ecte& also 1y
    the +articlar nature o3 the cos%ic 1o&y as 3lo#in! #ater is a33ecte& 1y an e&&y in the current.
    6 co%et or %eteorite sailin! throu!h s+ace %y 1e a33ecte& in its constituents 7ty+es o3
    isoto+es or other unkno#n e33ects8 as it co%es #ithin the in3luence o3 earth or other cos%ic
    1o&y an& the +articular nature o3 2e&&y in the current.2 Blavatsky clai%s that co%etary %atter
    is in its <th an& =th state until it co%es #ithin the in3luence o3 the solar syste% an& then is
    --- (=
    +resu%a1ly ste++e& &o#n to a visi1le state. 7*D , +. 1G18
    The %o&ern o+inion o3 the source o3 the *un:s i%%ense ener!y is that it is consu%in!
    itsel3 in a 3usion reaction. The Theoso+hic +osition see%s to 1e that the sun continually
    re+lenishes itsel3 as it travels throu!h s+ace, a++arently takin! in %atter in its hi!her invisi1le
    states, ste++in! it &o#n an& usin! it, an& then eEhaustin! it as it +asses - %uch as a 3ish
    takes #ater throu!h its !ills as it s#i%s throu!h the sea. Blavatsky #rites in the %ecret
    3octrine:
    26 theory o3 this kin& havin! 1een +ro+oun&e& 1y *ir Willia% Grove . . . #ho theoriAe& that
    the syste%s :are !ra&ually chan!in! 1y at%os+heric a&&itions or su1tractions, or 1y
    accretions an& &i%inutions arisin! 3ro% ne1ular su1stances,: . . . an& a!ain that :the *un %ay
    con&ense !aseous %atter as it travels in *+ace an& so heat %ay 1e +ro&uce&: - the archaic
    teachin! see%s scienti3ic enou!h, even in this a!e. Mr. W. Mattieu Willia%s su!!este& that
    the &i33use& %atter or ;ther #hich is the reci+ient o3 the heat ra&iations o3 the /niverse is
    there1y &ra#n into the &e+ths o3 the solar %ass. ;E+ellin! thence the +reviously con&ense&
    an& ther%ally eEhauste& ;ther, it 1eco%es co%+resse& an& !ives u+ its heat, to 1e in turn
    itsel3 &riven out in a rari3ie& an& coole& state, to a1sor1 a 3resh su++ly o3 heat, #hich he
    su++oses to 1e in this #ay taken u+ 1y the ;ther, an& a!ain concentrate& an& re&istri1ute& 1y
    the *uns o3 the /niverse.2 7*D , +. 1G(8
    (/%M2( 30%T
    2...since they 7scientists -e&.8 acce+t the 3act that the relative &istri1ution an& +ro+ortion o3
    lan& an& #ater on our !lo1e may be due to the !reat accu%ulation u+on it o3 %eteoric-&ust...
    --- (B
    *cience havin! luckily &iscovere&, that, as our earth #ith all the other +lanets is carrie& alon!
    throu!h s+ace, it receives a !reater +ro+ortion o3 that &ust %atter on its northern than on its
    southern he%is+here, kno#s that to this are
    &ue the +re+on&eratin! nu%1er o3 the continents in the 3or%er he%is+here...2 7M)s, ++. 1=1-
    (8
    Whether or not it is current theory that the continents are +artly the result o3 1uil& u+ o3
    cos%ic &ust , can:t say. , &o not recall ever rea&in! or hearin! o3 this theory, even in colle!e
    courses in Geolo!y an& Geo!ra+hy. ,3, as state& in an e&itorial colu%n in the cto1er, :CF
    4ate %a!aAine,, 4G, tons &aily o3 cos%ic &ust settles on the earth, it certainly #oul&
    see% incontroverti1le. By very rou!h calculations, consi&erin! that a cu1ic 3oot o3 %eteoric
    &ust #oul& #ei!h 3orty +oun&s, an& that %ost all the &ust #oul& 3all on the northern
    he%is+here 7the earth is tilte& over (4o on its aEis in re3erence to its +lane o3 or1it, an& so
    %ost &ust #oul& hit on the northern he%is+here on the sa%e +rinci+le that %ost rain hits your
    3ront #in&shiel& #hile travelin! &o#n the roa&8, then in a1out a 1illion years over 1GGG 3oot o3
    %eteoric &irt #oul& 1lanket the northern he%is+here. While lan& %asses are constantly an&
    %inutely raisin! an& sinkin!, this !reat Huantity o3 se&i%ent has to 1e si!ni3icant. "o#
    technolo!y has resulte& in &iscoveries that %i!ht 1e !er%ane to this:
    2"e# surveys usin! a&vance& &e+th-i%a!in! eHui+%ent reveal that less than t#o %iles
    1elo# the %onotonously rollin! 3ar%s o3 hio, ,llinois, an& Missouri lies an ancient lan&sca+e
    o3 i%+osin! %ountain ran!es an& se&i%entary 1asins - even volcanos. . . . De+loyin! earth-
    shakin! seis%ic trucks an& !eo+hones that &etect su1terranean echoes, scientists have
    1e!un to #ork u+ a co%+uter +ortrait o3 the re!ion:s sur3ace as it looke& %ore than a 1illion
    years a!o. -esearchers still &o not kno# the eEact nature o3 these ne#ly-&iscovere&
    !eolo!ical 3eatures.2 7%cience 3i#est, Dece%1er, :CC8
    Coul& these 3eatures 1e eE+laine& 1y an active !eolo!ical +erio& 1urie& 1y a 1illion years
    o3 %eteoric &ust an& sea se&i%ent.
    --- (C
    -A32/ TE'E%(/7E%
    2*cience #ill hear soun&s 3ro% certain +lanets 1e3ore she sees the%. This is a prophecy.2
    7M)s +. 1BG8
    $ro+hecy co%e trueP Cos%ic 1o&ies i%+erceiva1le #ith o+tic instru%ents have 1een
    &iscovere& 1y the use o3 ra&io telesco+es, 3irst &evelo+e& 1y Dr. ?arl 5ansky 1F(C - 4(,
    20earin!2 +lanets in s+ace %ust have see%e& a very stran!e +ro+hecy at the ti%e, 1ut
    %akes +er3ect sense #ith the &evelo+%ent o3 ra&io telesco+es, no# nearly as valua1le as
    o+tic instru%ents.
    MA.1ET2( 7/'E%
    2. . . one o3 these +oles revolves aroun& the north +ole in a +erio&ical cycle o3 several
    hun&re& years.2 7M)s +. 1=C8
    That the +oles %ove over ti%e , &o not 1elieve #as kno#n &e3initely a hun&re& years a!o,
    1ut is no# kno#n to 1e true. They are even kno#n to have s#itche& +laces at least nine ti%es
    over the +ast several %illion years.
    2. . . it is the north en& o3 the co%+ass nee&le that is the true north +ole, an& not the
    reverse as the current scienti3ic theory %aintains.2 7M)s, +. 1=C8
    This is no# hel& to 1e true 77hysics, D.C. Giancoli, $rentice-0all, 1FCG, +. 94B8, althou!h
    not a++arently !enerally kno#n as one current teEt1ook consulte& !ave the 1CGG:s vie#+ointP
    What #e call the north %a!netic +ole is actually the southern +ole o3 the earthLs %a!netic
    3iel&.
    '''''''''''''''
    --- (F
    "WH6 I N171R TIC: O44 A WAITR1SS"
    2, have a rule a!ainst re!isterin! co%+laints in a restaurant; 1ecause , kno# that there
    are thousan&s o3 %illions o3 suns in the Milky Way. Many o3 these suns are thousan&s o3
    ti%es lar!er than our o#n, an& vast %illions o3 the% have #hole +lanetary syste%s. 6n&, %in&
    you, this is only our o#n s%all corner - our o#n !alaEy. Within ran!e o3 our 1i!!est telesco+es
    there are at least one hun&re& %illion such !alaEies, an& so%e scientists 1elieve that the
    3arther you !o out into s+ace the thicker the !alaEies 1eco%e; an& there are %illions o3
    %illions as yet un&iscovere& 1y the scientist:s ca%era an& the astro+hysicist:s calculations.
    When you think o3 all this, it:s silly to #orry 1ecause the #aitress 1rou!ht you strin! 1eans
    instea& o3 1rea& 1eans.2
    UFro% (orrespondin# 4ollo&s 'od#e 5ulletin+ N1=9, 3ro% -eader?s 3i#est, 3ro%
    Accordin# to Me, 1y 0arry Gol&en.V
    ''''''''''''''''''''''''''
    --- 4G
    TH1OSOPHICA0 HISTOR6
    The 3ollo#in! is eEtracts 3ro% a %eetin! o3 Dr. 0enry 6. *%ith, $resi&ent o3 the 6%erican
    *ection o3 The Theoso+hical *ociety, 76&yar8 #ith ). Gor&on $lu%%er, 0.W. De%+ster an&
    W.;. *%all. The %eetin! #as hel& 6+ril (. 1F=( at 4141 McCall *treet, *an Die!o, Cali3ornia
    70.W. De%+ster:s ho%e8.
    --------
    3r$ %mith; 2, a% anEious to kno# i3 you are associate& into an or!aniAe& !rou+ or are
    co%+letely 3ree-lance.2
    Ans&er; 2We are 3ree...2
    3r$ %mith; 2, have no +lans o3 any kin&. The only thin! is that it see%s to %e that you
    are really not a%or+hous 1ut really are or!aniAe&. , sense it as a vital !rou+, even i3 s%all;
    an& it #oul& 1e a sha%e not to eEert its in3luence as 3ar as it is +ossi1le. , have 3oun&
    so%ethin! that , have a++reciate& a !reat &eal; that is, that there is a !reat &eal o3 #hat you
    %i!ht call an esoteric a++roach to Theoso+hy, not %erely a stu&y o3 the su+er3icial as+ects or
    the &o!%atic as+ects o3 it, 1ut an in&ivi&ual a++roach, #hich , have note& in conversations
    an& corres+on&ence an& ta+es an& so on. , really a++reciate it...
    , have %a&e a +oint to stu&y so%e o3 &e $urucker:s #ork, #hich , have thorou!hly
    en>oye&, as , have tol& Gor&on $lu%%er . . .
    , think , can s+eak in an o33icial ca+acity 1ecause this is not %y attitu&e alone. ,t is true that
    it #as 3or%ulate& since , have taken o33ice, an& since then it has taken o33icial status, 1ut ,
    #ant you to kno# that every sin!le %e%1er o3 the Boar& o3 Directors 3eels as , &o, an& that it
    a++ears that the thin! #as rea&y to 1reak 3orth, an& 3or so%e reason &i& not co%e 3orth un&er
    the +ast a&%inistration or even 1e3ore that; an& it is no# not only in a national sense 1ut, i3
    you #ill s+eak to Boris, he #ill con3ir% this, that it eEists in an international sense - that #e
    realiAe that the &i33iculties that arose #hen the *ociety 1roke a+art #as essentially a %atter o3
    co%-
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    %unication, an& #oul& never have 1een un&er our +resent syste% o3 co%%unication. ,t #as a
    %atter o3 ina&eHuate co%%unication. , think it #as inten&e& to re%ain to!ether, an& , think it
    is i%+ortant 3or us not only to 1rin! it to!ether structurally on an or!aniAational 1asis 1ut
    certainly in#ar&ly. . . .
    ,3 any ti%e you 3eel that this attitu&e is !oin! to 1e %ore or less +er%anent an& you #ish
    to have a closer association, the &oor is al#ays o+en. But #e &o not #ant any sense o3
    coercion. ,t has to 1e a natural +rocess. The i%+ortant thin!, an& the thin! that , have 1een
    +ressin!, is a co%+lete revision o3 our attitu&e to#ar&s 5u&!e. 6n& that, 1y the #ay, *+inks
    ha& nothin! to &o #ith. , a++reciate his e33ort. , #ill tell you #hat 1rou!ht %e to it.
    , reache& into %y 3iles an& , 3oun& the 2White $a+ers2. . . #ritten 1y 6.B. a++roEi%ately in
    1CFB. They #ere a revie# o3 the #hole 75u&!e8 situation, a revie# o3 her +osition an& her
    attitu&e an& the attitu&e o3 the or!aniAation at that +articular ti%e. , &i& not see ho# any1o&y
    coul& rea& that #ithout rea&in! 1et#een the lines, an& it #as then that , 1e!an to sense that
    there %ust 1e another as+ect, another si&e to it. My 3irst thou!ht #as, , #ish , coul& !et in
    touch #ith one o3 you +eo+le that #e %i!ht eEchan!e 2White $a+ers2 . . . , >ust 3ollo#e& the
    3eelin! #ithin %e. ,t tol& %e that the 3irst thin! to &o #as to rea& 5u&!e, #hich , ha&n:t &one,
    an& in rea&in! 5u&!e , kno# 5u&!e, an& , 1eca%e %ore an& %ore convince& that it #as a
    %atter o3 3ailure o3 co%%unication at that ti%e. , 3elt that 5u&!e #as a Foun&er, an&
    3urther%ore he #as the 3irst $resi&ent o3 our *ociety in this country. , 3elt he shoul& 1e
    restore& to his +osition...
    , #oul& like to see these 1arriers 1roken &o#n %ore an& %ore in re!ar& to our society,
    #hich has 1een a 3ailure in +ressin! 3or#ar& 5u&!e:s teachin!, an& intro&ucin! &e $urucker:s
    teachin!, 1ecause they are theoso+hical . . .
    )ea&1eater . . . , #oul& like to see a 1reak &o#n there. , &o not %ean an acce+tance,
    %in& you, 1ut , %ean 1y that there %ust 1e so%e value there; there %ust 1e so%ethin! that
    he has intro&uce&. ne thin! , kno# he has intro&uce& is unortho&oEy. That is %ost &i33icult to
    han&le in the )ea&1eater situation. , %ysel3 ca%e into the *ociety as a )ea&1eater 1oy. There
    --- 4(
    is a 1asic value . . . , >ust ha& a &iscussion #ith $ro3essor Woo&. 0e sai& to %e that he 3elt
    that %any o3 )ea&1eater:s investi!ations #ere investi!ations o3 i%a!es that he ha& %entally
    create& an& there3ore not investi!ations o3 the thin!s that he says they #ere. , Huite a!ree
    that is a +ossi1ility, an& , think also he %a&e serious %istakes 1oth in his +ersonal li3e - 1ut
    that is his o#n 1usiness, eEce+t so 3ar as he ha& a ten&ency to +ro>ect this into the #ork,
    #hich is #here , #oul& have ha& %y criticis%. The other is that in this )ea&1eater teachin!
    there has 1een a very stron! ten&ency to#ar&s la1elin! the #hole universe as eEistin! >ust
    so-an&-so, #hen in reality it shoul& have 1een +ro1a1ly the a++roach o3 the scientist, 2These
    are the +ossi1ilities2 instea& o3 2This is so an& so2; in other #or&s, in his teachin! the #hole
    universe #as o3 various +lanes, as thou!h they #ere onion skin layers; an& that is the #ay #e
    acce+te& it, instea& o3 !ettin! the i&ea across that they #ere inter+enetratin!, a very tenuous
    thin!, an& , 3elt that his teachin!s #ere eEtre%e, ri!i& in that #ay, so that , ha& an o1>ection
    there...
    , a!ree that the intro&uction o3 the Bisho+s an& the )i1eral Catholic churches . . . , &o not
    %in& it as a se+arate or!aniAation. , #as 1rou!ht u+ in it. , #as a +riest in it. But it shoul&
    never have 1een connecte& #ith the *ociety, a1solutely never. When he 1e!an the Church he
    shoul& have &one one o3 t#o thin!s: he shoul& have chosen either the *ociety or the Church .
    . . ,t &oesn:t 3it, an& the sa%e thin! 3or Co-Masonry. ,3 they #ante& an or!aniAation, that is
    +er3ectly all ri!ht, 1ut in no #ay shoul& it 1e connecte& #ith the *ociety. They use& to have
    )i1eral Catholic Church services at lcott. , 3or1i& that. They have occurre& there +erio&ically.
    , #on:t +er%it that. There is another thin!: #hen our hea&Huarters #ere &e&icate&, the
    3oun&ation stones #ere lai& . . . it shoul& have 1een &one 1y Theoso+hists in their or&inary
    !ar1 7instea& it #as &one 1y )i1eral Catholic +riestsP8 The %ore , think o3 it the %ore , a%
    convince& that those or!aniAations shoul& 1e co%+letely &ivorce& an& never +er%itte&. 0e
    7*ri -a%8 is in a!ree%ent #ith %e. . . . The Theoso+hist has #ithin his Theoso+hy anythin!
    that the Church %i!ht o33er hi%. 0e has it ri!ht #ithin his o#n Theoso+hy.
    --- 44
    ..., #oul& like very %uch to see a reor!aniAation o3 our Theoso+hical *ociety. 6n& ,
    think the only #ay it #ill 7kee+ alive - or #or&s to that e33ect8 in the #orl& is 1y reor!aniAation
    or a reesta1lish%ent o3 +olicies. , think there are several thin!s that are seriously #ron!, 70e
    s+oke o3 2the &isci+lines o3 the ;soteric *ection2 as har%3ul #hen they actually #ork a!ainst
    the 1est interests o3 the *ociety, as they evi&ently are &oin! no# . . . 8
    ...., think the esoteric as+ect shoul& 1e reintro&uce& into the *ociety, the &ee+er
    stu&ies . . . 1ut in a&&ition anyone #ho #ishes to un&ertake any &isci+lines %ay &o so . . . 7,
    think 1y this he %eans, ve!etarianis%, non-s%okin!, etc. . . . 1ut not too clear.8
    ...., a% 3or an ;soteric *ection - 7*%ith sai& in su1stance8 - #hen it stu&ies the &ee+er
    teachin!s, 1ut a!ainst it #hen it sets u+ an ortho&oEy +reventin! true Theoso+hy co%in!
    throu!h.
    ...ut o3 a !rou+ o3 4G +eo+le there #ere only 9 #ho coul& !ive a +ro+er &e3inition o3
    Theoso+hy. Dou #oul& 1e a%aAe& at the &e3initions o3 Theoso+hy that #ere +resente&. The
    #hole structure has to 1e reor!aniAe&, the #hole *ociety has to 1e reor!aniAe&. The #hole
    1usiness has to 1e chan!e&. , kno# , #on:t 1e a1le to &o it; 1ut , ho+e , #ill 1e a1le to elect
    so%eone to han&le certain thin!s.
    ...Gui&e& teachin! is nee&e&. *o%e +eo+le o1>ect to it. , a% 3or teachin!. , insist u+on it.
    ..., think #e nee& to +resent these i&eas on an international scale. ,3 #e &on:t &o it the
    *ociety is !oin! to &ro+ to +ieces.
    ...This is one thin! , have not &one yet, that is to rea& ?atherine Tin!ley. , #ill tell you
    #hy. Because , have 1een 1rou!ht u+ +re>u&ice&
    ..., #ish , coul& tell you so%e o3 %y eE+eriences #hen , 3irst ca%e into Theoso+hy. . .. ,
    ha& all kin&s o3 +heno%ena, %aterials, letters, 3lo#ers an& 1ooks an& #hat not . . 2
    7- Fro% $oint )o%a $u1lications 6rchives.8
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    :AR2IC THR1ADS 4RO2 0I41 TO 0I41 O
    - ;lsie I. *ava!e
    ,n tryin! to solve the a++arent con3lict that eEists 1et#een 3ree #ill, on one han&, an& the
    ineEora1le #orkin! o3 the la# o3 ?ar%an on the other, a !oo& analo!y co%es to %in&: that o3
    a +erson +layin! a !a%e o3 +atience, or solitaire. 0e shu33les the car&s, usin! his o#n 3ree
    #ill, #ithout inter3erence 3ro% anyone else; an& 1y the ti%e he is rea&y to +lay the !a%e he
    has in han& a +ack o3 car&s i%1o&yin! causes #hich he hi%sel3, an& only he, is res+onsi1le
    3or. "evertheless, once he starts +layin! he cannot alter or chan!e the or&er o3 the car&s; he
    %ust 3ollo# the kar%ic la# strictly; on the other han& he has the use o3 his 3ree #ill, o3 his
    intelli!ence, in &eter%inin! >ust ho# this car& or that one %ay 1e +laye&.
    *o #hen #e stan& at the threshol& o3 a ne# li3e on earth, it is as thou!h #e hel& in our
    han&s the +ack o3 car&s #hich have 1een shu33le& 1y us, not only &urin! the +rece&in! li3e,
    1ut throu!h countless lives in the +ast, so that they are no# in a certain or&er. There is also,
    ho#ever, our 3ree #ill to 1e reckone& #ith, #hich !ives us the +o#er to use &iscri%ination in
    +layin! these car&s. The kar%an #hich 3aces us cannot 1e co%+letely i!nore&; 1ut 1y %eans
    o3 the 3ree #ill #hich is the +ossession o3 every one, these kar%ic events can 1e &ealt #ith
    #isely then an& there, or +ossi1ly eva&e& 3or the ti%e 1ein!, only to return #ith a&&e& 3orce
    later, #hen the con&itions 3or %eetin! the% %ay not 1e so 3avora1le.
    --- 4<
    5ust as at the en& o3 each so>ourn on earth there +asses 1e3ore our vision a +anora%a
    o3 the events o3 the li3e >ust live&, so a3ter the lon! rest, an& i%%e&iately 1e3ore enterin! a
    ne# incarnation, the e!o has a !li%+se o3 the li3e to co%e; an& it has the +o#er o3 choice as
    to #hich events, out o3 the vast array o3 unresolve& causes 1uilt u+ in +rece&in! lives, it #ill
    3ace no#, #hat environ%ent it #ill enter into, 3or the #orkin! out o3 these causes, an& even
    #hat 3a%ily it #ill 1e associate& #ith. ,t is the hi!her +art o3 the &ual Min& or ;!o #hich has
    this choice; an& this is 3ortunate 3or us, as the choice is then %a&e #ith a certain a%ount o3
    #is&o%, an& is !overne& an& restricte& 1y the 3itness o3 the vehicle #hich it has 1uilt 3or its
    use. But on enterin! earth-li3e the hi!her +art is veile&, an& it is the lo#er %in&, un3ortunately,
    #hich too o3ten controls the actions o3 li3e; thus no lon!er is the vision clear an& uno1structe&.
    *o in %eetin! the o1stacles an& &i33iculties that lie 1e3ore us, an& in 3in&in! ourselves in
    surroun&in!s that are uncon!enial, it is reassurin! to kno# not only that #e have 1rou!ht
    these thin! u+on ourselves, 1ut also that in every instance #e have ourselves consciously
    chosen eEactly #hat 3aces us. Then, too, this !ives us a ne# an& sy%+athetic un&erstan&in!
    o3 the trials an& &i33iculties o3 others. "o lon!er can #e vie# the% as 2the >ust retri1ution 3or an
    evil li3e in the +ast2; 1ut #e see that he #hose +ath in li3e is har& has +erha+s +ro!resse& so
    3ar on the $ath that he no lon!er nee&s to stu&y the al+ha1et o3 li3e 3or a +ri%er, 1ut is
    %asterin! the %ore a&vance& an& intricate &etails o3 the ri&&le.
    While #e &o not +reach that a li3e o3 har&shi+ is all that hu%anity has to look 3or#ar& to,
    still it is not so%ethin! to 1e shunne&, or to cause &iscoura!e%ent or &istress. The ,oice of
    the %ilence tells us that the la&&er 1y #hich the can&i&ate ascen&s is 3or%e& o3 run!s o3
    su33erin! an& o3 +ain, an& that these can 1e silence& only 1y the voice o3 virtue; an&
    else#here in the sa%e 1ook #e are tol& that the Master #ithin us is al#ays sen&in! &o#n
    rays throu!h the &ark clou&s o3 %atter. ,t is 3or us to thro# asi&e the veils that +revent those
    rays 3ro% illu%inatin! our lives.
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    76%on! Huestions out 1y the au&ience a3ter the a&&ress, #as the 3ollo#in!, #hich #as
    voluntarily ans#ere& 1y Dr. &e $urucker, #ho #as also in the au&ience.8
    :uestion: The s+eaker sai& that >ust 1e3ore 1irth #e have a choice as to the li3e a1out
    to start on earth; 1ut , have al#ays un&erstoo& that, since #e are the su%-total o3 all that #e
    have &one in +ast lives, #e have no choice, 1ut that our lives are alrea&y &eter%ine& 1e3ore
    1irth.
    3r$ de 7urucer: Mr. Chair%an, , &on:t see #hy +eo+le shoul& lea+ to +oints o3
    conclusion #ith re!ar& to a su1>ect, 3ailin! to re%e%1er all as+ects o3 it. "o#, +ause a
    %o%ent in thou!ht: t#o state%ents #ere correctly %a&e 1y the lecturer: 3irst, that our &estiny
    in li3e can 1e likene& to a +ack o3 car&s, i3 one cares to use this 3i!ure o3 s+eech; secon&, that
    #e have 3ree #ill. ,s it a contra&iction to say that a %an %ust un&o the #ron!s that he &i&. 0e
    &oes so 1ecause he has 3ree #ill.
    We have, then, not one li3e only +rece&in! this +resent one in #hich there #oul& 1e 1ut
    a sin!le +ath o3 action to 3ollo#, 3ollo#in! the 3i!ure o3 s+eech o3 a +ack o3 2stacke& car&s2,
    1ut #e have live& lives innu%era1le 1e3ore the +resent one; an& in no one sin!le +ast li3e has
    any hu%an 1ein! 1een a1le to eEhaust all the causes set in %otion therein - 1rin! to 3ruition
    all the see&s that #ere then so#n; an& it is >ust 1e-cause o3 this store&-u+ kar%ic treasure -
    you un&erstan& %e - that #e have to live li3e a3ter li3e a3ter li3e a3ter li3e in or&er to #ork these
    causes out.
    ,n each li3e #e +lay a ne# !a%e, 1ut in +layin! that !a%e #e use the +ack o3 car&s that
    #e select 3ro% 3or%er use o3 it, an& take that +ack as #e 3or%erly shu33le& it. The +ack o3
    car&s is the li3e; an& 1e3ore the soul rei%1o&ies itsel3. !ui&e& 1y the &ivinity #ithin it, that
    #on&er3ul 3aculty o3 3ree #ill, the +o#er o3 choice, it has in conseHuence the +o#er o3
    selectin! those +articular an& con3luent, con!ruent causes #hich in that li3e then o+enin! it
    can 1est #ork out; in other #or&s it +lays the +ack o3 car&s #hich it takes u+ a!ain in a ne#
    !a%e in accor&ance
    --- 4B
    #ith its intelli!ence. This is si%+ly the e%+loy%ent at the 1e!innin! o3 a ne# 1irth on earth o3
    #hat every nor%al %an &oes his #hole li3e lon!. 0e selects 3ro% %o%ent to %o%ent the
    +ath#ay #hich see%s to hi% 1est; an& there are +ossi1ly a thousan& %illion 1y-roa&s or
    +ath#ays that he %i!ht have selecte& at each such %o%ent o3 choice; >ust eEactly as he
    +lays 3ro% the car&s in his han& accor&in! to his 1est >u&!e%ent. Do you catch the i&ea. The
    car&s are stacke&, 1ut they are +laye&, #hen &ealt to the +layer 1y li3e, accor&in! to the
    +layer:s intelli!ent choice.
    We have an in3initu&e o3 eE+eriences 1ehin& us; an& #hen each ne# li3e o+ens, #hen #e
    a++ear on the sta!e to +lay our ne# role, a ne# !a%e, #e &o so accor&in! to the role that #e
    have chosen 3ro% the 1ook in this case - the 1ook o3 %e%ory an& vision.
    Those causes not selecte& 1y us #e shall have to i%1o&y in a su1seHuent selection,
    #hen in so%e 3uture ne# li3e there are certain con&itions, a certain +ath o3 action, 1e3ore us,
    certain civiliAations, certain 3a%ilies - an& the #aitin! 0i!her *el3 sees this 3iel& o3 choice, this
    +ath, an& this +ath, an& that +ath, >ust eEactly as a %an &oes in &rivin! his %otorcar. When he
    co%es to 1i3urcatin! roa&s he kno#s not the +ath#ay, 1ut he says: 2, #ill take this +ath in
    +re3erence to the other t#o or three or 3our 1i3urcatin! 3ro% this +oint.2 0e %i!ht have taken
    another; 1ut in either case he %akes his choice.
    The state%ents %a&e 1y the s+eaker #ere +er3ectly correct, an& , think this Huestion is
    an a&%ira1le illustration o3 ho# care3ul #e shoul& 1e not to >u%+ to +oints o3 conclusion, an&
    su++ose that 1ecause t#o, three, a &oAen or %ore, thin!s are lai& 1e3ore us 3or our selection
    an& choice, there3ore they are %erely contrary.
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    O;Etracts 3ro% an a&&ress &elivere& in the Te%+le o3 $eace, $oint )o%a, March (4
    1F49, #ith co%%ents 1y Dr. &e $urucker. 7Fro% 'ucifer, 5une, 1F498
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    H.P. 90A7ATS:6 SP1A:S 4OR H1RS104
    >$7$5$?% ?.-A13 MA11E-?I
    2)ike si!nal-3ires o3 the ol&en ti%es, #hich, li!hte& an& eEtin!uishe& 1y turns u+on one
    hill-to+ a3ter another, conveye& intelli!ence alon! a #hole stretch o3 country, so #e see a lon!
    line o3 2#ise2 %en 3ro% the 1e!innin! o3 history &o#n to our o#n ti%es co%%unicatin! the
    #or& o3 #is&o% to their &irect successors. $assin! 3ro% seer to seer, the 2Wor&2 3lashes out
    like li!htnin!, an& #hile carryin! o33 the initiator 3ro% hu%an si!ht 3orever, 1rin!s the ne#
    initiate into vie#. Mean#hile, #hole nations %ur&er each other in the na%e o3 another 2Wor&2
    an e%+ty su1stitute acce+te& literally 1y each, an& %isinter+rete& 1y allP2
    - 2sis 0n*eiled, ,,, <B1
    --- 4F
    2We #oul& that a11 #ho have a voice in the e&ucation o3 the %asses shoul& 3irst kno#
    an& then teach that the sa3est !ui&es to hu%an ha++iness an& enli!hten%ent are those
    #ritin!s #hich have &escen&e& to us 3ro% the re%otest antiHuity; an& that no1ler s+iritual
    as+irations an& a hi!her avera!e %orality +revail in the countries #here the +eo+le take their
    +rece+ts as the rule o3 their lives. We #oul& have all to realiAe that the %a!ical, i$e., s+iritual
    +o#ers eEist in every %an, an& those 3e# to +ractice the% #ho 3eel calle& to teach, an& are
    rea&y to +ay the +rice o3 &isci+line an& sel3-conHuest #hich their &evelo+%ent eEacts.
    2Many %en have arisen #ho ha& !li%+ses o3 the truth, an& 3ancie& they ha& it all. *uch
    have 3aile& to achieve the !oo& they %i!ht have &one an& sou!ht to &o, 1ecause vanity has
    %a&e the% thrust their +ersonality into such un&ue +ro%inence as to inter+ose it 1et#een
    their 1elievers an& the &hole truth that lay 1ehin&. The #orl& nee&s no sectarian church,
    #hether o3 Bu&&ha, 5esus, Maho%et, *#e&en1or!, Calvin, or any other. There 1ein! 1ut
    "; Truth, %an reHuires 1ut one church - the Te%+le o3 Go& #ithin us, #alle& in 1y %atter
    1ut +enetra1le 1y any one #ho can 3in& the #ay; the pure in heart see .od$=
    - 2sis 0n*eiled+ ,,, +. =4<
    26s the #hite ray o3 li!ht is &eco%+ose& 1y the +ris% into the various colors o3 the solar
    s+ectru%, so the 1ea% o3 &ivine truth, in +assin! throu!h the three-si&e& +ris% o3 %an:s
    nature, has 1een 1roken u+ into vari-colore& 3ra!%ents calle& -;),G,"*. 6n&, as the rays
    o3 the s+ectru%, 1y i%+erce+ti1le sha&in!s, %er!e into each other, so the !reat theolo!ies
    that have en&ure& at &i33erent &e!rees o3 &iver!ence 3ro% the ori!inal source, have 1een
    connecte& 1y %inor schis%s, schools, an& o33-shoots 3ro% the one si&e or the other.
    Co%1ine&, their a!!re!ate re+resents one eternal truth; se+arate, they are 1ut sha&es o3
    hu%an error an& the si!ns o3 i%+er3ection.2
    - 2sis 0n*eiled, ,,, =4F
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    O 0.$. Blavatsky #as a -ussian, an& in -ussia #as acce+te& as one o3 the literary
    !eniuses o3 the country. What is +erha+s not so #ell reco!niAe& is her hi!h stan&in! as a
    stylist in ;n!lish; even in this lan!ua!e her acco%+lish%ents are outstan&in!, her +o#er o3
    literary eE+ression o3ten li3tin! one to %a!ni3icent hei!hts o3 ins+iration. 0er !reat #ork #as to
    teach, to !ive ane# to the #orl& the 6ncient Wis&o%--eli!ion. *he #as not concerne&
    %erely #ith style or literary 3or%. Det one cannot 3ail to reco!niAe an& to ackno#le&!e the
    literary !enius that 1urne& 1ehin& her #or&s. 6s #itness o3 this #e !ive a 3e# eEtracts 3ro%
    her earliest #ork 2sis 0n*eiled, taken 3ro% the last seventy-3ive +a!es. Throu!hout her
    volu%inous #ritin!s stu&ents %ay #ithout %uch e33ort 3in& si%ilar +ara!ra+hs #ritten in 2the
    Gran& Manner.2 7;&itors o3 Theosophical 4orum, "ove%1er, 1F4F8
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    Conser"tion T&er",'-
    - 6n atte%+t to +rove a 1iolo!ical 1asis 3or %orality
    - 2...this is a &ocu%ente& #ork o3 !enius i3 there ever #as such.2 - Geor!e Car&inal )eGros.
    - 1G +a!es, C X E 11
    - 6vaila1le 3ro% 7roto#onos 3or R1.(<
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    PROTOGONOS
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    W,"T;- :CF-FG #C
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    C"T;"T*
    n&ra 7+oe%8 - )e!ros.....1; Glo1e D, Forth -oun&, ?ali Du!a........4;
    Mystic ;E+eriences - ;n&ers1y ......C; *cience an& Theoso+hy .......11;
    "o1el $riAe 3or Dalai )a%a .......1<; Theoso+hical 0istory ........1B; Ma!ic an& the 6ustralian
    61ori!ines .....(G; Book -evie#s ....(<; Theoso+hists vs. "ice $eo+le ........(B; $oints o3
    ,nterest ......(F; 6nan&a, Cela 7+oe%8 - -ose.....49; Doctrine an& Do!%a.....4<
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    ONDRA
    n&ra,, , thou!ht, is like the autu%n sea
    Within #hose ti%eless %ystery the rain
    Cries in a hallo#e& loneliness until,
    Far in the &rea& i%%ensity o3 ni!ht,
    Fearless an& +rou& an& 3ree her s+irit is.
    Challen!e her not #ith #or&s. *he listens only
    To the &ee+ thun&er o3 the 1roken #aves
    6lon! #hose %assive #il&erness her 3eet
    Follo# the #in&. )ook not #ith !entle eyes
    /+on the #orl& o3 &arkness an& the sea.
    "o# in this heart1eat o3 eternity,
    While universes #ake an& slee+ a!ain,
    0er s+irit #an&ers in the 3lo#in! ni!ht:
    ,%%aculate, austere, inviolate
    Forever%ore alon! the starlit #ay.
    - Geor!e Car&inal )eGros
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    G0O91 D- 4OURTH ROUND- :A0I 6UGA
    This #riter %ust 1e naive as heck, as he never ceases to 1e &u%3oun&e& at the +o+ularity
    o3 $sychis% 7or rather +re&o%inance8 in the Theoso+hical %ove%ent over the +ast CG years.
    7The Cana&ian T* has so%eho# see%e& to have lar!ely esca+e& this virus.8 $art o3 the
    %ove%ent has 1een co%+letely s#a%+e& in the +sychic ti&al #ave that 0$B +re&icte&. While
    one o3 the chie3 +ur+oses o3 the 3oun&in! the T* #as to counteract this #ave o3 +sychis%,
    early-on it 1eca%e one o3 the %ain +ro+a!ators o3 the &isease. nce a!ain in the 1FCC 1ook
    sellin! year C.W. )ea&1eater:s +sychic investi!ation The (haras 74GG,GGG in +rint no#8 #as
    JuestSTheoso+hical $u1lishin! 0ouse:s 1est seller #ith 14,GGG co+ies sol&. U1V
    While JuestST$0 sells %any su+er1 1ooks, such as The 5la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s+
    The Mahatma 'etters, an& the #orks o3 *u11a -o#, they sell %any 7such as 4G 1y
    )ea&1eater8 #hich have no clai% to vali&ity 1eyon& the unchecka1le +sychic visionin!s o3
    one in&ivi&ual 7such as the 1F 1ooks 1y Geo33rey 0o&son, 4airies at )or and 7lay, etc.8.
    These 1ooks are 1ase& on no Wis&o% Tra&ition or serious investi!ation o3 the reason an&
    +hiloso+hy, 1ut 1ase& on the su++ose& +sychic insi!ht o3 sin!le in&ivi&uals 3or #hich #e have
    no !uarantee eEce+t their o#n. This 1elie3 in the in3alli1ility o3 one or %ore +sychic +o+es #as
    one o3 the very attitu&es o3 %in&less e%otionalis% the T* #as 3or%e& to 3i!ht, 1ut en&s u+
    +ro%otin! instea&.
    *o%e o3 these +sychic investi!ations are si%+ly 1eyon& all cre&ulity, such as C.W.
    )ea&1eater:s %ulticolore& investi!ations o3 the ato%. The +hoton or 1asic +article res+onsi1le
    3or vision is nearly as lar!e as the ato%. To visually &escri1e an ato% #oul& 1e analo!ous to
    1ouncin! a so3t1all 7the +hoton8 o33 a 1asket1all 7the ato%8 an& clai% to !et a &etaile& +icture.
    The ato% is in a #hole &i33erent #orl& 3ro% visual &escri+tion.
    What stan&ar&s shoul& one use to &eter%ine i3 another:s +sychic visions are !enuine.
    Theoso+hical &octrines an& the ancient tra&ition in all reli!ions hol& that %oral +urity is an
    a1solute necessity. The only ty+e o3 2channelers2 or trance %e&iu%s that #ere
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    res+ecte& as vali& in ancient ti%es, an& until recently in Ti1et, #ere the te%+le oracles that
    ha& 1een co%+letely +ure an& 3ree 3ro% outsi&e in3luence 3ro% 1irth. They #ere vir!ins an&
    never in&ul!e& in any &ru! as #ell as even ke+t 3ro% the ne!ative currents in nor%al society.
    7ne %i!ht co%+are this #ith %o&ern channelers.8 Does )ea&1eater, to 1e >u&!e& a +otential
    !enuine +sychic in the White tra&ition, a++roach this level o3 %orality.
    ne can only a++roach truth 1y !oin! a1out it in the sa%e #ay as a court o3 la# &oes, 1y
    lookin! at the +re+on&erance o3 evi&ence. /nless a +erson is &ishonest, or co%+letely
    unintereste& an& i!norant o3 the research that has 1een &one 7an& thus really can:t %ake a
    >u&!e%ent 8, the +re+on&erance o3 evi&ence is that C. W. )ea&1eater #as a very i%%oral
    %an. 7;ven %il&-%annere& ?rishni%urti, #ho s+ent a1out (G years #ith hi%, calle& hi% 2an
    evil %an.2 U(V8 By his o#n a&%ission, 1y accusation in three continents an& 1y a&%ission o3
    his close co-#orker, 6nnie Besant, U4V he #as #hat to&ay #e #oul& call a chil&-%olestor.
    While he #as eE+elle& at one +oint 3ro% the T* 3or his actions, an& later rea&%itte&, he never
    eE+resse& re!ret or a&%itte& any 2#ron!ness2 to his actions. U9V
    6ll this has 1een &escri1e& here an& there 1e3ore, 1ut Gre!ory Tillet:s The Elder 5rother
    1io!ra+hy o3 CW) &ocu%ents his %oral status 1eyon& any reasona1le &ou1t. The 1ook has
    1een out no# 3or a1out ei!ht years an& no #itness 3or the &e3ense has 1een a1le to a++ear.
    7Co%+are this #ith the %any a1le &e3en&ers o3 undocumented an& 3alse slan&ers on 0$B
    over the years. Tillet has 1ean la1ele& as 1iase& a!ainst )ea&1eater 7as #ell as 0$B8 1ut
    this is irrelevant to the 3acts +resente&. lcott )i1rary, the nation:s lar!est Theoso+hical
    len&in! li1rary, &oes not carry this 1ook eEce+t 3or a co+y to 1e ins+ecte& on the +re%ises. ,t
    is not availa1le 3or loan alon! #ith their thousan&s o3 other 1ooks. *o %uch 3or 3ree inHuiry.
    This #riter is not sayin! that )ea&1eater:s an& others 1ooks &on:t have a ri!ht to 1e
    +u1lishe& - 1ut #hy shoul& a Theosophical *ociety +u1lish the% #hen they have 1een
    &e%onstrate& ad infinitum, to contra&ict on nearly every +a!e ori!inal Theoso+hical teachin!s
    an& +ro%ote the +sychis% the T* #as 3oun&e& to co%1at.P
    Why these 1ooks are sol& coul& 1e 1ecause o3 one
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    or %ore o3 several reasons: 718 6 +eculiar %ental state eEists #hich occlu&es the a1ility to
    co%+rehen& #hat the 3acts are or that they %ake any &i33erence; 7(8 $ro3its are %ore o3
    interest than Theoso+hical $rinci+les. $sychis% 1ooks sell #ell an& serious +hiloso+hy &oes
    not; 748 Whatever authorities are involve& are 3ully a#are that +ro%otin! +sychis% is
    antithetical to ori!inal T* +ur+ose an&, #hile not +u1licly a&%ittin! it, +re3er +sychis%
    irre!ar&less an& 3in&in! no serious resistance, have 2taken over2; 798 $olitics. To &isa!ree too
    %uch #ith #hat +eo+le #ant, irre!ar&less o3 T* +rinci+les, #oul& li%it the nu%erical !ro#th o3
    the society; 7<8 Discri%inative inca+acity. )ack o3 enou!h %ental +o#er to realiAe that
    everythin! !enerically %eta+hysical is not in tune #ith the ori!inal 1asis o3 the T*. *uch +oor
    souls shoul& certainly not 1e in a&%inistrative +ositions in a *ociety #ho:s %ain 1usiness is
    +hiloso+hy.
    There are %any #ho 3ollo# the -i!ht-0an& $ath #ho aren:t technical Theoso+hists or
    stu&ents an& &irect a&vocates o3 the technical syste% o3 +hiloso+hy la1ele& Theoso+hy 1y
    Blavatsky, 1ut #ithout %oral contra-&iction no a&vocate o3 Theoso+hy can 3ollo# the )e3t-
    0an& +ath o3 +sychis%, tantra, an& the like. 7*o-calle& 2+ro!ress2, at the cost o3 one:s
    i%%ortality, can 1e %a&e in the real% o3 +sychic a1ility an& +o#er 1y le3t-han&ers. ne %i!ht
    consult The Elder 5rother, +a!e (CG 3or CW):s 2esoteric2 tantric teachin! an& >u&!e 3or
    hi%sel3 i3 this conceiva1ly is a -i!ht-0an& $ath a++roach.8 ,n this #riter:s conviction, the
    2+sychis%2 a++roach e%1o&ie& in the )ea&1eater, 0o&son an& others: #ritin!s is the
    &o#n#ar& +ath so o3ten #arne& o3 in ori!inal Theoso+hical &octrines. ;Hually +ro%otin!
    i&eals an& +hiloso+hy antithetical to the T*:s ori!inal +ur+ose un&er the !uise o3 2&i33erence o3
    o+inion2 only +ro&uces a %ucky sou+ o3 2anythin! !oes2 social +latitu&e, a lea&ershi+ 1y the
    least co%%on &eno%inator. 233en& no one2 is the %otto o3 every s+iritually &ecayin!
    %ove%ent.
    This #riter:s &is+osition is that he coul& care less i3 in&ivi&uals #ish to 3ollo# )ea&1eater,
    0o&son, 6lice Bailey:s auto%atic #ritin!s or anyone else:s teachin!s. ,3 in&ivi&uals see an&
    re>ect !enuine Theoso+hical teachin!s, it is their ri!ht3ul +rero!ative. What is o1>ecte& to -
    an& little !oo& such o1>ection
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    %i!ht %atter to those unconcerne& #ith &iscri%ination - is that such antithetical syste%s are
    eHuate& #ith an& la1ele& 2Theoso+hy.2 They are not the sa%e 1y a #i&e %ar!in.
    2Waterin! &o#n2 o3 teachin!s is the +rocess that occurs #ith each e33ort to instill !enuine
    s+iritual i&eas. While Brotherhoo& can only co%e a1out throu!h a +hiloso+hic 1asis 7#itness
    #hat has ha++ene& to the Christian &octrine o3 Brotherhoo& since it has lost its ori!inal
    +hiloso+hic 1asis . . . 8 an& intellectual +roo3 that #e are all interrelate& - Theoso+hy 1ein! the
    %ost recent co%+rehensive eE+lanation o3 this ancient, all-enco%+assin! Wis&o% -eli!ion -
    it is also true that %any %ystics, +hiloso+her, scientists, an& +sycholo!ists are 2in tune2 #ith
    Theoso+hical &octrines in their s+ecialiAe& %anner. 6ny &iscovery o3 truth is +art an& +arcel
    o3 Theoso+hy, althou!h the >u&!e%ent o3 such truth in our a!e al#ays lies #ith the in&ivi&ual.
    Those #ho are convince& o3 the !enuiness o3 the &octrines +resente& 1y Blavatsky have her
    teachin!s as #ell as those o3 5u&!e an& $urucker 3or co%+arison.
    5un!, Gur&>ie33, 6uro1in&o an& %any other %ystics an& +hiloso+hers +resent +ro3oun&
    insi!hts in their o#n areas o3 s+ecialiAation an& are +ositive in3luences in elevatin! the %in&
    o3 the race. This #riter has yet to see anythin! 2+ro3oun&2 to co%e out o3 the !a%ut o3
    +sychics, channelers an& auto%atic #riters. The key test, #e are tol& in Theoso+hical
    &octrines, is the /niversality o3 a teachin!. "ot everyone is suite& 1y te%+era%ent or nee& to
    1e a stu&ent o3 technical Theoso+hy, 1ut at least elevatin! an& insi!ht3ul schools o3 thou!ht
    shoul& 1e eEclusively +ro%ote& instea& o3 soul an& %in&-&estroyin! +sychis%.
    - Mark 5aHua
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    718 American Theosophist, 5ulyS6u!ust, 1FCF, +. 11(
    7(8 ,:ve lost %y co+y 1ut 1elieve this re3erence is re%e%1ere& 3ro%
    Crishmmurti; The Fears of A&aenin#, 1y Mary )utyens.
    748 Besant #rote in a letter to the ;soteric *ection in 6%erica, 5une Fth,
    1FG=: 20e &enie& none o3 the char!es, 1ut in ans#er to Huestions
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    very %uch stren!thene& the%, 3or he alle!e& that he ha& actually han&le& the 1oys hi%sel3.2
    This is 3ro% the +a%+hlet 5esant+ or 5la*atsy. co%+ile& 1y 5.D. )eech%an an& +u1lishe&
    1y the Cana&ian Theoso+hical )oyalty )ea!ue, circa 1F(G.
    798 )ea&1eater #as accuse& o3 teachin! youn! 1oys to %astur1ate.
    '''''''''''''''''
    T>E E'3E- 5-/T>E-+ by .re#ory Tillet
    - The only co%+rehensive 1io!ra+hy o3 the controversial Theoso+hical 3i!ure C.W.
    lea&heater
    - Fully &ocu%ente&
    - 6 Book that has 1een 1lackliste& 1y the lar!est Theoso+hical *ociety
    - 6vaila1le 3or R1<.GG +ost+ai& 3ro% 7roto#onos
    - This is +ro1a1ly the %ost shockin! 1ook you #ill ever rea&.
    ''''''''''''''''''''
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    26STIC 1<P1RI1NC1S
    - Iictor ;n&ers1y
    ,n these %atters o3 hi!her eE+eriences, the *el3 &oes so%eti%es co%e 2as a thie3 in the
    ni!ht,2 or a li!htnin! 1olt 3ro% the 1lue sky, - #ithout 1ene3it o3 :&ru!s, cross-le!!e&
    %e&itation, or any other sort o3 Ta%asha. We have in %in& an 6%erican, an unlikely #orl&ly
    character, rou!h rather than s+iritual in the acce+te& sense o3 the #or&, #ho 3our ti%es has
    such eE+eriences, thrice 1y the 3ront &oor an& once - involuntarily - 1y the 1ack &oor. 0e &i&
    not seek the%, nor ever i%a!ine& hi%sel3 as a +ossi1le su1>ect thereo3: he &i& not 3in& the%
    1y 2!ettin! a#ay 3ro% it all,2 1ut 1y 1ein! very %uch ri!ht #here it all #as.
    The 3irst vision ca%e #hen he reste& a!ainst a tree in a 1liAAar& throu!h #hich he #as
    stru!!lin! on 3oot to#ar& #ar%th an& 3oo&. 0e stoo& a!ainst a tree 1ecause he 3eare& that he
    #oul& 1e too sti33 to rise i3 he sat &o#n; an& his +hysical environ%ent #as all col&, %isery an&
    hun!er. Det 3or the s+ace o3 a hal3 hour there shone throu!h the &arkness the in#ar& li!ht that
    never #as on lan& or sea.
    The secon& illu%ination ca%e un&er even %ore unlikely con&itions; an all-&ay auto%o1ile
    1usiness tri+, acco%+anie& 1y t#o tiny an& talkative &au!hters, #ho #ere reHuirin!
    consi&era1le attention in %ore #ays than one.
    The thir& ca%e to#ar& the en& o3 a lon! +erio& o3 !reat %ental su33erin!; one o3 those
    un+u1lishe& 1ut luri& e+iso&es o3 the secret history o3 the Theoso+hical Move%ent, &urin!
    #hich, in the course o3 a clash on +rinci+le #ith +erverte& an& corru+t 6uthority, he ha&,
    thou!h 1ein! a 3e# %onths 1e3ore in hi!h estee%, 1een stri++e& o3 3rien&s, re+ute, an& ho+e.
    6 3inal 1lo# o3 1a& ne#s - the turnin! a#ay o3 so%e in #ho% he thou!ht at least he coul&
    trust, at the %o%ent #hen he 3elt he coul& en&ure no %ore - 1rou!ht, instea& o3 1lack &es+air
    - the )i!ht.
    The 3ourth !li%+se ca%e #hen 3or a lon! +erio& it see%e& that the continuance o3 a
    sacre& &uty un&ertaken #oul& 1e at the +rice o3 his o#n li3e. 0e continue&, an& a!ain ca%e
    the na%eless an& in&escri1a1le hel+.
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    We have a stron! i&ea that +artial !li%+ses o3 this reality o3 thin!s have sustaine& those
    &yin! o3 rack an& 3ire #ho see%e& to !o in >oy rather than a!ony. The veil %ay li3t 3ar %ore
    o3ten than sus+ecte&, an& in unkno#n Huarters. ,t is not culture, or eru&ition, voca1ulary or a
    listenin! 3ollo#in!, that select a %an 3or such eE+eriences. The ru&e an& illiterate are o3ten
    seen to %ake sacri3ices an& 1ear 1ur&ens 3ro% #hich the 2hi!her or&ers2 #oul& recoil in
    terror. Grante& that an illiterate o3 a 3e# hun&re& #or&s, a3rai& to use even those 3or 3ear o3
    lau!hter or the insane asylu%, shoul& enter the !ates o3 the vision - #ho is to kno#. With
    even the !reatest a&vanta!es, the eE+erience &e3ies all the #or&s o3 ton!ue or +en to
    &escri1e.
    Much that 0uEley &escri1es #as this %an:s also; 1ut in it #as no lack. The eE+erience o3
    love an& unity le3t out nothin!; all #as love 3or the visi1le %un&ane thin!s an& +ersons as 3or
    all else - 3or 3rien&s an& ene%ies alike; an& &uty itsel3 le3t o33 its stern an& #rinkle& %ask to
    1eco%e Beauty 3or the ti%e. These visions +asse&, as they al#ays %ust #hile %en live in
    1o&ies; 1ut the %e%ory an& the i%+etus re%aine&.
    0e ha& ha& another eE+erience, - also %uch in co%%on #ith 0uEley:s; un&er anesthesia
    in an o+eration. But this #as a terri1le revelation, not 1ecause o3 the kno#le&!e !aine& 1ut
    1ecause at the ti%e he #as s+iritually unrea&y. 0e sa# all the #ay throu!h the %asks o3
    illusion, as 0uEley &i&; 1ut coul& not acce+t it. For #eeks therea3ter +hysical li3e, 1ecause it
    no lon!er ha& any reality in it, #as al%ost insu++orta1le. 0e ha& lost the nearer shore an& not
    yet reache& the 3arther. 0ere #as a lon! reach o3 %anasic vision &evoi& o3 #hat %i!ht %ake it
    su++orta1le to the +ersonality - the touch o3 the universal love that casteth out 3ear.
    Collis says o3 0uEley:s eE+erience:
    2...The trans3i!ure& outer #orl& continue& all a1out hi%. ne can i%a!ine it %i!ht 1e
    alar%in! to 1ehol& a #ell-kno#n scene like one:s !ar&en 1eco%e so intensely 1eauti3ul that,
    like the +eace o3 Go&, it +asse& un&erstan&in!. 6n& Mr. 0uEley a&%its to a 3eelin! o3 +anic at
    this +oint. Face to 3ace #ith the Mysterium tremendum, he ha& a sense o3 &isinte!ratin!
    un&er +ressure o3 a reality !reater than his %in& coul& 1ear. 0is co%+anion, the scientist,
    1eco%in! a#are o3 his terror, %ove& hi% on into the street ...2
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    "o one coul& un&erstan& this 1etter than our 6%erican 3rien&; es+ecially as 2the reality
    1eyon& 1earin!2 laste& not 3or an hour as #ith 0uEley, 1ut 3or #eeks. ,t is an eE+erience he
    #oul& never voluntarily re+eat; an& it coul& not 1e retaine&. The insi!ht into the +rinci+les o3
    thin!s #as &ee+, 1ut it 3a&e& as the terror 3a&e&. *tolen !oo&s. 0o# %any o3 our insane,
    +erha+s, have 1een +oisone& 1y !oo&s stolen throu!h unreco!niAe& tra+&oors.
    Why &i& one, #ithout seekin!, or eE+ectation, have these eE+eriences 3or the !ainin! o3
    #hich occult as+irants s+en& la1orious li3eti%es, an& un&er such unlikely con&itions. $erha+s
    no# an& then ?ar%a &eli!hts in %akin! 3ools o3 the lo3ty +hiloso+hers, the yo!is an& seers,
    1y +rovin! that the *el3 &#ells also in clo&s, an& &escen&s u+on #ho% it chooses. The only
    Huali3ications this nan ha& 3or such eE+eriences #oul& never 1e note& as si!ni3icant 1y the
    occult !reat. There is no clue eEce+t the 3act that all his a&ult li3e he ha& serve& the cause o3
    true Theoso+hy as 1est he coul&, &e%an&in! no re#ar&, seekin! no visions, eE+ectin! no
    2+o#ers.2 But #hat coul& that acco%+lish, in the a1sence o3 celi1acy, asceticis%, co%+etent
    yo!i +ostures an& 1reath control - or +eyotl. *urely a lo# or&er o3 vision in&ee&P Meanti%e,
    the %aterialist #ill &is%iss the% all alike as victi%s o3 sick 1rain cells, #hen not o3 &ru!s.
    Better so than too %any unti%ely &runk #ith as+iration to the Mysteries.
    7- Fro% a critical article on +syche&elic &ru!s in CS<9 Theosophical
    1otes.8
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    TH1OSOPH6 AND SCI1NC1
    )>AT 2% >EAT<
    Co%%on sense tells us that #e receive our heat 3or the earth 3ro% the *un, 1ut this %ay
    1e the sa%e ty+e o3 co%%on sense that tells us that the *un circles the earth. The &e3inition
    o3 heat is rather unclear #hen one investi!ates ho# the ter% is use&. For instance, so%e o3
    the outer layers o3 the at%os+here #hich are ionically char!e& are &escri1e& as 1ein! at
    several thousan& &e!rees o3 te%+erature, yet i3 one #ere there un+rotecte&, he #oul& 3reeAe
    to &eath in %inutes. ,n this case the relative activity o3 +articles is re3erre& to, re!ar&less that
    there are very 3e# +articles there. With this &e3inition, one %i!ht say that the 2col&2 li!ht 3ro%
    a 3ire3ly is intensely hot actually, as the +hotons !iven o33 1y the insect are %ovin! at the
    s+ee& o3 li!ht.
    Florescent li!ht 1ul1s are &escri1e& in thousan&s o3 &e!rees ?elvin accor&in! to ho#
    1ri!ht they are, yet you can +lace your han& on one. 6 4GGG ? li!ht 1ul1 +uts out %ore li!ht
    than a (GGG ? 1ul1. They are cate!oriAe& 1y co%+arison #ith ho# %uch li!ht an o1>ect
    heate& to that te%+erature #ill e%it, so in this case heat is &escri1e& 1y 1ri!htness o3 li!ht.
    When one says that so%ethin! 2!ives o33 heat,2 #hat are #e really &escri1in!. There
    isn:t anythin! no# in scienti3ic theory such as a 2heat +article2 or the 2caloric 3lui&2 o3 early
    heat theory. We have electro%a!netic #aves no#, #hich see% so%e#here 1et#een a1stract
    23orce2 an& %atter. 0eat in &e3inition see%s a rather i%+recise ter% use& to &escri1e %atter in
    a +articular state o3 %otion. 2)i!ht an& heat are the !host or sha&o# o3 %atter in %otion.2
    #rites 0$B in The %ecret 3octrine 7,, + <1<8. The *un &oesn:t thro# o33 2heat +articles2 to
    heat the earth, 1ut 1y 1ein! eE+ose& to #hatever electro%a!netic or other ener!y the *un
    !ives o33 results in heat.
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    There isn:t %uch evi&ence so 3ar that the earth !enerates %ore ener!y than it receives
    3ro% the *un, 1ut little scienti3ic attention has 1een +lace& in this area. 6ccor&in! to a recent
    account in %cience 3i#est 7*e+t. 1CF8, the arctic re!ions ra&iate out %ore heat than they
    receive 3ro% the *un an& there are no ocean currents or other &e3inite reasons kno#n 3or this.
    The stratos+here o3 the earth is also at a %uch hi!her te%+erature than +re&icte& 1y one
    theory, althou!h interactions are so co%+leE that any +resent theory is likely to 1e unrelia1le.
    7-adiati*e 7rocesses in Meterolo#y and (limatolo#y+ $altri&!e K $latt, ;lsevier *cienti3ic,
    1FB=, +. (9<8
    ne %echanical %o&el 1y #hich the earth %i!ht !enerate its o#n heat an& other ener!y
    is via the +rinci+le o3 the electric %otor. The earth:s sur3ace an& u++er at%os+here are o3
    o++osite +olarity an& the relative %otion o3 the t#o %ay +ro&uce an e33ect like the ar%ature
    an& 3iel& in an electric %otor.
    ,n letter 11 o3 The Mahatma 'etters, the a&e+t &e%onstrates that the scienti3ic theory o3
    conversion o3 ener!y is ina&eHuate. For instance, no heat is lost 3ro% a 1oiler #hen it is use&
    to &rive a !enerator to +ro&uce electricity. The sa%e a%ount o3 heat eEists 1e3ore an& a3ter
    the electricity is !enerate&, althou!h &issi+ate& into the environ%ent. The sa%e a%ount o3
    heat. #ill result 3ro% 1urnin! a certain a%ount o3 coal #hether or not electricity is +ro&uce&. ,n
    a hy&roelectric &a% the 3orce o3 !ravity on the 3allin! #ater turns a tur1ine to +ro&uce
    electricity, yet, the +ull o3 !ravity has not &ecrease& 3ro% it 1ein! use& or converte& to
    electricity. 76ctually the !ravity has increase& a s%all a%ount 3ro% the #ater 1ein! closer to
    the %ain %ass o3 the earth.8
    ,nstea& o3 a strict conversion o3 ener!y, it see%s +ossi1le that there is so%e in&e3inite
    a++lyin! o3 a lever to 1rin! into +lay the activity o3 i%%aterial, conscious or reactive 3orces.
    )ike a %onkey at a s#itch1oar&, #e %istake our s#itches 3or the real +o#ers 1ehin& the%
    that are set in notion. This +lyin! o3 a su1tle lever to 1rin! into +lay i%%aterial 3orces %i!ht
    eE+lain such %ysteries as the 1Fth century Ceely Motor, 3or #hich an a&eHuate %aterial
    eE+lanation has never 1een 3oun&.
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    %(2E1(E 213E4212T2/1% - While #e nor%ally think o3 science as 1ein! as eEact as
    +ossi1le, in so%e o3 its 1asic +re%ises or &e3initions it is %uch looser than one %i!ht eE+ect.
    While 3or +ractical +ur+oses this #orks out 3ine, as the li%its o3 +ractical reality are reache&,
    nor%al &e3initions >ust &on:t see% to a++ly. *u1ato%ic +hysics is o3 course a !oo&, or the
    +rinci+le eEa%+le o3 this in #hich it &e+en&s on #hat you are lookin! 3or to &eter%ine #hat
    %ani3estation #ill result. 7,3 you %easure a 1ea% o3 li!ht 3or +articles - you 3in& +articles. ,3
    you %easure 3or #aves - you !et #aves. ,t &e+en&s on #hat you look 3or, 3or #hat you #ill
    3in&.8
    This isn:t a criticis% o3 science, necessarily, eEce+t 3or those #ho #oul& +lace her on the
    +e&estal o3 #estern culture:s lost &eity, 1ut a +ointin! out that it is not an a1solutist &octrine on
    anythin! - 1ut %ore or less a +ractically success3ul atte%+t to continually hit the %ovin! tar!et
    o3 +hysical reality.
    5ose+h Chilton $earce use& the analo!y 3or our kno#le&!e an& un&erstan&in! o3 a
    clearin! in the 3orest o3 the unkno#n. We:ve cleare& an area in the 3orest an& are +retty %uch
    3a%iliar #ith an& control it, 1ut all aroun& is the !reat unkno#n 3orest o3 "ature. The 3ollo#in!
    are so%e &e3initions o3 1asic scienti3ic &e3initions 3ro% a science encyclo+e&ia. The
    encyclo+e&ia is 4G years out o3 &ate 7'ittle and 2*es (omplete 5oo of %cience+ Ian
    "ostran&, 1F<C8 1ut as 1asics are &ealt #ith, the &e3initions are still the sa%e.
    TEM7E-AT0-E - 2Te%+erature is relative, an& is like ti%e in 1ein! &i33icult to &e3ine in ter%s
    o3 si%+le conce+ts . . . Fro% -1FG C to ==G C, the %easure o3 te%+erature is 1ase& u+on the
    in&ications o3 a stan&ar& +latinu% resistance ther%o%eter, s+eci3ie& an& use& in accor&ance
    #ith certain 3or%ulas. Fro% ==G C to the %eltin! +oint o3 !ol& a +latinu%-rho&iu% ther%al is
    the re3erence instru%ent; an& a1ove the !ol& +oint, the o+tical +yro%eter is use& as
    stan&ar&.2
    (A'/-2E - 2...the a%ount o3 heat necessary to raise the te%+erature o3 1 !ra% o3 #ater 1y
    1 Celsius &e!ree, 3ro% 19.<GC to 1<.< C. This +articular te%+erature is s+eci3ie& since the
    heat reHuire& is very sli!htly &i33erent at &i33erent te%+eratures. 7The &i33erence is less than 1
    +ercent over the ran!e G to 1GG C
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    an& can 1e i!nore& 3or %ost +ur+oses.82 77hysics, Giancoli, $rentice-0all, 1FCG8
    E1E-.F - 2;ner!y is o3ten &e3ine& as the a1ility to &o #ork. . . When other 3or%s o3 ener!y
    than electrical or %echanical are concerne& 7e.!., ther%al or che%ical ener!ies8 the
    ele%entary &e3inition is not co%+letely satis3actory, since the a%ount o3 #ork that can 1e
    &one &e+en&s on the surroun&in!s as #ell as on the state o3 the 1o&y. ,n such cases, the . . .
    total ener!y is 1etter &e3ine& as the %aEi%u% a%ount o3 #ork that the syste% can &o in
    co%in! to static eHuili1riu% at the a1solute Aero o3 te%+erature. ;ven this &e3inition 1reaks
    &o#n, ho#ever, i3 the syste% +ossesses Aero +oint ener!y.2
    42E23 - 2The shortest &e3inition o3 this ter% is a re!ion or s+ace in #hich a +heno%enon
    occurs or a con&ition +revails, 1ut this &e3inition is neither ri!i& nor &e3inite, an& the +resent-
    &ay uses o3 the ter% are 1est &iscusse& 3ro% the stan&+oint o3 the areas o3 kno#le&!e in
    #hich they are use&.2
    .-A,2TF - 6cceleration &ue to !ravity 3or +ractical +ur+oses is taken as FCG.==< c%Ssec(,
    1ut actually varies < c%Ssec 1et#een the +oles an& eHuator. This also a33ects the +erio& o3 a
    +en&ulu%, use& as a stan&ar& in &i33erent #ays, an& #hy clock +en&ulu%s are o3ten
    a&>usta1le 3or #hatever latitu&e they are use& on.2
    %7EE3 /4 '2.>T - The s+ee& o3 li!ht in a vacuu% is use& as a stan&ar& in eHuations, 1ut it
    travels at a slo#er rate in %e&iu%s such as air or #ater. n the 1Cth century %easure%ents
    o3 the s+ee& o3 li!ht on earth an& in the at%os+here as 1ein! accurate, an a&e+t #rites:
    2Coul& they %easure li!ht a1ove our at%os+here they #oul& soon 3in& that they #ere #ron!.2
    7Mahatma 'etters+ #(4B8
    )ATE- 5/2'21. 7/21T - The 1oilin! +oint o3 #ater is !enerally !iven as (1( F 1ut %ay 1e
    any#here 1et#een 1=G or so an& (1( &e+en&in! on your altitu&e 3ro% sea level. ,t #ill also
    vary &aily &e+en&in! on the 1aro%eter rea&in!s o3 air +ressure.
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    The 3alai 'ama recei*es this year?s 1obel 7eace 7riEe
    A SPIRIT O4 OPTI2IS2
    , a% &ee+ly touche& to 1e chosen as this year:s reci+ient o3 the "o1el $eace $riAe. ,
    1elieve %y selection rea33ir%s the universal values o3 non-violence, +eace an& un&erstan&in!
    1et#een all %e%1ers o3 our !reat hu%an 3a%ily. We all &esire a ha++ier, %ore hu%ane an&
    har%onious #orl&, an& , have al#ays 3elt that the +ractice o3 love an& co%+assion, tolerance
    an& res+ect 3or others is the %ost e33ective %anner in #hich to 1rin! this a1out.
    , ho+e this +riAe #ill +rovi&e coura!e to the siE %illion +eo+le o3 Ti1et. For so%e 3orty years
    no#, Ti1etans have 1een un&er!oin! the %ost +ain3ul +erio& in our lon! history. Durin! this
    ti%e, over a %illion o3 our +eo+le +erishe& an& %ore than siE thousan& %onasteries - the seat
    o3 our +eace3ul culture - #ere &estroye&. There is not a sin!le 3a%ily, either in Ti1et or a%on!
    the re3u!ees a1roa&, #hich has !one unscathe&. Det, our +eo+le:s &eter%ination an&
    co%%it%ent to s+iritual values an& the +ractice o3 non-violence re%ain unshaken. This +riAe
    is a +ro3oun& reco!nition o3 their 3aith an& +erseverance.
    The &e%onstrations #hich have rocke& Ti1et 3or the +ast t#o years continue to 1e
    nonviolent &es+ite 1rutal su++ression. *ince the i%+osition o3 %artial la# in )hasa last March,
    Ti1et has 1een seale& o33, an& #hile !lo1al attention has 1een 3ocuse& on the tra!ic events in
    China, a syste%atic e33ort to crush the s+irit an& national i&entity o3 the Ti1etan +eo+le is
    1ein! +ursue& 1y the !overn%ent o3 the $eo+le:s -e+u1lic.
    Ti1etans to&ay are 3acin! the real +ossi1ility o3 eli%ination as a +eo+le an& a nation. The
    !overn%ent
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    o3 the $eo+le:s -e+u1lic o3 China is +racticin! a 3or% o3 !enoci&e 1y relocatin! %illions o3
    Chinese settlers into Ti1et. , ask that this %assive +o+ulation trans3er 1e sto++e&. /nless the
    cruel an& inhu%an treat%ent o3 %y +eo+le is 1rou!ht to an en&, an& until they are !iven their
    &ue ri!ht to sel3-&eter%ination, there #ill al#ays 1e o1stacles in 3in&in! a solution to the
    Ti1etan issue.
    , acce+t the "o1el $eace $riAe in a s+irit o3 o+ti%is% &es+ite the %any !rave +ro1le%s
    #hich hu%anity 3aces to&ay. We all kno# the i%%ensity o3 the challen!es 3acin! our
    !eneration: the +ro1le% o3 over+o+ulation, the threat to our environ%ent an& the &an!ers o3
    %ilitary con3rontation. 6s this &ra%atic century &ra#s to a close, it is clear that the rene#e&
    yearnin! 3or 3ree&o% an& &e%ocracy s#ee+in! the !lo1e +rovi&es an un+rece&ente&
    o++ortunity 3or 1uil&in! a 1etter #orl&. Free&o% is the real source o3 hu%an ha++iness an&
    creativity. nly #hen it is allo#e& to 3lourish can a !enuinely sta1le international cli%ate eEist.
    The su++ression o3 the ri!hts an& 3ree&o%s o3 any +eo+le 1y totalitarian !overn%ents is
    a!ainst hu%an nature, an& the recent %ove%ents 3or &e%ocracy in various +arts o3 the #orl&
    is a clear in&ication o3 this.
    The Chinese stu&ents have !iven %e !reat ho+e 3or the 3uture o3 China an& Ti1et. , 3eel
    that their %ove%ent 3ollo#s in the tra&ition o3 Mahat%a Gan&hi:s ahimsa or non-violence,
    #hich has &ee+ly ins+ire& %e ever since , #as a s%all 1oy. The eventual success o3 all
    +eo+le seekin! a %ore tolerant at%os+here %ust &erive 3ro% a co%%it%ent to counter hatre&
    an& violence #ith +atience. We %ust seek chan!e throu!h &ialo!ue an& trust. ,t is %y
    heart3elt +rayer that Ti1et:s +li!ht %ay 1e resolve& in such a %anner an& that once a!ain %y
    country, the -oo3 o3 the Worl&, %ay serve as a sanctuary o3 +eace an& a resource o3 s+iritual
    ins+iration at the heart o3 6sia.
    , ho+e an& +ray that the &ecision to !ive %e the "o1el $eace $riAe #ill encoura!e all
    those #ho +ursue the +ath o3 +eace to &o so in a rene#e& s+irit o3 o+ti%is% an& stren!th.
    - TenAin Gyatso, cto1er <, 1FCF, "e#+ort Beach, Cali3ornia,
    The Q,Ith Dalai )a%a
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    -e+rinte& 3ro% ,23FA+ "ov. 1, 1FCF, Iol. 1, "o. 1 7$ BoE 1GC<, *anta Bar1ara., C6
    F41G(8
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    TH1OSOPHICA0 HISTOR6
    The Con!er-)on! Trans3er o3 )ea&ershi+ in the $asa&ena T.*.
    Iictor ;n&ers1y:s Theosophical 1otes 71F<1-BC8 is 3ull o3 1its o3 Theoso+hical history that
    others #ere >ustly 3ear3ul, too ti%i&, to +olitical or 3ro% %etho&olo!ical reasons #oul& not +rint.
    6 !oo& eEa%+le is his account o3 5a%es 6. )on!:s ascension to lea&ershi+ in the $asa&ena
    *ociety.
    6 thu%1nail sketch o3 the lea&ershi+ o3 the $asa&ena *ociety is as 3ollo#s. ,n the s+lit in
    the ori!inal Theoso+hical *ociety that occurre& in the 1CFG:s, nearly all o3 6%erica an& %uch
    o3 ;uro+e 3ollo#e& Willia% 5u&!e in the s+lit over 6nnie Besant an& Col. lcott. 7,t shoul& 1e
    re%arke& that 5u&!e ha& ho+e& his *ociety #oul& 1eco%e an ar% o3 or still a33iliate& in so%e
    %anner #ith the +arent society, 1ut this #as o++ose& 1y Besant an& lcott.8 63ter 5u&!e:s
    &eath in 1CF=, +ro1a1ly s+ee&e& on 1y the s+lit-crisis, the %a>ority o3 Theoso+hists in 5u&!e:s
    *ociety 3ollo#e& ?atherine Tin!ley as their ne# uter 0ea& an& #ere convince& that 5u&!e
    ha& in&icate& her as his 1est successor. Tin!ley %ove& the hea&Huarters o3 the *ociety to
    *an Die!o, Cali3ornia an& esta1lishe& the re%arka1le $oint )o%a Co%%unity there. 7-o1ert
    Cros1y, 3oun&er o3 The /nite& )o&!e o3 Theoso+hists, #as a %e%1er o3 the $oint )o%a
    Co%%unity, 1ut a3ter &i33erences #ith ?atherine Tin!ley, eventually le3t an& #ent on to 3oun&
    in 1FGF the success3ul /)T.8
    63ter ?atherine Tin!ley:s &eath in 1F(F, G. &e $urucker assu%e& lea&ershi+ #ith little
    controversy. 63ter G&e$:s &eath, an& u+on his &irections, no lea&er #as chosen 3or three
    years, #hen a co%%ittee electe& Col. Con!er in 1F9<. Col. Con!er, #ho #as in ill-health, in a
    1reak o3 tra&ition si!ne& a &ocu%ent an& a++ointe& a successor in the event o3 his &eath. ,n
    Iictor ;n&ers1y:s account 7Theosophical 1otes, 5une, 1F<48:
    2Colonel Con!er no%inate& Mr. Willia% 0artley as his successor in an atteste& &ocu%ent
    &ate& March (Bth, 1F9=. The Colonel calle& 3or his co+y o3 this &ocu%ent not lon! 1e3ore his
    +assin!, an& sat re3lectin! u+on it 3or so%e ti%e 1e3ore askin! 3or it
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    to 1e +ut a#ay a!ain. 0e &ie& on Fe1ruary ((n&, 1F<1. 0e ha& not revoke& the a++oint%ent
    o3 Mr. 0artley nor %a&e any other a++oint%ent, an& there3ore Mr. Willia% 0artley is his
    constitutional successor as lea&er o3 The Theoso+hical *ociety 7$asa&ena8.
    The letter a++ointin! Mr. 0artley rea&s as 3ollo#s, taken 3ro% a +hotostatic co+y that has
    +asse& throu!h our han&s: -
    =T/ )>/M 2T MAF (/1(E-1:
    , here1y a++oint as %y successor an& lea&er o3 The Theoso+hical *ociety to succee& %e
    at %y &eath: Willia% 0artley.
    7*i!ne&8 6rthur ). Con!er.2
    Iictor ;n&ers1y #as not a %e%1er o3 the $asa&ena Theoso+hical *ociety an& !ives as his
    sources o3 in3or%ation: Mrs. 0arry Ben>a%in 7*ecretary to G. &e $. 3or %any years8; ;noch
    0ol%es; $eter *to&&ar&; ,verson ). 0arris - #hich all +resu%a1ly #ere %e%1ers o3 the
    *ociety; an& also C.5. -yan:s 1ook >$7$ 5la*atsy and the Theosophical Mo*ement.
    63ter Con!er:s &eath, 0artley, o3 course, never took lea&ershi+. 6ccor&in! to ;n&ers1y:s
    account 7Theosophical 1otes, Dec., 1F<48. at the %eetin!s to &eter%ine the ne# lea&er,
    0artley +ro&uce& a +hotostat o3 Con!er:s &ocu%ent a++ointin! hi%, a++arently 1ein! 3ear3ul
    to risk the ori!inal. 5a%es 6. )on!, #ho ha& achieve& +ro%inence in the society as a lecturer
    &urin! Con!er:s rei!n, &e%an&e& to see the ori!inal. 0artley re3use& an& accuse& )on! o3
    atte%+tin! to hy+notiAe hi% that %ornin!. 0artley 1eca%e a!!ressive to#ar& )on! an& 1e!an
    +ushin! hi% a1out a 1it. )on! +resente& a +iece o3 +a+er so that only Col. Con!er:s si!nature
    sho#e& as his o#n evi&ence o3 successorshi+, an& sai& that he #oul& sho# the rest o3 the
    +a+er #hen 0artley +ro&uce& his ori!inal. 76s s+eculation, +erha+s 0artley:s ori!inal #as
    2%issin!.28
    "o &ecision as to lea&ershi+ #as %a&e at this 3irst %eetin!. 6t the neEt %eetin! o3 the
    Ca1inet, )on! re%arks 2that the neEt lea&er has %a&e hi%sel3 kno#n 1y +reventin! Mr.
    0artley 3ro% +resentin! his evi&ence.2 When he is not un&erstoo& in his o1tuse re%ark, he
    %akes it clear that he is re3errin! to hi%sel3. This is a++arently su33icient 3or %ost o3 the
    Ca1inet, an& )on!, #ith
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    &issension, is electe& the ne# lea&er. The &issenters +erceive the +rocee&in!s as a 3arce an&
    leave the *ociety.
    Within the neEt year %uch o3 the *ociety also leaves &ue to 3ailure to si!n a 2loyalty car&2
    to Mr. )on! or 1y Mr. )on! ter%inatin! their %e%1ershi+s. ,n one letter to the FT* in Great
    Britain )on! #rote: 2The key actors in that &ra%a o3 &isru+tion have 1een 0elen 0arris,
    ,verson 0arris, ;%%ett *%all, Boris &e @irko33, an& a 3e# others, an& later 5an Iene%a in
    0ollan&, an& ?lara ?irse1o% in *#e&en.2 - all +ersons #ho #ent on to %ake an& are %akin!
    su1stantial contri1utions to the Theoso+hical Cause on their o#n.
    - Mark 5aHua
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    T&eoso,&i#"! Net*or)
    $.. BoE 1<<
    Musko!ee, ? B99G( /.*.6.
    Dour su++ort is very %uch nee&e& an& a++reciate&.
    The Theosophical 1et&or is a non-+ro3it en&eavor #ith a volunteer sta33. *u1scri+tions
    &o not cover the cost o3 +rintin! an& +osta!e so your 3inancial su++ort is very %uch
    a++reciate&. ,3 you kno# o3 anyone #ho #oul& like to receive the 1et&or, +lease sen& us
    their na%e an& a&&ress an& #e #ill !la&ly sen& a sa%+le issue.
    The Theoso+hical Directory issue is +u1lishe& once a year U*+rin! ,ssueV. The 6utu%n
    issue contains articles o3 Theoso+hic interest. )istin! in the Theosophical 1et&or 3irectory
    is 3ree, 1ut #e are only a1le to continue +u1lication o3 the "et#ork #ith su++ort 3ro%
    Theoso+hists like yoursel3.
    *u1scri+tion to the "et#ork is R1G 7/.*. Fun&s only8. For 6ir%ail overseas a&& R1G.
    *u1scri+tion R1G
    *u++orter R(G
    *+onsor R1GG
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    2AGIC AND TH1 AUSTRA0IAN A9ORIGIN1
    - Mark 5aHua
    Many inci&ents o3 +aranor%al a1ilities have 1een re+orte& 1y anthro+olo!ists
    investi!atin! +ri%itive cultures. "o other culture, ho#ever, has &e%onstrate& so %any o3
    these uncanny ca+acities as the 6ustralian 61ori!ines. The 61ori!ines are likely the %ost
    unusual race o3 +eo+le on the 3ace o3 the ;arth. By conservative esti%ates they s+ent at least
    1=,GGG years in isolation 3ro% any other culture until their &iscovery 1y the West an& Ca+tain
    Cook in the late 1BGG:s. ,n this 1=,GGG years they either &evelo+e& or retaine& the re%nants
    o3 a culture so uniHue an& stran!e that they coul& al%ost 1e likene& to inha1itants o3 another
    +lanet. ,n 0.$. Blavatsky:s %ecret 3octrine #e 3in& the% re3erre& to as the last an&
    &e!enerate re%ains o3 the )e%urian -ace.
    Genetically the 61ori!ines have 1een classi3ie& as the 3i3th an& s%allest race o3 +eo+le on
    the +lanet -the 6ustraloi&s. *u+er3icially they see%e& to investi!ators to 1e the %ost +ri%itive
    o3 all races, havin! a s%all cranial ca+acity, 1ein! no%a&ic, an& usin! only the cru&est o3
    tools. /+on closer investi!ation it #as &iscovere& that they ha& a hi!hly co%+leE %ental an&
    social li3e. ver BGG &ialects #ere s+oken 1y &i33erent tri1es an& each tri1e ha& &i33erent
    &ialects that #ere only use& in certain social situations. Fa%ily relationshi+s #ere so co%+leE
    that they use& as %any as BG &istinct na%es 3or &i33erent relatives. ur 2a&vance&2 culture
    has only 1< or so that are co%%only use& 7%other, 3ather, cousin, etc.8. ;very as+ect o3
    61ori!ine li3e #as !overne& 1y %a!ical la# an& +recise ritual. For instance, a %an #oul&
    even have a +recise stance that #as reHuire& 3or urinatin!. ,t %ay 1e that the 61ori!ines
    +reserve& re%nants o3 a ma#ical culture that #as every 1it as co%+leE as our o#n
    technolo#ical culture.
    ,n their still re%ainin! scattere& settle%ents, 61ori!ines eEhi1it an inti%ate ra++ort a%on!
    the%selves an& #ith nature that can only 1e eE+laine& in ter%s o3 tele+athy an& clairvoyance.
    -ain3all is a +recious co%%o&ity in the ari& central +lain an& #hile livin! in the out1ack
    61ori!ines have 1een o1serve& to run non-
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    sto+ over t#enty %iles to interce+t a sho#er that #as i%+erce+ti1le 3ro% their startin! +oint.
    61ori!ines %ay kno# several &ays 1e3orehan& that a relative is co%in! to visit the% 3ro% a
    3ar a#ay tri1e. Govern%ent o33icials have note& scores o3 ti%es that 61ori!ines #oul& co%e to
    the tele!ra+h station an& #ait 3or a %essa!e 3ro% a relative hours or %inutes 1e3ore it #oul&
    actually arrive.
    Many o3 these a1ilities are attri1ute& 1y the 61ori!ines to the T&o 5rothers in his reli!ious
    syste%. The 2T#o Brothers2 #ere +resent at the creation o3 the #orl& an& are 1eyon& our
    conce+ts o3 s+ace an& ti%e. They are +resent in every s+ace an& ti%e, an& 1y 1ein! in
    ra++ort #ith the% the 61ori!ine can have kno#le&!e o3 #hat is ha++enin! else#here in ti%e
    an& s+ace. Western +ara+sycholo!ists #oul& +re3er to 1elieve that the actual reality o3 the
    T&o 5rothers is a %yth 1ut that they serve as a %ental structure to ena1le the 61ori!ine to
    +ro>ect hi%sel3 into a real% that is 1eyon& ti%e an& s+ace.
    The 61ori!ine esta1lishes ra++ort #ith the T#o Brothers throu!h a +articular %ental
    1alance. While in this state the 61ori!ine says he has entere& the 2&rea%-ti%e2.
    6nthro+olo!ist 6.$. ;lkin #rites that in &rea%-ti%e the 61ori!ine 2is to share actively in that
    strea% o3 li3e an& +o#er #hich is not ha%+ere& 1y the li%itations o3 s+ace an& ti%e2 an& that
    2n these occasions it is realiAe& 1oth 1y hi%sel3 an& all +resent that he is no lon!er hi%sel3;
    he is the !reat &rea%-ti%e hero #hose role he is reenactin!. . . 2 ,t see%s necessary 3or the
    61ori!ine to ste+ outsi&e the narro# 1oun&s o3 e!o-centris% in or&er to 3or% a connection
    #ith a real% in #hich +aranor%al a1ilities 1eco%e +ossi1le.
    4in#ertal is another uncanny %etho& o3 uniHue co%%unication use& in settle%ents an&
    &escri1e& 1y "or%a Bro#nin! in her article The 7sychic 'ife of the Abori#ines$ Messa!es can
    1e co%%unicate& over %iles 1y si%+le %ove%ents o3 the thu%1, in&eE 3in!er an& #rist. ,n
    one inci&ent Bro#nin! entere& an 61ori!ine villa!e an& aske& the #herea1outs o3 a certain
    %an. 6n 61ori!ine sent 3in!ertalk into action an& in a 3e# %o%ents le& her to #here the %an
    #as +layin! +oker a %ile a#ay. Bro#nin! ha& a %essa!e that #as to 1e &elivere& to the
    %an:s entire 3a%ily an& aske& that they 1e calle&. Fin!er-
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    talk #as a!ain silently use& an& shortly the %an:s 3a%ily 1e!an &ri3tin! in 3ro% all &irections.
    *%oke si!nals is another %eans o3 co%%unication the 61ori!ine uses. This #oul& 1e an
    un&erstan&a1le +hysical %eans o3 co%%unication, eEce+t 3or the 3act that it is use& at
    &istances o3 u+ to one hun&re& %iles. When a #hite %an:s eyes can &etect nothin! on the
    horiAon, an 61ori!ine #ill clai% to see si!nals. Bro#nin! o1serve& an 61ori!ine rea& a s%oke
    si!nal &elivere& B< %iles a#ay an& correctly +re&ict that 2l& Gu&>i#a2 o3 the Wulaki tri1e
    #oul& arrive in a 3e# &ays.
    While this article is too short to try to eEa%ine the co%+leE %anner in #hich the
    61ori!ine looks at the #orl&, it is o1vious that he has a &rastically &i33erent paradi#m or #orl&-
    vie# 3ro% us. 0is &escri+tion o3 the #orl&-or&er is entirely alien 3ro% our conce+tions. While
    #estern %an sees a %echanistic cause an& e33ect in o+eration in nature, the 61ori!ine sees a
    %a!ical or&er #hich can 1e 2tune& into2 in the &rea%-ti%e trance. While #e %ay 1elieve the
    61ori!ine:s vie# o3 the #orl& is +ri%itive an& Huite in3erior to our o#n, this %ay not entirely 1e
    the case. The 61ori!ine:s %a!ical #orl&-or&er is very co%+leE - a co%+leEity si%ilar to that o3
    our %echanistic technolo!ies.
    Chilton $earce in his The (rac in the (osmic E## su!!ests that the level o3 a culture is
    &eter%ine& 1y its co%+leEity. The %ore co%+leE a culture is, the %ore can 1e acco%+lishe&
    #ithin it. The %ore co%+leE a technolo!y, the %ore varia1le %achines can 1e 1uilt, the %ore
    the #orl& can 1e %ani+ulate& throu!h increasin!ly co%+leE interrelation o3 conce+ts. The
    nature o3 our #orl& an& #hat is +ossi1le #ithin it see%s in so%e nature a sy%1iotic
    relationshi+ #ith our very conce+ts a1out it.
    Throu!h his very co%+leE %a!ical syste% the 61ori!ine is a1le to acco%+lish 3eats #hich
    #e eHually acco%+lish throu!h our technolo!ical syste%. The 61ori!ine throu!h %a!ic can
    &e+en&a1ly &etect rain3all t#enty %iles &istant. We can acco%+lish this #ith ra&ar. Throu!h
    %a!ic the 61ori!ine can co%%unicate #ith relatives a hun&re& %iles a#ay. Throu!h
    technolo!y #e have ra&io an& tele+hone. The 61ori!ine can also +er3or% 3eats that #e can:t
    eHual, like %entally causin! so%eone:s &eath throu!h a ritual si%ilar in nature to the 2&eath
    +rayer2 o3 the 0a#aiian 0una.
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    2-eality2 %ay not 1e such a su1stantial %atter as #e like to 1elieve. ,3 throu!h %ental
    a&roitness the 61ori!ine can +er3or% 3eats #hich #e nor%ally &ee% i%+ossi1le, it %ay
    in&icate that there is a certain 3luE an& 3lo# in 2reality2 #hich %akes in&e3inite the line 1et#een
    %aterial reality an& i%a!ination. Within li%its, #hat is +ossi1le %ay 1e #hat #e 1elieve is
    +ossi1le. Better yet - #hat is +ossi1le is #hat #e can &escri1e an& i%a!ine #ithin our
    conce+t-structures. ,n&uctively an& throu!h intuitive insi!ht our conce+t-structures an& #orl&-
    vie# is ever eE+an&in!. De&uctively, #e %ani3est our conce+t-structures %aterially as
    inventions. For instance, an& %ost &ra%atically, ato%ic ener!y #as a %aterial %ani3estation
    o3 a %athe%atical theory.
    G. &e $urucker #rites in his 4undamentals of the Esoteric 7hilosophy that 2The so-calle&
    la#s o3 nature an& the la# or kar%a are si%+ly various #orkin!s o3 consciousness in nature;
    truly an& actually, they are habits+ habits of bein#s$= an& 3urther that these 2la#s o3 nature2 are
    2the action and interaction and interplay of consciousnesses and &ills - in the kos%os - not so
    %uch consi&ere& as +ersonaliAe& consciousness an& #ills, 1ut 1y us those #or&s are use&
    %ore as a1stractions, %eanin! the co%1ine& an& a!!re!ate action-results o3 all
    consciousnessess an& #ills in the kos%os.2 Fro% this &e3inition #e can see that the lar!er
    an& %ore !eneral la#s o3 nature are the very internal +rocesses an& interrelations o3 !reat
    1ein!s that #e an& our #orl& are +art o3.
    While in the 1i! sense #e %ay have little to &irectly &o #ith the 3un&a%ental la#s o3
    nature, in a %ore li%ite& sense our thinkin! an& i%a!ination 3or% a 1uil&in! 1lock in the
    structure o3 reality. 0u%ans have certain ca+a1ilities an& the +otential to scale certain
    hei!hts. What #e have the +otential to &o &oes not chan!e ra+i&ly, 1ut the #ay #e &o it an&
    ho# #e 2&escri1e2 #hat #e &o can 1e o3 in3inite variation. While accor&in! to Blavatsky the
    61ori!ines are a &e!enerate re%nant o3 a once !reat race, they !ive us an inklin! o3 the
    %o&e o3 %in& that %i!ht have eEiste& in 3or%er a!es. The )e%urians or 6tlanteans no &ou1t
    ha& a technolo!y as !reat as our o#n, 1ut it also %ay have 1een o3 a nature co%+letely alien
    to our #ay o3 thinkin! a1out a 2technolo!y2 or science. 6 technolo!y is
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    only a co%+leEity an& or!aniAe& #ay o3 thinkin!, o3 3or%in! an& actualiAin! innate hu%an
    +otentialities. Within his %o&e o3 %in& the 6ustralian 61ori!ine has a co%+lete an& co%+leE
    eE+lanation #hy tele+athy an& clairvoyance is +ossi1le an& nor%al. )ike#ise #e have a
    co%+lete eE+lanation 3or our tele+hones an& ra&ar. Tele+athy is %a!ic to us, #hile to the
    61ori!ine an air-con&itioner %i!ht 1e eHually as %a!ical.
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    2ntroduction to %ansrit By Tho%as ;!enes, $h.D.
    6n ,nnovative )earnin! Metho&.
    -ather than +lun!in! stu&ents into the intricacies o3 *anskrit #ithout +ro+er +re+aration,
    this teEt !ently lea&s 1e!inners to %astery learnin!.
    *anskrit can o+en the &oor to ,n&ia:s rich s+iritual literature. This 4<B-+a!e sel3-teachin!
    !ui&e +resents *anskrit +ronunciation, !ra%%ar, an& voca1ulary in si%+le an& syste%atic
    ste+s, allo#in! stu&ents to easily %aster the 3un&a%entals o3 this char%in! 1ut &i33icult
    lan!ua!e. 4<B ++. har&1ack R1C.<G
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    5A%2( %E'4-C1/)'E3.E By 0arry Ben>a%in
    6n ,ntro&uction to ;soteric $sycholo!y Base& on the Gur&>ie33 *yste% o3 ;soteric
    Develo+%ent.
    ,n the Co%%entaries o3 Dr. Maurice "icoll the #riter &iscovers the %issin! key to the 1asic
    +ro1le%s o3 li3e. That key is sel3-kno#le&!e. ,t %eans thinkin! in a ne# #ay. What are the
    1asic reHuire%ent o3 such a Huest.
    ,n 1oth Theoso+hic Mysticis% an& these Co%%entaries, an& in the syste% o3 esoteric
    &evelo+%ent eE+oun&e& 1y Gur&>ie33, are keys to the true %eanin! an& +ur+ose o3 eEistence.
    To un&erstan& the%, to live the%, is to !ain 3ree&o% 3ro% sel3 i%+rison%ent 3ro% #hich #e all
    su33er. 0ere, 0arry Ben>a%in eE+lores the essentials o3 this *el3 kno#le&!e an& the 1asic
    Theoso+hic +attern un&erlyin! "icoll, Gur&>ie33 an& ?rishna%urti:s teachin!s. They tell us
    #hat #e have lon! 3or!otten: that our ori!in is 3ro% the *tars. 1B< ++. R=.B<
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    5//C /4 T>E '2,21. By Miles Mac6l+in
    6 0an&1ook o3 *el3-Directe& Consciousness.
    ,n this han&1ook the author eE+lores so%e essential Huestions: 2What a% , that is the
    ne Truth. 0o# can , eE+ress it. What a% , that ever see%s to Be. What a% , that is ever
    Beco%in!.2 6 3oun&ation o3 clear un&erstan&in! o3 these i%+ortant Huestions is &evelo+e& in
    this real 5oo of the 'i*in# 1y a %ystic +hiloso+her #ho live& an& +ractice& this s+iritual art at
    the 3a%e& $oint )o%a Theoso+hical Co%%unity 3or so%e thirty years.
    26 %an kno#s he has, or is, an inner sustainin! 3orce, 1reath or +o#er, calle& *+irit. 6s
    such he is constant even throu!h the unconsciousness o3 *lee+... 6s *+irit..he &elivers, at
    ti%es, to his +erce+tive senses, intuitive ?no#le&!e, su+erior to the reasonin! o3 the Min&,
    an& surer, he &irects, un&er the na%e o3 Conscience, his inter-election or $o#er to Choose
    a%on! the i%a!es o3 the Min& an& a%on! his environ%ental o++ortunities an& values. 6s
    *+irit, %an +erceives his likeness to other %en...2 6n invalua1le 1ook 3or the doin# %ystic.
    1<C ++. +1 R=.(<
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    $ BoE =<GB *6" D,;G, C6 F(1G=
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    9OO:S
    TH1 P6THAGOR1AN SOURC19OO: AND 0I9RAR6-
    Co%+ile& an& translate& 1y ?enneth *ylvan Guthrie, 4=1 +a!es, 1FCB, $hanes $ress,
    $o BoE =119, Gran& -a+i&s, Michi!an 9F<1=., R4G.GG har&1ack, R1C.F< so3t.
    This is an eE+ansion an& reissue o3 ?.*. Gutherie:s 1F(G +rintin! 1y $latonic $ress. ,t is
    likely the %ost valua1le availa1le on $ytha!orean thou!ht as it contains un&er one cover
    every ancient 3ra!%ent kno#n on $ytha!oras. ,t contains translations 3ro% at least 4<
    &i33erent sources 3ro% ,a%1lichus to 6ristoEenus o3 Tarentu%. 6&&itions to Gutherie:s ori!inal
    volu%e inclu&e an insi!ht3ul 3ore#or& 1y 5ocelyn Go&#in, a lon! intro&uction 1y Davi& -.
    Fi&eler - #hich one %i!ht #ish he #oul& eE+an& into a 1ook, an& an 1C +a!e 1i1lio!ra+hy o3
    relate& #ritin!s.
    $ytha!oras 7=th century B.C.;. - interestin!ly, the sa%e ti%e as Bu&&ha in the ;ast8 &i&
    not leave any #ritin!s that have co%e &o#n to us. 6ll accounts o3 hi% an& his +hiloso+hy
    co%e to us (n& an& 4r& han& an& %uch no &ou1t !ar1le& so%e#hat in the transition, 1ut
    o1viously in %ost cases #ith the essential thou!ht +resente&. ;nou!h re%ains that is
    &e%onstrata1le, such as his %usical an& %athe%atical &octrines, an& that strikes the
    intuition, that one kno#s 3or certain that here #as a re%arka1le sa!e an& esoteric school. ,3
    you aren:t 3a%iliar #ith the $ytha!orean tra&ition 7as this #riter isn:t8, you #ill continually 1e
    encounterin! ne# i&eas in this %arvelous 1ook.
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    TH1 HU2AN AND DI7IN1 UNI71RS1, )au&ahn, -aine, Mea&, Wil&er, Darro#, ;&!e,
    Taylor. Co%+ile& 1y ?en *%all, $oint )o%a $u1lications 7$B =<GB, *an Die!o, C6 F(1G=8,
    1FCF, 11= +a!es, R=.B<
    This is a co%+ilation o3 articles 1oth %o&ern an& ol& on $latonis%, "eo-$latonis% an&
    the #estern %ystery tra&ition. Co%+ilations can 1e rather stilte& an& incon!ruous, 1ut this
    3lo#s very s%oothly as i3 the authors all ha& the sa%e i&ea in %in& even thou!h se+arate& 1y
    a century.
    6 thir& o3 the 1ook is authore& 1y %o&ern Theoso+hical %ystic Willia% -. )au&ahn,
    #hose articles have a++eare& in %any Theoso+hical +erio&icals #orl&-#i&e. While %ystics
    are nota1ly short-#in&e& as authors, )au&ahn is at least one o3 the %ost articulate i3 not the
    outstan&in! %ystic in the Theoso+hical Move%ent. While insi!ht into Theosophia - Divine
    Wis&o%, or the *ource o3 all - &oesn:t necessarily %ean that a %ystic #ill 1e an a++reciator o3
    technical Theoso+hy as a syste% o3 thou!ht, )au&ahn is 1oth a %ystic an& a stu&ent o3
    Theoso+hy. )au&ahn:s unearthin! an& co%%ents on 1Bth century Dr. -al+h Cu&#orth:s The
    True 2ntellectual %ystem of the 0ni*erse is es+ecially interestin!.
    ne &i33erence o3 the Western esoteric tra&ition 3ro% the ;astern is that see%in!ly all our
    ancient teEts have &isa++eare&. 7Blavatsky i%+lies so%e#here that %a!ical an& esoteric
    1ooks in the #est #ere +ur+osively !athere& an& &estroye&, eEce+t 3or a 3e# co+ies, shortly
    1e3ore the &ark cycle the West entere& a1out 1<GG years a!o.8 While the Ie&as,, /+anisha&s
    an& %any other #ritin!s still eEist, in the West the #ritin!s o3 2r+heus2. 20er%es2,
    $ytha!oras, an& %any others an& co%%entators have 1een lost an& only kno#n o3 1y
    re3erence several ti%es re%ove&. ,n one o3 his articles, G.-.*. Mea& s+eculates that 2The
    0y%ns o3 r+heus2 an& ori!ins o3 +rehistoric !reek +hiloso+hy %ay ste% 3ro% re%nants o3
    the 6tlantean civiliAation.
    ?athleen -aine:s short cha+ter circu%a%1ulatin! the !reat $latonist an& translator
    Tho%as Taylor, containe& t#o +a!es on 26 *y%1olic ,nner )an!ua!e2 linkin! to!ether &rea%
    lan!ua!e, sy%1ols,, an& synchronicity. The r+hic %ystery reli!ions realiAe& the connection
    1et#een Min& an& "ature that #e are only no# 1eco%in! a#are o3 a!ain throu!h the #ork o3
    5un! an& others.
    :6 !oo& 1ook 3ull o3 see&-i&eas encoura!in! 3urther thou!ht. ,3 one is use& to stu&yin! the
    Wis&o% -eli!ion 3ro% the ;astern +ers+ective, this 1ook can carve throu!h so%e ne#
    syna+tic +ath#ays si%+ly 3ro% &i33erence o3 a++roach.
    - M. 5aHua
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    TH1OSOPHISTS 71RSUS NIC1 P1OP01- 1TC.
    - Geor!e Car&inal )eGros
    2With thy heart +lace all thy #orks on %e, +re3er %e to all else, eEercise %ental
    &evotion continually, an& think constantly o3 %e. By so &oin! thou shalt 1y %y &ivine 3avor
    sur%ount every &i33iculty #hich surroun&eth thee; 1ut i3 3ro% +ri&e thou #ilt not listen to %y
    #or&s, thou shalt un&ou1te&ly 1e lost.2
    - The 5ha#a*ad-.ita
    We in Theoso+hy an& %eta+hysics are al#ays 1ein! re%in&e& o3 ho# 1a& #e are
    co%+are& to the nice +eo+le at the corner church. But our critics &on:t kno# that the nice
    $eo+le at the corner church are una#akene& souls &ru!!e& on the ver1al narcotics o3 Billy
    Graha% an& Bisho+ *heen or their i%itators, an& that #e are +eo+le #ho 1ecause o3 !reater
    su33erin!, eE+erience, a!e, or reasons #e kno# nothin! a1out, 3ace a sho#-&o#n #ith the
    &e%on that lurks in every hu%an heart. To a++roach the ancient $ath %eans takin! ste+s
    #hich cause the +oisonous &e1ris o3 the lo#er nature to sur3ace. ,t is not a lovely si!ht. *o%e
    chelas, #e are tol&, +resent anythin! 1ut an attractive a++earance, an& %ay even 1e
    %istaken 3or horne& &evils. Discri%ination is nee&e& i3 #e are to >u&!e others ri!htly - i3 there
    is a ri!ht #ay to >u&!e anyone, #hich is &ou1t3ul.
    6ll o3 #hich 1rin!s u+ an interestin! Huestion: ho# are the +eo+le %akin! u+ the
    Meta+hysical Worl& to 1e classi3ie&. *u++ose #e try. .roup one; Genuine Theoso+hists #ho
    in +ast lives #on so%e %a>or 1attles #ith ka%a-%anas an& no# #alk con3i&ently on, or
    to#ar&, the $ath. .roup T&o; Genuine Theoso+hists #ho are 3i!htin! 3or their lives 7or souls8
    an& #ho %ay rese%1le the
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    a3ore%entione& horne& &evils. .roup Three: $otential Theoso+hists #ho are tryin! to %ake
    u+ their %in&s - the trou1le& 6r>unas. .roup 4our: Mystical intellectuals like Manly 0all #ho
    have a #on&er3ul ti%e ro%+in! a1out the 3rontiers o3 the arcane #orl&. .roup 4i*e: *erious
    stu&ents &eter%ine& to %aster "ature:s 3iner 3orces 3or evil en&s - 3uture 1lack %a!icians.
    .roup %i8; Me%1ers o3 the occult lunatic 3rin!e: 2, 6M2 &ecriers, "eo-Theoso+hists 73ollo#ers
    o3 6nnie Besant an& Bisho+ ;!!1eater8, 6lice Baileyites, -osie Da#ners, 6M-C
    2-osicrucians,2 Great White Brotherhoo&ers, Mount *hastaites, ;&!ar Cayceites, /nityites,
    Christian *cientists, -eli!ious *cientists, %ay1e "uclear *cientists, *+iritualists, +ast li3e
    rea&ers, astral +ro>ectionists, - an& &a11lers in Do!a, 0y+notis%, an& the %isun&erstoo&
    ccult 6rts. .roup %e*en: 0ar%less han!ers-on #ho &on:t kno# #here they are or ho# they
    !ot there, 1ut have no other +lace to !o. $erha+s seven is the ri!ht nu%1er, 1ut #e %i!ht
    thro# in one %ore: the hal3-Christian-hal3-%ystic #ho %akes u+ "or%an Iincent $eale:s
    3ollo#in!.
    ,t !oes #ithout sayin! that ne, T#o, an& Three are the only sa3e !rou+s. 6ll others are
    &an!erous 1ecause they call 3or no &isci+line, no strivin!, no e33ort to 1eco%e any 1etter than
    one alrea&y is. "othin! in "ature stan&s still: #e !o either u+ or &o#n. There is a &ual
    %o%entu% in the ccult Worl&, an& every one o3 us is eventually s#e+t into the ascen&in! or
    &escen&in! current, - one lea&in! to Go&hoo& an& the other to the $it. 6 !oo& #ay to start
    %ovin! in the ri!ht &irection is to %e%oriAe the a1ove Huotation 3ro% the Gita an& say it
    re!ularly, an& ;I;-D T,M; so%eone co%es runnin! to tell you a1out that %arvelous Do!i
    #ho >ust arrive& in to#n to lecture on 0ealth, )ove, an& 61un&ant )ivin!.
    7- Fro% a Chica!o *tu&y Grou+ 3lyer, circa 1F9G8
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    POINTS O4 INT1R1ST
    The 6utu%n, #F Theosophical 1et&or recently ca%e out an& is 3ille& #ith its usual hi!h-
    Huality %aterial. 6. ?annan, #ho% , 1elieve is in char!e o3 the ;soteric *ection at 6&yar, ha&
    an article 2Trans3or%in! urselves2, an& it #as !oo& to see a contri1ution 3ro% an 6&yar
    %e%1er. The "et#ork carries %ore letters 3ro% rea&ers than any other +u1lication, on 1oth
    si&es o3 issues, an& i3 one is lookin! 3or a +lace to eE+ress a vie#+oint, it is likely the %ost
    o+en +u1lication. , 1elieve, also, it has the lar!est circulation o3 any in&e+en&ent
    Theoso+hical +u1lication. Be3ore +u1lication o3 the "et#ork 1e!an, %uch o3 the Theoso+hic
    #orl& #as +ro1a1ly una#are that there #ere %any Theoso+hical *ocieties #ith &i33erent
    a++roaches. *u1scri+tion to Theoso+hical "et#ork %a!aAine is R1G.GG +er year 3ro%: $o BoE
    1<<, Musko!ee, klaho%a B99(. ;ach s+rin! a &irectory o3 all societies an& in&ivi&uals
    #ishin! to liste& is inclu&e&.
    ,3 anyone atte%+te& to #rite 7roto#onos in the Fall an& ha& his letter returne& to
    sen&er, try a!ain, as the $ost 33ice his 1otche& u+ an& returne& %uch o3 our %ail to sen&er
    3or several %onths. The ne# a&&ress is: 7roto#onos$$$
    >E-ME% %a!aAine has cease& +u1lication a3ter 1< years #ith the &e+arture o3 its
    3oun&er-e&itor -a!havan ,yer. The sta33 o3 >ermes has un&ertaken the task o3 startin! a ne#
    %a!aAine, ,23FA+ to re+lace >ermes. >ermes, an& no# ,idya has 1een the 1est +ro&uction
    >o1 o3 any Theoso+hical %a!aAine #ith Huality %aterial to %atch. The lea& article in the 3irst
    ,idya is an in-&e+th look at %e&itation an& #orkin!s o3 the %in& 1y 0enry Be&in!er Mitchel.
    ,idya is +u1lishe& 1i%onthly an& the su1scri+tion rate is R1( +er year 3ro%: $ BoE F<F,
    *anta Bar1ara, Cali3ornia F41G(
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    ,t #as !oo& to see in the latest $yra%i& Books catalo! that the ( volu%e set o3 2sis
    0n*eiled an& The %ecret 3octrine #ere sellin! 3or 19.GG an& R19.F< res+ectively. These are
    Theoso+hical $u1lishin! 0ouse e&itions, , 1elieve, they are re%ain&erin! to %ake #ay 3or the
    +resent ne# e&itions. To or&er: 2sis 0n*eiled is liste& as #4G-D an& The %ecret 3octrine #4G-
    DB. R1.=G shoul& 1e enclose& 3or the 3irst 1ook an& (.1G +osta!e 3or 1oth. $yra%i& Books,
    $ BoE 9C, 4< Con!ress *t., *ale%, Mass. G1FBG
    The latest issue o3 7ath&ays %a!aAine 7$ BoE <B44 *ta. B, Iictoria, B.C., Cana&a IC-
    =*B8 has a 1io!ra+hy o3 T* 3oun&er Willia% Juan 5u&!e. The author #rites: 2This chil& #ho%
    #e kno# as Willia% Juan 5u&!e #as an eEa%+le o3 #hat is calle& Tulku in Ti1et, #hich takes
    +lace #hen an a&vance& soul un&ertakes to enter the 1o&y o3 an in3ant or chil& in or&er to
    +er3or% so%e s+ecial #ork 3or hu%anity. )ater in li3e, 5u&!e tol& one o3 his +u+ils that he #as
    lea&in! #hat he calle& 2a &ou1le li3e,2 one #hile he #as a#ake an& another Huite &i33erent
    #hile his 1o&y sle+t. ,t #as notice& on one occasion #hile he #as con&uctin! a lo&!e %eetin!
    that his 3ace chan!e& &ra%atically, an& his voice assu%e& a &ee+er an& %ore austere tone.
    6s he &evelo+e& his thesis, his co%+leEion a++eare& to take on a &arker hue an& oriental
    cast. 63ter a 3airly short ti%e he #as a!ain his custo%ary sel3.2 5u&!e:s Collecte& Works,
    co%+ile& 1y Dara ;klun&, are availa1le 3ro% $t. )o%a $u1lications. >is 'etters that >a*e
    >elped Me, #hich contain %ore in3or%ation on +ractical occultis% an& +sycholo!y than
    +ossi1ly any other 1ook than The Mahatma 'etters, is availa1le 3ro% 1oth /)T, )os 6n!eles
    an& Theoso+hical /niversity $ress.
    T>E MA>ATMA% /1 !072TE-
    Iictor ;n&ers1y in the 5uly 1<, 1FB4 Eclectic Theosophist states that the 1elo# con3usin!
    sentences on 5u+iter #ere +ro1a1ly 2trans3or%e& into yar&s o3 &rivel2 #hen it #as realiAe&
    they trans!resse& on 3or1i&&en kno#le&!e:
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    2....5u+iter an& so%e other +lanets, #hose little lu%inous +oints hi&e no# 3ro% our si!ht
    %illions u+on %illions o3 stars 7all 1ut so%e <GGG or =GGG8 - #ill su&&enly let us have a +ee+
    at a 3e# o3 the -a>a-*uns they are no# hi&in!. There is such a kin!-star ri!ht 1ehin& 5u+iter,
    that no %ortal +hysical eye has ever seen &urin! this, our -oun&. Coul& it 1e so +erceive& it
    #oul& a++ear, throu!h the 1est telesco+e ... still a s%all &i%ensionless +oint, thro#n into the
    sha&o# 1y the 1ri!htness o3 any +lanet; nevertheless - this #orl& is thousan&s o3 ti%es lar!er
    than 5u+iter. The violent &istur1ance o3 its at%os+here an& even its re& s+ot that so intri!ues
    science lately, are &ue - 718 to that shi3tin! an& 7(8 to the in3luence o3 that -a>a-*tar. ,n its
    +resent +osition in s+ace i%+erce+ti1ly s%all thou!h it 1e - the %etallic su1stances o3 #hich it
    is %ainly co%+ose& are eE+an&in! an& !ra&ually trans3or%in! the%selves into aeri3or% 3lui&s
    - the state o3 our o#n earth an& its siE sister !lo1es 1e3ore the 3irst -oun& - an& 1eco%in!
    +art o3 its at%os+here.2 7Mahatma 'etters+ letter (4B8
    Much o3 this &oes see% to 1e &rivel, an& +ossi1ly ?0:s state%ent in letter F %ay a++ly:
    2,3 your Huestions are 3oun& +re%ature 1y the +o#ers that 1e, instea& o3 receivin! %y
    ans#ers in their +ristine +urity you %ay 3in& the% trans3or%e& into yar&s o3 &rivel.2
    The 2%etallic su1stances2 o3 #hich it is %ainly co%+ose& is veri3ie& in +resent theory an&
    a3ter the $ioneer 3ly-1ys. The interior o3 5u+iter is thou!ht to 1e co%+ose& o3 %etallic
    hy&ro!en, or hy&ro!en un&er such +ressure that it &e%onstrates the electrical +ro+erties o3
    %etal. ,t is interestin! that the a&e+t re3erre& to 2%etallic su1stances2 an& not >ust %etals, as
    hy&ro!en is not nor%ally thou!ht o3 as a %etal, 1ut eEhi1its %etallic +ro+erties un&er
    +ressure. 6lso interestin! is the inti%ation that 5u+iter is >ust 3or%in! +revious to its 3irst
    -oun& an& the youn!est o3 the seven interior +lanets. nly the li!htest ele%ents #oul&
    a++ear in the 3irst -oun& an& 5u+iter is kno#n to 1e co%+ose& al%ost eEclusively o3
    hy&ro!en - the li!htest ele%ent. :6ll %ore evi&ence o3 a&e+t kno#le&!e veri3ie& later 1y
    science. 7Astronomy, M. @oilik, 0ar+er K -o#, 1FC(8
    5u+iter !ives o3 %ore heat than it receives 3ro% the *un, #hich #as not eE+ecte& 3ro%
    scienti3ic %o&els. The Theoso+hical teachin! is, , 1e-
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    lieve, that +lanets !ive o33 their o#n vital heat as all livin! 1ein!s, to one &e!ree or another,
    an& +lanets are not inert o1>ects 1ut livin! entities in another ti%e scale or hierarchy o3
    evolution.
    2ON165 6 corres+on&ent o3 %ine #ho kne# G. &e $urucker &urin! his lea&ershi+ at the
    $oint )o%a Co%%unity sai& that $urucker re%arke& a1out the co%%unity:s 3inancial
    &i33iculties 7they #ere 1ein! 3orce& to sell o33 their +ro+erties8 so%ethin! to the e33ect that 2i3
    you ever have %ore %oney than you kno# #hat to &o #ith, then you kno# you:re &oin!
    so%ethin! #ron!.2
    :AR2IC CONUNDRU2S: ,3 an a&e+t su33ers 1ecause o3 his e33orts to elevate hu%anity, &oes
    he su33er 1ecause o3 his 21a&2 kar%a. - ,3 so%eone in>ures you, is it 1ecause +erha+s you
    in>ure& the% in a +revious li3e. ,3 you in>ure& the% then, #as it 1ecause o3 their 1a& kar%a,
    that they +reviously in>ure& you. Where &oes the chain 1e!in. - ,3 so%eone is 1orn #ith a
    2silver s+oon2 in their %outh an& lives a li3e o3 co%3ort, is it 1ecause o3 !oo& kar%a al#ays, or
    1ecause they #oul&n:t 1e stron! enou!h 3or a &i33icult li3e. ,3 s+iritual +ro!ress is o3ten
    acco%+anie& #ith su33erin!, is a 1a! la&y +ro!ressin! 3aster than a %illionaire. - ,s Ti1et
    1ein! +otentially &estroye& as a nation an& culture 1ecause they concentrate on the s+iritual
    to the eEclusion o3 +ractical concerns. Do they have 21a& kar%a2 3ro% 1ein! too s+iritual.
    TH1OSOPH6 %a!aAine has a ne# a1le e&itor a3ter the &eath o3 0enry Gei!er last year.
    Theosophy has 1een continuously +u1lishe& no# 3or sone CG years an& uses ti%ely articles
    3ro% the #ealth o3 literature o3 Blavatsky an& 5u&!e as #ell as Cros1ie. ne o3 the %ost
    valua1le o3 any %a!aAine:s colu%ns is the 2n the )ookout2 #hich is a survey o3 current
    1ooks, %a!aAines an& ne#s+a+ers in the li!ht o3 Theoso+hic i&eals an& ne# tren&s o3
    thou!ht. Theosophy is +u1lishe& %onthly an& the su1scri+tion rate is R1G.GG 3ro% (9< West
    44r& *t., )os 6n!eles, C6 FGGGB
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    CONCORD GRO71 PR1SS is +ro1a1ly the least kno#n o3 the %a>or Theoso+hical
    +u1lishers. ,t currently has +u1lishe& over =G 1ooks an& Huality +a%+hlets on 1oth eastern
    an& #estern esotericis%. Their :*ecret Doctrine *eries2 is an eEcellent research ai& or
    su1stitute 3or stu&y o3 Blavatsky:s %E(-ET 3/(T-21E$ ;ach o3 the 1C 1ooks is a
    co%+ilation u+on a +articular to+ic 3ro% Blavatsky:s #ritin!s, such as Meta-(hemistry, Meta
    -.eometry+ The 'o#o=+ Motion+ %pace+ etc. Their a&&ress is $ BoE F<F, *anta Bar1ara, C6
    F41G(.
    1n#'#!o,e/i# G!oss"r' - ,n !oin! throu!h so%e +a+ers , ran across 5ohn Ian Mater:s very
    interestin! article 3or the 1FCB )on&on Theoso+hical 0istory Con3erence, 2The Genesis an&
    6i%s o3 the Theoso+hical /niversity )i1rary.2 The $asa&ena )i1rary has the %ass o3 the
    3or%er $oint )o%a Co%%unity scholar:s 1ooks such as G. &e $. an& others an& no# has
    nearly <G,GGG 1ooks. For %any years the li1rary #as not o+en to the +u1lic 1ut no# is.
    ne Huote in the article 3ro% G. &e $urucker #hile he #as hea& o3 the $t. )o%a
    Co%%unity see%s relevant in re!ar& to +olicies o3 the &i33erent *ocieties: 2, #oul& su!!est
    that vou have no :,n&eE ;E+ur!atorius: #hatever. )et +eo+le rea& an& &ra# their o#n
    conclusions.2 Ian Mater:s conclu&in! +ara!ra+h #as %ost interestin! in li!ht o3 the
    &isa++earance an& 1uryin! 1y $asa&ena o3 $urucker, Bar1orka, ?noche an& other:s %assive
    79GGG &etaile& eE+lanations o3 theoso+hic ter%s8 Encyclopedic .lossary:
    2... #e #oul& #ish to 1eco%e theoso+hical archaeolo!ists an& eE+ose to the +u1lic !aAe
    the +riceless +hiloso+hical an& historical %aterials that %ay 1e uncovere& in the +erio&icals,
    +a%+hlets, an& 1ooks that have 1een issue& 1y the Theoso+hical #orl& since 1CB<. ur !oal
    is to %ake availa1le the insi!hts theoso+hy has to o33er in the 3iel&s o3 +hiloso+hy, reli!ion,
    an& science, to re+ly to the inter&isci+linary u+sur!e takin! +lace to&ay, an& #hich is a &irect
    re3lection o3 that sa%e s+irit no# %ovin! a%on! the various theoso+hical or!aniAations.2 We
    ho+e soP
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    WHA01S - There are %any anec&otes &e%onstratin! the re%arka1le intelli!ence o3 1oth
    so%e ty+es o3 #hales an& &ol+hins. ne a++eare& in the 5an. :FG %cience 3i#est. 6 =G,GGG
    +oun& s+er% #hale 1eca%e entan!le& in 3ish net in the 6ra1ian sea an& #as s+otte& 1y a
    /.*. "avy helico+ter #hich ra&ioe& 3or +ossi1le assistance to a near1y !ui&e& %issile cruiser.
    The cruiser res+on&e& an& lashe& the hu!e eEhauste& #hale to its hull to kee+ it 3ro%
    sinkin!. When %uch o3 the net #as 3ree& 3ro% the #hale it esca+e& its hull lashin! an& 1e!an
    to s#i% a#ay, even thou!h still +artly ensnare& in the net. *o%e "avy &ivers chase& a3ter the
    #hale in a s%all 1oat an& sur+risin!ly the #hale sto++e& an& #aite& 3or the% an& allo#e&
    one &iver to cra#l aroun& on its 1ack #hile cuttin! the net 3ree.
    *o%e #hales an& &ol+hins have lar!er cere1ru%s -the +art o3 the 1rain connecte& #ith
    a1stract thinkin! - than hu%ans an& one #on&ers #hat all that 1rain +o#er is 3or. 0u%+1ack
    #hales #ill co%+ose hour-lon! lo# keye& sy%+honies, an& #hen co%+letin! one, #ill 2sin!2 it
    a!ain #ith only sli!ht alterations. :Juite a 3eat o3 %e%ory 3or an 2ani%al2.
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    An"n/"- Ce!"
    With this &ull cere1ral +ro1e o3 %ine,
    )et %e the cos%ic cor+se transcen&,
    6n& +rick throu!h the esca+in! 3at o3 3lesh
    3 ,n3inite, to +ierce the encirclin! ser+ent
    Iein o3 truth an& &rink ine1riate.
    6nan&a, cela, sai& one ti%e -
    2The &ust o3 earth is not %y ai%,-
    26 *tar, %y %e&itations clai% -
    6n& all %y soul shall kno# its rhy%e.2
    6nan&a soon 1eca%e a star.
    But 3oun& his 3ire 1ut one alert
    ;lectron in a 3leck o3 &irt
    /+on another earth a3ar.
    - -ichar& -ose, 3ro% (arillon
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    DOCTRIN1 AND DOG2A
    ,3 one states that Theoso+hical Doctrines are such an& so 3orth - a reaction 3orthco%in!
    %i!ht 1e 2But Theoso+hy &oesn:t have any &o!%asP2. ,3 one eEa%ines early Theoso+hical
    #ritin!s it is a++arent that a consistent syste% o3 thou!ht is 1ein! +resente&. Doctrines are a
    certain set o3 +rinci+les or teachin!s. Christianity an& ,sla%, 3or instance, can 1e sai& to have
    &o!%as as #ell as &octrines, or +erha+s only &o!%as as it is clai%e& i3 their &octrines are not
    acce+te& one %ay 3in& hi%sel3 1anishe& to an eternal +er&ition 1y the #rath3ul &eity.
    Theoso+hy has no such &o!%a en3orce& 1y eEtra-cos%ic &eities. The !eneral attitu&e o3 the
    teachin!s see%s to 1e that they %ay 1e acce+te& or re>ecte& as one +leases an& one has 3ull
    ri!ht to &o so.
    The overall sco+e o3 the teachin!s see%s to 1e that the 3uture o3 one:s sel3 is lar!ely
    &e+en&ent on his !ra&ual ten&ency to#ar& sel3ishness or sel3lessness. ne &oesn:t have to
    1e a technical Theoso+hist to 3ul3ill this &octrine. While Theoso+hy &oesn:t have any 21elieve
    it or else2 &o!%as, it &oes have very s+eci3ic teachin!s. 2ur &octrine kno#s no
    co%+ro%ises. ,t either a33ir%s or &enies ...2 #rites an a&e+t in The Mahatma 'etters 7#1G8.
    To #ater-&o#n the #or& 2Theoso+hy2 so that it inclu&es any ne# notion or su++ose&
    +sychic &iscovery is si%+ly to 1e loose-%in&e& in the eEtre%e. The school o3 thou!ht
    2Theoso+hy2 coul& have 1een calle& 20er%eticis%2 or 2Gu+ta Ii&ya,2 1ut it ha++ene& to !et
    stuck #ith the na%e 2Theoso+hy2. 6ll syste%s or schools o3 thou!ht have certain s+eci3ic
    teachin!s, #hich is the &e3inition o3 a school o3 thou!ht.
    ''''''''''''''''''''''
    S.D. too /i$$i#%!t?
    There is no easy #ay, its an outline an& #uide. Woul& you stu&y tri!ono%etry #ithout
    learnin! 1asic %athe%atics 3irst. Most stu&ents nee& 1ack!roun&, as there isn:t roo% in the
    *D 3or all nee&e& in3or%ation. Many are una#are o3 the &i33erences 1et#een in&uctive an&
    &e&uctive reasonin!, or the catalytic e33ect o3 reconcilin! t#o lines o3 thou!ht #hen 1rou!ht
    3or#ar& si%ultaneously.
    We have over 4G re3erences 3ro% the *ecret Doctrine in +rint. Most are a1sent 3ro%
    university )i1raries.
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    TH1OSOPHIC 2ANUA0S
    718 Theoso+hy: 6 General Iie# o3 ccult
    Doctrine - Charles 5. -yan, (.(<
    7(8 -eincarnation: 6 )ost Chor& in
    Mo&ern Thou!ht - )eoline ). Wri!ht, 4.GG
    748 The Doctrine o3 ?ar%a: Chance or
    5ustice. - Gertru&e van $elt, M.D., (.(<
    798 Man an& 0is *even $rinci+les: 6n
    6ncient Basis 3or a "e# $sycholo!y - ).). Wri!ht, (.(<
    7<8 63ter Death - What. - ).). Wri!ht, 4.GG
    7=8 ;volution: Who an& What is Man. -
    0enry T. ;&!e, (.(<
    7B8 Man:s Divine $arenta!e an& Destiny:
    The Great -oun&s an& -aces - van $elt, (.(<
    7C8 Cycles: ,n /niverse an& Man - )y&ia
    -oss, M.D., 4.GG
    7F8 0ierarchies: The Cos%ic la&&er o3 )i3e -
    G.W. van $elt, M.D. (.(<
    71G8 The 6stral )i!ht: "ature:s 6%aAin!
    $icture Gallery - 0enry T. ;&!e, (.(<
    7118 $sychic $o#ers - 0elen To&&, (.<G
    71(8 Theoso+hy an& Christianity - 0.T. ;&!e, (.(<
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    3ro%: Mark 5aHua.....7,nclu&e R1.GG 3or +osta!e.8
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    *u+erhu%an ?in!&o%s .....4; Conservation Thera+y ........B; *tru!!le an&
    Coo+eration - G&e$ ......(1; )ies - Blavatsky ......(4; $an!aea an& 6tlantis .....(9; *+iritual
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    TH1 SUP1RHU2AN :INGDO2S
    2Dhyan Chohans2 is the ter% %ost 3reHuently use& in Theoso+hical literature as a la1el
    3or the %any levels o3 2!o&s,2 or those 1ein!s that are ahea& o3 the hu%an kin!&o% in
    evolutionary &evelo+%ent. 2Dhyan2 in *anskrit %eans 2%e&itation2 an& has the sa%e
    %eanin! as the senAar 2DAyan2 an& in later 3or% the root 3or 2@en2 as in @en Bu&&his%.
    2Chohan2 in *anskrit %eans 2lor&2.. an& so the ter% Dhyan Chohan %eans literally 2)or&s o3
    Me&itation.2 n their o#n scale o3 1ein! these !o&s are no &ou1t as active as hu%ans are on
    our +lane, 1ut eEistin! on a !ran&er an& %ore enco%+assin! real%, their action an& thou!ht
    #oul& a++ear as &ee+ %e&itation to us. Thin!s see% to slo# &o#n relatively in hi!her or
    &ee+er +hases o3 reality. To #hatever consciousness eEists in a 3ast-%ovin! ato%ic +article,
    our hu%an consciousness #oul& see% an all-enco%+assin! &ee+ %e&itation.
    Blavatsky an& G. &e $urucker use 3hyan (hohan+ 7itri an& other ter%s !enerically 3or
    the %any classes o3 su+erhu%an 1ein!s. $itri is also use& to &escri1e the hu%an kin!&o%,
    as in the ter% 2lunar +itris2, #hich is use& 3or ourselves in our trans3erence 3ro% our +revious
    eEistence on a series o3 hierarchical !lo1es re+resente& no# on our +lane 1y the %oon - a
    &ea& shell relic o3 this chain o3 #orl&s as the Doctrine hol&s.
    Blavatsky an& $urucker state that the lunar +itris are res+onsi1le 3or 3or%in! the
    +hysical vehicle o3 %an as he no# is, #hile our %in&s have 1een 3or%e& or a#akene& 1y
    hi!her 1ein!s - the Manasaputras, a class o3 Dhyan Chohans. n the +revious chain o3
    #orl&s, or +revious %anvantara, our +resent hu%an kin!&o% ha& not yet evolve& to the
    hu%an level, 1ut to the level that corres+on&s to the 1east kin!&o%. The %anasa+utras #ere
    #hat corres+on&s to the hu%an kin!&o% in this 3or%er %anvantara. 0u%ans in this roun&
    have +ro+erly 1een 2hu%ans,2 %an 7%anas -2%in&28 since 1eco%in! oversha&o#e& 1y the
    %anasa+utras an& sel3-conscious so%e 1C %illion years a!o. 6ll ani%als, esoterically, are the
    o33-s+rin! o3 %an an& not vice versa. Man is the ol&est an& %ost &evelo+e& stock on the
    !lo1e, an& the less-&evelo+e& ani%als have ori!inate& in %an, althou!h not in his +resent
    3or%. 6s %an is a li3e-s+ark or %ona&

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    e%anatin! 3ro% a !reater 1ein! or Dhyan Chohan, so the ani%als are li3e-s+arks or %ona&s
    e%anatin! 3ro% %an. ,3 in&ivi&uals success3ully run the race, each %anvantara ushers in an
    a&vance o3 one kin!&o%. For%er hu%ans are no# the lo#est class o3 !o&s or Dhyan
    Chohans, an& 3or%er 1easts an& 1east-+rinci+les are no# hu%ans. ,n the neEt chain o3
    !lo1es an& %anvantara, hu%ans #ho success3ully run the race #ill 1e Dhyan Chohans o3 the
    lo#est class, an& +resent 1easts an& hu%an 1east-+rinci+les #ill 1e hu%ans.
    Theoso+hical &octrines are in a!ree%ent #ith %o&ern evolutionary theory to the eEtent
    that they 1oth hol& that there is a !ra&ual +hysical &evelo+%ent o3 &i33erent ty+es. Theoso+hy
    a&&itionally hol&s that there is a &irectin! intelli!ence 1ehin& this un3ol&%ent, an& this
    +rovi&in! o3 archety+al 3or%s or &irection is the action o3 the Dhyan Chohans. $art o3 this
    &irection %ay 1e sel3-conscious an& +ur+ose3ul, 1ut %ost is likely on the instinctual or +assive
    level, such as one %i!ht say that 1loo& circulatin! in the 1o&y or the o+eration o3 the or!ans
    is the result o3 hu%an intelli!ence, 1ut not +ur+ose3ully atten&e& to. ,t is +art o3 the su1li%inal
    o+eratin! o3 hu%an consciousness.
    0u%an consciousness, in turn, an& all as+ects o3 la# an& or&er in the cos%os %i!ht 1e
    seen as the su1li%inal as #ell as sel3-conscious o+erations o3 the a!!re!ate intelli!ence o3
    the %any classes o3 Dhyan Chohans. ,3 one eats a ha%1ur!er or so%e rice, it >ust naturally
    1eco%es +art o3 the liver, or heart, or turns into 1loo& cells #ithout thinkin! a1out it. *o it is
    #ith "ature - #hich is another ter% 3or the co%1ine& o+erations o3 the Dhyan Chohanic
    intelli!ence. ;vents 3all into +ro+er har%ony accor&in! to the innate intelli!ence o3 "ature.
    Blavatsky an& $urucker 1oth &escri1e 1asically t#o classes o3 Dhyan Chohans
    7co%+ose& o3 %any su1-classes all on a se+tenary scale or ty+e8, the 5uilders an& the
    Architects. This corres+on&s rou!hly #ith the rupa 72havin! 1o&ies2 - o3 etheral nature8 an&
    arupa 721o&iless28. The lo#er classes or Buil&ers &irectly are res+onsi1le 3or the creation o3
    the +hysical an& lo#er levels o3 the cos%os. They are sai& to inter-%in!le or in3luence the
    various classes o3 ele%entals to &irectly construct the +hysical universe. The Buil&ers receive
    or are i%+resse& #ith the &esi!n 3or this construction 3ro% the hi!her classes o3 Dhyan
    Chohans, the Architects. The 6rchitects +rovi&e the outline or
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    archety+es 3or the #hole &esi!n.
    ;ach level %i!ht have so%e 23ree +lay2 in %ani3estin! this &esi!n. For instance, on the
    %ental level there %ay 1e an archety+e 3or the &o! or #ol3-ty+e creature, #hile there result
    hun&re&s o3 ty+es o3 #olves an& &o!s on the %ani3este& +hysical +lane. This also 1rin!s in
    the +ossi1ility o3 2%istakes2 in "ature that Blavatsky allu&es to 7*D , +. (CG8. While it see%s
    the Dhyan Chohans are in3alli1le in re!ar&s to lo#er s+heres 7as an avera!e a&ult %i!ht 1e
    in3alli1le on the kin&er!arten school level8, #hether their i%+ress on lo#er "ature is
    success3ul or not %i!ht &eter%ine the +ossi1ility o3 %istakes.
    6lso involve& is 23ree #ill2 on the hu%an level. 0u%ans u+on attainin! sel3-consciousness
    have the ca+acity to act in or out o3 har%ony #ith the rest o3 "ature. Bein! inhar%onious is
    !enerally the result o3 our co%%on i!norance. ;ventually, #ith kar%a as tutor, kno#le&!e o3
    the o+erations o3 "ature 1eco%es achieve& an& sel3-conscious coo+eration #ith the rest o3
    "ature is arrive& at, the cul%ination o3 #hich the hu%an kin!&o% %er!es into the Dhyan
    Chohan kin!&o%s. The hu%an kin!&o% is the only one #hich acts out o3 tune #ith the rest o3
    "ature. The other kin!&o%s - unsel3-consciously 3or the lo#er an& sel3-consciously 3or the
    hi!her - all %ust eEist in relative har%ony.
    The Dhyan Chohans o3 Theoso+hical teachin!s are not !o&s create& out o3 thin air as is
    the case #ith the 2an!els2 o3 Christian &o!%as. ;ach Dhyan Chohan has ha& to cli%1 to his
    elevate& stature. ;ach Dhyan Chohan has at one +oint 1een a %an or %an-like creature, as
    #ell as an in&ivi&ual o3 all the lo#er kin!&o%s, an& 1eca%e a !o& throu!h a lon! ascent
    throu!h e33ort. To 1e a !o& #ithout havin! ha& to #ork 3or it is an a33ront to co%%on sense
    an& any 3or% o3 >ustice.
    ,n Theoso+hical &octrines there are 2!o&s2 - the Mamo (hohans - #hich have not !otten
    to their state throu!h e33ort. 2Go&s2 are +ro1a1ly an incorrect ter%, as actually they #oul&
    1etter 1e &escri1e& as +o#er3ul 1ut unsel3-conscious ele%entals. These are 1ein!s on the
    Dark or %atter si&e o3 the cos%os, #hile the Dhyan Chohans constitute the )i!ht, intelli!ent,
    an& evolutionary si&e o3 thin!s. The Ma%o Chohans, as all other ele%entals, are &estine&
    throu!h a!es to eventually enter the lo#er kin!&o%s an& %ake the lon! evolutionary ascent.
    ,n one sense the Ma%o Chohans are not in&ivi&ualities, 1ut +ersoni3ications o3 all the
    ne!ative, &o#n#ar& or s+iritually &estructive 3orces o3 "ature.
    6s $urucker 3reHuently states in his #ritin!s, a key Theoso+hical Doctrine is that %an is
    a co%+osite 1ein!. ,n our hi!her nature #e are +art o3 a Dhyan Chohan, an in&ivi&ual !o&. ,t
    is easy to see that #e are co%+ose& o3 &i33erent 1ein!s #ithin our lo#er nature. The lo#er
    1east-1ein! #ithin each +erson is easily seen as a se+arate yet con>oine& essence to
    ourselves as the rational an& intellectual hu%an sel3. ?a%a-%anas, the 3i3th +rinci+le sel3 is in
    the narro#est an& %ost +recise sense is #hat each o3 us are as hu%ans - the &evelo+%ent o3
    the hu%an %ona&, or its +ro>ections, as o++ose& to the lo#er 1east-+rinci+le %ona&. This
    1east-1ein! or lo#er sel3 is not 2us2 in the narro#er sense, 1ut in the lar!er sense it is us, as
    #e #ill 1e connecte& #ith it inter%ittently throu!hout eternity. ,n the sa%e sense that #e are
    connecte& #ith this 1east-1ein! or %ani3estation o3 a %ona&, a Dhyan Chohan is connecte&
    #ith our hu%an sel3. ,t is a hi!her +ortion o3 oursel3 outsi&e the narro# con3ines o3 the strictly
    hu%an sel3.
    Blavatsky states that the connection 1et#een ourselves an& this Dhyan Chohan,
    Manasa+utra, our 0i!her *el3, is the chiti or conscience. 7*D ,, (CC3n8 Throu!h this
    conscience #e have an in&irect 3or% o3 !ui&ance, yet in the Mahatma 'etters 7+. 1418 the
    a&e+t states that the Dhyan Chohans 2have no han& in the !ui&ance o3 the livin! hu%an
    ;!o . . . 2 *o one %i!ht see that accor&in! to Theoso+hical &octrines, the Dhyan Chohan #e
    are each a +art o3 can:t 1e a su1stitute 3or in&ivi&ual sel3 &ecision.
    - M. 5aHua
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    CONS1R7ATION TH1RAP6
    - -esearch 3in&in!s su++ortin! an intuitive a++roach.

    7While the 3ollo#in! %ay not 1e o3 &irectly relevant to central Theoso+hic concerns, it
    contains %uch recent scienti3ic evi&ence in su++ort o3 tra&itional conservative attitu&e to#ar&
    seEuality hel& in co%%on 1y %ost all ancient +hiloso+hic an& reli!ious syste% as #ell as
    ori!inal Theoso+hy. Brain-%in& theoriAin! an& rationaliAation 1y %any #oul&-1e sa!es in the
    current theoso+hic %ove%ent #oul& hol& that in our %o&ern era seEuality has no relationshi+
    to the hi!her s+iritual li3e, that the tra&itions o3 the ancient schools o3 yo!a an& soul-
    &evelo+%ent are out%o&e&. The hu%an 1o&y an& +sycholo!ical constitution &oes not chan!e
    so Huickly nor ho+e3ully in a %ore %aterial &irection. While %a>or Theoso+hic concerns are
    #ith i%1uin! a ne# an& elevatin! s+iritual +hiloso+hy into the #orl&-%in&, seEual %orality is
    also o3 !rave, i3 secon&ary, concern, The Theoso+hic Doctrine is that %an is eventually
    evolvin! 3ro% the seEual con&ition, 1ut this, as everythin! else in evolution takes e33ort. - ;&.8
    Conservation Thera+y is 1ase& on the +re%ise that %an can 1est cause +sycholo!ical
    cure or &evelo+%ent in hi%sel3 1y a conservation o3 his seEual ener!ies an& the livin! o3 a
    %o&erate li3estyle in every as+ect. ,t has 1een the tra&itional vie#+oint throu!hout history that
    +ersonal ener!y is lost in seE eE+ression, 1ut until recently this +re%ise has not 1een
    su++orte& 1y 1ioche%ical evi&ence. /ntil +resent ti%es har& +hysical #ork #as continually
    necessary >ust 3or 1asic survival. 6 %an soon learne& he ha& to conserve his ener!ies 3or
    survival over +leasure. ,t %ay 1e that #e have only so %uch +ersonal resource or 2ener!y2 at
    our co%%an&. $ossi1ly it is not %ere coinci&ence that a tra&itional +uritanis% in this country
    coinci&e& #ith the #ealthi-
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    est an& %ost creative society the #orl& has kno#n.
    For the %ale, the hi!hest concentrations o3 valua1le che%icals in the 1o&y are containe&
    in se%inal 3lui&. Why this is so is a 1it o3 a %ystery #hen looke& at su+er3icially, since the
    +ri%ary +ur+ose o3 se%inal 3lui& is to +rovi&e a vehicle 3or s+er%ataAoa. While it has 1een
    +roven that #o%en a1sor1 so%e o3 these valua1le che%icals 3ro% the %ale in coitus, it %ay
    also 1e reasona1le to assu%e that i3 not 3reHuently s+ent in seE they 1eco%e availa1le 3or
    %ental an& 1o&ily &evelo+%ent. ,t is curious that in several as+ects the che%istry o3 %ale
    re+ro&uctive 3lui& an& the 1rain are %ore si%ilar than any other tissues.
    Mo&ern +sycholo!y is %ore in the class o3 voo&oo or sha%anis% than o3 a true science.
    6ctually sha%anis% %ay sho# 1etter results than +sychothera+y. The true status o3
    +sycholo!y is &e%onstrate& in le!al 1attles #here the +rosecution:s +sycholo!ist &eclares the
    &e3en&ant sane an& the &e3ense:s +sycholo!ist &eclares hi% insane. The >u&!e or >ury then
    &eci&es #hich +sycholo!ist is correct. ,3 a true +sycholo!ical syste% eEiste&, then the %an
    coul& scienti3ically 1e &eclare& sane or insane an& 1oth +sycholo!ists #oul& a!ree. That
    +resent +sycholo!y is i%+otent to 1rin! a1out i%+rove%ent or cure in the %entally a33licte& is
    &e%onstrate& 1y &oAens o3 its o#n stu&ies. Basically +sychothera+y has 1een 3oun& no %ore
    e33ective than a +lace1o. Many stu&ies have sho#n that +sychothera+y is even har%3ul an&
    +revents a +erson 3ro% curin! hi%sel3 as Huickly as he %ay i3 le3t entirely alone. 7*ee Martin
    Gross:s The 7sycholo#ical %ociety.8
    There is no 2Huick 3iE2 3or +sycholo!ical ills. While insi!ht %ay occasionally result in ra+i&
    chan!e, in %ost cases 1rin!in! inner chan!es a1out is a ti%e-consu%in! +rocess #hich
    reHuires e33ort as any other acco%+lish%ent.O UO The !reat &i33iculty o3 chan!e Theoso+hical
    Doctrines #oul& assi!n to the aeons o3 kar%a an& resultant skan&has our +sycholo!ical
    nature is co%+ose& o3. - ;&.V Many %o&ern +sycholo!ical syste%s reco%%en& #ays to 2hol&
    the hea&.2 They reco%%en& the a&o+tin! o3 a +articular attitu&e or +erce+tion that #ill
    auto%atically +ut thin!s in a ne# li!ht an& %ake +revious +ro1le%s &isa++ear. These
    syste%s are all variations o3 the 2+ositive thinkin!2 +hiloso+hy. They result in the inhi1ition o3
    serious +ro1le%s an&
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    the narro#in! o3 +ers+ective to a shallo# an& overly si%+listic outlook, The real +ro1le%s 2!o
    un&er!roun&,2 so to s+eak, an& the +erson is i%+overishe& 3ro% lack o3 &e+th.
    6 true +sycholo!ical syste% is holistic in nature. ;very as+ect o3 a +erson:s li3e a33ects
    his %entality an& e%otions. *eEual li3estyle is a +ri%ary as+ect o3 this holis% since it is such a
    central 3acet in everyone:s li3e. ;ven +sycholo!ical syste%s that la1el the%selves 2holistic2
    i!nore this 3act. ,ncreasin! seEual intensity, 3reHuency or variety is lau&e&, 1ut the conce+t o3
    #hat actually constitutes a healthy seEual li3estyle is co%+letely i!nore&. 6 hun&re& &iets are
    +rescri1e& 3or %aEi%u% health 1ut there is no seEual &iet reco%%en&e&. Certain 3oo&s are
    3oun& 1est 3or the hu%an or!anis% an& #e %ay also su++ose that a certain seEual li3estyle is
    also con&uctive to !reatest +sycholo!ical an& +hysical health. This +ro+er seEual li3e-style is
    not su1>ect to 3ickle hu%an #hi% or +hiloso+hy 1ut has 1een &esi!ne& into our or!anis% 1y
    the +ast %illion-o&& years o3 evolution.
    ,3 on a 1asic level the hu%an or!anis% has 1een &esi!ne& accor&in! to certain
    +sycholo!ical +rinci+les &evelo+e& throu!h eons o3 evolution, it is reasona1le to assu%e a
    +erson %ust live in accor&ance #ith these +rinci+les to achieve %aEi%u% %ental health. ,3 a
    seE role is &esi!ne& into the 1o&y on a 1asic 1ioche%ical an& !enetic level, can #e i!nore
    this 3oun&ation an& still 1e a #hole an& healthy +erson.O UO,n the Theoso+hic +ers+ective,
    !enetic &esi!n is the result o3 aeons o3 kar%a o3 the race an& eHually on the in&ivi&ual level.
    -;&.V
    6 +erson #ho is not intellectually or +hiloso+hically in tune #ith this 1iolo!ical &eter%inis%
    %ay 1e torture& on an inner level an& never learn the source o3 his tor%ent. ,t #oul& 1e
    irrelevant i3 he a!ree& #ith this +ro!ra%%in!; the e33ects #oul& continue nonetheless. 6n
    o+tion %ay 1e to consi&er that our intellectual +reconce+tions %ay 1e shallo# in co%+arison
    to the co%+leEity an& #is&o% in the &esi!n o3 "ature.
    Conservation Thera+y conten&s that +sycholo!ical cure an& any 3urther &evelo+%ent #ill
    result 3ro% the conservation o3 +ersonal seEual ener!y cou+le& #ith +ro!ressive intros+ection
    or sel3-analysis. "ature has
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    +lace& in our %ake-u+ a +ro+er seE li3e an& seE role, an& #e %ust live in accor&ance #ith this
    inner &esi!n to 1eco%e 3ully 3unctionin! hu%ans, as #ell as to +rovi&e a 1asis 3or any
    +ossi1le 3urther &evelo+%ent %entally or s+iritually. ,n essence it is a syste% ori!inatin! 3ro%
    intuition an& +ractical o1servation. While it is su++orte& 1y recent scienti3ic 3in&in!s in 1io-
    che%istry an& 1rain 3unctionin!, its vali&ity can only 1e esta1lishe& throu!h a++lication an& an
    atte%+t at o1>ective evaluation o3 the e33ects o3 seEual li3estyle on %entality.
    This +a+er atte%+ts 1asically to &eal #ith research 3in&in!s an& intros+ection is not &ealt
    #ith. ;la1orate theoriAin! shoul& 1e avoi&e& in sel3-analysis an& a co%%on sense attitu&e
    to#ar& evaluatin! one:s o#n attitu&es an& reaction +atterns shoul& 1e atte%+te&. *el3-critical
    %e&itational syste%s such as containe& in -ichar& -ose:s Albi#en 7apers an& Meditation
    and ,isualiEation 7apers can 1e es+ecially valua1le. U6vaila1le 3ro% T6T Foun&ation, 1=C=
    Marshall *t., Ben#oo&, WIa. (=G41. There is little s+eci3ically on +ractical +sycholo!y in
    ori!inal Theoso+hic literature. ne is le3t to his o#n 2sel3-in&uce& an& sel3-&evise& e33orts2. -
    ;&.V
    R1S1ARCH 4INDINGS
    Men have several ti%es the testosterone levels o3 #o%en. Testosterone is the +ri%ary seE
    hor%one in %ales, as +ro!esterone is in 3e%ales, an& is res+onsi1le 3or a host o3
    +sycholo!ical an& %otivational characteristics. Besi&es +hysical characteristics, testosterone
    is res+onsi1le 3or a host o3 +sycholo!ical an& %otivational characteristics in the %ale.
    Testosterone has an invi!oratin! e33ect on the 1rain, an& neuro+hysiolo!ist *achar has
    likene& its e33ects to that o3 a +sychoactive &ru!. U1V
    0i!h 1loo& testosterone levels have 1een 3oun& to correlate #ith hei!htene& intelli!ence
    in %ales 7as #ell as 3e%ales8 U(V an& have also 1een 3oun& to correlate #ith !reater
    a!!ression, %otivation, ener!y level an& +ositive %oo&.U4V Testosterone is +ro&uce& in the
    testes an& !eneral ener!y level, %oo& an& %otivation have 1een 3oun& to &ecrease in
    castrates shortly
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    a3ter castration 7&ue to acci&ent or &isease8. ;ner!y, %oo& an& %otivation increase
    i%%e&iately a3ter testosterone is a&%inistere&. ,n natural castrates #ith inactive testes.
    ;ner!y level has 1een 3oun& to he &irectly relate& to a%ount o3 a&%inistere& testosterone.
    ;ner!y level is hi!h a3ter a&%inistration an& &eclines stea&ily until the neEt a&%inistration
    #hen it elevates a!ain. Co%+lete lack o3 testosterone in the +ost-+u1escent %ale results in
    2eunuchoi&is%,2 the victi% o3 #hich is characteriAe& as a+athetic, #ith&ra#n, &e+resse&,
    lackin! initiative an& hy+oactive.
    The a33ect o3 testosterone on the 1rain %ay 1e the +ri%ary che%ical reason #hy %en
    have historically out-&istance& #o%en in every avenue o3 %ental achieve%ent. ;ven to&ay
    #ith the %any o++ortunities availa1le to #o%en, %en are still res+onsi1le 3or FCW o3 all
    +atents issue&.U9V While #o%en:s +ri%ary seEual hor%one, +ro!esterone, has 1een 3oun&
    relate& to %oo&, no relationshi+ 1et#een +ro!esterone levels an& intelli!ence has 1een
    esta1lishe&. -ecently the su+erior s+atial a1ility o3 %en has 1een linke& to testosterone.U<V
    6++arently it %ust 1e +resent in a&eHuate a%ounts &urin! a critical &evelo+%ental sta!e to
    au!%ent the a1ility.
    )o# testosterone levels have 1een 3oun& in all severe 3or%s o3 %ental +ro1le%s in
    %ales, inclu&in! schiAo+hrenia, +sychosis., an& anoreEia nervosa.U=V 0ei!htene& seEual
    activity is +resent in %ost severe %ental +ro1le%s in %ales 7as #ell as 3e%ales. UBV ?rae%er
    71F=B8 UCV esta1lishe& that lo#er than nor%al seEual 3reHuency in %ales elevates testosterone
    levels, an& #e %ay su++ose it has a +ositive e33ect on ,J, %oo&, an& %otivation 1ecause o3
    the e33ects o3 the elevate& testosterone. ,n +erio&ic schiAo+hrenics, e+iso&es have 1een
    3oun& to al#ays 1e +resa!e& 1y increase& seEual activity.UFV 6 reasona1le su++osition 3ro%
    this evi&ence is that increase& seEual activity %ay a!!ravate severe %ental +ro1le%s.
    )evels o3 +rosta!lan&ins in the 1o&y have 1een 3oun& to 1e controlle& 1y testosterone
    levels. U1GV ,t a++ears that elevate& testosterone levels also cause an elevation in
    +rosta!lan&in levels. $rosta!lan&ins are 3oun& throu!hout the 1o&y, havin! 1een 3oun& in at
    least (4 &i33erent areas. They are +ro&uce& locally throu!hout the 1o&y, 1ut 1y 3ar the hi!hest
    concentrations are +ro&uce& an& store& in the %ale se%inal vesicles. The se%-
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    inal vesicles +ro&uce 9GG ti%es %ore than any other area o3 the 1o&y. U11V Because o3 the
    se%inal vesicles, %ales +ro&uce %any ti%es the +rosta!lan&ins that 3e%ales &o.
    $rosta!lan&ins +ro&uce very stron! reactions in livin! tissue an& are +erha+s the %ost
    +o#er3ul 1iolo!ically-active, naturally occurrin! su1stance kno#n. $rosta!lan&ins are involve&
    in %any 1o&y +rocesses inclu&in! 1loo& +ressure levels, +ain an& in3la%%ation, an& neuro-
    trans%ission. ,t is thou!ht that they %ay control the turn-over rate o3 serotonin in the 1rain
    since 1oth serotonin an& +rosta!lan&ins +ro&uce si%ilar e33ects.
    ,t is curious that al%ost no ani%als +ro&uce +rosta!lan&ins, #hile in nearly every other
    #ay hu%an an& ani%al 1ioche%istry is i&entical. nly the ra11it, shee+ an& a 3e# %onkeys
    +ro&uce +rosta!lan&ins, an& hu%ans %any hun&re&s o3 ti%es %ore than these ani%als. 6s
    the +rosta!lan&ins are +ro&uce& in the %ale:s se%inal vesicles, very lar!e a%ounts are in
    %ale re+ro&uctive 3lui&. Men 2#aste2 %ore +rosta!lan&ins in a seE act than #o%en +ro&uce in
    their entire 1o&y in a sin!le &ay. U1(, 14V
    ,t is a Huestion >ust #hy +rosta!lan&ins are +resent in %ale re+ro&uctive 3lui&, since they
    have no reaction #ith s+er%atoAoa an& have 1een +roven to &o nothin! to insure
    i%+re!nation in the 3e%ale. ,t has 1een 3oun& that 3e%ales a1sor1 %ale +rosta!lan&ins in the
    va!ina an& uterus, U1<V an& actually have s+ecial rece+tor cells in the uterine #all to receive
    %ale +rosta!lan&ins. U1=V 6n ol& #ive:s tale hol&s that #o%en !ain stren!th 3ro% %en, an&
    on this very 1asic che%ical level this o1servation see%s to 1e vali&ate&. $rosta!lan&ins are
    one o3 the %ost re3ine& o3 the 1o&y:s +ro&ucts an& #o%en a a1sor1 these 2su+er-che%icals2
    3ro% %ales.
    *ince se%inal 3lui& has no a++arent +ur+ose than as a vehicle 3or s+er%atoAoa, #hy
    &oes it have such a concentration o3 valua1le 1o&y che%icals. 6n ounce has 1een 3oun& to
    1e 1asically the concentration o3 the %ost valua1le che%icals 3ro% =G ounces o3 1loo&. "o
    t#o tissues in the 1o&y sho# !reater si%ilarity in their lecithin, colesterin an& +hos+horous
    contents than the 1rain an& the se%inal 3lui&. U1BV ,t has +ro+ortionally %ore 3ructose, citric
    aci&, s+er%ine an& +rosta!lan&ins than any other tissue in the 1o&y. ,t is also richer than
    %ost any other tissue in Ainc, ascor1ic aci&,
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    inositol, !lyceryl, +hos+horycholine an& 3ree a%ino aci&s. ,t has 44 ti%es the neutral a%ino
    aci&s, (C ti%es the aci&ic a%ino aci&s an& <B ti%es the 1asic a%ino aci&s as the 1loo&. U1CV
    Wo%en %ay a1sor1 1o&y che%icals 3ro% the %ale other than +rosta!lan&ins to enrich 1o&y
    che%istry an& health.
    6nother +ossi1ility 3or the che%ical richness o3 re+ro&uctive 3lui& is that, throu!h a
    conservative seEual li3estyle, a %an %ay rea1sor1 an& utiliAe these valua1le 1o&y che%icals.
    ,nstea& o3 +ro&ucin! re+ro&uctive 3lui&, he %ay use these sa%e che%icals to invi!orate the
    1rainS1o&y. While %o&ern +sycholo!y 1elieves seEual inhi1ition unhealthy %entally an&
    +hysically, it 3ails to account 3or the 3act that such !iants as $ytha!oras, $lato, 6ristotle, &a
    Iinci, *+inoAa, Bacon, "e#ton, ?ant, Beethoven, *+encer, an& Tesla #ere celi1ates. The
    $ur+ose here is not to universally reco%%en& celi1acy 1ut to +oint out the a1sur&ity o3 the
    %o&ern +osition.
    *everal stu&ies have in&icate& that the hu%an 1rain is +ro!ra%%e& either %ale or
    3e%ale in the 3etal sta!e. The 1rain has t#o 2+ro!ra%s2 3or seE role &urin! li3e an& the level o3
    the hor%one testosterone in the #o%1 &eter%ines #hich o3 these +ro!ra%s in 2kicke& in.2
    nce the +ro!ra% is esta1lishe&, the +erson has a %ale or 3e%ale-+ro!ra%%e& 1rain 3or li3e.
    The critical ti%e is the 3ourth to seventh %onth &urin! the &evelo+%ent o3 the hy+othal%us. ,3
    hi!h levels o3 testosterone are +resent in the 3etus, then the 1rain is +ro!ra%%e& #ith a %ale
    seE-role. ,3 lo# levels are +resent, the 1rain is +ro!ra%%e& 3e%ale. U(G, (1V This is true
    re!ar&less o3 the !enetic seE o3 the chil&.O UOThe Theoso+hical teachin! is that %en an&
    #o%en are !ra&ually evolvin! %ore alike, 1ut this is a very lon! +rocess an& #oul& not 1e
    &ecerni1le in historical ti%es. - e&.V
    ,3 testosterone levels are hi!h enou!h in the #o%1, a 3e%ale 3etus #ill even &evelo+ %ale
    seEual or!ans, %ale !enitalia #ith an e%+ty scrotu%. Iery lo# levels o3 testosterone in the
    !enetically %ale 3etus %ay result in intra-a1&o%inal testes an& lack o3 %ale seE or!an. ,3
    +re!nant #o%en carryin! a 3e%ale 3etus are su1%itte& to hi!h testosterone levels, it has 1een
    3oun& the !irl #ill &evelo+ into #hat is tra&itionally calle& a 2to%1oy.2 This has 1een
    characteriAe& 1y Money K ;rhar&t 71FB1, 1FB(8 as 2vi!orous ener!y eE+en&iture in athletics,
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    in&i33erence to the rehearsal o3 :&oll+lay: an& !reater than avera!e selection o3 %ale
    +lay%ates an& non3e%inine utilitarian clothin!.2 ,t %ust 1e +ointe& out that 3or a 3e%ale 3etus
    to 1e eE+ose& to a hi!h level o3 testosterone 7or a %ale 3etus to lo# levels8 is a rare event.
    The a1ove stu&ies #ere run on #o%en #ho #ere 1ein! a&%inistere& testosterone 3or %e&ical
    reasons. That a ho%oseEual:s 1rain #oul& 1e 3etally-+ro!ra%%e& in an o++osite seE-role
    #oul& not hol& #ater in al%ost all cases.
    While the 1rain has 1een +roven to 1e +ro!ra%%e& %ale or 3e%ale at 1irth, it has 1een
    &iscovere& that there is even a %ore 1asic %ale-3e%ale &i33erence. Wo%en have eEtensive
    1rain connections 1et#een the +re-3rontal lo1es an& the cere1ellu% #hich %an &on:t have at
    all. U((V The +re3rontal lo1es are thou!ht to 1e concerne& #ith e%+athy an& hi!her
    intellectual 3unctions #hile the cere1ellu% is concerne& #ith instinct, seE an& %ove%ent.
    These connections %ay in&icate that #o%en:s e%+athy an& lo!ic are te%+ere& #ith seEual
    an& instinctual as+ects that %an:s are not.
    $ro!esterone is the +ri%ary seEual hor%one in #o%en an& is res+onsi1le 3or all the
    secon&ary seEual as+ects. )evels o3 +ro!osterone have 1een 3oun& to 1e cyclic an& vary #ith
    the %onthly %enstrual cycle. 0i!hest levels occur at ovulation an& this has also 1een 3oun& to
    1e the ti%e o3 +eak 3eelin! o3 #ell-1ein! &urin! the %onthly cycle. 6nother ti%e o3 +eak
    +ro!esterone +ro&uction is &urin! +re!nancy #hich %any #o%en have &escri1e& as the 1est
    +erio& o3 their lives. ,t has 1een 3oun& that testosterone inhi1its +ro!esterone:s +ro&uction o3
    3e%inine 1o&ily characteristics. U(4V )es1ians have 1een 3oun& to o3ten have hei!htene&
    levels o3 testosterone an& this %ay account 3or the %asculine +hysical characteristics taken
    on 1y %any les1ians. U(9V
    ,n these ti%es o3 &ay-care centers an& 1ottle-3ee&in!, it is si!ni3icant that it has 1een
    3oun& that in3ants 1reast-3e& an& raise& 1y their %others rather than a nanny or &ay-care
    center &evelo+ hi!her ,J:s an& 1etter social a&a+tation than their +eers. ,n the 9G:s an& <G:s
    in the ,sraeli ki11utA %ove%ent an eEtensive eE+eri%ent #as %a&e to &issolve tra&itional
    3a%ily li3estyle an& also esta1lish a co%%unity #ith 2seEual eHuality2 in every as+ect. Wo%en
    #ere eHually assi!ne& >o1s as %en, 3ro% %echanics to 1usiness %ana!ers. Chil&ren #ere
    raise& in &ay-care centers an& 1oys an& !irls ha& co%%unal &or%itories. ;very e33ort #as
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    %a&e to isolate ki11utA %e%1ers 3ro% outsi&e in3luence. The syste% 1e!an 1reakin! &o#n
    on several 3ronts &es+ite the i&ealis% involve&. Wo%en 1e!an co%+etin! an& 3i!htin! a%on!
    the%selves to secure >o1s near the nursery an& thus 1e near their chil&ren. /+on +u1escence
    !irls 3latly re3use& to un&ress in 3ront o3 the 1oys an& thus se!re!ate& &or%itories 1eca%e
    necessary. Wo%en 1e!an re3usin! to take hi!her level %ana!e%ent >o1s. To&ay tra&itional
    roles are 3ollo#e& in nearly every as+ect in the ki11utAi%. U(<V *iE stu&ies have 1een carrie&
    out on the %ove%ent, an& all have co%e to the sa%e conclusion as to their 3ailure
    i&ealistically &es+ite every +recaution. 6ccor&in! to Mar!aret Mea&, a%on! the hun&re&s o3
    kno#n cultures, there have 1een none that have not &iscri%inate& &i33erent social tasks
    1et#een %en an& #o%en. U(=V
    Wo%en are not 1ioche%ically eHui++e& as #ell as %en to co+e #ith the stress3ul li3estyles
    3oun& in 1usiness %ana!e%ent an& other hi!h-&rivin! +ro3essions. n one level #o%en &o
    not che%ically res+on& to stress in the sa%e %anner %en &o. U(BV /n&er stress3ul situations
    %en:s a&renaline levels !o u+ &rastically #hile #o%en:s eEhi1it little chan!e. 6&renaline is the
    1o&y:s chie3 3ast-ener!y che%ical that ena1les !reat ener!y an& alertness over a short +erio&
    o3 ti%e.
    ,n stu&ies o3 #o%en in stress3ul occu+ations, &istur1in! e33ects on %ental an& +hysical
    health are reveale&. ,n one stu&y o3 191 #o%en M.D.:s 1y $aula Clayton o3 *t. )ouis
    /niversity, it #as 3oun& that <GW ha& a history o3 +ri%ary &e+ression. 3 119 #o%en $h.D.:s,
    4(W su33ere& 3ro% a history o3 &e+ression. 6 stu&y at /.*.C. un3ortunately &iscovere& that an
    un1elieva1le 1 in 1< 3e%ale M.D.:s co%%it suici&e. U(CV ,n the last t#enty years suici&e rates
    a%on! #o%en have &ra%atically increase&, U(FV an& this %ay correlate #ith the chan!in!
    li3estyles a%on! #o%en over this +erio&.
    Durin! the +re%enstrual #eek #o%en are es+ecially susce+ti1le to the e33ects o3 stress. ,t
    has 1een 3oun& that a++roEi%ately (<W o3 #o%en are severely inca+acitate& in %o&e,
    concentration an& !eneral +er3or%ance &urin! the +re%enstrual #eek #hile FGW are
    inca+acitate& to so%e &e!ree. "u%erous stu&ies have 3oun& that 1et#een <GW to CGW o3
    3e%ale cri%e, U4GV %ental incarcerations an& suici&es occur &urin! the +re%enstrual #eek.
    U41V ,n ;n!lan& the -oyal *ociety 3or the $reventions o3 6c-
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    ci&ents has issue& a +a%+hlet #arnin! #o%en a1out &rivin! &urin! this ti%e since this is
    #hen <GW o3 acci&ents involvin! 3e%ales occur.
    $ro!esterone see%s to 1e +ri%arily res+onsi1le 3or %oo& an& +er3or%ance levels in
    #o%en an& this si!ni3icantly is at its lo#est levels &urin! the +re%enstrual #eek. While
    #o%en are su1>ect to %onthly cycles in %oo& an& +er3or%ance &ue to +ro!esterone
    3luctuation, %en:s +er3or%ance an& %oo& is relatively sta1le &ue to sta1le testosterone levels.
    The a1ove evi&ence is an incontesta1le reason #hy #o%en are not a&eHuately eHui++e& 3or
    so%e >o1s - air tra33ic controllers 3or instance. This #oul& a++ly to all occu+ations &ealin! #ith
    critical an& hi!hly stress3ul circu%stances.
    ,t is likely that %an is !enetically enco&e& #ith a +articular li3estyle, inclu&in! seEuality,
    #hich is con&ucive to his !reatest %ental an& +hysical health. "ature cannot &esi!n an
    or!anis% #ithout inclu&in! #ithin that &esi!n a s+eci3ic li3estyle that is a++ro+riate to it, a
    !enetic co&e o3 con&uct or 2%orality2 is inherent in our very structure. *o%e thin!s are !oo&
    3or us an& so%e thin!s are 1a&. ,3 they are 1a& 3or us then they are anta!onistic to our
    !enetically &eter%ine& 1iolo!ical an& +sycholo!ical &esi!n.
    6 stu&y over a 1G year +erio& at the Dale-"e# 0aven $sychiatric Clinic 3oun& that BBW o3
    youn! incest victi%s ha& a1nor%al ;;G +atterns an& nearly 4GW o3 these victi%s su33ere&
    e+ile+tic 3its. U4(V The researcher #ent so 3ar as to in3er that +ossi1ly the chil&ren #ith
    a1nor%al ;;G:s %ay have se&uce& their +arents 1ecause o3 their a1nor%al 1rains. 0e &oes
    not even %ention the likely an& o1vious case that the trau%atic incest altere& their 1rain
    che%istry an& even cause& +sychosis an& e+ile+sy. Mo&ern +sycholo!y &oes not consi&er
    that a +hysical act can have an inherent %oral reaction that eEten&s to the 1iolo!ical level.
    While "ature +rovi&es that our 1rains 1e enco&e& %ale or 3e%ale, she un&ou1te&ly also
    eEten&s her &esi!n into our seEual li3estyles. Within our 1iolo!ical &esi!n is a seEual li3estyle
    that is con&ucive to !reatest +hysical an& +sycholo!ical health. ,s it %ere coinci&ence that the
    current out1reak o3 seEual &iseases such as her+es an& 6,D* occurs in the %i&st o3 the
    seEual revolution. $ossi1ly 4GW o3 +eo+le in this country a!e (G to 9G have a seEual &isease.
    Biolo!ically #e
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    %ay not 1e &esi!ne& 3or a 2seEual revolution,2 hi!h seEual 3reHuency or +ro%iscuity. ,t is a
    little kno#n 3act that re3rainin! 3ro% seE #ill cause her+es sy%+tons to &isa++ear, only 3or the
    sy%+to%s to rea++ear #hen seEually eEcite&. 6,D* in only one o3 nu%erous &iseases that
    occur +rinci+ally a%on! ho%oseEuals. Disease o3 the colon such as a%1iasis, shi!ellosis an&
    !iar&iasis are others. U44V Biolo!ically #e %ay not 1e &esi!ne& to have se%inal 3lui& in the
    colon or 3eces in the urethra.
    Male ho%oseEuals have !enerally 1een 3oun& to have sli!htly lo#er 1ut near nor%al
    testosterone levels. What is a%aAin!, ho#ever, is that it has 1een 3oun& that they convert
    testosterone to the 3e%inine hor%one estro!en. U49V This stran!e +heno%enon coul& 1e the
    result o3 the %ental attitu&e o3 the e33e%inate %ale ho%oseEual. 6s is a++arent in the +lace1o
    a33ect, %ental attitu&e has the a1ility to alter 1o&y che%istry. The sa%e %ay hol& true 3or the
    3in&in!s that at least 4GW o3 les1ians have hi!h %ale hor%one testosterone levels. U4<, 4=V
    0er a!!ressive %asculine attitu&e %ay cause a hi!her a&renal out+ut o3 testosterone. The
    #o%an #ith the +assive role in the les1ian relationshi+ coul& not 1e eE+ecte& to have hi!her
    testosterone levels, since she still %aintains a +assive 3e%inine attitu&e. 6 &etri%ental e33ect
    is also realiAe& in chil&ren raise& 1y les1ian %others. ,n a stu&y 1y Beverly 0oe33er 7/.C. o3
    *an Francisco8 it #as &iscovere& that on +ersonality tests 9GW o3 such 1oys score& 3e%inine
    as to seE role #hile <GW o3 such !irls score& %asculine. U4BV
    ,n 1FB4 the 6%erican $sychiatric 6ssociation:s <<,GGG %e%1ers vote& to no lon!er
    re!ar& ho%oseEuality as a &isease 1ut as a sane %atter o3 +re3erence. 0o%oseEuality is
    either so%ethin! a++ro+riate or anta!onistic in "ature:s 1ioche%ical an& +sycholo!ical
    &esi!n o3 the hu%an or!anis%. ,t is not so%ethin! that can +ossi1ly 1e vote& on or su1>ect to
    the #hi% o3 the +o+ulace. ,3 ho%oseEuality is a++ro+riate to our or!anis%, #hy are there so
    %any &iseases associate& #ith it. 6nythin! a++ro+riate to out %akeu+ shoul& have no
    &iseases associate& #ith it. There are, 3or instance, no &iseases associate& #ith a %o&erate
    %ono!a%ous heteroseEual li3estyle.
    ,3 #e have a !enetically enco&e& %orality or co&e
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    o3 con&uct con&ucive to !reatest +hysical an& %ental health - >ust #hat is it. We %ay
    su++ose that ani%als have a si%ilar instinctive co&e o3 con&uct that they 3ollo# #ithout a hitch
    since they have no active intelli!ence to inter3ere #ith it. 6ni%als 1ree& only on a seasonal
    1asis #hile %an 1ree&s all year aroun&. There are no oral or other eEotic seE acts in the
    ani%al kin!&o%. ur intellect is so &o%inant that #e %ay 1e 3orever out o3 touch on a +urely
    instinctual level #ith +ro+er hu%an seEual con&uct an& seE role. 0ans ;ysenck, the
    +resti!ious ;n!lish +sychiatrist, hol&s that %uch o3 %o&ern %ental +ro1le%s are the result o3
    2the intellectual a&o+tion o3 attitu&es that ne!ate 1iolo!ical &eter%inis%.2 What %ay 1e
    necessary is an intellectual an& un1iase& 1y &esire investi!ation o3 a naturally &eter%ine&
    hu%an %orality, an& then a livin! 1y our &iscoveries.
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    ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
    4OR STAR.GA=1RS5
    The 4 stars in the Belt o3 rion, 2The 0unter,2 are the only 4 such evenly s+ace& stars
    in the sky. 4 a++arently evenly s+ace& 1ut &i%%er stars a1out +er+en&icular an& 1elo# the
    rion Belt are actually ( stars #ith a &i% ne1ulae or !as clou& 1et#een the%. The !as clou&
    is < li!ht-years #i&e an& contains, to the telesco+e, 9 3urther stars in a &ia%on& sha+e at its
    core, 72*tar-0ustler,2 $B*8
    '''''''''''''''''''
    A+"3ing Design . The cuttle3ish, octo+us, an& sHui& - or the cephalopods - have thousan&s
    o3 +i!%ents cells in their skin #hich they can instantaneously eE+an& an& contract so as to
    +ro&uce continuous +atterns 3lo#in! over their sur3ace. *cientists are una1le to &eter%ine
    #hat they are 3or or %ean.
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    STRUGG01 AND COOP1RATION
    - G. &e $urucker
    ....1iolo!ical :stru!!le: is %ore or less +urely i%a!inary so 3ar as "ature:s intrinsic la#s
    an& +rocesses are concerne&; 3or the entire 3iel& o3 this :stru!!le: in the case o3 hu%an 1ein!s
    is rather the unceasin! hu%an e33ort to !ro# to un3ol&%ent, #hich e33ort, +artly 1ecause o3 the
    co%+leEity o3 the hu%an constitution, %akes the hu%an 1ein! see% to 1e an& in&ee& o3ten
    actually to 1e, at #ar #ith hi%sel3. Thus the e33ort is in the !ro#in! or un3ol&in! in&ivi&ual
    hi%sel3, an& only relatively an& in s%all &e!ree, i3 in&ee& at all, &oes any such :stru!!le: alon!
    these lines o3 1reakin! &o#n 1arriers i%+e&in! !ro#th arise 3ro% %an:s relations #ith the
    surroun&in! s+here o3 circu%stances, or "ature - or in&ee& #ith his 3ello#s; an& the last
    state%ent concernin! %an:s stru!!le #ith his 3ello#s is re+eate& &es+ite the a++arent
    contra&ictions o3 this state%ent that see% to 1e all too o1serva1le throu!hout the course o3
    kno#n hu%an history. The %eanin! o3 the author here is that the &iversity o3 interests #hich
    arise in hu%an intercourse is lar!ely i%a!inary an& arti3icial, an& in no real or su1stantial
    sense is 1orn o3 an inherent s+iritual or 1iolo!ical con3lict 1et#een %an an& %an.
    Were %en only to realiAe that their interests are 3un&a%entally co%%on, an& that every
    %an is 1est serve& #hen he hi%sel3 serves the interests o3 his 3ello#s, then the so-calle&
    stri3e o3 %an #ith %an an& in every &irection #oul& auto%atically cease, or ninety-nine +arts
    out o3 a hun&re& o3 such situations #oul& &isa++ear, an& #e shoul& have #hat #oul& 1e
    al%ost a heaven on earth #hen co%+are& #ith the horri1le social an& other con3licts that in
    our +resent era o3 %aterialistic sel3ishness so harass an& +er+leE an& +la!ue us all. ,t is
    +recisely on the lines o3 thou!ht #hich 3ortunately see% to 1e !ainin! !reater currency in the
    #orl& to&ay to the e33ect that even in co%%ercial a33airs the %an #ho &eli1erately sets out to
    achieve his o#n en&s at the cost o3 his 3ello#s is +layin! a losin! !a%e;
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    3or the 1est interest o3 his 3ello#s is his o#n 1est interest; so that this ol&er an& really #icke&
    i&ea is stea&ily no# 1ein! %ore lar!ely re+lace& 1y the i&ea o3 %utual service.
    We have >ust here a +roo3 o3 the state%ent %a&e a1ove that anta!onis%s o3 :stru!!les:
    or :con3licts: 1et#een %an an& %an are not 1ase& in "ature nor even in environin!
    circu%stances, 1ut in %an:s 3oolishness an& sel3ishness. The author a&&resses hi%sel3 here
    +ointe&ly to the ol& &a%na1le 1iolo!ical theory o3 our recent 3ore3athers to the e33ect that %an
    is :1orn: at en%ity #ith his 3ello#%an, an& that evolution is attaine& 1y con3lict, stru!!le
    a!ainst others, an& that the :survival o3 the 3ittest: is 1rou!ht a1out 1y the +re&o%inance o3
    %i!ht over ri!ht. To&ay every thinkin! %an is 1e!innin! to realiAe that all this is &o#nri!ht
    3alse, is no :la#: o3 "ature at all, 1ut is a su+er3iciality o3 &e&uction arisin! in a stu+i&
    %isinter+retation not only o3 "ature hersel3, 1ut o3 %an:s o#n constitution an& characteristic
    attri1utes.
    Men 1est serve the%selves #hen they serve each other, 3or this not only 1rin!s a1out
    i%%ense inner s+iritual an& intellectual an& %oral stren!th, 1ut like#ise 1rin!s all coo+eratin!
    3actors into co%+act unity o3 co%%on e33ort, co%%on un&erstan&in!, an& co%%on interest.
    ,t shoul& 1e clear, there3ore, that the so-calle& :stru!!le: or :con3lict: is si%+ly the #orkin!
    o3 %any 3actors in the in&ivi&ual:s o#n constitution, o3ten, alas, #orkin! a!ainst the%selves in
    stru!!le or con3lict, 1ecause %any %en are too laAy or stu+i& to think 3or the%selves. 0ence
    the stru!!le or con3lict is in %an:s o#n %in&; an& as all %en have this con3lict, 1ecause all
    %en are %ore or less evolutionally un&evelo+e&, they i%a!ine that the stru!!le or con3lict
    eEists in "ature, outsi&e o3 the%selves - as i3, 1y the #ay, %en the%selves #ere not
    inse+ara1le +arts o3 "atureP
    nce the realiAation co%es ho%e to a %an that all "ature is a unity, an& that he hi%sel3
    3or%s 1ut one s%all co! or #heel in the cos%ic %acrocos%, #hich is &irecte& an& ins+ire& 1y
    a vast uni3yin! *+iritual Force, an& 1y Cos%ic ,ntelli!ence, %an 3in&s his 3ree&o% 3ro%
    illusion, sees the so-calle& :stru!!le: 3or #hat it really is, his o#n 3atal illusion, an& thus attains
    +eace, an& li1eration 3ro% the 1on&s o3 ever-
    --- (4
    hun!erin! &esire 1orn o3 the thral&o% o3 his +ersonal sel3 to the i%+ulses #hich that +ersonal
    sel3 +er+etually !ives 1irth to. *lavery lies in the 3iel&s o3 :sel3,: 3ree&o% an& stren!th in
    co%%on e33ort.
    UFro% The Esoteric Tradition, Iol. ,,, ++. F4<-B, Theoso+hical /niversity $ress, $ Bin
    C, $asa&ena, F11GFV
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    0I1SC
    - 0. $. Blavatsky
    ....it is not in +olitics alone that custo% an& sel3ishness have a!ree& to call &eceit an&
    lie virtue, an& to re#ar& hi% #ho lies 1est #ith +u1lic statues. ;very class o3 *ociety lives on
    ),;, an& #oul& 3all to +ieces #ithout it. Culture&, Go&-an&-la#-3earin! aristocracy 1ein! as
    3on& o3 the 3or1i&&en 3ruit as any +le1eian, is 3orce& to lie 3ro% %orn to noon in or&er to cover
    #hat it is +lease& to ter% its 2little +ecca&illos,2 1ut #hich T-/T0 re!ar&s as !ross i%%orality.
    *ociety o3 the %i&&le classes is honey-co%1e& #ith 3alse s%iles, 3alse talk, an& %utual
    treachery. For the %a>ority, reli!ion has 1eco%e a thin tinsel veil thro#n over the cor+se o3
    s+iritual 3aith. The %aster !oes to church to &eceive his servants; the starvin! curate -
    +reachin! #hat he has cease& to 1elieve in - hoo&#inks his 1isho+; the 1isho+ - his Go&.
    Dailies, +olitical an& social, %i!ht a&o+t #ith a&vanta!e 3or their %otto Geor!e Dan&in:s
    i%%ortal Huery - 2)eHuel &e nous &euE tro%+e-t-on ici.2 72Which o3 us t#o &eceives the
    +eo+le here.28 ;ven *cience, once the anchor o3 the salvation o3 Truth, has cease& to 1e the
    te%+le o3 naed Fact. 6l%ost to a %an the *cientists strive no# on to 3orce u+on their
    collea!ues an& the +u1lic the acce+tance o3 so%e +ersonal ho11y, o3 so%e ne#-3an!le&
    theory, #hich #ill she& lustre on their na%e an& 3a%e. 6 scientist is as rea&y to su++ress
    &a%a!in! evi&ence a!ainst a current scienti3ic hy+othesis in our ti%es, as a visionary in a
    heathen-lan&, or a +reacher at ho%e, to +ersua&e his con!re!ation that %o&ern !eolo!y is a
    lie, an& evolution 1ut vanity an& veEation o3 s+irit ... )ie has s+rea& to such eEtent su++orte&
    as it is 1y custo% an& conventionalities that even chronolo!y 3orces +eo+le to lie. The su33iEes
    6.D. an& B.C. use& a3ter the &ates o3 the year 1y 5e# an& 0eathen, in
    --- (9
    ;uro+ean an& even 6siatic lan&s, 1y the Materialist an& the 6!nostic as %uch as the
    Christian, at ho%e, are - a lie use& to sanction another ),;.
    7- Fro% Theosophical 1otes, <S<B8
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    PANGA1A AND AT0ANTIS
    6ccor&in! to account in Blavatsky:s %ecret 3octrine, 6tlantis #as a %i&-6tlantic continent
    3or%e& 3ro% the coalescence o3 various islan&s an& +eninsulas. While no har& an& 3ast lines
    are &ra#n in nature 1et#een the 3or%in! or &isinte!ratin! o3 either continents or races, the
    %ass o3 this continent is sai& to have 1een su1%er!e& so%e 3our an& a hal3 %illion years
    a!o. ,ts last lar!e +eninsula sunk C<G,GGG years a!o an& the s%all islan& re%nant re3erre& to
    1y $lato sank so%e 11,GGG years a!o. 7Blavatsky states that the %a>ority o3 the 6tlantean
    continent sank in the %i&-%iocene e+och. Geolo!ists have tri+le& the len!th o3 ti%e o3 the
    e+ochs 3ro% their vie#+oint a hun&re& years a!o, an& in current ter%inolo!y 6tlantis sank in
    the +liocene e+och. 7*ee *D ,, ++. 449, B1G8
    Mo&ern !eolo!y is o3 the o+inion that all +resent continents #ere once +art o3 a lar!e
    su+er-continent #hich is la1ele& 2$an!aea.2 The $an!aea hy+othesis #as 3irst +resente& 1y
    6l3re& We!ener in the 1F(G:s an& to&ay is hel& 1y %ost. Whether the hy+othesis stan&s u+ to
    3urther evi&ence an& reasonin! only ti%e #ill tell. When one consi&ers, as %o&ern theory has
    it, that the 6%ericas, ;uro+e an& 63rica #ere initially >oine&, it see%s to leave no roo% 3or a
    +ossi1le %i&-6tlantic continent. The $an!aean continent is hel& to have 1e!un se+aratin!
    so%e (GG %illion years a!o, #hich is lon! enou!h a!o to 1e consistent #ith the Theoso+hical
    teachin!. 6&&itionally it shoul& 1e hel& in %in& that #hile still consistin! o3 2continental +lates2
    lar!e +ortions
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    o3 the 6%ericas or ;uro+eS63rica %ay have s+ent lon! +erio&s o3 ti%e su1%er!e&.
    *cience in Blavatsky:s ti%e &enie& the +ossi1ility o3 any violent shi3tin! o3 the earth:s aEis
    o3 rotation, an& >ust such a shi3t in aEis is hel& in the *ecret Doctrine to 1e the cause o3 the
    sinkin! o3 6tlantis. The i%+ortance o3 aEial shi3ts is !ettin! so%e current attention 3ro%
    science as it is no# kno#n that sli!ht #o11les in the aEis either cause or are cause& 1y %a>or
    earthHuakes 72*ea-Floor *+rea&in!2, %cientific American, 1(S=C.8
    Continental &ri3t theory hol&s that the crust +lates that 3or% the continents are initially
    set in %otion 1y the u+risin! o3 a %ountain chain. The 6tlantic has a su1%er!e& %ountain
    chain that runs its entire len!th, #hich su++orts the continental &ri3t theory as #ell as the
    clai%s o3 Theoso+hy a1out 6tlantis. 6 hun&re& years a!o it #as kno#n 1y science that this
    ri&!e ran the #hole len!th o3 the 6tlantic. Blavatsky state& that it also circle& aroun& 63rica
    an& ran u+ into the ,n&ian cean, #hich #as not kno#n at the ti%e, an& +resu%a1ly 3ollo#e&
    the lan& %ass o3 the ol& 6tlantean continent an& islan&s. Blavatsky states that 2+erha+s2
    Ceylon is one o3 the last re%nants o3 this horseshoe sha+e& continent. 7*D ,,, ++. 414-19,
    4448 *ce+tics o3 occult science 7not #ithstan&in! that %ost #hich travels un&er the !eneric
    1anner is &elusion or +honiness8 %i!ht #on&er ho# Blavatsky correctly &escri1e& the
    eEtension o3 this ri&!e into the ,n&ian cean, #hich #e no# kno# is true.
    - M. 5aHua
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    SPIRITUA0 1<P1RI1NC1S D
    - -ichar& -ose
    ....never !et the i&ea that a s+iritual eE+erience o3 this sort is +leasant or 1liss3ul.
    "o# that &oesn:t %ean that all s+iritual eE+eriences are not 1liss3ul. $eo+le o3ten think that all
    s+iritual eE+eriences are the sa%e - this isn:t true.
    -a%ana Maharshi #as a teacher #ho $aul Brunton su++ose&ly &iscovere& in ,n&ia so%e
    years a!o. 6n& his 1ook The %piritual Teachin#s of -amana Maharshi UTitle.. - e&.V #as the
    3irst one that , sa# that &escri1es the &i33erences in #hat are calle& s+iritual eEaltations.
    0e &escri1es the &i33erences 1et#een #hat #e call cos%ic consciousness 7?evala
    "irvikal+a *a%a&hi8 an& enli!hten%ent 7*aha>a "irvikal+a *a%a&hi.8OO 0e &escri1es the%
    very accurately in +lain an& si%+le ter%s.
    0e sai& that ?evala *a%a&hi is a situation in #hich the %in& is like a 1ucket attache& to
    the en& o3 a ro+e an& lyin! in the 1otto% o3 a #ell. The %in& is &ro++e& &o#n in %e&itation
    1ut at any ti%e it can +ull itsel3 1ack out. ,t is no !reat travail to !o &o#n into the 1otto% o3 the
    #ell, rest a#hile, an& it:s no !reat travail to co%e 1ack u+. This is the cos%ic consciousness
    eE+erience.
    "o# there are other 2eEaltations,2 an& this is #here the con3usion co%es in - the
    con3usion is in @en as #ell. ;very #or& that &escri1es s+iritual eE+erience is not synony%ous
    #ith the others that &escri1e s+iritual eE+eriences. We have #or&s like nirvana, %oksha,
    sa%a&hi, an& satori, #hich are not all the sa%e, i3 you !o 1y the &escri+tions o3 the
    eE+erience in the &i33erent accounts.
    *atori is an eE+erience anterior to, +rior to cos%ic consciousness, not 1eyon& it or
    su+erior to it. Because it is &escri1e& as a relative eE+erience. Cos%ic consciousness is a
    relative eE+erience - enli!hten%ent is an a1solute eE+erience.
    --- (B
    There is a 1ook (osmic (onsciousness 1y -ichar& Bucke #hich !ives several accounts:
    Christ, *t. $aul, Bu&&ha, *t. 5ohn o3 the Cross, $ascal, Moha%%e&. They all have a co%%on
    &eno%inator in that the +erson eE+erience& ecstasy, #itnesse& color, li!ht, 1eauty, an& 3oun&
    +eace #ithin his heart. This is a relative eE+erience.
    The enli!hten%ent eE+erience is the eE+erience o3 nothin!ness an& everythin!ness, -
    an& it is sai& this #ay 1ecause neither o3 the% is the eE+erience. ,t is +ara&oEical or untrue to
    call it >ust nothin!ness, 1ecause it:s not o1livion. But it is the kno#le&!e, or rather the 1ein! or
    entry into nothin!ness an& everythin!ness. 6n& that is the total eE+erience.
    "o# #e !o 1ack an& #e hear a +erson talkin! a1out salvation. 0e says, 2, have reache&
    the +ara%ount eE+erience. ,:% save&,2 6n& , realiAe& a lon! ti%e a!o that the +erson
    &escri1in! this eE+erience &i& not have the sa%e thin! as cos%ic consciousness.
    r you +ick u+ a 1ook on @en an& you rea& a1out satori, #hich is the 2#o#2
    eE+erience. 6 3ello# says, 2, #ent to such-an&-such ashra%, , staye& there so %any %onths
    or years, an& one &ay - Wo#, , kne# itP 6n& , ha& a 1eer #ith the hea& %aster an& #e #ent
    a#ay lau!hin! to!ether - #e !ot itP2 This is not enli!hten%ent, 1ecause i3 this %an ha&
    enli!hten%ent they #oul& have carrie& hi% out on a stretcher - it:s that &rastic. Dou &on:t &ie
    an& then lau!h an& say 2Wo#.2 Death is %ore 3inal than that.
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    O -e+rinte& 3ro% The 3irect-Mind E8perience, T6T Book *ervice, 1=C= Marshall,
    Ben#oo&, WIa (=G41
    OO , 1elieve this latter eE+erience is i&entical #ith the 3ourth initiation as &escri1e& in
    Theoso+hical literature, or sel3-consciousness o3 the hu%an %ona&. - ;&.
    ''''''''''''''''''''
    2The true 6&e+t, the &evelo+e& %an, %ust, #e are al#ays tol&, become - he cannot 1e
    %a&e. The +rocess is there3ore one o3 !ro#th throu!h evolution, an& this %ust necessarily
    involve a certain a%ount o3 +ain.2
    - Blavatsky
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    PO0IO AND AIDS5 :AR2IC CONN1CTION?
    - Clay Walker
    The #or& 2$olio2 is har&ly ever hear& any%ore, althou!h 9G years a!o it #as +erha+s
    the West:s %ost &rea&e& &isease - %uch as 6,D* is no#. While our hu%an %e%ories are
    short, the %e%ory o3 "ature is +er3ect, an& the kar%ic e33ect that #as kno#n as $olio, %ay
    no# 1e resur3acin! in another !uise - that o3 6,D*. While this %ay see% a +hiloso+her:s i&le
    s+eculation, there are interestin! co%+arison:s 1et#een 6,D* an& $olio.
    ,n 1oth 6,D* an& $olio a1out FGW o3 the +erson:s in3ecte& are 2carriers2 an& su33er no
    serious e33ects the%selves. 61out 1GW o3 those in3ecte& #ith each virus &ie. Both &iseases
    are !rossly &e!enerative. 61out =<W o3 $olio victi%s #ere %ale #hile F4W o3 6,D* victi%s
    are %ale. Be3ore the *a1in an& *alk vaccines in the %i&-1F<G:s, a1out (1,GGG +ersons &ie&
    3ro% $olio +er year in the /.*. 6,D* &eaths have not yet reache& this rate +er ca+ita 7as o3
    1FCC - ;&.8. 1ut the 6,D* in3ection rate has not yet levele& o33 an& not +re&icte& to in the near
    3uture. While $olio #as a &isease that %ainly a33ecte& chil&ren, #ith FGW o3 cases occurrin!
    1e3ore a!e 1G, <GW o3 6,D* cases occur 1et#een a!es o3 4G an& 9 #ith the %e&ian a!e
    1ein! 4<. ,nterestin!ly, this is eEactly the a!e !rou+ o3 +eo+le #ho #oul& have incurre& $olio
    in the <G:s an& =G:s #ere it not 3or the *a1in an& *alk vaccines.
    While the cause o3 the kar%ic lessons that %ani3est as 6,D* or $olio %ay 1e accurately
    or inaccurately !uesse& a1out, let us ho+e the lesson is #ell-learne& #hen the ori!inatin!
    kar%a eE+an&s itsel3. For stu&ents o3 Theoso+hy it is an unavoi&a1le conclusion that &isease
    can never 1e eli%inate& until the kar%ic causes o3 &isease are eli%inate&, )ar!ely, true
    causes o3 &isease have nothin! to &o #ith viruses an& 1acteria, #hich are 1ut the modus
    operandi 3or kar%a. ,3 one avenue o3 kar%ic reaction is close&, another #ill sooner or later
    &evelo+ - as a river that is &a%%e& #ill 3in& another course eventually, 7This is also the
    o1>ection o3 Theoso+hy to various 3or%s o3 hy+nosis an& %ental
    --- (F
    cures o3 +hysical &isease. The true kar%ic cause o3 the &isease still re%ains to sur3ace later.8
    The %e&icine o3 the 3uture #ill not strive to fi#ht &isease, no1le an& !ran& an& success3ul as
    %o&ern %e&icine is to eli%inate %uch su33erin!, 1ut #ill learn to 1rin! out &isease so
    !race3ully that it #ill 1e virtually unnoticea1le. 7*ee G. &e $urucker:s Esoteric Teachin#s, Iol.
    I,,,8
    -----------------
    -e3erences:
    - Ac"uired 2mmunodeficiency %yndrome @A23%8, 26&vances in 0ost De3ense Mechanis%s,2
    Iol. <, Gallin, Fauci, -aven $ress, "D, 1FC<
    - Annals of the 1e& For Academy of %cience, Iol. =1
    - Epidemic 7oliomyelitis, 5ournal o3 "ervous K Mental Disease $u1lishin! Co., "D, 1F1G
    - The Truth About A23%, Fettner K Check, 0enry 0olt K Co, "D, 1FC9
    - Encyclopedia Americana, 2$olio%yelitis2
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    CO2PARISON5
    Mahatma 'etters: 2Dou #ere tol& that our kno#le&!e #as li%ite& to this our solar
    syste%...2 +. <(
    Alice 5ailey: 2...the initiations o3 the +lanet or o3 the solar syste% are 1ut the
    +re+aratory initiations o3 a&%ission into the !reater )o&!e on *irius.2 2nitiation >uman and
    %olar, +. 1B
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    %ecret 3octrine: 2...the hi!hest Dhyan Chohans... are in i!norance o3 #hat lies 1eyon& the
    visi1le +lanetary syste%, since their essence cannot assi%ilate itsel3 to that o3 #orl&s 1eyon&
    our solar syste%.2 - Iol. ,,, +. BGG3n
    Alice 5ailey: 2...the 3i3th initiation %a&e a %an a %e%1er o3 the Greater )o&!e... on *irius.2
    i1i&., ++. 1C1-(
    UThere are %any #ho hol& that Bailey:s teachin!s are a continuation or eEtension o3
    Blavatsky:s. To re+resent the sa%e school, later teachin!s +%st 1e in har%ony #ith the
    ori!inal teachin!s. Bailey:s are not. - e&.V
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    POINTS O4 INT1R1ST
    (/1(-ETE E,23E1(E 4/- AT'A1T2%<
    - 6nony%ous, 1e& %cientist, ==:<9G, 1FB<
    26lthou!h they %ake no such 3anci3ul clai% 3ro% their results as to have &iscovere& the
    %ythical %i&-6tlantic lan&%ass, an international !rou+ o3 oceano!ra+hers has no#
    convincin!ly con3ir%e& +reli%inary 3in&in!s that a sunken 1lock o3 continent lies in the %i&&le
    o3 the 6tlantic cean. The &iscovery co%es 3ro% analyAin! &re&!e sa%+les taken alon! the
    line o3 the Ie%a o33set 3ault, a lon! east-#est 3racture Aone lyin! 1et#een 63rica an& *outh
    6%erica close to latitu&e 11: ".
    2Four years a!o t#o /niversity o3 Mia%i #orkers, 5. 0onnoreA an& ;. Bonatti, 3irst
    re+orte& the recovery o3 shallo#-#ater li%estone 3ra!%ents 3ro% the Ie%a 3racture Aone.
    This li%estone containe& %inerals in&icative o3 a near1y !ranitic source unlikely to occur on
    the ocean 3loor. "either #ater currents, nor %ore esoteric trans+ort syste%s coul& eE+lain the
    +resence o3 these rocks so 3ar 3ro% the %o&ern 1oun&aries o3 the continents. The t#o
    researchers 1elieve& that, instea&, the !ranitic !rains %ust have 1een &e+osite& close to their
    source.
    2"o#, #ith C. ;%iliani o3 Mia%i, $aul Bronni%an o3 the /niversity o3 Geneva, M.6. Furrer
    o3 ;sso $ro&uction -esearch, Be!les, an& 6.6. Meyerho3, a consultin! !eolo!ist 3ro% Tulsa,
    /*6, they have carrie& out a %ore searchin! analysis o3 the &re&!e sa%+les 7Earth and
    7lanetary %cience 'etters+ vol. (=, +. C8
    2The )i%estones inclu&e traces o3 shallo#-#ater 3ossils - 3ora%ini3era, !reen al!ae, 1its
    o3 !astro+o&s, an& cra1 co+rolites - i%+lyin! 3or%ation in #ater, in one instance, less than 4G
    % &ee+. Further%ore, the li%estones have 1een recrystalliAe& 3ro% a hi!h- to lo#-%a!nesiu%
    3or% o3 calcite. Ey!en- an& car1on-isoto+e ratios +rove conclusively that this +rocess %ust
    have taken +lace su1aerially :throu!h the action o3 %eteoric #ater enriche& in li!ht car1on
    #hile +assin! throu!h a soil Aone...: 6 +itte& li%estone sa%+le 1ears evi&ence o3 ti&al action.
    *o%e <G k% east o3 the &re&!e site alon! the Ie%a 3racture the tea% also recovere& a thick-
    shelle&, shallo#-#ater, 1ivalve 3ossil 3ro% a
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    &e+th o3 over (GGG %.
    The co+rolites in the sa%+le in&icate a MesoAoic a!e 3or the li%estone #hich %ay #ell 1e
    the se&i%entary ca++in! on a resi&ual continental 1lock le3t 1ehin& as the #i&enin! !a+
    s+rea& out into an ocean. The !ranitic %inerals coul& thus have co%e 3ro% the 1or&erin!
    continents #hile the ocean #as still in its in3ancy. Ierticle %ove%ents %a&e 1y the 1lock
    a++ear to have raise& it a1ove sea level at so%e +erio& &urin! its history.2
    - Fro% 0nno&n Earth; A >andboo of .eolo#ical Eni#mas, co%+ile& 1y Willia% -.
    Corliss

    The 3ollo#in! account 3ro% Corliss:s 1ook is also o3 interest in li!ht o3 Blavatsky:s
    state%ent that a s%all islan& re%nant o3 6tlantis sank a1out 1(,GGG years a!o 7*D ,,, ++ C-F8:
    2Flat-To++e& 6tlantis, Cruiser, 6n& Great Meteor *ea-Mounts;2 0eeAen, Bruce C., et. al.;
    .eolo#ical %ociety of America+ 5ulletin, =<:l(=1, 1F<9
    2Abstract. The 6tlantis, Cruiser, an& Great Meteor sea%ounts rise 3ro% a 1roa& ri&!e or
    +lateau #hich eEten&s 3ro% the Mi&-6tlantic -i&!e to 4Bo ". 4(o W. southeast to Great
    *ea%ount at 4Go " (Co W. The 6tlantis *ea%ount, 1rie3ly eE+lore& in 1F9B an& 1F9C, #as
    3oun& 1y echo soun&in! an& su1%arine +hoto!ra+hy to have a 3airly 3lat 1e&rock su%%it area
    at a1out 1CG 3atho%s covere& in so%e cases 1y current-ri++le& san&. ,ts slo+es are covere&
    #ith san& or ooAe sy%%etrically ri++le& at 9GG 3atho%s an& %arke& 1y slu%+ 3eatures in <BG
    3atho%s. 6 s%all +iece o3 volcanic a!!lo%erate #as &re&!e& 3ro% 9GG 3atho%s on the north
    slo+e. 61out a ton o3 3lat +tero+o& li%estone co11les #as &re&!e& 3ro% the su%%it area. ne
    o3 the co11les !ave an a++arent ra&iocar1on a!e o3 1(,GGG years YS- FGG 75.). ?ul+8. The
    state o3 lithi3ication o3 the li%estone su!!ests that it %ay have 1een lithi3ie& un&er su1aerial
    con&itions an& that the sea%ount %ay have 1een an islan& #ithin the +ast 1(,GGG years.2
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    ,n the "ove%1erSDece%1er :CF (anadian Theosophist there is a 1ook revie#
    +u1lishe& several years a3ter #ritten 1y e&itor Te& Davy on the 1ook )hen the %naes
    A&ae 1y 0el%ut Tri1utsch. The 1ook is on the historical use o3 ani%als as earthHuake
    +re&ictors, since ani%als have o3ten 1een o1serve& to 1e!in actin! unsually 1e3ore Huakes.
    6ccor&in! to March, :FG 4ATE %a!aAine, one !eolo!ist in the /.*. has 1e!un to use this
    %etho& an& correctly +re&icte& the recent *an Francisco earthHuake. Geolo!ist 5i% Barklan&
    +u1lishe& his +re&iction in the *anta Clara County .ilroy 3ispatch 1e3ore the 1i! Huake.
    6++arently he has +re&icte& 4GG earthHuakes #ith a1out CGW accuracy an& 1een 1GGW
    accurate on +re&ictin! 19 Huakes a1ove <.G on the -ichter scale. 7The /.*. Geolo!ical
    *urvey has not correctly +re&icte& any a1ove <.G an& re!ar& Berklan& as a Huack.8
    Berklan&:s %etho& is to o1serve #hen the earth, %oon an& sun are in syAy!y, or line& u+, an&
    to count the nu%1er o3 %issin! +ets liste& in the +a+ers. ,n the #eek 1e3ore the Huake, the
    &aily avera!e o3 %issin! cats an& &o!s liste& in the local +a+ers #ent 3ro% 4 to (B an& (( to
    =1 res+ectively.
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    $oint )o%a $u1lication:s 2ntroduction to %ansrit 1y Tho%as ;u!ene #as sol& out o3
    the 3irst 1GGG co+ies a3ter a1out t#o %onths 3ro% its +u1lication in 3all, :CF. This teEt1ook 3or
    teachin! *anskrit - #hich Blavatsky +re&icte& so%e#here #ill once a!ain 1e the lan!ua!e
    universally use& in +sycholo!y an& %eta+hysics #ill soon 1e availa1le a!ain at R1C.<G, 74<B
    +a!es har&1ack, 3ro% $t. )o%a $u1lications, $ BoE =<GB, *an Die!o, C6 F(1G=8
    -----------------
    6 (r"n#& o$ Pt. 0o+" P%(!i#"tions has 1een esta1lishe& in the "etherlan&s an& their
    3irst translation into Dutch o3 G. &e $urucker:s )hat is 3eath is alrea&y availa1le. This ne#
    e33ort is the result o3 #ork o3 Willy *ch%it, "el Fonho3, 5an v.&. *luis, D.6. van *choonevel&
    an& others. $t. )o%a $u1lications, The "etherlan&s a&&ress is: cSo F1 6ra1islaan, (<<< D5,
    The 0a!ue, The "etherlan&s.
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    ne o3 the %ost interestin! articles this #riter has seen 3or so%e ti%e a++eare& in the
    5anSFe1.:FG Eclectic Theosophist: 2T&eoso,&i# 4%t%re5 A 9%//&ist 7ie*" 1y 61hinyano.
    The author she& li!ht on the sinister or >esuitical +o#ers that are al#ays at #ork in &ivertin!
    any eE+osition o3 the 6ncient Wis&o% an& one %i!ht inclu&e any !enuine +hiloso+hiAin! at
    all. The latest +resentation o3 2Theoso+hy2 - the +resent la1el 3or the only all-enco%+assin!
    +hiloso+hy - #as throu!h the e33ort #ith Blavatsky o3 the last century +rinci+ally. That the e33ort
    to &ivert an& con3use the ori!inal &octrines has 1een +retty success3ul one %i!ht !ainsay
    3ro% askin! the %a>ority o3 theoso+hists #hat 2Theoso+hy2 is in a technical sense.
    The author &ra#s connections 1et#een Ti1etan Bu&&his% an& Blavatsky Theoso+hy
    an& +oints to their source as 1ein! i&entical. 0e 1rie3ly outlines the nearly co%+lete
    &estruction 1y the Chinese o3 Bu&&hist Culture in Ti1et an& +oints to the Dalai )a%a as the
    Messen!er 3ro% the lo&!e 3or this last Huarter o3 the century. 61hinyano #ill !et no
    &isa!ree%ent 3ro% this #riter on the latter +oint. 6nyone #ith a +ro+er i&ea %ay 1e a
    2%essen!er2 in one sense, 1ut as to an outstan&in! in&ivi&ual, the Dalai la%a see%s %ost
    o1vious. 7*u1scri+tion to The Eclectic is <.GG /.*., B.<G 3orei!n via air, <.<G sur3ace 3ro% $t.
    )o%a $u1lications. For a EeroE o3 the article, sen& a *6*; to $roto!onos. The /penin# of
    the )isdom-Eye 1y the Dalai )a%a is availa1le 3ro% Juest Books 3or =.F< +lus (.GG +ost
    74G= W Geneva -oa&, Wheaton, ,l =G1CF8
    ne %i!ht +on&er the cultural an& reli!ious 1ias a++arent in the attention !iven this year:s
    No(e! Pri3e *inner t&e D"!"i 0"+" in co%+arison #ith last year:s Bisho+ Tutu o3 *outh
    63rica. While thin!s in *outh 63rica are 1a& enou!h, they +ale in co%+arison #ith events in
    Ti1et - #ith X %illion Ti1etans kille& an& 4GGG Bu&&hist Te%+les &estroye&. ne %i!ht
    #on&er #hat the reaction #oul& 1e i3 4GGG Christian churches #ere %ortare& so%e#here.
    $ro1a1ly FGW o3 #estern +o+ulation is una#are o3 the events in Ti1et.
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    --- 49
    *cientists have &iscovere& that the earth #o11les sli!htly on its aEis as it s+ins, like a to+
    that has a #o11le to it. The #o11le is only a1out 3our inches 1ut, interestin!ly, the +erio& o3
    this #o11le is 94G &ays - t&e "4.E" n%+(er that +o+s u+ so o3ten in occult calculations.
    0in&u cos%olo!y sho#s a 2&ay o3 Brah%a2 to 1e 9.4 1illion years, a 2Maha Du!a2 to 1e 9.4
    %illion years, an& the ?ali Du!a to 1e 94(,GGG years. 7Earth+ Moon+ and 7lanets+ Fre& ).
    Whi++le8
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    n the %atter o3 s+innin! to+s, t#o 5a+anese scientists have a++arently &iscovere& that
    a s+innin! !yrosco+e +artially counteracts the earth:s !ravitational +ull 7%cience 1e&s
    1S=SFG8. The g'ros#o,e s,inning in one /ire#tion !oses " s+"!! $r"#tion o$ its *eig&t-
    #hile it loses nothin! i3 s+innin! in the o++osite &irection. Wei!ht loss increases #ith s+ee& o3
    s+in. "o errors have yet 1een &etecte& in the eE+eri%ents. ,3 the e33ect stan&s scrutiny, it #ill
    &e%onstrate a no# unkno#n +hysical e33ect.
    ---------
    -ose%ary Iosse:s (o-E8ister %a!aAine 7Waterse&!e, C Malton -oa&, Wyn1er! BCGG,
    *outh 63rica, R4.GG +er year /.*.8 is al#ays 3ull o3 interestin! an& valua1le %aterial. The
    3ollo#in! 3ro% the #19, "ove%1er, 1FCF issue is 3ro% ;.F. *chu%acher:s A Guie !"r the
    Per#$e%e 5 2,n the 1eauti3ul hills o3 *urrey #here , live, you can !o 3or #alks, an& even on a
    *un&ay you never %eet any1o&y, thou!h you %ay hear the &istant roar o3 tra33ic &o#n the
    coast. 6n& the story !oes that an econo%ist #ent there 3or a *un&ay a3ternoon #alk, an& %et
    none else than Go&-6l%i!hty, #hich !ave hi% a 1it o3 a shock, as he &i&n:t kno# #hat to say.
    0e re%e%1ere& that as a little 1oy he ha& 1een tol& #hat is a thousan& years to us is 1ut a
    %inute to the )or&. 6n& he aske& 0i% 2,s this so.2 an& the )or& sai&, 2Des, it is Huite so.2 By
    that ti%e he ha& recovere& his co%+osure an& he sai& to 0i%, 2Then +erha+s it %ay 1e also
    true that #hat is a %illion +oun&s to us is only a +en-
    --- 4<
    nie 3or you.2 6n& the )or& sai&, 2Des, that:s Huite true.2 6n& he sai&, 2Well, lor&, !ive %e one
    o3 those +ennies.2 The )or& sai&, 2Certainly, %y &ear cha+. , &on:t ha++en to have it on %e,
    1ut >ust #ait a %inute #hile , 3etch it.2
    The (9 +a!es o3 (o-E8ister #19 has an article on eE+eri%ents in intensive !ar&enin! 3or
    the #orl& 3oo&-shorta!e +ro1le%s, +oetry, Blavatsky Huotes, eEcer+ts 3ro% Maurice "icoll,
    an& an eEcellent co%%on sense &o-it-yoursel3 article in a series o3 +uttin! Theoso+hical i&eas
    into +ractice. Ms. Iosse ran a "Ti(et"n 4rien/s&i, Gro%," 3or years #hen 3e# #ere a#are
    o3 the rava!in! o3 Ti1et 1y China.
    ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
    2;vil has no eEistence per se an& is 1ut the a1sence o3 !oo& an& eEists 1ut 3or hi% #ho
    is %a&e its victi%. ,t +rocee&s 3ro% t#o causes, an& no %ore than !oo& is it an in&e+en&ent
    cause in nature. "ature is &estitute o3 !oo&ness or %alice; she 3ollo#s only i%%uta1le la#s
    #hen she either !ives li3e an& >oy, or sen&s su33erin! 7an&8 &eath, an& &estroys #hat she has
    create&. "ature has an anti&ote 3or every +oison an& her la#s a re#ar& 3or every su33erin!.
    The 1utter3ly &evoure& 1y a 1ir& 1eco%es that 1ir&, an& the little 1ir& kille& 1y an ani%al !oes
    into a hi!her 3or%. ,t is the 1lin& la# o3 necessity an& the eternal 3itness o3 thin!s, an& hence
    cannot 1e calle& ;vil in "ature. The real evil +rocee&s 3ro% hu%an intelli!ence an& its ori!in
    rests entirely #ith reasonin! %an #ho &issociates hi%sel3 3ro% "ature.. 0u%anity then, alone
    is the true source o3 ;vil.2
    - ?.0., The Mahatma 'etters
    '''''''''''''
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    A TH1OSOPHIST8S ATTITUD1 TO 9OO:.01ARNING
    - 6. Trevor Barker
    , have hear& it sai& that so%e %e%1ers are very critical an& unha++y a1out #hat they
    call :1ooks an& 1ook-learnin!: an& all that kin& o3 1usiness. , think there is so%e
    %isconce+tions there. ,3 you #ant to stu&y a su1>ect an& kno# so%ethin! a1out it, #ell you
    have !ot to stu&y it. ,t is not su33icient to say, 2,3 you #ant to learn %athe%atics, #ell, you have
    !ot it all insi&e yoursel3.2 "oP Dou have to !o to school, o+en the 1ooks an& stu&y the #hole
    thin! so that you %ay kno# #hat is there. 6n& 1esi&es, , #oul& like to su!!est that there are
    three %ain activities !oin! on in this search 3or kno#le&!e. There is #hat #e call the line o3
    kno#le&!e, #hich is the !atherin! in o3 ne# intellectual an& s+iritual 3oo&. That is one
    +rocess, an& you #ill 3in& it !oin! on #ithin you i3 you o1serve yoursel3 all the ti%e.
    The neEt +hase is one o3 +ractice. Dou then +rocee& to #ork out your theories, or try to, in
    +ractice. This results in #hat. Gro#th. 6n& #hen a !iven a%ount o3 kno#le&!e has resulte&
    in action - an& action has +ro&uce& !ro#th, then co%es a!ain a ne# cycle o3 !atherin!
    kno#le&!e. Thus it is not on!' a Huestion o3 1ook-learnin!.
    , &istrust these +eo+le #ho co%+lain a1out 1ook-learnin!. $erha+s they have not &one
    very %uch alon! those lines the%selves. The 1ooks are #ell #orth stu&yin!. *o%e kin&s o3
    %in& 3in& a %ore easy a++roach throu!h 1ooks than others, 1ut the thin! to re%e%1er is that
    #e &o not have to acce+t a sin!le state%ent that is %a&e any#here in our literature or 1y any
    +erson in our Move%ent an& s#allo# it. Test itP ,3 its results in your li3e are !oo&, then hol&
    3ast to it. The !reat Bu&&ha hi%sel3 lai& !reat stress u+on this truth. 0e sai&: 2Don:t acce+t
    anythin! 1ecause o3 tra&ition, nor 1ecause any !reat sa!e has tau!ht it.2 ,sn:t that !oo&
    enou!h 3or us.
    , #oul& very cor&ially reco%%en& to your attention the 1ook on the 5ha#a*ad-.ita 1y
    *ri ?rishna $re%, 1ecause he there +oints out that these ;astern syste%s, eEcellent an&
    a++rove& in their &ay, have co%e &o#n to
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    us throu!h three or 3our thousan& years, an& any +art o3 the% #hich #e stu&y %ay have 1een
    %isinter+rete& or %istranslate&. ,t shoul& %ake us 1e %ore cautious an& not s#allo# all
    thin!s #holesale. We have to stan& on our o#n 3eet an& test; an& #hen you have 3oun&
    so%ethin! like 0.$.B.:s +hiloso+hy that hol&s #ater, that you can:t knock a hole in, that 1rin!s
    to li3e the hi!her +art o3 your 1ein!, that ena1les you to hel+ others, you reco!nise it. Be
    thank3ul 3or it an& take it to others.
    7Fro% The >ill of 3iscernment8
    ---------------
    70o# %uch rea&in! one &oes +ro1a1ly &e+en&s on #hat he is tryin! to acco%+lish. ,3
    one is convince& that Theoso+hical Doctrines &escri1e 2the #ay it is2 an& not >ust s+eculation,
    he %i!ht #ant to &o a lot o3 rea&in!. ,3 one:s %ain o1>ection is to 2?no# 0i%sel3.2 then #hile
    rea&in! #ill !ive han&les 3or thin!s, %uch o3 the #ork #ill 1e in &irect o1servation, thinkin!
    an& %e&itatin! - very &i33icult tasks. There is ti%e 3or 1oth. Many, ,:% a3rai&, o1>ect to rea&in!
    1ecause they 3in& it too &i33icult. 3 course #hat you rea& is %ore i%+ortant than ho# %uch
    you &o. -ea&in! a 3e# +a!es 3ro% Blavatsky an& thinkin! u+on the% %i!ht +ro&uce %ore
    results than a score o3 su+er3icial 1ooks. - ;&.8
    '''''''''''''''''''''''
    2Des+ite the a&verse criticis%s &irecte& a!ainst 0.$. Blavatsky:s #orks, there is
    a&eHuate internal evi&ence in the% o3 the author:s inti%ate acHuaintance #ith the hi!her
    la%aistic teachin!s, into #hich she clai%e& to have 1een initiate&.2
    - The Ti1etan la%a ?aAi-Da#a *a%&u+ to Dr. ;vans WentA. ?aAi-Da#a *a%&u+
    #as a %e%1er o3 the sta33 o3 the Dalai )a%a, an& lecturer in Ti1etan at Calcutta /niversity.
    7Fro% (orrespondin# 4ello&s 'od#e 5ulletin #1BG8
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    SP1CU0ATIONS ON S6NCHRONICIT6
    *ynchronicity is a #or&, coine& 1y C.G. 5un!, to la1el connections 1et#een events in
    every&ay li3e #hich are not cause an& a33ect ty+e connections, 1ut those o3 %eanin! or
    sy%1olic an& usually uncanny coinci&ence.
    ,n &rea%s all sort o3 nonsensical events occur co%+are& to the stan&ar&s o3 #akin!
    reality, 1ut they tie to!ether in an un&erlyin! %eanin! that %akes the &rea% #hole an&
    co%+lete. $eo+le 3ro% 3orty years a!o an& no# %ay 1e in the sa%e roo% even thou!h they
    &on:t kno# each other. Dou %i!ht 1e ri&in! a 1o1sle& &o#nhill 3ro% a chil&hoo& %e%ory 1ut
    1e ri&in! #ith your +resent 1oss or a stran!er you sa# on the street. The 1o1sle& ri&e #ith
    the 1oss %ay 1e 1ecause o3 so%e sense o3 3rivolity share& #ith hi% that ties in #ith the sa%e
    3eelin!s 3ro% chil&hoo&. The connections an& sy%1olo!y are en&less. They %ay 1e unreal
    >u&!e& 3ro% nor%al reality, 1ut on the level o3 %eanin! an& 3eelin! they are very real. ne
    %i!ht consi&er that &rea%s are closer to !enuine reality than #akin! consciousness, at least
    so%e &rea%s, as they &eal #ith the Huintessence o3 #akin! li3e, the sy%1olic untertones an&
    %eanin! that are occurrin! 1ehin& the su+er3icial scenes o3 li3e.
    This connection o3 %eanin! is thou!ht to 1e the key to stran!e coinci&ence an&
    synchronistic events. ,n &rea%s as our +ersonal soul or su1li%inal %in& strin!s to!ether
    un+hysically relate& +heno%enon into a +sycholo!ical lan&sca+e aroun& a central i&ea,
    3eelin!, or %eanin! - so a lar!er universal %in& #e %ay all 1e a +art o3 %i!ht 1e &oin! the
    sa%e thin! #ith our &aily li3e. While our lives %i!ht 1e the &rea%in! or su1conscious
    cere1ration o3 an uni%a!ina1le 1ein! or !rou+ o3 1ein!s 7the Dhyan Chohans.8, this &oes not
    %ean that to us our lives are unreal. Theoso+hical &octrines hol& that eEistence consists o3
    hierarchies o3 reality. ;very level is 2real2 as can 1e until it is transcen&e&. ur 61solute
    reality, 6t%an, on so%e level o3 this hierarchy %ust also 1e a cru&e illusion, i3 there is %uch
    sense in s+eculatin! so 3ar. We are tol& an& it %akes sense to the %in&, that reality is an
    in3inite +ro!ression o3 such &rea%s an& realities.
    - T. *ny&er
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    7ARIOUS T1R2S US1D 4OR TH1 DH6AN CHOHANS 96 DI441R1NT R10IGIONS AND
    PHI0OSOPHI1S :
    ... 2+ri%or&ial %an2 7*D,, 1G8 - Dhyani-Bu&&ha 7ibid.8 --ishi-$ra>a+ati 7ibid. 0in&u8 -
    ;lohi% 7ibid., Christian8 - 2sons o3 Go&2 7ibid., Christian8 - $lanetary *+irits 7ibid.8 -
    6rchan!els 7*D,, 1=, Christian8 - *era+hs 7i1i&., Christian8 - 60-0, 7*D,, 4C8 - *even *u1li%e
    )or&s 7*tanAa o3 DAyan8 - 6nu+a&aka 7*D,, <(8 - Manushi Bu&&ha 7*D,, <(, hi!hest hu%an
    1u&&ha8 - Manu 7*D,, =48 - *e+hiroth 7*D,, 14G, 5e#ishSChristian8 - Devas 7Generic ter%8 -
    )i+ikas 7*D,, 1G98 - -ishis 7*D,, 1198 - *a+tarishis 7*D,, 1FC8 - Fla!ae 7*D,, (((3n,
    $aracelsus8 - $itris 7ibid.8 - Guar&ian 6n!els 7ibid., Christian8 - Cos%oratores 7*D,, (4<,
    Greek8 - ?os%ocratores - 6%shas+en&s 7*D,, (4<, @orastrian8 - Dai%ones 7*D,, (CC3n,
    0er%etic8 - ?#an-yin 7*D,, (CC3n, Bu&&hist8 - Chitkala 7*D,, (CC3n8 - $a>a+ati 7*D,, 4B<8 -
    6ses 7*D,, 9(B, *can&anavian8 - Melhas 7*D,,, 498 - "e+hili% 7*D,,, =18 - 5ehovah 7ibid., hel&
    1y Gnostics to 1e one o3 the lo#er Dhyan Chohans UUor mamo-chohan..VV8 - Deva!nana%s
    7*D,,, FG8 - ?a1eiri 7*D,,, 1G=8 - *taryaAatas 7*D,,, 4<C, @orastrian8.
    ------------
    2*D,,, 1G=2 #oul& %ean: %ecret 3octrine, 1y 0.$. Blavatsky, Iol. ,,, +a!e 1G=. G. &e
    $urucker also !ives these ter%s in his #ritin!s: 6eons 7Gnostic8 - 6!nish#attas 7Brah%anis%8
    - Maruts 7one class o3 6!nish#attas8 - Theoi 7Greek8 - Dii 7-o%an8. 6nother ter%,
    Tatha!atas, a++ears in the Mahatma 'etters
    TH1OSOPHIC 2ANUA0S
    718 Theoso+hy: 6 General Iie# o3 ccult Doctrine - Charles 5. -yan (.(<
    7(8 -eincarnation: 6 lost Chor& in Mo&ern Thou!ht - )eoline ). Wri!ht 4.GG
    748 The Doctrine o3 ?ar%a: Chance or 5ustice. - Gertru&e van $elt, M.D. (.(<
    798 Man an& 0is *even $rinci+les:, 6n 6ncient Basis 3or a "e# $sycholo!y -
    ).). Wri!ht (.(<
    7<8 63ter Death - What. - ).). Wri!ht 4.GG
    7=8 ;volution: Who an& What is Man. - 0enry T. ;&!e (.(<
    7B8 Man:s Divine $arenta!e an& Destiny: The Great -oun&s an& -aces -van
    $elt (.(<
    7C8 Cycles: ,n the /niverse an& Man - )y&ia -oss, M.D. 4.GG
    7F8 0ierarchies - The Cos%ic )a&&er o3 )i3e - G. van $elt, M.D. (.(<
    71G8 The 6stral )i!ht: "ature:s 6%aAin! $icture Gallery - 0enry T. ;&!e (.(<
    7118 $sychic $o#ers - 0elen To&& (.<G
    71(8 Theoso+hy an& Christianity - 0. T. ;&!e (.(<
    The. *ecret Doctrine - 0.$. Blavatsky 1C.<G
    The Theoso+hic Manuals #ere all #ritten 1y li3e-lon! stu&ents o3 ori!inal Theoso+hy an& are
    availa1le 3ro%: $roto!onos...... 7,nclu&e R1.GG +osta!e8
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    7-/T/./1/% is +u1lishe& Huarterly. ;&itor: Mark 5aHua. *u1scri+tion is R9.GG +er year
    /*, Cana&a, an& sur3ace rate overseas. 6ir%ail overseas is C.GG. 6&&ress su1scri+tions an&
    corres+on&ence to Mark 5aHua......6rticle su1%issions are #elco%e.
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    PROTOGONOS
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    CONT1NTS5
    The Critical *+irit., Blavatsky......4
    6 Fe# Basic ,&eas, $lu%%er ........B
    5esus as 6vatar., ;kins .........F
    ccult 6s+ects o3 Consciousness, 5aHua ...........1=
    Book -evie#s., $ro3oun& Writin!s, Dar#in Dea&. .........(=
    )etters, $urucker on -e+ro&uction ............ 4G
    $oints o3 ,nterest ..............49
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    TH1 CRITICA0 SPIRIT
    7The &eath o3 !enuine +hiloso+hy an&, truly, %pirit in %an is the ina1ility to continually
    rouse onesel3 to criticiEe+ to !et in touch #ith the s+iritual #arrior that resi&es in each +erson
    necessary 3or the e33ort a!ainst the &o#n#ar& +ull o3 %atter an& %ateriality in all its !uises
    an& 3or%s o3 hy+nosis. ,n our a!e, only a hun&re& years a3ter Blavatsky:s &eath, the %ost
    +o+ular 3or% o3 2Theoso+hy2 has 1een en&orse%ent o3 all reli!ions an& syste%s in +ur+ose o3
    a lethar!ic an& su+er3icial 21rotherhoo&2 an& shallo# har%ony. The Theoso+hical *ociety:s
    3oun&er, Blavatsky #oul& have en&orse& anythin! 1ut this e%otional &istortion o3 ori!inal
    Theoso+hy an& its harshly critical a++roach. )ikely a thir& o3 Blavatsky:s #ritin!s - as #ell as
    The Mahat%a )etters - are very stron!ly critical in nature. There is an anta!onis% that
    ori!inates in the +ersonality, 1ut there is also a 2s+iritual anta!onis%2 that ori!inates in one:s
    s+iritual intuitions an& s+iritual reaction to 3alsehoo& an& ina&eHuacy. The 3ollo#in!, #ritten in
    the last year o3 Blavatsky:s li3e, is an eEa%+le o3 the Critical *+irit that +er%eates all o3
    Blavatsky:s #ritin!s.8
    Thou!h #e have never too unreasona1ly a&%ire& )actantius, yet #e %ust reco!niAe that
    even that innocent Church Father, #ith all his cuttin! insults anent the heliocentric syste%,
    &e3ine& the ter% very correctly #hen sayin! that 2the 3irst +oint o3 Wis&o% is to &iscern that
    #hich is 3alse, an& the secon&, to kno# that #hich is true.2...
    *hall it 1e then re!ar&e& as too 3ar 3etche&, i3, 1asin! our #or&s on a li3elon! o1servation
    an& eE+erience, #e venture to o33er our i&eas as to the Huickest an& %ost e33icient %eans o3
    o1tainin! our +resent Worl&:s universal res+ect an& 1eco%in! an 2authority2. *ho# the
    ten&erest re!ar& 3or the corns o3 every +arty:s ho11ies, an& o33er yoursel3 as the chie3
    eEecutioner, the han!%an, o3 the re+utations o3 %en an& thin!s re!ar&e& as un+o+ular.
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    )earn that the !reat secret o3 +o#er consists in the art o3 +an&erin! to +o+ular
    +re>u&ices, to the Worl&:s likes an& &islikes. nce this +rinci+al con&ition co%+lie& #ith, he
    #ho +ractices it is certain o3 attractin! to hi%sel3 the e&ucate& an& their satellites - the less
    e&ucate& - they #hose rule it is to +lace the%selves invaria1ly on the sa3e si&e o3 +u1lic
    o+inion. This #ill lea& to a +er3ect har%ony o3 si%ultaneous action. For, #hile the 3avorite
    attitu&e o3 the culture& is to hi&e 1ehin& the intellectual 1ul#arks o3 the 3avorite lea&ers o3
    scienti3ic thou!ht, an& Burare in *erba ma#istri, that o3 the less culture& is to trans3or%
    the%selves into the 3aith3ul %echanical tele+hones o3 their su+eriors, an& to re+eat like #ell-
    traine& +arrots the dicta o3 their i%%e&iate lea&ers. The no# a+horistical +erce+t o3 Mr.
    6rte%us War&, the sho#%an o3 3a%ous %e%ory - 2*cratch %y 1ack, Mr. ;&itor, an& , #ill
    scratch yours2 - +roves i%%ortally true. The 2risin! *tar,2 #hether he 1e a theolo!ian, a
    +olitician, an author, a scientist, or a >ournalist - has to 1e!in scratchin! the 1ack o3 +u1lic
    tastes an& +re>u&ices - a hy+notic %etho& as ol& as hu%an vanity. Gra&ually the hy+notiAe&
    %asses 1e!in to +urr, they are rea&y 3or 2su!!estion.2 *u!!est #hatever you #ant the% to
    1elieve, an& 3orth#ith they #ill 1e!in to return your caresses, an& +urr no# to your ho11ies,
    an& +an&er in their turn to anythin! su!!este& 1y theolo!ians, +olitician, author, scientist, or
    >ournalist. *uch is the si%+le secret o3 1losso%in! into an 2authority2 or a 2lea&er o3 %en2;
    an& such is the secret o3 our %o&ern-&ay #is&o%.
    6n& this is also the 2secret2 an& the true reason o3 the un+o+ularity o3 'ucifer 7Blavatsky:s
    %a!aAine a3ter she #as kicke& o33 The Theosophist - ;&.8 an& o3 the ostracis% +ractice& 1y
    this sa%e %o&ern #orl& on the Theoso+hical *ociety: 3or neither 'ucifer+ nor the *ociety it
    1elon!s to, has ever 3ollo#e& Mr. 6rte%us War&:s !ol&en +rece+t. "o true Theoso+hist, in
    3act, #oul& consent to 1eco%e the 3etish o3 a 3ashiona1le &octrine, any %ore than he #oul&
    %ake hi%sel3 the slave o3 a &ecayin! &ea&-letter syste%, the s+irit 3ro% #hich has
    &isa++eare& 3orever. "either #oul& he +an&er to anyone or anythin!, an& there3ore #oul&
    al#ays &ecline
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    to sho# 1elie3 in that in #hich he &oes not nor can he 1elieve, #hich is lyin! to his o#n soul.
    There3ore there, #here others see 2the 1eauty an& !races o3 %o&ern culture,2 the
    Theoso+hist sees only %oral u!liness an& the so%ersaults o3 the clo#ns o3 the so-calle&
    culture& centres. For hi% nothin! a++lies 1etter to %o&ern 3ashiona1le society than *y&ney
    *%ith:s &escri+tion o3 $o+ish ritualis%: 2$osture an& i%+osture, 3lections an& !enu3lections,
    1o#in! to the ri!ht curtsyin! to the le3t, an& an i%%ense a%ount o3 %ale 7an& es+ecially
    3e%ale8 %illinery.2 There %ay 1e, no &ou1t, 3or so%e #orl&ly %in&s, a !reat char% in %o&ern
    civiliAation; 1ut 3or the Theoso+hist all its 1ounties can har&ly re+ay 3or the evils it has 1rou!ht
    the #orl&. These are so %any, that it is not #ithin the li%its o3 this article to enu%erate these
    o33s+rin!s o3 culture an& o3 the +ro!ress o3 +hysical science, #hose latest achieve%ents
    1e!in #ith vivisection, an& en& in i%+rove& %ur&er 1y electricity. 77We still have vivisection
    an& the torturin! 1y in!enious %eans all variety o3 ani%als 23or science an& hu%anity:s sake.2
    We:ve tire& our selves out on the 1i! en& o3 %ur&er #ith the ato%ic, hy&ro!en, an& neutron
    1o%1s -an& no# are #orkin! on the 2a1ortion +ill2. -;&.88
    ur ans#er, #e have no &ou1t, is not calculate& to %ake us %ore 3rien&s than ene%ies,
    1ut this can 1e har&ly hel+e&. ur %a!aAine %ay 1e looke& u+on as 2+essi%istic,2 1ut no one
    can char!e it #ith +u1lishin! slan&ers or lies, or, in 3act, anythin! 1ut that #hich #e honestly
    1elieve to 1e true. Be it as it %ay, ho#ever, #e ho+e never to lack %oral coura!e in the
    eE+ression o3 our o+inions or in &e3ense o3 Theoso+hy an& its *ociety. )et then nine-tenths o3
    every +o+ulation arise in ar%s a!ainst the Theoso+hical *ociety #herever it a++ears - they
    Will never 1e a1le to su++ress the truths it utters. )et the %asses o3 !ro#in! Materialis%, the
    hosts o3 *+iritualis%, all the Church-!oin! con!re!ations, 1i!ots an& iconoclasts, Grun&y
    #orshi+ers, a+in!-3ollo#ers an& 1lin& &isci+les, let the% slan&er, a1use, lie,, &enounce, an&
    +u1lish every 3alsehoo& a1out us un&er the sun - they #ill not u+root Theoso+hy, nor even
    u+set her *ociety, i3 only its %e%-
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    1ers hol& to!ether, let even such 3rien&s an& ad*isers, as he #ho is no# ans#ere&, turn a#ay
    in &is!ust 3ro% those #ho% he a&&resses in vain - it %atters not, 3or our t#o +aths in li3e run
    &ia%etrically o++osite, )et hi% kee+ to his 2terrestrial2 #is&o%; #e #ill kee+ to that +ure ray
    2that co%es 3ro% a1ove,2 3ro% the li!ht o3 the 26ncient.2
    What, in&ee&, has W,*DM, Theosophia - the Wis&o% 3ull o3 %ercy an& !oo& 3ruits,
    #ithout +artiality, an& #ithout hy+ocrisy2 75a%es iii, 1B8 - to &o #ith our cruel, sel3ish, cra3ty,
    an& hy+ocritical #orl&. What is there in co%%on 1et#een &ivine *o+hia an& the
    i%+rove%ents o3 %o&ern civiliAation an& science; 1et#een s+irit an& the letter that killeth.
    The %ore so as at this sta!e o3 evolution the #isest %an on earth, accor&in! to the #ise
    Carlyle, is 21ut a clever in3ant s+ellin! letters 3ro% a hiero!ly+hical, +ro+hetic 1ook, the leEicon
    o3 #hich lies in eternity.2
    - 0.$. Blavatsky 7BCW Q,, F, 411-(G8
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    A 41W 9ASIC ID1AS
    - ). Gor&on $lu%%er
    7The 3ollo#in! is o33ere& in res+onse to Huestions 3ro% a stu&ent 2seekin! an overall
    3ra%e#ork 3or an un&erstan&in! o3 Theoso+hy.28
    0ere are a 3e# 1asic i&eas that 3or% such a 3ra%e-#ork:
    1. Man:s innate ca+acity 3or un&erstan&in!, an& the 3act that there is no en& to the learnin!
    +rocess, "o one can &is+ute that.
    (. The universality o3 li3e. The %anner in #hich #e, the ani%als, an& the +lants, eEhi1it li3e
    +resents a +icture o3 those as+ects o3 li3e #ith #hich #e are 3a%iliar. Theoso+hy, ho#ever,
    &eclares that li3e as #e kno# it is 1ut one 3or% o3 ener!y. We learn 3ro% *cience that %atter
    an& ener!y are interchan!ea1le. *i%ilarly, #e learn in Theoso+hy that life an& form are one,
    an& interchan!ea1le. This lea&s us to un&erstan& that there are li3e-3or%s 7to take a #or&
    3ro% 2*tar-Trek28 o3 innu%era1le kin&s, %ost o3 the% invisi1le an& intan!i1le to us.
    4. Man is res+onsi1le 3or his actions, an& every thou!ht an& action 1rin!s a1out its o#n
    conseHuences, This natural la# o3 action an& conseHuence is at the heart o3 the teachin! o3
    ?ar%a. We are all res+onsi1le 3or #hat #e have 1eco%e, an& are 1uil&in! ourselves into our
    o#n 3utures %a&e 1y ourselves. This is ?ar%a in action.
    9. Cyclic +rocesses in "ature are so evi&ent that #e soon learn that teachin!s a1out the
    la# o3 Cycles are 1asic to an un&erstan&in! o3 Theoso+hy. 6s cycles a33ect Man, #e have
    -eincarnation. -eincarnation an& ?ar%a !o han& in han&. We are no# 1uil&in! 3or our o#n
    3uture lives, an& thus #e learn.
    <. ;volution is the 1rin!in! 3orth those Hualities an& attri1utes that are lyin! +otentially in
    all livin! thin!s. ,n the scienti3ic a++roach, evolution is the chan!e in 1o&ily 3or%s to suit
    environ%ent, here&ity, !enetic ty+es, an& so on an& on. "o
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    attention is !iven to the entities that inha1it the 1o&ies. That is outsi&e the +rovince o3
    tra&itional science. ,n Theoso+hy the nee&s o3 the entities #hich inha1it the %any kin&s o3
    1o&ily 3or%s that #e see are the 3un&a%ental &rive lea&in! to 1etter i%1o&i%ents.
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    The ;&%onton Theoso+hical *ociety has +rinte& $hilli+ Mal+as:s ;n!lish translation o3
    7istis %ophia 3ro% the Co+tic %anuscri+t in the British Museu%. The e&ition also inclu&es (GG
    +a!es o3 a&&itional %aterial inclu&in! co%%ents on G.-.*. Mea&:s ori!inal translation an&
    scattere& re3erences 3ro% the *D. 7;&%onton T*, BoE 9CG9, ;&%onton, 6B, Cana&a TB;
    <G=8
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    ;1SUS AS A7ATARA?
    7The 3ollo#in! is an eEcer+t 3ro% corres+on&ence #ith 5erry 0e>ka-;kins on the %atter o3
    co%+arin! the state%ents o3 Blavatsky #ith those o3 G. &e $urucker on the Christian 5esus
    an&, historically, %ost likely 5ehoshua $an&ora #ho live& a1out 1(G years 1e3ore the christian
    era. The eEcer+t is a !oo& #ork o3 co%+arative scholarshi+ an& she&s li!ht on the i&eas o3
    2tulku,2 2avatara,2 2nir%anakaya2 an& other i%+ortant i&eas, an& is thou!ht valua1le to +rint
    here, alon! #ith so%e e&itorital notes a++en&e&.8
    2G.&e $., in his talks to ;* stu&ents, !enerally took the 6vatara conce+t 3ro% an esoteric
    vie#+oint, there3ore use& the 21i>a2 &e3inition 718 !iven 1y 0.$.B. early in the article 72The
    Doctrine o3 6vataras,2 BCW Q,I.8 "o#, 3ro% the eEoteric vie#+oint, she o33ers a nu%1er o3
    &e3initions, thus %akin! the #or& very loose. G. &e $. is also +retty loose #ith the #or&, an&
    inclu&e& the 2tulku2 conce+t as +art o3 his avatara teachin!s. 7Tulku is a Ti1etan &octrine that
    is very close to the 0in&u avatara &octrine. - e&.8 "either the ter% nor the conce+ts
    associate& #ith G. &e $.:s tulku are overtly su++orte& in this article, as 3ar as , can see. 3
    course, G. &e $.:s +osition %ay 1e su++orte& else#here. , 1rin! this u+ 1ecause it
    e%+hasiAes 0.$.B.:s +oint that #hat she has to say in this article is inco%+lete. To eE+an&
    u+on G&e $Ls +osition:
    0e calls 0.$.B. an& 5u&!e 26vataras o3 a sort.2 5u&!e, o3 course, #as su++ose& to 1e
    2oversha&o#e&2 1y a "ir%anakaya. We have a letter to 5u&!e 3ro% 0.$.B. that su++orts this:
    2The trou1le #ith you is that you do not no& the #reat chan#e that ca%e to +ass in you a
    3e# years a!o. thers have occasionally their astrals chan!e& an& re+lace& 1y those o3
    a&e+ts 7as o3 ele%entaries8 an& they in3luence the outer, an&
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    the hi#her %an. With you, it is the ",-M6"6?6D6 not the :astral: that 1len&e& #ith your
    astral. 0ence the &ual nature an& 3i!htin!.2
    - sten&e, 1GS4S1CC= 75u&!e 1io!ra+hy in BCW ,8
    ,n another letter, 0.$.B. states that 5u&!e 2...is a +art o3 hersel3 3or several aeons,2 G. &e $.
    talke& a1out this in ter%s o3 the &octrine o3 2Tulku.2 ,n s+ite o3 Bar1orka:s 1ook 70e #as
    ori!inally 3ro% $oint )ora8 on Tulku, +u1lishe& 1y T.$.0. 7>$ 7$ 5la*atsy+ Tibet and Tulu8, this
    re%ains +ri%arily a $oint )o%a Tra&ition &octrine, an& runs a!ainst the !rain o3 neo-
    theoso+hy. *ven ;ek an& B. &e @. cite& the a1ove t#o +assa!es in their 5u&!e 1io!ra+hy,
    an& also eE+laine& the% in ter%s o3 tulku. ,n G. &e $.:s %tudies in /ccult 7hilosophy, G. &e $.
    says a1out 0.$.B.:
    20. $. Blavatsky #as such a tulku, i%1o&yin! 3reHuently the very li3e o3, an& hence !ui&e&
    1y, her o#n Teacher. While this incarnation o3 the Teacher:s :hi!her essence laste&, she #as
    tulku. When 3or one reason or another the in3luence or the ray #as #ith&ra#n 3or a lon!er or
    shorter +erio&, tulku then an& there 1eca%e non-eEistent.2 7++. 4=B-C8
    , &on:t see the a1ove eE+lanation con3ir%e& nor contra&icte& in 0.$.B.:s article 2The
    Doctrine o3 6vataras2 in any &e3initive #ay, thou!h they %ay 1e covere& in other articles.
    More likely, , see G. &e $. &oin! a classical thin! 3or hi%. , call it 23illin! in the holes,2 thou!h
    that %ay not 1e #hat he is &oin!. To eE+lain: 3ten 0.$.B. #oul& leave teachin!s inco%+lete,
    only to !o into !reater &etail in later articles, or in the case o3 the %ecret 3octrine+ later
    cha+ters. G. &e $. &re# heavily 3ro% The ;.*. instructions o3 0.$.B. an& 5u&!e, an& also 3ro%
    %aterials not very availa1le at the ti%e he #rote. There3ore, #hen he a++ears to contra&ict or
    eE+an& u+on 0.$.B., he %ay 1e really &ra#in! u+on %aterial that #e aren:t 3a%iliar 7#ith8. n
    the other han&, he %ay 1e contra&ictin! or eE+an&in! u+on 0.$.B., 2Fillin! in the holes.2... 7(8
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    0.$.B.:s re3erences concernin! 5esus, as 3ar as , have seen, are Huite consistent.
    Be!innin! #ith 2sis 0n*eiled, she %a&e a &istinction 1et#een three 5esus: 3ro% three +oints
    o3 vie#: 718 The historical 5esus, #ho% she calls 5ehosua 1en $an&era. For the historical
    5esus, she &ra#s 3ro% 5e#ish an& Gnostic sources rather than the Gos+els, #hich she
    re!ar&s as nonhistorical - 7(8 The Theolo!ical 5esus. This is the 5esus that has evolve& out o3
    the Christian tra&ition. *he occasionally sho#s that the "e# Testa%ent #ritin!s &on:t
    necessarily su++ort the theolo!ical 5esus; 748 The Bi1lical 7%eta+hysical8 5esus. This is the
    5esus +ortraye& in the Gos+els, #here the sa%e haven:t 1een corru+te&. 748 ,t is only in the
    conteEt o3 the Bi1lical 5esus, that , have seen 0.$.B. #rite a1out 5esus as an avatara. 798
    When she &oes, it is o3ten to %ake the +oint that the 6vatara conce+t #as 1orro#e& 3ro%
    ,n&ia an& ;!y+t, 7*ee Blavatsky:s 2The ;soteric Character o3 the Gos+els,2 BCW I,,,8 ,n the
    collecte& #ritin!s an& her other 1ooks, she see%s to 1e consistent #ith these &istinctions.
    G. &e $. also %akes re3erences to these three 5esus, 1ut it is clear that he %akes the
    historical 5esus an avatara:
    2The Bu&&ha Gauta%a 1eca%e a 1u&&ha throu#h his o&n efforts, throu!hout
    innu%era1le a!es; #hereas *ankaracharya #as in one %ystical sense #hat %ay truly 1e
    calle& an illusion 3ro% the stan&+oint o3 esoteric %anhoo&. *ankara #as a %an, there #as a
    +hysical 1o&y, there #as the !reat s+iritual essence #ithin; but there had been no pre*ious
    %anaracharya. *ankaracharya +er se, s+iritually, #as a &ivine ray. ... 1ut no illu%inate&
    +ersonal e!o; an& in or&er that that avatara at that ti%e in history %i!ht &o its #ork, the
    1o&hisattva o3 the Bu&&ha entere& into that 1o&y an& !ave it li!ht, +rovi&e& the illu%inatin!
    e!o ... This sa%e 1o&hisattva, #e are tau!ht, also +rovi&e& so%e centuries later the
    conscious vehicle, the e!oic +o#er, in the +erson calle& 5esus, in $alestine. 2 4undamntals of
    the Esoteric 7hilosophy+ ++. 4GB-C8
    ...$erha+s the %ost tellin! hint that %ay su++ort
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    G. &e $.:s contention 7that 5esus #as an avatara8 is to 1e 3oun& in 0.$.B.:s article 2The
    Mystery o3 Bu&&ha2 7BCW Q,I8:
    2... the stu&ents o3 ;soteric $hiloso+hy see in the "aAarene *a!e a Bo&hisattva #ith the
    s+irit o3 Bu&&ha 0i%sel3 in 0i%.2 7+. 4F=3n8
    This looks like one o3 0.$.B.:s 2occult hints2 an& %ay !ive cre&ence to G, &e $. n the other
    han&, she is callin! 5esus a 2Bo&hisattva,2 not an 26vatara.2 T#o &i33erent #or&s that %ay or
    %ay not verla+.7<8 l3 the historical 5esus #as an 6vatara o3 the Bu&&ha, as she clearly
    &escri1es *ankaracharya to have 1een, #hy &i&n:t she co%e out an& say this a1out 5esus.
    7=8
    6 +ossi1le eE+lanation 7o3 #hy8 0.$.B. &i&n:t &evelo+ the Tulku conce+t 7is8 1ecause it
    #oul& have cone too close to revealin! her o#n esoteric nature...
    ,n co%+arin! G. &e $., Blavatsky an& )ea&1eater, , have 3oun& that G. &e $. an&
    Blavatsky:s teachin!s are very &yna%ic. That is, every teachin! relates to every other
    teachin! an& eE+an&s u+on the%. Both have to 1e rea& intuitively to un&erstan& the%. My
    eE+erience is that the &ee+er , !et into the teachin!s, the si%+le 21lack an& #hite2 conce+ts
    !et less si%+le. This %akes the #ritin!s %ore &i33icult to co%+are, since these t#o #riters can
    1e &iscussin! the sa%e su1>ect - a++ear to contra&ict each other - yet in reality not. r
    +erha+s they &o. )ea&1eater an& Bailey, on the other han& are very si%+le. Their #ritin!s are
    very linear - a succession o3 23actual state%ents.2 ccult ter%s have sin!le an& relatively
    easy %eanin!s. , have never seen )ea&1eater or Bailey &iscuss the %eanin! o3 a ter% 3ro%
    the +oint o3 vie# o3 a hal3 &oAen schools o3 +hiloso+hy, 1ut Blavatsky &oes it all the ti%e an&
    $urucker &oes it occasionally. )ea&1eater, ho#ever, 2corrects2 Blavatsky, an& re&e3ines
    ter%s, or su1stitutes ter%s. 5u&!e see%s to echo Blavatsky, 1ut +uts the teachin!s into a
    %ore +ractical conteEt, so%eti%es sho#in! 7, 1elieve8 real &e+th o3 insi!ht. 7B8
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    ;D,T-:* "T;*:
    718 Blavatsky #rites on 2Bi>a2: 2There is a %ysterious $rinci+le in "ature calle& :Maha-
    Iishnu,: #hich is not the Go& o3 that na%e, 1ut a +rinci+le #hich contains Bi>a, the see& o3
    6vataris% or, in other #or&s, is the +otency an& cause o3 such &ivine incarnations. 6ll the
    Worl&-*aviors, the Bo&hisattvas an& the 6vataras, are the trees o3 salvation !ro#n out 3ro%
    the one see&, the Bi>a or 2Maha-Iishnu.2 7BCW Q,I, 4B18 G, &e $urucker in his /ccult
    .lossary !ives a lon! an& %ulti-3acete& &e3inition #hich is #orth +ro&ucin! here: 25iBa
    7so%eti%es #ritten Ii>a8. 7*anskrit8 This #or& si!ni3ies 2see&2 or 2li3e-!er%,2 #hether o3
    ani%als or o3 +lants. But esoterically its si!ni3ication is 3ar #i&er an& inco%+ara1ly %ore
    a1struse, an& there3ore &i33icult to un&erstan& #ithout +ro+er stu&y. The ter% is use& in
    esotericis% to &esi!nate the ori!inal or causal source an& *ahana, or vehicle, o3 the %ystic
    i%+ulse or ur!e o3 li3e, or o3 lives, to eE+ress itsel3 or the%selves #hen the ti%e 3or such sel3-
    eE+ression arrives a3ter a +ralaya, or a3ter an o1scuration, or a!ain, in&ee&, &urin!
    %anvantara. Whether it 1e a kos%os or universe, or the rea++earance o3 !o&, &eva, %an,
    ani%al, +lant, or %ineral. or ele%ental, the see& or live-!er% 3ro% an& out o3 #hich any one o3
    these arises is technically calle& Bi>a, an& the re3erence here is al%ost as %uch to the li3e-
    !er% or vehicle itsel3, as it is to the sel3-ur!e 3or %ani3estation #orkin! throu!h the see& or
    li3e-!er%.
    2Mystically an& +sycholo!ically, the a++earance o3 an 6vatara, 3or instance, is &ue to an
    i%+ulse arisin! in Maha-%i*a, or in Maha-,ishnu 7accor&in! to circu%stances8, to %ani3est a
    +ortion o3 the &ivine essence, in either case, #hen the a++ro+riate #orl&-+erio& arrives 3or the
    a++earance o3 an 6vatara. r a!ain, #hen 3ro% the chela is 1orn the ,nitiate &urin! the &rea&
    trials o3 initiation, the ne#ly-arisen Master is sai& to have 1een 1orn 3ro% the %ystic 5iBa or
    *ee& #ithin his o#n 1ein!. The &octrine connecte& #ith this #or& 5iBa in its occult an&
    esoteric as+ects is 3ar too +ro3oun& to receive %ore than a cursory an& su+er3icial treat%ent.2
    --- 19
    7(8 ,t is a!ree& that G&e $ 23ills in the holes2 in Blavatsky:s teachin!s, 1ut the +ossi1ility
    that Mr. ;kins &oesn:t %ention, an& #hich this #riter is convince& o3, is that G. &e $. #as a
    hi!h chela, an& thus ha& access to the %aterial an& teachin!s 3or a chela. 0e 3ille& in the
    holes, 1ecause he kne# #hat #ent there. This #riter has 3oun& that the easiest #ay to
    un&erstan& Blavatsky is to rea& $urucker.
    748 5ust the 1CC< revision o3 the "e# Testa%ent ha& over 4<,GGG revisions 3ro% the
    +revious version. 7)ord )isdom in the Esoteric Tradition+ ++. 1<4-98. ne can only i%a!ine
    a1out earlier e&itions, #hen only the Cler!y coul& rea& an& #rite.
    798 , #oul& &isa!ree #ith Mr. ;kins here an& 3in& su33icient that Blavatsky is talkin! a1out
    the historical 5esus in the 3ollo#in! t#o Huotations an& thus in +er3ect har%ony #ith $urucker:
    2Truly, :3or the salvation o3 the !oo& an& the &estruction o3 #icke&ness.: the +ersonalities
    kno#n as Gauta%a, *a%kara, 5esus an& a 3e# others #ere 1orn each in his a!e, as &eclare&
    - :, a% 1orn in every Du!a: - an& they #ere all 1orn throu!h the sa%e +o#er.2 7BCW Q,I, +
    4B48
    2...stu&ents o3 ;soteric $hiloso+hy see in the "aAarene *a!e a Bo&hisattva #ith the s+irit
    o3 Bu&&ha 0i%sel3 in 0i%.2 7BCW Q,I, + 4F=8
    7<8 Whether 0.$.B. calls 5esus a 2Bo&hisattva2 or not - #hich is a rather !eneric ter% - the
    key +oint is the she says that he ha& 2the s+irit o3 the Bu&&ha 0i%sel3 in 0i%,2 #hich see%s
    an a&eHuate &e3inition 3or an avatara, *ankara, 1y 1oth Blavatsky an& $urucker, , 1elieve,
    #as hel& to 1e another avatara oversha&o#e& 1y the s+irit o3 Bu&&ha.
    7=8 This #riter 1elieves Blavatsky #as reticent to +oint to 5esus as an avatara 1ecause o3
    one o3 the 3un&a%ental reasons 3or the 3oun&in! o3 the T*. Christianity ha& 1eco%e a totally
    &e!enerate reli!ion 1eyon& re&e%+tion, havin! lost its esoteric &octrines at least 1<GG years
    +revious #ith the last o3 the Gnostics. To !ive an a&&e& crutch to Christianity 1y +ro%otin!
    5esus as an avatara #oul& have see%e& a hu!e %istake.
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    7B8 The reason )ea&1eater or Bailey &i& not co%+are their utterances #ith hal3 a &oAen
    schools o3 +hiloso+hy - is 1ecause they &i&n:t kno# anythin! a1out these other schools o3
    +hiloso+hy, at least not enou!h to %ake any co%+arisons #orthy. This #riter:s conviction is
    that 1oth )ea&1eater, an& the entity 1ehin& Bailey:s channelin! si%+ly 2%a&e u+2 their
    +hiloso+hy as they #ent alon!. ,t is ai%e& at the se%i-illiterate #ho #oul&n:t kno# the
    &i33erence.
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    At >ome )ith the 2nner %elf+ !ames !$ 5urns 222
    - The co%+iler &escri1es this 1ook as a %aster3ul &escri+tion o3 the #orkin! o3 the ?a%a-
    %anas as+ect o3 the %in& - Co%+ile& 1y M. 5aHua - BB +a!es, EeroE, so3t1oun&, R=.GG
    +ost+ai& 3ro% $roto!onos, $ BoE 1(1, Waterville, 0 94<==
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    OCCU0T ASP1CTS O4 CONSCIOUSN1SS
    - M. 5aHua
    $sycholo!ists have ar!ue& 3or a hun&re& years as to >ust #hat is the nature o3 neurosis,
    co%+ulsion., an& o1session. But still,, a3ter a hun&re& years o3 %o&ern +sycholo!ical
    theoriAin!, it is a #ell-kno#n 3act an& e%1arrass%ent to +sycholo!y that the rate o3 recovery
    o3 treate& +atients is no hi!her than o3 those #ho s+ontaneously recover #ithout treat%ent.
    7*ee Martin Gross:s The 7sycholo#ical %ociety8
    ,n overco%in! a neurosis the su1>ective attitu&e, or +ersonal 2relationshi+2 to#ar& the
    neurosis is o3 ut%ost i%+ortance. ,n %o&ern +sycholo!ical theory, the neurosis is seen as a
    +art o3 the +erson - it is the +erson inso3ar as the +erson is re!ar&e& as a +articular
    +ersonality or character. ,n the theory o3 the 1=th century %a!us $aracelsus, the neurosis or
    co%+ulsion is an entity in itsel3. ,t is an actual %ental or e%otional 1ein! #hich victi%iAes the
    neurotic su33erer o3 his 3ree&o% an& vitality. This theory eE+lains %uch that %o&ern theory is
    una1le to co+e #ith. Mo&ern +sycholo!ists #ill a!ree that a neurotic +attern has a see%in!
    li3e o3 its o#n even a3ter it has 1een 3ully reco!niAe& 1y the +atient.
    ,n his The Mystical and Medical 7hilosophy of 7aracelsus, Manly 0all #rites:

    2We o1serve to&ay the tre%en&ous increase in %ental +atholo!y. We kno# that attitu&es
    #hich 1eco%e %ore an& %ore 3iEe& lea& to #hat science calls a state o3 o1session.
    $aracelsus use& the ter% o1session to si!ni3y +ossession 1y an entity. To&ay the ter% is use&
    to si!ni3y +ossession 1y an a1nor%al attitu&e. What is the 3act o3 this %atter. ,t is +ossi1le
    that the a1nor%al attitu&e has !ra&ually 1eco%e an entity. We %ay +re3er not to assu%e
    such a 1elie3, 1ut ho# can #e co%+letely eE+lain the +eculiar an& continuous un&er%inin! o3
    the consciousness an& %orality o3 a hu%an 1ein!. nce a &estructive attitu&e has co%e into
    +os-
    --- 1B
    session o3 a li3e, the +erson is !ra&ually &evoure& 1y that attitu&e, #hich a++ears to 1eco%e
    %ore an& %ore +ossessive. Many +ersons un&er +sycholo!ical o1session resist treat%ent, as
    thou!h so%e 3orei!n creature #ere 3i!htin! 3or its o#n survival in the%. 3ten, in&ee&, in a
    %ental illness, the +atient, instea& o3 &esirin! to recover, 1eco%es &e3ensive o3 his ail%ent,
    &e3en&in! a1nor%alcy %ore coura!eously than he #oul& ever &e3en& nor%alcy.2
    ,n occultis% it is %aintaine& that +eo+le constantly create a class o3 2ele%entals2 or
    thou!ht-creatures throu!h their +re+on&erance o3 %ental an& e%otional ha1it. The
    accu%ulation o3 these thou!ht 1ein!s !ra&ually create #hat can 1e calle& our character. ur
    +ersonality an& character can 1e vie#e& as 1ein! co%+ose& o3 %yria& %inuscule thou!ht-
    1ein!s or ten&encies %uch, as analo!y, a +hysical o1>ect is 3or%e& o3 the ato%s an&
    %olecules it is co%+ose& o3. 6to%s an& %olecules are the co%+onents o3 +hysical
    su1stance, #hile our invisi1le, +sycholo!ical su1stance can 1e sai& to 1e co%+ose& o3
    ele%entals. They are 1uil&in! 1locks o3 neutral nature in this sense.
    0enry Travers ;&!e #rites in his 1ook The Astral 'i#ht:
    2,t is tau!ht that #hen a thou!ht-3or% leaves our %in& it %ay coalesce #ith an elemental+
    an& 1y this coalescence there is en!en&ere& a livin! 1ein!, #hich thereu+on 1e!ins a li3e o3
    its o#n. ,ts conscious li3e consists entirely in the ten&ency to re+eat the act #hich it
    re+resents, so that it is instinctual an& is not en&o#e& #ith %ore intelli!ence than is
    necessary to ena1le it to eEecute that 3unction. 0ere then #e have an eE+lanation o3 the
    +heno%enon calle& :ha1it,: as also o3 a lar!e class o3 actions kno#n as i%+ulsive. ;ach one
    o3 us has surroun&e& hi%sel3 #ith a host o3 such ele%ental 1ein!s, #hich are continually
    tryin! to eE+ress the%selves throu!h our %in&s or our 1o&ily %echanis%. *uch #or&s as
    :ten&ency,: :+roclivity,: an& the like, as use& in co%%on +arlance or 1y science, are %ere
    counters; they are a1stract nouns or
    --- 1C-1F
    KK.eolo#ic chart &ith %ecret 3octrine (hronolo#yLL
    --- (G
    uncashe& checks or al!e1raic letters 3or unkno#n values; so that our eE+lanation is not
    su+er3luous 1ut necessary.2
    ,n Ti1et there is a +rocess 1y #hich a visi1le 1ein! is create& throu!h %e&itation an&
    visualiAation eEercises. By re+eate& visualiAation an& concentration on the 3or% o3 a %an,
    #o%an, or 1east, an actual +hanto% creature, or 2tul+a2 #ill 1e create& #hich can 1e seen 1y
    other +eo+le. The creature, or tul+a, is create& throu!h the a++lie& %ental ener!y o3 the
    +ractitioner. Ma&a%e 6leEan&er Davi&-"eel relates this in her 1ook Ma#ic and Mystery in
    Tibet$ *he create& a +hanto% %onk #hich other +ersons sa# an& inHuire& a1out. ,nitially this
    +heno%enon is un&er the control o3 its creator, 1ut eventually !ains an in&e+en&ence an&
    %ay 1eco%e a +est an& o1session to its creator. Ma&a%e Davi&-"eel:s +hanto% eventually
    1eca%e trou1leso%e to her an& #hen she atte%+te& to 1e ri& o3 it, it reHuire& siE %onths o3
    ar&uous %e&itation to &issolve.
    The creation o3 a co%+leE, neurosis, or co%+ulsion is %uch the sa%e +rocess as the
    creation o3 a Ti1etan tul+a. Dears &#ellin! on 3ear, an!er, hate or any ha1itual %ental or
    e%otional attitu&e 7inclu&in! +ositive ones8 #ill create a %ental creature #ho:s essence is that
    very attitu&e. They are the +ositive an& ne!ative 1uil&in! 1locks o3 one:s +sycholo!y. The
    creature &ra#s sustenance 3ro% in&ul!ence in the +articular e%otion #hich create& it. ,ts
    li3e1loo& is the vital ener!y s+ent 1y the +erson in the e%otion. Man is o1viously a creator
    eEternally #ith his technolo!y an& en!ineerin!, 1ut he is also a creator on the inner invisi1le
    real%s. This +rocess is not 21a&2 1ut >ust &escri+tive o3 the 3or%in! o3 1oth +ositive an&
    ne!ative as+ects o3 +sycholo!y. G. &e $urucker re%arks, in his 3ialo#ues:
    2...%an is a creative center, a 3ocus o3 creative 3ire. This creative 3ire is consciousness-
    thou!ht-#ill, three as+ects o3 the sa%e 3un&a%ental. Fro% this creative 3ocus #hich is the
    center o3 his 1ein! he is continually e%ittin!, sen&in! 3orth, thou!hts - ele%entals ...2
    --- (1
    By e33ort an& sel3-&eter%ination or eHually throu!h acHuiescence, #e &eter%ine throu!h
    ha1it-3or%ation #hat our character #ill 1e, an& like#ise #hat thou!ht-ele%entals are
    co%+ose& into our character. 6ll character or +ersonality %ay 1e eEternal to each +erson in
    his ;ssence or True *el3, 1ut in our relative an& &ay-to-&ay li3e #e either %ake ne# &ecisions
    concernin! our actions, or other#ise are carrie& a#ay 1y +ast ha1it. With each action #e
    +lace a 1uil&in! 1lock, as it #ere, in the 3or%ation o3 our character an& 3uture &estiny. 6ll e33ort
    at +ro!ress is e33ort to chan!e #hat #e +resently are into so%ethin! !ran&er. That #hich a
    +erson #ishes to overco%e in his character an& ha1its can 1e vie#e& as eEternal an& not
    +art o3 hi%sel3 . The &ark si&e o3 "ature are these +roclivities seen as i%%ature an& ne!ative
    to +ro!ress. What #e 3or%erly create&, our kar%a an& skan&has, 1eco%es #hat %ust 1e
    overco%e. 2Man 3orever ascen&s u+on his &ea& selves.2 as one +oet +ut it. $urucker states in
    3ialo#ues;
    2The Dark si&e o3 "ature is very lar!ely, 1ut 1y no %eans #holly, the +ro&uct o3 hu%an
    #ills, hu%an +assions, hu%an thou!hts, continuously thro#in! out ener!ies #hich take the
    3or% o3 entities. Thou!hts are thin!s in&ee&.2
    6s #e 1o&ily live in a sea o3 +hysical ato%s, in the invisi1le e%otional an& %ental real%s
    #e likely live in a sea o3 thou!ht ele%entals. Theoso+hically, they %ay he seen as inci+ient
    %ona&s or %ani3estations o3 %ona&s 1e!innin! their 3irst ste+ on the evolutionary la&&er.
    Thou!hts an& i%+ulses constantly strea% into our %in&s an& it is only an un1ase&
    %aterialistic conce+tion that they ori!inate in our +hysical 1rain, a close& an& in3antile
    su++osition actually. Biolo!ically #e are constantly un&er sie!e 3ro% +ositive an& ne!ative
    !er%s, 1acteria, viruses - 3or #hich our 1o&y !enerally has a&eHuate &e3enses. n the %ental
    level #e %ay constantly 1e su1>ect to ele%entals, 3or #hich #e either have auto%atic or
    conscious &e3ense a!ainst. To 1e conscious o3 the +ossi1le ne!ative as+ects o3 this can 1e a
    1i! ste+ in sel3-control. 0enry ;&!e #rites:
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    2,t hel+s +eo+le !reatly in the #ork o3 un&erstan&in! an& rulin! the%selves, i3 they can
    realiAe that they are to a !reat eEtent +er%ittin! the%selves to 1e controlle& 1y actual
    o1sessin! 1ein!s - na%ely, these thou!ht-ele%entals an& ele%entals o3 &esire, continually
    +ro%+tin! to unconsi&ere& s+eech or acts, an& ins+irin! %oo&s o3 an!er, sarcas%, levity,
    etc., #hich #e a3ter#ar&s re!ret; an& a +oor eEcuse it is to say that :, &on:t kno# #hat %a&e
    %e &o it, 1ut so%ethin! ca%e over %e.:2
    ,t %ay see% an eEtre%e thin! to su!!est that #e are victi%s o3 entities #ith a li3e an& at
    least auto%atic intelli!ence o3 their o#n. 7Theoso+hy also %aintains that there are, althou!h
    less +revalent, 2&u!+as2 an& other non+hysical 1ein!s - #hich are co%+letely sel3-conscious
    an& thus all the %ore &an!erous.8 Mo&ern +sycholo!ists re3use to consi&er any invisi1le 1ut
    o1>ective in3luences on the hu%an +syche, yet it is narro#-%in&e& to 1elieve #e are a33ecte&
    1y nothin! our eEtre%ely li%ite& senses cannot &irectly +erceive.
    *o #hat is our solution. ccultists %ay have a 1etter eE+lanation 3or o1session an&
    neurosis than conventional +sycholo!y 7as it shoul& - 1ase& on thousan&s o3 years o3
    eE+erience co%+are& to a hun&re& or t#o 3or +sycholo!y8, 1ut is any alternative o33ere& 3or
    +sychiatry:s 1rutal &ru! thera+y or o3ten ine+t 1ehavioristic or insi!ht %etho&s. Conventional
    +sycholo!y is lar!ely ani%al +sycholo!y an& &eals #ith the %aterial-ani%alistic nature o3
    %an. True +sycholo!y %ust also &eal #ith the 2!o&-like2 or invisi1le an& creative real%s o3 the
    %ental an& &ivine.
    ,3 a +erson acce+ts the occult eE+lanation, he %i!ht think he has a real 1attle on his
    han&s, that he #ill 1e 3orever 3i!htin! invisi1le 3oes, a 1attle o3 the #ill. This %ay 1e true to a
    &e!ree, 1ut the 1est a&vice %ay +oint in a &i33erent &irection. The 1attle %ay 1e %ostly one o3
    controllin! one:s attention an& 1y as+iration raisin! onesel3 a1ove the %or1i& level. G. &e
    $urucker a&vises in 3ialo#ues:
    26ny %an or #o%an #ho 1attles #ith +assion...
    --- (4
    i&enti3ies hi%sel3 #ith that +assion 3or the ti%e 1ein! an& &oes so at a 3ear3ul cost ... 7By8
    si%+ly i!norin! the i!no1le ele%ents in us ... 3inally they &ie a natural &eath. ,n this #ay you
    &on:t sti%ulate the% an& 3ee& the% 1y +ayin! un&ue attention to the%. 5ust i!nore the% ...
    The %an or #o%an #ho is continually in 1attle, continually in a stru!!le, continually in a 3i!ht,
    is really 1eaten 1e3ore he has 1e!un to achieve.2
    ,n +hiloso+her -ichar& -ose:s The 7sycholo#y of the /bser*er #e 3in& -ose
    reco%%en&in! that #e learn the techniHue 2to turn the internal hea& a#ay 3ro% &istractions2:
    2We 1e!in to notice a %otion #ithin the hea&. The +hysical hea& &oes not %ove, 1ut #e
    1eco%e conscious o3 a %ental hea& that literally turns a#ay 3ro% a vie#.2
    -ose 3urther reco%%en&s +ara&oEically that 2We shoul& i!nore the ele%ents o3 a&versity,
    yet #e shoul& never i!nore the%.2 ,3 #e !ive ne!ative 3actors too %uch attention #e %ay 1e
    %ulti+lyin! their i%+ortance or !ivin! the% stren!th. ,3 #e i!nore the% co%+letely, then #e
    %ay loose track o3 ho# #e are a33ecte&. Too %uch attention is as har%3ul as too little
    attention, or a#areness, or o1servation. ,t is 1est to 1eco%e %uch %ore concerne& #ith !oals
    you are tryin! to attain, #hile not 1ein! naive enou!h to i!nore the ne!ative 3actors. 0enry
    ;&!e in his The Astral 'i#ht #rites:
    2... cases o3 o1session are %uch 1etter cure& 1y a &iversion o3 attention to healthy +ursuits
    than 1y a %or1i& intros+ection or +sycho-analysis o3 the slu%s o3 consciousness.
    "evertheless it is o3 1ene3it to kno# that %any o3 the i%+ulses #hich #e &i!ni3y 1y attri1utin!
    the% to ourselves %ay 1e actually the result o3 evil +ro%+tin!s 3ro% entities #hich are not
    ourselves at all 1ut %erely intrusive ele%ents.2
    ,3 you %aintain your consciousness on a %or1i&
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    level, then naturally you #ill 1e su1>ect to in3luences on this %or1i& level. By as+iration a
    +erson is auto%atically +ulle& out o3 the &re!s o3 consciousness an& into the &ivine +art o3 his
    1ein!. ,n this &ee+er real% o3 the ,nner *el3, #here sa!es re+ort #e are all one, there is no
    roo% 3or the horrors o3 the lo#er sel3. G. &e $urucker #rites in 3ialo#ues;
    2)et your heart 1e 3ille& #ith har%ony, #ith +eace,, #ith i%+ersonal love. That is the real
    #or& - #ith love 3or all thin!s !reat an& s%all... Don:t ackno#le&!e such +assion 1y sinkin! to
    its +lane. There is the rule.2
    While %aintainin! a level a1ove the %u&&y strea% o3 the lo#er sel3 %ay 1e the 1eat
    %etho& an& %ost +re3era1le, it is +ossi1le that not all are ca+a1le o3 %aintainin! this state,
    althou!h ca+acity can al#ays 1e increase&. 2?no# Thysel32 is the ancient occult a&a!e, an&
    one %i!ht take that this %eans also a kno#in! o3 the lo#er sel3, an& such kno#le&!e throu!h
    Will, 1rin!s &etach%ent an& esca+e. The 2kno#in!2 is a %ental kno#in! an& not eHuate& #ith
    in&ul!ence. The +erson #ho has le& a clean an& +ure li3e %orally &oes not have so %uch to
    &eal #ith in the lo#er sel3, as %ost, likely,, #ho have not.
    $sycholo!ist 5a%es Burns %aintains that there are no eEternal, entity, in3luences on the
    +syche, that 2voices2 an& the like are the result o3 unresolve& as+ects o3 one:s o#n
    +sycholo!y. This, in an i%+ortant sense, is not contra&ictory to the occult stan&+oint.
    /nresolve& as+ects, or as+ects not risen a1ove, o3 +ersonal +sycholo!y are the 2&oors2
    throu!h #hich one %ay 1e a33ecte&. They are your +ersonal 1uttons that can 1e +ushe&. ,n
    either case, 1y theory, i3 one co%es to a resolution o3 that as+ect o3 +ersonal +sycholo!y, the
    in3luence is i%+otent an& the 2&oor2 is close&. Brah%an scholar T. *u11a -o# #rites in his
    Esoteric )ritin#s,:
    2When an ele%ental a++ears, it searches your %in& an& 3in&s out #hat you &o not like an&
    are %ost a3rai& o3, an& assu%es that very sha+e.2
    Blavatsky states that a +ri%ary as+ect o3 avoi&-
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    in! or overco%in! ne!ative in3luence is to chan!e one:s attitu&e 3ro% +assive an& ne!ative
    7the state o3 %e&iu%s an& channelers8 to +ositive an& active. versensitivity, the result o3
    +assivity, %ust 1e &estroye&. For serious cases, she reco%%en&s ve!etarianis% an&
    a1stention 3ro% any ty+e o3 sti%ulants. Morally +ure an& healthy co%+any is reco%%en&e&.
    The +erson:s ne!ative +olarity nee&s to 1e chan!e& to a +ositive +olarity. The +erson-has to
    assert his Will to control thou!hts an& %oo&s. 75la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s ,,, ++. 4F<-9GG8
    3 course #orryin! too %uch a1out ne!ative e33ects is >ust the ne!ative attitu&e that is to 1e
    avoi&e&.
    ;le%entals are not 1a& 1ut neutral ener!ies in the %akeu+ o3 "ature, an& 3ollo# %an:s
    lea&. Blavatsky #rites in her 2Conversations on ccultis%2 7BCW ,Q8:
    2... so lon! as %ankin& &oes not cultivate 1rotherly 3eelin! an& charity to#ar&s the #hole o3
    creation, >ust so lon! #ill the ele%entals 1e #ithout i%+ulse to act 3or our 1ene3it. But so soon
    an& #herever %an or %en 1e!in to cultivate 1rotherly 3eelin! an& love 3or the #hole o3
    creation, there an& then the ele%entals 1e!in to take on the ne# creation.2
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    R17I1WS
    7-/4/013 )-2T21.%+ EA%T A13 )E%T+ T6T Foun&ation, (91 +a!es, har&1ack,
    R1(.GG 71=C= Marshall *treet, Ben#oo&, WIa (=G418
    My i%%e&iate attraction to this 1ook #as the lar!e section 3ro% Blavatsky - al%ost all o3
    Blavatsky:s selection 3ro% The Book o3 Gol&en $rece+ts an& +u1lishe& as The ,oice of the
    %ilence. The #hole o3 the 1ook ,oice of the %ilence is re+rinte& here #ith eEce+tion o3 2The
    *tanAas o3 DAyan2 +resent in Theoso+hical e&itions. The co%+ilers have also chosen an
    ori!inal e&ition o3 Blavatsky:s ,oice 3or re+rint, an& not the later Juest e&ition #ith its
    hun&re&s o3 !ra%%atical an& content chan!es 7see Eclectic Theosophist, 4S1<SB(8. ,n the
    $re3ace the co%+iler re3ers to Blavatsky:s Ioice as 2a con&ense& !ui&e to the &ee+est
    teachin!s o3 %ankin&.2 T6T Foun&ation has a history o3 +ro%otin! early an& !enuine
    Theoso+hical #orks, also 3eaturin! The %ecret 3octrine an& 2sis 0n*eiled in their 1ook
    o33erin!s, an& as 3ar as this #riter kno#s, 1ein! the only current /* +u1lisher o3 FranA
    0art%ann:s Ma#ic+ 5lac and )hite.
    The co%+iler states that the +ur+ose o3 the 1ook #as to %ake a selection o3 so%e o3 the
    %ost +ro3oun& esoteric #ritin!s o3 1oth the eastern an& #estern tra&itions as a source !ui&e
    o3 %aterial that is so%eti%es &i33icult to 3in&. ther selections are taken 3ro% Ti1etan sources
    72;le!ant *ayin!28, a lon! section 3ro% -a%ana Maharshi, the /+anisha&s, 5ha#a*ad .ita,
    Francis Tho%+son, @en literature, FranA 0art%ann an& so%e +oetry an& 2)ecture o3
    Juestions2 3ro% -ichar& -ose. Books have li%its 3or #hat can 1e inclu&e&, 1ut it #oul& have
    1een !oo& to +erha+s have inclu&e& %ore 3ro% the #estern tra&ition such an so%e #ritin!s
    3ro% ;khart, $lato, $aracelsus, or +erha+s $ytha!oras. ,n all, it is an eEcellent an& hi!h
    Huality 1ook that this #riter ha& to 3orce hi%sel3 to +ut &o#n in or&er to #rite a revie#.
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    --- (B
    DARWIN D1AD?
    3ar&in -etried, "or%an Mac1eth, Delta 1ooks, 1B= ++., 1FB1 ---- The 1ec of the .iraffe+
    Francis 0itchin!, "e# 6%erican )i1rary, "e# Dork, 1FC(, (<C ++.
    The theory o3 evolution is +ossi1ly the area in #hich there eEists the lar!est !a+s
    1et#een scienti3ic s+eculation this century an& the +ers+ective o3 the non-scientist. *u++ose&
    la#s such as 2the survival o3 the 3ittest2 have cease& to 1e taken seriously &eca&es a!o, the
    coo+erative as+ects o3 nature 1ein! %ore seriously taken into consi&eration, The #hole o3 the
    Dar#inian 3a1ric is seen 1y %any to 1e an arti3icial or&er i%+ose& on a 3e# 3acts o3 "ature
    that leaves uneE+laine& an& contra&icts %uch %ore than it #oul& see% to eE+lain. ,n any
    honest consi&eration o3 3acts #ith theory, it really is a &ea& theory o3 the 1Fth century in its
    a1ility to %atch reality #ith its +ostulates - %any o3 #hich turn out to 1e tautolo!ies instea& o3
    theore%s. 7i$e. 2nly the 3ittest survive2. 2Whatever survives %ust have 1een the 3ittest.2
    *urvival is ascri1e& to those #ho are the 3ittest, #hile the 3ittest are &escri1e& as those #ho
    survive&.8
    The 3ollo#in! are so%e o1servations taken 3ro% the a1ove t#o 1ooks that contra&ict or
    are not eE+laine& 1y Dar#inis% an& later a&a+tations or 2"eo-Dar#inis%2. Thin!s have
    chan!e& rather &rastically in scienti3ic o+inion co%+are& to lay +ers+ective, an& even the
    +resti!ious British Museu% o3 "atural 0istory, lon! a stron!hol& o3 Dar#inis%, no lon!er
    +resents Dar#inian evolutionary theory as res+ecta1le in its eEhi1its. ;volutionary 2Trees2 are
    no lon!er eEhi1ite&, 1ut 2Cla&o!ra%s2 #hich sho# relationshi+ 1et#een s+ecies, 1ut not
    &escent, Theoso+hy #oul& hol& that s+ecies arise an& 1eco%e eEtinct as the e%1o&yin!
    s+iritual +rinci+les or %ona&ic %ani3estations have nee& o3 ne# 3or%s o3 eE+erience that are
    no lon!er satis3ie& 1y the s+ecies. The s+ecies then 1eco%es eEtinct 1y sterility, as no %ona&
    is &ra#n to e%1o&y in it. The 3ailure o3 Dar#inian theories is that they atte%+t to eE+lain all
    as+ects o3 evolution 1y totally +hysical %eans. *o%e %o&ern theories are +ostulatin! less
    %aterial 2%or+ho!enetic 3iel&s2 or si%ilar an& %athe%atical %o&els 1y #hich nature &esi!ns
    accor&in! to certain 3or%s not &irectly connecte& #ith !enetics.
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    1. 2*urvival o3 the 3ittest2 is a tautolo!y. *urvival is &escri1e& in ter%s o3 1ein! 3ittest, an&
    1ein! 3ittest is &escri1e& in ter%s o3 #hat survives.
    (. There are virtually no inter%e&iate links in 3ossil recor&s that are +re&icte& 1y
    Dar#inian theory. *+ecies &ie out an& #hole ne# s+ecies su&&enly a++ear. The !ira33e an&
    #hale, 3or instance, su&&enly a++ear in the 3ossil recor& #ith no inter%e&iate ty+es lea&in! u+
    to the%.
    4. Many or %ost as+ects o3 "ature have no a++arent a&a+tive 3unction, such as the
    1eauti3ul +lu%a!e or sin!in! o3 1ir&s. Dar#inis% &oesn:t eE+lain the artistic as+ects o3 "ature.
    The Bo#er-1ir& o3 6ustralia, 3or instance, !oes to !reat e33ort to 1uil& an ela1orate 1ri&al suite,
    inclu&in! color3ul stones, 1ottleca+s, etc.
    9. *o%e or!ans, the eye an& ear chie3ly, can:t 1e &escri1e& 1y !ra&ual &evelo+%ent. They
    either #ork or they &on:t an& %ust a++ear in nearly their co%+lete 3or%.
    <. 6&a+tation o3 so%e ani%als an& insects coul& not 1e &evelo+e& +iece%eal or !ra&ually.
    6n ant in 6ustralia 1uil&s a tunnel on the sur3ace to travel thru 1y ce%entin! to!ether +ieces
    o3 san&. The 1o%1ar&ier 1eetle %iEes che%icals in its !ut that +ro&uce an eE+losion to 1last
    its +rey. Many, %any eEa%+les.
    =. ;Etensive research in 1ree&in! has 1een una1le to +ro&uce any lar!e chan!es as 3oun&
    necessary 3or chan!e o3 s+ecies in Dar#inian Theory. nly s%all chan!es such as color, or
    variation in siAe have 1een a1le to 1e +ro&uce&, %ost o3 #hich i3 too 3ar 3ro% the nor%,
    1eco%e sterile or revert 1ack to the ori!inal ty+e.
    B. Dar#inis% has survive& so lon! 1ecause o3 #hat Mac1eth calls the 21est in 3iel&2 theory.
    "o one #as a1le to co%e u+ #ith a 1etter theory, &es+ite its !ross inconsistencies, an& so it
    #as acce+te& an& &e3en&e& - #hich #as not truly a rational thin! to &o.
    C. *o%e s+ecies are &eci&e&ly un3it an& o&&ly &esi!ne&, 1ut continue to survive.
    F. Co%+etition 1et#een %ales at 1ree&in! ti%e has no relationshi+ in so%e s+ecies #ith
    #hich %ales 1ree&.
    1G. "atural selection has never 1een o1serve& in action, 1ut only
    su++ose& or i%+ose& a3ter the 3act.
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    11. 2*+ecies2 an& taEono%y classi3ication are very loose an& ill-&e3ine& sciences, #hich is
    not the 3ault o3 scientists 1ut the 3act that "ature is very &i33icult to classi3y. MacBeth 3oun& 19
    &i33erent &e3initions o3 2s+ecies2 in teEt1ooks. 3 the sa%e nu%1er o3 snails in 0a#aii, one
    %an classi3ie& (GG s+ecies, #hile another tea% classi3ie& 94. Four s+ecies o3 the 3ruit 3ly
    cannot 1e tol& a+art un&er a %icrosco+e.
    1(. "o one kno#s #hy any s+ecies has 1eco%e eEtinct.
    14. Man, #hile su++ose&ly the %ost recent &evelo+%ent, has a %ore +ri%itive anato%y in
    res+ects than other ani%als. The !orilla has a %ore a&vance& anato%y than %an.
    7Theoso+hy hol&s that all lo#er kin!&o%s have - in a not co%+letely +hysical sense -
    &escen&e& 3ro% %an. Man as %ost &evelo+e&, is the ol&est an& not youn!est 1ein!. 6+es,
    #hen !enetic la#s #ere not Huite #hat they are no#, are hel& to have &escen&e& 3ro%
    +hysical %an.8
    19. 2$rotective ca%ou3la!e2 an& the like has 1een 3oun& to not necessarily serve
    eEclusively that +ur+ose. ;Ea%ination o3 1ir& sto%achs 7un3ortunately to anti-vivisectionists8
    have 3oun& that insects are consu%e& accor&in! to their availa1ility, irres+ective o3
    ca%ou3la!e techniHues.
    1<. There are virtually no $re-Ca%1rian 3ossils 7over =GG %illion years a!o8 eEce+t 3or rare
    +ri%itive +lants, an& this su&&en lack o3 3ossils at this ti%e +erio& is not scienti3ically
    un&erstoo&. 7Theoso+hists %i!ht eE+lain it as >ust +revious to the inco%in! li3e #ave o3 +lant
    %ona&s 3ro% Glo1e C.8
    1=. Those %any #ho still hol& that #e ineE+lica1ly so%eho# &escen&e& 3ro% the a+es,
    hol& that 1oth a+es an& %an actually &escen&e& 3ro% a co%%on ancestor neither like
    %o&ern a+es or %an. This is like, as Mac1eth uses in another conteEt, the scholar #ho
    clai%e& that 20o%er &i& not really #rite The 2lliad, 1ut so%eone else na%e& 0o%er.2 The
    &istinction %akes little &i33erence.
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    01TT1RS
    7urucer on -eproduction
    ...,:ve rea& all the issues so 3ar an& a% Huite i%+resse&. , +articularly like the articles
    #hich co%+are %o&ern science #ith occultis%...
    , 3oun& the 2Conservation Thera+y2 article eEtre%ely interestin!. , certainly can:t 3ault 5aco1:s
    ar!u%ents in 3avour o3 seEual %o&eration 7an& i3 +ossi1le celi1acy8. ,n this re!ar&, , a!ree
    that 2a !enetic co&e o3 con&uct or :%orality: is inherent in our very structure.2 , also 1elieve the
    current out1reak o3 seEual &isease is linke& to the seEual revolution ... , shoul& +oint out that ,
    a!ree #ith the 3ollo#in! re%ark 1y G. &e $urucker: 2..,the %ost %anly %en, the %ost #o%anly
    #o%en, are they #ho are attracte& the least to the o++osite seE. -e3erence is not here %a&e
    to cases o3 seEual &e!eneracy, #hich "ature inevita1ly +unishes as violations o3 one o3 her
    3un&a%ental la#s.2 7The Esoteric Tradition, ++ ===-B8 But it shoul& 1e 1orn in %in& that every
    3or% o3 seEual !rati3ication is contrary to nature:s 3un&a%ental +ur+ose. $urucker re3ers to the
    2sacre& character2 o3 seE an& says that the su1>ect shoul& 1e a++roache& 2in a s+irit o3 truly
    reli!ious a#e2 7+. FGB8. 6 3ar cry 3ro% the %o&ern attitu&eP ...
    $erha+s it %i!ht 1e use3ul to collate all the %ost i%+ortant Huotations on seEual %orality
    1y Blavatsky, 5u&!e an& $urucker an& +rint the% in 7roto#onos... , shall re3er to several
    Huotations 3ro% $urucker 1elo#,
    ,n Esoteric Teachin#s Q,,, $urucker #rites: 2,t is also to 1e re%e%1ere& that every sin!le
    instance o3 the use o3 the !enerative 3unction, #hether 3or !eneration or 3or sensual
    in&ul!ence, has its e33ect, i%%e&iate or re%ote, not only on the 1rain an& nervous syste%, 1ut
    like#ise has its kar%ic reaction or conseHuences on one:s %oral nature; an& thus not only
    &oes every such act 1rin! a1out a shortenin! o3 the nor%al li3es+an o3 the 1o&y, 1ut ha1it or
    3reHuent re+etition coarsens an& there3ore #orsens all the lo#er layers o3 the 6uric ;!!.2 7+.
    FF8
    6n& 3urther: 2,3 the %an 1e celi1ate, the re+ro&uctive !er% or sti%ulate& li3e-ato%s
    7:sti%ulate&:
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    1y a reincarnatin! ray - D.$.8 is una1le to +ursue its course o3 !ro#th an& is use& to 1uil& u+
    an& stren!then %erely the 1o&y o3 the %an in the %anner 1rie3ly &escri1e&. ,n such case, the
    -ay havin! its +ur+ose th#arte& is al%ost i%%e&iately #ith&ra#n an& seeks else#here to
    3ollo# its course throu!h another !er%inal !ro#th.2 7+. FG<8 The last three Huotations are in
    close a!ree%ent #ith the ar!u%ents +ut 3or#ar& 1y 5aco1s, thou!h the latter re3ers
    s+eci3ically to the se%inal 3lui&, #hile $urucker is +ro1a1ly re3errin! only to the !er% cells
    the%selves.
    ,n Esoteric Teachin#s Q,,, $urucker says that 2the so-calle& !er%inal calls, or re+ro&uctive
    cells, are not :create&: 1y the +arent:s 1o&y, 1ut a++ear in an& #ork throu!h the +arent:s 1o&y
    3ro% the i%1o&yin! e!oic 3orce or entity :outsi&e:.2 7+. F(8 To 1e %ore +recise, a !er% cell is
    1uilt u+ aroun& the +hysical e%1o&i%ent o3 a li3e-ato% invi!orate& 1y a ray 3ro% the
    reincarnatin! e!o to #hich it 3or%erly 1e-lon!e&.
    $urucker a&&s: 2There is no nee& to 1o!!le over &i33iculties, as 3or instance the vast
    nu%1er o3 !er%inal cells either in the %ale or in the 3e%ale +arent #hich &o not coalesce, an&
    thus to the avera!e in&ivi&ual see% to 1e :#aste&:. , can &o no %ore than +oint to the 3act an&
    leave it to the intuition o3 the stu&ent to think out 3or hi%sel3 the i%+lications an&
    conseHuences o3 #hat is here state&.2 7+. F48 This is +ro1a1ly a re3erence to the 3act that
    there are countless reincarnatin! e!os &ra#n to any +articular %an or #o%an, all o3 the%
    2&e+ositin!2 cells in the %ale, only one o3 #hich, i3 conce+tion takes +lace, #ill 3ertiliAe the e!!
    &ue to its stron!er attraction. 2Wasta!e2 o3 s+er% throu!h seEual !rati3ication #ill certainly
    have kar%ic conseHuences 3or the +erson concerne&. The 3act that 2#asta!e2 #ill also occur
    in cou+les tryin! to conceive a chil& is no &ou1t a very &i33erent case, since 2%otive is
    everythin!.2
    $urucker, like Blavatsky, says that a reincarnat-
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    in! e!o is &ra#n to 2the 3a%ily or the #o%an2 to #hich its kar%a attracts it 7+. F18, an& also
    stresses that the ray s+lits 1et#een the %ale an& 3e%ale +arents. This %ay %ean that the ray
    al#ays s+lits, 1ut that the %ale an& 3e%ale concerne& &o not have to 1e a cou+le at that
    +articular ti%e, thou!h they %ay 1e &ra#n to!ether in the 3uture 7other#ise all sin!le %ales
    #oul& surely 1e i%+otent8.
    $urucker also #rites: 2,t can 1e sai& #ith +er3ect truth that %any in&ee& are the cases
    #here the 6stral For%, thus :raye&: in t#o &irections, so to s+eak, 3in&s its +ro!ress into
    +hysical 1irth sto++e& 1ecause the %an an& the #o%an are either celi1ate or, i3 %arrie&,
    +re3er no chil&ren, or +re3er no chil&ren at >ust that ti%e; or as a1ove sai&, 1ecause o3 so%e
    2acci&ent2 7e.!. a1ortion - D.$.8. ,n such cases, the 6stral Man un&er kar%ic ur!e an& natural
    la# tries a!ain, or, is +sycho-%a!netically attracte& else#here, i.e., to the +oint #here the
    attraction at the ti%e is stron!est.2 7+. F98. ,t !oes #ithout sayin! that #hile celi1acy,
    contrace+tion, %astur1ation, a1ortion, etc. #ill all +revent rei%1o&i%ent, the kar%ic
    conseHuences o3 each are very &i33erent.
    , ... 1elieve that theoso+hists shoul& &irect their ar!u%ents a!ainst i%%o&erate li3estyles
    7e.!. +ro%iscuity8 an& encoura!e +eo+le to 1uil& relationshi+s on +ure, s+iritual love rather
    than on ani%al &esire. 6r!u%ents in 3avour o3 seEual %o&eration o3 the kin& +ut 3or#ar& 1y
    5aco1s shoul& also 1e hi!hli!hte&. Theoso+hical ar!u%ents nee& to 1e +resente& #ith tact
    an& &elicacy i3 they are truly to in3luence non-theoso+hists. 6n eEcellent eEa%+le o3 #hat ,
    %ean is an article on a1ortion in %unrise 6u!S*e+t., 1FCF. The #ay %unrise has &ealt #ith the
    Huestion o3 6,D* has also 1een eEe%+lary. , a% not, ho#ever, su!!estin! that it is #ron! to
    s+eak 1luntly.O ,t all &e+en&s on #ho% you are tryin! to reach.2
    - Davi& $ratt 7"etherlan&s8
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    O This e&itor:s o+inion is that it is 1etter to o33en&, +ossi1ly or likely or &e3initely, than to
    re3rain 3ro% tellin! the #hole truth. ,3 one &oes not !ive the &i33icult 3acts a1out an issue - Who
    else #ill &o it. "early no one #ill #a&e throu!h thousan&s o3 +a!es o3 literature to &iscover
    the real teachin!s. Truth al#ays o33en&s, an& the truth-teller #ill never #in a +o+ularity contest
    eEce+t a%on! a %inority. Det once an i&ea is out, it eventually receives serious consi&eration
    an& even acce+tance a%on! the o33en&e&. The conseHuences o3 not 1ein! a#are o3 a truth
    are tre%en&ous in co%+arison to the %o%entary &isco%3ort o3 1ein! o33en&e&. n the
    61ortion issue $urucker states the 3ollo#in!:
    2...once conce+tion has taken +lace an& the e%1ryo 1e!ins its !ro#th, any atte%+t
    #hatsoever to sto+ its !ro#th or to &estroy it is +lain %ur&er in the teachin! o3 the ;soteric
    $hiloso+hy, consi&ere& as 1ein! only a little less 1a& than the %ur&er o3 an a&ult hu%an
    1ein!, an& this little less, only 1ecause such &estruction takes +lace 1e3ore the sel3-
    consciousness o3 the victi% has ha& a chance to co%e into 3lo#er. UU)et there 1e no &ou1t
    #hatsoever a1out this 3act, 3or it shoul& 1e un&erstoo& clearly a%on! all Theoso+hists; an&
    this one 3act alone, #hile 3in&in! state%ent here in an ;soteric ,nstruction, it is +er3ectly
    +er%issi1le an& +ro+er to state any#here an& at any ti%e an& to any1o&y as 1ein! the
    teachin! o3 Theoso+hy - , %ean that any atte%+t to a1ort, or to &estroy a hu%an e%1ryo is
    consi&ere& 1y us as %ur&er.VV 7;T Eii, +. FF8
    :Clear enou!h. ne %i!ht also see Blavatsky Collecte& Writin!s I, ++. 1G=-1GC - e&.
    UThe +ortion o3 G. &e $.:s state%ent in 1rackets has 1een e&ite& 3ro% T/$:s e&ition o3
    this %aterial in 4ountain %ource of /ccultism, +. =(<V
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    POINTS O4 INT1R1ST
    ccasionally one sees so%ethin! that really a%aAes one on co%%ercial TI. -ecently on
    the 2T#in $eaks2 series couche& a%on! the necessary *oul-intri!ue, an FB, a!ent !ivin!
    instructions to so%e +olice o33icers, 3li+s over a %a+ o3 Ti1et an& !oes into a several %inute
    talk a1out the +li!ht o3 the Ti1etan +eo+le an& the Dalai )a%a, an& eE+lains so%eho#
    throu!h Ti1etan stu&ies he &evelo+e& a &rea% techniHue to +er3ect his intuition in trackin!
    &o#n cri%inals.
    T>E 31A: ,n G. &e $urucker:s )ord )isdom in the Esoteric Tradition 7$oint )o%a
    $u1lications, R<.F<8, lon! 1e3ore the &iscovery o3 D"6 #e 3in& the 3ollo#in!. ,n Iie# o3 G. &e
    $:s, co%%ents, it %i!ht see% that the D"6 or !enetic co&e - the 1lue+rint 3or &i33erent
    or!anis%s, is a ty+e o3 lo!os on an& 3or the +hysical level. 2... 0eraclitus, the !reat Greek
    +hiloso+her, also the *toic *chool, use& the ter% lo!os to si!ni3y the rational or intelli!ent
    +rinci+le in "ature, in eEactly the sa%e !eneral #ay as the early Christians &i&; an& the *toics
    also s+oke o3 a lo#os spermatios, or the see& lo!os, 3ro% sperma, the Greek 3or seed,
    %eanin! that as+ect o3 consciousness in %ani3estation #hich %akes a thin! #hat it is as
    contraste& #ith so%ethin! else. 76s the D"6 &oes.-;&,8 For instance, the lo#os spermatios
    o3 a rose is #hat kee+s it a rose, an& not a !oose1erry or a +ear; the lo#os spermatios o3 a
    %an is #hat kee+s hi% a %an, an& not an ant or a horse, The lo#os spermatios o3 anythin!,
    let us say, is #hat kee+s it #hat it is: its see& o3 in&ivi&uality. Dou #ill re%e%1er that #e s+oke
    in our 3irst lecture o3 the %arvels latent in a see&, an& o3 #hy it shoul& al#ays 1rin! 3orth its
    o#n kin&; an& in our 3uture stu&ies #e #ill 3in& that that #as not the case in the very early
    +erio&s o3 ti%e. We #ill 3in& the testi%ony o3 ancient history o3 our !lo1e all thin!s +ro&uce&
    al%ost ha+haAar&. *uch 1ein!s as eEiste& then +ro&uce& accor&in! to &i33erent la#s; 3or
    instance, #e #ill call one 1ein! o3 the Q s+ecies, an& #hether 1y 3ission or 1reakin! o33, or
    1u&&in!, or 1y #hatever %ay have 1een the %etho& o3 !eneration that s+ecies Q
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    %i!ht or %i!ht not +ro&uce its o#n s+ecies. ,t %i!ht +ro&uce s+ecies 1 or H, >ust as su++osin!
    our la#s o3 to&ay #ere those o+erative then, the o33s+rin! o3 a #o%an to&ay %i!ht 1e a %ule
    or a co#, or that #hich !re# out o3 the e!! o3 a hen %i!ht 1e an ele+hant. ,n the early &ays it
    #as so. But #hen the #orkin! o3 the lo#os spermatios ca%e into action, then each thin!
    3ollo#e& its o#n line.2
    $oint )o%a $u1lications %ay have to !o into a thir& +rintin! o3 Tho%as ;!ene:s
    2ntroduction to %ansrit teEt1ook. ;!enes is a +ro3essor o3 *anskrit at Maharesh Do!i:s
    Transcen&ental Me&itation university in the Mi&#est. The TM or!aniAation has &one a !reat
    &eal in +o+ulariAin! *anskrit in the West. ,t is likely that this *anskrit teEt1ook is the 3irst
    conventional teEt1ook +rinte& 1y a Theoso+hical $u1lisher. 7R1C.B< +lus R1.<G +ost 3ro%
    $oint )o%a $u1lications, $B =<GB, *an Die!o, C6 F(1G=8
    /)T has issue& an eEcellent +a%+hlet 1y Willia% Juan 5u&!e 2*u1>ects 3or Discussion.2 ,t
    is taken 3ro% 5u&!e:s 2Theoso+hical Foru%2 an& consists o3 2con&ense& +ara!ra+hs on
    various su1>ects consi&ere& use3ul 3or &iscussion an& stu&y 1y in&ivi&uals an& Branches o3
    the *ociety.2 The +a%+hlet is so con&ense& - #ith lar!e i&eas +resente& in 3e# #or&
    sentences - that it is al%ost a short-han& version o3 the %ecret 3octrine. 5u&!e says the i&eas
    aren:t to 1e taken as authoritative teachin!s, 1ut su!!estions 3or stu&y. 7(9< West 44r&, )os
    6n!eles, C6 FGGGB8
    This #riter #as !oin! throu!h so%e ol& 26%. Theoso+hists2 an& ran across an article 1y
    the Cana&ian *ociety:s Te& Davy #hich #as Huite interestin!. The Cana&ian *ociety a++ears
    to have !oo& relations #ith all the T*:s, +rints their %e%1er:s )iterature, etc., an& the reason
    3or these !oo& relations, says Davy, is that the Cana&ian *ociety has al#ays acce+te& an&
    +ro%ote& 5u&!e as one o3 the 3oun&ers - as the other non-6&yar societies also &o.
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    7roto#onos is +u1lishe& Huarterly. ;&itor: Mark 5aHua. *u1scri+tion rate: R9.GG +er year
    /.*. an& Cana&a an& sur3ace rate overseas. RC.GG air%ail overseas. 6&&ress su1scri+tions
    an& corres+on&ence to Mark 5aHua,, $ BoE 1(1, Waterville, 0 94<==. 6rticle su1%issions
    #elco%e. The e&itor is a %e%1er o3 the 6&yar Theoso+hical *ociety, 1ut all e&itorial +olicy is
    in&e+en&ent o3 sai& *ociety.
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    T>E E'2OE- /4 '24E - 6n early article 3ro% 2The Theoso+hist2 on the occult %eans o3
    +rolon!in! li3e an& one o3 the &ee+est articles on +ractical occultis% to a++ear in
    Theoso+hical literature.
    - -e3erre& to several ti%es in The Mahat%a )etters
    - 6vaila1le 3or R1.<G 3ro% 7roto#onos, 14 +a!es, C X E 11
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    PROTOGONOS
    # 11, Winter 1FFG-F1
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    With this issue a3ter a lon! &elay 3ro% issue #1G, $roto!onos is chan!in! 3or%at to the
    trusty an& least eE+ensive %i%eo!ra+h. 6lso the R9.GG +er year su1scri+tion rate is
    chan!e& to 3ree su1scri+tion on reHuest, #ith any s%all &onation a++reciate&. ,t is ho+e& that
    this #ill result in an increase in &istri1ution a%on! other 3actors. The intention is to +ut out at
    least 3our an& %ore, i3 +ossi1le, issues +er year. Financially it is i%+ossi1le 3or a s%all totally
    non-+ro3it venture to +ut out a slick +ro&uction, an& &i33icult to even +ut out an aesthetic one.
    )uckily the value o3 ,D;6* is not &i%inishe& one iota 3ro% 1ein! sta%+e& in !ol& lea3 to 1e
    1ein! &ra#n #ith a stick in the san&. - ;&itor, Mark 5aHua
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    Contents5 *o%e /n+u1lishe& 0istory - ;n&ers1y, Theoso+hy Is. "eo-Theoso+hy, ;tc.
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    SO21 UNPU90ISH1D HISTOR6
    - Iictor ;n&ers1y

    ur +osition in re!ar& to the +ast history o3 the Move%ent an& the &evelo+%ent o3 the
    corru+tions o3 teachin! an& +ractice in it is a&%itte&ly +ro-5u&!e, an& stron! so. We currently
    have criticis%s o3 our +ro-5u&!e stan& 3ro% so%e corres+on&ents. The criticis%s i%+ly that
    #e are 1iase& a1out hi% to the +oint o3 o1session, an& see% to >usti3y a so%e#hat
    auto1io!ra+hical eE+lanation o3 ho# #e !ot that #ay, an& o3 so%ethin! that see%s very har&
    to !et into so%e %in&s - eEactly #hat #e think o3 5u&!e. What %ost interests us is an evi&ent
    i&ea that every1o&y:s convictions &erive 3ro% so%e 2tra&ition,2 or 21ack!roun&,2 or
    association #ith so%e !rou+ or another; as thou!h +eo+le #ere all shee+ - #e #oul& not
    contest that %any o3 the% are - #ho are inca+a1le o3 arrivin! at any stron! conviction...
    #ithout 1ein! le& thereinto 1y the han&. The sa%e +ro1le% involves %ost, +ro1a1ly all o3 our
    2stan&s2 an& 2convictions,2 on Theoso+hical su1>ects; hence 3urther >usti3ies so%e
    auto1io!ra+hy. ,t %ay 1e o3 so%e interest asi&e 3ro% the controversial su1>ects the%selves,
    as an eEa%+le o3 the various kar%ic #ays 1y #hich one %ay acHuire Theoso+hy.
    Fro% ti%e to ti%e, there have 1een a 3e# in&ivi&uals #ho arrive& at the 1asic +rinci+les
    o3 kar%a an& reincarnation 1y their o#n thou!ht an& stu&ies Huite asi&e 3ro% Theoso+hical or
    reli!ious literature containin! the%. The #riter has hear& o3 a 3e# 3ro% ti%e to ti%e; he has
    recently acHuire& a youn! acHuaintance #ho &i& the sa%e thin!; an& he hi%sel3 arrive& 1y
    the sa%e route, acHuirin! the Willia% J. 5u&!e 21ias2 a3ter +assin! alon! it 3or so%e
    &istance.
    ,n the year 1F1( he #as a university stu&ent #ith +hiloso+hical +ro1le%s. 0e ha& ha&
    a chil&hoo& 1ack!roun& 3airly !ri%. 0e ha& +ersonally kno#n +hysical har&shi+, in>ury, an&
    &an!er, a%on! 3rien&s he ha& seen 1lack tra!e&y, an& suici&e 3or so%e #ho ha& to %eet the
    1itter 3acts o3 li3e #ithout #is&o% as to its
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    %eanin!. 7ne o3 the% a #ell-like& 3rien& in early youth.8 0e ha& rea& atheists an&
    a!nostics, an& co%+are& their !ri% reasonin!, the 3ee1le !estures o3 the reli!ions o3 1lin&
    3aith, an& the hy+ocrisies o3 their +ro3essors. 0e ha& seen %inisters o3 the churches,
    a&%ira1le 3ello#s the%selves in +ersonal character, so%e o3 the%; 1ut #hen con3ronte& #ith
    su+re%e hu%an tra!e&y, re&uce& to the hollo# %outhin! o3 2,t is Go&:s #ill.2 For so%e years,
    he ha& trie& 1ein! an atheist hi%sel3, 1ut 3oun& that he ha& no heart 3or it.
    6t t#enty-one, then, he resolve& to co%e to !ri+s #ith the thin!, once an& 3or all. ;ither
    li3e #as a chaos rule& 1y 1lin& chance, not even a 2%istake o3 nature,2 1ecause a %istake
    i%+lies the eEistent +ossi1ility o3 1ein! ri!ht; or there #as so%e eE+lanation not yet
    &iscovere& - at least 1y hi%. The +ro1le%, rationally consi&ere&, #as a +ro1le% o3 the nature
    o3 li3e itsel3. ,t occurre& to hi% that there %i!ht 1e a clue in the accu%ulate& kno#le&!e o3 the
    li3e-sciences. Bein! hi%sel3 a stu&ent o3 &i33icult technolo!y, #ith so%e con3i&ence 1ase& on
    eE+erience in his o#n a1ility to learn, he a&&e& these sciences to an alrea&y heavy
    curriculu%, an& +oun&e& on the% intensively over a %atter o3 %onths. 0e +lace& #ei!ht only
    on the 3acts he 3oun&. The theories 1uilt u+on the 3acts 1y the ortho&oE authorities, he set
    asi&e. They &i& not actually touch the +ro1le% at all; 1ut i3 the universe #as one, an& the
    universe #as or&erly, the truth %ust acco%%o&ate the 3acts, an& the 3acts consi&ere& 3ro%
    so%e ne# an!le or other, %ust yiel& a clue to that truth.
    )ookin! 1ack later on, he #as a%aAe& that it ha& never occurre& to hi% #hat a
    +ortentous task he #as un&ertakin!. ,t #as 1ase& on no less that the assu%+tion that a 1oy
    o3 t#enty-one %i!ht 1e a1le to solve a +ro1le% that, so 3ar as he kne# then, ha& 1een
    atte%+te& in vain 1y the !reatest %in&s over thousan&s o3 years. The only >usti3ication that
    can 1e a&vance& is that it succee&e& - 3ro% the theoso+hical +oint o3 vie#. For other +oints
    o3 vie#; it #as o3 course a success3ul +ro>ect in lunacy.
    Whatever the +roce&ure, as sai&, the +ro>ect succee&e&. 63ter so%e %onths, the
    #riter #oke in the %i&&le o3 the ni!ht, in Fe1ruary o3 1F1(, #ith a +anora%a in his %in& o3 a
    !reat li3e-3orce 3lo#in! eternally throu!h 3or% a3ter 3or% create& 1y itsel3 to 3ul3ill its o#n nee&s
    as it #ent alon!; an& %an hi%sel3 #as one link in this chain o3 li3e, #hich in hi% +rocee&e& 1y
    reincarnation a3ter reincarnation. ,t #as a trans+ortation to an alto!ether &i33erent universe. 6
    total transition o3 %ental environ%ent is a very u+settin! thin! in itsel3. ,3 one a&&s to it a
    crashin! revelation that one is no lon!er #hat he thou!ht, 1ut a #holly &i33erent kin& o3 1ein!,
    hitherto uni%a!ine&, it is Huite so%ethin! to assi%ilate.
    ,t #as only a short ti%e a3ter the ori!inal revelation that the neEt sta!e occurre&. ,n
    +revious years, he ha& hear& o3 reincarnation, 1ut only as &escent into ani%al 1o&ies as a
    +unish%ent 3or the #icke&; a thesis neither interestin! no convincin!. 0e ha& hear& o3
    Theoso+hy, 1ut #ith such unattractive associations that he 1ounce& o33 3ro% it #ithout even
    &iscoverin! that it containe& such &octrines as kar%a an& reincarnation. 7$eo+le #ho
    1eco%e intereste& in Theoso+hy &o so %uch %ore 3ro% !oo& eEa%+les in the lives o3
    Theoso+hists than they &o 3ro% 1ooks; an& 3e# o3 us realiAe& #hat our &aily lives %ay &o to,
    or 3or, Theoso+hy.8
    But it &i& occur to hi%, 3irst, that so%e1o&y shoul& #rite a 1ook a1out all this; secon&,
    that 1e3ore startin! to #rite one, one shoul& look into the Huestion o3 #hether others ha& also
    a++roache& the su1>ect. ,n those &ays he ha1itually thou!ht 1est #hen in ra+i& %otion. n
    the &ay o3 the secon& sta!e, he ha& s+ent %ost o3 the a3ternoon on the 3oothills, in a #il&
    stor%, stru!!lin! #ith
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    the +ro1le%. 6s &arkness 3ell, #et an& hun!ry, he #ent &o#n into the little colle!e to#n on
    his #ay 3or so%ethin! to eat, an& +asse& the local li1rary. The thou!ht struck hi% that
    so%ethin! %i!ht 1e 3oun& 1y 1ro#sin! a 1it. The only 1ook he no# re%e%1ers seein! at all
    #as 5u&!e:s /cean of Theosophy. 0e 3or!ot all a1out 3oo& an& &ry clothin!, an& rea& until
    the li1rary close&; then si!ne& u+ 3or the 1ook an& took it ho%e 3or an all-ni!ht session. 0e
    later o1taine& a co+y o3 his o#n an& annotate& it li1erally, an& rather critically. Those
    annotations, %a&e in the 3irst 3lush o3 &iscovery, #ere a 3reHuent source o3 interest 3or so%e
    years as the ran!e o3 stu&y increase&. The interestin! thin! a1out the%, clear u+ to the ti%e
    the 1ook #ore out, #as that he never 3oun& occasion to chan!e any o3 the%. Where they
    #ere critical o3 5u&!e:s %o&e o3 eE+ression, they #ere critical in the &irection o3 the %ecret
    3octrine - #hose eEistence #as &iscovere& throu!h the /cean itsel3 - an& o3 other
    Theoso+hical 2classics.2 6s #e have sai& 1e3ore, #e think that 5u&!e coul& have eE+resse&
    hi%sel3 1etter on occasion.
    For a consi&era1le nu%1er o3 years the 1ooks an& only the 1ooks, #ere the thin!. The
    rea&er at 3irst 3elt no interest at all in either 5u&!e o3 Blavatsky as +ersons, an& no real
    interest in 3in&in! out any a1out their histories. The 1rie3 eE+lanations in the /cean itsel3, o3
    the activities o3 the Masters an& their hel+in! 1y the 2co%+anions2 see%e& su33icient to +lace
    the #riters as 3ar as necessary in the 3ra%e o3 the +hiloso+hy. 6s +ersons they #ere &ea&;
    #hat #as in the% o3 i%+ortance live& on it their #ork, to 1e consi&ere&, stu&ie&, acce+te& or
    re>ecte&.
    The i%+ortance o3 +ersonalities, or rather o3 the events connect #ith the% - !ra&ually
    &a#ne& #ith the realiAation o3 the chaotic state o3 the Move%ent itsel3. The 1ooks o3 6nnie
    Besant an& )ea&1eater #ere rea& early in the !a%e. $oints o3 &i33erence, consi&erin! the
    lo3ty 1asis o3 kno#le&!e alle!e& to 1e at the root o3 theoso+hy, #ere +uAAlin! an&
    &isconcertin!. ,3 the ?no#le&!e #ere real - an& 3un&a%entally it ha& to 1e - there see%e& no
    %ore !oo& reason 3o these &i33erences an& contra&ictions than there shoul& 1e, 3or instance,
    in %athe%atics. The investi!ator #as 3orce&, at the loss o3 ti%e an& e33ort, to co%+are,
    select, an& &iscri%inate, #ith the !na#in! #on&er 1ack o3 it all as to #hether real kno#le&!e
    coul& lie 1ehin& such &isa!ree%ents. 6s ti%e #ore on, he %et #ith a 3e# Theoso+hists an&
    Theoso+hical or!aniAations. 0e ha& ori!inally 1een Huite ea!er to %eet so%e o3 these
    #on&er3ul +eo+le; #hen he &i& %eet the%, they #ere - >ust +eo+le. Mostly a little %ore
    3a&&ish an& 3antastic, a little %ore on the 2scre#1all2 or&er, than or&inary 3olk. They kne#
    %any interestin! o&&s an& en&s, 1ut o3 Theoso+hy itsel3, they sel&o% kne# %ore than the
    inHuirer.
    There #ere to 1e 3oun&, there as else#here, %uch %ore talk than +ractice, %ore
    +reachin! o3 hi!h %orals than the kee+in! o3 the%. There #ere s+ots o3 an a#3ul reli!ious
    reverence, o3 the $res1yterian sort that ha& 1een the 1ane o3 one:s youth; an& there #ere
    areas o3 3rivolity #herein Theoso+hy #as +laye& like a !a%e o3 checkers. By an& 1y the
    outlines o3 the 25u&!e Case2 an& its vital 1earin! in the &iver!ences in the Move%ent 1e!an
    to sho#. The &iver!ences in the #ork #ere &e+artures 3ro% the teachin! o3 Blavatsky; it
    see%e& o1vious that i3 there #ere Mahat%as at all, the +ri%e 6!ent that they ha& sent %ust
    1e relia1le. This #as to 1e eE+ecte& even o3 any co%+etent !rou+ o3 or&inary %en en!a!e&
    in any %o%entous enter+rise. To i%a!ine that Mahat%as coul& &o less #as to Huestion their
    very eEistence; an& #hat #as containe& in the #ork o3 the Foun&ers #as too +otent to allo#
    this hy+othesis o3 1asic 3rau& as likely.
    Blavatsky an& 5u&!e stoo& to!ether in the teachin!, an& this see%e& to +lace 5u&!e.
    The #riter hear& an& rea& a !reat &eal
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    3ro% the su++orters o3 0.$.B. an& 5u&!e, an& a !reat &eal 3ro% those o3 6nnie Besant an&
    )ea&1eater; an& collecte& Huite a 1it o3 the inner history o3 the case. ,t #as ei!ht years a3ter
    3in&in! Theoso+hy 1e3ore he >oine& any Theoso+hical !rou+. 0e carrie& the /cean an& .ita
    throu!h Worl& War ,; in 1F1F, &eci&e& that it #as ti%e to sto+ 1ein! a s+ectator an& take a
    han&; in 1F(G, >oine& an 6&yar )o&!e, an& #hat he 3oun& there &eci&e& hi% to %ake the
    roun&s to see #hether he coul& 3in& so%e theoso+hists accor&in! to Blavatsky s+eci3ications.
    0e &evote& a 3e# %onths to this, an& in the course o3 it, !ot into so%e #ritten ar!u%ents #ith
    the ;&itors o3 Theosophy, o3 /.).T. 0e encountere& there a touch o3 +o#er - un&iscovere&
    else#here - an& aske& 3or in3or%ation a1out it 3ro% so%e +eo+le he kne#. These ha++ene&
    to 1e ene%ies o3 /.).T.; an& a3ter 1ein! #ell 1rie3e& 1y the% on the sins o3 that !rou+, he
    %et it +ersonally.
    There he 3oun& in es+ecial one #ho #e shall call 2G.2 The initial #ill not !ive a#ay
    anythin! eEce+t to so%e #ho #ill 1e a1le to %ake the i&enti3ication any#ay. G. an& the #riter
    &i& not 3in& one another too con!enial in so%e #ays in the 3irst 3e# &ays, 1ut the 1asic
    vie#+oint #as the sa%e; the %etho&s o3 stu&y #ere the sa%e; %uch o3 the history o3 1oth
    ha& 1een si%ilar. The %in& o3 G. #as 3ar %ore cultivate& an& co%+rehensive; to a #estalt
    ty+e o3 %in& he a&&e& an ei&etic %e%ory. 0e coul& not only Huote al%ost at #ill 3ro% The
    %ecret 3octrine, 1ut he coul& o3ten tell you #hat +art o3 #hich +a!e the Huotation #as 3ro%.
    0e #as the &rivin! 3orce in /.).T., %entally, %orally, an& %aterially. 7,n later years, a &i33erent
    sort o3 story #as +ut out; 1ut the #riter kno#s #hat he sa#.8
    63ter so%e rather shar+ +reli%inary 3encin!, G. an& the #riter 1eca%e 3rien&s #hose
    har%ony laste& 3or thirty-t#o years, until the &eath o3 G. We sa#, as nearly as #or&s coul&
    set 3orth the 3acts o3 a very co%+leE an& &i33icult %atter, alike on the Huestion o3 0.$.
    Blavatsky an& Willia% J. 5u&!e an& their +arts in the Move%ent. But this likeness o3
    vie#+oint #as su1stantial in eEistence 1e3ore #e ever %et at all. ,t #as &iscovere& in a 3e#
    &ays a3ter the %eetin!.
    The #riter an& G. %et in the /.).T. o33ice a 3e# %inutes a3ter the latter ha& !iven a
    lecture, an& the #riter 3elt an i%+ulse to !et so%ethin! o33 his %in&. 0e aske& G.: 26re you
    3a%iliar #ith Hua&ratic eHuations.2 G., #ho &i& not like to 1e interru+te& #hile he #as
    thinkin!, an& #ho hate& irrelevancies an& i&le chatter, 3iEe& hi% #ith a col& eye an& sai& in as
    col& a voice: 2, kno# o3 the%. Why.2 The #riter sai&: 2Try this one,2 an& han&e& hi% a sli+
    o3 +a+er. G. looke& at it in&i33erently, starte&, an& sai&: 2By Go&P That:s #hat *e thinkP2 The
    +a+er containe&:
    M ' 0.$.B.
    ?.0. ' W.J.5.
    6t this +oint #e &ro+ the narrative an& try to !o a 1it into #hat #e consi&er lies 1ehin& this
    +ro+osition; essentially it is the vie#+oint that the %ission o3 these Foun&ers #as not an
    a!ency o3 the Mahat%as in the or&inary sense o3 the #or&; that o3 in&ivi&uals sent 1y
    +rinci+als, 1oth 1ein! #holly se+arate entities unconnecte& 1y eEternal %eans; 1ut that the
    #ons#io%sness o3 one o3 each o3 the Masters #as +resent in the 1o&y o3 each o3 the 6!ents
    at certain critical ti%es. This involves the &i33icult &octrine o3 hy+ostasis. 6t the ti%e o3 this
    inci&ent, it #as not clearly 3or%e& in the #riter:s %in&, an& he &oes not kno# 3or certain
    #hether it ha& the sa%e 3or% in G.:s %in& that it &i& in his o#n. ,t 1eca%e %uch clearer at a
    later &ate a3ter rea&in! certain #ritin!s o3 0.$.B., re!ar&in! the &octrine as a++lie& to Bu&&ha
    an& other !reat teachers.
    There see%s to 1e so%e kin& o3 kar%ic necessity that the %in& o3 a Mahat%a 1e
    &e3initely +resent in the #orl& 3or the carryin! out o3 a %ission o3 this sort, at least at certain
    ti%es. The #riter &oes not see clearly #hy this shoul& 1e so; 1ut on the recor& is the
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    evi&ence that the Mahat%as took +ains to %ake sure that so%e at least #oul& un&erstan&
    that the a!ency o3 0.$.B. #as so%ethin! %ore than nor%al in this res+ect. We have +rinte&
    so%e o3 it so%e ti%e a!o. The ori!inal e&ition o3 The >istory of the Theosophical Mo*ement,
    issue& un&er the chie3 authorshi+ o3 G. 3our years a3ter the a1ove inci&ent, contains it. ,t #as
    o%itte& 3ro% the recent revise& e&ition; 1ut then the ;&itors o3 that have vie#s a1out the
    Foun&ers, an& a1out theoso+hy itsel3 an& its %eanin!, that &e+art 3ro% those o3 either G. or
    the #riter.
    There are not %any &irect re3erences to 5u&!e in +u1licly kno#n letters 3ro% the
    Masters as such. ne o3 the% is kno# to have re3erre& to hi% as 2My Dear Collea!ue,2 an&
    there are t#o letters eEtant, #hich #e have +reviously +u1lishe&, 1oth #ritten &urin! the
    25u&!e Case;2 one o3 the% ur!es one o3 the +ro%inent %e%1ers to u+hol& 5u&!e in the
    crisis, an& the other &irects a co%+lete 1reak 1et#een the 6%erican section an& the 6&yar
    &irection, on the !roun&s that the latter ha& !ro#n so corru+t as to +oison everythin! that
    re%aine& connecte& #ith it. 76ll the 1ack!roun& situation has 1een !one over 1y us
    +reviously, an& cannot #ell 1e re+eate& here. We +u1lishe& it a short ti%e a!o un&er the title
    o3: 2The Genesis o3 a Mytholo!y.28 "o# o3 course, the authenticity o3 a Mahat%a letter is
    al#ays su1>ect to ar!u%ent an& can never 1e +roven 1y or&inary %eans. Whether these t#o
    letters are cre&ite& or not, #ill al#ays 1e si%+ly a Huestion o3 #here one stan&s on the %a>or
    issue. 6s 3ar as any obBecti*e evi&ence !oes, they stan& on the sa%e +lane as any others
    #hich have 1een acce+te&, or &enounce&, as the case %ay 1e. They all have to 1e
    consi&ere& a!ainst a very #i&e 1ack!roun& o3 surroun&in! circu%stances, o3 a tan!i1le
    nature, 1ut at least their eEistence sho#s that our vie# has not 1een +ulle& out o3 thin air.
    thers, in lar!e nu%1er, #ho% there is no !oo& reason to consi&er 3ools, have it too. 6 %ain
    tan!i1ility in this case is the +re+osterous %anner in #hich the 25u&!e Case2 #as con&ucte&
    1y 5u&!e:s o++onents, on their o#n recor&; an& the 3act that as soon as the 1reak #ith 5u&!e
    an& his !rou+ #as co%+lete, the 6&yar society #ent hell-1ent &o#n the roa& o3 the neo-
    theoso+hy #hich #as to &is!race an& +u1licly &e!ra&e the na%e o3 theoso+hy in co%in!
    years. These letters are Huite consistent #ith that tan!i1le 1ack!roun&, an& the actual
    evi&ence on han& in the case. 6n& i3 thus su1stantiate&, they are taken as vali&, they sho#
    that the connection 1et#een 5u&!e an& the Mahat%as re%aine& un1roken to his &eath. ,t is
    si!ni3icant that those #ho ar!ue, either that 5u&!e #as #ron! all alon!, or that he #ent #ron!
    a3ter the &eath o3 0.$.B., consistently re3use to ans#er these +oints o3 evi&ence that #e have
    +reviously set 3orth. The si!ni3icance is not in #hat 5u&!e #as, or #hat ha++ene& to hi% as a
    +erson; it lies in the 3act that #hen he #as re>ecte& 1y the society; the society lost the only
    stron! +ro+onent o3 0.$.B.:s o#n %ission, an& hence o3 Theoso+hy as the Masters tau!ht it
    an& inten&e& that it shoul& 1e tau!ht. This is si%+ly a %atter o3 recor&e&; an& un&is+ute&
    3act. 6s one o3 the Masters #rote at an earlier ti%e, 2?ar%eti ?i%.2 Do you un&erstan&
    kar%a.2
    ,t ou!ht to 1e very o1vious that at this &ate in +lanetary evolution, no %an can 1e
    tau!ht 1y, or +ro3it 1y, s+iritual truth eEce+t throu!h connections alrea&y 3or%e& in +ast ti%es.
    This is involve& in the +eculiar +osition that 2!ratitu&e2 has in occult learnin!. 2,n!ratitu&e is a
    #ri+e in occultis%.2 ,t is a cri%e #hich involves &istortion, or non-co%+rehension o3, the
    &octrine that coul& co%e in its +urity only throu!h one channel, or rather chain o3 learnin!, 3or
    each %an. ,t also a++lies to the #orl&, or to a nation. The Mahat%as %a&e it as clear as
    #or&s #oul& %ake it, that the cause o3 #orl& Theoso+hy coul& only +ros+er throu!h
    a&herence to an& su+-
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    +ort o3 0.$.B.:s #ork, an& 1y +ro+er &e3ense o3 an& >ustice to her as a +erson. The recor&
    sho#s clearly enou!h #hat ha++ene& every ti%e this #as &e+arte& 3ro%. But as to the
    6%ericas, the sa%e situation a++lies es+ecially to 5u&!e - on her testi%ony. ;vi&ence to that
    e33ect is sho#n else#here in this issue. We conclu&e& a lon! ti%e a!o that the #hole 3ate o3
    the Move%ent as a si!ni3icant +o#er hun! on the 25u&!e Case.2
    ,t is note#orthy that a3ter the s+lit in the Move%ent, only those !rou+s an& their
    &escen&ants, #hich a&here& to the 5u&!e na%e, have also re%aine& true to the teachin!s o3
    0.$. Blavatsky 3or any !reat len!th o3 ti%e. They %ay have erre& !rievously in so%e res+ects
    in their a++lications; so%e o3 the% in later years &ri3te& 1a&ly in a &octrinal sense also; 1ut it
    #as only amon# the%, an& +articularly in the $oint )o%a 5u&!e !rou+ an& its o33shoot, the
    /nite& )o&!es, that 0.$.B. Theoso+hy continue& to 1e %aintaine& accessi1le in it 3ullness
    an& in its +urity over a consi&era1le +erio&. 2By their 3ruits ye shall kno# the%.2 This is
    natural enou!h; the %ain ani%us a!ainst 5u&!e #as his su++ort o3 that teachin! a!ainst
    +sychics, +reten&ers, 2successors,2 an& lea&ers o3 various kin&s. ne cannot, on the recor&,
    &is%iss 5u&!e #ithout a&%ittin! a +oor o+inion o3 0.$.B. also, #ho su++orte& hi% in the ter%s
    sho#n; an& #ithout a hi!h o+inion o3 her, stu&ents #ill not +ay enou!h serious hee& to #hat
    she tau!ht, to avoi& &ri3tin! a#ay un&er the various +ressures 1rou!ht to 1ear 1y the internal
    an& eEternal ene%ies o3 this #ork. This is %erely nor%al +sycholo!y; yet roote& &ee+ly in
    kar%ic la#.
    "o#, &oes this %ean, as alle!e& 1y so%e o3 the o++onents o3 our +osition, that i3 one
    insists on the un1roken a!ency o3 these +ersona!es to such an eEtent that at ti%es they an&
    the Mahat%as %ay +ro+erly 1e s+oken o3 as one an& the sa%e, that they shoul& +ersonally
    1e re!ar&e& as Mahat%as resi&ent a%on! us in the 3lesh, an& #hose every #or& is in3alli1le.
    To those #ho have rea& all that #e have sai& a1out the%, #e say that such an alle!ation is
    not even honest; 1ut #e #ill no# try to %ake it clearer. ,t a++ears that 1ecause o3 our 2/.).T.
    1ack!roun&,2 #e are su++ose& to share all that has 1een tau!ht in /.).T. ,3 this su++osition
    #ere vali&, then #e coul& >ustly 1e accuse& o3 hol&in! the a1ove tenet, 1ecause there has
    1een a 3action in /.).T. #hich u+hel& >ust that. ,t is not only u+hel& there; it u+hel& -o1ert
    Cros1ie, Foun&er o3 /.).T. as o3 the sa%e status; an& it 3inally ca%e to u+hol& a no#-livin!
    in&ivi&ual as on the sa%e +lane, thus reversin! entirely the ori!inal %o&ulus o3 /.).T. ,t #as
    this %ore than anythin! else #hich le& to a violent ru+ture 1et#een the #riter an& later
    2&irection2 o3 /.).T.
    )et us analyAe this case so%e#hat 3urther.
    The %atter o3 hy+ostasis or s+iritual a!ency is a %ost &i33icult one to han&le 3or %any
    reasons. ne is the 3ir% notion in the %in& o3 the race that 2in&ivi&uality2 is a 3iEe& an&
    tan!i1le 3act. This is true o3 the in&ivi&uality o3 the ;!o only, not o3 a +ersonality.
    $ersonalities, the lo#er %in&s; can not only 1e vitally s#aye& unkno#n to the%selves 1y
    eEternal %ental +ressures; they can 1e co%+letely %er!e& #ith other entities, an& chan!e
    their nature an& &irection 1ecause o3 it, #ithout even sus+ectin! that anythin! stran!e is
    ha++enin! to the%. ,n this 2in&ivi&uality2 is a %yth, an& even ortho&oE +sycholo!y %ore than
    sus+ects it in these &ays. 6n instance easily o1serva1le is that o3 %o1 action an& the so-
    calle& 2cro#& +sycholo!y2 so a1ly %ani+ulate& 1y the +olitician an& the reli!ious s+ell-1in&er.
    Given su33icient +sychic intoEication an& +ressure, the %ass o3 %ankin& eEhi1its itsel3 as little
    1etter than a %ass o3 Ao%1ies; it &oes not have a &evelo+e& #ill an& alert consciousness
    re!ar&in! it o#n internal chan!es.
    The essence o3 the e33ort o3 chelashi+ is to train it, in3use +ositive #ill into it, an&
    re&ee% it 3ro% this %orass o3 chan!in! i%-
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    +ulses #orkin! on +assivity, until it 1e!ins to 1e a real channel 3or the hi!her ;!o an&
    ulti%ately 1eco%es %er!e& #ith it. But as that re!ion o3 consciousness is a++roache&, the
    co%%unity o3 consciousness 3oresha&o#e& 1y 2eEtra-sensory +erce+tion2 - tele+athy - is
    also a++roache&. ,n&ivi&uality as #e un&erstan& an& eE+erience it, is a +heno%enon o3
    %ental 1arriers 1et#een the e!oic centers. 6s the +hysical senses are transcen&e&, an&
    natures are +uri3ie&, these centers are &enu&e& 1y 1arriers 1y &e!rees. The lo#er sel3 3irst
    ten&s to %er!e #ith the hi!her, then 1oth to share their consciousness #ith that o3 1ein!
    alrea&y on the +lane 1ein! a++roache&. When t#o in&ivi&uals are 3ully a#are o3 one
    another:s thou!hts an& 3eelin!s, the %atter o3 2in&ivi&uality2 as usually un&erstoo&, 1eco%es
    a convention. hence a hi!h an& success3ul chela 1eco%es literally at ti%es also his 2Guru2 or
    the teacher %ost closely connecte& #ith hi% 1y kar%a.
    These states are te%+orary; 1et#een the% the chela reverts to #hatever his 2nor%2
    %ay 1e. They 1eco%e lon!er an& %ore 3reHuent #ith continue& success. They &o i%+licitly
    involve 1asically hi!h character; they &o not i%+ly in3alli1ility, or even in so%e res+ects
    Hualities 1eyon& the or&inary. "o one actin! as such an a!ent can 1e a %e&iu% - that is,
    su1>ect to +assive states; or can 1e &ishonest, ha1itually i%%oral, or &isloyal. 0e can 1e
    te%+era%ental; he can 1e i!norant on %any thin!s; he is not necessarily en&o#e& #ith !reat
    %un&ane talent in any +articular &irection; he %ay so%eti%es 1eco%e con3use&, %isinter+ret
    in3or%ation, eE+ress hi%sel3 ina&eHuately, yiel& - 1elo# a certain sta!e o3 achieve%ent - to
    +ersonal te%+tations. But he cannot 1e a %an o3 +ri&e an& vanity, a +reten&er, a teacher o3
    i%%oral &octrine, a sel3-seeker, a traitor.
    To the %in& o3 the #riter, the outstan&in! %ark o3 the real chela in Blavatsky an& 5u&!e
    1oth is the lack o3 +ersonal vanity an& +ri&e. 0.$.B. 3reely a&%itte& to all sorts o3 3aults, an&
    #as al%ost o1sesse& #ith !uilt 3eelin!s #hen she thou!ht she ha& %a&e a %istake or &one
    #ron!. 5u&!e o+enly con3esses to havin! ha& 3eelin!s o3 envy an& >ealousy in his cycles o3
    o1scuration, #hen others see%e& to 1e in %ore continuous co%%unication #ith the Masters
    than hi%sel3. These are the nor%al vicissitu&es, an& nor%al 3eelin!s, o3 the chela-li3e. The
    +oint is, he admitted his hu%an &e3iciencies. Which o3 the +rou& +un&its #ho #recke& his
    re+utation an& the society, ever &i& so. 3 course such a&%issions 1y 5u&!e #ere a tactical
    %istake. *uch is the seethin! hy+ocrisy that runs 3ro% to+ to 1otto% an& li%it to li%it o3 our
    society, that i3 one a&%its a 3ault it is in3erre& that there %ust 1e a hun&re& %ore una&%itte&.
    The Foun&ers 3ollo#e& the chela-rule o3 Bu&&ha - 2sho# your 3aults an& hi&e your virtues.2
    The chela has to &o that. But to 1e a&%ire& in our society, the +ro+er %eans is to 3ir%ly &eny
    all 3aults an& lay accusations o3 the% to cons+iracy a!ainst the !reat an& no1le. Then there
    are al#ays a !oo&ly nu%1er to 1elieve in you, no %atter #hat. But there are 3e# to 1elieve in
    or trust an honest %an.
    The Mahat%as cannot act in the #orl& in their o#n +ersons. The i%+act o3 such
    +ersonalities - or any !o&-like ones - #oul& lea& i%%e&iately to their 1ein! #orshi+e& as !o&s
    or hunte& as &evils, or 1oth. 0ence their chela-a!ents nee& not have all the hi!h attri1utes,
    1ut they %ust have those #hich are rarest - the %oral. 6n&y they %ust have reasona1ly
    co%+etent kno#le&!e o3 the &octrines, #ith enou!h +ractical eE+erience o3 the occult an&
    +heno%enal si&e to no& that they are true. Without this kno#le&!e, the i%+act o3 truth is not
    3elt 1y those 1ein! tau!ht. There are 1etter literary styles an& clearer #ay o3 eE+ression than
    those o3 either 0.$.B. or 5u&!e, an& so%e o3 the% have 1een use& in the atte%+t to
    +ro+a!ate Theoso+hy. Why aren:t they as convincin!. Because the aro%a o3 Cno&led#e is
    not there. The 1asis is hearsay, ho#ever sincerely convince& the #riter is intellectually. Det it
    is not &esira1le to have the %ultitu&e con-
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    vince& too easily, an& a1ove all not to !et the i&ea that such a thin! as an infallible teacher or
    authority can eEist on this earth. 0ere the natural li%itations an& &e3iciencies o3 the a!ents
    serve an essential +ur+ose. They are %asks o3 the Teachers, 1ut they are not %asks that
    &eceive. They act as they are, an& #hat they are is i%+er3ect. They are entitle& to !reat
    reverence an& !ratitu&e, 1ecause to 1e #hat they are has necessitate& !ivin! u+ all that %en
    nor%ally #ork 3or. nly those are entitle& to !ive i%+ortance to their hu%an &e3ects #ho
    have %easure& u+ to their %ark in the #ay o3 sacri3ice.
    But such is the stu+i&ity an& &e+en&ency o3 hu%an nature that it re>ects such a!ents in
    their +ro+er !uise. ,n3alli1ility is insiste& u+on, an& re>ection 3ollo#s u+on lack o3 it; these
    leaves a vacuu% Huickly 3ille& in 1y +reten&ers #hose +ro3ession is to si%ulate in3alli1ility; a
    thin! rather easily &one in the eyes o3 those #ho are lookin! 3or !o&s - 3or a #hile at least.
    ;ven the stron!est o3 #ills an& 1est o3 %otives, one:s %aterial +resent%ent is
    con&itione& 1y +hysical health. 5u&!e #as a con!enital se%i-invali&, #ho stu11ornly re3use&
    to yiel& to it, an& #ithout Huestion shortene& his li3e 1y over#ork an& eE+osure. 0e #as a
    %entally sensitive an& +sychoso%atic ty+e an& the incessant 1atterin! o3 ene%ies, #ithin an&
    #ithout the #ork, coul& har&ly have le3t the +hysical vehicle in any con&ition 3or really sho#in!
    #hat #as insi&e it. 0.$.B., ori!inally healthy an& har&y, un&er#ent %any har&shi+s on travels
    in re!ions that have kille& %any a stron! %an since. *he receive& a #oun& that never
    +ro+erly heale&, at the 1attle o3 Mentana in 1C=B; she also ha& a 3iery te%+era%ent that tore
    the 1o&y to +ieces un&er the +rovocations incessantly in3licte& &urin! her #ork. ,t see%s to
    us that they &i& #ell to see% reasona1ly hu%an, let alone 1eco%e hi!hly love& an& res+ecte&
    1y thousan&s o3 +eo+le o3 hi!h character.
    But lackin! in3alli1ility, one cries #here shall #e 3in& &e+en&a1le truth. ,t is not to 1e
    3oun& 1y relyin! u+on 2in3alli1ility.2 The Mahat%as #ill not 1etray hu%anity 1y s+onsorin!
    a!ents #ho #ill 3ail seriously, or are not eHual to a +resentation o3 truth a&eHuate enou!h 3or
    the ti%es. There are errors in the #orks o3 0.$.B. hersel3; 1ut even 3ailure to reco!niAe the%
    #ill not kill any1o&y or !reatly retar& his +ro!ress. Meanti%e, they are a sti%ulus to sel3-
    &e+en&ence an& alert stu&y. The co%+lete 1locks a!ainst !ettin! real kno#le&!e out o3
    these #orks are in!ratitu&e, or conte%+t, or &is&ain, or sel3-seekin!. Many i%a!ine that
    nothin! %ore is nee&e& to un&erstan& The %ecret 3octrine than %ental a1ility; 1ut it is not
    so. *o also #ith The /cean of Theosophy. ,t #ill not 1e un&erstoo& unless one un&erstan&s
    5u&!e; an& one #ho hol&s hi% in conte%+t cannot un&erstan& hi%. ,3 one o3 these a!ents
    has 3aults, it is our 3ault, not his. 0e #as there on our account to 1e!in #ith, an& the Bein!s
    o3 that sort are not here in the nor%al course o3 kar%a. Theirs is a s+ecial sort, an& they
    coul& have &one 3ar 1etter 3or the%selves ha& they chose to.
    ,3 one sto+s lookin! 3or +ersonal +er3ection in either 0.$.B. or 5u&!e - or 3or that %atter
    the Mahat%as - a !reat 1ur&en #ill roll o33 his shoul&ers; a 1ur&en that sooner or later #ill
    other#ise crush hi%, 1ecause he is violatin! the la# o3 evolution o3 his o#n soul. ,n seekin!
    in3alli1ility, he is seekin! a1solution 3ro% all &iscri%ination an& intuition, he is only a %o&i3ie&
    Christian a3ter all, an& one &ay #ill 3in& the 3ace o3 his *avior 1lacke& an& hi%sel3 +lun!e&
    once %ore into i!norance an& &es+air. ,3 this is so even #ith i&oliAin! these teachers, ho#
    %uch #orse #ith hi% #ho has +lace& the cheescloth !ar%ent o3 3ancie& in3alli1ility u+on the
    shoul&ers o3 later an& lesser 1ein!s, an& has resi!ne& the he% o3 his o#n soul to other
    han&s.
    7Fro% Theosophical 1otes, *e+t., 1F<98
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    TH1OSOPH6 7S. N1O.TH1OSOPH6- 1TC.
    This #riter #as rather shocke& an& then &is%aye& to &iscover an article an& revie# 1y
    5ohn 6l!eo #as &e&icate& to the #riter:s recent re+rint o3 a hun&re& han&-1oun& co+ies o3
    Mar!aret Tho%as:s 1ook Theosophy ,s$ 1eo-Theosophy 7ori!inally Theosophy /r 1eo-
    Theosophy< - availa1le 3ro% 7roto#onos 3or RB.GG +ost+ai&.8 0e #as in a Huan&ary #hether
    it #as &orth reactin! to the articles 1ecause: 718 it see%e& a ho+eless case; 7(8 he coul& not
    conceive that the article coul& +ossi1ly 1e %eant to 1e taken seriously. ,t is the #riter:s 1elie3
    that 3or so%eone very 3a%iliar #ith ori!inal Theoso+hical #ritin!s 7as he is sure 6l!eo %ust
    1e8 to #rite the articles %ust: 718 have so%ethin! seriously #ron! #ith his mind, +ossi1ly a
    state o3 !rou+ or in&ivi&ual hy+nosis; or 7(8 it #as an act o3 clever an& Besuitical #ritin! 3or the
    +ur+ose o3 +reservin! veste& interests. 7Ieste& interests %ay not only 1e %oney an&
    +ro+erty - #hich Wheaton has +lenty o3 - 1ut the hearts an& %in&s o3 +eo+le.8 ,t also &a#ns
    on the #riter that likely FGW o3 the +ersons rea&in! the articles thou!ht +ositively o3 the%.
    For those #ho &o not !et the American Theosophist 7Wheaton 1ein! the only o3 the
    three %a>or societies in the /.*. that reHuires %e%1ershi+ 3or su1scri+tion8 , #ill enu%erate
    1elo# a syno+sis o3 so%e o3 6l!eo:s +oints in the "ov.SDec. issue, an& then 3ollo# the +oints
    #ith this #riter:s 1rie3 +ers+ective on the% - %ost all o3 #hich he 1elieves can 1e 1acke& u+
    1y state%ents in the early literature, an& 3ro% those, i3 anyone shoul&, kne# #hat Theoso+hy
    #as a1out.
    718 6l!eo states that the source o3 Blavatsky Theoso+hy #as: 7a8 esoteric teachin!s o3 the
    Brotherhoo& #hich 0.$.B. #as a %essen!er; 718 the 2#is&o% tra&ition2 containe& in
    Bu&&his%, the $urana, ?a11alla, etc.; T8 the result o3 Blavatsky 1ein! 2#ell-rea&.2
    ------- 7a8 *o%e formerly esoteric &octrines o3 the )o&!e is #hat Blavatsky #as a
    %essen!er for. This #riter 1elieves that the &e3inition o3 technical Theoso+hy as a
    +hiloso+hic syste% is that it is the teachin!s o3 the )o&!e - #hich &octrines 2kno# no
    co%+ro%ise2 as #e 3in& in the Mahatma 'etters 7)etter # 1G.8
    ------- 718 The sacre& #ritin!s o3 the reli!ions #ere, %ost o3 the%, +revious atte%+ts 1y the
    )o&!e to +ro%ul!ate i&eas. Blavatsky use& these #ritin!s to e%+hasiAe or 21ack u+2 an&
    correlate #ith the teachin!s o3 the )o&!e she #as !ivin! out. They are not her source, 1ut
    %any ste% 3ro% the sa%e source as hers.
    -------- c8 By nor%al stan&ar&s Blavatsky #as +ro1a1ly 2#ell-rea&,2 1ut not nearly #ell-
    rea& enou!h or +ossessin! the ei&etic %e%ory to +ro&uce her #orks o3 scholarshi+.
    Blavatsky #as an a%anuensis or 2secretary2 3or +ri%arily the a&e+ts M. an& ?.0. *he only
    ha& a 3e# 1ooks on han& in #ritin! her %assive %ecret 3octrine, an& rea& Huotes 3ro% the
    astral li!ht, #hich Huotes #ere later checke& #hen the 1ooks coul& 1e locate& 7an& 3oun&
    accurateP8.
    7(8 6l!eo co%+ares analo!ically Theoso+hy to a 2tree2 in #hich the central trunk o3 2&ea&
    #oo&2 is Blavatsky Theoso+hy, #ith the 21ranches 1ein! "eo-Theoso+hical &octrines o3
    BesantS)ea&1eater an& the like.
    ------ The 2tree2 analo!y is s+urious an& an analo!y o3 a 2car2 or 2co%+uter2 or
    so%ethin! such coul& have as easily 1een use& #ith as little !oo& reason. Trees &o not
    s+rout o33 1ranches o3 &i33erent s+ecies - a ho+-horn1ea% 1ranch &oes not !ro# out o3 the
    si&e o3 an oak tree, #hich is the case o3 Theoso+hy an& "eo-Theoso+hy. Theoso+hy an&
    "eo-Theoso+hy are &i33erent s+ecies, althou!h, +arasite-like, "eo-Theoso+hy &oes nee&
    Theoso+hy to survive, or &i& at least to !et starte&. "o one #oul& have +ai& attention to the
    2s%oke2 o3 Besant an& )ea&1eater i3 they &i&n:t sense that 1ehin& it so%e#here #as the 3ire
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    o3 !enuine kno#le&!e o3 ori!inal Theoso+hy. /n3ortunately 3e# looke& 3urther than the
    s%oke.

    748 2...the Theoso+hy tau!ht 1y Blavatsky is not a uni3or%, unchan!in! &octrine. ,t
    evolve& continually throu!hout her li3eti%e - in three sta!es.2 6l!eo states that &i33erent
    teachin!s #ere !iven at each 2sta!e.2
    ---------- This is a +ri%ary 3allacy or lack o3 acu%en 1y the "eo-Theoso+hists. Blavatsky
    tau!ht the s"+e &octrines throu!hout, 1ut eE+an&e& the% as her au&ience 1eca%e %ore
    so+histicate&. 0er #ritin!s 3ro% 3irst to last are consistent, #ith the sa%e &octrines 1ein!
    +resente&. Theoso+hy is a +resentation o3 the inner an& outer la#s o3 the o+erations o3
    eEistence. By co%%on sense, these la#s &o not chan!e, an& in a !enuine eE+lanation o3
    these la#s, the eE+lanatory &octrines cannot chan!e either. "eo-Theoso+hy +resents
    &i33erent an& contrary teachin!s 3ro% Blavatsky. ,t #as not a continuation o3 Blavatsky, 1ut an
    a1ru+t chan!e. 6l!eo an& other su33iciently intelli!ent "eo-Theoso+hists #ho have stu&ie&
    1oth kno# this 1eyon& a &ou1t - 1ut they also kno# #hat they like an& #here their 1rea& is
    1uttere&.
    798 2...no#here in Blavatsky:s #ritin!s &o #e 3in& a co%+rehensive, coherent eE+osition
    o3 Theoso+hy.2
    -------- , #oul& challen!e 6l!eo:s to +oint out eEactly #here Blavatsky contra&icts
    hersel3. This #riter has &iscovere& nothin! contra&ictory a3ter rea&in! everythin! she has
    #ritten - i3 this is #hat is %eant 1y 2coherent.2 Theoso+hy is not a syste% o3 thou!ht that can
    1e lai& out in 6-B-C 3ashion. What #e have, it #oul& see% is a series o3 i&eas +resente&
    #hich are consistent #ith each other an& all inter-relate in &escri1in! the o+erations o3 the
    cos%os. 0o# 2co%+rehensive2 it 1eco%es &e+en&s on ho# %uch stu&y is &e&icate& to it.
    ,n 1ein! 2co%+rehensive,2 Blavatsky eEtensively uses sa!es an& scholars o3 +ast an& her
    ti%e to su++ort her state%ents. "eo-Theoso+hy, on the other han&, utiliAes virtually no
    scholarshi+, 1ut is 1ase& on the a++arently in3alli1le visions o3 a sel3-&escri1e& clairvoyant.
    7<8 Ia!uely, that Blavatsky Theoso+hy is re&uce& in value 1ecause #ritten in the 1Fth
    century, #ith the science an& ter%s o3 that era.
    ------- Blavatsky:s #ritin!s this #riter an& %any %ore +lace in the sa%e class as other
    2#ritin!s o3 sa!es2 1ecause o3 the eternal i&eas they contain, on the sa%e level as the .ita+
    0panishads+ etc. Blavatsky #as not a 2sa!e,2 althou!h a very s+iritual an& occultly
    &evelo+e& chela, 1ut she #as a secretary 3or the teachin!s o3 the )o&!e. :The sa%e
    teachin!s +resente& in all the !reat #orks o3 antiHuity. The i&eas are the sa%e i3 they are
    +resente& in ancient *anscrit, 1Fth century ;n!lish, or an unkno#n ton!ue a thousan& years
    hence.
    7=8 Blavatsky Theoso+hy as the 2trunk2 o3 6l!eo:s tree is not an unchan!in! syste%, it is
    >ust 2&ea& #oo&.2 The sa+#oo& >ust un&er the 1ark is the only thin! that is 2alive2 - re3errin!
    to current 2&evelo+%ents2 in Theoso+hy.
    ---------- ,n 3ollo#in! 6l!eo:s s+irit o3 analo!y, in reality only the 2&ea& #oo&2 o3 a tree is o3
    any use in 1uil&in!. The ne# sa+#oo& rots ra+i&ly an& is o3ten useless. The ideas +resente&
    in !enuine Theoso+hy are unchan!in!, as allu&e& to a1ove. They are the eternal i&eas u+on
    #hich &e+en& the o+eration o3 the cos%os. The i&eas stay the sa%e 1ut %ust 1e +resente&
    in the 3or% un&erstan&a1le to each culture. Blavatsky:s nineteenth century lan!ua!e is still
    very un&erstan&a1le in the (Gth. The +ro1le% is not that ne# i&eas are nee&e&, 1ut that no
    one has stu&ie& the ol& ones. We nee& &yna%ic in&ivi&uals, not ever-chan!in! ne#
    +hiloso+hic 3antasies.
    7B8 2The 1est-kno#n, %ost co%+rehensive an& internally consistent 1ranch o3
    theoso+hical teachin! is that &evelo+e& 1y ...Besant an& )ea&1eater.2
    -------- First o3 all, , #oul& like to a!ain see so%e &ocu%ente&
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    contra&ictions in Blavatsky:s #ritin!s, u+on su++ose& contra&ictions this state%ent o3 6l!eo:s
    %ust 1e 1ase&. *econ&ly, to call Besant:s teachin! 1et#een her early #ritin!s - #hen she
    +ro%ul!ate& nearly strai!ht, !enuine theoso+hy - to her later insanities o3 +ro%otin!
    %essiahs, Christian &octrines, etc., an& nearly everythin! in contrast to her earlier 1elie3s - to
    call this 2consistent2 is >ust the 1latant )ie. 7But #ho o3 the %a>ority o3 A$T$ rea&ers #ill kno#
    the &i33erence.8 "eo-Theoso+hy is 21est kno#n2 to the ri&icule o3 the #orl& an& loss to
    hu%anity, as #ell as to the kar%a o3 +ast an& +resent "eo-Theoso+hists. 7:6n un3ortunate
    ter%, 1eo-$latonis% #as a !ran& school o3 +hiloso+hy.8
    7F8 That the Mahatma 'etters an& the %ecret 3octrine &i33er on the 2Mars-Mercury2
    teachin!. 7-e3errin! to #hether Mars an& Mercury are +art o3 the earth:s series o3 seven
    !lo1es.8
    ------- This is another 1it o3 >esuitical &ro++in! o3 a state%ent #ithout the +ossi1ility o3
    1ackin! it u+ on 6l!eo:s +art. 1othin# s+eci3ic is state& a1out it in the Mahatma 'etters
    7eEce+t in the conteEt o3 the teachin!s an& #hat can only %ake any sense, #hich is &e3inite
    enou!h,8 1ut a &e3initive state%ent 3ro% an a&e+t:s letter is 3oun& in %3 ,, +. 1=<. ,t is a
    co%%on-sense issue ar!ue& a& in3initu%. the "eo-theoso+hical stance is that o3 a +erson
    lookin! at a 1lue #all an& re3usin! at all costs to a&%it that it is not re&.
    71G8 That %any see Blavatsky Theoso+hy as 2real2 Theoso+hy, #hile the
    BesantS)ea&1eater teachin!s are not Theoso+hy at all.
    ------ Correct.
    7118 That Blavatsky stu&ents 2re+eat Blavatsky:s #or&s ver1ati%, #ith no variation
    #hatever, as thou!h they #ere the sacre& inviola1le teEt o3 a ritual that %ust not 1e altere&.2
    ------- $artially correct 7the only 2rituals,2 ho#ever, are 3oun& a%on! the )i1eral
    Catholic Church %e%1ers o3 the T.*.8 Blavatsky:s #ritin!s should not 1e altere&, %inor
    %istakes an& all. This is contrary to the thousan&s o3 chan!es in so%e 6&yar e&itions o3 her
    #orks. )et her say eEactly #hat she sai& an& ho# she sai& it, an& use that as a 1asis 3or
    stu&y. 6l!eo sets u+ a stra#-&u%%y to knock &o#n. 5ust #here are these +eo+le that han!
    on every i3, an&, an& se%icolon that Blavatsky #rote. , &on:t kno# any. The +ro1le% is that
    3e# rea& her 7es+ecially in the 6%. T.*.8
    To this #riter Blavatsky:s #ritin!s are a 2sacre& teEt,2 #hich &oes not %ean that every
    co%%a is to 1e hun! u+on, 1ut that they are the 1est source o3 a +enulti%ate +hiloso+hy that
    #e have, an& #ill have in our li3eti%es - an& +erha+s... a 3e# thousan& years to co%e. ,3 Dr.
    6l!eo 1elieves Blavatsky:s #ritin!s are 2a +etri3ie& %useu% +iece2 - then #e can only echo
    his o#n #or&s an& say that such a +ers+ective is a 2%irror2 an& he is !aAin! at his o#n soul.
    - M. 5aHua
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    PROTOGONOS
    #1(, March, 1FF1
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    Contents5 Blavatsky on Bu&&his%; Doctrines on the Moon; $oints o3 ,nterest; n
    $ersonal Con&e%nation; -evie# - At >ome )ith the 2nner %elf; "e# Tao-Te (hin#
    Manuscri+t; )etter - Blavatsky:s Bu&&his% an& Besant:s 0in&uis%
    -----------------------------
    90A7ATS:6 ON 9UDDHIS2
    2...Bu&&ha an& Christ. That #hich the 3or%er &i& in ,n&ia, 5esus re+eate& in $alestine.
    Bu&&his% #as a +assionate reactionary +rotest a!ainst the +hallic #orshi+ that le& every
    nation 3irst to the a&oration o3 a ,erson"! Go&, an& the 3inally to 1lack %a!ic, an& the sa%e
    o1>ect #as ai%e& at 1y the "aAarene ,nitiate an& +ro+het. Bu&&his% esca+e& the curse o3
    1lack %a!ic 1y kee+in! clear o3 a +ersonal %ale Go& in its reli!ious syste%; 1ut this
    conce+tion rei!nin! su+re%e in the so-calle& %onotheistic countries, 1lack %a!ic - the 3iercer
    an& stron!er 3or 1ein! utterly &is1elieve& in 1y it %ost ar&ent votaries, unconscious +erha+s
    o3 its +resence a%on! the% - is &ra#in! the% nearer an& nearer to the %aelstro% o3 every
    nation !iven to sin, or to sorcery, +ure an& si%+le. "o occultist 1elieves in the &evil o3 the
    Church, the tra&itional *atan; every stu&ent o3 ccultis% an& every Theoso+hist 1elieves in
    1lack %a!ic...2 75la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s Q,,,, (<=8
    2...it is very +leasant to see e%inent %en in ;uro+e en&eavorin! to ha%%er out the
    %eanin! o3 Bu&&his%, even thou!h they %ay %iss the correct inter+retation o3 several +oints
    at 3irst. The only #ay in #hich they #ill solve the +ro1le%s raise&, #ill 1e 1y +ayin! attention
    to the &irect teachin!s o3 the *ecret Doctrine #hich are no# 1ein! !iven out to the #orl&
    throu!h the colu%ns o3 this Ma!aAine 3or the 3irst ti%e in the history o3 the su1>ect. ,t is 1y the
    a++lication o3 these teachin!s, as a key, to the eEoteric Bu&&hist scri+tures that riental
    scholars #ill 1e ena1le& to unlock their real treasures. 7BCW ,I, 9G98
    2...the *outhern Bu&&hists have no i&ea o3 the eEistence o3 an esoteric Doctrine -
    enshrine& like a +earl #ithin the shell o3 every reli!ion - the Chinese an& the Ti1etans have
    +reserve& nu%erous recor&s o3 the 3act. De!enerate, 3allen as is not the &octrine $u1licly
    +reache& 1y Gauta%a, it is yet +reserve& in those %onasteries in China that are +lace&
    1eyon& the reach o3 visitors ....But it is only in the Trans-0i%alayan 3astness - loosely calle&
    Ti1et - in the %ost inaccessi1le s+ots o3 &esert an& %ountains, that the ;soteric :Goo& )a#: -
    the :0eart:s *eal: - lives to the +resent &ay in all its +ristine +urity.2 7BCW Q,I, 9948

    Une #on&ers #hat is the case to&ay a3ter China:s 1rutal &estruction o3 Ti1et, inclu&in!
    the levelin! o3 4GGG te%+les an& the 3or1i&&in! o3 any serious Bu&&hist stu&y or scholarshi+ -
    at least a%on! those %onks still alive an& not kille& in concentration ca%+s or %ove& 3ro%
    the country, an& #ith %anuscri+ts not 1urne& 1y the Chinese. The /.*.:s inau&i1le #hi%+er
    to these atrocities %i!ht 1e co%+are& to our reaction to the un>ust 1ut inco%+ara1le take-over
    o3 ?u#ait 1y ,raH. *ee 2n E8ile 4rom the 'and of %no&s, 5.F. 6ve&on, 6l3re& 6. ?no+3, "D,
    1FC9V
    --- (
    2The "eo-Bu&&his% o3 the reli!ion o3 $rince *i&&hartha Bu&&ha #ill never 1e acce+te&
    1y ;uro+e-6%erica 3or the si%+le reason that it #ill never 3orce itsel3 on the cci&ent. 6s to
    the "eo-Bu&&his% or the :-evival o3 the 6ncient #is&o%: o3 the 6nte-Ie&ic 6ryas, the actual
    evolutionary +erio& o3 the cci&ental +eo+les #ill en& in a 1lin& alley, i3 they re>ect it. "either
    the true Christianity o3 5esus - the !reat *ocialist an& 6&e+t, the &ivine %an #ho #as
    chan!e& into an anthro+o%or+hic !o& - nor the sciences... nor the +hiloso+hies o3 to&ay
    #hich see% to +lay at 1lin& Man:s Bu33, 1reakin! each other:s noses, #ill allo# the cci&ent to
    attain its 3ull e33lorescence i3 it turns its 1ack u+on the ancient #is&o% o3 1y!one centuries.2
    7BCW I,,,, B=-BB8
    Fro% lcott:s A 5uddhist (atechism 7BCW Q,I, 91B8:
    26re there any &o!%as in Bu&&his% #hich #e are reHuire& to acce+t on 3aith.
    2A. "o. We are earnestly en>oine& to acce+t nothin! #hatever on 3aith; #hether it 1e
    #ritten in 1ooks, han&e& &o#n 3ro% our ancestors, or tau!ht 1y the sa!es. ur )or& Bu&&ha
    has sai& that #e %ust not 1elieve in a thin! sai& %erely 1ecause it is sai&; not in tra&itions
    1ecause they have 1een han&e& &o#n 3ro% antiHuity; nor ru%ours, as such; nor #ritin!s 1y
    sa!es, 1ecause sa!es #rote the%; nor 3ancies that #e %ay sus+ect to have 1een ins+ire& in
    us 1y a &eva 7that is, +resu%e& s+iritual ins+iration8; nor 3ro% in3erences &ra#n 3ro% so%e
    ha+haAar& assu%+tion #e %ay have %a&e; nor 1ecause o3 #hat see%s an analo!ical
    necessity; nor on the %ere authority o3 our teachers or %asters. But #e are to 1elieve #hen
    the #ritin!, &octrine, or sayin! is corro1orate& 1y our o#n reason an& consciousness. :For
    this,: says he, in conclu&in!, :, tau!ht you not to 1elieve %erely 1ecause you have hear&, 1ut
    #hen you 1elieve& o3 your consciousness, then to act accor&in!ly an& a1un&antly.:2 O 7O *ee
    the Calama %utta o3 the Anu#uttaraniaya, as Huote& in A 5uddhist (atechism, 1y 0. *.
    lcott, $resi&ent o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety, ++. <<-<=, Colo%1o, Ceylon, 1CC1. UJuest
    Minature ;&ition, ++. =(-=4V8
    2...those #ho think that the &octrines o3 the )or& Bu&&ha &o not 3or% a syste%
    co%+lete in the%selves, 1ut are a %o&i3ication o3 Brah%anis%, %ake a sin!ular %istake.
    These &octrines are not a %o&i3ication 1ut rather the revelation o3 the real esoteric reli!ion o3
    the Brah%ans, so >ealously !uar&e& 1y the% 3ro% the +ro3ane, an& &ivul!e& 1y the :all-
    %erci3ul, the co%+assionate )or&,: 3or the 1ene3it o3 all %en. ,t is only the stu&y o3 ;soteric
    Bu&&his% that can yiel& to scholars the real tenets o3 the !ran&est o3 all 3aiths.2 7BCW ,I,
    9=48
    2....esoteric Bu&&his% an& Brah%anis% are one, 3or the 3or%er is &erive& 3ro% the
    latter. ,t is #ell kno#n that the %ost i%+ortant 3eature o3 7his8 re3or%, +erha+s, #as that
    Bu&&ha %a&e a&e+tshi+ or enli!hten%ent 7throu!h the dhyana +ractices o3 2ddhi8O o+en to
    all, #hereas the Brah%ans ha& 1een >ealously eEclu&in! all %en #ithout the +ale o3 their o#n
    hau!hty caste 3ro% this +rivile!e o3 learnin! the +er3ect truth.2 7BCW ,,,, 4FF8 7O 3hyana is
    %e&itation an& %ore s+eci3ically the hi!her %e&itation in #hich one is en!rosse& in the
    s+iritual #orl&s se+arate 3ro% the +sychic an& +hysical. 2ddhi is the $ali 3or% o3 the *anskrit
    %iddhi, #hich %eans or re3ers to su+ernor%al +o#ers. Blavatsky #arns in The ,oice of the
    %ilence: 2There are t#o kin&s o3 %iddhis. ne !rou+ e%1races the lo#er, coarse, +sychic
    an& %ental ener!ies; the other is one
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    #hich eEacts the hi!hest trainin! o3 *+iritual +o#ers.2 Fro% %ansrit Ceys, Ty1er!
    2The Bu&&hist 1elieves in a 3uture rebirth, an& re1irths innu%era1le in the :Cycle o3
    "ecessity;: 1ut no Bu&&hist, #hether southern or northern, 1elieves in a :*oul: as a &istinct
    sel3-eEistin! entity. 0ence he re>ects the %o&ern theory a1out :s+irits o3 the &ea&.: )east o3
    all &oes he 1elieve in Go& as a (reator. The heresies o3 :6ttava&a: 71elie3 in soul or self8 an&
    that o3 %aayaditthi 7the &elusion o3 in&ivi&uality or personality, i$e$, 1elie3 in a :, a%2 a+art
    3ro% /niversal ;Eistence - to!ether #ith the 1elie3 in the e33icacy o3 rites an& %u%%eries8 are
    re!ar&e& 1y hi% as :+ri%ary &elusions,: the &irect result o3 i!norance or Maya. The Bu&&hist
    a&vocates Carma, 1ecause, #hile avoi&in! the su+erstitious eEtre%e o3 a la# o3 universal
    Moral 5ustice, or -etri1ution. 0e kno#s that no eEterior +o#er can o1literate the result o3 a
    %an:s &ee&s, an& that they %ust #ork out to the en&, since everythin! in nature is su1>ect to
    the la# o3 Cause an& ;33ect...2 7BCW ,I, 1B48
    UWhile Bu&&his% hol&s that the lo#er sel3 or +ersonality &oesn:t a++recia1ly continue
    a3ter &eath or that no +art o3 %an is co%+letely in&e+en&ent 3ro% the rest o3 creation, so%e o3
    its %ore arcane teachin! %i!ht 1e inter+rete& that %an:s hi!her, yet so%e#hat in&ivi&ual,
    s+iritual +ortions o3 his constitution continue - or at least this #oul& 1e a Theoso+hical
    eEtension o3 #hat Bu&&his%:s esoteric &octrines must 1e, i3 these esoteric &octrines still eEist.
    /lti%ately, o3 course, all in&ivi&ualities %elt into the *u+re%e.V
    2The true Bu&&hist, there3ore, thinks that he ou!ht to act #ell, not %erely on 1ehal3 o3
    his o#n sel3ish #eal, 1ut 3or the 1ene3it o3 the ne# :,: #hich is to 3ollo# hi%. The 3inal !oal o3
    1u&&hist salvation is the u+rootin! o3 sin, 1y eEhaustin! eEistence, that is, i%+e&in! its
    continuance... Those #ho acce+t this 3aith 1elieve that even in this #orl& a %an %ay rise 3or a
    3e# %o%ents into the "irvana, +rovi&e& he cultivates &ivine %e&itation an& unsel3ishness.
    Multitu&es o3 hu%an 1ein!s &erive co%3ort 3ro% this sin!ular 1elie3. ne so%eti%es loses
    si!ht o3 this 3act #hen &#ellin! constantly in a Christian country.2 7BCW ,,,, CF8
    -----------------------------------
    2Mere +hysical +hilanthro+y, a+art 3ro% the in3usion o3 ne# in3luences an& enno1lin!
    conce+tions o3 li3e into the %in&s o3 the %asses, is #orthless. The !ra&ual assi%ilation 1y
    %ankin& o3 !reat s+iritual truths #ill alone revolutioniAe the 3ace o3 civiliAation, an& ulti%ately
    result in a 3ar %ore e33ective +anacea 3or evil, than the %ere tinkerin! o3 su+er3icial %isery.2
    - 0.$. Blavatsky
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    DOCTRIN1S ON TH1 2OON
    ,n the 5an.SFe1 (anadian Theosophist, the General *ecretary o3 the Cana&ian T*
    76&yar8, *tan Teloar, %akes interestin! or thou!ht-+rovokin! o1servations on Theoso+hical
    Doctrines on the Moon that are #orth investi!atin! 3urther. Doctrines on the !lo1e-chains in
    relation to the roun&s an& Cos%ic +lanes is so%ethin! +ro1a1ly ill-un&erstoo& 1y %ost
    stu&ents o3 Theoso+hy.
    Mr. Teloar #rites: 2, note&, as &i& #riters in their teEts, that every Chain syste% has a
    !lo1e or t#o on the %ental +lane. ,n the +revious Chain to ours, the Moon Chain, the lo#est
    or %ost &ense Glo1e, Glo1e D, is in&icate& 1y any an& all authorities , rea&, to 1e on the
    +hysical etheric su1-+lanes, not on or in any of the lo&est three le*els of the physical plane,
    the !aseous, liHui& or &ense. Most +eo+le cannot see the etheric +hysical +lane. Most
    +eo+le can see the %oon in the sky, #eather an& +hases o3 the %oon +er%ittin!. There3ore,
    the moon in the sy cannot be the dead .lobe 3 of the Moon (hain$
    , have never un&erstoo& #hat is %eant 1y the ter% 2etheric2 an& think it #oul& 1e 1etter
    i3 Theoso+hical stu&ents stuck to ter%s use& 1y the Foun&ers or acce+te& ter%s 3ro%
    Bu&&his%, 0in&uis%, et. al. 6 %iEin! o3 ter%s only +ro%otes con3usion. "either Blavatsky,
    the Mahatma 'etters, 5u&!e or $urucker use the ter% 2etheric2 eEce+t inci&entally, an& not as
    a la1el 3or any o3 the +lanes o3 1ein!.
    Mr. Teloar is ri!ht 7althou!h , can:t un&erstan& his ter%inolo!y or reasonin!8 in sayin!
    that 2...the %oon in the sky cannot 1e the &ea& Glo1e D o3 the Moon Chain.2 The +hysical
    %oon o3 the +ast Moon-Chain 7#hich 2+arente&2 our o#n ;arth an& ;arth-Chain o3 !lo1es8
    a++arently &isinte!rate& lon! a!o in the creation o3 our +resent ;arth-Chain as &i& all the
    !lo1es o3 that chain. 7The actual %aterials o3 the +revious chain create our o#n chain.8
    What the +resent Moon is, is a 2shell2 or 2?a%a-ru+a2 o3 the +revious Moon. $urucker
    says that it is a 2D#eller o3 the Threshol&2 to the ;arth in the sa%e sense that a hu%an 1ein!
    %ay 1e haunte& 1y such a D#eller. ,t is, to us, a +hysical-level s+ook, in the sa%e sense that
    evil or &e!ra&e& in&ivi&uals are sai& to leave a shell or s+ook 1ehin& the% a3ter they &ie - a
    21hut2 in eastern ter%s. ,3 a +erson has %uch ener!y an& vitality tie& u+ in ne!ative +ursuits -
    2tie& to the earth,2 so to s+eak - #ith the #hole o3 the +ersonality &evote& to so%e evil an&
    sel3ish en&eavor - then a3ter &eath this eEcess ener!y serves to ani%ate re%nants o3 the
    astral an& %ental sel3 to 3or% an ele%entary or so%e#hat sel3-conscious s+ook #hich %ay
    last a very lon! ti%e on the astral level 7#ith the hi!her +rinci+les se+aratin! or lon! since
    se+arate&.8 ,n the Doctrines, this is hel& to 1e the case #ith the +resent visi1le %oon, as in
    analo!y this 3or%ation o3 a 2D#eller2 ha++ens on the +lanetary as #ell as hu%an level.
    Blavatsky #rites:
    2The 3irst race o3 %en #ere, then, si%+ly the i%a!es, the astral &ou1les, o3 their Fathers,
    #ho #ere the +ioneers, or the %ost +ro!resse& ;ntities 3ro% a +rece&in! thou!h lo&er
    s+here, the shell o3 #hich is no# our Moon. But even this shell is all-+otential, 3or, havin!
    !enerate& the ;arth, it is the phantom o3
    --- <
    the Moon #hich, attracte& 1y %a!netic a33inity, sou!ht to 3or% its 3irst inha1itants, the +re-
    hu%an %onsters...2 7%ecret 3octrine ,,, 11<8
    By re3errin! to the +resent %oon as 1oth a 2shell2 an& a 2+hanto%,2 it is a++arent 0.$.B.
    is not re3errin! to the +hysical %oon as it #as in our +revious eEistence there in the !lo1e-
    chain. The su1stance o3 this +revious !lo1e-chain - #ith the eEce+tion o3 the ka%a-ru+ic
    s+ook that eEists on each o3 the B su1+lanes o3 our 7rithi*i or 2+hysical-%aterial2 Cos%ic
    $lane 7*ee *D ,, (GG 3or Cos%ic $lane &ia!ra%8 - #as use& to 3or% our +resent ;arth-Chain,
    so the +revious Moon-Chain +lanet coul& no lon!er +ossi1ly eEist. The 2+ernicious2 in3luence
    o3 the %oon - 3ro% one as+ect - re3erre& to in the #ritin!s, is such 1ecause the ;arth is still
    1ein! 23e&2 or create& 7as #ell as va%+iriAe&8 3ro% the lar!ely ne!ative su1stance or
    in3luences 3ro% our Moon-D#eller on the Threshol&.
    The reason #e see the Moon &es+ite that it is the 2astral2 s+ook o3 the 3or%er Moon,
    7an& #e can:t see #ith our +hysical senses on the astral level8 is that each ne# !lo1e-chain
    on the ascen&in! arc is 3or%e& one Cos%ic su1-+lane su+erior to the +revious !lo1e-chain.
    ur Glo1e D ;arth is on #hat #as the astral +lane 3or Go1e D Moon. 7,t is on a Cos%ic sub-
    +lane hi!her. We are still as a #hole on the lo#est Cos%ic $lane.8 ,n&icatin! this +rinci+le,
    0.$.B. #rites in re3erence to the hi!her ani%als o3 our +resent ;arth:
    2They #ill, there3ore, not 1e %en on this chain, 1ut #ill 3or% the hu%anity o3 a 3uture
    Manvantara an& 1e re#ar&e& 1y 1eco%in! :Men: on a hi!her chain alto!ether...2 7*D ,, 1B48
    n the ascen&in! arc, a3ter each seven -oun&s or a Manvantara, a 2hi!her chain2 is
    3or%e& on the neEt Cos%ic su1-+lane, the astral o3 the +revious chain in our case.
    - M. 5.
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    Re$eren#es5
    5la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s: I,-1C<; Q,,-<9=
    %ecret 3octrine: ,-1<=, 1B1-4, 1BF, (GG; ,,-11<
    4undamentals of the Esoteric 7hilosophy, $urucker 7$t. )o%a ;&ition8: 1<4,
    1B=, 4F4, 4FC, 9G9, 9<B, 9BC
    %tudies in /ccult 7hilosophy, $urucker: 1B=, =GB-C
    The Esoteric Tradition, $urucker: BC1
    Esoteric Teachin#s, $urucker: I,-4=, I,,-CB-CC
    Echoes of the /rient, 5u&!e: ,,,-9<B
    The Mahatma 'etters 7T./.$.8: F9, F=
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    POINTS O4 INT1R1ST
    >$7$ 5la*atsy (ollected )ritin# (umulati*e 2nde8 @5() O,A has >ust 1een release& 1y
    Theoso+hical $u1lishin! 0ouse. $ri%ary res+onsi1ility 3or co%+ilation o3 the volu%e !oes to
    Dara ;klun& 7also co%+iler o3 the three volu%es o3 Willia% 5u&!e:s #ritin!s: Echoes of the
    /rient+ 2+ 22+ 222 +u1lishe& 1y $t. )o%a $u1lications8 as #ell as her hus1an& "icholas Weeks,
    ;l&on Tucker, the Chica!o $t. )o%a *tu&y Grou+ an& %any others. ,3 anyone has s+ent ti%e
    +a!in! throu!h each o3 the in&eEes o3 3ourteen volu%es o3 the BCW lookin! 3or in3or%ation
    on a ter%, he kno#s #hat a valua1le a&&ition this is. The in&eE shoul& %ake %atters %uch
    less &i33icult to research Theoso+hical Doctrines on various su1>ects. ur an& %any:s
    heart3elt a++reciation to Dara ;klun& an& all that are res+onsi1le 3or the +ro>ect. 7R(C.GG +lus
    R4.GG +ost 3ro% Theoso+hical $u1lishin! 0ouse, $ 1oE (BG, Wheaton, ,) =G1CF8
    The 5uddhism of >$7$ 5la*atsy, co%+ile& an& annotate& 1y 0.5. *+ieren1ur! #ill 1e
    release& 1y $t. )o%a $u1lications in late s+rin!. 20ere a!ain 3ro% the treasury o3 so%e
    1G,GGG +a!es o3 1ooks an& >ournal articles #ritten 1y 0$B have 1een !leane& a #ealth o3
    in3or%ation an& teachin! +resente& un&er a++ealin! to+ic hea&in!s #hich cover the )i3e o3
    Gauta%a, the 0istory o3 Bu&&his% an& o3 :)a%ais%,: an& a revelation o3 #hat is still esoteric
    3or the West on the su1>ect. 6 volu%e essential 3or the stu&y o3 the relationshi+ o3 Theoso+hy
    an& Bu&&his%.2
    ,n the >i#h (ountry Theosophist 7Fe1. :F18 a revie# is !iven o3 Theoso+hical historian
    $aul 5ohnson:s ne#ly release& 2n %earch of the Masters 5ehind the /ccult Myth$ 0avin!
    rea& so%e o3 Mr. 5ohnson:s #ritin! +reviously, #e are sure the 1ook is eEhaustively
    researche& an& #ill 1e a valua1le a&&ition to Theoso+hical literature. 6%on! other su1>ects,
    5ohnson concentrates on &eter%inin! the historical i&entities o3 the a&e+ts 1ehin& the
    3oun&in! o3 the T*. Ga!in! 3ro% -ichar& *lusser:s revie#, he +rovi&es a #ealth o3 intri!uin!
    in3or%ation, #hether or not one %i!ht a!ree #ith his hy+otheses. 6 revie# o3 the 1ook is also
    !iven in -eflections of a Theosophist an& or&erin! in3or%ation is !iven as: R11.F< +lus R(.GG
    +ost to: $aul 5ohnson, 19GC Fenton *t., *outh Boston, I6 (9<F(
    Theosophical 1et&or is ceasin! +u1lication as such an& #ill 1e a ne# Theoso+hical
    Huarterly, '/T0%. $u1lication is sche&ule& 3or May o3 the 3irst issue. *u1scri+tion #ith
    Theosophical 1et&or #ill 1e continuous #ith the ne# +u1lication. ,3 you #eren:t a
    su1scri1er, su1scri+tion in3or%ation can 1e ha& 3ro%: '/T0%, $ BoE 1<<, Musko!ee, ?
    B99G(. Best #ishes on this ne# en&eavorP
    --- B
    W,@6-D* B?*0;)F 7BoE ==GG, *an Die!o, C6 F(1==8 has co%e out #ith its ne#
    listin! 3or this year. 6nyone #ho has not seen the WiAar&s Catalo!ue really is %issin! out on
    an eEcellent resource i3 they have an interest in serious theoso+hical stu&y. There isn:t a 23lu33
    an& +u332 title in the #hole list an& %any titles unavaila1le else#here. 6lso inclu&e& is the
    2*ecret Doctrine -e3erence *eries2 #hich is co%+ose& o3 4G titles re3erre& to in The %ecret
    3octrine, +reviously unavaila1le an& re+rinte& 1y WiAar&s.
    -ecently it #as sur+risin! to see 0$B:s +icture 3lashe& across the TI scree in a
    nu%1er o3 a&vertise%ents Ti%eS)i3e Books #as runnin! 3or its Mysteries of the 0nno&n
    series.
    Theosophical >istory >ournal is 1ein! +u1lishe& a!ain. The 3irst several years o3 issues
    un&er the e&itorshi+ o3 )eslie $rice #ere si%+ly su+er1 in value an& interest, #ith %uch
    %aterial 3in&in! a 3oru% that #oul& likely not have a++eare& in other +u1lications.
    Theosophical >istory:s e&itor is no# Dr. 5a%es 6. *antucci an& is +u1lishe& 1y the non-+ro3it
    Theoso+hical 0istory Foun&ation. The 1oar& o3 &irectors o3 the 3oun&ation is co%+ose& o3 Dr.
    *antucci, 6+ril an& 5erry 0e>ka-;kins, an& 5. Gor&on Melton. 7*o%e %i!ht re%e%1er Mr.
    Melton as a 1ook revie# e&itor at 4ATE %a!aAine.8 *u1scri+tion to the Huarterly is R1(.GG
    +er year %a&e +aya1le to Theosophical >istory an& sent to: Dr. 5a%es 6. *antucci, De+t. o3
    -eli!ious *tu&ies, Cali3ornia *tate /niversity, Fullerton C6 F(=49
    Music see%s to elevate or alter consciousness %ore Huickly an& stron!ly than any
    other %e&iu%. ,3 one #oul& &esire an in&uce& %e&itation an& s+iritual li3t, the ta+e
    2ntimations 3ro% 6laya -ecor&in!s 7cSo The Iictoria )o&!e o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety, $
    BoE <B44, *tation B, Iictoria, Cana&a IC- =*C at RF.GG8 is hi!hly reco%%en&e&. Won&er3ul
    selections 3ro% *chu%an, De1ussy, Cho+in, Bach an& ?o&aly are inters+erse& #ith rea&in!s
    inclu&in! G. &e $urucker, Wor&s#orth, $aracelsus, $lotinus an& others.
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    ON P1RSONA0 COND12NATION
    The thir& $le&!e or vo# in 0.$. Blavatsky:s an& Willia% 5u&!e:s ,nner Grou+ rea& as
    3ollo#s:
    2, $);DG; MD*;)F ";I;- T ),*T;" W,T0/T $-T;*T T 6"D ;I,) T0,"G
    *$?;" F 6 B-T0;- T0;*$0,*T, 6"D T 6B*T6," F-M C"D;M","G
    T0;-*.2
    7roto#onos has receive& so%e #elco%e 3ee&1ack occasionally to the e33ect that it is
    too 2+ersonal2 in its criticis%s, %ostly +ertainin! to the ChristianS+sue&o-theoso+hist C. W.
    )ea&1eater an& also in the last issue in co%%ents on an article that a++eare& in the
    American Theosophist. We a&%it a !oo& &eal o3 2+ersonal2 level criticis% an& rationaliAe it to
    oursel3 as 3ollo#s.
    --- C
    The avoi&ance o3 +ersonal criticis% #e 1elieve a++lies to one:s +ersonal li3e as se+arate
    3ro% any &irect or i%+ortant connection or a33ect on +ro+a!atin! Theoso+hical teachin!s.
    Barely anyone kno#s #hat they are ca+a1le o3 at 1ase. ,3 one is su1>ect to the ri!ht
    circu%stances, he %ay 1e very sur+rise& to see #hat &e3iciencies a++ear in hi%sel3. Fro%
    %ost an!les it is un>ust to criticiAe others, an& %ost es+ecially on +ersonality-level %atters.
    The +erson:s attitu&e to#ar& a 23ault2 is also involve&. ,3 he elevates the 3ault into a virtue,
    an& even into a s+ecial 2esoteric teachin!2 #hich is hence3orth +resente& as 2Theoso+hy2 -
    then the real% o3 the +ersonal is le3t alto!ether. 6nyone #ho clai%s to +resent ne# teachin!s
    or clairvoyant insi!hts shoul& 1e scrutiniAe& 3or the hi!h %oral Huali3ications hel& as
    necessary 3or such a teacher or seer in the ori!inal teachin!s an& ancient tra&itions, to see i3
    he 3its the %ol&. The %atter is no lon!er in the +ersonal real% i3 alteration o3 ori!inal
    Theoso+hical teachin!s is involve& #ith the resultant e33ects on the %in&s o3 thousan&s 7not
    to %ention Theoso+hy 1ein! %a&e a lau!hin! stock i3 the !uy is in le3t-3iel&, as 1oth Besant
    an& )ea&1eater #ere.8
    This also a++lies to those #ho consciously %islea& others 3or the +ur+ose o3 +ersonal
    ai%s or o3 the !rou+ they are a %e%1er o3. ,3 one is +erceive& to consciously %islea& others,
    &oes such a +erson &eserve 2tolerance,2 21rotherhoo&2 an& the 1ene3it o3 the &ou1t.
    5rotherhood and harmony at &hat cost< Truth is a su+erior value to 1rotherhoo&, 1ecause
    only on a soun& 1asis o3 +hiloso+hic +rinci+le can a lastin! 1rotherhoo& ever, ever, ever 1e
    3or%e&. Mere e%otional a&>uration counts 3or nothin! ulti%ately i3 the %in& &oes not have a
    reason 3or action. ne shoul& 1e satis3ie& to let ?ar%a eventually &o its !reat #ork i3 only
    one:s +ersonal sel3 is involve&, 1ut #hen others are a33ecte& 1y su1ter3u!e an& +olitics - #hich
    is the cause o3 %uch o3 the #orl&:s ills an& i%+ossi1le o3 their solution - it is a &uty 2...to thro#
    li!ht on every evil, to the 1est o3 his a1ility.2 7BCW Q, 1FC8 2...to the 1est o3 his a1ility2 is an
    i%+ortant consi&eration i3 taken in %in& the 3ate o3 %any incautious truth-tellers.
    ,t %ay 1e that every en&eavor has a +ositive an& ne!ative as+ect - to !o 3or#ar&, an&
    also to 1race a!ainst, or 3i!ht a!ainst the ne!ative. ,s there any revealin! o3 truth #ithout also
    si%ultaneously revealin! or seekin! to reveal the 3alse. ,s only a +ositive +resentation
    su33icient in itsel3. ,t is true that 1y +ro+a!atin! theoso+hical &octrines, one is auto%atically
    revealin! the ne!ative an& 3alse 1ecause a ne# li!ht is she& on everythin!. Blavatsky:s
    #ritin!s are critical in nature throu!hout. ne %i!ht !uess that a1out a thir& o3 her #ritin!s
    are eEclusively critical o3 other:s +hiloso+hies an& vie#+oints. The Mahatma 'etters are
    eEtre%ely critical in %any +laces, at one +oint M. even la1elin! so%eone a 2+u%+ o3 3ilth2 7+.
    (B1, T./.$.8 ,3 one &oes not have the stren!th to stan& a#ainst so%ethin!, one #on&ers ho#
    %uch value his stan& for so%ethin! %ay have #ith the neEt icy #in&.
    - M. 5.
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    R17I1W
    At H"&e 'ith the I((er Se$!, 5a%es 5. Burns ,,,, ,sis Books, BB +a!es, EeroE,
    so3t1ack, 1FFG, R=.GG +ost+ai& 76vaila1le 3ro% 7roto#onos8
    This 1ook is a co%+ilation 3ro% in3or%al &iscussion !rou+ %eetin!s #ith sel3-%a&e
    +sycholo!ist 5a%es Burns. The %aterial is +ossi1ly uniHue in the +sycholo!ical 3iel& an& is
    the result o3 Burns: 3orty years in an& out o3 the +sycho-thera+y syste% as a +atient. 2What
    +eo+le 3in& a%aAin! a1out %e is that ,:% so%eone #ho has %arche& strai!ht throu!h hell an&
    live& to tell a1out it.2 What is uniHue a1out 5a%es Burns is that instea& o3 cru%1lin! un&er
    the loa& o3 a33liction as %ost are 3orce& to &o, he +ushe& his sensitivities an& reason to its
    li%its to !et at the 1ase o3 every as+ect o3 the #orkin!s o3 the %in&. The co%+iler #rites in
    the For#ar&:
    2The technical &e3inition o3 the #or& adept is that o3 a +erson #ho has achieve& nearly
    total %astery in a +articular area. The %aster car %echanics o3 the #orl& are adepts in this
    #i&e sense. The co%+iler:s evaluation is that 5a%es Burns is an a&e+t in lar!ely the ka%a-
    %anas as+ect o3 the %in& in Theoso+hical ter%inolo!y. The :&esire-%in&: is concerne& #ith
    e!o, +ersonality, an& nor%al every&ay consciousness, as se+arate 3ro% hi!her as+ects o3
    %in&, 1u&&hi-%anas, #hich is 3ocuse& in s+irituality an& s+iritual i&eas.2
    The 3ollo#in! are so%e Huotes 3ro% the 1ook:
    2We consi&er the +ro1le%s o3 the #orl& to 1e roote& in the 3act that each in&ivi&ual
    +erson has not yet &iscovere& the nature o3 his o#n consciousness. The !ra&ual a#akenin!,
    shoul& it ever co%e, #oul& 1e one in #hich every in&ivi&ual +erson is 1rou!ht to realiAation
    an& co%+lete, clear a#areness o3 their o#n internal #orkin!s. We consi&er in so%e +oint in
    ti%e this #ill 1e reHuire& 1y school an& statute. The !eneral %aelstro% %ankin& 3in&s itsel3 in
    an& has to &o so%ethin! to !et out o3, is the result o3 all the %achinations o3 +ro>ection an&
    trans3erence in #hich every1o&y is #orkin! their o#n internal con3licts out on every1o&y else.2
    2The ?ey to the #hole +rocess lies in the 3act that there is a 3ountain-s+rin! o3 en&less
    !ui&ance an& in3or%ation #ithin every hu%an 1ein!. ne only has to learn to !et out o3 its
    #ay, to let the consciousness !enerate in a stille& an& Huiet %in&... When you 1e!in to have
    eE+eriences o3 the in3or%ation 3ro% #ithin, you learn ho# +er3ectly attune& the inner %in& is
    to your i%%e&iate an& %o%entary circu%stances. ,t can !ui&e you eEactly to the thinkin!
    reHuire& to &eal #ith the outer circu%stances or other as+ects o3 consciousness that is
    a1sor1in! your attention. ,t is +er3ectly attune& to the +otential o3 eE+an&in! your total
    consciousness to its a1solute %aEi%u%. ,t is &esi!ne& to &o this. ,t is en&lessly tryin! to &o
    this. ,t can:t sto+ &oin! it. The 3ountain-hea& lies totally #ithin.2
    2,3 #e ever !et to the +oint #here #e have livin! %astere& #ell enou!h to &o it #ith
    internal har%ony, then #e #ill have the ti%e in every &ay, #ith the co%+any o3 one another, to
    co%e to the release o3 the tensions in one another. ,t is our &ee+est &rive. We not only
    &esire to release our o#n tensions, W; 6-; 6)) ";, an& are o3 necessity reHuire& to
    release the tension in those aroun& us.
    --- 1G
    , #as out lookin! 3or so%eone to +ay attention to %e, an& , 3oun& the #ay to &o it #as to +ay
    attention to the%. That:s #here the relie3 is.2
    Burns: 1ook is not a 1ook +ri%arily a1out %a&ness, 1ut a1out the +rocesses that !o on
    nor%ally in everyone:s %in&. $ersons #ho !o %a& are not a se+arate sort o3 creature 3ro%
    the rest o3 the hu%an race, 1ut a 3ailure o3 a&eHuacy to situation o3 nor%al +sycholo!ical
    +rocesses, as #ell as, Theoso+hically, an intensive kar%ic +rocess. 6s 3ar as #e %ay kno#,
    the +erson in Huestion %ay have &eci&e& at so%e level or 3ate& to un&er!o an intensive
    learnin! an& evolutionary +rocess, or an intensive #i+in! o3 the kar%ic slate clean 7that #e all
    +osses a hu!e 21acklo!2 o38 al#ays conco%itant #ith su33erin!, 3ar a1ove #hat the nor%al
    in&ivi&ual !oes throu!h.
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    Ne* Te)T*" Chi(+ 2"n%s#ri,t
    L*")T,u Te)T*" Chi(+, translate& an& co%%entary 1y -o1ert G. 0en&ricks,
    Ballantine Books, "D, 1FCF, (C4 +a!es, har&1ack, R1F.F<
    ,n 1FB4 t#o %anuscri+ts o3 the Tao-Te (hin# %ore than <GG years ol&er than any
    +reviously &iscovere& #ere 3oun& in the eEcavation o3 a to%1 at Ma-#an!-tui in south-central
    China. While 0en&ricks only %entions the% in +assin!, other ancient %anuscri+ts #ere also
    &iscovere&, inclu&in! the ol&est kno#n %anuscri+t o3 the 2-(hin#. The %anuscri+ts &ate 3ro%
    at least 1=C B.$.;. 71e3ore +resent era8, #hich #as the &ate o3 the &eath o3 the no1le%an in
    #hose to%1 the scri+ts #ere &iscovere&.
    The &iscovere& %anuscri+ts &i33er si!ni3icantly 3ro% the later %anuscri+ts use& as a
    source 3or all +revious translations o3 the Tao-Te (hin#. This ne# translation shoul& 1e closer
    in content to the ori!inal sayin!s o3 the al%ost %ythical )ao-tAu, #ho is 1elieve& to have live&
    in the =th century B.$.;. ,n a li%ite& co%+arison, to this #riter the ne# translation see%s less
    recon&ite, closer to eE+lanatory +rose, an& easier to un&erstan& than translations 3ro%
    +revious %anuscri+ts. This ne# 3in& an& translation is &e3initely a very i%+ortant event 3or
    stu&ents o3 eastern +hiloso+hy, an& likely #ill %ake +revious translations 3ro% +revious
    %anuscri+ts su+er3luous. 7With %anuscri+ts co%in! 3ro% re3u!ees o3 Ti1et a3ter the Chinese
    takeover an& &estruction o3 Bu&&his% there, as #ell as 3ro% %any earlier 3in&s in the Go1i
    an& Takla%aka% Deserts, translators o3 eastern scri+ts have 3ar %or %aterial this century
    than they can %aster.8
    The Ma-#an!-tui %anuscri+ts have the t#o halves o3 the Tao-Te (hin# in reverse or&er
    3ro% current e&itions, an& so%e cha+ters also &i33er in or&er. 6s 0en&ricks #rites: 2The
    stan&ar& teEts o3 'ao-TEu are &ivi&e& into t#o +arts, cha+ters 1 throu!h 4B, #hich are
    so%eti%es calle& the Tao 7:the Way:8, an& cha+ters 4C throu!h C1, so%eti%es calle& Te
    7:Iirtue:8. The Ma-#an!-tui teEts do have the sa%e t#o-+art &ivision, 1ut in reverse or&er: the
    :Iirtue: +art +rece&in! :the Way.:2 Because o3 this reversal, 0en&ricks: translation is title& Te-
    Tao instea& o3 Tao-Te (hin#. ,t is thou!ht this reversal %ay 1e 3ro% so%ethin! so
    insi!ni3icant as a scri1e +ullin! the secon& !rou+ o3 cha+ters out o3 a 1oE ahea& o3 the 3irst.
    G. &e $urucker hol&s 7The Esoteric Tradition, BC-BF8 that )ao-tAu #as an e%issary o3 the
    )o&!e an& likely an incarnation o3
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    Maha-Iishnu, or an avatara. ,t is si!ni3icant that a Theoso+hical &octrine is that certain ti%e
    +erio&s in the cyclic nature o3 thin!s are 1est 3or the s+rea& o3 elevatin! i&eas, an& that )ao-
    tAu is hel& to have live& in the sa%e ti%e +erio& as all Bu&&ha, *hankara, an& $ytha!oras, or
    <GG-=GG B.$.;. Blavatsky hol&s that the earliest )ao-tAu teEts an& co%%entaries #ere
    +ur+osively re%ove& 3ro% +u1lic access 1y initiates in Taois%, likely 1ecause o3 &an!ers
    containe& in the unveile& &octrines. 7*D ,, +. EEvi8 7*ee also ,verson 0arris:s The )isdom of
    'aotse +u1lishe& 1y $t. )o%a an& availa1le 3ro% 7roto#onos 3or R1.4G.8
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    01TT1RS
    9!""ts)'8s 9%//&is+ "n/ 9es"nt8s Hin/%is+5
    ... Tho%as:s Book 7Theosophy ,s$ 1eo-Theosophy8 also recalle& to %in& that there
    #as a !reat &is+arity 1et#een the attitu&e to#ar&s Bu&&his% on the +art o3 0$B an& the
    Mahat%as, an& 6nnie Besant:s 0in&uis%: ne o3 the 3irst &escri+tions o3 this &iver!ence
    a++ears in 6lvin Boy& ?uhn:s Theosophy 7"D, 1F4G, 0enry 0olt K Co., +. 41(8. ?uhn 1rin!s it
    u+ as a causal 3actor in the so-calle& 25u&!e Case.2 so%e o3 the relevant citations alon!
    these lines #oul& inclu&e the 3ollo#in!: 2Bu&&his%, stri++e& o3 its su+erstitions, is eternal
    truth... even eEoteric Bu&&his% is the surest +ath to lea& %en to#ar& the one esoteric truth.2
    7++. 4, <-= in 'etters 4rom the Masters of the )isdom ...First *eries... - a Huote 3ro% the
    Maha Chohan:s letter to 6.$. *innett, via ?.0.8 2For #hile in other reli!ions ritualis% an&
    &o!%a hol& the 3irst an& %ost i%+ortant +lace, in Bu&&his% it is the ethics #hich have al#ays
    1een the %ost insiste& u+on. This accounts 3or the rese%1lance, a%ountin! al%ost to
    i&entity, 1et#een the ethics o3 Theoso+hy an& those o3 the reli!ion o3 Bu&&ha.2 2But ho#
    %uch !ran&er an& %ore no1le, %ore +hiloso+hical an& scienti3ic, even in its &ea&-letter, is this
    teachin! than that o3 any other church or reli!ion. Det Theoso+hy is not Bu&&his%2 761ove
    1oth 3ro% Cey to Theosophy, ++. 19-1<, 1y 0$B, 1CCF 3acsi%ile e&ition, )os 6n!eles, 1FCB,
    Theoso+hy Co.8
    These shoul& 1e co%+are& #ith 6nnie Besant:s +ronounce%ents: 2The 0in&u -eli!ion
    is the 3irst 1orn &au!hter o3 the 6ncient Brah%a Ii&ya an& its least i%+er3ect re+resentative.2
    7Fro% +. 9= o3 The 'ast 4our 'i*es of Annie 5esant 1y 6rthur "ethercott, Chica!o, 1F=4, /n.
    o3 Chica!o $ress. "ethercott is Huotin! 6B 3ro% the 2ndian Mirror.8 2To %ysel3, +ersonally,
    0in&uis%, the ol&est reli!ion o3 our 3i3th race, is the %ost satis3yin! eE+osition o3 the Wis&o%,
    the %other o3 all reli!ions, +ro1a1ly 1ecause , have 1een 1orn thereinto so %any ti%es, an&
    3eel %ost :at ho%e: therein.2 7Fro% The Theosophist, 1F1(, +. (CB, Huote& in Mrs$ 5esant
    and the 7resent (risis in the Theosophical %ociety, 1y ;u!ene )e:vy, )on&on, 1F14, 0.5.
    0e!e#oo&-*%ith, +. 1=8....
    - C. $.
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    *u1scri+tion to Pr"t"+"("- is 3ree o3 char!e an& costs are su++orte& in +art 1y
    contri1ution. ;&itor: Mark 5aHua
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    PROTOGONOS
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    CONT1NTS: Thou!hts on the *u1-Conscious Min& - $lu%%er; The Gulls 7verse8 - )eGros;
    The $oet - ;%erson; ,&eas; Mastery 7verse8 - Teas&ale
    ???????????????????
    T&o%g&ts on t&e S%(.Cons#io%s 2in/
    - )aFayette $lu%%er
    Whenever Theoso+hists &iscuss the so-calle& su1-conscious %in&, they are #ell a#are
    that their i&eas &i33er !reatly 3ro% those hel& 1y %o&ern +sycholo!ists. Uo3.V The states or
    con&itions o3 %an 1ein! co%+ose& o3 co%+leEes throu!hout; also that the soul o3 %an eEists
    as a s+eculation only. ,n 3act, %an is hel& to 1e the result o3 circu%stances, so%e o3 #hich
    ten& to &evelo+ characteristics, an& others o3 #hich &evelo+ inhi1itions. Because too %any
    3actors are overlooke&, #e have at 1est a haAy i&ea o3 #hat %an really is, an& none #hatever
    as to #hat he #as 1e3ore co%in! to earth, nor #hat he #ill 1e a3ter he leaves it.
    Dou #ill so%eti%es hear a Theoso+hist say that the ter% :su1-conscious: is a convenient
    na%e 3or so%ethin! a1out #hich al%ost nothin! is kno#n. This state%ent #ill 1e 1orne out in
    &ue course o3 ti%e, thou!h #e a!ree that t#o other ter%s use& to&ay, the :su1-li%inal: an& the
    :su+er-li%inal: !ive one to un&erstan& at least that there are states o3 consciousness a1ove as
    #ell as 1elo# that o3 the nor%al #akin! state, centere& in #hat #e call the %in&.
    But #hat has Theoso+hy to say concernin! the :su1-conscious: %in&. ,t says nothin!
    #ithout 3irst layin! a 3oun&ation o3 kno#le&!e as to the ori!in o3 %an, an& 3urther, as to his
    true nature, the 3ull un&erstan&in! o3 #hich %ay 1e ha& only #hen his ori!in an& &estiny are
    kno#n. Then the #ay is clear 3or teachin!s a1out any +articular, as, in this instance, the
    su1conscious %in&.
    To 1e!in at the 1e!innin!, then, %an %ust 1e un&erstoo& as 1ein! a cos%ic +il!ri% #ho
    ori!inate& in 7an& never le3t8 the Boun&less. ,n the 1e!innin! o3 his evolution he #as a li3e-
    ato%, o3 #hich there are at all ti%es uncounte& %illions 3illin! the s+aces. These li3e-ato%s
    are thou!hts, &ivine thou!ht, i3 you #ill, an& are the 1uil&in! 1locks o3 #hich the 3ra%e#ork o3
    the universe is 1uilt. *uch a 1uil&in! 1lock #as %an, #ith an uns+eaka1ly !ran& 3uture 1e3ore
    hi%. ,3 you #oul& 3or% a %ental +icture o3 a li3e-ato%, you are to think o3 it not so %uch as
    so%ethin! co%+ose& o3 %atter, like the ato% o3 science, 1ut as a 3ocus o3 eEhaustless
    ener!y, alto!ether #ithout siAe, sha+e, or 3iEe& +osition. But #ithin it are +otentialities !alore,
    an&
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    its #hole !ro#th 3ro% then on &e+en&s u+on its a1ility to turn its +otential ener!ies into kinetic
    s+iritual ener!ies. This is the #ork o3 evolution, an& it slo#ly learns ho# to use its natural
    +o#ers, an& in %ani3estin! the%, to :1uil& %ore stately %ansions,: until at last you have the
    #on&er o3 #on&ers, M6". But the story is not yet tol&. ,t is i%+ossi1le in a +a+er like this to
    trace his evolutionary course throu!h the various sta!es o3 cos%ic li3e, 1ut it shoul& 1e 1orne
    in %in& that at all ti%es he #as +otentially a !o&, an& the hu%an sta!e in #hich he no# 3in&s
    hi%sel3 is 1ut one o3 the %eans he e%+loys #here1y he %ay realiAe an& %ake use o3 his
    !o&-like +o#ers. 0o# coul& he 1e a +otential !o& unless !o&s #ere a reality. 0e coul& not,
    an& in this 3act you have the keynote o3 this thesis. ,n or&er to un&erstan& %an, the !o&s
    the%selves %ust 1e stu&ie&. They are Divine Bein!s #ho are such 1ecause they have
    succee&e& #ith relative 3ulness in 1rin!in! 3orth into +lay an& active use that eEhaustless
    3ountain o3 s+iritual ener!y o3 #hich the li3e-ato% #as once the 3ocus.
    "o#, there are t#o kin&s o3 !o&s, inner !o&s, an& outer !o&s. The 3ountain o3 ener!y
    locke& u+ #ithin the heart o3 a li3e-ato%, a +lant, a 1east, or a %an is an inner !o&. 6s these
    sa%e ener!ies +ass 3ro% the inner or un%ani3este& real%s into the %ani3este&, they 1eco%e
    the o1>ective %ani3estation o3 a !o&, an& you have an outer !o&. 1viously the +uny 1o&y o3
    a %an is insu33icient to enshrine the holy 3la%e o3 a !o&; a 1o&y %ore a++ro+riate %ust 1e
    3oun&, an& the !o&s are eHual to the task. They 1uil& shinin! 1o&ies o3 solar ener!y, they are
    the suns. But even this is not the en&. There are still una#akene& +o#ers #ithin the%selves,
    inner su+er-!o&s, their 1o&ies are the !alaEies the%selves. 6ctually, there can 1e no har&
    an& 3ast &elineation 1et#een that #hich is inner an& that #hich is outer. Both are relative, as
    #e shall 3in& shortly.
    There is no such thin! as an entity eEistin! on one +lane alone. Because all thin!s are
    co%+osite, the various ele%ents or su1stances 3or%in! thin!s are &erivative o3 the various
    +lanes o3 consciousness. For instance, %y +hysical ato%s are &erive& 3ro% this +hysical
    earth, the astral ato%s 3or%in! %y astral 1o&y are &erive& 3ro% the astral +lane, else they
    #oul& not 1e astral ato%s; the s+iritual ato%s 3or%in! in their a!!re!ate the vehicle o3 %y
    s+iritual 3orces, or Bu&&hic +rinci+le, ori!inate& in the s+iritual +lane, an& so on throu!h the
    entire constitution. Moreover, 3ro% %y vie#+oint, %y s+iritual an& &ivine :+rinci+les: are the
    inner +art o3 %y constitution, an& %y vital-astral-+hysical nature is the outer +art o3 %ysel3.
    That +ortion o3 %y constitution #herein %y consciousness is centere&, in other #or&s %y
    %in&, is neither inner nor outer. ,3 , #ere a1le to center %y consciousness in the s+iritual
    +ortion o3 %y 1ein!, %y %in&, as #ell as all that , no# reco!nise as outer #oul& 1e eEterior to
    %e, an& %y s+iritual nature #oul& 1e neither inner nor outer, thou!h %y Divine *el3 #oul& still
    1e inner. *o, this Huestion o3 the inner an& outer is a %atter o3 relativity, as are all so-calle&
    o++osites. ,t see%s Huite reason-
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    a1le to consi&er the :su1conscious: as 1ein! the inner, as contraste& #ith the outer. 6n&
    1ecause the +o#ers an& 3aculties %ani3este& in the outer +art o3 our constitution are #ell-ni!h
    insi!ni3icant co%+are& #ith those latent or +artially active in the inner reaches o3 ourselves,
    #e 3in& that, %uch to our astonish%ent, +eo+le #ho throu!h unusual circu%stances !o into
    trances so%eti%es !ive evi&ence o3 havin! kno#le&!e that 3ar transcen&s anythin! they have
    learne& in 1ooks, 3or they have te%+orarily ta++e& the reservoirs o3 the :su1-conscious.:
    When #e realiAe that this is in reality the inner *el3, #e see at once ho# utterly ina++ro+riate
    is this ter% :su1-conscious,: 3or it tells us nothin!.
    )et us no# a++ly this +hiloso+hy on a !ran& scale. ,t #as o1serve& that the ato%s o3
    #hich our constitutions are co%+ose& are &erive& 3ro% the various +lanes o3 consciousness.
    )et us not !et the erroneous i&ea, ho#ever, that the universe eEists 3or nothin! %ore than the
    1uil&in! o3 the +rinci+les o3 %an. ,%+ortant as this +rocess un&ou1te&ly is, it is %erely
    inci&ental to the real activities that !o on on these inner +lanes. 6ctually, these +lanes o3
    consciousness are the +rinci+les 3or%in! the constitution, inner an& outer, o3 a cos%ic 1ein!,
    so ine33a1ly !ran& that it is utterly 1eyon& our 3ee1le +o#ers to &e3ine it. 6n& all the hosts o3
    1ein!s #ho &ra# their li3e 3ro% the li3e o3 the Cos%os are %erely ato%s, 1uil&in!-1locks i3 you
    like, o3 #hich these cos%ic +rinci+les are co%+ose&. Think o3 itP 6s you sit at your &esk, a
    3ully conscious %an, usin! your +hysical an& intellectual +o#ers, thinkin! your thou!hts,
    utterin! your #or&s, you are actually in the core o3 your 1ein! a +art o3 the inner constitution -
    or +ossi1ly outer - o3 so%e &ivine 1ein!. *i%ilarly, a +ortion o3 your inner nature %ay 1e the
    outer universe 3ro% the stan&+oint o3 the in3initesi%al lives co%+osin! your inner *el3.
    Why is it that #e are una1le to &e3ine the nature o3 this Cos%ic Bein!. ,n +art 1ecause it
    is so !ran&iose, so su+ernal in essence, that #or&s #oul& utterly 3ail us, even i3 #e &i&
    intuitively catch so%e a&u%1ration as to its true nature. 6 %ore co%+lete ans#er #oul& 1e
    that there are &e+art%ents o3 its li3e that &o not lie #ithin the s+here o3 our un&erstan&in!. 6ll
    1ein!s have t#o as+ects o3 their lives, the voluntary an& the involuntary, or auto%atic. The
    %ost o1vious +ortion o3 our o#n lives is the voluntary, an& it is only 1y stu&y an& o1servation
    that #e %ay 3ollo# the intricate #orkin!s o3 our auto%atic li3e-+rocesses, such as 1reathin!,
    heart-1eat, an& &i!estion. 5ust the reverse is the case, ho#ever, #ith the universe, an&
    +articularly #ith the *olar *yste%. The as+ect that #e contact is the auto%atic, an& 3in& it
    utterly i%+ossi1le to receive even the re%otest i%+ressions o3 the volitional #ill o3 the Cos%ic
    Bein! o3 #hose inner nature #e are a +art. ,n other #or&s, #hat #e see as the +heno%ena o3
    nature, the %otions o3 the heavenly 1o&ies, #eather an& cli%atic chan!es an& the like, are
    si%+ly %ani3estations o3 the auto%atic #ill o3 the Cos%ic Bein! #hose i%1o&i%ent is the
    universe. ,t is not to 1e thou!ht that
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    #e are s+eakin! o3 a +ersonal Go&, 3or i3 #e consi&er it as +ersonal, #e %erely invent
    attri1utes an& attach the% to a 1ein! #hich con3esse&ly #e are una1le to un&erstan&.
    Moreover, #e are sa3e 3ro% the li%ite& vie# #hen #e re3lect that Theoso+hy +ostulates no
    !o& so hi!h that there is none hi!her. This Cos%ic Bein! o3 #hich #e are s+eakin! is 1ut one
    o3 %any, each %ani3estin! as a universe, an& these are le!ion. "o# the natural la#s #hich
    +revail in any !iven universe are %erely the #orkin!s o3 the auto%atic as+ect o3 that universal
    consciousness.
    6 %aster o3 li3e is one #ho is a1le, not only to &ra# u+on his o#n resources, inner an&
    outer, 1ut #ho can, throu!h the %e&iu% o3 his o#n inner constitution, contact the inner +lanes
    an& &ra# u+on the resources o3 the &ivine Bein! #hose :+rinci+les: are these :+lanes o3
    consciousness.: 6n& these resources are eEhaustless. The i&ea is not untena1le that sooner
    or later, #ith the constant e33ort an& !ro#th, the +o#ers o3 the initiate can 1eco%e so !reat
    that at last he attracts the attention o3 the &ivine Bein!, an& then ne# an& su+re%e initiations
    are in store 3or hi%. 0e then +asses out o3 the real%s o3 illusion, into the un%ani3este&, or
    su1>ective real%s, #hich, #hen entere& u+on, +rove to 1e reality itsel3, 3or he has contacte&
    the volitional as+ect o3 the li3e o3 the Divine Bein!.
    ,3 #e &erive nothin! else 3ro% the Cos%ic $hiloso+hy that is to&ay calle& Theoso+hy, #e
    are at least assure& that all that o3 #hich #e are a#are is +ractically nil as contraste& #ith that
    o3 #hich #e are entirely una#are; an& i3 #e reHuire lon! scienti3ic +hrases in or&er to
    3or%ulate the kno#n an& o1serve& la#s o3 nature, to try to cover the unkno#n 1y one si%+le
    #or&, sub-conscious, is si%+ly eva&in! the issue. The !reat +lea o3 the Wis&o%--eli!ion is
    :Man, ?no# thysel3.: /nli%ite& are the 3iel&s to 1e eE+lore&, en&less the ins+iration to 1e
    &erive& 3ro% the stu&y o3 the #is&o% that is as ol& as the a!es, yet so ne# to this %o&ern
    #orl&.
    U Fro% Theosophical 4orum, &ate unkno#n, a1out 1F4F V
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    TH1 GU00S
    , sa# the% in the col&, 1ri!ht #inter air;
    The lon!-#in!e& sea !ulls 3lyin!, ti++in! the #aves
    With their #hite #in!s; an& , thou!ht o3 Death an& , sai&:
    There is no Death in this, there is no Death
    To co%e. ,t is the ;ssence an& the *+irit
    3 That Which ,s, the Thou!ht in %e #hich kno#s,
    The 0an& in &arkness, *ilence, the Fla%e Blo#in!,
    The Juestion that is !iven, an& the 6ns#er
    /ns+oken in the Ioi&; an& then once %ore
    The #hiteness o3 their #in!s, 3lashin! an& 3allin!
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    ver the #aves, the 1lue an& 1rilliant air;
    6n& then a!ain the thou!ht: there is no Death
    ,n this, nor Ti%e, nor ;n&in!, nor Be!innin! --
    nly the Ceaseless Motion, the ;ternal
    $ulse in the Win&, the Fla%e invisi1le
    Blo#in! 3orever over the #aves, the Breath
    Beatin! in %e, the sea !ulls an& the #aves
    6!ain, an& yet a!ain . . . .
    - G. C. )eGros UFro% Messiah V
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    TH1 PO1T
    ....The thou!ht an& the 3or% are eHual in the or&er o3 ti%e, 1ut in the or&er o3 !enesis
    the thou!ht is +rior to the 3or%. The +oet has a ne# thou!ht; he has a #hole ne# eE+erience
    to un3ol&; he #ill tell us ho# it #as #ith hi%, an& all %en #ill 1e the richer in his 3ortune. For
    the eE+erience o3 each ne# a!e reHuires a ne# con3ession, an& the #orl& see%s al#ays
    #aitin! 3or its +oet. , re%e%1er, #hen , #as youn!, ho# %uch , #as %ove& one %ornin! 1y
    ti&in!s that !enius ha& a++eare& in a youth #ho sat near %e at ta1le. 0e ha& le3t his #ork,
    an& !one ra%1lin! none kne# #hither, an& ha& #ritten hun&re&s o3 lines, 1ut coul& not tell
    #hether that #hich #as in hi% #as therein tol&; he coul& tell nothin! 1ut that all #as chan!e&
    - %an, 1east, heaven, earth an& sea. 0o# !la&ly #e listene&P 0o# cre&ulousP *ociety
    see%e& to 1e co%+ro%ise&. We sat in the aurora o3 a sunrise #hich #as to +ut out all the
    stars. Boston see%e& to 1e at t#ice the &istance it ha& the ni!ht 1e3ore, or #as %uch 3arther
    than that. -o%e - #hat #as -o%e. $lutarch an& *hakes+eare #ere in yello# lea3, an&
    0o%er no %ore shoul& 1e hear& o3. ,t is %uch to kno# that +oetry has 1een #ritten this very
    &ay, un&er this very roo3, 1y your si&e. WhatP that #on&er3ul s+irit has not eE+ire&P These
    stony %o%ents are still s+arklin! ani%ate&P , ha& 3ancie& that the oracles #ere all silent, an&
    nature ha& s+ent her 3ires, an& 1ehol&P all ni!ht, 3ro% every +ore, these 3ine auroras have
    1een strea%in!. ;very one has so%e interest in the a&vent o3 the +oet, an& no one kno#s
    ho# %uch it %ay concern hi%. We kno# that the secret o3 the #orl& is +ro3oun&, 1ut #ho or
    #hat shall 1e our inter+reter, #e kno# not. 6 %ountain ra%1le, a ne# style o3 3ace, a ne#
    +erson, %ay +ut the key into our han&s.
    ... Man, never so o3ten &eceive&, still #atches 3or the arrival o3 a 1rother #ho can hol&
    hi% stea&y to a truth, until he has %a&e it his o#n. With #hat >oy , 1e!in to rea& a +oe%,
    #hich , con3i&e in as an ins+irationP 6n& no# %y chains are to
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    1e 1roken; , shall %ount a1ove these clou&s an& o+aHue airs in #hich , live, - o+aHue,
    thou!h they see% trans+arent, - an& 3ro% the heaven o3 truth , shall see an& co%+rehen& %y
    relations. That #ill reconcile %e to li3e, an& renovate nature, to see tri3les ani%ate& 1y a
    ten&ency, an& to kno# #hat , a% &oin!. )i3e #ill no %ore 1e a noise; no# , shall see %en
    an& #o%en, an& kno# the si!ns 1y #hich they %ay 1e &iscerne& 3ro% 3ools an& satans. This
    &ay shall 1e 1etter than %y 1irth&ay; then , 1eca%e an ani%al: no# , a% invite& into the
    science o3 the real.. *uch is the ho+e, 1ut the 3ruition is +ost+one&. 3tener it 3alls that this
    #in!e& %an, #ho #ill carry %e into the heaven, #hirls %e into %ists, then lea+s an& 3risks
    a1out #ith %e as it #ere 3ro% clou& to clou&, still a33ir%in! that he is 1oun& heaven#ar&; an&
    ,, 1ein! %ysel3 a novice, a% slo# in +erceivin! that he &oes not kno# the #ay into the
    heavens, an& is %erely 1ent that , shoul& a&%ire his skill to rise, like a 3o#l or a 3lyin!-3ish, a
    little #ay 3ro% the !roun& or the #ater; 1ut the all-+iercin!, all-3ee&in!, an& ocular air o3
    heaven, that %an shall never inha1it. , tu%1le &o#n a!ain soon into %y ol& nooks, an& lea&
    the li3e o3 eEa!!erations as 1e3ore, an& have lost %y 3aith in the +ossi1ility o3 any !ui&e #ho
    can lea& %e thither #here , #oul& 1e. . . .
    - -al+h Wal&o ;%erson
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    ID1AS
    0ar1orin! ill-3eelin! is a soul-+oison as surely as +hysically any +ro!ressive +oisonin! o3
    the 1o&y. UBut then a!ain, i3 the ill-3eelin!s are the result o3 a >ust a++raisal, then it is a lie not
    to have ill-3eelin!s, al1eit, +erha+s #ith as %uch &etach%ent as +ossi1le. - M.5. 1GSFFV
    *incerity in 1elie3 has no #ei!ht in scalin! #hat is true.
    $ersonal +o#er %ay 1e an in&ication o3 #ill, earthly #is&o%, an& #hatever creates
    +o#er, 1ut is no !uarantee or has no correlation #ith s+irituality or s+iritual #is&o%.
    $hysical health or 1eauty has no necessary correlation at all #ith s+iritual level o3 1ein!.
    ,t has only to &o #ith the kar%a o3 the +hysical level. 75u&!e hol&s that #e have three
    se+arate an& %ostly &istinct levels o3 kar%a.8 $hysical 1eauty can co%e to the hu%an in the
    sa%e %anner as to a 1eauti3ul horse or ti!er - a si%+le 1ein! in har%ony #ith nature. 6lso, i3
    a +erson:s attention is &evote& solely to the %aterial level, the skan&has #oul& &evelo+ alon!
    this &irection - +erha+s 3ul3illin! the &esire 3or +hysical 1eauty - an& so %i!ht in&icate a very
    %aterialistic +erson kar%a-#ise.
    --- B
    The +ersonal e!o is your s+iritual ene%y an& its 3eelin! o3 2>ustice2 has no s#ay in
    "ature:s court, or #hat really is >ust 3ro% a 1i!!er +ers+ective 7althou!h #e:re tol& 3or #hat
    see%s 3ro% the +ersonality:s vie# un>ust, #e receive so%e reco%+ense 3or in 3e*achan$8
    0u%ility or 21ein! as nothin!2 is a s+iritual value, 1ut too %uch hu%ility is a sin a!ainst the
    0i!her *el3 - as 5u&!e says so%e#here - as you are a !o& at your core as %uch as the neEt
    +erson. $ara&oE see%s to +er%eate everythin!. Bein! a +hony is also an occult or
    +sycholo!ical sin. ,n the Mahatma 'etters 7# 4G, T./.$.8 it is state& that #hile an!er, 3or
    instance, %ay not 1e !oo&, 1ein! a +honey a1out it is #orse. To a +oint, i3 one is o3 that ty+e,
    an!er see%s to have an inte!rative a33ect on the +sycholo!y, 1ut it also, #e are tol& has a
    ne!ative e33ect on the inner constitution. Bein! able to 1e &etache& a1out the %atter is
    +ro1a1ly involve& so%eho#. U:r even &etache& to a lar!e &e!ree 3ro% one:s o#n an!er, to
    1e centere& in the &ee+er level #here thin!s &on:t %atter. To not 3eel the ur!e to an!er %i!ht
    1e the hi!hest state, 1ut then even 6&e+ts 3eel an!er. To 3eel an!er at in>ustice is certainly a
    healthy reaction. - M.5. 1GSFFV 7n the other han&, Ao%1ies +ro1a1ly never 3eel an!er.8
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    2AST1R6

    , #oul& not have a !o& co%e in
    To shiel& %e su&&enly 3ro% sin,
    6n& set %y house o3 li3e to ri!hts;
    "or an!els #ith 1ri!ht 1urnin! #in!s
    r&erin! %y earthly thou!hts an& thin!s;
    -ather %y o#n 3rail !utterin! li!hts
    Win& 1lo#n an& nearly 1eaten out;
    -ather the terror o3 the ni!hts
    6n& lon!, sick !ro+in! a3ter &ou1t:
    -ather 1e lost than let %y soul
    *li+ va!uely 3ro% %y o#n control -
    3 %y o#n s+irit let %e 1e
    ,n sole thou!h 3ee1le %astery.
    - *ara Teas&ale
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    CONT1NTS5 Ti1etan Doctrine o3 Tulku - $urucker; 5u&!e Huotes; To Dissi+ate the *ha&o#
    - Machell; *tri++e& o3 *urroun&in!s
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    TH1 TI91TAN DOCTRIN1 O4 TU0:U
    - G. &e $urucker
    , #ant to %ake a 3e# 1rie3 re%arks on an i%+ortant +oint an& a very 1eauti3ul one. ,t
    has to &o #ith the teachin! o3 the Mahayana Bu&&his% o3 Ti1et, #hich is also eEactly our o#n
    teachin!, hinte& at 1y our 1elove& 0.$.B., 1ut not eE+laine& 1ecause the ti%es #ere not ri+e
    3or eE+lanation #hen she #rote.
    ,t is a very &i33icult, hi!hly %ystical an& su1tle &octrine an& 3or that reason 3ille& 3ull #ith
    1eauty an& richness. ,t is the &octrine o3 #hat the Ti1etans call Tulku, an& is 1elieve& in 1y
    every Ti1etan #hether e&ucate& or not. Ma&a%e Davi&-"eel, a convert to the Mahayana
    Bu&&his% o3 Ti1et, s+eaks o3 tulkus an& tries #ith !reat earnestness an& sincerity to eE+lain
    >ust #hat they are; 1ut she has not !ot the key, the heart o3 it. *he says a Tulku is an
    a++arition, that it is a kin& o3 s+iritual a++earance #hich so%eti%es %akes it %ani3estation
    a%on! %en; 1ut it is evi&ent that she &oes not !et the real i&ea. When , recently rea& 7eas
    and 'amas 1y Marco $allis, it +lease& %e so !reatly 1ecause the author tries so har& to
    un&erstan& this Ti1etan teachin!, an& s+eaks o3 it %uch %ore accurately, sayin! that a Tulku
    is an incarnation. This is closer to the truth.
    "o# #hat is a Tulku. Tulkus can 1e o3 %any kin&s, accor&in! to Ti1etan teachin!.
    The tulku-&octrine is in 3act a !eneraliAe& state%ent o3 our &octrine o3 6vataras. For instance
    there are the so-calle& livin! Bu&&has in Ti1et. The Ti1etans &o not call the% that; that is
    #hat ;uro+eans call the%; 1ut the Ti1etans say that there is the trans%ission o3 a s+iritual
    +o#er or ener!y 3ro% one !ran& a11ot o3 a Ti1etan %onastery #hen he &ies to a chil&
    successor or an a&ult successor. "o# i3 this trans%ission is success3ul, the one #ho receives
    the trans%ission is tulku. 0e is the avatara o3 the s+iritual essence or e!o or ray 3ro% the
    +revious !ran& a11ot o3 the %onastery. That is one kin& o3 tulku.
    6nother kin& o3 tulku is an instance #here a hu%an Mahat%an or !reat 6&e+t #ill sen& a
    ray 3ro% hi%sel3, or sen& a +art o3 hi%sel3, to take incarnation or i%1o&i%ent, it %ay 1e only
    te%+orary, it %ay 1e al%ost 3or a li3eti%e, in an envoy that this Mahat%an is sen&in! out into
    the #orl& to teach. 0.$.B. #as such a tulku; she i%1o&ie& 3reHuently the very li3e an& e!oity
    o3 her o#n Teacher. While this incarnation o3 the Teacher:s
    --- (
    hi!her essence laste&, she #as tulku. When the in3luence 3ro% the ray #as #ith&ra#n, tulku
    sto++e&.
    *o%e ti%e a!o, , think it #as t#o or 3our #eeks a!o, , %a&e a state%ent in ans#er to a
    Huestion aske& o3 %e, that 0.$.B. ha& not incarnate&, an& , re+eat that no#. *he has le3t the
    &evachan, 1ut has not incarnate&. But in another +lace - an& , #as &eli!hte& to !et this
    in3or%ation 3ro% one #ho ha& hear& the state%ent, sho#in! ho# care3ully our teachin!s are
    stu&ie& - in another +lace a1out 1F4G , state& that 0.$.B. ha& le3t her short &evachan an& #as
    then in 1o&y; 1ut , very +ointe&ly re%arke&, #hether a chil&:s 1o&y or an a&ult 1o&y it is not
    3or %e here to say. , #as aske& to eE+lain this a++arent contra&iction.
    "o# this #as %y %eanin!, an& , ha& 1etter eE+lain it as , &i& to one #ho aske& the
    Huestion. 0.$.B. has not incarnate&, that is, she has not incarnate& as you have. *he has
    not yet 1een 1orn as a chil&. But she has at certain ti%es, an& 3or one certain in&ivi&ual, #ith
    that in&ivi&ual:s consent, or!aniAe& as it #ere tulku 3or that in&ivi&ual. Do you un&erstan&
    #hat , a% tryin! to say. *o 3or the ti%e 1ein! #e can say that 0.$.B. is i%1o&ie&, or +artially
    i%1o&ie&, in that chosen in&ivi&ual:s 1ein! 3or the +ur+ose o3 s+ecial trans%ission. That is
    another kin& o3 tulku.
    , have thus !iven you eEa%+les o3 three kin&s o3 tulku. Dou notice in all cases they are
    incarnations or a++earances. ,3 0.$.B. 3or instance #ere to - #ell, take the Chair%an here
    7turnin! to the +resi&in! o33icer,8 %ake a tulku o3 hi% 3or a %onth or a year, 3or the ti%e 1ein!
    he #oul& 1e tulku; 1ut #hen that +articular #ork #as &one, the in3luence #oul& 1e #ith&ra#n,
    tulku #oul& sto+. ,t is a kin& o3 avatara, a kin& o3 incarnation. Dou %ay think this is very
    %ysterious an& very #on&er3ul, 1ut to +eo+le #ho kno# a1out these thin!s it is all very
    reasona1le. Do you realiAe that every clever hy+notist %akes a tulku o3 his victi% in a 1lack
    %a!ic sense. When a hy+notist +uts an i&ea into the 1rain o3 his victi% that one #eek 3ro%
    no#, at three o:clock in the a3ternoon the su1>ect is !oin! to co%%it %ur&er, or !oin! to >u%+
    o33 a cli33, or !oin! into the 5ones:s house to steal a Christ%as +u&&in! in the lar&er, 3or the
    ti%e 1ein! that hy+notist is #orkin! a 1lack %a!ic tulku on that victi%, an& every +sycholo!ist
    hy+notist to&ay kno# this. Det s+eak to hi% o3 tulku an& he #ill lau!h. 0e is i!norant. The
    #ise %an has learne& not to lau!h until he kno#s.
    But , #ant to +oint out as %y 3inal #or& 1e3ore , close, that this &octrine o3 the tulku has a
    si&e to it #hich is eEtre%ely su1li%e an& 1eauti3ul, outsi&e o3 the +ractical issues concerne&.
    For instance, 5esus the 6vatara #as a li3e-lon! tulku, a ray 3ro% the &ivinity, a tulku o3 that
    &ivinity so 3ar as that ray !oes, an incarnation o3 that &ivinity. The Bu&&ha hi%sel3 -
    *akya%uni *i&&hartha o3ten calle& Bu&&ha Gauta%a - #as also a tulku, 1ut a tulku o3 his o#n
    inner !o&. The avera!e %an is %erely oversha&o#e& occasionally; the li!ht !ets throu!h i3
    he really as+ires, an& he !ets a touch o3 the &ivine 3la%e. But #hen Gauta%a, later calle& the
    Bu&&ha,
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    attaine& Bu&&hahoo&, he #as in3ille& #ith his o#n !o&, he &as that #od?s human tulu. That
    #as 3or hi% "irvana. To s+eak very technically, he entere& Dhar%akaya, an& #as kno#n o3
    %en no %ore. ,n other #or&s he #as a %an 1eco%e &iviniAe&, %a&e &ivine. Dour o#n
    rea&in! #ill !ive you instances o3 other cases o3 tulku.
    *o you see #hat a tulku is. ,t is, as Ma&a%e Davi&-"eel sai&, an a++arition, yes,
    a++earance yes; 1ut these #or&s are not su33iciently &escri+tive. ,t is an i%1o&i%ent o3 a
    s+irit or a s+iritual 1ein! or entity, 3or a s+eci3ic or !eneral o1>ective. 6 !oo& eEa%+le o3 1lack
    %a!ic tulku #as #hat the %e&ieval ;uro+eans use& to call #ere-#olves or %en-#olves, an&
    there1y han!eth a #on&rous tale. But that #as 1lack %a!ic.
    7The 61ove re%arks at a %eetin! o3 the 0ea&Huarters )o&!e, 5uly 19, 1F9G, are here
    +rinte& as Dr. &e $urucker !ave the%. 0e e&ite& the sa%e teEt 3or inclusion in his
    ;ncyclo+e&ic Glossary, an& this latter %ore 3or%al e&ition #ill a++ear in one o3 the volu%es o3
    his collecte& #ritin!s no# in +re+aration; 1ut it #as thou!ht rea&ers #oul& en>oy here the
    in3or%ality o3 his 3irst #or&s. U- ;&s. Theosophical 4orumV8
    UFro% Theosophical 4orum, March, 1F99, inclu&in! the annotation at the en& o3 the
    article. For an eEtre%ely interestin! article on $urucker hi%sel3 as a tulku, see $urucker:s
    o#n &escri+tion in The >i#h (ountry Theosophist, 5uly, 1FF1. 719G *outh 44r& *treet,
    Boul&er, Colora&o CG4G48 ;&itor -ichar& *lusser #ill likely su++ly a co+y on reHuest.V
    ''''''''''''''
    "e# 0aven, Conn. - The D"!"i 0"+" sai& yester&ay he #ill try to return to his native Ti1et
    as soon as +ossi1le to ur!e his +eo+le to re%ain +atient an& nonviolent in their Huest 3or sel3-
    rule.
    2,nsi&e Ti1et, thin!s are !ettin! really #orse. There is a lot o3 torture an& a lot o3
    re+ression,2 he tol& a ne#s con3erence at Dale /niversity.
    2,3 , can !o there an& ai&e %y +eo+le, , %ay 1e a1le to sto+ it,2 he sai&. 7 The 5lade,
    1GS1GSF18
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    4RO2 ;UDG18S ECHOES FROM THE ORIENT.
    2...civiliAation o3 to&ay, an& es+ecially o3 the /nite& *tates, is an atte%+t to accentuate
    an& !lori3y the in&ivi&ual. The o3t-re+eate& &eclaration that any 1orn citiAen %ay as+ire to
    occu+y the hi!hest o33ice in the !i3t o3 the nation is +roo3 o3 this, an& the Mahat%as #ho !uar&
    the truth throu!h the a!es #hile nations are &ecayin!, assert that the reaction is sure to co%e
    in a rela+se into the #orst 3or%s o3 anarchy. The only #ay to +revent such a rela+se is 3or
    %an to really +ractice the /niversal Brotherhoo& they are #illin! to acce+t #ith ton!ue.2
    26s the earth s#ee+s aroun& the sun, it not only +asses throu!h ne# +laces in its or1it,
    1ut, &ra!!e& as it is 1y the sun throu!h his !reater or1it, involvin! %illions o3 %illions o3 years,
    it %ust in that lar!er circle enter u+on ne# 3iel&s in s+ace an& un+rece&ente& con&itions.
    0ence the 6&e+ts !o 3arther yet an& state that, as the +heno%ena +resente& 1y %atter to&ay
    are &i33erent 3ro% those +resente& a %illion years a!o, so %atter #ill in another %illion o3
    years sho# &i33erent +heno%ena still. ,n&ee&, i3 #e coul& translate our si!ht to that ti%e, 3ar
    1ack in the +ast o3 our !lo1e, #e coul& see con&itions an& +heno%ena o3 the %aterial #orl&
    so &i33erent 3ro% those no# surroun&in! us that it #oul& 1e al%ost i%+ossi1le to 1elieve #e
    ha& ever 1een in such a state as that then +revailin!.2
    26&e+ts an& Mahat%as are not a %iraculous !ro#th, nor the sel3ish successors o3 so%e
    #ho, acci&entally stu%1lin! u+on so%e !reat truths, trans%itte& the% to a&herents un&er
    +atent ri!hts. They are hu%an 1ein!s traine&, &evelo+e&, cultivate& throu!h not only a li3e
    1ut lon! series o3 lives, al#ays un&er evolutionary la#s an& Huite in accor& #ith #hat #e see
    a%on! %en o3 the #orl& or o3 science. 5ust as a Tyn&all 7!reat 1Fth century scientist - ;&.8 is
    !reater than a sava!e, thou!h still a %an, so is the Mahat%a, not ceasin! to 1e hu%an, still
    !reater than a Tyn&all. The Mahat%a-6&e+t is a natural !ro#th, an& not +ro&uce& 1y any
    %iracle; the +rocess 1y #hich he so 1eco%es %ay 1e to us an un3a%iliar one, 1ut it is in the
    strict or&er o3 nature. ...7these 6&e+ts have8 #ritten %any an i%+ortant line u+on the +a!e o3
    hu%an li3e, not only as rei!nin! in visi1le sha+e, 1ut &o#n to the very latest &ates #hen, as
    3or %any a lon! century 1e3ore, they &i& their #ork 1ehin& the scenes. To 1e %ore eE+licit,
    theses #on&er3ul men have s#aye& the &estiny o3 nations an& are sha+in! events to&ay.2
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    26%on! the 6&e+ts, the rise an& 3all o3 nations an& civiliAations are su1>ects #hich are
    stu&ie& un&er the !reat cyclic %ove%ents. They hol& that there is an in&issolu1le connection
    1et#een %an an& every event that takes +lace on this !lo1e, not only the or&inary chan!es in
    +olitics an& social li3e, 1ut all the ha++enin!s in the %ineral, ve!eta1le an& ani%al kin!&o%s.
    The chan!es in the seasons are 3or an& throu!h %an; the !reat u+heavals o3 continents, the
    %ove%ents o3 i%%ense !laciers, the terri3ic eru+tions o3 volcanoes, or the su&&en
    over3lo#in!s o3 !reat rivers, are all 3or an& throu!h %an, #hether he 1e conscious o3 it, or
    +resent, or a1sent. 6n& they tell o3 !reat chan!es in the inclination o3 the aEis o3 the earth,
    +ast an& to co%e, all &ue to %an.2
    2...The sa%e la# that &ecrees that the 3rien&s an& the relatives #ho are like unto each
    other %ust incarnate to!ether, until 1y reason o3 &i33erentiation o3 character they cannot un&er
    any la# o3 attraction re%ain in co%+any. "ot unless an& until they 1eco%e &i33erent &o they
    se+arate 3ro% each other.2
    2Men like co%+anionshi+, an& cannot #ith ease conte%+late the +ossi1ility o3 1ein! le3t
    alto!ether to the%selves. *o, instea& o3 1ein! constantly in the co%+any o3 a lo&!e o3 3ello#-
    a++rentices, as is the case in the usual #orl&ly secret society, he is 3orce& to see that, as he
    entere& the #orl& alone, he %ust learn to live there in the sa%e #ay, leavin! it as he ca%e,
    solely in his o#n co%+any. But this +ro&uces no sel3ishness, 1ecause, 1ein! acco%+lishe&
    1y constant %e&itation u+on the unseen, the kno#le&!e is acHuire& that the loneliness 3elt is
    only in res+ect to the lo#er, +ersonal, #orl&ly sel3.2
    2...e*il deeds committed here on the obBecti*e plane could not &ith any scientific or
    moral propriety be punished on a plane &hich is purely subBecti*e... it #oul& 1e i%+ossi1le to
    re%ove the scene o3 co%+ensation 3ro% the very +lace #here the sin an& con3usion ha& 1een
    &one an& create&... ur &eserts are %ete& out to us #hile #e are associatin! in li3e #ith each
    other, an& not #hile #e are alone, nor in se+arateness. ,3 1ein! raise& to +o#er in a nation or
    1eco%in! +ossesse& o3 #ealth is calle& a re#ar&, it #oul& lose all value #ere there no +eo+le
    to !overn an& no associate& hu%an 1ein!s #ith an& u+on #ho% #e coul& s+en& our #ealth
    an& #ho %i!ht ai& us in satis3yin! our %ani3ol& &esire. 6n& so the la# o3 -eincarnation &ra!s
    us into li3e a!ain an& a!ain, 1rin! #ith us uncounte& ti%es the various ;!os #ho% #e have
    kno#n in +rior 1irths. This is in or&er that the ?ar%a - or causes - !enerate& in co%+any #ith
    those ;!os %ay 1e #orke& out, 3or to take us o33 se+arately into an unkno#n hell, there to
    receive so%e sort o3 +unish%ent, or into an i%+ossi1le serio-co%ic heaven to %eet out
    re#ar&, #oul& 1e as i%+ossi1le as un>ust.2
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    26nother class o3 ?ar%a is that #hich is hel& over an& not no# in o+eration 1ecause
    the %an &oes not 3urnish the a++ro+riate %eans 3or 1rin!in! it into action. This %ay 1e
    likene& to va+or hel& in sus+ension in the at%os+here an& not visi1le to the eye, 1ut #hich
    #ill 3all as rain u+on the earth the %o%ent con&itions are ri+e.2
    26%on! %ental a33lictions estee%e& as #orse than any 1o&ily hurt or loss is that
    ?ar%a 3ro% a +rece&in! li3e #hich results in o1scurity o3 such a character that there is a loss
    o3 all +o#er to conceive o3 the reality o3 *+irit or the eEistence o3 soul - that is, %aterialis%.2
    2...in Ti1uvana the a1stract an& 1enevolent thinkers a1sor1 the >oys o3 lo3ty thou!ht.
    The ortho&oE heaven has no such +roviso. ,t also i!nores the 3act that a settle& %onotony o3
    celestial eEistence #oul& eEhaust the soul - #oul& 1e sta!nation, not !ro#th. Devachanic li3e
    is &evelo+%ent o3 as+iration, +assin! throu!h the various sta!es o3 !estation, 1irth,
    cu%ulative !ro#th, &o#n#ar& %o%entu%, an& &e+arture to another con&ition, all roote& in
    >oy.2
    2The luke#ar% %an !oes neither to heaven nor hell. "ature s+e#s hi% out o3 her
    %outh. $ositive con&itions, o1>ective or su1>ective, are only reache& throu!h +ositive
    i%+ulsion. Devachanic &istri1ution is !overne& 1y the rulin! %otive o3 the soul. The hater
    %ay, 1y reaction, 1eco%e the lover, 1ut the in&i33erent have no +ro+ulsion, no !ro#th.2
    2*+irit is universal, in&ivisi1le, an& co%%on to all. ,n other #or&s, there are not %any
    s+irits, one 3or each %an, 1ut solely one s+irit #hich shines u+on all %en alike, 3in&in! as
    %any souls - rou!hly s+eakin! - as there are 1ein!s in the #orl&.2
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    D 76vaila1le 3or R1.GG +lus +ost 7=9 +a!es8 3ro%: The Theoso+hy Co%+any, (9< W.
    44r& *treet, )os 6n!eles, C6 FGGGB8
    '''''''''''''''

    9!""ts)'5
    2The curse is +ronounce&2 &oes not %ean, in this instance, that any +ersonal Bein!,
    !o&, or su+erior *+irit, +ronounce& it, 1ut si%+ly that the cause #hich coul& 1ut create 1a&
    results ha& 1een !enerate&, an& that the e33ects o3 a ?ar%ic curse coul& lea& the 2Bein!s2
    that counteracte& the la#s o3 nature, an& thus i%+e&e& her le!iti%ate +ro!ress, only to 1a&
    incarnations, hence to su33erin!.2
    - %ecret 3octrine ,, 1F4
    '''''''''''
    --- B
    TO DISSIPAT1 TH1 SHADOW
    - Monta!ue 6. Machell
    2...thou has to learn to +art thy 1o&y 3ro% thy %in&, to &issi+ate the sha&o#, an& to live in
    the eternal. For this, thou hast to live an& 1reathe in all, as all thou +erceivest 1reathes in
    thee; to 3eel thysel3 a1i&in! in all thin!s, all thin!s in *;)F.2
    The Theoso+hic li3e is the +ro3oun&, unearthly eE+erience that it is, 1ecause it is a
    *+iritual ,%%ortality accepted literally. This %eans acce+tance o3 a +ro!ra% o3 livin! al#ays
    abo*e and beyond those i&eals an& o1>ectives the avera!e reli!ious %an lives 1y. 0erein, 3or
    the Theoso+hist, life 1eco%es everythin!; earthly eEistence is re&uce& to a %eans o3
    attainin! the *u+re%e. To actually an& consciously live such a li3e, one %ust 1e i%1ue& at all
    ti%es #ith the conviction o3 his +o#er to transcen& earthly eEistence 1y &e&icatin! every
    thou!ht an& as+iration to an ,%%ortal *el3 %ore su1li%e, %ore en&urin!, sin!ularly
    in&estructi1le, in the %i&st o3 te%+oral, earthly %uta1ility.
    This is not necessarily an 2i%+ractical2 +ro!ra% o3 livin!. ,n&ee&, to 1e e33ective it must
    1e +ractical. ,n vie# o3 the 3act that %ost 2+ractical2 livin! o3 to&ay:s society is a &irect &enial
    o3 such transcen&ence, ho# can it 1e carrie& on 2+ractically.2 6 Theoso+hist #oul& re+ly, 21y
    chan!in! one:s %otivation 3or livin! 3ro% :!ettin!: to :!ivin!.:2 this is a %ore &rastic chan!e
    than it %ay 3irst a++ear, since it involves the acce+tance o3 the 3act that #e are all one - #e
    actually are 21rothers,2 on the s+iritual +lane. there3ore 2+ractical2 livin! on this 1asis is
    roote& in an acce+tance o3 hu%anity as a *+iritual #hole. What each one &oes an& thinks
    a33ects all. Where3ore, a +ro!ra% o3 livin! 3or all %ankin& %ust have its start in thinin# in a
    1rotherly key - i$e$, thinkin! s+iritually. This is not a !oal to #hich one %erely &evotes
    +ro+a!an&a for the rest of society; it is a !oal to#ar& #hich one in3uses his &aily &oin! #ith a
    constant love 3or his 3ello# %an, +erceivin!, eventually, that 2he is 2.2
    *uch an acco%+lish%ent can only result 3ro% thinkin! o3 li3e as a W0); - %ankin&
    involve& every#here in cherishin! the *$,-,T/6) *;)F a1ove the %ortal sel3. The *;)F is,
    eternally, 1eyon& &eath an& chan!e. To acce+t this truth an& to live 1y it, is to inha1it a
    universe li%itless in ti%e an& sco+e; it is to transcen& earthly vie#s, o1>ectives an& 1elie3s. ,t
    is to acce+t an& take 3or !rante& an unearthly +otential. ,3 this is a s+ecies o3 %a!ic, it is a
    hea*enly ma#ic, reHuirin! nu%1erless incarnations to attain - 1ut &e3initely attainable.
    --- C
    2The sha&o#2 that intru&es u+on such an i&eal, constantly threatenin! it, is the earthly
    +ersonality o3 Ti%e an& Matter, that #oul& !la&ly acHuire unearthly %a!ni3icence #ithout
    surren&erin! its earthly !oals. 0ere you have reveale& the sha&o# o3 Ti%e, a!ainst #hich the
    &isci+le is arraye& in his e33ort 2to live in the eternal.2 he %ust shatter his link #ith earthly ti%e
    an& the thin!s o3 ti%e, the %ost +o#er3ul o3 #hich is the te%+oral +ersonality. To 3in& sa3ety
    in the earthly renunciation one un&ertakes 3or the su1li%e li1eration o3 li3e ;verlastin!, %an
    %ust teach the sel3 o3 ti%e the lan!ua!e o3 eternity, in #hich all its +rayers %ust 1e
    eE+resse&. The *;)F o3 all can never 1e a +ersonal sel3, since the one as+ect o3 %an that is
    universal an& eternal is *$,-,T. 0ence, the task o3 2&issi+atin! the sha&o#2 1eco%es that o3
    livin! in an& 3or the *$,-,T.
    ne %ust 3ace the 3act that, even a%i& the %ost as+irin! an& reli!ious natures o3 this
    &ay an& a!e, !enuinely s+iritual livin! is a rarity; nor is there any +ossi1ility o3 %akin! such
    livin! universal throu!h 2conversion2 or +reachin!. ,t:s only +ossi1ility o3 realiAation is in 2a
    ne# or&er o3 the a!es2 #herein T-/T0 co%es 3irst, sel3, secon&, in that s%all nucleus o3
    hu%anity that has learne& 2to +art the 1o&y 3ro% the %in&, to &issi+ate the sha&o# an& live in
    the eternal.2 ,t is 3or this reason that 0.$. Blavatsky an& her Masters a&vocate 2a nucleus o3
    /niversal Brotherhoo&2 ca+a1le o3 s+iritual livin! - slo#ly learnin! 2to live an& 1reathe in all,
    as all thou +erceivest 1reathes in thee.2
    This transcen&ent +attern o3 livin! %ust 1e realiAe&, here an& there, at least, 1y a 3e#
    &e&icate& &isci+les ca+a1le o3 a++reciatin! its su1li%e +ro+ortions an& &estiny. To such as
    these, /niversal )a#, the )a# o3 *+iritual /n3ol&%ent, #ill re+lace all cree&s, all +ersonal
    saviors, all +urely +ersonal salvation; that )a# #ill o33er the 3irst an& sin!le reason 3or livin!,
    3or1i&&in! %ankin& to thro# a#ay li3e on the &eserts o3 +ersonal 3utility.
    ,n a +er3ect acce+tance o3 the )a#, the &isci+le #ill set at nau!ht %ost o3 those
    o1>ectives an& re#ar&s to #hich our 2co%%on sense2 society &e&icates itsel3. "ot the least o3
    the shocks he #ill eE+erience #ill 1e a realiAation o3 the un1elieva1le &aste of life the +ursuit
    o3 un#orthy o1>ective re+resents. The +rice hu%anity +ays 3or such #aste stan&s out in ever
    clearer relie3 in the +sychical, %ental, nervous an& +sychic ills o3 our society. 6re not these
    the 3oresha&o#in!s o3 an ulti%ately inesca+a1le cos%ic 2house cleanin!2 threatenin! our
    entire society, 3or its sin!le-%in&e& &evotion to +urely +hysical eEistence. /niversal )a#,
    !overne& uns#ervin!ly 1y Cause an& ;33ect, +lays no 3avorites.
    2To &issi+ate the sha&o#2 is the 3irst ste+, in that it takes co!niAance o3 the cryin! nee&s
    o3 all. 2"o %an is an islan&.2 -e!ar&less o3 any +ersonal 2salvation,2 a
    --- F
    *+iritually conscious in&ivi&ual concentrates his vision u+on the &estiny o3 %ankin&. 0is
    coura!eous ste+ 3or#ar& into a lar!er li3e is a !esture o3 3aith an& co%+assion 3or all
    hu%anity. 2To live to 1ene3it %ankin& is the 3irst ste+.2 Mankin& cannot live 3ully, !oin! roun&
    an& roun& in its sHuirrel ca!e o3 +ersonal in&ul!ence. The /niversal Destiny o3 the universe
    o3 #hich %an is a +art, +laces u+on hi% a universal res+onsi1ility. ;ven i3 only one o3 a
    han&3ul o3 +eo+le, it is his +rivile!e to con3ront his 3ello# %an #ith a +ro!ra% o3 applied
    spirituality to!ether #ith the s+len&or such a +ro!ra% ra&iates u+on earth.
    2To &issi+ate the sha&o#2 is to %ake onesel3 a centre o3 )i!ht. The #orl& is in &ire nee&
    o3 %ore )i!ht. Dour li3e an& %ine can +enetrate the &arkness, i3 #e #ill it to &o so. Day 1y
    &ay, every truly unsel3ish in&ivi&ual is calle& u+on to 3ee& the holy 3ire on the altar o3 the heart.
    ,t is 3or hi% to kin&le his ta+er at the /niversal Fla%e o3 the *;)F, #here#ith to +ierce the
    sha&o# o3 sel3-love an& sel3-in&ul!ence. For hi% T,M; is an illusion to 1e eEorciAe& 1y the
    ,%%ortal *el3. )et hi% see hi%sel3 2a1i&in! in all thin!s, all thin!s in *;)F.2
    UFro% Theosophia #1((, *+rin! 1FBGV
    '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
    "Stri,,e/ o$ S%rro%n/ings"
    2,t %i!ht 1e so%ethin! o3 a test 3or each in&ivi&ual to see ho# 3ar he can stri+ hi%sel3 o3
    his accusto%e& surroun&in!s an& relationshi+s, 1e3ore 3in&in! hi%sel3 overtaken 1y &es+air.
    6t #hat +oint, 3or eEa%+le, #oul& a stu&ent o3 Theoso+hy !ive u+ #ork 3or Theoso+hy, retirin!
    into the +rotective shell o3 +ersonal eEistence alone. Woul& the +assin! or &e+arture o3 an
    a&%ire& in&ivi&ual %ake a &i33erence. The a1sence o3 a :)o&!e.: To #hat eEtent is :&evotion:
    &e+en&ent u+on eEistin! 3acilities create& 1y others. 0o# %uch o3 our security an& 3eelin!
    that Theoso+hy is :true: !ro#s out o3 a +ersonal con3i&ence in others.2
    - Fro% 2$atterns o3 6ction,2 Theosophy, "ov. 1FF1
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    T&e :e' is A not F. , think it is state& in the Mahatma 'etters so%e#here to the e33ect
    that 2...there are thousan&s o3 !oo& an& +ure yo!is in ,n&ia, 1ut all o3 the% are on the #ron!
    +ath...2 The %issin! key %ust 1e the central i&ea or realiAation o3 the 3act-status o3 /niversal
    Brotherhoo&, an& the hol&in! o3 this i&eal in !reater i%+ortance than any +hiloso+hical,
    reli!ious an& even %oral &i33erence.
    ''''''''''''
    --- 1G
    Pr"t"+"("- is issue& a++roEi%ately Huarterly an& the su1scri+tion is 3ree.
    ;&itor: Mark 5aHua
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    PROTOGONOS
    "u%1er 1< March, 1FF9
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    CONT1NTS5 (1st Century $oses a Glo1al Challen!e - *olAhenitsyn............1; @onke& on
    6n!els - Carter...........(; The ,%+ortance o3 the Trivial - *tokes .......4; -evie#s: 3ead %ea
    %crolls 0nco*ered+ Embraced by the 'i#ht .....<; $oints o3 ,nterest ....=; )a#s o3 0ar%onious
    )ivin! .....B; *+eculations on the )ast-Juarter Messen!er .....C
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    21st C1NTUR6 POS1S A G0O9A0 CHA001NG1
    - 6leEan&er ,. *olAhenitsyn
    Co%%unis% is 3ar 3ro% &ea& in the Territory o3 the 3or%er *oviet /nion.
    ,n so%e re+u1lics, its institutional structures have survive& in their entirety, #hile in all o3
    the% %illions o3 Co%%unist ca&res re%ain in reserve, an& its roots re%ain e%1e&&e& in the
    consciousness an& the &aily li3e o3 the +eo+le.
    6t the sa%e ti%e, u!ly ne# ulcers have sur3ace& 3ro% years o3 tor%ent.
    For instance: the current nascent ca+italis%, 3rau!ht #ith un+ro&uctive, sava!e an&
    re+ulsive 3or%s o3 1ehavior, the +lun&er o3 the nation:s #ealth, the likes o3 #hich the West has
    not kno#n.
    This, in turn, has even 1rou!ht an un+re+are& an& un+rotecte& +o+ulace to a nostal!ia
    3or the 2eHuality in +overty2 o3 the +ast.
    6lthou!h the earthly i&eal o3 socialis%-co%%unis% has colla+se&, the +ro1le%s it
    +ur+orte& to solve re%ain: the 1raAen use o3 social a&vanta!e an& the inor&inate +o#er o3
    %oney, #hich o3ten &irect the very course o3 events.
    6n& i3 the !lo1al lesson o3 the (Gth century &oes not serve as a healin! inoculation, then
    the vast re& #hirl#in& %ay re+eat itsel3 in entirety. The Col& War is over, 1ut the +ro1le%s o3
    %o&ern li3e have 1een lai& 1are as i%%ensely %ore co%+leE than #hat ha& hitherto see%e&
    to 3it into the t#o-&i%ensional +olitical +lane.
    The 3or%er crisis o3 the %eanin! o3 li3e an& the s+iritual vacuu% 7#hich &urin! the nuclear
    &eca&es ha& even 1een &ee+ene& 3ro% ne!lect8 stan& out all the %ore.
    ,n the era o3 the 1alance o3 nuclear terror, this vacuu% #as so%eho# o1scure& 1y the
    illusion o3 sta1ility on the +lanet, a sta1ility that has +rove& only transitory.
    But no# the 3or%er i%+laca1le Huestion loo%s all the clearer: What is our &estination.
    To&ay, #e are a++roachin! a sy%1olic 1oun&ary 1et#een centuries an& even %illennia;
    less than seven years se+arate us 3ro% this %o%entous >uncture.
    Who a%on! us &oes not #ish to %eet this sole%n &ivi&e in a 3er%ent o3 ho+e.
    Many thus !reete& the (Gth as a century o3 elevate& reason, in no #ay i%a!inin! the
    canni1alistic horrors that it #oul& 1rin!. nly Dostoevsky, it see%s, 3oresa# the co%in! o3
    totalitarianis%.
    The (Gth century &i& not #itness a !ro#th o3 %orality in %ankin&. ;Eter%inations, on the
    other han&, #ere carrie& out on an un+rece&ente& scale, culture 3ell shar+ly, the hu%an s+irit
    &ecline&.
    7The 1Fth century, o3 course, &i& %uch to +re+are this outco%e.8
    *o #hat reason have #e to eE+ect that the (1st century, 1ristlin! #ith 3irst-class
    #ea+onry on all si&es, #ill 1e kin&er to us.
    Then there is environ%ental ruin. 6n& the !lo1al +o+ulation eE+losion.
    6n& the colossal +ro1le% o3 the Thir& Worl&, still calle& that in Huite an ina&eHuate
    !eneraliAation. ,t constitutes 3our-3i3ths o3 %o&ern %ankin& an& soon #ill %ake u+ 3ive-siEths,
    thus 1eco%in! the %ost i%+ortant co%+onent o3 the (1st century.
    Dro#nin! in +overty an& %isery, it #ill, no &ou1t, soon ste+ 3or#ar& #ith an ever-!ro#in!
    list o3 &e%an&s to the a&vance& nations.
    *uch thou!hts #ere in the air as 3ar 1ack as the &a#n o3 *oviet co%%unis%. ,t is little
    kno#n, 3or eEa%+le, that in 1F(1 the Tatar nationalist an& Co%%unist *ultan Galiyev calle&
    3or the creation o3 an international or!aniAation o3 colonial an& se%icolonial nations an& 3or its
    &ictatorshi+ over the a&vance& in&ustrial states.
    To&ay, lookin! at the !ro#in! strea% o3 re3u!ees 1urstin! throu!h ;uro+e:s 1or&ers, it is
    &i33icult 3or the West not to see itsel3 as so%ethin! o3 a 3ortress - a secure one or the ti%e
    1ein!, 1ut clearly one 1esie!e&.
    6n& in the 3uture, the !ro#in! ecolo!ical crisis %ay alter the cli%atic Aones, lea&in! to
    shorta!es o3 3resh #ater an& suita1le lan& in +laces #here they once #ere +lenti3ul.
    This, in turn, %ay !ive rise to ne# an& %enacin! con3licts, #ars 3or survival.
    --- (
    6 co%+leE 1alancin! act thus arises 1e3ore the West. While %aintainin! a 3ull res+ect 3or
    the +recious +luralis% o3 #orl& cultures an& 3or their search 3or &istinct social solutions, the
    West cannot, at the sa%e ti%e, lose si!ht o3 its o#n values, its historically uniHue sta1ility o3
    civic li3e un&er the rule o3 la# - a har&-#on sta1ility #hich !rants in&e+en&ence an& s+ace to
    every +rivate citiAen.
    The ti%e is ur!ently u+on us to li%it out #ants. ,t is &i33icult to 1rin! ourselves to sacri3ice
    an& sel3-&enial 1ecause in +olitical, +u1lic an& +rivate li3e #e have lon! since &ro++e& the
    !ol&en key o3 sel3-restraint to the ocean 3loor.
    But sel3-li%itation is the 3un&a%ental an& #isest ste+ o3 a %an #ho has o1taine& his
    3ree&o%. ,t is also the surest +ath to#ar& its attain%ent.
    We %ust not #ait 3or eEternal events to +ress harshly u+on us or even to++le us. Throu!h
    +ru&ent sel3-restraint #e %ust learn to acce+t the inevita1le course o3 events.
    When a con3erence o3 the alar%e& +eo+les o3 the earth convenes in the 3ace o3 the
    unHuestiona1le an& i%%inent threat to the +lanet:s environ%ent, a %i!hty +o#er, one
    consu%in! not %uch less than hal3 o3 the earth:s currently availa1le resources an& e%ittin!
    hal3 o3 its +ollution, insists, 1ecause o3 its o#n +resent-&ay interests, on lo#erin! the &e%an&s
    o3 a sensi1le international a!ree%ent, as thou!h it &i& not itsel3 live on the sa%e earth.
    Then other lea&in! countries shirk 3ro% 3ul3illin! even these re&uce& &e%an&s. Thus, in an
    econo%ic race, #e are +oisonin! ourselves.
    6n& yet, i3 #e &o not learn to li%it 3ir%ly our &esires an& &e%an&s, to su1or&inate our
    interests to %oral criteria, #e, hu%ankin&, #ill si%+ly 1e torn a+art, as the #orst as+ects o3
    hu%an nature 1are their teeth.
    *urely, #e have not eE+erience& the trials o3 the (Gth century in vain.
    )et us ho+e.
    We have, a3ter all, 1een te%+ere& 1y these trials, an& our har&-#on 3ir%ness #ill in so%e
    3ashion 1e +asse& on to the 3ollo#in! !enerations.
    7 Fro% 11S4GSF4 %an 3ie#o 0nion-Tribune 8
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    =ON:1D ON ANG10S
    2Worshi+ 1y &ee&s +re&o%inates over that o3 conte%+lation.2 75ha#a*ata-7urana+ Bk. ,I,
    ch. (F8
    The .unas are an eastern classi3ication 3or the 1asic 3or%s o3 action an& activity. They
    are es+ecially use3ul in &escri1in! +sycholo!ical states. There are three Gunas: *attva,
    -a>as, an& Ta%as. %att*a is the &escri+tive ter% 3or +eace3ulness or serenity. -aBas is the
    ter% use& to &escri1e activity an& %otion as 1ein! the key as+ect o3 a state. Tamas is
    inactivity, heaviness, &ullness.
    *ince all these are &escri+tion o3 relative states o3 1ein!, it #oul& see% that there %ust 1e
    a +ositive an& ne!ative as+ect o3 each. The +ositive as+ect o3 Ta%as %i!ht 1e nee&e& rest or
    inactivity 3ollo#in! a cycle o3 heavy activity. The outer 1ein! %i!ht 1e in a &or%ant state #hile
    the inner 1ein! is active. The ne!ative as+ect o3 -a>as %i!ht 1e &estructive action or #il&,
    un&irecte& activity. The +ositive as+ect o3 -a>as is res+onsi1le 3or or the %o&e in #hich
    2thin!s !et &one,2 the constructive as+ect as 3ar as acco%+lishin! thin!s in the #orl&. ,t is
    res+onsi1le 3or everythin! !oo& that !ets acco%+lishe&, an& %i!ht, contrary to !eneral
    conce+tion, 1e the %ost 2s+iritual2 o3 the +rinci+les, since even s+iritual acco%+lish%ent,
    innerly an& outerly, is the result o3 e33ort an& action. 2The kin!&o% o3 heaven is taken 1y
    3orce.2 ;ven 1ook-stu&y to !ain the kno#le&!e necessary to chan!e or +er3or% a++ro+riate
    action an& !ain +ers+ective is -a>as or e33ort +re&o%inate&. Chan!e ori!inates in the %in&.
    *attva is !enerally taken to 1e the %ost 2s+iritual2 o3 the !unas, 1ut this is not necessarily
    so. 6ll the !unas re+resent relative %ental or e%otional states an& all are as+ects in the real%
    o3 illusion - co%+are& to a hi!her reality. ,n its +ositive as+ect *attva consists in seein! 1eauty
    in the #orl& an& re!ar&in! li3e in a +ositive an& o+ti%istic li!ht. This is certainly !oo& or
    +ro!ressive an& a nee&e& res+ite 3ro% the %un&ane, i3 not also in &enial o3 the harsh
    ne!ative as+ects o3 li3e. ,t %i!ht 1e a ste++in! stone to &etach%ent an& a s+iritual
    +ers+ective. ,t is a +leasant state, 1ut a true state or +ers+ective, at least as true as other
    %ental states. The ne!ative as+ect o3 *attva %i!ht 1e co%+lacency in the 3ace o3 evil, or
    retainin! the 2all is #ell2 %entality #hen really, so%e sort o3 action is calle& 3or.
    --- 4
    ,n ccultis%, all as+ects o3 relative eEistence are seen to 1e the %ani3estation o3 the
    various ele%ental 3orces, an& this is so in +sycholo!y also. ne %i!ht +lace the various 3or%s
    o3 ele%entals #ithin the !una classi3ication. Thou!hts are the result o3 ele%entals as are
    e%otional states. ,n &oin! s+iritual #ork one is al#ays o1servin! his +assin! %ental states
    an& atte%+tin! to control #hat he &eter%ines #ill 1e 2hi%sel32 an& in the &irection he #ants to
    1eco%e. Fro% one an!le, #e are sort o3 a 2!ran& central station2 3or the thou!ht an& e%otion
    ele%ental 3orces o3 nature. We learn to avoi& the o1viously ne!ative, an& everyone is a#are
    o3 the ne!ative as+ect o3 -a>as an& Ta%as, such as an!er, hatre&, laAiness, etc.
    We all atte%+t to avoi& the 2&e%ons2 o3 -a>as an& Ta%as, 1ut #hat a1out the 2an!els2 o3
    the *attva. *attva is lar!ely the +olar o++osite o3 inert Ta%as, 1ut can 1e as un+ro&uctive a
    state o3 %in&. The %e&iu% 3or *attvic 1ein!s is +ro1a1ly in as 1i! a tra+ as any, 1ecause he
    is stu+e3ie& #ith !oo& 3eelin!s. ,t see%s that all +ro!ressive ste+s 3or hu%anity an&
    in&ivi&uals co%e as the result o3 the !reat e33ort that is the real% o3 the ra>as !una.
    The *attvic state o3 %in&, sou!ht 3or in itsel3 alone, can 1e a va%+ire on +racticality, real
    #orks an& +ro!ress, %un&ane an& s+iritual. ,t can 1e a 1alance to the -a>as state, 1ut #hat
    in reality is there to 1e ha++y a1out unless in the conteEt o3 doin# so%ethin! to +ull onesel3
    an& others u+ in the 3ace o3 +revalent i!norance an& &e!rees o3 %isery. ;ven one:s o#n
    3uture is not secure #ithout e33ort an& action.
    The %ost o1vious #ork is not al#ays the %ost +ro&uctive in the lon! run. ,&eas rule an&
    chan!e the #orl&, an& 1y +ro%otin! Theoso+hical i&eas to the 1est o3 one:s a1ility, one is
    &oin! to the 1est o3 his a1ility 3or the #orl&. 6lternatively, !oo& #orks are Theoso+hy in action,
    an& o3ten the 1est #ay to s+rea& the i&eas 1ehin& the #orks.
    - 6n!us Carter
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    TH1 I2PORTANC1 O4 TH1 TRI7IA0
    - 0. ". *tokes
    When you have leisure an& are in a %e&itative %oo&, you #ill 3in& it an interestin!
    +asti%e to 3ollo# 1ack so%e o3 the i%+ortant events or con&itions o3 your li3e to their source.
    ,3 you &o so you #ill o1serve this curious 3act, that %ost events, even o3 the hi!hest i%+ort,
    have their !er% in so%ethin! #hich at the %o%ent see%e& as trivial as a no& o3 the hea&,
    an& !enerally Huite as un+re%e&itate&. 5ust as the !reatest ani%als !ro# 3ro% %icrosco+ic
    e!!s, so &o the !reatest events ori!inate in %icrosco+ic inci&ents.
    Within a year, the +ost%an 1rou!ht us an envelo+e #hich see%e& to contain a co%%on
    circular. Bein! 1usy at the ti%e, too 1usy, in 3act, to look 3or the #aste 1asket, #e le3t it lyin!
    uno+ene& on our &esk. *o%e %onths a3ter #e chance& to notice it, an& +re+aratory to
    thro#in! it a#ay #e casually o+ene& it an& eEtracte& - a #arrant 3or 3ive hun&re& &ollars to
    our or&er, an& #e %ay a&&, it #as one #hich #oul& have lost its value o3 collection ha& it
    1een &e3erre& a #eek lon!er.
    ,t is a co%%on sayin! that o++ortunity knocks 1ut once at each %an:s &oor. "othin! coul&
    1e 3urther 3ro% the truth. ++ortunity is knockin! all the ti%e - it is our o#n 3ault i3 #e &o not
    !ras+ it. "o one kno#s in #hat corner or un&er #hat hu%1le &is!uises !oo& 3ortune %ay 1e
    a#aitin! hi%. ,3 he only >u%+s at that #hich looks attractive an& +asses #ith conte%+t that
    #hich see%s su+er3icially #orthless, he is likely to let the %ain chance o3 his li3e sli+ throu!h
    his 3in!ers. ,t %ay 1e a 3a1le that "e#ton #as le& to &iscover the la#s o3 !ravitation throu!h
    noticin! the 3all o3 an a++le, or that Watts !ot his conce+tion o3 the stea% en!ine 3ro% seein!
    the stea% li3tin! the li& o3 his tea-kettle, 1ut such thin!s are ha++enin! constantly. ,n our
    +ersonal eE+erience as a scienti3ic investi!ator it has not usually 1een that #hich #e sou!ht
    or &eli1erately +lanne& #hich le& to results, 1ut rather so%e little insi!ni3icant o1servation,
    #hich 3ollo#e& out, le& to &iscovery. The recent &iscovery o3 a %etho& o3 %akin! arti3icial
    in&ia ru11er - real ru11er, not an i%+er3ect su1stitute - #hich +ro%ises to 1e one o3 enor%ous
    +ractical value, is sai& to 1e &ue to Dr. Matthe#s: carelessly leavin! a lu%+ o3 so&iu% in a
    1ottle o3 iso+rene #hile he #ent on a vacation. The eEistence o3 the . ;. )i1rary can 1e
    trace& 1ack to a casual !oo& evenin! s+oken to a stran!er at a theater nearly thirty years
    a!o. Follo# 1ack any con&ition o3 your li3e an& you are likely to 3in& it ori!inatin! in a si%ilar
    3ashion. Thousan&s have ha& the entire course o3 their lives chan!e& 1y casually rea&in! one
    o3 our a&vertise%ents an& #ritin! in to 3in& #hat it #as a1out.
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    6t 3irst si!ht, there3ore, it %i!ht see% that one:s 3uture %ust 1e #holly incalcula1le an&
    1eyon& his control, that a %ere inci&ent %ay lea& to success or 3ailure, an& that the i&ea o3
    ?ar%a %ust 1e #holly #ron!. There are !oo& reasons 3or thinkin! that there is a +o#er,
    #hich #e call $rovi&ence, #hich no# an& then 3orces thin!s on us #ith a &e3inite +ur+ose.
    But !enerally this is not the case. "ature is 1y no %eans as +artial to certain in&ivi&uals as #e
    think; it is +layin! its strea% o3 o++ortunity on every1o&y in +retty %uch the sa%e 3ashion.
    *tu&y the lives o3 %ost o3 our success3ul 1usiness %en an& you cannot hel+ seein! that
    nature has treate& the% +retty %uch as it has treate& others. They have succee&e& 1ecause
    they have seen the chance to #hich others have 1een 1lin&. That #hich steers the %an
    throu!h all this +lay o3 acci&ent an& inci&ent to a certain en& lies in hi%sel3. ?ar%a is not an
    outsi&e 3orce #orkin! on you; it is in yoursel3 ; it is the character #hich you have 1uilt 3or
    yoursel3 #hich causes you to act or not act on these little ro+e en&s #hich nature is constantly
    thro#in! out to you. Thousan&s 1e3ore "e#ton ha& seen a++les 3all, 1ut to the% it #as si%+ly
    the 3allin! o3 an a++le. Thousan&s 1e3ore Watts ha& seen the li& o3 the tea-kettle rise un&er
    the +ressure o3 the stea% an& thou!ht nothin! o3 it. 6nother che%ist than Dr. Matthe#s %i!ht
    have !otten in&ia ru11er in the sa%e #ay, 1ut to hi% it #oul& not have 1een ru11er, 1ut >ust a
    &irty %ess #hich #oul& have !one at once into the la1oratory slo+ >ar, that !rave o3 %any an
    overlooke& &iscovery. ur !reat %o&ern a++lications o3 the electric current ori!inate& in
    Galvani:s o1servin! the t#itchin! o3 the le!s o3 a skinne& 3ro!. Dou or , #oul& have seen the
    sa%e an& have satis3ie& ourselves #ith sayin! that the 3ro! #as not Huite &ea&.
    The hu%an %in& is the un3ecun&ate& e!!; the trivial event is the ele%ent #hich 3ertiliAes
    it, 1ut no 3ertiliAation is e33ective unless the e!! 1e in itsel3 ca+a1le o3 &evelo+%ent. The
    !er%s o3 the &iscovery or invention lie like !un+o#&er in the %in& o3 the &iscoverer or
    inventor, an& the trivial o1servation is si%+ly the %atch #hich sets it o33. 0e #ho has so 1uilt
    hi%sel3 in the +ast, #hether in this li3e or in so%e 3or%er incarnation has 1een storin! this
    !un+o#&er in hi%sel3, #hile he #ho has ne!lecte& to &o so #ill see the a++le 3all, the li& o3
    the tea-kettle rise or the 3ro!:s le!s t#itch, an& take the% 3or co%%on+laces. 0e #ill 1e &ea3
    to every call.
    26ll , #ant is a chance2 is an eE+ression #e hear every &ay. What you are #antin! is, not a
    chance, 1ut that nature shall sen& you a +acka!e nicely la1ele&, #ith &irections 3or usin!. Dou
    are too in&olent to o+en the +lain 1ro#n +acka!es #hich it is in the ha1it o3 &is+ensin!. We &o
    not say that every %an has the sa%e chances o33ere& hi%, 1ut the &i33erences are !rossly
    eEa!!erate&. "otice ho# one %an, havin! 3aile& once, re%ains an un&erlin!, #hile another,
    no %atter ho# o3ten sHuelche&, is +resently on his 3eet a!ain. 3 a hun&re& #ork%en,
    #orkin! si&e 1y si&e in the sa%e roo%, &#ellin! in the sa%e tene%ent, &rinkin! at the sa%e
    1ar, %ost #ill stay >ust #here they are, #hile no# an& then one #ill 1e seen to rise a1ove his
    3ello#s. Those #ho are le3t 1ehin& curse nature or society 1ecause they are o++resse& or
    1ecause they have no chance, #hile usually they have >ust as !oo& a chance as any1o&y;
    they si%+ly #on:t see it. ...
    - Fro% the 1(S1CS1F1( 0$ E$ 'ibrary (ritic +u1lishe& 1y 0. ". *tokes 3ro%
    1F11 to 1F9( an& recently re+rinte& in its entirety 1y ;&%onton Theoso+hical *ociety.
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    R17I1W5
    The 3ead %ea %crolls 0nco*ered+ -o1ert ;isen%an K Michael Wise, $enHuin Books,
    ".D., ".D., 1FF4, +1k., (C= ++., R1(.GG
    This 1ook &eals #ith scrolls 3oun& in the Ju%ra% caves alon! the Dea& *ea, an&
    althou!h &iscovere& %ore than 4< years a!o have 1een ke+t inaccessi1le to scholars at lar!e
    1y the cou+le o3 !rou+s that ha& control o3 the%. ,n +re+arin! this 1ook ;isen%an an& Wise
    use& 1CGG +hoto!ra+hs o3 3ra!%ents o3 a1out <GG %anuscri+ts. What is +resente& here #as
    >u&!e& 1y the% to 1e the 21est2 3ro% these %anuscri+ts. $hoto!ra+hs o3 the 3ra!%ents an&
    the Ju%ra% caves a++ear in the 1ook, #hich are very interestin! 3or +rovi&in! a conteEt o3
    #hat #as 1ein! #orke& #ith. The Jua%ra% area is a1out as austere an& uninvitin! a
    lan&sca+e as can 1e i%a!ine&.
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    These scrolls are eEtre%ely i%+ortant 3or the historian, 1ut 3or the esotericist ho+in! 3or
    ne# 1its o3 kno#le&!e 3ro% the roots o3 Christianity they #ill +ro1a1ly 1e a &isa++oint%ent.
    They a++arently re+resent a literature o3 a Messianic %ove%ent o3 the ti%e #hich #as not
    +art o3 the ;ssene !rou+. "o +eace3ul %onks these, 1ut #hole co%%unities o3 those 2%ilitant,
    a!!ressive, nationalistic an& #arlike...2 7+. (B8 an& 2stee+e& in the ethos o3 a %ilitary ar%y o3
    Go&...2 7+. 4G8 The ti%e +erio& o3 the scrolls is hel& to 1e a1out 1GG years 1e3ore an& a3ter the
    current era, an& the Ju%ra% co%%unities #ere 1asically settin! u+ ca%+ in the &esert in
    +re+aration 3or the +re&icte& co%in! o3 a ne# Messiah.
    Many teEts &eal #ith a&herence to strict 5e#ish la# on sacri3icin!, la#s 3or %aintainin!
    +urity, etc. There are also sections on cursin! or eEco%%unicatin! those #ho 1roke reli!ious
    la#, an& #ith the calen&ar in use an& reli!ious o1servance in accor&ance #ith the calen&ar.
    The co%%unities #ere very #ell-or!aniAe& #ith even so%eone in char!e o3 kee+in! recor&s
    to the eEtent o3 #o%en:s +erio&s o3 +urity an& i%+urity. There are short sections on astrolo!y
    an& %entions o3 Brontolo!y 7+re&iction 1ase& on #hich astrolo!ical +ortion o3 the sky thun&er
    co%es 3ro%8 an& *elene&ro%y 7+re&iction 1ase& on #here the %oon is in the sky.8
    By %o&ern stan&ar&s #hat #e have here is !rou+s o3 #ell-or!aniAe& 3anatics #ho
    #ere hi!hly sus+icious i3 not hate3ul o3 those outsi&e their !rou+. ne has to 1e care3ul
    ho#ever in %akin! >u&!e%ents 1ase& on current stan&ar&s. (GGG years a!o in $alestine one
    coul& not !o &o#n to the local 1ookstore to seek alternative vie#+oints i3 he #ante& to live a
    reli!ious li3e in the 1est #ay +ossi1le. 0e ha& to !o #ith #hat #as availa1le. ,t:s near
    i%+ossi1le to co%e u+ #ith the i&ea o3 Brotherhoo& or any other on one:s o#n #ithout the
    availa1ility o3 other thinkers. ,n the 3ace o3 the unkno#n one is likely as not to resort to ri!i&
    &isci+line.
    There are 1its o3 esoterica here an& there in the teEts #hich +ro1a1ly re3lect the
    as+irin! un&ercurrent o3 the co%%unities: 21rin! 3orth the kno#le&!e o3 your inner sel3...2 7+.
    1B=8; 2*eek un&erstan&in! #ith all 7your8 %i!ht, an& 3ro% every han&, take increase&
    insi!ht...2 7+. (9F8; an& 2Thou!h you are $oor, &o not say, :, a% +enniless, so , cannot seek
    out kno#le&!e.: 7-ather,8 1en& your 1ack to all &isci+line an& throu!h all Wis&o% +uri3y your
    heart, an& in the a1un&ance o3 your intellectual +otential, investi!ate the Mystery o3
    ;Eistence. 6n& $on&er all the Ways o3 Truth, an& consi&er all the roots o3 ;vil. Then you #ill
    kno# #hat is 1itter 3or a %an, an& #hat is s#eet 3or a +erson.2 7+. (<98
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    R17I1W5
    Embraced by the 'i#ht, 1y Betty 5. ;a&ie, 3ore#or& Melvin Morse, M.D., Gol& )ea3
    $ress, $lacerville, Ca., 1FF(, 0&1k., 19B ++, R1=.F<
    Embraced by the 'i#ht is one o3 the latest an& %ost success3ul o3 1ooks on near-&eath
    eE+eriences. The author, a tra&itional Christian, eE+lains various la#s o3 livin! an& other
    kno#le&!e she !aine& throu!h her a3ter-&eath eE+erience. 6s #ell as this kno#le&!e, ;a&ie
    &escri1es %any eE+eriences she ha& in the +erio& 3ollo#in! her clinical &eath, inclu&in! her
    1elie3 o3 talkin! eEtensively to 5esus Christ hi%sel3, %any ol& 3rien&s 3ro% +revious eEistences
    7#hich is contrary to tra&itional Christian 1elie3s8, >ourneys to other +lanets an& star syste%s
    7a1out #hich she cannot re%e%1er &etails8 an& %uch else o3 interest.
    ;a&ie is a !oo&-hearte& an& co%+assionate %other o3 ei!ht, #ith no +hiloso+hic
    1ack!roun& #hatsoever. What she eE+erience& she is only a1le to +lace #ithin her o#n
    conce+tual 1ack!roun&, #hich is that o3 tra&itional Christianity, inclu&in! the anthro+o%or+hic
    &eity, *atan, the Gar&en o3 ;&en, the +o#er o3 +rayer 7#hich is a ne!ative 3or% o3 %a!ic
    actually, #hen use& 2#ith !oo& intention2 to in3luence a +erson to act a!ainst his o#n 3ree
    #ill8, etc. Much o3 the eE+erience a++ears to 1e the sheer i%a!ination o3 an 2overly sensitive2
    +sycholo!ical ty+e.
    63ter-&eath eE+eriences %ay 1e lar!ely +sychic eE+eriences instea& o3 truly s+iritual
    eE+eriences. Much o3 #hat ;a&ie &escri1es re%in&s one o3 the out-o3-1o&y astral
    eE+eriences o3 Monroe. n the !enuine s+iritual si&e o3 thin!s, i3 one !ains co%%unication
    #ith one:s 0i!her *el3, a 3or% that is un&erstan&a1le to the +erson #oul& have to 1e taken or
    +ro>ecte& 1y this 1ein!. For the tra&itional Christian, this 3or% #oul& as likely as not 1e 5esus
    Christ, as 3or the unso+histicate& Bu&&hist, it #oul& as likely as not 1e the Bu&&ha.
    Many thin!s ;a&ie says +arallel Theoso+hical teachin!s: 2;ach ele%ent, each +article
    o3 creation, has intelli!ence in it...2 7+. <<8;
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    2There is a cause an& e33ect relationshi+ to sin. We create %any o3 our o#n
    +unish%ents throu!h the actions #e co%%it.2 7+. <=8; 2 ... all thin!s o3 i%+ortance are create&
    s+iritually 3irst an& +hysically secon&.2 7+. B=8; an& also that #e have live& %any lives 1e3ore -
    althou!h a++arently to her vie# not on ;arth. *he also e%+hasiAes throu!hout the 1ook the
    i&eals o3 love, co%+assion, an& service. *he #rites: 2*ervice is the oil to our la%+s !enerate&
    1y co%+assion an& love.2 7+. 1GB8
    5u&!in! 3ro% a Theoso+hical vie#+oint, are 1ooks like ;a&ie:s !enerally a +ositive or
    ne!ative in3luence - 1ein! 3ull o3 a&olescent +hiloso+hy, +ollyanna, an& the +sychic
    %asHuera&in! as the s+iritual. This #riter &oes not have a sure o+inion. 6 #ar%-hearte& 3ool
    %ay 1e o3 %ore !enuine value than a col&-hearte& saint, yet #ithout +hiloso+hy to
    intellectually eE+lain the necessity o3 altruistic convictions, a +erson #ith only e%otional
    values #ill 1e har&er +resse& to 3ace the conun&ru%s o3 li3e. ne can &evelo+ 0eart throu!h
    intellectual conviction, 1ut in3antile +hiloso+hy that e%otional conviction 3orces one to a&here
    to is a #ar+in! an& +erversion o3 true hu%anhoo&. ,n our real nature, #e #ant to kno# the
    &hy o3 thin!s, an& eE+lanations that honestly %ake sense. , #oul& not &ou1t that ;a&ie ha& a
    !enuine eE+erience, 1ut #hat she eE+erience& she coul& only eE+lain in the li%ite& Christian
    conce+ts she has 3or eE+lainin! it.
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    PURUC:1R5
    2...i3 you look at the heart-&octrine, #hich is the 3un&a%ental %eanin! o3 every one o3
    the !reat #orl&-reli!ions an& #orl&-+hiloso+hies, you #ill 3in& this sa%e 3un&a%ental Truth
    there: ... Co%e u+ hi!herP Co%e out o3 the %ire. Be %en. Be %ore than %en. Be the !o&
    #ithin you.
    2The #hole syste% o3 +hiloso+hical an& scienti3ic teachin!s re!ar&in! "ature lies in
    that 1ack!roun&; an& this syste% #e to&ay call Theoso+hy. ...We are not Theoso+hists
    1ecause #e have invente& so%ethin!, or 3oun& so%ethin!.
    ..ur teachin!s are as ol& as thinkin! %an. There is not a sin!le ne# thin! in the
    Theoso+hical syste%. ,3 there #ere, ,, 3or one, #oul& scan it narro#ly. , #oul& 3eel like sayin!,
    as has 1een sai& 1e3ore, that #hat is ne# in any reli!ion is not true, an& that #hat is true is
    not ne#. Truth is ol& as the a!es.2
    - G. &e $urucker 7:uestions )e All As, +. =<(8
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    POINTS O4 INT1R1ST
    ,n the current 5anuary :F9 issue o3 The"-"#hic*$ Hi-t"r/ a++ears a +reviously
    un+u1lishe& letter o3 Col. lcott:s to C.C. Massey an& W. *tainton Moses &ealin! #ith a
    +heno%enal visit to hi% o3 t#o a&e+ts. 5oscelyn Go&#in &iscovere& the letter in /nite& Gran&
    )o&!e o3 ;n!lan& )i1rary, Free%ason:s 0all, )on&on. ,t is a valua1le 3in& an& relates so%e o3
    the %ost re%arka1le +heno%ena +ro&uce& 1y 6&e+ts or Blavatsky as 3oun& in any account.
    $ro&uce& +heno%ena is no evi&ence in 3avor o3 a +hiloso+hy or the !oo& intentions o3 those
    #ho +ro&uce it. 6 teachin! in Theoso+hy is that +ro3icients in either the le3t or ri!ht han& +aths
    are a1le to +ro&uce it.
    Without !oin! into &etails as s+ace +rohi1its, a 3e# issues a!o in T0 a secon&-han&
    anony%ous account +ur+orte& to co%e 3ro% early theoso+hist 5erry Bro#n #as +u1lishe&
    #hich %a&e so%e slan&erous accusations a!ainst Blavatsky. This #as a1ly ans#ere& 1y
    Dallas TenBroeck an& +u1lishe& in a 3ollo#in! issue. ,t see%s to this #riter that #hether it is
    a++ro+riate to +u1lish so%ethin! &eci&e&ly ne!ative a1out a &ea& +erson - an& thus una1le
    to &e3en& the%selves - %i!ht 1e &eter%ine& on the sa%e +rinci+les that evi&ence is &eci&e&
    in a court o3 la#. , &ou1t a secon&-han& anony%ous account coul& 1e acce+ta1le evi&ence.
    Theosophical >istory is +u1lishe& 1y Dr. 5a%es 6. *antucci, De+t. o3 -eli!ious *tu&ies, Ca.
    *tate /n., Fullerton, Ca. F(=49-F9CG *u1scri+tion is R19 in ". 6%erica an& R1= else#here.
    63ter 4G issues an& her CGth 1irth&ay -ose%ary Iosse o3 *. 63rica &eci&e& to cease
    +u1lication o3 her C")E%i-ter. *he has 1een active %any years in &i33erent Theoso+hical
    en&eavors inclu&in! her 2Ti1etan Frien&shi+ Grou+2, #hich , 1elieve, #orke& in ai& o3 Ti1etan
    re3u!ees.
    , &on:t have %y &etails strai!ht as , &i&n:t have the +resence to #rite thin!s &o#n, 1ut
    recently $B* ha& a short ne#s story on a Bu&&hist %onk in Thailan&7.8 #ho took it u+on
    hi%sel3 to start his o#n /r%g re&"(i!it"tion ,rogr"+. 6++arently o+iu% ha& recently 1een
    outla#e& there. 0e starte& solely 1y hi%sel3 1ut no# has a1out (GG cure& a&&ict %onks
    #orkin! un&er hi% an& %any, %any co%in! 3or treat%ent. The cure starts #ith a her1al
    +ur!ative 1ut is 1ase& on sel3-%otivation an& &isci+line. Me&itation is +art o3 the syste% ,
    re%e%1er. The cure rate #as a1out CGW.
    --- B
    -ecently $oint )o%a $u1lications 7$B =<GB, *an& Die!o, Ca. F(1== has +u1lishe&
    The 0e(*(t* C"&&e(t*rie- "! H1P1 B$*2*t-3/ 1y 0.5. *+ieren1ur! 71G.<G Y +ost8. 6lso
    co%+ile& 1y *+ieren1ur! an& +u1lishe& 1y $)$ are The 5uddhism of >$7$5. an& The 1e&
    Testament (ommentaries of >$7$5$, 1(.<G an& C.GG. ,n +re+aration is >$7$ 5la*atsy on the
    .nostics. , haven:t rea& any o3 the%, ,:% sorry to say 1ut inten& to re%e&y, as ,:% hal3#ay
    throu!h The 1e& Testament (ommentaries an& it is >ust 3antasticP ,t has +lace& the 1asis o3
    Christianity in a #hole ne# li!ht 3or this #riter. "othin! o3 this esoteric 1asis re%ains in the
    secular churches, 1ut i3 one #ants to !et a +icture o3 #hat Christianity #as su++ose& to 1e,
    rea& this 1ook. , coul&n:t i%a!ine thin!s 1ein! lai& out %ore concisely o3 the %eanin! 1ehin&
    #hat re%ains in the "e# Testa%ent.
    63ter the last year o3 natural &isasters in Cali3ornia an& +er+etual s%o!, a !uest on the
    )etter%an sho# re%arke& that 2Cali3ornia resi&ents only have 3our thin!s to #orry a1out -
    ;arth, 6ir, Water an& Fire.2
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    0AWS O4 HAR2ONIOUS 0I7ING
    We are here 3or a reason. Wherever #e co%e 3ro% 1e3ore 1irth an& !o a3ter li3e on earth,
    it is o1vious that #e are not here 3or a vacation. )i3e %ay 1e a school #here each is a #illin!
    or un-#illin! stu&ent, su1servient to a &esi!n not &irectly +erceiva1le to our %inuscule hu%an
    intelli!ence. The universe teaches the +u+il, the +u+il &oes not teach the universe. Woe to he
    #ho #oul& not learn his lesson, as it has 1een es+ecially +re+are& 3or hi%. The heart o3 all is
    >ustice an& or&er, #ere it other all #oul& 1e chaos.
    0e #ho #oul& 1e at +eace #ith hi%sel3 %ust 1e his o#n %an. The acce+tance o3 every
    !i3t is the eEchan!in! o3 +art o3 onesel3 . There is nothin! 3ree a%on! livin! +ersons. ne is
    ever tor%ente& 1y the +art o#ne& 1y so%eone else until the 1alance is ari!ht.
    ther +eo+le %ay 1e the %ost i%+ortant thin! in li3e, yet one %ust +rotect onesel3 3ro%
    the%. 6ll i%%ature souls seek &o%inance over other souls, 1e it in su1tle, so su1tle #ays.
    ne such #ea+on is !i3t-!ivin!. ,t is a shackle sure as any, shoul& one 1e so 3oolish as to
    acce+t or 3ail to reci+rocate.
    ;Ece+t 3or certain eEtre%ely rare an& strictly s+iritual +ur+oses, the la# o3 li3e is %arria!e.
    The la# o3 all +ro!ress is e33ort, e33ort, an& %ore e33ort.
    De3eat sur%ounte& an& survive& is a lesson learne&, an& +o#er !aine&.
    6 !reat sin is to 3orce one:s &ecisions on another, as it #oul& 1e a !reat sin 3or they to
    3orce their &ecisions u+on onesel3.
    The #illin! stu&ent is at +eace. The un-#illin! stu&ent is at #ar #ith hi%sel3 an& 1ree&s a
    hatre& 3or all.
    Fear is a !host. The conseHuences o3 not 3acin! a 3ear are 3ar #orse than the thin!
    3eare&.
    The la# o3 all is or&er an& 1alance an& >ustice. There is no love that &oes not have its
    re#ar& an& there is no hatre& that &oes not have its reci+rocation.
    6 stal#art #ill in the +ursuance o3 one:s !oal is a !reat virtue an& a 3acet o3 !reatness. 6
    stal#art #ill in the 3ace o3 the inevita1le, a!ainst the 2la#s o3 li3e2, is a !reat 3oolishness.
    Those sensitive to the coarseness o3 the #orl& are the !reatest su33erers. They also can
    rise the hi!hest 1ecause they have %ore to sur%ount.
    ,3 you are out o3 har%ony #ith those aroun& you, it si%+ly %eans that you are out o3
    har%ony #ith yoursel3. 0e #ho re3uses to learn the lessons he %ust learn 3ro% li3e hates
    those aroun& hi% 1ecause o3 his o#n %alaise.
    The harsher the %e&icine, the 3aster the cure.
    ,t is a la# o3 li3e that a +erson #ill 1e torture& until he learns or 3aces #hatever lesson the
    universe is tryin! to teach hi%. The 1i!!er the lesson, the !reater the torture.
    The +ath is lon! an& #in&s u+hill all the #ay. But since the la# o3 the /niverse is 1alance
    an& or&er, there is re#ar& 3or all e33ort, 3or all +ain. There is re#ar& 3or acco%+lish%ent, there
    is re#ar& 3or 1ein! in accor& #ith /niversal )a#, there is re#ar& in this li3e, or the neEt, or the
    neEt. *ince the )a# o3 the /niverse is >ustice an& or&er, no %an is !iven %ore than he can
    3ace, than he can sur%ount. The re#ar& o3 acco%+lish%ent is !reater Bein!.

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    SP1CU0ATIONS ON TH1 0AST.GUART1R 21SS1NG1R
    For those lookin! 3or a Blavatsky-like character to 1lo# a stron! !ale over the #orl&
    thou!ht-currents this last Huarter century, it is o1vious that no such in&ivi&ual a++eare&. 6n&
    no# even, it %i!ht see% the 3lo# o3 u+#ar& ins+iration an& e33ort has turne& a corner an& #e
    are on a &o#n#ar& arc in the Huarterly cycle. Where #as the %essen!er.
    This #riter alon! #ith %any others an& &es+ite see%in! contrary +re&ictions 1y Blavatsky
    an& 5u&!e hol&s that G. &e $urucker #as one such %essen!er in this century. That he &i&n:t
    co%e 2at the ri!ht ti%e2 accor&in! to +re&ictions is secon&ary as to #hether his teachin!s
    %eet the stan&ar&s o3 the 3oun&ers. 0e %ay have 1een o3 a &i33erent s#a1hava or inci&ental
    a++roach than Blavatsky 1ut the technical an& essential %essa!e is the sa%e. 2Messen!er2
    is a loa&e& ter% usually associate& #ith the last Huarter. ,t #oul& see% that i3 a chela co%es
    an& teaches, it #oul&n:t have to 1e in the last Huarter i3 a !oo& situation a++ears.
    ,n this last Huarter it see%s a++arent that !reat thou!ht-currents o3 chan!e an& as+iration
    have eEiste& an& 3oun& their #ay into %uch +ositive action an& a#akenin! to &ee+er social
    issues. ,n our nu%erically narro#er Theoso+hical #orl& no sin!le in&ivi&ual has stoo& out as
    re+resentative o3 the stron! thou!ht-currents that have shaken it also. ,t is as i3 in this last
    Huarter, the +ositive e33orts that have 1een %a&e have 1een share& a%on! %any !rou+s an&
    +eo+le. ,n the s+iritual real% in !eneral, ho#ever, one in&ivi&ual - the Dalai )a%a, #inner o3 a
    "o1el $riAe, has stoo& in +ree%inence.
    Much o3 #hat the Dalai )a%a says, on the sur3ace, is +latitu&inous. 6ccor&in! to a
    "e#s+a+er account, at the ;arth *u%%it in -io &e 5eneiro he sai& that 2Basically, the
    +ur+ose o3 li3e is ha++iness.2 "e#s+a+ers are notorious 3or inaccuracies, 1ut this see%s like
    so%ethin! he %i!ht say. ;ncyclo+e&ias coul& 1e #ritten on the nature o3 ha++iness an& it:s
    !enerally hel& that only a s+iritual value can +rovi&e it.
    ,3 he is a !enuine %essen!er o3 the )o&!e that sent Blavatsky, his a++roach is certainly
    &i33erent 3ro% that o3 last century. The Mahat%as an& Blavatsky #ere teachin! an& %ental-
    oriente& an& !reatly critical #here nee&e&. May1e so%e state%ents %a&e 1y ?enneth Morris
    in his .olden Threads in the Tapestry of >istory #ill she& so%e li!ht on this HuiA.
    ,n co%+arin! the !reat %ystic, +hiloso+her an& li1rarian )ao-tse to Con3ucius, #ho %et
    )ao-tse as an ol& %an, Morris #rites: 20e ha& 3ar less to teach than )aotse ha&; seer or
    %ystic, a++arently, he #as none; !reat or +ro3oun& thinker you can har&ly call hi%; 1ut he ha&
    the !enius o3 character to a &e!ree that #as su1li%e, an& #e &o not scru+le to rank hi%
    a%on! the !reat Messen!ers. Both he an& )aotse &i& their a++ointe& #ork, an& it #as the
    #ork o3 the Go&s. ...We are to see in the story o3 these t#o Teachers, an& in the unlikeness o3
    their %etho&s, an illustration o3 the %etho&s o3 the Go&s; #ho #ill so%eti%es sen& a
    Messen!er tentatively #ith 1i! &rau!hts o3 truth 3or the +eo+le; an& then, i3 he an& his
    %essa!e +rove ine33ectual; i3 the ears o3 the #orl& are too !ross alto!ether to hear the 3iner
    har%onies; they #ill chan!e their tactics: call 1ack their 3irst envoy, an& sen& another %an,
    %i!hty o3 character, 1ut #ith little %ore than +latitu&es to +reach. ,3 the #orl& nee&s
    +latitu&es, #hy, it shall have the%; an& have the% #ith the #hole 3orce o3 the Worl&-*oul
    1ehin&.2 7++. F=-B8
    This is not to say that the Dalai )a%a coul& not 1e +ri%arily a &octrine-teacher i3 he
    #ishe&, 1ut that the a++roaches 1et#een Blavatsky an& the Dalai )a%a see% analo!ous to
    that 1et#een )ao-tse an& Con3ucius.
    ''''''''''
    Pr"t"+"("- is an occasional ne#sletter an& sent out 3ree o3 char!e. ,3 you:& like on or o33 our
    %ailin! list, let us kno#. *u1%issions an& corres+on&ence #elco%e. ;&itor: Mark 5aHua,
    $B 999, Gran& -a+i&s, hio 94<9<
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    PROTOGONOS
    "u%1er 1= 6+ril 1FF9
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    CONT1NTS5 6 Iision - ;n&ers1y...1; 0ar&ene& *inners K 0ar&ene& *aints - *tokes...(;
    What is Truth. - $urucker...9; 5ohnson:s Book on the Masters - 5aHua...=; Tal1ot Mun&y
    6+horis%s...B; Chelas an& 0u%an Bein!s - )eGros ...F; $oints o3 ,nterest...1G;
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    A 7ISION
    - Iictor ;n&ers1y
    6ll &ay lon! a traveler ha& 3ollo#e& the 3oothills, his eyes lon!in!ly turnin! to the sno#-
    ca++e& +eaks #hich all his li3e he ha& yearne& to %ake his ho%e, 3or!et3ul o3 the 1a#lin!s
    an& recri%inations o3 the race o3 %en. Fro% this he #as 1anishe& 1y har& &uties #ithout
    3oreseea1le en&, #illin!ly un&ertaken, 1ut 1itter. 6t ni!ht3all, he 3oun& hi%sel3 lo&!e& in a +oor
    +lace surroun&e& 1y the scarrin!s an& &e1ris o3 those to #ho% a %ountain is only a
    %ountain, a tree only a tree, an& sa&ly co%+ose& hi%sel3 to slee+.
    ,n that state 1et#een slee+ an& #akin!, #here universes %er!e an& #is&o% co%es to
    those #ho seek it, 3olly to others, he sa# rise 1e3ore hi% another %ountain ran!e, in a lan&, it
    see%e&, that #as yet to 1e. Fro% !iant rollin! 1uttresses clothe& #ith !reen un%arke&,
    un1roken, #ithout s%oke, cle3t #ith &ee+ ravines o3 %ysterious &arkness an& so%1re 1eauty,
    rose a 3aery %ass o3 #hite +eaks, line u+on line an& hei!ht u+on hei!ht, %er!in! into the sky
    a1ove 1reatha1le air, an& untro&&en 1y livin! 3oot.
    Be3ore this stoo& a crystalline city, #hose slen&er soarin! to#ers an& s+irals, %a!ni3icent
    to %an 1ut only a sy%1ol, not a rival o3 the hei!hts 1eyon&, atteste& to the as+iration o3 this
    race. Beauti3ul o3 color, !litterin! like >e#els, #as this city. ,ts a++roach #as throu!h no
    !ar1a!e hea+s, no sor&i& a1o&es, no roarin!, #earin! hi!h#ays; 1ut u+ a vast #i&th o3 rose-
    colore& ste+s traverse& 1y a color3ul cro#&, #hose !ay rai%ent %atche& the ha++y &istant
    %ur%ur o3 its voices.
    By a %eans unkno#n, he a++roache& the +lace an& +asse& throu!h it, o1servin!,
    listenin!, sensin!. ,t #as not such a city as he ha& kno#n. $eo+le #ere not stran!ers to each
    other there, even thou!h %et 3or the 3irst ti%e. Man !reete& %ai& #ithout hi&&en &esi!n, an&
    %ai& res+on&e& #ithout 3ear or calculation. 6 +asser-1y intereste& 1y a #or& hear& 3ro% a
    !rou+, >oine& that !rou+ #ithout insolence, an& #as receive& #ithout a33ront. 6ll &oors stoo&
    o+en, 1ut #hen close& 3or thou!ht an& Huiet, all un&erstoo&, an& none #ere o33en&e&.
    Chil&ren +laye& at their o#n &evisin! asi&e 3ro% the stern eyes o3 +rece+tors, an& none took
    hurt or receive& in>ustice. ,n the streets, no %an carrie& a %onitory #ea+on or scanne& the
    cro#& 3or &isor&er.
    The el&er sho#e& no &islike 3or youth, nor youth conte%+t an& &is&ain 3or el&er. The
    chil& !reete& the +atriarch #ith a s%ile, a&%irin! a task o3 livin! nearly 3inishe&, that he
    hi%sel3 ha& >ust 1e!un; !ray 1ear& 1eneath 1roa& un3urro#e& 1ro# +arte& to sho# #hite
    shinin! teeth in return. "o sick #ere there; %en ca%e to their ter% an& +asse& Huietly in the
    ni!ht.
    Man an& #i3e +asse& 1y #ithout shrill &is+ute, or !ro#l o3 criticis%, %ate a!ainst %ate;
    it #as one #o%an 3or one %an, one %an 3or one #o%an, 3or 1y sacri3ice an& service in +ast
    lives, %an an& %ai& ha& lon! set 3oot in those +aths that crosse& at the +ro+er ti%e an&
    +lace; an& no ani%al eE+eri%ents #ere calle& u+on to 3in& co%+anions 3or a li3eti%e.
    Men #ere 1usy every#here, ha++ily an& in concert, at tasks co%+leE an&
    inco%+rehensi1le to the Traveler; 1ut no overseein! +o#er or center o3 !overn%ent coul& he
    3in&. ne sa& +lace alone there #as; the !reat %useu% an& li1rary #here #ere ke+t the
    recor&s an& relics o3 el&er races. 0ere %en #ent to stu&y, an& +asse& a!ain into the 1ri!ht
    streets #ith 3aces sha&o#e& 3or a ti%e.
    ,t struck the Traveler as stran!e that this sky #as lace& #ith no +aths o3 caco+honous
    %onsters, that the out#ar& roa&s #ere 3ille& #ith no roarin! %achinery, 1ut Huietly 3a&e& out
    into the 3iel&s an& #oo&s ere the horiAon #as reache&; that there #ere no rushin! inco%ers
    an& out!oers.
    2But this,2 he thou!ht, 2is clear enou!h. This is /lti%a Thule; #ithin 3oot-reach lies all o3
    this #orl& that a %an coul& ever &esire. ,3 there is nee& 3or this 3olk to travel, it is on inner
    +aths o3 *oul an& *el3 , not on roa&s o3 sky or +lain.2
    Glory o3 city an& !ran&eur o3 %ountain 3a&e&, %er!e& #ith the lo#ly roo% in #hich his
    1o&y lay; he kne# not 3or a ti%e u+on #hich he #as
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    truly !aAin!, an& hastene&, 1e3ore the vision #as lost, to Huestion that #hich #as hi%sel3 1ut
    so%e#hat %ore than sel3; the Ioice that so%eti%es res+on&e& in ti%es o3 hi!h as+iration.
    2,s this to 1e.2 he sai&. 2r is it 3antasy, a 3ra!%ent o3 Devachan 1orn unti%ely 3ro% %y
    sa&ness an& the !ri%e o3 %y &aily task.2
    2What a %an can see, even one %an, is #hat shall 1e - in &ue ti%e an& +lace.2
    20o# soon. 0o# %any &reary a!es stretch 1e3ore, ho# %any sorro#3ul la1ors.2
    26sk not ho# soon. 6sk ho# %any. The one &eter%ines the other.2
    2, see% alone.2
    2"ot alone 1y %illions. The Iision is 1roken, the shar&s are %issha+en, the su1stance
    scattere& 3ro% +ole to +ole. Det in %an as a #hole, is the thin! co%+lete, even to&ay. The
    very sins o3 %an are o3ten his %is!ui&e& e33orts to 1rin! the Iision to li3e.2
    2Why then &oes it not live.2
    2Because o3 3ear. -isk is eHual to !ain, an& the +ath to 0eaven skirts the a1yss o3 hell.
    Man 3ears the 1liss that he cannot un&erstan&, an& clin!s to the a!ony that he kno#s. Men
    3ear one another; they 3ear loneliness; they 3ear the%selves; they 3ear &eath, an& they 3ear
    li3e.2
    20o# shall , teach the% - ,, #ho 3ear so %any thin!s.2
    2,s your 3ear 3or sel3, or others. 0as 3ear ever turne& you 1ack 3ro% a &uty.2
    2For others in the %ain, , truly 1elieve. To the other Huestion: "oP This , %ay say.2
    2Then are you 3it to s+eak o3 coura!e. The %an #ho has never kno#n 3ear is only a 3ool.
    The !reater the terror the !reater the %erit o3 one #ho turns not. Go - try to !ive %en
    coura!eP When their coura!e %atches #hat they alrea&y kno# - !ive the% %ore kno#le&!eP2
    The sa!!in! #in!s o3 *i!ht 3ol&e&; the Traveler +asse& on into slee+, ha++ier than 3or
    %any %onths. )ater ca%e the li!ht o3 !ray &a#n throu!h &in!y +anes, to re+lace the Glory,
    1ut it #oul& never #holly 3a&e.
    7Fro% Theosophical 1otes, FS<18
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    HARD1N1D SINN1RS AND HARD1N1D SAINTS
    - 0. ". *tokes
    2De +ay tithe o3 %int, an& anise, an& cu%%in, an& have o%itte& the #ei!htier %atters o3
    the la#, >u&!e%ent, %ercy an& 3aith: these ou!ht ye to have &one, an& not to leave the other
    un&one.2
    - Matt. EEii, (4
    2)earn to look intelli!ently into the hearts o3 %en. -e!ar& %ost earnestly your o#n
    heart.2
    - 'i#ht on the 7ath
    ,t is a 3act #ell kno#n to those havin! to &o #ith cri%inal statistics that the 3oun&ation o3
    a cri%inal career is usually lai& in youth, #hen the +assions are hot an& the +o#ers o3
    resistance are 1ut little &evelo+e& an& #hen one has not acHuire& #is&o% enou!h to see that
    con3or%ity to the rules o3 society is the only sa3e #ay. ,n the +erio& o3 #hat is kno#n as
    so#in! #il& oats %any o3 us co%e &an!erously near to it. *ooner or later %ost o3 us reach a
    &e3inite +artin! o3 the #ays. 6t this +oint there are t#o si!n-+osts. ne o3 these says 2This
    Way to Beco%in! a 0ar&ene& *inner,2 #hile the other 1ears the le!en& 2This -oa& to
    Beco%in! a 0ar&ene& *aint.2
    6n& this re%in&s %e o3 the t#o si!n-1oar&s #hich 6lice sa# in the lan& 1ehin& the
    lookin!-!lass - 2This Way to T#ee&le&u%:s 0ouse,2 an& 2This Way to the 0ouse o3
    T#ee&le&ee.2
    "o#, &on:t sla% &o#n the +a+er an& say that , clai% that there is no choice 1et#een
    these roa&s. ,t #oul& not 1e #orth %y #hile to +rove that virtue is 1etter than vice, 3or no1o&y
    &enies it, at least on this si&e o3 the 6tlantic. But #e %ay overlook certain +oints o3 vital
    i%+ortance i3 #e think that in the lon! run there is a hu!e &i33erence 1et#een these +aths. The
    3act is that a+art 3ro% certain te%+orary a&vanta!es to the in&ivi&ual an& to society, very !oo&
    in their #ay, to 1e sure, 1oth #ays lea& to +retty %uch the sa%e +lace.
    By a har&ene& sinner , %ean one to #ho% anti-social actions have 1eco%e easier than
    social ones, one #ho has acHuire& vicious ha1its. By a har&ene& saint , %ean one to #ho%
    %oral actions, or a1stinence 3ro% i%%oral actions, have 1eco%e a ha1it an& to #ho% it is
    easier to 1e 2!oo&2 than 21a&.2
    "o# a !oo& ha1it is not to 1e lau!he& at si%+ly 1ecause it is a ha1it, 1ut 3ro% the ethical
    stan&+oint there is no %ore %erit in &oin! #hat you can:t co%3orta1ly hel+ &oin! than there is
    in a !oo& &i!estion. 6 !oo& character, #hich is usually nothin! %ore than
    --- 4
    a collection o3 virtuous ha1its 1acke& 1y a conscience #hich %akes one &rea&3ully
    unco%3orta1le i3 one !oes #ron!, is an eEcellent 1asis to 1uil& on, >ust as rock %akes a 1etter
    3oun&ation than san&. But it is as easy to 1eco%e the slave o3 !oo& ha1its as o3 1a& ones.
    Thri3t, re!ular hours an& a ve!etarian &iet are !oo& ha1its #hich %ay 1e carrie& to an eEcess.
    Dou have hear& o3 the t#o ;n!lish%en #ho #ere #recke& on a s%all islan& an& #ho #oul&
    not s+eak 1ecause they ha& not 1een 3or%ally intro&uce&. The very eEistence o3 society as it
    no# is assu%es an& &e+en&s on certain 1ehavior, 1ut con3or%ity to these rules takes no
    account o3 certain very i%+ortant %atters. The har&ene& saint overlooks the 3act that in
    re3rainin! 3ro% anti-social actions, he is 1ut 1ackin! u+ the +resent state o3 a33airs; he is
    takin! no account o3 +ro!ress.
    "o1o&y, ho#ever, shoul& 3ail to see that the +resent state o3 society is a transient one,
    that there are evolutionary 3orces at #ork #hich are Huite 1eyon& our control an& #hich are
    constantly +uttin! ne# +ro1le%s an& ne# con&itions to the 3ront. ...The %an o3 to%orro#, or a
    hun&re& years hence #ill 1e very &i33erent 3ro% the %an o3 to&ay; the saint o3 a hun&re& years
    hence #ill 1e a very &i33erent sort o3 *aint 3ro% the saint o3 to&ay. ,n an earlier sta!e o3 a33airs
    %any thin!s #hich #e re!ar& as vices #ere accounte& virtues, an& they #ere really so
    1ecause they ten&e& to !ive sta1ility to society as it #as then. , have o3ten calle& attention to
    the 3act that #hat #e call virtue an& vice are very lar!ely con3or%ity or non-con3or%ity to
    certain stan&ar&s o3 te%+orary an& +assin! value. $oly!a%y an& in&iscri%inate seE relations
    3or instance #ere once virtuous, #hen li3e ha& %any risks an& kee+in! the race alive ha& to
    1e consi&ere& a1ove all thin!s. ;ven to&ay, #hen the +o+ulation is 1ein! slau!htere& %uch
    3aster than the nor%al 1irth rate re+lenishes it U1F1B - ;&.V, #e hear certain custo%s +alliate&
    #hich are usually accounte& i%%oral. 6t a ti%e #hen every %an #as rea&y to seiAe his
    nei!h1or:s +ro+erty, la#s +rotectin! +ro+erty ri!hts #ere re!ar&e& as even %ore i%+ortant
    than li3e - %en #ere hun! 3or the3t. To&ay our vie#s are ra+i&ly chan!in!; it is ceasin! to 1e
    %oral to +lace the ri!ht o3 acHuisition a1ove everythin! else, an& to #hatever eEtre%e #e
    %ay !o, it is Huite o1vious that the society o3 the 3uture #ill hol& very &i33erent vie#s as to the
    ri!ht o3 the in&ivi&ual to acHuire or hol& +ro+erty 1y %eans #hich act &etri%entally on his
    3ello#s. *et your har&ene& saint o3 to&ay &o#n in the %i&st o3 society a thousan& years
    hence an& the +ro1a1ility is that he #oul& 1e looke& on as #e look on the har&ene& sinner o3
    to&ay. r +ut the har&ene& sinner o3 to&ay 1ack a%on! the cave %en an& he #oul& have
    +asse& as a 3irst class saint.
    The har&ene& saint is he #ho takes no account o3 +ro!ress, #ho assu%es that the
    ut%ost that is reHuire& o3 hi% is con3or%ity to the rule, la# an& custo% o3 to&ay, an& #ho 3ails
    to kee+ hi%sel3 in that 3leEi1le con&ition #hich a&%its o3 !ro#th. While he %ay 1e a +illar o3
    society as it is, he is o3ten 1ut a clo! on its 1eco%in! #hat it shoul& 1e. 0e is the con3or%ist
    #ho, like the $harisee o3 ol&, +ays tithe o3 %int, anise an& cu%%in, an& o%its the #ei!htier
    %atters o3 the la#, >u&!%ent, %ercy an& 3aith. 6n& as such, #hile he is not the ene%y o3 the
    society o3 to&ay he is the ene%y o3 the society o3 the 3uture; he is as +ernicious to +osterity as
    the har&ene& sinner is to his conte%+oraries.
    6n& 3urther, the har&ene& saint is one #ho can look neither 3or#ar& nor 1ack#ar&. 0e is
    o3ten not only rea&y to +ersecute, yes, even to i%+rison or cruci3y the %an o3 the 3uture, 1ut
    he accor&s the sa%e treat%ent to the %an o3 the +ast, the cri%inal #ho is out o3 tune #ith the
    +resent, 1ut #ho is livin! accor&in! to the sche&ule o3 a +revious a!e. 0e is the %an #ho
    re!ar&s the sinner an& the sin as so%ethin! #holly a1horrent an& #orthy only o3 1rutal
    su++ression instea& o3 rational cure.
    ,ntolerance, that is the vice o3 the har&ene& saint, the ina1ility to see the root o3 !oo& in
    thin!s evil, the soul o3 %anhoo& in the cri%inal, the truth #hich lies in the o+inions o3 others
    #ith #ho% he %ay &isa!ree. 0e is una1le to look intelli!ently into the hearts o3 %en an& see
    the %otives #hich in3luence the%, an& to co%+are the% #ith his o#n.
    ... There can 1e no &ou1t that the si!n 2This -oa& to Beco%in! a 0ar&ene& *aint: &rives
    %any to the o++osite +ath. There is so%ethin! as unlovely a1out the narro#ness o3 the
    har&ene& saint as a1out the 3rankness o3 the har&ene& sinner, a sort o3 hy+ocrisy, a s%ell o3
    +retensions not live& u+ to, #hich 3ri!htens the youth into the o++osite course. Douth loves
    tolerance, it &esires to 1e un&erstoo&. But the virtuous yet intolerant +arent or teacher, the
    %an #ho +reaches &o#n, #ho clai%s that 2he never &i& such thin!s #hen he #as youn!2 -
    usually an out an& out lie - ten&s to &rive the youth u+on the other roa&; , &o not 1la%e hi%.
    The har&ene& saint is a constant #arnin! to others. ne %ay have this or that theory as to
    Christ, 1ut can any one overlook the s+len&i& eEa%+le o3 his associatin! #ith sinners, or the
    senti%ent conveye& in the #or&s 20e that is #ithout sin a%on! you, let hi% 3irst cast a
    stone.2
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    0o# to kee+ 3ro% 1eco%in! a har&ene& saint. ,t is not an easy %atter, es+ecially i3 your
    +osition in li3e is such as to shiel& you 3ro% te%+tation to %ake virtue +ro3ita1le, to !uar& you
    3ro% #ant. ,t is easy enou!h to think that you are &oin! enou!h #hen you #alk strai!ht, #hen
    you have no co%+ellin! %otives to &o other#ise. ,t is easier 3or a ca%el to +ass throu!h the
    eye o3 a nee&le than 3or a rich %an to enter the kin!&o% o3 heaven. Why. "ot 1ecause there
    is any sin in 1ein! rich, 1ut 1ecause heaven is a +lace 3or the i&eal saint, not 3or one o3 the
    har& 1oile& variety. The thin! 3or you to &o is to !et out so%e#here #here you #ill 1e
    te%+te&. Better sli+ u+ no# an& then than to lose your 3leEi1ility. Many a %an accounte& too
    1a& to associate #ith has +reserve& his 3leEi1ility to a !reater eEtent than those #ho have
    al#ays #alke& strai!ht - there is %ore ho+e 3or hi%. 0o# to scra+e o33 the crust o3 har&ene&
    saintshi+ #hich is 1e!innin! to accu%ulate on yoursel3. There are %any #ays, 1ut all involve
    a 1roa&enin! o3 your interests an& your sy%+athies, es+ecially o3 your sy%+athies. ,t %ay 1e
    #ell enou!h to have an aca&e%ic interest in the other hal3 o3 the #orl&, the +art in #hich you
    &o not %ove socially or in a 1usiness #ay. But really, it is Huite 2insu33icient.2 Dou %ust learn to
    kno# these %en an& #o%en; you %ust learn to take a +ersonal interest in the% as you #oul&
    in a %e%1er o3 your 3a%ily or a 3rien& #ho is 2socially your eHual.2 To rea& a1out the%, to
    hear lectures, to sit in co%%ittees, to take +art in charita1le entertain%ents, these are #ell
    enou!h, 1ut they carry you 1ut a short #ay. ...Christ &i& it; he #as never tire& o3 talkin! o3
    associatin! #ith sinners an& co%%en&in! those #ho #oul& &o it. 0e kne# #hat he #as
    talkin! a1out; you &o not have to take %y #or& 3or it. 6n& your re#ar& #ill 1e, not in havin!
    +er3or%e& an un+leasant &uty, 3or it is not that, 1ut in havin! your vie#+oint 1roa&ene&, in
    1ein! +lace& on the 3irin! line in the !reat 1attle on #hich the 3uture o3 the race &e+en&s.
    ... ,3 you 3in& it &i33icult, 3irst ask yoursel3 #hether the 3ault lies in the 3act that you have
    1een har&ene& 1y your environ%ent, that you yoursel3 are lackin! in the 3leEi1ility #hich is the
    1asis o3 all s+iritual +ro!ress. The &i33iculty shoul& 1e a #arnin! to you not to yiel& to a
    +rocess that is slo#ly convertin! you into a har&ene& saint.
    7Fro% the Iol. I,, #19, (S(1S1F1B /$ E$ 'ibrary (ritic8
    '''''''''''''''''''''''''''
    WHAT IS TRUTH?
    - G. &e $urucker
    0o# %ay #e 3in& truth, or &istin!uish as a%on! &i33erent teachin!s callin! the%selves
    truth, as to #hich is the +ro+er or the 1est. What is truth. Do you re%e%1er $ontius $ilate
    callin! 3or a 1o#l o3 #ater to #ash his han&s, an& sayin!: What is truth. , ask you the sa%e:
    What is truth. Do you think, any one o3 you or any son o3 %an, that you have all truth #ithin
    the s%all co%+ass o3 your %in&. Don:t you see #hat a +re+osterous Huestion this is. 6ll #e
    can kno# o3 truth is +artial co!nisance o3 the la#s o3 the /niverse, an ever-!ro#in!
    co!nisance, an ever-increasin! ran!e o3 consciousness an& 3eelin!, a !ro#th in #is&o% an&
    inner +o#er. But i3 any %an coul& enco%+ass the #hole truth #ithin the s%all co%+ass o3 his
    %in&, o3 his 1rain, #hat a sa& outlook 3or all the 3uture there #oul& lie 1e3ore hi%. 0e has
    en&e&, he has 3inishe&, he has it allP 0e has in3inite truth - all o3 #hich is 3ortunately
    i%+ossi1le.
    Truth is relative, 1ecause #hat %en call truth is >ust so %uch as each in&ivi&ual %an can
    un&erstan&, take in, receive an& &i!est, o3 the la#s o3 the /niverse aroun& us; an& 1y that ,
    %ean the s+iritual /niverse even %ore than the !ross +hysical one that !ives us our 1o&ies.
    Truth is relative, , re+eat, #hich %eans in the si%+lest #ay o3 s+eakin!, that #hat is truth to
    5ack %ay 1e 3alse to 5ohn. Charles %ay see #here 5ack 3ails an& #here 5ohn 3ails, an& have
    a vision o3 a still hi!her truth; an& so%e other %an #ith a vision an& +enetratin! +o#er o3
    intellect lar!er than that o3 Charles, %ay see %ore an& 3eel %ore.
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    De&uction: Be there3ore !enerous in your 3eelin!s to#ar&s others. )earn to res+ect true
    convictions, i3 they are in&ee& convictions; an& learn to un&erstan& %ere o+inions 3or the
    +altry value that %ost o3 the% have, o+inions that are as chan!ea1le an& uncertain as the
    %oonli!ht.
    Truth per se is in3inite #is&o%, an& #hat %an has it. ;ven the !o&s the%selves in their
    6Aure *eats have only +ortions, 1ut +ortions vastly !reater than #e have. *o you see ho#
    3utile such a Huestion is a3ter all, an& ho# &istressin! it is that Huestions like this have !iven
    rise to so %uch hu%an ill 3eelin! as a%on! %en, not only in reli!ion 1ut in every as+ect o3
    hu%an li3e. ,nstea& o3 havin! kin&liness an& sy%+athy to#ar&s others, an& an en&eavor to
    un&erstan& your 1rother:s vie#+oint, there is a constant clash o3 o+inions an& #arrin! o3
    #or&s, lea&in! to hu%an unha++iness at the least, an& to &es+erate %isery at the #orst - all
    very 3oolish an&, in&ee&, chil&ish, 1ecause unnecessary. The ol& si%+le rule o3 1rotherhoo&
    an& kin&liness solves all these +ro1le%s. -e%e%1er that your o#n !ro#th in #is&o% is
    stea&y, your o#n !ro#th in un&erstan&in! is constant. )earn then to 1e charita1le to others.
    3 course, on the other han&, so%e syste%s o3 thou!ht have %uch %ore o3 truth than
    others. This is o1vious, 1ecause so%e %en are %ore evolve& than other %en, are #iser, have
    a %ore +enetratin! %in&, an& see 3arther. )earn there3ore to 1e charita1le, 1ut to 1e al#ays
    rea&y to receive a ne# truth an& to 3ollo# a Teacher #ho% you 1elieve to have that truth, thus
    reco!nisin! that it is +ossi1le 3or so%e other %an to kno# a little %ore than yoursel3 . ,t takes
    a 1i! %an to 3ollo# so%e other %an; an& , &on:t %ean 1lin& slavery or servile o1e&ience. ,
    a1hor the%. , %ean an honest conviction in your heart that so%eone else in the #orl& kno#s
    %ore than you &o; an& such a conviction &i!ni3ies a %an, clothes hi% #ith %anly &i!nity.
    Truth &#ells #ithin, in you an& in %e. There is a secret 3ountain o3 truth an& conseHuent
    #is&o% #ithin every son o3 %an, at #hich he %ay &rink; an& this secret 3ountain is his o#n
    in%ost 1ein!, his link #ith the &ivinity #hich is the heart o3 our /niverse, 3or that sa%e heart is
    his heart, 3or #e are o3 its su1stance, o3 its li3e #e are chil&ren, o3 its thou!ht #e are o33s+rin!.
    The very +hysical ato%s #hich co%+ass %y 1o&y are %ere !uests therein, an& , a% their
    host. They co%e to %e 3ro% the 3arthest ran!es o3 the GalaEy, &#ell a #hile in %y 1o&y, an&
    !ive it 3or%, an& +ass on. 6n& ,, alas, +erha+s &irty their 3aces #hen they co%e to %e in trust,
    or %ayha+, +era&venture, , cleanse their 3aces. But #hatever ha++ens, those sa%e ato%s #ill
    return to %e so%e &ay in the in3inite #hirlin! o3 the Wheel o3 )i3e, continuous throu!hout
    eternity.
    The 1i! #heels %ove 1y the !race o3 Go&;
    The little #heels %ove alsoP
    Dou kno# the ol& "e!ro :s+iritual: - a #on&er3ul truth in that 3actP
    *o then, truth is %erely as %uch as the s+iritual %an #ithin you can take in 3ro% your
    stu&y, 3ro% your intuitions, 3ro% your livin! #ith your 3ello#%en, an& a1ove all 3ro% your inner
    ins+iration. Does truth &#ell in *cience. Does truth &#ell in the churches. The ans#er is
    o1vious, isn:t itP Does truth &#ell in the +hiloso+hical lecture-halls o3 our /niversities. The
    sa%e ans#erP Dou #ill 3in& in church an& lecture-hall an& in scienti3ic la1oratory only as %uch
    as in&ivi&ual %en 1rin! there; an& these in&ivi&ual %en kno# only as %uch as they have
    evolve& 3ro% #ithin the%selves.
    Dou see ho# 3utile this Huestion is as a%on! the &i33erent sects an& societies. Where %ay
    truth 1e 3oun&, an& ho# %ay #e kno# #hen #e 3in& it. Dou see the ans#er. 0ere is the
    touchstone: #ithin; 1ecause there is truth #ithin the heart, #ithin the core o3 your 1ein!, the
    &ivine center #hich is i&entical #ith the &ivine center o3 the /niverse, 3or #e are chil&ren o3 it,
    o3 its essence; an& >ust in +ro+ortion as a %an co%es to kno# an& to 1eco%e this &ivine
    s+ark 1urnin! #ithin his o#n 1ein!, &oes his !ras+ o3 truth !ro# !reater. The %ore he can
    vi1rate in unison #ith the vi1rations o3 that s+iritual sun #ithin hi%sel3, that s+ark #hich is the
    li!ht 3ro% the &ivinity o3 the GalaEy, >ust in +ro+ortion &oes he kno# truth.
    But in a +ractical #ay 1e kin&ly to those #ho &i33er 3ro% you, reco!nisin! that your o#n
    un&erstan&in! is li%ite& also. Do not resort to sarcas%s, a sure %ark o3 s%all %in&s. /se
    irony i3 you like, 1ut not unkin& sarcas%s. When a %an resorts to sarcas%, it si%+ly %eans
    that he cannot think o3 anythin! %ore clever to say. Be kin&ly to#ar&s others; res+ect others:
    convictions; an& seek continually that 3ountain o3 Wis&o% #ithin yoursel3 #here in its in%ost
    #e %ay in&ee& say that Truth a1i&es in 3ulness. There lies the +ath#ay o3 #hich Theoso+hy
    teaches.
    - Fro% 'ucifer, Dece%1er, 1F49
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    P"%! ;o&nson8s 9oo) on T&e 2"sters
    2n %earch of the Masters 5ehind the /ccult Myth has 1een out 3or a1out 4 K X years
    an& is a co+iously researche& atte%+t to +rove that the various Masters 1ehin& the 3oun&in!
    o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety #ere #ell-kno#n historical +ersona!es. The 1ook is >ust +lain
    craAy to +ut it in si%+le lan!ua!e. ,t is like the author !ets #hat see%s to 1e a !oo& i&ea -
    that the Masters #here secular +ersons one coul& &iscover the i&entity o3 in historical recor&s
    - an& then 2every trick in the 1ook2 is use& to try to %ake this assu%+tion 1e true or to
    over+o#er, con3use, &ou1letalk an& 1u33oon the rea&ershi+ into a!reein!. Cre&it shoul& 1e
    !iven #here &ue, an& there is a lot o3 research #ork that has 1een &one here, 1ut in a vain
    an& o1stinate cause. There si%+ly is not enou!h secular in3or%ation on the a&e+ts in
    Theoso+hical )iterature to +rove a secular i&entity one #ay or another.
    5ohnson a++arently a++roves o3 his +icture o3 Blavatsky:s !oals: 2... a !reat s+iritual
    teacher in her o#n ri!ht, &evotin! all her ener!ies to the enli!hten%ent an& li1eration o3
    hu%anity.2 7+ (<=8; #hile clai%in! her %eans #ere all 3rau& an& &eceit: 2... a net#ork o3 3rau&
    an& intri!ue2 7+ (<=8; 2That such a +er3or%ance #as a +ai& actin! >o1 &oes in&ee& %ake it
    see% that 0$B an& Thackersey #ere involve& in an e33ort to +ut one over on lcott.2 7+ 19G8;
    2... there in not %uch literal truth in 0$B:s +ortrayal o3 her Masters...2 7+ (<B8; 2lcott a++ears
    therein to have 1een Blavatsky:s :&u+e: in the early &ays o3 Theoso+hy, in the sense that she
    &eli1erately %ani+ulate& hi% #ith &istorte& +ortrayals o3 her Masters.2 7+ (<F8; 2... %y o#n
    !uess is that they 7+aranor%al +heno%ena8 #ere a co%1ination o3 3rau& an& !enuine
    +sychis%...2 7+ (CG8; 2... , 3eel &isillusion%ent in &iscoverin! ho# 3ictional #as 0$B:s +ortrayal
    o3 her Masters... Blavatsky %a&e li1eral use o3 untruths in her e33ort to convey truth...2 7+ (C=8;
    20o# %uch o3 the 3antasy o3 the Mahat%a letters #as Thakur *in!h:s i&ea an& ho# %uch
    #as 0$B:s is a Huestion #hich %ay never 1e ans#ere&.2 7+ (4=8; 20o&!son:s sus+icion that
    0$B an& the su++ose& chelas o3 the Masters #ere en!a!e& in a %assive 3rau& #as in&ee&
    accurate...2 7+ (9(8; 2This is one o3 the 3e# true Mahat%a stories o3 Theoso+hical history.2 7+
    (9(8; an& havin! one o3 his 2&iscovere&2 a&e+ts, 5a%al a&-Din, a++rovin! o3 %ur&er: 2They
    accuse %e o3 1ein! involve& in a cons+iracy a!ainst the li3e o3 the *hah. *urely it #as a !oo&
    &ee& to kill this 1loo&thirsty tyrant.2 7+ 1F<8.
    ,n 5ohnson:s vie# the +ur+ose o3 all this %iEin! u+ o3 %eans an& en&s #as to +rotect the
    i&entity o3 a&e+ts #ho #ere involve& in +olitical %achinations - chie3ly tryin! to 3ree the $un>a1
    3ro% British rule. ,t &oesn:t see% si!ni3icant to hi% that such 3rau& #as &irectly contrary to the
    #hole +hiloso+hy +ro%ote& 1y Blavatsky an& the 6&e+ts. 6++arently he 1elieves that such
    Machiavellian tactics are kosher 3or s+iritual teachers. *uch 6&e+ts %ay not ascri1e to so%e
    o3 our +hony an& social #estern etiHuette an& ethics 1ut it is a 3ar stretch to take thin!s this
    3ar.
    ,t is a Huestion o3 ho# to con3ront 5ohnson:s theories a1out Blavatsky an& the 6&e+ts,
    #hen he has his o#n stan&ar&s suitin! his +ur+ose o3 #hat is vali& evi&ence an& #hat not.
    *tate%ents 1y Blavatsky or others are seen as 3alsehoo&s2 or 21lin&s2 #hen they contra&ict
    his o%ni+resent vie# o3 thin!s. We +oor 2&octrinaire Theoso+hists2 7+ (9(8 have 1een &u+e&
    into 1elievin! such state%ents o3 the a&e+ts 3ro% the Mahat%a )etters as 3ollo#s:
    76 chela is consi&ere& a success even i3...8 20e is 3ree to, an& #ill not 1e hel& to account
    3or usin! the %ost a1usive #or&s an& eE+ressions re!ar&in! his !uru:s actions an& or&ers,
    +rovi&e& he co%es out victorious 3ro% the 3iery or&eal; +rovi&e& he resists all an& every
    te%+tation; re>ects every allure%ent, an& +roves that nothin!, not even the +ro%ise o3 that
    #hich he hol&s &earer than li3e, o3 that %ost +recious 1oon, his 3uture a&e+tshi+ - is una1le to
    %ake hi% &eviate 3ro% the +ath o3 truth an& honesty, or 3orce hi% to 1eco%e a &eceiver.
    ...they te%+t hi%, an& lea& hi% to i%a!ine that in &oin! no in>ury to any hu%an 1ein! an&
    #hen the %otive is !oo& every action 1eco%es le!alP , #as thus te%+te& in %y youth, an&
    ha& nearly succu%1e& t#ice to the te%+tation, 1ut #as save& 1y %y uncle 3ro% 3allin! into
    the %onstrous snare...2 7M)s, ++. (41F (FC-F8
    5ohnson #oul& have his au&ience 1elieve that the a1ove an& thousan&s o3 other +a!es
    o3 Theoso+hical literature is >ust so %uch o3 a 2+ut on2 in +rovi&in! a 3ront 3or Blavatsky an&
    a&e+ts to hi&e their real #ork o3 various +olitical %achinations. Well, this revie#er says that
    Mr. 5ohnson is the crack+ot an& &eceiver an& i3 he ha& his unconscious #ish #oul& &estroy
    the #hole su1stance o3 Theoso+hical teachin!s 3or the sake o3 his e!o an& to 2%ake a na%e
    3or hi%sel3 2 throu!h theories insu33icient 1y any stan&ar& o3 a&eHuate reason an& evi&ence.
    Beco%in! a scholarly hero really is the reason 3or this 1ook, as there is not enou!h here
    --- B
    1y any stretch o3 the i%a!ination to %ake it a +ur+ose3ul an& honest historical #ork. ,3 there is
    3ar short o3 enou!h evi&ence here to su++ort the thesis - #hat can 1e the +ur+ose o3 the 1ook
    other than e!o. Mr. 5ohnson #oul& say that he is 2only +resentin! a theory2 as a #ay out o3
    his +ecca&illo o3 a1errant an& inconsistent reasonin! an& %etho& in his +resentation. 0e
    +resents his i&eas as 3act 1y %anner o3 +resentation throu!hout the 1ook, #hich is &ishonest
    style in +resentin! a theory. ,3 he is only &ishonestly-in-style +resentin! a theory, #hat is his
    1asis 3or statin! as 3act in the a1ove state%ents an& +re%ise throu!hout the 1ook that
    Blavatsky, co-#orkers an& a&e+ts #ere liars, cheats, 3or!ers an& con-%en. Where are the
    3acts to 1ack this u+ other than in his o#n 3alse theories. They are liars 1ecause that is #hat
    his theory says they areP 0e is his o#n 1est #itness. The only consistency in Mr. 5ohnson:s
    1ook is his %etho& o3 usin! #hatever cleverness necessary to %o%entarily su++ort his errant
    e!o an& theories.
    This is a historical 1ook an& &eals not at all #ith the Theoso+hical +hiloso+hy, #hich is
    the real 2+roo32 o3 #hat Blavatsky an& Theoso+hy are all a1out. ,n Theoso+hical &octrines
    there is a 2lo#er %anas2 or %in& - the co%+uter +art o3 the %in& #hich o3 itsel3 has no insi!ht
    into hi!her realities an& +ur+oses. ,t is the %ain source o3 2%aya2 or illusion an& can
    un&erstan& only a++earances. 20i!her %anas2 is in touch #ith s+iritual realities an& can intuit
    the reality an& +ur+ose 1ehin& the %ere 1are-1ones a++earances. /nless one can !et a
    !li%+se once in a#hile o3 the #orl& 1eyon& the 1are-1ones scholarly #orl& o3 lo#er %anas,
    he &oesn:t have a chance o3 +erceivin! the !enuine altruistic an& s+iritual +ur+ose 1ehin& the
    Theoso+hical e33ort. 2n %earch of the Masters 5ehind the /ccult Myth is a totally lo#er-%anas
    1ook an& a 1i! %aya. 6 Huote o3 0$B 3ro% 5ohnson:s 1ook see%s a++ro+riate:
    20i!her thin!s can 1e +erceive& only 1y a sense +ertainin! to those hi!her thin!s. 6n&
    #hoever there3ore #ants to see the real M606TM6, %ust use his intellectual si!ht. 0e %ust
    so elevate his Manas that its +erce+tion #ill 1e clear an& all %ists create& 1y Maya %ust 1e
    &is+elle&.2 7BCW vol. I,, + (9G8
    - M. 5aHua
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    T"!(ot 2%n/' A,&oris+s
    The 3ollo#in! a+horis%s are all 3ro% Mun&y:s :ueen (leopatra 3ro% his Tros of
    %amothrace series. Mun&y +u1lishe& a1out 9G a&venture novels, %any #ith a &eci&e&ly
    occult an& Theoso+hic 1ent, 3ro% a1out 1F1< #ith his Cin# of the Chyber -ifles until 1F9G
    #ith one o3 his Ti1etan novels, /ld 0#ly 4ace. 0is 1est novel, /m+ The %ecret of Ahbor ,alley
    #as #ritten #hile resi&in! at $t. )o%a Theoso+hical Co%%unity. 0e is hel& 1y %any to 1e the
    1est novelist on ;astern culture, even a1ove the %ore reno#n ?i+lin!. ,n %any o3 his novels
    he lea&s each cha+ter #ith an a+horis% an& the 3ollo#in! are such, each a 23ra!%ent2 3ro%
    the &iary o3 the court astrolo!er ly%+us.
    2We reco!niAe a kin&re& s+irit, or a !reater s+irit, neither 1y eye nor 1y ear, 1ut 1y the
    heart, #hich sees 1y 3lashes o3 the )i!ht #ithin ourselves.2
    2*tren!th o3 +ur+ose has no +art in o1stinacy. 1stinanacy clin!s to #hat it sees,
    &enyin! #hat it sees not. *tren!th o3 +ur+ose, &au!hter o3 i%a!ination, can &eny #hat see%s
    to 1e, 1ecause it kno#s #hat is. Men s+eak to one another o3 +rotection, 1ut #hat &o they
    %ean 1y it. , %ysel3 have treate& %any a #oun& that %i!ht have 1een a %ere scratch ha& its
    victi% not #orn ar%or. 6n& the %e&icines o3 %any a +hysician are a &ea&lier +reventive o3
    recovery than a &isease itsel3. ,3 a %an:s o#n soul +rotect hi% not, #here shall he look 3or
    sa3ety 3ro% the %ultitu&es o3 &an!ers that 1eset hi% on every si&e. But i3 he hi&e #ithin the
    !lory o3 his o#n soul, ho# shall any &ark &estroyer 3in& hi%.2
    2"o# 1ecause there is a la# o3 o++osites it %ust a++ear that there are t#o #ays o3
    arrivin! at a !iven !oal. The one is violent, the other not; an& each #ay has a %ultitu&e o3
    1y+aths that %ay lea& into inertia, 1ut none o3 #hich connects the #ay o3 1loo&she& #ith the
    #ay o3 +eace. For they are se+arate, althou!h their courses a++ear +arallel; 1ut that is only
    an a++earance. ne #ay lea&s to#ar& the true !oal,
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    +eace an& +atience 1e!ettin! +atience an& +eace, al1eit o3ten a3ter %any +erils narro#ly
    avoi&e&. But he #ho travels 1y that other #ay sees nothin! 1ut a 3alse !oal that rece&es as
    he a&vances, every act o3 violence inevita1ly !ivin! i%+ulse to another o3 its kin&.2
    2*tren!th is o3 these t#o kin&s: +o#er to a++ly 3orce, +o#er to resist it. But intelli!ence
    is a1le to co%%an& 1oth; an& intelli!ence contains this attri1ute: that he #ho has it
    reco!niAes instantly a !reater than his o#n, an& so a++lies his o#n to the a&vanta!e o3 the%
    1oth instea& o3 7as a 3ool #oul& &o8 o++osin! lesser a!ainst !reater. Were it not so, nothin!
    !reat coul& ever co%e to +ass nor any !reatness 3lourish.2
    2What su+eriority %ay #e attain to #ithout stirrin! en%ity in others. 0as it not 1een
    #ritten on the 3ace o3 nature. Wis&o% counsels us to see% in3erior, in secret !atherin! our
    s+iritual stren!th, since en%ity is ai%e& at virtue, seekin! to re&uce us to a co%%on level #ith
    the hu%an her&; #hereas #e shoul& rise to an eHual level #ith the !o&s.2
    2Bla%e is easy to lay an& no %an or no #o%an is +er3ect. Co%%only the !reatest 3ools
    an& hy+ocrites are rea&iest to cast as+ersion; an& the #isest an& %ost honora1le are the
    slo#est, ever Huali3yin! accusation an& #ithhol&in! >u&!e%ent, kno#in! that the%selves in
    like +re&ica%ent %i!ht 1lun&er #orse than the accuse& an& %i!ht achieve less.2
    2The #ise #ill ever %o&i3y a +lan, an& only 3ools are o1stinate. But #hat the !o&s have
    &isa++rove& they #i+e out utterly.2
    2Ma!ic is the universally acce+te& na%e 3or those +heno%ena #hose nou%ena are
    unkno#n to the or&inary her&. But %a!ic is o3 t#o kin&s, #hich, ho#ever, have this Huality in
    co%%on: they receive their i%+ulse 3ro% the #ill o3 the %a!ician, so%e#hat in the #ay that
    ri++les on the sea receive their i%+ulse 3ro% an oar; an& i3 his #ill lack stren!th, or i3 his
    un&erstan&in! 3ail hi%, he %ust receive the e33ect o3 his %a!ic hurle& 1ack on hi%sel3 #ith
    3orce re&ou1le& 1y the i%+ulse o3 his a&versary. 0e #ho is kno#n as a #hite %a!ician - he,
    that is, #ho takes the ri!ht-han& #ay an& #hose kno#le&!e is eEerte& solely #ith a 1ene3icial
    an& unsel3ish +ur+ose - nee& not &rea& that re+ercussion %ore than 3ish nee& &rea& the sea,
    1ecause he is e%+loyin! )i3e itsel3 - the very )i3e in #hich he lives. But the 1lack %a!ician -
    he #ho takes the le3t-han& #ay, #hose +ur+ose an& #hose +o#er are %alevolent - is not so
    3ortunately situate&. Death is his e%+loyer an& e%+loyee, so that the !reater his i%%e&iate
    success, the %ore certain is his ulti%ate annihilation.2
    2This little li3e #e lea& on earth is 1ut a school 3or coura!e. ,3 #e learn %ore
    coura!e #hen the !a%e is losin!, or is lost, shoul& #e then envy the a++arent #inner.2
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    CH10AS AND HU2AN 91INGS
    - Geor!e Car&inal )eGros
    2The ene%ies #hich rise #ithin the 1o&y, 0ar& to 1e overco%e - the vile +assions -
    *houl& %an3ully 1e 3ou!ht; &ho con"uers these is e"ual to the con"ueror of &orlds.2
    *o%eone has re%arke& that the i%%e&iate &uty o3 a Theoso+hist is not to 1eco%e a
    Chela, 1ut a hu%an 1ein!. ,t is %ore truth than e+i!ra%. We #ere a#akene& %entally 1y the
    Manasa+utras so%e nineteen %illion years a!o, an& since then have 1een stru!!lin! alon!,
    +art hu%an an& +art ani%al, %ostly the latter. The 3orce o3 our )unar nature is terri3ic, havin!
    1ehin& it a #hole %anvantara o3 eE+erience in the 1east kin!&o% o3 the Moon Chain.
    The ti%e is near 7an& has alrea&y arrive& 3or so%e Theoso+hists8 #hen in %any 7or, at
    least, so%e8 in&ivi&uals the Divine "ature #ill %ake itsel3 3elt to such a &e!ree that a hea&-on
    clash 1et#een the ani%al an& the %an is inevita1le. With this also co%es the 1e!innin! o3
    #is&o%; un&erstan&in! o3 sel3 an& its relation an& res+onsi1ility to all other selves. 6 %ystical
    threshol& is reache&, an& the %an or #o%an !li%+ses the outlines o3 the Gates o3 Gol&. This
    %ay or %ay not %ean that the +erson is rea&y 3or chelashi+. That &e+en&s u+on the +ro!ress
    %a&e in +revious lives. Wrote 0.$. Blavatsky:
    2"o# there is a terri1le la# o+erative in nature, one #hich cannot 1e altere&, an& #hose
    o+eration clears u+ the a++arent %ystery o3 the selection o3 certain :Chelas: #ho have turne&
    out sorry s+eci%ens o3 %orality, these 3e# years +ast. Does the rea&er recall the ol& +rover1,
    :)et slee+in! &o!s lie:. There is a #orl& o3 occult %eanin! in it. "o %an or #o%an kno#s his
    or her %oral stren!th until it is trie&. Thousan&s !o throu!h li3e very res+ecta1ly, 1ecause they
    #ere never +ut to the +inch. ne #ho un&ertakes to try 3or Chelashi+ 1y that very act rouses
    an& lashes to &es+eration every slee+in! +assion o3 his ani%al nature. For this is the
    co%%ence%ent o3 a stru!!le 3or the %astery in #hich Huarter is neither to 1e !iven nor taken.
    ,t is, once 3or all, :To 1e, or "ot to 1e:; to conHuer, %eans 6D;$T*0,$; to 3ail, an i!no1le
    Martyr&o%; 3or to 3all victi% to lust, +ri&e, avarice, vanity, sel3ishness, co#ar&ice, or any other
    o3 the lo#er +ro+ensities, is in&ee& i!no1le, i3 %easure& 1y the stan&ar&s o3 true %anhoo&.
    2The Chela is not only calle& to 3 ace all the latent evil +ro+ensities o3 his nature, 1ut, in
    a&&ition, the #hole volu%e o3 %ale3icent +o#er accu%ulate& 1y the co%%unity an& nation to
    #hich he 1elon!s. ... let it 1e kno#n that he has 1een a1le to &etect the hollo# %ockery o3
    social li3e, its hy+ocrisy, sel3ishness, sensuality, cu+i&ity an& other 1a& 3eatures, an& has
    &eter%ine& to li3t hi%sel3 u+ to a hi!her level, at once he is hate&, an& every 1a&, or 1i!ote&,
    or %alicious nature sen&s at hi% a current o3 o++osin! #ill +o#er.
    2,3 he is innately stron! he shakes it o33, as the +o#er3ul s#i%%er &ashes throu!h the
    current that #oul& 1ear a #eaker one a#ay. But in this %oral 1attle, i3 the Chela has one
    sin!le hi&&en 1le%ish, &o #hat he %ay, it shall an& #ill 1e 1rou!ht to li!ht. The varnish o3
    conventionalities #hich :civiliAation: overlays us all #ith %ust co%e o33 to the last coat, an& the
    ,nner *el3 , nake& an& #ithout the sli!htest veil to conceal its reality, is eE+ose&. The ha1its o3
    society #hich hol& %en to a certain &e!ree un&er %oral restraint, an& co%+el the% to +ay
    tri1ute to virtue 1y see%in! to 1e !oo& #hether they are so or not, these ha1its are a+t to 1e
    all 3or!otten, these restraints to 1e 1roken throu!h un&er the strain o3 chelashi+. 0e is no# in
    the at%os+here o3 illusions - Maya. Iice +uts on its %ost allurin! 3ace, an& the te%+tin!
    +assions try to lure the ineE+erience& as+irant to the &e+ths o3 +sychic &e1ase%ent.
    2Chelashi+ #as &e3ine&, the other &ay, 1y a Mahat%a as a :+sychic resolvent, #hich eats
    a#ay all &ross an& leaves only the +ure !ol& 1ehin&.: ,3 the can&i&ate has the latent lust 3or
    %oney, or +olitical chicanery, or %aterialistic ske+ticis%, or vain &is+lay, or 3alse s+eakin!, or
    cruelty, or sensual !rati3ication o3 any kin&, the !er% is al%ost sure to s+rout; an& so, on the
    other han&, as re!ar&s the no1le Hualities o3 hu%an nature. The real %an co%es out. ,s it not
    the hei!ht o3 3olly, then, 3or any one to leave the s%ooth +ath o3 co%%on+lace li3e to scale the
    cra!s o3 chelashi+ #ithout so%e reasona1le 3eelin! o3 certainty that he has the ri!ht stu33 in
    hi%.2
    ,t see%s o1vious that the Huestion o3 &eci&in! on the try 3or chelashi+ 1eco%es, in every
    case, a &istinctly +ersonal one, an& %iEe& %otives are very likely to 1e +resent. But there can
    1e no &ou1t that, as Blavatsky says, 2The real %an co%es out.2 ,t is so%ethin! like lookin!
    into the 3a1le& Ma!ic $ool #here one sees hi%sel3 as he actually is. Many are sai& to &ie o3
    shock u+on 1ehol&in! their true a++earances. The 6&e+t
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    ?.0. says in The Mahatma 'etters that every can&i&ate 3or chelashi+ is #arne& o3 the
    &an!ers atten&ant u+on enterin! the $ath. ,t is certainly a +er+leEin! Huestion, #ith stron!
    reasons 3or 1oth tryin! an& not tryin!.
    Blavatsky also #rote: 2)et hi% as+ire only to that #hich he 3eels hi%sel3 a1le to
    acco%+lish. )et hi% not take u+on hi%sel3 a 1ur&en too heavy to carry. Without ever
    1eco%in! a :Master,: or a Great *aint, let hi% stu&y the $hiloso+hy an& the *cience o3 *oul,
    an& he can 1eco%e one o3 the %o&est 1ene3actors o3 hu%anity, #ithout any :su+erhu%an:
    +o#ers. These last are only 3or those #ho are a1le to lea& the li3e, to co%+ly #ith the terri1le
    sacri3ices reHuire& 3or such a trainin!, an& to co%+ly #ith the% to the very letter. ,t %ust 1e
    re%e%1ere& al#ays that true ccultis% is the :Great -enunciation o3 *el3: - uncon&itionally
    an& a1solutely, in thou!ht as in action. ,t is 6)T-/,*M, an& it thro#s hi% #ho +ractices it out
    o3 calculation o3 the ranks o3 the livin! alto!ether. :"ot 3or hi%sel3, 1ut 3or the #orl& he lives,:
    as soon as he has +le&!e& hi%sel3 to the #ork. Much is 3or!iven &urin! the 3irst years o3
    +ro1ation. But, no sooner is he :acce+te&,: than his +ersonality %ust &isa++ear, an& he %ust
    1eco%e a %ere 1ene3icent 3orce in "ature.2
    7'e.ros (ollected Articles and ,erse is availa1le 3ro%
    2$roto!onos2 3or RB.GG +ost+ai& 7(GG ++., s+iral-1oun&8.
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    PROTOGONOS is +u1lishe& irre!ularly an& &istri1ute& 3ree o3 char!e. ;&itor is M.
    5aHua. *u1%issions an& corres+on&ence #elco%e. $B 999, Gran& -a+i&s, hio 94<((
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    POINTS O4 INT1R1ST
    ,n the March, :F9 >i#h (ountry Theosophist a lon! letter o3 5ohn Carter:s is +rinte& #hich
    contains the 3ollo#in! t#o state%ents attri1ute& to the D"!"i 0"+"5
    2,3 t#o %ales or t#o 3e%ales voluntarily a!ree to have %utual satis3action #ithout 3urther
    i%+lication o3 har%in! others, then it is ?.2
    20e has state& that a1ortion, #hile al#ays re!retta1le, is +ri%arily the &ecision o3 the
    %other, not the *tate.2
    May1e this #riter is a 1u33oon 3or not 1ein! a#are o3 so%ethin! that:s co%%on
    kno#le&!e, so to s+eak, 1ut , #oul& 1e shocke& an& &isillusione& i3 the D):s +osition is that
    ho%oseEuality is not i%%oral. This %atter is an i%+ortant ethical issue, an& no re3erence or
    conteEt is !iven 3or the state%ent. 7,:ve #ritten an& aske& 3or a re3erence.8 What he could 1e
    sayin! is that one shoul& 2live an& let live2, that +eo+le shoul& 1e le3t alone to %ake their o#n
    &ecisions 7an& rea+ the resultant kar%a8 on %oral %atters i3 they are not 1otherin! others an&
    shoul& not 1e 2harasse&2 - #hich senti%ent this #riter thinks is Theoso+hical an& the ri!ht
    one. Co%+assion enters in here also, the 3act is that %any ho%oseEuals are so over1ur&ene&
    #ith +ast kar%a that they cannot hel+ the%selves. ,3 they &o not sink in &ee+er, esca+in! the
    +erversion, an& it is a +erversion, %i!ht 1e the #ork o3 li3e-ti%es. ,tLs a su1tle &istinction
    1et#een su++ortin! so%ethin! an& havin! co%+assion on those #ho %ay or %ay not 1e a1le
    to hel+ the%selves.
    Theoso+hical &octrines hol& that %ankin& in the &istant 3uture #ill esca+e the seEual
    state, chil&ren #ill 1e +ro&uce& 1y ?riyasakti or #ill 3orce. ;volution is a +ara&oE, it see%s to
    this #riter, 1ecause #hile thin!s are hea&in! in an 2u+#ar&2 &irection, it is 1ecause +eo+le
    %ake the e33ort to evolve. ,t isn:t an auto%atic thin!, 1ut it is a surety that %ost +eo+le #ill
    %ake this e33ort, an& thus it is a surety that #e as a race #ill evolve. We #on:t esca+e our
    vices 1ecause evolution #ill take the% a#ay 3ro% us %iraculously, 1ut 1ecause #e %ake the
    e33ort to evolve an& esca+e the%. *o%e #on:t %ake the e33ort or 1e stron! enou!h, an& #e
    are tol&, 1e le3t 1ehin& 3or aeons until another li3e-#ave catches u+ to the%, or even 1e
    2annihilate&2 7the Maha-Chohan:s letter, an& in the Mahatma 'etters+ +. 9B8.
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    ,t is not 3ashiona1le to 1e a so-calle& 2ho%o+ho1ic2 to&ay. 7i3 so%eone is &is!uste& 1y
    so%ethin! that really is &is!ustin!, like a roa&-kill 3or instance, shoul& he 1e accuse& o3 1ein!
    a 2roa&-kill +ho1ic2.8 This #riter thinks that +eo+le are so 1rain-#ashe& 1y the necessity o3
    1ein! har%onious in to&ay:s ultra-2li1eral2 social %ilieu, that %ost +eo+le have lost all traces
    o3 co%%on sense. Does it see% to %ake any sense that "ature has &esi!ne& thin!s so that
    there are 7Y8 an& 7-8, t#o seEes, that ne!atives 7-8 an& or +ositive 7Y8 an& +ositive 7Y8 shoul&
    1e naturally attracte& to each other instea& o3 +ositive 7Y8 1ein! attracte& to ne!ative 7-8 as is
    the sche%e on all levels throu!hout nature. Wake /+P
    0o%oseEuality is the result o3 +ast kar%a an& ha1it. ur +sycholo!ical %akeu+ is
    co%+ose& o3 all the units or skan&has o3 our +ast actions in all our +revious e%1o&i%ents. ,3
    a +erson has 1een involve& stea&ily in this vice in the +ast, then his +ersonal +sycholo!y is
    heavily loa&e& in this &irection. The cure %i!ht see% to 1e to esta1lish a ha1it +attern in a
    &i33erent &irection until the +re+on&erance o3 +sycholo!ical skan&has achieves orientation.
    ). Gor&on $lu%%er in his The )ay to the Mysteries #rites: 2,3 the hu%an 1ein! in ter%s
    o3 his 0i!her an& )o#er Manas has un3ortunate ?ar%a 1rou!ht over 3ro% +revious lives, he is
    3ortunate i3 this ?ar%a can 1e #orke& out throu!h the +hysical 1o&y. ,llness is &i33icult to 1ear
    surely, 1ut ho# %uch %ore un3ortunate is the in&ivi&ual #ho has to su33er %ental illness; an&
    #orst o3 all i3 he has to su33er the conseHuences o3 +revious %istakes in ter%s o3 %oral
    &e!ra&ation.27+ 9B8 ,n this li3e those su33erin! the conseHuences o3 the latter %ay 1e like the
    &ru! a&&ict #ho #ishes to chan!e 1ut is tra++e& 1y the heavy loa& o3 his +ast action.
    Celi1acy 7no seE o3 any ty+e8 is the i&eal hel& u+ in ori!inal Theoso+hical literature 3or
    chelas an& a&e+ts. ,t is +retty sa3e to say, eEce+t 3or li%ite& +erio&s, 7an& %ost #oul& not
    even consi&er such a thin!, it 1ein! hel& as a sort o3 %ental illness in our a!e8 an& 1e3ore a
    certain a!e, an& eEce+t 3or +atholo!ical reasons, 1arely anyone eEce+t chela-level +ersons
    can succee& at 1ein! celi1ates. The reason is that 1ecause o3 +ast kar%a, %ost +erson:s
    +sycholo!y is heavily #ei!hte& to#ar& seEual activity. 6 secon& reason is that FF.FFW o3
    +ersons are so sensualistic an& %aterial oriente& that such an i&ea coul& never occur to the%
    or that there #oul& 1e 1ene3its in it, %aterial, %ental an& s+iritual.
    6 Huestion is #hy Blavatsky, $urucker, the 6&e+ts &on:t %ention %uch a1out %un&ane
    seE %atters o3 us hoi polloi. The ans#er +ro1a1ly is that 3or +ersons livin! on a &i33erent level
    o3 the %in&, so%e thin!s are >ust too &is!ustin! to %ention.
    The Dalai )a%a in the a1ove su++ose& Huote on a1ortion &oesn:t le!iti%iAe a1ortion, 1ut
    says it is the %other:s choice. 61ortion is #ron! 1ut to %ake a ri!ht or #ron! &ecision is
    al#ays each in&ivi&ual:s choice. 6 Huestion is #hether it shoul& 1e outla#e& to save so%e
    +eo+le so%e 1a& kar%a in s+ite o3 the%selves. The sa%e ar!u%ent in the eEtre%e coul& 1e
    a++lie& to le!aliAin! &ru!s, #hich #e &on:t &o.

    S#ien#e see%s to 1e increasin!ly %i%ickin! "ature in its &iscoveries. 6t the (GBth
    national %eetin! o3 the 6%erican Che%ical *ociety it #as announce& that throu!h !enetic
    en!ineerin! so%e 3or%s o3 s+i&er silk have 1een synthesiAe&, an& 2%ay 1e the stron!est an&
    %ost versatile 3i1er ever synthesiAe&.2 7The 5lade, 4S19SF98 The 3i1ers are stron!er than
    kevlar an& one conceive& use is 1etter 1ullet-+roo3 vests an& %any other uses. What science
    shoul& an& shoul&n:t &o in !enetic en!ineerin! is a Huestion. Ta%+erin! #ith !enetic &esi!n
    coul& in un3orseen #ays have e33ects si%ilar to use o3 che%icals on the environ%ent.
    So%n/ is hel& in occultis% to have %any un-ta++e& or unkno#n +o#ers, such as
    levitatin! o3 stones, as so%e hol& #as the %etho& o3 1uil&in! ancient te%+les or +yra%i&s.
    -e3ri!erators usin! soun& to co%+ress !ases instea& o3 a co%+ressor %otor are only a 3e#
    years a#ay 3ro% 1ein! %arketa1le accor&in! to %cience 1e&s 7(S(=SF98.
    5ero%e Wheeler in a letter in the March-6+ril (anadian Theosophist i%+lies that +eo+le
    to&ay are not necessarily %ore i++or"! on the insi&e than they #ere in +revious ti%es, 1ut
    #hat has al#ays 1een on the insi&e is %ani3estin! to&ay. 0e #rites: 2Which is 1est, to have all
    your &iseases out an& 1u11lin! in 3ront o3 Go& an& ;very1o&y, or have the% tucke& a#ay on
    the %ental +lane in a cloak o3 "ineteenth Century hy+ocrisy resi&in! in a !litterin! to#er o3
    %elf %atisfaction.2 ,nsi&e or outsi&e, the &irection o3 evolution is +erha+s to 1e a#are, !et
    control,
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    an& i!nore an& re&irect throu!h concentratin! on the hi!her !oals the &ark si&e o3 &ual
    hu%an nature.
    The /.". Worl& 0ealth r!aniAation is +ioneerin! a ne# %etho& o3 &entistry 3or thir&
    #orl& countries that ena1les 2("re$oot /entists2 to 1e traine& in a 3e# %onths. The
    techniHue &oesn:t use electric &rills an& uses 2!lasiono%er2 %aterial in tooth 3illin!s that also
    releases 3louri&e to hel+ +revent 3urther tooth &ecay. Dutch +ro3essor Taco $ilot is one o3 the
    &evelo+ers o3 the treat%ent, #hich has 1een success3ul at C=W o3 3illin!s re%ainin! in +lace
    in tests in Thailan& a3ter three years. 7Toledo 5lade, 9SCSF98
    The Winter, :F4 Ec$ectic The"-"#hi-t carries its usual Huality %aterial inclu&in! a hea&y
    lea& article on Ie&ic sy%1olis%, nu%1ers an& cycles 1y )*/ +ro3essor *u1hash C. ?ak.
    ;&itor ?en *%all also states that 1y the en& o3 the year the Eclectic #ill 1eco%e The 7ath
    an& continuin! its trans3or%ation into the style o3 the ne# e&itor. 7;%%ett *%all, #ith 0elen
    To&& in earlier issues, have e&ite& this i%+ortant +u1lication throu!h so%e 1(G issues.8 ,t #ill
    3ocus %ore on current the%es, revie# cultural events, inclu&in! %usic, art, &ra%a an& 3il%,
    co%%ent on issues o3 the &ay e.!. ethics -- the &eath +enalty, ecolo!ical con&itions etc. --
    intervie# #orl& lea&ers 7as ...#ith Dalai )a%a in Fall, :F48, +ro1e trans3or%ational &e+ths o3
    the %in&, eE+lore the livin! cos%os etc.2 6lso a si!ni3icant announce%ent is the 1e!innin!s o3
    an international research an& retreat center in the ,n-?oh-$ah %ountains in *an Die!o
    County throu!h coo+eration o3 $t. )o%a $u1lications, Dre+un! )oselin! Monastery 7Gelu!+a
    in *outhern ,n&ia8 an& ;astern *chool o3 Colora&o. More +o#er to this e33ortP 0o+e3ully there
    are so%e +eo+le out there #ho can non-o1trusively contri1ute.
    6lso in the Winter Eclectic is a very interestin! letter 3ro% Willy *ch%it o3 0ollan& that is
    #orth Huotin! in 3ull: 2Willy *ch%it, The 0a!ue, 0ollan& 7#ho s+oke on the su1>ect o3 The
    Mystery %chools of Anti"uity at the recent Convention o3 Theoso+hists in 0ollan&8: 2,n
    connection #ith this stu&y , ca%e u+on t#o state%ents 1y 0$B, one a1out the (Gth century
    an& one a1out the (1st century. The 3irst is in The Esoteric (haracter of the .ospels 7see
    BCW I,,, (G<8 #hich runs in the last sentence: :The t#entieth century has stran!e
    &evelo+%ents in store 3or hu%anity, an& %ay even 1e the last o3 its na%e.: What coul& she
    have %eant 1y this. :6 hu%anity 1elo# its stan&ar& o3 1ein! hu%an. ,t is the-%ore +uAAlin!
    1ecause the s+irit o3 the +rece&in! sentences is so ho+e3ul - :But i3 the voice o3 the
    MD*T;-,;* has 1eco%e silent 3or %any a!es in the West, i3 ;leusis, Me%+his, 6ntiu%,
    Del+hi, an& Cresa have lon! a!o 1een %a&e the to%1s o3 a *cience once as colossal in the
    West as it is yet in the ;ast, there are successors no# 1ein! +re+are& 3or the%. We are in
    1CCB an& the nineteenth century is close to its &eath.: *ee 7reliminary %ur*ey, BCW Q,I, (B
    3or 0$B:s 3ir% conviction o3 a 1etter cycle: :6n&, #hether 1y +heno%enon or %iracle, 1y
    s+irithook or 1isho+:s crook, ccultis% %ust #in the &ay, 1e3ore the +resent era reaches
    :*ani:s 7*aturn:s8 tri+le se+tenary: o3 the Western Cycle in ;uro+e, in other #or&s - 1e3ore the
    en& o3 the t#enty-3irst century :6.D.: What #ill she have seen.2:
    2... no "ir%anakaya #ill in3luence any %an 3or the 1ene3it o3 the latter 3or his o#n #eal,
    or to save hi% 3ro% anythin! save &eath, an& only 7i38 the %an:s li3e is use3ul. By the 3ruit #e
    reco!niAe the tree. /nits are as the leaves o3 that tree 3or the%; an& they look 3or#ar& to
    1ene3it an& save t&e tr%n), not to concern the%selves #ith its every lea3, #hether !oo&, 1a&,
    or in&i33erent. ;ven livin! 6&e+ts have no such ri!ht.2
    - BCW Q,,, + 41
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    CONT1NTS5 0elena $etrovna Blavatsky 7verse8 - Morris ...1; *iE Great *chools o3 the
    6ncients - $urucker ....1; ,&eal an& the 6ctual - 0arris .....4; Force o3 Conviction -
    5u&!e ......9; Century Cycles - Mackey ....9; $rolo!ue to a *tu&y o3 Death - *%all .....<;
    -evie#s: "ine-0ea&e& Dra!on -iver, The Celestine $ro+hecy, )ila-6n ,nHuiry into
    Morals ....=; The *eE Juestion - 5aHua .....C; The -eli!ion o3 the Future ....11; $oints o3
    ,nterest...1(; )etters ....14; "otes 3ro% 5u&!e ....19
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    TO A STATU1 O4 H101NA P1TRO7NA 90A7ATS:6 SO21TI21 TO 91 CAR71D OUT
    O4 A 2OUNTAIN
    The #in&s sin! roun& your shoul&ers all ni!ht lon!:
    Dour skirts are ancient 3orest: &ra!on trees #rithe& #ith antiHuity,
    o:er-sha&e your knees
    61ove the cli33s; aroun& your 3orehea& thron!
    Dour ol& con3e&erates in your #ar #ith #ron!:
    Ca+ella, Betel!euse, the $leia&es,
    6rcturus an& 6ntares; an& #ith these,
    ?no#le&!e, an& $eace, an& the ol&en *+irit o3 *on!.
    6n& still your !aAe is 3iEe& 1eyon& the #ane
    3 ti%e -- 1eyon& these cru%1lin! states an& years;
    6n& still the lou& an& #arlike nations co%e
    $il!ri% a1out your 3eet, to kin&le a!ain
    The !ran&eur 3ro% the ever-ra&iant s+heres
    Dour !ran&eur lit the #orl& #ith, an& are &u%1.
    - ?enneth Morris 7Car&i33, Wales. Dece%1er, 1F4G8
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    TH1 SI< GR1AT SCHOO0S O4 TH1 ANCI1NTS
    - G. &e $urucker
    For those #ho are es+ecially intereste& in the &i33erent *chools o3 0in&u +hiloso+hy, an&
    in or&er to !ive a %ore correct &elineation o3 the %ain +rinci+les o3 these *chools, the
    3ollo#in! lines %ay 1e 3oun& hel+3ul.
    There are siE Darsanas or *chools reco!nise& as 1ein! correct eE+onents o3 0in&u
    +hiloso+hical thou!ht, an& all these siE D"rs"n"s - a *anskrit #or& literally %eanin! :Iisions:
    - %ay 1e &ivi&e& into three +airs. The siE Darsanas or Iisions or *chools are, res+ectively,
    the N'g'" 3oun&e& 1y Gota%a; the 7"ises&i)" 3oun&e& 1y ?anan&a; the S"n)&'" 3oun&e&
    1y ?a+ila; the 6og" 3oun&e& 1y $atan>ali; an& the )ess an& the Greater 7en/n"t" 3oun&e& 1y
    Iyasa; an& o3 the Ie&anta, the %ost i%+ortant school o3 the Greater, The 6&#aita, #as &ue to
    the teachin! o3 the 0in&u 6vatara *ankaracharya. This, the A/*"it".7en/"nt", is +ro1a1ly
    the %ost #i&ely &i33use& +hiloso+hical *chool in ,n&ia at the +resent ti%e.
    "o# these siE Darsanas, calle& in *anskrit the S&"/./"rs"n"s, to the ccultist, contain,
    all o3 the%, truth, an& in&ee& esoteric truth in no s%all &e!ree; 1ut a!ain to the ccultist each
    one is 1ut a sin!le :Iision: or :Branch: o3 the all-uni3yin! Master-*chool, #hich thus is the
    Mother o3 the% all an& the container o3 the %aster-keys 1y #hich each an& all o3 the other siE
    %ay 1e correctly un&erstoo& an& +ro+erly eluci&ate&.
    These siE :Iisions: or *chools %ay 1e &ivi&e& into three +airs, each cou+le 1ein! +aire&
    1ecause o3 si%ilarity in syste%ic 3or%ulation an& +hiloso+hic outlook; so that the siE !reat
    syste%s o3 0in&u +hiloso+hy are thus lo!ically re&uci1le to three, corres+on&in! to the
    6ra%1ha, the $arina%a, an& the Iivarta, res+ectively. These +airs are as 3ollo#s: 7a8 the
    "yaya an& Iaiseshika, #hich one %ay +erha+s 1rie3ly call the 6to%istic *chool,
    corres+on&in! a!ain #ith the 6ra%1ha; 718 the *ankhya an& Do!a, #hich 1ecause o3 their
    characteristic +hiloso+hical +rinci+les an& syste% %ay 1e calle& the school o3 +hiloso+hy
    &ealin! #ith e%anational evolution co%1ine& #ith +ractice in as+iration an& sel3-trainin!. This
    secon& +air corres+on&s #ith
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    the $arina%a; c8 the )ess an& the Greater Ie&anta, #hich, es+ecially the Greater Ien&anta,
    %ay 1e calle& the ,&ealistic *chool o3 0in&u reli!io-+hiloso+hy, an& corres+on& #ith the
    Iivarta-va&a.
    Fro% still another stan&+oint the a1ove-%entione& +hiloso+hical +airs %ay res+ectively
    1e co%+are& #ith the three o+erations o3 the hu%an s+irit an& %in& #hich are kno#n in the
    cci&ent un&er the na%es o3 *cience, $hiloso+hy, -eli!ion - not o3 course any one sectarian
    reli!ious 3aith, 1ut -eli!ion per se. The 6ra%1ha is to 1e classi3ie& #ith the scienti3ic outlook;
    the $arina%a #ith the +hiloso+hical vision; an& the thir& +air, classi3ie& #ith Iivarta, is
    co%+ara1le #ith the reli!ious %anner o3 visionin! truth.
    6ll these three cou+les, as state& a1ove, are, each one, consi&ere& to 1e %ore or less
    i%+er3ect 3ro% the stan&+oint o3 the $hiloso+hy, 1ecause each is inco%+lete. The ;soteric
    $hiloso+hy uni3ies all three cou+les 7or all siE Darsanas8 into one !ran& co%+rehensive
    *yste% - the ;soteric $hiloso+hy itsel3 - #hich contains an& eE+licates or eE+lains the
    su1stance o3 all.
    To reca+itulate: the 6ra%1ha is that vie# o3 the /niverse an& the ori!ins o3 thin!s,
    #hich, Huali3ie& as 1ein! scienti3ic, envisions the /niverse as +rocee&in! 3orth as a :ne#:
    +ro&uction o3 alrea&y +re-eEistent Cos%ic ,ntelli!ence an& +re-eEistent :+oints: o3 in&ivi&uality
    or #hat the ;soteric $hiloso+hy #oul& ter% :Mona&s: as 1ein! a %ore correct ter% than
    :ato%s.: 6lthou!h such ne#ly +ro&uce& /niverse, 3ro% this vie#+oint, is reco!nise& as 1ein!
    the kar%ic resultant or conseHuence o3 a +rece&in! /niverse, the 3or%er :sel3: o3 the +resent,
    nevertheless e%+hasis in this line thou!ht is lai& u+on be#innin#s, u+on the /niverse as a
    :ne#: +ro&uction, very %uch as even cci&ental science construes the /niverse to 1e.
    The $arina%a, #hile havin! %any +oints o3 contact #ith the 6ra%1ha +oint o3 vie#,
    nevertheless lays e%+hasis u+on the 3act o3 the co%in! 3orth o3 the /niverse into 1ein!, #ith
    all it contains, as a +ro&uction 1y +o#ers an& entities an& su1stance :unrollin! 3ro% #ithin,:
    an& thus 1rin!in! the /niverse into eEistence 1y a s+ecies o3 e%anational or evolutional
    conversion or un3ol&in!.
    The Iivarta-syste%, 3inally, +enetrates still %ore &ee+ly into the #o%1 o3 the Cos%ic
    Mystery an& 3iEes its attention u+on the unen&in! &uration o3 the Divine ;ssence, #hich it
    consi&ers as +ro&ucin! :a++earances: o3 itsel3 throu!h %o&i3ications o3 itsel3, or +ortions
    thereo3, 1rou!ht a1out 1y e%anational evolution 3ro% #ithin, these %o&i3ications or :+ortions:
    1ein! the Cos%ic Maha%aya - or Cos%ic ,llusion. The technical na%e 3or these
    :a++earances: is na%a-ru+a, UUsanscrit lettere& #or& hereVV a *anskrit co%+oun& literally
    %eanin!: :na%e-3or%,: other#ise un&erstoo& as n"+" eHualin! :i&ea: or :i&eas: or :conce+ts,:
    an& r%," eHualin! :o1>ectiviAation: or :i%a!es: or :3or%s: in #hich these i&eas %ani3est
    the%selves. 0ence it is that in the Iivarta syste% the entire o1>ective /niverse, visi1le an&
    invisi1le, is consi&ere& to 1e illusory 1ecause %erely a collective %o&i3ication, or series o3
    %o&i3ications, o3 the +ro&uctive Divine ;ssence, #hich last al#ays re%ains ,tsel3, yet
    +ro&uces :a++earances: o3 itsel3, or sho#s 3orth itsel3 1y #ay o3 i&eas or conce+ts an& throu!h
    o1>ectiviAation 1y un3ol&in! +rocession, i.e., e%anational evolution.
    The a1ove %ay see% to 1e rather hi!h %eta+hysics, 1ut it see%s nee&3ul to i%1o&y
    these 3acts 3or the 1ene3it o3 those #hose %in&s ask 3or scienti3ic or +hiloso+hic or reli!ious
    +articulariAations an& co%+arisons.
    7Fro% Theosophical 4orum+ March, 1F4F. *ee also %tudies in /ccult 7hilosophy,
    ++ =(G-(88
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    TH1 ID1A0 AND TH1 ACTUA0
    - ,verson ). 0arris
    The %ost vital teachin!s o3 reli!ion, +hiloso+hy, an& science, are those #hich thro#
    li!ht on hu%an relationshi+s - 3a%ily, co%%unity, nation an& hu%anity; in other #or&s, on li3e
    as it is on earth, here an& no#, in all its +hases, +hysical, %ental, an& s+iritual. There is a
    +er+etual e11 an& 3lo# 1et#een e%+hasis on the i&eal an& e%+hasis on the actual -
    re+resente& in ancient China 1y )ao-Tse an& Con3ucius, in Greece 1y $lato an& 6ristotle, at
    the &a#n o3 Christianity 1y Christ an& Caesar, an& in the "ineteenth Century +ossi1ly 1y
    Blavatsky an& Dar#in.
    When the i&eal is &ivorce& 3ro% the actual, it 1eco%es at 1est HuiEotic or senti%ental, an&
    at #orst 3antastic, su+erstitious, or 3anatic. ,t is then ri!htly 1ran&e& as :the o+iate o3 the
    +eo+le:; 3or, instea& o3 !ivin! %en the s+iritual eliEir o3 an a#akene& %in&, #hich 1rin!s :the
    +eace that +asseth all un&erstan&in!:, it +uts the% to slee+ #ith the so+ori3ics o3 1lin& 3aith,
    e%otionalis%, or cre&ulity. n the other han&, #hen the actual turns its 1ack on the i&eal it
    &e!enerates into sor&i& sel3ishness - a +oisonous 1ootle! that &rives %en %a&.
    The #oo&s are 3ull o3 1oth kin&s o3 a&&icts at the +resent ti%e - on the one han&, +eo+le
    &ru!!e& #ith the o+iates o3 &o!%atis% or 3antastic +seu&o-%ysticis%, an& on the other han&,
    +eo+le %a& #ith the %oonshine o3 unillu%inate& theories an& hal3-truths a1out econo%ics
    an& +olitics. ,t is +art o3 the %ission o3 Theoso+hy to teach %en to 3ollo# :The Mi&&le Way:
    +ointe& out 1y the Bu&&ha an& the Christ - :to ren&er unto Caesar those thin!s #hich are
    Caesar:s an& to ren&er unto Go& those thin!s #hich are Go&:s.:
    6ll %en %ay 1e &ivi&e& or they &aily an& hourly &ivi&e the%selves into t#o classes: those
    #ho t&in) an& those #ho %erely re"#t. Fe# o3 us are #ise enou!h al#ays to enroll #ith the
    thinkers; 3e# are so 3ar &ivorce& 3ro% the hu%an thinkin! +rinci+le innate in all o3 us that #e
    never &o any thinkin! 3or ourselves at all. But those #ho kee+ al#ays in touch #ith actuality
    an& yet ever use their &ivine +o#er o3 thou!ht an& reason in strivin! to#ar&s the i&eal, are the
    salt o3 the earth. They are on their #ay to 1eco%in! the $hiloso+her-?in!s o3 #ho $lato #rote
    in his -epublic.
    Those #ho %erely react to the i%+act o3 their environ%ent an& the sti%uli o3 their
    +ersonal &esires an& ani%al +ro+ensities are they #ho #ill al#ays have to 1e re!i%ente&;
    an& it is they #ho %ake necessary the en&less series o3 la#s an& rules an& re!ulations #hich
    so a33lict our %o&ern #orl&. The %ass o3 %ankin& #ill al#ays 1e 3orcin! u+on the%selves
    a&&itional restrictions o3 their li1erties, in or&er to +revent the% 3ro% in>urin! their nei!h1ors.
    But the #ise %an is truly 3ree, 1ecause his &esires are 3e# an& the #orl& that he lives in is
    li%ite& only 1y the sco+e o3 his o#n thou!hts. The !reatest %in&s o3 all a!es are his con3reres
    an& his ho%e is the /niverse. ,n the #or&s o3 Ier!il:
    FeliE Hui +otuit reru% co!noscere causas,
    JuiHue %etus o%nes, et ineEora1ile 3atu%,
    *u1>ecit +e&i1us, stre+itu%Hue 6cherontis avari -
    20a++y the %an #ho has learne& the causes o3 thin!s, an& has +ut un&er his 3eet all
    3ears, an& ineEora1le 3ate, an& the noisy stri3e o3 the hell o3 !ree&.2

    7Theosophical 4orum, cto1er, 1F4B8
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    TH1 4ORC1 O4 CON7ICTION
    - Willia% J. 5u&!e
    6 !reat &eal has 1een sai& a1out the 3 ear o3 a &o!%atic ten&ency an& o3 the actual
    eEistence a%on! us o3 &o!%atis%. This , consi&er to 1e all #ron! an& not sustaina1le 1y
    3acts. The 1est #ay 3or you to +ro&uce &o!%atis% is 1y continually 3earin! an& talkin! a1out
    it, 1y #avin! a1out the char!e o3 &o!%atis% on every occasion. ,n that #ay you #ill soon
    create it out o3 al%ost nothin!.
    What is &o!%atis%. To %y %in&, it is the assertion o3 a tenet that others %ust acce+t. ,s
    that #hat #e &o as a 1o&y. , think not. Certainly , &o not &o it. ,n %y o+inion, o3ten &eclare&,
    anyone #ho asserts in our society that one %ust 1elieve this or that theory or +hiloso+hy is no
    Theoso+hist, 1ut an intolerant 1i!ot.
    But those #ho have s+oken o3 &o!%atis%, have %istaken ener!y, 3orce, +ersonal
    conviction an& loyalty to +ersonal teachers an& i&eals 3or &o!%atis%. *uch are not
    &o!%atis%. ne has a +er3ect ri!ht to have a settle& conviction, to +resent it 3orci1ly, to
    sustain it #ith every ar!u%ent, #ithout 1ein! any the less a !oo& %e%1er o3 the *ociety. 6re
    #e to 1e 3la11y 1ecause #e are %e%1ers o3 an unsectarian 1o&y, an& are #e to re3use to
    have convictions %erely 1ecause no one in the society %ay co%+el another to a!ree #ith
    hi%. *urely not. My 3rien&s, instea& o3 1ein! a3rai& o3 a 3uture &o!%atis% o3 #hich there is no
    real si!n no#, #e shoul& 3ear that it %ay 1e +ro&uce& 1y an unreasona1le i&ea that the
    assertions o3 your o#n convictions %ay 1rin! it a1out. , 3eel Huite stron!ly that those #ho
    accuse us o3 &o!%atis% have no 3iEe& i&eal o3 their o#n. )et no one there3ore 1e so
    in>u&icious as to raise nee&less alar%s an& thus attract &isaster...
    Too %any have 3aile& to %ake 1rotherhoo& a real thin! in their li3e, leavin! it %erely as a
    %otto on their shiel&. ur 1rotherhoo& %ust naturally inclu&e %en an& #o%en o3 very various
    characters, each #ith &i33erent vie#s o3 nature, havin! +ersonal characteristics #hich %ay or
    %ay not !rate on others, as the case %ay 1e. The 3irst ste+ then to take is to acce+t an&
    tolerate +ersonally all your 3ello#s. ,n no other #ay can #e 1e!in to a++roach the realiAation
    o3 the !reat i&eal. The a1sence o3 this acce+tation o3 others is a %oral &e3ect. ,t lea&s to
    sus+icion, an& sus+icion ru+tures our union. ,n an asse%1ly #here har%ony is a1sent.... the
    la1ours o3 those asse%1le& are %a&e al%ost nil, 3or an al%ost i%+enetra1le clou& rolls out
    an& covers the %ental +lane o3 all +resent. But, let har%ony return, an& then the collective
    %in& o3 all 1eco%es the +ro+erty o3 each, sen&in! &o#n into the %in&s o3 everyone a
    1ene&iction #hich is 3ull o3 kno#le&!e.
    7Fro% the ;uro+ean Convention $rocee&in!s, 5uly, 1CF48
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    C1NTUR6 C6C01S
    ,n the MayS5une :F9 (anadian Theosophist is +rinte& The (entennial (ycle 1y Dr. -o1erto
    Fantechi. 7$reviously +rinte& in 6l1a *+irituale, 6u!ust 1F=4; (anadian Theosophist, 5an.,
    1F=9; an& >i#h (ountry Theosophist, "ov., 1FF(8 ,t is a &iscussion o3 the 1asic esoteric
    cycles an& a contention that one su1cycle o3 1GC years is actually the 2century2 Blavatsky is
    re3errin! to #hen statin! that an e33ort in the #est is %a&e 1y the )o&!e in the last Huarter o3
    every century. CT e&itor *. Teloar thinks that the French siecle translation 3or the #or&
    2century2 is a 1lin& 3or 2cycle2.
    ,n the 5la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s 7Iol. Q,I, ++ 4=<-=8 #e 3in& a %etho& o3 ho# the
    Du!a +erio&s are &erive&:
    27*.6. Mackey:s8 theory a1out the 0in&u Du!as an& their len!th is curious - as 1ein! so
    very near the correct &octrine.
    2,t is sai& in volu%e ii, +. 1G4, o3 Asiatic -esearches... that :The !reat ancestor o3
    Du&hishthira rei!ne& (B,GGG years ... at the close o3 the 1raAen a!e.: ,n volu%e iE. +. 4=9,
    Uan& C=V #e rea&:
    2:U,nV the co%%ence%ent o3 the ?ali Du!a, in the rei!n o3 Du&hishthira.: 6n&
    Du&hishthira... :Be!an his rei!n i%%e&iately a3ter the Floo& calle& $raylaya.:2 @cont?d p$ MA
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    PRO0OGU1 TO A STUD6 O4 D1ATH
    . W. ;%%ett *%all
    , see not Death, 1ut %any &eaths. , see not annihilation, 1ut the 1reakin! u+ o3
    co%+onent thin!s. , see not ;n&, 1ut %any en&s an& %any 1e!innin!s. But a1ove all , see
    )i3e, li3e #hich is a continuous eE+ression o3 consciousness in various real%s, #orl&s, +lanes,
    states, li3e #hich is ever eEistent, li3e, o3 #hich #hat #e call &eath is a +hase.
    ne has &ie&. What can , say that others %ay hear an& 3eel attune& to the rhyth% o3
    "ature, the soun& o3 her voice, that echoes o3 truth %ay 1e cau!ht an& seiAe& an& %a&e a
    +art o3 the un&erstan&in! o3 those #ho love& the one #ho has le3t us an& !one on into +eace
    an& Huiet.
    ... ;ternal )i3e surroun&s us. Thou!h to&ay #e s+eak o3 Death, #e 3ace actually the
    i%%ensity, the &i!nity, o3 that 3or #hich #e have no 1etter #or& than "ature, i%+ersonal,
    6u!ust, #hich inclu&es in its all-e%1racin! co%+leteness our hu%an conce+tions o3 1oth li3e
    an& &eath, the here an& the there, the no# an& the 3uture. These +rocesses are actin! all the
    ti%e. 6t every secon& aroun& us there are 1irths, there are &eaths, there are the eEits 3ro%
    an& the entrances to li3e. We are not a#are o3 this ceaseless +er3or%ance, or #e are 3or!et3ul
    o3 it, in our concentration on our o#n i%%e&iate &oin!s, our %in&s 3ille& usually 3ull #ith
    thou!hts.
    That are neither !la& nor s#eet nor 1rave,
    But restless co%ra&es, each the 3oe o3 each.D
    But #hen our o#n are touche& 1y Death #e !ive thou!ht +erha+s to the !reat )a#s an&
    their +ur+oses. We 3eel the i%+ersonal action that no little hu%an can s#ay. We are +erha+s
    over+o#ere& 1y the inevita1leness o3 their action. We look to the stars at ni!ht an& #e 3in&
    the% 2!litterin! %a!ni3icently un+ertur1e&.2 6n& that i%+ertur1a1ility an!ers us, or con3uses
    us, or &istur1s us, or, &e+en&in! on our hu%an +sycholo!y, u+li3ts us. We 3ace a !reat
    /eno%e+ent, the su%%ation o3 the Dra%a o3 )i3e >ust close&, an& call on ourselves to state a
    conclusion, to trace a &esi!n, to enunciate a reason. 6n& so o3ten, 1ecause these !ran&er
    issues are 3orei!n to our thou!ht, #e are over#hel%e&.
    But #e live not in the %i&st o3 con3usion 1ut in a syste% o3 r&er. We are co-o+erators,
    Willy nilly, not #ith a $rinci+le that can 1e +lacate& 1y our +leas, 1ut one so or&ere& that #e
    are each o3 us inter&e+en&ent %e%1ers o3 an orchestra o3 the Music o3 the *+heres, #ith
    #hich sooner or later #e %ust attune our o#n hu%an instru%ent. The har%onies eEist. r&er
    eEists. The Divine $rinci+le eEists. 6n& the !ran&est thou!ht to seiAe an& to hol& at such
    ti%es as these is that in our o#n see%in! lesser hu%an s+heres the sa%e essential la# an&
    or&er an& har%ony 3or% the +attern that sha+es our en&s.
    We reco!niAe, there3ore, the !ran& +icture - "ature in its cos%ic stretches is a
    !eo%etrical +attern o3 lovely 1eauty an& or&erliness; an& thou!h #e %ay 1e con3use& over
    our hu%an +ro1le%s #e kno# that "ature:s #ays are #ise. We %ay not un&erstan& the%, or
    %ay 1e >ust 1e!innin! to have a !li%+se o3 the si!ni3icance o3 their #orkin!s; 1ut #e kno#
    they are ri!ht. That is the 3irst !reat ste+. The neEt is to kno# that #e %ust 3it ourselves
    consciously into the%. We %ust +ass 3ro% the vie#+oint o3 1ein! %ere o+erators an& #orkers
    an& 1eco%e co-o+erators an& co-#orkers; #e %ust +ass 3ro% cryin! &e3iance at the
    i%+ertur1a1ility o3 &istant or1s, o3 3ro#nin! 3ortune, or i%+laca1le Death - the a#3ul %a>esty o3
    /nerrin! )a# - to the stea&y conte%+lation o3 the 3act that at the heart o3 our very selves is
    the secret essence that is the heart o3 ,%%ensity. We %ust seek to stir #ithin ourselves such
    thou!hts as
    +ierce the ni!ht like stars
    6n& #ith their %il& +ersistence ur!e %en:s search
    To vaster issues.
    2*o to live,2 san! the +oet, 2is heaven, to %ake un&yin! %usic in the #orl&.2 DD 6n& so to
    live, &ay 1y &ay, an& year 1y year, is to 1e!in to 1e a1le to trace that +attern o3 continue& )i3e
    #hich #e have &e%an&e& o3 ourselves that #e un&erstan&.
    ,3 there is one #or& that "ature s+eaks in unuttere& +rayer, it is the #or& B;D. "ot the
    &ictatorshi+ o3 errin! hu%an la#, 1ut the inesca+a1le seHuential 3lo# o3 act 3ollo#in! act, o3
    su+erior intelli!ence i%+ressin! itsel3 on tenuous %atter an& %atter res+on&in!. ,t is the la#
    #hich says that #hen the rains 3all the see& is stirre& to li3e, an& #hen the sun shines the
    +lant 3lo#ers, an& #hen the earth-li3e is over, the hu%an soul rests in 1lesse& +eace 7an& the
    s+iritual %ona& >ourneys on8. "ature is all this. We are surroun&e& 1y, e%1race& 1y, en3ol&e&
    1y "ature. Why shoul&
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    #e 3ear one o3 "ature:s %ost universal an& #isest +rocesses, #hat #e call Death. We stu&y
    "ature; #e learn, an& #e !ro#. That is all there is to li3e. 6n& in the en&, as #e %aster the
    stu33 o3 the universe an& our o#n natures, #e %aster #hat #e call Death. 6s centers o3
    consciousness, 3ully conscious, #e transcen& it.
    Thinkin! o3 the one #ho has &ie& #e say, $ass on. 6ll is #ell. 0e slee+s in +eace. 0e
    re>oices a%on! the stars...
    7Fro% Theosophia, *+rin!, 1F=<8
    DWillia% Watson, *onnet
    DD Geor!e ;liot, The (hoir 2n*isible.
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    @(ycles+ cont?d from p$ 4A
    0ere #e 3in& three &i33erent state%ents concernin! Du&hishthira ... to eE+lain these
    see%in! &i33erences #e %ust have recourse to their 1ooks o3 science, #here #e 3in& the
    heavens an& the earth &ivi&e& into $ie ,"rts o3 uneHual &i%ensions, 1y circles +arallel to the
    eHuator. 6ttention to these &ivisions #ill 1e 3oun& to 1e o3 ut%ost i%+ortance ... as it #ill 1e
    3oun& that 3ro% the% arose the &ivision o3 their Maha-Du!a into its 3our co%+onent +arts.
    ;very astrono%er kno#s that there is a +oint in the heavens calle& the +ole, roun& #hich the
    #hole see%s to turn in t#enty-3our hours; an& that at ninety &e!rees 3ro% it they i%a!ine a
    #ir#!e calle& the e>%"tor, #hich &ivi&es the heavens an& the earth into t#o eHual +arts, the
    north an& the south. Bet#een this circle an& the +ole there is another i%a!inary circle calle&
    the circle o3 ,er,et%"! ",,"rition: 1et#een #hich an& the eHuator there is a +oint in the
    heavens calle& the Aenith, throu!h #hich let another i%a!inary circle +ass, +arallel to the
    other t#o; an& then there #ants 1ut the circle o3 +er+etual occultation to co%+lete the
    roun&. .."o astrono%er o3 ;uro+e 1esi&es %ysel3 has ever a++lie& the% to the &evelo+%ent
    o3 the 0in&u %ysterious nu%1ers. We are tol& in the Asiatic -esearches that Du&hishthira
    1rou!ht Iicra%a&itya to rei!n in Cassi%er, #hich is in the latitu&e o3 4= &e!rees. 6n& in that
    latitu&e the circle o3 +er+etual a++arition #oul& eEten& u+ to B( &e!rees altitu&e, an& 3ro%
    that to the Aenith to the eHuator in that latitu&e there are <9 &e!rees. 0ere #e 3in& the se%i-
    circle o3 1CG &e!rees &ivi&e& into 3our +arts, in the +ro+ortion o3 1, (, 4, 9, i.e. 1C, 4=, <9,
    B(. ...they ha& o1serve& the stars in the +ath o3 the sun to %ove 3or#ar& throu!h the
    eHuinoctial +oints, at the rate o3 3i3ty-3our secon&s o3 a &e!ree in a year, #hich carrie& the
    #hole Ao&iac roun& in (9,GGG @cont?d p$ 1MA
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    R17I1WS5
    Ni(e)He*e Dr*+"( Ri2er, $eter Matthiessen, *ha%1alla, Boston, Mass., 1FCB,
    ++1k, 1CC++, R1F.GG
    This see%s a !oo& overvie# - or at least !ivin! the 3eelin! o3 - 5a+aneese @en Bu&&his%
    in this country 3ro% a &e&icate& 6%erican stu&ent:s +oint o3 vie#. 6 history o3 the &evelo+%ent
    o3 @en in 5a+an is also !iven, alon! #ith all the inter+enetratin! +olitics that #ent alon! #ith it.
    /ntil recently the +re&o%inatin! reli!ion or sects #ere hi!hly interrelate& #ith the +olitical
    rulin! +o#ers.
    @en is a syste% usin! various techniHues, chie3ly the koan, at !oin! ri!ht to the Huestion
    o3 realiAin! the un&erlyin! reality 1ehin& our lo!ical %in& an& the +heno%enal #orl&. The
    &e&ication o3 Matthiessen an& 3ello# @en stu&ents is to 1e a&%ire& #ith alon! #ith nor%al
    %e&itation, sittin! in AaAen nearly all &ay 3or &ays on en& so%eti%es. , still can:t hel+ 3eelin!
    ho#ever that %uch o3 #hat is &escri1e& 1y Mathiessen is that o3 the hu1ric 6%erican +lay-
    actin! at 1ein! the @en stu&ent - #ith all the ?oan-!ivin!, tea-cere%onies, etc. Mathiessen
    s+eaks o3 his various -oshis #ith an attitu&e o3 3rien&shi+ 1ut not #ith that !enuine a#e or
    res+ect o3 the stu&ent 3or the teacher.
    ne #on&ers also a1out the e33ect o3 the ty+ical @en koan such as 2What is the soun& o3
    one han& cla++in!.2 - #hich #oul&n:t %otivate this #riter to %uch &yna%ic thinkin!. Why not
    real koans such as 2Why is there su33erin!2 or 2What is the nature o3 evil:.2 These are real
    Huestions that eternally 3rustrate an un+ara&oEical ans#er.
    ''''''''
    The Ce$e-ti(e Pr"#hec/, 5a%es -e&3iel&, Warner Books, ".D., 1FF4, h&1k, (9= ++,
    R1B.F<
    This 1ook a++arently has 1eco%e so%e#hat o3 a +heno%ena in the less that a year
    since it #as +u1lishe&. ,t is an a&venture novel that rea&s like so%ethin! Tal1ot Mun&y %i!ht
    have #ritten as an a&olescent. 7, can:t #rite 3iction either - can you.8 While Mr. -e&3iel& isn:t
    %uch o3 a 3iction #riter, he &oes have so%e +retty !oo& i&eas that aren:t all 3ull o3 the %ushy
    +ollyanna %ost 2ne# a!e2 ty+e 1ooks are 3ull o3.
    The story is centere& aroun& a %ysterious %anuscri+t #ritten =GG B.C. an& &iscovere& in
    $eru. The %anuscri+t is #ritten in 6ra%ic 3or so%e reason. ,t is a +re&iction o3 chan!es that
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    #ill occur to#ar& the en& o3 the (Gth century an& consists o3 a series o3 1G 2insi!hts2 into the
    nature o3 hu%an +sycholo!y an& s+irituality an& the %etho& #here1y to +artici+ate in
    evolution o3 the race. The 2Tenth ,nsi!ht2 is le3t 3or a 3urther 1ook. Much o3 this +hiloso+hic
    %aterial, i3 so%eti%es su+er3icial, naive an& inco%+lete, see%s ri!ht on the %oney in
    &escri1in! hu%an +sycholo!y, or at least one #ay o3 &escri1in! thin!s. Much &eals #ith the
    2eEchan!e o3 ener!y2 1et#een +eo+le an& !rou+s an& all the intricacies involve&. $retty !oo&
    stu33.
    The 1ook is +ositive, en!a!in!, an& as+irin! 1ut 1ase& %ostly in the #estern #ay o3
    lookin! at thin!s, #ith our 3uture 1ein! %ore o3 less a +ro!ression o3 Dar#inian ty+e evolution
    eE+an&in! into a s+iritual an& 2!reen2 #ay o3 lookin! at thin!s. There is no %ention o3
    -eincarnation an& ?ar%a in his sche%e o3 thin!s.
    n the &o#n si&e, the 1ook is overly an& +assively %ystical, #ith characters constantly
    lookin! 3or inner an& outer 2si!ns2 o3 #hat they are to &o neEt in so%e %ysterious sche%e
    that is 1ein! +laye& out. This see%s to 1e a tra+ that +eo+le %ystically incline& !et into, an&
    also is #hat a lot o3 craAy +eo+le &o, inci&entally. 6ll in all, thou!h, not too 1a& o3 a 1ookP
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    LILA ) A( I(4uir/ I(t" M"r*$-, -o1ert M. $irsi!, Bantu% Books, ".D., 9=C ++., +a+er,
    1FF1, R=.FF
    For once the >acket 1lur1 is ri!ht on the %oney in &escri1in! this 1ook: 2... an
    eEtraor&inary >ourney o3 the %in& an& heart 1y one o3 the %ost eEtraor&inary #riters o3 our
    ti%e.2 ,t %ust say so%ethin! +ositive a1out the rea&in! +u1lic that this 1ook 7"D Ti%es
    Bestseller8 an& his +revious, t#enty years a!o, Pen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
    have 1een such !oo& sellers. $irsi! #eaves his hi!h-level +hiloso+hy in #ith an entertainin!
    story an& the result is a 2can:t +ut &o#n2 1ook #ith so%e !enuine an& +ractical insi!hts into
    the nature o3 our #orl& an& society.
    There is real +hiloso+hy in this 1ook an& not the &etache&-3ro%-reality scholastic
    +hiloso+hy that one %i!ht stu&y in a university, #hich $irsi! calls 2+hiloso+holo!y2. While the
    1ook is &escri1e& as an 2inHuiry into %orals2 it is really a continuation o3 his eE+loration o3 the
    ulti%ate nature o3 2Juality2 as a su+re%e value as in his 3irst 1ook. ne o3 his conclusions is
    that the 6%. ,n&ian is the chie3 cause o3 6%erica 1ein! a &i33erent culture than ;uro+e. We are
    a co%1ination o3 the 6%. ,n&ian culture an& ;uro+ean. The *outhern culture is a result, in
    so%e as+ects o3 Whites i%itatin! 1lacks. ur cultural values are 1asically s+lit into three
    levels - the 1iolo!ical, the societal, an&, the intellectual. This century is the result o3 a 1attle
    1et#een the societal level an& the intellectual level 3or +ro%inence. ,nsi!hts o3 various nature
    +roli3erate the 1ook an& one can see #hy it has 1een t#enty years since his last 1ook #as
    #ritten.
    The style o3 the 1ook is auto1io!ra+hical, althou!h not &e3initely state& as such. $irsi! is
    so%e#hat sel3-e33acin! an& his chie3 character is not +ortraye& as a saint. )ila, a +assen!er
    on the 1oat tri+ this story is centere& aroun&, is an un3ortunate, so%eti%es %entally-ill, !oin!-
    &o#nhill, +art-ti%e hooker. While the 1ook is &escri1e&, +ro1a1ly 1y the +u1lisher, as an
    2inHuiry into %orals2, there is no +ractical %oral +rescri+tion here an& $ersi! has the 3reHuent
    intellectual ina&eHuacy o3 havin! nothin! to say in the area. $erha+s this #ill 1e the su1>ect o3
    his neEt 1ook.
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    TH1 S1<.GU1STION
    "o res+onse has co%e 3ro% 5ohn Carter in the a++roEi%ately %onth an& a hal3 since a
    reHuest #as %a&e to hi% to su++ly a re3erence on t#o Huotes he attri1ute& to the Dalai )a%a
    in 5.C.:s letter a++earin! in the >i#h (ountry Theosophist, an& treate& in the last issue o3
    7roto#onos. What is to 1e su++ose&. $erha+s 718 the Huotes on ho%oseEuality an& a1ortion
    #ere 3ictitious; 7(8 +erha+s 3ro% %e%ory #ith no accessi1le re3erence 7+oor scholarshi+ an&
    unres+onsi1le #ritin! #hen so%ethin! i%+ortant is concerne&8; or 748 3or 2li1erals2 it is
    re+rehensi1le to 1e 1i!ote& a!ainst anyone 1ut the +erceive& 21i!ot2, an& then it is ? an&
    2+olitically correct2 - an& the %atter at han& here is one 3ro% the sa%e level o3 %in& an&
    3a&&ish un1alance& values 3ro% #hich ste%s #hat is or not 2+olitically correct2 3or the ti%e
    1ein!. 6n !oo& eEa%+le o3 this ty+e o3 thinkin! an& sel3-&eceit, #hich any +hiloso+her #orthy
    o3 the na%e has to atte%+t to rise a1ove, is the current 3a&, sca+e!oatin!, an& +aranoia
    a1out 2secon&-han& s%oke2 3ro% ci!arettes.
    *o%e li1erals #ith t#iste& reasonin! +rocesses 23u&!e&2 or lie& a1out &ata in&icatin! that
    secon&-han& s%oke #as as or nearly as &an!erous to a +erson:s health as s%okin! itsel3,
    #hich is even an a33ront to co%%on sense. 6s a result s%okin! has 1een 1anne& throu!hout
    %ost, +erha+s, !ov:t o33ices, in&ustry 1uil&in!s an& +u1lic 1uil&in!s in !eneral throu!hout the
    country. 6ll this 1ase& on lyin! 1y those %akin! a !ov:t re+ort on secon&-han& s%oke.
    6ctually, accor&in! to a ne#s+a+er account: 2Con!ressional researchers sai& yester&ay a
    !overn%ent re+ort #arnin! that secon&-han& to1acco s%oke +ose& a cancer threat #as not
    su++orte& 1y the statistical evi&ence. :Base& on that evi&ence... our evaluation #as that the
    statistical evi&ence &oes not a++ear to su++ort a conclusion that there are su1stantial health
    e33ects 3ro% +assive s%okin!,: the Con!ressional -esearch *ervice sai& in *enate
    testi%ony.2 7Toledo 5lade, <S1(SF98 The +oint 1ein!, that in %ost res+ects, 2li1eral2 thinkin! is
    not any %ore s+iritual, +hiloso+hic, or honest an& reasone& out than 2conservative2 thinkin!.
    ,n %any res+ects the )i1eral is the -e&-neck turne& insi&e out, an& %otivate& unthinkin!ly
    an& eHually 1y su1conscious reasons.
    The a1ove #as #ritten 1e3ore receivin! the May >i#h (ountry Theosophist$ Mr. Carter
    &i& not !race this #riter #ith a res+onse, 1ut res+on&e& throu!h the 0CT. , Huote in 3ull here
    3ro% -ichar& *lusser:s 0CT:
    'ETTE-% -E(E2,E3
    2Dara ;klun& 7*tu&io City, Caili3.8 #rites:
    2:, en>oye& your March issue on the 1roken co%et a++roachin! 5u+iter, also Huotes on
    $ervin Mistry:s article 7#hich ha& 1een sent to us +rior to +u1lication a year a!o. 8 We kno#
    $ervin #ell an& 3eel 7that8 she #oul& have 1een shocke&, ha& she seen the res+onse.
    2:, ho+e your corres+on&ent 75ohn Carter, 0ali3aE, Cana&a. 0CT Mar. :F9, +. C8 can ans#er
    Mark 5aHua:s reHuest 70CT 6+r. :F9, +. ((8. We 3eel the Dalai )a%a has 1een %isHuote&:
    so%eho#.
    2:When aske& at our *hrine au&itoriu% a1out a1ortion, #e hear& hi% say: :The 1est
    solution is to 1eco%e a %onk.: ,.e., never 1eco%e +re!nant to start #ith, 7or take the kar%ic
    outco%e i3 not.8:
    25ohn Carter in 0ali3aE re+lies to Mark 5aHua, re!ar&in! the Dalai )a%a:s :su++ose&
    state%ents on 0o%oseEuals an& a1ortion: 70CT 6+ril, :F98:
    : ..*u++ose& state%ents. ... , have no &i33iculty in +rovi&in! re3erences. 6s to #hether their
    vali&ity is acce+te&, is another %atter.
    2:The state%ents , re3erre& to 1y the Dali )a%a 7#ho Mr. 5aHua a++arently acce+ts as
    Messen!er 3ro% the )o&!e 3or this last Huarter o3 the century8 U, thou!ht %ay1e he #as, 1ut ,
    #as #ron! - M.5. UU1e& opinion 10H99 - =Aided and 0sed by the 'od#e+ at least= - M$!$ VV are
    locate& in t#o articles in s+eci3ic, 1ut 0is 0oliness has reiterate& his su++ort o3 these the%es
    in %any other +laces. ...
    2:The Dalai )a%a is very accessi1le to intervie#ers; in 3act, a recent issue o3 %pin
    Ma#aEine 7March 1FF9, , 1elieve8 3eature& an intervie# #ith 0is 0oliness in #hich he state&
    so%ethin! to the e33ect that celi1acy is a %iEe& 1lessin!. %pin is a %a!aAine &evote& to
    !run!e rock, 1y the #ay; the Dhar%a is no res+ecter o3 +ersons.
    2:,n any event, the Huote on !ays is 3ro% the Fe1ruarySMarch 1FF9 issue o3 /0T, article
    entitle& >ello+ 3ali+ +a!es 1GG-1G9. , can 3or#ar& a +hotoco+y i3 this is &esire&.
    2:This %a!aAine #as !iven to %e 1y a 3rien& #ho kne# o3 %y interest in the teachin!s o3
    the Dalai )a%a an& assu%e& , #oul& 1e really sur+rise& to rea& 0is vie#s on ho%oseEuality,
    a1ortion, etc.
    2:*he #as #ron!. , have 1een rea&in! intervie#s in various Bu&&hist >ournals an&
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    the Glen Mullin 1ooks 3or years an& have kno#n that 0is 0oliness is no 5esuit.
    2:The section 3ro% /T, +a!e 1G(, +ara!ra+h 4 rea&s:
    2:The Dali )a%a is also %ore li1eral on issues o3 seEuality. :/sin! one:s han& is not
    har%in! on others, an& i3 you have no vo#, then it is si%+ly 3or te%+orary satis3action,: he
    sai&.
    2:This +rinci+le a++arently a++lies eHually to ho%oseEuality, a to+ic that cause&
    noticea1le &isco%3ort 3or the translator an& the assistant #ho sat in s%all chairs on the si&e o3
    the roo%. 6t 3irst the Dalai )a%a see%e& to say that ho%oseEuality #as +rohi1ite& 1y
    tra&itions +roscri1in! seEual %iscon&uct:
    2:Blo#, here,2 0e sai& in 1roken ;n!lish, +ointin! 3irst to his %outh an& then to his !roin,
    :is #ron!.:
    2:63ter !ivin! the issue %ore thou!ht, ho#ever, 0e arrive& at an ans#er that %o&i3ie&
    his initial res+onse:
    2:,3 so%eone co%es to %e an& asks #hether it is ? or not, , #ill 3irst ask i3 you have
    so%e reli!ious vo#s to u+hol&. Then %y neEt Huestion is, What is your co%+anion:s o+inion.
    ,3 you 1oth a!ree: - 0e lau!he& heartily - :Then , think , #oul& say, i3 t#o %ales or t#o 3e%ales
    voluntarily a!ree to have %utual satis3action #ithout 3urther i%+lication o3 har%in! others,
    then it is ?.:
    2:This %ay see% a sur+risin! state%ent 3or one o3 the #orl&:s 3ore%ost reli!ious
    lea&ers. But in Bu&&hist teachin!, the Dalai )a%a +ointe& out:
    2:,n&ivi&ual ri!hts, %ean #e have in&ivi&ual ri!ht to en!a!e in any action that !ives
    satis3action, +rovi&e& it &oes not har% others.:
    2:The %ost recent a1ortion co%%ent , coul& 3in& is 3ro% Tricycle - The 5uddhist -e*ie&+
    *+rin! 1FF(, UtheV article Anti-abortionH7ro-choice; Tain# 5oth %ides, +a!e =C, +ara!ra+h <:
    2:Talkin! at a con3erence so%e siE or seven years a!o, 0is 0oliness the Dalai )a%a
    s+oke o3 it as a violation o3 the 3irst +rece+t. But 0e a&&s,
    2:*o%eti%es circu%stances are such that a1ortion can result 3ro% a co%+assionate
    &ecision.:
    2:6s state& a1ove, there are %any other intervie#s eEtant #ith the Dalai )a%a.
    2:0is 0oliness, , have rea& in other intervie#s, o++ose& 3ree %arket ca+italis%, the
    conce+t o3 +rivate +ro+erty o#nershi+, a&vocates socialist econo%ic +olicies, su++orts state
    chil&care, a&a%antly insists on the i%+ortance o3 1irth control, an& %aintains that Bu&&his%
    is the 1est reli!ion.
    2:ne %ust rea& the intervie#s that are +u1lishe& i3 one cannot have a +ersonal
    au&ience. ...
    2:, sho#e& 5aHua:s article U(onser*ation Therapy+ 7roto#onos #F, *+rin! 1FFGV to a 3rien&
    o3 %ine at Dalhousie /niversity #ho has %ore kno#le&!e a1out hor%onal %atters than , &o.
    *he in3or%e& %e that %ost o3 the research he Huotes has since 1een contra&icte& or
    &is+rove& - sho#n to 1e 3alse. UThis is easy to say, 1ut , &ou1t it. nly theories are
    2&is+rove&2, not !enuine research. ne not +re&is+ose& #ill never acce+t a theory no %atter
    #hat the evi&ence. The theory has an& al#ays #ill 1e true. - M.5.V
    2:6lso, , take eEce+tion to his 7M. 5aHua8 state%ent re!ar&in! the 6%erican $sychiatric
    6ssociation:s vote: :,t is not so%ethin! that can +ossi1ly 1e vote& on.:
    2:h. The vote #as the result o3 conclusive +ersonality inventories an& clinical
    &ia!noses, ren&erin! the +atholo!iAin! o3 ho%oseEuality &e3unct. ...
    2:My concern is less #ith the !ra%%ar o3 hu%an 1ehaviour than it is #ith the #hole
    +oetry o3 hu%an eE+erience. U*oun&s nice, 1ut #hat &oes it %ean. -M.5. V ,t is really none o3
    %y 1usiness #hat so%eone &oes or &oesn:t &o seEually, so lon! as it &oesn:t har% %e or
    others, or 1eco%e a stu%1lin! 1lock in the +erson:s li3e. UThis latter is the #hole +oint. - M.5.V
    2:, have no s+ecial insi!hts into the +articular kar%ic %akeu+s o3 in&ivi&uals, 1ut ,
    sus+ect that +eo+le eE+ress certain +atterns 1ecause, at so%e level, it is +art o3 their +rocess
    in incarnation.
    2:What a%aAes %e is ho# ri!i& so%e theoso+hists can 1eP The Bu&&hist teacher 5ack
    ?orn3iel& #rites that the sha&o# si&e o3 an intellectually-oriente& s+iritual +ath is lack o3
    e%otional nature, lack o3 co%+assion - +eo+le co%e to 1elieve that only a ri!ht un&erstan&in!
    #ill enli!hten the%, #hen in 3act that :#is&o% as+ect: has to 1e >oine& to the :co%+assion
    as+ect: o3 the &har%a...
    U0CT ;&itor:s co%%ent: 2The a1ove letter has 1een su1stantially e&ite& to o%it +assa!es
    #hich, #e 3eel, e%1o&y a sarcastic tone 1or&erin! on a +ersonal attack an& at the sa%e ti%e
    contri1ute nothin! 3actual or use3ul to the &iscussion un&er#ay. We a+olo!iAe to
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    5ohn Carter 3or takin! e&itorial li1erties #ith his letter an& ho+e he #ill un&erstan& that our
    e&itin! is %otivate& 1y our co%%it%ent to the 3irst o1>ect o3 the *ociety - that o3 Brotherhoo&.
    2Mark 5aHua, in his letter to 5ohn Carter state& that :a vote 1y %e%1ers o3 The
    6%erican $sychiatric 6ssociation on Huestion o3 #hether ho%oseEuality is to 1e consi&ere& a
    +atholo!ical 7&isease&8 con&ition, 1ase& u+on the results o3 :+ersonality inventories an&
    clinical &ia!noses,: is not so%ethin! that can 1e &eci&e& 1y votin!.: UThe actual Huote is: 2,n
    1FB4 the 6%erican $sychiatric 6ssociation:s <<,GGG %e%1ers vote& to no lon!er re!ar&
    ho%oseEuality as a &isease 1ut as a sane %atter o3 +re3erence. 0o%oseEuality is either
    so%ethin! a++ro+riate or anta!onistic in "ature:s 1ioche%ical an& +sycholo!ical &esi!n o3
    the hu%an or!anis%. ,t is not so%ethin! that can +ossi1ly 1e vote& on or su1>ect to the #hi%
    o3 the +o+ulace.2 - M.5.V
    2, ten& to a!ree #ith Mark on this issue. ,t is %y o1servation that the %ainstrea%
    $sychiatric Co%%unity in the 2West,2 1ases their un&erstan&in! o3 the %akeu+ o3 the total
    hu%an 1ein! u+on hy+othetical +sycholo!ical %o&els &erive& 3ro% the results o3 :+ersonality
    inventories an& clinical &ia!noses.:
    2$recisely 1ecause such %o&els are li%ite& to the assu%+tion that the hu%an 1ein! can
    1e 3ully characteriAe& 1y an eEa%ination o3 the 1o&y an& +ersonality, they %ust necessarily
    3all short o3 accountin! 3or #hy +eo+le 1ehave as they &o.
    2We &o not co%e into this li3e a 1lank slate - tabla rasa$ 6s theoso+hists, our teachin!s
    tell us that the hu%an constitution is seven-3ol&, an& that, %oreover, #e co%e into incarnation
    carryin! #ith us a kar%ic 1ur&en o3 Hualities, +roclivities, ten&encies - the +ro&uct o3 +ast
    lives, calle& s)"n/"s.
    2Western Me&icine has a lon! #ay to !o, in %y o+inion, 1e3ore it arrives at the level o3
    un&erstan&in! o3 the hu%an nature that theoso+hical teachin!s +rovi&e us.2
    '''''''''
    The real Huestion here is i3 a +erson #ishes to &iscover the truth+ the real truthD, #hether
    or not it a!rees #ith his e!o-3orti3ie& +reconce+tions. $ersonally, , #ish #hat Carter, an&
    +artially - the Dalai )a%a, says is true &ere true. )i3e #oul& 1e a lot %ore 3un. ne coul&
    in&ul!e in seE, &ru!s, an& #hatnot to his heart:s content #ith no ill s+iritual or +hysical e33ects.
    But, un3ortunately, it >ust is not true. This #riter, #ithout #ritin! a to%e that coul& 1e #ritten,
    has as one +iece o3 evi&ence 3ro% his o#n eE+erience. 0e:s live& as a he&onist, an& then in a
    s+iritually-oriente& !rou+, live& 3or a nu%1er o3 years as a celi1ate an& lar!ely ascetic 1y
    %ost stan&ar&s - an& so has seen +ersonally the e33ects on %in& an& s+irit o3 1oth li3estyles.
    ne conclusion is that one cannot &evelo+ a s+iritual or hi!her %anas insi!htSca+a1ility
    #ithout livin! a +retty ascetic li3estyle an& conservative seEual li3e. *eE activity >ust &ro+s the
    1otto% out as 3ar as the hi!her %ental 3aculties. The co%+uter-like ka%a-%anas %ay #ork
    3ine, 1ut the hi!her intuition reHuires an ascetic li3e to &evelo+.
    May1e the Dalai )a%a is !ivin! the har& 3acts a1out #hat is the 1est that can 1e ho+e&
    3or 3ro% 2scro3ulous2 hu%anity 7Blavatsky, *D,,, +. 9118, 1ut this #riter can:t 1elieve so%eone
    as a re+resentative 3ro% the )o&!e #oul& 1e so 2so3t2 on +rovi&in! %oral i&eals. This #riter
    has chan!e& his o+inion 3ro% thinkin! the D) #as the %ost likely sin!le 2%essen!er2 3ro% the
    )o&!e 3or this last Huarter. 6 !oo& an& +ositive %an !enerally s+eakin! - yes, 1ut a
    2%essen!er2 - har&ly. 0e errs too %uch on the si&e o3 tolerance. 2)ive an& )et )ive2, yes - 1ut
    +eo+le shoul& 1e #arne& a1out #hat really is a sel3 an& hu%anity-&estructive +ath.
    6ctually there is no such thin! as 2ho%oseEuality2, #hich #or& really &oesn:t %ake any
    sense an& is a contra&iction in ter%s. *eE, 1y &e3inition, is 1i-+olar, an& so #hat #e have,
    only, is a &iversion or 3etich.
    0$B #rites in the *D 7v. ,,, +. 91G-118: 2"or #as the curse o3 ?6-M6 calle& &o#n u+on
    the% 3or seekin! n"t%r"! union, as all the %in&less ani%al-#orl& &oes in its +ro+er seasons;
    1ut, 3or a1usin! the creative +o#er, 3or &esecratin! the &ivine !i3t, an& #astin! the li3e-
    essence 3or no +ur+ose eEce+t 1estial +ersonal !rati3ication. ...&urin! the evolution o3 the
    Fourth -ace, there ca%e en%ity 1et#een its see&, an& the :*er+ent:s: see&, the see& or
    +ro&uct o3 :"r+" an& the &ivine #is&o%. For the see& o3 #o%an or lust, (r%ise/ t&e &e"/ o3
    the see& o3 t&e $r%it o$ *is/o+ "n/ )no*!e/ge, 1y turnin! the holy %ystery o3 +rocreation
    into ani%al !rati3ication; hence the la# o3 ?ar%a :1ruise& the heel: o3 the 6tlantean race, 1y
    !ra&ually chan!in! +hysiolo!ically, %orally, +hysically, an& %entally, the #hole nature o3 the
    Fourth -ace o3 %ankin&... until, 3ro% the healthy ?in! o3 ani%al creation o3 the Thir& -ace,
    %an 1eca%e in the Fi3th, our race, a hel+less, scro3ulous 1ein!, an& has no# 1eco%e the
    #ealthiest heir on the !lo1e to constitutional an& here&itary &iseases, the
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    %ost consciously an& intelli!ently 1estial o3 all ani%alsP2
    2...the see& o3 #o%an or lust, (r%ise/ t&e &e"/ o3 the see& o3 t&e $r%it o$ *is/o+ "n/
    )no*!e/ge2 see%s to %ean that lust or seEual action is &estructive o3 s+iritual vision. *o
    %uch 3or the D):s vie#s &i33erin! 3ro% the ori!inal Theoso+hical Doctrines.
    Mr. Carter:s Huote 3ro% the D) on a1ortion in the 6+ril, :F9 0CT #as %islea&in!, as 3ro%
    the state%ents +rovi&e& it see%s a++arent that the D) is a!ainst a1ortion as a +rinci+le, 1ut
    #ith eEce+tions to the rule 3or reasons o3 co%+assion. , su++ose this #oul& inclu&e a
    &e3or%e& 3etus, a serious li3e-risk to the %other, etc.
    6s to the D)s o+inion a!ainst +rivate +ro+erty o#nershi+, socialist econo%ics, etc., this
    #riter thinks our +resent syste% is +ro1a1ly a1out the 1est that can 1e +ractically ho+e& 3or at
    the +resent ti%e. ,&eally - everyone shoul& #ish to #ork 3or 3ree #ith everyone &oin! #hat
    they &o 1est or #hat is nee&e& in coo+eration #ith others. 6ll #ork shoul& 1e 3ree #ithout
    coercion an& all +ro&ucts 3ree #ithout restriction - all 1ase& on sel3 %otivation an& sel3-
    &isci+line. ,t is a 1asic hu%an &esire to #ork an& +ro&uce. ;ven no# it #oul& #ork 1etter than
    su++ose&.
    Mr. Carter an& 3rien&-eE+ert on hor%ones are lyin# an& %islea&in! #hen clai%in! the
    $a+er sent 2has 1een sho#n to 1e 3alse2. The %a>ority o3 research cannot 1e +roven to 1e
    3alse, 1ut only +lace& #ithin the conteEt o3 an alternate theory. This is &ou1le-talk 1olo!na.
    Which research has 1een contra&icte& or +lace& #ithin another theory. The %a>or theory
    +resente& an& 3or #hich the &ata #as co%+ile& an& use& as evi&ence #as never a theory
    +resente& 1y any tra&itional researcher, an& thus never even a %atter o3 &e1ate in or&er to 1e
    2contra&icte& or +roven 3alse.2
    ,t really see%s the D) is 1ein! one 1i! so+hist. ,3 one #as a so+hist hi%sel3, he coul& say
    that he #as s+eakin! in 2+ara&oEes2. 0e !ives the i&eal in his state%ent an& then turns
    aroun& an& says it is 2?2 to &o >ust the o++osite. But he &oesn:t say 2strive 3or this hi!her
    %orality2 - he >ust says it is ? not to, an& so !ives no &e3inite i&eal. ,t really see%s he >ust
    says #hat +eo+le #ant to hear.
    There is a reason 3or seEual %orality, it is >ust not an ar1itrary stan&ar& 1ase& on thin air.
    ,t is at the o++osite en& o3 the s+ectru% o3 the 2li3e-essence2 or creative ener!y than is
    s+iritual insi!ht. ,3 anythin! %akes sense at all an& one 1elieves #e are evolvin! a#ay 3ro%
    %atter an& to#ar&s s+irit - then the &irection o3 evolution is a#ay 3ro% seE eE+ression. ,3 one
    is tryin! to evolve, an& consi&erin! the %any li%itations an& Huali3ications, then ai% in this
    &irection.

    ''''''''''''''''''
    TH1 R10IGION O4 TH1 4UTUR1
    $eo+le #ill #ork to 2Make a )ivin!, an& Make a Di33erence2. To #ork 3or others a +erson
    %ust 1e a &e!ree o3 ascetic, 1ecause the %aterialistic or sensual-oriente& state o3 %in& is
    closely relate& to the &esire to o1tain %ore 3or onesel3 - to !et the secon& Merce&es or eEtra
    IC- instea& o3 +lacin! the %oney #here it coul& !ive others a 3oot-u+.
    Re*"r/, althou!h %ay1e necessary once in a#hile, is not the +ri%ary %otivator o3
    altruis%, 1ut the +ull o3 the Iision o3 #hat one +erceives as +ossi1le.
    $eo+le #ill not avoi& the 2&re!s2 o3 society 1ut care3ully seek their association. ,t is not
    &is!race3ul to associate #ith the &is!race3ul. 6ttention is nee&e& %ore to the 2#oun&2, so to
    s+eak, than to healthy tissue.
    *ociety #ill 1e or!aniAe& 1y the +revalence o3 >ust in&ivi&uals an& >ust o33icials, an& not 1y
    the ever-increasin! %ulti+lication o3 )a#s to atte%+t to cover every +ossi1le consi&eration.
    ''''''''''''''
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    POINTS O4 INT1R1ST
    Claire Walker:s May, F9 The"-"#hic*$ Re!$ecti"(- #as 3ull o3 its usual re3reshin!
    ne#s, 1its o3 #is&o% an& hu%or. ;s+ecially note#orthy is an article o3 Mahat%a Gan&hi:s on
    26hi%sa or )ove2. 0e takes the conce+t into its +ractical as+ects an& &i33iculties in &aily li3e.
    6lso note& is that -ichar& *lusser:s >i#h (ountry Theosophist is nearin! its hun&re&th issue.
    ,n each issue, Dr. -o1ert Bonnel, $res. o3 the )on! Beach T.*., also has a colu%n.
    -eflections is itsel3 in its B4r& issue. 719GG1 Thun&er1ir& 9-?, *eal Beach, C6 FGB9G8
    Theosophical >istory is +u1lishin! A&&"(iu- S*cc*- *( Hi- Ec$ectic Phi$"-"#h/
    *- #re-e(te 5/ A$e%*(er 'i$er, 1y Dr. 5ean-)ouis *ie%ons. 6ccor&in! to the 3lyer: 2Dr.
    6leEan&er Wil&er, the author o3 The Eclectic 7hilosophy 71C=F8 #as one o3 the early Iice-
    $resi&ents o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety 71CBC8. 0e #as also the +erson res+onsi1le 3or e&itin!
    an& in&eEin! 0.$. Blavatsky:s 2sis 0n*eiled. What #ere Dr. Wil&er:s sources 3or this stu&y on
    6%%onius *accas an& "eo-$latonis%. Who #as 6%%onius *accas, an& #hat &o #e kno#
    a1out hi%. These are the Huestions that are eEa%ine& in this stu&y.2 $rice is R1< 7C6.
    resi&ents B.B<W taE8 to: 5a%es 6 *antucci, De+t. o3 -eli!ious *tu&ies, Ca. *tate /n.,
    Fullerton, Ca. F(=49
    20oe 2")es 6o% St%,i/- Brain -esearcher *ays2 #as the lea& on a ne#s+a+er
    account o3 research 1ein! &one 1y "iels Bir1au%er an& others at Tue1in!en /n. in Ger%any.
    ,t see%s that su1>ects #ith hi!h ,Js have very co%+leE 1rain #ave interactions, %oreso than
    those #ith lo# ,Js, es+ecially in the 3rontal lo1es. When aske& to i%a!ine 1ein! in love these
    #aves 1eco%e even %ore co%+leE, eEce+t a%on! those #ho actually #ere +assionately in
    love. The 1rain #aves o3 those actually in love ha& 2clearly re&uce& co%+leEity2 or %ore like
    those o3 lo# ,J. ...3or Dr. Bir1au%er 2it &oes con3ir% that love %akes you stu+i&.2: 7Toledo
    5lade, FS1=SF48
    ,3 one only su1scri1es to a 3e# Theoso+hical %a!aAines, /.).T.:s The"-"#h/ #oul& 1e a
    !oo& choice 3or one o3 the%. ne o3 the %ost valua1le colu%ns o3 any %a!aAine is 2n the
    )ookout2. #hich treats current #orl& ha++enin!s, 1ook +u1lications, %a!aAines, an&
    in&ivi&ual e33orts that are note#orthy 3ro% a Theoso+hical +ers+ective. 6ccor&in! to
    calculation, in a little over a year Theosophy shoul& 1e throu!h its 1GGGth issueP. 7R1GSyr. o3
    1( issues. (9< West 44r& *treet, )os 6n!eles, Ca FGGGB8
    6ccor&in! to -ichar& *lusser:s Hi+h C"u(tr/ The"-"#hi-t 7%onthly, RB.<GSyr.: 19G *.
    44r& *t., Boul&er, Co. CG4G48 Wheaton, T.*. 6%erica is 1e!innin! a ne# +erio&ical o+en to
    non-%e%1ers - The Messen#er - 6 "e#sletter K *tu&y $a+er o3 The Theoso+hical *ociety in
    6%erica. "ational $resi&ent 5ohn 6l!eo is e&itor. ,t is sent to %e%1ers-at-lar!e o3 T.*.6 as a
    1ene3it o3 %e%1ershi+. For others, su1scri+tion rates are RB.<G a year. FreHuency o3
    +u1lication #as not state&. Wheaton T.*.6.:s a&&ress is: $B (BG, Wheaton, ,) =G1CF.
    The 6+rilSMay :F9 issue o3 Su(ri-e 71i-%onthly, RF.GGSyr., $ Bin C, $asa&ena, Ca.
    F11GF8 is a s+ecial issue o3 over =G +a!es on 2The Challen!e o3 Bein! 0u%an2. 6rticles are
    inclu&e& 1y 19 authors. 6lso announce& is +u1lication o3 A %ourceboo for the (onamity of
    -eli#ions 7R1<.GG, (<(++, +a+er, C1S(Ell8 an& 3ive vi&eocassettes o3 +resentations at the 1FF4
    Worl& $arlia%ent o3 -eli!ions 7R(<.GG8.
    $ro1a1ly the richest %an in the #orl&, Microso3t Cor+. Chair%an 9i!! G"tes says that
    #hen he is in his <G:s he +lans to !ive a#ay a1out F<W o3 his C Billion &ollar 3ortune to
    charita1le or!aniAations, scienti3ic research, etc. Well, at least 4 cheers to Mr. Gates #ho
    realiAes that 9GG %illion or so is enou!h. 72Tole&o Bla&e,2 =S4SF98
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    01TT1RS
    2...Dou +ut out an eEcellent +u1lication ... , 3oun& it interestin! an& sti%ulatin!... , have
    1een a Theoso+hist 3or %any years an& have +ractice& Me&itation 3or %any %ore. To %e,
    Theoso+hy - ;soteric teachin!s K a++lication, on the inner >ourney in +articular is i%+ortant,
    as it !ives %ore than the sy%1olic eEoteric eE+ressions, an& %ost i%+ortant o3 all, the &ee+er
    teachin!s &e3ine the +ath K its %ani3estations #hich, i3 una#are, can i%+e&e, 3ri!hten or
    #aylay a +erson ... 2 - 5.G.
    25ust a note to eE+ress our thinks 3or the re-e%er!ence o3 7roto#onos. May it lon! thriveP
    ...Dour co%%ents on the $aul 5ohnson 1ook are ri!ht on. $ity he &i&n:t use his talent an&
    ener!y else#here. 0ave you rea& Daniel Cal&#ell:s &evastatin! critiHue o3 it. ... There see%s
    to 1e a !ro#in! ten&ency a%on! stu&ents o3 Theoso+hy to a&ulate the Dalai )a%a, an
    attitu&e #hich +uAAles %e. 63ter all, he is %ore a +olitical than a s+iritual lea&er. ...Don:t !et
    %e #ron!: , have %uch res+ect 3or hi% as a +erson, an& +articularly 3or the #ay he has le&
    his +eo+le &urin! a %ost &i33icult cycle, 1ut as a theolo!ian he har&ly see%s #orth a
    Theoso+hist:s attention. But then the +resu%e& real s+iritual lea&er is the $anchen )a%a,
    an& , o3ten #on&er #hether the true one is in incarnation at the +resent ti%e...2 - T.D.
    2... ;Ecellent selection o3 %aterial K , es+ecially like& your res+onse an&Sor revie# o3
    5ohnson:s 2n %earch of the Master?s 5ehind the /ccult Myth$ - C.F.
    2... your #1= 7roto#onos arrive&, an& , rea& it #ith %uch interest. ...5ohnson:s 1ook
    nee&e& a hi!hly critical revie#...2 -;.*.
    2...!oo& ne#s to rea&... /$E$ 'ibrary (ritic 7has8 1een re+rinte& 1y ;&%onton
    Theoso+hical *ociety ... on $aul 5ohnson:s 1ook on the Masters ... one #on&ers that such...
    are incline& to #rite a1out thin!s they cannot - or #ill not - un&erstan&...2 - W.*.
    2Dour revie# o3 the $aul 5ohnson e!o inanity #as #ell receive& here.2 - -.-.
    2... 61out this ti%e last year , rea& strai!ht throu!h the %ecret 3octrine co%+lete 3or the
    3irst ti%e. This #ork shoul& really i%+ress any rea&er. While there is a lot there that #e &on:t
    un&erstan&, there is %uch that #e &o - an& , like her #hole un&o!%atic a++roach. ...,n the
    +a+ers you never see any re3erence to Theoso+hy, 6nthro+oso+hy, -osicrucian Fello#shi+ or
    any o3 these !rou+s. Mean#hile, the churches +lu! alon! o33erin! no ne# i&eas an& nothin!
    1ut 1lin& 23aith2. ...Dou %ention the Dalai )a%a, an& , certainly a!ree that #hat he says is
    +latitu&inous. , sa# hi% on TI once, an& the %essa!e #as to 21e a !oo& 1oy an& !o to
    church.2 ...he sure ha& no %essa!e #hen , hear& hi%. ...,t:s har& to kno# #hat to think a1out
    a su1>ect like a 2)ast-Juarter Messen!er.2 ... Certainly no sin!le character has attracte&
    attention like Blavatsky or 1rou!ht 3orth so%ethin! ne# as she &i&. - ). 5.
    U,n an ol& 'ucifer article 7Dec., 1F448 #hich so%eone sent %e one +a!e o3 - the author
    clai%s the reason 2-osicrucianis%2, etc. !et little attention any%ore is that Western *cience
    has taken over the 3iel&, clai%in! the illusory nature o3 %atter, etc. 6 lot o3 esoteric i&eas
    a++ear in TI series like %tar Tre. -;&.V
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    NOT1S 4OR STUD1NTS 4RO2 TH1 WRITINGS O4 WI00IA2 G. ;UDG1
    2We have not chan!e& the #ork o3 0.$.B.; #e have enlar!e& it.2 - The 7ath, Q, 14B
    2,t has 1een sai& a!ainst us that this %ove%ent o3 ours #as an invention o3 the ;ast,
    1ut ... it ca%e neither 3ro% the ;ast nor 3ro% the West. The ;ast has soli&i3ie&, crystalliAe&,
    stoo& still; it #oul& never have co%%ence& such a %ove%ent. The West &i& not kno# a1out
    such thin!s; it &i& not #ant the%...
    2Where, then, #as the %ove%ent really starte&. ,t #as starte& in the s+iritual #orl&
    a1ove 1oth ;ast an& West, 1y livin! %en. "ot 1y s+irits o3 &ea& %en, 1ut 1y livin! s+irits like
    yourselves, #ho have risen a1ove cree&s an& nations an& castes an& +eo+les, an& are
    si%+ly hu%an 1ein!s. They starte& this %ove%ent 1y !ivin! the i%+ulse an& the %essa!e.2 -
    Fro% a&&ress !iven at the Worl&:s $arlia%ent o3 -eli!ions, convene& at Chica!o, 1CF4.
    2;ven #hile a&vancin! so ra+i&ly in %aterial civiliAation, #e nee& the +ure +hiloso+hical
    an& reli!ious teachin!s 3oun& in the 0panishads.2 - The 7ath+ ,,,, 19G
    2,t is Truth #e #ant, an& not the +etty !lori3ication o3 either 6%erica or ,n&ia. ,n the
    sa%e #ay #oul& #e have use& the literature an& learnin! o3 ancient ;!y+t, ha& it 1een
    accessi1le. But that lies 1urie& un&er #astes o3 san&, #aitin! 3or the ti%e to co%e #hen it
    shall 1e use3ul, an& 3or the %an to arrive #ho kno#s.2 - The 7ath, ,,, 4<C
    2)ive #ith each other as 1rothers; 3or the %isery an& the trou1les o3 the #orl& are o3
    %ore i%+ortance than all the scienti3ic +ro!ress that can 1e i%a!ine&. , conclu&e 1y callin!
    u+on you 1y all that hu%anity hol&s &ear to re%e%1er #hat , say, an& #hether Christians,
    6theists, 5e#s, $a!ans, 0eathen, or Theoso+hists, try to +ractice /niversal Brotherhoo&,
    #hich is the universal &uty o3 all %en.2 - Fro% a&&ress !iven at the Worl&:s $arlia%ent o3
    -eli!ions, Chica!o, 1CF4
    2For &on:t you see, i3 #e starte& a /niversal Brotherhoo&, an& starte& a *ociety to 3in&
    out the truth, an& then 3iEe& a &o!%a, that %o%ent #e shoul& 1e tellin! a lie an& 3or3eitin! the
    #hole o1>ect #e starte& out to acco%+lish. We can never have a cree&. ... We #ill 3or#ar&
    only the cause o3 /niversal Brotherhoo&.2 - Fro% a&&ress !iven at Worl&:s $arlia%ent o3
    -eli!ions, Chica!o, 1CF4
    2, care everythin! 3or the unsectarianis% 0.$.B. &ie& to start.2
    - Fro% a +rivate letter
    2*cientists &rea& occult investi!ation, lest it &ra# the% out o3 their or1it. They 3or!et that
    the true or1it o3 %an is eternity.2 - /nsi!ne& 3iller in The 7ath, ,,, C9
    2Tell your 3rien& an& inHuirer this. "o one is ever converte& into Theoso+hy. ;ach one
    #ho really co%es into it &oes so 1ecause it is only :an eEtension o3 +revious 1elie3s.:2 - The
    7ath, ,I, =<
    2,t is one thin! to have that kno#le&!e #hich &isci+les have, 1ut it is Huite another
    thin! to 1e a &isci+le. The +ossession o3 the 3irst &oes not in3er the secon&.2 - The 7ath, ,,,, 4=
    2Those #ho ask 3or +articularity o3 a&vice are not yet !ro#n to the stature o3 the hero
    #ho, 1ein! all, &areth all; #ho havin! 3ou!ht %any a 3i!ht in other lives re>oices in his
    stren!th, an& 3ears neither li3e nor &eath, neither sorro# nor a1use, an& #isheth no ease 3or
    hi%sel3 #hile others su33er.2 - The Theosophist, Q,I, B(4
    2%ni+otence o3 a sort that %ay transcen& la# is not a&%itte& in ccultis%; that the
    6&e+ts +ointe& out #hen they #rote that i3 they coul& at one stroke turn the #orl& into an
    6rca&ia 3or lo3ty souls they #oul& &o so, 1ut the #orl& can only 1e conHuere& ste+ 1y ste+
    an& un&er the rule o3 la#. - The 7ath, I,,,, (=B
    2"o -ishi, ho#ever !reat, can alter a +eo+le; they %ust alter the%selves. - The
    Theosophist, - ., B(4
    2The very 3act that a %an is in the #orl& an& has a continual 3i!ht #ith his +assions an&
    inclinations, +roves that he is not yet in any con&ition to leave it. - 2*tu&ies in the
    /+anisha&s2, The 7ath, ,, 1(9
    2*o%e ur!e that 0ere&ity invali&ates -eincarnation. We ur!e it as +roo3. ... 0ere&ity
    is a +uAAle, an& #ill al#ays re%ain so as lon! as the la#s o3 ?ar%an an& -eincarnation are
    not a&%itte& an& taken into account. - The /cean of Theosophy, ch. Q
    2,n a sense, #e are our o#n ancestors; #e are 1uil&in! no# the houses #e are to live in
    --- 1<
    &urin! our co%in! lives. For our i!norance o3 this, nature recks not; she hol&s us 3ast in an
    iron !ras+, an& #ill co%+el us at last throu!h +ain .... to live our lives an& think our thou!hts in
    su1%ission to the 0i!her )a# that no hu%an asse%1lies can revoke.2 - The 7ath+ ,,,, F(
    2We %ean 1y a cycle >ust #hat the ;!y+tians, the 0in&us, an& the +hiloso+hers o3 the
    Mi&&le 6!es %eant 1y it; that is, that there is a +erio&ical return or cyclin! 1ack, a circlin!
    1ack o3 so%ethin! 3ro% so%e +lace once %ore. That is #hy it is calle& a cycle, inas%uch as it
    returns u+on itsel3, see%in!ly; 1ut in the Theoso+hical &octrine, an& in the ancient &octrines,
    it is al#ays a little hi!her in the sense o3 +er3ection or +ro!ress... 6s the ;!y+tians hel&,
    cycles +revail every#here, thin!s co%e 1ack a!ain, events return, history co%es 1ack, an&
    so in this century #e have the sayin!: :0istory re+eats itsel3: ....Buckle &i& not &iscover a la#.
    0e si%+ly once %ore state& #hat the ancients ha& sai& over an& over a!ain. 6n& it has
    al#ays see%e& to %e that i3 Buckle an& other +eo+le o3 that kin& #oul& +ay a little %ore
    attention to the ancients, they #oul& save the%selves a !reat &eal o3 trou1le, 3or he o1taine&
    his la# 1y %uch &elvin!, %uch +ainstakin! la1or, #hereas he %i!ht have !otten the la# i3 he
    ha& si%+ly consulte& the ancients, #ho al#ays tau!ht that there #ere cycles an& that there
    al#ays #ill 1e cycles. - 6&&ress 1e3ore the *iEth 6nnual Convention o3 6%erican
    Theoso+hists, Chica!o, 1CFG
    2We 1elieve in the cyclic theory, an& it teaches us that in the a!es %an has 1een
    u+on earth he has evolve& all syste%s o3 +hiloso+hy over an& over a!ain. The reason that #e
    turne& to ,n&ian 1ooks is that that lan& o3 all the rest has +reserve& its ol& kno#le&!e 1oth in
    1ooks an& %onu%ents... What reason can #e !ive 3or not eEa%inin! their theories. They &o
    not &e!ra&e our %anhoo&, 1ut rather raise its !lory an& +o#er hi!her. Besi&es, #e #ell kno#
    that there is no se+aration o3 nations. We o3 6%erica #ere +erha+s the very in&ivi&uals #ho in
    those 1y!one a!es hel+e& to ela1orate that +hiloso+hy, an& the %en no# livin! there #ere,
    %ay1e, the then inha1itants o3 1o&ies on this continent... We %ust not i!nore the +ast, 3or to
    &o so is to incur a sure i3 %ysterious retri1ution, 1ecause that +ast 1elon!s to ourselves an&
    #as a +art o3 our o#n &oin! an& 1e!ettin!.2 - The 7ath, ,Q, 1F(
    2Wherever you are you are a center o3 3orce, an& it is your o#n 3ault i3 you are useless
    any#here.2 - The 7ath, Q, 4CB
    2Do you think that i3 a Master acce+te& you 0e #oul& +ut you to so%e stran!e test.
    "o, 0e #oul& not, 1ut si%+ly +er%ittin! the s%all events o3 your li3e to have their course, the
    result #oul& &eter%ine your stan&in!. 2t may be a child?s school+ but it taes a man to #o
    throu#h it. - The 7ath, ,I, 1CC
    2,t is su++ose& 1y so%e that initiation is al#ays an& in every case a set an& sole%n
    occasion 3or #hich the can&i&ate is +re+are& an& noti3ie& o3 in a&vance. While there are so%e
    initiations surroun&e& 1y such sole%nities as these, the &aily one, #ithout success in #hich
    no as+irant #ill ever have the chance to try 3or those that are hi!her, co%es to the &isci+le
    #ith al%ost each %o%ent. ,t is %et in our relations #ith our 3ello#s, an& in the e33ects u+on us
    o3 all the circu%stances o3 li3e. 6n& i3 #e 3ail in these, #e never !et to the +oint #here !reater
    ones are o33ere&. ,3 #e cannot 1ear %o%entary &e3eat, or i3 a chance #or& that strikes our
    sel3-love 3in&s us un+re+are&, or i3 #e !ive #ay to the &esire to harshly >u&!e others, or i3 #e
    re%ain in i!norance o3 so%e o3 our %ost a++arent 3aults, #e &o not 1uil& u+ that kno#le&!e
    an& stren!th i%+eratively &e%an&e& 3ro% #hoever is to 1e %aster o3 nature.2 - The 7ath, ,I,
    1CB-C
    2There is s#eetness an& li!ht in occultis%, an& not %erely a #i&e, &ry level o3 &rea&3ul
    ?ar%an, such as so%e Theoso+hists are +rone to &#ell on. 6n& this s#eetness an& li!ht %ay
    1e reache& #hen #e &iscover the iron 1ar an& raisin! it shall +er%it the heart to 1e 3ree. This
    iron 1ar is #hat the 0in&us call :the knot o3 the heart:P ,n their scri+tures they talk o3 unloosin!
    this knot, an& say that #hen that is acco%+lishe& 3ree&o% is near. But #hat is the iron 1ar
    an& the knot. is the Huestion #e %ust ans#er. ,t is the astrin!ent +o#er o3 sel3 - o3 e!otis% -
    o3 the i&ea o3 se+arateness.2 - The 7ath+ ,, 4B9
    2,t has taken hun&re&s o3 years 3or a 3e# to co%e to the realiAation that the #ise %en ha&
    not the sli!htest &esire 3or the co%+any o3 a lot o3 ho+eless incura1les in the Mysteries.2 -
    The 7ath, ,, 491
    2,t is a contest o3 s%iles i3 #e really kno# our 1usiness.... "ever 1e a3rai&, never 1e
    sorry, an& cut all &ou1ts #ith the s#or& o3 s+iritual
    --- 1=
    kno#le&!e.2 - Fro% a letter
    2We %ust &eserve 1e3ore #e can &esire.2 - The 7ath, ,I, 1CB
    26ll that can 1e !otten out o3 #ealth, or 1eauty, or art, or +leasure, are %erely +ools o3
    #ater 3oun& alon! our +ath as it #an&ers throu!h the &esert o3 li3e. ,3 #e are not seekin! the%
    their a++earance !ives us intense +leasure, an& #e are thus a1le to use the% 3or our !oo&
    an& that o3 others >ust so lon! as the )a# leaves the% to us; 1ut #hen that su+erior +o#er
    re%oves the%, #e %ust say, :,t is >ust #hat , in 3act &esire&.: 6ny other course is 1lin&ness. 6ll
    the +assin! sho#s o3 li3e, #hether 3rau!ht #ith &isaster or 3ull o3 3a%e an& !lory, are teachers;
    he #ho ne!lects the%, ne!lects o++ortunities #hich sel&o% the !o&s re+eat. 6n& the only
    #ay to learn 3ro% the% is throu!h the heart:s resi!nation; 3or #hen #e 1eco%e in heart
    co%+letely +oor, #e at once are the treasurers an& &is1ursers o3 enor%ous riches.2 -
    2Co%%entary on the Bha!ava&-Gita,2 The 7ath+ ,,, 4(C
    2,3 it 1e your ti%e to 3ast, +ut on the 1est rai%ent you have, an& !o 3orth, not as one #ho
    3asts, 1ut as one #ho lives 3or li3e. Do your si!hin! an& cryin! #ithin you. ,3 you cannot
    receive the s%all events o3 li3e an& their %eanin!s #ithout cryin! the% out to all the #orl&,
    think you that you are 3itte& to 1e truste& #ith the Mysteries.2 - The 7ath, ,, (GF
    2Devotion involves a %ental a1ne!ation not a!reea1le to our %o&ern %in&, 1ut that
    %ust 1e acHuire& or real +ro!ress is i%+ossi1le.... This eEhortation to &evotion is at once the
    %ost si%+le an& the %ost &i33icult. *o%e &eri&e it 1ecause they #ant +o#ers an&
    :&evelo+%ent:; others 1ecause they think it too si%+le; 1ut the #ise stu&ent, even #hen he
    cannot at 3irst !ras+ its %eanin!, #ill revolve it in his %in&, strive a3ter it, an& %ake it a thin!
    to 1e attaine& 1y hi%.2 - 2Co%%entary on the Bha!ava&-Gita,2 The 7ath+ ,,,, (=
    2The true #ill is a concentrate& 3orce #orkin! stea&ily yet !ently, &o%inatin! 1oth soul
    an& +erson, havin! its source in the s+irit an& hi!hest ele%ents o3 the soul. ,t is never use&
    3or the !rati3ication o3 sel3, is ins+ire& 1y the hi!hest o3 %otives, is never inter+ose& to violate
    a la#, 1ut #orks in har%ony #ith the unseen as #ell as the seen... ,t is %ore that a 3aculty o3
    the soul, 3or it is the soul at #ork.2 - The 7ath, 11, (BC
    26 stea&y +ro!nostication o3 &istur1ance has 1een in&ul!e& in.... Theoso+hists too o3ten
    occu+y the%selves #ith these #oe3ul lookin!s into the 3uture, to the &etri%ent o3 their +resent
    #ork. They shoul& try to &iscover the 3ine line o3 &uty an& en&eavor, leavin! the astrolo!ers o3
    to&ay, #ho are %ore at sea than any other %ystics, to con over a Ao&iac that is out o3 +lace
    an& calculate #ith ta1les #hich &elu&e #ith the su1tle +o#er that 3i!ures have to lie #hen the
    1asis o3 calculation is #ron!.2 - The 7ath, I,,,, 4B4
    2The sun shines eHually on all. The crystal re3lects it, the clo& &oes not. The e33ects o3
    ri!ht thou!ht last 3or ever.2 - Fro% a letter
    2)et us hit the %ark, 3rien&P 6n& that %ark is the in&estructi1le, the hi!hest s+iritual li3e
    #e are at any ti%e ca+a1le o3.2 The 7ath, I, 1C=
    7The a1ove co%+ilation taken 3ro% The Theosophical 7ath, 6+ril, 1F4G8
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    @(ycles+ cont?d from p$ MA
    years; in #hich ti%e they also o1serve& that the an!le o3 o1liHuity varie&, so as to e@ten/ or
    #ontr"#t the #i&th o3 the tro+ics 9 &e!rees on each si&e, #hich rate o3 %otion #oul& carry the
    tro+ics 3ro% the eHuator to the +oles in <9G,GGG years; in #hich ti%e the @o&iac #oul& have
    %a&e t#enty-t#o an& a hal3 revolutions, #hich are eE+resse& 1y the +arallel circles 3ro% the
    eHuator to the +oles ... or #hat a%ounts to the sa%e thin!, the north +ole o3 the ecli+tic #oul&
    have %ove& 3ro% the north +ole o3 the earth to the eHuator. ...Thus the +oles 1eco%e inverte&
    in 1,GCG,GGG years, #hich is their Maha-Du!a, an& #hich they ha& &ivi&e& into 3our uneHual
    +arts, in the +ro+ortions o3 1, (, 4, 9, 3or the reasons %entione& a1ove; #hich are 1GC,GG,
    (1=,GG, 4(9,GGG, an& 94(,GGG. 0ere #e have the %ost +ositive +roo3s that the a1ove
    nu%1ers ori!inate& in ancient astrono%ical o1servations... :2
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    7-/T/./1/% is +u1lishe& irre!ularly an& su1scri+tion is 3ree o3 char!e.
    Corres+on&ence, 3ee&1ack an& su1%issions are #elco%e. 7$B 999, Gran& -a+i&s, hio
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    PROTOGONOS
    "o. 1C *e+te%1er, 1FF9 2Man Will -ise. )i!ht Will $revail2
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    CONT1NTS5 Gol&en Chalice 7verse8 - G. C. )eGros... 1; Who 6re the Mahat%as. ...1;
    'ast (han#e of Earth?s A8is ... 4; The )i!ht o3 Darin! in the 0eart - Wheeler ....<; Ca+turin! a
    Worl& With ,&eas - $urucker ....C; 0in&u *cri+tures *+eak on 61ortion - >imalayan Academy
    ....F; *iouE Mystic Warriors - 5aHua .....14; -evie#: The 'ast Ad*enturer; The 'ife of Talbot
    Mundy .... 1B; $oints o3 ,nterest ....1C; *o%e Ii&eos ....(G; )etters ....(1; The $oor -
    Blavatsky ....((; Chain -eaction .... ((
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    TH1 GO0D1N CHA0IC1
    Be3ore each soul, 1y &ay, 1y ni!ht,
    The Gol&en Chalice !lea%s,
    6n& all %ay kno# a stran!e &eli!ht,
    Who taste its #ine o3 &rea%s.
    6n& all %ay !li%+se a Iision 3ar,
    Beyon& the 1ourne o3 Day.
    6n& overhea& a 3la%in! *tar,
    That +oints a *ecret Way.
    ,t s+arkles in the vital air,
    6n& %ay 1e yours, or %ine,
    But hero-hearte& all #ho &are
    To &rink that livin! #ine.
    6n& then the Iision to 1ehol&,
    Beyon& 6vi&ya:s 1rink,
    For all #ho taste that Cu+ o3 Gol&,
    "o other #ine %ay &rink.
    - G. C. )eGros
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    WHO AR1 TH1 2AHAT2AS?
    ;very inHuirer #ants to kno# #hat Theoso+hists %ean 1y a Mahat%an. The sanskrit #or&
    eE+lains itsel3: 2"&" %eans !reat, an& At+"n %eans soul. 6 Theoso+hical Mahat%an is a
    !reat soul eE+ressin! itsel3 in a hu%an 1o&y. Theoso+hy teaches that at the center o3 every
    %an:s 1ein! he is a s+ark o3 &ivinity; an& the real +ur+ose o3 re+eate& earth-lives is to 1rin!
    3orth an& eE+ress this inner *el3, so that its li!ht #ill illu%ine his #hole 1ein!. r&inary %en
    eE+ress this 1ut 3ee1ly as yet; 1ut the Mahat%ans are those in #ho this &ivine 3la%e shines
    3orth. They are not :!o&s: or :saints: or anythin! su+ernatural, 1ut are %en #ho, 1y their o#n
    unre%ittin! e33orts &urin! %any lives, un&er the !ui&ance o3 ,nitiate Teachers, have 1eco%e
    su+er%en. They are the ;l&er Brothers o3 hu%anity, the :Fine Flo#ers: o3 hu%an evolution,
    s+iritually an& intellectually.
    "aturally, these Great Men are not all eHually a&vance&; 1ut the !reatest o3 the% have
    reache& a sta!e #hich the %ass o3 hu%anity #ill attain, at its or&inary rate o3 +ro!ress, only in
    3ar &istant a!es, a3ter very %any lives on earth. When that ti%e co%es, the +resent 6&e+ts
    #ill have evolve& 1eyon& the hi!hest hu%an stan&ar& o3 +er3ection, an& #ill have +asse& on,
    to continue !ro#in! in s+iritual !lory in the :lan& o3 the !o&s.:
    The Mahat%ans 1elon! to a Brotherhoo& #hich has 1een active in all a!es. They +ossess
    i%%ense stores o3 kno#le&!e o3 the real nature o3 %an, o3 his unkno#n racial history, an& o3
    the structure an& o+erations o3 the /niverse, visi1le an& invisi1le. Their ori!inal 1o&y o3
    teachin!s, sacre&ly +reserve& 3ro% a!e to a!e, has 1een +asse& on throu!h a continuous
    chain o3 initiate& Teachers an& their +le&!e& &isci+les. ;ach %e%1er o3 this r&er, in turn,
    tests these teachin!s 3or hi%sel3, an& con3ir%s the truth o3 the%. 6 +ortion o3 this kno#le&!e,
    suita1le 3or hu%anity at lar!e, accor&in! to its varyin! sta!es o3 intelli!ence an& s+irituality,
    has 1een !iven out 3ro% ti%e to ti%e, an& in one country or another, 1y Messen!ers 3ro% the
    Great White )o&!e, as it is calle&. Truth has al#ays
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    1een in the #orl&, even in the &ark a!es #hen its li!ht #as o1scure& an& its Messen!ers
    #ere %isun&erstoo& an& +ersecute&. Mankin& as a #hole has never 1een #ithout its ;l&er
    Brothers, those 0el+ers #hose 1ene3icent #ork has never cease&, #hether seen or unseen
    1y %en.
    These Messen!ers #ere such !reat *a!es an& *eers as 5esus, the Bu&&ha an& ?rishna
    o3 ,n&ia, Con3ucius an& )ao-Tse o3 China, @oroaster o3 $ersia, $lato an& $ytha!oras o3
    Greece, 0er%es o3 ;!y+t, JuetAalcoatl o3 MeEico, an& %any others %ore or less eEalte&,
    u+on #hose teachin!s !reat #orl& reli!ions an& +hiloso+hies #ere 3oun&e&. This eE+lains
    #hy the &ee+er, essential truths o3 all the !reat reli!ions are the sa%e, ho#ever %uch their
    outer 3or%s an& sacre& na%es an& %ystical sy%1olo!y use& varie& in &i33erent countries an&
    a!es. ;Ehaustive evi&ence o3 this un&erlyin! unity o3 teachin!s is !iven 1y 0.$. Blavatsky in
    The %ecret 3octrine$ *he also eE+lains that it #as 1ecause the inner %eanin! o3 reli!ion
    1eca%e !ra&ually o1scure& 1y &o!%as an& intolerance that con3lictin! o+inions le& to 1i!otry
    an& +ersecution.
    3 the continue& activities o3 the Great-*oule& nes in !ui&in! an& +rotectin! %ankin&,
    the 1est kno#n in %o&ern ti%es has the !eneral ter% :the Theoso+hical Move%ent.: This
    inclu&es #ork &one 1y The Theoso+hical *ociety an& very %uch %ore. Their activities a33ect
    %any in #ays unkno#n to the%, ins+irin! the% #ith !reat thou!hts an& no1le i&eas #hich
    co%e they kno# not #hence. Fro% ti%e to ti%e the Great )o&!e o3 Masters has esta1lishe&
    societies throu!h #hich they coul& hel+ the #orl&. *o%e #ere unkno#n to all 1ut their o#n
    %e%1ers; others #ere %a&e +u1lic. ne o3 the latter is The Theoso+hical *ociety, #hich #as
    3oun&e& un&er the &irection o3 the Masters 1y 0elena $etrovna Blavatsky, in "e# Dork, in
    1CB<. ,ts i%+ortance is +rove& 1y the 3act that Theoso+hical teachin!s have +ro3oun&ly
    a33ecte& the #orl& o3 thou!ht, an& that the Move%ent as a #hole has 1eco%e %ore securely
    esta1lishe& &urin! the last hal3-century, in #hich so %any ti%e-honore& institutions an&
    %o&es o3 thou!ht have 1een shaken to their 3oun&ations.
    The #ork o3 this %o&ern Messen!er, 0.$. Blavatsky, #as to restore lon!-3or!otten truths
    to the #orl& an& to arouse the s+irit o3 1rotherhoo& in %an. To &o this she %a&e kno#n the
    teachin!s o3 the 6ncient Wis&o%--eli!ion, once universal, an& the only en&urin! 1asis u+on
    #hich %en can unite. *he +resente& conclusive evi&ence o3 the sin!le ori!in o3 all the !reat
    reli!ions an& +hiloso+hies, #hich alike tau!ht a co%%on 1irthri!ht o3 &ivinity 3or %en an& a
    co%%on &estiny. Their interests, s+iritual an& %aterial, 1ein! i&entical, inter&e+en&ent, an&
    inter#oven, 3ro% 3irst to last, +rove that 1rotherhoo& is a 3act in "ature. This nee&s 1ut to 1e
    reco!niAe& an& acte& u+on to increase our #el3are an& ha++iness to a &e!ree hitherto
    unkno#n. ,t is the %a!ic #or& to %ake 3or i&eal hu%an relations - 1oth 1et#een in&ivi&uals
    an& nations. The Theoso+hical *ociety, 3oun&e& 1y the Masters, is unsectarian an& non-
    +olitical an& is #holly 3ree 3ro% the cree&s an& &o!%as #hich hitherto have se+arate& %an
    3ro% %an. ,n such a *ociety #hose chie3 ai% is +ractical #orl& 1etter%ent, the acce+tance o3
    the +rinci+le o3 /niversal Brotherhoo& is naturally the only +rereHuisite to %e%1ershi+.
    To the %atter-o3-3act cci&ental %in& the Theoso+hical Mahat%ans o3ten see% like
    unreal 3i!ures, 1ecause their eEistence #as unhear&-o3 in the West 1e3ore 0.$. Blavatsky
    announce& that her Teachers #ere %e%1ers o3 the Great Brotherhoo&. But in the ;ast it is
    &i33erent. ,n %o&ern ,n&ia, 3or instance, thou!h to&ay it is su33erin! 3ro% su+erstitions resultin!
    3ro% &e!eneration o3 the ancient reli!ions, yet the un1roken tra&ition o3 these !reat %en has
    co%e &o#n 3ro% re%otest antiHuity, an& is co%%on kno#le&!e an& 1elie3. There the
    Mahat%ans, or :-ishis: as they are !enerally calle&, are not looke& u+on as *aviors 1ut as
    Gui&es an& Teachers #ho hel+ their youn!er 1rothers to 1rin! 3orth their o#n inner &ivinity.
    These !reat %en sho# 1y eEa%+le #hat lies ahea& on the $ath 3or all %en, even as the
    "aAarene sai&: 2, a% the Way, the Truth, an& the )i3e.2 ,n 3act, in the ;ast, the relation o3
    teacher an& +u+il is re!ar&e& as so%ethin! sacre&, 3or, in&ee&, the +assin! on o3 )i!ht is a
    sort o3 intellectual an& s+iritual +arenta!e. *+ecial &e3erence is accor&e& even to the teacher
    o3 chil&ren.
    To the intros+ective, &evotional rientals, the Mahat%ans stan& as eEa%+les o3 the
    hi!hest livin! i&eals. While the native %ystical ten&ency to cultivate inner &evelo+%ent
    a++ears in various cru&e an& erratic 3or%s a%on! the 3anatical yo!is, yet the rare s+iritual
    ty+e o3 :holy %en: is reco!nise& an& reverence& even 1y the royal 0in&u rulers.
    The Masters o3 Wis&o% are not to 1e con3use& #ith the 3a%iliar ty+e o3 yo!is or sa&hus or
    so-calle& :Mahat%as: o3 ,n&ia. The #or& co%%only s+elle& :Mahat%a,: is a title like :Mr.: or
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    *ir, or :Baron,: or :Count.: ,t is a %ere title, #hich a very ol& ,n&ian custo% still !ives to anyone
    hol&in! a +u1lic +osition o3 res+ect or veneration. The na%e i%+lies certain s+ecial
    intellectual an& s+iritual attain%ents; 1ut, as #ith any title o3 &istinction, it %ay 1e hel& 1y
    those #ho &o %uch, or those #ho &o little honor to it.
    The Huestion is o3ten aske&: Where &o the Mahat%ans live. While their %ain seats are
    in 6sia, they also have %inor centers else#here, in Huiet an& seclu&e& +laces #here they can
    1e un&istur1e& in their #ork, 3ree 3ro% the unrest an& con3usion o3 cro#e& +laces, an&
    surroun&e& 1y those #ho can un&erstan& their %etho&s an& ai%s an& #ho are 3itte& to hel+.
    0o#ever, they are intensely active all the ti%e, an& they even travel to 3ar countries #hen
    con&itions reHuire their +resence. M%e. Blavatsky %et her Teacher in )on&on, in 1C<1; an&
    another Master :?.0.,: #ith #hose sister she live& 3or a ti%e in Ti1et, ha& 1een a stu&ent in
    ;uro+ean /niversities. This Master, :?.0.: #rote %ost o3 the 3a%ous Mahat%a )etters to 6. $.
    *innett, in #hich the rea&er %ay !et interestin! si&eli!hts on their %etho&s o3 #ork, an& on
    the i%+ortance they !ave to the 3uture o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety.
    Westerners o3ten say: Why &o the Mahat%ans not co%e out in +u1lic an& sho#
    the%selves. Why shoul& they sho# the%selves. one %ay re+ly. They have nothin! to !ain
    1y &oin! an eEhi1ition; it #oul& 1e a #aste o3 ti%e an& ener!y on their +art, an& it #oul& serve
    no !oo& +ur+ose to !rati3y +u1lic curiosity. To the%, the #orl&:s +riAes o3 3a%e, 3ortune,
    a&%iration, etc., %atter not at all. Those thin!s, #hich a++eal stron!ly to or&inary %en, they
    have &iscar&e& lives a!one 3or the !reater treasures o3 their o#n enlar!e&, enriche&, an&
    li1erate& nature. They are ea!er to !ive o3 their +riceless kno#le&!e to #ho%soever is rea&y
    to o+en his %in& an& heart to receive it, an& to ste+ out on the +ath that they have tro&. 6s to
    +roo3 o3 their eEistence, #e all kno# that there are %en o3 outstan&in! a1ility in every
    &e+art%ent o3 li3e. ,t is only natural to su++ose that a 3e# have !one 3ar ahea& 1y lives o3
    intensive s+iritual an& intellectual !ro#th, an& have there1y attaine& to #hat the %a>ority #ill
    reach only in the 3ar &istance 3uture.
    The Masters re!ar& the #hole #orl& as their country, an& they are very %uch alive to its
    con&itions an& to its %ost vital +ro1le%s. Most o3 their #ork is 1ehin& the scenes, nor #ill it
    ever 1e +u1licly kno#n. Their 3ree&o% 3ro% all +ersonal a%1ition an& national 1ias !ives
    the% unusual insi!ht into the %otives o3 %en an& nations. Their su+erior kno#le&!e, an& their
    +o#er to rea& the %eanin!, an& to 3oresee the outco%e, o3 un3ol&in! #orl&-events, ena1le
    the% to #ork #ith eHual #is&o% an& >ustice 3or the #el3are o3 all. Fro% the% in&ivi&ually an&,
    as an or!aniAe& 1o&y, there constantly ra&iates a +otent in3luence o3 ho+e, ins+iration, an&
    +rotection 3or hu%anity. This silent invisi1le sti%ulus has even 1een the source o3 intuitive
    :hunches: on the +art o3 so%e o3 our !reat %o&ern scientists an& inventors. *uch +ractical
    hel+ is attracte& naturally 1y lar!e-hearte& %en o3 !enius #hose #ork #ill hel+ %en to realiAe
    a %ore s+iritual vie# o3 the /niverse, an& so %ake 3or %ore 1rotherly relations in hu%an
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    The Masters are Teachers also, 1ecause as custo&ians o3 the ancient truths it is their
    &uty to +ass on the li!ht they have receive&. They have 1eco%e #hat they are 1ecause they
    have learne& ho# to &evelo+ their innate s+iritual an& intellectual 3aculties an& +o#ers, #hich
    can 1e &one sa3ely only un&er the !ui&ance o3 true Teachers. ,n turn, they 1eco%e Teachers
    to their +u+ils, #ho are calle& #&e!"s - the &evote& 3e# #hose one &esire is to 1eco%e
    +er3ecte& hel+ers in the service o3 hu%anity. Chelashi+ is trainin! 3or Mastershi+. 2t is the
    a#e-old method of speedin# up indi*idual e*olution$ The chela is not only tau!ht an all-aroun&
    +hiloso+hy o3 li3e, 1ut he is %a&e to +rove it 3or hi%sel3. ,n testin! it 1y a++lication to his o#n
    &aily li3e, he learns %any %ysteries o3 his &ual nature - hi!her an& lo#er - an& 3in&s %i!hty,
    hi&&en %eanin!s in his relation to others an& to the #orl& aroun& hi%. 0e is not lure& on 1y
    any +ro%ise o3 sel3ishly acHuirin! unusual kno#le&!e an& +sychic +o#ers. 0e learns that the
    &ee+er, hi&&en truths a1out %an an& the /niverse are to 1e !aine& 1y !reat +urity an&
    holiness o3 li3e, an& es+ecially 1y an all-e%1racin! love o3 %ankin& as a #hole. Beco%in!
    s+iritually-%in&e& o+ens the nature to s+iritual truths.
    The chela:s trainin! 1e!ins #ith a syste% o3 sel3-&isci+line that calls 3or lon! an&
    ar&uous tests o3 sincerity, &eter%ine& #ill, an& unsel3ish &evotion to hu%anity. The true
    syste% has no +lace 3or ascetic a1use or torture o3 the 1o&y, #hich is hel& to 1e a sacre&
    :te%+le o3 the livin! !o&: #ithin. 6ll the +o#ers an& 3aculties that %ake 3or enli!htene&, stron!,
    an& no1le %anhoo& are sti%ulate& to ra+i& !ro#th. The result is a 1alance& !ain in +hysical,
    $sychical, intellectual, an& s+iritual +o#er. 6 Master o3 )i3e is one #ho has learne& the la#s o3
    "ature an& #orks #ith the%.
    *ince the Theoso+hical *ociety %a&e the eEistence o3 the Masters kno#n in the West a
    nu%1er o3 #oul&-1e teachers have 1ol&ly a&vertise& the%selves as connecte& #ith the Great
    White )o&!e o3 the ;ast. They o33er instructions 3or acHuirin! :+ersonal +o#ers,: :vital 3orce,:
    :%aterial success,: :%a!netic attraction,: all this an& %ore, to +ros+ective 3ollo#ers or to any
    one #ho #ill +ay the +rice 3or lessons, re!ar&less o3 their %oral 3itness. They a++eal 3rankly -
    o3ten #ith hi!h-soun&in! senti%ents - to the sel3ish si&e o3 hu%an nature - to +ersonal
    a%1ition, to %ere intellectual curiosity, or to the sinister &esire to !et control over others. The
    ventureso%e Westerners, ea!er 3or any novel eE+erience, little realiAe that the +rice too o3ten
    +ai& 3or &a11lin! in stran!e, +sychic 3orces is loss o3 health or sanity, i3 not o3 li3e itsel3. Moral
    3itness an& sel3-control are the +rereHuisites 3or !enuine ccultis%.
    0. $. Blavatsky sa# that an increasin! nu%1er o3 :sensitives: in the West #ere attractin!
    attention 1y re+ortin! their va!ue clairvoyant !li%+ses into the sha&o#y astral #orl&. *he
    eE+laine& the rationale o3 the stran!e +heno%ena #hich %aterialistic science sai& coul& not
    eEist. But she kne# too #ell the su1tle, unkno#n &an!ers into #hich all those concerne& #ere
    &ri3tin!, an& she re+eate&ly #arne& a!ainst the +erils o3 atte%+tin! to cultivate :+sychic
    +o#ers.:
    The Huestion is o3ten aske&: 0o# can , %eet the Mahat%ans. The surest #ay is to
    1eco%e like the%. 1viously, then, the 3irst thin! to &o is to ans#er their call 3or hel+ers in
    their #ork 3or hu%anity, #hose su33erin!s %ostly result 3ro% i!norance o3 its &uality an& the
    la#s o3 li3e an& s+iritual !ro#th. This #ork is so #orl&-#i&e an& varie& that there is roo% an&
    a +lace 3or any an& every one #ho is #illin! to sacri3ice +et #eaknesses, as the 3irst ste+
    to#ar& Mastershi+. ;veryone can hel+ to s+rea& these ancient teachin!s #hich, an& #hich
    only, can chan!e the %in&s an& hearts o3 %en, an& so solve the %enacin! +ro1le%s o3
    %o&ern civiliAation. The #ay to 1e!in is to sho# the enno1lin! in3luence o3 Theoso+hical
    i&eals in one:s o#n every&ay li3e: a livin! eEa%+le is an unans#era1le ar!u%ent. $eo+le
    to&ay &e%an& so%ethin! %ore than %ere ser%ons an& theories: they nee& +ractical
    &e%onstration o3 a #orkin! +lan o3 li3e.
    The or!aniAe& #ork o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety o33ers s+ecial o++ortunities 3or its
    %e%1ers to 3in& their #ay, ste+ 1y ste+, on the sa%e +ath that the Mahat%ans trea&. The
    +ath to the hei!hts calls 3or all our coura!e an& &eter%ination; 1ut it is one o3 ever-increasin!
    +eace o3 %in& an& s+iritual +o#er. 6s Dr. G. &e $urucker says: 2The #ay to 3or!et one:s o#n
    +ains an& sorro#s is to hel+ others. ... ,n !enuine s+iritual service lies the only lastin!
    ha++iness that %an kno#s.2 The +o#er to !ive, to hel+, increases 1y its use, >ust as a %uscle
    or a 3aculty !ro#s 1y eEercise. The #ay to attain%ent 3or us in the %atter-o3-3 act West is the
    +ath o3 +ractical %ysticis% - a #orkin! out, #ith unsel3ish %otive an& 3ir% #ill, o3 #hatever the
    &ay %ay 1rin!. ,n this #ay, each one:s inner +o#ers o3 %in& an& soul co%e 3orth as naturally
    as the 3lo#er o+ens to the sunli!ht;
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    an& one enters that s+iritual current o3 li3e in #hich the Mahat%ans live, #ork, an& !ro# ever
    !reater.
    7This is #< o3 the Theosophy for 5e#inners +a%+hlet series +u1lishe& 1y the 3or%er $oint
    )o%a Theoso+hical *ociety.8
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    TH1 0IGHT O4 DARING IN TH1 H1ART
    ,n&ivi&ually each one is ?ar%a, 3or he is 1oth the actor an& the one #ho receives the
    results that +rocee& 3ro% his action. ?ar%a is never an outsi&e 3orce, nor any 1ein! nor
    1ein!s; it is the collective actions o3 1ein!s #ith #hich #e have +lace& ourselves in so%e
    relation, 1ut that relation is #holly in&ivi&ual on our +art. We set certain causes in %otion an&
    are 1oun& to eE+erience the results that 3lo# 3ro% those causes, 3or every %otion in the
    universe a33ects other 1ein!s in every &irection, an& there is al#ays the reaction u+on the
    +oint o3 &istur1ance...
    2We %ake a %istake in thinkin! that :?ar%a is the 3orce that %oves the in&ivi&ual:s action,:
    3or 3orces &o nothin! o3 the%selves. They are o+erative all the ti%e; 1ut no nu%1er o3 3orces
    #ill set us ri!ht #hen #e are actin! #ron!ly. Inte!!igen#e, %ove& in +ro+er or i%+ro+er
    &irections, is the real "#tor, an& #e ourselves are that intelli!ence. ,3 our intelli!ence is not
    o+erate& ri!htly, then no other intelli!ence can hel+ us. ,3 there are 1ene3icent an& +o#er3ul
    3orces, the only #ay #e can #ork #ith the% an& 1ene3it 3ro% the% is 1y raisin! ourselves u+
    to their +lane o3 o+eration. *o #ith %ali!nant an& &estructive 3orces: the only #ay #e can !et
    into the line o3 their +o#er is 1y ourselves 1ein! %ali!nant an& &estructive.2 7Ans&ers to
    :uestions, ++. 19B-F, -o1ert Cros1ie8
    ,3 3elt at all, ?ar%a starts an& en&s on the Manasic +lane, an& therein lies the reason
    3or %aintainin! the ri!ht attitu&e; 3or seein! that ?ar%a 1rin!s us #hat #e nee& to re%e&y
    &e3ects in our nature an& stren!then our e33orts. 6n& it is the e33orts that count. *uccess or
    3ailure is o3 no conseHuence, 1ut the e33ort stays #ith us, a +art o3 ourselves; the ener!y +ut
    into the e33ort never leaves us.
    2Distri1ution o3 ?ar%a is &e+en&ent u+on "ttit%/e. We %ay &istri1ute ?ar%a over a lon!
    +erio& o3 ti%e, or #e %ay hurry it, 1ecause #e are sel3-conscious 1ein!s, an& that 3act al#ays
    %eans #e have the +o#er o3 choice. ur very &i33erent attitu&e to#ar&s li3e 1ecause o3 our
    stu&y o3 Theoso+hy has the ten&ency to hasten ?ar%a; or #e %ay say, as *e hasten, #e
    %eet ?ar%a.
    2,n &oin! this #e &o not shi3t ?ar%a, 1ut
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    #e shi3t our +ersonal thou!ht; that is, #e !et ?ar%a in the +lace #here #e stan&. ,t cannot hit
    us in the +lace #here #e are not. We ourselves are the variants, not the thin!s that occur.
    26t &eath, uneE+en&e& ?ar%a is i%+resse& or 1urne& into our o#n i%+erisha1le nature.
    That is #hy #e say a %an 1rin!s his o#n con&itions #ith hi%, #hatever they %ay 1e. 0o#
    coul& #e co%e 3orth 3ro% our rest in Devachan, or a3ter a %anvantara, an& !o on #ith
    evolution a!ain, i3 there #as nothin! to !o 3orth #ith. ?ar%a, it %ust 1e re%e%1ere&, is
    #"%se, as #ell as e33ect.2 7Taken 3ro% Ans&ers to :uestions, ++. 1<B-F8
    When #e use the +hrase, 2that:s %y ?ar%a,2 it o3ten soun&s a little like 2it:s !o&:s #ill2
    1ein! s+oute& out 1y a -eli!ionist. We are kar%a, #e &on:t have it, #e are it, 3or #e are Min&-
    Bein!s constantly initiatin! causes. The itch to +ut kar%a so%e#here 1esi&es the $-;*;"T
    in ti+e an& outsi&e our inner li3e in s,"#e is har& to resist.
    2:uestion: What &oes it %ean to 1e ?ar%a-less.
    2Ans&er: 6ll that is ?ar%a-less is that in us #hich lives an& thinks, the $erceiver, the -eal
    Man. 0e is the institutor an& the eE+eriencer o3 all ?ar%a. There is no ?ar%a unless he
    %akes it. 0e is not chan!e& 1y ?ar%a, neither %a&e !reater nor less; 1ut #hile "tt"#&e/ to
    "#tion 7?ar%a8 or in a 1o&y an& circu%stances create& 1y hi%, he eE+eriences "!! that 3lo#s
    3ro% the actions to #hich he is attache&, until he ceases 3ro% the attach%ent to that kin& o3
    action. 0e !ets #hatever eE+eriences his actions in that 1o&y 1rin! hi%. 7Ans*ers to
    G%estions, ++. 19=-B8
    The 1est an& easiest #ay to !et to the still center o3 every #heel is to 2live 3or others2
    rather than oursel3. While this is easy to +ut into #or&s it is Huite &i33icult to even un&erstan&,
    %uch less +racticeP Det +eo+le #ho have &one it in their lives are easy to s+ot on the
    lan&sca+e o3 history. We 2+lain vanilla2 hu%ans #ho s+en& %ost o3 our ti%e #rin!in! our
    han&s an& eEchan!in! con&olences a1out 2ho# a#3ul thin!s areP2 shoul& re%e%1er the
    a&vice o3 Willia% the *ilent:
    2,t is not necessary to ho+e in or&er to un&ertake, nor is it necessary to succee& in or&er
    to +ersevere.2
    So+et&ing is !ettin! &one, even in o1vious 3ailure, #hen there has 1een heroic or
    strenuous e33ort, not 1ecause #e can %easure #hat !ets &one, 1ut 1ecause #e 3eel it. We
    honor an& re%e%1er *ocrates, #ho 3aile& to i%+rove the %orals o3 the city o3 6thens. ur
    %in& hun!ers 3or a rational 3oun&ation 3or strivin!, 1ut the %ost a&%ira1le hu%an 1ein!s
    strive any#ay, no %atter #hat. 6n& #e honor the% 3or it.
    2Thou!ht &oes not eEist o3 itsel3 - it is al#ays the +ro&uct o3 so%e Thinker; every
    thou!ht is in re!ar& to so%e thin! an& +ro&uces an i%a!e o3 that thin!; the create& &ra#s into
    it the lives that s#ar% in the terrestrial at%os+here, ener!iAes the% an& !ives the% &irection,
    accor&in! to the %otive an& &esire o3 the Thinker; this %atriE, %a&e a livin! 3orce, can
    insi&iously i%+el to action other Thinkers #hose natures an& &esires are si%ilar, or #ho have
    the see&s o3 such &esires #ithin the%, an& all this #hether the creator o3 the %atriE is
    conscious o3 the results or not. :Thou!ht: or %ore correctly, t&e "(i!it' to t&in), is the %ost
    +o#er3ul creative, &estructive, +reservative or re!enerative a!ent that any 1ein!s +ossess; it
    acts #eakly an& stron!ly, accor&in! to the kno#le&!e an& +o#er o3 concentration o3 the
    Thinker... Thou!ht is the real +lane o3 action; #hat #e see or +erceive +hysically are %erely
    the e33ect o3 thou!ht.2 7Ans&ers to :uestions., ++. =(-48
    ?ar%a is ulti%ately 1oun& u+ #ith ethics, 3or it si%+ly +ostulates in a #orl& o3 activity an&
    &iversity, the a#eso%e 1ack!roun& o3 /",TD. Ma&a%e Blavatsky +ut the i&ea like this:
    2While +ractical charity is not one o3 the /e#!"re/ o1>ects o3 Theoso+hy, it !oes #ithout
    sayin!, an& nee&s no :&eclaration,: that every %e%1er o3 the *ociety %ust 1e +ractically
    +hilanthro+ic i3 he 1e a theoso+hist at all; an& our &eclare& #ork is, in reality, %ore i%+ortant
    an& %ore e33icacious than #ork in the every-&ay +lane #hich 1ears %ore evi&ent an&
    i%%e&iate 3ruit, 3or the &irect e33ect o3 an a++reciation o3 theoso+hy is to %ake those
    charita1le #ho #ere not so 1e3ore. Theoso+hy creates the charity #hich a3ter#ar&s, an& o3 its
    o#n accor&, %akes itsel3 %ani3est in #orks.
    2Theoso+hy teaches the s+irit o3 :non-se+arateness,: the evanescence an& illusion o3
    hu%an cree&s an& &o!%a, hence, inculcates %niers"! !oe "n/ #&"rit' $or "!! +"n)in/
    8*it&o%t /istin#tion o$ r"#e-
    --- B
    #o!or- #"ste- or #ree/H8 is it not there3ore the 3ittest to alleviate the su33erin!s o3 %ankin&.
    2"o true theoso+hist #oul& re3use a&%ission into a hos+ital, or any charita1le
    esta1lish%ent, to any %an, #o%an or chil&, un&er the +reteEt that he is not a theoso+hist...
    2"o true theoso+hist o3 the ori!inal rules #oul& 3ail to +ut into +ractice the +ara1le o3 the
    :Goo& *a%aritan,: or +ro33er hel+ only to entice the un#ary #ho, he ho+es, #ill 1eco%e a
    +ervert 3ro% his !o& an& the !o&s o3 his 3ore3athers. "one #oul& slan&er his 1rother, none let
    a nee&y %an !o unhel+e&, none o33er 3ine talk instea& o3 +ractical love an& charity.
    2... But, in reco!nisin! this, he also %akes another &iscovery. 0e sees that it takes a very
    #ise %an to &o !oo& #orks #ithout &an!er o3 &oin! incalcula1le har%. ..."one o3 us kno# the
    &arkness #hich lurks in the &e+ths o3 our o#n natures until so%e stran!e an& un3a%iliar
    eE+erience rouses the #hole 1ein! into action.
    26s soon as he 1e!ins to un&erstan& #hat a 3rien& an& teacher +ain can 1e the
    Theoso+hist stan&s a++alle& 1e3ore the %ysterious +ro1le% o3 hu%an li3e, an& thou!h he
    %ay lon! to &o !oo& #orks, eHually &rea&s to &o the% #ron!ly until he has hi%sel3 acHuire&
    !reater +o#er an& kno#le&!e...
    2For it is not the s+irit o3 sel3-sacri3ice, or o3 &evotion, or o3 &esire to hel+ that is lackin!,
    1ut the stren!th to acHuire kno#le&!e an& +o#er an& intuition, so that the &ee&s &one shall
    really 1e #orthy o3 the :Bu&&ha-Christ: s+irit. There3ore it is that Theoso+hists cannot +ose as
    a 1o&y o3 +hilanthro+ists, thou!h secretly they %ay a&venture on the +ath o3 !oo& #orks.
    They +ro3ess to 1e a 1o&y o3 learners %erely, +le&!e& to hel+ each other an& all the rest o3
    hu%anity, so 3ar as in the% lies, to a 1etter un&erstan&in! o3 the %ystery o3 li3e, an& to a
    1etter kno#le&!e o3 the +eace #hich lies 1eyon& it.
    2But as it is an ineEora1le la#, that the !roun& %ust 1e tille& i3 the harvest is to 1e
    rea+e&, so Theoso+hists are o1li!e& to #ork in the #orl& unceasin!ly an& very o3ten in &oin!
    this to %ake serious %istakes... Det it is an a1solute 3act that #ithout !oo& #orks the s+irit o3
    1rotherhoo& #oul& &ie in the #orl&; an& this can never 1e. There3ore is the &ou1le activity, o3
    learnin! an& &oin! %ost necessary; #e have to &o !oo&, an& #e have to &o it ri!htly, #ith
    kno#le&!e.2 7'et E*ery Man 7ro*e >is /&n )or+ 0. $. Blavatsky8
    - Fro% a +a%+hlet sent in 1y 5. Wheeler
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    CAPTURING A WOR0D WITH ID1AS
    - G. &e $urucker
    ,t takes so%e coura!e, , %ean the true coura!e o3 the *eer, #ho% nau!ht can &aunt
    an& none %ay stay, to o++ose a #orl&:s thou!ht-currents, an& 3or this su1li%e #ork are calle&
    3orth the truest herois%, the su1li%est intellectual vision, an& the &ee+est s+iritual insi!ht.
    These last +revail al#ays. *o%eti%es he #ho runs counter to the #orl&:s thou!ht-currents
    loses #hat the #orl& estee%s hi!hest: re+utation, 3ortune, even +erha+s li3e. But his #ork -
    that is never lostP
    That is #hat 0.$. Blavatsky &i&. 6n& that is #hat the Theoso+hical *ociety has 1een
    &oin! ever since her ti%e, in certain #ays o++osin! a #orl&:s lo#er thou!ht-currents an&
    +revailin! in the en&. ,t is a stran!e +ara&oE o3 our li3e on this earth that the no1lest thin!s call
    3or sacri3ice, an& yet it is one o3 the %ost 1eauti3ul; so that the Theoso+hist %ay say #ith the
    +rou& 1oast o3 the Christian Church - an& , &ee% it true, an& even truer than in there case -
    that the 1loo& o3 its %artyrs is the see& o3 its success, an& o3 its victory. The #orl& is rule& 1y
    i&eas, an& an inesca+a1le truth it is also that the #orl&:s lo#er thou!ht-currents %ust 1e
    o++ose& 1y i&eas hi!her than they. ,t is only a !reater i&ea #hich #ill ca+ture an& lea&
    ca+tive the less i&ea, the s%aller. Gr"e#i" #",t" Ro+"+ i#tri#e+ #",t"+ s%(/%#it.
    2Ca+ture& Greece lea&s conHuerin! -o%e ca+tive.2
    What is this Theoso+hical Move%ent #hich #as so %a!ni3icently voice& in so%e o3 its
    teachin!s 1y 0.$. Blavatsky, 1ut a series, an a!!re!ate o3 !ran& i&eas. "ot hers, not
    collecte& 1y her 3ro% the &i33erent !reat thinkers o3 the #orl&; 1ut the !o&-#is&o% o3 the
    #orl&; an& she 1rou!ht to!ether the #orl&:s hu%an #is&o% in or&er to 1ul#ark, 3or the
    #eaker %in&s #ho nee&e& such 1ul#arkin!, the !ran& verities shinin! #ith their stellar li!ht,
    an& 1earin! the i%+rint o3 &ivinity u+on the%. *o%e %en cannot see the i%+rints o3 &ivinity.
    Forsooth, they say, it is to 1e +rove&P They %ust +ut the 3in!er into the nail-%ark, into the
    hole. Millions are like that, they have not learne& to think yet.
    ... 0.$. Blavatsky ca%e, an& al%ost sin!le-han&e& in an era #hen even in the ho%e-li3e,
    in society so-calle&, it #as consi&ere& eEcee&in!ly 1a& 3or% even to s+eak o3 the 2soul2 in a
    &ra#in!-roo%; it #as consi&ere& a %ark o3 an in3erior intelli!ence. 6lone, she #rote her
    1ooks, challen!in! the entire thou!ht-current o3 the #estern #orl&, 1acke& 1y everythin! that
    then #as lea&in! %en astray. 6n& to&ay #e Theoso+hists ha++en to kno# that her 1ooks are
    1ein! rea&, %ostly in secret, 1y so%e o3 the %ost e%inent ultra-%o&ern scienti3ic thinkers o3
    our ti%e. What &i& she &o. Mainly she 1ase& her attack on that #orl&-+sycholo!y on t#o
    thin!s - that the 3acts o3 nature are &ivine; 1ut that the theories o3 +retentious thinkers a1out
    the% are not 3acts o3 nature, 1ut are hu%an theoriAin!s, an& shoul& 1e challen!e&, an& i3
    !oo& acce+te& +ro te%+ore, an& i3 1a&, cast asi&e. *he set the eEa%+le; an& other %in&s
    #ho ha& the #it to catch, to see, to un&erstan&, to +erceive #hat she #as a3ter, !athere&
    aroun& her. *o%e o3 the %en e%inent in science in her ti%e 1elon!e& to the Theoso+hical
    *ociety, althou!h they rarely #orke& 3or it. They lent their na%es to it occasionally. But she
    ca+ture& the% 1y the i&eas she enunciate&, an& these %en &i& their #ork in their o#n 3iel&s.
    That in&ee& alrea&y #as %uch.
    Consi&er her titanic task: that o3 chan!in! the shi3tin! an& varyin! i&eas o3 a 1o&y o3
    earnest scienti3ic researchers a3ter nature:s 3acts: re+lacin! these shi3tin! i&eas, then calle&
    science - #hich ha& 3or nearly t#o hun&re& years 1een castin! out all that innu%era1le
    centuries o3 hu%an eE+erience ha& sho#n to 1e !oo& an& trust#orthy - re+lacin! these, , say,
    #ith thou!hts that %en coul& live 1y #ith ho+e an& in +eace; an& 1rin!in! these 1ack into
    hu%an consciousness 1y the +o#er o3 her o#n intellect voicin! the i%%e%orial tra&itions o3
    the !o&-#is&o% #hich she 1rou!ht to usP
    7Fro% )ind of the %pirit8
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    HINDU SCRIPTUR1S SP1A: ON A9ORTION
    - I,;W* F 6"C,;"T -,*0,*, DCT-*, )6WG,I;-* 6"D $;T* -;I;6);D ,"
    *-/T, 6"D *M-,T,
    ,. Intro/%#tion
    6s 3ar as #e kno#, 5ulius 5. )i+ner is the only scholar to have #ritten a #ell &ocu%ente&
    +a+er on the classical 0in&u vie# on a1ortion an& the %oral status o3 the un1orn, so #e #ill
    1e re3errin! o3ten to his insi!ht3ul co%%ents, alon! #ith his or!aniAation o3 scri+tural
    Huotations. 0is +a+er is +u1lishe& in the 1ook >indu Ethics+ 7urity+ Abortion+ and Euthanasia,
    1y 0arol& G. Co#ar&, 5ulius 5. )i+ner an& ?atherine ?. Doun!, 7*tate /niversity o3 "e# Dork
    $ress, 6l1any 1FCF8. ,n the intro&ucin! sr%ti teEts, Mr. )i+ner 7+. 948 states, 2...the earliest
    :Sr%ti teEts attest that the e%1ryo in the #o%1 is s+ecially &eservin! o3 +rotection an& that,
    in&ee&, a1ortion is a %orally intolera1le act.2 61ortion as a %orally re+rehensi1le killin! is
    kno#n in *anskrit as (r%n"g&ni, 2slayer o3 the e%1ryo.2 Ben>a%in Walker in >indu )orld,
    vol. ( 7Munshira% Manoharlal $u1lishers $vt. )t&. 1FC4, +. 9G18 la1els a1ortion as sis%&"t'",
    23oetus-%ur&er.2
    ?laus ?. ?loster%aier in A %ur*ey of >induism 7*tate /niversity o3 "e# Dork $ress 1FCF,
    +. 1=C8 co%%ents that 29r"&+"n"&"t'", the killin! o3 a (r"&+in, #as consi&ere& the %ost
    !rievous o3 all o33ences, un3or!iva1le an& eE+iate& only 1y &eath .... The illin# of an unborn
    child an& o3 a +re!nant #o%an #as consi&ere& eHually vile.2
    Ben>a%in Walker in >indu )orld, vol. ( 79GG-9G18 states, 2*in, the taint resultin! 3ro%
    the #ill3ul or unkno#in! trans!ression o3 /&"r+"- the %oral or s+iritual la#, is ter%e& /os&",
    :evil.: ... *everal 3acets o3 /os&" are &istin!uishe& in 0in&u ;thics, na%ely ... P"t")",
    :&o#n3all,: s+eci3ic i%%oral acts, cri%es or sins. The lesser sins are re3erre& to as
    %,","t")" ... to 1e &istin!uishe& 3ro% the 3ive %a>or sins kno#n as the +"&".,"t")", :!reat
    sins,: or ,"n#&".,"t")", :3ive sins,: #hich are re!ar&e& as +articularly heinous. They are:
    (r"&+".&"t'", :1rah%inci&e,: the %ur&er o3 a (r"&+in; sis%&"t'", :3oetus-%ur&er,:
    &estruction o3 an un1orn chil&, #ill3ul a1ortion; s%r","n", :sura-&rinkin!,: or &rinkin! s+irituous
    liHuor, s"rn".ste'", :!ol&-stealin!;: an& g%r%.t"!,".g"+"n", :!uru:s couch-intercourse,:
    havin! seEual relations #ith the #i3e o3 one:s +rece+tor.2
    ,,. Sr%ti5 P!e"/ing $or Prote#tion o$ t&e 1+(r'o
    1 . 2May this, our son! o3 a++reciation, reach you, vital +rinci+les, an& %ay it reach
    the all-+erva&in! #in&, g%"r/i"n o$ t&e e+(r'o *it& &is ,rote#ting $"#%!ties. May they
    1oth 1esto# u+on %e, their a&orer, +ro!eny an& 3oo&; an& %ay you )or&, #ith all &ivine
    3orces, ever cherish us #ith 1lessin!s.2 7-i# ,eda B.4=.F, 3ro% *#a%i *atya $rakash
    *arasvati, -i# ,eda %amhita, vol. C Ie&a $ratishthana, "e# Delhi, 1FCG, +. (9=F8
    (. 2 lovin! #i3e 7sini"!i8, %ay you sustain the e%1ryo; sustain the e%1ryo, learne&
    la&y 7s"r"s"ti8; %ay the t#in &ivines 7the 6svins8, !arlan&e& #ith lotuses, sustain your
    e%1ryo. We invoke 7 la&y8, your e%1ryo #hich the t#in &ivines have cherishe& #ith the
    !ol&en rays, like t#o sacre& sticks 7+ro&ucin! 3ire 1y attrition8. May you 1rin! it 7the 1a1y8
    3orth in the tenth %onth.2 7-i# ,eda 1G.1C9.(-4, -i# ,eda %amhita, vol. 14, +. 9B448
    4. 2That e%1ryo then 1eco%es +art o3 the #o%an:s sel3, like any +art o3 her 1o&y; it
    there3ore &oes not hurt her; she +rotects an& &evelo+s the e%1ryo #ithin hersel3. 6s she
    +rotects 7the e%1ryo8 so she also shoul& 1e +rotecte&.2 7-i# ,eda+ Aitareya 0panishad (.(-4,
    3ro% *uren&ranath Das!u+ta, A >istory of 2ndian 7hilosophy, vol. 1, Motilal Banarsi&ass
    1FCC, +. <B8
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    ,,,. Sr%ti5 St"te+ents on A(ortion
    1 . 2;nter thou into the rays, into s%oke, sin. Be!one into the va+ors an& into the %istsP
    Be lost in the 3oa% o3 the rivers. While thou, $usan, #i+e o33 7our8 %is&ee&s on the slayer
    o3 the e%1ryo.2 7Athar*a ,eda =.114.(, 3ro% Athar*a ,eda &ith 7ada-patha and
    %ayanacaryas? (ommentary+ e&. Iishva Ban&hu, Iishveshvaranan& ,n&olo!ical *eries 19, +t.
    (, 0oshiar+ur: Iishveshvaranan& Ie&ic -esearch ,nstitute, 1F=1, $. C1C8
    (. )i+ner 7+. 948 says, 2The S"t","t&" 9r"&+"n" invokes #hat is o1viously the !eneral
    vie# on hu%an a1ortion #hen it con&e%ns those #ho consu%e 1ee3: 2*uch +eo+le have a
    1a& re+utation, o3 the kin&, :0e:s eEtracte& the e%1ryo 3ro% a %other,: :0e:s an evil&oer.:2
    7FaBur ,eda+ %atapatha 5rahmana 4.1.(, vs. (1, 3ro% The *ata+atha Brah%ana 7o3 the )hite
    FaBur*eda in the Madhyandina -ecension8, e&. $an&i 6 Chinnas#a%i *astri an& $an&i
    $atta1hira%a *astry, Benares: ?ashi *anskrit *eries, 1(B, 1F4B, +. (GG8
    4. 2For hi% #ho kno#s Me, his 7+ost-%orte%8 #orl& is not lost on account o3 any action -
    not 1y stealin!, nor 1y a1ortion, nor 1y killin! one:s %other or 3ather.2 7-i# ,eda, Caushitai
    0panishad 4.1, 3 ro% *. -a&hakrishnan, The 7rinciple 0panishads, 0ar+er K Brothers
    $u1lishers, "e# Dork 1F<4, +. BB98
    )i+ner 7+. 998 states, 20ere the teEt i%+licitly stresses that a1ortion 7 (&r%n"&"t'" is the
    ter% use&8 is a re+rehensi1le killin!, 3or it is ranke& alon!si&e +articularly heinous 3or%s o3
    %ur&er.2
    9. 2Ierily, that is his UtrueV 3or% in #hich his &esire is satis3ie&, in #hich the *oul is his
    &esire, in #hich he is #ithout &esire an& #ithout sorro#. There a 3ather 1eco%es not a 3ather;
    a %other, not a %other; the #orl&s, not the #orl&s; the Go&s, not the Go&s; the ,edas, not the
    ,edas; a thie3, not a thie3. There the &estroyer o3 an e%1ryo 1eco%es not the &estroyer o3 an
    e%1ryo; a Can&ala Uthe son o3 a *u&ra 3ather an& a Brah%an MotherV is not a Can&ala; a
    $aulkasa 7the son o3 a *u&ra 3ather an& a ?shatriya %otherV is not a $aulkasa; a %en&icant is
    not a %en&icant; an ascetic is not an ascetic.2 7FaBur ,eda, 5rihadaranya 0panishad 9.<.(1-
    ((, -o1ert ;rnest 0u%e, The Thirteen 7rinciple 0panishads, secon& e&., revise& E3or&
    /niversity $ress 1F<C, +. 14=8
    )i+ner 7+. 998 co%%ents, 2The /+anisha& is re3errin! to a state o3 a#areness in #hich the
    %ost si!ni3icant #orl&ly relationshi+s an& &esi!nations 3or the 0in&u cease to have %eanin!.
    What concerns us is the +lace accor&e& to the slayer o3 the e%1ryo 7(&r%n"&"8 here. *uch a
    +erson, in contrast to the %ost i&ealise& %e%1ers o3 society 7the %onk an& ascetic8, is
    rele!ate& to a +osition a%on! the vilest, viA., the thie3 7es+ecially the cul+rit #ho steals 3ro% a
    Brah%in8 an& the %ost conta%inatin! outcasts. ,n other #or&s, a1ortion violate& /&"r+" -
    the socio-reli!ious or&er - in a %ost serious #ay. This i%+lies that the livin! e%1ryo en>oye& a
    s+ecial %oral status in the eyes o3 the 0in&u an& #as s+ecially &eservin! o3 +rotection an&
    res+ect.2
    <. 2Because it saves, there3ore the 6u%-soun& is calle& the savin! one, this you shoul&
    kno# as the savin! Brah%an, you shoul& #orshi+, %ark this #ell .... The Brah%ana #ho
    al#ays stu&ies this savin! one, it saves hi% 3ro% all sin, it saves hi% 3ro% &eath, 3ro% the
    killin! o3 a Brah%ana, $ro+ t&e )i!!ing o$ e+(r'o, 3ro% the killin! o3 a hero, 3ro% all killin!,
    3ro% s"+s"r", 3ro% everythin!.2 7Athar*a ,eda, -ama-0ttara-Tapaniya 0panishad (, $aul
    Deussen, %i8ty 0panishads of the ,eda, Iol. (, Motilal Banarsi&ass $u1lishers $rivate
    )i%ite&, Delhi 1FFG, +. CC(8
    =. 2ne #ho al#ays stu&ies this 3or%ula-kin! relatin! to "arsi%ha sur%ounts &eath,
    s%r+o%nts e+(r'o.)i!!ing- Brah%ana-killin!, %an-killin!, all killin!, sur%ounts s"+s"r", -
    sur%ounts everythin!.2 Athar*a ,eda+ 1arisimha-7ur*a-Tapaniya 0panishad <.9, $aul
    Deussen, %i8ty 0panishads of the ,eda+ Iol. (, Motilal Banarsi&ass $u1lishers $rivate
    )i%ite&, Delhi 1FFG, +. C418
    ,I. S+riti5 Attit%/e To*"r/ Pregn"nt Wo+"n
    1. 2?illin! a ?shatriya or Iaisya en!a!e& at sacri3ice, or a #o%an in her courses, or a
    +re!nant #o%an, or a #o%an 7o3 the Brah%ana caste8 #ho has 1athe& a3ter te%+orary
    uncleanness, or an embryo of unno&n se8, or one co%e 3or +rotection, are cri%es eHual to
    the cri%e o3 killin! a Brah%ana.2 7,ishnudharmasutra 4=.1, 3ro% 5ulius 5olly, The 2nstitutes of
    ,ishnu, in %acred 5oos of the East, Iol. B, Motilal Banarsi&as, 1FC=, ++. 144-498
    )i+ner 7+. 9<8 co%%ents, 2The so-calle& ,ishnudharmasutra, or 'a& 5oo of ,ishnu, ...
    +rotects the +re!nant #o%an 7an& in&ee& the e%1ryo &irectly8 1y eHuatin! the killin! o3 either
    #ith one o3 the %ost serious o33ences a 0in&u coul& co%%it, viA., the killin! o3 a Brah%in.2
    (. 2The 3erry-%an or toll-o33icial #ho collects 3ro% a stu&ent 7en!a!e& in sacre& stu&y8, a
    3orest-&#eller 7#ho has renounce& #orl&ly li3e8, a 7reli!ious8 %en&icant, a pre#nant &oman,
    an& one on +il!ri%a!e 7is to 1e 3ine&8.2 UUsic. -e&. $rotoVV 7Iishnu&har%asutra 4=.1, 3ro%
    ,ishnusmriti &ith the (ommentary Cesa*a*aiBayanti
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    of 1andapandita, e&. $an&it I. ?rishna%acharya, Ma&ras: 6&yar )i1rary *eries, vol. F4,
    1F=9, +t. 1, +. 1(G8
    4. 2)et hi% 3irst 3ee& his !uests, neEt t&e ,regn"nt *o+en, then the in3ants an& the a!e&,
    therea3ter the &istresse& an& +articularly the &isease&. But he #ho eats 3irst, #ithout havin!
    !iven 73oo&8 to those 7+ersons8 accor&in! to the rule, &oes not kno# that he is 1ein! eaten.
    0e &oes not eat, 71ut8 he is eaten.2: 75audhayana 3harma %astras (.B.14.<, 3ro% Geor!
    Buhler, %acred 'a&s of The Aryas, in %acred 5oos of The East, Iol. 19, Motilal Banarsi&ass
    1FB<, +. (=<8
    9. 2Be3ore 7a househol&er eats8 he shall 3ee& his !uests, the in3ants, the sick +eo+le, the
    pre#nant &omen, the 3e%ales un&er his +rotection, the very a!e& %en, an& those o3 lo#
    con&ition...2 7.autama 3harma %astras <.(< : 3ro% Geor! Buhler, The %acred 'a&s of The
    Aryas$ in %acred 5oos of The East, Iol. (, Motilal Banarsi&ass 1FB<, +. (G98
    <. 2ne %ust !ive #ay to the Brah%in, to co#s, to kin!s, to the ol&, to one 1ur&ene& 1y
    a loa&, to a pre#nant &oman an& to the in3ir%.2 7Mahabharata 14.1GB.<G; $oona e&ition8
    6s )i+ner notes, 2Fro% these eEa%+les, the i&ea e%er!es that, 3or the 0in&us,
    +re!nancy #as a very s+ecial state an& that the un1orn ha& a 7%oral8 status %eritin!
    +rotection.2
    I. S+riti5 St"te+ents on A(ortion
    1. 2The hi!hest +unish%ent is &ue 3or in>ury #ith a #ea+on "n/ $or "(ortion; the hi!hest
    or the lo#est 7&e+en&in! on circu%stances8 3or the %ur&er o3 a %an or a #o%an.2
    7FaBna*alyasmriti (.(BB, *anskrit teEt 3ro% FaBna*alyasmriti of Fo#ish&ara FaBna*alya &ith
    the Mitasara (ommentary of ,iBnanesh&ar, e&. /. Chan&ra $an&ey, Iaranasi: ?ashi
    *anskrit *eries, 1BC, 1F=B, +. 91G8
    (. 26 #o%an 1eco%es an outcast (' ,ro#%ring "(ortion, 1y connection #ith a 7%an o38
    lo#er 7caste8 an& 7the like heinous cri%es8.2 7.autama 3harma %astras (1.F, 3ro% Geor!
    Buhler, The %acred 'a&s of The Aryas, ,n %acred 5oos of the East+ Iol. (, Motilal
    Banarsi&ass 1FB<, +. (C18
    4. 2Those verse& in the sacre& la# state that there are three acts 7only8 #hich %ake
    #o%en outcasts, 7*iE$8 the %ur&er o3 the hus1an&, slayin! a learne& Brah%ana, an& the
    /estr%#tion o$ t&e $r%it o$ t&eir *o+(.2 7,asishtha 3harma %astras (C.B, 3ro% Geor!e
    Buhler, %acred 'a&s of the Aryas+ ,n %acred 5oos of The East+ Iol. 19, Motilal Banarsi&ass
    1FB<, +. B98
    9. 2"o# 73ollo#s the enu%eration o38 the actions #hich cause loss o3 caste 7pataniya8.
    7These are8 stealin! 7!ol&8, cri%es #here1y one 1eco%es an "(&is"st", ho%ici&e, ne!lect o3
    the Ie&as, causin! a1ortion, incestuous connection #ith relations 1orn 3ro% the sa%e #o%1
    as one:s %other ... 2 7Apastamba 3harma %astras 1.B.(1.B-C, 3ro% Geor!e Buhler, The
    %acred 'a&s of The Aryas$ ,n %acred 5oos of The East+ Iol. (, Motilal Banarsi&ass 1FB<, +.
    B9.8
    )i+ner co%%ents, 2"o#, loss o3 caste #as a terri1le conseHuence 3or a 0in&u to 3ace,
    es+ecially in tra&itional ti%es. 6cce+tance o3 an& in caste &eter%ine& one:s #ay o3 li3e, one:s
    social via1ility, an& even one:s +ros+ects 3or salvation. Further, this ha& 3ar-reachin!
    conseHuences 3or the socio-reli!ious stan&in! o3 one:s 3a%ily. )oss o3 Caste, then, #as one o3
    the ulti%ate socio-reli!ious +enalties o3 0in&u &har%a...2
    <. 2We #ill &eclare 7#ho %ust 1e consi&ere&8 the slayer o3 a learne& Brah%ana
    7(&r%n"&"n8. 0e is calle& (&r%n"&"n #ho kills a Brah%ana or /estro's "n e+(r'o 7the
    seE o3 8 #hich is unkno#n.2 7,asishtha 3harma %astras (G.(4, 3ro% Geor!e Buhler, %acred
    'a&s of The Aryas. ,n %acred 5oos of The East, Iol. 19, Motilal Banarsi&ass 1FB<, +. 1G<8
    =. 20e #ho &oes not !ive a#ay a %arria!ea1le &au!hter &urin! three years &ou1tlessly
    contracts a !uilt eHual to 7that o38 /estro'ing "n e+(r'o.2 79"%/&"'"n" D&"r+" S"str"s
    9.1.1(, 3ro% Geor!e Buhler, %acred 'a&s of The Aryas. ,n %acred
    --- 1(
    5oos of The East, Iol. 19, Motilal Banarsi&ass 1FB<, +. 4198
    B. 2)i1ations o3 #ater shall not 1e o33ere& to ... #o%en #ho have >oine& a heretical sect,
    #ho throu!h lust live 7#ith %any %en8, #ho have #"%se/ "n "(ortion, have kille& their
    hus1an&s, or &rink s+irituous liHuor.2 7Manu 3harma %astras <-CF, 3ro% Geor!e Buhler, The
    'a&s of Manu, ,n %acred 5oos of The East, Iol. (<, Motilal Banarsi&ass 1F=F, +. 1C<8
    C. 2ne ...shoul& not kee+ co%+any #ith the sin3ul or #ith those #ho are the kin!:s
    ene%ies or #ith %a&%en, the %ean, #icke&, outcast, or t&ose *&o +")e "(ortions.2
    7(araa %amhita 1.C, 3ro% *uren&ranath Das!u+ta, A >istory of 2ndian 7hilosophy, Iol. (,
    Motilal Banarsi&ass, 1FF1, $. 9(18
    0ere #e eEcer+t &irectly 3ro% )i+ner:s +a+er in 0in&u ;thics 7+. 9=-B8: 2We can +oint to
    at least 3our conteEts in the 2"&".(&"r"t" 72(&.8 in #hich a1ortion is con&e%ne&. UThe
    3ollo#in! 2(&. Huotes #ere taken 3ro% the $oona e&ition.V
    a8 61ortion is re!ar&e& as an instance o3 eEtre%e trans!ression the 1etter to e%+hasiAe
    the seriousness o3 other cri%es. ,n 2(&. 1(.C=.(=, to stress the kin!:s o1li!ation to !ive sa3e
    con&uct to an envoy or a%1assa&or o3 the ene%y, it is sai&: :,3 a kin! is intent u+on the co&e
    o3 the 71attle-83iel& 1ut slays an envoy #ho s+eaks as he has 1een co%%an&e& - his
    ancestors incur It&e #ri+e o$J "(ortion.:
    18 61ortion is re3erre& to to in&icate the !reat i%+ortance in #hich le!iti%ate +rocreation
    #as hel& in the society o3 the &ay 7to#ar&s the chie3 en& o3 1e!ettin! a son, 3or #ei!hty
    econo%ic, social, an& reli!ious reasons8. The 3irst 1ook o3 the 2(&. has it that, :0e #ho &oes
    not acce&e, #hen i%+ortune& +rivately, to a #illin! an& availa1le #o%an, is calle& a )i!!er o$
    t&e e+(r'o 1y those #ise in %atters o3 la#.: This +assa!e see%s to invoke the early tra&ition
    o3 ni'"go or levirate as it o1taine& in 0in&u society.
    c8 -e3erence is %a&e to a1ortion so as to eEalt the reli!ious i%+ortance o3 the 2(&. -
    :There can 1e no &ou1t that the #ise %an, havin! hear& this ,eda o3 ?ishna 7Dvai+ayana,
    i.e., the 2(&.8 #oul& she& even the #ri+e o$ "(ortion.:
    &8 -e3erence to a1ortion is use& as a &evice to eEalt the Brah%in. Bhis%a a&vises
    Du&histhira: : eEcellent one, the t#ice-1orn 7i.e. 1rah%ins8 %ust 1e +rotecte&. ;ven i3 they
    are !rave o33en&ers you shoul& only 1anish the% 3ro% your &o%inions 7- har% the% no
    3urther8. Chie3 o3 all, you shoul& sho# %ercy to the trans!ressors a%on! the%, even 3or
    slayin! a Brah%in, violatin! the !uru:s 1e&, or )i!!ing "n e+(r'o.:
    7I. 1@#e,tions W"rr"nting A(ortion
    What 3ollo#s is a situation in #hich a1ortion #as +er%itte&, &escri1e& in the %usruta
    %amhita, a se%inal %e&ical treatise o3 uncertain &ate 7in its +resent 3or% +ro1a1ly o3 4r&-9th
    century C;, thou!h re3erence is %a&e to an ori!inal, #hich %ay have 1een in eEistence t#o
    or three centuries 1e3ore the Current ;ra8. Juotes are taken 3ro% %usruta %amhita 76
    *cienti3ic *yno+sis8 1y $. -ay, 0. Gu+ta an& M. -oy, "e# Delhi: ,n&ian "ational *cience
    6ca&e%y, 1FCG. ;Ecer+tin! 3ro% )i+ner:s +a+er in 0in&u ;thics 7+. 9F-<G8, 2,n the
    :Cikitsasthana: cha+ter o3 this #ork, in the section calle& :T&e 4oet%s Astr"'8 I+%/&g"r(&"8,
    the eventuality o3 a1ortin! the 3oetus is consi&ere&. The teEt 1e!ins 1y +aintin! out that :there
    is nothin! as &i33icult as the &elivery o3 a 3oetus astray in the #o%1, 3or here ... the >o1 %ust
    1e &one :1y 3eel ... 1y one han&, #ithout in>ury to %other or 3oetus 7i3 +ossi1le8.: 7%usruta
    %amhiti, Cikitsasthana 1<.4, +. 99C8. The teEt continues: :,3 the 3oetus is alive, one shoul&
    atte%+t to re%ove it 3ro% the #o%1 o3 the %other 7alive8.: 7%usruta %amhita, Cikitsasthana
    1<.<8. "o &ou1t is le3t as to the i&eal to 1e striven 3or: the sa3ety o3 1oth %other an& chil&.
    0o#ever, i3 the 3oetus is &ea& 7+rte g"r(&e8, it %ay 1e re%ove& 1y cuttin! 7an&
    &is%e%1erin!, i3 necessary; sutra F8. The teEt then consi&ers the situation in #hich the live
    3oetus cannot 1e sa3ely &elivere&. ,n this event, it 3or1i&s re%oval 1y sur!ery. :For i3 7the
    3oetus8 1e cut, one #oul& har% 1oth %other an& her o33s+rin!. ,n an irre&ee%a1le situation, it
    is 1est to cause the %iscarria!e o3 the 3oetus, 3or no %eans %ust 1e ne!lecte& #hich can
    +revent the loss o3 the %other.: 7%usruta %amhita, Cikitsasthana 1<.1-118. 61ortion then is the
    last recourse, only #hen it is clearly a Huestion o3 #ei!hin! li3e a!ainst li e - the li3e o3 the
    %other a!ainst that o3 the 3oetus.2
    1. 2%usruta reco%%en&s a1ortion in certain cases. When the 3oetus is kno#n to 1e
    &e3ective, or &a%a!e& 1eyon& re+air, an& there is not ho+e 3or a nor%al 1irth, sur!ical
    re%oval is +rescri1e& .... Cranioto%ic o+erations, involvin! the &estruction an& su1seHuent
    re%oval o3 the 3oetus, are +rescri1e& in certain cases o3 this nature,2 7$a!e (( o3 %usruta
    %amhita 776 *cienti3ic *yno+sis88 1y $. -ay, 0. Gu+ta an& M. -oy, "e# Delhi: ,n&ian "ational
    *cience 6ca&e%y, 1FCG8
    7II. Con#!%sion
    ,n su%%ary, )i+ner states 7+. =G8, 2We %ay conclu&e 3ro% our stu&y then, that 3ro%
    earliest ti%es, es+ecially in the 3or%ative classical
    --- 14
    +erio& &escri1e&, 1oth in canonical an& colla1orative ortho&oE 0in&u literature, a1ortion 7viA.,
    &eli1erately cause& %iscarria!e as o++ose& to involuntary %iscarria!e8 at any sta!e o3
    +re!nancy, has 1een %orally con&e%ne& as violatin! the +ersonal inte!rity o3 the un1orn,
    save #hen it #as a Huestion o3 +reservin! the %other:s li3e. "o other consi&eration, social or
    other#ise, see%s to have 1een allo#e& to overri&e this vie#+oint.2
    We conclu&e this collection o3 scri+tural Huotes #ith thou!hts on re1irth 3ro% the vie#+oint
    o3 the 3oetus itsel3 in the .arbha 0panishad; 2"o# 7#hen the 3oetus8 is co%+lete in every
    as+ect, it re%e%1ers its +ast 1irths. 6ction +ertains to #hat is &one an& not &one, an& 7the
    3oetus8 thinks u+on its !oo& an& 1a& &ee&s. 0avin! surveye& 7+revious 1irths 3ro%8
    thousan&s o3 &i33erent #o%1s, 7it thinks8: :Thus have , en>oye& various 3oo&s an& suckle&
    various teats. 6!ain an& a!ain 1oth the livin! an& the &ea& are re1orn. 6lasP , a% sunk in this
    ocean o3 sorro# an& see no re%e&y. Whatever ,:ve &one, !oo& or 1a&, 3or those a1out %e - ,
    alone %ust su33er the conseHuences, 3or they:ve !one on their #ay, su33erin! the 3ruits 7o3 their
    o#n &ee&s8. ,3 ever , esca+e the #o%1 ,:ll stu&y the *a%khya-Do!a #hich &estroys evil an&
    con3ers the re#ar& o3 li1eration. ,3 ever , esca+e the #o%1 ,:ll a1an&on %ysel3 to *iva #ho
    &estroys evil an& con3ers the re#ar& o3 li1eration.2 7*ee: The .arbha 0panishad in the
    Anandasrama %ansrit %eries+ vol. (F, 1CF<, +. 1=18
    '''''''''''
    U61ove article courtesy o3 ).*. 3ro% a +a%+hlet +u1lishe& 1y 0i%alayan 6ca&e%y
    $u1lications, $B 1<B, 0ana%aulu, 0a#aii, F=B1<. 0i%alayan 6ca&e%y also +u1lishes
    1ooks an& the %a!aAine >induism Today.V
    UUThe %any *anskrit &iacritical %arks coul& not 1e inclu&e&.VV
    ''''''''''''''''
    SIOU< 26STIC WARRIORS
    With little &ou1t, the 3iercest #arriors in the #estern /nite& *tates an& ,n&ian #ars #ere
    the *iouE o3 the northern %i&#est. They #ere hel& in a#e 1y the /nite& *tates Calvary an&
    even %ore so 1y other ,n&ian Tri1es. General Fre&erick W. Benteen calle& the *iouE 2!oo&
    shots, !oo& ri&ers, an& the 1est 3i!hters the sun ever shone on.2 6lthou!h terroriAin! to the
    Whites, their horse-stealin! an& #arrin! &estroye& %any other ,n&ian Tri1es. *o &rea&3ul
    #ere the *iouE that the Man&ans, -ees, an& 0i&ata ,n&ians all a++eale& to the !overn%ent
    3or +rotection. The Whites #ere these tri1e:s ene%ies, 1ut they #ere not to 1e 3eare& nearly
    so %uch as the *iouE.
    ,t is &i33icult 3or us to un&erstan& the ,n&ian %entality. $eo+le in our culture look to#ar&
    the 3uture as a line o3 continuous +ro!ress. We 1elieve ne# technolo!ical %iracles #ill occur
    an&, +erha+s #ish3ully, that li3e #ill !et 1etter an& 1etter. To the *iouE, the 3uture #as not
    looke& at in ter%s o3 %aterial +ro!ress. The *iouE 1elieve& they #oul& continue to live in the
    sa%e %anner, usin! the sa%e %etho&s as their ancestors. Material li3e #as a !i3t o3 Wakan
    Tanka, the Great *+irit, an& #as not &e+en&ent on ho# in&ustrious an& +ro!ressive they
    #ere.
    The &o%ain o3 +ersonal achieve%ent 3or the *iouE #as either in #ar or in %a!ic. These
    t#o areas overla++e&, an& to 1e a !reat #arrior one %ust also 1e &aan or s+iritually
    +o#er3ul. War #as not carrie& on so %uch to eli%inate an ene%y, as #e &o, 1ut as an arena
    in #hich !reatness coul& 1e achieve&. 6 #arrior %i!ht carry a har%less 2cou+ stick2 #ith
    #hich he #oul& strike an ene%y #arrior an& 2count cou+2. Meticulous count #as ke+t on
    cou+s, an& it #as %ore +resti!ious to count 3irst cou+ on a #arrior than to later actually kill
    hi%. The !reatest #arriors o3 the tri1es #ere those that ha& counte& cou+ un&er the %ost
    &an!erous situations. CraAy 0orse, 0i!h Crane, White Bull an& others #ere kno#n to char!e
    throu!h ene%y #ar +arties ar%e& #ith nothin! 1ut a cou+ stick. They &e+en&e& on their
    %a!ical char%s to +rotect the%.
    "early all !reat *iouE #arriors &e+en&e& on %a!ical char%s or +re-1attle rituals. The
    Minnicon>ous *iouE 0i!h Crane #ore the skin o3 a 1lack-taile& &eer into 1attle to %ake hi%
    1ullet-+roo3. 0e #ore the 1ack skin on his 1ack an& tie& the 3ore an& hin& le! skins to his
    ar%s an& le!s. The horns he tie& #ith a re& 1ea&e& strin! to his hea&. ,n the Fall o3 1CB=
    *ittin! Bull an& his *iouE ca%e u+on sol&iers
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    at *li% Buttes, Montana. The sol&iers #ere stan&in! in ro#s #ith their ri3les an& looke& 2like
    +ine trees2 they #ere so thick. *ittin! Bull crie& out, 2Be care3ul no#. These %en are crack
    shots. )et 0i!h Crane !o to the%.2
    *ittin! Bull an& his %en #ere a1out t#o hun&re& yar&s 3ro% the 3our hun&re& sol&iers.
    0i!h Crane #ent char!in! to#ar& the sol&iers an& race& his horse 1ack an& 3orth in 3ront o3
    the lines. 0un&re&s o3 shots #ere 3ire& 1ut he coul& not 1e hit. This so a#e& the sol&iers that
    they retreate&. ,3 one *iouE coul& not 1e hit at close ran!e, ho# coul& they eE+ect to 3i!ht a
    #hole tri1eP The *iouE looke& at their %a!ical char%s +erha+s %uch as #e look at a ne#ly-
    &evise& secret #ea+on to&ay.
    This %ay see% too i%+ro1a1le to 1e true, 1ut Blavatsky in her 2sis 0n*eiled 7Iol. ,, ++.
    4BC-F8 +rovi&es an occult eE+lanation an& another eEa%+le. 2The astral 3lui& can 1e
    co%+resse& a1out a +erson so as to 3or% an elastic shell, a1solutely non-+enetra1le 1y any
    +hysical o1>ect, ho#ever !reat the velocity #ith #hich it travels. ...,n ,n&ia, Mala1ar, an& so%e
    +laces o3 Central 63rica, the con>urers #ill 3reely +er%it any traveler to 3ire his %usket or
    revolver at the%, #ithout touchin! the #ea+on the%selves or selectin! the 1alls. ,n )ain!:s
    Tra*els in Timmanriee, Coorano and %oolima (ountries, occurs a &escri+tion 1y an ;n!lish
    traveler, the 3irst #hite %an to visit the tri1e o3 the *ooli%as, near the sources o3 the Dialli1a,
    o3 a very curious scene. 6 1o&y o3 +icke& sol&iers 3ire& u+on a chie3 #ho ha& nothin! to
    &e3en& hi%sel3 #ith 1ut certain talis%ans. 6lthou!h their %uskets #ere +ro+erly loa&e& an&
    ai%e&, not a 1all coul& strike hi%. *alverte !ives a si%ilar case in his 7hilosophy of Ma#ic: 2,n
    1<=C the $rince o3 ran!e con&e%ne& a *+anish +risoner to 1e shot at 5uliers. The sol&iers
    tie& hi% to a tree an& 3ire&, 1ut he #as invulnera1le. The sol&iers there3ore stri++e& hi%, to
    see #hat ar%or he #ore, 1ut they 3oun& only an a%ulet. . . . This #as taken 3ro% hi%, an&
    &eath 3ollo#e& the 3irst shot ai%e& at hi%.2 Those %anic on &ru!s or alcohol %ay so%eti%es
    even +ro&uce this e33ect a1out the%. n a 2Co+s2 sho# on TI not too lon! a!o, a %an hy+er-
    active on &ru!s >u%+e& out o3 a 1uil&in! 4G or 9G 3eet a1ove !roun& an& then !ot u+ an& ran
    a#ay.
    The *iouE +lace& !reat i%+ortance on &rea%s. 6n ,n&ian:s #hole li3e %i!ht 1e live& so as
    to 3ul3ill a &rea%. 6 %e&icine %an usually chose his +ath 1ecause he ha& 1een &irecte& to &o
    so in a &rea%. Tri1es o3 ten %a&e +lans an& 3ollo#e& a course o3 action 1ase& on &rea%s
    receive& 1y their lea&ers. ;la1orate an& ar&uous rituals such as the *un Dance #ere
    un&ertaken to receive a +ro+hetic vision. Many #arriors un&er#ent 2la%entin!2 to receive
    insi!ht. The *iouE Black ;lk &escri1e& la%entin! as 2cryin! 3or a vision2 an& sai& it usually
    consiste& o3 !oin! into the #il&erness alone 3or several &ays o3 +rayin! an& ritual to Wakan
    Tanka.
    When he #as only thirteen or 3ourteen, the !reat *iouE Warrior CraAy 0orse un&ertook
    to have such a vision. 0e #ent o33 into the %ountains to 3ast an& +ray #ithout tellin! anyone.
    Constantly +rayin! to Wakan Tanka, he &i& not slee+ at ni!ht 1ut ke+t hi%sel3 a#ake 1y lyin!
    on shar+ stones. 0e receive& no vision a3ter t#o &ays an& &eci&e& to !ive u+, 3eelin! he %ust
    1e un#orthy. n his #ay to 3in& his horse he 3ainte& an& ha& a very +o#er3ul &rea%.
    26 %an on horse1ack ro&e out o3 the lake. The horse ke+t chan!in! colors, an& it
    3loate& a1ove the !roun&, so li!ht #as it, the %an too, #ho sat #ell 3or#ar& on the horse. 0e
    #ore +lain le!!in!s an& a si%+le shirt. 0is 3ace #as un+ainte& an& he ha& only a sin!le
    3eather in his lon! 1ro#n hair. 0e ha& a s%all 1ro#n stone tie& 1ehin& his ear. 0e &i& not
    see% to s+eak, 1ut CraAy 0orse hear& hi% none the less.
    2The %an tol& CraAy 0orse never to #ear a #ar 1onnet, nor to tie u+ his horse:s tail 7it
    #as the *iouE custo% to tie u+ their +onies: tails in a knot8, 1ecause the horse nee&e& his tail
    #hen he >u%+e& a strea% an& in su%%er ti%e to 1rush 3lies. 0e sai& that 1e3ore !oin! into
    1attle CraAy 0orse shoul& +ass so%e &ust over his horse in lines an& streaks, 1ut shoul& not
    +aint the +ony. 6n& he shoul& ru1 so%e o3 the &irt over his o#n hair an& 1o&y. Then he #oul&
    never 1e kille& 1y a 1ullet or 1y an ene%y. But he shoul& never take anythin! 3or hi%sel3.
    26ll the #hile the %an an& horse #ere 3loatin!, 1rushin! asi&e constant attacks 3ro% a
    sha&o#y ene%y. But he ro&e strai!ht throu!h the%, strai!ht throu!h the 3lyin! arro#s an&
    lea& 1alls, #hich al#ays &isa++eare& 1e3ore strikin! their tar!et. *everal ti%es the %an an&
    horse #ere hel& 1ack, it see%e& 1y his o#n +eo+le co%in! u+ 3ro% 1ehin& an& catchin! his
    ar%s, 1ut he shook the% o33 an& ro&e on. 6 stor% ca%e u+ an& on the %an:s cheek a little
    Ai!Aa! o3 li!htnin! a++eare& an& a 3e# hail s+ots on his 1o&y. Then the stor% +asse&, an&
    the %an:s +eo+le close& in aroun& hi%, !ra11in! an& +ullin!, #hile overhea& a ha#k
    screa%e&. Then the &rea% 3a&e& an& CraAy 0orse #as a#ake.2
    CraAy 0orse #as once #oun&e& in 1attle >ust as he 1e!an to take a scal+. 6s his &rea%
    #arne& hi% never to take anythin! 3or hi%sel3, he never
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    a!ain took scal+s. Be3ore every 1attle he al#ays +re+are& hi%sel3 in the sa%e #ay, an&
    al#ays &resse& as the #arrior #as &resse& in his vision. 0e #ore a s%all stone 1ehin& his
    ear, an& another stone on a strin! un&er his ar%. 0e +ainte& a Ai!Aa! line o3 re& earth 3ro%
    his 3orehea& to his chin. 0e +ainte& s+ots on hi%sel3 to re+resent hail an& s+rinkle& &ust on
    his horse. 0e un&ou1te&ly #as a terri3yin! si!ht.
    6lon! #ith the !reat #arrior -o%an "ose, CraAy 0orse also +ractice& 2no-#o%an
    %e&icine2 #hich #as a vo# o3 celi1acy. *iouE Warriors #ere +rou& o3 their a1ility to channel
    their seEual ener!ies into #ar an& it #as *iouE custo% to 1e a1stinent 3our or 3ive &ays 1e3ore
    1attle. The %ost serious in>ury CraAy 0orse ever incurre& #as #ithin a &ay a3ter he 1roke his
    no-#o%an %e&icine #ith Black Bu33alo Wo%an. CraAy 0orse #as shot in the >a# 1y Black
    Bu33alo Wo%an:s an!ry hus1an&. 7,n *iouE society there #ere no %arria!e vo#s an& a
    #o%an #as 3ree to chan!e hus1an&s an& live #ith #ho% she +lease&. *o technically CraAy
    0orse #as in the ri!ht.8
    "o #ar +arty CraAy 0orse le& #as ever &e3eate& in 1attle in over t#enty years o3 3i!htin!
    a!ainst *ol&iers an& ,n&ians. 0e #oul& sin!le-han&e&ly char!e colu%ns o3 Cro#s, 6ra+ahoes
    or Whites an& ri&e a%on! the% takin! cou+s. 0e ha& ei!ht horses shot 3ro% 1eneath hi% an&
    o3ten 3oun& hi%sel3 takin! 3oot 1ack to his o#n lines. While his *iouE #ere never &e3eate& in
    1attle, they #ere still 1ein! slo#ly starve& to &eath 1y the sol&iers. The hu!e 1u33alo her&s
    #ere 1ein! kille& o33 1y the Whites an& *iouE huntin! lan&s #ere continually shrinkin!. ,n
    May, 1CBB CraAy 0orse #as 3orce& to surren&er his +eo+le at Ca%+ -o1inson, *outh Dakota.
    0e #as +ro%ise& !oo& treat%ent, 1ut the ar%y coul& not sto%ach a 3ree CraAy 0orse. 6n
    or&er 3or his arrest an& i%+rison%ent ca%e 3our %onths later. When CraAy 0orse realiAe& he
    #as 1ein! le& to a cell, he 1roke loose 3ro% the sol&iers an& !ra11e& a kni3e he:& ke+t
    conceale&. ,t #as too late, ho#ever, an& t#o o3 his o#n *iouE !ra11e& his ar%s as he #as
    1ayonete& in the si&e 1y a sol&ier. True to his vision, he #as never &e3eate& in 1attle, 1ut
    kille& as his o#n +eo+le hel& his ar%s. 6 ha#k screa%e& overhea& as the !reat CraAy 0orse
    &ie&.
    The *iouE 0i!h Black Wol3 1elieve& he #as 1ullet-+roo3 unless he +ut %etal in his %outh
    on the &ay o3 a 1attle. 0e #as kille& in 1attle %o%ents a3ter he %istakenly +ut a 1ullet in his
    %outh #hile reloa&in! his siE-shooter. ;vi&ence in&icates that the *iouE:s char%s actually &i&
    #ork, an& #hen a char% or vo# #as 1roken, the #arrior lost his +rotection. The char%s
    the%selves, +erha+s, #ere not the i%+ortant thin!, 1ut that they ena1le& the #arrior to enter
    a certain state o3 %in&. CraAy 0orse #as nearly kille& #hen he 1roke his no-#o%an vo# #ith
    Black Bu33alo Wo%an an& #oun&e& #hen he 1roke his vo# 1y takin! a scal+. The only !reat
    *iouE that #as not kno#n to &e+en& on char%s #as *ittin! Bull, an& it is sai& he !aine& his
    +o#er 3 ro% the %any *un Dances he #ent throu!h. 0e %ust not have 3ollo#e& CraAy
    0orse:s total no-#o%an vo#, as he ha& nine #ives &urin! his li3e.
    *ittin! Bull #oul& 3reHuently %ake a vo# to Wakan Tanka to &o a *un Dance i3 so%e
    en&eavor o3 his or the tri1e:s #as success3ul. ,n the 3all o3 1CB< he %a&e a vo# to &o a *un
    Dance i3 he #as success3ul in so%e horse stealin! 3ro% the *lota ,n&ians. ,n the su%%er o3
    :B= he %a&e !oo& on his vo# 1y sacri3icin! one hun&re& +ieces o3 3lesh to Wakan Tanka.
    5u%+in! Bull a!ree& to &o the cuttin! an& took 3i3ty +ieces o3 3lesh 3ro% each o3 *ittin! Bull:s
    ar%s #ith a kni3e +oint. *ittin! Bull then &ance& an& stare& at the sun 3or the neEt &ay an& a
    hal3 until he +asse& out. When he +asse& out, he ha& a vision. ,n the vision he sa# White
    sol&iers 3allin! 3ro% the sky into the *iouE ca%+ an& hear& a voice say 2, !ive you these
    1ecause they have no ears.2 - %eanin! that the Whites &i& not listen to Wakan Takan,
    +erha+s, or that they &i& not have any s+irituality.
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    *ittin! Bull:s vision occurre& in 5une o3 1CB=. 0e tol& his *iouE that soon they #oul& 1e
    victorious in 1attle, 1ut that they %ust not take any White scal+s or +ossessions. T#o #eeks
    later Custer:s t#o hun&re& %en attacke& *ittin! Bull:s ca%+ on the )ittle Bi! 0orn an& #ere
    totally #i+e& out. -en:s one hun&re& seventy-3ive %en #ere also nearly &estroye& in this
    1attle. The *iouE +lun&ere& an& stri++e& the sol&iers: 1o&ies. *ittin! Bull tol& the%: 2Because
    you have taken the s+oils, hence3orth you #ill covet the #hite %an:s !oo&s, you #ill 1e at his
    %ercy, you #ill starve at his han&s. The sol&iers #ill crush you.2
    The %ost a%aAin! 3eat #as +er3or%e& 1y *ittin! Bull in the su%%er o3 1CB(. ,n late
    su%%er *ittin! Bull ha& a nu%1er o3 skir%ishes #ith Colonel D.*. *tanley an& his troo+s,
    #ho #ere !uar&in! the "orthern $aci3ic -ailroa&. *ittin! Bull #as 91 years ol& at this ti%e,
    an& so%e o3 the youn! #arriors #ere co%in! to Huestion his authority. CraAy 0orse #as in on
    this 3i!ht, an& #as only carryin! a lance. They %et #ith the sol&iers in the valley o3 the
    Dello#stone, 1elo# 6rro# 7:Fallen8 Creek. ,%%e&iately the sol&iers ca%e out to 3i!ht. For
    so%e ti%e the youn! #arriors &ashe& 1ack an& 3orth across the lines, &arin! the sol&iers to
    hit the%. *o%e #ere kille&.
    *ittin! Bull #as #eary o3 the 3i!htin!. To hi% it #as 2>ust shootin!2 #ith the sa%e stunts
    1ein! +ulle& 1y the youn! #arriors as he ha& al#ays seen in his t#enty-seven years on the
    #ar-+ath. The youn! *iouE #ere sayin! that *ittin! Bull #as !ettin! 2%outhy2. 0e #as al#ays
    3ree an& 3rank #ith his a&vice an& so%e o3 the youn! #ere resentin! it. *oon they #oul& 1e
    sayin! he #as a has-1een or even a co#ar&. 0e &eci&e& to &o so%ethin! &i33erent that #oul&
    +ut the Huestion o3 his 1ravery an& +o#er at rest 3orever.
    *ittin! Bull +ut &o#n his !un an& Huiver, took his to1acco +ouch an& +i+e an& 1e!an
    #alkin! to#ar& the 3irin! sol&iers. Bullets kicke& the !roun& all a1out hi%. 0e ke+t #alkin!
    to#ar& the sol&iers as i3 out takin! a +eace3ul stroll. 61out a hun&re& yar&s in 3ront o3 the
    ,n&ians, he sat &o#n an& 1e!an 3illin! his +i+e #ith to1acco. 0e !ot out his 3lint an& steel an&
    lit the +i+e. 63ter a 3e# Huiet +u33 s, he turne& 1ack to his astonishe& %en an& sai& 26ny
    ,n&ians #ho #ish to s%oke #ith %e, co%e onP2
    0is ne+he# White Bull coul& not turn &o#n a &are, so he ca%e runnin! out, as &i& the
    *iouE Gets-The-Best-3-The% an& t#o Cheyennes. They +asse& the +i+e 3ro% ri!ht to le3t,
    as al#ays. ,n an intervie# in the 1F(G:s White Bull relate& ho# 2We others #aste& no ti%e.
    ur hearts 1eat ra+i&ly, an& #e s%oke& as 3ast as #e coul&. 6ll aroun& us the 1ullets #ere
    kickin! u+ the &ust, an& #e coul& hear 1ullets #hinin! overhea&. But *ittin! Bull #as not
    a3rai&. 0e >ust sat there Huietly, lookin! aroun& as i3 he #ere at ho%e in his tent, an& s%oke&
    +eace3ully.2
    63ter the +i+e #as s%oke& out, *ittin! Bull !ot out the little shar+ stick he use& 3or
    cleanin! his +i+e, cleane& the ashes an& +ut everythin! 1ack in his to1acco 1a!. 0e !ot u+
    slo#ly an& sauntere& 1ack #hile White Bull an& the others race& 1ack to the *iouE lines.
    *ittin! Bull !ot on his horse an& sai& 2That:s enou!hP2 an& all the ,n&ians ro&e o33.
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    -e3erences:
    71 8 %ittin# 5ull+ (hampion of the %iou8, *tanley Iestal, 0ou!hton Mi33lin Co., "e# Dork, 1F4(,
    4<G ++.
    7(8 (raEy >orse and (uster, *te+hen ;. 6%1rose, Dou1le&ay K Co., Gar&en City, "e# Dork,
    1FB<, 9C= ++.
    748 The %acred 7ipe, 5ose+h Bro#n an& Black ;lk, /niversity o3 klaho%a $ress, 1F<4, 199
    ++.
    798 3eath of the .reat %pirit, ;arl *horris, *i%on an& *chuster, "e# Dork, 1FB1, (<4 ++.
    7<8 'ife, 5uly (, 1FB1
    7=8 2sis 0n*eiled, 0.$. Blavatsky, /.).T. e&ition
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    R17I1W5
    The L*-t A2e(turer8 The Li!e "! T*$5"t Mu(/ 9:;<)9<=>, $eter Beres3or& ;llis,
    Donal& M. Grant - $u1lisher, ,nc. 7$B 1CB, 0a%+ton Falls, ".0. G4C998 0&1k, B2E 1G2,
    (BF++., 1FC9, (<.GG
    Tal1ot Mun&y #as the author o3 so%e 9G a&venture novels an& %any articles. 0e #as a
    theoso+hist an& resi&e& 3or several years at $t. )o%a, Cali3ornia, #as active #ith the $t.
    )o%a Theoso+hical Co%%unity an& 3or so%e ti%e re!ar&e& ?atherine Tin!ley as his teacher.
    0is novel o3 !reatest theoso+hical i%+ort is /m; The %ecret of Ahbor ,alley 7availa1le 3ro%
    $roto!onos 3or RC.GG ++&8. Many re!ar& Mun&y as a su+erior #riter to ?i+lin! on ;astern
    su1>ect %atter. 61out /m+ G. &e $urucker #rote in The Theosophical 7ath that 2There is not
    another #ork in %o&ern 3iction like this 1ook, it sets a %ark an& 1laAes a trail #hich other an&
    less ca+a1le #riters in&u1ita1ly #ill try to 3ollo# an& to attain. The +u1lishers call it :an
    a&venture story.: ,t is, in the revie#er:s honest o+inion, %uch %ore than that, 3or :a&venture: is
    %erely one o3 the ele%ents #hich %ake this nota1le #ork #hat it is. 6&venture, %ystery,
    tense situations, an& startlin! +sycholo!ical sur+rise >ostle each other on every +a!e, nearly;
    an& it is >ust this last ele%ent o3 a +enetratin! +sycholo!y, #oven into the %ain tale #ith
    %asterhan&, #hich sho#s Mr. Mun&y at 1est. ,t is #on&er3ul. ConseHuently, this 1ook #ill
    live.2
    "early all o3 Mun&y:s novels have an occult t#ist to the% an& e%+hasiAe #is&o% over
    %ere sensationalis%. 0is Tros of %amothrace series &eal #ith characters in the ti%e o3
    Caesar, Cleo+atra an& the Drui&s. 0is /ld 0#ly 4ace an& The 3e*il?s .uard have a Ti1etan
    the%e.
    Mun&y:s novels are so uniHue that one %i!ht eE+lain the% 1y a su+ernor%al 3aculty o3
    so%e nature. When rea&in! Mun&y it see%s one is trans+orte& ri!ht into the settin! #ith 3ully
    alive characters an& all in realis%, instea& o3 >ust a &escri+tion o3 #hat is occurrin!. ,t see%s
    he #as a 2%e&iator2 o3 a ty+e an& ha& the a1ility to 1y+ass his e!o an& 1eco%e a1sor1e& in
    a hi!her 3aculty. ,n his historical Tros series it see%s a &escri+tion o3 the ti%es 1y 1ein!
    actually in touch #ith that ti%e +erio& rather than so%eone 2%akin! so%ethin! u+2 throu!h
    i%a!ination.
    ,n his Cin# of the Chyber -ifles, althou!h he ha& never 1een to the ?hy1er $ass, his
    &escri+tion o3 the area, #as so true to li3e that a British Colonel statione& there #oul& not
    1elieve that Mun&y ha& never actually ever travele& there. ,n &oin! his +roo3s on /m, Mun&y
    #rote that 2, 3elt a soli& 3eelin! in %e that , ha& 1een rea&in! a real 1ook. ,t &i& not see% in
    the least as i3 , ha& #ritten it.2
    6s it see%s in so%e 2sensitives2 o3 his ty+e 7Blavatsky #as another one8 Mun&y #as
    +retty eccentric in li3estyle. 0e chan!e& a !reat &eal a3ter he 1eca%e a Theoso+hist, 1ut
    1e3orehan& he ha& %a&e his livin! as a so%eti%es con3i&ence trickster an& an ivory +oacher
    a%on! other thin!s. ,n 63rica he #as kno#n 3or his #o%aniAin! #ith the natives an& live&
    un&er several aliases. ;llis &i& a !reat >o1 o3 chasin! &o#n Mun&y throu!h a nu%1er o3
    aliases, 1ecause 1e3ore a certain &ate there #as no 2Tal1ot Mun&y2. Mun&y:s 1irth na%e #as
    Willia% )ancaster Gri11on an& he #as 1orn in a su1ur1 o3 )on&on. 6t siEteen he #as kicke&
    out o3 school an& 1y ran&o%ly stickin! a +in in a %a+, he ran a#ay to a villa!e in Ger%any.
    Mun&y #as %arrie& 3ive ti%es in his li3e, he 3aile& in al%ost every 1usiness venture he
    atte%+te& an& #as al%ost constantly in %oney trou1les.
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    Within a &ay o3 %ovin! 3ro% ;uro+e to "e# Dork in 1FGF he #as 1eaten u+, ro11e& an&
    receive& a 3racture& skull a3ter leavin! a car& !a%e at a 1ar. Be3ore this ti%e he ha& never
    atte%+te& #ritin!, 1ut #hile still recoverin! he 1e!an #ritin! %a!aAine stories an& ha&
    i%%e&iate success. ne #on&ers, stran!ely, i3 the 3racture& skull so%eho# ha& so%ethin! to
    &o #ith the ne# 3oun& a1ility.
    $eter Berres3or& ;llis also &oes a !oo& >o1 o3 sortin! out 3act 3ro% 3iction in accounts o3
    Mun&y:s li3e, as Mun&y #as al%ost as 3ictional concernin! his li3e as he #as in his novels.
    When he #as arreste& in 63rica an& serve& = %onths on a roa& 1uil&in! chain !an!, he
    inter+rete& this as 21ein! contracte& 1y the !ov:t to 1uil& roa&s.2 6 &escri+tion o3 his character,
    +erha+s, is that he #as a !oo& an& as+irin! %an, 1ut too 3ree s+irite& to 1e a1le to tolerate
    nor%alcy.
    Mun&y #rote %any articles 3or Theoso+hical +u1lications an& su++ose&ly ,verson 0arris
    co%+ile& all this %aterial 3or a +lanne& 1ook. 7;llis is o1viously not too 3a%iliar #ith
    Theoso+hy, as he says Blavatsky:s %a>or #ork #as 2sis 0n*eiled +u1lishe& in lCB4 an& not
    1CBB, instea& o3 her real %a>or #ork o3 The %ecret 3octrine.8 6 cou+le o3 interestin! +hotos o3
    his $t. )o%a &ays are inclu&e&. 6lso o3 interest is his eE+eri%ents in s+iritualis%. The Mun&ys
    #ere livin! #ith a s+irit %e&iu% an& trie& to +revent the %an 3ro% !oin! into trance, #ith
    results o3 the %an !oin! 1erserk an& nearly >u%+in! o33 an ei!hteenth 3loor 1alcony.
    For those #ho like Mun&y:s #ritin!s, this 1io!ra+hy is as en>oya1le as one o3 his novels.
    6lso +u1lishe& 1y Donal& M. Grant is Grant:s o#n 1io1i1lio!ra+hy o3 Mun&y an& tri1ute 1y
    several #riters, #hich looks eHually as re#ar&in! an& #hich #e inten& to revie# in a 3uture
    issue.
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    $,"T* F ,"T;-;*T
    6ccor&in! to corres+on&ent ).*., the Bio!ra+hy o3 0$B 1y *ylvia Cranston, 0.$.B., T&e
    1@tr"or/in"r' 0i$e "n/ In$!%en#e o$ He!en" 9!""ts)', is no# availa1le in +a+er1ack
    e&ition at R1C.F< 1y callin! the +u1lisher 5ere%y $. Tarcher, ,nc., at 1-CGG-BCC-=(=(. 6lso
    every *un&ay ni!ht /.).T. o3 "e# Dork City is on channel 4C in "e# Dork, an& channel B in
    $hila&el+hia at F:4G #ith a hal3-hour +ro!ra% on Theoso+hy.
    H"(it"t 4or H%+"nit' is an or!aniAation that &oes the no-nonsense #ork o3 1uil&in!
    houses 3or the lo#-inco%e. Much is &one #ith volunteer la1or an& %aterials an& 2s#eat-
    eHuity2 an& reasona1le +ay%ents 1ack to 0a1itat to +ay 3or the house an& kee+ the 1all
    rollin! 3or %ore +ro>ects. For%er $resi&ent 5i%%y Carter has #orke& #ith this or!aniAation 3or
    so%e ti%e, an& this #riter, 3or one, is res+ect3ul an& a&%irin! o3 Carter 3or &oin! so%ethin!
    that &oesn:t carry %uch +resti!e 1ut &e3initely !ets 1ene3icial #ork &one. Besi&es 2talkin! a
    !oo& talk2, $res. Carter also 2#alks the #alk.2 *o 3ar 0a1itat has constructe& 4G,GGG houses.
    n one o3 the "ational "et#orks on BS1FSF9, a +ro>ect o3 1uil&in! 1G< houses on an ,n&ian
    -eservation near ;a!le Butte, *.D. #as 3eature&. The *iouE call $res. Carter 2Wakeehakta2 -
    2Man #ho care& 3or +eo+le.2
    *tu&ies on rats 1y Wilson an& Mc"au!hton at the /n. o3 6riAona, an& *a!i an& ?arni on
    hu%ans at the WeiA%ann ,nstitute in ,srael su++ort the ol& sayin! that one shoul& 2 s!ee, on
    it" 1e3ore %akin! &ecisions. While slee+in!, ne# in3or%ation see%s to 1e 3a%iliariAe& an&
    inte!rate&. ,t is 1elieve& the hi++oca%+us re!ion is i%+ortant in incor+oratin! ne# %e%ories
    an& serves as a link 1et#een &i33erent +arts o3 the 1rain. 7Toledo 5lade, BS(FSF98
    The 3ollo#in! 6& 3ro% Ma!ical Blen& %a!aAine %ay 1e o3 interest to #riters an&
    re+rinters. Pro$ession"! Press 7$B 4<=1, Cha+el 0ill, ".C. (B<1<-4<C1, 1-CGG-(BB-CF=G8
    says it #ill +rint <GG co+ies o3 a 1ook, <ZEC-(), F= +!s., ( color cover, +er3ect 1oun&, 3or
    R1.FB +er.
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    ,n this area the (GGth anniversary o3 "T&e 9"tt!e o$ 4"!!en Ti+(ers" 1et#een 2Ma&
    6nthony Wayne2 an& a con3e&eration o3 at least ei!ht ,n&ian Tri1es has 1een %uch in the
    ne#s. ,t &eci&e&, 1asically, i3 a 3ive state area #oul& 1eco%e +art o3 Cana&a or +art o3 the
    /.*. 3 course it #as #ron! 3or the 6%ericans to take this lan& 1y 3orce 3ro% the ,n&ians an&
    %any avera!e +eo+le are #akin! u+ to the i&ea that our 3or%er heroes #ere really not so
    !ran&. ,t see%s to have 1een +art o3 "ature:s cycle o3 one li3e-#ave %ovin! in an& takin!
    over another, like one !rou+ o3 ani%als %ovin! in an& takin! over a secon& - even i3 the
    secon& %ay have 1een s+iritually su+erior. Far 3ro% 1ein! the usually thou!ht o3 hunter-
    !atherers, the local ,n&ians o3 (GG years a!o ha& alon! the local Mau%ee -iver a sin!le 3iel&
    o3 corn one %ile #i&e an& stretchin! ten %iles lon!, accor&in! to the ne#s+a+er account. 3
    course our conHuerin! ar%y 1urne& it &o#n.
    A(ortion r"tes are the lo#est in the /.*. since 1FBF. /.*. #o%en receive& 1.<4 %illion
    a1ortions in 1FF(. $art o3 the reason o3 this horri1le %ess is the social unacce+ta1ility o3
    un#e& %others, #hich is chan!in! so%e. "ationally the rate o3 a1ortions #as (<.F +er 1GGG
    #o%en a!es 1< to 99. "e# Dork *tate ha& the hi!hest rate o3 9=.( +er 1GGG, an& 3ollo#e&
    closely 1y 0a#aii, "eva&a, an& Cali3ornia. Wyo%in!, #ith 9.4 +er 1GGG #as the lo#est,
    3ollo#e& 1y *. Dakota, ,&aho, W. Iir!inia, an& /tah. 7Toledo 5lade, =S1=SF98 Theoso+hical
    teachin!s hol& that a1ortion is a 3or% o3 %ur&er, is har%3ul to the %other, an& also +rolon!s
    her ti%e in the ka%a-loka a3ter &eath.
    Thanks to a corres+on&ent, #e have a lon! article 3ro% a 1FB< The Theosophical
    Mo*ement 79G "e# Marine )ines, Bo%1ay 9GG G(G, ,n&ia8 on The Pr"5$e& "! Se% #hich
    +retty %uch +resent the Theoso+hical teachin!s on the %atter 3ro% the se+aration o3 the
    seEes on#ar&. ne state%ent - to the e33ect that the inner +rinci+als can 1e o3 &i33erent seE
    than the +hysical 1o&y, this #riter &isa!rees #ith. The hi!her +rinci+als have no seE, 1ut 1ein!
    one +rinci+al is 2unrolle&2 3ro% the one su+erior, ho# coul& a contrary seE 1e +ro&uce&. ,3
    anyone #ants a co+y o3 this, >ust sen& a (-sta%+ *6*;.
    /sin! +erha+s another #riter to !ive her o#n o+inion, on the D"!"i 0"+" Blavatsky
    Huotes Della-$enn in her Tibetan Teachin#s article: 2...the )a%a U%eanin! the Dalai-)a%aV is
    al#ays en&o#e& #ith the soul o3 the sa%e chan!-chu1 ... or the sa%e a&e+t or 1o&hisattva.
    75la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s, I,, +. 11G8
    ,n one eEa%+le o3 so%e +articular neurosis that +erio&ically s#ee+s throu!h the !rou+
    %in&, -ollin! 0ills, Ca. has outla#e& out&oor ci!arette s+o)ing. 2... o33icials 1e!an han&in!
    out lea3lets #arnin! visitors that s%okin! is 1anne& in all out&oor +laces - even 1ehin& the
    #heel o3 a car. 6nyone cau!ht li!htin! u+ out&oors 3aces a R1,GGG 3ine an& siE %onths in >ail.2
    7Toledo 5lade+ CS1<SF98
    21g',t Wi!! Re(%i!/ A+on R" Te+,!e - Cairo - 63ter years o3 in&ecision, ;!y+t +lans to
    &is%antle a threatene& (,=GG-year-ol& te%+le to the $haraonic !o& 6%on -a an& re1uil& it,
    +ro1a1ly on a site near1y. The re%ote te%+le, #ith its avenue o3 s+hinEes lea&in! to
    !ate#ays an& a seHuence o3 three +illare& halls 1e3ore the sanctuary, is at 0i1is in the
    #estern oasis o3 ?har!a. The te%+le, #hich is co%+lete, #ith eEtensively &ecorate& relie3s
    an& inscri+tions, is in serious &an!er 3ro% !roun&#ater. ;!y+tolo!ists 1elieve ur!ent action is
    nee&e&.2 7Toledo 5lade, 4S(GSF98
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    2US1 O4 OUI;I 9OARD 96 E ;URORS A001G1D -)on&on - Britain:s 6++eal Court
    #as aske& yester&ay to revie# a %ur&er trial 1ecause three >urors alle!e&ly use& an ui>i
    1oar& to contact one o3 the victi%s 1e3ore 3in&in! a %an !uilty. )a#yers 3or *te+hen Doun!
    ar!ue& that i3 they coul& +rove a seance took +lace in the hotel #here the >urors staye& the
    ni!ht 1e3ore convictin! Doun! o3 killin! ne#ly#e&s 0arry an& "icola Fuller, it #oul& +rove that
    5urors &i& not reach their ver&ict solely on the 1asis o3 evi&ence in court.2 7 Toledo 5lade,
    =S(1SF98
    The 2+"teri"!is+ i&eal2 in 6%erica es+ecially takes its toll on teena!ers. Co%+are& to
    9G or <G years a!o +ro1a1ly a %a>ority o3 teens &on:t have the ho+es o3 seein! that 73alse8
    %aterialistic &rea% co%e true 3or the%selves. 6ll the hi!h-+ayin! 1lue collar >o1s have
    &isa++eare& an&, accor&in! to statistics , re%e%1er &istinctly havin! recently seen 7 1ut &on:t
    have the source8 - the to+ 1W o3 +eo+le in our country have %ore #ealth co%1ine& that the
    1otto% FGWP The sayin! one al#ays hears - that 2the +ur+ose o3 a 1usiness is to %ake a
    +ro3it2 - &oes not have to 1e true. The +ur+ose o3 a 1usiness coul& 1e - 2To %ake a &ecent
    livin! an& to +rovi&e 3or as %any other +eo+le as +ossi1le.2 Consi&erin! the corru+tion that
    %akes socialist syste%s 3ail, our syste% is +ro1a1ly 1est, 1ut in the lon! run it too #ill sel3-
    &estruct unless it is realiAe& that its success &e+en&s on the +ro!ressive %aterial
    a&vance%ent o3 everyone. ther#ise those at the to+ &estroy their o#n 3oun&ations.
    ;cono%ies !ro# as a #hole, an& cyclically &estroy the%selves #hen +ro!ressively a certain
    se!%ent 1eco%es &is+ro+ortionately rich #hile another section sli+s 3urther into +overty. Well,
    any#ay, teens see that the 3uture is 1leak 7also the source o3 the inner city !an! +ro1le%s.8:
    2HA71 TRI1D SUICID1- FK O4 T11NS IN SUR716 SA6 - "e# Dork - Five +ercent o3
    6%erican teena!ers say they have trie& to co%%it suici&e, an& 1( +ercent say they have
    co%e close to tryin!, accor&in! to a Gallu+ r!aniAation stu&y. Those #ho sai& they
    consi&ere& suici&e #ere aske& the reasons an& allo#e& to na%e %ore than one. They cite&
    +ro1le%s !ro#in! u+, 4= +ercent; &ru! a1use, 4< +ercent; +eer +ressure, 41 +ercent; an&
    !ettin! alon! #ith +arents, (C +er cent; accor&in! to a survey release& yester&ay.2 7Toledo
    5lade, =S1=SF98
    Dick *lusser an& Marty )y%an 7e&itors o3 The >i#h (ountry Theosophist, 19G *. 44r&.
    *t., Boul&er, Colo. CG4G48 sto++e& here on their #ay to visitin! Marty:s 3ather in "e# Dork an&
    it #as !oo& to %eet the% 1oth. Dick still has 1ack issues availa1le o3 his 0CT, an&
    consi&erin! all the eEcellent an& thou!ht-+rovokin! %aterial he +u1lishes, no one #ill re!ret
    kee+in! a co%+lete set o3 this %a!aAine.
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    SO21 7ID1OS 2A691 WORTH WATCHING5
    90AD1 RUNN1R - This is an ol&er science 3iction 3lick starin! 0arrison For&. ,t is situate& in
    )os 6n!eles %ay1e 3i3ty years in the 3uture an& an&roi&s have 1een !enetically &esi!ne&
    su+erior to hu%ans in %ost res+ects, an& a&&itionally #ith e%otions - hu%an in every
    res+ect. The %ost su+erior, ho#ever, are !iven only a 9 year li3e ter%. The story centers
    aroun& a 2rene!a&e2 !rou+ o3 these in the Huest o3 the %eanin! o3 their short li3e an& search
    3or a lon!er li3e s+an. For&, the 21la&e runner2 is assi!ne& to hunt &o#n an& kill the
    rene!a&es. 6 very hauntin! %ovie.
    41AR01SS - This is a release o3 the last 3e# years starin! 5e33 Bri&!es. Bri&!es is in a
    horren&ous airliner crash, an& #hen the crash see%s i%%inent he, so to s+eak, 1eco%es so
    o1sesse& in 3ear that he loses all 3ear, is a hero in savin! others a3ter the #reck, an& also
    loses his concern #ith %un&ane li3e. 0e 3in&s he 2can:t !et 1ack2 to nor%al reality. ,n one
    stran!e scene o3 sel3-sacri3ice he crashes his car into a #all at =G%+h to +ara&oEically save
    the li3e o3 a #o%an overco%e #ith !rie3 at losin! her 1a1y in the airliner crash.
    A96SS - 6l%ost a non-sto+ action 3il%. 6 nuclear su1 #ith #arhea&s sinks an& an un&er#ater
    oil-&rillin! vehicle an& "avy *eals are sent to &eal #ith the crisis. 6 hurricane ensues #hich
    cuts all o33 3ro% sur3ace ai&. *tran!e 1enevolent an& su+erior-evolutionarily 1ein!s have a
    cra3t in a &ee+ sea trench at the &isaster. The *eal co%%an&er 3li+s out an& is atte%+tin! to
    nuke the +eace3ul aliens #hile others are tryin! to th#art hi%. *ur+rise en&in! #hen the
    aliens sur3ace #ith their %ile-#i&e shi+.
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    0AWN2OW1R 2AN - :/sin! virtual realitySco%+uter techniHues to elevate hu%an
    intelli!ence. ;thical 1attle 1et#een a%oral &evelo+%ent an& use o3 technolo!y to that o3
    &evelo+%ent an& use o3 it #ith Wis&o%. The chie3 su1>ect in the 3il% &evelo+s occult +o#ers
    throu!h virtual reality enhance%ent o3 his intellect an& clai%s that the +o#ers 2are nothin!
    ne#, 1ut those kno#n o3 1y the ancients an& #hich #e have 3or!otten a1out.2
    9RAINSTOR2 - 6n ol&er virtual reality 3lick in #hich the eE+eriences o3 a #o%an &yin! are
    recor&e& on co%+uter &isc. 63ter 3i!ht #ith !ov:t a!encies a scientist succee&s in !ettin! the
    &isc an& eE+eriencin! &eath #hile still livin!. Tra!ically an& coinci&entally, the #ell-kno#n
    starlet o3 this 3il%, "atalie Woo&, &ie& in a 1oatin! acci&ent 1e3ore the 3il% #as 3inishe&.
    ;ACO98S 0ADD1R - 61out a vietna% vet kille& in the #ar. The story line &oesn:t Huite tie all
    to!ether to %ake co%+lete sense. But this %i!ht 1e a +retty realistic &escri+tion o3 #hat
    ka%a-loka is like to those kille& in #ar.
    40AT0IN1RS - *o%e %e&ical school stu&ents #ho eE+eri%ent #ith sto++in! their hearts 1y
    %e&ical techniHue an& then havin! the%selves revive& a3ter a 3e# %inutes, to see #hat the
    eE+erience o3 &eath is. They have so%e very unusual eE+eriences an& all realiAe they have
    so%e #ron!s to ri!ht #ith other +eo+le, so%e 1ack to chil&hoo&, #hich they atte%+t to &o.
    This see%s to &ovetail #ith the Theoso+hical Teachin! o3 the 2li3e revie#2 a3ter &eath.
    ''''''''''''''''''
    01TT1RS
    2....like& your co%%ents re the Dalai )a%a. ,3 he ha& &eclare& a to!er"n#e o3 the
    &escri1e& seEual +ursuits 1ut that, as a la%a, he coul& not "##e,t or ",,roe o3 the%, he
    #oul& have 1een on +retty 3ir% !roun&. ...n the Huestion o3 an a!ent o3 the )o&!e a++earin!
    a%on! us, 0$B in The Cey to Theosophy, +. 4G= o3 %y co+y, %akes it clear that the Masters
    %ake an atte%+t to enli!hten hu%anity :every hun&re& years.: - %ore s+eci3ically :the last
    Huarter o3 every hun&re& years.: 6n& she invites the rea&er to :trace these %ove%ents 1ack,
    century 1y century, as 3ar as our &etaile& historical recor&s eEten&.: *uch a &e3initive e33ort is
    3ar 3ro% the kin& o3 Eeit#eist that so%e #riters have +ro+ose& as the e33ort 3or century the
    t#entieth. ... UinV Mahat%a )etter "o. =<, an& the 3irst t#o lines o3 the thir& +ara!ra+h. 0ere
    the Mahat%a ?.0. says: :Dou %ust have un&erstoo& 1y this ti%e, %y 3rien&, that the
    centennial atte%+t %a&e 1y us to o+en the eyes o3 the 1lin& #orl&...: "o#, !oin! 1ack to +a!e
    4G= o3 The Cey, 0$B s+eaks o3 the :e33ort o3 the QQth century.: *he continues an& s+eaks
    ho+e3ully o3 a :unite& 1o&y o3 +eo+le rea&y to #elco%e the ne# Torch-1earer o3 Truth.: 0avin!
    1een closely associate& #ith the Masters in Ti1et, she #as thorou!hly acHuainte& #ith their
    thinkin! on the su1>ect un&er &iscussion. ...To %e this %eans that the centennial e33ort has
    alrea&y 1een launche& an& their a!ent is alrea&y at #ork 1ut not o+enly as Theoso+hists
    have ho+e&. We %ay not at this +oint &ivine #hy this #oul& 1e so. ,t %ay 1e that the ans#er
    can 1e 3oun& in the a1ove Huote& #or&s o3 0$B. The :1o&y o3 +eo+le rea&y to #elco%e the
    ne# Torch-1earer o3 Truth: is not unite&. ,n the ori!inal the #or& :unite&: is italiciAe& 3or
    e%+hasis... 6nother +ossi1ility is the 1latant an& sensational $ress o3 our &ay an& the
    crassness o3 the rest o3 the %e&ia ... 2 - C.F.
    2...Be 3rien&ly #ith the Dalai )a%a an& !ive hi% the 1ene3it o3 the &ou1t. 0e:s ri&in! a
    very rou!h horse... Uin &ealin! #ith WesternersV
    - 5. W.
    2...$eo+le like the Dalai )a%a shoul& 1e a +o#er3ul %oral 3orce, an& neither he nor the
    church%en #ho tra&itionally 3ille& that role
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    have &one the >o1 3or so%e ti%e. They cater to every1o&y on everythin!... i&eas 3oun& in
    Theoso+hy shoul& lea& +eo+le to the %oral hi!h !roun&, 1ut the ne#-a!ers an& others have
    taken lots o3 thin!s out o3 conteEt an& t#iste& the% out o3 reco!nition. U6lso reco%%en&s the
    1ook Tibet 1y Guise++e Tucci, *tein K Day, ".D., 1F=BV - ). 5.
    UThe +ara&oE is +ro1a1ly in +rovi&in! a %oral i&eal an& i%+etus to#ar& it, 1ut not
    &a%nin! those not convince& o3 it or inca+a1le. - ;&.V
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    TH1 POOR
    2There is 1ut one #ay o3 ever a%elioratin! hu%an li3e an& it is 1y the love o3 one:s 3ello#
    %an 3or his o#n sake an& not 3or +ersonal !rati3ication. The !reatest Theoso+hist - he #ho
    loves &ivine truth un&er all its 3or%s - is the one #ho #orks 3or an& #ith the +oor. There is a
    %an kno#n to the entire intellectual ;uro+e-6%erica #ho +ossi1ly %ay never have hear& the
    na%e o3 The Theoso+hical *ociety; , %ean Count )eo ". Tolstoy, %o&el 3or all as+irants to
    true Theoso+hy. 0e is the 3irst in ;uro+ean aristocracy to have solve& this +ro1le%: :What can
    , &o to %ake ha++y any +oor %an #ho% , %ay %eet.: This is #hat he says:
    2:, think that it is the &uty o3 everyone to #ork 3or all #ho %ay nee& hel+; to #ork #ith
    the han&s, re%e%1er, a certain +ortion o3 your &ay. ,t is %ore +ractical to #ork #ith an& 3or
    the +oor %an than to !ive hi% a +ortion o3 your intellectual la1or ... you +reach 1y %eans o3
    eEa%+le ... you sho# the% that you &o not consi&er their +rosaic #ork as 1ein! 1elo# your
    &i!nity, an& thus you inculcate in hi% the 3eelin! o3 res+ect an& estee% 3or hi%sel3 an& o3
    satis3action #ith his &estiny ... ,t is not ... o#in! to s#ienti$i# "n/ inte!!e#t%"! ,rogress, that
    #e can ever ho+e to assist the +oor, or to inculcate into hu%anity the i&ea o3 a true 3raternity.2:
    75la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s, Iol. I,,,, ++ BB-C8
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    2CHAIN R1ACTION - ,n Britain, a tele+hone su1scri1er is si!nale& 1y sen&in! FG volts
    across one si&e o3 the t#o #ire circuit an& !roun&. When the +hone is ans#ere&, it s#itches
    to the t#o #ire circuit 3or conversation. This %etho& allo#s t#o +arties on the sa%e line to 1e
    si!nale& #ithout &istur1in! each other.
    26n el&erly #o%an calle& the en!ineers to say that her tele+hone nearly al#ays 3aile&
    to rin! #hen her 3rien&s calle&. n the 3e# occasions #hen it &i& rin!, her &o! al#ays 1arke&
    3irst. 6 technician cli%1e& a near1y +ole, connecte& his test set an& &iale& the house. The
    +hone &i&n:t rin!. 0e trie& a!ain. The &o! 1arke& lou&ly an& the +hone ran!. n investi!ation,
    it #as 3oun& that the &o! #as tie& to the tele+hone syste%:s !roun& +ost via an iron chain an&
    collar, an& #as receivin! FG volts o3 si!nalin! current. 63ter several >olts, the &o! urinate& on
    the !roun& an& 1arke&. The #et !roun& then con&ucte& an& the +hone ran!. :,nternet
    %essa!e:, 1C Dec. 1FF42 74ortean Times, #B9, 6+rilSMay 1FF98
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    CONT1NTS5 6 "e%esis 7verse8 - Mun&y .......1; ur Thou!hts, ur ;arth - -o11 ......1; 6
    0ero: )inus $aulin! - Car+enter ......4; )etters to 6 Frien&: ConHuerin! the *el3 - *%all .......<;
    Destroyin! Delusion - Morris .....B; "ative 6%ericans an& -eincarnation - Mo33ett ......F;
    -;I,;W*: .nostic and Mystical Theosophy+ %ymposium on %ecret 3octrine .....19;
    )etters ....1=; $oints o3 ,nterest .....1=; Books
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    A N121SIS
    That little #ron! #e &o, an& 1ury, lies
    "o &ee+er than the #ire-!rass s+a&e& o:er
    That un&er the s%ooth sur3ace %ulti+lies
    6n&, ten ti%es thri3tier than 1e3ore,
    Cro#&s u+#ar& in the 3ertiliAin! rain.
    "o virtue lies in lon! 3or!et3ulness.
    The &ee& ill-&one lives to 1e &one a!ain
    r un&one, or to rise ane# an& &ress
    "e# &i33iculties in the !raveyar& hues
    3 ha1it an& accusin! &rea& -
    6 "e%esis - a +hanto% that +ursues -
    6 3oe to 3i!ht a!ain, an& coura!e &ea&.
    - Tal1ot Mun&y
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    20o+e #ithout action is a 1arren un&oer...2
    - Feltha%
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    OUR THOUGHTS- OUR 1ARTH
    - -. -o11
    *+ace. The vast 1lack stillness o3 en&less s+ace. Without 1e!innin! or en&, it eEists, an&
    no thou!ht can co%+rehen& its in3initu&e. ,t is )i3e itsel3, )a# itsel3, co%+lete in its &e+th, an&
    unkno#a1le. ,t ,*. *cattere& throu!hout are 1illions o3 !alaEies, each !ro#in!, %aturin! an&
    &ecayin! in their course, the heart1eats an& rhyth%s o3 the !reat 1reath o3 )i3e. They s#irl,
    an& e&&y, s+innin! alon! their cycles, host to 1illions o3 lu%inaries, trillions o3 +lanets.
    To#ar&s the outer e&!e o3 the lon! ar%s o3 one s%all !alaEy, a s%all sun is the re3lecte&
    lo!os 3or its s%all 1roo& o3 nine little or1s, so%e slee+in!, so%e 1ein! 1orn, one en&urin! its
    +hysical cycle o3 &evelo+%ent, 1orn o3 necessity, #ith all its vicissitu&es. Dense an& ra+i&, all
    is Huickene& an& intensi3ie& in its o#n %inor har%onies, +rocee&in! 3ro% +ianissi%o, to
    alle!ro, to crescen&o, then 3allin! silent to 1e!in ane#. Thus is our %inuscule earth, a 1lue
    an& #hite e!! o3 li3e in its on!oin! stru!!le, host to its %yria&s, a %irror o3 the %acrocos% #e
    can only !uess at throu!h analo!y an& eEtension o3 our o#n 3ee1le kno#le&!e.
    That kno#le&!e eEten&s 1ack 1ut a 3e# thousan& years... +erha+s =,<GG, eEce+t 3or
    one or t#o %anuscri+ts that allu&e to earlier ti%es, an& the state%ents 1y sa!es o3 vast
    +erio&s. Those o3 us #ho have 1een 3ortunate enou!h to re&iscover theoso+hy have the hel+
    a33or&e& 1y a vast literature. That 1o&y o3 #ritin!s sho#s us the +ath to#ar&s un&erstan&in!,
    leavin! us to #ork out solutions to a++arently ineE+lica1le +ro1le%s ourselves. ?ar%ically #e
    can earn the ri!ht to kno# throu!h e33ort, rather than 1lin&ly 3ollo# assertions !iven 1y sel3-
    +roclai%e& satra+s 7or !urus8. Can #e &iscover the +erio&s o3 our earth:s cycle o3
    re!eneration. ,t is %entione& in 1its an& +ieces 1y 0.$. Blavatsky, Willia% J. 5u&!e, *u11a
    -o#, an& others. To !ather these to!ether 3alls into the cate!ory o3 in&uctive reasonin! ...
    arrivin! at a solution 1ase& u+on their su%s ... a +rocess
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    that is al#ays to so%e &e!ree erroneous, as one can never Huite 3in& every 3act, thus the
    conclusion is tainte&. *till, #e can a++roach the truth, thou!h it #ill al#ays 1e on the horiAon.
    When &ealin! #ith hu%ans, #e shoul& re%e%1er they have certain +sycholo!ical
    characteristics. For instance, i3 a "orth 6%erican co%es across so%eone 1uil&in! a 1oat,
    there see%s to 1e a re3leE that causes the% to ask, 2are you !oin! to sail aroun& the #orl&.2
    61out one sailor in 1GG,GGG &oes it. This sa%e ty+e o3 innate +sycholo!y un&erlies the annual
    +re&ictions o3 the 2;n& o3 the Worl&2. Most recently it #as ;liAa1eth Clear $ro3it in Montana.
    0er &isillusione& 3lock &is+erse& #hen, astoun&in! to relate... nothin! ha++ene&. ,n the last
    century, 0alley:s Co%et #as the har1in!er o3 i%%anent &isaster toute& 3ro% the +ul+its, an&
    +eo+le hi& 3or &ays in cellars, %y !ran&%other a%on! the%. The #i&es+rea& notion o3 2the
    en& o3 the #orl&2, 3ar 3ro% 1ein! the 3ocus o3 universal >ocularity, see%s to strike a note in the
    +syche o3 %any. ,t see%s +lausi1le, not i%+ossi1le at all. Why. The earth has 1een here 9
    1illion years... that ten&s to !uarantee its 3uture; it is not !oin! a#ay. This +hrase really
    translates into... 2the en& o3 li3e as #e have kno#n it.2 This is su1consciously 3a%iliar to
    %illions o3 +eo+le, 1ecause it has ha++ene& 1e3ore. But 3or %illions %ore the only li3e they
    have kno#n is our +resent a1erration... our hi!h tech, ultra convenient, !la%ourous,
    hy&rocar1on 1ase& Disneylan&. ,t see%s co%+letely real, an& thus %ust continue. nly a 3e#
    see that the s+irit o3 %an is i!nore&; that #hich is %ost valua1le is %ost ne!lecte&. The
    avera!e %an is una#are that thou!hts are real thin!s an& have real e33ects ... not
    i%%e&iately, 1ut inevita1ly.
    *ince 1FGG #e have all eE+erience& the heavy in3luence o3 the nu%1er F. ,t is as its
    sy%1ol... 3ro% a co%+lete an& 1alance& circle, it +ro>ects an ar% out#ar& an& &o#n#ar& into
    %ateriality, 1eco%in! i%1alance&. ,t stan&s 3or a1>ect %ulti+licity, re+etition, an& Huantity, an&
    is surely the sin!le %ost si!ni3icant in&icator 3or this century. ,n every +ossi1le area, nu%1ers
    have increase&. Mass +ro&uction o3 every conceiva1le ite% 1y the %illions. For C hours a &ay,
    +eo+le re+eat the sa%e %otions like auto%atons... cro#&e& to!ether, Huality lost, +hiloso+hy
    3or!otten in the %a& scra%1le. "o nee& to launch into a litany o3 #hat is #ron! #ith our
    civiliAation... su33ice to say it cannot en&ure. Too %uch has 1een set in %otion in the +ast... the
    i%%ense inertia o3 a century o3 i%1alance, like the 3a1le& car o3 5u!!ernaut, %ust inevita1ly
    run its course. $erha+s the only #ay to think o3 it, is a s,"s+. ...
    But our su1>ect is the cycle o3 the earth:s +erio&ic rene#al. )et us eEa%ine three
    areas that +resent the%selves 3or consi&eration: *cienti3ic evi&ence, %yths-le!en&s an&
    3a1les, an& the #ritin!s o3 theoso+hy. 6 nu%1er o3 #orks have 1een #ritten concernin! the
    cataclys%ic theory o3 earth chan!es. -ecently, 0u!h 6chincloss Bro#n, Charles 0a+!oo&,
    ,%%anuel Ielikovsky, Frank C. 0i11en, an& Chan Tho%as 1ooks have a++eare&, an& the last
    century Geor!es Cuvier, 5. 6n&re De)uc, Dolo%ieu, ;scher, Forel, Donnelly, Dana, ?lee, the
    list is lon!... They have a!!lo%erate& an i%+ressive %ass o3 in3or%ation. They cite !eolo!ical
    evi&ence such as: the a!e o3 the !or!es at "ia!ara Falls, *t. 6nthony Falls, the su&&en (GG:
    rise o3 oceans the #orl& over, the a!e o3 the 6ntarctic an& Greenlan& ,ce Ca+s, the 3loo& o3
    "oah, the rise o3 the *t. )a#rence -iver Be&... all &ate& at =,<GG years a!o. There coul& 1e
    volu%es o3 si%ilar evi&ence cite& 3or this &ate. 6nother si!ni3icant &ate is sho#n 1y: the
    1ones o3 the )aBrea Tar $its in )os 6n!eles, the continuous evolution o3 the Gala+a!os
    ,slan&s, the en& o3 the )aurentian Basin ice ca+ in Cana&a, the Muru%1i&!ee -iver Basin ice
    ca+, the eEtinction o3 s+ecies at $e>ark Marsh in 6ustralia, the su&&en en& o3 #ork at
    Tihuanaco at )ake Titacaca in $eru, all occurrin! a1out 14,GGG years a!o. There are
    co%+ellin! re3erences in ,!natius Donnelly:s -a#naro+ the a#e of 4ire and .ra*el, 6leEan&er
    Winchell:s )als and Tals in the .eolo#ical 4ield+ ;&#ar& Belcher:s Earth and Man, )ouis
    6!assiA:s .eolo#ical %etches+ an& Fre& $lu%%er:s 'ast (han#e of the Earth?s A8is, #hich
    &ra#s u+on the %ecret 3octrine, ...these #ill +rovi&e the stu&ent #ith a hu!e 1o&y o3 &ata.
    What cause& the si%ultaneous eEtinction o3 the 3ollo#in!.: 6 #alrus in Iir!inia, ( ty+es o3
    1ears, 4 kin&s o3 +or+oises, ( s+ecies o3 1i! cats 7like the sa1re tooth ti!er8, 9 kin&s o3 &o!s,
    ( ty+es o3 sea co#, = s+ecies o3 horse, a ty+e o3 ca%el, ( !enus o3 shee+, t#o kin&s o3 1ison,
    ( s+ecies o3 ele+hants, ( o3 %asto&ons, a s+ecies o3 %e!atheriu%, ( o3 %e!alonyE, an& a
    hu!e terrestrial sloth as lar!e as an ele+hant... all these eEiste& on the "orth 6%erican
    Continent, an& all &isa++eare& at once a1out 14,GGG years a!o. There is also the #ell kno#n
    &iscovery o3 the *i1erian %a%%oth 3oun& #ith 3resh 3lo#ers in its %outh 3roAen in situ, as i3
    &one in an instant. There is a %ountain o3 evi&ence +ointin! to#ar&s t#o %a>or a&>ust%ents
    in the earth, one at =,<GG years a!o, an& a !reater occurrence 14,GGG years
    --- 4
    a!o. This certainly ten&s to len& cre&ence to the Ti%aeus o3 $lato, #herein *olon states that
    the sinkin! o3 6tlantis 7or $osie&onus8 occurre& 11,GGG years 1e3ore his ti%e.
    These events have le3t their i%+ression on the survivors in the 3or% o3 %yths an&
    le!en&s. The Christian 1i1le has several +assa!es o3 interest. ne is ,saiah, E:i, 2Behol& the
    &ay o3 the earth co%eth.... , #ill cause the arro!ancy o3 the +rou& to cease, , #ill %ake %an
    %ore +recious than the !ol&en #e&!e o3 o+hir, there3ore #ill , shake the heavens, an& the
    earth shall %ove out o3 her +lace...2 etc. ,n Fre&erich ?lee:s The 3elu#e +. ((9, the
    *can&inavian ;&&as are cite&: 2Be3ore the +resent or&er o3 the #orl&, the sun, #hich no#
    rises in the east, 3or%erly rose in the south.2 0ero&otus states he #as tol& 1y the ;!y+tian
    +riests that their recor&s sho# the sun to have 1een t#ice arisin! else#here, once in the #est
    an& once in the south. ,n&ee& the ali!n%ents o3 the +yra%i& co%+leE at *aHarrah, &i33er
    co%+letely #ith others in ;!y+t, an& are consi&ere& to 1e the ol&est o3 all. The Mosle%
    tra&ition o3 the secon& co%in! o3 Moha%%e& says, 2the ti%e o3 the resurrection #ill 1e sho#n
    1y si!ns, the 3irst o3 #hich #ill 1e that the sun shall arise in the #est.2 The Juiche Mayas say
    that the sun o3 to&ay is not the sa%e as the one 1e3ore. The 6Atec le!en&s have an account
    o3 their :Go&sSChie3s:, s+eculatin! on #here the sun #oul& rea++ear in the on!oin! !loo%
    a3ter a !reat chan!e, an& they %a&e 1ets as to the eEact +lace it %i!ht 3irst 1e seen to rise,
    1ut #hen it 3inally a++eare&, they #ere all #ron!. The ;!y+tians have the %yth o3 siris the
    sun, #ho &ie&, an& 0orus the ne# sun rose in its +lace. The Mayas have also an account o3
    the !reat an& su&&en chan!e o3 cli%ate at Toulan in MeEico. The ,n&ians o3 Terra &el Fue!o,
    the re%nants o3 the 1G: to 1(: !iants seen 1y 6ntonio $i!ia3etta in the late 1<GG:s, ha& a
    le!en& that the sun set in the #ron! +lace. ,n $eru, it #as the 2&ay the sun stoo& still.2 ,n
    Malaysia, it #as the 2)on! "i!ht.2 Fre& $lu%%er 3eels he has 3oun& the a++roEi%ate +ivot
    aEis to account 3or these le!en&s, #hich reveals the 3or%er eHuator an& +olar aEis... in
    relation to the continents. The ;aster ,slan&ers have a na%e 3or their ho%e, #hich is 2Te $ito
    te 0enua,2 #hich also %eans navel. The islan& is very nearly 1CG &e!rees 3ro% the Great
    $yra%i&, an& %ay have 1een the line aroun& #hich the sur3ace o3 the !lo1e !yrate&. 6ll these
    le!en&s o3 the sun chan!in! its +lace relate to the ti%e o3 a1out 14,GGG years a!o, the event
    o3 =<GG years a!o 1ein! o3 lesser %a!nitu&e. Thus @cont?d p$ 11A
    ----------------
    A H1RO5 0in%s P"%!ing 1B01 .1BB4
    - Geral& Car+enter
    , re!ar&e& hi% #ith al%ost reli!ious veneration, eEce+t that 3aith ha& nothin! to &o #ith
    it. , ha& soli&, scienti3ic !roun&s 3or #orshi+in! )inus $aulin!. 6s o3 his &eath last Fri&ay,
    6u!ust 1F - in the %i&st o3 a national &e1ate a1out 2health care2 that see%s eEclusively
    concerne& #ith the convenience o3 &octors, the insurance co%+anies, an& 1usiness - , have
    en>oye& (G years o3 ro1ust health, thanks to his nutritional reco%%en&ations.
    )inus $aulin! kne# %ore a1out che%istry than anyone alive, %ore than anyone #ho has
    ever live&. Francis Crick, the co-&iscoverer 7#ith 5a%es Watson8 o3 the %olecular structure o3
    D"6, re3erre& to hi% in 1FC< as 2the 3ather o3 %olecular 1iolo!y.2 6s the 3irst +erson to a++ly
    Huantu% %echanics to the stu&y o3 %olecules an& as the author o3 the %ost in3luential
    scienti3ic teEt +u1lishe& in this century - The 1ature of the (hemical 5ond+ and the %tructure
    of Molecules and (rystals 71F4F8 - $aulin! coul& #ith eHual >ustice, 1e calle& the 3ather o3 all
    %o&ern che%istry an& o3 a 3air a%ount o3 %o&ern +hysics. 0e is the only +erson ever to 1e
    a#ar&e& t#o unshare& "o1el $riAes: 3or Che%istry in 1F<9; 3or $eace in 1F=(. When he sai&
    that lar!e a%ounts o3 vita%ins, taken &aily, #ill hel+ you 2live lon!er an& 3eel 1etter,2 #ho is
    Huali3ie& to say he &i&n:t kno# #hat he #as talkin! a1out.
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    ,n 1F=9, Marshall Mc)uhan #rote: 2The a1ility o3 the artist to si&este+ the 1ully 1lo# o3
    the ne# technolo!y o3 any a!e, an& to +arry such violence #ith 3ull a#areness, is a!e-ol&.
    ;Hually a!e-ol& is the ina1ility o3 the +ercusse& victi%s, #ho cannot si&este+ the ne#
    violence, to reco!niAe their nee& o3 the artist. To re#ar& an& %ake cele1rities o3 artists can,
    also, 1e a #ay o3 i!norin! their +ro+hetic #ork an& +reventin! its ti%ely use 3or survival. The
    artist is the %an in any 3iel&, scienti3ic or hu%anistic, #ho !ras+s the i%+lications o3 his
    actions an& o3 ne# kno#le&!e in his o#n ti%e. 0e is the %an o3 inte!ral a#areness.2
    $aulin! #as >ust such an artist, an& #e are >ust such 2+ercusse& victi%s,2 u+ to our ol&
    tricks. 6 3e# years 1ack, so%e suit 3ro% the "ational ,nstitute o3 0ealth ca%e on the Mc1eil-
    'ehrer 1e&s >our to %u&&y the #aters aroun& $aulin!:s #ork #ith vita%ins. 0e s+oke
    con&escen&in!ly o3 $aulin! as 2a national treasure.2 , 3elt like %akin! the tri+ to Washin!ton
    to sla+ his 3ace.
    )inus $aulin! #as 1orn in $ortlan&, re!on, on Fe1ruary (C, 1FG1, the son o3 a
    +har%acist. 0e earne& a Bachelor o3 *cience &e!ree in Che%ical ;n!ineerin! 3ro% #hat is
    no# re!on *tate /niversity in 1F((. 0e &i& his !ra&uate #ork at the Cali3ornia ,nstitute o3
    Technolo!y in $asa&ena, !ettin! his $h.D. in >ust three years 71F(<8. Then he #ent to ;uro+e
    an& stu&ie& #ith so%e o3 the %ost e%inent scientists o3 his ti%e, +articularly the Dane, "iels
    Bohr. ,n 1F(B, he returne& to the /nite& *tates an& >oine& the 3aculty o3 the Cali3ornia ,nstitute
    o3 Technolo!y, #here he re%aine& until 1F<C. ,n 1F41, at the very early a!e o3 4G, he #as
    %a&e a 3ull +ro3essor. ,n 1F4=, he #as na%e& &irector o3 the Gates an& Crellin )a1oratories
    o3 Che%istry.
    $aulin!:s scienti3ic achieve%ents - settin! asi&e, 3or the %o%ent, such 2controversial2
    %atters as his stu&ies o3 the 1ioche%istry o3 schiAo+hrenia an& his +ro%otion o3 the use o3
    hi!h &oses o3 vita%ins in %e&icine - %ake a very lon! list. 0is reco!nition o3 the i%+ortance o3
    hy&ro!en 1on&in! in +rotein structure le& to his &iscovery 7#ith -o1ert B. Corey8 that so%e
    +roteins have helical structures - the sine-"ua-non o3 Watson an& Crick:s &iscovery o3 the
    structure o3 D"6. $aulin! also +ioneere& the use o3 %o&els in the stu&y o3 +rotein structure.
    ,n the late 1F9G:s, $aulin! 1eca%e intereste& in sickle-cell ane%ia, esta1lishe& that it
    #as the result o3 a &e3ective, !ene, an& &e%onstrate& that its e33ects coul& 1e nulli3ie& 1y the
    +resence o3 oEy!en in the arterial 1loo&. 0e %a&e +u1lic, in 1F=1, a %olecular %o&el that
    eE+laine& ho# anesthesia #orke&, %a&e several contri1utions to#ar&s the un&erstan&in! o3
    the %e%ory +rocess, an&, in 1F=<, +resente& a theory o3 the ato%ic nucleus #hich ha&, in the
    cautious lan!ua!e o3 a critical revie#, 2certain a&vanta!es over other %o&els.2
    $aulin! #as incline& to +aci3is%, 1ut nevertheless #as convince& that 20itler ha& to 1e
    sto++e&.2 Durin! Worl& War ,,, he su+ervise& the &evelo+%ent o3 a variety o3 %ilitary
    technolo!y, inclu&in! ar%or-+iercin! shells an& ne# classes o3 eE+losive, 1ut &ecline& to #ork
    on the Manhattan $ro>ect, #hich %a&e the 3irst ato% 1o%1.
    When the #ar #as #on, $aulin! &evote& his +heno%enal ener!y to nuclear
    &isar%a%ent. ,n the hysterical &ays o3 *enator McCarthy an& the Col& War, his e33orts to
    +revent nuclear +roli3eration an& to encoura!e 1oth the *oviet /nion an& the /nite& *tates to
    eli%inate their ther%onuclear #ea+ons #ere re!ar&e& as treason 1y %any in the !overn%ent.
    0is +ass+ort #as #ith&ra#n.
    6n& here #e have a +er3ect eEa%+le o3 #hat Barro#s Dunha% calle& 2the +lay o3
    +olice +o#er u+on intellectual li3e.2 6s the 3ore%ost 1ioche%istS %olecular 1iolo!ist in the
    #orl&, $aulin! #as o3 course #orkin! on the structure o3 D"6. 0a& he 1een a1le to leave the
    /nite& *tates in the early 1F<Gs, he #oul& have !one to ;n!lan& to look at the Q-ray
    crystallo!ra+hic stu&ies o3 the D"6 %olecules &one 1y -osalin& Franklin at ?in!:s Colle!e,
    )on&on. 0a& he seen Franklin:s i%a!es, $aulin! #oul& very likely have hit u+on the structure
    o3 D"6 1e3ore Watson an& Crick. 76n& ha& Franklin not &ie& o3 cancer in 1F<C, a!e& (C, she
    #oul& certainly have share& the 1F=( "o1el $riAe #ith Watson, Crick, an& Maurice Wilkins.8
    By the ti%e the /nite& *tates !overn%ent relente&, ena1lin! $aulin! to travel to *tockhol% to
    receive his 3irst "o1el in 1F<9, Watson an& Crick ha& alrea&y +u1lishe& their %o&el - #hich
    +rove& to 1e correct - an& #ere 1usy consoli&atin! their +osition.
    /n&eterre&, $aulin! continue& to #ork a!ainst nuclear #ea+ons, #hich he sai& %a&e
    #ar o1solete. ,n 1F<C, he #rote an& +u1lishe& 1o More )arD, then launche& into a #orl&-
    #i&e ca%+ai!n to halt at%os+heric testin! o3 nuclear #ea+ons. 0e +re+are& a +etition an&
    collecte& the si!natures o3 so%e 11,GGG scientists aroun& the #orl&, then +resente& the
    +etition to the /nite& "ations. 0e #as certainly the &rivin! 3orce 1ehin& the lan&%ark Treaty
    to Ban 6t%os+heric Testin!, #hich $resi&ent ?enne&y an& $re%ier ?hrushchev si!ne& in
    1F=4. When, that sa%e year, $aulin! #as a#ar&e& the "o1el
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    $eace $riAe 3or 1F=(, lar!ely 3or his #ork in su++ort o3 the treaty, %any 6%erican ne#s+a+ers
    took the line that the "o1el co%%ittee ha& o33ere& a &eli1erate 2insult2 to the /nite& *tates.
    *o it !oes.
    6lthou!h , 3eel it as a searin! +ersonal loss, )inus $aulin!:s &eath &i%inishes us all.
    0e #as a %ahat%a 7!reat soul8 i3 ever there #as one. With that voice an& that %in& an& that
    ener!y #ith&ra#n 3ro% the 3i!ht, our chances 3or survival see% 1leaker than ever.
    6s a scientist, his +eers are "e#ton, Dar#in, ;instein - that is, he ranks a%on! the
    han&3ul o3 !reatest scientists o3 all ti%e. 0is last !reat #ork, on the ori!in an& treat%ent o3
    heart &isease, #oul& +ro1a1ly have !ot hi% a thir& "o1el i3 he ha& ha& another (G years o3
    li3e to #ait #hile the rest o3 the scienti3ic 2co%%unity2 cau!ht u+ #ith its i%+ortance.
    0e ha& a lon! run. 0is =B years o3 service to science an& hu%anity even inclu&e& a 3our-
    year so>ourn in *anta Bar1ara, as a sta33 %e%1er o3 the Center 3or the *tu&y o3 De%ocratic
    ,nstitutions at /C*B. 63ter he resi!ne& 3ro% Cal Tech, he ca%e here to continue his #ork 3or
    +eace. T#o or three years into it, he 1e!an to re3er to %any o3 his collea!ues at the Center as
    2#in&1a!s2 7ri!ht on, as usual8 an& so he #ent to take u+ a +osition on the che%istry 3aculty
    o3 /C *an Die!o. There, he #as harasse& 1y the Boar& o3 -e!ents, le& 1y Governor
    -ea!an, an& he resi!ne& in 1F=F to %ove to *tan3or&. When he le3t *tan3or&, in 1FB9, it #as
    to 3oun& the )inus $aulin! ,nstitute o3 *cience an& Me&icine, in Menlo $ark.
    )inus $aulin! is &ea&, 1ut he &i& not leave us alto!ether on our o#n. There is still the
    institute. , can:t think o3 a 1etter #ay to honor hi% than to &rink hi% a toast in Iita%in C 7at
    least <,GGG %illi!ra%s8 an& sen& a check to: )inus $aulin! ,nstitute o3 *cience an& Me&icine,
    99G $a!e Mill -oa&, $alo 6lto, C6 F94G=8

    73ro% The 2ndependent, CS(<SF98
    ''''''''''''''''
    4RO2 01TT1RS TO A 4RI1ND
    - W. ;%%ett *%all
    Con>%ering t&e Se!$ .
    ... Des, , 1elieve in the 3or!ettin! o3 the lo#er nature, or, shall #e say, treatin! it a little
    cavalierly. May1e it is 1etter to say, treat it as a chil&. Dou can:t i!nore a chil& 7in 3act it takes a
    lot o3 attention8, 1ut your reactions to a chil& are &i33erent 3ro% those to an a&ult. Dou &on:t !et
    Huite so e%otionally involve&; an& 3ro% your +innacle o3 a&ulthoo& you are a1le to look &o#n
    a little con&escen&in!ly, or at least un&erstan&in!ly. That is not Huite the ri!ht #or&, 1ut you
    have the 3eelin! that you:ve 1een throu!h it yoursel3 to so%e &e!ree, an& that the chil& %ust
    &o the sa%e - in his o#n #ay - an& that you:& 1etter not !et too het u+ a1out it: it #ill all #ork
    out in ti%e; yet you #ant to hel+, to lea&, to !ui&e - i3 you can. *o #ith your lesser selves,
    #hat #e rather cru&ely call our lo#er nature. These +arts o3 us are our chil&ren; yet they have
    a line o3 evolution all their o#n, an& 1y hook or crook they are !oin! to a&vance on the lon!
    +il!ri%a!e. We can hel+ an& !ui&e an& lea&, 1ut to #hat eEtent shoul& #e i&enti3y ourselves
    #ith #hat in a sense is less than our to&ay-selves. 6s the #isest teachers su!!est, #e shoul&
    seek to 3or!et the lo#er.
    ,t co%es &o#n, in the lon! run, to takin! onesel3 in han& an& a&vancin! on the $ath.
    When one consciously tries to &o this, as you kno# 3ro% eE+erience, you have #histle& at the
    %ountain +eaks, an& avalanches 1e!in to 3all. But even i3 you shoul& 3ail, such 3ailure shoul&
    not 1e consi&ere& as 3ailure. Dou have &are& an& you have 1een te%+orarily knocke& out o3
    the 3i!ht 3or a #hile, 1ut you #ill recover an& #ill have, as 1ack-%e%ory to hel+ you in a 3uture
    li3e, the store& kno#le&!e o3 the +ast #hich #ill !ive you a&&e& stren!th an& #is&o%. The
    su1tle &istinction 1et#een the $ratyeka +ath an& the +ath o3 the Bu&&ha o3 Co%+assion in
    this re!ar& is all-i%+ortant. , 3eel in %y 1ones #e set in %otion those currents #hich have
    alrea&y &eci&e& this 3or us. , &on:t #ant to soun& 3atalistic in this sense; 1ut , have a hunch 7,
    coul& 1e #ron!8 that a!es a!o #e chose as unsel3conscious !o&s, an& that #e are no#
    #orkin! out the e33ects o3 that choice 71y %akin! ne# choices, o3 course8. $ossi1ly G. &e $.
    #oul& say this is #ron!, an& that at 6"D %o%ent you can choose the unsel3ish s+iritual
    --- =
    +ath. 6s &ear ol& Charlie -yan use& to say, 2,t:s a &i33icult +oint2P ,n other #or&s, , think
    MT,I; is all 7>ust as *hakes+eare sai& that -i+eness is all8. We can stu%1le an& %ake
    %istakes an& !et hurt, an& 3eel ne!lecte&, an& unha++y, an& even hurt others un%eanin!ly,
    1ut i3 our %otive is +ure an& #e are rea&y to sacri3ice everythin! to sustainin! an&
    stren!thenin! an& +reservin! that %otive, #e shall inevita1ly 3in& ourselves trea&in! the -i!ht
    $ath. For -i!ht Motive #ill 1rin! !ro#in! #is&o%, an& #is&o% 1rin!s li!ht, an& li!ht reveals
    ever increasin! &istances alon! the $ath.
    *o you see , a!ree #ith you #hen you say that your #ork has stirre& u+ in you %ore an&
    %ore o3 the caul&ron o3 your *el3 , so that in the 1u11lin! an& 1oilin! +rocess you #ill no
    &ou1t 1eco%e +iercin!ly a#are o3 the contents o3 the caul&ron. 0ere is #here the Taliesin in
    you, the all-kno#in! Bar& #ho is you, #ill 1e a1le eventually to eEtract the three &ro+s o3
    Wis&o% #hich #ill !ive hi% the vision an& the stren!th an& the #is&o% to carry on #ell. ,
    o3ten think that true #is&o%, or, +erha+s 1etter, true reverence, is +lacin! a 1ein! #here he
    1elon!s on the )a&&er o3 )i3e. 6n& on that )a&&er o3 )i3e our several selves have &i33erent
    +laces, so it is a +art o3 #is&o% to 1e a1le to +lace, Huite i%+ersonally, an& #ith &ue res+ect
    an& reverence, those +arts o3 us that are less evolve&, %ore chil&-like, on the lo#er run!s o3
    the cos%ic scale #here they 1elon!, an& ri!htly +lace the hi!her +arts o3 ourselves #here
    they too are native.
    This you kno#, 1ut, like a chat to!ether, , a% %erely eE+ressin! #hat , #oul& #ere you
    sittin! #ith %e, an& hal3 such conversation is, in truth, sayin! #hat the other 3ello# alrea&y
    kno#s 1ut yet likes to hear +erha+s, an& in hearin! %ay so%eti%es !et another slant or vie#
    on thin!s, or, %ore i%+ortant, realiAe %ore 3ully that he un&erstan&s so%ethin! o3 your o#n
    +ro1le% an& #hat you have reco!niAe& as the !reat challen!e in li3e.
    , al#ays lau!h #hen , re%e%1er Dr. ;&!eD sayin! so%ethin! to this e33ect: 2When ,
    >oine& the T.*. , thou!ht ,:& never 1eco%e a Mahat%a; no# ,:% a3rai& , #illP2 This is shot 3ull
    #ith hu%or an& +hiloso+hy. Certainly , 3eel #ith you that i3 #e kne# the #hole truth o3 this
    1usiness o3 conHuerin! the sel3, #e #oul& !ive u+: it #oul& see% an i%+ossi1le task. But,
    then, all #orth#hile tasks see% i%+ossi1le in the a3ter-li!ht #hich reveals so%ethin! o3 #hat
    they really are an& #hich, i3 #e ha& kno#n at 3irst, #oul& have co%+letely &eterre& us 3ro%
    tacklin! the >o1. , &on:t i%a!ine #e:& even !et 1orn at all i3 #e kne# #hat #as a#aitin! us -
    yet here #e areP ...
    7Theosophia+ Fall :=<8

    D 70enry Travers ;&!e, a +ersonal +u+il o3 0.$. Blavatsky.8
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    D1STRO6ING D10USION
    9"#&8s 4%g%e in A 2inor5 An Inter,ret"tion
    - ?enneth Morris
    6t one ti%e there #as an 6!e o3 ,ce so universal that even the ?in!&o% o3 the
    "ayvoythe #as 3roAen; an& all the Mi!hty *+irits that inha1ite& it #ere lost to the universe;
    an& no &o%inion #as eEercise& any#here 1ut 1y the sorcerous $rinces o3 ,33airn, an& 1y
    Merlin Drui& in a -ose-!ar&en he ha& in the nei!h1orhoo& o3 Ca+ricorn. ,t #as as %uch as
    Merlin coul& &o to kee+ that !ar&en sa3e; 3or the ,33airnion, unrestraine& 1y their ancient
    ene%ies o3 the "ayvoythe, #ere turnin! the !alaEies to their o#n evil account; an& they ha&
    the entry every#here 1ut there.
    Merlin #as trou1le& 1y this. 0e sat 1eneath his oak-tree in the east o3 the !ar&en,
    co!itatin! an& consi&erin! #hether ho+e 3or the #orl&s %i!ht 1e 3oun&, an& #here. The oak
    s+rea& &ee+ sha&o# all aroun& hi%; an& out o3 it he looke& 3orth over the !ol&en su%%er o3
    his roses in 1loo%; an& seven eternities he #as thus sittin! there in %e&itation. Then he
    3oun& the kno#le&!e he ha& 1een seekin!.
    0e took his #an& o3 haAel#oo&, an& sai& three +oe%s over the ru1y in the en& o3 it until
    it shone as i3 a ne# rose-re& star ha& 1een a&&e& to the riches o3 Ca+ricorn. Then he #ent
    out a%on! the roses that !lo#e& an& !re# !lorious as he neare&; an& +asse& alon! the
    innu%era1le ro#s o3 the% an& 1y the lea!ues o3 their o+ulent ten&erness; an& in +assin!
    touche& every 1loo% #ith the ru1y. They #ilte& as he touche& the%; the +etals cru%+le& an&
    3ell; it #as as i3 he ha& no &esire 1ut to lay the !ar&en to #aste. But the truth #as that no rose
    &ie& #ithout the soul o3 it lea+in! into the air an& takin! #in!s o3 rosish loveliness; an& they
    3ollo#e& hi% in an ever !ro#in! scintillant clou&. There #ere trillions an& Huintillions o3 the%
    1e3ore he ha& &one.
    0e stoo& in the %i&st o3 this clou& an& !ave the% his instructions. 2"o rose #ithout a
    thorn.2 sai& he: 2that is the sayin!. 6re your thorns #ith you 3or s#or&s, %y little ones.2
    The noise o3 their #in!s s+oke 3or the%. 26s i3 #e #ere honey-%erchants+ our s#or&s
    are #ith us,2 they sai&; an& 3lashe& out tiny #ea+ons 3or hi% to see. Bees they %eant 1y their
    honey-merchants. The air !li%%ere& #ith the% as they &arte& u+ an& &o#n, hither an&
    yon&er, 1ack an& 3orth, #ith their little vi1rant #in!s o3 li!ht, cri%son or scarlet, yello# or
    oran!e, sno#-#hite or crea%-#hite, or +ink; an& they 3ille& the %ornin! #ith richer 3ra!rance
    than ever #hen they #ere i%1o&ie& in the 1loo%s.
    0e raise& his #an& a1ove his hea&, an& #hirle& it thrice, sayin! +oetry; an& they rose
    sky#ar& %ore s#i3tly than hu%%in!1ir&s &artin!: an& the %ur%ur o3 their #in!s &ie& a#ay
    soon, an& the !lintin! 1eauty o3 the% 3a&e&.
    0e #as alone then in the ruine& !ar&en; #here all the leaves ha& shrivele& on the
    1ushes #ith his +oe%-sayin!, an& the stalks !one 1lack an& 1rittle. With 1o#e& hea& he
    %a&e his #ay 1ack to the oak throu!h the 1lin&in! rain; an& sat there sorro#in!; 3or he kne#
    that no#, 1ut 3or that 3lock o3 -ose-s+irits #an&erin! in s+ace, there #as no 1eauty any#here;
    an& that very likely he #oul& not 1e a1le to hol& the &ea& !ar&en a!ainst the ,33airnion, i3 they
    shoul& &esire to attack it; 1ecause its %ain &e3ense ha& 1een the 1eauty o3 the roses. The
    rain &rove &o#n an& &o#n on it. . . .
    But 3ar u+ 1eyon& the rain the -ose-s+irits %ounte& in their vast clou&, circlin! an&
    inter-#eavin! their hues, an& shi3tin! an& &ancin!; %ountin! al#ays until they ca%e to the
    shinin! 1lue roo3 o3 the universe, #hich on the other si&e is the shinin! 1lue 3loor o3 the
    "ayvoythe. Billions o3 the% &ashe& a!ainst it an& 3ell 1ack a little; the 3reeAin! i%+act rouse&
    the an!er in the% - these #ere the -e&--ose *+irits; an& as soon as one #as an!ry, the
    #hole clou&, o3 every color, #as 3ierce an& 1itterly an!ry too.
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    They #ere on the ver!e no# o3 the a!e-ol& ice o3 the "ayvoythe; an& the col&ness
    %ulti+lie& their in&i!nation; an& Merlin:s #an& ha& %a&e it their nature to ascen&; an& it #as
    terri1le to the% not to 1e ascen&in!; terri1le that there shoul& 1e this 1arrier a!ainst their
    ascent. With their nature thus &enie&, #hat 1ut &estruction coul& overtake the%.
    But #is&o% #as 1orn in their %i&st; an& they kne# there #oul& 1e a s+ot in the roo3 o3
    the universe #here the 1lue &arkene& an& !re# intense; an& that that s+ot coul& 1e 1roken
    throu!h #ith their s#or&s, that coul& not so %uch as scratch the 1lueness here. ,nstantly the
    clou& %elte&; 3ar an& #i&e they s+rea& the%selves 1eneath the roo3 searchin!; here the re&
    -ose-s+irits over a!ainst 6ntares in the *cor+ion; there the #hite eE+lorin! the *e+tentrions;
    the +ink an& yello# an& oran!e in ;n!onasin an& +hiuchus an& the +urlieus o3 Ca+ella: the
    noise o3 their #in!lets a cry o3 ra!e, a roar o3 3ierce &eter%ination. 6n& then at last >oy ca%e
    into the #in!-soun& #here the silver-+ink -ose-s+irits sou!ht; an& all the %illions 3locke&
    thither; 3or they kne# the &ark-1lue s+ot #as 3oun&.
    6n& there their #ill availe& the%; there their s#or&s coul& +ierce the Crystalline. The
    +o#&er o3 it 1e!an 3allin!; like crystals o3 co++eras it 1e!an cru%1lin! to their attack; it #as
    not a thousan& years 1e3ore they ha& %a&e a hole in it a %ouse %i!ht +ass throu!h; an&
    then, since siAe is o3 no %o%ent to s+irits, they #ent +ourin! throu!h into the "ayvoythe.
    The col& o3 it %ulti+lie& their 3erocity a %illion3ol&. They s+rea& the%selves throu!h the
    vast o3 it in a clou& contractin! an& eE+an&in!, a screa% o3 ra!e 3ro% their #in!s. 26h, 1ehol&
    the ne that +ersecuteth usP2 they crie&.
    ,t #as a 3i!ure o3 ice that sat enthrone& there in the %i&st o3 a &ea& an& &aAAlin!
    #orl&. ,ts stature #as %ore lo3ty than the 3ire-%ountains o3 Iin&e%iatriE; its hea& 1o#e& &o#n
    out o3 the 1lue re%oteness; sa&&er than !rie3; %ore %a>estic than %a>esty. -e>oicin! that
    Merlin their Master ha& !iven the% #ea+ons, they rose u+ a!ainst the Fi!ure o3 ,ce an&
    li!hte& on it every#here, thrustin! their thorn-s#or&s into it; an& as they thrust they &ie&.
    Billions an& Huintillions thrust an& &ie&; 1ut #here they thrust ca%e sentience slo#ly.
    They stun! the eyes o3 ice, into #hich ca%e in&e3ina1le !li%%erin!s o3 +ain, an& then the
    1e!innin!s o3 vision. 2What is this.2 #his+ere& the ?in! o3 the "ayvoythe, as his ice-&rea%
    &ie& in hi%; 2ice , have 1een, it see%s; until this +ain-#ar%th stole in on %e.2
    Then ca%e the silver-+ink -ose-s+irits last o3 all, an& thrust in their stin!s an& &ie&.
    2What is this.2 sai& the ?in! o3 the "ayvoythe, s#ayin! an& tre%1lin!, an& risin! to his 3eet
    an& scatterin! the rose-+etals; his eyes no# 1eco%in! a 1urnin! %arvelous 3ire.
    2By %y kin!&o%, , see #hat it is,2 he shoute&. For there 1elo# hi%, all +lain to his
    vision, lay the universe in #hich the ,33airnion riote&; an& there #as the -ose-!ar&en o3 Merlin
    Drui&, all lai& &esolate, an& the hosts o3 the ,33airnion enca%+e& in it; an& there Merlin Drui&
    hi%sel3 in their han&s, an& the s#or& li3te& to &estroy hi%, i3 &estroye& he %i!ht 1e.
    2, see #hat it is,2 sai& the ?in! o3 the "ayvoythe; an& at once the #ar-horn #as at his
    li+s, an& the !ran& >ai atton o3 the "ayvoythe 1ello#in! 3orth 3ro% the 3ol&s an& #in&in!s o3
    it; #hereat the ice #as shaken 3ro% the !litterin! %ountains an& +innacles o3 the "ayvoythe,
    an& they lea+e& u+ #in!e& an& shinin! #arriors in their 1illions; an& #ent 3or#ar& 3ollo#in!
    their lor&: the !ran& invinci1le array o3 the%, 3la%e-s#or&e& an& ra&iant, ca%e &o#n
    --- F
    the a1yss o3 s+ace like the roarin! #ater3all over the +reci+ice; an& ha& &riven out ne3arious
    ,33airn 3ro% the -ose-!ar&en 1e3ore ever the s#or& li3te& a!ainst Merlin %i!ht 3all.
    6n& the ?in! o3 the "ayvoythe e%1race& Merlin his 1rother; an& the rose-+etals he
    shook out 3ro% his ro1e 1eca%e rose-trees in 1loo% in the !ar&en 1e3ore lon!.
    But the host #ent 3orth a!ain #hen the !ar&en #as save&; an& s#e+t ten constellations
    o3 the ,33airnion 1e3ore noon; an& thus the War o3 ;ternity #as rene#e&.
    7Fro% Theosophical 7ath, 9S(F an& Tor Books: 3orthco%in! The 3ra#on 7ath,
    e&ite& 1y Dou!las 6. 6n&erson8
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    NATI71 A21RICANS HA71 :NOWN AND 910I171D IN
    R1INCARNATION 4RO2 TI21 I2212ORIA0
    - Blair Mo33ett
    T&e I/e" o$ Rein#"rn"tion

    2The Juechuas, #ho in %any o3 their institutions, 1elie3s an& custo%s, o33er +oints o3
    contact #ith the +eo+les o3 the ancient ;ast, 1elieve& in the reincarnation o3 the soul. ...,n
    ancient $eru, #here the 1elie3s, custo%s an& social &ivisions o33er si%ilarities #ith ol& ;!y+t,
    China an& ,n&ia, it is not unusual to 3in& this i&ea, one co%%on a%on! all the +eo+le o3
    antiHuity, even the 5e#s an& +ri%itive Christians the%selves. The *econ& Council o3
    Constantino+le 7<<4 6.D.8 re!ar&e& reincarnation as a heretical notion an& 3ou!ht a!ainst it.
    But one can cite the testi%ony o3 ri!en, *aint 5ero%e, *aint Martin, *aint Cle%ent o3
    6leEan&ria, an& other Church Fathers #ho, inter+retin! the !os+els, attri1ute& this teachin! to
    5esus hi%sel3. ...The ,ncas 1elieve& in reincarnation, this is certain. 6n& i3 in its &etails their
    i&ea see%s so%e#hat va!ue to us, this is 1ecause the *+anish chroniclers, 1lin&e& 1y
    3anaticis%, !ave it no i%+ortance an& &is&aine& it, re3errin! to it only su%%arily, an& hol&in! it
    to 1e a thin! o3 2heathen2 +eo+le not yet touche& 1y the sha3t o3 li!ht o3 &ivine #is&o%.
    Des+ite all that, the Juechuas, a1ove an& 1eyon& the cree& o3 their conHuerors, >oine& han&s
    #ith the ol&est an& %ost +ro3oun& reli!ious teachin!s kno#n to hu%an history: those o3 ,n&ia
    an& ;!y+t.2 7Estudios 2ncaicos+ 1y ;rnesto Morales, Mercatali $ress, Buenos 6ires, 1F(F;
    3ro% Cha+ter 48
    2T0; M6,@; GD ," 6-C06;)GD ... 6"D F T0; $-;*;"T-D6D M6D6.
    ...Bet#een the +yra%i& that serves as +e&estal 3or the i%a!e an& the %oun& o3 earth that
    +rotects the %aiAe s+rout there is a 3or%al an& conce+tual analo!y... The connection 1et#een
    a!riculture an& eschatolo!y has alrea&y 1een %entione&. )in!uistically this is eE+resse& 1y
    use o3 the sa%e ter% - +%&r - to &esi!nate the 3uneral %oun&, the +yra%i& an& the s%all
    %oun& o3 earth +rotectin! the %aiAe. The eE+lanation lies in the native conce+t >ust re3erre&
    to that the interre& cor+se like the %aiAe see& un&er!oes the sa%e +rocess o3 &isinte!ration
    to trans3or% itsel3 into a ne# 1ein!, an& that the sta!es o3 li3e, &eath an& re1irth o3 the %aiAe
    are co%+ara1le to those o3 &ivine or hu%an 1ein!s. ...The sy%1olic analo!y that the Chorti
    el&ers 1elieve to eEist
    --- 1G
    1et#een the +yra%i&-altar, the !ro#in! %oun& containin! the U%aiAeV see&, an& the 3unerary
    %oun& #hose &e+th contains the 1o&y is &e%onstrate& s+ectacularly 1y the secret to%1 o3
    the Te%+le o3 ,nscri+tions at $alenHue Uclassical Maya +yra%i&-te%+le in southern MeEicoV.
    This to%1 is locate& in the 1ase o3 the +yra%i& t#o %eters 1elo# !roun& level. The %a>estic
    +yra%i&al %onu%ent rises u+ over the se+ulcher. Fro% the to%1 1elo# a scul+ture& ser+ent
    rises to the cry+t. This ser+ent-like cor& or +sycho&uct 7,si#o/%#to8, to e%+loy the ter% use&
    1y 6l1erto -uA )hullier UMeEican archaeolo!ist #ho &iscovere& an& eEcavate& this to%1V,
    #hich esta1lishes a co%%unication 1et#een the to%1 an& the u++er +art o3 the +yra%i&, the
    i%a!e o3 heaven, illustrates a conce+t si%ilar to one hel& 1y the +resent-&ay Maya #hich
    re!ar&s the s+irit o3 the &ea& - or o3 the %aiAe - as linke& to heaven, 3ro% #hence it co%es
    an& #hither it #ill !o.
    2,n &escri1in! the relie3s on the si&es o3 the sarco+ha!us, -uA )hullier %akes the
    3ollo#in! state%ent:
    2:The re+resentation o3 in&ivi&uals that 1reak out o3 the earth, to!ether #ith various +lants,
    su++orts our inter+retation o3 the +rinci+al %oti3 o3 the se+ulchral stone in the sense that the
    vital cycle o3 the +lants 7+rinci+ally o3 %aiAe, sy%1oliAe& 1y the cross8, is associate& in the
    reli!ious 1elie3s o3 the Mayas #ith the resurrection an& i%%ortality o3 Man.:
    2*uch an o+inion a!rees #ith the thou!ht o3 the +resent-&ay Maya #ho hol& that the
    %aiAe, like hu%an 1ein!s 7an& the !o&s8, +asses throu!h the sa%e +rocess o3 trans3or%ation
    #hich cul%inates in its re1irth in a ne# 3or%.2 7'os Maya, 1y -a+hael Girar&, )i1ro MeE,
    ;&itores, MeEico City, 1F==, Cha+ter <8.
    2The Guarani Ua %a>or !rou+ o3 "ative 6%erican +eo+les livin! in the 3orests an& rural
    areas o3 northern $ara!uay an& southern BraAilV has his eyes 3iEe& on the #orl& a1ove an&
    1eyon& the earth #hich he senses. 0is li3e, see%in!ly +asse& in in&olence an& routine, is
    intense, rich, 3ille& #ith %ystical 3eelin!s: 3or hi% Man is the link 1et#een the earth an& the
    #orl& o3 the !o&s, an& he has #ithin his reach the %eans that #ill unite the%.
    2The Guarani +rays. 0is +rayer is son!, &ance, %usic. These li1erate %an 3ro% his
    li%itations an& elevate an& illu%ine hi%. -eal li3e 1e!ins #hen 1oth #orl&s co%e to!ether in
    his inner, +ersonal eE+erience. ...6%on! the Guarani !rou+s that acce+t reincarnation it is the
    +hysician-&iviner #ho &eter%ines #hose #as the s+irit that no# in3or%s the ne#-1orn
    chil&. ...,n those !rou+s #ho a33ir% reincarnation it is acce+te& that the &ecease& +erson can
    co%%unicate its 3uture a++earance in a chil& 7an& that8 #hen a %an:s &eath +ro&uces !reat
    sa&ness a%on! his relatives or #hen that %an &ies havin! a !reat un3ul3ille& #ish, the !o&s
    return hi% ane# to the earth.2 7The 'iterature of the .uarani, 1y 6l3re&o )o+eA 6ustin an&
    )eon Ca&o!an, ;&itorial 5oaHuin MortiA, MeEico City, 1FBC, 3ro% the ,ntro&uction8.
    2et",s'#&osis
    2These various a1o&es Uthe +lural heaven-#orl&s an& un&er#orl&s o3 native 6%erican
    s+iritual +hiloso+hiesV to #hich the incor+oreal %an took 3li!ht #ere not al#ays his everlastin!
    ho%e. ,t #ill 1e re%e%1ere& that #here a +lurality o3 souls #as 1elieve&, one o3 these, soon
    a3ter &eath, entere& another 1o&y to reco%%ence li3e on earth. ...This see%in!ly
    eEtraor&inary &octrine Uo3 reincarnationV, #hich so%e have asserte& #as entirely unkno#n
    an& i%+ossi1le to the 6%erican ,n&ians, #as in 3act one o3 their %ost &ee+ly-roote& an& #i&e-
    s+rea& convictions, es+ecially a%on! the tri1es o3 the eastern /nite& *tates. ,t is in&issolu1ly
    connecte& #ith their hi!hest theories o3 a 3uture li3e, their 1urial cere%onies, an& their %o&es
    o3 eE+ression. The Moravian Brethren !ive the !roun&s o3 this 1elie3 #ith !reat clearness:
    That they hol& the soul to 1e i%%ortal, an& +erha+s think the 1o&y #ill rise a!ain, they !ive
    not unclearly to un&erstan& #hen they say, :We ,n&ians shall not 3orever &ie; even the !rains
    o3 corn #e +ut un&er the earth !ro# u+ an& 1eco%e livin! thin!s. They conceive that #hen
    the soul has 1een a #hile #ith Go&, it can, i3 it chooses, return to earth an& 1e 1orn a!ain.:
    This is the hi!hest an& ty+ical cree& o3 the a1ori!ine.2 @Myths of the 1e& )orld, The
    %ymbolism and Mytholo#y of the 2ndians of the Americas+ 1y Daniel G. Brinton, M.D.;
    ori!inally +u1lishe& in 1C=C; Multi%e&ia $u1lishin! Cor+., Blauvelt, ".D., 1FB=; 3ro% Cha+ter
    ,Q, The %oul and 2ts 3estiny$
    ,n the course o3 a +u1lic lecture !iven in $rescott, 6riAona, in Fe1ruary, 1FC4, atten&e&
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    1y this re+orter, the lecturer, *un Bear, a Chi++e#a %e&icine %an then the %e&icine chie3 o3
    the Bear Tri1e, in res+onse to a Huestion 3ro% the 3loor as to #hether "ative 6%ericans
    1elieve in reincarnation, *un Bear res+on&e& 1y a33ir%in! that +ractically every "ative
    6%erican +eo+le has an& %aintains so%e 3or% o3 1elie3 in hu%an re1irth.
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    @/ur Thou#hts$$$ cont?d from p$ JA
    #e have evi&ence that t#o convulsions have occurre&, one concernin! a 3loo& an& the other
    %ore ra&ical, #hich cause& the &eath o3 s+ecies, a chan!e in the +osition o3 the sun an&
    !eolo!ical alterations.
    There are +assa!es in ancient literature #hich are interestin!. ,n the 5rahma ,ai*arta
    7urana an& the CrishnaBanma Chanda is the story o3 the %essen!er o3 Iishnu #ho ca%e to
    ,n&ra at the reHuest o3 Iisvakar%an, havin! 1een eEhauste& 1y ,n&ras: continuous +alatial
    1uil&in! &e%an&s. The %essen!er sai&, 2h ?in!, thy +alace shall 1e the no1lest o3 all, it
    shall 1e the no1lest o3 all the +alaces #hich the ,n&ras 1e3ore thysel3 sou!ht to 1uil&.2 ,n&ra
    1eca%e uneasy. 2Dost thou say there #ere other ,n&ras, other Iisvakar%ans 1e3ore
    ourselves, other +alaces 1e3ore %ine.2 :Des in&ee& , have seen the%. Moreover , have seen
    the #orl& arise an& vanish, arise an& vanish a!ain, like a tortoise shell co%in! out o3 the
    in3inite ocean an& sinkin! 1ack. , #as +resent at the &a#n an& t#ili!ht o3 cycles, +ast countin!
    in their nu%1ers,2... etc. ,n the 5oo of Enoch+ 2in those &ays "oah sa# that the earth
    1eca%e incline& an& &estruction a++roache&2. 7+. BC8 This +assa!e is 3ollo#e& 1y a re3erence
    to the &estruction o3 the %a!icians #hich is un&ou1te&ly concerne& #ith Ba1ylon an&
    Chal&ean %a!ic.
    Most o3 us kno# o3 the +re&ictions o3 ;&!ar Cayce in !eneral ter%s at least... a +ortion
    o3 southern Cali3ornia to su1%er!e, "e# Dork to have a serious Huake an& su1%er!ence, an
    inlan& sea as 3ar as "e1raska, the re-e%er!ence o3 lan& o33 Terra &el Fue!o, an& in the
    6tlantic, +lus a so-calle& shi3tin! o3 the +oles. 6ll this 1e3ore the %i&&le o3 the neEt century. ,t
    shoul& 1e a++arent that a shi3t o3 the +oles, that is, 3or the an!le o3 rotation to chan!e 3ro% (4
    X &e!rees to so%e other an!le, #oul& reHuire the entire %ass o3 the earth to 1e %ove&, an&
    to &o this one nee&s a 3ulcru% or celestial +ry 1ar... #hich are not in evi&ence. 0o#ever, i3 #e
    conce&e that the crust o3 the earth coul& sli&e aroun& the %a>or 1ulk o3 the +lanet, it see%s a
    %ore +lausi1le theory, since the crust is only 1GG %iles thick, its %ass is co%+ara1le to an
    e!! shell. That this shell coul& sli+ aroun& the central core 3ro% ti%e to ti%e, #hile the aEis o3
    its %ass continue& to rotate at (4 X &e!rees, %ay 1e closer to the truth. Mr. 5u&!e hints that
    the earth %ay 1e hollo# an& the !reat %ass o3 the earth:s interior %ay 1e a ty+e o3 attenuate&
    %atter o3 #hich #e are co%+letely una#are. The earth:s sur3ace has kno#n at least <G north
    %a!netic +oles,
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    ran!in! 3ro% *i1eria, throu!h the $aci3ic, to Chile, then u+ the 6tlantic to #an&er near its
    +resent +osition... &urin! the +ast (G %illion years. 7*ee %$3$2, -. -o11 article8 U%ymposium
    /n >$ 7$ 5la*atsy?s %ecret 3octrine - 6vaila1le 3ro% WiAar&s Bookshel3 - ;&.V These have
    1een sho#n 1y the %a!netic si!nature in soli&i3ie& 3lo#s o3 %a!%a over that ti%e +erio&. ,n
    the %ecret 3octrine, *a%son 6rnol& Mackey is cite& sho#in! the !ra&ual inclination o3 the
    an!le o3 rotation, chan!in! 9 &e!rees 3ro% the ecli+tic #ith each +recession o3 the eHuinoEes,
    or a1out (=,GGG years. *o that it #as (B X &e!rees o3 inclination the last ti%e #e entere& the
    si!n o3 6Huarius, an& #ill 1e 1F &e!rees neEt ti%e. This %eans the chan!e o3 seasons
    1eco%es less noticea1le 3or 3uture inha1itants, 3inally 1eco%in! a vertical +ole in a1out
    1<G,GGG years, #ith eHual &ay an& ni!ht, an& continual su%%er all year. This con&ition is
    &escri1e& in the %ecret 3octrine as occurrin! in the &i% %ists o3 antiHuity. Further, rotation is
    slo#in! as the earth:s %ass increases... this &ue to the continual accu%ulation o3 the &ust o3
    s+ace at the rate o3 12 &ee+ +er century. Thus the year o3 4=G &ays #as not %any %illions o3
    years a!o, an& 4BG #ill occur in the 3uture. The earth #e like to think o3 as constant an&
    sta1le is neither. 6n eternal su%%er at the +oles is +ossi1ly #hy #e 3in& at BF &e!rees north
    latitu&e in "orthern Greenlan&, re%ains o3 ash, 1eech, +ine, #alnut, +o+lars, vines, citrus
    trees, the 3lora o3 a se%i-tro+ical cli%ate.
    6nother %etho& o3 ascertainin! the a!e o3 an i%+ortant event #as &erive& 1y M. 5ulius
    ++ert. 0e trace& the ;!y+tian Ao&iacal cycle o3 19=G years #hich en&e& in the year 14C o3
    our era, an& co%+are& it #ith the 6ssyrian lunar cycle o3 1CG< years #hich en&e& in the year
    1GF4. When trace& 1ack, these t#o cycles coinci&e& in the year 11,<9( B.C.... as i3 they #ere
    1oth insti!ate& at that ti%e. This #oul& 1e 14,<4= years a!o.
    We %ay say that there is a%+le evi&ence 3or t#o events, one =,<GG years a!o, the
    other 14,GGG years a!o. ,3 #e &ivi&e the +recessional circle o3 (=,GGG years into 3our +arts,
    >ust as #e &ivi&e the earth year, that is, #ith t#o solstices an& t#o eHuinoEes, there #ill 1e
    3our Hua&rants o3 =,<GG years. 5ust as are the solstices an& eHuinoEes si!ni3icant +oints o3
    3ocus &urin! the earth year, so they are in the +recessional cycle. These 3our +oints %ark
    2seasons2 in the &evelo+%ent o3 the +lanet an& its hu%anity. 6n event takes +lace at each o3
    the 3our +oints. We are once a!ain at one o3 those +oints. ,n the %ecret 3octrine Iol. ,,, +.
    999, an& in Echoes Iol. ,,, +. (1 .... it is state&: 2,n a little over (<,GGG years 3ro% no#, an& the
    =th su1race #ill 1e +re+arin! 3or the Bth, cataclys%s #ill then 3all u+on you, lan&s an& nations
    #ill 3all a#ay...2 Does anyone i%a!ine that the start o3 the =th su1race #ill so%eho# "T 1e
    +re+are& 3or 1y the <th... ourselves. 6re #e to 1e so%e sort o3 !ran& eEce+tion. "o. ,t %ust
    1e that as #e +re+are 3or the =th, cataclys%s %ust 1e3all us, an& our nations %ust 3all a#ay. ,t
    is a natural line o3 &e%arcation that allo#s the ne# su1race a 3resh start, a ne# 1e!innin!,
    un3ettere& 1y the +ast, >ust as #e &o not re%e%1er our 3or%er incarnations. We learn in
    theoso+hy that the +ro!ress o3 %ankin& throu!h the su1races is inti%ately connecte& #ith the
    cycles o3 the earth, an& #e kno# there are %a>or an& %inor +ralayas at the en& o3 cycles o3
    activity. We nee& not 1eco%e too concerne& a1out ourselves, as this ti%e a++roaches... Mr.
    5u&!e has so%e sa!ely #or&s in this re!ar&.
    ,n the %ecret 3octrine, Iol. ,,, +. (<4... 2occult &ata sho# that even since the ti%e o3 the
    re!ular esta1lish%ent o3 the Ao&iacal calculations in ;!y+t, the +oles have thrice 1een
    inverte&.2 For inverte& +erha+s #e can say chan!e& or turne& aroun&, or, +erha+s a very lon!
    +erio& is re3erre& to... the hun&re&s o3 thousan&s o3 years nee&e& to !ra&ually invert the
    +oles at 9 &e!rees +er (=,GGG years... , think not. ;ven ;!y+t:s history is not that lon!. ,n the
    %tanEas of 3Eyan #e 3in&: 2she, 7the ;arth8 shook the% o33 her 1ack, #henever they overran
    the %other2. 7ii-<8 , su!!est to you that since the +o+ulation o3 the #orl& has 1een 3airly
    constant at a1out 1 1illion 3or the history #e are a#are o3 , an& that since it has increase& 1y
    a 3actor o3 < in one century to over < X 1illions, #e have in 3act an& in&ee& overrun our
    %other earth #ith a !lut o3 hu%ans. Moreover, #e have %a&e a %ess o3 thin!s in the +rocess.
    ,n the %ecret 3octrine, Iol. ,,, +. <(: the co%%entary says... 2this relates to an inclination o3
    the aEis - o3 #hich there #ere several, to a conseHuent &elu!e an& chaos on earth.2 ,n the
    %ecret 3octrine+ Iol. ,,, +. 4(9 #e have... 2When the #heel runs at the usual rate, its
    eEtre%ities a!ree #ith its %i&&le circle 7eHuator8, #hen it runs slo#er an& tilts in every
    &irection, there is a !reat &istur1ance on the 3ace o3 the earth.2 7co%%entary8
    That the earth is in 3act runnin! slo#er is kno#n an& that years o3 4=G &ays an& even 4<<
    &ays once occurre& is hinte& in an article on cycles. "o# let us a&& to the evi&ence t#o
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    +ro+hecies:
    2For verily, all the #on&ers o3 our a!e are &estine& to 1eco%e 1ut the e+he%era o3 the
    century that is slo#ly a++roachin! us, 7(Gth8 #hile they re%ain 1ut the &rea%s an& o3ten the
    ni!ht%ares o3 the +resent era. 6ll this #ill surely +ass a#ay an& 1e no %ore. 6 seis%ic 1reath
    in ;!y+t %ay occur to%orro# an& the earth #ill then 2o+en her %outh2 an& s#allo# the
    #aters o3 the canal o3 *ueA, an& it #ill 1eco%e an i%+assa1le 1o!. 6 Terremotos, or #orse
    still a succussatore, as they are calle& in *outh 6%erica, %ay li3t the )on! ,slan& #ith its
    2)i1erty2 an& toss the% 1oth a hun&re& 3eet hi!h in the 1lue air, 1ut to &ro+ the% &o#n,
    coverin! their #atery !rave #ith the never-&yin! salt tears o3 the 6tlantic cean. ...an& the
    sa%e thin! threatens )utetia that #as, or $aris that is, an& our o#n British ,sles.2 70.$.
    Blavatsky, article entitle&: The Ei#hth )onder, 1CCF, 1ut +u1lishe& in 'ucifer+ Iol. ,Q, "o. <G,
    ct. 1CF1, ++. F<-FF.8
    2We are at the en& o3 a cycle - !eolo!ical an& other - an& at the 1e!innin! o3 another.
    Cataclys% is to 3ollo# cataclys%. The +ent u+ 3orces are 1urstin! out in %any Huarter; an&
    not only #ill %en 1e s#allo#e& u+ or slain 1y thousan&s, :"e#: lan& a++ear an& :ol&: su1si&e,
    volcanic eru+tions an& ti&al #aves a++al; 1ut secrets o3 an unsus+ecte& $ast, #ill 1e
    uncovere& to the &is%ay o3 Western theorists, an& the hu%iliation o3 an i%+erious science.
    This &ri3tin! shi+, i3 #atche&, %ay 1e seen to !roun& u+on the u+heave& vesti!es o3 ancient
    civiliAations, an& 3all to +ieces. We are not e%ulous o3 the +ro+het:s honours; 1ut still, let this
    stan& as a +ro+hesy.2 7T. *u11a -o# Garu, U1C<=-1CFGV8
    Can this +ro+hesy 1e 3or so%e ti%e 3ar ahea& in the co%in! centuries. Can 0.$.B.:s.
    When 0.$.B. says that these so-calle& #on&ers are to 1eco%e the e+he%era o3 the (Gth
    century, #e can eE+ect that such #on&ers are not &estine& to &aAAle us into the neEt century,
    #here, as #e re%e%1er she #rites that 2our (Gth %ay 1e the last to 1e so na%e&.2 The "e#
    r&er o3 6!es is a1out to 1e!in. 0o# %i!ht the neEt era 1e counte&. Fro% &ay ne. r
    +erha+s #ith so%e eastern in3luence +roven 1y circu%stances, %en #ill 1e incline& to start
    callin! this ne# era #hat it is... the ?ali Du!a, #hich 1e!an in 4,1G( B.C. in Fe1ruary,. ,nstea&
    o3 the year (,GGG, #e %ay count it as ?D-<,1G4... those o3 us #ho are here to see it. )astly #e
    can !ain insi!hts 3ro% the 3ollo#in! Huotes 3ro% Willia% J. 5u&!e. *eis%ic &istur1ance is the
    +hysical si!n o3 &istur1ance in the %oral, +sychic an& %ental 3iel&s...
    2That earthHuakes, 3loo&s an& !reat social chan!es #oul& !o on increasin! has 1een
    kno#n to Theoso+hists since the &ay To% $aine sa# +sychically, :a ne# or&er o3 thin!s 3or
    the hu%an race o+enin! in the a33airs o3 6%erica,: 1e3ore the revolution. 6n& ever since the
    incre%ent o3 &isaster has 1een !reat. The %otto a&o+te& 1y the %akers o3 /nion - :6 ne#
    or&er o3 a!es: - #as an echo 3ro% the real% o3 soul to the ears o3 %en on earth. ,t %arke& a
    +oint in the cycle. The recor& o3 the &isasters &urin! the years since then #oul& 1e 3oun&
    a++allin!. ,t takes in 6sia an& ;uro+e, an& #oul& sho# %illions o3 su&&en &eaths 1y violent
    earth convulsions. 0er1ert *+encer ... says in a %a!aAine article:
    2:6 nation o3 #hich the le!islators vote as they #ere 1i&, an& o3 #hich the #orkers
    surren&er their ri!hts o3 sellin! their la1ours #here they +lease has neither the i&eas nor the
    senti%ents nee&e& 3or the %aintenance o3 li1erty.... We are on the #ay 1ack to the rule o3 the
    stron! han& in the sha+e o3 the 1ureaucratic &es+otis% o3 a socialistic or!aniAation an& then
    o3 the %ilitary &es+otis% #hich %ust 3ollo# it; i3, in&ee&, so%e social crash &oes not 1rin! the
    latter u+on us %ore Huickly.:
    There is %uch unconscious +ro+hecy in #hat he says. ;arthHuakes an& &eath 3ro%
    the% are &rea&3ul, 1ut they can 1e avoi&e& #hen their +ro1a1le +lace is kno#n. But social
    earthHuakes, %oral +estilence, %ental chan!e 1elon! to %an, !o #ith hi% #here he !oes,
    an& cannot 1e avoi&e& 1y any alteration o3 +lace.2 7Echoes of the /rient, Iol. 1 , ++. 9G1-(8
    Willia% J. 5u&!e then &iscusses astrolo!ical +ro+hesy an& conclu&es #ith the 3ollo#in!:
    2Many Theoso+hists 1elieve these +ro!nostications, others &eri&e the%. The 3or%er ask
    #hat shall #e &o. "othin!. *tay #here you are, i3 you re%ove, it is %ore than likely you #ill
    run into the >a#s o3 a 1lacker 3ate. Do your &uty #here you 3in& yoursel3, an& i3 3ro% your
    !oo&ness you are a 3avourite o3 the !o&s you #ill esca+e, #hile i3 you are not their 3avourite it
    is 1etter 3or you
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    to &ie an& take another chance at 1etterin! your character. Death #ill co%e #hen it #ill, an&
    #hy shoul& #e 3ear, since it is :a necessary en&.:2 7Echoes of the /rient, Iol. ,, +. 9G1 8
    2The ;uro+eans are also 6tlantean %ona&s; 1ut the 3lo#er, so to s+eak, o3 this revival or
    resurrection, is an& is to 1e on the 6%erican continent. , #ill not say the /nite& *tates, 3or
    %ayha+, #hen the sun o3 our +o#er has risen a!ain, there %ay 1e no /nite& *tates 3or it to
    rise u+on. ...0erein lies the very !ist o3 the cycle:s %eanin!. ,t is a +re+aratory cycle #ith
    %uch o3 necessary &estruction in it; 3or, 1e3ore construction, #e %ust have so%e
    &isinte!ration.2 7Echoes of the /rient, Iol. ,,,, +. 1B 8
    25u&!in! then, 3ro% the a++earances in the a33airs o3 %en, #e can conclu&e that no#
    so%e !reat cycle is either en&in! or 1e!innin!, an& that a nu%1er o3 %inor cycles are
    a++roachin! each other.2 7Echoes of the /rient+ Iol. ,, +. 1(18
    2?ar%a o+erates to +ro&uce cataclys%s o3 nature 1y concatenation throu!h the
    %ental an& astral +lanes o3 1ein!. 6 cataclys% %ay 1e trace& to an i%%e&iate +hysical cause
    such as internal 3ire an& at%os+heric &istur1ance, 1ut these have 1een 1rou!ht on 1y the
    &istur1ance create& throu!h the &yna%ic +o#er o3 hu%an thou!ht.
    2...;!os #ho have no ?ar%ic connection #ith a +ortion o3 the !lo1e #here a
    cataclys% is co%in! on, are ke+t #ithout the latter:s o+eration in t#o #ays: 7a8 1y re+ulsion
    actin! on their inner nature, an& 718 1y 1ein! calle& an& #arne& 1y those #ho #atch the
    +ro!ress o3 the #orl&.2 7Aphorisms on Carma8
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    UThis talk +resente& 1y -ichar& -o11 at the 6nnual Meetin! o3 the T. *. in Cana&a in
    ;&%onton, 6l1erta, *e+te%1er (9, 1FF9V
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    G("-tic *( M/-tic*$ The"-"#h/, Willia% -. )au&ahn, C 1S(E11, +er3ect 1oun&, 1F4
    +a!esF 1FF9, R1G.GG7.8 +lus +ost. 6vaila1le 3ro%: 11B Taor%ina )ane, >ai, C6 F4G(4
    This is a collection o3 %ostly +reviously +u1lishe& )au&ahn essays s+annin! 3ro% 1F=G
    until the +resent. )au&ahn is +ro1a1ly uniHue a%on! theoso+hical #riters as his s+ecialty is
    %ysticis% an& &ra#in! lar!ely on the #ritin!s o3 Blavatsky an& The *ecret Doctrine as #ell as
    %o&ern Theoso+hy:s #estern "eo-+latonic 3or1earers. ,t:s !oo& %aterial an& al%ost
    !uarantee& to li3t one out o3 the %un&ane an& sti%ulate the %ystic intuition i3 anythin! can.
    0e has an unusual style or rhyth% o3 #ritin!, al%ost staccato-like o3ten, an& %ost +ara!ra+hs
    stan& on their o#n an& coul& 1e use& as a source o3 %e&itation. 0e Huotes or uses as
    eEa%+le neo-+latonists, !nostics, $ytha!oras, *+inoAa, ?rishna%urti, Blavatsky very o3ten
    an& a #i&e array o3 other +hiloso+hers an& %ystics. The result is that one 3eels he is !ettin! a
    lot o3 evi&ence 3or the eEistence o3 the %ystical real%s an& that our !reatest thinkers are in
    1asic a!ree%ent. 6 ske+tical %aterialist #oul& have to have his ske+ticis% shaken a !oo& 1it
    i3 he rea& this 1ook.
    This 1ook is one close to the %ainstrea% o3 the Theoso+hical Move%ent as it &ra#s so
    closely 3ro% the central sources, yet it is unusual in that it co%es at thin!s 3ro% a &i33erent
    an!le or 3acet o3 thin!s. For so%e reason , +ut it in the sa%e cate!ory as Miles Macal+in:s
    5oo of the 'i*in# 7$t. )o%a $u1.8 #hich uses a lot o3 uniHue analo!y an& co%es 3ro% a
    &i33erent 3acet o3 un&erstan&in! thin!s.
    The only 21ee32 ,:& have #ith this 1ook is that , think )au&ahn +lays +olitics a 1it #ith
    Theoso+hyS"eo-Theoso+hy an& es+ecially the &octrinal 2Mars-Mercury Controversy2. 0is
    attitu&e is rather cavalierly a1out the #hole area o3 the %ore concrete Theoso+hical
    +hiloso+hy an& occultis%. 0e see%s to hol& that the latter is not so i%+ortant 1ecause it is
    2not real2 relative to the %ystical real%s. The technical, %ore %un&ane teachin!s have a
    value only as %uch as our o#n, eHually 2unreal2 in&ivi&ual eEistences - #hich %ost o3 us
    #oul& think consi&era1le. -e!ar&less, in his area o3 eE+ertise, the %ost i%+ortant area
    +erha+s, this is a &arn !oo& 1ook.
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    C"u(trie-- WiAar&s Bookshel3, *an Die!o, 111 +a!es, +a+er1ack, 1FC9, R=.GG +lus +ost
    7$B ==GG, *an Die!o, C6 F(1==8
    6lthou!h this +u1lication is 1G years ol&, the value o3 the articles has not &i%inishe&
    an& it is an eEcellent i&ea sti%ulator 3or stu&y o3 Theoso+hy an& the %ecret 3octrine$ ne o3
    the chie3 values it has , think is %akin! one a#are o3 the &i33erent 3acets or an!les o3 stu&y
    an& ho# each o3 %any a++roaches coul& 3or% a li3eti%e o3 &irection o3 stu&y in itsel3. There
    #ere 3our +a+ers s+eci3ically on science, #hich ten years later %i!ht have a 3e# thin!s to a&&
    to the%, 1ut #as %ostly ne# in3or%ation to this #riter. *o%e o3 the 0istorical articles, %ost
    nota1ly 5ohn Ian Mater:s an& Dara ;klun&:s a%on! others re+resent years o3 their an& other
    +erson:s research an& conclusions. There are several articles concernin! nu%1ers an&
    nu%erolo!ical as+ects, 3ro% cycle chronolo!y to the a++earance o3 the nu%1er B in the layout
    o3 the *D. There are also articles concernin! %ytholo!y, neo-+latonis% an& Bu&&hist teEts in
    relation to the *D:s 2*tanAas o3 DAyan2.
    ;%+hasis #as %a&e in several +a+ers on the i%+ortance o3 usin! the ori!inal *D as
    o++ose& to the later #i&ely circulate& hi!hly e&ite& version +u1lishe& 1y 6&yar. 7The 6&yar
    *ocieties, to their cre&it, have re>ecte& this e&ition also an& no# +u1lish the virtually ver1ati%
    e&ition +re+are& 1y Boris &e @irko33.8 The contention is that even sli!htly &i33erent s+ellin! o3
    #or&s an& the like 72&isk2 an& 2&isc2, 3or instance8 #ere &one 3or a s+eci3ic reason 1y 0$B,
    an& shoul&n:t 1e ta%+ere& #ith. They have a stron! +oint, an& this su1tlety o3 %eanin! is the
    %iEture o3 art #ith lo!ic. , &on:t think the %a>ority o3 2hi&&en %eanin!s2 #ere &one necessarily
    on +ur+ose 1y 0$B an& the 6&e+ts she #as a %e&iator 3or, 1ut the +oint is that the natural
    3lo# o3 lan!ua!e co%es 3ro% the su1conscious conteEt o3 the entire kno#le&!e o3 the +erson
    #ho is &oin! the #ritin! an& that the #or&s chosen, etc. are a natural out+ourin! o3 this. 6
    %in&less co%+uter !ivin! %athe%atical eE+ression to an i&ea is sin!ly &i%ensional #hile the
    hu%an #riter is not. $eo+le also !o o33 the &ee+ en& on lookin! 3or hi&&en %eanin!s, such as
    in 2lo!o-!ra%%ical2 inter+retation in #hich each letter o3 a #or& is !iven a %eanin!. This, this
    #riter thinks, is >ust ri&iculous. *trictly s+eakin!, the only i%+ortant %eanin! !iven to any
    #ritin! is that consciously !iven 1y the #riter, inclu&in! sy%1olis% consciously inclu&e&. The
    rest is a synchronistic occurrence, an& an unconscious +rocess 1ase& on the 3act that
    everythin! in the universe is interrelate&. /nconscious +rocesses are la1yrinthine an&
    a1ys%al an& no one can +lu%%et the &e+th o3 it an& !et si!ni3icant %eanin! out o3 all the
    naturally occurrin! synchronicities. ,t is a runnin! in an& out o3 1lin& alleys. ,3 a concise an&
    truth3ul an& +erha+s occult +ara!ra+h is #ritten, it is +ro1a1ly synchronistically %ore likely
    than others to, say, co%e out as B lines an& BB #or&s, as B is the occult nu%1er an& the
    cos%os o+erates accor&in! to the +rinci+le o3 nu%1er. n the other han&, 0itler:s Mein
    Campf +ro1a1ly has a lot o3 B:s in it here an& there, 1ut that certainly &oesn:t %ake it a holy
    1ook.
    -e!ar&less, one coul& #rite 1ooks a& in3initu% no &ou1t, 1ase& on i&eas in this
    co%+ilation o3 lectures. ,3 one ai%s as stu&yin! Theoso+hy on a &ee+er level, this volu%e is
    #ell #orth the e33ort. 6 !oo& title 3or the 1ook #oul& have 1een the title o3 ,.M. &er1er!:s
    +a+er A .ranery of 2deas #hich also containe& a %ost %e%ora1le Huote on Blavatsky an&
    the %ecret 3octrine 3ro% Tal1ot Mun&y: 2,t is a1solutely sa3e to say that i3 all Ma&a%e
    Blavatsky:s critics, o%ittin! not one sin!le in&ivi&ual, ho#ever intelli!ent, all #orkin! to!ether
    3or the #hole o3 an avera!e li3eti%e, #ere to concentrate their ut%ost e33orts an& intelli!ence
    on the task, they coul& not 1et#een the% #rite such a %aster+iece as The %ecret 3octrine$2 ,t
    is a +ro&uction 3 ro% outsi&e the real% o3 nor%al hu%anity.
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    01TT1RS
    26 3rien& has sent %e the ... #1C 7roto#onos , like it in +art 1ecause it ackno#le&!es
    that theoso+hy is #here you 3in& it an& not only in a 3e# +laces or &irections that %ay carry
    the la1el, :theoso+hy.:2 - B.M.
    2We thou!ht the article ... >indu %criptures %pea on Abortion #as Huite !oo&. We
    have a 1FG9 co+y o3 the Central 0in&u Colle!e teEt1ook on 0in&u -eli!ion an& ;thics...
    *o%e o3 it o3 course is strictly 0in&u, 1ut %ost is a++lica1le 3or any1o&y an& really !ives you
    an a&eHuate 3ra%e#ork on #hich to 1ase your thinkin!.2 - ).5.
    2U;nclose& isV an o1ituary o3 one o3 %y heroes - $aulin!. 0e hel+e& &e%onstrate #ith
    us #hen #e #ere in his area on the *an Francisco to Mosco# $eace #alk in 1F=G-=1. .../se
    o3 crack has 3allen 1y <GW in last t#o years in ".D. City an& is 3allin! else#here 7lar!e cities8.
    0o%ici&e K suici&e rates continue to rise. ... UThe articleV on the *iouE... #as very !oo&.
    *o%eho# , ha& the% in %y %in& as a +eace lovin! tri1e... Their stron! 1elie3 an& use o3
    %a!ic #as a revelation an& a relie3 - relie3 that they #ere a1le to %ake the #hite %an 1ite his
    o#n 1ullets a 3e# ti%es 1e3ore 1ein! su++resse&.2 - 5.W.
    2..., a% a theoso+hist in this re!ion o3 the earth #ith so%e enthusiastic stu&ents
    stu&yin! un&er %e. , 7see8 theoso+hy as an or!anise& inner reli!ion #hich is 1oth +ro1le%-
    solvin! an& enli!hten%ent oriente&. Thanks to Go& 3or 1rin!in! %e 3ace to 3ace #ith 7it8 ...
    ne o3 our %a>or +ro1le%s here is ina&eHuate su++ly o3 theoso+hic %anuals, 1ooks an&
    %aterials to co+e #ith ever increasin! &e%an&s o3 our s+iritually %in&e& stu&ents...2 - -ev.
    ,saac $. korie, $B =(, k+osi k#u, haoAara )!a, 61ia *tate - ",G;-,6 7WS68
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    POINTS O4 INT1R1ST
    Doer T&ri$t 1/itions - 2Co%+lete an& una1ri&!e& e&itions o3 3iction, +oetry, &ra%a
    an& %ore. 6ll volu%es ne#ly ty+eset, stur&ily 1oun& #ith han&so%e, &ura1le la%inate&
    covers. 6ll volu%es < K 4S1=2 E C K 1S92.2 Dover +rints a1out 1GG classics o3 literature 3or
    R1.GG an& R(.GG a+iece. ,tLs a heck o3 a 1ar!ain an& !reat cre&it to Dover as o1viously the
    %a>or ai% here is not the +ro3it %otive. 3 s+ecial interest to Theoso+hists %i!ht 1e:
    5ha#a*ad#ita, trans. 1y *ir ;&#in 6rnol& 7R18; The -ubaiyat of /mar Chayyam, trans.
    ;&#ar& FitAGeral& 7R18; 1otes 4rom The 0nder#round+ Dostoevsky 7R18; The Mysterious
    %tran#er and /ther %tories, Mark T#ain 7R18; %elf--eliance and /ther Essays+ ;%erson 7R18;
    %ymposium and 7haedrus+ $lato, 5o#ett translation 7R18; The Trial an& Death o3 *ocrates,
    $lato 7R18; an& (i*il 3isobedience and /ther Essays, Thoreau 7R18. - Dover $u1lications, 41
    ;ast (n& *treet, Mineola, ".D. 11<G1 ,nclu&e R4.GG $ost K 0an&lin!.
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    6 source o3 so%e T"!(ot 2%n/' (oo)s: Books o3 )i!ht 719(4G $hilli+s Circle,
    6l+haretta, G6 4G(G18 sell the 3ollo#in! Mun&y 1ooks: 2 %ay %unrise 7B.F<8 - a non-3iction
    account in #hich Mun&y lays out his +ersonal +hiloso+hy in his later years; 5lac 'i#ht
    71G.F<8 - an occult tale in ,n&ia. "ot one o3 his 1est, 1ut !oo& rea&in!; /M+ The %ecret of
    Ahbor ,alley @J$9GA - Mun&y:s 1est. This is a s%all +ocket e&ition. $t. )o%a $u1lications sells
    a Huality +a+er1ack 3or C.GG. ,nclu&e R9.GG +ost an& han&lin!.
    ,n 1FF9 Wi3"r/s 9oo)s&e!$ 7$B ==GG, *an Die!o, C6 F(1==8 has re+u1lishe& The
    (haldean Account of .enesis, translate& 1y Geor!e *%ith, an& also 6.$. *innett:s Esoteric
    5udhism. $riceless 1ooks 3or researchers an& i3 not 3or WiAar&s, these an& %any other key
    theoso+hical 1ooks #oul& 1e co%+letely uno1taina1le or !oin! 3or RRhun&re&s at the use&
    1ook s+ecialists, as they &o no# 3or those out o3 +rint an& surely #ill years 3ro% no#.
    0art%an:s 7aracelsus is no# out o3 +rint as is *kinner:s The %ource of Measures$
    T&eoso$is#& In$or+"tie . 1n 9oe)en#entr%+ 7Molenstraat =1, (<14 B5 The
    0a!ue, "etherlan&s8 is +ro1a1ly the %ost inclusive o3 Theoso+hical +u1lishers, carryin!
    1ooks 3ro% all the Theoso+hical +u1lishers as #ell as %any other sources. ,n an ol& 0$ E$
    'ibrary (ritic listin! +er ca+ita nu%1ers o3 Theoso+hists 3or &i33erent countries, the
    "etherlan&s #as 3ar ahea& o3 other countries, as it %ust 1e still consi&erin! the a%ount o3
    activity !oin! on there. -ecently $t. )o%a $u1lications, 0ollan&, has release& in Dutch The
    )hite 5ird?s 2nn and /ther Tales+ 1ein! (9 short stories 1y ?enneth Morris, Blavatsky an&
    Willia% 5u&!e.
    JuestSTheoso+hical $u1lishin! 0ouse has release& their an& Boris &e @irko33:s t&ree
    o!%+e e/ition o$ T&e Se#ret Do#trine in +a+er1ack inclu&in! a sli+case at R9(.GG 7soon to
    1e R9F.F<8. ,nclu&e R<.<G +ost an& han&lin! 3ro%: $B (BG, Wheaton, ,llinois =G1CF
    6++arently in France the outra!e o3 so%e a!ainst the Chinese 1rutality an& geno#i/e
    "g"inst t&e Ti(et"ns is !reater than it is here in the /.*. - at least +eo+le are still +rotestin!
    an& %akin! international ne#s. ,n *e+te%1er #hen Chinese +resi&ent 5ian! @e%in #ent to
    France to &iscuss tra&e a!ree%ents #orth R4 Billion, +rotests #ere hel& in several +laces.
    $rotest an& asse%1ly la#s are %ore o++ressive in France than the /.*. an& ori!inally a rally
    #as +rohi1ite& in $aris, 1ut the +rohi1ition #as li3te& 3or a rally o3 a1out (GG. *everal #ere
    arreste& 3or un3urlin! 1anners in Marseille. 7Toledo 5lade, FS1GSF98
    ,n a national Gallu+ survey in 1FF( an& re+orte& in the recent 1ook G" *(
    M*&&"( I( A&eric* %ost o3 us &enounce sel3ishness 1ut also see %ore %aterial
    +ossessions as the roa& to ha++iness. To the Huestion 20o# serious a +ro1le% &o you think
    each o3 the 3ollo#in! is in our society.2 the 3ollo#in! +ercenta!es res+on&e& #ith 2eEtre%ely
    serious2 or 2serious2 to: 2the con&ition o3 the +oor2 - F(W; 2the 1reak&o#n o3 3a%ilies2 - F1 W;
    2sel3ishness2 - C1W; 2too %uch e%+hasis on %oney2 - B<W; an& 2%aterialis%2 - B9W. The
    sa%e +eo+le res+on&e& in +ercenta!es 2a1solutely essential2, 2very i%+ortant2, or 23airly
    i%+ortant2 to the 3ollo#in!: 2havin! a hi!h-+ayin! >o12 - CGW; 2havin! a 1eauti3ul ho%e, ne#
    car an& other nice thin!s2 - BCW; 2#earin! nice clothes2 - B<W; 2a1ility to travel 3or +leasure
    an& see interestin! thin!s2 - B(W; an& 2eatin! out at nice restaurants2 - <GW. ,s this hy+ocrisy
    or +ara&oE or 1oth. 7The 5lade, FS(9SF98
    6 *&ite $e+"!e (%$$"!o #"!$ #as 1orn recently at a 1ison 3ar% in 5anesville, Wis. This is
    a rare occurrence an& re!ar&e& as a very !oo& o%en 1y ,n&ians. 6ccor&in! to one account
    the last #hite cal3 1irth #as in the 1F4Gs. 7The 5lade, FS4SF98
    *cientists have 3oun& another use 3or so%n/. ,3 certain 3reHuencies are &irecte& at !lass
    sa%+les their stren!th can 1e increase& u+ to 3ive ti%es an& also i%+rove their o+tical Huality
    3ro% the closin! o3 %inute cracks that occurs. The !lass is coate& #ith a co%+oun&
    containin! +otassiu% an& the soun& #aves s+ee& a reaction in #hich s%all ato%s o3
    i%+urities are re+lace& 1y the lar!er +otassiu% ato%s #hich resultantly closes cracks in the
    !lass. Why soun& s+ee&s this reaction is not kno#n. ri!inally the eE+eri%ents 1e!an usin!
    an ol& stereo an& &i33erent ty+es o3 %usic 1ut #as isolate& to certain 3reHuencies. The
    eE+eri%ents are con&ucte& 1y Willia% )aCourse o3 the Glass *cience ,nstitute o3 6l3re&
    /niversity, "e# Dork. 7The 5lade, FS1FSF98
    ,n ,n&ia:s re%ote 6n&a%an ,slan&s an e!ocentric local o33icial has issue& a /e"t&
    *"rr"nt on "n e!e,&"nt 1ecause the ele+hant, #eary 3ro% haulin! lo!s, sat &o#n on a roa&
    an& 1locke& the I,$:s vehicle 3or hours. 6ni%al ri!hts activist Maneka Gan&hi, &au!hter-in-
    la# o3 ,n&ira Gan&hi, #as tryin! to !et the #arrant li3te&. 7The 5lade, 1GS1BSF98
    6.$. *innett:s 1soteri# 9%/&is+, #hich alon! #ith Blavatsky:s 2sis 0n*eiled+ is the
    1ook that really !ot the %o&ern Theoso+hical %ove%ent !oin!, has 1een re-release& this
    year 1y WiAar&:s Bookshel3 7$B ==GG, *an Die!o, C6. F(1==8.
    ;ven in our o#n 1ackyar& #e haven:t &iscovere& all the s+ecies o3 ani%als yet. Biolo!ist
    -ichar& -aesly has &iscovere& in creeks o33 the $oto%ac -iver a 3lat-hea&e& 3ish #ith the
    eyes 3acin! u+#ar&s #hich is a &istant relative o3 an& 3or%erly %istaken 3or the 2sli%y
    scul+in2. 7The 5lade+ 4S19SF48
    6ccor&in! to the ,n!ra% Book Co. o3 )aver!ne, Tenn., the #orl&:s lar!est 1ook
    &istri1utor, sales o3 reli!ious an& s+iritually-oriente& 1ooks 7such as The (elestine 7rophecy
    1y -e&3iel&, an& Embraced by the 'i#ht 1y ;a&ie8 have increase& (9FW 3ro% 5une 2F4 to
    5une :F9. 7The 5lade, FS1FSF98
    The /.*. ,rison ,o,%!"tion has to++e& 1 %illion 3or the 3irst ti%e. 23 the total, F1F,194
    #ere in state +risons an& F4,BGC in 3e&eral +risons, accor&in! to Bureau o3 5ustice *tatistics...
    The total is %ore than &ou1le the 9=(,GG( +rison +o+ulation o3 Dec. 41, 1FC9. The ne# total
    #orks out to al%ost 4CF +rison in%ates 3or each 1GG,GGG +o+ulation , !iven a /.*. +o+ulation
    o3 a1out (=G.B %illion 5une 4G. ...The +rison 3i!ures &o not inclu&e the a++roEi%ately 99G,GGG
    +eo+le in >ails, o3ten a#aitin! trial or sentence& to short ter%s.2 7The 5lade+ 1GS(CSF98
    $hysicist have yet create& another ne* e!e+ent . #110. -esearchers have 1een tryin!
    to create #11G 3or ten years an& 3inally succee&e& at 0eavy ,on -esearch Center at
    Dar%sta&t in southern Ger%any. The ele%ent #as create& 1y 1o%1ar&in! lea& ato%s #ith
    nickel ato%s in an accelerator an& eEiste& 3or only 1S1GGGth secon&. 7The 5lade, 11S1FSF98
    :1NN1TH 2ORRIS - ,n March Tor Books o3 "e# Dork #ill 1e releasin! The 3ra#on
    7ath+ (ollected Tales of Cenneth Morris. ,t is e&ite& 1y Dou!las 6. 6n&erson #ith a 91 +a!e
    intro&uction. 6n&erson &e&icates the 1ook to 6leE /rHuhart an& W. ;%%ett *%all. ,t is a
    collection o3 9G short stories o3 Morris:s, #ho /rsula ?. )eGuin ranks #ith MacDonal&,
    ;&&ison an& Tolkien as a 3antasist. 7Morris is &e3initely a su+erior #riter o3 the story #ith
    s+iritual inti%ation.8 Morris #as a lon!-ti%e %e%1er o3 the ol& $t. )o%a Theoso+hical *ociety.
    The 1ook #ill 1e in har&cover at R(4.F<, 4C9 +a!es, < E C2. Morris 1ooks are s+ora&ically in
    an& out o3 +rint, so this is a !oo& chance to !ra1 one. Currently also in +rint is (halchiuhite
    3ra#on+ availa1le 3ro% Theoso+hical /niversity $ress, $B C, $asa&ena, C6 F11GF, an&
    .olden Threads in the Tapestry of >istory, availa1le 3ro% $t. )o%a $u1lications, $B =<GB,
    *an Die!o, C6 F(1==.
    ,n the s+rin! Ec$ectic The"-"#hi-t 7$B =<GB, *an Die!o, C6 F(1==8 the article The
    7erennial 3ilemma 1y Fre& *onna1en& is a rare an& eEce+tional article that 1rin!s out a ne#
    #ay o3 thinkin! a1out solutions to +ro1le%s, at least it !ave a !oo& 2han&le2 to see thin!s 3or
    this #riter. 6n ina&eHuate 3e# sentence eE+lanation o3 his i&ea is that 3or every +ro1le% o3
    society there see%s to 1e t#o i&eally %utually eEclusive eEtre%es or &irections or solutions,
    an& that anythin! in its eEtre%e 1eco%es sel3-&estructive. 6n ans#er is not in any eEclusive
    i&ealistic +hiloso+hy, 1ut is &e+en&ent in essence on in&ivi&ual e33ort, re!ar&less o3 the
    +hiloso+hy. ne un3ortunately %islea&in! line in the article, ho#ever, is in *onna1en&:s
    re3erence to C.W. )ea&1eater as a 2&isci+le2 to the 6&e+t ?.0. in a Huote 3ro% T$0:s C$>$
    'etters to ()'. These letters see% to this #riter to 1e !enuinely a 3e# Mahat%a letters.
    0o#ever, a3ter the &eath o3 Blavatsky, #hose +resence see%in!ly !ave CW) a &irection or
    yoke& his eccentric ten&encies, he ra+i&ly &iver!e& into +ro+a!atin! his +hiloso+hy contrary
    to that o3 Blavatsky:s - an& 1eca%e a 3aile& &isci+le.
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    2The &iscovery o3 the al+ha1et #ill create 3or!et3ulness in the learner:s souls, 1ecause
    they #ill not use their %e%ories; they #ill trust to the eEternal #ritten characters an& not
    re%e%1er o3 the%selves... Dou !ive your &isci+les not truth 1ut only the se%1lance o3 truth;
    they #ill 1e heroes o3 %any thin!s, an& #ill have learne& nothin!; they #ill a++ear to 1e
    o%niscient an& #ill !enerally kno# nothin!. - *ocrates, 7haedrus
    QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
    "9ones o$ 2 Ne* Dinos"%r S,e#ies Foun& in 63rica - Bones 3ro% t#o ne# s+ecies o3
    &inosaurs, a 3leet-3oote& hunter an& a lon!-necke& !raAer, have 1een 3oun& in 63rica. They
    live& 14G %illion years a!o in a lush, tro+ical +ara&ise that is no# the *ahara Desert. The ne#
    hunter &inosaur, a1out (B 3eet lon!, #as na%e& Afro*enator abaensis+ or :63rican hunter in
    61aka,: re3errin! to the area o3 "i!er #here the 1ones #ere 3oun&. The secon& ne#ly
    &iscovere& 63rican s+ecies #as a =G-3oot-lon! +lant-eater that is still unna%e&. ,t #as a
    sauro+o&, akin to the 1rontosaurus, #ith a lon! neck an& tail an& a %assi *e body$ 2t &as so
    bi# that its thi#h bone &as si8 feet lon#$= @Toledo 5lade, 1G-(9-F98
    St"rting *&ere 'o% "re "t. 6%erica:s s%allest $u1lic )i1rary is in Back Ialley, Tenn.,
    an& has (,GGG 1ooks in a < 3oot 1y = 3oot 1y = 3oot cla+1oar& 1uil&in!. ,t #as lar!ely a sin!le
    e33ort 1y a nurse, Mrs. Byr&, #ho 1e!an collectin! 1ooks 3or the li1rary in 1F<<. Be3ore
    so%eone &onate& lu%1er 3or the 1uil&in! she ha& to #ra+ the 1ooks in oilskin to kee+ the%
    &ry in her an& hus1an&:s leaky one roo% house. The county has +ai& Mrs. Byr& a salary o3 R<
    +er %onth. The li1rary serve& the co%%unity 3or 4C years 1ut Mrs. Byr& is &ue to retire this
    year #ith the s%all li1rary closin!, havin! serve& its +ur+ose. 7Toledo 5lade, F-=-F98
    1G6PT - Workers restorin! the *+hinE have &iscovere& a tunnel 3ille& #ith rocks that
    lea&s into the 1o&y o3 the (9G 3oot lon! statue, 1ut &on:t inten& to eE+lore #here it lea&s until
    Fe1ruary. 6++arently this sa%e tunnel, &iscovere& 1y noticin! stone#ork &i33erent than the
    rest, #as &iscovere& +reviously in 1F(= #hen #orkers &u! the hu!e statue out o3 the san&, as
    a +hoto 3ro% 1F(= sho#s a %an stan&in! in the %outh o3 the tunnel. "o in3or%ation o3 #hat
    #as 3oun& is availa1le 1e3ore the tunnel #as seale& u+ a!ain. 7Toledo 5lade, 1GSCSF98
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    2...#e have #ei!htier %atters than s%all societies to think a1out; yet, the T.*. %ust
    not 1e ne!lecte&.2 ?.0. in #,I Mahatma 'etters
    2The 3act is, that to the last an& su+re%e initiation every chela ... is le3t to his o#n
    &evice an& counsel. We have to 3i!ht our o#n 1attles...2 Mahatma 'etters+ #<9
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    6ccor&in! to the Census Bureau... econo%ically the to+ (GW o3 6%erican earn 9C.(W
    o3 househol& inco%e #hile the 1otto% (GW earn 4.=W. Fro% (< years a!o the !a+ 1et#een
    rich an& +oor has increase& 3ro% 9(.CW an& 9.(W res+ectively. 7"a+oleon 1orth&est %i#nal,
    1GSBSF98
    A"i!"(!e $ro+ Protogonos5
    The *ecret Doctrine, 0.$. Blavatsky - R1C.GG
    ,sis /nveile&, Blavatsky - 1C.GG
    Gol&en Threa&s in the Ta+estry o3 0istory, ?enneth Morris - =.GG
    Ma!ic White an& Black, 0art%ann - B.GG
    M, The *ecret o3 6h1or Ialley, Mun&y - C.GG
    )e!ros Theoso+hical 6rticles an& Ierse, G. C. )e!ros 7s+iral 1oun&8 - B.GG
    6t 0o%e With the ,nner *el3, 5i% Burns 7ta+e& 1ack8 - 9.GG
    Fro% 6to% to ?os%os, Gor&on $lu%%er - <.(<
    Bha!ava&-Gita, W.J. 5u&!e ren&ition - 9.GG
    True Messiah, $hilli+ Mal+as 7on 6+ollonius o3 Tyana8 - RB.<G
    The ;l&er Brother, Gre!ory Tillet 71io!ra+hy o3 C.W. )ea&1eater8 - 1(.GG
    Books o3 ?iu-te in the Ti1etan Bu&&hist Tantras, D. -ei!le - <.GG
    The Mahat%as an& Genuine ccultis%, G. &e $urucker - (.GG
    The cean o3 Theoso+hy, W.J. 5u&!e - <.GG
    7Write 3or Full )ist. ,nclu&e R1.GG +ost 3or 3irst ite%, .<G 3or each a&&itional. Make
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    CONT1NTS5 The Ma!ic ,ncantation o3 *an-Fun-0o 7verse8 - Mun&y ....1; Within - 6&
    ,n3initu% - W.;.*. ......(; The $ersonal Go& Conce+t .......(; The Theolo!ical $ro1le% -
    Mitchell ........4; Bach:s Fu!ue in D Minor - 6n ,nter+retation - Morris ........<; Theoso+hy 3or
    Be!inners - -eincarnation ......=; $oints o3 ,nterest .......F; -e+rinte&: Theosophy ,s$ 1eo-
    Theosophy ....1(; )etters; -evie#s: 3e*ils; 3esperate !ourneys+ Abandoned %ouls;
    Endurance; %hacleton?s 2ncredible ,oya#e; Alone; The %cience of 1ature; ,oya#e to
    Acturus .....1<; ur ;arth; Mental *lavery - Blavatsky ....1C
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    TH1 2AGIC INCANTATION O4 SAN.4UN.HO
    )or&s o3 evolvin! ni!ht an& &ayP
    De s+irits o3 the s+aceless &rea%sP
    *ouls o3 the re3lecte& hills
    ;%1osse& in +elluci& strea%sP
    Ma!icians o3 the %ornin! haAe
    Who #eave ane# the vir!in veil
    That &e#s the 1lush o3 #akin! &ays
    With innocenceP De -ishis, hailP
    , char!e that #hosoe:er %ay vie#
    This talis%an, shall !reet the &a#n
    De!ree&, arraye& an& ranke& ane#
    6s he %ay #ish to have 1een 1ornP
    $revail &esireP 6 &ay an& ni!ht
    $revail a%1itionP Till they see
    They can not set the #orl& ari!ht
    By 1ein! #hat they crave to 1eP
    Be ti%e an& s+ace, an& all save ?ar%a stille&P
    Grant that each secret #ish %ay 1e 3ul3ille&P
    - Tal1ot Mun&y 73ro% /m8
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    WITHIN . AD IN4INITU2
    *tu&ents o3 G. &e $urucker, #ho hear& his resonant voice as #ell as stu&ie& his #ritten
    +a!e, #ill recall that #hen he use& certain +hraseolo!y he #as care3ul to eE+lain that his
    #or&s #ere not %ere 3i!ures o3 s+eech or &ecorative eE+ression, 1ut that they %eant literally
    #hat he sai&.
    The s,"#es o$ s,"#e, the &e"rt o$ t&e &e"rt, the #ore o$ t&e #ore, as use& 1y hi%
    #ere not +oetic tro+e, 1ut %eant #hat the si%+le ;n!lish #or&s convey - s+aces an& #orl&s
    an& 1ein!s #ithin s+aces an& #orl&s an& 1ein!s; an&, a!ain, #ithin an& #ithin an& #ithin
    s+aces an& #orl&s an& 1ein!s. 6n& the heart o3 the heart or the core o3 the core %eant the
    s+iritual essence #ithin the s+iritual essence - #ithin, "/ in$init%+. We %ust not 1e 3oole& 1y
    the si%+licity o3 the #or&s. Within the% lies an enli!htenin! +hiloso+hy 3or our %o%ents o3
    re3lection an& %e&itation.
    )et us !ive thou!ht to this last +hrase: the #ore o$ t&e #ore, an& a++ly it to the
    esoteric +hiloso+hy itsel3. $erha+s it #ill 1e &i33icult 3or any one o3 us to say eEactly #hen he
    kne# in his interior 1ein! that the truths o3 Theoso+hy #ere the Truth. But the ti%e ca%e
    #hen he &i& realiAe this - not in a #ay that a++eale& %erely to our e%otional nature, 1ut to
    our co%+lete 1ein!.
    T#o thin!s then #e kne#: that there is an ,n%ost o3 our 1ein! #hich kno#s truth; an&
    that there is to&ay eEistent in the #orl& a Bo&y o3 Truth #hich is the outer eE+ression o3 that
    truth; an& that in our %o&ern a!e this outer eE+ression is 1est state& in the #ritin!s o3 0.$.
    Blavatsky or the #ritten #or&s o3 her Teachers, or those #ho since 0.$.B.:s &eath have
    carrie& on her #ork, 3aith3ul to the esoteric tra&ition. 6n& 3ro% that ti%e on, realiAin! this -
    #henever it ca%e - 3or so%e +erha+s yet to co%e - 1ut realiAin! it, our lives have 1eco%e
    trans3or%e&, an& #e have at our co%%an& those articles o3 3aith or those instru%ents o3
    %easure%ent #hich hel+ us test all thin!s or %easure all thin!s in the li!ht o3 this en&urin!
    1o&y o3 truth.
    But such is not the en&-all. The stu&ent
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    o3 the 6ncient Wis&o% cannot sto+ there an& let content%ent 3loo& his 1ein!. 0e %ust ever
    seek to +ierce #ithin his o#n sel3, or #ithin the 1o&y o3 truth see%in!ly #ithout, &ee+er an&
    %ore constantly, until he realiAes so%ethin! via1le in his li3e o3 the %eanin! o3 the #or&s
    *it&in t&e &e"rt o$ t&e &e"rt, or *it&in t&e #ore o$ t&e #ore. When he &oes so, the
    %eanin! o3 the si%+lest truths &ee+ens. Where is that see& #hich har1ors the secret o3 its
    li3e. Where is that center, that &issolvin! +oint, #here relative %atter surren&ers 1e3ore the
    +o#er o3 s+irit. Where is the key that unlocks the &oor to the cha%1er o3 initiation. Where is
    that other &i%ension 3ro% #hich #e &ra# stren!th an& li!ht an& love an& insi!ht. ,t is #ithin -
    #ithin the core o3 the core o3 the core o3 our 1ein!.
    We see ho# in >ust this one +articular #e o#e a &e1t to those #ho have tau!ht, 3aith3ul
    to their +osts as teachers. )i3e is no# no lon!er a ne!ative unrollin! o3 a +atterne& scroll. ,t
    1eco%es 3or those #ho seiAe these i&eas a conscious an& constant series o3 a#akenin!s.
    - W.;.*.
    7W.;. *%all, The Eclectic Theosophist, #CF, *e+t., ct., 1FC<8
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    TH1 P1RSONA0 GOD CONC1PT . 2AN:IND8S "DW1001R O4 TH1 THR1SHO0D"
    U,n the 5ha#a*ad-.itaV 6r>una #ants the ?ey &elivere& into his han&s 2ri!ht a#ay2 1y
    ?rishna, 3or, like ourselves, he is still a33ecte& 1y the race %in&, an& so thinks that ?rishna can
    &o 3or hi% #hat 1oth reli!ion an& science have 3aile& to &o. 0e &e%an&s o3 ?rishna:
    2, ... choose one %etho& a%on!st the% 1y #hich , %ay o1tain ha++iness, an& eE+lain it
    unto %e.2
    This is none other than the +ersonal !o& i&ea #hich, un&er one %ask or another is the
    real ene%y o3 %ankin&, its 2D#eller o3 the Threshol&.2 $arents as #ell as chil&ren are a33ecte&
    1y it, 3or the chil&ren eE+ect to 1e 2+rovi&e& 3or2 1y their +arents, an& +arental a33ection
    sti%ulates us all to 2&o 3or2 our chil&ren an& 2+lan out2 3or the% their 23uture.2 Teachers an&
    +u+ils in school are a33ecte& 1y it; a&ults in every #alk o3 li3e are un&er its s#ay. 6ll o3 us are
    1usily en!a!e& in one #ay or another in tellin! or in 1ein! tol& 2#hat to &o,2 in this, that, an&
    the other con&ition. But it is in reli!ion an& science as the house o3 li3e han&e& &o#n 3ro%
    !eneration to !eneration that the hol& o3 the +ersonal !o& i&ea rei!ns su+re%e an&
    unHuestione& as an oracle o3 con&uct. ,t is the notion o3 6uthority su1stitute& 3or that o3 )a#:
    the assu%+tion that so%e other Bein! can kno# 3or us, can think 3or us, can choose 3or us, or
    that #e can +er3or% these 3unctions 3or others. To take either +ole o3 this +ernicious &octrine
    is in 3act to &eny ;volution, is to %ake o3 %an an& o3 nature a 2creature2 an& a 2creation2 -
    #hether o3 2Go&2 or o3 2%atter.2 The very i&ea o3 evolution i%+lies the +o#er to +erceive, to
    act, to kno#, to choose, 3or one:s *el3 as the 1asic ele%ent o3 all +ro!ression.
    To cease to 1e the creature o3 circu%stances, the 3ollo#er o3 any Bein! or any Doctrine
    - this is Huite another %atter than %erely to !o 3ro% one 6uthority to another, 3ro% one
    2Teacher2 or 2Teachin!2 to another. ,t %eans to &iscar& once an& 3or all the i/e" o3 -ulershi+
    in any 3or% or in any !uise; to e%anci+ate one:s *el3 3ro% s%(Le#tion to any $o#er
    #hatsoever 1ut one:s o#n Will an&, eHually, to e%anci+ate one:s *el3 3ro% its o++osite, the
    i&ea that #e have any 2call2 or 2%ission2 or 2ri!ht2 or 2&uty2 to control the Will o3 any other
    1ein! than our *el3. ,t %eans the assertion o3 one:s o#n Divinity, to 1eco%e one:s o#n
    Creator, $reserver, Destroyer, -e!enerator. 0o# else
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    is anyone to 3ul3il the in>unction, 2Man, kno# t&'se!$.2 0o# else is there to 1e S,irit%"!
    evolution.
    *o ?rishna neither chooses 3or 6r>una nor eE+lains to hi%, in the sense 6r>una &esire&
    an& that #e all &e%an& o3 our Teacher. n the contrary, ?rishna +rocee&s si%+ly to +resent
    a!ain the %eta+hysical 3acts. Beyon& sel3ishness an& unsel3ishness lies 2sel3lessness in
    action.2 Beyon& reli!ion an& science, #ith all their rules an& +ractices, lies the unrestricte&
    &o%ain o3 Free Will an& )i1erty o3 Thou!ht, in #hich the *oul, havin! asserte& its o#n &ivinity,
    acce+ts o3 itsel3 an& 3or itsel3 the unli%ite& -es+onsi1ility 3or all the conseHuences #hich %ay
    ensue 3ro% its o#n con&uct. This is +ointe& out as ?rishna:s o#n reason 3or livin!, 3or %ovin!
    a%on! %en, 3or 1ein! in the chariot #ith 6r>una, 3or his o#n 2in&i33erence as to those
    &octrines #hich are alrea&y tau!ht or #hich are yet to 1e tau!ht.2 To live li3e 3or )i3e:s sake is
    to 1e a Go& on one:s o#n account, an& o3 necessity to 1eco%e +artici+ant in the Divine
    usu3ruct o3 all )i3e. /ntil this +osition is assu%e& 1y the can&i&ate, an& "#te/ on- he is 1ut the
    creature o3 circu%stances, not their Master. 0is is 1ut a slave:s task in li3e, 1ecause he #ill
    only assu%e a slave:s +lace in nature. ,3 he as+ires to the ?in!ly ?no#le&!e he %ust act on
    the kno#le&!e he alrea&y has, 1e it %uch or little, an& #illin!ly acce+t the conseHuences o3
    his i!norance. This is the only 2ri!ht +er3or%ance o3 action2 - the 1usiness o3 li3e.
    7;Ecer+te& 3ro% E*eryday /ccultism 2,, March, :F< Theosophy %a!aAine, (9< W.
    44r& *t., )os 6n!eles, C6. FGGGB8
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    TH1 TH1O0OGICA0 PRO9012
    - -oy Mitchell
    ... The +ri%ary %aterial o3 Christian theolo!y - all other theolo!ies e%1o&y the sa%e
    +rinci+le 1ut %ani3est it variously - instea& o3 1ein! %a&e u+ o3 &ata o3 eE+erience, is a 1o&y
    o3 tra&ition or 3a1le, han&e& &o#n 3ro% !eneration to !eneration, an&, as , have su!!este&,
    1a&ly &istorte& in its %any trans3ers. ,n its starkest 3or% the tra&ition is as 3ollo#s:
    That the universe an& all its creatures are the +ro&uct o3 an o%ni+otent, o%niscient
    an& o%ni+resent, 1ut none the less +ersonal Go&, #ho is %ove& 1y an!er, >ealousy,
    un#illin!ness to 3or!ive an& 1y +re3erences 3or one o3 his creatures over another. That the
    3irst hu%an 1ein!s 0e create& in 0is o#n i%a!e +rove& a &isa++oint%ent an& +lun!e&
    the%selves an& all their +hysical &escen&ants into a state o3 alienation 3ro% the o%niscient
    Go& #ho %ust have kno#n +er3ectly #ell #hat they inten&e& to &o, 1ut #as none the less
    an!ry #ith the% 3or #hat 0e +er%itte& the% to &o. *o unrelentin! #as 0e, or so inco%+etent
    at 3in&in! a #ay out o3 0is %istake that it #as a tri3le over 3our thousan& years 1e3ore 0e
    eEecute& a sche%e o3 re&e%+tion 1y #hich 0e incarnate& on earth as 0is o#n *on. Those
    #ho #oul& or coul& therea3ter 1elieve such a relie3 %easure #as actually the #ork o3 the
    sa%e ne Cause, #ho ke+t the stars in their courses, or&ere& the %inerals an& +lants an&
    ani%als #ith all their %yria& intricacies an& ra%i3ications, coul& at &eath !o to eternal
    ha++iness. Those #ho 3or so%e &e3ect coul& not, #ere con&e%ne& 3or eternity to an in3erior
    state, i3 not to a state o3 actual tor%ent.
    Most theolo!ians, 3or reasons o3 co%%on sense, #oul& re+u&iate so 1are a state%ent.
    They avoi& 1are state%ents o3 their &o!%a 1ecause #ithout theolo!ical a&orn%ent an& a
    thick %ist o3 #or&s it is too terri1le 3or acce+tance. -arely &oes any o3 the% &are to state it
    even in 3ull. They &evote their lives to s+ecial an& less contra&ictory as+ects o3 it.
    "one the less, #hat , have !iven is a %a+ o3 the theolo!ical theatre o3 #ar, an& all the
    !reat 1attles o3 theolo!y have 1een settle& or are still ra!in! #ithin its 1oun&aries.
    ... The stru!!les over ori!inal sin are also #ithin the %a+. They have to &o #ith the
    %ystery o3 that 3irst o33ense #hich Go& %ust have antici+ate& 1ut #hich so !ravely annoye&
    hi% #hen it occurre&. They have to &o #ith the +recise nature o3 the o33ense, the eEtent o3 the
    alienation, an& the >ustice o3 the inheritance o3 the +enalty 1y souls #ho ha& nothin! to &o
    #ith the o33ence an& &o not even
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    kno# #hat it #as.
    ... The unen&in! controversy 1et#een the eE+onents o3 3ree-#ill an& those o3
    +re&estination #ith all the rare3ie& su1tleties that have !one into it, is a #ar to &eci&e, #ithin
    the 1oun&aries , have outline&, #hether, 1ecause Go& kno#s everythin! in a&vance - as
    #oul& 1eco%e an o%niscient &eity - all events are there3ore 3iEe&, or #hether one o3 Go&:s
    creatures can &eci&e o3 his o#n 3ree #ill to &o so%ethin! Go& kno#s in a&vance he #ill not
    &o or so%ethin! Go& ha& not 3oreseen. $re&estination &estroys the #hole +oint o3 the
    re&e%+tive syste%, 1ecause #hether an in&ivi&ual #ill 1e save& or not is all 3iEe& in a&vance.
    Free #ill, on the other han&, %akes Go& less than o%niscient. ,3 the $re&estinarian is ri!ht,
    Go& kno#s in a&vance every ti%e he %akes a soul 3or eternal tor%ent, 1ut see%in!ly 0e
    continues to &o so 1ecause 0e is 1oun& 1y a la# %ani3este& in the seEual +roclivities o3 0is
    creatures. ,n #hich case a!ain 0e is not only less than o%ni+otent 1ut is a servant o3 seE.
    ... The controversy over the actuality o3 the eternal tor%ent 3or those #ho re>ecte& or
    %isse& re&e%+tion are #ars o3 %etho&. They are 1et#een those #ho 1elieve in scarin! %en
    into the ar%s o3 a lovin! Father, an& those #ho #oul& lure %en into the ar%s o3 an an!ry one.
    r the other #ay a1out. ,t &oes not %ake %uch &i33erence.
    ... These are a 3e# o3 the crucial issues o3 Christian theolo!y. They 3ill the &usty to%es
    o3 those !reat an& !oo& %en #hose 1ooks #e see 1ut so rarely rea&. *tri++e& o3 their latinity
    an& re&uce& to every&ay lan!ua!e these are the su1>ects theolo!ians &e1ate. UMany %ore
    eEa%+les in 3ull teEt. - ;&:. V They are at !reat +ains, ho#ever, not to let the contra&ictions !et
    into one sentence #here they #ill 1eco%e too evi&ent. 6s lon! as they are care3ully
    co%+art%ente& they are i%+ressive. ,3 +erchance the contra&ictions 1eco%e evi&ent the
    theolo!ian says 2That is a !reat %ystery, an& it &oes not &o to +ry into the inscruta1le #ill o3
    Go&. ,t unsettles 3aith,2 he says. What he %eans is that such enHuiry unsettles theolo!y.
    $eo+le #ill re>ect his syste% as vali& theory an& his revelation as 3act.
    Dou #ill o1serve that 3or the theolo!ian his &o!%a +resents %any +ro1le%s. For the
    +erson no lon!er +ersua&e& that the Creator o3 the universe can 1e so inco%+etent an&
    ri&iculous a +ersona!e as the theolo!ian %akes hi%, there can 1e only one +ro1le% - a
    +sycholo!ical one:
    0o# has such a 3arra!o o3 nonsense %aintaine& the tenacious hol& it has u+on the
    %in&s o3 %en.
    There are several reasons, so%e lesser, an& one, , 1elieve, the !reat central reason.
    ne reason is to 1e 3oun& in hu%an laAiness, the #illin!ness to let %en #hose tra&e it is to
    ar!ue these +ro1le%s. 6nother reason is hu%an 3ear - the 3ear o3 !oin! in the 3ace o3 1i!otry.
    6nother an& %ore i%+ortant reason is that the 3lo#er o3 the teachin! o3 5esus, re!eneration
    throu!h love, has so co%%en&e& itsel3 to !oo& %en an& #o%en that they have acce+te& 3or
    its sake the tan!le o3 &e!ra&ations the theolo!ians have +er%itte& to !ro# u+ aroun& it.
    6nother reason is that, ai&e& 1y the 3orces o3 1i!otry an& 3ri!htene& co%+liance, theolo!ians
    o3 a certain ty+e have, #herever they coul&, &estroye& the traces o3 e33orts %en have %a&e to
    +uri3y an& cleanse it.
    Beyon& all these, the !reat reason 3or its +ersistence is that, conceale& #ithin its
    %issha+en 3or%, there is >ust enou!h o3 the ele%ent o3 truth to arouse in %en the va!ue
    %e%ory o3 a truth they once hel& 1ut have 3or!otten an& cannot Huite recall. De3or%e& as the
    3a1le is, it has still the &iscerni1le sha+e o3 an a!e-ol& #is&o% a1out the ori!in o3 %an an& o3
    his relation to earth. The &o!%a has the +o#er to stir the ancient %e%ory #ithout revivin! it,
    an& %en clin! to the &istorte& 3or%ula in &rea& that i3 they lose it they #ill have no clue at all.
    The %ore they &rea& the loss o3 the clue the %ore 3rantic an& 1i!ote& they 1eco%e.
    There is no a1solute untruth in the #orl&. The !rossest su+erstitions are &ivine visions
    re3lecte& in the #aters o3 %an:s &esires, an& the %ore &istur1e& the #aters, the %ore hi&eous
    the re3lections. The ?a11alist says, 2De%on &eus inversus est - the evil +rinci+le is only the
    !o&like +rinci+le u+si&e &o#n.2
    ... They have hun&re&s o3 chances to a%en&. They ha& a choice 1et#een $lato #ho
    kne# it an& 6ristotle #ho &i& not. UThe &octrine o3 2the eEile o3 the soul2, the ancient &octrine
    o3 reincarnation, etc. - ;&. V They #i+e& out the $latonists an& clun! to 6ristotle. ri!en kne#
    an& tau!ht it an& they +ut hi% un&er anathe%a. ,n 19GG it #as a +unisha1le o33ence on the
    +art o3 $ico &ella Miran&ola even to o33er to &e1ate #hether ri!en #as in hell. $aul kne# the
    ol& tra&ition an& 3or centuries the )atin theolo!ians #oul& #illin!ly have le3t hi% out o3 the
    "e# Testa%ent. They la1oure& to su++lant hi% #ith their 3avourite $eter throu!h #ho% they
    ha& eEclusive sales ri!hts on salvation. The Mithraists kne# it an& the 0oly 3athers crushe&
    the%. The Manicheans kne# it an& a hun&re& thousan& #ere +ut to &eath #ith torture.
    Basili&es kne# it an& his 1ooks
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    #ere 1urne&. The Cathars an& 6l1i!enses kne# it an& #ere %ercilessly &estroye& even
    thou!h the south o3 France ha& to 1e &evastate&. The trou1a&ours kne# it an& +ai& #ith their
    lives. )ully kne# it an& #as locke& u+ as %a&. Dante kne# it an& #as an eEile all his li3e.
    -o!er Bacon kne# it an& #as ke+t un&er lock an& key. Bruno kne# it an& #as 1urne& to
    &eath.
    *ince the -enaissance the 1urnin!s have 1een less 3reHuent. The 1i!ots have 1een
    3orce& to use +ersecutions o3 a lesser sort, o1scurantis%, ta%+erin! #ith 1ooks, an&
    3ul%inations 3ro% their +ul+its.
    There has never 1een 1ut one heresy - the e33ort to restore the ol& &octrine o3 the eEile o3
    the soul an& to restate the %eans 1y #hich each %an %ust 3in& his #ay 1ack into the #is&o%
    o3 the Go&.
    U;Ecer+ts 3ro% T&e 1@i!e o$ t&e So%!- Blavatsky ,nstitute $u1licationsV
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    9ACH8S 4UGU1 IN D 2INOR . AN INT1RPR1TATION
    - ?enneth Morris
    The sun rose over a #orl& o3 1arren %ountains that #ere no#here +eake& or >a!!e&,
    1ut all roun& o3 1ro#, an& ru&&y +ur+le no# that the sunrise lit the%. They #ere all o3 the
    sa%e hei!ht; so that you coul& see hun&re&s o3 thousan&s o3 the%: %ountainto+s stretchin!
    a#ay to the e&!e o3 the #orl&.
    Do#n &ee+ in the valleys 1et#een the% #as the Wor% o3 61o%ination; lyin! hal3 sunk
    in %arshlan&s; his i%%ense len!th s+ra#le& throu!h valley a3ter valley. $eo+le sai&, :,3 the
    Wor% shoul& a#ake the #orl& #ill 1e &estroye& ... 1y the 3etor o3 his 1reath ... 1y the +rinci+le
    o3 &eath inherent in his col&ness.: Throu!h seven-score continents nothin! #as so %uch
    &rea&e& as that the Wor% o3 61o%ination shoul& a#ake.
    But the $rince o3 the *un thou!ht other#ise; an& &eter%ine& to a#ake the Wor%.
    *o no#, #hen his *un-car ha& risen over the Mountains o3 the Wor% %i&#ay 1et#een
    &a#n an& noon, he lea+e& &o#n 3ro% it on to the roun& sur3ace o3 the nearest %ountainto+.
    0is hel%et o3 3la%in! !ol& rises in a +eak a1ove his hea&; he is cla& in lu%inous !ol&en
    ar%or intricately #orke& an& &esi!ne&, #ith +eaks >uttin! out over the shoul&ers an& at the
    knees. Fro% every inch o3 it a &aAAle o3 little 3la%es arises so that his #hole %ien is scintillant
    an& Huiverin!. 0is li%1s are never still; their %otion is 3la%elike; he &ances rather than lea+s
    3ro% the sun on to the %ountainto+, #ith a Huick tre%ulous rhyth% not easy to %ake out. 0is
    !ir&le-orna%ents, the only thin!s not !ol&en a1out hi%, are o3 !lo#in! 3la%in! sa+hires an&
    to+aAes, ru1ies an& e%eral&s an& a%ethysts, chryso+ras an& &ia%on&s an& 1eryls; they
    %ake %yria&s o3 1roken rain1o#s a1out hi% as he %oves.
    0e &ances &o#n to#ar&s the valley. The %ountain si&e is o3 1arren rock; 1ut #here his
    3eet 3all a little li3e-li!ht Huivers. 0ere an& there he &ro+s a >e#el; #here they touch the rock,
    clearest #aters 1u11le u+ 3ro% it in little +ools an& 1asins, roun& #hich, all in an instant,
    3lo#ers s+rin! u+ an& 1loo%. Blue hyacinths !lo# #here the sa++hires 3ell; +ur+le irises
    #here the a%ethysts; the ru1ies have 1eco%e cri%son +eonies, the e%eral&s, 3loors o3 %oss.
    The $rince o3 the *un !oes &ancin! &o#n ... an& &iscovers at last, in the col& &arkness
    o3 the valley-1otto%, the hea& o3 the Wor%. This is the veno%ous re!ion o3 +eril; as he
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    enters it, his !ol&en ar%or 3a&es out; he is no# sha&o#y in &ark olive-!reen, tre%1lin! u+
    3ro% the !roun&.
    0e &ro+s an a%ethyst on the Wor%:s hea& an& a &ia%on&. ... The hea& 1e!ins to !lo#
    an& 1eco%e lu%inous. Waves o3 li!ht travel &o#n 3ro% it alon! the s+ine. Throu!h valley a3ter
    valley, in #hich its enor%ous len!th lies s+ra#le&, the li!ht-#aves travel.
    ,t li3ts its hea& out o3 the 3ilth - its hea& that has no# !ro#n lu%inous an& 1eauti3ul
    alto!ether. ,t li3ts its lon! len!th, alon! #hich the #aves o3 ever-increasin! li!ht !o s+ee&in!. ,t
    thro#s out 1eauti3ul an& 1e&ia%on&e& +inions, an& rises in the air sin!in! an& !lori3yin! the
    Go&s. )i!ht 3ro% its scintillant !e%-lit scales 3alls on the 1arren %ountainsi&es, an& 3lo#ers
    s+rin! u+ an& into 1loo% every#here. The 3lo#ers are sin!in! the +raises o3 heaven, an&
    !lori3yin! the Beauty at the 0eart o3 Thin!s. The Wor%, coilin! an& #reathin! its lovely len!th
    in the 3ir%a%ent, she&s li!ht on the #orl&s an& on the #orl&s o3 #orl&s; is !lorious a3ter the
    3ashion o3 a !alaEy o3 stars; !ives 1irth to %usic u+on %usic. The #orl& has 1eco%e lu%inous
    an& 1eauti3ul alto!ether, an& there is no 3ear o3 any +eril in it any#here.
    But in the s#a%+ at the 1otto% o3 the valley, #here the hea& o3 the Wor% once reste& -
    there lie the 1ones o3 the $rince o3 the *un.
    7Fro% The Theosophical 7ath, Fe1., 1F(F an& also in the ne# 1ook 3ro% Tor Books,
    The 3ra#on 7ath; (ollected Tales of Cenneth Morris, e&ite& #ith ,ntro&uction 1y Dou!las 6.
    6n&erson.8
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    T&eoso,&' $or 9eginners- No. 2
    R1INCARNATION
    The #or& :reincarnation: %eans re-enterin! a 1o&y o3 3lesh. ,n the case o3 hu%an
    1ein!s it %eans that #e - the i%%ortal *el3 - have live& %any lives on earth &urin! our a!e-
    lon! +il!ri%a!e to#ar& +er3ection. 6n& #e shall live %any %ore lives here 1e3ore #e have
    3ul3ille& all the eE+eriences #hich lea& to the !oal. 0u%an reincarnation is one +hase o3 the
    universal la# o3 evolution - rei%1o&i%ent. 6 s+ark o3 the Divine )i3e ensouls every ato% an&
    every creature, an& even every #orl&. ,t sho#s 3orth its li!ht throu!h ne# an& %ore +er3ect
    3or%s.
    9%t *&"t re"son is t&ere $or "!! t&is?
    The reason is that rei%1o&i%ent is a ha1it o3 "ature. ;verythin! is alive in so%e &e!ree
    an& is evolvin! or co%in! 3orth, al#ays 3ro% #ithin out#ar&. ;ven the rock, #hen struck,
    sho#s the s+ark o3 livin! 3ire that is latent in the inert %ineral kin!&o%. The +lants %ove %ore
    ra+i&ly in un3ol&in! their li3e centers. Then co%e the 1easts, still %ore conscious an&
    eE+ressin! the inner li3e %ore 3reely. Man, &urin! his a!es o3 i%1o&ie& eE+erience has
    1rou!ht 3orth a !reater li!ht, the in&#ellin! s+ark o3 Divinity. ur earth itsel3 - unlike the
    1arren, !hostly %oon - is vitally alive, an& Theoso+hy eE+lains ho#, like other +lanets, it
    rei%1o&ies the strea% o3 li3e 3ro% a #orn-out #orl&. Man, as +art o3 the universe he inha1its,
    %oves on#ar& #ith everythin! else, all 3ollo#in! this :ha1it o3 "ature: an& co%in! 3orth in a
    !ra&ation o3 3or%s.
    9%t t&e *estern *or!/ &"s t")en t&e !e"/ in +o/ern #ii!i3"tion *it&o%t t&is i/e". W&'
    "/o,t it no*?
    Because it is a vital truth #hich has 1een 3or!otten in our ra+i& +ro!ress alon!
    %aterialistic lines. Does not the chaotic con&ition o3 our civiliAation sho# that there is a #oe3ul
    lack o3 kno#le&!e o3 ourselves. Man is not a %ere 1o&ily %echanis%, evolve& 3ro% an
    ancestral a+e, an& +erishin! at &eath. "or is he a s+ecially create& soul, 1orn irres+onsi1le
    an& hel+less, an& &estine& to 1e save& or lost a3ter one 1rie3 li3e here. Det #hat other
    alternative are #e o33ere&. Theoso+hy o33ers the rational an& revealin! &octrine that the inner
    *el3 is 1rin!in! 3orth its native +o#ers 1y un&er!oin! eE+eriences in hu%an 3or%, until at last
    the +er3ecte& %an
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    1eco%es a &e%i-!o&.
    2"n' ,eo,!e (e!iee in ,rogress "$ter /e"t&- (%t e!se*&ere..W&' #o+e ("#) &ere?
    Because this earth is #here #e 1elon! at our +resent sta!e o3 !ro#th. We 3eel at ho%e
    on earth 1ecause o3 our %any +ast lives here. "ote ho# easily an& naturally the ne#-1orn
    takes u+ its earth-li3e - an every-&ay %arvel that hints at a!es o3 like eE+erience. The earth is
    the only +lace that +rovi&es 3or !ro#th o3 our #hole nature - +hysical, %ental, +sychic, %oral,
    an& s+iritual. $hysically our 1o&ies an& 1rains are %a&e o3 earthstu33, an& 1oth 1o&y an&
    %in& are 3itte& 3or the con&itions aroun& us. ,t is here that the %in& is sti%ulate& to un3ol& its
    +o#er to think an& reason. 6lso, here, in con&itions o3 +hysical an& e%otional li3e, an& havin!
    3ree #ill, #e can learn to control our ani%al 1o&y #ith its sel3ish &esires, an& so #in s+iritual
    victories that %ake 3or true !reatness. ,n short, our #hole nature is linke& #ith this ho%e-
    +lanet 1y %aterial, %ental, e%otional, an& s+iritual Hualities an& o++ortunities.
    Is it tr%e t&"t *e +"' &"e to #o+e ("#) "s "ni+"!s?
    "o, in&ee&P *uch an unnatural reversion o3 the currents o3 li3e can no %ore ha++en than
    can the 1loo& in our veins 3lo# 1ack#ar&s. This i&ea o3 the trans%i!ration o3 souls into
    ani%als is an i!norant &istortion o3 the truth a1out -eincarnation, - :once a %an, al#ays a
    %an.: 3 course, the ele%ents o3 the +hysical 1o&y %ay 3in& their #ay, a3ter &eath, into +lants
    an& ani%als, 1ut never the %an hi%sel3 . nce a %an has attaine& to the li!ht o3 reason, the
    &oor into the lo#er kin!&o%s is close&. The #hole evolutionary strea% 3lo#s on#ar& 3or ever;
    the livin! ur!e in everythin! is 3or#ar& an& u+#ar&.
    W&"t ei/en#e o$ #ontin%e/ e@isten#e is t&ere in N"t%re?
    ,n the lo#er kin!&o%s "ature lea&s all thin!s alon! 1y their instinct to eE+ress their
    s+ecial characteristics. ;very s+rin! the inner li3e in a tree co%es 3orth in its o#n kin& o3
    !ro#th, an& then retires a!ain 3or its #inter:s rest, to 1e!in !ro#in! neEt season #here it le3t
    o33. The slee+in! lily-1ul1 a#akes at "ature:s early call, +ushes asi&e the heavy clo&s, an&
    i%1o&ies itsel3 in a 3ra!rant 1eauty. The lo#ly Cater+illar, #hen rea&y 3or a hi!her 3or%, turns
    into a sha+eless >elly #ithin the chrysalis an&, later, reincarnates as a 1ri!ht-#in!e& 1utter3ly -
    a %ore ra&ical chan!e o3 3or% than %an %akes 3ro% li3e to li3e. Doun! 1ir&s usually have to
    1e tau!ht to use their #in!s, 1ut ho# &o they kno#, #ithout 1ein! tau!ht, the art o3 nest-
    1uil&in!, eEce+t 1y the instinctive %e%ory o3 +ast ho%e-%akin!. The nature-#orl& has %uch
    unreco!niAe& evi&ence o3 rei%1o&i%ent; an& the analo!y hol&s !oo& in the 3a%iliar #on&er o3
    the hu%an 1o&y, #hich is constantly 1ein! chan!e& an& rene#e& in the 3or%s o3 in3ancy,
    chil&hoo&, youth, %aturity, an& a!e. Thou!h the 1o&y cells are al#ays chan!in!, the sense o3
    in&ivi&uality en&ures, an& !ro#s #ith our !ro#th.
    9%t &%+"n &ere/it' s&o*s t&"t +%#& is in&erite/ $ro+ ,"rents "n/ een $ro+ re+ote
    "n#estors.
    We inherit our 1o&ies 3ro% our +arents, 1ut our characters #e 1rin! over 3ro% our +ast
    lives. The +arents &o not create the reincarnatin! soul; it is attracte& to the% an& to the
    con&itions 1est suite& 3or its 3urther !ro#th o3 1o&y, %in& an& s+irit. The ties o3 3a%ily an& kin
    are usually stron! 1ecause as a rule they rene# +ast relationshi+s. Det the characters an&
    innate 3aculties o3 chil&ren o3ten &i33er #i&ely, even thou!h they #ere 1orn o3 the sa%e
    +arents an& un&er si%ilar con&itions. *till %ore strikin! cases o3 in1orn ten&encies a++ear in
    the in3ant +ro&i!ies #ho eEcel in %usic, art, %athe%atics, etc., #ithout instruction. 0o# rarely
    is such eEce+tional a1ility either inherite& or trans%itte&P 0ere&ity cannot eE+lain the
    a++earance o3 a 1rilliant !enius in a 3a%ily o3 or&inary +eo+le - "a+oleon, 3or instance. "or
    &oes it account 3or %ental &e3ectives in intelli!ent 3a%ilies. The lo!ical conclusion is that all
    ty+es o3 the intelli!ent an& stu+i&, the %oral an& the vicious, etc., sho# their &e!ree o3
    attain%ent, or lack o3 it, in +revious lives.
    I$ I &"e re"!!' !ie/ (e$ore- *&' /on8t I re+e+(er it?
    Because your +resent state o3 &evelo+%ent &oes not +er%it it. "or #ill it until you have
    1eco%e %ore closely unite& #ith your inner *el3, #hich &oes re%e%1er an& #hich has
    1rou!ht over the results o3 everythin! you thou!ht an& 3elt an& &i& in your +ast li3e. The
    in3luence o3 all this is in&eli1ly i%+resse& on your soul-%e%ory, an& %akes you >ust #hat you
    no# are. This inner %e%ory eE+lains #hy so%e +ersons
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    rea&ily learn lan!ua!es, etc., or have unusual 1usiness >u&!%ent or %echanical a1ility, or are
    eHual to e%er!encies - in short, #hy they intuitively kno# ho# to &o certain thin!s unusually
    #ell. For that %atter, al%ost everyone can &o or can learn certain thin!s #hich are really %ore
    &i33icult in the%selves than other thin!s #hich they cannot un&erstan& or +er3or%P Think it out
    3or yoursel3. 3 course, your +resent 1rain, #hich 3or!ets %ost o3 the &etails o3 this li3e,
    cannot re%e%1er #hat it never kne#; 1ut the 1rain is not the real %an.
    S%re!' t&ere +%st (e so+e e@#e,tions to t&e gener"! r%!e o$ $orgetting.
    Des, there are a very 3e#, such as the 6&e+ts #ho have consciously acHuire& this +o#er
    o3 soul-%e%ory. 6lso, there are so%e youn! chil&ren - souls still 3resh 3ro% the inner #orl&
    #ith its ha++y +ictures o3 their last li3e an& not yet keye& to every&ay eEistence here - #ho
    have hauntin! %e%ories o3 the +ast. When these chil&ren s+eak as thou!h their +ast #ere as
    real as, an& in&ee& a +art o3 , li3e aroun& the%, their artless +rattle is taken 3or stran!e
    i%a!inin!s, or chil&ish 3i11in!, an& un3ortunately it is usually i!nore& or 3ir%ly &iscoura!e&.
    Man is like an actor #ho +lays %any +arts, 1e!innin! as a su+er an& risin! to star roles.
    The or&inary, avera!e %an is so &ee+ly a1sor1e& in the +ersonal character he is +layin! that
    he 3or!ets #ho he really is. The 6&e+t, ho#ever, is like a 3ully traine& actor #ho kno#s #ho he
    is all the ti%e. 0e can &o this 1ecause he has a#akene& the 3aculties o3 inner vision #hich
    are latent in every hu%an 1ein!.
    S&"!! *e +eet o%r $rien/s ne@t ti+e?
    That &e+en&s on the #orkin! o3 the la# o3 ?ar%an, so%eti%es calle& the t#in &octrine
    o3 -eincarnation. ?ar%an is the la# o3 cause an& e33ect #hich re!ulates our lives, so that
    #hatsoever #e so# #e shall rea+. ,n the neEt li3e #e %ay %eet our 3rien&s an& relatives, an&
    also our ene%ies; or #e %ay have to #ait lon!er. ,t &e+en&s u+on the see&s #e have alrea&y
    +lante& an& the con&itions o3 other incarnations; 1ut the e33ects o3 kar%an are 1oun& to #ork
    the%selves out as naturally as the &ay &a#ns #hen the earth turns its 3ace to#ar& the sun.
    W&ere /i/ t&is i/e" o$ Rein#"rn"tion #o+e $ro+?
    ,t #as universally 1elieve& in antiHuity, as it is 1y t#o-thir&s o3 the race to&ay. ,t is 1ein!
    #i&ely acce+te& in the West as the lo!ical solution o3 %any o3 li3e:s +ro1le%s. ,t #as tau!ht 1y
    the 3oun&ers o3 every !reat reli!ion, as 0.$. Blavatsky +lainly sho#s in The %ecret 3octrine,
    her !reatest 1ook. *cholars reco!nise it as a 1elie3 o3 the ancient ;!y+tians, $ersians,
    0in&us, Drui&s, Greeks, -o%ans, an& %any others. ,n classical #ritin!s the &isi%1o&ie&
    souls are sai& to &rink o3 the Waters o3 )ethe - 3or!et3ulness - 1e3ore 1ein! re1orn on earth.
    -eincarnation is a co%%on 1elie3 a%on! all ty+es o3 +ri%itive +eo+les; an& it runs throu!h the
    %yths an& le!en&s o3 all ti%es an& o3 all +eo+les, alike civiliAe& an& sava!e.
    -eincarnation #as the !eneral 1elie3 a%on! the 5e#s in the ti%e o3 5esus, #ho hi%sel3
    con3ir%e& it 1y sayin! that the +ro+het ;li>ah ha& co%e 1ack as 5ohn the Ba+tist. ,t is +lainly
    state& in -e*elation: 20i% that overco%eth #ill , %ake a +illar in the te%+le o3 %y Go&, an&
    he shall !o no %ore out2 7iii, 1(8 - %eanin! that +er3ect %an #ill nee& no %ore incarnations on
    earth.
    W&' /o 'o% t&in) t&"t " )no*!e/ge o$ Rein#"rn"tion is o$ s%#& ,r"#ti#"! i+,ort"n#e?
    The i&ea o3 rei%1o&i%ent chan!es your #hole outlook on li3e. ,t sho#s that all "ature is
    alive, an&, like every 1ein!, is +art o3 a %a>estic #hole #herein so-calle& :&eath: is %erely a
    chan!e o3 eEistence. ,t !ives a ne# an& lo!ical i&ea o3 the #on&er3ul 1ack!roun& o3
    eE+erience that has %a&e you eEactly #hat you are an& that has >ustly le& you into your
    +resent con&itions. ,t ins+ires you to acce+t #hatever co%es as the outco%e o3 your sel3-
    create& +ast, an& as the ri!ht o++ortunity 3or stren!thenin! an& +er3ectin! character. ,nstea&
    o3 one short li3eti%e, un3ul3ille& an& %eanin!less, it !ives +ro%ise o3 ti%e 3or each soul to
    reach the hu%an +er3ection #hich lea&s to an eternity o3 s+iritual eEistence. ,t is the universal
    &octrine o3 :another chance.: ,t sho#s ho#, as you un3ol& your inner nature, li3e a3ter li3e, you
    %ove on#ar& into the &ivine kno#le&!e an& +o#er o3 !o&hoo&.
    7This is 3ro% the series o3 +a%+hlets Theosophy for 5e#inners issue& 1y the ol& $t.
    )o%a Theoso+hical Co%%unity.8
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    POINTS O4 INT1R1ST
    2,ts +retty conclusive that #ithout the ,rish scri1es #e #oul& have lost %ost or all o3
    )atin )iterature.2 #rites Tho%as Cahill in his ne# 1ook Ho* t&e Iris& S"e/ Cii!i3"tion
    7TaleaseSDou1le&ay, R((.F<8. 63ter the 3all o3 the -o%an ;%+ire in 9B= C.;. all scholarly #ork
    an& co+yin! o3 teEts ca%e to a !rin&in! halt in ;uro+e, #hich ushere& in #hat has 1een
    calle& the 2Dark 6!es2. The only locality 3or a hun&re& years &oin! any scholarly #ork #as
    ,relan&. Cahill #rites 2,ts one o3 the seren&i+ities o3 history. The last +eo+le on earth #ho
    shoul& have 1een ri!ht 3or this role #ere the ,rish. They #ere 1asically #arrior chil&ren, an&
    #hat they &i&, essentially, is kill one another an& steal each other:s cattle.2 The one +erson
    %ost res+onsi1le 3or these 2sishtas2 o3 a sort in ,relan& #as $atrick o3 *t. $atrick:s &ay. 0e
    1elieve& Christianity coul& not survive #ithout literacy to +ass it on. Cahill says that $atrick
    #as the 23irst hu%an 1ein! in history to con&e%n slavery2, havin! 1een seiAe& 1y +irates an&
    sol& into slavery at a!e 1= hi%sel3. 7Toledo 5lade, 4S1(SF<8
    ,n a country o3 racial an& reli!ious stri3e the BG,GGG 6ra1 Dr%3e livin! in ,srael %aintain
    lar!ely har%onious relations #ith the 5e#ish %a>ority. /nlike other 6ra1s, DruAe are &ra3te&
    into the ,sraeli ar%y an& over (<G have &ie& #hile servin!. ne DruAe re%arks: 2We are
    3aith3ul to #hatever country #e live in. This is #hat our reli!ion tells us to &o. *o , a% an 6ra1
    an& a DruAe, 1ut , a% also an ,sraeli.2 6nother reason 3or this loyalty is that in the 4G:s, 1e3ore
    ,srael 1eca%e a state, the 5e#ish &e3ense or!aniAation - the 0a!ana - !ave ar%s to DruAe
    villa!es to +rotect the%selves 3ro% corru+t local 6ra1 lea&ers. 2The DruAe reli!ion is secret.
    ,ts tenets, #hich inclu&e a 1elie3 in reincarnation, are kno#n 3ully to the reli!ious hea&s o3 the
    co%%unity alone.2 Blavatsky in3ers that the DruAe are a re%nant o3 the once #orl&-#i&e
    Wis&o% -eli!ion. 7*ee 'amas and 3ruEes in BCW, Iol. ,,,, or #rite to this ne#sletter 3or a
    co+y.87Toledo 5lade, 4S1(SF<8
    6ccor&in! to Dr. Geral& Bon& o3 Colu%1ia /niversity:s )a%ont-Doherty ;arth
    1servatory at the annual %eetin! o3 the 6%. 6ss. 3or the 6&vance%ent o3 *cience, &rastic
    chan!es can occur in the 1"rt&8s #!i+"te in a 3e# &eca&es instea& o3 the hun&re&s or
    thousan&s o3 years +reviously thou!ht necessary. 0e &erives his evi&ence 3ro% &ee+-sea
    se&i%ents an& says that the se&i%ents sho# a (-4,GGG year cycle o3 3luctuations o3 <-1G
    &e!rees 3ahrenheit. Basically he &erive& his results 3ro% the 3act that ice1er!s &ro+
    characteristic se&i%ents #hen they %elt. ,n col&er ti%es, they are %ore +revalent an& %elt
    closer to the eHuator. 7Toledo 5lade, (S1BSF<8 n I#e(ergs: -ecently a chunk the siAe o3
    -ho&e ,slan& 1roke o3 the 6ntarctic +eninsula an& also an ice shel3 has colla+se&, 1oth sai&
    to 1e the result o3 re!ional #ar%in!. The !iant 1er! has &isinte!rate& into &ense 3loats in the
    Wa&&ell *ea. 72bid., 4S(SF<8
    --- 1G
    N%+(er o$ ,eo,!e in#"r#er"te/ +er every 1GG,GGG citiAens: -ussia 7<CC8; /.*. 7<1F8;
    *outh 63rica 74=C8; *in!a+ore 7((F8; Cana&a 711=8; Ger%any 7CG8; 5a+an 74=8; an& ,n&ia 7(48.
    7"a+oleon 1orth&est %i#nal, 1S1BSF<8 ne %i!ht notice that non-Christian 5a+an an& ,n&ia
    are the %ost la#-a1i&in!. Blavatsky Huotes so%e#here a Catholic Bisho+ as sayin! 2that i3
    one #ants to corru+t a +eo+le - turn the% into Christians.2
    The War& M. Cana&ay Center situate& at the )i1rary at the /niversity o3 Tole&o, has
    recently receive& a &onation o3 (GG 1ooks an& other ite%s relatin! to Henr' D"i/ T&ore"%.
    The &onation #as 3ro% the estate o3 *a%uel T. Well%an ,,, a %anu3acturer in Clevelan&,
    active %e%1er o3 The Thoreau *ociety an& collector o3 Thoreau 3irst e&itions an& %e%ora1ilia
    3or 4G yrs. 75lade (S(1SF<8
    *cientists &iscovere& a !rove o3 trees in a rain 3orest in 6ustralia that #ere thou!ht to 1e
    e@tin#t 3or <G %illion years, as only 3ossil i%+rints have 1een 3oun& 1e3ore. They have 1een
    na%e& Wolle%i $ines. There are (4 a&ult trees an& 1= >uveniles in a &a%+ !or!e. The lar!est
    is 14G 3oot tall #ith a 1G 3oot &ia%eter. 75lade, 1(S1<SF98
    2-e%ains o3 an "n#ient #it' 3ro% the *assanian era, #hich stretche& 3ro% the thir& to
    the seventh century 6.D., have 1een unearthe& in sourthern ,ran, the 61rar &aily ne#s+a+er
    sai& yester&ay. 6 @oroastrian 3ire te%+le, a !lass-1lo#in! #orksho+, a te%+le to the !o&&ess
    Mithra, an& a 3ort are a%on! 1uil&in!s so 3ar unearthe& 1y eEcavators a1out 9< %iles 3ro%
    the +ort city o3 Bushehr.2 75lade, 4SBSF<8
    6 cave covere& in 4GG Stone Age ,"intings o3 ani%als, a++arently untouche& 3or so%e
    (G,GGG years, has 1een &iscovere& in southern France
    in #hat is 1ein! calle& one o3 the archeolo!ical 3in&s o3 the century. The +er3ectly +reserve&
    +aintin!s o3 1ison, rein&eer, rhinoceros, +anther
    an& o#l are co%+ara1le to those in the #orl&-3a%ous caves o3 6lta%ira in *+ain an& )ascauE
    in France. 75lade, 1S1FSF<8
    6ccor&in! to the /.*. Centers 3or Disease Control an& $revention, AIDS is no# the to+
    cause o3 &eaths 3or those a!es (<-99. The in3ection is s+rea&in! 3astest a%on! #o%en an&
    %inorities. The +revious chie3 cause o3 &eath #as 2unintentional in>uries2. 75lade, (SlSF<8
    2Dr. Willia% Mo33ett, a historian an& li1rarian #ho #as instru%ental in 1reakin! the 9G-
    year %ono+oly on scholarly access to the De"/ Se" S#ro!!s- &ie& ... o3 cancer. 0e #as =(.
    6s hea& o3 the 0untin!ton )i1rary in *an Marino, Cali3., one o3 the #orl&:s lar!est
    in&e+en&ent research li1raries, Dr. Mo33ett %a&e a &ecision that en&e& the a1solute control o3
    a 3e# scholars over the stu&y an& +u1lication o3 the scrolls, one o3 the !reat 3in&s o3 1i1lical
    archeolo!y. 0is action re%ove& %uch o3 the secrecy that ha& surroun&e& the stu&y o3 the
    ancient &ocu%ents an& sti%ulate& research 1y %ore scholars. ,n *e+te%1er 1FF1, he
    announce& that the li1rary:s +hoto!ra+hic archive o3 the Dea& *ea *crolls #oul& 1e availa1le
    to all Huali3ie& scholars, not >ust those a++rove& 1y the international tea% o3 e&itors.2 75lade,
    (S(4SF<8
    /kraine:s navy is trainin! &ol+hins to use in salva!e o+erations in the Black *ea. 7 5lade+
    4S<SF<8 - *o%e s+ecies o3 /o!,&ins "n/ *&"!es have lar!er cere1ral corteE:s than hu%ans
    &o, an& one #on&er:s >ust #hat they use it 3or. *o%e #hales co%+ose 2son!s2 that %ay last
    an hour, an& then sin! the eEact sa%e son! a!ain, #ith only alterin! a 3e# notes, +erha+s
    eE+eri%entin! or co%+osin!. n the other han&, one #on&ers i3 the value o3 the 1rain is over-
    rate& as there are a 3e# cases o3 nor%al or nearly so hu%ans that have hea&s 3ull o3
    cere1ros+inal 3lui& an& no 1rain at all. The hu%ans #ith the lar!est 1rains #ere so%e 63ricans
    #ho have lon! &ie& out.
    Four note1ooks o3 W"!t W&it+"n have 1een re&iscovere& a3ter 1ein! lost &urin! WW,,.
    They contain +hiloso+hic #ritin!s an& so%e o3 his early versions o3 his %on# of Myself.
    75lade (S1CSF<8
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    N"t%re is or&ere& alon! %athe%atical an& !eo%etrical +atterns, #hich is really a
    tautolo!y, 1ecause #hat else is or&er 1ut %athe%atics. 5ust #hat the interaction o3 all the
    %athe%atical co&es o3 or&er are is in3initely co%+leE an& 3orever un3atho%a1le in its
    co%+leteness, eEce+t +erha+s 3or so%e Dhyan Chohans. The !eo%etric &esi!ns 1elo# are
    o3 the !ro#th +attern o3 the sa%e 1acteria Bacillus *u1tilis 1ut in &i33erent culture %e&iu%s.
    7%cience 1e&s, 4S9SF<8
    2)on&on - 6 Du1lin +ro3essor has unearthe& 4GG +oe%s 1y *a%uel Taylor Co!eri/ge
    a3ter a (G-year search that took hi% to 3ive continents... 5i% Mays, hea& o3 ;n!lish at Du1lin:s
    /niversity Colle!e an& a Coleri&!e scholar 3or 4< years, tracke& &o#n the +oe%s in +rivate
    collections an& ho%es as 3ar a+art as -ussia an& "e# @ealan&.2 75lade, (S14SF<8
    TI91T - 261out <GG Ti1etan re3u!ees 1e!an a 99G %ile %arch 3ro% their northern ,n&ia
    hea&Huarters to "e# Delhi yester&ay, ho+in! to ste+ u+ +ressure on China 3or Ti1et:s
    in&e+en&ence.2 75lade+ 4S11SF<8 26 retire& ,n&iana /niversity +ro3essor #ho is the ol&er
    1rother o3 the Dalai )a%a an& a1out a &oAen 3rien&s an& su++orters 1e!an a BG %ile #alk
    yester&ay 3ro% Bloo%in!ton to &o#nto#n ,n&iana+olis to re%in& others o3 the invasion o3
    Ti1et 1y China. The siE-&ay #alk 1y Thu1ten 5i!%e "or1u is +art o3 a #orl&#ise o1servance
    o3 the 4=th anniversary o3 a 3aile& Ti1etan u+risin! a!ainst nei!h1orin! China. r!aniAers
    also are callin! 3or a 1oycott o3 Chinese-%a&e !oo&s to +rotest China:s clai%s on Ti1et.2
    75lade, 4S1(SF<8
    --- 1(
    The current MarS6+r :F< issue o3 The (anadian Theosophist is the anniversary issue o3
    the B<th year o3 its +u1lication. 6 co+y o3 a 3e# +a!es o3 the 3irst issue is inclu&e&. The
    %a!aAine #as 3oun&e& 1y 6l1ert 6.;.*. *%ythe. 6s 3ar as this #riter kno#s the CT has
    al#ays ke+t +retty close to Blavatsky Theoso+hy an& still &oes. ,ts one o3 %y 3avorites. ;&itor
    *tan Treloar has the lea& article on 0ndeniable 4lyin# /bBects an& rather +oo-+ahs that
    /Fs shoul& 1e o3 very serious concern to theoso+hists 1ut none the less 1rin!s u+ so%e
    interestin! s+eculations on the su1>ect. This #riter:s s+eculation as to #hat is !oin! on #ith
    U4OS- natural +heno%ena an& #hatever else they are, is that it %i!ht 1e so%ethin! like the
    %e&ieval attri1utin! li!htnin! an& thun&er to the an!er o3 !o&, havin! no 1etter eE+lanation.
    We >ust &on:t kno# enou!h yet. $ossi1ly they are a su1-hu%an +heno%ena lar!ely,
    ele%entals +layin! on the currents o3 the su1conscious %in& o3 the race, consi&erin! so%e o3
    the rather nasty /F contact accounts. ,t see%s that 3or unkno#n reasons, every once in a
    #hile our nor%al 3lo# o3 reality !ets a 2!liche2 or the hee1y-!ee1ies an& thin!s ha++en that
    shoul&n:t. ne only has to rea& so%e o3 Charles Fort:s 1ooks an& the #ork o3 the current
    Forteans to see that reality has an 2out o3 or&er2 si!n on it every once in a#hile.
    6lon! #ith this issue o3 7roto#onos are inclu&e& co+ies o3 so%e 3lyers &istri1ute& 1y
    Davi& -ei!le o3 ;astern *chool 741C< Boy& -&., Coto+aEi, C C1((48. -ei!le is &oin! very
    i%+ortant translatin! #ork an& +ro1a1ly uniHue in the Theoso+hical +u1lic #orl& 3or the level
    o3 #ork an& ty+e he is un&ertakin! scholarshi+-#ise. ,n recent years a #ealth o3 Ti(et"n
    +"n%s#ri,ts have 1eco%e availa1le 3or translation in the #est an& 3or the 3irst ti%e
    connections 1et#een Blavatsky literature an& eEistent Ti1etan scri+tures can 1e %a&e. 0is
    #ork, #hich is really #ork 3or all theoso+hists, is !reatly hin&ere& 3ro% 1ein! stra++e& 3or
    cash. The i%%e&iate +ro>ect is to 1e a1le to roo3 a li1rary 3or %anuscri+ts. This is an
    o++ortunity to hel+ the Theoso+hical e33ort, an& those #ho are %ore than su+er3icial an& can,
    ou!ht to. /sually those #ho !ive are the sa%e over an& over. ,tLs the ?ali-Du!a a3ter all.
    WiAar&s Bookshel3 7$B ==GG, *an Die!o, C6 F(1==8 has rerun the =o&"r. $revious
    re3erences to 2*D ,,,2 have 1een re3erence& to BCW Q,,,, Q,I. S"#re/ 2'steries o$ t&e 2"'"
    is also once a!ain availa1le.
    R1PRINT1D5
    The"-"#h/ 0-1 Ne")The"-"#h/ co%+ile& 1y Mar!aret Tho%as has 1een re+rinte& 1y
    ,sis Books. ,t:s in +er3ect 1oun& 3or%at #ith an eEten&e& a++en&iE over the 3irst e&ition. ,3 you
    #ant to !et a concrete +icture in your %in& a1out the &i33erence o3 teachin!s an& ten&ency
    1et#een ori!inal Theoso+hy o3 Blavatsky an& its latter-&ay alteration via )ea&1eater an&
    Besant, this is the 1ook to !et. ,t is a si&e 1y si&e co%+arison o3 Huotations on various
    su1>ects 1y 1oth Blavatsky an& the later "eo-theoso+hists. ;nli!htenin!P 3 course i3 you
    kno# #hat you like an& &on:t #ish to 1e con3use& 1y the truth, &on:t !et this 1ook. ,t is
    +a+er1ack, 1BC +a!es, <2EC2, RC.GG +ost+ai& 3ro% 7roto#onos, $B 999, Gran& -a+i&s,
    hio 94<(( Make check +aya1le to M. 5aHua8
    ''''''''''''''''''''
    Theoso+hical 3oun&er 0.*. lcott:s siE volu%e O$ Di*r/ Le*2e- is on sale no# 3ro%
    Juest Books in +a+er1ack 3or R4F.F<. This is !oo& history a1out the early years o3 %o&ern-
    &ay Theoso+hy an& the 3oun&in! o3 the 3irst T.*. ne shoul& re%e%1er ho#ever, that sel3-
    sacri3icin! lcott has a &eci&e& +ersonal 1ent in his accounts, an& su33ere& 3ro% a !oo& &eal
    o3 >ealousy an& +uncture& e!o #here Blavatsky #as concerne&. T$0:s ne# chronolo!ically
    seHuence& Mahatma 'etters is also availa1le at R(C.GG har&cover. $osta!e is R=.<G 3or the
    lcott volu%es, 9.B< 3or the M)s an& C.(< 3or 1oth. Juest Books, $B (BG, Wheaton, ,)
    =G1CF-G(BG.
    DA0AI 0A2A: ,ssue # 1B o3 7roto#onos #as concerne& +artly in controversy a1out >ust
    #hat #ere the Dalai )a%a:s vie#s on seE as #ell as a1ortion. This isn:t eEactly his chie3 area
    o3 concern ,:% sure, 1ut &es+ite the &u1ious %a!aAine intervie# secon&-han& re+ort, he
    succinctly !ives this vie# in his latest 1ook, The )ay to 4reedom; 2The last o3 the three
    ne!ative actions o3 the 1o&y is seEual %iscon&uct... For a %an... it
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    also inclu&es other %ales. /nsuita1le +arts o3 the 1o&y are the anus an& the %outh.2 Thanks
    to ". Weeks 3or this nee&e& Huote 7see 2)etters2 section8. *o the Dalai )a%a states here
    succinctly the conservative seEual %orality that is +ro%ote& in co%%on 1y 6)) !enuine
    teachers on the -i!ht-0an& or 2!oo&2 +ath.
    ''''''''''''''''
    2... the only :;ssentials: in the -eli!ion o3 0u%anity are - virtue, %orality, 1rotherly love,
    an& kin& sy%+athy #ith every livin! creature, #hether hu%an or ani%al... :,n these
    Fun&a%entals - unity; in non-essentials - 3ull li1erty; in all thin!s - charity,: #e say to all
    collectively an& to every one in&ivi&ually - kee+ to your 3ore3ather:s reli!ion, #hatever it %ay
    1e - i3 you 3eel attache& to it, Brother; think #ith your o#n 1rains i3 you have any; 1e 1y all
    %eans yoursel3 #hatever you are, unless you are really a 1a& %an. 6n& re%e%1er a1ove all,
    that a #ol3 in his o#n skin is i%%easura1ly %ore honest that the sa%e ani%al - un&er a
    shee+:s clothin!.2
    - Blavatsky 7BCW ,I, <G(-48
    ''''''''''''''''''''''
    01TT1RS
    "... ,n #1B you #rite: :,t really see%s the D) is 1ein! one 1i! so+hist.: ...Mahayana !urus
    rarely, i3 ever, +reach. That is, they &o not 1last a#ay #ith Thou shall an& Thou shalt not. They
    !ently K skill3ully +resent #hat they think a +erson #ill actually acce+t K use. ,3 so%eone
    a++ears to have an a!en&a K asks a loa&e& Huestion, 00D) K other !oo& !urus are not
    !oin! to #aste their 7an& the au&ience:s8 ti%e tryin! to 2convert2 so%e a1ortion or !ay ri!hts
    Aealot.
    2,n his The Dalai )a%a at 0arvar& 7+. F1 he ans#ers a Huestion thusly:
    2G%estion: 0o# &o Bu&&hists 3eel a1out a1ortion. Ans*er: 61ortion is consi&ere& an ill
    &ee& o3 killin! a livin! 1ein!.
    2Fro% the ?a!yu tra&ition, Ien. ?hen+o ?athar -in+oche #rites in 3harma 7aths 7+.
    B<8.:
    2G. Why is a1ortion a!ainst the +rece+t. A. nce a chil& is conceive&, it is a 1ein!. This
    %eans a1ortion is &estroyin! the li3e o3 a 1ein!, an& one rea+s the ne!ative kar%a o3 havin!
    taken a li3e. ,t &oes not %atter #hat siAe a 1ein! is. ;ven a s%all see& can &evelo+ into a
    3lo#er. The consciousness o3 the chil& has to !o else#here a3ter the a1ortion, an& #here it
    !oes is uncertain.
    26s 3or ho%oseEuality, over <GG years a!o one o3 5e Tson!kha+a:s !urus #rote a
    co%%entary on Bu&&hist:s +erce+ts as "a!ar>una +resente& the%. These 1G vices are to 1e
    avoi&e& 1y lay Bu&&hists, Bhikshus have celi1acy as their stan&ar&. Ien -en&a#a 7149F -
    191(8 says a1out vice #4:
    2The o1>ect 3or the act o3 seEual %iscon&uct can 1e any o3 the 3ollo#in!: 1 8 a #o%an
    #ith #ho% it is i%+ro+er to en!a!e in seEual activity; (8 a #o%an #ith #ho% seEual activity
    %i!ht other#ise 1e +er%issi1le 1ut #here the +art o3 the 1o&y, the +lace, or the ti%e is
    i%+ro+er; an& 48 another %ale... 71a#arBuna?s 'etter, +. 498
    2,n his 0oliness the Dalai )a%a:s latest Book The )ay to 4reedom, 7+. F<8 he #rites:
    2The last o3 the three ne!ative actions o3 the 1o&y is seEual %iscon&uct... For a %an... it
    also inclu&es other %ales. /nsuita1le +arts o3 the 1o&y are the anus an& the %outh.2 - ".W.
    --- 19
    7, &on:t really think the Dalai )a%a is a 2so+hist2 1ut think &e3initely there is so%e ty+e o3
    con3usion here. $ro1a1ly the 2!run!e rock2 +u1lications 2*+in2 an& 2ut2 Huote& in the article
    in Huestion 7an& #hich ,:ve never seen a co+y o3 the intervie# 3ro%8 aren:t in the hi!hest class
    o3 re+ortin! eEcellence. $erha+s the #hole thin! #as %a&e u+ 1y the corres+on&ent in the
    >i#h (ountry Theosophist. When one thinks o3 all the t#iste& cra++ola that #as +rinte& a1out
    Blavatsky an& likely any +o#er3ul 3orce on the !oo& si&e o3 thin!s, one shoul&n:t 1e sur+rise&
    to 3in& thin!s +ur+osively t#iste& re!ar&in! the D) as #ell. ,:& rather 1elieve the contents o3 a
    +roo3-rea& 1ook like the a1ove.
    For #hat it is #orth, an& this is not Theoso+hy 1ut +ersonal o+inion, #hat this #riter
    thinks o3 the real% o3 seE in relation to s+iritualSnatural +ro+erness or +erversion can 1e +ut in
    a !eneral cate!ory list 3ro% the 1est to the +athetically &e!enerate an& evil: 18 Celi1acy, no
    seEual action; (8 Conservative %ono!a%ous li3e; 48 "ot so conservative %ono!a%y; 98 Most
    thin!s heteroseEual in !eneral; <8 onanis%; =8 0o%oseEualis%; B8 6ni%als; C8 Chil&
    %olestation. - ;&.8
    2-eceive& your %a!aAine... containin! your very 3air revie# o3 G("-tic ? M/-tic*$
    The"-"#h/... 7availa1le 3ro% 11B Taor%ina )ane, >ai, C6 [ R1G.GGU.V8
    2*o%e#here in 0$B:s Esoteric 2nstructions she note& that Theoso+hy has :only one
    Do!%a, the /nity o3 Go&.: The i%+lication is that the %any other i&eas are &octrines that one
    is 3ree to acce+t or not. ,t so ha++ens that %y natural inclination, in this case, is to &#ell on
    the Do!%a an& leave the various an& sun&ry &octrines to others.
    26s , see it, Theoso+hy has at least three +hases: Mysticis%, the ccult, an& ;thics-
    6ltruis%. 6s the last t#o are so #ell eE+oun&e& 1y Theoso+hical #riters an& s+eakers, the
    3irst is occasionally covere& 1y re3erence to the *u3is, the ?a11alah, an& the /+anisha&s, etc.
    -arely, i3 ever, is the %ysticis% o3 0$B 1rou!ht 3or#ar&.
    26s 1est , can, , try to 3ill that voi& an& occu+y that niche. ,n "ature, various 3or%s o3 li3e
    kno# their +lace in the +icture. Thou!h they kill, they usually &on:t co%+ete. There is little or
    no co%+etition in eE+lorin! 0$B, The Mystic. ...Mysticis%, es+ecially in its +urity, is !oo&
    enou!h, 3or %e. )ike certain other su1>ects, the Mystical is o3ten &e3ine& va!uely. 6n& it is
    usually linke& #ith the ccult. But, like t#ins, the t#o can 1e se+arate&. *till, the %essa!e is
    har& to &eliver. To +ara+hrase *+inoAa, thin!s o3 value are not easy.
    2$erha+s 0$B #oul& not have 1een so 3a%ous 7an& in3a%ous8 i3 she ha& reveale& only
    her %ystical soul. "o#, she is %ore co%+are& to $aracelsus than to $lotinus. , 1uck the tren&
    1y tryin!... to cast li!ht on her reli!ious +hiloso+hy, #hich is the ori!inal Theo*o+hia o3 ol&
    6leEan&ria. Then, too, there #as *hankara in ancient ,n&ia, an& the ne-Without-a-*econ&.2
    - W.).
    2, 3inishe& 7The Mahatma 'etters8 an& a% +assin! it aroun&... The M) #ere very
    interestin!, 1ut clearly they hel& %ost o3 the kno#le&!e 3ro% their corres+on&ents - 3or !oo&
    reason... That:s the reason 3or tests, an& levels o3 initiation etc., to %ake sure the kno#le&!e
    is in - to their +ers+ective - !oo&, K Huali3ie& han&s... or they %ay ar% le3t-han&ers... #hich
    inci&ently, is the ulti%ate e!o tri+...2 - 5.G.
    2What a 3ine issue - your 7roto#onos o3 5anuary 1FF<P2 - 0.0.
    2Con!ratulations on another 3ine issue o3 $roto!onos. ..., es+ecially like& -ichar&
    -o11:s +iece 2ur Thou!hts, ur ;arth2. - C.F.
    27Got the Theosophy ,s$ 1eo-Theosophy 1ook... V The ne# version is o3 course a vast
    i%+rove%ent, an& your B a&&itions to the a++en&ices are valua1le. ...,n %y o+inion, the
    %isre+resentation o3 theoso+hy as Christian %ystical !la%or, is the !reatest travesty as #ell
    as the %ost insi&ious threat to truth, that #e 3ace. Thousan&s... #ill 1e &ra#n to#ar& 1lack
    %a!ic ... in the na%e o3 :theoso+hy:. 6n& this &eca&e sees it %ulti+lyin! via the &ou1le 2F2
    in3luence.2 - -.-.
    2, rea& a!ain -o11:s... /ur Thou#hts+ /ur Earth - very kno#le&!ea1le, tho: 3or so%e
    #ho %ay not un&erstan&, &e+ressin! in the lon! run. But in the lon!est run, enli!htenin!.2 -
    W.;.*.
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    R17I1WS5
    De2i$-, 72The $ossesse&28, Fyo&or Dostoevsky, trans. 1y Michael -. ?atA, E3or& /n.
    $ress e&ition, 1FF(, B=F++,R=.F<
    Why take note a!ain o3 a 1(< year-ol& novel. Why, 1ecause it an& Dostoevsky are
    si%+ly the 1est. This is a ne# translation 1y Michael -. ?atA. ,3 this is 1etter or #orse than
    +revious translations, , coul& not say. ,t &oes inclu&e the 2shockin!2 2*tavro!in Con3ession2
    cha+ter that #asn:t inclu&e& in early an& so%e versions.
    "o one realistically +ortrays hu%an 1ein!s un&er stress, an& the results it #ill have on
    their character as #ell as Dostoevsky. ne asset o3 3iction is that it can %ore a&eHuately
    serve as a stu&y o3 hu%an +sycholo!y than can +rose, or at least in an i%+ortant as+ect
    unattaina1le 1y +rose. Goo& 3iction is true to li3e an& hu%an nature in al%ost a +reternatural
    #ay. ,n one sense it is not an 2esca+e2 3ro% %un&ane reality 1ut a cli%1in! 1ack u+ the
    la&&er to the %ental +lane an& the real% o3 archety+es an& synthetic i&eas 3ro% #hich the
    %un&ane #orl& &erives.
    2The $ossesse&2 in this novel are a !rou+ o3 1Fth century -ussian +oliticals an& their
    +lay-actin! #ith a 2secret society2. ,t +ortrays the ty+e o3 3anatic %entality that takes re3u!e in
    an& is +ossesse& 1y an i&ea, an& thus loose contact #ith all co%%on sense an& co%%on
    hu%an values. Dostoevsky &oesn:t +ull his +unches. 0eros an& anti-heros have their !oo&
    an& terri1le Hualities each, true to reality.
    ''''''''''''''
    De-#er*te @"ur(e/-, A5*("(e S"u$-, ATrue St"rie- "! C*-t*B*/- *( "ther
    Sur2i2"r-A, ;&#ar& ;. )eslie, 0ou!hton Mi33lin Co., Boston, <C= ++., 1FCC, 11.F<
    2, a% %ost entertaine& 1y those actions #hich !ive %e a li!ht into the nature o3 %an.2
    #rote Daniel De3oe an& #hich Huote )eslie uses at the 1e!innin! o3 the 1ook. This is a series
    o3 true accounts o3 +eo+le un&er the %ost eEtre%e o3 con&itions an& #hat Hualities the
    su33erin! 1rou!ht out in the%. ne #oul& like to say that eEtre%e con&itions 1rou!ht out the
    1est an& #orst in +eo+le, 1ut in %ost cases it 1rin!s out the #orst, or at least the survival-
    +ractical. ne eEa%+le #as o3 an ar%y #o%an #ho #ith co%+atriots crash lan&e& in the 9G:s
    in "e# Guinea. 6, #o%an 3rien& receive& severe in>uries an& shortly &ie& an& the 3irst #o%an
    #as shocke& to realiAe that her 3irst thou!ht #as that no# she #oul& have the #o%an:s 1oots
    to #ear. ne survivor #rote: 2What saves a %an is to take a ste+. Then another ste+. ,t is
    al#ays the sa%e ste+, 1ut you have to take it. , s#ear that #hat , #ent throu!h, no ani%al
    #oul& have !one throu!h.2
    *o%e receive& a %ystic intuition 3ro% their 3acin! o3 &eath. )eslie #rites o3 the 3lyin! ace
    6ntoine &e *aint ;Eu+ery that 2The re+eate& 1rushes #ith &eath, 3ar 3ro% 3ri!htenin! hi%,
    actually see%e& to !ive hi% a 3eelin! o3 ease an& a rea33ir%ation o3 his eEistence. 0e ha&
    lon! since !iven u+ conventional reli!ion, 1ut in these %o%ents he sense&, as he sai& o3 yet
    another near-3atal acci&ent, 2a ne# un&e3ina1le intelli!ence2; he !li%+se& a 2#orl& 3ro% #hich
    one &oes not o3ten return to &escri1e.2 -ecallin! the serenity #ith #hich his 1elove& 3i3teen-
    year-ol& 1rother acce+te& ter%inal illness, he #rote, 2ne &oes not &ie... There is no %ore
    &eath #hen one %eets it. When the 1o&y 1reaks a+art, the essential is reveale&. Man is only
    a knot o3 relationshi+s.2
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    E(ur*(ce8 Sh*c3$et"(6- I(crei5$e 0"/*+e, 6l3re& )ansin!, Carroll K Gra3, ".D.,
    1FF< e&., (C(++., RF.F<
    ,3 this a&venture story #as 3iction instea& o3 3act, one #oul& 1elieve it #as too 3antastic
    to ever occur. ,n 1F19 *hackleton set out to cross 6ntarctica overlan&. 0e never !ot to
    atte%+t his 3eat, ho#ever, as his shi+ 1eca%e ice 1oun& an& eventually crushe& a3ter %any
    %onths o3 1ein! %aroone&. The %en live& on the ice therea3ter an& then on one ice 3lo# to
    another until the s+rin! tha# %a&e the% unrelia1le, yet never 1reakin! the ice u+ enou!h 3or
    esca+e in li3e1oats. ;ventually, #inter a!ain, an e33ort ha& to 1e %a&e to reach lan& an& the
    lonely outcro+ o3 ;le+hant ,slan& #as reache&. 6 survivors:s ca%+ #as set u+ here, an&
    *hackleton an& a !rou+ set out a 1GGG %iles 3or the southern ti+ o3 *outh 6%erica an& its
    islan&s in the %i&&le o3 #inter in the #orst sailin! sea on the +lanet. ,ncre&i1ly they reache&
    *outh Geor!ia ,slan&, 1ut on the o++osite si&e o3 the islan& over su++ose&ly i%+assa1le
    terrain 3ro% the lone #halin! ca%+ settle%ent. They crosse& the islan& an& al%ost ty+ical o3
    the har&shi+s an& risks #as 1ein! stuck on a 3o!-covere& %ountain at &usk. ,3 they &i& not
    !et &o#n they #oul& 3reeAe. The only +ossi1ility #as to sli&e &o#n the stee+ %ountainsi&e,
    &es+ite the 3act that they &i& not kno# i3 +reci+ice or rock lay 1elo#. The three %en !ra11e&
    each other to1o!!an style an& %a&e the #il& >ourney &o#nhill success3ully. 63ter t#o years
    3ro% the start o3 the >ourney the survivors on ;le+hant ,slan& #ere rescue&. 6%aAin!ly, all o3
    the ori!inal (C o3 *hackleton:s cre# survive& the #hole or&eal, inclu&in! a sto#a#ay #ho%
    *hackleton in3or%e& #oul& 1e the 3irst to 1e eaten i3 they ha& to eat anyone.
    '''''''''''
    A$"(e, -o1ert Byr&, G.$. $utna% , 1F4C, (F=++
    This is 6&%iral Byr&:s account o3 %annin! an a&vance 1ase alone throu!h = %onths o3
    6ntarctic #inter at CG &e!rees *. Due to various li%itations this scienti3ic a&vance 1ase #as
    1uilt &urin! the 6ntarctic su%%er an& either ha& to 1e a1an&one& or %anne& 1y one +erson,
    an& Byr& &eci&e& to %an it hi%sel3 throu!h the neEt = %onths. The account o3 = %onths o3
    solitu&e is +heno%enal an& also tra!ic 1y the 3act that Byr& ca%e a hairs-1rea&th 3ro% &yin!
    3ro% %onths o3 car1on %onoEi&e +oisonin! 3ro% an ill-3unctionin! stove. The #eather #as
    co%%only !ale-like at -<G or -BG F, an& #hen clear Byr& #as ri!ht at the source o3 the
    *outhern auroral 1orealis &urin! the +olar ni!ht. ver the natural +heno%ena, the %ost
    strikin! as+ect o3 the account is the eE+erience o3 siE %onths o3 solitu&e. ,t took Byr& 3our
    years to &eci&e #hether or not to +u1lish this 1ook an& then &i& at the ur!in! o3 3rien&s. Byr&
    #as 1oth a %ystic an& a +hiloso+her. 0e #rites at one +oint:
    2The &ay #as &yin!, the ni!ht 1ein! 1orn - 1ut #ith !reat +eace. 0ere #ere the
    i%+on&era1le +rocesses an& 3orces o3 the cos%os, har%onious an& soun&less. 0ar%ony,
    that #as itP That #as #hat ca%e out o3 the silence - a !entle rhyth%, the strain o3 a +er3ect
    chor&, the %usic o3 the s+heres, +erha+s. ,t #as enou!h to catch that rhyth%, %o%entarily to
    1e %ysel3 a +art o3 it. ,n that instant , coul& 3eel no &ou1t o3 %an:s oneness #ith the universe.
    The conviction ca%e that that rhyth% #as too or&erly, too har%onious, too +er3ect to 1e a
    +ro&uct o3 1lin& chance - that, there3ore, there %ust 1e +ur+ose in the #hole an& that %an
    #as +art o3 that #hole an& not an acci&ental o33shoot. ,t #as a 3eelin! that transcen&e&
    reason; that #ent to the heart o3 %an:s &es+air an& 3oun& it !roun&less. The universe #as a
    cos%os, not a chaos; %an #as ri!ht3ully a +art o3 that cos%os as #ere the &ay an& ni!ht.2
    ,n another thou!ht-+rovokin! +iece Byr& #rites: 2...the +eace , &escri1e is not +assive. ,t
    %ust 1e #on. -eal +eace co%es 3ro% stru!!le that involves such thin!s as e33ort, &isci+line,
    enthusias%. This is also the #ay to stren!th. 6n inactive +eace %ay lea& to sensuality an&
    3la11iness, #hich are &iscor&ant. ,t is o3ten necessary to 3i!ht to lessen &iscor&. This is the
    +ara&oE.2
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    THE SCIENCE OF NATURE, lu3 Ty1er!, $oint )o%a )i1rary *eries 7$B =<GB, *an
    Die!o, Ca F(1==8, +a+er1ack, BF ++., RC.GG 7,ntro&uction, 0enry T. ;&!e8
    ,3 so%eone un&erstan&s this 1ook on the 3irst rea& throu!h, they are a 1etter %an than ,P
    ,t is, ho#ever, #ell #orth stu&yin! an& +ro1a1ly stu&yin! #ell until un&erstoo&. Ty1er! #as a
    %echanical en!ineer an& a %e%1er o3 the ol& $oint )o%a Theoso+hical *ociety. 0e atte%+ts
    here to intro&uce a ne# +ara&i!% 3or un&erstan&in! nature an& critiHues the attitu&e o3
    science, seein! science as a %etho& only or %eans-#here1y o3 utiliAin! "ature 1ut not really
    eE+lainin! anythin! o3 its real essence. , 1elieve he is on the sa%e 3un&a%ental insi!ht as
    eE+resse& in Chilton $ierce:s The (rac in the (osmic E##$
    , ha++ene& to co%e across the 3ollo#in! notice in the 6+ril, 1F9< Theosophical 4orum:
    2lu3 Ty1er!:s The %cience of 1ature - The 3ollo#in! interestin! ite% has 1en 3oun&
    a%on! so%e ol& +a+ers o3 lu3 Ty1er!. ,t +oints to the ti%e, as it is &ate& May 1<, 1F(=,
    #hen he 3irst 1e!an #orkin! out his strikin! an& ori!inal scienti3ic an& theoso+hical theories
    #hich #ere 3inally i%1o&ie& in his series o3 articles calle& The %cience of 1ature, #hich last
    year #as +u1lishe& as one o3 the Theoso+hical /niversity *tu&ies.
    2:;ver since , learne& a1out Theoso+hy, , have 1een searchin! 3or so%ethin! #hich to
    %e #as Huite in&e3ina1le, 1ut #hich , kne# eEiste&, an& #hich lately , have in a Huite
    inco%+rehensi1le #ay actually stu%1le& over. When , +icke& it u+ an& 1e!an to eEa%ine it, ,
    reco!niAe& it to 1e the %athe%atical +roo3 o3 the 3irst 3un&a%ental +ro+osition o3 The %ecret
    3octrine+ an& &iscovere& that this truth coul& 1e +resente& so aEio%atically as to re%ove it
    co%+letely 3ro% o+inion, +ersons, +lace or ti%e. 6s a %athe%atical eHuation it is so si%+le
    an& &irect that a %ere chil& can un&erstan& it; as a %athe%atical sy%1ol it is so +ro3oun& an&
    revealin! that the hi!hest intellect %ay conte%+late it #ith a#e, #on&er an& res+ect. 33icial
    science %ay atte%+t to i!nore it 3or a #hile, 1ut this #ill not 1e +ossi1le 3or lon!, an& #hen it
    &oes succu%1 its %etho&s o3 research #ill 1e chan!e&, its +hiloso+hic conce+ts
    revolutioniAe&, an& Theoso+hy #ill a++ear in a ne# li!ht.:2

    For those #ho 3ollo#e& the TI +ro!ra% *tar Trek: The %econd .eneration+ this 1ook
    see%s to %e so%ethin! that %i!ht 1e a 1asic teEt1ook
    in #hatever school the character calle& 2The Traveler2 #ent to. 2The Traveler2 is a1le to travel
    ti%e an& s+ace throu!h the realiAation that ti%e an& s+ace are 3unctions o3 the %in&. Ty1er!
    +resents our +hysical reality as %ani3estation o3 the r!anic Bein! that all our eEistence is.
    The lan!ua!e is so%e#hat &i33icult an& also , think %ay1e there aren:t a&eHuate ;n!lish
    #or&s 3or so%e o3 his i&eas. ur in&octrination into the #ays o3 thinkin! o3 science #hich are
    also in 1asis the sa%e as the a++roach o3 conventional reli!ion, %akes it very &i33icult to
    conceive o3 "ature an& ourselves as one or!anic #hole, rather than as ourselves sittin!
    so%eho# &etache& an& se+arate 3ro% "ature an& %ani+ulatin! it.
    This 1ook see%s sort o3 a short han& version o3 #hat coul& have 1een a B,G 1ook. My
    intuition 73or #hat that %i!ht 1e #orth8 tells %e that the &i33erent +ara&i!% he is tryin! to
    +resent is 2true2, 1ut , can:t say , un&erstoo& everythin!P For those #illin! to s#eat over every
    +ara!ra+h in or&er to un&erstan& so%ethin! #orth un&erstan&in! - this #ill !ive a&eHuate
    eEercise to your %ental %uscles.
    '''''''''''''''
    0"/*+e T" Arcturu-, Davi& )in&say, Ballantine Books, ".D., 1FBB, (CB ++.
    Dou coul& +ro1a1ly 3in& this 1ook in the *cience Fiction section o3 %ost use& 1ook
    stores. 6 corres+on&ent calle& this 1ook 2an uninhi1ite& 3li!ht o3 i%a!ination2 or so%ethin!
    such, an& that it isP , &on:t think , ever rea& a %ore unusual 1ook. The 1asic story surroun&s
    so%e earthlin!s #ho !et trans+orte& to 2Tor%ance2 or1itin! the star 6rcturus. To 1e
    conservative, one coul&- say that reality is 23lui&2 on Tor%ance. Creatures an& environ%ent o3
    every sort eEist. :Di33erent or!ans 3or &i33erent ty+es o3 %ental an& sensual +erce+tion, holy
    %en o3 &i33erent cree&s, &i33erent races o3 +eo+le that in so%e cases see% re+resentations o3
    #hat Theoso+hy %i!ht &escri1e 3ro% the various root-races or roun&s. ,t is a very +hiloso+hic
    1ook #ith all &i33erent an!les an& conce+ts +resente& 1y the chie3 characters, all, al%ost #ho
    &ie. ,t is an intellectual 1ook, 1ut , #oul& not call it a s+iritual 1ook, necessarily. The
    characters lack a certain &e+th or soul-Huality an& are sin!le-&i%ensional in a #ay. What they
    &o in %any situations, a real +erson #oul& not &o. ne can:t really i&enti3y continually #ith
    --- 1C
    the chie3 character 1ecause o3 his o3ten a%oralness an& lack o3 inte!rity - killin! other
    characters an& the like #ith little reason an& then sho#in! a su+er3icial re%orse. ,tLs a little
    cree+y. There are a lot o3 occult i&eas +resente&, like creatures that catch their +rey throu!h
    3orce o3 #ill. ,ts all sort o3 a surreal intellectualis%. De3initely so%ethin! #orth rea&in! that:s
    !uarantee& to shake the rea&er u+ a 1it.
    ''''''''''''''''
    OUR 1ARTH...
    *o%ethin! so%eone sai& in a corres+on&ence an& the title o3 -. -o11:s article in the
    last issue, /ur Thou#hts+ /ur Earth, !ot this #riter to think or rearran!e his thinkin!. Des+ite
    all the !rave &i33iculties a theoso+hist or anyone tryin! to %ake +ro!ress or chan!e thin!s 3or
    the 1etter 3aces - #hich %akes one think so%eti%es this #orl& is so%e irre&ee%a1le hell, the
    &i33iculties an& li%itations 1oth insi&e an& out - this #orl& really is our #orl&, the #orl& o3 those
    tryin! to hea& in the ri!ht &irection, to#ar&s the 2!oo&2 an& a#ay 3ro% all the &ark o1scurity o3
    >ust strivin! 3or onesel3. 6ccor&in! to Theoso+hical teachin!s, all o3 eEistence is hea&in! in the
    sa%e &irection #e are strivin! 3or, slo# 1ut surely #e are evolvin! an& ascen&in! an& not
    &escen&in!. 6ll o3 eEistence is on our si&e at its 1ase. The ne!ative, no %atter ho#
    over#hel%in! so%eti%es, is an e+i+heno%ena o3 the !eneral u+#ar& tren&. $ro!ress an&
    as+iration are +er%anent, the ne!ative is le3t 1ehin& in the !reat eventuality o3 ti%e.
    '''''''''''''''
    PROTOGONOS is +u1lishe& irre!ularly an& &istri1ute& 3ree o3 char!e. 7Thanks very
    %uch 3or so%e &onations recently receive&P8 ,3 you #ant on or o33 our %ailin! list, +lease let
    us kno#. Corres+on&ence an& su1%issions #elco%e. 7$B 999, Gran& -a+i&s, hio 94<((
    /*68
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    21NTA0 S0A71R6
    26live to the truis% that every +ath %ay eventually lea& to the hi!h#ay as every river
    to the ocean, #e never re>ect a contri1ution si%+ly 1ecause #e &o not 1elieve in the su1>ect it
    treats u+on, or &isa!ree #ith its conclusions. Contrast alone can ena1le us to a++reciate
    thin!s at their ri!ht value; an& unless a >u&!e co%+ares notes an& hears 1oth si&es he can
    har&ly co%e to a correct &ecision. 3un *itant stulti *itia+ in contraria currunt U:#hile strivin! to
    shun one vice, 3ools run into its o++osite.:V - is our %otto; an& #e seek to +ru&ently #alk
    1et#een %any &itches #ithout rushin! into either. For one %an to &e%an& 3ro% another that
    he shall 1elieve like hi%sel3, #hether in a Huestion o3 reli!ion or science is su+re%ely un>ust
    an& &es+otic. Besi&es, it is a1sur&. For it a%ounts to eEactin! that the 1rains o3 the convert,
    his or!ans o3 +erce+tion, his #hole or!aniAation, in short, 1e reconstructe& +recisely on the
    %o&el o3 that o3 his teacher, an& that he shall have the sa%e te%+era%ent an& %ental
    3aculties as the other has. 6n& #hy not his nose an& eyes, in such a case. Mental slavery is
    the #orst o3 all slaveries. ,t is a state #hich, as 1rutal 3orce has no real +o#er, al#ays &enotes
    either an a1>ect co#ar&ice or a !reat intellectual #eakness.2

    - Blavatsky, 7BCW ,,,, ((<8
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    PROTOGONOS
    "/MB;- (1 5uly, 1FF<
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    CONT1NTS5 0o+e, Mun&y....1; Work o3 the T* ......$urucker...1; Discretion,
    Corres+on&ence, 6ltruis% .....-o11.....(; *hocks.......Morris.....=; Black%ail.....Mun&y....B;
    6re 6ll Theoso+hists De%ons......5aHua....14; -evie#: Madame 5la*atsy?s 5aboon
    .........19; -evie#: %mithsonian..... 1<; )etters..... 1C; $oints o3 ,nterest ..... 1F; The *tru!!le
    3or *urvival.....Blavatsky Juotes....((
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    HOP1
    h, , #ent #here the Go&s are, an& , have seen the Da#n
    Where Beauty an& the Muses an& the *even -easons &#ell,
    6n& , sa# 0o+e accoutre& #ith a lantern an& a horn
    Whose clarion an& rays reach the inner rin!s o3 hell.
    h, , #as in the storehouse o3 the >e#els o3 the &e#
    6n& the lau!hter o3 the %otion o3 the #in&-1lo#n !rass,
    The %ystery o3 %ornin! an& the %usic, an& the hue
    3 the +etals o3 the roses #hen the rain-clou&s +ass.
    6n& *o , kno# #ho 0o+e is an& #hy she never slee+s,
    6n& seven o3 the *ecrets that are >e#els on her 1reast;
    , stoo& #ithin the *ilence o3 the Gar&en that she kee+s,
    Where 3lo#ers 3ill the 3oot+rints that her san&als +resse&;
    6n& , kno# the s+rin!s o3 lau!hter, 3or , tro& the Mi&&le Way
    Where sy%+athies are si!n-+osts an& %erry Go&s the Gui&es;
    , have 1een #here 0o+e is -uler an& evolvin! real%s o1ey;
    , kno# the *ecret "earness #here the 6ncient Wis&o% hi&es.
    - Tal1ot Mun&y 7Theosophical 7ath, May, 1F(9, ,nt.
    Theoso+hical 0ea&Huarters, $t. )o%a, Ca.8
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    TH1 R1A0 WOR: O4 TH1 T.S.
    - G. &e $urucker
    The Theoso+hist is o3ten aske& #hat +ractical !oo& the Theoso+hical *ociety is &oin! in
    an& 3or the #orl&, an& the ans#er is si%+le enou!h an& &irect to the +oint o3 the Huestion. We
    #ork #ith i&eas, an& #e try to sho# %en that there is nothin! %ore +ractical, stron!er an&
    %ore 3orce3ul than an i&ea. ,&eas shake civiliAations an& overthro# the%. )ook #hat has
    ha++ene& in the +ast. What 1rou!ht such chan!es a1out. ,&eas. The i&eas livin! in the
    %in&s o3 a 3e# %en - seein! ill or seein! !oo&, is Huite 1esi&e the +oint , a% &iscussin!. ,t is
    the i&eas that , #ish to stress, not #ho voice& the%, or the conseHuences 3lo#in! 3ro% their
    enunciation to the #orl&. The i%+ortant thin! is that i&eas !oo& or 1a& #ere &i33erent 3ro%
    #hat #as co%%only acce+te&, they %et at 3irst #ith conte%+t an& &erision, later #ith stu&y,
    an& 3inally #ith acce+tance; an& structures to++le& an& there #as %uch &ust, an& other
    structures rose an& en&ure& 3or centuries.
    *ho# %e so%ethin! %ore +ractical than an i&ea. ,3 i&eas overthro# civiliAations, they
    also 1uil& the% u+. The #hole #ork o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety is to 3ill the %in&s an& hearts
    o3 %en #ith i&eals o3 !ran&eur... The !reatest %en in the #orl& are they #ho have seen
    1eyon& the clou&s, seen the stars o3 s+iritual &estiny an& 3ollo#e& the%. ,n other #or&s they
    have 3ollo#e& that &ivine inner +eace #hich all %en va!uely sense, 1ut #hich #hen
    reco!nise& an& 3ollo#e& !ives us #is&o% an& kno#le&!e an& +o#er to la1or %i!htily 3or the
    co%%on !oo& o3 all %en. But our civiliAation as a #hole has lost that reli!ious instinct o3 unity
    #ith inner !ui&ance; it has lost 1elie3 in its science #hich has %ise&ucate& it; it has no
    +hiloso+hy; it is un!ui&e&, 1lin&e&, al%ost hel+less, an& yet it is +athetically cryin! an& askin!
    the cause like a chil& in the ni!ht, cryin! hel+lessly - an a++eal to the +o#ers that 1e. There is
    the +icture.
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    The %ain #ork o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety see%s to %e to 1e the restorin! to %an o3
    the sel3-conscious realiAation o3 his s+iritual intuitions an& o3 the 1elie3 in the innate %orality
    #ellin! throu!h "ature:s heart an& reco!nisa1le #hen our o#n eyes, throu!h the sa%e %oral
    ur!e, o+en to reco!nise it in others an& every#here. This is the %ain reason o3 its 3oun&in!;
    this is the %ain reason #hy the Masters sent their 3irst ;nvoy, 0.$. Blavatsky: to restore to
    %en the archaic herita!e o3 the +hiloso+hy o3 li3e #hich is at once a reli!ion an& a science,
    #hich is 3oun&e& on the s+iritual heart o3 6l%i!hty Mother "ature hersel3 an& on no %an:s
    say-so; #hich is +rova1le 1y eEa%ination into "ature:s secret +laces.
    ,t is our #ork to chan!e %en:s hearts 1y chan!in! their thou!hts; !ive the% i&eas an&
    i&eals 3or the% to 3ollo# an& live u+ to. 6n& to #ork #ith %alice to#ar&s none, #ith a yearnin!
    to &o >ustice to all, even to those #ith #ho% #e %ost &isa!ree. The Theoso+hist #ill 1e
    success3ul >ust in so 3ar as he can i%+lant in the hearts o3 others #ho %ay see hi% an& hear
    hi% the thou!hts an& i&eas an& i&eals #hich he hi%sel3 has sou!ht an& 3oun& an& is 1lesse&
    #ith. )ittle 1y little the thou!hts o3 %en #ill chan!e, until a ti%e #ill co%e #hen these
    Theoso+hic i&eas #ill s#ee+ like #il&3ire throu!h the hearts an& %in&s o3 %en every#here,
    +er%eatin! 1oth %in& an& conscience, thus 3urnishin! a stron!, a %i!hty, !ui&e to all. The
    #orl& #ill then 1e chan!e& 1ecause %en #ill 1e!in to think ne# thou!hts, see ne# i&eas,
    realiAe their truth an& i%%ense i%+ort an& value, an& instinctively #ill 3ollo# the%; an& they
    #ill un&erstan& then that sel3-interest is the #orst +olicy +ossi1le to 3ollo#, 1ecause the %an
    #ho #orks 3or his 3ello#s #orks like#ise 3or the 1est 3or hi%sel3 an& #ins 3rien&s every#here.
    The %an #hose honor is unstaine& an& #hose heart 1eats #ith love 3or his 3ello#s: he is the
    %an #ho #ill 1e looke& to 3or counsel, 3or all #ill instinctively 3eel the inner !ui&ance that such
    a %an 3ollo#s, an& #ill the%selves seek the li!ht that &irects hi%.
    ,3 i&eas can overthro# an& #ork havoc, it is 1ut this 3act evi&ent that i&eas o3 another
    ty+e can 1uil& an& unite an& save.
    7Theosophical 4orum, May, 1F9(V
    ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
    DISCR1TION- CORR1SPOND1NC1S- A0TRUIS2
    - -. -o11
    These three ter%s are a %etho& o3 &e3inin! the essence o3 Theoso+hic en&eavor.
    *tu&ents are usually %a&e a#are o3 the three o1>ects o3 the society, the stress u+on universal
    1rotherhoo&, an& the lack o3 &o!%a associate& #ith the literature. But there is so%ethin!
    sel&o% %entione& that has 1eco%e o1vious to those #ho have 1een involve& 3or so%e
    years. This is the $-C;**. The chan!e, the +olariAation, the attitu&e, &irection... is the
    result o3 a %ulti-3acete& co%+leE o3 3actors, #hich i3 re&uce& to their ulti%ate #estern
    syno+sis, can 1e &escri1e& as... Discretion, Corres+on&ences, an& 6ltruis%.
    These three 3or% a uni3ie& inter&e+en&ent trian!le o3 e33ort that constitutes one:s +ersonal
    &har%a. "ot everyone kno#s ho# they %i!ht 3it into the #ork at 3irst, 1ut eE+osure 3or those
    #ho are serious, #ill usually, in 3act +%st result in an in&ivi&ual 3in&in! their niche. ;veryone
    has so%e a1ility, no %atter ho# o1scure&, #hich can 1losso% throu!h eE+osure to the ri!ht
    circu%stances. Fin&in! those con&itions is the challen!e, a++lyin! ri!ht kno#le&!e is the key,
    an& eE+en&in! the e33ort o+ens the &oor. )ike the *alt, *ul+hur, an& Mercury o3 the
    alche%ists, the 1asic triu%virate lea&s to, an& is the 1asis o3 &har%a, or the +ath o3 &uty.
    First, Discretion. Three relate& #or&s are &iscretion, &iscri%ination, an& &iscern%ent.
    What are the su1tle &i33erences 1et#een these three. W.J. 5u&!e use& the #or&
    2&iscri%ination2 %ost o3ten, 1ut this #or& no# has social overtones. Mo&ern Bu&&hist
    translations use 2&iscern%ent2 +ri%arily. ur conce+t o3 #or&s chan!es #ith the !enerations,
    as the #or& 2occult2 #as use& 1y "e#ton to convey 2hi&&en2
    --- 4
    or o1scure& "ature stu&ies. To&ay the %e&ia has %a&e it synony%ous #ith #itchcra3t, a 1lack
    +ractice. ,t is sa3e to say the %e&ia lacks #hich - &iscretion, &iscri%ination, or &iscern%ent.
    $erha+s all o3 the a1ove. But #e seek the su1tle &i33erences 1et#een these #or&s. The
    ;n!lish lan!ua!e has 3or the stu&ent o3 theoso+hy several &ra#1acks hin&erin! clear %ental
    conce+ts:
    2"o %an is conscious o3 %ore than that +ortion o3 his kno#le&!e that ha++ens to have
    1een recalle& to his %in& at any +articular ti%e, yet such is the +overty o3 lan!ua!e that #e
    have no ter% to &istin!uish the kno#le&!e not actively thou!ht o3, 3ro% kno#le&!e #e are
    una1le to recall to %e%ory. To 3or!et is synony%ous #ith not to re%e%1er.2 7*D ,, +. <=8
    The ;n!lish lan!ua!e, the lan!ua!e o3 co%%erce an& thin!s, is sa&ly lackin! in #or&s
    &escri+tive o3 +hiloso+hical i&eas. Moreover, &ue to the e%+hasis on technolo!y, its !ra%%ar
    has su33ere&. The British, #ho %ay %is+ronounce so%e #or&s, use a su+erior sentence
    structure #hich is con&ucive to !reater clarity o3 %ental i%a!in!. ,t is even %ore. Why &o
    sanscritists &#ell on see%in!ly %icrosco+ic &i33erences in !ra%%ar. Because it &evelo+s
    &iscretion an& &iscretion is the +ath#ay to intuition. Be a#are o3 %inute sha&es o3 &i33erence
    an& intuition 3ollo#s naturally. There is %ore on this su1>ect in the *ecret Doctrine Centennial
    1ooklet, +. 4F on#ar&. 7Theoso+hical /niversity $ress8
    0o# can #e &evelo+ &iscretion. :Throu!h eE+erience, eE+osure, 1y livin!. ,t is the
    elusive an& %uch sou!ht a3ter goo/ L%/ge+ent, #hich is the result o3 eE+erience, an& o3 1a&
    >u&!e%ent. )ook at the li3e o3 0$B an& her constant travel an& eE+osure #hile seekin! the
    root causes o3 circu%stances. For over t#enty years she travele& the !lo1e in sailin! shi+s
    an& later on stea%ers, on 3oot, 1y carria!e, trains, on horse1ack; one is not isolate& 3ro% real
    li3e in these circu%stances. Deceivin! 0$B #as nearly i%+ossi1le, 3or she ha& seen it "!!.
    What no#, are #e to &o #ith !oo& >u&!e%ent an& &iscretion i3 attaine&. 0o# shall #e
    a++ly it. *o%e use it to %ake shre#& 1usiness &ecisions... 3or #ealth. 63ter all isn:t that the
    %a>or thrust o3 our ti%es. :To 1e a success, to 1e 2&",,'2. -ecently a Buenos 6ries
    ne#s+a+er Huote& the Dalai )a%a as sayin!... 2the +ur+ose o3 li3e is ha++iness.2. Can this 1e
    correct. Where is it #ritten that the sole %easure o3 a %an:s #orth shall 1e his a1ility to !ain
    %oney an& +ro+erty. Does this lea& to true ha++iness. 0a++iness in an& o3 itsel3, i3 +ursue&
    as such, is sel3 ish... an& %se!ess. The +ur+ose o3 li3e is to !ain #is&o%, to learn. ,!norance is
    the cause o3 all %isery, #ron!-&oin!, an& &i33iculty.
    The ri!ht &irection 3or &iscretion an& !oo& >u&!e%ent is +rovi&e& 1y the conce+t o3
    A!tr%is+. 6ltruis% *it&o%t &iscretion is #hat the #orl& in !eneral, an& christianity in
    +articular, su33ers 3ro% %ost. ;%erson #rote: 2...i3 , kne# 3or a certainty that so%eone #as
    enroute to %y house #ith the eE+ress intent o3 /oing goo/ 3or %e, , #oul& vacate the +lace
    #ith all haste.2 We are here talkin! a1out that vast class o3 +eo+le in the #orl& #ho take it
    u+on the%selves to 3oist their %yo+ic an& 1iase& +re&ilections u+on those they assu%e are
    2unenli!htene&,2 all in the na%e o3 2&oin! !oo&.2
    There are t#o #or&s invaria1ly connecte& #ith these ty+es, #hich are at once the %ost
    insi&ious, a%1i!uous, %isuse&, an& &isastrous in their e33ects o3 any other #or&s in the
    ;n!lish lan!ua!e. ne is a 3our letter #or& #hich is the +ri%ary cause o3 the %a>ority o3
    1roken ho%es, or+hane& chil&ren, vicious re+risals, li3elon! en%ity, thousan&s o3 %ur&ers
    yearly, countless la#suits, an& the hi&&en nature o3 #hich is reveale& #hen +ronounce&
    1ack#ar&s... That #or& is o3 course... 0O71. The secon& #or& is res+onsi1le 3or an even
    !reater s%o! aroun& the li!ht o3 truth, an& that #or& is the o%inous... GOD. We in the West,
    are the ha+less reci+ients o3 this &e!ra&e& conce+t o3 &eity, inherite& 3ro% a s%all tri1e in the
    Mi&&le ;ast #ho 3or%erly #orshi+e& the !ol&en cal3. The true essence o3 the #or& GD can
    also 1e 3oun& in its reverse... DG. For #hat &oes a &o! &o. ,t runs ahea& o3 its %aster
    +reten&in! to lea&, 1ut al#ays lookin! 1ack#ar&s to see #hich &irection to take. *o is our
    (Gth century 2!o&2 %a&e to a++ear to lea&, 1ut al#ays 3ittin! in conveniently #ith the &esires
    o3 %en. 6s the Mahatma 'etters say, ...reli!ions, +riesthoo&s an& the like, are res+onsi1le 3or
    (S4 o3 the %iseries o3 the #orl&. Currently, ,relan&, Bosnia, Chechnia, ,srael, *ri )anka, an&
    ,n&ia are a 3e# eEa%+les.
    6ltruis%, %ost no1le 1ut %ost 3rau!ht #ith +it3alls, is save& 1y &iscretion. This &iscretion
    is 1orn o3 eE+erience, #hich is en!en&ere& 1y corres+on&ences - the thir& +oint in our
    trian!le o3 3un&a%entals. What is %eant 1y corres+on&ences. ,n its si%+lest &e3inition it is a
    set o3 &issociate& i&eas that #hen 3inally interrelate& !ive an un&erstan&in! !reater than their
    +arts. Generally it is rational intellection, or 3acts o1serve& an& assi%ilate& #ith theoso+hical
    occultis%, hel+e&
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    1y intuition, to see 1eneath the sur3ace. ,n the ;astern syste%, i3 one +ertinent 3act is kno#n
    a1out so%ethin!, the la# o3 corres+on&ences #ill ena1le us to kno# everythin! else a1out it,
    throu!h &e&uctive reasonin!. 6 3lo#er 1loo%s in 5une only, thus its Ge%ini nature, the t#ins,
    &uality. ,t %ay have &ual sta%ens, or t#in ste%s, like airy +laces, trans+lant easily, 1e %ost
    +roli3ic in !rou+s, ,ts her1s %ay hel+ res+iratory ail%ents, etc., etc. *even 3actors are a++lie&
    to everythin! there is, to !ain kno#le&!e in this %anner. 6 lar!e +art o3 this sche%e is set
    &o#n in BCW Iol. Q,,. *ince everythin! in the Cos%os is relate&, the +rocess o3 sortin! out
    these 3acts !ains eE+erience, #hich ai&s in &evelo+in! &iscretion.
    Corres+on&ences 7intellection8 #ithout &iscretion lea&s to error; as the 5ha#a*ad .ita
    says, 2kno#le&!e #ithout &iscretion, is #orse than i!norance.2 But #ith &iscretion an&
    altruis% it is !yana yo!a. ,n the %ecret 3octrine+ one !ra&ually 1eco%es a#are o3 i&eas #hich
    are &i33icult to convey. This arises 3ro% the s+ecial +sycholo!y o3 1rin!in! t#o lines o3 thou!ht
    3or#ar& si%ultaneously, until they are at last reconcile& or inte!rate& #ith catalytic i%+act. The
    result is a s+ontaneous a#areness not +ossi1le #ith a %ere iteration o3 3acts. We 3in& a
    si%ilar syste% in @en, an& #ith the *u3is. 0$B #as aske& to re#rite so%e +a!es o3 the *.D.
    ten ti%es 1e3ore she !ot it ri!ht. "ote #ell, she ha& to learn to #rite it +ro+erly hersel3,
    althou!h the Masters coul& easily have &ictate& it. *uch care in certain +assa!es is &esi!ne&
    to i%+art s+ecial un&erstan&in! #hich is o3 course a +art o3 !yana yo!a. 6ltruis%, #hich
    inclu&es sel3 sacri3ice an& sel3lessness, is nee&e& 1ecause the +olarity o3 one:s e!o is %a&e
    rece+tive 1y ne!ation.
    , have nothin!. , #ant nothin!. , a% not&ing. :The e!o &estroye&, the consciousness is
    +oise&. *tartin! 3ro% this +oint is to start 3ro% unity. $ure, si%+le, clean, un3ettere&, the
    thinker 1eco%es the thou!ht. 6ll else is cast a#ay. The li!ht o3 li3e is centere&. Where &oes
    one !o 3ro% this +oint. :To seek truth, -eal truth, a1solute +ure reality. By &e&icatin! one:s
    sel3 to this si%+le !oal, the sta!e is set. ,t is layin! asi&e all +reconce+tions, takin! all
    authority #ith >aun&ice& eye, an& re-eEa%inin! all thin!s #ith intuition... %ineral, +lant, ani%al,
    an& hu%an nature, #ith the inner eye o3 &an!%a.
    The result o3 such an a++roach #ill 1e a tearin! &o#n o3 esta1lishe& an& acce+te& 3or%.
    ne &iscovers that nearly everythin! co%%only acce+te& is either a hal3-truth, or is 3alse, that
    the syste% o3 Western in&uctive reasonin! is 3la#e&, that li%itin! ourselves to +hysical
    sciences is a priori %nscienti3ic, an& that the eEistence o3 an unseen #orl& o3 causes
    +rece&es everythin! in our #orl& o3 3ive senses. "o %an &oes anythin! or takes the sli!htest
    action #ithout consciously or unconsciously t&in)ing o3 it 3irst. Moreover, our %aterialistic
    conce+ts o3 !ravity, 3orce, %a!netis%, kinetic ener!y, ti%e... are all taylor-%a&e to o1scure
    the true nature o3 thin!s.
    We are tau!ht that li!ht travelin! at 1C=,GGG %iles +er secon& is the ulti%ate velocity an&
    nothin! can eEcee& this %aEi%. Why. Because hu%an +sycholo!y &e%an&s or&er to 3eel
    secure, so %an 3iEes li%its to his thou!hts to !ive so%e sense o3 reality. Gra&ually these are
    su++lante&, an& kno#le&!e inches ahea&. ,t is heresy to s+eculate a1out li3e on other #orl&s,
    yet, the very 3act that #e eEist on this re%ote +lanet at the en& o3 an ar% o3 a %inor !alaEy
    a%on! 1illions o3 such, inti%ates our +erceive& uniHueness is the ulti%ate conceit.
    "ot only shoul& the universe 1e tea%in! #ith li3e, it #oul& o3 necessity 1e o3 the #i&est
    variety, 1oth +ri%itive an& a&vance&. "ot so lon! a!o, the #orl& #as 3lat, an& the +ole o3 the
    earth #as situate& sHuarely 1eneath the Chair o3 *t. $eter in -o%e. ,t #as state& that i3 a
    hu%an eEcee&e& the incre&i1le velocity o3 =G %iles +er hour, the very s+ee& o3 it, in an& o3
    itsel3 #oul& kill hi%. 5oshua Co++ers%ith #as i%+risone& in $hila&el+hia in 1C=F, 3or
    +er+etratin! the o1vious hoaE that the hu%an voice coul& 1e trans%itte& throu!h co++er
    #ires #ith the ai& o3 %a!nets an& &ia+hra%s. Det, evi&ence recently unearthe& su!!ests that
    Cleo+atra ha& 1i%etals i%%erse& in a >ar o3 electrolite, a +ri%itive %a!net, an& #ires lea&in!
    to the *era+ion 7in 6leEan&ria8 a %ile a#ay, #ith >ust this 3or% o3 tele+hone.
    "early everythin! #e have 1een tau!ht is sus+ect. While the Wri!ht 1rothers #ere still
    +er3ectin! )an!ley:s aero&yna%ic theore%s -in the 1CFG:s at *t. )ouis, in TeEas, an& at *an
    Francisco, an aerial cra3t sha+e& like a 1oat #ithout #in!s #as seen !li&in! alon! Huietly #ith
    +assen!ers visi1le in ani%ate& conversation, an& re+airs #ere e33ecte& 1y 3ar%ers #ho
    assiste& the cre# a3ter a lan&in!. This see%s to have 1een a cra3t si%ilar to the vi%anas as
    &escri1e& in the 3rona 7ar*a o3 the Mahabharata.
    Can ne* #ater 1e +ro&uce& in soli& rock. ,s the earth hollo#. Does lava really 3or% a
    layer un&er the earth, or only in certain +laces. Can the hu%an 1o&y trans%ute ele%ents.
    Do 1ir&s levitate %o%entarily. ,s tele+ortation a 3act hi&&en 1y scientists. Can ra&ioactive
    %ercuric oEi&e 1e host to livin! %icro1es. The list is
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    en&less. But, %ankin&:s +ro!ress %ust 1e 1y slo# ste+s lest he &estroy hi%sel3 . We have in
    %ost cases only the kno#le&!e #e &eserve, 3or to eEcee& it #e %ust 3irst 1e %orally an&
    +hiloso+hically ca+a1le o3 han&lin! it 1ene3iciently, or su33er o++ression. 6%on! the
    alche%ists #ere a 3e# #ho eEcee& the nor%... an& there #ere those #ho use& their
    kno#le&!e #ron!ly or in eEcess, only to +ay the kar%ic +rice o3 &isaster. The %ost success3ul
    alche%ists live& in near +enury. For alche%y is a +rocess si%ilar to theoso+hy... a +olariAation
    o3 the #hole constitution throu!h &isci+line. Most alche%ists took (G years or %ore to +er3ect
    their art. That:s 1ecause they the%selves ha& to chan!e, an& #ith each ste+ in their
    &evelo+%ent they achieve& the a1ility to co%+rehen& the che%istry #hich #as +arallel to it.
    Finally, #hen their inner nature #as trans%ute&, they #ere ca+a1le o3 actually chan!in! lea&
    into !ol&. Their lea&en lo#er nature #as su1li%ate& an& the !ol&en hi!her nature eE+an&e&.
    3 course their re3ine& %oral an& ethical un&erstan&in! ren&ere& the !ol& 1ut a con3ir%ation
    o3 the +rocess, a %etal 1ere3t o3 %eanin! 3or the real %an... a true +ara&oE.
    ?no#le&!e alone, or sel3 sacri3ice alone, or action alone, are i%+otent. But co%1ine& they
    are the +ath o3 nature, o3 &har%a or &uty to +ro!ress. ,n the Mahatma 'etters it says, ... seek
    not s+ecial +o#ers 7or si&&his8, 1ut #ork 3or theoso+hy an& these #ill co%e to you naturally.
    6s the 3oun&ers re+eate&ly stresse&, the society is not %erely a hall o3 occultis%. ?ar%ic
    +ro1le%s or attacks u+on theoso+hists as in&ivi&uals or !rou+s, are &irectly +ro+ortional to
    their enthrall%ent #ith +heno%ena. ut#ar& a++earances an& 3ei!ne& !oo&y-!oo&y
    +osturin! +ale 1e3ore the nee& 3or a1solute honesty, #ork, &e&ication to +rinci+les, an& the
    rest. The tea &rinkin!, nons%okin!, ve!etarians, #ho si%ultaneously in&ul!e in hatha yo!a,
    hy+notis%, kun&alini, channelin!, an& 3airies... #hile 3avorin! a sin!le church reli!ion, are the
    ulti%ate +reten&ers. Where is the +hiloso+hy. With +heno%ena &aily eEtolle&, %ental
    in&olence i%+lie&, an& e%otions +re3erre& as 2love everyone,2 #e have a caricature &esi!ne&
    to re+el rather than &ra# inHuirers.
    What a1out the conce+t o3 1ein! the nucleus o3 universal Brotherhoo&. What &oes that
    %ean. *houl& #e rush a1out callin! everyone 21rother2 as the %issionaries tau!ht the
    0a#aiians. To&ay the #or& 21ru&&ah2 %eans only... 2%ister,2 or 2!uy,2 or >ust 2hey you.2 The
    +ur+ose o3 the state%ent in theoso+hy, +ivots on the #or& n%#!e%s. ,t is only natural to
    eE+ect that i3 a nucleus is 3or%e& success3ully that the eEa%+le #ill s+rea&. ,n the
    theoso+hical %ove%ent, a ho+e&-3or reverence 3or i/e"s shoul& 1in& us to!ether. Those
    thin!s #e hol& %ost crucial an& o3 3un&a%ental i%+ortance, oversha&o#in! all else, shoul&
    !enerate a sy%+athy o3 +ur+ose transcen&in! +ersonalities. ,t is a reverence 3or T-/T0 an&
    our &esire to 1e +art o3 it. We shoul& never #orry a1out 1ein! 2+o+ular.2 $o+ularity lasts 1ut a
    %o%ent. -eal theoso+hy is a1solute an& unchan!in! in its +ath. Thin!s that chan!e #ith the
    ti%es are &oo%e& to eEtinction... e+he%era o3 a &ay. Theoso+hists are al#ays askin!, 20o#
    can #e 1etter s+rea& theoso+hy.2 an& then lon!-#in&e& treatises on net#orkin! an& such
    are +u1lishe&. The ans#er is ever the sa%e, the #orl& #ill 1e attracte& to theoso+hy #hen its
    a&herents are eEe%+lars o3 Huality. We %ust ourselves i%+rove 1e3ore #e can eE+ect the
    #orl& to +ay attention. We %ust kno# %ore, assi%ilate %ore, an& 1e %ore... to act as a
    3ocusin! lense 3or inHuirers.
    Discretion, Corres+on&ences, 6ltruis%. The three to!ether are the essence o3 the +ath or
    &har%a that is 1asic theoso+hy. Workin! #ith nature 3or the i%+rove%ent o3 the #hole.
    UContri1ute& 1y -. -o11. 6lso recently a++eare& in >i#h (ountry Theosophist.V
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    SHOC:S
    - ?enneth Morris
    The %an #ho takes his evolution in his o#n han&s, an& a&vances u+on the $ath that
    lea&s to Go&hoo&, at so%e ti%e in the 3uture #ill, i3 he continues stea&3astly a&vancin!, co%e
    to the eE+erience o3 ,nitiation. Therein his #hole nature #ill 1e trie& an& teste&; not 1y the
    acu%en o3 hu%an >u&!es, even the #isest an& %ost skill3ul, 1ut 1y the )a# o3 the /niverse
    itsel3; it #ill 1e &isclose&, to the in%ost ato% o3 hi%, >ust #hat he is; neither &ece+tion nor sel3-
    &ece+tion #ill 1e +ossi1le; i3 he, is utterly 3la#less he #ill stan&; not other#ise. ,t is the
    1usiness o3 every Theoso+hist to take his evolution in his o#n han&s; si%+ly 1ecause
    hu%anity is in these &ire straits in #hich it 3in&s itsel3 +recisely 3or lack o3 enou!h %en-#ho
    #ill &o >ust that; an& there3ore it is the 1usiness o3 every Theoso+hist to 1e!in +re+arin!
    hi%sel3 3or that Great ;vent #hich, i3 he is 3aith3ul, in so%e 3uture li3e #ill ha++en.
    20i% the three #orl&s in ruin shoul& not shake2: in other #or&s, he has to learn to kee+
    his 1alance in such a #ay that no shock #hatever can &istur1 hi%. *hocks are +rovi&e& 1y
    "ature, or ?ar%an, >ust to kee+ us +oste& ho# stron! or ho# #eak #e are. The stron!er a
    %an is, the 1etter he can kee+ on out#ar&ly &oin! his &uty throu!h the #orst o3 the%, an&
    in#ar&ly +reservin! a ri!ht attitu&e o3 %in&. ur Theoso+hical Work +rovi&es everythin! that
    is nee&e& to hel+ a %an to the hi!hest stren!th.
    The -i!ht 6ttitu&e o3 Min&: let us consi&er #hat that is. ,t is, to re%e%1er the )a# o3
    ?ar%an. "othin! can co%e to us 1ut #e ourselves +re&estine& it 1y our o#n thou!hts an&
    acts. *o every &isaster li!htens 3or us the loa& #e have to carry; #e are actually the 1etter 3or
    it. Further%ore, 1y the &ivine an& intricate +er3ection o3 the #orkin!s o3 the universe, #hile #e
    +re&estine& it 3or ourselves 1y our o#n &oin!s, it co%es +recisely at the %o%ent #hen it can
    &o us %ost !oo&; #hen a certain lesson has to 1e learne& 1y us, or #e cannot !o 3or#ar& on
    the $ath o3 ;volution; #hich lesson only that &isaster 7so calle&8 can teach us. /+ then, an&
    learn the lessonP Take a&vanta!e o3 the %ercy #hich is ?ar%an, an& 1e the stron!er 3or #hat
    you su33er.
    To re%e%1er the )a# o3 Co%+assion. 0u%anity nee&s Theoso+hy. Men are su33erin!;
    an& their su33erin! is all the result o3 sel3ishness, #hich is the result o3 i!norance. Theoso+hy
    is the cure 3or i!norance, 1ecause it is kno#le&!e. Dou are not a se+arate 1ein!; you are a 1it
    o3 hu%anity, an& the only #ay you can 1eco%e ha++y is 1y #orkin! to %ake hu%anity ha++y
    1y re%ovin! i!norance #hich is the cause o3 its sorro#. That is, the only +ath to ha++iness 3or
    you is, *+rea&in! Theoso+hy. ,n other #or&s, +uttin! your ener!ies into 1uil&in! u+ the
    Theoso+hical *ociety.
    "o# then, #hen &isaster co%es to you, 3ly 3or re3u!e to these t#o la#s. Take the stin!
    out o3 it #ith ?ar%an; hol& your %in& on to Co%+assion. The #eaklin! an& the 3ool, #hen
    &isaster co%es their #ay, lash the%selves #ith it, live in it, !loat on it; an& so %ake
    the%selves ten ti%es #eaker an& %ore 3oolish than 1e3ore. Fly 3or re3u!e in#ar&ly to the
    Theoso+hical attitu&e, out#ar&ly to the Theoso+hical Work. Dour +ain is in your +ersonal sel3;
    !et outsi&e your +ersonal sel3 1y +uttin! yoursel3 into that !reater sel3 o3 you, the
    Theoso+hical *ociety: your lo&!e; your "ational *ection. When you have &one that, #hat
    ha++ens. Why, the &isaster has 3aile& to shake you. Dou are not livin! in the +lace #here it
    hit. Dou have acHuire& so %uch ne# stea&3astness; so %uch ne# stren!th. Dou have 1rou!ht
    yoursel3 so %uch nearer 1ein! rea&y 3or ,nitiation.
    Dou can:t carry your +ersonal sel3 throu!h that. Dou have !ot to !et outsi&e o3 an& a#ay
    3ro% your +ersonal sel3 . )et us look at #hat that +ersonal sel3 is: ,t is the thin! in you that !ets
    s#elle& hea& an& that !ets in3eriority co%+leE 7the t#o thin!s 1ein! really one8. ,t is the thin!
    that con!ratulates itsel3 on its 7your8 virtues an& successes, an& re+ents an& is re%orse3ul
    over your sins. For!et it; an& #ork 3or Theoso+hy.
    - 3ro% F 4for&m Theosaphaidd, Car&i33, Wales, 6+ril, 1F4<. Dr. Morris #as "ational
    $resi&ent o3 the Welsh T* *ection 7$t. )o%a8. 6lso no# availa1le is The 3ra#on 7ath, e&ite&
    1y Dou!las 6n&erson #ith intro&uction, an& +u1lishe& 1y Tor Books. ,t is a co%+lete
    collection o3 the short stories o3 ?enneth Morris.
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    90AC:2AI0
    - Tal1ot Mun&y
    Black%ail is a +re&o%inatin! evil o3 this a!e an& !eneration. We are lar!ely !overne&
    1y it, in +rivate an& in +u1lic li3e, nationally an& internationally. ur vie#s o3 history are
    #ar+e& an& o1scure&, 1y a +rocess o3 so-calle& e&ucation, o3 #hich 1lack%ail is an intrinsic
    +rinci+le. Business is li%ite& an& hin&ere& 1y it. ur la# courts are in countless instances its
    unintentional a!ents. 6ll altruis% is restricte& 1y the &rea& o3 #hat the 1lack%ailers %ay say
    or &o to &iscre&it anyone #ho &ares to act #ith true no1ility.
    The 1lack%ailer is one #ho 3ears that his o#n tricky interests cannot 1e serve& eEce+t
    1y un>ustly accusin! another, an& #ho threatens in3a%y, loss, or violence in or&er to co%+el
    co%+liance #ith his ar1itrary #ill or concession to his +lots.
    The syste%, #hich is +ractically universal in this !eneration, &ra#s its stren!th an&
    +ertinacity 3ro% the 3iEe& conviction that the li3e o3 a %an is only three-score years an& ten; in
    conseHuence o3 #hich, all calculations are 1ase& on an a1sur&ly narro# su++osition that
    i%%e&iate +ro3it an& loss are the only #ay%arks o3 success or 3ailure.
    ;Etre%e instances so%eti%es +rovi&e the si%+lest illustrations, an& the 1roa&est are the
    easiest to un&erstan&. 6 nation, 3or instance, %ore +o#er3ul than another threatens #ar
    unless the #eaker shall co%+ly #ith a +ere%+tory &e%an&. That is 1lack%ail in a sense in
    one o3 its cru&est an& %ost cruel 3or%s, althou!h it is so%eti%es !lori3ie& un&er the &ece+tive
    na%e o3 +atriotis%.
    r, a !rou+ o3 in&ivi&uals, havin! #hat they 1elieve to 1e interests in co%%on, threaten
    their electe& le!islators #ith +olitical o1livion unless they shall vote as instructe&, #hether or
    not the le!islators think that course is ri!ht. The le!islators, yiel&in! to the threat in 3ear 3or
    their o#n +ockets an& careers, 3or% a caucus an& re3use to +ass >ust la#s +ro+ose& 1y the
    re+resentatives o3 other interests unless their o#n reHuire%ents shall have +rece&ence. ,n
    this #ay the evil %ulti+lies itsel3 an& a s%all 1o&y o3 eE+ert +oliticians 3reHuently 1lack%ails a
    #hole nation; 1ut the syste% is !lori3ie& un&er the %isuse& title o3 -i!ht.
    T>E A%T/12%>21.'F M2%0%E3 1AME /4 !0%T2(E
    6n institution or an in&ivi&ual receives a su1stantial 1eHuest, 3ro% so%eone #ho, +erha+s,
    %a&e &urin! his li3eti%e such +rovision 3or his i%%e&iate relatives as he consi&ere& >ust an&
    #ho #ishe& the 1alance o3 his 3ortune to 1e use& 3or the !eneral !oo& o3 hu%anity. But the
    testator:s 1o&y is har&ly &ecently &is+ose& o3 1e3ore la#suits are 1e!un to set asi&e the #ill
    on the tru%+e&-u+ eEcuse o3 un&ue in3luence, the theory 1ein! that the le!atee #ill rather
    settle out o3 court than 1e +ut to the eE+ense an& inconvenience o3 &e3en&in! the la#suit, or
    the in&i!nity o3 havin! to &is+rove 3alse accusations. This is le!al 1lack%ail, increasin!ly
    co%%on, an& !lori3ie& un&er the astonishin!ly %isuse& na%e o3 >ustice.
    T>E M/T2,E 2% /1E A13 T>E %AME
    The si%+ler 3or%s o3 1lack%ail are all outla#e&, 1ut are none the less e33ective in a host
    o3 instances. The co%%onest, an& all too 3reHuently success3ul %etho&, is to &iscover so%e
    &iscre&ita1le 3act, or one that a++ears &iscre&ita1le, in an in&ivi&ual:s career, an& to threaten
    hi% #ith eE+osure unless he +ays a su% o3 %oney. There the +rocess is una1le to &is!uise
    itsel3 1ut stan&s out ra# an& hi&eous; the victi% #ho yiel&s to it is reckone& co#ar&ly; the
    1lack%ailers the%selves, i3 cau!ht, are +unishe& &rastically an& re!ar&e& #ith loathin!.
    But there is no essential &i33erence 1et#een the 1lack!uar&ly %otive o3 the 1lack%ailer
    #ho eEtorts %oney 1y threat o3 eE+osure, an& that o3 the la#yer, 3or instance, #ho :earns: a
    3at 3ee 1y usin! the courts to eEtort %oney 3ro% in&ivi&uals or institutions #ho, 1y 3orce o3
    acci&ent, %ay 1e una1le at the %o%ent to &e3en& the%selves a!ainst insinuation an& 3alse
    evi&ence. "or is the sel3-style& :re3or%er: or reli!ionist, #ho threatens or!aniAe& 1oycott o3
    in&ivi&uals unless he shall have his ar1itrary #ay, one &e!ree re%ove& in lack o3 +rinci+le
    3ro% the %erchant #ho threatens to #ith&ra# his a&vertisin! unless a ne#s+a+er shall color
    its ne#s an& e&itorials to co%+ly #ith his o+inions.
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    %721E'E%% ,2(T2M%
    6s 3or the victi%s, #ho shall se+arate the%. Who shall elevate the% one a1ove the other
    in the ranks o3 the un#ise. Whether or not 0elena $etrovna Blavatsky coine& the #or&
    :3la+&oo&le: to a++ly to s+ineless 3olk #ho yiel& to the threats an& to the stin!s o3 or!aniAe& ill
    #ill, it is sure she use& it 3reely; an& the na%e 3its. S&e never yiel&e&. *he earne& 1y her
    coura!e an& honesty the 3ull ri!ht to un%ask #eaklin!s to the%selves an& to &eny their clai%
    to 1e res+ecta1le, ho#ever %uch she +itie& the%. *he stoo& un3ri!htene&, an& &e3ie& such
    1atteries o3 1lack%ail as in all recor&e& history have not 1een ai%e& %ore cruelly at any
    in&ivi&ual. 6n& she &ie& unconHuere&, her nerves an& 1o&y racke& 1y the +ersistent %alice o3
    those #ho% she strove to hel+, her heart triu%+hant, her %in& clear an& active to the last.
    The !oo& she &i& lives a3ter her; her tortures #ere cre%ate& #ith her 1ones.
    But 0elena $etrovna Blavatsky #as not short-si!hte&, #hich accounts 3or so%e +art o3
    her coura!e. *he #as not o1sesse& 1y the a1sur& 1elie3 that cause an& conseHuence, ai%,
    e33ort, an& attain%ent, all %ust 1e con3ine& #ithin the s+an o3 one short hu%an li3e. 0er #hole
    a%1ition #as to serve hu%anity 1y revivin! in its consciousness the Wis&o% that #as in the
    #orl& 3ro% the 1e!innin!, an& she kne# that the cause she serve& #as %i!htier than that o3
    all the hosts o3 sel3ishness.
    7-E,E1T2/1 2% T>E /1'F (0-E
    ,t nee&s no eE+loration into occultis%, nor any so%ersaults o3 intellect to 3in& that
    su+re%e sel3ishness is the only %e&iu% in #hich the +rinci+le o3 1lack%ail can eEist. The
    victi% is as sel3ish in &e!ree as the cri%inal #ho %akes threats in or&er to en3orce his o#n
    #ill or a&vanta!e. *el3ishness an& short si!ht are inse+ara1le, an& the only re%e&y 3or either
    is the +atient eEercise o3 all the 3aculties in continuous e33ort to a++ly, in the thinkin! an&
    actin! o3 &aily li3e, the +urest +hiloso+hy #e kno#. We can never +revent evil, in ourselves or
    others, eEce+t 1y &eli1erately an& continuously &oin! ri!ht.
    The +uttin! into +ractice o3 #hat s%all +hiloso+hy #e &o kno#, inevita1ly lea&s to our
    learnin! %ore an& is, in 3act, the only #ay in #hich #e can learn; 3or it shoul& not 1e
    overlooke& that the %ere stu&y o3 +hiloso+hy as so%ethin! a1stract an& i%+ractical is only
    one o3 the su1tler 3or%s o3 sel3ishness, #hich lea&s to the sli%y Hua!%ires o3 hy+ocrisy an&
    cant. 6n ol&, ol& +rover1, 3a%iliar in the &a#n o3 history, #hen latter-&ay +er+leEities, +erha+s,
    #ere still &iscerni1le as si%+le +ro1le%s uninvolve& 1y the %illions o3 %iEe& consi&erations
    that have cre+t in &urin! the course o3 ti%e, lays &o#n the la# - the true la# - that
    1@,erien#e +")es *ise. There is no #is&o% 1ut is !aine& in actual eE+erience. There is no
    reason 3or our 1ein! in the /niverse, eEce+t that #e %ay %eet eE+erience an& learn 3ro% it,
    an& so evolve 3orever u+#ar& in the en&less cycles o3- eternity into the !ran&eur that is our
    &estiny.
    T>E A5%0-32TF /4 F2E'321. T/ T>-EAT
    ,t is #ell to consi&er 1lack%ail 3ro% that vie#+oint, an& to !overn ourselves accor&in!ly.
    De+rive& 1y %oral 1lin&ness o3 the 1roa&er vie# that reco!niAes this earthli3e as 1ut an
    inci&ent in an eternal chain o3 lives, #e 1eco%e hy+notise& 1y the a++arent &an!ers or
    a&vanta!es o3 any !iven %o%ent, an& so #e succu%1 to the te%+tations o3 the lo#er nature.
    But the 3act once reco!niAe&, an& stea&3astly retaine& in thou!ht, that #e are here to 1uil& the
    character on #hich an en&less series o3 3uture lives inevita1ly #ill 1e 1ase&, then the
    a1sur&ity o3 yiel&in! to threat or i%%oral su!!estion 1eco%es evi&ent, alon! #ith the eHually
    clear un&erstan&in! that to threaten others, in or&er to en3orce our o#n #ill or to o1tain an
    un>ust :+ro3it,: is at least as har%3ul to ourselves as to the%. Their +ers+ective chan!es #hen
    #e take the 1roa&er vie#. The a&vanta!e o3 a %o%ent assu%es very s%all +ro+ortions as
    a!ainst the !ran& +anora%a o3 eternally +ro!ressin! lives in #hich #ith utterly unerrin!
    >ustice, each succee&in! li3e is, in every &etail, con&itione& 1y the character #e have evolve&
    1y our o#n e33ort in the lives live& +reviously.
    The a++arent +ara&oE that #e can only hel+ ourselves 1y continually servin! others,
    an& that there3ore sheer unsel3ishness is the only 3or% o3 sel3ishness #e can a33or& to
    entertain, is an eternal truth. 6t 3irst si!ht, #e 1ein! #hat #e are an& 3ace to 3ace #ith e33ects
    #hose causes lie hi&&en in the unre%e%1ere& +ast, it %ay so%eti%es 1e &i33icult to !ras+ the
    3act that threats o3 %o%entary loss, or +ro%ises o3 %o%entary !ain, are uni%+ortant. But the
    only Huestion o3 real i%+ortance at any %o%ent is, #hether our o#n action shall, or shall not,
    1e 1ase& on our hi!hest sense o3 >ustice an& our hi!hest conce+t o3 unsel3ishness. ,t is not
    easy to 1e unsel3ish, until the ha1it takes 3ir% hol& o3 us, an& that ha1it never co%es eEce+t
    3ro% constant +ractice. ,t is a1solutely
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    i%+ossi1le to act >ustly until #e have 3irst acHuire& the ha1it o3 consi&erin! each &aily +ro1le%
    #ith the eternal la# in %in&, that #e can only 1ene3it ourselves 1y 1ene3itin! all the universe.
    ME32E,A' ,%$ M/3E-1 %F%TEM%
    We 3latter ourselves #hen #e su++ose that this is an enli!htene& a!e. ,t is 3ashiona1le
    no#a&ays to sneer at the 1y!one era #hen ecclesiastical %in&e& tyrants use& to i%+ose their
    notions o3 #hat con&uct shoul& 1e, 1y threatenin! hell-3ire to #hoever &are& to &isa!ree. But
    that %e&ieval attitu&e o3 %in& #as only si%+ler - is only easier to analyse at 3irst !lance, than
    our %o&ern syste%s o3 +olitics, 1usiness, e&ucation, reli!ion, an& +sycholo!y. There #ere
    1rave, 1roa&-thinkin! %en in those &ays, even as there are no#; an& the +ersecution to #hich
    1rave %en an& #o%en are su1>ecte& in this t#entieth century, i3 no# an& then %ore su1tle, is
    no less torturin!, an& no less cruel an& illo!ical, than #ere the
    +enalties i%+ose& &urin! #hat are so inaccurately na%e& the :%i&&le a!es.:
    The &i33erence is this: that #hile #e hunt throu!h the +a!es o3 history 3or li!ht on hu%an
    nature #e can easily &iscern the +rocesses o3 1lack%ail strivin! to throttle honesty an& all the
    !ran&eur o3 the hi!her nature; 1ut the %o%ent #e turn to latter-&ay con&itions those sa%e
    +rocesses, that 1lin&e& our :%e&ieval: ancestors, %akin! victi%s o3 the%, 1lin& an& victi%iAe
    ourselves. We can lau!h at or +ity those #ho tre%1le& #hen a 1isho+ threatene& the% #ith
    hell unless they +ai& outra!eously unri!hteous tithes; 1ut #e +er%it our chil&ren to act like
    li1ertines, lest they accuse us o3 ol&-3o!eyis% or &istur1 our lethar!y #ith irritatin! cla%or - #e
    su1%it to eEtortion in a thousan& #ays, 3ro% 3ear o3 slan&er an& inconvenience #e con&one
    7#ith our votes or our silence8 the cri%es o3 the a%1itious %en #ho intri!ue in 1ehal3 o3 #ar,
    lest #e 1e accuse& o3 lack o3 :+atriotis%: - #e so%eti%es re3rain 3ro% &oin! #hat is ri!ht, lest
    the a&vocates o3 #hat is #ron! shoul& hol& us u+ to o1loHuy or ri&icule; - an& #e 3ail to see
    that #e are in no #ay 1etter or %ore #ise than #ere the +itia1le victi%s o3 1lack%ail o3 #ho%
    #e rea& #ith such un>usti3ie& sensations o3 su+eriority in the +a!es o3 co%+aratively ancient
    history. Morally, an& in the %ain, #e are a s+ineless !eneration. ,t #ill &o us no har% i3 #e
    reco!nise the 3act instea& o3 3urther +oisonin! ourselves #ith 3lattery.
    5-A,E'F A13 AT /1(ED
    We can never learn to !uar& ourselves a!ainst the unsus+ecte& 1lack%ailer, #hose
    su1tlety esca+es &etection in our +resent state o3 sel3-a++rovin! i!norance, until #e 3irst
    accusto% ourselves to &ealin! 1ravely an& in +rotest an& at once #ith those i%%oral %etho&s
    o3 o++ression an& su++ression that a %o%ent:s thou!ht %akes o1vious. "or can #e ever
    cease to 1e the unconscious a!ents o3 o++ression an& su++ression until #e 3irst re3use, in
    hourly intercourse #ith others, to i%+ose our #ill on the% 1y %eans o3 threats in any 3or%
    #hatever.
    ?atherine Tin!ley, Foun&er o3 the -a>a-Do!a syste% o3 e&ucation, has set the true
    eEa%+le in this, as in so %any other #ays; an& as the )ea&er an& Teacher o3 the /niversal
    Brotherhoo& an& Theoso+hical *ociety, in co%%on #ith all true eEa%+les, her:s is
    %a!ni3icently si%+le. The +u+ils at the -a>a-Do!a Colle!e an& *chools are never +unishe& or
    &iscoura!e&. There is no threat han!in! over the% to &ull their ins+iration an& &e+rive the% o3
    their &ivine +rivile!e to !ro# an& &evelo+ as the 3lo#ers !ro#, in sunli!ht an& 3resh air, - to
    !ro#, that is, into a#areness o3 their o#n &ivinity. They are !iven encoura!e%ent, not na!!in!
    an& re+ression; eEa%+le, not te%+tation; o++ortunity to learn 3or the%selves the &i33erence
    1et#een unsel3ishness an& sel3ishness, 1et#een the >oy o3 1ein! use3ul, %oral, an&
    constructive an& the &reary &iscontent o3 1ein! &rones an& &isinte!rators.
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    -E)A-3 ,%$ T>-EAT
    There is an in3inite !ul3 1et#een the honor-syste% that con3ers intan!i1le re#ar&s #hich
    increase the in&ivi&ual:s sel3-res+ect, 3or &oin! !oo&, an& the co%%oner %etho& o3
    threatenin! #ith +unish%ents 3or 3ailure. The 3irst an& al%ost instantly attaine& result o3
    ?atherine Tin!ley:s e&ucational syste% is, that the +u+ils the%selves a&o+t it an& no lon!er
    threaten %is1ehavior in or&er to 3orce concessions 3ro% their teachers. The syste% evokes
    their sel3-res+ect; they neither look 3or nor #oul& they a++reciate %aterial re#ar& 3or s+iritual
    +ro!ress, 1ut, 1y +uttin! all their enthusias% into their stu&ies an& 1y eEercisin! sel3-control
    they earn the ri!ht to stu&y in a #i&er 3iel&.
    This syste% is the o++osite o3 1lack%ail, #hich is #hy it is success3ul. )ike 1e!ets like -
    a la# no natural scientist #oul& !ainsay. The ancient +rover1 that the chil& is 3ather to the
    %an, is >ust as true to&ay as centuries a!o; an& the chil& #ho has 1een threatene& an&
    coerce& into o1e&ience !ro#s u+ into a %an, or #o%an, #ho coerces - or else, #ho su1%its
    to coercion 1ecause the ha1it has 1eco%e in!raine&. The chil& #ho has never , 1een
    threatene& or 1ri1e&, !ro#s u+ into a #holly &i33erent an& !ran&er ty+e o3 citiAen.
    ur lo#er nature is a 1lack%ailer 1y instinct. ,t threatens inconvenience unless #e yiel&
    to it. 6ll other ar!u%ents 3ailin!, it +rocee&s to terri3y us #ith the threat that #e shall 1e
    ostraciAe& as cranks 1y our i%%e&iate acHuaintances an& 1y society at lar!e unless #e
    su1%it to its i%+ositions. But #hoever yiel&s to that threat has &escen&e& to the +lane on
    #hich all other threats are +o#er3ul; one concession lea&s inevita1ly to another an& all li1erty
    o3 thou!ht or action vanishes, o1literate& 1y the tyranny o3 +o+ular o+inion an& the cla%or o3
    the lo#er senses.
    )ike 1e!ettin! like, it 3ollo#s that #hoever seeks to en3orce his #ill 1y threats, hi%sel3
    1eco%es a%ena1le to threats. The story o3 the little 3leas, #ith lesser 3leas to 1ite \e%, an&
    #hich in turn have lesser 3leas, an& so a& in3initu%, has its universal a++lication; the
    threatener is threatene&; the coercer is in turn coerce&; an& so the vicious chain is 3or!e& that
    1in&s hu%anity in an intolera1le !ri+, #hich chokes an& hin&ers until s+iritual &eath ensues
    an& all society !oes &o#n in one o3 those catastro+hes that %ark the carna!e-trail o3 history.
    T>E (/)A-32(E /4 %'A13E-
    The #orl& a!rees 7#ith its ton!ue in its cheek un&ou1te&ly, 1ut it a!rees8 that re+utation
    is the choicest !i3t at its &is+osal an& that it is 1etter 3or %an or #o%an to lose li3e than an
    unsullie& na%e. 0i!h, very hi!h a%on! its list o3 attri1utes on #hich a 3air re+ute &e+en&s, the
    #orl& ranks coura!e, honesty, clean livin! an& %a!nani%ity, at any rate +reten&in! to re!ar&
    those as the +roo3s o3 true %anhoo& an& true #o%anhoo&. What then shall 1e sai& in 3avor o3
    the %en an& #o%en #ho %ake use o3 utterly un+rove& alle!ations to &estroy the re+utation
    o3 an innocent +erson, either 3or the sake o3 !ree&, sel3-a&vertise%ent, or to stran!le the li3e-
    #ork o3 the in&ivi&ual #ho% they accuse. What shall 1e sai& in 3avor o3 any liar #ho
    circulates 3alse stories, si%+ly to Huiet his o#n consciousness o3 in3eriority 1y slan&erin!
    so%eone #hose con&uct, he intuitively kno#s, is no1ler than his o#n. The +itia1le cri%inal,
    #ho o33ers to a1stain 3ro% li1elin! an& slan&erin! +rovi&e& he is +ai& a su% o3 %oney,
    co#ar&ly %askin! his threat un&er a +retense o3 !ive an& take, is not %uch #orse, an& no
    %ore +itia1le, than the slan&erer #ho hi&es in anony%ity, re+eatin! hearsay alle!ations 3or
    the +ur+ose o3 &iscre&itin! another:s re+utation an& there1y ruinin! a cause, an& 3or !ain 3or
    his +ersonal &esires.
    ,3 it is true, as the #orl& a!rees, #hether hy+ocritically or not, that an unsullie& re+utation
    is su+erior to li3e itsel3, then slan&er is at least as 1a& as %ur&er an& those #ho 1lack%ail
    others 1y attackin! their re+utations are co%%ittin! a %ore co#ar&ly cri%e.
    '27-%E-,2(E T/ T>E ,2-T0E%
    But the truth is, that the #orl& is o1sesse& 1y a conviction that it has only one short li3e in
    #hich to eE+erience the #hole o3 its e%otions an& to !ras+ the te%+orary +leasures that it
    yearns 3or; conseHuently it &oes not hol& re+utation as su+erior to li3e, eEce+t as so%ethin!
    that %ay 1e &estroye& in or&er to +ursue a&vanta!e. ,t &oes not value %a!nani%ity, eEce+t
    as a +eculiarity o3 certain rare in&ivi&uals that %akes the% rather easier to ro1. When it
    encounters %oral coura!e, to #hich it ren&ers so %uch hy+ocritical li+-+raise, it is only to
    &enounce it 1y #hatever catch#or&s o3 o++ro1riu% %ay 1e 3ashiona1le at the %o%ent.
    0onesty, to esca+e the slan&er o3 the #orl&, %ust a++ear to co%+ro%ise an& 1e con&itione&
    1y a thousan& su1ter3u!es that have crystalliAe& into acce+te& custo%. Clean livin!, #hich o3
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    all the essentials to s+iritual +ro!ress the #orl& hates %ost, is %a&e the 1utt o3 ri&icule, i3 not
    o3 co#ar&ly atte%+ts to ruin 1y %eans o3 slan&er those #ho +ractice it.
    The u+shot o3 it all is this: that #e cannot a33or& to yiel& even to atte%+ts at 1lack%ail i3
    our +ur+ose is to serve hu%anity an& to %ake that !ra&ual, #ell-1alance& +ro!ress o3 the
    *oul to #hich our &estiny entitles us; nor #ill #e yiel& to it i3 #e re%e%1er that the 1usiness o3
    eEistence is the +atient 1uil&in! u+ o3 character - our o#n 3irst - the #orl&:s 1y our o#n
    eEa%+le.
    T>E 'A) /4 -ET-250T2/1 A13 -E)A-3
    There is sanity an& cal% assurance in the kno#le&!e that #e rea+ eEactly as #e so#.
    The Theoso+hical teachin! o3 ?ar%a is the 3rien& o3 honesty - the ene%y o3 cri%e. The la# o3
    retri1ution an& re#ar& is utterly in3alli1le an& a1solutely >ust; it kno#s no haste, no hin&rance,
    no eEce+tions; least o3 all is it con3ine& #ithin the li%its o3 an earth-li3e, #hich is no %ore than
    a %o%ent in an en&less chain o3 o1>ective eEistences inters+ace& #ith +erio&s that #e call
    &eath - eEistences each o3 #hich is in every #ay con&itione& 1y the character evolve& in
    +revious lives.
    We are no# the su%-total o3 #hat #e have 1een. 6ccor&in! to the &octrine o3
    -eincarnation #e shall 1e - this, con&itione& 1y the eEactly %easure& conseHuence o3 every
    &ee& #e &o in each li3e. Dee&s 1ein! the result o3 character, it is inevita1ly only character that
    really counts; 1ut character is #ei!he& 1y &ee&s, #hose Huality &e+en&s entirely on the
    %otive that +rovi&es their i%+ulse. "o hi&&en %otive, even thou!h so su1tly hi&&en that it is
    totally un+erceive&, can esca+e &etection 1y the unerrin! eye o3 ?ar%a; each concession to
    the lo#er nature is a!ainst us; each sel3-i&enti3ication #ith our 0i!her "ature, that inevita1ly
    lea&s to conHuest o3 the lo#er, is +lace& to our cre&it an& can never 1e 3or!otten or
    eE+un!e&.
    A'E-T1E%% - 7AT2E1(E - (/0-A.E
    6lertness in &etectin! #ron!s an& #ei!hin! the%, lea&s to a +ro!ressive ha1it, that in turn
    evokes a rea&ier skill an& 3ir%er constancy, until the su1tler 3or%s o3 1lack%ail that have
    victi%iAe& us hitherto, 1eco%e uncovere& to our %ental vision. Coura!e e%+loye& in
    #ithstan&in! the %ore o1vious an& su+er3icial threats, or in re3usin! to 1e +arty to the%, lea&s
    to the !reater %oral coura!e nee&e& to #ithstan& the %ore evasive an& &an!erous 3or%s o3
    %ental 1lack%ail that increasin! s+iritual vision lays 1are. Thus, 1y &ee&s &one throu!h
    conscience, s+iritual +ro!ress is achieve&.
    6n& an attri1ute o3 s+iritual +ro!ress is increasin! %a!nani%ity, associate& #ith a
    &ecrease o3 the instinct 3or reven!e. ;nriche& 1y our o#n eE+erience, increasin!ly #e
    un&erstan& the nature o3 the +it3alls into #hich those less eE+erience& have 1lun&ere&.
    *ava!ery, envy, an& slan&er ai%e& at ourselves eEcite in us less resent%ent an& %ore
    sy%+athy; an&, as that chan!e takes +lace in our o#n attitu&e, there !ra&ually !ro#s in us
    the #is&o% necessary to the >ust &eter%ination o3 each +ro1le% in true, theoso+hical livin! as
    it actually co%es u+ 3or &ecision.
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    -ETA'2AT2/1 2% 1/ -EME3F
    True solutions o3 a &i33iculty %ust 1e totally unsel3ish. -etaliation is no re%e&y, 1ut only
    serves to increase the ulti%ate a%ount o3 evil 1y a&&in! to the ill #ill alrea&y in circulation. To
    re+ay the 1lack%ailer #ith threats, to silence slan&ers #ith slan&er or %oney, o++ose ill #ill
    #ith sel3-stu+e3yin! an!er, is to court the #hole sava!ery o3 the ani%al in %an. By a&%ittin!
    an!er an& the s+irit o3 reven!e into our o#n %otive, #e have lo#ere& the only shiel& #e have,
    an& have &ulle& our only #ea+on.
    First an& 3ore%ost, #e %ay sa3ely 1e assure& o3 this: that any +ro1le% #hatsoever, any
    threat, an& any slan&er, is an o++ortunity to eEercise such #is&o% as #e have, an& to learn
    %ore #is&o% 1y attainin! no1ler character. There is no other +ro1le%, an& no other &uty, in
    the last analysis. But #is&o% is never sel3ish. The %otive o3 reven!e is - no %ore vitiatin!
    than - the eHually un%anly su1ter3u!e o3 co#ar&ice, that o33ers +eace un&er the +retense o3
    +iety.
    Theoso+hy an& Coura!e are one. We have not to &e3en& ourselves, 1ut to u+hol& a
    $rinci+le. ur +ersons an& our +ro3its are a very s%all consi&eration in the en&less evolution
    o3 the /niverse. The only real +ro3 it #e can %ake is in the increase o3 our s+iritual !ro#th;
    the +ersonalities, in #hich in 3uture lives #e are to %ake our ne# eE+erience, #ill corres+on&
    eEactly to that !ro#th; #e >ettison that +ros+ect, corru+t an& un&er%ine it, i3 #e value
    te%+orary 1ene3it an& our %o%entary %ask %ore hi!hly than the &uty to &o service to
    hu%anity.
    A2M AT E,2'+ 1/T AT 2132,230A'%
    6ccor&in!ly, the theoso+hical re+ly to every threat, #hatever %otive %ay 1e a%1ushe&
    un&er it, is 3earless an& is ai%e& at evil, not at in&ivi&uals. The accuracy o3 its ai% &e+en&s
    entirely on its truth3ulness; its 3orce is !a!e& 1y its unsel3ishness; its conseHuences #ill 1e
    %easure& 1y the Huantity o3 contri1ution that it %akes to the s+iritual #el3are o3 hu%anity.
    ,n3alli1ly, those conseHuences #ill +rovi&e !rie3 - an& they %ay 1rin! ruin - to the un#ise
    in&ivi&uals #ho have +re3erre& to take the si&e o3 slan&er an& i&enti3y the%selves #ith
    ani%al- an& evil-nature. But the conseHuences are eEactly %easure& 1y the )a# o3 ?ar%a,
    #hich #ill >u&!e ourselves an& others #ith i%+artiality. ,3 #e act >ustly, the !eneral interest,
    &evoi& o3 any sense o3 +ersonal retaliation 1ut eHually unsu1%issive to the clai%s o3 lethar!y
    an& co#ar&ice, #e nee& have no 3ear that the conseHuences #ill not serve the co%%on
    #el3are, #hatever the i%%e&iate a++earance %ay 1e.
    )2T>/0T 4EA- /- 4A,/-
    $atience is a Go&like attri1ute; 1ut there is a lo#er +atience: it &e!enerates into a sort o3
    3atalistic lethar!y an& ceases then to 1e a virtue. ,t is har&ly +ossi1le to set a li%it to the
    a%ount o3 +atience #e %ay #isely use in kee+in! silence as to #hat #e kno#, or think #e
    kno#, that is &iscre&ita1le to other in&ivi&uals. *ilence an& stren!th are one, #hen no %ore is
    at stake than our o#n +ersonal e%otions; envy, hatre&, %alice, an& all uncharita1leness, 1oth
    in ourselves an& others, are easiest to s%other an& &estroy 1y never len&in! the% the &i!nity
    o3 s+eech. ,n silence, as to +ersonal e%otions an& the %erely +ersonal as+ects o3 te%+orary
    loss or !ain, #e !ather stren!th an& coura!e, as #ell as #is&o%, to act &o#nri!htly an&
    no1ly, #ithout 3ear or 3avor, at the %easure& %o%ent, #hen the o++ortunity arrives to act in
    1ehal3 o3 $rinci+le an& there1y 1ene3it the hu%an race.
    ,t is al#ays un#ise to su++ort the clai%s o3 +ersonality, 1y assertin! or o++osin! the%. But
    it is also un#ise to su1%it to 1lack%ail, 1ecause it is the ene%y o3 $rinci+le. Wis&o% is the
    inse+ara1le co%+anion o3 $rinci+le; an& in Wis&o% lie the very roots o3 stren!th.
    - Theosophical 7ath+ 5une, 1F(9
    '''''''''''''''
    Do*sing: 6 1G-yr. Ger%an 3iel& stu&y 3oun& 2uneE+ecte&ly hi!h rates o3 success2
    #hen &o#sin! #as use& to locate #ater in ari& re!ions. The research is re+orte& in !ournal of
    %cientific E8ploration. ,n *ri )anka, &o#sers racke& u+ a F=W success rate in =F1 &rillin!s
    co%+are& to an eE+ecte& 4G-<GW usin! conventional %etho&s. 70%A Today, 9S14SF<8
    ''''''''''''''
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    AR1 A00 TH1OSOPHISTS D12ONS?
    By &e3inition everyone, an& every theoso+hist 1elo# the level o3 character o3 the
    !enuine chela - is hal3 &e%on. 0u%an nature is &ual. $ut the +ressure on, the tension, the
    te%+tation, the irritation, an& the ne!ative Hualities #ill co%e out. Fe#, very 3e#, have any
    conce+tion o3 #hat they are ca+a1le o3 in the ri!ht situation an& un&er su33icient +ressure 3ro%
    #ithin an& #ithout. The chela.- an& 3or +ractical +ur+oses that %eans no one rea&in! this or
    the #riter hi%sel3 - is so%eone #ho #ill not co%+ro%ise $-,"C,$); no %atter #hat the
    +sycholo!ical an& +hysical +ressure.
    The +otential chela is one #ho atte%+ts to serve $rinci+le over +ersonality an& e!o. 0is
    stren!th an& Huality o3 character an& nearness to chelahoo& is &eter%ine& 1y the a%ount o3
    internal an& eEternal +ressure that can 1e 1rou!ht to 1ear 1e3ore he #ill 1en& his $rinci+le to
    +ersonality, or his hi!her nature to the lo#er. FF.FFFW o3 +ersons un&er the ri!ht or
    su33iciently #ron! con&itions #oul& 1eco%e &ru! a&&icts, thieves, %ur&erers, +erverts,
    #hores an& sell their !ran&%other:s souls to any 1i&&er. ,t is only the 1lessin! o3 ineEtre%e
    kar%a 3ro% +revious lives an& lack o3 intense s+iritual e33ort that +revents such an a1yss
    o+enin! in 3ront o3 the nor%al +erson. The !reater the s+iritual e33ort the %ore o3 this +ast
    kar%a is stirre& u+ an& %a&e to %ani3est. ,n s+ecial cases it even %ani3ests as a 1ein!, or a
    2&#eller on the threshol&.2 6l%ost no one kno#s #hat lurks insi&e their o#n +syche, an& as
    early Theoso+hical literature sho#s 7see (helas and 'ay-(helas 1y Blavatsky an& other
    articles8 o3 those that &e%an&e& a try at chelahoo& - or to %ake the 1i! e33ort - virtually all
    3aile&. Failure at %akin! that e33ort, hu1ric an& naive in %ost cases, #oul& o3ten result in a
    &estroye& li3e instea& o3 >ust 1ein! a1le to !o 1ack to 2thin!s as they #ere.2
    ,t &oesn:t take %uch 3or the avera!e theoso+hist to lose or rationaliAe his +rinci+le to the
    +ressure o3 +ersonality - or turn into a te%+orary &e%on. Most o3 us live in a %atriE o3 ha1itual
    rationaliAation an& %akin! our o#n nee&s, &esires, lusts, an& +etty in&ul!ences our +ersonal
    !o&. Most o3 us aren:t even a#are o3 #hat is +ro+erly o3 the hi!her nature an& #hat is
    +ersonality, an& see our o#n e!os as +art o3 the >ust cause.
    Genuine theoso+hists 1ecause o3 their ty+e o3 e33orts are un&er %ore +ressure than
    avera!e hu%anity. Because o3 our +hiloso+hy #e +lace ourselves in the %i&st o3 the central
    1attle or key i&eas involve& in evolution an& +ro!ress. We are #here the +o#er is at, in the
    center o3 the %eta+hysical +rocess #here the i&eas o3 the 3uture +er%eate, &isru+t an&
    trans3or% ourselves an& all the +resent. The ancient i&eas o3 Theoso+hy - #hich %any 3in&
    uneEcitin! an& 1orin! 1ecause they #ere +resente& a hun&re& years a!o throu!h Blavatsky -
    are actually the i&eas o3 the future. The !eneral realiAation o3 the la#s that !overn the
    universe: kar%a; reincarnation; cycles; innate 1rotherhoo& - to 1e acce+te& so%e&ay as
    co%%on kno#le&!e 1y all hu%anity - is so%ethin! that #ill not co%e to +ass 3or a!es. 6s
    %any science &iscoveries are +resa!e& in science 3iction, Theoso+hy is *cience Fiction that
    has yet to %ani3est - the !eneral #is&o% o3 those o3 the 3ar 3uture.
    *o%e#here in Blavatsky or the Mahatma 'etters it is state& that even in the 3ar 3uture
    only a s%all +ortion o3 hu%anity #ill 1eco%e a&e+ts or strive 3or a&e+thoo& 7relative to the
    rest o3 the +o+ulation that is.8 *o Huestions o3 2chelahoo&2 an& the like are occult Huestions
    concernin! those #ho 3eel the &esire to +ro!ress an& ai& hu%anity 3ar a1ove the &esires o3
    slo#ly +ro!ressin! !eneral hu%anity. 6 Huestion raise& a%on! %ore serious stu&ents o3
    Theoso+hy or the occultly a%1itious is o3ten 2#hether or not one shoul& 1e a chela,2 al%ost in
    the sa%e s+irit so%eti%es it see%s as to #hether or not one shoul& a++ly 3or a >o1 at Wall-
    Mart. ,t see%s to this #riter that such a Huestion shoul& not ver1ally even co%e u+. The last
    thou!ht on one:s %in& shoul& 1e #hether or not one is tryin! to 1e a... chela. The #hole i&ea
    is concernin! #hat the as+irations o3 one:s soul is. Do you #ish to ai& hu%anity. ,s it #hat
    you #ant to &o %ore than anythin! else.... ,3 so - T0;" G F- ,TP /nless one can live
    the li3e, lookin! 3or Masters an& talks o3 chelahoo& an& the like is >ust >a11erin!. Chelahoo& is
    a3ter-the-3act, an& a secon&ary concern. 2)ivin! the li3e2 is +ri%arily not strivin! 3or a1solute
    +urity, ve!etarianis% an& all the rest o3 it, althou!h these are si!ni3icant. With a heart an&
    hea& 3ull o3 %a!!ots, #hat use is to3u over ha%1ur!er. The %ain i&ea is to &o the 1est in
    one:s conce+tion an& ca+acity to ai& hu%anity, throu!h sel3-kno#le&!e an& eE+erience to
    +uri3y %otive. Chelahoo& an& Masters are %eans-#here1y an& not the +ri%ary concern. 6
    !enuine chela #oul& not 1e &evote& +ri%arily to a Master 1ut to a $rinci+le su+erior even to
    re!ar& 3or the %aster.
    Why s&o%!/ one #ish to ai& hu%anity. ,sn:t it another +retense 3or +ersons to hol& u+
    to the%selves #hen their %otives are actually Huite %iEe&. 0o# &oes one 2ai& hu%anity.2
    Wis&o% is nee&e& in this also as very +ossi1ly the avera!e
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    +erson out to 2hel+2 others &oes %ore har% than !oo&. 0o# %uch !oo& is it to 3ee&
    so%eone:s 1o&y i3 you cri++le their +syche throu!h su1tly &e%an&e& su1servience. 6nother
    +ara&oE is that #e !enerally only learn throu!h su33erin!.
    ,s one 2hel+in! hu%anity2 1y sittin! in an ar%chair an& rea&in! Theoso+hy or listenin! to
    an elevatin! sy%+hony. We are all +art o3 the 2racial %in&,2 so to s+eak, an& also involve& in
    resonatin! an& stren!thenin! #hatever i&eas an& e%otions #e entertain. We are all
    i%+risone& in the !eneral state o3 the racial %in&. ur 3uture an& 3uture incarnations &e+en&
    on everyone else. ur 3uture &e+en&s on others 1eco%in! stron!er an& %ore enli!htene&
    also. Di33iculties #ith other +eo+le #ill never en& 1y overco%in! other +eo+le 1ut ulti%ately 1y
    the% 2seein! the li!ht2 as #ell as ourselves. 6n enli!htene& +erson in an unenli!htene& #orl&
    is in hell. 6n enli!htene& +erson in an enli!htene& #orl& is in heaven. We are constantly in
    the +rocess o3 creatin! our 3uture #orl&, the 2house2 #e #ill 1e livin! in.
    ''''''''''''''''
    R17I1W
    "2ADA21 90A7ATS:68S 9A9OON"
    This is the title o3 a 1ook 1y $eter Washin!ton an& +u1lishe& this year 1y *chocken
    Books, "e# Dork. nly a1out a thir& o3 the 1ook is on Theoso+hy, or rather the central
    2Theoso+hical Move%ent,2 as Washin!ton &oesn:t &e%onstrate the sli!htest i&ea #hat
    Theoso+hy +hiloso+hically is. 6n eEcer+t 3ro% the 1ook #as sent to 7roto#onos su1scri1ers,
    alon! #ith a letter this e&itor sent to the +u1lishers. *o%e other +eo+le ,:% a#are o3 have
    #ritten so%e letters also, 1ut a 1i! Huestion %i!ht 1e #hether it is #orth the e33ort or not.
    Washin!ton &eals little #ith +hiloso+hy in the 1ook 1ut treats %ainly +ersonalities - as
    this is #hat is 2!oo& +ress2 a3ter all an& #hat sells 1ooks. n ++. 49-4= Washin!ton s+ins an
    i%a!inary yarn #orthy o3 )ea&1eater an& !ives it as a &escri+tion o3 the +hiloso+hy +resente&
    1y Blavatsky. Corres+on&ent C. Fru% has #ritten that one ter% Washin!ton uses: 2)or&s o3
    the Dark Face2 &oes a++ear in the *D, 1ut other#ise it is all 23la+&oo&le.2 0is re3erences to
    Blavatsky is +retty vile stu33 - +resente& in a su1tle %anner - 1ut #hat is to 1e eE+ecte&. 0e
    uses &is%issal an& caricature rather than outri!ht attack. Washin!ton is another #riter una1le
    to conceive o3 %otivations or ca+acities 1eyon& an eEtension o3 his o#n. He coul& conceive o3
    connin! +eo+le, so Blavatsky %ust have. He &oesn:t have the s+irit o3 altruis% #ithin hi%sel3 -
    so ho# coul& Blavatsky.P He &oesn:t +erceive the reality o3 the s+iritual #orl& #ithin hi%sel3 -
    so ho# coul& anyone else. This coul& 1e a &escri+tion o3 the recent $aul 5ohnson 1ook on
    the Masters also. 0avin! no s+iritual intuitions - all ka%a-%anas, no Bu&&hi-%anas - one can
    only &escri1e or invent #ithin oneLs o#n ethical an& conce+tual level.
    The 1ook is entertainin! an& also treats )ea&1eater, Besant, ?rishna%urti, *teiner,
    Gur&>ie33, ra!e an& a host o3 other counter-culture +hiloso+hers an& 3i!ures. ,3 his accounts
    o3 these other 3i!ures stray as 3ar 3ro% truth as he &oes in Blavatsky:s case, then the 1ook is
    #orthless as 3ar as a relia1le re3erence source. $erha+s a ne# 3iel& o3 2scholarshi+ 3iction2 is
    calle& 3or alon! #ith +o+ular 2historical 3iction.2
    n the &ust >acket Blavatsky is !iven cre&it 3or 1ein! the ori!inator o3 #hat resulte& in the
    "e# 6!e %ove%ent. )ea&1eater is also &escri1e& on the &ust >acket as a 2+e&erast2 - #hich
    is +ro1a1ly &istortin! the truth a 1it, as it see%e& he #as 1asically a chil&-%olester 73or #hich
    the 6&yar or!aniAation is ever to 1e !iven cre&it 3or attachin! this +ervert
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    to the na%e o3 Theoso+hy.8
    Washin!ton %entions the *$-:s 20o&!son -e+ort2 on Blavatsky 1ut o3 course &oesn:t
    %ention the Iernon 0arrison re+ort +u1lishe& a hun&re& years later in the *$- 5ournal
    re1ukin! this re+ort. - 0e re3ers to Blavatsky as 2laAy in %i&&le a!e2 7+. 4G8 althou!h she
    #rote so%e (< =GG++ 1ooks 3ro% a!es 9< to =G. -Washin!ton clai%s that Blavatsky sai& she
    ha& 21een chosen to reach the hi!hest level o3 initiation in the occult hierarchy +er%itte& to
    hu%an 1ein!s...2 7++ 4(-448 U"ot true. 6 strai!ht-out lie 1y Washin!ton, like %any others. *he
    #as only a chela. , think in the M)s it is even state& that she &i& not have the ri!ht
    te%+era%ent to ever 1e an a&e+t.V - Washin!ton says Blavatsky #as 2%assively stout2 in her
    youn!er years #hen she #ent to Ti1et. 7+. 448 U"ot true, she #asn:t #hen youn! an& later !ot
    2&ro+sy2 or a &isease that causes retention o3 3lui&sV - Washin!ton says the a&e+ts are
    2,%%ortal2 7+.498 UThey aren:t, a1out 4GG years %aEi%u% 3or one 1o&y 0$B says
    so%e#here.V - Washin!ton says there is a 2)or& o3 the Worl&, #ho lives at *ha%1alla in the
    Go1i &esert2 an& #ho 2ca%e 3ro% Ienus2 an& 2no# inha1its the 1o&y o3 a siEteen-year-ol&
    1oy.2 7+ 498 U"ot true, Blavatsky never sai& this. ,n 3ollo#in! +a!es he !oes on #ith ri&iculous
    caricature on Blavatsky:s +hiloso+hyV - Washin!ton says Blavatsky #ante& lcott 3or a source
    o3 inco%e 7+ 998 U"ot true. Blavatsky #as har&ly a3ter %oney 3or +ersonal reasons. 6ll her
    inco%e #ent to the *ociety an& she never ha& %ore that a 3e# +ackin! cases o3
    +ossessions.V - Washin!ton says Blavatsky #as an 2a&a%ant anti-Dar#inian2 7+ 9<8 U"ot true.
    *he hel& Dar#in #as inco%+lete an& only treate& +hysical evolution #ithout the s+iritual
    ele%ent.8 - Washin!ton says Blavatsky le3t ".D. in 1CBC 1ecause o3 2+ressin! cre&itors2 7+ <C8
    UWhat evi&ence has he o3 this. More B* to a&& s+ice to his story. V - Washin!ton in
    Blavatsky:s 2Broach +heno%enon2 clai%s that she !ot the 1roach 3ro% a +a#nsho+ #here the
    o#ner +a#ne& it. 7+ =1 8 U6nother unre3erence& or unsu++orte& lie 3or a !oo& storyV -
    Washin!ton says that Blavatsky con3esse& to *olovie33 that she &i& 3rau&ulent +heno%ena 7+
    FG8 U6ctually , 1elieve she re3erre& to +heno%ena as a 2!la%our,2 %eanin! not that it #as
    3rau&ulent 1ut they #ere %ere +sychic tricks not i%+ortant +hiloso+hically.V - Washin!ton
    #rites: 2Gro#in! ol&er, Blavatsky #as %ore reckless. When her tricks #ere eE+ose& she
    #oul& so%eti%es 1luster, an&, so%eti%es cheer3ully con3ess the &eceit #ith a #ink an& a
    chuckle.2 7+ ==8 UWhere:s the evi&ence 3or this.. 5ust %ore conscience-less B* that %akes
    !oo& co+y.V - Washin!ton &e3ines the ter% 21o&hisattvas2 as %eanin! 2little 1u&&has2. 7+ B=8
    7Wron! an& sli!htin! o3 course. ,t !enerally %eans enli!htene& +ersons #ho turn their 1ack
    on nirvana to hel+ hu%anity.V - Washin!ton says Blavatsky #as 2in&i33erent to all reli!ions
    eEce+t her o#n +ersonality cult2. 7+ BF8 U6ctually she took +ansil an& #as a Bu&&hist.V - 0e
    uses the 2sli&in! +anel2 ruse to &escri1e ho# letters #ere %aterialiAe& in the *hrine 7+ C18
    an& i!nores the evi&ence that this #as recently constructe& 1y the Coulo%1s in Blavatsky:s
    a1sence. ;n&ers1y:s Ma#ic Mirrors is liste& in the 1i1lio!ra+hy, so Washin!ton ha& the
    in3or%ation, 1ut this &oesn:t %ake !oo& co+y a!ain. - Washin!ton says in the Theoso+hical
    vie#+oint %ankin& evolves throu!h re1irths 23ro% +lanet to +lanet.2 7+ F(8 Uon !lo1es o3 the
    sa%e +lanet, not 2+lanet to +lanet2 as in the "eo-theoso+hical sche%e.V -Washin!ton says
    that the a&e+t ?0 2ha& s+oken out a!ainst2 contrace+tion 7+ FC8 an& also that the 2*ociety:s
    o33icial &octrine2 #as a!ainst it. U"o re3erence !iven an& so a!ain so%ethin! %a&e u+ 1y
    Washin!ton. The T.*. has no 2o33icial &octrine2 on such thin!s.V - Washin!ton #rites: 20$B
    ha& stresse& that a++renticeshi+ #as lon! an& har& - thou!h she usually %a&e eEce+tions 3or
    her 3avourites...2 7+ (118 U,%+ossi1le. 6ll the BG or so on +ro1ation 3aile& eEce+t Da%o&ar.
    This is Washin!ton:s ton!ue-in-cheek vie# o3 everythin! 1ein! a +ersonal %atter an& con-
    !a%e instea& o3 there 1ein! real s+iritual la#s involve&.V - Washin!ton says ?atherine Tin!ley
    &ie& in 1F4<. 7+ (CG8 UWron!. *he &ie& in 1F(F.V
    Fro% a scholarshi+ an& 3actual stan&+oint, %ay1e the 1est that can 1e sai& a1out this
    1ook is that only +art o3 it concerns Blavatsky. The #ay these thin!s #ork thou!h, its ulti%ate
    result %ay 1e that in 3ocusin! %ore attention on Theoso+hy a 3e# #ill 1e le& to 3urther
    investi!ation.
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    TH1 SMITHSONIAN ON TH1OSOPH6
    The May, 1FF< issue ha& a lon! article #ith %any +hoto!ra+hs on early Theoso+hy 1y
    ;&#ar& 0o#er, A %pirited %tory of the 7sychic and the (olonel. nce a!ain, +erha+s, the
    attention is !oo& 1ut inaccuracies #ere +revalent. This #riter &oesn:t usually 1uy %mithsonian
    so 3oun& out a1out the article 3ro% 5. Wheeler an& also W. D. TenBroeck #ho #rote a !reat
    res+onses to the article to the
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    +u1lisher. ,3 it #asn:t 3or Theoso+hists takin! action on all the !ar1a!e +u1lishe& a1out 0$B
    an& Theoso+hy over the years, thin!s #oul& 1e in a %uch #orse state than they are no#, an&
    its +ossi1le the rea&er #oul& never have hear& o3 Theoso+hy 7or the real Theoso+hy.8 The
    /re#onian o3 $ortlan&, re!on also #rote a revie# on Madame 5la*atsy?s 5aboon #hich 5.
    Wheeler #rote a !oo& res+onse to an& 3or #hich thanks are &ue. 6lso, the !ournal of the
    American Academy of -eli#ion ha& an article on Blavatsky 1y M. Bevir: The )est Turns
    East&ard - Madame 5la*atsy and the Transformation of the /ccult Tradition$
    6s 3or the %mithsonian article, the %mithsonian is a so-calle& 2res+ecta1le2 an& hi!h-
    3alootin! +u1lication #hich a lot o3 +eo+le rea&, an& althou!h len!thy, it:s #orth#hile here to
    re+rint W. D. Ten1roeck:s &elineation o3 2;rrors o3 Fact2 in the article:
    Meetin# &ith (ol$ /lcott; When M%e. Blavatsky %et Col. lcott in Chitten&en, Ier%ont,
    7cto1er 19-(9, 1CB98 she #as not a 2&o#n on her luck,2 -ussian clai%in! so%e tenuous
    aristocratic linea!e. 7Dour article, +. 111.8 0er ancestral line is #ell-kno#n an& traces 1ack to
    -urik, several $rince a&%inistrators, an& o33icials o3 1oth the -ussian an& Ger%an
    !overn%ents o3 earlier &ays.
    4inancial straits: The reason she #as in te%+orary 3inancial &i33iculty on arrival to "e#
    Dork, is 1ecause she ha& surren&ere& her 3irst-class trans-6tlantic ticket an& %ost o3 her
    e%er!ency 3un&s >ust 1e3ore sailin! 3ro% France, to +rovi&e +assa!e 3ro% the +rocee&s, 3or a
    +oor #o%an an& her chil&ren #ho ha& >ust &iscovere& on the +ier that they ha& 1een
    &e3rau&e&. The stea%er tickets they hel& #ere valueless. *he travele& 1y steera!e #ith the%,
    arrivin! 5uly Bth, 1CB4 in "e# Dork, virtually +enniless. "ot havin! a&eHuate 3un&s, an& the
    -ussian Consulate 1ein! una1le to te%+orarily assist her, she #orke& in a coo+erative &oin!
    artistic han&icra3ts to su++ort hersel3 until a re%ittance #as receive& so%e #eeks later 3ro%
    her 3ather:s estate. *he then rente& Huarters, an& use& so%e o3 the 3un&s to 1uy +ro+erty in
    *u33olk County, )on! ,slan& on 5une ((n&., 1CB9. 7(ollected )ors+ 5la*atsy+ Iol. ,, ++. lEiE-
    lEEiii, l-li - Wheaton, ,).8
    0$%$ (itiEenship: n *e+te%1er ((n&., lCB9, she a++lie& to the /.*. Govern%ent 3or
    citiAenshi+. When a++roval #as o1taine&, she 1eca%e an 6%erican citiAen on 5uly Cth., 1CBC.
    7Dour article, $. 11=8 0er ans#er to an inaccurate letter #as +u1lishe& in the cto1er 1CBC
    issue o3 'a -e*ue %pirite in $aris: 2..., a% not a Countess... it #oul& 1e unconstitutional in... a
    citiAeness o3 the /nite& *tates... , a% too &e%ocratic, an& , love an& res+ect the +eo+le
    su33iciently, havin! &evote& all %y sy%+athy to the%, an& this #ithout &istinction o3 race or
    color, to trick %ysel3 out in any kin& o3 a titleP2 7(ollected )ors+ 5la*atsy, Iol. ,, +. 9G18
    1e& For -esidence; Col. lcott an& M%e. Blavatsky live& in "e# Dork #ith Col.
    lcott:s %arrie& sister Mrs. ,sa1elle B. Mitchell #hile 2sis 0n*eiled #as 1ein! #ritten. 7Dour
    article, +. 11(8
    Earlier 5io#raphies of Mme$ 5la*atsy; Do#n the years, since her &eath, %any
    sensational an& inaccurate 1io!ra+hies o3 M%e. Blavatsky:s li3e have 1een #ritten to secure
    notoriety 3or their authors at her eE+ense.
    4ormation of the Theosophical %ociety: M%e. Blavatsky, 3irst %a&e the su!!estion o3
    startin! a society 3or the serious stu&y o3 +heno%ena so as to %ake its rationale clear to all.
    Takin! a&vanta!e o3 an in3or%al asse%1ly in M%e. Blavatsky:s roo%s that listene& to a
    +resentation %a&e 1y Mr. G.0. Felt on *e+te%1er Bth. 1CB<, Mr. W.J. 5u&!e, calle& the
    %eetin! to or&er. Mr. 5u&!e no%inate& Col. 0.*. lcott to +resi&e. This 1ein! a++rove&, the
    %atter o3 3or%in! a society #here such su1>ects coul& 1e &iscusse& #as consi&ere&. *everal
    or!aniAational %eetin!s in *e+te%1er an& cto1er 1CB< resulte& in choosin! the na%e 2The
    Theoso+hical *ociety,2 a++ointin! o33icers, &e3inin! o1>ects an& 3ra%in! By-la#s. *iEteen
    3oun&in! %e%1ers, inclu&in! M%e. Blavatsky, Col. 0.*. lcott an& Mr. W.J. 5u&!e #ere
    recor&e&. These three re%aine& its active +ro%oters. Col. 0.*. lcott as $resi&ent, +u1licly
    inau!urate& the ne# society "ove%1er 1Bth., 1CB< in "e#s Dork City 7(ollected )ors+
    5la*atsy+ Iol. ,, ++. 1(1-1(<.8 7Dour article, +. 1198. 2sis 0n*eiled 71CBB8 #as #ritten 1y M%e.
    Blavatsky, Col. lcott an& several others assiste& in its e&itin!. The 1ook is &e&icate& to the
    Theoso+hical *ociety an& its %e%1ers an& #as &esi!ne& to +rovi&e a 1asis 3or #orkin! on its
    o1>ects. ...
    (ommittee of 2n*esti#ation; ,n 1CBC, M%e Blavatsky an& Col. lcott #ere &ele!ate& as a
    Co%%ittee 1y the :+arent: Theoso+hical *ociety, in "e# Dork, to visit ,n&ia an& esta1lish
    connections #ith the Arya %amaB 7*ociety o3
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    the "o1les8, #hich ha& o1>ects si%ilar to those o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety. Col. lcott as
    $resi&ent #as authoriAe& to esta1lish Branches an& con&uct the a33airs o3 the *ociety 3ro%
    his o33ice a1roa&. Col. lcott an& M%e. Blavatsky saile& 3ro% "e# Dork on Dece%1er 1Cth
    1CBC.
    2ndia: The Co%%ittee visite& )on&on, then saile& 3or ,n&ia, arrivin! in Bo%1ay, Fe1ruary
    1=th., 1CBF. They travele& eEtensively over ,n&ia, an& &evote& !reat ener!y in esta1lishin! a
    3lourishin! net#ork o3 Theoso+hical Branch *ocieties in ,n&ia an& else#here. Col. lcott an&
    M%e. Blavatsky starte& an& co-e&ite& the %a!aAine The Theosophist, 1e!innin! cto1er
    1CBF. Col. lcott, later, &evote& a !reat &eal o3 his ener!y to uni3y, +ro%ote an& &e3en&
    Bu&&his%, 3or #hich he is honore& in Ceylon 7*ri )anka8, Bur%a 7Myan%ar8, Thailan&, an&
    5a+an to this &ay.
    7sychic 7henomena and Mme$ 5la*atsy?s control: M%e. Blavatsky:s sho#e& control
    over re+orte& 1ut un+erceive& 3orces in the #orl&. Conte%+orary #itnesses o3 !reat honesty
    testi3ie& to this. Trickery or 3rau& #ere never +rove&. 6lthou!h %any re%aine& ske+tics, actual
    #itnesses ackno#le&!e& the occurrence o3 ineE+lica1le events in her +resence an& at her
    #ill. 0er re%arka1le a1ilities &e%onstrate& a kno#le&!e allo#in! her to +ractically o+erate
    #hat are calle& 2+sychic 3orces2 in nature. These 3orces an& +o#ers continue to 1e
    researche&. ,n the case o3 a %e&iu%, or 2channeler,2 a con&ition o3 trance or +assivity
    +revails. 6 +erson #ho is #ise in this 3iel&, such as M%e. Blavatsky #as, actively controls
    3orces an& +o#ers relatin! to this as+ect o3 nature. 6 serious +ro1le% in research is that these
    are s+eci3ic to an in&ivi&ual, an& rarely un&er his &irect control.
    *ince the eE+lanations she a&vance& #ere not acce+te& 1y s+iritualists, the
    esta1lish%ent o3 the in&e+en&ent Theoso+hical *ociety 1eca%e necessary. The +heno%ena
    M%e. Blavatsky +er3or%e& !aine& her un#ante& notoriety 1ut serve& to +roclai% the o1>ects
    an& #ork o3 the 1u&&in! Theoso+hical *ociety. *he &iscontinue& +u1lic &e%onstrations #hen
    that #ork an& the e&itin! o3 the %a!aAine The Theosophist &e%an&e& all her availa1le ti%e.
    *he re+eate&ly state& that 2%iracles2 &o not +rove +hiloso+hy. 7see Cranston - 0.$.B.8 7your
    article, +. 111-119, 11B-11C8
    Mr$ %innett?s (orrespondence &ith the Masters; Mr. 6.$. *innett initiate& corres+on&ence
    in late 1CCG #ith the #ise %en o3 the ;ast, #ho, M%e. Blavatsky state& in 2sis 0n*eiled
    s+onsore& her #ork. The o+enin! +a!es o3 2sis 0n*eiled %entione& the eEistence o3 a #orl&-
    #i&e 3ree%asonry o3 *a!es. ther o33icials o3 the ,n&ian !overn%ent, such as Mr. 6. . 0u%e,
    General Mor!an, an& a nu%1er o3 +ro%inent ,n&ians, %e%1ers o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety
    !ave testi%ony o3 their kno#le&!e o3 the eEistence o3 these. 6 +erusal o3 those letters reveals
    the coherence o3 state%ents therein #hen co%+are& #ith Theoso+hical +hiloso+hy. 7Dour
    article, +. 11B-CF 1(G.8 ...
    /lcott and Mesmeric >ealin#; Col. olcott #as a&vise& 1y o1servers to cease usin! his
    %es%eric +o#er to cure, as it #as &e+letin! his reserves o3 vital ener!y. The Theoso+hical
    *ociety &i& not 2or&er2 this. 7see Theosophist - re+orts 1y lcott.8 7Dour article, +. 1(G, col. (8
    (oulomb (onspiracy: The 2Coulo%1 cons+iracy2 #as an alliance secretly %a&e 1y this
    cou+le 7#ho ha& 1een 1e3rien&e& an& !iven #ork 1y M%e. Blavatsky #hen they ca%e to her
    in &ire straits in Bo%1ay8 #ith %issionary interests in ,n&ia. ,t #as a &ou1le +lot: one, to
    construct early in 1CC9, unkno#n to M%e. Blavatsky an& Col. lcott #ho #ere then travelin!
    in ;uro+e, secret sli&in! +anels in M%e. Blavatsky:s roo%s - ostensi1ly to &e%onstrate ho#
    letters #oul& 1e 3rau&ently a++orte&. The secon& +ron! o3 the su++ose& collusion #as to
    3or!e, usin! 3acsi%iles o3 M%e. Blavatsky:s han&#ritin!, incri%inatin! letters that, i3 true,
    #oul& have i%+licate& all three o3 the% in a cons+iracy to i%+ose on the cre&ulity o3 trustin!
    in&ivi&uals. These 2letters2 #hich they attri1ute& to her #ere soon eE+ose& 1y eE+erts as
    clu%sy 3or!eries. 7Dour article, ++. 1((-1(4.8 Usee also !?Accuse 1y Dr. Iernon 0arrison,
    %$7$-$ !ournal o3 6+ril 1FC<.
    Mme$ 5la*atsy?s &ritin#s; Mr. 0o#er !ives a 3air re+ort on the Huality o3 M%e.
    Blavatsky:s #ritin!s as to their intellectual sco+e, 1ut as %any &o, he see%s to lack an
    un&erstan&in! that in %atters relatin! to occultis%, the #orkin! o3 %oral la# is a +ri%ary 3orce
    in "ature, M%e. Blavatsky &i& not nee& to &aAAle or co%+el anyone to en&orse or 3ollo# her.
    %tatements made here; The state%ents %a&e here are not eEhaustive. They are 1ase&
    on %y stu&y o3 primary &ocu%ents #hich are to 1e 3oun& in several easily accessi1le
    archives. , cite, 3or 1revity, re3erences !iven in several secondary sources that are rea&ily
    availa1le an& are relia1le, they have 1een checke& 3or accuracy #ith +ri%ary ones...
    M%e. Blavatsky &re# on evi&ence to 1e 3oun&
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    in %any sources, Western an& ;astern, ancient an& conte%+orary to her ti%e. 0er #ork an&
    its re%arka1le sco+e shoul& not 1e lost si!ht o3 #hen consi&erin! the 2+sychic +heno%ena2
    that she use& to illustrate her state%ents. ,3 !reat %en such as ;instein, ;&ison, Crookes,
    Gan&hi, #ere %ove& 1y her i&eas, #e %i!ht investi!ate the% #ith so%e +ro3it to ourselves. ,t
    is si!ni3icant that in the +ast 1GG years, since she #rote, %any o3 the su!!estions an&
    +re&ictions that she %a&e have 1eco%e 3acts o3 %o&ern li3e an& usa!e.
    - Fro% W.D. Ten1roeck UFootnotes an& re3erences 3ollo#V
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    01TT1RS
    Astrolo#y and the year 2000;
    2.... %any in the Christian #orl& are lookin! 3or#ar& #ith a#e an& not a little &rea& to
    the year (GGG, the secon& %illenniu%. 6 recent TI +ro!ra% toute& the %onth o3 May o3 that
    year as a critical ti%e 3or the #orl&. ,t is then that the seven sacre& +lanets o3 the ancients #ill
    1e in con>unction in the si!n o3 Taurus, the announcer !ivin! the &ate as May <. This is sli!htly
    in error as on that &ate Mars #ill 1e in the early +art o3 Ge%ini. 0o#ever, a calculation 3or
    noon, Green#hich Mean Ti%e, 3or May 4 3in&s the sacre& seven entirely #ithin the si!n
    Taurus an& an arc o3 less than thirty &e!rees. Both /ranus an& "e+tune are sHuare this
    re%arka1le 3or%ation.
    20o# si!ni3icant is all this. While %any astrolo!ers #ill see this celestial +heno%enon
    as in&icatin! an i%+ortant +hase in hu%an history, it is very &ou1t3ul that it is a cos%ic si!nal
    o3 vast cataclys%ic earth chan!es. *o it is +re%ature to :sell all you have: an& 3lee to the
    %ountains. This +lanetary :con>unction: a++ears to %e to have t#o #eaknesses. 71 8 There is
    no +ossi1ility o3 an ecli+se in this ti%e 3ra%e, the %oon 1ein! 3ar 3ro% its no&e. 7(8 The si!n
    Taurus, in this instance, 1elon!s to the tro+ical Ao&iac, a relatively %o&ern invention. The
    occult cycles that %i!ht heral& !reat #orl& chan!es are 1ase& on the si&ereal Ao&iac o3 the
    ancients, an& in the latter the sacre& seven #ill occu+y +arts o3 t#o si!ns. ,n any case this #ill
    1e an unusually ti!ht !atherin! o3 the +lanets, an& #e can eE+ect !ro#in! eEcite%ent in the
    astrolo!ical co%%unity as #e a++roach the year (GGG, es+ecially the %onth o3 May.2
    - C.F.
    /n Music;
    2:Music is the link #hich connects the s+iritual #ith the sensuous li3e: is a state%ent
    attri1ute& to Beethoven. 0is %usic is a sti%ulus that sou!ht to li1erate %en in the a!e #hen
    the shackles o3 the l& Tyranny #ere 1ein! 1roken - very s+eci3ically in #orks like 4idelio, the
    Eroica %ymphony an& the 1inth %ymphony. This is not %usic that is >ust entertain%ent or
    &iversion, or to sti%ulate reli!ious +iety or to re3ine the aesthetic eE+erience. This is %usic
    #ith a %essa!e - +hiloso+hy in soun& - an& has ha& %ay1e a 1i!!er e33ect on the #orl& than
    is co%%only realiAe&. ,t is easy to 1elieve this %an #as here at the ti%e he #as to 3ul3ill a
    certain +ur+ose. We have 3urther consi&eration
    --- 1F
    that #e &on:t really kno# :#ho anyone is.: The +ersonality is the te%+orary vehicle o3 the ;!o.
    2The 3act that MoAart #as a ty+ical 3ree an& easy %an o3 the 1Cth century, or that he,
    Beethoven an& Brah%s #ere a&&icte& to atrocious +uns an& ha& so%e slovenly ha1its in the
    case o3 the latter t#o &oes not &etract 3ro% their art, #hich is sort o3 a se+arate eEistence they
    have. The U,&iotV that +ortraye& MoAart as a !oo3 in the %ovie UAmadeusV &i& everyone a
    terri1le &isservice. ...63ter he &i& all the &a%a!e, an& 3ocuse& on #hat really &oesn:t %atter
    a1out MoAart, he ca%e out an& a&%itte& he:& %a&e a %istake a cou+le o3 years a!o. Too
    late. *%earin! +eo+le like MoAart is a very +oor occu+ation. This %an #as alive to >ust
    everythin! - #hich is one reason he #as such an e33ective co%+oser o3 o+eras. 0e ha& a
    stron! interest in Masonry an& !ot 0ay&n to >oin also. ...We co%e to this su1>ect o3
    :ins+iration: 3ro% an a&e+t, an& , think the su1>ect is o+en to 3urther stu&y. Where the i&eas
    co%e 3ro% is the +erson:s o#n 0i!her *el3, an& , think this !ives a&eHuate eE+lanation. ,:%
    not sure #e nee& any other hy+othesis than this, like the :%usic o3 the s+heres,: etc. What
    ha++ens, , think, is that these hi!h-level co%+osers #orkin! #ith the co%+leEities o3 %usical
    theory - #hich is consi&ere& one o3 the %ore &i33icult &isci+lines - they are at the 0i!her
    Mental +lane, an& universal i&eas an& !et so%e o3 that into their #orks. They are not a vessel
    into #hich i&eas are 1ein! +oure& an& they &on:t kno# #hat they:re &oin! until it:s all over
    7one theory that has 1een a&vance&8. The creation o3 lar!e %usical #orks is a very
    conscious, calculate& +rocess that reHuires %ore than a ne1ulous 2ins+iration2 to +ro&uce a
    #ork o3 art. ...*+iritual +ro!ress throu!h the arts is an i%+ortant su1>ect an& , think it has 1een
    rele!ate& to the si&elines... the a1ove is >ust o33 the to+ o3 %y hea&. 6nyho#, 3or those o3 us
    #ho #ant to !et 1eyon& conventional thinkin!, , think Blavatskian Theoso+hy can !ive us a lot
    o3 hel+...2
    - ).5.
    Madame 5la*atsy?s 5aboon;
    2... one %ore e33ort to &o#n!ra&e s+iritual i%+ortance o3 0$B:s teachin!. "evertheless
    %y curiosity #as +iHue& to the +oint that , took to %y 1ooks to see ho# he coul& co%e u+ #ith
    such &istortions... here are %y 3in&in!s.
    2718 'ord of the )orld - 0$B never use& that eE+ression. What so%e lesser li!ht in
    Theoso+hy %i!ht have &rea%e& u+, lor& only kno#s. ,t
    @cont?d p$ 21A
    --------------------
    POINTS O4 INT1R1ST
    6ccor&in! to stu&ies o3 2"rti"n +eteorites- there is enou!h #ater store& 1elo# the
    sur3ace o3 the +lanet to cover its sur3ace 3ro% CG to F(G 3eet. ,n the +ast it is 1elieve& to have
    1een %uch #etter an& %ore con&ucive to li3e as #e kno# it. The %eteorites stu&ie& are hel&
    to have 1een 1laste& 3ro% the Martian sur3ace so%eho# an& then 3oun& their #ay to ;arth.
    Theoso+hy hol&s that Mars is no# in $ralaya, or a restin! +erio& or 2slee+2 1et#een li3e-
    #aves. 7Toledo 5lade, 4S4SF<8
    A +o/ern 2"#"*(er: Maca#1er #as a character in a Dickens novel #ho never %a&e
    any e33orts 3or his o#n +ro!ress, 1ut #as al#ays sure 2so%ethin! #oul& turn u+.2 ,n the
    ?la%ath Mountains in re!on last #inter a %an tra!ically sat in his sno#1oun& +icku+
    ca%+er 3or F #eeks an& starve& to &eath. The +lace #here his truck #as stuck, accor&in! to
    locals, #as the only +lace that roa& stays &ri3te& throu!h the #inter. /n1elieva1ly he #as only
    a 3e# hun&re& yar&s 3ro% clear +ave%ent. The %an ke+t a &iary an& 3elt his 3ate #as 2in the
    han&s o3 the )or&.2 75lade, =S9SF<8
    4"t&er D"+ien, %entione& as a eEa%+le o3 !enuine charity 1y Blavatsky, is a1out to 1e
    21eati3ie&2 1y the Catholic Church. 2Beati3ication2 is the 3irst ste+ to 1ein! &eclare& a 2saint.2
    Da%ien settle& in the le+er colony on Molokai in the 0a#aiian ,slan&s in the 1C=G:s. 0e 1uilt
    houses, a hos+ital, an or+hana!e an& church. 0e cau!ht le+rosy an& &ie& at a!e 9F. 79!"/e,
    =S(SF<8
    A ne* ,'r"+i/, #hich rese%1les no# %ore a +ile o3 rocks, #as recently &iscovere& at
    *akkara in ;!y+t. ,t is 1elieve& to &ate 3ro% the 2l& ?in!&o%2 1y %o&ern archeolo!ical
    conce+tions, or the &ate a++roEi%ately (4GG B$;. 75lade, <S4SF<8 6lso in ;!y+t a 4,(GG year-
    ol& (%ri"! to+( has 1een uncovere&. ,t #as the to%1 o3 <G o3 -a%ses ,,:s sons an& =B
    cha%1ers have 1een 3oun&. The to%1 #as hi&&en in the san&s 3or centuries, 1ut occasionally
    unearthe& 1y the 3lash 3loo&s o3 the "ile in that area o3 the Ialley o3 the ?in!s. 6 +revious
    re+ort o3 the to%1:s entrance 1ein! unearthe& co%es 3ro% so%e 1Fth century travelers. "o
    %u%%ies have
    --- (G
    1een 3oun&, as likely the site #as ro11e& several thousan& years a!o. 75lade, <S1=SF<8
    6 ne* s%,er#on/%#tor alloy o3 %etal an& cera%ic has 1een %a&e that nee&s only to 1e
    coole& to %inus 4(G F to lose all resistence to electricity. This is consi&era1ly #ar%er than
    +revious e33orts. *ince liHui& nitro!en costs only a1out a Huarter a !allon to %ake, this ne#
    1reakthrou!h has !reat technical si!ni3icance. The &rea%e&-o3 roo% te%+erature
    su+ercon&uctor #oul& %ean virtually 3ree ener!y an& +er+etual %otion. 75lade, 9S(GSF<8
    6rcheolo!ists in 63rica at the *e%iliki Ialley in eastern @aire have 3oun& #"re/ (one
    ,oints 3ro% FG,GGG years a!o, or a1out B<,GGG years ol&er than they a++ear in ;uro+e, an&
    thus 3ro% conventional theory in&icatin! tool-%akin! %i!rate& 3ro% 63rica to ;uro+e. 7 5lade+
    9S(CSF<8 Theoso+hy #oul& hol& that the ti%e era o3 the conventional theories a1out the
    &evelo+%ent o3 %an an& civiliAations - the cave%en, et. al. - is actually a +ralaya +erio&
    1et#een our o#n civiliAation an& the !reat +revious civiliAations. 3 course &iscoveries
    outsi&e conventional theories !et rele!ate& to the 2*tran!er than Fiction2 1ooks an& !enerally
    i!nore&.
    WiAar&s Bookshel3 is co%in! out #ith a +a+er1ack e&ition o3 The 9oo) o$ 1no#&. The
    several har&1ack e&itions have #ent thou!h so%e (<,GGG co+ies. 7$B ==GG, *an Die!o, C6
    F(1==8
    Dick *lusser at the >i#h (ountry Theosophist inten&s to &o another re+rint o3 G. &e
    P%r%#)er8s G%estions We A!! As). This 9-volu%e set has 1een out o3 +rint 3or %any years
    an& is the ver1ati% e&ition an& a1out 9 ti%es the siAe o3 the valua1le +ocket-siAe e&ition
    +u1lishe& 1y T/$ in the late 9G:s. 7>i#h (ountry Theosophist, 19G * 44r& *t., Boul&er, C
    CG4G48
    Were*o!es5 6 3a%ily. in MeEico has a !ene that occasionally %ani3ests an& results in
    co%+lete hairiness on the 3ace, even eyeli&s. 61out 3i3ty cases have 1een kno#n since the
    %i&&le a!es. *tran!e kar%aP 79!"/e- =SlSF<8
    Te!uci!al+a, 0on&uras: 26rchaeolo!ists have 3oun& #hat %ay 1e the to+( o$ " 2"'"n
    e+,eror 3ro% a &ynasty that %a&e !reat stri&es in astrono%y an& %athe%atics. The re&-
    staine& 1ones 3oun& 6+ril 1 in the to%1 a++ear to 1e those o3 ?inich 6h $o+, the secon& kin!
    o3 the Co+an &ynasty.2 75lade+ <SFSF<8
    6 =-year-ol& 1oy in a re%ote corner o3 Chinese-controlle& Ti1et #as &esi!nate&
    yester&ay as the reincarnation o3 the secon& %ost i%+ortant %onk in Ti1etan Bu&&his%.
    Ti1et:s eEile& lea&er, the Dalai )a%a, announce& that Ge&hun Choekyi "yi%a ha& 1een
    reveale& as the re1orn P"n#&en 0"+" an& a++eale& to Chinese authorities to allo# the 1oy
    to 1e traine& as a senior %onk. 75lade, <S1<SF<8
    6%nesty ,nternational sai& to&ay that Chinese +olice have recently >aile& hun&re&s o3
    Ti(et"n 9%//&ist +on)s "n/ n%ns- inclu&in! &oAens o3 chil& novices as youn! as 1(,
    torturin! %any to eEtract con3essions. 75lade+ <S4GSF<8 3 course this is stan&ar& +roce&ure
    3or China a3ter takin! over Ti1et, res+onsi1le 3or the &eath o3 several %illion Ti1etans in the
    last <G years.
    A "$ire("!!" - #hatever that is - +erha+s a relative o3 21all li!htnin!2 - #hatever that is
    a!ain - scorche& an electrical control roo% in>urin! t#o electricians in $itts1ur!h. The 1oss o3
    one o3 the %en sai& that 2,3 you sa# the roo%, you:& think so%eone +ut a stick o3 &yna%ite in
    a steel 1oE an& lit it.2 ne %an #as 1urne& over %uch o3 his 1o&y an& #as in critical
    con&ition. 75lade, <SCSF<8
    Mia%i - 2*orcery has 1eco%e so ra%+ant at Mia%i:s county courthouse that o33icials have
    create& a 87oo/oo S>%"/-8 #hose >o1 is to clean u+ &ea& chickens, !oats, an& other voo&oo
    ite%s each %ornin!. The Ioo&oo *Hua& ins+ects the courthouse !roun&s early each %ornin!
    to +ick u+ &ea& ani%als, char%s, an& other o1>ects o33ere& as sacri3ices to the !o&s 1y
    relatives o3 &e3en&ants, the Miami >erald sai& yester&ay.2 75lade, 9S1GSF<8
    --- (1
    Co%+uter-!enerate& 27irt%"! Re"!it'2 is 1ein! use& to hel+ +eo+le overco%e 3ear o3
    hei!hts. Wearin! Iirtual -eality hel%ets +atients are accli%atiAe& to !oin! hi!her an& hi!her
    in a !lass elevator, crossin! a 3oot1ri&!e over a canyon an& the like. 75lade, 9SlSF<8 Iirtual
    -eality eE+erience is an i%+ortant an& intri!uin! area 3or +hiloso+hic an& ethical s+eculation.
    ,s it &e%onic or an!elic.. - or %ore likely so%e#here in 1et#een. ,s it an astral eE+erience.
    ,s it a retreat 3ro% 2reality2 an& the eE+eriences #e nee& 3or our soul:s &evelo+%ent. ,s it a
    ty+e o3 valua1le learnin! eE+erience in itsel3. ne coul& see the +otential loss o3 nor%al li3e
    into an a&&iction to the Iirtual -eality in the susce+ti1le #hen it see%s likely the syste%s #ill
    so%e&ay 1e as chea+ as a television. 3 course %ay1e our &iAAyin! &evelo+%ent o3
    re%e%1ere& 6tlantean technolo!y #ill uneE+ecte&ly co%e to a s+innin! sto+ 3or one o3 %any
    reasons, 1ut %ay1e not. ,t #oul& see% the reason technolo!y an& science is s+ee&in! ahea&
    so +heno%enally in the last hun&re& years is 1ecause o3 a !rou+ o3 e!os in a convenient
    environ%ent #ho are >ust re%e%1erin! #hat they have &one 1e3ore in a +revious cycle.
    Denver - 26 one.ton 9o%!/er the siAe o3 a co33ee ta1le rolle& o33 a %ountain on an
    interstate hi!h#ay, hittin! a car an& killin! three %e%1ers in one 3a%ily, authorities sai&
    yester&ay.2 75lade+ (S(CSF<8
    '''''''''''''
    Pr"t"+"("- is an in&e+en&ent theoso+hical +u1lication. $u1lication is irre!ular #ith
    intent to +u1lish at least 3 our ti%es a , year. *u1%issions an& corres+on&ence #elco%e.
    ;&itor: M. 5aHua. $ers+ectives eE+resse& herein not necessarily those o3 the e&itor.
    7roto#onos has 1een &istri1ute& 3ree o3 char!e, 1ut is no# !oin! to a su1scri+tion 1asis.
    *u1scri+tion is B< cents +er issue 7#hich is 1elo# cost inclu&in! %ailin!8. ,3 you #ish to
    su1scri1e to the neEt < issues, sen& R4.B<, etc. ,3 there is an 2Q2 in the 1oE your su1scri+tion
    is in !oo& stan&in! 73ro% &onation, co%+li%entary or eEchan!e8. Make any checks +aya1le to
    M. 5aHua......
    '''''''''
    @'etters+ cont?dA
    +ro1a1ly co%es 3ro% 0$B:s *D, *tanAa =, verse B co%%entary #here she re3ers to the
    2"a%eless ne, 2 the 2Great *acri3ice,2 the 2*olitary Watcher,2 an& 2M606-G/-/.2
    27(8 'ord of the 3ar 4ace - This is another case o3 :3u&!in!: to %ake 0$B see%
    ri&iculous in so%e #ay. The only re3erence that , 3in& is 3ro% the *D, su1section 6DD,T,"6)
    F-6GM;"T* F-M 6 CMM;"T6-D " T0; I;-*;* F *T6"@6 1(. What #e have
    here is not 2lor&2 1ut 2)or&s o3 the Dark Face,2 an& it has re3erence to the *orcerers at the
    ti%e o3 the &estruction o3 6tlantis. ,t has no re3erence to a sin!le +erson o3 course.
    2748 0nder#round /ccult Museums - That:s one , coul&n:t 3in&. The nearest , coul& !et to
    it is in Mahat%a )etter no. 1, #here ?.0. %akes a re3erence to :the *ril o3 the 2Co%in! -ace.2:
    0e also re3ers to the :!i!antic ancestors o3 ours: an& :#e have a cave 3ull o3 the skeletons o3
    these !iants --: Whether or not #e can call a cave a %useu% or not is &e1ata1le , su++ose.
    2798 *o 3ar as , can recollect it is no#here state& that anyone literally ca%e 3ro% Ienus.
    The Master ?uthu%i says that Bu&&ha 7his s+irit8 :coul& at one an& the sa%e ti%e rove the
    interstellar s+aces in 3ull consciousness, an& continue at #ill on ;arth in his ori!inal an&
    in&ivi&ual 1o&y.: That %akes it see% +ossi1le that a !reat 6&e+t %i!ht co%e to ;arth 3ro%
    Ienus :in s+irit.: , su++ose he coul& then %aterialiAe in so%e #ay an& +ut in an o1>ective
    a++earance. But that is %ere s+eculation. 0$B, in the su1section /- D,I,";
    ,"*T-/CT-* 7%y Iol. ,,,, 6&yar ;&.8 says: :#heat has never 1een 3oun& in the #il& state; it
    is not a +ro&uct o3 the earth.: *he &oesn:t na%e its ori!in. 6ll this leaves a lot o3 roo% 3or an
    i%a!ination like $eter Washin!ton:s...2
    - C.F.
    The 2rish
    2Uon >o& the 2rish %a*ed (i*iliEation 3ro% 7roto #(GV The title i3 taken literally, arro!ates
    to this isolate& 1an& rather %uch, #hile &etractin! 3ro% the 6ra1 renaissance. *till, it echoes
    so%e truth. Doun! *uccath 7a na%e %eanin! :1rave in #ar: in the Chal&ean8 #as in&ee&
    ki&na++e& at a!e 1= 3ro% his native ,relan&, #hich #as +ri%arily Drui&, 1ut #ith several
    scions o3 Christianity +resent, kno#n as 2Cul&ees2. These #ere a&vocates o3 a 3or% o3
    Christianity un1le%ishe& 1y the -o%an %achinations, an& +rece&e& the -o%ans 1y at least
    t#o hun&re& years. *uccath #as reco!niAe& as +recocious 1y the church 3athers o3 Gaul,
    --- ((
    #ho thorou!hly in&octrinate& hi% in their cause, an& rena%e& hi% 2Ma!onius2, a )atin na%e
    re3lectin! his conversion. 0e #as then sent to &is+lace the Cul&ees 1y &is+utations an&
    &is+lays o3 +heno%ena, in #hich he succee&e&. For this he #as !iven the title o3 :$atrician:,
    an& it is this Ma!onius the $atrician #ho #e no# call... *aint $atrick. The 0istory o3 ,relan& is
    sho#n 1y *ylvester :0alloran to enco%+ass over 4,GGG years on the authority o3 the $salter
    o3 Cashel, #hich recor&s the in&ivi&ual !enerations o3 ,rish kin!s 1ack to the Tuatha De
    Danaan:s, #ho 3oun& an islan& co%+letely over!ro#n #ith oak 3orests. This #as a thousan&
    years 1e3ore Brutus the Tro>an 3oun&e& 2"e# Troy2 on the 1anks o3 the Thay%es in 1,1GG
    BC... #hich 1eca%e )on&on.2
    - -. -.
    ''''''''''''
    90A7ATS:6 GUOT1S5
    2Christianity %ay 1e the o33icial reli!ion o3 the &o%inant races, its +ro3ession the easy
    roa& to res+ecta1ility an& 3ortune; 1ut it has no re#ar&s that #e court, an& the Theoso+hical
    *ociety is %eant to 1e a +lat3or% o3 true Brotherhoo&, a 1on& o3 a%ica1le tolerance, a 3ulcru%
    1y #hich the lever o3 $ro!ress %ay %ove the %ass o3 ,!norance. ,t has no one reli!ion to
    +ro+a!ate, no one cree& to en&orse: it stan&s 3or truth alone, an& nothin! can %ake us
    &eviate 3ro% this #hich #e consi&er the +ath o3 our Duty an& 3or #hich #e have sacri3ice&
    every thin!. ur %otto #ill stan& 3orever: :There is no -eli!ion hi!her than T-/T0P:
    - BCW I, +. 1(1
    2UThe su++ose& la# o3 :the stru!!le 3or survival: an& re3utin! it.V ... this %iracle the
    Theoso+hical *ociety #ill +er3or%. ,t #ill &o this, not 1y &is+rovin! the relative eEistence o3 the
    la# in Huestion, 1ut 1y assi!nin! to it its &ue +lace in the har%onious or&er o3 the universe; 1y
    unveilin! its true %eanin! an& nature an& 1y sho#in! that this +seu&o-la# is a :+reten&e&:
    la# in&ee&, as 3ar as the hu%an 3a%ily is concerne&, an& a 3iction o3 the %ost &an!erous
    kin&. :*el3-+reservation,: on these lines, is in&ee& an& in truth a sure, i3 a slo#, suici&e, 3or it is
    a +olicy o3 %utual ho%ici&e, 1ecause %en 1y &escen&in! to its +ractical a++lication a%on!
    the%selves, %er!e %ore an& %ore 1y a retro!ra&e reinvolution into the ani%al kin!&o%. This
    is #hat the :stru!!le 3or li3e: is in reality, even on the +urely %aterialistic lines o3 +olitical
    econo%y. nce that this aEio%atic truth is +rove& to all %en; the sa%e instinct o3 sel3-
    +reservation only &irecte& into its true channel #ill %ake the% turn to altruis% - as their surest
    +olicy o3 salvation. ... The :stru!!le 3or eEistence: a++lies only to the +hysical, never to the
    %oral +lane o3 1ein!. ... it is not the +olicy o3 sel3-+reservation, not the #el3are o3 one or
    another +ersonality in its 3inite an& +hysical 3or% that #ill or can ever secure the &esire&
    o1>ect an& screen the *ociety 3ro% the e33ects o3 the social :hurricane: to co%e; 1ut only the
    #eakenin! o3 the 3eelin! o3 se+arateness in the units #hich co%+ose its chie3 ele%ent. 6n&
    such a #eakenin! can only 1e achieve& 1y a +rocess o3 inner enli!hten%ent. ,t is not violence
    that can ever insure 1rea& an& co%3ort 3or all; nor is the kin!&o% o3 +eace an& love, o3 %utual
    hel+ an& charity an& :3oo& 3or all,: to 1e conHuere& 1y a col&, reasonin!, &i+lo%atic +olicy. ,t is
    only 1y the close 1rotherly union o3 %en:s inner *;)I;*, o3 soul-soli&arity, o3 the !ro#th an&
    &evelo+%ent o3 that 3eelin! #hich %akes one su33er #hen one thinks o3 the su33erin! o3
    others, that the rei!n o3 5ustice an& eHuality 3or all can ever 1e inau!urate&. This is the 3irst o3
    the three 3un&a%ental o1>ects 3or #hich the Theoso+hical *ociety #as esta1lishe&, an& calle&
    the :universal Brotherhoo& o3 Man,: #ithout &istinction o3 race, colour or cree&.2
    - BCW Q, +. B4-<
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    CONT1NTS5 The 20i!her *el32 - )au&ahn .......1; 6 $ath With "o Tracks - ?ana&alavala......
    1; $oleshi3ts - $ratt...... 9; -. -o11 res+onse to $ratt....... 1G; The 6Eis an&
    Meteorites........ 1G; The Mass Min& - Cul1ertson....... 1G; 6l!eo on The Masters
    -e*ealed......... 1B; ,nstinct - ;. 6llan $oe...... 1B; Why 4=G De!rees. - $lu%%er........ 1F;
    $ara&oEes.......... (1; This an& That......... ((; $oints o3 ,nterest...... (4
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    TH1 "HIGH1R S104"
    2There is no 1etter ai& to i%+rove& an& eE+an&e& livin!, lovin!, an& learnin! than the
    conce+t o3 the 0i!her *el3. ;ven %ore than the lo#er %in&, it &istin!uishes hu%ans 3ro%
    ani%als. This conce+t inclu&es the real inner an& outer &ual as+ect o3 nature an&
    e%+hasiAes the lon!er lastin! +art o3 the other#ise e+he%eral +erson #ho, #ith countless
    other \3aceless onesL is here to&ay an& !one to%orro#. This hi!her i%%ortal ;!o inha1its or
    oversha&o#s each 1ein! lon! a&vance& 1eyon& the ani%al sta!e. ,t is the only actual
    theoretical 1asis 3or t#o central &octrines in %o&ern Theoso+hy - the eEistence o3 6&e+ts an&
    ?ar%a- -eincarnation. Thus s+iritual +ro!ress is %a&e +ossi1le 3ro% the \lo#erL to the
    \hi!herL +lanes an& the vision o3 hu%an 1rotherhoo& 1eco%es a +ossi1ility. )ike %in& an&
    consciousness, the 0i!her *el3 is +otential in +hysical-s+iritual nature, althou!h it is u+ to
    each one o3 us to %ake it actual, it &eclares that &ivinity is 1oth 1eyon& an& #ithin each
    +erson an& o1>ect. This is the 1asis 3or the hi!her or esoteric +antheis% that Ma&a%e
    Blavatsky acce+te& an& that all real Theoso+hists ackno#le&!e.2
    - Willia% -. )au&ahn 7Who +asse& on Fe1., 1FF<, 3ro% his 1ook
    .nostic and Mystical Theosophy, 1FF98
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    A PATH WITH NO TRAC:S
    3 Metho&olo!ies , have kno#n
    ne #as silent an& le3t no resu%e.
    0e %ust have 1elon!e& to the air, the #in&,
    an& the sky,
    For he travele& a trackless $ath.
    - Celsus
    ,t #as only a &rollery un&er a 3rien&shi+ tree, this li3e o3 ours on earth. -e!ainin! the chil&
    state a!ain on the neEt +lane #i&ens an& universaliAes the eyesi!ht an& all the senses. The
    3ire an& thun&er o3 the e%otions, the 3ive senses, an& all the 1loo& an& 3lesh o3 the eye-3or-an-
    eye an& tooth-3or-a-tooth #orl& looks a#k#ar& an& HuiEotic. ,s its +ain an& su33erin! real. n
    its o#n +lane, yes, #oe uns+eaka1le. But so it is #ith an anthill #e acci&entally crush. Do #e
    sto+ lon! to consi&er #hat incre&i1le chaos an& #oe #e 1rin! on those s%all creatures.
    Creatures that, on their o#n +lane, have a 1etter %ental &evelo+%ent than #e have on oursP
    They too are transitional creatures, >ust as #e are, 1ut a ste+ 1elo# us on the #in&in!
    staircase o3 the 3ourteen lokas.
    When ?rishna sai&, 2Why #ee+ 3or these creatures, they are &ea& alrea&y, the *a!e #ee+s
    neither 3or the &ea& nor the livin!,2 , thou!ht to %ysel3, 2What a horri1le col& state%ent.2
    When 5esus, in si%ilar circu%stances, sai&, 2)et the &ea& 1ury the &ea&,2 , thou!ht to %ysel3,
    2Go&, #hat an a#3ul &octrine.2 n the e%otional +lane o3 sensory li3e %y reaction ha& a 2le!
    to stan& on,2 But #ith one 3oot out o3 this +lane, 1oth ?rishna an& 5esus soun& like kin&
    %others tryin! to 3in& a niche in our 1rains to shoot a &ose o3 real co%+assion, real concern
    3or the !reat >ourney.
    The */" atten&s no 3unerals, sen&s no con&olences, even #hen #e &ie like 3lies &o#n
    here, yet there:s so%ethin! in&escri1a1ly neat a1out the #ay he loves us. There are no
    1anknotes in his eyes, nor &oes he 1ar!ain #ith %e each %ornin! a1out %y %oral con&ition. ,
    !et %y sunli!ht #ith not a >ot less ar&or than the saints !et theirs. , have never hear& that any
    o3 his 1ene3iciaries ever receive& an invoice 3or the 2li!ht receive&.2
    The sincerity o3 our heart overco%es a crore o3 &iscri%ination errors, 3or it has the %a!ic
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    o3 %akin! 3ailures usa1le. 2;very sincere e33ort #ins its re#ar& in ti%e.2 What is the re#ar&. 6
    1etter &iscri%ination is, o3 course, +art o3 it, 1ut there:s %ore. ur universal #ill to-!oo& #aEes
    in the secrecy o3 e33ort rather than the hoo+la o3 +re+aration. ,3 #e love& the #hole hu%anity
    as i3 they #ere 2our 3ello# +u+ils,2 3ello# - /)Ters so-to-s+eakP, all 2*ons o3 one *#eet
    Mother,2 then &o!%atis%, >u&!e%ents, an& incessant ar!u%ents over #ho:s teachin! #hat,
    etc., etc., #oul& 3all a#ay. 0ere:s ho# Ma&a%e Blavatsky solve& this +ro1le% #hen t#o o3 her
    %ost ar&ent &isci+les 3ell into the 2%etho&olo!y2 &itch: U3n. 1V
    2The +arty on Mon&ay last, consiste& o3 1et#een 9B or <G theoso+hists. ;ach ha& 1een
    aske& to 1rin! 3rien&s. The Countess UWacht%eisterV an& ,.C.. 7,sa1el Coo+er-akleyV
    invite& %ost o3 the%, an& o3 these , 3in& t#o-thir&s o3 the !uests intereste& in Theoso+hy an&
    one-hal3 o3 the% havin! acce+te& tickets 3or 2Thurs&ay2 %eetin!s. 6ll our ho%e-Theoso+hists
    s+oke Theoso+hy, each tryin! to interest his !rou+. , a% tol& they #orke& a&%ira1ly an&
    Thurs&ay neEt #ill sho# the results. Det, as 6.B. U6nnie BesantV see%e& &ea& a!ainst the
    thin!, , !ot &eter%ine& to !et 3ro% the ri!ht Huarters the o+inion o3 Masters. , 3oun& , #as ri!ht
    an& there #as nothin! in the Mon&ays that coul& 1e 1rou!ht a!ainst the T.*. or ourselves. ,t
    is the Countess an& ,.C.. #ho 1ear the eE+enses, an& as they &o it 3or Theoso+hy they #ork
    in accor&ance #ith the +ro!ra%%e... /ncertain a1out the correctness o3 %y o#n i%+ressions
    , a&&resse& the 3ollo#in! Hueries an& receive& the re+lies as state&.
    2J. Was , #ron! in encoura!in! the +ro+ose& %onthly rece+tions #ith the vie# o3
    interestin! so%e society %en an& #o%en in the T.*. %ove%ent.
    26. "ot in the least. The ti%e is short, an& as the *a!e says: :"o e33ort is ever lost.
    ;very cause %ust +ro&uce its e33ects. The result %ay vary accor&in! to the circu%stances
    #hich 3or% a +art o3 the cause, 1ut it is al#ays #iser to #ork an& 3orce the current o3 events
    than to #ait 3or ti%e.: /nless sou!ht 3or, no %an or #o%an o3 the 1etter classes an&
    e&ucation #ill co%e to you at this sta!e o3 o++osition an& stru!!le; an& 1y not co%in! they
    #ill never learn the truth a1out earnest Theoso+hists an& their %eritorious e33orts to #in the
    &ay an& unveil truth.
    2J. ,s it likely that the Theoso+hists #ho !ive these +arties an& those #ho hel+ the%
    shoul& 1e re!ar&e& as 3rivolous.
    26. ,3 their %otive is not 3rivolous, #hat shoul& it %atter, i3 they are. )et the% 3iE their
    eye on the !oal 1e3ore the% an& never lose si!ht o3 it - an& thus shall they 1e >usti3ie&.
    2J. ,s it untheoso+hical to ask into the house +ersons o3 the #orl&, rich an& #ell-to-&o
    +eo+le, #ho have their carria!es an& #ho &ress 3ashiona1ly.
    26. To Huestion the ri!ht o3 such or any other +eo+le to +artici+ate in the :Move%ent,: is
    in itsel3 untheoso+hical. ,3 Theoso+hists realiAe that every %an is a co%+onent an& inte!ral
    +art o3 universal 1rotherhoo& an& o3 0u%anity, then, #hoever he %ay 1e, he is entitle& to a
    trial, at least. That #hich a33ects one, #ill act an& react on all. The %otto o3 the 0ea&Huarters
    o3 the T.*. shoul& 1e - :ri!i& >ustice to all.: ,3 it is ri!ht to care 3or the +oor an& those #ho su33er,
    it is as ri!ht to care 3or the rich an& all those #ho #ill unavoi&a1ly 1e 1rou!ht to 3ar !reater
    su33erin!s, unless #arne& an& sho#n the true case o3 all such ?ar%ic sorro#s. The +oorer a
    %an, the %ore sa& his li3e, the nearer he is to the en& o3 his +unitive ?ar%a; the richer his
    nei!h1or, the %ore is 3ull o3 +leasures his li3e, the nearer he is - unless he acts in the ri!ht
    +ath - UtoV his ?ar%ic Doo%. 0el+ the +oor, 1ut +ity the i!norant rich.
    2J. 0o# %uch truth is there that the Mon&ay +arty 3ille& the house #ith ;le%entals,
    #ith the s+ooks o3 3rivolity, etc..
    26. Dou sai& yoursel3 an& very correctly that the Thurs&ay U3n (V %eetin!s cro#& #as
    as 1a&, as %ost o3 the visitors co%e %ove& %ore 1y %or1i& curiosity than sy%+athy, 1y %ore
    latent +re>u&ice an& ill-3eelin! than interest in your #ork. ;very cro#& has its e%anations;
    every !atherin! - an& the lar!er it is, the %ore +otent its occult eEcretions - its s+ook-creatin!
    e33luvia. The !atherin!s at the 2Clu12 are as 1a&; the cro#&s in )ecture 0alls, still #orse. The
    %otive, ho#ever, 3or 3acin! the% in each case 1ein! %eritorious an& +ure, no har% #ill 1e
    allo#e& to co%e to those #ho 1ear& the 2;le%entals2 #ith the holy o1>ect o3 &oin! ulti%ate
    !oo&.
    2J. 6% , #ron! in thinkin! that our Theoso+hists in &oin! as they &i&, have really %a&e
    a sacri3ice. That they have +ut their +ersonalities to &isco%3ort an& taken u+on the%selves
    trou1le, eE+en&iture o3 %oney, loss o3 ti%e, etc., 3or the sake, %erely, o3 hel+in! the
    Move%ent, an& s+rea& our i&eas.
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    26. "o; you are not #ron!. ,t #as no +leasure 3or %ost o3 the%, 1ut si%+ly &uty.
    2J. They are not to 1e 1la%e& then 3or such !atherin!s. , %ean 3or tryin! to %ake
    these rece+tions attractive; 3or &ressin! an& havin! %usic, etc..
    26. , &o not see #hy they shoul& 1e 1la%e&. ;very Theoso+hist &oes #hat he can
    an& ou!ht to &o it on the lines he can #ork u+on an& kno#s ho#. ne carries his ener!ies
    a%on! one !rou+ o3 +eo+le, #orks 3or one class o3 %en. 6nother tries to &o the sa%e a%on!
    those he sy%+athiAes #ith the %ost. ;very %an is an e%1o&i%ent o3 &i33erent i&eas, an&
    #hile he lives an& %oves on this +lane, has to #ork throu!h an& #ith the hel+ o3 his +hysical
    1o&y, #hich is the necessary instru%ent that ena1les hi% to co%e in contact #ith %atter an&
    to control it, to %iE #ith other +eo+le an& in3luence the%. Why shoul& they not &ress these
    1o&ies. The +ersonality shoul& 1e neither eEalte& nor ne!lecte&. The T.*. %ay 1e co%+are&
    to a hu%an 1o&y. ;ach or!an +er3or%s a &i33erent 3unction, a+art 3ro% others, yet all #ork 3or
    the 1o&y an& hel+ one another. Why eE+ect the 1rain to &i!est your 3oo& an& the %uscles o3
    your le!s to think out i&eas. Why shoul& the heart say to the ton!ue - 2Move not, your
    >a11erin! &istur1s %e.2 i3 the ton!ue +er3or%s its &uty allotte& to it 1y "ature an& 3or the
    1ene3it o3 the #hole 1o&y. The *el3 is the Master o3 the 1o&y an& it is his &uty not to allo# his
    %ental eHuili1riu% to 1e &istur1e& 1y anythin! that %ay 1e3all his +hysical 1o&y, or to re3use
    its use un&er any circu%stances, i3 that use 1e o3 any 1ene3it to his nei!h1or. But it is also his
    &uty to !ui&e his heart-e%otions an& not let these e%otions !ui&e hi%. Tell those #ho
    surroun& you that they are each o3 the% a *el3 &i33erent 3ro% the 2*el32 o3 his Brother or
    *ister, an& that #hatever the 1o&y o3 one %ay 1e le& to &o 3or the 1ene3it o3 all an& in an
    a1solute *+irit o3 unsel3ishness - is %eritorious.
    2J. When it #as &eclare& that shoul& the Master 0i%sel3 !ive the or&ers to re%ain in
    the house or +artici+ate in these 23rivolities2 the Master:s or&ers #oul& not 1e o1eye&, #hat
    shoul& , have sai&.
    26. "othin!. The +arty #ho &eclare& it 1ein! the only res+onsi1le one 3or the
    state%ent.
    2J. 5ust so; 1ut #hat , #ant Dou to state is the ccult as+ect o3 such attitu&e, the
    "i&ana arouse&, so that , %ay re+eat your o#n #or&s. Was this re%ark ri!ht. or #ron!. an&
    i3 so #hy.
    26. ;very one has a ri!ht to act accor&in! to his o#n conscience; 1ut it is the nature o3
    such act o3 conscience that &eci&es #hether it #ill 1e ri!ht or #ron!. *u++ose a 2+le&!e
    or&er2 ca%e to &o so%ethin! 1ase an& cri%inal - 3or instance sell one:s son or &au!hter, or
    ro1 in a le!al #ay one:s nei!h1or. Then no +le&!e coul& avail. The 2or&er2 #oul& 1e
    so%ethin! !oin! entirely a!ainst a universally reco!niAe& la#, a +rinci+le. But in the case in
    han& the situation is Huite &i33erent: here the 2r&er2 #oul& concern so%ethin! that #as only
    a +ersonal +re>u&ice 1ase& on +arty-s+irit. The +le&!e& +arty cannot !o a!ainst such an
    innocent thin! as a social !atherin! in the na%e o3 Theoso+hy, 1ut &oes so, o++osin! her co-
    stu&ents an& collea!ues on !roun& entirely sel3ish an& +ersonal, a sin in itsel3. Were then,
    such an or&er ever !iven 7#hich luckily 3or all concerne& it never #ill8 an& the +le&!e& +erson
    re3use& to o1ey it, thou!h kno#in! that since it #as !iven there %ust 1e so%ethin! serious
    involve& in it, then - you kno#, #hat the e33ects o3 it #oul& 1e.
    2J. , kno#, 1ut then the 2+arty2 &oes not kno# it.
    26. Then she ou!ht to. 6 &irect 2or&er2 is a rare thin! in&ee& an& a %ost serious one.
    Dou have no ri!ht to let any one o3 the% re%ain in i!norance.2
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    U1V This %anuscri+t #as evi&ently sent to Willia% J. 5u&!e, an& is in the 6rchives o3
    the 3or%er $oint )o%a Theoso+hical *ociety. Con3ronte& #ith &ia%etrically o++osin! vie#s,
    0.$.B. +ut Huestions to her Teacher on the *u1>ect. The M** #as ori!inally +u1lishe& in The
    Theosophical 4orum, Covina, Caili3., Iol. QQI,, 5anuary, 1F9C.
    U(V ;vi&ently Thurs&ay #as the re!ular theoso+hical %eetin! an& the %onthly Mon&ay
    !atherin!s #ere &esi!ne& to attract the haute %on&e.
    - ?an&alavala
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    PO01SHI4TS
    - Davi& $ratt
    UCo%%ents on -ichar& -o11:s /ur Thou#hts+ /ur Earth+ 3ro% 7roto#onos #(1, also a
    recent Eclectic Theosophist an& >i#h (ountry Theosophist.V
    -ichar& -o11 ar!ues that there is evi&ence that the earth #as hit 1y a %a>or cataclys%
    14,GGG years a!o an& 1y one o3 lesser %a!nitu&e a1out =<GG years a!o, an& that these
    events %ay have involve& a +oleshi3t. 0e su!!ests that the %ost +lausi1le scenario is that the
    earth:s crust sli++e& over the interior, #hile the aEis re%aine& tilte& at (4K1S( &e!rees.
    The i&ea that 3ro% ti%e to ti%e the earth:s outer shell has sli& over the interior has 1een
    %ost 3ully &evelo+e& 1y Charles 0a+!oo& in his 1ook The $ath o3 the $ole 71FBG8. 0a+!oo&
    ar!ues that there have 1een three crustal &is+lace%ents &urin! the +ast 1GG,GGG years: the
    north +ole #as in 0u&son Bay &urin! the last ice a!e, an& %ove& the 4Go to its +resent
    location 1et#een 1B,GGG an& 1(,GGG years a!o, at an avera!e s+ee& o3 a1out 1GGG 3eet +er
    year: the +ole shi3te& to 0u&son Bay 3ro% the Greenlan& *ea 1et#een <<,GGG an& <G,GGG
    years a!o, an& to the Greenlan& *ea 3ro% the Dukon &istrict o3 Cana&a 1et#een CG,GGG an&
    B<,GGG years a!o.
    0a+!oo& clai%s that crustal sli++a!e can eE+lain ice a!es, #ar% +olar cli%ates, volcanis%,
    %ountain 1uil&in!, an& the elevation an& su1si&ence o3 continents 7#hich he ri!htly assi!ns a
    +ri%ary role, an& continental &ri3t a su1si&iary role8. 0e is not sure, ho#ever, eEactly #here
    the inter3ace 1et#een the outer shell an& the earth:s interior lies. 0e su!!ests that either the
    ri!i& lithos+here 74G-9G %iles thick8 !li&es over a liHui& layer at the to+ o3 the viscous
    asthenos+here, or that the lithos+here an& +art o3 the asthenos+here sli+ over the 3lui&
    2#ave-!ui&e layer 2 at a &e+th o3 1GG %iles. 7"othin! rese%1lin! the #ave-!ui&e layer is
    %entione& in the current e&ition o3 The Encyclopedia 5ritannica, so it %ay have !one out o3
    3ashion. *cienti3ic %o&els o3 the earth:s interior are very hy+othetical.8 0a+!oo& 1elieves that
    crustal &is+lace%ents are cause& 1y !ravitational i%1alances #ithin the lithos+here or
    i%%e&iately 1elo# it. While such i%1alances certainly eEist, it is Huestiona1le #hether they
    are o3 su33icient %a!nitu&e to initiate a &is+lace%ent o3 the entire crust.
    0a+!oo&:s ar!u%ents are certainly %ore co!ent that those o3 Fre& G. $lu%%er, #ho clai%s
    that 1(,GGG years a!o a %a>or cataclys% occurre& involvin! a =Go &is+lace%ent o3 the crust
    an& a shi3t o3 the aEis o3 over (Go; +rior to this event the earth:s aEis #as su++ose&ly al%ost
    +er+en&icular to the +lane o3 its or1it, the north +ole #as near the Me&iterranean, an& the
    eHuator a++roEi%ately coinci&e& #ith the 2rin! o3 3ire2 volcanoes 1or&erin! the $aci3ic Basin.
    This is catastro+his% #ith a ven!eanceP $lu%%er 3ills his 1ook on the su1>ect #ith interestin!
    Huotations, 1ut they 3all 3ar short o3 +rovin! his #il& theory. UThe 'ast (han#e of the Earth?s
    A8is 1y Fre& G. $lu%%er, 1CF9. -e+rint availa1le 3ro% 7roto#onos 3or R1=.GG - ;&.V
    ,3 the earth:s crust #ere to shi3t over the interior, the &irection o3 the 3our car&inal +oints
    #oul& chan!e. The Great $yra%i& o3 GiAa is ali!ne& #ith the +resent car&inal +oints #ith
    al%ost +er3ect accuracy. This %eans that there coul& not have 1een a si!ni3icant sli++a!e o3
    the earth:s crust since the $yra%i& #as 1uilt. *ince 0$B says that the Great $yra%i& #as
    1uil& a1out three +recessional cycles 7or BC,GGG years8 a!o 7*D (:94(8, this rules out the last
    t#o or three crust &is+lace%ents +ro+ose& 1y 0a+!oo&. ,t also &is+oses o3 $lu%%er:s theory,
    thou!h $lu%%er !ets roun& this 1y acce+tin! the conventional vie# that the $yra%i& #as
    1uilt in 3airly recent ti%es. ,t is #orth notin! that the Great *+hinE, also o3 !reat antiHuity, 3aces
    &ue east. ,t is true that %any ancient structures are not ali!ne& #ith the +resent car&inal
    +oints, 1ut this shoul& not auto%atically 1e taken as evi&ence o3 crust &is+lace%ent. *ir
    "or%an )ockyer sho#e& lon! a!o that %any ;!y+tian +yra%i&s an& te%+les are oriente& to
    su%%er solstice sunrise or sunset or to the risin! o3 certain stars rather than to the car&inal
    +oints 7the +resent eHuinoEes8. 7*ee The 3a&n of Astronomy+ 1CF9.8
    ,n a&&ition to su++ortin! the i&ea o3 crustal sli++a!e, -o11 also re3ers to *a%+son 6rnol&
    Mackey:s theory that the inclination o3 the earth:s aEis un&er!oes a continuous chan!e o3 an
    avera!e o3 9 &e!rees every +recessional cycle 7The Mytholo#ical Astronomy of the Ancients
    3emonstrated+ WiAar&s Bookshel3, 1FB48. 0$B calle& Mackey the 2sel3-%a&e a&e+t o3
    "or#ich,2 an& 1oth she an& G. &e $urucker a++ear to en&orse his theory. 7*D (:441, 9GC,
    B(<-=, B=C: 4ountain %ource of /ccultism+ ++. 49=-B8. 6ccor&in! to %o&ern science, the tilt
    o3 the earth:s aEis is currently &eclinin! 1y a1out G.G14o +er century, 1ut #hen it reaches
    a1out (1K1S(o it #ill start to increase a!ain until it reaches its %aEi%u% an!le o3 a1out
    (9K1S(o; each such co%+lete oscillation is sai& to take a1out 91,GGG years. 6ccor&in! to
    theoso+hy, on the other han&, the tilt o3 the earth:s aEis, #hich is currently &eclinin! 1y an
    avera!e o3 a1out G.G1<9o +er century,
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    #ill eventually reach Go an& the chan!e in inclination #ill then continue in the sa%e &irection,
    so that the earth #ill un&er!o a co%+lete inversion o3 4=Go in a +erio& o3 a1out t#o an& a
    thir& %illion years. ,n a&&ition to this !ra&ual, secular chan!e, 0$B i%+lies that there are
    su&&en aEial &istur1ances 3ro% ti%e to ti%e, causin! %a>or cataclys%s.
    Mackey an& 0$B are not re3errin! to %erely a &is+lace%ent o3 the earth:s crust, 1ut to a
    shi3t in the aEial orientation o3 the entire %ass o3 the earth 7#hich #oul& leave the 3our
    car&inal +oints unchan!e&8. -o11 says that this ty+e o3 +oleshi3t is unlikely 1ecause 2one
    nee&s a 3ulcru% or celestial +ry 1ar... #hich are not in evi&ence.2 Fre&erick 5. Dick, #ho #as
    one o3 0$B:s +u+ils, an& later live& an& #orke& at $oint )o%a, took a &i33erent vie#. 0e
    ar!ues that the su1tle electro%a!netic 3orces e%anatin! 3ro% the sun, interactin! #ith the
    earth:s o#n %a!netic e%anations, es+ecially at the +oles, coul& set u+ a &yna%ic torHue
    su33icient to 1rin! a1out 1oth the +recession o3 the eHuinoEes an& the !ra&ual inclination o3
    the earth:s aEis. 7*ee The (entury 7ath, cto1er 41, 1FGF, ++. 11-1(.8
    6 relevant Huestion is >ust ho# soli& the earth really is, an& #hether it even has a %olten
    asthenos+here over #hich the lithos+here coul& sli+. Dick see%e& to 3avour the theory that
    the earth has so%e sort o3 !aseous interior. -o11 says that W.J. 5u&!e hints that the earth
    %ay 1e hollo#. ,n The /cean of Theosophy+ 3or eEa%+le, 5u&!e says that the Mahat%as
    investi!ate all thin!s an& kno# 2#hether the earth is hollo# or not.2 7++. 9-<8 6nother rather
    a%1i!uous re3erence can 1e 3oun& in Echoes of the /rient, Iol. 1, +. 4C4. The %ost &etaile&
    article concernin! the +ossi1ility o3 a hollo# earth a++eare& in The Theosophist, 5uly, 1CC9,
    ++. (<1-9. The article is entitle& The >ollo& .lobe. By M.). *her%an, an& is a very +ositive
    revie# o3 a 1ook entitle& The >ollo& .lobe9 or the )orld?s A#itator and -econciler 71CB18
    #ritten 1y W.F. )yon on the 1asis o3 in3or%ation receive& clairvoyantly 1y M.). *her%an. The
    author o3 the article su!!ests that the source o3 *her%an:s in3or%ation #as not a 2s+irit2 1ut
    +ro1a1ly an a&e+t. The article is unsi!ne& 1ut #as al%ost certainly #ritten 1y 0$B. ,t is not,
    ho#ever, inclu&e& in 0.$. Blavatsky:s Collecte& Writin!s. 7*ee also, ho#ever, the 1rie3
    re%arks 1y the e&itorS0$B on +a!e (9= o3 the 5uly 1CC< issue o3 The Theosophist$8
    6ccor&in! to -o11, 20ero&otus states he #as tol& 1y the ;!y+tian +riests that their recor&s
    sho# the sun to have 1een t#ice arisin! else#here, once in the #est an& once in the south.2
    The actual Huotation 3ro% 0ero&otus, ho#ever, %akes no re3erence to #est or south: 2The
    sun, ho#ever, ha& #ithin this +erio& o3 ti%e U491 !enerationsV, on 3our several occasions,
    %ove& 3ro% his #onte& course, t#ice risin! #here he no# sets, an& t#ice settin! #here no#
    he rises.2 7The >istories, Book (8. This &oes not necessarily %ean that the sun use& to rise in
    the #est an& set in the east, 1ecause as lon! as the earth rotates on its aEis 3ro% #est to
    east, as it &oes at +resent, the sun #ill al#ays rise in the east an& set in the #est, even #hen
    the +oles are inverte& - unless, o3 course, #hat #e no# call the earth:s north +ole is re&e3ine&
    as the south +ole #hen its inclination eEcee&s FGo, so that the earth coul& then 1e sai& to
    rotate 3ro% east to #est. Mackey su!!ests that 0ero&otus is actually re3errin! to the
    constellations in #hich the sun rises an& sets, #hich are reverse& #hen the north +ole +asses
    throu!h the ecli+tic 7the +lane o3 the earth:s or1it aroun& the sun8. 7Mytholo#ical Astronomy,
    6++en&iE, ++. 11-1(8 "orse %ytholo!y teaches that 1e3ore the +resent or&er o3 thin!s, the
    sun rose in the south, an& the 3ri!i& Aone #as in the east rather than the north 7*D (:<4<8.
    $lu%%er cites this as evi&ence o3 crust &is+lace%ent, 1ut it coul& also 1e inter+rete& as a
    !ra+hic #ay o3 re3errin! to a ti%e #hen the earth:s aEis #as in the +lane o3 the ecli+tic.
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    -o11 re3ers to 0$B:s state%ent that the +oles have 1een three ti%es inverte& since the
    esta1lish%ent o3 the ;!y+tian Ao&iac 7*D (:4<48. 0e su!!ests that 2inverte&2 %ay not 1e
    %eant literally 1ecause, at the rate o3 9 &e!rees +er +recessional cycle, ;!y+t:s history #oul&
    not +rovi&e enou!h ti%e 3or three co%+lete inversions. *ince 0$B says that the Ao&iac in the
    ;!y+tian Te%+le o3 Den&era sho#s the +assa!e o3 over three +recessional cycles 7*D (:44(,
    4B93n, (ollected )ritin#s 11:B8, one +ossi1le inter+retation #oul& certainly 1e that 2inverte&2
    si%+ly %eans that the aEis has %ove& 71y 9 &e!rees8 in each o3 the last three +recessional
    cycles.
    But there are t#o other +ossi1le inter+retations. 0$B:s eEact #or&s are: 2The
    astrono%ical recor&s o3 /niversal 0istory... are sai& to have ha& their 1e!innin!s #ith the
    Thir& *u1-race o3 the Fourth -oot-race or the 6tlanteans. When #as it. ccult &ata sho# that
    even since the ti%e o3 the re!ular esta1lish%ent o3 the @o&iacal calculations in ;!y+t, the
    +oles have 1een thrice inverte&.2 *ince the ;!y+tians o1taine& their Ao&iac 3ro% the
    6tlanteans o3 -uta 7*D (:94=8, +erha+s the re3erence to ;!y+t is a 1lin& an& the three
    inversions actually re3er to the +erio& that has ela+se& since the 6tlantean Ao&iac #as
    esta1lishe& in their thir& su1race. ,3 the 3i3th root-race ori!inate& at the start o3 the 3i3th su1race
    o3 the 3ourth root-race, the +erio& since the 1e!innin! o3 the thir& su1race o3 the 6tlanteans
    #oul& have covere& nearly <K1S( su1races; each su1race lasts 9F +recessional cycles
    7G&e$, %tudies in /ccult 7hilosophy, ++. 4<-F8, so that the total +erio& #oul& have s+anne&
    a++roEi%ately (=G +recessional cycles. *ince the earth:s aEis takes FG +recessional cycles to
    invert 4=Go, it #oul& take (BG +recessional cycles 3or it to un&er!o three co%+lete inversions.
    6nother inter+retation is that the +assa!e %ay re3er to three 1CGo inversions o3 the aEis
    rather that three 4=Go inversions. 0ero&otus re+orte& that the sun ha& t#ice risen #here it
    no# sets an& t#ice set #here it no# rises &urin! the +ast 491 !enerations, an& he converts
    these 491 !enerations into a +erio& o3 11,49G years. 0o#ever, this only +rovi&es enou!h ti%e
    3or the tilt o3 the aEis to %ove a1out 1.Bo. 0ero&otus eE+lains that the 3i!ure o3 11,49G years is
    1ase& on a conversion 3actor o3 1GG years 3or every three !enerations. Curiously, this
    conversion 3actor #oul& actually !ive a +erio& o3 nearer 11,4=B years. $erha+s 0ero&otus
    kne# %ore than he #as +re+are& to reveal, an& 1y 2!eneration2 he %eant a cycle or +erio&
    #ith a len!th o3 11,49G. Multi+lyin! 11,49G 1y 491 !ives a +erio& o3 4,C==,F9G years, &urin!
    #hich ti%e the aEis #oul& have %ove& a1out <FBo 74 E 1CGo - <9Go8. This +erio& 1e!an not
    lon! a3ter the start o3 the satya-yu!a, &urin! the 3irst su1race o3 the nascent 6ryan race. 6t
    this ti%e, the aEis #oul& have 1een incline& at an an!le o3 a1out 1GGo. ,t #oul& have 1een in
    the +lane o3 the ecli+tic #hen it reache& an an!le o3 (BGo, 1e3ore reachin! its +resent an!le o3
    44=.<o 7(4.<o8. This is in a!ree%ent #ith 0$B:s state%ent that the ;!y+tian +riests tol&
    0ero&otus that 2even since their 3irst @o&iacal recor&s #ere co%%ence&, the $oles have
    1een three ti%es #ithin the +lane o3 the ;cli+tic, as the ,nitiates tau!ht.2 7*D (:4<48 This is
    also su33icient ti%e 3or the sun to have t#ice risen #hen it no# sets an& t#ice set #here it no#
    rises.
    7The a1ove s+eculations are 1ase& on the assu%+tion that the inclination o3 the aEis
    chan!es at an avera!e rate o3 9o every (<,F(G years, an& no account is taken o3 the
    in3luence o3 su&&en &istur1ances o3 the aEis, on #hich no &e3inite in3or%ation has 1een
    !iven.8
    0a+!oo& re>ects the +ossi1ility o3 +oleshi3ts that involve a %ove%ent o3 the #hole earth, 1ut
    this i&ea is certainly 3oun& in the *D,
    --- B
    #hereas there a++ear to 1e no eE+licit re3erences to crustal sli++a!e. 0$B:s state%ent that
    althou!h the entire earth has 1een +erio&ically convulse&, 2the con3or%ation o3 the arctic an&
    antarctic +oles has 1ut little altere&2 7*D (:BB=8 is &i33icult to reconcile #ith the i&ea o3 %a>or
    &is+lace%ents o3 the earth:s crust. 76ccor&in! to %o&ern science, the north +ole - the
    northern eEtre%ity o3 the aEis o3 rotation - is not ri!i&ly 3iEe&, 1ut #an&ers over an area
    rou!hly =< 3eet in &ia%eter.8 6nother %a>or cause o3 !eolo!ical &istur1ances %entione& in the
    *D is chan!es in the earth:s s+in velocity - so%ethin! not consi&ere& at all 1y 0a+!oo&. 7*ee
    The %pinnin# Earth 1y F.5. Dick, The Theosophical 7ath, *e+te%1er 1F(G, ++. ((B-41.8 -o11
    asserts that the current slo#in! o3 the earth:s s+in velocity has 1een slo#in! 3or hun&re&s o3
    %illions o3 years. G&e$, on the other han&, su!!ests that the s+ee& o3 rotation increases an&
    &ecreases at cyclic intervals 74ountain-%ource, ++. 1=1-(8, an& this also see%s to 1e the
    %eanin! o3 the +assa!e on the su1>ect that 0$B Huotes 3ro% an ancient Co%%entary 7*D
    (:4(9-<8.
    6ccor&in! to W.J. 5u&!e, 2,ce cataclys%s co%e on not only 3ro% the su&&en alteration o3
    the +oles 1ut also 3ro% lo#ere& te%+erature &ue to the alteration o3 the #ar% 3lui& currents in
    the sea an& the hot %a!netic currents in the earth, the 3irst 1ein! kno#n to science, the latter
    not.2 7The /cean of Theosophy+ +. 19G8 0e says that i3 the #ar% ocean currents #ere
    &iverte& 3ro% the shores o3 the British ,sles, 3or eEa%+le, the lan& coul& 1eco%e covere& #ith
    a thick layer o3 ice al%ost overni!ht. G&e$ says that cli%atic con&itions, inclu&in! so-calle&
    !lacial +erio&s, an& also %ost o3 the earth:s heat, result 3ro% the inter+lay o3 electro%a!netic
    3orces 1et#een the earth an& the veil o3 %eteoric &ust surroun&in! it. 74undamentals of the
    Esoteric 7hilosophy, ++. 4B1-(8 ,3 all these 3actors #ere taken into account, they %i!ht hel+ to
    eE+lain the ano%alous 3eatures o3 the last ice a!e that 0a+!oo& cites as evi&ence o3 crust
    &is+lace%ent.
    The very eEistence o3 ice a!es has 1een calle& into Huestion 1y so%e researchers
    7inclu&in! Fre& $lu%%er8, 1ecause %uch o3 the evi&ence coul& 1e 3ar %ore rea&ily eE+laine&
    1y catastro+hic 3loo&in! than 1y the %ove%ent o3 !laciers. 0o#ever, there is no reason #hy
    ice a!es shoul& not en& a1ru+tly #ith %assive 3loo&s. 5u&!e %akes the 3ollo#in! intri!uin!
    re%ark on the causes o3 3loo&in!: 2Floo&s o3 !eneral eEtent are cause& 1y &is+lace%ent o3
    #ater 3ro% the su1si&ence or elevation o3 lan&, an& 1y those co%1ine& #ith electrical chan!e
    #hich in&uces a co+ious &ischar!e o3 %oisture. The latter is not a %ere e%+tyin! o3 a clou&,
    1ut a su&&en turnin! o3 vast 1o&ies o3 3lui&s an& soli&s into #ater.2 7The /cean of Theosophy,
    ++. 14F-9G8
    0$B says that the last %a>or cataclys% occurre& a1out 1(,GGG years a!o 7*D (:C-F8, 1ut
    she &oes not eE+licitly link this #ith a +oleshi3t. This +erio& coinci&e& #ith the en& o3 the last
    ice a!e, a ra+i& rise in sea level, an& #i&es+rea& 3loo&in!, to!ether #ith lar!e scale volcanic
    activity, an& the eEtinction o3 ani%al s+ecies in %any +arts o3 the #orl& 7as %any as 9G %illion
    ani%als are thou!ht to have +erishe& in "orth 6%erica alone8. There #as a %a>or 3loo& in
    Central 6sia a1out 1(,GGG years a!o 7*D (:1918, an& $osei&onis, the last re%ainin!
    6tlantean islan& in the 6tlantic, #as &estroye& a1out 11.< thousan& years a!o.
    -o11 links the cataclys% so%e 14,GGG years a!o #ith 2the #ell-kno#n &iscovery o3 the
    *i1erian %a%%oth 3oun& #ith 3resh 3lo#ers in its %outh 3roAen in situ, as i3 &one in an
    instant.2 The 1o&ies o3 a1out CG #ell-+reserve& %a%%oths have 1een 3oun& 3roAen in the
    %u& o3 *i1eria an& 6laska, an& it is not clear #hich one -o11 is re3errin! to. The %ost
    3a%ous is the BereAovka %a%%oth, #hich #as 3oun& #ith unche#e& !rass an& 1uttercu+s in
    its %outh an& un&i!este& ve!etation in its sto%ach, 1ut it is thou!ht to have &ie& a1out
    99,GGG years a!o. The sa%e &ate is !iven 3or the %a%%oth kno#n as 2Di%a.2 6 3e#
    s+eci%ens are thou!ht to 1e nearly <G,GGG years ol&, #hile others have 1een ra&iocar1on-
    &ate& as eE+irin! at various ti%es u+ to an& since the en& o3 the last ice a!e. ,3 these &ates
    are at all relia1le, the %a%%oths coul& not have &ie& in a sin!le cataclys%ic event. ,t is
    +ossi1le, thou!h, that so%e cases %ay have 1een connecte& #ith a +oleshi3t. 7*ee 0a+!oo&,
    ++. (9F-BF, an& 5. White, 7ole %hift 71FF18, ++. 1B-4< an& 91F-(4 3or a 3ull &iscussion o3 this
    su1>ect.8
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    -o11 clai%s that =<GG years a!o, there #as a su&&en (GG 3t rise in sea level aroun& the
    #orl&. ,t #oul& 1e interestin! to kno# the source o3 this in3or%ation, as the !eneral vie#
    see%s to 1e that, #ith the %eltin! o3 the ice sheets at the en& o3 the last ice a!e, the #orl&:s
    sea levels rose 1y over 4GG 3eet 1et#een 1<,GGG an& 9GGG BC, so%eti%es at a rate o3 over
    4G 3eet +er century, an& that the +erio& aroun& 1G,GGG BC #as %arke& 1y an es+ecially ra+i&
    rise in sea level. -o11 also clai%s that "oah:s 3loo& occurre& =<GG years a!o. 6ccor&in! to
    /sher:s 1i1lical chronolo!y, "oah:s 3loo& - #hich 0$B calls 2a +urely %ythical ren&erin! o3 ol&
    tra&itions2 7*D (:1918 - occurre& in (49F BC. There is no evi&ence o3 a #orl&#i&e 3loo& at that
    ti%e, 1ut it is kno#n that there #as a %a>or 3loo& in the Ti!ris-;u+hrates Ialley aroun& (C,GGG
    BC, an& there is also evi&ence o3 other local 3loo&s in this re!ion 1et#een 4GGG an& 9GGG BC.
    ,3 -o11 is ri!ht a1out cataclys%s occurrin! every =<GGG years 7a Huarter o3 a
    +recessional cycle8, then since he says that the last t#o took +lace 14,GGG an& =<GG years
    a!o, #e #oul& 1e &ue 3or another any ti%e no#. 0$B an& G&e$ +re&ict that a %a>or
    cataclys% #ill occur to#ar&s the en& o3 the +resent +recessional cycle, #hich 1e!an a1out
    FGGG years a!o 7%arkin! the 1e!innin! o3 our 3ourth 77;uro+ean88 national race8 an& #ill en&
    in a1out 1=,GGG years, #hen %any +arts o3 ;uro+e #ill 1e su1%er!e& 7*D (:44G-1, 1:94F3n;
    *tu&ies in ccult $hiloso+hy, ++. 4<-F; Fountain *ource, +. 1=98. We can o3 course eE+ect a
    lon! series o3 lesser cataclys%s lea&in! u+ to this ti%e.
    -o11 states that the north %a!netic +ole has 1een locate& in %any &i33erent +laces on
    the earth:s sur3ace. The current scienti3ic theory is that the a++arent 2#an&erin!2 o3 the
    %a!netic +oles is actually an illusion create& 1y continental &ri3t, thou!h the issue is 3ar 3ro%
    settle&. 0e also re3ers to the theory that there have 1een %any reversals o3 the earth:s
    %a!netic 3iel&. Contrary to the i%+ression %ost scientists like to !ive, the evi&ence 3or
    reversals o3 the !eo%a!netic 3iel& is 3ar 3ro% conclusive; the &ata are too %ea!re an& the
    &atin! is too uncertain to 1e sure that they relate to !lo1al events rather than localiAe&
    &istur1ances. *cientists &o not have a satis3actory theory o3 ho# the earth:s %a!netic 3iel& is
    !enerate& or o3 #hat causes the variations to #hich it is su1>ect. 6t +resent, the north an&
    south %a!netic +oles are situate& a1out CB< an& 1=FG %iles 3ro% the north an& south
    !eo!ra+hic +oles res+ectively. ?0 says that there are stron! %a!netic +oles a1ove the
    sur3ace o3 the earth, an& that one o3 the% revolves aroun& the north !eo!ra+hic +ole in a
    +erio&ic cycle o3 several hun&re& years. Mo&ern science reco!niAes that the %a!netic +oles
    &ri3t slo#ly #est#ar& aroun& the !eo!ra+hic +oles. ,t also clai%s that #hat #e call the north
    %a!netic +ole is actually a south %a!netic +ole, 1ut ?0 3latly contra&icts this. The north +ole
    o3 the co%+ass +oints to the !roun& at the north %a!netic +ole 1ecause it is re+elle& 1y the
    real north %a!netic +ole a1ove the earth:s sur3ace. 7Mahatma 'etters, ++. 1=C-F8
    ne 3inal +oint. The startin! &ate o3 the kali-yu!a is usually !iven as 1C Fe1ruary 41G( BC.
    *o%e re3erences, ho#ever, !ive the year
    --- F
    as 41G1 BC. There is no contra&iction here, 3or there are t#o #ays o3 !ivin! &ates BC. ,n the
    usual 7chronolo!ical8 %etho&, no year Aero is counte& 1et#een 1 BC an& 1 6D, #hile in the
    other %etho&, o3ten use& 1y astrono%ers, a year Aero is counte&. ;ither #ay, the year 1 6D
    #as not the 41G4r& year o3 the kali-yu!a 1ut 41G(n& 7as *u11a -o# states - ;soteric
    Writin!s, +. <<8. This %eans that the 3irst <GGG years o3 the kali-yu!a en&e& in 1CFF an& not
    1CFC, an& that the year (GGG #ill 1e the <1G1st year o3 kali-yu!a an& not the <1G(n& 7nor the
    <1G4r& as -o11 su!!ests8. The clairvoyant W. *cott ;lliott 7author o3 the 3anci3ul #ork The
    %tory of Atlantis and the 'ost 'emuria+ #ith an intro&uction 1y 6.$. *innett8 states that
    $osei&onis sank in F<=9 BC. This &ate is &erive& 3ro% a letter to *innett 3ro% ?0, #ritten in
    1CC(, in #hich ?0 says that $osei&onis sank 11,99= years a!o 7Mahatma 'etters+ ++. 1<1,
    1<<8. ,n the chronolo!ical %etho& o3 countin!, $osei&onis #oul& have sunk in F<=< BC.
    UFro% Davi& $ratt. This articleSres+onse has also a++eare& in a recent >i#h (ountry
    TheosophistV
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    R1SPONS1 4RO2 RICHARD RO995
    ,tLs encoura!in! to 3in& the article has sti%ulate& thou!ht, an& #e are in&e1te& to Mr.
    $ratt 3or a&&itional re3erences 3ro% G&e$ an& 0$B. My su!!estion that the shell o3 the earth
    %ay sli+, #hile its %ass continue& to %aintain its aEis o3 rotation, see%s the only one
    reconciles MackeyLs 9o chan!e +er +recession, #ith state%ents o3 2+olar shi3t.2 By s&e!!, ,
    consi&er a &e+th o3 4GG %iles. 6n interestin! article in %cientific American 7"ov., 1F=<, +. (C8
    entitle& 2-esonant Ii1rations o3 the ;arth,2 &iscusses no&es o3 &istention cause& 1y
    earthHuakes, as the earth rin!s like a 1ell, causin! 1ul!es in +ro!ressive %ulti+les, an&
    &ecreasin! intensity at the sur3ace. This is no +roo3 that the earth is hollo#, 1ut %ay a&&
    so%e ei!ht to the i&ea. "ot %any years a!o the *unLs %a!netic +oles inverte&, 1ut it
    continues to rotate on an aEis o3 Bo to the +ole o3 the ecli+tic.
    The earth rotates on its aEis, reo!es aroun& the sun. ,3 a (9 hour &ay is constant, a
    4=G &ay year #oul& 1e s+ee&in! o3 revolution. ,3 the ti%e o3 revolution is slo#e&, say a 4BG
    &ay year, then a (9 hr. 6 &ay year #oul& 1e slo#in! o3 revolution. Juestions o3 slo#in! o3
    earth rate %ay involve a slo#in! or s+ee&in! o3 1oth rotation an& revolution, an& #e see% to
    1e takin! lon!er to !et aroun& the sun, so , call that.... slo#in!.
    That the Great $yra%i& is ali!ne& #ith true north 7&escen&in! +assa!e on that si&e8 is
    +ossi1ly evi&ence that it has al#ays 1een so, 1ut this is &i33icult to reconcile #ith the s+iral
    Ao&iac in the Te%+le o3 Den&era, #hich sho#s three +recessions, the +ole 3ollo#in! a stea&y
    +ath, not !yratin! a1out +ointin! at &is+arate constellations. *till, , a% o+en to the +ossi1ility
    o3 Mr. $rattLs su!!estion, i3 he can sho# so%e evi&ence.
    The rise o3 the ocean to its +resent level, &i&nLt occur in the year 9,<GGG B.C., 1ut &i&
    reach its %aEi%u% a1out then. 7*ee: %cientific American+ 5uly, 1FCB, +. B18 The other
    re3erences to this &ate are so nu%erous that a cursory revie# o3 archeolo!ical an& !eolo!ical
    #orks #ill con3ir% it #ithout a list 1y %e.
    , stan& correcte& on the earthLs rate 1y the G&e$ re3erence, an& , erre& inclu&in! the
    3loo& o3 "oah #ith the =,<GG year &ate, as , cite& (49F B.C. in the *D *y%+osiu%. 7WiAar&s
    Bookshel3, 1FC98 Mr. $ratt 3alls into error to Us&er in "oahLs 3loo& as 0$B con3ir%s it: 2We
    kno# o3 no \Floo&L 4,1G( years B.C. - not even that o3 "oah, 3or, a!reea1ly #ith
    --- 1G
    5u&eo-Christian chronolo!y, it took +lace (,49F years B.C.2 7*D ,, +. 4BG8
    $arentheses aroun& 7once to the south, an& once in the #est8 #ere &elete&, %akin!
    0ero&otus say #hat he &i&nLt. *olonLs 6tlantis sinkin! shoul& have 1een 2over F,GGG years2
    instea& o3 11,GGG.
    Mr. $ratt is in error on the ali!n%ent o3 the *+hynE, #hich is several &e!rees so%t& o3
    &ue east, a co%+letely &i33erent orientation, +erha+s in&icative o3 another a!e.
    -e!ar&in! Mr. $rattLs i&ea that +late tectonic %ove%ent coul& nulli3y the evi&ence o3
    the %a!netic si!nature in lava 3lo#s, #e 3in& a vast &is+arity in ti%e. The tectonic +lates
    #oul& reHuire %illions o3 years to %ove su33iciently to account 3or the relocation o3 the
    %a!netic +ole, an& #e kno# it %oves very ra+i&ly, so%eti%es in >ust a 3e# thousan& years.
    7*ee: %cientific American, *e+t. 1FC4, +. =48 *urely all the evi&ence isnLt %irrors an& illusion.
    Talks !iven 1e3ore a !eneral theoso+hical au&ience canLt 1e 1ur&ene& #ith constant
    3ootnotes, 1ut #e can see that #hen they are han&e& over 3or +u1lication, eEtensive
    re3erences are nee&e& to satis3y the sur!ical +ro1in! o3 the %icrosco+ically incline&.
    '''''''''''''''''''''

    A<IS SHI4T AND 21T1ORIT1S
    ,n the hu1-1u1 a3ter a lar!e %eteorite shot across the skies in the !reat lakes re!ion,
    astrono%er 5e33rey Bass o3 Cran1rook ,nstitute state& that earth &aily receives 1GG tons o3
    %eteoric %atter. 7W5- ra&io, CS(<SF<8 *ince the earth circles the sun at an an!le +resently o3
    (4.<o, %ost o3 this %ass accu%ulates on the norther he%is+here. 7 *ee Mahatma 'etters,
    1=1-< on %uch o3 interest in this area.8 ver a !eolo!ic s%all +erio& o3 ti%e o3 1G,GGG years
    this %eteoric accu%ulation #oul& a&& u+ to 4.=< E 1G to the C tons, %ost on the northern
    he%is+here. This is a s%all a%ount co%+are& to the a++roEi%ate =.= E 1G to the (1 ton
    %ass o3 the earth 7Mc.ra&->ill (oncise Ency$ /f %cience, (.1GC E 1G to the (= oA.8, 1ut
    consi&erin! that this %ass #oul& 1e s#in!in! on the sur3ace o3 the earth u+ to 9GGG %iles
    3ro% the earthLs +ole o3 rotation, itLs conceiva1le an e33ect #oul& 1e +ro&uce& on the aEis o3
    rotation. ,n the M)s, ?.0. even attri1utes the +re&o%inance o3 northern continents to the
    accretion o3 %eteoric %atter 7+. 1=(8. ,3 the ice a!es eEiste&, as see%s likely, a 1GGG 3oot o3
    ice over %uch o3 the northern he%is+here #oul& see% +ossi1ly to have so%e e33ect 7as Iictor
    ;n&ers1y re%arks so%e#here in Theosophical 1otes8, an& i3 not, #hy not. 6 s%all tire
    #ei!ht has a +ro3oun& e33ect on a s+innin! tire. $erha+s i3 no si!ni3icant e33ect is +ro&uce 1y
    these +heno%ena, it is 1ecause o3 the insi!ni3icance o3 the %asses concerne& co%+are& to
    the %ass o3 the earth. 6lternatively, +erha+s this s%all o33-1alance rotation coul& have a
    resonate or cu%ulative e33ect an& is res+onsi1le 3or the sli!ht #o11le o3 the aEis +resently.
    - ;&.
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    TH1
    2ASS 2IND
    - ;ly Cul1ertson
    ..., have %a&e nu%erous re3erences to the %ass %in&, es+ecially in connection #ith %y
    +u1licity ca%+ai!ns in Bri&!e. ,n the notes 1elo#, , shall outline so%e o3 %y conce+ts o3 the
    +sycholo!y o3 the %ass %in& #hich %ay +rove to 1e o3 interest to those #ho have &ealin!s
    #ith the %asses. , #ill %ake no atte%+t here to +resent a co%+lete +icture. This
    tre%en&ously co%+licate& su1>ect reHuires a 1ook, #hich , ho+e to #rite so%e &ay.
    ;arly in %y youth, as a revolutionist , ran u+ a!ainst the 1lank #all o3 the %ystery o3 the
    %ass %in&. , then realiAe& that one %ay have the no1lest an& the %ost +ractical i&eals levers
    that %ove the %asses; that +ro+a!an&a is o3ten %ore +o#er3ul than the truth. 6ll aroun& %e ,
    sa# +olitical charlatans an& &e%a!o!ues &rench the +eo+le #ith lies an& the s+it o3 hatre&
    an& yet carry the% o33 their 3eet; #hile %y teachers 3loun&ere&, althou!h they un&erstoo& the
    truth an& #ere sincere. , rushe& to li1raries to 3in& out a1out this #on&er3ul science o3
    in3luencin! +eo+le. But there #as very little in3or%ation.
    The +ractical a++lication o3 the kno#le&!e o3 the %ass %in&, #hich is 1ase& on cru&e trial
    an&-error %etho&s, has 1een kno#n since earliest ti%es. The structure o3 ar%ies an&
    churches is unconsciously 1ase& on these little-kno#n la#s; the Co%%unists an& Fascists
    have +er3ecte& the %etho&s; an& the 6%erican a&vertisin! in&ustry has 1rou!ht in a #ealth o3
    +ractical &iscoveries. But even to&ay, there are no scienti3ic &e3initions or acce+ta1le theories
    on the anato%y o3 the %ass %in&, ho# it 1ehaves, an& #hy.

    The 2ndi*idual and the (ro&d
    ,t is alrea&y kno#n that there is a certain &i33erence 1et#een a +erson taken sin!ly an& the
    sa%e +erson taken as +art o3 a cro#&. 6ctually, the &i33erence is tre%en&ous. 6 cro#& is
    so%ethin! very %uch %ore than the su% total o3 the in&ivi&uals that co%+rise it. ,t is a ne#
    entity, ,erson"!it', +ossessin! its o#n e%otional an& thinkin! or!ans.
    , &e3ine a cro#& as consistin! o3 3ive or %ore in&ivi&uals. ne o3 these in&ivi&uals is al#ays
    the lea&er. The %o%ent several in&ivi&uals !et to!ether to 3or% a cro#&, a nu%1er o3 their
    usual e%otional reactions 1eco%e atro+hie&, #hile other e%otional reactions, thereto3ore
    &or%ant, 1eco%e intensi3ie&. ,n a cro#&, the in&ivi&ual loses %ost o3 his initiative; his 3ears
    an& &ou1ts are &issi+ate&, an& his reasonin! 3aculties are narro#e& &o#n to one or t#o
    si%+le issues; he acHuires ne# e%otions o3 a reli!ious or %ystic nature; he 3eels a co%+ellin!
    sense o3 co%%unal res+onsi1ility an& a con3i&ence that 1or&ers or o%ni+otence. /n&er the
    s+ell o3 the cro#& e%anations, he is ca+a1le o3 acts o3 su+re%e herois% or o3 &astar&ly
    co#ar&ice - acts #hich he %i!ht not +er3or% as an in&ivi&ual. Thus, a cro#& is al#ays
    co%+ose& o3 &e%i!o&s #ho are at the sa%e ti%e sava!e 1easts; o3 heroes #ho are
    si%ultaneously cruel co#ar&s.
    The 1asic 3act 3ro% #hich all stu&y o3 the %ass %in& %ust start, is this; every cro#& +osses
    its o#n "n"to+', its o#n (r"in, an& its o#n nero%s s'ste+, as &istinct 3ro% the
    +sycholo!y o3 the in&ivi&uals #ho co%+rise it.
    This %ass %in& o+erates not only #hen +eo+le are !athere& to!ether in +hysical cro#&s -
    in au&itoriu%s or on street corners - 1ut continuously. ;very in&ivi&ual is en&o#e&, 3ro% ti%e
    i%%e%orial, #ith a nu%1er o3 instincts that %ake hi% a +art o3 the her& an& su1>ect to
    reactions o3 the her&. 0e is &o%inate& 1y cro#& in3luences an& cro#& e%otions #herever he
    is - #hether he talks to other +eo+le, listens to the ra&io, or rea&s a ne#s+a+er in 3ront o3 his
    o#n 3ire+lace. Besi&es, in the course o3 the &ay %ost in&ivi&uals are at so%e ti%e or other in
    contact #ith &i33erent +hysical cro#&s, #here they easily +ick u+ the hi!hly conta!ious !er%s
    o3 cro#& e%otions.
    Thus, the %ass %in& 3unctions even #hen there is not a +hysical cro#&, eEce+t that then its
    e%otions are not so intense an& its +sycholo!ical reactions &o not occur so ra+i&ly.
    6ll the o1servations in this a++en&iE, there3ore, a++ly not only to +hysical cro#&s, 1ut to all
    in&ivi&uals #ho have social contact #ith the #orl& aroun& the%.
    The %tructure of the (ro&d or Mass Mind
    ,3 the cro#& &oes have a %in& o3 its o#n, >ust #hat is its structure, an& ho# &oes it o+erate.
    The cro#& is %a&e u+ o3 t#o ele%ents: the %ass an& the lea&ers. ,ts structure is so%e#hat
    analo!ous to that o3 a cell, #ith its +roto+las% an& nucleus. The %ass ele%ent in the cro#& is
    na%eless an& +assive, its essential 3unction is to +rovi&e 2nourish%ent2 3or the active
    +rinci+le, #hich is the nucleus. The cro#&:s nucleus is co%+ose& o3 the cro#&:s lea&ers, in
    #ho% +ractically the entire activity o3 the cro#& is concentrate&. 6n& here the analo!y
    1et#een a cell an& a cro#& ceases. For a cro#&
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    is not co%+ara1le to one !i!antic cell, 1ut is actually %a&e u+ o3 a !reat nu%1er o3 units, or
    cro#&-cells. ;ach o3 these #ro*/.#e!!s consists o3 3ive, siE, or seven in&ivi&uals, an& each
    has its !rou+ lea&er. Thou!hts an& e%otions are co%%unicate& 3ro% one unit or cro#& cell to
    another throu!h these !rou+ lea&ers, #ho act in the &ou1le ca+acity o3 trans%itters an&
    initiators o3 action.
    The i%+ortant +oint is that, o3 the in&ivi&uals #ho %ake u+ a cro#&-cell, only the lea&er is
    active; the others, so to s+eak, have &ele!ate& to hi% not only %ost o3 their authority, 1ut a
    !reat +art o3 their e%otional an& intellectual %echanis%s. They leave to their lea&er the task
    o3 %akin! &ecisions, an& even the e%otional 3unction o3 1eco%in! cruel or lovin!, heroic or
    co#ar&ly. This ,ro#ess o$ /e!eg"tion is, in %y o+inion, one o3 the un&erlyin! +rinci+les in the
    structure o3 the cro#&. The !rou+ lea&er stan&s at the 3ront o3 the sta!e, an& his siE or seven
    3ollo#ers stan& in the 1ack!roun&, i%itatin! his every !esture, thou!ht, or e%otion. ,t is the
    !rou+ lea&er #ho or!aniAes a 1ri&!e !a%e, selects a 1ran& o3 ci!arettes, &eci&es that
    -oosevelt is a hero or a %onster, thro#s rice an& ol& shoes at the ne#ly#e&s, or lynches a
    "e!ro. 0e counts; his 3ollo#ers are 1ut sha&o#s in his i%a!e.
    The 'eaders
    The !rou+ lea&ers in turn are or!aniAe& into s+ecial !e"/er.#e!!s, each o3 #hich is
    controlle& 1y a hi!her lea&er. Finally, there is a still hi!her lea&er-cell, co%+ose& o3 lea&ers o3
    the lea&ers, an& controlle& 1y the su+re%e lea&er. 6t each inter%e&iate sta!e the lo#er !rou+
    o3 lea&ers trans%its a lar!e +art o3 its authority an& #ill to the hi!her lea&ers.
    Thus, the structure o3 a cro#& can 1e co%+are& to a skyscra+er 1uilt like a +yra%i&: its
    skeleton o3 steel is the lea&ershi+ 3actor, its 1ack1one an& 1rain; the 1ricks that 3ill in this
    3ra%e#ork to co%+lete the 1uil&in! %ake u+ the +assive ele%ent, or the %ass o3 the cro#&.
    The hi!her 2stories2 o3 this ta+erin! skyscra+er are %a&e u+ entirely o3 the hi!her lea&ers,
    #here %ost o3 the +o#er is concentrate&; #hile the 3oun&ation is ce%ente& an& hel& to!ether
    1y the !rou+ lea&ers incrustate& #ithin the %ass.
    These lea&ers are al#ays +otentially +resent in any cro#&. They s+rin! u+ 3ro% the %ass
    s+ontaneously. ,n a theater so%eone shouts, 2FireP2 There are a 3e# secon&s o3 hesitation,
    &urin! #hich the lea&ers crystaliAe. ,3 the lea&ers are +anicky, the cro#& is +anicky; i3 the
    lea&ers #alk cal%ly to the nearest eEit, so &oes the cro#&. ,t %ay ha++en that the stru!!le o3
    o++osin! lea&ers neutraliAes the action o3 the cro#&, leavin! it te%+orarily lea&erless; then
    there is a sta%+e&e.
    This lea&ershi+ structure is the characteristic org"n o3 any cro#& - its 1rain, its nervous an&
    %uscular syste%s, all in one. ,t is co%%on to %asses, cro#&s, an& even her&s o3 ani%als.
    These lea&ers are to 1e 3oun& a%on! %ales an& 3e%ales, an& in every conceiva1le hu%an
    activity. Their +resence, an& not the so-calle& 2tri1al inheritance,2 is the true eE+lanation 3or
    the trans%ission o3 innu%era1le custo%s, tra&itions, an& learne& a+titu&es o3 society.
    The structure o3 a cro#& o3 one hun&re& +eo+le is eEactly the sa%e as that o3 one hun&re&
    thousan&; an& its &yna%ics are the sa%e, #hether it 1e a cro#& o3 Chinese, -ussians, or
    6%ericans, an& #hether it 1e a cro#& o3 &ele!ates to the -e+u1lican convention or a
    lynchin! %o1. The sa%e la#s a++ly to all cro#&s or %asses o3 +eo+le, an& %ost o3 these
    la#s &eal #ith the lea&ershi+ 3actor. The essential &i33erence, 3or instance, 1et#een a %o1
    an& an ar%y &oes not lie in the structure, 1ut in the &i33erence 1et#een traine& an&
    s+ontaneous lea&ershi+. The ar%y has &isci+line; that is, the lea&ers have 1een traine& ho#
    to co%%an&, an& the %asses, ho# to o1ey. Thus, &isci+line %erely intensi3ies the lea&ershi+
    +rinci+le in the structure o3 the %ass %in&.
    The Mass
    ,n a cro#&, the %ass never acts o3 its o#n volition, never takes any initiative, never attacks
    or runs. , a% not atte%+tin! a +ara&oE #hen , say that 3or all +ractical +ur+oses o3 initiative or
    action, the %ass &oes not eEistP
    The %ass, ho#ever, &oes have one 1asic 3unction, other than servin! as 2rou!ha!e2: it
    3urnishes the ra# %aterial 3ro% #hich the lea&ers are +ro&uce&.
    The nu%1er an& Huality o3 the lea&ers, ho#ever, &e+en&s u+on the %oo&, the #!i+"te o3
    the %ass. For #ant o3 a 1etter #or&, , use the #or& 2cli%ate2 to in&icate the co%1ination o3
    +hysical, econo%ic, an& +sycholo!ical con&itions #hich in3luence the %ass. ,t is this %ass-
    cli%ate #hich &eter%ines #hether the %ass accelerates or retar&s the 3or%ation an& the
    acce+tance o3 lea&ers. ,3 the %ass-cli%ate is 3avora1le to a %ove%ent, then the %ass easily
    +ro&uces ne# lea&ers an& the %ove%ent is accelerate&. But i3 the cli%ate is un3avora1le,
    then the %ass 3or%s 1ut 3e# lea&ers, or 3or%s lea&ers #ho are in o++osition to the
    %ove%ent; as a result, the %ove%ent is either retar&e&
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    or sto++e&.
    The Mass Mind and Ad*ertisin#
    These t#o 1asic +rinci+les o3 lea&ershi+ an& %ass a++ly not only to the +sycholo!y o3
    cro#&s, 1ut also to the structure o3 societies, as #ell as to the &yna%ics o3 social %ove%ents
    - 1e they #ars, %i!rations, or an a&vertisin! ca%+ai!n to launch a ne# kin& o3 soa+. ,n the
    +rece&in! +a!es , have trie& to eE+lain a little o3 the theoretical 1ack!roun& o3 the structure o3
    the %ass %in&. These theories are o3 !reat +ractical value #hen a++lie& to the techniHue o3
    a&vertisin!, +u1licity, sho#%anshi+, an& !eneral %ass a++eal.
    6&vertisin! is hu%anity:s ol&est 2+ro3ession,2 an& eEiste& a%on! ani%als 3or hun&re&s o3
    thousan&s o3 years. The 1utter3ly &resse& in a riot o3 color, or a scente& 3lo#er tryin! to attract
    an insect, uses a 3or% o3 a&vertisin!; an& it can 1e sai& that the stru!!le 3or eEistence is not
    only the survival o3 the 3ittest, 1ut the survival o3 the 1est a&vertise& - those #ho are %ost
    success3ul in attractin! the attention o3 &esira1le 2custo%ers.2 0o#ever, &es+ite its very lon!
    history, a&vertisin! to&ay is still in a +ri%itive sta!e.
    Because a&vertisers ne!lect the all-i%+ortant lea&ershi+ 3actor, they #aste, in %y o+inion,
    hun&re&s o3 %illions o3 &ollars. ,nstea& o3 &evotin! their attention to the !rou+ an& hi!her
    lea&ers, they a&&ress their voo&ooistic incantations to the %ysterious 2%asses;2 instea& o3
    concentratin! their e33orts on the +sycholo!y o3, say, one out o3 seven 7like a s%art la#yer
    a&&ressin! a >ury8, they &is+erse their %oney in vain atte%+ts to attract seven out o3 seven.
    6s a result, their a&vertisin! layouts an& co+y are o3ten #ron!, an& their !i11erish on the
    ra&io is 3reHuently stu+i&.
    There is another 3allacy, cause& 1y i!norance o3 the structure o3 the %ass %in&, #hich is
    costin! the %otion-+icture in&ustry alone %any %illions o3 &ollars an& #hich eE+lains so%e o3
    the %onstrosities #hich they +ro&uce. ,t is the 1elie3 that the avera!e intelli!ence o3 the
    %asses is that o3 a t#elve-year-ol&. Taken in&ivi&ually this %ay 1e true. But taken as a level
    at #hich to +ro&uce %ovies, it is a serious %istake, 3or every in&ivi&ual #ho sees a %ovie is
    +art o3 a cro#&. 6n& the intelli!ence level o3 every cro#& is that o3 its gro%, !e"/ers. ,3 the
    intelli!ence level o3 the !rou+ lea&ers eHuals that o3 a colle!e !ra&uate, then the intelli!ence
    o3 the cro#&, 3or all +ractical +ur+oses, eHuals the colle!e !ra&uate; i3, on the other han&, the
    intelli!ence level o3 the cro#&:s !rou+ lea&ers is that o3 a t#elve-year-ol& 7#hich is relatively
    rare8, then even a cro#& o3 senators #oul& 1e on the sa%e level 7an& so%eti%es is8. The
    i%+ortant 3act a1out any cro#& is that the level o3 the !rou+ lea&ers: intelli!ence is usually
    seer"! not#&es &ig&er that the avera!e o3 the in&ivi&uals #hich co%+rise the cro#&. 0ere ,
    a% shar+ly at variance #ith )e Bon an& %o&ern stu&ents o3 the cro#&, #ho 1elieve that a
    cro#& is ,er se stu+i&, cruel, an& co#ar&ly, an& is o3 lo#er %entality than the in&ivi&uals
    co%+risin! it.
    The !rou+ an& hi!her lea&ers are the censors an& sentinels o3 the %asses. ,t is at the%
    a&vertisin! an& %otion +ictures shoul& 1e ai%e&.
    The +ractical a++lication o3 these theories o3 the %ass %in& to %y +u1licity ca%+ai!ns in
    1ri&!e is evi&ent in several cha+ters o3 this 1ook. 0ere , #ill +oint out so%e o3 the +urely
    theoretical consi&erations that in3luence& %e in creatin! ;ly the Cele1rity. ,n 3or%ulatin! this
    2+u1lic +ersonality2 , ke+t in %in& t#o i%+ortant 3actors. First, a +o+ular +ersonality %ust have
    &e3ects #hich hu%aniAe hi%. There3ore, , concentrate& %ost o3 %y in!enuity on the
    !lori3ication o3 %y &e3ects as a +ersonality an& as a 1ri&!e +layer. , never 3aile& to 3eature %y
    !larin! errors in 1i&&in! an& +lay. ,n this %anner , 1eca%e #i&ely kno#n not only 3or %y
    1rilliant cou+s 7#hich o3 course , se&ulously +u1liciAe&8 1ut 3or %y atrocities as #ell 7#hich
    !ave %e %ore than &ou1le the a%ount o3 +u1licity8.
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    The secon& i%+ortant 3actor in creatin! a +u1lic +ersonality is truth3ulness an& sincerity. ,t is
    true that , have %a&e very eEtensive use o3 the techniHue o3 the unusual an& o3 the startlin!ly
    &ra%atic; 1ut as a rule , have esche#e& stunt +u1licity, an& have 1ase& %y ne#s on actual
    occurrences. The +u1lic #ill resent 7an& e&itors never 3or!et8 the +urely 3ictional ty+e o3
    +u1licity.
    ,ntellectually, it is Huite +ossi1le to 3ool %ost o3 the +eo+le %ost o3 the ti%e, an& they are
    1ein! so 3oole& continuously throu!h various +olitical &octrines an& #ar +ro+a!an&a, 3or
    instance; e%otionally, ho#ever, it is %uch %ore &i33icult to 3ool the cro#&s. For a cro#&, like a
    #o%an, 3ollo#s intellectual ar!u%ents only su+er3icially; all its attention is concentrate& on
    $ee!ing #hether or not the s+eaker is sincere.
    0avin! create& %y 2+u1lic character,2 , +rocee&e& to +u1liciAe hi%, relyin! lar!ely on #or&-
    o3-%outh +u1licity throu!h %y !rou+ lea&ers. , 1elieve that #or&-o3-%outh +u1licity is %ore
    +o#er3ul in its e33ects than all other %e&iu%s +ut to!ether. ;very #ell-or!aniAe& +u1licity
    enter+rise shoul& have a 2#or&-o3 %outh2 &e+art%ent, e%+loyin! a sta33 o3 runners to
    circulate in su1#ays, hotels, clu1s, an& society a33airs, carryin! on #or&-o3-%outh
    +ro+a!an&a. , use& %y o#n techniHue in the +ro+er or!aniAation o3 #or&-o3-%outh +u1licity,
    throu!h teachers, #riters, an& enthusiasts #ho #ere 3ir%ly convince& 1y %y ar!u%ents.
    This +ro1le% o3 !rou+ lea&ers, 3or either #or&-o3-%outh or +rinte& +u1licity, +reoccu+ie& %e
    %ost o3 all. There are, 1roa&ly s+eakin!, three kin&s o3 !rou+ lea&ers. First, there are those
    #ho are %ove& 1y an i&ea. They are the 3e#est 1ut 1y 3ar the %ost i%+ortant. They cannot 1e
    1ou!ht; they %ust 1e #on over 1y the sheer %erit o3 the cause. 6n& they are the ones #ho
    usually start the %ove%ent rollin!. ,n 1ri&!e, they are the serious stu&ents o3 the !a%e. For
    the% , atte%+te& to create ne# an& 1etter %etho&s in 1ri&!e.
    The neEt an& lar!er &ivision o3 !rou+ lea&ers is co%+ose& o3 those #ho are %ove& +artly 1y
    an i&ea an& +artly 1y sel3-interest. Many o3 %y teachers 1elon!e& to that i%+ortant !rou+.
    With these !rou+ lea&ers, , coul& %ake no &e3inite hea&#ay unless , coul& hel+ to +rovi&e
    the% #ith %eans o3 eEistence. There3ore, , 1uilt u+ a national or!aniAation o3 1ri&!e teachers
    to teach the Cul1ertson *yste%.
    )ater ca%e the last !rou+ o3 lea&ers - those %ove& +urely 1y sel3ish interests. They too are
    very i%+ortant, 3or they are the ones #ho #ill stick to the %ove%ent as lon! as there is so%e
    !lue le3t. They consiste& o3 nu%erous authors, lecturers, o#ners o3 1ri&!e clu1s, eEecutives
    o3 ne#s+a+ers an& &e+art%ent stores, an& !enerally a net#ork o3 1usiness or!aniAations
    intereste& in eE+loitin! either the Cul1ertson na%e or 1ri&!e %erchan&ise.
    ,n &ealin! #ith +u1licity, , also ke+t in %in& three 1asic a++eals: to the e!o, to 3ear, an& to
    seE. The %ass %in& re%e%1ers 1est 1y tyin! u+ events #ith its o#n e%otional eE+eriences;
    an& every#here, the in&ivi&ual seeks to +ro>ect an& to i&enti3y his o#n +ersonality. Bri&!e
    #oul& have to 1e &ra%atiAe& an& %a&e intellectually si!ni3icant so as to a++eal to the e!o.
    0ere, , &eci&e& to ai% %y ca%+ai!n lar!ely at #o%en. Bri&!e is one o3 the 3e# +asti%es in
    #hich a #o%an is on a 3ootin! o3 eHuality #ith a %an, an& %ay even sho# hi% a trick or t#o.
    This #oul& 3orti3y #o%en a!ainst their natural sense o3 in3eriority. They #oul& 3avor contract
    1ri&!e as a!ainst +riAe 3i!htin! an& other s+orts: it #oul& hel+ to kee+ their hus1an&s at
    ho%e. Contract 1ri&!e is a +o#er3ul anti&ote 3or the +oison o3 vicious !a%1lin!; it teaches
    youn!sters the intellectual 3actor o3 skill, an& it &evelo+s their sense o3
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    +ro1a1ilities, their +o#ers o3 concentration, an& their s+orts%anshi+. Wo%en #oul& 3avor all
    that. Finally, #o%en are al#ays %ore ventureso%e than their naturally conservative
    hus1an&s. They easily 1eco%e 1ore&; hence they #oul& s#itch Huickly to contract an& &ra!
    their reluctant %en a3ter the%. , also &eci&e& to %ake use o3 the 3ear 3actor, %ainly to corral
    the tire& 1usiness %an an& the socially as+irin! #o%an: , #oul& stress the +oint that 1ri&!e is
    a social necessity an& that 1a& 1ri&!e +layers are sel&o% invite&. ,n seE , %a&e 3ull use o3 the
    ever +o+ular hus1an& an& #i3e an!le at the 1ri&!e ta1le; their ar!u%ents, their Huarrels, a 3e#
    &ivorces, an& even a %ur&er or t#o. , reco%%en&e& 1i!!er an& 1etter 3i!hts at the 1ri&!e
    ta1le, as an esca+e 3ro% the hun&re&s o3 +etty inhi1itions an& annoyances accu%ulate& in
    the course o3 &aily %arrie& li3e. , insiste& that #e 1ri&!e +layers %ust learn ho# to take it on
    the shin. 6n& , create& 1ri&!e ter%s #ith an eye not only to their +recise technical %eanin!,
    1ut also to leave the &oor a>ar 3or %il& >okes an& %ore or less o1vious +uns.
    7hilosophy of >istory
    Most o3 history an& all social %ove%ents are 1ase&, in %y o+inion, on the structure o3 the
    %ass %in&. ,t is the 1elie3 o3 one !rou+ that all history can 1e #ritten in ter%s o3 the !reat %en
    #ho have live& an& #ho have &eter%ine& an& controlle& the course o3 events. ,t is the 1elie3
    o3 another an& lar!er !rou+ that the &o%inant 3orce in history is econo%ic con&itions. ;ach o3
    these conce+ts is 1ut hal3 the truth. ,n %y inter+retation o3 history the 2!reat %en2 conce+t
    re+resents the lea&ershi+ 3actor an& the econo%ic conce+t re+resents the %ass-cli%ate
    3actor.
    This conce+t uni3ies, in a hi!her synthesis, the t#o o++osin! inter+retations o3 history. The
    conce+t o3 2!reat %en2 o3 history %ust 1e %o&i3ie& to inclu&e not only the 2!reat %an2
    hi%sel3, 1ut his !rou+ lea&ers. a sin!le in&ivi&ual, ho#ever !reat, can acco%+lish 1ut little o3
    i%+ortance in +olitical history. Behin& every 2!reat %an2 #ho has +laye& an e33ective +art in
    history there stan&s inevita1ly a sect, a school, a class, or an ar%y. The 2!reat %en2 are
    si%+ly su+erlea&ers, controllin! the %asses throu!h their o#n or!aniAation o3 !rou+ lea&ers.
    6s 3or econo%ic %aterialis%, it is i%+ossi1le 3or econo%ic 23orces2 to 2rouse2 the %asses to
    any kin& o3 &irect action. ;cono%ic con&itions can only &eter%ine the %ass-cli%ate, #hich in
    turn causes the %asses to accelerate or retar& the +ro&uction o3 lea&ers. n the sta!e o3
    history the only actors are the lea&ers, #hile the %asses are 2eEtras,2 3or%in! the vast
    anony%ous 1ack!roun&.
    When one s+eaks o3 the stru!!les 1et#een %asses, classes, or nations, the real %eanin!
    to %e is al#ays that o3 the stru!!le 1et#een various lea&ershi+ !rou+s, in #hich the %asses,
    #hile carryin! the %ain 1ur&en, are o3 little #ei!ht the%selves. 6ll history is such a stru!!le.
    -evolutions are violent stru!!les 1et#een rival !rou+s o3 lea&ers 3or the &o%ination o3 the
    %asses. ,t &oes not %atter #hether it is &one, to start #ith, 3or i&ealistic +ur+oses or to
    +er+etuate sel3ish +rivile!es; the %echanics are the sa%e. Wars, too, are stru!!les 1et#een a
    +rivile!e& !rou+ o3 lea&ers in one country an& the lea&ers o3 another country. The lea&ers o3
    a country can retain their +rivile!es only i3 they %ake it +ossi1le 3or a su33icient nu%1er o3 their
    o#n !rou+ lea&ers to &o%inate the rivals #ithin the sa%e country. *houl& the resources o3 the
    country 1e insu33icient 3or this +ur+ose, the lea&ers %ust o1tain rival resources, usually at the
    eE+ense o3 other nations. ,3 they 3ail to &o so, the %ass-cli%ate %ay 1eco%e 3avora1le 3or the
    +ro&uction o3 ne# lea&ers, rea&y to >u%+ at the ol& lea&ers: throats. *i%ilarly, i3 the lea&ers in
    +o#er are una1le to &e3en& the country a!ainst a!!ression, the %ass-cli%ate #ill 3avor the
    +ro&uction o3 ne# lea&ers to re+lace the ol& ones.
    This stru!!le 1et#een +rivile!e& !rou+s o3 lea&ers is the 1asic cause o3 %o&ern #ar, to
    #hich Co%%unist an& ca+italist alike are su1>ect.
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    3ictatorship and 3emocracy
    The rea&er %ay #ell ar!ue that , have +resente& here an outri!ht &e3ense o3 &ictatorshi+,
    an& that 0itler hi%sel3 coul& #ish no 1etter theoretical 3oun&ation 3or his so-calle& 2lea&ershi+
    +rinci+le.2 0o#, then, &o , >usti3y a &e%ocracy such as ours.
    My ans#er is that our &e%ocracy is also 1ase& on the kin& o3 lea&ershi+ +rinci+le that ,
    have +reviously eE+laine&. 6%erica too is a country run 1y &ictators. "ot only in +olitics, 1ut in
    every #alk o3 li3e, #e have hun&re&s o3 thousan&s o3 tou!h, ener!etic 6%erican Bosses - the
    3ore%an in the +lant, the o33ice %ana!er, the #ar& +olitician, the chair%an o3 the 1oar& o3 a
    cor+oration or charity or!aniAation, the &ean o3 a colle!e, an& the +resi&ent o3 a la1or union.
    There are also several %illion !rou+ lea&ers.
    But the essential &i33erence 1et#een a &e%ocracy an& a &ictatorshi+ is this: in a &ictatorshi+
    the cliHue o3 lea&ers in control o3 the %asses +revents 1y or!aniAe& violence an& terroris%
    the essentially &e%ocratic 3unction o3 rival !rou+ lea&ers. ,n a &e%ocracy there is the 3ree&o%
    o3 o++osition; in a &ictatorshi+ there is o++osition to 3ree&o%.
    ,n this &i33erence , 3in& the 1est >usti3ication 3or &e%ocracy. For there is an ineEora1le la#
    that any !rou+ o3 lea&ers ten&s to +er+etuate itsel3 an& its +rivile!es 1y 3air %eans or 3oul. ,n
    or&er to +rotect an& +er+etuate itsel3 in +o#er it %ust reor!aniAe the entire society into ri!i&
    %ol&s, an& %ake i%+ossi1le, 1y terroris% an& +ro+a!an&a, the 3or%ation o3 rival !rou+
    lea&ers. ,nevita1ly, this %eans the stulti3ication o3 culture an& the &estruction o3 +ro!ress. This
    eE+lains the sa& results o3 the ;!y+tian an& Chinese cultures, 3or instance, in #hich the +riest
    an& %ilitary castes %ana!e& to +er+etuate the%selves in +o#er throu!h innu%era1le
    !enerations; as a result, less +ro!ress #as %a&e in three thousan& years than in a hun&re&
    years o3 -enaissance or 6%erican history.
    This also lar!ely eE+lains the +rocess o3 !ro#th an& &ecay o3 historical cultures an& their
    re%arka1le +arallelis%, o1serve& 1y *+en!ler an& others. 6ll +rivile!e& !rou+s, re!ar&less o3
    #hether they last ten or a thousan& years, are su1>ect to the sa%e la#s o3 creative !ro#th
    3ollo#e& 1y &ecay. These la#s are also &erive& 3ro% the structure o3 the %ass %in& an& o3
    societies.
    6 &e%ocracy - even at its #orst, #ith the #aste, stu+i& !ree&, an& slo++iness #e see in our
    country to&ay - o33ers the 1est chances 3or initiative an& 3ruit3ul stru!!le a%on! rival !rou+s o3
    lea&ers in every #alk o3 li3e. ,ts very insta1ility an& a++arent &isor!aniAation insure the
    in&is+ensa1le 3ree&o% 3or the %aEi%u% a++lication o3 initiative an& the correction o3 errors.
    6n& #hatever a &e%ocracy %ay lose te%+orarily throu!h less e33iciency, it %ore than re!ains
    throu!h !reater initiative an& 3ree&o%. The 1est sa3e!uar& o3 &e%ocracy is to 1e 3oun& in the
    e&ucation o3 1oth the %asses an& the lea&ers, so as to 3avor the %aEi%u% &evelo+%ent o3
    su+erior an& $ree!' #o+,eting lea&ers in all #alks o3 li3e.
    ...There is also the ,rin#i,!e o$ e!o#it' in social %ove%ents; it results 3ro% the +hysical
    3actor o3 tre%en&ously increase& 3acilities 3or co%%unication an& trans+ortation. The %asses
    are su1>ect to thousan&s o3 in3luences 3ro% all si&es, throu!h ra&io, %otion +ictures,
    ne#s+a+ers, 1ooks, auto%o1iles; the %ass-cli%ate can 1e chan!e& in the course o3 %onths
    or years, instea& o3 !enerations. Grou+ lea&ers are +ro&uce& %ore Huickly, an& %ove%ents
    s+rea& at terri3ic s+ee&... The !reater the velocity o3 social %ove%ents, the !reater the
    insta1ility an& stri3e in the #orl&. ,t 3ollo#s that #e are enterin! u+on an era o3 !reat #ars an&
    revolutions, #hen classes an& nations #ill 1e reshu33le&, an& the earth &ivi&e& ane#. $eace
    #ill co%e, +erha+s several !enerations later, #ith the +ro!ress o3 science an& the
    &evelo+%ent o3 a syste% #here1y the ne# lea&ers o3 the #orl& #ill 1e technicians,
    s+ecialists, an& +hiloso+hers.
    UFro% the auto1io!ra+hy The %tran#e 'i*es of /ne Man, 1y ;ly Cul1ertson, 1F9G.
    Cul1ertson #as an ;n!lish Bri&!e cha%+ion kno#n #orl& -#i&e an& +ro%oter o3 a Bri&!e
    syste%. Cul1ertson +resents a lot o3 insi!ht here, 1ut also see%s +retty Machiavellian in
    clai%in! to consciously use his &iscoveries to %ani+ulate +eo+le 3or +ro%otion o3 his
    1usiness interest. Much o3 2%ass +sycholo!y2 is &ue !eneral lack o3 su33icient inte!rity an&
    character an& is it ri!ht to +ro3it 3ro% other:s #eakness. - ;&itorV
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    A0G1O ON ;OHNSONMS THE MASTERS RE0EALED
    5ohn 6l!eoLs hi!hly critical revie# essay in the 5uly, 1FF< Theosophical >istory >ournal
    on ?. $aul 5ohnsonLs &isse%1lin! 1ook The Masters -e*ealed is !oo&, !oo&, !oo&, an& a
    #ork o3 reasonin! art in itsel3. ,ts a1out ti%e one o3 the lar!er theoso+hical %ove%ent
    +u1lications &i& a truth3ul revie# on this 1ook, instea& o3 non- or %il&ly critical +olitical an&
    social har%ony !o11le&y-!ook. 0o# anyone coul& actually #rite a +ositive revie# o3 the
    1ook is 1eyon& this #riterLs co%+rehension. ,t #oul& take either &ishonesty, 1ein! hy+notiAe&
    1y the &isconnecte& in3or%ation, or lack o3 su33icient 1rains to !et a +icture o3 the thin!. The
    1ook is hy+notiAin! or +aralyAin! to the reasonin! 3aculties 1ecause o3 the constant >u%+s o3
    reasonin! in its +ur+orte& +roo3s that the Theoso+hical Masters #ere various historically
    kno#n +ersona!es. ne has to kee+ on his %ental toes in rea&in! the 1ook or one is
    over#hel%e& 1y the con3usion. 6l!eo &oes a la1orso%e an& a&%ira1le >o1 o3 &issectin! one
    at a ti%e %any o3 5ohnsonLs M+roo3sN 3or his thesis. My 3avorite analo!y o3 6l!eoLs &escri+tion
    o3 5ohnsonLs %etho&s is his Huote 3ro% AliceRs Ad*entures in )onderland:
    2$lease, your Ma>esty,2 sai& the ?nave, 2, &i&nLt #rite it, an& they canLt +rove that , &i&:
    thereLs no na%e si!ne& at the en&.2
    2,3 you &i&nLt si!n it,2 sai& the ?in!, 2that only %akes the %atter #orse. Dou %ust have
    %eant so%e %ischie3, or else youL& have si!ne& your na%e like an honest %an.2
    There #as a cla++in! o3 han&s at this: it #as the 3irst really clever thin! the ?in& ha&
    sai& that &ay.
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    7Theosophical >istory+ cSo 5a%es *antucci, De+t. 3 -eli!ious *tu&ies, Ca. *tate /n.,
    Fullerton, C6 F(=49 Juarterly, #(1Syear8
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    INSTINCT 7S. R1ASON . A 90AC: CAT
    - ;&!ar 6llen $oe
    The line #hich &e%arcates the instinct o3 the 1rute creation 3ro% the 1oaste& reason o3
    %an, is, 1eyon& &ou1t, o3 the %ost sha&o#y an& unsatis3actory character - a 1oun&ary line
    3ar %ore &i33icult to settle than even the "orth-;astern or the re!on. The Juestion #hether
    the lo#er ani%als &o or &o not reason, #ill +ossi1ly never 1e &eci&e& - certainly never in our
    +resent con&ition o3 kno#le&!e. While the sel3-love an& arro!ance o3 %an #ill +ersist in
    &enyin! the re3lective +o#er in 1easts, 1ecause the !rantin! it see%s to &ero!ate 3ro% his
    o#n vaunte& su+re%acy, he yet +er+etually 3in&s hi%sel3 involve& in the +ara&oE o3 &ecryin!
    instinct as an in3erior 3aculty, #hile he is 3orce& to a&%it its in3inite su+eriority, in a thousan&
    cases, over the very reason #hich he clai%s eEclusively as his o#n. ,nstinct, so 3ar 3ro% 1ein!
    an in3erior reason, is +erha+s the %ost eEalte& intellect o3 all. ,t #ill a++ear to the true
    +hiloso+her as the &ivine %in& itsel3 actin! i%%e&iately u+on its creatures.
    The ha1its o3 the lion-ant, o3 %any kin&s o3 s+i&ers, an& o3 the 1eaver, have in the% a
    #on&er3ul analo!y, or rather si%ilarity, to the usual o+erations o3 the reason o3 %an 1ut the
    instinct o3 so%e other creatures has no such analo!y - an& is re3era1le only to the s+irit o3 the
    Deity itsel3, actin! &irectly, an& throu!h no cor+oral or!an, u+on the volition o3 the ani%al. 3
    this lo3ty s+ecies o3 instinct the coral-#or% a33or&s a re%arka1le instance. This little creature,
    the architect o3 continents, is not only ca+a1le o3 1uil&in! ra%+arts a!ainst the sea, #ith a
    +recision o3 +ur+ose, an& scienti3ic a&a+tation an&
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    arran!e%ent, 3ro% #hich the %ost skill3ul en!ineer %i!ht i%1i1e his 1est kno#le&!e - 1ut is
    !i3te& #ith #hat hu%anity &oes not +ossess - #ith the a1solute s+irit o3 +ro+hecy. ,t #ill
    3oresee, 3or %onths in a&vance, the +ure acci&ents #hich are to ha++en to its &#ellin!, an&
    ai&e& 1y %yria&s o3 its 1rethren, all actin! as i3 #ith one %in& 7an& in&ee& actin! #ith only
    one - #ith the %in& o3 the Creator8 #ill #ork &ili!ently to counteract in3luences #hich eEist
    alone in the 3uture. There is also an i%%ensely #on&er3ul consi&eration connecte& #ith the
    cell o3 the 1ee. )et a %athe%atician 1e reHuire& to solve the +ro1le% o3 the sha+e 1est
    calculate& in such a cell as the 1ee #ants, 3or the t#o reHuisites o3 stren!th an& s+ace - an&
    he #ill 3in& hi%sel3 involve& in the very hi!hest an& %ost a1struse Huestions o3 analytical
    research. )et hi% 1e reHuire& to tell the nu%1er o3 si&es #hich #ill !ive to the cell the !reatest
    s+ace, #ith the !reatest soli&ity, an& to &e3ine the eEact an!le at #hich, #ith the sa%e o1>ect
    in vie#, the roo3 %ust incline - an& to ans#er the Huery, he %ust 1e a "e#ton or a )a+lace.
    Det since 1ees #ere, they have 1een continually solvin! the +ro1le%. The lea&in! &istinction
    1et#een instinct an& reason see%s to 1e, that, #hile the cone is in3initely the %ore eEact, the
    %ore certain, an& the %ore 3ar-seein! in its s+here o3 action - the s+here o3 action in the other
    is o3 the 3ar #i&er eEtent. But #e are +reachin! a ho%ily, #hen #e %erely inten&e& to tell a
    short story a1out a cat.
    The #riter o3 this article is the o#ner o3 one o3 the %ost re%arka1le 1lack cats in the #orl& -
    an& this is sayin! %uch: 3or it #ill 1e re%e%1ere& that 1lack cats are all o3 the% #itches. The
    one in Huestion has not a #hite hair a1out her, an& is o3 a &e%ure an& sancti3ie& &e%eanor.
    That +ortion o3 he kitchen #hich she %ost 3reHuents is accessi1le only 1y a &oor, #hich
    closes #ith #hat is ter%e& a thu%1-latch; these latches are ru&e in construction, an& so%e
    3orce an& &eEterity are al#ays reHuisite to 3orce the% &o#n. But +uss is in the &aily ha1it o3
    o+enin! the &oor, #hich she acco%+lishes in the 3ollo#in! #ay. *he 3irst s+rin!s 3ro% the
    !roun& to the !uar& o3 the latch 7#hich rese%1les the !uar& over a !un-tri!!er,8 an& throu!h
    this she thrusts her le3t ar% to hol& on #ith. *he no#, #ith her ri!ht han&, +resses the thu%1-
    latch until it yiel&s, an& here several atte%+ts are 3reHuently reHuisite. 0avin! 3orce& it &o#n,
    ho#ever, she see%s to 1e a#are that her task is 1ut hal3 acco%+lishe&, since, i3 the &oor is
    not +ushe& o+en 1e3ore she lets !o, the latch #ill a!ain 3all into its socket. *he, there3ore,
    scre#s her 1o&y roun& so as to 1rin! her hin& 3eet i%%e&iately 1eneath the latch, #hile she
    lea+s #ith all her stren!th 3ro% the &oor - the i%+etus o3 the s+rin! 3orcin! it o+en, an& her
    hin& 3eet sustainin! the latch until this i%+etus is 3airly !iven.
    We have #itnesse& this sin!ular 3eat a hun&re& ti%es at least, an& never #ithout 1ein!
    i%+resse& #ith the truth o3 the re%ark #ith #hich #e co%%ence& this article - that the
    1oun&ary 1et#een instinct an& reason is o3 a very sha&o#y nature. The 1lack cat, in &oin!
    #hat she &i&, %ust have %a&e use o3 all the +erce+tive an& re3lective 3aculties #hich #e are
    in the ha1it o3 su++osin! the +rescri+tive Hualities o3 reason alone.
    UFro% The 0nabrid#ed Ed#ar Allan 7oe, -unnin! $ress, $hila&el+hia, 1FC4V
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    2,3 #e coul& look 1ehin& the scenes, there #oul& 1e %uch that #oul& ins+ire us,
    1ecause o3 the +ro%ise o3 the hour, an& the )i!ht that Theoso+hy is !ivin! to the #orl&.2
    - ?atherine Tin!ley
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    WH6 EA0 D1GR11S?
    - ). Gor&on $lu%%er
    The &ivision o3 the circle into 4=G eHual +arts calle& :&e!rees: is very ancient. The early
    astrono%ers an& %athe%aticians #ho &ivi&e& it thus, kne# #ell #hat they #ere a1out, an& i3
    #e e%1ark u+on a short eEcursion into the %ystic )an& o3 "u%1ers #e shall soon learn that
    there are #on&er3ul corres+on&ences 1et#een cycles o3 ti%e an& !eo%etrical 3or%. )et us
    3irst stu&y the interestin! astrono%ical cycle kno#n as the $recession o3 the ;HuinoEes.
    Those #ho have stu&ie& astrono%y #ill recall that the +oints on the ;arth:s or1it #here it
    is crosse& 1y the +lane o3 the celestial eHuator, %ove slo#ly #est#ar&, %akin! the co%+lete
    circle in nearly (=,GGG years. The nu%1er as reckone& 1y the ancients is (<,F(G years. This
    cycle is kno#n as the $recessional Cycle 1ecause the +oints o3 intersection a1ove re3erre& to
    are the +oints on the ;arth:s or1it #here the +lanet is at the vernal an& autu%nal eHuinoEes,
    an& these eHuinoctial +oints %ove very slo#ly in the clock#ise &irection, #hile the ;arth
    travels once aroun& its or1it counter-clock#ise every year, in other #or&s, the ti%e o3 eHuinoE
    :+rece&es: that o3 the year 1e3ore. 0ence the #or& :+recession.:
    The ecli+tic is the !reat celestial circle in #hose +lane the ;arth %oves in its or1it, an&
    as the other +lanets %ove in or1its #hose +lanes are nearly i&entical #ith that o3 the ;arth,
    these other +lanets actually, an& the *un a++arently, %ove in the ecli+tic. 6s #e %ove alon!
    this circle or track in one year the *un a++ears to +ass across 1( !reat constellations calle&
    the Constellations o3 the @o&iac. The ecli+tic is &ivi&e& into 1( eHual areas, #hich take their
    na%es 3ro% these 1( constellations, an& there3ore these &ivisions are calle& the *i!ns o3 the
    @o&iac. ,%a!ine no# the ecli+tic 7in #hich the ;arth:s or1it lies 8 to 1e a !reat #heel revolvin!
    slo#ly in the heavens. The +oint on the ;arth:s or1it - an& hence on the ecli+tic - #here the
    ;arth +asses throu!h the vernal, or s+rin!, eHuinoE
    --- (G
    %arks the 1e!innin! o3 the 3irst o3 the 1( &ivisions, an& they are reckone& counter-clock#ise,
    or east#ar&. *ince, as #e have o1serve&, the +oint o3 the vernal - an& conseHuently o3 the
    autu%nal - eHuinoE %oves #est#ar&, #e %ay consi&er that it carries the ecli+tic alon! #ith it.
    The !reat circle turns roun& an& roun& in the heavens, an& reHuires (<,F(G years to %ake
    one revolution. The *i!ns o3 the @o&iac then %ove #ith it 1ecause they are a +art o3 it. Thus,
    the *i!n o3 6ries, #hich 1e!ins at the s+rin! eHuinoctial +oint an& the
    ecli+tic, an& #hich once occu+ie& a +osition in the sky i&entical #ith the constellation 6ries,
    has shi3te&, an& is no# enterin! the constellation 6Huarius. That is to say, the *un is no# in
    the Constellation 6Huarius at the ti%e o3 the s+rin! eHuinoE, #hereas it #as once in the
    constellation 6ries at the sa%e eHuinoE.
    ,t is o1vious that since the 3irst +oint in the si!n o3 6ries - usually calle& the :3irst +oint o3
    6ries: - takes (<,F(G years to +ass aroun& the @o&iac, or across the 1( constellations, it #ill
    take one-t#el3th o3 that ti%e or (,1=G years to +ass throu!h one constellation, assu%in! 3or
    the %o%ent that all the constellations occu+y eHual +ortions o3 the sky. This nu%1er, (,1=G
    years, is eEtre%ely i%+ortant, 1ecause it is a 1asic 3actor in co%+utin! the a!es o3 the ;arth,
    an& the -oun&s an& -aces, as also in countin! the nu%1ers o3 &e!rees in the !eo%etrical
    soli&s. Further, the len!th o3 the Messianic Cycle, or Cycle o3 certain 6vataras is (,1=G years.
    6 +oint o3 !reat interest is that the cu1e, #hich #as anciently hel& to sy%1oliAe Man, has 3or
    the su% o3 its +lane an!les, (,1=Go. The cu1e un3ol&e& into a +lane sur3ace 1eco%es a cross.
    6t the co%%ence%ent o3 the 6vataric Cycle o3 (,1=G years a can&i&ate 3or the hi!hest
    initiation is +lace& u+on a cruci3or% couch, an& #hile his 1o&y re%ains there, his s+irit soars
    throu!h the inner real%s o3 the s+iritual #orl&, reachin! at last the :0eart o3 the *un.: When he
    arises 3ro% the couch, he &oes so as a !lori3ie& 6&e+t, a Teacher o3 Men.
    But #e have &i!resse& so%e#hat 3ro% the +ur+ose in vie#, that is, to 3in& out >ust #hy
    the circle is &ivi&e& into 4=G &e!rees. *o let us note that the nu%1er (,1=G is 1G ti%es the
    cu1e o3 =. "o# the cu1e o3 = is eHual to the su% o3 the cu1es o3 4, 9, an& <. 6%on! the
    i%+ortant nu%1ers, the nu%1ers 4, 9, an& < +lay a lea&in! +art in the 1uil&in! o3 3or%. The
    3ive re!ular +olyhe&rons, hel& so sacre& 1y the ancients, are 1uilt u+on the 4, 9 an& <. 6t
    so%e 3uture ti%e, #e %ay &evote an article to the stu&y o3 these %ost interestin! 3i!ures, so
    #e #ill %ake 1ut 3e# allusions to the% here.
    There are 3ive re!ular soli&s in !eo%etry. These are: the icosahe&ron, havin! 4G e&!es,
    (G eHuilateral trian!ular 3aces, an& 1( vertices; the &o&ecahe&ron havin! also 4G e&!es, 1ut
    1( +enta!onal 3aces, an& (G vertices; the cu1e #ith 1( e&!es, = Hua&rilateral 3aces, an& C
    vertices; the octahe&ron havin! also 1( e&!es, 1ut C trian!ular 3aces, an& = vertices; an& the
    tetrahe&ron, or trian!ular +yra%i&, havin! = e&!es, 9 trian!ular 3aces, an& 9 vertices. The
    nu%1ers 4, 9, < an& = +lay a very i%+ortant +art in the 1uil&in! o3 these 3i!ures, 1oth as to the
    nu%1ers o3 3aces, vertices, or e&!es in the%, an& as to the nu%1ers o3 &e!rees in their
    an!les. These 3i!ures are the #orkin! out in !eo%etrical 3or% o3 the sa%e +rinci+les #hich
    are 1ehin& the %ani3este& universe, #hich, 1e3ore %ani3estation, %ay 1e re+resente& 1y the
    circle. 6 circle %ay 1e &ivi&e& into 4 eHual arcs, each o3 these into 9ths, each resultin! 1(th
    +art into <ths, an& the resultin! =Gths, into = eHual +arts each, an& the #hole #ill 1e then
    &ivi&e& into 4=G eHual +arts, or &e!rees. "o# the +ro&uct o3 4, 9, < an& =, or 4=G, &ivi&e& 1y
    their su%, or 1C, !ives us (G, a nu%1er su!!estive o3 the icosahe&ron, the %ost co%+leE o3
    the !eo%etrical soli&s. )ines %ay 1e &ra#n, >oinin! interiorly all the +oints o3 the icosahe&ron,
    an& #e shall 3in& that #ithin it #e have a ne# 3i!ure, the &o&ecahe&ron. The &o&ecahe&ron,
    havin! 4G e&!es as #ell as the icosahe&ron, #e have no# =G lines. 7"ote that =G is the
    +ro&uct o3 4,9, an& <.8 The &o&ecahe&ron #as consi&ere& to re+resent the solar syste% - the
    1( 3aces, sy%1olic o3 the 1( *i!ns o3 the @o&iac - an& the icosahe&ron, the outer stars.
    *u++ose, no#, that #e take a circle, an& &ivi&e the circu%3erence into 1G eHual arcs,
    su!!estive o3 the 1G +lanes o3 consciousness. >oin each +oint #ith every other +oint 7see
    illustration8, an& #e have &ra#n the icosahe&ron surroun&in! the &o&ecahe&ronP The +oint at
    the center o3 the circle, #here so%e o3 the lines cross, 1eco%es in reality ( +oints, coinci&in!
    an& 3or%in! the north an& south +oles o3 the icosahe&ron.
    "o# the circle here re+resents the /n%ani3este&, #hich, ho#ever, as soon as
    %ani3estation takes +lace 1eco%es 1G Cos%ic +lanes. These Cos%ic +lanes #e have
    learne& to &ivi&e into su1-+lanes, 1G in each, as 3ollo#s: 4 su1>ective or 3or%less +lanes: 9
    inter%e&iate +lanes, u+on #hich the !lo1e-chains #hich 1elon! to that +articular cos%ic
    +lane %ani3est; then 4 lo#er +lanes o3 a su1stance
    --- (1
    an& ener!y lo#er in vi1ration even than the lo#est o3 the seven !lo1es o3 the +lanetary chains
    occu+yin! the 3our inter%e&iate +lanes. Thus the +lanes can 1e nu%1ere&, 4, 9 an& 4.
    7,nci&entally, the nu%1er 494 is the cu1e o3 B, the nu%1er o3 %ani3estation.8 These su1-
    +lanes are not to 1e consi&ere& as layers in a cake, 1ut are inter+enetratin!. *u++ose, then,
    #e &ivi&e in this 3ashion each o3 the 1G arcs o3 our circle: 3irst, into 4 eHual +arts, each o3
    #hich #ill 1e one-thirtieth o3 the #hole, each o3 these into 9ths, %akin! 1(Gths, then each o3
    these into 4r&s a!ain, an& #e have our circle &ivi&e& once %ore into 4=G eHual +arts, or
    &e!rees.
    To su% u+, then, #e 3in& that the nu%1ers 4, 9, < an& =, an& also the nu%1er 1G
    consi&ere& as the su% o3 4, 9 an& 4 are o3 es+ecial interest an& i%+ortance in conneEion #ith
    the nu%1er o3 &e!rees in the circle, 1ecause they re+resent active a!ents in the constructive
    si&e o3 "ature. The nu%1er 1( 7the su% o3 4, 9 an& <8 has a +articular 3unction #hich #ill
    reHuire 3urther consi&eration, 1ut it %ay here 1e sai& that the nu%1ers 11 an& 1( re+resent
    the Aenith an& the na&ir o3 any hierarchy o3 1G +lanes, 1ecause they re+resent the hi!her an&
    lo#er connectin!-+oints, as it #ere, 1et#een that hierarchy an& the ones a1ove an& 1elo# it.
    The relations 1et#een the nu%1ers are as intricate, a++arently, as are the lines o3 the
    !eo%etrical 3i!ure here illustrate&, yet #hen #e have a 1ir&:s-eye vie# o3 the #hole su1>ect,
    #e can see clearly the +art that each nu%1er has to +lay.
    6n& #e have 1ut touche& the shores o3 the %ystic )an& o3 "u%1ers. We shall set sail
    a!ain an& 3in& out %ore a1out the !eo%etrical soli&s. Won&er3ul are the lessons #e can learn
    a1out "ature an& her %a>estic la#s, an& su1li%e is the ins+iration that #ill co%e to us i3 #e
    a++roach her #ith ea!er hearts, an& a love o3 Truth, 3ree 3ro% +ersonal &esires.

    - Theosophical 7ath, 5an., 1F49
    '''''''''''''''''''''''
    PARADO<1S
    We live in a #e1 o3 $ara&oE, #hich is #hy li3e is never co%+letely un&erstan&a1le #ith the
    reasonin! %in&. $ara&oE %i!ht 1e thou!ht o3 as the inter%e&iary ste+ 1et#een intellect, the
    rational %in& an& the nu%inous - or that su+erior level o3 reality 3ro% #hich the %in& an& then
    all su1tle an& then +hysical reality s+rin!s 3ro%.
    Truths are sel&o% a Huestion o3 eitherSor 1ut %ore o3ten a Huestion o3 2 "n/.2 61ortion is
    #ron! "n/ havin! a chil& #ill o3ten ruin the +lan o3 a +erson:s li3e. $ollutin! the environ%ent is
    very #ron! "n/ +eo+le #ill lose >o1s an& 1usinesses !o un&er i3 environ%ental stan&ar&s are
    en3orce&. 6 cri%inal %i!ht 1e an evil +erson "n/ he #as %a&e that #ay 3ro% an environ%ent
    see%in!ly 1eyon& his control. 6n alcoholic is +athetic "n/ he %ay 1e &oin! the 1est he can
    an& thus 1e 1etter than so%eone not &oin! the 1est they can. *a&aa% 0usein is an evil %an
    "n/ he loves his chil&ren. 6 +erson %ust strive to 1eco%e virtuous "n/ he %ust 1e #hat he
    is. ;very hu%an is an inci+ient !o&, has a s+ark o3 the &ivine "n/ has #ells o3 #icke&ness
    1urie& in his soul. ,n a relative #orl& all +ro1le%s are 3utile o3 solution. What is create& are
    only ne# 3or%s o3 +ro1le%s. $ro!ress is %a&e #hen the +ro1le%s assu%e a %ore su1tle
    3or%. The lo#er #orl& is 2solve&2 an& the +ro1le%s elevate to a %ore re3ine& an& su+erior
    level. Foi1les o3 a stron! an& !enerally altruistic !overn%ent are 1etter than %ur&er an&
    +lun&er in the streets. 6ll the +ro1le%s o3 %o&ern technolo!y an& society are +ro1a1ly an&
    !enerally %ore su1tle 1ut 1etter +ro1le%s than the ho%estea&er eternally cuttin! 3ire#oo&
    an& shootin! #oo&chucks 3or lunch. *+iritual or %aterial +ro!ress coul& 1e seen as elevatin!
    onesel3 to %ore a su1tle level o3 +ro1le%s.
    - M.5.
    ''''''''''
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    THIS N THAT ...
    6 +erson:s 3inancial status an& even his +sycholo!ical status has virtually nothin! to &o
    #ith his s+iritual status. ,3 one is 2at ho%e2 in the #orl& an& !et alon! #ell an& relatively
    2ha++y2 here, then it is likely as not that one 1elon!s here, that one:s s+iritual status is a1out
    avera!e 3or the #orl&. 6 1ein! native to an avitichi #orl& or hell is +ro1a1ly Huite at ho%e
    there an& %ay1e even 2ha++y.2 $lace ourselves in that #orl& ho#ever, an& it #oul& 1e an
    eternal tor%ent.
    ,t is true also that so%eone #ith a 2kar%ic li3e2 or un&ertakin! 1i! +ro1le%s in this li3eti%e
    %ay 1e on ski& ro# in #hatever sense, 1ut at the sa%e ti%e %akin! %ore s+iritual +ro!ress
    an& have a !reater s+iritual 1ein! or #is&o% than the %illionaire in Bellaire. This is o3 course
    not al#ays the case, 1ut likely %ore o3ten than one #oul& think.
    $hysical 1eauty has nothin! to &o #ith s+iritual status either. 6s Theoso+hy teaches #e
    are all %ini-!o&s, an& #e can +ursue #hat &irections #e #ish, i3 so%eone strives a3ter
    +hysical 1eauty 1ecause o3 the %un&ane a&vanta!es, then a3ter a nu%1er o3 incarnations
    they +ro1a1ly #oul& achieve the !oal. The sa%e i&ea #oul& !o 3or %oney. *o%eone #ho
    sets his !oal on %oney an& %un&ane +o#er #ill +ro1a1ly achieve it throu!h several
    incarnations. *o %oney an& 1eauty %ay as #ell in&icate a coarse inner nature as anythin!
    else.
    Conversely, it:s +ossi1le that a #eak soul coul& not en&ure +overty an& %ay not &eserve
    the harshness, an& thus #oul& 1e 1orn in an 2easy2 li3e. Many 2res+ecta1le2 +eo+le #oul& 1e
    &riven insane 3ro% the harshness o3 +overty or ho%elessness that the %illions en&ure
    every&ay. *o are the ho%eless an& i%+overishe& stron!er +eo+le. - %ay1e o3ten.
    The reason 3or the i%+overishe& is the rich. This &oes not %ean that the rich have to !ive
    u+ their %oney, 1ut to use it. Businesses coul& 1e starte& an& housin! +rovi&e& i3 the chie3
    +riority #as not to turn a +ro3it at the hi!hest rate an& as soon as +ossi1le. Many, %any thin!s
    coul& 1e &one i3 the ai% #as only to 1reak even, %ake a %inor +ro3it or !et ones:s %oney
    1ack in ten years instea& o3 one or t#o, or to 1e satis3ie& #ith a 1GW +ro3it instea& o3 1GGW. ,n
    the %e&iu%-siAe& city this #riter lives near, there are (GGG a1an&one& houses sche&ule& 3or
    &e%olition, #ith +eo+le !oin! 1e!!in! 3or +laces to live. 6ll o3 this 1ecause rental re+airs &o
    not +ay o33 in the short ter%. 0u%anity:s sel3ishness is incalcula1le. When you &ie you &o not
    take your 2+ro3its2 #ith you, 1ut you &o take #hat you acco%+lishe&.
    The 1latant 3act is that +erha+s %ost o3 the i%+overishe& can:t &o a &a%n thin!. They
    have no or 3e# skills an& o3ten not the ca+acity an& %otivation to !ain %o&ern skills, cou+le&
    #ith scant o++ortunity an& 1ein! 1eaten over the hea& 1y this an& that all their li3eti%e - #hich
    #oul& cause the harshest 2!et a >o1P 2 eE+onent to 1eco%e a %alin!erer too. Do #e have a
    &uty to take care o3 the 2chil&ren2 o3 our race.
    ne thin! this #riter has notice& in 2talkin! theoso+hy2 to +eo+le. ,3 you talk to
    2res+ecta1le2 +eo+le #ho have their li3e all set u+ relatively, it is al%ost unthinka1le to say
    so%e thin!s, an& #hat you &o say #ill sen& the% all into con3i1ulations. The ski& ro# +erson
    #ill listen to anythin! %ore o3ten than not an& consi&er it. *o is a co%3orta1le li3e a curse
    s+iritually.
    ne o3 the cou+le o3 +ersons this #riter kno#s that he consi&ers the %ost a&vance&
    s+iritually has never even hel& a stea&y >o1 an& #as in an& out o3 %ental hos+itals 3or years.
    0is #as a 2kar%ic li3e2 i3 there ever #as one. ,nsanity can co%e 3ro% too %uch su33erin! as
    #ell as &e!eneracy. ,3 the ka%a-%anas or lo#er nature can:t !et enou!h o3 #hat its o#n
    nee&s are an& the 1asic nee&s o3 the +ersonality, then it !ives u+ the !host, so to s+eak, an&
    loses contact #ith the inner essence - #hich is insanity, the lo#er nature cut loose 3ro% the
    hi!her, or the connection 1locke&. *o a +erson #ho has su33ere& too %uch can !o as looney-
    tunes as the %alicious or &e!enerate. Does this see% ri!ht or >ust in the sche%e o3 thin!s. ,t
    &oesn:t see% to %atter. ?ar%a &oesn:t have any %ercy an& the sayin! that 2the #in& is
    te%+ere& to the shorn la%12 is o3ten as not >ust that - a nice sayin!.
    ''''''''''''
    --- (4
    POINTS O4 INT1R1ST
    2Television evan!elist P"t Ro(ertson #as taken to task recently 1y 0in&u lea&ers o33en&e&
    1y his co%%ents on the :BGG Clu1,: -o1ertson:s +o+ular Christian ne#s sho#. :0in&uis%
    To&ay: cite& a -o1ertson 1roa&cast 3ro% ,n&ia, #here he &escri1e& 0in&u +ractices as
    :&e%onic: an& :i&olatrous.: 6%erican 0in&us res+on&e& 1y sen&in! letters to the 5ustice
    De+art%ent 0ate Cri%es Division an& the 6nti-De3a%ation )ea!ue o3 B:nai-B:rith. )ea&ers are
    also &iscussin! 3or%ation o3 their o#n 0in&u anti-&e3a%ation +ro!ra%. -o1ertson re3use& to
    co%%ent on the issue.2 7Toledo 5lade+ BS((SF<8

    An#ient s,e"r,oint $in/ - Di!!in! in a sinkhole throu!h the roo3 o3 a li%estone cavern near
    Carey, hio, archeolo!ists an& +aleontolo!ists 3ro% Cincinnati Museu% an& Michi!an *tate
    /n. &iscovere& an antler s+ear +oint esti%ate& to 1e a1out 11,GGG years ol& an& one o3 the
    ol&est +rehistoric arti3acts &iscovere& in hio. 61out (G,GGG hours o3 eEcavation has 1een +ut
    in at the site an& non-hu%an 3in&s have inclu&e& a1out 4 &oAen s+ecies o3 ani%als, so%e
    eEtinct inclu&in! a 2short-3ace& 1ear2 that ha& lon! le!s an& stoo& as tall as a horse. 7 5lade,
    CS(SF<8
    Co!/est eer - 2,n a &iscovery that eE+erts are callin! :1reathtakin!: an& :1eauti3ul: an& o3
    :"o1el $riAe cali1er: - +hysicists at the /niversity o3 Colora&o at Boul&er have create& an
    entirely ne# state o3 %atter. ,t eEists only in the col&est s+ot in the universe, #hich is a carrot-
    siAe& tu1e in the la1oratory o3 +hysicists Carl Wei%an an& ;ric Cornell. 6l1ert ;instein
    +re&icte& %ore than BG years a!o that ato%s chille& to su33iciently 3ri!i& te%+erature shoul&
    :3reeAe: into this ne# state, >ust as #ater 3reeAes into ice. More co%+act even than a soli&, the
    ne# state o3 %atter contains several thousan& ato%s all %er!e& into one.2 The te%+erature
    achieve& #as 1BG 1illionth o3 a &e!ree a1ove a1solute Aero. 61out a &oAen !ra& stu&ents
    #ere #orkin! on the eE+eri%ent 3or siE years an& the eE+eri%ent only cost R<G,GGG - +eanuts
    1y to&ay:s stan&ar&s. 75lade, BS19SF<8
    2ore De"/ Se" #"es - 2The &iscovery o3 3our un&istur1e&, %an-%a&e caves in the chalky
    hills o3 Ju%ran, near #here the Dea& *ea *crolls #ere 3oun&, has raise& ho+e o3 3in&in!
    %ore o3 the ancient %anuscri+ts.2 The area is shortly to 1e turne& over to $alestinian control.
    6rcheolo!ists are racin! to eEcavate the caves, an& are sche&ule& to start in "ove%1er. 2The
    ne#ly &iscovere& caves are carve& in %arl, a cru%1ly %iE o3 clay, san&, an& li%estone,
    si%ilar to one o3 the earlier caves that containe& <4G o3 the C<G Dea& *ea *crolls.2 75lade,
    CS1(SF<8
    An#ient +"n ,%s&e/ $%rt&er ("#) - 6 3ossiliAe& 1one &iscovere& in ?enya reveals that the
    23orerunners2 o3 %an #alke& u+ri!ht a hal3 %illion years earlier than anthro+olo!ists
    +reviously thou!ht. The 3in& is +art o3 a shin 1one &ate& at 9 %illion years a!o #hich 1y its
    sha+e in&icates its 3unction #as 1i+e&al. The 3ossil is +art o3 the s+ecies calle&
    6ustralo+ithecus ana%ensis. Theoso+hical teachin!s clai% sel3-conscious %ankin& 3irst
    eEiste& 1C %illion years a!o an& that the a+es are an o33shoot 3ro% this 1asic hu%an stock.
    75lade+ CS1BSF<8

    H"r/ to (e!iee - n March (4, 1FF< 2Three lar!e chunks o3 %eteor ice 3ell 3ro% the sky
    an& #ere recovere& 3ro% a crater one-hal3 %ile &ee+P2 Where:s Charles Fort.P 72-i+ley:s
    Believe ,t or "otP,2 2/nite& Feature *yn&icate,2 Toledo 5lade, CS1BSF<8
    An#ient P"!"#e - 26rchaeolo!ists have &iscovere& an 6ssyrian royal +alace &atin! to the
    ei!hth-century B.C. in northeastern *yria. The *yrian "ational 6rchaeolo!ical ;E+e&ition
    &iscovere& the +alace in Tel Boui&h, 11 %iles south#est o3 the to#n o3 0asaka.2 75lade+
    CS9SF<8
    Hin/% te+,!e - The lar!est 0in&u te%+le outsi&e o3 ,n&ia has >ust o+ene& its &oors in
    )on&on. The structure has 1een erecte& 1y the a1out 4G,GGG Gu>arati 0in&us #ho live in
    north )on&on. ,t has eEtensive li%estone carvin!s an& is BG 3eet hi!h an& 1F< 3eet lon!, all
    1uilt 3ro% loa&-1earin! stone #ithout any steel. 7Toledo 5lade, CS1<SF<8
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    ''''''''''''''''
    Protogonos is an in&e+en&ent Theoso+hical +u1lication 2in the Blavatsky Tra&ition.2
    Corres+on&ence an& su1%issions #elco%e. $u1lication is a++roEi%ately Huarterly an&
    su1scri+tion is G.B< +er issue. /nsi!ne& articles are the e&itor:s. ;&itor: Mark 5aHua ......
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    TI91T -ecently the %a>or net#ork )ost (i*iliEations TI +ro!ra% ha& an eEcellent
    &ocu%entary on Ti1et - 0istory, Bu&&his%, The Dalai )a%a, an& the Chinese ra+e an&
    conHuest o3 this 1eauti3ul an& uniHue country. $ossi1ly they &i&n:t !et all their 3acts strai!ht,
    1ut a +retty &arn !oo& +resentation. Ti1et shoul& 1e a %a>or international concern, 1ut 3ear o3
    the 1rutal !iant China hushes all. Ta+es o3 any +ro!ra% in this series are availa1le 3or R1F.FF
    an& the # !iven is 1-CGG-F1<-1C1C.
    So%r#es o$ T&eoso,&i#"! 0iter"t%re5
    $t. )o%a $u1lications, $B =<GB, *an Die!o, C6. F(1==
    Theoso+hy Co%+any, (9< W. 44r& *t., )os 6n!eles C6 FGGGB
    WiAar&s Bookshel3, $B ==GG, *an Die!o, C6 F(1==
    Theoso+hical /n. $ress, $B C, $asa&ena, C6 F11GF-B1GB
    Theoso+hical $u1lishin! 0ouse, $B (BG, Wheaton, ,)) =G1CF-G(BG
    1"r!ier +"n in 1%ro,e - 26n eEcavation in an un&er!roun& cavern in northern *+ain has
    yiel&e& 3ossils an& stone tools 3ro% hu%an ancestors #ho inha1ite& the re!ion at least
    BCG,GGG years a!o, accor&in! to a ne# re+ort. ,3 that a!e esti%ate hol&s u+, the &iscovery
    sho#s that the hu%an coloniAation o3 ;uro+e 1e!an a1out 4GG,GGG years earlier than %any
    researchers ha& assu%e&... The s+eci%ens co%e 3ro% a li%estone cavern, calle& Gran
    Dolina, in *+ain:s 6ta+uerca Mountains. ;E+loration o3 a near1y cave has alrea&y +ro&uce&
    4GG,GGG-year-ol& "ean&ertal re%ains... The Gran Dolina +ro>ect has unearthe& 1GG stone
    i%+le%ents an& 4= ho%ini& 1one 3ra!%ents.2 7%cience 1e&s, CS1(SF<8
    Writing on " ,in - Co%+uter stora!e %etho&s are not that &e+en&a1le in the lon! ter%
    1ecause o3 their susce+ti1ility o3 1ein! erase&. *cientists at )os 6la%os "ational )a1oratory
    have &evelo+e& an in3or%ation stora!e %etho& calle& 2hi!h-&ensity rea&-only %e%ory,2 or
    0D--M. ,t is really >ust #ritin! %icrosco+ically #ith an ion 1ea% onto &ura1le %aterials like
    stainless steel. 6 &ot an& &ash co&e syste% can 1e use& 1ut also >ust letterin!, +ictures, etc.
    The ion 1ean can carve lines as narro# as 1<G 1illionth o3 a %eter. 7%cience 1e&s, BS((SF<8
    0oing 2o3"rt, 1y Mary Montano 7Cantus Iersus Books, $B 4GC<4, 6l1uHuerHue, "M
    CB1FG-GC<48 is a ne# 1ook revie#e& in 2Theoso+hical -e3lections2 719GG1 Thun&er1ir& 9-?,
    *eal Beach, C6 FGB9G8. 2This unusual story is +resente& 1y the author as :a $ast )i3e
    Me%ory o3 the Co%+oseris Final Dears,: - the 1ook:s su1title. 0er version o3 the unsolve&
    %ystery o3 MoAart:s &eath at 4< in 1BF1 is that he #as +oisone& 1y his unlovin! #i3e, thou!h
    his ruthless rival *alieri #as sus+ecte& 1y the +u1lic. 0is 3a%ous -eHui% Mass #as
    co%+lete& 1y his &evote& assistant an& +u+il, FranA *uss%ayr, in res+onse to the +sychic
    insistence an& hel+ 1y MoAart hi%sel3. Montano:s +o#er3ul +sychic sense is that she is the
    reincarnation o3 the !uilt-ri&&en *uss%ayr, #ho still has to learn to release the +aralyAin! !rie3
    that a33licte& the youn!er %an 3or the rest o3 his li3e.2 Montano Must have so%e 1ack!roun& in
    the *eth 1ooks as she #eaves in so%e *eth-like i&eas. There see%s to 1e utterly no li%it to
    the eEtent o3 sel3-&elusion +eo+le can concoct an& live #ithin.
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    PROTOGONOS
    "u%1er (4 Dece%1er 1FF<
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    CONT1NTS5 Man, ,n3inite in ;ssence....;&!e ......1; 6ca&e%ic ?no#le&!e K
    Theoso+hy .....Wane ?ell ....1; "e# Tal1ot Mun&y Book - The 'ama?s 'a&..... .....4;
    Fashiona1le Theoso+hy. ......D.;. .....9; 6 Collection o3 Masks ....?an&alavala ......<;
    -evie#: Miss M .....B; 6Eis *hi3ts, Meteorites, -o11, $ratt, Fru%, etc. ....B; Meteoric
    Dust ......$ratt... F; $urucker on $sychis% ....1G
    ''''''''''''''''''
    2AN- IN4INIT1 IN HIS 1SS1NC1
    What i%+resses one %ost in these Theoso+hical stu&ies is the %arvelous unity o3
    thou!ht that +revails throu!hout. The Theoso+hist &oes not 7or shoul& not8 kee+ his reli!ion
    an& his science in se+arate co%+art%ents, each +inin! 3or the loss o3 its +artner; his &ee+est
    &evotional 3eelin!s are illu%inate& 1y kno#le&!e, an& his stu&ies %a&e sacre& 1y his
    un&erstan&in! o3 their %eanin!. 0eart an& 0ea& unite in one an& are not at #ar. The %eanin!
    o3 these sacre& sy%1ols shoul& enter &ee+ly into our heart, an& not 1e le3t as a 1arren an&
    interestin! +ursuit. ur li3e here see%s all en&s an& 1e!innin!s 1ecause our vie# is so
    contracte& that #e cannot &iscern the unity an& #holeness.
    0ere #e are re%in&e& o3 that s+iritual *un, #hich, universal, has its 3ocus in every heart o3
    %an - %an, the #orl& in %iniature, a solar syste% o3 +lanets in rhyth%ic %otions atten&ant
    u+on their )or&; an& #e %ay rise in thou!ht to a 3or!et3ulness o3 our +etty li%itations. Throu!h
    such a sy%1ol illu%ination %ay co%e, so that #e %ay re-enter our hu%1le #orl& rene#e&
    an& stren!thene& 3or the &uties #e +er3or%. ?no# that thou are a *un, #hose 3unction is to
    illu%ine all, not to eE+ect 1ene3its. Thus %an #ill rise to his true &i!nity, 3earin! neither Go&
    nor Devil. Man is &eathless, in3inite, in his essence; nor is the Huality o3 that essence 1eyon&
    his reach. 6t any %o%ent o3 our li3e I "+ i%%ortal, eternal; 2en& an& 1e!innin! are &rea%s.2
    - 0enry T. ;&!e, The 0ni*ersal Mystery-'an#ua#e
    QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
    ACAD12IC :NOW01DG1 AND TH1OSOPH6
    - Wane ?ell
    Translators, seekin! as accurate a ren&ition into ;n!lish as +ossi1le o3 the Ioice o3 the
    *ilence, take note o3 rientalists: criticis%s. 0$B %entions so%e in 3ootnotes to the ,oice+
    an& else#here in 2sis+ *D an& the .lossary, etc . . . 0$B use& so%e o3 their translations an&
    !lossaries, an& criticiAe& others.
    *he &i& this on the 1asis o3 6&e+t kno#le&!e, 1ase& on the &ata an& eE+lanations
    +rovi&e& 1y the 6&e+ts. *he &isclai%e& any +ersonal scholarshi+ re+eate&ly. Usee The 7ath F
    - +. (==-C, F - ++. 4GG-(, F -++. 4C1V
    0$B #as not #ritin! 3or aca&e%ics. *he, an& the 6&e+ts, throu!h her, #ere #ritin! 3or
    those 23e#2 #ho +ierce& the veil o3 the 2&ea& letter2 to the truths that un&erlie - the %oral
    universe. HP9 in/i#"te/ t&e ","t&" t&"t #o%!/ !e"/ t&e /eotee thr"u+h hi- "B( e!!"rt-
    to re"#& t&"t "One P"t&." *he &oes not see% to have 1een in3luence& 1y the vie#s or the
    a++roval o3 aca&e%ics o3 her ti%e. ,t is recor&e& that %any ti%es she took on the %ost
    eru&ite critics an& scholars an& con3oun&e& the% #ith the kno#le&!e that the 6&e+ts
    +rovi&e& her. This ha++ene& #hile 2sis #as 1ein! #ritten in "e# Dork, an& a!ain in ,n&ia an&
    )on&on, also in ;!y+t at the Gula! Museu%, #hen she visite& acco%+anie& 1y Mrs. Coo+er-
    akley.
    "o Theoso+hical teEt #ill 1e 3ree o3 aca&e%ic criticis%. Their so-calle& 2eE+ert2 o+inions
    chan!e all the ti%e. They la! 1ehin& 6&e+t kno#le&!e, an& as ti%e +asses, 0$B:s
    state%ents are corro1orate&, one a3ter another. ,n 11G years a vast chan!e has taken +lace.
    6ca&e%ics usually li%it the%selves to the +hysical re%ains o3 %anuscri+ts 7M**8 an&
    there3ore to &atin! the ti%e #hen those #ere #ritten.
    The vast &i33erence 1et#een the%, #ho try to reconstruct the +ast 3ro% such evi&ence
    they have, an& the 6&e+ts is: the 6&e+ts #ere present &hen #reat e*ents occurred in history+
    &hen lan#ua#es &ere actually spoen and used+ and &hen boos and diaries &ere &ritten$
    They s+eak an& #rite 3ro% actual eE+erience an& %e%ory.
    The aca&e%ics o3 to&ay have no sta!e on #hich the 6&e+ts can 1e arrai!ne&. They &o not
    have
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    the 3ar vaster assets an& the sources o3 re3erence that the 6&e+ts have. They cannot access
    the 6stral )i!ht. They &o not re%e%1er livin! in earlier eras an& usin! those lan!ua!es. Usee
    'etters That >a*e >elped Me 75u&!e8 ++. BC, 1(B; 7/nite& )o&!e Theoso+hists8 )$:$ !ud#e
    Articles ,-+. <B1, ,,-+. 9=(; Mahatma 'etters ++. 1<G-4V
    We, stu&ents o3 Theoso+hy, are untraine& in the &isci+lines o3 aca&e%ic orientalis%, an&
    &o not have 6&e+t kno#le&!e, eEce+t 3or that !iven 1y the% throu!h 0$B. We are #orkin! at
    un&erstan&in! an& +racticin! the early sta!es o3 6&e+t +hiloso+hy: Theoso+hy. We rely on
    the 3act that Their teachin#s sho& intellectual and moral coherence. We are not intereste& in
    &issectin! 2&ea& voca1les,2 althou!h in &e3en&in! 0$B:s #ritin!s, #e %ay have to %ake
    re>oin&ers alon! the lines that 3ollo#. These are o3 course ar!u%entative.
    ne o3 the 2ste+s2 on the stairs to Wis&o%, is eli%ination o3 +ersonality i%+e&i%ents such
    as +ri&e, &ou1t an& sus+icion. ur kno#le&!e, co%+are& to the 6&e+ts is shallo#; an&,
    li%ite& to our 2lo#er Manasic2 +o#ers. *o too, is the kno#le&!e o3 the scholar, althou!h
    &ee+er, in his s+eciality.
    Why shoul& #e assu%e that the 6ca&e%ic kno#s %uch %ore than #e &o. Why shoul&
    #e 23ear2 his 2authority.2 The &ords in &hich an idea is framed are al&ays less accurate than
    the idea itself$ Why shoul& #e assu%e that an 6ca&e%ic rientalist has kno#le&!e eHual to
    an 6&e+t, or 0$B. We are seekin! to un&erstan& an& see in a++lication those universal
    I/e"s an& )a#s o3 "ature that the 6&e+ts, throu!h 0$B, o33er us as a #ay o3 %akin! +ractical
    re3or%s in our #ay o3 livin!.
    6ca&e%ics can a&vance theories 1ase& on their stu&y, an& they achieve reco!nition 3ro%
    their +eers 1ecause o3 the &isci+line they un&ertake in stu&yin! the availa1le 2&ea& letter.2
    *till, a%on! the%selves, there are %ore &isa!ree%ents than consensus. ,n&ivi&ually, they
    %ake +ronounce%ents an& o33er ver&icts on their t&eories, o3ten soun&in! as thou!h there
    coul& 1e no alternative. *uch clai%s to authority are &i33icult to ans#er. We have as a 1asis on
    #hich to value the%, the Theoso+hical a++roach to all in3or%ation: co%%on-sense, analo!y
    an& corres+on&ence. 0o#ever, #e are also aske& to note that he #ho has true #is&o% &oes
    not a&vertise hi%sel3. 0e uses it to 1e o3 uno1trusive assistance to others. This one criterion
    can 1e use& to evaluate anyone #ho clai%s to 1e an authority or a #uru$
    6s to actual +hysical 1asis, M**, etc., the 6ca&e%ics have only a s%all re%nant o3 the
    ancient M** s+oken o3 in history. The sources that they have, are isolate&, rare eEa%+les,
    #hen co%+are& #ith the vast %ass o3 M** o3 eHual or hi!her antiHuity #hich have 1een lost
    or &estroye&. 0istory has recor&e& the &estruction an& 1urnin! o3 %any i%+ortant li1raries.
    $roo3s o3 antiHuity, %ay have eEiste& there. 0$B says that in so%e cases only a sin!le co+y
    o3 the %ost ancient teEts has 1een +reserve& in the +er%anent seclu&e& li1raries o3 the
    6&e+ts, an& those are inaccessi1le to 6ca&e%ics. U*D $roe%.V
    Monu%ents in stone an& ancient astrono%ical o1servatories !ive +roo3 that in re%ote
    a!es, a kno#le&!e o3 the stars, their %otions, %athe%atics, che%istry an& 6rchitecture o3 a
    hi!h so+histication eEiste&. To 1e a1le to %ove enor%ous stone 1lock an& carve the% #ith
    eEactness, is an art even our %o&ern %achines can not yet &u+licate. But that only
    &e%onstrates one +ortion o3 kno#le&!e. Why assu%e that others are a1sent.
    The real &atin! o3 antiHue, ori#inal literature is o1scure in %ost cases. Mo&ern authorities
    rely on &atin! techniHues that &e3ine the a!e o3 the %aterials use& in those co+ies they 3in& to
    eEa%ine. These &e%onstrate only the &ate o3 that co+y: +erha+s a minimum anti"uity$ They
    &o not consi&er the clai%s o3 %ore ancient oral traditions to 1e relia1le. 6lso, the %o&ern
    6ca&e%ic has usually 1een e&ucate& into the +re>u&ices o3 their teachers. ,n the +rocess o3
    securin! a &e!ree, they have to re+ro&uce %uch that #ill +rove to 1e inaccurate in ti%e.
    ,n ,n&ia, as a recent eEa%+le, &urin! the ti%e o3 ;%+eror 6k1ar, c. 1=<G 6.D., it is
    kno#n that the Brah%ins #ho% he consulte&, #ith&re# or ha& a1ri&!e& %any o3 their
    *anskrit teEts, so as to hi&e an& +reserve their secrets 3ro% vul!ariAation 1y the inHuisitive
    Mo!ul ;%+eror. Many chan!es are sai& to have 1een intro&uce& at that ti%e in ,n&ia:s
    availa1le eEoteric #ritin!s. True %etho&s o3 &atin! are usually interior to %any M**: historical
    &ates, or astrono%ical events are %entione& #hich %ay su++ort their true antiHuity. ,n early
    volu%es o3 The Theosophist, articles #ere +u1lishe& &ealin! #ith the &atin! o3 the Ie&as,
    etc., that use such evi&ence to &e%onstrate their antiHuity.
    The reli!ious a33iliation o3 a %o&ern 6ca&e%ic %ay also in3luence his inter+retation o3
    ancient M**. /nconsciously he %ay try to 3it #hat he rea&s into the 3ra%e#ork o3 so%e
    reli!ious &o!%a that he has a&o+te&, #ithout a++lyin! to it i%+artial critical +rocesses. This
    in3luence %ay inclu&e so%e o3 the vie#s o3 %o&ern anthro+olo!y an& +alenotolo!y in re!ar&
    to the ori!in an& evolution o3 %an, es+ecially the
    -- 4
    conce+t that he arose 3ro% an a+e-like 3or%, instea& o3 the reverse; or that %an an& nature
    #ere 2create&;2 or that our +resent civiliAation re+resents the ac%e o3 all civiliAations. 6 revie#
    o3 the &i33iculties an& 3rustrations that relate to the translation o3 the 2Dea& *ea *crolls2 !ives
    us an i&ea o3 the con3usion an& +ri&e that is involve&. This %a&e 3or inor&inate &elays in the
    +u1lishin! o3 translations until, Huite recently, the %aterial so 3ar &iscovere& an&
    +hoto!ra+he& #as !enerally release& to other scholars to #ork on.
    >eart *s$ >ead 3octrines
    0$B in the ,oice seeks to sho# ho# #e have to raise ourselves +or"!!' i3 #e #oul&
    learn the truth a1out esotericism as a li3e o3 +ractical &isci+line. ,t is &e&icate& to 2t&e 4e*.2
    This %ay 1e o3 al%ost no interest to an 6ca&e%ic, nor even to +eo+le at lar!e. For the 3e#
    #ho are touche& an& %ove& 1y it, it &e%an&s attention an& &evotion. $art o3 that is a res+ect,
    #hich encoura!es us to #ork to &ee+en our thou!ht, an& reacHuire the 2heart2 &octrine
    throu!h %e&itation on the the%es it reveals. To stu%1le over accuracy in ortho!ra+hy an&
    scholarshi+ is a +it3all create& 1y the 2lo#er %in&.2
    Those #ho have %a&e the%selves res+onsi1le 3or the task o3 re+rintin! ori!inal
    Theoso+hical teEts, 1ase& on the +rinci+les 3oun& in the /)T Declaration, %ake no un%arke&
    chan!es in the %aterial they re+rint. 6ll chan!es thou!ht necessary to restore accuracy, ou!ht
    to 1e %arke& an& eE+laine& in 3ootnotes. Usee >75 Articles+ Iol. ,,,, +. 144 3n.V
    We have not 1een aske& to +rove to 6ca&e%ics that Theoso+hy is ri!ht or #ron!. But #e
    can ask the% to consi&er the &e+ths o3 kno#le&!e that the 20eart Doctrine2 si!naliAes.
    Theoso+hy is an antiHue syste% o3 &escri1in! the /niverse an& our Worl&, its evolution
    an& the necessity 3or every 1ein! in it, inclu&in! %an at one en& o3 the scale, an& the ato% at
    the other. ,t &eclares that as a *&o!e, it is rule& 1y i%+ersonal an& i%+artial la#s #hich
    o+erate on all bein#s &ithout e8ception, 3ro% &ithin &ithout. ,t is se!$.,roing. ,t is not !oin!
    to 3ail or &isa++ear 1ecause o3 criticis%.
    Theoso+hy is eE+resse& so as to hel+ chan!e the %oral conce+ts o3 the masses+ the
    +o+ulace o3 the #orl& in !eneral, throu!h +rovi&in! essential i&eas that can 1e easily
    un&erstoo&, an& #hich a++eal to the 2heart.2 The conce+t o3 /niversal Brotherhoo&, o3
    universal >ust an& i%+artial la#s, o3 kar%a an& reincarnation, #hen !ras+e& as a 1asis 3or
    re!ulatin! one:s li3e, i%+rove the %oral an& the intellectual tone o3 all levels o3 society.
    @cont?d p$ 4A
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    N1W 9OO:
    THE LAMA6S LA' - Talbot Mundy in The Theosophical 7ath
    Tal1ot Mun&y 71CBF-1F9G8 #as the author o3 so%e 9G a&venture, historical an& occult
    novels, 3ro% -un# >oD in 1F19 to his /ld 0#ly 4ace in 1F9G, an& as #ell o3 innu%era1le
    %a!aAine articles, a 1ulk o3 these 1ein! in the +o+ular Ad*enture %a!aAine. 0e is re!ar&e&
    1y %any to 1e the 1est #estern novelist on ;astern su1>ects, su+erior to ?i+lin! in his
    3a%iliarity an& e%+athy #ith the native +ers+ective.
    0is /m; The %ecret of Ahbor ,alley is !enerally re!ar&e& as his %aster+iece. 0e #rote
    /m #hile a !uest o3 ?atherine Tin!ley at $oint )o%a Theoso+hical Co%%unity on the
    outskirts o3 *an Die!o, Cali3ornia, an& #as a resi&ent o3 the co%%unity 3or several years in
    the late 1F(G:s, servin! as a ca1inet %e%1er.
    "early all Mun&y:s novels have an occult an& +hiloso+hic t#ist to the% an& e%+hasiAe
    #is&o% over %ere sensationalis%. With his lar!e circulation novels an& articles, 3e# +ro1a1ly
    #ere a1le to %ore #i&ely &i33use &ee+er +hiloso+hic vie#+oints a%on! the !eneral +u1lic.
    This co%+ilation inclu&es F +oe%s, ( short-stories, an& (G +hiloso+hic articles on such
    su1>ects as 21lack%ail2 in every&ay li3e, 0o+e, reincarnation an& kar%a, the nature o3
    *incerity, Ca+ital $unish%ent an& %any other areas. Mun&y #as acute in 1ein! a1le to use
    co%%on-usa!e lan!ua!e in eE+lainin! theoso+hic conce+ts %ore o3ten acco%+anie& #ith
    %any *anskrit an& 3orei!n ter%s. The technical ter%s are i%+ortant 1ut Mun&y:s a1ility #as to
    !ras+ the i&eas #ith intuition an& eE+ress the% +lainly.
    - Co%+ile& 1y M. 5aHua, $a+er1ack, < E B2, ((< +a!es. 6vaila1le 3ro%
    7roto#onos, .......... R1G.GG +lus R1.GG +ost, check +aya1le to Mark 5aHua
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    @cont?dA
    2Theoso+hy encoura!es its &ee+er stu&ents to stu&y the :3un&a%entals: an& learn ho#
    they interrelate to +rovi&e a lo!ical 1asis 3or the #hole +hiloso+hy o3 1rotherhoo&. Theoso+hy
    is &escri+tive, not s+eculative. ,t &e%onstrates that 1rotherhoo& is a 3act in nature.
    2The aca&e%ic is +erha+s intereste& as a si&e issue in the usa!e to #hich his research
    can 1e +ut 3or social a%elioration. The Theoso+hical 6&e+t &esires to assist hu%anity to a
    1etter un&erstan&in! o3 li3e:s +ur+oses, an& to take a&vanta!e o3 #is&o%. 0e is intensely
    intereste& in o33erin! all %ankin& the o++ortunity he has alrea&y availe& hi%sel3 o3: to stu&y
    in&e+en&ently, an& assure the%selves in&ivi&ually o3 the accuracy an& verity o3 those
    23un&a%entals.2
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    4ASHIONA901 TH1OSOPH6?
    ,n The (ulture of (omplaint Mr. -o1ert 0u!hes states:

    2The notion that you chan!e a situation 1y 3in&in! a ne#er an& nicer #or& 3or it e%er!es
    3ro% the ol& 6%erican ha1it o3 eu+he%is%, circu%locution an& &es+erate con3usion a1out
    etiHuette, +ro&uce& 1y 3ear that the concrete #ill !ive o33ense.2 U1V
    ne %i!ht a&& that #e cultivate co%+laint in this society 1y 3ocusin! on circu%stances as
    th#artin! us, instea& o3 on our a1ility to %ol& events. Theoso+hy teaches not only the
    &octrine o3 kar%a an& acce+tance o3 res+onsi1ility 3or #hat co%es our #ay, 1ut also that in
    one sense #e are our ?ar%a. 0o# #e 3ace each %o%ent o3 our lives shi3ts the ?ar%ic
    scales. 0o# can #e 3ace each %o%ent coura!eously i3 #e are constantly shrou&in! our
    thou!hts an& i&eals #ith #or&s #hich +lacate a +u1lic sa&&le& #ith %aterialistic !oals an&
    3ear o3 #hat others think. That 3ear is satirically re3lecte& 1y a 1est sellin! title 7olitically
    (orrect 5edtime %tories$ U(V
    ,n a #orl& #hich cultivates stan&in! u+ 3or one:s ri!hts, ho# can #e #ei!h the 1alance
    to#ar&s har%onious hu%an relations #ithout sacri3ice o3 +rinci+le. Willia% J. 5u&!e ur!es us
    to 2/se #ith care those livin! %essen!ers calle& #or&s.2 The 5ha#a*ad .ita stresses:
    2Gentle s+eech, #hich causes no anEiety.2 2Gentle s+eech2 &oesn:t %ean sacri3icin! %oral
    +rinci+les to +assin! social an& +olitical 3ancies. ;ven a 3resh a++roach to %o&ern events
    &oesn:t %ean i%+osin! a ne# voca1ulary to eE+ress our teachin!s. ur souls 1are %any
    li3eti%e:s resources to &ra# u+on. Must they 1eco%e &ull re3lectors o3 each e+he%eral social
    or +olitical o+inion.
    ,n 0.$.B.:s 'etters to %innett, T. *u11a -o# s+eaks a1out the %o&ern cravin! 3or +roo3:
    2,n ancient ti%es the or&inary %ultitu&es ha& i%+licit con3i&ence in their initiates an&
    -ishis. They never aske& 3or reasons 3or any o3 the truths reveale& to the%; an& the -ishis
    never care& to &e%onstrate the truth o3 their teachin!s accor&in! to the 3or%al rules o3
    lo!ic...2 U4V
    To&ay everythin! is u+ 3or &e1ate, inclu&in! the very #or&s #e use. -e!ret3ully
    Theoso+hists are 3ollo#in! suit, as i3 too ti%i& to take a stan& on +rinci+les. Woul& a stu&ent
    consu%e& #ith the 3ire o3 the True *el3 an& its &estiny
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    #orry a1out a++ealin! to the Fe%inist a!en&a or care #hat the ,ron 5ohns think a1out our
    lack o3 2%uscle2 in ter%s o3 nu%1ers o3 %e%1ers or +olitical ine33ectiveness.
    This &oes not %ean #e shoul& i!nore current issues such as ani%al #el3are or ecolo!y.
    ;ven in the last century The Theosophist carrie& an article #arnin! - a1out the #orl&:s loss o3
    3orests. But can:t #e &o this #ithout the 1ur&en o3 sti3lin! heSsheSit +hraseolo!y. We have ha&
    countless incarnations as %en an& #o%en. Why not strive 3or soul li1eration rather than
    seEual; 23ree %en an& #o%en2 rather than &o%ination o3 one seE over the other.
    6 ne# literary series: The 1e& >istorian9 %tudies in (ultural 7oetics sho#s that #e are
    not necessarily seein! history as it truly occurre&:
    2)ike too %any #orks o3 criticis% to&ay, it i%+oses current values on the +ast #hile
    +layin! 3ast an& loose #ith the 3acts.2 U9V
    This +ractice is illustrate& in a recent 1ook revie# o3 a ne# 1io!ra+hy o3 Christina
    -ossetti U<V, #here the author i%+lies her 3e%inis% #as a result o3 constraint an& chil& a1use.
    The revie#er #ryly +oints out:
    2This 1ein! a 1io!ra+hy o3 the 1FFG:s, it naturally +ro+oses that Christina #as seEually
    a1use& 1y her 3ather. 6 nervous 1reak&o#n aroun& the a!e o3 1<, #hen she sta11e& her ar%
    #ith a +air o3 scissors har&ly +roves the a1use... Ms. Marsh re+orts +hallic an& va%+iric
    i%a!ery in the +oe%s... ar!uin! that :inner +ain is trans%itte& into o1sessional visual an&
    ver1al ener!y...:: But %any #riters share such 3eatures, an& so%e o3 the% %ust have
    esca+e& +arental a1use. ne #ishes that on this issue Ms. Marsh ha& taken stron!er notice
    o3 the 3act that Christina :&i& not #ant +rivate %eanin! to 1e rea& into her #ork.:
    2Ms. Marsh %akes clear that her evi&ence is s+eculative, 1ut as the 1io!ra+hy +rocee&s,
    a sense o3 its 1ein! taken 3or !rante& is +ro!ressively insinuate&. ,t is use& to account 3or
    &e+ressive +assa!es in the +oe%s, a so%e#hat &es+erate 1io!ra+hical &o&!e that also
    su!!ests an ina++ro+riately si%+li3yin! a++roach to +oetry.2
    When 0.$.B. Huotes -ossetti:s 0phill 72Does the roa& #in& u+hill all the #ay.28 it has
    al#ays see%e& a challen!e, not a &reary la%ent. 6 %ystic seein! &ee+er than %ost %ay
    o3ten !rieve 3or the #orl&, 1ut &oesn:t that also 1ree& co%+assion. Christinia:s $re-
    -a+haelite Brotherhoo& 3a%ily, thou!h revolutionary, still #rote +oetry 1earin! a &ee+ly
    reli!ious 1ent.
    ,t takes a visionary, or at least an o+ti%ist, not to +lace our stan&ar&s u+on another a!e.
    We %ust 1e!in to use the test o3 the hu%an heart, to see the su+ernal s+irit o3 %an a%i&st
    the vicissitu&es o3 %any &is!uises over innu%era1le li3eti%es, an& search 3or ulti%ate
    &estinies as o++ose& to te%+oral. Why not honor the theoso+hical voca1ulary in its a1ility to
    eE+ress the hi!hest an& no1lest conce+ts o3 the ancient Wis&o%.
    - D. ;.
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    U1V 1e& For Times 5oo -e*ie&, 6+ril 11, 1FF4, ++. (G
    U(V 5a%es Finn Garner, ".D., Mac%illan, 1FF<
    U4V The 'etters of >$7$ 5la*atsy to A$7$ %innett, 6.T. Barker, Fre&erick 6. *tokes Co.,
    ".D
    U9V 1$F$T$5$-., Fe1ruary B, 1FF4, +. (<
    U<V (hristina -ossetti+ A )riter?s 'ife, 1y 5an Marsh, Iikin!, ".D.
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    A CO001CTION O4 2AS:S
    The Mass Mind, article in $roto!onos #(( re%in&e& us o3 the ever-+resent &an!er o3
    takin! too li!htly the 2%ilieu2 in #hich one 3loats. The serious stu&ent o3 the *cience o3
    /nsel3ishness has to hi&e his real li3e in the never-never lan& o3 sunshine an& roses, o3
    clou&y %ists an& silent +eaks, 3or the ka%ic +ro+ensity o3 the race %in& is a 3ierce an& +otent
    %achine on its o#n +lane, or in the #or&s o3 Ma&a%e Blavatsky:
    2The !reatest &an!er a#aits us... i3 #e &o not succee& in %akin! the %asses re%ain at
    least neutral - til they co%e to kno# 1etter - in this 3orthco%in! con3lict 1et#een Truth,
    *u+erstition an& $resu%+tion; or, to eE+ress it in other ter%s, ccult *+iritualis%, Theolo!y
    an& *cience. We have to 3ear neither the %iniature thun&er1olts o3 the cler!y, nor the
    un#arrante& ne!ations o3 *cience. But the $u1lic +inion, this invisi1le, intan!i1le,
    o%ni+resent, &es+otic tyrant; this thousan&-hea&e& 0y&ra - the %ore &an!erous 3or 1ein!
    co%+ose& o3 in&ivi&ual %e&iocrities - is not an ene%y to 1e scorne& 1y any #oul&-1e
    ccultist, coura!eous as he %ay 1e. Many have le3t their shee+skins in the clutches o3 this
    ever-hun!ry, roarin! lion - 3or he is the %ost &an!erous o3 our three classes o3 ene%ies. The
    %asses o3 +eo+le, thou!h they &o not !enerally a++reciate the science o3 truth, or have real
    kno#le&!e, on the other han& are unerrin!ly &irecte& 1y %ere instinct; they have intuitionally -
    i3 , %ay 1e allo#e& to eE+ress %ysel3 - the sense o3 #hat is 3or%i&a1le in its !enuine stren!th.
    $eo+le #ill never cons+ire eEce+t a!ainst real $o#er. ,n their 1lin& i!norance, the Mysteries
    an& the /nkno#n have 1een, an& ever #ill 1e, o1>ects o3 terror 3or the%. CiviliAation %ay
    +ro!ress, hu%an nature #ill re%ain the sa%e throu!hout all a!es. ccultists 1e#areP
    2/nless one is +re+are& to &evote to it his #hole li3e, the su+er3icial kno#le&!e o3
    ccult *ciences #ill lea& hi% surely to 1eco%e the tar!et 3or %illions o3 i!norant sco33ers to
    ai% their 1lun&er1usses, loa&e& #ith ri&icule an& cha33, a!ainst. Besi&es this, it is in %ore
    than one #ay &an!erous to select this science as a %ere +asti%e. ne %ust 1ear 3orever in
    %in& the i%+ressive 3a1le o3 e&i+us, an& 1e#are o3 the sa%e conseHuences. e&i+us
    unri&&le& 1ut one-hal3 o3 the eni!%a o33ere& hi% 1y the *+hinE, an& cause& its &eath; the
    other hal3 o3 the %ystery aven!e& the &eath o3 the sy%1olic %onster, an& 3orce& the ?in! o3
    The1es to +re3er 1lin&ness an& eEile in his &es+air, rather than 3ace #hat he &i& not 3eel
    hi%sel3 +ure enou!h to encounter. 0e unri&&le& the %an, the 3or%, an& ha& 3or!otten Go& -
    the i&ea.
    2,3 a %an #oul& 3ollo# in the ste+s o3 0er%etic $hiloso+hers, he %ust +re+are hi%sel3
    1e3orehan& 3or %artyr&o%. 0e %ust !ive u+ +ersonal +ri&e an& all sel3ish +ur+oses, an& 1e
    rea&y 3or everlastin! encounters #ith 3rien&s an& 3oes. 0e %ust +art, once 3or all, #ith every
    re%e%1rance o3 his earlier i&eas, on all an& on everythin!. ;Eistin! reli!ions, kno#le&!e, an&
    science %ust re1eco%e a 1lank 1ook 3or hi%, as in the &ays o3 his 1a1yhoo&, 3or i3 he #ants
    to succee& he %ust learn a ne# al+ha1et on the la+ o3 Mother "ature, every letter o3 #hich
    #ill a33or& a ne# insi!ht to hi%, every sylla1le an& #or& an uneE+ecte& revelation.2 UFro% an
    o+en letter o3 0.$. Blavatsky to The %piritual %cientist, *e+t. (4, 1CB<V
    - Fro% ?an&alavala
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    R17I1W
    Mi-- M, -. ?ate 0arris, 7Fiction8, +a+er1ack, WiAar&s Bookshel3, *an Die!o, 19B ++.,
    1FF<
    Theoso+hical novels are as rare as hen:s teeth an& this is a !oo& an& en>oya1le one #ith
    enou!h so+histication to kee+ any stu&ent intereste&.
    2Miss M2 is the 2#ise #o%an2 3i!ure o3 the novel an& a 3rail 1ut vital FC year ol& #ith a
    roo% o3 esoteric 1ooks, a constant +ot o3 tea 1oilin!, kin& #or&s an& #is&o%-3ille& a&vice 3or
    the chie3 characters in the story #ho treat her #ith love, a#e an& an over-+rotectiveness she
    3in&s irritatin!.
    ,n!ri&, the narrator o3 the story, rents the country cotta!e o3 her 3or%er ne#s+a+er-e&itor
    1oss an& 3uture hus1an& on con&ition that she check in on Miss M every once in a #hile.
    7Miss 2M2 1ecause her 3ull na%e is un+ronouncea1le.8 Miss M lives a #alk across a +asture
    3ro% ,n!ri&. ,n!ri&, seekin! the seclusion o3 the country to +aint, takes u+ 3rien&shi+ #ith
    Miss M an& 1ecause o3 her stran!e sayin!s an& +rescience 1e!ins to look to her as a
    teacher. ,t turns out that Miss M, ,n!ri&:s 1oss, an& another ol&-ti%e school%ate are all
    %e%1ers o3 an esoteric !rou+, or at least closely acHuainte& 1ecause o3 their interest in
    occultis%. Miss M is a #riter also an& has ,n!ri& rea& so%e o3 her #ritin! - +oe%s an& short
    +ieces +rinte& in the 1ook, an& Huite !oo& 3ro% the theoso+hical +ers+ective.
    Well, in the short o3 it, Miss M is a&vance& in her &evelo+%ent an& has so%e +o#ers
    that !o alon! #ith this &evelo+%ent also. ne +art o3 the story is re%iniscent o3 -e&3ern:s
    The (elestine 7rophecy in that Miss M ur!es ,n!ri& to 1e le& #ith the 23lo#2 o3 events %ore or
    less an& the synchronicities occurrin! therein. , think this is +hiloso+hically %islea&in!, as #e
    &o co%e un&er 1oth +ositive an& ne!ative in3luences an& 23lo#2 o3 events, an& sychronicities
    in the%selves are a1solutely neutral in value.
    Miss M is a !oo& a&&ition to theoso+hical literature, es+ecially since it is a novel, #hich
    there are too 3e# o3, an& #ill 1rin! so%e theoso+hical i&eas out into the novel rea&in! +u1lic.
    The hu%an events 3lo# #ell #ith the +hiloso+hy an& so%e i&eas can 1e !otten across %uch
    1etter in the 3or% o3 3iction.
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    A<IS SHI4TS- 21T1ORIT1S- RO99- PRATT- 4RU2- 1TC.
    *everal Theoso+hical +u1lications 7The Eclectic+ >i#h (ountry Theosophist, an& this
    %a!8 have 1een runnin! so%e o3 the res+onses, et. al. resultin! 3ro% -ichar& -o11:s article
    /ur Thou#hts+ /ur Earth.
    $ratt:s articles really &o not nee& -o11:s article as a levera!e +oint, as the +oints he
    &eals #ith #ere only a s%all +art o3 the -o11 article 7or lecture !iven at ;&%onton8. $ratt is
    !reat at the 2&etails2 1ut the -o11 article treate& its scienti3ic as+ects in the s+irit o3 theory 3or
    consi&eration - #hile $ratt, un3airly , think, an& i!norin! the 1ulk o3 the article - >u%+e& at this
    s+eculatin! #ith a 1it o3 a 2chi+ on the shoul&er2 an& accusory attitu&e #hich #asn:t a+ro+os
    an& as i3 -o11 %a&e &o!%atic scienti3ic state%ents, #hich #eren:t there. The +sycholo!ical
    e33ect is that o3 thro#in! out the 1a1y #ith the 1ath#ater.
    The -o11 article throu!hout has 1u&&hic an& hi!her %anas overtones, #hile the
    !reatest scientist in the #orl& #ith the %ost acute ka%a-%anas an& a 1illion &ollar 1u&!et
    can:t reach 1u&&hic overtones throu!h the lo!ical %in& an& attention to &etail 3or a li3eti%e.
    The 21u&&hic2 is a &i33erent an& su+erior 3aculty, an& not co%+rehen&in! such &oesn:t chan!e
    its 3act-status. The 1u&&hic +erceives the *&o!e o3 thin!s. 6 1u&&hic %in& %i!ht !et the ri!ht
    ans#er 3or the #ron! reasons, seein! the #hole lan&sca+e at once, 1ut not the &etails.
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    ne %i!ht take this i&ea to the Theoso+hical scene to&ay an& all the #ealth o3 recent
    research &one on Theoso+hy in the s+irit an& %etho& o3 usual university 2o1>ective2
    scholarshi+ 75ohnson, Go&#in, etc.8. These researchers have all the 2+arts2 or in3or%ation,
    1ut they &on:t have a &arn 1it o3 intuition or the 1u&&hic insi!ht to let the% kno# #hat it is all
    a1out. ,t is true also that once one !ets a 1u&&hic, or %ystical insi!ht into the &e+th an&
    nature o3 Theoso+hy, one is less likely to have the +atience to &o the %eticulous scienti3ic
    research that it %ay 1e !oo& to &o. Bi! i&eas 1eco%e %ore enthrallin! than science an&
    I/e"s are realer than the +hysical #orl& o3 science, althou!h #e:re all chaine& to +racticality.
    Thus there aren:t too %any %ystics or occultists that are %otivate& to#ar&s 1rass tacks
    science, +erha+s un3ortunately. :*o%e laAy an& i%+ractical an& so%e real %ystics.
    ,n 7roto#onos #(( the e&itor %a&e a 1i! !oo3 in his 1lur1 on %eteorites. The ;arth &oes
    not, as +icture&, char!e aroun& its or1it #ith its hea& or aEis +ointe& in the sa%e &irection like
    a runner aroun& a racetrack. *ur+risin!ly, althou!h 3or the #ron! reasons, that %ore
    %eteorites 3all on the northern he%is+here see%s true &ue +artly at least to the orientation o3
    the ;arth to lar!e +erio&ic %eteor sho#ers. Chet Fru% sent in a cli++in! 3ro% The .uinness
    5oo of Astronomy 71FCC8 that: 2The %ost relia1le annual sho#er is that o3 the 6u!ust
    $ersei&s, #hich never 3ail to +ro&uce a s+ectacular &is+lay. ,t is note#orthy that so 3ar as
    %eteor o1servation is concerne&, the northern he%is+here has the 1est o3 %attersP2
    6nother 3actor in #hich he%is+here !ets the %ost %eteorites %ay 1e the orientation o3 the
    #hole solar syste% in our trek aroun& the !alaEy an& thus the incurrin! o3 %atter +assin!
    throu!h the solar syste%. Mahat%a ?.0. says in the Mahatma 'etters that the northern
    he%is+here receives the %ost %eteoric &ust. Fru% #rites 3urther:
    2. . . When ?. 0. s+eaks o3 :%a!netic, or %eteoric &ust: he is usin! ter%s, the only ter%s,
    that #ere availa1le to hi% then. Cos%ic rays, ioniAe& +articles, an& the solar #in& #ere not
    even &rea%e& o3 in the last century. ,t %ay 1e that the earth:s %a!netic north attracts a
    +re+on&erance o3 these %a!netic an& hi!h ener!y +articles lea&in! to the result in&icate& 1y
    ?.0. , a% unsure as to the latest research on this +oint.
    20$B s+eaks o3: :The %eteoric sho#ers, +erio&ical in "ove%1er an& 6u!ust, 1elon! to a
    syste% %ovin! in an elli+tical or1it aroun& the *un. The a+helion o3 this rin! is 1,B4( %illions
    U1 .B4( 1illionV o3 %iles 1eyon& the or1it o3 "e+tune, its +lane is incline& to the ;arth:s or1it at
    an an!le o3 =9 G 4: , an& the &irection o3 the %eteoric s#ar% %ovin! roun& this or1it is
    contrary to that of the Earth?s re*olution$? U*D ,, +. =B4V The Encyclopedia Americana s+eaks
    o3 the $ersei&s a++roachin! the ;arth:s or1it at an an!le o3 == o, re+resentin! a s%all
    correction on the ol&er 3i!ure. These sho#ers enter our at%os+here 3ro% a +oint 3ar to the
    north. This #oul& 1e true even i3 the event occurre& &urin! the #inter solstice #hich it &oes
    not. *o in the case o3 these !reat %eteor sho#ers the +re+on&erance o3 %atter &oes 3all in
    the northern he%is+here...2
    Mr. $ratt has co%+ile& another #orthy article on the aEis shi3t, et. al. an& instea& o3
    +rintin! it here a!ain, #e #ill +oint the rea&er to the cto1er, 1FF< issue o3 >i#h (ountry
    Theosophist 719G * 44r& *t., Boul&er, C CG4G48 ,t is !oo& science %aterial i3 not theoso+hy.
    --- F
    6&&itionally, Mr. $ratt sent in so%e in3or%ation on the Meteoric &ust Huestion, #hich #e +rint
    here. 0e 1rin!s u+ the i&ea that %ost o3 the 2%eteoric &ust2 is co%+ose& o3 ioniAe& +articles
    an& i3 +ositively char!e& #oul& 3all or 1e attracte& to the north %a!netic +ole 7as C. Fru%,
    a1ove, ca%e u+ #ith the sa%e i&ea.8 6n i&ea %i!ht 1e that a stea&y accu%ulation o3 %atter
    on the northern he%is+here %ay in a +re&icta1le 3ashion set the earth 2o33 1alance2 an& alter
    the aEis o3 rotation - +erha+s the 9 o every (<,F(G years 7#hich #oul& have to 1e an avera!e8
    that G&e$ an& 0$B %ention. 6s in everythin! else, there see%s to 1e an in3inite nu%1er o3
    3actors to consi&er o3 #hich #e only have a 3e#. 6nother +ossi1le 3actor in #ei!ht &istri1ution
    on the +lanet is that %ost the ve!etation 1ein! in the northern he%is+here, there is a vast
    a%ount o3 at%os+heric car1on converte& into ve!etation every year, so that is another Aillion
    tons a&&e& to the northern he%is+here. ther 3actors %ay contra&ict it, the #hole theory 1e
    3alse.... an& #ho kno#sP
    6s %entione& a1ove - $ratt:s articles #oul& have 1een 1etter stan&in! on their o#n
    instea& o3 usin! 2ur Thou!hts, ur ;arth2 out o3 conteEt as a re3erence an& +oun&in! 1oar&.
    ,n re3erence to the $ratt article in the ct. :F< 0CT, -o11 #rites:
    2...$eter )e%esurier:s &ia!ra% on +a!e (=4 o3 his .reat 7yramid 3ecoded s&o*s the
    *+hynE an!lin! south o3 &ue ;ast, as &o all #orks +u1lishe& a3ter the san& #as eEcavate& in
    this century. Davi&son an& 6l&ers%ith:s /ur 2nheritance in the .reat 7yramid sho#s the eEact
    an!le, 1ut its 1urie& in one o3 9G cartons o3 %y still un+acke& li1rary. ,ts also sho#n as such in
    6&a% -uther3or&:s %a+ on +a!e 11C9, vol. 9, o3 7yramidolo#y, 0ere3or&shire, 1FB(.
    2The i&ea 1ehin& the ori!inal talk #as the kar%ic i%+lications o3 #ron! thinkin! lea&in!
    to #ron! actions, an& the vital i%+act u+on this livin! +lanet. -ecti3ication o3 the i%1alances
    o3 %an, occur #hen re!ular cycles +rovi&e the o++ortunity. We are either at the con3luence o3
    these, or #e are not. 6n&, , have either +rovi&e& enou!h evi&ence, or , have not.2
    *o%e errata #ere %a&e in ty+in! $ratt:s article in 7roto#onos #((. 6 sentence on +a!e
    =, colu%n ( shoul& rea&: 2,t #oul& have 1een in the +lane o3 the ecli+tic #hen it reache& an
    an!le o3 (BG , an&, a3ter returnin! to G 74=G8, a!ain at FG an& (BG , 1e3ore reachin! its +resent
    an!le o3 44=.< 7(4.<8.2 6lso +a!e C, colu%n (, 9 lines 3ro% the to+: the &ate o3 the 3loo&
    shoul& 1e (CGG BC.
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    21T1ORIC DUST
    - Davi& $ratt
    ,n the Mahatma 'etters 7+. 1=(, #(418 ?0 #rites: 2*cience havin! luckily &iscovere&,
    that, as our earth #ith all the other +lanets is carrie& alon! throu!h s+ace, it receives a
    !reater +ro+ortion o3 that &ust %atter on its northern than on its southern he%is+here, kno#s
    that to this are &ue the +re+on&eratin! nu%1er o3 the continents in the 3or%er he%is+here,
    an& the !reater a1un&ance o3 sno# an& %oisture.2
    ,n the *e+te%1er issue o3 7roto#onos+ the e&itor #rites: 2astrono%er 5e33rey Bass o3
    Cran1rook ,nstitute state& that earth &aily receives 1GG tons o3 %eteoric %atter. *ince the
    earth circles the sun at an an!le +resently o3 (4 K X, %ost o3 this %ass accu%ulates on the
    northern he%is+here.2 7+. 1G8 This eE+lanation is %istaken.
    6s the earth revolves aroun& the sun, its aEis +oints at all ti%es to the +ole star, #hich is
    currently $olaris. 6t the ti%e o3 the su%%er solstice in northern latitu&es, the northern
    he%is+here is leanin! &irectly to*"r/s the sun an& the southern he%is+here "*"' $ro+ the
    sun. 0al3 a year later, at the o++osite en& o3 its or1it - the ti%e o3 the #inter solstice - it is the
    so%t&ern he%is+here that is leanin! to*"r/s the sun, an& the nort&ern he%is+here "*"'
    $ro+ the sun. This %eans that the northern he%is+here is the 2lea&in!2 he%is+here 3or hal3
    an or1it, an& the southern he%is+here 3or the other hal3. There3ore, ot&er t&ings (eing
    e>%"!, 1oth he%is+heres #oul& receive eHual a%ounts o3 &ust.
    --- 1G
    1viously, other thin!s are not eHual. For a start, the solar syste% as a #hole is not
    stationary. The sun an& its 3a%ily o3 +lanets are currently %ovin! in the &irection o3 0ercules,
    a nort&ern constellation. There3ore, +rovi&e& the inclination o3 the earth:s aEis kee+s the
    north +ole a1ove the ecli+tic, the northern he%is+here #ill receive %ore &ust.
    But this theory #ill not &o either, 3or, accor&in! to 0$B an& G&e$, the inclination o3 the
    earth:s aEis un&er!oes a !ra&ual, secular chan!e o3 9 o every (<,F(G years. Durin! each
    co%+lete 4=G o inversion, lastin! so%e (1( %illion years, 1oth he%is+heres o3 the earth
    ou!ht to receive eHual a%ounts o3 &ust, re!ar&less o3 the &irection in #hich the solar syste%
    is %ovin!. Clearly, so%e other 3actor %ust 1e at #ork.
    ?0 re3ers to the earth:s 2%a!netic attraction2 o3 2%eteoric stron!ly %a!netic %atter2. ,
    #oul& su!!est that it is the &i33erence in the +"gneti# ,o!"rit' o3 the northern an& southern
    he%is+heres #hich eE+lains #hy %ore &ust 3alls on the northern he%is+here.
    ?0 says that the north en& o3 the co%+ass +oints to the earth:s real north 7+ositive8
    %a!netic +ole, an& that it +oints to the !roun& at the north %a!netic +ole 1ecause it is
    re+elle& 1y the real %a!netic +ole situate& a1ove the earth:s sur3ace. 0e also says that the
    north %a!netic +ole revolves aroun& the north !eo!ra+hic +ole in a +erio& o3 a 3e# hun&re&
    years. 7++. 1=C-F8 Mo&ern science a!rees that the %a!netic +oles revolve aroun& the
    !eo!ra+hic +oles, 1ut clai%s that the north %a!netic +ole is really a south 7ne!ative8
    %a!netic +ole at +resent, an& that the +olarity o3 the %a!netic +oles reverses 3airly a1ru+tly at
    irre!ular intervals. ,3 true, this #oul& 3urther co%+licate the +icture.
    ,!norin! the 2scienti3ic2 vie#, i3 %eteoric &ust #ere +re&o%inantly ne!atively char!e&, a
    !reater concentration #oul& 3all on the northern 7+ositively %a!netiAe&8 he%is+here. ,t %ay
    1e that su1tler %a!netic 3orces than those kno#n to science are also involve&. Baron von
    -eichen1ach, 3or eEa%+le, in his investi!ations o3 2o&2 or 2o&yle2 7a su1tle electro%a!netic
    e%anation8, conclu&e& that the northern he%is+here o3 the earth #as o&-+ositive, an& the
    southern he%is+here o&-ne!ative.
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    G. /e P%r%#)er on Ps'#&is+
    2... ;soteric &isci+line +rece&es the Mysteries, %y Brothers. , coul& stan& here an& talk
    to you until the #ee s%all hours o3 the %ornin! on +sychic su1>ects, an& talk to you #ith
    %uch... literary orna%ent as to ho# to :!et +o#ers,: an&, an&, an& ---- then you #oul& !o
    a#ay ----#ith #hat. With nothin! to the !oo&. My soul:s yearnin! is to &o #hat , can to teach
    every %an an& every #o%an #ho% , %eet to learn to kno# the &ivinity #ithin, to 3in& hi%sel3
    3or hi%sel3, to 3in& hersel3 3or hersel3.
    2... , #ill not sho# you ho# to cultivate your +sychic +o#ers. Dou are not rea&y 3or that.
    Dou are not +re+are& to assu%e res+onsi1ilities an& to 3ace the &an!ers that #oul& occur in
    such action. "ot one %an in ten %illions to&ay is +re+are& +ro+erly an& no1ly to #iel& +o#ers
    #hich "ature, !reat Mother o3 us all, has not yet 1rou!ht 3orth in the nor%al course o3
    evolution. nly the chosen 3e#, they #hose hearts are at rest an& #hose %in&s are at +eace,
    an& #hose %oral nature 3lo#s 3orth 3ro% the !o& #ithin, are rea&y. But #hat , can sho# you,
    an& sho# to every son o3 %an, is ho# to cultivate the s+iritual an& intellectual +o#ers #ithin
    hi%. These are the thin!s #hich %ake a %an !reat. ,t is not the +sychical +o#ers - those o3
    the inter%e&iate +art o3 %an:s nature #hich are in his 1ein!, evolve& in hu%an evolution -
    #hich can Unot.V 1e %e&&le& #ith #ith i%+unity. But the s+iritual an& intellectual 3aculties an&
    +o#ers #hich actually are the very root o3 %an:s 1ein! an& there3ore +er%eate his entire
    consciousness can 1e evolve& or evoke& at any ti%e an& can 1e &one #ith not only sa3ety to
    the stu&ent 1ut #ith inevita1le 1ene3its accruin! to hi% thereu+on.
    2There are %en #ho have the trick o3 #i!!lin! the scal+ or o3 t#itchin! the skin o3 the
    ar%, etc, an&, like little 1oys, they are very +rou& o3 their #on&er3ul achieve%ents. But in #hat
    #ay is the %an 1ettere& or a&vance& 1y such chil&ish +lay. *i%ilarly in #hat #ay is a %an
    1ettere& or a&vance& 1y cultivatin! +sychical 3aculties #hich no# are in their e%1ryo an& >ust
    1e!innin! to %ani3est the%selves an& there3ore nee& control an& &isci+line an& not a 3orce&
    &evelo+%ent, 3or the ti%e to &o that has not yet co%e. "or #ill it co%e until hun&re&s o3
    thousan&s o3 years shall have +asse&...2
    UFro% the lecture !iven 1y G&e$ Theosophy+ /ccultism+ and the Mysterious at the
    Wo%an:s Clu1 6u&itoriu%, 0olly#oo&, Ca., March C, 1F41V
    '''''''''''''''''''''
    7roto#onos is +u1lishe& 9 - = ti%es +er year an& is an in&e+en&ent Theoso+hical
    +u1lication in 2the Blavatsky Tra&ition.2 *u1scri+tion is G.B< +er issue. Contri1utions an&
    corres+on&ence is #elco%e. 6rticles not necessarily the vie#+oint o3 the e&itor. ;&itor - M.
    5aHua .......
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    S%,,!e+ent5
    The 3ollo#in! circular 3ro% ;astern *chool $ress #as inclu&e& in the %ailin! o3 7roto#onos
    #(4:
    U,/"te on ,re,"r"tion $or t&e #o+ing o%t o$ t&e 9oo) o$ D3'"n
    The res+onse to %y Fe1. 4 letter re!ar&in! +re+aration 3or the co%in! out o3 an ori!inal
    lan!ua!e %anuscri+t o3 the Book o3 DAyan has 1een encoura!in!. Many o3 the %ost serious
    stu&ents 3ro% all 1ranches o3 the Theoso+hical %ove%ent, 3ro% the /.*. an& 3ro% several
    other countries, have #ritten su++ortive letters, o3ten acco%+anie& 1y &onations to the #ork.
    ,t is 1ein! clearly reco!niAe& that the 1est ho+e 3or Theoso+hy to #in the &ay in our ti%e is to
    have an actual *anskrit an&Sor Ti1etan %anuscri+t o3 the Book o3 DAyan #hich #ill co%%an&
    the attention o3 the aca&e%ic #orl&, #ho in turn con&ition the vie#s o3 the +u1lic. To +re+are
    3or this #e nee& Theoso+hical scholars a1le to &eal on a +ar #ith the 1est o3 the orientalists.
    To&ay, unlike one hun&re& years a!o, this level is Huite hi!h, #ith scholars routinely #orkin!
    #ith acco%+lishe& Ti1etan Geshes an& ,n&ian *anskrit +an&its.
    The +ast nine %onths since %y Fe1. letter have 1een 3ull. ,n Fe1. an& March Geshe
    )oAan! 5a%s+al, #ho in his youth atten&e& Tashi-lhun+o in Ti1et, #as in Colora&o at our
    nei!h1orin! Ti1etan Bu&&hist center, *hen+en Choelin!. "ancy an& , #orke& #ith Geshe
    5a%s+al +rivately &urin! this ti%e to translate Dol+o+a:s bCa?bsdu bEhi pa 72The Fourth
    Council28. Dol+o+a, 1(F(-14=1, #as the %a>or #riter o3 the 5onan!+a school, #ho , have
    calle& the Theoso+hists o3 Ti1et since they tau!ht a secret &octrine 7lo# pa?i chos8, the heart
    &octrine 7snyin# po?i don8, 3ollo#in! the Gol&en 6!e Tra&ition 7rdEo#s ldan lu#s8. The 4ourth
    (ouncil is one o3 his %ost i%+ortant 1ooks, esta1lishin!, like the 3irst 3un&a%ental +ro+osition
    o3 The %ecret 3octrine, the eEistence o3 an eternal, i%%uta1le +rinci+le 1eyon& the ran!e an&
    reach o3 thou!ht. This 2heretical2 teachin! cause& the su++ression o3 the 5onan!+as a 3e#
    centuries later. We #ill translate Dol+o+a:s o#n co%%entary on this teEt on Geshe 5a%s+al:s
    neEt visit. 0e is currently teachin! Ti1etan at Colu%1ia /niversity, #here he earlier earne& a
    $hD.
    ,n 6+ril , #as in *an Die!o catalo!in! on co%+uter the 6leE $atterson li1rary, #hich ha&
    1een #ille& to %e. ,t is not clear at +resent #hat #ill ha++en to this li1rary, 1ut as a result o3
    %y la1or in catalo!in! it , #as a1le to return #ith 3ive 1oEes o3 1ooks, inclu&in! one title #hich
    -o1ert 0ut#ohl ha& selecte&, /ur 4la#+ 1y -o1ert 6llen Ca%+1ell. This is the 1asis o3 t#o
    interestin! articles on 26&e+ts in 6%erica2 an& the 2Dhar%a o3 the /nite& *tates2 in Dick
    *lusser:s >i#h (ountry Theosophist, 5une an& 5uly, 1FF< 719G *. 44r& *t., Boul&er, C
    CG4G4-49(=8. The 3un& 3or +uttin! the roo3 on the 1uil&in! #hich #ill house the Book o3 DAyan
    research archives alon! #ith the ?alachakra Man&ala is !ro#in!. The 1uil&in! +er%it has
    1een rene#e& throu!h su%%er 1FF=.
    5une throu!h 6u!ust sa# "ancy an& , in Ma&ison, Wisconsin, stu&yin! #ith Gauta%
    Ia>racharya, a *anskrit +an&it 3ro% "e+al, one o3 literally only a han&3ul o3 "e#ari Bu&&hist
    *anskrit +an&its livin! to&ay. This uniHue o++ortunity #as not to 1e %isse&. Gauta% !re# u+
    in a livin! *anskrit tra&ition, atten&in! one o3 those schools #here only *anskrit #as s+oken,
    no# all !one since lan& re3or% in "e+al took a#ay their source o3 3un&in!. The "e#ari
    Bu&&hists are the inheritors o3 the *anskrit ori!inals o3 the !reat collections o3 Bu&&hist
    sacre& teEts translate& into Chinese an& Ti1etan %any centuries a!o. ,n the 1FBG:s an&
    1FCG:s %ore than 1GG,GGG *anskrit %anuscri+ts in "e+al #ere %icro3il%e& an& thus 1eca%e
    availa1le 3or the 3irst ti%e. We also %a&e use o3 this ti%e to +hotoco+y %ore *anskrit an&
    Ti1etan teEts nee&e& 3or Book o3 DAyan research 3ro% the /niversity o3 Wisconsin )i1rary.
    6s a result o3 the Fe1. letter an& the su!!estion o3 Morry *ecrest, , #as invite& to 1e the
    s+eaker at the "orth#est Fe&eration Meetin! o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety in 6%erica, hel& at
    *eattle in cto1er, s+eakin! on the 2*ources o3 The %ecret 3octrine,2 na%ely the Book o3
    DAyan, 3irst o3 the Books o3 ?iu-te. , also s+oke at the *eattle )o&!e, the Taco%a )o&!e, an&
    the $ortlan& )o&!e, on the a1ove to+ic an& on 2Theoso+hy in Ti1et: The Teachin!s o3 the
    5onan!+a *chool.2 Much interest #as there sho#n in the ;astern *chool Curriculu% 7also
    +u1lishe& in the Winter 1FF4 Eclectic Theosophist8, a s+eci3ic ai% o3 #hich is to +re+are a
    !rou+ o3 Theoso+hically-oriente& scholars 3or #ork #ith the Book o3 DAyan. This interest,
    alon! #ith the res+onse 1y letters 3ro% aroun& the #orl&, has le& us to consi&er once a!ain
    o33erin! this curriculu%, #hich #oul& +ut the Theoso+hical #orl& in a %uch stron!er +osition
    3or &ealin! #ith the Book o3 DAyan. To &o this #oul& reHuire co%+aratively little: three +eo+le
    to take the course, an& 3un&in! 3or o+eratin! costs 3or three years, an annual a%ount less
    than the cost o3 a sin!le stu&ent:s tuition at a +rivate university. The various Theoso+hical
    or!aniAations, or the "ational *ections o3 these or!aniAations, coul& s+onsor a stu&ent 3ro%
    their country to atten&. We %ust soon chan!e the +revailin! vie#, su%%e& u+ in a recent
    1ook:
    =)e cannot here #o into the "uestion of the authenticity of these eni#matic and
    mysterious %tanEas of 3Eyan+ &hich Theosophists adamantly hold to be #enuine and &hich
    no /rientalist or 5uddhist scholar accepts as #enuine$ =
    - %elf-'iberation Throu#h %eein# )ith 1aed A&areness, 1y 5ohn Myr&hin -eynol&s, +.
    14B
    - Davi& -ei!le
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    PROTOGONOS
    "u%1er (9 March 1FF=
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    CONT1NTS5 n 5u&!e .......&e @irko33...1; Why 22Theoso+hy2...... $urucker...4; n the
    $oor......-.-. ..<; n the $oor Too......5.5. ...=; Theoso+hical Ioca1ulary....T.G.D. ....B;
    Tantra K 0atha-Do!a......0.$.B. ...C; The ;arth.....la3 *ta+le&on ....F; ?ar%a "o# an&
    ?ar%a Then ....5.5. ....1G; Teacher an& Frien&.....5. 0. Fussel ...1(; )etters...1(
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    WI00IA2 GUAN ;UDG1
    6+ril 14, 1C<1 - March (1, 1CF=
    2... a hero out o3 the re%ote, antiHue, !iant a!es co%e a%on! us, #earin! 1ut on the
    sur3ace the vesture o3 our little &ay. We, too, ca%e out o3 that +ast, 1ut in 3or!et3ulness; he
    #ith %e%ory an& +o#er soon re!aine&. To hi% an& to one other #e o#e an uns+eaka1le
    !ratitu&e 3or 3aith an& ho+e an& kno#le&!e 1orn a!ain.2
    - 6; 7BCW Q,,, +. BB<8
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    ON ;UDG1
    - Boris &e @irko33
    ... The in&ivi&ual kno#n un&er the na%e o3 Willia% Juan 5u&!e #as a 0in&u initiate&
    &isci+le, a Do!i as a %atter o3 3act, #ho ha& taken over the 1o&y o3 an ,rish 1oy 1y %eans o3
    occult "es" or t%!)%, i.e. trans3erence o3 consciousness, #hen the 1oy &ie& o3 ty+hoi& 3ever.
    ,t is o1vious 3ro% a nu%1er o3 very i%+ortant state%ents 1y 0.$.B. that this initiate& &isci+le
    ha& a very close kar%ic tie #ith her, an& #as inten&e& to serve as one o3 the channels
    1et#een the Teachers an& the outer Move%ent they #ere launchin! at the ti%e.
    ,n a 3orthri!ht letter &ate& 3ro% )on&on, cto1er (4, 1CCFO UO The ori!inal o3 this letter is in
    the 6rchives o3 the 3or%er $oint )o%a Theoso+hical *ociety.V 0.$.B. s+oke o3 Mr. 5u&!e as
    1ein! 2,"rt o$ &erse!$ sin#e seer"! "eons.2 the closin! +art o3 this letter states:
    2The ;soteric *ection an& its li3e in the /.*.6. &e+en&s on W.J.5. re%ainin! its a!ent K
    #hat he is no#. The &ay W.J.5. resi!ns, 0.$.B. #ill 1e virtually &ea& 3or the a%ericans.
    2W.J.5. is the Ant"s)"r"n" 1et#een the t#o Manas7es8 the 6%erican thou!ht K , the
    ,n&ian - or rather the trans-0i%alayan ;soteric ?no#le&!e.
    D,Q, 0.$.B. .8. "
    2W.J.5. ha& 1etter sho# K i+,ress t&is on the %in& o$ "!! t&ose *&o+ it +"' #on#ern.
    70.$.B.8 2
    6t a1out the sa%e ti%e, #hen +o#er3ul ene%ies #ere atte%+tin! to un&er%ine 5u&!e:s
    #ork in 6%erica, an& ruin the !enuine s+irit o3 esotericis% u+on #hich it #as 1ase& 0.$.B.
    #rote the 3ollo#in!:
    2,n!ratitu&e is a cri%e in ccultis%, an& , shall illustrate the +oint 1y citin! the case o3
    W.J. 5u&!e. 0e is one o3 the three 3oun&ers o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety, the only three #ho
    have re%aine& as true as rock to the Cause. While others have all turne& &eserters or
    ene%ies, he has ever re%aine& 3aith3ul to his ori!inal +le&!e. ,3 one #ants
    --- (
    to kno# ho# the Masters #oul& 3eel to#ar&s hi%, let hi% rea& #hat one o3 the% #rites a1out
    the 3i&elity o3 Colonel lcott an& their a++reciation o3 it, in a letter +u1lishe& in the /ccult
    )orld$ Thou!h stron! +ressure #as use& to &is+lace hi% an& his associates 75u&!e alon!
    #ith the%8 in 3avor o3 another - a ne# co%er - an& all %anner o3 1oons #ere +ro%ise& 3or the
    T.*., Mahat%a :?.0.: 3latly re3use&, sayin! that in!ratitu&e ha& never 1een one o3 their vices.
    "o# that #hich Colonel lcott has acco%+lishe& in ,n&ia an& 6sia, W.J. 5u&!e has &one in
    6%erica. 0e is the -esuscitator o3 Theoso+hy in the /nite& *tates, an& is #orkin! to the 1est
    o3 his %eans an& a1ility, an& at a !reat sacri3ice, 3or the s+rea& o3 the %ove%ent; an& he is
    no# 1ein! in3a%ously attacke& an& sche%e& a!ainst 3or this 1y one #ho has never &one a
    thin! 3or the T.*., 1ut is no# tryin! to crush it out o3 eEistence... Brother 5u&!e re3uses to
    &e3en& hi%sel3, even %ore than , have re3use& to &e3en& %ysel3 a3ter the Coulo%1
    cons+iracy. "o %an #ho kno#s hi%sel3 innocent ever #ill. But is that a reason #hy #e shoul&
    let hi% !o un&e3en&e&. ,t is our 1oun&en &uty to su++ort hi%, in every #ay, #ith our
    sy%+athy an& in3luence, ener!etically, not in hal3-hearte&, ti%i& #ay. )et our +rotest 1e on
    %erely &e3ensive lines, an& not o3 an a!!ressive character. For, ,3 the s+irit o3 true Theoso+hy
    &oes not +er%it o3 a!!ressiveness 1ein! use&, yet it &oes &e%an& in so%e cases active
    &e3ence, an& it &oes i%+ose on everyone o3 us the &uty o3 takin! an active interest in the
    #el3are o3 a 1rother, es+ecially o3 a +ersecute& 1rother, as Mr. 5u&!e is no#...2O UO;.*.
    ,nstructions "o. ,,,, 1CFG; $reli%inary ;E+lanationV
    ,n a letter the ori!inal o3 #hich has not 1een +reserve&, 0.$.B. a&&e& the 3ollo#in!
    re%arks concernin! the a1ove-Huote& +assa!e: 2)et the% rea& Master:s letter in the
    $reli%inary ... 6ll that #hich , sai& a1out W.J.5. #as 3ro% 0is #or&s in 0is letter to %e...2 O UO
    'etters That >a*e >elped Me+ Iol. ,,, ++. 11G-11 71FG< e&.8; +. 11B 71F1C e&..8V
    0.$.B. also +ointe& out that the in&ivi&ual #e have kno#n as Willia% Juan 5u&!e #as at
    ti%es oversha&o#e& 1y one o3 the Nir+"n")"'"s 1ehin& the outer Move%ent: O UO 0.$.B.:s
    letter to Mr. 5u&!e, &ate& 3ro% sten&e, cto1er 4, 1CC=; +u1lishe& in The Theosophical
    4orum, $oint )o%a, Cali3., Iol. ,,,, 6u!ust 1<, 1F9(, +. (<4V an& one o3 the Teachers sai& that
    2#hen the :$resence: is u+on hi% UW.J.5.V, he kno#s #ell that #hich others only sus+ect an&
    :&ivine:...2 OUO)etters That 0ave 0el+e& Me, Iol. ,,, +. 1GG 71FG< e&.8; +. 11= 71F1C e&.8V
    ,nherent kar%ic #eaknesses o3 the 21orro#e&2 1o&y 7kar%ic con&itions over #hich even
    the Masters can have no control8, an& the terri1le strain occasione& 1y the cruel +ersecution
    eE+erience& 1y Mr. 5u&!e 3ro% a nu%1er o3 his &elu&e& co-#orkers, resulte& in a +re%ature
    colla+se o3 that 1o&y, the here&itary ten&encies o3 #hich coul& o3 course not 1e set asi&e, an&
    %a&e it useless 3or any 3urther #ork. *uch cases are not alto!ether eEce+tional, an& occur
    3ro% ti%e to ti%e in the history o3 !enuine occult %ove%ents.
    6s #e vie# this #hole tra!ic 1usiness #e &o not 3eel that conscience can 1e salve& 1y an
    occasionally 3rien&ly #or& a1out Mr. 5u&!e or 1y +ointin! to the 3act that The Theoso+hical
    $u1lishin! 0ouse lists his 1ooks. U6re they.. - 7rotoV 7For that %atter, the T.$.0. is sellin!
    #ith eHual Aest 1ooks the contents o3 #hich o3ten 3la!rantly contra&ict i%+ortant +oints o3
    Theoso+hical teachin!. True, the T.$.0. is a 1usiness or!aniAation, an& its 1usiness is to sell
    1ooks; 1ut, 3ro% the stan&+oint o3 Theoso+hical ethics an& the &isse%ination o3 truth, hi!her
    %atters are surely o3 +ara%ount i%+ortance.8
    ne o3 the %ost vital actions to restore har%ony a%on! various Theoso+hical !rou+s
    throu!hout the #orl&, #oul& 1e 3or the hi!hest o33icials o3 The Theoso+hical *ociety 76&yar8 to
    %ake a 3rank &eclaration ackno#le&!in! that a !rave in>ustice #as &one Mr. 5u&!e; that his
    na%e shoul& 1e cleare& o3 all sus+icions; an& that all Theoso+hists shoul& re!ar& hi% as one
    o3 the three chie3 Foun&ers o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety - a %an #hose hi!h occult status as
    an a!ent o3 the Brotherhoo& cannot 1e Huestione& a!ainst the 1ack!roun& o3 historical 3acts
    an& availa1le &ocu%entary evi&ence...
    U;Ecer+te& 3ro% )illiam :uan !ud#e+ >is /ccult %tatus, Theosophia, *+rin!, 1FB<V
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    WH6 "TH1OSOPH6?"
    - G. &e $urucker
    UG%estioner5V Dear sir: , atten&e& your lecture 3or the 3irst ti%e last *un&ay a3ternoon...
    an& , #as entirely in sy%+athy #ith all that you sai&; 1ut there is one Huestion , shoul& like to
    ask you... Why &o you la1el #hat you teach 2Theoso+hy2. Why li%it your +hiloso+hy 1y any
    na%e at all. , have %et %any 1roa&-%in&e& an& +ro!ressive +eo+le #ho in al%ost all +oints
    think as you &o, 1ut #ho are un#illin! to !rou+ their i&eas o3 +hiloso+hy an& li3e un&er any
    one na%e, as they 3eel that &oin! this #oul& i%%e&iately &ra# a circle aroun& the% thus
    eEclu&in! thousan&s o3 others #hose 1elie3s &i33er 1ut sli!htly 3ro% their o#n.
    ,t see%s to %e that you callin! your +hiloso+hy 2Theoso+hy2 3osters a sense o3
    se+arateness 1et#een you an& the rest o3 the #orl&. 6re #e not all #orkin! to#ar&s one !reat
    Truth, #hich no one has arrive& at, 1ut #hich, throu!h the e33orts o3 us all, #ill 1e the
    +ossession o3 the hu%an race at so%e ti%e in the 3uture. 7Des, , #ill ans#er a33ir%atively this
    +oint at once. - G&e$8
    , cannot hel+ 1ut think that i3 theoso+hists 7a%on! #ho% , &ou1t not are %any 3ine an&
    +ro!ressive +eo+le8, #oul& >oin han&s #ith the rest o3 us in their an& our e33orts to 3in& out the
    truth a1out %an an& nature, #e shoul& all 1e nearer to the realiAation o3 that /niversal
    Brotherhoo& o3 #hich you s+oke o3 3orci1ly on *un&ay last...
    UG/ePV: ,sn:t this Huestioner kin&P ,n the 3irst +lace, Theoso+hy is not an invention.
    "o1o&y invente& it an& !ave to it a na%e, as a %an %i!ht invent a ne# kin& o3 1uAA-sa# an&
    !ive to it a tra&e-na%e, or a ne# kin& o3 +i!s-in-clover +uAAle, an& !ive it a ne# na%e.
    *u++ose that the su!!estion o3 this kin& 3rien& #ere a&o+te& 1y us, #hat then coul& #e
    &o. *u++ose , #ere to ask the Huestion: 20o# &o you call your teachin!.2 ,t has no na%e.
    2What na%e &o your 1elie3s !o 1y.2 h, they have no na%e. 2Well, &on:t you call yourselves
    1y so%e kin& o3 na%e.2 "o, #e haven:t any na%e. We &on:t #ant any na%e. We are so
    1roa& an& universal that #e take in the #hole universe. We are, let %e say, -o%an Catholics,
    an& $rotestants, an& 5e#s, an& Brah%anists, an& Bu&&hists, an& the inha1itants o3 Ienus,
    an& #e &on:t reHuire a na%e. We are ,T. We are so +er3ectly universal an& #ell-kno#n 1y
    every1o&y that #e &on:t nee& a na%e. We are >ust like the sunli!ht shinin! in our 1rilliance
    u+on everyone.
    "o#, such a %ental attitu&e looks very +retty at 3irst si!ht, an& +eo+le #ho a&o+t it %ay
    +erha+s 3latter the%selves that they are #on&er3ully 1roa&-%in&e&. But such an attitu&e o3
    %in& has its !reat &isa&vanta!es. $ersonally, , think it is unco%%only 3ierce e!ois%. That is
    %y +rivate o+inion a1out any such attitu&e. "o#, , have hear& o3 +eo+le - an& the #oo&s are
    3ull o3 the% to&ay - #ho think they are so 1roa& an& !enerous-%in&e& an& +er3ectly universal
    an& so assure& o3 their o#n su+eriority, that they &on:t #ant to ally the%selves #ith any1o&y
    or anythin!. They >ust #ant to 1e su+erior to any attach%ents, s+iritual, intellectual, ethical, or
    social, - 1ein! such su+erior +eo+le you see - an& the conseHuence is that they are >ust as
    colorless an& &i33use as the air is. They have not %uch in&ivi&uality; they have not %uch 3orce
    o3 character; they have no &e3inite 1elie3s; they are >ust %ost #on&er3ully &i33use an&
    characterless.
    Dou cannot acco%+lish anythin! in li3e that is o3 #orth 1y 3ollo#in! such a 3allacy. Dou
    %ust have one-+ointe&ness, a &irecte& #ill, a &e3inite +olicy, a syste%, or&er, co-or&inate&
    thou!ht, i3 you are to acco%+lish any kin& o3 #ork that is #orth#hile in the #orl&;
    nevertheless, #e Theoso+hists &on:t 3ollo# Theoso+hy %erely 1ecause #e look u+on it as a
    circu%scri1e& an& restricte& thin!, #hich it %ost e%+hatically is not. We Theoso+hists &on:t
    say to any1o&y: 2,3 you &on:t 1elieve as #e &o, then !et out. This is our circle here an& in it #e
    live an& %ove an& have our 1ein! an& it is 3or us alone.2 "ever &o #e Theoso+hists talk in
    that #ay. ur +lat3or% is so 1roa& an& yet so +ro3oun& that the only +rereHuisite to 3ello#shi+
    in The Theoso+hical *ociety is an honest 1elie3 in /niversal Brotherhoo&. "o#, i3 that isn:t
    1roa& enou!h 3or any1o&y, , #oul& like the o1>ector to sho# %e so%ethin! 1etter.
    "evertheless the Theoso+hical teachin!s are a 3or%ulate& syste% o3 thou!ht ori!inate& 1y
    !reat s+iritual *eers an& *a!es &e+ictin! an& eE+lainin! the structure, o+erations, nature,
    ori!in, an& &estiny o3 the /niverse an& there3ore o3 %an #ho is an inse+ara1le +art o3 that
    /niverse.
    ur teachin!s are &e3inite, clear-cut, #ell &e3ine&, an& satis3y 1oth the heart an& %in& o3
    %an. We are o1li!e& to call ourselves 1y so%e na%e. ;verythin! that eEists %ust 1e ver1ally
    &e3ine& i3 #e are to allu&e to it &e3initely either in thou!ht or in s+eech. We %ust !ive to the
    /niverse a na%e, 1ut every1o&y reco!nises that this is a na%e. ,n3initu&e %ust 1e &e3ine& 1y
    so%e hu%an #or& i3 %en are to
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    allu&e to it in hu%an s+eech.
    The ancient Wis&o%--eli!ion o3 %ankin&, %y Brothers, ho#ever, #as not calle& 1y the
    na%e 2Theoso+hy2 in all other a!es. That is the na%e !iven to it to&ay, si%+ly in or&er to !ive
    +eo+le so%e i&ea o3 #hat it is an& to have so%e na%e to call it 1y. Bein! %erely a na%e, o3
    course it &oes not a&eHuately characteriAe an& eE+lain this ancient Wis&o%--eli!ion o3 the
    hu%an race #hich has eEiste& in all ti%es, a%on! all +eo+les, an& has 1een !iven &i33erent
    na%es in &i33erent a!es.
    ,3 Theoso+hy #ere %erely a ne# #ay o3 eE+lainin! science or one o3 the alrea&y kno#n
    !reat reli!ions or !reat +hiloso+hies, the Huestion o3 the Huerant %i!ht have !oo& sense in it;
    1ut Theoso+hy contains &octrines an& teachin!s #hich are utterly unkno#n in the cci&ent
    to&ay or nearly so, as #ell as the teachin!s #hich o3 course are 3oun& in all the !reat #orl&-
    reli!ions an& #orl& +hiloso+hies. ,t !ives a !ran&, a %a!ni3icent, an i%+osin!, outlook or
    vision on the /niverse an& on hu%an li3e an& eE+lains this vision 1oth in !eneral an& in
    +articular; an& thus you see it is so%ethin! #hich stan&s 1y itsel3, althou!h #e Theoso+hists
    clai%, an& clai% #ith +ositiveness, that it is universal, that is all-inclusive, that it covers all the
    3iel&s o3 every activity o3 the hu%an consciousness. ,t is o1vious, there3ore, that #e %ust !ive
    it a na%e, an& i3 it is, as , have >ust sho#n you it is, so%ethin! so &i33erent 3ro% anythin! else
    that %en are or&inarily accusto%e& to, #e are o1li!e& to !ive it a na%e in or&er to allu&e to it
    #hen s+eakin! o3 it. ,t see%s to %e - an& , say this #ithout any #ish to !ive o33ense to the
    thou!ht3ul Huestioner - that not enou!h thou!ht has 1een &evote& to this Huestion, 1ecause it
    is >uvenile in its restricte& an& narro# vie#s.
    Further%ore, , tell you that #e Theoso+hists have a #ork to &o in the #orl&. That #ork is
    #hat #e are &oin!, or tryin! to &o. Dou co%e here, , su++ose, to learn so%ethin! a1out #hat
    Theoso+hy teaches. *u++ose that #e #ere to a&vertise: 2Co%e to $oint )o%a every *un&ay
    a3ternoon at three o:clock to hear Dr. &e $urucker talk o3 nothin! at all - or #hat is the sa%e
    thin! - talk on everythin!.2 *uch an a&vertise%ent, to %e, #oul& 1e a %a&%an:s
    a&vertise%ent.
    , &on:t think that this Huestion sho#s very &ee+ thou!ht. There are so %any +eo+le in the
    #orl& to&ay - oh, the #oo&s are >ust 3ull o3 the%; an& , have %et %any o3 the% - #ho &on:t
    #ant to 1elon! to anythin!, or to 1elieve anythin! &e3inite. They %erely #ant to 1e s+iritual
    an& intellectual &rea%ers. , have so%eti%es sai& to +eo+le like these: 2Dou have >ust sai& that
    you &on:t #ant to 1elon! to anythin!. 0aven:t you any i&ea o3 or&er, o3 syste%, o3 one-
    +ointe&ness o3 thou!ht an& #ork. Do you kno# ho# thin!s are acco%+lishe& in the #orl&.
    We Theoso+hists have a #ork to &o. We %ust have a %ental an& +sycholo!ical +lo#-+oint.
    Dou cannot +lo# a 3iel& 1y #avin! your ar% over it. That %ay 1e a 1eauti3ul !esture, an& it is
    easy, 1ut it &oes not acco%+lish anythin!. ,t &oes not %ean honest -to-!oo&ness #ork, the
    eEercise o3 #ill-+o#er, the use o3 your intelli!ence. ,3 you #ant to &o anythin!, you %ust set
    3or yourselves a +ro!ra%, you %ust outline your +olicy; you %ust &e3ine your 3iel& o3 thou!ht
    or #ork, an& then !o to it.
    *tu&y Theoso+hy, %y 3rien&s; an& i3 you 3in& that it is circu%scri1e& or li%ite& or shuts
    any1o&y out, anythin! out, then co%e an& tell %e an& , #ill take your han& in thank3ulness 3or
    #hat you have sho#n to %e. But so%e un3ortunate +eo+le are narro#-%in&e&, an& they &on:t
    kno# it, an& consi&er the%selves eEcee&in!ly 1roa&-%in&e&. They are actually so narro#-
    %in&e& that they #ant even heaven 3or the%selves alone - althou!h , have never hear& the%
    say that they #ante& the other +lace 3or the%selves aloneP 6ll this really ori!inates in the 3act
    that these +eo+le have lacke& trainin! in concentrate& thou!ht, an& there3ore are actually
    i%+atient at +eo+le #ho &on:t acce+t their o#n va!ue &i33useness o3 i&eas.
    , a% !oin! to rea& to you a 3unny little +oe% that #as sent in to %e as Huote& in The /$
    E$ 'ibrary (ritic, an interestin! +erio&ical e&ite& an& +u1lishe& 1y the Theoso+hical %o&ern
    5uvenal or satirist, Dr. 0.". *tokes o3 Washin!ton, D.C., a %an o3 trenchant #it, #hose
    3avorite occu+ation in li3e see%s to 1e +rickin! 1u11les o3 3antasy an& 1urstin! 1la&&ers o3
    +retension an& +er3oratin! sha%s. The 3our lines o3 this selection are as 3ollo#s:
    We are the s#eet electe& 3e#;
    May all the rest 1e &a%ne&;
    There:s roo% enou!h in hell 3or you;
    We #on:t have heaven cra%%e&P
    "o#, #e Theoso+hists &on:t think in that #ay. We #ant you to :co%e to heaven: #ith us.
    6n& that is #hy , al#ays a++eal to you to a#aken the inner !o& #ithin you; an& #hen that
    inner &ivinity is a#akene& an& you then 1e!in to see the Iision *u1li%e in your o#n heart
    an& %in&, %y 1rothers, then you are :hooke&.: 6 :Fisher o3 %en: , a%, an& %y 1ait is Truth;
    an& , catch %y :3ish: 1y a#akenin! their o#n inner 1ein!s an& thus !ivin! the% li!ht an& the
    !ran&
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    consciousness o3 a livin!, i%%ortal love. )ove is the ca+tor, an& those #ho love are the
    ca+tives.
    UFro% :uestions )e All As, *econ& *eries, Iol. ,, ++. 191-99V
    '''''''''''''''''
    ON TH1 POOR
    - -.-.
    The vast &is+arity 1et#een %en an& nations can 1e nothin! else than kar%a. 0o# &i&
    these con&itions co%e to 1e. The %ecret 3octrine sho#s that the +atterns an& seHuences
    #ere esta1lishe& at the 1e!innin!, an& re+eat to a !reater or lesser &e!ree... en&lessly. But
    our res+onse an& 1ehavior to +resent con&itions, #ill, i3 a++roache& correctly, hel+ to 1uil& a
    1etter 3uture. 6 century a!o, a si%+ler %ore honest society +re&o%inate&. "ot al#ays 3air, it
    #as 3ar less co%+licate& 1y the intervention o3 tea%in! 1ureaucracies, a!encies, la#s, an&
    authoritarian e&icts 1ent on 2hel+in!2 +eo+le re!ar&less o3 #ant or %erit. "o# the issues are
    clou&e& as never 1e3ore, an& #here the s+irit o3 unsel3ish sharin! #ith those in nee&
    3lourishe&, #e no# 3in& a >a&e& cynicis%. The +ersonal ele%ent has all 1ut 1een erase& in
    3avor o3 the col& i%+ersonality o3 &ole& out checks. We have 1een le!islate& into
    se+arateness. We are tol& ho# to %easure nee&, an& it is in &ollars alone. "ot !iven &irectly,
    1ut throu!h a cu%1erso%e sel3-+er+etuatin! 1ureaucracy, #hose #ell +ai& %inions lan!uish
    in ne# cars. The +eo+le, increasin!ly taEe&, seein! the a1uses, have all 1ut lost sy%+athy 3or
    those in nee&.
    ,n the &e+ression o3 the 1F4G:s, %illions #ent hun!ry, 1ut al%ost no one starve&. $eo+le
    share& the little they ha& 1ecause nee& #as real. To&ay, +anhan&lers are collectin! #eekly
    checks, an& &is&ainin! >o1s 1ecause they %ake %ore on the sly. 0o# &oes one &eter%ine
    #ho is !enuinely nee&y. To&ay:s social #el3are syste% has %a&e 3a%ilies &e+en&ent 3or t#o
    an& three !enerations. Chil&ren are tau!ht the 2syste% o#es the%,2 an& %any school
    teachers rein3orce the notion... thus !overn%ent has create& a 1ur&en u+on the +eo+le, all in
    the na%e o3 2&oin! !oo&.2 *ocial conscience has 1een re+lace& #ith %aterialistic, +olitical,
    socialis%. Does Theoso+hy concur.
    2/nconcerne& a1out +olitics; hostile to the insane &rea%s o3 *ocialis% an& Co%%unis%,
    #hich it a1hors - as 1oth are 1ut &is!uise& cons+iracies o3 1rutal 3orce an& slu!!ishness
    a!ainst honest la1our; the *ociety cares 1ut little a1out the out#ar& hu%an %ana!e%ent o3
    the %aterial #orl&.2 7 Blavatsky, )hat Are Theosophists+ The Theosophist, cto1er, 1CBF,
    +.B8
    When Modern 7anarion #as +u1lishe& in the 1CFG:s, 6nnie Besant &elete& the a1ove
    Huote, as she #as an avo#e& socialist an& li1eral thinker. Why &o socialists think that 1y
    a33or&in! the outer tra++in!s o3 status, na%ely +hysical accouter%ents o3 i%a!e, that they
    have solve& the +ro1le%. Where is it #ritten that the sole %easure o3 a %an:s #orth is his
    a1ility to !ain %oney an& +ro+erty. What o3 sel3 res+ect, +ersonal inte!rity, an& the
    satis3action o3 attain%ent. ... in short, the inner %an. What ha++ens #hen you !ive %oney to
    so%eone in lesser circu%stances. They are i%%e&iately con3ir%e& as 1ein! less. They are
    %a&e su1servient an& in&e1te&, an& you have %a&e the% 3eel in3erior. Dou, #ho have trie& to
    hel+, are the source o3 their resent3ul reaction. Moreover, you have +ost+one& any inclination
    they %ay have ha& to eEtricate the%selves, +rolon!in! their circu%stance. They are no#
    +lace& in a +osition o3 +reten&in! to 1e so%ethin! they &on:t &eserve, #hich en3orces their
    sense o3 e%+tiness. ;ric Fro%%e #rote:
    2...the resent%ent an& hostility 3elt 1y the +oor, is not the result o3 any in>ustice or
    o++ression, 1ut their o#n inner 3eelin! o3 ina&eHuacy.2
    The healin! !i3t o3 the +oor is to instil in the% a #ill to succee&, an& the conviction
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    they have the inner +o#er to chan!e their lives. The ol& sa#, i3 a %an is hun!ry, &on:t !ive
    hi% a 3ish, !ive hi% a 3ishin! +ole, is as true to&ay as #hen 3irst state&. The hu%an 3actor is
    vital. $eo+le %ust 1e allo#e& to %aintain so%e +ersonal &i!nity. 0an&outs &estroy it. But
    #hat o3 the cli%ate that contri1ute& to the overall situation. 0o# can #e 1est #ork to
    e33ectively chan!e 3or the 1etter.
    2...Work, there3ore, to 1rin! a1out the %oral re!eneration o3 the culture& 1ut 3ar %ore
    i%%oral classes 1e3ore you atte%+t to &o the sa%e 3or our i!norant youn!er Brethren. The
    latter #as un&ertaken years a!o, an& is carrie& on to this &ay, yet #ith no +erce+ti1le !oo&
    results. ,t is not evi&ent that the reason 3or this lies in the 3act that UeEce+tV 3or a 3e#, earnest,
    sincere an& all-sacri3icin! #orkers in that 3iel&, the !reat %a>ority o3 the volunteers consists o3
    those sa%e 3rivolous, ultra-sel3ish classes, #ho :+lay at charity: an& #hose i&eas o3 the
    a%elioration o3 the +hysical an& %oral status o3 the +oor are con3ine& to the ho11y that
    %oney an& the Bi1le alone can &o it.2 7Blavatsky, The Tidal )a*e+ 'ucifer, "ove%1er, 1CCF8
    6+ollonius sai& the sa%e thin!. ne shoul& not try to a33ect the 1otto% o3 society, 1e3ore
    one has 3irst re3or%e& the %oral an& ethical nature o3 those at the to+. For as lea&ers, they
    #ill create the %atriE o3 society, an& the #hole #ill 1e in3luence&.
    ''''''''''''''''''
    ON TH1 POOR TOO
    -.-. %akes so%e acute an& true o1servations in the a1ove article, 1ut &oesn:t have the
    #hole +icture, this #riter thinks. 6s in %any areas o3 li3e, 1ut not all, contrary a++roaches %ay
    reach the sa%e en& or %ake +ro!ress to#ar& it. The a%ount o3 e33ort +ut into a +lan, %ost
    any a&eHuate +lan a++lie& #ith sincere %otivation, is #hat &eter%ines its success. 6ltruis% is
    also +art o3 hu%an nature as #ell as the +re&o%inantly &e!ra&e& ethics that cause the &e3eat
    o3 every +lan.
    ne %i!ht ask - 2Who has the %ost !enuine +hiloso+hy - De%ocrats or -e+u1licans,
    Conservatives or )i1erals:.2 as an a+ro+os Huestion in this election year. The ans#er %i!ht
    1e that either +hiloso+hy coul& #ork - in the Huestion o3 the +oor, #el3are, etc., in this case - i3
    there #ere enou!h sincere +ersons a++lyin! enou!h e33ort at solution. The e33ort is #hat
    counts, an& the +hiloso+hy is i%+ortant 1ut secon&ary. The eternal +ro1le% is that there are
    not enou!h sincerely %otivate& +ersons. Most social #orkers are 2lan!uishin! in ne# cars,2
    an& all 1ut a 3e# o3 the 1est-intentione& 1eco%e >a&e& an& &isillusione&. This is #hy there is
    never a +olitical solution to any +ro1le%. There are not enou!h altruistically %otivate&
    +ersons to carry the solutions out - >ust the listless #a!e-earners, the &isillusione&, the
    !ra3ters, an& reci+ients #ho live un&er a >un!le la# o3 survival. 6ltruis% is a central as+ect o3
    Theoso+hy, an& this is true in 3ace o3 the 3act that nearly every e33ort in ai&in! the
    &isa&vanta!e& is &oo%e& to 3ailure. *o &oin! altruistic #ork on the %un&ane level is very,
    very &i33icult #ork.
    The only solution, ulti%ately, to 2the +oor2 is a +hiloso+hic one, the chan!e an& even
    evolution in character o3 those carryin! a +lan out, an& those that 1ene3it 3ro% it. The nearly
    universal reaction o3 2the +oor2 to those #ho try to 2hel+ the% out2 is hatre&. ,t also see%s
    true that &i33erent classes an& races o3 hu%anity are controlle& an& #atche& over 1y &i33erent
    an& so%e#hat anta!onistic classes o3 2!enii2. The %o&e o3 li3e an& 2rules2 that +eo+le live 1y
    are &i33erent.
    Develo+in! o++ortunities 3or the +oor to earn their #ay an& +ro!ress is o3 course the only
    #ay. 0an&-outs only +ro&uce hatre&. There is also a lar!e +ercenta!e that si%+ly cannot take
    care o3 the%selves or 1e sel3-%otivate&. This is >ust a 3act, an& #hat is to 1e &one #ith these
    +eo+le. ,3 all Theoso+hists #ere to take u+ 2charity2 #ork 3ull-ti%e, #ell...
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    it #oul& 1e the en& o3 Theoso+hy. ,t is also true that so%e o3 the 1est +ro+a!an&a 3or
    theoso+hy is 1y eEa%+le. ,t is true too that nearly no one has the ca+acity to &evote all his
    availa1le ti%e to %ental #ork an& +hiloso+hic stu&y. Most all theoso+hists #ho are hi!hly
    %otivate& are inca+a1le o3 intense continual #ork on the %ental level, an& #orkin! #ith the
    less a&vanta!e& !ives an outlet to &o Theoso+hical #ork on the +hysical level. ,t is
    2theoso+hy in action2 an& very &i33icult #ork. ,t also +ro&uces a chan!e o3 1ein!, 3ro% 1rin!in!
    theoso+hical i&eas &o#n into every&ay +hysical li3e. ,t %akes theoso+hy real an& onesel3 as
    an atte%+tin! an& as+irin! theoso+hist a !enuinely &i33erent +erson, instea& o3 so%eone #ho
    lives the sa%e as everyone else 1ut #ith a suitcase o3 i&eas that sel&o% see the li!ht o3 &ay.
    Theoso+hy, #hile it #ill never &ie as a +hiloso+hy 3or the 3e#, the Theoso+hical
    *ocieties %ay 1e &yin! in this &ay an& a!e 3or lack o3 ne# sti%ulus an& ne# li3e. ne %i!ht
    o1serve that the theoso+hical !rou+ that ha& the %ost o1vious intellectual i%+act this century
    - the $oint )o%a Co%%unity o3 the 3irst hal3 o3 this century in Cali3ornia, also involve& itsel3 in
    active social causes - runnin! a school 3or chil&ren, e&ucatin! or+hans, etc. $erha+s there is
    a key here on the relationshi+ 1et#een the s+iritual, intellectual an& the %un&ane.
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    TH1OSOPHICA0 7OCA9U0AR6
    D.;.:s ti%ely article 4ashionable Theosophy< 77roto#onos #(4, ++. 9-<8 conclu&es #ith a
    Huestion: 2Why not honor the theoso+hical voca1ulary in its a1ility to eE+ress the hi!hest an&
    no1lest conce+ts o3 the ancient Wis&o%.2 Why not in&ee&. But that voca1ulary +resents a
    nu%1er o3 +ro1le%s in the 1FFG:s, o3 #hich 2+olitical correctness2 is only one.
    -ea&ers o3 1ooks an& articles #ritten over a hun&re& years a!o, shoul& 1e a#ake to the
    reality that the ;n!lish lan!ua!e has evolve& in the interi%. *tu&ents o3 Theoso+hy,
    es+ecially, shoul& constantly 1ear in %in& that a nu%1er o3 #or&s +enne& 1y early
    Theoso+hical #riters in the 1CBGs an& 1CCGs have, over the intervenin! years, acHuire& ne#
    %eanin!s #hile o3ten retainin! the ol&. ,t is i%+ortant, there3ore, to try to &eter%ine ho# those
    #riters #oul& the%selves have &e3ine& certain ter%s, 1e3ore auto%atically assu%in! current
    usa!e a++lies.
    For eEa%+le, care is reHuire& re!ar&in! the #or& psychic$ When 0.$. Blavatsky use& it
    as a noun, it #as usually to &escri1e a %e&iu%, or a clairvoyant o3 the least s+iritual variety.
    This ter% carries virtually the sa%e %eanin! as to&ay. *o, no +ro1le% #ith the noun.
    6s an a&>ective, ho#ever, psychic #as anneEin! ne# %eanin!s even &urin! the years
    #hen she #as #ritin!. $rior to that ti%e, i.e., u+ until the last Huarter o3 the 1Fth century,
    psychic #as un&erstoo& al%ost eEclusively as +ertainin! to the hu%an soul. 7This #or&
    &erives 3ro% the Greek ,s'#&e #hich #as use& 1y $aul as the +ivotal +rinci+le in his
    three3ol& classi3ication o3 the hu%an constitution: 1o&y, soul, an& s+irit.8 Then, 3ro% the 1CBGs
    on, psychic 1e!an to 1e use& also to &escri1e the +articular ty+es o3 +heno%ena so%eti%es
    %ani3este& in s+iritualistic seances. 6!ain, a3ter 1CC( #hen it #as incor+orate& into the title o3
    the ne#ly 3or%e& *ociety 3or $sychical -esearch, this #or& soon 1eca%e associate& also
    #ith !hosts, +olter!eists an& the like.
    ver the years since, +o+ular usa!e o3 +sychic has 1een increasin!ly a++lie& in a
    &ero!atory sense, o3ten associate& #ith the %ercenary eE+loitation #hich has lon! 1een +art
    o3 the su+erstitious 3ear o3 the unkno#n. 77sychic fairs, 3or eEa%+le, no# see% to 1e a
    re!ular 3eature o3 the current scene, an& their a&vertise%ents a++ro+riately a++ear in the
    entertain%ent +a!es.8
    ,n %ost o3 her #ritin!s, ho#ever, Blavatsky use& this &escri+tive #or& in a sense closer to
    the ori!inal. For eEa%+le, in The %ecret
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    3octrine+ #hich 1ook she &escri1e& as 1ein! concerne& #ith, inter alia+ 2+sychic cycles2
    7*.D. 11: BF98; an& in one instance eHuate& psychic #ith 2se%i-&ivine2 71:(=B8. 6!ain, on
    nearly every occasion #here psychic is e%+loye& in The Mahatma 'etters to A$7$ %innett it is
    in a sense close to the ori!inal. There3ore, in these 1ooks at least, the #or& psychic shoul&
    not 1e construe& in a ne!ative connotation unless the conteEt su!!ests other#ise.
    ,nci&ently, psychism+ a #or& she use& 1ut in3reHuently, she once eHuate& #ith 1lack
    %a!ic 7BCW Q,: 9F<8.
    -eincarnation is another #or& #hich #as in transition at a critical +erio& o3 theoso+hical
    literature. Most rea&ers o3 the very earliest Theoso+hical #ritin!s +ro1a1ly ha& a va!ue
    conce+t o3 this ter%. ;Ece+tions #ere the French s+iritists, #ho 1elieve& 6llan ?ar&ec
    teachin! o3 the i%%e&iate re1irth o3 the ,erson"!it'. 6ctually, the #or& incarnation a++ears
    only in3reHuently in 2sis 0n*eiled, an& %ostly in the ?ar&ec conteEt. ,t is this #hich has !iven
    rise to the %yth that Blavatsky &enie& reincarnation in that 1ook, #hereas 3or the %ost +art
    she #as +uttin! &o#n ?ar&ecis%. This #as eE+laine& in The Mahatma 'etters to A$7$ %innett
    7+. 1C4 S 1CG 4r& e&.8. *everal years later, Blavatsky hersel3 &re# attention to the a++arent
    contra&iction in an e&itorial 3ootnote to a letter +u1lishe& in 'ucifer. This is to 1e 3oun& in her
    (ollected )ritin#s 7BCW Q: (1<3n8.
    6s a !eneral rule, this eE+lanation a++lies to %ost o3 her #ritin!s +rior to a1out 1CC(,
    #hen the seven-+rinci+le& hu%an constitution #as ela1orate&. This %a&e +ossi1le an
    un&erstan&a1le eE+lanation o3 true reincarnation #hich, in association #ith kar%a, therea3ter
    1eca%e a core teachin! in the %o&ern theoso+hic +hiloso+hy.
    7sycholo#y an& socialism are other i%+ortant #or&s #hich no lon!er carry the sa%e
    %eanin!s as in 1Fth century usa!e. "ot to 1ela1our the +oint, 1ut %o&ern rea&ers shoul& 1e
    care3ul not to %ake assu%+tions concernin! the early Theoso+hical voca1ulary.
    - T.G.D.
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    TANTRA- HATHA 6OGA AND TH1OSOPH6
    - 0.$. Blavatsky
    2...the science o3 0atha-Do!a rests u+on the :su++ression o3 1reath,: or $ranaya%a, to
    #hich eEercise our Masters are unani%ously o++ose&. For #hat is $ranaya%a. )iterally
    translate&, it %eans the :&eath o3 7vital8 1reath.2 $rana, as sai&, is not 5iva, the eternal 3ount o3
    li3e i%%ortal, nor is it connecte& in any #ay #ith $ranava, as so%e think, 3or $ranava is a
    synony% o3 6/M in a %ystic sense. 6ll that has ever 1een tau!ht +u1licly an& clearly a1out it
    is to 1e 3oun& in 1ature?s 4iner 4orces$ ,3 such &irections, ho#ever, are 3ollo#e&, they can
    only lea& to 1lack %a!ic an& %e&iu%shi+. *everal i%+atient Chelas, #ho% #e kne#
    +ersonally in ,n&ia, #ent in 3or the +ractice o3 0atha-Do!a, not#ithstan&in! our #arnin!s. 3
    these, t#o &evelo+e& consu%+tion, o3 #hich one &ie&; the others 1eca%e al%ost i&iotic;
    another co%%itte& suici&e; an& one &evelo+e& into a re!ular Tantrika, a 1lack %a!ician, 1ut
    his career, 3ortunately 3or hi%sel3, #as cut short 1y &eath.2
    2...the +ractice o3 the Five Breaths results in &ea&ly in>ury, 1oth +hysiolo!ically, an&
    +sychically, as alrea&y sho#n. ,t is in&ee& that #hich is calle&, $ranaya%a, or the :&eath o3
    the 1reath,: 3or it results, 3or the +racticer, in &eath - in %oral &eath al#ays, an& in +hysical
    &eath very 3reHuently.2
    2...The stu&ent %ay no# learn #hy no one can +ro+erly or #ith sa3ety enter on the stu&y
    o3 $ractical ccultis%, in the real sense o3 the #or&, unless he or she is a celi1ate, an& #hy
    any #ho !et hol& o3 so%e o3 the 0atha-Do!a eEercises, an& #ho 1e!in to +ractice the% in the
    %i&st o3 an or&inary 3a%ily li3e, or #hile livin! in a loose #ay seEually, %ust, i3 to any eEtent
    success3ul, 1rin! u+on the%selves +hysical &isease, an& very likely %a&ness. The *+inal
    Cor& +uts into connection the Brain an& Generative r!ans, an& this connection is 3urther
    stren!thene& 1y the *y%+athetic *yste%. The Cor&, ho#ever, !ives an o+en +assa!e, #hich
    o+ens into the i%+ortant cavities o3 the Brain. ;Ecite%ent o3 the Generative r!ans sen&s u+
    i%+ulses an& su1tle essences to the Brain 1y #ay o3 the s+inal canals. "o# the three vital
    airs are rule& 1y the Will, an& Will an& Desire are the hi!her an& lo#er as+ects o3 one an& the
    sa%e thin!. These airs, as sai&, +lay in the canals, an& hence the i%+ortance o3 their
    a1solute +urity. For i3 they soil the vital airs ener!iAe& 1y the Will, &isease results
    --- 1G
    at the 1est, Black Ma!ic at the #orst. There3ore all seEual intercourse is 3or1i&&en to the
    stu&ents o3 $ractical ccultis%.2
    @ 5la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s+ Q,, ++. =1<, =((, BG( 8
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    TH1 1ARTH
    ... ne ni!ht #hen , ha& taste& 1itterness , #ent out on to the hill. Dark heather checke&
    %y 3eet. Belo# %arche& the su1ur1an street la%+s. Win&o#s, their curtains &ra#n, #ere shut
    eyes, in#ar&ly #atchin! the lives o3 &rea%s. Beyon& the seas:s level &arkness a li!hthouse
    +ulse&. verhea&, o1scurity.
    , &istin!uishe& our o#n house, our islet in the tu%ultuous an& 1itter currents o3 the #orl&.
    There, 3or a &eca&e an& a hal3, #e t#o, so &i33erent in Huality, ha& !ro#n in an& in to one
    another, 3or %utual su++ort an& nourish%ent, in intricate sy%1iosis. There &aily #e +lanne&
    our several un&ertakin!s, an& recounte& the &ay:s o&&ities an& veEations. There letters +ile&
    u+ to 1e ans#ere&, socks to 1e &arne&. There the chil&ren #ere 1orn, those su&&en ne#
    lives. There, un&er that roo3, our o#n t#o lives, recalcitrant so%eti%es to one another, #ere
    all the #hile thank3ully one, one lar!er, %ore conscious li3e than either alone.
    6ll this, surely, #as !oo&. Det there #as 1itterness. 6n& 1itterness not only inva&e& us
    3ro% the #orl&; it #elle& u+ also #ithin our o#n %a!ic circle. For horror at our 3utility, at our
    o#n unreality, an& not only at the #orl&:s &eliriu%, ha& &riven %e out on to the hill.
    We #ere al#ays hurryin! 3ro% one little ur!ent task to another, 1ut the u+shot #as
    unsu1stantial. 0a& #e, +erha+s, %isconceive& our #hole eEistence. Were #e, as it #ere,
    livin! 3ro% 3alse +re%ises. 6n& in +articular, this +artnershi+ o3 ours, this see%in!ly so #ell-
    1ase& 3ulcru% 3or activity in the #orl&, #as it a3ter all nothin! 1ut a little e&&y o3 co%+lacent
    an& in!ro#n &o%esticity, ine33ectively #hirlin! on the sur3ace o3 the !reat 3luE, havin! in itsel3
    no &e+th o3 1ein!, an& no si!ni3icance. 0a& #e +erha+s a3ter all &eceive& ourselves. Behin&
    those ra+t #in&o#s &i& #e, like so %any others, in&ee& live only a &rea%. ,n a sick #orl&
    even the hale are sick. 6n& #e t#o, s+innin! our little li3e %ostly 1y rote, sel&o% #ith clear
    co!niAance, sel&o% #ith 3ir% intent, #ere +ro&ucts o3 a sick #orl&.
    Det this li3e o3 our #as not all sheer an& 1arren 3antasy. Was it not s+un 3ro% the actual
    3i1res o3 reality, #hich #e !athere& in #ith all the co%in!s an& !oin!s throu!h our &oor, all our
    tra33ic #ith the su1ur1 an& the city an& #ith re%oter cities, an& #ith the en&s o3 the earth. 6n&
    #ere #e not s+innin! to!ether an authentic eE+ression o3 our o#n nature. Di& not our li3e
    issue &aily as %ore or less 3ir% threa&s o3 active livin! an& %esh itsel3 into the !ro#in! #e1,
    the intricate, ever-+roli3eratin! +attern o3 %ankin&.
    , consi&ere& 2us2 #ith Huiet interest an& a kin& o3 a%use& a#e. 0o# coul& , &escri1e our
    relationshi+ even to %ysel3 #ithout either &is+ara!in! it or insultin! it #ith the ta#&ry
    &ecoration o3 senti%entality. For this our &elicate 1alance o3 &e+en&ence an& in&e+en&ence,
    this coolly critical, shre#&ly ri&iculin!, 1ut lovin! %utual contact, #as surely a %icrocos% o3
    true co%%unity, #as a3ter all in its si%+le style an actual an& livin! eEa%+le o3 that hi!h !oal
    #hich the #orl& seeks.
    The #hole #orl&. The #hole universe. verhear&, o1scurity unveile& a star. ne
    tre%ulous arro# o3 li!ht, +ro>ecte& ho# %any thousan&s o3 years a!o, no# stun! %y nerves
    #ith vision, an& %y heart #ith 3ear. For in such a universe as this #hat si!ni3icance coul&
    there 1e in our 3ortuitous, our 3rail, our evanescent co%%unity.
    But no# irrationally , #as seiAe& #ith a stran!e #orshi+, not, surely o3 the star, that %ere
    3urnace #hich %ere &istance 3alsely sancti3ie&, 1ut o3 so%ethin! other, #hich the &ire contrast
    o3 the star an& us si!ni3ie& to the heart. Det #hat, #hat coul& thus 1e si!ni3ie&. ,ntellect,
    +eerin! 1eyon& the star, &iscovere& no *tar Maker, 1ut only &arkness; no )ove, no $o#er
    even, 1ut only "othin!. 6n& yet the heart +raise&.
    - la3 *ta+le&on UFro% %tarmaerV
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    :AR2A NOW AND :AR2A TH1N
    ,n the 1i! vie# o3 thin!s it is i%+ossi1le to #ron! anyone. The ne!ative act an& later
    +ositive 2re#ar&2 or >ustice 3or the victi% is really all one action. The later >ustice is inherent in
    1ein! victi%iAe&. Cause an& e33ect is 2one thin!2 or one event in s+ace-ti%e, so to s+eak.
    While three &i%ensions has ti%e 1ein! +asse& throu!h in an in3inite concatenation o3 cause
    in e33ect. ,3 one #ere to see thin!s in 3our &i%ensions, or in #hich all ti%e is in a stasis, or
    eternity, or in #hich ti%e is an alrea&y co%+lete &i%ension o3 s+ace - then a cause an& e33ect
    2unit2 %i!ht 1e seen as an eEistence or thin! in itsel3.
    Mr. Q 1an!in! Mr. D over the hea& in 1FF= C.;. eEists as a sin!le unit #ith 1oth
    reincarnatin! in 41<G C.;., !ettin! into an aero-car acci&ent, #ith Mr. Q !oin!, to the hos+ital
    an& Mr. D 3ro% insurance !ettin! a ne# aero-car to re+lace his >unker.
    *o in the 1i! +icture it is i%+ossi1le to #ron! anyone, #hich isn:t an eEcuse to &o 1a&
    thin!s 1ecause o3 course the #ron!-&oer still +ays the kar%a. ,n the short ter%, usin!
    %achiavellian %etho&s o3ten +ays o33 1ecause kar%a is usually a slo# %over. This %akes it
    har& to %aintain the hi!h !roun& 1ecause in the short run ethical 1ehavior is %ore o3ten than
    not a loser to the unethical. The in&ivi&ual or +ersonality #ho is #ron!e& %ay never in this
    incarnation an& +ersonality see >ustice, 1ecause kar%a is so slo# %ovin!. *o the in&ivi&ual
    #ho strives to %aintain the ethical hi!h !roun& is al%ost sure to 1e a %artyr >ust 1ase& on the
    kar%a 3ro% one li3eti%e. *o #hen so%eone 3in&s hi%sel3 #ron!e& - 3ro% one si&e o3 the
    Huestion, it is a cause 3or >oy, 1ecause so%ethin! !oo& also >ust ha++ene& to hi% in the
    eventuality o3 ti%e. Dou can:t 3ool Mother "ature.
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    PROTOGONOS is an in&e+en&ent Theoso+hical +u1lication +u1lishe& 9 to = ti%es a year.
    *u1scri+tion is G.B< +er issue. *u1%issions an& corres+on&ence #elco%e. ;&itor: Mark
    5aHua.....
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    T1ACH1R AND 4RI1ND
    - 5ose+h 0. Fussell
    To %ost Westerners the Q,Qth Century has 1een an& is the a!e o3 co%%on-sense an&
    scienti3ic accuracy. The tales o3 3airylan& an& o3 the kni!hts o3 ol& are +leasin! stories 3or
    chil&hoo&. The stories o3 ?in! 6rthur an& the ?ni!hts o3 the -oun& Ta1le, o3 *ir Gallaha& an&
    the %ystic Huest, %ay 1e !oo& su1>ects to &eli!ht chil&ren or 3or +oets to cele1rate in i&yll an&
    son!, 1ut in so1er truth - such is the ver&ict - the science o3 thin!s has nau!ht to &o #ith
    the%. 0istory %ay tell us that no &ou1t such a hero as Cucullain o3 ,relan& actually live&, 1ut
    that it #oul& 1e 3olly to 1elieve all that tra&ition tells o3 his valorous &ee&s. *o too, history
    allo#s eEistence to Ca!liostro an& *t. Ger%ain, 1ut o3 course -historically, that is - these %en
    never &i& the %arvelous thin!s relate& o3 the% 1ut #ere i%+ostors an& charlatans. Mo&ern
    science, alas, is not the science o3 li3e, 1ut o3 t&ings- o3 eEternals a+art 3ro% the livin! verities
    o3 #hich they are 1ut the +heno%ena; an& %o&ern history has !iven us 1ut the husk o3 the
    &oin!s o3 %en; the #heat is not there, livin! %en are not there +ortraye&. ,3 #e #ish to kno#
    the !iing %en o3 the +ast #e %ust turn to tra&ition an& le!en& han&e& &o#n 3ro% !eneration
    to !eneration an& here an& there recor&e& in the #ritin!s o3 so%e ancient - not %o&ern an&
    scienti3ically accurate - historian.
    What #ill 1e the ver&ict o3 history on the lives o3 0. $. Blavatsky an& W. J. 5u&!e. What
    ver&ict has alrea&y 1een !iven on their #ork 1y the #orl&. Whatever %ay 1e the ver&ict o3
    the 3uture, #e #ho have kno#n 0.$.B. an& W.J.5. kno# also ho# little un&erstoo& these t#o
    !reat souls have 1een &urin! their lives. Det it is 3ro% this %isun&erstan&in! an&
    %isinter+retation o3 the% an& their #ork 1y the #orl& at lar!e an& 1y the accurate scientists o3
    to&ay that in the or&inary course o3 events, i3 #e %ay >u&!e 3ro% the +ast, the historical
    ver&ict o3 the 3uture #ill 1e &ra#n.
    But, thank heavenP a livin! tra&ition #ill also 1e han&e& &o#n 3or the !enerations to
    co%e an& #ill serve as incentive 3or rene#e& e33ort in the 3uture, to ourselves %ay1e #hen #e
    co%e a!ain to this earth, a#akenin! a!ain the inner reco!nition o3 the% in our hearts an& the
    stron! &esire to hel+ hu%anity an& to serve even as they serve&.
    ,t is not, ho#ever, al#ays sa3e to 3oretell the 3uture %erely in accor&ance #ith the recor&
    o3 the outer eE+erience o3 a 3e# hun&re& years, an& +erha+s the science o3 thin!s #ill so%e
    &ay 1eco%e a 2lost art2 an& the history o3 the husks o3 li3e a 3or!otten lan!ua!e, !ivin! +lace
    once a!ain - 3or it has not al#ays hel& s#ay - to livin! tra&ition. This rests lar!ely #ith us, the
    %e%1ers o3 the T.*., an&, i3 #e continue the #ork #hich 0.$.B. an& W.J.5. have 1e!un, not
    only #ill their na%es live in the heart o3 hu%anity 1ut the tra&ition an& %e%ory o3 their &ee&s
    an& teachin!s in the 3ar +ast, in a!e a3ter a!e, century a3ter century, as Warrior, $hiloso+her
    or *eer, #ill revive once %ore; an& also, #ith that %e%ory, #ill co%e a!in the kno#le&!e o3
    the &ivine herita!e an& +o#ers o3 %an an& the stren!th to achieve.
    There %ay 1e so%e #ho &o not kno# that W.5.J. 5u&!e #rote un&er several other
    na%es, t#o o3 #hich #ere Bryan ?innavan an& Willia% Brehon. 6nyone %ay see 3or hi%sel3
    ho# &istinctive #as the style o3 each o3 these assu%e& 7.8 characters. 6n&, %ay1e, i3 you
    have intuition, Bryan ?innavan %ay tell you so%e o3 the events #hich ha++ene& in +revious
    lives to hi% #ho #e kne# in this li3e as Willia% J. 5u&!e.
    Most o3 us #ho ca%e into close association #ith W.J.5. use& to s+eak o3 hi% as the
    Chie3, an& here , #ish to s+eak o3 the Chie3 as a Teacher, 3or there #ere hun&re&s in the T.*.
    #ho looke& u+on an& #rote to hi% as such. , s+eak +articularly o3 this as , acte& as his
    +rivate secretary in such %atters. "ever have , kno#n the chie3 to turn a &ea3 ear to an
    earnest stu&ent or to &isre!ar& a sincere Huestion. 6n& also never &i& he try to %ysti3y his
    +u+ils an& never &i& he +ara&e his !reater kno#le&!e. 6n& yet %any askin! out o3 %ere
    curiosity have ha& +retty severe treat%ent an& those #ho ca%e to hi% %erely to criticiAe
    rarely sa# the stron! +ure li!ht #hich shone out o3 his eyes to encoura!e those #ho ca%e to
    hi% 3or ai&. , kno# there #ere so%e #ho 3or a ti%e 3elt very 1itter a!ainst the Chie3 1ecause
    o3 his 3irst treat%ent o3 the%, 1ut such a 3eelin! &i& not usually last lon!, 1ut !ave +lace to
    love an& to an un&erstan&in! o3 the #is&o% o3 that treat%ent.
    We all kno# ho# lar!e a +art conventionality an& social +retense +lay in our lives an&
    #e %ust kno# too that unless the thick veils #hich have thus !ro#n over the soul 1e torn
    asi&e #e can never see anythin! 1ut &istorte& i%a!es an& can never truly kno# ourselves or
    the #orl& aroun& us.
    ,n all cases it see%s to have 1een the Chie3:s &esire to hel+ those #ho ca%e to hi% to
    1reak throu!h these veils, an& %any an& %any a ti%e has he +ushe& a!ainst so%e little - or
    !reat - i&iosyncrasy o3 conventionality, +ri&e, sel3-estee% or te%+er until the 1reakin! +oint
    has 1een reache& an& there has 1een an out1urst
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    on the +art o3 the +oor visitor. Det the Chie3 &i& all this #isely, kin&ly, an& #hen the out1urst
    ca%e so that one coul& see one:s sel3 3ace to 3ace, an& #hat latent +ossi1ilities, 1oth !oo&
    an& 1a&, one ha& in one:s sel3 , then too ca%e the #ise counsel an& !reetin! to the very soul.
    ,n 3act W.J.5.:s %etho& see%e& al#ays to hel+ us to hel+ ourselves, to kno# ourselves,
    to un&erstan& our o#n i%+er3ections an& also to kno# our o#n +ossi1ilities. 0e an& 0.$.B.
    #ere alike in this as in %any other res+ects. "o one coul& 1e #ith either 3or any len!th o3 ti%e
    - so%eti%es one visit #as enou!h - #ithout sho#in! his or her real character. ,t #as as
    thou!h such an one #ere 1rou!ht 3ace to 3ace #ith hi%sel3 an& sa# hi%sel3 stri++e& o3 his
    %ask an& o3 all conventionality an& +retense. *o%e, ho#ever, re3use& to +ro3it 1y this,
    +re3errin! still to +reten& to the #orl& to 1e #hat they #ere not, an& so%e a3ter#ar&s char!e&
    0.$.B. an& W.J.5. #ith all the evil #hich #as in their o#n natures an& #hich ha& they ha& the
    coura!e to ackno#le&!e an& 3ace it, they %i!ht have conHuere& 3or ever, 1y the ai& o33ere&
    the% 1y these !reat souls. ,t %ust not 1e thou!ht that in such cases only the 1a& si&e o3 the
    nature #as &is+laye&, 1ut also the +ossi1ilities 3or !oo& an& an incentive !iven to +ut these
    into action. The real nature, #hatever it #as, sho#e& itsel3.
    thers %ay +erha+s s+eak o3 the occult +heno%ena, an& there #ere %any such,
    +er3or%e& 1y the Chie3 , 1ut let %e say that the Chie3 sho#e& hi%sel3 an ccultist, an 6&e+t,
    in the co%+lete kno#le&!e o3 %en #hich he +ossesse& an& in the ai& #hich he !ave,
    a&a+te& to the +eculiar nee&s o3 each.
    For coura!e an& 3earlessness, 3or in&o%ita1le #ill an& untirin! ener!y, 3or un3linchin!
    +er3or%ance o3 &uty, 3or sel3-sacri3icin! love 3or the *ociety, #hose !reat o1>ect is the u+li3tin!
    o3 hu%anity, , have not %et the eHual o3 our Chie3. More than that, he #ith 0.$.B. stan& out
    an& in later centuries #ill stan& out as t#o o3 the Great *ouls o3 the a!es, as t#o o3 the
    hel+ers, saviors, 3rien&s, o3 hu%anity.
    ,s this a 3airy tale, a %yth, a le!en& o3 so%e hero #ho lives only in %y 3ancy. Be it so, ,
    a% a 1eliever in 3airy tales an& +re3er the !os+el o3 li3e to the !os+el o3 thin!s, an& the
    &octrine o3 the &ivinity o3 %an an& o3 the eEistence o3 our ;l&er Brothers to that o3 ori!inal
    sin3ulness an& &ea& level hu%anity. We have ha& one o3 the !reat heroes o3 the #orl& #ith us
    an& , count it the !reatest o3 +rivile!es to have serve& un&er hi% an& to kno# hi% as %y
    Frien&.
    7Theosophical Mo*ement+ Dec., 1FF<, The 7ath+ 5uly 1CF=8
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    01TT1RS
    2... on the Wayne ?ell article in 7roto#onos #(4: This 3ine article %akes so%e vital
    +oints that !ave rise to a 3e# thou!hts. The 3irst is the 3utility o3 tryin! to satis3y the aca&e%ic
    #orl&, #hich #ill have no +roo3s 1ut their o#n. ?ervan, in his 5iolo#ical Transmutations,
    &iscovere& that a !er%inatin! see& actually un&er!oes a trans%utation o3 1asic ele%ents,
    an& the hu%an 1o&y &oes the sa%e, yet this 3or%er hea& o3 the French $u1lic 0ealth syste%,
    #as casti!ate& #ithout %ercy an& i!nore&. Christo+her Bir&, author o3 The 3i*inin# >and,
    an& co-author o3 The %ecret 'ife of 7lants+ sho#e& that #ater is +ro&uce& in soli& rock, calle&
    1y &o#ser Iernon 0o#ar& 2ne# #ater2; rock #ells +ro&uce re!ar&less o3 the #ater ta1le.
    *cience #ill hear none o3 it. Better to &ance aroun& this slu%1erin! &inosaur, than try to
    a#aken it #ith the li!ht o3 kno#le&!e.
    ,n re!ar& to the +reservation o3 ancient kno#le&!e in oral tra&itions, see the state%ent
    in the Arybhatiya of Aryabhata, an astrono%ical +oe% translate& 1y Walter Clark, /niv. o3
    Chica!o, 1F(=; in this +rotracte& e+ic co%%itte& to native %e%ory, he &iscovere& the
    nu%erical value o3 the syla1les in the line &escri1in! the %oon:s rotation aroun& the earth,
    #hen rea& 1ack#ar&s, !ave that ti%e to an accuracy o3 several &eci%al +laces. Thus, an
    i!norant +easant #as un#ittin!ly +reservin! a hi!h &e!ree o3 technical kno#le&!e.
    6s to leavin! theoso+hical re+rints unchan!e&, a lau&itory an& aEio%atic &ictu%, 3or!ive
    %e 3or %entionin! that Modern 7anarion U1y BlavatskyV re+rinte& in !oo& 3aith 1y Theoso+hy
    Co%+any, #as e&ite& 1y 6nnie Besant - an avo#e& socialist. ,n the article )hat is
    Theosophy< Besant has: 2/nconcerne& #ith +olitics, the theoso+hist cares little 3or the outer
    #orl&.2 ,n the Theosophist Ucto1er, 1CBF, +. B1V #e 3in&: 2/nconcerne& a1out +olitics; hostile
    to the insane &rea%s o3 *ocialis% an& Co%%unis%, #hich it a1hors - as 1oth are 1ut
    &is!uise& cons+iracies o3 1rutal 3orce an& slu!!ishness a!ainst honest la1our; the *ociety
    cares 1ut little a1out the out#ar& hu%an %ana!e%ent o3 the %aterial #orl&.2 Theoso+hy
    Co%+any has inserte& a correction sli+. ;ternal Ii!ilance.2
    - -.-.
    2... ?ee+in! Tal1ot Mun&y:s na%e an& #ritin!s to the 3ore is a #orth#hile service...2 -
    T.G.D.
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    PROTOGONOS
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    CONT1NTS5 -i!hts, Duties, $rivile!es ... ;&!e ...1; Da#n - 6 Messa!e 3or
    1FF=....Theosophical Mo*ement ...4; The $erverse in 0u%an "ature .....$oe ....<; 2Goin!
    GhaAi2.......... )o#ell Tho%as ...B; Juantu% )evels o3 ;rror an& Iirtue ....Daha...C;
    $er+etual Fla%es .....-o11...F; Will ;very1o&y Make ,t....1G
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    ...Dea3 si!htless to#ers
    /nen&o#e& yet #ith li3e;
    *oarin! vast e33ort
    *+ent in the sky till it 1reaks there.
    Dou %en o3 %y country
    Who sha+e& these +rou& visions,
    Dou have yet to 3in& !o&hea&
    "ot here, 1ut in the hu%an heart.
    - 5ohn Goul& Fletcher
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    2... The trou1le #ith so%e theoso+hical as+irants is that they #aste the stren!th o3 their
    lives lookin! at the !oal ahea& rather than at the i%%e&iate %o%ents an& secon&s o3 #hich
    the $ath is co%+ose&; an& so their 1etter selves 1eco%e eEhauste&. They shoul& let the
    Bea%in! Thou!ht +our itsel3 into each arrivin! %o%ent an& 1e in&i33erent to the %orro#. ne
    can 3in& in every instant o3 ti%e, i3 one has the &esire, the &oor into #orl&s o3 !ol&en
    o++ortunity, the !ate#ay to a !lorious +ath stretchin! out into the li%itless ;ternal.2
    - ?atherine Tin!ley +ara+hrasin! an 6&e+t. U)isdom of the >eart, +. 4<1V
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    RIGHTS- DUTI1S- PRI7I01G1S
    - 0enry T. ;&!e
    n 6u!ust 9, 1BCF, a lar!e an& unruly $arlia%ent o3 eEcite& %en sat in a hall at
    Iersailles. ,t #as the "ational 6sse%1ly o3 revolutionary France, an& it #as 3ra%in! a ne#
    constitution 3or the country. But #hat #as a!itatin! the asse%1ly at the %o%ent #as the
    +rea%1le to that constitution - a Declaration the -i!hts o3 Man. *u&&enly one o3 the %e%1ers
    inter+ose& #ith an a%en&%ent. 0e +ro+ose& that the Declaration o3 -i!hts o3 Man shoul&
    also 1e a Declaration o3 the Duties o3 Man. 0is a%en&%ent #as i%+atiently re>ecte&, the
    %a>ority 1ein! <B< a!ainst 944; an& the asse%1ly +rocee&e& to a&o+t al%ost unani%ously
    the %otion that +rea%1le shoul& consist only o3 a Declaration -i!hts.
    0u%an nature has not chan!e& %uch since then. We still hear %uch a1out the ri!hts o3
    %an. 61out the &uties #e &o not hear Huite so %uch. The lesson is a++lica1le to the +resent
    situation, i3 at all.
    When #e &e%an& our ri!hts, or +ro%ise other +eo+le their ri!hts, the %otive concerne&
    is sel3-interest, the sel3-interest o3 an in&ivi&ual or o3 a class. When &uties are s+oken o3, it is
    conscience that is a++eale& to. Which is 1etter 3or the #el3are an& +ro!ress o3 the in&ivi&ual -
    sel3-interest or conscience. Which is 1etter 3or the #el3are o3 the co%%unity.
    This %ention o3 ri!hts an& &uties su!!ests that they are o++ose& to each other. -i!hts are
    +leasant thin!s, an& &uties are +ain3ul thin!s. -i!hts are #hat #e #ant an& can:t !et, an&
    &uties are #hat #e !et an& can:t #ant. *o +erha+s it is a&visa1le to 3in& another #or& that #ill
    suit the case 1etter. That is #hy the #or& :$rivile!es: #as chosen 3or the thir& o3 our title.
    What are the $rivile!es o3 Man. Do they inclu&e the -i!hts or the Duties or so%e or
    1oth.
    , 1elieve that a %an:s -i!hts an& Duties an& $rivile!es are really all one an& the sa%e
    thin!. But the #or& :-i!hts,: in this case, %eans so%ethin! that #"nnot 1e taken a#ay 3ro% a
    %an. 0e &oes not have to cla%or 3or this kin& o3 -i!hts; no one can &o hi% out o3 the%.
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    To 1e a Man, a hu%an 1ein! - is not that +rivile!e enou!h. Does it not con3er +o#er
    enou!h. For #hat is Man.
    6n ancient e%1le% re+resents hi% as havin! a hu%an hea&, the 1o&y o3 a lion, an& the
    #in!s o3 an ea!le. The hu%an hea& re+resents %an:s intellect; the lion:s 1o&y, his &arin! an&
    #ill-+o#er; the ea!le:s #in!s, his +o#er o3 as+iration. With these &ivine !i3ts, %an can %ake
    hi%sel3 #hat he #ill; an& yet he a1ro!ates the% an& cla%ors 3or lesser thin!s he calls his
    ri!hts.
    We &o not nee& to cla%or 3or our ri!hts; #e only nee& to re#ognise the%. The real
    ri!hts o3 %an are his (irt&rig&ts, an& #e kno# that he is 1orn o3 the *+irit as #ell as o3 the
    3lesh. )east#ise, ho#ever the &octrine an& theolo!y %ay run, it is an in&is+uta1le 3act that
    you an& , are so%eho# %ysteriously en&o#e& #ith a Min& an& a 0eart an& a Will an& !oo&
    %any other thin!s that %oney cannot 1uy an& thieves cannot steal. The sooner #e reco!nise
    these !i3ts, the sooner #e shall have our -i!hts. The sooner #e eEercise these !i3ts, the
    sooner #e shall &o our Duties. 6n&, as to $rivile!es, all this #ill 1e +rivile!e enou!h an& to
    s+are. )et us clai% our Birthri!hts.
    Woul& you like to 1e a stron! %an or a #eak %an. 6 stron! %an is sel3-&e+en&ent, 1ut a
    #eak %an is al#ays leanin! on other +eo+le. The #eak %an has his eyes 3iEe& on the +ast
    an& on the 3uture, 1ut never on the +resent. The 3uture is al#ays !ettin! a#ay 3ro% hi% as he
    !oes, like his sha&o# thro#n 1e3ore hi%; an& the +ast is al#ays rece&in! 3ro% hi%. nly the
    +resent stays #ith hi%, 1ut this he see%s to have no use 3or. 0e is the un+ractical %an. The
    #eak %an is a33ecte& 1y the o+inions o3 others, 1y +raise an& 1la%e; he is alternately
    eEhilarate& an& &e+resse& 1y the turns o3 3ortune. 0e lives in an at%os+here o3 eE+ectation
    an& 3ear an& is a creature o3 vain e%otion. The stron! %an si%+ly takes his li3e as he 3in&s it
    an& acts stron!ly here an& no# in the +resent +lace an& the +resent %o%ent.
    Why 1e a #eaklin!. Why not 3ace 1ol&ly the li3e in #hich you 3in& yoursel3 an& &eter%ine
    to utiliAe your #on&er3ul resources to the 3ull. *urely it is the venturous %an #ho &iscovers
    thin!s. The %an #ho #aits 3or a lea& never starts at all. Det ho# %any +eo+le there are to&ay
    #ho say 3ee1ly that they &o not kno# the %ysteries o3 li3e, an& that they can never kno#;
    +eo+le #ho &e%an& to 1e sho#n 1e3ore they #ill %ove; +eo+le #ho #ill stay #here they are
    until they can see so%ethin!, 1etter. These +eo+le &o not realise that it is o3ten necessary to
    take a ste+ 3irst 1e3ore you can see #here to +lant the neEt ste+.
    ,3 you #oul& &iscover so%ethin! a1out the %ysteries o3 your o#n nature, you %ust
    have 3aith enou!h an& !rit enou!h to start. Dou %ust not #ait 3or kno#le&!e to 3all into your
    la+. The kin!&o% o3 heaven has to 1e taken 1y %i!ht; it #ill not thro# itsel3 at our hea&s.
    When #e try to i%a!ine the 3uture o3 hu%anity, an& can think o3 nothin! 1etter than a lot
    o3 +eo+le, o3 &i33erent classes, all cla%orin! 3or #hat they consi&er their ri!hts, #e &o not !et
    a very e&i3yin! +icture. What is nee&e& is that +eo+le shoul& 1e tau!ht to reco!nise their
    +rivile!es - the ri!hts that they have, not the ri!hts that they think they ou!ht to have. 2*eek
    ye 3irst the kin!&o% o3 Go& an& his ri!hteousness, an& all these thin!s shall 1e a&&e& unto
    you.2 %eans that, i3 you atten& to your &uties, your ri!hts #ill take care o3 the%selves.
    *urely it is a +rivile!e to have &utiesP
    Man has %any %ore ri!hts an& +rivile!es than he thinks he has. What he is cla%orin!
    3or is %ere +ittance. There are ri!hts an& +rivile!es #aitin! to 1e clai%e&; 1ut they are the
    +rice o3 &uty. 6 %an #ho has not the 3aith or the !rit to &o his &uty #ill stay #here he is an&
    #ill !o on hun!erin! 3or his ri!hts. But the %an #ho reco!nises that &uty is his +rivile!e #ill
    o1tain all the ri!hts he eE+ects - an& %ore.
    6n& re%e%1er that your 1etter nature has its ri!hts as #ell as your in3erior nature. Why
    not !ive it a chance. 6n& it is >ust 1ecause you #ill not !ive it a chance that :Fate: ste+s in
    an& &oes it 3or you. The hu%an race #oul& soon +erish 3ro% sel3-in&ul!ence i3 it #ere le3t to
    choose its o#n 3ate accor&in! to its sel3ish &esires. Fortunately, a +o#er #iser an& stron!er
    than our sel3ish &esires ste+s in an& !ives us #hat is !oo& 3or us. What is this +o#er. ,t is the
    +o#er that rules our &estiny; it is our o#n real *el3, the li!ht 1ehin& our %in&, the !ui&in! star
    o3 our lives. Why not reco!nise its clai%s an& a&%it that our hi!her nature has also its ri!hts
    an& +rivile!es.
    To 3ollo# &uty is si%+ly to reco!nise the clai%s o3 our hi!her nature. What #e call
    &uties are the ri!hts o3 our hi!her nature; an& #hen #e sacri3ice a &uty to a +ersonal
    +leasure, #e starve our hi!her nature to 3ee& our lo#er.
    *o %uch has 1een &inne& into our ears a1out our ani%al nature that it is ti%e a little
    %ore #as tol& us a1out that s+ark o3 &ivine creative 3ire that is in all o3 us. Then +erha+s #e
    #oul& have %ore sel3-reliance an& not 1e eE+ectin! so %uch 3ro% syste%s an& re!ulations. ,3
    you
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    think you are as !oo& as the other %an, it is u+ to you to sho# it. "o &ou1t social con&itions
    are #ron! in %any +oints; 1ut they #oul& stan& a 1etter chance o3 ri!htin! the%selves i3 a
    little %ore o3 the s+irit o3 true sel3-reliance an& sel3-res+ect #ere a1roa& in the #orl&.
    - The Theosophical 7ath+ 5an., 1F(4
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    DAWN . A 21SSAG1 4OR 1BBA
    - 3ro% The Theosophical Mo*ement+ 5an., lFF=
    F;W in our a!e look u+on the "e# Dear as a ne# a#akenin! to li3e, a ne# vision in li3e -
    in other #or&s, a ne# Birth. /n&er the in3luence o3 %aterialistic thou!ht, %any &eny the very
    eEistence o3 soul, or take a %ore su1tle +osition an& %ake soul the e33luvia o3 the 1o&y.
    thers, un&er the in3luence o3 reli!ious &o!%atis%, han& over their 3uture to the custo&y o3
    1lin& reli!ious 1elie3s. 2My reli!ion says thus-an&-so,2 says the reli!iously incline& +erson,
    2an& that is the truth 3or %e.2 Because o3 this &ual in3luence, %aterialistic an& &o!%atic, %en
    an& #o%en live soul-less lives; they are &ivine an& i%%ortal, yet they live like %ortal
    earthlin!s. "ever Huestionin!, never lookin! #ithin the%selves, they &o not see the %illion
    %iracles that are takin! +lace #ithin an& aroun& us all, in this vast /niverse.
    ur su1>ect, then, &eals #ith the %a!ic o3 1irth, or inner a#akenin!. The #or&
    2a#akenin!2 su!!ests %ove%ent, an& continuity o3 %ove%ent a3ter rest. ur kno#le&!e o3
    +hiloso+hy an& +sycholo!y is so +oor that #hen #e s+eak o3 1irth #e associate it in our
    %in&s #ith the occurrence o3 so%ethin! entirely ne#; #e rarely consi&er that 1irth is a
    +rocess o3 a#akenin!. )i3e itsel3 is a series o3 a#akenin!s. ,t never sto+s; it ever %oves, an&
    #ith every %ove%ent o3 li3e there is a 3resh a#akenin!. ;very 1irth is an a#akenin!, every
    season is an a#akenin!. ;very %ornin! %arks the 1irth o3 the sun, an& every evenin! the
    1irth o3 the stars. Death too is an a#akenin! - a#akenin! to a ne# li3e.
    This continuity o3 1irth an& a#akenin! is o3ten %isun&erstoo&. Christian theolo!y has
    corru+te& +eo+le:s %in&s, so that in Christen&o% they 1elieve that Go& creates a ne# soul 3or
    every 1a1y 1orn, an& that a3ter &eath that soul lives 3or eternity in either heaven or hell. But
    there is a su1tle an& %ore +hiloso+hical kin& o3 #ron! thinkin! that has in3luence& the %in&s
    o3 the %asses o3 ,n&ia. This continuous a#akenin!, this +er+etual %ove%ent o3 li3e #hich
    1e!ets chan!e a3ter chan!e, an& +ro&uces a +er+leEin! variety o3 +heno%ena &ay a3ter &ay,
    has 1een vie#e& as illusion - 2"'". "ot really un&erstan&in! the &octrine o3 2"'", %any
    re!ar& the earth, the universe, the entire %ani3estation, the #hole roun& o3 evolution, as
    illusion. 2o&" an& 2"'"- &elusion an& illusion, are a++lie& to all the +rocesses o3 li3e:
    everythin! is 2"'", there3ore nothin! %atters, nothin! countsP This erroneous t#ist #ith
    #hich the &octrine o3 2"'" is vie#e&, %akes
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    +eo+le %erely look at the #ron! si&e o3 the !reat +rocess o3 "ature. ;verythin! +erishes,
    they say; everyone %ust &ie, all %ust co%e to an en& - an& they think they have uttere& a
    &ee+ +hiloso+hical truthP ,n this e%+hasis on the !rin&in! an& &eath-&ealin! +o#er o3 "ature,
    #hich is 2"'", lies one cause o3 ,n&ia:s &o#n3all. ,3 &eath is the su%%ation, i3 thin!s an&
    1ein!s are all 2"'", illusion, then #hy 1other a1out li3e in the 1o&yP But Maya is not a &eath-
    &ealin! 3orce #hich crushes; it is the !reat a#akener. The real %eanin! o3 the &octrine
    ena1les us to +ierce the veil o3 &eath an& to see #hat i%%ortality is. 5ust as on a clou&y &ay
    +eo+le think that the sun is not shinin!, so also +hiloso+hies overcast 1y the clou&s o3
    %isun&erstan&in! o3 the &octrine o3 2"'" %islea& us into e%+hasiAin! the &eath as+ect o3
    "ature. Thus, so%e 3ear li3e an& 1irth, others 3ear &eath, as chil&ren 3ear the &ark o3 ni!ht.
    These 3ears vanish the %o%ent #e take the correct vie# o3 2"'".
    What is that correct vie#. 2"'" is +o#er, S&")ti, Force, or ;ner!y. The Gita re3ers to
    2the %i!hty %a!ic o3 Pr")riti.2 There is a stea&y, unchan!in!, un&yin!, i%%ortal, 1irthless
    an& &eathless $o#er o3 )i3e, an& in )i3e, an& ,t +ro&uces chan!e a3ter chan!e, &eath a3ter
    &eath, so that 1irth a3ter 1irth %ay result. When +eo+le say that everythin! is 2"'", an& let it
    !o at that, they see 1ut the &eath-&ealin! as+ect o3 )i3e; 1ut true +hiloso+hy asks us to look at
    2the %i!hty %a!ic $rakriti2 an& see ho# everythin! is co%in! to 1irth. Pr"!"'" is the #o%1 o3
    Pr"(&""; slee+ is the %other o3 the #akin! state; &eath is +re+aration 3or 1irth; chan!e an&
    %ortality ever reveal the i%%ortality o3 the ne ,n&ivisi1le )i3e. The &octrine o3 2"'" &oes not
    %ean that everythin! is useless an& %ortal, 1ut that 1ehin& an& #ithin everythin! the
    ;ssence o3 ,%%ortality eEists.
    ,n the Fi3teenth Discourse o3 the Git" 7verse 98, ?rishna re3ers to re3u!e in 2the $ri%eval
    *+irit 3ro% #hich 3lo#eth the never-en&in! strea% o3 con&itione& eEistence.2 Con&itione&
    eEistence is %ortal, ever chan!in!. Where, then, shoul& #e seek re3u!e. This very verse
    s+eaks o3 2that +lace... 3ro% #hich those #ho there take re3u!e never %ore return to re1irth,2
    3or they 1eco%e i%%ortal an& transcen& not only re1irth on this earth, 1ut con&itione&
    eEistence any#here. ,3 #e 1e!in to look 3or 1irth in every chan!e, in every &eath, a
    continuous, +er+etual a#akenin! in an& throu!h every event o3 li3e, #e #oul& 1e takin! the
    3irst ste+ to#ar& realiAin! the i%%ortality o3 the soul.
    *o let us #atch, let us listen to the ever-#akin! as+ect o3 "ature: nothin! is &yin!;
    every#here there is ne# 1irth. The i&ea o3 the &eath o3 the 1o&y, our o#n or o3 so%e &ear
    one, #ill not sa&&en us i3 #e kno# that &eath is 1ut an a#akenin! +rocess o3 the soul to ne#
    eE+eriences an& ne# lessons. )ike#ise, lookin! on slee+ as an inner a#akenin! 3or the soul,
    #e shall not consi&er the hours o3 the ni!ht as #aste& ti%e, an&, #hat is %ore, #e shall
    +re+are ourselves 3or the ne# li3e in the #orl& o3 &rea%s. *ickness an& &isease are avenues
    to health, as &eath itsel3 is an avenue to a ne# 1o&y. But, not only in i%+ortant events shoul&
    the #akin! +o#er o3 "ature 1e seen; our #hole li3e, #ith its %yria&s o3 events, is nothin! 1ut a
    !i!antic +rocess o3 a#akenin!. ,n each li3e there are strikin! a#akenin!s, an& in ancient ,n&ia
    the 3our "s&r"+"s, sta!es o3 li3e, %arke& such 3un&a%ental a#akenin!s. But in this 6%g"
    there is con3usion o3 "s&r"+"s as there is con3usion o3 "rn"s - castes. The threa&-
    cere%ony #as once un&erstoo& as the sy%1olic re+resentation o3 an inner a#akenin! - alas,
    not no#P The %arria!e rite #as +otent, an& a#akene& ne# visions an& ne# vistas in the
    youn! cou+le:s li3e -- a!ain, no %oreP Det it is #ell to note ho# our sires in 6ryavarta
    e%1o&ie& in actual +ractice their kno#le&!e that in the Worl&-*oul as in the hu%an soul,
    al#ays there is a #akin! to ne# li3e, ne# eE+eriences, ne# visions.
    This $o#er o3 "ature, this +articular as+ect o3 S&")ti, #as re+resente& in the i%a!e o3
    /shas, the Da#n-Mai&en. Da#n si!ni3ies a#akenin! as nothin! else &oes. Consi&er such
    +hrases as the &a#n o3 civiliAation, the &a#n o3 thou!ht, the &a#n o3 the soul, the &a#n o3 the
    #orl&, the &a#n o3 a !reat historical &ay. Da#n is 1irth, 1ut %ore than 1irth; it is a#akenin! to
    ne# li3e an& li!ht. /shas is the 1rin!er o3 ne# li!ht, #hich o+ens a ne# vision, a ne# #orl&,
    an& that li!ht an& that vision %ake %an ever an& ever youn!.
    /shas, the Da#n-Mai&en, is calle& in the Ie&as A&"n" an& D'ot"n"- the ;nli!htener,
    the ,llu%inator. We have this &escri+tion o3 her in The Theosophical .lossary+ #here she is
    calle& 2a %ost +oetical an& 3ascinatin! i%a!e2:
    2*he is the ever-3aith3ul 3rien& o3 %en, o3 rich an& +oor, thou!h she is 1elieve& to +re3er
    the latter. *he s%iles u+on an& visits the &#ellin! o3 every livin! %ortal. *he is the i%%ortal,
    ever-youth3ul vir!in, the li!ht o3 the +oor, an& the &estroyer o3 &arkness.
    What a co%+act an& yet co%+lete &escri+tionP /shas a#akens an& illu%inates all,
    3aith3ully an& +unctually. The +oor are %ore 3aith3ul to her, 3or, even +hysically they #ake u+
    #ith
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    the &a#n an& 1e!in their la1ours, #hile the rich very o3ten are ti%e-#asters at ni!ht an&
    slu!!ar&s in the %ornin!, an& 3or the% the 1eauty o3 /shas eEists not. But to the &#ellin! o3
    each, Da#n co%es; an& to each her touch 1rin!s li!ht an& youth. The %a!ic touch o3 /shas
    kee+s us youn!, 3or it &enotes the %ornin! o3 li3e. The Greeks na%e& her ;os an& calle& her
    2rosy-3in!ere&2 U3orV 3ro% the ti+s o3 her 3in!ers the rosy-coloure& 3lui& o3 li3e strea%s 3orth an&
    kee+s +eo+le youn!. The -o%ans, too, +raise& her, calle& her 6urora, the "e# )i!ht, #hich
    ever co%es 3ro% the ;ast.
    ,n her s+iritual as+ect, the Iir!in /shas, the ever-youn!, is the a#akener. *he is the
    Mistress o3 2"'", su+erior to the +o#er o3 illusion, 3or she ever &is+els &arkness an& 1rin!s
    li!ht. When &ou1ts an& +ro1le%s are resolve&, #e say that a ne# &a#n is u+on us. When a
    +erson recovers 3ro% a serious illness, that too is a ne# &a#n 3or hi% or her. 6 +ro!ressive
    a#akenin! o3 the soul takes +lace continuously, 1ut earthly 3ati!ue %akes %en an& #o%en
    slee+ on, even #hen &a#n co%es to their very souls. "ature o33ers o++ortunities 3or
    a#akenin! to the soul, hour 1y hour, yet +eo+le kee+ chasin! the sha&o#s o3 &eathP
    Theoso+hy teaches that each one shoul& consciously an& &eli1erately 1eco%e a votary
    o3 the )a&y o3 the Da#n. )et us invoke 6urora, let us i%1i1e the 1lessin! that 3lo# 3ro% the
    rosy-ti++e& 3in!ers o3 ;os, let us 1eco%e youn! an& re%ain youn! 1y #orshi+in! /shas, the
    1eauti3ul %ai&en, the ever youn! 2&au!hter o3 heaven.2
    )et us look at this #orl& #ith the eye o3 #is&o%, #ith the eye that is sin!le, that sees li3e
    as one #hole. This sin!le ;ye o3 *+irit, the thir& ;ye o3 *hiva, the Maha-Do!i, is not easy to
    o+en; 1ut no# an& then, 3or the +ure an& the thou!ht3ul, that ;ye o3 the -eal 0eart o+ens. ,3
    #e use our t#o eyes, our &ou1le vision, correctly an& a++ro+riately, then the Thir& ;ye o3
    Wis&o%-Co%+assion sho#s us the *u+re%e Truth, P"r"+"rt&".S"t'"- #hich the /niverse
    really is. The le3t eye is the ;ye o3 Discri%ination, 7ie)", an& the ri!ht is that o3 Dis+assion,
    7"ir"g'". When #e +ractice 7ie)".7"ir"g'", then only #e 1e!in to see truly, an& not till
    then. That is the real esoteric %eanin! o3 the +hrase: 2havin! eyes they see not.2 When #ith
    the ai& o3 9r"&+".7i/'" or Theoso+hy #e 1e!in to +uri3y ourselves an& to stu&y the !reat
    Truths, then #e see that this #orl& is co%+ose& %ostly o3 slee+in! units, or the livin! &ea&.
    6nalyAe& rou!hly, 3irst, there are those &ea& #ith their o#n sel3ishness, their +ri&e, their sel3-
    centere&ness; secon&, there are the &ea& #ith the #ine o3 sense-li3e, the &ance o3 +assion-
    ?a%a; thir&, there are the &ea& #ith the ritual o3 reli!ions, the cere%onials o3 cree&s, the
    &o!%atis% o3 sectarianis%. These three %ake u+ the lar!e %ass o3 the hu%an race to&ay.
    6n& there is the s%all 3ourth class o3 the soulless, those &ea& 1eyon& reani%ation. n the
    1ene3icent si&e, there are a 3e# #ho have 1een Huickene& into li3e 1y /shas, the $o#er o3
    the Da#n; her %a!ic touch has a#akene& the soul 3ro% the &eath o3 sel3ishness, 3ro% the
    slee+ o3 intoEicate& senses, 3ro% the &rea%s o3 reli!ious ritualis%.
    Thus, this $o#er o3 "ature +ersoni3ie& 1y /shas is a very i%+ortant +o#er. ,t is the 3irst
    o3 the +o#ers that the as+irant an& the #oul&-1e chela assi%ilates. The soul %ust a#aken,
    an& on #akin! %ust not return to slee+. The %a!ic o3 /shas a#akens the soul, 1ut our
    hu%an #eaknesses a!ain an& a!ain +ut us to slee+. We %ust there3ore note this &ual +o#er
    o3 /shas - she a#akens us an& i3 #e 1e!in +ro%+tly to i%1i1e an& assi%ilate her +o#er, #e
    shall ever re%ain a#ake an& alert. But 3irst #e %ust consi&er ho# #e can invoke the ai& an&
    the 1lessin! o3 /shas.
    Who are those #ho are s+iritually aslee+. Take the 3irst class - the sel3-centere&, 3ull o3
    +ri&e an& e!otis%, &esirin! na%e an& 3a%e, %oney or kno#le&!e, +o#er an& +ossessions,
    #hich they use to !lori3y their se+arate& +uny selves, an& #hose sel3ish ha1its an&
    in&ul!ence &evelo+ in the% the #eakness o3 2o&" - &elusion. 6 sel3-centere& e!otist is a
    &elu&e& +erson. 0o# &i& he 1eco%e &elu&e&.
    By 1elon!in! in the +ast to the secon& class. Those #ho live lives o3 intoEication, #ho
    live in, 3or, an& 1y the senses, are on the #ay to 1eco%in! &elu&e&. They have not yet
    1eco%e thorou!hly sel3-centere&; they have not yet 3ully &evelo+e& their "&"n)"r"H they are
    un&er the s#ay not o3 2o&" - &elusion 1ut o3 2"'" - illusion. They see nourish%ent in
    alcohol; they call )"+" - +assion, soul; they na%e (&%t" - !host, s+iritP /nless they sto+ an&
    a#aken to the #orthlessness o3 Maya - illusion, they are sure to &evelo+ on the #ron! line;
    their Maya #ill 1eco%e Moha, the sense o3 sel3 #ill har&en an& 1rin! the% +ain an& an!uish.
    The thir& class consists o3 those #ho are not &ea& #ith sel3ishness an& +ri&e, nor
    intoEicate& 1y sense - li3e, 1ut have 1eco%e 3iEe& an& har&ene& in their ha1its o3 li3e an& o3
    thou!ht. The reli!ious li3e, as or&inarily un&erstoo&, consists o3 sectarian %o&es o3 thou!ht
    an& 3eelin!. Cere%onies, rites, rituals an& outer 3or%alities #hich are not un&erstoo&, yet are
    !one throu!h #ith the hel+ o3 the +o%!i,
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    the ,%ro&it or the +riest, 1rin! 3alse +eace, like alcohol 1rin!s 3alse eEhilaration.
    ,t is 3ro% these three stu+e3yin! in3luences that each one %ust atte%+t to a#aken
    hi%sel3 or hersel3. )ook out 3or the !la%our o3 reli!iosity an& thro# it o33. Then, look out 3or
    the illusion o3 senses an& +ierce that veil o3 Maya. "eEt, look out 3or the &elusion o3 seein!
    onesel3 as se+arate 3ro% all others. *tu&y o3 one:s o#n nature is the very 3irst ste+. Take #hat
    is calle& in ccultis% 2The %ornin! vie# o3 li3e2; that is, reco!niAe that the ti%e has co%e to
    a#aken an& that all events in li3e %ust 1e seen as a#akeners. 6ll 3rien&s, all ene%ies are
    a#akeners. ne #ho takes 2the %ornin! vie# o3 li3e2 looks u+on li3e an& li!ht as a 1e!innin!
    to co%e into )i3e. )on! is the %arch, an& +atience the only rest one is likely to have; 1ut one
    #ho 1e!ins one:s soul-search #ith the Da#n #ill very likely reach the s+iritual ho%e ere the
    &ark o3 ni!ht sets in.
    nce a#akene& 1y /shas, i3 #e +ersist in kee+in! a#ake it #ill not 1e lon! 1e3ore #e
    see the 3irst o3 the heral&s 3ro% the ?in!&o% o3 Divinity - Ienus-*hukra as the %ornin! star.
    Ienus si!ni3ies Wis&o%, #hich is su+erior to kno#le&!e an& is the +uri3ier o3 the %in&. 6n& so
    the as+irant #ho has ke+t hi%sel3 a#ake learns the Wis&o% o3 *hukra, Ienus-0es+erus. 6n&
    as he #atches, +resently his %in&:s eye 1eco%es keen an& shar+, his i&eation 1e!ins to
    touch his 0eart, an& then su&&enly he catches the !li%+se o3 Mercury-Bu&ha, the Teacher
    ,"r e@#e!!en#e o3, ;sotericis%, G%,t" 7i/'". ,t is /shas,, the Da#n-Mai&en, #ho 1rin!s in
    her train these s+iritual 3avors. *o, #hatever our sta!e in li3e, #hatever our #eaknesses or
    our virtues, let us invoke the 1lessin!s o3 /shas, the )a&y o3 the Da#nP May this year that is
    &a#nin! in "ature 1rin! the +o#er o3 a ne# &a#n into our o#n lives, an& !ive us all the
    +eace that co%es #ith un&erstan&in!, the +atience that results 3ro% kno#le&!e, the &evotion
    that s+rin!s 3ro% sacri3iceP May the *un, #hose %essen!er /shas is, hasten 3or each o3 us
    the !reater !lory o3 its Father, the *+iritual *unP The votary o3 /shas 1eco%es the chil& o3
    *urya, the *un. May #e all touch that *+iritual BlissP
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    TH1 P1R71RS1 IN HU2AN NATUR1
    - ;&!ar 6llan $oe
    ... When reason returne& #ith the %ornin! - #hen , ha& sle+t o33 the 3u%es o3 the ni!ht:s
    &e1auch - , eE+erience& a senti%ent hal3 o3 horror, hal3 o3 re%orse, 3or the cri%e o3 #hich ,
    ha& 1een !uilty; 1ut it #as, at 1est, a 3ee1le an& eHuivocal 3eelin!, an& the soul re%aine&
    untouche&. , a!ain +lun!e& into eEcess, an& soon &ro#ne& in #ine all %e%ory o3 the &ee&.
    ,n the %eanti%e the cat slo#ly recovere&. The socket o3 the lost eye +resente&, it is true,
    a 3ri!ht3ul a++earance, 1ut he no lon!er a++eare& to su33er any +ain. 0e #ent a1out the
    house as usual, 1ut, as %i!ht 1e eE+ecte&, 3le& in eEtre%e terror at %y a++roach. , ha& so
    %uch o3 %y ol& heart le3t, as to 1e at 3irst !rieve& 1y this evi&ent &islike on the +art o3 a
    creature #hich ha& once so love& %e. But this 3eelin! soon !ave +lace to irritation. 6n& then
    ca%e, as i3 to %y 3inal an& irrevoca1le overthro#, the s+irit o3 $;-I;-*;";**. 3 this s+irit
    +hiloso+hy takes no account. $hrenolo!y 3in&s no +lace 3or it a%on! its or!ans. Det , a% not
    %ore sure that %y soul lives, than , a% that +erverseness is one o3 the +ri%itive i%+ulses o3
    the hu%an heart - one o3 the in&ivisi1le +ri%ary 3aculties, or senti%ents, #hich !ive &irection
    to the character o3 Man. Who has not, a hun&re& ti%es, 3oun& hi%sel3 co%%ittin! a vile or a
    silly action, 3or no other reason than 1ecause he kno#s he shoul& not. 0ave #e not a
    +er+etual inclination, in the teeth o3 our 1est >u&!%ent, to violate that #hich is )a#, %erely
    1ecause #e un&erstan& it to 1e such. This s+irit o3 +erverseness, , say, ca%e to %y 3inal
    overthro#. ,t #as this un3atho%a1le lon!in! o3 the soul to veE itsel3 - to o33er violence to its
    o#n nature - to &o #ron! 3or the #ron!:s sake only - that ur!e& %e to continue an& 3inally to
    consu%%ate the in>ury , ha& in3licte& u+on the uno33en&in! 1rute. ne %ornin!, in cool 1loo&,
    , sli++e& a noose a1out its neck an& hun! it to the li%1 o3 a tree; - hun! it #ith the tears
    strea%in! 3ro% %y eyes, an& #ith the 1itterest re%orse at %y heart; - hun! it 1ecause , kne#
    that it ha& love& %e, an& 1ecause , 3elt it ha& !iven %e no reason o3 o33ence; - hun! it
    1ecause , kne# that in so &oin! , #as co%%ittin! a sin - a &ea&ly sin that #oul& so >eo+ar&iAe
    %y i%%ortal soul as to +lace it - i3 such a thin! #ere +ossi1le - even 1eyon& the reach o3 the
    in3inite %ercy o3 the Most Merci3ul an& Most Terri1le Go&...
    U3ro% The 5lac (atV
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    "GOING GHA=I"
    - )o#ell Tho%as
    U63!hanistan, circa 1F(GV ....*o 3ar, at any rate, #e ha& not %et any #haEis, an& that #as
    encoura!in!. "o#, in 6sia Minor the ter% #haEi is use& to &escri1e a conHuerer. ne hears,
    3or instance, o3 GhaAi Musta+ha ?e%al. But in ,n&ia, alon! the 63!han 3rontier, the ter% has
    co%e to have a &i33erent si!ni3icance. ,t is use& to in&icate a %an #ho !oes #il& #ith reli!ious
    3anaticis% an& starts out &eter%ine& to kill an un1eliever. 2Goin! !haAi2 is an eE+ression
    coine& 1y To%%y 6tkins to &escri1e an 63!han #ho has &eci&e& to assure hi%sel3 o3
    a&%ission to the Mosle% +ara&ise 1y killin! a 0in&u, a $arsi, a 5ain, a Bu&&hist, a 5e#, or,
    +re3era1ly, a &o! o3 a Christian.
    /sually a %an #ho !oes #haEi is a reli!ious &isci+le o3 a mullah, or +riest, #ho has 1een
    tau!ht, a%on! other thin!s, the 3ollo#in! +assa!e 3ro% the 0oly Book, in the cha+ter entitle&
    2-e+entance2; 26n& #hen the sacre& %onths are +asse&, kill those #ho >oin other !o&s to
    Go& #herever ye shall 3in& the%; an& seiAe the%, 1esei!e the%, lay #ait 3or the% #ith every
    kin& o3 a%1ush....2 Ierse < o3 Cha+ter F o3 the ?oran has 1een res+onsi1le 3or the &eaths o3
    %any British o33icers on the 3rontier.
    *o%e #haEis %eet their &eath in 1attle very !allantly. 6t !hi, a 3ar-a#ay +ost in the
    %ountains 1eyon& 611otta1a&, several hun&re& +ractically unar%e& attacke& an intrenche&
    ca%+, &e3en&e& #ith 1ar1e& #ire an& %achine-!uns. 6!ain, in WaAiristan, #hile a +osition o3
    the Mahsu&s, #ho are one 1ranch o3 the WaAiri $athans, #as 1ein! shelle&, one o3 the
    ene%y stoo& u+ on the intrench%ent, in 3ull vie# o3 the British !uns, an& si!nale& 2-i!ht,2
    2)e3t,2 2*hort,2 2ver2 in &erision o3 British %arks%anshi+, until the !uns !ot the ran!e an&
    en&e& the >oke. Both these inci&ents ha++ene& in the last 3e# years; they sho# that the s+irit
    o3 the %artyrs o3 ,sla% is not &ea&.
    But there is another sort o3 #haEi #ho !ains the cro#n o3 %artyr&o% 1y %ur&er. 61out
    t#enty years a!o the Mahsu&s in Wana Fort - they #ere a co%+any stron!, say, a hun&re&
    an& t#enty %en - thou!ht it #oul& 1e a !oo& +lan to kill their British o33icers an& take
    +ossession o3 the 3ort. They ha++ene& to 1e the in lyin! +icket at the ti%e an& conseHuently
    #ere in +ossession o3 their ri3les an& a%%unition. Those o3 the other troo+s #ere stacke& in
    the Huarter-!uar&. 6t ei!ht o:clock o3 a #inter:s evenin! they collecte& stealthily outsi&e the
    o33icer:s %ess. T#o o3 their nu%1ers #ere to !o in an& shoot the British o33icers - a1out siE o3
    the% ha&
    --- C
    >ust sat &o#n to &inner - an& the soun& o3 3irin! #as to 1e the si!nal 3or a !eneral risin!, in
    #hich the unar%e& troo+s #ere to 1e over+o#ere&. There #as nothin! to +revent the sche%e
    3ro% succee&in! save the +o#er o3 an overrulin! $rovi&ence.
    The t#o Mahsu&s #ho ha& !one #haEi stalke& into the %ess-roo% #ith 1ayonets 3iEe&
    an& hesitate& an instant, 1lin&e& 1y the li!ht. The o33icers looke& u+ 3ro% their sou+. Colonel
    0ar%an rose Huickly, scentin! the trou1le, an& tol& the Mahsu&s not to 1e 3ools. Be3ore the
    #or&s #ere out o3 his %outh, he #as 1ayonete&. But Huick as the Mahsu&s #ere, Ca+tain
    $orch, the secon& in co%%an&, #as al%ost as Huick as they an& 3elle& one o3 the% #ith a
    1lo# 3ro% #hich he recovere& only #hen it #as the ti%e to 1e han!e&. The re%ainin! o33icers
    #ere a1le to ca+ture the other !haAi, althou!h not 1e3ore he ha& #oun&e& Ca+tain $lant in
    the shoul&er. ,n s+ite o3 his #oun& #hich 1le& +ro3usely, $lant !ave or&ers to the co%+any
    co%%an&ers to turn their %en out as Huickly as +ossi1le, an& in a 3e# %inutes he ha&
    !athere& to!ether a hun&re& ar%e& an& loyal %en. Mean#hile the rest o3 the Mahsu&s #ere
    still #aitin! roun& the corner in the &ark 3or the 3irin! that #as to heral& the %utiny. While they
    hesitate&, o3 t#o %in&s a1out #hat to &o, Ca+tain $lant an& his %en surroun&e& the%,
    &isa%e& the%, an& i%%e&iately &is1an&e& the co%+any. The !haAis 3or3eite& their lives.
    6 3e# years later a +olitical o33icer o3 the 3rontier #as %ur&ere& in his slee+ 1y a youn!
    Mahsu& recruit, #ho alle!e& as his reason that the sahi1 sle+t #ith his 3eet to#ar& Mecca an&
    that he coul& not allo# this insult to his reli!ion to +ass unre1uke&.
    6nother %ur&er, #hich occurre& >ust 1e3ore the Worl& War #as that o3 Ca+tain Butler o3
    the Gui&es. Butler #as universally 1elove& 1y 1oth o33icers an& %en o3 the Wanna !arrison, o3
    #hich he #as secon& in co%%an&. ne ni!ht, ho#ever, #hile a s#or&-&ance #as in
    +ro!ress, in honor o3 a &e+artin! ,n&ian o33icer, a recruit, 1roo&in! over his 3ailure in a
    %usketry test, 1e!an to consi&er that 3atal verse o3 the ?oran. There in 3ront o3 hi% #ere his
    o33icers, sittin! in easy-chairs. *#or&s !lea%e& in the 3ireli!ht; %en s#aye& in +ostures o3
    triu%+h. There #as %usic that san! to hi% o3 the s#eetness o3 +ara&ise, #hile his +ulse 1eat
    3aster an& 3aster. *o the &evil entere& into hi%, an& he shot Ca+tain Butler in the 1ack an&
    kille& hi%. When he #as ca+ture& a 3e# secon&s later, the 1eatitu&e o3 the %artyr shone in
    his 3ace. 2+en the !ates o3 +ara&ise 3or %e,2 he shoute&...
    - 3ro% 5eyond Chyber 7ass, 1y )o#ell Tho%as, Grosset K Dunla+, $u1lishers,
    1F(< U-e+rinte& as eEa%+le o3 the a%aAin! an& in3inite variety o3 !rou+-sanctione& insanities,
    a%on! else.V
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    GUANTU2 01710S O4 1RROR AND 7IRTU1
    ,t see%s everythin! in eEistence can 1e vie#e& as a continuu% in lines o3
    %easure%ent an& also a continuu% that contains Huantu% levels - or si!ni3icant >u%+s in
    Huality that se+arates an event si!ni3icantly 3ro% events 1elo# it in a continuu%. This can 1e
    seen in +hysics - #ater, #ithin a te%+erature continuu%, %akes Huantu% lea+s in Huality 3ro%
    soli& to liHui& to !as. These states eEist on the sa%e te%+erature continuu%, &i33erin! 1y only
    %inuscule te%+erature !ra&ients to +ro&uce the Huantu% lea+ o3 Huality chan!e. This
    2Huantu% lea+2 e33ect also likely eEists in +sycholo!ical an& %oral li3e.
    ne %i!ht say that cursin!, 3or instance, is a %inor evil 7i3 even that8 - #hile lyin! to
    &estroy so%eone:s re+utation, as an eEa%+le, is an evil o3 a co%+letely &i33erent Huantu%
    level. 6 chil& lyin! to +rotect itsel3 is a co%+letely &i33erent thin! 3ro% an a&ult %aliciously lyin!
    to &estroy so%eone else. *trictly in eEa%+le - i3 a +erson is an inveterate cursor 7yet &oesn:t
    &e3a%e his nei!h1or8, &oes all this cursin! ever accu%ulate in &e%erit 7i3 there is such8 to that
    o3 one inci&ent o3 lyin! to &e3a%e so%eone. The kar%ic result #oul& see% to 1elon! to
    co%+letely &i33erent levels also. They 1elon! to &i33erent %oral Huantu% levels. ,t see%s this
    i&ea can 1e a++lie& to %any areas. $erha+s the %ore so+histicate& the evil is in so%e
    res+ects, the #orse the %oral kar%ic e33ect.
    ,n a coarse eEa%+le, &oes the &etri%ental e33ects %orally o3 a +ro%iscuous seE-li3e
    ever a&& u+ to that o3 a ra+ist. ,t #oul& see% not. They 1elon! to co%+letely &i33erent %oral
    Huantu% levels. ne is %utual acts o3 consent, an& the other, #hile the sa%e cate!ory o3 act,
    is a soul-ri++in! act o3 violence. There are also levels o3 su1tlety that are involve&. The
    as+irin! 1lack %a!ician 7even unconscious to the%selves +erha+s8, stealin! or tra++in!
    throu!h cleverness, rea+s 3ar #orse kar%a than the Huantu%-lo#er %u!!er or +etty thie3. The
    su1tle cri%inal in %any as+ects sets hi%sel3 u+ 3or #orse kar%ic results than the si%+le an&
    1rutal one. *tealin! re+utation is a Huantu%
    --- F
    #orse cri%e than stealin! %oney.
    n the +ositive si&e o3 thin!s, &oin! charity #ork throu!h esta1lishe& or!aniAations is
    +ositive kar%ic %erit an& socially +raise&, #hile so%e e33orts at hel+in! others are not socially
    acce+ta1le an& vie#e& sus+iciously an& result in o++ro1riu%. 6n eEa%+le a%on! others
    %i!ht 1e a #hite +erson in the south in the <G:s an& =G:s #ho #orke& 3or votin! ri!hts 3or
    Blacks. 0e:& likely 1e ostraciAe& 3ro% his +eer !rou+, an& so this ty+e o3 !enuine #ork %i!ht
    1e seen as a Huantu% level su+erior an& %ore &i33icult than socially acce+ta1le #ork.
    "o#&ays si%ilar #ork #oul& result in o++ro1riu% on 1oth si&es o3 the issue - ostraciAis% 3ro%
    1i!ots on one si&e an& 1ein! an inter3erin! honky &o-!oo&er on the other.
    - Bran&och Daha
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    THE ETHERIC DOUBLEC . "T&e 4"r.Re"#&ing 1$$e#ts o$ " 4"!se Ass%+,tion" 1y
    G.6. Farthin! is a recent a++roEi%ately (G +a!e +a%+hlet co%+arin! this to+ic, +rinci+le
    classi3ication, etc. in 1oth the ori!inal Blavatsky classi3ications an& later alterations 1y the
    Besant-)ea&1eater "eo-Theoso+hists. :ne o3 the 1est an& %ost valua1le co%+arisons o3
    Theoso+hy an& "eo-Theoso+hy. For a EeroE co+y, #rite: $roto!onos......
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    ON TH1 P1RP1TUA0 40A21S O4 TH1 ANCI1NTS
    ,n the 3irst +lace then, Ba+tista $oita, in his treatise o3 "atural Ma!icDD, relates, that
    a1out the year 1<<G, in the islan& "esis in "a+les 71ay8, a %ar1le se+ulchre o3 a certain
    -o%an #as &iscovere&, u+on the o+enin! o3 #hich, a +hial #as 3oun& containin! a 1urnin!
    la%+. This la%+ 1eca%e eEtinct on 1reakin! the +hial, an& eE+osin! the li!ht to the o+en air.
    ,t a++eare& that this la%+ ha& 1een conceale& 1e3ore the a&vent o3 Christ. Those #ho sa#
    the la%+ re+orte& that it e%itte& a %ost s+len&i& 3la%e.
    But the %ost cele1rate& is the la%+ o3 $allas, the son o3 ;van&er, #ho #as kille& 1y
    Turnus, as Iir!il relates in the 1Gth 1ook o3 his 6enei&. This #as &iscovere& not 3ar 3ro% the
    city o3 -o%e, in the year 19G1, 1y a country%an, #ho, &i!!in! &ee+er than usual, o1serve& a
    stone se+ulchre, containin! the 1o&y o3 a %an o3 eEtraor&inary siAe, #hich #as as entire as i3
    recently interre&, an& #hich ha& a lar!e #oun& in the 1reast. 61ove the hea& o3 the &ecease&
    there #as 3oun& a la%+ 1urnin! #ith +er+etual 3ire, #hich neither #in& no #ater, nor any other
    su+erin&uce& liHuor, coul& eEtin!uish: 1ut the la%+ 1ein! 1ore& in the 1otto%, an& 1roke 1y
    the i%+ortunate ene%ies o3 this #on&er3ul li!ht, the 3la%e i%%e&iately vanishe&.
    --- 1G
    ,n the 6++ian -oa&, too, at -o%e, in the ti%e o3 $o+e $aul ,,, a la%+ #as &iscovere&
    1urnin! in the se+ulchre o3 Tullia the &au!hter o3 Cicero, #hich 1eca%e eEtinct on the
    a&%ission o3 eEternal air. Fro% #hence it a++ears that this la%+ ha& continue& to shine 3or
    a1out 1<<G years.
    *aint 6ustin too, 7De Civitat. Dei, 1, (1. ca+ =.8 says that a la%+ #as 3oun& in a te%+le
    &e&icate& to Ienus, #hich #as al#ays eE+ose& to the o+en #eather, an& coul& never 1e
    consu%e& or eEtin!uishe&. 6n& )u&avicus Iives, his co%%entator, %entions another la%+,
    #hich #as 3oun& a little 1e3ore his ti%e, that ha& continue& 1urnin! 3or 1G<G years.
    6 very re%arka1le la%+ #as &iscovere& a1out the year 1<GG near 6testes, a to#n
    1elon!in! to $a&ua in ,taly, 1y a rustic, #ho, &i!!in! &ee+er than usual, 3oun& an earthen urn,
    containin! another urn, in #hich last #as a la%+ +lace& 1et#een t#o cylin&rical vessels, one
    o3 !ol&, an& the other o3 silver, an& each o3 #hich #as 3ull o3 a very +ure liHuor, 1y #hose
    virtue, it is +ro1a1le, the la%+ ha& continue& to shine 3or u+#ar&s o3 1<GG years; an&, unless
    it ha& 1een eE+ose& to the air, %i!ht have continue& its #on&er3ul li!ht 3or a still !reater
    +erio& o3 ti%e. This curious la%+ #as the #ork%anshi+ o3 one MaEi%us ly1ius, #ho %ost
    +ro1a1ly e33ecte& this #on&er 1y a +ro3oun& skill in the chy%ical art...
    73ro%: $ausanias: Descri+tion o3 Greece, translate& 1y Tho%as Taylor, 4 vols., )on&on,
    1C(9, ++. (1B-(1C o3 vol. ,,,8
    - 3ro% -. -o11
    --------
    DD - a later translation into ;n!lish: "atural Ma!ick...in T#enty Bookes, 7tr 3ro% )atin8
    ++. 9GF, T. Doun! K *. *+ee&, )on&on, 1=<C. British Museu% Catalo! sho#s: $ortao
    Giovanni Battista Della; or "a+les.
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    WI00 171R69OD6 2A:1 IT?
    2)ay 1ack, take it easy. ;veryone is !oin! the sa%e +lace an& #e:re all !oin! to %ake it,
    or evolve an& 1eco%e !o&s sooner or later.2 ,s this true. While Theoso+hical Teachin!s clai%
    that evolution is on the u+#ar& course an& that at least %ost o3 hu%anity #ill 2%ake the
    !ra&e2 to the neEt ste+ in evolution - eons &o#n the roa& - ho# &oes this 2certainty2 a++ear
    3ro% an in&ivi&ual stan&+oint.
    ,t %i!ht 1e like #hat an analo!y #oul& illustrate. *ay a lar!e !rou+ o3 +eo+le are
    #alkin! &o#n a &ry river1e& canyon. *o%e are tire&, so%e ener!etic. 6 3e# have a han!over
    3ro% the ni!ht 1e3ore an& are 1arely %akin! it alon!. *o%eone:s listenin! on the ra&io an&
    hears that there has 1een a &o#n+our in the %ountains an& a hu!e #all o3 #ater is hea&in!
    their #ay. They can hear it an& the canyon is lon! #ith stee+ #alls. ;veryone starts
    scra%1lin! u+ the #alls. *o%e are out o3 sha+e an& can:t cli%1 #ell. *o%e scra%1le ri!ht u+.
    *o%e are sick. *o%e #on:t 1elieve that a 3loo& is co%in! an& &o nothin!. *o%e #ante& to
    see #hat it looke& like on to+ o3 the cli33 any#ay an& ha& starte& cli%1in! 1e3ore they hear&
    the ne#s.
    ;volution +ro1a1ly has very little to &o #ith #hether one is in +hysical sha+e or not, 1ut
    statistically one coul& look 3ro% outsi&e an& say that %ost o3 the +eo+le are !oin! to scra%1le
    u+ that cli33 - har& as it is - an& esca+e 1ein! &ro#ne& or +elte& on rocks. Fro% an in&ivi&ual
    +ers+ective it is a heck o3 an or&eal to cli%1 u+ the cli33 , 1ut 3ro% the statistical vie#+oint
    %ost #ill %ake the%selves &o it. *tatistically %ost +eo+le #ill choose to evolve althou!h it:s
    an or&eal.
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    PROTOGONOS is an in&e+en&ent theoso+hical +u1lication in the 2Blavatsky Tra&ition2
    an& is +u1lishe& 9 to = ti%es +er year. *u1scri+tion is G.B< +er issue. Corres+on&ence an&
    su1%issions are #elco%e. ;&itor: Mark 5aHua....
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    PROTOGONOS
    "u%1er (= *e+te%1er, 1FF=
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    CONT1NTS5 The ;a!le an& the Mole 7verse8 .....Wylie.....1; The Three $aths
    .......;&!e......1; *asHuatch *i!htin!s .....5aHua......(; Future o3 the White -ace
    ......5aHua.......9; /$E$ 'ibrary (ritic on 6lice Bailey .....5aHua....<; 6t 0o%e #ith the ,nner
    *el3 ......Burns...B; )au&ahn on Burns....C; Greschner on Burns....F; 6ccounts o3
    Giants .....-o11....1G; Ii&eos....11; Bri&ey Mur+hy Dea&...1(; 20it 1y )i!htnin!
    Convention2...1(; /nsun! 6s Det 7verse8 ....Mun&y....1(
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    TH1 1AG01 AND TH1 2O01
    6voi& the reekin! her&.
    *hun the +ollute& 3lock,
    )ive like that stoic 1ir&,
    The ea!le o3 the rock.
    The hu&&le& #ar%th o3 cro#&s
    Be!ets an& 3osters hate;
    0e kee+s, a1ove the clou&s,
    0is cli33 inviolate.
    When 3locks are 3ol&e& #ar%,
    6n& her&s to shelter run,
    0e sails a1ove the stor%,
    0e stares into the sun.
    ,3 in the ea!le:s track
    Dour sine#s cannot lea+,
    6voi& the lathere& +ack,
    Turn 3ro% the stea%in! shee+.
    ,3 you #oul& kee+ your soul
    Fro% s+otte& si!ht or soun&,
    )ive like the velvet %ole;
    Go 1urro# un&er!roun&.
    6n& there hol& intercourse
    With roots o3 trees an& stones,
    With rivers at their source,
    6n& &ise%1o&ie& 1ones.
    - ;linor Wylie
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    TH1 THR11 PATHS
    - 0. T. ;&!e
    Most occult stu&ents, #hen they 1eco%e i%+resse& #ith the nee& 3or takin! a ne#
    &e+arture in their %oral li3e, 3ail at 3irst to hit o33 the ri!ht +ath, an& 3all into errors Huite as
    !reat as those they seek to avoi&. They are like a &runken %an on horse1ack, #ho, as 3ast as
    you +ro+ hi% u+ on one si&e, 3alls o33 on the other. For eEa%+le the e+icure, #hen tol& he
    %ust renounce the +leasures o3 the +alate, 1eco%es an ascetic an& starves hi%sel3; the lover
    o3 society 1eco%es a &reary recluse; the slu!!ar& &evelo+s a 3everish activity. The inevita1le
    result is, in all cases, a s+ee&y reaction, an& the ori!inal 3ailin! reasserts itsel3, usually %ore
    stron!ly than 1e3ore. *o invaria1ly is this the case - so universally &oes the rule a++ly, that #e
    are co%+elle& to reco!niAe the #orkin! o3 a !eneral la# herein.
    This la# , +ro+ose to &e3ine, 3or it is %y conviction that %any stu&ents +ro3it %ore 1y a
    clear +erce+tion o3 the 2reason #hy2 - o3 the r"tion"!e - o3 a circu%stance in their occult li3e,
    than 1y a %ere assertion or %oral in>unction.
    ne o3 the %ain +ro+ositions o3 the ;soteric $hiloso+hy is the !eneral a++lica1ility o3 the
    tri"/ or Tri"ng!e as a key to the +ro1le%s o3 the universe.
    ne Goo& is al#ays 1alance& 1y t*o ;vils - or rather 1y one evil &uality. The %istake
    #hich reli!ious teachers an& all shallo# thinkers %ake is to su1stitute 3or this tria& a D%"/ - to
    o++ose to the one Goo& one ;vil, instea& o3 a +air o3 the%. 0ence, #hile #e 3in& the or&inary
    reli!ious %oralist assertin! that there are 1ut t*o courses o+en to the stu&ent - the !oo&
    course an& the 1a& course, - #e 3in& the true ccultist assertin! that there are t*o 1a&
    courses o++ose& to the one !oo& course.
    ur neo+hyte si%+ly a1an&ons one o3 these to 3all into the other; then he vi1rates 1ack
    to the 3or%er; an& so on, :til he &iscovers that the only true course is to 1e sou!ht in neither o3
    these &irections, 1ut in a totally ne# one.
    --- (
    We have o3ten 1een tol& that the true course lies, 3or eEa%+le, neither in in&ul!ence nor
    in asceticis%, 1ut 1et#een the t#o; no# ho#ever, in the li!ht o3 the a1ove +rinci+le, #e
    un&erstan& #hy this is so, an& acHuire there1y an intellectual %otive 3or ri!ht action.
    The ascetic an& the e+icure alike concentrate their %in& u+on 3oo&, the one 3or the
    +ur+ose o3 a1stainin! 3ro% it, the other in or&er to in&ul!e in it. They are 1oth #orshi+ers o3
    the t#o-horne& Moon o3 illusion; the true occultist, #orshi+er o3 the *un o3 truth, cares not -
    +erchance )no*s not - #hether he eats %uch or little; that %atter he leaves nature to
    re!ulate, reservin! his conscious intelli!ence 3or +ro1le%s o3 !reater i%+ort. *o also #ith the
    Huestion o3 retire%ent 3ro% the #orl&; to shun society is as 1a& as to seek it; to 1e in&i33erent
    to it is the true course.
    This +rinci+le o3 the t#o 1alancin! the one is o3 universal a++lica1ility an& is ca+a1le o3
    solvin! %any +ro1le%s. For eEa%+le, health an& &isease are a +air o3 o++osites, the one
    o1taine& throu!h o1eyin! the la#s o3 nature, the other throu!h &iso1eyin! the%. The healthy
    %an is a %ere slave, lia1le to su33er at the least &eviation 3ro% the la#s he allo#s nature to
    3etter hi% #ith. The i&eal state is that o3 the %an #ho is in&e+en&ent o3 the la#s o3 health
    alto!ether, - an i&eal state in&ee& at +resent, 1ut one #hich %ay 1e ai%e& at an&
    a++roEi%ate& to.
    *ocrates #as a1le to &rink %ore #ine than anyone else, an& also to 3ast lon!er than
    others. When the Do!i reaches a certain sta!e it &oes not %atter, accor&in! to so%e 1ook on
    0atha Do! , have rea&, #hether he eats eEcessively or not at all. 6!ain, +er+etual sel3-
    sacri3ice to the #ishes o3 other in&ivi&uals is no %ore altruis% than is sel3ishness, 3or it
    concentrates the attention u+on the +ersonality.
    The true course is to ne!lect an& 3or!et the +ersonality alto!ether.
    6t this +oint , #ill leave the 3urther a++lication o3 the +rinci+le to the rea&er, #hose o#n
    +eculiar reHuire%ents #ill 1est &eci&e ho# such a++lication shoul& 1e %a&e.
    72rish Theosophist, March 1<, 1CF4 U;&!e #as (< yrs. ol&V8
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    SASGUATCH SIGHTINGS
    6 recent si!htin! #as re+orte& on the >ard (opy ne#s +ro!ra% 7"ov., 1G, 1FF<8.
    *cratchin! notes #hile the +ro!ra% aire&, , &i&n:t !et all the 3acts, 1ut the si!htin! #as in the
    Cali3ornia re&#oo& 3orest an& seen 1y a 3il% cre#. The vi&eo ta+er #as Crai! Miller an& later
    analysis sho#e& the creature to 1e a1out B or C 3eet tall. *u++ose&ly hair sa%+les #ere 3oun&
    #hich #ere to 1e su1>ecte& to D"6 testin!.
    6n interestin! si!htin! is re+orte& in the 1ook The 'on# )al 1y *lavo%ir -a#icA. 76
    !reat 1ook other#ise also, 1ein! the tale o3 an esca+e 3ro% a *i1erian +rison an& 9GGG %ile
    #alk to ,n&ia.8 -a#icA #rites:
    2,n all our #an&erin!s throu!h the 0i%alayan re!ion #e ha& encountere& no other
    creatures than %an, &o!s an& shee+. ,t #as #ith Huickenin! interest, there3ore, that in the
    early sta!es o3 our &escent o3 this last %ountain ?ole%enos &re# our attention to t#o %ovin!
    1lack s+ecks a!ainst the sno# a1out a Huarter o3 a %ile 1elo# us. We thou!ht o3 ani%als an&
    i%%e&iately o3 3oo&, 1ut as #e set o33 &o#n to investi!ate #e ha& no !reat ho+es that they
    #oul& a#ait our arrival. The contours o3 the %ountain te%+orarily hi& the% 3ro% vie# as #e
    a++roache& nearer, 1ut #hen #e halte& on the e&!e o3 a 1lu33 #e 3oun& they #ere still there,
    t#elve 3eet or so 1elo# us an& a1out a hun&re& yar&s a#ay.
    2T#o +oints struck %e i%%e&iately. They #ere enor%ous an& they #alke& on their hin&
    le!s. The +icture is clear in %y %in&, 3iEe& there in&eli1ly 1y a soli& t#o hours o3 o1servation.
    We >ust coul& not 1elieve #hat #e sa# at 3irst, so #e staye& to #atch. *o%e1o&y talke&
    a1out &ro++in! &o#n to their level to !et a close-u+ vie#.
    2@aro sai&, :They look stron! enou!h to eat us.: We staye& #here #e #ere. We #eren:t
    too sure o3 unkno#n creatures #hich re3use& to run a#ay at the a++roach o3 %en.
    2, set %ysel3 to esti%atin! their hei!ht on the 1asis o3 %y %ilitary trainin! 3or artillery
    o1servation. They coul& not have 1een %uch less than ei!ht 3eet tall. ne #as a 3e# inches
    taller than the other, in the relation o3 the avera!e %an to the avera!e #o%an. They #ere
    shu33lin! Huietly roun& on a 3lattish shel3 #hich 3or%e& +art o3 the o1vious route 3or us to
    continue our &escent. We thou!ht that i3 #e #aite& lon! enou!h they #oul& !o a#ay an&
    leave the #ay clear 3or us. ,t #as o1vious they ha& seen
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    us, an& it #as eHually a++arent they ha& no 3ear o3 us.
    2The 6%erican sai& that eventually he #as sure #e shoul& see the% &ro+ on all 3ours
    like 1ears. But they never &i&.
    2Their 3aces , coul& not see in &etail, 1ut the hea&s #ere sHuarish an& the ears %ust lie
    close to the skull 1ecause there #as no +ro>ection 3ro% the silhouette a!ainst the sno#. The
    shoul&ers slo+e& shar+ly &o#n to a +o#er3ul chest. The ar%s #ere lon! an& the #rists
    reache& the level o3 the knees. *een in +ro3ile, the 1ack o3 the hea& #as a strai!ht line 3ro%
    the cro#n into the shoul&ers - :like a &a%ne& $russian:, as $alucho#icA +ut it.
    2We &eci&e& unani%ously that #e #ere eEa%inin! a ty+e o3 creature o3 #hich #e ha& no
    +revious eE+erience in the #il&, in Aoos or in literature. ,t #oul& have 1een easy to have seen
    the% #a&&le o33 at a &istance an& &is%isse& the% as either 1ear or 1i! a+e o3 the oran!utan
    s+ecies. 6t close ran!e they &e3ie& 3acile &escri+tion. There #as so%ethin! 1oth o3 the 1ear
    an& a+e a1out their !eneral sha+e 1ut they coul& not 1e %istaken 3or either. The colour #as a
    rusty kin& o3 1ro#n. They a++eare& to 1e covere& 1y t#o &istinct kin&s o3 hair - the re&&ish
    hair #hich !ave the% their characteristic colour 3or%in! a ti!ht, close 3ur a!ainst the 1o&y,
    %in!lin! #ith #hich #ere lon!, loose, strai!ht hairs, han!in! &o#n#ar&s, #hich ha& a sli!ht
    !reyish tin!e as the li!ht cau!ht the%.
    2... @aro ... #ent o33 into a +anto%i%e o3 ar% #avin!, -e& ,n&ian #ar &ancin!, 1a#lin!
    an& shriekin!. The thin!s &i& not even turn. @aro scratche& aroun& an& ca%e u+ #ith hal3-a-
    &oAen +ieces o3 ice a1out a Huarter inch thick. ne a3ter another he +itche& the% &o#n
    to#ar&s the +air, 1ut they ski%%e& erratically an& lost &irection. ne %issile kicke& u+ a little
    +o#&er o3 sno# a1out t#enty yar&s 3ro% the%, 1ut i3 they sa# it they !ave no si!n...2 7++.
    ((B-F8
    This #riter ha& a stran!e eE+erience once that scare& the 1e>esus out o3 hi%. , use& to
    live in the hills o3 West Iir!inia an& #as #orkin! on a ol& truck in the #oo&s a1out <G yar&s
    3ro% a ravine. , hear& the irate roarin! o3 so%e lar!e ani%al in the ravine alon! #ith the
    crashin! o3 1rush. The i%%e&iate thou!ht #as that , #as 2&one 3or.2 The noise only laste&
    a1out thirty secon&s an&, , sa# nothin! #hen , #ent to investi!ate. What it #as , &on:t kno#.
    Bears #eren:t su++ose& to 1e in the area, an& +ossi1ly so%eone:s 1ull coul& have 1een
    %any %iles 3ro% ho%e.
    *tran!e thin!s ha++en in the country so%eti%es ho#ever. ,n the sa%e 3ar% a1ove
    %entione&, , #as #alkin! throu!h the #oo&s an& su&&enly hear& a soun& as i3 a helico+ter
    #as +assin! a1out at treeto+ level. ,t #as clear enou!h to see in &istance all aroun& ho#ever,
    an& there #as no helico+ter aroun&. - $erha+s a her& o3 errant ele%entals.
    Geor!e Car&inal )e!ros, an astrolo!er an& active Theoso+hist 3or so%e <G years, #rote
    in a letter to a 3rien& that in Missouri he &rove 1y a 3iel& that ha& 1ison in it - #hich are not
    there in nor%al ti%e - as i3 a #in&o# o+ene& u+ to another ti%e. The eerie an& uneE+ecte&
    nature o3 %any sasHuatch si!htin!s %i!ht +oint to a si%ilar +heno%enon. ,n the country or
    #oo&s a#ay 3ro% the in3luencin! a33ects o3 %any %in&s, reality %ay %ore easily sli+ out o3
    kilter, so to s+eak, or 1e %ore susce+ti1le to in3luence or +erce+tion 1y a 3e# isolate&
    vie#ers. ,n the ri!ht %in& state a &oor %ay o+en to other ti%es.
    ,3 one lives lon! enou!h in the country he is likely to see so%e unusual an& even
    uncanny natural +heno%enon, althou!h city-&#ellers %ay have their o#n tales o3 another ilk.
    nly last #eek this #riter ca%e ho%e 3ro% #ork to 3in& his car covere& #ith hun&re&s o3
    %ostly &ea& la&y1u!s, #hile no sur3aces aroun& ha& any on the%. 7The %in& 1alks at
    eE+lainin! that one.8 With insects, once , ca%e u+on a clou& o3 !nats a1out 4G 3oot in
    &ia%eter - #hich %i!ht soun& &is!ustin!, eEce+t that there #ere so %any o3 the% that their
    Aillion tiny little #in!s #ere %akin! %usic an& it soun&e& like the air #as 3ull o3 #in!e& 3airies.
    n another occasion o3 stran!e synchronicity o3 inner an& outer nature, this #riter ha& a
    te%+orary reunion #ith an ol& !irl3rien& an& the e%otions #ere Huite hi!h. We #ere &rivin!
    throu!h a stor% in #hich it #as +ourin! rain, hailin!, the sun #as out, there #ere li!htnin!
    3lashes, an& there #as a rain1o# all at the sa%e ti%e. :,nner an& outer %atchin! +er3ectlyP ...
    6n& a si!ht in the &esert *outh#est - has anyone ever seen a nearly 3ull tri+le rain1o#.
    - ;&.
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    4UTUR1 O4 TH1 WHIT1 RAC1
    6ccor&in! to Blavatsky a ne# race is !ra&ually 3or%in! in 6%erica, the siEth 2root-race2 in
    this 3ourth -oun&. ;volutionary +rocesses &escri1e& in Theoso+hy takes a!es - thousan&s,
    %illions, 1illions o3 years &e+en&in! on #hat is 1ein! &escri1e&, an& Blavatsky says that #hile
    it is loosely sai& that the ne# race is &evelo+in! in 6%erica, #hen it 3ully %ani3ests or
    1eco%es the nor%, 6%erica as a continent #ill no lon!er even 1e as it is no#. :*o the ne#
    race:s +revalence is 3ar in the 3uture.
    ,n the Dece%1er, :F< >i#h (ountry Theosophist+ 61hinyano - #ho al#ays #rites thou!ht-
    +rovokin! an& interestin! %aterial - see%s to i%+ly that the ne# race &evelo+in! here #ill 1e
    %ore or less a +uri3ie& stock o3 the ;uro+ean or #hite -ace - #ho isolate the%selves 3ro% the
    chaos o3 %iEin! races !oin! on in the /.*. no#. 0e says that *+ainishS,n&ians i%%i!ratin!,
    le!ally an& not, 3ro% MeEico are the reincarnations o3 2sinister 3orces:2
    2...#ho co%e over the 1or&er 1y the thousan&s every %onth #ith their !oal to 1reak a#ay
    Cali3ornia, 6riAona, "e# MeEico an& TeEas 3ro% the union. 6ll the a1ove %entione& sinister
    3orces are the +ro!eny; an& the re-incarnations o3 6tlanteans. These 6%ericans :!ro#n out o3
    the race 1o&ies o3 ;uro+e: are 1ein! 3orce& %ore an& %ore into a corner 1y the a1ove
    %entione& sinister 6tlanteans. *o%e &ay they 7the ;uro+ean stock - 7rotoV %ay 1e 3orce& to
    3i!ht the%selves out o3 this corner, or the %ore +aci3istic - an& intelli!ent - ones >ust %ove
    a#ay in or&er to 3or% the ne# -ace... ,n the $aci3ic area. They %ay live 3or so%e ti%e in the
    "orth, in Ba>a Cali3ornia, an& 6ustralia until the ne# continent is rea&y to o33er the% a ne#
    ho%e. 6ll that #ill take +lace thousan&s o3 years in the 3uture.2
    This i&ea - that the neEt ste+ in evolution 3or the races #ill &evelo+ out o3 an isolation o3
    the White race, is clearly contrary to Theoso+hical teachin!s. "e# races al#ays &evelo+ 3ro%
    racial inter%arria!e, an& the 3inal outco%e is a ne# 1ree& se+arate an& &i33erent 3ro% any o3
    its +ro!enitors. We are also talkin! a1out the &evelo+%ent o3 a vehicle, or ru+a that the soul
    incarnates into, an& so the vehicle or ty+e or race o3 the 1o&y is not the %ain issue 1ut the
    level o3 the soul incarnatin!. This #riter #oul& also &i33er #ith 61hinyano:s elevation o3 the
    White race, since it 1ein! +ri%arily Christian, it has !enerally the +oorest reli!ious an&
    s+iritual un&erstan&in! or &evelo+%ent o3 any o3 the races. Blavatsky lays the #hole i&ea out
    +retty clearly:
    2...This sho#s the enor%ous overla++in! o3 one race over the race #hich succee&s it,
    thou!h in characters an& eEternal ty+e the el&er loses its characteristics, an& assu%es the
    ne# 3eatures o3 the youn!er race. This is +rove& in all the 3or%ations o3 %iEe& hu%an races.
    "o#, ccult +hiloso+hy teaches that even no#, un&er our very eyes, the ne# -ace an&
    -aces are +re+arin! to 1e 3or%e&, an& that it is in 6%erica that the trans3or%ation #ill take
    +lace, an& has alrea&y silently co%%ence&.
    2$ure 6n!lo-*aEons har&ly three hun&re& years a!o, the 6%ericans o3 the /nite&
    *tates have alrea&y 1eco%e a nation a+art, an&, o#in! to a stron! a&%iEture o3 various
    nationalities an& inter-%arria!e, al%ost a race sui #eneris, not only %entally, 1ut also
    +hysically. :;very %iEe& race, #hen uni3or% an& settle&, has 1een a1le to +lay the +art o3 a
    +ri%ary race in 3resh crossin!s,: says &e Juatre3a!es. :Mankin&, in its +resent state, has thus
    1een 3or%e&, certainly, 3or the !reatest +art, 1y the successive crossin! o3 a nu%1er o3 races
    at present undetermined. 7The >uman %pecies+ +. (B9.8
    2Thus the 6%ericans have 1eco%e in only three centuries a :+ri%ary race,: pro tem$,
    1e3ore 1eco%in! a race a+art, an& stron!ly se+arate& 3ro% all other no# eEistin! races. They
    are, in short, the !er%s o3 the *iEth su1-race, an& in so%e 3e# hun&re& years %ore, #ill
    1eco%e %ost &eci&e&ly the +ioneers o3 that race #hich %ust succee& to the +resent
    ;uro+ean or 3i3th su1-race, in all its ne# characteristics. 63ter this, in a1out (<,GGG years, they
    #ill launch into +re+arations 3or the seventh su1-race; until, in conseHuence o3 cataclys%s -
    the 3irst series o3 those #hich %ust one &ay &estroy ;uro+e, an& still later the #hole 6ryan
    race 7an& thus a33ect 1oth 6%ericas8, as also %ost o3 the lan&s &irectly connecte& #ith the
    con3ines o3 our continent an& isles - the *iEth -oot--ace #ill have a++eare& on the sta!e o3
    our -oun&. When shall this 1e. Who kno#s save the !reat Masters o3 Wis&o%, +erchance,
    an& they are as silent u+on the su1>ect as the sno#-ca++e& +eaks that to#er a1ove the%. 6ll
    #e kno# is, that it #ill silently co%e into eEistence; so silently, in&ee&, that 3or lon!
    %illenniu%s shall its +ioneers - the +eculiar chil&ren #ho #ill !ro# into +eculiar %en an&
    #o%en - 1e re!ar&e& as ano%alous lusus naturae, a1nor%al o&&ities +hysically an& %entally.
    Then, as they increase an& their nu%1ers 1eco%e
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    #ith every a!e !reater, one &ay they #ill a#ake to 3in& the%selves in a %a>ority. ,t is the
    +resent %en #ho #ill then 1e!in to 1e re!ar&e& as eEce+tional %on!rels...2 7%ecret 3octrine
    ,,, ++ 999-<8
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    T&e O1 E1 Li5r*r/ Critic on A!i#e 9"i!e'
    The $ E$ 'ibrary (ritic, e&ite& 1y 0.". *tokes 3ro% 6u!ust, 1F11 throu!h 5anuary, 1F9(
    has volu%es o3 %aterial critical o3 the )ea&1eaterSBesant 1ran& o3 %ake-1elieve Theoso+hy
    an& the latter:s various antics, an& so this #riter #as curious as to #hat *tokes ha& to say
    a1out 6lice Bailey:s #ritin!s - since they 1oth 1elon! to the sa%e real% o3 i%itators o3 ori!inal
    Theoso+hy. *ur+risin!ly, a3ter a search throu!h the (ritic+ al%ost nothin! #as 3oun&, likely
    1ecause &e1unkin! one #hole school o3 thou!ht - 2"eo-theoso+hy2 - #as enou!h to kee+ any
    e&itor 1usy.
    *tokes: a++roach to Theoso+hy #as nearly o++osite o3 that o3 G. &e $urucker 7#hile
    also an e&itor an& not a Theoso+hical teacher or lea&er as G&e$ #as.8 *tokes #as
    thorou!hly critical #hile G&e$ #as +re&o%inantly +ositive an& non-critical in a++roach. ,n this
    li!ht one %i!ht eE+ect G&e$ to 1e so%e#hat anta!onistic to *tokes an& his a++roach, 1ut in
    G&e$:s :uestions )e All As #e 3in& the 3ollo#in!:
    2The /$ E$ 'ibrary (ritic+ an interestin! +erio&ical e&ite& an& +u1lishe& 1y the
    Theoso+hical %o&ern 5uvenal or satirist, Dr. 0. ". *tokes o3 Washin!ton, D.C., a %an o3
    trenchant #it, #hose 3avorite occu+ation in li3e see%s to 1e +rickin! 1u11les o3 3antasy an&
    1urstin! 1la&&ers o3 +retension an& +er3oratin! sha%s.2 7Iol. ,, +. 1998
    *tokes actually sol& Bailey 1ooks, as #ell as so%e o3 )ea&1eater an& Besant 23or
    +ur+oses o3 co%+arison.2 nly one 3ull article on Bailey, or an article 3ro% The 5eacon: 4ear+
    A )orld 7roblem a++ears in the (ritic 75an., 1F4(8. ,t is %ostly a +hiloso+hic essay not
    relate& to Bailey. -elate& to Bailey in the 5uly, 1F(= 2Critic2 in *tokes 26t The $erisco+e2
    colu%n, #e 3in&:
    2Too 2"n' 2"sters. 6n e&itorial in The 7ath 7*y&ney8 3or March-6+ril on the Masters
    says: :To&ay, 3i3ty years a3ter, #e are in the +osition o3 &"ing too +"n' o$ t&ese s"+e Wise
    2enC2 63ter re3errin! to the Masters %entione& 1y )aAen1y, )ea&1eater, van 0ook, Mrs. 6lice
    Bailey an& others the #riter continues: :To the stu&ent o3 the occult the &i33iculty is no lon!er to
    3in& the Masters, it is to esca+e 3ro% the%.: To this %i!ht 1e a&&e& that #e not only have too
    %any Masters, 1ut too %any o3 the sa%e Master. ;very no# an& then , &iscover a ne#
    Morya, #hile one ?.0. 1usies hi%sel3 #ith attackin! the church an& another &e3en&s it. The
    craAe 3or ne# Masters is a +hase o3 the Messiah craAe, a++arently. Those #ho #on:t take the
    trou1le to stu&y the sayin!s o3 ?rishna, Bu&&ha an& Christ are lookin! 3or a "e# Teacher,
    #hile the &isci+les o3 the +oly%or+hose Mahat%as o3 to&ay are >ust the ones #ho i!nore or
    &is+ara!e the Mahatma 'etters.2
    The )on!est (ritic +iece &irectly relate& to Bailey a++ears in *tokes: At The 7eriscope in
    the May, 1F(F nu%1er:
    20.$.B. an& 6.6.B. - 6ttention is calle& to a +a%+hlet >ust +u1lishe& un&er the aus+ices
    o3 :The 0.$.B. De3ense Co%%ittee: o3 The Blavatsky 6ssociation on The 7seudo-/ccultism of
    Mrs$ A$ 5ailey 1y Mrs. 6. ). Cleather an& Basil Cru%+, t#o #ell-kno#n &e3en&ers o3 0.$.B.
    an& o3 her teachin!s as !iven in The %ecret 3octrine$ Fro% the stan&+oint o3 co%icality , have
    al#ays +lace& Mrs. Bailey:s 1ooks, 2nitiation+ >uman and %olar an& A Treatise on (osmic 4ire
    si&e 1y si&e #ith Besant an& )ea&1eater:s Man; )hence+ >o& and )hither. 6s eE+onents o3
    a t#iste& universe they 1eat ;instein. , have no %ore use 3or Mrs. Bailey:s 2Ti1etan2 than 3or
    the various 2Masters2 #ho sen& &o#n co%%unications throu!h 6nnie Besant, C.W.
    )ea&1eater, Brother QQ,,, the Te%+le o3 the $eo+le an& others. 7Ditto, Ditto - $roto8 The
    #oo&s are literally 3ull o3 2%ahat%as2 #ho re!ale their 1elievers #ith talk o3 varyin! &e!rees o3
    insi+i&ity an& i%1ecility, co%%unicate& throu!h +sychic %eans o3 one sort or another, an&
    so%e o3 #ho #oul& al%ost see% to 1e o+eratin! 3ro% a 3ourth !ra&e o3 a +u1lic school, or
    even 3ro% a %a&house. Further there are :0.$. Blavatskys: !alore, also co%%unicatin!
    throu!h +sychic
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    %eans. ne &oes not Huestion the sincerity o3 those #ho !ive these +ur+orte& teachin!s to
    the #orl&. Dou1tless so%e o3 #hat they !ive is hel+3ul, even as col& %ush is to a starvin!
    %an. But one coul& #ish that these various :Mahat%as: an& :Blavatskys: coul& 1e 1rou!ht
    to!ether into one roo% an& set to co%+arin! notes. There #oul& 1e little le3t in the en& 1ut
    1ones an& 3eathers, unless a !entle%an:s a!ree%ent coul& 1e entere& into +er%ittin! each to
    +ull the le!s o3 his &evotees in his +eculiar 3ashion. , kno# one 0.$.B. #ho &e%onstrates her
    i&entity 1y s#earin!; %ost o3 the Mahat%as talk senti%ental to%%yrot, couche& in archaic
    ;n!lish. Mrs. Bailey:s Ti1etan has a sche%e #hich #oul& have sha%e& 5ehovah. Whether
    her (osmic 4ire is a con3ir%ation an& a%+li3ication o3 The %ecret 3octrine+ or #hether it is
    3ille& #ith !larin! contra&ictions an& a1sur&ities, #ith hi!h-soun&in! +hrases #ith no i&ea
    1ack o3 the%, 1ase& u+on a sel3-assu%e& authority, the rea&ers o3 The 7seudo-/ccultism of
    Mrs$ A$ 5ailey %ust >u&!e 3or the%selves. ,t is #ell #orth rea&in!.2
    The only other si!ni3icant +iece , coul& 3in& on Bailey in the /riental Esoteric 'ibrary
    (ritic #as in the Dece%1er, 1F4F issue:
    2 2rs. 9"i!e'8s 8Ti(et"n8 on t&e 8S,irit o$ Pe"#e8 - ,n a &ocu%ent issue& 3ro% the
    Bailey 0ea&Huarters in "e# Dork an& &ate& "ove%1er, 1F4F, :The Ti1etan: i%+lores all
    +eace-lovin! +ersons to !et to!ether in s+irit on Christ%as &ay an& on 5anuary (1st, 1F9G, to
    a++eal to :The *+irit o3 $eace: an& invoke it 7or 0i%.8 to s+rea& a1roa&. :The Ti1etan: tells us
    that :The *+irit o3 $eace is hoverin! close to hu%anity, seekin! o++ortunity to %ake 0is
    $resence 3elt. The *+irit o3 $eace is not an a1stract conce+t 1ut a +otent ,n&ivi&ual, #iel&in!
    3orces hithererto un3a%iliar to our +lanet.: 6++arently he #on:t #iel& the% unless 1e!!e& to &o
    so. This re%in&s %e o3 Ballar&:s :Go&&ess o3 )i1erty: #ho, so he in3or%e& his hearers, is not
    an :a1stract conce+t:, 1ut a real 3e%ale #o%an #ho he +ro&uce& at so%e o3 his %eetin!s,
    al1eit in invisi1le 3or%. 6++arently the :Ti1etan:s: *+irit o3 $eace is a hu!e Man #ho can 1e
    in&uce& to s+rea& hi%sel3 a1roa&, 1ut only i3 ur!ently 1e!!e& to &o so on certain &ates an&
    1y enou!h +eo+le. Bet#een the Ti1etan:s *+irit o3 $eace an& Ballar&:s Go&&ess o3 )i1erty ,
    see 1ut little choice as to +ro1a1ility, 1ut , a% &is+ose& to 3avor the latter. , #ant )i1erty at the
    eE+ense o3 $eace i3 necessary, 1ut certainly not $eace at the eE+ense o3 )i1erty, #hich
    see%s to 1e #hat this :Ti1etan: is ai%in! at.2
    This #riter has a&%itte&ly rea& little o3 Bailey, an& #henever he has atte%+te& to &o so
    has 1een 1eset 1y a certain nausea, #hich he thinks is a reaction to 2B*2 +ro&uce& 1y a
    +revious saturation #ith healthy Blavatsky %aterial an& the resultant +uri3ication o3 his
    !ur&>ie33ian 2+hiloso+hic center2. The total lack o3 consistency an& the e%otional nature o3 the
    Bailey #ritin!s 1enu%1s the intellect an& hy+notiAes. The Bailey %aterial, in this #riter:s
    conviction, is the result o3 so%e clever an& nasty astral ty+es #ho have #orke& u+ a
    +o#er1ase an& hu!e her& o3 1enu%1e& shee+. ,t is 2le3t han&2 occultis% o3 a lo# ty+e 7in the
    2shee+2 at least8, an& #ithin the sa%e in3luence as ritualistic reli!ion an& the 2star-rishi2 yo!ic
    +ath - or that o3 the 2Ma%o Chohans2 hal3 o3 thin!s 7see the M)s8 - in &istinction to the 2-i!ht
    0an& $ath2 o3 #hite occultis%, #hich as+ires to the Dhyan Chohans.
    ,3 +eo+le #ant to 1e Bailey-ites, that is >ust +eachy-keen 3ine #ith this e&itor, 1ut to +lace
    it 7Bailey %aterial8 si&e 1y si&e #ith Blavatsky %aterial an& see it as consistent #ith it or
    co%+li%entary reHuires #ar+in! the %ental 3aculties an& total lack o3 intuition. To co%+are
    Bailey si&e 1y si&e #ith Blavatsky is &i33icult 1ecause Bailey has coine& a #hole ne#
    ter%inolo!y. Bailey-ites %aintain that the 2D.?.2 o3 their literature is the sa%e D>ual ?hool o3
    the Mahatma 'etters. That this is clai%e& is no +roo3 in itsel3 an& one #oul& have to co%+are
    their +hiloso+hies 3or evi&ence. Bailey-ites clai% that their +hiloso+hy co%es 3ro% the sa%e
    source o3 White a&e+ts as #ere 1ehin& Blavatsky. ,3 so, #hy #oul& a co%+letely &i33erent
    syste% an& ter%inolo!y 1e coine&, #hich only a&&s to con3usion rather than 1ein! an ai&.
    Those %ain 3i!ures o3 the early Theoso+hical Move%ent 3or #hich there is %ost evi&ence o3
    chelahoo& o3 so%e &e!ree - Blavatsky, lcott, 5u&!e, *u11a -o#, Tin!ley, Cros1y, $urucker -
    all stick to +retty %uch the sa%e ter%inolo!y an& syste% o3 thou!ht - all are lar!ely consistent
    #ith each other 7With +erha+s so%e &i33erences o3 inter+retation as 1et#een Blavatsky an&
    *u11a -o#8. ,3 D.?. #as a chela o3 one o3 the sa%e a&e+ts that +resente& Blavatsky:s
    syste% o3 Theoso+hy, then he #oul& 1e +resentin! this sa%e syste% as tau!ht 1y his Master,
    an& not the hocus-+ocus 3oun& in Bailey.
    Blavatsky:s #ritin!s are 3ull o3 scholarshi+,
    --- B
    Huotations, re3erences to the !reat reli!ious, scienti3ic, occult an& +hiloso+hic thinkers, stu&ies
    o3 %yth, +hilolo!y, etc., etc. There:s a cou+le o3 thousan& +a!es o3 this in the %ecret 3octrine
    an& 2sis 0n*eiled alone, not to %ention her (ollected )ritin#s o3 3ourteen volu%es -#hich all
    took a tre%en&ous &e!ree o3 #ork an& critical thinkin! 1y so%e1o&y. ,s there a &ro+ o3
    scholarshi+ in the channele& Bailey #ritin!s.
    ,s there any !enuine +ositive evi&ence at all that the Bailey #ritin!s are co%+ati1le or an
    eEtension o3 Blavatsky Theoso+hy. The case is %uch that o3 the con-artist clai%in! royal
    herita!e.
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    N1W R1PRINT5 AT HOME 'ITH THE INNER SELF
    . 5a%es 5. Burns
    2$erha+s it is 1est sai& at the outset that #e consi&er ourselves to 1e at the earliest
    1e!innin!s o3 %an:s 3irst true a#akenin!. We consi&er the +ro1le%s o3 the #orl& to 1e roote&
    in the 3act that each in&ivi&ual +erson has not yet &iscovere& the nature o3 his o#n
    consciousness. The !ran& a#akenin!, shoul& it ever co%e, #oul& 1e one in #hich every
    in&ivi&ual +erson is 1rou!ht to realiAation an& co%+lete, clear a#areness o3 their o#n internal
    #orkin!s. We consi&er that in so%e +oint in ti%e this #ill 1e reHuire& 1y school an& statute.
    The !eneral %aelstro% %ankin& 3in&s itsel3 in an& has to &o so%ethin! to !et out o3, is the
    result o3 all the %achinations o3 +ro>ection an& trans3erence in #hich every1o&y is #orkin!
    their o#n internal con3licts out on every1o&y else.
    2Freu& an& 5un! #ere the !o&hea&s o3 a ne# 1e!innin!. They +ointe& a course as to
    #hat has to 1e &one to !et 1eyon& the %ass eEternaliAation o3 stress that results in
    1loo&she& an& insane, a1usive #ealth. ,nternal &ishar%ony can 1e trace& to 1ein! at the root
    o3 our +ro1le%s 3ro% starvation to !hetto %u!!in!s, an& until +eo+le are a1le to 1e
    res+onsi1le to the%selves 3or the%selves, there is not a 3aint ray o3 ho+e. /ntil so%ethin! is
    &one a1out the source o3 the carna!e, there is no ho+e on earth. Workin! on your o#n %in&-
    set an& i%+rovin! your un&erstan&in! o3 yoursel3 an& others has 1een allu&e& to since
    Grecian Ti%es, 1ut it is no lon!er a +leasure 3or the i&le rich, it is a necessity 3or every +erson
    on earth.
    2;veryone !oes throu!h li3e +ickin! u+ 3ro% every1o&y aroun& the% +ieces o3 %in&-set
    that are &evote& to one:s o#n &estruction. That is #hy you have to !et &o#n to the ra#
    ele%ents o3 #here the #hole thin! starte& an& trace it all throu!h. ,:ve s+ent 3orty years &oin!
    this an& 1elieve such a +rocess is the only ho+e 3or hu%anity an& a ne# &a#n co%in! over
    the earth. ,n the &estroye& con&ition ,:ve 1een in an& co%e 1ack 3ro% several ti%es in %y li3e,
    ,:ve seen #hat is +ossi1le an& kno# that there is real ho+e. There is a +rocess !oin! on #e
    are only at the 1e!innin! o3.
    2$eo+le talk a1out %e&itation, talk a1out T.M., talk a1out tantra, talk a1out +rayer, talk
    a1out 1ooks on +hiloso+hy an& +sycholo!y, talk a1out &iscussion !rou+s, talk a1out this an&
    that an& the other thin! - 1ut no one %akes a clear state%ent o3 #hat they are tryin! to
    --- C
    &o. 6 +erson is 1oun& to !et con3use&. ,3 you:ve !otten to a +oint #here you realiAe that the
    thin! you #oul& like %ost to 3in& in this #orl& is a stea&y source o3 !ui&ance, to hel+ you
    1eco%e you o#n source o3 !ui&ance - then that:s #hat you are a3ter. Dou never 3in& that
    state& any#here in si%+le lan!ua!e.
    2The key to the #hole +rocess lies in the 3act that there is a 3ountain-s+rin! o3 en&less
    !ui&ance an& in3or%ation #ithin every hu%an 1ein!. ne only has to learn to !et out o3 its
    #ay, to let the consciousness !enerate in a stille& an& Huiet %in&. Because o3 our #estern
    herita!e, ,:% te%+te& to use the ter% that is co%%on in the 6.-.;. an& the churches - that the
    Christ-hea& rei!ns su+re%e #ithin. When you 1e!in to have eE+eriences o3 the in3or%ation
    3ro% #ithin, you learn ho# +er3ectly attune& the inner %in& is to your i%%e&iate an&
    %o%entary circu%stances. ,t can !ui&e you eEactly to the thinkin! reHuire& to &eal #ith the
    outer circu%stances or other as+ects o3 consciousness that is a1sor1in! your attention. ,t is
    +er3ectly attune& to the +otential o3 eE+an&in! your total consciousness to its a1solute
    %aEi%u%. ,t is en&lessly tryin! to &o this. ,t can:t sto+ &oin! it. The 3ountainhea& lies totally
    #ithin. 6ll #e &iscuss here +ertains to the %etho&s an& +articulars that are involve& in
    uncoverin! the #ellhea&.2
    UFro% the ,ntro&uction o3 the 1ook. 6vaila1le throu!h 7roto#onos 3or R=.GG +lus
    +ost. $a+er1ack, <2EC2, 111 +a!esV
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    WI00IA2 0AUDAHN ON ;A21S 9URNS
    - Fro% a )etter 71F May, 1FFG8
    , receive& your note an& 1ook 1y Burns on May Day. Gla& you like %y CT article...
    The %a>ority o+inion #ill 3ocus on the %ore %un&ane +hases Uo3 Burns: 1ookV, #hich are very
    interestin! an& instructive; 1ut ,:ll let that evaluation to the +sycholo!ists.
    Many #oul&n:t notice, 1ut there is a soli& a%ount o3 %ystical Theoso+hia 7%y 3avorite
    su1>ect8 in At >ome )ith The 2nner %elf$ ,t says that the !reatest +hiloso+hy is $latonis%.
    "eo-$latonis% is i%+lie&. ,n 2sis 0n*eiled+ 0$B sai& that, unlike others, $lato #as +ri%arily
    concerne& #ith the ;ternal an& the $er%anent. That is, the 61solute #hich is the 2"o-Thin!2
    as *ource o3 all 2thin!s.2
    ,t is interestin! that Burns &enie& 2Go&.2 But, here the &eity is assu%e& to 1e a sin!le
    Bein!. 6ccor&in! to "eo-$latonis% or ancient theoso+hy, the 61solute is the totality o3 Bein!
    7an& Beco%in!8 in 1oth the +hysical an& s+iritual sense -- %ani3este& an& un%ani3este&. The
    te%+orary or 2%ayavic2 +art is the vast array an& +assin! +ara&e o3 2thin!s.2
    ?ant:s 2thin!-in-itsel32 is 2unkno#a1le2 as it is "o-Thin!. n +!. CF Burns s+eaks o3
    havin! 2The +ers+ective o3 ti%eless thin!s,2 #ithout #hich there is no +oint in stayin! 2on the
    streetP2 The last line in the 1ook, 2the 1otto% line,2 is that he is 23ree 3ro% havin! to chase
    thin!s.2
    Burns +oints out that #orl&ly success is .?., the trou1le is the +rice -- no 2inner
    acco%+lish%ent.2 ,n#ar&ness !ives a sense o3 2the versel32 #hich +uts our little 2selves2 in
    their +ro+er +lace. That +lace is "o#here. The Cos%ic Consciousness he talks a1out isn:t
    a1out ti%e, location, or +ersonality. )ike the 2&e#&ro+ sli+s into the shinin! sea,2 the lesser
    sli+s into the !reater *el3 -- it is "irvanaP
    6 +erson can learn 3ro% this 1ook. Most !oo& or !reat 1ooks are !oo& or !reat teachers.
    Des+ite this, Burns says that 2it &oesnLt &o any !oo& to learn 3ro% a 1ook 1ecause it is not
    your story.2 7+. 1GG8 But, a !reat 1ook is your story -- it a&&resses 1oth the cos%ic an& the
    hu%an con&ition. h #ell, no1o&y:s +er3ect. 76n& our author never clai%e& to 1eP8 We all
    have our 1lin& s+ots. 0e says that #e use 2the #ritten #or&... as an esca+e 3or thinkin!.2 To
    %e it is a sti%ulant. , rea& 7al%ost8 everythin!, lookin! 3or ,&eas. ;ven i3 , &on:t like so%e o3
    the i&eas, the sti%ulus is still there. The 1i! +oint is %in&-eE+ansion -- in this case, #ithout
    &ru!sP
    , coul& !o on an& on ravin! a1out Burns:
    --- F
    1ook. , have only one reservation. ,t has to &o #ith this #ork as a +hysical o1>ect, a 2thin!.2 ,t
    3alls a+art too easily. ,t sel3-&estructsP ,n a +urely +hysical sense, it is not 2ti%eless.2 ,n a
    %eta+hysical sense, it %i!ht #ell 1e i%%ortal...
    UBill )au&ahn +asse& a#ay a1out a year or so a!o. 0e #as the author o3 %any
    Theoso+hical articles an& a 3e# 1ooks. 6 collection o3 his #ritin!s a++ears in .nostic and
    Mystical Theosophy 7C2E112, +a+er1ack, 1F4++.8 This is +erha+s still availa1le 3or a1out
    R1G.GG 3ro%: 11B Taor%ina )ane, >ai, C6 F4G(4V
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    ;OHN GR1SCHN1R ON ;I2 9URNS
    ... , 3inishe& 5a%es Burns 1ook - ,t is a very !oo& 1ook... ,t:s a !oo& testa%ent o3 his s+irit
    an& the hu%an s+irit:s +otential in !eneral an& his #ill to investi!ate K heal hi%sel3, an& it:s a
    sa& testa%ent o3 the hu%an con&ition in !eneral an& s+eci3ically the 2%ental health2
    3acilities... , a!ree #ith all he says - an& un&erstan& +er3ectly #hat he sets out ... 0e:s clearly
    a very intelli!ent !uy. ,ts >ust a sha%e that he an& all the others - +ast K +resent, have to !o
    throu!h all the +sychotic !ar1a!e. The hu%an con&ition in !eneral, clearly is 1iAarre, an& it is
    the cause o3 all the %ental a1errations +eo+le eE+erience, even i3 it:s 1io-che%ical in nature.
    The hu%an res+onse, &ue to their con&itionS+erce+tion o3 )i3eS-eality, etc., si%+ly #orsens
    the con&ition... They re-in&uceS2hy+notiAe2 the% into 3urther &elu&e& states, clai%in! the% to
    1e 2reality2 an& healthy.. %ost o3ten they si%+ly stun K nu%1 the% out #ith su++ressive
    che%icals... - ?6-M6 -
    Dou sai& it is not 7the 1ook8 Theosophy +er se, an& is %ostly +sycholo!ical in nature an&
    this is true, to a &e!ree.. ,ts true, that %ost o3 #hat he s+eaks on is +sycholo!ical... inner
    i%+rints #hich 3unction as a sheath over the true inner sel3, an& the &yna%ics o3 the i%+rints,
    1oth internally K as a &e3inition o3 #ho K #hat you are an& your +erce+tion o3 2truth K reality2.
    :6n& the relationshi+ o3 the i%+rints #ith the eEternal environ%ent... Theoso+hy, in truth, #hen
    1oile& &o#n to its 3un&a%ental essence, is a1out the true sel3 - #hich is an eternal +resence
    o3 consciousness, that 1eco%es all thin!s - an& the a#areness an& kno#le&!eS #is&o% o3
    this... The true sel3 is +ure #is&o%, a1solute, an& thru itsel3 all thin!s 1eco%e... The +oint o3
    5i%:s 1ook illustrates Theoso+hy +er3ectly, in that the sel3 in 1e-co%in!, an& evolvin! via all
    the un3ol&in! creative cycles, sho#s a +hase in the +rocess o3 re&iscovery o3 the true nature
    o3 sel3. 0e as an in&ivi&ual, illustrates #hat hu%anity as a #hole is un&er!oin!, in the return to
    the true sel3...

    75ohn Greschner is a 2+rison yo!i2 an& +hiloso+hic stu&ent o3 so%e (< years.8
    --- 1G
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    THE ETHERIC DOUBLE - The 4ar--eachin# Effects of a 4alse Assumption, 1y G.6.
    Farthin! is a su+er1 +a%+hlet &elineatin! the &i33erences on teachin!s on the 2B +rinci+les2
    1et#een Blavatsky an& the "eo-Theoso+hy o3 Besant an& )ea&1eater. :61out (G +a!es.
    Write 7roto#onos 3or a 3ree EeroE co+y.
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    ACCOUNTS O4 GIANTS
    /n Admirable -Thin#s9 and Those that ha*e 'i*ed to a .reat A#e, 1y $hle!on Trallianus:
    2"ot %any years since, in Messene, 6+ollonius 7!ra%%arian8 says, that a lar!e stone vessel
    #as 1roke throu!h violent te%+ests, an& a !reat inun&ation o3 #ater, an& that a hea& #as
    #ashe& out o3 it, three ti%es as lar!e as that o3 a %an, #ith t#o ro#s o3 teeth. 6n inscri+tion
    in3or%e& those that #ere en&eavorin! to 3in& #hose hea& it #as, that it #as the hea& o3 ,&as:
    3or this #as the inscri+tion, UGreek letters....V, i.e. F ,D6*. 7see 0o%er, ,llia&, F,v.<<98
    2,n Dl%atia, too, in that #hich is calle& the cavern o3 Diana, %any 1o&ies %ay 1e seen,
    #hose ri1s eEcee& siEteen cu1its.O But the !ra%%arian 6+ollonius relates that there #as an
    earthHuake &urin! the rei!n o3 Ti1erius "ero, throu!h #hich %any cele1rate& cities o3 6sia
    #ere entirely &estroye&... "ot a 3e# too, o3 the cities o3 *icily su33ere& throu!h this
    earthHuake, an& +laces near -he!iu%, to!ether #ith several cities in $ontus. But in those
    +arts in #hich the earth #as rent asun&er, very lar!e &ea& 1o&ies #ere 3oun&... they sent to
    -o%e one o3 the teeth o3 these 1o&ies; an& it #as %ore than a 3oot lon!. "or ou!ht #e to
    re3use to assent to this narration, since there is a +lace in ;!y+t calle& )itrae, in #hich 1o&ies
    are to 1e seen not less in siAe than the a1ove %entione&, an& these not 1urie& in the earth,
    1ut eE+ose& to the vie#, neither con3use& nor &istur1e&, 1ut +lace& in +ro+er or&er, so that he
    #ho looks at the% can tell #hich are the 1ones o3 the thi!hs, le!s, an& other %e%1ers. , a%
    like#ise in3or%e&, that at -ho&es there are 1ones #hich 3ar sur+ass in %a!nitu&e the 1ones
    o3 %en o3 the +resent &ay. 6n& the sa%e 6+ollonius says, that there is a certain islan& near
    6thens, #hich the 6thenians 3orti3ie& #ith #alls; an& that #hen they #ere &i!!in! the
    3oun&ations o3 these #alls, they 3oun& a se+ulchre o3 one hun&re& cu1its in len!th, in #hich
    there #as a skeleton o3 the sa%e &i%ensions #ith the se+ulchre, #ith this inscri+tion: 2
    Macroseiris+ &ho li*ed fi*e thousand years+ am buried in lon# island$
    2;u%achus, in his &escri+tion o3 the earth, says that the Cartha!inians, #hen they #ere
    &i!!in! a trench in their o#n country, 3oun& t#o skeletons +lace& in co33ins, one o3 #hich #as
    t#enty-three, an& the other t#enty-3our cu1its. 6n& Theo+o%+us *inno+ensis, in his Treatise
    on Earth"uaes+ says, that a su&&en earthHuake ha++enin! in the Ci%erian Bos+horus, a
    certain hill #as rent asun&er, an& the 1ones o3 a +ro&i!ious %a!nitu&e #ere thro#n out o3 it;
    3or the len!th o3 the #hole skeleton #as 3oun& to 1e t#enty-3our cu1its. 0e a&&s, that the
    Bar1arians #ho &#elt a1out those +arts thre# these 1ones into )ake Maeotis.2 7Iol. ,,,, +.
    (9G-(9(8
    British Museu% Catalo! sho#s: $hle!on, o3 Tralles. De Mira1ili1us et lon!aevus li1ellus.
    ;ius&e% &e ly%+i>s 3ra!%entu%. 7Gr K )at.8 *ee: 6ntonius )i1eralis. Trans3or%ationu%
    Con!eries, etc. 7Gr K )at8 1<=C. 7no +lace or +u1lisher sho#n8
    - Fro% -. -o11
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    OU6 cu1it #as an ancient %easure%ent o3 a++roEi%ately 1C to (( inches.V
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    7ID1OS5
    ROOMATES #ith $eter Faulk - an ol& an& irasci1le %an har& to 1e aroun&, 1ut #ith
    real character 1ehin& the rou!h eEterior. , think Gur&>ie33 sai& so%ethin! to the e33ect that
    %o&ern %an is all +ersonality #ith 3e# #ith any real character.
    HERO #ith Dustin 0o33%an - si%ilar to the a1ove %ovie in #ays 1ut not Huite as #ell
    %a&e or as serious. 0o33%an lea&s so%e#hat a sleaAy li3e, 1ut reveals a character
    un&erneath o3 ai&in! others 1eyon& %ere sel3ishness.
    HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS #ith Meryl *tree+ - tale o3 an unusual an& +o#er3ul 3a%ily in
    6r!entina. *tree+ has secon& si!ht an& is a natural 1orn holy #o%an, 3or lack o3 1etter ter%.
    UUr %ay1e a 23i3th roun&er2 in Theoso+hical ter%inolo!yVV ] ratin!8
    THE PIANO - a very unusual tale. The chie3 character is a natural 1orn %ystic, as
    *tree+ is in the a1ove %ovie. 0er 3ather says she has a 2&ark talent2, such as >ust &eci&in!
    not to talk, an& not &oin! so 3or 4G years. ,n "e# @ealan& a%on! the a1ori!inals an& settlers.
    ] ratin!8
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    Brie/ Mur#h/ De* - Iir!inia Ti!he Morro#, #ho #as the su1>ect o3 the 1F<G:s
    &e1ate over reincarnation %e%ories &urin! hy+notic re!ression, &ie& 5uly 1( at a!e B(. 2The
    Denver %atron #as a $ue1lo, Colo., house#i3e %arrie& to auto%o1ile &ealer 0u!h Ti!he
    #hen she %et the 1ook:s author UThe %earch for 5ridey MurphyV, Morey Bernstein, at a +arty.
    Mr. Bernstein, a 1usiness%an intereste& in hy+nosis an& reincarnation, o33ere& to hy+notiAe
    her as a %eans o3 relievin! her aller!ies. ,n hal3 a &oAen hy+nosis sessions 3ro% "ov. (F,
    1F<(, to 6u!. (F, 1F<4, she relate& a &etaile& story to Mr. Bernstein o3 her 1irth in Cork,
    ,relan&, an& &eath in Bel3ast as Bri&ey Mur+hy... 6 national controversy over reincarnation
    arose a3ter Mr. Bernstein reveale& her story, es+ecially a3ter he &eci&e& in 1F<9 to s+ell it all
    out in a 1ook... 63ter (G years o3 re3lection, UsheV tol& the )os 6n!eles Ti%es in 1FB= that she
    re%e%1ere& nothin! o3 #hat she sai& o3 Bri&ey Mur+hy un&er hy+nosis 1ut consi&ere& the
    recollections vali&.2 75lade, BS(1SF<8
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    "Hit (' 0ig&tning" Conention - Gettys1ur!, $a. 61out 1(G +ersons atten&e& this
    convention. ;very year a1out =GG +ersons are struck 1y li!htnin! an& another (,<GG in>ure&
    1y electrical shock. Most +ersons struck 1y li!htnin!, i3 not kille&, are un&erstan&a1ly
    &a%a!e& in so%e #ay. *o%e, ho#ever &evelo+ stran!e a1ilities. (= years a!o 0arol& Deal
    #as struck 1y li!htnin! that 1laste& hi% out o3 his 1oots an& thre# hi% <G 3eet. 0e says 2,
    haven:t 1een col& since 1F=F.2 0e has a +hoto colla!e o3 hi%sel3 ro%+in! throu!h the sno# in
    >ust shorts an& the like #ith +hotos la1ele& 2< &e!rees, %inus 1G, %inus 99, etc.2 Durin! the
    su%%er Mr. Deal 3ills his 1athtu1 #ith #ater an& 1a!s o3 ice. 75lade, =S1BSF<8 $erha+s there
    is a relationshi+ here to the yo!ic &evelo+%ent o3 2tu%o2 or resistence to col&. 7*ee
    6leEan&er Davi& "eel:s Ma#ic and Mystery in Tibet.8
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    UNSUNG AS 61T
    , set %y 3oot on the 3orest 3loor
    Where all is cool an& all is still,
    6n& , #ill turn 1ack never%ore
    To the haunts , kne#. , ha& %y 3ill -
    )ive&, han&le&, taste& all they +riAe,
    Took, covete&, consi&ere&, #ei!he&,
    6n& , kno# all the honore& lies
    ,, too, ha& honore& ha& , staye&.
    , learne& the son! o3 the Go& 3or hire,
    3 1ou!hten islan&s 3or the 1lest,
    ,n !loo% :neath &o%e an& !il&e& s+ire
    0y%ne& to the roo3. My #ay is 1est.
    For the skies are %ine, an& the #in& is %ine,
    6n& &o#n 1et#een the 1reathin! trees
    ,%%easura1le 1eacons shine
    6-t#inkle in the silences.
    6ll ni!ht is 3ull o3 the 3rien&ly s+eech
    3 lea3 an& earth an& 3lo#in! strea%;
    Day:s #i&e #ith lea!ue an& s+an an& reach
    3 leisure& &istances a-&rea% -
    3 trails as ne# as years are lon!,
    Flun! across +lain an& sky-line crest -
    /nlonely solitu&e an& son!
    /nsun! as yet. My #ay is 1est.
    , kno# #here the 3uture:s 3ree&o%:s 1re&,
    Where all thin!s #ait on hi% #ho loves,
    6n& un&er3oot, an& overhea&,
    6n& all aroun&, the ho%in! &roves
    3 ri++les 3ro% the storie& +ast
    /+li3t until the +il!ri%s scan
    "e# real%s o3 thou!ht an&, thinkin!, cast
    "e# e33orts 3orth 3or visione& Man.
    , 3eel the s#eetness an& the thrill -
    The su%%ons-3orth on -oyal Juest,
    0ar+e& chor&s o3 har%ony that 3ill
    6 /niverse. My #ay is 1est.
    - Tal1ot Mun&y
    7Theosophical 7ath, "ov., 1F(<8
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    PROTOGONOS is an in&e+en&ent Theoso+hical +erio&ical +u1lishe& 9 to = ti%es a
    year. *u1scri+tion is B<c +er issue. Corres+on&ence an& su1%issions #elco%e. ;&itor: Mark
    5aHua.......
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    PROTOGONOS
    "u%1er (B Dece%1er 1FF=
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    CONT1NTS5
    Declaration o3 the Free 7verse8.....,n!ersoll...1; 6%1ition Is. 6ttain%ent ......)e!ros...1;
    Means K ;n&s.....?.0. ....(; Brah%a, Iishnu, *iva ......*%all ... 4; Mark T#ain on
    Tele+athy....11; Dalai )a%a on "on-Iiolence ...1(; *ynthesiAin! Trian!les ....14; -eason
    and -eli#ion, ,n!ersoll ....14; Books -eceive& .....19; )etters.....1<
    ''''''''''''''
    D1C0ARATION O4 TH1 4R11
    We have no 3alsehoo&s to &e3en& -
    We #ant the 3acts;
    ur 3orce, our thou!ht, #e &o not s+en&
    ,n vain attacks.
    6n& #e #ill never %eanly try
    To save so%e 3air an& +leasin! lie.
    The si%+le truth is #hat #e ask,
    "ot the i&eal;
    We:ve set ourselves the no1le task
    To 3in& the real.
    ,3 all there is is nau!ht 1ut &ross,
    We #ant to kno# an& 1ear our loss.
    We #ill not #illin!ly 1e 3oole&,
    By 3a1les nurse&;
    ur hearts, 1y earnest thou!ht, are schoole&
    To 1ear the #orst;
    6n& #e can stan& erect an& &are
    6ll thin!s, all 3acts that really are.
    - -. G. ,n!ersoll
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    A29ITION 71RSUS ATTAIN21NT
    - G. C. )e!ros
    n the 3irst +a!e o3 'i#ht on the 7ath #e rea& the nu%1er one rule 3or &isci+les - 2?ill
    out a%1ition.2 The 6&e+t-author eE+lains that 26%1ition is the 3irst curse: the !reat te%+ter o3
    the %an #ho is risin! a1ove his 3ello#s. ,t is the si%+lest 3or% o3 lookin! 3or re#ar&. Men o3
    intelli!ence an& +o#er are le& a#ay 3ro% their hi!her +ossi1ilities 1y it continually. Det it is a
    necessary teacher. ,ts results turn to &ust an& ashes in the %outh; like &eath an&
    estran!e%ent it sho#s the %an at last that to #ork 3or sel3 is to #ork 3or &isa++oint%ent.2
    6%1ition %ay even +ersist in the li3e o3 the ccultist 2...#ho 3ancies he has re%ove&
    his interest 3ro% sel3, 1ut #ho has in reality only enlar!e& the li%its o3 eE+erience an& &esire,
    an& trans3erre& his interest to the thin!s #hich concern his lar!er s+an o3 li3e.2 We see this
    every#here - 2astral +ro>ection,2 2+sychic +o#ers,2 2thir&-eye clairvoyance,2 2hy+notic control
    over others,2 etc. 6%1ition is a hy&ra-hea&e& thin!.
    ,n another 1ook - 4ra#ments of 'ife and Thou#ht - the sa%e 6&e+t +oints out that
    2...not until the %an has triu%+he& a!ain an& a!ain in one incarnation a3ter another, not until
    success has 1eco%e te&ious to hi%, an& the hi!h +laces o3 the earth all see% lo# an& +oor to
    hi%, is he 1e!innin! to 1e rea&y to !o 1eyon& it. 6n& only so can it 1e kille& out.2 Man %ust
    !o on stru!!lin! 3or earthly +riAes until he reaches the +oint 2...#here the eEcellin! o3 his
    3ello#s 1eco%es su&&enly an& 3orever conte%+ti1le in his eyes, 1eneath the &i!nity an&
    !reatness o3 his soul, an& then he #ill kill out a%1ition an& cast it 3ro% hi% as a #ee& o3
    earth. 0e #ill +erceive that the stren!th #hich he has &evelo+e& %ust 1e use&, not in or&er to
    eEcel, 1ut in the en&eavor to attain.2
    6ttain%ent is &i33erent 3ro% 6%1ition 1ecause the latter 3ires one #ith a +assion to
    out&istance all others strivin! 3or the sa%e !oal. The a%1itious %an is 1y necessity +ersonal,
    >ealous, envious, an& ruthless - in other #or&s, a %enace to the #orl& 1ecause he so#s
    &iscor&. To realiAe his ai%s he #ill sto+ at nothin! save that #hich i%+erils his o#n
    +reservation.
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    6n& so%eti%es he #ill risk even that, like *hakes+eare:s sol&ier 2...seekin! the 1u11le
    re+utation even in the cannon:s %outh.2
    6ttain%ent, on the other han&, is a reachin! out 3ro% sel3 to *;)F, 3ro% the 3inite to the
    ,n3inite, 3ro% the con&itione& to the /ncon&itione&. The %an #ho attains 3in&s no rivals at his
    si&e, no sin!le +riAe #aitin! at the en& o3 the race. 0e %oves in ;ternity, #here there is roo%
    3or all.
    6%1ition is the e33ort o3 %an to a&& to hi%sel3 so%e covete& 3ra!%ent o3 ;arth, ho+in!
    there1y to eEalt an& increase his stature 1e3ore others; 1ut 6ttain%ent is the !ivin! o3 onesel3
    to the Whole.
    6 !oo& eEa%+le is the +oet #ho #ins 3irst +riAe in an i%+ortant contest. 6t the rece+tion
    #hich 3ollo#s, he receives honor an& +raise, an& 3or a little hour 3eels as a !o& a%on! %en.
    But he also looks u+on the 3aces o3 other +oets #ho ha& co%+ete& an& lost. They re!ar& hi%
    as a thie3, an usur+er o3 the +riAe they sou!ht, an& #hich, in their o+inion, they &eserve.
    0e also thinks o3 neEt year:s contest, an& #on&ers i3 he #ill #in a!ain, or only receive
    honora1le %ention, or no %ention at all. ,nstea& o3 re>oicin! in his triu%+h, he 3in&s hi%sel3
    un&er a clou& o3 a++rehension. Iictory is not the s+len&i& thin! he ha& envisione&.
    )ookin! 1ack, he sees that #ritin! the +oe% #as 6ttain%ent; 1ut co%+etin! an& #innin!
    the +riAe #as 6%1ition. ,n the >oy o3 creatin! so%ethin! 1eauti3ul, he reache& out o3 hi%sel3
    into the starry s+aces #here the Go&s o3 Glory sin!, an& #here, 3or a %o%ent, he #as one
    #ith their son!.
    But #innin! the +riAe an& hu%1lin! his rivals, #as an earthly thin! that co%+resse& his
    soul, an& i%+risone& hi% in a little #orl& %a&e 1y the littleness o3 %en, #here 6%1ition is
    kin!, &e%an&in! its terri1le +rice.
    The +oet shoul& sin! as a 1ir& sin!s - not 3or re#ar&, 1ut to 6ttain, to reach out 3ro%
    sel3 to ,n3inity.
    The +oet can 1e taken as a sy%1ol o3 all %en 1ecause everyone strives to eE+ress #hat
    he is - #hat is in hi% - either to #in so%ethin! 3ro% the #orl& that %ay 1e a&&e& unto hi%sel3,
    or to !ive so%ethin! o3 hi%sel3 to the #orl&. ;ach %an is, 1y nature, either a taker or a !iver.
    The taker, 3ollo#in! the +ath o3 6%1ition, loses #ith every ste+ 1ecause he violates the
    *u+re%e r&er o3 the /niverse, #hich is Duty, service, an& Coo+eration. The !iver, 3ollo#in!
    the +ath o3 6ttain%ent, , #ins #ith every ste+ 1ecause he acts in kee+in! #ith the 0ar%ony o3
    the Whole, there1y enrichin! hi%sel3, 1ecause he is the universe.
    6ttain%ent is the 3oun&ation o3 the /lti%ate Disci+line o3 )i3e. 2Work as those #ork #ho
    are a%1itious.2 Make the ut%ost o3 the li3e that is yours; 1ut seek no +ersonal victories #hich,
    once realiAe&, crush those aroun& you. -e!ar& %en not as rivals, 1ut as 3ello# +il!ri%s --
    #alkin! 1esi&e you on the eternal 0i!h#ay. 0el+ the% to attain #ith you, to 1eco%e #hole
    #ith you, an& all the treasures o3 the /niverse #ill 1e yoursP
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    2e"ns N 1n/s
    2...Then M.:s letters 7the +ro&uction o3 the a%ia1le &u!-+a, in reality eE-&u!+a, #hose
    +ast sins #ill never +er%it hi% to 3ully atone 3or his %is&ee&s8 &istinctly say: - :&o, either so
    an& so, or in such a #ay;: they te%+t hi%, an& lea& hi% to i%a!ine that in &oin! no in>ury to
    any hu%an 1ein! an& #hen the %otive is !oo& every action 1eco%es le!alP , #as thus
    te%+te& in %y youth, an& ha& nearly succu%1e& t#ice to the te%+tation, 1ut #as save& 1y
    %y uncle 3ro% 3allin! into the %onstrous snare...2
    - ?.0., The Mahatma 'etters #<4
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    9RAH2A- 7ISHNU- SI7A
    AND TH1 TH1OSOPHICA0 2O7121NT
    - W. ;%%ett *%all
    UFro% a talk !iven at Willia% Juan 5u&!e Centenary Co%%e%orative %eetin!,
    6leEan&ria-West Center, Coulterville, Cali3ornia, 6+ril 11-1(, 1FF=VU1V
    To&ay #e co%%e%orate here, an& aroun& the #orl&, the li3e an& #ork o3 Willia% Juan
    5u&!e. But as #e think o3 hi% #e think %ore than o3 the no1le +erson a1out #ho #e:ve rea&,
    #hose #ritin!s #e:ve stu&ie&. We seek to un&erstan& that very 1ein! 0.$. Blavatsky #rote o3
    as 2+art o3 hersel3 3or several aeons.2 U(V
    May1e i3 #e coul& 3atho% so%ethin! o3 the inner %eanin! o3 this #e #oul& also learn
    %ore o3 the real history, an& +erha+s &estiny, o3 The Theoso+hical *ociety an& o3 W.J.5.:s
    +articular contri1ution to it. U4V
    We kno# o3 his 1ein! 1orn in ,relan&, :&yin!: there at the a!e o3 seven,U9V an& co%in! to
    "e# Dork in early %anhoo&, %eetin! 0.$. Blavatsky, an& 1eco%in! one o3 the %ain 3oun&ers
    o3 The Theoso+hical *ociety; an& o3 ho# he !ave to the cause #hich it re+resente& untirin!
    ener!y an& &evotion.
    We also reco!niAe %ore clearly, these hun&re& years later, that his #ritin!s s+eak not only
    3or the ti%e in #hich he #rote, 1ut 3or to&ays an& to%orro#s to co%e 3or in the% is that
    *ource-$o#er allie& to truth itsel3 3ro% #hich 0.$.B. &re#.
    Beyon& the Theoso+hical *ociety, 3ar 1ack o3 the Theoso+hical Move%ent o3 #hich it is
    +art, are i%%easura1ly !reater -oot-Move%ent-/niverses #hich %ere #or&s cannot &escri1e
    save as "on-1ein! itsel3 - an in3inite Beyon&ness, a na%eless T06T.
    The 6ncient Teachin!s tell us o3 this an& o3 the 0ierarchical constitution un&er #hich all
    o+erate - universes #ithin universes, innu%era1le lesser ones 1ein! the vehicles 3or the
    !reater. 6ll are intert#ine&, interlocke&, inter-1len&e&. This is the !reat 0ierarchical )a#,
    universal in "ature.
    )inkin! this no# in %ore &irect eE+lanation o3 the title o3 our $a+er, let us +ass 3ro% the
    relatively ato%-%o%ents o3 recor&e& centuries #estern scholars kno# o3, to those li!ht-year
    Cycles o3 Ti%e !iven the na%es o3 Br*h&*, 0i-h(u, Si2*$
    The ;n!lish eHuivalents: Cre*t"r, Su-t*i(er, Re+e(er*t"r 7so%eti%es %isun&erstoo&
    an& calle& :Destroyer:.8
    The #or&s, o3 course, hi&e Truths #e cannot 3ully !ras+, 1ut #e kno# that #ithin the
    #or& (ycle are Bein!s #hich co%+ose it, #hich in&ee&, in a #ay, "re it.
    6n& #hat o3 Cycles #ithin these !reater Cycles. What o3 the 3oun&in!, 3or eEa%+le, o3
    the Theoso+hical *ociety.
    6n& #hat o3 those hu%an a!encies or in&ivi&uals kar%ically nee&e& to carry out a %uch
    nee&e& #ork, thou!h not out#ar&ly reco!niAe& in our #orl&.
    ,n the 2arran!e%ent2 o3 cyclic la# in universal nature, are these - an& here #e are
    hel+e& 1y the la# o3 analo!y - in&ivi&uals seen in %etho& an& activity to 3ollo# a si%ilar
    +attern in their #ork 3or a !reat an& no1le cause. U<V
    We stu&y eEistin! historical recor&s. IisualiAe, i3 you #ill, the ti%e o3 0.$.B., the
    &e+ravity, the %ateriality o3 the #orl& 1y #hich she #as challen!e& in carryin! out the #ork
    #ith #hich she #as entruste&. 0o# little #as she reco!niAe&, ho# !reatly %isun&erstoo&. Det
    she never 3altere&, 1ut #orke& an& #orke&.
    6 3e#, ho#ever, &i& co%e to see in her 2one o3 the Worl&-3i!ures o3 #hich history recor&s
    the a++earance a%on! %en at cyclic intervals;2 yet 3or %ost, 0.$.B.:s character, li3e an&
    %ission #as an a%aAin! ri&&le. U=V
    We have her !reat #orks like The %ecret 3octrine to con3ir% her esoteric kno#le&!e, an&
    she #as the 3oun&er o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety. Woul& not all a!ree then that 0$B #as the
    Cre"tor.
    6n& #hat o3 5u&!e, #ho 0$B s+oke o3 as 2+ure Bu&&hi ... a chela o3 14 years stan&in!.2
    We have his Echoes of the /rient an& his %any articles in his %a!aAine The 7ath$ They
    s+eak 3or the%selves, not only 3or the ti%es in #hich he live&, 1ut 3or to&ay an& the unrollin!
    years.
    They sustain that inner +o#er o3 Truth &ra#n 3ro% the s+iritual *ource o3 Bein! #hich
    enli!htene& 0.$.B.
    Iie#e& 3ro% this +ers+ective, it 1eco%es clear that, a3ter 0$B, he #as the !ui&in!,
    lea&in! 3i!ure o3 the T.*. Woul& #e not all see in hi% #hat #as calle& the S%st"iner?
    6n& then #e 3in& #e also have G. &e $urucker, #ho ca%e so%e years later an& is no#
    1e!innin! to 1e kno#n 1y his %any #ritin!s. UBV
    By these an& 1y the #ork he &i&, not only 3or his o#n Theoso+hical Branch, 1ut 3or the
    #hole Theoso+hical Move%ent in &arin! the% to 3or!et +ast &i33erences an& all #ork to!ether
    har%oniously, in the . o#n &istinct #ays, 1ut 3or one !reat Cause UCV Woul& #e not vie# hi%
    as the Regener"tor.
    "o#, not e%+hasiAin! the +ersonalities o3
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    these three, thou!h reco!niAin! the%, #e seek to +on&er their %etho& o3 #ork, their visi1le
    acco%+lish%ents, an& ho# they carrie& out their %issions.
    )et us 3irst a&& this a1out W.J. 5u&!e, since #e are co%%e%oratin! his anniversary. ,t is
    o3 i%+ortance to&ay to note that it #as only a year a3ter 0$B:s &eath that trou1les arose in
    ,n&ia in&icatin! that Colonel 0.*. lcott, $resi&ent o3 the Move%ent, 3aile& to reco!niAe
    5u&!e:s inner li3e - 2a +art o3 %y sel3 3or aeons,2 sai& 0$B.
    WJ5 &eclare& that he #as ai&e& 1y #hat #as then calle& 2co%%unication2 #ith one o3
    the Masters o3 Wis&o%, an& that his actions an& %etho&s o3 #ork #oul& re3lect this. 0e also
    ha& 1eco%e $resi&ent 3or li3e o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety in 6%erica, #hich #as a +art o3 the
    overall Theoso+hical Move%ent.
    The result o3 all this, ho#ever, 1rou!ht the 3irst 21reak2 in the history o3 the Theoso+hical
    *ociety. 5u&!e then #as in 3rail health, an& his +assin! ca%e on 6+ril (=, 1CF=.
    "o#, in our overvie# o3 theoso+hical ha++enin!s #e shoul& a&& this, a1out #hich there
    still hovers so%e %ystery. 5u&!e le3t no #ritten &ocu%ent a++ointin! one to succee& hi%
    esoterically in o33ice; 1ut he ha& %et ?atherine Tin!ley in "e# Dork city #here she #as
    voluntarily &oin! #hat then #as calle& Do-Goo& Mission #ork, hel+in! the +oor an& outcast.
    Therea3ter, ?T hel+e& 5u&!e in the last years o3 his li3e, 3in&in! hi% +laces #here he coul&
    stay in #ar%er cli%ate. UFV
    ;rnest 0ar!rove #as $resi&ent o3 the 6%erican *ection at this ti%e; 1ut #ho #oul& 3ollo#
    5u&!e esoterically. 5u&!e ha& le3t no recor& a1out this, 1ut ha& s+oken to a 3e# a1out one
    na%e& 2$ro%ise2 #ho %i!ht co%e to 3ill the +osition; an& so%e thou!ht this in&icate&
    ?atherine Tin!ley.
    The rest is history, an&, in this 1rie3 +a+er, #e &o not have the nee&e& ti%e to &etail the
    story, 1ut %ust leave it to stu&ents to rea& eEistin! recor&s. U1GV
    This %uch ho#ever, to kee+ so%e 3lo# in our theoso+hical re+ortin!, %ust 1e inclu&e&:
    ?atherine Tin!ley #hen she ca%e #as still to %any rather o3 a %ystery, not un&erstoo&; yet it
    #oul& see% she ha& a vitally i%+ortant +re+aratory +art to +lay in #hat #as to co%e.
    6s , kne# ?T in %y !ro#in! years at $oint )o%a, an& a1sor1e& %uch 3ro% her trainin!
    an& teachin!, , 3eel stron!ly it is necessary to inclu&e #hat true 3acts a1out her that are
    availa1le.
    What she +er3or%e& at $oint )o%a #as o3 !reat i%+ortance. U11V The *chool at $oint
    )o%a she 3oun&e&, 3ul3illin! a cherishe& &rea% that 3ille& her early chil&hoo& years, #as
    in&ee& a kin& o3 %o&ern *chool o3 the Mysteries, +ractical, 1ut 1ase& on 3un&a%ental truths
    an& la#s o3 "ature. 0ers #as, in a true sense, +re+aratory #ork 3or #hat #as to 3ollo#.
    There #as also 6nnie Besant, vi!orous, intellectual, &e&icate& in the last years o3 0$B:s
    li3e. U1(V )ater, 3ro% ,n&ia, a3ter the &eath o3 Colonel lcott she &i& %uch theoso+hical #ork in
    e&ucation. But , never %et 6.B. an& cannot s+eak 3ro% +ersonal kno#le&!e.
    6n& then, as sai& earlier, #e 3in& in our theoso+hical stu&y G. &e $urucker 7G&e$8, #ho
    in 1F(F, thirty-3our years a3ter 5u&!e:s &eath, ha& 1eco%e the hea& o3 the $oint )o%a Branch
    o3 the Theoso+hical Move%ent. nly in recent years is he 1e!innin! to 1e 1etter kno#n
    throu!h his 1ooks an& %any #ritin!s.
    Fro% a stu&y o3 these, stu&ents %ay &ra# their o#n conclusions as to his real +lace in
    the over-all Theoso+hical Move%ent.
    6 3e# 1rie3 1io!ra+hical notes, ho#ever, %ay 1e hel+3ul:
    :Born in 1CB9 in /*6 1ut e&ucate& in *#itAerlan& an& France. :Met ?atherine Tin!ley in
    1CFC #hen she #as on a #orl& crusa&e 3or the /niversal Brotherhoo& an& Theoso+hical
    *ociety. :Ca%e to $oint )o%a, Cali3ornia, 1FG4, an& acco%+anie& ?T on several o3 her
    lecture tours to *#e&en, ,taly, an& earlier, to ;!y+t. :n ?T:s &eath in 1F(F, 1eca%e )ea&er
    o3 the $oint )o%a T*. 7Further in "otes, G. &e $. sketch 1y B. &e @irko338 U14V
    ut o3 our %any recor&s, #e Huote no# only the 3ollo#in!, 3ro% "o < o3 his 2General
    )etters2 7Fe1ruary 1B, 1F4G8: U19V
    2...The ti%e has no# co%e #hen every true an& &evote& Theoso+hist shoul& #ork
    to#ar&s a uni3ication o3 the various, %ore or less scattere&, an& in so%e cases, alas,
    anta!onistic, *ocieties o3 the !eneral Theoso+hical Move%ent ... , tell you in all seriousness -
    that +ersonal o+inions an& society-&i33erences, shoul& not %erely 1e lai& asi&e, 1ut shoul& 1e
    &ro++e& an& 3or!otten, an& that #e shoul& all #ork to!ether 3or a co%%on en& ... , a&&ress
    these #or&s to you also, our 1rother-Theoso+hists 1elon!in! to other societies. , call u+on
    you all to realiAe the i%+erative nee& o3 union as contraste& #ith &i33erin! an&, alas,
    so%eti%es anta!onistic +ersonal vie#s an& o+inions.2
    Fro% this, an& others o3 these 1C )etters, one receives a !li%+se o3 #hat electric ener!y -
    chan!es took +lace at $oint )o%a - revision o3 their Constitution, %akin! it %ore close
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    to 0$B:s ori!inal; startin! The Theosophical 4orum9 an& a1ove all, inau!uration o3 #hat ca%e
    to 1e calle& the FraterniAation Move%ent: a call 3or %e%1ers o3 all Theoso+hical *ocieties
    an& !rou+s aroun& the #orl& to cast asi&e ol& +re>u&ices an& to #ork to!ether in their
    res+ective areas an& *ocieties, in co-o+eration an& un&er one 1anner o3 the Theoso+hical
    Move%ent.
    We return no# to 5u&!e an& so%ethin! %ore a1out 2the 1orro#e& 1o&y. U1<V
    *tu&ents o3 his li3e kno# that the 1oy, 1orn in ,relan& in 1C<1, 2&ie&2 at the a!e o3 seven,
    1ut the 1o&y, ke+t alive, #as therea3ter 2use&2 1y a 3ar a&vance& Teacher o3 ,n&ia.
    Thus, as the youn! ,rish%an !re# to %anhoo&, he 1eca%e, un&er #hat is calle& the
    Tulku la#, a1le, a3ter increasin! trainin!, to receive instruction an& !ui&ance 3ro% one !reater
    than hi%sel3.
    What is this stran!e i&ea, its esoteric si!ni3icance.
    The Doctrine o3 Tulku is 2...a technical ter% #hich &escri1es the con&ition #hen a livin!
    ,nitiate or 0i!h ccultist sen&s a +ortion o3 his consciousness to take e%1o&i%ent, 3or a
    lon!er or shorter +erio& o3 ti%e, in a neo+hyte - a %essen!er #ho% that ,nitiate sen&s into the
    outer #orl& to +er3or% a &uty or teach. There are %any &e!rees o3 this con&ition.2 U1=V
    Because there are these &i33erent &e!rees o3 Tulku, con3usin! to %any, is #hy the si%+le
    ter% 21orro#e& 1o&y2 ca%e to 1e use& a century a!o, re3errin! to the sa%e con&ition.
    With that ter%, an& #ithin that !eneral cate!ory, there3ore, 5u&!e - 1ut also 0$B an&
    G&e$ - are inclu&e&.
    6ll three 1eca%e a 3ittin! +art o3 our title to&ay, an& learnin! a little %ore a1out the% #e
    can +erha+s un&erstan& also so%ethin! %ore a1out the 1i!!er +icture - those i%%ense
    +assa!es o3 Ti%e 6ncient -ecor&s tell us o3, 1est un&erstoo& in our thou!ht 1y the #or&s:
    CR1ATOR 7Brah%a8, SUSTAIN1R 7Iishnu8, R1G1N1RATOR 7*iva8.
    6s in our little #orl& the sa%e !overnin! la#s a++ly as in the !reater ones, #e can
    +erha+s trace in our o#n theoso+hical history a si%ilar +attern.
    We kno# that 0$ Blavatsky #as 2sent2 1y her o#n Teacher to +er3or% the &arin!
    %ission nee&e& in the #orl& at that s+eci3ic ti%e, 1ut that only a 3e#, 2her real +u+ils,2
    reco!niAe& so%ethin! o3 #hat this %eant, that in&ee& they #ere in 2the +resence o3 an&
    #orkin! un&er the ins+iration o3 one o3 those Worl&-Fi!ures history tells us co%e at only cyclic
    intervals.2 U1BV
    6n& 3urther #e learn that 2...one o3 the !reat ones o3 the a!es, an actual, real, sel3-
    consciously ener!etic in&ivi&uality or $o#er, #orke& an& use& her 1oth +sycholo!ically an&
    +hysically as the 3ittest instru%ent 3or the savin! o3 the soul that the cci&ental #orl& has
    seen in %any a!es.2 U1CV
    6s to W.J. 5u&!e, #e have no recor&e& &ocu%ent s+eci3ically tellin! ho# Tulku #orke&
    throu!h hi%; 1ut #e reco!niAe that in !eneral #ays it #as that the chil&:s 1o&y &yin!, #as
    revive&, an& then #as so to say, oversha&o#e&, hel+e& at cyclic %o%ents 1y a !reater livin!
    in&ivi&ual, one 3ro% the 3astness o3 the 0i%alayas.
    6s 3ar as G. &e $. !oes, #e have a re+ort o3 his o#n in3or%al #or&s s+oken at the close o3
    an ;Eecutive Co%%ittee, 6u!ust 1<, 1F4(. We learn in so%e &etail 3ro% this that he ha& the
    sa%e eE+eriences as 5u&!e relative to the 21orro#e& 1o&y.2 U1FV
    Fro% so%e o3 that re+ort eEcer+ts are inclu&e& in an article, The Mystery of .$ de
    7urucer 1y -ichar& *lusser. U(GV *lusser #rites +erce+tively in intro&uction:
    2,n stu&yin! the #orks o3 G. &e $., one cannot 3ail to 1e i%+resse& #ith ho# 3aith3ully he
    3ollo#s the teachin!s o3 The %ecret 3octrine. ,n his 4undamentals of the Esoteric 7hilosophy,
    each cha+ter o+ens #ith a re3erence to an& Huotation 3ro% the *D. Without eEce+tion, the
    %aterial has as its 1asis an& +oint o3 &e+arture an i&entity #ith an& 3i&elity to the *D.
    2Det, the content o3 the %aterial !oes 3ar 1eyon& that o3 a %ere co%%entary on
    Blavatsky:s #ork, in eE+lainin! a1struse +oints an& !ivin! keys #hich #ere #ithhel& in the
    earlier #ork...
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    20o# #as it +ossi1le #e aske&, 3or a %an, re!ar&less o3 ho# #ell e&ucate& in the West, to
    co%%an& this &e+th o3 insi!ht to thus eEten& the teachin!s o3 an 6ncient Wis&o%, 3or #hich
    0.$.B. hersel3 clai%e& no +ersonal cre&it...2
    )et us no# in su%%ary e%+hasiAe a 3e# +oints #e have trie& to cover.
    718 Beyon& the Theoso+hical *ociety, 3ar 1ack o3 the Theoso+hical Move%ent, are !reat
    -oot-Move%ents #hich #or&s cannot &escri1e save as a Beyon&-Bein!, reachin! on an& on
    to a na%eless T06T.
    7(8 ,n its #ay the Theoso+hical Move%ent is re+resentative o3 !reat 3orces o3 the
    Cos%ical /niverse, #ithin #hich are !reat cycles o3 &uration; those kno#n as Brah%a
    7Creator8, Iishnu 7*ustainer8, *iva 7-e!enerator8.
    748 The Great %ust ever have vehicles to #ork throu!h, an& in the !reat cyclic
    Move%ent the Theoso+hical Move%ent is one o3 those lesser vehicles.
    798 Iehicles also #ork throu!h in&ivi&uals traine& an& rea&y to assu%e that
    res+onsi1ility, an& the lives an& activities o3 these have 1een recor&e& an& are availa1le 3or
    in&ivi&ual stu&y an& testin!.
    7<8 ,n close connection #ith this, is #hat is kno#n as the &octrine o3 Tulku, the i&ea o3 the
    21orro#e& 1o&y;2 an& 0.$.B., W.J.5. an& G. &e $. all 1elon! to this 2arran!e%ent.2
    7=8 We have kno#n to so%e &e!ree ho# 0$B #orke&, an& the al%ost %iraculous e33ect
    this ha& in launchin! the activities o3 the Theoso+hical Move%ent, kno#n also o3 the #ork an&
    untirin! &evotion o3 1oth W.J. 5u&!e an& G&e$ 3or the sa%e Cause.
    7B8 We have +ointe& to #orks o3 outstan&in! 3i!ures o3 the Theoso+hical Move%ent, an&
    to historical recor&s #here 3urther in3or%ation can 1e o1taine& an& teste&.
    7C8 By the %etho& o3 6nalo!y, #hich 0$B calle& the 6ria&ne:s threa& to un&erstan&in!
    the #orl& +ro1le%s, #e have sou!ht to !ain a little %ore insi!ht as to the over-all $lan o3
    /niversal Bein!: an& o3ten in our si%+le hu%an lives #e can +erha+s va!uely +erceive a kin&
    o3 rhyth% o3 Brah%anSIishnuS*iva - not +ressin! it too 3ar, 1ut +erha+s !ettin! a !li%+se o3
    the !reater Truth.
    7F8 We realiAe that the hierarchical )a# is universal. 6s +art o3 it #e have the o++ortunity
    to +ractice it %ore consciously, a++lyin! it, as %e%1ers o3 various theoso+hical *ocieties an&
    !rou+s, to the /nity at the heart o3 the Move%ent.
    71G8 Thus #e realiAe %ore clearly the i%%ense &e1t #e o#e to those ;ner!y-Bein!s
    1ehin& the Theoso+hical Move%ent, an& to those esoterically #orkin! #ith the% 3or the
    #el3are o3 not only the Theoso+hical Move%ent, 1ut the #hole #orl&.
    ,t has 1een a &i33icult su1>ect to +resent, 1ut +erha+s a 3ittin! ti%e to &o so as it touches
    on, in&ee& is roote& in, as+ects o3 li3e #hich to us thou!h no# esoteric, %ay hel+ us solve
    +ro1le%s constructively in 3uture years.
    ,3 3ro% it all so%e see&-thou!hts can 1e nurture& an& !ro# as the years !o 1y #e #oul&
    3eel that a stron! note has 1een soun&e&.
    We have seen that #hat to&ay is calle& the Theoso+hical Move%ent is inse+ara1ly inter-
    relate& to the Great Whole. The thou!ht also stirs #ithin us that +on&erin! on this !reat
    Cos%ic neness #e #oul& %ore clearly un&erstan& #hat is nearer to us, our very selves.
    6s the cele1ration to&ay %arks the centennial o3 W.J. 5u&!e:s li3e an& #orks, #e close
    #ith the 3ollo#in! eEtracts.
    Fro% 6. Trevor Barker:
    20.$.B. hersel3, then the e&itor o3 'ucifer, sai&: :5u&!e, your %a!aAine 7The 7ath8 is
    --- B
    +ure Bu&&hi, an& +oor ol& 'ucifer is nothin! 1ut the 3i!htin!, co%1atin! Manas.: This is #hat
    she sai& ... an& there is no %ore &eli!ht3ul task 3or a stu&ent o3 Theoso+hy than to turn over
    the +a!es o3 this %a!aAine an& see the ins+iration that #as in the articles that Mr. 5u&!e +ut
    there. They are an a1solute revelation to those in this &ay #ho are not 3a%iliar #ith his
    #ritin!s ... 7ne sees in the%8 his tre%en&ous 1rea&th, his !reat sy%+athy, an& his #on&er3ul
    un&erstan&in! an& co%+assion.2 - Fro% an 6&&ress at the %eetin! in %e%ory o3 Willia% J.
    5u&!e, March ((, 1F41, hel& at Baker *treet, )on&on, W.,., ;n!lan& 7-e+rinte& 3ro% The
    Theosophical 7ath, 5une 1F418
    Fro% ;.6. "ereshei%er: 2The #orl& #ill +resently a#ake to the 3act that this %an is a
    !reat historical character. 0e has le3t the %arks o3 his #ork 3or all ti%e. 0e #as a lu%inary
    an& 1ene3actor to all %ankin&, an i&eal %an not only as a livin! hu%an 1ein!, 1ut he #as also
    the ty+e o3 #hat all hu%an 1ein!s %i!ht 1e, shoul& 1e, in the course o3 their evolutionary
    +rocess.2 - Fro% an 6&&ress &elivere& on 6+ril 14, 1FG(, at the +era 0ouse, *an Die!o, at a
    +u1lic %eetin! in honor o3 the siEty-3irst 6nniversary o3 the 1irth o3 W.J. 5u&!e. 76lso
    +u1lishe& in The Theosophical 7ath+ May 1F(1.8
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    The "T;* #hich 3ollo#, an& #hich, thou!h re3erre& to, there #as not ti%e at the
    6leEan&ria-West %eetin! in 3ullness to +resent, %ay 3or %any stu&ents, !ive in3or%ation they
    ha& not kno#n o3 1e3ore.
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    "T;*
    A$ Tre*or 5arer - To Me%1ershi+ o3 the British *ection, $oint )o%a T*.
    5oris de Piroff - ;Etracts 3ro% Theosophia, Winter 1FB4-B9, Iol. QQQ, ". 4
    >$ %$ %pierenbur# - 3r$ .ottfried de 7urucer; an /ccult 5io#raphy - a co%+ilation an&
    annotation 6ll state%ents %a&e in the article are 3ro% the #ritin!s o3 G. &e $. 7a8 61out: 0.$.
    Blavatsky 718 Willia% Juan 5u&!e
    T8 ?atherine Tin!ley 7&8 G. &e $urucker
    7oint 'oma 7ublications; Brie3 eEcer+ts 3ro% $re3ace to The )isdom of the >eart;
    Catherine Tin#ley %peas
    The ;soteric Meanin! o3 3estroyer.
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    ADD1NDA NOT1S5
    1. A. Treor 9"r)er- #ell kno#n in the history o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety as e&itor o3
    The Mahatma 'etters to A$7$ %innett, in 1F(9, #as a %e%1er 3irst o3 6&yar, then /.).T., then
    $oint )o%a. The 3ollo#in! eEtracts are 3ro% a $a+er he &elivere& as $resi&ent o3 the British
    *ection o3 the $oint )o%a T*, to his %e%1ershi+, 0e outlines 2the Hualities #hich 3ro%
    i%%e%orial antiHuity have 1een characteristic o3 !enuine Theoso+hical Teachers:2 718 6
    1rotherliness 3or all, #hether 3rien& or 3oe, consistently a++lie& in +u1lic an& +rivate. 7(8
    $ersonal contact an& instruction, 3ro% the +rece&in! Teacher, so that the )i!ht coul& 1e
    han&e& on. 748 6 co%+rehensive kno#le&!e o3 the 6rchaic Teachin!s o3 the Wis&o% -eli!ion.
    798 The Teachin!s #hich he !ives 1oth #ritten an& oral %ust 1ear i%+artial eEa%ination an&
    co%+arison #ith those o3 his +re&ecessors an& 1e 3oun& consistent.2
    Barker continues: 2"o one #ho is Huali3ie& to eE+ress an o+inion can &eny the
    re%arka1le consistency on these +oints in the lives an& #ritin!s o3 0.$. Blavatsky, Willia% J.
    5u&!e, ?atherine Tin!ley an& Gott3rie& &e $urucker. ,t is 3or in&ivi&ual inHuirers to !o to #ork
    an& +rove 3or the%selves that the state%ents here %a&e are 3acts #hich can 1e veri3ie& 1y
    anyone #ho takes the trou1le to &o so.2
    70e then a&&s this hel+3ul +oint as to %etho&s o3 #ork an& the #ork itsel3.8: 2There are
    %any sincere stu&ents o3 Theoso+hy #ho eEhi1it a certain con3usion o3 thou!ht in these
    %atters, &ue to their ina1ility to &istin!uish 1et#een the %etho&s o3 #ork an& the #ork itsel3 .
    The %etho&s e%+loye& 1y all the a1ove-%entione& Teachers #ere as ra&ically &i33erent as
    their #ritin!s are &i33erent in literary 3or% ... 1ut the 1asic unchan!in! ethical +rinci+les are
    eEe%+li3ie& 1y all. nly the latter shoul& 1e re!ar&e& as essential characteristics - an& the
    &i33erences o3 %etho& #oul& then 1e classi3ie& as non-essential an& relatively uni%+ortant. 6s
    a %atter o3 3act the %etho&s e%+loye& 1y all the a1ove-%entione& Teachers #ere as ra&ically
    &i33erent as their #ritin!s are &i33erent in literary 3or%...2
    2. 9oris /e =ir)o$$- e&itor-co%+iler o3 >$7$ 5la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s+ 19 volu%es
    #ith ,n&eE. The 3ollo#in! eEtracts are 3ro% his %a!aAine Theosophia, Winter 1FB4-B9, Iol.
    QQQ, "o. 4.
    2Dr. &e $urucker:s literary out+ut ...#as in co%+lete har%ony #ith the ori!inal install%ents
    o3 that &octrine !iven 1y 0.$. Blavatsky an& her o#n Teachers, vali&atin! an&
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    clari3yin! %any o1scure +oints o3 teachin!, o+enin! u+ ne# vistas an& &isclosin! still &ee+er
    levels o3 the Wis&o% -eli!ion. 0e ha& a s+ecial a+titu&e 3or ans#erin! Huestions in a %anner
    #hich &isclose& the Hualities o3 a 1orn Teacher atte%+tin! to lea& the stu&ent to a !reater
    !ras+ o3 the su1>ect 1y stressin! his o#n intuition an& reasonin! ca+acities.2
    De @irko33 also inclu&e& these 1io!ra+hical notes, a1out G. &e $.: Born: *u33ern, ".D.
    5an. 1<, 1CB9. Father #as an or&aine& %inister, cha+lain o3 the 6%erican Church, at ti%es in
    /*6, then in Geneva, *#itAerlan&. When 3ather #as in TeEarkana, TeEas, G&e$ 1arely
    survive& ty+hoi& 3ever, an& thou!h &eclare& &ea& 1y his +hysician on one occasion, he slo#ly
    recovere&. 7*ee 2Borro#e& Bo&y2 i&ea8 Father %ove& to Geneva, an& G&e$ stu&ie& in the
    Colle!e &e Geneva. 6t 1C years he returne& to /*6, an& #as in Cali3., 1CF(, in Bakers3iel&
    area an& in *an Die!o. ,n 1CF( he >oine& the 2$oint )o%a )o&!e2 o3 the T* 7chartere& in
    1CCC8, an& at 1F con&ucte& a class there in The %ecret 3octrine. *ai& to have %et WJ5 in
    1CF9U.V #hile latter #as on a lecture tour o3 $aci3ic Coast. U(1V
    6 year later Gott3rie& returne& to Geneva to live #ith his o#n 3a%ily. Met ?atherine
    Tin!ley there on *e+t. (, 1CF=, #hen latter #as on #orl& crusa&e, 5u&!e havin! &ie& that
    year on March (1.
    ,n 1CFG UG&e$V returne& to Geneva. Then to $aris an& #orke& 3or several years on
    e&itorial sta33 o3 the 7aris 3aily Messen#er, +u1lishe& in ;n!lish. ,n 1FG( G&e$ 1ack in /*6,
    an& on 6u!ust 9, 1FG4, 1eca%e +er%anent resi&ent at the international Theoso+hical
    0ea&Huarters, $oint )o%a, Cali3ornia. ;n!a!e& there in %any an& varie& activities, actin! in
    early years as $rivate *ecretary to ?atherine Tin!ley, as %e%1er o3 her Ca1inet in later
    years, an& as ;&itor o3 The Theosophical 7ath 3ro% its initial +u1lication in 1F11; 1eca%e one
    o3 the %ost truste& %e%1ers o3 her sta33 ... #orkin! in the Huiet o3 his o33ice. ... live& a
    so%e#hat retire& li3e, an& #as never %arrie&. *uccee&e& ?T as lea&er o3 the $oint )o%a T*,
    inau!urate& %any ne# activities 3or eE+ansion o3 the #ork, ... a%on! the% the #orl&-#i&e
    FraterniAation Move%ent 2#ith the o1>ect o3 1rin!in! all Theoso+hical !rou+s into closer
    3rien&lier relationshi+ #ith one another.2 ,n 1F41-4(, he esta1lishe& a te%+orary 0ea&Huarters
    o3 the T* at akley 0ouse, Bro%ley Co%%on, ?ent, ;n!lan&, an& in 1F4B %a&e another
    short tri+ to ;n!lan&. *tarte& +u1lication o3 The Theosophical 4orum, *e+te%1er 1F(F,
    2revivin! the na%e o3 UtheV s%all or!an inau!urate& %any years +reviously 1y WJ5. ,n 5une
    1F9(, Dr. &e $urucker %ove& the 0ea&Huarters to Covina, Cali3ornia, an& &ie& soon a3ter,
    very su&&enly, on *e+te%1er (B, 1F9(.
    E. H.;. S,ieren(%rg- co%+ilerSannotator o3 a !ro#in! nu%1er o3 volu%es, such as The
    2nner .roup Teachin#s of >$7$ 5la*atsy; The 5uddhism of >$ 7$ 5la*atsy9 >$ 7$ 5la*atsy
    an the .nostics9 an&, in +re+aration, The ,eda (ommentaries of >$ 7$ 5la*atsy. The Huotes
    3ollo#in! are 3ro% 3r$ .ottfried de 7urucer; an /ccult 5io#raphy+ an article +u1lishe& in
    Theosophia+ o33icial or!an o3 the "etherlan&s *ection T* 76&yar8.
    61out 0.$. Blavatsky: 20.$. Blavatsky #as a Tulku, a Ti1etan #or& #ith %ore than one
    %eanin!. 6 Mahat%a sent a ray o3 hi%sel3 into the +u+il-%essen!er #ho #as 0.$. Blavatsky,
    she servin! as a channel 3or the s+iritual an& &ivine +o#ers o3 the Mahat%a.2 %tudies in
    /ccult 7hilosophy, +. 4=B 20.$. Blavatsky #as :the vehicle: o3 one o3 the Mahat%as, the one
    calle& M. But also other Mahat%as use& her as a vehicle. 7+ cit. +. (B8 *he lent her
    +sycholo!ical a++aratus an& lo#er +rinci+les to the use o3 her teacher, #ho then
    synchroniAe& his o#n %ental an& +sycholo!ical characteristics to hers.2 - 4ountain %ource of
    /ccultism, +. <G4
    61out 5u&!e: 2W.J. 5u&!e, 0.$. Blavatsky:s successor, #as the incarnation o3 a 0in&u
    yo!i. Durin! his li3e as W.J. 5u&!e, a 1ein! calle& the -a>a utiliAe& 1oth a certain 0in&u
    +rince an& W.J. 5u&!e. Durin! 5u&!e:s li3e the 0in&u +rince &ie&.2 - :uestions )e All As+ +.
    4<=
    61out ?atherine Tin!ley: 2?atherine Tin!ley &evote& her li3e to trainin! the %e%1ers o3
    the Theoso+hical *ociety in such a #ay that her successor #as in a +osition to return to the
    ori!inal lines alon! #hich 0.$. Blavatsky !ave her teachin!s. ?atherine Tin!ley #oul& not &o
    this ri!ht a#ay, 1ecause such a course #oul& have 1een too &i33icult an& too esoteric 3or
    those %e%1ers.2 - :uestions )e All As+ +. 11=
    61out G. &e $urucker: 2..., a% a %an like you, 1ut , have 1een tau!ht. , kno# #hat , a%
    talkin! a1out ... , kno# #hat +eace an& ha++iness are. , kno# ho# these %ay !ro# #ithin %e.
    6n& ohP That , coul& !ive to you the little that , have !aine&, so that you also %i!ht have the
    +eace an& the vision that have co%e to %eP2 - 4undamentals of the Esoteric 7hilosophy+ +.
    91B
    2,t is a 3act that #hen ?atherine Tin!ley +asse& on, 1oth the teachers #ho 3oun&e& the
    *ociety, #ho sent 0.$.B. 3orth, ori!inally kno#n un&er the initials M. an& ?.0., visite& %e in
    the %ayavi-ru+a. This is a 3act, an& 3ro% the%
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    , #as tol& to 1e!in the FraterniAation - #ork.2 - The Theosophical 4orum, Iol. U.V, Dece%1er
    1F41, +. FG
    76n& #e a&& here eEtracts 3ro% our o#n $oint )o%a $u1lications Co%+iler:s $re3ace to
    The )isdom of the >eart; Catherine Tin#ley %peas;8 2The %ain acco%+lish%ents o3
    ?atherine Tin!ley:s li3e are #ell re+orte& in ;%%ett 6. Green#alt:s (alifornia 0topia+ 7oint
    'oma; 1897-1942 not only as the lea&er o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety 7$oint )o%a8, 1ut as a
    3orevisioner an& +ractical eE+onent o3 thin!s to co%e; in soun& +rinci+les o3 e&ucation, in
    co%%an&in! #ork 3or #orl& +eace, in a +lea 3or +rison re3or% an& 3or a1olish%ent o3 ca+ital
    +unish%ent, in her 3earless stan& 3or %oral an& ethical +rinci+les. ,n all these areas, re!ar&e&
    then as lar!ely innovative, voices to&ay alert to &ee+er values are s+eakin! out.
    2But +erha+s !reater co%+rehension is yet nee&e& o3 that inner 3orce #hich #as the
    %otivatin! +o#er 1ehin& all ?atherine Tin!ley:s acts. That inner 3orce, she &eclare&, #as the
    ancient #is&o%, the Theoso+hy o3 the a!es, inherent in the very 3a1ric o3 cos%ic 1ein!. n
    this she s+oke #ith eloHuence, #ith coura!e, an& #ith a constancy that #as un#averin!. 0er
    rin!in! voice +lea&e& 3or a universal 1rotherhoo& o3 hu%anity, a universal love an&
    un&erstan&in! 1ase& not %erely on 3eelin! 1ut on a &ee+ an& a1i&in! +hiloso+hy #hich
    a33ir%s that all +eo+le, all in&ivi&uals, are unite& in the Divine Mystery #hich is the root an&
    essence o3 6)). This #as the 1asic +rinci+le o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety #hich she hea&e&
    so outstan&in!ly 3or so%e thirty-3ive years an& #hich &re# to the theoso+hical ranks ar&ent
    an& &evote& 3ollo#ers.2
    76n& a!ain #e a&& our o#n $oint )o%a selection here 3ro% a talk 1y G. &e $. in the
    Te%+le o3 $eace, $oint )o%a, 6u!ust ((, 1F4G:8 2My ho+e is ulti%ately to see esta1lishe& a
    Theoso+hical *ociety o3 the #orl&, in #hich all Theoso+hical *ocieties #ill >oin, each one
    retainin! its o#n or!aniAation, i3 it #ishes, 1ut #orkin! 3or the 3un&a%ental Theoso+hical
    truths in 1rotherly union ... , stan& irrevoca1ly 3or the Theoso+hy - the ori!inal +ure
    una&ulterate& Theoso+hy o3 the Masters o3 Wis&o% an& Co%+assion...28
    That #as G&e$ s+eakin! %ore than siEty years a!o. The theoso+hical #orl& evi&ently
    #as not rea&y to un&erstan& an& res+on& to the i%+erative Call. G&e$ a!ain hinte& that this
    *u+er-*ociety %i!ht 1e visi1ly launche& 1y 1FB<, %arkin! the last Huarter o3 this century. But
    that ti%e has +asse& #ith the i&ea, still in o1scuration. $erha+s no# - a hun&re& years since
    the +assin! o3 0.$. Blavatsky an& o3 W.J. 5u&!e - !li%%erin!s o3 ho+e a++ear a1ove the
    horiAon.
    I4JT&e 1soteri# 2e"ning o$ 8Destro'er8 6n& 3inally, as there #as not ti%e at the
    6leEan&ria-West Coulterville %eetin! to &o so, #e a&& so%e thou!ht a1out the 2-e!enerator2
    in the !reat cyclic +rocess o3 evolution 1ein! %isun&erstoo& 1y so%e as 2Destroyer.2 ,n a
    stran!e #ay shoul& #e see in it #hat is &i33icult 3or us to un&erstan& 1ecause esoteric, yet
    +art o3 the cos%ic +icture not to 1e ne!lecte& in the stu&y o3 our %ain title: 9r"&+"- 7is&n%-
    Si". ,3 so, &oes it not relate also to our o#n Theoso+hical Move%ent an& actors in it, as our
    Move%ent is an inse+ara1le +art o3 the Cos%ic Whole. )et %e cite t#o eEa%+les in
    theoso+hical history - selectin! only 3ro% that *ociety o3 #hich the s+eaker #as a %e%1er,
    the $oint )o%a T* - #hich tell o3 #hat ha++ene&, to so%e re!ar&e& constructive, to others
    &estructive. This %ay thro# at least a 1it o3 li!ht on a su1>ect a1out #hich 3or us a co%+letely
    clear eE+lanation is i%+ossi1le.
    ,n the 1F(G-4Gs, $oint )o%a ha& su33ere& 3ro% lack o3 3inancial hel+; the !reat
    De+ression ha& a33ecte& it; inco%in! 3un&s &i& not %eet out!oin! eE+enses. Then Worl& War
    ,, ca%e, 1lockin! rea&y co%%unication #ith ;uro+ean *ections an& %e%1ers; an& 6%erica
    there, an& even on our 0ea&Huarters in t#o +laces !uns #ere +lace&. The south-#est en& o3
    Cali3ornia see%e& in critical &an!er, an& the Huestion o3 %ovin! the 0ea&Huarters #as
    care3ully &iscusse&. 6t 3irst it #as &eci&e& to re%ain 1ut 1y 5anuary 1F9(U.V the &ecision to
    %ove #as %a&e 3or the +rotection o3 %e%1ers an& all recor&s +ertainin! to the *ociety. This
    #as &one in May 1F9(. ,t #as to a lar!e vacate& school 3or sale in a to#n calle& Covina,
    Cali3ornia, a1out (< or 4G %iles north-east o3 )os 6n!eles. The livin! Huarters, ho#ever,
    #oul& not hol& all %e%1ers. The &ecision #as %a&e that %ainly 3or the el&erly the l& 6!e
    $ension #oul& 1e o1taine&, an& +laces #ith 3rien&s or 3ello# %e%1ers 3oun& 3or the%. These
    el&erly a!ree&, kno#in! the +ressin! nee& an& 3eelin! thus, too, that they #ere hel+in! #hat
    they love& %ost, the #ork o3 the T*. But no#, re3errin! to the 2-e!enerator-Destructor2 i&ea,
    #oul& not so%e - not necessarily T* %e%1ers, 1ut others, vie#in! i%+artially the #hole thin!,
    say this oustin! the el&erly #as untheoso+hical, unkin&, actually cruel.
    The other eEa%+le o3 #hat ha++ene& is %ore &i33icult to +resent. G&e$ ha& le3t &e3inite
    instruction #hat to &o a3ter his &e+arture. ,3 no one 2a++eare&,2 then the a33airs o3 the T*
    #oul& 1e un&er su+ervision o3 the Ca1inet; a3ter three years they then #ere to elect one
    --- 1G
    o3 their o#n sta33, or a %e%1er in the !eneral $oint )o%a *ociety, to 1e their a&%inistrative
    hea&, 1ut to carry on the #ork in strict accor& #ith the 1asic theoso+hical +rinci+les he:&
    3ollo#e& -- #hich inclu&e& 1roa& co-o+eration #ith all other Theoso+hical *ocieties an&
    %e%1ers. The Ca1inet in the three years o3 their a&%inistration carrie& out these instructions.
    But #hat ha++ene&.
    Within a 3e# %onths there #as u+heaval, the 3irst s+lit in $oint )o%a 0istory. U((V Di& the
    one to #ho% #e ascri1e& the na%e o3 -e!enerator 3oresee this. 6ssure&ly he kne# that
    &es+ite &i33iculties 1oun& to co%e, the +ro!ra% he:& launche& #oul& in the en& 1rin! nee&e&
    kar%ic o++ortunity 3or &esire& resolution. ,%%e&iate years clou& the eventual +icture. For this
    reason even to&ay, lookin! 1ack over the &eca&es, so%e %ay still re!ar& #hat took +lace as
    &estructive, others constructive.
    n a lar!er scale 7an& 3ollo#in! #hat 0$B sai& that 2everythin! in "ature ha& to 1e
    >u&!e& 1y analo!y,28 #e 1e!in to un&erstan& that certain actions taken #ith 3orevision &urin!
    !reat Cycles o3 the -e!enerator, a33ect #orl&s an& %ultitu&es o3 their inha1itants in the Cycle
    o3 ;volution - even 1rin!in! chan!es #hich in their i%%e&iacy so%e #itnessin! the% %i!ht
    re!ar& as catastro+hic, 1ut #hich later #ill 1e seen 1y those livin! in those 3uture centuries to
    have 1een +ositively constructive. ,t +oses an esoteric Huestion 3or stu&ents to +on&er.
    "o#, #hy re3er to it here. Does it +erha+s not su!!est that all !rou+s, o3 sincere
    in&ivi&uals, #orkin! 3or #hat they consi&er a !reat Cause, can, nevertheless %ake %istakes,
    in the a1ove case not 3ollo#in! instructions or 1asic +rinci+les, 1ut lettin! these !et clou&e&
    over 1y other consi&erations. 6n& 3urther, that +assin! ti%e !ives o++ortunity 3or clearer
    +ers+ective. 6ll theoso+hical !rou+s or societies then reco!niAe that their o#n society ha&
    +ro1le%s si%ilar to others, %a&e +erha+s si%ilar %istakes. 2*o%ethin!2 then is 1orn that
    #ith +assin! ti%e throu!hout all 1ranches o3 the #orl&-Theoso+hical-Move%ent can !ro#
    #isely to#ar& 3rien&ly unity.
    Theoso+hical 3raterniAation #as very active &urin! the 1F4G:s an& ha& local su++orters
    also in the 3ollo#in! &eca&e. The %o%entu% o3 it, ho#ever, then 3a&e&, 1ut &i& not entirely
    &isa++ear, an& so%e in&ivi&uals an& !rou+s in their res+ective #ork trie& to +ut it into
    +ractice.
    6n& no#, in this 1FFG &eca&e, #e ask: 6re there not stron! si!ns that the 1asic i&ea is
    stirrin! a!ain. Theoso+hical !rou+s, 1e3ore &is+arate, are no# invite& to atten& each others:
    %eetin!s an& stu&y !rou+s. 6n& here is a cheery note: >ust as #e 3inishe& #ritin! this $a+er
    #e receive& #or& 3ro% several in 0ollan& o3 a %eetin! in The 0a!ue, hel& on March 1=th in
    honor o3 the Centenary o3 W.J. 5u&!e:s li3e an& #ork. ,t #as atten&e& 1y 4<G %e%1ers o3 siE
    &i33erent theoso+hical societies. - 6 +ro%isin! si!n 3or the 3utureP Be3ore the 3inal %o%ents o3
    this +resent century #ho kno#s #hat then #e %ay envision - not 3or ourselves alone, 1ut 3or
    the #el3are o3 the #hole #orl&P
    2The ti%e has no# co%e #hen every true an& &evote& Theoso+hist shoul& #ork to#ar&s
    a uni3ication o3 the !eneral Theoso+hical Move%ent. ... , can see the +ro%ise o3 #hat the
    3uture hol&s in store 3or us, 3or those %ountain-+eaks 1elon! to no %ountain-ran!e o3 earth,
    1ut are the +ortals ... throu!h #hich #e receive inti%ations o3 the &estiny that shall 1e ours.2
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    1n/ Notes5
    1. *+eakers an& their su1>ects at that co%%e%orative %eetin!, 6+ril 1( K 14, #ere:
    Ga1riel ;. Blech%an, >$7$5$ 6 )$:$!$; Dara ;klun&, The .reatest of All E8iles9 Brett Forray,
    The 4uture of )$:$ !ud#e; )ee -enner, 7sycholo#ical 6 %piritual .ro&th9 -ichar& 0iltner,
    M.D., 2deas on >ealin#; 6+ril 0e>ka-;kins, Theosophy as Ethics9 W. ;%%ett *%all: 5rahma+
    ,ishnu+ %i*a and the Theosophical Mo*ement$
    (. Echoes of the /rient, ,, Evii, "ote (=.
    4. + cit. ,, +. <- 2The )i3e o3 Willia% Juan 5u&!e is so co%+letely i&enti3ie& #ith the
    history an& &evelo+%ent o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety, that to outline the one is al%ost
    i&entical in outlinin! the other.2 6lso )illiam :uan !ud#e+ The 'ife of a Theosophical 7ioneer,
    *ven ;ek an& Boris &e @irko33
    9. *ee later a1out the 2Borro#e& Bo&y.2
    <. The la# o3 6nalo!y is the 3irst key to the #orl&-+ro1le%s.2 The %ecret 3octrine 2+ +. =G9
    =. >$7$ 5la*atsy+ the Mystery+ +. <
    B. >$ 7$ 5la*atsy+ the Mystery+ 4undamentals of the Esoteric 7hilosophy+ %tudies in
    /ccultism+ Esoteric Teachin#s+ etc.
    C. *ee )etter "o. 1<, Fe1. 1<, 1F4G: To Members of the T$%$ 7$oint )o%a8, Huote& later, in
    "otes, un&er G. &e $urucker
    F. /$E$ 'ibrary (ritic+ QQ,,, *e+t., ct., Dec., 1F4(, 0.". *tokes, e&.
    1G. Boris &e @irko33: Catherine Tin#ley As 2 ne& >er+ Theosophia, *+rin!, 1FB<; also
    $oint )o%a $u1lication co%+iler:s +re3ace to The )isdom of the >eart; Catherine Tin#ley
    %peas$
    11. .reen&alt9 (alifornia 0topia; 7oint 'oma 1894-1942+ (n& an& revise& e&ition 1FBC
    1(. The %ost recent 1ook a1out her: *ylvia
    --- 11
    Cranston: The E8traordinary 'ife and 2nfluence of >elena 5la*atsy+ 4ounder of the
    Theosophical Mo*ement
    14. More s+eci3ically, -yan:s >$7$ 5la*atsy and the Theosophical Mo*ement+ 6++en&iE
    ,I, 'ater 7oint 'oma >istory 7a&&e& 1y $u1lisher8. Much is availa1le in our $oint )o%a
    $u1lications 6rchives. *ee 6lso: 0.5. *+ieren1er!: 3r$ .ottfried de 7urucer+ and /ccult
    5io#raphy, +u1lishe& in Theosophia, o33icial or!an o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety 76&yar8 o3 the
    "etherlan&s, Dece%1er 1FC=.
    19. These - "o. 1 , o3 5uly 1F(F, an& on throu!h "o. C o3 *e+te%1er (1, 1F4G, #ere %aile&
    to %e%1ershi+ o3 the $oint )o%a T*; an& they continue& +u1licly in issues o3 The
    Theosophical 4orum "o. F o3 Dece%1er 1F4G, an& on to "o. 1C in 5une 1F4=, the last o3 the
    )etters.
    1<. /ccult Tales section in Echoes of the /rient+ all #ritten 1y 5u&!e; a%on! the% A
    )eird Tale, ori!inally +u1lishe& in The Theosophist, Iol. I,, 5uly 1CC<, an& Dec. lBC<.
    1=. Bar1orka: >$7$ 5la*atsy+ Tibet and Tulu+ all o3 Ch. I, an& QI,, are +ertinent.
    1B. >$7$ 5la*atsy+ the Mystery+ G. &e $urucker, +. <
    1C. +. cit., +. =
    1F. The %anuscri+ts, transcri1e& 1y ,verson ). 0arris, %e%1er o3 G. &e $.:s Ca1inet is
    in $oint )o%a 6rchives )i1rary.
    (G. >i#h (ountry Theosophist, 5uly 1FF1, 7DenverSBoul&er, Colora&o8, -. *lusser,
    e&itor.
    (1. But a recent note receive& 3ro% ?ir1y van Mater, archivist, $asa&ena T*, in3or%s us
    that 5u&!e #as 1rie3ly in *outh 6%erica at the ti%e. 6 note in G&e$:s han&#ritin! statin! this
    3act ha& 1een 3oun& in $asa&ena 6rchives.
    ((. -yan: The Theosophical Mo*ement, 6++en&iE ,I, 'ater 7oint 'oma >istory+ 7a&&e&
    1y +u1lisher in (n& revise& e&ition.8
    U-e+rinte& 3ro% 5uly, 1FF= >i#h (ountry TheosophistV
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    2AR: TWAIN ON THOUGHT.TRANS41R1NC1
    , shoul& 1e very !la& in&ee& to 1e %a&e a Me%1er o3 the *ociety 3or $sychical
    -esearch; 3or Thou!ht-trans3erence, as you call it, or %ental tele!ra+hy as , have 1een in the
    ha1it o3 callin! it, has 1een a very stron! interest #ith %e 3or the +ast nine or ten years. , have
    !ro#n so accusto%e& to consi&erin! that all %y +o#er3ul i%+ulses co%e to %e 3ro%
    so%e1o&y else, that , o3ten 3eel like a %ere a%anuensis #hen , sit &o#n to #rite a letter
    un&er the coercion o3 a stron! i%+ulse: , consi&er that that other +erson is su++lyin! the
    thou!hts to %e, an& that , a% %erely #ritin! 3ro% &ictation. 6n& , consi&er that #hen that
    other +erson &oes not su++ly %e #ith the thou!hts, he has su++lie& %e #ith the i%+ulse,
    any#ay: , never see% to have any i%+ulses o3 %y o#n. *till, %ay 1e , !et even 1y
    unconsciously 3urnishin! other +eo+le #ith i%+ulses.
    , have rea+e& an a&vanta!e 3ro% these years o3 constant o1servation. For instance,
    #hen , a% su&&enly an& stron!ly %ove& to #rite a letter o3 inHuiry, , !enerally &on:t #rite it -
    1ecause , kno# that that other +erson is at that %o%ent #ritin! to tell %e the thin! , #ante& to
    kno#, - , have %ove& hi% or he has %ove& %e, , &on:t kno# #hich, - 1ut any#ay , &on:t nee&
    to #rite, an& so , save %y la1or. 3 course , so%eti%es act u+on %y i%+ulse #ithout sto++in!
    to think. My ci!ars co%e to %e 3ro% 1,(GG %iles a#ay. 6 3e# &ays a!o, - *e+te%1er 4Gth, - it
    su&&enly, an& very #ar%ly occurre& to %e that an or&er %a&e three #eeks a!o 3or ci!ars ha&
    as yet, 3or so%e unaccounta1le reason, receive& no attention. , i%%e&iately tele!ra+he& to
    inHuire #hat the %atter #as. 6t least , #rote the tele!ra% an& #as a1out to sen& it &o#n
    to#n, #hen the thou!ht occurre& to %e, 2This isn:t necessary, they are &oin! so%ethin! a1out
    the ci!ars no# - this i%+ulse has travele& to %e 1,(GG %iles in hal3 a secon&.2
    --- 1(
    6s , 3inishe& #ritin! the a1ove sentence a servant intru&e& here to say, 2The ci!ars
    have arrive&, an& #e haven:t any %oney &o#nstairs to +ay the eE+ressa!e.2 This is cto1er
    9th, - you see ho# serene %y con3i&ence #as. The 1ill 3or the ci!ars arrive& cto1er (n&,
    &ate& *e+te%1er 4Gth - , kne# +er3ectly #ell they #ere &oin! so%ethin! a1out the ci!ars that
    &ay, or , shoul&n:t have ha& that stron! i%+ulse to #ire an inHuiry.
    *o, 1y &e+en&in! u+on the trust#orthiness o3 the %ental tele!ra+h, an& re3rainin! 3ro%
    usin! the electric one, , save& <G cents - 3or the +oor. U, a% the +oor.V
    Co%+anion instances to this have ha++ene& in %y eE+erience so 3reHuently in the +ast
    nine years, that , coul& +our the% out u+on you to utter #eariness. , have 1een save& the
    #ritin! o3 %any an& %any a letter 1y re3usin! to o1ey these stron! i%+ulses. , al#ays kne#
    the other 3ello# #as sittin! &o#n to #rite #hen , !ot the i%+ulse - so #hat coul& 1e the sense
    in 1oth o3 us #ritin! the sa%e thin!. $eo+le are al#ays %arvelin! 1ecause their letters
    2cross2 each other. ,3 they #oul& 1ut sHuelch the i%+ulse to #rite, there #oul& not 1e any
    crossin!, 1ecause only the other 3ello# #oul& #rite. , a% +olitely %akin! an eEce+tion in your
    case; you have %entally tele!ra+he& %e to #rite, +ossi1ly, an& , sit &o#n at once an& &o it,
    #ithout any shirkin!.
    , 1e!an a cha+ter u+on 2Mental Tele!ra+hy2 in May, 1CBC, an& a&&e& a +ara!ra+h to it
    no# an& then &urin! t#o or three years; 1ut , have never +u1lishe& it, 1ecause , >u&!e& that
    +eo+le #oul& only lau!h at it an& think , #as >okin!. , lon! a!o &eci&e& to not +u1lish it at all;
    1ut , have the ol& M*. 1y %e yet, an& , notice one thou!ht in it #hich %ay 1e #orth
    %entionin! - to this e33ect: in %y o#n case it has o3ten 1een &e%onstrate& that +eo+le can
    have crystal-clear %ental co%%unication #ith each other over vast &istances. Dou1tless to 1e
    a1le to &o this the t#o %in&s have to 1e in a +eculiarly 3avora1le con&ition 3or the %o%ent.
    Iery #ell, then, #hy shoul&n:t so%e scientist 3in& it +ossi1le to invent a #ay to create this
    con&ition o3 ra++ort 1et#een t#o %in&s, at #ill. Then #e shoul& &ro+ the slo# an&
    cu%1erso%e tele+hone an& say in a cou+le o3 %inutes #hat coul&n:t 1e in3late& into #or&s in
    an hour an& a-hal3. Tele+hones, tele!ra+hs an& #or&s are too slo# 3or this a!e; #e %ust !et
    so%ethin! that is 3aster.
    UFro% %ociety for 7sychical -esearch+ !ournal, *. ). Cle%ens, 1:1==-=B, 1CC9, Taken
    3ro% %tran#e Minds+ A %ourceboo of 0nusual Mental 7henomena+ co%+ile& 1y Willia% - .
    Corliss, *ource1ook $ro>ect, Glen 6r%, MD (1G<BV
    '''''''''''''''''''''
    TH1 DA0AI 0A2A ON NON.7IO01NC1
    n a the $B* series %earchin# for .od in America the Dalai )a%a #as intervie#e& 1y
    0u!h 0e#itt. ,n the 3ace o3 over the last 9G-<G years or so =GGG Ti1etan Monasteries %ostly
    &estroye&, ne %illion Ti1etans kille& an& tens o3 thousan&s o3 %onks an& nuns kille& an&
    i%+risone& 1y China, 0e#itt aske& the D) i3 he coul& ever con&one violent %eans to 3ree
    Ti1et. The D):s i%%e&iate ans#er #as 2"o2 - then in a !eneral +hiloso+hic conteEt he sai&
    that in so%e cases 7not necessarily Ti1et:s8 violence %ay +ossi1ly 1e a %etho& use& an& that
    %etho& is not as i%+ortant as %otivation an& !oal 3or the lar!er co%%unity
    This #as very Huali3ie& ho#ever 1y the D) sayin! that violence is very risky an&
    &an!erous, the +sycholo!ical e33ect is i%%ense, an& that it is likely as not to only +ro&uce
    %ore violence
    0e sai& this #as es+ecially the case #ith Ti1et as they #ere nei!h1ors #ith China an&
    that in Ti1et:s case it #as very necessary to %aintain the non-violent a++roach. 0e sai& that
    so%e sy%+athy instea& o3 anta!onis% to#ar& the Ti1etans has 1een !enerate& in so%e
    Chinese 1ecause o3 their non-violent a++roach.
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    SN6TH1SI=ING TRIANG01S5
    6B*)/T; S *$,-,T
    GD-$*,T,I; ;I,)-";G6T,I;
    U--M6D6--V
    OR?5
    T0; 6)) S $6-6B-60M
    GD - T0; 6B*)/T;S*$,-,T ;I,) - M6D6S,))/*,"
    UThe 3irst trian!le #oul& see% to in&icate the eHuality o3 !oo& an& evil as relative values
    in the 3ace o3 the synthesiAin! as+ect o3 s+irit. The secon& trian!le - #hich see%s a su+erior
    +ers+ective - #oul& +lace Maya or illusion in eHual value an& i%+ortance #ith *+irit or the
    un%ani3est as %o&es o3 eE+erience enco%+asse& in the 6)) or $ara1rah%an #hich inclu&es
    1oth.V
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    N1W 9OO:
    REASON AND RELIGION, 1y Col. -. G. ,n!ersoll, #ith a&&en&u% o3 T>E .-A13
    21:02%2T/- 1y Feo&or Dostoevsky 7Translation 1y 0.$. Blavatsky8, +a+er1ack, 149++.,
    R=.GG
    6ccor&in! to Encyclopedia 5ritannica 71F=B8 Colonel -o1ert Green ,n!ersoll 71C44-1CFF8
    #as a 2/.*. orator, +olitician an& la#yer, #ho +o+ulariAe& the hi!her criticis% o3 the Bi1le, a
    hu%anistic +hiloso+hy, an& a scienti3ic rationalis% #hich Huali3ie& hi% as the :1ull &o!: 3or
    Charles Dar#in in the /nite& *tates, #as 1orn in Dres&en, ".D., 6u!. 11, 1C44. The sel3-
    e&ucate& son o3 a +eri+atetic Con!re!ational %inister, he ha& little 3or%al e&ucation. 6&%itte&
    to the ,llinois 1ar in 1C<9, ,n!ersoll su1seHuently en>oye& a lucrative la# +ractice in $eoria,
    Washin!ton, D.C. an& "e# Dork city. 0is Civil War service as a colonel o3 ,llinois volunteer
    cavalry #as ter%inate& in 1C=( #hen he #as ca+ture& an& +arole& 1y Con3e&erate General
    "athan Be&3or& Forrest. 6s an ortho&oE -e+u1lican he #as attorney !eneral o3 ,llinois, 1C=B-
    =F, the :1i! voice: o3 the +arty in the +resi&ential ca%+ai!ns o3 1CB= an& 1CCG 7he !ave
    5a%es G. Blaine the sou1riHuet :The $lu%e& ?ni!ht:8, an& lea&in! counsel 3or -e+u1lican
    &e3en&ants in the *tar -oute *can&al o3 lCC(. ,n s+ite o3 his contri1utions to the +arty as a
    s+eaker, his unortho&oE reli!ious vie#s &eterre& -e+u1lican a&%inistrations 3ro% a++ointin!
    hi% to the ca1inet or &i+lo%atic +osts #hich he &esire&. "ationally kno# as a lecturer, he #as
    in !reat &e%an& an& receive& as %uch as R4,<GG 3or a sin!le evenin!:s +er3or%ance. 0e &ie&
    at Do11s Ferry, ".D., 5uly (1, 1CFF. 0is +rinci+al lectures an& s+eeches -- #hich 1ear such
    titles as 2*o%e Mistakes o3 Moses2 an& 2Why , a% 6n 6!nostic2 - are 3oun& in The )ors of
    -obert ($ 2n#ersoll, e&ite& 1y Clinton $. Farell, 1( volu%es 71FG(8.2 -oyal 5ob 1y C.0.
    Cra%er 71F<(8 is a 1io!ra+hy o3 ,n!ersoll.
    $ro1a1ly no one, an& 3e# i3 any, rival ,n!ersoll:s co%%on sense, acute, an& strait-
    shootin! analysis an& criticis%s o3 the &o!%as o3 Christianity. Most christians are shocke&
    the%selves #hen they rationally consi&er so%e o3 the teachin!s o3 their reli!ion, an&
    es+ecially in current ti%es there is uns+oken a!ree%ent not to take seriously so%e o3 the
    coarser teachin!s. ,n!ersoll is +erha+s a 1it &ate& 3or %o&ern concerns, 1ut the issues he
    treats have sel&o% i3 ever 1een &ealt #ith at 3ace value, 1ein! still i!nore& %ore o3ten than
    not, an& 1e! solution rather than
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    o1liviousness.
    The lectures here have 1een taken 3ro% several sources.
    ...,n!ersoll #as #ell-kno#n an& a 3rien& to %any o3 the lea&in! 3i!ures o3 his ti%e, 1oth
    secular an& s+iritual. Iivekanan&a re3ers to hi% an& Theoso+hist 0.$. Blavatsky calls hi%
    23earless, in&o%ita1le2 75la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s+ ,,,, +. =<8; one o3 2a 3e# atheists, #ho...
    1ravely &e3y the #hole #orl&.2 7,1i&., +. (4(8; an& that 2no %ore %oral, +ure %an, no %ore
    honest citiAen !oo& hus1an& an& !oo& 3ather ever tro& this earth - , kno# hi% +ersonally an&
    he has %y +ro3oun&est res+ect, thou!h he lau!hs at Theoso+hy, *+iritualis% an& every other
    1elie3.2 7,1i&., Iol. <, +. 1(98
    ,n!ersoll:s s+irit an& the tone o3 the %an coul& +ro1a1ly 1e eE+resse& 1y a 3e# lines
    3ro% his +oe% 3eclaration of the 4ree U*ee 7roto+ + . 1V
    , #oul& +lace Dostoevsky:s The .rand 2n"uisitor in the sa%e class o3 2anti-Christian2 7or
    +erha+s the +erversion o3 ori!inal ChristianityP8 literature as ,n!ersoll, 1ut a++roachin! 3ro% a
    &i33erent an& su1tler an!le. The only other author this #riter #oul& also +ut in this sa%e class
    in his li%ite& kno#le&!e o3 the 3iel& is -oy Mitchell:s E8ile of the %oul$8
    The translation o3 The .rand 2n"uisitor use& here is 0.$. Blavatsky:s, an& a++arently
    translate& 3ro% her native -ussian at the reHuest o3 one o3 her s+iritual teachers, ?.0. ?.0.
    #rites: 2The su!!estion to translate 2The Gran& ,nHuisitor2 is %ine; 3or its author, on #ho% the
    han& o3 Death #as alrea&y +ressin! #hen #ritin! it, !ave the %ost 3orci1le an& true
    &escri+tion o3 the *ociety o3 5esus than #as ever !iven 1e3ore. There is a %i!hty lesson
    containe& in it 3or %any...2 7The Mahatma 'etters+ #(B8
    The .rand 2n"uisitor #as re+rinte& in the "ov. an& Dec., 1CC1 issues o3 The
    Theosophist. My source is a +a%+hlet +u1lishe& 1y W%. D. Ten Broeck 3or the ,nternational
    Book 0ouse, )t&., Bo%1ay, ,n&ia, 1F99. Thanks to Mr. Ten Broeck hi%sel3 3or %y co+y.
    - M. 5aHua
    U6vaila1le 3ro% $roto!onos 3or R=.GG +lus R1 +ost. Check +aya1le to M.
    5aHua.V
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    9OO:S R1C1I71D:
    C"(-ci"u-(e-- *- the Gr"u( "! A$$ Bei(+, +ro&uce& 1y 0u!h 0arrison, 6u!ust 1FF=,
    CEll, CB++. - This is a catalo! o3 so%e 1,9<= 1ooks 7%ost in +rint8 on the !eneral su1>ect o3
    consciousness !athere& 1y solicitin! reco%%en&ations 3ro% so%e 11G +ersons intereste& in
    the 3iel&. The list #as co%+ile& as a reco%%en&ation 3or a&&ition to the li1rary o3 the
    Iivekanan&a ?en&ra Do!a -esearch Foun&ation in Ban!alore, ,n&ia #hich is consi&erin! a
    ne# center 3or research an& !ra&uate level stu&y o3 Consciousness. UTantra is +art o3 the
    +ro+ose& curriculu% 3or this center 3ro% a +ros+ectus , #as sent - #hile the 2Iivekanan&a2 in
    the or!aniAation:s title #as an ascetic #ith an a1horrence 3or tantra. CuriousPV To inHuire a1out
    a co+y o3 this interestin! catalo!: 0. 0arrison, (9(B )incoln *t., ;u!ene, - FB9G<
    C"$$i-i"( 'ith the I(!i(ite, A Li!e Be/"( the Per-"(*$ Se$!, 1y *uAanne *e!al, Blue
    Dove $ress 7$B (=1=11, *an Die!o, C6 F(1F=8 +1k., 1BG++, R19 - This is a #o%an:s story
    o3 a +ossi1le enli!hten%ent eE+erience. , say 2+ossi1le2 1ecause >ust #hat ha++ene& to
    *uAanne *e!al is unclear in this revie#er:s %in&. ,t &oesn:t %esh #ith (G years o3 stu&yin!
    1ooks an& even 1ein! in a @en !rou+ 3or 1G years as to %y o#n conce+tion o3 ;nli!hten%ent
    - or in Theoso+hical ter%inolo!y - an initiation. Ms. *e!al see%s an honest +erson an& not
    tryin! to sca% anyone, 1ut 3ollo#in! the a&vice o3 others in ascri1in! a lon!-lastin! %ental
    state to the ;astern &escri+tion o3 enli!hten%ent, %oksha, etc. ne &ay she eE+erience& the
    loss o3 her +ersonal sense o3 i&entity - her 3eelin! o3 2,2 - an& it never ca%e 1ack. Franklin
    --- 1<
    Merrill-Wol33 &escri1es so%e#here #hat he calls 2%ystoi&2 states that are not !enuinely
    %ystical 1ut a si%ulacru% o3 the%. This #oul& inclu&e &ru! eE+eriences an& coul& also 1e
    a++lie& to a1nor%al %ental states se+arate 3ro% &ru!s. My intuition or un&erstan&in! o3
    enli!hten%ent is that the sense o3 i&entity eE+an&s to a sense o3 i&entity #ith all that is - the
    #hole #orl& is hel& in the heart - an& not that the 3eelin! o3 i&entity &isa++ears alto!ether. Ms.
    *e!al s+ent several years seriously involve& in the Transcen&ental Me&itation or!aniAation
    an& lon! +erio&s o3 ti%e 7=-1G hrs. a &ay8 at various %e&itation +ractices, inclu&in!
    +ranaya%a. Blavatsky sai& the a&e+t-teachers #ere 2unani%ously o++ose&2 to +ranaya%a as
    it +ro&uce& %e&iu%shi+ an& other ail%ents 75la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s Q,,, ++. =1(, =1<8.
    ,n the West #e are o1livious to such &an!ers. ne can:t +ut the inner %an an& his +rinci+les
    un&er the %icrosco+e to see #hat is &a%a!e&, as one can the +hysical 1o&y. ,3 not
    2enli!htene&2, it is +ossi1le Ms. *e!al +ro+elle& hersel3 into an a1nor%al 1ut %ore %un&ane
    %ental con&ition, an& >oins the ranks o3 thousan&s o3 other casualties to naive an&
    in&iscri%inate s+iritual +ractice. ,t is an entertainin! an& in3or%ative 1ook an& es+ecially
    interestin! to those #ho %ature& in the =G:s an& BG:s.
    ''''''''''''''''''
    01TT1RS
    2... #(= #as an es+ecially !oo& issue.2 - C.W.
    2,:% rea&in! 0enry Travers ;&!e 7an& the %ecret 3octrineA. /n3ortunately , &on:t have
    3un&s to continue %y stu&ies. ,s there so%eone , can #rite to o1tain rea&in! %aterials. We all
    here share 1ooks #e !et. ...have 1een &oin! yo!a every&ay.2 - Carlos $ereA #FCC<<G1(,
    Fe&eral $enitentiary, $B C<GG, Florence, Co C1((= 7There is a %aEi%u% o3 three 1ooks +er
    +acka!e an& no har&1acks eEce+t &irectly 3ro% a +u1lisher8
    2, 3inishe& the )ea&1eater 1ook UThe Elder 5rotherL - ,nterestin! - there is a lot o3 truth in
    that 1ook, as 3ar as it !oes.. Clearly, he ha& &evelo+e& certain as+ects, tho there %ay have
    1een so%e +la!iaris%. , can see ho# his +ers+ective K certain 1ehaviors #oul& !enerate
    outra!e, es+ecially in a 3un&a%entalist :+ure: theoso+hical %in&setSco%%unity...2
    - 5.G.
    2..... "o# , kno# that -u&ol+h *teiner !ot his i&eas 3ro% )ea&1eaterSBesant. , ha&
    un&erstoo& that he ha& his o#n i&eas 1ut he only !ot the% 3ro% these t#o. 0e %ust have
    acce+te& these i&eas as :Theoso+hy,: #ithout stu&yin! the #orks o3 0.$. Blavatsky, at least
    seriously.2
    - W.*.
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    0IGHTNING - 6 recent TI ne#s +ro!ra% sho#e& scientists in Flori&a #ho ha&
    &evelo+e& a #ay o3 causin! li!htnin! strikes. 6 s%all rocket trailin! a #ire - a technolo!y
    &evelo+e& in !ui&in! %issiles - is shot at a clou& &urin! the ri!ht #eather con&itions, an& a
    li!htnin! strike results 3ollo#in! the #ire to the !roun&. Consi&erin! the i%%ense +o#er o3
    li!htnin!, one #on&ers i3 it #ill 1e +ossi1le to +ractically ta+ this ener!y so%e&ay. 6ccor&in!
    to a 1FC( science encyclo+e&ia 2The %echanis%s 1y #hich stor%s !enerate electric char!e
    are unkno#n..2 - #hich is sur+risin! consi&erin! the !eneral o%ni+otence #ith #hich #e
    re!ar& science. Juantitatively there is a vast char!e 1et#een the earth an& levels an& areas
    o3 the at%os+here. ,t #oul& see% there is a vast +otential o3 23ree ener!y2 here that coul&
    so%e&ay 1e ta+e& into so%e#ay.
    ''''''''''''''''''
    2The 1o&y chan!es; #e chan!e our %in&s; 1ut there is a *o%ethin! in us #hich &oes not
    chan!e, #hich &oes not &e+en& on chan!e, #hether o3 1o&y, %in& or circu%stances, 1ut
    #hich is the creator, the ruler, the eE+eriencer o3 all chan!es o3 every kin&. ,t is this +ortion o3
    our nature - the real Man #ithin us - that #e nee& to kno# the nature o3. ,3 #e can reach such
    a +oint o3 +erce+tion that #e can !ras+ the 3act o3 the *+irit #ithin us, #e shall have reache&
    a +oint #here a kno#le&!e o3 ourselves is +ossi1le; an& i3 a kno#le&!e o3 ourselves, then a
    kno#le&!e throu!h that o3 all other 1ein!s #hatsoever.2
    - Cros1ie
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    9OO:S
    The %ecret 3octrine+ 0.$. Blavatsky R1C.GG
    2sis 0n*eiled+ 0.$. Blavatsky R1B.GG
    The /cean of Theosophy, W.J. 5u&!e R<.GG
    'e#ros Articles and ,erse, G.C. )e!ros, s+iral-1oun&, (1( ++.; R<.GG
    The 'ast (han#e of the Earth?s A8is, F. $lu%%er, 0ar&1ack, 1<=++, re+rint o3 1CF9 e&ition,
    %uch uniHue in3or%ation - R1<.GG
    The 'ama?s 'a& - Talbot Mundy in the =Theosophical 7ath+= over (G articles 3ro% the 1F(G:s
    %a!aAine, +a+er1ack, ((1++ -RB.GG
    The !e&el of Atlantis =An /ccult Mystery Tale+= )eoline ). Wri!ht, re+rinte& 3ro%
    Theosophical 4orum+ 6n 6tlantean 1lack %a!ician i%+risons his. li3e essence to a !e% an&
    +ossesses #hoever #ears it, EeroE co+y re+rint, +a+er1ack, R=.GG
    The Apocalypse 0nsealed+ 5a%es M. $ryse - 6n occult an& sy%1olic inter+retation o3 5ohn:s
    -e*elations as a %anual o3 initiation rather than a 1ook o3 +ro+hecy, Blavatsky an& G&e$
    a&&en&u%, EeroE co+y re+rint, +a+er1ack, RB.GG
    Theosophy ,s$ 1eo-Theosophy, Mar!aret Tho%as, - Blavatsky Theoso+hy co%+are& #ith
    later alterations 1y )ea&1eater an& Besant, Huote 1y Huote co%+arison, eEtensive a&&en&u%,
    +a+er1ack, 1BC++, RB.GG
    At >ome )ith the 2nner %elf, 5a%es 5. Burns ,,,, *o%e results o3 9G years o3 sel3 -analysis
    an& %ystical eE+erience, 111 ++, +a+er1ack, R=.GG
    7roto#onos - s+iral 1oun&, 3irst (9 issues, a++roEi%ately 4GG +a!es, CE11, R1<.GG
    - ,nclu&e R1.GG 3or the 3irst 1ook, <GG 3or each a&&itional. *6*; 3or 3ull list. Make checks
    +aya1le to M. 5aHua.....
    ''''''''''''''''''''''''
    2,t is only 1y the close 1rotherly union o3 %en:s inner *;)I;*, o3 soul-soli&arity, o3 the
    !ro#th an& &evelo+%ent o3 that 3eelin! #hich %akes one su33er #hen one thinks o3 the
    su33erin! o3 others, that the rei!n o3 5ustice an& eHuality 3or all can ever 1e inau!urate&. This
    is the 3irst o3 the three 3un&a%ental o1>ects 3or #hich the Theoso+hical *ociety #as
    esta1lishe&, an& calle& :/niversal Brotherhoo& o3 Man,: #ithout &istinction o3 race, color or
    cree&.
    - 0.$. Blavatsky
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    Pr"t"+"("- is +u1lishe& 9-= ti%es a year. *u1scri+tion is B<c +er issue. ;&itor: M.
    5aHua. $roto!onos is a Blavatsky-oriente& +u1lication 7To call onesel3 a 2Theoso+hist2 to&ay
    !enerates con3usion... 8 nce in a#hile so%eone sen&s in a s%all contri1ution 3or the several
    Theoso+hical en&eavors #e:re involve& in. This is #elco%e 1ut not solicite&, an& as any
    &ecent sort #oul& assu%e, #e &on:t acce+t any a%ount unless it is unencu%1ere&.
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    PROTOGONOS
    "u%1er (C March 1FFB
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    CONT1NTS5 *;)F 7verse8.....0u%+hreys.... 1; Book o3 DAyan -esearch
    -e+ort.....-ei!le ....1; -evie#: The Theosophical Enli#htenment....<; )etters ....=; The
    *ilent an& Desolate )an&....B; ;arly Mornin! Thou!hts ,, .....6rcher ....F; -evie#: The )hite
    5uddhist....1G; ,ncorro&i1le Brass .....0.T. ;&!e ...11
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    S104
    Be seate&, thou, un3ettere&, 3ree,
    The heart:s attention +oise& as thir& o3 three.
    "o# still the %in&, nor clai% the unceasin! 3lo#;
    0e hol&s the 1oun&less heaven in 3ee
    Who learns the utter%ost co%%an& - )et !o.
    "o# seal #ith col& resolve the &oors o3 sense.
    Be still, %y son, an& seek thine ,%%anence.
    , a% not 1o&y. , a% never ill,
    "or restless, #eary, 3ret3ul, nor in +ain.
    , a% not hot e%otion, nor the #ill
    Which 3or3eits +ro!ress in the na%e o3 !ain.
    , a% not thou!ht, the +rocess o3 the %in&
    n ca!in! +artial truth intent,
    /nkno#in!, 3or its eyes are 1lin&,
    The #in!s o3 li3e 1eat ever uncon3ine&.
    , a% not any instru%ent. , a%.
    , a% the li!ht that slays the ni!ht at &a#nin!.
    , a% the love that #oos its o#n re#ar&.
    , a% the slo# resolve that #akes at %ornin!,
    6n& slee+s at t#ili!ht on a sheathe& s#or&.
    , a% the 3ullness in the #ealth o3 !ivin!.
    , a% the voi& #ithin the or1 o3 3a%e.
    , a% the &eath that &ies #ithin the livin!.
    , a% the na%elessness that 1ears the "a%e.
    , a% the !ol&en >oy o3 1eauty.
    , a% the stillness un&erlyin! soun&.
    , a% the voice o3 un&istin!uishe& &uty.
    , a% the *el3 in #hich the sel3 is &ro#ne&.
    - Christ%as 0u%+hreys 7%tudies in the Middle )ayA
    QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
    9OO: O4 D=6AN R1S1ARCH R1PORT5
    T1CHNICA0 T1R2S IN STAN=A II
    - Davi& -ei!le
    There are seven technical ter%s in stanAa ,, o3 the 2Book o3 DAyan2 as translate& in 0.$.
    Blavatsky:s The %ecret 3octrine: 2ah-hi2 7"&i8 an& 2+aranish+anna2 7,"rinis,"nn"8, #hich
    are also 3oun& in stanAa ,, so #ere &iscusse& in a +revious re+ort; +"n"nt"r" an& +"'",
    #hich are co%%only 3oun& in 0in&u *anskrit teEts in the sa%e %eanin!, so reHuire no
    co%%ent; 2&eva%atri2 7/e".+"tr8 an& 2%atri+a&%a2 7+"tr.,"/+"8, #hich thou!h rare in
    *anskrit teEts, still +ose no +articular +ro1le%; an& 2sva1havat,2 a 3un&a%ental conce+t in
    The %ecret 3octrine #hich +oses 3un&a%ental +ro1le%s. 6%on! the &octrinal issues raise&
    1y the teachin!s o3 The %ecret 3octrine+ none +oses !reater +ro1le%s 3or its +hiloso+hy than
    sva1havat. While Theoso+hists #ho in their innocence o3 rea&in! only their o#n 1ooks re%ain
    1liss3ully una#are that there are any +ro1le%s here, 3or outsi&e investi!ators, once they have
    !otten +ast the 3rau& char!es an& 1e!un to investi!ate the actual &octrines, an& leavin! asi&e
    historical Huestions, it is the &octrine o3 sva1havat #hich raises the %ost serious Huestions in
    the +hiloso+hy o3 The %ecret 3octrine.
    ,n the 2*u%%in! /+2 section i%%e&iately 3ollo#in! the seven stanAas 3ro% the 2Book o3
    DAyan2 !iven in volu%e , o3 The %ecret 3octrine, Blavatsky reca+itulates the syste% o3 the
    *ecret Doctrine. There she says 7+. (B48:
    2The 3un&a%ental )a# in that syste%, the central +oint 3ro% #hich all e%er!e&, aroun&
    an& to#ar& #hich all !ravitates, an& u+on #hich is hun! the +hiloso+hy o3 the rest, is the ne
    ho%o!eneous &ivine */B*T6"C;-$-,"C,$);, the one ra&ical cause.
    2,t is calle& 2*u1stance-$rinci+le,2 3or it 1eco%es 2su1stance2 on the +lane o3 the
    %ani3este& /niverse, an illusion, #hile it re%ains a 2+rinci+le2 in the 1e!innin!less an&
    en&less a1stract, visi1le an& invisi1le *$6C;. ,t is the o%ni+resent -eality: i%+ersonal,
    1ecause it contains all an& everythin!. ,ts i%+ersonality is the
    --- (
    $%n/"+ent"! #on#e,tion o3 the *yste%. ,t is latent in every ato% in the /niverse, an& is the
    /niverse itsel3.2
    "ear the 1e!innin! o3 the 2$roe%,2 #hich +rece&es the seven stanAas !iven in volu%e ,
    o3 The %ecret 3octrine, Blavatsky Huotes 7+. 48 #hat she ha& #ritten earlier in 2sis 0n*eiled+
    to sho# #hat 2#ill 1e eE+laine&, as 3ar as it is +ossi1le, in the +resent #ork2:
    2The esoteric &octrine teaches, like Bu&&his% an& Brah%inis%, an& even the ?a1ala,
    that the one in3inite an& unkno#n ;ssence eEists 3ro% all eternity, an& in re!ular an&
    har%onious successions is either +assive or active. ,n the +oetical +hraseolo!y o3 Manu
    these con&itions are calle& the :Days: an& the :"i!hts: o3 Brah%a. The latter is either :a#ake:
    or :aslee+.: The *va1havikas, or +hiloso+hers o3 the ol&est school o3 Bu&&his% 7#hich still
    eEists in "e+aul8, s+eculate only u+on the active con&ition o3 this :;ssence,: #hich they call
    *va1havat, an& &ee% it 3oolish to theoriAe u+on the a1stract an& :unkno#a1le: +o#er in its
    +assive con&ition.
    ;arlier, the Mahat%a ?.0. in the 3irst a series o3 letters o3 instruction to 6.G. 0u%e #rote
    7Chron. e&. +. 1=<8:
    2To co%+rehen& %y ans#ers you #ill have 3irst o3 all to vie# the eternal 1ssen#e, the
    *#a1havat not as a co%+oun& ele%ent you call s+irit-%atter, 1ut as the one ele%ent 3or
    #hich the ;n!lish has no na%e. ,t is 1oth +assive an& active, +ure S,irit 1ssen#e in its
    a1soluteness an& re+ose, +ure %atter in its 3inite an& con&itione& state - even as an
    i%+on&era1le !as or that !reat unkno#n #hich science has +lease& to call Force.2
    6 3e# %onths later, a3ter so%e rather eEas+eratin! eEchan!es #hich le& the Mahat%a
    ?.0. to co%%ent that 26ll this re%in&s one o3 #ran!lin! 3or seniorshi+,2 he a!ain a&vise& 6..
    0u%e to stu&y this 3un&a%ental conce+t 7Chron. e&. +. (C18:
    2*tu&y the la#s an& &octrines o3 the "e+aulese *#a1havikas, the +rinci+al Bu&&hist
    +hiloso+hical school in ,n&ia, an& you #ill 3in& the% the %ost learne& as the %ost scienti3ically
    lo!ical #ran!lers in the #orl&. Their +lastic, invisi1le, eternal, o%ni+resent an& unconscious
    *#a1havat is Force or Motion ever !eneratin! its electricity #hich is li3e.2
    What sources coul& 0u%e have stu&ie& the la#s an& &octrines o3 the "e+alese
    *va1havikas 3ro%. The only sources on this, availa1le either then or no#, are the essays o3
    Brian 0. 0o&!son +u1lishe& in Asiatic -esearches+ etc., startin! in 1C(C, an& later collecte&
    into a 1ook entitle& Essays on the 'an#ua#es+ 'iterature and -eli#ion of 1epal and Tibet+
    )on&on, 1CB9. 0o&!son ha& 1een British -esi&ent in ?ath%an&u, livin! there 3ro% 1C(1
    throu!h 1C94. *ince "e+al #as other#ise close& to 3orei!ners, 0o&!son:s #ritin!s #ere 3or
    nearly a century the only source o3 in3or%ation on "e+alese Bu&&his%. 6ll the early Bu&&hist
    scholars, inclu&in! ;u!ene Burnou3, *a%uel Beal, 5ose+h ;&kins, 0en&rik ?ern, etc., %ost o3
    #ho% #ere Huote& 1y Blavatsky an& ?.0., relie& on these #ritin!s.
    /+on stu&yin! 0o&!son:s essays, ho#ever, #e 3in& in his &escri+tion o3 the "e+alese
    *va1havika school o3 Bu&&his% only the ter% sva1hava, not sva1havat or sva1havat or
    sva1havat 7the s+ellin!s sva- or s#a- are %erely alternate transliterations. 6n& yes, sva1hava
    is there &escri1e& in the sa%e ter%s use& 1y Blavatsky an& ?.0. to &escri1e sva1havat. *o
    #hy the 3inal 2t2. *va1hava is a noun 7#hich can also 1e use& a&>ectivally8; sva1havat an&
    sva1havat are !ra%%atically unintelli!i1le; #hile sva1havat, as state& 1y G. &e $urucker
    7/ccult .lossary, +. 1=B8, #oul& 1e a neuter +resent +artici+le.DDD 6s such, it #oul& 3unction
    as a ver1 %eanin! 2sel3-1ein!,2 or 2sel3-1eco%in!.2 We #oul& then eE+ect to 3in& this in the
    actual *anskrit Bu&&hist teEts; 1ut #e &on:t. We 3in& only sva1hava, as re+orte& 1y 0o&!son,
    an& occasionally sva1havata or sva1havatva. The 2-ta2 an& 2tva2 su33iEes 3or% a1stract
    nouns, an& can o3ten 1e translate& 1y the ;n!lish su33iE, 2-ness.2 Thus 3ro% s%n'"- 2e%+ty,2
    #e !et s%n'"t", 2e%+tiness.2 *va1havata, then, coul& %ean so%ethin! like 2sel3-1e-ness.2
    ,n the case o3 #or&s like sva1hava, ho#ever, #hich are 3reHuently use& a&>ectivally, these
    su33iEes o3ten serve only to 3iE their usa!e as a noun rather than an a&>ective, #ithout any real
    chan!e in %eanin!. Certainly, the eEe!etical tra&ition o3 Ti1et treats the% synony%ously. ,t is
    +ossi1le, in ter%s o3 %eanin!, that sva1havata is #hat Blavatsky %eant. 6 3inal lon! 2a2,
    ho#ever, cannot 1e &ro++e& like a 3inal short 2a2 3reHuently is in ,n&ian +ronunciation 7e.!., ra>
    yo! 3or ra>a yo!a8; an& it is the s+ellin!s en&in! in 2t2 that are 3oun& throu!hout the early
    Theoso+hical #ritin!s. Blavatsky says in The %ecret 3octrine 7vol. ,, +. FC8 a1out sva1havat:
    2The na%e is o3 Bu&&hist use...2 an& in a 3ootnote, 26s 3or *va1havat, the rientalists eE+lain
    the ter% as %eanin! the
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    /niversal +lastic %atter &i33use& throu!h *+ace,...2 , have checke& the 1ooks on Bu&&his%
    re3erre& to in Blavatsky:s #ritin!s an& availa1le in her &ay, 1ut 3oun& no sva1havat, etc., only
    sva1hava. 6lthou!h the theoretical 3or% sva1havat as a +resent +artici+le is !ra%%atically
    +ossi1le, #e &o not 3in& it in either 0o&!son:s essays, the only actual source on "e+alese
    Bu&&his% availa1le last century in any ;uro+ean lan!ua!e, nor in the *anskrit Bu&&hist teEts
    #here accor&in! to Blavatsky an& ?.0. it shoul& 1e 3oun&. But #ith all this, our +ro1le%s have
    only >ust 1e!un.
    0as nothin! 1een +u1lishe& on the la#s an& &octrines o3 the "e+alese *va1havikas
    since 0o&!son:s early nineteenth century essays. 6lthou!h "e+al #as close& to 3orei!ners
    until 1F<1, a 3e# Bu&&hist scholars %ana!e& to !et in earlier, %ost nota1le *ylvain )evi an&
    Giuse++e Tucci. *ylvain )evi #ent in 1CFC, #ritin! a3ter his return to France, 'e 1epal, (
    vols., $aris, 1FG<. 0e 3oun& that there #as no such school o3 Bu&&his% as the *va1avikas in
    "e+al, nor coul& the other three schools o3 Bu&&his% &escri1e& 1y 0o&!son 76is#arika,
    Datnika, ?ar%ika8 an& so1erly &iscusse& 1y !enerations o3 Bu&&hist scholars 1e 3oun&. "ot
    only #ere there no *va1havikas in "e+al, 1ut the su++ose& Bu&&hist &octrine o3 sva1hava
    #as also calle& into Huestion, since Bu&&hists eEistin! else#here &i& not hol& such a
    &octrine. -ecently, %ore &etaile& research has 1een carrie& on a%on! the Bu&&hists o3
    "e+al, the "e#aris. 6n article 1y Davi& ". Gellner in the !ournal of the 2nternational
    Association of 5uddhist %tudies, vol. 1(, 1FCF, entitle& >od#son?s 5lind Alley< /n the %o-
    (alled %chools of 1epalese 5uddhism, sho#s that the na%es *va1havika, etc., #ere %erely
    use& 1y 0o&!son:s "e#ari +un&it in3or%ant as &esi!nations o3 #hat he 3elt #ere the
    &ia!nostic tenets o3 the %ain syste%s o3 i&eas 3oun& in the Bu&&hist teEts. These alle!e&
    schools o3 "e+alese Bu&&his% #ere Huestione& at the ti%e 0o&!son:s account o3 the% #as
    3irst +u1lishe&, so that he 3elt co%+elle& to later 71C4=8 +u1lish eEtracts 3ro% the Bu&&hist
    teEts in su++ort o3 the%. 6%on! the eEtracts he then +u1lishe& in su++ort o3 the *va1havika
    school are t#o Huotations 3ro% the 5uddha-carita, a 1io!ra+hy o3 the Bu&&ha #ritten 1y
    6sva!hosa. Gellner +oints out in the a1ove-%entione& article that the Huotations in Huestion
    !ive not the &octrines o3 the Bu&&ha, 1ut rather non-Bu&&hist &octrines s+oken to the youn!
    Bu&&ha-to-1e 1y the councillor o3 the kin!, his 3ather, in an e33ort to !et hi% to !ive u+ his
    asceticis% an& return to the +alace. These &octrines, o3 course, he re>ecte&. ther Huotations
    in su++ort o3 the *va1havika school co%e 3ro% the 7raBna-paramita, or $er3ection o3 Wis&o%
    teEts. ,t is #ell kno#n that "a!ar>una is sai& to have receive& these teEts 3ro% the "a!as, an&
    that he 1ase& his Ma&hya%aka syste% on the%. ,t is eHually #ell kno#n that the 1asic tenet
    o3 his Ma&hya%aka syste% is e%+tiness, or the lack o3
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    sva1hava 7ni&s"(&""8 in all thin!s 7/&"r+"s8. The Ma&hya%aka school has a lon! history
    in ,n&ia in the 3irst %illenniu% o3 the Co%%on ;ra, 3ro% #hence it #as trans3erre& 3irst to
    China an& then to Ti1et. ,n Ti1et it 3lourishe&; virtually all Ti1etan Bu&&hists 3ro% then until
    no# consi&er the%selves to 1e Ma&hya%ikas, an& thus as the 1asic tenet re>ect sva1hava
    7see, 3or eEa%+le, "a!ar>una:s 2%!".+"/&'"+")".)"ri)", cha+. 1<, 2;Ea%ination o3
    *va1hava28.
    The Theoso+hical &octrine is Huite uneHuivocal a1out this teachin!. ,3 no *va1havika
    school o3 Bu&&his% can 1e 3oun&, an& i3 no &octrine o3 sva1hava is tau!ht 1y any eEistin!
    Bu&&hist school, coul& #e +erha+s 3in& this teachin! un&er a &i33erent na%e in Bu&&his%.
    When Blavatsky Huotes 0.*. lcott:s The 5uddhist (atechism in The %ecret 3octrine 7++.
    =4<-4=8, she inserts sva1havat as a +artial synony% o3 akasa: 2;verythin! has co%e out o3
    6kasa 7or *va1havat on our earth8 in o1e&ience to a la# o3 %otion inherent in it....2
    6kasa is there sai& to 1e one o3 the t#o eternal thin!s, alon! #ith nirvana, tau!ht in
    Bu&&his%. This is a teachin! o3 the Therava&a school o3 Bu&&his%, 1ut share& also 1y other
    Bu&&hist schools. The ol& ,n&ian *arvastiva&a school o3 Bu&&his% teaches t#o kin&s o3
    nirvana, so alon! #ith akasa hol& three thin!s to 1e eternal. ,t coul& +ossi1ly 1e consi&ere&
    2the +rinci+al Bu&&hist +hiloso+hical school in ,n&ia2 %entione& 1y the Mahat%a ?.0. in
    connection #ith the "e+alese *va1havikas; at least it %ay have 1een at one ti%e. But o3
    course there have 1een no Bu&&hist +hiloso+hical schools in ,n&ia 3or nearly a thousan&
    years, ever since the Musli% invasion &estroye& Bu&&his% in ,n&ia.
    The &octrines o3 the *arvastiva&a school, 2they #ho say 7"/"8 that all 7s"r"8 eEists
    7"sti8, are stu&ie& in Ti1et in the A5hih*r&*)3"-*, a teEt #hich is %e%oriAe& in %ost
    Ti1etan %onasteries. This teEt !ives the *arvastiva&a &octrines as tau!ht 1y the Iai1hasikas
    o3 ?ash%ir. ,t is acco%+anie& 1y Iasu1an&u:s auto-co%%entary #hich also !ives counter-
    ar!u%ents 1y the *autrantika Bu&&hists. 0o#ever, 1oth the Iai1hasika *arvastiva&ins an&
    their *autrantika o++onents are consi&ere& as 0inayana or 2lesser vehicle2 schools. Their
    &octrines are syste%atically re3ute& in the Ti1etan yi!-chas, or %onastic stu&y %anuals, 1y
    the Ma&hya%aka school. Thus Ti1etan Bu&&hists &o not hol& these &octrines as ulti%ately
    true, since the eternal akasa is re3ute& alon! #ith everythin! else 7see, 3or eEa%+le,
    "a!ar>una:s Mu$*)&*h/*&*3*)3*ri3*, cha+. <, 2;Ea%ination o3 the ;le%ents28.
    ,s there any#here else #e can turn to 3or su++ort o3 the sva1hava &octrine. $erha+s to
    0in&uis%: to the venera1le ol& *ankhya syste%, consi&ere& to 1e the ol&est school o3 ,n&ian
    +hiloso+hy.
    ,n a Huotation 3ro% the An%git"; 3oun& in The %ecret 3octrine 7vol. ,, +. <B1 8, Blavatsky
    eHuates sva1hava #ith +rakriti, the su1stance-+rinci+le o3 the *ankhya syste%: 2Go&s, Men,
    Gan&harvas, $isachas, 6suras, -akshasas, all have 1een create& 1y *va1hava 7$rakriti, or
    +lastic nature8...2
    The ter% +rakriti is !losse& as +ra&hana in Gau&a+a&a:s co%%entary on S"n)&'".)"ri)"
    verse C. ;arlier, in his co%%entary %ula+rakriti #as also !losse& as +ra&hana. Thus the
    three ter%s: +rakriti, +ra&hana, an& %ula-+rakriti are in so%e sense synony%ous, an& all are
    &escri1e& as un%ani3est 7"'")t"8. But in the list o3 synony%s !iven in Gau&a+!&a:s
    co%%entary on S"n)&'".)"ri)", verse ((, o3 these only +rakriti an& +ra&hana are 3oun&,
    alon! #ith (r"&+"- "'")t"- ("&%/"t+")" an& +"'"- su!!estin! that the ter% %ula-+rakriti
    #as reserve& to in&icate the %ore a1stract as+ect.
    Blavatsky says in The %ecret 3octrine 7vol. 1, +. =18: 2*va1havat, the :$lastic ;ssence:
    that 3ills the universe, is the root o3 all thin!s. *va1havat is, so to say, the Bu&&hist concrete
    as+ect o3 the a1straction calle& in 0in&u +hiloso+hy 2%!".,r")riti.2 6ll this 3its to!ether, then,
    in su++ortin! the i&ea that the *ankhya +rakriti %atches the sva1hava &octrine tau!ht in The
    %ecret 3octrine$ But any !ain 3ro% this %atch in su++ortin! the teachin!s o3 The %ecret
    3octrine is soon lost.
    The *ankhya school has 1een +ractically non-eEistent in ,n&ia 3or centuries. Why is this.
    Because the 6&vaita Ie&anta school, calle& in The %ecret 3octrine the nearest eE+onent o3
    the ;soteric +hiloso+hy 7vol. ,, +. <<8, an& its 3ore%ost teacher, *ankaracarya, calle& in The
    %ecret 3octrine 2the !reatest ,nitiate livin! in the historical a!es2 7vol. ,, +. (B18, re3ute& its
    su1stance-+rinci+le thorou!hly an& re+eate&ly 7see, 3or eEa%+le, *ankaracarya:s
    co%%entary on 9r"&+".s%tr" l.l.< 33., his su%%ation at 1.9.(C, then (.1.1 33., etc.8. Thus the
    *ankhya &octrines #ere stu&ie& in ,n&ia only to 1e re3ute& 1y the &o%inant Ie&anta school,
    %uch as the *arvastiva&a &octrines #ere stu&ie& in Ti1et only to 1e re3ute& 1y the &o%inant
    Ma&hya%aka school.
    The ter% sva1havat occurs in the *tanAas seven ti%es. ,t is su++ose& to 1e a Bu&&hist
    ter%, occurrin! in Bu&&hist teEts, an& kno#n to orientalists. Det this ter% is not to 1e 3oun& in
    either Bu&&hist teEts nor in the #ritin!s o3 orientalists, 1ut only the ter% sva1hava. ,t is
    su++ose& to 1e the &octrine
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    o3 the "e+alese *va1havikas. Det no such school #as 3oun& to eEist. ,t is su++ose& to 1e
    tau!ht 1y Bu&&his% an& Brah%anis%. Det there is no kno#n school o3 Bu&&his% no# in
    eEistence #hich teaches it; 1ut on the contrary, 3or the Bu&&hists o3 Ti1et #here the Book o3
    DAyan is sai& to have 1een +reserve&, it is the very &octrine they %ost +ointe&ly re>ect. 6s 3or
    Brah%anis%, #hile this &octrine %ay #ell have 1een 3oun& in the ol& *ankhya school,
    *ankarcarya:s 6&vaita Ie&antins have re3ute& it an& the *ankhya school +ractically out o3
    eEistence in ,n&ia. Clearly, Theoso+hists have in 3ront o3 the% so%e ho%e#ork to &o.
    ,3 Theoso+hists have 3or %ore than a century 1een takin! in su++ort o3 their &octrines
    ter%s an& schools #hich actually &o not su++ort the%, it is ti%e to correct this. The &octrine o3
    the one su1stance-+rinci+le is consistent throu!hout the early Theoso+hical #ritin!s, 1ein!
    +articularly clearly lai& out in the article, )hat is Matter and )hat is 4orce< 75la*atsy
    (ollected )ritin#s, vol. 98. ,t is no lon!er a++ro+riate to say that it is the %ula-+rakriti o3 the
    Ie&antin an& the sva1havat o3 the Bu&&hist 7e.!., *.D. 1.9=; B.C.W. 1G.4G9; B.C.W. 19.(49;
    etc.8 since %ula-+rakriti is a *ankhya conce+t #hich is re3ute& 1y the Ie&antins, an& the ter%
    sva1havat &oes not eEist, #hile sva1hava is re3ute& 1y Bu&&hists eEistin! to&ay. ,3 a ter%
    such as sva1hava is in&ee& 3oun& in the *tanAas, su++ort 3or this &octrine shoul& in 3act 1e
    3oun& in the *anskrit Bu&&hist teEts; an& this reHuires research.
    While stu&yin! *anskrit &urin! the su%%er o3 1FF< #ith Gauta% Ia>racharya, a "e#ari
    Bu&&hist 3ro% "e+al, , aske& hi% a1out the su++ose& *va1havika school. , ha& #ritten ahea&
    #ith this Huestion, an& then in +erson aske& hi% a1out it on t#o &i33erent occasions so as to
    %ini%iAe the +ossi1ility o3 %y %isun&erstan&in! hi%. 0e #as o3 the &e3inite o+inion that such
    a school o3 inter+retation actually &i& eEist in 0o&!son:s ti%e, 1ut he #as eHually sure that it
    &oes not eEist at +resent in "e+al. The situation in "e+al then an& no# is that very 3e#
    Bu&&hist +un&its eEist. They are so%e#hat scattere&, an& %ay +reserve tra&itions #ithin their
    Ia>racharya 3a%ily not +reserve& in other Ia>racharya 3a%ilies. *o Gauta% 3elt that 0o&!son:s
    +un&it +ro1a1ly ha& +reserve& an authentic *va1havika tra&ition, 1ut that it has no# &ie& out.
    Gauta%, hi%sel3 a Ia>racharya, #as 3a%iliar #ith the other Ia>racharyas livin! to&ay, so #as
    sure that such a tra&ition no lon!er eEists. 0o&!son, ho#ever, ha& +rovi&e& 3our +a!es o3
    Huotations translate& into ;n!lish 3ro% *anskrit Bu&&hist teEts in su++ort o3 this &octrine. The
    teEts Huote& 3ro%, inclu&in! the len!thy Pr"Ln".,"r"+it" teEts, to!ether total thousan&s o3
    +a!es. Due to this 1ulk, 3e# o3 these Huotations have yet 1een trace&, other than 3ro% the
    9%//&".#"rit". $erha+s a vali& *va1havika &octrine can yet 1e 3oun& in the *anskrit
    Bu&&hist teEts. But Theoso+hists #ill have to 3in& it, 1ecause no one else is likely to 1e
    intereste&.
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    DDDUUThe i%+ortant &iacritical %arks 3or +ronunciation throu!hout this article coul& not
    1e inclu&e& in this 3or%at. - 7rotoVV
    ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
    R17I1W
    The The"-"#hic*$ E($i+hte(&e(t, 5ocelyn Go&#in, *tate /n. o3 ".D. $ress, 1FF9, Eii
    +lus 99C +a!es, R1F.F<
    Both other revie#s o3 this 1ook ,:ve seen have !iven it a very +ositive a++raisal an& it #ill
    !et the sa%e 3ro% this #riter. 6++roEi%ately only a 3i3th or so o3 the 1ook &eals &irectly #ith
    Blavatsky an& the Theoso+hical *ociety 1ut the 1ook is a+tly title& as Go&#in ri!htly +resents
    Blavatsky as the star an& see%in! cul%ination o3 an intellectual an& occult %ove%ent
    1e!innin! in the 1Cth century #ith 5ones: Asiatic -esearches an& 1e3ore. Go&#in is 3air an&
    o1>ective 3ro% the scholarly an!le, an& there is no %u&-slin!in! 3or e33ect as in %ost or %any
    histories &ealin! #ith Blavatsky, %ost recently an& ty+ically Washin!ton:s Madame
    5la*atsy?s 5aboon$
    Go&#in:s kno#le&!e see%s encyclo+e&ic an& one %arvels at his threa&in! connections
    an& relationshi+s throu!h #hat see%s hun&re&s o3 +ersonalities, !rou+s an& authors. *o%e
    o3 the +ersonalities %entione& 1rie3ly or in &etail are: Bul#er )ytton; 0ar!rave 5ennin!s;
    -ichar& $ayne ?ni!ht; Go&3rey 0i!!ns; M.6. Eon; *ir Willia% 5ones; -ene Guenon; 6nna
    ?in!s3or&; C.C. Massey; *#in1urne Cly%er; Francis Barrett; 6llan Bennett; Willia% Blake,
    5aco1 Boeh%e; ;%%a 0ar&in!e Britten; Ca!liostro, Mes%er; *#a%i Dyanan&a; Charles
    Du+uis; ;li+has )evi; ?enneth MackenAie; *a%son 6rnol& Mackey; G.-.*. Mea&; -o1ert
    #en; Tho%as $aine; $aschal Beverly -an&ol+h; an& as #ell the %a>or 3i!ures o3 the early
    Theoso+hical *ociety.
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    Go&#in has a !oo& un&erstan&in! o3 the schools o3 thou!ht an& +hiloso+hies 1ehin& the
    +ersonalities he treats an& so %akes the 1ook a re3reshin! one to rea& 3ro% the +hiloso+hic
    an!le as #ell. 0e #rote the intro&uction to $aul 5ohnson:s #ell-researche& The Masters
    -e*ealed9 Madame 5la*atsy and the Myth of the .reat )hite 'od#e 7*/"D, 1FF98 an&
    &oesn:t 2+ush2 1ut see%in!ly su++orts 5ohnson:s vie# o3 the Mahat%as 1ehin& Blavatsky as
    3ictionaliAe& accounts, %ore or less, o3 so%e +u1lic 3i!ures o3 the ti%e.
    5ohnson:s +resentation o3 Blavatsky:s Mahat%as as +u1lic 3i!ures #ith a hi&&en occult
    li3e see%s to 1e #ell acce+te& a%on! scholarly non-Theoso+hists. This #riter thinks that
    1ein! a Mahat%a #oul& 1e a 3ull-ti%e >o1 an& that they are %en co%+letely outsi&e o3 the rat-
    race o3 the #orl& in their +ersonal lives. There see%s to 1e a %ental 1lock 7or lack o3 intuition8
    in conceivin! that there actually are still-hu%ans that are a #hole level a1ove the s%artest
    +erson any university coul& turn out. UU:6n& it is really not intellectual 2s%arts,2 1ut #is&o% an&
    un&erstan&in! 3ro% eE+erience - #hich is an a&&itional an& &i33erent thin! alto!ether, the !oal
    o3 evolution. -;&. :FF VV 7$urucker, so%e#here, eE+lains that the reason that the Mahat%as
    are so 3ar ahea& o3 the rest o3 us is that they #ere hu%ans #ho 3or so%e reason &i& not %ake
    the !ra&e 3or the Dhyan Chohanic ?in!&o% in the last %anvantara. *o actually they are a
    %anvantara ahea& o3 us an& !ot the kar%ic &uty an& sentence o3 hel+in! alon! us
    nean&erthals. :6n interestin! i&ea.8
    5ohn Coo+er in his revie# in the 5uly, :F= >i#h (ountry Theosophist 3oun& one %istake
    in Go&#in:s 1ook. Coo+er #rites: 2Iery 3e# errors can 1e note&, althou!h the :le!al
    !entle%an: %entione& on +a!e (CB #ho con&ucte& tele+athic eE+eri%ents #ith C.0. Felt #as
    W.J. 5u&!e an& not lcott as the author su++ose&. *ee The 7ath, vii, 499.lt Go&#in %akes
    no %ention o3 5u&!e an& is +ro1a1ly re%iss in this res+ect as so central a 3i!ure o3
    Blavatsky:s ti%e &eserve& a +ara!ra+h or so.
    There are so%e very uniHue as #ell as eccentric characters in occultis% an& Go&#in
    &escri1es several. The 1rilliant 1ut +enurious shoe%aker *a%son 6rnol& Mackey 71B=<-
    1C948 an& his theory o3 cycles an& !ra&ual shi3t o3 the earth:s aEis is one such. -ichar&
    Morrison 71BF<-1CB98 1elieve& the sun circle& the earth an& #as only 4=<,GGG %iles a#ay,
    that ti&es #ere cause& 1y electricity, an& #as a 1i!ote& Christian in the 1ar!ain, 1ut also a
    s+iritualist an& crystal !aAer. 3 local interest to this neck o3 the #oo&s #as the sel3-style&
    -osicrucian $aschal Beverly -an&ol+h 71C(<-1=B<8 #ho 3ell o33 an elevate& railroa&, near
    Tole&o, hio an& then t#o years later sa&ly shot hi%sel3 in Tole&o a3ter tellin! a nei!h1or
    1e3orehan& he #as !oin! to &o it.
    ne o3 this #riter:s %ain i%+resses a3ter rea&in! this 1ook is ho# 3ortunate he consi&ers
    hi%sel3 to live in an a!e in #hich a co%+rehensive an& convincin! occult an& +hiloso+hic
    syste% is availa1le throu!h the #ritin!s o3 Blavatsky. Be3ore Blavatsky - #ell one #oul& have
    1een co%+letely at sea. There #as little o3 2#hole cloth2 - #ith 1rave researchers as #ell as
    e!o %aniacs +okin! in the &ark, so to s+eak, an& 3in&in! a truth here an& hal3-truth there.
    ;ven the #ealth o3 ;astern +hiloso+hy #as not availa1le an& that o3 the !reek +hiloso+hers
    scanty an& +iece%eal. ,t 1rin!s to %in& also a +roo3 in the &octrine o3 cycles. "o# there is so
    %uch in3or%ation no one +erson coul& rea& it all, #hile a 3e# hun&re& years a!o there #as
    nothin!.
    6ll in all a !reat rea& an& &eservin! to 1e one o3 the classics in Theoso+hical an& occult
    histories.
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    01TT1RS
    2...re3 the W.;. *%all article in $roto #(B, +. C, re3 3ootnote #(1 , on WJ5 %eetin!
    G&e$ in *D in 1CF(7.8. ,n The 7ath, May, 1CF9, +. =4-=9, chronicles WJ5 in )6, co%in! to
    7*an Die!o8 to s+eak at the lo&!es here 6+ril 11th, 1CF9. ,n The 7ath, March, 1CF9, notice o3
    :Mi&#inter Fair at *.F.:, havin! a :reli!ious +arlia%ent: connecte& #ith it, 6+ril 1=-(1. n 6+ril
    1B a session 3or Theoso+hy #ith WJ5 s+eakin! on 7oints of a#reement in all -eli#ions+
    3ollo#e& 1y 5.D. Buck on -eincarnation$ Juestion: Was G&e$ in *an Die!o in the *+rin! o3
    1CF9:. U-.-. then 1rin!s u+ the contention 1y so%e that G&e$ #as a&%itte& into 5u&!e:s
    ;soteric *ection #ithout +ro1ation... - ;&.8 ... G&e$ #as sai& to have a %ecret 3octrine class
    #hile he #as in *D. ,n&ee&, the early *D class in *D is kno#n to 1e 3act, 1ut &o the years
    coinci&e. 0e #oul& have 1een 1F in 1CF4, (G in 1CF9. 0e s+ent ti%e on a ranch in -a%ona
    near here, an& 3or a ti%e staye& on a 1oat in the har1or near $t. )o%a. , think itLs a +ossi1ility
    that WJ5 &i& %eet G&e$...2 - -.-.
    U$roto re+rinte& the article 3ro% >i#h (ountry Theosophist #hich !ave 1CFF 3or the &ate o3
    5u&!e %eetin! G&e$ - #hich is an o1vious ty+o since 5u&!e &ie& in 1CF=. , !uesse& at the
    1CF( &ate an& in&icate& this #ith the 7.8. De @irko33 in 5la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s 7Q,,, +.
    B==8 !ives G&e$ 1ein! in *an Die!o uns+eci3ically 1CF(-F<. *o it #oul& see% +retty
    --- B
    certain that G&e$ an& 5u&!e #oul& have %et. Green#alt in (alifornia 0topia says G&e$ #as
    in *an Die!o 2in the early FG:s.2 -;&.V
    25ust a note to thank you 3or -eason and -eli#ion. 6nother #orth#hile +u1lication o3 the
    ?itchen $ressP ,ts over 3i3ty years a!o that , 3irst rea& a 3e# o3 ,n!ersoll:s #ritin!s, an& their
    in3luence on %y thinkin! in those years #as Huite stron!. 6s +ara&oEical as it %ay see%, he
    +ro1a1ly hel+e& +re+are %any %in&s 3or Theoso+hy, es+ecially in the early years...2 - T.G.D.
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    2...the )a# o3 the )a&&er. The la&&er is here use& as a sy%1ol to sho# that there
    shoul& 1e a selective !ivin! o3 !oo&s, ener!y, or s+iritual hel+. The )a# o3 the )a&&er si%+ly
    says that you shoul& not reach 1elo# the run! u+on #hich you stan&, eEce+t to the 3irst run!
    1elo# you - in or&er to hel+ +eo+le. ,3 you reach &o#n too lo#, your e33orts #ill 1e #aste&, an&
    you %ay 1e hurt. r cruci3ie&.2
    - -. -ose, The Albi#en 7apers
    QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
    2*tu&y, #ork an& service are the %eans, #ith the %otive o3 1ein! 1etter a1le to hel+ an&
    teach others. Doin! all #e can, #e &o all that can 1e &one. There is no use in &istressin!
    ourselves a1out #hat #e &o not kno#; #e 3in& kno#le&!e s+rin!in! u+ s+ontaneously #ithin
    us as #e &o our 1est #ith #hat #e see an& kno#. ,t %atters not #hether that #hich #e
    consi&er as &e !ains or loses, so lon! as #hat shoul& 1e &one is &one as 1est #e are a1le.2
    - -. Cros1ie
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    TH1 SI01NT AND D1SO0AT1 0AND
    .....That &esolate lan& in #hich thou &i&st #an&er, oh TitanP #ith thy 1eauti3ul an&
    %ysterious co%+anion, #here silent cities stre#e& the &esert, in #hich no li3e stirre&, an& no
    voice #as hear& in the streets, 1ut all #as &eath an& &esolation; #here everythin! lay still or
    +etri3ie&; #here !i!antic ruins lay aroun&, an& the colossal 3or%s o3 a 1y-!one li3e stare& out
    on thee 3ro% stone, #ith an i%+ress o3 sole%n an& eternal 1eauty, utterin! a %oan to the 3irst
    1ea%s o3 the risin! sun, o33ers a true ty+e o3 this %ourn3ul #orl&. For #hat, in truth, is this
    earth 1ut one i%%ense ruin, or hea+ o3 ruins - a lan& o3 &eath an& &esolation -a &esert stre#n
    #ith the 3ra!%ents o3 an eEtinct +ast.
    ,3 #e conte%+late eEternal nature, #e 3in& in its stu+en&ous %ountain-chains, its
    !i!antic volcanic +eaks shootin! u+ aloo3 into the sky - its a1ru+t %asses o3 scar+e& rock an&
    ta1le-lan&s - scattere&, solitary, !i!antic stones, 3ar 3ro% their +arent %ountains - its
    tre%en&ous cle3ts, an& chas%s, an& valleys, the evi&ences an& traces o3 i%%ense
    convulsions in +ast a!es. The #hole earth a++ears a vast asse%1la!e o3 su1li%e ruins.
    When #e consult %ore closely the %aterials #hich 3or% these ruins, #e 3in& #ith
    astonish%ent that they too are co%+ose& o3 other ruins; #e 3in& every#here the %arks o3 an
    eEtinct #orl&. 6 !i!antic ve!etation o3 consu%%ate 1eauty in its 3or%s; 1roken 3ra!%ents, too,
    o3 a creation o3 livin! creatures, colossal in siAe, #on&er3ul in structure, an& a#e3ul in +o#er,
    surroun& us every#here. The &ea& 3aces o3 eEtinct or!anisations look out on us 3ro% stone
    on every si&e #ith their sa&, eternal 1eauty; an&, as every 3resh sun &a#ns u+on the #orl& o3
    ruins, a %ourn3ul +laint is #aile& 3orth 3ro% all +ast creations to !reet his risin!, #hich recalls
    to the% their o#n 3or%er 1ein!...
    ,3 #e turne&, continue& the -ishi, 3ro% eEternal nature to #hat is calle& the livin! #orl&,
    #e look in vain 3or li3e. Death %eets us at every turn. The terri1le Da%a is every#here. The
    #hole ani%al creation a++ears u+on the scene, %erely to +ass a#ay 1y so%e 3or% o3 violent
    &eath. To the +eace3ul her&s !raAin! on the hillsi&e, Da%a co%es in the !uise o3 the ti!er; to
    the innocent 1leatin! shee+, as #ol3 or hyaena. The snake seiAes the 3ro! 3ro% his %oist 1e&,
    an& &ra!s hi% into his hole, or his crevice a%on! the stones, crushin! his li%1s in the
    traction. The ha#k +ierces #ith his cruel 1eak the +oor s+arro#; the s+arro#, in turn,
    trans3iEes or carries o33 the !ru1.
    --- C
    Bir& +reys on 1ir&; 3ish on 3ish, as it is #ritten in the Maha1harata: -
    The stron!er 3ishes, a3ter their kin&, +rey
    on the #eaker 3ish.
    This is ever our %eans o3 livin!, a++ointe&
    to us eternally.
    But %an hi%sel3 is the %ost terri1le incarnation o3 Da%a. 0e +lun!es #ith a sava!e >oy
    into the thicket o3 1a%1oo or su!ar-cane, to attack an& slay the 1oar. 0e +ursues over the
    +lain the ti%i& an& !race3ul antelo+e; his arro#s outstri+ his 3leetness; an& the eEhauste&
    creature, that erst 1oun&e& in 1eauty an& 3ree&o%, 3alls so11in! to the earth, an& eE+ires in
    torture. 0e !athers the &u%1 an& +atient shee+, an& the hel+less la%1s, 3ro% the +astures
    #here they 1leate& in >oy, an& consi!ns the% to the slau!hter-house.
    Behol& yon +orters +assin! even no# the court !ate #ith 1askets on their hea&s 3ull o3
    the 1eauti3ul +lu%a!e o3 the Cin!alese cocks !athere& 3ro% the villa!es roun& )anka, sittin!
    ha++y to!ether, all unconscious o3 their co%in! &oo%. They are 1earin! the% to the ca%+ to
    3ee& the %ilitary 3ollo#ers. The 3estivity o3 %an is the si!nal o3 &eath to the hu%1ler creatures
    o3 the earth; he re>oices, or #e&s, an& they &ie as the %aterials o3 >oy, victi%s i%%olate& to
    his househol& !o&s. ;ven those creatures, u+on #hose 3lesh he has not yet learne& to 3ee&,
    he harasses to &eath 1y %ore +rotracte& an& +ain3ul %eans.
    The horse, that in his youth 1ore hi% in the &ay o3 1attle or the +o%+ous cere%onial, is,
    #hen a!e a&vances, an& his 3ire a1ates, consi!ne& to the %erciless Iaisha, #ho tra&es in
    hire& chariots, an& you 1ehol& thousan&s o3 those #retche& creatures, lean, lacerate&, an&
    +antin!, &riven 1y %ale Dur!as 73uries8 throu!h the city, #ithout res+ite 3ro% sunrise till
    %i&ni!ht, till at last they &ro+ an& eE+ire in harness, or are ru&ely taken out an& cast asi&e
    into so%e corner to &ie unseen an& un+itie&.
    6n& the &o!, the honest 3rien& o3 %an; an& the cat, sel3-a&ornin!, +lay3ul, ca+ricious, coy,
    ti%i&, #atch3ul, secretive, house-lovin!, 1ut ever a33ectionate #hen !ently treate&, the 3rien&
    an&... the +lay3ello# o3 chil&ren, the househol& "u%en, an& hiero!ly+hic o3 &o%estic li3e, -
    #hat 1eco%es o3 these. Who sees their en&. ,nto #hat 1y-#ay solitu&es, #hat holes an&
    corners &o they cree+, le& 1y a %ourn3ul instinct o3 nature to conceal their a!onies an& yiel&
    u+ their 1reath.
    6hP ho# %any tra!e&ies o3 ani%al a!ony &aily take +lace not 3ar 3ro% the &#ellin! o3
    %an, an& he kno#s it not, or kno#in!, lays it not to heart, or lau!hs in scorn o3 sy%+athy 3or
    ani%al su33erin!P 6n& yet all creatures, Manu teaches, have their li3e in that a#3ul *+irit in
    #ho% %an, too, lives, an& in the% as in %an that *+irit liveth -
    *arva1huteshu chat%ana%, sarva1hutani chat%ani
    *a%an +ashyan
    ,n all creatures the *$,-,T, an& all creatures
    in the *$,-,T,
    6like 1ehol&in!.
    6n& let us look at %an hi%sel3. ,s li3e to 1e 3oun& in his &#ellin!. 6lasP 3ro% the cra&le to
    the ce%etery #here his 1o&y is lai& u+on the +yre, is not his course one lon! cry o3 su33erin!,
    an& sorro#, an& terror - one lon! re%iniscence an& 3ortaste o3 &eath. The househol&er in the
    +ri%e o3 %anhoo&, an& his 1loo%in!, co%ely %atron, #ho stan& on the %i& ri&!e o3 li3e, look
    &o#n on either si&e u+on t#o valleys o3 %ournin!. ,n one are the cherishe& %e%ories o3
    1elove& +arents; she #ee+in! 3or the 1elove& 3ather, he 3or the +oor ten&er %other. ,n the
    other, the i&oliAe& 3or%s o3 chil&ren snatche& +re%aturely 3ro% their ar%s, an& #e+t alike 1y
    1oth; 1y her in lou& la%entation, 1y hi% in sti3le& so1s an& hi&&en tears. The %other &ies
    !ivin! 1irth to her 1a1e, or lives to #ee+ ere lon! over its cor+se. Disease haunts %an 3ro%
    his 1irth.
    Go into the %i!hty city o3 )anka. ,n every street there +asses you a 3uneral +rocession,
    #ith its re& +o#&er, its lu!u1rious 3lo#ers, its %ourn3ul rollin! ulalatus, an& in its rear the
    %ournin! #o%en stan& 1e3ore the &oor in a circle, 1eatin! their 1reasts. ,n every house there
    is a cry an& a !rie3 - an ol& %an eE+irin!; a chil& stru!!lin!; a stron! %an a!oniAe&; a #o%an
    #ee+in!; a little !irl #ith 3ri!htene& an& tear3ul 3ace. 6n&, as i3 the terri1le aven!er Da%a ha&
    not i%+ose& on hu%anity a su33icient %easure o3 su33erin! an& &eath, %an !oes 3orth hi%sel3
    in !ol&, an& +lu%es, an& !ay ca+arisons, to crush the li%1s, an& &ash out the 1rains, an&
    +ierce the heart an& 1o#els o3 his 3ello#-%an. 6n& on the 1attle-3iel& are le3t horri1le si!hts,
    terri1le cries, an& 3ear3ul s%ells o3 &eath. 6n& in the city the #o%en #ee+, an& 1reak their
    1an!les, an& shave their hea&s, an& +ut on !rey un1leache& or russet !ar%ents, an& are
    thence3orth hel& to 1e o3 evil o%en.
    h tra!ic %anP #hence is all this &eath in thy li3e. 6lasP it is 1ecause an in#ar& %oral
    &eath rei!ns throu!hout all, that it %ust have
    --- F
    this out#ar& %ani3estation also. Men:s souls are &ea& #hen they are 1orn: this li3e is the
    auto+sy, an& the &isease is %a&e %ani3est to all. ne &ie& %a& o3 +ri&e: one +hrenetic #ith
    an!er; one le+rous #ith sensuality; one ha& the 3ever o3 a%1ition; one su33ere& 3ro% the
    insatia1le cravin! o3 !ree&; one 3ro% the %ali!nant veno% o3 reven!e; one 3ro% the >aun&ice
    o3 >ealousy; one 3ro% the eatin! cancer o3 envy; one 3ro% a sur3eit o3 sel3-love; one 3ro% the
    +aralysis o3 a+athy. Many #ere the &iseases, 1ut &eath into this #orl& the co%%on result o3
    all.
    Des, &eath is triu%+hant here - &eath, +hysical an& %oral. The &ea& 1rin! 3orth the &ea&;
    the &ea& 1ear the &ea& to the 3uneral +yre; the &ea& #alk a1out the streets an& !reet each
    other, an& 1ar!ain, an& 1uy an& sell, an& %arry, an& 1uil& - an& kno# not all the ti%e that
    they are 1ut !hosts an& +hantas%sP That lan& o3 silence an& sha&o#s; o3 &esolation an&
    ruins, o3 sorro# an& &eath, in #hich thy soul #alke& in the vision, oh TitanP is the W-)D in
    #hich thy &ea& 1o&y no# #alks #akin!. -enounce an& annihilate it, oh kin!P 1y asceticis%
    an& &ivine !nosis, an& thus return to real li3e.
    UFro% The 3ream of -a*an 7Concor& Grove $ress, 19GB Cha+ala *t., *anta Bar1ara, C6
    F41G1 - 3irst +u1lishe& in The 3ublin 0ni*ersity Ma#aEine in 1C<4-<9.8
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    1AR06 2ORNING THOUGHTS II
    6 1attle has 1e!un 3or so%e. ,t lies not on so%e &istant shore, 1ut #ithin. The #ea+ons
    are not o3 %etal, 1ut o3 e%otions, &esires an& !ree&.
    The Foe is not o3 %an, 1ut his e!o su++orte& 1y illusion. ,t is ra!in! &ay an& ni!ht, &ay
    a3ter &ay. The Warrior travels not out, 1ut #ithin. :Constantly 1o%1ar&e& 1y i%+rints +lante&
    throu!hout his li3eti%e in the 3or% o3 sa%skaras, 1lin&in! the Warrior 3ro% his *;)F, 3ro% that
    #hich #e all are.
    But 3ear not no1le Warrior, your +li!ht is not a lonely one. Dour allies lie >ust 1eyon& the
    veil o3 &ece+tion. There you #ill 3in& your *tren!th, your )ove an& your )i!ht.
    ;very %o%ent Maya, like a se&uctive #o%an, te%+s you #ith her 3ruits. But have caution
    3or her 3ruits are like chains that 1in& you 3ro% the *;)F. Taste not this 3ruit no1le #arrior, 3or
    thou #ill 3all victi% to her illusions.
    *he 1ares 1eauty, +assion, an& she 3ee&s the e!o. *he 1uil&s a 3ortress aroun& the %in&,
    hol&in! you 1ack 3ro% your True *el3. But caution no1le #arrior, have not +ri&e in your Juest,
    3or this too is your 3oe.
    0u%ility is your s#or&, kin&ness your shiel&, an& &isci+line your stren!th. These are all
    the #ea+ons you #ill nee&.
    - -. ). 6.
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    --- 1G
    R17I1W5
    The 'hite Buhi-t8 The A-i*( O/--e/ "! He(r/ Stee$ O$c"tt, 1y *te+hen
    $rothero, ,n&iana /niversity $ress, 1FF=, (9( ++ Y Eiii, 0r&1k R4<.GG 7P.8

    While Theoso+hists are a#are o3 lcott:s Theoso+hical activities, an& Blavatsky-oriente&
    Theoso+hists %ay vie# these as 2secon& 3i&&le2 to Blavatsky an& 5u&!e:s e33orts, as lcott
    #as the +ractical %an an& or!aniAer rather than %ore strictly an esoteric +hiloso+her, one can
    see in $rothero:s 1io!ra+hy that the Theoso+hical *ociety #as only an as+ect in the li3e o3 a
    very i%+ressive an& in3ati!ua1le re3or%er an& altruist. 0e ha& a #hole career as >ournalist,
    !overn%ent investi!ator, a!riculturist an& la#yer 1e3ore %eetin! Blavatsky in %i&&le a!e. 0is
    activities #ithin the Theoso+hical *ociety can 1e seen as another career in itsel3, an& relate&
    yet to another career as a re3or%er o3 Bu&&his% in chie3ly *ri )anka, Bur%a an& 5a+an.
    Worl&-history-#ise he %ay 1e %ost #i&ely re%e%1ere& 3or this latter career, #hich $rothero
    chie3ly an& skill3ully treats in )hite 5uddhist.
    6lon! #ith 5ocelyn Go&#in it is ho+e& that $rothero is o3 a ne# 1ree& o3 researcher that
    3airly treat Theoso+hical 3i!ures #ithout the e%otional or hostile a!en&a that +oison a nu%1er
    o3 +revious 1io!ra+hies. Theoso+hy an& Blavatsky are not &irectly treate& 1ut only
    tan!entially in relation to lcott:s role as reli!ious re3or%er. Blavatsky is sho#n 3airly 3or the
    %ost +art an& as &eci&e&ly 2hu%an2 in her &is+utes #ith lcott an& &esire 3or hi% to &evote
    %ore ti%e to central Theoso+hical issues 7#hich 3ro% Blavatsky:s attitu&e %ay have 1een
    %ore to the 6&e+t:s #ishes - i3 they inter3ere to that eEtent in in&ivi&ual e33orts.8 For instance,
    in the cto1er, 1FF= issue o3 Theosophical >istory 7+. 1418 Blavatsky in a letter to 5u&!e 2lays
    into2 lcott 3or s+en&in! a year in 5a+an 2#here he &i& not esta1lish a sin!le Branch2, #hile
    $rothero reveals &urin! that ti%e he &elivere& B= lectures on unity a%on! Bu&&hists to an
    avera!e au&ience o3 (<GG 7+. 1(=8.
    utsi&e %atters o3 o+inion there are a 3e# %istakes an& o%issions in $rothero:s
    1io!ra+hy. 0e #rites 7+. <(8 on Theoso+hical &octrines: 2This sche%e allo#e& 3or %ulti+le
    &iscri%inations even a%on! elites an& le3t Blavatsky an& +erha+s a s%all nu%1er o3 other
    a&e+ts at the to+ o3 the cos%ic scale.2 Blavatsky &i&n:t clai% to 1e an 2a&e+t2 an& even the
    real 6&e+ts &i&n:t +ut the%selves any#here near the 2to+ o3 the cos%ic scale2 #hich is the
    real% o3 the levels o3 Dhyan Chohans - !o&s evolve& over aeons in the +ast.
    $rothero also &escri1es Blavatsky as 2an una+olo!etic Bohe%ian #ho en>oye& s%okin!
    an& &rinkin! as %uch as she en>oye& cursin!.2 7++. <(-48 *%okin! an& cursin!, yes, 1ut
    there:s no accounts o3 Blavatsky &rinkin! at all. This is one +lace $rothero resorte& to
    2%akin! u+ so%ethin! 1ecause it soun&s !oo&2 that Washin!ton &i& throu!hout his Madame
    5la*atsy?s 5aboon$ 6nother inci&ent o3 $rothero catchin! the 2Washin!ton &isease2 is his
    state%ent that 2Blavatsky ai%e& to lor& over the Theoso+hical *ociety like a cAar, &i33usin!
    throu!h secret rituals the ancient #is&o% she clai%e& to have receive& 3ro% her :Masters:
    throu!h occult initiations.2 $ure %ake-1elieve on $rothero:s +art 3or the secret cere%onies,
    an& the 2cAar2 co%+leE has al%ost al#ays 1een a++lie& to lcott rather than Blavatsky.
    $rothero in eE+lainin! lcott:s #estern %etho&s an& $sycholo!y in his Bu&&hist e33orts,
    ascri1es it to his never esca+in! his 2Christian2 roots an& his Bu&&his% a 2creoliAation2 o3 his
    Christianity an& Bu&&his%. $rothero:s use o3 2Christian2 instea& o3 >ust 2Western2 is ar1itrary
    an& %islea&in!. "othin! &octrinal in the Christian sense is involve& in lcott:s a++roach to
    Bu&&his%, 1ut his innate Western, Dankee +sycholo!y an& %etho&s are. The ;astern an&
    Western Christian &i33er as %uch as the ;astern an& Western Bu&&hist, so it is a %atter o3
    innate +sycholo!ical ty+es an& not reli!ion.
    verall, this is an eEcellent an& 3air 1ook an& #ell-researche& 7<B++ o3 notes,
    1i1lio!ra+hy an& ,n&eE.8 ne o%ission is that #hile he %entions the 20o&!son -e+ort2 in
    +assin!, he &oes not %ention the re3utation o3 this re+ort 1y Dr. Iernon 0arrison in the 6+ril,
    1FC= %7- !ournal$ 0o+e3ully there #ill 1e %ore such 1ooks 3orth-co%in! 3ro% skille& scholars
    in the 3uture, %ay1e on ?atherine Tin!ley, W.J. 5u&!e or even -o1ert Cros1ie.
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    INCORRODI901 9RON=1
    - 0. T. ;&!e
    ,t has 3reHuently 1een %aintaine& that ancient nations, so%e o3 #hose art-#orks re%ain
    to us, kne# secrets in %etallur!y #hich have 1een lost an& not yet reco!niAe& 1y us; an& that
    in this #ay they #ere a1le to %ake 1ronAe tools as har& as steel, or har&er, to %ake %etals
    #hich #oul& not corro&e, etc. Where one has a #ish to +rove that ancient races &i& not
    +ossess such kno#le&!e, there is a con3lict 1et#een theories an& 3acts, resultin! in atte%+ts
    to 3in& an eE+lanation #hich #ill solve the &ile%%a. But #here one has no reason 3or &esirin!
    to re+resent the ancients as not 1ein! so en&o#e&, the 3acts +resent no &i33iculty. n the one
    han& #e have %onu%ents o3 the har&est stone, ela1orately en!rave& #ith &ee+ an& accurate
    inta!lio. n the other han& #e kno# that %any ancient civiliAations #ere o3 eEtre%ely lon!
    &uration, an& that survivin! o33shoots o3 these !reat civiliAations sho# a re%arka1le skill in
    %any arts an& in&ustries. There is an a priori +ro1a1ility that %any +rocesses #ere kno#n
    #hich have not yet 1een re&iscovere&; an& the 3act that these architectural an& scul+tural
    re%ains eEist %erely increases that +ro1a1ility.
    With re!ar& to incorru+ti1le 1ronAe, the 3ollo#in!, #hich is con&ense& 3ro% the !ournal of
    the -oyal %ociety of Arts 7Britain8, is interestin!.
    Fi!ures o3 the Bu&&ha are 3oun& in the north o3 *ia% in !reat nu%1ers, on the sites o3
    ancient te%+les #hich have 1een cru%1lin! 3or centuries, leavin! the 3i!ures stan&in! a%i&
    the 3orest trees. The interestin! thin! a1out these 3i!ures is the +er3ect con&ition o3 the 1ronAe
    a3ter centuries o3 eE+osure to tro+ical suns an& rains.
    This 1ronAe is calle& 1y the natives 2sa%rit2 - the +er3ect or aus+icious alloy - an& its
    co%+osition 3or a lon! ti%e re%aine& a secret, until, accor&in! to the 6%erican Consul in
    Ban!kok, a 3e# years a!o the 3or%ula #as &iscovere& in an ol& *ia%ese %anuscri+t
    1elon!in! to the late ?in! o3 *ia%. The 3ollo#in! is a translation:
    2Take t#elve ticals 7one tical is eHual to one hal3-ounce avoir&u+ois8 #ei!ht o3 +ure tin,
    %elt it at a slo# 3ire, avoi&in! 1rin!in! it to re& heat. $our t#o ticals #ei!ht o3 Huicksilver, stir
    until the latter has 1eco%e thorou!hly a1sor1e& an& a%al!a%ate&, then cast the %iEture in a
    %ol&, 3or%in! it into a 1ar. Take one catty in #ei!ht 7ei!hty ticals8 o3 re3ine& co++er an& %elt
    it; then !ra&ually incor+orate #ith it the a%al!a%, kee+in! in the %eanti%e the 3use& %ass
    #ell stirre&. When this has 1een &one, thro# into the cruci1le a su33icient Huantity o3 ashes
    o1taine& 3ro% the ste%s o3 the 1ua-1ok 7lotus8 cree+er so as to cover the %olten %etal.
    -e%ove the &ross #ith an iron la&le. The %etal re%ainin! is sa%rit 1ronAe.2
    ,t is surely easy to un&erstan& that %any such 3or%ulas %i!ht have 1een kno#n an&
    never hit u+on since. The +ossi1ilities in the #ay o3 %akin! alloys are en&less, es+ecially
    #hen it co%es to usin! in!re&ients or rea!ents other than %etals. ,t #oul& 1e stran!e in&ee&
    i3 an in&ustrious, hi!hly intelli!ent, an& very +atient +eo+le, #orkin! 3or a!es, ins+ire& 1y
    enthusiastic %otives, shoul& not have &iscovere& %any thin!s #hich are unkno#n to us
    #hose history is so recent an& #hose recor&s have 1een so lar!ely concerne& #ith less
    +eace3ul arts.
    7Theosophical 7ath+ 6u!ust, 1F118
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    Pr"t"+"("-111111 is +u1lishe& 3our to siE ti%es +er year. *u1scri+tion rate is B<c +er
    issue /.*., Cana&a an& sur3ace rate overseas, R1.GG +er issue air%ail overseas.
    Pr"t"+"("- is a Blavatsky oriente& theoso+hical +u1lication, corres+on&ence an&
    su1%issions are #elco%e. ;&itor: Mark 5aHua
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    K1 P*u$ @"h(-"(6- H"u-e "! C*r-C5 A critical E8amination of !ohnson?s Thesis on
    The Theosophical Masters Morya and Coot >oomi, 1y Daniel 0. Cal&#ell. To inHuire a1out a
    co+y o3 this eEcellent critiHue #rite: $B 1C99, Tucson, 6riAona C<BG(
    ''''''''''
    The The"-"#hic*$ M"2e&e(t8 9:;D)9<ED - 6 3e# EeroE co+ies o3 this BGGY +a!e
    1ook in +lastic 1in&in! 7<2EC28 have 1een %a&e an& are availa1le 3or R(G.GG ++&. 7at costP8. ,t
    is +ro1a1ly the %ost inclusive history o3 the +re-1FGG Theoso+hical history an& #as #ritten 1y
    so%e #ell-verse& /)T stu&ents an& so #ell #orth rea&in! 3or the +hiloso+hic content as #ell.
    6vaila1le 3ro%: M. 5aHua........
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    1/+onton T&eoso,&i#"! So#iet' is +lannin! to +u1lish a ne# %a!aAine, F"h*t,
    1e!innin! in March, 1FFB. 6nyone #ho has seen their ne#sletter that has 1een +u1lishe& 3or
    the last 3e# years, kno#s they can eE+ect so%e eEcellent %aterial. ,nHuire: "e#sletter sta33,
    ;&%onton Theoso+hical *ociety.........
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    4r"n3 H"rt+"nn #as one o3 the 1est early Theoso+hical #riters an& luckily 11 o3 his
    1ooks are no# in +rint 3ro%: ?essin!er $u1lishin!, BoE 1=G, ?ila, Mt <FF(G 0is The Talin#
    2ma#e of 0rur 74GB++8 is availa1le 3or R(9.F<.
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    PROTOGONOS
    "u%1er (F 5une, 1FFB
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    CONT1NTS5 ur ;!o:s )a%ent 7verse8......6iken ...1; ,s the Desire to )ive
    *el3ish.......Blavatsky ...1; Fossils......-o11 ...9; 2Go&2......$urucker ...9; /nion-,n&eE to
    Theoso+hical 5ournals ......akley... <; )etters to a *tu&ent ,,, ......."ie%an& ...<; T#o in ne
    7verse8........Daha ...=; -eal Me%ory ........ Cros1ie ...B; The -hino.......Mun&y ...F; Duty,
    Death o3 0a1it ......?an&alavala ...1G
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    "OUR 1GO8S 0A21NT"
    0o# shall #e +raise the %a!ni3icence o3 the &ea&,
    The !reat %an hu%1le&, the hau!hty 1rou!ht to &ust.
    ,s there a horn #e shoul& not 1lo# as +rou&ly
    For the %eanest o3 us all, #ho cree+s his &ays,
    Guar&in! his heart 3ro% 1lo#s, to &ie o1scurely.
    , a% no kin!, have lai& no kin!&o%s #aste,
    Taken no +rinces ca+tive, le& no triu%+hs
    3 #ee+in! #o%en throu!h lon! #alls o3 tru%+ets;
    *ay rather, , a% no one, or an ato%;
    *ay rather, t#o !reat !o&s, in a vault o3 starli!ht,
    $lay +on&erin!ly at chess, an& at the !a%e:s en&
    ne o3 the +ieces, shaken, 3alls to the 3loor
    6n& runs to the &arkest corner; an& that +iece
    For!otten there, le3t %otionless, is ,....
    *ay that , have no na%e, no !i3ts, no +o#er,
    6% only one o3 %illions, %ostly silent;
    ne #ho ca%e #ith eyes an& han&s an& a heart,
    )ooke& on 1eauty, an& love& it, an& le3t it.
    *ay that the 3ates o3 ti%e an& s+ace o1scure& %e,
    )e& %e a thousan& #ays to +ain, 1e%use& %e,
    Wra++e& %e in u!liness; an& like !reat s+i&ers
    Dis+atche& %e at their leisure. ... Well, #hat then.
    *houl& , not hear, as , lie &o#n in &ust,
    The horns o3 !lory 1lo#in! a1ove %y 1urial.
    - Conra& 6iken 7Fro% Tetelestai8
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    IS TH1 D1SIR1 TO "0I71" S104ISH?
    - 0. $. Blavatsky
    The +assa!e 2to )ive, to !ie, to 0I71 %ust 1e his uns#ervin! resolve, it occurrin! in the
    article The Eli8ir of 'ife, +u1lishe& in the March an& 6+ril U1CC(V "u%1ers o3 Iol. ,,, o3 The
    Theosophist - is o3ten Huote&, 1y su+er3icial rea&ers unsy%+athetic #ith the Theoso+hical
    *ociety, as an ar!u%ent that the a1ove teachin! o3 occultis% is the %ost concentrate& 3or% o3
    sel3ishness... ,n or&er to &eter%ine #hether the critics are ri!ht or #ron!, the %eanin! o3 the
    #or& 2sel3ishness2 %ust 3irst 1e ascertaine&.
    6ccor&in! to an esta1lishe& authority, sel3ishness is that 2eEclusive re!ar& to one:s o#n
    interest or ha++iness; that su+re%e sel3-love or sel3-+re3erence #hich lea&s a +erson to &irect
    his +ur+oses to the a&vance%ent o3 his o#n interest, +o#er, or ha++iness, #ithout re!ar&in!
    those o3 others.2
    ,n short, an a1solutely sel3ish in&ivi&ual is one #ho cares 3or hi%sel3 an& none else, or, in
    other #or&s, one #ho is so stron!ly i%1ue& #ith a sense o3 i%+ortance o3 his o#n +ersonality
    that to hi% it is the ac%e o3 all his thou!hts, &esires an& as+irations an& 1eyon& that all is a
    +er3ect 1lank. "o#, can an occultist 1e then sai& to 1e 2sel3ish2 #hen he &esires to live in the
    sense in #hich that #or& is use& 1y the #riter o3 the article on The Eli8ir of 'ife. ,t has 1een
    sai& over an& over a!ain that the ulti%ate en& o3 every as+irant a3ter occult kno#le&!e is
    Nir"n" or 2%)ti, #hen the in&ivi&ual, 3ree& 3ro% all 2"'"i# U,"/&i, 1eco%es one #ith
    P"r"+"t+", or the *on i&enti3ies hi%sel3 #ith the Father in Christian +hraseolo!y. For that
    +ur+ose, every veil o3 illusion #hich creates a sense o3 +ersonal isolation, a 3eelin! o3
    se+arateness 3ro% T0; 6)), %ust 1e torn asun&er, or, in other #or&s, the as+irant %ust
    !ra&ually &iscar& all sense o3 sel3ishness #ith #hich #e are all %ore or less a33ecte&. 6 stu&y
    o3 the )a# o3 Cos%ic ;volution teaches us that the hi!her the evolution, the %ore &oes it ten&
    to#ar&s /nity. ,n 3act, /nity is the ulti%ate +ossi1ility o3 "ature, an& those #ho throu!h vanity
    an& sel3ishness !o a!ainst her +ur+oses, cannot 1ut incur the +unish%ent o3 total
    annihilation. The ccultist thus reco!nises
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    that unsel3ishness an& a 3eelin! o3 universal +hilanthro+y are the inherent la# o3 our 1ein!,
    an& all he &oes is to atte%+t to &estroy the chains o3 sel3ishness 3or!e& u+on us all 1y 2"'".
    The stru!!le then 1et#een Goo& an& ;vil, Go& an& *atan, S%r"s "n/ As%r"s, De"s "n/
    D"it'"s, #hich is %entione& in the sacre& 1ooks o3 all the nations an& races, sy%1oliAes the
    1attle 1et#een unsel3ish an& the sel3ish i%+ulses, #hich takes +lace in a %an, #ho tries to
    3ollo# the hi!her +ur+oses o3 "ature, until the lo#er ani%al ten&encies, create& 1y
    sel3ishness, are co%+letely conHuere&, an& the ene%y thorou!hly route& an& annihilate&. ,t
    has also 1een o3ten +ut 3orth in various theoso+hical an& other occult #ritin!s that the only
    &i33erence 1et#een an or&inary %an #ho #orks alon! #ith "ature &urin! the course o3 cos%ic
    evolution an& an occultist, is that the latter, 1y his su+erior kno#le&!e, a&o+ts such %etho&s
    o3 trainin! an& &isci+line as #ill hurry on that +rocess o3 evolution, he thus reaches in a
    co%+aratively very short ti%e that a+eE to ascen& to #hich the or&inary in&ivi&ual %ay take
    +erha+s 1illions o3 years. ,n short, in a 3e# thousan& years he a++roaches that 3or% o3
    evolution #hich or&inary hu%anity #ill attain to +erha+s in the siEth or the seventh roun&
    &urin! the +rocess o3 Manvantara, i$e., cyclic +ro!ression. ,t is evi&ent that avera!e %an
    cannot 1eco%e a M606TM6 in one li3e, or rather in one incarnation. "o# those, #ho have
    stu&ie& the occult teachin!s concernin! Devachan an& our a3ter-states, #ill re%e%1er that
    1et#een t#o incarnations there is a consi&era1le +erio& o3 su1>ective eEistence. The !reater
    the nu%1er o3 such Devachanic +erio&s, the !reater is the nu%1er o3 years over #hich this
    evolution is eEten&e&. The chie3 ai% o3 the occultist is there3ore to so control hi%sel3 as to 1e
    a1le to control his 3uture states, an& there1y !ra&ually shorten the &uration o3 his Devachanic
    states 1et#een his t#o incarnations. ,n his +ro!ress, there co%es a ti%e #hen, 1et#een one
    +hysical &eath an& his neEt re-1irth, there is no Devachan 1ut a kin& o3 s+iritual slee+, the
    shock o3 &eath, havin!, so to say, stunne& hi% into a state o3 unconsciousness 3ro% #hich he
    !ra&ually recovers to 3in& hi%sel3 re1orn, to continue his +ur+ose. The +erio& o3 this slee+
    %ay vary 3ro% t#enty-3ive to t#o hun&re& years, &e+en&in! u+on the &e!ree o3 his
    a&vance%ent. But even this +erio& %ay 1e sai& to 1e a #aste o3 ti%e, an& hence all his
    eEertions are &irecte& to shorten its &uration so as to !ra&ually co%e to a +oint #hen the
    +assa!e 3ro% one state o3 eEistence into another is al%ost i%+erce+ti1le. This is his last
    incarnation, as it #ere, 3or the shock o3 &eath no %ore stuns hi%. This is the i&ea the #riter o3
    the article on The ;liEir o3 )i3e %eans to convey, #hen he says: -
    2By or a1out the ti%e #hen the Death-li%it o3 his race is +asse&, 0; ,* 6CT/6))D
    D;6D, in the or&inary sense, that is to say, that he has relieve& hi%sel3 o3 all or nearly all
    such %aterial +articles as #oul& have necessitate& in &isru+tion the a!ony o3 &yin!. 0e has
    1een &yin! !ra&ually &urin! the #hole +erio& o3 his ,nitiation. The catastro+he cannot ha++en
    t#ice over. 0e has only s+rea& over a nu%1er o3 years the %il& +rocess o3 &issolution #hich
    others en&ure 3ro% a 1rie3 %o%ent to a 3e# hours. The hi!hest 6&e+t is, in 3act, &ea& to, an&
    a1solutely unconscious o3, the #orl&; - he is o1livious o3 its +leasures, careless o3 its %iseries,
    in so 3ar as senti%entalis% !oes, 3or the stern sense o3 D/TD never leaves hi% 1lin& to its
    very eEistence...2
    The +rocess o3 the e%ission an& attraction o3 ato%s, #hich the occultist controls, has
    1een &iscusse& at len!th in that article an& in other #ritin!s. ,t is 1y these %eans that he !ets
    ri& !ra&ually o3 all the ol& !ross +articles o3 his 1o&y, su1stitutin! 3or the% 3iner an& %ore
    ethereal ones, till at last the 3or%er sthula sarira is co%+letely &ea& an& &isinte!rate& an& he
    lives in a 1o&y entirely o3 his o#n creation, suite& to his #ork. That 1o&y is essential 3or his
    +ur+oses, 3or, as the Eli8ir of 'ife says:-
    2But to &o !oo&, as in everythin! else, a %an +%st have ti%e an& %aterials to #ork
    #ith, an& this is a necessary %eans to the acHuire%ent o3 +o#ers 1y #hich in3initely %ore
    !oo& can 1e &one than #ithout the%. When these are once %astere&, the o++ortunities to
    use the% #ill arrive...2
    ,n another +lace, in !ivin! the +ractical instructions 3or that +ur+ose, the sa%e article
    says:
    2The +hysical %an %ust 1e ren&ere& %ore ethereal an& sensitive; the %ental %an %ore
    +enetratin! an& +ro3oun&; the %oral %an %ore sel3-&enyin! an& +hiloso+hical.2
    The a1ove i%+ortant consi&erations are lost si!ht o3 1y those #ho snatch a#ay 3ro%
    the conteEt the 3ollo#in! +assa!e in the sa%e article:-
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    26n& 3ro% this account too, it #ill 1e +erce+ti1le ho# 3oolish it is 3or +eo+le to ask the
    Theoso+hist to +rocure 3or the% co%%unication #ith the hi!hest 6&e+ts. ,t is #ith the ut%ost
    &i33iculty that one or t#o can 1e in&uce&, even 1y the throes o3 a #orl&, to in>ure their o#n
    +ro!ress 1y %e&&lin! #ith %un&ane a33airs. The or&inary rea&er #ill say: :This is not !o&-like.
    This is the ac%e o3 sel3ishness:... But let hi% realiAe that a very hi!h 6&e+t, un&ertakin! to
    re3or% the #orl&, #oul& necessarily have to once %ore su1%it to ,ncarnation. 6n& is the result
    o3 all that has... !one 1e3ore in that line su33iciently encoura!in! to +ro%+t a rene#al o3 the
    atte%+t.2
    "o#, in con&e%nin! the a1ove +assa!e as inculcatin! sel3ishness, su+er3icial rea&ers
    an& thinkers lose si!ht o3 various i%+ortant consi&erations. ,n the 3irst +lace, they 3or!et the
    other eEtracts alrea&y Huote& #hich i%+ose sel3-/eni"! as a necessary con&ition o3 success,
    an& #hich say that, #ith +ro!ress, ne# senses an& ne# +o#ers are acHuire& #ith #hich
    in3initely %ore !oo& can 1e &one that #ithout the%. The %ore s+iritual the 6&e+t 1eco%es,
    the less can he %e&&le #ith +%n/"ne- gross a33airs an& the %ore he has to con3ine hi%sel3
    to a s+iritual #ork. ,t has 1een re+eate&, ti%e out o3 nu%1er, that the #ork on a s+iritual +lane
    is as su+erior to the #ork on an intellectual +lane as the one on the latter +lane is su+erior to
    that on a +hysical +lane. The very &ig& 6&e+ts, there3ore, &o hel+ hu%anity, (%t on!'
    s,irit%"!!': they are constitutionally inca+a1le o3 %e&&lin! #ith *or!/!' a33airs. But this
    a++lies only to very hi!h 6&e+ts. There are various &e!rees o3 6&e+tshi+, an& those o3 each
    &e!ree #ork 3or hu%anity on the +lanes to #hich they %ay have risen. ,t is only their #&e!"s
    that can live in the #orl&, until they rise to a certain &e!ree. 6n& it is 1ecause the A/e,ts /o
    care 3or the #orl& that they %ake their #&e!"s live in an& #ork 3or it, as %any o3 those #ho
    stu&y the su1>ect are a#are. ;ach cycle +ro&uces its o#n occultists #ho #ill 1e a1le to #ork
    3or the hu%anity o3 those ti%es on all the &i33erent +lanes; 1ut #hen the 6&e+ts 3oresee that at
    a +articular +erio& the then hu%anity #ill 1e inca+a1le o3 +ro&ucin! occultists 3or #ork on
    +articular +lanes, 3or such occasions they &o +rovi&e 1y either !ivin! u+ voluntarily their
    3urther +ro!ress an& #aitin! in those +articular &e!rees until hu%anity reaches that +erio&, or
    1y re3usin! to enter into Nir"n" an& su1%ittin! to re-incarnation in ti%e to reach those
    &e!rees #hen hu%anity #ill reHuire their assistance at that sta!e. 6n& althou!h the #orl&
    %ay not 1e a#are o3 the 3act, yet there are even no# certain 6&e+ts #ho have +re3erre& to
    re%ain st"t%s >%o an& re3use to take the hi!her &e!rees, 3or the 1ene3it o3 the 3uture
    !enerations o3 hu%anity. ,n short,
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    as the 6&e+ts #ork har%oniously, since unity is the 3un&a%ental la# o3 their 1ein!, they have
    as it #ere %a&e a &ivision o3 la1our, accor&in! to #hich each #orks on the +lane at the ti%e
    allotte& to hi%, 3or the s+iritual elevation o3 us all - an& the +rocess o3 lon!evity %entione& in
    The Eli8ir of 'ife is only the %eans to the en& #hich, 3ar 3ro% 1ein! sel3ish, is the %ost
    unsel3ish +ur+ose 3or #hich a hu%an 1ein! can la1our.
    UThe Theosophist, 5uly, 1CC9V
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    4OSSI0S5
    2...The Huarries are situate& at reston, on the eastern si&e o3 Cat#ater; they lie un&er a
    sur3ace o3 a1out (< acres, an& #ere +urchase& 3ro% the Duke o3 Be&3or& 3or 1G,GGG +oun&s.
    They consist o3 one vast %ass o3 co%+act close-!raine& %ar1le, %any s+eci%ens o3 #hich
    are 1eauti3ully varie!ate&; sea%s o3 clay, are ho#ever, inters+erse& throu!h the rock, in #hich
    there are lar!e cavities, so%e e%+ty, an& others +artly 3ille& #ith clay. ,n one o3 these caverns
    in the soli& rock, 1< 3eet #i&e, 9< 3eet lon! an& 1( 3eet &ee+, 3ille& nearly #ith co%+act clay,
    #ere 3oun& i%1e&&e& 3ossil 1ones 1elon!in! to the -hinoceros, 1ein! +ortions o3 the
    *keletons o3 three &i33erent ani%als, all o3 the% in the %ost +er3ect state o3 +reservation,
    every +art o3 their sur3ace entire to a &e!ree, #hich *ir ;verar& 0o%e, says, he ha& never
    1e3ore o1serve& in s+ecies o3 this kin&. The +art o3 the cavity in #hich these 1ones #ere
    3oun& #as BG 3eet 1elo# the sur3ace o3 the soli& rock, =G 3eet horiAontally 3ro% the e&!e o3 the
    cli33, #here Mr. Whit1y 1e!an to #ork the Juarry, an& 1=G 3eet 3ro% the ori!inal e&!e 1y the
    si&e o3 Cat#ater. ;very si&e o3 the cave #as soli& rock, the insi&e ha& no incrustation o3
    stalactite, nor #as any eEternal co%%unication throu!h the rocks in #hich it #as i%1e&&e&,
    nor any a++earance o3 an o+enin! 3ro% a1ove havin! 1een inclose& 1y in3iltration. When,
    there3ore, an& in #hat %anner these 1ones ca%e into that situation, is a%on! the secret an&
    #on&er3ul o+erations o3 nature, #hich #ill +ro1a1ly never 1e reveale& to %ankin&.2
    - 'ondon %tatesman, 5uly 19, 1C(1, :uarries of Marble+
    3ro% -. -o11
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    "GOD"
    - G. &e $urucker
    2The ccultist sees in the %ani3estation o3 every 3orce in "ature, the action o3 the Huality,
    or the s+ecial characteristic o3 its no%+enon; #hich nou%enon is a &istinct an& intelli!ent
    ,n&ivi&uality on t&e ot&er si/e o$ t&e +"ni$este/ +e#&"ni#"! Unierse.2 U*DV,,9F4
    Further, ;sotericists, #hether o3 the cci&ent or o3 the rient, 3all into the co%%on error,
    &ue to the reli!ious an& scienti3ic %ise&ucation hinte& at a1ove, o3 %akin! too ra&ical a
    &istinction 1et#een these t#o +arts o3 the Cos%ic )i3e an& Cos%ic *tructure; an& o3 course
    this is very un&erstan&a1le, 1ecause it is o1vious that there is an enor%ous &i33erence
    1et#een the auto%o1ile an& the %an #ho &rives it, or 1et#een the loco%otive en!ineer an&
    the loco%otive itsel3. But it is >ust here, an& +recisely on this +oint, that arises the &i33iculty >ust
    s+oken o3. ,n the /niverse, or in any +art or +ortion thereo3, it is utterly erroneous to %ake
    such a &istinction as that >ust outline& 1et#een the &river o3 an auto%o1ile an& the %achine
    itsel3; an& here is >ust #here the %istake #as %a&e #hich 1rou!ht a1out the 1irth o3
    %aterialistic +hiloso+hies, an& o3 those +articular reli!ions #hich teach an eEtra-cos%ic Go&
    #orkin! u+on %atter as his creature, an& all the train o3 atten&in! intellectually +hiloso+hical,
    reli!ious, an& scienti3ic &i33iculties that have 3ollo#e& thereu+on.
    6ll this is too %aterialistic an& too %echanical, an& is utterly at variance #ith the s+irit o3
    the ;soteric $hiloso+hy, the archaic Wis&o% o3 the Go&s. There is no such shar+ &istinction
    in s+ace an& in ti%e 1et#een the s+iritual Mechanicians an& the %echanis% in #hich the
    %echanician lives an& #orks, an& #hich %echanis% is the %echanician:s vehicle or 1o&y o3
    eE+ression. There are no such eEtra-cos%ic !o&s any#here - a state%ent #hich 1eco%es
    a%+ly clear #hen one realiAes that #hatever ins+irits an& invi!orates a /niverse, or any
    s%aller co%+onent 3actor o3 the sai& /niverse, lives in the sai& /niverse an& #orks throu!h it,
    +recisely as the s+irit an& %in& an& $sychical a++aratus an& other 3orces an& su1stances
    an& 3unctions o3 the hu%an 1ein! 3or% one co%+leE an& co%+osite #hole #orkin! throu!h
    the astral-vital-+hysical 1o&ies.
    The a1ove +oint is o3 such eEtre%e i%+ortance, that one shoul& &#ell u+on it #ith
    e%+hasis, 3or this teachin! in itsel3 is a %aster-key.
    - Fro% Esoteric Teachin#s, Iol. I, +. 9
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    UNION.IND1< TO TH1OSOPHICA0 ;OURNA0S PRO;1CT
    Mr. Gla&ney akley o3 6ustralia is or!aniAin! a +ro>ect to issue an in&eE o3 all
    theoso+hical >ournals on CD--M 3or scholarly an& theoso+hical +ur+oses. Thus 3ar he
    7ho+e3ully8 has ai& on 3ive continents 1ut is in nee& o3 an in&eEer o3 "orth 6%erican
    theoso+hical 5ournals. This is a strictly co%+uter +ro>ect. :$re3erre& #orkSsu1%issions 1ein!
    on FG%% ,BM co%+ati1le &iskette. $a+er in&eEes are not encoura!e& as this only %eans
    so%eone #oul& have to 1e 3oun& to enter it into a co%+uter.
    ;nterin! all this %aterial into a sin!le 3or%at #oul& 1e a !iant chore #hich #oul& reHuire
    %uch coo+eration 3ro% the in&eE su1%iters. Mr. akley says each su1%ission on &iskette
    un&er!oes a %ulti-ste+ +rocess, such as:
    - can #e rea& it %echanically.
    - can #e rea& it electronically.
    - can #e rea& its 3ile 3or%at.
    - have #e 1een a1le to rea& it #ithout &a%a!in! &iacritics.
    - have the 1asics 1een inclu&e&: author, title, year, %onth, +a!e, volu%e nu%1er, issue
    nu%1er, >ournal na%e.
    - are the 1asics in a 3or%at that allo#s their rea&y &istinction.
    - #as it s+ell checke&. - #as it +roo3 rea&.
    - &oes it contain +ro1le% entries.
    - #oul& the su1%iter 1e a1le to coo+erate in alterations or corrections.
    For 3urther in3or%ation contact: Mr. Gla&ney akley, $B ((4, Morisset, "*W, ((=9
    6ustralia
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    01TT1RS TO A STUD1NT III
    Dear *ir an& Brother:
    *ince %y return , 3in& not only your letter, 1ut also the sa& #or& that our sister has
    +asse& 3ro% our si!ht, thou!h still visi1le to the heart o3 love. *uch 1eauti3ul natures as that o3
    Mrs. B. co%e to us in their s#eet an& unco%+lainin! 3aith as revelations o3 hei!hts #e %ay
    reach an&, reachin! the%, cou+le such love #ith kno#le&!e an& +o#er. This she #ill
    &ou1tless &o #hen she returns; such achieve%ent is not 3or one li3e, 1ut is reache& throu!h
    %any lives. ,t al%ost see%s as i3 she 1ore her kar%a 3or our teachin!. , cannot think her a3ar,
    1ut see% to see her +ass #ith so%e 1ri!ht %eteor &o#n the sky, !oin! 3ro% the invisi1le to
    the invisi1le, an& cau!ht 1y us on her 1ri!ht track 3or a %o%ent, #ith hearts that re%e%1er
    an& ho+e.
    ,t see%s sa& to lose the% thus. Det it is at the 1ehest o3 nature. 0o# 3ar sa&&er to lose
    the% other#ise, as #e have lost... But that #as at the 1ehest o3 nature, too. We can only vie#
    all alike #ith cal%, !arnerin! lessons an& eE+erience 3ro% all.
    0o# vain it is to reach 2hi!her in e33ort than in ho+eP2 6n& #e &o not - #e cannot.
    0e #ho thinks so kno#s not hi%sel3. What +ro%+ts or sustains 2e33ort2 i3 not the hi&&en
    ho+eP The soul 3orce is not reache& 1y the %in&. We &o not co!niAe the conceale& #ill; only
    #hen it 1eco%es sel3-conscious can #e kno# it, an& then the %an at 3irst thinks it is
    so%ethin! 1esi&e hi%sel3 - so%e %ysterious re!ent or !overnor enterin! an& rulin! hi% - >ust
    as clairvoyants have %istaken their o#n auric 1o&y 3or an an!el. ,n the last 7ath , have !iven
    so%e hints #hich %ay hel+ you to see that, unkno#n to you, the inner sel3 is !ui&in! - an&
    +erha+s, too, th#artin! your +lans 3or its #ise +ur+oses.
    ,t is not +one' the T.*. nee&s. ,3 that #ere allP Don:t you see that #hat #e nee& is
    &evotion, true an& earnest &evotion, union, har%ony, a sense o3 a1solute i&entity #ith all an&
    #ith the Cause. ,3 #e ha& this, %oney #oul& su33iciently co%e - as it co%es in other, +oor
    societies %ore &evote& than ours 1ecause they have a 3or% to clin! to, an& the avera!e %an
    still nee&s the +ro+ o3 3or% an& cree&. 0e &oes not really, 1ut thinks he &oes, an& %akes it
    so. ,3 #e ha& ten %illions to%orro# #e coul& not &o %ore than increase our +ro+a!an&a an&
    --- =
    so the intellectual see&. That never reaches the heart, nor chan!es the li3e. What #e nee& is
    to sho# an eEa%+le o3 Brotherhoo& an& union, o3 a cal%, stron!, kin&ly s+irit, untouche& 1y
    any +ersonal #ron!, o1livious o3 +ersonal 3ault, reckonin! not #ith %an, 1ut #ith the latent
    Divinity in %an #hich %akes every 6&e+t salute each %an as 2A%+2P
    *o , re!ret to see you still hol&in! on to this i&ea that %oney is !reatly nee&e& an&
    1earin! &isa++oint%ent 1ecause o3 it. Dou thus en!en&er ener!ies #hich are contrary to your
    !ro#th. They stunt an& #ar+ the soul-1o&y. /n&erstan& %e - , &o not say %oney #oul& not
    hel+; , say it is not our chie3 nee&. ur chie3 nee& is in&ivi&ual eEa%+le an& 1rotherhoo&. , say
    nothin! can a&vance us so lon! as #e %aintain our +resent attitu&e o3 se+aration.
    My 1rother, , kno# that sa&ness #ell. , %ysel3 a% al#ays tastin! its 1itterness ane#, an&
    , 1elieve %any others are. When #e o33er all, it see%s har& not to 1e acce+te&, or to 1e +ut
    un&er service. Well, *e "re. The 3irst service is +atience an& 3aith; the neEt, to sense o%r
    or/ers.D We are al#ays !ettin! the% in &aily in&ications, insi&e an& outsi&e, in a #ay to test
    an& &evelo+ intuition; 1ut, a1sor1e& in our &aily +lan, #e &o not al#ays see the%. n risin!, ,
    %ake no +lan; 1ut as , #ake , say: 2What is to&ay:s #ork.2 ;very circu%stance then +resents
    itsel3 . ,3 not, , kno# , a% to stu&y an& to !ro# - +erha+s to rest, thou!h this is rare.
    Fraternally yours,
    5as+er "ie%an&, F.T.*.
    7Fro% The Theosophical Mo*ement, Dec., 1FF=, re+rinte& 3ro% The 7acific
    Theosophist, 6u!ust, 1CF48
    D U)est this 1e taken over literally, 6&e+t M. #rites to FranA 0art%ann: 2Were #e to
    e%+loy in our service a %an o3 no intelli!ence, #e #oul& have to +oint out to hi%, as you say
    in the West, cha+ter an& verse, i.e., !ive hi% s+ecial assi!n%ents an& &e3inite or&ers; 1ut a
    %in& like yours, #ith a 1ack!roun& o3 %uch eE+erience, can 3in& the #ay 1y itsel3, #hen !iven
    a hint in re!ar& to the &irection #hich lea&s to the !oal.2 7BCW I,,,, 9998 UU, %ore the 2inner
    &irection o3 the soul2 is re3erre& to rather than anythin! 3ro% an outsi&e 1ein!.VV -;&. 7roto$L
    QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
    TWO IN ON1
    , lay in the 1oso% o3 the /niverse
    6n& can 3eel no +ain,
    For all is ri!ht in the en&,
    6n& even as it is no#,
    6n& not even 2Go&2
    Can &o %e #ron! or un>ustly
    6ccuse %e
    , %ay reach the ti++y to+s
    r crash to +ressure& &e+ths
    There is no &i33erence to
    The Great ;Huani%ity that is li3e:s rule.
    , %ay 1e sure the 1alance #ill 1e reache&
    ,rre!ar&less o3 +ain3ul eEtre%e.
    6 true3ul heart ri!hts %ore #ron!s
    Than can 1e %a&e.
    For it reaches the center o3 6ll
    6n& the center o3 you an& ,
    Where 1oth %eet in har%ony
    Des+ite the harassin! &e%ons o3 this &o%ain.
    , nee& +ly no >u&!e 3or 1ene3icial &ecision
    For it is %a&e 1e3ore , +ly
    Thou!h , carry a 3ulcru%
    Ma&e o3 %in& an& heart,
    6n& &irtie& 1y +ersonal &is+osition.
    Thou!h e33ort is there
    6n& %ust 1e %a&e
    )est one +erish, the sin!le one,
    Fro% lack o3 center an& lack o3 strivin!.
    *uch is the rule in the in an& out-1reathin!.
    6 +ain3ul rule.
    The 1oso% o3 the /niverse only
    ?no#s itsel3 throu!h its ,n&ivi&ual articulations.
    Wholeness only %eets +ers+ective
    Fro% lonely se+aration.
    --- B
    This se+aration e%1o&ies the Great Juest,
    The %ythic >ourney in search o3
    Grail, or Fleece, or 6l+ha Centari.
    6n& in the en&,
    There is one !reater than the #hole.
    There is the se+arate an& the 6ll in
    ne +ara&oEical unity.
    6 seein! o3 6ll an& all +ossi1ility
    Throu!h in&ivi&ual eyes.
    This is the yearnin! o3 our heart o3 hearts.
    "ot only 3or unity
    But 3or unity an& se+arateness in one 1ein!.
    We love illusion as #e love the 6ll.
    - Bran&och Daha
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    2ON: CON7ICT1D O4 P0OT TO SP0IT CHINA5 Bei>in! - 6 senior Ti1etan Bu&&hist %onk
    sus+ecte& o3 +assin! in3or%ation to the Dalai )a%a has 1een convicte& o3 +lottin! to s+lit
    China an& o3 leakin! state secrets. Cha&rel -in+oche #as sentence& to siE years in +rison;
    t#o associates receive& lesser +rison ter%s. 7Toledo 5lade, <SCSFB8 Une %i!ht think that the
    use o3 the over#hel%in! +o#er that China has use& on Ti1et in the last <G years has an
    a++ro+riate kar%ic lesson tie& to it eventually. ne %i!ht also #on&er #here the ulti%ate
    onus lies, i3 not on so%e character trait o3 the in&ivi&ual Chinese, as a 2!ov:t2 is no 1ein! at all
    1ut only an a1straction an& the result o3 action or a+athy o3 any nation:s +eo+le. ,t see%s
    a++roEi%ately, also, #hat #e &i& ourselves to the 6%erican ,n&iansP - or slavery - #hich is still
    no eEcuse 3or +resent &ay holocausts.V
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    R1A0 212OR6
    - -o1ert Cros1ie
    The !eneral i&ea #ith re!ar& to %e%ory is that it &e+en&s entirely on the or&erly
    3unctionin! o3 the +hysical 1rain, an& that #here &eran!e%ent o3 that 3unction occurs, there is
    loss o3 %e%ory. ,t is Huite true that certain 3or%s o3 %e%ory &e+en& u+on the 1rain, as in
    those t#o +articular 3unctions kno#n as re%e%1rance an& recollection. ,n re+e+(r"n#e, #e
    can !et the i&ea, 1ut not all the +articulars that have 1rou!ht a1out so%e 3eelin!, event, or
    circu%stance o3 the +ast; in re#o!!e#tion, #e can #o!!e#t ("#) 3ro% one +oint all the other
    +oints connecte& #ith it. But there is a thir& 3unction o3 the %e%ory, kno#n as re+inis#en#e,
    #hich is not at all &e+en&ent u+on the 1rain. ,t is 1rou!ht into 3unction o3tenti%es, not 1y any
    +resent o1>ect or occurrence arousin! attention in that &irection, 1ut as it #ere, s+rin!s &irect
    3ro% the soul itsel3. ,t is a &irect +erce+tion o3 #hat #as. ,t co%es 3ro% so%ethin! 1ehin& the
    1rain - the 1rain servin! as a sort o3 3ilter, or interce+tor, or translator o3 i%+ressions.
    We can un&erstan& #hy re%ote %e%ories are &i33icult to recall to our 1rain +erce+tion,
    #hen #e consi&er the 3act that the 1rain cells are constantly chan!in!. ,t is not conceiva1le
    that the %illions o3 i%+ressions receive& &urin! a li3eti%e coul& 1e retaine& an& !iven out
    a!ain 1y those chan!in! cells. 6ll the ti%e &urin! our lives there is a #ontin%it' o$
    ,er#e,tion, 1ut #e &o not re%e%1er one-thousan&th +art o3 the i%+ressions that #e have
    receive& in those &ays or years. Iery 3e# events are i%+resse& u+on us, or are i%%e&iately
    translata1le throu!h the 1rain, 1y #ay o3 re+e+(r"n#e. ;ven i3 #e so &esire&, #e coul&
    never %ake any co%+lete history o3 all those i%+ressions throu!h the 3aculty o3 re#o!!e#tion.
    Det there is the innate 3aculty o3 recallin! an& recollectin! in such a #ay as to have a
    consecutive or synthetic !ras+ o3 all those i%+ressions throu!h re+inis#en#e, that 3aculty o3
    %e%ory #hich a++lies to the soul - is a +eculiarly innate Huality o3 the soul.
    To reach into an& eEercise soul %e%ory, #e %ust 3irst un&erstan& the real nature o3
    %an. We %ust 3irst see that all 1ein!s o3 every !ra&e - not only %an, 1ut the 1ein!s a1ove
    %an an& the 1ein!s 1elo# %an - are o3 the sa%e essence, the sa%e *+irit, the sa%e )i3e,
    an& o3 the sa%e
    --- C
    +otential +o#ers. The hi!her 1ein!s have 1rou!ht these +otential +o#ers into activity, an&
    &i33er 3ro% the lo#er or&ers 1y reason o3 a !reater &e!ree o3 &evelo+%ent, a !reater ran!e o3
    +erce+tion an& a 3iner evolution o3 3or%. But hi!hest as #ell as lo#est are rays 3ro% an& one
    #ith the Divine 61solute $rinci+le. ;ach one is the *eer, the $erceiver, #ho stan&s in the
    center o3 his o#n universe, throu!h #hich alone #e %ay kno# all that %ay 1e kno#n o3 the
    0i!hest.
    We %ust reco!niAe the 3act that this is a universe o3 la#, #ith no chance or acci&ent
    any#here in it, an& that #e have arrive& at our +resent +osition un&er la# - the la# o3 our o#n
    1ein!, set in o+eration 1y ourselves; that the sa%e la# rules in every &irection in s+ace an& in
    nature. The races o3 %en that no# eEist are the result o3 races o3 %en #hich +rece&e& the%;
    the +lanet on #hich #e no# live is the result o3 a +lanet that +rece&e& it; the solar syste% o3
    #hich our +lanet is a +art is the result o3 a solar syste% that +rece&e& it. ;verythin! is an
    eEact conseHuence o3 that #hich +rece&e& it - eer't&ing is " re,etition o$ t&"t *&i#& *"s.
    This return o3 the sa%e action or +rece&in! i%+ression occurs un&er the true as+ect o3
    %e%ory; it is the %e%ory o3 #hat #e have 1een throu!h that 1rin!s a1out the re+etition.
    n the +hysical +lane, the action o3 true %e%ory is seen in all those sta!es throu!h #hich
    the hu%an 3or% !oes 3ro% conce+tion to 1irth - re+resentations, in 3act, o3 the evolution o3
    earlier races. ,n every act o3 our eEistence #e are eEhi1itin! true %e%ory, #hether #e realiAe
    it or not. The %e%ory o3 #alkin! is #ith us no#; the %e%ory o3 talkin! is #ith us no#. We %ay
    not re%e%1er ho# nor #hen #e learne& to talk or to #alk, 1ut #e have +resent #ith us the
    )no*ing &o* to #alk an& to talk. True %e%ory is >ust that - the +ossession o3 the kno#le&!e
    o3 the +ast. ,t is %e%ory #hich connects us +hysically #ith the 1o&y, throu!h all chan!es o3
    1o&y, scene an& circu%stance; #ithout it, #e shoul& 1e livin! %erely 3ro% i%+ression to
    i%+ression; there #oul& 1e no connection #hatever #ith the +ast an& there #oul& 1e no
    sense o3 sel3-i&entity.
    Me%ory eEists also in other inner &e+art%ents o3 our nature. )ivin! on the +hysical
    +lane, our i&eas connecte& al%ost entirely #ith the 2three-&i%ensional2 state o3 %atter, #e
    are no %ore conscious o3 those inner +lanes o3 1ein! than, #hen in slee+, #e are conscious
    o3 the +hysical +lane, 1ein! a1solutely shut o33 3ro% the outsi&e #orl&, 3ro% the ha++enin!s to
    our 3rien&s, to the nation, an& to the #orl& at lar!e, #hich are then o3 no conseHuence
    #hatever to us. Det there is an active li3e in those inner &e+art%ents o3 our nature, an& there
    is a %e%ory o3 it. The Thinker #ho uses the 1rain in the #akin! state is si%+ly actin! on
    another +lane o3 %atter an& usin! another +lane o3 %e%ory. ;very +lane o3 consciousness
    has a %e%ory o3 its o#n.
    That consciousness never ceases, 1ut is continuously active, is evi&ence& 1y the 3act
    that no one has ever eE+erience& slee+. "or &oes &eath co%e to us any %ore than slee+. We
    %ay 1e a#are that slee+ or &eath is co%in! 3or the 1o&y, 1ut #e )no* those states only as
    #e see the% in others. When #e say 2, #as aslee+,2 #e %ean that the 1o&y #as in the
    slee+in! state, #hile #e +asse& a#ay alto!ether 3ro% this +lane 3or the ti%e 1ein!. Then #e
    +asse& 1ack a!ain 3ro% the inner +lanes to this, +ickin! u+ the %e%ory o3 the #akin! state
    #here #e lai& it &o#n, an& leavin! 1ehin& the %e%ory o3 #hat +asse& on the other si&e.
    There is no recor& %a&e in this +hysical instru%ent o3 the inner +lanes, 3or the 1rain has not
    1een traine& in that &irection, an& hence it can not translate those +lanes o3 consciousness,
    eEce+t in so%e +artial recollections such as occur in &rea%s.
    Drea%s attest that #e are alive an& active on inner +lanes; 3or in the% #e think, s+eak,
    s%ell, taste, hear an& %ove, as in&ivi&uals, an& never have any Huestion as to our i&entity,
    even thou!h the +ersonality +resente& shoul& 1e that o3 so%e +ast incarnation. The &rea%in!
    state is very close to the +oint o3 #akin! - the inter%e&iate state 1et#een #akin! an& slee+ -
    so that #e are a1le to i%+ress the 1rain-cells #ith #hat has occurre& 1e3ore #akin!, an&
    re%e%1er. But 1eyon& the &rea%in! sta!e, #hich is a very short sta!e o3 slee+, there is a
    vast eEtent o3 hu%an thou!ht an& action. We !o in an& in until #e are close to the source o3
    our o#n 1ein!, #here the Thinker is at #ork, #here he kno#s all that he has 1een 1e3ore - all
    his +ast incarnations - #here he sees an& kno#s hi%sel3 as he is. The %e%ory o3 all the
    eE+eriences throu!h #hich he has 1een as an in&ivi&ualiAe& 1ein! is there in one consecutive
    #hole. That, in&ee&, #as the $ara&ise o3 %an, #hen he #alke& #ith Deity, #hen he kne#
    hi%sel3 as he really #as. True %e%ory is the $ara&ise
    --- F
    #hich all hu%an 1ein!s shoul& strive to re!ain. To recover that #hole %e%ory, to %ake that
    !reat kno#le&!e o3 the +ast usa1le, here an& no# in the 1rain an& in the 1o&y, is the true
    #ork o3 2salvation.2 nly #hen #e un&erstan& #hat #e really are, shall #e 1e a1le to take a
    conscious, active, +ur+ose3ul +art in the evolution o3 our race. nly #hen #e !ain the
    +erce+tion that #e are the ;ternal *+irit, that Death never touches us at all, that #e %ay have
    a conscious li3e in s+irit, not in %atter - only #hen #e 1e!in to think an& act 3ro% that 1asis,
    can true %e%ory co%e throu!h to the 1rain; only then can #e kno# 3or ourselves, have
    nothin! to ask anyone, 1ut have everythin! to !ive to every other one. That true %e%ory is
    +ossi1le 3or every livin! 1ein!.
    The 1arrier 3or every %an is not in the %e%ory, 1ut in the 3alse i&eas o3 li3e accor&in! to
    #hich he acts. 0o#ever %uch the soul re%e%1ers, i3 #e are usin! the 1rain contrary to the
    nature o3 the soul, the 1rain can not translate its i%+ressions. The Thinker %ust trans3er the
    %e%ory o3 the soul to the 1rain, an& he can &o so only 1y thinkin! an& actin! alon! ri!ht lines
    &urin! active #akin! consciousness, until the 1rain res+on&s to the i&eas an& learns to
    trans%it #hat occurs #hile the 1o&y is ino+erative. Then the true %e%ory o3 the +ast that is in
    the soul is our kno#le&!e in the 1rain.
    The Masters are those #ho have the true %e%ory o3 every ste+ throu!h #hich They
    have !one -the kno#le&!e o3 all +ast civiliAations, the un&erstan&in! o3 all that every hu%an
    1ein! has to eE+erience, the reco!nition o3 all the la#s rulin! evolution. 6s custo&ians o3 that
    kno#le&!e, an& as our ;l&er Brothers, They stan& rea&y to hel+ %ankin& in the only #ay
    o+en to The% - 1y recor&in! as %uch o3 that kno#le&!e as #e can assi%ilate, 1y &irectin! u+
    to its +ro+er use 3or the 1ene3it o3 all other hu%an 1ein!s, that all hu%anity %ay a&vance in
    an or&erly #ay to the true !oal. Greater an& !reater in&ivi&ualiAation, #i&er an& #i&er ran!e
    o3 +erce+tion, are the o1>ects o3 evolution; 1ut there are t#o +aths 1y #hich #e %ay reach the
    !oal. ne +ath lea&s to an in&ivi&ualiAation that is sel3ish, an& sel3-ri!hteous - a state o3
    se+arateness 3ro% all hu%an 1ein!s; on the other, there is no cessation o3 #ork 3or hu%anity.
    The ;l&er Brother !oes as hi!h as he can, 1ut he sto+s 1e3ore he enters the 3inal &oor that
    se+arates hi% 3ro% the rest; he returns an& takes u+ a!ain a 1o&y o3 the race, as 5esus &i&,
    that he %ay hel+ those #ho kno# less than 0e &oes. *o #e are never alone. "ever #ill there
    co%e a ti%e #hen those Great Bein!s #ill cease 3ro% that la1or, #hich is a la1or o3 love. But
    #e are the ones #ho %ust &eter%ine 3or ourselves, sooner or later, #hether to !o on throu!h
    aeons o3 su33erin! an& %illions o3 lives o3 i!norance, or to 3ollo# the +ath They sho#, #hich
    lea&s strai!ht to the !oal - #hich involves the +o#er o3 &irect co!nition o3 truth #ithout any
    %istake #hatever, an& #hich inclu&es real %e%ory.
    UFro% 0ni*ersal TheosophyL
    QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
    "TH1 RHINO"
    U ... on a slo# %ovin! train at the turn o3 the century in 63rica.V ...Three hun&re&
    yar&s a#ay a 3ull-!ro#n rhinoceros stoo& +lante& on the track, his 3lank to#ar& us an& his
    interest 3iEe& on anythin! 1ut trains. 0e #as sni33in! the cool %ornin!, lookin! the other #ay.
    2Wake u+, you 3ello#sP2 , yelle&, an& Fre& an& Will +ut their hea&s throu!h the #in&o#
    1esi&e %e >ust in ti%e to see the rhino take notice o3 the train at last. When the en!ine #as
    3i3ty yar&s 3ro% hi% he #heele&, took a short-si!hte& sHuint at it, sni33e&, &eci&e& on #ar, an&
    char!e&. The en!ineer cro#&e& on stea%.
    20e:s a !a%e enou!h s+ortP2 chuckle& Fre&.
    20e:s a 3oolP2 !rinne& Will.
    0e #as 1oth, 1ut he never 3linche&. 0e struck the co#-catcher hea&-on an& trie& to li3t it
    sky-hi!h. The s+ee& an& #ei!ht o3 the en!ine sent hi% rollin! over an& over o33 the track, an&
    the shock o3 the 1lo# ca%e 1ack#ar& alon! the train in thun&ercla+s as each car 3elt the
    check. The en!ineer #histle& hi% a reHuie% an& a cheer #ent u+ 3ro% 3i3ty hea&s thrust out
    o3 #in&o#s. But he #as not nearly &one 3or.
    0e !ot u+, s+un aroun& like a +olo +ony to 3ace the train, &eli1erately +icke& out level
    !oin!, an& char!e& a!ain. This ti%e he hit the car #e #ere in, an& screa%s 3ro% the
    co%+art%ent 1ehin& us !ave notice... 0e hit the runnin!-1oar& 1esi&e the car, cru%+le& it to
    %atch#oo&, li3te& the car an inch o33 the track, 1ut 3aile& to &israil us. The car 3ell 1ack on the
    %etal #ith a clan!, an& the rhino recoile& si&e#ise, to roll over an& over a!ain. This ti%e the
    i%+etus sent hi% over the e&!e o3 a !ully an& #e &i& not &ou1t he #as &ea& at the 1otto% o3
    it.
    --- 1G
    The !uar& sto++e& the train an& ca%e runnin! to see #hat the &a%a!e a%ounte& to.
    ...By that ti%e every %ale +assen!er #as out on the track, so%e in ni!ht-shirts, so%e in
    shirts an& +ants, so%e #ith neEt-to-nothin! at all on, 1ut nearly all #ith !uns. *o%e1o&y !ave
    Coutlass a han&3ul o3 cartri&!es that 3itte& his Mauser ri3le an& he #as o33 in the lea& like a
    hero lea&in! a 3orlorn ho+e, #e a3ter hi%. We searche& hi!h an& lo# 1ut lost all trace o3 the
    rhino, an& at the en& o3 hal3 an hour the en!ine:s #histle calle& us 1ack. There #ere 1loo&
    an& hair all over the en!ine - 1loo& an& hair on our car, 1ut the rhino ha& 1een as &eter%ine&
    in &e3eat as in attack, an& i3 he &ie& o3 his #oun&s he contrive& to &o it alone an& in &i!nity...
    - Fro% Tal1ot Mun&y:s The 2*ory Trail UFictionV
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    DUT6- TH1 D1ATH O4 HA9IT
    6 !reat la# o3 &uty s#allo#e& us u+ in the sunrise o3 hu%anity. ,n those &ays 2&uty2 #as
    the science o3 sacri3ice. That la# #hich shuns learnin!, teachin! #is&o% %ay reveal a 2tale o3
    #oe,2 1ut it also reveals that %in& co%es 3ro% the attitu&e #e have to#ar& creativity, 3or %in&
    is a constant creator an& #e o3ten en& 1y creatin! oursel3 in the i%a!e o3 our entice%ents -
    those thin!s that 21e#itch our senses an& 1lin& the %in&.2 ,3 our attitu&e ha& 2#in!s2 the %in&
    coul& soar 1eyon& the %ire o3 na%e an& 3or%. ,t coul& teach us ho# to stan& the
    uncertainties o3 constant chan!e. 6s+iration is innate to us, an& can eat a#ay the chains o3
    ha1it i3 #e 1ut turn our attention that #ay:
    2When, %ove& 1y the la# o3 ;volution, The )or&s o3 Wis&o% in3use& into hi% the s+ark
    o3 consciousness, the 3irst 3eelin! it a#oke to li3e an& activity #as a sense o3 soli&arity, o3 one-
    ness #ith his s+iritual creators... D;IT," arose out o3 that 3eelin!, an& 1eca%e the 3irst
    an& 3ore%ost %otor in his nature... This 3eelin! o3 irre+ressi1le, instinctive as+iration in
    +ri%itive %an is 1eauti3ully, an& one %ay say intuitionally, &escri1e& 1y Carlyle. :The !reat
    antiHue heart,2 he eEclai%s, 2ho# like a chil&:s in its si%+licity, like a %an:s in its earnest
    sole%nity an& &e+thP 0eaven lies over hi% #heresoever he !oes or stan&s on the earth;
    %akin! all the earth a %ystic te%+le to hi%, the earth:s 1usiness all a kin& o3 #orshi+... 6
    !reat la# o3 &uty, hi!h as these t#o in3initu&es 7heaven an& hell8, &#ar3in! all else,
    annihilatin! all else - it #as a reality, an& it is one: the !ar%ent only o3 it is &ea&; the essence
    o3 it lives throu!h all ti%es an& all eternityP:2 7*D 1, (1G-118
    2*#eet are the 3ruits o3 -est an& )i1eration 3or the sake o3 *el3: 1ut s#eeter still the 3ruits
    o3 lon! an& 1itter &uty. 6ye, -enunciation 3or the sake o3 others, o3 su33erin! 3ello# %en.2
    7,oice of the %ilence, +. 9=8
    - ?an&alavala
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    PROTOGONOS is issue& 9 to = ti%es +er year. *u1scri+tion is B<c +er issue "orth
    6%erica an& sur3ace rate overseas, R1.(< air%ail overseas. 7roto#onos is a Blavatsky-
    oriente& theoso+hical +u1lication. Corres+on&ence an& su1%issions are #elco%e. ;&itor:
    Mark 5aHua
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    PROTOGONOS
    "u%1er 4G cto1er, 1FFB
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    CONT1NTS5 The Carnal *oul 7verse8.....-u%i...1; Goo& Works....Blavatsky ...1; n
    2Mana!in!2 $eo+le......Theosophy $$$1; 26ll are ,nsane 1ut Me an& Thee...2......$o!ue ...4;
    Blavatsky on -itual an& Cere%ony ...9; 6 Chinese "ostra&a%us ......-o11 ...<; -eli!ious
    Belie3 o3 )incoln .....,n!ersoll ...=; Marria!e o3 )ove an& Truth .....$o!ue...B;
    Dates.....Theosophy ...F; 63ter#or&: The Whole 0u%an -ace ....T#ain...1G
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    TH1 CARNA0 SOU0
    Dour sel3 7na3s8 is the %other o3 all i&ols: the
    %aterial i&ol is a snake, 1ut the s+iritual i&ol is a
    &ra!on.
    :Tis easy to 1reak an i&ol, very easy; to re!ar& the
    sel3 as easy to su1&ue is 3olly, 3olly.
    son, i3 you #oul& kno# the 3or% o3 the sel3, rea&
    the &escri+tion o3 0ell #ith its seven !ates.
    Fro% the sel3 at every %o%ent issues an act o3
    &eceit; an& in each o3 those &eceits a
    hun&re& $haraohs an& their hosts are &ro#ne&.
    - -u%i
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    8GOOD WOR:S8
    26s soon as he 1e!ins to un&erstan& #hat a 3rien& an& teacher +ain can 1e, the
    Theoso+hist stan&s a++alle& 1e3ore the %ysterious +ro1le% o3 hu%an li3e, an& thou!h he
    %ay lon! to &o !oo& #orks, eHually &rea&s to &o the% #ron!ly until he has hi%sel3 acHuire&
    !reater +o#er an& kno#le&!e. The i!norant &oin! o3 !oo& #orks %ay 1e vitally in>urious, as
    all 1ut those #ho are 1lin& in their love o3 1enevolence are co%+elle& to ackno#le&!e.
    - Blavatsky
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    ON 82ANAGING8 P1OP01
    ,3 the car&inal +rinci+le o3 %an, the *oul in his s+iritual real%, co%in! into touch #ith the
    %aterial #orl& throu!h 1o&y, 3eelin!s an& %in&, once !aine& stron! hol&, our civiliAation
    #oul& 1e trans3or%e&. ,nstea&, #e 3in& the %ost culture& +eo+le o3 &ee+, rich e%otional
    nature, sayin! #ith a s%ile, to ro1 the #or&s o3 any stin!, 2*o an& *o is a very &i33icult +erson
    to %ana!e.2 6n& stu&ents o3 Theoso+hy, +erha+s #ithout insi!ht at that %o%ent to +erceive
    the i%+lications, or +erha+s lackin! coura!e to +oint out the in%ost %eanin! o3 such a
    state%ent, #ill assent in a 3e# lau!hin! #or&s.
    This is to 1etray Theoso+hy, 3or &oes not such a notion o3 2%ana!in!2 any1o&y violate
    the teachin!s o3 the -oyal *oul. ;ach in&ivi&ual surely %ust eEercise his o#n >u&!%ent as to
    #hat is 1est 3or hi% or her. ,n our a!e #hich has 3ostere& in each o3 us the 6hankaric
    ten&ency, #e nee& to think lon! an& think &ee+ly on #hat the +hrase, 2%ana!in! a +erson,2
    i%+lies. ,s it not that anyone #ho #ishes to %ana!e another - #hether hus1an& or #i3e, son
    or &au!hter, relative, 3rien& or acHuaintance - there1y arro!ates to hi%sel3 an i%%ense
    su+eriority over the +erson #ho re3uses to 1e so %ana!e&. "ot only is it an assu%+tion o3
    authority #hich no one in reality shoul& +ossess, 1ut it eEhi1its an entire 1elie3 in one:s o#n
    con3i&ence to kno# 1etter than another #hat is !oo& 3or hi%. This assu%e& +o#er to &eci&e
    an& control the &estiny o3 another arises o3ten out o3 the 1est intentions an& 3ro% !oo&
    %otives, 1ut it is throu!h our !oo& Hualities that Mara, the te%+ter, 1etrays us.
    Fro% the teachin!s o3 Theoso+hy it #oul& a++ear that thus #e, hau!hty an& i%+erative
    %ortals, &o #hat an all-#ise an& all-kno#in! Bein! #oul& never &o. ,n the %atter o3 those
    entruste& #ith the !ui&ance o3 the Theoso+hical Move%ent o3 the last Huarter o3 the last
    century, the Mahat%a #rote, they 2have %a&e, #ill %ake, %any %istakes +recisely 1ecause
    they are le3t
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    alone an& le3t #ithout hel+ an& +rotection.2 But #e, #ho cannot %ana!e our o#n i%+ulses, or
    ourselves, think #e are su+re%ely ca+a1le o3 %ana!in! others. 0ere is a &ile%%a, one o3 the
    %any that arise at every turn o3 the #ay to +er+leE an& to &elu&e, 1ut 1y tryin! to solve it as
    Man, the *oul, the +ath out o3 the %aAes o3 sense-li3e a++ears. Constant eEercise in this
    &irection stretches the %in& an& %akes it !ro#, &ee+enin! all our 3aculties. *el3-in&uce& an&
    sel3-&evise& #ays an& %eans are calle& 3or all the ti%e.
    For the Theoso+hist, the &ile%%a revolves aroun& the +oint that #e are to 2hel+ an&
    teach others:2 our &esire to &o so is &ee+ an& sincere; #e kno# that in our s%all #ays #e are
    all 2+u+il-teachers.2 What are #e to &o, then, i3 in no sense %ay #e 2%ana!e2 +eo+le. nce
    %ore #e can turn to Their !reat an& #on&er3ul eEa%+le. They #ork #ith %in& an& heart as
    They 3in& it. "or &o They 2+our in vast %asses o3 kno#le&!e eE+resse& in clear an& easily
    co%+rehen&e& ter%s.2
    When #e talk to another, tryin! each %o%ent to re%e%1er our %utual 1irthri!ht as the
    *oul, there #ill inevita1ly arise so%e #or&, so%e i&ea, #hich #ill 1e vanta!e +oint 3or
    Huestions to +rovoke thinkin! or to +lant a see&-i&ea. When a1straction ensues a3ter the
    res+onse o3 2Why, , never thou!ht o3 that 1e3ore,2 it is o3ten attri1ute& to the silence o3
    in&i33erence, 1ut ti%e an& eE+erience #ill teach us that the *oul has #ith&ra#n a#hile to
    %e&itate over the nature o3 #hat is intuitively 3elt to 1e true. $erha+s that very in&ivi&ual so%e
    ti%e later #ill co%e 1ack #ith the 3ruits o3 +on&erin! to illu%inate our o#n then &ark #ay, so
    #e +ro3it 3ro% %utual hel+.
    0o# o3ten &i& a Teacher, #hose hu%ility an& sel3-e33ace%ent #ere %arvele& at 1y those
    #ho kne# 1y si%ilarity o3 nature so%ethin! o3 his true *el3, eE+ress so%e such i&eas thus:
    2, a%, like you, stru!!lin! on the roa&. $erha+s a veil %i!ht in an instant 3all &o#n 3ro%
    your s+irit, an& you #oul& 1e lon! ahea& o3 us all.
    2When you o+en any &oor, 1eyon& it you 3in& others stan&in! there #ho ha& +asse&
    you lon! a!o, 1ut no#, una1le to +rocee&, they are there #aitin!; others are there #a3tin! 3or
    you. Then you co%e, an&, o+enin! a &oor, those #aitin! &isci+les +erha+s %ay +ass on; thus
    on an& on. What a +rivile!e this, to re3lect that #e %ay +erha+s 1e a1le to hel+ those #ho
    see%e& !reater than ourselvesP
    2Do not a&o+t any conclusions %erely 1ecause they are uttere& 1y one in #ho% you
    have con3i&ence, 1ut a&o+t the% #hen they coinci&e #ith your intuition. To 1e even
    unconsciously &elu&e& 1y the in3luence o3 another is to have a counter3eit 3aith.2

    6!ain, in the #or&s o3 a +u+il o3 his in #ho% he ha& elicite& the s+irit #hich 1uil&s 2 a
    s+ot o3 his o&n:2
    2n it #e are al#ays to stan& cal%ly, not oversha&o#e& 1y any %an ho#ever !reat,
    1ecause each o3 us contains the +otentialities o3 every other. :"ot oversha&o#e&: &oes not
    %ean that #e are not to sho# reverence to those throu!h #ho% the soul s+eaks. ,t is the
    !reat soul #e reverence, an& not the %ortal clay.2
    2We are not to yiel& u+ our intuitions to any 1ein!, #hile #e %ay lar!ely &ou1t our
    >u&!%ent at all ti%es.2
    ,3 so%e o3 us in an un&yin! stru!!le #ith the %aterialistic ten&encies o3 our &ay strove
    ever to kee+ in the 3ore3ront this car&inal +rece+t o3 Man, the *oul, the i&ea #oul& 1eco%e
    current coin o3 the real% in this civiliAation, sooner or later, accor&in! to the 3orce an& stren!th
    o3 our o#n e33orts. The ato%s o3 our 1o&ies co%e an& !o char!e& #ith the i%+ress #e have
    !iven the%, takin! their attri1utes to all #ith #ho% they have any sort o3 %a!netic a33inity; #e
    receive 1ack 3ro% others those o3 like %a!netis% #ith our o#n. This is the natural #ay o3
    in3luencin!, not 2%ana!in!2 +eo+le.
    Fro% the +oint o3 vie# o3 the #orl& o3 3or%, in this +rocess is to 1e seen +er+etual
    &issolution; 1ut #hat is it looke& at 3ro% the #orl& o3 the ,nner Man. 0e, too, !oes throu!h his
    cycles o3 %ani3estation an& +ralaya - lar!e cycles o3 ti%e %easure& as #e kno# it - 3ro% the
    Brah%a in %an, hol&in! to!ether in Fohatic e%1race the lives o3 his 1o&y, to Brah%a as the
    Creative Force, the tensile stren!th o3 #hich kee+s an entire /niverse to!ether. This is the
    %i!hty +icture #hich Iyasa con>ures u+ 3or us in the 11th Cha+ter o3 the 5ha#a*ad-.ita.
    The %ore Theoso+hy is stu&ie& an& the %ore #e strive to live 1y its +rece+ts, tryin! to 3ill
    each &ay:s %easure #ith +ure thou!hts, #ise #or&s, kin&ly &ee&s, #e learn o3 the +eril #hich
    is involve& in 2%ana!in!2 anyone at all, even those in this li3e nearest an& &earest to us - 23or
    their o#n !oo&,2 as #e conceive it. Man, the *oul, 3in&s his o#n #ay, so%eti%es alas,
    throu!h &ark corri&ors o3 ti%e. But he learns there1y at last to
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    stan& on his o#n 3eet.
    n the one han& Mahat%a ?.0. #rote: 2ne o3 the %ost valua1le e33ects o3 /+asika:s
    %ission is that it &rives %en to sel3-stu&y an& &estroys in the% 1lin& servility 3or +ersons.2
    6n& on the other 0e also #rote: 2Thus ste+ 1y ste+, an& a3ter a series o3 +unish%ents, is
    the chela tau!ht 1y 1itter eE+erience to su++ress an& !ui&e his i%+ulses; he loses his
    rashness, his sel3 su33iciency an& never 3alls into the sa%e errors.2
    When #e think o3 Theoso+hical teachin!s an& our o#n co%%it%ents, #e are all, in the
    #or&s o3 ;rnst Toiler, the eEile& Ger%an &ra%atist, 2!uiltlessly !uilty.2 ,n the Theoso+hic li3e
    #e are all 2allo#e& 3ull an& entire 3ree&o% o3 action, the li1erty o3 creatin# causes2 that
    1eco%e in &ue course o3 ti%e our scour!e an& +u1lic +illory, i3 ever #e essay to mana#e
    people, no %atter ho# 3ine our intentions an& ho# !oo& our %otives. 6t each sta!e o3 the
    ascent #e %ay care3ully an& !uar&e&ly survey the +ast to see the +it3alls o3 +ersonality #hich
    ever &elu&e. But the )i!ht o3 Man, the *oul, co%es ever an& anon sho#in! the hei!hts
    ahea&, #hen our hearts 1eat only 3or the Cause o3 Theoso+hy, an& #hen our #ish in every
    #alk o3 li3e - so-calle& hu%1le or so-calle& !reat - is 3orever an& every#here to live an& strive
    3or the re&e%+tion o3 every creature throu!hout the #orl&.
    7Fro% Theosophy+ Fe1ruary, 1F4<8
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    "A!! "re ins"ne (%t +e "n/ t&ee-
    "n/ I so+eti+es *on/er "(o%t t&ee..."
    ,3 the last +erson 1urnt to &eath in o33icial >uris+ru&ence #as in the /.*.6., na%ely the
    1C=< 1urnin! in *outh Carolina o3 a +resu%e& #itch, #e citiAens o3 the country #here it
    ha++ene&, can har&ly 1e too care3ul in !uar&in! a!ainst the +re&ilection to 3in& 2evil2 outsi&e
    oursel3. This &isease inevita1ly starts as a !entle 1reeAe o3 2constructive criticis%2 an& en&s
    s#ee+in! all 1e3ore it. *o #hen so%e 3ello# theoso+hist starts #hat in our eyes is a
    &an!erous +ro>ect, #hether it 1e stu&y !rou+, social event, or +u1lication, #e can al#ays sti3le
    the i%+ulse to i%+rove our #ay#ar& 1rother #ith these #or&s o3 the Master:
    2"o theoso+hist shoul& 1la%e a 1rother, #hether #ithin or outsi&e o3 the association;
    neither %ay he thro# a slur u+on another:s actions or &enounce hi%, lest he hi%sel3 lose the
    ri!ht to 1e consi&ere& a Theoso+hist. For, as such, he has to turn a#ay his !aAe 3ro% the
    i%+er3ections o3 his nei!h1or, an& centre rather his attention u+on his o#n shortco%in!s, in
    or&er to correct the% an& 1eco%e #iser.2 7%ome )ords on 3aily 'ife8
    Thus Theoso+hy survives on the Huality o3 our inner stru!!le #ith oursel3, not so%eone
    else, an& it there3ore re%ains the 2%ost serious %ove%ent o3 the a!e2 1ecause o3 this
    vie#+oint. 0$B +oints out the rationale 3or it in her &e3inition o3 the 2Wis&o% -eli!ion2
    7.lossary, ++. 4BG-18:
    2Wis/o+ Re!igion The one reli!ion #hich un&erlies all the no# eEistin! cree&s. That
    :3aith: #hich, 1ein! +ri%or&ial, an& reveale& &irectly to hu%an kin& 1y their +ro!enitors an&
    in3or%in! ;G* 7thou!h the Church re!ar&s the% as the :3allen an!els:8, reHuire& no :!race,:
    nor 1lin& 3aith to 1elieve, 3or it #as kno#le&!e... ,t is on this Wis&o% -eli!ion that Theosophy
    is 1ase&.2
    - 3ro% 6leEan&er $o!ue
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    90A7ATS:6 ON RITUA0 AND C1R12ON6
    2There are 3our 7out o3 the %any other8 na%es o3 the various kin&s o3 ;soteric
    ?no#le&!e or *ciences !iven, even in the eEoteric P%r"n"s. There is 718 6"Ln".7i/'"-
    ...kno#le&!e o3 the occult +o#ers a#akene& in "ature 1y the +er3or%ance o3 certain reli!ious
    cere%onies an& rites. 7(8 2"&"i/'", the 2!reat kno#le&!e,2 the %a!ic o3 the ?a1alists an&
    o3 the T"ntri)" #orshi+, o3ten *orcery o3 the #orst &escri+tion. 748 G%&'".7i/'", kno#le&!e
    o3 the %ystic +o#ers resi&in! in *oun& 7;ther8, hence in the Mantras 7chante& +rayers or
    incantations8 an& &e+en&in! on the rhyth% an& %elo&y use&; in other #or&s a %a!ical
    +er3or%ance 1ase& on ?no#le&!e o3 the Forces o3 "ature an& their correlation; an& 798
    AT2A.7ID6A, a ter% #hich is translate& si%+ly 2kno#le&!e o3 the *oul,2 true Wis&o% 1y the
    rientalists, 1ut #hich %eans 3ar %ore.
    2This last is the only kin& o3 ccultis% that any theoso+hist #ho a&%ires 'i#ht on the
    7ath+ an& #ho #oul& 1e #ise an& unsel3ish, ou!ht to strive a3ter. 6ll the rest is so%e 1ranch
    o3 the 2ccult *ciences,2 i.e., arts 1ase& on the kno#le&!e o3 the ulti%ate essence o3 all
    thin!s in the ?in!&o%s o3 "ature - such as %inerals, +lants an& ani%als - hence o3 thin!s
    +ertainin! to the real% o3 %aterial nature, ho#ever invisi1le that essence %ay 1e, an&
    ho#soever %uch it has hitherto elu&e& the !ras+ o3 *cience.2
    7/ccultism ,ersus the /ccult Arts, BCW ,Q, (<18
    2... the treatises kno#n as 9r"&+"n"s 7a su++le%ent to the 7e/"sJ, 3ull o3 &ry
    cere%onialis%, o3 &ea&-letter ritualis%, an& i&ol #orshi+, are the T"!+%/ o3 the 0in&us, so
    are the U,"nis&"/s their ?a11alah, eE+lainin! the s+irit o3 that &ea& letter. But the
    U,"nis&"/s an& the ?a11alah reHuire 3or their co%+lete un&erstan&in! a key, an& the latter
    can 1e 3oun& only in the han&s o3 the :initiate&: 6&e+ts o3 the G%,t".7i/'", the secret
    science...2
    71eo-5uddhism, BCW Q,,, 49=8
    2...the 3irst 6tlantean races, 1orn on the )e%urian Continent, se+arate& 3ro% their
    earliest tri1es into the ri!hteous an& unri!hteous; into those #ho #orshi+e& the one unseen
    *+irit o3 "ature, the ray o3 #hich %an 3eels #ithin hi%sel3 - or the $antheists, an& those #ho
    o33ere& 3anatical - #orshi+ to the *+irits o3 the ;arth, the &ark Cos%ic, anthro+o%or+hic
    $o#ers, #ith #ho% they %a&e alliance. These #ere the earliest Gri((ori+, 2the %i!hty %en
    o3 reno#n in those &ays2 7.en. vi.8 #ho 1eco%e #ith the Fi3th -ace the :"(iri+: ?a1iri #ith
    the ;!y+tians an& the $hoenicians, Titans #ith the Greeks, an& -akshasas an& Daityas #ith
    the ,n&ian races.
    2*uch #as the secret an& %ysterious ori!in o3 all the su1seHuent an& %o&ern reli!ions,
    es+ecially o3 the #orshi+ o3 the later 0e1re#s 3or their tri1al !o&.2
    7%ecret 3octrine, ,,, (B48
    2The De%ons, so calle& in the $uranas, are very eEtraor&inary &evils #hen >u&!e& 3ro%
    the stan&+oint o3 ;uro+ean an& ortho&oE vie#s a1out these creatures, since all o3 the% -
    Danavas, Daityas, $isachas, an& the -akshasas - are re+resente& as eEtre%ely !reat Do!is.
    But they o++ose the cler!y an& -itualis%, sacri3ices an& 3or%s - >ust #hat the 3ull-1lo#n
    Do!ins &o to this &ay in ,n&ia...2
    7%ecret 3octrine ,, 91<8
    26+ollo is He!ios 7the *un8, $hoi1os-6+ollo 7:the li!ht o3 li3e an& o3 the Worl&: D8 #ho
    arises out o3 the !ol&en-#in!e& cu+ 7the sun8; hence he is the sun-!o& ,"r e@#e!!en#e. DUThe
    :li3e an& the li!ht: o3 the %aterial +hysical #orl&, the &eli!ht o3 the senses - not o3 the soul.
    6+ollo is +re-e%inently the &%+"n !o&, the !o& o3 e%otional, +o%+-lovin! an& theatrical
    Church ritualis%, #ith li!hts an& %usic.V
    7%ecret 3octrine, ,, 4C48
    2... the as syste%atic +ersecution o3 the $ro+hets o3 the -i!ht $ath 1y those o3 the )e3t.
    The latter, havin! inau!urate& the 1irth an& evolution o3 the sacer&otal castes, have 3inally let
    the #orl& into all these eEoteric reli!ions, invente& to satis3y the &e+rave& tastes o3 the : &oi
    ,o!!oi8 an& the i!norant 3or ritualistic +o%+ an& the %aterialiAation o3 the ever-i%%aterial an&
    /nkno#a1le $rinci+le.2
    7*D ,,, <G48
    ,n a1out a #eek - ne# reli!ious cere%onies, ne# !litterin! 1u11les to a%use the 1a1es
    #ith, an& once %ore , #ill 1e 1usy ni!ht an& &ay, %ornin!, noon, an& evenin!.2
    7Mahatma 'etters, #1=, (n& e&ition8
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    A CHIN1S1 NOSTRADA2US
    ,n =(B 6.D., )i Chun3en! an& Duan Tienkan!, Ministers o3 *tate in the Tan! Dynasty
    un&er ;%+eror Taitsun!, co%+lete& their %e%orial on the 3uture. ,t re%aine& a secret o3 the
    i%+erial househol& until 1==G, #hen French an& ;n!lish troo+s 1urnt &o#n the Duan Min!
    Duan 7*u%%er $alace8, an& the %anuscri+t #as &iscovere& +reserve& in an ivory 1oE
    acco%+anie& 1y so%e &ra#in!s. For 1( lar!e +earls it #as +urchase& 1y a Chinese
    1usiness%an, 1ut &ue to the censorshi+ o3 the Manchus, it #as 1F11 1e3ore co+ies #ere
    release& to the #orl&. The uncle o3 Charles ). )ee +rovi&e& the co+y use& 1y )ee to +u1lish
    the #ork in "e# Dork in 1F<G, as .reat 7rophesies of (hina$
    ,ts t#o authors are o1scure, 1ut recor&s sho# )i Chun3en! to have 1een one o3 the
    3ore%ost %athe%aticians an& +hiloso+hers o3 his &ay, an& the Gran& 6strolo!er o3 the
    ;%+eror:s court. Duan Tienkan! #as 3a%ous 3or his kno#le&!e o3 +hysio!no%y an&
    astrolo!y.
    The #ork consists o3 =G +oe%s o3 t#o stanAas each, an& one can har&ly esca+e the
    si%ilarity #ith the Huatrains o3 "ostra&a%us, as the style an& +airs o3 9 line +oe%s su!!est, in
    %any cases. The 3irst 4C +oe%s accurately +re&ict events to the +resent. 0ere is one recent
    eEa%+le:
    Bir&s #ithout 3eet,
    Moon over the %ountain,
    When the sun rises,
    $eo+le cry.
    ,n the %i&st o3 Dece%1er,
    Foul +lay is a3oot.
    The &ra!net is s+rea&in! 3ro% the north
    To catch the s+arro#s in the south.
    nce the cock cro#s,
    The sun sets 1ehin& the sea.
    6n& another:
    6%ericans co%e 3ro% the #est,
    Chosen !ra&ually #ill have +eace.
    )on! 1o# on the !roun&,
    ,t is &es+erate, an& yet not &es+erateP
    6 !o&&ess 3ro% the #est,
    Fanci3ully &resse&;
    Fi3th colu%ns in the cities
    /+set the !overn%ent.
    The a1ove re3ers to $earl 0ar1or on Dece%1er B, 1F91, an& Tiana%en *Huare #ith its
    2!o&&ess o3 )i1erty2 %o&ele& a3ter the *tatue o3 )i1erty.
    $oe% nu%1er <= is one #hich #ill %ake us all 3eel unco%3orta1le, 1ut it see+s to 1e #ell
    into the neEt century:
    Those #hich 3ly are not 1ir&s;
    Those #hich s#i% are not 3ish.
    War no lon!er &e+en&s on the 3oot-sol&iers.
    ,t is the +lay o3 1asic ele%ents.
    *%oke an& clou& cover the vast ocean.
    ,t shoots u+ to the stratos+here
    6n& it sinks 1elo# the s+rin!.
    The %other o3 !ol&
    6n& the 3ather o3 #oo&
    Watch the !i!antic +yrotechnics.
    Without en!a!in! the ar%e& 3orces,
    Terror s+rea&s to cover heaven an& earth.
    The %other o3 !ol& is o3 course uraniu%, an& +issi!es shoot u+ to the stratos+here, 1ut
    #hat is 2the 3ather o3 #oo&.2 $oe% nu%1er <B is %ore +ro%isin!:
    The s#in! #ill co%e
    When it reaches the Aenith.
    Fi!ht +oison #ith +oison.
    To a youth three 3eet tall,
    6ll the aliens #ill surren&er.
    The con3lict o3 ?an an& )i
    -eaches the en& o3 the !lo1e.
    0eaven %akes %en to see
    The 3utility o3 %ilitaris%.
    ,t is un1elieva1le
    That a !enius is 1orn in China.
    Fro% no# on,
    The Western #orl&
    Will not seek the s#or&.
    :"n 7fi#ure8 an& 0i 7fi#ureA are t#o o3 the ei!ht +ri%ary tri!ra%s o3 the ,-Chin!. :"n
    7?:an8 the a1ys%al, is &an!er, #ater clou&s, an& the %i&&le son, north. 0i is the clin!in!, is
    li!ht !ivin! or con&itione&, sun, li!htnin!, 3ire, an& the %i&&le &au!hter, south. These are the
    nuclear tri!ra%s o3 the heEa!ra% :8%ei - o++osition 7#4C8. The a++en&e& >u&!%ents o3 this
    heEa!ra% rea&s: 2The u++er +ri%ary tri!ra% )i %eans #ea+ons; the lo#er, Tui, is associate&
    #ith the West, %etal, an& killin!; hence the i&ea o3 a 1o# an& arro# to kee+ the #orl& in 3ear
    an& alar%. The corres+on&ences 1et#een the lines are o3 !reat i%+ortance in this heEa!ra%.
    ,n all the lines the situation is that o3 o++osition; "ot a !oo& 1e!innin!, 1ut a !oo& en&., etc.,
    etc.2
    ne %i!ht s+eculate that the 2s#in!2 an& 2Aenith2 o3 the 3irst t#o lines o3 the +oe% coul&
    re3er to +olar shi3t. 6t any rate, it see%s the West %ay have to en&ure the kar%a o3
    technolo!y #ithout +hiloso+hy. With each a&vance, are #e acceleratin! our &e%ise.
    - -. -.
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    R10IGIOUS 910I14 O4 A9RAHA2 0INCO0N
    - -.G. ,n!ersoll
    2..., 1elieve that , a% 3a%iliar #ith the %aterial 3acts 1earin! u+on the reli!ious 1elie3
    o3 Mr. )incoln, an& that , kno# #hat he thou!ht o3 ortho&oE Christianity. , #as so%e#hat
    acHuainte& #ith hi% an& #ell acHuainte& #ith %any o3 his associates an& 3rien&s, an& , a%
    3a%iliar #ith Mr. )incoln:s +u1lic utterances. rtho&oE Christians have the ha1it o3 clai%in! all
    !reat %en, all %en #ho have hel& i%+ortant +ositions, %en o3 re+utation, %en o3 #ealth. 6s
    soon as the 3uneral is over cler!y%en 1e!in to relate i%a!inary conversations #ith the
    &ecease&, an& in a very little #hile the !reat %an is chan!e& to a Christian - +ossi1ly to a
    saint.
    6ll this ha++ene& in Mr. )incoln:s case. Many +ious 3alsehoo&s #ere tol&, conversations
    #ere %anu3acture&, an& su&&enly the church clai%e& that the !reat $resi&ent #as an
    ortho&oE Christian. The truth is that )incoln in his reli!ious vie#s a!ree& #ith Franklin,
    5e33erson, an& Ioltaire. 0e &i& not 1elieve in the ins+iration o3 the Bi1le or the &ivinity o3 Christ
    or the sche%e o3 salvation, an& he utterly re+u&iate& the &o!%a o3 eternal +ain.
    ,n %akin! u+ %y %in& as to #hat Mr. )incoln really 1elieve&, , &o not take into
    consi&eration the evi&ence o3 unna%e& +ersons or the contents o3 anony%ous letters; , take
    the testi%ony o3 those #ho kne# an& love& hi%, o3 those to #ho% he o+ene& his heart an& to
    #ho% he s+oke in the 3ree&o% o3 +er3ect con3i&ence.
    Mr. 0ern&on #as his 3rien& an& +artner 3or %any years. , kne# Mr. 0ern&on #ell. , kno#
    that )incoln never ha& a 1etter, #ar%er, truer 3rien&. 0ern&on #as an honest, thou!ht3ul, a1le,
    stu&ious %an, res+ecte& 1y all #ho kne# hi%. 0e #as as natural an& sincere as )incoln
    hi%sel3. n several occasions Mr. 0ern&on tol& %e #hat )incoln 1elieve& an& #hat he
    re>ecte& in the real% o3 reli!ion. 0e tol& %e a!ain an& a!ain that Mr. )incoln &i& not 1elieve in
    the ins+iration o3 the Bi1le, the &ivinity o3 Christ, or in the eEistence o3 a +ersonal Go&. There
    #as no +ossi1le reason 3or Mr. 0ern&on to %ake a %istake or to color the 3acts.
    5ustice Davi& Davis #as a li3e-lon! 3rien& an& associate o3 Mr. )incoln, an& 5u&!e
    Davis kne# )incoln:s reli!ious o+inions an& kne# )incoln as #ell as any1o&y &i&. 5u&!e
    Davis tol& %e that )incoln #as a Freethinker, that he &enie& the ins+iration o3 the Bi1le, the
    &ivinity o3 Christ, an& all %iracles. Davis also tol& %e that he ha& talke& #ith )incoln on these
    su1>ects hun&re&s o3 ti%es.
    , #as #ell acHuainte& #ith Col. War& 0. )a%on an& ha& %any conversations #ith hi%
    a1out Mr. )incoln:s reli!ious 1elie3, 1e3ore an& a3ter he #rote his li3e o3 )incoln. 0e tol& %e
    that he ha& tol& the eEact truth in his li3e o3 )incoln, that )incoln never &i& 1elieve in the Bi1le,
    or in the &ivinity o3 Christ, or in the &o!%a o3 eternal +ain; that )incoln #as a Freethinker.
    For %any years , #as #ell acHuainte& #ith the 0on. 5esse W. Fell, one o3 )incoln:s
    #ar%est 3rien&s. Mr. Fell o3ten ca%e to %y house an& #e ha& %any talks a1out the reli!ious
    1elie3 o3 Mr. )incoln. Mr. Fell tol& %e that )incoln &i& not 1elieve in the ins+iration o3 the
    *cri+tures, an& that he &enie& the &ivinity o3 5esus Christ. Mr. Fell #as very li1eral in his o#n
    i&eas, a !reat a&%irer o3 Theo&ore $arker an& a +er3ectly sincere an& honora1le %an.
    For several years , #as #ell acHuainte& #ith Willia% G. Green, #ho #as a clerk #ith
    )incoln at "e# *ale% in the early &ays, an& #ho a&%ire& an& love& )incoln #ith all his heart.
    Green tol& %e that )incoln #as al#ays an ,n3i&el, an& that he ha& hear& hi% ar!ue a!ainst
    the Bi1le hun&re&s o3 ti%es. Mr. Green kne# )incoln, an& kne# hi% #ell, u+ to the ti%e o3
    )incoln:s &eath.
    The 0on. 5a%es Tuttle o3 ,llinois
    --- B
    #as a !reat 3rien& o3 )incoln, an& he is, i3 livin!, a 3rien& o3 %ine, an& , a% a 3rien& o3 his. 0e
    kne# )incoln #ell 3or %any years, an& he tol& %e a!ain an& a!ain that )incoln #as an ,n3i&el.
    Mr. Tuttle is a Freethinker hi%sel3 an& has al#ays en>oye& the res+ect o3 his nei!h1ors. 6
    %an #ith +urer %otives &oes not live.
    *o , +lace !reat reliance on the testi%ony o3 Col. 5ohn G. "icolay. *iE #eeks a3ter Mr.
    )incoln:s &eath Colonel "icolay sai& that he &i& not in any #ay chan!e his reli!ious i&eas,
    o+inions or 1elie3 3ro% the ti%e he le3t *+rin!3iel& until the &ay o3 his &eath.
    ,n a&&ition to all sai& 1y the +ersons , have %entione&, Mrs. )incoln sai& that her
    hus1an& #as not a Christian. There are %any other #itnesses u+on this Huestion #hose
    testi%ony can 1e 3oun& in a 1ook entitle& 61raha% )incoln, Was he a Christian. #ritten 1y
    5ohn ;. -e%s1ur!, an& +u1lishe& in 1CF4. ,n that 1ook #ill 1e 3oun& all the evi&ence on 1oth
    si&es. Mr. -e%s1ur! states the case #ith !reat clearness an& &e%onstrates that )incoln #as
    not a Christian.
    U The )ors of -obert .$ 2n#ersoll, Iolu%e Q,,, ++. (<1-4, "e#
    Dork )ecture, May (C, 1CF=V
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    T&e 2"rri"ge o$ 0oe "n/ Tr%t&
    What is a scholar. What is a +hiloso+her. Why are scholars al%ost never
    +hiloso+hers. )uther Bur1ank #as one o3 those %ysterious naturalists #ho #as %ore a
    2%a!ician2 than a naturalist, 1ut certainly never a scholar:
    2Dou cannot stu&y +lants #ithout learnin! so%ethin! a1out %en, nor stu&y %en #ithout
    !ettin! i&eas a1out ani%als an& 3ish an& +lants. Co%+aratively 3e# scientists s+eak in ter%s
    intelli!i1le to the lay%an: they are s+ecialists, concerne& #ith so%e +articular +hase or 3or%
    o3 li3e, or #ith %ani3estations o3 li3e. The naturalist, on the other han&, no %atter ho#
    scienti3ic, %akes hi%sel3 un&erstoo& 1y all 1ecause he &eals #ith a %ani3estation o3 li3e in
    #hich all are intereste& an& lan!ua!e o3 #hich all the #orl& s+eaks. $lants an& ani%als,
    3orests an& %ountains, 3lo#ers an& chil&ren, are to 1e stu&ie& 1y any one; the naturalist only
    a&&s to the lay%en:s un&erstan&in! a %ore eEtensive kno#le&!e o3 the scienti3ic 1asis 3or
    those +heno%ena, actions an& reactions, ha1its an& ten&encies, %ysteries an& %arvels, in
    #hich #e are all intereste& an& #hich #e are all %ore or less acHuainte&. 7An Architect of
    1ature+ +. <B8
    - 3ro% 6leEan&er $o!ue
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    The Dre*& "! R*2*( - ,n $roto #(F The %ilent and 3esolate 'and #as re+rinte& 3ro%
    Concor& Grove:s Dre"+ o$ R""n. , #as sur+rise& to hear 3ro% D. -ei!le an& eastern
    *chool $ress 741C< Boy& -&., Coto+aEi, Co C1((48 that they ha& use& the eEact eEcer+t
    7#ith eEce+tion o3 one verse8 as a cha+ter in their 1ook A .uide to the 7ath 7<B++, ++1k,
    1FCC, R4.F<8. This is an eEce+tional little 1ook, co%+ose& o3 cha+ters eEcer+te& 3ro% &i33erent
    theoso+hical +u1lications. The #ritin! is o3 chela or 6&e+t Huality.
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    9oo) o$ D3'"n Rese"r#& Re,ort - The 3octrine of %*abha*a or %*abha*ata and the
    :uestions of Anatman and %unyata+ Davi& -ei!le, 5une, 1FFB 7;astern *chool $ress,
    Coto+aEi, Co. C1(44, (C++8 This latest -e+ort is #ell #orth rea&in! an& +ossi1ly the %ost
    valua1le so 3ar, as it treats the 26nat%an2 or 2no sel3: &octrine in Bu&&his% - #hich is the
    su1>ect o3 %uch controversy. 6n astute >o1 also o3 3or%in! %ore connectin! links 1et#een
    Theoso+hy an& Bu&&his%. -ei!le conclu&es in his section on the anat%an &octrine that there
    is an 6t%an or *el3 &octrine in Bu&&his%, 1ut that it +ertains to /lti%ate reality an& not the
    +heno%enal, i%+er%anent universe.
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    7$B ==GG, *an Die!o, Ca F(1==8 3or R1=.GG, har&1ack, +lus +ost. This is a !oo& one to !ive
    to li1raries, 1ecause $aracelsus #as note& scienti3ically as #ell as 3or his +hiloso+hy.
    ''''''''''''''
    6 !oo& #ay to #ir#%!"te T&eoso,&i#"! 9oo)s is to 1uy the% ne# an& sell or tra&e the% at
    use& 1ookstores .....
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    DAT1S
    0o#ever ina&eHuate the calen&ar #e use, it serves to %ark the re+etition o3 certain
    cycles. *ince #e no lon!er orient ourselves 1y o1servation o3 the true &ivisions o3 ti%e as
    eE+resse& in "ature:s res+onses, #e are o1li!e& to &e+en& on the ar1itrary %arkin! into
    +erio&s o3 &ays, #eeks an& %onths, an& re3er to a sheet o3 +a+er to &eter%ine #here #e are.
    We %ay &eceive ourselves in this %anner, 1ut "ature cannot 1e 3oole&. 0o#ever #e %ay
    recor& the +ara&e o3 the hours, "ature:s &ivisions o3 ti%e #ill nevertheless have their #ay #ith
    us. )earnin! to associate certain thin!s #ith certain +erio&s o3 ti%e #e res+on& throu!h those
    associations to the recurrences o3 the +erio&s.
    Buyin! on Mon&ay, sellin! on Tues&ay, travelin! on We&nes&ay, rea&in! on Thurs&ay,
    #ritin! on Fri&ay, 1uil&in! on *atur&ay an& restin! on *un&ay, our res+onses to recurrences
    #oul& continue to %ark the &ays 3or us 3or so%e ti%e a3ter our calen&ar #as &estroye&.
    Whether #e are a#are o3 it or not, #e continue to %ark +erio&s o3 ti%e no lon!er o1>ectively
    recor&e&, or incorrectly recor&e& at 1est.
    The res+onses o3 hu%an 1o&ies to cycles o3 natural in3luences is kno#n !enerally, 1ut
    these res+onses are not re!ularly %arke& 1y calen&ar &ates. The reactions o3 +lant an&
    ani%al 3or%s to certain seasonal in3luences is easily o1serve&, an& thus #e %ark the +assin!
    o3 the seasons. 6ll o3 these res+onses can 1e o1serve&, there3ore they are e33ects only.
    ;33ects 3lo# 3ro% causes, an& causes &e+en& u+on intelli!ent a!ency. Do #e think o3 this
    #hen s+rin! returns to earth, or #hen #e note a certain &ate u+on our calen&ar.
    Cycles &o not a33ect all 1ein!s at the sa%e ti%e nor in the sa%e %anner. When it is #inter
    in "e# Dork it is su%%er in Buenos 6ires; the sun shines in China #hen &arkness is over
    6%erica; the sun !ives li3e to 3lo#ers an& &eath to 1acteria - an& none o3 these con&itions
    eEist #ithout a $erceiver to note their turn an& +assin!. This &e%onstrates the truth o3 the
    sayin! 2The /niverse eEists 3or the *oul:s eE+erience.2 the /niverse itsel3 1ein! one !reat
    cycle co%+ose& o3 an in3inite nu%1er o3 s%aller cycles, each o3 #hich serves as a %eans o3
    +erce+tion 3or so%e !ra&e o3 +erceivers.
    ,3 #e rea& a +a!e an& reverse it to +eruse the other si&e #e have co%+lete& a %inor
    cycle; #hen #e have 3inishe& a cha+ter, another cycle is co%+lete&, an& #hen #e reach the
    en& o3 the 1ook a !reater cycle is 3inishe&, 1ut there are seHuels an& series a& in3initu%. We
    are re%in&e& o3 an& in3luence& 1y the cycles o3 the seasons, 1y the +hysical reactions o3
    +lants an& ani%als; these #e can i%itate 1y 3urnishin! certain con&itions o3 li!ht, heat,
    &arkness, col&, %oisture an& &ryness, an& even 1y our i%+er3ect kno#le&!e o3 cyclic la#
    cause &e3inite results.
    We o1serve certain &ates on #hich s+eci3ic events are alle!e& to have ha++ene&, the
    1irth o3 5esus, the &eath o3 Bu&&ha, the 3oun&in! o3 the -e+u1lic, etc. The 3act that #e &o
    o1serve cyclic i%+ulses causes certain con&itions 1ecause o3 the thou!hts an& e33orts #e +ut
    3orth, to #hich is a&&e& the cu%ulative e33ect o3 +rior re+etitions. 6 cycle o3 !reater stren!th
    +re&o%inates an& su+erse&es the #eaker; the so-calle& 2Christ%as *+irit2 o3 +eace an& !oo&
    #ill coul& 1e kille& an& the (<th o3 Dece%1er 1eco%e a &ay o3 #rath or %ournin! - i3 a
    su33icient nu%1er o3 %en so #ille& #e coul& start a 2!oo&-#ill2 cycle on a 3aster 1eat that
    #oul& 1e re+eate& %any ti%es a year; that coul& 1eco%e a &aily cycle.
    Who really %akes these cyclic %arkers #e call &ates. Who %akes the #eather, the
    seasons, stor%s, earthHuakes, 3loo&s, volcanos; #ho 1rin!s a1out Gol&en 6!es an& ,ron
    --- 1G
    6!es. The truth is that you an& , have %ore to &o #ith the %atter than #e have yet
    sus+ecte&, ho#ever %uch #e %ay have consi&ere& such i&eas. ,3 #e re3er to the calen&ars
    on our &esks each &ay #ith such thou!hts in %in&, #e #ill surely 3in& %ore an& 1etter uses
    3or the% than #e no# &o.
    UTheosophy, 5anuary, 1F4<V
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    2,3 you are at all cast &o#n, or i3 any o3 us is, then 1y >ust that %uch are our thou!hts
    lessene& in +o#er. ne coul& 1e con3ine& in a +rison an& yet 1e a #orker 3or the Cause. *o ,
    +ray you to re%ove 3ro% your %in& any &istaste 3or +resent circu%stances. ,3 you can
    succee& in lookin! at it all as >ust #hat you in 3act &esire&, then it #ill act not only as a
    stren!thener o3 your !oo& thou!hts, 1ut #ill re3leEly act on your 1o&y an& %ake it stron!er.2
    - 5u&!e
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    A$ter*or/5 T&e W&o!e H%+"n R"#e
    - Mark T#ain
    , have not rea& "ietAsche or ,1sen, nor any other +hiloso+her, an& have not nee&e& to
    &o it, an& have not &esire& to &o it; , have !one to the 3ountainhea& 3or in3or%ation - that is to
    say, to the hu%an race. ;very %an is in his o#n +erson the #hole hu%an race, #ith not a
    &etail lackin!; , have stu&ie& the hu%an race #ith &ili!ence an& stron! interest all these years
    in %y o#n +erson; in %ysel3 , 3in& in 1i! or little +ro+ortion every Huality an& every &e3ect that
    is 3in&a1le in the %ass o3 the race. , kne# , shoul& not 3in& in any +hiloso+hy a sin!le thou!ht
    #hich ha& not +asse& throu!h %y o#n hea&, nor a sin!le thou!ht #hich ha& not +asse&
    throu!h the hea&s o3 %illions an& %illions o3 %en 1e3ore , #as 1orn; , kne# , shoul& not 3in& a
    sin!le ori!inal thou!ht in any +hiloso+hy, an& , kne# , coul& not 3urnish one to the #orl&
    %ysel3, i3 , ha& 3ive centuries to invent it in. "ietAsche +u1lishe& his 1ook, an& #as at once
    +ronounce& craAy 1y the #orl& - 1y a #orl& #hich inclu&e& tens o3 thousan&s o3 1ri!ht, sane
    %en #ho 1elieve& eEactly as "ietAsche 1elieve&, 1ut conceale& the 3act, an& sco33e& at
    "ietAsche. What a co#ar& every %an isP 6n& ho# surely he #ill 3in& it out i3 he #ill >ust let
    other +eo+le alone an& sit &o#n an& eEa%ine hi%sel3. The hu%an race is a race o3 co#ar&s;
    an& , a% not only %archin! in the +rocession 1ut carryin! a 1anner.
    7Fro% A 7en )armed-up in >ell8
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    PROTOGONOS
    "u%1er 41 Fe1ruary 1FFC
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    CONT1NTS5 -.,.$. 7verse8.....Morris...1; What is the *el3.....;&!e...1; n the Decay o3 the
    6rt o3 )yin! ......Mark T#ain...(; *o%e -an&o% Thou!hts ...9; *uici&e is "ot
    Death.......5u&!e...=; Will K Desire.......?an&alavala ...B; Con3erences ...C; The *aint o3 the
    6n&es...F; -uins o3 Baal1ec....T#ain ...1G
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    R. I. P.
    7These letters on the #oo&en crosses #ith #hich the re!ion roun& D+res is so thickly
    stre#n, #ere +o+ularly inter+rete& a%on! the sol&iers: -eturn if 7ossible.8
    I.
    , coul& not 1ut 1e shaken #hen , sa#
    Death, ravenin! 3ar an& 3orth, his arro#s she&
    Broa&cast a stricken #orl& &isco%3itte&,
    6n& his un3atho%e& an& a++allin! %a#
    Glut #ith #hole nations. Full o3 +ity an& a#e,
    , sou!ht the ,nner%ost, an& #ith 1o#e& hea&
    To that heart-hi&&en &ee+ Do&ona s+e&
    Whence3orth #e sense the %otions o3 the la#.
    Then #as , %a&e a#are that nothin! &ies.
    Throu!h all the Boun&s o3 Bein! starry-#rou!ht,
    Fro% -e!ulus that rules the eastern skies
    To #est#ar& 3iery-3oa%in! Fo%alhaut,
    There is no eEit out o3 1ein!: nau!ht
    Goes &o#n, 1ut in its hour shall surely rise.
    II.
    6 Mercy %i!htier than the cree&s have !uesse&
    Governs the seHuences o3 %ortal 1irth:
    That #hich #e %ourne& o3 valour, ar&our, %irth,
    The %artyr&o%s, the !enius uneE+resse&,
    Cut o33 at Death:s i%%uta1le 1ehest
    Where the *eas #ee+ 1etraye&, #here 3ettere& ;arth
    )ies an!uishe&, yet shall 1loo% an& 1ur!eon 3orth
    ut o3 Death:s ten&erness re-%ani3est.
    6 5anus-hea&e& 6n!el at the Gate,
    0e kee+s that sanctuary 3ro% +ain an& stri3e;
    0is other 3ace is 1irth; in&esecrate,
    0is silent te%+le cha%1ers all are ri3e
    With 1ein! an& 1eco%in!. 0i&&en )i3e
    Bi&es there in +eace its re3lorescence. WaitP
    - ?enneth Morris
    UFro% Theosophical 4orum, May 1F91V
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    W&"t is t&e Se!$?
    - 0. T. ;&!e
    26 sel3 is not so%ethin! you are en&o#e& #ith at 1irth. ,t is so%ethin! you are continually
    creatin! as you live your &ay-to-&ay li3e.2
    The a1ove #as 3oun& in The -eader?s 3i#est, an& is !iven as 1ein! a&a+te& 3ro% a 1ook
    calle& The %elf Fou >a*e to 'i*e )ith, 1y Win3re& -hoa&es. 6s #e &o not kno# #hat else the
    author %ay have sai&, #e cannot +resu%e to co%%ent on his vie#s; 1ut the Huotation serves
    as a convenient teEt 3or re%arks on the +ro1le% o3 #hat constitutes a *el3.
    There are those #ho ar!ue that the *el3 is si%+ly the su%-total o3 out %ental states, 1uilt
    u+ 1it 1y 1it in the #ay &escri1e&. ,n this case ho#ever the *el3 #oul& 1e a %ere a1straction,
    a noun o3 %ultitu&e as the !ra%%arians %i!ht say. r at 1est it #oul& 1e a %achine, %a&e 1y
    asse%1lin! +arts, instea& o3 1ein! an or!anis% #ith +arts 1uilt aroun& a vital !er%. "o
    or!anis% can 1e create& 1y the %ere asse%1la!e o3 +arts. We nee& to kno# #ho or #hat it
    is that 1rin!s all these various ele%ents to!ether an& unites the% into a #hole. The %ental
    states, ha1its, i&eas, e%otions, %e%ories, etc., &o not constitute the *el3, they &is+lay it. They
    are the !ar%ents in #hich the *el3 clothes itsel3. When &issolution takes +lace, it is certain
    that the +hantas%a!oria #hich #e have 1een callin! oursel3 #ill &issolve; 1ut this &oes not
    %ean that nothin! #ill 1e le3t. ,t %eans a chan!e si%ilar to #hat #e un&er!o &urin! li3e, 1ut o3
    a !reater &e!ree. Mysel3 o3 to&ay is the sa%e, an& yet not the sa%e, as %ysel3 o3 3orty years
    a!o. "o &ou1t the ulti%ate *el3, the 6t%an, is a universal +rinci+le; 1ut #e kno# that in each
    %an this *el3 !athers to itsel3 skan&has or attri1utes or vehicles 7one is o1li!e& to use va!ue
    #or&s8, #hich !ive to each hu%an 1ein! his o#n &istinct in&ivi&uality. When the attri1utes
    +eculiar to +hysical li3e are &is+erse&, there still re%ain attri1utes +ro+er to other +lanes. ur
    atte%+ts to i%a!ine this *el3, as it #ill 1e a3ter +hysical &eath, #ill re%ain &ece+tive an& 3utile
    until #e have li3te& so%e veils o3 initiation; an& even then it #ill not 1e +ossi1le to +ut #hat #e
    see into i&eas un&erstan&a1le to the or&inary intellect. What #e learn in 1ooks is like a %a+
    o3 the country #hich #e shall enter; it +oints the #ay 1ut &oes not reveal the &etails.
    UTheosophical 4orum+ Fe1ruary, 1F91V
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    On t&e De#"' o$ t&e Art o$ 0'ing
    - Mark T#ain
    U;ssay, 3or Discussion, rea& at a %eetin! o3 the 0istorical an& 6ntiHuarian Clu1 o3
    0art3or&, an& 33ere& 3or the thirty-&ollar +riAe...V
    1serve, , &o not %ean to su!!est that the custo% o3 lyin! has su33ere& any &ecay or
    interru+tion - no, 3or the )ie, as a Iirtue, a $rinci+le, is eternal; the )ie, as a recreation, a
    solace, a re3u!e in ti%e o3 nee&, the 3ourth Grace, the tenth Muse, %an:s 1est an& surest
    3rien&, is i%%ortal, an& cannot +erish 3ro% the earth #hile this Clu1 re%ains. My co%+laint
    si%+ly concerns the &ecay o3 the art o3 lyin!. "o hi!h-%in&e& %an, no %an o3 ri!ht 3eelin!,
    can conte%+late the lu%1erin! an& slovenly lyin! o3 the +resent &ay #ithout !rievin! to see a
    no1le art so +rostitute&. ,n this veteran +resence , naturally enter u+on this the%e #ith
    &i33i&ence; it is like an ol& %ai& tryin! to teach nursery %atters to the %others in ,srael. ,t
    #oul& not 1eco%e %e to criticiAe you, !entle%en, #ho are nearly all MD el&ers - an& %y
    su+eriors, in this thin! - an& so, i3 , shoul& here an& there seem to &o it, , trust it #ill in %ost
    cases 1e %ore in a s+irit o3 a&%iration than o3 3ault-3in&in!; in&ee& i3 this 3inest o3 the 3ine arts
    ha& every#here receive& the attention, encoura!e%ent, an& conscientious +ractice an&
    &evelo+%ent #hich this Clu1 has &evote& to it, , shoul& not nee& to utter this la%ent, or she&
    a sin!le tear. , &o not say this to 3latter: , say it in a s+irit o3 >ust an& a++reciative reco!nition.
    U,t ha& 1een %y intention, at this +oint, to %ention na%es an& !ive illustrative s+eci%ens, 1ut
    in&ications o1serva1le a1out %e a&%onishe& %e to 1e#are o3 +articulars an& con3ine %ysel3
    to !eneralities.V
    "o 3act is %ore 3ir%ly esta1lishe& than that lyin! is a necessity o3 our circu%stances - the
    &e&uction that it is then a Iirtue !oes #ithout sayin!. "o virtue can reach its hi!hest
    use3ulness #ithout care3ul an& &ili!ent cultivation - there3ore, it !oes #ithout sayin!, that this
    one ou!ht to 1e tau!ht in the +u1lic schools - at the 3iresi&e - even in the ne#s+a+ers. What
    chance has the i!norant, uncultivate& liar a!ainst the e&ucate& eE+ert. What chance have ,
    a!ainst Mr. $er... - a!ainst a la#yer. !udicious lyin! is #hat the #orl& nee&s. , so%eti%es
    think it #ere even 1etter an& sa3er not to lie at all than to lie in>u&iciously. 6n a#k#ar&,
    unscienti3ic lie is o3ten as ine33ectual as the truth.
    "o# let us see #hat the +hiloso+hers say. "ote that venera1le +rover1: Chil&ren an&
    3ools al#ays s+eak the truth. The &e&uction is +lain - a&ults an& #ise +ersons never s+eak it.
    $ark%an, the historian, says, 2The +rinci+le 3 truth %ay itsel3 1e carrie& into an a1sur&ity.2 ,n
    another $lace in the sa%e cha+ter he says, 2The sayin! is ol& that truth shoul& not 1e s+oken
    at all ti%es: an& those #ho% a sick conscience #orries into ha1itual violation o3 the %aEi%
    are i%1eciles an& nuisances.2 ,t is stron! lan!ua!e, 1ut true. "one o3 us coul& live #ith a
    ha1itual truth-teller; 1ut thank !oo&ness none o3 us has to. 6n ha1itual truth-teller is si%+ly an
    i%+ossi1le creature; he &oes not eEist; he never has eEiste&. 3 course there are +eo+le #ho
    think they never lie, 1ut it is not so - an& this i!norance is one o3 the very thin!s that sha%e
    our so-calle& civiliAation, ;very1o&y lies - every &ay; every hour; a#ake; aslee+; in his
    &rea%s; in his >oy; in his %ournin!; i3 he kee+s his ton!ue still, his han&s, his 3eet, his eyes,
    his attitu&e, #ill convey &ece+tion - an& +ur+osely. ;ven in ser%ons - 1ut that is a +latitu&e.
    ,n a 3ar country #here , once live& the la&ies use& to !o aroun& +ayin! calls, un&er the
    hu%an an& kin&ly +retense o3 #antin! to see each other; an& #hen they returne& ho%e, they
    #oul& cry out #ith a !la& voice, sayin!, 2We %a&e siEteen calls an& 3oun& 3ourteen o3 the%
    out2 - not %eanin! that they 3oun& out anythin! a!ainst the 3ourteen - no, that #as only a
    colloHuial +hrase to si!ni3y that they #ere not at ho%e - an& their %anner o3 sayin! it
    eE+resse& their lively satis3action in that 3act. "o# their +retense o3 #antin! to see the
    3ourteen - an& the other t#o #ho% they ha& 1een less lucky #ith - #as that co%%onest an&
    %il&est 3or% o3 lyin! #hich is su33iciently &escri1e& as a &e3lection 3ro% the truth. ,s it
    >usti3ia1le. Most certainly, ,t is 1eauti3ul, it is no1le; 3or its o1>ect is, not to rea+ +ro3it, 1ut to
    convey a +leasure to the siEteen. The iron-soule& truth-%on!er #oul& +lainly %ani3est, or
    even utter the 3act that he &i&n:t #ant to see those +eo+le - an& he #oul& 1e an ass, an&
    in3lict a totally unnecessary +ain. 6n& neEt, those la&ies in that 3ar country - 1ut never %in&,
    they ha& a thousan& +leasant #ays o3 lyin!, that !re# out o3 !entle i%+ulses, an& #ere a
    cre&it to their intelli!ence an& a honor to their hearts. )et the +articulars !o.
    The %en in that 3ar country #ere liars, every one. Their %ere ho#&y-&o #as a lie,
    1ecause they &i&n:t care ho# you &i&, eEce+t they #ere un&ertakers. To the or&inary inHuirer
    you lie& in return; 3or you %a&e no conscientious &ia!nosis o3 your case, 1ut ans#ere& at
    ran&o%, an& usually %isse& it consi&era1ly. Dou lie& to the un&ertaker, an& sai& your health
    #as 3ailin! - a #holly co%%en&a1le lie, since it cost you nothin! an& +lease& the other %an. ,3
    a stran!er calle& an& interru+te& you, you sai& #ith your hearty ton!ue, 2,:% !la& to see you,2
    an& sai& #ith your heartier soul, 2, #ish you #ere #ith the canni1als an& it #as &inner-ti%e.2
    When he #ent, you sai& re!ret3ully, 2Must you !o.2 an& 3ollo#e& it #ith a 2Call a!ain;2 1ut you
    &i& no har%, 3or you &i& not &eceive any1o&y nor in3lict any hurt, #hereas the truth #oul&
    have %a&e you 1oth unha++y.
    , think that all this courteous lyin! is a s#eet an& lovin! art, an& shoul& 1e cultivate&.
    The hi!hest +er3ection o3 +oliteness is only a 1eauti3ul e&i3ice, 1uilt, 3ro% the 1ase to the
    &o%e, o3 !race3ul an& !il&e& 3or%s o3 charita1le an& unsel3ish lyin!.
    What , 1e%oan is the !ro#in! +revalence o3 the 1rutal truth. )et us &o #hat #e can to
    era&icate it. 6n in>urious truth has no %erit over an in>urious lie. "either shoul& ever 1e
    uttere&. The %an #ho s+eaks an in>urious truth lest his soul 1e not save& i3 he &o other#ise,
    shoul& re3lect that that sort o3 a soul is not strictly #orth savin!. The %an #ho tells a lie to
    hel+ a +oor &evil out o3 trou1le,
    --- 4
    is one o3 #ho% the an!els &ou1tless say. 2)o, here is an heroic soul #ho casts his o#n
    #el3are into >eo+ar&y to succor his nei!h1or:s; let us eEalt this %a!nani%ous liar.2
    6n in>urious lie is an unco%%en&a1le thin!; an& so, also, an& in the sa%e &e!ree, is
    an in>urious truth - a 3act #hich is reco!niAe& 1y the la# o3 li1el.
    6%on! other co%%on lies, #e have the silent lie - the &ece+tion #hich one conveys 1y
    si%+ly kee+in! still an& concealin! the truth. Many o1stinate truth-%on!ers in&ul!e in this
    &issi+ation, i%a!inin! that i3 they s+eak no lie, they lie not at all. ,n that 3ar country #here ,
    once live&, there #as a lovely s+irit, a la&y #hose i%+ulses #ere al#ays hi!h an& +ure, an&
    #hose character ans#ere& to the%. ne &ay , #as there at &inner, an& re%arke&, in a
    !eneral #ay, that #e are all liars. *he #as a%aAe&, an& sai&, 2"ot all.2 ,t #as 1e3ore
    2$ina3ore:s2 ti%e, so , &i& not %ake the res+onse #hich #oul& naturally 3ollo# in our &ay, 1ut
    3rankly sai&, 2Des, all - #e are all liars; there are no eEce+tions.2 *he looke& al%ost o33en&e&,
    an& sai&, 2Why, &o you inclu&e %e.2 2Certainly,2 , sai&. 2, think you even rank as an eE+ert.2
    *he sai&, 2:*h - :shP The chil&renP2 *o the su1>ect #as chan!e& in &e3erence to the chil&ren:s
    +resence, an& #e #ent on talkin! a1out other thin!s. But as soon as the youn! +eo+le #ere
    out o3 the #ay, the la&y ca%e #ar%ly 1ack to the %atter an& sai&, 2, have %a&e it the rule o3
    %y li3e to never tell a lie; an& , have never &e+arte& 3ro% it in a sin!le instance.2 , sai&, 2, &on:t
    %ean the least har% or &isres+ect, 1ut really you have 1een lyin! like s%oke ever since ,:ve
    1een sittin! here. ,t has cause& %e a !oo& &eal o3 +ain, 1ecause , a% not use& to it.2 *he
    reHuire& o3 %e an instance - >ust a sin!le instance. *o , sai& -
    2Well, here is the un3ille& &u+licate o3 the 1lank #hich the aklan& hos+ital +eo+le sent
    to you 1y the han& o3 the sick-nurse #hen she ca%e here to nurse your little ne+he# throu!h
    his &an!erous illness. This 1lank asks all %anner o3 Huestions as to the con&uct o3 that sick-
    nurse: :Di& she ever slee+ on her #atch. Di& she ever 3or!et to !ive the %e&icine.: an& so
    3orth an& so on. Dou are #arne& to 1e very care3ul an& eE+licit in your ans#ers, 3or the
    #el3are o3 the service reHuires that the nurses 1e +ro%+tly 3ine or other#ise +unishe& 3or
    &erelictions. Dou tol& %e D/ #ere +er3ectly &eli!hte& #ith that nurse - that she ha& a
    thousan& +er3ections an& only one 3ault: you 3oun& you never coul& &e+en& on her #ra++in!
    5ohnny u+ hal3 su33iciently #hile he #aite& in a chilly chair 3or her to rearran!e the #ar% 1e&,
    Dou 3ille& u+ the &u+licate o3 this +a+er, an& sent it 1ack to the hos+ital 1y the han& o3 the
    nurse. 0o# &i& you ans#er this Huestion - :Was the nurse at any ti%e !uilty o3 a ne!li!ence
    #hich #as likely to result in the +atient:s takin! col&.: Co%e - everythin! is &eci&e& 1y a 1et
    here in Cali3ornia: ten &ollars to ten cents you lie& #hen you ans#ere& that Huestion.2 *he
    sai&, 2, &i&n:t; 2 left it blanP: 25ust so - you have tol& a silent lie; you have le3t it to 1e in3erre&
    that you ha& no 3ault to 3in& in that %atter,2 *he sai&, 2h, #as that a lie. 6n& ho# coul& ,
    %ention her one sin!le 3ault, an& she so !oo&. - it #oul& have 1een cruel.2 , sai&, 2ne ou!ht
    al#ays to lie, #hen one can &o !oo& 1y it; your i%+ulse #as ri!ht, 1ut your >u&!%ent #as
    cru&e; this co%es o3 unintelli!ent +ractice. "o# o1serve the result o3 this ineE+ert &e3lection
    o3 yours. Dou kno# Mr. 5ones:s Willie is lyin! very lo# #ith scarlet-3ever; #ell, your
    reco%%en&ation #as so enthusiastic that the !irl is there nursin! hi%, an& the #orn-out
    3a%ily have all 1een trustin!ly soun& aslee+ 3or the last 3ourteen hours, leavin! their &arlin!
    #ith 3ull con3i&ence in those 3atal han&s, 1ecause you, like youn! Geor!e Washin!ton, have a
    re+uta... - 0o#ever, i3 you are not !oin! to have anythin! to &o, , #ill co%e aroun& to%orro#
    an& #e:ll atten& the 3uneral to!ether, 3or, o3 course, you:ll natural 3eel a +eculiar interest in
    Willie:s case - as +ersonal a one, in 3act, as the un&ertaker.2
    But that #as all lost. Be3ore , #as hal3-#ay throu!h she #as in a carria!e an& %akin!
    thirty %iles an hour to#ar& the 5ones %ansion to save #hat #as le3t o3 Willie an& tell all she
    kne# a1out the &ea&ly nurse. 6ll o3 #hich #as unnecessary, as Willie #asn:t sick; , ha& 1een
    lyin! %ysel3. But that sa%e &ay, all the sa%e, she sent a line to the hos+ital #hich 3ille& u+ the
    ne!lecte& 1lank, an& state& the 3acts, too in the sHuarest +ossi1le %anner.
    "o#, you see, this la&y:s 3ault #as not in lyin!, 1ut only in lyin! in>u&iciously. *he shoul&
    have tol& the truth, there, an& %a&e it u+ to the nurse #ith a 3rau&ulent co%+li%ent 3urther
    alon! in the +a+er. *he coul& have sai&, 2,n one res+ect this sick-nurse is +er3ection - #hen
    she is on #atch, she never snores.2 6l%ost any little +leasant lie #oul& have taken the stin!
    out o3 that trou1leso%e 1ut necessary eE+ression o3 the truth.
    )yin! is universal - #e all &o it; #e all %ust &o it. There3ore, the #ise thin! is 3or us
    &ili!ently to train ourselves to lie thou!ht3ully, >u&iciously; to lie #ith a !oo& o1>ect, an& not an
    evil one; to lie 3or others: a&vanta!e, an& not our o#n; to lie healin!ly, charita1ly, hu%anely,
    not cruelly, hurt3ully, %aliciously; to lie !race3ully an& !raciously, not a#k#ar&ly an& clu%sily;
    to lie 3ir%ly, 3rankly, sHuarely, #ith hea& erect, not haltin!ly, tortuously, #ith +usillani%ous
    %ien, as 1ein! asha%e& o3 our hi!h callin!. Then shall #e 1e ri& o3 the rank an& +estilent
    truth that is rottin! the lan&, then shall #e 1e !reat an& !oo& an& 1eauti3ul, an& #orthy
    &#ellers in a #orl& #here even 1eni!n "ature ha1itually lies, eEce+t #hen she +ro%ises
    eEecra1le #eather. Then - But , a% 1ut a ne# an& 3ee1le stu&ent in this !racious art; , cannot
    instruct this Clu1.
    5okin! asi&e, , think there is %uch nee& o3 #ise eEa%ination into #hat sorts o3 lies are
    1est an& #holeso%est to 1e in&ul!e&, seein! #e %ust all lie an& &o all lie, an& #hat sorts it
    %ay 1e 1est to avoi& - an& this is a thin! #hich , 3eel , can con3i&ently +ut into the han&s o3
    this eE+erience& Clu1 - a ri+e 1o&y, #ho %ay 1e ter%e&, in this re!ar&, an& #ithout un&ue
    3latter, l& Masters.
    UFro% The 0nabrid#ed Mar T&ain, -unnin! $ress, 1FB=V
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    So+e R"n/o+ T&o%g&ts
    What is the 2*oul.2 ne has intuitions, 1ut the &i33iculty %ay 1e to +ut the i&eas into
    Theoso+hical ter%inolo!y. ,t is, , 1elieve, #hat is calle& the 2reincarnatin! e!o: in Theoso+hy.
    ,t #oul& see% the !oal o3 in&ivi&ual &evelo+%ent an& eventual a&e+thoo& is that the +ersonal
    in&ivi&ual +ers+ective a++roaches %ore an& %ore the vie#+oint o3 the *oul, rather than the
    li%ite& vie#+oint o3 the one-li3eti%e +ersonality #ith its relatively +etty concerns.
    Fro% the +ersonal +ers+ective li3e is un3air an& 3ull o3 +it3alls, &i33iculty an& every ne!ative
    thin!, inters+erse& #ith occasional >oy. ,n a one-li3eti%e +ers+ective an& 3ro% the vie#+oint o3
    a +ersonality, li3e is not 3air. While kar%a, in the eventuality o3 ti%e, +rovi&es 3or +er3ect >ustice
    - it is o1vious that 3ro% a one-li3eti%e vie#+oint that this +er3ect >ustice is not 3ul3ille& in the
    ti%e allotte&. *ince #ithin the Theoso+hical +ers+ective one %ust assu%e that there is
    eventual +er3ect >ustice, an& that it is a++arent that it is not reache& #ithin the li3eti%e o3 a
    +ersonality - one has to assu%e that the +ersonality - our 2lo#er sel3: - #ithin the sco+e o3
    earthli3e, is not a si!ni3icant consi&eration in the 1alance o3 "ature. The +ersonality is an
    arti3icial construction 3ro% one as+ect an& &oesn:t a++arently &eserve >ustice in "ature:s
    scales.
    6nother +ers+ective is that the +ersonal %an, lo#er sel3, receives >ustice in 2Devachan2
    a3ter &eath. ,n Theoso+hical teachin!s #e are tol& that this is a co%+letely su1>ective
    con&ition - a lan& o3 %ake-1elieve, that is su1>ectively eE+erience& as 1ein! >ust as real as
    our +hysical earth li3e, or our &rea%s. *o the >oys an& sorro#s o3 the +ersonal sel3 are a
    co%+letely su1>ective a++raisal se+arate 3ro% any -ealer value in "ature. ,n the values o3 the
    *oul, an earthly >oy %i!ht 1e a ne!ative, an& an earthly sorro#, a +ositive or learnin!
    eE+erience in o1tainin! a Truer an& lar!er a++raisal o3 eEistence an& the %eanin! o3 li3e.
    Ti+e5 When one thinks o3 the i%%ensity o3 thin!s, a certain %alaise can set in
    consi&erin! our %inuscule eE+erience in the !ran& sco+e. Ti%e eEten&s in3initely into the +ast
    an& in3initely into the 3uture - ,n3initelyP *o%e 1ein!, so%e !i!a-eon a!o #as settin! in 3ront o3
    his ty+in! %achine ty+in! these si%ilar thou!hts, an& his eEistence has cease& en&less a!es
    a!o, as our o#n #ill also. 5ust #hat is the si!ni3icance o3 the 3leetin! %o%ent, our 3leetin!
    in&ivi&uality, an& an eHually 3leetin! li3eti%e. There is in3inity in *+ace as #ell as in Ti%e, so
    the +ers+ective is truly the i%%ense co%+are& #ith the %inuscule.
    The 2no#2 is never cau!ht or 3ully eE+erience& an& !ras+e&. Where &oes the 3leetin!
    2no#2 !o #hen it 3orever Aoo%s 1y 3ro% the 3uture to the +ast. *ince there %ust 1e 5ustice in
    a /niverse o3 +er3ect or&er, ethical as #ell as +hysical, #here is the >ustice in this continual
    loss into nothin!ness o3 our eE+erience.
    *ince a++arent in>ustice can usually 1e solve& 1y an eE+ansion o3 +ers+ective, it is likely
    that Ti%e is actually an illusion o3 our li%ite& +ers+ective, an& that all eE+erience eEists ri!ht
    no# >ust as it al#ays has. "othin! is lost. The eE+eriences you ha& yester&ay, or ten years
    a!o, or ten li3eti%es a!o, or o3 1ein!s a !i!a-con a!o eEist in Ti%e-*+ace an& to so%e
    surveyin! consciousness >ust as %uch no#, an& +resently, as they &i& #hen eE+erience& 1y
    li%ite& consciousness. ;verythin! #e have ever eE+erience& eEists eternally an& is
    eE+erience& eternally on a su+erior level o3 consciousness. ur hu%an consciousness %ay
    1e 3ar %ore li%ite& in co%+arison to a Dhyan Chohans than an ant:s see%s to us.
    9%//&is+5 *o%e#here Blavatsky states that the )o&!e that s+onsore& her, ever since
    the ti%e o3 Tson!ka+a, %akes an e33ort in the last (< years o3 each century to elevate the
    West, to s+rea& ne# i&eas an& sti%ulate the all-too-%aterialistic West:s s+iritual nature.
    Durin! the tale-en& o3 the 1Fth century, Blavatsky an& the Theoso+hical *ociety &i& set the
    West on its ear an& 1rin! in a #ealth o3 i&eas that no# are co%%on kno#le&!e. Fe# &re# as
    %uch +u1lic attention an& s+eculation &urin! her ti%e as Blavatsky &i&. This century,
    ho#ever, there:s 1een no s+otli!ht on Theoso+hy an& +ress attention has &#in&le& as to 1e
    al%ost noneEistent eEce+t in scholarly circles. There:s 1een no outstan&in! Theoso+hical
    3i!ures in !eneral +u1lic a++reciation in this last (< years. ,3 such an e33ort is %a&e 1y the
    )o&!e in the last Huarter o3 every century one #oul& have to 1e stu11ornly 1lin& to think it has
    1een %a&e throu!h the Theoso+hical *ocieties or +hiloso+hy in the (G century.
    The one ;astern s+iritual +resence that has receive&
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    #orl& attention over the last (< years, ho#ever, is Bu&&his% an& the Dalai )a%a. Bu&&his%
    even in its eEoteric 3or% is %ost in a!ree%ent #ith Theoso+hy o3 any o3 the %a>or reli!ions,
    an& the 6&e+ts 1ehin& the Theoso+hical Move%ent re3erre& to the%selves as Bu&&hists.
    While 3i!ures are not at han&, it a++ears to 1e the 3astest !ro#in! reli!ion a%on! the
    e&ucate& West.
    Blavatsky state& so%e#here that she inten&e& to &o 3urther #ritin!s o3 a +ractical nature,
    #hich she +resu%a1ly &ie& 1e3ore she #as a1le to acco%+lish. "ineteenth century
    Theoso+hy #as al%ost eEclusively o3 a theoretical an& +hiloso+hic nature, #hile Bu&&his% is
    +ri%arily a +ractical reli!ion, #ith a #ealth o3 %e&iation +ractices an& also instruction as to
    carryin! out a li3e o3 co%+assion, et. al. in &aily li3e. Fro% this an!le Bu&&his% %i!ht 1e seen
    as 3urther +ractical instruction to co%+lete the theoretical instruction !iven in 1Fth century
    Theoso+hy.
    The (< year cycle is all 1ut over an& it see%s likely the ne!ative an& cyclic reaction to its
    +ositive in3luence is alrea&y u+on us. Fro% the +revalence o3 evi&ence, an& one %i!ht clai%
    intuition also, it a++ears that the e33ort in the West 1y the )o&!e #ho su++orte& Blavatsky last
    century has 1een throu!h Bu&&his% this ti%e aroun&.
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    S%i#i/e Is Not De"t&
    - W. J. 5u&!e
    6s a stu&ent o3 Theoso+hy an& hu%an nature , have 1een intereste& in the &iscussion o3
    the su1>ect o3 sel3-%ur&er to #hich The )orld has !iven +lace in its colu%ns. The eloHuent
    a!nostic, Col. ,n!ersoll, +lante& his vie#s in the !roun& #ith the roots o3 the% in the !rave,
    !ivin! the +oor felo de se nothin! 1eyon& the col& earth to cheer hi% in his act, save +erha+s
    the co#ar&ly chance o3 esca+e, 3ro% res+onsi1ility or +ain. Those #ho, as "y% Crinkle says,
    occu+y the%selves #ith re+lyin! to Col. ,n!ersoll 3all 1ack on the %ere assertion that it is a
    sin to kill the 1o&y in #hich the )or& sa# 3it to con3ine a %an. "either o3 these vie#s is either
    satis3actory or scienti3ic.
    ,3 suici&e is to 1e a++rove& it can only 1e on the !roun& that the %an is only a 1o&y,
    #hich, 1ein! a clo&, %ay #ell 1e +ut out o3 its su33erin!s. Fro% this it #oul& 1e an easy ste+ to
    >usti3y the killin! o3 other 1o&ies that %ay 1e in the #ay, or ol&, or insane, or &ecre+it, or
    vicious. For i3 the %ass o3 clay calle& 1o&y is all that #e are, i3 %an is not a s+irit un1orn an&
    chan!eless in essence, then #hat #ron! can there 1e in &estroyin! it #hen you o#n it, or are
    it, an& ho# easy to 3in& !oo& an& su33icient reason 3or &is+osin! si%ilarly o3 others. The +riest
    con&e%ns suici&e, 1ut one %ay 1e a Christian an& yet hol& the o+inion that a Huick release
    3ro% earth 1rin!s +ossi1le heaven several years nearer. The Christian is not &eterre& 3ro%
    suici&e 1y any !oo& reasons a&vance& in his reli!ion, 1ut rather 3ro% co#ar&ice. Death,
    #henever natural or 3orce&, has 1eco%e a terror, is na%e& 2The ?in! o3 Terrors.2 This is
    1ecause, althou!h a va!ue heaven is o33ere& on the other si&e, li3e an& &eath are so little
    un&erstoo& that %en ha& rather 1ear the ills they kno# than 3ly to others #hich are 3eare&
    throu!h i!norance o3 #hat those are.
    *uici&e, like any other %ur&er is a sin 1ecause it is a su&&en &istur1ance o3 the har%ony
    o3 the #orl&. ,t is a sin 1ecause it &e3eats nature. "ature eEists 3or the sake o3 the soul an& 3or
    no other reason, it has the &esi!n, so to say, o3 !ivin! the soul eE+erience an& sel3-
    consciousness. These can only 1e ha& 1y %eans o3 a 1o&y throu!h #hich the soul co%es in
    contact #ith nature; an& to violently sever the connection 1e3ore the natural ti%e &e3eats the
    ai% o3 nature, 3or the +resent co%+ellin! her, 1y her o#n slo# +rocesses, to restore the task
    le3t un3inishe&. 6n& as those +rocesses %ust !o on throu!h the soul that +er%itte& the
    %ur&er, %ore +ain an& su33erin! %ust 3ollo#.
    6n& the &istur1ance o3 the !eneral har%ony is a !reater sin than %ost %en think. They
    consi&er the%selves alone, as se+arate, as not connecte& #ith others. But they are
    connecte& throu!hout the #hole #orl& #ith all other souls an& %in&s. 6 su1tle, actual,
    +o#er3ul 1an& links the% all to!ether, an& the instant one o3 all these %illions &istur1 the link,
    the #hole %ass 3eels it 1y reaction throu!h soul an& %in&, an& can only return to a nor%al
    state throu!h a +ain3ul a&>ust%ent. This a&>ust%ent is on the unseen, 1ut all-i%+ortant, +lanes
    o3 1ein! in #hich the real %an eEists. Thus each %ur&erer o3 sel3 or o3 another i%+oses on
    entire hu%anity an un>usti3ia1le 1ur&en. Fro% this in>ustice he cannot esca+e, 3or his 1o&y:s
    &eath &oes not cut hi% o33 3ro% the rest; it only +laces hi%, &e+rive& o3 nature:s instru%ents,
    in the clutch o3 la#s that are +o#er3ul an& i%+laca1le, ceaseless in their o+eration an&
    co%+ulsory in their &e%an&s.
    *uici&e is a hu!e 3olly, 1ecause it +laces the co%%iter o3 it in an in3initely #orse +osition
    than he #as in, un&er the con&itions 3ro% #hich he 3oolishly ho+e& to esca+e. ,t is not &eath.
    ,t is only a leavin! o3 one #ell-kno#n house in 3a%iliar surroun&in!s to !o into a ne# +lace
    #here terror an& &es+air alone have +lace. ,t is 1ut a +reli%inary &eath &one to the clay,
    #hich is +ut in the 2col& e%1race o3 the !rave,2 leavin! the %an hi%sel3 nake& an& alive, 1ut
    out o3 %ortal li3e an& not in either heaven or hell.
    The Theoso+hist sees that %an is a co%+leE 1ein! 3ull o3 3orces an& 3aculties, #hich he
    uses in a 1o&y on earth. The 1o&y is only a +art o3 his clothin!; he hi%sel3 lives also in other
    +laces. ,n slee+ he lives in one, a#akes in another, in thou!ht in another. 0e is a three3ol&
    1ein! o3 1o&y, soul an& s+irit. 6n& this trinity can 1e &ivi&e& a!ain into its necessary seven
    constituents. 6n& >ust as he is three3ol&, so also is nature - %aterial, +sychical or astral, an&
    s+iritual. The %aterial +art o3 nature !overns the 1o&y, the +sychical a33ects the soul, an& the
    s+irit lives in the s+iritual, all 1ein! 1oun& to!ether. Were #e 1ut 1o&ies, #e %i!ht #ell co%%it
    the% to %aterial nature an& the !rave, 1ut i3 #e rush out o3 the %aterial #e %ust +ro>ect
    ourselves into the +sychical or astral. 6n& as all nature +rocee&s #ith re!ularity un&er the
    !overn%ent o3 la#, #e kno# that each co%1ination has its o#n ter% o3 li3e 1e3ore a natural
    an& easy se+aration o3 the co%+onent +arts can take +lace. 6 tree or a %ineral or a %an is a
    co%1ination o3 ele%ents or +arts, an& each %ust have its +ro>ecte& li3e ter%. ,3 #e violently
    an& +re%aturely cut the% o33 one 3ro% the other, certain conseHuences %ust ensue. ;ach
    constituent reHuires its o#n ti%e 3or &issolution. 6n& suici&e 1ein! a violent &estruction o3 the
    3irst ele%ent - 1o&y - the other t#o, o3 soul an& s+irit, are le3t #ithout their natural instru%ent.
    The %an then is 1ut hal3 &ea&, an& is co%+elle& 1y the la# o3 his o#n 1ein! to #ait until the
    natural ter% is reache&.
    The 3ate o3 the suici&e is horri1le in !eneral. 0e has cut hi%sel3 o33 3ro% his 1o&y 1y
    usin! %echanical %eans that a33ect the 1o&y, 1ut cannot touch the real %an. 0e then is
    +ro>ecte& into the astral #orl&, 3or he has to live so%e#here. There the re%orseless la#,
    #hich acts really 3or his !oo&, co%+els hi% to #ait until he can +ro+erly &ie. "aturally he %ust
    #ait, hal3 &ea&, the %onths or years #hich, in the or&er o3 nature, #oul& have rolle& over hi%
    1e3ore 1o&y an& soul an& s+irit coul& ri!htly se+arate. 0e 1eco%es a sha&e; he lives in
    +ur!atory, so to say, calle& 1y the Theoso+hist the 2+lace o3 &esire an& +assion,2 or 2?a%a
    )oka.2 0e eEists in the astral real% entirely, eaten u+ 1y his o#n thou!hts. Continually
    re+eatin! in vivi&
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    thou!hts the act 1y #hich he trie& to sto+ his li3e:s $il!ri%a!e, he at the sa%e ti%e sees the
    +eo+le an& the +lace he le3t, 1ut is not a1le to co%%unicate #ith any one eEce+t, no# an&
    then, #ith so%e +oor sensitive, #ho o3ten is 3ri!htene& 1y the visit. 6n& o3ten he 3ills the
    %in&s o3 livin! +ersons #ho %ay 1e sensitive to his thou!hts #ith the +icture o3 his o#n takin!
    o33, occasionally lea&in! the% to co%%it u+on the%selves the act o3 #hich he #as !uilty.
    To +ut it theoso+hically, the suici&e has cut hi%sel3 o33 on one si&e 3ro% the 1o&y an& li3e
    #hich #ere necessary 3or his eE+erience an& evolution, an& on the other, 3ro% his s+irit, his
    !ui&e an& 2Father in heaven.2 0e is co%+ose& no# o3 astral 1o&y, #hich is o3 !reat tensile
    stren!th, in3or%e& an& in3la%e& 1y his +assions an& &esires. But a +ortion o3 his %in&, calle&
    %anas, is #ith hi%. 0e can think an& +erceive, 1ut, i!norant o3 ho# to use the 3orces o3 that
    real%, he is s#e+t hither an& thither, una1le to !ui&e hi%sel3. 0is #hole nature is in &istress,
    an& #ith it to a certain &e!ree the #hole o3 hu%anity, 3or throu!h the s+irit all are unite&. Thus
    he !oes on, until the la# o3 nature actin! on his astral 1o&y, that 1e!ins to &ie; an& then he
    3alls into a stee+ 3ro% #hich he a#akens in ti%e 3or a season o3 rest 1e3ore 1e!innin! once
    %ore a li3e on earth. ,n his neEt reincarnation he %ay, i3 he sees 3it, retrieve or co%+ensate or
    su33er over a!ain.
    There is no esca+e 3ro% res+onsi1ility. The 2s#eet e%1race o3 the #et clay2 is a
    &elusion. ,t is 1etter to 1ravely acce+t the inevita1le, since it %ust 1e &ue to our e33orts in
    other ol&er lives, an& 3ill every &uty, try to i%+rove all o++ortunity. To teach suici&e is a sin, 3or
    it lea&s so%e to co%%it it. To +rohi1it it #ithout reason is useless, 3or our %in&s %ust have
    reasons 3or &oin! or not &oin!. 6n& i3 #e literally construe the #or&s o3 the Bi1le, then there
    #e 3in& it says no %ur&erer has a +lace 1ut in hell. *uch constructions satis3y 1ut 3e# in an
    a!e o3 critical investi!ation an& har& analysis. But !ive %en the key to their o#n natures,
    sho# the% ho# la# !overns 1oth here an& 1eyon& the !rave, an& their !oo& sense #ill &o
    the rest. 6n illo!ical ne+enthe o3 the !rave is as 3oolish as an illo!ical heaven 3or nothin!.
    UEchoes of the /rient ,,, ++. ((1-(9V
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    Wi!! N Desire
    The inter+lay 1et#een Will an& Desire is a %ost %ysterious su1>ect. While the +hrase
    2Behin& Will stan&s Desire2 is use3ul in eE+lainin! %ass-action, #hen s+eakin! o3 +eo+le #ith
    a %ission, or vo#, or +ro%ise, the +ro1le% 1eco%es %ore co%+leE, as 0$B sho#s in Iolu%e
    , o3 'ucifer, +. F=:
    2Will is the eEclusive +ossession o3 %an on this our +lane o3 consciousness. ,t &ivi&es
    hi% 3ro% the 1rute in #ho% instinctive &esire only is active.
    2Desire, in its #i&est a++lication, is the one creative 3orce in the /niverse. ,n this sense it
    is in&istin!uisha1le 3ro% Will; 1ut #e %en never kno# &esire un&er this 3or% #hile #e re%ain
    only %en. There3ore Will an& Desire are here consi&ere& as o++ose&.
    2Thus Will is the o33s+rin! o3 the Divine, the Go& in %an; Desire the %otive +o#er o3 the
    ani%al li3e.
    2Most o3 %en live in an& 1y &esire, %istakin! it 3or #ill. But he #ho #oul& achieve %ust
    se+arate #ill 3ro% &esire, an& %ake his #ill the ruler; 3or &esire is unsta1le an& ever chan!in!,
    #hile #ill is stea&y an& constant.
    2Both #ill an& &esire are a1solute creators+ 3or%in! the %an hi%sel3 an& his
    surroun&in!s. But #ill creates intelli!ently - &esire 1lin&ly an& unconsciously. The %an,
    there3ore, %akes hi%sel3 in the i%a!e o3 his &esires, unless he creates hi%sel3 in the likeness
    o3 the Divine, throu!h his #ill, the chil& o3 the li!ht.
    20is task is t#o3ol&: to a#aken the #ill, to stren!then it 1y use an& conHuest, to %ake it
    a1solute ruler #ithin his 1o&y; an&, +arallel #ith this, to +uri3y &esire.
    2?no#le&!e an& #ill are the tools 3or the acco%+lish%ent o3 this +uri3ication.2
    - Fro% ?an&alavala
    UBCW I,,,, +. 1GFV
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    CON41R1NC1S5
    1/+onton T. S.5
    6 Call 3or $a+ers on
    The '"r3- *( I(!$ue(ce "! H1 P1 B$*2*t-3/
    =A 4orum 4or 7resentations and /pen 3ialo#ue=
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    the +resentation o3 +reviously un+u1lishe& +a+ers 3ocusin! on #hat 0.$. Blavatsky +resente&
    an&Sor her in3luence on (Gth century thou!ht in the 3iel&s o3 science, literature, art, %usic,
    reli!ion, +hiloso+hy, health, +sycholo!y, sociolo!y, etc. Gui&elines 3or +a+ers are availa1le
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    intentions to +artici+ate. The &ea&line 3or su1%issions is March 41, 1FFC.
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    1ooke& an& a 1lock o3 roo%s reserve& at reasona1le rates 3or those atten&in! an& their
    3a%ilies. The hotel is conveniently locate& a short &istance 3ro% ;&%onton ,nternational
    6ir+ort, an& also +rovi&es a shuttle service 3or !uests.
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    2i/*est 4e/er"tion- TSA5
    T&ir/ Se#ret Do#trine S'+,osi%+
    klaho%a City, May (1-(9, 1FFC
    The year o3 1FFC is the 11Gth anniversary o3 the +u1lication o3 0.$. Blavatsky:s The
    %ecret 3octrine 7*.D.8, #hich #as +u1lishe& in 1CCC. We #ill honor the occasion #ith the thir&
    sy%+osiu% in the /.*. on the *.D. in recent years. 0.$.B.:s intention in her source 1ook o3
    esoteric +hiloso+hy #as to 1rin! to the hi!hest %in&s a 3ar-reachin! vision an& cuttin!-e&!e
    un&erstan&in! o3 our universe an& our o#n hu%anity. This sy%+osiu% is 1ein! or!aniAe& to
    3urther this vision.
    The 3irst sy%+osiu% #as hel& in *an Die!o, 5uly (1-((, 1FC9. There #ere 1B +a+ers 3ro%
    9 countries. The +rocee&in!s #ere +u1lishe& as the %ymposium on >75?s %ecret 3octrine,
    WiAar&s Bookshel3, *an Die!o, 1FC9, U6vaila1le 3ro% 7roto#onos - e&.V The secon&
    sy%+osiu% #as calle& the %ecret 3octrine (entenary$ ,t #as hel& cto1er (F-4G, 1FCC, in
    $asa&ena, Cali3ornia. The -e+ort o3 +rocee&in!s #as +u1lishe& 1y The Theoso+hical
    *ociety, $asa&ena, Cali3ornia, /.*.6.
    Call For $a+ers: We invite +artici+ation 1y all serious stu&ents o3 the *.D. #ho are
    intereste& in or involve& in theoso+hic #ork 3e&eration #i&e, nation#i&e, or #orl&#i&e, For
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    +ro+osal 1y %entionin! title, a 1rie3 syno+sis, an& a &ra3t outline. UThese &ea&lines are
    so%eti%es co%+ro%ise&. - e&.V 7(8 *en& in 71y May 1, 1FFC8 the 3inal #ritten +a+er 3or
    +u1lication.
    6 co%%ittee #ill revie# those titles su1%itte& 1y 5anuary 41 an& %ake a selection 3or
    those to 1e +resente& at the con3erence. ,t is eE+ecte& that there #ill 1e %ore +a+ers than
    ti%e to &eliver all o3 the% orally....
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    s+onsors. -e!istration costs #ill 1e ke+t lo# to encoura!e +artici+ation 7R4<8, an& there3ore,
    3inancial su++ort 3ro% s+onsors to &e3ray %ailin! costs, etc., #ill 1e !rate3ully acce+te&.
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    0el+P
    Ienue an& 6cco%%o&ations: This sy%+osiu% #ill 1e hel& at the 1eauti3ul *aint Francis
    $astoral Center, klaho%a City. U6rch&iocese $astoral Center, B<G1 "W ;E+ress#ayV Details
    3or 3oo& an& lo&!in! #ill 1e %a&e availa1le in the %eetin! announce%ent to 1e &istri1ute&
    early in 1FFC. This announce%ent #ill inclu&e a +reli%inary +ro!ra% an& a call 3or
    re!istration.
    Make inHuiries to: Mi&#est Fe&eration, T*6, "ancy Blott, $resi&ent, 1GG *; Fth, *uite
    FG(, To+eka, ?* ===1(
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    ^htt+:SSour#orl&.co%+userve.co%Sho%e+a!esSastrycker_
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    T&e S"int o$ t&e An/es
    ,3 %en can 1e classi3ie& into various 2ty+es2 7an& they o1viously can8, #e #oul& +ro1a1ly
    +lace 5ohnny )ove#is&o%, o3 ;cua&or, *outh 6%erica, in the 25ohn the Ba+tist2 class. 61ove
    are re+ro&uce& t#o +hoto!ra+hs taken on the 1G<th an& the siE-%onth seventeenth-&ays o3 a
    23ast2 7or al%ost8 o3 nothin! 1ut t#enty +er-cent 3ruit >uice an& ei!hty +ercent +ure #ater. 3
    course 3ruit >uice, itsel3, is %ostly all #ater, This 3ast #as con&ucte& in Cali3ornia, an& his
    #ei!ht #ent 3ro% (GG +oun&s to 14< &urin! the siE %onths.
    5ohnny is an i&ealist in the hi!hest sense o3 the #or&, an& he has travele& the tro+ical
    countries 3or %any years... seekin! an 2;&enic2 haven 3or 3ru!ivorous %an. 0e al%ost &ie&
    1e3ore learnin! that hot, hu%i&, tro+ical lo#lan&s are &ea&ly... es+ecially to #hite %en. Mal-
    aria 71a&-air8 is 3oun& at lo# levels an& it is 1est to live in the hi!hlan&s o3 the south, #hich
    are su1-tro+ical. 6t +resent, 5ohnny is ur!in! i&ealists to co%e to ;cua&or... leavin! the
    2a1o%inations o3 Ba1ylon,2 that cut li3e short, in 6%erica. The a&vice o3 5esus to 23lee to the
    %ountains2 &urin! these last o3 the 2latter &ays,2 !ives a&&e& e%+hasis to his a&vice. The
    3ollo#in! is an article a1out 5ohnny, #hich #as +u1lishe& in 2*e2 %a!aAine, o3 *#e&en,
    *e+te%1er 1, 1F9C, an& #ritten 1y Mr. -. Bloo%1er!:
    2:h yes, +eculiar, hu%an 1ein!s,:2 re%arke& one o3 %y ;cua&orean 3rien&s the other &ay,
    :have you ever hear& a1out the craAy 6%erican #ho 3or three years has 1een livin! as a
    her%it at a crater lake hi!h u+ in the 6n&ies. The ,n&ians in the vicinity call hi% a &e%on, or
    >ust +lain %a& !rin!o.: 7Grin!o is the +o+ular na%e 3or a 3orei!n +erson here, an& in ;cua&or
    the #or& :!rin!o: &oesn:t have the 1a& rin! it has in MeEico8... 5ohnny )oveWis&o% is t#o
    %eters in hei!ht, has a 1ear& an& lon! hair, !oes a1out 1are3oot, an& is &resse& in a +oncho.
    0e lives in a !rass hut an& eats only ve!eta1les, %ostly ra#, an& at lon! intervals eats
    nothin! at all - yes, he is, as you hear, not all thereP
    2,t is al#ays 3ascinatin! to %eet hu%an 1ein!s that are not cut out a3ter stan&ar&
    %easure%ents - ori!inal characters - an& #hat , 3oun& out a1out this 2%a& !rin!o2 as a result.
    ,t #as #in&y an& icy col& u+ there an& , thou!ht that one #ho lives here voluntarily 3or a ti%e
    o3 three years in such a +lace as this %ust 1e craAy. The 5ee+ took us alon! &ee+ ravines an&
    terri3yin! &e+ths, a3ter al%ost a &ay-lon! tri+, to a +lace locate& only an hour:s #alk 3ro% the
    crater lake o3 a1out 9GGG %eters in hei!ht. n a +ath as !oo& as vertical, #e 1e!an our
    &escent, Ai!-Aa!!in! an& sli&in! in the loose san&. 0al3 #ay &o#n, to our sur+rise, #e %et an
    ;cua&orean on his #ay u+. 0e ha& a tent-1e& an& travel-1a! +lace& on a %ule, an& #as
    acco%+anie& 1y a sour-eye& ,n&ian. We sto++e& an& talke& to the%. :, a% one o3 5ohnny:s
    +u+ils,: the ;cua&orean tol& us. :, have live& #ith 5ohnny 3or a #eek, the ha++iest ti%e in all
    %y li3eP:
    26 little 3arther &o#n #e %et 5ohnny, an& %y 3irst i%+ression #as, :h, yes, he is craAyP:
    5ust thinkP *u&&enly to %eet u+ #ith li3e:s reality in this 3orei!n lan&sca+e, an& stan& eye-to-
    eye #ith a %an t#o %eters in hei!ht, &resse& only in a #hite +oncho 7an& shorts an& 1rie3
    shirt un&erneath, , &iscovere& later8, #ith the lon! hair o3 the +ro+hets, s+arsely-!ro#n 1ear&,
    sun-1urnt, 3iery-re& nose, an& a +air o3 li!ht 1lue eyes 1ehin& stron! !lasses. "o #on&er
    these s%all 1ro#n %ountain-,n&ians 1elieve& they:& seen a &e%onP But i%%e&iately ,
    &iscovere& so%ethin! else: 5ohnny:s 3ace #as 3ull o3 +eace an& ha++iness... a s%ilin!, chil&-
    like, clean 3ace. Then, , kne# 3or certain that 5ohnny #as no 1lu33 - he is !enuine, an& , #as
    asha%e& o3 %y hasty >u&!%ent o3 hi%. *oon #e #ere out on a +eninsula o3 lan&, in a !rass
    hut s%aller than any o3 the ones o3 the ,n&ians. The a1o&e o3 the ascetic #as #ith only the
    %ost +ri%itive 3urnishin!s; 1ut there #as a ty+e#riter, 1ooks, an& reli!ious literature on
    Christian, Bu&&hist, Moha%%e&an, Do!a, an& other su1>ects. $iles o3 letters testi3ie& that
    5ohnny ha& a #i&e corres+on&ence.
    20e eE+laine& a1out the !reatest reli!ions o3 the #orl&. They all lea& to the sa%e !oal,
    an& it %akes very little &i33erence to #hich reli!ion #e 1elon!, 1ut 3or our 1liss #e %ust have
    3aith in Go& - a Go& #ho is 6ll-in-6ll, an& can 1e 3oun& any#here over all. 5ohnny is a Do!i
    1ecause he 3oun& that throu!h the +ractice o3 Do!a he can co%e in close contact #ith Go&.
    0is s+irit can 1eco%e 3ree 3ro% the 1o&y an& thus 1e cleanse&. :Go& has let the %ost
    #on&er3ul %iracles ha++en to %e,: sai& 5ohnny... an& his #hole 3ace 1ea%e& #ith ha++iness.
    25ohnny is soun& thru an& thru, an& has a thin 1ut athletic 1o&y. The roa& #orker tol& us
    that he #as a +heno%enal s#i%%er... s#i%%in! the cra#l in the ice-col& #aters like a
    5ohnny Weis%ueller. 6s , ha& a real 1a& 3lu #hen , %et 5ohnny, , #arne& hi%: :,t is 1est that ,
    kee+
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    a &istance 3ro% you so you #on:t 1e s%itten.: n the contrary, 5ohnny 1a&e %e to co%e sit as
    close to hi% as +ossi1le, sayin!: :Ii1rations 3ro% %e #ill heal you.: :6re you, yoursel3, never
    sick.: , re>oine&. :0a, ha,: lau!he& 5ohnny, as i3 , ha& sai& so%ethin! unusually 3unny. :"o, ,
    a% never sick ...: 0e #as lovin!, kin& an& +leasant, havin! a conta!ious lau!h. 0e #as >ust
    as ha++y as a little chil& over 1ein! +hoto!ra+he&, an& #e +ro%ise& that #e:& sen& hi% the
    +ictures.
    2,t #as so re3reshin! to %eet 5ohnny )ove#is&o%... this sy%+athetic saint... that ,:&
    co%+letely 3or!otten %y 3lu. :Ii1rations 3ro% %e #ill heal you,: sai& 5ohnny - an& so they &i&P
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    $u1lications By 5ohnny )ove#is&o% 7Casilla BBB, tavalo, ;cua&or, *outh 6%erica8:
    Eternal-Fouth-'ife Ma#aEine, UBooksS+a%+hlets:V Ecstatic -e-(reation thru 7aradisical
    'i*in#+ 4ourteen Treatises on 1on-Eaters+ Their E8tremes Made Them %aints+ Tropical
    (oloniEation$ U6&&ress K $u1lications 3ro% 1F<FP - ;&.V
    UFro% E8celsior %a!aAine, Fall, 1F<F, Iol. 1, #(V
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    T&e R%ins o$ 9""!(e#
    - Mark T#ain
    6t eleven o:clock, our eyes 3ell u+on the #alls an& colu%ns o3 Baal1ec, a no1le ruin
    #hose history is a seale& 1ook. ,t has stoo& there 3or thousan&s o3 years, the #on&er an&
    a&%iration o3 travelers; 1ut #ho 1uilt it, or #hen it #as 1uilt, are Huestions that %ay never 1e
    ans#ere&. ne thin! is very sure, thou!h. *uch !ran&eur o3 &esi!n, an& such !race o3
    eEecution, as one sees in the te%+les o3 Baal1ec, have not 1een eHuale& or even
    a++roache& in any #ork o3 %en:s han&s that has 1een 1uilt #ithin t#enty centuries +ast.
    The !reat Te%+le o3 the *un, the Te%+le o3 5u+iter, an& several s%aller te%+les, are
    clustere& to!ether in the %i&st o3 one o3 these %isera1le *yrian villa!es, an& look stran!ely
    enou!h in such +le1eian co%+any. These te%+les are 1uilt u+on %assive su1structions that
    %i!ht su++ort a #orl&, al%ost; the %aterials use& are 1locks o3 stone as lar!e as an o%ni1us
    - very 3e#, i3 any, o3 the% are s%aller than a car+enter:s tool chest - an& these su1structures
    are traverse& 1y tunnels o3 %asonry throu!h #hich a train o3 cars %i!ht +ass. With such
    3oun&ations as these, it is little #on&er that Baal1ec has laste& so lon!. The Te%+le o3 the
    *un is nearly three hun&re& 3eet lon! an& one hun&re& an& siEty 3eet #i&e. ,t ha& 3i3ty-3our
    colu%ns aroun& it, 1ut only siE are stan&in! no# - the others lie 1roken at its 1ase, a
    con3use& an& +icturesHue hea+. The siE colu%ns are +er3ect, as also are their 1ases,
    Corinthian ca+itals an& enta1lature - an& siE %ore sha+ely colu%ns &o not eEist. The colu%ns
    an& the enta1latlire to!ether are ninety 3eet hi!h - a +ro&i!ious altitu&e 3or sha3ts o3 stone to
    reach, truly - an& yet one only thinks o3 their 1eauty an& sy%%etry #hen lookin! at the%; the
    +illars look slen&er an& &elicate, the enta1lature, #ith its ela1orate scul+ture, looks like rich
    stucco-#ork. But #hen you have !aAe& alo3t till your eyes are #eary, you !lance at the !reat
    3ra!%ents o3 +illars a%on! #hich you are stan&in!, an& 3in& that they are ei!ht 3eet throu!h;
    an& #ith the% lie 1eauti3ul ca+itals a++arently as lar!e as a s%all cotta!e; an& also sin!le
    sla1s o3 stone, su+er1ly scul+ture&, that are 3our or 3ive 3eet thick, an& #oul& co%+letely cover
    the 3loor o3 any or&inary +arlor. Dou #on&er #here these %onstrous thin!s ca%e 3ro%, an& it
    takes so%e little ti%e to satis3y yoursel3 that the airy an& !race3ul 3a1ric that to#ers a1ove
    your hea& is %a&e u+ o3 their %ates. ,t see%s too +re+osterous.
    The Te%+le o3 5u+iter is a s%aller ruin than the one , have 1een s+eakin! o3, an& yet is
    i%%ense. ,t is in a tolera1le state o3 +reservation. ne ro# o3 nine colu%ns stan&s al%ost
    unin>ure&. They are siEty-3ive 3eet hi!h an& su++ort a sort o3 +orch or roo3, #hich connects
    the% #ith the roo3 o3 the 1uil&in!. This +orch-roo3 is co%+ose& o3 tre%en&ous sla1s o3 stone,
    #hich are so 3inely scul+ture& on the un&er si&e that the #ork looks like a 3resco 3ro% 1elo#.
    ne or t#o o3 these sla1s ha& 3allen, an& a!ain , #on&ere& i3 the !i!antic %asses o3 carve&
    stone that lay a1out %e #ere no lar!er than those a1ove %y hea&. Within the te%+le, the
    orna%entation #as ela1orate an& colossal. What a #on&er o3 architectural 1eauty an&
    !ran&eur this e&i3ice %ust have 1een #hen it #as ne#P 6n& #hat a no1le +icture it an& its
    statelier co%+anion, #ith the chaos o3 %i!hty 3ra!%ents scattere& a1out the%, yet %akes in
    the %oonli!htP
    , cannot conceive ho# those i%%ense 1locks o3 stone #ere ever haule& 3ro% the
    Huarries, or ho# they #ere ever raise& to the &iAAy hei!hts they occu+y in the te%+les. 6n&
    yet these scul+ture& 1locks are tri3les in siAe co%+are& #ith the rou!h-he#n 1locks that 3or%
    the #i&e veran&a or +lat3or% #hich surroun&s the Great Te%+le. ne stretch o3 that +lat3or%,
    t#o hun&re& 3eet lon!, is co%+ose& o3 1locks o3 stone as lar!e an& so%e o3 the% lar!er, than
    a street-car. They sur%ount a #all a1out ten or t#elve 3eet hi!h. , thou!ht those #ere lar!e
    rocks, 1ut they sank into insi!ni3icance co%+are& #ith those #hich 3or%e& another section o3
    the +lat3or%. These #ere three in nu%1er, an& , thou!ht that each o3 the% #as a1out as lon!
    as three street cars +lace& en& to en&, thou!h, o3 course, they are a thir& #i&er an& a thir&
    hi!her than a street car. $erha+s t#o rail#ay 3rei!ht cars o3 the lar!est +attern, +lace& en& to
    en&, %i!ht 1etter re+resent their siAe, ,n co%1ine& len!th these three stones stretch nearly
    t#o hun&re& 3eet; they are thirteen 3eet sHuare; t#o o3 the% are siEty-3our 3eet lon! each, an&
    the thir& is siEty nine. They are 1uilt into the %assive #all so%e t#enty 3eet a1ove the !roun&.
    They are there, 1ut ho# they !ot there is the Huestion. , have seen the hull o3 a stea%1oat
    that #as s%aller than one o3 those stones. 6ll these !reat #alls are as eEact an& sha+ely as
    the 3li%sy thin!s #e 1uil& o3 1ricks in these &ays. 6 race o3 !o&s or o3 !iants %ust have
    inha1ite& Baal1ec %any a century a!o. Men like the %en o3 our &ay coul& har&ly rear such
    te%+les as these.
    We #ent to the Huarry 3ro% #hence the stones o3 Baal1ec #ere taken. ,t #as a1out a
    Huarter o3 a %ile o33, an& &o#n hill. ,n a !reat +it lay the %ate o3 the lar!est stone in the ruins.
    ,t lay there >ust as the !iants o3 that ol& 3or!otten ti%e ha& le3t it #hen they #ere calle& hence
    - >ust as they ha& le3t it, to re%ain 3or thousan&s o3 years, an eloHuent re1uke unto such as
    are +rone to think sli!htin!ly o3 the %en #ho live& 1e3ore the%. The enor%ous 1lock lies
    there, sHuare& an& rea&y 3or the 1uil&ers: han&s - a soli& %ass 3ourteen 3eet 1y seventeen,
    an& 1ut a 3e# inches less than seventy 3eet lon!P T#o 1u!!ies coul& 1e &riven a1reast o3
    each other, on its sur3ace, 3ro% one en& o3 it to the other, an& leave roo% enou!h 3or a %an or
    t#o to #alk on either si&e.
    UFro% The 2nnocents Abroad 22V
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    Pr"t"+"("- is a Blavatsky oriente& Theoso+hical +u1lication an& is +u1lishe&
    a++roEi%ately 9 or %ore ti%es a year. *u1scri+tion is RG.B< +er issue in ". 6%erica an&
    sur3ace rate overseas, 1.(< 3or air%ail overseas. 6ny check shoul& 1e #ritten to 2M. -.
    5aHua2. *u1%issions an& corres+on&ence are #elco%e. ;&itor: M. -. 5aHua *en&
    corres+on&ence to: $roto!onos....... ;-%ail is: ..... UThe ;-%ail %i!ht !et to %e, an& , %i!ht
    even 1e the +erson to ans#er itPV
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    PROTOGONOS
    "u%1er 4( 6+ril, 1FFC
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    CONT1NTS5 Juotes: $urucker, Mun&y...1; Who are the To&as. .....5oHuel ...1; To *tan&
    6lone.....;n&ers1y...=; %ecret 3octrine Con3erences...B,C; Iarious K *un&ry: Christian roots,
    Drui&s, ,n&ian %oun&s...C; -an&o% Thou!hts...F; Ca+ital $unish%ent .....5u&!e...1G
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    2These +erio&ic e33orts - in case the +resent Theoso+hical Move%ent shoul& 3ail, an& ,
    &on:t 1elieve it #ill - these +erio&ic e33orts 1y the Teachers #ill continue throu!hout 3uture ti%e
    until %en shall have so evolve& that they #ill #elco%e li!ht #hen it co%es, an& #ill hol& it an&
    cherish it as the %ost +recious thin! that they have.
    26 curious 3ate has &o!!e& the ste+s, the +ath#ay, o3 every Theoso+hical Move%ent
    that has hitherto 1een starte& throu!hout the a!es; an& the sa%e 3ate has &o!!e& the
    +ath#ay o3 the +resent Theoso+hical Move%ent; an& &o you kno# #hat it is. Treachery 3ro%
    #ithin, &isloyalty, +ersonal a%1ition, lack o3 an un&erstan&in! heart. ur o#n 1elove&
    Move%ent, co%+anions, has survive& to the +resent ti%e 1ecause there #ere %e%1ers
    enou!h, &evote&, true an& loyal, to kee+ the %ove%ent alive.2
    - G. &e $urucker 7source unkno#n8
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    2We are all a3rai&. ur lo#er nature, #hich +ersists in every one o3 us 7or #e shoul& 1e
    invisi1le to %ortal eyes an& 3unctionin! on vastly hi!her +lanes o3 1ein!8 &rea&s its o#n
    &estruction an& &eceives us - even the 1est o3 us - #ith ar!u%ents o3 ever-increasin!
    su1tlety, o3 #hich a 3avorite one is that #e shoul& 1e at the %ercy o3 the lo#er nature o3
    others unless rea&y at all ti%es to use &ishonest %etho&s 3or our o#n &e3ense. But the truth
    is that the only a1solute +rotection a!ainst treachery is honesty. The sli!htest co%+ro%ise
    #ith &ishonesty +rovi&es an o+enin! throu!h #hich the &arkest 3orces sur!e an& !ain control
    o3 us. ,t is not the other %an:s &ishonesty, 1ut our o#n that en&an!ers us as in&ivi&uals. ,n
    other #or&s, i3 #e a&%it one trace o3 insincerity into our reasonin! the e33ect is si%ilar to that
    o3 +oison intro&uce& into a #ell; it &oes not +oison one +art o3 the #ater, 1ut all o3 it; an& the
    %ore colorless an& unnoticea1le it is, the %ore &ea&ly the results.2
    - Tal1ot Mun&y 7Theosophical 7ath, 6+ril, 1F(98
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    WHO AR1 TH1 TODAS?
    - 6rthur )ouis 5oHuel ,,
    ,n searchin! 3or recor&s an& re%nants o3 6tlantis, an& o3 the !reat 6tlantean e%+ire
    #hich thousan&s o3 years a!o stretche& co%+letely aroun& the #orl&, so%e o3 the %ost
    valua1le in3or%ation is 3oun& to co%e 3ro% areas 3ar re%ove& 3ro% the +ri%ary cultural center
    on the islan& o3 $osei&onis, #hich is no# lo# 1eneath the #aves o3 the 6tlantic cean.
    That 6tlantean colonists an& +riest-scientists circu%navi!ate& the earth an& accurately
    kne# its siAe an& sha+e is evi&ence& 1y the 3act that they erecte& +yra%i&s -the sacre&
    structure +eculiarly i&enti3ie& #ith 6tlantis - in a !reat !lo1e-!ir&lin! +attern that is still lar!ely
    eEtant at the +resent &ay. 7The 7yramids of Atlantis, Theosophia, "ov-Dec., 1F<18 -e!ar&in!
    the eEtent o3 their e%+ire, ,!natius Donnelly #rote in his Atlantis, the Antedelu*ian )orld:
    2Durin! the vast +erio& o3 their &uration ...they s+rea& out in colonies east an& #est to
    the en&s o3 the earth. This #as not the #ork o3 a 3e# years, 1ut o3 %any centuries... 6n
    e%+ire #hich reache& 3ro% the 6n&es to 0in&ustan, i3 not to China, %ust have 1een
    %a!ni3icent in&ee&...2 7++. 9B<-BC8
    Durin! the several %illion years in #hich the 6tlanteans #ere &o%inant on the ;arth,
    there #as o3 course a%+le ti%e 3or %any such e%+ires to have arisen, even #ith the
    &estructions cause& 1y severe !eolo!ical chan!es #hich several ti%es occurre&. Many
    &etails a1out these early a!es are to 1e 3oun& in the esoteric chronicles, #hich are still 3ar
    re%ove& 3ro% the ken o3 %aterialistic science.
    The 6tlanteans #ere not a sin!le ho%o!enous race, 1ut #ere co%+ose& o3 seven
    su1races, #hich &i33ere& in ethnic ty+e, )an!ua!e, te%+era%ent an& other &etails. The
    &escen&ants o3 several o3 these su1races %ay still 1e 3oun& in those +arts o3 the #orl& #here
    they #ere %ost +ro%inent &urin! the 6tlantean +erio&.
    ,n the seHuential &evelo+%ent o3 root-races on our +lanet, the 6tlantean race #as the
    3ourth. ,t #as +rece&e& 1y the thir& race, the )e%urian. 6n& at a1out the ti%e that the 3i3th
    su1race o3 the 6tlanteans ca%e into +ro%inence, the 3irst su1race o3 the 3i3th, or 6ryan, root-
    race, also 1e!an to &evelo+. 6ccor&in! to so%e authorities, its evolution 1e!an a1out
    1,GGG,GGG years a!o.
    The 1irth+lace o3 the 6ryan race #as locate& in Central 6sia, #hich ha& 3or a lon! +erio&
    1een 3avore& #ith a te%+erate cli%ate, Great 3orests eEiste& there, an& the #astelan& no#
    kno#n as the Go1i or *ha%o Desert #as a lar!e inlan& sea. 63ter evolvin! an& &evelo+in! in
    this cle%ent territory 3or thousan&s o3 years, a !reat series o3 %i!rations 1e!an, throu!h
    #hich re+resentatives o3 the
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    6ryan root-race #ere !ra&ually &is+erse& throu!hout the #orl&, to re+lace the 6tlanteans as
    one cycle o3 %an:s evolution en&e& an& another co%%ence&.
    ,n the 1ook entitle& Man; 4ra#ments of 4or#otten >istory, 1y Mohini M. Chatte>i an& Mrs.
    )aura C. 0ollo#ay 7T#o Chelas in the Theoso+hical *ociety8, is the 3ollo#in! co%%ent:
    2,t is 3ro% this &is+ersion that the true history o3 the 6ryan race &ates, 3or then 1e!an its
    lar!er !ro#th, its !reater &evelo+%ent, its +ro!ress in arts an& in&ustries, #hich #e
    %istakenly su++ose are ne# to our &ay an& evolve& 1y our nee&s... What le& to the
    &is+ersion o3 the 6ryan +eo+le an& the 1reakin!-u+ o3 their ancestral ho%e.
    2The i%%e&iate cause #as over-+ro&uction, 3or #hen the +ressure 1eca%e !reat the
    +eo+le 1e!an to se+arate an& to seek ne# ho%es, an& 3inally this once unite& +eo+le
    ulti%ately scattere& the%selves over the 3ace o3 the earth.2 7+. F18
    $ro3essor ;&%un& Bor&eauE *Aekely, a3ter lea&in! several eE+e&itions in search o3
    &ata on early %an, +resente& in his 1ook (osmos+ Man and %ociety a list o3 so%e ei!hteen
    se+arate %i!rations ori!inatin! in Cental 6sia, an& #hich s+rea& out 3ro% there in every
    &irection across lan& an& sea alike. 0e also &eclare& that, &ue to the har%onious vi1rations
    an& ra&iations #hich eEiste& in the Cental 6sian area, an& the nearly +er3ect &iet #hich #oul&
    1e 3oun& there, the early re+resentatives o3 this race #ere 1oth lon!er live& an& %ore
    sensitive to the 3orces o3 nature than they #ere a3ter the co%%ence%ent o3 the %i!rations
    #hen they !ra&ually 3ell into less +ure #ays o3 li3e.
    Corro1oration o3 this is to 1e 3oun& in Theoso+hical #ritin!s as #ell:
    2... this 1reakin!-u+ o3 the ancestral li3e-ha1its ... ulti%ately resulte& in its ruin... ;ven in
    its early +erio&s 6ryan li3e #as %ostly +astoral; it is erroneous to conclu&e that our early
    ancestors live& 1y huntin!... $hysically the 6ryan o3 the +erio&... #as su+erior to his +resent
    re+resentative. 0is 1o&y #as 3ree 3ro% &isease, an& not su1>ect to unti%ely &eath; #hile the
    natural ter% o3 his li3e #as a !reat &eal lon!er than it is no#...2 7Man; 4ra#ments of 4or#otten
    >istory+ ++. F4-F98
    The 3irst su1race o3 the 6ryan root-race #as co%+ose& o3 the +eo+le #hich #e no# kno#
    as the ,n&ian 6ryans, #ho, #hile attainin! a hi!h stan&ar& o3 %aterialistic &evelo+%ent,
    retaine& %uch o3 the sa%e ty+e o3 s+iritual consciousness #hich ha& characteriAe& the
    )e%urian thir& race. When they %i!rate& into ,n&ia, ho#ever, they ca%e into con3lict #ith the
    6tlantean colonists #ho ha& 1een lon! esta1lishe& there. 0.$. Blavatsky says:
    2...... 3ro% the 3irst a++earance o3 the 6ryan race, #hen the
    $liocene +ortions o3 the once !reat 6tlantis 1e!an !ra&ually sinkin! an& other continents to
    a++ear on the sur3ace, &o#n to the 3inal &isa++earance o3 $lato:s s%all islan& o3 6tlantis, the
    6ryan races ha& never cease& to 3i!ht #ith the &escen&ants o3 the 3irst !iant races. This #as
    laste& till nearly the close o3 the a!e #hich +rece&e& the ?ali Du!, an& #as the
    Maha1haratean #ar so 3a%ous in ,n&ian 0istory.2 7The %ecret 3octrine+ Iol. ,,, +. 4=<8
    6n even %ore &etaile& an& !ra+hic account is +resente& in Man; 4ra#ments of 4or#otten
    >istory;
    2Durin! the 3irst +erio& o3 6ryan settle%ent in ,n&ia, the ne#-co%ers ha& constant
    #ar3are #ith the 6tlanteans #ho% they 3oun& in +ossession. 6t a %uch later e+och, o3 #hich a
    +retty 3ull account is to 1e 3oun& in the -amayana, the 6tlanteans #ere scattere& 3ar an& #i&e
    over the 3ace o3 the country. ,ncursions 1y the% on the 6ryan settle%ents #ere 3e# an& 3ar
    1et#een, an& it #as only in the less +o+ulous tracts that the 6ryan heroes ha& to encounter,
    #ith al%ost invaria1le success, the stra!!lin! 6tlantean tri1es. But there #as a very +o#er3ul
    6tlantean e%+ire eEten&in! over a nu%1er o3 islan&s in the ,n&ian seas, an& its ;%+eror
    -avana, in s+ite o3 %any sy%1olical le!en&s clusterin! aroun& hi%, #as an historical
    character to #ho% %any o3 the 6ryan +rinci+alities on the %ainlan& #ere 3orce& to +ay
    tri1ute... The su1version o3 his e%+ire 1y -a%a, the 6ryan hero, %arke& the eEtinction o3
    6tlantean su+re%acy in that +art o3 the #orl&, althou!h, here an& there, rich an& +o#er3ul
    6tlantean colonies stru!!le& 3or eEistence 3or a very lon! ti%e.2 7++. C(-C48
    ,t has 1een lon! a!es since these 3a1ulous #ars took +lace 1et#een the inva&ers o3 the
    %ainlan& o3 ,n&ia an& the 6tlantean e%+ire o3 )anka, a re%nant o3 #hich is the +resent-&ay
    islan& o3 Ceylon. But in southern ,n&ia, in that section o3 the Coi%1atore -an!e kno#n as the
    "il!iris, or 2Blue Mountains,2 there %ay still 1e 3oun& a s%all !rou+ o3 hi!hly unusual +eo+le
    #hose custo%s an& tra&itions see% to 1e a &irect link #ith this as+ect o3 the +ast.
    They are a race #hich has resiste& assi%ilation into - or even close contact #ith - the
    ,n&o-6ryans or any o3 the other ethnic !rou+s #hich inha1it the ,n&ian su1continent. These
    +eo+le are kno#n as the To&as, or To&&s. With their total +o+ulation nu%1erin! less than one
    thousan&, they have 1een consistently an& uni3or%ly unco%%unicative #ith scientists,
    %issionaries, hunters an& tra&ers alike. *ince they #ere 3irst reveale& to the outsi&e #orl& in
    1C1C 6.D., they have 1een the cause o3 a vast a%ount o3 s+eculation, %ost o3 #hich is
    entirely #orthless 1ecause o3 the re3usal o3 the To&as to &ivul!e in3or%ation a1out the%selves
    to +ryin! investi!ators an& ecclesiastics.
    -onal& B. DiEon, in his 1ook The -acial >istory of Man, &escri1es the To&as as 1ein!
    taller than %e&iu% stature, havin! a li!ht skin an& #avy hair. But he con3esses hi%sel3 1a33le&
    as to their eEact ori!in, an& the %eans 1y #hich they +reserve& their i&entity 3or so lon! in the
    %i&st o3 such a racial %eltin!-+ot as southern ,n&ia.
    ,n the year 1CC4, &urin! the course o3 her #orl& travels, 0.$. Blavatsky visite& the &istrict
    in #hich To&as live, an& s+ent so%e three %onths in !atherin! in3or%ation a1out the%. ,n 2sis
    0n*eiled she &escri1es the% thus:
    2They are !iants in stature, #hite as ;uro+eans, #ith tre%en&ously lon! an& !enerally
    1ro#n, #avy hair, an& 1ear&, #hich no raAor ever touche& 3ro% 1irth. UThey areV han&so%e as
    a statue o3 $hi&ias or $raEiteles...2 7Iol. 11, +. =198 U6lso see: 5la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s,
    Iol. 1, ++. 4<4-<F - 7rotoV
    *he also #rote a series o3 articles in the -ussian %onthly, -ussiy ,estni 7Dec., 1CC9 -
    6+r., 1CC<8, later +u1lishe& in ;n!lish in 1ook-3or% - The 7eople of the 5lue Mountains -
    &ealin! #ith #hat #as kno#n o3 the To&as, an& her o#n eE+erience #ith the%. *he tol& o3 her
    visit to a To&a settle%ent, !ui&e& 1y so%e British 3rien&s, an& there %eetin! an el&erly her%it,
    #ho a%aAe& her #ith his i%+osin! %ien, han&so%e a++earance, an& 1o&ily stren!th,
    --- 4
    health an& vitality. White-haire& an& #ith silver sho#in! in his 1ear&, he still stoo& strai!ht an&
    +rou&, so %uch that she co%+are& hi% to kin! &resse& in ra!s. *o%e o3 the To&a #o%en she
    &e+icte& as 1ein! Huite 1eauti3ul.
    ,n one cha+ter Ma&a%e Blavatsky Huotes a &escri+tion !iven in The Tribes of the
    1il#herry >ills 1y one Colonel ?hennessy:
    2....the To&&s rese%1le the !o&s o3 %ytholo!y, as they
    #ere +icture& 1y the ancient Greeks. 6%on!st the several hun&re& :3ine %en: o3 these tri1es, ,
    have not yet seen one #ho #oul& 1e un&er siE an& one-Huarter 3eet in hei!ht. They are
    1eauti3ully 3or%e& an& their cast o3 3ace is o3 classic +urity...2 7The 7eople of the 5lue
    Mountain, +. BC8
    -esi&in! in the sa%e territory as the To&as are t#o other tri1es - the Ba&a!as an& the
    ?ourou%1s. The Ba&a!as are Brah%anas 1y reli!ion, an& it is this #hich arouses %uch
    interest #hen it 1eco%es kno#n that they venerate the To&as an& honor the% as !o&s. While
    lookin! #ith scorn u+on all other +eo+le, inclu&in! the ;n!lish, the Ba&a!as serve the To&as
    in every +ossi1le #ay, consi&erin! no #ork 1eneath their &i!nity i3 it is &one to serve %asters
    #hich they have voluntarily chosen.
    When aske& the reason that they atten& the To&as in such 3ashion, an& #ithout
    re%uneration, the Ba&a!as say that their re%ote ancestors, the ?anarasians, #ere a%on!
    the allies o3 the !o& -a%a #hen his ar%ies #arre& a!ainst the ?in! -avana o3 )anka. 6n&
    #hen the Ba&a!as ca%e to the "il!iris - at a ti%e #hich is uncertain, 1ut at least hun&re&s
    an& +ossi1ly thousan&s o3 years a!o - they entere& into the service o3 the To&as 1ecause o3
    the association #hich their +re&ecessors ha& ha& #ith these &ivinities o3 ancient ti%e,
    7*tu&ents o3 ethnolo!y #ill o1serve here an interestin! +arallel 1et#een the relationshi+
    o3 the To&as an& the Ba&a!as, an& that o3 the Watusi tri1e o3 the Bel!ian Con!o o3 63rica,
    #ho are #aite& u+on 1y the Buhutus. The Watusi - #ho stan& nearly seven 3eet tall, an& have
    3acial 3eatures rese%1lin! those carve& u+on ancient ;!y+tian %onu%ents - live in lor&ly
    in&olence, #hile the Buhutus +er3or% %a!ni3icent &ances 3or the +leasure o3 their %asters,
    ten& their cattle, erect their 1uil&in!s, an& act as their +orters an& 1o&y-servants.8
    The ?ourou%1s - o3 #hich there are several tri1es, the Moulou-?ourou%1s 1ein! the
    lar!est - are, on the other han&, &escri1e& as &#ar3s o3 the %ost re+ulsive ty+e, #ho, unless
    restraine& 1y the +resence o3 a To&a, o3ten en!a!e in &ea&ly %a!ic, lycanthro+y, an& other
    assorte& villainies. The ?ourou%1s also &eclare that they entere& the service o3 the To&as
    a!es a!o, at the ti%e o3 the !reat #ars, #ith the un&erstan&in! that their &escen&ants #oul&
    al#ays re%ain 2un&er the eyes o3 the To&&s.2
    Because o3 their notorious #icke&ness, the Ba&a!as say that i3 it #ere not 3or the To&as,
    the ?ourou%1s #oul& soon kill everythin! an& everyone on the earth eEce+t the%selves. 6n&
    the ?ourou%1s &o not &is+ute this, 1ut rather are +rou& o3 their re+utation an& +o#er 3or evil.
    ne o3 the eEtraor&inary +o#ers o3 the To&as is &e%onstrate& in the 3act that no ani%al
    #ill ever attack the%, althou!h they never !o ar%e& in any #ay, in a country that a1oun&s
    #ith ti!ers, ser+ents, an& other 1easts an& +re&ators. 6n& it is the +o#er #hich has a
    +ractical %ani3estation in this %anner that ins+ires 1oth the veneration an& the terror in #hich
    the To&as are hel& 1y other tri1es.
    2The Ba&a!as a&ore the% - the Moulou-kourou%1s tre%1le 1e3ore the%. n 1ehol&in!
    a To&& - #ho !oes serenely on his #ay, hol&in! in his han& a si%+le little cane, #hich is
    ino33ensive an& innocent - the ?ourou%1 is terror-stricken, #hile the Ba&a!a, #ith knees 1ent,
    #aits in silence 3or his salutation an& his 1lessin!. 6n& the Ba&a!a is very ha++y, #hen his
    Deva scarcely touchin! his hea& #ith a 1are 3oot, traces an inco%+rehensi1le si!n in the air
    an& then slo#ly !oes his #ay.2 7The 7eople of the 5lue Mountains, +. 1F48
    The %any curious an& intri!uin! 3acts note& a1out the To&as 1y everyone #ho has co%e
    into contact #ith the% have naturally resulte& in an intense curiosity a1out their +ast. Fro%
    #hence &i& their re%ote ancestors co%e to the 2Blue Mountains2 o3 *outhern ,n&ia. 6n& #hat
    is the source o3 the very evi&ent +o#er #hich they #iel& alike over ani%als an& other tri1es.
    -e!ar&in! the ancient history o3 the To&as, Colonel ?hennessy #rites:
    2The only in3or%ation #hich it #as +ossi1le 3or us to o1tain a3ter so %any years is the
    3ollo#in!: the To&&s a33ir% that they have inha1ite& these %ountains since the &ay #hen the
    :?in! o3 the rient: +resente& the% to the%; that they have never le3t the%; never &i& they
    &escen& 3ro% their hei!hts. But at #hat historical +erio& &i& this unkno#n :?in! o3 the rient:
    live. We are tol& that 1FB !enerations o3 the To&&s have inha1ite& the :Blue Mountains.: ,3 #e
    count three !enerations 3or one hun&re& years 7thou!h #e see that the To&&s live to a very
    ol& a!e8, it see%s - i3 #e 1elieve their a33ir%ations - that they settle& on these %ountains
    a1out B,GGG years a!o. They insist on the 3act that their ancestors resi&e& on the ,sle o3
    )anka ... These !ran&3athers serve& the :ancestors o3 ?in! -avana,: %ythical %onarch-
    &e%on, conHuere& 1y the not less le!en&ary -a%a, a1out t#enty-3ive !enerations 1e3ore -
    i$e., 1y a&&in! a thousan& years to the 3irst 3i!ure, #hich #oul& constitute a !enealo!ical tree
    the roots o3 #hich touch a +ast o3 C,GGG years...2 7Juote& in The 7eople of the 5lue
    Mountains, ++. F=-B 8
    6lthou!h the To&as &is&ain to relate anythin! o3 their history to stran!ers, they have in
    the +ast tol& the story to their servants, the "il!uirian Ba&a!as, the el&er +riests o3 #hich
    continue to trans%it it to each o3 their successors. 6n& it #as 3ro% a Ba&a!a anchorite that
    Ma&a%e Blavatsky o1taine& the tale o3 those events #hich trans+ire& &urin! the ti%e o3 the
    !reat #ars #hich 3ollo#e& the ki&na+in! o3 -a%a:s #i3e, *ita, 1y the villainous 6tlantean ruler
    -avana, the chronicles o3 #hich have 1een ter%e& 2the ,llia& o3 the rient.2
    *he 3oun& that the To&as ha& an eEact +ossession o3 the narratives set &o#n in the
    -amayana an& else#here. The %ost +ertinent story is that o3 -avana Ii1hishana an& his 3our
    %inisters. Ii1hishana, 1rother o3 the ruler o3 )anka, 3le& 3ro% the islan& in a !reat #in!e&
    3lyin! %achine, an& +resente& hi%sel3 1e3ore -a%a #ith the
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    3ollo#in! s+eech:
    2, a% the youn!er 1rother o3 -avana the cruel. , have earne& his en%ity 1ecause , !ave
    hi% !oo& counsel - to return to thee *ita, thy #i3e. With %y 3our co%ra&es, %en #hose
    stren!th is #ithout %easure an& #ho are na%e& 6nala, ?hara, *a%+ati an& $rakshasha, , le3t
    )anka, %y estates, %y 3rien&s, an& have co%e to i%+lore thy sanctuary, $rince #hose
    %a!nani%ity re+els no livin! creature ... , o33er %ysel3 as an ally to thee, hero o3 !reat
    #is&o% ....2 7The -amayana8
    Ma&a%e Blavatsky #rites:
    2)et us no# co%+are this Huotation #ith the To&&:s tra&ition:
    :,t #as at the ti%e #hen the ?in! o3 the rient ... #as a1out to kill -avana, the +o#er3ul 1ut
    unri!hteous &e%on, ?in! o3 )anka .... The To&&s #ere then at their t#enty-thir& !eneration on
    the ,slan& o3 )anka. The ?in! -avana #as at heart a ?ourou%1 7that is to say, a #icke&
    sorcerer8: he ... ha& t#o 1rothers: ?oiun1a ... an& Ii1ia the kin&hearte&, love& 1y all the
    -akshis.:
    2,s it not evi&ent that the :?ou%1a: an& :Ii1ia: o3 the To&&s: tra&ition are 1ut the
    ku%1hakarna an& Ii1hishana o3 the -amayana....... Ii1ia crosse& the sea #ith his 3our
    3aith3ul servants an& hel+e& -a%a to recover his Hueen. That is #hy the ?in! o3 the rient
    na%e& Ii1ia kin! o3 )anka.
    2,t is #or& 3or #or& the history o3 Ii1hishana, the ally o3 -a%a, an& o3 his 3our
    %inisters, the rakshis.
    2The To&&s reveal a3ter#ar&s that these %inisters #ere 3our anchoret terallis 7+riests8 ...
    They &i& not consent to 3i!ht a!ainst &e%on-1rothers, even cruel ones. There3ore, a3ter the
    en& o3 the #ar, &urin! #hich they &i& not cease to +ray the !o&s 3or the victory o3 Ii1ia, they
    aske& to 1e relieve& o3 their &uties. 6cco%+anie& 1y seven other anchorets an& one hun&re&
    lay rakshis #ith their #ives an& chil&ren, they le3t )anka 3orever. Wishin! to re#ar& the%, the
    ?in! o3 the rient 7-a%a8 create&, u+on a 1arren lan&, the :Blue Mountains2 an& %a&e a
    +resent o3 the% to the rakshis an& their &escen&ants 3or eternal en>oy%ent.2 7The 7eople of
    the 5lue Mountains+ ++. 1BG-B48
    That %a!ic an& sorcery #ere ra%+ant in 6tlantis &urin! its latter &ays, an& #ere in all
    +ro1a1ility one o3 the %a>or causes o3 its &estruction is a!ree& 1y stu&ents o3 the arcane
    tra&ition. ,n 2sis 0n*eiled, Ma&a%e Blavatsky thus &escri1es the #ay in #hich this ca%e to
    +ass:
    2... the class o3 hiero+hants #as &ivi&e& into t#o &istinct cate!ories, those #ho #ere
    initiate& in the &ivine &octrine o3 +ure revelation, an& others #ho ... #ere, +erha+s, #hat #e
    #oul& no# ter% :natural-1orn %e&iu%s,: #ho neither stru!!le& nor su33ere& to o1tain their
    kno#le&!e, nor &i& they acHuire it at the +rice o3 any sacri3ice. There3ore, #hile the 3or%er
    #alke& in the +ath o3 their &ivine instructors, an& acHuirin! their kno#le&!e 1y &e!rees,
    learne& at the sa%e ti%e to &iscern the evil 3ro% the !oo&, the 1orn adepts o3 6tlantis 1lin&ly
    3ollo#e& the insinuations o3 the !reat an& invisi1le :Dra!on,: the ?in! Thevetat 7the *er+ent o3
    Genesis.8 ... Thus ... the 6tlantis-race 1eca%e a nation o3 #icke& %a!icians. ,n conseHuence
    o3 this, #ar #as &eclare& ... The con3lict ca%e to an en& 1y the su1%ersion o3 the 6tlantis...2
    7Iol. 1, ++. <F(-F48
    The lar!est a%ount o3 stu&y on the %atter o3 6tlantean +ro3iciency in the %a!ical arts
    has, o3 course, 1een concentrate& on the territory closely conti!uous to the 6tlantic cean,
    1eneath #hich the 3inal islan& o3 $osei&onis sank in F<=9 B.C. The ;!y+tians an& the Mayas
    1oth are 1elieve& to have &erive& their kno#le&!e in astrolo!y, alche%y, the %antic arts, an&
    other relate& 3iel&s 3ro% the sa!es o3 the islan& &escri1e& 1y $lato.
    Tra&itions relatin! to the +ractice o3 %a!ic in 6tlantis %ay 1e 3oun& a%on! the ?a1yles o3
    "orth 63rica, #ho assert that it #as 1ecause o3 a #ar 1et#een rival 3actions o3 $osei&onis that
    the 3orces #ere release& #hich cause& the sinkin! o3 the islan&. The "ava>o ,n&ians o3 the
    *outh-#estern /nite& *tates, as #ell, +resent re%arka1le evi&ences o3 a1ilities to control the
    #orkin!s o3 nature, #hich #ere in all +ro1a1ility ori!inally &erive& 3ro% the teachin!s o3 the
    6tlantean a!es.
    0o#ever, the %ost likely i&enti3ication o3 the 1ranch o3 theur!y +ractices 1y the
    +ro!enitors o3 the To&as - the 3our anchorite co%+anions o3 Bivhishana - see%s to 1e #ith
    that 3oun& in the British ,sles un&er the ol& Celtic tra&ition. This connection o3 the To&as #ith
    the %a!icians o3 6tlantis #ho settle& in Britain is e%+hasiAe& 1y several uniHue
    corres+on&ences 1et#een these !rou+s #hich eEiste& se+arate& 1y al%ost hal3 a #orl&.
    The 3irst rese%1lance is in their 1uil&in!s #hich are set a+art 3or +ur+oses no#
    unkno#n. Willia% ;. Marshall, in his 1ook A 7hrenolo#ist Amon# the Todas 7#hich
    un3ortunately contains %any %isre+resentations an& errors, as Ma&a%e Blavatsky has
    +ointe& out8 &escri1es these structures as 3ollo#s:
    2The a++earance o3 the 1uil&in! ... a conical thatche& roo3 on a circular #all o3 very stout
    +lankin!. The #hole e&i3ice so%e 3ourteen or 3i3teen cu1its Usli!htly over t#enty 3eetV tall an&
    siE cu1its Ual%ost nine 3eetV in &ia%eter ... The a+eE o3 the cone is cro#ne& #ith a lar!e
    stone... :the &oor o3 the te%+le 3aces al%ost &ue south...2 7++. 1=9-=<8
    This %ay 1e co%+are& #ith the in3or%ation +resente& in The (eltic 3ruids 1y Go&3rey
    0i!!ins:
    2Throu!hout *cotlan& an& ,relan& there are scattere& !reat nu%1ers o3 -oun& To#ers
    #hich have hitherto +uAAle& all antiHuarians ... UThe to#er at Brechin, in *cotlan&V consists o3
    siEty re!ular courses o3 he#n stone ... ,t is C< 3eet hi!h to the cornice, #hence rises a lo#
    s+iral-+ointe& roo3 o3 stone ... The hei!ht o3 these to#ers varies in &i33erent +laces. Many in
    ,relan& vary 3ro% 4< to 1GG 3eet hi!h.2
    The -ound To&ers of 2reland, 1y 0enry :Brien, also &escri1es these e&i3ices:
    2These venera1le +iles vary in their elevation 3ro% 3i3ty to one hun&re& an& 3i3ty 3eet. 6t
    so%e &istance 3ro% the su%%it
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    there s+rin!s out a sort o3 coverin! #hich ... ter%inates a1ove in a sort o3 su!ar-loa3 cro#n,
    concave on the insi&e an& conveE on the outsi&e.2 7+. <118
    ,t har&ly see%s +ossi1le to &ou1t that these constructions are the &escen&ants in style
    an& in use 3ro% the #iAar&:s to#ers o3 antiHuity, #here the sa!es +er3or%e& their rites,
    consulte& the stars, an& !ave instructions to their neo+hytes. ,n countries #here +yra%i&s
    #ere co%%on, these structures #ere use& 3or such +ur+oses. But :Brien notes that the
    roun& to#ers are calle& clo#ad, #hich, he says, 2literally si!ni3ies a +yra%i&.2
    ,n ,relan& an& *cotlan&, the roun& to#ers have not 1een use& 3or their ori!inal +ur+oses
    3or such a lon! ti%e that researchers have en!a!e& in serious &is+ute as to the reasons 3or
    #hich they #ere 1uilt. But in ,n&ia the To&as a++arently still carry on the rituals in #hich their
    ancestors #ere so +ro3icient. Ma&a%e Blavatsky #rites, concernin! the %a>or 1uil&in! - calle&
    a tiriri - in a !rou+ constructe& 1y these +eo+le:
    2This roo% %ust 1e the te%+le o3 the To&as, their *anctu% *anctoru% - #here the
    %ysterious cere%onies take +lace, kno#n to no one... "o #o%an or %arrie& To&& is allo#e&
    to enter there ... nly the :Terallis,: the o33iciatin! +riests, have 3ree access to the interior tiriri. 2
    7The 7eople of the 5lue Mountains+ +. 1448
    6nother i%+ortant 3actor #hich connects the To&as, %ost +articularly #ith the ol& Celtic
    sorcerers, 1ut also #ith %e%1ers o3 this 3raternity the #orl& over, is in their use o3 the %a!ical
    sta33. The e%inent 3olklorist an& 6tlantolo!ist, )e#is *+ence, says in his #ork The Ma#ic Arts
    in (eltic 5ritain:
    2The %a!ic #an& #iel&e& 1y the Drui& %a!icians is a constant 3actor in Celtic tale ... Dr.
    MacBain, #ritin! on the su1>ect o3 the %a!ic #an& o3 the Celts, re%arks: :The Drui&ic #an&
    +lays as i%+ortant +art, a 1lo# 3ro% it causin! trans3or%ation an& s+ells...: There is an
    allusion to a %a!ic #an& in Welsh tra&ition.2 7+. (B8
    Ma&a%e Blavatsky re3ers to the use o3 the ro& 1y the To&as in several +laces:
    2,n their han& they carry a stick #ith 3antastic orna%ents ... When , 1eca%e a#are o3 the
    %ystic si!ni3icance an& the 3aith in %a!ic +o#er o3 those #ho +ossess it, this little 1a%1oo
    cane t#o an& a hal3 3eet lon! #orrie& %e %ore than once...2 7The 7eople of the 5lue
    Mountains, ++. BC-BF; Huotin! Colonel ?her%essy.8
    2The To&&s use no #ea+ons; they only carry a little 1a%1oo cane #hich never leaves
    their ri!ht han&.2 72bid, +. CF; Huotin! The %tates of 2ndiaA
    2Whatever a ?ourou%1 is &oin! - an& he is rarely occu+ie& in &oin! !oo& thin!s - #hen
    he sees a To&& a++roachin!, the latter &oes not even have to touch hi% 1ut si%+ly to &irect
    to#ar& hi% his 1a%1oo cane, an& the Moulou-?ourou%1 3lees as 3ast as he can. But he
    so%eti%es 3alls &o#n like &ea& an& re%ains in a kin& o3 &ea& trance until the To&& has
    !one ...2 72bid, +. 1FG; Huotin! -eminiscences of life Amon# the Todas, 1y MertA8
    Fro% #hat has 1een sai& o3 it, the sta33 o3 the To&as #oul& a++ear to 1e a %ost +otent
    eEa%+le o3 the %a!ical #an& - even %ore so than another instru%ent #hich is still in use at
    the +resent &ay, the &ea&ly 2+ointin!-stick2 o3 the 6ustralian 61ori!ines, #hich %ust 1e
    s+ecially +re+are& on each occasion o3 its use.
    Because o3 an ina1ility to satis3actorily classi3y the To&as, or to elicit 3ro% the% %ore
    conventional eE+lanations o3 their ori!in, technolo!ists an& scientists in relate& 3iel&s rele!ate
    the accounts !iven 1y the Ba&a!ues as to the +rehistory o3 the%selves, the To&as, an& the
    ?ourou%1s, into the class o3 creative i%a!inin!s. But it #oul& see% that they have a vital
    1earin! on the Huestion o3 6tlantis, its civiliAation an& its colonies. Ma&a%e Blavatsky says:
    2When , think o3 the -amayana, , con3ess that , have never un&erstoo& the %otive
    constrainin! the historians to +lace on such &i33erent levels this #ork an& the +oe%s o3
    0o%er. For, accor&in! to %e, their character is al%ost i&entical ... But our scientists #ho
    acce+t, al%ost #ithout hesitation, as historical +ersona!es, all such characters as 6chilles,
    0ector, /lysses, 0elen an& $aris - #hy &o they rele!ate to the rank o3 e%+ty :%yths: the
    3i!ures o3 -a%a, o3 )akch%ana, o3 *ita, o3 -avana, o3 0anu%an, an& even o3 the ?in! o3
    u&h. ... *chlie%an has 3oun&, in the Troia&e o1vious +roo3s o3 the eEistence o3 Troy an& o3
    its characters. The antiHue )anka 7Ceylon8 an& other +laces %entione& in the -a%ayana
    coul& 1e 3oun& in the sa%e #ay i3 the trou1le #ere taken to look 3or the%...2 7The 7eople of
    the 5lue Mountains, +. 1=<8
    *ince these #or&s #ere #ritten, so%e ste+s have 1een taken in this &irection. ne o3
    the %ost recent an& authoritative #orks on the early history o3 ,n&ia a&%its that the story o3
    -a%a, &iveste& o3 #hat the authors consi&er to 1e its ro%antic an& un1elieva1le
    incrustations, actually re3ers to a real +ersona!e #ho #as instru%ental in s+rea&in! ,ran-
    aryan culture over a lar!e territory.
    The ti%e has not yet arrive& #hen scientists an& scholars are #illin! to a&%it that the
    story o3 6tlantis, as &e+icte& in le!en&s, %yths, an& ancient chronicles, an& corro1orate& 1y
    ne# &iscoveries in %any 3iel&s o3 research, is as real as the %ore thorou!hly &ocu%ente&
    events o3 %ore recent ti%es. But it is 3ro% such sources as the To&as, #ho have +reserve&
    al%ost intact the accounts o3 the &ee&s o3 their ancestors lon! re%ove& in those #ars o3
    ancient ti%e, that it %ay so%e &ay 1e +ossi1le to recreate %any vital +hases o3 this
    3ascinatin! an& si!ni3icant +erio& in the evolution o3 %ankin&.
    UFro% Boris &e @irko33:s Theosophia, Fall :<4, Winter :<4, *+rin! 1F<9V
    '''''''''''''''''''''
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    "TO STAND A0ON1"
    - I. ;n&ers1y
    The stru!!lin! learner is a+t to co%+lain - not un>ustly - that Theoso+hy is 3ull o3
    +ara&oEes. ,t has to 1e; 1ecause the /niverse itsel3 is thus - at least 3ro% o%r +lane o3
    +erce+tion. ,t is i%+ossi1le to esca+e, 1y any reasonin! scienti3ic or other#ise, the $"#t that at
    1ase the /niverse is #hat its na%e i%+lies: U(it/. This re%ains true #hether our conce+tion
    o3 the containin! su1stratu% 1e %aterialistic or s+iritual. 6t the sa%e ti%e, neither %aterialist
    or transcen&entalist can esca+e the incu%1ent necessity o3 &ealin! #ith thin!s as se+arate.
    This &iversity in unity is a +uAAle at every turn.
    ,n the %atter o3 ethics it surroun&s us every#here. Constantly #e are tau!ht that
    inter/e,en/en#e is the la# o3 li3e; as constantly, that the very +ur+ose o3 sel3-conscious
    sentient li3e is the ut%ost &evelo+%ent o3 in&ivi&uality. 2*el3-in&uce& an& sel3-&evise& e33ort2 is
    the #ay o3 li3e - yet 2the Do!i &oes only #hat he sees in another Do!i:s %in&.2 The /niverse is
    ne - yet the &isci+le 3in&s hi%sel3 in the &ea&liest o3 1attles; the 1attle a!ainst %atter an& its
    %inions. This 3i!ht is soon 3oun& to 1e %ere i%+ersonal #ar a!ainst a 3or%less an& intan!i1le
    2+rinci+le o3 evil,2 1ut so%eti%es 1eco%es a +sychic &eath-!ri+ #ith s+eci3ic an& i&enti3ia1le
    3orces; in Chelashi+, o3ten un&er con&itions #here %a&ness or &eath %ay 1e the +rice o3
    &e3eat.
    We are to strive 3or that state #here no livin! thin! is le3t 1eyon& the s+here o3 our love.
    But ho# can %ortal %an love so%e &oo%e& %ass o3 uncleanness #hose career is stre#n
    #ith 1roken lives an& 1roken hearts. 6hP The key to co%+assion there %ay lie in learnin! o3
    onesel3, 1y 2sa%+le2 as it #ere, the unen&in! terrors that ya#n 1eyon& the li3e-cycle 3or such
    as thisP With that kno#le&!e, arises a +ity so terri1le that it leaves no roo% 3or hate or
    conte%+t or the sha&o# o3 reven!e. For love, like all other %ani3est attri1utes, has its +oles;
    that one 1ein!, as to +ersons, reverence to the hi!hest +oint; the other, +ity to the +oint o3
    an!uish; a +ity that overri&es an& o1literates all +ersonal thou!hts. To share in this #ay the
    su33erin!s o3 the #icke&, is a terri1le eE+erience, 1ut it see%s +erha+s the only realiAation o3
    unity 1et#een s+irit an& %atter irre&ee%a1le 3or this cycle. 6t any rate, it is a su1li%e 1ut har&
    roa& to s+iritual 3ree&o%.
    To learn to stan& alone is a +ractical necessity 3or one #ho #oul& cross to the 2other
    shore.2 6 necessity 3or the sheer reason o3 the insu33iciency o3 3orces. The #orker sees %any
    co%+anions 1esi&e hi% at ti%es; at other ti%es they are 3ar a#ay. The lines o3 Dhar%a no#
    touch, no# &iver!e; they are not i&entical, an& #hile one %ay #ell re>oice in the +erio&s o3
    co%+anionshi+, re3reshin! intervals alon! the #ay, i3 he 1eco%es &e+en&ent u+on the% he is
    lost.
    )i3e in all cases is a +rocession o3 3rien&s #ho co%e an& !o an& even those nearest an&
    &earest #ill one &ay 1e #ith us no lon!er. Ties &ea&en !ra&ually #ith &iver!in! interests,
    !ro#th on one si&e or sta!nation on the other. r they %ay ru+ture violently un&er kar%ic
    eEi!encies, an& in the en& &eath has everythin! %ortal. There are so%e co%+anionshi+s
    #hich see% +er3ect in un&erstan&in! an& %utuality o3 tastes. But it is to 1e sus+ecte& that i3
    such co%+anions really kno# one another throu!h an& throu!h, their natures %ust 1e
    so%e#hat shallo# an& a&&icte& rather to the %aterial sur3ace o3 thin!s. Fully &evelo+e&
    in&ivi&ualities are not so easy to kno# or un&erstan&P Thus 3or the %ost +art #e are %ore
    alone than #e care to think, an& so%eti%es never %ore alone than #hen in %uch co%+any.
    But it see%s that there is a &ee+er reason 3or kno#in! ho# to stan& alone. 6 %an %ust
    co%e to kno# hi%sel3 3ully so%e#here alon! the #ay. This necessitates +assin! throu!h
    eE+eriences #here none %ay ai& or a&vise; %ore than that, throu!h eE+eriences #here all
    #ho surroun& are o++ose& to his in%ost ur!e an& conviction. nly so can stren!th 1e 3oun&,
    kno#n, un&erstoo&, an& 3ully &evelo+e&. ,s it not clear that #hen a %an has +asse& throu!h
    such eE+eriences, there is therea3ter nothin! to 1e 3eare&. 6n& #hat #oul& the units o3 +oor
    3ear-stricken hu%anity !ive 3or a +anacea a!ainst all 3ear. /n3ortunately that +anacea is
    &istille& only 1y $"#ing "n/ #on>%ering "!! $e"r.
    There a++ears to 1e a still 3urther necessity o3 stan&in! alone. 6ll %ani3este& thin!s,
    interests, &esires, an& +ersonal attach%ents or &e+en&encies are so %any 1arriers a!ainst
    all-enco%+assin! universal )i3e, that this )i3e can 3lo# into an& %er!e #ith his o#n 1ein!.
    This is the eE+erience o3 the ulti%ate aloneness that leaves the %an never a!ain alone 1ut at
    --- B
    one #ith all. This is the oneness that is no lon!er a strivin! to enter )i3e 3ro% #ithout, 1ut has
    1eco%e a +er%anent status o3 o1servation, eE+erience, an& sharin! 3ro% #ithin. The ne is
    6lone, an& to 1eco%e one #ith ,t reHuires the +assa!e o3 the !ate o3 loneliness. "ot the
    loneliness o3 a her%it #ith&ra#al 3ro% %ankin&, 1ut lonely service a%on! an& 3or %en;
    +erha+s %ost servin! those to #ho% one is least kno#n - or even %ost hate&.
    7Theosophical 1otes, cto1er, 1F<(8
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    CON41R1NC1S5
    1/+onton T. S. 5
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    the +resentation o3 +reviously un+u1lishe& +a+ers 3ocusin! on #hat 0.$. Blavatsky +resente&
    an&Sor her in3luence on (Gth century thou!ht in the 3iel&s o3 science, literature, art, %usic,
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    2i/*est 4e/er"tion- TSA5
    T&ir/ Se#ret Do#trine S'+,osi%+
    klaho%a City, May (1-(9,1FFC
    The year o3 1FFC is the 11Gth anniversary o3 the +u1lication o3 0.$. Blavatsky:s The
    %ecret 3octrine 7*.D.8, #hich #as +u1lishe& in 1CCC. We #ill honor the occasion #ith the thir&
    sy%+osiu% in the /.*. on the *.D. in recent years. 0.$.B.:s intention in her source 1ook o3
    esoteric +hiloso+hy #as to 1rin! to the hi!hest %in&s a 3ar-reachin! vision an& cuttin!-e&!e
    un&erstan&in! o3 our universe an& our o#n hu%anity. This sy%+osiu% is 1ein! or!aniAe& to
    3urther this vision.
    The 3irst sy%+osiu% #as hel& in *an Die!o, 5uly ( 1 -((, 1FC9. There #ere 1B +a+ers
    3ro% 9 countries. The +rocee&in!s #ere +u1lishe& as the %ymposium on >75?s %ecret
    3octrine, WiAar&s Bookshel3, *an Die!o, 1FC9. U6vaila1le 3ro% 7roto#onos - e&.V The secon&
    sy%+osiu% #as calle& %ecret 3octrine (entenary$ ,t #as hel& cto1er (F-4G, 1FCC, in
    $asa&ena, Cali3ornia. The -eport of 7roceedin#s #as +u1lishe& 1y The Theoso+hical
    *ociety, $asa&ena, Cali3ornia, /.*.6.
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    intereste& in or involve& in theoso+hic #ork 3e&eration #i&e, nation#i&e, or #orl&#i&e. For
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    so%eti%es co%+ro%ise&. - e&.V 7(8 *en& in 71y May 1, 1FFC8 the 3inal #ritten +a+er 3or
    +u1lication.
    6 co%%ittee #ill revie# those titles su1%itte& 1y 5anuary 41 an& %ake a selection 3or
    those to 1e +resente& at the con3erence. ,t is eE+ecte& that there #ill 1e %ore +a+ers than
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    7"rio%s N S%n/r'
    S" ) The S"( "! M*(: A %tudy of the (ode8 1aEaraeus and the /ri#ins of (hristianity+
    1y *.F. Dunla+, Ulon! 2o2 in 2*o&:V is a ne# re+rint out 3ro% WiAar&s Bookshel3. ,t is the 3irst
    re+rint o3 a 1ook +rivately +u1lishe& in 1C=1 an& looks like a valua1le a&&ition to stu&ies in
    early Christian roots, Blavatsky re3ers to it in *D 1, ++. 1F9-<. The +u1lisher #rites in the
    $re3ace: 2This #ork concerns early Christianity an& its +a!an ori!ins. ,t &ra#s u+on a +lethora
    o3 &iverse tra&itions that eEiste& in the %i&&le east in the centuries +rece&in! the era o3
    5ehushua o3 $antera 75esus8. Dunla+ 3ires o33 a %achine !un staccato o3 ter%s tyin! these
    conce+ts to!ether, &ra#in! u+on a kno#le&!e o3 Ger%an, French, )atin, Greek, an& 0e1re#,
    in a %anner in&icative o3 eEce+tional %e%ory. 6s such, his #orks are in&uctive in nature as a
    co%%on &eno%inator is sou!ht a%on! the various citations. 0is conclusions are not al#ays
    correct, 1ut the 1rea&th o3 his investi!ations #ill 1e a++arent.2 UR19.GG 3ro% WiAar&s
    Bookshel3, $B ==GG, *an Die!o, C6 F(1==V
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    "icolas Weeks #rites on the co%%ent in the last 7roto#onos: 2Concernin! the )o&!e
    :ever since the ti%e o3 Tson!ka+a: %akin! :an e33ort in the last (< years o3 each century...:
    0$B #rote in CW 1(, 1(G that the !"st >%"rter e$$ort has 1een !oin! on since the ;uro+ean
    Mystery schools #ere crushe& out o3 eEistence. That ha++ene& 19GG years 1e3ore 5e
    Tson!ka+a:s ti%e.2 6 ne# one on %e. $erha+s it concerns the &i33erence in Huality o3 the
    e33ort. 6ny %essen!er sent &urin! the &ark a!es ha& to 1e consi&ere& a sacri3icial victi%,
    even %ore than recently. Weeks also 1rin!s u+ the +oint that the ;uro+ean Mystery *chools
    re3erre& to #ere the Drui&s.
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    Blavatsky re%arks so%e#here to the e33ect that 2eer' inno"tion is $o!!o*e/ (' "
    s&"/o*.2 6n& ho#P This #riter never !ot into co%+uters or the ,nternet until a1out = %onths
    a!o, an& has 3oun& that every a&vanta!e is +ai& 3or see%in!ly %any ti%es over. n the
    ,nternet there is no +olicin! #hatsoever an& one can see #hat as+ects o3 hu%an nature are
    >ust #aitin! to reveal the%selves, unhin&ere& 1y the 3ear o3 &irect +unish%ent 7kar%a is
    another unconsi&ere& %atter ho#ever.8 $eo+le in lar!e nu%1er 1eco%e cri%inals - #hich is
    #hat any hacker is in truth. 6nother na%e 3or the ,nternet %i!ht as #ell 1e 2The ;le%ental
    0i!h#ay2 consi&erin! the ne# o1session &iseases an& the like, #ith a cou+le o3 cases ,:ve
    seen o3 Courts even takin! chil&ren a#ay 3ro% +arents. We:ve a #hole ne# cro#& o3
    +ossesse& +eo+le Gla&ly, it is not even a +ro1le% 3or %e, as , a% so over-hacke& , can:t stay
    online lon! enou!h to encounter +ro1le%s .....
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    ,n the March-6+ril issue o3 Timeline, a +u1lication o3 the hio 0istorical *ociety, is an
    article 1y Terry 6. Barnhart on the early 1Fth century sel3-e&ucate& archaeolo!ist 5a%es
    McBri&e, ,t contains McBri&e surveys o3 the various In/i"n +o%n/s "n/ #onstr%#tions in
    the hio an& Mississi++i -iver Ialleys in the 1C(G:s an& 4G:s. Most o3 these o3ten ela1orate
    structures are no# +lo#e& un&er an& o1literate&. They inclu&e& %oun&s, an& other
    a++arently &e3ensive structures o3 circular %oun&s an& &itches enclosin! an area or villa!e,
    so%e even havin! a sort o3 %aAe 3or an entrance. 6lso, so%e o3 the %oun&s, #ith a circular
    %oun& o3 &irt surroun&in! the% in so%e cases, see% o1viously 3or reli!ious +ur+oses. , #as
    rather sur+rise& that so%e o3 these 3or%ations #ere actually &irt +yra%i&s #ith ra%+s lea&in!
    to the to+, as in the stone 3or%ation o3 the Mayan +yra%i&s. , &on:t kno# i3 all or %ost ,n&ian
    earth %oun&s #ere +yra%i&al in 3or%, 1ut +erha+s callin! the% 2%oun&s2 is i%+ro+er, an&
    they shoul& actually 1e re3erre& to as 2+yra%i&s,2 an& thus 3or% a link #ith the sa%e ori!inal
    cultures 76tlantean.8 #hich 3or%e& the *outh 6%erican +yra%i&s.
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    R"n/o+ T&o%g&ts
    ,n so%ethin! that rarely ha++ens, , once hear& a voice ,n that state >ust 1et#een #akin!
    an& slee+in! u+on !ettin! u+ in the %ornin!. , hear& 2The ?ey to all ever re%ains a %ystery.2
    This %akes sense, so , think it #as so%e #is&o% co%in! %y #ay. 0o# , inter+ret the i&ea is
    that there is one threa&, so to s+eak, #hich !oes throu!h everythin! an& all eEistence, an&
    that this essence or threa& is the raison d?etre o3 it all, 1ut it is ever unrealiAa1le. $ara1rah%a
    ever rece&es.
    , recently #atche& a story on one o3 the TI ne#s investi!ative +ro!ra%s a1out the
    a++rehen&in! o3 a serial arsonist #ho hi%sel3 #as a #ell-kno#n arson investi!ator. 6
    &etective #orkin! on the case %a&e the o1servation that #e all !enerally have 24 lives2: 718
    our social li3e; 7(8 our 3a%ily li3e; an& 748 our secret li3e, or that li3e #hich no one kno#s a1out
    1ut oursel3.
    2*o%e rise 1y sin; so%e 3all 1y virtue.2 This is an a+horis% , co+ie& &o#n 3ro%
    so%e#here, an& it see%s al%ost %ore o3ten than not true, 1ut also it has to a++ly to short-
    ter% or even one-li3eti%e results. ?ar%a %akes a&>ust%ent in the lon! run.
    The usual result o3 she&&in! li!ht or kno#le&!e is hatre&, o3ten in an un#illin! reci+ient.
    "o one likes li!ht she& in their &ark +laces, nor &oes *ociety. 3 course - this a++lies to one:s
    sel3 as #ell.
    Du!+a-ty+es sel3-&estruct in a short ti%e o3ten
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    3ro% their o#n kar%a. But i3 one thinks #ron!ly i3 he thinks he #ill 1e 3ree 3ro% the
    harass%ent o3 such ty+es therea3ter, 1ecause a ne# 1atch is 1orn #ith every !eneration. ,
    use& to think 2&u!+as2 as &escri1e& 1y Blavatsky 7an& one can also a++ly the ter% loosely to
    those #ith that certain +sycholo!ical knack to +ur+osively %ake one:s li3e hell8 #ere +ersons,
    %ore or less, that &evelo+e& their a1ilities throu!h e33ort, 1ut as Blavatsky re%arks in the
    article on the To&as in this issue, %ost are natural-1orn %e&iu%s ten&in! to#ar& sel3ishness.
    They use the ne!ative si&e o3 nature, 1ut in truth are hel+less i3 they 1eco%e a victi% o3 the
    +o#ers they take a&vanta!e o3, unlike those trea&in! the ri!ht-han& +ath #ho have to &evelo+
    Will an& unsel3ishness, an& thus sel3-control an& sel3-+rotection. The ne!ative +o#ers o3 such
    !enerally see% to co%e un&er the hea&in!s o3 ,nti%i&ation, 0u%iliation, an& *e&uction.
    6n ol& Theoso+hist 3rien& tol& %e that he thou!ht #hether one trea&s the ri!ht or le3t-
    han& +ath #as a &ecision that #as %a&e 2#ay 1ack there so%e#here2 an& that see%in!ly #e
    have each +retty %uch carve& out our &estiny. :Don:t kno# i3 this is true or not, 1ut a% ten&in!
    to think %ay1e it is. ,t #oul& 1e har& an& %ay1e i%+ossi1le to >u&!e in&ivi&ual cases on this
    1asis. 6 +ositive an!le on this inter+retation o3 thin!s is that one %i!ht have less +re>u&ice
    to#ar&s +eo+le:s reli!ious or other +ersuasions. There #oul& 1e seen to 1e Christians
    ulti%ately &e&icate& to the 2Goo&: in the 3inal analysis, an& those not so. This #oul& a++ly to
    Bu&&hists, Mosle%s, 0in&us, etc, - any !rou+. *o a certain 3aith to )i3e an& the ulti%ate !oo&
    intentions o3 +eo+le #ill result. ne #oul& not >u&!e a +riori any in&ivi&ual or his te%+orary
    i&iocies.
    2,ts 1etter to 1e %isera1le in ?no#le&!e, than %isera1le in ,!norance.2
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    C",it"! P%nis&+ent
    6ll %o&es o3 eEecution are violent, #hether 1y the kni3e, the s#or&, the 1ullet, 1y +oison,
    ro+e, or electricity. 6n& 3or the Theoso+hist the ter% violent as a++lie& to &eath %ust %ean
    %ore than it &oes to those #ho &o not hol& Theoso+hical vie#s. For the latter, a violent &eath
    is &istin!uishe& 3ro% an easy natural one solely 1y the violence use& a!ainst the victi%. But
    3or us such a &eath is the violent se+aration o3 the %an 3ro% his 1o&y, an& is a serious %atter,
    o3 interest to the #hole state. ,t creates in 3act a +ara&oE, 3or such +ersons are not &ea&; they
    re%ain #ith us as unseen cri%inals, a1le to &o har% to the livin! an& to cause &a%a!e to the
    #hole o3 *ociety.
    What ha++ens. 6ll the onlooker sees is that the su&&en cuttin! o33 is acco%+lishe&; 1ut
    #hat o3 the reality. 6 natural &eath is like the 3allin! o3 a lea3 near the #inter ti%e. The ti%e is
    3ully ri+e, all the +o#ers o3 the lea3 havin! se+arate&; those actin! no lon!er, its ste% has 1ut
    a sli!ht hol& on the 1ranch an& the sli!htest #in& takes it a#ay. *o #ith us; #e 1e!in to
    se+arate our &i33erent inner +o#ers an& +arts one 3ro% the other 1ecause their 3ull ter% has
    en&e&, an& #hen the 3inal tre%or co%es the various inner co%+onent +arts o3 the %an 3all
    a#ay 3ro% each other an& let the soul !o 3ree. But the +oor cri%inal has not co%e to the
    natural en& o3 his li3e. 0is astral 1o&y is not rea&y to se+arate 3ro% his +hysical 1o&y, nor is
    the vital nervous ener!y rea&y to leave. The entire inner %an is closely knit to!ether, an& he
    is the reality. , have sai& these +arts are not rea&y to se+arate - they are in 3act not a1le to
    se+arate 1ecause they are 1oun& to!ether 1y la# an& a 3orce over #hich only !reat "ature
    has control.
    When then the %ere +hysical 1o&y is so treate& that a su&&en, +re%ature se+aration
    3ro% the real %an is e33ecte&, he is %erely &aAe& 3or a ti%e, a3ter #hich he #akes u+ in the
    at%os+here o3 the earth 3ully a sentient livin! 1ein! save 3or the 1o&y. 0e sees the +eo+le, he
    sees an& 3eels a!ain the +ursuit o3 hi% 1y the la#, 0is +assions are alive. 0e has 1eco%e a
    ra!in! 3ire, a %ass o3 hate; the victi% o3 his 3ello#s an& o3 his o#n cri%e. Fe# o3 us are a1le,
    even un&er 3avora1le circu%stances, to a&%it ourselves as #holly #ron! an& to say that
    +unish%ent in3licte& on us 1y %an is ri!ht an& >ust, an& the cri%inal has only hate an& &esire
    3or reven!e.
    ,3 no# #e re%e%1er that his state o3 %in& #as %a&e #orse 1y his trial an& eEecution,
    #e can see that he has 1eco%e a %enace to the livin!. ;ven i3 he 1e not so 1a& an& 3ull o3
    reven!e as sai&, he is hi%sel3 the re+ository o3 his o#n &ee&s; he carries #ith hi% into the
    astral real% surroun&in! us the +ictures o3 his cri%es, an& these are ever livin! creatures, as
    it #ere. ,n any case he is &an!erous. Floatin! as he &oes in the very real% in #hich our %in&
    an& sense o+erate, he is 3orever co%in! in contact #ith the %in& an& senses o3 the livin!.
    More +eo+le than #e sus+ect are nervous an& sensitive. ,3 these sensitives are touche& 1y
    this invisi1le cri%inal they have in>ecte& into the% at once the +ictures o3 his cri%e an&
    +unish%ent, the vi1rations 3ro% his hate, %alice an& reven!e. )ike creates like, an& thus
    these vi1rations create their like. Many a +erson has 1een i%+elle& 1y so%e unkno#n 3orce
    to co%%it cri%e; an& that 3orce ca%e 3ro% such an inha1itant o3 our s+here.
    - W%. J. 5u&!e UEchoes of the /rient, ,, ++. 9==- BV
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    Pr"t"+"("- is a Blavatsky oriente& Theoso+hical +u1lication an& is +u1lishe&
    a++roEi%ately 9 or %ore ti%es a year. *u1scri+tion is RG.B< +er issue in ". 6%erica an&
    sur3ace rate overseas, 1.(< 3or air%ail overseas. 6ny check shoul& 1e #ritten to 2M. -.
    5aHua2. *u1%issions an& corres+on&ence are #elco%e, ;&itor: M. -. 5aHua. *en&
    corres+on&ence to: $roto!onos.......
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    "u%1er 44 *e+te%1er 1FFC
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    Contents5 @en *tory...1; The *in o3 -etaliation.......Beres3or& ...1; Moun& Buil&er
    Giants. ......-o11...4; The Face in the Woo&.....$ercival...9; Books ...<; The )i1eration o3
    *el3......*a&at ...=; n ccultis%....Blavatsky...B; /nite& Det ,n&e+en&ent ......;&!e...C;
    *cra+1ook....1G
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    =en Stor'
    There once live& a !reat #arrior. Thou!h Huite ol&, he still #as a1le to &e3eat any
    challen!er. 0is re+utation eEten&e& 3ar an& #i&e throu!hout the lan& an& %any stu&ents
    !athere& to stu&y un&er hi%.
    ne &ay an in3a%ous youn! #arrior arrive& at the villa!e. 0e #as &eter%ine& to 1e the
    3irst %an to &e3eat the !reat %aster. 6lon! #ith his stren!th, he ha& an uncanny a1ility to s+ot
    an& eE+loit any #eakness in an o++onent. 0e #oul& #ait 3or his o++onent to %ake the 3irst
    %ove, thus revealin! a #eakness, an& then #oul& strike #ith %erciless 3orce an& li!htnin!
    s+ee&. "o one ha& ever laste& #ith hi% in a %atch 1eyon& the 3irst %ove.
    Much a!ainst the a&vice o3 his concerne& stu&ents, the ol& %aster !la&ly acce+te& the
    youn! #arrior:s challen!e. 6s the t#o sHuare& o33 3or 1attle, the youn! #arrior 1e!an to hurl
    insults at the ol& %aster. 0e thre# &irt an& s+it in his 3ace. For hours he ver1ally assaulte&
    hi% #ith every curse an& insult kno#n to %ankin&. But the ol& #arrior %erely stoo& there
    %otionless an& cal%. Finally, the youn! #arrior eEhauste& hi%sel3. ?no#in! he #as &e3eate&,
    he le3t 3eelin! sha%e&.
    *o%e#hat &isa++ointe& that he &i& not 3i!ht the insolent youth, the stu&ents !athere&
    aroun& the ol& %aster an& Huestione& hi%. 20o# coul& you en&ure such an in&i!nity. 0o#
    &i& you &rive hi% a#ay.2
    2,3 so%eone co%es to !ive you a !i3t an& you &o not receive it,2 the %aster re+lie&, 2to
    #ho% &oes the !i3t 1elon!.2
    - source unkno#n, 3ro% D.$.
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    TH1 SIN O4 R1TA0IATION
    - 5. D. Beres3or&

    UThe 3ollo#in! article #as #ritten =< years a!o 1e3ore WW,,. ,t is on the +sycholo!y o3
    War an& also hu%an +sycholo!y, #hich haven:t chan!e& in the interi%. The article #as set-u+
    3or 7roto 1e3ore the recent /.*. rai&s on terrorist sites in the %i&-east an& not %eant to re3lect
    on the%, #hich , 1elieve is a1out the only o+tion the /.*. has in sel3-&e3ense a!ainst su1-
    hu%an terroris%. - e&.V
    ...)et us eEa%ine the eEcee&in!ly critical to+ic o3 the attitu&e to#ar&s Ger%any at the
    +resent ti%e. ;n!lish, French an& other continental >ournals are %akin! !reat +lay >ust no#
    #ith their re+orts o3 the horrors an& 1rutalities +ractice& un&er the 0itler re!i%e, such
    1rutalities, to Huote a recent instance, as that o3 the youn! !irl #ho #as eE+ose& an& ill-
    treate& at "ure%1er!, 1ecause, - as alle!e& on the +lacar& she #as co%+elle& to #ear, - she
    ha& o33ere& hersel3 to a 5e#. The result o3 this +u1licity is to arouse a sense o3 an!er a!ainst
    the cul+rit, 3ollo#e& inevita1ly 1y that +iti3ul hu%an eE+ression, the &esire to a&%inister
    +unish%ent. We are so rea&y to +lay the roles o3 >u&!e, !aoler an& eEecutioner, all o3 #hich
    %inister to our sense o3 +o#er. We never see% to realise that the +ractice o3 cruelty is the
    sa%e sin #hether it 1e the act o3 the aven!er or o3 the ori!inal cul+rit.
    "o# #e #oul& not seek to con&one the "aAi %etho&, #hich like every 3or% o3 tyranny
    re+resents an evil 3or% o3 Govern%ent an& one that %ust 3inally &e3eat its o#n en&s, - since
    tyranny connotes the eEercise o3 3orci1le inter3erence #ith in&ivi&ual s+eech, action an&
    o+inion; an& no %an is ever the 1etter 3or, or in any #ay converte& 1y, +unish%ent unless he
    1e truly convince& that he has &eserve& it. But i3 #e are to un&erstan& the +heno%enon o3
    0itleris%, #e %ust seek its causes #ith an earnest %in& 3ree 3ro% +re>u&ice or any
    +reconceive& #ish to con&e%n. The co%%on attitu&e is that in&icate& 1y the o+enin!
    +ara!ra+hs o3 this article, the &esire to treat the sy%+to%s in the 1elie3 that their 3orci1le
    su++ression %ust necessarily cure the &isease, - as #e &i& in 1F1F, #ith the results that no#
    con3ront us.
    )et us 1e!in 1y re!ar&in! Ger%any 3or a %o%ent as i3 that s+irit #hich is %ost
    +ro%inent at the +resent ti%e re+resente& a sin!le hu%an entity. "o# the Ger%any o3 1F19
    ha& a ten&ency, it is an eEcee&in!ly co%%on one, to
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    %e!alo%ania, to the illusion that she ha& a %a!ni3icent &estiny. There #ere a%+le !roun&s
    3or such a 1elie3. ,n&ustry, concentration an& thorou!hness in all she un&ertook ha& 1rou!ht
    !reat co%%ercial an& +olitical success. *he ha& a sincere 1elie3 in her o#n 2?ultur,2 an&
    lookin! a1out her she &i& not &ou1t that the i%+osition o3 her i&eals u+on her nei!h1ors #oul&
    ulti%ately raise the% in the scale o3 civiliAation. ,n&ee& it is +er%issi1le to ar!ue that i3, say,
    France, Bel!iu% an& ;n!lan& ha& 1een #illin! to su1%it to Ger%an rule, the ;uro+e o3 to&ay
    #oul& have 1een 3ar ha++ier than it actually is.
    "o# Ger%any:s 1elie3 in hersel3 #as not &estroye& 1y the %iseries o3 the War nor 1y the
    hu%iliations that 3ollo#e&, 1ut it #as %ost tortuously #ar+e&. ,3 you severely +unish a %an 3or
    so%ethin! #hich he, +ersonally, 1elieves to 1e a virtue, #hen he is release& he #ill +ersist in
    his ol& o+inions, 1ut his su1seHuent en&eavor to !ive e33ect to the% #ill have a ne# ele%ent
    o3 resent%ent an& an!er #hich #ill react u+on his i&eals. 6n& Ger%any to&ay is seekin! to
    revive the s+irit that ani%ate& her t#enty years a!o 1y %etho&s #hose increase&
    ruthlessness is &ue to the 3act that she is still in 1on&s. The "aAi stor%-troo+s re+resent the
    s+irit o3 the a!!ressive youn! Ger%any, un+ur!e& 1y su33erin!, intent u+on revivin! an i&eal,
    3ro% #hich the 3iner ele%ents have 1een eli%inate& 1y the stru!!les o3 the ol&er !eneration.
    But no #ar - 3or all #ars are ulti%ately an eE+ression o3 the #ill to +unish%ent, - #oul&
    convince Ger%any o3 error; an& the a&verse criticis% that veils a threat #ill sti33en her +ri&e
    an& increase her an!er an& resent%ent.
    Moreover her chie3 3ault is, as #e shoul& naturally eE+ect it to 1e, the 3ault o3 her
    ene%ies also. "ational +ri&e, e!otis%, sel3-seekin!, ho#ever various their eE+ression, are the
    &o%inatin! %otives in every country o3 ;uro+e. When the Worl&-econo%ic Con3erence %et
    last su%%er in )on&on, its e33orts +ro&uce& no result, si%+ly 1ecause the &ele!ates, althou!h
    they %ay have visualiAe& a co%%on +ur+ose, &are& %ake no +ersonal sacri3ice to o1tain
    #orl&-security. 6%erica #as the %ost 3la!rant o33en&er in this res+ect, 1ut i3 the outstan&in!
    %onetary &i33iculty #ith re!ar& to the !ol&-stan&ar& coul& have 1een settle&, noU.V en&urin!
    1ene3it to the #orl& at lar!e #oul& have 1een e33ecte& 1y the Con3erence. The Con!ress as a
    #hole %et to cure sy%+to%s, not the !enerative &isease; an& each country, #hen it ca%e to
    %atters o3 &etail, #as concerne& to +rotect its o#n interests. There #as never 3ro% the
    1e!innin! any evi&ence that the -e+resentatives at the Con3erence #ere +re+are& to re!ar&
    the%selves as 2%e%1ers o3 one 1o&y,2 #ith a co%%on +ur+ose #hich coul& 1e serve& only
    1y an earnest &esire to 3ree that #orl&-1o&y 3ro% its evil hu%ors.
    There3ore 1e3ore #e con&e%n Ger%any, #e %ust 1e +re+are& to +ut our o#n houses in
    or&er, to ask ourselves #hether #e, also, &o not su33er 3ro% a national sel3ishness #hich in
    si%ilar circu%stances %i!ht 1e intensi3ie& till it a++eare& as a 3or% o3 %a&ness. 6n& let us !o
    still 3urther than that an& ask #hether, i3 such a thin! #ere conceiva1le, any nation that 3oun&
    itsel3, a3ter a can&i& eEa%ination, to 1e #ithout 3ault #oul& even then 1e in a +osition to >u&!e
    an& con&e%n another. ,t is certain that unless this stainless nation ha++ene& to 1e our o#n,
    #e shoul& 1e eEcee&in!ly loath to entrust it #ith the 3unctions o3 an ar1itrary >u&!e.
    Det, althou!h these state%ents %ay 1e acce+ta1le to those rea&ers o3 T>E A-FA1
    7AT> #ho are a1le to realiAe the 3ull i%+lications o3 all that is %eant 1y such a +hrase as the
    Brotherhoo& o3 Man, they #oul& 1e scorne& 1y the +oliticians o3 any country in the #orl&. To
    %ake a +articular a++lication, let us consi&er 3or a %o%ent the use an& intention o3 a +hrase,
    once +ro%inent as a slo!an, an& one that %ay very +ro1a1ly 1e revive& in the course o3 the
    neEt year or t#o. This +hrase is 2The Ma& Do! o3 ;uro+e.2
    The intention is a&%ira1ly clear or it coul& never have 1een acce+te& as a rallyin! call to
    the +eo+le. The +lain inti%ation is that #hen a &o! !oes %a&, there is no ti%e to consi&er
    si&e-issues o3 any sort or kin&, the thin! is a +u1lic &an!er an& %ust 1e kille& at the earliest
    +ossi1le %o%ent. But, like all such %eta+hors, it i!nores every analo!y eEce+t the o1vious
    one.
    ,n the 3irst +lace it arro!ates to the user the ri!ht o3 >u&!%ent. The %a&ness in Huestion
    a++ears so to us, it %ay 1e, solely 1ecause #e are settin! u+ a &i33erent stan&ar& o3 con&uct
    as our criterion o3 sanity. To the Ger%an nation o3 1F19, ;n!lan&:s entry into the #ar
    a++eare&, also, as an act o3 %a&ness. The &escri+tion, a 2%a& ;n!lish%an2 is still current as
    an eE+ression o3 ;uro+ean o+inion on British %entality. Who, then, in ,nternational +olitics is
    to 1e truste& as a sa3e &ia!nostician o3 a nation:s %a&ness. ,t is o1vious, in short, that the
    analo!y is not a true one.
    ,n the secon& +lace, %ust #e not ask ourselves at the +resent ti%e #hether #e %ay
    not have any res+onsi1ility 3or the state o3 %in& #hich i3 a!!ravate& %ay +resently a++ear to
    us as %a&ness. 6 1ull, 3or eEa%+le, %ay !o %a& #hen it is con3ine&, an& the con3ine%ent o3
    Ger%any has 1een the +revailin! +olicy o3 ;n!lan& an& France since 1F1F. Det those
    +oliticians o3 #ho #e s+oke >ust no#, #oul& never &rea% o3 acce+tin! any res+onsi1ility
    shoul& the con3ine& ani%al 1urst 3ree an& seek reven!e on its !aolers. nce a!ain the
    rallyin! call #oul& !o 3orth an& #e shoul& 1e tol& that #e have no ti%e to consi&er #ho set
    3ire to the house #hen our lives an& +ro+erty are in &an!er. Thus it is that the +oliticians an&
    econo%ists o3 ;uro+e an& 6%erica, concerne& only #ith that shi3tin! +attern #hich &is+lays
    the i%%e&iate e33ects o3 their +olicies, +lot their %oves an& counter-%oves in the !a%e that
    shall 1rin! victory to one +layer at the eE+ense o3 another. ,nci&entally that eE+ense %ay
    inclu&e the su33erin! an& &esolation o3 %any %illions o3 +eo+le; 1ut the cost is never counte&
    until the en& has 1een achieve&.
    )et us return, ho#ever, to this Huestion o3 the #orl&-sickness so %any +hysicians are
    atte%+tin! to &octor, an& try to un&erstan& so%ethin! o3 the essential &isease that is
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    res+onsi1le 3or the sy%+to%s. $olitically an& econo%ically one +ri%ary cause o3 our illness is
    the !enerally acce+te& +rinci+le o3 retaliation #hich rules #orl& +olitics. -etaliation a++ears to
    1e our sin!le %etho& o3 !overnin! ;uro+e. When ,relan& thro#s o33 her last alle!iance to
    ;n!lan&, #e retaliate 1y over-taEin! her i%+orts. When -ussian tries British su1>ects, #e
    cancel our tra&e-a!ree%ent #ith her. "ations +er+etually increase the hei!hts o3 the Tari33
    2#alls2 one a!ainst the other. Bankru+te& 1y the 1ur&en o3 ar%a%ents #e increase it to have
    at han& the %eans o3 retaliation shoul& occasion arise. ;very nation is vain-!loriously certain
    o3 its o#n ri!ht to &o this, that or other, an& is +re+are& to u+hol& it 1y retaliatin! a!ainst, an&
    thus +unishin!, those #ho challen!e that ri!ht on any !roun&s #hatsoever. "ations here an&
    there in ;uro+e %ay 1an& the%selves to!ether to increase their +otentiality 3or retaliation, 1ut
    o3 any real a%ity 1et#een the%, any in&ication o3 a truly in3or%in! s+irit o3 !enerosity an&
    lovin!-kin&ness, there is not a si+.
    6n& it is the lack o3 those virtues that is the cause o3 our sickness. 5ealousy, resent%ent
    an& an!er #ill +oison the 1loo& o3 an in&ivi&ual an& are not less +o#er3ul in3luences in
    +oisonin! the %in& o3 a nation. 6t the %o%ent the interest o3 ;uro+e is 3ocuse& on Ger%any,
    an& 0itler:s +ersecution o3 the 5e#s is +rovi&in!, as the invasion o3 Bel!iu% +rovi&e&
    nineteen years a!o, a cause 3or stirrin! u+ in&i!nation. The $ress, necessarily the voice o3
    veste& interests, &oes not ne!lect its o++ortunities. The *can&al has 1een &ocu%ente&, an&
    shoul& the o++ortunity occur the evils o3 the "aAi re!i%e #ill 1e +roclai%e& as a sin a!ainst
    civiliAation. We shall 1e tol&, an& the over#hel%in! %a>ority o3 ne#s+a+er rea&ers #ill
    1elieve, that the %a& &o! is loose a!ain, an& that there can 1e neither security no +eace 3or
    the #orl& until it is &estroye&.
    But there is no one #ith the authority or the 3ar-reachin! voice to +oint out to us that #e
    are all su33erin! 3ro% the sa%e &isease, that these !er%s o3 >ealousy, resent%ent, an!er an&
    sel3-seekin! in our 1loo& %ay at any %o%ent Huicken to a 3ever #hich #ill lea& to those
    a1uses o3 War 1y the si&e o3 #hich the a1uses o3 0itleris% #ill sink into insi!ni3icance. DD ,s
    there, in&ee&, a nation in ;uro+e #hich is so !uiltless in intention that it can res+on& to the
    invitation 2)et hi% that is #ithout sin cast the 3irst stone2. For the truth inherent in every
    i%+ortant reli!ion, an& never +ut into +ractice 1y those #ho !ui&e the &estinies o3 nations, is
    that ulti%ately it #ill 1e the %eek an& not the sel3-seekers #ho shall inherit the earth. 6n& so
    lon! as our rulers continue to +ractice their +er+etual +olicy o3 a!!ression an& retaliation, the
    +eo+le o3 the #hole #orl& %ust continue to su33er in the 3lesh an& in the s+irit.
    UThe Aryan 7ath, Dece%1er, 1F44V
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    DD Written lon! 1e3ore 0itler:s #orse atrocities. - 7roto
    QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
    2o%n/ 9%i!/er Gi"nts?
    26 rare archeolo!ical &iscovery has 1een %a&e near -einenville, in Mor!an County,
    hio. 6 s%all knoll #hich has al#ays 1een su++ose& to 1e the result o3 an u+roote& tree #as
    o+ene& recently an& &iscovere& to 1e the #ork o3 %oun& 1uil&ers. 5ust 1elo# the level o3 the
    surroun&in! sur3ace a layer o3 1oul&ers an& +e11les #as 3oun&, an& &o#n un&erneath this
    #as 3oun& the skeleton o3 a !iant, #hich %easure& C 3oot B inches in hei!ht. *urroun&in! the
    skeleton #ere 1one an& stone i%+le%ents, stone hatchets an& other characteristics o3 the
    %oun& 1uil&ers. The &iscovery is consi&ere& 1y the local scientists as one o3 the %ost
    i%+ortant ever %a&e in hio. The skeleton is no# in the +ossession o3 a -einersville
    collector.2 U,ail?s Annular )orld, Iol. ,,,, #49, *econ& Month, 1CFC, +. 4G8
    - 3ro% -. -o11
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    TH1 4AC1 IN TH1 WOOD
    - 0. W. $ercival
    The +icture here re+ro&uce& an& calle& 2the 3ace in the #oo&,2 sho#s a curiosity,
    +resente& to our rea&ers 3or their s+eculation as to ho# it #as 3or%e&, We have seen the
    +iece o3 #oo&, the +hoto!ra+h o3 #hich is here sho#n, an& #ere in3or%e& it #as 3oun& in the
    autu%n o3 1CF< in the 3urniture 3actory o3 *trict an& *ch%i&t in Cincinnati, hio; that it ca%e
    #ith a shi+%ent o3 +o+lar lu%1er !ro#n an& cut in the hills o3 West Iir!inia; that the +iece o3
    #oo& #as san&e& &o#n till it #as the siAe o3 the +icture here !iven, an& it #as a1out one-thir&
    o3 an inch in thickness; that it #as sho#n at a %eetin! o3 the Cincinnati Furniture ;Echan!e,
    at the Gran& 0otel in Cincinnati; that it #as seen 1y %any +eo+le #ho &eclare& the #oo& an&
    +icture to 1e !enuine, an& that the +iece a3ter#ar&s 3oun& its #ay to the Museu% o3 "atural
    0istory in )on&on, ;n!lan&.
    6s re+orte& in a Cincinnati +a+er o3 that ti%e, Mr. *triet:s account o3 the +iece o3 #oo& is
    as 3ollo#s:
    2When , 3irst sa# this +iece o3 #oo& there #as a very 3ine, or at least, very 3air, +icture o3
    the %e&iaeval clo#n , #ith his ca+ an& conventional 1ells, #ith three tassels han!in! in the
    %ost lu&icrous an& !rotesHue %anner 3ro% a &istorte& to+-knot. There see%e& to %e a &e3ect
    in the sho#in! %a&e, an& , &irecte& another touchin! o3 the +iece to the :san&er,: an& #as
    shocke& an& &is+lease& that the #hole outline ha& +ractically &isa++eare&. The curious
    !rainin! o3 the #oo& at this +articular s+ot, ho#ever, le& %e an& %y #ork%an to &o %ore #ith
    the +iece, so it #as severe& 3ro% the +lank o3 #hich it #as a +art, an& the other si&e o3 it
    turne& to the san&er, an& al%ost at once the 3ace #as 1rou!ht to vie#. The #oo& #as then
    care3ully +olishe& an& :san&e& &o#n: till it is o3 the eEact siAe o3 the +icture 7here#ith
    +ro&uce&8 an& a1out a thir& o3 an inch in thickness.2
    The #oo& #as taken, the account continues, to 2%y 3rien&, the -ev. -----, #hose #i3e #as
    so%e#hat note& as a clairvoyant an& seeress, an& out o3 curiosity eEhi1ite& to hi% the nake&
    +iece o3 #oo&. 0e #on&ere& at it, 3 course, as no one has ever 3aile& to &o #ho has yet
    seen the #oo& itsel3, an& calle& his #i3e, an& intro&ucin! %e, sai& to her: :Dear, take this an&
    see #hat you can see.: *he took it an& retire& to an a&>oinin! roo%, #hence she returne& in-
    a1out ten %inutes, sayin!: :, can %ake nothin! o3 #hat , sa#, an& a% i%+resse& #ith a
    !larin!, 3lashin! li!ht an& a %an, see%in!ly an riental, sittin! un&er the sha&o# 3 a tree.:2
    The #oo& #as sent shortly a3ter it #as 3oun&, to a la&y resi&in! in Washin!ton, D.C.
    Desirin! to 1e in3or%e& as to the kin& o3 #oo& it #as an& ho# or 1y #hat %eans the 3or%ation
    #as +ro&uce&, she took it to the Botanical De+art%ent o3 the "ational Museu% o3
    Washin!ton, D.C. There it #as eEa%ine& 1y eE+erts, #ho looke& it over an& inHuire& #here
    an& ho# it #as 3oun&. They #ere una1le to o33er any eE+lanation o3 the +heno%enon o3 the
    3ace in the
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    #oo&. They &i& not even a!ree as to the kin& o3 #oo& it #as. ne sai& it #as curly %a+le,
    another ash, #hile the o+inions o3 others #ere in 3avor o3 &i33erent trees native to the *tates.
    The 3ace in the #oo&, as a++ears also in the +icture, is 3or%e& 1y the natural !rain o3 the
    #oo&. The 3ace is sha&e& !ra&ually in a 1eauti3ul olive color. But the surroun&in! !rain is o3
    an ivory tint.
    Many unusual +heno%ena are +ro&uce& 1y nature in her various &e+art%ents, sel&o%,
    ho#ever, a +heno%enon %ore strikin!, an& #hich #ill attract the interest o3 the curious an&
    the thou!ht o3 the stu&ent, than this +iece o3 #oo&.
    The la&y in Washin!ton o33ere& the 3ollo#in! eE+lanation, #hich #as !iven 1y her a3ter
    she ha& +sycho%etriAe& the #oo&: 2This %an is a her%it-ascetic. 0e live& a!es a!o in this
    3orest !len, in the heart o3 the +ri%eval 3orest. , see hi% &istinctly. 0e is tall, lar!e, %uscular,
    an& o3 &ark co%+leEion. 0e ca%e 3ro% an islan& in the sea. 0e is o3 the root-race 3ro% #hich
    ca%e the Dravi&ians. 0e is +ossesse& o3 !reat +sychic +o#ers. ;lectric an& %a!netic 3orce
    3lo# 3ro% hi% so stron!ly that a s+here o3 +rotection is 3or%e& aroun& hi%, an& #il& ani%als
    &are not a++roach, thou!h , see 1ir&s 3lyin! a1ove. This %an:s 3orce an& intense character
    #as such that his i%a!e #as stron!ly i%+resse& u+on the ether, #here the +icture re%aine&,
    to 1e later i%+rinte& on the #oo& in the interior o3 this youn! tree throu!h electrical eEos%osis
    an& en&os%osis. "ature is ever seekin! to +ut her +hysical %olecules into the astral or
    etheric %oul&s, #hich serve as %o&els 3or +reci+itation into 3or%s.2
    6nother eE+lanation is, the astral 1o&y o3 the %an here re+resente& #as i%+risone& in
    the tree. *uch i%+rison%ent #as cause& either 1y the s+ell cast over the %an 1y one
    +ossesse& o3 %a!ic +o#er, or 1y sel3-+ro+oun&e& sentence 1y #ay o3 eE+iation 3or #ron!s
    co%%itte&. The %anner 1y #hich the i%+rison%ent #as %a&e an& the 3ace +ro&uce& in the
    tree is, the astral 1o&y o3 the %an 1eca%e attache& to the see& or shoot o3 the tree. The
    astral o3 the %an then #as a1sor1e&, an& the 3i!ure o3 the %an:s 3ace #as &ra#n into an&
    1len&e& #ith the astral &esi!n o3 the tree, an& the +articles o3 #oo& then arran!e& the%selves
    !ra&ually an& as sho#n in the rin!s an& 3i1er o3 the tree.
    6nother eE+lanation o33ere& is, the 1o&y o3 the %an #hose 3ace is sho#n in the #oo& #as
    kille& or &ie& in the 3orest an& his stron! 3ace #as a1sor1e& 1y or i%+resse& the shoot or
    see& o3 the tree, 1y #hich the 1o&y #as taken in throu!h the tree:s roots.
    *till another eE+lanation is, the 3ace #as +ro&uce& 1y the stron! an& intense thou!ht o3
    one #ho i%+resse& the +icture on the astral o3 the see& or shoot, an& the +hysical +articles
    arran!e& the%selves accor&in! to the astral +attern i%+resse& u+on it 1y the +o#er o3 the
    thou!ht.
    -ea&ers o3 The )ord are invite& to s+eculate on the cause an& %anner in #hich the 3ace
    in the #oo& #as 3or%e&. *o%e %ay atte%+t to &is+ose o3 the %atter 1y sayin! that it is a
    3reak o3 nature. $erha+s it is. But #hat is a 3reak o3 nature. an& 1y #hat la# is a 3reak o3
    nature #orke&.
    - The )ord, March, 1F14
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    9OO:S
    T>E %E(-ET 3/(T-21E - 0.$. Blavatsky - R((.GG
    2%2% 01,E2'E3 - Blavatsky - (1.GG 7one sli!htly use& 3or 1<.GG8
    'E.-/% A-T2('E% 6 ,E-%E - s+iral 1oun&, (1(++, <.GG
    T>E 'AMA?% 'A) - Talbot Mundy in The Theosophical 7ath, over (G articles 3ro% the
    1F(G:s, RB.GG
    T>E !E)E' /4 AT'A1T2% - =An /ccult Mystery Tale=+ 6n 6tlantean 1lack %a!ician
    i%+risons his li3e essence to a !e% an& +ossesses #hoever #ears it, EeroE re+rint
    +a+er1ack, ((1++ R<.GG
    T>E A7/(A'F7%E 01%EA'E3 - 5a%es M. $ryse, 6n occult an& sy%1olic inter+retation o3
    5ohn:s -e*elations as a %anual o3 initiation rather than +ro+hecy, Blavatsky an& G&e$
    a&&en&u%, EeroE re+rint +a+er1ack, (4=++, R=.GG
    T>E/%/7>F ,%$ 1E/-T>E/%/7>F+ Mar!aret Tho%as, Blavatsky Theoso+hy co%+are&
    #ith later alterations 1y )ea&1eater an& Besant, eEtensive a&&en&u%, +a+er1ack, 1BC++,
    RB.GG
    -EA%/1 A13 -E'2.2/1, -. G. ,n!ersoll, a selection o3 the !reat 1Fth century orator an&
    atheist:s co%%ents on Christianity, also inclu&es Blavatsky:s translation o3 Dostoevsky:s The
    Gran& ,nHuisitor, har&1ack - 7+lain cover8, 149++, RB.GG
    7-/T/./1/% - har&1ack o3 3irst (C issues, #ith ta1le o3 contents an& in&eE, a++roEi%ately
    9<G++, R(<.GG
    23F'' /4 T>E )>2TE '/T0% - Ma1el Collins, 19(++, a !reat little novel an& a #arnin! on
    the se&uctive si&e o3 le3t han& occultis%, R1.(<
    ./'3E1 T>-EA3% 21 T>E TA7E%T-F /4 >2%T/-F -?enneth Morris, Morris is a #riter o3
    rare insi!ht. This is a survey o3 #orl& history inter+rete& as &i33erent areas enterin! +erio&s o3
    elevatin! in3luences. Much on China, (9G++, RC.GG
    T>E T>E/%/7>2(A' M/,EME1T 1CB<-1F(<, s+iral 1oun& EeroE re+rint, This is the %ost
    co%+rehensive an& +hiloso+hic history o3 this +erio&. , only have a 3e# co+ies, BG<++, R(G.GG
    T>E '24E /4 7A-A(E'%0%+ FranA 0art%ann, har&1ack, (4G++., #ith Blavatsky a&&en&u%,
    WiAar&s Bookshel3 e&ition, R1=.GG
    T>E 5033>2%M /4 >$7$ 5'A,AT%CF+ +a+er1ack, 44< ++, Blavatsky Huotes an& scholarly
    notation 1y co%+iler 0. *+ieren1ur!, R19.GG
    %E(-ET 3/(T-21E %FM7/%20M - 1FC9, 111 ++, +a+er1ack, a co%+ilation o3 !enuinely
    thou!ht-+rovokin! +a+ers, R<.GG
    ,nclu&e R1.<G +ost 3or the 3irst 1ook, an& G.<G 3or each a&&itional.
    Make any checks +aya1le to M.-. 5aHua, an& sen& to: $roto!onos......
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    TH1 0I91RATION O4 "S104" . C100 F4
    - 6n#ar *a&at
    Be3ore 1eco%in! +resi&ent o3 ;!y+t, 6n#ar *a&at ha& 1een a revolutionary
    atte%+tin! to 3ree ;!y+t 3ro% British colonialis%. 0e #as accuse& o3 +artici+atin! in a
    success3ul assassination +lot 7an& kar%ically; #as later assassinate& hi%sel3 a3ter 1eco%in!
    +resi&ent8, an& #as >aile& 3or 41 %onths. 0is 3irst 1C %onths #ere s+ent in solitary, #ith the
    last year o3 the 41 %onths havin! access to rea&in! %aterial an& the like. 0e says he s+ent
    %uch o3 this ti%e in tur%oil an& stru!!le atte%+tin! to 2kno# hi%sel32 +sycholo!ically,
    s+iritually an& +olitically. The result o3 his isolation an& sel3-investi!ation #as a s+iritual
    realiAation #hich he &escri1es in his auto1io!ra+hy 2n %earch of 2dentity 70ar+er K -o#,
    1FBB8, 3ro% #hich a 3e# eEcer+ts are +rinte& here. ,n his reli!ious li3e, *a&at a++ears to have
    1een a 3airly conventional Mosle%.
    2...,t #as 3our o:clock in the a3ternoon #hen , 3oun& %ysel3 insi&e Cell <9. 1 looke& aroun&.
    Cairo Central $rison #as co%+letely &i33erent 3ro% the 6liens: 5ail. ,n the 3irst +lace there #as
    no 1e&, no s%all ta1le, no chair, an& no la%+. ,t #as co%+letely 1are - a+art 3ro% a +al%-3i1er
    %at on the %aca&a%iAe& 3loor, har&ly 1i! enou!h 3or a %an to slee+ on, an& an un1elieva1ly
    &irty 1lanket. Dou si%+ly can:t i%a!ine ho# 3ilthy that thin! #as. ,n the #inter #ater ooAe&
    3ro% the cell #alls &ay an& ni!ht, an& in the su%%er hu!e ar%ies o3 1u!s %arche& u+ an&
    &o#n. 0o# 1u!s coul& live in that +er+etually #et +lace , never kne#, an& it still +uAAles %e.
    2, live& 3or a #hole ei!hteen %onths in that hole, una1le to rea& or #rite or listen to the
    ra&io. , #as &enie& everythin!, even a si%+le la%+.
    2...T#o +laces in this #orl& %ake it i%+ossi1le 3or a %an to esca+e 3ro% hi%sel3: a
    1attle3iel& an& a +rison cell. ,n Cell <9 , coul& only 1e %y o#n co%+anion, &ay an& ni!ht, an&
    it #as only natural that , shoul& co%e to kno# that :sel3: o3 %ine. , ha& never ha& such a
    chance 1e3ore, +reoccu+ie& as , ha& 1een #ith #ork in the ar%y an& #ith +olitics, an& hurrie&
    alon! 1y the constant strea% o3 &aily li3e.
    2..."o# in the co%+lete solitu&e o3 Cell <9, #hen , ha& no links at all #ith the outsi&e
    #orl& - not even ne#s+a+ers or a ra&io - the only #ay in #hich , coul& 1reak %y loneliness
    #as, +ara&oEically, to seek the co%+anionshi+ o3 that inner entity , call :sel3.: ,t #as not easy.
    6 1arrier see%e& to stan& 1et#een us. There #ere areas o3 su33erin! #hich ke+t that :sel3: in
    the &ark, sha&o#s #hich trou1le& %y %in& an& accentuate& the &i33iculty o3 sel3-con3rontation.
    2...,nsi&e Cell <9, as %y %aterial nee&s !re# increasin!ly less, the ties #hich ha&
    1oun& %e to the %aterial #orl& 1e!an to 1e severe&, one a3ter another. My soul, havin!
    >ettisone& its earthly 3rei!ht, #as 3ree& an& so took o33 like a 1ir& soarin! into s+ace, into the
    3urthest re!ions o3 eEistence, into in3inity. *o lon! as a %an is enslave& 1y %aterial nee&s, -
    #antin! to 1e or to +ossess one thin! or another - nothin! #ill ever 1elon! to hi%; he #ill
    al#ays 1elon! to :thin!s.: 6 slave to thin!s &oes not eEist as a hu%an 1ein!; only #hen he
    has cease& to nee& thin!s, can a %an truly 1e his o#n %aster an& so really eEist.
    2nce release& 3ro% the narro# con3ines o3 the :sel3,: #ith its %un&ane su33erin! an&
    +etty e%otions, a %an #ill have ste++e& into a ne#, un&iscovere& #orl& #hich is vaster an&
    richer. 0is soul #oul& en>oy a1solute 3ree&o%, unitin! #ith eEistence in its entirety,
    transcen&in! ti%e an& s+ace. Throu!h this +rocess o3 li1eration, the hu%an #ill &evelo+s into
    a love-3orce, an& all earthly 3orces 7even those that %i!ht +ertur1 a %an:s %in&8 co%e to
    contri1ute to the achieve%ent o3 +er3ect inner +eace, an& so +rovi&e a %an #ith a1solute
    ha++iness.
    2This is #hy , re!ar& %y last ei!ht %onths in +rison as the ha++iest +erio& in %y li3e. ,t
    #as then that , #as initiate& into that ne# #orl& o3 sel3-a1ne!ation #hich ena1le& %y soul to
    %er!e into all other 1ein!s, to eE+an& an& esta1lish co%%union #ith the )or& o3 all Bein!.
    This coul& never have ha++ene& i3 , ha& not ha& such solitu&e as ena1le& %e to reco!niAe
    %y real sel3. 6lthou!h , &i&n:t stu&y %ysticis%, the %ystics , rea& in +rison a++eale& to %e
    tre%en&ously as , 3oun& in the% an eE+ression o3 such inarticulate, al%ost unconscious
    3eelin!s as , eE+erience& at the ti%e.
    2ne o3 the %ost i%+ortant 3actors #hich 3acilitate& %y access to that ne# #orl& #herein
    , en>oye& +er3ect +eace o3 %in& #as su33erin!. Great su33erin! 1uil&s u+ a hu%an 1ein! an&
    +uts hi% #ithin reach o3 sel3-kno#le&!e. 6n& !reat su33erin! really 3ollo#s 3ro% lo3ty hu%an
    i&eals. 6s , hol& 3rien&shi+ to 1e sacre&, - the +ain , su33er i3 a 3rien& +lays %e 3alse is %ost
    eEcruciatin!. Betrayal 1y a 3rien& shakes %y 1ein! to its 3oun&ations; an&, i3 ever it ca%e to it
    an& , &eci&e& that a 3rien&shi+ ha& 3oun&ere&, , #oul& 3eel that +art o3 %y very 1ein! ha&
    1een lost an& #oul& su33er +ractically unen&ura1le +ain. There #oul& 1e no one , coul&
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    resort to, no #ay o3 en&in! %y !rie3.
    2"o# that , ha& &iscovere& an& actually 1e!un to live in that :ne# #orl&,: thin!s 1e!an to
    chan!e. My narro# sel3 cease& to eEist an& the only reco!niAa1le entity #as the totality o3
    eEistence, #hich as+ire& to a hi!her, transcen&ental reality. ,t #as !enuinely a conHuest, 3or in
    that #orl& , ca%e to eE+erience 3rien&shi+ #ith Go&...
    2My 3rien&shi+ #ith Go& chan!e& %e a !reat &eal. nly in &e3ense o3 a >ust cause #oul& ,
    take u+ ar%s, so to s+eak. For no# , 3elt , ha& ste++e& into a vaster an& %ore 1eauti3ul #orl&
    an& %y ca+acity 3or en&urance re&ou1le&. , 3elt , coul& stan& the +ressure, #hatever the
    %a!nitu&e o3 a !iven +ro1le%. My +ara%ount o1>ect #as to %ake +eo+le ha++y. To see
    so%eone s%ile, to 3eel that another %an:s heart 1eat 3or >oy, #as to %e a source o3
    i%%easura1le ha++iness. , i&enti3ie& #ith +eo+le:s >oys. *uch &es+ica1le e%otions as hate
    an& ven!eance #ere 1anishe& as the 3aith the :ri!ht: ulti%ately triu%+hs ca%e to 1e
    inera&ica1ly i%+lante& in %y consciousness. , ca%e to 3eel %ore &ee+ly than ever the 1eauty
    o3 love: to %e it #as that invisi1le 1on& #hich unite& +eo+le in %y villa!e 1oth at #ork an& out
    o3 #ork...
    2To %e love has al#ays 1een a lo3ty hu%an i&eal, an& it #as in Cell <9 that , &iscovere&
    that love is truly the key to everythin!. When the heavy shackles that ha& 1oun& %e to %y
    :narro# sel3: #ere re%ove&, , 1e!an to en>oy Go&:s love. , 3elt , live& in 0is love, that love #as
    a la# o3 li3e. ,n love, li3e - nay, 1ein! itsel3 - 1eco%es +ossi1le; #ithout love, 1ein! co%es to
    an en&.
    2)ove hel+e& %e to kno# %ysel3. When %y in&ivi&ual entity %er!e& into the vaster
    entity o3 all eEistence, %y +oint o3 &e+arture 1eca%e love o3 ho%e 7;!y+t8, love o3 all 1ein!,
    love o3 Go&. 6n& so , have +rocee&e& 3ro% love in &ischar!in! %y &uty 7%y res+onsi1ility8,
    #hether it #as &urin! %y last 3e# %onths in +rison, i%%e&iately a3ter %y release, as a
    %e%1er o3 the -evolutionary Co%%an& Council, or no# that , a% $resi&ent o3 ;!y+t.
    2This is #hy , a% a tireless a&vocate o3 love. )ove is a hu%an sa3e!uar& a!ainst all social
    +it3alls. Whoever lives in love %ust have s+iritual 3ecun&ity. To love %eans to !ive, an& to !ive
    %eans to 1uil&, #hile to hate is to &estroy ...2
    ''''''''''''''''''
    GUOTING 90A7ATS:6
    ON OCCULTISM8
    26%on! the nu%erous sciences +ursue& 1y the #ell-&isci+line ar%y o3 earnest stu&ents
    o3 the +resent century, none has ha& less honors or %ore sco33in! than the ol&est o3 the% -
    the science o3 sciences, the venera1le %other-+arent o3 all our %o&ern +y!%ies. 6nEious, in
    their +etty vanity, to thro# the veil o3 o1livion over their un&ou1te& ori!in, the sel3-style&,
    +ositive scientists, ever on the alert, +resent to the coura!eous scholar #ho tries to &eviate
    3ro% the 1eaten hi!h#ay trace& out 3or hi% 1y his &o!%atic +re&ecessors, a 3or%i&a1le ran!e
    o3 serious o1stacles.
    26s a rule, ccultis% is a &an!erous, &ou1le-e&!e& #ea+on 3or one to han&le, #ho is
    un+re+are& to &evote his #hole li3e to it. The theory o3 it, unai&e& 1y serious +ractice, #ill ever
    re%ain in the eyes o3 those +re>u&ice& a!ainst such an un+o+ular cause, an i&le, craAy
    s+eculation, 3it only to char% the ears o3 i!norant ol& #o%en. When #e cast a look 1ehin& us,
    an& see ho#, 3or the last thirty years, %o&ern *+iritualis% has 1een &ealt #ith,
    not#ithstan&in! the occurrence o3 &aily, hourly +roo3s #hich s+eak to all our senses, stare us
    in the eyes, an& utter their voices 3ro% :1eyon& the !reat !ul3,: ho# can #e ho+e that
    ccultis%, or Ma!ic, #hich stan&s in relation to *+iritualis% as the ,n3inite to the Finite, as the
    cause to the e33ect, or as unity to %ulti3ariousness, ho# can #e ho+e, , say, that it #ill easily
    !ain !roun& #here *+iritualis% is sco33e& at. ne #ho re>ects a priori, or even &ou1ts, the
    i%%ortality o3 %an:s soul can never 1elieve in its Creator, an& 1lin& to #hat is hetero!eneous
    in his eyes, #ill re%ain still %ore 1lin& to the +rocee&in! o3 the latter 3ro% 0o%o!eneity. ,n
    relation to the Ca1ala, or the co%+oun& %ystic teEt1ook o3 all the !reat secrets o3 "ature, #e
    &o not kno# o3 anyone in the +resent century #ho coul& have co%%an&e& a su33icient &ose
    o3 that %oral coura!e #hich 3ires the heart o3 the true a&e+t #ith the sacre& 3la%e o3
    +ro+a!an&is% - to 3orce hi% into &e3yin! +u1lic o+inion, 1y &is+layin! 3a%iliarity #ith that
    su1li%e #ork. -i&icule is the &ea&liest #ea+on o3 the a!e, an& #hile #e rea& in the recor&s o3
    history o3 thousan&s o3 %artyrs #ho >oy3ully 1rave& 3la%es an& 3a!!ots in su++ort o3 their
    %ystic &octrines in the +ast centuries, #e #oul& scarcely 1e likely to 3in& one in&ivi&ual in the
    +resent ti%es, #ho #oul& 1e 1rave enou!h even to &e3y ri&icule 1y seriously un&ertakin! to
    +rove the !reat truths e%1race&
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    in the tra&itions o3 the $ast.
    2...,t 1elon!s to the eEact kno#le&!e o3 the ccultist to eE+lain an& alter %uch o3 #hat
    see%s :re+ulsive: in *+iritualis%, to so%e o3 the too &elicate rtho&oE souls. The latter %ay
    o1>ect the %ore to *+iritualistic +heno%ena, on the !roun& that Ca1alis% is %iEe& u+ #ith it.
    They #ill 1e!in to +rove that ccultis%, i$ it /oes e@ist- is the 3or1i&&en :Black 6rt,: the
    sorcery 3or #hich +eo+le #ere 1urnt, not so lon! a!o. ,n such a case , #ill hu%1ly re+ly, that
    there is nothin! in nature 1ut has t#o si&es to it. ccultis% is certainly no eEce+tion to the
    rule, an& is co%+ose& o3 W&ite an& 9!"#) %a!ic. But so is rtho&oE reli!ion, like#ise. When
    an ccultist is a real -osicrucian, he is a thousan& ti%es +urer an& no1ler, an& %ore &ivine,
    than any o3 the holiest rtho&oE +riests; 1ut #hen one o3 the latter !ives hi%sel3 u+ to the
    tur1ulent &e%on o3 his o#n vile +assions, an& so rouses all the 3ien&s, they shout #ith >oy at
    the si!ht o3 such a +erversity. ,n #hat, +ray, is this rtho&oE +riest 1etter than the 1lackest o3
    all the sorcerers: &ealin!s #ith the ;le%entary :D#eller, : or #ith the :Diakka: o3 6.5. Davis.
    Ierily, #e have W&ite an& 9!"#) Christianity, as #ell as White an& Black %a!ic.
    2h, you very rtho&oE +riests an& cler!y%en o3 various cree&s an& &eno%inations, you
    #ho are so intolerant to#ar&s *+iritualis%D, this +urest o3 the Chil&ren o3 ancient Ma!ic, can
    you tell %e #hy, in such a case, you +ractice &aily yourselves, all the %ost +ro%inent rites o3
    %a!ic in your churchesDD, an& 3ollo# the antety+es o3 the very cere%onies o3 ccultis%. Can
    you li!ht a ta+er, or illu%inate your altars #ith circles o3 #aE li!hts, 3or instance, an& not
    re+eat the rites o3 %a!ic. What is your altar #ith the vertical 1urnin! can&les, 1ut the %o&ern
    %i%icry o3 the ori!inal %a!ic %onolith #ith the Baal 3ires u+on it. Don:t you kno# that 1y
    &oin! so you are 3ollo#in! ri!ht in the ste+s o3 the ancient 3ire-#orshi+ers, the $ersian
    0eathen Ghe1ers. 6n& your $o+e:s s+arklin! %itre, #hat is it 1ut the &irect &escen&ant o3 the
    Mithraic *acri3ice, sy%1olical coverin! invente& 3or the hea&s o3 the hi!h +riests o3 this very
    ccultis% in Chal&aea. 0avin! +asse& throu!h nu%erous trans3or%ations it no# rests in its
    last 7.8 rtho&oE sha+e, u+on the venera1le hea& o3 your successor o3 *t. $eter. )ittle &o the
    &evout Worshi+ers o3 the Iatican sus+ect, #hen they li3t u+ their eyes in %ute a&oration u+on
    the hea& o3 their Go& on ;arth, the $o+e, that #hat they a&%ire, is a3ter all, 1ut the
    caricature& hea&-&ress, the 6%aAon-like hel%et o3 $allas 6thene, the heathen !o&&ess
    MinervaP ,n 3act, there is scarcely a rite or cere%ony o3 the Christian Church that &oes not
    &escen& 3ro% ccultis%.2
    7A 4e& :uestions to =>iraf=, ++. 1G1-(, 11B-1C, BCW ,8
    ''''''
    D , think Blavatsky is re3errin! to 2*+iritualis%2 in very !eneral ter%s, an& as the
    %ove%ent o3 the ti%e that 3irst reveale& to +u1lic eye the invisi1le or occult si&e o3 nature. -
    ;&.
    D $rayer, 1y in&ivi&uals or !rou+s, #hen ai%e& at in3luencin! the 3ree #ill o3 others, is a
    3or% o3 1lack %a!ic +ractice, 3or one instance. - ;&.
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    Unite/ 6et In/e,en/ent
    - 0. T. ;&!e
    ,n coo+erative #ork, as in every other +ro1le% 1e3ore stu&ents o3 occultis%, there are
    t#o eEtre%es to 1e avoi&e& an& one ri!ht course to 1e %aintaine&; t#o evils o++ose& to one
    !oo&; a +air o3 o++osites reconcile& 1y a unity; an& in coo+erative #ork, as in other +ro1le%s,
    %any %ake the %istake o3 avoi&in! the %ore o1viously #ron! eEtre%e %erely to 3all into the
    other eEtre%e #hich is less o1viously #ron!. 6 1o&y o3 #orkers shoul& neither re+el one
    another nor lean on one another. The 3or%er %aEi% is so o1vious that no one 3ails to
    reco!niAe its truth an& to strive to act in accor&ance #ith it; 1ut there are %any #ho, in &oin!
    so, rush to the o++osite +ole o3 #eak reliance on others. Workers shoul& clin! to the cause,
    not to each other, 3or i3 they clin! to each other, the 3ailure o3 an in&ivi&ual #ill 1e &isastrous
    3or the #hole; #hile, i3 each one clin!s to the cause, each one %ust 1e torn a#ay se+arately
    ere the #hole 3a1ric can 1e &estroye&. The +illars o3 a te%+le &o not lean u+ a!ainst one
    another, neither &o they counteract each other; each stan&s 3ir%ly on its o#n 1ase an& is
    in&e+en&ent o3 the su++ort o3 the others, yet all unite in the co%%on o1>ect o3 su++ortin! the
    &o%e. We %ust 1e as the +illars o3 a te%+le, hel+in! one another, yet in&e+en&ent an& each
    on his o#n 1ase. The &estruction o3 one or t#o &oes not seriously i%+air the 1uil&in!, 3or the
    others still stan& 3ir%.
    ,n unity is stren!th, an& thou!h #e %ust 1e unite& in a co%%on o1>ect, yet #e %ust not
    lose the a&vanta!e arisin! 3ro% our in&ivi&ual unity. 6 1o&y o3 #orkers all %utually &e+en&ent
    constitutes a sin!le unite& centre o3 3orce; 1ut i3, #hile %aintainin! their unity o3 +ur+ose, they
    retaine& their in&e+en&ence o3 in&ivi&ual action, they #oul& 1e %ore +o#er3ul, 3or they #oul&
    constitute a nu%1er o3 se+arate centres synthesiAe& 1y one !reat centre - a nu%1er o3 unities
    3or%in! one car&inal unity. When %any %e%1ers o3 a 1o&y are sel3-reliant, their sel3-reliance
    synthesiAes itsel3 into a !reat +o#er an& sta1ility, an& the
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    total 3orce is %uch !reater than it #oul& 1e i3 they all leane& u+ a!ainst one another. ,t is a la#
    o3 nature that a nu%1er o3 lo!oi or in&ivi&ualities shoul& constitute collectively a sin!le
    su+erior lo!os or in&ivi&uality. ur ;!os, thou!h each acts in&e+en&ently, all e%anate 3ro% a
    sin!le central lo!os, o3 #hich they are only +arts, 1ut #hose Huality o3 e!ois% each re3lects.
    ur 1o&ily or!ans, thou!h each has a se+arate 3unction, all unite to 3or% the #hole %an.
    They &o not th#art each other, nor a1sor1 one another:s 3unctions, nor co%1ine to &o the
    #ork o3 one. We shoul& 1e like the rays o3 the sun, #hich shoot in all &irections an& yet are
    1ut 3ul3illin! the se+arate &etails o3 a sin!le or!aniAe& +lan. ,t is u+on this very &iversity o3
    course that &e+en&s the success3ul carryin! out o3 that +lan; 3or #ere all the rays to shoot in
    the sa%e &irection the sun as a lu%inary #oul& 1e 3ailure. This illustration also serves to sho#
    us ho# t#o +eo+le +ursuin! o++osite courses can yet su1serve a co%%on en&; 3or to every
    ray there is another that shoots in the +recisely o++osite &irection.
    Why shoul& #e try to +ersua&e our 3rien&s over to our o#n vie#s, or !rieve 1ecause they
    &i33er 3ro% us in &etails. Woul& #e have all #orkers &o the sa%e #ork, all cli%1ers ascen&
    the sa%e +ath, all occultists 3ollo# the sa%e ray o3 truth. )i!ht has %any hues an& the sun
    has %any +lanets; an& thou!h there is a %aEi% to the e33ect that those not yet Huali3ie& to 1e
    suns %ay re%ain 3or the +resent hu%1le +lanets, no reason is !iven #hy #e shoul& all 1e the
    sa%e +lanet. 6 !eneral, in con&uctin! a ca%+ai!n, assi!ns to each &ivision o3 his ar%y a
    +articular +ortion o3 the #ork he #ishes carrie& out; a %aster-+rinter assi!ns to each
    o+erative his &ue share o3 the #ork in han&, one settin! the ty+e, another rea&in! the +roo3s,
    an& so on. ;ach su1&ivision &oes its o#n #ork #ithout inter3erin! #ith the #ork o3 others, an&
    throu!h this si%ultaneous carryin! out o3 %any, &issi%ilar &etails the #hole +lan, 3or #hich all
    alike coo+erate, is success3ully acco%+lishe&.
    Thou!h %ost o3 us reco!niAe this +rinci+le in %atters o3 eEternal #ork, there are %any
    #ho 3ail to carry its a++lication into %ore interior &e+art%ents o3 our #ork; it a++lies eHually
    #ell to %etho&s o3 thou!ht an& #ays o3 lookin! at the Huestions that a33ect our %oral li3e. ne
    stu&ent %ay, throu!h the eEi!encies o3 his o#n nature, 1e i%+resse& %ost stron!ly 1y the
    value o3 3iery ener!y, #hile another %ay +in his 3aith to the +rinci+le o3 2+o#er throu!h
    re+ose2: i3 these t#o shoul& try to convert one another, they #oul& 1e %erely #astin! ti%e
    an& la1or, an& the #ork o3 1oth #oul& 1e hin&ere&. ;ach shoul& &o #hat is 1est 3or hi%sel3,
    an& leave the other to 3ollo# #hat is 1est 3or hi%. We are all necessarily i%+resse& #ith the
    &i33erent as+ects o3 the !reat +ro1le%, an& %ust there3ore all #ork on &i33erent tasks, 1ut,
    #hile reco!niAin! our o#n %etho& as the 1est so 3ar as #e ourselves are concerne&, #e %ust
    3rankly ackno#le&!e the eHual i%+ortance 7to the !eneral 1o&y8 o3 our 1rother:s +lan.
    Many are the +ara&oEes, that +resent the%selves to the stu&ent o3 occultis%, an& a%on!
    the% this is not the least i%+ortant - to #ork in +er3ect har%ony #ith our collea!ues, an& at
    the sa%e ti%e to #ork as i3 u+on our o#n in&ivi&ual e33ort &e+en&e& the #hole enter+rise. To
    realiAe this #e %ust 1e unite& yet in&e+en&ent.
    '''''''''''''''''
    --- 1G
    S#r",(oo)
    The 3ollo#in! are various ne#s+a+er cli++in!s o3 +ossi1le interest 3or various reasons
    7an& %ay1e >ust 3ro% 1ein! unusual8 over the last cou+le o3 years or so. *ource is The 5lade
    unless other#ise note&.
    Three >u#e .arnets 4ound in Australia- Dar#in, 6ustralia - *cientists have 3oun& #hat
    a++ears to 1e three hu!e !arnets - one +erha+s 44 yar&s across - in central 6ustralia, the
    "orthern Territory %ines an& ener!y %inister sai& to&ay. 711S((SF=8
    '''''''
    4ind %heds 'i#ht on Man?s /ri#ins- Berkeley, Cali3. - ,n the ari& 1a&lan&s o3 ;thio+ia,
    researchers have uncovere& evi&ence that hu%anity:s &irect ancestors use& tools (.44 %illion
    years a!o, o33erin! a clue to a crucial hi&&en cha+ter o3 hu%an &evelo+%ent, the Berkeley-
    1ase& archaeolo!ists announce& yester&ay. 711-1F-F=8 U3 course, Blavatsky Theoso+hy
    hol&s that the 3irst %en acHuire& their &i33erin! Huality o3 sel3-re3lective %in& so%e 1C %illion
    years a!o. - e&.V
    '''''''''
    3alai 'ama %ays (hina )a#es (ultural .enocide -*tras1our!, France - The Dalai )a%a
    accuse& China yester&ay o3 2cultural !enoci&e2 in Ti1et, 1ut reasserte& his &esire to ne!otiate
    over the re!ion:s 3uture. ,n an a&&ress to the ;uro+ean $arlia%ent 3orei!n a33airs co%%ittee,
    the eEile& s+iritual lea&er sai& Ti1etans are th#arte& in eE+ressin! their o#n i&entity an& the
    %ass in3luE o3 Chinese into Ti1et a%ounts to cultural !enoci&e. 71G-49-F=8
    '''''''''
    0$ %$-'ed Team 4inds 4abled Ancient (ity - Tell MoAan, *yria - 6 tea% o3 archaeolo!ists
    #orkin! in *yria has &iscovere& the site o3 the 3a1le& city o3 /rkesh, an i%+ortant +olitical an&
    reli!ious center 9,GGG years a!o, it #as announce& yester&ay. Gior!io Buccellati, an
    archaeolo!ist 3ro% the /niversity o3 Cali3ornia at )os 6n!eles, an& his #i3e, Marily ?elly-
    Buccellati, also an archaeolo!ist at /C)6, le& the international tea% that uncovere& evi&ence
    o3 /rkesh &urin! an ei!ht-year eEcavation in the %o&ern city o3 Tell MoAan.2 711-(1-F<8
    ''''''''''
    %cientists 4ind /ldest -oc Art - Wollon!on!, 6ustralia - 6rchaeolo!ists have 3oun& rock
    art they 1elieve is the ol&est in the #orl& an& arti3acts that su!!est hu%an 1ein!s live& in
    6ustralia 3ar earlier than +reviously thou!ht. The tea% 3ro% the 6ustralian Museu% an&
    /niversity o3 Wollon!on! sai& their &iscoveries at a re%ote site in 6ustralia:s tro+ical
    north#est challen!e #i&ely hel& theories a1out history o3 hu%an li3e.
    The !rou+ 3oun& thousan&s o3 &ot-like in&entations en!rave& on a !rou+ o3 %onoliths
    that %ay 1e B<,GGG years ol&. *tone tools an& other 3in&in!s su!!est 6ustralia #as inha1ite&
    1y hu%ans u+ to 1B=,GGG years a!o.2 7F-((-F=8
    ''''''''''
    )a#es -ise for (harity E8ecuti*es - Washin!ton 76$8 - *o%e o3 the nation:s 1i!!est
    non+ro3it or!aniAations are also charita1le #ith their chie3 eEecutives, !ivin! lar!er salaries
    an& %ore +erks &es+ite scan&al an& closer scrutiny, a ne# survey says. 6 survey o3 1C9
    or!aniAations 1y the (hronicle of 7hilanthropy 3oun& that 1<9 o3 the% +ai& at least one to+
    o33icial %ore than R1GG,GGG a year. 6n& C4 co%+ensate& at least one to+ o33icial #ith %ore
    than R(GG,GGG #hich is $resi&ent Clinton:s +ay as chie3 eEecutive o3 the /nite& *tates. 23
    the 1=B !rou+s that re+orte& in3or%ation last year an& this year, 1(G increase& chie3
    eEecutive salaries, accor&in! to the survey in the *e+t. B issue o3 the 1i#eekly ne#s+a+er.
    Thirty-3our re&uce& co%+ensation an& 14 %a&e no chan!es. *o%e o3 the hi!hest-+ai&
    eEecutives are 0arol& Willia%s, +resi&ent o3 the 5. $aul Getty Trust, at R=1G,GG1; Willia%
    Bo#en, +resi&ent o3 the 6n&re# W. Mellon Foun&ation, at R9<<,4CF; an& the /.*. ly%+ic
    Co%%ittee:s 0arvey *chiller, the eEecutive &irector, at R9(F,441. 6%on! the lo#est-+ai&
    eEecutives, those ty+ically acce+tin! %o&est or no salaries 3or their #ork, are -o1ert
    Macauley, chie3 eEecutive o3 the 6%ericares Foun&ation, an& Fer&inan& Mah3oo&, +resi&ent
    o3 Foo& 3or the $oor. "either one collects a salary.2 7F-<-F<8
    ''''''''
    2ce 4ound in %outh 7ole (rater on Moon, Washin!ton 76$8 - The %oon, lon! thou!ht to 1e
    1one &ry, has a +on& o3 ice hi&&en &ee+ insi&e a crater, scientists &isclose& yester&ay
    increasin! chances that hu%ans %i!ht so%e&ay live on its sur3ace. The &iscovery ca%e 3ro%
    the Cle%entine s+acecra3t, #hich use& ra&ar si!nals to eEa%ine the &e+ths o3 the %oon:s
    &ee+ craters 71(-4-F=8
    ''''''''''
    (onductor %a*es (hild )ith a Cic - )a3ayette, ,n&. 76$8 - There #as a to&&ler lyin! in
    the +ath o3 an onco%in! train, an& -o1ert Mohr ha& to act 3ast. Mr. Mohr, a "or3olk *outhern
    3rei!ht train con&uctor 3ro% Denver, ,n&., s+otte& the chil& stra&&lin! the railroa& tracks a1out
    a city 1lock a#ay 3ro% his slo#-%ovin! train Tues&ay a3ternoon. There #as no ti%e to think.
    The con&uctor #ent out the en!ine:s le3t han& &oor, across the railin! to the ri!ht si&e o3 the
    train an& u+ to the 3ront o3 the en!ine. There he ha& to sHuat &o#n near the en!ine:s sno#
    !rille an& kick the chil& out o3 the #ay. "o ti%e to think ->ust act. Mr. Mohr:s kick en&e& u+
    savin! the li3e o3 ;%ily Marshall, a 1F-%onth-ol& #ho +olice say #an&ere& 3ro% her near1y
    ho%e 7<-19-FC8
    ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
    Pr"t"+"("- is a Blavatsky oriente& Theoso+hical +u1lication an& is +u1lishe&
    a++roEi%ately 9 ti%es a year. *u1scri+tion is RG.B< +er issue in ". 6%erica an& sur3ace rate
    overseas, 1.(< 3or air%ail overseas. 6ny check shoul& 1e #ritten to 2M. -. 5aHua2.
    *u1%issions an& corres+on&ence are #elco%e. ;&itor: M. -. 5aHua.....
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    PROTOGONOS
    "u%1er 49 Dece%1er 1FFC
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    Contents5 "octurne 7verse8....)e!ros...1; The Cross o3 ,nitiation.... Ben>a%in ...1; The
    ,nvisi1le 61ori!ine.....Bur&ick...4; Blavatsky on the 61ori!ines ...F; -evie# - %cientific
    (orroborations of Theosophy ...F; Dalai )a%a "o )on!er *eek ,n&e+en&ence 3or Ti1et....1G
    '''''''''''''
    2They thou!ht , #as !ivin! the% hell, 1ut all , #as &oin! #as tellin! the truth an& they
    thou!ht it #as hellP2
    - 0arry Tru%an
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    NOCTURN1
    , con>ure thee, Ioices o3 the "i!ht
    6n& 1i& thee tell the le!en&s that #ere tol&
    ,n a!es +ast, 1e3ore the #orl& #as ol&
    6n& 1roken 1y the tyranny o3 Mi!ht.
    *ava!e Winter #in&, , su%%on thee.
    6#hile thy s#i3t an& icy +inions 1eat
    6!ainst the #alls o3 &arkness, to re+eat
    The %i!hty %antra%s o3 6ntiHuity.
    6n& thou, !entle sno#3lakes, as ye 3all
    n silver %ea&o#s, #his+er once a!ain
    3 Bu&&hic *+len&or in the hearts o3 %en,
    6n& )ove ;ternal in the 0eart o3 6ll.
    - G. C. )e!ros
    ''''''''''''''''''
    2,3 the voice o3 the MD*T;-,;* has 1eco%e silent 3or %any a!es in the West, i3 ;leusis,
    Me%+his, 6ntiu%, Del+hi, an& Cresa have lon! a!o 1een %a&e the to%1s o3 a *cience once
    as colossal in the West as it is yet in the ;ast, there are successors no# 1ein! +re+are& 3or
    the%. ... The t#entieth century has stran!e &evelo+%ents in store 3or hu%anity, an& %ay even
    1e the last o3 its na%e.2
    - 0.$. Blavatsky
    '''''''''''''''''
    T&e Cross o$ Initi"tion
    - ;lsie Ben>a%in
    There #as a ti%e, &urin! the cheHuere& 0istory o3 the Theoso+hical Move%ent #hen
    stran!e i&eas #ere a3loat a1out ,nitiations. Too o3ten it #as %istaken to 1e so%ethin! very
    eEcitin!, sensational, easily attaine&, &one 3or one #ithout any e33ort o3 our o#n an& #hen
    attaine& so%ethin! set the initiate& one a+art an& a1ove one:s associates. We 7this e&itor
    U;.B.V are not Huali3ie& to #rite 3ro% +ersonal eE+erience, 1ut the 3ollo#in! 3ro% 2Those Who
    ?no#2 #ill hel+ to 1rin! the #hole su1>ect into +ers+ective, an& to ans#er the Huestions 1ein!
    no# +ose& 1y earnest youn! stu&ents....
    We start #ith a +assa!e 3ro% one o3 the relatively rare letters o3 Master M. #hen he took
    over te%+orarily the corres+on&ence #ith *innett an& 0u%e, #hile his 2youn!er2 1rother, ?.0.
    #as a1sent on his lon! initiatory trials.
    7M)s BB-BC UT./.$.V8 2 The #hole in&ivi&uality is centere& in the three %i&&le or 4r&, 9th,
    an& <th +rinci+les. Durin! earthly li3e it is all in the 3ourth, the centre o3 ener!y, volitional. Mr.
    0u%e has +er3ectly &e3ine& the &i33erence 1et#een +ersonality an& in&ivi&uality. 7*ee 3n. later
    on8 The 3or%er har&ly survives - the later, to run success3ully its seven-3ol& &o#n#ar& an&
    u+#ar& course has to assi%ilate to itsel3 the eternal li3e-+o#er resi&in! 1ut in the seventh an&
    then 1len& the three 73ourth, 3i3th an& seventh8 into one - the siEth. Those #ho succee& in
    &oin! so 1eco%e Bu&&has, Dyan-Chohans, etc. The chie3 o1>ect o3 our stru!!les an&
    initiations is to achieve this union #hile yet on this earth. Those #ho #ill 1e success3ul have
    nothin! to 3ear o3 &urin! the 3i3th, siEth an& seventh roun&s. But this is a %ystery. ur 1elove&
    ?.0. is on his #ay to the !oal - the hi!hest o3 all 1eyon& as on this s+here.2
    G&e$ in his >$7$ 5la*atsy the Mystery eE+lains:
    2The 6ncient Mysteries, such as those Greece, containe& teachin!s i&entical #ith 7our
    Theoso+hical teachin!s8. The #hole atte%+t in these ancient initiatory rites an& cere%onies
    #as the 1rin!in! o3 the hu%an consciousness into reco!nition o3 its inse+ara1le oneness #ith
    /niversal "ature, an& o3 %an:s kinshi+ #ith the !o&s. :The +ur+ose an& o1>ective o3 all
    initiation:, sai& *allust, the "eo-$latonic +hiloso+her, :is to 1rin! %an into conscious
    realiAation o3 his inse+ara1le unity #ith the or&er o3 the /niverse an& #ith the Go&s:. $roclus,
    co%%entin! on $lato:s Timaeus, says: :Who &oes not kno# that the Mysteries an& all
    initiations have 3or the sole o1>ect the
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    #ith&ra#in! o3 our souls 3ro% the %aterial an& %ortal li3e in or&er to unite us #ith the !o&s
    an& to &issi+ate the &arkness in the soul 1y s+rea&in! the &ivine li!ht o3 Truth therein:.2 7+.
    1(98
    ,n his Esoteric Tradition 7,, FG8 G&e$ has so%e !ra+hic #or&-+ictures:
    2...initiatory trainin! an& 3inal success are 1ut a Huickenin! o3 or hastenin! over the
    evolutionary +ro!ress that all hu%an 1ein!s un&er!o throu!h the cyclin! a!es.2 7F* =GC8
    2,nitiation is a kin& o3 te%+orary :&eath: o3 all the lo#er %an, a :slee+: o3 the lo#er
    +sycholo!ical nature, an& a %a!ical a#akenin! in an intense a#areness o3 the hi!her
    +sycholo!ical +art u+on #hich is then ra&iatin! the inner li!ht o3 the %an:s %ona&ic
    consciousness. Thus it is that initiation co%+rises 1oth slee+ an& &eath an& uses these
    3unction o3 consciousness in or&er to 3ree :the inner %an: 3or the %arvelous eE+erience on
    inner +lanes that initiation 1rin!s a1out.2
    But >ust as Master M #rote in relation to the B +rinci+les in Man, G&e$ in his 3ialo#ues ,,,,
    ++ (=1-=B treats the su1>ect 3ro% the stan&+oint o3 the Mona&s in Man, an& s+eci3ically the
    0u%an Mona&. This is a *u++le%ent, title& The (ross of 2nitiation+ !iven as the result o3 a
    &iscussion 3ro% an earlier %eetin! at $oint )o%a on the su1>ect o3 ,nitiation. The Teacher can
    only !ive #hen the stu&ent calls it 3orth, an& G&e$ 3elt the call to !o %uch %ore &ee+ly into
    the su1>ect. 0e e%+hasiAe& these +oints:
    1. "ot only is the co%+lete %an a seven3ol& entity, 1ut each se+arate +rinci+le or %ona&
    is seven3ol&.
    (. 0e re%in&s us that it #as in the %i&&le o3 the Thir& -oot -ace that the Divine Bein!s,
    the Manasa+utras, !ave to the then unsel3conscious %an the )i!ht o3 Min&, an& these &ivine
    1ein!s still #atch over us, !ui&e us an& ins+ire us.
    4. Dealin! no# #ith our 0u%an Mona&, #hich is the one evolvin! on ;arth at +resent, it
    is this Mona& that is un&er!oin! the initiation; an& 1ecause #e are no# sel3-conscious 1ein!s,
    #e each, in&ivi&uality %ust %ake that lea+ u+#ar& to ally ourselves throu!h initiation #ith our
    o#n Manasa+utra; "T one o3 the Divine Bein!s %entione& a1ove, 1ut the lesser one
    1elon!in! to the se+tenary hu%an Mona&. 6n& it is this Mona& that %ust stan& alone,
    unai&e&.
    9. To %ake this clearer he uses the a!e-ol& sy%1ol o3 the Cross, the 3ull seven3ol& 1ein!
    re+resente& 1y the vertical o3 the Cross, the hu%an %ona& 1y the horiAontal; an& the +oint o3
    intersection is #here the hu%an e!o stan&s.
    <. 0e re3ers to the sy%1olic cries o3 5esus on the cross, the 3irst one, the hu%an %ona&
    stan&in! alone, the secon& one triu%+hant #hen initiation has 1een #on.
    =. ,t can only 1e one #ho has 1een traine& #ho can +ass throu!h these trials, 1ecause...
    B. This Cross is not an u+ri!ht #oo&en Cross - the one u+on #hich 5esus is su++ose& to
    have 1een cruci3ie&, 1ut, as 0$B eE+lains 7*D ,,, <<C8 2...The eni!%a can 1e unri&&le& only
    1y searchin! 3or its key in the Mysteries o3 ,nitiation. The initiate& a&e+t... #as attache&, not
    naile& 1ut si%+ly tie& on a couch in the 3or% o3 a Tau... 0e #as allo#e& to re%ain in this state
    3or three &ays an& three ni!hts, &urin! #hich ti%e the *+iritual ;!o #as sai& to con3a1ulate
    #ith the 2!o&s2 an& to &escent into 0a&es...2
    G&e$: 2,t is the traine& hu%an e!o #ho has to !o throu!h initiation unai&e& an& +rotecte&
    1y his hi!her +arts. ,t is not those hi!her +arts #hich are un&er!oin! the tests... When the test
    co%es #e have to take it alone. The initiate is in the universe, a +art o3 it, the +ulses o3 the
    universe are +ulsin! throu!h hi%. 0e has the hel+ o3 the universe +recisely 1ecause it is a
    +art o3 hi%. But no one hel+s hi% 1y hol&in! hi% u+, or #i+in! the s#eat 3ro% his 1ro#, or
    !ivin! hi% in>ections, etc. The soul %ust stan& nake& 1e3ore the tests an& conHuer 1y its o#n
    +o#ers. ,3 it succee&s #e have an a&e+t. ,3 it 3ails, there are other chances, but he #ets no
    help in a direct &ay &hatsoe*er$=
    By usin! this sy%1ol o3 the Cross, #e think he has %a&e, %ore clearly than any#here
    else in our literature, this veEe& Huestion a1out #hich Manasa+utra. 0e 3elt ur!ently a1out
    this:
    2, have tol& you a %illion ti%es, it see%s to %e, that the hu%an constitution is co%+osite.
    There is a #orl& o3 occultis% in that one state%ent. :h yes, co%+osite, #e kno#. ,t has a
    &ivine +art, an& a s+iritual soul an& a hu%an soul, an& an astral 1o&y an& a +hysical 1o&yP
    Co%+osite, yes, #e un&erstan&.: , have not yet, %y 1elove& co%+anions, 3oun& an a&eHuate
    un&erstan&in! a%on! you o3 that si%+le state%ent that the hu%an 1ein! is a co%+osite
    1ein!. , have atte%+te& 1y 1oth &irect an& &evious #ays an& roun& a1out %anners to a#aken
    the intuition in your %in&s as to the %eanin! o3 this state%ent. , have calle& to your attention
    the 3act that in a&&ition to our ususal eEoteric enu%eration o3 the seven +rinci+les, there are
    &i33erent %ona&s in %an, an& that not only is every +rinci+le se+tenary or &uo&enary, 1ut
    like#ise that these &i33erent %ona&s in %an, #hile they 3or% his constitution as #e are no#
    constitute&, are nevertheless not all o3 the% #hat , call 2 an& each one o3 you calls 2$ That is
    the &%+"n %ona&.... ,t is this hu%an %ona& #hich %ust 1e so to say te%+orarily #renche&
    a+art 3ro% all the other ele%ents in the hu%an constitution an& %ust stan& alone... 6n& all
    initiation, #hich %eans all testin!, all trial, all +uri3ication, o3 any %ona& or e!o is 3or the
    +ur+ose o3 1rin!in! out the +articular &ivinity o3 that e!o #hich is 1ein! teste& ...2
    ,t see%s i%+erative to !ive G&e$:s o#n #or&s 3or #hat 3ollo#s, 1ecause they contain the
    very s+irit o3 #hat #as a %ost ins+irin! %eetin!, We #ere listenin! to so%eone #ho ?";W,
    not %erely kne# o3 #hat he #as sayin!.
    2;ach ne# initiation - an& 3asten this thou!ht to your %in&s - %eans co%in! a ste+ nearer
    to that inner &ivinity #hich is not the or&inary at%an o3 us, o3 the u+ri!ht o3 the cos%ic Cross,
    1ut that &ivinity 7our ,nner Go&8 #hich is the very heart an& core o3 the hu%an %ona&, as yet
    a 3ee1ly %ani3estin! evolutionary +il!ri%.
    --- 4
    2That is #hy the %ystic teachin! #as !iven in the Christian scri+tures: :My &ivinity, %y
    &ivinity, ho# thou &ost !lori3y %e.: "o lon!er a% , &e+en&ent u+on the Manasa+utra a1ove
    %e. Fro% #ithin %y o#n cos%ic essence, 3ro% #ithin the !o& o3 %y o#n hu%an %ona&, ,
    have 1eco%e, an& throu!h %ysel3, %y o#n !o&hoo&,2
    70e e%+hasiAes that the Greek %akes it +lain: not >ust 2My Go&,2 1ut 20o theos %ou,2
    the !o& o3 +e. 0e e%+hasiAes that the triu%+hant Cry: 20o# thou &ost !lori3y %e2 co%es
    #hen one has reache& the !oal; 1ut it can only co%e in initiation a3ter the other cry: 2 !o& o3
    %e, #hy has thou 3orsaken %eP28
    2Des, the !o& o3 the u+ri!ht, 1ecause no# the chil& %ust learn to #alk, 3in& hi%sel3. The
    !o&, his !o&, hi%sel3, his &ivine *el3, not his :other: !o& o3 the or&inary hu%an constitution
    co%%only calle& 6t%a-Bu&&hi-Manas. But he 3in&s the at%a-1u&&hi-%anas o3 the horiAontal
    so to s+eak, o3 the in&ivi&ual, o3 the hu%an %ona&ic essence.... ;very initiation that takes
    +lace, as 3ar as , kno#, as 3ar as , have 1een tau!ht, in cos%ic ti%e or cos%ic s+ace, #hether
    o3 %an or o3 !o& or o3 1ein! o3 the /n&er#orl&, is >ust the sa%e thin! in +rinci+le... This is #hy
    it is that &eath an& initiation are i&entic. *o is slee+. They are all one. *lee+ is the sa%e thin!
    1ut ha++ily veile& 3ro% our un#ittin! vision, 3ro% our i!norance an& stu+i&ity, 1ecause #e are
    too sunk in &esires o3 this #orl& to see, to realiAe. ,nitiation is a conscious a#akenin! to the
    verities. 6n& &eath is eEactly the sa%e thin! in even !reater &e!ree than initiation; 1ut
    1ecause it is not un&ertaken #ith one:s o#n #ill 3or the s+eci3ic +ur+ose o3 Huickenin! our
    evolution, it is an auto%atic 3unction o3 the +ortions o3 our constitution. $erha+s , a%
    #an&erin! a little too 3ar a3iel&, 1ut these are hints 3or you, your intuition %ay #ork on the%...2
    "o #on&er #e are !iven such clear a&vice at the a++roach o3 &eath, #hether o3 ourselves,
    or our love& one #ho #e are carin! 3or. That is #hy i%+ortance is !iven to the attitu&e in
    #hich #e 3all aslee+ at ni!ht, an& the last thou!hts #e have 1e3ore unconsciousness co%es.
    0e en&e& the %eetin!:
    2, ho+e all the &ear Co%+anions #ill 3or!ive %e i3 , have s+oken #ith too !reat e%+hasis
    toni!ht. , thou!h the o++ortunity #as too !oo& to %iss.2
    7Des, the s+irit o3 our &iscussion ha& calle& it 3orth 3ro% hi%P8
    '''''''''
    4ootnote; The re3erence to 6.. 0u%e %ay 1e either to his >ints on Esoteric Theosophy+
    or his series o3 articles on 4ra#ments of /ccult Truth+ three o3 #hich #ere +rinte& in Trevor
    Barker:s (omplete )ors+ >75, Iol. ,,,.
    UFro% (orrespondin# 4ello&s 'od#e 5ulletin, Fe1., 1FCG, "o. 4FFV
    ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

    T&e Inisi(!e A(origine
    - ;u!ene Bur&ick
    Make a %an o3 earth, hone hi% &o#n to !auntness, an& +ut hi% in a lunar lan&sca+e
    an& you have the 6ustralian a1ori!ine. 0e is hu%an, 1eyon& &is+ute, 1ut o3 another +lanet,
    another li3e, another level.
    Dou #ill see hi% 3irst as a sha&o#, a &ark rocklike Huiet sha&o#, on the e&!e o3 the
    horiAon. 0e stan&s #ith one 3oot tucke& u+ a!ainst the knee o3 the other le!, an o&&ly rest3ul
    +osition. Besi&e hi% #ill 1e a s%aller thinner sha&o#... sha+eless #hen s+ra#le&, 1ut lean
    an& 1ony #hen stan&in!, an& that #ill 1e the &in!o &o!. Both are thin, 1oth are #ary, 1oth are
    sus+icious, 1oth eE+ect no love. Both scan the )an&sca+e in the sa%e canny #ay, 1oth have
    the sa%e innocent har& eyes. Move to#ar& the% an& they vanish. 6roun& a rock, &o#n a
    !ully, 1ehin& a tree, 1ut !one.
    The anthro+olo!ists say he is the si%+lest +erson in the $aci3ic an& the #orl&. 0e travels
    li!ht. The +ossession o3 a #hole 3a%ily, o3 a li3eti%e an& so%eti%es %any li3eti%es, #ill
    a%ount to no %ore than t#enty +oun&s. 6 stone #orn s%ooth 1y han&lin! an& s#eat an&
    thro#in!, no 1i!!er than an a+ricot, #ill serve as 1oth a #ea+on an& a reli!ious o1>ect. 6
    #o%an:s hair is value& not 3or ro%antic reasons, 1ut 1ecause it is the 1est cor&a!e the 3a%ily
    #ill ever have.
    The a1ori!ine +ro1a1ly #alke& into 6ustralia centuries a!o #hen that continent #as
    connecte& to the %ainlan&. For a lon! ti%e he ran!e& &o#n the coastline, %ove& u+ the
    1anks o3 the rivers, 3ollo#e& #ater #herever it eEiste&. 0e never &evelo+e& %oney,
    arith%etic, tools, or villa!es. "o one is sure #hy. ;ven #hen it #as +ossi1le to 1uil&
    ha1itations an& settle &o#n, the a1ori!ine &i& not. 0e roa%e& en&lessly an& !re# lean an&
    s+are in the +rocess. When the #hites ca%e, the s+ace o+en to the a1ori!ines 1e!an to
    &#in&le, 1ut they still #an&ere&. Most o3 the% still &o. The &i33erence is that the lan& they
    #an&er is the
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    #orst in 6ustralia.
    6 3e# a1ori!ines have settle& into to#ns. They are not like 6%erican "e!roes in a cotton
    to#n. The 6ustralian &oes not see the a1ori!ine. They #ill hover at the e&!e o3 a shee+
    shearin!, in the %outh o3 an alley, in the &ark recesses o3 a #arehouse, in !ar1a!e &u%+s.
    They are +ai&, 1ut they have no na%es. They 3unction, 1ut they have no status. The
    6ustralian calls the% 2a1o2 or, i3 the #hite %an is &runk, he roars 21oy2 or 2ni!!er2 or %erely
    #aves a han& an& the a1ori!ine o1eys. The to#n a1ori!ines #ear cotton +ants an& shirts, 1ut
    their lon! necks an& han&so%e, stron!ly-carve& Dravi&ian hea&s look too ra# 3or the
    %aterial. Their eyes +eer out un1linkin!ly 3ro% hu!e 1ony 3orehea&s an& #hen the #hites
    lau!h, the 1lack 3ace re%ains 3lat. The a1ori!ine #ill hu%1le hi%sel3 3or a +inch o3 to1acco
    an& then, 3or no sur3ace reason, #ill #ith&ra# into a %onu%ental &i!nity an& Huiet.
    Det, one senses, so%ethin! is #ron! #ith all this. Behin& those &ee+-sunk eyes an& that
    stran!ely ele!ant 1o&y there is a ra!e, a resource, a so%ethin!. ne has the eerie 3eelin!
    that the a1ori!ine ha& the chance to 1eco%e 2civiliAe&2 an& re>ecte& it. ,nstea& o3 acHuirin!
    rich lan&s, co%%erce, cro+s, the arts, he has &evelo+e& a %icrosco+ic sense o3 his +hysical
    #orl& an& o3 the i%+eratives o3 eEistence. "othin! else, ,t is al%ost as i3 he #ants to kee+ li3e
    1alance& on a raAor e&!e.
    C&"sing " R"in C!o%/
    , once sat in a >ee+ an& #atche& a !rou+ o3 a1ori!ines throu!h %y 1inoculars. They kne#
    , #as #atchin! an& they ke+t a care3ul &istance. The %o%ent the >ee+ %otor starte& they
    hear& it on the &ea& air. Movin! #ith an unhurrie& stri&e, they #oul& cannily trot &o#n a
    ri&!e... kno#in! 3ull #ell that to !et closer to that ri&!e , #oul& have to &ou1le 1ack &o#n the
    ri&!es 3or 3ive or siE %iles to !ain on the%.
    *u&&enly, ho#ever, their +osture chan!e& an& the !a%e en&e&. They #ent as ri!i& as
    1lack statuary... siE 3i!ures, lean an& tall an& an!ular, #ent still. Their hea&s #ere in the air
    sni33in!. They all s#un! at the sa%e instant in the sa%e &irection. They sa# it 1e3ore , &i&,
    even #ith %y 1inoculars. ,t #as nothin! %ore than a tiny &istant rain sHuall, a &ull !ray sheet
    #hich reache& 3ro% a layer o3 clou&s to the earth. ,n the 4=G &e!rees o3 horiAon it o1scure&
    only a &e!ree, no %ore. 6 #hite %an #oul& not have seen it. The a1ori!ines 3astene& u+on it
    #ith a concentration 1eyon& +athos. Watchin!, they #aite& until the sHuall thickene& an&
    1e!an to %ove in a lon! &ri3tin! slant across the &ry 1urnin! lan&. 6t once the #hole 1an& set
    o33 at a lo+e, They #ere chasin! a rain clou&.
    They #ent a3ter the sHuall as %ercilessly as a #ol3 +ack a3ter an a1an&one& co#. ,
    3ollo#e& the% in the >ee+ an& no# they &i& not care. The !a%es #ere over, this #as li3e.
    ccasionally, 3or no reason that , coul& see, they #oul& su&&enly alter the an!le o3 their trot.
    *o%eti%es , !uesse& it #as 1ecause the rain sHuall ha& chan!e& &irection. *o%eti%es it #as
    to skirt a !ully. Their !ait is i%+ossi1le to convey in #or&s. ,t has nothin! o3 the +rou& stri&e o3
    the traine& runner a1out it, it is not a lo+e, it is not &one #ith style or verve. ,t is the !ait o3 the
    hu%an #ho %ust run to live: ar%s &an!lin!, le!s 1arely s#in!in! over the !roun&, hea& hun!
    &o#n an& only occasionally s#in!in! u+ to see the tar!et, a loose %otion that is >ust short o3
    stu%1lin! an& yet is #on&er3ully !race3ul. ,t is a 1arely controlle& ski%%in! o3 the !roun&.
    They ran 3or three hours. Finally, avoi&in! hu%%ocks an& seekin! lo# !roun&, they
    interce+te& the rain sHuall. For ten %inutes they ran 1eneath the sHuall, raisin! their ar%s
    an&, 3or the 3irst ti%e, shoutin! an& ca+erin!. Then the #in& &ie& an& rain sHuall hel& stea&y.
    They #ere stu&yin! the !roun&. *u&&enly one o3 the% shoute&, ran a 3e# 3eet, 1ent 3or#ar&
    an& +ut his %outh to the !roun& he ha& 3oun& a &e+ression #ith rain #ater in it. 0e 1ent
    &o#n, a 1lack crane like 3i!ure, an& +ut his %outh to the !roun&.
    With a lor&ly an& !enerous !esture, the &iscoverer stoo& u+ an& 1eckone& to the closest
    o3 his 3ello#s. The other trotte& over an& s#oo+e& at the tiny +u&&le. ,n an instant he ha&
    sucke& it &ry.
    The a1ori!ine lives on the cruelest lan& , have ever seen. Which &oes not %ean that it is
    u!ly. $art o3 it is, o3 course. There are thousan&s o3 sHuare %iles o3 salt +an #hich are
    hi&eous. They are hu!e areas #hich have 1een s#e+t 1y #in&s 3or so %any centuries that
    there is no soil le3t, 1ut only &ee+ 1are ri&!es 3i3ty or siEty yar&s a+art #ith ravines 1et#een
    the% thirty or 3orty 3eet &ee+ an& the only thin! that %oves is a scuttlin! layer o3 san&. *uch
    stretches have an inhu%an %oonlike Huality. But %uch o3 the lan& #hich the a1ori!ine
    #an&ers looks as i3 it shoul& 1e hos+ita1le. ,t is so3tene& 1y the salt1ush an& the 1lue 1ush,
    has a +eace3ul Huality, the hills roll so3tly.
    The %ali!nancy o3 such a lan&sca+e has 1een 1eauti3ully &escri1e& 1y the 6ustralian
    Charles Bean. 0e tells o3 three %en #ho starte& out on a tri+ across a sin!le +a&&ock, a ten-
    1y-ten-%ile sHuare o#ne& 1y a shee+ !raAer. They #ent #ell-eHui++e& #ith everythin! eEce+t
    kno#le&!e o3 the 2out1ack2 country.
    2The countrysi&e looke& like a 1eauti3ul o+en +ark #ith !entle slo+es an& so3t !ray tree-
    clu%+s. "othin! a++allin! or horri1le rushe& u+on these %en. nly there ha++ene& - nothin!.
    There %i!ht have 1een a +ool o3 cool #ater 1ehin& any o3 these tree-clu%+s: only - there #as
    not. ,t %i!ht have raine&, any ti%e; only - it &i& not. There %i!ht have 1een a 3ence or a house
    >ust over the neEt rise; only - there #as not. They lay, #ith the 1ir&s ho++in! 3ro% 1ranch to
    1ranch a1ove the% an& the 1ri!ht sky +ee+in! &o#n at the%. "o one ca%e.2
    The #hite %en &ie&. 6n& countless others like the% have &ie&. ;ven to&ay ran!e ri&ers
    #ill co%e u+on %u%%i3ie& 1o&ies o3 %en #ho atte%+te& nothin! %ore &i33icult than a t#enty-
    %ile hike an& slo#ly lost &irection, #ere torture& 1y the heat, &riven %a& 1y the constant an&
    un3ul3ille& +ro%ise o3 the lan&sca+e, an& #ho 3inally &ie&.
    The a1ori!ine is not &eceive&, he kno#s that the lan&
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    is har& an& +itiless. 0e kno#s that the econo%y o3 li3e in the 2out1ack2 is a#3ul. There is no
    roo% 3or error or #aste. 6ny or!anis% that 3alters or %is+erceives the si!nals or #eakens is
    &one. , &o not kno# i3 such a #ay o3 li3e can co%e to 1e a sel3-conscious challen!e, 1ut ,
    sus+ect that it can. $erha+s this is #hat !ives the a1ori!ine his o&& air o3 &i!nity,
    T&e 4"+i!' "t t&e 9o%!/er
    *eein! an a1ori!ine to&ay is a &i33icult thin!. Many o3 the% have &ri3te& into the cities
    an& to#ns an& sea+orts. thers are con3ine& to vast reservations, an& not only &oes the
    6ustralian !overn%ent >usti3ia1ly not #ish the% to 1e vie#e& as eEhi1its in a Aoo, 1ut on their
    reservations they are eEtre%ely 3u!itive, shunnin! ca%+s, co%in! to!ether only 3or
    corroborees at #hich their stran!e culture co%es to its hi!hest +itch - #hich is very lo#
    in&ee&.
    , +ersua&e& an 6ustralian 3rien& #ho ha& live& 2out1ack2 3or years to take %e to see
    so%e a1ori!ines livin! in the 1ush. ,t #as a &i33icult an& a%1i!uous kin& o3 ne!otiation, even
    thou the rancher #as sai& to 1e eE+ert in his kno#le&!e o3 the a1ori!ines an& their lan!ua!e.
    Finally, ho#ever, the arran!e%ents #ere %a&e an& #e &rove out into the 1ush in a )an&
    -over. We 3ollo#e& the as+halt roa& 3or a 3e# %iles an& then s#un! o33 onto a s%aller roa&
    #hich #as nothin! %ore than t#o tire %arks on the earth. The rancher #ent a %ile &o#n this
    roa& an& then, #hen he reache& a 1i! re& 1oul&er, s#un! o33 the roa&. 6t once he starte& to
    !lance to#ar& the instru%ent +anel. ,t took %e a %o%ent to realiAe #hat #as o&& a1out that
    +anel; there #as a !i%1ale& co%+ass #el&e& to it, #hich rocke& !ently 1ack an& 3orth as the
    )an& -over 1ounce& a1out. The rancher #as navi!atin! his #ay across the 3latlan&.
    2Do you al#ays navi!ate like this.2 , aske&.
    2Da%ne& ri!ht,2 he sai&. 2nce , !et out on the 3lat , &o, *o%e cha+s that kno# an area
    #ell can %ake their #ay 1y lan&%arks... a tree here, a #ash here, a 1oul&er there. But i3 you
    &on:t kno# the +lace like the +al% o3 your han&, you:& 1etter use a co%+ass an& the
    s+ee&o%eter. T#o %iles northeast, then 3ive %iles south#est... that sort o3 thin!. Iery
    si%+le.2
    0e #as ri!ht. The lan&sca+e ke+t re+eatin! itsel3. , #oul& try to %e%oriAe lan&%arks
    an& sa# in a hal3-hour that it #as ho+eless. Finally #e a++roache& the 1ivouac o3 the
    a1ori!ines. They #ere ca%+e& 1esi&e a lar!e colu%n-sha+e& 1oul&er: a %an, his lu1ra, an&
    t#o chil&ren. The sun #as not yet hi!h an& all o3 the% #ere in the s%all area o3 sha&e cast 1y
    the 1oul&er.
    There #as also a &o!, a &in!o &o!. ,ts ri1s sho#e&, it #as a yello# non&escri+t color, it
    su33ere& 3ro% a variety o3 sores, hair ha& sca11e& o33 its 1o&y in +atches. ,t lay #ith its hea&
    on its +a#s an& only its eyes %ovin!, #atchin! us care3ully. ,t struck %e as a very 1ri!ht an&
    very %alnourishe& &o!. "o one +atte& the &o!. ,t #as not a +et. ,t #as a #orker.
    2The 1u!!ers love sha&e,2 the rancher sai&. 2, su++ose 1ecause it saves the% so%e
    loss o3 1o&y #ater. They:ll %ove aroun& that rock all &ay, 3ollo#in! the sha&e. Durin! the
    honest +art o3 the &ay, o3 course, the sun co%es strai!ht &o#n an& there isn:t any sha&e.2
    We &rove close to the 1oul&er, sto++e& the )an& -over, an& #alke& over to#ar& the
    3a%ily.
    The %an #as leanin! a!ainst the rock. 0e !aAe& a#ay 3ro% us as #e a++roache&. 0e
    #as over siE 3eet tall an& very thin. 0is le!s #ere narro# an& very lon!. ;very 1one an&
    %uscle in his 1o&y sho#e&, 1ut he &i& not !ive the a++earance o3 starvin!. 0e ha& lon! 1lack
    hair an& a #is+y 1ear&. The ri&!es over his eyes #ere hu!e an& his eyeli&s #ere hal3 shut.
    There #as so%ethin! a1out his 3ace that &istur1e& %e an& it took several secon&s to realiAe
    #hat. ,t #as not %erely that 3lies #ere cra#lin! over his 3ace 1ut his narro#e& eyeli&s &i& not
    1link #hen the 3lies cra#le& into his eye sockets. 6 3ly #oul& cra#l &o#n the 1ul!in! 3orehea&,
    into the socket o3 the eye, #alk alon! the %an:s lashes an& across the #et sur3ace o3 the
    eye1all, an& the eye &i& not 1link. The 6ustralian an& , 1oth #ere #earin! insect re+ellent an&
    #ere not 1a&ly 1othere& 1y insects, 1ut %y eyes #atere& as #e stoo& #atchin! the a1ori!ine.
    , turne& to look at the lu1ra. *he re%aine& sHuattin! on her heels all the ti%e #e #ere
    there; like the %an, she #as entirely nake&. 0er lon! thin ar%s %ove& in a slo# rhyth%ical
    !esture over the 3a%ily +ossessions #hich #ere +lace& in 3ront o3 her. There #ere t#o
    ru11in! sticks 3or %akin! 3ire, t#o stones sha+e& rou!hly like knives, a #oven-root container
    #hich hel& a 3e# +oun&s o3 &rie& #or%s an& the &ea& 1o&y o3 so%e ro&ent, There #as also a
    lon! #oo&en s+ear an& a #oo%era, a s+ear-thro#in! &evice #hich !ives the s+ear an
    enor%ous velocity an& hi!h accuracy. There #as also a 1oo%eran!, ela1orately carve&.
    ;verythin! #as 1urnishe& #ith s#eat an& !rease so that all o3 the o1>ects see%e& to have
    1een carve& 3ro% the sa%e %aterial an& to 1e a!eless.
    The t#o chil&ren, 1oth 1oys, #an&ere& aroun& the 6ustralian an& %e 3or a 3e# %o%ents
    an& then returne& to their #ork. They sHuatte& on their heels #ith their hea&s 1ent 3ar
    3or#ar&, their eyes only a 3e# inches 3ro% the !roun&. They ha& locate& the run#ay o3 a
    colony o3 ants an& as the ants ca%e out o3 the !roun&, the 1oys +icke& the% us, one at a
    ti%e, an& +inche& the% &ea&. The tiny 1o&ies, &ro++e& onto a &ry lea3, %a&e a +ile as 1i! as
    a s%all a++le.
    The o&or here #as %ore +o#er3ul than that #hich surroun&e& the to#n a1ori!ines. The
    s%ell at 3irst #as %ore sur+risin! than un+leasant. ,t #as also su1tly
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    3a%iliar, 3or it #as the o&or o3 the hu%an 1o&y, 1ut %ulti+lie& innu%era1le ti%es 1ecause o3
    the 3act that the a1ori!ines never 1athe&. ne:s i%+ulse is to say that the s%ell #as a stink
    an& un+leasant. But that is a cliche an& a &ishonest one. The s%ell is seEual, 1ut so
    +o#er3ully so that a civiliAe& nose %ust &eny it.
    Their skin #as covere& #ith a thin coatin! o3 s#eat an& &irt #hich ha& al%ost the
    consistency o3 a secon& skin. They roll at ni!ht in ashes to kee+ #ar% an& their secon& skin
    has a li!ht &usty cast to it. ,n s+ots such as the el1o#s an& knees the secon& skin is #orn o33
    an& , realiAe& the a1ori!ines #ere %uch &arker than they a++eare&; as i3 the coatin! o3
    s#eat, &irt an& ashes #ere a cos%etic. The 1oys ha& 1eauti3ul &ark eyes an& unlike their
    3ather they 1rushe& constantly at the 3lies an& 1linke& their eyes.
    2That s%ell is so%ethin!, eh, %ate.2 the 6ustralian aske& 2They s#ear that every +erson
    s%ells &i33erent an& every 3a%ily s%ells &i33erent 3ro% every other. 6t the corroborees+ #hen
    they !et to &ancin! an& s#eatin!, you:ll see the% ru11in! u+ a!ainst a %an #ho:s su++ose&
    to have a s+ecially !oo& s%ell. ,&>e, here,2 an& he no&&e& at the %an, 2is sai& to have !reat
    o&or. The stink is all the sa%e to %e, 1ut , really think they can %ake one another out
    1lin&3ol&e&.2
    20ere, ,&>e, you 3ella like ta1a.2 0e sai& shar+ly. ,&>e still stare& over our shoul&ers at
    the horiAon. The 6ustralian sto++e& tryin! to talk a +i&!in , coul& un&erstan&, an& s+oke
    stran!e #or&s 3ro% &ee+ in his chest. 0e o+ene& a +acka!e o3 $layers ci!arettes an& hel& it
    to#ar& ,&>e.
    ,&>e turne& an& looke& at us an& 3or the 3irst ti%e o+ene& his eyes 3ull. 0e took a ci!arette
    care3ully 3ro% the +ack an& +ut it 1ehin& his ear. The rancher still hel& the +acka!e out an&
    ,&>e took another ci!arette an& stri++e& the +a+er 3ro% it an& stu33e& the to1acco into his
    %outh. 0e che#e& care3ully, his hea& sli!htly 1ack. 6 &ro+ o3 to1acco !athere& in one corner
    o3 his %outh, he licke& it 1ack #ith a +ur+le ton!ue.
    2,:ll s#ear that che#in! to1acco is %ore intoEicatin! to the% than !in,2 the rancher sai&.
    2l& ,&>e #ill %ake that one ci!arette &o all &ay. May1e #e:ve loose& hi% u+ a 1it an& he:ll
    +er3or%.2
    0e talke& ra+i&ly to ,&>e. ,&>e looke& out at the horiAon an& then no&&e&. 0e 1arke&
    so%ethin! at the 1oys, then turne& aroun& !rinnin!. ne o3 the% +icke& u+ the &ea& ro&ent
    3ro% the 1asket. The %other +ause& 3ro% her !race3ul lan!ui& e33ortless han& %otions, #hich,
    , realiAe&, #ere +ro1a1ly &esi!ne& to kee+ 3lies 3ro% the 3oo& 1asket. The 1o&y trotte& to a
    salt1ush a1out t#enty-3ive yar&s a#ay an& &ra+e& the ro&ent over the to+%ost t#i!. 0e
    trotte& 1ack an& he an& his 1rother #alke& over to a s%all 1un&le #hich , ha& not notice&. ,t
    #as %a&e o3 #oven roots an& containe& a &oAen s%all stones.
    2That:s ho# they start the 1oys huntin!,2 the rancher sai& 2;ach 1oy collects his o#n
    stones an& +ractices #ith the% over an& over. When the 3a%ily travels the ki&s are out in
    3ront, like skir%ishers, %akin! sure that nothin! !ets a#ay that can 1e eaten. They hit little
    1ir&s, toa&s, snakes, an& ra11its, 1ut i3 they run across so%ethin! 1i! they:ll 3reeAe an& the
    ol& %an co%es u+ 3or the kill. They cut a s#ath ri!ht throu!h the &esert, an& a stretch o3 lan&
    #hich looks &eserte& to a #hite %an #ill yiel& the% ten or t#elve +oun&s o3 3oo& ... roots,
    1u!s, ro&ents, anythin!.2
    The 1i!!est 1oy 1ent over the stones an& selecte& a han&3ul. 0e #as +ro1a1ly t#elve
    years ol&, 1ut his ar% #as lon!er than %ine, very thin, #ith lon! lean %uscles. 0is 3irst shot, a
    1lue stone, #histle& out o3 his han&. ,t %isse& the ro&ent an& sna++e& a t#i! 3ro% the
    salt1ush. ,&>e sai& so%ethin! in a lo# an!ry voice. The 1oy no&&e&. The neEt shot #ent so
    3ast that , coul& not see the stone, 1ut it hit the ro&ent:s 1o&y #ith a shar+ thu&. The 1oys then
    alternate& an& in a 3e# %o%ents each o3 the% #as hittin! the ro&ent #ith every stone. The
    ro&ent:s 1o&y &ro++e& 3ro% t#i! to t#i!, a 3e# &ro+s o3 1loo& hun! like !lue an& &re# out into
    very lon! tear&ro+s.
    Ho* to S!i#e " Ro/ent
    The rancher sai& so%ethin! to ,&>e. ,&>e calle& to the 1oys. The ol&est 1oy ran out an&
    +ut the ro&ent on to+ o3 the 1ush. Then #ith a Huick !eo%etric +er3ect search he !athere& the
    stones. 0e ha& %e%oriAe& #here each ha& 3allen an& he ran 1ent 3ar over scoo+in! u+ each
    stone %erely 1y &ro++in! his ar%.
    2,&>e #ill thro# the 1oo%eran!,2 the rancher sai&. 2The 3irst thro# #ill >ust 1e a #ar%-u+,
    he says. ,t:ll co%e close, 1ut #on:t touch the ani%al.2
    ,&>e +icke& u+ the 1oo%eran! an& ran his han&s over it. *o%ethin! #as #ron! an& he
    1arke& at the #o%an. *he reache& into the 1a! an& took out a s%all +iece o3 yello# 3at. *he
    han&e& it to ,&>e an& he ru11e& his 3in!ers over it until they #ere coate& an& tosse& the 1it o3
    3at 1ack to the #o%an. ,&>e ru11e& the 1oo%eran! slick.
    20e !reases it so it #ill sli&e out o3 his 3in!ers #ithout e33ort,2 the rancher sai&.
    ,&>e reache& his ar% 1ack an& then in a lon! 3lo#in! !esture, #hich 1rou!ht his #hole
    lean 1o&y 3or#ar& in a !reat sna+ o3 %uscle an& cartila!e, he thre# the 1oo%eran!. ,t saile&
    3ar to the le3t, at 3irst >ust !raAin! the !roun& an& then risin! to a hei!ht o3 3i3teen or t#enty
    3eet. 6t the +oint o3 its !reatest hei!ht it see%e& to have al%ost no s+ee&, 1ut this is an
    o+tical illusion. ,t turne& an& 1e!an to circle 1ack, &ro++in! &o#n in a lon! elli+se. ,t ski%%e&
    over the 1o&y o3 the ro&ent, clearin! it 1y +erha+s an inch. , realiAe& it #as travelin! at a !reat
    s+ee& an& instinctively &ucke&. ,t #as knee hi!h #hen it #as 3i3teen yar&s 3ro% us, 1ut
    su&&enly it rose into the air. ,&>e took a sin!le ste+ an& cau!ht it.
    2"o# he:ll thro# an& hit,2 the rancher sai&. 2They al#ays try to hit on the return.2
    ,&>e thre# a!ain. The 1oo%eran! s+un out, a!ain see%e& to co%e to a stan&still, an&
    then #hi33e& 1ack. This ti%e it &i++e& >ust 1e3ore it ca%e to the salt1ush, ca%e u+ sava!ely
    an& slashe& into the &ea& ro&ent, al%ost tearin! the 1o&y in hal3.
    --- B
    2,:ll try to !et hi% to run &o#n so%e 1i!!er !a%e,2 the rancher sai&.
    0e sai& so%ethin! to ,&>e. There #as a harsh eEchan!e o3 #or&s an& , sense& hostility.
    The a1ori!ine looke& at %e #ith a kin& o3 &istant col& +ri&e. The rancher sai& so%ethin! an&
    ,&>e:s 3ace so3tene&. 0e no&&e& his hea& in a++roval. 0e turne& an& sai& so%ethin! to the
    &o!, #hich instantly sti33ene&, ca%e u+ o33 his haunches an& %ove& a 3e# ste+s 3or#ar&. The
    a1ori!ine turne& an& 1e!an to run, the &in!o a 3e# yar&s in 3ront o3 hi%, sni33in! the !roun&.
    2What &i& you say to hi%.2 , aske&.
    20e &i&n:t #ant to run, 1ut , tol& hi% you #ere a #riter, a storyteller,2 the rancher sai&.
    2They all have a !reat res+ect 3or story tellers. "eEt to a !oo& s%ell the thin! they res+ect
    %ost is the a1ility to tell a story or sin! a story. *o%e o3 these 1lack 1oys that everyone thinks
    are so stu+i& have learne& to s+eak in siE or seven &i33erent a1ori!ine lan!ua!es so they can
    tell stories. "ot &ialects, %in& you, 1ut lan!ua!es as &i33erent as *+anish an& ;n!lish an&
    French. ,:ve 1een at it 3or t#enty years an& , can s+eak >ust one a1o lan!ua!e.2
    The rancher o1viously res+ecte& the a1ori!ines. 0e +ointe& at ,&>e #ho #as &i%inishin!
    in siAe, runnin! strai!ht 3or the horiAon in a 1eauti3ul !race3ul trot. The &o! ha& alrea&y
    &isa++eare&.
    2"o# that looks +retty &a%ne& si%+le, 1ut it:s not,2 the rancher sai& 2The a1o:s real
    #ea+ons are his le!s an& his &in!o - i3 he ha& to, he coul& hunt #ithout his s+ear. But as ,&>e
    trots alon! he is #atchin! the !roun& 3or si!ns. ,:ve 1een out #ith hi%, an& in a sin!le stretch
    o3 salt 3lat a hal3-%ile lon! #here , coul&n:t see even a %ark on the sur3ace he coul& i&enti3y
    #here a snake ha& cra#le&, a 3ro! ha& ho++e&. nce a )an& -over 3ull o3 tourists !ot lost
    an& #e hire& ,&>e to track the% &o#n. We 3ollo#e& hi% in another )an& -over an& he >o!!e&
    alon! a1out 3ive %iles an hour 3or ten hours. Most o3 the ti%e , coul&n:t see a thin!, 1ut he
    #oul& +oint out #here they ha& 1acke& the vehicle an& starte& in another &irection. When #e
    3oun& the% they #ere out o3 !as an& #ater an& >ust startin! to !et hysterical. Funny thin!,
    thou!h, they never even o33ere& to +ay ,&>e anythin!. , +ai& hi% o33 #ith to1acco an& 1ully
    1ee3.2
    20o# &o they kee+ #ar% at ni!ht.2 , aske&.
    2They 1uil& a cou+le o3 3ires u+ an& slee+ 1et#een the%, the #hole %ess o3 the% curle&
    u+ into a 3a%ily 1all,2 he sai&. 2Man, #i3e an& chil&ren all curle& u+ so that you can:t tell #hich
    is #hich. Da%ne&est thin!. By %ornin! they have, #ithout #akin! u+, all rolle& over onto the
    #ar% ashes.2 0e +ause& a %o%ent an& then #ent on in a voice that assu%e& , #oul&
    &is1elieve hi%. 2*o%e ni!hts &urin! the #inter it #ill !et &o#n to t#enty &e!rees an& even
    #hen they &on:t have 3ire#oo& they survive that te%+erature. Do you kno# ho# they &o it.2
    2"ot a clue,2 , sai&.
    2"either &o ,,2 he sai& an& lau!he&.
    2Where &o they !et #ater.2 , aske&, kno#in! that in this area the rain3all #as less than
    3ive inches a year.
    2Durin! the rainy season they chase the rain sHualls an& #herever they 3in& a +u&&le
    they &rink it u+.2
    2What a1out the &ry season.2 , aske&.
    2They have eE+laine& it to %e, 1ut , can never Huite 1elieve it,2 he sai&. 2First they !o to
    a :soak,: a &e+ression #here #ater usually !athers an& they &i!. What they !et i3 they are
    lucky is #et san& an& they +ut this in their %ouths an& suck it &ry an& then s+it it out.2
    26n& i3 they are unlucky.2
    2Then they look 3or shru1s #hich have #ater in their roots an& they che# on those.
    There is also a kin& o3 3ro! #hich 1loats itsel3 on #ater &urin! the #et season to carry it
    throu!h the &ry. Fin&in! one o3 those is like 3in&in! a little sack o3 #ater.2
    2That &oesn:t see% like %uch #ater,2 , sai& &u1iously.
    2,t isn:t,2 he sai& an& then looke& at %e shyly. 2)ook, these are 3unny +eo+le. They have
    traine& the%selves to live on al%ost no #ater. 0ave you notice& ho# they conserve their
    ener!y. ,3 you i!nore the s%ell an& the &irt it:s really Huite 1eauti3ul. They &evelo+e& the
    1oo%eran! so that i3 they %iss they &on:t have to run a3ter their #ea+on, it co%es sailin!
    1ack to the%. 6n& look at those ki&s catchin! ants... they &on:t #aste ener!y &i!!in!, they
    #ait 3or the ants to co%e out. Di& you see his lu1ra catch that +iece o3 ki&ney 3at. ,n her #ay
    she is as !race3ul as those !irls ,:ve seen in *y&ney in the 1allet.2 0e sto++e&, e%1arrasse&
    at his eEtrava!ance. , s%ile& encoura!e%ent.
    26nythin! that lives, ani%al or ve!eta1le, they #ill eat,2 he #ent on. 0e #ent on to say
    that this inclu&e& kan!aroos, e%us, snakes, turtles, croco&iles, 1u!s, s+i&ers. They +lant
    nothin!, 1ut they harvest #hatever !ro#s. There is even a 3or% o3 +oisonous ya% #hich they
    treat 1y +oun&in! it on a stone an& leavin! it 3or a 3e# years on to+ o3 a rock 3or the sun an&
    rain to +uri3y. With an uncanny %e%ory they #ill return to a rock #hich hol&s a 3e# +oun&s o3
    ya%, &e+osite& there years 1e3ore.
    We hear& the &in!o ya+, a 3ar clear soun& that carrie& 3or %iles over the stillness. Then
    there #as a series o3 shrill ya+s, 3ollo#e& 1y va!ue, %iEe& soun&s o3 a stru!!le, an& 3inally a
    series o3 short triu%+hant 1arks.
    The lu1ra looke& u+ at the rancher an& sai& so%ethin!.
    2,t:s a kan!aroo,2 he sai&. 26 s%all one she thinks.2
    The a1ori!ine !re# as he a++roache& - 3ro% a haAy %ote, 1eco%in! lar!er an& %ore
    &istinct #ith each stri&e.
    --- C
    The &in!o ca%e 3aster. When ,&>e reache& us, #e sa# that he ha& a s%all kan!aroo in his
    han&s, its neck #run! an& its skin alrea&y hal3 torn o33. 0e trotte& into the ca%+; sHuatte& in
    3ront o3 his lu1ra. The kan!aroo #as eaten #hile it #as still #ar%, torn into 1its 1y 3orty 1loo&y
    3in!ers. The &in!o stalke& ni%1ly at the e&!e, sna++in! at 1its o3 1loo& an& shre&s o3 3lesh.
    The noise they %a&e #as eerie.
    We le3t #hile they #ere still eatin! the kan!aroo. The rancher sai& so%ethin! an& ,&>e:s
    3ace ca%e u+ 3ro% the tan!le o3 han&s, skin, 1loo&, an& soun&. 0is li+s #ere s%eare& #ith
    1loo&. The rancher in&icate& he #as leavin! the 1oE o3 ci!arettes 3or hi%. For the 3irst ti%e
    ,&>e s%ile&. 0e no&&e& !oo&-1y an& sai& so%ethin!. Then he sli& a 1one into his %outh,
    crunche& &o#n on it.
    With 1loo&y !rease aroun& his %outh, #ith his teeth !nashin! a 1one, #ith his 3in!ers
    tearin! at kan!aroo 3lesh, ,&>e #atche& us. "ot a1>ectly, 1ut keenly, as i3 #e #ere so%ethin!
    to 1e avoi&e& an& re>ecte&. The eyes, clotte& occasionally 1y 3lies, stare& un3linchin!ly at us
    as #e cli%1e& into the )an& -over. The %uscles in %y neck relaEe& only #hen , kne# that
    #e #ere out o3 si!ht o3 those !reat un1linkin! eyes.
    W&o is t&e 4"t&er?
    )ater %y %e%ory +laye& tricks. , coul& re%e%1er ,&>e:s %a!ni3icent +osture, the !litter o3
    his eyes, the incre&i1ly har& >ustice o3 his li3e, the a#eso%e tension 1et#een li3e an& &eath in
    #hich he constantly live&. , #ante& to 3or!et the stone-stre#n &esert an& the &aAAlin! salt +an
    an& convince %ysel3 that only an ani%al that #as less than hu%an coul& en&ure it. , lon!e& to
    3all victi% to the stran!e $aci3ic %ala&y o3 callin! 2chil&like2 #hat one &oes not un&erstan&. ,
    #ante& to %ake ,&>e a version o3 -ousseau:s 2s+len&i& sava!e2 an& 3or!et hi%.
    -eality is not that easy. Behin& that +ro%ise o3 ra!e an& un&erstan&in! an& i%a!ination
    there is a 3ul3ill%ent. The li3e o3 the a1ori!ine, the li3e #ithin his %in& an& soul, is intricate an&
    1loo&y an& soarin! 1eyon& 1elie3 - an& little kno#n to outsi&ers until lately. For !enerations he
    #as so sus+icious o3 #hites an& stran!ers that he #oul& talk to the% not at all or only on
    con&ition that they not re+eat #hat he sai& until he, the a1ori!ine, #as &ea&. *lo#ly, a 3e#
    truste& an& &ili!ent #hites have !otten 1ehin& the &ee+-sunk eyes an& into the %in& o3 the
    a1ori!ine. What they have &iscovere& is chillin!.
    The sur3ace i%+ressions are correct. The a1ori!ines lack a!riculture, tools, &o%esticate&
    ani%als, %etals, +ottery, the #heel, nu%1ers, +olitics, a tone syste%, #ritin!, an& see&s. But
    they +sychic li3e is 1e#il&erin!ly rich.
    They have no notion o3 a su+re%e &eity. -ather their li3e is 3ille& #ith &e%ons an& !o&s o3
    a hi!hly in&ivi&ual Huality. Many a1ori!ines have not yet %a&e the association 1et#een
    seEual intercourse an& conce+tion. When a #o%an realiAes she is +re!nant she instantly
    associates the con&ition #ith so%ethin! in the i%%e&iate surroun&in!s: a tree, a hill, a clou&,
    a rock. 6 #hirl#in&, a rollin! clou& o3 &ust, is thou!ht to 1e es+ecially virile an& these #o%an
    #ill 3lee in terror at the si!ht o3 one.
    The #i3e &oes not &eci&e 1y hersel3 #ho is the 3ather o3 her chil&. This is &one 1y
    ela1orate consultation a%on! the %en o3 the 3a%ily an& the clan. When they &eci&e #hich
    rock or #hirl#in& or hill is res+onsi1le, that 1eco%es the sacre& na%e o3 the chil&... an& is
    never s+oken au&i1ly. They have &evelo+e& an ela1orate si!n lan!ua!e to co%%unicate this
    na%e; to s+eak it #oul& 1e to invite &isaster. The chil& is also !iven a co%%on na%e #hich
    can 1e s+oken 3reely. The sacre& na%e, the un%entiona1le na%e, 1eco%es the Churin!a o3
    the chil& - the s+irit on #hich he can rely an& to #hich he can %ake incantations. ,t also
    1eco%es a +hysical o1>ect, so%eti%es as s%all as a %inute stone, so%eti%es as lar!e as a
    s+ear. But not 3or #o%en ... they are never tol& their secret na%e.
    The %in& an& heart o3 the a1ori!ine ho#l #ith 3ears, ho+es, tote%s, ta1us,
    co%+ulsions, in>unctions. 0is 1elie3s are co%+licate& 1eyon& the so+histicate& reli!ion o3
    civiliAe& %an. There are rites, 3or eEa%+le, 3or !ivin! a %an the ca+acity to %ake it rain.
    T.G.0. *trehlo# &escri1es the rite:
    26n ol& %an +ro&uce& a shar+ kan!aroo 1one. 0e sta11e& %y thu%1 #ith it an& +ushe&
    the 1one &ee+ 1eneath the nail ...the tor%ent #as un1eara1le... When the nail ha& 1een
    loosene&, he took a shar+ o+ossu% tooth, 3orce& it into the livin! 3lesh throu!h the 1ase o3 the
    thu%1nail, an& tore the nail o33 3ro% 1ehin& . ....the %en chante&: :They ri+ o33 the nail, they
    tear o33 the nail; 1loo& 3lo#s like a river, rushes alon! like a river.: Then they seiAe& %y le3t
    han& an& re%ove& the thu%1nail in a like %anner.2
    ,n the cere%ony o3 1eco%in! a %an, the +enis o3 the youth is cut o+en co%+letely alon!
    the urethral canal. 7*tran!ely, this &oes not +reclu&e hi% 3ro% i%+re!natin! #o%en.8 The 3inal
    cere%ony initiatin! a youn! %an is a trial 1y 3ire in #hich he %ust lie &o#n on a 3ire that is
    1arely covere& 1y !reen leaves, an& then %ust sHuat on live coals 3or a hal3-%inute. Doun!
    %en an& #o%en toss 3ire1ran&s 1ack an& 3orth an&, in the +rocess, #ork u+ a seEual
    eEcite%ent #hich 1eco%es unen&ura1le an& is consu%%ate& in a #il& clashin! o3 1o&ies.
    6ll o3 this is acco%+anie& 1y lon!, intricate son!s #hich anthro+olo!ists have taken
    &o#n on en&less +a!es. Fa%ily !rou+s, se+arate& 1y hun&re&s o3 %iles, #ill have i&entical
    son!s an& +er3or%ances, re+ro&uce& !eneration a3ter !eneration.
    "one o3 this is +articularly novel in the history o3 %an. 6ll cultures are co%+licate&. But the
    6ustralian a1ori!ine, that +oor creature a!ree& to 1e the %ost si%+le no# in eEistence,
    reveals an a#3ul truth. The li3e o3 all o3 us is co%+licate&, su1tle, 1loo&y, 3earso%e, secret.
    6n& #e stru!!le #ith an insane ener!y to %ake it invisi1le to the outsi&er.
    UFro% >arper?s Ma#aEine, *e+te%1er, 1F=1; 3ro% ;u!ene Bur&ick:s inten&e&
    1ook The 5lue of (apricorn.8
    '''''''''''''''''''''''
    --- F
    9!""ts)' on t&e A(origines
    2..the in3erior races, o3 #hich there are still so%e analo!ues le3t - as the 6ustralians 7no#
    3ast &yin! out8 an& so%e 63rican an& ceanic tri1es - are %eant. ...the Carmic &evelo+%ent
    o3 these Mona&s ha& not yet 3itte& the% to occu+y the 3or%s o3 %en &estine& 3or incarnation
    in hi!her intellectual -aces,2 U*D ,,, 1=(V
    2...since the olitic 75urassic8 +erio&, less chan#e has taen place in Australia than
    else&here+ an& the 6ustralian 3lora an& 3auna conseHuently retain so%ethin! o3 the olitic
    ty+e, &hile it had been alto#ether supplanted and replaced on the rest of the .lobe. ...the
    nature o3 the environ%ent &evelo+s pari passu #ith the race concerne&. Corres+on&ences
    rule in every Huarter. The survivors o3 those later )e%urians, #ho esca+e& the &estruction o3
    their 3ello#s #hen the %ain continent #as su1%er!e&, 1eca%e the ancestors o3 a +ortion o3
    the +resent native tri1es. Bein! a very lo# su1-race, 1e!otten ori!inally o3 ani%als,
    %onsters,D #hose very 3ossils are no# restin! %iles un&er the sea 3loors, their stock has
    since eEiste& in an environ%ent stron!ly su1>ecte& to the la# o3 retar&ation. 6ustralia is one o3
    the ol&est lan&s no# a1ove the #aters, an& in the senile &ecre+itu&e o3 ol& a!e, its :vir!in soil:
    not#ithstan&in!. ,t can +ro&uce no ne# 3or%s, unless hel+e& 1y ne# an& 3resh races, an&
    arti3icial cultivation an& 1ree&in!.2 U*D ,,, ++ 1F=-BV
    2What &o #e kno# o3 sava!e tri1es 1eyon& the last cha+ter o3 their history. ...the
    6ustralians... %ay have +asse& throu!h ever so %any vicissitu&es, an& #hat #e consi&er as
    +ri%itive, %ay 1e, 3or all #e kno#, a -;)6$*; ,"T *6I6G;-D or a corru+tion o3
    so%ethin! that #as %ore rational an& intelli!i1le in 3or%er sta!es. 2: U*D ,,, ++ B(1-((,
    Blavatsky Huotin! MaE MullerV
    ????????
    D 6s , un&erstan& it, Blavatsky hel& that in 3irst &evelo+in! %an, or his 1o&y, 2nature
    unai&e&2 or +urely +hysicalSastral lo#er nature create& over eons so%e very 1iAarre ty+es -
    2%onsters,2 the #ell-kno#n &inosaurs an& other 3or%s #hich #e:ll never 3in& 3ossil evi&ence
    o3. $hysical nature %aterialiAes 3ro% 3or%s 3oun& in the astral, an& 1ein! 2%in&less2 in a
    hi!her sense, it auto%atically creates 3ro% co%1inations o3 3or%s that it has, or lo#er 3or%s
    le3t over 3ro% +revious cycles. )o#er nature 1ein! una1le to invent an& &esi!n ne# an& %ore
    su1tle ru+as or 1o&ies on its o#n, the Cos%ic ;n!ineers 7The Dhyan Chohans, or those
    1ein!s su+erior to us in evolution8 ste++e& in an& +rovi&e& the &irection to &evelo+ %ore
    su1tle 3or%s, chie3ly a hu%an 3or% su1tle an& suita1le 3or the use o3 the hi!her souls or
    Mona&s that are hu%anity, an& that #ere cyclically &ue to incarnate. The earlier races ha&
    a&%iEtures o3 +erha+s !enetic %aterial 3ro% nature:s early cru&e 3or%s. The 61ori!ines are
    re!ar&e& as a se+arate race 1y science, , 1elieve, an& not as +art o3 the "e!ro race. - ;&.
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    N1W R1PRINT
    Scie(ti!ic C"rr"5"r*ti"(- "! The"-"#h/,) "r H1P1B16- Secret D"ctri(e 0i(ic*te, 6.
    MarHues, 9B ++ +a%+hlet, 1CFB U-e+rint 1y WiAar&s Bookshel3, $B ==GG, *an Die!o, C6
    F(1==; R9.GG +lus +ostV
    This is one o3 the %ost interestin! theoso+hical +u1lications , have rea& 3or so%e ti%e.
    While o3 course so%e o3 the science is out o3 &ate, 3or the %a>ority o3 the su1>ect it &oesn:t
    %atter a 1it. For one thin! it is a !oo& co%+ilation o3 %any o3 Blavatsky:s co%%ents an&
    +re&ictions concernin! science - astrono%y, +hysics, !eolo!y, archaeolo!y - in one +lace -
    an& one can co%+are theses state%ents #ith current science 7#hich in the 1asics is the
    sa%e as a hun&re& years a!o.8
    , 3oun& a 1unch o3 ne# i&eas in here an& ones ,:& %et 1e3ore an& 3or!ot a1out. Besi&es
    the Blavatsky %aterial, MarHues is a 3ree-#heelin! an& intuitive s+eculator on his o#n an& he
    takes short >aunts into several areas o3 investi!ation that are still un&elve& or not #ell-kno#n,
    such as the relationshi+ 1et#een soun& an& three-&i%ensional 3or%.
    )ike *tokes o3 the /$E$ 'ibrary (ritic a%on! %any others, MarHues #as one #ho #as Uat
    leastV initially taken-in 1y the )ea&1eaterSBesant va!aries an& +sychic investi!ations o3
    %atter, an& #hich %ars the last cou+le +a!es o3 the +a%+hlet #hich WiAar&s !ives an
    a++ro+riate 3ootnote on.
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    PROTOGONOS is an in&e+en&ent Blavatsky-oriente& theoso+hical +u1lication issue&
    9-= ti%es +er year. *u1scri+tion is R1.GG +er issue. Corres+on&ence an& su1%issions
    #elco%e. ;&itor: Mark 5aHua
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    D"!"i 0"+" No 0onger See)s In/e,en/en#e $or Ti(et
    6ccor&in! to an 11S11SFC 6$ article: 2The Dalai )a%a sai& yester&ay that &istrust
    1et#een hi%sel3 an& China is too &ee+ to reo+en Ti1etan autono%y talks, 1ut he:s lookin!
    3or#ar& to a ti%e #hen there:ll 1e :no %ore accusations.:
    2:...tryin! to 1uil& so%e trust.: Callin! hi%sel3 a :si%+le %onk: the sa33ron-ro1e& lea&er
    e%+hasiAe& that he #as not seekin! in&e+en&ence 3or his 0i%alayan ho%elan&, 1ut that he
    #asn:t rea&y to %ake any other &eclarations sou!ht 1y Mr. 5ian! until he receives s+eci3ic
    si!nals 3ro% Bei>in! throu!h 1ack-channel ne!otiations.
    2:...This &istrust #ill not &isa++ear in a &ay,: he sai& in a state%ent &istri1ute& at the White
    0ouse a3ter he %et With $resi&ent an& First )a&y 0illary Clinton.
    2... Mr. 5ian! sai& the &oor to &ialo!ue #ith Ti1et is o+en i3 the Dalai )a%a says Ti1et is
    an inse+ara1le +art o3 China, that Tai#an is a +rovince o3 China, an& the Dalai )a%a &oesn:t
    seek in&e+en&ence 3or Ti1et.
    2:...*o%eti%es %ore o+en &iscussion is use3ul, so%eti%es %ore silence is use3ul,: he
    sai& outsi&e the White 0ouse.
    2)ater, he sai& he #as lookin! 3or#ar& to the &ay Chinese authorities sto+ &ou1tin! his
    sincerity over #antin! Ti1et to re%ain a +art o3 China. :63ter %y 3or%al res+onse, , #ant no
    %ore accusations.:
    26s Chinese +eo+le %ove to Ti1et an& Chinese o33icials &estroy %onasteries an& >ail
    nuns an& %onks, the Dalai )a%a sai& he 3eels :there is an ur!ency: to reach a resolution.
    2:6s 3ar as +reservation o3 Ti1etan Bu&&hist culture, ti%e is runnin! out,: he sai&.2
    63ter the ra+e an& +lun&er o3 Ti1et - it has 1een D;*T-D;D as 3ar as Bu&&his% an&
    3or%er culture - it is &i33icult to see ho# the Dalai )a%a can no lon!er seek ,n&e+en&ence 3or
    Ti1et as a +rinci+le. ,n harsh reality, ho#ever, 1arin! a 2%iracle2, ,n&e+en&ence is an utter
    i%+ossi1ility in the current state o3 a33airs. $erha+s he is seein! thin!s in the lar!er vie#+oint.
    <G years 3ro% no# China %ay 1e a &e%ocracy an& there %ay 1e a resur!ence o3 Bu&&his%.
    ,3 the center o3 the Brotherhoo& 1ehin& Blavatsky #as in Ti1et a hun&re& years a!o, one
    #on&ers #here it is no#. - ;&.
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    PROTOGONOS
    "u%1er 4< Fe1ruary, 1FFF
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    Contents5 *o%e Thou!hts on Bu&&his%....Cru%+...1; *u1#ays are 3or
    *lee+in!.....)ove ...9; -evie#s: Emerson Amon# the Eccentrics9 %ome Theosophical
    )ritin#s @;&!e8; Mason 6 3i8on @$ynchon8 ...19; Brah%a 7verse8......;%erson...1B; Ii&eos:
    3ar (ity ...1F; Marria!e o3 )ove K Truth.....$o!ue... (G
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    SO21 THOUGHTS ON 9UDDHIS2
    - Basil Cru%+
    To The ;&itor o3 The 4ar Eastern Times:
    *ir, - The article in your *u++le%ent last *atur&ay un&er the a1ove title not only !ives a
    very clear eE+osition o3 the 3un&a%ental +rinci+les o3 Mahayana Bu&&his%, 1ut also &ra#s
    attention +articularly to the very i%+ortant conce+tion o3 the 2,%%anent2 &ivinity in
    contra&istinction to that o3 a 2$ersonal Go&.2 ,n connection #ith this , #oul& like to cite so%e
    valua1le +assa!es 3ro% Mr. -. F. 5ohnston:s 'etters to a Missionary 7Wans K Co., 1F1C8 +.
    19=, #here he co%+ares the %ysticis% o3 6rch&eacon Wil1er3orce #ith that o3 the Tien-t:ai
    an& Ch:an schools o3 Mahayana Bu&&his%, sho#in! ho# the t#o can easily 1e reconcile& on
    the 1asis o3 the inner &ivinity: -
    2The Bu&&hist tells us that the true &ivinity o3 %an - #hich he calls Fo-his% :the
    Bu&&ha-heart,: or Fo-hsin! :the Bu&&ha-nature: - is conceale& 1ehin& the veil o3 6vi&ya 7#u-
    %in!8, #hich %eans nescience, or lack o3 s+iritual insi!ht.2
    This 6vi&ya is #hat the Christian %ystic Tauler #oul& &escri1e as 1lin&ness to the Divine
    )i!ht. When a %an a#akes 3ro% the illusory &rea%s #hich arise 3ro% 6vi&ya, an& his s+iritual
    eyesi!ht 7t:ien-yen, to use the Chinese +hrase8 is clari3ie&, he reco!niAes the Bu&&hahoo&
    #ithin hi% - his o#n s+iritual sel3, #hich is +art-transcen&ent an& +art-i%%anent - an& throu!h
    that very reco!nition enters into the unio mystica #ith the eternal Bu&&ha-nature or
    Dar%akaya #hich he shares #ith all livin! 1ein!s. 7c3. /utlines of Mahayana 5uddhism, 1y
    D.T. *uAuki, ++. 4<-B, 11< 33., (FG33.8 The theory is tersely su%%e& u+ 1y Chinese Bu&&hists
    in the 3our #or&s chien hsin# ch?en# 4o, #hich si!ni3y that to 1ehol& or kno# one:s o#n
    nature as it really is in its essence is to 1eco%e Bu&&ha.
    The #is&o% or enli!hten%ent #hich alone can &estroy the veil o3 illusion that conceals
    3ro% vie# the Bu&&ha-nature is very 3ar 3ro% 1ein! a %erely intellectual virtue; it has its
    ethical si&e also, an& it is o3 !reat interest to note that here ,n&ian an& Chinese thou!ht co%e
    in contact #ith Greek. 7c3. 6&a%:s ,itality of 7latonism, ++. 14G 3. (1B8. "o# this eternal an&
    universal Bu&&hahoo& or Bu&&ha-nature is +ratically i&entical #ith #hat %ystics o3 &i33erent
    ty+es an& schools #oul& variously ascri1e as the ,n#ar& )i!ht, the Beyon& that is Within, the
    Wise *ilence, the ,n&#ellin! Christi, the Christ-*el3, the ,n1orn )o!os, the ,%%anent
    Go&hea&. 0ere it %ay 1e %entione& that it is +recisely 1ecause Bu&&hists reco!nise, as one
    o3 the 3un&a%ental truths o3 their reli!ion, that all livin! 1ein!s truly +artici+ate in the Bu&&ha-
    nature - #hat 6rch&eacon Wil1er3orce #oul& call 2Christ2 - that such a conce+tion as that o3
    the
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    everlastin! &a%nation o3 %ultitu&es o3 %en, or o3 a sin!le one, is totally irreconcila1le #ith,
    an& is there3ore #holly a1sent 3ro%, Bu&&hist teachin!s. ,t is a si!ni3icant 3act that Wil1er3orce
    hi%sel3, 3ir%ly 1elievin! as he &i& in the i%%anence o3 the Go&hea& or o3 2Christ,2 in all
    hu%an 1ein!s inclu&in! evil&oers an& :the heathen,: unreserve&ly acce+te& the lo!ical
    conclusions to #hich this theory +ointe&; hence he utterly re+u&iate& the tra&itional Christian
    teachin! re!ar&in! the eternal ruin o3 hu%an souls an& the &octrine o3 an everlastin! hell. ,t is
    har&ly necessary to a&& that he #as care3ul to &istin!uish 1et#een the 2i%%anent Christ2 an&
    the historic 5esus, >ust as the %ystical Bu&&hists 7 an& in&ee& all Bu&&hists #ho have a real
    !ras+ o3 their o#n reli!ion8 &i33erentiate 1et#een the 2i%%anent Bu&&ha2 - as #ell as the
    transcen&ent Bu&&ha, the 2)otus2 an& si%ilar *utras - an& the historical 3i!ure, #ho, as $rince
    *i&&artha, le3t his 3ather:s +alace to 1eco%e a #an&erin! ascetic. The 2true s+iritual sel3 o3
    each o3 us,2 in&ee&, in a sense, is the Christ 72n&ard ,ision, +. 1G48; 1ut he also e%+hasiAes
    #hat he &eli1erately calls 2the &istinction2 1et#een 2the )or& 5esus2 an& 2the universal %ystic
    Christ,2 #hich is another na%e 3or the 2i%%anence o3 Go&.2
    Mr. 5ohnston 7#ho is #ell-kno#n as the author o3 5uddhist (hina8 also &ra#s attention to
    The 4uture of (hristianity 1y -.0. Co%+ton, an& Huotes hi% as sayin! that 2the %isera1le
    3ailure o3 Christianity is not &ue to the ;ternal Christ, 1ut to the %istaken conce+tion that
    5esus #as the Christ %a&e 3lesh. To a !reater, or lesser, eEtent &e+en&in! very lar!ely on our
    o#n #ill, the Christ is in every %an.2
    Contrast all this #ith the ty+ical %issionary attitu&e as seen, 3or instance, in 5uddhism
    and 5uddhists in (hina+ 1y )e#is 0o&ous, D.D., an 6%erican #ith siEteen years eE+erience
    in Foocho#. The 1ook is one o3 the )orld?s 'i*in# -eli#ions %eries in #hich one eE+ects an
    a1solutely un+artial account o3 each reli!ion, yet here #e 3in& the 6%erican e&itors sayin! in
    their +re3ace: - 20e has sou!ht to 1e a1solutely 3air to Bu&&his%, 1ut still to eE+ress his o#n
    conviction that the 1est that is in Bu&&his% is !iven 3ar %o% a&eHuate eE+ression in
    Christianity.2 *o anEious, in&ee& is he to &o this, that no#here &oes he a++ear to %ention the
    t#o 3un&a%ental an& inter&e+en&ent &octrines, ?ar%a an& -e-incarnation. 6 #hole cha+ter at
    the en& is &evote& to instructions to Christian %issionaries on ho# to 2a++roach2 Bu&&hists
    #ith the i&ea o3 convertin! the%. 0ere #e 3in& a hea&in!: 2;%+hasis on the $erson o3 5esus
    Christ2 3ollo#e& 1y: 2The !reat asset o3 the %issionary a%on! Bu&&hists is the historical
    +erson o3 Christ. ,n contrast to %any o3 the Bo&hisattvas, the saviours o3 the Bu&&hists, 5esus
    is a historical character. 0is li3e a%on! %en #as the li3e o3 Go& a%on! %en.2 ,t never see%s
    to occur to %in&s o3 this ty+e that the Bu&&hists have Huite as %uch >usti3ication to say the
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    sa%e o3 Gauta%a Bu&&ha i3 they #ishe& to insist on a $ersonal 6nthro+o%or+hic Go& an& a
    $ersonal Christ, #hich they are %uch too +hiloso+hical to &o, as Mr. 5ohnston so clearly
    sho#s. Moreover, the historical evi&ence 3or the eEistence o3 5esus o3 "aAareth is eEtre%ely
    slen&er, an& Geor!e Bran&es in his ne# 1ook, !esus+ A Myth, &oes no %ore than e%+hasiAe
    #hat has lon! 1een kno#n to i%+artial scholars; 1ut, as he ri!htly +oints out, 2Divine 3i!ures
    can never 1e a33ecte& 1y havin! live& their true an& only lives in the %in&s o3 %en.2
    The historical evi&ence 3or the eEistence o3 Gauta%a Bu&&ha, on the other han&, is
    a1un&ant an& unHuestione&; 3or he #as 1orn an ,n&ian +rince, 1e!an his %inistry as a youn!
    %an, an& live& an& +reache& in "orthern ,n&ia until the a!e o3 ei!hty. But there has never
    1een any con3usion in his case 1et#een the teacher an& the inner Bu&&ha-s+irit, 1ecause he
    #as hi%sel3 care3ul to insist on the #orkin! o3 the t#in la#s o3 ?ar%a an& -eincarnation in
    relation to %an:s o#n +ro!ress, an& the i%+ossi1ility o3 shi3tin! the res+onsi1ility on to the
    shoul&ers o3 another. 0ence the Bu&&ha is not #orshi+e& as a Go&, nor re!ar&e& as a
    sacri3icial victi% +rovi&e& 1y 2Go&2 to ena1le %en to esca+e the >ust conseHuences o3 their
    actions; 1ut he is looke& u+ to as an eEa%+le o3 #hat can 1e achieve& 1y constant e33orts to
    realiAe the Bu&&ha s+irit #ithin ourselves.
    , a%, Dours 3aith3ully,
    MD*T,C
    $ekin!, "ove%1er 4G U1F(=V
    7Fro% an ;&%onton T. *. re+rint o3 the 1ooklet 3id !esus ,isit 2ndia and Tibet<
    HH5uddha and (hrist; (onfusion bet&een 7erson and 7rinciple+ 1y Basil Cru%+8
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    SU9WA6S AR1 4OR S011PING
    . ;&%un& G. )ove
    7The 3ollo#in! &oes not have %uch &irectly to &o #ith Theoso+hy, other than +erha+s
    that i3 Theoso+hical +hiloso+hy #as %ore +revalent the article coul& never have 1een #ritten.
    But +art o3 the !oals o3 Theoso+hy is to kno# onesel3 an& hu%an nature, an& #e learn %uch
    3ro% the eEtre%es o3 hu%an nature an& eE+erience, an& 20enry *hel1y2 the ho%eless %an is
    certainly such an eEtre%e. *hel1y #as su++ose&ly an acHuaintance to author ;&%un& )ove,
    1ut the #ritin! see%s o1viously a 3irst han& account..
    This article a++eare& in March, 1F<= >arper?s %a!aAine, an& is eEcer+te& 3ro% the 1ook
    collection o3 >arper?s articles .entlemen+ %cholars and %coundrels 70ar+er K Brothers, ".D.,
    1F<F8 - ;&. 7roto8
    ... n March 9, 1F<4, at a++roEi%ately 11:4G $.M, 0enry *hel1y #alke& into the "e#
    Dork City hotel #here he ha& %aintaine& an a+art%ent 3or 3ive %onths. /+on askin! 3or his
    key at the &esk, he #as in3or%e& 1y the clerk that he ha& 1een locke& out until such ti%e as
    his 1ill #as settle&. The 1ill a%ounte& to a1out one hun&re& an& thirteen &ollars. 6t the
    %o%ent, *hel1y ha& a1out 3ourteen &ollars, no >o1, an& no 3rien&s u+on #ho% he 3elt 3ree to
    call 3or hel+. Without any ar!u%ent, he turne& an& #alke& 1ack out the &oor.
    ,n the ti%e that has +asse& since that ni!ht, he has returne& to the hotel only once, an&
    then %erely to see i3 he ha& any %ail. 0e has not atte%+te& to retrieve any o3 his 1elon!in!s
    hel& 1y the %ana!e%ent. With the eEce+tion o3 a++roEi%ately three an& one-hal3 %onths, in
    the su%%er o3 1F<4, he has 1een one o3 the thousan&s o3 %en in various sta!es o3 va!rancy
    #ho #an&er the streets o3 "e# Dork City at all hours o3 the &ay an& ni!ht.
    0enry *hel1y, to&ay, is 3orty-one years ol&, 1ut looks at least 3ive years youn!er. 0e is
    3ive 3eet eleven an& one-hal3 inches tall, #ei!hs 1=( +oun&s. 0is hair is 1lack 1ut thinnin!,
    an& his eyes are a &ee+ 1lue. 0e has no &is3i!ure%ents, an& his 1earin! is !oo&. The key to
    his +ersonality lies in his eyes #hich eE+ress the &e+th o3 his 3eelin!, or a Huiet hu%or,
    &e+en&in! u+on his %oo&. When he is &ee+ in thou!ht, or trou1le&, he is a+t to trace +atterns
    on the 3loor, or in the &irt #ith the toe o3 his shoe. 6t other ti%es he %oves 1riskly, an& #ith
    so%e o3 the !race an& sureness o3 an athlete.
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    0e is a !ra&uate o3 the /niversity o3 Michi!an #ith a %asters &e!ree in econo%ics. 0e
    also hol&s a li3e teacher:s certi3icate in the state o3 Michi!an an& #as, at one ti%e, a teacher
    in the +u1lic schools o3 )ansin!. 0is %aster:s &e!ree stu&ies #ere concentrate& in the 3iel& o3
    accountin! +roce&ure, an& 3or 3our years a3ter Worl& War ,,, he #as an accountant #ith the
    $ost 33ice De+art%ent in Washin!ton. 0is associates there consi&er hi% an eEcellent %an in
    this 3iel&, an& at least t#o o3 the% say that he coul& +ro1a1ly Huali3y as a certi3ie& +u1lic
    accountant. ,n a&&ition to these Huali3ications, he is eE+erience& an& ca+a1le in the 3iel& o3
    +u1lic relations, #here his a++roach has 1een &escri1e& as 23resh2 an& 2honest.2
    The city o3 "e# Dork has lon! 1een note& 3or the nu%1er an& variety o3 its va!rants.
    ;sti%ates as to the nu%1er o3 ho%eless an& +enniless %en an& #o%en run 3ro% a
    conservative ten thousan& to so%e#here aroun& hal3 a %illion. Ia!rants in other +arts o3 the
    /nite& *tates are a %i!ratory lot, usually %ovin! #ith the #eather, 1ut the "e# Dork variety
    stay +ut, occu+yin! +ark 1enches, 3lo+houses, !utters, an& &oor#ays in all seasons. There
    are %any #ho +ossess Huali3ications as rich as 0enry *hel1y:s. There are %any #ho are
    literally hu%an &erelicts livin! out their &ays in a &runken stu+or, #aitin! 3or an o1scure &eath
    in the river or a #ar& at Bellevue. ,n 1et#een there are as %any !ra&ations as there are strata
    in nor%al society. 6l%ost the only thin!s all va!rants have in co%%on are a har& luck story
    an& an air o3 1e#il&er%ent. "ot all o3 the% have lost ho+e.
    0enry *hel1y is not a ho+eless %an, 1ut he is certainly 1e#il&ere&. 0e hi%sel3 &escri1es
    his +resent li3e as trea&in! #ater, #aitin! to see ho# thin!s co%e out. 2,n the %eanti%e,2 he
    says, 2,:% !ettin! alon! all ri!ht. ,:% +er3ectly ha++y.2
    ,n his %onths as a va!rant he has 1eco%e an eE+ert at %ana!e%ent an& has learne& to
    +ut 3irst thin!s 3irst. ,n his case this %eans 3oo&, cleanliness, an& shelter, in that or&er. 0e
    +ri&es hi%sel3 on the 3act that he has never +anhan&le&, never visite& a sou+ kitchen, or
    taken a ni!ht:s lo&!in! in one o3 the various hostels %aintaine& 1y charita1le a!encies in the
    city. 0e has acce+te& han&outs, 1ut he can recall only one instance #here anyone ever
    ste++e& u+ to hi% an& !ave hi% %oney: ne ni!ht in the %i&&le o3 #inter he notice&
    a&vertise%ents 3or the +re%iere o3 a %otion +icture at a Broa&#ay theater. 0e arrive& early
    an& took u+ a +ro%inent +osition a!ainst the ro+es un&er the %arHuee. 6s he stoo& there,
    #atchin! the cele1rities arrive in their li%ousines, a %an ca%e over to hi% an& +lace& an
    un3ol&e& ten-&ollar 1ill in his han&.
    *hel1y has never 1een co%+letely +enniless eEce+t 3or one very 1rie3 +erio& #hen he le3t
    "e# Dork. 0e has set 3i3teen cents, #hich re+resents su1#ay 3are, as the a1solute %ini%u%
    1elo# #hich he #ill not allo# his 3inances to sink. 0e has no %aEi%u%, 1ut rarely +ossesses
    %ore than thirty &ollars, #hich re+resents a1out one #eek:s salary at +resent %ini%u% levels.
    0e acHuires his %oney in a variety o3 #ays. 0e is a1le to +ick u+ a &ay:s #ork here an& there,
    carryin! san&#ich 1oar&s, #orkin! as
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    a rousta1out on the #ater3ront, #ashin! &ishes in chea+ restaurants, shovelin! sno# 3or the
    city.
    When he !ets %oney, he nurses it care3ully. 0e can tell, one %inute a3ter he !ets it,
    eEactly ho# lon! it #ill last, 1ecause he kno#s #hat he:s !oin! to eat, ho# %any ci!arettes
    he is !oin! to s%oke, an& the a%ount it #ill cost hi% 3or lo&!in!, or inci&entals. There are no
    eEtras in his li3e.
    Iirtually all o3 *hel1y:s cash !oes 3or 3oo& an& ci!arettes. 0is 1reak3asts, invaria1ly,
    consist o3 a !lass o3 3ruit or ve!eta1le >uice; his lunches, o3 a san&#ich, usually a 3rank3urter,
    an& a !lass o3 %ilk. 0is one su1stantial %eal is su++er, an& into it he +iles all the &ietary
    necessities he has %isse& since he last ate such a %eal. 0is +late is a+t to 1e loa&e& #ith
    !reen ve!eta1les, cooke& ve!eta1les, an& %eat. 0e #ill ha!!le 1ack an& 3orth #ith the
    counter%an in or&er to !et these ite%s, usually tra&in! o33 +otatoes an& &essert 3or the%. 0e
    never looks at the contents o3 a %eal until he looks at the +rices an& he al#ays chooses the
    chea+est %eal on the %enu, unless it contains sea 3oo&, #hich he &etests. 0e kno#s #here
    all the 1est 3oo& 1ar!ains in to#n are to 1e 3oun&. 6 1ar!ain %eans Huantity, 1ut once or t#ice
    a #eek he #ill seek out a +lace #hich serves so%ethin! o3 #hich he is es+ecially 3on&.
    Bet#een %eals he &rinks co33ee, usually t#o cu+s &urin! the %ornin! an& three cu+s
    &urin! the a3ternoon an& evenin!. When he is es+ecially 1roke he cuts out re!ular %eals an&
    su1sists entirely on co33ee, loa&in! all the su!ar an& crea% he can into his cu+. 0e eE+lains
    that these are 3ree calories, an& that calories, no %atter #hat 3or% they take, #ill kee+ hi%
    !oin! until he is a1le to eat re!ularly a!ain.
    *hel1y says that the truest state%ent he has ever hear& is that no one #ill ever starve to
    &eath in the /nite& *tates, an& his techniHue 3or !ettin! 3oo& #hen he is lo# on %oney is a
    si%+le one. 0e #alks the streets until he 3in&s a restaurant #ith a si!n in the #in&o# that
    rea&s 2&ish#asher #ante&,2 or 2counter%an #ante&.2 0e !oes in an& #orks lon! enou!h to
    +ay 3or a %eal an& earn a little eEtra %oney. /sually he co%+letes #hatever constitutes a 3ull
    &ay:s #ork, 1ut i3 the restaurant is a +leasant +lace, i3 he is treate& #ell an& the 3oo& is !oo&,
    he %ay stay a #eek, or even lon!er. 0e is a !oo& #orker, an& is #ell like& 1y his 1osses an&
    3ello# e%+loyees. Many o3 the latter are %en like hi%sel3.
    0e has learne& a lot o3 o&& >o1s aroun& kitchens an& has 3ille& in as a che3 at t#o
    ca3eterias, an& as a short-or&er cook at a counter restaurant. 6t one +lace #here he #orke&
    3or 3ive #eeks, the %ana!er reco%%en&e& hi% 3or the %ana!ershi+ o3 another unit in the
    chain #hich ha& 3allen vacant. ,n this +articular restaurant *hel1y can al#ays 1e sure o3 a >o1
    o3 so%e kin& #hen he is 1roke; the %ana!er #ill +ut hi% to #ork #ashin! #in&o#s i3 there is
    nothin! else availa1le. The sa%e con&ition hol&s true at 3ive or siE other +laces in to#n, 1ut
    *hel1y never uses the% unless he is
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    really &es+erate. 0e re3ers to the% hu%orously as his social security.
    *hel1y usually allots no %ore than 3i3teen cents a &ay 3or shelter. ccasionally he +ays
    %ore than this, 1ut only #hen he has !otten 1y 3or t#o or three &ays #ithout s+en&in!
    anythin! eEtra. *helter %eans a +lace to slee+ to *hel1y, nothin! else. 0is !reat +re3erence,
    %onth in an& %onth out is 3or the *iEth an& ;i!hth 6venue su1#ays. 0e very rarely slee+s on
    the ,-T or BMT. The ,-T, #ith its ra%shackle, noisy cars an& its seatin! arran!e%ent, is
    unco%3orta1le. The BMT has suita1le acco%%o&ations, 1ut, as *hel1y &escri1es it, 2an
    un&esira1le clientele.2
    *hel1y usually 1oar&s the ;i!hth 6venue *u1#ay at $ennsylvania *tation 1et#een
    %i&ni!ht an& one in the %ornin! an& takes the 3irst eE+ress that co%es alon!. 6t that hour
    there is usually a seat, es+ecially in the 3ront car, an& he i%%e&iately settles &o#n an& &ro+s
    o33 to slee+. 0e has &evelo+e& the ha++y 3aculty o3 1ein! a1le to &ro+ o33, or a#aken, al%ost
    at #ill. 0e slee+s li!htly, not 1ecause he is a3rai& o3 1ein! ro11e& - he never has enou!h
    %oney to #orry a1out that - 1ut 1ecause he is very cautious a1out overslee+in!. The va!rant
    #ho is still slee+in! soun&ly #hen the train reaches the en& o3 the line is %ore than likely to
    1e +icke& u+ an& lo&!e& in >ail 1y the trans+ortation +olice.
    /+on reachin! the en& o3 the line, *hel1y #alks u+ the stairs 3ro% the train +lat3or% to the
    neEt level. The turnstiles are at this level an& rest roo%s have 1een +lace& insi&e the
    turnstiles. 0e retires to one o3 these rest roo%s, 3in&s a 1ooth, 3astens the &oor, an& s%okes a
    leisurely ci!arette. ,t is su++ose&ly a %is&e%eanor to carry li!hte& to1acco #ithin the turnstile
    area, 1ut *hel1y says he &iscovere& Huite early in his career that even the +olice use the
    +rivacy o3 the rest roo%s to have a Huiet ci!arette. 3 course, he takes no chances. ,3 there is
    a +olice%an any#here on the turnstile level he #ill 3or!o his s%oke.
    63ter his ci!arette, he !oes 1ack to the train +lat3or% an& 1oar&s the neEt train !oin! in
    the o++osite &irection 3ro% the one he has >ust co%e. 0e Huickly settles into a seat an& !oes
    to slee+ a!ain. 0e re%ains aslee+ until he reaches the other en& o3 the line, then, as 1e3ore,
    has his s%oke an& re1oar&s a train. This ti%e his na+ is %uch shorter 1ecause he &e1arks at
    the 5ay *treet-Borou!h 0all station in Brooklyn an& trans3ers to the *iEth 6venue *u1#ay. n
    this he %akes a 3ull roun& tri+, !oin! all the #ay out to Jueens, 1ack to the Brooklyn en& o3
    the line, an& then 1ack to 5ay *treet. There he re1oar&s the ;i!hth 6venue, #hich he ri&es
    1ack to $enn *tation.
    The #hole tri+ consu%es 3ro% 3our an& a hal3 to 3ive an& a hal3 hours, &urin! the course
    o3 #hich he has +ro1a1ly nette& 3our hours o3 slee+. ver the %onths he has learne& %any o3
    the ha1its an& assi!n%ents o3 the trans+ortation +olice, an& he tries to kee+ hi%sel3 3ro%
    1ein! too 3a%iliar a 3i!ure. For this reason he &oes not &e+en& entirely u+on the su1#ay an&
    &oes not &are ri&e it o3tener than every other ni!ht.
    n his o33 ni!hts, in !oo& #eather, he so%eti%es uses the t#o !reat +arks, Central an&
    $ros+ect 1y varyin! his hours o3 re+ose, care3ully selectin! seclu&e& s+ots, an& trans3errin!
    his restin! +laces o3ten, he can
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    s+en& one ni!ht a #eek in either one or the other o3 the%. 6lso, in #ar% #eather, there are
    3ire esca+es. Because he kno#s the city as #ell as he &oes, *hel1y has 1een a1le to locate
    several covere&, an& there3ore seclu&e&, ones. Most o3 the% are attache& to theaters or
    #arehouses an& o33er i&eal acco%%o&ations. For so%e reason, the +olice never see% to
    1other va!rants #ho occu+y these e%er!ency eEits. 6n& on three or 3our occasions &urin!
    the su%%er *hel1y %ana!es to !et out to one o3 the 1eaches near the city. 0e can slee+
    un%oleste& there, es+ecially on a hot ni!ht. There are al#ays le!iti%ate slee+ers, as he calls
    the%, #ho are tryin! to esca+e the heat.
    "aturally, in the 3all, #inter, an& early s+rin!, *hel1y has to 3in& other +laces. The
    1enches in the #aitin! roo%s at Gran& Central, $enn *tation, an& the $ort 6uthority Bus
    Ter%inal are his 3avorite outsi&e o3 the su1#ay. 6s in every other +lace, ho#ever, there are
    strict rules o3 con&uct #hich %ust 1e o1serve&. *hel1y learne& early that the station +olice in
    each o3 the three esta1lish%ents have set ha1its. They %ake t#o routine checks &arin! the
    course o3 a ni!ht. 6t Gran& Central, 3or eEa%+le, these checks co%e at one-thirty an& 3ive-
    thirty. Bet#een the checks there are 1oth +olice%en an& +lain-clothes %en on &uty in the
    #aitin! roo% throu!hout the ni!ht, an& they #an&er u+ an& &o#n, care3ully checkin! trou1le
    s+ots. r&inarily, ho#ever, these rovin! !uar&ians #ill not &istur1 +eo+le #ho are stretche&
    out on the 1enches aslee+. Bet#een the checks, there3ore, it is +ossi1le to !et al%ost 3our
    hours o3 uninterru+te& slee+ in a +rone +osition. Con&itions at $enn *tation are a1out the
    sa%e, an& at the 1us ter%inal the checks are 3urther a+art, 1ut the li!hts are 1ri!hter an& the
    cro#&s lar!er, !ivin! less roo% to stretch out.
    *hel1y kee+s, as +art o3 his eHui+%ent 3or slee+in! one o3 the three ter%inals, three
    tickets: to $ou!hkee+sie, "e# Dork; $rinceton, "e# 5ersey; an& ;liAa1eth, "e# 5ersey, one
    3or each o3 the three lines. ,ns+ection o3 ti%eta1les has reveale& that there are no 1usses or
    trains leavin! "e# 3or Dork 3or these +oints 1et#een one an& siE in the %ornin!.
    ,n e%er!encies, shoul& the station +olice Huestion hi% too closely, *hel1y 3lashes the
    a++ro+riate ticket an& clai%s that he %isse& the last train an& is #aitin! 3or the 3irst one in the
    %ornin!. This has al#ays #orke&, 1ut on one occasion a station +olice%an escorte& hi% to a
    siE-thirty train an& %a&e certain he !ot on it. *hel1y !ot o33 at 1(<h *treet an& #alke& 1ack to
    Gran& Central.
    *hel1y re!ar&s slee+in! in hotel lo11ies as an unsatis3actory eE+erience, yet he 3eels
    1oun& to try it every no# an& then. "o lo11y can 1e occu+ie& &urin! the ni!ht, an& &ayti%e
    occu+ancy is li%ite& to a1out t#o hours at %ost. While house o33icers #ill not or&inarily run a
    res+ecta1ly &resse& %an out into the street, they #ill shake hi% a#ake
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    every hour or so. ,n or&er to !et 3our hours o3 slee+, *hel1y esti%ates that he has to visit ei!ht
    hotels &urin! a &ay. 0e al#ays a+olo!iAes +ro3usely 3or havin! &oAe& o33 an& never visits the
    sa%e hotel o3tener than every thir& %onth.
    *hel1y says that it is al#ays a&visa1le to carry so%ethin! #hen slee+in! in a lo11y.
    0ouse o33icers are a+t to res+ect a %an:s +rivacy i3 he has an u%1rella or 1rie3 case lyin! in
    his la+. When *hel1y +lans to use a hotel lo11y, he #ill #an&er u+ an& &o#n the su1#ay
    trains the &ay 1e3ore until he 3in&s #hat he is lookin! 3or. *u1#ays are 3ull o3 thin!s that are
    suita1le 3or hotel lo11ies. 0e al#ays turns in #hatever he has 3oun& to the Boar& o3
    Trans+ortation:s )ost an& Foun& De+art%ent a3ter he has use& it, an& he is al#ays care3ul to
    check 1ack later to 3in& out #hether there has 1een any re#ar&. 0e collecte& t#elve an& a
    hal3 &ollars this #ay last year.
    *hel1y thinks that all-ni!ht theaters are the %ost overrate& slee+in! +laces 3or %en like
    hi%sel3. 0e has use& the%, an& still &oes occasionally, 1ut co%+are& to the su1#ay, they are
    inor&inately eE+ensive an& their seats, thou!h %uch so3ter, are %uch less suite& to slee+in!.
    They ti+ 1ack too %uch, an& the hea& is a+t to sna+ 1ack#ar& instea& o3 3or#ar&. This al#ays
    a#akens *hel1y. Further%ore, one cannot very #ell lean one:s hea& on one:s ar% #hen
    el1o# restin! roo% has to 1e 3ou!ht 3or #ith one:s nei!h1or. The +ictures are noisy in
    uneE+ecte& +laces, an& the soun&s that are thro#n out 3ro% the screen are lou& an&
    unortho&oE. n to+ o3 this, *hel1y has 3oun& that no %atter #hat +icture is 1ein! sho#n, he
    cannot kee+ 3ro% #atchin! it to see ho# it co%es out. Thus, instea& o3 !ettin! so%e slee+, he
    !et entertaine&.
    Most +eo+le &o their +ersonal !roo%in! in the +rivacy o3 their o#n ho%es. Because
    0enry *hel1y is ho%eless, he cannot. But 3or t#o reasons he +laces %ore i%+ortance on his
    +ersonal a++earance than he &oes on havin! a +lace to slee+. First, he is naturally a neat
    an& ti&y %an to #ho% uncleanliness is &istaste3ul. *econ&, !oo& !roo%in! is a sa3ety 3actor
    in his eEistence. The +olice #ill al#ays +ick u+ an unke%+t %an an& #ill !enerally #alk ri!ht
    1y a ti&y %an. 6 sho#er is not only a co%3ort, 1ut a !oo& invest%ent.
    Fro% each 3ive-&ollar 1ill he !ets, *hel1y sets asi&e enou!h %oney to +rovi&e hi%sel3
    #ith a 1ath. ,3 he !oes siE &ays #ithout one, he #ill sto+ eatin! until he can +ay 3or one. Most
    o3 *hel1y:s 1aths are taken in the +u1lic roo%s o3 Gran& Central *tation an& cost siEty-3ive
    cents. *havin! is also a +ro1le%. 6t *hel1y:s a!e, he cannot !o 3or %ore than t#enty-3our
    hours #ithout acHuirin! a heavily sha&e& 3ace. 63ter that his 1ear& is a+t to 1eco%e a heavy
    stu11le. "evertheless, he tries to stretch the ti%e 1et#een shaves to at least thirty-siE hours
    3or econo%ic reasons: it cost t#enty-3ive cents to use one o3 the 1ooths at Gran& Central set
    asi&e 3or this +ur+ose. )ike %ost "e# Dork City va!rants, *hel1y al#ays carries a sa3ety
    raAor in his +ocket an& #ill take any o++ortunity he can to !et in a Huick, 3ree shave an& a
    chance to 1rush his teeth. 0e uses or&inary soa+ 3or shavin! crea%.
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    Clothin! is another i%+ortant ite% o3 a++earance. With the eEce+tion o3 his outer
    !ar%ents, *hel1y o#ns t#o o3 everythin!: t#o #hite shirts, t#o suits o3 un&er#ear, t#o +airs
    o3 socks, an& t#o neckties. ne set is al#ays on his 1ack an& the other is usually in stora!e
    at so%e laun&ry in the Gran& Central area. Whenever he takes his 1ath, *hel1y &ro+s 1y the
    laun&ry 3irst an& +icks u+ his clean linen. 63ter his sho#er he care3ully #ra+s the soile&
    clothes in a 1un&le an& leaves the% in another laun&ry to 1e #ashe&.
    0is outer !ar%ents are ke+t as neat as +ossi1le. nce or t#ice a #eek he &ro+s in at one
    o3 the s%all tailor sho+s aroun& to#n an& sits in his shirt tails #hile his coat an& trousers are
    1ein! +resse&. /n3ortunately, he has never 3oun& a +lace #here he can sit in a 1ooth #hile
    the clothes are 1ein! cleane&. When his !ar%ents are Huite &irty, an& he !ets enou!h %oney
    ahea&, he +icks u+ his clean laun&ry an& retires to a chea+ 1ut !oo& hotel. There he en!a!es
    a roo%, +ayin! 3or it in a&vance. nce the &oor is close& on the 1ellho+, he stri+s an& calls
    valet service. For the neEt t#enty-3our hours #hile the cleaners are at #ork on his coat an&
    trousers, he s+en&s his ti%e in 1e&, or un&er the sho#er. 0e has sle+t 3or t#enty-t#o hours
    on these occasions, an& taken as %any as 3i3teen sho#ers. 0e never !ets too %uch slee+ or
    too %any sho#ers.
    The #hole t#enty-3our-hour +erio& in the hotel inclu&in! cleanin!, costs hi% a1out seven
    &ollars. *hel1y consi&ers this !ross eEtrava!ance, since his #eekly avera!e eE+en&iture is
    a1out ei!ht &ollars, 1ut 3or so%e ti%e he never see%e& to accu%ulate enou!h %oney to 1uy
    a secon& suit. Besi&es, he al#ays co%es out o3 his stay #ith a tre%en&ous sense o3 +leasure
    an& #ell-1ein!.
    ne o3 the astoun&in! thin!s a1out *hel1y:s eEistence is that he has 1eco%e a recluse,
    >ust as surely as thou!h he live& on a &esert islan&. For three or 3our &ays at a ti%e he #ill
    s+eak to no one, nor #ill anyone s+eak to hi%. 0e is not solitary 1y nature, 1ut his #ay o3 li3e
    an& his &esire to continue it #ithout %olestation i%+ose this +enalty u+on hi%. While he %i!ht
    like to en!a!e the +olice%an in the Gran& Central #aitin! roo% in conversation, he realiAe&
    that i3 he &i&, he %i!ht 1e reco!niAe& easily the neEt ti%e he visite& there, an& all su1seHuent
    visits #oul& !ra&ually +e! hi% as a ho%eless +erson, %akin! hi% lia1le to arrest an&
    harass%ent.
    This solitu&e has 1rou!ht hi% one !reat +ro1le% #hich he senses 1ut 3in&s &i33icult to
    &escri1e: the +ro1le% o3 +assa!e o3 ti%e. *hel1y is #aitin! 3or so%ethin!. 0e hi%sel3 &oes
    not kno# #hat it is. When it co%es he #ill either !o 1ack into the #orl& 3ro% #hich he ca%e,
    or sink out o3 si!ht in the %orass o3 alcoholis% or &es+air that has en!ul3e& other va!rants.
    While he is #aitin!, he is +la!ue& 1y a restlessness that kee+s hi% on the %ove 3or
    seventeen or ei!hteen hours a &ay. 0e is likely to say that he %oves a1out as %uch as he
    &oes 1ecause +olice%en #ill not sto+ a
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    %an #ho looks as thou!h he is co%in! 3ro% so%e +lace or !oin! to so%e +lace. What he
    &oes not say, 1ecause he &oes not realiAe it, is that he is #orkin! to kee+ his ti%e occu+ie&.
    *hel1y:s search 3or entertain%ent has lea& hi% into every nook an& cranny o3 the city
    an& 1rou!ht hi% kno#le&!e #hich he %i!ht not other#ise have !aine&. ne i&iosyncrasy that
    he has &iscovere& 1ut cannot account 3or is the attitu&e o3 station +olice%en to#ar& 1ook
    rea&ers. 63ter seven-thirty in the evenin!, in or&er to rea& a 1ook in Gran& Central or $enn
    *tation, a +erson either has to #ear horn-ri%%e& !lasses, or look eEce+tionally +ros+erous.
    6nyone else is a+t to co%e un&er surveillance. n the other han&, ne#s+a+er rea&ers never
    see% to attract attention an& even the see&iest va!rant can sit in Gran& Central all ni!ht
    #ithout 1ein! %oleste& i3 he continues to rea& a +a+er. *hel1y there3ore s+en&s one or t#o
    hours a ni!ht !oin! over the &aily +a+ers. 0e re!ularly rea&s all seven 3inal e&itions o3 "e#
    Dork >ournals, #hich he +icks out o3 trash 1askets.
    *hel1y is eEtraor&inarily 3on& o3 %useu%s an& !alleries an& has 1eco%e so%ethin! o3 an
    art eE+ert. Ia!rants are rarely %oleste& in "e# Dork %useu%s an& !alleries. *hel1y is a+t to
    s%ile an& say this is 1ecause the !uar&s can never &istin!uish 1et#een a le!iti%ate 1u% an&
    an artistic one. They never &istur1 a +erson like hi% 1ecause they never kno# #hen they are
    tryin! to e>ect an artist #ho is hol&in! a one-%an sho# on the thir& 3loor.
    *hel1y 1e!an 3reHuentin! the 1i! %ar1le-coate& 1uil&in!s %any %onths a!o in search o3
    shelter an& #ar%th. 0e 3ollo#e& the !ui&es aroun& on their tours, o3ten three or 3our ti%es a
    &ay. ,n or&er to see% +art o3 the !rou+ %akin! the tour he #oul& ask Huestions. 6n& 1y this
    ti%e he kno#s enou!h to stu%+ %ost o3 the !ui&es. 0e has &evelo+e& a !enuine love 3or the
    su1>ect, kno#s #here every sho# in to#n is 1ein! hel& an& #hat it contains, an& is thinkin! o3
    tryin! to &o a little +aintin! hi%sel3. But #hen he !oes to the sho#s, he is also still on the
    lookout 3or so%e o1scure nook or cranny #here he can stretch out an& slee+ 3or an hour or
    t#o. ;ven a corner 1ehin& a Grecian colu%n #here a %an can slee+ u+ri!ht #ithout
    interru+tion is valua1le.
    6nother o3 *hel1y:s +asti%es is to take the 3erry ri&e 3ro% the Battery to *taten ,slan&
    an& 1ack. 0e calls this the +oor %an:s ocean voya!e. /n3ortunately, the roun& tri+ costs ten
    cents, #hich +uts it in the luEury class. More o3ten, he 1oar&s one o3 the nu%erous Central
    -ailroa& o3 "e# 5ersey 3erries an& %akes three or 3our roun& tri+s to the 5ersey shore. ,3 he
    !ets on &urin! the rush-hour +erio&s he is not notice& an& there is. no eE+ense.
    $ursuin! this +asti%e *hel1y has +icke& u+ a sur+risin! a%ount o3 in3or%ation on
    navi!ation, an& he is ra+i&ly 1eco%in! an authority on the "e# Dork ti&al 3lo#. 0e see%s to
    !et a !reat &eal o3 en>oy%ent out o3 criticiAin! the +ilots o3 the 3erries i3 they &o not 1rin! their
    vessels sHuarely into the sli+s, an& al%ost the 3irst thin! he rea&s in the "e# Dork +a+ers is
    the shi++in! ne#s. T#o or three ti%es a #eek he >ourneys to the
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    #ater3ront to #atch the arrival or &e+arture o3 one o3 the 1i! liners. n other occasions he #ill
    !o &o#n to the 5ersey 3erry sli+s an& 1oar& the little vessel that he esti%ates #ill co%e
    closest to the 1i! shi+s as they %ove u+ the river or +ut out to sea.
    The city o33ers other 3ree sources o3 &iversion too. *hel1y al#ays 3ollo#s a 3ire en!ine;
    has a nose 3or street 3i!hts; an&, i3 he stu%1les u+on an acci&ent, never leaves the scene
    until the last +olice%an has close& his note1ook. 0e sto+s to listen to every si&e#alk
    +reacher he co%es across an& likes to sin! the hy%ns >ust 3or the +leasure o3 sin!in!
    so%ethin!. 0e kno#s every %a>or construction +ro>ect in to#n, 1ut rarely #atches such
    routine +hases o3 the #ork as eEcavation or rivetin!. 0e looks the site over an& then sho#s
    u+ at the eEact %o%ent so%e critical +ro1le% is a1out to 1e solve&.
    0e is a stea&y visitor at the various courts aroun& to#n, an& is #hat he &escri1es as a
    sucker 3or 1an& %usic. For this reason he 1elieve he is ha++ier in "e# Dork than he #oul& 1e
    in any other city in the #orl&. "e# Dork is the only +lace #here there is a +ara&e o3 so%e kin&
    every &ay in the year. n so%e &ays there are t#o or three. )ast 6r%istice Day, *hel1y
    visite& 3ive +ara&es an& took +art in one.
    The +eculiar a&vanta!es o3 the %icro3il% roo% o3 the "e# Dork $u1lic )i1rary, #hich he
    ca%e u+on al%ost 1y acci&ent, are +ro1a1ly *hel1y:s uniHue &iscovery. 0e ha& 1een a&vise&
    1y another va!rant that the li1rary #as a !oo& +lace to kee+ #ar% on a col& &ay, an& that it
    o33ere& an o++ortunity 3or an hour or t#o o3 slee+. *everal &ays later he %a&e his 3irst call
    there, +rovi&e& #ith #hat he consi&ere& a +lausi1le eEcuse 3or visitin! the institution. 0e #ent
    to the %ain &esk an& aske& 3or a co+y o3 the 1e& For Times 3or "ove%1er 1G, 1F4=. 0e
    #as re3erre& to the %icro3il% roo%, #here the atten&ant +ro&uce& a roll o3 3il% instea& o3 the
    +a+er. 0e #as then escorte& to one o3 several vie#in! %achines #hich #ere +lace& helter-
    skelter in a sort o3 alcove o33 to one si&e o3 a lar!e roo%. *hel1y +ut the 3il% in the %achine
    an& looke& at the i%a!e. Within hal3 an hour, as he turne& the crank, he &oAe& o33. 0e #as
    not &istur1e& an& eventually #oke u+ a1out 3ive hours later.
    0e says, no#, that at the ti%e this see%e& too !oo& to 1e true, so a #eek later he #ent
    1ack a!ain to see i3 it #as an acci&ent. 0e arrive& a1out nine-3i3teen in the %ornin! an& sle+t
    until al%ost 3our-thirty in the a3ternoon, a!ain #ithout 1ein! &istur1e&.
    0e since has 1eco%e co!niAant o3 several thin!s. Most %en in his con&ition #ho visit
    the $u1lic li1rary !o to the rea&in! roo%s. ;ither they have never hear& o3 the %icro3il% roo%
    or they un&eresti%ate its +ossi1ilities. ConseHuently, the atten&ants there have never %et a
    real va!rant 3ace to 3ace. They assu%e that anyone #ho has hear& o3 %icro3il% an& #ishes to
    use it is in search o3 learnin!. They check the 3il% out to the a++licant an& never 3ollo# u+.
    Moreover, the acco%%o&ations are very co%3orta1le. The roo% is #ar%, an& the u+ri!ht 3il%-
    &is+lay stan&s !ive a %an an eEcellent +lace to rest his hea&.
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    For so%e ti%e, *hel1y +ut the %icro3il% roo% at the to+ o3 his list as a +lace o3 shelter,
    then su&&enly, he realiAe& that it #as a 3ar %ore valua1le +lace 3or +ure entertain%ent. 0e
    never !oes there to slee+ no#, 1ut he o3ten !oes in early in the %ornin! an& s+en&s the
    entire &ay rea&in!. 0e has rea& all the ol& issues o3 the "e# Dork Ti%es that are availa1le on
    3il%, all his 3avorite co%ic stri+s 3ro% the &ate o3 their ince+tion to the +resent, an& every
    colu%n Da%on -unyon ever #rote.
    6 1y-+ro&uct o3 his %any hours in the %icro3il% roo% is a syste% 3or +layin! the races
    #hich he &evelo+e& 1y virtue o3 havin! 1een a1le to stu&y every racin! chart +u1lishe& in
    "e# Dork over the +ast t#enty years. 0e has +ut this +lan to a test t#ice. 6t one ti%e he
    #orke& Huite stea&ily 3or al%ost a %onth an&, #ith t#enty-3ive &ollars in his +ocket, visite&
    6Hue&uct -ace Track #here he #on ei!hty-seven &ollars an& 3orty cents, a3ter eE+enses.
    $ru&ently, he took the %oney an& 1ou!ht hi%sel3 a ne# suit o3 clothes, leavin! the ori!inal
    t#enty-3ive &ollars untouche&. 6 3e# &ays later he took the t#enty-3ive an& #ent to Bel%ont
    $ark, #here he lost it all. 0e hasn:t visite& the track a!ain, 1ut he re%ains an avi& race 3an
    an& +lays the horses re!ularly in the %icro3il% roo%. "o#a&ays, ho#ever, he saves all the
    races until col& #eather sets in an& +lays &urin! the #inter %onths. 0e never looks at the
    racin! results 1e3orehan&. 2, %i!ht >ust as #ell 1e honest a1out it,2 he says.
    *hel1y:s 3avorite o3 all 3or%s o3 recreation is #alkin!. 0e usually #alks the streets o3
    Manhattan 3or 3our to ten hours a &ay, coverin! any#here 3ro% 3ive to t#enty-3ive %iles. 0e
    has #alke& the 3ull len!th o3 every u+-an&-&o#n avenue in the city an& crosse& the islan& on
    every crossto#n street. 0e is a #alkin! encyclo+e&ia on +laHues an& kno#s every tra33ic
    1ottleneck an& short cut in to#n. 0e loves to #in&o#-sho+ an& kno#s #hen %ost o3 the
    stores chan!e their &is+lays. 6t so%e ti%e every &ay he %ana!es to +ass the #in&o# o3 the
    Christian *cience -ea&in! -oo% on $ark 6venue an& sole%nly rea&s the Bi1le +assa!e
    %arke& there.
    6t one ti%e he esti%ate& that he ha& a1out eEhauste& the +ossi1ilities o3 eE+loration in
    Manhattan an& &eci&e& to concentrate on Brooklyn. 0e crosse& the Brooklyn Bri&!e on 3oot
    one &ay, an& on t#o other occasions took the su1#ay. 6t the en& o3 the thir& tri+ he !ave the
    +ro>ect u+. 2Walkin! in Brooklyn in like #alkin! in )ansin!, Michi!an. , have the 3eelin! ,:ve
    seen everythin! 1e3ore,2 he says. 2Manhattan isn:t like that.2
    6t +resent, 0enry *hel1y see%s content to take thin!s as they co%e. 2, &on:t kno# ho#
    lon! ,:ll live this li3e,2 he sai& not lon! a!o, as he trace& a &esi!n in the &irt #ith his 3oot. 2,
    &on:t have %uch trou1le. ,:ve never !otten &runk an& lain in a &oor#ay all &ay. My na%e:s
    never 1een on a +olice 1lotter 3or va!rancy. , haven:t ha& to 1e!. May1e i3 thin!s #ere
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    like they #ere t#enty years a!o, #hen every1o&y #as a 1u%, , %i!ht chan!e. May1e
    so%ethin! #ill ha++en that #ill 3orce %e to chan!e, one #ay or another. Des, , !uess that:s
    a1out it, 1ut it hasn:t ha++ene& yet, an& thin!s see% so easy an& natural this #ay they are
    no#, that it:s >ust as thou!h it #as su++ose& to 1e that #ay. ,:% >ust not !oin! to look at the
    3uture. 6ll , can tell any1o&y, no#, is that , inten& to 1e u+ at a little &elicatessen , kno# on
    Broa&#ay. They serve a hell o3 a !oo& 1oile& 1ee3 &inner u+ there 3or siEty-ei!ht cents.2 0e
    looke& u+ at one o3 the 1i! street clocks. 2Which re%in&s %e. ,3 ,:% !oin! to !et there 1y siE
    o:clock, ,:& 1etter !et !oin!. Takes %e al%ost an hour to #alk it.2 0is listener aske& hi% #hy
    he &i&n:t take the su1#ay.
    2*u1#ays are 3or slee+in!,2 *hel1y sai&, s%ile&, an& #alke& o33.
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    R17I1WS5
    E&er-"( A&"(+ the Ecce(tric-, Carlos Baker, Iikin!, 1FF=, =(4++, R49.F<
    /nless it has co%e out in +a+er1ack, this is out o3 +rint no# 7, !ot it re%ain&ere&,8 1ut
    Theoso+hical relate& 1ooks &o not co%e out in a stea&y strea% as &oes +ul+ 3iction or
    cookin! 1ooks. ;%erson at his Concor& ho%e #as the center o3 a lar!e !rou+ o3 +hiloso+hic
    an& literary 3rien&s inclu&in! Thoreau 7his Wal&en ca1in #as on ;%erson:s +ro+erty an& he
    #as universal 3actotu% 3or the ;%erson 3a%ily 3or several years8, 0a#thorne, Bronson 6lcott
    an& &au!hter )ouisa May 6lcott, Mar!aret Fuller, %any lesser na%es o3 the ti%es, an& also a
    #i&er circle o3 3rien&s inclu&in! Walt Whit%an, Theo&ore $arker, 0er%an Melville an& %any
    others.
    Baker !ives sketches o3 all these nota1les in their relationshi+s #ith ;%erson an& his
    3a%ily. ,t is a 1ook a1out unusual %en an& #o%en an& their relationshi+s #ith each other an&
    +hiloso+hy an& literature takes a secon& althou!h +ro%inent +lace in the 1ook. My o+inion o3
    ;%erson &ou1le& as a result o3 rea&in! it. ;%erson #as not only an eEce+tional +hiloso+her,
    he #as also a !enuine %ystic an& stron! central +illar 3or %any an un+ractical %ystic an&
    3rien& in nee&. There:s %any instances o3 hi% rentin! houses, re+eate&ly loanin! %oney an&
    even 1uyin! +ro+erty 3or his associates. 0e #as not #ell o33 either, 1ut in a continual scra%1le
    to %ake en&s %eet throu!h honorariu%s, 1ook sales an& other %eans. 6 %ystic #ith &o#n-
    to-earth stren!th an& +ractical acu%en is a rare 1ree&.
    The 1ook is s+rinkle& #ith +ithy an& revealin! Huotes 3ro% &iaries an& letters. There is a
    !oo& &eal o3 1io in3or%ation on Thoreau, #hich , 3oun& hi!hly interestin!. 0e #as %ostly a
    2>ack o3 all tra&es2 ty+e an& %a&e his livin! #ith his le3t 3oot, so to s+eak - surveyin!, %akin!
    +encils in the 3a%ily 1usiness, an& &oin! %uch #ork 3or ;%erson. Theo&ore $arker, #ho% ,:&
    1arely hear& o3, is treate& in several +laces. 0e #as an all-or-nothin! altruist o3 vast 1ook-
    learnin!, ins+ire& s+eakin! a1ility, an& 1ullish te%+era%ent.
    While ;%erson #as looke& u+ to 1y %any, he sou!ht no 23ollo#ers.2 Baker #rites on his
    3ollo#ers: 2,t #as characteristic o3 hi% that he thou!ht o3 the% as 3rien&s, not as &isci+les.
    :This is %y 1oast,: he ha& #ritten in 1C<F, :that , have no school an& no 3ollo#er.: 0is ai% ha&
    al#ays 1een to convert %en to the%selves, to :create in&e+en&ence: rather than its o++osite.2
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    N1W 9OO:
    S"&e The"-"#hic*$ 'riti(+-, 0. T. ;&!e, 1=1 ++., < E C, si!nature-se#n har&1ack,
    co%+ilation o3 9= articles, co%+ile& an& sol& 1y Mark 5aHua, $B 999, Gran& -a+i&s, hio
    94<((, e-%ail ^+roto44[yahoo.co%_, 1(.GG++&
    4rom the 2ntroduction;
    Boris &e @irko33 #rites on 0.T. ;&!e in his *+rin!, 1F=G issue o3 Theosophia; 20enry
    Travers ;&!e... #as one o3 the 3inest stu&ents in the history o3 the %o&ern Theoso+hical
    Move%ent. 0e #as 1orn at Cu1in!ton, near )ea%in!ton, War#ickshire, ;n!lan&, 5anuary =,
    1C=B. 0is 3ather, Francis ;&!e, #as a Cler!y%an o3 the Church o3 ;n!lan&, his %other #as
    Cecilia Tarratt ;&!e. 0e #as e&ucate& at Malvern Colle!e 3ro% 1CCG to 1CC=; then at ?in!:s
    Colle!e, Ca%1ri&!e. ,n 1CCF he entere& the "atural *ciences Tri+os, in che%istry, +hysics
    an& !eolo!y, takin! hi!her honors. 0e then stu&ie& a year in Ger%any, an& tau!ht in various
    institutions in ;n!lan& until he le3t 3or the /.*.6.
    2Mr. ;&!e:s 3irst acHuaintance #ith Theoso+hy #as on 5uly 1<, 1CCB, #hen he rea& 6.$.
    *innett:s The /ccult )orld in the )i1rary o3 Ca%1ri&!e /niversity. )ate the sa%e year he
    visite& 0.$. Blavatsky at 1B )ans&o#ne -oa&, 0ollan& $ark, )on&on, an& in 1CCF receive&
    his &i+lo%a o3 3ello#shi+ in The Theoso+hical *ociety. 0e soon 1eca%e a +ersonal +u+il o3
    0.$.B. an& #as entruste& 1y her #ith +rivate literary an& o33ice &uties #hich he continue& to
    +er3or% until her &eath on May C, 1CF1. 6t the ti%e o3 the so-calle& 2s+lit2 in the *ociety,
    1CF9-F<, Mr. ;&!e si&e& #ith Willia% J. 5u&!e. ,n 1CCF he resi!ne& his +ost as
    De%onstrator in $ractical $hysics at the -oyal Colle!e o3 *cience, *outh ?ensin!ton,
    )on&on, an& acce+te& ?atherine Tin!ley:s invitation to >oin the Theoso+hical 0ea&Huarters:
    *ta33 at $oint )o%a, Cali3ornia.
    2For 3orty-siE years Dr. ;&!e contri1ute& !ratis his ti%e an& talents to the e&ucational an&
    literary #ork con&ucte& at $oint )o%a. 0e tau!ht )atin an& Greek, %athe%atics, +hysics,
    che%istry an& !eolo!y; he con&ucte& classes in The %ecret 3octrine an& other #ritin!s; he
    #as a +roli3ic contri1utor to various Theoso+hical %a!aAines an& >ournals, startin! #ith
    0.$.B.:s o#n 'ucifer, an& continuin! in the +erio&icals +u1lishe& at $oint )o%a. Writin! un&er
    his o#n na%e, an& un&er various +seu&ony%s, he +ro&uce& literally hun&re& o3 valua1le
    articles an& essays on a lar!e variety o3 su1>ects. 0is #ritin!s reveal the soun&, 1alance&
    >u&!%ent o3 a Ca%1ri&!e-traine& scientist an& scholar, illu%inate& 1y his li3e-lon! stu&y o3 the
    ;soteric $hiloso+hy. 6%on! his len!thier %ono!ra+hs shoul& 1e %entione& the 3ollo#in!:
    The 0ni*ersal Mystery-'an#ua#e and 2ts 2nterpretation9 Theosophical 'i#ht on the (hristian
    5ible9 an& the Manuals on Theosophy and (hristianity, The Astral 'i#ht, an& E*olution. UThe
    1st an& latter 4 still in +rint 3ro% $t. )o%a
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    $u1lications, *an Die!o - Co%+ilerV
    2Dr. ;&!e #as one o3 the ori!inal incor+orators o3 Theoso+hical /niversity, on
    Dece%1er 1C, 1F1F, an& 1eca%e its $resi&ent in 1F4F, #hich +ost 1e hel& until 5une 1F,
    1F9=. 0e +asse& a#ay at Covina, Cali3., *e+te%1er 1F, 1F9=.
    2,n his +ersonal li3e, Dr. ;&!e #as a %an o3 very 3e# #or&s, cal% an& &i!ni3ie&, kin&ly
    an& eEcee&in!ly +atient, #ith a &ee+ un&erstan&in! o3 hu%an #eaknesses as #ell as their
    +otential stren!th, he #as essentially a scholar, #holly &evote& an& &e&icate& to the lo3ty
    o1>ects o3 our Move%ent.2
    De @irko33 also has a %ore len!thy account o3 0.T. ;&!e, inclu&in! several +a!es o3
    ;&!e:s o#n recollections not inclu&e&. in this co%+ilation, in The >$ 7$ 5la*atsy (ollected
    )ritin#s, Iol. Q,,, ++ B4B-9= 7Theoso+hical $u1lishin! 0ouse, Wheaton, /.*.68
    This +resent co%+ilation can:t clai% to 1e the 1est o3 ;&!e:s #ritin!s as the co%+iler
    only %a&e a selection 3ro% +ro1a1ly less than a 3i3th o3 his %any %a!aAine articles. De @irko33
    states that in The Theosophical 7ath alone 3ro% 5uly, 1F11 to Dece%1er, 1F1= he counte&
    1FB articles, %any un&er so%e o3 his +en na%es inclu&in! 0. Travers, T. 0enry, 6rio%an&es,
    The Busy Bee, Ma!ister 6rtiurn, T. 0. an& *tu&ent. 0e also later use& the +seu&ony%
    26%anuensis,2 a%on! +erha+s others. 0is articles a++eare& in Theosophical 7ath,
    Theosophical 4orum, 0.$.B.:s 'ucifer, as #ell as $t. )o%a:s %a!aAine 1y the sa%e title, The
    1e& (entury+ The 1e& (entury 7ath+ and (entury 7ath+ The 2rish Theosophist, an& +ro1a1ly
    others. 0is articles are still occasionally re+rinte& in +resent Theoso+hical +u1lications. 6lso,
    %any o3 his early #ritin!s &ealt #ith science, an& #hile +unctuate& #ith valua1le insi!ht #ere
    also cloake& in the science theory o3 the ti%e, an& not inclu&e& here as 1ein! rather
    con3usin! in the science cli%ate o3 FG years later. 6ll the articles in this co%+ilation are o3
    course ver1ati% #ith the co%+iler:s sources. "o 2little %ur&ers2 are &one in alterin! an&
    e&itin!, as has 1een &one in too %any re+rints o3 early Theoso+hical literature, althou!h not
    in the +resent &ay as 3reHuently as +reviously.
    6lthou!h certainly a teacher in his o#n ri!ht, ;&!e al#ays +resente& hi%sel3 in %o&esty
    an& as a stu&ent o3 Theoso+hy an& o3 those 1ehin& the Theoso+hical Move%ent. ne
    associate o3 ;&!e at the $t. )o%a Co%%unity relate& that he once sai& that 20e #as sure
    #hen youn! that he #oul& never 1eco%e a Mahat%a, 1ut as 1e !ot ol&er he 1eca%e a3rai&
    that it %i!ht ha++enP2 The 3ear #as no &ou1t +artly 3ro% a vision o3 all the res+onsi1ility that
    eventuality #oul& entail. 0e #rites o3 his ori!inal teacher 0.$. Blavatsky:
    2The cro#nin! +rivile!e o3 an event3ul li3e has 1een %y inti%ate +ersonal relationshi+
    #ith 0.$. Blavatsky, as +u+il o3 that !reat Teacher. This eEten&e& 3ro% 1CCB until her &eath,
    #hile she #as carryin! on at her )on&on resi&ence her #ork o3 +ro%ul!atin! Theoso+hy, 1y
    her rece+tions to inHuirers an& the +u1lication o3 her 1ooks an& %a!aAines. *he sho#e&
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    %e that Theoso+hy is the %ost serious %ove%ent o3 the a!e, an& that it reHuires o3 its
    a&herents entire &evotion to the 0eart-Doctrine; an& her o#n li3e #as the no1lest eEe%+lar o3
    her teachin!s. ,n the 3ace o3 illness, incessant an& %alicious o++osition, an& at !reat
    +ecuniary sacri3ice, she toile& heroically at her !reat #ork 3or the 1rin!in! o3 Truth, )i!ht, an&
    )i1eration to &iscoura!e& hu%anity.2
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    9RAH2A
    ,3 the re& slayer think he slays,
    r i3 the slain think he is slain,
    They kno# not #ell the su1tle #ays
    , kee+ an& +ass an& turn a!ain.
    Far an& 3or!ot to %e is near -,
    *ha&o# an& sunli!ht are the sa%e;
    The vanishe& !o&s to %e a++ear;
    6n& one to %e are sha%e an& 3a%e.
    They reckon ill #ho leave %e out;
    When %e they 3ly, , a% the #in!s;
    , a% the &ou1ter an& the &ou1t,
    6n& , the hy%n the Brah%in sin!s
    The stron! !o&s +ine 3or %y a1o&e,
    6n& +ine in vain the sacre& *even;
    But thou, %eek lover o3 the !oo&P
    Fin& %e, an& turn thy 1ack on heaven.
    - ;%erson
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    KK5oos for saleLL
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    M*-"( ? Di%"(, Tho%as $ynchon, 0enry 0olt an& Co., BB4++ R(B.GG
    $ynchon is #orth rea&in!, as - +ro1a1ly the 1est #ay to +ut it - he see%s to have a &ee+
    soul. 0e co%es u+ #ith i&eas inters+erse& here an& there that , really #on&er ho# or #here
    he encountere& the%, as so%e are +retty esoteric. 7For instance, he #arns a!ainst the
    &an!er o3 yo!ic control o3 1reath in an asi&e - #hich is so%ethin! 3ro% Blavatsky an& sel&o%
    %et #ith.8
    Mason 6 3i8on #as on the 1est-seller list 3or a !oo& #hile an& is $ynchon:s 3irst 1ook in
    a1out (G years - his others inclu&in! , an& several others , haven:t !ot to yet. 0is #ritin! is
    unusual an& &i33icult to 3ollo#. ,t &oesn:t 23lo#2 1ut is >erky an& &iscontinuous an& o3ten
    consistin! o3 arcane re3erences an& allusions one has to +on&er to not lose the threa&.
    Mason K DiEon are t#o surveyors an& this is a hal3-%un&ane an& hal3 3antastical
    &escri+tion o3 their #orkin! li3e to!ether. There are invisi1le %echanical &ucks, talkin! &o!s,
    earth-ener!y currents, Ben Franklin, Geor!e Washin!ton, ,n&ian caves an& %oun&s an& a lot
    o3 hu%an +sycholo!y.
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    D*r3 Cit/ is a %ovie recently on the vi&eo shelves an& is 1oun& to 1e a classic o3 sort in
    the vein o3 5lade -unner. ,t involves so%e Huite theoso+hical i&eas o3 the control o3 %atter 1y
    %in&, an& , #on&er at the &is+ro+ortional-to-the-+lot an& +ro%inently &is+laye& initials 2?.0.2
    on a suitcase at the 1e!innin! o3 the %ovie. ,t involves an a&vance& 1ut soul-less race #ho
    has ki&na+e& 1F9G:s 6%ericans an& continually run eE+eri%ents on the% to &eter%ine #hat
    their 2soul2 is, %ore or less. The aliens re&esi!n the 1F9G:s "e# Dork-like city every ni!ht
    73loatin! in outer s+aceP8 throu!h !rou+ %in&-+o#er 7the %ovin! 1uil&in!s is a s+ectacleP8 an&
    also in>ect che%icals to !ive &i33erent i&entities an& %e%ories to the +eo+le. 6 3e# +eo+le
    1eco%e i%%une to the %achinations, #hich is #hen the 3un 1e!ins. The secon& ti%e
    #atchin! this %ovie is 1etter as it takes once to %ake sense o3 it.
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    TH1 2ARRIAG1 O4 0O71 N TRUTH
    What is a scholar. What is a +hiloso+her. Why are scholars al%ost never +hiloso+hers.
    )uther Bur1ank #as one o3 those %ysterious naturalists #ho #as %ore a 2%a!ician2 than a
    naturalist, 1ut certainly never a scholar:
    2Dou cannot stu&y +lants #ithout learnin! so%ethin! a1out %en, nor stu&y %en #ithout
    !ettin! i&eas a1out ani%als an& 3ish an& +lants. Co%+aratively 3e# scientists s+eak in ter%s
    intelli!i1le to the lay%an: they are s+ecialists, concerne& #ith so%e +articular +hase or 3or%
    o3 li3e, or #ith &eter%inin! la#s !overnin! +articular activities, &evelo+%ents, or
    %ani3estations o3 li3e. The naturalist, on the other han&, no %atter ho# scienti3ic, %akes
    hi%sel3 un&erstoo& 1y all 1ecause he &eals #ith a %ani3estation o3 li3e in #hich all are
    intereste& an& the lan!ua!e o3 #hich all the #orl& s+eaks. $lants an& ani%als, 3orests an&
    %ountains, 3lo#ers an& chil&ren, are to 1e stu&ie& 1y any one, the naturalist only a&&s to the
    lay%en:s un&erstan&in! a %ore eEtensive kno#le&!e o3 the scienti3ic 1asis 3or those
    +heno%enon, actions an& reactions, ha1its an& ten&encies, %ysteries an& %arvels, in #hich
    #e are all intereste& an& #hich #e are all %ore or less acHuainte&. 7An Architect of 1ature, +.
    <B8
    - 3ro% 6leEan&er $o!ue
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    ^+roto4[%aileEcite.co%_ an& in&icate i3 you #oul& like to su1scri1e, !et a sa%+le co+y, an&
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    CONT1NTS: 0o# Much )an& &oes a Man "ee&.......Tolstoy ...1; 2*lick )ies2 .....Tillet...14;
    -evie#: (lose Encounters of the 4ourth Cind ....1C; "e# Book: The )ors and 2nfluence of
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    Ho* 2%#& 0"n/ Does " 2"n Nee/?
    - )eo Tolstoy
    6n el&er sister ca%e to visit her youn!er sister in the country. The el&er #as %arrie&
    to a tra&es%an in to#n, the youn!er to a +easant in the villa!e. 6s the sisters sat over their
    tea talkin!, the el&er 1e!an to 1oast o3 the a&vanta!es o3 to#n li3e: sayin! ho# co%3orta1ly
    they live& there, ho# #ell they &resse&, #hat 3ine clothes her chil&ren #ore, #hat !oo& thin!s
    they ate an& &rank, an& ho# she #ent to the theatre, +ro%ena&es, an& entertain%ents.
    The youn!er sister #as +iHue&, an& in turn &is+ara!e& the li3e o3 a tra&es%an, an&
    stoo& u+ 3or that o3 a +easant.
    M, #oul& not chan!e %y #ay o3 li3e 3or yours,N sai& she. MWe %ay live rou!hly, 1ut at
    least #e are 3ree 3ro% anEiety. Dou live in 1etter style than #e &o, 1ut thou!h you o3ten earn
    %ore than you nee&, you are very likely to lose all you have. Dou kno# the +rover1, \)oss
    an& !ain are 1rothers t#ain.L ,t o3ten ha++ens that +eo+le #ho are #ealthy one &ay are
    1e!!in! their 1rea& the neEt. ur #ay is sa3er. Thou!h a +easantLs li3e is not a 3at one, it is a
    lon! one. We shall never !ro# rich, 1ut #e shall al#ays have enou!h to eat.N
    The el&er sister sai& sneerin!ly:
    M;nou!h. Des, i3 you like to share #ith the +i!s an& calvesP What &o you kno# o3
    ele!ance or %annersP 0o#ever %uch your !oo&%an %ay slave, you #ill &ie as you are livin!
    - on a &un! hea+ - an& your chil&ren the sa%e.N
    MWell, #hat o3 that.N re+lie& the youn!er. M3 course our #ork is rou!h an& coarse.
    But, on the other han&, it is sure, an& #e nee& not 1o# to anyone. But you, in your to#ns,
    are surroun&e& 1y te%+tations; to&ay all %ay 1e ri!ht, 1ut to-%orro# the ;vil ne %ay te%+t
    your hus1an& #ith car&, #ine, or #o%en, an& all #ill !o to ruin. DonLt such thin!s ha++en
    o3ten enou!h.N
    $aho%, the %aster o3 the house, #as lyin! on the to+ o3 the stove an& he listene& to
    the #o%enLs chatter.
    M,t is +er3ectly true,N thou!ht he. MBusy as #e are 3ro% chil&hoo& tillin! %other earth,
    #e +easants have no ti%e to let any nonsense settle in our hea&s. ur only trou1le is that #e
    havenLt lan& enou!h. ,3 , ha& +lenty o3 lan&, , shoul&nLt 3ear the Devil hi%sel3PN
    The #o%en 3inishe& their tea, chatte& a #hile a1out &ress, an& then cleare& a#ay the
    tea-thin!s an& lay &o#n to slee+.
    But the Devil ha& 1een sittin! 1ehin& the stove, an& ha& hear& all that #as sai&. 0e
    #as +lease& that the +easantLs #i3e ha& le& her hus1an& into 1oastin!, an& that he ha& sai&
    that i3 he ha& +lenty o3 lan& he #oul& not 3ear the Devil hi%sel3.
    M6ll ri!ht,N thou!ht the Devil. MWe #ill have a tussle. ,Lll !ive you lan&
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    enou!h; an& 1y %eans o3 that lan& , #ill !et you into %y +o#er.N
    II.
    Close to the villa!e there live& a la&y, a s%all lan&o#ner #ho ha& an estate o3 a1out
    three hun&re& acres. U1V *he ha& al#ays live& on !oo& ter%s #ith the +easants until she
    en!a!e& as her ste#ar& an ol& sol&ier, #ho took to 1ur&enin! the +eo+le #ith 3ines. 0o#ever
    care3ul $aho% trie& to 1e, it ha++ene& a!ain an& a!ain that no# a horse o3 his !ot a%on! the
    la&yLs oats, or a co# straye& into her !ar&en, or his calves 3oun& their #ay into her %ea&o#s
    - an& he al#ays ha& to +ay a 3ine.
    $aho% +ai& u+, 1ut !ru%1le& an&, !oin! ho%e in a te%+er, #as rou!h #ith his 3a%ily.
    6ll throu!h that su%%er, $aho% ha& %uch trou1le 1ecause o3 this ste#ar&, an& he #as even
    !la& #hen #inter ca%e an& the cattle ha& to 1e sta1le&. Thou!h he !ru&!e& the 3o&&er #hen
    they coul& no lon!er !raAe on the +asture-lan&, at least he #as 3ree 3ro% anEiety a1out the%.
    ,n the #inter the ne#s !ot a1out that the la&y #as !oin! to sell her lan& an& that the
    kee+er o3 the inn on the hi!h roa& #as 1ar!ainin! 3or it. When the +easants hear& this they
    #ere very %uch alar%e&.
    MWell,N thou!ht they, Mi3 the innkee+er !ets the lan&, he #ill #orry us #ith 3ines #orse
    that the la&yLs ste#ar&. We all &e+en& on that estate.N
    *o the +easants #ent on 1ehal3 o3 their Co%%une, an& aske& the la&y not to sell the lan& to
    the innkee+er, o33erin! her a 1etter +rice 3or it the%selves. The la&y a!ree& to let the% have
    it. Then the +easants trie& to arran!e 3or the Co%%une to 1uy the #hole estate, so that it
    %i!ht 1e hel& 1y the% all in co%%on. They %et t#ice to &iscuss it, 1ut coul& not settle the
    %atter; the ;vil ne so#e& &iscor& a%on! the% an& they coul& not a!ree. *o they &eci&e&
    to 1uy the lan& in&ivi&ually, each accor&in! to his %eans; an& the la&y a!ree& to this +lan as
    she ha& to the other.
    $resently $aho% hear& that a nei!h1or o3 his #as 1uyin! 3i3ty acres, an& that the la&y
    ha& consente& to acce+t one hal3 in cash an& to #ait a year 3or the other hal3. $aho% 3elt
    envious.
    M)ook at that,N thou!ht he, Mthe lan& is all 1ein! sol&, an& , shall !et none o3 it.N *o he
    s+oke to his #i3e.
    Mther +eo+le are 1uyin!, sai& he, Man& #e %ust also 1uy t#enty acres or so. )i3e is
    1eco%in! i%+ossi1le. That ste#ar& is si%+ly crushin! us #ith his 3ines.N
    *o they +ut their hea&s to!ether an& consi&ere& ho# they coul& %ana!e to 1uy it.
    They ha& one hun&re& ru1les lai& 1y. They sol& a colt an& one hal3 o3 their 1ees, hire& out
    one o3 their sons as a la1orer an& took his #a!es in a&vance; 1orro#e& the rest 3ro% a
    1rother-in-la#, an& so scra+e& to!ether hal3 the +urchase %oney.
    0avin! &one this, $aho% chose out a 3ar% o3 3orty acres, so%e o3 it #oo&e&, an& #ent
    to the la&y to 1ar!ain 3or it. They ca%e to an a!ree%ent, an& he shook han&s #ith her u+on it
    an& +ai& her a &e+osit in a&vance. Then they
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    #ent to to#n an& si!ne& the &ee&s; he +ayin! hal3 the +rice &o#n, an& un&ertakin! to +ay the
    re%ain&er #ithin t#o years.
    *o no# $aho% ha& lan& o3 his o#n. 0e 1orro#e& see&, an& so#e& it on the lan& he
    ha& 1ou!ht. The harvest #as a !oo& one, an& #ithin a year he ha& %ana!e& to +ay o33 his
    &e1ts 1oth to the la&y an& to his 1rother-in-la#. *o he 1eca%e a lan&o#ner, +lou!hin! an&
    so#in! his o#n lan&, %akin! hay on his o#n lan&, cuttin! his o#n trees, an& 3ee&in! his cattle
    on his o#n +asture. When he #ent out to +lou!h his 3iel&s, or to look at his !ro#in! corn, or
    at his !rass-%ea&o#s, his heart #oul& 3ill #ith >oy. The !rass that !re# an& the !lo#ers that
    1loo%e& there see%e& to hi% unlike any that !re# else#here. For%erly, #hen he ha&
    +asse& 1y that lan&, it ha& a++eare& the sa%e as any other lan&, 1ut no# it see%e& Huite
    &i33erent.
    III.
    *o $aho% #as #ell-contente&, an& everythin! #oul& have 1een ri!ht i3 the
    nei!h1orin! +easants #oul& only not have tres+asse& on his corn3iel&s an& %ea&o#s. 0e
    a++eale& to the% %ost civilly, 1ut they still #ent on: no# the Co%%unal her&s%en #oul& let
    the villa!e co#s stray into his %ea&o#s, then horses 3ro% the ni!ht +asture #oul& !et a%on!
    his corn. $aho% turne& the% out a!ain an& a!ain, an& 3or!ave their o#ners, an& 3or a lon!
    ti%e he 3or1ore to +rosecute any one. But at last he lost +atience an& co%+laine& to the
    District Court. 0e kne# it #as the +easantsL #ant o3 lan&, an& no evil intent on their +art, that
    cause& the trou1le, 1ut he thou!ht:
    M, cannot !o on overlookin! it or they #ill &estroy all , have. They %ust 1e tau!ht a
    lesson.N
    *o he ha& the% u+, !ave the% one lesson, an& then another, an& t#o or tree o3 the
    +easants #ere 3ine&. 63ter a ti%e $aho%Ls nei!h1ors 1e!an to 1ear hi% a !ru&!e 3or this,
    an& #oul& no# an& then let their cattle on to his lan& on +ur+ose. ne +easant even !ot into
    $aho%Ls #oo& at ni!ht an& cut &o#n 3ive youn! li%e trees 3or their 1ark. $aho% +assin!
    throu!h the #oo& one &ay notice& so%ethin! #hite. 0e ca%e nearer an& sa# the stri++e&
    trunks lyin! on the !roun&, an& close 1y stoo& the stu%+s #here the trees ha& 1een. $aho%
    #as 3urious.
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    M,3 he ha& only cut one here an& there it #oul& have 1een 1a& enou!h,N thou!h $aho%,
    M1ut the rascal has actually cut &o#n a #hole clu%+. ,3 , coul& only 3in& out #ho &i& this, ,
    #oul& +ay hi% out.N
    0e racke& his 1rain as to #ho it coul& 1e. Finally he &eci&e&: M,t %ust 1e *i%on - no
    one else coul& have &one it.N *o he #ent to *i%onLs ho%estea& to have a look roun&, 1ut he
    3oun& nothin!, an& only ha& an an!ry scene. 0o#ever, he no# 3elt %ore certain than ever
    that *i%on ha& &one it, an& he lo&!e& a co%+laint. *i%on #as su%%one&. The case #as
    trie&, an& retrie&, an& at the en& o3 it all *i%on #as acHuitte&, there 1ein! no evi&ence
    a!ainst hi%. $aho% 3elt still %ore a!!rieve&, an& let his an!er loose u+on the ;l&er an& the
    5u&!es.
    MDou let thieves !rease your +al%s,N sai& he. M,3 you #ere honest 3olk yourselves you
    #oul& not let a thie3 !o 3ree.N
    *o $aho% Huarrele& #ith the 5u&!es an& #ith his nei!h1ors. Threats to 1urn his
    1uil&in! 1e!an to 1e uttere&. *o thou!h $aho% ha& %ore lan&, his +lace in the Co%%une
    #as %uch #orse than 1e3ore.
    61out this ti%e a ru%or !ot a1out that %any +eo+le #ere %ovin! to ne# +arts.
    MThereLs no nee& 3or %e to leave %y lan&,N thou!h $aho%. MBut so%e o3 the others
    %i!ht leave our villa!e an& then there #oul& 1e %ore roo% 3or us. , #oul& take over their
    lan& %ysel3 an& %ake %y estate a 1it 1i!!er. , coul& then live %ore at ease. 6s it is, , a% still
    too cra%+e& to 1e co%3orta1le.N
    ne &ay $aho% #as sittin! at ho%e #hen a +easant, +assin! throu!h the villa!e,
    ha++ene& to call in. 0e #as allo#e& to stay the ni!ht, an& su++er #as !iven hi%. $aho%
    ha& a talk #ith this +easant an& aske& hi% #here he ca%e 3ro%. The stran!er ans#ere& that
    he ca%e 3ro% 1eyon& the Iol!a, #here he ha& 1een #orkin!. ne #or& le& to another, an&
    the %an #ent on to say that %any +eo+le #ere settlin! in those +arts. 0e tol& ho# so%e
    +eo+le 3ro% his villa!e ha& settle there. They ha& >oine& the Co%%une, an& ha& t#enty-3ive
    acres +er %an !rante& the%. The lan& #as so !oo&, he sai&, that the rye so#n on it !re# as
    hi!h as a horse, an& so thick that 3ive cuts o3 a sickle %a&e a shea3. ne +easant, he sai&,
    ha& 1rou!ht nothin! #ith hi% 1ut his 1are han&s, an& no# he ha& siE horses an& t#o co#s o3
    his o#n.
    $aho%Ls heart kin&le& #ith &esire. 0e thou!ht:
    MWhy shoul& , su33er in this narro# hole, i3 one can live so #ell else#here. , #ill sell
    %y lan& an& %y ho%estea& here, an& #ith the %oney , #ill start a3resh over there an& !et
    everythin! ne#. ,n this cro#&e& +lace one is al#ays havin! trou1le. But , %ust 3irst !o an&
    3in& out all a1out it %ysel3.N
    To#ar&s su%%er he !ot rea&y an& starte&. 0e #ent &o#n the Iol!a on a stea%er to
    *a%ara, then #alke& another three hun&re& %iles on 3oot, an& at last reache& the +lace. ,t
    #as >ust as the stran!er ha& sai&. The +easants ha& +lenty o3 lan&: every %an ha& t#enty-
    3ive acres o3 Co%%unal lan& !iven hi% 3or his use, an& any one #ho ha& %oney coul& 1uy,
    1esi&es, at a ru1le an acre as %uch !oo& 3reehol& lan& as he #ante&.
    0avin! 3oun& out all he #ishe& to kno#, $aho% returne& ho%e as autu%n ca%e on,
    an& 1e!an sellin! o33 his 1elon!in!s. 0e sol& his lan& at a +ro3it, sol&
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    his ho%estea& an& all his cattle, an& #ith&re# 3ro% %e%1ershi+ in the co%%une. 0e only
    #aite& till the s+rin!, an& then starte& #ith his 3a%ily 3or the ne# settle%ent.
    I7.
    6s soon as $aho% an& his 3a%ily reache& their ne# a1o&e, he a++lie& 3or a&%ission
    into the Co%%une o3 a lar!e villa!e. 0e stoo& treat to the ;l&ers an& o1taine& the necessary
    &ocu%ents. Five shares o3 Co%%unal lan& #ere !iven hi% 3or his o#n an& his sonsL use:
    that is to say - 1(< acres 7not all to!ether, 1ut in &i33erent 3iel&s8 1esi&es the use o3 the
    Co%%unal +asture. $aho% +ut u+ the 1uil&in!s he nee&e&, an& 1ou!ht cattle. 3 the
    Co%%unal lan& alone he ha& three ti%es as %uch as at his 3or%er ho%e, an& the lan& #as
    !oo& corn-lan&. 0e #as ten ti%es 1etter o33 than he ha& 1een. 0e ha& +lenty o3 ara1le lan&
    an& +astura!e, an& coul& kee+ as %any hea& o3 cattle as he like&.
    6t 3irst, in the 1ustle o3 1uil&in! an& settlin! &o#n, $aho% #as +lease& #ith it all, 1ut
    #hen he !ot use& to it he 1e!an to think that even here he ha& not enou!h lan&. The 3irst
    year, he so#e& #heat on his share o3 the Co%%unal lan& an& ha& a !oo& cro+. 0e #ante&
    to !o on so#in! #heat, 1ut ha& not enou!h Co%%unal lan& 3or the +ur+ose, an& #hat he ha&
    alrea&y use& #as not availa1le; 3or in those +arts #heat is only so#n on vir!in soil or on
    3allo# lan&. ,t is so#n 3or one or t#o years, an& then the lan& lies 3allo# till it is a!ain
    over!ro#n #ith +rairie !rass. There #ere %any #ho #ante& such lan& an& there #as not
    enou!h 3or all; so that +eo+le Huarrele& a1out it. Those #ho #ere 1etter o33 #ante& it 3or
    !ro#in! #heat, an& those #ho #ere +oor #ante& it to let to &ealers, so that they %i!ht raise
    %oney to +ay their taEes. $aho% #ante& to so# %ore #heat, so he rente& lan& 3ro% a &ealer
    3or a year. 0e so#e& %uch #heat an& ha& a 3ine cro+, 1ut the lan& #as too 3ar 3ro% the
    villa!e - the #heat ha& to 1e carte& %ore than ten %iles. 63ter a ti%e $aho% notice& that
    so%e +easant-&ealers #ere livin! on se+arate 3ar%s an& #ere !ro#in! #ealthy; an& he
    thou!ht:
    M,3 , #ere to 1uy so%e 3reehol& lan& an& have a ho%estea& on it, it #oul& 1e a &i33erent
    thin! alto!ether. Then it #oul& all 1e nice an& co%+act.N
    The Huestion o3 1uyin! 3reehol& lan& recurre& to hi% a!ain an& a!ain.
    0e #ent on in the sa%e #ay 3or three years, rentin! lan& an& so#in! #heat. The seasons
    turne& out #ell an& the cro+s #ere !oo&, so that he 1e!an to lay %oney 1y. 0e %i!ht have
    !one on livin! contente&ly, 1ut he !re# tire& o3 havin! to rent other +eo+leLs lan& every year,
    an& havin! to scra%1le 3or it. Where ever there #as !oo& lan& to 1e ha&, the +easants #oul&
    rush 3or it an& it #as taken u+ at once, so that unless you #ere shar+ a1out it you !ot none. ,t
    ha++ene& in the thir& year that he an& a &ealer to!ether rente& a +iece o3 +asture-lan& 3ro%
    so%e +easants; an& they ha& alrea&y +lou!he& it u+, #hen there #as so%e &is+ute an& the
    +easants #ent to la# a1out it, an& thin!s 3ell out so that the la1or #as all lost.
    M,3 it #ere %y o#n lan&,N thou!h $aho%, M, shoul& 1e in&e+en&ent, an& there #oul& not
    1e all this un+leasantness.N
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    *o $aho% 1e!an lookin! out 3or lan& #hich he coul& 1uy; an& he ca%e across a
    +easant #ho ha& 1ou!ht thirteen hun&re& acres, 1ut havin! !ot into &i33iculties #as #illin! to
    sell a!ain chea+. $aho% 1ar!aine& an& ha!!le& #ith hi%, an& at last they settle& the +rice at
    1,<GG ru1les, +art in cash an& +art to 1e +ai& later. They ha& all 1ut clinche& the %atter #hen
    a +assin! &ealer ha++ene& to sto+ at $aho%Ls one &ay to !et a 3ee& 3or his horses. 0e &rank
    tea #ith $aho% an& they ha& a talk. The &ealer sai& that he #as >ust returnin! 3ro% the lan&
    o3 the Bashkirs, U(V 3ar a#ay, #here he ha& 1ou!ht thirteen thousan& acres o3 lan&, all 3or
    1,GGG ru1les. $aho% Huestione& hi% 3urther, an& the tra&es%an sai&:
    M6ll one nee& &o is to %ake 3rien&s #ith the chie3s. , !ave a#ay a1out one hun&re&
    ru1lesL #orth o3 silk ro1es an& car+ets, 1esi&es a case o3 tea, an& , !ave #ine to those #ho
    #oul& &rink it; an& , !ot the lan& 3or less than a +enny an acre.N U4V 6n& he sho#e& $aho%
    the title-&ee&s, sayin!:
    MThe lan& lies near a river, an& the #hole +rairie is vir!in soil.N
    $aho% +lie& hi% #ith Huestions, an& the tra&es%an sai&:
    MThere is %ore lan& there than you coul& cover i3 you #alke& a year, an& it all 1elon!s
    to the Bashkirs. They are as si%+le as shee+, an& lan& can 1e !ot al%ost 3or nothin!.N
    MThere no#,N thou!ht $aho%, M#ith %y one thousan& ru1les, #hy shoul& , !et only
    thirteen hun&re& acres, an& sa&&le %ysel3 #ith a &e1t 1esi&es. ,3 , take it out there, , can !et
    %ore than ten ti%es as %uch 3or the %oney.N
    7.
    $aho% inHuire& ho# to !et to the +lace, an& as soon as the tra&es%an ha& le3t hi%, he
    +re+are& to !o there hi%sel3. 0e le3t his #i3e to look a3ter the ho%estea&, an& starte& on his
    >ourney takin! his %an #ith hi%. They sto++e& at a to#n on their #ay an& 1ou!ht a case o3
    tea, so%e #ine, an& other +resents, as the tra&es%an ha& a&vise&. n an& on they #ent
    until they ha& !one %ore than three hun&re& %iles, an& on the seventh &ay they ca%e to a
    +lace #here the Bashkirs ha& +itche& their tents. ,t #as all >ust as the tra&es%an ha& sai&.
    The +eo+le live& on the ste++es, 1y a river, in 3elt-covere& tents. U9V They neither tille& the
    !roun&, nor ate 1rea&. Their cattle an& horses !raAe& in her&s on the ste++e. The colts #ere
    tethere& 1ehin& the tents, an& the %ares #ere &riven to the% t#ice a &ay. The %ares #ere
    %ilke&, an& 3ro% the %ilk ku%iss U<V #as %a&e. ,t #as the #o%en #ho +re+are& ku%is, an&
    they also %a&e cheese. 6s 3ar as the %en #ere concerne&, &rinkin! ku%iss an& tea, eatin!
    %utton, an& +layin! on their +i+es, #as all they care& a1out. They #ere all stout an& %erry,
    an& the su%%er lon! they never thou!ht o3 &oin! any #ork. They #ere Huite i!norant, an&
    kne# no -ussian, 1ut #ere !oo&-nature& enou!h.
    6s soon as they sa# $aho%, they ca%e out o3 their tents an& !athere& roun& their
    visitor. 6n inter+reter #as 3oun&, an& $aho% tol& the% he ha& co%e a1out so%e lan&. The
    Bashkirs see%e& very !la&; they took $aho% an& le& hi% into one o3 the 1est tents, #here
    they %a&e hi% sit on so%e &o#n cushions +lace& on a car+et, #hile they sat roun& hi%.
    They !ave hi% so%e tea an& ku%iss, an&
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    ha& a shee+ kille&, an& !ave hi% %utton to eat. $aho% took +resents out o3 his cart an&
    &istri1ute& the% a%on! the Bashkirs, an& &ivi&e& the tea a%on!st the%. The Bashkirs #ere
    &eli!hte&. They talke& a !reat &eal a%on! the%selves, an& then tol& the inter+reter to
    translate.
    MThey #ish to tell you,N sai& the inter+reter, Mthat they like you, an& that it is our custo%
    to &o all #e can to +lease a !uest an& to re+ay hi% 3or his !i3ts. Dou have !iven us +resents,
    no# tell us #hich o3 the thin!s #e +ossess +lease you 1est, that #e %ay +resent the% to
    you.N
    MWhat +leases %e 1est here,N ans#ere& $aho%, Mis your lan&. ur lan& is cro#&e&
    an& the soil is eEhauste&; 1ut you have +lenty o3 lan& an& it is !oo& lan&. , never sa# the like
    o3 it.N
    The inter+reter translate&. The Bashkirs talke& a%on! the%selves 3or a #hile. $aho%
    coul& not un&erstan& #hat they #ere sayin!, 1ut sa# that they #ere %uch a%use& an& that
    they shoute& an& lau!he&. Then they #ere silent an& looke& at $aho% #hile the inter+reter
    sai&:
    MThey #ish %e to tell you that in return 3or your +resents they #ill !la&ly !ive you as
    %uch lan& as you #ant. Dou have only to +oint it out #ith your han& an& it is yours.N
    The Bashkirs talke& a!ain 3or a #hile an& 1e!an to &is+ute. $aho% aske& #hat they
    #ere &is+utin! a1out, an& the inter+reter tol& hi% that so%e o3 the% thou!ht they ou!ht to ask
    their Chie3 a1out the lan& an& not act in his a1sence, #hile others thou!ht there #as no nee&
    to #ait 3or his return.
    7I.
    While the Bashkirs #ere &is+utin!, a %an in a lar!e 3oE-3ur ca+ a++eare& on the scene.
    They all 1eca%e silent an& rose to their 3eet. The inter+reter sai&, MThis is our Chie3 hi%sel3.N
    $aho% i%%e&iately 3etche& the 1est &ressin!-!o#n an& 3ive +oun&s o3 tea, an&
    o33ere& these to the Chie3. The Chie3 acce+te& the%, an& seate& hi%sel3 in the +lace o3
    honor. The Bashkirs at once 1e!an tellin! hi% so%ethin!. The Chie3 listene& 3or a #hile,
    then %a&e a si!n #ith his hea& 3or the% to 1e silent, an& a&&ressin! hi%sel3 to $aho%, sai&
    in -ussian:
    MWell, let it 1e so. Choose #hatever +iece o3 lan& you like; #e have +lenty o3 it.N
    M0o# can , take as %uch as , like.N thou!ht $aho%. M, %ust !et a &ee& to %ake it
    secure, or else they %ay say :,t is yours,: an& a3ter#ar&s %ay take it a#ay a!ain.N
    MThank you 3or your kin& #or&s,N he sai& alou&. MDou have %uch lan&,
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    an& , only #ant a little. But , shoul& like to 1e sure #hich 1it is %ine. Coul& it not 1e
    %easure& an& %a&e over to %e. )i3e an& &eath are in Go&Ls han&s. Dou !oo& +eo+le !ive it
    to %e, 1ut your chil&ren %i!ht #ish to take it a#ay a!ain.N
    MDou are Huite ri!ht,N sai& the Chie3. MWe #ill %ake it over to you.N
    M, hear& that a &ealer ha& 1een here,N continue& $aho%, Man& that you !ave hi% a little
    lan&, too, an& si!ne& title-&ee&s to that e33ect. , shoul& like to have it &one in the sa%e #ay.N
    The Chie3 un&erstoo&.
    MDes,N re+lie& he, Mthat can 1e &one Huite easily. We have a scri1e, an& #e #ill !o to
    to#n #ith you an& have the &ee& +ro+erly seale&.N
    M6n& #hat #ill 1e the +rice.N aske& $aho%.
    Mur +rice is al#ays the sa%e: one thousan& ru1les a &ay.N
    $aho% &i& not un&erstan&.
    M6 &ay. What %easure is that. 0o# %any acres #oul& that 1e.N
    MWe &o not kno# ho# to reckon it out,N sai& the Chie3. MWe sell it 1y the &ay. 6s %uch
    as you can !o roun& on your 3eet in a &ay is yours, an& the +rice is one thousan& ru1les a
    &ay.
    $aho% #as sur+rise&.
    MBut in a &ay you can !et roun& a lar!e tract o3 lan&,N he sai&.
    The Chie3 lau!he&.
    M,t #ill all 1e yoursPN sai& he. MBut there is one con&ition: ,3 you &onLt return on the
    sa%e &ay to the s+ot #hence you starte&, your %oney is lost.N
    MBut ho# an , to %ark the #ay that , have !one.N
    MWhy, #e shall !o to any s+ot you like, an& stay there. Dou %ust start 3ro% that s+ot
    an& %ake your roun&, takin! a s+a&e #ith you. Wherever you think necessary, %ake a %ark.
    6t every turnin!, &i! a hole an& +ile u+ the tur3; then a3ter#ar&s #e #ill !o roun& #ith a +lou!h
    3ro% hole to hole. Dou %ay %ake as lar!e a circuit as you +lease, 1ut 1e3ore the sun sets you
    %ust return to the +lace you starte& 3ro%. 6ll the lan& you cover #ill 1e yours.N
    $aho% #as &eli!hte&. ,t #as &eci&e& to start early neEt %ornin!. They talke& a #hile,
    an& a3ter &rinkin! so%e %ore ku%iss an& eatin! so%e %ore %utton, they ha& tea a!ain, an&
    then the ni!ht ca%e on. They !ave $aho% a 3eather-1e& to slee+ on, an& the Bashkirs
    &is+erse& 3or the ni!ht, +ro%isin! to asse%1le the neEt %ornin! at &ay1reak an& ri&e out
    1e3ore sunrise to the a++ointe& s+ot.
    7II.
    $aho% lay on the 3eather-1e&, 1ut coul& not slee+. 0e ke+t thinkin! a1out the lan&.
    MWhat a lar!e tract , #ill %ark o33PN thou!ht he. M , can easily &o thirty-3ive %iles in a
    &ay. The &ays are lon! no#, an& #ithin a circuit o3 thirty-3ive %iles #hat a lot o3 lan& there #ill
    1eP , #ill sell the +oorer lan&, or let it to +easants, 1ut ,Lll +ick out the 1est an& 3ar% it. , #ill
    1uy t#o oE tea%s, an& hire t#o %ore la1orers. 61out a hun&re& an& 3i3ty acres shall 1e
    +lou!h-lan&, an& ,
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    #ill +asture cattle on the rest.N
    $aho% lay a#ake all ni!ht, an& &oAe& o33 only >ust 1e3ore &a#n. 0ar&ly #ere his eyes
    close& #hen he ha& a &rea%. 0e thou!ht he #as lyin! in that sa%e tent an& hear&
    so%e1o&y chucklin! outsi&e. 0e #on&ere& #ho it coul& 1e, an& rose an& #ent out, an& he
    sa# the Bashkir Chie3 sittin! in 3ront o3 the tent hol&in! his si&es an& rollin! a1out #ith
    lau!hter. Goin! nearer to the Chie3, $aho% aske&: MWhat are you lau!hin! at.N But he sa#
    that it #as no lon!er the Chie3, 1ut the &ealer #ho ha& recently sto++e& at his house an& ha&
    tol& hi% a1out the lan&. 5ust as $aho% #as !oin! to ask, M0ave you 1een here lon!.N he
    sa# that it #as not the &ealer, 1ut the +easant #ho ha& co%e u+ 3ro% the Iol!a, lon! a!o, to
    $aho%Ls ol& ho%e. Then he sa# that it #as not the +easant either, 1ut the Devil hi%sel3 #ith
    hoo3s an& horns, sittin! there an& chucklin!, an& 1e3ore hi% lay a %an 1are3oot, +rostrate on
    the !roun&, #ith only trousers an& a shirt on. 6n& $aho% &rea%t that he looke& %ore
    attentively to see #hat sort o3 a %an it #as that #as lyin! there, an& he sa# that the %an #as
    &ea&, an& that it #as hi%sel3P 0e a#oke horror-struck.
    MWhat thin!s one &oes &rea%,N thou!ht he.
    )ookin! aroun& he sa# throu!h the o+en &oor that the &a#n #as 1reakin!.
    M,tLs ti%e to #ake the% u+,N thou!ht he. MWe ou!ht to 1e startin!.N
    0e !ot u+, rouse& his %an 7#ho #as slee+in! in his cart8, 1a&e hi% harness; an& #ent
    to call the Bashkirs.
    M,tLs ti%e to !o to the ste++e to %easure the lan&,N he sai&.
    The Bashkirs rose an& asse%1le&, an& the Chie3 ca%e too. Then they 1e!an &rinkin! ku%iss
    a!ain, an& o33ere& $aho% so%e tea, 1ut he #oul& not #ait.
    M,3 #e are to !o, let us !o. ,t is hi!h ti%e,N sai& he.
    7II.
    The Bashkirs !ot rea&y an& they all starte&: so%e %ounte& on horses, an& so%e in
    carts. $aho% &rove in his o#n s%all cart #ith his servant an& took a s+a&e #ith hi%. When
    they reache& the ste++e, the %ornin! re& #as 1e!innin! kin&le. They ascen&e& a hillock
    7calle& 1y the Bashkirs a shihan8 an& &is%ountin! 3ro% their carts an& their horses, !athere&
    in one s+ot. The Chie3 ca%e u+ to $aho% an& stretchin! out his ar% to#ar&s the +lain:
    M*ee,N sai& he, Mall this, as 3ar as your eye can reach, is ours. Dou %ay have any +art
    o3 it you like.N
    $aho%Ls eyes !listene&: it #as all vir!in soil, as 3lat as the +al% o3 your han&, as 1lack
    as the see& o3 a +o++y, an& in the hollo#s &i33erent kin&s o3 !rasses !re# 1reast hi!h.
    The Chie3 took o33 his 3oE-3ur ca+, +lace& it on the !roun& an& sai&:
    MThis #ill 1e the %ark. *tart 3ro% here, an& return here a!ain. 6ll the lan& you !o
    roun& shall 1e yours.N
    $aho% took out his %oney an& +ut it on the ca+. Then he took o33 his outer coat,
    re%ainin! in his sleeveless un&ercoat. 0e un3astene& his !ir&le an& tie& it ti!ht 1elo# his
    sto%ach, +ut a little 1a! o3 1rea& into the 1reast o3 his coat, an&
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    tyin! a 3lask o3 #ater to his !ir&le, he &re# u+ the to+s o3 his 1oots, took the s+a&e 3ro% his
    %an, an& stoo& rea&y to start. 0e consi&ere& 3or so%e %o%ents #hich #ay he ha& 1etter !o
    - it #as te%+tin! every#here.
    M"o %atter,N he conclu&e&, M, #ill !o to#ar&s the risin! sun.N
    0e turne& his 3ace to the east, stretche& hi%sel3, an& #aite& 3or the sun to a++ear
    a1ove the ri%.
    M, %ust lose no ti%e,N he thou!ht, Man& it is easier #alkin! #hile it is still cool.N
    The sunLs rays ha& har&ly 3lashe& a1ove the horiAon, 1e3ore $aho%, carryin! the
    s+a&e over his shoul&er, #ent &o#n into the ste++e.
    $aho% starte& #alkin! neither slo#ly nor Huickly. 63ter havin! !one a thousan& yar&s he
    sto++e&, &u! a hole, an& +lace& +ieces o3 tur3 one on another to %ake it %ore visi1le. Then
    he #ent on; an& no# that he ha& #alke& o33 his sti33ness he Huickene& his +ace. 63ter a #hile
    he &u! another hole.
    $aho% looke& 1ack. The hillock coul& 1e &istinctly seen in the sunli!ht, #ith the
    +eo+le on it, an& the !litterin! tires o3 the cart-#heels. 6t a rou!h !uess $aho% conclu&e&
    that he ha& #alke& three %iles. ,t #as !ro#in! #ar%er; he took o33 his un&er-coat, 3lun! it
    across his shoul&er, an& #ent on a!ain. ,t ha& !ro#n Huite #ar% no#; he looke& at the sun, it
    #as ti%e to think o3 1reak3ast.
    MThe 3irst shi3t is &one, 1ut there are 3our in a &ay, an& it is too soon yet to turn. But ,
    #ill >ust take o33 %y 1oots,N sai& he to hi%sel3.
    0e sat &o#n, took o33 his 1oots, stuck the% into his !ir&le, an& #ent on. ,t #as easy
    #alkin! no#.
    M, #ill !o on 3or another three %iles,N thou!h he, Man& then turn to the le3t. This s+ot is
    so 3ine, that it #oul& 1e a +ity to lose it. The 3urther ones !oes, the 1etter the lan& see%s.N
    0e #ent strai!ht on 3or a #hile, an& #hen he looke& roun&, the hillock #as scarcely
    visi1le an& the +eo+le on it looke& like 1lack ants, an& he coul& >ust see so%ethin! !listenin!
    there in the sun.
    M6h,N thou!h $aho%, M, have !one 3ar enou!h in this &irection, it is ti%e to turn.
    Besi&es , a% in a re!ular s#eat, an& very thirsty.N
    0e sto++e&, &u! a lar!e hole, an& hea+e& u+ +ieces o3 tur3. "eEt he untie& his 3lask,
    ha& a &rink, an& then turne& shar+ly to the le3t. 0e #ent on an& on; the !rass #as hi!h, an& it
    #as very hot.
    $aho% 1e!an to !ro# tire&: he looke& at the sun an& sa# that it #as noon.
    MWell,N he thou!ht, M, %ust have a rest.N
    0e sat &o#n, an& ate so%e 1rea& an& &rank so%e #ater; 1ut he &i& not lie &o#n,
    thinkin! that i3 he &i& he %i!ht 3all aslee+. 63ter sittin! a little #hile, he #ent on a!ain. 6t 3irst
    he #alke& easily: the 3oo& ha& stren!thene& hi%; 1ut it ha& 1eco%e terri1ly hot an& he 3elt
    slee+y, still he #ent on, thinkin!: M6n hour to su33er, a li3e-ti%e to live.N
    0e #ent a lon! #ay in this &irection also, an& #as a1out to turn to the le3t a!ain, #hen
    he +erceive& a &a%+ hollo#: M,t #oul& 1e a +ity to leave that out,N he thou!ht. MFlaE #oul& &o
    #ell there.N *o he #ent on +ast the hollo#, an& &u! a hole on the other si&e o3 it 1e3ore he
    turne& the corner. $aho% looke& to#ar&s
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    the hillock. The heat %a&e the air haAy: it see%e& to 1e Huiverin!, an& throu!h the haAe the
    +eo+le on the hillock coul& scarcely 1e seen.
    M6hPN Thou!ht $aho%, M, have %a&e the si&es too lon!; , %ust %ake this one shorter.N
    6n& he #ent alon! the thir& si&e, ste++in! 3aster. 0e looke& at the sun: it #as nearly hal3-#ay
    to the horiAon, an& he ha& not yet &one t#o %iles o3 the thir& si&e o3 the sHuare. 0e #as still
    ten %iles 3ro% the !oal.
    M"o,N he thou!ht, Mthou!h it #ill %ake %y lan& lo+-si&e&, , %ust hurry 1ack in a strai!ht
    line no#. , %i!ht !o too 3ar, an& as it is , have a !reat &eal o3 lan&.N
    *o $aho% hurrie&ly &u! a hole, an& turne& strai!ht to#ar&s the hillock.
    I<.
    $aho% #ent strai!ht to#ar&s the hillock, 1ut he no# #alke& #ith &i33iculty. 0e #as
    &one u+ #ith the heat, his 1are 3eet #ere cut an& 1ruise&, an& his le!s 1e!an to 3ail. 0e
    lon!e& to rest, 1ut it #as i%+ossi1le i3 he %eant to !et 1ack 1e3ore sunset. The sun #aits 3or
    no %an, an& it #as sinkin! lo#er an& lo#er.
    Mh &ear,N he thou!ht, Mi3 only , have not 1lun&ere& tryin! 3or too %uchP What i3 , a%
    too late.N
    0e looke& to#ar&s the hillock an& at the sun. 0e #as still 3ar 3ro% his !oal, an& the
    sun #as alrea&y near the ri%.
    $aho% #alke& on an& on; it #as very har& #alkin! 1ut he #ent Huicker an& Huicker.
    0e +resse& on, 1ut #as still 3ar 3ro% the +lace. 0e 1e!an runnin!, thre# a#ay his coat, his
    1oots, his 3lask, an& his ca+, an& ke+t only the s+a&e #hich he use& as a su++ort.
    MWhat shall , &o,N he thou!ht a!ain, M, have !ras+e& too %uch an& ruine& the #hole
    a33air. , canLt !et there 1e3ore the sun sets.N
    6n& this 3ear %a&e hi% still %ore 1reathless. $aho% #ent on runnin!, his soakin!
    shirt an& trousers stuck to hi% an& his %outh #as +arche&. 0is 1reast #as #orkin! like a
    1lacks%ithLs 1ello#s, his heart #as 1eatin! like a ha%%er, an& his le!s #ere !ivin! #ay as i3
    they &i& not 1elon! to hi%. $aho% #as seiAe& #ith terror lest he shoul& &ie o3 the strain.
    Thou!h a3rai& o3 &eath, he coul& not sto+. M63ter havin! run all that #ay they #ill call
    %e a 3ool i3 , sto+ no#,N thou!ht he. 6n& he ran on an& on, an& &re# near an& hear the
    Bashkirs yellin! an& shoutin! to hi%, an& their cries in3la%e& his heart still %ore. 0e
    !athere& his last stren!th an& ran on.
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    The sun #as close to the ri%, an& cloake& in %ist looke& lar!e, an& re& as 1loo&.
    "o#, yes no#, it #as a1out to setP The sun #as Huite lo#, 1ut he #as also Huite near his ai%.
    $aho% coul& alrea&y see the +eo+le on the hillock #avin! their ar%s to hurry hi% u+. 0e
    coul& see the 3oE-3ur ca+ on the !roun& an& the %oney on it, an& the Chie3 sittin! on the
    !roun& hol&in! his si&es. 6n& $aho% re%e%1ere& his &rea%.
    MThere is +lenty o3 lan&,N thou!h he, M1ut #ill Go& let %e live on it. , have lost %y li3e, ,
    have lost %y li3eP , shall never reach that s+otPN
    $aho% looke& at the sun, #hich ha& reache& the earth: one si&e o3 it ha& alrea&y
    &isa++eare&. With all his re%ainin! stren!th he rushe& on, 1en&in! his 1o&y 3or#ar& so that
    his le!s coul& har&ly 3ollo# 3ast enou!h to kee+ hi% 3ro% 3allin!. 5ust as he reache& the
    hillock it su&&enly !re# &ark. 0e looke& u+ - the sun ha& alrea&y setP 0e !ave a cry: M6ll %y
    la1or has 1een in vain,N thou!h he, an& #as a1out to sto+, 1ut he hear& the Bashkirs
    shoutin!, an& re%e%1ere& that thou!h to hi%, 3ro% 1elo#, the sun see%e& to have set, they
    on the hillock coul& still see it. 0e took a lon! 1reath an& ran u+ the hillock. ,t #as still li!ht
    there. 0e reache& the to+ an& sa# the ca+. Be3ore it sat the Chie3 lau!hin! an& hol&in! his
    si&es. 6!ain $aho% re%e%1ere& his &rea%, an& he uttere& a cry: his le!s !ave #ay 1eneath
    hi%, he 3ell 3or#ar& an& reache& the ca+ #ith his han&s.
    M6h, thatLs a 3ine 3ello#PN eEclai%e& the Chie3. M0e has !aine& %uch lan&PN
    $aho%Ls servant ca%e runnin! u+ an& trie& to raise hi%, 1ut he sa# that 1loo& #as
    3lo#in! 3ro% his %outh. $aho% #as &ea&P
    The Bashkirs clicke& their ton!ues to sho# their +ity.
    0is servant +icke& u+ the s+a&e an& &u! a !rave lon! enou!h 3or $aho% to lie in, an&
    1urie& hi% in it. *iE 3eet 3ro% his hea& to his heels #as all he nee&e&.
    U Fro% The CreutEer %onata and /ther %hort %tories+ )eo Tolstoy, 19G++, R1.GG,
    1FF4, Dover $u1lications, 41 ;ast (n& *t., ".D., ".D., 11<G1 V
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    Notes5
    U1V 1(G &esyatins. The &esyatina is +ro+erly (.B acres; 1ut in this story roun& nu%1ers
    are use&
    U(V Turkic +eo+le &#ellin! on 1oth si&es o3 the /rals.
    U4V Five ko+eks 3or a &esyatina
    U9V 6 ki1itka is a %ova1le &#ellin!, %a&e u+ o3 &etacha1le #oo&en 3ra%es, 3or%in! a
    roun&, an& covere& over #ith 3elt..
    U<V 6 3er%ente& &rink.
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    S0IC: 0I1S
    UThe 3ollo#in! is taken 3ro% Dr. Gre!ory Tillet:s +a+er There is 1o -eli#ion >i#her
    Than $$$$ ; Approachin# Theosophical >istory +resente& at the Theoso+hical 0istory
    Con3erence, )on&on, 5uly 1=, 1FCC. Dr. Tillett is author o3 The Elder 5rother, a 1io!ra+hy o3
    C.W. )ea&1eater. The 3ollo#in! is re+rinte& not so %uch 3or the treat%ent o3 the latter, 1ut
    1ecause it outlines so%e co%%on occlu&in! %etho&s. - ;&.8
    Writin! in The 'iberal (atholic in Dece%1er, 1F(9, C.W. )ea&1eater &escri1e& a
    +rinci+le #hich a++ears to un&erlie %ost #ritin! o3 Theoso+hical history: he calle& it 2The
    Doctrine o3 ;cono%y,2 su%%ariAe& in the 3ollo#in! #or&s:
    2Whatever #ill &o !oo& is 3reely tol&; 1ut the +ossessor o3 kno#le&!e %ust 1e +er%itte&
    to use his &iscretion as to #hat +ortion o3 it he #ill share #ith his 3ello#-%en.2...
    0e note& that secrecy, %aintaine& 2in the interests o3 hu%anity,2 involve& the #ithhol&in!
    o3 3acts #hich #ere &an!erous, %i!ht 1e use& 3or evil, #ere inco%+rehensi1le, or %i!ht
    +rovoke irreverence.
    )ea&1eater #as +ri%arily s+eakin! o3 occult in3or%ation, 1ut the +rinci+le #as eHually
    a++lie& 1y hi% to historical &ata. ,n that area, he #as also in3luence& 1y his stron! 1elie3 that
    loyalty, +articularly loyalty to the Theoso+hical %ove%ent, #as o3 !reater i%+ortance than
    truth.
    The Theoso+hical *ociety has as its %otto 2There is "o -eli!ion 0i!her Than Truth2 But
    Theoso+hical history, like %ost reli!ious an& +olitical history, has essentially 1een un&ertaken
    alon! 2+arty lines.2 The heroes an& the villains are &e3ine& 1e3ore the history is #ritten. The
    +arty lines are %aintaine& in s+ite, an& 3reHuently in vi!orous &e3iance o3, #hat secular history
    #oul& call 2the 3acts.2
    *o%eti%es this is &one 1y 1latant 3alsehoo&, su++ression an& &eceit, ho#ever no1ly
    %otivate&. More o3ten it is 1y care3ul o%ission or in&irect %isre+resentation or skill3ul e&itin!
    lea&in!, +re&icta1ly, to %istaken conclusions. ccasionally it is si%+ly a re3usal to
    ackno#le&!e the eEistence o3 any 3acts #hich &istur1 the conclusions reache& 1e3ore the
    enHuiry. "o# an& then, the 2!oo& o3 the Move%ent2 is o33ere& as a rationale 3or a care3ully
    a&>uste& history. 6n&, so%eti%es, clai%s o3 esoteric secrecy are use& to inhi1it 3ree
    &iscussion.
    Given that %uch essential Theoso+hical historical %aterial is in close& collections, the
    researcher #ho #oul& 1e o1>ective 3aces a %a>or hur&le. *uch archives are !enerally close&
    to outsi&ers, or to anyone #hose a++roach #ill not 1e that o3 a 2true 1eliever.2 ,3 the %aterial
    is only accessi1le to those #ho #ill +resent history as the custo&ians o3 the %aterial #oul&
    have it #ritten, o1>ective history #ill not 1e #ritten. 6n& any outsi&er 3aces the criticis% that
    only an insi&er can un&erstan& the history, or have access to essential sources.
    -evie#s o3 atte%+ts at o1>ective Theoso+hical history 7i3 in&ee& such #orks are
    ackno#le&!e&8 3ro% #ithin or!aniAations #hose 2+arty line2 the researcher
    --- 19
    &oes not 3ollo#, inevita1ly 3ocus on the %otives an& the %orals o3 the historian, rather than on
    the &ata or the %etho&olo!y.
    ,n these +ro1le%s Theoso+hical history is no &i33erent 3ro% reli!ious an& +olitical history
    !enerally. But is un&ertakin! theoso+hical history any &i33erent - an&, i3 so, #hy an& ho#.
    What +rinci+les shoul& 1e a++lie& 1y researchers, 1y custo&ians o3 archives an& 1y critics.
    The +rinci+les can 1est 1e i&enti3ie& 1y eEa%inin! the 3ailure to a++ly the%. There is a
    s+ectru% o3 historical &ishonesty across #hich atte%+ts to +resent Theoso+hical history can
    1e ran!e&.
    ,n selectin! eEa%+les , have ke+t to the area , kno# 1est - 1ut , #oul& not su!!est that
    only the 6&yar-1ase& society o33ers s+eci%ens o3 all these.
    1. O+it in#onenient +"teri"! - The 3irst a++roach is si%+ly to o%it inconvenient
    %aterial. For eEa%+le in the 3irst e&ition o3 his history o3 the )i1eral Catholic Church, *ten von
    ?rusenstierna +resents the tra&itional &ates 3or )ea&1eater; in the secon& e&ition, he !ives
    the accurate &ates. But he o33ers no eE+lanation 3or the correction. *uch a ra&ical chan!e o3
    history surely reHuires at least a 3ootnote unless it is inten&e& to conceal rather than to reveal
    the 3acts.
    (. 1/it o%t in#onenient +"teri"! - The secon& %etho& is to e&it out inconvenient
    %aterial. ,n recent years the Theoso+hical $u1lishin! 0ouse, 6&yar, has 1een +ro&ucin! #hat
    are &escri1e& as ne# e&itions o3 %any Theoso+hical classics, +rinci+ally #orks 1y
    )ea&1eater. These ne# e&itions o3ten involve su1stantial an& si!ni3icant e&itin! #hich is
    never +ro+erly i&enti3ie& or eE+laine&. ,t is not si%+ly the correction o3 +rintin! errors or
    shortenin! o3 the teEt: it involves i%+ortant chan!es in the state%ents %a&e in the 1ooks.
    The 1est - or #orst - eEa%+le o3 this is 3oun& in revise& e&itions o3 Masters and the 7ath.
    ,3 the 3irst e&ition 71F(<8 in it revise& an& enlar!e& 3or% as +u1lishe& 1y the T$0 in 1F(B
    is co%+are& #ith #hat is &escri1e& as the current 261ri&!e& ;&ition2 7the 3irst o3 #hich
    a++eare& in 1F=F8, also +u1lishe& 1y the T$0, it #ill 1e seen that the teEt is not a1ri&!e& in
    any honest %eanin! o3 that #or&, 1ut selectively e&ite& to re%ove %aterial #hich,
    +resu%a1ly, is +otentially e%1arrassin! to the *ociety to&ay. That %aterial 3alls into t#o
    cate!ories: 3irst, re3erences to the antici+ate& Co%in!, an&, secon&, &escri+tions o3 initiations
    on the inner +lanes.
    The teEt o3 Masters and the 7ath #as ori!inally +u1lishe& in >ournals o3 the ;*, an& only
    availa1le to %e%1ers o3 that 1o&y. 0o#ever, it #as %a&e +u1lic s+eci3ically 1ecause o3 the
    antici+ate& i%%inence o3 the Co%in!. To selectively e&it out re3erences to that eE+ectation
    #hich, in this #ork, )ea&1eater +roclai%s Huite clearly an& &o!%atically, can only 1e
    &escri1e& as &ishonest, es+ecially #hen the teEt is &escri1e& in the 2$u1lishers: "ote2 as
    2so%e#hat a1ri&!e&,2 #ith no re3erence to the &eletion o3 s+eci3ic su1>ect %atter.
    6 3e#, o3 %any +ossi1le, eEa%+les #ill illustrate this +oint.
    n +a!e 41 o3 the revise& e&ition +art o3 a sentence re3errin! to the Co%in! is &elete&
    2thou!h #hen 0e co%es 3orth to the #orl& to teach 0is +eo+le,
    --- 1<
    as 0e inten&s to &o very shortly, 0e #ill %ake use o3 a 1o&y +re+are& 3or 0i% 1y one o3 0is
    &isci+les.2...
    n that sa%e +a!e, a sentence re3errin! to the Co%in! is &elete&: 2Within a very 3e#
    years that Ioice #ill 1e hear& an& that )ove 1e 3elt 1y those #ho &#ell in the &ark #ays o3
    earth: %ay #e +re+are ourselves to receive 0i% #hen 0e co%es an& !ive 0i% 3ittin!
    #elco%e an& 3aith3ul serviceP2 79G-18
    n +a!e <( a sentence re3errin! to At the 4eet of the Master is altere& to &elete the
    #or&s: 261ove all, it 1ears the s+ecial i%+ri%atur o3 the co%in! Worl&-Teacher, an& that is the
    thin! that %akes it %ost valua1le - the 3act that it sho#s us, to a certain eEtent, #hat 0is
    teachin! is to 1e.2 7=4-98
    4. In#o+,!ete st"te+ents !i)e!' to +is!e"/ - 6 thir& %etho& is to +resent inco%+lete
    state%ents #hich are hi!hly likely to %islea& the unin3or%e& rea&er an& to +resent a less
    than honest version o3 3acts. The 1est eEa%+les o3 this +resentation are 3oun& in 0u!h
    *hear%an:s +a%+hlet 1io!ra+hy o3 )ea&1eater. 0is account o3 the contra&iction 1et#een
    )ea&1eater:s clai%e& &ate o3 1irth an& the 3act is in&ee& curious.
    *hear%an states:
    2For so%e unkno#n reason his 1irth&ate #as later 3reHuently !iven as Fe1ruary 1B,
    1C9B, an& the &ate a++eare& on his +ass+ort. Circu%stances so%eti%es %ake errors o3 this
    nature %ore easy to acce+t than to correct, 1ut this one cause& various accounts o3 his
    career to convey the i%+ression that at each sta!e o3 his li3e he #as seven years ol&er than
    he actually #as.2...
    What can this %ean. ,t i%+lies that other +eo+le 7as o++ose& to )ea&1eater8 !ave out the
    3alse &ate 3reHuently 7rather than al#ays8, an& that the a&&itional seven years #as !iven as
    an 2i%+ression2 rather than as a +lain state%ent o3 3act. $resu%a1ly, #hat shoul& have 1een
    #ritten #as so%ethin! like: 2)ea&1eater al#ays clai%e& that his 1irth &ate #as Fe1ruary 1B,
    1C9B, an& state& that &ate in o33icial &ocu%ents, inclu&in! his +ass+ort. 0e al#ays clai%e& in
    accounts he !ave o3 his li3e that he #as seven years ol&er than he actually #as.2
    *econ&ly, also 3ro% *hear%an, co%es an a++arently inconseHuential state%ent #hich
    has so%e si!ni3icance: 20e see%s to have 1een an only chil&.2... The si!ni3icance lies not
    only in the 3act that )ea&1eater re+eate&ly clai%e&, orally an& in #ritin!, to have not 1een an
    only chil&, 1ut also 1uilt an ela1orate le!en& aroun& the eEistence o3 a %artyre& 1rother #ho,
    he clai%e&, reincarnate& as 5inara>a&asa. ,s it honest to !loss over the &e%olition o3 such a
    le!en& #ithout co%%ent. *urely #hat shoul& have 1een #ritten is so%ethin! like: 26lthou!h
    he al#ays clai%e& to have ha& a youn!er 1rother, he #as an only chil&2
    9. 2is!e"/ng st"te+ents - The 3ourth %etho& is to %ake %islea&in! state%ents #hich
    are not actually 3alse. -e%ainin! #ith *hear%an 7#ho is a !oo& case to consi&er, !iven his
    clai%s to 1e an historian rather than si%+ly a Theoso+hical +ro+a!an&ist8, one can take three
    si%+le state%ents #hich %islea& the un#ary rea&er.
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    The +reviously cite& eEa%+le o3 )ea&1eater:s 1irth&ate in #hich *hear%an clai%s the
    3alse &ate #as 2later 3reHuently !iven2 is inaccurate an& %islea&in!. The &ate #as, as Dr.
    *hear%an kno#s, al#ays !iven 1y )ea&1eater, an& !iven in +rint, an& in o33icial &ocu%ents.
    The state%ent i%+lies so%e sort o3 occasional acci&ent #ith 3i!ures.
    6 secon& eEa%+le is Dr. *hear%an:s clai% that )ea&1eater:s 23a%ily #ere +eo+le o3
    +ro3essional class.2... This +iece o3 +etty sno11ishness serves no a++arent +ur+ose, an& is,
    as 3ar as the evi&ence !oes, %islea&in!. )ea&1eater:s 3ather #as a %inor clerk #ith a rail#ay
    co%+any.
    6%on!st )ea&1eater:s &isci+les there has 1een a ten&ency to attri1ute res+onsi1ility 3or
    the ori!ins o3 +re&ictions o3 the Co%in!: to Mr. Besant. ,n s+eakin! o3 the Co%in!, D as in %ost
    other thin!s, she #as little %ore than a %outh+iece 3or )ea&1eater. 0e #as the 3irst to
    +roclai% the i%%inent Co%in!, an& he &i& so consistently an& in +rint.
    *hear%an... re+orts Mrs. Besant:s early +osition on the Co%in!. 0e &oes not re+ort
    )ea&1eater:s, or note #hich ca%e 3irst. The i%+ression !iven - an& +resu%a1ly inten&e& to 1e
    !iven - is that the conce+t #as Mrs. Besant:s, rather than )ea&1eater:s.
    <. 4"!se st"te+ents 7or shall #e call the% lies8 - The 3inal %etho& is the use o3 3alse
    state%ents 7or, 1ein! less charita1le, lies.8
    5ose+hine -anso%:s #holly uncritical an&, to 1e charita1le, naive, stu&y o3 the history o3
    the Theoso+hical *ociety is re+lete #ith inaccuracies an& #hat can, at the %ost charita1le, 1e
    &escri1e& as ina&eHuacies. 0er account o3 the )ea&1eater controversy in *y&ney... 1rin!s
    into 3ocus all that is 3aulty in her %etho&. For eEa%+le, she clai%s - an& her assertion #as
    later state& as historical 3act 1y #riters #ho si%+ly relie& on her - that 2t#o +ro%inent
    %e%1ers o3 The *ociety in 6ustralia calle& on the Minister 3or 5ustice to con&uct an enHuiry
    into alle!ations a!ainst )ea&1eater, an& that the 2o33icial ver&ict o3 the Cro#n *olicitor2 #as
    that there #as not enou!h evi&ence to o1tain a conviction. That state%ent is
    3alse. The enHuiry #as initiate& 1y +ress re+orts an& letters 3ro% the /*6. ,ts conclusion #as
    in&ee& that there #as insu33icient evi&ence to o1tain a conviction, ho#ever, those #ho took
    +art in the enHuiry clearly 1elieve& 7as the &ocu%ents, o3 #hich , have a co%+lete set in
    +hotoco+y, sho#8 that they #ere convince& that the alle!ations #ere !enerally true, 1ut that
    the 1oys involve& #oul& not !ive evi&ence a!ainst )ea&1eater. What #as o1taine& 1y the
    2t#o +ro%inent %e%1ers2 #as access to the conclusions o3 the enHuiry to this e33ect. Far 3ro%
    eEoneration, the +olice o33icers con&uctin! the enHuiry 1elieve& that )ea&1eater so controlle&
    his 1oy +u+ils as to +revent the% tellin! the truth They also note& that )ea&1eater hi%sel3
    #as not +re+are& to 1e intervie#e&.
    The Theoso+hical *ociety in 6%erica:s version o3 these events is even less accurate.... ,t
    clai%s that %e%1ers o3 the *ociety 2calle& u+on the Minister o3 5ustice 3or a co%+lete inHuiry
    an& investi!ation into all o3 the char!es %a&e,2 an& conclu&es that 2This #as &one, an& a3ter
    an eEtensive investi!ation o3 the evi&ence
    --- 1B
    an& o3 %any in&ivi&uals, inclu&in! youn! +eo+le un&er Mr. )ea&1eater:s care, the Court
    &eclare& there #ere no !roun&s 3or the 1ase slan&ers a!ainst hi%, an& thus 3inally he #as
    acHuitte& 1y a le!ally constitute& tri1unal.2 ,n this case, the 3iction has 1een enlar!e&. There
    #as, o3 course, no court or other le!ally constitute& tri1unal, no acHuittal, an& no conclusion
    rese%1lin! in any #ay that alle!e& 1y the unna%e& author o3 this stu&y.
    ,n +art, %uch a++arent &ishonesty in Theoso+hical history can 1e attri1ute& to
    inco%+etence or naivete. The authors si%+ly re+eat #hat has 1een sai& 1e3ore, #ithout
    un&ertakin! the 1asic research #hich #oul& nor%ally 1e consi&ere& essential. This is
    certainly the case #ith all Theoso+hical #ritin!s a1out )ea&1eater: it is less a %atter o3 &eceit
    than o3 inco%+etence. ne %ay ask, ho#ever, #hether this is %uch less re+rehensi1le in
    those clin!in! to a %otto co%%ittin! the% to Truth.
    Much Theoso+hical history is ina&eHuate 1ecause essential sources are &enie& to the
    historian. ;soteric secrecy %ay #ell 1e the >usti3ication, ho#ever, one sus+ects that o3ten it
    %ore likely to 1e an innate 3ear o3 un+alata1le 3acts 1ein! &iscovere& rather than a nee& to
    +reserve occult %ysteries.
    ,t is not, ho#ever, only history #ritten 3ro% #ithin that is +artial or ina&eHuate. 6++arently
    i%+artial aca&e%ic scholarshi+ can 1e eHually inco%+etent. Dr. Bruce Ca%+1ell:s volu%e,
    Ancient )isdom -e*i*ed+ is %arre& 1y nu%erous errors o3 1asic 3act su!!estin! 1oth sho&&y
    %etho&olo!y an& a 3ailure to use 1asic +ri%ary sources, %isun&erstan&in!s an&
    %isinter+retations. ,n 3ourteen +a!es, , coul& i&enti3y 7#ithout +articular e33ort8 %ore than thirty
    errors o3 3act.
    Those #ho #rite Theoso+hical history, #hether 3ro% #ithin or outsi&e the %ove%ent,
    shoul& a++ly the sa%e ri!orous stan&ar&s #hich are the i&eals o3 all historians. $ri%ary
    sources %ust 1e consulte&. The truth %ust 1e state&. 6 clear &istinction %ust 1e %a&e
    1et#een state%ents o3 3act an& eE+ressions o3 o+inion. *ources %ust 1e cite& 3or all
    state%ents, an&, as a !eneral rule, +rinci+le, historical archives shoul& 1e accessi1le to
    researchers.
    -evie#s an& criticis%s %ust 1e &irecte& to#ar&s assessin! the #ork as history,
    re!ar&less o3 the e33ect it %ay have on stron!ly, an& &early, hel& 1elie3s. 6 state%ent is no
    less true 1ecause it is un+leasant or inconvenient or e%1arrassin!. To &eny it 3or that reason
    is &ishonest; to try to cover it u+, or eE+lain it a#ay, is no less so.
    ,n her Cey to Theosophy, 0.$. Blavatsky #rote:
    2;very such atte%+t as the Theoso+hical *ociety has hitherto en&e& in 3ailure 1ecause,
    sooner or later, it has &e!enerate& into a sect, set u+ har&-an&-3ast &o!%as o3 its o#n, an& so
    lost 1y i%+erce+ti1le &e!rees that vitality #hich livin! truth alone can i%+art.2 7The Theoso+hy
    Co%+any, )os 6n!eles, 1F4G:4G<8
    /ntil, an& unless, the 1asic +rinci+les o3 historical %etho&, o+enness an& honesty are
    i%+le%ente&, the #ritin! o3 Theoso+hical history #ill, in any scholarly an& o1>ective sense,
    also en& in 3ailure, an& the %otto ou!ht, accor&in!ly, to 1e re#ritten: 2There is no reli!ion
    hi!her than 7a care3ully e&ite& version o3 the8 truth.2
    ''''''''
    --- 1C
    - Bok, *issela: 1FBC, 'yin#+ Moral (hoice in 7ublic and 7ri*ate 'ife, Juartet, )on&on
    - Ma&!e, 5ohn: 1F=B, The Tools of %ocial %cience+ )on!%ans, )on&on
    - -eynol&s, Frank an& Ca++s, Donal& 7;&s.8, 1FB=, The 5io#raphical 7rocess$ %tudies in the
    >istory of 7sycholo#y of -eli#ion, Mouton, The 0a!ue
    - Tillet, Gre!ory, 1FC(, The Elder 5rother$ A 5io#raphy of ( )$ 'eadbeater+ -outle&!c an&
    ?e!an $aul, )on&on
    - Tillet, Gre!ory, 1FC=, ( )$ 'eadbeater$ A 5io#raphical %tudy+ A Thesis %ubmitted for the
    3e#ree of 3octor of 7hilosophy+ /niversity o3 *y&ney
    --------------------
    D 6s it isn:t o1vious in the conteEt o3 the article, the 2Co%in!2 re3erre& to nu%erous ti%es, is
    the clai% at the ti%e 1y )ea&1eater an& Besant that a ne# #orl& savior #as to %ake an
    a++earance shortly, an& youn! ?rishna%urti #as 1ein! !roo%e& 1y the% 3or the +osition.
    ?rishna%urti later &enounce& the clai%. - ;& 7roto
    '''''''''''''''''''''
    Reie*5
    C$"-e E(c"u(ter- "! the F"urth Ki(, 1y C.D.B. Bryan, 6l3re& ?no+3 $u1s., "DC, 1FF<,
    ++. Eii, 9B=, =EF2, +a+er1ack.
    ;ven thou!h +u1lishe& three years a!o, this title isn:t #i&ely kno#n. ,t is a chronicle o3 the
    6lien 61&uction Con3erence hel& at the Massachusetts ,nstitute o3 Technolo!y 1y +hysicist
    Davi& ;. $ritchar&, an& 0arvar& +sychiatrist 5ohn ;. Mack. 6tten&in! #ere a1&uctees, /F-
    olo!ists, an& an i%+ressive array o3 res+ecte& %e%1ers o3 the aca&e%ic an& scienti3ic
    co%%unity. The results o3 the con3erence in&icate& an uneE+ecte&ly 1roa& an& +revalent
    sco+e 3or the +heno%ena.
    The theoso+hical stu&ent %ay 3in& the &escri+tion o3 the .rays to 1e use3ul 3ro% the
    stan&+oint o3 our evolution, +osin! the Huestion o3 ho# 3ar ahea& o3 us they %ay 1e, a round,
    or a man*antara. The 1ook inclu&es %any accounts o3 the%.
    6 ty+ical scenario 1e!ins #ith 1ri!ht li!ht, then +aralysis, 3ollo#e& 1y 3loatin! out an&
    u+#ar&s to a )ar!e %etallic cra3t via a 1ea% o3 li!ht. nce insi&e, the in&ivi&uals are
    su1>ecte& to eEa%ination, tests, an& i%+lantation or in>ection on col& %etallic ta1les. Their
    a1&uctors usually 3all into 3our ty+es, short !rays 9: tall, tall !rays o3 <.<:, a re+tilian ty+e #ith
    yello# vertical irises an& alli!ator skin o3 =:, an& a rather hu%an lookin! 1lue-eye&, yello#
    haire& B: nor&ic ty+e. But these are only the %ost co%%on.
    Most %e&ical activities are un&er the su+ervision o3 a tall !ray, #ith short !rays &oin! the
    %a>ority o3 the #ork. The a1&uctees are su1>ecte& to these various +roce&ures #ithout
    anesthetic: i%+lants in the ears an& nose, in>ections #ith sin!le an& &ual nee&le syrin!es at
    the navel, ar%s an& han&s, an& intrauterine
    --- 1F
    inse%ination. They eE+erience eEtre%e +ain, an& 1ecause they can not %ove or s+eak,
    horri3ic trau%a. The %a>ority o3 the% are 3e%ale, an& a3ter inse%ination, they are re-a1&ucte&
    in their 3irst tri%ester, an& a 3etus eEtracte& 3or incu1ation.
    These hy1ri&s then &evelo+ in a ty+e o3 a%niotic 3lui& in s%all trans+arent canisters, o3
    #hich the a1&uctees have seen hun&re&sP They are encoura!e& to hol& their youn! hy1ri&
    1a1ies, 1ut o3ten re3use as they see% too stran!e. The !rays re3use to &ivul!e the +ur+ose o3
    this 2ne# race,2 an& are a&a%antly reticent on all Hueries, #hich is 3rustratin! in the eEtre%e.
    3 course all co%%unication is 1y tele+athy or !esture. ne su1>ect #as in3or%e& that she
    #as 2chan!e&,2 that co#s are 2chan!e&,2 an& horses are 2chan!e&.2 6ll in the +resent tense,
    as i3 there #ere no +ast, +resent, an& 3uture in the !ray:s conce+ts.
    The !rays are co%+letely &evoi& o3 e%otions, or 3eelin!s o3 any kin&. They see% unite&
    %entally an& &e&icate& to their o1>ects, #hich 3or the ti%e 1ein!, are a %ystery. They have
    1ut the hint o3 a %outh an& ears, lon! since &is+ense& #ith. "o kitchen or 1athroo% 3acilities
    has yet 1een re+orte&. Their han&s are 3our 3in!ere&, #ithout a thu%1, an& #hen they hol&
    a1&uctees, the i%+ression is that there are no 1ones or >oints, only cartila!e. They no lon!er
    have a !en&er, havin! transcen&e& +hysical re+ro&uction. Their surroun&in!s are +lain an&
    #ithout e%1ellish%ent, sHuare roo%s an& corri&ors, an& li!hte& control +anels. ne su1>ect
    recalls seein! #hat a++eare& to 1e hiero!ly+hs on a #all. The tall nor&ic ty+es never have
    any interaction #ith the !rays, eEce+t casually, one o1serve&.
    The su1>ects have 1een asse%1le& in lar!e !rou+s o3 +erha+s 1GG, at an un&er!roun&
    site on the east coast 21i! enou!h to hol& several B(Bs2 #ith a hu!e cano+y &oor, #hich #hen
    o+ene&, allo#e& s%all +e11les an& tur3 to 3all on the 3loor. They #ere then loa&e& into a
    s+ace shi+ #here they #itnesse& a sort o3 nursery o3 s%all ani%als o3 all ty+es, an& hy1ri&s.
    There is sai& to 1e another si%ilar installation in the 6%erican south#est.
    These accounts are &istille& 3ro% hun&re&s o3 +eo+le, %ost o3 #ho% are avera!e
    un1elievers in /Fs, or #ere so +rior to their eE+eriences. They all su33er 3ro% a3ter e33ects,
    an& are only no# &iscoverin! that they are not insane, 1ut si%+ly victi%s. The 1ook o33ers
    co%+ellin! evi&ence. We can only s+eculate on the +ur+ose o3 these activities. ,t see%s that
    theoso+hy has the tools to account 3or the %ono-chro%atic non-+ersonalities o3 the !rays, i3
    one eEtra+olates an& a++lies the characteristics o3 an a&vance& cycle, #here the astral #orl&
    &oes not eEist an& there is no corres+on&in! level +resent in the constitution o3 the 1ein!s ...
    #e may 1eco%e.
    Bryan:s co%3orta1le narrative is #ell #ritten, an& easy to rea&, !ivin! an overvie# o3 the
    +eo+le an& +ersonalities at this %ost unusual con3erence.
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    . Iictor ;n&ers1y
    5ekkara rea& #ith a s#ellin! >oy. The !reat %o%ent ha& co%e 3or the %eetin! M3ace to
    3ace.N 0e rea& a!ain:
    M0avin! serve& the Wis&o% 3aith3ully, accor&in! to your un&erstan&in!, 3or seven
    years, the ti%e 3or testin! is at han&. Dou #ill +resent yoursel3 at sunrise to%orro# at the
    ;astern !ate o3 the 6shra%.
    - Dour Guru.N
    6 sli!ht note o3 +uAAle%ent cre+t into his %in&. 0e sat un&er *uryachakra, the 0i!h
    $riest, every &ay. Why a letter. Why shoul& not the Great ne lea& hi% into the $resence
    #ith &ue cere%ony an& o1servance, u+on his &aily re+ortin! 3or &uty. 0e trace& also a sli!ht
    uneasiness in the +hrase Maccor&in! to your un&erstan&in!.N 0e ha& o1serve& every rule,
    o1eye& every or&er an& least hint 3ro% those a1ove, searchin! his heart accor&in! to the
    rules every &ay 3or any trace o3 reluctance or uncleanliness o3 %in&. Why the Huali3yin!
    +hrase. ,t %ust then 1e that ho#soever one trie&, there #ere still little la+ses too una++arent
    3or the %in& to catch, yet serious enou!h to call 3or correction. This, he thou!ht, #as cause
    3or >oy rather than %is!ivin!; correction at han& o3 the ne he #as surely a1out to %eet #as
    o3 necessity %ore to 1e &esire& than +raise 3ro% all the #orl& 1esi&e...
    6t the a++ointe& hour an& +lace, he sa# no one lookin! out#ar& 3ro% the !ate.
    There #as 1ut the usual strin!in! in#ar& o3 &isci+les to their &uties. 0e kne# not #hat he
    ha& antici+ate& - so%e %essen!er to usher hi% #ithin the 1uil&in! to so%e secret +lace, or
    +erha+s even the 3ace o3 the Guru 0i%sel3. 0e !re# 3ear3ul as the %inutes #ent 1y, tryin! to
    re+resent to hi%sel3 that this #as the 3irst o3 his tests - a little test o3 +atience. Det &es+ite this
    thou!ht, a na%eless +anic slo#ly cre+t alon! his nerves, until at last in 3ri!ht o3 so%e a#3ul
    unto#ar& thin!, he 3le& #ithin an& sou!ht out the 0i!h $riest. The chela at the &oor
    !raciously 1o#e& hi% #ithin as #as his #ont - the hi!h one #as ever !racious to even the
    least o3 as+irants. *uryachakra !aAe& at hi% #ith a kin&ly Huestion in his eyes. This alar%e&
    5ekkara %ore than ever.
    MThe - the letter.N 0e choke&.
    *uryachakra raise& his eye1ro#s. M)etter.N
    5ekkara eEten&e& it. *uryachakra rea& it #ith a stran!e eE+ression. 0a& even the
    sha&o# o3 such a thou!ht not 1een 1las+he%y, 5ekkhara #oul& have thou!ht hi% alar%e&.
    Juickly co%+osin! his 3eatures, he looke& u+. MThere is so%ethin! to 1e seen to,N he
    sai&. M,3 you #ill 3or!ive %e....N 0e s#e+t Huickly out o3 the roo%. There #as a lon! &elay
    #hile 5ekkara ate another +ortion o3 his heart. 6t
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    last the !reat one returne&.
    MMy son,N he sai&, Ma chela-scri1e has %a&e an error. , a% very sorry, 1ut your ti%e is
    not Huite yet. The letter #as %eant 3or another.N
    The color o3 the &ay #as lea&en 3or 5ekkara. MBut ...., thou!ht , ha& &one #ell - is
    there not ho+e .....N
    MThere is %uch ho+e in&ee&, %y 1oy. Dou ha*e &one #ell - very #ell. But the
    0i%avat #as not raise& #ithin a &ay. There is yet so%e#hat to overco%e. But #ith &ili!ence
    it shall not 1e lon! - not lon! at all.N
    5ekkara resi!ne& hi%sel3 an& #ent a#ay su1%issively, takin! so%e co%3ort 3ro% the
    +riestLs %anner. "eEt year, +erha+s; or even neEt %onth, he &are& ho+e.
    "eEt %onth an& neEt year #ent 1y; another an& another. ,nstea& o3 the 3ul3ill%ent he
    eE+ecte&, it see%e& to hi% that the !oal #as 3arther than 1e3ore; 3or *uryachakraLs %anner
    ha& chan!e& so%e#hat. 0e #as no lon!er so easy to see in +rivate; his ton!ue !re# shar+
    to#ar& 5ekkara in instruction to the !rou+. Det 5ekkara coul& 3in& nau!ht in hi%sel3 3or cause.
    0e 1e!an to have %oo&s o3 1lack &es+air. ,3 one coul& not +lease the 0i!h $riest, #hat
    chance o3 +leasin! the hi&&en Guru - so %uch !reater, hence %ore critical. 6t last there
    ca%e a stran!e &ay #hen, +assin! on an unusual erran& 1y a curtaine& &oor#ay, he hear&
    the voice o3 the 0i!h $riest s+eakin! to one o3 the envie& hi!her Chelas.
    MWhat are #e to &o #ith that 3ool, 5ekkara.N he sai& i%+atiently.
    M6t least,N sai& the shocke& listener to hi%sel3, M, shall no# &iscover #hat is a%iss #ith
    %e.N
    M0e &oes not see% &iscoura!e& at all.N
    MDiscoura!e&, yes. But stu11orn - stu+i&ly stu11orn 1eyon& 1elie3. ,t is only a %atter
    o3 ti%e until he sus+ects. Meanti%e, the %oney le3t 3or his e&ucation an& trainin! 1y his
    &otin! +arents has lon! 1een eE+en&e&, an& he is 1ut a useless %outh to 3ee&. Det he
    cannot 1e %a&e use o3. 0e is too stu+i&ly, stu11ornly cre&ulous o3 the i%+ossi1le %orals an&
    +ro%ise o3 this so-calle& Wis&o%, an& #oul& &enounce us 3uriously shoul& he sus+ect.N
    MBut then %any have &one that. Who 1elieve& the%.N
    M*uch is the &i33iculty. There have 1een too %any. The &ro+lets o3 sus+icion 1e!in to
    #ear a#ay the stone o3 3aith - an& this hea&lon! honest i&iocy o3 5ekkaraLs, reckonin! not o3
    his o#n hurts an& har&shi+s, has !one 3ar a1roa&. ,n&ee&, there are so%e in #hose %in&s
    even 2 %i!ht #ei!h alon! #ith hi% in the 1alance.N
    MWell then...N sai& the chela, his voice 3allin! to a #his+er unhear&, as the t#o &e+arte&
    in so%e other &irection, leavin! the shattere& can&i&ate to &ra! hi%sel3 to#ar& his Huarters as
    1est he %i!ht.
    There %ay 1e a%on! the hearers o3 this tale so%e #ho have +asse& such a ni!ht o3 re&
    an& 1lack a!ony as then 3ell to 5ekkaraNs lot. "one others %ay kno# the 3ull horror thereo3.
    5ekkara &i& not un&erstan& hal3 that he ha& hear&; #hat he &i& un&erstan& ha& 1een &ou1ly
    too %uch. ,n the so&&en rainin!
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    %ornin!, he rolle& his sli!ht +ossessions into a cloth an& 3le&, #ithout ai%, &irection, or
    +ur+ose. 0is sole ai% #as to ri& hi%sel3 o3 all %e%ory o3 that holy +lace turne& evil
    overni!ht.
    ;Ece+t that he 1e!!e& at ti%es, &i& a little +oorly +ai& an& unskille& #ork at others, he
    re%e%1ere& nothin! save hun!er an& col& an& har& 1e&&in! +laces, scorn an& so%eti%es
    kicks, &urin! the neEt %onths. *o%eho#, a &ulle& 1ut stu11orn #ill to live reasserte& itsel3,
    an& #ith %ore vi!or he sou!ht livelihoo& in various #ays, an& trie& to achieve skills. But all
    that he essaye&, save the tasks o3 the lo#est, encroache& u+on the >ealously !uar&e& ri!hts
    o3 various castes; so that at last he resi!ne& hi%sel3 to crust #on throu!h la1or re>ecte& even
    1y the %ost &estitute in a &estitute lan&.
    0is nu%1e& %in& recoverin! the 3aculty o3 %otion, he 1e!an slo#ly to seek the causes
    o3 this thin!. M/n&er ?ar%a,N he thou!ht. MBut stay - #hat &o , kno# this ?ar%a, save #hat ,
    have 1een tol& 1y *uryachakra the False, an& his cohorts. False in %any thin!s, #hy not
    3alse in all. What no# &o , kno# in reality o3 the cycle o3 re1irth, or o3 the !reat s#ee+in!
    #heelin!s o3 Ti%e, his clearances an& eHualiAin!s, such as , have 1een tau!ht.N
    Thus the 3irst thrust o3 the rea#akene& %in& 1rou!ht the lancin! +ain o3 all-&ou1t, a&&in!
    ne# &arkness to a ni!ht alrea&y see%in! i%+enetra1le. For the Du!+a in a hi!h +lace &oes a
    &ou1le #ork. /n&iscovere&, he su1tly corru+ts &octrine an& +ractice, an& lea&s conscience
    astray. Discovere&, the shock o3 1etrayal turns into a sour vo%it o3 &ou1t an& sneer, the
    un&i!este& &octrine in the sto%ach o3 those #ho have 3ollo#e& the +ath o3 another rather
    than the li!ht in their o#n hearts. Det the &u!+a has a +ro1le% o3 his o#n; to corru+t or %ake
    evil use o3 the Wis&o%, he %ust +er3orce an& nevertheless teach it, an& so 1eco%es 3or
    so%e the un#ittin! an& un#illin! channel 3or kno#le&!e, ho#ever &elaye& an& restricte&. For
    1y its unre%ittin! +ressure the Wis&o% see+s slo#ly throu!h all channels, 3oul an& clean.
    By slo# &e!rees then, 5ekkara learne& to +art #hat he ha& heard 3ro% #hat he ne&;
    #hat he kne# 3ro% "ature, 3ro% his o#n heart an& the hearts o3 others; an& thus to >u&!e the
    truth in that #hich #as hear&, 1y that #hich #as kno#n.
    Throu!h all, the letter so%eho# clun! to his %in&. 6s ti%e #ent on, it see%e& to hi%
    less like the %istake that *uryachakra clai%e& it to 1e. The thou!ht ca%e to hi%, 3aintly at
    3irst, then ever %ore convincin!ly, that so%e#here attache& to the 3alse 6shra% ha& 1een
    so%ethin! o3 reality; that there ha& 1een so%e one, or so%e 3e#, co!niAant o3 the &ece+tions
    an& 3rau&s, #ho ha& sent that letter, %eanin! to interce+t hi% at the !ate an& 1y so%e
    strata!e% take hi% to a secret +lace #here the truth shoul& 1e reveale& an& he 1e &elivere&
    3ro% the #iles o3 scoun&rels. But i3 so, he thou!ht, these 3rien&s, #ell-%eanin! as they %i!ht
    1e, ha& not 1een very +o#er3ul; they ha& 1een +revente& 3ro% their +lan 1y so%e acci&ent, or
    +erha+s so%e violence. Moreover, ha& they 1een o3 a sta%+ #orthy o3 3ollo#in!, they #oul&
    have kno#n o3 his &e+arture an& %a&e the%selves kno#n
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    to hi%. $erha+s, he thou!ht, so%ethin! ha& 3ri!htene& the% a#ay. "evertheless he ke+t the
    letter, #ell 1oun& in a skin envelo+e, 3or no 1etter reason than that he %i!ht so%e &ay solve
    the %ystery #ithin it. *lo#ly a ne# +ur+ose 1e!an to li!hten his li3e; the +ur+ose o3 carryin!
    to the hu%1le +eo+le a1out hi% so%e#hat o3 the &ee+ +hiloso+hy that he ha& 3inally sorte&
    out o3 the %elan!e o3 the teachin!s o3 the 6shra% a1sor1e& 3or so %any years. 63ter all, he
    re3lecte&, it &i& not nee& a !reat hall, or 3ine rai%ent, 3or one to talk to those #ho %i!ht listen.
    But #hen he trie&, the #or&s ca%e a#k#ar&ly an& ti%i&ly. 0e realiAe& at last that the lively
    3lo# o3 #or&s, the con3i&ence in hi%sel3 an& the Wis&o%, that ha& cause& hun&re&s to listen
    to his 3or%er e33orts, &i& not in truth co%e 3ro% #ithin hi%sel3, 1ut 3ro% the +raises an&
    a&%iration o3 those a1out hi%, 3ro% the sense o3 security a33or&e& 1y the %ultitu&inous
    shoul&er-touch o3 co%ra&es see%in!ly on the sa%e +ath. 6lone, he #as nothin!. Those
    a1out hi% kne# nau!ht o3 these scholarly #or&s or their 3ine an& su1tle %eanin!s; nor coul&
    he +ut his thou!hts - or any hi!h thou!hts at all - in their o#n s+eech.
    Dole3ully re3lectin! that the #orl& as he no# 3oun& it #hen un+rotecte&, #as a #orl&
    sel3ish, &ishonest, lust3ul an& !ree&y, it ca%e su&&enly to hi% as a 1lin&in! li!ht, that the
    ar%or a %an %ust #ear a!ainst all others to sustain hi%sel3 in this li3e, coul& 1e use& 3or
    so%ethin! other than +rotection. ,t coul& 1e use& to kee+ out the &ark. Within hi%sel3 at
    least lay a &o%ain, into #hich - !iven the #ill - nothin! o3 these evils nee& enter; an& the
    ut%ost +rice that he %i!ht have to +ay 3or the e33ort #as 1ut &eath; truly a thin! ri&iculous 3or
    any %an to 3ear. Thence3orth, to one #ho snatche& the hal3 o3 his last crust, he !ave the rest.
    ,3 one &es+ite3ully turne& hi% 3ro% the 3la+less &oor o3 his hut, he sat in that &oor throu!h the
    chill o3 the ni!ht to #ar& o33 col& 3ro% the in%ate. ,n&ee& &i& he co%e near to &eath in this
    %anner, 1ut #as no lon!er i!nore&. *o%e 3le& hi% as a %a&%an, an& so%e hastene& to
    +lacate an& 3ee& hi% 3or the sa%e reason. But here an& there, so%e hu%1le one, %in&3ul o3
    the ancient le!en&s o3 the hal3-3or!otten Wis&o%, sa# in hi% a holy %an an& #oul& have
    3ollo#e& hi% ha& he +er%itte&. This he &i& not, 1ecause it see%e& to hi% only a %ockery o3
    holy thin!s that any shoul& 3ollo# that #hich #as a nothin!ness, !iven to all as a !i3t o3 no
    #orth; an& that one #ho &i& so coul& only co%e to har% an& 3olly.
    ,n ti%e, 3ro% across %any years an& countless %iles, ca%e ne#s o3 the 1lack iniHuities
    that #ere 3oun& 1ehin& the %ask o3 the holy 6shra% o3 his 3or%er &ays; its 1urnin! 1y the
    +eo+le an& the stonin! o3 its %onks an& +riests 3ro% the to#n. The ne#s har&ly %ove& hi%
    at all. 0e ha& lon! kno#n that all ha& 1een #ron! there; the &etails %attere& not; the
    retri1ution #as 1ut the sure 3lo# o3 ?ar%a, nau!ht to 1e uneE+ecte&.
    There 3inally ca%e a ti%e in the %onsoon, #hen 5ekkara 3oun& hi%sel3 set u+on a
    heart-1reakin! an& %uscle-1reakin! task a%i& a stran!e cre#. ,t #as a rich villa!e that lay on
    the +lain so%e %iles 3ro% a !or!e in the vast %ountains, #here ran a +ath 3ollo#e& 1y
    #an&erin! %en 3ro% %any lan&s. The river #as in !i!antic 3loo& that threatene& to to+ the
    &ike in #hose 1en& lay the villa!e, an&
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    the lo#est s+ot o3 this &ike #as %anne& 1y a lon! line o3 %en entice& 1y the 3loo&%aster 3ro%
    a%on! hun!ry stra!!lers alon! the +ath.
    The 3loo& rose inch 1y inch; the %u& hea+e& u+on the &ike clun! to the #oo&en shovels
    so that a %an #earily carrie& 1ack the t#o-thir&s o3 all that he li3te&; they sli++e& an&
    stu%1le& an& 3ell in the %ire, an& u+on each 3oot ro&e i%%ova1le a 1all o3 %u& the siAe o3 a
    tur1an. Det the ever-risin! #ater ur!e& on to 1ack-1reakin! e33ort #ithout rest; 3or these
    ho%eless %en, lookin! u+on the +eace3ul villa!e 1elo#, re%e%1ere& that hel+less #o%en
    an& chil&ren lay #ithin these houses. Most o3 the% ha& %e%ories o3 their o#n that no#
    1rou!ht out the lon!-1urie& sense o3 &uty, an& stren!th 3or e33ort. Det they curse& 1itterly at
    the o1livious tra&es%en o3 the to#n. 5ust 1e3ore 5ekkara >oine& the%, the 3loo&%aster ha&
    1een threatene& #ith their shovels into !oin! into the villa!e an& &e%an&in! that every %an
    an& every stron! %an-chil& not sick, >oin the% u+on that &ike, lest all shovels 1e &ro++e&.
    This 3ello# no# re>oine& the% #ith a 1itter 3ace.
    MWhat sai& they.N crie& the cro#&.
    MThey sai& that they ha& the ut%ost con3i&ence in %y a1ility to &o #hat is necessary #ith
    #hat is at han&; that , have never 3aile& the% yet, an& they &i& not 1elieve that , shoul& no#.N
    6 !roanin! curse arose; several thre# &o#n their shovels an& &e+arte& - 1ut shortly
    slackene& their +ace an& returne& sha%e-3ace&ly.
    M,, 3or one,N sai& a voice, M&o not +ro+ose to lose #hat , have le3t o3 %anhoo& %erely
    1ecause those 3at +aunches are not %en - even in 1ehal3 o3 their #o%en an& chil&ren.N The
    rest looke& at hi% 3or a %o%ent. Men #ith %any stran!e 3aces, a%on! #ho #ere t#o yello#
    ones #ith slant eyes 3ro% &istant Cathay; an& a hu!e %an such as none there ha& ever seen
    or coul& +lace; a %an #ith re& hair an& 1ear& an& skin li!hter than the rest, #ith a roarin!
    voice an& over1earin! %anner. *o%e kin& o3 3reak or %onstrous 1irth, yet han&y in that
    +lace, 3or #hatever #ei!ht o3 %u& any %an there shi3te&, this one shi3te& the &ou1le. This
    %onster stoo& erect an& no&&e&, %akin! lou& an& uncouth noises that see%e& to si!ni3y
    a++roval.
    The s+eaker #as one they calle& the 5oker; a s%all an& #iAene& %an #ith a #ry 3ace
    an& a lau!h 3or every +ain. nly he #as a secon& to the re&-1ear& in +ro#ess #ith the %u&-
    1alle& shovel, an& the cre# ha& 1een hel& to!ether as %uch 3ro% 3ear o3 his 1itin! scorn as
    1y anythin! they kne#. They turne& to a!ain #ith rene#e& li3e. But the stoutest #ill %ust
    yiel& at last. The 3loo& rose ever 3aster, #ithin inches o3 to++in!. *o%e looke& at the 1lack
    clou&-s#athe& 1ulk o3 the %erciless %ountains, sen&in! &o#n the rollin!, ever-risin! #aters;
    sa# that once the &ike o3 so3t %u& #ere 1reache&, every %an #oul& 1e sucke& un&er #ith it;
    thre# a#ay their shovels, an& 3le&. The &esertions 1eca%e a sta%+e&e. 6t last there #ere
    le3t alone on the &ike, 5ekkara, the 5oker, an& the re& %onster.
    The 5okerLs shovel ca%e to rest at last. 0e leane& on it an& silently #atche&. The !iant
    3ollo#e& suit. 5ekkara realiAe&, #ithout e%otion other than a !reat relie3 that the en&in! o3
    sorro# #as at han&, that only %inutes #ere le3t to
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    look u+on the thin!s o3 this #orl&. 0e ha& 3ollo#e& a 3alse +ath; he ha& 3aile& as a chela, ha&
    3aile& as a teacher. 6t the en&, he ha& not 3aile& as a %an, thou!h that en& 1e in s#irlin!
    %u&&y #aters. The re& %an stoo&, his roarin! %ute&, see%in!ly lost in silent thou!ht,
    +erha+s o3 the sa%e kin&, 3or all 5ekkara coul& kno#. *tran!ely, the 5oker still see%e& as a
    livin! %an. Thou!h Huiet, his eyes re%aine& 1ri!ht, alert, #atch3ul. Dee+ly intereste& as he
    looke& u+on the #aters, 1ut unconcerne&, like one #ho a#aite& the cli%aE o3 a +lay in the
    %arket-+lace.
    6 thin li+ o3 #ater, e&!e& #ith 1ro#n 3oa%, venture& hal3#ay across the &ike. 6nother,
    thicker, 3ollo#e& it; a 3e# &ro+s trickle& &o#n on the villa!e si&e. The thir& 1e!an a thin
    %u&&y strea% that ate into the so3t &ike like a sa# into #oo&. Then no %ore. The 5oker
    stoo+e& an& set a t#i! into the #aterLs e&!e on the &ike. )on! %inutes +asse&; at last
    visi1le s+ace sho#e& 1et#een the #ater an& a thin line o3 3oa% on the stick that %arke& the
    hi!hest level. The air !lo#e&. The 5oker silently +ointe& to the sky, #here a 1rilliant 1lue
    +atch sho#e& over the %ountains. The others heave& !reat si!hs.
    The 5okerLs !aAe re%aine& 3iEe& HuiAAically on 5ekkaraLs 3ace.
    MDoes that letter still +uAAle you.N he aske&.
    5ekkara >erke& violently #ith astonish%ent.
    M,t is a #ise %an,N continue& the 5oker, M#ho can &iscern the 1e!innin! o3 a testin!; #iser
    still, #ho can un&erstan& the %anner o3 it; an& #isest o3 all, #ho can tell #hen it has co%e to
    an en&.N
    6t that %o%ent, the villa!ers, arouse& si%ultaneously to their &rea&3ul +eril an& the
    en&in! o3 it, ca%e s#ar%in! on the &ike #ith +raises, an& so%e even eEten&e& a 3e# co++er
    coins o3 a++reciation. Dully, lost in a %ental s+in, 5ekkara hear& arran!e%ents 1ein! %a&e
    3or a 3east o3 thanks!ivin!, to #hich all #ho ha& #orke& on the &ike #ere 1i&&en, re!ar&less
    o3 caste an& race - thou!h un&er se+arate she&s o3 course.
    The 5oker s+oke to 5ekkara: MThere is 1etter #ork to &o else#here.N
    0e thrust his shovel into the %u& an& &irecte& so!!y 3ootste+s to#ar&s the %ountains, not
    lookin! 1ack. 5ekkara 3ollo#e&. The re&1ear& !lance& a3ter the%, then to#ar& the cro#&
    1oun& 3or the 3east; !lance& a!ain, then 3ollo#e& a3ter 5ekkara.

    U Fro% Theosophical 1otes+ Fe1ruary, 1F<4 V
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    T&e S%n8s "D*e!!er" Dis#oere/?
    6ccor&in! to a ne#s+a+er account 76strono%ers seekin! :ne#: solar o1>ect, The 5lade,
    1GS1(SFF, ?ni!ht "e#s *ervice8 +ossi1ly a ne# an& 0u!e o1>ect or1itin! the sun has 1een
    &iscovere& 1y t#o in&e+en&ent research tea%s. The o1>ect, nickna%e& 2the +ertur1er2
    1ecause o3 its !ravitational a33ect on co%ets, is
    --- B
    thou!ht - i3 it eEists - to 1e a1out three ti%es the siAe o3 5u+iter, #hich is 1y 3ar the lar!est
    kno#n +lanet, an& a1out three trillion %iles 3ro% the sun. There is a &i33erence in o+inion as to
    #hether it %ay 1e a +lanet or a &ea& 1urne& out %inistar or 21ro#n &#ar3.2 ,3 so, it !ives out
    too little ra&iation to 1e seen &irectly an& it is ho+e& to 1e &etecte& 1y a "6*6 in3rare&
    telesco+e sche&ule& to 1e launche& in a1out ( years. $hysicist Daniel Whit%ire o3 )ouisiana
    /niversity s+eculates 2that #hen the solar syste% 3or%e&, there #ere t#o stars: the *un an&
    a s%all t#in. The theoretical t#in shrank an& coole&. ,3 it can 1e o1serve& at all, it #oul& 1e in
    the in3rare& s+ectru% o3 li!ht, he sai&2
    This later s+eculation #oul& see% to 1e rou!hly in a!ree%ent #ith Theoso+hical &octrines
    on the 3or%ation o3 +lanetary chains, an& 1y analo!y, one %i!ht think in the 3or%ation o3
    *tars, as our *un. ,s this 1urnt out star the 2&#eller on the threshol&2 or astral shell o3 our
    3or%er *un in a +revious syste% o3 !lo1es. Theoso+hical Doctrines hol& that the %oon is the
    shell or s+ook o3 a 3or%er ;arth, an& analo!ically this 21ro#n &#ar32 star %ay 1e the shell o3
    our 3or%er *un. 6s 61ove, *o Belo#. 2ur ?os%os an& "ature #ill run &o#n only to rea++ear
    on a %ore +er3ect +lane a3ter every $-6)6D6.2 7 *D 1, 19F 7/)T88
    Blavatsky #rites on +lanetary !lo1es an& roun&s:
    2Without atte%+tin! the very &i33icult task o3 !ivin! out the #hole +rocess in all its
    cos%ic &etails, enou!h %ay 1e sai& to !ive an a++roEi%ate i&ea o3 it. When a +lanetary chain
    is in its last -oun&, its Glo1e , or 6, 1e3ore 3inally dyin# out, sen&s all its ener!y an&
    :+rinci+les: into a neutral centre o3 latent 3orce, a :laya centre,: an& there1y in3or%s a ne#
    nucleus o3 un&i33erentiate& su1stance or %atter, i$e$, calls it into activity or !ives it li3e.
    *u++ose such a +rocess to have taken +lace in the lunar :+lanetary: chain; su++ose a!ain, 3or
    ar!u%ent:s sake.... that the %oon is 3ar ol&er than the ;arth. ,%a!ine the siE 3ello#-!lo1es o3
    the %oon - aeons 1e3ore the 3irst !lo1e o3 our seven #as evolve& - >ust in the sa%e +osition in
    relation to each other as the 3ello#-!lo1es o3 our chain occu+y in re!ar& to our ;arth no#....
    6n& no# it #ill 1e easy to i%a!ine 3urther Glo1e 6 o3 the lunar chain in3or%in! Glo1e 6 o3 the
    terrestrial chain, an& - &yin!; Glo1e B o3 the 3or%er sen&in! a3ter that its ener!y into Glo1e B
    o3 the ne# chain; then Glo1e C o3 the lunar, creatin! its +ro!eny s+here C o3 the terrene
    chain; then the Moon ..... +ourin! 3orth into the lo#est !lo1e o3 our +lanetary rin! - Glo1e D,
    our ;arth - all its li3e, ener!y an& +o#ers; an&, havin! trans3erre& the% to a ne# centre
    1eco%in! virtually a dead planet.... The Moon is no# the col& resi&ual Huantity, the sha&o#
    &ra!!e& a3ter the ne# 1o&y, into #hich her livin! +o#ers an& :+rinci+les: are trans3use&2 7*D
    ,, 1<<-=8 This latter &escri+tion is also a !oo& one 3or the 21ro#n &#ar32 +ossi1ly circlin! our
    *un. 7Blavatsky 3urther re%arks that the %oon #ill !ra&ually &issi+ate 21e3ore our seventh
    roun&2 - #hich is #hy Ienus an& Mercury have no %oon, as they are 3ar ol&er than the ;arth.8
    6n eE+lanation o3 the 2Glo1es an& -oun&s2 can 1e 3oun& in Theoso+hical )iterature, 1ut
    in a thu%1nail sketch, 1asically the 2li3e2 o3 the earth an& 1ein!s on it travel cyclically throu!h
    a series o3 seven 2Glo1es2 #hich eEist
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    on &i33erent levels o3 %ateriality or su1stance. This cycle is co%+lete& seven ti%es an& then
    the #hole syste% o3 Glo1es 2&ies2 an& trans3ers its li3e an& ener!y to a ne# series o3 Glo1es
    on a +lane or su1-+lane su+erior or %ore re3ine& in the universal %ake-u+ an& su1stance.
    The &yin! !lo1es leave 1ehin& a 2s+ook2 7our %oon8 analo!ous to the te%+orary shell or
    s+ook Theoso+hical &octrines hol& a nor%al hu%an leaves 1ehin& a3ter +hysical &eath. This
    3or%erly hu%an s+ook is on #hat to us is the 2astral2 +lane an& !ra&ually &isinte!rates. ur
    Moon is such a s+ook on #hat #as 3or%erly the astral +lane o3 our 3or%er syste% o3 Glo1es -
    #hich no# has reincarnate&, as it #ere, on 2one level u+2 in cos%ic su1stance, an& thus #e
    see +hysically #hat #as 3or%erly the invisi1le astral in the +revious strin! o3 !lo1es. G. &e
    $urucker #rites:
    2...0o# is it then, it %ay 1e aske&, i3 Glo1e D o3 the Moon-Chain vanishe&, that #e see
    our +resent Moon. We have 1e3ore +ointe& out that our Moon is a +hanto%, a ?a%a-ru+a, o3
    the Moon:s Glo1e D that #as, 1ut #e o3 earth ha++en to 1e on the +lane o3 #hat #as the
    astral to the )unarians. We have !one u+ a ste+, an& #e see #ith out +hysical eyes #hat
    #oul& have 1een invisi1le to us #hen #e live& on the Moon. 6s a %an #hen &e+artin! this li3e
    leaves his ka%a-ru+a in the astral real%s 1ehin& hi%, the sha&e, as the ancients +ut it, his
    s+ook until it &isinte!rates - i3 ha+ly that 1e the %an:s 3ortunate &estiny - so &oes it ha++en
    #ith the !lo1es; 1ecause these !lo1es are livin! thin!s.2 74undamentals of the Esoteric
    7hilosophy, 9BC 7$)$88
    :6n& the +oint 1ein!, that *uns an& *tars %ay also leave 1ehin& a s+ook, 2%oon2 or
    21ro#n &#ar32 also.
    Blavatsky #rites on the 3or%ation o3 *uns an& +lanets 3ro% the cos%ic 1ase-%atter, Fohat
    or 2#orl&-stu33.2
    2...Fohat the :knottier,: an& 3ro% one +oint o3 vie# it is the :#orl&-stu33.: ... its con&ense&
    +art #hich alone is seen... This 3or%s into :knots: an& +asses throu!h the sun-sta!e, the
    co%etary an& +lanetary sta!es, until 3inally it 1eco%es a &ea& 1o&y, or a %oon. There are
    also various kin&s o3 suns. The sun o3 the solar syste% is a re3lection. D 6t the en& o3 the solar
    %anvantara, it #ill 1e!in to !et less an& less ra&iant, !ivin! less an& less heat, o#in! to a
    chan!e in the real sun, o3 #hich the visi1le sun is the re3lection. 63ter the solar $ralaya, the
    +resent sun #ill, in a 3uture Manvantara, 1eco%e a co%etary 1o&y, 1ut certainly not &urin! the
    li3e o3 our little +lanetary chain.2 75la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s Q, 4C(-4, Transactions8
    ,t is &i33icult to tell i3 a sun 3ollo#s the sa%e +attern o3 roun&s an& 2reincarnatin!2 in a ne#
    Glo1e chain as &o the +lanets. $erha+s in a %ore Co%+leE hierarchy there are a syste% o3
    seven *un-Glo1es Which !o throu!h a series o3 seven roun&s in that syste% or hierarchy,
    an& the +lanets an& +lanetary !lo1es an& roun&s are 2ta!-alon!s2 in the *un:s su+erior
    syste%. Then a!ain, +erha+s the sun is +art o3 a hi!her or&er o3 inclusive la#s that #oul& 1e
    &i33icult to un&erstan&. 6&&itionally the *un:s $ralaya or slee+S&eath is likely not the sa%e as
    the +ralaya 3or a syste% o3 +lanetary !lo1es a3ter seven roun&s, 1ut i3 an&
    --- F
    ho# it can leave a 2%oon,2 shell, or 21ro#n &#ar32 1ehin& a3ter certain cycles is not at all clear
    to this #riter. Blavatsky #rites else#here a1out the 3uture &eath o3 our *un, #hich 3its the
    &escri+tion o3 #hat over a hun&re& years later #e #oul& &escri1e as a star !oin! 2nova:2
    2... When that &ay co%es, the se%1lance or re3lection o3 the *un #hich #e see, #ill 3irst
    3all o33 like a veil 3ro% the 3ace o3 the true *un. "o %ortal #ill see it 3or no %ortal eye coul&
    1ear its ra&iance. Were this veil once re%ove& 3or even a secon&, all the +lanets o3 its syste%
    #oul& 1e instantaneously re&uce& to ashes, as the siEty thousan& o3 ?in! *a!ara:s *ons
    &ere destroyed by a !lance o3 ?a+ila:s eye.2 7BCW Q, 9G(-4, Transactions8
    ''''''''
    D $erha+s as our +hysical 1o&y is a re3lection o3 sorts an& to a &e!ree o3 our soul. -
    7roto
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    OON1 S104P
    . Blavatsky
    ..."o# it is a 3un&a%ental &octrine o3 Theoso+hy that the Mse+aratenessN #hich #e 3eel
    1et#een ourselves an& the #orl& o3 livin! 1ein!s aroun& us is an illusion, not a reality. ,n very
    &ee& an& truth, all %en are one, not in a 3eelin! o3 senti%ental !ush an& hysterical
    enthusias%, 1ut in so1er earnest. 6s all ;astern +hiloso+hy teaches, there is 1ut "; *;)F
    in all the in3inite /niverse, an& #hat #e %en call Msel3N is 1ut the illusionary re3lection o3 the
    "; *;)F in the heavin! #aters o3 earth. True ccultis% is the &estruction o3 the 3alse i&ea
    o3 *el3, an& there3ore true s+iritual +er3ection an& kno#le&!e are nothin! else 1ut the
    co%+lete i&enti3ication o3 our 3inite MselvesN #ith the Great 6ll. ,t 3ollo#s, there3ore, that no
    s+iritual +ro!ress at all is +ossi1le eEce+t 1y an& throu!h the 1ulk o3 0u%anity. ,t is only
    #hen the #hole o3 0u%anity has attaine& ha++iness that the in&ivi&ual can ho+e to 1eco%e
    +er%anently ha++y - 3or the in&ivi&ual is an inse+ara1le +art o3 the Whole.
    0ence there is no contra&iction #hatever 1et#een the altruistic %aEi%s o3 Theoso+hy
    an& its in>unction to kill out all &esire 3or %aterial thin!s, to strive a3ter s+iritual +er3ection. For
    s+iritual +er3ection an& s+iritual an& s+iritual kno#le&!e can only 1e reache& on the s+iritual
    +lane; in other #or&s, only in that state in #hich all sense o3 se+arateness, all sel3ishness, all
    3eelin! o3 +ersonal interest an& &esire, has 1een %er!e& in the #i&er consciousness o3 the
    unity o3 Mankin&.
    This sho#s also that no 1lin& su1%ission to the co%%an&s o3 another can 1e
    &e%an&e&, or #oul& 1e o3 any use. ;ach in&ivi&ual %ust learn 3or hi%sel3, throu!h trial an&
    su33erin!, to &iscri%inate #hat is 1ene3icial to 0u%anity; an& in +ro+ortion as he &evelo+s
    s+iritually, i$e$, conHuers all sel3ishness, his %in& #ill o+en to receive the !ui&ance o3 the
    Divine Mona& #ithin hi%, his 0i!her *el3, 3or #hich there is neither $ast nor Future, 1ut only
    an eternal "o#.
    6!ain, #ere there no M+oor,N 3ar 3ro% the M1ene3its o3 civiliAation 1ein! lost,N
    --- 1G
    a state o3 the hi!hest culture an& civiliAation #oul& 1e attaine&, o3 #hich #e cannot no# 3or%
    the 3aintest conce+tion. *i%ilarly, 3ro% a conviction o3 the i%+er%anence o3 %aterial
    ha++iness #oul& result a strivin! a3ter that >oy #hich is eternal, an& in #hich all %en can
    share. Throu!hout the #hole letter o3 our estee%e& corres+on&ent there runs the tacit
    assu%+tion that ha++iness in %aterial, +hysical li3e is all-i%+ortant, ha++iness in this li3e o3
    %atter is o3 as little i%+ortance in relation to the 1liss o3 true s+iritual li3e as are the 3e# years
    o3 each hu%an cycle on earth in +ro+ortion to the %illions an& %illions o3 years #hich each
    hu%an 1ein! s+en&s in the su1>ective s+heres, &urin! the course o3 every !reat cycle o3 the
    activity o3 our !lo1e.
    With re!ar& to 3aculties an& talents, the ans#er is si%+le. They shoul& 1e &evelo+e&
    an& cultivate& 3or the service o3 0u%anity, o3 #hich #e are all +arts, an& to #hich #e o#e our
    3ull an& un!ru&!in! service.

    UFro% 5la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s Q,, ++ 1G9-=V
    '''''''''''''''''''''''
    TH1 SPHIN<
    - Carlyle
    0o# true, 3or eEa%+le, is that other ol& Fa1le o3 the *+hinE, #ho sat 1y the #aysi&e,
    +ro+oun&in! her ri&&le to the +assen!ers, #hich i3 they coul& not ans#er she &estroye& the%P
    *uch a *+hinE is this )i3e o3 ours, to all %en an& societies o3 %en. "ature, like the *+hinE, is
    o3 #o%anly celestial loveliness an& ten&erness; the 3ace an& 1oso% o3 a !o&&ess, 1ut en&in!
    in cla#s an& the 1o&y o3 a lioness. There is in her a celestial 1eauty, - #hich %eans celestial
    or&er, +liancy to #is&o%; 1ut there is also a &arkness, a 3erocity, 3atality, #hich are in3ernal.
    *he is a !o&&ess, 1ut one not yet &isi%+risone&; one still hal3-i%+risone&, - the articulate,
    lovely still encase& in the inarticulate, chaotic. 0o# trueP 6n& &oes she not +ro+oun& her
    ri&&les to us. 3 each %an she asks &aily, in %il& voice, yet #ith a terri1le si!ni3icance,
    2?no#est thou the %eanin! o3 this Day. What thou canst &o To&ay; #isely atte%+t to &o.2
    "ature, /niverse, Destiny, ;Eistence, ho#soever #e na%e this !ran& un-na%a1le Fact in the
    %i&st o3 #hich #e live an& stru!!le, is as a heavenly 1ri&e an& conHuest to the #ise an&
    1rave, to the% #ho can &iscern her 1ehests an& &o the%; a &estroyin! 3ien& to the% #ho
    cannot. 6ns#er her ri&&le, it is #ell #ith thee. 6ns#er it not, +ass on re!ar&in! it not, it #ill
    ans#er itsel3; the solution 3or thee is a thin! o3 teeth an& cla#s; "ature is a &u%1 lioness,
    &ea3 to thy +lea&in!s, 3iercely &evourin!. Thou art not no# her victorious 1ri&e!roo%; thou art
    her %an!le& victi%, scattere& on the +reci+ices, as a slave 3oun& treacherous, recreant,
    ou!ht to 1e an& %ust.
    With "ations it is as #ith in&ivi&uals: Can they re&e the ri&&le o3 &estiny......
    --- 11
    The secret o3 !ol& Mi&as, #hich he #ith his lon! ears never coul& &iscover, #as, That he
    ha& o33en&e& the *u+re%e $o#ers; - that he ha& +arte& co%+any #ith the eternal inner Facts
    o3 this /niverse, an& 3ollo#e& the transient outer 6++earances thereo3; an& so #as arrive&
    here$ $ro+erly it is the secret o3 all unha++y %en an unha++y nations. 0a& they kno#n
    "ature:s ri!ht truth, "ature:s ri!ht truth #oul& have %a&e the% 3ree. They have 1eco%e
    enchante&; sta!!er s+ell-1oun&, reelin! on the 1rink o3 hu!e +eril, 1ecause they #ere not
    #ise enou!h. They have 3or!otten the ri!ht ,nner True, an& taken u+ #ith the uter *ha%-
    true. They ans#er the *+hinE:s Huestion #ron!. Foolish %en cannot ans#er it ari!htP Foolish
    %en %istake transitory se%1lance 3or eternal 3act, an& !o astray %ore an& %ore.
    Foolish %en i%a!ine that 1ecause >u&!%ent 3or an evil thin! is &elaye&, there is no
    >ustice, 1ut an acci&ental one, here 1elo#. 5u&!%ent 3or an evil thin! is %any ti%es &elaye&
    so%e &ay or t#o, so%e century or t#o, 1ut it is sure as li3e, it is sure as &eathP ,n the centre
    o3 the #orl&-#hirl#in&, verily no# as in the ol&est &ays, &#ells an& s+eaks a Go&. The !reat
    soul o3 the #orl& is Bust. G 1rother, can it 1e nee&3ul no#, at this late e+och o3 eE+erience,
    a3ter ei!hteen centuries o3 Christian +reachin! 3or one thin!, to re%in& thee o3 such a 3act;
    #hich all %anner o3 Maho%etans, ol& $a!an -o%ans, 5e#s, *cythians an& heathen Greeks,
    an& in&ee& %ore or less all %en that Go& %a&e, have %ana!e& at one ti%e to see into; nay
    #hich thou thysel3, till Mre&ta+eN stran!le& the inner li3e o3 thee, ha&st once so%e inklin! o3:
    That there is >ustice here 1elo#; an& even, at 1otto%, that there is nothin! else 1ut >usticeP
    For!et that, thou hast 3or!otten all. *uccess #ill never %ore atten& thee: ho# can it no#.
    Thou hast the #hole /niverse a!ainst thee. "o %ore success: %ere sha%-success, 3or a &ay
    an& &ays; risin! ever hi!her, - to#ar&s its Tar+eian -ock. 6las, ho#, in thy so3t-hun!
    )on!acre vehicle, o3 +olishe& leather to the 1o&ily eye, o3 re&ta+e +hiloso+hy, o3
    eE+e&iencies, clu1-roo% %oralities, $arlia%entary %a>orities to the %in&:s eye thou 1eauti3ully
    rollest: 1ut kno#est thou #hither-#ar&. ,t is to#ar&s the road?s end$ l& use-an&-#ont;
    esta1lishe& %etho&s, ha1itu&es, once true an& #ise; %an:s no1lest ten&ency, his
    +erseverance, an& %an:s i!no1lest, his inertia; #hatsoever o3 no1le an& i!no1le
    Conservatis% there is in %en an& "ations, stron!est al#ays in the stron!est %en an&
    "ations: all this is as a roa& to thee, +ave& s%ooth throu!h the a1yss, - till all this end. Till
    %en:s 1itter necessities can en&ure thee no %ore. Till "ature:s +atience #ith thee is &one;
    an& there is no roa& or 3ootin! any 3arther, an& the a1yss ya#ns sheerP ....
    For the !o#ns o3 learne&-ser!eants are !oo&: +arch%ent recor&s, 3iEe& 3or%s, an& +oor
    terrestrial >ustice, #ith or #ithout horse-hair, #hat sane %an #ill not reverence these. 6n&
    yet, 1ehol&, the %an is not sane 1ut insane, #ho consi&ers these alone as venera1le. ceans
    o3 horse-hair, continents o3 +arch%ent, an& learne&-ser!eant eloHuence, #ere it continue& till
    the learne& ton!ue #ore itsel3 s%all in the in&e3ati!a1le learne& %outh, cannot %ake un>ust
    >ust. The !ran& Huestion still re%ains, Was the >u&!%ent >ust. ,3 un>ust, it #ill not an& cannot
    !et
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    har1our 3or itsel3, or continue to have 3ootin! in this /niverse, #hich #as %a&e 1y other than
    ne /n>ust. ;n3orce it 1y never such statutin!, three rea&in!s, royal assents; 1lo# it to the
    3our #in&s #ith all %anner o3 Huilte& tru%+eters an& +ursuivants, in the rear o3 the% never so
    %any !i11ets an& han!%en, it #ill not stan&, it cannot stan&. Fro% all souls o3 %en, 3ro% all
    en&s o3 "ature, 3ro% the Throne o3 Go& a1ove, there are voices 1i&&in! it: 6#ay, a#ayP
    Does it take no #arnin!; &oes it stan& stron! in its three rea&in!s, in its !i11ets an& artillery-
    +arks. The %ore #oe is to it, the 3ri!ht3uler #oe. ,t #ill continue stan&in! 3or its &ay, 3or its
    year, 3or its century, &oin! evil all the #hile; 1ut it has ne ene%y #ho is 6l%i!hty:
    &issolution, eE+losion, an& the everlastin! )a#s o3 "ature incessantly a&vance to#ar&s it;
    an& the &ee+er its rootin!, %ore o1stinate its continuin!, the &ee+er also an& hu!er #ill its
    ruin an& overturn 1e.
    ,n this Go&:s-#orl&, #ith its #il&-#hirlin! e&&ies an& %a& 3oa%-oceans, #here %en an&
    nations +erish as i3 #ithout la#, an& >u&!%ent 3or an un>ust thin! is sternly &elaye&, &ost thou
    think that there is there3ore no >ustice. ,t is #hat the 3ool hath sai& in his heart. ,t is #hat the
    #ise, in all ti%es, #ere #ise 1ecause they &enie&, an& kne# 3orever not to 1e. , tell thee
    a!ain, there is nothin! else 1ut >ustice. ne stron! thin! , 3in& here 1elo#: the >ust thin!, the
    true thin!. My 3rien&, i3 thou ha&st all the artillery o3 Wool#ich trun&lin! at thy 1ack in su++ort
    o3 an un>ust thin!; an& in3inite 1on3ires visi1ly #aitin! ahea& o3 thee, to 1laAe centuries lon!
    3or thy victory on 1ehal3 o3 it, - , #oul& a&vise thee to call halt, to 3lin! &o#n thy 1aton, an&
    say, 2 ,n Go&:s na%e, "oP2 Thy \successL. $oor &evil, #hat #ill thy success a%ount to. ,3
    the thin! is un>ust, thou hast not succee&e&; no, not thou!h 1on3ires 1laAe& 3ro% "orth to
    *outh, an& 1ells ran!, an& e&itors #rote lea&in!-articles, an& the >ust thin! lay tra%+le& out o3
    si!ht to all %ortal eyes an a1olishe& an& annihilate& thin!....
    ,t is true, all !oes 1y a++roEi%ation in this #orl&; #ith any not insu++orta1le
    a++roEi%ation #e %ust 1e +atient. There is a no1le Conservatis% as #ell as an i!no1le.
    Woul& to 0eaven, 3or the sake o3 Conservatis% itsel3, the no1le alone #ere le3t, an& the
    i!no1le, 1y so%e kin& severe han&, #ere ruthlessly lo++e& a#ay, 3or1i&&en ever%ore to sho#
    itsel3P For it is the ri!ht an& no1le alone that #ill have victory in this stru!!le; the rest is #holly
    an o1struction, a +ost+one%ent an& 3ear3ul i%+eril%ent o3 the victory. To#ar&s an eternal
    centre o3 ri!ht an& no1leness, an& o3 that only, is all this con3usion ten&in!. We alrea&y kno#
    #hither it is all ten&in!; #hat #ill have victory, #hat #ill have noneP The 0eaviest #ill reach
    the centre. The 0eaviest, sinkin! throu!h co%+leE 3luctuatin! %e&ia an& vortices, has its
    &e3leEions, its o1structions, nay at ti%es its resiliences, its re1oun&in!s; #hereu+on so%e
    1lockhea& shall 1e hear& >u1ilatin!, 2*ee, your 0eaviest ascen&sP2 - 1ut at all %o%ents it is
    %ovin! centre#ar&, 3ast as is convenient 3or it; sinkin!, sinkin!; an&, 1y la#s ol&er than the
    Worl&, ol& as the Maker:s 3irst $lan o3 the Worl&, it has to arrive there.
    6#ait the issue. ,n all 1attles, i3 you a#ait the issue, each 3i!hter has +ros+ere&
    accor&in! to his ri!ht. 0is ri!ht an& his %i!ht, at the close o3 the
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    account, #ere one an& the sa%e. 0e has 3ou!ht #ith all his %i!ht, an& in eEact +ro+ortion to
    all his ri!ht he has +revaile&. 0is very &eath is no victory over hi%. 0e &ies in&ee&; 1ut his
    #ork lives, very truly lives. 6 heroic Wallace- Huartere& on the sca33ol&, cannot hin&er that his
    *cotlan& 1eco%e, one &ay, a +art o3 ;n!lan&: 1ut he &oes hin&er that it 1eco%e, on
    tyrannous un3air ter%s, a +art o3 it; co%%an&s still, as #ith a !o&:s voice, 3ro% his ol&
    Ialhalla an& Te%+le o3 the Brave, that there 1e a >ust real union as o3 1rother an& 1rother, not
    a 3alse an& %erely se%1lant one as o3 slave an& %aster. ,3 the union #ith ;n!lan& 1e in 3act
    one o3 *cotlan&:s chie3 1lessin!s, #e thank Wallace #ithal that it #as not the chie3 curse.
    *cotlan& is not ,relan&: no, 1ecause 1rave %en rose there, an& sai&, 2Behol&, ye %ust not
    trea& us &o#n like slaves; an& ye shall not, - an& cannotP2 Fi!ht on, thou 1rave true heart,
    an& 3alter not, throu!h &ark 3ortune an& throu!h 1ri!ht. The cause thou 3i!htest 3or, so 3ar as
    it is true, no 3arther, yet +recisely so 3ar, is very sure o3 victory. The 3alsehoo& alone o3 it #ill
    1e conHuere&, #ill 1e a1olishe&, as it ou!ht to 1e: 1ut the truth o3 it is +art o3 "ature:s o#n
    )a#s, coo+erates #ith the Worl&:s eternal Ten&encies, an& cannot 1e conHuere&.
    The dust o3 controversy, #hat is it 1ut the falsehood 3lyin! o33 3ro% all %anner o3
    con3lictin! true 3orces, an& %akin! such a lou& &ust-#hirl#in&, - that so the truths alone %ay
    re%ain, an& e%1race 1rother-like in so%e true resultin!-3orceP ,t is ever so. *ava!e 3i!htin!
    0e+tarchies: their 3i!htin! is an ascertain%ent, #ho has the ri!ht to rule over #ho%; that out
    o3 such #aste-1ickerin! *aEon&o% a +eace3ully coo+eratin! ;n!lan& %ay arise. *eek
    throu!h this /niverse; i3 #ith other than o#l:s eyes, thou #ilt 3in& nothin! nourishe& there,
    nothin! ke+t in li3e, 1ut #hat has ri!ht to nourish%ent an& li3e. The rest, look at it #ith other
    than o#l:s eyes, is not livin!; is all &yin!, all as !oo& as &ea&P 5ustice #as or&aine& 3ro% the
    3oun&ations o3 the #orl&; an& #ill last #ith the #orl& an& lon!er.
    Fro% #hich , in3er that the inner s+here o3 Fact, in this +resent ;n!lan& as else#here,
    &i33ers in3initely 3ro% the outer s+here an& s+heres o3 *e%1lance. That the Te%+orary, here
    as else#here, is too a+t to carry it over the ;ternal. That he #ho &#ells in the te%+orary
    *e%1lances, an& &oes not +enetrate into the eternal *u1stance, #ill not ans#er the *+hinE-
    ri&&le o3 To&ay, or o3 any Day. For the su1stance alone is su1stantial; that is the la# o3 Fact;
    i3 you &iscover not that, Fact, #ho alrea&y kno#s it, #ill let you also kno# it 1y an& 1y.
    What is 5ustice. That, on the #hole, is the Huestion o3 the *+hinE to us. The la# o3 Fact
    is, that >ustice %ust an& #ill 1e &one. The sooner the 1etter; 3or the Ti%e !ro#s strin!ent,
    3ri!ht3ully +ressin!P 2What is >ustice.2 ask %any, to #ho% cruel Fact alone #ill 1e a1le to
    +rove res+onsive. ,t is like >estin! $ilate askin!, What is Truth. 5estin! $ilate ha& not the
    s%allest chance to ascertain #hat #as Truth. 0e coul& not have kno#n it, ha& a !o& sho#n it
    to hi%. Thick serene o+acity, thicker than o3 a%aurosis, veile& those s%ilin! eyes o3 his to
    Truth; the inner retina o3 the% #as !one +aralytic, &ea&. 0e looke& at Truth;
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    an& &iscerne& her not, there #here she stoo&. MWhat is >ustice.2 The clothe& e%1o&ie&
    >ustice that sits in West%inster 0all, #ith +enalties, +arch%ents, ti+staves, is very visi1le. But
    the une%1o&ie& >ustice, an& #hereo3 that other is either an e%1le%, o3 else is a 3ear3ul
    in&escri1a1ility, is not so visi1leP For the une%1o&ie& true >ustice is o3 0eaven; a *+irit, an&
    Divinity o3 0eaven, - invisi1le to all 1ut the no1le an& +ure o3 soul. The un+ure i!no1le !aAe
    #ith eyes, an& she is not there. They #ill +rove it to you 1y lo!ic, 1y en&less 0ansar&
    De1atin!s, 1y 1ursts o3 $arlia%entary eloHuence. ,t is not consolatory to 1ehol&P For
    +ro+erly, as %any %en as there are in a "ation #ho can #ithal see 0eaven:s invisi1le >ustice,
    an& kno# it to 1e on ;arth also o%ni+otent, so %any %en are there #ho stan& 1et#een a
    "ation an& +er&ition. *o %any, an& no %ore....
    UFro% 7ast and 7resent, Tho%as Carlyle, 5.M. Dent K *ons )t&., 1F1(, 1F91, E*erymanRs
    'ibrary *eries8
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    COSTA RICAMS N1G01CT1D STON1 SPH1R1S
    Books an& articles on *tonehen!e, the ;aster ,slan& statues, an& the ;!y+tian
    +yra%i&s are le!ion. Grante& that these structures are i%+ortant an& intri!uin!, #e still ask
    #hy Costa -icaLs %eticulously #rou!ht stone s+heres are lan!uishin! in the #in!s o3 science.
    They e+ito%iAe eEHuisite #ork%anshi+. *uch !eo%etric +er3ection ren&ere& in !ranite is
    re%arka1le - 3or any ancient culture. )astly, the stoneLs +ur+ose co%+letely esca+es us.
    Why stre# such %aster+ieces o3 stone-#orkin! aroun& the &ark >un!le 3loors.
    M.T. *hoe%aker also #on&ers a1out these thin!s in a nice reca+itulation o3 the stone-
    s+here %ystery. 0is co%+ilation o3 3acts an& 3i!ures only i%+els us to learn %ore a1out the
    s+heres an& #hat their sha+ers ha& in %in&.
    718 The s+heres are 3oun& on the DiHuis -iver &elta, near the $aci3ic coast o3 southern
    Costa -ica.
    7(8 *+here siAes ran!e 3ro% an inch to C 3eet in &ia%eter.
    748 6t least 1C= s+heres have 1een recor&e& in the literature. *urely %any %ore #ere
    &estroye& an& others re%ain un&iscovere&.
    798 "o local source eEists 3or the !ranite; an& no stone-#orkin! tools have 1een 3oun& near
    the s+heres.
    7<8 MThe 1est s+heres are +erha+s the 3inest eEa%+les o3 +recision stone-carvin! in the
    ancient #orl&.N The %aEi%u% circu%3erence error in a = 3oot, B inch &ia%eter s+here is only
    G.< inch, or G.(W.
    7=8 The s+heres are o3ten !rou+e&, 1ut no !eneral syste% or ali!n%ent %o&e see% to
    eEist.
    7B8 Mne very &istur1in! %ystery e%er!es in eEa%inin! the DiHuis culture. The su+er1
    stone-carvin! skill necessary 3or the creation o3 the s+heres #as not a++lie& to any other
    o1>ects.N Why.
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    *uch are the salient 3acts. To our re!ret, they tell us little a1out >o&, )hy+ an& +erha+s
    )ho. 7*hoe%aker, Michael T.; M*tran!e *tone *+heres,N 7ursuit, 1F:19<, 1FC=8
    U Fro%: %cience 4rontiers; %ome Anomalies and (uriosities of 1ature, Corliss, 1FF9 V
    QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ

    9ron3e Age 1%ro,e"ns Re,orte/!' 7isite/ Ont"rio
    /tta&a+ /nt$ 7C$8 UCSFSFFV *can&inavians %ay have crosse& the 6tlantic three
    %illennia a!o an& %a&e it as 3ar as $eter1orou!h, nt.
    6 Cal!ary archeolo!ist says rock carvin!s at $etro!ly+h $rovincial +ark that are
    re!ar&e& as the #ork o3 a1ori!inal sha%ans #ere +ro1a1ly carve& 1y ;uro+eans a1out CGG
    B.C.
    Davi& ?elley sai& the +etro!ly+hs, (9 %iles northeast o3 $eter1orou!h, inclu&e a
    &e+iction o3 a Iikin!-like shi+ al%ost i&entical to +rehistoric shi+s carve& in a rock near
    Boslun&, *#e&en, as #ell as a1stract sy%1ols use& as a 3or% o3 #ritin! 1y northern
    ;uro+eans.
    Mr. ?elly, a retire& /niversity o3 Cal!ary +ro3essor reno#ne& 3or his #ork &eci+herin!
    Mayan scri+t, sai& the sy%1ols are +art o3 a scri+t calle& Ti33ina!h.
    ,t &evelo+e& in northern 63rica, an& #as a&o+te& 1y *can&inavians #ho re!ularly travele&
    &o#n throu!h ,taly, across the Me&iterranean, an& +erha+s &o#n the "i!er -iver in northern
    63rica.
    M;very sy%1ol that is kno#n in Ti33ina!h is 3oun& a%on! the CGG carvin!s at
    $eter1orou!h,N he sai&. M,tLs sort o3 like a +lace #here a lot o3 +eo+le carve& their initials.N
    Mr. ?elley sai& any one o3 the sy%1ols coul& have 1een ran&o%ly carve&, 1ut it is
    hi!hly i%+ro1a1le that a #hole co%+leE set o3 the% coul& have in&e+en&ently arisen in t#o
    &i33erent +laces. The si%+lest eE+lanation is that the carvin!s #ere le3t 1ehin& 1y northern
    ;uro+eans, not a1ori!inals.
    Ti33ina!h consists o3 a series o3 circles #ith &ots insi&e an& outsi&e, #hich stan& 3or
    +articular soun&s.
    0o#ever, ?elley sai& it is uncertain #hich sy%1ols stan& 3or #hich soun&s. To &ate, all
    he has 1een a1le to &eci+her in the carvin!s at $etro!ly+h $ark is the eHuivalent o3 the letters
    M#&n,N #hich are associate& #ith the 3i!ures o3 a %an.
    The 3irst aca&e%ic to %ake the link 1et#een the +etro!ly+hs an& Ti33ina!h #as a
    0arvar& %arine 1iolo!ist an& sel3-traine& archeolo!ist, the late Barry Fell, #ho 3irst 1e!an
    stu&yin! the% in the early 1FBG:s. 0e eventually inter+rete& the +etro!ly+hs as tellin! the
    story o3 a %an na%e& Wo&en )ithi 7servant o3 &in8 #ho ca%e to "orth 6%erican to collect
    co++er in!ots.
    Mr. ?elly re!ar&s Mr. FellLs inter+retation as Mru11ish,N sayin! it #oul& 1e a lon! slo#
    +rocess to &eci+her the sy%1ols.
    0e revie#e& Mr. FellLs #ork in 1FF1 in the +resti!ious -e*ie& of Archeolo#y, 1ut #ill
    outline his o#n #ork on the +etro!ly+hs in an article he
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    eE+ects to 1e +u1lishe& at the /niversity o3 Cal!ary in "ove%1er.
    6lthou!h his #ork on Mayan scri+ts is #i&ely cite& 1y other scholars, they +re3er to
    i!nore Mr. ?elleyLs o+inions on the +etro!ly+hs, 1ecause they canLt 1elieve BronAe 6!e
    *can&inavians coul& have travele& as 3ar as $eter1orou!h.
    M, have no +articular &esire to 1e a %artyr, an& have %y collea!ues >u%+ on %e, 1ut ,
    &onLt think \you %ust 1e #ron!L is ever a !oo& ans#er.N
    Mr. ?elley sai& heLs convince& there #as a lot %ore travelin! in +rehistoric ti%es than
    %ost scholars 1elieve.
    The +etro!ly+hs #ere &iscovere& in 1F<9 un&er a coverin! o3 lichen, an& are no#
    enclose& in a cli%ate-controlle& visitors center.
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    STRA6 THOUGHTS
    There is a %alicious +ercenta!e o3 the +o+ulation #ho only res+ect violence as a
    &eterrent a!ainst the%. They canLt 1e Msave&N or reasone& #ith - this is #hat they are. ,t is
    a Huestion as to >ust ho# one can +rotect onesel3 3ro% this sort i3 one a&heres to the +rinci+le
    o3 nonviolence. Most %ay have little concern a1out the%, 1ut !ain so%e notoriety as a
    +ro%oter o3 +ro!ressive i&eas an& they are auto%atically an& as-i3 %a!netically attracte& to
    their o++osite - you$
    Well, as an isolated indi*idual - 'o% #"nMt non-violently +rotect yoursel3. There is
    +o#er in !rou+s an& the Bu&&hist san#ha or association o3 %onks is a +rotection 7in %ost
    cases, 1ut Bu&&hist nonviolence #as little res+ecte& in Ti1et 1y the 1rutal Chinese.8 The
    solitary in&ivi&ual a!ainst this ty+e o3 su1-hu%an anta!onist has no o+tion - i3 he #ishes to
    survive +hysically, let alone +sycholo!ically - other that the threat o3 violence. \,3 not the
    threat o3 +ersonal violence then the secon&ary +otential violence o3 the +olice, an& the +olice
    are i%+otent an& un#illin! in cases o3 constant %inor harass%ent that can occur a!ainst the
    un+o+ular. The %a>ority o3 +eo+le on a real level, inclu&in! the +olice, D "T actually
    su++ort in their !enuine 3eelin! the conce+t o3 3ree&o% o3 reli!ion an& thou!ht. The i&eas are
    Huite a1ove the% an& 1eyon& their ca+acity to have any real >u&!e%ent on an& sel&o% o3
    concern in nor%al course o3 events.
    There is an archety+al i%a!e that is o3ten re+resente& in TI cartoons that is true to li3e.
    The evil villain or %onster o3 so%e sort surroun&e& 1y his &e3or%e& %inions is a
    re+resentation that is a key the%e in cartoons an& %uch o3 +o+ular entertain%ent 7Darth
    Ia&ar in %tar )ars 3or instance.8 Theoso+hists 1elieve in ne!ative an& +ositive astral
    1ein!s, an& there is a !rou+ o3 M+eo+leN #ho >ust love to 1e &irecte& 1y evil astral 1ein!s. 6
    su!!estion #his+ere& in their ears is carrie& out. They !et a M+ay o33N 3or 1ein! M+sychicN an&
    the +o#er o3 1ein! a1le to harass #hatever +erson the evil &irectin! entity is
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    usin! the% 3or - a &e%on an& its %inions. Theoso+hists #oul& classi3y this ty+e o3 &irectin!
    entity as o3 a 3e# &i33erent ty+es. The elementary or +erson #ho #as evil &urin! li3e, &ie&, an&
    #as o3 such %aterialistic nature that heSit retaine& sel3-consciousness on the astral a3ter &eath
    - is one ty+e. 6 livin! 1lack %a!ician %ay 1e a1le to &o the sa%e thin!. 7Bi!ote& reli!ious
    !rou+s co%%it 1lack %a!ic all the ti%e - +rayer !rou+s, 3or instance - &es+ite the 3act they
    &onLt even 1elieve such a thin! eEists.8 ;very !rou+ i3 lar!e enou!h has the 1otto%-3ee&er
    ty+es that !et their +ri%ary i%+etus to live 1y sa1ota!e an& causin! +ain - o3ten in clever
    #ays - to other +eo+le - 171R6 !rou+ i3 lar!e enou!h. Their instinct is to inva&e or attack
    every +ro!ressive !rou+. ne %i!ht liken the +heno%enon to the s#irlin! an& intense activity
    o3 se#a!e >ust as it is enterin! a &rain. "ature is constantly 3lushin! its toilet, 1ut the !ra&ual
    trans%utation o3 all thin!s relative is a sloooooooooooooo& +rocess.

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    R17I1W
    B$*2*t-3/F- Secret B""3-, TBe(t/ Ye*r- Re-e*rch, 1y Davi& an& "ancy -ei!le,
    WiAar&s Bookshel3 U$B ==GG, *an Die!o, F(1==,V 1F( ++, 0ar&cover, ,*B" G-F14<1G-B=-F,
    R1<.GG /.*
    6s in&icate& in the su1title, T&enty Fears? -esearch, the authors have co%+ile& the results
    o3 their on!oin! search to trace the ori!inal sources o3 0.$. Blavatsky:s %aster #orks, The
    %ecret 3octrine an& The ,oice of The %ilence. The 1ook co%+rises 3ourteen articles an&
    +a+ers, researches acco%+lishe& throu!h their in&e+en&ent an& una33iliate& ;astern Tra&ition
    -esearch ,nstitute 73or%erly the Theoso+hical -esearch Center8, %any o3 #hich #ere
    +u1lishe& throu!h their ;astern *chool $ress. *o%e have 1een inclu&e& in sy%+osiu%S
    con3erence +u1lications o3 +a+ers &elivere&; others have a++eare& in various +erio&icals 3ro%
    1FC1 - 1FFF.
    Throu!hout these articles an& +a+ers, the authors share their +ainstakin! research in
    eEtant #orks 3or 0.$. Blavatsky:s 2secret 1ooks2: The 5oo of 3Eyan u+on #hich %uch o3 The
    %ecret 3octrine is 1ase&, an& The 5oo of the .olden 7recepts, the 1asis o3 The ,oice of
    The %ilence.
    ,n the 3irst article, :uest for the 'ost 'an#ua#e of the 2nitiates, Davi& eE+lains ho#
    0.$.B.:s accounts o3 Mvast secret li1raries in the sa3ekee+in! o3 certain occult 1rotherhoo&s2
    +rovoke& his interest. To then rea& in the $-;M o3 The %ecret 3octrine that 2;Etracts are
    !iven 3ro% the Chinese, Ti1etan, an& *anskrit translations o3 the ori!inal *enAar
    Co%%entaries an& Glosses on the Book o3 D@D6" - these 1ein! ren&ere& 3or the 3irst ti%e in
    a ;uro+ean lan!ua!e2 - the search #as onP To ensure they coul& &eci+her the teEts #hen
    they ca%e u+on the%, Davi& an& "ancy have 1eco%e *anskrit scholars. ,n 5la*atsy?s
    %ecret 5oos they &ocu%ent so%e o3 the 3in&in!s resultin! 3ro% their years o3 toil. They
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    share the 3ascinatin! !e%s they have uncovere& alon! the #ay an& the links #hich these
    have +rovi&e& to the neEt encoura!in! run! on the la&&er o3 &iscovery.
    Davi& an& "ancy &e%onstrate their scholarshi+ in their #ell-&ocu%ente& an& o1viously
    #ell-researche& #ritin!s on 7to %ention a 3e#8 such to+ics as the Books o3 ?iu-te, Ti1etan
    an& *anskrit M**, technical ter%s in the 5oo of 3Eyan+ Ti1etan ter%s in :Cos%olo!ical
    "otes: re!ar&in! the Books o3 ?iu-te, a &iscussion on The 3octrine of %*abha*a or %*ab-
    ha*ata an& #hether or not it truly re+resents the +hiloso+hy o3 The %ecret 3octrine.
    Three o3 the +a+ers have a &irect connection to ;&%onton T*. The ,oice of The
    %ilence; 5rin#in# the >eart 3octrine to the )est 1y "ancy, an& The %ecret 3octrine; /ri#inal
    .enesis and the )isdom Tradition 1y Davi& #ere ori!inally +resente& at ;T*: Con3erence on
    The )ors and 2nfluence of >$7$ 5la*atsy hel& in ;&%onton in 5uly 1FFC 7these are
    inclu&e& in the 1ook o3 +u1lishe& +a+ers.8 -es+onse to Davi&:s &escri+tion at the Con3erence
    o3 his eEcursion to ,n&ia earlier that year le& to the #ritin! o3 -eport on a %earch for the 5oo
    of the .olden 7recepts in Calimpon#+ March 1998 7an& #hich is inclu&e& in this issue o3
    F06T8.
    This co%+ilation is a !reat a&&ition 3or researchers. While it %ay 1e consi&ere&
    so%e#hat technical 1y the casual rea&er, there is %uch to 1e !aine& 1y anyone #ith an
    interest in the sources o3 the Bu&&hist %aterials #hich have ca+tivate& the interest o3 the
    West over the last t#enty to thirty years. ,t #ill &e3initely 1e o3 interest to theoso+hical
    stu&ents to #ho% %ost o3 these +a+ers #ere ori!inally a&&resse&.
    Davi& an& "ancy are to 1e co%%en&e& 3or their in&e+en&ent research, #orkin! on the
    e&!e o3 esta1lishe& aca&e%ics, &eter%ine& to 1e instru%ental in locatin! these invalua1le
    teEts. They are convince& that 2an ori!inal lan!ua!e %anuscri+t o3 one o3 Blavatsky:s secret
    1ooks, that is, one o3 their *anskrit, Ti1etan, or Chinese translations, #ill 1e &iscovere& in our
    li3e-ti%e, &e%onstratin! the eEistence o3 a once universal, 1ut no# hi&&en, Wis&o% Tra&ition2
    U$re3aceV. 0.$.B. a++arently in&icate& that i3 +eo+le &o the necessary #ork so%e o3 these
    #ritin!s %ay 1eco%e availa1le. 5la*atsy?s %ecret 5oos &ocu%ents an i%+ortant +art o3 this
    necessary #ork.
    - -o!elle $elletier UFro% 4/>AT- Fall, \FFV

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    9OO:S
    T0; *;C-;T DCT-,"; - 0.$. Blavatsky - R((.GG
    ,*,* /"I;,);D - Blavatsky - (1.GG 7one sli!htly use& 3or 1<.GG8
    );G-* 6-T,C);* K I;-*; - s+iral 1oun&, (1(++, <.GG
    T0; )6M6L* )6W - Tal1ot Mun&y in The Theosophical 7ath, over (G articles 3ro% the
    1F(G:s 1y the !reat novelist, RB.GG
    T0; 5;W;) F 6T)6"T,* - M6n ccult Mystery TaleN, 6n 6tlantean 1lack %a!ician
    i%+risons his li3e essence to a !e% an& +ossesses #hoever #ears it, EeroE re+rint,
    +a+er1ack, ((1++ R<.GG
    T0; 6$C6)D$*; /"*;6);D - 5a%es M. $ryse, 6n occult an& sy%1olic
    inter+retation o3 5ohnLs -e*elation as a %anual o3 initiation rather than +ro+hecy, Blavatsky
    an& G&e$ a&&en&u%, EeroE re+rint, +a+er1ack, (4=++, R=.GG
    T0;*$0D I*. ";-T0;*$0D, Mar!aret Tho%as, Blavatsky Theoso+hy
    co%+are& #ith later alterations 1y )ea&1eater an& Besant, eEtensive a&&en&u%, +a+er1ack,
    1BC++, RB.GG
    -;6*" 6"D -;),G,", -. G. ,n!ersoll, a selection o3 the !reat 1Fth century
    orator an& atheistLs co%%ents on Christianity, also inclu&es BlavatskyLs translation o3
    DostoevskyLs The .rand 2n"uisitor, har&1ack 7+lain cover8, 149++, RB.GG
    $-TG"* - har&1ack o3 3irst (C issues, #ith ta1le o3 contents an& in&eE,
    a++roEi%ately 9<G++, R(<.GG
    ,DD)) F T0; W0,T; )T/* - Ma1el Collins, 19(++, a !reat little novel an& a
    #arnin! on the se&uctive si&e an& le3t-han& occultis%, R1.(<
    G)D;" T0-;6D* ," T0; T6$;*T-D F 0,*T-D - ?enneth Morris. Morris is a
    #riter o3 rare insi!ht. This is a survey o3 #orl& history inter+rete& as &i33erent areas enterin!
    +erio&s o3 elevatin! in3luences. Much on China, (9G++, RC.GG
    T0; T0;*$0,C6) MI;M;"T 1CB<-1F(<, s+iral 1oun& EeroE re+rint. This is
    the %ost co%+rehensive an& +hiloso+hic history o3 this +erio&.BG<++, R(G.GG
    T0; ),F; F $6-6C;)*/*, FranA 0art%ann, har&1ack, (4G++., #ith Blavatsky
    a&&en&u%, WiAar&s Bookshel3 e&ition, R1=.GG
    T0; B/DD0,*M F 0.$. B)6I6T*?D, +a+er1ack, 44< ++, Blavatsky Huotes an&
    scholarly notation 1y co%+iler 0. 5. *+ieren1ur!, R19.GG
    *;C-;T DCT-,"; *DM$*,/M - 1FC9, 111++, +a+er1ack, a co%+ilation o3
    !enuinely thou!ht-+rovokin! +a+ers, R<.GG
    T0; )6*T C06"G; F ;6-T0L* 6Q,*, Fre& $lu%%er, 1<4 ++, har&1ack - 3irst
    +u1lishe& 1CF9, %uch evi&ence 3or +erio&ic aEis shi3t an& resultant 3loo&in! 3ro% !eo!ra+her
    $lu%%er - R1(.GG
    *M; T0;*$0,C6) W-,T,"G*, 0.T. ;&!e, 1=1++ si!nature-se#n har&1ack, 9=
    articles 3ro% this one-o3-the-1est early Theoso+hical #riters an& +ersonal +u+il o3 Blavatsky
    ---------,nclu&e R1.<G +ost 3or the 3irst 1ook, an& G.<G 3or each a&&itional. Make any
    checks +aya1le to M.-. 5aHua, an& sen& to: $roto!onos...
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    0. Gor/on P!%++er Dies
    -eno#n Theoso+hical author ). Gor&on $lu%%er +asse& a#ay *e+te%1er 1G, 1FFF. 0e
    #as author o3 The Mathematics of the (osmic Mind+ 4rom Atom to (osmos+ 7he )ay to the
    Mysteries+ 5y the >oly TetratysD an& %tar >abits and /rbits #ith Charles -yan, as #ell as
    1ein! a lecturer an& 3reHuent contri1utor to several %a!aAines such as Theosophical 7ath+
    Theosophical 4orum+ Theosophia+ The Eclectic Theosophist an& others.
    Fro% the short 1io in his Mathematics of the (osmic Mind 71FBG8 #e 3in&: 2). Gor&on
    $lu%%er #as 1orn at the hea&Huarters o3 the $oint )o%a Theoso+hical *ociety, in Cali3ornia
    in 1FG9. 0e is kno#n in 6%erica an& a1roa& as a #riter an& lecturer on Theoso+hy an& on
    scienti3ic su1>ects. 0e tau!ht 3or %any years at the school an& colle!e s+onsore& 1y the $oint
    )o%a Theoso+hical *ociety. Mr. $lu%%er has al#ays 1een intereste& in astrono%y an&
    %o&ern science an& is a %e%1er o3 the ;&ucation Co%%ittee o3 the *an Die!o 0all o3
    *cience. 0e !ives 3reHuent talks at the +u1lic schools, an& occasionally con&ucts !rou+s o3
    visitors to the $alo%ar 1servatory, site o3 the (GG2 0ale Telesco+e.2
    Mr. $lu%%er:s 3ather, Fre& G. $lu%%er, #as also a scientist 7!eo!ra+her8 an&
    theoso+hical author 7The 'ast (han#e of the Earth?s A8is -1CF9.8 ). Gor&on $lu%%er #as
    re!ar&e& 1y %any as one o3 the su+erior stu&ents in the Theoso+hical arena an& his
    +resence #ill 1e %isse&.
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    *tan& not 1esi&e %y !rave an& #ee+.
    , a% not there. , &o not slee+.
    , a% a thousan& #in&s that 1lo#.
    , a% the %ea&o#s #hite #ith sno#.
    , a% the sunli!ht on the !rain.
    , a% the autu%n:s !entle rain.
    When you a#aken in the hush
    3 early &a#n, , a% the rush
    3 >oyous #in!s in ea!er 3li!ht.
    , a% the stars that !e% the ni!ht.
    *tan& not 1esi&e %y !rave an& si!h.
    , a% not there, , &i& not &ie.
    76uthor unkno#n, ren&ition G. C. )eGros8
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    CONT1NTS5 The Mauryas o3 ,n&ia - ?enneth Morris.....1; The *unLs MD#ellerN Discovere&. -
    6!ain.......1= -evie#: The Autobio#raphy of a Tibetan Mon$$$$$$$$$1C -evie#: The %no&
    'eopard.......1C N*eahen!eN Date& ....1C
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    TH1 2AUR6AS O4 INDIAO
    - ?enneth Morris
    2*M; talk o3 6leEan&er2 %ay 1e a++ro+riate here; 1ut not %uch. 0e #as 6ristotle:s
    +u+il; an& a+art 3ro% or 1eyon& his terri3ic %ilitary !enius, ha& i&eas. Genius is so%eti%es,
    +erha+s %ore o3ten than #e sus+ect, an a1ility to concentrate the %in& into a kin& o3
    i%+ersonality; al%ost non-eEistence, so that you have in it a channel 3or the !reat 3orces o3
    nature to +lay throu!h. We shall 3in& that Mr. 5u&!e:s +hrase :the Crest-Wave o3 ;volution: is
    no e%+ty one: #or&s #ere thin!s, #ith hi% an& in 3act, as he says; an& it is so here. For this
    Crest-Wave is a 3orce that actually rolls over the #orl& as a #ave over the 3ace o3 the sea,
    raisin! u+ s+len&ors in one nation a3ter another in or&er #eo#raphically, an& #ith no
    ha+haAar& a1out it. ,ts 3irst an& lar!est %ove%ent is 3ro% ;ast to West; +ro&ucin! 7as 3ar as ,
    can see8 the !reat %anvantaric +erio&s 73i3teen hun&re& years a+iece8 in ;ast 6sia, West
    6sia, an& ;uro+e; each o3 these 1ein! !overne& 1y its o#n cycles. But it has a secon&ary
    %ove%ent as #ell; a s%aller %otion #ithin the lar!er one; an& this +ro&uces the 1rilliant &ays
    7thirteen &eca&es lon! 3or the %ost +art8 that recur in the %anvantaras. Thus: China see%s to
    have 1een in %anvantara 3ro% (4GG to C<G B. C.; West 6sia, 3ro% 1CFG to 4FG; ;uro+e, 3ro%
    CBG B. C. to =4G 6. D. *o in the ti%e o3 6leEan&er West 6sia #as ne#ly &ea&, an& China
    #aitin! to 1e re1orn. The Crest-Wave, in so 3ar as it concerne& the ;uro+ean %anvantara,
    ha& to roll #est#ar& 3ro% Greece 7in its ti%e8 to a#aken ,taly; 1ut in its universal as+ect - in
    its stron!est 3orce - it ha& to roll east#ar&, that its i%+ulse %i!ht touch %ore i%+ortant China
    #hen her ti%e 3or a#akin! shoul& co%e. ,t is an i%+etus, o3 #hich so%eti%es #e can see the
    +hysical links an& lines alon! #hich it travels, an& so%eti%es #e cannot. The line 3ro%
    Greece to China lies throu!h $ersia an& ,n&ia. But $ersia #as &ea&, in +ralaya; you coul&
    eE+ect no s+len&or, no %ark o3 the Crest-Wave:s +assin!, there. *o 6leEan&er, risin! 1y his
    !enius an& to#erin! i&eas to the +lane #here these !reat %otions are 3elt, ski+s you li!htly
    across &ea& $ersia, knocks u+on the &oors o3 ,n&ia to say that it is &a#n an& she %ust 1e u+
    an& &oin!; an& su1si&es. , &ou1t he carrie& her any cultural i%+ulse, in the or&inary sense; it
    is our ;uro-6%erican conceit to i%a!ine the Greek #as the hi!hest thin! in civiliAation in the
    #orl& at that ti%e. We %ay take it that ,n&ian civiliAation #as 3ar hi!her an& 1etter in all
    essentials; certainly the Greeks #ho #ent there +resently, an& le3t a recor&, #ere i%+resse&
    #ith that 3act. Dou shall see; out o3 their o#n %ouths #e #ill convict the%. ,t is the very
    1ur&en o3 Me!asthenes: son!.
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    6leEan&er ha& certain lar!er than Greek conce+tions, #hich one %ust a&%ire in hi%.
    Thou!h he overthre# the $ersians, he never %a&e the %istake o3 thinkin! the% an in3erior
    race. n the contrary, he res+ecte& the% hi!hly; an& +ro+ose& to %ake o3 the% an& his
    Greeks an& Mece&onians one ho%o!eneous +eo+le, in #hich the $ersian Hualities o3
    aristocracy shoul& su++ly a nee& he 3elt in ;uro+eans. The )a# %a&e use o3 his intention,
    +artially, an& to the 3urtherance o3 its o#n &esi!ns. - 0is %etho& o3 treatin! the conHuere&
    #as 7!enerally8 3ar %ore $ersian or 6siatic than Greek; that is to say, 3ar %ore hu%ane an&
    &ecent than 1ar1arous. 0e took a short cut to his 1roa& en&s, an& %arrie& all his ca+tains to
    $ersian la&ies, hi%sel3 settin! the eEa%+le; #hereas %ost Greeks #oul& have &ealt #ith the
    ca+tive #o%en very &i33erently. *o that it #as a kin& o3 enli!hten%ent he set out #ith, an&
    carrie& across $ersia, throu!h 63!hanistan, an& into the $un>a1, - #hich, #e %ay note, #as
    1ut the outskirts o3 the real ,n&ia, into #hich he never +enetrate&; an& it %ay yet 1e 3oun&
    that he #ent 1y no %eans so 3ar as is su++ose&; 1ut let that 1e. *o no#, at any rate, enou!h
    o3 hi%; he has 1rou!ht us #here #e are to s+en& this evenin!.
    For a stu&ent o3 history, there is so%ethin! %ysterious an& even - to use a very vile
    &ru&!e o3 a #or& - :uniHue: a1out ,n&ia. Go else #here you #ill, an& so lon! as you can +osit
    certainly a hi!h civiliAation, an& kno# anythin! o3 its events, you can %ake so%e shi3t to
    arran!e the history. "one nee& 1o!!le really at any Chinese &ate a3ter a1out (4<G B.C.;
    Ba1ylon is 3airly settle& 1ack to a1out 9GGG; an& i3 you cannot &e+en& on assi!ne& ;!y+tian
    &ates, at least there is a reasona1ly kno# seHuence o3 &ynasties 1ack throu!h 3our or 3ive
    %illennia. But co%e to ,n&ia, an& alas, #here are you. 6ll out o3 it, chronolo!ically s+eakin!;
    enou!h; very likely, the 3lotsa% an& >etsa% o3 several hun&re& thousan& years. , have no
    &ou1t the $uranas are cro#&e& #ith history; 1ut ho# %uch o3 #hat is relate& is to 1e taken
    as +lain 3act; ho# %uch as :1lin&s:; ho# %uch as sy%1olis% - only the 6&e+ts kno#. The
    three ele%ents are %in!le& 1eyon& the #it o3 %an to unravel the%; so that you can har&ly tell
    #hether any !iven thin! ha++ene& in this or that %illenniu%, -oot--ace +erio&, or -oun& o3
    Worl&s, or Day o3 Brah%a. Dou are in the #il& >un!les o3 3airylan&; #here there are !or!eous
    1loo%s, an& i&ylls, &rea%lit, 1eauti3ul an& 3antastical, all in the &ee+ %i&#oo& lonliness; an&
    ti%e is not, an& the co%+utations o3 chronolo!y are an insult to the s+irit o3 your surroun&in!s.
    0istory, in ,n&ia, #as ke+t an esoteric science, an& esoteric all the ancient recor&s re%ain
    no#; an& , &are say any t#ice-1orn Brah%in not E3or&iAe& kno#s 3ar %ore a1out it than the
    1est MaE Mullers o3 the #est, an& lau!hs at the% Huietly. /ntil so%eone #ill voluntarily li3t that
    veil o3 esotericis%, the s+eculations o3 #estern scholars #ill !o 3or little. Why it shoul& 1e
    ke+t esoteric, one can only !uess; , think i3 it #ere kno#n, the cycles an& +atterns o3 hu%an
    history #oul& cease to 1e so a1struse an& hi&&en 3ro% us: #e shoul& kno# too %uch 3or our
    +resent %oral or s+iritual status. 6s usual, our o#n sa*ants are avi& to &#ar3 all &ates, an&
    1rin! everythin! #ithin the sco+e o3 a 3e# thousan&
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    years; as 3or the native authorities, they si%+ly try con3usions #ith us; i3 you shoul& trust
    the% too literally, or so%e o3 the%, events such as the Mosle% conHuest #ill not take +lace
    3or a 3e# centuries yet. They &o not choose that their ancient history shoul& 1e kno#n; so all
    thin!s are in a ho+eless %u&&le.
    ne thin! to re%e%1er is this: it is a continent, like ;uro+e; not a country, like France.
    The +o+ulation is even %ore hetero!eneous than that o3 ;uro+e. nly one soverei!n,
    6uran!Ae1 - at least 3or %any thousan&s o3 years - #as ever even no%inally %aster o3 the
    #hole o3 it. There are t#o %ain &ivisions, #i&ely &i33erent: 0in&ustan or 6ryavarta, north o3 the
    Iin&hya Mountains an& the -iver "er1u&&a; an& Dakshina+atha or the Deccan, the
    +eninsular +art to the south. The 3or%er is the lan& o3 the 6ryans; the +eo+le o3 the latter are
    %ainly non-6ryan - a race calle& the Dravi&ians #ho%, a++arently, the 6ryans conHuere& in
    0in&ustan, an& assi%ilate&; 1ut #ho% in the Deccan, thou!h they have in3luence& the%
    lar!ely, an& in +art %ol&e& their reli!ion, they never Huite conHuere& or su++lante&. Well;
    never is a lon! &ay; &ear kno#s #hat %ay have ha++ene& in the lon! a!es o3 +re-history.
    The 6ryans ca%e &o#n into ,n&ia throu!h its one o+en &oor - that in the north#est. But
    #hen. - h, 3ro% a1out 19GG to 1(GG B.C., says #estern scholarshi+; #hich has s+ent too
    %uch in!enuity alto!ether over &iscoverin! the ori!inal seat o3 the 6ryans, an& their +ri%al
    civiliAation. 63ter *ir Willia% 5ones an& others ha& intro&uce *anskrit to #estern notice, an&
    its a33inity ha& 1een &iscovere& to that #hole chain o3 lan!ua!es #hich is so%eti%es calle&
    ,n&o-;uro+ean, the theory lon! hel& that *anskrit #as the +arent o3 all these ton!ues, an&
    that all their s+eakers ha& e%i!rate& at &i33erent ti%es 3ro% so%e#here in Central 6sia. But
    in the scienti3ic ortho&oEies 3ashion rei!ns an& chan!es as incontinently as in &ress.
    *cholars rose to launch a ne# na%e 3or the race: 2ndo#ermanic; an& to +rove Mi&&le-;uro+e
    the ;&en in #hich it #as create&. Then others, to &o&!e that ;&en a1out throu!h every
    corner o3 ;uro+e; #hich at least %ust have the honor; - it coul& not 1e conce&e& to inferior
    6sia. 6ll the lan!ua!es o3 the !rou+ #ere eEa%ine& an& #orrie& 3or evi&ence. Men sai&, :By
    the na%es o3 trees #e shall run it to earth:; an& this #as the &oEy that #as ortho- 3or so%e
    ti%e. )i!ht on a tree-na%e co%%on to all the lan!ua!es, an& 3in& in #hat territory that tree is
    in&i!enous: that #ill certainly 1e the +lace. ....... i3 you
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    are to +rove racial su+eriority or eEclusiveness, you ha& %uch 1etter avail yoursel3 o3 the
    si%+licity o3 a stout 1lu&!eon, than rely u+on the su1tleties o3 1rain-%in& ar!u%entation; 3or
    ti%e +ast is lon!, an& %ostly hi&&en; an& lots o3 thin!s have ha++ene& to account 3or your
    +roo3s in #ays you #oul& never sus+ect. The lon! an& short o3 it is, that a3ter +ursuin! the
    +ri%itive 6ryans u+ hill an& &o#n &ale throu!h all +arts o3 ;uro+e, *cience is 3orce& to
    +ronounce her 3inal >u&!e%ent thus: )e really no& nothin# about it.
    The ancestors o3 this Fi3th -oot--ace e%i!rate& to Central 6sia to esca+e the 3ate o3
    6tlantis; #hither too #ent several 6tlantean +eo+les, such as the 3ore3athers o3 the Chinese, -
    #ho #ere not &estine& to 1e &estroye&. ,t is a vast re!ion, an& there #as roo% 3or the% all.
    That e%i!ration %ay have 1een as lon! a +rocess as that o3 the ;uro+eans in our o#n ti%e to
    6%erica; +ro1a1ly it #as; or lon!er. But it ha++ene&, at any rate, a %illion years a!o; an& in
    a %illion years a &eal o3 #ater #ill 3lo# un&er the 1ri&!es. Dou %ay call ;n!lish a universal
    lan!ua!e no#; it %i!ht conceiva1ly 1eco%e so a1solutely, a3ter a 3e# centuries. But history
    #ill !o on an& ti%e, an& the cyclic chan!es inherent in natural la#. These are not to 1e
    &o&!e& 1y rail#ays, tur1ines, aero+lanes; you cannot evitate their action 1y inventin! +rintin!-
    +resses; - #hich, , su++ose, have 1een invente& an& 3or!otten &oAens o3 ti%es :since create&
    %an.: ,n a %illion years 3ro% no# the #orl& #ill have contracte& an& eE+an&e& o3ten. We
    have seen, in our little +erio& calle& historical, har&ly anythin! 1ut eE+ansion; thou!h there
    have 1een contractions, too. But contractions there #ill 1e, %a>or ones; it is Huite sa3e to
    3oretell that; 1ecause action an& reaction are eHual an& o++osite: it is a 3un&a%ental la#.
    Geo!ra+hy #ill re-1eco%e, #hat it #as in the ti%es #e call ancient, an esoteric science; the
    races #ill 1e isolate&, an& there #ill 1e no liners on the seas, an& ;uro+e an& 6sia #ill 1e
    3a1ulous real%s o3 3aerie 3or our %ore or less re%ote &escen&ants. Then #hat #ill have
    1eco%e o3 the once universal ;n!lish lan!ua!e. - ,t #ill have s+lit into a thousan& 3ra!%ent
    ton!ues, as unlike as Dutch an& *anskrit; an& +hilolo!y - the !reat eE+ansion havin!
    ha++ene& a!ain -- #ill have as %uch con3usion to unravel in the Brito-Dankish, as it has no#
    in the ,n&o-;uro+ean. - ,n a %illion years. - Bless %y soul, in a +oor little hun&re& thousan&P
    The 6ryan lan!ua!es, since they 1e!an to 1e, have 1een s+rea&in! out an& retreatin!,
    %iEin! an& chan!in! an& interchan!in!; one i%+ose& on another, hi&&en un&er another, an&
    recru&escin! throu!h another; throu!h ten or a hun&re& thousan& years, - or ho#ever lon! it
    %ay 1e; >ust as they have 1een &oin! in historical ti%es. Dou 3in& $ersian hal3 6ra1iciAe&;
    6r%enian co%e to 1e al%ost a &ialect o3 $ersian; )atin !ro#in! u+ throu!h ;n!lish; Greek
    al%ost totally su1%er!e& un&er )atin, *lavonic, an& Turkish, an& no# #ith a ten&ency to
    !ro# 1ack into Greek; Celtic +reservin! in itsel3 an ol&er than 6ryan syntaE, an& conveyin!
    that in its turn to the ;n!lish s+oken 1y Celts. )an!ua!e is, to say the truth, a shi3tin!
    kalei&osco+ic thin!: a %o%entary as+ect o3 racial eE+ression.
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    ,n a thousan& years it 1eco%es unintelli!i1le; #e are %o&i3yin! ours every &ay, u+on la#s
    #hose nature can 1e !uesse&. Det ulti%ately all is a sy%+hony an& or&ere& +ro!ression, #ith
    re!ular rhyth%s recurrin!; it only see%s a chaos, an& un%usical, 1ecause #e hear no %ore
    than the 3ra!%ent o3 a 1ar.
    Dou all kno# the teachin! o3 The %ecret 3octrine a1out the -oot--aces o3 0u%anity,
    o3 #hich this +resent one, !enerally calle& the 6ryan, is the 3i3th; an& ho# each is &ivi&e& into
    seven su1-races; each su1-race into seven 3a%ily-races; an& each 3a%ily-race into
    innu%era1le nations an& tri1es. 6ccor&in! to that #ork, this Fi3th -oot--ace has eEiste& a
    %illion years. The +erio& o3 a su1-race is sai& to 1e a1out (1G,GGG years; an& that o3 a
    3a%ily-race, a1out 4G,GGG. *o then, 3our su1-races #oul& have occu+ie& the 3irst C9G,GGG
    years o3 the Fi3th -ace:s history; an& our +resent 3i3th su1-race #oul& have 1een in 1ein!
    &urin! the last 1=G,GGG years; in #hich ti%e 3ive 3a%ily-races #oul& have 3lourishe& an&
    +asse&; an& this +resent siEth 3a%ily-race #oul& 1e a1out ten %illenniu%s ol&.
    "o#, no sin!le 1ranch o3 the 6ryans: 1y #hich ter% , %ean the siEth 3a%ily-race; ,
    shall con3ine it to that, an& not a++ly it to the Fi3th -oot--ace as a #hole, - no sin!le race
    a%on! the 6ryans has 1een universal, or &o%inant, or +ro%inent even, &urin! the #hole o3
    the last ten thousan& years. The Teutons 7inclu&in! 6n!lo-*aEons8, #ho loo% so lar!ely no#,
    cut a very s%all 3i!ure in the &ays #hen )atin #as, in its #orl&, so%ethin! %ore universal than
    ;n!lish is in ours; an& a 3e# centuries 1e3ore that, you shoul& have hear& Celtic, an& little
    else, al%ost any#here in ;uro+e. This sho#s ho# 3leetin! a thin! is the soverei!nty o3 any
    lan!ua!e; #ithin the three thousan& years #e kno# a1out, three at least o3 the 6ryan
    lan!ua!e-!rou+s have 1een :universal:; #ithin the last ten %illenniu%s there has 1een ti%e
    enou!h, an& to s+are, 3or a :universality: each o3 *anskrit, $ersian, Greek, *lavonic, )atin,
    Teutonic, an& Celtic. *o evi&ently none o3 these is the lan!ua!e o3 the 3a%ily-race: #e %ay
    s+eak o3 the 6ryan Fa%ily--ace; not o3 the Celtic or *lavonic.
    But it &oes not 3ollo# that the #hole su1-race is not 6ryan too. Mr. 5u&!e says
    so%e#here that *anskrit #ill 1e the universal lan!ua!e a!ain. *u++osin! that there #ere
    so%e such sche%e o3 evolution here, as in the #orl&-chain. Dou kno# the &ia!ra% in The
    %ecret 3octrine, #ith the teachin! as to the seven roun&s. As abo*e+ so belo&; #hen 0. $.
    Blavatsky see%s to 1e !ivin! you a sketch o3 cos%ic
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    evolution, o3ten she is at the sa%e ti%e, i3 you can rea& it, tellin! you a1out the la#s that
    !overn your o#n an& the race:s history. , sus+ect so%e such arran!e%ent as this: #hen the
    su1-race 1e!an, 1=G,GGG years a!o, *anskrit #as its :universal: lan!ua!e; s+oken 1y all the
    6ryans that %ove& out over ;uro+e an& into ,n&ia. 6n unaccounta1le *anskrit inscri+tion has
    1een 3oun& in 6sia Minor;O UO Ancient 2ndia, 1y ;. 5. -a+son V an& there is )ithuania, a little
    s+eech-islan& in northeastern Central ;uro+e, #here a nearly *anskrit lan!ua!e, , 1elieve,
    survives. Then *anskrit chan!e& i%+erce+ti1ly 7as 6%erican is chan!in! 3ro% ;n!lish8 into
    the +arent lan!ua!e o3 the $ersian !rou+, #hich 1eca%e the !eneral s+eech o3 the su1-race
    eEce+t in ,n&ia, #here *anskrit survive& as a seed-speech 3or 3uture resurrection. Then,
    +erha+s pari passu #ith 3urther #est#ar& eE+ansion, $ersian chan!e& into the +arent o3 the
    *lavonic !rou+, itsel3 livin! on as a see&-s+eech in ,ran; an& so on throu!h all the !rou+s; in
    each case the ty+e-lan!ua!e o3 a !rou+ re%ainin!, to eE+an& a!ain a3ter the +assa!e o3 a!es
    an& #hen its cycle shoul& return, in or a1out its corres+on&in! +sychic center on the
    !eo!ra+hical +lane. Then this evolution, havin! reache& its 3arthest li%it, 1e!an to retrace its
    course; , #oul& not atte%+t to say in #hat or&er the lan!ua!e !rou+s co%e: #hich is !lo1e 6
    in the chain, #hich Glo1e D, an& so on; 1ut %erely su!!est that a :3a%ily race: %ay re+resent
    one roun& 3ro% *anskrit to *anskrit; an& the #hole Fi3th *u1-race, seven such co%+lete
    roun&s.
    What ca%e 1e3ore. What #as the Fourth *u1-race. Well: , i%a!ine #e %ay have the
    relic, the sishta or see& o3 it, in the 0a%itic +eo+les an& lan!ua!es: the )i1yans, "u%i&ians,
    ;!y+tians, ,1erians, an& $elas!ians o3 ol&; the *o%alis, Gallas, Co+ts, Ber1ers, an&
    61yssinians o3 to&ay. We are al%ost a1le to &iscern a ti%e - 1ut have not !uesse& #hen it
    #as - #hen this ,1erian race, havin! +erha+s its central seat in ;!y+t, hel& all or %ost lan&s
    as 3ar as ,relan& to the #est, an& 5a+an an& "e# @ealan& east#ar&; #e 3in& the% survivin!,
    %iEe& #ith, 1ut 1y no %eans su1%er!e& un&er, 6ryan Celts in *+ain - #hich is ,1eria; #e 3in&
    their na%e 7, i%a!ine8 in that o3 ,verne, ,erine, 0i1ernia, or ,relan&; #e kno# that they !ave
    the syntaE o3 their lan!ua!e to that o3 the Celts o3 the British ,sles; an& that the Celtic races o3
    to&ay are %ainly ,1erian in 1loo& - , &aresay all ;uro+e is a1out hal3 ,1erian in 1loo&, as a
    %atter o3 3act; - that the Greeks 3oun& the% in Greece: , sus+ect that the %ain &i33erence
    1et#een *+arta an& 6thens lay in the 3act that *+arta #as +ure 6ryan, 6thens %ainly ,1erian.
    - ,t see%s to %e then that #e can al%ost !et a !li%+se o3 the su1-race +rece&in! our o#n.
    *o%e have 1een +uAAle& 1y a see%in! &iscre+ancy 1et#een ?atherine Tin!ley:s state%ent
    that ;!y+t is ol&er than ,n&ia, an& 0.$. Blavatsky:s, that Menes, 3oun&er o3 the ;!y+tian
    %onarchy, #ent 3ro% ,n&ia to ;!y+t to 3oun& it. But no# su++ose that so%ethin! like this
    ha++ene& - #oul& it not solve the +ro1le%. - ,n 1<C,GGG B.C., or at the ti%e this +resent
    6ryan *u1-race 1e!an, ;!y+t, one state in the hu!e ,1erian series, #as alrea&y a seat o3
    civiliAation as ol& as the ,1erian race. There %ay have
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    1een an ,1erian ;%+ire, al%ost #orl&-#i&e; #hich a!ain %ay have s+lit into %any kin!&o%s;
    an& as the star o3 the #hole race #as &eclinin!, #e %ay su++ose ;!y+t in so%e &e!ree o3
    +ralaya; or a!ain, that it %ay have 1een an outlyin! an& little-consi&ere& +rovince at that
    time. ,n Central 6sia the *anskrit-s+eakin! tri1e 1e!ins to increase an& %ulti+ly 3uriously.
    They +our &o#n into ,1erian 0in&ustan. They are stron!, an& the Go&s are lea&in! the%; the
    ,1erians have !ro#n #orl&-#eary #ith the ha1it o3 lon! e%+ire. The ,1erian +o#er !oes &o#n
    1e3ore the%; the ,1erians 1eco%e a su1>ect +eo+le. But there is one Menes a%on! the latter,
    o3 the royal house +erha+s, #ho #ill not en&ure su1>ection. 0e stan&s out as lon! as he %ay;
    then sails #est #ith his 3ollo#ers 3or ,1erian lan&s that the 6ryans have not &istur1e&, an& are
    not likely to. ,n their contests #ith the inva&ers o3 ,n&ia, they have thro#n o33 all #orl&-
    #eariness, an& 1eco%e stron!; $rince Menes is haile& in ;!y+t 7as the last o3 the
    %%eva&s, &riven out 3ro% the ;ast 1y the 611asi&s, #as haile& in *+ain8; he #akens
    ;!y+t, an& 3oun&s a ne# %onarchy there. - , a% tellin! the tale o3 very ancient an& unkno#n
    con&itions in ter%s o3 historic con&itions #e kno# a1out an& can un&erstan&; it is only the
    skeleton o3 the story , #oul& stan& 3or. 6n& to +ut Menes 1ack at 1=G,GGG years a!o - #hat an
    a%usin! i&ea that #ill see%P - But the truth is #e %ust #a!e #ar a!ainst this %ischievous
    3oreshortenin! o3 history. , have no &ou1t there have 1een e%+ires !oin!, 3ro% ti%e to ti%e, in
    ;!y+t, since 1e3ore 6tlantis 3ell; +eo+le have the e%+ire-1uil&in! instinct, an& it is an
    e%inently convenient +lace 3or e%+ire-1uil&in!. , have no &ou1t there have 1een &oAens o3
    &i33erent Meneses - that is, 3oun&ers o3 ;!y+tian %onarchies, - #ith thousan&s o3 years
    1et#een each t#o. But , think +ro1a1ly the one that ca%e 3ro% ,n&ia to &o it, ca%e a1out the
    ti%e #hen the 3i3th su1-race rose to su++lant the 3ourth as that section o3 hu%anity in #hich
    evolution #as chie3ly intereste&.
    - Which last +hrase in itsel3 is rank heresy, an& s%acks o3 the :#hite %an:s 1ur&en,:
    an& all such nonsense as that. We %i!ht learn a lesson here. Think: since that ti%e, &urin!
    ho# %any thousan&s o3 years, o33 an& on, has not that ol& su1-race 1een the &arlin! o3
    evolution, the seat o3 the Crest-Wave, an& +lace #here all thin!s #ere &oin!. 6ll the *etis,
    the !ran& -a%eseses an& Thoth%eses ca%e since then; all the historic %i!ht an& !lory o3
    ;!y+t. Dou never kno# ri!htly #hen to say that the li3e o3 a su1-race is en&e&; the t#o-
    hun&re&-an&-ten-century +erio& cannot, , i%a!ine, inclu&e it 3ro% 1irth to &eath; 1ut can only
    %ark the ti%e 1et#een the rise o3 one, an& the rise o3 another. - But no# to ,n&ia.
    We have no kno#le&!e o3 the last ti%e #hen *anskrit #as s+oken: it has al#ays
    1een, in historic or Huasi-historic a!es, #hat it is no# - literary lan!ua!e +reserve& 1y the hi!h
    castes. ,n the &ays o3 the Bu&&ha it ha& lon! !iven +lace to various vernaculars !ro#n out o3
    it: $ali, an& #hat are calle& the $rakrits. - We have lost %e%ory o3 #hat , %ay call the
    archety+al lan!ua!es o3 ;uro+e: the co%%on ancestor o3 the Celtic !rou+, 3or instance; or
    that ,talian 3ro% #hich )atin an& the lost scan an& *avellian an& the rest s+ran!. "o %atter;
    they
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    re%ain in the i&eal #orl&, an& , &ou1t not in the course o3 our cyclic evolution #e shall return
    to the%, take the% u+, an& +ass throu!h the% a!ain. But it see%s to %e that in the lan& o3
    ;soteric 0istory, #here Manu +rovi&e& in a&vance a!ainst the %ain &estructiveness o3 #ar,
    the archety+al lan!ua!e o3 the #hole su1-race has 1een +reserve&. The 6ryans #ent &o#n
    into ,n&ia, an& there, at the eEtre%e en& o3 the 6ryan #orl&, en>oye& so%e o3 the a&vanta!es
    o3 isolation: they #ere in a 1ack#ater, over #hich the ti&es o3 the lan!ua!es &i& not 3lo#. By
    esotericiAin! their history, , i%a!ine they have really ke+t it intact, continuous, an& #ithin
    hu%an %e%ory; as #e have not &one #ith ours. 6s i3 that #hich is to 1e +reserve& 3orever,
    %ust 1e +reserve& in secret; an& silence #ere the only &ura1le casket 3or truth.-
    The Greeks, they say, #ere very !i3te& liars; 1ut , &o not see #hy #e
    shoul& su++ose the% lyin!, #hen they san! the su+eriorities o3 ,n&ian thin!s an& +eo+le; - as
    they did. The ,n&ians, says Me!asthenes, #ere taller than other %en, an& o3 !reater
    &istinction an& +rou&er 1earin!. The air an& #ater o3 their lan& #ere the +urest in the #orl&;
    so you #oul& eE+ect in the +eo+le, the 3inest culture an& skill in the arts. 6l%ost al#ays they
    !athere& t#o harvests in the years; an& famine had ne*er *isited 2ndia$ - Dou see, rail#ays,
    Huick co%%unications, an& all the a++liances o3 %o&ern science an& invention cannot &o as
    %uch 3or ,n&ia in +ralaya, as her o#n native civiliAation coul& &o 3or her in %anvantara. - Then
    he !oes on to sho# ho# that civiliAation !uar&e& a!ainst 3a%ine an& %any other thin!s; an&
    inci&entally to +rove it not only %uch hi!her than the Greek, 1ut %uch hi!her than our o#n.
    , sai& Manu +rovi&e& in a&vance a!ainst the %ain &estructiveness o3 #ar: here #as
    the custo%, #hich %ay have 1een &ishonore& in the 1reach so%eti%es, 1ut still &as the
    custom. - The #hole continent #as &ivi&e& into any nu%1er o3 kin!&o%s; %utually
    anta!onistic o3ten, 1ut #ith certain 3eatures o3 ho%o!eneity that %a&e the na%e 6ryavarta
    %ore than a !eo!ra+hical eE+ression. , a% s+eakin! o3 the ,n&ia Me!asthenes sa#, an& as it
    ha& 1een then 3or &ear kno#s ho# lon!. ,t ha& %a&e concessions to hu%an #eakness, yes;
    ha& 3allen, as , think, 3ro% an ancient unity; it ha& not succee&e& in a1olishin! #ar. ,t #as
    o+en to any kin! to %ake hi%sel3 a Chakravartin, or #orl&-soverei!n, i3 he
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    &is+ose& o3 the %eans 3or &oin! so: #hich %eans #ere %ilitary. 6s this #as a #ell-
    reco!nise& +rinci+le, #ars #ere 1y no %eans rare. But #ith the% all, #hat a /to+ia it #as,
    co%+are& to Christen&o%P There #as never a &ra3t or conscri+tion. 3 the 3our castes, the
    ?shatriya or #arrior alone &i& the 3i!htin!. While the conches 1raye&, an& the #ar-cars
    thun&ere& over ?urukshetra; #hile the +antheons hel& their 1reath, #atchin! 6r>un an&
    %i!htiest ?arna at 1attle - the +easants in the neEt 3iel& #ent on hoein! their rice; they kne#
    no one #as %akin! #ar on the%. They truste& Gan&iva, the !oo&ly 1o#, to sen& no arro#s
    their #ay; their caste #as inviola1le, an& sacre& to the tillin! o3 the soil. Me!asthenes notes it
    #ith #on&er. War i%+lie& no rava!in! o3 the lan&, no &estruction o3 cro+s, no 1atterin! &o#n
    o3 1uil&in!s, no har% #hatever to non-co%1atants.
    ?shatriya 3ou!ht ?shatriya. ,3 you #ere a Brah%in: #hich is to say, a theolo!ical
    stu&ent, or a %an o3 letters, a teacher or #hat not o3 the kin& - you #ere not even calle& u+ 3or
    +hysical eEa%ination. ,3 you #ere a %erchant, you #ent on Huietly #ith your :1usiness as
    usual.: 6 %ere +atch o3 !ar&en, or a +e&&ler:s tray, save& you 3ro% all the horrors o3 a
    Huestionnaire. ?shatriya 3ou!ht ?shatriya, an& no one else; an& on the 1attle3iel&, an&
    no#here else. The victor 1eca%e +ossesse& o3 the territory o3 the vanHuishe&; an& there
    #as no %ore 3uss or 1otheration a1out it.
    6n& the vanHuishe& kin! #as not &is+ossesse&, *aint 0elenae&, or 1ehea&e&. *i%+ly,
    he ackno#le&!e& his conHueror as his overlor&, +ai& hi% tri1ute; +erha+s +ut his o#n
    ?shatriya ar%y at his &is+osal; an& #ent on rei!nin! as 1e3ore. *o $orus %et 6leEan&er
    #ithout the least sense o3 3ear, &istrust, or hu%iliation at his &e3eat. 20o# shall , treat you. 2
    sai& the Mace&onian. $orus #as sur+rise&. - 2 , su++ose,2 sai& he in e33ect, 2as one kin!
    #oul& treat another2; or, 2like a !entle%an.2 6n& 6leEan&er rose to it; in the at%os+here o3 a
    civiliAation hi!her than anythin! he kne#, he ha& the !race to con3or% to usa!e. Manu
    i%+ose& his #ill on hi%. $orus ackno#le&!e& hi% 3or overlor&, an& receive& accretions o3
    territory. - This eE+lains #hy all the chan!es o3 &ynasty, an& the %any conHuests an&
    invasions have %a&e so little &i33erence as har&ly to 1e #orth recor&in!. They e33ecte& no
    chan!e in the li3e o3 the +eo+le. ;ven the British -a> has 1een, to a !reat &e!ree, %ol&e& to
    the #ill o3 Manu. ;ach stron! native state is rule& 1y its o#n Mahara>a, #ho ackno#le&!es
    the ?aiser-i-0in& at )on&on 3or his overlor&, an& len&s hi% at nee& his Mosle% or ?shatriya
    ar%y. - 6ll o3 #hich +roves, , think, the eEtre%e antiHuity o3 the syste%: #hich is so 3ir%ly
    en!rave& in the +rototy+al #orl& - the astral %ol&s are so stron! - that no outsi&e 3orce
    co%in! in has 1een a1le %aterially to chan!e it. The Greek invasion !oes #holly unnotice& in
    ,n&ian literature.
    Which 1rin!s us 1ack to 6leEan&er. ,3 he !ot as 3ar as to the ,n&us; - he !ot no 3arther.
    There #ere kin!&o%s u+ there in the north#est - +erha+s no 3urther east than 63!hanistan
    an& Baluchistan - #hich ha& 3or%e& +art o3 the
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    e%+ire o3 Darius 0ystas+es, an& sent contin!ents to 3i!ht un&er QerEes in Greece; an& these
    no# 6leEan&er clai%e& as Darius Co&o%annus:s successor. But even in these outlyin!
    re!ions, he 3oun& con&itions very &i33erent 3ro% those in $ersia: there #as no
    2unHuestiona1le su+eriority o3 the ;uro+ean to the 6siatic,2 nor nothin! like. 0a& he !one
    3urther, an& into the real ,n&ia o3 the Gan!es valley, his na%e, it is likely, #oul& not have co%e
    &o#n synony%ous #ith victory; +resently #e #ill call Me!asthenes to #itness a!ain as to the
    2unHuestiona1le su+eriority o3 the 6siatic to the ;uro+ean.2 But thither the Mace&onians
    re3use& to 3ollo# their kin!; an& , su++ose he #e+t rather over their insu1or&ination, than 3or
    any over#hel%-%ent #ith a sense o3 terrene li%its. For he kne# #ell that there #as +lenty
    %ore #orl& to conHuer, coul& one conHuer it: rich an& %i!hty kin!&o%s 1eyon& that Thar
    Desert his sol&iers are sai& to have re3use& to cross. 0e kne#, 1ecause there #ere %any to
    tell hi%: eEile& +rinces an& %alcontents 3ro% this real% an& that, each #ith his +lan 3or sel3-
    a&vance%ent, an& 3or usin! the Mace&onia as a cats+a#. 6%on! the% one in +articular: as
    %aster3ul a %an as 6leEan&er, an& a +otential #orl&-conHueror hi%sel3. 0e #as 7+ro1a1ly8 a
    %ore or less ille!iti%ate scion o3 the 0ouse o3 "an&a, then rei!nin! in Ma!a&ha; #hich
    country, no# calle& Behar, ha& 1een !ro#in! at the eE+ense o3 its Gan!etic nei!h1ors 3or
    so%e centuries. ?in! *u&&ho&ana, the Bu&&ha:s 3ather, ha& rei!ne& over the *akyas in
    "e+aul as a tri1utary un&er the kin! o3 Ma!a&ha; #hich state%ent , let +ass, #ell a#are that
    the latest #estern scholarshi+ has revolutioniAe& the *akyas into a re+u1lic - +erha+s #ith
    soviets, - an& ?in! *u&&ho&ana hi%sel3 into a %ere #ar& +olitician.
    This *an&rakottos, as the Greeks calle& hi%, ha& %any tales to tell o3 the #ealth o3 his
    kins%an:s kin!&o%, an& o3 the eEtre%e un+o+ularity o3 its ruler: -an& there3ore o3 the ease
    #ith #hich 6leEan&er %i!ht conHuer it an& han& it over to hi%. But t#o o3 a tra&e sel&o%
    a!ree; 1oth he an& his host #ere 1orn to rule e%+ires; an& +resently he o33en&e&
    susce+ti1ilities, an& ha& to 3lee the ca%+. Whereu+on he shortly sharke& u+ a list o3 lan&less
    re+ro1ates, ?shatriyas at a loose en&, 3or 3oo& an& &iet; an& the enter+rise #ith a sto%ach
    in:t #as, as soon as 6leEan&er:s 1ack #as turne&, to &rive out the Mace&onian !arrisons. This
    &one, he %arche& east#ar& as kin! o3 the ,n&us re!ion, conHuere& Ma!a&ha, sle# his ol&
    ene%y the "an&a kin! #ith all %ale %e%1ers o3 the 3a%ily, an& rei!ne& in his stea& as
    Chan&ra!u+ta ,, o3 the house o3 Maurya. That #as in 4(1. Master then o3 a hi!hly traine&
    ar%y o3 a1out BGG,GGG, he s+rea& his e%+ire over all 0in&ustan. ,n 4G<, *eleucus "icator,
    6leEan&er:s successor in 6sia, crosse& the ,n&us #ith an ar%y, an& #as &e3eate&; an& in the
    treaty #hich 3ollo#e&, !ave u+ to Chan&ra!u+ta all clai% to the ,n&ian +rovinces, to!ether
    #ith the han& o3 his &au!hter in %arria!e. - an& receive& 1y #ay o3 co%+ensation <GG
    ele+hants that %i!ht co%e in use3ul in his #ars else#here. 6lso he sent Me!isthenes to 1e
    his a%1assa&or at $atali+utra, Chan&ra!u+ta:s ca+ital; an& Me!asthenes #rote; an& in a
    3e# Huotations 3ro% his lost 1ook that re%ain. chie3ly in 6rrian, - #e !et a
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    kin& o3 #in&o# #herethrou!h to look into ,n&ia: the 3irst, an& +erha+s the only one until
    Chinese travelers #ent #est &iscoverin!.
    0ere let %e 3lash a !reen lantern. ,3 at so%e 3uture ti%e it shoul& 1e sho#n that the
    Chan&ra!u+ta Maurya o3 the *anskrit 1ooks #as not the sa%e +erson as the *an&acottos o3
    Me!asthenes; nor his son Bin&usara 6%itra!hata, the 6%itrochi&as o3 the Greeks; nor his
    son an& successor, 6soka, the Devana%+iya $ia&asi #hose rock-cut inscri+tions re%ain
    scattere& over ,n&ia; nor the 6%tiyako Donara>a - the 2,onian ?in! 6ntiochus 2 a++arently, -
    6tiochus Theos, *elecus "icator:s !ranson: as is su++ose&; nor yet the other 3our kin!s
    %entione& in the sa%e inscri+tion in a *anskrit &is!uise as conte%+oraries, $tole%y
    $hila&el+hos o3 ;!y+t 7(C<-(9B8; Ma!as o3 Cyrene 7(C<-(<C8; 6nti!onus Gonatas o3
    Mace&on 7(BB-(4F8, an& 6leEan&er o3 ;+irus, #ho 1e!an to rei!n in (B(; - i3 all these
    i&enti3ications shoul& 3all to the !roun&, let no one 1e sur+rise&. There are +assa!es in the
    #ritin!s o3 0. $. Blavatsky that see% to su!!est there is nothin! in the%; an& yet, a3ter
    stu&yin! those +assa!es, , &o not 3in& that she says so +ositively: her attitu&e see%s rather
    one o3 #ithhol&in! in3or%ation 3or the ti%e 1ein!; she su++lies none o3 a contrary sort. The
    ti%e %ay not have 1een ri+e then 3or unveilin! so %uch o3 ,n&ian history; nor in&ee&, in those
    &ays, ha& the +ictures o3 these kin!s, an& +articularly o3 6soka, so clearly e%er!e&:
    inscri+tions have 1een &eci+here& since, #hich have !one to 3ill out the outline; an& the
    story, as it his 1een +iece& to!ether no#, has an air o3 verisi%ilitu&e, an& han!s to!ether.
    Without the Greek i&enti3ications, an& the conseHuent +ossi1ility o3 assi!nin! &ates to
    Chan&ra!u+ta an& his son, #e shoul& kno# in&ee& that there #as a !reat Maurya e%+ire,
    #hich laste& a %atter o3 thirteen &eca&es an& a 3e# o&& years; 1ut #e shoul& har&ly kno#
    #hen to +lace it. 6cce+tin! the Greek i&enti3ications, an& +lacin! the Mauryas #here #e &o
    in ti%e - you shall see ho# 1eauti3ully the e+och 3its into the universal cycles, an& con3ir%s
    the teachin! as to Cyclic )a#. *o, +rovisionally, , shall acce+t the%, an& tell the tale.
    First a 3e# %ore ite%s 3ro% Me!asthenes as to ,n&ia un&er Chan&ra!u+ta. There #as
    no slavery, he notes; all ,n&ians #ere 3ree, an& not even #ere there aliens enslave&. Cri%e
    o3 any kin& #as rare; the +eo+le #ere thorou!hly la#-a1i&in!. Thievery #as so little kno#n,
    that &oors #ent unlocke& at all ti%es; there #as no usury, an& a !eneral a1sence o3 liti!ation.
    They tol& the truth: as a Greek, he coul& not hel+ noticin! that. The %en #ere eEce+tionally
    1rave; the #o%en, chaste an& virtuous. But 2in contrast to the !eneral si%+licity o3 their
    style, they love& 3inery an& orna%ents. Their ro1es #ere #orke& in !ol&, a&orne& #ith
    +recious stones, an& they #ore 3lo#ere& !ar%ents o3 the 3inest %uslin. 6tten&ants #alkin!
    1ehin& hel& u%1rellas over the%....2
    The syste% o3 !overn%ent #as very hi!hly an& %inutely evolve&. 23 the !reat
    o33icers o3 state, so%e have char!e o3 the %arkets, others o3 the city, others o3 the sol&iers;
    others su+erinten& the canals, an& %easure the lan&, or
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    collect the taEes; so%e construct roa&s an& set u+ +illars to sho# the 1y-roa&s an& &istances
    3ro% +lace to +lace. Those #ho have char!e o3 the city are &ivi&e& into siE 1oar&s o3 3ive
    %e%1ers a+iece: The 3irst looks a3ter in&ustrial art. The secon& atten&s to the entertain%ent
    o3 stran!ers, takin! care o3 the%, soun& or sick, an& in the event o3 their &eath, 1uryin! the%
    an& sen&in! their +ro+erty to their relatives.2 The thir& 1oar& re!istere& 1irths an& &eaths; the
    3ourth, 3i3th an& siEth ha& su+ervision o3 thin!s co%%ercial. Military a33airs #ere as closely
    or!aniAe&: there #ere Boar&s o3 ,n3antry, Cavalry, War Chariots, ;le+hants, "avy, an&
    Bullock Trans+ort. 6n& 1ehin& all these stoo& Chan&ra!u+ta hi%sel3, the su+er%an, ruthless
    an& terri3ically e33icient; an& Chanakya, his Macchiavellian %inister: a co%1ination to hurry
    the #orl& into !reatness. 6n& so in&ee& they &i&.
    /n&er 6soka, Chan&ra!u+ta:s !ran&son, the a!e cul%inate&. 0. $. Blavatsky says
    +ositively that he #as 1orn into Bu&&his%; this is not the !eneral vie#; 1ut one 3in&s nothin!
    in his e&icts, really, to contra&ict it. 0is 3ather Bin&usara, o3 #ho% #e kno# nothin!, %ay have
    1een a Bu&&hist. But it #oul& a++ear that 6soka in his youth #as the %ost ca+a1le, an& also
    the %ost violent an& +assionate o3 Bin&usara:s sons. Durin! his 3ather:s li3eti%e, he hel& one
    o3 the !reat vice-royalties into #hich the e%+ire #as &ivi&e&; he succee&e& to the throne in
    (B1. 0is &o%ains at that ti%e inclu&e& all 6ryavarta, #ith Baluchistan, an& as %uch o3
    63!hanistan as lies south o3 the 0in&oo ?oosh; an& ho# %uch o3 the Deccan it is &i33icult to
    &eter%ine. "ine years later he eEten&e& this real% still 3urther, 1y the conHuest o3 the
    ?alin!as, #hose country lay alon! the coast north#ar& 3ro% Ma&ras. 6t the en& o3 that #ar he
    #as %aster o3 all ,n&ia north o3 a line &ra#n 3ro% $on&icherry to Cannanore in the south;
    #hile the ti+ o3 the Deccan an& Ceylon lay at least #ithin his s+here o3 in3luence.
    0e #as easily the stron!est %onarch o3 his &ay. ,n China - 1et#een #hich country an&
    ,n&ia there #as no co%%unication: they ha& not &iscovere& each other, or they ha& lost
    si!ht o3 each other 3or a!es - an ol& or&er #as 1reakin! to +ieces, an& all #as #eakness an&
    &ecay. ,n the West, Greek civiliAation #as in &eca&ence, #ith the successors o3 6leEan&er
    en!a!e& in +ro3itless sHua11les. -o%e, a +o#er only in ,taly, #as a1out to 1e!in her lon!
    stru!!le #ith Cartha!e; overseas no1o&y %in&e& her. The Crest-Wave #as in ,n&ia, the
    stron!est +o#er an& %ost vi!orous civiliAation, so 3ar as #e can tell, in the #orl&, an& at the
    hea& o3 ,n&ia stoo& this Chakravartin, victorious 6soka, 3lushe& #ith conHuest, an& a #hole
    #orl& te%+tin! hi% out to conHuer.-
    0e never #ent to #ar a!ain. For t#enty-nine years a3ter that conHuest o3 the ?alin!as,
    until his &eath in (44, he rei!ne& in un1roken +eace. 0e le3t his heart to +osterity in %any
    e&icts an& inscri+tions cut on rocks an& +illars; thirty-3ive o3 these re%ain, or have so 3ar
    1een &iscovere& an& rea&. ,n (<B, or 3ive years a3ter the ?alin!a War, he +u1lishe& this:
    2Devana%i+iya $ia&asi2 -
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    ,t %eans literally :the Belove& o3 the Go&s, the Beauti3ul o3 Countenance:; 1ut it is really a title
    eHuivalent to 20is Gracious Ma>esty,: an& #as 1orne 1y all the Maurya kin!s; -
    2Devana%+iya $ia&asi 3eels re%orse on account o3 the conHuest o3 the ?alin!as;
    1ecause, &urin! the su1>u!ation o3 a +reciously unconHuere& country slau!hter, &eath, an&
    takin! a#ay ca+tives o3 the +eo+le necessarily occur; #hereat 0is Ma>esty 3eels +ro3oun&
    sorro# an& re!ret...2
    ,t #oul& 1e in kee+in! #ith the *outhern Bu&&hist tra&ition as to the un!overna1le
    violence o3 6soka:s youth, that he shoul& have intro&uce& into #ar horrors Huite contrary to
    Manu an& ,n&ian custo%; 1ut here , %ust say that 0. $. Blavatsky, thou!h she &oes not
    +articulariAe, says that there #ere really t#o 6sokas, t#o :Devana%+iya $ia&asis,: the 3irst o3
    #ho% #as Chan&ra!u+ta hi%sel3, 3ro% #hose li3e the tra&ition o3 the youth3ul violence %ay
    have 1een &ra#n; an& there re%ains the +ossi1ility that this ?alin!a War #as #a!e& 1y
    Chan&ra!u+ta, not 6soka; an& that it #as he #ho %a&e this e&ict, 3elt the re%orse, an&
    1eca%e a Bu&&hist. 0o#ever, to continue 7tentatively8: -

    2The loss o3 even the hun&re&th or the thousan&th +art o3 the +ersons #ho #ere then
    slain, carrie& a#ay ca+tive, or &one to &eath in ?alin!a #oul& no# 1e a %atter o3 &ee+ re!ret
    to 0is Ma>esty. 6lthou!h a %an shoul& &o hi% any in>ury, Devana%+iya $ia&asi hol&s that it
    %ust +atiently 1e 1orne, so 3ar as it +ossi1ly can 1e 1orne... 3or 0is Ma>esty &esires 3or all
    ani%ate 1ein!s security, control over the +assions, +eace o3 %in&, an& >oyousness. 6n& this
    is the chie3 o3 conHuests, in 0is Ma>esty:s o+inion: the ConHuest o3 Duty.2
    *o%e ti%e later he took the vo#s o3 a Bu&&hist %onk, :entere& the $ath:; an&, as he says,
    :eEerte& hi%sel3 strenuously.:
    0e has 1een calle& the :Constantine o3 Bu&&his%:; there is %uch talk a%on! the
    #estern learne&, a1out his su++ort o3 that %ove%ent havin! contri1ute& to its &ecay. They
    &ra# analo!y 3ro% Constantine; even hint that
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    6soka e%1race& Bu&&his%, as the latter &i& Christianity, 3ro% +olitical %otives. But the
    analo!y is thorou!hly 3alse. Constantine #as a 1a& %an, a very 3ar-!one case; an& there
    #as little in the 3aith he a&o+te&, or 3avore&, as it ha& co%e to 1e at that ti%e, to %ake hi%
    1etter; - even i3 he ha& really 1elieve& in it. 6n& it #as a &e3ine& reli!io-+olitical 1o&y, hi!hly
    anta!onistic to the ol& state reli!ion o3 -o%e, that he linke& his 3ortunes #ith. But no
    soverei!n so %i!hty in co%+assion is recor&e& in history as havin! rei!ne&, as this 6soka. 0e
    #as the %ost unsectarian o3 %en. Bu&&his% as it ca%e to hi%, an& as he le3t it, #as not a
    sect, 1ut a livin! s+iritual %ove%ent. For #hat is a sect. - *o%ethin! cut off - 3ro% the rest o3
    hu%anity, an& the sources o3 inner li3e. But 3or 6soka, as 3or the %o&e% Theoso+hical
    Move%ent, there #as no reli!ion hi!her than - 3harma - #hich #or& %ay 1e translate&, :the
    7hi!her8 )a#,: or :truth.: or :&uty.: 0e never cease& to +rotect the holy %en o3 Brah%inis%.
    ;&ict a3ter e&ict eEhorts his +eo+le to honor the%. 0e +reache& the Goo& )a#; he coul& not
    insist too o3ten that &i33erent %en #oul& have &i33erent conce+tions as to this 3harma. ;ach,
    then, %ust 3ollo# his o#n conce+tion, an& utterly res+ect his nei!h1ors:. The Goo& )a#, the
    Doctrine o3 the Bu&&has, #as universal; 1ecause the o1>ective o3 all reli!ions #as the
    conHuest o3 the +assions an& o3 sel3. 6ll reli!ions %ust %ani3est on this +lane as ri!ht action
    an& li3e; an& that #as the evan!el he +roclai%e& to the #orl&. There #as no such shar+
    anta!onis% o3 sects an& cree&s.
    There is s+eculation as to ho# he %ana!e&, 1ein! a #orl&-soverei!n - an& a hi!hly
    e33icient one - to carry out the vo#s o3 a Bu&&hist %onk. 6s i3 the 1e!!in! 1o#l #oul& have
    1een anythin! o3 conseHuence to such an oneP ,t is a %atter o3 the status o3 the soul; not o3
    out#ar& +ara+hernalia. 0e #as a +ractical %an; intensely so; an& he sho#e& that a
    Chakravartin coul& trea& the $ath o3 the Bu&&has as #ell as a #an&erin! %onk. ne can
    i%a!ine no Tolstoyian +layin! at +easant in hi%. 0is 1usiness in li3e #as %o%entous. 2, a%
    never satis3ie& #ith %y eEertions an& %y &is+atch o3 1usiness,2 he says.
    2Work , %ust 3or the +u1lic 1ene3it,- an& the root o3 the %atter is in eEertion an&
    &is+atch o3 1usiness, than #hich nothin! is %ore e33icacious 3or the +u1lic #el3are. 6n& 3or
    #hat en& &o , toil. For no other en& than that , %ay &ischar!e %y &e1t to ani%ate 1ein!s.2
    6n& a!ain:
    2Devana%+iya $ia&asi &esires that in all +laces %en o3 all reli!ions %ay a1i&e, 3or they all
    &esire +urity o3 %in& an& %astery over the senses.2
    Well; 3or nine an& t#enty years he hel& that vast e%+ire #arless; even thou!h it
    inclu&e& #ithin its 1oun&aries %any restless an& sava!e tri1es. Certainly
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    only the !reatest, stron!est, an& #isest o3 rulers coul& &o that; it has not 1een &one since
    7thou!h 6k1ar ca%e near it8. We kno# nothin! as to ho# literature %ay have 1een enriche&;
    so%e think that the !reat e+ics %ay have co%e 3ro% this ti%e. ,3 so, it #oul& only have 1een
    recensions o3 the%, , i%a!ine. But in art an& architecture his rei!n #as everythin!. 0e 1uilt
    s+len&i& cities, an& stre#e& the lan& #ith #on&er3ul 1uil&in!s an& %onoliths. $atna, the
    ca+ital, in Me!asthenes: ti%e nine %iles lon! 1y one an& a hal3 #i&e, an& 1uilt o3 #oo&, he
    re1uilt in stone #ith #alls intricately scul+ture&. ;&ucation #as very #i&es+rea& or universal.
    0is e&icts are ser%ons +reache& to the %asses: si%+le ethical teachin!s touchin! on all
    +oints necessary to ri!ht livin!. 0e ha& the% carve& on rock, an& set the% u+ 1y the
    roa&si&es an& in all %uch- 3reHuente& +laces, #here the %asses coul& rea& the%; an& this
    +roves that the %asses coul& rea&. They are all vi1rant #ith his ten&er care, not alone 3or his
    hu%an su1>ects, 1ut 3or all sentient 1ein!s. 2Work , %ust . . . that , %ay &ischar!e %y &e1t to
    all thin!s ani%ate.2 6n& ho# he &i& #ork #ithout one +rivate %o%ent in the &ay or ni!ht, as
    his &ecrees sho#, in #hich he shoul& 1e un&istur1e& 1y the calls o3 those #ho nee&e& hel+.
    0e s+eci3ies; he +articulariAes; there #as no %o%ent to 1e consi&ere& +rivate, or his
    +ersonal o#n.
    6n& even then he #as not content. There #ere 3orei!n lan&s; an& those, too, #ere
    entitle& to his care. , sai& that the southern ti+ o3 ,n&ia, #ith Ceylon, #ere #ithin his s+here o3
    in3luence: his s+here o3 in3luence #as %uch #i&er than that, ho#ever. *ayin! that a kin!:s
    s+here o3 in3luence is #herever he can !et his #ill &one, 6soka:s eEten&e& #est#ar& over the
    #hole Greek #orl&. 0ere #as a kin! #hose #ill #as 1enevolence; #ho sou!ht no ri!hts 1ut
    the ri!ht to &o !oo&; #hose +olitics #ere the service o3 %ankin&: - it is a si!n o3 the
    Brotherhoo& o3 Man, that his #rit ran, as you %ay say - the #rit o3 his !reat co%+assion, - to
    the Me&iterranean shore: -
    2;very#here in the &o%inions o3 Devana%+iya $ia&asi, an& like#ise in the
    nei!h1orin! real%s, such as those o3 the Chola, $an&ya, *atiya+utra an& ?erala+utra, in
    Ceylon, in the &o%inions o3 the Greek kin! 6ntiochus, an& in those o3 the other kin!s
    su1or&inate to that 6ntiochus - every#here, on 1ehal3 o3 0is Ma>esty, have t#o kin&s o3
    hos+itals 1een 3oun&e&: hos+itals 3or %en, an& hos+itals 3or 1easts. 0ealin! her1s,
    %e&icinal 3or %an an& %e&icinal 3or 1easts, #herever they #ere lackin!, have 1een i%+orte&
    an& +lante&. n the roa&s, trees have 1een +lante&, an& #ells have 1een &u! 3or the use o3
    %en an& 1easts.2
    - 6n& every#here, in all those 3orei!n real%s, he ha& his %issionaries +reachin! the
    Goo& )a#. 6n& so%e o3 these ca%e to $alestine, an& 3oun&e& there 3or hi% an or&er at
    "aAareth calle& the ;ssenes; in #hich, so%e century or t#o
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    later, a %an rose to teach the Goo& )a# - 1y na%e, 5esus o3 "aAareth. - "o# consi&er the
    +resti!e, the %oral in3luence, o3 a kin! #ho %i!ht kee+ his a!ents, un%oleste&, carryin! out
    his #ill, ri!ht across 6sia, in *yria, Greece, Mace&onia, an& ;!y+t; the kin! o3 a !reat, 3ree,
    an& %i!hty +eo+le, #ho, i3 he ha& care& to, %i!ht have %arche& out #orl&-conHuerin!; 1ut
    #ho +re3erre& that his conHuests shoul& 1e the conHuests o3 &uty. Devana%+iya $ia&asi:
    the Gracious o3 Mien, the Belove& o3 the Go&s: an 6&e+t ?in! like the% o3 ol& ti%e, straye&
    so%eho# into the sco+e an& vision o3 history.
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    O;Ecer+te& 3ro% Cha+ter I,, o3 MorrisLs lectures The (rest-)a*e of E*olution #hich
    #ere serialiAe& in Theosophical 7ath+ March, 1F1F thru 5uly, 1F(1.
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    T&e S%nMs "D*e!!er" Dis#oere/? . Ag"in
    ,n this article in 7roto #4B, #e 3or!ot to !ive the in3or%ation that the +ossi1le hu!e
    21ro#n &#ar32 or other o1>ect 7+ro1a1ly 4 ti%es the siAe o3 5u+iter8 circlin! our sun is also
    esti%ate& to 1e 4 trillion %iles a#ay. Because o3 this o%ission, one corres+on&ent thou!ht
    +ossi1ly it #as the intra-%ercurial +lanet 2Iulcan2 re3erre& to in Theoso+hical literature, 1ut o3
    course is too &istant to 3it this 1ill. The 3ollo#in! are so%e co%%ents an& Huotations 3ro%
    Willy *ch%it, The "etherlan&s:
    2....6s the !ist o3 your article is a1out the ka%a-ru+a, , have looke& 3or a++ro+riate
    +ronounce%ents a1out the su1>ect, the %ore so 1ecause the ka%a-ru+a has lon! 1een
    consi&ere& as 1ein! 3or%e& only a3ter &eath. 0o#ever, the ka%a-ru+a is 3or%e& &urin! li3e,
    an& #e %en o3 the earth are ka%a-ru+as, as all other entities, also the sun, are, 1ecause our
    evolution is on the 3ourth +lane, as #e are in the 3ourth -oun& o3 our chain. This you
    sti+ulate& alrea&y in your article.
    2,n 4ountain %ource of /ccultism 1y G. &e $urucker, on +a!e ==9 is state&: \When #e
    &ie an& cast o33 the 1o&y, there re%ains a ka%a-ru+a #ith all the hi!her +rinci+les still
    attache&; an& #hen those hi!her +rinci+les slou!h o33 the ka%a-ru+a, then there is only the
    e%+ty ka%a-ru+ic shell. But #hile i%1o&ie& on this earth #e are livin! ka%a-ru+as, seven3ol&
    entities. This last is the case o3 the sun, the 3or%er, the cast-o33 shell, is the case o3 the %oon,
    the &ecayin! ka%a-ru+a o3 the %oon that #as.L
    2When #e turn to The %ecret 3octrine, Iol. ,, <(B 7ori!inal +a!e, 5la*atsy (ollected
    )ritin#s e&ition8 3ootnote 9: \,n the solar syste%, the sun is the Bu&&hi an& 7"&"n" o3 A)"s",
    the Iehicle hence the =th +rinci+le; in ?os%os all the suns are the ?a%a-ru+a o3 6kasa an&
    so is ours. ,t is only #hen re!ar&e& as an in&ivi&ual entity in his o#n ?in!&o% that *urya 7our
    sun8 is the Bth +rinci+le o3 the !reat 1o&y o3 +"tter.L
    2,n 4ountain %ource of /ccultism, +a!e 14C #e 3in&: \*o%e +lanetary chains that are
    %ore a&vance& in evolution than our earth, an& are %ore s+iritual in character, have a
    ha++ier &estiny, 3or their %oons lon!s since ha& 1een
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    &issi+ate&. ,n other #or&s, they are not a33licte& #ith a ka%a-ru+ic %oon or D#eller on the
    Threshol& as #e are.L
    2,n F* ==9: \We %en are ka%a-ru+as o3 our %ani3estin! seven +rinci+les... 3or%in!
    the ka%a-ru+a o3 our o#n i%%ense Brah%an&a, the e!! o3 Brah%a... The suns there3ore, as
    cos%ic \ato%s,L re+resent in their totality a ka%a-ru+a o3 the vaster i%1o&ie& cos%os, i.e. the
    %ental, +assional, ener!ic si&e o3 the universe, %ani3estin! in those 1alls o3 terri3ic +o#er #e
    call the stars. r #e %ay call the% sons o3 3ohat.L
    2F* 494: \But the %oonchain #as not a !oo& chain o3 li3e; it #as a vicious chain, an&
    #e hu%ans are a%on! those #ho %a&e it so...L
    2....We have to consi&er the s+iritual stan&ar& o3 a +lanetary-chain, an& there3ore the
    sun, to #ho% all reli!ions an& +hiloso+hies have +ai& ho%a!e, cannot 1elon! to those
    celestial 1o&ies #hich have trailin! 1ehin& the% their ka%a-ru+as 3ro% 3or%er %anvantaras
    7*ee also F* 14C8....2
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    Whether the sun has or has ha& in the +ast a 2&#eller2 or ka%a-ru+icSshell an& 2%oon2
    3ro% a 3or%er %anvantara is &i33icult to &eter%ine in the )iterature.
    ,t #oul& see% one consi&eration #oul& 1e as to >ust #hat +oint the sun is in its in&ivi&ual
    %anvantara - i3 in the latter sta!es, such a &#eller #oul& alrea&y have &issi+ate&. While #e
    are in our 9th roun& o3 B aroun& the !lo1es an& 1arely +ast the hal3-#ay +oint, &oes this also
    %ean that the #hole solar syste% is at a++roEi%ately the sa%e +oint. 6re other li3e-#aves o3
    other +lanets in &i33erent roun&s as #ell as at o1viously &i33erent +oints in this roun&. - an&
    #hat &oes this in&icate a1out the *unLs %anvantara as a #hole.
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    Reie*
    The Autobio#raphy of a Tibetan Mon, $al&en Gyatso, 3or#ar& 1y the Dalai )a%a, Grove
    $ress, ".D., +a+er1ack, (4( ++, R14.GG
    Gyatso #as 1orn in 1F44 in Ti1et an& 1eca%e a %onk at 1C, >ust t#o years a3ter the
    takeover o3 Ti1et 1y China. 0e #as arreste& - in truth >ust 3or 1ein! a %onk, an& serve& 41
    years in various +rison ca%+s until his esca+e several years a!o.
    "ations !o insane >ust as +eo+le &o an& China has 1een insane no# as a nation 3or
    so%e 3i3ty or siEty years. ,t is currently arrestin! an& !ivin! lon! +rison ter%s to its o#n
    citiAens 3or - %e&itatin!. ne can i%a!ine #hat has ha++ene& to Ti1etans. This 1ook is a
    !oo& stu&y in the +sycholo!y o3 the ty+e o3 %a&ness China is la1orin! un&er an& the horri1le
    conseHuences to Ti1etans, not to %ention its o#n citiAens. The #hole o3 Ti1et #as turne&
    into a +rison ca%+, an& 1asically e8cuses #ere constantly looke& 3or 1y Chinese 7an& #e
    %ust assu%e that not all are 1a&...8 to vent so%e %ysterious inner ra!e that +ossesse& an&
    +ossesses the entire !overn%ent. The sli!htest i%a!ine& or %anu3acture& a33ront #as
    reason 3or torture an& %ur&er. ,3 , re%e%1er correctly in GyatsoLs account, one +erson #as
    kille& 3or a 3in!ernail %ark on the +icture o3 Mao all +risoners #ere 3orce& to carry. ne #as
    kille& 3or not 3in&in! enou!h &un! in the %ornin! to use 3or 3uel. Gyatso ha& a electric cattle-
    +ro& 3orce& in his %outh - #hich resulte& in the loss o3 his teeth. Who nee&s to %anu3acture
    visions o3 a hell in an a3ter-li3e #hen #e have it ri!ht here.P
    This a 3ascinatin! account o3 GyatsoLs 41 years in Ti1etan +rison ca%+s, es+ecially
    as it is a +ersonal account o3 a Ti1etan %onk. Gyatso in his 1oyhoo& #as one o3 the
    can&i&ates as a +ossi1le tulku 3or a )a%a, only to 1e +asse& over 3or another. Fro% his
    uns#ervin! resolve an& character throu!hout his or&eal - the si%ilar or&eal o3 thousan&s
    others - one has to think +erha+s that the selection +rocess #ent a#ry this ti%e, an& Gyatso
    #as the !enuine tulku. But kar%a an& 3ate has its t#ists an& turns, an& ha& he 1een selecte&
    as the )a%a, he very #ell %i!ht not have survive& the a&&itional +ersecution an& 1een here
    to tell his tale.
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    Reie*
    The %no& 'eopard, $eter Matthiessen, Banta% +a+er1ack e&ition, 1FC1, 4<1++
    This is an account o3 MatthiessenLs trek into the 0i%alayas o3 "e+al acco%+anyin! a
    3rien& on his s%all scienti3ic eE+e&ition to o1serve the 1ree&in! ha1its o3 a 0i%alayan !oat.
    The tone o3 the story is that o3 a #estern Bu&&hist on a s+iritual +il!ri%a!e an& is conveye&
    #ith skill, sincerity an& insi!ht. 6n
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    i%+ressive tale an& one , #on&er ho# , %isse& all these yearsP
    This trek #as taken shortly a3ter Matthiessen lost his #i3e to cancer an& the +ersonal
    1lo# no &ou1t a&&e& a lar!e &e!ree o3 Huestionin! an& s+iritual an!st to his Huest an&
    eE+erience. 0e &i&nLt !loss over the +ractical an& u!ly +arts o3 his >ourney an& &an!ers -
    trou1les #ith +orters, 3ear o3 1ein! sno#e& in, the3ts, 1ack-1reakin! e33orts an& 3ear3ul
    !overn%ent o33icials #ho coul& %ake or 1reak an eE+e&itions. 0is account covers the hi!hs
    o3 the 1eauty o3 the 0i%alayas an& s+iritual insi!hts &o#n to the coarse levels o3 &escri1in!
    seEual ha1its o3 !oats 7#hich , coul& have &one #ithout...8 The sno# leo+ar& - that rare an&
    %ysterious creature - #as sy%1olic o3 his Huest an& a ho+e&-3or encounter. 0is account is
    %ostly that o3 the inner chan!es an& thou!hts he !oes throu!h as %uch as the out#ar&
    scenery an& &i33iculties, in the style so%e#hat o3 $irsi!Ls Pen and the Art of Motorcycle
    Maintenance$ 6t the villa!e an& %onastery 7close& 3or the #inter8 at the outer reach o3 their
    >ourney, he #as ho+in! to %eet a )a%a an& tulku. 0e %et so%e %onks at a hut near the
    close& %onastery, one cri++le& %onk in the rather &is!ustin! chore o3 curin! a hi&e #ith yak
    1utter an& 1rains - #hich %onk turne& out to 1e the )a%a he #as searchin!, an& an
    interestin! %an in the later 1rie3 %eetin!. ,n his &escri+tion o3 Bu&&his% in the area an& the
    Bu&&hist +ast, there is the &eci&e& i%+ression that Bu&&his% in this area is in $ralaya - its
    hei!hts are in the +ast an& its ener!ies have +erha+s %ove& else#here, as see%s to +oint to
    the current rise o3 Bu&&his% in the West.
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    OSe"&engeP D"te/
    M6 nature #ar&en #alkin! alon! an isolate& stretch o3 the eastern ;n!lish coast in
    6u!ust 1FFC ca%e u+on a startlin!, sli!htly eerie si!ht. With the ti&e &ra#n 1ack, the hu!e,
    inverte& stu%+ o3 an oak tree a++eare&, inserte& like a !iant +ost in the %arshy soil. 6 rin! o3
    << oak +osts surroun&e& the stu%+, 3or%in! a rou!h circle a1out (1 3eet across.
    MThe sea ha& !ra&ually #ashe& a#ay a +eat layer that ha& +rotecte& the %ysterious
    #oo&en circle, eE+osin! it to the &a%a!in! e33ects o3 salt#ater an& air. ...-a&iocar1on
    analyses o3 the central oak in&icte& that it ha& &ie& 1et#een ((GG B.C. an& (GGG B.C.N
    7%cience 1e&s, 1(-11-FF8
    6 %athe%atical %o&el co%+arin! tree rin!s ena1le& the &eath &ate o3 the trees to 1e
    +in+ointe& to #ithin a 3e# %onths in (G<G an& (G9F B.C. ,3 the (1 3oot circu%3erence 3or the
    rin! o3 ti%1er is correct, this %ust have 1een a &#ellin! o3 so%e sort rather than a reli!ious
    structure like *tonehen!e.
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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    1F(G:s 1y the !reat novelist, RB.GG
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    atheistLs co%%ents on Christianity, also inclu&es BlavatskyLs translation o3 DostoevskyLs The
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    o3 rare insi!ht. This is a survey o3 #orl& history inter+rete& as &i33erent areas enterin!
    +erio&s o3 elevatin! in3luences. Much on China, (9G++, RC.GG
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    %ost co%+rehensive an& +hiloso+hic history o3 this +erio&. BG<++, R(G.GG
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    SI91RIAN ANTIGUITI1S
    M.....That &esolate lan& in #hich thou &i&st #an&er, oh TitanP #ith thy 1eauti3ul an&
    %ysterious co%+anion, #here silent cities stre#e& the &esert, in #hich no li3e stirre&, an& no
    voice #as hear& in the streets, 1ut all #as &eath an& &esolation; #here everythin! lay still or
    +etri3ie&; #here !i!antic ruins lay aroun&, an& the colossal 3or%s o3 a 1y-!one li3e stare& out
    on thee 3ro% stone, #ith an i%+ress o3 sole%n an& eternal 1eauty, utterin! a %oan to the 3irst
    1ea%s o3 the risin! sun, o33ers a true ty+e o3 this %ourn3ul #orl&. For #hat, in truth, is this
    earth 1ut one i%%ense ruin, or hea+ o3 ruins - a lan& o3 &eath an& &esolation - a &esert
    stre#n #ith the 3ra!%ents o3 an eEtinct +ast. ....The #hole earth a++ears a vast asse%1la!e
    o3 su1li%e ruins.
    MWhen #e consult %ore closely the %aterials #hich 3or% these ruins, #e 3in& #ith
    astonish%ent that they too are co%+ose& o3 other ruins; #e 3in& every#here the %arks o3 an
    eEtinct #orl&. 6 !i!antic ve!etation o3 consu%%ate 1eauty in its 3or%s; 1roken 3ra!%ents, too,
    o3 a creation o3 livin! creatures, colossal in siAe, #on&er3ul in structure, an& a#e3ul in +o#er,
    surroun& us every#here. The &ea& 3aces o3 eEtinct or!anisations look out on us 3ro% stone
    on every si&e #ith their sa&, eternal 1eauty; an&, as every 3resh sun &a#ns u+on the #orl& o3
    ruins, a %ourn3ul +laint is #aile& 3orth 3ro% all +ast creations to !reet his risin!, #hich recalls
    to the% their o#n 3or%er 1ein!...N
    - Fro% The 3ream of -a*an
    -ecently on the MDiscovery ChannelN 718 #as aire& a t#o hour +ro!ra% o3 the
    &iscovery an& eEcavation o3 a nearly intact carcass o3 a #ooly %a%%oth 3roAen in the tun&ra
    #hich accor&in! to car1on &atin! &ie& so%e (G,4GG years a!o. ,t #as &iscovere& 1y a
    %e%1er o3 the no%a&ic Dol!on tri1e o3 the Tay%yr +ennisula in *i1eria #ho trie& to sell the
    ivory tusks at %arket an& #as contacte& 1y French eE+lorer Bernar& Bui!ues. The hea& o3
    the 1east #as re%ove& an& arran!e%ents %a&e to eEcavate the rest o3 the 1o&y the
    3ollo#in! year. The 1o&y #as 3oun& to a++ear lar!ely intact, #ith 1its o3 its heavy hair
    a++earin! outsi&e the hu!e 1lock o3 ice that #as 1arely helico+tere& a#ay.
    While &iscovery o3 3roAen %a%%oths is not so co%%on as +o+ular +ress %i!ht lea&
    one to think 7, re%e%1er the e+iso&e 3ro% the 6laskan 1ase& +o+ular TI series "orthern
    ;E+osure in #hich one o3 the characters ke+t his 3reeAer stocke& #ith %a%%oth %eat....8,
    there have 1een at least a &oAen &iscoveries o3 relatively intact carcasses in the last (GG
    years, an& +ro1a1ly %any %ore not 1rou!ht to +o+ular attention. -a&io-car1on &atin! has
    thus 3ar +lace& so%e o3 their &eaths ran!in! 3ro% a1out (G,GGG to <G,GGG years a!o. The
    Dol!on an& likely other no%a&s o3 *i1eria 1elieve it is 1a& luck to eEcavate a %a%%oth an&
    reco%%en&e&, in this case, !ivin! the earth s+irits 1ack Ma #hite rein&eer an&
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    so%e coinsN to a++ease the%. The no%a&ic tri1es 3or%erly 1elieve& the %a%%oths - #hich
    they #ere a++arently Huite 3a%iliar #ith, to 1e creatures o3 the un&er!roun&. ,n one Chinese
    1ook 1y ;%+eror ?Lan!-hsi o3 a1out 1=GG, they are re3erre& to as a ty+e o3 < ton un&er!roun&
    ro&ent. 7The *i1erian %a%%oth, #hile s%aller than its 6%erican cousin, still reache& #ei!hts
    to 1G tons.8
    /ntil a1out 1G,GGG years a!o %a%%oths an& their cousins ran!e& at &i33erent +erio&s
    %uch o3 the !lo1e. The last o3 the% &ie& out in a &#ar3 s+ecies that survive& on Wran!le
    ,slan& in northeast *i1eria until a1out 9,GGG years a!o. The 6Atecs sho#e& a %a%%oth thi!h
    to the conHuista&ors in MeEico. ,n the 1=GGs #hen %a%%oth 1ones #ere 3oun& in ;n!lan&
    the ;n!lish Cler!y consi&ere& it a threat to their reli!ion an& atte%+te& to +rove the% the
    re%ains o3 an ele+hant 1rou!ht to ;n!lan& 1y 5ulius Caesar. The 3irst %o&ern account o3 a
    3roAen %a%%oth co%es 3ro% *#e&ish Ca+tain 5ohn Bernar& Muller #ho #as i%+risone& in
    *i1eria in the early 1BGGs an& #rote an account o3 !iant carcasses 1ein! &iscovere& in the
    ice. ,n 1CG= Mikhail ,vanovich 6&a%s, a *t. $eters1ur! scientist trace& &o#n a tale o3 a
    %a%%oth carcass near the *i1erian to#n o3 Dukutsk an& 1rou!ht 1ack #hat re%ains that
    ha&nLt alrea&y 1een &estroye& 1y &o!s an& #olves. 7(8
    *i1eria a3ter the -ussian takeover #as a lar!e contri1utor o3 ,vory to %arkets 3ro% the
    vast a%ount o3 %a%%oth tusks sur3acin! in river 1anks, the s+rin! tha#s, cli33 si&es an&
    eE+ose& in %u& si&es. The tusks an& 1ones ha& lon! 1een use& in tool %akin!,
    orna%entation, an& ho%e an& shelter 1uil&in!. 6rcheolo!ists have &iscovere& shelters %a&e
    entirely o3 %a%%oth 1ones an& tusks.
    Ielikovsky #rites:
    MTusks o3 %a%%oths have 1een 3oun& in lar!e nu%1ers in northeast *i1eria; this #ell-
    +reserve& ivory has 1een an o1>ect o3 eE+ort to China an& ;uro+e ever since the -ussian
    conHuest o3 *i1eria an& #as eE+loite& in even earlier ti%es. ,n %o&ern ti%es the ivory %arket
    o3 the #orl& still 3oun& its %ain source o3 su++ly in the tun&ras o3 northeast *i1eria.
    M,n 1BFF the 3roAen 1o&ies o3 %a%%oths #ere 3oun& in these tun&ras. The cor+ses
    #ere #ell +reserve& an& the sle&!e &o!s ate the 3lesh unhar%e&. \The 3lesh is 3i1rous an&
    %ar1le& #ith 3atL an& \looks as 3resh as #ell 3roAen 1ee3.L 748
    Durin! 3il%in! o3 M-aisin! the Ma%%othN the Dol!ons sho#e& 4 sets o3 tusks that they
    ha& &iscovere& an& also a 3a%ily #ho #as &i!!in! out o3 the %uck a co%+lete %a%%oth
    skeleton.
    Ma%%oth re%nants also are 3reHuently 3oun& on seashores an& sea1e&s. Durin! the
    last ice a!e lar!e +ortions o3 sea 3loor #ere then a1ove !roun&. $art o3 #hat is no# the
    "orth *ea o33 the British ,sles #as then a1ove #ater an& a &ay 1y 3isher%en o3 trollin! the
    3loor 3or 3lat3ish can 1rin! u+ hun&re&s o3 1ones an&
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    KK%iberian Arctic mapLL
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    3ossils inclu&in! +ortions o3 tusks.
    Corliss !ives nu%erous accounts o3 %a%%oth 3in&s. 798 0e Huotes 3ro% Cha%1ers in
    a 1F1= article:
    M....on the northern coast o3 *i1eria 3rontin! the 6rctic cean the )o# cli33s #hich rise
    a1ove the 1each an& 3or%e& o3 earth an& clay are 3ull o3 the 1ones o3 ele+hants an&
    rhinoceroses. ,n the 1rie3 su%%er, #hich har&ly lasts 3or siE #eeks, +ortions o3 these early
    cli33s tha# an& 3all on the 1each 1elo#. Then it is that the traveler #ho #alks alon! the shore
    #itnesses an astonishin! s+ectacle. "ot only &oes he o1serve ice1er!s stran&e& on the
    1each 1ut he also sees tusks, 1ones, an& teeth o3 ele+hants 7the %a%%oth8 lyin! on the
    shore an& #hitenin! the 1each 3or lon! &istanceP ,3 he leaves the 6rctic cean 1ehin& an&
    >ourneys inlan&, the sa%e si!hts constantly %eet his astonishe& !aAe. 0e co%es, it %ay 1e,
    to a +lain #here 3or +erha+s hal3 a %ile the #hole !roun& see%s to 1e 3or%e& o3 %asses o3
    tusks, teeth, an& 1ones o3 ele+hants an& rhinoceroses #el&e& to!ether in one con3use& %ass
    in the 3roAen soil. These %i!hty 1easts %ust have 1een &estroye& in her&s, 1ut ho# they
    +erishe& no one kno#s.
    M*till %ore a%aAin! is the 3act that the islan&s in the 6rctic cean north o3 *i1eria are
    eHually 3ull o3 the tusks an& 1ones o3 ele+hants an& rhinoceroses; an& on the shores o3 these
    islan&s in the $olar *eas the tusks o3 ele+hants can 1e seen stickin! u+ like trunks o3 trees in
    the 3roAen san&P
    M*tran!er still, actually the very 1o&ies o3 these !reat ele+hants, #ith 3lesh, 3ur an& hair
    +er3ect, are see stan&in! u+ri!ht in the 3roAen cli33s.
    \When the cli33s tha#, the 1o&ies o3 these !reat ele+hants 3all to the !roun&, an& are so
    +er3ect, a3ter 1ein! ento%1e& 3or thousan&s o3 years, that the #olves eat the 3lesh.N 7<8
    Blavatsky i%+lies that ancient %yths re3er to a civiliAation to the north o3 *i1eria an& to
    it 1ein! 3or%erly %uch #ar%er 7&ue to aEis shi3t, %ost likely.8 *he re3ers to the islan&s 7"e#
    *i1eria8 &iscovere& 1y "or&enskiol& on his Ie!a voya!e an& Huotes an a&e+t 3ro% Esoteric
    5udhism: MThese islan&s #ere \3oun& stre#n #ith 3ossils o3 horses, shee+, oEen, etc., a%on!
    !i!antic 1ones o3 ele+hants, %a%%oths, rhinoceroses,L etc. ,3 there #as no %an on earth at
    that +erio& \ho# ca%e horses an& shee+ to 1e 3oun& in co%+any #ith the hu!e
    ante&iluvians.L...N 7=8 To&ay it is the unavoi&a1le conclusion 1y scientists that this area #as
    once %uch #ar%er, an& that there have 1een %any cli%ate shi3ts over the !lo1e. n "e#
    *i1eria ento%1e& 3ruit trees #hich no# can only !ro# several thousan& %iles south#ar& are
    3oun& in the 3roAen %uck. 7B8 6lso there is %uch 1urie& #oo& an& lo!s in arctic re!ions #here
    no lar!e trees can !ro# no#, an& even +reserve& re%ains o3 su1tro+ical s+ecies. 7C8
    "or&enskiol& in co%%ent on his Ie!a voya!e &escri1es a%on! else the &iscovery o3
    an ento%1e& -hinoceros carcass.
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    M....#hile in ;uro+e only so%e %ore or less inconsi&era1le re%ains o3 1ones are
    co%%only to 1e 3oun&, in *i1eria #e %eet not only #ith #hole skeletons, 1ut also #hole
    ani%als 3roAen in the earth..... #e no# sail 3or#ar& 1et#een shores +ro1a1ly richer in such
    re%ains than any other on the sur3ace o3 the !lo1e, an& over a sea 3ro% #hose 1otto% our
    &re&!e 1rou!ht u+, alon! #ith +ieces o3 &ri3t#oo&, hal3-&ecaye& +ortions o3 %a%%oth tusks,
    an& as the sava!es #ith #ho% #e ca%e in contact several ti%es o33ere& us very 3ine
    %a%%oth tusks or tools %a&e o3 %a%%oth ivory, it %ay not +erha+s 1e out o3 +lace here to
    !ive a 1rie3 account o3 so%e o3 the %ost i%+ortant %a%%oth 3in&s #hich have 1een
    +reserve& 3or science. We can only re3er to the &iscovery o3 %a%%oth %u%%ies
    UcarcassesV, 3or the 3in&s o3 %a%%oth tusks su33iciently #ell +reserve& to 1e use& 3or carvin!
    are so 3reHuent as to &e3y enu%eration.
    MMi&&en&or3 reckons the nu%1er o3 the tusks #hich yearly co%e into the %arket as at
    least a hun&re& +airs, #hen #e %ay in3er that &urin! the years that have ela+se& since the
    conHuest o3 *i1eria use3ul tusks 3ro% %ore than (G,GGG ani%als have 1een collecte&.....
    M6 ne# an& i%+ortant 3in& #as %a&e in 1CBB on a tri1utary o3 the )ena.... in =F
    &e!rees north latitu&e. For there #as 3oun& there an eEcee&in!ly #ell-+reserve& carcass o3 a
    rhinoceros..... The nearer #e co%e to the coast o3 the $olar *eas, the %ore co%%on are the
    re%ains o3 the %a%%oth, es+ecially at +laces #here there have 1een !reat lan&sli+s at the
    river1anks #hen the ice 1reaks u+ in the s+rin!. "o#here, ho#ever, are they 3oun& in such
    nu%1ers as on the "e# *i1erian ,slan&s.....N 7F8
    While it %ay not eE+lain the 3roAen %a%%oths, there is evi&ence o3 so%e
    cataclys%ic occurrence in *i1eria:
    MTravelers #ho have visite& the or&inary haunts o3 the ele+hant an& -hinoceros
    have 3reHuently re%arke& on the eEtraor&inary scarcity o3 their 1ones an& other re%ains.
    When ol& an& #orn out, they a++arently seek out the recesses
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    o3 the 3orest an& retire there to &ie. 0ere, on the contrary, #e have re%ains o3 #hole her&s
    to!ether; the 1ones eHually +reserve&, the ivory eHually 3resh, an& +ointin! to 1ut one
    conclusion, that they +erishe& in her&s #here they are 3oun&, an& +erishe& 1y so%e
    over#hel%in! cataclys%. The 3act o3 so %any o3 the re%ains 1ein! 3oun& in hi!h !roun&
    see%s to sho# that this hi!h !roun& #as a +lace o3 re3u!e #here the 1easts con!re!ate& in
    the +resence o3 so%e co%%on &an!er, such as a !eneral inun&ation #hich threatene& to
    annihilate the%. ,n this #ay also #e can 1est account 3or the hetero!eneous character o3 the
    collections o3 1ones, Ma%%oth an& -hinoceros, Bison an& Bos $ri%i!enius, Musk *hee+
    an& *ta!, etc., ani%als that &o not naturally her& to!ether, #hich cannot 1e su++ose& to have
    visite& one +articular 1o! at one ti%e in their usual course o3 li3e to 1e en!ul3e&, an& #oul&
    not +erish 3ro% such a cause in vast her&s o3 %any hun&re&s to!ether, as they %ust have
    &one in ne# *i1eria, on the 1i, at Cansta&t, etc...... N 71G8
    Corliss Huotes 3urther on "e# *i1eria ,slan& in his 6no%alies o3 Geolo!y account:
    M,t cannot esca+e notice, that as #e !o nearer to the coast, the &e+osits o3 #oo& 1elo#
    the earth, an& also &e+osits o3 1ones #hich acco%+any the #oo&, increase in eEtent an&
    3reHuency. 0ere, 1eneath the soil o3 Dakutsk, the trunks o3 1irch-trees lie scattere&, only
    sin!ly, 1ut on the other han& they 3or% such !reat an& #ell-store& strata un&er the tun&ras,
    1et#een the Dana an& the ,n&i!irka, that the Duka!irs there never think o3 usin! any other 3uel
    than 3ossil #oo&. They o1tain it on the shores o3 lakes, #hich are continually thro#in! u+
    trunks o3 trees 3ro% the 1otto%. ,n the sa%e +ro+ortion the search 3or ivory !ro#s continually
    %ore certain an& +ro&uctive, 3ro% the 1anks o3 the lakes in the interior to the hills alon! the
    coast o3 the icy sea. Both these kin&re& +heno%ena attain the !reatest eEtent an&
    i%+ortance at the 3urthest chain o3 the islan&s a1ove %entione& 7i$e$ "e# *i1eria, etc.8, #hich
    are se+arate& 3ro% the coast o3 the %ainlan& 1y a strait a1out 1<G %iles #i&e, o3 very
    %o&erate &e+th. Thus in "e# *i1eria, on the &eclivities 3acin! the south, lie hills 2G0 to J00
    feet hi#h+ formed of drift &ood; Uitalics - ;&.V the ancient ori!in o3 #hich as #ell as o3 the 3ossil
    #oo& in the tun&ras, anterior to the history o3 the earth in its +resent state, strikes at once
    even the %ost une&ucate& hunters. They call 1oth sorts o3 trees a&%a%ovchina, or a&a%itic
    thin!s.....$it is clear that at the time &hen the elephants and truns of trees &ere heaped up
    to#ether+ one flood e8tended from the centre of the continent to the further barrier e8istin# in
    the sea as it no& is.N
    ,t isnLt a %ystery as to #hy there are so %any %a%%oth 1ones an& tusks 1urie& in the
    tun&ra, as over thousan&s o3 years an& %illions o3 ani%als, this #oul& o3 course occur, 1ut
    #hat is the 1i! %ystery a1out the %a%%oths is that they are 3oun& 3roAen intact an& to
    various &e!rees o3 &eco%+osition.
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    $resu++osin! so%e sort o3 catastro+he really isnLt a&eHuate in all the cases either,
    since car1on &atin! ran!es 3ro% (G to <G,GGG years. Dro#nin! or 3allin! into crevices or +its
    %i!ht %ake sense, eEce+t that a +on& that un3reeAes every su%%er #oul& not +reserve a
    carcass. 6lso the %a%%oths are &iscovere& i%1e&&e& in the 3roAen %uck, not >ust in ice o3 a
    +on& e&!e or +it; an& #oul& &eco%+ose i3 the ice #ere %elte& an& 3ille& #ith silt.
    Tun&ra %u& #hen un3roAen, , i%a!ine, is as %uch like a %uck-sou+ than any se%i-
    soli& sur3ace. The area this #riter lives in use& to 1e a s#a%+ 1e3ore it #as &raine&, the
    ori!inal lo! cor&uroy roa&s #oul& 1otto%lessly sink into the %u&, ol& cor&uroy roa&1e&s
    1ein! 3oun& no# 4G 3eet 1elo# the sur3ace. , i%a!ine 3or erratic reasons, areas o3 the Tun&ra
    %ay also !et this #ay - +erha+s 3lo#in! %elt-#ater 3or a short +erio& in a sin!le su%%er
    ha++ens to tha# the !roun& 1elo# the still-3roAen crust a1ove. 7,ce #ill also 3reeAe over %u&
    in a col&-sna+.8 6 %a%%oth or rhino %i!ht #alk over this crust an& sink into the %uck +it
    1elo#. 7nly the heavy %a%%oth an& rhino are 3oun& ento%1e&, there &onLt see% to 1e any
    cases o3 li!hter ani%als.8 The %elt-#ater sto+s 3lo#in! an& the %uck re3reeAes.....not to 1e
    un3roAen 1y chance occurrences a!ain. 3 course "ature al#ays has sur+rises u+ its
    sleeve, an& so%e sli!htly occult reason coul& even 1e the case. There are %any accounts o3
    3in&in! live toa&s an& 3ro!s, even, ento%1e& in soli& rock, 7118 1ut one has to su++ose& the
    case o3 the %a%%oth is o3 a less occult nature.
    - M.-.5.
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    "T;*:
    U1V N-aisin! the Ma%%othN - a ( hour &ocu%entary aire& on MThe Discovery ChannelN
    4-1(-GG
    U(V ^###.&iscovery.co%_, March, (GGG. Facts here an& there have 1een taken 3ro%
    the archeolo!ical an& M-aisin! the Ma%%othN +ortion o3 the #e1site as #ell as the TI
    +ro!ra%.
    U4V )orlds in (ollision, ,%%anuel Ielikovsky, Dell, )aural ;&., 1F=B, +. 91; Juotin!
    D.F. 0ertA in B. Di!1y, The Mammoth 71F(=8
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    U9V Anomalies in .eolo#y: $hysical, Che%ical, Biolo!ical; 6 Catalo! o3 Geolo!ical
    6no%alies, Co%+ile& 1y Willia% -. Corliss, The *ource1ook $ro>ect, 1FCF; M)on!-Burie&,
    /n&eco%+ose& r!anic Matter,N ++. 44-9C
    U<V 2bid., Huotin! 3ro% MThe Glaciate& Grave o3 the Ma%%oth in *i1eria,N Current
    +inion, 1F1=; =1:44G
    U=V %ecret 3octrine, ,,., +. BB4
    UBV Corliss, +. 4F, 3ro% MMuch 61out Muck,N 7ursuit, cto1er, 1F=F
    UCV Corliss, ++ 9(-4, 3ro% 5ohn 0o#se, MForestry FroAen in Ti%e,N Mac'eanRs
    Ma#aEine, *e+t., C, 1FC= - M6Eel 0ei1er! ,slan& is on the 6rctic cean less than BGG %iles
    3ro% the "orth $ole. Dense 3orests see% unlikely at such hi!h latitu&es, 1ut eE+loration o3
    the islan& 1y 5. Basin!er, o3 the /niversity o3 *askatche#an, has reveale& the stu%+s o3 a
    9<-%illion-year-ol& 3orest: \Basin!er 3oun& 1< to (G layers o3 sli!htly 1lackish stu%+s
    %easurin! u+ to one %etre in &ia%eter an& several 1G %. lo!s eE+ose& on a 1GG %. slo+e o3
    1arren hillsi&e #ithin si!ht o3 the a#eso%e ice ca+ that covers 6Eel 0ei1er!Ls central
    hi!hlan&. 63ter shovelin! asi&e ancient soil an& usin! 1rushes to &elicately uncover the
    stu%+s, Basin!er 3oun& hi%sel3 in a ti%e-3roAen, once-lush 3orest si%ilar to the +resent
    Cy+ress *#a%+ in Flori&aLs ever!la&es. 0e esti%ates that so%e o3 the trees coul& have
    1een as tall as 1<G 3eet. *o%e o3 the% re%ain roote& in the ancient soil a%i& a &e1ris o3
    leaves a1ove the rock-har& +er%a3rost. *ai& Basin!er NWe +acke& the leaves into a 1a!.
    TheyLre like a han&3ul o3 3resh leaves eEce+t theyLre 1lackish, a 1it 1rittle.N The leaves an& the
    #oo& are incre&i1ly 3resh, even thou!h &ate& !eolo!ically at 9< %illion years.LN The lo!s are
    not 3ossiliAe& 1ut cut an& 1urn like nor%al #oo&.
    UFV Juote& in .reat Ad*entures and E8plorations, Iilh>al%ur *te3ansson, Dial $ress,
    ".D., ++ 9<1-<(
    U1GV Corliss, +. 4C, 3ro% 0enry 0. 0o#orth, MThe Cause o3 the Ma%%othLs ;Etinction,N
    .eolo#ical Ma#aEine, (:C:9G4, 1CC1; also 0enry 0. 0o#orth, The Ma%%oth an& the Floo&,
    )on&on, 1CCB
    U11V Corliss, Anomalies in .eolo#y
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    AN O0D 9OO:5
    - $hili+. 6. Mal+as
    Who #as Ti+hai!ne &e la -oche.
    61out the %i&&le o3 the seventeenth century several 1ooks a++eare& in $aris #ritten
    1y an author o3 this na%e, an& consi&erin! the really re%arka1le kno#le&!e he sho#e&, it is
    sur+risin! that he is not 1etter kno#n to literary 3a%e.
    /n&er the &is!uise o3 a +lay3ul satire on society as constitute& in those &ays, this
    author #rote the 1ook Gi+hantie, an ana!ra% o3 his o#n na%e. ,t #as +u1lishe& in 1B=G, a
    &ate #hich is i%+ortant 3or those #ho %i!ht sus+ect that it #as #ritten a3ter the event. ,n
    accor&ance #ith the custo% o3 the ti%e, he %akes a so%e#hat +on&erous title+a!e #hich is
    not the less interestin! 3or that.
    G,$06"T,;*
    r
    6 Iie# 3
    What 0as $asse&
    What ,s "o# $assin!
    6n&, Durin! The $resent Century
    What Will $ass
    ,n The Worl&
    The intro&uction &escri1es the #riter:s !reat inclination 3or travelin!. 2, consi&er the
    #hole earth as %y country, an& all %ankin& %y 1rethren, an& there3ore thou!ht it incu%1ent
    u+on %e to travel throu!h the earth an& visit %y 1rethren,2 he says, 2, have o3ten 3oun&
    !reat 3olly a%on! the nations that +ass 3or the %ost civiliAe& an& so%eti%es as !reat #is&o%
    a%on! those, that are counte& the %ost sava!e. , have seen s%all states su++orte& 1y
    virtue, an& %i!hty e%+ires shaken 1y vice, #hilst a %istaken +olicy has 1een e%+loye& to
    enrich the su1>ects, #ithout any en&eavor to ren&er the% virtuous.
    263ter havin! !one over the #hole #orl& an& visite& all the inha1itants, , 3in& it &oes not
    ans#er the +ains , have taken. , have >ust 1een revie#in! %y %e%oirs concernin! the
    several nations, their +re>u&ices, their custo%s an& %anners, their +olitics, their la#s, their
    reli!ion, their history; an& , have thro#n the% all into the 3ire. ,t !rieves %e to recor& such a
    %onstrous %iEture o3 hu%anity an& 1ar1aris%, o3 !ran&eur an& %eanness; o3 reason an&
    3olly.
    The s%all +art, , have +reserve&, is #hat , a% no# +u1lishin!. ,3 it has no other %erit,
    certainly it has novelty to reco%%en& it.2
    Descri1in! a vast :&esart2 in Guinea, the traveler 3elt an intense &esire to eE+lore it,
    an& in s+ite o3 the &an!er +enetrate& 3ar into the san&y #aste. Then arose a san&stor%,
    #hich, 1ut 3or the +rotection o3 a :1enevolent Bein!,: #oul& have +rove& his &eath. The stor%
    su1si&es an& he slee+s +eace3ully throu!h the
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    ni!ht.
    n a#akenin! he 3in&s hi%sel3 #ithin si!ht o3 a !reen oasis #hich !ro#s the %ore
    luEuriantly as he a&vances into the interior. ;ven the +lants in that #on&er3ul lan& see%e& to
    +ossess consciousness, an& their variety, as #ell as that o3 the 1ir&s, 1easts, an& 3ishes, #as
    #on&er3ul to 1ehol&. Trees :coeval #ith the #orl&: 3or% an i%%ense a%+hitheatre #hich
    %a>estically &is+lays itsel3 to the eyes o3 the traveler an& +roclai%s that such a ha1itation is
    not %a&e 3or %ortals.
    Won&erin! that he ha& not seen any inha1itants in these !ar&ens o3 &eli!ht, the
    traveler hear& a voice: 2*to+ an& look stea&3astly 1e3ore thee; 1ehol& hi% #ho has ins+ire&
    thee to un&ertake so &an!erous a Ioya!e.
    2, looke& a !oo& #hile an& sa# nothin!; at last , +erceive& a sort o3 s+ot, a kin& o3
    sha&e 3iEe& in the air, a 3e# +aces 3ro% %e, 2says the narrator. 2, continue& to look at it %ore
    attentively, an& 3ancie&, , sa# a hu%an 3or% #ith a countenance so %il& an& en!a!in! that
    instea& o3 1ein! terri3ie&, the si!ht #as to %e a 3resh %otive o3 >oy.2
    The 1enevolent sha&e &eclares hi%sel3 to 1e the $re3ect o3 the ,slan&, #ho ha& 1een
    +re+ossesse& in 3avor o3 the #an&erer 1y his inclination to +hiloso+hy, an& ha& &e3en&e& hi%
    3ro% the hurricane. 0e eE+lains:
    2This *olitu&e ... is an islan& surroun&e& #ith inaccessi1le &esarts, #hich no %ortal
    can +ass #ithout su+ernatural ai&. ,t:s na%e is Gi+hantie. ,t #as !iven to the ele%entary
    s+irits, the &ay 1e3ore the Gar&en o3 ;&en #as allotte& to the +arent o3 Mankin&. "ot that the
    s+irits s+en& their ti%e here in ease an& sloth. What #oul& ye &o, ye 3ee1le %ortalsP i3
    &is+erse& in the air, in the sea, in the 1o#els o3 the earth, in the s+here o3 3ire, they &i& not
    incessantly #atch 3or your #el3are. Without our care, the un1ri&le& ele%ents #oul& lon!
    since have e33ace& all re%ains o3 the hu%an kin&. Why cannot #e +reserve you entirely 3ro%
    their &isor&erly sallies. 6lasP our +o#er eEten&s not so 3ar: #e cannot totally screen you
    3ro% all the evils that surroun& you: #e can only +revent your utter &estruction. ,t is here the
    ele%entary s+irits co%e to re3resh the%selves a3ter their la1ors; it is here they 1ol& their
    asse%1lies, an& concert the 1est %easures 3or the a&%inistration o3 the ele%ents.2
    ,n Gi+hantie, "ature has an o++ortunity o3 &oin! %any thin!s #hich #oul& 1e
    i%+ossi1le in the outer #orl&. ne o3 her #orks there is the constant en&eavor to increase
    the nu%erous tri1es o3 Ie!eta1les an& 6ni%als an& to +ro&uce ne# kin&s. *he #orks #ith
    a&%ira1le skill, 1ut &oes not al#ays succee& in +er+etuatin! the%, in #hich case they return
    3or ever into nothin!. The Guar&ians o3 the ,slan& cherish the% #ith the ut%ost care, an&
    #hen they are su33iciently or!aniAe& to +ro&uce their kin&, +lant the% out in the earth. 0ence
    the ne# +lants so%eti%es &iscovere& 1y naturalists an& the su&&en &isa++earance o3 certain
    eEotics #hich, %eetin! an un3avora1le cli%ate, &ecay an& are lost as a
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    s+ecies. The $re3ect s+eaks o3 %any +lants he has #hich can +ro&uce %arvelous e33ects in
    %e&icine - such as one 3or 3iEin! the hu%an %in&, only in 3i3ty years o3 Ba1ylon 7$aris8 he has
    never o1serve& a %oo& #orth 3iEin!.
    0ere nature
    2incessantly re+eats her la1ors, still en&eavorin! to !ive her #orks that &e!ree o3
    +er3ection #hich she never attains. Flo#ers she en&eavors to %ake still %ore 1eauti3ul.
    6ni%als she tries to %ake still %ore &eEterous. Mankin& she en&eavors to ren&er still %ore
    +er3ect, 1ut in this is not so success3ul.
    2,n&ee& one #oul& think that %ankin& &o all in their +o#er to re%ain in a %uch lo#er
    rank than nature &esi!ns the%P an& they sel&o% 3ail to turn to their hurt the &is+ositions she
    !ives the% 3or their !oo&.2
    The nature o3 the ele%entary s+irits #as ori!inally +ure, consistin! as to their %aterial
    su1stance o3 3ire, or air, or o3 their un%iEe& ele%ents. But 1y %iEture #ith earthly i%+urities
    their +ure essence 1eco%es s+oile& an& so%e have even 1eco%e so &e!ra&e& throu!h the
    %iEture o3 various ele%ents that they have 1een visi1le to %en. $eo+le have seen the% in
    the 3ire an& calle& the% sala%an&ers, an& cyclo+es; they have seen the% in the air an&
    calle& the% syl+hs, s+heres, 6Huilons; they have seen the% in the #ater an& calle& the%
    sea-ny%+hs, "aia&s, "erei&s, Tritons; they have seen the% in caverns, &esarts, #oo&s, an&
    have calle& the% Gno%es, *ylvans, Fauns, *atyrs, an& so 3orth.
    Fro% the astonish%ent cause& 1y these a++aritions, %en sank into 3ear, an& 3ear
    1e!ot su+erstition. To these, Creatures like the%selves, they erecte& altars #hich 1elon!
    only to the Creator. Their i%a!ination %a!ni3yin! #hat they ha& seen, they soon 3or%e& a
    0ierarchy o3 Chi%erical Deities. The sun a++eare& to the% a lu%inous chariot !ui&e& 1y
    6+ollo throu!h the celestial +lanes; thun&er, a 3iery 1olt &arte& 1y 5u+iter at the hea&s o3 the
    !uilty: the ocean a vast e%+ire #here "e+tune rule& the #aves: the 1o#els o3 the earth, the
    !loo%y resi&ence o3 $luto, #here he !ave la#s to the +ale an& tre%ulous !hosts: in a #or&,
    they 3ille& the #orl& #ith !o&s an& !o&&esses. The earth itsel3 1eca%e a Deity.
    When the ele%entary s+irits +erceive& ho# a+t their a++aritions #ere to lea& %en into
    error, they took %easures to 1e no lon!er visi1le: they &evise& a sort o3 re3iner 1y #hich they
    !ot ri& o3 all eEtraneous %atter. Thence3or#ar&, no %ortal has seen the least !li%+se o3
    these s+irits.
    The !reat colu%n or re3iner is sho#n an& %any s+irits are seen ascen&in! a3ter
    +uri3ication like eEhalations 3ro% the sun. ,t is eE+laine& that their visi1ility is arti3icially
    +ro&uce& 1y the a&o+tion o3 a very thin sur3ace +artakin! o3 the nature o3 the s+irits #ho
    assu%e the%, %uch as looks &escri1e a %an. 0u%an 1ein!s use these sur3aces very %uch
    an& thus it is that a 2Ba1ylonian #oul& rather 1e nothin! an& a++ear everythin! than 1e
    everythin! an& a++ear nothin!.2 6ll is
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    one !i!antic sha% in society.
    There is a &escri+tion o3 so%ethin! like a tele+hone. 6 vast !lo1e is in!eniously
    erecte& 1y the ut%ost skill o3 the s+irits. By %inute tu1es to all +arts o3 the earth soun& is
    conveye& to the !lo1e an& the current #hich ha& !ro#n #eak in the i%+erce+ti1le +i+es is
    rein3orce& on its entry into the !lo1e in such a #ay that all the >oy an& sorro# o3 the #orl& is
    hear& #ith every kin& o3 soun& in a con3use& &isa!reea1le %ur%ur. By the +lacin! o3 a ro&
    on any +oint o3 the %a++e& sur3ace o3 the !lo1e any +articular s+eech or soun& can 1e
    &etache& 3ro% the rest - a sort o3 universal tele+hone :central.: With the a&&ition o3 a :%irrour:
    anythin! can 1e seen at the sa%e ti%e; it is in the seer:s +o#er to 2:vie# the ha1itations o3
    every %ortal.2 UThis article #as +u1lishe& in 1F1B. "o#, so%e analo!ies to ra&io, television, or
    the internet coul& also 1e &ra#n. - ;&.V
    The traveler uses the :%irrour: an& the ro& an& sees an& hears %uch.
    2, 1ehel& #ise nations re>oice at the 1irth o3 their chil&ren,2 he says, 2an& &e+lore the
    &eath o3 their relations an& 3rien&s; , 1ehel& others %ore #ise stan& roun& the ne#1orn 1a1e,
    an& #ee+ 1itterly at the thou!hts o3 the stor%s he #as to un&er!o in the course o3 his li3e:
    they reserve& their re>oicin!s 3or 3unerals, an& con!ratulate& the &ecease& u+on their 1ein!
    &elivere& 3ro% the %iseries o3 this #orl&.2
    6n& so the 1ook !oes on, &escri1in! the #on&ers o3 this :,slan&: in the %i&st o3 an
    i%+assa1le &esert. 3 the %any i&eas !iven, +erha+s the stran!est 3or the ti%e 71B=G8 are
    those on the constitution o3 %an. Discussin! the +rinci+les, there occur so%e +ara!ra+hs o3
    no little interest.
    2The rational soul is unite& to the hu%an 1o&y, the instant the %otion essential to li3e is
    settle& there,2 #e rea&.
    2,t is se+arate& the instant that %otion is &estroye&; an& once se+arate&, it is kno#n to
    return no %ore, it &e+arts 3orever; an& enters into a state o3 #hich there is to 1e no en&.
    2The universal soul is unite& an& se+arate& in the sa%e circu%stances: But it is not
    al#ays se+arate& 3orever. )et, in any +erson, the %otion essential to li3e, a3ter havin! totally
    cease&, co%e to 1e rene#e&, 7a thin! #hich every +hysician kno#s to 1e very +ossi1le8 an&
    #hat #ill 1e the conseHuence. The rational soul, #hich &e+arte& u+on the ceasin! o3 the
    vital %otion, cannot return; 1ut the universal soul, al#ays +resent, cannot 3ail o3 reunitin! #ith
    the or!aniAe& 1o&y set in %otion a!ain. The %an is &ea&, 3or his soul is se+arate& 3ro% his
    1o&y. 0e +reserves, ho#ever, the air o3 a livin! %an; 1ecause the universal soul
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    is resettle& in his 1rain, #hich it &irects tolera1ly #ell.
    2*uch to you a++ears a +erson +er3ectly recovere& 3ro% an a+o+lectic 3it, #ho is 1ut
    hal3 co%e to li3e; his soul is 3lo#n; there re%ains only the universal s+irit. ;Ecess o3 >oy, or o3
    !rie3, any su&&en o++osition %ay occasion &eath, an& &oes occasion it, in 3act, o3tener than is
    i%a!ine&. )et a 3it o3 >ealousy or +assion a33ect you to a certain &e!ree, your *oul, too
    stron!ly shocke&, Huits its ha1itation 3orever: 6n&, let your 3rien&s say #hat they +lease or
    say #hat you #ill yoursel3, you are &ea&, +ositively &ea&. 0o#ever, you are not 1urie&: the
    universal soul acts your +art to the &ece+tion o3 the #hole #orl& an& even o3 yoursel3. Do not
    co%+lain, there3ore, that a relation 3or!ets you, that a 3rien& 3orsakes you, that a #i3e 1etrays
    you. 6lasP +erha+s it is a !oo& #hile since you ha& a #i3e, or relations or 3rien&s; they are
    &ea&; their i%a!es only re%ain.
    20o# %any &eaths o3 this kin& have , seen at Ba1ylon......
    2, shall no# s+eak o3 the si!ns 1y #hich the livin! %ay 1e &istin!uishe& 3ro% the &ea&:
    6n&, &ou1tless, the rea&er sees alrea&y #hat these si!ns %ay 1e. To 1ehol& #icke&ness
    #ith unconcern; to 1e un%ove& 1y virtue; to %in& only sel3-interest; an& #ithout re%orse to
    1e carrie& a#ay #ith the torrent o3 the a!e, are si!ns o3 &eath. Be assure&, no rational soul
    inha1its such a1an&one& %achines. What nu%1ers o3 &ea& a%on!st usP you #ill say. What
    nu%1ers o3 &ea& a%on!st usP #ill , ans#er . . .
    2, #ill conclu&e #ith o+enin! a &oor to ne# re3leEions. *u++ose a %an like so %any
    others, ve!etates only, an& is re&uce& to the universal soul. , &e%an& #hether the race o3
    such a %an is not in the sa%e state. ,3 so, , +ity our +osterity. -ational souls #ere scarce
    a%on! our 3ore3athers; they are still %ore so a%on! us; surely there #ill 1e none le3t a%on!
    our o33s+rin!. 6ll are &e!eneratin!, an& #e are very near the last sta!e.2
    The interest in the a1ove account 3or those #ho re%e%1er the Theoso+hical &ivision o3
    the hu%an constitution into seven +rinci+les lies in the &istinct in&ication o3 such +rinci+les.
    The #hole cha+ter is too lon! to co+y, 1ut #e are tol& 2there are in us t#o contrary Bein!s,
    #hich o++ose one another,2 as is 2%ani3est 1y the clashin! 1et#een the +assions an& the
    reason.2 The :universal soul: is &escri1e& as every#here +resent an& ho%o!eneous, like a
    sea in #hich 3ishes s#i%, one %ay say. The ani%al soul is clearly &istin!uishe& 3ro% the
    hi!her, %anly, rational soul. Matter is &escri1e& as so%ethin! se+arate. The universal soul
    %ay 1e +resent every#here in the solar syste% or even 3arther, 1ut it has its 1oun&s, it is Go&
    alone that 3ills i%%ensity. The :%otion essential to li3e: is &istin!uishe&. 0ere are 3ive
    :+rinci+les: &escri1e& 1y a $arisian in 1B=G an& in other +laces he sho#s that he &oes not
    li%it his :+rinci+les: to these 3ive alone.
    6%on! the #ealth o3 i&eas +ut 3or#ar& in this re%arka1le little 1ook, the 3a%ous
    &escri+tion o3 the +hoto!ra+hic +rocess, or, as so%e &escri1e it, the cine%ato!ra+h, has
    al#ays 1een a stu%1lin! 1lock 3or scientists an& critics o3
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    every hue. Facts are +itch3orks, 1ut this +itch-3ork has no han&le visi1le. The 1est that
    science can &o #ith the %atter is to rele!ate the thin! to the storehouse o3 :literary curiosities,:
    an& not to kee+ it too closely un&er o1servation. For it #as +u1lishe& 3orty years 1e3ore the
    3irst !li%%erin!s o3 +hoto!ra+hy &a#ne& on the scienti3ic %in&, an& yet to&ay, %ore than a
    hun&re& an& 3i3ty years a3ter#ar&s, it &escri1es our %ost %o&ern &evelo+%ent o3 the art. The
    %ockin! o%ission o3 che%ical &etails is &isconcertin! to say the least, 3or #ithout such
    &etails, ho# can #e tell >ust ho# %uch he &i& not kno#.
    0ere is the cha+ter, in its entirety:
    T>E %T/-M
    2*o%e +aces 3ro% the noisy !lo1e, the earth is hollo#e&, an& there a++ears a &escent
    o3 3orty or 3i3ty ste+s o3 tur3; at the 3oot o3 #hich there is a 1eaten su1terraneous +ath. We
    #ent in; an& %y !ui&e, a3ter lea&in! %e throu!h several &ark turnin!s, 1rou!ht %e at last to
    the li!ht a!ain.
    20e con&ucte& %e into a hall o3 %i&&lin! siAe, an& not %uch a&orne&, #here , #as
    struck #ith a si!ht that raise& %y astonish%ent. , sa#, out o3 a #in&o#, a sea #hich see%e&
    to %e to 1e a1out a Huarter o3 a %ile &istant. The air, 3ull o3 clou&s, trans%itte& only that +ale
    li!ht #hich 3ore1o&es a stor%: the ra!in! sea ran %ountains hi!h, an& the shore #as
    #hitene& #ith the 3oa% o3 the 1illo#s #hich 1roke on the 1each.
    2By #hat %iracle 7sai& , to %ysel38 has the air, serene a %o%ent a!o, 1een so
    su&&enly o1scure&. By #hat %iracle &o , see the ocean in the center o3 63rica. /+on sayin!
    these #or&s, , hastily ran to convince %y eyes o3 so i%+ro1a1le a thin!. But in tryin! to +ut
    %y hea& out o3 the #in&o#, , knocke& it a!ainst so%ethin! that 3elt like a #all. *tunne& #ith
    the 1lo#, an& still %ore #ith so %any %ysteries, , &re# 1ack a 3e# +aces.
    2Thy hurry 7sai& the $re3ect8 occasions thy %istake. That #in&o#, that vast horiAon,
    those thick clou&s, that ra!in! sea, are all 1ut a +icture.
    2Fro% one astonish%ent , 3ell into another: , &re# near #ith 3resh haste; %y eyes
    #ere still &eceive&, an& %y han& coul& har&ly convince %e that a +icture shoul& have cause&
    such an illusion.
    2The ele%entary s+irits 7continue& the $re3ect8 are not so a1le +ainters as naturalists;
    thou shalt >u&!e 1y their #ay o3 #orkin!. Thou kno#est that the rays o3 li!ht, re3lecte& 3ro%
    &i33erent 1o&ies, %ake a +icture an& +aint the 1o&ies u+on all +olishe& sur3aces, on the retina
    o3 the eye, 3or instance, on #ater, on !lass. The ele%entary s+irits have stu&ie& to 3iE these
    transient i%a!es: they have co%+ose& a %ost su1tle %atter very viscous, an& +ro+er to
    har&en an& &ry, 1y the hel+ o3 #hich a +icture is %a&e in the t#inkle o3 the eye. They &o over
    #ith this %atter a +iece o3 canvas, an& hol& it 1e3ore the o1>ects they have a %in& to +aint.
    The 3irst e33ect o3 the canvas is that o3 a %irror; there are seen u+on it all 1o&ies 3ar an& near,
    #hose i%a!e the li!ht can trans%it. But #hat the !lass cannot &o,
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    the canvas, 1y %eans o3 the viscous %atter, retains the i%a!es. The %irror sho#s the
    o1>ects eEactly; 1ut kee+s none; our canvases sho# the% #ith the sa%e eEactness, an&
    retains the% all. This i%+ression o3 the i%a!es is %a&e the 3irst instant they are receive& on
    the canvas, #hich is i%%e&iately carrie& a#ay into so%e &ark +lace; an hour a3ter, the su1tle
    %atter &ries, an& you have a +icture so %uch the %ore valua1le, as it cannot 1e i%itate& 1y
    art nor &a%a!e& 1y ti%e. We take, in their +urest source, in the lu%inous 1o&ies, the colors
    #hich +ainters eEtract 3ro% &i33erent %aterials, an& #hich ti%e never 3ails to alter. The
    >ustness o3 the &esi!n, the truth o3 the eE+ression, the !ra&ation o3 the sha&es, the stron!er or
    #eaker strokes, the rules o3 +ers+ective, all these #e leave to nature, #ho #ith a sure an&
    never-errin! han&, &ra#s u+on our canvases i%a!es #hich &eceive the eye an& %ake reason
    to &ou1t, #hether, #hat are calle& real o1>ects, are not +hanto%s #hich i%+ose u+on the
    si!ht, the hearin!, the 3eelin!, an& all the senses at once.
    2The $re3ect then entere& into so%e +hysical &iscussions, 3irst, on the nature o3 the
    !lutinous su1stance #hich interce+te& an& retaine& the rays; secon&ly, u+on the &i33iculties o3
    +re+arin! an& usin! it; thir&ly, u+on the stru!!le 1et#een the rays o3 li!ht an& the &rie&
    su1stance; three +ro1le%s, #hich , +ro+ose to the naturalists o3 our &ays, an& leave to their
    sa!acity.
    2Mean#hile, , coul& not take o33 %y eyes 3ro% the +icture. 6 sensi1le s+ectator, #ho
    3ro% the shore 1ehol&s a te%+estuous sea, 3eels no %ore lively i%+ressions: such i%a!es
    are eHuivalent to the thin!s the%selves.
    2The $re3ect interru+te& %y eEtacy. , kee+ you too lon! 7says 1e8 u+on this stor%, 1y
    #hich the ele%entary s+irits &esi!ne& to eE+ress alle!orically the trou1leso%e state o3 this
    #orl&, an& %ankin&:s stor%y +assa!e throu!h the sa%e; turn thy eyes, an& 1ehol& #hat #ill
    3ee& thy curiosity an& increase thy a&%iration.2
    UFro% Theosophical 7ath, cto1er, 1F1BV
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    4ig%rine 4o%n/ E00 4oot In 1"rt&
    ......6ssociate& #ith these &iscoveries, there is to 1e %entione& another, #hich #as
    1rou!ht to %y notice 1y Mr. Charles Francis 6&a%s in cto1er, 1CCF. U*ee $rocee&in!s
    Boston *ociety "atural 0istory, 5anuary, 1CFG, an& Fe1ruary, 1CF1V This #as a %iniature clay
    i%a!e o3 a 3e%ale 3or%, a1out one inch an& a hal3 in len!th, an& 1eauti3ully 3or%e&, #hich
    #as 3oun&, in 6u!ust, 1CCF, 1y Mr. M.6. ?urtA, #hile 1orin! an artesian #ell at "a%+a, 6&a
    County, ,&aho. The strata +asse& throu!h inclu&e&, near the sur3ace, 3i3teen 3eet o3 lava.
    /n&erneath this, alternatin! 1e&s o3 clay an& Huicksan& occurre& to a &e+th o3 three hun&re&
    an& t#enty 3eet, #here there a++eare& in&ications o3 a 3or%er sur3ace soil lyin! >ust a1ove
    1e&-rock, 3ro% #hich the clay i%a!e #as 1rou!ht u+ in the san&-+u%+.
    , &evote& the su%%er o3 1CFG to a care3ul stu&y o3 the lava &e+osits 1oth in ,&aho an&
    in Cali3ornia, #ith a vie# to learnin! their si!ni3icance #ith re3erence to these &iscoveries.
    The %ain 3acts 1rou!ht to li!ht 1y this investi!ation are that in the *nake -iver Ialley, ,&aho,
    there are not 3ar 3ro% t#elve thousan& sHuare %iles o3 territory covere& #ith a continuous
    stratu% o3 1asaltic lava, eEten&in! nearly across the entire &ia%eter o3 the *tate 3ro% east to
    #est. "a%+a, #here the %iniature i%a!e #as &iscovere&, is #ithin 3ive %iles o3 the #estern
    li%it o3 this lava-3lo#, an& #here it ha& !reatly thinne& out. The relative a!e o3 the lava is
    sho#n 1y its relation to Tertiary 1e&s o3 shale an& san&stone, containin! nu%erous 3ossils o3
    late $liocene s+ecies. These are overlai& in this vicinity 1y the lava, thus &eter%inin! its +ost-
    Tertiary character. ;Ea%ination #ith re3erence to the %ore +recise &eter%ination o3 a!es
    reveals channels o3 erosion 3or%e& since the lava-3lo# took +lace, #hich, #hen stu&ie&
    su33iciently, #ill +ro1a1ly lea& to valua1le a++roEi%ate results. 6t +resent , can only say that
    the a%ount o3 erosion since the lava eru+tions o3 #estern ,&aho is not eEcessive, an& very
    likely %ay 1e 1rou!ht #ithin a +erio& o3 3ro% ten thousan& to t#enty thousan& years........N
    - Fro% Man And The .lacial 7eriod+ 1y G. Fre&erick Wri!ht, D. 6++leton an&
    Co%+any, 1CFB, 4C<++; ++. (FB-FF
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    TH1OSOPHICA0 HISTOR6
    For those intereste& in the events in the years 3ollo#in! $uruckerLs &eath in the
    ori!inal $oint )o%a T.*., Theoso+hical 0istory has +u1lishe& in the 5anuary, (GGG issue 7Iol.
    I,,,, "o. 18 so%e valua1le ne# in3or%ation an& &ocu%ents +rovi&e& 1y ?enneth *%all o3
    $oint )o%a $u1lications. Mr. *%all is the son o3 ;%%ett *%all, #ho #as &irectly involve& in
    the Con!er an& associates MtakeoverN o3 this society #hich resulte& in a s+lit o3 the +resent
    $asa&ena-1ase& *ociety an& a lar!e nu%1er o3 +ro&uctive &isen3ranchise& #ho 3or%e& their
    o#n societies an& Theoso+hical en&eavors. 3 course this all occurre& over 3i3ty years a!o,
    1ut the #ell o3 in>ustice runs &ee+ an& "ature itsel3 &e%an&s a 1alancin! o3 the scales, all in
    the eventuality o3 ti%e. 7/n3ortunately, #e +oor +ersonalities &onLt see %uch o3 it in a li3eti%e
    U>ustice, that isV8 ,t &eli!hte& %eP , thou!ht this %i!ht 1e on the
    ^###.theoso+hicalhistory.or!_ #e1 site, 1ut no such luck. 73 course the #e1 +a!es ,
    so%eti%es !et, %i!ht 1e a year out o3 &ate, es+ecially on Theoso+hical *ites.8 Theosophical
    >istoryLs a&&ress is: cSo Dr. 5a%es *antucci, De+t. 3 Co%+arative -eli!ion, Cali3ornia *tate
    /niversity, $B =C=C, Fullerton, C6 F(C49-=C=C
    3 i%+ortant note in this conteEt is that the $asa&ena T.*. or one o3 its a33iliate has
    +lace& $uruckerLs %a%%oth Encyclopedic Theosophical .lossary on the net, an& it has 1een
    3or a year or so. This is #ell #orth &o#nloa&in! an& a cheer to those #ho are res+onsi1le 3or
    this 1i! e33ort.
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    :1NN1TH 2ORRISMS THE CREST)'A0E OF E0OLUTION
    , have +lace& all (B cha+ters o3 this 1ook serialiAe& in Theosophical 7ath onto CD. ,t
    is inclu&e& in the CD o3 7roto#onos 1ack issues , sell 3or R<.GG +ost+ai& 7see Books8 This is
    a %a!ni3icent +iece o3 #ork an& , thorou!hly en>oye& the a1out a %onth it took %e to !et it
    onto &isc throu!h C- o33 o3 %y cru&&y EeroE. ,t is like his .olden Threads in the Tapestry of
    >istory 7$u1lishe& 1y $t. )o%a $u1lications8, #ritten several years +revious, only %ore so.
    \Guarantee& to have %any Theoso+hical i&eas in it you have never encountere& 1e3ore i3 you
    havenLt rea& it. 6s 3ar as , kno# this has never 1een +u1lishe& in 1ook 3or%.
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    2ANAS
    Manas - a thorou!hly theoso+hical #eekly +u1lication 3or 91 years #hich never use& the
    #or& MTheoso+hyN - is 1ein! +ut on CD 1y so%e ener!etic +eo+le at the %o&est cost o3
    R(G.GG #hen co%+lete&. Manas cease& +u1lication in 1FCF an& #as e&ite& 1y 0enry Gei!er,
    #ho% , 1elieve #as also active in +uttin! out /.).T.Ls eEcellent Theosophy. 6 3e# sa%+le
    co+ies o3 Manas are on the #e1. The a&&ress , have 3or the #e1site is:
    ^htt+SSho%e.earthlink.netSZ%ultiverseSor&erin!.ht%_. The e%ail a&&ress is:
    ^%anasre+rint[earthlink.net_
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    TA09OT 2UND6
    Mun&y researcher Brian Taves has u+ a #e1 si!ht on the !reat novelist Tal1ot Mun&y.
    The a&&ress , have 3or the Taves #e1site is: ^htt+:%e%1ers.3ico%.netS&itchStaves1.ht%_
    Mun&y #as associate& #ith the $oint )o%a Theoso+hical *ociety 3or near 1G years. There is
    a revie# an& notice o3 a ne# Mun&y 1ook that has 1een +u1lishe& 1y ,nsi!ht *tu&ios,
    !im#rim and the 3e*il at 'udd+ #hich inclu&es t#o o3 Mun&yLs short novels #hich never %a&e
    it into 1ook 3or%: The S2bisT at 'udd 71F((8 an& The %e*enteen Thie*es of El-Calil. Brian
    Taves has #ritten the intro&uction 3or this 1ook. 7Taves has also #ritten a lon! in3or%ative
    63ter#or& 3or the current e&ition o3 /m; The %ecret of Ahbor ,alley +u1lishe& 1y $oint )o%a
    $u1lications.8 The 1ook can 1e or&ere& &irect 3ro%: ,nsi!ht *tu&ios Grou+, BC99 *aint
    Tho%as Drive, Balti%ore MD (1(4=. We1site : ^htt+:SS###.clark.netS+u1Sinsi!ht_ Take a look
    at their 5i%!ri% +a!e. ^htt+:SS###.clark.netS+u1Sinsi!htS>i%!ri%.ht%_
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    DANI10 CA0DW100MS 90A7ATS:6 ARCHI71S ON0IN1
    There is a hu!e a%ount o3 historical %aterial on this #e1site, an& also %aterial not
    +u1lishe& 1e3ore 7.8 like the ori!inal +rivately circulate& version o3 the *$- re+ort on
    Blavatsky. This is i%+ortant Theoso+hical 0istory %aterial an& #ell #orth &o#nloa&in! to
    save 3or 3uture Theoso+hists. The a&&ress , have is
    ^htt+:SSsites.netsca+e.netS&hc1lain3oSin&eE.ht%_
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    N1W 90A7ATS:6 9OO:
    Ti% Maroney, #ho is o1viously so%e nature o3 +oly%ath #ith 3rien&ly 1ut stran!e
    &is+osition an& Cro#ley leanin!s - has +u1lishe& a 1ook on BlavatskyLs *tanAas o3 DAyan.
    0e also has so%e Theoso+hical links on his #e1site that , ha&nLt seen 1e3ore, like Davi&
    GreenLs co%%ents on Cros1y an& the ;arly 0istory o3 /)T. *ee: ^###.%aroney.or!_
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    corres+on&ence to: Mark 5aHua, $B 999, Gran& -a+i&s, hio 94<((. Make any checks
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    - T0; *;C-;T DCT-,"; - 0.$. Blavatsky , ne Iol. /)T ;&ition - R((.GG
    - ,*,* /"I;,);D - Blavatsky, ne Iol. /)T ;&ition - (1.GG 7one sli!htly use& 3or 1<.GG8
    - );G-* 6-T,C);* K I;-*; - s+iral 1oun&, (1(++, <.GG
    - T0; )6M6L* )6W - Tal1ot Mun&y in The Theoso+hical $ath, over (G articles 3ro% the
    1F(G:s 1y the !reat novelist, ((1++, +a+er1ack RB.GG
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    i%+risons his li3e essence to a !e% an& +ossesses #hoever #ears it, EeroE re+rint
    +a+er1ack, 1<G ++ R<.GG
    - T0; 6$C6)D$*; /"*;6);D - 5a%es M. $ryse, 6n occult an& sy%1olic
    inter+retation o3 5ohnLs -evelation as a %anual o3 initiation rather than +ro+hecy,
    Blavatsky an& G&e$ a&&en&u%, EeroE re+rint +a+er1ack, (4=++, R=.GG
    - T0;*$0D I*. ";-T0;*$0D, Mar!aret Tho%as, Blavatsky Theoso+hy co%+are&
    #ith later alterations 1y )ea&1eater an& Besant, eEtensive a&&en&u%, +a+er1ack, 1BC++,
    RB.GG
    - -;6*" 6"D -;),G,", -. G. ,n!ersoll, a selection o3 the !reat 1Fth century orator an&
    atheistLs co%%ents on Christianity, also inclu&es BlavatskyLs translation o3 DostoevskyLs The
    Gran& ,nHuisitor, har&1ack 7+lain cover8, 149++, RB.GG
    - $-TG"* - har&1ack o3 3irst (C issues, #ith ta1le o3 contents an& in&eE,
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    the se&uctive si&e an& le3t-han& occultis%, R1.(<
    - G)D;" T0-;6D* ," T0; T6$;*T-D F 0,*T-D - ?enneth Morris, Morris is a
    #riter o3 rare insi!ht. This is a survey o3 #orl& history inter+rete& as &i33erent areas enterin!
    +erio&s o3 elevatin! in3luences. Much on China, (9G++, - RC.GG
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    %ost co%+rehensive an& +hiloso+hic history o3 this +erio& 7althou!h
    +re>u&ice& a!ainst Tin!ley....8, BG<++, R(G.GG
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    a&&en&u%, WiAar&s Bookshel3 e&ition, R1=.GG
    - T0; B/DD0,*M F 0.$. B)6I6T*?D, +a+er1ack, 44< ++, Blavatsky Huotes an& scholarly
    notation 1y co%+iler 0. 5. *+ieren1ur!, R19.GG
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    1CF9, %uch evi&ence 3or +erio&ic aEis shi3t an& resultant 3loo&in! 3ro% !eo!ra+her $lu%%er.
    ne o3 the 3irst o3 the catastro+hists. - R1(.GG
    - *M; T0;*$0,C6) W-,T,"G*, 0.T. ;&!e, 1=1++ si!nature-se#n har&1ack, 9=
    articles 3ro% this one-o3-the-1est early Theoso+hical #riters an& +ersonal +u+il o3 Blavatsky -
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    +aya1le to Mark 5aHua, an& sen& to: Mark 5aHua............
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    PANCH1N 0A2A STI00 I2PRISON1D 96 CHINA
    n May 19, 1FF<, The Dalai )a%a, reco!niAe& Gen&hun Choekyi "yi%a as the 11th
    $anchen )a%a o3 Ti1et. This eEtre%ely i%+ortant &ecision 1y 0is 0oliness cul%inate& a siE
    year, &i33icult an& thorou!h +rocess o3 searchin! 3or the incarnation o3 The 1Gth $anchen
    )a%a. Gen&un Choekyi "yi%a is currently a nine year-ol& 1oy 3ro% a se%i-+astoralist 3a%ily
    that, at one ti%e, live& in the )hari District in ?a%, Ti1et. Gen&hun Choekyi "yi%a is
    consi&ere& the youn!est +olitical +risoner in the #orl&. 0e #ill 1e 11years ol& this 6+ril (<th.
    6++arently, on May 1B, 1FF< Gen&hun Choekyi "yi%a, 0is 3a%ily, an& the 611ott,
    Cha&rel -in+oche 7Cha Tsa Cha!1aAelin!8 an& 0is *ecretary, #ho 1oth le& the search +arty
    3or this incarnate #ere taken 1y the $eo+le:s -e+u1lic o3 China 7$-C8 to Bei>in!. Thus, these
    +ersons are no# +olitical +risoners o3 the Chinese Govern%ent. 6s o3 to&ay, all o3 these
    +ersons are still %issin! an& there has 1een no in&ication that they are alive. n May 1B,
    (GGG, it #ill 1e < years since Gen&hun Choekyi "yi%a #as ille!ally a1&ucte&.
    *ince 0is &isa++earance, The $-C has chan!e& its: +osition on the #herea1outs o3
    Gen&hun Choekyi "yi%a %any ti%es. 6t 3irst, The $-C clai%e& that Gen&hun #as #ith 0is
    3a%ily in their ho%e villa!e. ,n March 1FF=, The $-C then re+orte& that 0is 0oliness The
    $anchen )a%a #as in their custo&y to +rotect 0i% 3ro% Ti1etans. Durin! the *u%%er o3
    1FF=, The $-C clai%e& that, as 3ar as they kne#, Gen&hun Choekyi "yi%a #as 1ack in the
    Ti1etan co%%unity. 6s o3 *e+te%1er 1FFC, The $-C once a!ain clai%e& that The $anchen
    )a%a #as in their care to +rotect 0i% 3ro% Ti1etans. ,n 3act, on a tri+ to Ti1et in *e+te%1er
    1FFC, Mary -o1inson 70i!h Co%%issioner o3 0u%an -i!hts8 o3 the /nite& "ations #as
    &enie& access to Gen&hun Choekyi "yi%a. To &ate, no one has seen The $anchen )a%a.
    ,n Dece%1er 1FF<, The $-C ille!ally announce& its: o#n $anchen )a%a, Gyaltsen
    "or1u. The $-C has a1solutely no authority to choose the neEt $anchen )a%a. nly The
    Dalai )a%a has the ri!ht to select The $anchen )a%a. The $-C also has no le!al
    >usti3ication to hol& Gen&hun Choekyi "yi%a, 0is 3a%ily, or %e%1ers o3 the search +arty as
    hosta!es.
    Why you shoul& take action. ,t is very critical 3or the survival o3 Ti1et that the real
    $anchen )a%a, Gen&hun Choekyi "yi%a, 1e release& as #ell as others associate& #ith 0is
    selection. We %ust all su++ort 0is 0oliness, The Dalai )a%a:s selection o3 this i%+ortant
    s+iritual lea&er an& 3i!ht 3or 0is security. ,3 The $-C &oes not #ant to reco!niAe Gen&hun
    Choekyi "yi%a, then they shoul& release this 11 year 1oy to the Ti1etan co%%unity-in-eEile,
    alon! #ith everyone else connecte& #ith 0is selection.
    UFor %ore in3or%ation see ^###.ran!Aen.co%_ or e%ail ^ran!Aen[aol.co%_
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    CONT1NTS5 What 61out $urucker:s 2"e# Teachin!s.,2 ?enneth Morris......1; 0.$.
    Blavatsky:s %tyle - 2The ?nout2 ....... =; /nreco!niAe& ;le%ents o3 Disor&er, )y&ia -oss ...11;
    Books an& CDs..... 1B; Tal1ot Mun&y CD..... 1F; n the We1...........(G
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    WHAT A9OUT PURUC:1RMS ON1W T1ACHINGSP?
    =T>E E%/TE-2( T-A32T2/1= by .$ de 7urucer
    - ?enneth Morris
    2,t #ill ins+ire #ith hi!h %oral i&eals. . . . 6 su+er1 #ork. . . .2 - Dr. 0. ". *tokes in The
    /$ E$ 'ibrary (ritic, Fe1., 1F4=
    T0,*, 3ro% the 5u+iter Tonans o3 Theoso+hical Criticis%, is 3ar 3ro% honestly Huote&;
    1ut one incurs the kar%a o3 one:s cheatery !la&ly 3or the sake o3 hol&in! a %irror u+ to
    "ature. ,t is #hat anyone can &o #ith the #ritin!s o3 anyone; an& #hat is very co%%only
    &one #ith the #ritin!s o3 G. &e $urucker; an&, in or&er to 1ela1or hi%, #ith the #ritin!s o3 0.
    $. Blavatsky. nly not in the kin&ly s+irit use& here. Dou >ust choose #hat conteEt to leave
    out. The results are o3ten a%aAin!. $raise co%es !race3ully only 3ro% a su+erior; an& it is
    not F 4f$ Th:s U F 4for&m Theosoffaidd V 1usiness to +raise The Esoteric Tradition or its
    author. Books live 1y their %erits; not 1y #hat is sai& a1out the%. ,n&ee&, it is a !oo& o%en
    3or a !reat 1ook to 1e heral&e& #ith a1use; one rea&s Dr. *tokes:s revie# not #ithout
    satis3action. What Dr. &e $urucker hates is a !li1 2acce+tance2 o3 his teachin!s #hich sho#s
    that his teachin!s have not &one their #ork o3 stirrin!, &ee+enin! an& illu%inatin! %in&s. 0.
    $. B., too, s+ent la1orious &ays tryin! to %ake her #ritin!s 3ool-+roo3 a!ainst the shallo#
    %anu3acturers o3 &o!%a. Juite early in the $ath to#ar&s Disci+leshi+ the 3eelin! has taken
    +ossession o3 a %an:s soul, 7erish my name+ my reputation+ me - 'et Truth standD - #ithout
    havin! attaine& to that, none coul& !ive hel+ to any %an. *o %u& %ay 1e thro#n at Dr. &e
    $urucker, as it #as at his +re&ecessors; 1less you, he eE+ects that, an& has no ti%e to notice
    it any#ay. But D F3. Th., s+iritually s+eakin!, hails 3ro% the Great *tate o3 Missouri: a voice
    cryin! in the #il&erness, Fou #otta sho& meD Fain #oul& it !et 1et#een so%e o3 that %u&
    an& its tar!et; interce+t it, secure it, an& su1>ect it to che%ical analysisP ne has really to
    thank Dr. *tokes, #hose revie# is in a #ay i%+ersonal an& voices %ainly #hat !oo& ol&
    2they2 are su++ose& to say, 3or arran!in! the %u& conveniently 3or the analyst.
    Di/ G. /e P. I+"gine t&e Te"#&ings?
    There is not a scra+ o3 evi&ence, #e are tol&, that #hat is ne# in The Esoteric Tradition
    #as not %a&e out o3 #hole cloth 1y Dr. &e $urucker. The sa%e char!e #as %a&e a!ainst 0.
    $. B. in her ti%e; her ans#er #as, that to have i%a!ine& the teachin!s in The %ecret 3octrine
    she #oul& have nee&e& to 1e a1out ten Mahat%as rolle& into one; one really &oes not kno#
    that Dr. &e $urucker coul& think o3 a 1etter one. But #hat is the %eanin! o3 this very hu%an
    cry 3or evi&ence o3 authority. )et us !et to the root o3 that. . . What #e 3ear to 1e or to
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    1eco%e is Men. There is a thin! calle& Manas, %in&, su++ose& to eEist in %en 1ut not in the
    1rutes. ,t is the 3aculty #here#ith #e ou!ht to thin. But &o #e. 6ny ol& u%1rella is !oo&
    enou!h to +ut 1et#een our hea&s an& %anas, lest &istur1in! in3luences 3ro% it shoul&
    &escen& an& &rench us. But these >i!!etty little +ersonal 1rain%in&s o3 ours, chil&ren o3 the
    %anas, have in the course o3 their evolution to 1eco%e %anases the%selves: a1le to think,
    reason, !ra++le #ith the %eanin!s o3 the universe an& li3e. We have to 1eco%e Men, usin!
    %in& !ran&ly. 6ll the churches, cree&s an& &o!%as in the #orl& are &e3enses raise& a!ainst
    the onslau!hts o3 %anas; an& it &oesn:t %atter #hether the cree&s are reli!ious or scienti3ic.
    The lo#er reaches o3 science are >ust as &o!%atic an& thou!ht-sto++in! as the lo#er reaches
    o3 reli!ion; an& the hi!her reaches use& to 1e. But Theoso+hy co%es like the Manasa+utras
    o3 ol& to li!ht the 3ires o3 %in& in %en. That #as #hy 0. $. B., 5u&!e, an& ?atherine Tin!ley
    #rote an& tau!ht; an& that is #hy G. &e $. #rites an& teaches.
    2"n"s . or A%t&orit'?
    ,3 the i&eas an& teachin!s calle& Theoso+hy are to have the e33ect on %en they #ere
    &esi!ne& to have, it is clear that not an ite% a%on! the% coul& 1e en3orce& 1y or !ain #ei!ht
    3ro% authority. 6 %an, to have his %anas a#akene&, %ust eEa%ine these teachin!s an&
    >u&!e the% on their o#n %erits. What concerns hi% is to ask, not Who sai& so., 1ut Do they
    ins+ire %e #ith hi!h %oral i&eals, +erceive& 1y %e to 1e such. Do they ans#er the &e%an&s
    o3 the hi!hest reasonin! , can eEercise. Can , so eEert %y thinkin! 3aculty that it #ill eE+an&
    into the sha+e o3 these teachin!s. - ,3 the ans#er is yes, then they are &oin! their #ork on
    hi%, a#akenin! his %anas, ai&in! his evolution. The only +ossi1le 2evi&ence2 3or the
    authority o3 any teachin!s #oul& 1e, the teacher:s say-so, #hich shoul& carry no #ei!ht, or
    you #oul& 1e acce+tin! the notions o3 - a lot o3 +eo+le Dr. *tokes o1>ects to; an&, the nature
    o3 the teachin!s the%selves.
    ,t is co%+laine& that there is no clear state%ent as to the source o3 the teachin!s in
    The ;soteric Tra&ition. ,s it eE+ecte& that Dr. &e $urucker #ill +re3ace all his 1ooks #ith the
    state%ent, 2, a% the chela o3 such an& such a Master, an& this is #hat , have 1een tau!ht an&
    a% no# co%%issione& to !ive out to the #orl&2. But #hat i3 his choice is 1et#een 1ackin!
    his teachin!s #ith authority an& havin! the% &o their #ork, thou!ht out an& un&erstoo& in
    the%selves an& 3or their o#n sake. The intro&uctory +hrase he uses is, The ;soteric
    Tra&ition is - . )ook into that an& you see that it %eans, :Thus #as it han&e& on to %e,: :Thus
    have , 1een tau!ht:: 2ti maya srutam in the *anskrit - the +hrase use& in the ;soteric *chools
    o3 the ;ast. Dr. &e $urucker:s +hrase intro&uces the teachin!s i%+ersonally, yet tells the
    #hole tale to one #ho looks 1eneath the sur3ace. ,3 there is a 3or% that coul& serve his
    +ur+ose 1etter, one cannot !uess #hat it %i!ht 1e. - Then the s#eet char!e is %a&e that
    $oint )o%a %e%1ers 2have to2 acce+t G. &e $.:s teachin!s #ithout thou!ht or Huestion - 1olt
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    the lot un%asticate&. Marry co%e u+P The teachin!s the%selves #oul& sho# #ho a
    Theoso+hist:s Teacher really an& ulti%ately is: his o#n ,nner *el3. Dou %ay hear or rea& the
    hi!hest revelation 3ro% hi!hest heaven, 1ut unless that one #ithin you assents, you &on:t
    1elieve. 6n& this is true o3 every variety o3 teachin! on earth, 3ro% the /. ). T.:s to the
    $entecostal )ea!ue:s: those #ho 1elieve &o so 1ecause #hat they 1elieve in ans#ers the
    &e%an&s o3 #hat they can !et o3 the teacher #ithin, #hat they have evolve& 3orth o3 that one.
    "o &ou1t $oint )o%a Theoso+hists have receive& The Esoteric Tradition #ith
    enthusias%; 1ut #hy. Dou #ill ans#er accor&in! to the +rinci+les o3 your o#n nature. ,3 you
    are one that %ust have his 1elie3s 3ro% a +o+e, or 1ase& on %ere outsi&e, %aterial evi&ence,
    you #ill talk a1out :1lin& 3aith: an& suchlike to%%yrotics. But that is not the only +ossi1le
    ans#er; an& it is the least no1le ans#er +ossi1le. "o1ler, an& actually the true ones, #oul&
    1e such ans#ers as, Because it ins+ires #ith hi!h %oral i&eals, an& Because those +oints o3
    teachin! #hich G. &e $. !ives an& #hich 0. $. B. &i& not are so hi!hly reasona1le in
    the%selves that #e shoul& 3in& it eEtre%ely &i33icult not to 1elieve the% true.
    W&ere to 9egin
    Why on earth shoul& it 1e su++ose& that 0. $. B. !ave out all she kne#. Ti%e an&
    a!ain she contra&icts the i&ea. Goo& lor&, #hen you are +aintin! a +icture, &on:t you 1e!in
    1y %akin! sketches; &on:t you rou!h in the outlines then, an& !ra&ually #ork on to#ar&s the
    sta!e #hen you can +aint the &etails. When you are 1uil&in! a te%+le, &on:t you 1e!in #ith
    the architects: +lans an& &ra#in!s. Do you really +lace the #eathercock an& lay the
    3oun&ations all at once. Do you teach kin&er!arten chil&ren the &i33erential calculus. 6t least
    the Masters o3 Wis&o%, in !ivin! out this ,n3inite $hiloso+hy o3 Theirs, are !uilty o3 no such
    3olly; 1ut 1e!in at the 1e!innin!, an& the 1roa& outlines an& ru&i%ents; then !ivin! ti%e 3or
    these to 1e &i!este&; an& enouncin! %ore as the nee& an& +ossi1ility arose. Does anyone
    think the #hole o3 Theoso+hy has 1een !iven out. r that even the hi!hest o3 the Masters
    re!ar&s hi%sel3 as other than a 1e!inner on the en&less -oa& o3 )earnin!. 6re #e not to
    !ro#.
    T&e Te"#&ings T&e+se!es
    ur 3ool 1rain%in&s are thin!s that crave the co%3ort o3 a roo3 over the%, an& #alls as
    close aroun& as %ay 1e. They are e!o-centric, nation-centric, cree&- an& sect-centric; an&
    3unk the conte%+lation o3 1oun&less s+ace an& eternal &uration. We #ant thin!s to have
    1e!un as recently as +ossi1le, an& to have an en& o3 #orries an& res+onsi1ilities #hen #e
    &ie. $ersonality hu!s itsel3 an& &rea&s the i%+ersonal; a little li%ite& thin!, it #ants a
    universe that is little an& li%ite&. 0. $. B., in vie# o3 this !eneral +ho1ia, took thin!s only as
    3ar as to the en& o3 a solar or a !alactic %anvantara an& "irvana !aine& 1y the no# hu%an
    hosts o3 souls; an& no 3urther. ,t #as so%ethin! to set %in& an& i%a!ination #orkin!;
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    vast co%+are& #ith anythin! #e ha& thou!ht o3 1e3ore; an& it never is any use to try to
    #aken +eo+le #ith a 1lo# that #oul& stun the%. Manvantara an& +ralaya, +erio& o3 universal
    activity an& +erio& o3 universal rest, #ere, she inti%ate&, o3 eHual &uration: as %any 1illions
    o3 aeons to the one, so %any 1illions o3 aeons to the other. But no# #atch this: in the
    +ralaya 2ti%e #as not.2 But ho# coul& a +ralaya in #hich ti%e #as not 1e eHual in ti%e o3
    &uration to the cos%ic li3e-cycle that +rece&e& it, in #hich ti%e #as: noneEistence #ith
    eEistence. Who, outsi&e the Boun&less, ke+t the clock #oun& u+ an& tore o33 the sheets o3
    the calen&ar, that he %i!ht kno# #hen to #aken the Boun&less at %anvantara &a#n. ,n the
    Boun&less ti%e #as not; 1ut in this 3ello#:s o33ice outsi&e the Boun&less the clocks #ere ke+t
    !oin!, 1elieve %eP - *%art 6lecks here an& there ha& eEcuse to rise an& cry, *ho#s all that:s
    the 1unkP
    The truth is #e ha& not carrie& our thou!ht to the horiAon 1eyon& 0. $. B.:s teachin!s;
    consi&erin! not only #hat she #rote, 1ut #hat it i%+lie&. Then ca%e Dr. &e $urucker an&
    took us ri!ht u+ to #hat #as the horiAon #hen 0. $. B. le3t us, an& sho#e& us a ne# horiAon
    1eyon&. *o%e o3 us acce+te& his teachin!, as #e ha& acce+te& hers lon! since, 1ecause
    the %o%ent it #as enounce&, its truth see%e& o1vious; #e aske& ourselves, Why haven:t ,
    thou!ht o3 that 1e3ore. That, then, #as ho# it coul& 1e sai& that +ralayas laste& as lon! as
    the %anvantaras they 3ollo#e&. Ti%e #as not 3or the hosts o3 entities in "irvana #hile their
    ho%e universe #as in +ralaya; 1ut a cou+le o3 hun&re& li!ht-years or so a#ay in s+ace #as
    another universe in 3ull s#in! o3 its %anvantara, in #hich there #as +lenty o3 ti%e 1y #hich
    the +ralaya o3 the other %i!ht 1e %easure&. There is al#ays so%e#here the ti%e #e
    %easure #ith our clocks. *o, 0. $. B., your teachin!s &i& not a3ter all lea& to a &ea& en& an&
    a1sur&ityP But to think you &i& not kno#P . . .
    Conte%+lation o3 the ,n3inite has a &e+ersonaliAin! e33ect on the %in&; so that G. &e
    $.:s teachin!s, #hich are reasona1le in the%selves an& illu%ine 0. $. B.:s, also ai& a %an:s
    evolution to#ar&s ,%+ersonality. But 1less your heart, you &on:t have to 1elieve in the% i3 you
    &on:t #ant toP ,t:s entirely u+ to you. ,3 any 1rother #ishes to think that &uration 1e!an one
    3ine &ay in March, B. C. 1G,GGG, an& #ill en& on a #et cto1er evenin! in 6. D. 1G,GGG, he
    %ay; 1ut he #on:t !et %uch !ro#th o3 3aculty out o3 it. *o too, i3 anyone #ants to, he %ay
    1elieve that at the en& o3 s+ace there is a ten-3oot #all to++e& #ith 1roken 1ottles, an&
    1eyon& that nothin! at all - not even %ore s+ace. There are thin!s no one can i%a!ine
    unless he has no i%a!ination at all; an& these are a%on! the nu%1er. Their o++osites see%
    to 1e thin!s #hich shoul& 1e o1vious, 1ut #hich no one &i& i%a!ine till Dr. &e $urucker !ave
    the% out.
    There has 1een a &eal o3 loose thinkin! on this ,n3inity 1usiness. Ten %iles this si&e o3
    the en& o3 s+ace is a +oint you coul& never reach, 1ecause there is no en& o3 s+ace.
    2,n3inite,2 2al%ost ,n3inite,2 2hal3 a &oAen less than ,n3inite,2 an& 2a 1illion Huintillions less than
    in3inite2 are synony%ous ter%s; 1ecause the
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    +oint o3 in3inity you are %easurin! 3ro%, ho#ever s#i3tly you %ay a++roach it, is al#ays as 3ar
    a#ay as it #as 1e3ore. When 0. $. B. says 2an al%ost in3inite nu%1er o3 %ona&s,2 an& G. &e
    $., 2an in3inite nu%1er o3 %ona&s,2 they have sai& eEactly the sa%e thin!. $ut :in3inity: at a
    thousan& %iles a#ay, an& :al%ost in3inity: at FFG; #ell, #hen you have travele& the thousan&,
    :in3inity: is still a thousan& %iles ahea& o3 you, an& :al%ost in3inity: is still FFG; an& they #ill 1e
    3orever an& ever. Dou coul& no %ore co%e u+ #ith the one than #ith the other. 0o# in3inite
    s+ace coul& 1e %a&e u+ o3 less than an in3inite nu%1er o3 %ona&s, D F3. Th. is to learn. But
    #hat a 3uss has 1een %a&e, o&& ti%es, over G. &e $.:s :in3inite: an& its su++ose& contra&iction
    o3 0. $. B.:s :al%ost in3inite:P When all 0. $. B. +ut in the :al%ost: 3or #as to so3ten thin!s 3or
    +ho1ia-ri&&en %in&s. ,t &i& not soun& so a++allin!. . . .
    T&"t 4in"! 8N8
    What &ovecotes Dr. &e $urucker 3luttere& #hen he took to s+ellin! ol& 3a%iliar kar%a
    #ith a 3inal :n:P 0o# %any #ent to #ork earnestly #ith the ho+e that they %i!ht 2shatter hi% to
    1its an& then re-%oul& hi% nearer to their hearts: &esire2P - ,t #oul& a++ear to 1e a case o3
    the ri!hts o3 *anskrit versus the ri!hts o3 ;n!lish. F 4f$ Th., 1ein! only concerne& #ith the
    ri!hts o3 Welsh, sees the thin! 3ro% a &i33erent an!le alto!ether. 0ere is a stra# to sho# the
    #in&:s &irection; a little 2n2 to test your &iscri%ination 1et#een essentials an& non-essentials -
    an& ho# 3ar you have learnt toleration. What %atters is not ho# it is s+elt, 1ut that it shoul&
    1e a livin! 3act to you, an& not a &ea& &o!%a: a source o3 love, ho+e an& coura!e, an& not a
    +hrase you re+eat an& re+eat an& never think u+on at all. 6ny har%less thin! that %akes a
    rut less easy to !et into an& ten&s to kee+ the %oul&s o3 one:s %in& un3ossiliAe& is to the
    !oo&. h, one sees a value in that 3inal 2n,2 Huite a+art 3ro% the co%+li%ent to *anskritP
    "Un+erite/ S%$$ering"
    To >olt you into thinkin!, too, 0. $. B., havin! s+oken o3 ?ar%a as an 2in3alli1le )a#2 o3
    2a1solute >ustice2 - #or&s #hich surely %ean so%ethin! - !oes on to re3er to 2un%erite&
    su33erin!.2 ,t soun&s like a contra&iction, 1ut is a +ara&oE; the eE+lanation is si%+le an&
    easy, 1ut you %ust think it out 3or yoursel3, an& not 3all into cree&s an& +arrot-talk. G. &e $., in
    sayin! that every e33ect has its +rece&ent cause, has not contra&icte& 0. $. B. #ith her
    in3alli1le la# o3 a1solute >ustice. Who #ill %ay see in ?ar%a a hit-or-%iss a33air, la# an&
    chance +layin! catch-as-catch-can throu!h a 1e#il&ere& universe; 1ut 0. $. B. an& G. &e $.
    an& co%%on sense are 3or a %a>estic or&er o3 thin!s, >ustice a1solute an& in3alli1le; an& so
    #oul& #e 1e i3 #e #oul& think. The other vie# %ay 1e a sta!e on the roa& to#ar&s Thou!ht,
    an& is certainly hi!hly !y%nastic; 1ut %anas ha& little +art in the 3atherin! o3 it, it #oul&
    see%.
    ... A
    T&e St'!e is t&e 2"n
    6 little #or& on Dr. &e $urucker:s literary style, #hich co%es in 3or %uch 3usti!ation.
    ;very sentence in the t#o 1i! volu%es, every clause, is constructe& #ith in3inite care an&
    +atience to %ake it 3ool-+roo3 a!ainst ren&erin! 3alse i%+ressions. ,t is a style suita1le 3or a
    source-1ook, a +er%anent recor& o3 i%+ortant i&eas; an& that, an& not a &etective yarn,
    )a%1:s essay, or lyric +oe%, is #hat the 1ook is. Des, the style is the %an: in3inite care,
    in3inite +atience, in ren&erin! the %essa!e eEactly. 6 >a&dd dd&eyd un-ar-bymthe# to his
    criticsP

    - -e+rinte& 3ro% F 4for&m Theosoffaidd, Car&i33, Wales, May, 1F4= in Theosophical
    4orum, *e+te%1er, 1F4=
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    H.P. 90A7ATS:6MS STYLE8 GTHE KNOUTP
    Mr$ Editor:
    , 06I; rea& so%e o3 the assaults u+on Colonel lcott an& %ysel3 that have a++eare&
    in the !ournal. *o%e have a%use& %e, others , have +asse& 1y unrea&; 1ut , #as Huite
    un+re+are& 3or the !oo& 3ortune that lay in store 3or %e in e%1ryo in the +a+er o3 Fe1. 1=th.
    The 2$rotest2 o3 Mr. W. ;%%ette Cole%an, entitle& 2*clavonic Theoso+hy *. 6%erican
    *+iritualis%2 is the %usky rose in an o&ori3erous 1ouHuet. ,ts +un!ent 3ra!rance #oul& %ake
    the nose o3 a sensitive 1lee&, #hose ol3actory nerves #oul& #ithstan& the +er3u%e o3 a
    !ar&en 3ull o3 the Malayan 3lo#er-Hueen-the tu1erose; an& yet, %y tou!h, +u!, Mon!olian
    nose, #hich has s%elt carrion in all +arts o3 the #orl&, +rove& itsel3 eHual even to this
    e%er!ency.
    2Fro% the su1li%e to the ri&iculous,2 says the French +rover1, 2there is 1ut a sin!le
    ste+.2 Fro% s+arklin! #it to &ull a1sur&ity there is no %ore. 6n attack, to 1e e33ective, %ust
    have an anta!onist to strike, 3or to kick a!ainst so%ethin! that eEists only in oneLs
    i%a!ination, #renches %an or 1east. Don JuiEote 3i!htin! the 2air-&ra#n2 3oes in his
    #in&%ill, stan&s 3or ever the lau!hin!-stock o3 all !enerations, an& the ty+e o3 a certain class
    o3 &is+utants, #ho%, 3or the %o%ent, Mr. Cole%an re+resents.
    The +reteEt 3or t#o colu%ns o3 a1use-su!!estin!, , a% sorry to say, +arallel se#ers-is
    that Miss ;%ily ?islin!1ury, in an a&&ress 1e3ore the B.".6. o3 *+iritualists, %entione&
    Colonel lcottLs na%e in connection #ith a lea&ershi+
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    o3 *+iritualis%. , have the re+ort o3 her re%arks 1e3ore %e, an& 3in& that she neither
    +ro+ose& Colonel lcott to 6%erican *+iritualists as a lea&er, nor sai& that he ha& #ante&
    2lea&ershi+,2 &esire& it no#, or coul& ever 1e +ersua&e& to take it. *ays Mr. Cole%an:
    M,t is seriously +ro+ose& 1y your transatlantic sister, Miss ?islin!1ury . . . that 6%erican
    *+iritualists shoul& select as their !uar&ian !ui&e . . . Col. 0. *. lcottPPN
    ,3 anyone is entitle& to this #ealth o3 eEcla%ation +oints it is Miss ?islin!1ury, 3or the
    char!e a!ainst her 3ro% 1e!innin! to en& is si%+ly an un%iti!ate& 3alsehoo&. Miss
    ?islin!1ury %erely eE+resse& the +ersonal o+inion that a certain !entle%an, 3or #ho% she
    ha& a &eserve& 3rien&shi+, #oul& have 1een ca+a1le, at one ti%e, o3 actin! as a lea&er. This
    #as her +rivate o+inion, to #hich she ha& as !oo& a ri!ht as either o3 her &e3a%ers-#ho in a
    co#ar&ly #ay try to use Col. lcott an& %ysel3 as sticks #ith #hich to 1reak her hea&-have to
    their o+inions. ,t %ay or %ay not have 1een #arrante& 1y the 3acts-that is i%%aterial. The
    %ain +oint is, that Miss ?islin!1ury has not sai& one #or& that !ives the sli!htest +reteEt 3or
    Mr. Cole%anLs attackin! her on this Huestion o3 lea&ershi+. 6n& yet, , a% not sur+rise& at his
    course, 3or this 1rave, no1le-hearte&, truth3ul an& s+otless la&y occu+ies too i%+re!na1le a
    +osition to 1e assaile&, eEce+t in&irectly. *o%eone ha& to +ay 3or her +lain s+eakin! a1out
    6%erican *+iritualis%. What 1etter sca+e!oat than lcott an& Blavatsky, the t#in
    2theoso+hical Gor!ons2P
    What a hulla1aloo is raise&, to 1e sure, a1out *+iritualists &eclinin! to 3ollo# our
    2lea&ershi+.2 ,n %y 2Bu&&histico-Tartaric2 i!norance , have al#ays su++ose& that so%ethin!
    %ust 1e o33ere& 1e3ore it can either 1e in&i!nantly s+urne& or even res+ect3ully &ecline&.
    0ave #e o33ere& to lea& *+iritualists 1y the nose or 1y other +ortions o3 their anato%y. 0ave
    #e ever +roclai%e& ourselves as 2teachers,2 or set ourselves u+ as in3alli1le 2!ui&es2. )et
    the hun&re&s o3 unans#ere& letters that #e have receive& 3ro% *+iritualists 1e our #itness.
    )et us even inclu&e t#o letters 3ro% Mr. W. ;%%ette Cole%an, 3ro% )eaven#orth, ?ansas,
    callin! attention to his +u1lishe& articles o3 5an. 14th, (Gth, (Bth, an& Fe1. 4r& 73our +a+ers8,
    invitin! controversy. 0e says in his co%%unication o3 5an. (4r&, 1CBB, to Col. lcott, 2, a% in
    search o3 Truth2; there3ore he has not all the truth. 0e asks Col. lcott to ans#er certain
    2interro!atories2; there3ore our o+inions are a&%itte& to have so%e #ei!ht. 0e says:
    MThis a&&ress Uthe one he #ants us to rea& an& eE+ress our o+inion u+onV #as
    &elivere& so%e ti%e since; i3 o3 %ore recent &ate , UheV %i!ht %o&i3y so%e#hat.
    "o# Col. lcottLs 7eople from the /ther )orld #as +u1lishe& 5an.,
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    1CB<; Mr. Cole%anLs letter to the Colonel #as #ritten in 5an., 1CBB; an& his +resent 2
    $rotest2 to the !ournal a++eare& Fe1., 1CBC. ,t +uAAles %e to kno# ho# a %an 2in search o3
    Truth2 coul& lo#er hi%sel3 so 3ar as to hunt 3or it in the coat-+ockets o3 an author #hose #ork
    is Mclearly &e%onstrative o3 the utterly unscienti3ic character o3 his researches, 3ull o3
    eEa!!erations, inaccuracies, %arvelous state%ents recor&e& at secon&-han& #ithout the
    sli!htest con3ir%ation, lacka&aisical senti%entalities, e!otistical rho&o%onta&es, an&
    !ra%%atical inele!ancies an& solecis%s.N To !o to a %an 3or 2Truth2 #ho is characteriAe& 1y
    Mthe %ost 3ervi& i%a!ination an& 1rilliant +o#ers o3 invention, -accor&in! to Mr. ;%%ette
    Cole%an-sho#s Mr. Cole%an in a sorry li!ht in&ee&P 0is only eEcuse can 1e that in 5anuary,
    1CBB, #hen he invite& Col. lcott to &iscuss #ith hi%-&es+ite the 3act that the Theoso+hical
    *ociety ha& 1een esta1lishe& in 1CB<, an& all our 2heresies2 #ere alrea&y in +rint-his
    esti%ation o3 Col. lcottLs intellectual +o#ers #as &i33erent 3ro% #hat it is no#, an& that Mr.
    Cole%anLs 2a&&ress2 has 1een le3t t#o years unrea& an& unnotice&. Does this look like our
    o33erin! ourselves as 2lea&ers2. We a&&ress the !reat 1o&y o3 intelli!ent 6%erican
    *+iritualists. They have as %uch a ri!ht to their o+inions as #e to ours; they have no %ore
    ri!ht than #e to 3alsely state the +ositions o3 their anta!onists. But their #oul&-1e cha%+ion,
    Mr. Cole%an, 3or the sake o3 havin! an eEcuse to a1use %e, +reten&s to Huote 7see colu%n
    (, +ara!ra+h 18 3ro% so%ethin! , have +u1lishe&, a #hole sentence that , &e3y hi% to +rove ,
    ever %a&e use o3. This is &o#nri!ht literary 3rau& an& &ishonesty. 6 %an #ho is in 2search o3
    Truth2 &oes not usually e%+loy a 3alsehoo& as a #ea+on.
    Goo& 3rien&s, #hose enHuiries #e have occasionally, 1ut rarely, ans#ere&, 1ear us
    #itness that #e have al#ays &isclai%e& anythin! like 2lea&ershi+2; that #e have invaria1ly
    re3erre& you to the sa%e stan&ar& authors #ho% #e have rea&, the sa%e ol& $hiloso+hers
    #e have stu&ie&. We call on you to testi3y that #e have re+u&iate& &o!%as an& &o!%atists,
    #hether livin! %en or &ise%1o&ie& *+irits. 6s o++ose& to Materialists, Theoso+hists are
    *+iritualists, 1ut it #oul& 1e as a1sur& 3or us to clai% the lea&ershi+ o3 *+iritualis% as 3or a
    $rotestant +riest to s+eak 3or the -o%ish Church, or a -o%ish Car&inal to lea& the !reat 1o&y
    o3 $rotestants, thou!h 1oth clai% to 1e ChristiansP -ecri%ination see%s to 1e the li3e an&
    soul o3 6%erican >ournalis%, 1ut , really thou!ht that a spiritualistic or!an ha& %ore con!enial
    %atter 3or its colu%ns than such %aterialistic a1use as the +resent 2Fort )eaven#orth2
    criticis%P
    ne chie3 ai% o3 the #riter see%s to 1e to a1use 2sis 0n*eiled. My +u1lisher #ill
    &ou1tless 3eel un&er !reat o1li!ations 3or !ivin! it such a notoriety >ust no#, #hen the 3ourth
    e&ition is rea&y to !o to +ress. That the 3ossiliAe& revie#ers o3 The Tribune an& 7opular
    %cience Monthly - 1oth a&%itte& a&vocates o3 %aterialistic *cience an& uns+arin!ly
    conte%+tuous &enouncers o3 *+iritualis% - shoul&, #ithout either o3 the% havin! rea& %y
    1ook, 1ran& it as
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    s+iritualistic %oonshine, #as +er3ectly natural. , shoul& have thou!ht that , ha& #ritten %y
    3irst volu%e, hol&in! u+ Mo&ern *cience to +u1lic conte%+t 3or its un3air treat%ent o3
    +sycholo!ical +heno%ena, to s%all +ur+ose, i3 they ha& co%+li%ente& %e. "or #as , at all
    sur+rise& that the critic o3 the "e# Dork %un +er%itte& hi%sel3 the coarse lan!ua!e o3 a
    +artiAan an& 1etraye& his i!norance o3 the contents o3 %y 1ook 1y ter%in! %e a 2*+iritualist.2
    But , a% sorry that a critic like Mr. Cole%an, #ho +ro3esses to s+eak 3or the *+iritualists an&
    a!ainst the Materialists, shoul& ran!e hi%sel3 1y the si&e o3 the 3lunkeys o3 the latter, #hen at
    least t#enty o3 the 3irst critics o3 ;uro+e an& 6%erica, not *+iritualists 1ut #ell-rea& scholars,
    have +raise& it even %ore unstinte&ly than he has 1es+attere& it. ,3 such %en as the author
    o3 The .reat 3ionysia Myth an& 7oseidon - #ritin! a +rivate letter to a 3ello# archeolo!ist
    an& scholar, #hich he thou!ht , #oul& never see - says the &esi!n o3 %y 1ook is Msi%+ly
    colossal,2 an& that the 1ook 2is really a %arvelous +ro&uction2 an& has his 2entire
    concurrence2 in its vie#s a1out: 718 the #is&o% o3 the ancient *a!es; 7(8 the 3olly o3 the
    %erely %aterial $hiloso+her 7the ;%%ette Cole%ans, 0uEleys an& Tyn&alls8; 748 the &octrine
    o3 "irvana; 798 archaic %onotheis%, etc.; an& #hen the )on&on 7ublic /pinion calls it 2one
    o3 the %ost eEtraor&inary #orks o3 the nineteenth century2 in an ela1orate criticis%; an& #hen
    6l3re& -. Wallace says: M, a% a%aAe& at the vast a%ount o3 eru&ition &is+laye& in the
    cha+ters, an& the !reat interest o3 the to+ics on #hich they treat; your 1ook #ill o+en u+ to
    %any *+iritualists a #hole #orl& o3 ne# i&eas, an& cannot 3ail to 1e o3 the !reatest value in
    the enHuiry #hich is no# 1ein! so earnestly carrie& on,N -Mr. Cole%an really a++ears in the
    sorry li!ht o3 one #ho a1uses 3or the %ere sake o3 a1usin!.
    What a curious +sycholo!ical +o#er , %ust haveP 6ll the !ournal #riters, 3ro% the
    talente& e&itor &o#n to Mr. Cole%an, +reten& to account 3or the 1lin& &evotion o3 Col. lcott
    to Theoso+hy, the over-+artial +ane!yric o3 Miss ?islin!1ury, the 3rien&ly recantation o3 Dr. G.
    Bloe&e, an& the sur+risin!ly vi!orous &e3ence o3 %ysel3 1y Mr. C. *otheran, an& other recent
    events, on the !roun& o3 %y havin! +sycholo!iAe& the% all into the +assive servitu&e o3
    hoo&#inke& &u+esP , can only say that such $sycholo!y is neEt &oor to %iracle. That , coul&
    in3luence %en an& #o%en o3 such ackno#le&!e& in&e+en&ence o3 character an& intellectual
    ca+acity, #oul& 1e at least %ore than any o3 your lecturin! %es%eriAers or 2s+irit-controls2
    have 1een a1le to acco%+lish. Do you not see, %y no1le ene%ies, the lo!ical conseHuences
    o3 such a &octrine. 6&%it that , can &o that, an& you a&%it the reality o3 Ma!ic, an& %y
    +o#ers as an 6&e+t. , never clai%e& that Ma!ic #as anythin! 1ut $sycholo!y +ractically
    a++lie&. That one o3 your %es%eriAers can %ake a ca11a!e a++ear a rose is only a lo#er
    3or% o3 the +o#er you all en&o# %e #ith. Dou !ive an ol& #o%an - #hether 3orty, 3i3ty, siEty
    or ninety years ol& 7so%e s#ear , a% the latter, so%e the 3or%er8, it %atters not; an ol&
    #o%an #hose 2?al%uco-Bu&&histico-Tartaric2 3eatures,
    --- 1G
    even in youth, never %a&e her a++ear +retty; a #o%an #hose un!ainly !ar1, uncouth
    %anners an& %asculine ha1its are enou!h to 3ri!hten any 1ustle& an& corsete& 3ine la&y o3
    3ashiona1le society out o3 her #its-you !ive her such +o#ers o3 3ascination as to &ra# 3ine
    la&ies an& !entle%en, scholars an& artists, &octors an& cler!y%en, to her house 1y scores, to
    not only talk $hiloso+hy #ith her, not %erely to stare at her as thou!h she #ere a %onkey in
    re& 3lannel 1reeches, as so%e o3 the% &o, 1ut to honour her in %any cases #ith their 3ast an&
    sincere 3rien&shi+ an& !rate3ul kin&nessP $sycholo!yP ,3 that is the na%e you !ive it, then,
    althou!h , have never o33ere& %ysel3 as a teacher, you ha& 1etter co%e, %y 3rien&s, an& 1e
    tau!ht at once the 2trick2 7!ratis-3or, unlike other +sycholo!iAers, , never yet took %oney 3or
    teachin! anythin! to any1o&y8, so that herea3ter you %ay not 1e &eceive& into reco!niAin! as-
    #hat Mr. Cole%an so !ra+hically calls-2the sainte& &ea& o3 earth,2 those +i%+le-nose& an&
    !arlic-1reathin! 1ein!s #ho cli%1 la&&ers throu!h tra+-&oors, an& carry to# #i!s an&
    1attere& %asks in the +enetralia o3 their un&erclothin!.
    - 0. $. B)6I6T*?D
    - 2the %asculine-3e%inine *lavonic Theoso+h 3ro% Cri%-Tartary2 - a title #hich &oes
    %ore cre&it to Mr. Cole%anLs vitu+erative in!enuity than to his literary acco%+lish%ents.
    UFro% The -eli#io-7hilosophical !ournal+ March 1=th, 1CBC.V
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    UNR1COGNIS1D 10121NTS O4 DISORD1R
    - )y&ia -oss, M. D., M. 6.
    W0;" *hakes+eare:s s+ri!htly $uck says that he #ill 2+ut a !ir&le roun& a1out the
    earth in 3orty %inutes,2 #e take that as +art o3 the %ystic license in A Midsummer 1i#ht?s
    3ream. We neither kno# ho# he &oes it, nor can #e 3ollo# hi% as he 3lits o33 the visi1le
    sta!e. But so%eho# he &oes 1rin! 1ack the %a!ic 3lo#er that !ro#s not in our %atter-o3-3act
    !ar&en o3 thin!s - so 3ar as #e kno#. 6n& yet, all the ti%e, %ore a%aAin! thin!s than he &i&
    are !oin! on roun& a1out us, an& even in our o#n inner #orl& o3 thou!ht an& 3eelin! an&
    i%+ulse.
    /n#ittin!ly, #e are %er!in! to#ar&s the %ore ethereal levels o3 thou!ht an& thin!s,
    1oth in our hu%an constitution an& in our co%%an& over "ature:s 3iner 3orces. ;lectrical an&
    other inventions are revealin! a real% o3 %arvels in 3a%iliar, co%%on-+lace %atter. For
    instance, %o&ern science has evoke& a -a&io-s+rite that Huite out stri&es $uck in the unseen
    #aves o3 s+ace, 3or this one s+ans the !lo1e #ith the s+ee& o3 li!ht. To&ay #e :tune in: at #ill,
    an& sense the Huality, the tren&, o3 the #orl&:s thou!ht, an& 3eelin!, an& action i%+in!in!
    u+on our consciousness. We &ial casually 3or the livin! currents o3 hu%an li3e #hich are
    constantly sur!in! throu!h the inter+enetratin! s+heres o3 +olitics, e&ucation, science, %usic,
    &ra%a, in&ustry, %e&icine, #ar, an& #hat not. ,n so%e &e!ree, our reaction to all this a&&s its
    in3luence to the co%%on ti&e that e11s an& 3lo#s in the unseen real% #herein #e hu%ans
    are all vital receivin! an& trans%ittin! stations. We cut out the nu%1ers #hich #e &o not #ish
    to hear; 1ut everythin!, au&i1le an& inau&i1le, kno#n an& unkno#n, a33ects so%e +art o3 our
    1ein!. There are %ental an& e%otional kin&s o3 :static: #hich are inau&i1le %essa!es o3
    con3usion an& they &istur1 us, %ore or less, #ith their in3luence.
    The hu%an soul is that so%ethin! #ithin us #hich res+on&s to the Huality #hich is
    1ehin& the %ere soun&s #e :tune in: on. 6n& that :so%ethin!: inevita1ly vi1rates #ith %uch
    that su1tly elu&es the &etection o3 the 1rain-%in& an& the 3ive senses. We are su1>ecte& to
    unhear& an& invisi1le in3luences in the ether, #hich are unsus+ecte& 1oth 1y us an& 1y the
    censors. ,t #ere #ell to realiAe that #e actually are livin! all the ti%e i%%erse& in an invisi1le
    an& inau&i1le real% #ith its at%os+here 1eclou&e& not only #ith a #elter o3 hu%an thou!hts
    an& 3eelin!s, 1ut #ith various stran!e e%otions an& unaccounta1le i%+ulses. Therein is
    so%ethin! to 1e reckone& #ith in seekin! causes o3 in&ivi&ual an& #orl& con&itions.
    Meanti%e, in the #orl&:s envelo+in! 6stral )i!ht, the recor&e& +ictures o3 everythin!
    that is thou!ht an& 3elt an& &one are 1ein! re3lecte& 1ack u+on the earth an& u+on us. Fro%
    this unreco!nise& 1ut inter+enetratin! astral real% #e are in3luence& 1y +otent, uncensore&
    3orces reactin! u+on our 1o&y, %in&, an& soul. *%all #on&er, then, that too o3ten #e are
    rather a sick, con3use&, an& sorry lot o3 thinkin!, s+iritual creaturesP
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    6s yet, the &octors have no +sycholo!ical Weather Bureau to consult as to the
    reactions o3 the surchar!e&, restless, astral at%os+here aroun& us u+on the %a!netically
    res+onsive hu%an soul. Generally, the %an hi%sel3 is re!ar&e& as rather less o3 a reality
    than the 1o&y he #ears, #ears out, an& #holly rene#s every 3e# years, &urin! a sin!le
    incarnation. ,n revie#in! current %e&ical literature, t#o thin!s are note#orthy: first, the
    eEtensive an& ela1orate che%ical, %icrosco+ical, an& eE+eri%ental research in vo!ue; an&,
    second, the 3act that, #ith all o3 this hi!hly-evolve& &ia!nostic techniHue, the lea&in! alienists
    an& +sychiatrists su% u+ their searchin! analysis o3 3unctional &isor&ers #ith the a&%ission
    that in nu%1ers o3 ty+ical cases there is :so%e un&erlyin! causative a!ent that is unkno#n.:
    Thus, #hile Boar&s o3 0ealth +oint to a &ecrease in conta!ions - %o&ern sanitation co+es
    #ith the environ%ent - there is a +uAAlin! increase in %ental an& nervous &isor&ers, evi&ently
    #ron!s o3 the inner li3e.
    "o# the %icrosco+e an& test-tu1e - %arvels o3 +recision an& 3inesse - are li%ite& in
    ran!e to the visi1le sta!e o3 thin!s. Their +o#er sto+s #here the su++ose& &isease-a!ent -
    say, a 3iltera1le virus re%ains invisi1le, like $uck 1ehin& the scenes, Whether the %icro1es
    an& viruses are the real causes o3 &isease, or are &ia!nostic si!natures o3 e33ects o3 in&ivi&ual
    kar%ic causes, is - &e1ata1leP 6t all events, neither these thin!s nor any or!anic #ron!s are
    3oun& in certain nu%1ers o3 the various outstan&in! &isor&ers o3 the 1rain an& nervous
    syste%. The Huery re%ains: ho# can 3unctional &isor&ers +ro&uce the varie& an& severe
    &istur1ances o3 the 1rain an& nerves #hich 3or% the a++arent 1ri&!e 1et#een the conscious
    %an an& his 1o&y. The real 1ri&!e is the electro-%a!netic vital currents #hich circulate
    throu!h all o3 the &u+licate cells o3 the inter+enetratin! astral %o&el-1o&y. These strea%s o3
    ener!y are to the visi1le nerves #hat the +otent electric current is to the con&uctin! %etal o3
    the :live #ire.:
    6t the &isa++earin!-+oint o3 the %icrosco+e:s vision, our -a&io-s+rite 1eckons us to
    3ollo# u+ his &e%onstration that #e live en%eshe& in the countless cross-currents o3 a #orl&:s
    %ental an& e%otional at%os+here. Moreover, nearest the earth are the lo# levels o3 the
    6stral )i!ht, in3ille& #ith +ictures #hich re3lect 1ack u+on us the !rossest o3 hu%an thou!ht
    an& e%otions an& lo# ani%al-i%+ulses. ur natural +rotection is in a sel3-&isci+line #hich
    kee+s us livin! consciously an& +ositively u+ to hi!her levels - an& ho# %any o3 us &o that.
    Do not the 1est o3 +eo+le so%eti%es have stran!e an& un#orthy i&eas an& i%+ulses #hich
    their conscience re>ects #ith &i33iculty.
    What, then, o3 the su1%er!e& %ultitu&es #ho never rise consciously a1ove the lo#er
    levels o3 hu%an nature. What o3 the 1roa&cast in3luence o3 the vicious, the i!norant, the
    con3ir%e& cri%inal, the &e!ra&e&. 6lso, #hat +rotection have the ne!ative sensitives, the
    %e&iu%istic, the neurotic, the un1alance&, the inte%+erate, the +erverte&, o3 #hich various
    ty+es are 3oun& in all !ra&es o3 society. These are all hu%an 1roa&castin! stations, the
    in3luence o3 #hose &aily routine %ust react u+on the%selves, u+on each other, an& u+on any
    one te%+te&
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    to in&ul!e in a like %oo& an& thus ste+ into a lo# current o3 li3e. "o one is #holly i%%une
    3ro% the &o%inant thou!hts an& 3eelin!s #hich circulate in the co%%on %ental at%os+here.
    0. $. Blavatsky s+eaks o3 2that +eculiar in3luence, that +o#er3ul current o3 %a!netis% #hich
    e%anates 3ro% i&eas as #ell as 3ro% +hysical 1o&ies. By this #e are surroun&e&.2
    ,t is truly sai& that 2no one lives unto hi%sel3 alone, an& no one &ies unto hi%sel3
    alone.2 What a1out the a3ter-&eath state o3 thin!s, #hen the ato%s o3 the 1o&y &isinte!rate
    an& return :&ust to &ust:. The ato%s o3 the astral %o&el-1o&y are like#ise &is+erse& in their
    o#n real%, in &ue ti%e. The li3e-3orces return to the ocean o3 li3e. The +assions an& &esires
    o3 the lo#er nature coalesce, an& #ith the ai& o3 astral %atter 3or% the ka%a-ru+a, or :&esire
    1o&y.: This is the sha&e, or s+ook, or !host that has 1een 1elieve& in all &o#n the a!es, an&
    it #ill not :&o#n: even at the 1i&&in! o3 %o&ern science. This ka%a-ru+a survives in the astral
    real% near the earth until the +ur!atorial cleansin! se+arates it 3ro% every ele%ent o3 the
    hi!her nature, at the :secon& &eath,: an& then it 3a&es a#ay. The hi!her %in&, the s+iritual,
    an& the &ivine +arts o3 %an:s co%+osite nature, ascen& to their o#n s+heres 3or a rest
    1et#een incarnations. This is the usual course - 1ut there are eEce+tions.
    ne eEce+tional case is #here the +erson:s li3e - 1e it that o3 %an or #o%an - has
    1een &o%inate& 1y one or another stron! +assion, or has 1een !enerally keye& to sel3ish
    in&ul!ences. The +erson %ay have live& at any social level - in the slu%s, in the %i&&le-
    class, or in eEclusive circles #here his #ealth an& e&ucation #ere enliste& in %akin! a 3ine art
    o3 sel3-in&ul!ence. The lo#er nature is the lo#er nature :un&er the skin,: #hatever the social
    status %ay 1e. ,n these cases, a3ter &eath, the uneE+en&e& 3orce o3 the earthly +assions an&
    &esires coheres in a ka%a-ru+ic entity #hich is &evoi& o3 all conscience, reason, an& real
    intelli!ence. ,t is literally a coherent, vitaliAe& 0r#e to contact sensuous li3e. 0ence, it is
    +sycho-%a!netically attracte&, as 1y an ani%al-instinct, to +laces #here li*in# +ersons %ay
    +ossi1ly 1e %a&e the vicarious %eans o3 such contact. Bein! an astral 1o&y #hich can act
    only as such, it tries to &is+lace, or cro#& out, the astral nature o3 a livin! +erson, an& take
    +ossession o3 the 1o&y, #holly or in +art. *uccee&in!, it not only !rati3ies its ty+ical &esires
    3or sensuous li3e, 1ut it a1sor1s the vitality o3 its va%+iriAe& victi%, #ho su33ers an eHual
    &e!ree o3 eEhaustion. The !reat &an!ers 3or #hoever yiel&s to such a :control: are #ell
    eE+laine& in the Theoso+hical literature.
    T#o other eEce+tions to the usual +ost-%orte% state are those o3 sane suici&es an& o3
    eEecute& cri%inals. The suici&e has voluntarily 1roken the sacre& contract 1et#een "ature,
    #hich +rovi&es his o#n s+ecial 1o&y an& the 3orces to run it 3or the eEact nu%1er o3 years
    that his kar%an calls 3or, an& his o#n soul. Thou!h he rashly &estroys this ti%e& 1o&y,
    "ature 3ul3ils her +art o3 the contract to +rovi&e the vital ener!y, an& kee+s the conscious,
    thou!h &ise%1o&ie&, %an alive until the hour set 3or his natural &eath. There3ore, althou!h
    un1o&ie&
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    +hysically, he survives in the astral real% as a ka%a-ru+a or :&esire entity,: out o3 touch #ith
    his intellect an& hi!her nature. Fille& #ith 3ierce lon!in! 3or contact #ith sensuous earth-li3e,
    he haunts such o3 the livin! as %ay 1eco%e an o+en &oor 3or hi%. The +sychic at%os+here
    +ro&uce& in the :seance roo%: 1y the ne!ative sitters an& the :%e&iu%: #ho invites :control:
    an& a &evitaliAin! entrance%ent, o33ers hi% the &esire& o++ortunity. Thou!ht3ul :s+iritualists:
    have learne& that there are 1etter an& #orse astral entities. Theoso+hy a&&s the #arnin! that
    the +sychic :o+en &oor: allo#s any ind to enter.
    6s 3or the eEecute& cri%inal #ho has 1een #renche& out o3 his 1o&y 1e3ore his natural
    &eath-hour, he too, like the sane suici&e, survives in the astral real% as a ka%a-ru+a. 0e
    also is an earth-1oun& entity, too o3ten 3ille& #ith 1itterness, hatre&, reven!e, cruelty, an&
    +assion. 0e is a %ore insi&ious %enace to society than #hen he #as e%1o&ie&. "o# he is
    3ree to co%e an& !o invisi1ly, an& to i%+ress his evil i%+ulses u+on susce+ti1le victi%s
    any#here. The reality o3 his survival is the unans#era1le ar!u%ent a!ainst le!al %ur&er.
    There is another unseen in3luence #hich %ay account 3or those 3ien&ish, unhu%an,
    +ur+oseless cri%es #hich occur every no# an& then. ,t is +ossi1le 3or an a&e+t-sorcerer, one
    #ho, loves evil 3or its o#n sake, to o+erate in his astral 1o&y. Thus un&etecte&, he can use
    his evil +o#ers to i%+ose his #ill an& +ur+oses u+on susce+ti1le victi%s #ho %ay not 1e
    naturally #icke&, 1ut are %erely ne!ative, or #eak-#ille&, or :+sychic.:
    6!ain, a stu&ent o3 a +seu&o :teacher: or 3alse :%aster,: havin! learne& ho# to :!o out
    in the astral 1o&y: an& to !ain sel3ish :+o#ers: over others, %ay return to 3in& his hel+less
    +hysical 1o&y +artly or #holly +ossesse& 1y so%e inva&er. The result %ay 1e a stran!e 3or%
    o3 insanity, or &eath.
    6s no t#o livin! +ersons are Huite alike, althou!h they %ay 1e !rou+e& #ith others, or
    classi3ie&, so like#ise &o the +ost-%orte% an& other astral entities vary !reatly in their s+ecial
    characteristics, an& yet they %ani3est vicariously alon! certain ty+ical lines. Thus the
    s+ecialists say o3 the &i33erin! 3or%s o3 insanity that there is, in !eneral, :a &is+lace%ent o3 the
    e!o.: 6&& to this !eneraliAation the 3act that %any o3 these un3ortunates are 1esie!e& 1y one
    or another ty+e o3 o1sessin! ka%a-ru+ic entity, an& the stran!ely varie& states o3 %ania,
    %elancholia, &elusion, an& &e%entia are un&erstan&a1le.
    6s like attracts like, these unseen entities, i3 o3 a convulsive, or e%otional, or
    inte%+erate ty+e, or 3ollo#in! any s+ecial tren& o3 the lo#er nature, #ill 1e &ra#n to#ar&s the
    con3ir%e& e+ile+tic, the chronic hysteric, the &i+so%aniac, or to the at%os+here o3 any one
    #ho is susce+ti1le an& #ith so%e #eakness or 3ault akin to that o3 the inva&er. *o%eti%es
    the su33erers #ith %il& or %e&iu% 3or%s o3 %ental or +sychic &isor&er 1eco%e su&&enly
    violent or other#ise stran!ely chan!e& 3or the #orse, te%+orarily or +er%anently. ,t %ay 1e
    that their +re&is+osin! %e&iu%istic, or ne!ative, or neurotic, or ine1riate con&ition, has
    allo#e& so%e unusual ty+e o3 invasion.
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    6 strikin! 3or% o3 o1session occurs in so%e stran!e %e&ico-le!al cases o3 :i%+ulsive
    insanity,: #here there is no +re+aration or %otive 3or the unusual cri%e, nothin! to 1e !aine&
    1y it, an& it is 3orei!n to the character o3 the !uilty one. *uch cri%inals are so%eti%es tellin!
    the truth in sayin! that the evil i%+ulse #hich struck the% #as resiste& an& 3ou!ht a!ainst in a
    terri1le internal stru!!le, until at last they #eakene& an& #ere co%+elle& a!ainst their #ill to
    &o the &ee&.
    0. $. Blavatsky sai&: =The &hole issue of the "uarrel bet&een the profane and the
    esoteric sciences depends upon the belief in+ and demonstration of+ the e8istence of an astral
    body &ithin the physical+ the former independent of the latter$=- The %ecret 3octrine, ,,, 19F.
    Me&ical scientists lack only belief in the inter+enetratin! astral real% to ena1le the% to
    inter+ret their o#n 3in&in!s in the li!ht o3 +ractical occultis%. For alrea&y the &e%onstration o3
    the eEistence o3 the astral #orl& can 1e rea& in the alienist:s clear-cut &escri+tions o3
    outstan&in! %ental an& nervous cases. *+ace 3or1i&s eEtensive Huotations 3ro% the %any
    scholarly analysis o3 ty+ical 3unctional &isor&ers, #herein the s+ecialists un#ittin!ly reveal the
    :unkno#n un&erlyin! causative a!ent: #hich they seek. For instance, one authority says:
    2While i%+ulsiveness, e%otionalis%, #eakenin! o3 the #ill +o#er, are all +ro%inent
    3eatures in the sy%+to%s o3 insanity, o1sessions un&ou1te&ly re+resent a s+eci3ic
    +atholo!ical +rocess. They arise su1consciously, have no associative relationshi+ #ith other
    i&eas, enter the &o%ain o3 consciousness un1i&&en, a#aken the %ost +ositive e%otions, an&
    3inally 1y their very +ersistency co%+el their realiAation in con&uct a!ainst every +ossi1le
    e33ort o3 the #ill. ,n&ivi&uals #ith a vicious here&ity, those #ho +ossess a neurotic constitution
    as the result o3 either &irect here&ity or so%e &e!enerative +rocess, the hysterical an& the
    neurasthenic, are 3avora1le su1>ects 3or the &evelo+%ent o3 o1sessions. *uch in&ivi&uals
    o3tenti%es realiAe the a1sur&ity an& even the %oral o1liHuity o3 the i%+ulsion, 1ut see%
    +o#erless to resist . . . it %ay even 1e an over+o#erin! i%+ulse to ho%ici&e or suici&e. . . .
    Juite 3reHuently such +ersons realiAe their hel+lessness, an& 1e! to 1e restraine&.2
    The o1sessions +icture& a1ove, #hich :i%+el: their insane victi%s, are entities 3or%e&
    o3 the coherent astral &re!s o3 the lo# &esires o3 hu%an 1ein!s. 0o# else eE+lain the
    sha%eless, violent, o1scene, cruel, an& senseless eEhi1itions in cases #here no or!anic
    lesions are 3oun& either 1e3ore or a3ter &eath.
    The 5ha#a*ad-.ita su%s u+ hu%an 3aults as :a%1ition an& lust,: #hich, 1roa&ly,
    inclu&e the &esires o3 the 1o&y an& lo#er %in&. ,t is natural that a ka%a-ru+ic entity resultin!
    3ro% a very sel3ish li3e #oul& ten& to eE+ress the :rulin! +assion stron! in &eath.: *u++ose,
    3or instance, the +erson:s #eakness ha& 1een an over#eenin! vanity, not the %ost :&ea&ly
    sin,: 1ut o3tti%es enou!h to color the #hole character throu!hout li3e. The &o%inatin!, sel3ish,
    +etty i%+ulses %i!ht
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    cohere into a ka%ic entity a3ter &eath. ,ts instinct 3or a s+ectacular +lay 3or +ity, or a&%iration,
    or curiosity, or a%aAe%ent #oul& %ost likely &ra# it to so%e ty+ical hysteric. $hysicians
    reco!niAe that the hysterical attacks o3 these neurotic cases are usually ti%e& so as to
    i%+ress so%e one or %ore onlookers. The s+ecialists a&%it that such cases cannot 1e
    eE+laine& 1y any one sin!le cause, an& that the hysteric %ust 1e >u&!e& 1y =the illo#ical
    consistency of the unconscious$= The Theoso+hical teachin!s eE+lain #hy %any o3 the
    uneE+laine& 3unctional &isor&ers are so tra!ically consistent &ith the underlyin# causes o3
    #hich &e are unconscious. ;ven a lay%an #ho kne# so%ethin! o3 the co%+osite nature o3
    %an coul& rea& the evi&ence o3 the eEistence o3 actual o1sessin! 1ein!s in the si!ni3icant
    &escri+tions o3 these cases as !iven in the s+ecial teEt-1ooks.
    Grantin! that at 3irst thou!ht the i&ea o3 actual o1session is so%ethin! o3 a shock, is it
    not %ore shockin! to realiAe that it eEists unreco!nise&, an& there3ore uncontrolle&. )ike
    %any another !rievous #ron!, it loses %uch o3 its +o#er #hen it is 3orce& out into the o+en,
    to 1e 3ace& intelli!ently an& 3earlessly. Besie!in! ka%a-ru+ic entities can no %ore +ersist in a
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    M... The eE+eri%ents %a&e in 0y+notis% an& Mes%eris% at the +resent ti%e are
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    1roa& #hich lea&s to such &estruction; an& it is 1ut too easy to 3in&; an& only too %any !o
    i!norantly alon! it to their o#n &estruction. But the +ractical cure 3or it lies in one thin!. That
    is the course o3 stu&y #hich , %entione& 1e3ore. , soun&s very si%+le, 1ut is e%inently
    &i33icult; 3or that cure is M6)T-/,*M.N 6n& this is the keynote o3 Theoso+hy an& the cure 3or
    all ills; this it is #hich the real Foun&ers o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety +ro%ote as its 3irst o1>ect
    - /",I;-*6) B-T0;-0D. Thus even i3 only in na%e a 1o&y o3 6ltruists, the
    Theoso+hical *ociety has to 3i!ht all #ho un&er its cover seek to o1tain %a!ical +o#ers to
    use 3or their o#n sel3ish en&s an& to the hurt o3 others.N
    - 0.$. Blavatsky 7BCW Q,, ++. 1=9-<8
    ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
    On OGo/P
    . ;Ecer+te& 3ro% Mahatma 'etter 1o$ 10
    - -eceive& at *i%la, 1CC1-. :C(.
    "either our +hiloso+hy nor ourselves 1elieve in a Go&, least o3 all in one #hose
    +ronoun necessitates a ca+ital 0. ur +hiloso+hy 3alls un&er the &e3inition o3 0o11es. ,t is
    +ree%inently the science o3 e33ects 1y their causes an& o3 causes 1y their e33ects, an& since it
    is also the science o3 thin!s &e&uce& 3ro% 3irst +rinci+le, as Bacon &e3ines it, 1e3ore #e a&%it
    any such +rinci+le #e %ust kno# it, an& have no ri!ht to a&%it even its +ossi1ility. Dour
    #hole eE+lanation is 1ase& u+on one solitary a&%ission %a&e si%+ly 3or ar!u%ent:s sake in
    cto1er last. Dou #ere tol& that our kno#le&!e #as li%ite& to this our solar syste%: er!o as
    +hiloso+hers #ho &esire& to re%ain #orthy o3 the na%e #e coul& not either &eny or a33ir% the
    eEistence o3 #hat you ter%e& a su+re%e, o%ni+otent, intelli!ent 1ein! o3 so%e sort beyond
    the li%its o3 that solar syste%. But i3 such an eEistence is not a1solutely i%+ossi1le, yet
    unless the uni3or%ity o3 nature:s la# 1reaks at those li%its #e %aintain that it is hi!hly
    i%+ro1a1le. "evertheless #e &eny %ost
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    e%+hatically the +osition o3 a!nosticis% in this &irection, an& as re!ar&s the solar syste%.
    ur &octrine kno#s no co%+ro%ises. ,t either a33ir%s or &enies, 3or it never teaches 1ut that
    #hich it kno#s to 1e the truth. There3ore, #e &eny Go& 1oth as +hiloso+hers an& as
    Bu&&hists. We kno# there are +lanetary an& other s+iritual lives, an& #e kno# there is in our
    syste% no such thin! as Go&, either +ersonal or i%+ersonal. $ara1rah% is not a Go&, 1ut
    a1solute i%%uta1le la#, an& ,s#ar is the e33ect o3 6vi&ya an& Maya, i!norance 1ase& u+on
    the !reat &elusion. The #or& 2Go&2 #as invente& to &esi!nate the unkno#n cause o3 those
    e33ects #hich %an has either a&%ire& or &rea&e& #ithout un&erstan&in! the%, an& since #e
    clai% an& that #e are a1le to +rove #hat #e clai% -- i$e. the kno#le&!e o3 that cause an&
    causes #e are in a +osition to %aintain there is no Go& or Go&s 1ehin& the%.
    The i&ea o3 Go& is not an innate 1ut an acHuire& notion, an& #e have 1ut one thin! in
    co%%on #ith theolo!ies -- #e reveal the in3inite. But #hile #e assi!n to all the +heno%ena
    that +rocee& 3ro% the in3inite an& li%itless s+ace, &uration an& %otion, material+ natural+
    sensible and no&n 7to us at least8 cause, the theists assi!n the% spiritual+ su+er-natural an&
    unintelli#ible an unkno#n causes. The Go& o3 the Theolo!ians is si%+ly an& i%a!inary
    +o#er, un loup #arou as &:0ol1ach eE+resse& it -- a +o#er #hich has never yet %ani3este&
    itsel3. ur chie3 ai% is to &eliver hu%anity o3 this ni!ht%are, to teach %an virtue 3or its o#n
    sake, an& to #alk in li3e relyin! on hi%sel3 instea& o3 leanin! on a theolo!ical crutch, that 3or
    countless a!es #as the &irect cause o3 nearly all hu%an %isery. $antheistic #e %ay 1e
    calle& -- a!nostic ";I;-. ,3 +eo+le are #illin! to acce+t an& to re!ar& as Go& our ";
    ),F; i%%uta1le an& unconscious in its eternity they %ay &o so an& thus kee+ to one %ore
    !i!antic %isno%er. But then they #ill have to say #ith *+inoAa that there is not an& that #e
    cannot conceive any other su1stance than Go&; or as that 3a%ous an& un3ortunate
    +hiloso+her says in his 3ourteenth +ro+osition, 2+racter Deu% neHue &ari neHue conce+i
    +otest su1stantia2 -- an& thus 1eco%e $antheists . . . . #ho 1ut a Theolo!ian nurse& on
    %ystery an& the %ost a1sur& su+er-naturalis% can i%a!ine a sel3 eEistent 1ein! o3 necessity
    in3inite an& o%ni+resent outside the %ani3este& boundless universe. The #or& in3inite is 1ut a
    ne!ative #hich eEclu&es the i&ea o3 1oun&s. ,t is evi&ent that a 1ein! in&e+en&ent an&
    o%ni+resent cannot 1e li%ite& 1y anythin! #hich is outsi&e o3 hi%sel3; that there can 1e
    nothin! eEterior to hi%sel3 -- not even vacuu%, then #here is there roo% 3or %atter. 3or that
    %ani3este& universe even thou!h the latter li%ite&. ,3 #e ask the theist is your Go& vacuu%,
    s+ace or %atter, they #ill re+ly no. 6n& yet they hol& that their Go& +enetrates %atter thou!h
    he is not hi%sel3 %atter. When #e s+eak o3 our ne )i3e #e also say that it +enetrates, nay
    is the essence o3 every ato% o3 %atter; an& that there3ore it not only has corres+on&ence #ith
    %atter 1ut has all its +ro+erties like#ise, etc. -- hence is %aterial, is matter itself$ 0o# can
    intelli!ence +rocee& or e%anate 3ro% non-intelli!ence -- you ke+t askin! last year. 0o#
    coul& a hi!hly intelli!ent
    --- 4
    hu%anity, %an the cro#n o3 reason, 1e evolve& out o3 1lin& unintelli!ent la# or 3orceP But
    once #e reason on that line, , %ay ask in %y turn, ho# coul& con!enital i&iots, non-reasonin!
    ani%als, an& the rest o3 2creation2 have 1een create& 1y or evolute& 3ro%, a1solute Wis&o%,
    i3 the latter is a thinkin! intelli!ent 1ein!, the author an& ruler o3 the /niverse. 0o#. says
    Dr. Clarke in his eEa%ination o3 the +roo3 o3 the eEistence o3 the Divinity. 2Go& #ho hath
    %a&e the eye, shall he not see. Go& #ho hath %a&e the ear shall he not hear.2 But
    accor&in! to this %o&e o3 reasonin! they #oul& have to a&%it that in creatin! an i&iot Go& is
    an i&iot; that he #ho %a&e so %any irrational 1ein!s, so %any +hysical an& %oral %onsters,
    %ust 1e an irrational 1ein!. . . .
    . . . We are not 6&#aitees, 1ut our teachin! res+ectin! the one li3e is i&entical #ith that
    o3 the 6&#aitee #ith re!ar& to $ara1rah%. 6n& no true +hiloso+hically 1raine& 6&#aitee #ill
    ever call hi%sel3 an a!nostic, 3or he kno#s that he is $ara1rah% an& i&entical in every
    res+ect #ith the universal li3e an& soul -- the %acrocos% is the %icrocos% an& he kno#s that
    there is no Go& a+art 3ro% hi%sel3, no creator as no 1ein!. 0avin! 3oun& Gnosis #e cannot
    turn our 1acks on it an& 1eco%e a!nostics.
    . . . . Were #e to a&%it that even the hi!hest Dyan Chohans are lia1le to err un&er a
    &elusion, then there #oul& 1e no reality 3or us in&ee& an& the occult sciences #oul& 1e as
    !reat a chi%era as that Go&. ,3 there is an a1sur&ity in &enyin! that #hich #e &o not kno# it
    is still %ore eEtrava!ant to assi!n to it unkno#n la#s. 6ccor&in! to lo!ic 2nothin!2 is that o3
    #hich everythin! can truly 1e &enie& an& nothin! can truly 1e a33ir%e&. The i&ea there3ore
    either o3 a 3inite or in3inite nothin! is a contra&iction in ter%s. 6n& yet accor&in! to
    theolo!ians 2Go&, the sel3 eEistent 1ein! is a %ost si%+le, unchan!ea1le, incorru+ti1le 1ein!;
    #ithout +arts, 3i!ure, %otion, &ivisi1ility, or any other such +ro+erties as #e 3in& in %atter. For
    all such thin!s so +lainly an& necessarily i%+ly 3initeness in their very notion an& are utterly
    inconsistent #ith co%+lete in3inity.2 There3ore the Go& here o33ere& to the a&oration o3 the
    Q,Qth century lacks every Huality u+on #hich %an:s %in& is ca+a1le o3 3iEin! any >u&!%ent.
    What is this in 3act 1ut a 1ein! o3 #ho% they can a33ir% nothin# that is not instantly
    contra&icte&. Their o#n Bi1le their -evelation &estroys all the %oral +erce+tions they hea+
    u+on hi%, unless in&ee& they call those Hualities +er3ections that every other %an:s reason
    an& co%%on sense call i%+er3ections, o&ious vices an& 1rutal #icke&ness. "ay %ore he
    #ho rea&s our Bu&&hist scri+tures #ritten 3or the su+erstitious %asses #ill 3ail to 3in& in the%
    a demon so vin&ictive, un>ust, so cruel an& so stu+i& as the celestial tyrant u+on #ho% the
    Christians +ro&i!ally lavish their servile #orshi+ an& on #ho% their theolo!ians hea+ those
    +er3ections that are contra&icte& on every +a!e o3 their Bi1le. Truly an& verita1ly your
    theolo!y has create& her Go& 1ut to &estroy hi% +iece%eal. Dour church is the 3a1ulous
    *aturn, #ho 1e!ets chil&ren 1ut to &evour the%.
    @The 0ni*ersal MindA -- 6 3e# re3lections an& ar!u%ents ou!ht to
    --- 9
    su++ort every ne# i&ea -- 3or instance #e are sure to 1e taken to task 3or the 3ollo#in!
    a++arent contra&ictions. 718 We &eny the eEistence o3 a thinkin! conscious Go&, on the
    !roun&s that such a Go& %ust either 1e con&itione&, li%ite& an& su1>ect to chan!e, there3ore
    not in3inite, or 7(8 i3 he is re+resente& to us as an eternal unchan!ea1le an& in&e+en&ent
    1ein!, #ith not a +article o3 %atter in hi%, then #e ans#er that it is no 1ein! 1ut an i%%uta1le
    1lin& +rinci+le, a la#. 6n& yet, they #ill say, #e 1elieve in Dhyans, or $lanetaries 72s+irits2
    also8, an& en&o# the% #ith a universal %in&, an& this must be e8plained$
    ur reasons %ay 1e 1rie3ly su%%e& u+ thus:
    718 We &eny the a1sur& +ro+osition that there can 1e, even in a 1oun&less an& eternal
    universe -- t#o in3inite eternal an& o%ni-+resent eEistences.
    7(8 Matter #e kno# to 1e eternal, i$e., havin! ha& no 1e!innin! 7a8 1ecause %atter is
    "ature hersel3 718 1ecause that #hich cannot annihilate itsel3 an& is in&estructi1le eEists
    necessarily -- an& there3ore it coul& not 1e!in to 1e, nor can it cease to 1e T8 1ecause the
    accu%ulate& eE+erience o3 countless a!es, an& that o3 eEact science sho# to us %atter 7or
    nature8 actin! 1y her o#n +eculiar ener!y, o3 #hich not an ato% is ever in an a1solute state o3
    rest, an& there3ore it %ust have al#ays eEiste&, i$e., its %aterials ever chan!in! 3or%,
    co%1inations an& +ro+erties, 1ut its +rinci+les or ele%ents 1ein! a1solutely in&estructi1le.
    748 6s to Go& -- since no one has ever or at any ti%e seen hi% or it -- unless he or it is
    the *ery essence and nature of this boundless eternal matter+ its ener#y and motion, #e
    cannot re!ar& hi% as either eternal or in3inite or yet sel3 eEistin!. We re3use to a&%it a 1ein!
    or an eEistence o3 #hich #e kno# a1solutely nothin!; 1ecause 7a8 there is no roo% 3or hi% in
    the +resence o3 that %atter #hose un&enia1le +ro+erties an& Hualities #e kno# thorou!hly
    #ell 718 1ecause i3 he or it is 1ut a +art o3 that %atter it is ri&iculous to %aintain that he is the
    %over an& ruler o3 that o3 #hich he is 1ut a &e+en&ent +art an& T8 1ecause i3 they tell us that
    Go& is a sel3 eEistent +ure s+irit in&e+en&ent o3 %atter -- an eEtra-cos%ic &eity, #e ans#er
    that a&%ittin! even the +ossi1ility o3 such an i%+ossi1ility, i$e., his eEistence, #e yet hol& that
    a +urely i%%aterial s+irit cannot 1e an intelli!ent conscious ruler nor can he have any o3 the
    attri1utes 1esto#e& u+on hi% 1y theolo!y an& thus such a Go& 1eco%es a!ain 1ut a 1lin&
    3orce. ,ntelli!ence as 3oun& in our Dyan Chohans, is a 3aculty that can a++ertain 1ut to
    or!aniAe& or ani%ate& 1ein! -- ho#ever i%+on&era1le or rather in*isible the %aterials o3 their
    or!aniAations. ,ntelli!ence reHuires the necessity o3 thinkin!; to think one %ust have i&eas;
    i&eas su++ose senses #hich are +hysical %aterial, an& ho# can anythin! %aterial 1elon! to
    +ure s+irit. ,3 it 1e o1>ecte& that thou!ht cannot 1e a +ro+erty o3 %atter, #e #ill ask the
    reason #hy. We %ust have an unans#era1le +roo3 o3 this assu%+tion, 1e3ore #e can
    acce+t it. 3 the theolo!ian #e #oul& enHuire #hat #as there to +revent his Go&, since he is
    the alle!e& creator o3 all -- to en&o# %atter #ith the 3aculty o3 thou!ht; an& #hen ans#ere&
    that evi&ently it has not +lease& 0i% to &o so, that it is a %ystery as #ell
    --- <
    as an i%+ossi1ility, #e #oul& insist u+on 1ein! tol& #hy it is %ore i%+ossi1le that %atter
    shoul& +ro&uce s+irit an& thou!ht, than s+irit or the thou!ht o3 Go& shoul& +ro&uce an& create
    %atter.
    We &o not 1o# our hea&s in the &ust 1e3ore the %ystery o3 %in& -- 3or #e ha*e sol*ed
    it a#es a#o$ -e>ectin! #ith conte%+t the theistic theory #e re>ect as %uch the auto%aton
    theory, teachin! that states o3 consciousness are +ro&uce& 1y the %arshalin! o3 the
    %olecules o3 the 1rain; an& #e 3eel as little res+ect 3or that other hy+othesis -- the +ro&uction
    o3 %olecular %otion 1y consciousness. Then #hat &o #e 1elieve in. Well, #e 1elieve in the
    %uch lau!he& at phlo#iston 7see article 2What is 3orce an& #hat is %atter.2 Theosophist,
    *e+te%1er8, an& in #hat so%e natural +hiloso+hers #oul& call nisus the incessant thou!h
    +er3ectly i%+erce+ti1le 7to the or&inary senses8 %otion or e33orts one 1o&y is %akin! on
    another -- the +ulsations o3 inert %atter -- its li3e. The 1o&ies o3 the $lanetary s+irits are
    3or%e& o3 that #hich $riestley an& others calle& $hlo!iston an& 3or #hich #e have another
    na%e -- this essence in its hi!hest seventh state 3or%in! that %atter o3 #hich the or!anis%s
    o3 the hi!hest an& +urest Dyans are co%+ose&, an& in its lo#est or &ensest 3or% 7so
    i%+al+a1le yet that science calls it ener!y an& 3orce8 servin! as a cover to the $lanetaries o3
    the 1st or lo#est &e!ree. ,n other #or&s #e 1elieve in M6TT;- alone, in %atter as visi1le
    nature an& %atter in its invisi1ility as the invisi1le o%ni+resent o%ni+otent $roteus #ith its
    unceasin! %otion #hich is its li3e, an& #hich nature &ra#s 3ro% hersel3 since she is the !reat
    #hole outsi&e o3 #hich nothin! can eEist. For as Bellin!er truly asserts 2%otion is a %anner
    o3 eEistence that 3lo#s necessarily out o3 the essence o3 %atter; that %atter %oves 1y its
    o#n +eculiar ener!ies; that its %otion is &ue to the 3orce #hich is inherent in itsel3; that the
    variety o3 %otion an& the +heno%ena that result +rocee& 3ro% the &iversity o3 the +ro+erties
    o3 the Hualities an& o3 the co%1inations #hich are ori!inally 3oun& in the +ri%itive %atter2 o3
    #hich nature is the asse%1la!e an& o3 #hich your science kno#s less than one o3 our Ti1etan
    Dak-&rivers o3 ?ant:s %eta+hysics.
    The eEistence o3 %atter then is a 3act; the eEistence o3 %otion is another 3act, their
    sel3 eEistence an& eternity or in&estructi1ility is a thir& 3act. 6n& the i&ea o3 +ure s+irit as a
    Bein! or an ;Eistence -- !ive it #hatever na%e you #ill -- is a chi%era, a !i!antic a1sur&ity.
    /ur ideas on E*il$ ;vil has no eEistence per se an& is 1ut the a1sence o3 !oo& an&
    eEists 1ut 3or hi% #ho is %a&e its victi%. ,t +rocee&s 3ro% t#o causes, an& no %ore than
    !oo& is it an in&e+en&ent cause in nature. "ature is &estitute o3 !oo&ness or %alice; she
    3ollo#s only i%%uta1le la#s #hen she either !ives li3e an& >oy, or sen&s su33erin! Uan&V &eath,
    an& &estroys #hat she has create&. "ature has an anti&ote 3or every +oison an& her la#s a
    re#ar& 3or every su33erin!. The 1utter3ly &evoure& 1y a 1ir& 1eco%es that 1ir&, an& the little
    1ir& kille& 1y an ani%al !oes into a hi!her 3or%. ,t is the 1lin& la# o3 necessity an& the
    eternal 3itness o3 thin!s, an& hence cannot 1e calle& ;vil in "ature. The real
    --- =
    evil +rocee&s 3ro% hu%an intelli!ence an& its ori!in rests entirely #ith reasonin! %an #ho
    &issociates hi%sel3 3ro% "ature. 0u%anity then alone is the true source o3 evil. ;vil is the
    eEa!!eration o3 !oo&, the +ro!eny o3 hu%an sel3ishness an& !ree&iness. Think +ro3oun&ly
    an& you #ill 3in& that save &eath -- #hich is no evil 1ut a necessary la#, an& acci&ents #hich
    #ill al#ays 3in& their re#ar& in a 3uture li3e -- the ori#in o3 every evil #hether s%all or !reat is
    in hu%an action, in %an #hose intelli!ence %akes hi% the one 3ree a!ent in "ature. ,t is not
    nature that creates &iseases, 1ut %an. The latter:s %ission an& &estiny in the econo%y o3
    nature is to &ie his natural &eath 1rou!ht 1y ol& a!e; save acci&ent, neither a sava!e nor a
    #il& 73ree8 ani%al &ie o3 &isease. Foo&, seEual relations, &rink, are all natural necessities o3
    li3e; yet eEcess in the% 1rin!s on &isease, %isery, su33erin!, %ental an& +hysical, an& the
    latter are trans%itte& as the !reatest evils to 3uture !enerations, the +ro!eny o3 the cul+rits.
    6%1ition, the &esire o3 securin! ha++iness an& co%3ort 3or those #e love, 1y o1tainin!
    honours an& riches, are +raise#orthy natural 3eelin!s 1ut #hen they trans3or% %an into an
    a%1itious cruel tyrant, a %iser, a sel3ish e!otist they 1rin! untol& %isery on those aroun& hi%;
    on nations as #ell as on in&ivi&uals. 6ll this then -- 3oo&, #ealth, a%1ition, an& a thousan&
    other thin!s #e have to leave un%entione&, 1eco%es the source an& cause o3 evil #hether in
    its a1un&ance or throu!h its a1sence. Beco%e a !lutton, a &e1auchee, a tyrant, an& you
    1eco%e the ori!inator o3 &iseases, o3 hu%an su33erin! an& %isery. )ack all this an& you
    starve, you are &es+ise& as a nobody an& the %a>ority o3 the her&, your 3ello# %en, %ake o3
    you a su33erer your #hole li3e. There3ore it is neither nature nor an i%a!inary Deity that has
    to 1e 1la%e&, 1ut hu%an nature %a&e vile 1y selfishness$ Think #ell over these 3e# #or&s;
    #ork out every cause o3 evil you can think o3 an& trace it to its ori!in an& you #ill have solve&
    one-third o3 the +ro1le% o3 evil. 6n& no#, a3ter %akin! &ue allo#ance 3or evils that are
    natural an& cannot 1e avoi&e&, -- an& so 3e# are they that , challen!e the #hole host o3
    Western %eta+hysicians to call the% evils or to trace the% &irectly to an in&e+en&ent cause --
    , #ill +oint out the !reatest, the chie3 cause o3 nearly t#o thir&s o3 the evils that +ursue
    hu%anity ever since that cause 1eca%e a +o#er. ,t is reli!ion un&er #hatever 3or% an& in
    #hatsoever nation. ,t is the sacer&otal caste, the +riesthoo& an& the churches; it is in those
    illusions that %an looks u+on as sacre&, that he has to search out the source o3 that %ultitu&e
    o3 evils #hich is the !reat curse o3 hu%anity an& that al%ost over#hel%s %ankin&.
    ,!norance create& Go&s an& cunnin! took a&vanta!e o3 the o++ortunity. )ook at ,n&ia an&
    look at Christen&o% an& ,sla%, at 5u&ais% an& Fetichis%. ,t is +riestly i%+osture that
    ren&ere& these Go&s so terri1le to %an; it is reli!ion that %akes o3 hi% the sel3ish 1i!ot, the
    3anatic that hates all %ankin& out o3 his o#n sect #ithout ren&erin! hi% any 1etter or %ore
    %oral 3or it. ,t is 1elie3 in Go& an& Go&s that %akes t#o-thir&s o3 hu%anity the slaves o3 a
    han&3ul o3 those #ho &eceive the% un&er the 3alse +retence o3 savin! the%. ,s not %an ever
    rea&y to co%%it any kin& o3 evil i3 tol& that his Go& or Go&s &e%an&
    --- B
    the cri%e.; voluntary victi% o3 an illusionary Go&, the a1>ect slave o3 his cra3ty %inisters.
    The ,rish, ,talian an& *lavonian +easant #ill starve hi%sel3 an& see his 3a%ily starvin! an&
    nake& to 3ee& an& clothe his +a&re an& +o+e. For t#o thousan& years ,n&ia !roane& un&er
    the #ei!ht o3 caste, Brah%ins alone 3ee&in! on the 3at o3 the lan&, an& to-&ay the 3ollo#ers o3
    Christ an& those o3 Maho%et are cuttin! each other:s throats in the na%es o3 an& 3or the
    !reater !lory o3 their res+ective %yths. -e%e%1er the su% o3 hu%an %isery #ill never 1e
    &i%inishe& unto that &ay #hen the 1etter +ortion o3 hu%anity &estroys in the na%e o3 Truth,
    %orality, an& universal charity, the altars o3 their 3alse !o&s.
    ,3 it is o1>ecte& that #e too have te%+les, #e too have +riests an& that our la%as also
    live on charity . . . let the% kno# that the o1>ects a1ove na%e& have in co%%on #ith their
    Western eHuivalents, 1ut the na%e. Thus in our te%+les there is neither a !o& nor !o&s
    #orshi+e&, only the thrice sacre& %e%ory o3 the !reatest as the holiest %an that ever live&.
    ,3 our la%as to honour the 3raternity o3 the 5hihus esta1lishe& 1y our 1lesse& %aster
    hi%sel3, !o out to 1e 3e& 1y the laity, the latter o3ten to the nu%1er o3 < to (<,GGG is 3e& an&
    taken care o3 1y the %am#ha 7the 3raternity o3 la%aic %onks8 the la%assery +rovi&in! 3or the
    #ants o3 the +oor, the sick, the a33licte&. ur la%as acce+t 3oo&, never %oney, an& it is in
    those te%+les that the ori!in o3 evil is +reache& an& i%+resse& u+on the +eo+le. There they
    are tau!ht the 3our no1le truths -- ariya sakka, an& the chain o3 causation, 7the 1( ni&&anas8
    !ives the% a solution o3 the +ro1le% o3 the ori!in an& &estruction o3 su33erin!........
    - Fro% The Mahatma 'etters 7T./.$. e&ition8

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    2URD1R 96 NU291R
    . n Co%+uters an& the ,nternet
    2, stay a#ay 3ro% those 6tlantean contra+tions.2 is #hat one FG year-ol& Theoso+hists
    tol& %e so%e years 1ack in re3errin! to co%+uters. Well, in Theoso+hical +ers+ective, they
    are 26tlantean contra+tions.2 6 theoso+hical +ers+ective on the technolo!y eE+losion an&
    #hy everythin! is &evelo+e& so ra+i&ly, is that #e are really re-&oin! or re%e%1erin!
    so%ethin! #e have &one 1e3ore, in 6tlantean ti%es, or in so%e lost ti%e +erio&s in the +ast
    #hen hu%anity +reviously #ent throu!h a technolo!ical +hase o3 &evelo+%ent.
    Co%+uters an& es+ecially internet use has a +ro3oun& +sycholo!ical e33ect on us that
    is &i33erent 3ro% +revious inventions. 6 #hole &i33erent !rou+ o3 ele%entals see%s to 1e
    involve& - +eo+le !o nuts on the internet, 1eco%e a&&icte&, o1sesse&, it chan!es their #hole
    orientation to the #orl& - it really 1eco%es a sort o3 #orl& in itsel3 an& +eo+le can 1eco%e out
    o3 touch #ith %un&ane nor%al reality an& the #ork-a-&ay #orl&. ne #ay o3 lookin! at it 3ro%
    this +ers+ective is in re3erence to so%ethin! , 1elieve , re%e%1er $urucker sayin!
    so%e#here a1out
    --- C
    their 1ein! &i33erent !rou+s o3 1ein!s or ele%entals #hich are anta!onistic to hu%anity, 1ut
    #hich are hel& in check - either 1y the !uar&ians an& ai&ers o3 hu%anity,O or +erha+s
    1ecause con&itions are not availa1le 3or their %ani3estation. 7i.e. We #oul& have no &ru!
    +ro1le%s i3 their #ere no cities. We #oul& have no internet-a&&iction +ro1le%s i3 there #ere
    no co%+uters.8 Fro% this +ers+ective it is +ossi1le to think that there #as this #hole !rou+ o3
    ele%entals out there in latent state 3ro% 6tlantean ti%es - #hich no# %ani3est a!ain #ith the
    &evelo+%ent o3 co%+uters, et$ al.
    *o%e +eo+le 1eco%e non-hu%an on the internet. Thin!s are tolerate& #hich #oul&
    never 1e tolerate& in 2real li3e.2 What #oul& one think i3 so%eone ca%e into your ho%e an&
    stole so%e o3 your 1ooks or 3iles, or ro11e& your %ail. Well, it #oul& 1e a cri%e o3 course, 1ut
    this is a 3ull ti%e occu+ation 3or so%e on the internet an& it is re!ar&e& li!htly or non-cri%inal
    7eEce+t i3 1i! %oney is involve&.8 ,t is &i33icult to kee+ thin!s runnin! s%oothly an& honestly,
    #hile it is easy to in&uce chaos - #hich is #hat hackers &o. $ro!ra%s to hack are availa1le
    easily on the internet an& CDs are availa1le at any co%+uter sho#. 7What is #ron! #ith this
    +icture.8 Cri%e is %ovin! 3ro% the streets an& onto the electronic in3rastructure, the +hone
    co%+anies an& internet. The +ossi1le result o3 this in the +resent an& near 3uture is colla+se
    or near-colla+se o3 the #hole syste%. 2Dot-Co%2 co%+anies are 3ailin! in &roves an& this is
    lar!ely a result o3 the colla+se o3 the electronic in3rastructure, , think, 3ro% cri%e an& >ust
    %alicious hackin!, rather than 3ro% conventional econo%ic reasons. $eo+le sto+ sho++in!
    1ecause it is unrelia1le an& 3ro% #ell-earne& %istrust o3 the #hole %etho&. 6 coterie o3
    +hone co%+any or internet #orkers, or >ust street-hackers can relatively easily !ain control o3
    a +erson:s +hone access, #hich in +resent ti%es is a +erson:s only li3e-line to the #orl&. "o
    +hone - no li3e, es+ecially i3 oneLs inco%e &e+en&s on +hone calls. ,t is easy to #reck a
    +erson:s li3e #ho has 1een sin!le& out an& such hackin! is co%+letely 1eyon& scrutiny 1y
    any la# en3orce%ent. 720o# can you +rove this stu33.2 , aske& a tele+hone co%+any re+air-
    o+erator. 2Dou can:tP2 she %aliciously lau!he& 1ack at %e. ,t is a Catch-((. ,3 you have
    +hone-+ro1le%s, the +eo+le you re+ort it too are the +eo+le causin! the +ro1le%, i3 oneLs
    +hone connection has 1een a1scon&e&. 8 $ossi1le chaos is >ust aroun& the corner.
    ,n the Mreal #orl&N here are la#s to +rotect 3ree&o% o3 s+eech an& the 3ree&o% o3
    o+inion su++ose&ly eE+resse& on the internet is lau&e&. This is a 3alse i%+ression. )a#s
    have some e33ect in en3orcin! 3ree&o% o3 eE+ression in the Mreal #orl&N 1ecause they can
    so%eti%es 1e en3orce& - #hile on the internet they cannot 1e en3orce& at all. That s%all
    +ercenta!e o3 +eo+le #ho have so%ethin! unconventional an& #orth#hile to say can 1e
    easily +ersecute& an& even &estroye& 1y any co%+uter techie #ho has the #ill an& the
    %ali!nancy. The other ninety-3ive +ercent o3 +eo+le are not e33ecte&, an& the lack o3 inte!rity
    an& any serious ethical +rinci+les o3 %ost those #ho coul& sa3e!uar& internet 3rees+eech
    ensures nothin! #ill 1e &one, consi&erin! they 3ace no le!al conseHuences #hatsoever, an&
    --- F
    there is little 3inancial conseHuence. This a++lies to the +hone syste% also 7#hich is the
    sa%e thin!8 , an& %any lives an& 1usinesses have 1een &estroye&, an& #ho #ill ever kno# it
    or +rove it. 7, +ersonally kno# a s%all 1usiness that #hen , calle& , coul& not !et throu!h, or
    , #oul& !et a ton!ue-in-cheek recor&in! 3or an unrelate& escort-ty+e 1usiness. 0e #ent out
    o3 1usiness. Coinci&ence.8
    Well, #hat has +sycholo!ically happened to +eo+le #ho 1eco%e internet-o1sesse&
    an& %alicious, #ho are hackers an& cri%inal hackers. 7*o%e o3 course have this ten&ency
    any#ay, o1vious %ental +ro1le%s or not.8 There is so%e eEtre%e +sycholo!ical e33ect. The
    hacker or +hone co%+any #orker #ho steals one:s e-%ail or +hone calls %ay not &rea% o3
    o+enin! your %ail1oE an& stealin! your snail-%ail in the 2real #orl&,2 at least 1ecause o3 the
    risks involve& i3 nothin! else.
    ,t see%s 3or +eo+le to co%e to ter%s #ith thin!s insi&e the%selves, in their soul, that it
    takes Ti%e to inte!rate eE+erience. $eo+le #ho can:t inte!rate their eE+erience, #ho can:t
    !et a 2han&le2 on it, are one 3or% or level o3 1ein! neurotic or nuts. Thin!s ha++en so 3ast on
    the internet that they cannot 1e incor+orate& in a +erson:s +sycholo!y or soul. $eo+le
    &isassociate. They loose contact #ith the%selves. They are taken over 1y the #hole
    eE+erience. They lose their ethics as they lose contact #ith their real inner nature, their
    conscience. The internet is a&ay 3ro% the s+irit, not to#ar&s it. ,t is a ste+ into a %ore
    %aterial &o%ain an& less s+iritual.OO ,t is +ossi1le #ith Ti%e that the eE+erience can 1e
    inte!rate&, that co%+uters an& the internet can 1eco%e >ust another tool, like other tools.
    This is not the case +resently #ith %any that s+en& any ti%e on the internet 1eco%e nuts an&
    unethical to one &e!ree or another.
    Theoso+hically, #e &ivi&e our inner an& outer nature into seven +rinci+les. ;ach o3
    these +rinci+les can also 1e &ivi&e& into seven su1-+rinci+les. Manas, or %in&, is the 3i3th
    +rinci+le an& su++ose&ly in the +resent sta!e o3 our evolution - 9th -oun&, <th -ace - #e are
    in the +rocess o3 &evelo+in! Manas 1ecause #e are in the <th -ace. 76ctually this #oul&
    %ean #e are &evelo+in! Manas as the <th su1-+rinci+le o3 the 9th +rinci+le - ?a%a-ru+a, the
    seat o3 ani%al &esires an& +assions - as #e are in the 9th -oun&.8
    Manas is &ual, the lo#er Manas is &irecte& to#ar&s the earth an& thin!s o3 the senses,
    #hile hi!her Manas is &irecte& to#ar& our hi!her s+iritual nature. The only real evil in "ature
    arises in hu%an lo#er %anas, as this is the area o3 3ree #ill an& choice. 0u%ans can &eci&e
    to &o thin!s #hich ani%als #oul& never &o, ani%als 1ein! !ui&e& interiorly 1y instinct. )o#er
    Manas is the %ost material o3 all the +rinci+les. Co%+uters see% to %e to 1e a +heno%enon
    o3 %an:s +assions an& &esires 79th +rinci+le8, )o#er Manas 7his lo!ical a%oral thinkin!
    a1ility8 an& then the )o#er Manas su1-+rinci+le o3 this a!ain 7or +erha+s the 3irst or +hysical
    su1-+rinci+le o3 this8. *o #e #oul& have co%+uters an& the ,nternet 1ein! a +heno%enon o3
    Man:s 9th +rinci+le, <th su1-+rinci+le, <th-su1-su1-+rinci+le. This analysis %ay not 1e correct,
    1ut %y !uess is that co%+uters %ay 1e the %ost +hysical, or the anti+o&es o3 the s+iritual,
    that coul& 1e &evelo+e& in this +lane o3 our evolution, theoso+hically s+eakin!. ,t is as lo# as
    #e can !o into %ani3estation or a#ay 3ro% out s+iritual sourceP
    n the su1>ect o3 hackers 7 , hate to think #hat so%e Theoso+hical site %ana!ers
    %ust have to +ut u+ #ithP- an& so%e &o#nloa&e& +honey an& corru+te& %aterial is !oo&
    evi&ence.8 - >ust #hat is the kar%ic outco%e o3 such activity. -eli!ious +ersecution %ay 1e
    ille!al in the real #orl&, an& #hile sur3ace +retense has to 1e ke+t u+ 1y those so-incline&, on
    the internet there is no security 3ro% +ersecution #hatsoever. $ro1a1ly, ho#ever, %ost
    hackin! !oes on 3ro% +ersonal reasons an& >ust +lane %ali!nancy. There are +eo+le,
    inclu&in! technical #orkers, that s+en& the 1est or lar!e +art o3 their ti%e >ust &oin! #hat they
    can to #reck others. ,t is a certain level o3 the %in& or su1-+rinci+le that +eo+le live in or
    center their eE+erience in, an& can 1e risen a1ove 1y onesel3 an& 1eco%e &etache& 3ro%.
    Much o3 the recent craAiness a%on! a&olescents an& +u1lic schools , attri1ute to the
    in3luence o3 the internet an& co%+uter !a%es. These ki&s !et stuck in a #hole 1iAarre real%,
    an& all the in3luences associate& #ith it an& this 1eco%es the co%%on %ental state in their
    &aily li3e. 6s %entione& one recent Analo# e&itorial 71(-GG8, co%+uter-raise& ki&s eE+erience
    no concrete e33ect to their actions in the co%+uter #orl& an& !a%es, an& this attitu&e %ay
    carry to the Mreal #orl&.N
    Well, #hat ha++ens to %alicious hacker ty+es. They have a +o#er an& certain
    eE+ertise #hich they use a!ainst others. ,n an a!e #here there are no co%+uters they #oul&
    1e hel+less. *o in the kar%ic 1alance , i%a!ine they #ill 1e re1orn in an a!e #hen there are
    no co%+uters. Most 1ut not all the &a%a!e they &o is in the +sycholo!ical real% 7#hich has
    its e33ects in the 2real #orl&2 in so%eti%es #recke& lives....8, so , i%a!ine %ost the kar%a #ill
    1e +sycholo!ical. $erha+s %any #ill 1e re1orn #here they are &irectly an& +ersonally su1>ect
    to a tyranny o3 so%e sort.

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    O 0u%anityLs !oo& or 1a& kar%a can never 1e &estroye&, it can only 1e %iti!ate& or
    live& throu!h s+rea& out over ti%e, instea& o3 1ein! incurre& all at once #hich %i!ht 1e 3atal
    in so%e cases. "o a&e+t or Dhyan Chohan can save so%eone 3ro% their kar%a, 1ut +erha+s
    can slo# the kar%a &o#n so it is not so &estructive.
    OO Co%+uters an& the internet are a 9th +rinci+le &evelo+%ent - the lo!ical 1rain-%in&
    or )o#er Manas 7<th +rinci+le8 is allie& to the 9th +rinci+le. $urucker #rites: M....1ut the %ost
    !ross +rinci+le is the 9th . The %ost !ross +hase o3 evolution is the 9th . The !rossest +hase
    in the hu%an %oral an& e%otional sense is the 9th .N 73ialo#ues, Iol. ,, +. 4(8 ur lo#er
    %in& is our coarsest +rinci+le, not our 1o&ies.

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    PR6S1 AND A.1.
    ,n the Fall, (GGG issue o3 4ohat -.B. MacDonal& has a 1io!ra+hical article on the early
    theoso+hist 5a%es Mor!an $ryse. $ryse ha& a 3or%ative or instructive role in the li3e o3 ,rish
    theoso+hist, +oet an& a!riculturist 6.;. 7Geor!e Willia% -ussell.8 The short account in 5ohn
    ;!lin!tonLs 7Willia% Ma!ee8 1io!ra+hy A Memoir of A$E$ , thou!ht #as interestin!:
    M....The success o3 >ome&ard &i& not a#aken in hi% any s+ecial literary a%1ition, an&
    his \heroL #as no# no lon!er W.B. Deats or Charles 5ohnston, 1ut $ryse, an 6%erican
    Theoso+hist #ho ha& 1rou!ht over 3ro% )on&on the ori!inal \0.$.B. $ressL an& hel+e& in
    1rin!in! out the 2rish Theosophist. $ryse #as assiste& 1y a Miss Iiolet "orth 7#ho% 6; later
    %arrie& - 7roto8. ,n a letter o3 1F41 to 6.;.*. *%ythe o3 Toronto 7e&itor o3 The (anadian
    Theosophist - 7roto$8, -ussell #rites:
    \The M!rey visitorN 7o3 the +oe% M0o#.N in ,ale8 #as 5a%es M. $ryse, #ho 3irst
    instructe& %e in %a!ic, con>urin! u+ +ictures in the astral li!ht, an& hol& the% 1e3ore %y inner
    eyes so that , coul& see initiation scenes, the evolution o3 the astral 3ro% the +hysical, the
    %ove%ent o3 cells an& 3orces in the 1o&y. 0e #as one o3 the 3e# %e%1ers o3 the T.*. #ho
    kne# thin!s 3or hi%sel3 an& ha& a !oo& &eal o3 occult +o#er. 0e #as really rather a
    %ysterious +erson, #hose talk an& #ritin! ha& +ersonal kno#le&!e 1ehin& it.L
    Mut#ar&ly, $ryse #as a sha11y, insi!ni3icant-lookin! little %an, very Dankee in
    s+eech, as #hen he tol& o3 the si!ht o3 a #oun&e& 1ir& #hich in his youth ha& %a&e hi% \Huit
    eatinL 1loo&L. 0e took co%+lete +ossession o3 -ussell, an& the in3luence a++eare& hy+notic:
    $ryse, 3or instance, #oul& &escri1e a circle roun& -ussell an& &e3y hi% to leave it #ithout
    +er%ission. 0e kne# Greek, an& instructe& -ussell in the esoteric %eanin! o3 the "e#
    Testa%ent: he even &irecte& -ussell in +oetry, thou!h the latter %ay have ha& his &ou1ts
    a1out $ryseLs verse #hen Deats re3erre& to it i%+atiently as \6%erican >in!leL. $ryse, on the
    other han&, #ith the reversion to the tone o3 the \%an in the streetL #hich %ystics as #ell as
    artists a33ect in their criticis% o3 one another, #oul& say o3 -ussell #ith a #ry s%ile, \0e can
    &o the si&ereal all ri!htPL They colla1orate& in a serial story in the 2rish Theosophist, \The
    enchant%ent o3 CuchullinL, #ith illustrations 1y -ussell #hich they +ro&uce& a3ter a %etho& o3
    their o#n.
    M........... un&er $ryseLs in3luence, then, he 1e!an to instruct his &isci+les in a kin& o3
    national %ysticis%, o3 #hich so%e %ention %ust 1e %a&e, 1oth on account o3 its in&irect
    in3luence an& 1ecause it entere& into all his social an&
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    +olitical theories. \6;is%L #as really an atte%+t to su++ly the antiHuity o3 ,relan& #ith #hat it
    certainly see%s to have lacke&, a coherent syste% o3 transcen&ental 1elie3; an& on the
    stren!th o3 #hat see%e& slen&er hints he &isclose& to his &isci+les, in ,relan&Ls re%ote +ast,
    a Drui& +riesthoo& acHuainte& #ith the secrets o3 nature, an& a hierarchy o3 &ivine 1ein!s
    ans#erin! to the %ore clearly &e3ine& 3i!ures o3 0in&u an& Greek %ytholo!y.
    M...... Many years a3ter this +erio& he #rote to $ryse:
    \$aintin! is the only thin! , have any real &eli!ht in &oin!. "ature inten&e& %e to 1e a
    +ainter. , #as never tau!ht. , #ent into an o33ice, an& #rote +oetry. Then 1ecause , #rote
    !oo& +oetry , #as taken 3ro% the o33ice an& sent out over the country to or!aniAe 3ar%ers.
    When , #rote one or t#o articles a1out 3ar%ers an& their lives , #as taken 3ro% or!anisin!
    an& +ut to e&itin! an a!ricultural +a+er. When , ha& learne& to &o this , #as &ra!!e& into
    +olitics, an& no# , e&it a #eekly revie# &ealin! #ith +olitics, literature an& econo%ics.LN 7++.
    44 - 9G, A Memoir of AE8
    6 +a+er1ack re+rint o3 $ryseLs The Apocalypse 0nsealed is availa1le 3ro% %e 3or
    RB.GG. This is $ryseLs inter+retation o3 the Book o3 -evelations as a %anual in ,nitiation alon!
    eastern +hiloso+hic lines.
    - M. -. 5aHua
    ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
    4RO2 A.1.
    6.;. 7Geor!e Willia% -ussell, 1C=B - 1F4<8 #as a +leasant sur+rise 3or %e. , ha&n:t
    +reviously rea& any o3 his #orks an& re!ar&e& hi% as a %inor theoso+hist an& +oet #orth
    checkin! out at so%e ti%e. 6ctually, seven or ei!ht years a!o , 1ou!ht a 1ook 1y hi% 7,
    thou!htP8 an& rea& it an& #asn:t too i%+resse& - an ? 1ook 1ut nothin! too theoso+hical.
    Well, that #as a 1i! !oo3. The 1ook #as Afterthou#hts 1y Geor!e Willia% Ersine -ussell - a
    co%+letely &i33erent +erson 3ro% 6;P - #hich , &i&n:t &iscover until recently. Well, that hel& o33
    rea&in! %ore 6; 3or a#hile, an& actually lucky, , su++ose&, as it %eant a 1i! chunk o3 really
    eEcellent an& &ee+ theoso+hical %aterial #as hel& o33 to +rovi&e %e a 1i! >oy here seven or
    ei!ht years later in %y ol& a!e #hen such ne# theoso+hical >oys are har&er to co%e 1y.
    Juest &i& a re+rint o3 6;:s 1F19 A (andle of ,ision in the =G:s 7+revious re+rint in the
    4G:s 1y Mac%illan, , 1elieve8 an& this is +ro1a1ly the 1est kno#n o3 6;:s 1ooks no#, as it
    turns u+ in use& 1ook stalls +retty o3ten. This really isn:t re+resentative o3 %uch o3 his #ritin!
    ho#ever. Concor& Grove $ress 7/)T8 +resently has 6;:s The Ascendin# (ycle in +rint, #hich
    is eEcellent %aterial 3ro% %ostly The 2rish Theosophist. 63ter +uttin! seven o3 6;:s 1ooks on
    co%+uter
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    7availa1le an& inclu&e& #ith the R1G 7roto#onos CD an& archive in the 1ook section - all 23ree
    use2 %aterial8 , think %y 3avorite o3 the% #as The 'i*in# Torch e&ite& 1y Monk Gi11on #ith an
    CG +a!e 1io!ra+hy an& +u1lishe& 1y Mac%illan in 1F4C. Much o3 6;:s #ritin! #as &one in
    the 3iel&s o3 a!riculture, +olitics an& revie# an& not &irectly +hiloso+hic, 1ut containin!
    +ortions hi!hly +hiloso+hic an& insi!ht3ul. The 'i*in# Torch is a lar!e 1ook o3 this %aterial
    eEcer+te& 1y Gi11on. Dou #on:t 3in& too %any %ore 1ooks #ith %ore theoso+hical su1stance
    an& &e+th outsi&e the arena o3 strictly Theoso+hical 1ooks than this one.
    ,n 'etters 4rom A$E$, e&ite& 1y 6lan Denson, there are t#o letters o3 6;:s 3ro% 1CCC to
    0.$. Blavatsky #hich a++eare& in Blavatsky:s 'ucifer. 6; #as only (1 at the ti%e an& the
    letters aren:t too +hiloso+hically interestin!, 1ut he &i& alert Blavatsky to yet another slan&er
    a!ainst her #hich a++eare& in a +o+ular novel 7an& #as ans#ere& in 7all Mall .aEette8.
    Boris &e @irko33 re%arks o3 6; in his short 1io!ra+hy o3 hi% in 5la*atsy (ollected )ritin#s,
    Iol. 1(: 2Geor!e W. -ussell #as a convince& Theoso+hist, a %an o3 vision an& inte!rity, an
    ins+ire& +oet, a %ovin! #riter, a +ainter o3 %ystical +ictures, an& an ,rish +atriot #ith #orl&-
    #i&e sy%+athies, an or!aniAer o3 rural co-o+erative societies, an a1le +u1licist #hose voice
    #as raise& a!ainst the eE+loitation o3 la1or on 1ehal3 o3 >ustice an& un&erstan&in!........
    -ussell #as sustaine& 3ro% early %anhoo& 1y an un#averin! loyalty an& !ratitu&e to 0.$.B.
    an& 5u&!e. ,n #hatever he un&ertook, he 1eca%e 3or the ti%e a channel throu!h #hich a
    1ene3icent 3orce #oul& 3lo#.2 7++. BB9-=8
    -ussell #as one o3 the su++orters o3 Willia% J. 5u&!e in the accusations
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    thro#n a!ainst hi% 1y 6nnie Besant an& lcott #hich resulte& in the s+lit o3 the ori!inal
    Theoso+hical *ociety. 0is o+inion o3 5u&!e &i& not alter in later years, as in 1F4( he #rote in
    a letter to ,srael -e!ar&ie: M5u&!e #as the %ost i%+ressive %an , ever %et, not 1y any air o3
    &i!nity 1ut si%+ly 3ro% #hat he #as.N 7A Memoir of A$E$+ Ma!ee, +. 148
    63ter livin! in the theoso+hical ashra% an& 1ein! a stea&y #riter 3or The 2rish
    Theosophist, 6; &ro++e& out o3 the Theoso+hical *ociety a3ter 1ein! una1le to a!ree #ith the
    stron! +ersonality o3 ?atherine Tin!ley. This is +ossi1ly +art o3 the reason #hy 6; hasn:t
    receive& as %uch attention in Theoso+hical +u1lications an& circles as , #oul& think he
    &eserves an& #e #oul& 1ene3it 3ro%. There:s 3e# o3 %ore value in his &e+th o3 un&erstan&in!
    o3 the sa%e +ro1le%s that theoso+hist &eal #ith. 0e #as a real 2Titan in 0ell2 a%on! others.
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    TH1 SP100
    "o# as , lean to #his+er
    To earth the last 3are#ells,
    The sly #itch lays u+on %e
    The su1tlest o3 her s+ells:
    Beauty that #as not 3or %e,
    The love that #as &enie&,
    Their hi!h &is&ain3ul s#eetness
    "o# %elte& 3ro% their +ri&e:
    They run to %e in vision,
    6ll +ro%ise in their !aAe,
    6ll earth:s heart-chokin! %a!ic,
    Ma&ness o3 ni!hts an& &ays.
    2These !i3ts are in %y treasure,
    Thou!h 3leetin! 1e the 1reath;
    0ere only to #il& !ivin!
    ,s love %a&e 3ire 1y &eath.
    2This s+ell , +ut u+on thee
    Must, in thy 1ein! 1urn,
    Till 3ro% the 0eavenly City
    To %e thou shalt return.2
    - 6;, 3ro% >ouse of the Titans and /ther 7oems
    ' ' ' ' ' '
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    TRAG1D6
    T0,*, o3 all 3ates, #oul& 1e the sa&&est en&
    That that heroic 3ever, #ith its cry
    Fro% Chil&ren unto Mother, 20ere a% ,P2
    *houl& lose the very 3aith it #oul& &e3en&,
    That the hi!h soul throu!h +assion shoul& &escen&
    To #ork the evil it ha& #ille& %ust &ie.
    ,3 it #on so, #oul& that 1e victory,
    That tra!ic close. h, hearken, 3oe or 3rien&P
    )ove, the %a!ician, the #iAar& 0ate,
    Thou!h one 1e like #hite 3ire an& one &ark 3la%e,
    Work the sa%e %iracle, an& all are #rou!ht
    ,nto the i%a!e that they conte%+late.
    "one ever hate& in the #orl& 1ut ca%e
    To every 1aseness o3 the 3oe he 3ou!ht.
    - 6; 73ro% (ollected 7oems8
    ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
    PRI1ST OR H1RO?
    - 6; 7G.W. -ussell8
    =2 thin 2 could turn and li*e &ith animals+ they are so placid and
    self-contained
    2 stand and loo at them lon# and lon#$
    They do not s&eat and &hine about their condition+
    They do not lie a&ae in the dar and &eep for their sins+
    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
    1o one neels to another+ nor to one of his ind that li*ed thousands
    of years a#o$= - Walt Whit%an
    , 06I; +re3iEe& so%e i&eas a1out s+iritual 3ree&o% a&&resse& to the +eo+le o3 ,relan&
    #ith these lines 3ro% the +oet o3 another lan&, 1ecause national senti%ent see%s out o3 &ate
    here, the ol& herois% slu%1ers, alien thou!ht an& an eEotic reli!ion have su++lante& our true
    i&eals an& our natural s+irituality. , ho+e that the scorn3ul #or&s o3 one #ho 1reathe& a 3reer
    air %i!ht stin! to sha%e those #ho have not lost alto!ether the senti%ent o3 hu%an &i!nity,
    #ho have still so%e
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    intuitions as to ho# 3ar an& ho# #isely a %an %ay a1ase hi%sel3 1e3ore another, #hether that
    other clai% &ivine authority or not. For this is the true +ro1le% #hich con3ronts us as a nation,
    an& all else is insi!ni3icant 1esi&e. We have 3oun& out #ho are the real rulers here, #ho
    &ictate +olitics an& +u1lic action #ith no less authority than they s+eak u+on reli!ion an&
    %orals, ,t #as only the other &ay that a +riest, one o3 our rulers, &eclare& that he #oul& not
    +er%it a +olitical %eetin! to 1e hel& in his &iocese an& this 3iat #as receive& #ith a
    su1%ission #hich sho#e& ho# accurately the +olitician !au!e& the stren!th o++ose& to hi%.
    6n& this has not 1een the only occasion #hen this +o#er has 1een eEerte&: #e all kno# ho#
    %any national %ove%ents have 1een inter3ere& #ith or th#arte&; #e kno# the sha%e3ul
    revelations connecte& #ith the elections a 3e# years 1ack; #e kno# ho# a !reat lea&er 3ell;
    an& those #ho are i&ealists, Go&:s #arriors 1attlin! 3or 3ree&o% o3 thou!ht, #hose ho+e 3or
    the #orl& is that the intuitions o3 the true an& !oo& &ivinely i%+lante& in each %an:s 1reast
    shall su+erse&e tra&ition an& ol& authority, cannot 1ut 3eel that their o+inions, so %uch %ore
    &an!erous to that authority than any +olitical i&eal, %ust, i3 a&vocate&, 1rin! the% at last to
    clash #ith the +riestly +o#er. ,t is not a #ar #ith reli!ion #e #oul& 3ain enter u+on; 1ut #hen
    those #ho clai% that heaven an& hell shut an& o+en at their 1i&&in! 3or the s+irit o3 %an, use
    the in3luence #hich 1elie3 in that clai% con3ers, as it has 1een here, to 3etter 3ree-#ill in action,
    it is ti%e that the %anhoo& o3 the nation a#oke to sternly Huestion that authority, to assert its
    i%%e%orial ri!ht to 3ree&o%.
    There live o3 ol& in ;ri a heroic race #ho% the 1ar&s san! as 3earless. There #as then
    no craven &rea& o3 the herea3ter, 3or the lan& o3 the i%%ortals !li%%ere& a1out the% in
    &rea% an& vision, an& alrea&y 1e3ore the &ecayin! o3 the 3or% the s+irit o3 the hero ha&
    crosse& the threshol& an& clas+e& han&s #ith the !o&s. "o &e%on nature a33ri!hte& the%:
    3ro% the% #iel&in! the 3la%in! s#or& o3 #ill the &e%ons 3le& a#ay as 1e3ore Cuculain
    vanishe& in terror sha&o#y e%1attle& hosts. What, , #on&er, #oul& these antiHue heroes say
    co%in! 1ack to a lan& #hich +reserves in&ee& their %e%ory 1ut e%ulates their s+irit no
    %ore. We kno# #hat the 1ar&s thou!ht #hen heroic ,relan& 1eca%e only a tra&ition; #hen
    to &arkene& eyes the el3-li!hts cease& to !lea%, lurin! no %ore to the rich ra&iant #orl&
    #ithin, the Drui&ic %ysteries, an& the secret o3 the a!es. ,n the 1ar&ic tales their co%ra&e
    ssian voices to $atrick their scorn o3 the ne#. 6h, 3ro% the li!ht an& >oy o3 the 3aery re!ion,
    3ro% that !reat co%+anionshi+ #ith a race hal3 &ivine, co%e 1ack to 3in& that 1ut one &ivine
    %an ha& #alke& the earth, an& as 3or the rest it #as at +rayer an& 3astin! they ou!ht to 1eP
    6n& #hy. Because, as $atrick eE+laine& to ssian, i3 they &i& not they #oul& !o to hell. 6n&
    this is the very thin! the $atricks ever since have 1een +ersua&in! the ,rish +eo+le to 1elieve,
    a&&in! an alien !rie3 unto their %any sorro#s, 3oistin! u+on the% a vul!ar inter+retation o3 the
    no1le i&ea o3 &ivine >ustice to co# the% to su1%ission #ith the threat o3 3la%e. ssian,
    cha3in! an& 3u%in! un&er the +riestly restriction, &eclare& his +re3erence 3or hell #ith the
    Finians to +ara&ise #ith
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    $atrick. 0is si%+le heroic %in& 3oun& it i%+ossi1le to 1elieve that the +ure, !entle 1ut
    in&o%ita1le s+irits o3 his co%ra&es coul& 1e any#here Huenche& or Huelle&, 1ut they %ust at
    last arise eEultant even 3ro% tor%ent. When ssian re>ects the 1ri1e o3 +ara&ise to share the
    &arker #orl& an& the 3ate o3 his co%+anions, there s+ake the true s+irit o3 %an; s+ark o3
    illi%ita1le &eity; shrou&e& in 3or%, yet ra&iatin! ceaselessly heroic thou!hts, as+irations,
    &eathless love; not to 1e &aunte&, risin! a!ain an& a!ain 3ro% sorro# #ith in&estructi1le
    ho+e; e%er!in! ever 3ro% &e3eat, its !loo%s s%itten throu!h an& throu!h #ith the li!ht o3
    visions vast an& s+len&i& as the heavens. l& 1ar&, ol& 1ar&, 3ro% Tir-na-no!e #here thou,
    +erchance #ra+t 1y that 1eauty #hich calle& thee 3ro% earth, sin!est i%%ortal son!s, #oul&
    that one li!htnin! o3 they s+irit coul& +ierce the hearts no# thron!e& #ith &rea&, %i!ht issue
    3ro% li+s #hich &are not s+eak.
    , &o not Huestion 1ut that the heroic a!e ha& its i%+er3ections, or that it #as not #ell
    that its too #arlike ar&our #as te%+ere& 1y the 1eauti3ul, +athetic an& enno1lin! teachin! o3
    Christ. The see& o3 ne# &octrines 1ore in&ee& %any lovely 1ut eEotic 1losso%s in the saintly
    ti%es, an& also %any a noEious #ee&. For reli!ion %ust al#ays 1e an eEotic #hich %akes a
    3ar-o33 lan& sacre& rather than the earth un&er3oot: #here the Great *+irit #hose ho%e is the
    vast see%s no %ore a %ovin! !la%our in the heavens, a &ro++in! ten&erness at t#ili!ht, a
    visionary li!ht on the hills, a voice in %an:s heart; #hen the #ay o3 li3e is sou!ht in scrolls or
    is hear& 3ro% another:s li+s. The noEious #ee&, the unen&ura1le 1itter #hich %in!le& #ith the
    s#eet an& true in this eEotic reli!ion #as the terri1le +o#er it +ut into the han&s o3 %en
    so%e#hat %ore learne& in their i!norance o3 Go& than those #ho% they tau!ht: the +o#er to
    in3lict a &ea&ly #ron! u+on the soul, to coerce the #ill 1y terror 3ro% the course conscience
    ha& %arke& out as true an& !oo&. That +o#er has 1een use& uns+arin!ly an& at ti%es #ith
    uns+eaka1le cruelty #henever those #ho ha& it thou!ht their in3luence #as 1ein! assaile&,
    3or +o#er is s#eet an& its use is not li!htly lai& asi&e.
    6s #e rea& our islan& history there see%s a ru&&y e%1laAonry on every +a!e, a hue
    she& 3ro% 1ehin& the visi1le, the soul &ro++in! its re& tears o3 3ire over ho+es 3or ever
    &issolvin!, no1le a%1itions 3or ever 3oile&. 6l#ays on the eve o3 success starts u+ so%e 3atal
    3i!ure #ea+one& #ith the keys o3 the herea3ter, 1ran&ishin! %ore es+ecially the key o3 the
    +lace o3 tor%ent, #arnin! %ost +articularly those #ho re!ar& that that key shall not !et rusty
    3ro% #ant o3 turnin! i3 they &iso1ey. ,t has 1een so 3ro% the 1e!innin!, 3ro% the ti%e o3 the
    cursin! o3 Tara, #here the !ro#in! unity o3 the nations #as s+lit into 3ractions, &o#n to the
    +resent ti%e. , o3ten &ou1t i3 the 1ar1arities in eastern lan&s #hich #e shu&&er at are in
    reality hal3 so cruel, i3 they %ean so %uch an!uish as this threat o3 a3ter-torture &oes to those
    #ho 1elieve in the +o#er o3 another to in3lict it. ,t #oun&s the s+irit to the heart: its
    consciousness o3 its o#n i%%ortality 1eco%es ent#ine& #ith the terror o3 as lon! en&urin!
    +ain. ,t is a lie #hich the all-co%+assionate Father-*+irit never 1reathe& into the ears o3 his
    chil&ren, a lie #hich has 1een tol&
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    here century a3ter century #ith such insistence that hal3 the nation has the %anhoo& co#e&
    out o3 it. The o33ence o3 the &ea& chie3 #hose 3ollo#ers #ere recently assaile& #ei!he& li!ht
    as a 3eather in the 1alance #hen co%+are& #ith the sin o3 these %en an& their sha%e3ul
    %isuse o3 reli!ious authority in Meath a little #hile a!o. The scenes #hich took +lace there,
    testi3ie& an& s#orn to 1y #itness in the a3ter trials, #ere only a co+y o3 #hat !enerally took
    +lace. They #ill take +lace a!ain i3 the necessity arises. That is a 1itter 3act.
    6 &i% consciousness that their servitu&e is not to Go&:s la# 1ut to %an:s a%1ition is
    cree+in! over the +eo+le here. That is a very ho+e3ul si!n. When a %an 3irst 3eels he is a
    slave he 1e!ins to !ro# !rey insi&e, to !et %oo&y an& irrita1le. The sore s+ot 1eco%es %ore
    sensitive the %ore he 1roo&s. 6t last to touch it 1eco%es &an!erous. For, 3ro% such +ent-u+
    %usin! an& #rath have s+run! re1ellions, revolutions, the overthro# o3 &ynasties an& the 3all
    o3 reli!ions, aye, thrice as %i!hty as this. That Thou!ht o3 3ree&o% lets loose the 3loo&-!ates
    o3 an illi%ita1le 3ire into the soul; it e%er!es 3ro% its narro# +rison-cell o3 thou!ht an& 3ear as
    the sky-reachin! !enie 3ro% the little co++er vessel in the tale o3 6ra1ian enchant%ent; it lays
    han& on the +o#ers o3 stor% an& co%%otion like a !o&. ,t #oul& 1e +olitic not to +ress the
    &es+otis% %ore; 1ut it #oul& 1e a +ity +erha+s i3 so%e 3urther act &i& not take +lace, >ust to
    see a nation 3lin!in! asi&e the shackles o3 su+erstition; &is&ain3ul o3 threats, &eter%ine& to
    seek its o#n !oo&, resolutely to +ut asi&e all eEternal tra&ition an& rule; a&herin! to its o#n
    >u&!%ent, thou!h +riests 3alsely say the hosts o3 the everlastin! are arraye& in 1attle a!ainst
    it, thou!h they threaten the s+irit #ith o1scure tor%ent 3or ever an& ever: still to +ersist, still to
    &e3y, still to o1ey the or&ers o3 another ca+tain, that /nkno#n Deity #ithin #hose tru%+et-call
    soun&s lou&er than all the cries o3 %en. There is !reat co%3ort, %y 3ello#s, in 3lin!in! 3ear
    asi&e; an eEultation an& &eli!ht s+rin! u+ #ellin! 3ro% ineEhausti1le &ee+s, an& a tranHuil
    s#eetness also ensues #hich sho#s that the +o#ers ever #atch3ul o3 hu%an +ro!ress
    a++rove an& a++lau& the act.
    ,n all this , &o not ai% at in&ivi&uals. ,t is not #ith the% , #oul& #ar 1ut #ith tyranny.
    They #ho enslave are as %uch or %ore to 1e +itie& than those #ho% they enslave. They too
    are #ron!e& 1y 1ein! +lace& an& acce+te& in a +osition o3 3alse authority. They too enshrine
    a ray o3 the &ivine s+irit, #hich to li1erate an& eE+ress is the +ur+ose o3 li3e. Whatever
    %ove%ent i!nores the nee&s o3 a sin!le unity, or 1ree&s hate a!ainst it rather than
    co%+assion, is so 3ar i%+er3ect. But i3 #e !ive these %en, as #e %ust, the cre&it o3 sincerity,
    still o++osition is none the less a &uty. The s+irit o3 %an %ust #ork out its o#n &estiny,
    learnin! truth out o3 error an& +ain. ,t cannot 1e %oral 1y +roEy. 6 virtuous course into #hich
    it is #hi+t 1y 3ear #ill avail it nothin!, an& in that &rea& hour #hen it co%es 1e3ore the Mi!hty
    #ho sent it 3orth, neither #ill the +lea avail it that its conscience #as in another:s
    kee+in!. .............
    7;Ecer+te& 3ro% 2rish Theosophist, 6+ril 1< - May 1<, 1CFB8
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    A NOT1 ON 91TW11N.N1SS
    ...... 0o# &o #e &o it. We &o it 1y carryin! #ater on 1oth shoul&ers, but by not
    allo&in# it to touch either shoulder$ We sta!!er so1erly 1et#een the 1la&es o3 the !auntlet
    #ith recklessness an& conviction, 1ut #e +ick our #ay throu!h the tuli+s #ith 3ear an&
    tre+i&ation 1ecause the tra+ o3 the latter is s#eet. We char!e the !ates o3 heaven 1y
    urinatin! our #ay throu!h hell, all the #hile sittin! 3or 3orty years on the 1anks o3 the Gan!es,
    &oin! nothin!. We sit on the 1anks o3 the Gan!es, not 3ro% laAiness, 1ut 3ro% an an!er at
    an!riness, a 3ury a!ainst our inner 3ury 3or #aste& activity... an& #e +ull 1ack a terri1le arro#...
    1ut never let it !o. 6n& 1y so hol&in!, #ith the universe as our tar!et, the universe is 3ille&
    #ith terror at our threat. ,t %oves to the ri!ht, tryin! to eva&e our ai% #hen #e think to the
    le3t. *o #e think 3ro% our 2*#in!-$oint2 +ro>ectin! a thou!ht o3 le3t in or&er to %ake it s#in!
    to the ri!ht. 6n& once it starts s#in!in!, #e kee+ it !oin!, 1y thinkin! in the 3ollo#in! %anner:
    )e3t is -i!ht an& -i!ht is )e3t. 6n& )e3t is )e3t #hen ri!ht is Wron!, an& -i!ht is -i!ht #hen
    )e3t is Wron!. 6n& only , kno# #hen , %ean that )e3t is -i!ht an& #hen )e3t is really )e3t.
    6n& , have taken these 3acts into %y hea& an& 3or!otten the%. - -ichar& -ose 7The
    3irect-Mind E8perience8
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    S104ISHN1SS..... T&e see/ o$ /estr%#tion
    Writin! to 6. $. *innett, 3i3ty years a!o, the Mahat%a M sai& - 2Will you, or rather they,
    never see the true %eanin! an& eE+lanation o3 that !reat #reck o3 &esolation #hich has co%e
    to our lan& an& threatens all lan&s - yours 3irst o3 all. ,t is selfishness an& e8clusi*eness that
    kille& ours, an& it is sel3ishness an& eEclusiveness that #ill kill yours - #hich has in a&&ition
    so%e other &e3ects #hich , #ill not na%e. The #orl& has clou&e& the li!ht o3 true kno#le&!e
    an& selfishness #ill not allo# its resurrections 3or it eEclu&es an& #ill not reco!niAe the #hole
    3ello#shi+ o3 all those #ho #ere 1orn un&er the sa%e i%%uta1le natural la#.2 7Mahatma
    'etters, +. (<(8.
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    "2UTA9I0IT6"

    ,n The Mahatma 'etters, +a!e (GG, there is a re+ly to a Huestion 1y Mr. 6.$. *innett on
    the e33ect o3 ?ar%a on the *ocial +osition o3 %en. ,t contains enou!h to solve %ost o3 the
    +ro1le%s o3 this kin& that are raise& in or&inary &iscussion. )et us Huote it.
    2The :re#ar& +rovi&e& 1y nature 3or %en #ho are 1enevolent in a lar!e syste%atic #ay:
    an& #ho have not 3ocuse& their a33ections u+on an in&ivi&uality or s+eciality, is that - i3 +ure -
    they +ass the Huicker 3or that throu!h the ?a%a an& -u+a )okas into the hi!her s+here o3
    Tribu*ana+ since it is one #here the 3or%ulation o3 a1stract i&eas an& the consi&eration o3
    !eneral +rinci+les 3ill the thou!ht o3 its occu+ants. $ersonality is the synony% 3or li%itation,
    an& the %ore contracte& the +erson:s i&eas, the closer #ill he clin! to the lo#er s+heres o3
    1ein!, the lon!er loiter on the +lane o3 sel3ish social intercourse. The social status o3 a 1ein!
    is, o3 course, a result o3 ?ar%a; the la# 1ein! that :like attracts like.: The renascent 1ein! is
    &ra#n into the !estative current #ith #hich the +re+on&eratin! attractions co%in! over 3ro%
    the last 1irth %ake hi% assi%ilate. Thus one #ho &ie& a ryot %ay 1e re1orn a kin!, an& the
    &ea& soverei!n %ay neEt see the li!ht in a coolie:s tent. This la# o3 attraction asserts itsel3 in
    a thousan& \acci&ents o3 1irthL - than #hich there coul& 1e
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    no %ore 3la!rant %isno%er. When you, realiAe, at least, the 3ollo#in! - that the sandas are
    the ele%ents o3 li%ite& eEistence then #ill you have realiAe& also one o3 the con&itions o3
    &evachan #hich has no# such a +ro3oun&ly unsatis3actory outlook 3or you. "or are your
    in3erences 7 as re!ar&s the #ell-1ein! an& en>oy%ent o3 the u++er classes 1ein! &ue to a
    1etter ?ar%a8 Huite correct in their !eneral a++lication. They have a eu&ae%onistic rin!
    a1out the% #hich is har&ly reconcila1le #ith ?ar%ic )a#, since those \#ell-1ein! an&
    en>oy%entL are o3tener the causes o3 a ne# an& overloa&e& ?ar%a than the +ro&uction or
    e33ects o3 the latter. ;ven as a \1roa& ruleL +overty an& hu%1le con&ition in li3e are less a
    cause o3 sorro# than #ealth an& hi!h 1irth, 1ut o3 that... later on.N
    ,n this as in all else, circu%stances alter cases. ,t is >ust as easy an& >ust as &i33icult to
    1e kin& an& !enerous an& hel+3ul in a +osition o3 a33luence as in a +osition o3 +overty. ,t is the
    nature o3 the ;!o hi%sel3 or hersel3 to 1e !enerous an& hel+3ul or the reverse. 6n& here
    stan&s one o3 the stu%1lin!-1locks 3or the social re3or%er. We are all &esirous o3 havin!
    1etter social con&itions, everythin! 1etter than it is. When everythin! is +er3ect an& every one
    has all he #ants, there #ill 1e roo% 3or anyone to hel+ anyone else on the +hysical +lane
    any#ay, an& it is to 1e 3eare& that our 1enevolent i%+ulses #oul& thus soon 1eco%e
    atro+hie&, an& &ie out alto!ether 3or #ant o3 eEercise.
    We constantly 3or!et that our 3aculties are !aine& 1y stru!!le an& that as soon as #e
    cease to stru!!le, or think #e are so 3ortunate as to +ossess con&itions #hich %ake stru!!le
    unnecessary, an& have !aine& the su%%it o3 eEistence; ri!ht then an& there #e 1e!in to lose
    #hat #e have !aine&, an& the sooner #e are thro#n 1ack into the toilso%e #orl& the 1etter
    3or us. Too %any +eo+le associate stru!!le #ith +ain. There nee& 1e no +ain in healthy
    stru!!le or e33ort, as lon! as our ai%s are unsel3ish.
    "or can it 1e #ron! to strive to raise the con&itions o3 society in !eneral so that the
    stan&ar& o3 thou!ht an& as+iration shoul& 1e raise& a%on! %en. But there %ust continue to
    1e stru!!le on the %ental +lane i3 +hysical con&itions are %a&e utterly +leasant an& 3ree 3ro%
    e33ort. This is #hy it is that no %o&el settle%ent or colony, or anythin! o3 that kin& has ever
    !iven +rolon!e& satis3action to intelli!ent +eo+le. Brook Far%, Fairho+e, an& all the rest o3
    the% 1eco%e intolera1le sooner or later to the 1est %in&sP ;ven -o1inson Crusoe #oul&
    never have 1een a1le to 2stick it,2 ha& he not ke+t hi%sel3 +er+etually 1usy i%+rovin! his
    ho%e an& +lantin! an& rea+in! an& +lannin! an& eEecutin!, as all rational 1ein!s
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    %ust i3 they #oul& re%ain sane an& ca+a1le.
    ,t %ay 1e o1serve& ho# o3ten %en #hen they retire, thou!h in +er3ect health, &ro+ o33
    as thou!h li3e ha& lost its !ri+ 3or the%. Those #ho &o not kno# the >oy o3 #ork %ust al#ays
    re%ain a%on! the %ost %isera1le an& &iscontente& o3 1ein!s. 2, have kno#n >oy,2 sai&
    -o1ert )ouis *tevenson, 23or , have &one !oo& #ork.2 ,t is in the nature o3 thin!s that #e
    shoul& al#ays 1e 1uil&in! an& re1uil&in! an& that nature shoul& al#ays 1e +ullin! &o#n an&
    &estroyin!. ;very ti%e #e co%e 1ack into reincarnation in the or&inary course o3 thin!s #e
    co%e into a ne# #orl&. ,t is no #on&er #e re%e%1er little o3 our +ast lives. 63ter a 3e#
    centuries little is le3t to 1e reco!niAe&.
    Muta1ility is the keynote o3 li3e. Christians accuse the easterns o3 +essi%is% 3or
    reco!niAin! this, 1ut the "e# Testa%ent is 3ull o3 it. 6n, so are our hy%ns an& ser%ons, an&
    they are not sel&o% the %ost +o+ular hy%ns #e sin!. Take )yte:s 3ine hy%n, 261i&e #ith
    %e,2 an& stu&y its lines. There is no !reater eE+osition o3 +essi%is%, an& con!re!ations
    actually revel in it. They 2seek a city #hich is 3or to co%e.2 Bu&&hists are lo!ical enou!h to
    realiAe that no +er%anent con&ition can 1e esta1lishe& in a #orl& o3 chan!e, so they as+ire to
    the chan!eless "irvana, not eEtinction, as so%e #oul& have it, 1ut the eEtinction o3 chan!e,
    #hich can only %ean so%ethin! akin to the 61solute.
    We can only 3in& that 61soluteness in the *el3. 0ence, the #hole race o3 Man &ra#s
    on#ar& to#ar&s that 23ar-o33 &ivine event.2 *t. $aul assures us that Go& shall 1e all an& in all,
    an& %any Christians shrink 3ro% such a 3ate. ,t is the "irvana o3 the Bu&&hists, no %atter
    #hat the theolo!ians %ay say. *o the #hole -ace +asses on throu!h -oun& a3ter -oun&,
    race a3ter race, aeon a3ter aeon, till the Great Day Be-With-/s, the cli%aE o3 the a!es o3 the
    a!es.
    6re #e incline& to slacken in our +etty tasks, #hen these thin!s are 1rou!ht to our
    conte%+lation. Then, assure&ly, #e have not yet learne& the lesson o3 action in inaction, an&
    inaction in action. We still nee& to kno# ho# to act an& to 1e &etache& 3ro% the results o3
    action. To stan& asi&e an& let the Warrior 3i!ht 3or us. To 1eco%e conscious that the *el3 has
    !iven us the #hole #orl& an& that #e %ay +eace3ully lose it 3or the sake o3 that #hich lies
    1ehin&.
    - Fro% (anadian Theosophist 6+ril 1<, 1F44 7ri!inally title& 2*ocial Con&itions,2
    unsi!ne&8
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    D12OCRAC6
    By Cecil Willia%s
    2Man is, 1orn 3ree, an& every#here he is in chains.2 With these #or&s -ousseau,
    2so#er o3 #hirl#in&s,2 o+ene& the 3irst cha+ter o3 his !os+el o3 &e%ocracy. The %ocial
    (ontract, a !os+el #hich !ave us the %o&ern conce+tion o3 the state an& create&
    &e%ocracies on 3ive continents. Det his #or&s are as true to&ay as #hen they #ere #ritten.
    Man, 1orn 3ree, is still in chains.
    6n& so &e%ocracy is char!e& #ith 3ailure. But it is not -ousseau:s conce+t o3
    &e%ocracy that is challen!e&. That has 1een 3or!otten, +artly 1ecause it #as te%+oral. The
    i%+erisha1le conce+t o3 &e%ocracy either elu&e& hi% or he coul& not state it, an& it #as le3t
    3or Blavatsky to in&icate it as it rests #ith Theoso+hists to +roclai% it to the #orl&.
    ,n the Multitu&e *ir Tho%as Bro#ne sa# the !reat ene%y o3 reason, virtue an&
    reli!ion; the Mo1, to ;&!ar 6llan $oe, ha& the !all o3 a 1ullock, the heart o3 a hyena an& the
    1rains o3 a +eacock...............
    De%ocracy has 1eco%e associate&, an& even synony%ous, #ith the +roletariat in the
    %in&s o3 its %o&ern accusers. ,t #as the +roletariat that *ir Tho%as Bro#ne an& ;&!ar 6llan
    $oe &enounce&, an& it is the +roletariat #hich -ev. G. *tanley -ussell &ou1ts is sa3e 3or the
    #orl&. nce that 1eco%es clear #e +erceive the unreasona1leness o3 Bro#ne:s an& $oe:s
    con&e%nation, an& re%e%1er that it #as the +roletariat, the co%%on +eo+le............ that t#o
    thousan& years a!o hear& 5esus !la&ly.
    The %o&ern i&ea o3 &e%ocracy as the +roletariat is 1orn o3 the 2class #ar2 conce+t o3
    MarE, an& as such is challen!e& 1y 3ascis%, a %i&&le-class %ove%ent, a %ove%ent o3 the
    1our!eoisie. Fascis% #as the inevita1le reaction to MarEis%, #hose conce+t o3 &e%ocracy is
    3ar re%ove& 3ro% that o3 -ousseau.
    The state, accor&in! to -ousseau, shoul& 1e 1ase& u+on a convention, 2a co%in!
    to!ether,2 a social +act, the essence o3 #hich he state& in the 3ollo#in! #or&s: 2;ach o3 us
    +uts in co%%on his +erson an& his #hole +o#er un&er the su+re%e &irection o3 the !eneral
    #ill; an& in return #e receive every %e%1er as an in&ivisi1le +art o3 the #hole.2 This is the
    true &e%ocratic i&ea: one 3or all an& all 3or one.
    ,n this 3or%ula o3 -ousseau:s, in a&&ition to the +rinci+le o3 unity, #hich is in %arke&
    contrast #ith the se+aratis% o3 MarEis% an& 3ascis%, there is to 1e note& a %ost si!ni3icant
    rule. MarEis% an& 3ascis% insist 3irst
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    on ri!hts; -ousseau +laces &uty 3irst. 6ccor&in! to -ousseau:s 3or%ula, each &oes not
    receive 3irst an& !ive a3ter; each !ives an& in return, receives.
    6n& let it not 1e o1>ecte& that so%e have nothin! to !ive an& so %ust receive 3irst.
    -ousseau, it is evi&ent, sa# an& tacitly re+lie& to this o1>ection in the 3or%ula itsel3. ;ach
    !ives, not %oney or la1our, 1ut 2hi%sel3 an& his #hole +o#er.2 The +o#er o3 each is varie&,
    %ay, it is conceiva1le, even 1e nil, 1ut he can still !ive hi%sel3, that is to say, his consent.
    -ousseau reco!niAe& so stron!ly that his &e%ocratic conce+t #as an i&eal that he
    #rote, 2,3 there #ere a nation o3 !o&s it #oul& 1e !overne& &e%ocratically. *o +er3ect a
    !overn%ent is unsuite& to %en.2 0e &i& not kno#, as Theoso+hists kno#, that %en are
    incarnate !o&s an& to the% &e%ocracy shoul& 1e %ost suite&. ,3 %en have 3aile& to see that
    &e%ocracy is +ractica1le it is 1ecause they have 3aile& to reco!niAe their &ivinity. But there is
    an inherent #eakness in -ousseau:s 3or%ula, itsel3.
    The social contract shoul& not 1e a convention 1ut a re-convention, not a 2co%in!
    to!ether2 1ut a 2co%in! to!ether a!ain.2 Man is alrea&y s+iritually a unity an& #hat is
    necessary, in +olitical thou!ht, is that this unity shoul& 1e reco!niAe&. ne o3 the +ostulates
    o3 the %ecret 3octrine is, 2the 3un&a%ental i&entity o3 all *ouls #ith the /niversal ver-*oul.2
    This is the i%+erisha1le 1asis o3 &e%ocracy.
    /na1le to soar a1ove the rationalistic i&eas o3 his a!e, +erha+s, -ousseau yet cau!ht
    a !li%+se o3 the nee& 3or a s+iritual 3oun&ation 3or &e%ocracy. 2There is,2 he #rote, 2a +urely
    civil +ro3ession o3 3aith, the articles o3 #hich it is the &uty o3 the soverei!n, 7i.e., the +eo+le8 to
    &eter%ine, not eEactly as &o!%as o3 reli!ion, 1ut as a senti%ent o3 socia1ility, #ithout #hich it
    is i%+ossi1le to 1e a !oo& citiAen or a 3aith3ul su1>ect.2
    2The &o!%a........o3 civil reli!ion ou!ht to 1e si%+le, 3e# in nu%1er, state& #ith
    +recision an& #ithout eE+lanation o3 co%%entaries. The eEistence o3 the Deity, +o#er3ul,
    #ise, 1ene3icent, +rescient an& 1ounti3ul, the li3e to co%e, the ha++iness o3 the >ust, the
    +unish%ent o3 the #icke&, the sanctity o3 the social contract an& o3 the la#s; these are the
    +ositive &o!%as. 6s 3or the ne!ative &o!%as , li%it the% to one only, that is, intolerance.2
    0o# Theoso+hical are -ousseau:s 3our tenets o3 civil reli!ion, allo#in! 3or the
    restricte& thou!ht o3 his a!e, %ay 1e seen 1y +lacin! the% 1esi&e the 3our links o3 the !ol&en
    chain #hich shoul& 1in&, as Blavatsky says, hu%anity into one 3a%ily, one universal
    1rotherhoo& - na%ely, 2universal unity an& causation; hu%an soli&arity; the la# o3 kar%a;
    reincarnation.2
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    /niversal unity an& causation corres+on&s to the eEistence o3 the &eity; hu%an
    soli&arity, to the sanctity o3 the social contract; kar%a, to the ha++iness o3 the >ust, the
    +unish%ent o3 the #icke&; reincarnation, to the li3e to co%e. The si%ilarity is very strikin!
    an& su!!ests that -ousseau #as one o3 the Theoso+hical voices o3 the ei!hteenth century.
    De%ocracy shoul& have a s+iritual 1asis. ,t %ust 1e re%e%1ere& that the Great
    0eresy o3 The ,oice of the %ilence is the 2heresy o3 the se+arateness o3 the soul or sel3 3ro%
    the one universal, in3inite *;)F.2 /+on not only the 1rotherhoo& o3 %an 1ut the 3atherhoo& o3
    Go& 7to use a !ra+hic +oetic +hrase8 %ust &e%ocracy 1e 3oun&e&. The +hiloso+hical
    Theoso+hist conceives o3 the Deity as 2universal unity an& causation,2 a +hrase #hich avoi&s
    anthro+o%or+his%..........
    2;ach, reco!niAin! the ori!in o3 all 3ro% the ne ,ne33a1le Deity, an& that all are
    chil&ren o3 ne Divine Father, +uts in co%%on his +erson an& his #hole +o#er un&er the
    su+re%e &irection o3 the !eneral #ill; an& in return #e receive every %e%1er as an in&ivisi1le
    +art o3 the #hole.2
    We have here a 3or%ula #hich avoi&s the %aterialis% o3 MarE an& the sectarianis% o3
    the ter% Christian socialis%. ,t is #orl& #i&e as true &e%ocracy shoul& 1e. ,t shoul& a++eal
    to the s+iritual intuitions o3 %en o3 all reli!ions, o3 all races.
    Because #e are only !o&s incarnate, true &e%ocracy cannot i%%e&iately 1e ours; yet,
    ........ in less than t#o centuries -ousseau:s &e%ocratic i&eal s#e+t the #orl&.......
    6n i&eal #orl&-state %ust in +ractice 1e or!aniAe& into nations, states an& cities.
    *u1>ect to non-inter3erence #ith the ri!hts o3 other units, each %ay have its o#n syste%,
    +rovi&in! it is &e%ocratic.
    The i&eal syste%, 3un&a%entally &e%ocratic, thou!h throu!h a1use the &e%ocratic
    1asis has 1een &enie& an& su1%er!e&, is the caste syste% o3 ,n&ia, the &ivision o3 %an into
    3our classes, each &esi!ne& to 3or#ar& the interests o3 the #hole, 1ut, #ith the #isest %en at
    the to+. 6%on! ancient +eo+les, it #as the intent to +lace !overn%ent in the han&s o3 the
    #ise. *o ;!y+t ha& her seven castes. *o in China they %a&e scholars their rulers. *o
    a%on! the 6n!lo-*aEons, the Witana!e%ot 1y its very na%e, 2%eetin! o3 the #ise2, testi3ies
    to the ori!inal conce+tion o3 the national council.
    6 true &e%ocracy is a cos%os, 1ut #e have %a&e ours a chaos, +lace& not the #ise,
    1ut the 3inancier an& the &e%a!o!ue 71a%1ooAler o3 the +eo+le8 at the to+. ,t is not
    re+u&iation 1ut re3or% o3 &e%ocracy that is nee&e&. We have stresse& the secon& +art o3
    -ousseau:s 3or%ula an& i!nore&
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    the 3irst. With eEce+tions, each no# takes all 7he can8 an& only rarely or reluctantly !ives.
    The +ractical Huestion at the %o%ent is, Which is stron!est a%on! the +eo+le,
    conscience or ka%a. We nee& to ask the%, 6re you +re+are& to !ive accor&in! to your
    a1ility, receive then, an& then only accor&in! to your nee&s. That is the issue. ,t shoul& 1e
    clari3ie&, insiste& u+on, &riven ho%e. The initial Huestion is not, *hall #e a1olish +ro3it. That
    has no o1vious %oral 3orce. The 3irst Huestion is, 6re you on the si&e o3 the 0eavenly
    Father. That is the tre%en&ous Huestion 3acin! %an.
    To &es+air o3 the +eo+le or to &es+ise their %oral sense, is 3olly. Great re3or%s have
    1een achieve&. ,t is +ossi1le to chan!e the %in&s o3 %en. ;lse #e #oul& never have ha&
    $rotestantis%. *lavery #oul& have +ersiste&. These re3or%s #ere 1rou!ht a1out not 1y
    sel3ishness 1ut 1y the +o#er o3 conscience.........
    We nee& to or!aniAe our &e%ocracy. Does +ro3it in>ure our 1rothers. Then #e %ust
    control or a1olish it. Does any ne!lect the &uties o3 citiAenshi+. Then accor&in! to his
    res+onsi1ilities he %ust 1e &e+rive& o3 his ri!hts. ,s +o#er in the han&s o3 the #ron! +eo+le.
    Then #e %ust take it 3ro% the% an& +ut it in the han&:s o3 the ri!ht +eo+le. Do our la#s +lace
    +ro+erty 1e3ore hu%an ri!hts. Then they %ust 1e %a&e to sHuare #ith hu%anity. Does
    e&ucation ne!lect ethics. Then #e %ust re3or% e&ucation. 0ave +atrona!e an& ne+otis%
    +re3er%ent in any +art o3 the social or!aniAation over #orth. Then they %ust !o. Does our
    syste% &eny, in +ractice, o++ortunity to talent. Then #e %ust chan!e it.
    To +ro+a!ate such +olitical i&eals an or!aniAation is nee&e&. The #ork lies outsi&e the
    +rovince o3 the Theoso+hical society, 1ut it is the i%%e&iate concern o3 %e%1ers #hose
    interest lies in +olitical e33ort. ,n the early &ays o3 the Move%ent 3ello#s o3 the Theoso+hical
    society #ere alive to the nee& 3or the a++lication o3 Theoso+hy to +olitics. This is %ani3est in
    The Cey to Theosophy. Then there eEiste& "ationalist clu1s, in #hich %e%1ers o3 the society
    took a lea&in! +art, or!aniAations &esi!ne& to s+rea& the i&eals o3 Bella%y..........
    This +ro+ose& 3irst o1>ect is all-i%+ortant. 0.$.B. #oul& have a!ree& to that. *he
    &eclare& the 3irst o1>ect o3 the "ationalist clu1s o3 her &ay #as not &ee+ enou!h. ,t #as not a
    society to e33ect a s+iritual re3or%, an& the or!aniAation o3 &e%ocracy is a s+iritual re3or%,
    %ust have a s+iritual 1asis, have its %oral ur!e stron!ly e%+hasiAe&......... Man, 1orn 3ree,
    can 1e 3ree& o3 his chains, i3 those #ho have ears to hear, hear.

    7;Ecer+te& 3ro% (anadian Theosophist, Dec., 1<, 1F448
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    R17I1W5 Ama Adhe+ The ,oice that -emembers+ 6&he Ta+ontsan! 7as tol& to 5oy
    Blakeslee8, 3or#ar& 1y the Dalai )a%a, Wis&o% $u1lications, 1FF ;l% *treet, *o%erville,
    Mass., G(199, 1FFB, (<B ++., 0&1k.
    This is another heart-1reakin! Ti1etan:s account o3 &eca&es o3 i%+rison%ent in China:s
    Ti1etan la1or ca%+s. ,t +arallels $al&en Gyatso:s account An Autobio#raphy of a Tibetan
    Mon$ ne %ust re%e%1er that 3or each +erson #ho survives the ca%+s an& lives to tell
    their tale o3 horror, that thousan&s #ere kille& 1y the Chinese an& succu%1e& to starvation or
    any o3 the other terrors +er+etuate& 1y the 1rutal an& insane ca+tors an& conHuerors o3 Ti1et.
    0o+e3ully China has !ra&uate& 3ro% +sycho+athic %ass-%ur&erer status to %ere eEtre%e
    neurosis, an& that thin!s are so%e#hat less %ourn3ul in recent years.
    The terrors live& throu!h 1y 6%a 6&he 7#hat she is calle& 1y %any - 2%other28 are so
    eEtre%e, an& also inclu&e& in the conteEt o3 all other Ti1etan +risoners !oin! throu!h the
    sa%e thin!, that one:s sensi1ilities !et nu%1e& - 2h - another torture an& %ur&er.....P2 ,t is a
    tri1ute to her inner stren!th, an& $al&en Gyatso in his account, that they #ere not re&uce& to
    utter hy+notiAe& ve!eta1les - soul-less, as such su33erin! %ust have &estroye& innerly
    thousan&s in the ca%+s.
    But they #ere not.... they +ersevere& to the en&. 6%a 6&he #as kno#n as a Mtrou1le-
    %akerN 1y the Chinese an& looke& u+ to 1y %any +risoners. *he #as !iven a s+ecial 2ta!2 on
    her +rison recor&s in 1ein! shi++e& 3ro% ca%+ to ca%+ - that she #as not to 1e kille&, 1ut to
    1e ke+t alive in or&er 3or her to su33er to the ut%ost 3or her sins o3 1elli!erence to#ar& the
    Chinese ca+tors. This is +ro1a1ly the only reason she is still here to tell her story. 7nce,
    ho#ever, she #as thou!ht to have &ie& 3ro% starvation, an& #oke u+ to 3in& hersel3 on to+ o3
    a +ile o3 &ea& Ti1etan 1o&ies in the %ake-shi3t %or!ue.8
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    ne #on&ers #here the inner stren!th co%es 3ro% to 1e survivors o3 such terrors, as
    Gyatso an& 6%a 6&he +ossess. Gyatso #as a %onk, an& his stren!th ca%e 3ro% his reli!ion.
    6%a 6&he:s ho+e #as to see so%e o3 her 3a%ily a!ain, #ho ha&n:t 1een kille&, an& she also
    #as +ro3oun&ly reli!ious. 7*he ke+t 3or years a hat !iven to her 1y a %onk-+risoner #ith a
    +icture o3 the Dalai )a%a secrete& in it.8
    6lso +ortraye& is the econo%ic ra+e o3 Ti1et 1y the Chinese. *he &escri1es #on&er3ul
    vir!in 3orests #hich are no %ore, 1ein! 3orce& to %ake +laster out o3 Bu&&hist %anuscri+ts,
    the constant strea% o3 Chinese trucks takin! all %anner o3 +ro&ucts out o3 Ti1et - so%e
    !litterin! in the sun 3ull o3 Bu&&hist arti3acts an& statues.
    ne #on&ers #hy the Ti1etan situation isn:t &e1ate& in con!ress an& the /nite&
    "ations...... continually. )ike *olAinitsin:s .ula#, these 1ooks shoul& 1e on the 1est sellers
    list...... But they are >ust too %uch, +eo+le cannot &eal #ith the sheer terror o3 it all. ,t takes
    ti%e 3or such thin!s to sink in, an& %ost un3ortunately #ith the &istance o3 ti%e, +eo+le &eal
    #ith it historically, anaesthetiAe&.... an& steriliAe&. But in the years ahea&, a Berlin Wall %ay
    co%e &o#n in Ti1et an& China as #ell.....
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    TH1OSOPH6 AND ART.
    By )a#ren 0arris
    There is a +hase o3 truth that &oes not receive the attention it &eserves in our &ay
    6 +hase that is essential to the inner 1alance, to the vision an& un&erstan&in! o3 %an
    6 +hase o3 truth that shoul& +er%eate all action, all thou!ht, all 3eelin! an& as+iration
    That +hase o3 truth is 1eauty
    )ackin! it as a +o#er at #ork in our hearts, #e ten& to 1eco%e &o!%atic, %oralistic
    an& ri!i&, an& are in &an!er o3 settin! ourselves u+ as >u&!es o3 our 3ello# %en.
    /n3ortunately, 1eauty is so%ethin! that %any o3 us see% loth to &iscuss, or to +on&er
    su33iciently. $erha+s 1ecause it is so intan!i1le, so &i33icult to !et its %eanin!s into +recise
    lan!ua!e; or +erha+s 1ecause, like %any another +hase o3 truth in our &ay, it has 1een
    3orce& asi&e 1y the stri&ency o3 li3e; or 1ecause it has 1een carnaliAe& an& +erverte& to
    acHuisitive an& sel3ish en&s, or %a&e to serve the senti%entality, the lush #eakness o3 the
    +ersonal %an.
    But 1eauty is an in&issolu1le +art o3 all that #e consi&er hi!h, #orthy an& &ivine
    6n& it co%es to 3ocus on earth 3or %an, in the arts
    For the arts e+ito%iAe, intensi3y an& clari3y the eE+erience o3 1eauty 3or us, as nothin!
    else can.
    *chiller, the !reat Ger%an &ra%atist an& +oet, &escri1e& art as 2that #hich !ives to
    %an his lost &i!nity, #hich is to say, his essential 1eauty.
    6n& Tho%as Carlyle says %uch the sa%e thin!, #hen he says that 2in all true #orks o3
    art #ilt thou &iscern eternity lookin! throu!h ti%e, the !o&like ren&ere& visi1le2.
    6rt, an& 1y the ter% #e %ean to inclu&e all #orks in all o3 the arts that are in any
    &e!ree i%+re!nate& #ith 1eauty: art is not a %ere
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    e%1ellish%ent o3 our li3e, nor a +asti%e 3or the +ersonal %an
    Thou!h it is only too true, that the arts have 1een use& an& are to&ay #i&ely use& to
    +an&er to sensuality or to our e%otional co%3ort, or to !lori3y #hatever class o3 %en #ho
    &o%inate a re!i%e or country, or to +ortray co%%erce as a !o&, #hen it shoul& 1e %erely a
    servant, or to serve the &istractions o3 %en, #hen it shoul& serve the ur!ent nee&s o3 their
    souls.
    Det the real %essa!e o3 art cannot 1e &ilute& or +erverte& to tickle the +alate o3 the
    ani%al in %an, either sensual or +re&atory, an& re%ain in any sense a %essa!e
    For the real %essa!e in art is o++ose& to every sel3ish notion or to the a!!ran&iAe%ent
    o3 #hatever +erson or class o3 +ersons, or +erha+s it #ere 1etter to say, that it is a1ove such
    6rt is not a% a%use%ent, nor a &istraction, nor is it, as %any %en %aintain, an esca+e
    3ro% li3e.
    n the contrary, it is a hi!h trainin! o3 the soul, essential to the soul:s !ro#th, to its
    un3ol&%ent
    6n& until such ti%e as #e 1eco%e +er3ecte& in 1eauty, the arts #ill 1e 3or us o3 the
    hi!hest, +ractical i%+ortance, in that they %irror 3or us, in so%e &e!ree, the essential or&er,
    the &yna%ic har%ony, the ulti%ate 1eauty, that #e are all in search o3, #hether consciously or
    not.
    Beauty as an inse+ara1le +art o3 the in%ost culture o3 soul, an& the en&eavour to !ive
    this co%%unica1le an& vital an& a++ro+riate eE+ression, is the %ain concern o3 the creative
    artist
    6n& he leaves recor&s in ter%s o3 his art, throu!hout the a!es, o3 his eE+eriences in
    1eauty, his soul:s search 3or truth, 3or ulti%ate %eanin!
    6n& +recisely as #e 3in&, that the essence o3 reli!ions throu!hout ti%e is the sa%e,
    an& their real %essa!e, #hich lies hi&&en #ithin the outer tra++in!s, is i&entical, an& their
    source one an& not %any.
    *o #e #ill 3in& that art throu!hout the a!es, is in essence the sa%e, an& the %essa!e
    #ithin the various i&io%s, its &i33erent eE+ressions an& conce+ts, is i&entical, an& its source
    one an& not %any
    6n& it %ay 1e, that #hen #e have &isclose& the ele%ent o3 1eauty %ore 3ully #ithin
    ourselves, #e #ill %ake the !reat &iscovery, that the source o3 art an& the source o3 reli!ion is
    i&entical, an& that neither can have their true, their 3ull 1ein! #ithout the other
    6n& #e %ay 3urther 3in&, #ithin ourselves, in our hi!hest %o%ents that that 1eauty
    #hich is in&e3ina1le an& intan!i1le, is not only an inse+ara1le +art o3 all hi!h eE+erience, 1ut
    that it is the true talis%an,
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    #here1y #e %ay kno# that #e are +artici+atin! in a li3e !reater an& %ore en&urin! than the
    evanescent constantly chan!in! lives o3 our +ersonal selves.
    This, so 3ar as , kno# it, is the real eE+erience e%1o&ie&, or containe& in, all true #orks
    o3 art #hatever, 1e it scul+ture, +oetry, %usic, &ra%a, architecture or +aintin!.
    Their +o#er is the trans3or%in! +o#er o3 1eauty, o3 the eE+erience o3 unity o3 1ein!
    6n& their 3unction is, to &isclose an& cultivate the ele%ent o3 1eauty #ithin us
    This is their value 3or the soul
    Beauty as a +ervasive +o#er in art an& in li3e is the very s+irit o3 the +lane o3 1ein!, #e
    theoso+hists call 1u&&hi, that is, that eternal +lane o3 1ein! #herein a1i&es the i%%ortal +art
    o3 %an an& the universe, an& #hich is 1eyon& sensuality an& the intellect an& &esires, an& is
    the source o3 all hi!h ins+iration an& &evotion
    6n& it there3ore see%s, that it is not +ossi1le to &iscri%inate truly, 1et#een #hat is
    te%+oral an& chan!in! an& that #hich is en&urin! an& constant, unless the ele%ent o3 +ure
    1eauty +lays its +art in our &iscri%ination
    6lso, all inner eE+erience see%s to teach us, that there can 1e no real un&erstan&in!
    o3 %an an& the universe unless 1eauty is an inse+ara1le +art o3 our un&erstan&in!
    6n& it see%s 3urther, that creative tolerance an& co%+assion an& a 1alance&, !ro#in!
    +erce+tion o3 truth, are not +ossi1le #ithout the in3or%in! an& li3e-!ivin! +o#er o3 1eauty.
    The creative in&ivi&ual in the arts, #oul&, , think 3eel, that #e can see nothin!
    co%+lete, 3ull-roun&e&, or that #e cannot a++roach a 1alance o3 vision, #ithout that inner
    har%ony that +er%its the unity o3 s+irit to in3or% us
    6n& that unity o3 s+irit is +ure 1eauty
    ,nse+ara1le 3ro% the reco!nition o3 +ure 1eauty as the un&erlyin!, in3or%in! s+irit o3
    the universe, !oes also the reco!nition o3 that 1eauty as a +o#er at #ork
    6 +o#er at #ork in the universe throu!h the &yna%ic la#s o3 constant 3ul3il%ent
    6n& a +o#er at #ork in %an throu!h the la#s o3 his s+iritual evolution.
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    The +o#er o3 1eauty at #ork in %an, as the artist has al#ays kno#n, is severe an&
    eEactin!, an& once invoke&, #ill never leave hi% alone, until he 1rin!s his #ork an& li3e into
    so%e se%1lance o3 har%ony #ith its s+irit
    ,t is the creative ur!e in the artist, causin! hi% to a&venture into ne# 3iel&s, ne# #ays
    o3 +erce+tion, into 3iner or&ers o3 1ein!
    6n& these a&ventures +ro&uce stri3e #ithin hi%sel3, an& cause stri3e in his 3ello# %en
    an&, so%eti%es result in stri3e 1et#een his 3ello# %en an& his i&eas
    This he cannot avoi&
    Because he %ust %aintain the inte!rity o3 his vision &es+ite #hatever inner or outer
    o++osition
    nly so can he 1e o3 value, o3 use to his 3ello# %en
    ,n&ee&, the creative in&ivi&ual:s vision o3 1eauty arouses a conviction so &ee+ an&
    sure, that he #ill !o throu!h al%ost any stru!!le to %aintain it
    6s #itness the lives o3 nearly all o3 the #orl&s !reat creative in&ivi&uals in the arts
    For the creative in&ivi&ual in the arts, 3eels, thou!h he %ay never so eE+ress it, that in
    the ulti%ate inte!rity o3 1eauty alone, resi&es the i%%ortality an& !lory o3 %an.
    Thou!h 1eauty as a +o#er at #ork has al#ays 1een the %otivatin! 3orce an&, the +ath
    o3 the artist
    ,t 1y no %eans concerns the artist alone
    For it is a +o#er at #ork in all o3 our lives
    While it is true that 1eauty &oes not %ean +recisely the sa%e thin! to any t#o
    in&ivi&uals, an& also that the conce+t o3 1eauty an& its %eans o3 eE+ression varies in &i33erent
    a!es an& +laces, yet the real eE+erience o3 1eauty arouses the sa%e kin& o3 3eelin!, a si%ilar
    i%+ulse to &evotion an& a &esire 3or constant har%ony o3 1ein!, in all +eo+le.
    6n& it see%s to #ork in t#o #ays
    ,t is +ri%arily, an elevatin!, trans3or%in! an& uni3yin! +o#er, +erha+s the !reatest there
    is
    6n& secon&ly, it is a searchin! li!ht, that ulti%ately +enetrates all the secret +laces in
    the soul; that leaves no &ark corner, no t#ist o3 hy+ocrisy, no +etty %otive, to its o#n &evices,
    1ut sho#s us the stark truth o3 our +retenses, an& our +ersonal +erversions, 3or eEactly #hat
    they are
    *o that #ith each a&&e& eE+erience o3 1eauty, #ith every increase o3 vision, #e rene#
    an& enlar!e our kno#le&!e o3 the 3act, that the universe
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    has its 1ein! in or&er, in 3ullness o3 1eauty, an& %ay 1eco%e a#are, in so%e &e!ree, o3 our
    o#n &ivinity.
    6n& #e #ill also 1eco%e a#are, 1oth in the outer #orl&, our environ%ent, an& #ithin
    ourselves, o3 &iscre+ancies an& inhar%onies, u!linesses an& ina++ro+riate-nesses, #e #ere
    +reviously 1lin& to.
    6n& #e %ay !ra&ually co%e to reco!niAe, that the +o#er o3 1eauty at #ork in the
    cruci1le o3 the soul, throu!hout the incarnations, is one o3 the severest or&eals that any
    in&ivi&ual can un&er!o
    6n& this even #hile #e co%e to kno# 1eauty as the continuity o3 ecstacy in the hi!her
    li3e o3 %an.
    Theoso+hists kno# that occultis%, #hich is truth +ut into +ractice, is an i%%ense,
    al%ost a &evastatin! +o#er, reHuirin! a !reat care, a care involvin! the use; the livin!,
    a&>ustin!, creative 1alance o3 all the 3aculties, i3 a %an is to avoi& innu%era1le +it3alls, or too
    !reat a &es+on&ency
    6n& the creative in&ivi&ual in the arts, also kno#s, that 1eauty at #ork in the soul, is
    like#ise an i%%ense +o#er, a +o#er that #ill ulti%ately stir the entire %an into li3e an&
    &isclose ten&encies an& te%+tations he #as una#are o3, an& that this nee&s a !reat care, a
    rea&>ust%ent o3 his #hole %ake u+ i3 he is to achieve a ne# an& #i&er 1alance o3 vision
    *o that the theoso+hist an& the creative artist stan& here on so%e#hat co%%on
    !roun&, sharin! a si%ilar hi!h vision, involve& in the sa%e stru!!le, an& usin! the sa%e
    3aculties, thou!h they %ay !ive these &i33erent na%es.
    They 1oth a++roach the unity o3 li3e, an& ins+ire& 1y that vision they have 1oth to
    create their o#n #ay, throu!h #hatever vicissitu&es to#ar&s ulti%ate truth an& 1eauty.
    - Fro% (anadian Theosophist, 5uly 1<, 1F44 7First hal3 o3 a t#o +art
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    TH1 ANT
    - Mark T#ain

    ......"o# an& then, #hile #e reste&, #e #atche& the la1orious ant at his #ork. , 3oun&
    nothin! ne# in hi%, - certainly nothin! to chan!e %y o+inion o3 hi%. ,t see%s to %e that in
    the %atter o3 intellect the ant %ust 1e a stran!ely overrate& 1ir&. Durin! %any su%%ers,
    no#, , have #atche& hi%, #hen , ou!ht to have 1een in 1etter 1usiness, an& , have not yet
    co%e across a livin! ant that see%e& to have any %ore sense than a &ea& one. , re3er to the
    or&inary ant, o3 course; , have ha& no eE+erience o3 those #on&er3ul *#iss an& 63rican ones
    #hich vote, kee+ &rille& ar%ies, hol& slaves, an& &is+ute a1out reli!ion. Those +articular ants
    %ay 1e all that the naturalist +aints the%, 1ut , a% +ersua&e& that the avera!e ant is a sha%.
    , a&%it his in&ustry, o3 course; he is the har&est #orkin! creature in the #orl&, - #hen
    any1o&y is lookin!, - 1ut his leather-hea&e&ness is the +oint , %ake a!ainst hi%. 0e !oes out
    3ora!in!, he %akes a ca+ture, an& then #hat &oes he &o. Go ho%e. "o, -he !oes
    any#here 1ut ho%e. 0e &oesn:t kno# #here ho%e is. 0is ho%e %ay 1e only three 3eet
    a#ay, - no %atter, he can:t 3in& it. 0e %akes his ca+ture, as , have sai&; it is !enerally
    so%ethin! #hich can 1e o3 no sort o3 use to hi%sel3 or any1o&y else; it is usually seven ti%es
    1i!!er than it ou!ht to 1e; he hunts out the a#k#ar&est +lace to take hol& o3 it; he li3ts it
    1o&ily u+ in the air 1y %ain 3orce, an& starts: not to#ar& ho%e, 1ut in the o++osite &irection;
    not cal%ly an& #isely, 1ut #ith a 3rantic haste #hich is #aste3ul o3 his stren!th; he 3etches u+
    a!ainst a +e11le, an& instea& o3 !oin! aroun& it, he cli%1s over it 1ack#ar&s &ra!!in! his
    1ooty a3ter hi%, tu%1les &o#n on the other si&e, >u%+s u+ in a +assion, kicks the &ust o33 his
    clothes, %oistens his han&s, !ra1s his +ro+erty viciously, yanks it this #ay then that, shoves it
    ahea& o3 hi% a %o%ent, turns tail an& lu!s it a3ter hi% another %o%ent, !ets %a&&er an&
    %a&&er, then +resently hoists it into the air an& !oes tearin! a#ay in an entirely ne# &irection;
    co%es to a #ee&; it never occurs to hi% to !o aroun& it; no, he %ust cli%1 it; an& he &oes
    cli%1 it, &ra!!in! his #orthless +ro+erty to the to+ - #hich is as 1ri!ht a thin! to &o as it #oul&
    1e 3or %e to carry a sack o3 3lour 3ro% 0ei&el1er! to $aris 1y #ay o3 *tras1ur! stee+le; #hen
    he !ets u+ there he 3in&s that that is not the +lace; takes a cursory !lance at the scenery an&
    either cli%1s &o#n a!ain or tu%1les &o#n, an& starts o33 once %ore - as usual, in a ne#
    &irection. 6t the en& o3 hal3 an hour, he 3etches u+ #ithin siE inches o3 the +lace he starte&
    3ro% an& lays his 1ur&en &o#n; %eanti%e he has 1een over all the !roun& 3or t#o yar&s
    aroun&, an& cli%1e& all the #ee&s an& +e11les he ca%e across. "o# he #i+es the s#eat
    3ro% his 1ro#, strokes his li%1s, an& then %arches ai%lessly o33, in as violent a hurry as ever.
    0e traverses a !oo& &eal o3 Ai!-Aa! country, an& 1y an& 1y stu%1les on his sa%e 1ooty
    a!ain. 0e &oes not re%e%1er to have ever seen it 1e3ore; he looks aroun& to see #hich is
    not the #ay ho%e, !ra1s his 1un&le an& starts; he !oes throu!h
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    the sa%e a&ventures he ha& 1e3ore; 3inally sto+s to rest, an& a 3rien& co%es alon!.
    ;vi&ently the 3rien& re%arks that a last year:s !rassho++er le! is a very no1le acHuisition, an&
    inHuires #here he !ot it. ;vi&ently the +ro+rietor &oes not re%e%1er eEactly #here he &i& !et
    it, 1ut thinks he !ot it 2aroun& here so%e#here.2 ;vi&ently the 3rien& contracts to hel+ hi%
    3rei!ht it ho%e. Then, #ith a >u&!%ent +eculiarly antic, 7+un not intentional,8 they take hol& o3
    o++osite en&s o3 that !rassho++er le! an& 1e!in to tu! #ith all their %i!ht in o++osite
    &irections. $resently they take a rest an& con3er to!ether. They &eci&e that so%ethin! is
    #ron!, they can:t %ake out #hat. Then they !o at it a!ain, >ust as 1e3ore. *a%e result.
    Mutual recri%inations 3ollo#. ;vi&ently each accuses the other o3 1ein! an o1structionist.
    They #ar% u+, an& the &is+ute en&s in a 3i!ht. They lock the%selves to!ether an& che#
    each other:s >a#s 3or a #hile; then they roll an& tu%1le on the !roun& till one loses a horn or a
    le! an& has to haul o33 3or re+airs. They %ake u+ an& !o to #ork a!ain in the sa%e ol&
    insane #ay, 1ut the cri++le& ant is at a &isa&vanta!e; tu! as he %ay, the other one &ra!s o33
    the 1ooty an& hi% at the en& o3 it. ,nstea& o3 !ivin! u+, he han!s on, an& !ets his shins
    1ruise& a!ainst every o1struction that co%es in the #ay. By an& 1y, #hen that !rassho++er
    le! has 1een &ra!!e& all over the sa%e ol& !roun& once %ore, it is 3inally &u%+e& at a1out
    the s+ot #here it ori!inally lay, the t#o +ers+irin! ants ins+ect it thou!ht3ully an& &eci&e that
    &rie& !rassho++er le!s are a +oor sort o3 +ro+erty a3ter all, an& then each starts o33 in a
    &i33erent &irection to see i3 he can:t 3in& an ol& nail or so%ethin! else that is heavy enou!h to
    a33or& entertain%ent an& at the sa%e ti%e valueless enou!h to %ake an ant #ant to o#n it.
    There in the Black Forest, on the %ountain si&e, , sa# an ant !o throu!h #ith such a
    +er3or%ance as this #ith a &ea& s+i&er o3 3ully ten ti%es his o#n #ei!ht. The s+i&er #as not
    Huite &ea&, 1ut too 3ar !one to resist. 0e ha& a roun& 1o&y the siAe o3 a +ea. The little ant -
    o1servin! that , #as noticin! - turne& hi% on his 1ack, sunk his 3an!s into his throat, li3te& hi%
    into the air an& starte& vi!orously o33 #ith hi%, stu%1lin! over little +e11les, ste++in! on the
    s+i&er:s le!s an& tri++in! hi%sel3 u+, &ra!!in! hi% 1ack#ar&s, shovin! hi% 1o&ily ahea&,
    &ra!!in! hi% u+ stones siE inches hi!h instea& o3 !oin! aroun& the%, cli%1in! #ee&s t#enty
    ti%es his o#n hei!ht an& >u%+in! 3ro% their su%%its,-an& 3inally leavin! hi% in the %i&&le o3
    the roa& to 1e con3iscate& 1y any other 3ool o3 an ant that #ante& hi%. , %easure& the !roun&
    #hich this ass traverse&, an& arrive& at the conclusion that #hat he ha& acco%+lishe& insi&e
    o3 t#enty %inutes #oul& constitute so%e such >o1 as this, - relatively s+eakin!, - 3or a %an;
    to-#it: to stra+ t#o ei!ht-hun&re& +oun& horses to!ether, carry the% ei!hteen hun&re& 3eet,
    %ainly over 7not aroun&8 1o#l&ers avera!in! siE 3eet hi!h, an& in the course o3 the >ourney
    cli%1 u+ an& >u%+ 3ro% the to+ o3 one +reci+ice like "ia!ara, an& three stee+les, each a
    hun&re& an& t#enty 3eet hi!h; an& then +ut the horses &o#n, in an eE+ose& +lace, #ithout
    any1o&y to #atch the%, an& !o o33 to in&ul!e in so%e other i&iotic %iracle 3or vanity:s
    sake........ 7A Tramp AbroadA
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