,,the ,,theosophical ,,path ,,illustrated ,,monthly ,,edited ,,by ,,katherine ,,tingley ,volume ,i ,july-,december1 #aiaa ,,published ,,by ,,the ,,new ,,century ,,corporation ,,point ,,loma1 ,,california1 ,u4 ,s4 ,a4 ,illustration ,,the ,,aryan ,,theosophical ,,press ,point ,loma1 ,california ,,index ,,to ,,the ,,theosophical ,,path ,,volume ,i ,,july-,,december1 #aiaa ,a ,america1 ,ancient 7ill47 ,an ,archaeologist #cbc ,american ,nation1 an ,unknown 7ill47 ,h4 ,s4 ,turner #cdg ,american ,woman in ,poetry1 ,the ,grace ,knoche #ef ,archaeologists1 ,recent ,admissions by ,student #ajg ,aroma of ,athens1 ,the 7ill47 ,dramatic ,critic #ci ,aroma of ,athens1 ,notes on ,the 7ill47 ,kenneth ,morris #db ,art1 ,the ,scope of ,r4 ,w4 ,machell #bj ,astral ,body1 ,the ,h4 ,coryn1 ,m4 ,d41 ,m4 ,r4 ,c4 ,s4 #bd ,astronomy1 ,ancient 7,no4 #a7 ,f4 ,j4 ,dick1 ,m4 ,,inst4 ,c4 ,e4 #fd ,astronomical ,notes ,c4 ,j4 ,ryan #bhg ,australian ,marsupials 7ill47 ,nature ,lover #bif ,b ,birth of ,day1 ,the 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,warwick ,castle1 from the ,avon #djh ,warwick ,castle1 ,inner ,court and ,tower #dji ,y ,yucatan1 ,governor's ,house1 ,uxmal #cbg ,yucatan1 ,the ,castle1 ,chichn ,itz #cbf ,illustration3 ,theosophical ,path's first issue cover page4 ,,the ,,path ,the illustration on the cover of this ,magazine is a reproduction of the mystical and symbolical painting by ,mr4 ,r4 ,machell1 the ,english artist1 now a ,student at the ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters1 ,point ,loma1 ,california4 ,the original is in ,katherine ,tingley's collection at the ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters4 ,the symbolism of this painting is described by the artist as follows3 ,,the ,,path is the way by which the human soul must pass in its evolution to full spiritual self-consciousness4 ,the supreme condition is suggested in this work by the great figure whose head in the upper triangle is lost in the glory of the ,sun above1 and whose feet are in the lower triangle in the waters of ,space1 symbolizing ,spirit and ,matter4 ,his wings fill the middle region representing the motion or pulsation of cosmic life1 while within the octagon are displayed the various planes of consciousness through which humanity must rise to attain to perfect ,manhood4 ,at the top is a winged ,isis1 the ,mother or ,oversoul1 whose wings veil the face of the ,supreme from those below4 ,there is a circle dimly seen of celestial figures who hail with joy the triumph of a new initiate1 one who has reached to the heart of the ,supreme4 ,from that point he looks back with compassion upon all who still are wandering below and turns to go down again to their help as a ,savior of ,men4 ,below him is the red wing of the guardians who strike down those who have not the password1 symbolized by the white flame floating over the head of the purified aspirant4 ,two children1 representing purity1 pass up unchallenged4 ,in the center of the picture is a warrior who has slain the dragon of illusion1 the dragon of the lower self1 and is now prepared to cross the gulf by using the body of the dragon as his bridge 7for we rise on steps made of conquered weaknesses1 the slain dragon of the lower nature74 ,on one side two women climb1 one helped by the other whose robe is white and whose flame burns bright as she helps her weaker sister4 ,near them a man climbs from the darkness2 he has money bags hung at his belt but no flame above his head and already the spear of a guardian of the fire is poised above him ready to strike the unworthy in his hour of triumph4 ,not far off is a bard whose flame is veiled by a red cloud 7passion7 and who lies prone1 struck down by a guardian's spear2 but as he lies dying1 a ray from the heart of the ,supreme reaches him as a promise of future triumph in a later life4 ,on the other side is a student of magic1 following the light from a crown 7ambition7 held aloft by a floating figure who has led him to the edge of the precipice over which for him there is no bridge2 he holds his book of ritual and thinks the light of the dazzling crown comes from the ,supreme1 but the chasm awaits its victim4 ,by his side his faithful follower falls unnoticed by him1 but a ray from the heart of the ,supreme falls upon her also1 the reward of selfless devotion1 even in a bad cause4 ,lower still in the underworld1 a child stands beneath the wings of the foster mother 7material ,nature7 and receives the equipment of the ,knight1 symbols of the powers of the ,soul1 the sword of power1 the spear of will1 the helmet of knowledge and the coat of mail1 the links of which are made of past experiences4 ,it is said in an ancient book3 ,the ,path is one for all1 the ways that lead thereto must vary with the pilgrim4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,path ,the ,theosophical ,path ,an ,international ,magazine ,unsectarian and nonpolitical ,monthly ,illustrated ,illustration ,devoted to the ,brotherhood of ,humanity1 the promulgation of ,theosophy1 the study of ancient modern ,ethics1 ,philosophy1 ,science and ,art1 and to the uplifting and purification of ,home and ,national ,life ,edited by ,katherine ,tingley ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters1 ,point ,loma1 ,california1 ,u4,s4,a4 ,the ,secret ,doctrine is the common property of the countless millions of men born under various climates1 in times with which ,history refuses to deal1 and to which esoteric teachings assign dates incompatible with the theories of ,geology and ,anthropology4 ,the birth and evolution of the ,sacred ,science of the ,past are lost in the very night of ,time4444 ,it is only by bringing before the reader an abundance of proofs all tending to show that in every age1 under every condition of civilization and knowledge1 the educated classes of every nation made themselves the more or less faithful echoes of one identical system and its fundamental traditions--that he can be made to see that so many streams of the same water must have had a common source from which they started4 ,what was this source8444 ,there must be truth and fact in that which every people of antiquity accepted and made the foundation of its religions and its faith4--,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky1 in ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 ,,ii1 #gid ,,the ,,theosophical ,,path ,,katherine ,,tingley1 ,,editor ,,vol4 ,i ,,july1 #aiaa ,,no4 #a ,,the ,,rebirth ,,of ,,christianity3 by ,h4 ,t4 ,edge1 ,b4 ,a4 7,cantab47 ,among ideas which ,theosophists have been proclaiming for many years1 and which are now finding expression through other channels1 though in piecemeal and modified form1 are those connected with the ,christ story and ,christianity4 ,current ,literature1 in reviewing ,the ,christ ,myth1 by ,professor ,dr4 ,arthur ,drews of ,karlsruhe1 says3 ,in essence the argument of the book is that all the main ideas of ,christianity existed in the world prior to the birth of ,christ1 and that the hero of the ,new ,testament is an imaginative conception rather than an actual personality4 ,the opening chapters illuminate the history of the ,messianic idea4 ,this idea1 ,professor ,drews contends1 is rooted in ,persia and ,greece1 as well as in the ,jewish consciousness4 ,the ,persians dreamed of a divine friend or mediator who should deliver them in the eternal struggle between light and darkness1 between ,ormuzd and ,ahriman4 ,the ,greeks conceived a mediatory ,word or ,logos which should come to the aid of human weakness and identify man with ,god4 ,even more strongly1 among the ,jews1 persisted the thought that a ,son of ,god must intercede with ,jehovah in behalf of his people4 ,such utterances as the above are growing common1 both from without the churches and from within4 ,people are beginning to realize that they have not made the most of their religious traditions2 that there is more in them than they have so far gotten out of them4 ,they suspect that the ,gospel narratives contain valuable truths that have been missed4 ,the ,christ is not merely a personality1 but also a symbol1 as is shown by the above writer2 a symbol of the ,divine in ,man1 recognized by the world ages before the ,christian era4 ,the importance of the ,christian ,gospel today consists in its power to help us to realize that we are ,divine in essence1 and to aid us on the ,path or ,way which leads to a realization of that ,divinity4 ,is it possible that now1 for the first time1 after all these centuries1 the real import of that ,gospel is about to be grasped8 that the age-long worship of a wrong ideal--that of the personal ,god and his rewards and punishments1 his propitiations and forgivenesses--is about to depart and make room for a more virile and ennobling1 as well as more rational and holier faith8 ,is it possible that a ,resurrection is in progress1 a ,resurrection of ,christ from the tomb in which we have buried him8#a #a ,the reader of course will not think any allusion is here made to a possible physical appearance of ,christ4 ,such preposterous suggestions are made in some quarters1 but it is needless to say ,theosophy has nothing to do with them4--,h4 ,t4 ,e4 ,what we understand by a ,resurrection of ,christ is the ,resurrection of the ancient but buried truth that ,man is essentially ,divine--to replace the idea that he is essentially evil4 ,this latter idea emphasizes the lower side of man's nature and actually weakens his faith in the ,divine ,power4 ,having thus lost his faith1 he assumes an attitude of expectation and deprecation1 praying to an imaginary deity instead of invoking by action the real ,divinity within4 ,ancient symbology1 to which the above writer refers as being substantially identical with that of the ,christian ,gospel1 speaks of the ,father and the ,son4 ,by the word ,father was understood the ,supreme2 the ,son was the ,word1 the ,divine life in ,man1 which turned him from an animal being to what he is4 ,through the ,son we approach the ,father2 that is1 man must invoke the power of his own ,higher ,self4 ,another ancient teaching1 taught in fables as well as sacred allegories1 is that only by acting can man invoke the ,divine aid4 ,the ,divine gift to ,man is the ,will1 and he himself is the only one who can exert it4 ,the fable tells that a carter invoked ,hercules to lift his cart out of a rut1 and ,hercules told him to put his own shoulder to the wheel4 ,for ,hercules means strength1 and strength is invoked by exerting it4 ,in the same way we have to assert our ,divinity by acting in a ,divine way2 and it seems that the ,gospels give us ample instructions4 ,it may be that this was after all the real message1 and that those who gave it have been waiting all this time for man to get up off his knees and be somebody4 ,there are many religious gospels in the world1 but they are all modifications of one great eternal gospel4 ,that one gospel1 clothed in many garbs1 legendary1 allegoric1 theological1 is the ,drama of the ,soul in its pilgrimage through life1 its struggles with great adversaries1 and its final victory4 ,christianity contains the same ancient wisdom2 it has been covered over with accretions of theology and ecclesiasticism2 it is now being disentombed4 ,the process is a long and eventful one2 for people cling fondly to old habits1 and many still hope that they will be able to admit everything and yet set early medieval theology on the summit as the crowning revelation4 ,the success with which they can do this depends upon what they can make of ,christianity1 for the less cannot contain the greater4 ,the personal ,christ and the doctrine of the ,atonement 7in its familiar theological form7 together constitute the rock on which there is most likelihood of a split4 ,but this doctrine 7that is1 in its present form7 will have to go1 for it is inconsistent with the views of life that are now gaining ground4 ,for one thing1 it is not sufficiently international2 it is too much like a gospel of salvation peculiar to ,western civilization4 ,eastern religions are already amply provided with similar machinery in their own systems1 and are not likely to give up their own for ours4 ,again1 the theological doctrine of ,atonement includes the remission of sins1 in the sense that the sinner is relieved from the consequences of his sins by a special act of intercession and vicarious suffering4 ,it is useless for ,christians to deny that such is the teaching1 for it is expressly stated thus by eminent authorities whom we might quote2 besides it is this very fact of remission that lends force to the appeal made to our weak desires and hopes2 it is held up as a great advantage possessed by ,christianity4 ,this teaching is repugnant to our innate sense of justice1 to our manliness1 and to our best conceptions of ,divine ,wisdom4 ,it is felt to be more in harmony with ,law that man should work out the full consequences of all his acts1 both good and bad1 reaping the consequent joy and grief4 ,the remission of sins does not mean an excusing from the penalty1 but a purification of the man so that he will not commit any more sins4 ,man is justified1 sanctified1 and saved1 by the ,divine grace acting within and changing his heart--not by a propitiatory sacrifice and a mere formal act of belief4 ,and so the real doctrine of ,atonement will have to take the place of the other4 ,the making one1 or reconciliation1 between the human soul and its ,divine counterpart--that is the real ,atonement4 ,by it1 man repudiates his false self1 and recognizes his real ,self2 deposes the animal nature from the throne of his heart and establishes the kingdom of righteousness therein4 ,but in the world just now there is a mighty battle between powers that tend to enslave man and keep him down1 and powers that tend to liberate him4 ,the former will try to perpetuate theological dogmatism and man's fear of himself4 ,the latter will ever strive to give him back his self-respect and faith in his own ,divinity4 ,christians love to speak of the greatness of their religion1 but little do they realize how great it is4 ,the ,bible is printed in hundreds of millions1 and enthusiastic evangelists place a copy in every hotel room2 but it is a more precious treasure than they wot of4 ,enshrined within the verses of that strange literary compost1 preserved in the misunderstood symbols of that religion1 are records of the ,wisdom-,religion1 the world's eternal gospel of ,truth4 ,its teachings can indeed make us free1 for they show us how to evoke the power of the ,word4 ,unless we can use our ,will--the ,spiritual ,will1 not the feeble1 selfish1 personal will--we cannot be saved2 else would the ,creator have his heaven furnished with rescued dummies4 ,when ,man was gifted with ,divine prerogatives of ,will and ,intelligence1 he was thereby made a responsible self-acting being2 he must redeem himself by his own 7,god-given7 volition1 not lay aside his initiative in weak reliance on some other will4 ,and the ,spiritual ,will is of the ,heart2 and of the ,heart also is ,wisdom2 yet man in his unredeemed state obeys the leading of the desires and the false images they breed in the imagination4 ,therefore he will remain enslaved to these desires and will fail to understand the meaning of life unless he cultivates the impersonal ,divine life within him4 ,the teaching of the ,gospel is directed to showing us how to enter this ,way4 ,to the ignorant the ,master speaks in parables2 but to you it is given to understand the mysteries of the kingdom4 ,a priceless privilege1 but how repudiated6 ,if we would but carry out the injunctions of ,jesus the ,christ1 instead of making his personality into a ,god--which surely he himself would never have wished--we should be worthier disciples and the greater gainers4 ,,the ,,new ,,egyptology ,,and ,,the ,,theosophical ,,records3 by ,charles ,j4 ,ryan ,the interesting problem of the origin of ,egyptian culture is still unsolved by archaeologists1 though many new facts have been recently discovered which seem to be leading to something definite4 ,nestor ,l',hte said sixty years ago3 ,the further one penetrates into antiquity towards the origins of ,egyptian art1 the more perfect are the products of that art1 as though the genius of the people1 inversely to that of others1 was formed suddenly4444 ,egyptian art we only know in its decadence4 ,m4 ,jean ,capart1 the eminent ,belgian ,egyptologist1 ,keeper of the ,egyptian ,antiquities at the ,royal ,museum1 ,brussels1 supports that opinion1 saying1 in his recent work on ,primitive ,art in ,egypt1 that ,m4 ,l',hte's conclusion was and remains legitimate4 ,since ,l',hte's time fine works of art and astonishing beauty have been found in tombs of the ,third ,dynasty of ,egyptian ,pharaohs1 about whom nothing--or next to nothing--was known until lately2 even the ,fourth ,dynasty1 the so-called ,pyramid ,builders1 being historically very obscure1 no agreement as to their date having been come to yet4 ,it is fairly decided that they lived more than four or five thousands years ,b4 ,c4 ,maspero1 speaking of some paintings of the extremely ancient ,third ,dynasty1 says3 ,the ,egyptians were animal painters of the highest power1 and they never gave better proof of it than in this picture4 ,no modern painter could have seized with more spirit and humor the heavy gait of the goose1 the curves of its neck1 the pretentious carriage of its head1 and the markings of its plumage4 ,the human figure was also represented with great artistic skill at the same early period4 ,even then the characteristic full-faced eye in the profile face was a firmly established convention4 ,we do not know the reasons for this1 but it cannot have been accidental4 ,according to ,dr4 ,petrie1 the great ,egyptian explorer1 the commencement of the ,egyptian civilization that we call classical1 the ,egypt of the ,pharaohs with its hieroglyphs1 its established style of art1 its complicated religion and philosophy1 dates back to not less than ,b4 ,c4 #ejjj4 ,this would be the time of the ,first ,dynasty4 ,think what that means6 ,a stretch of splendid civilization before the beginning of the ,christian era about five times as long as the period that has elapsed since the time of ,king ,alfred to this day1 a period which has included almost or quite all that we look upon as worthy of consideration in our history6 ,and yet back of ,dr4 ,petrie's ,first ,dynastic age we now find ourselves face to face with a prehistoric ,egyptian civilization or civilizations of absolutely unknown age1 possibly of a hundred thousand years duration4 ,the one that immediately preceded the ,dynastic or ,pharaonic is supposed to be of ,libyan origin4 ,the possibility at least of a civilization of a hundred thousand years' duration should offer little difficulty even to the most critical1 now that we have found a well-formed skull and skeleton near ,london differing very little from the modern type of ,englishman1 and estimated to be at least #agj1jjj years old4 ,long ago ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky said in ,the ,secret ,doctrine and elsewhere that some form of ,egyptian civilization had existed for an immensely longer period than the archaeologists imagine1 and ,katherine ,tingley has reasserted this most emphatically1 saying that ,egyptian civilization will be proved to be even older than the 7historic7 ,indian4 ,archaeologists have always felt a great and peculiar difficulty in comprehending the sudden appearance of the high culture of the first ,dynastic periods4 ,it is impossible to believe that ,egypt's greatness arose full-fledged1 without long preparation1 and yet where are the evidences of development8 ,m4 ,jean ,capart1 the ,belgian authority referred to above1 has devoted great attention to this problem1 and his conclusions are of interest to the student of ,theosophy4 ,he considers it exceedingly probable that gradual invasions or colonizations of a highly cultured race broke into the simpler ,egyptian civilization from the ,south or ,south-east4 ,these people1 coming from the ,land of the ,gods1 ,punt1 which is commonly supposed to be ,somaliland1 he thinks came originally from some ,asiatic country1 bringing with them their arts and sciences and religion4 ,as they blended with the ,libyan inhabitants of ,egypt1 who possessed their own distinctive civilization1 they established their already formed culture1 and the combination produced what we call the ,dynastic or classic ,egyptian civilization4 ,this would explain the origin of the classic ,egyptian forms on reasonable grounds1 and furthermore would make it clear why the ,egyptians had so many things in common with the ,hinds in matters of religion1 such as the respect paid to the ,cow as a symbol of ,divine ,power4 ,illustration3 ,,hall ,,of ,,columns1 ,,karnak1 ,,egypt ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,symbolic ,,statue ,,of ,,horus1 ,,son ,,of ,,osiris ,,and ,,isis ,,in ,,the ,,act ,,of ,,purifying ,a ,,king ,,mus,e ,,national ,,du ,,louvre1 ,,paris ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 in ,isis ,unveiled1 quotes the following from the ancient ,hind historian1 ,kullka-,bhatta3 ,under the reign of ,viv-mitra1 first king of the ,dynasty of ,soma-,vanga1 in consequence of a battle which lasted five days1 ,manu-,vina1 heir of the ancient kings1 being abandoned by the ,brhmans1 emigrated with all his companions1 passing through rya1 and the countries of ,barria1 till he came to the shores of ,masra4 7,vol4 ,i1 p4 #fbg7 ,she adds3 rya is ,eran 7,persia72 ,barria is ,arabia1 and ,masra was the name of ,cairo1 which to this day is called ,masr1 ,musr1 and ,misro4 7,ibid47 ,mitsram was the ,hebrew name for the land of ,cham1 ,egypt4 ,dr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,w4 ,budge1 the learned ,keeper of the ,egyptian and ,assyrian antiquities in the ,british ,museum1 says he believes that a series of carvings on the walls of the ,temple of ,edf1 represent the invaders in prehistoric times1 who made their way into ,egypt1 from a country in the ,east1 by way of the ,red ,sea4444 ,in later times the indigenous priesthoods merged the legendary history of the deified king of the ,blacksmiths is that of ,horus1 the god of heaven in the earliest times1 and in that of ,r which belonged to a later period4 ,the mythical story of ,horus conquering ,nubia and ,egypt1 with which ,dr4 ,budge thinks the true story of incursion was blended1 contains the significant assertions that the warriors of ,horus1 the ,blacksmiths1 were armed with weapons of metal1 and chains1 and were expert builders4 ,according to the ,theosophical records the ,great ,pyramid was built long before the fifth millennium ,b4 ,c4 ,there are many mysteries connected with that most stupendous work of man which have not yet been suspected by the ,egyptologists1 not the least of which is the problem of its date and its builder2 but1 so far as they go1 the stories of ,horus' invasion and ,m4 ,capart's luminous suggestions as to the origin of the ,dynastic ,egyptian civilization1 are not inconsistent with the account of ,kullka-,bhatta2 and in the light of the new discoveries of one or more prehistoric civilizations in the ,nile ,valley1 it looks as if the teachings of ,theosophy were being vindicated in a way that was not dreamed of by archaeologists in the days when ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky opened a small window into the mysterious past of glorious ,egypt4 ,,the ,,scope ,,of ,,art3 by ,r4 ,w4 ,machell ,a writer in a ,london weekly 7,black and ,white7 makes one or two points in reference to art that are worthy of notice4 ,he says that it is nonsense to talk of art elevating the people1 because it is itself the index of their condition4 ,this is just one of those simple fallacies that contain a sufficient amount of the truth to make them misleading4 ,art is not an index of the condition of the people1 but only of a very small part of the people2 it would be more true to say that the popular appreciation of art is such an index2 but it is not true to say or to imply that the condition of the people governs its range or scope4 ,we are constantly met by the experience of art that is unappreciated by the people in whose midst it appears4 ,it is necessary to understand the complex nature of man and the vast range of human evolution to be able to see how one man may appear in a nation and display a degree of progress far in advance of his fellows1 who also are all in varying stages of their long evolution4 ,the progressed soul incarnates perhaps in a body just like those of the rest of the race1 because it cannot get a better2 and so it is not at once recognized as an older soul1 and for want of right education the man himself may be unable to account for the difference between himself and his fellows of which he is conscious2 and so1 being unaware of his own inherent divinity and of his relation to his fellows1 he may not recognize his responsibility to them as a natural leader1 fitted by greater experience to show a light on the path of human progress1 and required by ,karma or by his kinship to his fellows1 to use his experience1 or his talents1 or his genius1 for their guidance rather than for his own glory4 ,then passing to the subject of the recent sale of the famous ,rembrandt to an ,american he very wisely points out that this is a private matter1 and not in any way a national or an artistic point of interest4 ,as said1 the picture 7not an ,english painting7 was not in any sense a national possession1 nor was it of any importance in the art-life of the nation that it should be added to the already large collection of the master's works now owned by the ,national ,gallery4 ,what the writer maintains is vital to a nation1 is to encourage and to appreciate the art of its own day and of its own artists4 ,now here we meet the deplorable parochialism that does duty for patriotism1 and which is so utterly out of place in connexion with art2 for art is not national but universal1 and1 further1 it is not modern or ancient1 but again universal2 so that an attempt to limit the sympathies of art-lovers to the products of their own age or of their own nation is bound to fail1 and can only be tolerated as an antidote to an excessive worship of what is old or of what is foreign1 these being matters of perhaps no consequence at all4 ,it is of course well that people should do the duty that lies nearest to hand first1 and so if it be a duty to encourage1 to endow1 or to patronize art1 that duty should begin at home4 ,but this again is a very narrow way of looking at the matter4 ,it is not at all essential that art should be national2 on the contrary1 art is universal and cannot be bound by any such limits4 ,no barriers stand in the way of one who would admire a foreign painting2 one may speak no language but one's own and yet find as much beauty1 joy1 and inspiration in foreign works of art as in those produced by men of one's own nationality4 ,a visitor to a collection of works of art has to be told by a catalog1 or he would not know1 what country produced any particular work2 so it is with music1 and largely with architecture2 indeed that which is of ,art is universal3 the national characteristics are limitations imposed by circumstances upon the free expression of the soul4 ,the soul of man is not eternally bound within the limits of one nation1 but must1 in the course of constant reincarnations upon earth1 experience the limitations of many varying nationalities4 ,it is bound to the great human family2 and it may be1 for a certain period1 identified with a special group4 ,nations are evanescent1 though family groups may survive1 and though an artist may be intimately bound by many ties with the destinies of some one group or family or race1 in its reincarnations and in its varying national appearances1 yet the artistic part of his nature is just that higher part that rises beyond such limits and appeals to all humanity1 and it is the higher part of human nature that responds to the appeal of art and disregards all other limitations1 such as questions of time or place or nationality1 rising to what is more broadly human or more divine in the nature of man4 ,for ,brotherhood is a fact in nature1 and the soul responds unconsciously to the call of the ,soul in all nature and in all humanity in such degree as it is able to throw off for a time the temporary bonds of local conditions4 ,so it is a matter rather of satisfaction to see works of art circulating around the world and awaking the deeper sympathies that tend to unite humanity4 ,,music ,,and ,,life3 by ,william ,a4 ,dunn ,there is not a problem which perplexes human life that may not be loosened and solved by the aid of music4 ,based as it is upon the vibratory movements of ,nature1 and subject to rigid mathematical law and geometrical ratio1 music represents an incorruptible and direct medium between the higher and lower natures of man4 ,its dynamical and spiritual power proceeds from the blend of its related vibrating numbers2 which blend is that living force 7within outward harmony7 that electrifies the heart and mind and lifts the whole nature to the plane of soul4 ,it is that living field of energy in which all numbers1 all forces1 all substances1 are lost in the unity of least-common-multiple of all possible vibrations4 ,it is the ,veil of ,isis4 ,no motion can take place without causing sound4 ,this must be equally true of atomic and planetary movements1 and all that lies between4 ,all sounds that appear to the senses as different must obviously vibrate in some universal medium which permits movement and unifies their seeming diversity4 ,it is the actual presence of such a medium in man which enables him to perceive that which music is the expression of4 ,notes and chords are merely alphabetical symbols4 ,these are classified and combined to express ideas as truly as words are combined to convey the thought that lies beyond them4 ,it has been said that ,the ,universe is built by number4 ,this is obvious truth when all natural forces and elements are conceived of as modes of vibration 7as they actually are7 blending and interblending in the universal etheric medium1 according to the immutable law of harmonious ratios4 ,why should the etheric world be thought of as an abstraction or a far-off possibility8 ,it is in reality a nearer thing in life than its comparatively trifling contents4 ,all our thoughts and feelings move in it as their medium1 and the process of self-conquest is nothing more than to live in this our universal home1 and harmonize dissociated thoughts and feelings into musical symphonies4 ,this is not rhapsody1 but sober common sense1 as true for the field-laborer as for the philosopher4 ,as we all live in and breathe the same physical atmosphere1 so do we all think and feel in the same mental ether4 ,this fact explains why ,brotherhood is a fact in nature4 ,to accept this principle of ,brotherhood as the point from which life is viewed is equivalent to mounting to the hill-top of life from which the surrounding scenery can be seen4 ,down in the valley a single wall can shut out the whole prospect4 ,a text-book on chemistry may be consulted with profit as illustrating this fact4 ,a few general principles or laws classify millions of separate facts into harmonious knowledge4 ,the science of chemistry is also the science of true music4 ,schopenhauer speaks of music as immediate and direct an objectivation or copy of the ,will of the world as the world itself is1 as the ideas are of which the universe of things is the phenomenon4 ,music is not the copy of the ideas1 but a representation of the cosmical ,will co-ordinate with the ideas themselves4 ,the literal truth of this statement is known by all who have had contact with that which creates1 and breathes life into1 a musical masterpiece4 ,the audible notes and phrases are merely classified symbols which express something beyond them1 just as the parts of a dynamo are adjusted as medium for the expression of the universal electrical power4 ,music1 in itself1 is the universal life of ,nature as she is in vibration4 ,every movement1 from that of planet down to minute atom1 emits tone4 ,it is absurd to imagine that our octave of audible receptivity limits the universal fact4 ,it can only do so for us4 ,the refining and extension of receptive range of hearing must undoubtedly reveal the music which ever surrounds our self-imposed deafness4 ,all discoveries and advances in knowledge are simply this3 the unfolding of organs of receptivity in which some universal fact may reflect itself4 ,all knowledge and power exist eternally4 ,man is the only variant 7because of his power of choice7 and he cripples himself in imagining that the revelation of limited organs of receptivity are equivalent to the universal fact4 ,let us picture a great music hall in which an orchestra is performing4 ,no matter what sounds proceed from the many instruments1 their united tones vibrate through every particle of air in the building simultaneously4 ,sound waves may be many1 but1 every atom of air is participant in all these at one and the same instant4 ,the atom therefore is the synthetic point of universal unity4 ,man is an atom in that grand temple of music--the solar system4 ,through him passes every movement or sound propagated by planet or sun--and all the lesser movements to which they give rise4 ,we actually participate in the total vibration of solar life1 but are blind to this because the brain consciousness is attached to a few external sound waves and sets up a conscious focus amid these4 ,a musician will tell us how easily the mind may select a single orchestral instrument and follow its melody to the exclusion of the adjacent parts4 ,how truly this illustrates our separate personal lives6 ,it is impossible to lose anything by detachment from the personal grooves to which so much importance is attached4 ,we can only fall into ,that which gives the utmost blessing4 ,that silence and solitariness which usually follow the storm of true effort1 is the womb of fuller life4 ,the old life has passed1 the new not yet born1 and we are apt to despond4 ,but courage and patience will surely lead to living joy1 for the new life dawns when the inner self is ready to receive it4 ,right thought1 right feeling1 and unending patience1 will without doubt make all things clear1 and from the heart will arise the total music of life1 vibrating in tune with all that is4 ,,the ,,astral ,,body3 by ,h4 ,a4 ,w4 ,coryn1 ,m4,d41 ,m4,r4,c4,s4 ,it is safe to say that science will never accept the astral body--by that name3 at any rate not until philosophy accepts the prototypal ,ideas of ,plato4 ,yet the evidence1 if not for them1 then for something discharging the same function and therefore after all for them--is irresistible4 ,one thinks first of the growth of living animal tissues in glass jars1 demonstrated at the ,rockefeller ,institute4 ,removed from the body to which they belong and placed in nutritive fluids which they can absorb1 they attain a size that would constitute them fatal diseases if they were in situ at home4 ,they would in fact be malignant growths of highly organized types4 ,why don't they grow to that size8 ,because the nervous system restrains them within the limit of usefulness4 ,how does the nervous system know that limit8 ,has it a picture in its mind1 a plan according to which it works1 according to which it variously restricts or encourages8 ,when some of the molluscs are cut in two each half grows the part it has lost1 the head an after-part1 the after-part a head4 ,two animals result1 each exactly like the original4 ,as the severed cells are called upon to perform and do perform new and unexpected work1 what and where is the architectural plan by which they do it8 ,the cells of a leaf have finished their growth4 ,now comes their work1 the fixing of carbon from the air1 transpiration1 and so on4 ,but cut off1 say1 a begonia leaf and place it on damp soil properly protected4 ,it proceeds at once upon a wholly new program1 sending down roots1 sending up stalk1 fresh leaves1 and finally flower4 ,it is obviously working according to a plan4 ,when a germ cell or seed does that the problem can be concealed by talking about its chemical constitution and so forth4 ,we are told that the seed behaves as it does because it is constituted by nature to do so1 molecularly arranged for just that function4 ,but the cells of the leaf were not arranged for that but for quite other functions4 ,how come they to be able to stop their proper line of work and follow this one1 generating not only leaves like themselves but all other parts of the plant including seeds8 ,we are of course pressing the problem of heredity1 the persistence of racial and family type4 ,but heredity is only a word that expresses the observed facts without a gleam of explanation4 ,the consciousness of the mollusc1 as an individual1 and that of the leaf on a lower plane1 can be only sensational4 ,they do not intelligently arrange and design what they are doing4 ,but to ascribe it to molecular mechanism only1 is no better than to say ,god did it4 ,either is such a form of mere words as unwise parents throw at a too questioning child to stop1 without satisfying1 its mind4 ,no idea corresponds4 ,the gap in conception remains exactly what it was4 ,when a chimney is blown down1 the builder notes the gap and builds another4 ,his mind contains a picture of what ought to be there4 ,an architect does not deliver the whole plan of his building to each of the workmen4 ,each follows his ordinary work1 being merely told where to begin and when to stop4 ,when all of them have done their part the building is complete4 ,why may we not suppose that the cutting-in-two of a mollusc constitutes some such appeal to some intelligence somewhere in nature as the missing chimney constitutes to the builder8 ,the force flowing in the cells of the injured animal is thereupon directed to the work unexpectedly required4 ,science now speaks freely of human subconsciousness1 meaning sub-mental consciousness in man4 ,and it knows that that sub-mental consciousness can1 when properly called upon 7and also habitually on its own account71 do reparative work upon the body whose method is not comprehensible to the man himself4 ,it is1 within its limits1 intelligent2 it knows what it has to do and what it is wanted to do2 and it commands the necessary forces--which are beyond the man's reach1 owner of them as he may be or think he is4 ,this subconsciousness is embodied with the man1 but is not the man and is not an ego4 ,may it not be regarded as a part of nature-consciousness1 focused in an organic body and with the intelligence necessary to do its work8 ,and it does not follow that the lower down the scale of mental intelligence is an organism1 the lower down a parallel scale is this intelligence4 ,what we call1 when in our own bodies1 the subconscious1 may be just as fully present and just as intelligently at work1 in the bodies of plants and animals4 ,if we say that the plan of repair and the plans of hereditary type are in the conscious intelligence of this diffused nature-mind1 we are at any rate reasonably proceeding from the known and not glossing the unknown with mere words4 ,the astral body of any plant or animal is its plan of structure in this nature-mind4 ,it is subjective substance1 just as is a picture in our own mind4 ,and it contains the vital energy necessary for the guidance of the protoplasmic matter that will clothe it1 an energy that guides but is not one of the physical forces4 ,as an analogy from higher up the planes of being1 conscience guides mental thoughts and desires but is not among their number nor of their nature4 ,it is the divine-astral form or plan1 of what the thinking man should be4 ,on both planes the form and the guiding energy setting from it become the negative and positive aspects of one thing4 ,,the ,,birth ,,of ,,day by ,a4 ,f4 ,w4 7,manchester1 ,n4 ,h47 ,from the darkness1 ,o ,eternal ,one1 ,from the pale light of diamond stars1 ,from the quietude of dreamless night1 ,into the grayness and the formless mist1 ,comes the first whisper1 the first murmur ,of ,life awakening4 ,merges then the dim outline and the shadow1 ,floating nothings1 pregnant with the promise ,of the coming birth of ,morning4 ,gradually1 slowly1 silently1 ,the shapes resolve themselves ,and grow less misty and more huge2 ,the grayness becomes less gray2 ,and1 as it so becomes1 the horizon ,erstwhile faint and indistinct1 ,slowly as a line appears1 not sharp1 ,but blended with both earth and sky4 ,a sleepy twitter from the birds1 the first call ,of mate to mate2 the faint1 soft rustle ,of the leaves1 the vapor rising from the earth-- ,all betoken the oncoming4 ,the ghostly outlines of the forms ,are clearer now2 and the vivid streamers ,of the eastern sky change to the white light ,of the advancing ,morn4 ,now approach the fuller tones of nature3 ,insistent the notes of the tiny feathered ones1 ,and from the nests and branches come ,the piping calls to morning quest4 ,now the silver white takes on the faint ,tinging of the purple glow4 ,the purple to a blue transforms itself2 ,the gnomes of dawn are hard at work ,transmuting the base metal into finer gold4 ,as distant fire1 urging on the horses of wild ,fear ,mounts higher and more high1 ,so ,apollo urges on his horses1 and the golden gleam ,of his chariot heralds itself ,to follow after4 ,the horizon blazes with the power of ,light-- ,more red and fiery grows the hue2 ,a point appears1 a rim1 an arc ,of coppery luster2 then ,glowing with the radiance of the parent ,life ,the ,sun6--,and ,day is born4 ,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky ,,and ,,the ,,theosophical ,,society ,in #ahhg ,william ,q4 ,judge wrote of the ,theosophical ,society and ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky as follows3 ,the ,society has had1 like all sentient beings1 its periods of growth1 and now we believe it has become an entity capable of feeling and having intelligence4 ,its body is composed of molecules1 each one of which is a member of the ,society2 its mental power is derived from many quarters1 and it has a sensibility that is felt and shared by each one of us4 ,for these reasons we think it is a wise thing for a person to join this body1 and a wiser yet to work heart and soul for it4 ,and we would have no one misunderstand how we look upon ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky4 ,she is the greatest woman in this world in our opinion1 and greater than any man moving among men4 ,disputes and slanders about what she has said and done move us not1 for we know by personal experience her real virtues and powers4 ,since #ahge she has stood as the champion and helper of every ,theosophist2 each member of the ,society has to thank her for the store of knowledge and spiritual help that has lifted so many of us from doubt to certainty of where and how ,truth might be found2 lovers of truth and seekers after spiritual knowledge will know her worth only when she has passed from earth2 had she had more help and less captious criticism from those who called themselves co-laborers1 our ,society would today be better and more able to inform its separate units while it resisted its foes4 ,during all these years1 upon her devoted head has concentrated the weighty ,karma accumulated in every direction by the unthinking body of ,theosophists2 and whether they will believe it or not1 the ,society had died long ago1 were it not for her4 ,the following are extracts from an article also by ,william ,q4 ,judge1 written after ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's death3 ,,that which men call death is but a change of location for the ,ego--the immortal self--a mere transformation1 a forsaking for a time of the mortal frame1 a short period of rest before one reassumes another human frame in the world of mortals4 ,the ,lord of this body is nameless2 dwelling in numerous tenements of clay1 it appears to come and go2 but neither death nor time can claim it1 for it is deathless1 unchangeable1 and pure1 beyond ,time itself1 and not to be measured4 ,so our old friend and fellow-worker has merely passed for a short time out of sight1 but has not given up the work begun so many ages ago--the uplifting of humanity1 the destruction of the shackles that enslave the human mind4444 ,that she always knew what would be done by the world in the way of slander and abuse ,i also know1 for in #ahge she told me that she was then embarking on a work that would draw upon her unmerited slander1 implacable malice1 uninterrupted misunderstanding1 constant work1 and no worldly reward4 ,yet in the face of this her lion heart carried her on4 ,nor was she unaware of the future of the ,society4 ,in #ahgf she told me in detail the course of the ,society's growth for future years1 of its infancy1 of its struggles1 of its rise into the luminous zone of the public mind2 and these prophecies are being all fulfilled4 ,her aim was to elevate the race4 ,her method was to deal with the mind of the century as she found it1 by trying to lead it on step by step2 to seek out and educate a few who1 appreciating the majesty of the ,secret ,science and devoted to the great orphan ,humanity1 could carry on her work with zeal and wisdom2 to found a ,society whose efforts--however small itself might be--would inject into the thought of the day the ideas1 the doctrines1 the nomenclature of the ,wisdom-,religion1 so that when the next century shall have seen its seventy-fifth year the new messenger coming again into the world would find the ,society still at work1 the ideas sown broadcast1 the nomenclature ready to give expression and body to the immutable ,truth1 and thus to make easy the task which for her since #ahge was so difficult and so encompassed with obstacles4 ,illustration3 ,,helena ,,petrovna ,,blavatsky ,,foundress ,,of ,,the ,,theosophical ,,society ,illustration3 ,,the ,,leaders ,,of ,,the ,,theosophical ,,movement ,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky ,,katherine ,,tingley ,,william ,q4 ,,judge ,,the ,,path--,,some ,,words ,,of ,,william ,q4 ,,judge ,in #ahhf1 ,william ,q4 ,judge1 the pupil and colleague and afterwards the successor of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 founded and edited ,the ,path1 the first ,american ,theosophical magazine4 ,after his death1 this magazine was continued by his successor1 ,katherine ,tingley1 and was by her finally merged into and combined with a weekly magazine1 published under the title of the ,century ,path4 ,this has again given place to ,,the ,,theosophical ,,path1 thus distinctly calling attention to the teachings it promulgates and sets forth1 while preserving the name ,the ,path of the first ,american ,theosophical ,magazine4 ,,the ,,theosophical ,,path in its first issue pays honor to both these great-hearted ,teachers1 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky and ,william ,q4 ,judge4 ,all humanity owes them a debt of gratitude for pointing out once more the path of true progress and happiness4 ,through their self-sacrifice1 even of their lives1 the pathway is once more seen to that realm where the ,gods abide4 ,in the first issue of ,the ,path1 ,william ,q4 ,judge wrote3 ,the solution of the problem1 ,what and ,where is the ,path to ,happiness8 has been discovered by those of old time4 ,they thought it was in the pursuit of ,rja ,yoga1 which is the highest science and the highest religion--a union of both4444 ,the study of what is now called practical occultism has some interest for us1 and will receive the attention it may merit1 but it is not the object of this journal4444 ,true occultism is clearly set forth in the ,bhagavad ,gt1 where sufficient stress is laid upon practical occultism1 but after all1 ,krishna says1 the kingly science and the kingly mystery is devotion to and study of the light which comes from within4 ,the very first step in true mysticism and true occultism is to try to apprehend the meaning of ,universal ,brotherhood1 without which the very highest progress in the practice of magic turns to ashes in the mouth4 ,we appeal1 therefore1 to all who wish to raise themselves and their fellow creatures--man and beast--out of the thoughtless jog trot of selfish everyday life4 ,it is not thought that ,utopia can be established in a day2 but through the spreading of the idea of ,universal ,brotherhood1 the truth in all things may be discovered4 ,certainly1 if we all say that it is useless1 that such high-strung sentimental notions cannot obtain currency1 nothing will ever be done4 ,a beginning must be made1 and it has been by the ,theosophical ,society4 ,although philanthropic institutions and schemes are constantly being brought forward by good and noble men and women1 vice1 selfishness1 brutality1 and the resulting misery1 seem to grow no less4 ,prisons1 asylums for the outcast and the magdalen1 can be filled much faster than it is possible to erect them4 ,all this points unerringly to the existence of a vital error somewhere4 ,it shows that merely healing the outside by hanging a murderer or providing asylums and prisons will never reduce the number of criminals nor the hordes of children born and growing up in hotbeds of vice4 ,what is wanted is true knowledge of the spiritual condition of man1 his aim and destiny4 ,this is offered in ,theosophical literature1 and those who must begin the reform are those who are so fortunate as to be placed in the world where they can see and think out the problems all are endeavoring to solve1 even if they know that the great day may not come until after their death4 ,such a study leads us to accept the utterance of ,prajpati to his sons3 ,be restrained1 be liberal1 be merciful2 it is the death to selfishness4 ,in an article ,a ,year on the ,path1 ,mr4 ,judge wrote1 at the close of the first year of the magazine3 ,the question is always naturally asked1 ,what is the ,path8 or ,what is the ,philosophy8 which is the same thing1 for of course the following of any path whatever will depend upon the particular philosophy or doctrines believed in4 ,the path we had in view is held by us to be the same one which in all ages has been sought by ,heathen1 ,jew1 and ,christian alike4 ,by some called the path to ,heaven1 by others the path to ,jesus1 the path to ,nirvna1 and by ,theosophists the path to ,truth4 ,jesus has defined it as a narrow1 difficult and straight path4 ,by the ancient ,brhmans it has been called1 the small old path leading far away on which those sages walk who reach salvation2 and ,buddha taught it was a noble four-fold path by which alone the miseries of existence can be truly surmounted4444 ,the immortal spark has manifested itself in many different classes of men1 giving rise to all the varied religions1 many of which have forever disappeared from view4 ,not any one of them could have been the whole ,truth1 but each must have presented one of the facets of the great gem1 and thus through the whole surely run ideas shared by all4 ,these common ideas point to truth4 ,they grow out of man's inner nature and are not the result of revealed books4 ,but some one people or another must have paid more attention to the deep things of life than another4 ,the ,christian nations have dazzled themselves with the baneful glitter of material progress4 ,they are not the peoples who will furnish the nearest clues to the ,path4 ,a few short years and they will have abandoned the systems now held so dear1 because their mad rush to the perfection of their civilization will give them control over now undreamed of forces4 ,then will come the moment when they must choose which of two kinds of fruit they will take4 ,in the meantime it is well to try and show a relation between their present system and the old1 or at least to pick out what grains of truth are in the mass4 444 ,a new age is not far away4 ,the huge unwieldy flower of the #aith century civilization has almost fully bloomed1 and preparation must be made for the wonderful new flower which is to rise from the old4 ,we have not pinned our faith on ,vedas nor ,christian scriptures1 nor desired any others to do so4 ,all our devotion to ,aryan literature and philosophy arises from a belief that the millions of minds who have trodden weary steps before ours1 left a path which may be followed with profit1 yet with discrimination4 ,for we implicitly believe that in this curve of the cycle1 the final authority is the man himself4 ,in former times the disclosed ,vedas1 and later1 the teachings of the great ,buddha1 were the right authority1 in whose authoritative teachings and enjoined practices were found the necessary steps to raise man to an upright position4 ,but the grand clock of the ,universe points to another hour1 and now ,man must seize the key in his hands and himself--as a whole--open the gate4 ,hitherto he has depended upon the great souls whose hands have stayed impending doom4 ,let us then together enter upon another year1 fearing nothing1 assured of strength in the ,union of ,brotherhood4 ,for how can we fear death1 or life1 or any horror or evil1 at any place or time1 when we well know that even death itself is a part of the dream which we are weaving before our eyes4 ,our belief may be summed up in the motto of the ,theosophical ,society1 ,there is no ,religion higher than ,truth1 and our practice consists in a disregard of any authority in matters of religion and philosophy except such propositions as from their innate quality we feel to be true4 ,,saving ,,forest ,,waste3 ,note by a ,student ,in the ,yearbook of the ,department of ,agriculture just issued1 it is pointed out that conservation of the timber supply involves the co-operation of the public1 the lumbermen1 and the wood-consuming industries1 as well as of the ,national ,government4 ,forest conservation is not possible at the low prices of former days1 and in general prices must advance before much can be done4 ,then the public must be prepared to accept new woods2 the farmer must give up using cedar1 white-oak1 and chestnut posts2 railroads must cease using white-oak ties2 builders must accept other lengths and widths4 ,meantime the ,government co-operating with ,wisconsin ,university1 has established a thoroughly equipped wood-testing laboratory at ,madison1 where many problems are being investigated1 from the standpoints of forest conservation and commercial requirements4 ,in the valuable magazine ,american ,conservation1 for ,may #aiaa1 it is stated that ,argentina has a hundred million acres of wooded land1 mostly quebracho and yerba tree1 both in increasing demand4 ,in ,brazil there is about a thousand million acres of wooded land4 ,there ruthless destruction cannot go on1 as most concessions now require proper conservation of the rubber and other trees4 ,bolivia has quebracho1 rubber1 coca1 cinchona1 and other trees useful in the arts4 ,the timber tracts of ,colombia are practically unexploited4 ,the slopes of ,ecuador are richly wooded4 ,the forests of ,peru occupy about three hundred million acres1 and its government has taken steps to ensure conservation1 and contemplates experiment stations4 ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,scenes ,,from ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,,central ,,figure ,,in ,,front ,,phidias1 ,,behind ,,him ,,pericles ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,central ,,figure ,,pericles1 ,,on ,,the ,,left ,,phidias1 ,,on ,,the ,,right ,,diochares ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,athenian ,,soldiers ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,socrates ,,and ,,his ,,disciples ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,,strikes ,,new ,,note ,,in ,,the ,,drama4 ,katherine ,tingley to ,open ,greek ,theater to the ,public3 ,unrivaled ,natural ,scenery3 ,marvelous ,acoustics4 ,notes by a ,dramatic ,critic ,a new-old note in drama has been struck here on the ,pacific ,coast1 which1 we feel quite safe in prophesying1 will be recorded in many histories4 ,the ,english-speaking world has been fretting after some new inspiration4 ,we are tired of imitating the ,elizabethans2 for the time being1 that spring would seem to have run dry4 ,what belongs to our own day peculiarly tends to be mere boisterous horseplay or flippant shallowness2 vulgar both1 and not in any way to be called art4 ,what we have that is good1 the work of a few writers1 is not so startling in quantity or quality1 nor so profoundly original1 as to cause us to hope for a new great art period in our own or our children's day4 ,and yet there has been the demand4 ,the public has turned to strange well-springs and found the waters bitter1 cloying1 soon to run dry2 the critics have filled their press columns1 both here and in ,england1 with clamorings1 prognostications1 hasty or timorous judgments1 a sense of a great need and expectations4 ,decidedly the time is ripe for a new birth in the drama4 ,,meets ,,needs ,,of ,,the ,,time ,now the question arises1 what needs must this new birth and order meet8 ,great art meets the needs of its time1 sternly turning away from its mere wants2 for that reason it is often rejected for awhile by a public clamorous after lower levels of things4 ,such a clamor we find in our own day after sensationalism--give us action1 more action1 say the managers2 but is this a real need8 ,the world is agog with action as it is2 such a riot of action as one might imagine the ,gadarene swine indulged in on their seaward last tumultuous journey4 ,the motif is threadbare2 we have torn it to tatters and it is time to turn to new modes4 ,personalism1 too1 is rampant and bears fruit in an ugly and jangled civilization4 ,what is needed1 then1 is an art that shall be calm1 dignified1 beautiful1 impersonal2 a pointer to and promise of better ways of living4 ,one turns back to the great art of the ,greeks with a sense of relief after all our modern1 breathless1 tom-tom beating4 ,there we find beauty1 calm movement1 dignity1 national1 and not merely personal motifs2 above all1 an insistence on the higher and eternal verities4 ,we need the ,aroma of ,athens on our modern stage2 because it is precisely that that we need in our modern life4 ,,play ,,delighted ,,audience ,a few weeks ago ,katherine ,tingley presented a new play1 ,the ,aroma of ,athens1 at her ,isis theater in ,san ,diego1 which struck all who saw it with profound surprise and delight4 ,there was first the ideal poetic beauty of the setting1 a thing unrealizable unless seen4 ,the foremost of the ,london managers--men like ,tree--have made a specialty of beautiful setting1 astonishing the theatrical world with the splendor of their work in this line--and with its good taste4 ,they have had enormous resources to draw upon1 and have spared no expense in time1 money1 or thought4 ,it may safely be said that none of them has produced anything more beautiful than this ,aroma of ,athens2 it may safely be said that none of them has produced anything so beautiful4 ,one rubbed one's eyes in astonishment1 wondering how such things could be1 and concluded that ,madame ,tingley at ,point ,loma had greater resources to draw upon than are to be found in ,london1 ,paris1 ,berlin1 or ,new ,york4 ,it is a wonderful thing1 prophetic of the time when the culture-metropolis of the world will be right here among us on the ,pacific ,coast4 ,madame ,tingley long ago said that ,san ,diego would be the ,athens of ,america1 and today this is far nearer than we dream4 ,if one would learn what those greater resources of hers are1 one must examine her teachings1 one must look into that marvelous scheme of education of hers1 the ,rja ,yoga system1 which enabled1 for example1 those little children on the stage to be as graceful1 as un-self-conscious as any figures on a ,grecian vase4 ,have you seen children1 young children1 on the stage1 do well1 wonderfully well2 and then1 when the applause rolled in1 do better still1 remaining sublimely unconscious of the applause8 ,we applauded these children and looked to see1 as a matter of course1 the aroma of ,athens vanish in a series of smirks4 ,but no2 clapped we never so loudly1 it made no difference to them4 ,they played their ,greek games2 they were merry and classical2 they were ,grecian1 unstilted1 poetic1 faery4 ,one's mind went back to ,keats' ode3 ,what little town by river or sea-shore1 ,or mountain-built with peaceful citadel1 ,is emptied of its folk1 this pious morn8 ,and the answer was3 ,athens1 ,periclean ,athens in all her superb flawless beauty and splendor2 yes1 those were real ,athenians2 of whom we have read in ,keats and ,swinburne2 that we have seen sculptured in the ,elgin marbles4 ,here they were1 in the flesh and blood2 here was the heyday of historic beauty1 shedding its supreme aroma on us2 with these tones ,plato and ,aeschylus would have spoken2 in this manner ,phidias and ,pericles would have moved4 ,it was a revelation1 a marvelous artistic realization--indeed1 it is a shame to use such cant hackneyed phrases for a thing so beautiful1 so august--and yet so completely natural and unstrained4 ,,greater ,,things ,,promised ,so much for its performance in a modern theater1 but greater things are promised4 ,if all this is true of a play which was first thought of ten days before it was presented--and that is the fact--what is not to be hoped from the new presentation of it on ,april #ag1 a presentation of which1 we are told1 the former ones were but little more than sketches1 and which is to be given in a real ,greek open-air theater8 ,the ,greek theater at ,point ,loma1 the first in ,america1 was built by ,madame ,tingley in #aija4 ,it has the true ,greek setting1 looking out over the sea4 ,a wild caon runs down from it seaward1 full of miniature hills and precipices1 among which1 now visible and now unseen1 winds the path by which the players enter or leave the stage4 ,there will be torchlight processions under the moon new-risen1 moving along that path and over the broad stageplace2 ,greek chanting will be heard2 real ,greek music1 and music with that ineffable something in it lacking in all1 or nearly all1 modern music1 which suggests the hidden life of nature1 the weird majesty of ,delphi1 of ,nemesis1 of the pipes of universal ,pan2 the very aroma of ,sophoclean drama1 plus an echo of that older and even more entrancing ,greece1 ,of deities or mortals1 or of both1 ,in ,tempe or the dales of ,arcady1 ,when-- ,liquid ,peneus was flowing ,and all dark ,tempe lay ,in ,pelion's shadow1 outgrowing ,the light of the dying day1 ,speeded by ,pan's sweet pipings4 ,,kingdom ,,of ,,pan ,,unconfined ,one has long suspected that1 with luck1 one might well come upon a faun in the wild places of that caon1 at least in ,april1 when the rains are newly over and the hillside a riot of bloom and delight4 ,for indeed the kingdom of ,pan is not confined2 he has provinces here in ,california1 and you may come upon the dales of ,arcady in any of the four quarters of the world4 ,were ,pan or some legate of his to be piping far down the caon1 you would not fail to catch every note of it from every part of the auditorium in the theater2 what is whispered on the stage is clearly heard on the topmost tier of seats4 ,the place is a ,wonder of the ,west if only for its marvelous acoustic properties4 ,it has never been opened to the public before for a performance4 ,and it should be remembered that ,madame ,tingley leaves nothing to chance2 she stands out grandly independent in her art2 leaves no detail to be excused by the generosity of the audience2 permits nothing whatever of which you could say3 ,this is excellent--for amateurs2 this is splendid--considering what a short time it has taken to get up4 ,it may be quite safely affirmed that this presentation on ,april #ag will have a prominent place in all future histories of the drama4--,san ,diego ,union1 ,friday morning1 ,april #g1 #aiaa4 ,,some ,,notes ,,on ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,as given in the ,greek ,theater1 ,point ,loma1 on ,saturday ,morning1 ,april #bb1 #aiaa2 ,with the ,prolog to the ,play3 by ,kenneth ,morris ,there never was a play so difficult to appraise or criticise justly and intelligently as this one4 ,one had read many press notices from expert dramatic critics1 all of them enthusiastic2 but when one came to see the performance1 it struck one that the best of them were inadequate1 wholly beside the point4 ,and yet one sees the excuse for saying just as much as language can be stretched to express4 ,if one did not put on the enthusiasm without stint or measure1 one would convey a suggestion that the presentation was unworthy of enthusiasm2 the truth being that enthusiasm is somehow unworthy of the presentation4 ,since seeing it1 one has been searching mind and memory for some means of accounting for its extraordinary effect4 ,we have seen it put down to the beauty of the spectacle1 harmony of colors1 perfect natural setting1 and so forth4 ,it is true that one failed to find any jarring note in the acting2 that the caon1 running down to the ,pacific1 seen through the pillars of the ,greek temple there1 is a piece of landscape thrilling in its beauty1 for the like of which you must go to lands where nature is at her most beautiful1 and where there are the relics of mighty builders of old1 that give a focal point to the natural beauty1 and an inspiration to all artists4 ,it is true also that there was a perfect art in the color scheme of the dresses--an absolute justness1 balance and harmony of colors in themselves exquisite2 that one could imagine no improvement in the grouping2 that the enunciation1 movements1 and gesticulations1 were in all cases just1 clear1 simple1 natural1 and graceful4 ,but ,i am convinced that one might see and hear all that1 and come away conscious that there was more to be said4 ,none of these things1 either considered separately or en masse1 are enough to account for the enthralling effect of the play4 ,generally speaking1 again1 it is true that the play's the thing4 ,in this case ,i think it is not true4 ,there is1 in the ordinary sense1 hardly any action or dramatic thrill4 ,we underline dramatic1 because thrill of some deeper and hitherto unexperienced kind there was2 action too1 there was--the action of a people on the ,world's stage2 in that sense it was all one deep thrill1 and the action of real life4 ,but the dialog was mainly philosophic discussion1 deep thought1 art criticism from the ,greek standpoint--just1 sound1 basic1 noble2 but not fiery or dramatic1 as we commonly understand the terms2 and there was none of that brilliant play of wit which in some modern plays compensates for the lack of a plot4 ,here indeed1 you may say that plot there was none4 ,the ,athenians are holding their ,flower ,festival1 to which the ,satrap ,pharnabazus is welcomed as a guest4 ,he is desirous to learn the secret of ,athenian brilliance1 and one by one his hosts give utterance1 in response1 to the principles of ,athenian art1 philosophy1 etc4 ,while they are speaking1 the herald of ,sparta is announced2 here there is1 indeed1 a central incident of most stirring dramatic effect in the declaration of the ,peloponnesian ,war4 ,socrates prophesies the downfall of ,greece1 and the rise of a new ,athens in the west of the world in after-ages2 after which follows an effect which1 for mystic beauty and thrill does certainly stand out1 so that you do know exactly why you are moved by it--a procession of scarlet-draped women with torches1 that comes winding up the caon1 through the temple1 and across the arena through clouds and volumes of colored mist1 a wonderful bit of ,katherine ,tingley's art work1 an incident impressive to the last degree1 which were it done just so on any stage in the world1 and by any actors1 would create a sensation4 ,but indeed1 it is safe to say that such an effect has never been produced before1 on any stage in the world4 ,but be it noted that the enthralment of ,the ,aroma of ,athens began long before this2 and that even this was rather a visual glory than a dramatic coup according to the received canons4 ,of spectacular value1 too1 was the archaic dancing of the children2 and let it be said that there was something about these children which is never to be seen on the stages of the world1 nor with any other children than those of the ,rja ,yoga ,college at ,point ,loma4 ,and yet1 when one has said that they were perfectly classic1 and at the same time perfectly merry and natural--one realizes that one has still barely begun to account for what happened4 ,one little woman who professed to have some knowledge of art1 yet was quite unfamiliar with the period which the play presented1 almost tearfully deplored the fact that the actors did not seem to pay any attention to the audience during the production4 ,the fact that they did not do so was one of the charms of the whole presentation4 ,they were not playing a part but giving a most realistic presentation of life1 and were1 as they should have been1 as if there were no audience4 ,to those who saw the motif of the play1 it would have been a blur if the players had shown any consciousness of the audience1 or had in any way played to the gallery or for personal attention4 ,item by item1 one might mention everything that was seen or heard1 and one would remain certain that however perfect and beautiful each might be in itself1 and even however perfect might be the harmony of them as an ensemble1 they yet were not enough to explain the total value3 and that even if you were able to explain the total value artistically1 from the standpoint of art as we understand the term1 there would yet be a kind of value1 an invoking of one's inner nature without words1 which for lack of a better term one must call a spiritual value--not only moral1 or mental--which would remain unexplained4 ,in short1 that there was here shown an element1 a kind of value1 which is wholly unfamiliar to the critics of the present day4 ,when we speak of the drama as an educational element1 we conceive of its possible effects along artistic lines1 or as setting forth moral principles1 or high intellectual ideas4 ,this play did all that1 it is true2 but it did all that1 plus x2 and what that x represents is not known in our present civilization--or at least1 so one suspects4 ,it produced a silence of the senses and of all personal voices within1 an uplift and a reverent feeling3 yes1 a sense that one had been given a revelation of what the great mystics of the world have meant by the word spiritual4 ,deeper places in one's being were touched1 than any that respond to the work of the greatest actors of the present or of recent times4 ,so that any enthusiasm1 any praise1 seems something like an insult4 ,to speak of the ,genius of the one that produced the play--,katherine ,tingley--that too seems a kind of insult4 ,we have not attached to the term genius1 a breadth of meaning great enough to include the qualities necessary for the production of a result so unlike anything that has gone before4 ,we have seen it compared with the work of the premier actors of the age1 and that to the advantage of the ,point ,loma production4 ,the remark is not good criticism4 ,the difference is not one of degree1 but one of kind4 ,no actor manager1 probably1 would have handled this play2 none could produce1 with any play of the greatest dramatists1 results that so baffle description1 so affect one's conceptions in those parts of one's being that lie behind and deeper than formal mentality or imagination1 or artistic appreciation4 ,perhaps ,katherine ,tingley could explain how it is done4 ,i think no one else could4 ,it is delightful to hear that ,mrs4 ,tingley is making plans for larger facilities for seating the people1 as even with its present great size1 the ,greek ,theater at ,point ,loma cannot meet the demands4 ,it is whispered also that she has several more ,greek and other plays in preparation1 which in course of time will be presented in the ,greek ,theater1 and possibly at her ,isis ,theater in ,san ,diego as well4 ,,the ,,prolog ,you are in ,athens now1 and you shall see ,the splendor of that age of long renown ,when ,perikles was prince in ,pallas' town ,amidst a people mighty-souled and free ,whose eminence and bright supremacy ,made ,zeus grow jealous1 and wan ,clotho frown1 ,so that the nations rose to bring her down1 ,to bring high ,athens down1 till she should be ,a name1 a memory only2 yet a name ,that burns--a beacon on the heights of time1 ,lighting the ages' darkness1 making sublime ,the fame of ,hellas with its smokeless flame4 ,and you shall see and hear now1 all those men ,that shone round ,perikles3 ,thucydides1 ,ariston1 ,crito1 ,phidias1 ,sokrates1 ,and many high-souled women1 famous then1 ,teachers and seers and sages whose far ken ,pierced deep the hidden realms of being4 ,these ,are gathered midst the ,academian bowers ,to keep their ,anthesterian ,feast of ,flowers ,held every year in ,athens4 ,to their feast ,comes one sent by that ,great ,king in the ,east ,whose sire was countered in the perilous hours ,of ,salamis and ,marathon4 ,but now ,to seal a pact with ,athens1 with high vow ,linking the ,athenian and the ,persian powers ,against the martial ,spartan--,xerxes' son1 ,enthroned ,artaxerxes1 sendeth one ,whom you shall see here in great pomp attend1 ,an honored guest1 well-welcomed--,athens' friend1 ,the ,persian ,pharnabazus4 ,in his hands ,is given the sway of those ,bithynian meads ,where roam innumerable herds of steeds ,much sought by war-kings in a thousand lands4 ,mighty with ,median strength he comes--with gold ,of ,ind and ,araby1 and those nations old ,which the strong ,persian tamed1 bedecked2 and gems ,that erst adorned great princes' diadems ,of fallen dynasties--pearls of ,oman1 dyes ,wrought in ,turanian vats to out-do the blooms ,of ,yemen spicy-breezed1 and webs from looms ,the deft ,cashmirian or ,cathayan plies-- ,a strong and courteous lord4 ,right well he knows ,by what stern virtues ,persia broke her foes1 ,bringing the jeweled throne of ,croesus down1 ,and ,phrygia's wealth1 and ,egypt's twofold crown2 ,what ,magian training molds the ,persian youth ,to scorn of luxury1 worship of truth1 ,honor and gratitude2 but in ,athene's town ,findeth a bloom of soul and wit1 in sooth1 ,he knows no secret for2 and must inquire ,by what strange kindling of what inward fire ,athenian1 by what quest of deathless dream1 ,athens is made so wondrously to gleam ,above the rest of the world4 ,him answering there1 ,the ,athenian citizens1 the violet-crowned1 ,speak one by one deep wisdom1 and propound ,those balanced views that made their land so fair4 ,but even while they speak1 lo1 in the air ,gathers a cloud1 a menace--trumpets sound-- ,the ,spartan herald comes4 ,stern words are these ,he utters2 sternly answereth ,perikles-- ,there shall be war3 ,athens stoops not to a peace ,ignoble1 though the untamed ,lakonian bands ,be loosed against her1 and a hundred lands ,enleague with ,lakedaimon2 yea1 though all ,greece ,compass her splendor round with threatened doom-- ,war shall it be4 ,therewith a gathering gloom ,enfolds their vision1 and their chief of seers ,makes known the menace of the darkening years-- ,greece shall fall2 ruined fanes shall mark her tomb1 ,the tomb of all her glory waned from the land2 ,her broken1 marble-pillared fanes shall stand1 ,and move the unborn to marvelings and to tears ,for so much beauty waned in such decay4 ,yet see1 his vision brightens6 ,wane away ,you barren ages6 ,speed1 you desolate years6 ,give place1 sad night-time1 to the dawn of day6 ,hellas shall fall indeed2 ,athens shall wane1 ,yet shall be born again6 ,greece born again1 ,athens reborn in unknown lands1 shall rise6 ,high on a hill beside the western seas1 ,that hath more wealth than ,hybla for the bees1 ,that hath more blueness than the ,aegean skies1 ,athens shall rise again1 most fair1 most wise1 ,to shine upon the world6 --,thus ,sokrates ,foretelling our own glorious ,lomaland2 ,and what shall go forth from this western strand ,in these last days1 to herald peace1 and blend ,nation with nation1 hostile land with land1 ,firm friends forever4 ,so the play hath end4 ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,tableaux ,,from ,,the ,,iliad ,,as ,,given ,,during ,,the ,,presentation ,,of ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens1 ,,april #ag1 #aiaa ,,parting ,,of ,,hector ,,and ,,andromache4 ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,andromache ,,fainting ,,on ,,the ,,walls ,,of ,,troy ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,funeral ,,pyre ,,of ,,hector ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,pupils ,,of ,,the ,r,,ja ,,yoga ,,college1 ,,point ,,loma1 ,,in ,,athenian ,,flower ,,festival ,,hawthorne',s ,,psychology3 contributed by ,c4 ,t4 ,hawthorne's ,blithedale ,romance is a study of the psychology underlying the human relations that arise from the subtle inner feelings within the deepest and most diaphanous regions of the human heart4 ,with an incomparable delicacy and precision of touch1 revealing the hidden framework of the underlying design1 he clothes with apt speech these specter glimpses into the realm of human motive4 ,pity 'tis that his glimpses into these depths should be clouded by the temperamental gloom of his own nature--always seeking justification of its own pessimism1 always weaving despondent tragedies that the light of ,theosophy would have transformed into inner victories in the midst of outward defeat4 ,yet he seems only to have penetrated to certain depths of gloom and doubt1 and then to hesitate to take that one step deeper where forever dwells the light that dispels all shadows4 ,like a modern ,virgil he leads us to the brink of the deepest chasms1 and then abandons us to our own intuitions4 ,possibly he saw farther into the depths than he could record in human speech--and so wrote on from romance to romance in search of the expression that forever eluded his pen4 ,,life ,,and ,,teachings ,,of ,,pythagoras3 by ,f4 ,s4 ,darrow1 ,,ph4 ,d41 ,a4 ,m4 ,i4 ,,life ,pythagoras1 the pure philosopher deeply versed in the profounder phenomena of nature1 the noble inheritor of the ancient lore1 whose great aim was to free the soul from the fetters of sense and force it to realize its powers1 must live eternally in human memory4--,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky ,this world-famous ,greek teacher of the ,heart ,doctrine was born about #ehj ,b4 ,c4 on the island of ,samos and died about #ejj ,b4 ,c4 ,before his birth it was prophesied to his father that a son was about to be born to him who would be a great benefactor of mankind4 ,some even went so far as to declare that ,pythagoras was a human incarnation of ,hyperborean ,apollo4 ,it is related that when a mere youth he left his native city to begin a series of travels to the wise men of all countries1 from the ,hinds and ,arabs in the ,east1 to the ,druids of ,gaul in the ,west4 ,we are told that he spent twelve years in ,babylon1 conversing freely with the ,magi1 by whom he was instructed in all their ,mysteries and taught the most perfect form of worship4 ,he spent twenty-two years in ,egypt as an intimate of the most learned hierophants1 under whose tutelage he mastered the three styles of ,egyptian writing1 the common1 the hieroglyphic1 and the sacerdotal4 ,he brought with him a personal letter of introduction to ,amasis1 the reigning ,pharaoh1 who forthwith wrote to the hierophants and requested them to initiate ,pythagoras into their mysteries4 ,pythagoras first went to the priests of ,heliopolis1 but they1 true to the inveterate ,egyptian suspicion of foreigners1 although hesitating to disobey ,amasis openly1 tacitly refused to initiate ,pythagoras and advised him to go to the sacred school at ,memphis1 ostensibly because it was of greater antiquity than that of ,heliopolis4 ,at ,memphis also he met with the same finesse1 and was next sent to the school at ,thebes1 where finally under the most severe tests--tests which nearly cost him his life--he was fully initiated into the ,egyptian ,mysteries and thereafter had free access to the treasures of the hierophants4 ,after leaving ,egypt ,pythagoras returned to ,greece by way of ,crete1 where he descended the ,idaean cave in company with ,epimenides1 the great ,cretan prophet and seer1 who in return for the removal of the plague at ,athens in #eif ,b4 ,c4 accepted from the grateful people only a branch of the sacred olive of ,athena1 and refused the large sums of money which were offered1 because he declared that spiritual gifts can not be bought and sold4 ,from ,epimenides and ,themistoklea1 the ,delphic ,pythia1 ,pythagoras received further instruction4 ,in the course of his travels he became an initiate not only in the mysteries of ,india1 ,babylonia1 ,egypt1 ,greece1 and ,gaul1 but also in those of ,tyre and ,syria4 ,pythagoras studied the various branches of knowledge1 especially mathematics1 astronomy1 music1 gymnastics1 and medicine1 and contributed very greatly to the development of these sciences among the ,greeks1 for he was a man both of singular capabilities and of great acquirements4 ,his personal appearance was noteworthy4 ,he was very handsome and dignified2 regularly dressed in white1 and wore a long1 flowing beard4 ,he never gave way to grief1 joy1 or anger1 but was accustomed to sing hymns of ,homer1 ,hesiod1 and ,thales1 to preserve the serenity of his mind1 and he was very eminent for his power of attracting friends4 ,the religious element was predominant in his character1 and his entire life was ruled by humanitarian and philanthropic motives4 ,he was opposed to animal sacrifice1 and on one occasion purchased a large draught of fish1 which had just been caught in a net1 and set them free as an object-lesson in kindness4 ,pythagoras was a practical occultist1 and is said to have understood the language of animals so as to be able to converse with them and tame even the most ferocious4 ,it is said of him that upon one occasion he was seen and heard publicly speaking at far distant places both in ,italy and in ,sicily1 on the same day1 a physical impossibility4 ,it is also stated that he healed the sick1 had the power of driving away evil spirits1 foresaw the future1 recognized character at a glance1 and had direct communication with the gods4 ,finally at the age of nearly fifty1 ,pythagoras went to southern ,italy or ,magna ,graecia1 after an unsuccessful attempt to establish a society in his native city1 and in #ebi ,b4 ,c4 founded the ,pythagorean ,brotherhood and the ,school of the ,mysteries at ,crotona4 ,he gained extensive influence immediately and attracted great numbers of all classes1 including many of the nobles and the wealthy1 so that the society grew with wonderful strides and soon similar schools were established at many other cities of ,magna ,graecia3 at ,sybaris1 ,metapontum1 ,tarentum1 and elsewhere4 ,each of these consisted of three hundred members accepted under inviolable pledges of secrecy and bound to ,pythagoras and to each other by the most sacred of obligations4 ,the statement as to the death of ,pythagoras1 which occurred when he was about eighty1 vary4 ,one account says that he was banished from ,crotona and fled to ,metapontum where he died after a self-imposed fast of forty days4 ,another says that he was murdered by his enemies when the temple of the school at ,crotona was burned to the ground1 either by the nefarious ,kylon who because of his unworthiness had been refused admittance to the ,brotherhood and his wicked associate ,ninon1 or by the frenzied townspeople4 ,at the same time similar persecutions in the other cities where the branch schools had been established resulted in the 7supposed7 murder of all but a few of the younger and stronger members1 who succeeded in escaping to ,egypt4 ,thereafter individual ,pythagoreans1 unorganized in ,schools1 which were everywhere successfully suppressed1 continued to keep the light burning for centuries4 ,the doubtful point is1 whether the temple and the various assembly halls of the ,pythagoreans were burned at the end of the ,leader's life1 or about a hundred years after his banishment and death by starvation4 ,telauges1 his son1 is said to have succeeded his father as the ,head of the shattered society1 but little is known of him4 ,it is significant that the ,pythagorean ,brotherhood and ,school of the ,mysteries at ,crotona flourished during the last twenty-five years of the sixth century ,b4,c41 the accepted date of its overthrow being about #ejj ,b4 ,c4 ,,ii4 ,,the ,,school ,it was a ,pythagorean maxim that everything ought not to be told to everybody4 ,therefore membership in the society was secret1 silent1 and guarded by the most solemn forms of obligatory pledges and initiations4 ,members were classified as ,akousmatikoi or ,listeners1 ,probationary ,members1 who did not live at the ,school1 and ,mathematikoi or ,students1 ,accepted ,members1 who lived with their families at the central ,school of the ,mysteries or at one of its branches4 ,probably the ,mathematikoi were further divided into two classes3 the ,pythagoristae or exoteric members1 and the ,pythagoreans or esoteric members4 ,practically any candidate of an upright and honest life was admitted at request as a ,listener1 but only the fit and the worthy were accepted as ,students4 ,listeners1 wishing to become ,students1 were forced to pass through a period of probation lasting from two to five years1 during which their powers of maintaining silence were especially tested as well as their general temper1 disposition1 and mental capacity4 ,a good working knowledge of arithmetic1 geometry1 astronomy1 and music1 7the four branches of ,pythagorean mathematics71 was required preliminary to admission to the ,school4 ,only the most approved members were admitted to the ,esoteric ,section4 ,women were admitted 7an innovation from the ,greek standpoint74 ,among these ,theano was the most distinguished4 ,she had general supervision of the women4 ,the members were devotedly attached to their ,leader and to one another4 ,they were enabled to recognize other members even when unacquainted by means of their secret symbols1 and it is recorded3 ,if ,pythagoras ever heard that any one used symbols similar to his1 he at once made him a companion and a friend4 ,unquestioning loyalty was given to the counsels of ,pythagoras by his disciples1 for whom the ipse dixit of the master settled all controversy1 and the rank and admission of candidates depended solely upon the intuitive discernment of ,pythagoras1 who made all appointments4 ,the ,students wore a special dress and had vows4 ,they were trained to endure fatigue1 sleep little1 dress very simply1 never to return reproaches for reproaches1 and to bear contradiction and ridicule with serenity4 ,the ,school of the ,mysteries was a school of life1 not a monastery4 ,pythagoras did not aim to have his disciples withdraw from active life1 but taught them how to maintain a calm bearing and an elevated character under all circumstances4 ,the intention was to train them to exhibit in their personal and social capacities a reflection of the order and harmony of the universe4 ,the membership was international4 ,as it was a ,pythagorean maxim that friends should possess all things in common1 new members upon entering the ,school handed over their personal possessions to the proper official who turned them into the common treasury4 ,a student was at liberty to depart from the ,school at pleasure and at his departure he was given double his original contribution1 but over his former seat was erected a tomb1 funeral rites were performed1 and he was ever afterwards referred to by the loyal members as deceased4 ,purity of life was required and temperance of all kinds was strictly enjoined4 ,all members ate at a common refectory in groups of ten1 as at the ,spartan syssitia4 ,the diet was subject to a most careful regulation and consisted largely of bread1 honey1 and water4 ,animal foods and wine were forbidden4 ,it is stated also that beans were tabooed because of their indigestibility and tendency to produce agitated dreams4 ,much importance was attached to music1 and to the physical exercise of the disciples4 ,each day began with a meditation upon how it could be best spent and ended with a careful retrospect4 ,the students arose before the sun1 and after breakfast studied for several hours1 with an interval of leisure1 which was usually spent in solitary walks and silent contemplation4 ,the hour before dinner was devoted to athletic exercises4 ,in the course of the day there were mutual exhortations not to sunder the ,god in each and all but to preserve the union with the ,deity and with one another4 ,the students were accustomed to visit ,pythagoras at night1 and went to sleep with music4 ,in a subsequent article some of the main tenets of the ,pythagorean ,brotherhood will be outlined4 ,,the ,,american ,,woman ,,in ,,poetry3 by ,grace ,knoche ,current literature1 from the freshly printed book to the literary columns of the daily press1 affords certain unique opportunities for reviewing woman's work in the light of past achievement and future promise4 ,take1 for instance1 the single factor of woman in poetry--where past centuries number their woman poets by the twos and threes1 as the last generation has done by little more than the threes and fours1 the present finds them springing up thicker than clover in a fallow field and in many cases with a sweetness and fragrance in their songs as of clover blossoms themselves4 ,to the thinking mind this has a certain significance as relating to the inner unseen tides of that spiritual awakening now so seeming near for all mankind4 ,for what holds poesy at its heart holds music there1 and harmony and rhythm and something of that divine potency that lies in number2 and with ,theosophy at our doors we do not need ,plato to tell us that rhythm and harmony find their way into the secret places of the soul1 on which they mightily fasten1 bearing grace in their movements and making the soul graceful in him who is rightly educated4 ,the following are a handful of poems by women--most of them1 significantly enough1 by wholly or comparatively unknown writers--from among the last month's journals and papers1 by no means a representative list1 but just a few that found their way in the natural course to the study desk4 ,some compel attention because of the wholesomeness of sentiment and a certain honest openness in their delivery1 others because of their musical lilt and flow1 still others because of both4 ,there are a few that may live1 some that of a certainty will not and that yet have a value now4 ,but that may be said of a hastily gathered handful of anything in its era4 ,they are typical of a surprisingly large class1 while none of those whose poems are herewith quoted1 with the exception of ,edith ,m4 ,thomas1 have so far written very much4 ,the first1 by ,angela ,morgan in the ,cosmopolitan1 is a real ,theosophical challenge1 a veritable battle-cry1 with something of the trenchant force and fire that flashes and thunders from out the lines of the old ,beowulf3 ,reined by an unseen tyrant's hand1 ,spurred by an unseen tyrant's will1 ,aquiver at the fierce command ,that goads you up the danger hill1 ,you cry3 ,o ,fate1 ,o ,life1 be kind6 ,grant but an hour of respite--give ,one moment to my suffering mind2 ,i cannot keep the pace and live4 ,but ,fate drives on and will not heed ,the lips that beg1 the feet that bleed4 ,drives1 while you faint upon the road1 ,drives1 with a menace for a goad2 ,with fiery reins of circumstance ,urging his terrible advance ,the while you cry in your despair1 ,the pain is more than ,i can bear4 ,fear not the goad1 fear not the pace1 ,plead not to fall from out the race-- ,it is your own ,self driving you1 ,your ,self that you have never known1 ,seeing your little self alone1 ,your ,self1 high-seated charioteer1 ,master of cowardice and fear1 ,your ,self that sees the shining length ,of all the fearful road ahead2 ,knows that the terrors that you dread ,are pigmies to your splendid strength2 ,strength you have never even guessed1 ,strength that has never needed rest4 ,your ,self that holds the mastering rein1 ,seeing beyond the sweat and pain ,and anguish of your driven soul ,the patient beauty of the goal4 ,fighting upon the terror field ,where man and ,fate come breast to breast1 ,pressed by a thousand foes to yield1 ,tortured and wounded without rest1 ,you cried1 ,be merciful1 ,o ,life6 ,the strongest spirit soon must break ,before this all-unequal strife1 ,this endless fight for failure's sake4 ,but ,fate1 unheeding1 lifted high ,his sword and thrust you through to die4 ,and then there came one strong and great1 ,who towered high o'er ,chance and ,fate1 ,who bound your wound and eased your pain ,and bade you rise and fight again4 ,and from some source you did not guess ,gushed a great tide of happiness-- ,a courage mightier than the sun-- ,you rose and fought1 and fighting1 won4 ,it was your own ,self saving you1 ,your ,self no man has ever known1 ,looking on flesh and blood alone2 ,the ,self that lives as close to ,god ,as roots that feed beneath the sod4 ,that one who stands behind the screen1 ,looks through the window of your eyes-- ,a being out of ,paradise4 ,the ,self no human eye hath seen1 ,the living one who never tires1 ,fed by the deep eternal fires4 ,your flaming star1 with two-edged sword1 ,made in the likeness of the ,lord4 ,angel and guardian at the gate1 ,master of ,death and ,king of ,fate4 ,perhaps more musical and exquisite in its technic is the following 7by ,edith ,m4 ,thomas in the ,century71 yet one looks in vain for the note of positive assurance that sings and rings out of the poem just quoted4 ,now one expects in poetry something more than rhymed philosophy1 of course1 and sheer beauty of rhythm has more than once endowed paucity of thought with an almost immortality4 ,but the content is important1 none the less4 ,in the preceding poem one feels a mighty conviction forcing its way through every limitation to the goal of expression4 ,the work of the older and better known poetess is more clearly poetic--to those who know the path and know the way its ,sphinx-like questionings evoke their own answer in the deeps of consciousness4 ,to the many1 however1 the first poem must reveal more4 ,,the ,,unknowing ,i know not where ,i am3 ,beneath my feet a whirling sphere1 ,and overhead 7and yet below7 ,a crystal rampart cutting sheer-- ,the traveling sun its oriflam4 ,what do ,i know8 ,i know not what ,i do3 ,i wrought at that1 ,i wrought at this1 ,the shuttle still perforce ,i throw2 ,but if aright or if amiss ,the web reveals not1 held to view4 ,what do ,i know8 ,i know not what ,i think3 ,my thoughts8--,as in a shaft of light ,the dust-motes wander to and fro1 ,and shimmer in their flight2 ,then1 either way1 in darkness sink4 ,what do ,i know8 ,i know not who am ,i3 ,if now ,i enter on the ,scheme1 ,or revenant from long ago2 ,if but some ,world-,soul's moment-dream1 ,or1 timeless1 in ,itself ,i lie4 ,what do ,i know8 ,here is a sweet touch from the ,kansas ,city ,star4 ,the very name of the writer of it is so in keeping with tender dutifulness and so suggestive of clean-swept hearths and ministries to tiny1 clinging hands1 that one wonders if it be not a pseudonym4 ,a miniature psalm of daily duty is it3 ,at morn ,i yearned a song to sing ,that would inspire and teach ,in words so true all men would hear ,in them their own soul's speech4 ,but ,duty stopped my pen and showed ,the day's dull round of care-- ,the service to another's need-- ,a burden ,i should share4 ,at night the ,day sung to the past ,her record clear and strong1 ,and richer1 sweeter than ,i dreamed ,i heard complete my song4 --,emily ,householder ,and from the same paper another ringing note on the sacredness of the day's duty--but this is no psalm1 rather a trumpet call1 gorgeous1 full1 and technically so splendid that it suggests the ancients3 ,,today ,voice1 with what emulous fire thou singest free hearts of old fashion1 ,english scorners of ,spain sweeping the blue sea-way1 ,sing me the daring of life for life1 the magnanimous passion ,of man for man in the mean populous streets of ,today4 ,hand1 with what color and power thou couldst show1 in the ring hot-sanded1 ,brown ,bestiarius holding the lean1 tawn tiger at bay1 ,paint me the wrestle of ,toil with the wild-beast ,want1 bare-handed2 ,shadow me forth a soul steadily facing ,today4--,helen ,gray ,cone ,will you have music8 ,then read these1 so different in content1 so unlike in the touch1 for one is threaded through with compassion and tenderness while the other is just a little note of joy in life1 which might rise out of self as well as unself in certain not yet conscious natures4 ,,candlemas ,o hearken1 all ye little weeds ,that lie beneath the snow1 7,so low1 dear hearts1 in poverty so low67 ,the sun hath risen for royal deeds1 ,a valiant wind the vanguard leads2 ,now quicken ye1 lest unborn seeds ,before ye rise and blow4 ,o furry living things1 adream ,on winter's drowsy breast1 7,how rest ye there1 how softly1 safely rest67 ,arise and follow where a gleam ,of wizard gold unbinds the stream1 ,and all the woodland windings seem ,with sweet expectance blest4 ,my birds1 come back6 the hollow sky ,is weary for your note4 7,sweet-throat1 come back6 ,o liquid1 mellow throat67 ,ere ,may's soft minions hereward fly1 ,shame on ye1 laggards1 to deny ,the brooding breast1 the sun-bright eye1 ,the tawny1 shining coat6--,alice ,brown ,,the ,,waves ,,of ,,breffny ,the grand road from the mountain goes shining to the sea1 ,and there is traffic on it and many a horse and cart2 ,but the little roads of ,cloonagh are dearer far to me ,and the little roads of ,cloonagh go rambling through my heart4 ,a great storm from the ocean goes shouting o'er the hill1 ,and there is glory in it1 and terror on the wind2 ,but the haunted air of twilight is very strange and still1 ,and the little winds of twilight are dearer to my mind4 ,the great waves of the ,atlantic sweep storming on their way1 ,shining green and silver with the hidden herring shoal2 ,but the little waves of ,breffny have drenched my heart in spray1 ,and the little waves of ,breffny go sweeping through my soul4 --,eva ,gore-,booth ,the two following poems attack the same theme1 a fruitful and varied one to lovers of ,lomaland where the winter rains are the year's beneficence4 ,but note the full rich lines of the work of the unknown writer1 albeit the sonnet is of course the more difficult poetic form4 ,,the ,,fountains ,,of ,,the ,,rain ,the merchant clouds that cruise the sultry sky1 ,as soon as they have spent their freight of rain1 ,plot how the cooling thrift they may regain3 ,all night along the river-marsh they lie1 ,and at their ghostly looms swift shuttles ply1 ,to weave them nets wherewith the streams to drain2 ,and often in the sea they cast a seine1 ,and draw it1 dripping1 past some headland high4 ,many a slender naiad1 with a sigh1 ,is in their arms uptaken from the plain2 ,the trembling myrmidons of dew remain ,no longer than the flash of morning's eye1 ,then back unto their misty fountains fly3 ,this is the source and journey of the rain4 --,edith ,matilda ,thomas ,,rain ,the patient rain at early summer dawn2 ,the long1 lone autumn drip2 the damp1 sweet hush ,of springtime1 when the glinting drops seem gone ,into the first notes of the hidden thrush2 ,the solemn1 dreary beat ,of winter rain and sleet2 ,the mad1 glad1 passionate calling of the showers ,to the unblossomed hours2 ,the driving1 restless midnight sweep of rain2 ,the fitful sobbing1 and the smile again1 ,of spring's childhood2 the fierce unpitying pour ,of low-hung leaden clouds2 the evermore ,prophetic beauty of the sunset storm1 ,transfigured into color and to form ,across the sky4 ,o wondrous changing rain6 ,changeful and full of temper as man's life2 ,impetuous1 fierce1 unpitying1 kind again1 ,prophetic1 beauteous1 soothing1 full of strife3 ,through all thy changing passions hear not we ,th' eternal note of the ,unchanging ,sea8 --,laura ,spencer ,portor ,nothing is worse than bad poetry1 unless it be bad art of every kind1 of which the world today is having a surfeit4 ,that we find a greater abundance of wretched verse1 however1 than of wretched painting and sculpture1 and that there are still those who think that the poet's equipment need consist of little more than an unbalanced emotionalism1 we may attribute perhaps to the fact that the pen and ink are readier to hand with the majority than palette and brush or calipers and modeling tool4 ,conceit and ignorance1 working together1 have made to write poetry almost a reproach4 ,the remedy would seem to be to diffuse a few simple truths1 such as that true poetry has nothing to do with emotionalism1 nor sentimentality1 nor bad spelling1 nor with metres that interfere1 like a clumsy horse's feet2 and that where one in ten thousand who care for poetry may try to write it and succeed1 the rest will fail and will neglect their proper duties besides4 ,it is so in art1 in literature generally1 in music1 in all things--the safe path is to drop the gleam and fire and fragrance of the soul-touch into one's life in the shape of a more courageous performance of the daily task1 whatever it may be1 and be content with that1 which is the greatest thing in the world1 anyway4 ,if the ,muse should decide to pick us out1 willy nilly1 she has ways of letting us know4 ,poesy has its technic1 as has all art1 and sentimental ignorance can never hope to pose as inspiration among those who know4 ,the real point to be emphasized is that this is part of a certain outreaching on idealistic lines of which the wholly remarkable work of the young women of the present generation in music1 composition1 painting1 and sculpture1 constitutes other parts4 ,and this outreaching towards an art expression along various lines is so general1 and is so differentiated in essence from the results of ordinary scholastic work or the general movement for the higher education of woman1 that it cannot justly be ignored4 ,few young women will1 in the ordinary course1 win a separate fame along the solitary path of pure art4 ,most of them1 and most of those who come within the radius of the influence of their aspirations and their art work1 will become wives1 home-makers1 mothers4 ,many more will become teachers1 or are that now1 wielding potent influence4 ,it is these who will strike the keynote for the quality of atmosphere that is to shape1 as it will surround1 the generations yet unborn2 and1 because of that1 the feeling and aspiration that many of the poems seen in our current journals disclose1 is important and significant at this transitional time4 ,,ancient ,,astronomy3 by ,fred ,j4 ,dick1 ,m4 ,inst4 ,c4 ,e4 ,in perhaps no department of thought has appreciation of the achievements of antiquity been more inadequate than in that of astronomy4 ,this is all the more remarkable when we remember that many facts have been published and are accessible1 amply sufficient to convince any unbiased student as to the hoary antiquity of the science2 and also as to the fact that in the remotest times it was a science whose exactitude surpassed that of modernity because based upon immense periods of observation and a profound knowledge of the harmonious laws underlying celestial motions2 in comparison with which knowledge our generalizations and mathematical triumphs pale into insignificance4 ,such statements are hardly likely to meet ready acceptance from those who have not yet realized the immense antiquity of the human race1 the cyclic rises and falls of nations and races coeval with vanished continents1 and the fact that there were times when humanity had divine instructors in the arts and sciences4 ,yet without some recognition of these basic ideas it is hardly possible to comprehend even faintly the significance of some statements made in the ,srya-,siddhnta--one of the oldest treatises on astronomy extant4 ,there are many others--perhaps thousands--but they are not accessible at the present time1 probably because they would be still less understood4 ,another thing hardly likely to be appreciated in some quarters is the fact that on account of the intimate connexion between the facts of astronomy and cyclic laws affecting human destiny1 this science for long ages was one of the sacred sciences1 and its deeper mysteries were carefully guarded--as they are still1 for that matter4 ,this last consideration throws an interesting light on the performance of ,hipparchos 7whom our text-books dub the father of astronomy71 for he was not only silent as to the sources of his facts1 but his data have been shown to be inconsistent with his methods1 and are only explainable when calculated out on the principles enunciated in the ,srya-,siddhnta4 ,in short1 he has been thus shown to have had access to ,eastern sources of information1 while at the same time some things were withheld4 ,this is but an instance of a policy which had been pursued for a very considerable period anterior to the time of ,hipparchos4 ,just so much was given as would afford a stimulus for investigation2 for humanity entered upon novel and strenuous conditions some five thousand years ago1 and has had to win for itself a new path in science1 as in other departments of activity4 ,key-notes are sounded1 and instruction given1 at cyclic periods2 yet man must win his own path to knowledge1 and guarded sources of information could not help him1 until he prove himself morally as well as intellectually fitted to advance4 ,this brings us naturally to a survey of modern achievement in astronomy1 and the conclusion is almost irresistible that it has reached a point where further light must come1 if only the enthusiastic followers of this kingly science would raise their eyes from the mechanical skeleton they have built so laboriously1 and realize that the universe is living and conscious--in the interstellar spaces1 as well as in the little fiery-looking balls that float therein4 ,we should remember that it is part of human destiny to enter into the wider consciousness which alone holds the master-clues4 ,the above conclusion is supported by the statement of ,simon ,newcomb that the unsolved problems of astronomy seem to increase with every year1 instead of diminishing4 ,it is a curious reflection1 in these days of exact science1 that real exactitude can only be obtained1 as in pure mathematics1 by proceeding from universals to particulars1 never from particulars to universals4 ,yet the latter method has perforce to be adopted when no other way is in sight4 ,that it fails1 is shown by the simple fact that few of the elements or constants in modern astronomy are exactly known4 ,no tables have yet been constructed1 based upon purely mathematical formulae1 which represent the actual motions1 say of the superior planets4 ,those in the ,nautical ,almanac are simply derived from such hypothetical formulae1 with corrections found necessary by experience extended over what is an almost ludicrously insufficient term of years4 ,we should like to see the astronomical formula in use which would show that the obliquity of the ecliptic1 #bc1jjj years ago1 was slightly more than #bg4 ,no longer ago than ,august #aije an eclipse of the sun began twenty seconds before the predicted time4 ,fortunately our astronomers do not live in ancient ,china1 or they might have been beheaded for this want of accuracy6 ,on the other hand1 the achievements in the domain of theory during the last two centuries or less have been so remarkable that it is to be hoped the methods and facts given in the ,srya-,siddhnta may yet receive some attention from competent mathematicians1 once they perceive their importance4 ,the apparent discrepancies with modern facts1 it may be pretty safely asserted1 will be found to yield valuable results upon careful analysis4 ,investigators will find that1 contrary to the assumptions of some critics of ,eastern chronology1 a year does not mean a day1 nor a month--although it is sometimes called a day of the gods in ,eastern writings4 ,one of the first things to arrest attention in the ,srya-,siddhnta is that in a great age of #dcbj thousand years there are exactly forty revolutions of the ,earth's apsides1 one revolution of which occupies #ajh thousand years4 7,young's ,general ,astronomy1 #aii47 ,the line of apsides is the major axis of the ,earth's orbit4 ,here we glimpse a basic connexion between the great cycles of time and the apsidal revolutions4 ,let us quote a few aphorisms from ,book ,i of this ancient work4 #bg4 ,by their the planets' movement the revolution is accounted complete at the end of the asterism ,revat4 #bi4 ,in an age the revolutions of the ,sun 444 are #d1cbj1jjj4 #cj4 ,of the ,moon #eg1gec1ccf4 #ca4 444 of ,jupiter #cfd1bbj4 #cb4 444 of ,saturn #adf1efh4 #cc4 ,of the ,moon's apsis #dhh1bjc4 ,of its node1 in the contrary direction #bcb1bch4 #cd4 ,of asterisms #a1ehb1bcg1hbh4 #cf4 444 ,from rising to rising of the ,sun are reckoned terrestrial civil days4 #cg4 ,of these there are in an age #a1egg1iag1hbh4 ,of lunar days #a1fjc1jjj1jhj4 ,from these figures we find the mean value of the sidereal year during a cycle of #dcbj thousand years to be #j4jjbdjc of a day longer than at present1 which of course means that there are slow changes in the length of the orbital major axis4 ,there is a point worthy of attention regarding the asterism ,revat1 to which these revolutions are referred1 and which is thus seen to mark the origin of the ,hind movable zodiac4 ,the precise star has either disappeared1 or has not1 so far1 been publicly indicated4 ,but the place of the origin was carefully calculated in #ahhc1 and found to have a longitude of about #bj4e degrees4 ,again1 from the numerous facts connected with the important epoch of #cajb ,b4 ,c41 which marked the beginning of the current cycle of #dcb1jjj years 7,see ,trait de l',astronomie ,indienne et ,orientale1 by ,m4 ,bailly1 ,m4 ,acad4 ,fran41 #aghg71 its place was about five degrees westward of the other4 ,this shows it to have a positive movement of #d per year1 giving one complete revolution in #cbd1jjj years4 ,this proper motion1 if that of an actual star1 is of the same order of magnitude as that of many stars4 ,it would perhaps be interesting to glance at the relation between stellar movements and the greater cycles dealt with in ancient astronomy1 for all analogy would indicate revolution in orbits to be a general law2 and moreover1 probabilities would indicate that our system is not too remote from the center of the stellar system4 ,assuming the average cross speed to be twenty miles per second1 stars at #g light-years distance would make one revolution while the ,earth's apsides made four4 ,those at #gj light-years1 one in a great age4 ,those at the estimated distance of the farthest visible stars1 #ejjj light-years1 would perform a revolution in just one manvantara of #cjh million years4 ,doubtless all such revolutions are superposed on other lesser revolutions down to those known1 as in cases of double stars1 etc4 ,and it may be suggested that there are not improbably a number of axes of revolution1 or rather principal planes of revolution1 having some harmonious mutual inclination4 ,in order properly to relate the above mean value of the sidereal year to its present value1 we should have to know our place in this cycle of #dcbj thousand years2 and the same observation applies to the other figures4 ,we may return to this point at another time1 as the necessary data are given in the same work4 ,the effect of stellar proper motions1 already referred to1 would have to be considered4 ,the figures for the ,moon make the mean value of the sidereal month #a4ajc seconds longer than its present estimated value4 ,those for ,jupiter make its mean sidereal period about a quarter of a day shorter than the present one of #dccb4eh days2 while those for ,saturn come out #f4ee days more than the present period of #aj1gei4bb days4 ,the methods of calculation and tables connected with the ,srya-,siddhnta were rigorously applied by ,m4 ,bailly to an observed interval extending from the epoch in #cajb ,b4 ,c4 to a certain moment on ,may #ba1 #abhb of our era1 at ,benares--a period of #dchc years and #id days2 and the mean place of the ,moon thus found was less than a minute of arc different from that calculated for the same interval by the modern tables of ,cassini4 ,an astronomy which could achieve a result like this by methods and tables at least five thousand years old1 points to the enormous duration of some prior high civilization4 ,the precessional movement of #ed1 peculiar to the ,srya-,siddhnta1 being referred to ,revat with its #d direct motion1 gives #ej1 like ours4 ,it is as well perhaps to recall what ,iamblichus states3 ,the ,assyrians have not only preserved the memorials of seven and twenty myriads #bgj1jjj of years as ,hipparchos says they have1 but likewise of the whole apocatastases planetary sidereal periods and periods of the seven rulers of the world4 7,proklos on ,plato's ,timaios1 ,bk4 #a47 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 commenting on this1 says it is about #hej1jjj years since the submersion of the last large island 7part of the ,continent71 the ,ruta of the ,fourth ,race1 or the ,atlantean2 while ,daitya1 a small island inhabited by a mixed race1 was destroyed about #bgj1jjj years ago1 during the glacial period or thereabouts4 ,but the ,seven ,rulers1 or the seven great ,dynasties of the divine kings belong to the traditions of every great people of antiquity4 7,the ,secret ,doctrine1 ,i1 #fea47 ,she also informs us that ,the chronology and computations of the ,brhman ,initiates#b are based upon the ,zodiacal records of ,india1 and the works of 444 ,asuramaya4 ,the ,atlantean zodiacal records cannot err1 as they were compiled under the guidance of those who first taught astronomy1 among other things1 to mankind4 7,the ,secret ,doctrine1 ,,ii1 #di47 #b ,but these are not the modern ,brhmans1 as is clearly explained in ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's own writings4--,f4 ,j4 ,d4 ,,the ,,path3 by ,gertrude ,van ,pelt1 ,m4 ,d4 ,thou wilt shew me the path of life4--,psalms1 xvi4 #aa ,nothing so stirs the heart with gratitude as the thought of the ,great ,souls who have opened the ,path1 who keep it open1 and who guide the steps of the hungry searching multitude to its entrance4 ,they have carved the way through the rock of matter4 ,they have waded through the mires of delusion4 ,they have cleared away the confusing and entangling underbrush of doubt4 ,they have hewn down the mighty obstructions4 ,with dauntless courage each one has destroyed the dragon which guarded the treasure from himself1 thus inspiring all who follow4 ,they have erected signposts all along the journey1 and with their hearts' blood have written thereon the messages which every pilgrim may read1 and so avoid one step amiss4 ,not only this1 but having achieved the goal1 they have retraced their steps again and again1 to direct the uncertain feet of the children of earth1 to combat ignorance1 vice1 and injustice2 to encourage1 uplift1 and teach4 ,though unseen in many times and places1 it is they who keep the lights burning4 ,terrible as are the difficulties1 the discouragements1 the disasters1 which the human children encounter1 it is the ,great ,souls who prevent them from being impossible2 who ward off the clouds of despair lest they settle over the globe like a pall of darkness paralysing all effort4 ,without these ,elder ,brothers all would be lost in the labyrinth of matter1 never finding the thread which could lead them out4 ,but to be without them is inconceivable1 unthinkable2 for all must sometime find the ,path and tread it4 ,no means have been omitted to make it plain4 ,all nature exists but to point the way4 ,all experiences1 all events1 difficulties1 disappointments1 all good1 as well as so-called bad fortune3 all tend to the same issue4 ,it has been described in every language of heart or head1 that all1 even the beasts of the fields1 in some vague way1 may hear and gradually understand4 ,one of those who has gone before and returned to show the path to others1 said3 ,i am the ,way4 ,another1 with a different sidelight on the same truth1 said3 ,each man is to himself absolutely the way4 ,for each one in traveling it1 does so by passing through the mazes of his own personality1 first as one blindfolded1 then as one slowly awakening to its meaning1 and finally as one consciously subduing and transmuting it4 ,and when he has reached the goal1 he becomes the way4 ,his whole being is an expression1 an exposition of the way--the mystic ,path1 which lies within and yet without2 which is so far1 and yet so near4 ,light on the ,path expresses it as follows3 ,seek out the way4444 ,seek it not by any one road4 ,to each temperament there is one road which seems the most desirable4 ,but the way is not found by devotion alone1 by religious contemplation alone1 by ardent progress1 by self-sacrificing labor1 by studious observation of life4 ,none alone can take the disciple more than one step onward4 ,all steps are necessary to make up the ladder4 ,the vices of men become steps in the ladder1 one by one1 as they are surmounted4 ,the virtues of men are steps indeed1 necessary--not by any means to be dispensed with4 ,yet1 though they create a fair atmosphere1 and a happy future1 they are useless if they stand alone4 ,the whole nature of man must be used wisely by the one who desires to enter the way4 ,,san ,,diego3 by ,kenneth ,morris ,that ,san ,diego has the greatest of futures before it1 who shall deny8 ,katherine ,tingley1 ,leader of ,the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 foresaw its destiny1 saw its possibilities1 fifteen years ago1 and began forthwith to lay the foundations of peculiar greatness for it4 ,there are thousands of cities in the ,united ,states1 doubtless in ,canada too1 centers in all the new worlds established from ,europe1 that have before them a huge metropolitanism1 and are to grow populous beyond the ,old ,world capitals4 ,why not8 ,the wind of increase bloweth where it listeth1 and we can only safely prophesy change and reversion1 change and reversion4 ,where the deserts are now1 dwelt of old the builders of sky-scrapers2 aeroplanes soared over lands the oceans cover2 and ,dreadnoughts floated and made war1 perhaps1 where now are ,alps and ,andes4 ,here is a land in its beginnings2 many millennia lie before it in which to grow4 ,we need the grand vision when we look out on the ages to be2 only so can we sow the right seeds for their harvesting4 ,we cannot tell what nations or cities are destined for high material greatness2 probably there is room for every one to hope4 ,but for ,san ,diego a peculiar and more excellent fate is reserved1 whose falling she may hasten by her clear-sightedness1 or retard by her perversity2 still1 it lies before her4 ,she is to be the ,city of ,righteousness1 the metropolis of the world's culture1 the ,mecca of distant generations of poets1 artists1 philosophers1 and musicians4 ,it is not mainly her own citizens who make this claim4 ,they1 with all their high ambitions1 with all their golden dreams1 are hardly alive to the great possibilities of the town4 ,in an age pre-eminently of material progress1 it is natural to lay most stress on the material advantages of site1 climate1 etc4 ,so there is no end to the writing on the ,bay--the one bay between ,san ,francisco and somewhere far away in ,mexico--with all it offers for commerce and for strategy2 or on the unwearying efforts of the sun2 on the glorious hinterland1 so rich and beautiful2 or the new railway that is to open it up1 and link ,san ,diego with the east2 on partial awakenings at ,washington to the great strategic importance of this town1 and the certainty that these partial awakenings must become whole-hearted and thorough some time1 and bear fruit a thousandfold4 ,time1 time1 time--there is time for all these things4 ,innumerable palaces will be seen1 surrounding this blue jewel of a bay2 looking down on it from amidst exquisite parks and gardens on the heights2 there will be drives as famed as any in ,switzerland or ,italy4 ,nature herself has provided for this2 and the tide of empire is rolling westward4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,view ,,of ,,san ,,diego ,,with ,a ,,glimpse ,,of ,,the ,,bay ,,coronado ,,in ,,the ,,distance ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,u4 ,s4 ,,grant ,,hotel1 ,,from ,,the ,,plaza1 ,,san ,,diego1 ,,california ,time and again ,san ,diego has been named with two cities of the ,old ,world2 and there is something instructive in either comparison4 ,she is the ,naples of ,california1 and again1 the ,athens of the ,pacific ,coast4 ,cuyamaca has been likened to ,vesuvius1 and our bay to the ,bay of ,naples4 ,indeed1 no doubt there is a physical resemblance4 ,the conditions that made ,naples are largely historic2 but then they are largely climatic1 and matters of situation1 also4 ,as for history1 the history of ,san ,diego lies before her4 ,all historic conditions--,camorra1 lazzaroni1 plague1 pestilence1 national inefficiency1 vice1 and famine1 or the blessings which are the reverse of all these--are the fruitage of one cannot say what tiny seeds sown1 one cannot say when or how often4 ,you take a child1 and give it no training or bad training in its first years3 it was the offspring of highly cultured parents1 perhaps2 but what disasters may not lie before it8 ,on the other hand1 you take a child1 who has had no advantages1 and give it a ,rja ,yoga training such as ,katherine ,tingley is giving to so many at ,point ,loma and elsewhere--such1 in truth1 as only ,katherine ,tingley knows how to give--and you need set no particular limits to the hopes you hold for that child's future4 ,there is a great parallelism with this in the early years of a city or community4 ,up and down the world there are a thousand cities1 as was said1 with huge material destinies lying before them1 which by their very situation they will not be able to escape4 ,but in how many cases have they not been without far foresight in their youth1 to guard them against the perils of that most perilous time8 ,they sow their wild oats1 we say2 a phrase that is meant to cover a multitude of iniquities4 ,one can no more cheat the ,law with such an excusive expression1 than one can write an ,i ,o ,u for one's debts1 and comfortably thank ,god that one need think no more of them4 ,he who has sown his wild oats may have gained a certain wisdom and experience out of the sufferings resultant from them2 but he will never be the man he might have been4 ,he will have lowered the whole of his possibilities1 and can pay thereafter only so much per cent of his debt to the world and humanity4 ,climate and situation might have prepared for ,san ,diego only such a fate as that of ,naples2 and there are other elements of possible danger as well1 which it would require no ordinary wisdom and foresight to guard against4 ,indeed1 have there not been revelations here and there in our cities1 which should make us judge charitably the home of the ,camorra8 ,but now there are many thousands up and down the world who believe in ,san ,diego2 who cannot think she will fail or fall into gross error2 who already look on her as a ,mecca for their hopes2 who know that she will shed light around the world4 ,reference is made1 of course1 to the great membership of the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 which has its ramifications among all the peoples of the globe4 ,for them1 ,san ,diego rose above the horizon when ,katherine ,tingley declared her intention1 some fifteen years ago1 to found the ,city of ,learning1 the ,world's ,theosophical ,headquarters1 on the heights of ,point ,loma1 within the city limits of ,san ,diego4 ,they had reason even then to know that what ,katherine ,tingley says she will do1 is done2 and they have had a million times more reason for that certainty given them since4 ,when this famous humanitarian came to ,san ,diego1 grass was growing in some of the streets there1 where there should have been boulevards bustling with life4 ,the old first boom had long since spent itself1 helped to its grave by ready inimical hands2 and there seemed no special reason for its resurrection4 ,it was then that she made her promises4 ,this little city of the quiet streets should come to be1 not the ,naples1 but the ,athens of the west4 ,it should have population2 it should have riches and commerce and splendor2 it should flourish abundantly when its enemies had long since faded out and been forgotten2 and all this was the very least and most insignificant part of its destiny4 ,there should be a new and timelong age of ,perikles here2 new ,phidian studios2 new ,groves of ,akademe4 ,time--we must not be niggardly with that1 perhaps2 these things should not be in a day2 but assuredly they should be4 ,it will be asked1 on what grounds ,katherine ,tingley based these promises of hers4 ,the answer is3 on her own intentions with regard to the place2 and on her knowledge of the laws that govern the growth of civic and national life4 ,is there no knowing the future8 ,the farmer sows his seed under the impression that there is4 ,he has cultivated the soil2 plowed and fertilized it2 now he can put the seed in with a certain confidence4 ,only it is not everybody that understands the preparing for these greater national or civic harvests4 ,it is safe to say that from that time the second great ,san ,diego boom dates4 ,the ,theosophical ,center was started on ,point ,loma1 and from the first has been attracting life to the city across the bay4 ,this is not the place to give statistics as to the number of thousands of dollars that have been spent in ,san ,diego each year2 nor as to the amount of labor that has been employed4 ,from the start it was enough to give the city that new impetus of life which was needed--a fact proven by the rise in the population from #ag1jjj to #ej1jjj in ten years4 ,then came the founding of the ,rja ,yoga system of education1 with its first and chiefest exemplification in the ,college on ,point ,loma4 ,do all our citizens realize what this has meant for the city8 ,on merely material lines1 for example8 ,not only from the eastern ,states1 but from ,europe and ,asia as well1 hundreds have made the pilgrimage to ,san ,diego to investigate the ,rja ,yoga ,college and system on the ,point4 ,they have gone away and filled their own lands with the rumor of the fame of this wonderful new thing that has its ,headquarters--at ,san ,diego4 ,the press of ,england1 of ,japan1 of ,germany1 of ,holland1 of ,sweden1 have been made abundantly aware of the fame of this ,theosophical ,center--at ,san ,diego4 ,a ,greek play is given in the open-air theater on ,point ,loma1 ,san ,diego--and we read critiques of it in the morning papers of ,bavaria4 ,we pick up a ,tokyo magazine of current date1 and find in it a picture of a group of children who are receiving their education at ,point ,loma1 ,san ,diego4 ,katherine ,tingley landed in ,liverpool in the summer of #aijg2 and the next morning's ,london papers teemed with accounts of her--pages of accounts of her--and of her colossal and beneficent undertaking at ,point ,loma1 ,san ,diego4 ,and so on1 and so on1 and so on4 ,with the best facilities in the world and a genius for advertising1 and with the expenditure of millions1 ,san ,diego could hardly have advertised herself in the way that ,mrs4 ,tingley1 through her ,theosophical work1 has caused her to be advertised2 and it has cost ,san ,diego nothing4 ,but all this has been merely1 or mainly1 for the material advantage of the city4 ,a man 7or a place7 may acquire a false fame1 that he cannot or will not live up to2 and he will be paid with contempt later1 more oppressive than the obscurity he had at first4 ,mrs4 ,tingley has done more than this4 ,she has laid down the lines1 and labored without ceasing1 for the real advance and benefit of the city4 ,is it nothing that ,san ,diego should have in its core a ,center such as this ,theosophical one at ,point ,loma--a center where the higher life is being lived1 where money is not the motive1 where the greatest effort of the age is being made to uplift humanity8 ,the greatest effort8 ,yes2 because the one that knows best what must be done to attain success1 and on what foundations in the nature of man this success must be based4 ,consider her fame throughout the world2 her fame as an orator1 that will crowd the biggest halls in any city in ,europe1 and bring hundreds to the doors who cannot gain admission4 ,there may be some other living ,americans of whom as much can be said2 but there are not many4 ,how many visitors are attracted to ,san ,diego yearly by ,katherine ,tingley's famous work at ,point ,loma1 and because this world-renowned orator will certainly be speaking at the ,isis ,theater twice or three times1 or perhaps more often1 in each season8 ,and what will be the result of these many speeches of hers1 that so many thousands have heard8 ,the result may not be so visible yet that he who runs may read2 neither is the result of the great fertilizing you gave your field--until the grain has sprouted1 and the brown earth is covered with greenness4 ,but the result is that seeds of coming greatness1 in a real sense--seeds of a higher1 cleaner1 saner life--have been sown in the life and thought of the city4 ,in time you shall see the harvest4 ,it will be a clean city1 such as ,calvin1 for example1 strove to make of his ,geneva2 a city without stain or blemish1 without saloon or redlight4 ,beyond that1 it will be a city perhaps of many theaters1 in which the highest1 the most classical and beautiful of the world's dramas will be shown--and in which there will never be anything shown approaching the commonplace1 the vulgar1 the stupid4 ,it will be a ,city ,beautiful1 a place of marvelous architecture1 exquisite gardening4 ,it will be a city whose press will be clean1 elevating1 unsensational1 instructive2 a press that will not lie nor slander nor touch personal themes2 that will give the news1 and not rake hell and the gutters1 fact and fancy1 for all kinds of nauseousness and nonsense2 a press that will be a model to the press of the world4 ,from all the world the best people will be sending their children to be educated here4 ,there is no limit to the high possibilities of ,san ,diego--the high possibilities that ,katherine ,tingley has helped to make possible4 ,how long1 ,o ,san ,diego1 before these things shall be8 ,it is for you to answer2 it is for you to answer4 ,the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society ,established for the ,benefit of the ,people of the ,earth and all ,creatures ,,objects ,this ,brotherhood is part of a great and universal movement which has been active in all ages4 ,this ,organization declares that ,brotherhood is a fact in ,nature4 ,its principal purpose is to teach ,brotherhood1 demonstrate that it is a fact in ,nature1 and make it a living power in the life of humanity4 ,its subsidiary purpose is to study ancient and modern religions1 science1 philosophy and art2 to investigate the laws of ,nature and the divine powers in man4 ,illustration ,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky1 ,,foundress ,,and ,,teacher ,the present ,theosophical ,movement was inaugurated by ,helena ,petrovna ,blavatsky in ,new ,york in #ahge4 ,the original name was ,the ,theosophical ,society4 ,associated with her were ,william ,q4 ,judge and others4 ,madame ,blavatsky for a time preferred not to hold any outer official position except that of ,corresponding ,secretary4 ,but later1 in #ahhh1 she dissolved a ,center in ,france and cancelled its by-laws1 which action was afterwards formally ratified by the ,executive ,council of the ,society4 ,referring to this she wrote in her ,english magazine as follows3 ,this settles the question of the actual right of the ,corresponding ,secretary--one of the founders--to interfere in such exceptional cases when the welfare and reputation of the ,theosophical ,society are at stake4 ,in no other1 except such a case1 would the undersigned have consented or taken upon herself the right of interfering4 ,later she assumed the ,presidency of the ,british ,section of the ,theosophical ,society4 ,further1 in response to the statement published by a then prominent member in ,india that ,madame ,blavatsky is loyal to the ,theosophical ,society and to ,adyar1 ,madame ,blavatsky wrote3 ,it is pure nonsense to say that ,h4 ,p4 ,b4 444 is loyal to the ,theosophical ,society and to ,adyar76874 ,h4 ,p4 ,b4 is loyal to death to the ,theosophical cause and those ,great ,teachers whose philosophy can alone bind the whole of ,humanity into one ,brotherhood4444 ,the degree of her sympathies with the ,theosophical ,society and ,adyar depends upon the degree of the loyalty of that ,society to the ,,cause4 ,let it break away from the original lines and show disloyalty in its policy to the cause and the original program of the ,society1 and ,h4 ,p4 ,b41 calling the ,t4 ,s4 disloyal1 will shake it off like dust from her feet4 ,all true students know that ,madame ,blavatsky held the highest authority1 the only real authority which comes of wisdom and power1 the authority of ,teacher and ,leader1 the real head1 heart1 and inspiration of the whole ,theosophical ,movement4 ,it was through her that the teachings of ,theosophy were given to the world1 and without her the ,theosophical ,movement could not have been4 ,,branch ,,societies ,,in ,,europe ,,and ,,india ,in #ahgh ,madame ,blavatsky left the ,united ,states1 first visiting ,great ,britain and then ,india1 in both of which countries she founded branch societies4 ,the parent body in ,new ,york became later the ,aryan ,theosophical ,society and ,,has ,,always ,,had ,,its ,,headquarters ,,in ,,america2 and of this1 ,william ,q4 ,judge was ,president until his death in #ahif4 ,to one who accepts the teachings of ,theosophy it is plain to see that although ,theosophy is of no nationality or country but for all1 yet it has a peculiar relationship with ,america4 ,not only was the ,united ,states the birthplace of the ,theosophical ,society1 and the home of the ,parent ,body up to the present time1 but ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 the ,foundress of the ,society1 although a ,russian by birth1 became an ,american citizen2 ,william ,q4 ,judge1 of ,irish parentage and birth1 also became an ,american citizen2 and ,katherine ,tingley is ,american born4 ,america therefore not only has played a unique part in the history of the present ,theosophical ,movement1 but it is plain to see that its destiny is closely interwoven with that of ,theosophy2 and by ,america is meant not only the ,united ,states or even the ,north ,american continent1 but also the ,south ,american continent1 and1 as repeatedly declared by ,madame ,blavatsky1 it is in this great ,western ,hemisphere as a whole1 ,north and ,south1 that the next great ,race of humanity is to be born4 ,,enemies ,,of ,,progress ,while the main object of the ,society from the first was to establish a nucleus of ,universal ,brotherhood1 there were some1 we regret to state1 who joined the ,society from far different motives4 ,many were wholly sincere in their interest and efforts to benefit the human race1 but as in other societies1 so in this1 there were a few who entered its ranks seeking an opportunity to gratify their ambition and love of power4 ,still others1 in their carping egotism thought that they knew more than their ,teacher1 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 and were jealous of that ,teacher1 and later of the one whom she left as her successor and ,teacher in her place4 ,thus it was that there were attacks from the very first against the teachings of ,theosophy1 but more than all against the one who brought again these teachings to the world--,madame ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky--and on handing the guidance of the ,theosophical ,movement on to her successors they too have been subject to similar attacks from the forces of evil1 whose very existence is threatened by the spread of the teachings of ,theosophy1 which are the teachings of truth4 ,madame ,blavatsky's mission was in part to tear down the materialism of the age on one hand1 and dogmatic domination on the other1 and this made for her many bitter enemies4 ,it was not long before enmity and unbrotherliness met her on every side1 and these culminated in a plan to overthrow the influence of ,theosophy and discredit her before the world4 ,it was in ,india1 in #ahhd1 that this plan unfolded4 ,two ingrates1 7,french people1 man and wife7 who had been befriended by ,madame ,blavatsky when they were starving and ragged1 and who later attempted to blackmail some of the members of the ,society1 and confessed themselves to be bribe-takers1 liars1 and forgers1 associated themselves with the ,christian ,college of ,madras1 ,india1 and sought to destroy ,madame ,blavatsky and her work4 ,it was afterwards discovered--admitted by the missionaries themselves1 and published in the ,madras ,mail--that these missionaries had agreed to pay a large sum of money to the above-referred-to people for letters of ,madame ,blavatsky4 ,these letters1 as was afterwards proven1 were gross forgeries4 ,at the same time the ,psychical ,research ,society sent out as its agent a young man who had just left college1 to investigate and make a report4 ,this young man1 wholly inexperienced1 had all his traveling expenses paid on his long trip of sight-seeing1 and no doubt felt that he must make some report to warrant the large outlay for his expenses1 and in order to earn his salary4 ,the whole source of this young man's information1 on which he based his report1 was the testimony of the two people above referred to1 who later confessed their fraud4 ,furthermore1 the young man published as his own a drawing made by ,william ,q4 ,judge of something that the young man had no possibility of seeing1 as it did not exist in that state when the young man arrived in ,india4 ,nevertheless1 the ,psychical ,research ,society accepted the young man's unsupported testimony1 without asking for any answer from ,madame ,blavatsky1 nor did they ask her friends1 but made their report solely on the testimony of two perjured ingrates1 and of a young man1 who appropriated the work of another as his own4 ,,madame ,,blavatsky ,,founds ,,the ,,esoteric ,,school ,,her ,,life-,,long ,,trust ,,in ,,william ,q4 ,,judge ,in #ahhh1 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 then in ,london1 on the suggestion and at the request of her ,colleague1 ,william ,q4 ,judge1 founded the ,esoteric ,school of ,theosophy1 a body for students1 of which ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky wrote that it was the heart of the ,theosophical ,movement1 and of which she appointed ,william ,q4 ,judge as her sole representative in ,america4 ,further1 writing officially to the ,convention of the ,american ,societies held in ,chicago1 #ahhh1 she wrote as follows3 ,to ,william ,q4 ,judge1 ,general ,secretary of the ,american ,section of the ,theosophical ,society3 ,my dearest ,brother and ,co-,founder of the ,theosophical ,society3 ,in addressing to you this letter1 which ,i request you to read to the ,convention summoned for ,april #bbnd1 ,i must first present my hearty congratulations and most cordial good wishes to the ,society and yourself--the heart and soul of that body in ,america4 ,we were several to call it to life in #ahge4 ,since then you have remained alone to preserve that life through good and evil report4 ,it is to you chiefly1 if not entirely1 that the ,theosophical ,society owes its existence in #ahhh4 ,let me thank you for it1 for the first1 and perhaps for the last time publicly1 and from the bottom of my heart1 which beats only for the cause you represent so well and serve so faithfully4 ,i ask you also to remember that on this important occasion1 my voice is but the feeble echo of other more sacred voices1 and the transmitter of the approval of ,those whose presence is alive in more than one true ,theosophical heart1 and lives1 as ,i know1 pre-eminently in yours4 ,this regard that ,madame ,blavatsky had for her ,colleague ,william ,q4 ,judge continued undiminished until her death in #ahia1 when he became her successor4 ,,the ,,true ,,and ,,the ,,counterfeit ,in giving even such a brief sketch as the present necessarily is of the objects and history of the ,theosophical ,society1 it is nevertheless due to all honest and fair-minded people that an explanation should be given why there are small bodies of people here and there which are labeled ,theosophical but which are in no way endorsed or recognized by the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society4 ,these small bodies have sprung up from year to year in different parts of the world1 and though in the aggregate their efforts and influence have been weak1 they have nevertheless been more or less successful in misleading honest minds from the truth4 ,it becomes a duty therefore to call attention to these matters and to give warning lest others be misled4 ,in other words a distinction must be drawn between the true and the counterfeit4 ,madame ,blavatsky1 in #ahhi1 writing in her ,theosophical magazine published in ,london1 said that the purpose of the magazine was not only to promulgate ,theosophy1 but also and as a consequence of such promulgation1 to bring to light the hidden things of darkness4 ,she further says3 ,as to the weak-minded ,theosophists--if any--they can take care of themselves in the way they please4 ,,if ,,the ,,false ,,prophets ,,of ,,theosophy ,,are ,,to ,,be ,,left ,,untouched1 ,,the ,,true ,,prophets ,,will ,,be ,,very ,,soon--,,as ,,they ,,have ,,already ,,been--,,confused ,,with ,,the ,,false4 ,,it ,,is ,,high ,,time ,,to ,,winnow ,,our ,,corn ,,and ,,cast ,,away ,,the ,,chaff4 ,the ,theosophical ,society is becoming enormous in its numbers1 and if the false prophets1 the pretenders1 or even the weak-minded dupes1 are left alone1 then the ,society threatens to become very soon a fanatical body split into three hundred sects--like ,protestantism--each hating the other1 and all bent on destroying the truth by monstrous exaggerations and idiotic schemes and shams4 ,we do not believe in allowing the presence of sham elements in ,theosophy1 because of the fear1 forsooth1 that if even a false element in the faith is ridiculed1 the latter is apt to shake the confidence in the whole4 444 ,what true ,christians shall see their co-religionists making fools of themselves1 or disgracing their faith1 and still abstain from rebuking them publicly as privately1 for fear lest this false element should throw out of ,christianity the rest of the believers4 ,,the ,,wise ,,man ,,courts ,,truth2 ,,the ,,fool1 ,,flattery4 ,however it may be1 let rather our ranks be made thinner1 than the ,theosophical ,society go on being made a spectacle to the world through the exaggerations of some fanatics1 and the attempt of various charlatans to profit by a ready-made program4 ,these1 by disfiguring and adapting ,occultism to their own filthy and immoral ends1 bring disgrace upon the whole movement4--,lucifer1 ,vol4 iv1 pp4 #b #c4 ,,the ,,duty ,,of ,a ,,theosophist ,in regard to the above it should be remembered that ,madame ,blavatsky wrote this in #ahhi and had in view certain people who were advocating immoral teachings and practices in the sacred name of ,theosophy1 and it shows clearly what she would have done and what would be a ,theosophical duty should ever a similar occasion arise4 ,thanks to the safe-guarding of the ,theosophical ,movement by the ,constitution of the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 such cannot ever arise in the ,society itself1 but just as there is no legal means of preventing anyone from calling himself a ,christian however much his life may depart from the teachings and ideals of the ,teacher whose name he so dishonors1 so there is no means of preventing unworthy people from using the sacred name of ,theosophy and giving out teachings or advocating practices which are absolutely contrary to the teachings of ,theosophy as given first by our ,teacher1 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 and later by her successors1 ,william ,q4 ,judge and ,katherine ,tingley4 ,it is a matter of great regret that we have to refer to these things1 but although unpleasant it is nevertheless a duty4 ,it is for the above-named reasons and to forestall misconception on the part of the public that we make mention here of those enemies to true ,theosophy who sprang up not only outside but within the ranks of the ,society4 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky had her enemies and those who sought to discredit her not only before the public but before her own students2 and so too ,william ,q4 ,judge had his1 and ,katherine ,tingley has hers also4 ,in fact1 was there ever a ,teacher who came to do good and help humanity who was not maligned and persecuted8 ,,william ,q4 ,,judge ,,elected ,,president ,,for ,,life ,in #ahic there openly began what had been going on beneath the surface for some time1 a bitter attack ostensibly against ,william ,q4 ,judge1 but in reality also against ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky4 ,this bitter attack threatened to disrupt the whole ,society and to thwart the main purpose of its existence1 which was to further the cause of ,universal ,brotherhood4 ,finally the ,american members decided to take action1 and at the annual convention of the ,society held in ,boston in #ahie1 by a vote of #aia delegates to #aj1 re-asserted the principles of ,theosophy as laid down by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 and elected ,william ,q4 ,judge president for life4 ,similar action was almost immediately taken by members in ,europe1 ,australia1 and other countries1 in each case ,william ,q4 ,judge being elected president for life4 ,in this action the great majority of the active members throughout the world concurred1 and thus the ,society was relieved of those who had joined it for other purposes than the furtherance of ,universal ,brotherhood1 the carrying out of the ,society's other objects1 and the spiritual freedom and upliftment of ,humanity4 ,a few of these in order to curry favor with the public and attract a following1 continued among themselves to use the name of ,theosophy1 but it should be understood that they are not connected with the ,theosophical ,movement4 ,,katherine ,,tingley ,,succeeds ,,william ,q4 ,,judge ,one year later1 in ,march #ahif1 ,william ,q4 ,judge died1 leaving as his successor ,katherine ,tingley1 who for several years had been associated with him in the work of the ,society4 ,this ,teacher not only began immediately to put into actual practice the ideals of ,theosophy as had been the hope and aim of both ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky and ,william ,q4 ,judge1 and for which they had laid the foundations1 thus honoring and illustrating the work of her illustrious predecessors1 but she also struck a new keynote1 introducing new and broader plans for uplifting humanity4 ,for each of the ,teachers1 while continuing the work and building upon the foundations of his predecessor1 adds a new link1 and has his own distinctive work to do1 and teachings to give1 belonging to his own time and position4 ,no sooner had ,katherine ,tingley begun her work as successor1 than further attacks1 some most insidious1 from the same source as those made against ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky and ,william ,q4 ,judge1 as well as from other sources1 were inaugurated against her4 ,most prominent among those thus attacking ,katherine ,tingley were some referred to by ,madame ,blavatsky in the article above-quoted 7pp4 #gi-hj71 who by their own actions had removed themselves from the ranks of the ,society4 ,there were also a few others who still remained in the ,society who had not joined hands with the disintegrators at the time the latter were repudiated in #ahie4 ,these now thought it to their personal advantage to oppose the ,leader and sought to gain control of the ,society and use it for political purposes4 ,these ambitious agitators1 seeking to exploit the ,society for their own ends1 used every means to overthrow ,katherine ,tingley1 realizing that she was the greatest obstacle to the accomplishment of their desires1 for if she could be removed they expected to gain control4 ,they worked day and night1 stooping almost to any means to carry out their projects4 ,yet it seemed that by these very acts1 i4 e41 the more they attacked1 the more were honest and earnest members attracted to the ranks of the ,society under ,katherine ,tingley's leadership4 ,,katherine ,,tingley ,,gives ,,society ,,new ,,constitution ,,society ,,merges ,,into ,,broader ,,field ,,of ,,work ,to eliminate these menacing features and to safeguard the work of the ,theosophical ,movement for all time1 ,katherine ,tingley presented to a number of the oldest members gathered at her home in ,new ,york on the night of ,january #acth1 #ahih1 a new ,constitution which she had formulated for the more permanent and broader work of the ,theosophical ,movement1 opening up a wider field of endeavor than had heretofore been possible to students of ,theosophy4 ,one month later1 at the ,convention of the ,society1 held in ,chicago1 ,february #ahth1 #ahih1 this ,constitution was accepted by an almost unanimous vote1 and the ,theosophical ,society merged itself into the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society4 ,in this new step forward1 she had the heartiest co-operation and support of the vast majority of the members throughout the world4 ,only a few were unable to accept the wider opportunity now afforded them and removed themselves from the ranks1 seeking other fields in which to exploit their ambitious plans4 ,the members were truly greatly relieved that the ,constitution of the ,society made it virtually impossible for agitators to remain members4 ,the ,society in order to fulfil its great mission must necessarily be unsectarian and non-political1 and any attempts to use it for political purposes would be subversive of its high aims and have always been discouraged by our ,leaders4 ,as the years went on1 it appeared that there were still a few not yet prepared to co-operate fully in the broader interests of the ,society1 and these finally dropped out4 ,,theosophy ,,in ,,practice ,it is of interest here to quote our ,teacher's own words regarding this time4 ,in an article published in the ,metropolitan ,magazine1 ,new ,york1 ,october1 #aiji1 she says3 ,later1 ,i found myself the successor of ,william ,q4 ,judge1 and ,i began my heart work1 the inspiration of which is partly due to him4 ,in all my writings and associations with the members of the ,theosophical ,society1 ,i emphasized the necessity of putting ,theosophy into daily practice1 and in such a way that it would continuously demonstrate that it was the redeeming power of man4 ,more familiarity with the organization and its workers brought home to me the fact that there was a certain number of students who had in the early days begun the wrong way to study ,theosophy1 and that it was becoming in their lives a death-like sleep4 ,i noticed that those who followed this line of action were always alarmed at my humanitarian tendencies4 ,,whenever ,i ,,reminded ,,them ,,that ,,they ,,were ,,building ,a ,,colossal ,,egotism ,,instead ,,of ,a ,,power ,,to ,,do ,,good1 ,,they ,,subtly ,,opposed ,,me4 ,,as ,i ,,insisted ,,on ,,the ,,practical ,,life ,,of ,,theosophy1 ,,they ,,opposed ,,still ,,more4 ,they later exerted personal influence which affected certain members throughout the world4 ,it was this condition which then menaced the ,theosophical ,movement1 and which forced me to the point of taking such action as would fully protect the pure teachings of ,theosophy and make possible a broader path for unselfish students to follow4 ,thus the faithful members of the ,theosophical ,movement would be able to exemplify the charge which ,helena ,petrovna ,blavatsky gave to her pupils1 as follows3 ,real ,theosophy is altruism1 and we cannot repeat it too often4 ,it is brotherly love1 mutual help1 unswerving devotion to truth4 ,if once men do but realize that in these alone can true happiness be found1 and never in wealth1 possession or any selfish gratification1 then the dark cloud will roll away1 and a new humanity will be born upon the earth4 ,then the ,golden ,age will be there indeed4 ,here we find ,william ,q4 ,judge accentuating the same spirit1 the practical ,theosophical life3 ,the power to know does not come from book-study alone1 nor from mere philosophy1 but mostly from the actual practice of altruism in deed1 word1 and thought2 for that practice purifies the covers of the soul and permits the divine light to shine down into the brain-mind4 ,,the ,,parting ,,of ,,the ,,ways ,on ,february #ah1 #ahih1 at the ,convention of the ,theosophical ,society in ,america1 held at ,chicago1 ,ill41 the ,society resolved1 through its delegates from all parts of the world1 to enter a larger arena1 to widen its scope and to further protect the teachings of ,theosophy4 ,amid most intense enthusiasm the ,theosophical ,society was expanded into the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 and ,i found myself recognized as its leader and official head4 ,the ,theosophical ,society in ,europe also resolved to merge itself into the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 and the example was quickly followed by ,theosophical ,societies in other parts of the world4 ,the expansion of the original ,theosophical ,society1 which ,madame ,blavatsky founded and which ,william ,q4 ,judge so ably sustained1 now called the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 gave birth to a new life1 and the membership trebled the first year1 and ever since that time a rapid increase has followed4 ,,katherine ,,tingley',s ,,practical ,,humanitarian ,,work ,,united ,,states ,,government ,,gives ,,assistance ,in #ahih ,katherine ,tingley established the ,international ,brotherhood ,league1 the department of the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society for practical humanitarian work1 and under its auspices rendered aid to thousands of soldiers at ,montauk after the close of the ,spanish-,american ,war4 ,later she took a relief expedition into ,cuba1 the ,united ,states ,government affording her free transportation for physicians1 nurses1 and supplies4 ,thus began her work in ,cuba1 which has resulted in the establishment of ,rja ,yoga ,colleges at ,santiago de ,cuba1 ,santa ,clara1 and ,pinar del ,rio1 and now in preparation at ,san ,juan on the site of the famous battlefield which ,katherine ,tingley has recently purchased4 ,in these ,colleges1 besides the world-famous ,rja ,yoga ,college at ,point ,loma1 a great educational work is being carried on in which are being taught the highest ideals of patriotism and national life in addition to the development of character and the upbuilding of pure-minded and self-reliant manhood and womanhood to the end that each pupil may be prepared to take an honorable self-reliant position in the world's work4 ,other school sites acquired by ,mrs4 ,katherine ,tingley are in the ,new ,forest1 ,england1 and also on the ,island of ,visings1 ,sweden4 ,,international ,,headquarters ,,at ,,point ,,loma1 ,,california ,in #aijj the ,headquarters of the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society were moved from ,new ,york to ,point ,loma1 ,california1 which is now the ,international ,center of the ,theosophical ,movement4 ,this ,organization is unsectarian and non-political2 none of its officers or workers receives any salary or financial recompense4 ,in her article in ,the ,metropolitan ,magazine above referred to1 ,katherine ,tingley further says3 ,the knowledge that ,point ,loma was to be the ,world-center of the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 which has for its supreme object the elevation of the race1 created great enthusiasm among its members throughout the world4 ,the further fact that the government of the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society rests entirely with the leader and official head1 who holds her office for life and who has the privilege of appointing her successor1 gave me the power to carry out some of the plans ,i had long cherished4 ,among these was the erecting of the great ,homestead ,building4 ,this ,i carefully designed that it might not stand apart from the beautiful nature about it1 but in a sense harmonize with the sky1 the distant mountains1 the broad blue ,pacific1 and the glorious light of the sun4 ,so it has been from the first1 so that the practical work of ,theosophy began at ,point ,loma under the most favorable circumstances4 ,no one dominated by selfish aims and ambitions was invited to take part in this pioneer work4 ,although there were scores of workers from various parts of the world uniting their efforts with mine for the upbuilding of this world-center1 yet there was no disharmony4 ,each took the duty allotted him and worked trustingly and cheerfully4 ,many of the world's ways these workers gladly left behind them4 ,they seemed reborn with an enthusiasm that knew no defeat4 ,the work was done for the love of it1 and this is the secret of a large part of the success that has come to the ,theosophical ,movement4 ,not long after the establishment of the ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters at ,point ,loma1 it was plain to see that the ,society was advancing along all lines by leaps and bounds4 ,letters of inquiry were pouring in from different countries1 which led to my establishing the ,theosophical ,propaganda ,bureau4 ,this is one of the greatest factors we have in disseminating our teachings4 ,the ,international ,brotherhood ,league then opened its offices and has ever been active in its special humanitarian work1 being the directing power which has sustained the several ,rja ,yoga schools and academies1 now in ,pinar del ,rio1 ,santa ,clara1 and ,santiago de ,cuba1 from the beginning4 ,the ,aryan ,theosophical ,press has yearly enlarged its facilities in answer to the demands made upon it through the publication of ,theosophical literature1 which includes ,,the ,,theosophical ,,path and several other publications4 ,there is the ,isis ,conservatory of ,music and ,drama1 the ,department of ,arts and ,crafts1 the ,industrial ,department1 including ,forestry1 ,agriculture1 ,roadbuilding1 ,photo-engraving1 ,chemical laboratory1 ,landscape-gardening1 and many other crafts4 ,,do ,,not ,,fail ,,to ,,profit ,,by ,,the ,,following ,,constantly ,,the ,,question ,,is ,,asked1 ,,what ,,is ,,theosophy1 ,,what ,,does ,,it ,,really ,,teach8 ,,each ,,year ,,the ,,life ,,and ,,work ,,of ,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky ,,and ,,the ,,high ,,ideals ,,and ,,pure ,,morality ,,of ,,her ,,teachings ,,are ,,more ,,clearly ,,vindicated4 ,,each ,,year ,,the ,,position ,,taken ,,by ,,william ,q4 ,,judge ,,and ,,katherine ,,tingley ,,in ,,regard ,,to ,,their ,,predecessor1 ,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky1 ,,is ,,better ,,understood1 ,,and ,,their ,,own ,,lives ,,and ,,work ,,are ,,seen ,,to ,,be ,,actuated ,,by ,,the ,,same ,,high ,,ideals ,,for ,,the ,,uplifting ,,of ,,the ,,human ,,race4 ,,each ,,year ,,more ,,and ,,more ,,people ,,are ,,coming ,,to ,,realize ,,that ,,not ,,all ,,that ,,goes ,,under ,,the ,,name ,,of ,,theosophy ,,is ,,rightly ,,so ,,called1 ,,but ,,that ,,there ,,is ,a ,,counterfeit ,,theosophy ,,as ,,well ,,as ,,the ,,true1 ,,and ,,that ,,there ,,is ,,need ,,of ,,discrimination1 ,,lest ,,many ,,be ,,misled4 ,,theosophist ,,is ,,who ,,theosophy ,,does ,from the earliest days of the present ,theosophical ,movement has it been necessary to make this distinction1 but there is one unfailing test expressed in the words of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky3 ,theosophist is who ,theosophy does4 ,in the past many have been attracted to the ranks of the ,society through motives other than those which lead1 not only to the study of ,theosophy1 the ,wisdom-,religion1 but to the making of it a factor of purification of their daily lives2 some seeking admission from motives of ambition or other self-interest1 some for mere entertainment or for the acquirement of so-called occult powers--thinking they could gain the knowledge without the practice of ,theosophy1 the first step of which is altruism2 and some from mere curiosity1 hoping to find in ,theosophy a new fad4 ,the presence of such pseudo-,theosophists in the ranks has at times necessitated drastic action1 and on one or two occasions reorganization of the whole ,society in order that it might be held to its original high ideals and the lines on which it was founded4 ,and though the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society is not for saints1 the demand is made upon all who are in its ranks that there shall be a constant effort to live up to its high ideals of purity and altruistic endeavor1 that there shall be practice and not mere theory1 and that both by word and deed the lives of the members shall be an example to all men and especially to the young4 ,in certain cases as before referred to1 those who have been removed from the ranks of the ,society have with their associates formed small centers of their own1 using the name ,theosophy and to some extent the writings of ,madame ,blavatsky4 ,this has caused confusion in the minds of some who look at things merely superficially1 accepting the professions of people without regard to their motives or lives2 and hence it is necessary from time to time to clear the air1 as it were1 and1 sweeping away the veneer of mere profession1 show the facts as they really are4 ,counterfeits exist in many departments of life and thought1 and especially in matters relating to religion and the deeper teachings of life4 ,hence1 in order that people who are honestly seeking the truth may not be misled1 we deem it important to state that the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society is not responsible for1 nor is it affiliated with1 nor does it endorse1 any other society which1 while calling itself ,theosophical1 is not connected with the ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters at ,point ,loma1 ,california4 ,having a knowledge of ,theosophy1 the ancient ,wisdom-,religion1 we deem it as a sacred trust and responsibility to maintain its pure teachings1 free from the vagaries1 additions1 or misrepresentations of ambitious self-styled ,theosophists and would-be teachers4 ,the test of a ,theosophist is not in profession1 but in action1 and in a noble and virtuous life4 ,the motto of the ,society is ,there is no religion higher than ,truth4 ,this was adopted by ,madame ,blavatsky1 but it is to be deeply regretted that there are no legal means to prevent the use of this motto in connexion with counterfeit ,theosophy1 by people professing to be ,theosophists1 but who would not be recognized as such by ,madame ,blavatsky4 ,it is a regrettable fact that many people use the name of ,theosophy and of our ,organization for self-interest1 as also that of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 the ,foundress1 and even the ,society's motto1 to attract attention to themselves and to gain public support4 ,this they do in private and public speech and in publications4 ,without being in any way connected with the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 in many cases they permit it to be inferred that they are1 thus misleading the public1 and honest inquirers are hence led away from the original truths of ,theosophy4 ,the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society welcomes to membership all who truly love their fellow men and desire the eradication of the evils caused by the barriers of race1 creed1 caste1 or color1 which have so long impeded human progress2 to all sincere lovers of truth and to all who aspire to higher and better things than the mere pleasures and interests of a worldly life1 and are prepared to do all in their power to make ,brotherhood a living energy in the life of humanity1 its various departments offer unlimited opportunities4 ,the whole work of the ,organization is under the direction of the ,leader and ,official ,head1 ,katherine ,tingley1 as outlined in the ,constitution4 ,,objects ,,of ,,the ,,international ,,brotherhood ,,league #a4 ,to help men and women to realize the nobility of their calling and their true position in life4 #b4 ,to educate children of all nations on the broadest lines of ,universal ,brotherhood and to prepare destitute and homeless children to become workers for humanity4 #c4 ,to ameliorate the condition of unfortunate women1 and assist them to a higher life4 #d4 ,to assist those who are or have been in prisons to establish themselves in honorable positions in life4 #e4 ,to abolish capital punishment4 #f4 ,to bring about a better understanding between so-called savage and civilized races1 by promoting a closer and more sympathetic relationship between them4 #g4 ,to relieve human suffering resulting from flood1 famine1 war1 and other calamities2 and1 generally1 to extend aid1 help1 and comfort to suffering humanity throughout the world4 ,,joseph ,h4 ,,fussell ,secretary ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society4 ,international ,headquarters ,point ,loma1 ,california4 ,,book ,,list ,,of ,,works ,,on ,,theosophy1 ,,occultism1 ,,religion1 ,,philosophy1 ,,science1 ,,and ,,art ,,published ,,or ,,for ,,sale ,,by ,,the ,,theosophical ,,publishing ,,company ,,international ,,theosophical ,,headquarters ,,point ,,loma1 ,,california1 ,u4 ,s4 ,a4 ,the office of the ,theosophical ,publishing ,company is at ,point ,loma1 ,california ,it has ,,no ,,other ,,office and ,,no ,,branches ,,foreign ,,agencies ,,the ,,united ,,kingdom--,theosophical ,book ,co41 #ah ,bartlett's ,buildings1 ,holborn ,circus1 ,,london1 ,e4 ,c41 ,england ,,germany--,j4 ,th4 ,heller1 ,vestnertorgraben #ac1 ,n,,rnberg ,,sweden--,universella ,broderskapets ,frlag1 ,barnhusgatan1 #aj1 ,,stockholm 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,reincarnation in the ,bible--,the ,money-,changers in the ,temple--,the ,mysteries of the ,kingdom of ,heaven--,the ,heart ,doctrine--,the ,temple of ,god ,,script #e--;,contents3 ,egypt and ,prehistoric ,america--,theoretical and ,practical ,theosophy--,death1 ,one of the ,crowning ,victories of ,human ,life--,reliance on the ,law--,led by the ,spirit of ,god ,,script #f--;,contents3 ,education ,through ,illusion to ,truth--,astronomy in the ,light of ,ancient ,wisdom--,occultism and ,magic--,resurrection ,,script #g--;,contents3 ,theosophy and ,islm1 a word concerning ,sufism--,archaeology in the ,light of ,theosophy--,man1 a ,spiritual ,builder ,,script #h--;,contents3 ,the ,sun of ,righteousness--,cant about the ,classics ,,script #i--;,contents3 ,traces of the ,wisdom-,religion in ,zoroastrianism1 ,mithraism1 and their modern representative1 ,parseeism--,the ,druses of ,mount ,lebanon ,,script #aj--;,contents3 ,the ,religions of ,china ,,script #aa--7,supplementary ,number7 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,nm4 #ah ,los ,hijos de la ,neblina ,ardiente3 un ,estudio del ,hombre ,order above from the ,theosophical ,publishing ,company1 ,point ,loma1 ,california4 ,the following in other languages may be procured by writing direct to the respective ,foreign ,agencies 7see first page7 for ,book ,list and prices4 ,,german ,,an ,,ihren ,,fr,,chten ,,sollt ,,ihr ,,sie ,,erkennen--,,wer ,,ist ,,ein ,,theosoph8--,,was ,,theosophie ,,ber ,,manche ,,punkte ,,lehrt ,,und ,,was ,,sie ,,weder ,,lehrt ,,noch ,,billigt ,,ausbildung ,,der ,,konzentration 7von ,william ,q4 ,judge74 ,,das ,,leben ,,zu ,,point ,,loma 7,katherine ,tingley74 ,schn ,illustriert4 7,recommended7 ,,die ,,bhagavad-,g,t 7nach der englischen ,ausgabe von ,william ,q4 ,judge74 ,,die ,,wissenschaft ,,des ,,lebens ,,und ,,die ,,kunst ,,zu ,,leben ,,echos ,,aus ,,dem ,,orient 7von ,william ,q4 ,judge74 ,,studien ,,ber ,,die ,,bhagavad ,g,t 7,william ,q4 ,judge74 ,,theosophie ,,erkl,,rt ,r,,ckblick ,,und ,,ausblick ,,auf ,,die 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evolution of ,,ideas1 by becoming to the best of his ability a ,,co-,,worker ,,with ,,nature in the cyclic task4 ,the ever unknowable and incognizable ,k,,rana alone1 the ,,causeless ,cause of all causes1 should have its shrine and altar on the holy and ever untrodden ground of our heart--invisible1 intangible1 unmentioned1 save through the still small voice of our spiritual consciousness4 ,those who worship before it1 should to do so in the silence and the sanctified solitude of their ,souls2#c making their spirit the sole mediator between them and the ,,universal ,,spirit1 their good actions the only priests1 and their sinful intentions the only visible and objective sacrificial victims to the ,,presence4--,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky1 in ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 vol4 #a1 page #bhj #c ,when thou prayest1 thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are 444 but enter into ,,thine ,,inner ,,chamber ,,and ,,having ,,shut ,,thy ,,door1 ,,pray ,,to ,,thy ,,father ,,which ,,is ,,in ,,secret4 7,matt4 vi47 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,edge4 ,b4 ,a4 7,cantab47 #ade ,incorrodible ,bronze by ,travers #adh ,scientific ,oddments by the ,busy ,bee #adi ,linnaeus and the ,divining-,rod contributed by ,p4 ,f4 #aed ,lomaland ,caons 7illustrated7 by ,w4 ,j4 ,renshaw #aee ,notices #aeh ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,scene ,,from ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens1 ,a ,,greek ,,drama ,,given ,,at ,,point ,,loma ,,in ,,april1 #aiaa1 ,,by ,,katherine ,,tingley ,,and ,,students ,,at ,,the ,,international ,,theosophical ,,headquarters ,,central ,,figures ,,are3 ,,pheidias ,,seated1 ,,perikles ,,standing ,,the ,,theosophical ,,path ,,katherine ,,tingley1 ,,editor ,,vol4 ,i ,,august1 #aiaa ,,no4 #b ,i produced the golden key of ,pre-existence only at a dead lift1 when no other method could satisfy me touching the ways of ,god1 that by this hypothesis ,i might keep my heart from sinking4--,henry ,more ,,theosophy ,,and ,,modern ,,scientific ,,discoveries3 by ,charles ,j4 ,ryan ,the attitude of the leaders of science and philosophy concerning the significance and probable causes of natural phenomena has greatly changed since #ahhh when ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky wrote her magnum opus1 ,the ,secret ,doctrine4 ,the comfortable feeling that the fruit of the ,tree of ,knowledge is ripe for our picking1 or at least very nearly so1 has largely disappeared with the widening of our perceptions gained through the surprising discoveries in physics1 chemistry1 psychology1 etc41 of the intervening period4 ,happily for the world1 the truly leading minds of the present day in science and philosophy are escaping from the crass materialism into which they seemed to be sinking not so long ago2 the camp followers are also catching up4 ,paradoxically1 and yet naturally1 the more we have learned of ,nature's methods1 the less dogmatic we have become4 ,the present1 although a time of great fertility in the production of theories1 is one of comparative modesty in the putting forth of assertions that such a thing cannot be1 or that such another is against established laws and therefore not to be investigated4 ,we are seeing something similar in the affairs of nations--new experiments in statecraft are being tried in apparently unlikely places4 ,the wisdom of the ancients is being more justly estimated2 the cheap sneers against their scientific attainments are less often heard4 ,the newest ,chemistry regards the much-derided ,alchemy more sympathetically2 the latest ,psychology finds that ,mesmer was not the complete fraud alleged by the materialism of the nineteenth century4 ,a well-founded suspicion is arising that our own civilization is not on the rightest basis1 and that it has neglected many of the sterling virtues of the past in favor of luxury and ease4 ,the claims of the older religions of the world are more fully acknowledged as worthy of respect2 the ,theosophical idea is dawning upon the people of ,christendom that they are not all foolishness4 ,in her presentation of the teachings of ,theosophy1 the ancient ,wisdom-,religion1 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky had to devote a large amount of time to a dissection of the dogmatic claims of the materialistic science of the nineteenth century4 ,it was only natural1 of course1 that the leaders of scientific research1 and a large number of the rank and file1 just emancipated from the fetters of dogmatic theology1 should have proclaimed their new theories of life in very positive terms1 and should have attributed greater finality to them than now seems possible4 ,in the latter quarter of the nineteenth century the reaction towards the negation of the spiritual was going too far1 so it became part of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's duty to show in what the materialistic hypotheses were as deficient as the superstitious dogmas they were trying to supplant1 while admitting1 of course1 that as iconoclastic weapons of destruction they served a necessary purpose4 ,and who can deny the far-reaching effect of her work4 ,almost every magazine article or book on advanced lines offers palpable traces of the ideas she had to bring to the attention of the ,western world2 not only the principles1 but often the very expressions originated in the ,theosophical literature1 are becoming widely spread4 ,the thinking world is rapidly--more rapidly than the earlier students of ,theosophy dared to hope--reaching the place where some at least of the teachings of ,theosophy will be accepted among the unprejudiced everywhere1 as the only logical thing2 when this is done we may reasonably expect further clues to the understanding of natural law1 from the source whence ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky drew her inspiration4 ,at the present time it is the practical demonstration of the basic principles of ,theosophy in conduct1 such as is found in the lives of the ,theosophical students under ,katherine ,tingley1 that is the greatest need of humanity4 ,there is plenty of theory2 let us see it work out in the changed lives of the multitude4 ,it may prove interesting and not unprofitable to glance at a few of the recent developments on scientific and philosophic lines which are now moving in the ,theosophical direction4 ,the enormous antiquity of man1 which was until lately frowned upon severely1 is now a perfectly safe subject to teach3 man's residence on earth is no longer considered to be a matter of thousands of years but of hundreds of thousands4 ,the ,englishman's skeleton of the ,thames valley of which we have lately heard so much is conservatively reckoned to be #agj1jjj years old1 and the ,gibraltar woman is believed to have flourished half a million years ago or more6 ,neither of these antique personages represents the missing link in the least4 ,the ,english skull is well-developed and of modern type2 the woman's is not quite so good4 ,well1 from #djjd ,b4 ,c4--until lately the supposed date of man's creation according to ,western belief founded on false interpretation of the ,hebrew scriptures--to the five or six hundred thousand years now accepted1 is a big jump4 ,it is bigger in proportion than that from the half million to the eighteen millions of years that man has been embodied1 according to the ,theosophical records1 which yet has to be made4 ,we shall probably not have to wait long to see a further extension of time demanded and granted4 ,it is noteworthy1 and particularly interesting to students of ,theosophy1 that an increasing number of biologists are inclining to the belief that the human mind did not develop through an immensely protracted series of years1 but that it came almost to its present perfection very quickly2 that there was1 in fact1 a sort of incarnation of mind into the highest and most suitable animal form available4 ,the famous ,dr4 ,alfred ,russel ,wallace1 the co-discoverer of ,darwinism1 uses many convincing arguments in favor of the high intelligence of primitive man4 ,he says that ,our intellectual and moral nature has not advanced in any perceptible degree4 ,a writer in ,records of the ,past1 says3 ,a further evidence of the high intelligence of primeval man is found in the manner in which he maintained himself against the swarms of monstrous and ferocious beasts by which he was surrounded4 ,not only did he hold his own against them1 but even1 so we are told1 exterminated many of them4 ,we must remember also that man achieved this astounding victory over these mighty animals by means of stone weapons1 which were of the rudest possible character4 ,his triumph therefore1 was solely due to his wonderful intelligence4 ,the civilized inhabitants of modern ,india have not been able to exterminate the devastating tigers and snakes1 etc41 whose toll of human lives is still very heavy4 ,according to ,theosophy1 primitive man in ,europe was as the successor of a highly civilized man who lived ages before on the sunken continent of ,atlantis1 passing through a cycle of degradation as a consequence of his abuse of his opportunities in previous incarnations4 ,though the cubic capacity of the skulls of the earliest primitive races1 so-called1 is about the same as that of modern races1 the possession of a large brain does not imply that they had a high civilization4 ,this can be seen clearly in the case of the ,eskimo1 who have even more capacious skulls than some highly civilized races4 ,a low condition of life amid a people who possess good brain development means either the presence of undeveloped ,egos of limited experience1 or of those who are suffering disabilities in consequence of past wrong-doing4 ,in either case they are necessarily using the physical vehicles provided by heredity4 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky says the evil ,karma 7the influence set in motion by past actions7 generated by the sins of the ,atlanteans heavily handicapped those ,egos when they reappeared on the newly-forming ,european and ,asiatic 7in part7 continents1 and prevented them for long ages from rising out of the primitive conditions in which they found themselves4 ,it is a fact that man's mind is an incarnation from something very different from the material plane2 it comes into humanity from its own plane4 ,the ,theosophical teachings show how each of the complex principles or constituents which compose the human personality1 the vehicle of the ,immortal ,ego1 is derived from its own plane or source1 i4 e41 the physical body from the material1 molecular world2 the body-center of passions and desires from the plane or world of ,desire1 ,kma-,loka2 and so forth4 ,this is fully explained in the ,theosophical literature1 especially1 of course1 in the writings of the ,theosophical ,leaders4 ,it is a most important clue1 leading to many practical consequences1 owing to the better understanding it gives of the causes of many of our human sufferings1 of the rationale of the death-process1 of the spread of epidemics1 both physical and mental1 and so forth4 ,theosophy does not fall into the materialistic error of imagining that mind is the product of some jugglery of blind forces playing with the molecules of inert matter--that the less can be the origin of the greater4 ,when our psychologists have learned how the mind comes from its own plane1 evolving in its own way1 and incarnating in material forms to help them on in their evolution1 they will find a new sphere of research1 and the text-books will have to be rewritten4 ,while the idea1 now being dimly suspected by some anthropologists1 that man's mind is not the result of a very long and slow development from the beast1 is correct according to the records of ,theosophy1 we must remember that the incarnation of the ,manas or ,thinker1 which made incomplete man into the perfect septenary he is today1 took place long before the temporary decline of the primitive man after the disappearance of ,atlantis4 ,one eminent scientist at least1 ,professor ,f4 ,soddy1 ,f4 ,r4 ,s41 lecturer on physical chemistry and radio-activity at ,glasgow ,university1 has lately suggested that in his opinion some great civilization may have existed 7long before the primitive ,stone ,ages7 which ruined itself and descended into barbarism by the abuse of the power to disintegrate matter and so to release forces of terrible potency whose existence the discovery of the properties of radium has faintly revealed to us1 but which we have1 fortunately1 not the slightest idea how to unloose4 ,theosophy tells us that something of the kind did happen2 but the mind of man was even then long ages posterior to the time when the ,sons of ,mind settled into the forms which only then1 properly1 could be called mankind4 ,for many years the existence of hundreds of giant portrait-statues on the wild volcanic ,easter ,island1 two thousand miles from the coast of ,south ,america1 has been known1 and their origin and meaning is still one of the greatest of the world's enigmas4 ,what was the mysterious race that carved them8 ,how is it that such works1 which obviously required the presence of a large and intelligent population1 should be found on such a small island1 so far from the continental lands8 ,archaeologists in general seem to avoid the problem2 certainly no adequate theory has been advanced by the recognized authorities to meet the case4 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky gave us the key to the mystery when she briefly described parts of the pre-,atlantean continent of ,lemuria3 ,easter ,island is an ,atlantean vestige of that really primitive land whose truly primeval inhabitants were of larger proportions than ourselves4 ,well1 lately we have seen three or four articles in different ,american and other magazines discussing the problem and trying to explain it upon the very lines of the ,theosophical teachings1 no other being considered reasonable4 ,during the past ten years the trend toward the ,theosophical interpretations of some of the most pressing astronomical problems has been very marked4 ,the re-opening of questions hither considered closed or else insoluble1 has been an interesting feature of recent times4 ,for instance1 the belief that gravitation alone explained the movements of the stars has been seriously shaken lately1 and1 if we may venture to prophesy1 it looks as if physics will have to return to the ancient and ,theosophical acceptance of dual forces1 attraction and repulsion--perhaps magnetic--to explain the new problem of astronomy1 having found that gravitation is only a half-understood truth1 as ,theosophy teaches4 ,in his inaugural address1 ,professor ,bergstrand1 newly appointed to the chair of astronomy at the university of ,upsala1 ,sweden1 made a special point of the fact that some utterly unknown force or forces besides gravitation must be operating to explain some of the newest discoveries in stellar physics4 ,he was alluding particularly to the binding together of certain groups of stars in connected drifts across the depths of space4 ,several of such drifting collections of stars moving together across the vast depths of kosmos at equal speed are now known4 ,there would not be anything so extraordinary in this1 and nothing that might call for the postulate of some unknown law1 but for the fact that in some cases members of the same star-group are found at far distant parts of the heavens separated from each other by many other stars drifting in various directions between them--our sun for one4 ,what is the mysterious binding tie1 and how may it be reconciled with the known action of gravitation8 ,one of the fundamental principles in nature1 according to ,theosophy1 is the ,duality of manifested forces3 in ,the ,secret ,doctrine ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky treats of this very fully1 plainly declaring that the other half of gravitation will have to be reckoned with before long by physical science in the ,west4 ,in the ,east there is practical knowledge of it1 among a chosen few4 ,the newest speculations about the processes of solar and planetary development from nebulae are bound to lead to the discovery of the truth of the ,theosophical teaching that there is an archetypal world1 a world of causes1 lying concealed behind all manifested material forms4 ,once this is admitted by scientists1 once a sane metaphysical basis for the universe is found logically necessary1 there will be a great change in the way of looking at phenomena1 including the problem of human life1 and we know that what the most advanced thinkers proclaim will be followed before long by the great mass2 see1 for instance1 the strong effect the ,darwinian theory of ,natural ,selection1 incomplete and materialistic as it is1 has already made in every department of modern thought4 ,of course the acceptance of a merely metaphysical foundation for the facts recorded by our ordinary senses does not mean the acceptance of the reality of a spiritual world2 that is a far deeper problem1 and has to be approached through the experience of the intuition1 trained and untrained1 but a long step will be made when it is thoroughly realized that the material plane is not the plane of ultimate causes4 ,according to one of the nebular hypotheses of today the collision of two suns1 7dark and dead or otherwise7 crashing into each other at tremendous speed1 results in a vast nebula1 in which1 owing to the enormous heat produced1 the atoms would be reduced to the state of corpuscles1 the root of matter on our plane1 all alike1 and without any of the characteristics of the elements1 even in the most rudimentary form2 there would be no metallic vapors1 no gases1 not even helium or coronium1 nothing but the primitive corpuscular basis of matter4 ,then1 as the nebula formed by the collision condensed and perhaps cooled1 it would begin to rebuild its substance into the well-known elements1 combinations would take place1 and the evolution of a new solar system would be started4 ,but now arises the important question3 ,what causes the perfectly homogeneous or uniform corpuscular substance1 the mass of sub-atoms of unknown nature1 to perform the astonishing feat of transforming itself into the marvelous complexity we find even in the simplest star8 ,the problem is similar to that of the egg4 ,in a new-laid egg the great mass of its constituent materials is structureless1 but in a short time of incubation the eggshell is completely filled with a most complicated living organism4 ,is it not clear that behind both nebula and egg there must be an archetype or model form1 invisible to ordinary eyesight1 which is being used as the pattern into which the simple materials are being woven8 and that there are ,builders1 who know the plan and work it out in a conscious harmony that we call the correlation of natural laws8 ,blind forces1 necessity1 unconscious laws1 are meaningless terms which only disguise ignorance1 or stave off the anti-materialistic and dreaded so-called teleological view that there must be a ,divinity that shapes our ends4 ,theosophy offers as a fact1 demonstrable from the very presence within of the higher1 divine nature1 that men in time will attain the stature of ,creative powers1 ,builders of future world-systems1 just as the ,higher ,beings who are the guides and directors of the present evolution were once men and lower than men in past aeons4 ,evolution of men will not stop with the perfecting of the mental and moral nature2 once the godlike nature of the ,higher ,self is admitted1 it follows that there can not be a limit assigned beyond which man may not go4 ,there may be some truth in the collision-theory of the origin of certain nebulae2 it seems to explain the sudden appearance of temporary stars1 at least2 but1 by its very nature1 it cannot explain the origin of the universe of suns as a whole4 ,again1 after each collision the speed of the new body formed from the material of the two colliding spheres would be less than their combined speed1 because much or all of their motion would be arrested and transformed into the energy which would be needed to scatter their substance in all directions4 ,if two equal bodies1 moving at equal speed1 met in a line joining their centers1 the resulting nebula would have no motion at all4 ,it has been pointed out that if the collision theory alone is relied upon to explain the structure of the universe it must fail1 because during the infinity of past time a condition of absolute stagnation would have been attained1 the universe would have run down1 nothing being left but one gigantic dead and dark globe6 ,in this idea of running down there is a paradox1 which is apparent enough1 and we need not trouble to follow it further4 ,we have to seek a reasonable hypothesis--a theory such as ,theosophy presents of a universe which can wind itself up again after it has finished its cyclic career--a theory which does not overlook the fact that the material cosmos is the manifestation of intelligent ,mind4 ,the impressive system which was worked out in the ,orient 7and before that elsewhere7 ages ago1 of the transformation of energies from visible to invisible planes under ,cyclic or ,periodic ,law1 the universality of alternations of manifestation and rest1 clears up the primary difficulties of the case4 ,it is to ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 the great ,theosophist1 that we are indebted for making this reasonable hypothesis clear4 ,fortunately1 the time-spirit of science in this century is less atheistic than that of the nineteenth1 and the broad principle of ,theosophy1 that there are great spiritual ,beings1 the glorious efflorescence of past ages of development1 guiding and controlling the formation and maintenance of the worlds1 is becoming the subject of serious consideration among some of the most advanced thinkers1 for the atheistic hypothesis that matter runs itself is almost at its last gasp4 ,in another subject1 the nature of ,light1 many new and interesting speculations are being advanced as the result of the discoveries of the extraordinary properties of radium and the x-rays4 ,to students of ,theosophy these are significant1 for ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 in ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 goes deeply into the question whether light is an actual substance of some kind1 or a mere undulation of an ethereal medium4 ,she points out some of the difficulties of both theories1 giving special attention to ,sir ,w4 ,grove's celebrated lecture in #ahdb wherein he considered he proved that light and heat must be affections of matter itself1 and not the effects of an imponderable fluid--a finer state of matter--penetrating it4 ,sir ,isaac ,newton held to the ,pythagorean theory that light was made of almost infinitely minute corpuscles1 but the phenomenon of diffraction is supposed to have upset this4 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky does not reject the wave theory as part of the explanation1 but she contends that the ultimate causes of light1 heat1 and electricity must be sought in a form of matter existing in supersensuous states1 states1 though1 as fully objective to the spiritual eye of man as a horse or a tree to the ordinary mortal2 and1 above all1 that these forces and others are propelled and guided by ,intelligences4 ,she devotes many chapters of the third part of the first volume of ,the ,secret ,doctrine to this subject1 throwing an entirely new light upon it in its deeper bearings1 and showing the enormous importance of a proper understanding of it if we are ever to learn our true relationship with the external universe4 ,she says3 ,to know what light is1 and whether it is an actual substance or a mere undulation of the ethereal medium1 ,science has first to learn what are in reality ,matter1 ,atom1 ,ether1 ,force4 ,now1 the truth is1 that it knows nothing of any of these1 and admits it4 7,the ,secret ,doctrine1 ,vol4 ,i p4 #dhb7 ,since she wrote ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 though hardly twenty-three years have elapsed1 several discoveries in physics and chemistry have been made which have greatly modified the scientific view as to the nature of the atom1 of the electric current1 and of matter in general2 all these modifications are leading straight in the direction of her teachings4 ,it is even claimed that ,matter can vanish without return4444 ,force and matter are two different forms of one and the same thing4444 ,by the dissociation of matter1 the stable form of energy termed matter is simply changed into those unstable forms known by the name of light1 heat1 etc4 7,evolution of ,matter1 by ,gustave ,le ,bon7 ,this leads to the startling suggestion that what is force on this plane may be substantial on another1 and we are now seeing1 as a result of the study of the x-rays1 and the alpha1 beta1 gamma rays of radium1 all of which can pass through ordinary matter with ease1 a revival of the ancient and supposedly extinct theory held by ,newton1 and others before him1 that light is a body composed of corpuscles--whatever they may be4 ,professor ,bragg1 of the ,leeds ,university 7,england71 has been investigating the problem with great care1 with the result that he has come to the conclusion1 as he announced to the members of the ,royal ,institution1 ,london1 the other day1 that the gamma rays of radium and the x-rays are corpuscular1 and not merely pulsations in the ether4 ,he thinks they are probably electrons1 corpuscles of negative electricity which have assumed a cloak of darkness in the form of sufficient positive electricity to neutralize them4 ,it seems also that as ultra-violet light1 which exists in ordinary sunlight1 possesses many of the properties of the above rays1 ,professor ,bragg may not be far wrong in his further suggestion that it also may be corpuscular in its nature4 ,he asked1 very pertinently1 that if this light be corpuscular1 why may not all other forms of light be so8 ,when we recollect that the corpuscles themselves are a purely metaphysical concept1 it is plain that science is moving rapidly towards a very different and far more reasonable and ,theosophical idea of the universe than the materialistic one4 ,vivat6 ,,the ,,bridges ,,of ,,paris3 by ,g4 ,k4 ,the ,bridges of ,paris are of distinctive interest and their very names suggest in part the fascinating panorama of ,french history and legend--,tolbiac1 ,bercy1 ,austerlitz1 ,sully1 ,marie and ,louis ,philippe1 ,notre ,dame1 ,pont ,san ,michel1 ,solferino1 ,la ,concorde1 ,alma1 ,ina1 ,passy1 etc4 ,the ,seine flows for seven miles through the city and is at its widest 7nearly #ajjj feet7 at the extremity of the island called ,la ,cit4 ,this island communicates with the right bank of the ,seine by the bridges of ,notre ,dame and ,au ,change4 ,the latter1 as is evident from the familiar device sculptured above the piers 7see illustration71 was built by the first ,napoleon4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,paris3 ,,the ,,pont ,,au ,,change ,,and ,,the ,,palais ,,de ,,justice ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,paris ,,and ,,the ,,seine ,the ,palais de ,justice is located in ,la ,cit and the ,greek faade by ,duc is considered one of the finest examples of this style in modern architecture4 ,from the ,boulevard du ,palais on the east it is separated by a magnificent eighteenth-century railing in wrought iron and gilt4 ,on this side lie the ,salle des ,pas ,perdus and the ,sainte-,chapelle4 ,the fine square tower known as the ,clock ,tower stands at the corner formed by the ,quai du ,mord and the ,boulevard du ,palais2 and on the north side lies the ,conciergerie prison with the dungeon once occupied by ,marie ,antoinette4--,gaston ,meissas ,,old ,,brynhyfryd ,,garden by ,kenneth ,morris ,there's a quiet old enchantment of the heart that's calling1 calling ,from when ,myrddin wielded magic powers1 and ,gwydion wove his tales2 ,and you'll hear it any ,april morn1 when the apple-bloom is falling ,in old ,brynhyfryd ,garden1 in ,white1 ,wild ,wales4 ,there's an ,ousel in the ,orchard there1 and dear knows what he's telling2 ,but ,i think there's ,welsh comes welling from his throat when no one's nigh1 ,and it's he that in ,cilgwri in the olden days was dwelling1 ,and he saw the ,quest of ,cilhwch1 and the old worlds die4 ,there's a lonely1 lofty spirit that will fire your soul with craving ,for the kind and haughty glory of the old1 ,heroic ,kings1 ,where the foxglove and sweet-william on the turf-topped walls are waving ,in old ,brynhyfryd ,garden1 when the ,west ,wind sings4 ,there's a ruin filled with nettles1 where ,i think ,ceridwen lingers ,when she's out to gather herbage for the ,wisdom ,broth she brews3 ,and maybe you'll close your eyes there1 and you'll feel the touch of fingers1 ,or the dropping down of healing with the cool ,june dews4 ,ancient ,magic of the ,world1 it's the fires of you are burning ,when the ,wind is in the pine tops1 and the moon is o'er the vales2 ,it's a rumor of immortal hopes1 ,immortal ,hearts returning ,that's in old ,brynhyfryd ,garden in the white ,west of ,wales4 ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters1 ,point ,loma1 ,california ,,misused ,,powers3 by ,r4 ,w4 ,machell ,use with care those living messengers we call words4 ,so said ,william ,q4 ,judge1 a very wise man4 ,the misuse of words seems a trifling matter to those who habitually misuse every function of mind and body2 but the results of perversion are disastrous to body1 mind1 and soul4 ,the misuse of terms1 when not due to ignorance of their legitimate meaning1 is in itself an indication of a perverted mind diseased by habitual misuse of the functions of both body and mind1 which two are so intimately related as to share inevitably the consequences of right or wrong living4 ,the words we use and the way we use them are not mere accidents but are sure indications of our mental condition1 and the mind and body are so mutually responsive that it is hard to say which affects the other and which is the affected one1 for habits of body are induced by habits of mind and the mind in turn is influenced by the bodily condition resulting from those habits4 ,with self-indulgence as the unfortunate rule of life1 and with the ignorance of our own nature and of our relation to others1 which is almost universal1 it is not surprising that wrong living should be the general rule1 and that misuse of the powers of mind and body should be so common2 nor is it at all strange that there should be so much unhappiness in the world1 nor need we marvel if people in these conditions should think that their sufferings1 mental and physical1 are due to everything except their own misconduct4 ,and if men can not see that they are indeed the makers of their own sufferings1 how shall they be able to realize their responsibility to others8 ,with selfishness as the rule of life1 and with ignorance of our interdependence1 and of our intimate union one with another throughout the whole world1 it is quite natural that we should feel little responsibility to others for the effects we produce in the world by the use or misuse of words3 a responsibility that is increased by the spread of education and by the increase in the number of persons who read without thinking1 and who take thoughts from books as they take water from a tap1 unquestioning as to its quality4 ,pure water is now recognized as essential to health and is supplied in all civilized communities1 but pure language and pure thought are left to chance2 and while the supply of literature is as plentiful as the supply of water1 the quality of our literature is not subject to the same scrutiny as is our water-supply1 and the stream of thought that flows through the channels of our publications is frequently contaminated by unhealthy and unwholesome matters4 ,purity of thought and purity of words are essential values1 for words are embodied thoughts1 and from thoughts spring deeds1 and the deeds of man are his life4 ,the responsibility of writers and speakers has hardly yet been recognized2 though illustrations of the dangers of trifling with essential values1 or of misusing talents1 or indeed of perverting from its right use any function1 are actually supplied by some of our brilliant writers1 who have recklessly and often ignorantly become apostles of mere degeneracy and powerful instruments for the demoralization of the people4 ,even those who see the evils scarcely seem to appreciate either the causes or the consequences of the corruption of literature and the confusion of language4 ,some recent reviewers1 however1 have begun to question more closely the character of the influence exercised upon the world by some writers1 whose works have excited general or special admiration1 even calling some of them defaulters1 for that1 holding great talents1 they have used the light they held to dazzle the eyes and to confuse the minds of others1 so as to make them blind to the path of right living1 which is virtue or morality4 ,one of these critics1 ,paul ,elmer ,more1 literary editor of the ,new ,york ,evening ,post1 in a study of the influence of ,walter ,pater1 distinctly suggests that the author confused the truth and in fact misrepresented history1 reading his own desires and inclinations into the teachings of ,plato in one case1 and in another of doing the same for ,christianity1 making them appear to exalt sensuous beauty above spiritual beauty which is the soul of virtue2 whereas ,plato himself exclaims3 ,when anyone prefers beauty to virtue1 what is this but the real and utter dishonor of the soul8 ,mr4 ,more suggests that ,christianity is equally misrepresented by this brilliant writer1 but in his perversion of the real meaning and purpose of true ,christianity he is simply drifting with the tide of so-called ,christian civilization1 which has been1 almost from its first appearance as a politically established religion1 a clear departure from those teachings concerning the ,christos in man1 attributed to ,jesus1 the supposed founder of the system1 and which in their original purity are identical with ,universal ,theosophy of which they are a part and upon which they are drawn4 ,further1 ,mr4 ,more suggests that the demoralizing effect of ,pater may have largely affected that brilliant apostle of decadence1 ,oscar ,wilde1 whose tragic collapse in the hour of his literary success drew attention to an evil whose ravages have ruined multitudes of lives and wrecked every civilization that has become tainted with the poison of perversion4 ,for this man exalted perversion into a cult1 his wit was entirely based upon it1 his ethics steeped in it1 and his own life wrecked by it4 ,he himself shows that he was not unaware of the truth1 at times1 for he wrote3 ,surely there was a time ,i might have trod ,the sunlit heights1 and from life's dissonance ,struck one clear chord to reach the ears of ,god2 ,is that time dead8 lo6 with a little rod ,i did but touch the honey of romance-- ,and must ,i lose a soul's inheritance8 ,and later1 in that awful page of the tragedy of a fallen soul1 ,the ,ballad of ,reading ,gaol1 there is a sort of blind recognition of the justice of ,karma1 which tolerates no perversion of ,nature's order on any plane1 coupled with a noble and generous plea for the removal of the unnecessary horrors of the prisons1 in which we grind out the last vestige of man's inherent love of virtue1 and crush the last buds of growth that the fallen soul may yet be able to put forth4 ,here again was one1 who exalted the beauty of the senses above the beauty of the soul1 and so soiled the whole nature and so perverted the mind1 which is the mirror of the man1 that he produced a vortex of vice1 in which all who entered were bewildered and lost their guiding star2 in which many were utterly wrecked1 and all defiled4 ,professor ,henderson in his critical interpretation of five authors1 points out so much of the evil that one can only regret that his grasp of true psychology was not deep enough to enable him to make more clear the distinction between the spiritual soul and the animal soul 7not to go further into the complex nature of the ,soul71 the great duality in man that is the clue to all these mysteries4 ,with this key one feels that his study of ,maeterlinck's philosophy would have become more luminous1 for surely this is a case1 in which an author continually confuses his audience1 and perhaps also himself1 by exalting the sensuous joys of the animal soul1 and the emotions of the imagination1 above the pure joy of true beauty1 which is1 as all poets1 not only ,keats1 have seen1 the same as truth4 ,keats himself may have known the difference1 but his readers certainly must in most instances have been misled and may have found in his lines a justification of their own indulgence of morbid tastes1 for however morbid may be a man's condition he will still see beauty in pleasure of any kind1 no matter how vile may be its source4 ,we may endorse the axiom in the first line ,beauty is truth1 truth beauty but must protest against the fallacy in the next line 444 that is all ,ye know on earth1 and all ye need to know4 ,no6 we need to know what we mean by beauty1 and we need to know that the word conceals pitfalls innumerable for him who has no knowledge of the true nature of man1 for one who thinks he is his body1 and who believes his passions are the voices of his soul and who mistakes the intoxication of sensuality for spiritual illumination1 lust for love1 and perversion for genius4 ,we need the teaching so clearly given in ,the ,two ,paths translated by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky from ,the ,book of the ,golden ,precepts4 ,we need to know that there is a chasm deep as hell between these two souls in man1 and that when the higher nature is the slave of the lower then the man is in hell indeed2 for as said by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 there is no other hell than that of a man-bearing planet4 ,those who have stood on the brink of this hell with even partially opened eyes1 know that the terrors of hell invented by churchmen are but as a comic interlude to the reality of horrors that life on earth holds for masses of humanity1 and from which there is no escape except by the path of right living1 based upon right perception of our own true nature1 and discrimination between the higher and the lower nature in man1 which is so often veiled by the false teachings of perverted minds4 ,we need the truth to discriminate the spiritual beauty that is pure joy from the sensual beauty that intoxicates1 blinds1 and destroys the life--and we need the guiding power of pure altruism to make our writings useful to others and a full recognition of the responsibility of those who now so lightly use those living messengers we call words4 ,,is ,,education ,,wasted8 by ,h4 ,t4 ,edge1 ,b4 ,a4 7,cantab47 ,no question is agitating us more than that of how to educate our young people4 ,we know there is something wrong about our achievements in education1 but we are often mistaken as to where the fault lies4 ,the commonest mistake is to confound principles with practice and to blame the former where perhaps it is the latter which is at fault4 ,we fail to carry out certain plans1 and we blame the plans and want to make a clean sweep of them2 when perhaps inefficiency in applying them is what is really the matter4 ,in fact1 it is probably inefficiency1 rather than wrong principles1 that is the matter with our educational doings1 as it is in the case of so many others of our doings4 ,before we condemn a method1 we should ask whether that method is being given a fair trial4 ,if we sweep away the system1 without removing the general inefficiency1 then the same failure will attend our efforts to apply any new system that may be devised4 ,we shall have exchanged one evil for another4 ,there is more than one side to every question2 but many of the utterances on the educational difficulty give only one side4 ,the result is views that are extreme and ill-considered4 ,let us take a case4 ,much of education is considered by some critics to be superfluous and wasted1 for the reason that it seems to bear no immediate and visible fruit4 ,hence they wish to abolish it4 ,yet it is always possible that it may bear fruit after all1 but not of the kind they are able to see4 ,take1 for instance1 the case of a girl of ordinary type1 without any definite characteristics whether good or bad4 ,she is sent to school and college4 ,she is taught algebra and geometry1 ,latin and ,greek1 music and painting1 with many other subjects4 ,she is reasonably clever and absorbs all this with interest and ease4 ,she leaves college--and never again opens a book4 ,the whole is quietly forgotten with as much nonchalance as it was acquired4 ,is all the time and money and effort1 on the part of pupil and teachers1 wasted8 ,or let it be a boy1 who has been taught similar subjects1 but takes up a calling in which they are not used4 ,is the instruction wasted8 ,the question arises in various forms1 of which these two cases may be taken as typical examples4 ,if it is true that the education thus given is really wasted1 what folly could be greater than that of continuing to impart it6 ,yet we know that somehow the view taken is too extreme2 that it is not in accordance with the fitness of things that work involving so much zeal1 enthusiasm1 and other good qualities should fall fruitless2 that people would not go on doing it if they did not have some intuition that the labor is not really in vain4 ,in short1 may it not be possible that this is one of those cases in which a dilemma has arisen through the limitation of our knowledge of human nature and the laws of life2 a dilemma resolvable by the wider knowledge shed by ,theosophy8 ,a knowledge of ,reincarnation1 the dual nature of man1 and other related matters1 clears up many of the enigmas of life1 as for instance what becomes of all the abilities and experience which a man has garnered during life1 when he dies4 ,may not a similar knowledge shed light on the present problem also8 ,if so1 then our beliefs would be reconciled with our intuitions1 and practices which logic has seemed to condemn might be vindicated in the light of fuller knowledge4 ,for one thing1 a conviction of the continuity of individual existence beyond the grave1 in other earth-lives1 more or less similar to the present life1 affects the whole question profoundly4 ,for we may at once infer that knowledge accumulated now1 but not immediately used1 may be used later on4 ,and indeed this idea quite agrees with what many analogies from ,nature suggest4 ,youth is the time for study2 maturer age brings other duties4 ,let us compare a lifetime with a day4 ,in the morning a man studies many subjects2 but after noon he shuts his books1 never thinks of them again1 and spends the remainder of the day in other occupations1 followed by recreation and ending in sleep4 ,has his labor been wasted8 ,nay1 for he will resume it next morning4 ,can we not apply this analogy to the case of the young person whose education has had1 or seemed to have1 no immediate practical result8 ,we thus see how limited views as regards the duration of life may influence the question4 ,but there are other limitations in our views2 let us see how these in turn may affect the question4 ,we are accustomed to pay too much attention to a man's capacity as a separate individual1 and not enough to his capacity as a part of a whole4 ,no being in the universe is entirely separate from other beings however much he may try to make himself so or imagine himself to be so4 ,this is especially applicable to ,mind4 ,how much of our mind is our own8 ,it has been argued that ,mind is a kind of common atmosphere1 in which all partake1 and that thoughts are interchanged freely1 the notion that they belong particularly to oneself being chiefly an illusion4 ,the more this is true1 the more it must be true that in teaching one person we are in reality teaching many persons1 teaching mankind in general4 ,does a teacher teach persons or minds8 ,to him it often seems as if he were developing ,mind1 and the distinction of personalities is apt to disappear4 ,yet this attitude on his part may not be mere carelessness and indifference to the interests of his pupils2 it may be founded on an intuitive perception of the fact that personality does not count for so much and that his pupils also have a collective capacity1 an aggregate value1 which counts for a great deal4 ,another way in which we limit our outlook1 and thus obtain a false perspective1 is in regarding too intently the immediate 7and1 as we say1 practical7 outcome of education4 ,there is such a thing as a general education1 an education not directed to any immediate or definite end1 but having in view the general culture and refinement of the pupils4 ,it is true1 of course1 that this argument can be used1 and is used1 to justify kinds of teaching which really are undesirable2 it is true that in aiming at a general education1 we may overdo the process2 it is true that such overdoing puts a weapon into the hands of our opponents and goes some way towards justifying their arguments4 ,but aside from these abuses1 the principle itself remains true4 ,there must be a certain amount of general culture1 culture of a kind that has no immediate practical end in view4 ,let us try to imagine the results of applying some of the wrongly called practical methods to an extreme degree4 ,this boy is to be a shoemaker3 teach him shoemaking and nothing else4 ,this girl is to sew or cook3 teach her sewing and cooking1 but nothing else4 ,at that rate society would become a world of machines1 and general culture and love of knowledge would disappear4 ,finally1 to name a fourth limitation in our outlook1 there is the error of mistaking the principle itself for its application1 the system for the way in which it is carried out1 the institution for the use that is made of it4 ,thus we often lay the blame in the wrong place4 ,before we sweep away a system1 let us find out whether it is the system that is at fault or the application of it2 otherwise we may find equally faulty results proceeding from any new system which we may adopt4 ,is it inefficiency which is at the root of the evil8 ,if so1 let us remedy the inefficiency and then it will be time to see about changing the system4 ,the education question1 like so many other questions1 is in a state of chaos4 ,something is the matter1 but people do not know just what it is4 ,the suggested cures are many4 ,rash experiments are made4 ,the remedies threaten to be worse than the disease4 ,one thing seems generally agreed upon--that our education does not confer perfect efficiency4 ,what we really need is a general education that will give efficiency in reading1 writing1 speaking1 ciphering2 in power of attention1 memory1 concentration2 in adaptability1 readiness of resource2 obedience1 order1 self-command4 ,no need to enumerate all the requirements2 everybody knows what they are and what is needed4 ,efficient people are needed everywhere2 but1 above all1 people with self-command and free from weaknesses4 ,if we could but turn out this kind of product1 much less in the way of technical schools would be needed2 for such pupils would be so apt and teachable that they could readily master anything4 ,the difficulties as to the nature of the curriculum1 whether it should include ,greek and ,latin1 and1 if so1 how much2 what history should be taught1 and how it should be taught2 whether theoretical grammar should be taught1 or whether the pupil should acquire grammar unconsciously from his reading--all these and many more problems would settle themselves1 or at least our point of view concerning them would be altogether altered4 ,as it is1 most of these problems resolve themselves into the one problem of how to produce good fruit from a neglected tree4 ,so long as the pupils have not been trained in the control of their faculties1 moral and mental1 it is difficult to teach them anything1 no matter which method you adopt4 ,and if they have been properly trained in their early years1 the question of what to teach them sinks into comparative unimportance1 because they will be able to make use of all their opportunities4 ,the root of the whole difficulty1 therefore1 is this3 that people have no definite philosophy of life to serve as a foundation for efforts4 ,with religious beliefs all undermined and mixed up1 and nothing to take their place but various theories wrongly labeled scientific1 it is no wonder if folk should find themselves incompetent to solve the educational problem4 ,we need to understand first what a man is and what is his destiny2 we need to think of the ,soul as having existed before it entered its present body1 and as being destined to exist again after it has left that body4 ,we need to know the difference between the higher and the lower nature in a person1 and how the two are interblended4 ,then we should not have rash schemes which ignore this distinction and propose to let the lower nature run wild4 ,we should then know how to give the higher nature its freedom without letting the lower nature run wild4 ,it all comes to this3 that tools are not of use without men to handle them2 and that in our scheming we are trying to devise tools which will turn unskilled workmen into skilled4 ,the primary factor in education is the man itself4 ,the question begins at birth--even before birth4 ,when the time comes1 as come it must1 when people will find themselves compelled by necessity to recognize the efficacy of ,theosophy1 then many problems will be solved4 ,theosophy means a getting back to simple yet profound truths--such simple truths as can be applied to any circumstances4 ,these alone can grapple successfully with the problems4 ,,the ,,temple ,,of ,,theseus1 ,,athens3 by ,r4 ,the ,theseion1 the so-called ,temple of ,theseus1 in ,athens1 belongs to the second period of classical ,greek architecture1 which may be considered to have flourished between ,b4 ,c4 #dgj and #cch1 the dates of the ,persian war and the ,macedonian supremacy4 ,it is one of the most beautiful examples of the ,doric order1 and is more perfect than any other building we have of ancient ,greece4 ,it probably owes its excellent preservation to the fact that it was turned into a ,christian church during the ,middle ,ages4 ,it is made of the famous white ,pentelic marble1 which has changed1 by lapse of time1 to a lovely golden yellow hue4 ,it greatly resembles the ,parthenon1 but covers a little less than half the area1 and is not so exquisitely proportioned4 ,the ,theseion was erected a few years before the ,parthenon1 probably about ,b4 ,c4 #dfj4 ,it is one hundred and four feet long by forty-five wide1 and the columns are nineteen feet high4 ,like most of the finest ,grecian buildings it does not depend upon mere size for impressiveness4 ,from the remains of sculpture still existing the following subjects have been ascertained3 ,the achievements of ,theseus 7whence the name72 ,the ,labors of ,hercules2 and the battle of the ,athenians1 the ,lapithae1 and the ,centaurs4 ,fifty of the metopes 7the squares into which the frieze is divided7 were never adorned with sculpture1 but were probably painted1 for the ,doric ,temples are now known to have been painted both externally and internally4 ,the groups in the pediments 7the uppermost triangular portions7 are entirely lost4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,temple ,,of ,,theseus1 ,,athens1 ,,greece ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,stoa1 ,,gymnasium ,,of ,,hadrian1 ,,athens ,,recent ,,admissions ,,by ,,archaeologists3 by a ,student ,a good summary of some of the changes wrought in our views of history by recent archaeological research is afforded by an article on ancient history in the new edition of the ,encyclopaedia ,britannica4 ,the article is written by ,professor ,j4 ,b4 ,bury1 ,regius ,professor of ,modern ,history in ,cambridge ,university1 and is contributed to ,the ,sphere1 the well-known ,london illustrated weekly4 ,during the past thirty years our knowledge of the beginnings of ,greek history has undergone a transformation1 which is associated with the now familiar names of ,mycenae and ,cnossus4 ,nearly all that was written on early ,greece by ,grote and the other brave men before ,agamemnon--who is ,schliemann--may now be safely left unread4 ,the striking discoveries of ,schliemann1 however1 at ,mycenae1 ,tiryns1 and ,troy1 did not revolutionize our view of pre-,homeric ,greece1 though they suggested a new perspective4 ,it is the startling facts revealed by the ,cretan exploration of ,mr4 ,arthur ,evans that have opened the door into a new world full of surprises--an unsuspected civilization reaching back through a period measured not by centuries but by millennia4 ,the prolegomena to ,greek history now consist of an entirely new set of facts and a new set of problems4 ,at the same time we have been learning a great deal more about the old civilizations in the near ,east contemporary with this ,aegean civilization which has sprung upon our vision like a magic castle built in a night4 ,our knowledge of ,egypt1 ,babylonia1 and ,assyria has become not only more extensive but clearer and more precise2 and the importance of the ,hittites in ,asia ,minor and ,syria1 though their own documents are still a sealed book1 is emerging from obscurity4 ,one of the first thoughts that occur in connexion with the above is that we must still be careful about the statements of historians1 whenever they tend to minimize or restrict2 for1 as they have altered their views before1 so they may alter them again4 ,we are bidden to throw our ,grote into the waste-basket2 but many will say that the claims made on behalf of that now despised scholarship were not lacking in positiveness4 ,the views founded on this older scholarship have been made the basis for attacks on the views put forward and advocated by ,theosophists2 but now we find the opinions of scholarship revised1 and altered more into conformity with some of the ,theosophical views4 ,naturally1 therefore1 ,theosophists infer that another thirty years will have witnessed yet further concessions on the part of scholarship2 and they look forward to seeing all the statements of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky verified one by one as time goes on4 ,they likewise conceded the apparent necessity1 due to certain traits of human nature which we all have1 of assuming a positive and dogmatic attitude with each new step in discovery1 regardless of the logic of the case which would bid one apply to the future the lesson of the past1 and put forward with due modesty views that are liable to change4 ,said ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 in the ,introduction to ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 published in #ahhh3 ,no one styling himself a scholar1 in whatever department of exact science1 will be permitted to regard these teachings seriously4 ,they will be derided and rejected a priori in this century2 but only in this one4 ,for in the twentieth century of our era scholars will begin to recognize that the ,secret ,doctrine has neither been invented nor exaggerated1 but1 on the contrary1 simply outlined2 and finally1 that its teachings antedate the ,vedas4 ,other writers before ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 and from whom she quotes1 had shown that the accessible facts of history1 tradition1 and archaeology1 if interpreted in the light of a logic unbiased by preconceived opinion1 demonstrate the extreme antiquity of civilization4 ,but such writers have been regarded by the body of orthodox scholarship as cranks and paradoxists4 ,in ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky gathers together the evidence referred to by these writers1 adds much more collected by herself1 and throws upon the whole the light of ,theosophy4 ,by means of the clues thus afforded1 a consistent pattern is seen to pervade the apparently tangled skein1 and the harmony between the ,theosophical truths and the facts thus adduced strikes home to the unprejudiced mind with the force of conviction4 ,to clinch the matter1 living ,theosophists can now point in triumph1 as above said1 to the admissions made by scholars since ,the ,secret ,doctrine was written--admissions which agree better with what ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky said a quarter of a century ago than with their own utterances at that time4 ,it is seldom1 indeed1 whatever be the reason1 that ,theosophists have the pleasure of seeing ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's name and work mentioned in this connexion2 though1 as her works are still being issued and are readily available1 it might seem strange that no mention should be made of them in connexion with matters so intimately related to the subjects of which they treat4 ,the question as to whether scholars have read these works or not is debatable2 but in either case ,theosophists may find a source of gratification4 ,for if scholars have read them1 that at least is a tribute of respect1 even though the indebtedness be unacknowledged4 ,while if they have not read them1 the inference is that the teachings of ,theosophy have been confirmed from an independent source4 ,in assuming the duties of a pioneer1 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky was doubtless aware of the drawbacks incidental to such a rle in the present age2 but she seems to have been so wrapped up in the enthusiasm of her purpose as to have been somewhat reckless of the consequences to herself4 ,this however is quite consistent with the known character of pioneers4 ,but1 though too much interested in their work to seek renown or even recognition1 they doubtless achieve this unsought boon eventually2 for the law of rebirth may bring them back to earth in time to see their own monuments and to realize that now their all-too-inconvenient personality has been removed by ,time to a distance1 their harmless name may be safely honored4 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky was much derided2 then ignored2 her generosity was not appreciated2 she was accused of the most impossible motives4 ,but now many of her teachings are found to be true--not in archaeology alone1 but in comparative religion1 science1 and several other fields4 ,shall we then expect amends8 ,ask the shades of ,mesmer and ,elliotson1 the persecuted advocates of a since rediscovered treatment2 of ,dr4 ,b4 ,w4 ,richardson1 who suffered for his ideas on nervous ether1 now being rehabilitated1 but without amends to the author2 or the shades of many another pioneer4 ,we dare not expect too much of humanity in this age2 few will be those whose generosity will allow them to make such amends2 and even of these1 fewer still will be those who will break the rule of silence that seems to bind the tongues of the well-disposed4 ,there are always some1 however1 who are more interested in knowing the truth than in vindicating any personal or orthodox point of view2 people whose vision1 thus unblinded1 sees further and clearer2 and to these it may occur that the teachings of ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 thus far vindicated1 may be worthy of attention in view of the natural inference that the rest of them will likewise be vindicated4 ,the ,theosophical teachings1 reintroduced to ,western civilization by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 have been neglected by some and grotesquely travestied by others2 but they contain the science and scholarship of the future--if that future but remain loyal to truth4 ,loyalty to truth can only result in its establishment--in the vindication of ,theosophy4 ,and the particular truths to be established in the present case--the antiquity of civilization1 the greatness of past humanity--are important in no mere academic sense4 ,medieval theology1 much of whose spirit was inherited by scientific theorists1 has belittled man and weakened his confidence in himself4 ,the recognition of man's past achievements gives renewed hope for his future possibilities4 ,closely interwoven with the ,theosophical teachings about the antiquity of civilization are the teachings about the ,divine nature of ,man4 ,the ,theosophical teachings are a consistent whole4 ,hence these wider views in archaeology1 science1 and religion1 must tend to the widening of views concerning the nature of man and the destruction of old superstitions about his being born in sin or descended from the beasts4 ,while archaeology will naturally endeavor to go as slow as it can and to keep its discoveries well in hand1 so to say1 digesting them and incorporating them with the body of orthodox academic opinion1 it is nevertheless true that it will be obliged to give way and expand its borders4 ,for one thing1 there are many explorers investigating in different fields2 and these1 in their theories1 do not exhibit such uniformity and conformity as might be desired4 ,one archaeologist will make admissions which others are not willing to make1 because these particular admissions do not damage his own particular theory4 ,thus1 taking all together1 many admissions are made2 the errors tend to cancel one another2 the truth tends to add itself up4 ,another factor is what may be called newspaper archaeology4 ,the ,sunday editions and the popular illustrated magazines familiarize the public with the latest discoveries and most advanced theories2 and they frequently go a little too fast for the authorities4 ,but what these popular accounts lack in accuracy they make up in freedom from prejudice4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,monument ,,of ,,de ,,lesseps1 ,,port ,,said ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,high ,,relief ,,from ,,the ,,albert ,,memorial1 ,,london ,a ,,group ,,of ,,architects ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,panel ,,from ,,the ,,albert ,,memorial ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,another ,,panel ,,from ,,the ,,albert ,,memorial ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,portion ,,of ,,decorative ,,frieze ,,from ,,the ,,albert ,,memorial ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,continuation ,,of ,,decorative ,,frieze ,,from ,,the ,,albert ,,memorial ,,great ,,names ,,in ,,art4 ,,sculptures ,,from ,,the ,,albert ,,memorial3 by an ,art ,student ,the first illustration represents a group of architects of modern1 or comparatively modern times2 the majority are ,british4 ,this1 and the four other groups which follow1 are from the high-relief or frieze on the pedestal of the ,albert ,memorial in ,hyde ,park1 ,london1 and were executed by ,j4 ,b4 ,philip1 about forty years ago4 ,although the immense sum of #fjj1jjj was lavished upon the monument to ,prince ,albert1 the estimable consort of ,queen ,victoria1 the memorial has never been regarded as a satisfactory work of art4 ,the general design has some original and interesting features1 but the structure is overloaded with gilding and mosaic1 and the execution is mechanically rather than aesthetically distinguished4 ,the statue of the ,prince himself is inadequate1 and the large groups of figures representing the ,four ,quarters of the ,world1 ,industry1 etc41 though they may have passed muster in the mid-,victorian period of the '#fjs and '#gjs1 are not up to the artistic standard of today4 ,london has been singularly unfortunate in the quality of its public monuments1 and it is to be feared that the new ,memorial to ,queen ,victoria which has just been unveiled1 will not raise the average4 ,there are one hundred and nine figures on the pedestal1 a large portion of which are shown in our illustrations4 ,they include painters1 poets1 architects1 sculptors1 and some heroes and reformers4 ,they are of far greater interest from the historical associations they arouse than from their artistic quality4 ,the seated figure in the center of the first illustration is the famous ,sir ,christopher ,wren1 7#afcb-agbc7 the builder of ,st4 ,paul's ,cathedral1 ,london1 and pre-eminently the most distinguished ,british architect who has flourished since the ,gothic period4 ,he was one of the most original geniuses of the ,renascence4 ,wren had an extraordinary field for his talents opened to him by the immense destruction caused by the ,great ,fire of ,london in #afff1 and he was certainly the right man in the right place4 ,not only did he rebuild ,st4 ,paul's ,cathedral but fifty other ,london churches4 ,up to date1 ,st4 ,paul's is the largest and finest ,protestant ,cathedral in the world4 ,though open to criticism in some of its minor details and constructive arrangements1 it is allowed to stand foremost among buildings of its class in ,europe1 ,st4 ,peter's possibly excepted4 ,standing beside ,wren is ,inigo ,jones1 one of the first and most highly accomplished ,english architects of the ,renascence4 ,his fame chiefly rests upon his design for the palace of ,whitehall1 commanded by ,james ,i4 ,the ,banqueting ,hall was the only part actually carried into execution4 ,a window of this splendid building is still pointed out as the fatal one from which ,charles ,i stepped to the block4 ,vanbrugh1 standing behind ,wren1 was the latter's famous pupil4 ,he built ,blenheim1 the seat of the great ,duke of ,marlborough4 ,to the right of ,inigo ,jones is ,mansart or ,mansard1 the ,french architect whose memory is immortalized in the ,mansard roof1 which he invented4 ,palladio and ,vignola1 to the extreme right1 were ,italian ,renascence architects whose influence upon the classic revival was very great in ,england and ,france2 the ,palladian style being particularly followed in the former and that of ,vignola in the latter country4 ,a striking group of buildings was erected by ,palladio in ,vicenza1 ,italy1 in the sixteenth century1 which became the model on which a large proportion of the ,renascence work in ,england was based4 ,of the modern ,english architects on the left1 ,sir ,charles ,barry is the most notable4 ,he was among the first to depart from the fashion so long prevalent of introducing ,greek and ,roman forms into every building of importance1 and was one of the pioneers of the ,gothic revival of the nineteenth century1 a century without a distinctive style of its own4 ,he designed the ,british ,houses of ,parliament1 which1 in spite of some weaknesses1 is a striking building with an eminently picturesque sky-line4 ,the kneeling figure at the right of the second illustration is the great art reformer ,giotto1 7#abgf-accf7 the admirable ,florentine who liberated the art of painting from the stiff ,byzantine traditions which had been dominant for many centuries4 ,he exercised a lasting influence upon the arts in every part of ,italy1 and thereby1 upon the whole western world4 ,carved in low relief as a background are the ,dome and ,campanile of ,florence ,cathedral1 the latter being a masterpiece proving that ,giotto had supreme ability as a builder in addition to his skill with the brush4 ,seated beside ,giotto is ,arnolfo di ,lapo1 a successor of the celebrated ,niccolo ,pisano1 one of the few great sculptors of the ,gothic period4 ,on ,giotto's left is ,brunelleschi 7#acgg-addf71 sculptor and architect4 ,to him we owe the completion of the great ,dome of ,florence ,cathedral1 which is unequaled for beauty though not so high as several later ones4 ,he is also noted for his treatment of the rusticated work on the ,pitti ,palace1 ,florence4 ,william of ,wykeham1 a great man in many walks of life1 is famous in architecture for the nave of ,winchester ,cathedral 7of which he was bishop71 one of the finest examples of the ,perpendicular style existing4 ,bramante1 the next figure1 7#adda-aead7 was the first architect of the present ,st4 ,peter's at ,rome1 a position afterwards held by ,peruzzi1 ,raphael1 and ,michelangelo4 ,bramante built many palaces in ,rome2 his style was simple and dignified1 and he adhered as far as possible to the classical forms4 ,sansovino 7#adgi-aegj7 is best known for his picturesque ,library of ,st4 ,mark1 ,venice4 ,san ,gallo was another of the splendid galaxy of ,florentine architects of the ,renascence4 ,vignola1 at the extreme left1 was one of ,michelangelo's successors in the building of ,st4 ,peter's2 but unfortunately he altered the design in such a way that the great dome of ,michelangelo cannot be seen from the front except at a great distance4 ,on ,vignola's right stands ,delorme1 the favorite architect of the ,french king ,henri ,,ii2 he is remembered chiefly as the first designer of the ,palace of the ,tuileries4 ,the third picture contains1 among others1 the portraits of some famous ,english1 ,german and ,french architects of the later ,middle ,ages4 ,erwin von ,steinbach 7died #acah7 is famous for his magnificent west front of ,strasburg ,cathedral1 of which1 unfortunately1 one of the magnificent openwork steeples was never finished4 ,the ,abb ,suger was the patriotic adviser of the ,french kings ,louis ,,vi and ,,vii1 and was justly celebrated for his efforts for the welfare of the poorer classes at a time when their interests were generally disregarded 7twelfth century74 ,anthemius1 to the right of the ,abb1 was the great ,grecian architect and mathematician who designed for ,justinian 7,a4 ,d4 #ecb7 the daring and original plans of ,st4 ,sophia at ,constantinople4 ,he is credited with knowing the ancient secret of making burning-glasses 7magnifying glasses7 which was not rediscovered for hundreds of years4 ,he is also said to have understood the making of gunpowder1 and the application of steam as a motive power4 ,the seated figure to the left in the fourth illustration is the great painter1 sculptor and architect1 ,michelangelo4 ,at his right are ,torrigiano1 his early rival1 who is famous for the fine carvings on the tomb of ,henry ,,vii in ,westminster ,abbey2 ,gian di ,bologna 7#aebd-afjh71 a follower of ,michelangelo1 and ,bandinelli1 another rival whom he soon outdistanced4 ,next to ,peter ,vischer1 7died #aebd71 one of the early bronze workers in ,nrnberg1 renowned for his tomb of ,st4 ,sebald in that city1 is the erratic1 bloodthirsty1 gallant1 and most eminent of all metal-workers1 ,benvenuto ,cellini4 ,his ,diana of ,fontainebleau1 and ,perseus of ,florence1 are his finest large works1 but he principally devoted himself to smaller articles such as chased vases1 etc4 ,his autobiography is one of the most delightfully nave human documents existing4 ,in the background is a model of the ,perseus4 ,the next seated figure is ,jean ,goujon1 7#aecj-aegb7 one of the restorers of ,french sculpture as an independent art2 he is well known for his decoration of the ,louvre4 ,beside him is the martyr-artist ,bernard ,palissy 7#adii8-aehi71 who after sixteen years of incessant and unremunerated labor discovered a pure white enamel ground for pottery which was suitable for the application of decorative art4 ,he was reduced to the extremity of poverty before he made his great discovery1 even having to burn his furniture to feed his furnaces4 ,but as soon as his animal sculpture in pottery became famous and prosperity began to shine upon him1 he became the victim of religious persecution4 ,charged with being a ,calvinistic preacher1 it was only by the aid of powerful friends who admired his genius that he escaped for some years1 and finally he was thrown into the ,bastile1 where he perished4 ,in our last illustration ,michelangelo is at the extreme right4 ,at his left stands ,donatello 7#achf-adfh7 the forerunner of the greatest of the ,florentines1 and probably the next best known name in ,italian sculpture4 ,his most famous works are in low relief1 but several of his full-sized statues1 such as the ,st4 ,george in ,florence1 are very fine4 ,luca della ,robbia1 7seated17 and ,ghiberti were almost contemporary with ,donatello1 and1 next to ,michelangelo1 these three are perhaps the greatest glory of ,florence in sculpture4 ,luca della ,robbia invented the process of enameling terra cotta2 his groups of ,singers at ,florence are his most famous work4 ,ghiberti is chiefly known by his wonderful bronze gates to the ,baptistery at ,florence4 ,looking over ,donatello's shoulder is ,andrea ,verrocchio 7#adcb-adhh71 painter and sculptor1 a follower of ,donatello1 and the teacher of the universal genius ,leonardo da ,vinci4 ,niccolo ,pisano1 the third figure from the left is of earlier date than those hitherto mentioned4 ,he was architect1 sculptor and painter2 under the inspiration of his genius sculpture was revived in ,italy1 and every branch of art was influenced4 ,imitation of nature in place of conventionalism was introduced4 ,he is one of the few really great sculptors of the ,gothic period2 he may be considered really to be the forerunner of the ,renascence4 ,his most famous work1 the marble pulpit in the baptistery at ,pisa1 was finished in #abfj4 ,,the ,,two ,,fairylands--,a ,study in the ,literature of ,wonder3 by ,kenneth ,morris ,i ,one has been reading a fairy-tale of our own day1 which has made a great stir in literary and dramatic circles1 and it has given rise to certain ideas as to canons of criticism4 ,its name1 and its author's1 do not matter2 there will be more freedom if they remain unmentioned4 ,what a charm is here6 ,millions of colors that never were in the rainbow nor the sea-shell2 a subtle1 exquisite loveliness--which yet1 in the after-taste--somehow repels4 ,always mystery2 what we call inanimate things waking to life 7as they should do1 indeed1 in any right-minded fairy-tale72 a sense of mutable1 inconsequent horizons1 over which no sun has ever risen or set4 ,and1 as there should be in fairy-tales1 a kind of esotericism glimmering through2 a meaning concealed yet obvious4 ,yet there is fairy gold and fairy gold4 ,the best kind has the aspect of a petal or a pebble2 but with the dawn1 lo1 some diamond or magical tiara4 ,we are a little doubtful that this moon-wan opalescence will not turn out to be only a good worthy piece of ,birmingham-ware4 ,withal1 there are fine notes at the end1 that touch deep centers in us2 for these one can but be duly and truly thankful4 ,there are certainly two methods of imagination2 and we find them shown forth excellently in fairy literature4 ,by that we mean all mythology2 every tale wherein non-human or magical agents play their part4 ,it will include a good part of our poetry2 ,shakespeare1 ,keats1 ,shelley1 ,coleridge1 ,poe1 and ,tennyson all dipped into it at times1 or moved habitually among its haunted valleys4 ,there are two roads running out from our actual world1 and they run through two separate ,fairy-,lands4 ,you shall go out by your front door when the sun is shining1 and come upon the one of them4 ,it leads through a wood of daffodils--,wordsworth's and ,shakespeare's daffodils--in whose company you will find yourself strangely exultant3 these are they that take the winds with beauty2 hence their jocundity and infectious mirth4 ,alive8 ,why1 certainly2 and wise also--only perhaps you shall not yet be allowed to pry too curiously into their counsels4 ,all the flowers are alive in this fairyland2 and they all have their own secrets1 which are sunbright and beneficent4 ,sunbright1 or sundark like the hyacinth--but still beneficent3 poppy and mandragora are not allowed to grow here4 ,as you ride on1 you shall still feel the shining of the sun and the vigor of the wind2 or perhaps there will be sweet intimate grayness of clouds1 or perhaps the sweetness of rain4 ,rain or wind1 you will feel the touch of either on your face1 and smell the earth-scent4 ,there is one valley there1 where the sky is always clouded and windy2 the sedge is withered on the lake there1 and no birds sing4 ,but for that1 you might mistake it at first for a place in the other fairyland1 because of the haggard and woe-begone knight-at-arms you are to meet with1 alone and palely loitering4 ,keats came to this valley1 and heard his whole story from him3 it was this knight-at-arms who met ,la ,belle ,dame ,sans ,merci4 ,like everything else in this fairy-land1 it is true2 in this case the beauty of its truth is awful4 ,for you are not to suppose there are no tragedies enacted here3 there are as many as there are in the world4 ,there are a thousand wanderers in the valleys and on the mountains1 who would lure you away from the sunlight and the rain4 ,here1 often and often1 it is written3 ,look not behind1 or thou art lost4 ,yet no ruin can come upon you that is not definitely evitable3 one holds one's fate in one's own hands1 and need fear nothing but himself4 ,in another hundred of fairyland1 your road runs by over windy wolds of rye and barley1 and down past the island in the river where dwells the ,lady of ,shalott4 ,while she weaves her web1 finding her whole delight in the pictures1 note that the sun or the moon is still shining2 afterwards1 when she has turned and the curse has come upon her1 the low skies are raining ever so heavily4 ,by the presence of the sun and moon and wind and rain1 by the earth-smell and the water-song1 you shall know that you are in the fairyland of the ,right ,hand1 and that everything about you is true4 ,the story of the ,lady of ,shalott true8 ,why1 yes2 a million and a million times4 ,a tragedy again2 fairyland is full of tragedies4 ,yet she need not have left the web1 need not have seen the bloom on the water-lilies1 need not ever have looked down to ,camelot4 ,and how nearly a tragedy is this scene too--of ,titania1 poor lady1 falling in love with the ,ass6 ,for1 if you go far enough1 you shall come upon ,oberon and his court2 you shall find sweet ,bully ,bottom also1 strangely wandered from his own world1 and with that queer1 inevitable headpiece clapped upon him4 ,what else should he wear1 in fairyland8 ,as was said1 everything is so desperately true here2 and sage and simple are alike to come by their own4 ,should you stray here1 no silk hat has potent enough magic of the modern to protect your respectability3 a wandering wind will whisk it away1 and you will appear in crown or ass-head1 according to your merits2 or perchance in a dinted1 war-worn helmet1 or wearing a garland of oak or laurel or bay4 ,no one may wear any colors but his own in fairyland4 ,there are innumerable provinces here1 reigned over by innumerable potentates2 but you are to look for sun and moon and wind and rain in all of them4 ,perseus and ,theseus and ,herakles2 ,roland and the good knight ,charlemain2 ,cuchullain and the ,red ,branch2 the men of the ,emperor ,arthur1 and ,oisin and ,oscar and ,finn--they are all here2 here are fought ,moytura1 ,fontarabbia1 ,camlan4 ,ulysses flies the ,island of ,calypso anew2 and ,odin comes anew into the ,hall of the ,dwarfs4 ,there is always a feast at ,gwalas in ,penfro2 and the door that looks out towards ,aberhenfelen and ,cornwall is flung wide by ,heilyn again and again--tragedy of tragedies2 no one had opened that door until then1 from the time the sea and the sky and that old palace were made4 ,but hark6 it is the scream of a real seagull that is blown down the hall4 ,innumerable are the beauties and wonders and sorrows of this region2 and they are all true1 true1 true3 you can hear the natural winds and waves always1 and taste the salt of natural wind-driven spray4 ,yet in a sorrowless ,italy here1 ,saturn still is reigning3 and here ,the wind in the reeds and the rushes1 ,the bees in the bells of thyme1 ,the birds in the myrtle bushes1 ,the cicale above in the lime1 ,and the lizards below in the grass ,are as silent as ever old ,tmolus was1 listening to the sweet pipings of ,pan3 for the ,golden ,age has not faded and you may come on ,brugh-na-,boinne and the ,hills of ,arcady and the ,island of the ,appletrees2 you may come on all the haunts of ,plenydd1 ,alawn1 ,angus1 ,baldur1 and ,apollo4 ,,ii ,so much1 then1 for the ,fairyland of the ,right-hand1 as we may call it2 there is also a ,left-hand fairyland1 however2 and its character and denizens are altogether different4 ,you come to it by a road that never goes out of doors4 ,i suspect that you lock and bar your study door1 and draw the curtains1 and make fearfully sure of your solitude4 ,then you sally forth by uncanny gateways1 and come where never hay was mown4 ,there is light there1 especially at first2 but the end is a dreadful darkness4 ,the light is of a kind1 indeed1 that never was on land or sea2 but we may be thankful for that4 ,our lands and seas are the wholesomer for the lack of it4 ,at first it is not all so different1 as to let us see at once we are in no hallowed region4 ,there is beauty1 and color2 but the beauty is neither from the sun nor from the moon1 and the color from no dawn nor sunset1 from no sky nor sea4 ,shifting mists may give place to a dazzling ,moorish palace1 or to a peasant's cottage inhabited by the dead4 ,mirth or sadness may lurk in such dwellings2 but beware of any intimacy with them3 you cannot tell what fair seeming masks the ghoul4 ,there is no order nor established nature of things1 nothing you can depend on4 ,the fig grows on the thistle2 but any hunger is better than to eat it2 vines and figtrees are prolific of innumerable thorns4 ,gorgeous blooms prophesy only of doom and impending horror4 ,that is1 when you have journeyed some little while4 ,at first1 perhaps1 they will tell no tale but of sweetness and fragrance for the senses4 ,luxurious poppies are on every roadside1 haunted with night and dreams3 but beware of the whitest lily1 the deepest rose2 besides these the poppies are but flower children innocent of guile4 ,very early on the way to this fairyland1 you shall come to ,xanadu1 where ,kublai ,khan decreed his stately pleasure-dome4 ,a beautiful place8 ,yes1 but mark2 here ,alph1 the sacred river runs through caverns measureless to man1 down to a sunless sea4 ,there is much wonder in that2 but also darkness1 and--incipient terror4 ,your true and right-hand fairyland1 bards in fealty to ,apollo hold4 ,it is all in the ,face of the ,sun and the ,eye of ,light4 ,for a lone reminder of better things1 the forests of ,xanadu do inclose sunny spots of greenery2 but the heart of the place6 ,it is as holy and enchanted as e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted ,by woman wailing for her demon lover4 ,heavens6 is that your mark of holiness8 ,they do not so reckon it in the right fairyland1 where the tragedies are effects flowing from causes4 ,and the beauty of the place8 ,the shadow of the dome of pleasure ,floated midway on the waves3--a scintillant mirage1 a sensuous unreal efflorescence of phantasmagoria2 and midst it all1 ancestral voices prophesying war4 ,christabel1 ,genevieve1 and ,the ,ancient ,mariner all belong to this fairyland2 the first two near the hither frontier1 and the last much farther in4 ,for one has to note how beauty wanes as the sun-known horizons recede1 and how its place is taken by a new kind of harmony1 a chiaroscuro of keen terror and gloom4 ,this also holds one1 as beauty does2 indeed1 plays on the emotion with a more compelling1 because wilder and louder1 touch4 ,so we call the pictures and poems of the left-hand fairyland also beautiful1 also works of ,art4 ,some day ,i think we shall be wiser2 our critics will use a deeper discrimination4 ,beauty is not that which most stirs the emotion1 but that which most stirs it in a certain way4 ,there is the evolutionary urge upward to be considered2 what works against that has no real right to the name of beauty4 ,you are to note here1 that the further one travels in this dark fairyland1 the more ,wonder transforms itself into horror4 ,wonder went with us all through the bright realm1 and grew from the mere wizardry of flowers and mountains1 into the atmosphere of majesty that surrounds the soul and the judgments of ,spiritual ,law4 ,the wizard-glow in the woodlands waxes1 and resolves itself into one of the elder gods4 ,but in the other case1 the ,daughter of ,glamor that leads us is like the ,gwrach y ,rhibyn in the ,celtic tales2 subtly luring and exquisite at first1 she turns into a fearful terrifying hag1 and he who accompanies her does well if he escapes with his reason4 ,glamor fills both regions2 the one1 a clean natural magic2 the other1 not so decadent in the beginning1 as to be wanting in some few waning rays of the sun4 ,in either case1 it is partly the sense of a certain depth in the things seen or heard2 you know that the words of the poem or story stand for something more than is actually spoken4 ,fairy dwellings again2 the grass-grown hillock that melts and reveals itself a palace of the ,immortals4 ,in the poetry of the ,right-hand ,fairyland1 this is precisely what we find2 beautiful is the seen1 but infinitely more beautiful and grander that which it symbolizes or indicates4 ,in that magical country1 there is nothing not quickening with ancient truth1 and all the dramas enacted are leaves out of the diary of the human soul4 ,hence the many tragedies1 the many fallings of fate1 dooms that flow out of deeds done or undone4 ,but in the other1 we find none of this4 ,there1 the esotericism is poorer than the outward form4 ,fate is fate there1 no longer ,karma4 ,at the best there may be some moral taught2 yet even then1 it is doubtful if the lesson will be of supreme value4 ,it will not equal in weight the great superstructure of art raised over it2 as if one should sack the caves of the whole sea1 to find some not too-precious stone4 ,it will be an after-thought1 a gem added1 an excuse2 not the seed and reason of the whole work4 ,more often1 it will be some mere allegory of the passions1 void of truth in the deeper sense2 or the deliberate esotericizing of a ,sandford-and-,mertonism4 ,yet these will be the very best the left-hand fairyland has to offer2 go a little further in1 and you have simply riot on the planes of delirium4 ,coleridge's ,genevieve and ,keat's ,belle ,dame will point the difference4 ,there is something of the same color and mystery1 even a parallelism in the subject-matter of the two poems3 but the first is mere sound and beauty1 signifying nothing1 and the second a picture of the fate of one who has been lured away by passion from the true paths of the ,soul4 ,they are surely wrong1 who ascribe to ,coleridge the originality1 and say that ,keats followed him4 ,the truth is that the two are not comparable2 ,keat's voyagings were to the right hand1 ,coleridge's1 here1 to the left4 ,and the last places in the witch-land8 ,the ,house of ,usher rears itself gauntly beside its tarn there1 and incontinently and dreadfully falls4 ,it is an ultimate dim ,thule1 reached by a road haunted only of evil angels4 ,it is the home of decay1 horror1 and death2 there is a godless phosphorescence about it4 ,but1 you say1 did not ,dante wander there1 and ,milton8 ,no4 ,whither they went1 they went armed in the uprightness of spiritual strength4 ,they made their hells somber1 terrible1 august2 not glamorous or attractive4 ,in ,malebolge and ,pandemonium alike1 there is a certain stability also1 a procession of cause and effect2 there are horrors1 but they are not inconsequential2 they take their place in a definite scheme of things4 ,and here is a literary touchstone2 both ,milton and ,dante wielded that supreme quality of style which is called the ,grand ,manner1 so that the mere boom and march of their verses arouses the feeling of heroism1 of titan strength3 a thing it was never given the decadents and drug-fed to do4 ,dante had his safe guide and teacher with him2 as he walked through the wonders and terrors of hell1 he himself was the thing most aloof and wonderful4 ,unscathed he might pass to his meeting with ,beatrice1 and walk with her in heaven as majestically1 as he had walked with ,virgil through hell4 ,milton1 too1 with all his limitations1 remains a thing majestic for our vision2 poet or politician1 he is still the armed and terrible warrior of ,god4 ,in his characteristic and later mood1 he seeks never beauty1 but always righteousness2 indeed1 his chief fault is that he lost sight of any unity in the two4 ,comus and ,lycidas will show us from what fairyland he had graduated1 to take part in the stern earthly labors of his prime4 ,but here is the mark of the later ,coleridge1 and of all true wanderers in the fairyland of the left4 ,when they see him1 ,all should cry ,beware1 beware6 ,his flashing eyes1 his floating hair4 ,yes--in one of his moods4 ,but what when the inspiration had passed2 when the turbulent dark glory that held them had waned from before his eyes2 when the ,dead ,sea ,fruit of his fairyland had withered1 and left him to be nourished with filth and cinders8 ,then1 too1 wholesome men cry ,beware6--but of a victim of opium1 a morphiomaniac1 or one sodden with cocaine2 a poor wreck of a man1 at sight of whom if you close your eyes1 it will not be in holy dread1 but in mere sorrow and pity4 ,poor ,coleridge6 it was laudanum1 and not honey-dew or the milk of ,paradise that inspired him4 ,and perhaps we might trace all that part of the literature of wonder which comes from the dark1 left-hand fairyland1 to drugs2 which would remove from the category of genius many a name that figures there now4 ,,light ,,physical ,,and ,,metaphysical3 by ,h4 ,coryn1 ,m4 ,d41 ,m4 ,r4 ,c4 ,s4 ,a metal is fixed and crystallized light1 said ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky--and was laughed at4 ,light was not then1 nor is it yet1 substantive1 but a mode of motion--of the ether and of matter4 ,the days when it was substantive and corpuscular1 the days of ,newton1 had gone by4 ,but there are several indications of their return--with additions1 the additions warranting ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's definition of a metal4 ,a crystal of metal consists of molecules1 and they of the still smaller atoms4 ,each atom1 in its turn1 is made of the still smaller electrons or corpuscles4 ,if these either are light1 or are made of even smaller bodies which are1 the definition is justified4 ,this is the suggestion1 or contention1 of ,professor ,bragg1 developed at a recent lecture delivered before the ,english ,royal ,institution4 ,light is regarded as a spreading etheric pulsation1 waves in ether4 ,we have it as the visible seven colors from red up to violet1 and beyond visibility as the ultra-violet4 ,still higher etheric pulses1 according to the usual theory1 are the x-rays4 ,professor ,bragg applies his new corpuscular theory to the last alone1 though he suggests that it also includes the ultra-violet rays--in which case it must include all the rest4 ,he thinks the x-rays corpuscular because of a certain behavior2 but the ultra-violet rays have the same behavior--and no one doubts their continuity with the lower rays down to--and far below--the red4 ,what is the behavior on which the argument rests8 ,the term x-rays or kathode rays1 as popularly used1 covers three kinds of emanation in the tube or from radium4 ,the first and grossest ingredient is ordinary matter1 whirling atoms of the element helium4 ,the next and finer1 the intermediate1 is electrons1 corpuscles4 ,the third and finest is x-rays proper1 hitherto considered as merely etheric pulses4 ,professor ,bragg calls them gamma rays1 restricting the other term1 x-rays1 for other rays of properties so nearly the same that he includes them in the same argument4 ,when gamma 7or x-7 rays fall on an atom of matter they cause it to discharge one or more of its electrons or corpuscles1 the intermediate of the three emanations popularly included under the term x-rays4 ,in this connexion they are called beta rays4 ,the professor points out that when gamma 7or x-7 rays produce this discharge from an atom the beta rays to a large degree continue the line of motion of the gamma rays1 as if the latter pushed them out of the atoms2 and1 lastly1 that the number of the beta rays depends on the intensity of the gamma rays4 ,the gamma ray1 entering an atom1 pushes out a corpuscle1 a beta ray1 and takes its place4 ,it behaves1 in fact1 as if it were itself a corpuscle1 and the word ray is not well descriptive either of it or the beta4 ,nor can it be a mere ether-pulse4 ,the professor suggests that it is a corpuscle1 an electron1 which has had the ordinary negative charge of electricity proper to electrons neutralized by a positive4 ,then he proceeds3 ,many insist that my neutral corpuscle is too material1 and that something more ethereal is wanted1 for it appears that ultra-violet light possesses many of the properties of x- and gamma rays4444 ,they propose therefore a quasi-corpuscular theory of light1 gamma and x- rays being included4444 ,the light corpuscle which is proposed is a perfectly new postulate4 ,it is to move with the velocity of light 444 and to be capable of replacing and being replaced by an electron which possesses the same energy but moves at a slower rate1 and1 of course1 it has to do all that the old light waves did4 ,the whole situation is most remarkable and puzzling4 ,so at this rate matter consists of molecules1 as before2 which consist of atoms1 as before2 which consist of electrons1 as before--but may also in part or altogether consist of still more ethereal corpuscles which are light4 ,it is but a step to the suggestion that the electrons consist of light corpuscles1 standing to them as they stand to the positive or negative atom of matter4 ,then metals will be crystallized light4 ,but whence the light corpuscles8 ,how did they manage to get born in space8 ,an answer to this question means a step-over from science into metaphysics4 ,if and when we have reached the last line of matter we must begin to consider consciousness4 ,intellectual light1 spiritual light--we think we are using only metaphors in those phrases4 ,possibly we are not4 ,physical light may be the last stage of higher lights4 ,if physical light is divine thought-energy appealing to our sense1 it may have passed down through higher stages at which it appeals only to mind and heart and spirit4 ,if we think of ,cosmic ,spirit as pulsing its will and thought into that passive and uniform essence which will afterwards become active and differentiated matter1 condensing and precipitating it into centers for evolutionary work1 we must surmise that it is these intensely conscious centers that will subsequently be suns4 ,science would say that this condensation would already involve the liberation of heat1 that the new center must at once be hot4 ,but that is only true of condensing matter as we know it1 matter which already contains latent energy4 ,but the kind of matter we are considering now is what will become matter1 has no possessions nor qualities till these are conferred on it by divine ideation and will4 ,a sun at its first stage would be luminous only to a spiritual cognition--that is1 it would be charged with1 and radiating1 divine ideation4 ,at the very first it would not be even that2 it would be but a receiving center--for divine thought and will4 ,but at last would come its first heart-beat1 so to speak4 ,some of the aggregated substance would be pulsed out to the surface charged with accumulated energy1 dissipated as corpuscular light4 ,and now it would fall within the range of human vision4 ,it is illuminating not only to sense but to mind2 for it contains mind2 and not only to mind but to spirit2 for that also it contains4 ,theosophy teaches that the sun's envelopes do not contain the terrestrial elements in their terrestrial condition4 ,it is their antetypes that are alone there1 transient1 in perpetual aggregation on the inner side of the envelope 7towards the solar nucleus71 in disintegration as light on the outer4 ,and this light1 charged with divine ideation--septenary--has the power on earth of building elements like to1 but lower down than1 those found in the sun's envelopes--and of destroying them4 ,the planets owe the elements they have to the formative power in the solar light2 rather say the keynotes of the elements they have1 according to which keynotes the elementary matter aggregates4 ,besides that every molecule is crystallized and fixed light1 it contains as its soul some of that light in its highest or first state4 ,and so has every cell1 every compound of cells1 every living thing4 ,if we had another kind of spectroscope we could find their antetypes too on the sun4 ,every cell and molecule contains latent what in man has begun to manifest--that self-consciousness which is a direct reflection of the absolute ,self-consciousness of that point or center which is everywhere and whose circumference nowhere because the universe has a limit nowhere4 ,that self1 latent or manifest1 has in man and molecule its first or highest embodiment in a layer or envelope of light in its first or highest condition4 ,as we say1 tman is enshrined in ,buddhi4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,a ,,family ,,group3 ,,julius ,,kronberg1 ,,the ,,famous ,,artist ,,madame ,,scholander1 ,,his ,,mother-,,in-,,law1 ,a ,,well-,,known ,,swedish ,,theosophist ,,and ,,mr4 ,,kronberg',s ,,children4 ,,stockholm1 ,,sweden ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,eros3 ,,painting ,,by ,,julius ,,kronberg ,,eros3 by ,r4 ,w4 ,machell ,suggested on first seeing the painting by ,julius ,kronberg1 entitled ,eros ,i looked into the depths and saw amid the writhing forms that filled the abyss1 a running stream of fire that flowed among them1 and seared and shriveled some and twisted others into strange shapes1 but still itself preserved its own undying energy insatiate4 ,a monster that devoured its devotees1 for at times ,i seemed to see it as a being having a form defined though monstrous4 ,it fascinated me1 and1 as ,i looked longer and more intensely it took form more definite1 with a strange beauty1 wild and weird1 yet strangely potent to attract and hold the gazer in the spell of admiration that bewildered all the mind1 and fired the sense with strange thrills and throbbings of unsatisfied desires1 vague but intense1 painful yet so seductive that the mind1 bathed in oblivion of former joys1 craved only the consuming kiss of that fierce flame4 ,the form was superhuman1 but as yet ,i saw no face nor knew to what to liken the strange shape1 so wild and yet so strangely human that it seemed a part of me when first ,i looked4 ,but in a little while ,i knew that ,i was but a part of it--scarce even that1 a shadow looking towards a light that must consume it4 ,i fought against the fascination that seemed as if it would absorb my soul and scorch my mind and sweep my body into its seething vortex of undying fire2 and as ,i fought to hold myself against the influence1 it seemed as if it1 that living fire1 took form and features and became the image of a ,god with wondrous eyes that glowed as do the embers of the fire when burning clear with caverns of throbbing radiance and unresting palpitations1 flushing and gleaming1 or sinking into momentary dulness like a sulky face swept by a passing cloud of temper4 ,but strange and fascinating as it was1 that beauty seemed to be unable to define itself2 there was a want that left in the beholder a wild yearning1 in itself so keen as to appear the most intense delight mingled and tinged with woe unutterable4 ,and then ,i knew that this on which ,i gazed was a reflection of some higher thing1 an image only on the waves of that deep ocean in which the world and all things corporeal float formless and uncreate until the creative fire of ,eros pierces its depths1 and awakening all its energies into activity1 mirrors itself upon the seething vortex of illusion4 ,each one who looks into the depths shall see this image2 they who have no heart to search the depths of beings shall feel the fire within their veins and hail the presence of a ,god and feed the flame with their own substance1 giving their lives in acts of impious sacrifice to the consuming fires of the lower world1 responsive to the passions that so insistingly demand the tribute of self-immolation on the altar of desire4 ,and from his place beside the throne on high the ,god of ,love looks down and sees the distorted image of himself torturing1 deceiving1 and destroying all who fall beneath the spell of his pervading magic1 while tears of pity for the woes of men fall silently2 and he waits1 divinely patient1 for the hour when man shall rise from his long dream of passion1 and turning his eyes up towards the ,sphere of ,light1 shall know that he too is divine4 ,then shall man recognize the ,god of ,love who stands beside the throne and call to him to show the path by which he can regain his place and once more sit upon the throne of his divinity and rule within the kingdom of the soul1 the soul of all humanity4 ,,tempting ,,counterfeits ,,vs4 ,,reality3 by ,lydia ,ross1 ,m4 ,d4 ,visitors at ,point ,loma who learn something of the high moral tone of the ,rja ,yoga ,college here and of the way in which the young people are protected from evil influences1 are much impressed with these educational conditions1 as desirable as they are unique4 ,compared with the average youth's environment1 which modern life keys to an ever-increasing pitch of excitement1 self-indulgence1 and artificiality1 the serene1 disciplined1 natural life of the ,point ,loma young folk makes an atmosphere of quite another world4 ,even the keenest critics admit this4 ,the judgment1 however1 becomes so colored by the prevailing customs and ideas and the critical minds are so skeptical from previous failures in fulfilment1 that even friendly visitors are prepared to find a flaw somewhere4 ,so it is not surprising to hear them say3 ,well1 there is something wonderful here and it is the right way to live2 but how will it be with these young people when they leave the school and go out to meet the unknown temptations of ordinary life8 ,how will they stand the test8 ,that question touches the point wherein the ,rja ,yoga method differs from prevailing educational systems1 in training the pupil1 not for examination day1 but for practical life4 ,in analysing temptations of any kind they may be traced to a common root3 the promise of giving the tempted more power--the power to feel more1 to think more1 to do more4 ,this proffered power is the naturally alluring counterfeit of that conscious inner sense which longs to be more4 ,first take the physical appetites which so often develop a mastery of the thoughtless or deliberately indulgent4 ,the normal sense of taste enlarges the feeling of pleasure1 and agreeable food stimulates the body's latent nutritive forces to an output of strength and action4 ,usually the desire of the alcoholic and drug habitus is not primarily for the taste of the drink or the drug but for the coveted feeling of attainment that they 7apparently7 give1 the temporary1 apparent return of waning poise and power4 ,even when unable to stand steadily1 the inebriate is convinced of his own strength and importance by the feeling of energy and largeness he has recklessly lashed into an outgoing1 aimless tide of exhausting sensation4 ,the maudlin type finds himself the central figure of a fictitious emotional sphere1 while the ambitious but incompetent man basks in the pleasing delusion of his own wealth and dignity4 ,the craving for stimulants and sedatives grows with the indulgence which weakens the will1 shatters the nerves1 dulls the mind1 and debases the spirit4 ,the wretched habitu feels a vital lack of selfhood and clutches at even a passing furlough for his mutilated and chaotic sense of identity4 ,the sense of smell is not only intensified by favorite odors1 but these recall and vivify other scenes and sensations4 ,a fragrant flower may suggest a realm of beauty and poetry and sweetness4 ,savory odors appeal to the sense of taste and the appetite becomes the means of still further arousing one through the memory and imagination4 ,the degenerate nature enjoys even offensive odors as the means of making him more alive to the possibilities of his degenerate world4 ,a dog's markedly developed olfactory sense is not attracted by aesthetic odors as he smells impartially at everything1 and follows up--tempted1 if you will--those odors that make him more aware of his canine capacity for sensation and action3 that1 in short1 make him more of a dog4 ,the auditory sense is also the gateway to a larger range of feeling and power4 ,the savage responds to his own defiant war-cry1 and the small boy dilates with his noisy activities1 as the refined expand under nature's finished rhythm of sound and the tones of inspiring music4 ,the eye also lights up old and new scenes of thought and feeling and the characteristic sensations are reflexly stimulated whether one seeks an exciting round of changing pictures or chooses more beautiful and useful things1 whether the higher or the lower nature is appealed to1 it is the larger sense of power to feel or to think or to know that is the attraction of vision4 ,the sensual appetites are impelling because the creative quality upon the physical plane counterfeits the unity of masculine and feminine principles in the final perfection of human consciousness4 ,the attraction of the sexes depends upon an awakening not only to the qualities of the opposite1 but also to an exaltation of the lover's sense of his or her own manhood or womanhood4 ,exercised merely for gratification the lower appetites fill the indulger's world with insistent desires1 capable of leading to degrading depths4 ,but when the creative energy is consciously expended along the uplifting lines of noble and altruistic endeavor it arouses in all the auto-creative sense of power1 which1 reproductive in its own right1 has the satisfying sense of attainment4 ,unselfish love so far awakens the higher nature to its own richness and strength and beauty that its royal impulse to give would sacrifice the personal self in protecting and idealizing the beloved4 ,the temptations of ambition spring from a love of power--the power of knowledge1 of courage1 of beauty1 of strength1 of influence--those things which arouse the possessor to an enlarged or intensified sense of himself4 ,that the ruling personal ambition too often sacrifices the greatest elements of the nature to obtain the gratification of seeming greatness does not discount the fact of the ,real ,self which sacrifices its lesser desires to be great4 ,back of all counterfeits must be the genuine coin to give the false its spurious value4 ,so beyond the many byways of sense and sensation wherein humanity seeks to feel and to think and to do more there is the sunlit highway of the natural soul-life wherein one grows more conscious of his divine power and possibilities4 ,normal growth during incarnation is not found in a repeated round of sensational climaxes1 but in a progressive journey with an ever-expanding horizon where the soul dominates the nature forces within and without the body4 ,the child who learns to know the divine reality of his dual nature inevitably comes to find that pleasure within himself that is satisfying in its expansive sense of power and beauty and largeness4 ,that the child is incapable of realizing so profound a truth as that of his divine origin is questioned by a world psychologized with centuries of false teachings of natural depravity1 etc4 ,but in the teaching of the dual nature in the ,rja ,yoga training that calls upon the higher side to master and utilize the force of the lower impulses1 the reality of innate power becomes the satisfying keynote of daily life4 ,in the plastic period of child growth1 he should be spared the usual external distractions while acquiring the habit of looking within to find himself4 ,protection from the taint of artificial life is no more enervating than the suitable care the gardener gives to seedlings while they take firm root for future growth and resistance4 ,temptation can only tempt where there is lack and longing4 ,one who has learned how to live in the fulness and richness of the reality can easily estimate the worth of any imitation1 familiar or unknown4 ,theosophy does not haggle over theological minutiae4 ,it broadly asserts that the divine man incarnating becomes dual in nature4 ,rja ,yoga training confidently challenges the indwelling soul to come forth and declare itself4 ,,life ,,and ,,teachings ,,of ,,pythagoras3 by ,f4 ,s4 ,darrow1 ,a4 ,m41 ,ph4 ,d4 7,harv47 ,,iii4 ,,the ,,teachings ,as ,pythagoras met with the immemorial fate of the world's great teachers1 many fantastic distortions of his teachings were published2 some of them1 in his name by his enemies1 for the express purpose of bringing his teachings into disrepute2 and many things were imputed to him which he certainly never said or did4 ,probably he did not commit any of his teachings to writing1 but it is certain that his disciples memorized his sayings and treasured them as the oracles of the ,deity4 ,he had two forms of teaching3 one public or exoteric1 and one private or esoteric4 ,it is noteworthy that wherever his teachings prevailed1 sobriety and temperance displaced licentiousness and luxury1 for the distinguished ,pythagoreans were men of great uprightness1 conscientiousness1 and self-control1 capable of devoted and enduring friendships4 7a7 ,,exoteric ,,teachings ,the public teachings of ,pythagoras consisted principally of practical morals of the purest and most spiritual type and emphasized the virtues of self-restraint1 reverence1 patriotism1 sincerity1 conscientiousness1 uprightness1 truth1 justice1 and purity of heart4 ,he insisted upon the highest ideals of marriage and of parental duties1 and always exerted his influence to suppress wars and dissensions4 ,he was the first to apply the term philosopher or lover of wisdom to himself1 as a substitute for the earlier term sage1 for he said3 ,the ,deity only is wise2 men at their best are merely lovers of wisdom4 ,he was also the first to use the word kosmos or order1 as applied to the universe4 ,he used to say3 ,drunkenness is synonymous with ruin4 ,no one ought to exceed the proper quantity of meat and drink4 ,strength of mind depends upon sobriety1 for this keeps the reason undiverted by passion4 ,in answer to the question1 ,when may ,i indulge in the pleasures of passion8 he replied3 ,whenever you wish to be weaker than your ,self4 ,never say or do anything in anger4 ,virtue is harmony2 health1 the ,universal ,good4 ,he urged his disciples not to kill animals1 because he declared that they have a right to live1 as well as men4 ,it is the part of a fool to attend to every opinion of all men1 above all to that of the mob4 ,do what you believe to be right1 whatever people think of you4 ,despise alike their censure and their praise4 ,add not unto your grief by discontent4 ,do not speak few things in many words1 but many things in a few words4 ,either be silent1 or speak words better than silence4 ,it is hard to take many paths in life at the same time4 ,youth should be accustomed to obedience1 for it will thus find it easy to obey the authority of reason4 ,men should associate with one another in such a way as not to make their friends enemies1 but to make their enemies friends4 ,we ought to wage war only against the ignorance of the mind1 the passions of the heart1 the distempers of the body1 sedition in cities1 and ill-will in families4 ,no man should deem anything exclusively his own4 ,every man ought so to train himself as to be worthy of belief without an oath4 ,he used to call admonishing1 feeding storks4 ,philosophers are seekers after truth4 ,the discourse of a philosopher is vain1 if no passion of man is healed thereby4 ,choose the best life2 use will make it pleasant4 ,man is at his best when he visits the temples of the gods4 ,a man should never pray for anything for himself1 because he is ignorant of what is really good for him4 ,do not the least thing unadvisedly4 ,advise before you act1 and never let your eyes ,the sweet refreshings of soft slumber taste1 ,till you have thence severe reflections passed ,on th' actions of the day from first to last4 ,wherein have ,i transgressed8 ,what done have ,i8 ,what duty unperformed have ,i passed by8 ,and if your actions ill on search you find1 ,let grief1 if good1 let joy1 possess your mind4 ,this do1 this think1 to this your heart incline1 ,this way will lead you to the ,life ,divine4 99 99 99 99 99 ,this course1 if you observe1 you shall know then ,the constitution both of gods and men4 ,and now from ill1 ,great ,father1 set us free1 ,or teach us all to know ourselves in ,thee4 ,the noblest gifts of heaven to man are to speak the truth and to do good4 ,these two things resemble the works of the ,deity4 ,place intuition as the best charioteer or guide for thy acts4 ,possess not treasures except those things which no one can take from you4 ,be sleepless in the things of the ,spirit1 for sleep in them is akin to death4 ,each of us is a soul1 not a body1 which is only a possession of the soul4 ,the tyrant death securely shalt thou brave1 ,and scorn the dark dominion of the grave4 ,the greatest honor which can be paid to the ,deity is to know and imitate ,its perfection4 ,the wise men say that one community embraces heaven and earth1 and gods and men and friendship and order and temperance and righteousness2 for which reason they call this whole a kosmos or orderly universe4 ,of all things learn to revere your ,self4 ,likeness to the ,deity should be the aim of all our endeavors4 ,the nobler1 the better the man1 the more godlike he becomes1 for the gods are the guardians and guides of men4 ,there is a relationship between men and gods1 because men partake of the ,divine ,principle4 ,you have in yourself something similar to ,god2 therefore use yourself as the ,temple of ,god4 ,be bold1 ,o man6 ,divine thou art4 ,truth is to be sought with a mind purified from the passions of the body4 ,having overcome evil things1 thou shalt experience the union of the immortal ,god with the mortal man4 7b7 ,,the ,,esoteric ,,teachings 7#a7 ,symbols ,the esoteric teachings of ,pythagoras1 which he called the ,gnosis of ,things that ,are1 or the ,knowledge of the ,reality1 so far as they can be gathered from the extant fragments1 dealt with 7#a7 ,symbols1 7#b7 ,number1 that is1 the inner meaning of arithmetic and geometry1 7#c7 ,music1 7#d7 ,man1 and 7#e7 the ,earth and the ,universe4 ,in his esoteric teachings ,pythagoras gave out the keys to the system of practical ethics outlined in his exoteric sayings4 ,such of his public utterances as were called ,symbols were mere blinds1 capable of several interpretations with several distinct and highly important meanings attached to them4 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 speaking of these1 says3 ,every sentence of ,pythagoras1 like most of the ancient maxims1 had 7at least7 a dual signification2 and while it had an occult physical meaning expressed in its words1 it embodied a moral precept4 ,it is no mere coincidence that many of the maxims were and still are current among widely separated nations4 ,the following are examples of some ,pythagorean ,symbols together with their possible meanings as moral precepts3 ,do not devour your heart3 that is1 do not consume your vitality in futile grief4 ,do not devour your brain3 that is1 do not waste your time in idle thoughts4 ,when you are traveling abroad1 turn not back1 for the furies will go with you3 that is1 do not dally or cry over spilt milk but hasten to accomplish whatever you have begun2 otherwise you will fail1 and remorse and sorrow will thereafter attend you4 ,do not indulge in immoderate laughter3 that is1 restrain the unstable parts of your nature4 ,do not stir fire with a sword3 that is1 do not return angry words to an angry man1 for hatred ceaseth not by hatred but by love--this is an everlasting truth4 ,turn away from yourself every sharp edge3 that is1 control your passions4 ,nourish nothing which has crooked talons or nails3 that is1 cultivate only kindliness of disposition4 ,help a man to take up a burden but not to lay it down3 that is1 by toils and sorrows men are strengthened4 ,do not step above the beam of the balance3 that is1 live a life of perfect justice4 ,spit not upon the cuttings of your hair or the parings of your nails3 that is1 even trifles are important4 ,destroy the print of the pot in the ashes3 that is1 correct all mistakes4 ,put the shoe on the right foot first but put the left foot first into the bath-tub3 that is1 act uprightly and honestly1 washing away all impurities4 ,look not in a mirror by lamplight3 that is1 do not be misled by the phantasies of the senses1 but be guided by the pure1 bright light of spiritual knowledge4 ,transplant mallows in your garden but eat them not3 that is1 cultivate spirituality and destroy it not4 ,do not wear a ring3 that is1 philosophize truly1 and separate your soul from the bonds of the body4 ,when the winds blow1 give heed unto the sound3 that is1 when the ,deity speaks1 attend closely4 ,when you rise from bed1 disorder the covering1 and efface the impression of the body3 that is1 when you have attained unto wisdom1 obliterate all traces of your former ignorance4 ,leaving the public ways1 walk in unfrequented paths3 that is1 lead a spiritual1 not a worldly1 life4 ,do not offer your right hand lightly3 that is1 do not make pledges which you cannot or will not keep1 and do not divulge the ,mysteries to those who are unfit and uninitiated4 ,do not receive a swallow into your house3 that is1 do not disclose the ,mysteries to one who is flighty and unstable4 ,speak not about ,pythagorean concerns without light3 that is1 do not assume to be a teacher until you have become a student4 ,when treading the ,path divide not3 that is1 truth is one but falsehood is multifarious2 choose that philosophy in which there is no inconsistency or contradiction4 ,above all things learn to govern your tongue when you follow the gods3 that is1 learn the power of silence4 ,disbelieve nothing admirable concerning the gods or the divine teachings3 that is1 the ,deity is perfect justice and perfect love2 the ,divine wisdom is the science of life1 the art of living4 ,do not cut your nails while sacrificing3 that is1 in praying1 remember even those who are most distant4 ,sacrifice and worship unshod3 that is1 approach the ,mysteries with a reverent heart4 ,entering a temple1 neither say nor do anything which pertains to ordinary life3 that is1 preserve the ,divine1 pure and undefiled2 the divine science cannot be judged by the ordinary standards of human opinion4 ,enter not into a temple negligently nor worship carelessly1 not even though you stand only at the doors3 that is1 seek the ,divine wholeheartedly without reference to personal advantage1 no matter however humble your position4 ,approach not gold in order to gain children3 that is1 beware of all teachers who barter the things of the ,spirit2 by their fruits ye shall know them4 ,inscribe not the image of the ,deity on a ring3 that is1 do not think of the ,supreme as either finite or personal4 7#b7 ,number ,the esoteric teachings of ,pythagoras in regard to number dealt principally with the significance of arithmetic and geometry1 and emphasized the importance of the application of number to weights and measures4 ,he was the first to explain the multiplication table to the ,greeks4 ,the leading idea of his system was that of the ,unity in ,multiplicity4 ,therefore the ,pythagorean concept of harmony was based upon the relationship of the ,one and the ,many1 the idea of the ,one in ,many and the ,many in ,one--as above1 so below4 ,by number ,pythagoras meant not merely figures1 but regulated motion or vibration1 rhythm1 law1 and order2 for he made number equivalent to intelligence4 ,he said3 ,number is that which brings what is obscure within the range of our knowledge1 rules all true order in the universe and allows of no errors4 ,he assumed1 as first principles1 the numbers and the symmetries existing in them1 which he called harmonies4 ,he taught3 ,virtue is a proportion or harmony4 ,happiness consists in the perfection of the virtues of the soul1 the perfect science of numbers4 ,nature is an imitation of number4 ,pythagorean arithmetic was concerned especially with the first ten digits1 which were hieroglyphic symbols1 by means of which ,pythagoras explained his ideas about the nature of things4 ,he taught that unity1 the monad or one1 is no true numeral1 for one multiplied any number of times by itself always equals one2 that is1 unity unlike the true numerals1 has not an infinite series of varying powers1 for its square1 cube1 and other powers1 are one and all equal to one1 the first term of the series4 ,another peculiarity1 which proves unity not to be a true numeral1 is its indivisibility into whole numbers4 ,the monad is ,god and the good1 which is the origin of the one and is itself ,intelligence4 ,the monad is the beginning of everything4 ,unity is the principle of all things and from ,unity went forth an infinite or indeterminate duality1 the duad1 which is subordinate to the monad as its cause4 ,pythagoras taught that the duad1 the first concept of addition1 was the first true figure and regarded the one as a symbol for the ,primitive ,unity or the ,deity1 the ,absolute1 behind and above the indeterminate or infinite duad1 which symbolized chaos or spirit-matter4 ,the triad or the three1 the monad plus the duad1 symbolized the ,divine1 the ,heavenly1 as opposed to the ,earthly4 ,the ,pythagoreans say that the ,all and all things are defined by threes2 for beginning1 middle1 and end constitute the number of all and also the number of the triad4 ,the tetrad or the four exists in two forms1 its actual form the quaternary or the four1 the symbol of ,earth as opposed to ,heaven1 and its potential form1 the tetraktys1 which contains in germ the sum total of the universe1 manifested and unmanifested1 the ,pythagorean dekad or ten1 thus1 #a #b #c #d #aj4 ,the tetraktys1 therefore1 was regarded as a very sacred symbol4 ,the pentad or number five1 symbolized man4 ,the senary or number six1 is1 of course1 composed of two threes1 and was regarded as an abbreviation for the alpha and omega of evolutionary growth4 ,the hebdomad or number seven1 is the perfect number1 par excellence1 symbolizing both heaven and earth4 ,in the words of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky ,the ogdoad or #h symbolizes the eternal and spiral motion of the cycles1 and is symbolized in its turn by the ,caduceus 7or herald's staff of ,hermes74 ,the nine is the triple ternary1 reproducing itself incessantly under all shapes and figures in every multiplication4 ,the ten or dekad brings all these digits back to unity and ends the ,pythagorean table4 ,it is1 ,pythagoras says1 the starting point of number4 ,passing from the arithmetic to the geometry of ,pythagoras1 ,plato's statement that ,god geometrizes is undoubtedly ,pythagorean in origin1 for it is said that ,pythagoras perfected geometry among the ,greeks1 and the two well-known theorems that the triangle inscribed in a semi-circle is right-angled1 and that the square of the hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the sides1 are still associated with his name4 ,pythagoras taught3 ,from the monad and the duad proceed numbers2 from numbers signs2 from signs lines1 of which plane figures consist2 from plane figures solid bodies4 ,the ,kosmos is endued with life and intellect and is of a spherical figure4 ,from one point of view1 ,one corresponds to the dot or point1 ,two to the line1 ,three to the plane1 and ,four to the concrete solid4 ,the dekad was represented geometrically in the form of a tetradic equilateral triangle of ten dots1 with one dot at the apex1 and four along the base line1 thus #aj-;dot triangle4 ,this shows graphically how the tetraktys as #a #b #c #d #aj1 contains potentially the dekad4 ,this ten-dot triangle filled out by lines becomes an equilateral triangle1 with the dot at the apex and at the center remaining as generating-points for adjacent figures1 and especially as the centers of circles1 inscribed in and circumscribed about the original triangle4 ,the principal plane geometrical figures known to have been explained by ,pythagoras are the circle in its three forms3 one with the center unmarked1 the second with a dot at the center1 and the third with the diameter drawn3 plain circle circle with dot circle with diameter2 the triangle3 triangle the square3 square2 the pentagram1 or five-pointed star3 pentagram2 and the hexagram1 the six-pointed star or so-called ,pythagorean ,pentacle3 #f-pointed star4 ,the circle was called by ,pythagoras the most beautiful of all plane figures and in its form with the center unmarked1 corresponding to the monad or the one in arithmetic1 was placed in a category by itself4 ,the circle with a dot at its center corresponds to the duad1 the triangle to the triad1 the square to the tetrad in its actual as opposed to its potential form1 which is that of the tetradic dotted triangle1 as previously explained1 the potential equivalent of the decad4 ,the pentagram or five-pointed star corresponds to the pentad1 and the hexagram to the senary4 ,the circle with its diameter indicated the actual dekad or #aj 7for we no longer write the one within the circle to represent ten7 as opposed to the potential equivalent of the dekad1 the tetraktys4 ,in his solid geometry ,pythagoras taught that the sphere was the most beautiful of all solid figures1 and in its form corresponding to the monad1 it was classed by itself4 ,pythagoras explained that both the earth and the kosmos were spherical in shape1 and added that the universe was made up of five basic solid figures1 which were built up from the triangle and the square3 namely1 the cube2 the tetrahedron2 the octahedron1 a figure with its eight sides formed by equal equilateral triangles2 the dodecahedron1 a figure with twelve faces formed by regular pentagons2 and the icosahedron1 a figure composed of twenty equal and similar triangular pyramids whose vertices meet at the center of a sphere1 which is supposed to circumscribe it4 7#c7 ,music ,turning to ,pythagoras' teachings in regard to music1 which he regarded as a very important help in controlling the passions1 it is said that he was the first to teach the ,greeks the tonic relations of the musical scale1 and invented for them the monochord1 a one-stringed instrument1 used in measuring the musical intervals4 ,upon these relations he built his celebrated doctrine of the ,harmony or ,music of the ,spheres1 that is1 that the heavenly bodies1 composing our solar system1 in the course of their rotations emit the notes of the scale4 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky and the ancients explain this by saying that ,pythagoras called a tone the distance of the ,moon from the ,earth2 from the ,moon to ,mercury a tone1 thence to ,venus the same2 from ,venus to the ,sun #a tones2 from the ,sun to ,mars a tone2 from thence to ,jupiter a tone2 from ,jupiter to ,saturn a tone2 and thence to the ,zodiac a tone2 thus making seven tones1 the diapason harmony4 ,all the melody of nature is in those seven tones and therefore is called the ,voice of ,nature4 ,pythagoras declared that the harmony of the spheres is not heard by the ordinary human ear either because it has always been accustomed to it from the beginning of life1 or because the sound is too powerful for the capabilities of the physical ear4 ,in substantiation of this theory it is interesting to note that modern science expresses the intervals of music by proportions similar to those which mark the tonal distances of the planets4 7#d7 ,man ,self-contemplation was strongly insisted upon and played a most vital part in the ,pythagorean training4 ,to his esoteric section ,pythagoras taught the immortality of the soul1 its pre-existence1 and its rebirth2 karma2 and the septenary constitution of man1 partially veiled1 it is true1 under the form of a triple division of the soul into animal1 human1 and divine parts4 ,there is a doctrine whispered in secret that man is a prisoner1 who has no right to open the door and run away4 ,the gods are our guardians4 ,the soul is a harmony and the body its prison4 ,we choose our own destiny and are our own good or bad fortune4 ,rash words and acts are their own punishment4 ,we are our own children4 ,intentional perversions of the teachings of ,pythagoras1 mere travesties of his ideas1 are plainly evident in what has come down to us in regard to his belief in metempsychosis4 ,thus we are told that his enemies circulated the story that ,pythagoras had declared that one of his relatives had passed into a bean1 a vicious joke based on the fact that beans were excluded from the ,pythagorean diet4 ,another similar malicious fiction about ,pythagoras is thus referred to by ,xenophanes1 a contemporary philosopher4 ,they say that once1 as passing by he saw ,a dog severely beaten1 he did pity him1 ,and spoke as follows to the man who beat him3 ,stop now1 and beat him not2 since in his body1 ,abides the soul of a dear friend of mine1 ,whose voice ,i recognized1 as he was crying4 ,that ,pythagoras1 himself1 did not believe in transmigration after such fashion1 is shown quite plainly by the following statements of ,hierocles1 the ,neo-,platonist in his commentary upon the ,golden ,verses of ,pythagoras3 ,if through a shameful ignorance of the immortality of the human soul1 a man should persuade himself that his soul dies with his body1 he expects what can never happen2 in like manner he who expects that after death he shall put on the body of a beast and become an irrational animal because of his vices1 or a plant because of his dulness and stupidity--such a man1 ,i say1 acting quite contrary to those who transform the essence of man into one of the superior beings1 is infinitely deceived and absolutely ignorant of the essential form of the soul1 which can never change2 for being and continuing always man1 it is only said to become ,god or beast by virtue or vice1 though it cannot be either the one or the other4 ,the following quotations give us true representations of ,pythagoras' ideas on pre-existence and rebirth4 ,souls cannot die4 ,they leave a former home1 ,and in new bodies dwell and from them roam4 ,nothing can perish1 all things change below1 ,for spirits through all forms may come and go4 99 99 99 99 99 ,thus through a thousand shapes1 the soul shall go ,and thus fulfil its destiny below4 ,death has no power th' immortal soul to slay2 ,that1 when its present body turns to clay1 ,seeks a fresh home and with unminish'd might ,inspires another frame with life and light4 ,so ,i myself 7well ,i the past recall74444 ,pythagoras regarded rebirth as a gradual process of purification and taught that the soul by reason of nobility of character gained by struggles upon earth was destined to be exalted eventually into far higher modes of life4 ,imagination1 he explained3 is the remembrance of precedent spiritual1 mental1 and physical states1 while fancy is the disorderly production of the material brain4 ,man is perfected first by conversing with gods1 which he can do only when he abstains from evil and strives to resemble divine natures2 secondly1 by doing good to others1 which is an imitation of the gods2 thirdly1 by leaving the mortal body4 ,by our separation from the ,deity1 we lost the wings which raised us towards celestial beings and were thus precipitated into the region of death where all evils dwell4 ,by putting away earthly passions and devoting ourselves to virtue1 our wings will be renewed and we shall rise to that existence where we shall find the true good without any admixture of evil4 ,the soul of man being between spirits who always contemplate the ,divine ,essence and those who are incapable of contemplating it1 can raise itself to the one1 or sink itself to the other4 ,every quality which a man acquires originates a good or bad spirit1 which abides by him in this world and after death remains with him as a companion4 ,pythagoras taught that man is a microcosm1 a compendium of the universe1 with a triple nature1 composed of 7#a7 an immortal spirit1 the ,spiritual ,soul1 intuitive perception1 the ,nous1 a portion of the ,deity2 7#b7 a human intelligence1 the ,human ,soul1 the rational principle1 the ,phren2 and 7#c7 the sensitive irrational nature1 the ,animal ,soul1 the seat of the passions and desires1 the ,thymos4 ,the ,nous and the ,thymos1 he stated1 are common to man and the lower animals1 but the ,phren1 which in its higher aspect is immortal1 is peculiar to man4 ,the immortal mind of man is as much more excellent than his sensitive irrational nature as the sun is more excellent than the stars4 ,the physical body is but a temporary garment of the soul1 into which the ,nous enters from without4 ,the sense perceptions are deceptive4 ,the principle of life is about the heart1 but the principle of reason and intelligence in the head4 ,pythagoras added that at death the ethereal part of man freed from the chains of matter is conducted by ,hermes ,psychopompos1 the ,guide of ,souls1 into the region of the dead1 where it remains in a state according to its merit until it is sent back to earth to inhabit another body4 ,the object of rebirth is gradually to purify the soul by successive probations1 until finally it shall be fitted to return to the immortal source whence it emanated4 7#e7 ,the ,earth and the ,universe ,it is well-known that the ideas expressed by ,plato in his ,timaeus1 the dialog which he named after his ,pythagorean teacher1 are derived almost entirely from ,pythagorean sources4 ,therefore it is probable that ,pythagoras taught about the earlier continents1 which were destroyed alternately by fire and water1 and in particular about the legends of ,atlantis1 including the account of an ,atlantean invasion of ,greece about #aj1jjj years ,b4 ,c4 before the ,greeks lived in the ,greek lands--an invasion which was repelled by the inhabitants of prehistoric ,athens1 who were akin to the ancient ,egyptians4 ,in regard to our solar system1 ,pythagoras knew not only that the earth is spherical1 but also taught that the sun1 likewise spherical1 not the earth1 is the center--a theory rediscovered more than #bjjj years later by ,copernicus and ,galileo4 ,pythagoras also explained the obliquity of the ecliptic1 the causes of eclipses1 that the morning and evening star are the same1 that the moon shines by light reflected from the sun1 and that the ,milky ,way is composed of stars4 ,he held that the ,universe has neither height nor depth but is infinite in extent1 that there is a void outside the ,universe into which the ,universe breathes forth and from which it breathes in1 and that the ,universe is brought into being by the ,deity and is perishable so far as its shape is concerned1 for it is perceived by sense1 is therefore material1 but that 7its ,essence7 will not be destroyed4 ,pythagoras declared that all nature is animate1 for ,soul is extended through the nature of all things and is mingled with them and he believed in one ,deity1 ruling and upholding all things4 ,there is ,one ,universal ,soul diffused through all things--eternal1 invisible1 unchangeable2 in essence like ,truth1 in substance resembling ,light2 not to be represented by any image2 to be comprehended only by the ,nous2 not1 as some conjecture1 exterior to the ,universe1 but in itself entire1 pervading the sphere which is the ,universe4 ,from this ,one ,universal ,soul proceed ,spiritual ,intelligences1 above1 below1 and inclusive of man2 the subtle ether out of which they are formed becoming more and more gross1 the further it is removed from the divine ,source4 ,he classified these ,hosts or ,hierarchies of ,spiritual ,intelligences into gods or major divinities1 daemones or lesser divine beings of good and bad natures1 and thirdly heroes or disembodied human souls1 immortal minds in luminous bodies1 in position intermediate between men and the daemones4 ,he declared the whole air is filled with souls4 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky says3 ,in the ,pythagorean ,theurgy these hierarchies of the ,heavenly ,host and the gods were expressed numerically4 ,the ,pythagoreans believed that the forces of nature were spiritual entities4 ,they taught that there are ten spheres formed by the ,heavenly bodies1 those of ,mercury1 ,venus1 ,mars1 ,jupiter1 ,saturn1 the fixed ,stars1 the ,sun1 the ,moon1 the ,earth1 and the ,counter-earth or the ,antichthon1 about which little has come down to us but which is presumably connected with the riddle of the ,eighth ,sphere4 ,furthermore the ,pythagoreans taught that there were ten cardinal pairs of opposites or ten antithetical principles1 which constitute the elements or ,stoicheia of the ,universe1 namely1 7#a7 the limited and the unlimited2 the finite and the infinite2 7#b7 the ,one and the ,many2 7#c7 light and darkness2 7#d7 good and bad2 7#e7 rest and motion2 7#f7 the masculine and the feminine2 7#g7 the straight and the crooked2 7#h7 the odd and the even2 7#i7 the square and the oblong2 and 7#aj7 the right and the left4 ,,photography ,,and ,,the ,,invisible3 by ,philip ,a4 ,malpas ,if a spectrum be thrown on a blackboard with a lantern1 in a dark room1 one end will be violet and the other red1 to the ordinary eye4 ,if a plain photographic sensitized plate is placed against the blackboard so as to receive the spectrum on its central portion during a suitable exposure and is then developed1 fixed1 and replaced in its original position1 the result shown is remarkable4 ,at the red end the plate is unaffected2 the orange and yellow and green are scarcely recorded2 the blue and violet are well represented1 but the part of the plate most affected is that beyond the visible violet far into the darkness of the blackboard4 ,here is a sensitive surface or substance which can see1 as though brilliantly lighted1 a surface which to the ordinary eye is invisible1 but1 on the other hand1 has some difficulty in seeing the red and yellow1 which the eye can see quite plainly4 ,needless to remark that this is why a true red or yellow light is safe for ordinary plates and for dark-rooms4 ,on the other hand it would be possible to have a dark-room which would be to the plate a very light room indeed1 being filled with these invisible rays beyond the violet end of the spectrum4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,visingsborg ,,castle1 ,,visings1 ,,sweden ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,canal1 ,,trollh,,ttan1 ,,sweden ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,high ,,sluice ,,and ,,palace ,,of ,,industry1 ,,amsterdam1 ,,holland 7,at ,amsterdam a stone arch bridge is called a sluice7 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,palace ,,of ,,industry1 ,,amsterdam ,and yet there are some eyes which can plainly distinguish the fact that a substance or surface is giving off these powerful rays1 invisible to less sensitive eyes4 ,perhaps this is one of the thousands of little forerunner facts which testify to the increase of sensibility prophesied by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky for this present century4 ,now if a solution of one per cent of sulphate of quinine1 one centimeter thick1 is used in a glass cell before a lens or plate it may delay the exposure by perhaps six times the normal time1 thus showing that of our photographs taken under ordinary conditions on ordinary plates we have been accustomed to accepting as true pictures reproductions of the invisible1 although much of that invisible coincides with the visible1 since these rays are emitted by so many substances4 ,but a false standard has been established unconsciously in our minds4 ,where blue skies should be1 we are content to see a pure white in a photograph4 ,where reds and yellows abound we expect altogether too dark a representation1 as with grass and green trees4 ,the quinine light-filter 7aesculine1 extracted from the horse-chestnut1 serves as well7 absorbs or is largely opaque to these rays and such a filter is much used now with specially sensitized plates to allow the colors to be reproduced in monochrome in truer relation4 ,a yellow filter will also absorb some of the visible blue4 ,the glass of the lens too is responsible for the absorption of a proportion of these rays4 ,by an action not yet understood the dyeing of plates with certain dyes renders the silver in them far more sensitive to the various colors in the green1 yellow1 and red of the spectrum4 ,is it not probable that silver has the power of sensing these rays so keenly1 while the human eye1 for reasons best known to the human mind1 has had and lost that power1 but may be now beginning to regain it8 ,such a recovery is not made without strain and natures that can begin to sense these invisible rays must either strengthen and purify themselves to the utmost degree possible or suffer what dry leaves suffer in the flames1 a burning out of the particles that are not tuned to withstand the red fire that burns them4 ,hence the theosophical reason for purity and strength1 first1 last1 and all the time1 in preparation for the burning fiery flames of added sensitiveness which come and have come quite soon enough for us to prepare against rather than seek4 ,knowing what is now known of the efficacy of light in curing certain affections1 especially the violet and blue light1 is it too early to suggest that much of the power of quinine is due to the body being saturated with this colorless dye and so cutting off light which the constituents of the body are not strong enough to bear without their balancing power being impaired1 and so leaving the battlefield at the mercy of inimical fever forces8 ,tropical travelers are warned not so much to use quinine after attack1 but to saturate the body 7with minute doses7 commencing several days before entering the dangerous zone4 ,in spite of endless fraud and humbug and fake photography1 it has long been suspected that the invisible can be photographed4 ,as shown1 we have never been doing anything else in our photography except photographing much of the invisible4 ,without saying that it has or has not been done1 we may well ask if it is really so difficult to imagine that much of what inhabits the seeming void may be made visible to the lunar surface of the plate8 ,professor ,wood's experiments on the lines of photography by invisible rays are of absorbing interest4 ,not only has he made interesting photographs of objects by means of the invisible violet rays1 but also by means of the invisible rays below the red end of the spectrum4 ,and he shows one very interesting result of photographing ,chinese white by these ultra-violet rays--as though the pigment were a pure black6 ,this illustrates the fact long known to photo-engravers' artists that ,chinese white is a bad white to use except in a mixed tint4 ,the ,chinese white cuts off so much of this invisible chemically-active white as to appear gray even to an ordinary plate's lunar eye4 ,another startling result is that by the ultra-violet light a man's shadow may entirely disappear when he is photographed in sunlight4 ,one wonders if the strange ,eastern superstitions as to shadows and men without shadows do not have a real scientific basis4 ,perhaps ,r4 ,l4 ,stevenson's little child who rose so early that his naughty little shadow had stayed at home 444 and was fast asleep in bed1 could tell us4 ,,heredity ,,and ,,biology3 by ,h4 ,t4 ,edge1 ,b4 ,a4 7,cantab47 ,the word heredity is one that is much conjured with nowadays1 so that it is important to understand its meaning and import4 ,in so far as its meaning covers facts ascertained by reliable observation1 and correct inferences therefrom1 we must be prepared to accord the word the respect which in that case it deserves2 but in so far as it may stand for imperfect observations and the faulty theories inferred therefrom1 we must be equally prepared to apply scrutiny and reserve4 ,one thing we find is that the word is frequently used1 even by accredited authorities on biology1 in a variable sense2 in the course of an argument the word has two or more distinct meanings1 and the arguer does not seem to be aware of the variation4 ,this of course indicates a nebulosity in the reasoning and leads to confusion and wrong conclusions4 ,for instance1 in a particular case1 where a lecturer is reported1 we find that he uses the word 7#a7 in the sense of the fact that organic cells reproduce their kind1 and 7#b7 in the sense of some power or faculty in virtue of which they reproduce their kind4 ,these two senses are quite distinct1 and would have been given separate heads in a dictionary2 to ignore the distinction in an argument both arises from and creates confusion4 ,but let us at present consider the second meaning--that of some power or property in virtue of which an organic cell can reproduce its kind4 ,biology1 within its present scope1 must confine itself to admitting the existence of this power and to tracing its workings4 ,the source of the power lies outside the field of ordinary biological research4 ,for1 granted that physical matter is actuated by an agency1 that agency must be immaterial2 or at least1 if material1 then material in another sense than that in which physical matter is material4 ,now biologists may claim that this phase of the subject does not concern them2 and that point we should be willing to concede in all cases where the investigations were confined to their appropriate limits--that is1 to the limits appropriate to a confessedly limited science4 ,but what we often actually find is that theorists overstep these limits and assume an attitude of positiveness and authority to which 7by the logic of their own admission7 they are not entitled4 ,we even find proposals to base legislation upon biological theories2 and there is the danger that in small self-governed communities such experiments may actually be carried into effect4 ,when it comes to this therefore we are justified in inquiring more jealously into the credentials of biology2 for we do not readily concede the right to be governed by people who have confessed that certain vital phases of their subject do not concern them4 ,hence1 however the case may stand as regards merely theoretical science1 when there is an attempt to apply theories to matters of government and public policy1 the restrictions become a matter of vital importance4 ,if we are to achieve successful results in applied biology1 then we must positively know something about these mysterious potencies which lie behind matter and which many biologists say do not concern them2 for these forces actually exist and count1 whether biologists understand them or not2 and though they may be ignored on paper1 their effects cannot be ignored4 ,that which lies behind matter is mind--something well known to our experience but not definable in terms of space4 ,the mental aspect of heredity is far more important than the merely physical4 ,the bearing of this truth upon the question of race-improvement and the elimination of degenerate types is important4 ,in paying so much attention to the physical side of the question we are ignoring the important factors and exaggerating those of lesser importance4 ,in agriculture1 attention to the soil is all very well and necessary2 but attention to the nature of the seed planted is generally considered as counting for a good deal in determining the nature of the crop to be reaped4 ,biological theorists are flooding us with schemes for improving the soil in which the human plant grows2 and very excellent some of these schemes are4 ,but what about the seeds of the human plant8 ,nay more2 we have not even exhausted the question of the soil2 for besides the physical soil1 is there not the mental soil8 ,in short1 an abundance of factors enter into the question1 all of which are of vital import1 yet of which but a few fall under the attention of biological theorists4 ,heredity includes the two factors of innate potentiality and environment2 but the former1 since it escapes the observation of physical science1 is minimized in favor of the latter4 ,there is an attempt to make environment account for the whole set of phenomena2 as though the nature of the crop depended entirely upon the soil and not at all upon the nature of the seed4 ,in the question of parental transmission the same considerations apply4 ,while it is true that the offspring derives many of its characteristics from its parents1 and others from its surroundings1 we know that parentage and environment cannot explain everything4 ,there is another factor2 and this factor is what corresponds to the seed in our illustration from agriculture4 ,in fact it is the innate character of the individual4 ,for of a man's character1 part is due to parentage and environment and part is inherent in the individual himself4 ,the character is the resultant of these two components4 ,the influence of this inherent factor is seen in families1 where1 though all the children have the same parents1 the characters may be widely different4 ,we are aware that an attempt is made to explain this fact by saying that the different children have combined the characteristics of the parents in different proportions2 but this is not an explanation of the cause1 but merely a restatement of the problem in another form4 ,into the processes of generation and birth there enter many different factors1 each of which calls for study1 if we would know the truth and arrive at safe and practical conclusions4 ,even plants and animals have what may be called vital souls or monads1 which1 working behind physical matter1 cause it to grow and develop4 ,in the case of man there is still more1 for such a process would produce merely an idiot4 ,there is the human ,soul1 and this has its own character and destiny--its ,karma--brought from its previous lives4 ,this ,karma is a potent determining influence in heredity1 and it operates much more powerfully in some individuals than in others1 this depending upon the stage of development which the particular ,soul has reached4 ,the principle of heredity1 as defined by most biologists1 is incomplete and needs the ,theosophical teachings to complete it4 ,it is often wrongly supposed to conflict with the ,theosophical teachings1 but so far as it conforms to facts it cannot do this4 ,theosophists may find themselves unable to accept all the speculations of biologists1 but they can never have any quarrel with the facts4 ,in biological and anthropological works1 in quasi-scientific or quasi-sociologic novels by immature and frequently morbid thinkers1 and to some extent even in stage plays1 we see the speculations of theorists brought forward as the basis for proposed social polities2 and bad indeed would be our case should such experimenters ever attain the influence they covet4 ,frightful doctrines regarding marriage and parentage1 inhuman suggestions as to the treatment of malefactors and weaklings1 and other horrors1 now growing familiar1 will readily suggest themselves to the reader4 ,and as these signs spring from a misuse of science1 which science itself seems unable to prevent2 while no religious organization seems competent to deal with the problem2 the importance of teachings which really can tell us something about our own nature is evident4 ,but it is not of new dogmas that we speak2 the teachings referred to are of the nature of demonstrations4 ,when anyone is shown something which he did not before perceive1 and recognizes it for a truth1 and makes effectual use of it1 then he is satisfied and needs not inquire into its authenticity4 ,the purpose of ,theosophy is to demonstrate the laws of human nature and nature in general4 ,its appeal is to the understanding4 ,,incorrodible ,,bronze3 by ,travers ,it has frequently been maintained that ancient nations1 some of whose art-works remain to us1 knew secrets in metallurgy which have been lost and not yet recovered by us2 and that in this way they were able to make bronze tools as hard as steel1 or harder1 to make metals which would not corrode1 etc4 ,where one has a wish to prove that ancient races did not possess such knowledge1 there is a conflict between theories and facts1 resulting in attempts to find an explanation which will solve the dilemma4 ,but where one has no reason for desiring to represent the ancients as not being so endowed1 the facts present no difficulty4 ,on the one hand we have monuments of the hardest stone1 elaborately engraved with deep and accurate intaglio4 ,on the other hand we know that many ancient civilizations were of extremely long duration1 and that surviving offshoots of these great civilizations show a remarkable skill in many arts and industries4 ,there is an a priori probability that many processes were known which have not yet been rediscovered2 and the fact that these architectural and sculptural remains exist merely increases that probability4 ,with regard to incorruptible bronze1 the following1 which is condensed from the ,journal of the ,royal ,society of ,arts 7,britain71 is interesting4 ,figures of the ,buddha are found in the north of ,siam in great numbers1 on the sites of ancient temples which have been crumbling for centuries1 leaving the figures standing amid the forest trees4 ,the interesting thing about these figures is the perfect condition of the bronze after centuries of exposure to tropical suns and rains4 ,this bronze is called by the natives samrit--the perfect or auspicious alloy--and its composition for a long time remained a secret1 until1 according to the ,american ,consul at ,bangkok1 a few years ago the formula was discovered in an old ,siamese manuscript belonging to the late ,king of ,siam4 ,the following is a translation3 ,take twelve ticals 7one tical is equal to one half-ounce avoirdupois7 weight of pure tin1 melt it at a slow fire1 avoiding bringing it to red heat4 ,pour two ticals weight of quicksilver1 stir until the latter has become thoroughly absorbed and amalgamated1 then cast the mixture in a mold1 forming it into a bar4 ,take one catty in weight 7eighty ticals7 of refined copper and melt it2 then gradually incorporate with it the amalgam1 keeping in the meantime the fused mass well stirred4 ,when this has been done1 throw into the crucible a sufficient quantity of ashes obtained from the stems of the bua-bok 7lotus7 creeper so as to cover the molten metal4 ,remove the dross with an iron ladle4 ,the metal remaining is samrit bronze4 ,it is surely easy to understand that many such formulas might have been known and never hit upon since4 ,the possibilities in the way of making alloys are endless1 especially when it comes to using ingredients or reagents other than metals4 ,it would be strange indeed if an industrious1 highly intelligent1 and very patient people1 working for ages1 inspired by enthusiastic motives1 should not have discovered many things which are unknown to us whose history is so recent and whose records have been so largely concerned with less peaceful arts4 ,,scientific ,,oddments3 by the ,busy ,bee ,the largest flower in the world is said to be ,rafflesia1 a native of ,sumatra4 ,it is composed of five round petals of a brickish color1 each measuring a foot across4 ,these are covered with numerous irregular yellowish white swellings4 ,the petals surround a cup nearly a foot wide1 the margin of which bears the stamens4 ,the cup is filled with a fleshy disk1 the upper surface of which is covered with projections like miniature cows' horns4 ,when empty1 the cup will hold about twelve pints4 ,the flower weighs about fifteen pounds1 the petals being three-quarters of an inch thick4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,quite a field of discovery lies open in connexion with photography by invisible light1 for it can reveal objects whose existence was not suspected1 especially on the moon and other celestial bodies4 ,the photograph is taken through a quartz lens coated with silver1 which is impenetrable to visible light but not to ultra-violet rays4 ,white flowers come out black1 and a glass porch looks as if made of sheet-iron4 ,a man standing in the sunlight was seen to have no shadow1 which shows that the ultra-violet rays do not come directly from the sun but are present in diffused light4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,it is often desirable1 in delicate scientific measuring1 to convey a cool beam of light to a small scale which is to be read2 and one clever device for doing this is to send the light along a glass rod4 ,it might be thought that the light would escape through the sides of the rod and that it would therefore be necessary to coat them with some opaque substance2 but this is not the case4 ,light does not pass through glass when it strikes the glass very obliquely4 ,if we look very obliquely at a sheet of glass1 we do not see the objects on the other side of it1 but we see the reflection of those on the same side as that from which we look2 the glass acts as if it were silvered4 ,this is what is known as total reflection2 and in accordance therewith the beam cannot escape through the sides of the rod4 ,thus the rod acts like a tube along which the light1 as though a fluid1 runs2 rather a suggestive fact in connexion with currents and transmission generally4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,now that we know of radium emanation1 we have a scientific explanation of the difference between natural curative waters when drunk at the spring and the same waters after being bottled and exported4 ,things may be chemically identical1 and yet different--a reflection that should help to prevent us from becoming too dogmatic4 ,this discovery about mineral waters has led to the invention of what may be called artificial genuine waters2 they are mineral waters artificially impregnated with radium emanation4 ,these have been used curatively with success4 ,following their use came that of radium baths1 and then radium air-baths and radium inhalers4 ,patients can be put into a room whose air is impregnated with emanation1 or they can inhale through a nozzle connected with a bottle4 ,one naturally wonders how many more influences there may be in nature which have not yet been detected1 and how many hygienic beliefs are consequently based on imperfect knowledge4 ,what happens to the fresh air after it has been drawn into a building1 heated in an apparatus1 and distributed8 ,chemically the same it may be1 but it differs a good deal in its effects from the air outside4 ,and there is the question of prepared foods2 is it enough that they be chemically the same as the natural product8 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the devising of new luxuries is of doubtful advantage2 for not only is luxury itself enervating1 but it is often not even achieved1 for our needs and susceptibilities increase with their satisfaction4 ,soon it will not be necessary to have any circulation in your feet2 nor to use warm foot-gear or warm your feet at the fire4 ,the carpet on which you tread will itself be warm2 or if it is not1 you can make it so in a moment by merely pressing the ubiquitous and indispensable button in the wall4 ,stoop down and examine this magic carpet2 it looks just like any ordinary unpretending piece of floor-furniture4 ,but unravel some of its threads and you will find that they contain that all-pervading nerve of modern life--a wire4 ,upon a woolen thread is wound a tape made up of fine strands of nickel wire2 over this again goes more wool1 and so the wire is made invisible and flexible4 ,a cord ending in a plug connects the carpet with the wall or the lighting fixture4 ,one would think there was risk of the carpet going up in a puff of blue smoke2 nor is one much reassured by the statement1 in a scientific paper1 that when overheated1 the resistance rises and cuts down the current1 so that an automatic regulating action is given which prevents overheating4 ,the rise of resistance would increase the quantity of heat generated1 whereas the lessening of the current strength would only reduce the quantity of heat in the proportion of the square root of the diminution in current strength4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,new method of chemical analysis has been discovered by ,sir ,j4 ,j4 ,thomson4 ,it makes use of the ,crookes vacuum tube1 which1 as is well known1 consists of a glass vessel containing a residuum of air or other gas in a highly rarefied state4 ,a platinum wire is sealed into each end of the tube1 each wire connected with an electrode within the tube4 ,a high-potential electric current is transmitted across the rarefied gas1 being carried by the particles1 which1 owing to the rarefaction1 have a greater freedom of movement4 ,when these charged particles strike the walls of the tube or an obstacle placed in their path they produce beautiful luminous effects4 ,professor ,thomson1 in his new method of analysis1 pierces the negative electrode with a tube of very fine bore1 and it is found that the charged particles of gas pass through this tube into the space behind1 where they will produce luminosity on a screen in their path4 ,now1 as is known1 these particles can be deflected from their straight path and caused to take curved paths by certain electric and magnetic methods4 ,but the amount of deflection so produced varies according to the mass and velocity of the particle4 ,professor ,thompson has so arranged the experiment that the amount of deflection produced in the various particles present is indicated by the spot at which they strike the screen4 ,if they proceeded in a straight path1 they would strike the screen in the center2 the more they are deflected1 the further from the center is the point at which they strike4 ,this affords a means of analysing the composition of the gases present2 but it is also necessary to take into account the fact that the amount of deflection depends not only on the mass and velocity of the particles but upon the amount of electric charge they are carrying4 ,but this merely multiplies or divides the results by integral quantities4 ,it was found by these experiments that no matter what gas was being examined1 hydrogen was always present1 and also carbon1 nitrogen1 and mercury2 mercury would be likely to be present in the air of a laboratory4 ,in examining marsh gas 7,,ch#d71 besides curves corresponding to marsh gas1 carbon1 and hydrogen1 there were found other curves which by calculation would correspond to ,,ch1 ,,ch#b1 and ,,ch#c1 compounds which are not known to the chemist and which must be momentary transition stages in the decomposition of marsh gas4 ,this method of analysis is rapid1 can be performed with minute quantities1 and is not hindered by the presence of impurities1 for these register themselves without interfering with the other elements4 ,two prophecies by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky in ,the ,secret ,doctrine were that chemistry and biology were the twin magicians of the coming time1 and that it would soon be admitted by men of science that the ,occult teaching is true--that every cell1 atom1 and speck in the universe is alive4 ,the microscopic germ is every day pushing more to the front and threatening to elbow the mere molecule out of the field4 ,even familiar chemical reactions will not come off if nothing else but the chemicals concerned is present2 there has to be something to start the reaction1 something electrical or who knows what4 ,so we are told4 ,any day we may expect to hear that the electrons are alive2 at any rate they are pretty lively and capable for dead things4 ,bacteria are not all deadly or even maleficent4 ,there are bacteria that are good for us1 necessary for our existence4 ,the human body can be described as made up of minute organisms4 ,disease means that the destructive ones have prevailed over the constructive2 but when there is a proper balance of the two sorts we are healthy4 ,and now we learn that some of the beneficent bacteria shine--emit light--a sure token of their saintly character6 ,but they do not merely absorb it and give it out again like some chemicals and phosphorescent bodies2 they create their own light4 ,fiat ,lux1 they say1 et lux fit4 ,this light1 too1 is without heat1 wherefore it is the most economical light possible4 ,when we create light we create with it enough heat to run a hell1 and all this represents waste4 ,the most efficient electric filament1 it is said1 gives only #e of the energy in the form of light4 ,the luminous bacteria must have a nutritive substance and oxygen4 ,they abound most in sea-water1 and on the ,pacific ,coast the sea at certain seasons is a magnificent spectacle at night1 each wave shining with a soft bright light of undefinable colors4 ,but they can be experimented with in the laboratory4 ,photobacterium phosphorescens is obtained from the herring1 duly fed and bottled1 and can be used to read by4 ,a scientific magazine shows a photograph of a picture of ,lord ,lister most appropriately illuminated by bacteria which are contained in glass tubes near the picture4 ,light has been regarded mainly as a means of vision2 but it is evidently more than this4 ,in ancient science it is spoken of as one of the creative powers4 ,in physics we recognize it as among the active transforming forces4 ,we can regard it either as a form of energy or as a form of matter--these amounting to little more than alternative points of view4 ,behind the various phenomena classed as light lies their ultra-physical cause--the being1 the thing-in-itself4 ,when we speak of light as illuminating the mind or emanating from the source of inspiration1 we are commonly held to be employing a figure of speech1 a metaphor4 ,but we might as well turn the matter around and regard the scientific use of the word light as a metaphor4 ,there are various kinds of light4 ,moonlight may be mistaken for the light of the sun by some creatures that have not seen the latter2 also there are owls and bats which prefer it4 ,candles prove a source of destruction to ignorant moths4 ,the lowliest germs1 as we see1 can emit a certain luminosity2 even decaying matter shines4 ,and so there are various kinds of light in the world of mind2 but best of all is the sunlight4 ,twinkle1 twinkle1 little germ1 ,how ,i wonder why you squirm1 ,down among my flesh and blood1 ,like a diamond in the mud4 ,how doth the little busy bug ,improve each shining hour ,by causing it to shine some more ,with half a candle-power4 ,dr4 ,what's-his-name ,,linnaeus ,,and ,,the ,,divining-,,rod3 ,contributed by ,p4 ,f4 ,linnaeus in one of his works relates an experience he had in the finding of noble metals by means of the divining-rod1 and does it in the simple good-humored way that marks all his writings and makes them such delightful reading4 ,he says3 ,the divining-rod is a curious contrivance1 and people will have us believe that the rod can tell where metals are hidden4 ,now and again my secretary would take a twig of hazel forked evenly at one end and would amuse the company with it4 ,this happened also at this place1 one person concealing his silver snuff-box1 another his watch1 here and there in the bushes1 and in most cases the secretary found them4 ,now ,i had never believed in the divining-rod and did not like to hear it mentioned4 ,it provoked me that it should be recommended in this way1 and ,i imagined that my friends and my secretary were in collusion to deceive the company4 ,so going to a large field north of the barn1 ,i cut out a piece of turf1 placed my little purse in the hole1 and covered it up so carefully that nobody could see the least trace of it4 ,my own mark was a great ranunculus growing near the place1 and there was no other tall flower in the whole field4 ,when all was arranged ,i went back to the company1 told them that ,i had concealed my purse in the field1 and asked the secretary to find it with the help of his divining-rod4 ,if he found it1 then ,i would believe in the rod1 so sure was ,i that no mortal but myself knew the place where the money was4 ,the secretary was delighted with such an opportunity to make me think better of the rod which ,i used always to ridicule2 and the company too were most anxious to watch this master-test4 ,the secretary searched for a long while1 a full hour at least1 and my host and hostess and ,i had the pleasure of seeing the rod work in vain2 and as we did not get the money back1 the rod was held up to ridicule4 ,at last ,i repaired to the spot with the intention of recovering my purse1 but only to find that our rod-walkers had trampled down all the grass by their perambulations4 ,not a trace was left of my ranunculus1 and ,i was compelled to search for my money with the same uncertainty as the rod4 ,i felt no inclination to bet a hundred crowns on the rod1 for all of us were engaged in a vain search which provoked both irritation and amusement4 ,finally ,i had to give it up1 but the baron and the secretary asked me to tell them the place approximately1 which ,i did4 ,the wicked rod1 however1 refused to strike and pointed to a place right opposite4 ,finally1 when all of us were tired of it1 and ,i most of all1 the secretary stopped at a place quite far from the one ,i had indicated1 saying that if the purse was not there it would be useless to try to tell the place4 ,i did not care to seek1 as it was not at all in this direction that ,i had 7as ,i thought7 placed the purse4 ,but ,baron ,oxenstjerna lay down upon the ground and put his fingers around the little piece of turf where the money was lying6 ,thus the rod was right that time1 and gave me back the money ,i should otherwise have lost4 ,this is fact4 ,if ,i see more such instances1 ,i suppose ,i must believe what ,i do not want to believe4 ,for it is quite different from the magnet and attraction between iron and iron2 that a hazel twig can tell me the place where noble metals are--to that neither our outer nor our inner senses consent4 ,still ,i am not settled as to the divining-rod2 yet ,i will not venture to bet as many crowns on it another time4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,i4 ,,the ,,head ,,of ,a ,,ca,,on1 ,,point ,,loma3 ,a ,,study ,,of ,,color ,,and ,,shade ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,ii4 ,,entrance ,,to ,a ,,ca,,on1 ,,point ,,loma3 ,a ,,view ,,of ,,singular ,,beauty ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,iii4 ,,another ,,striking ,,view ,,in ,a ,,lomaland ,,ca,,on ,spirit that formed this scene 444 ,these formless wild arrays1 for reasons of their own4444 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,iv4 ,,where ,,the ,,ca,,on ,,leaves ,,the ,,daylight ,the last glimpse of bay and mountains before descending #aej feet4 ,at the bottom it is chill and damp1 the sky a blue ribbon4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,v4 ,,in ,,the ,,heart ,,of ,,the ,,ca,,on ,though too large for the camera1 every foot of the rock's surface is interesting and beautiful to the eye4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,vi4 ,a ,,ca,,on1 ,,point ,,loma2 ,,view ,,from ,,above ,,lomaland ,,ca,,ons3 by ,w4 ,j4 ,renshaw ,point ,loma is an age-old peninsula at the extreme south of southern ,california1 close to the ,mexican border1 ,table and ,tent mountains in old ,mexico forming part of the unsurpassable view across ,san ,diego ,bay4 ,it is situated between the thirtieth and thirty-fifth parallels of latitude 7,n471 about half way between the latitudes of ,gibraltar and ,cairo4 ,it runs within a few points of due south from the mainland and is roughly wedge- or pennant-shaped1 its eastern curve forming the western shore of ,san ,diego ,bay1 its rocky west receiving the impact of the league-long rollers of the ,pacific4 ,except on the eastern sand flats there is probably not five hundred yards of the main road along the ,point that is either level or straight1 but up and down it goes from level to level1 winding in and out along the contours of the ridge4 ,from the ridge the sides fall away in slopes1 terraces or cliffs4 ,on the flats on the eastern side are ,roseville and ,la ,playa and the government coaling station1 quarantine station1 and military fort4 ,the western side is mainly abrupt cliffs fifty to sixty feet high1 affording descent to the shore in few places1 and hollowed with caves4 ,the major surface formation of ,point ,loma is a friable sandstone containing clays1 gypsum1 marls1 pebbles1 and a curious reddish iron nodule varying in size from a small pea to a large marble4 ,this occurs in great quantities and is apparently of igneous origin1 though whether volcanic or meteoric is not known4 ,on both sides of the ridge deep caons have been washed out by the rains and here and there are irregular amphitheaters as if a former cave had fallen in4 ,such a spot is shown in illustration ,no4 ,i1 the characteristic washing of the adobe face of the break being very picturesque1 giving wonderful light and shade and color effects in the brilliant sunshine4 ,the prevailing color is a rich brown1 shading from gold to red1 which seems to complement the intense blue of the sky4 ,the shrubs and vines add every gradation and tone of green4 ,wild flowers1 ferns1 and cacti abound in these caons1 and many of the shrubs are aromatic1 not only beautiful to the eye when in bloom1 but a fragrant balsam to the sense of smell4 ,large owls and hawks nest in inaccessible places1 living on the prolific smaller fauna2 and a large tufted-eared wild cat has been met with4 ,the caons on the west side are tame and uninteresting compared with those on the east4 ,here many a delightful outing can be had1 with a spice of adventure in negotiating difficult ascents and descents1 needing agility and a quick strong frame and muscles2 or1 if one does not possess such1 the help of those who do4 ,in some of the most difficult places niches have been cut with a hatchet1 making the climb fairly easy4 ,every few yards the character of these caons alters1 revealing views of the most varied beauty4 ,one such is shown in illustration ,no4 ,,ii1 the entrance to one of the caons3 the silver sand of the bottom1 the varied greens of the scrub1 the rich red-gold-brown of the cliffs with the green chaparral peeping over1 all flooded with golden sunshine almost palpitating with vibrant life1 and over all the bluest blue sky1 make a feast of color which must be seen to be appreciated4 ,or again1 as in illustration ,no4 ,,iii1 there is rugged and savage grandeur recalling ,whitman's words3 ,spirit that formed this scene ,these tumbled rock-piles grim and red 99 99 99 99 99 ,these formless wild arrays1 for reasons of their own ,i know thee savage spirit--we have communed together4 ,many of the finest views cannot be photographed because they recede deep1 deep out of the light of day4 ,this can be seen by the center foreground of illustration ,no4 ,,iv1 the detail of which is quite lost in a veritable yawning gulf4 ,here one catches the last glimpse of the bay and the distant mountains before descending in five or six stages some one hundred and fifty or two hundred feet4 ,at the bottom it is so narrow that one has to work his way along sideways4 ,it is damp and chill and earthy down there1 the sky a narrow ribbon of blue away up1 and one emerges later feeling like an emancipated troglodyte4 ,or as shown in illustration ,no4 ,v--which is a view of the rock face on the right-hand side of ,no4 ,,iv1 about half-way down--the scene is too large for the camera1 while every foot of it is interesting and beautiful to the eye3 no jutty1 frieze1 buttress nor coign of vantage but hath its festoon of vines1 clump of ferns1 or mass of wild flowers1 while the flat rock is stained and mottled with lichens--sage green1 old gold1 brown1 red2 and only in such a place could mere light and shade work such magic3 fairy towers1 demon caves1 faces in the rock--grotesque1 fantastic1 weird1 beautiful1 majestic1 are the tricks of sunshine in this miniature cataclysmic playground of nature4 ,the caons are full of surprises4 ,at one place--a winding defile between bare rocks1 just wide enough for one to scramble through--the members of a party while near enough to converse1 are invisible to each other because of the sudden turnings and doublings of the crack every few feet4 ,some of the caons open out almost imperceptibly from others4 ,perhaps a rest will be called on the silver sand of some opening4 ,the older members of the party wish to drink in the beauty of the surroundings4 ,the younger ones work off superfluous energy--scaling the sides1 exploring the branchings1 or making a toboggan of some thirty feet or so of loose sand-slide4 ,after a while someone will say3 ,it is time to return4 ,so we retrace our steps and after proceeding a little way1 if there be a newcomer in the party he is likely to say3 ,i don't remember this on the way down2 it is altogether different4 ,being told that it is another caon1 he will say3 ,when did we enter it8 ,so we climb up and out again another way1 someone perhaps climbing up on another's shoulders and then hauling the rest up2 and within about two hours of starting out we are back home again1 braced and exhilarated by the exercise1 refreshed and inspired by the unique and varied beauty of these ,lomaland caons4 ,the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society ,founded at ,new ,york ,city in #ahge by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 ,william ,q4 ,judge and others ,reorganized in #ahih by ,katherine ,tingley ,central ,office1 ,point ,loma1 ,california ,the ,headquarters of the ,society at ,point ,loma with the buildings and grounds1 are no ,community ,settlement or ,colony4 ,they form no experiment in ,socialism1 ,communism1 or anything of similar nature1 but are the ,central ,executive ,office of an international organization where the business of the same is carried on1 and where the teachings of ,theosophy are being demonstrated4 ,midway 'twixt ,east and ,west1 where the rising ,sun of ,progress and ,enlightenment shall one day stand at full meridian1 the ,headquarters of the ,society unite the philosophic ,orient with the practical ,west4 ,,membership in the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society may be either at large or in a local ,branch4 ,adhesion to the principle of ,universal ,brotherhood is the only pre-requisite to membership4 ,the ,organization represents no particular creed2 it is entirely unsectarian1 and includes professors of all faiths1 only exacting from each member that large toleration of the beliefs of others which he desires them to exhibit towards his own4 ,applications for membership in a ,branch should be addressed to the local ,director2 for membership at large to ,g4 de ,purucker1 ,membership ,secretary1 ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters1 ,point ,loma1 ,california4 ,,objects ,this ,brotherhood is a part of a great and universal movement which has been active in all ages4 ,this ,organization declares that ,brotherhood is a fact in ,nature4 ,its principal purpose is to teach ,brotherhood1 demonstrate that it is a fact in ,nature1 and make it a living power in the life of humanity4 ,its subsidiary purpose is to study ancient and modern religions1 science1 philosophy1 and art2 to investigate the laws of ,nature and the divine powers in man4 ,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky1 ,,foundress ,,and ,,teacher ,the present ,theosophical ,movement was inaugurated by ,helena ,petrovna ,blavatsky in ,new ,york in #ahge4 ,the original name was ,the ,theosophical ,society4 ,associated with her were ,william ,q4 ,judge and others4 ,madame ,blavatsky for a time preferred not to hold any outer official position except that of ,corresponding ,secretary4 ,but all true students know that ,madame ,blavatsky held the highest authority1 the only real authority which comes of wisdom and power1 the authority of ,teacher and ,leader1 the real head1 heart1 and inspiration of the whole ,theosophical ,movement4 ,it was through her that the teachings of ,theosophy were given to the world1 and without her the ,theosophical ,movement could not have been4 ,,branch ,,societies ,,in ,,europe ,,and ,,india ,in #ahgh ,madame ,blavatsky left the ,united ,states1 first visiting ,great ,britain and then ,india1 in both of which countries she founded branch societies4 ,the parent body in ,new ,york became later the ,aryan ,theosophical ,society and ,,has ,,always ,,had ,,its ,,headquarters ,,in ,,america2 and of this1 ,william ,q4 ,judge was ,president until his death in #ahif4 ,it is important to note the following3 ,in response to the statement published by a then prominent member in ,india that ,madame ,blavatsky is loyal to the ,theosophical ,society and to ,adyar1 ,madame ,blavatsky wrote3 ,it is pure nonsense to say that ,h4 ,p4 ,b4 444 is loyal to the ,theosophical ,society and to ,adyar 76874 ,h4 ,p4 ,b4 is loyal to death to the ,theosophical ,,cause and those ,great ,teachers whose philosophy can alone bind the whole of ,humanity into one ,brotherhood4444 ,the degree of her sympathies with the ,theosophical ,society and ,adyar depends upon the degree of the loyalty of that ,society to the ,,cause4 ,let it break away from the original lines and show disloyalty in its policy to the cause and the original program of the ,society1 and ,h4 ,p4 ,b41 calling the ,t4 ,s4 disloyal1 will shake it off like dust from her feet4 ,to one who accepts the teachings of ,theosophy it is plain to see that although ,theosophy is of no nationality or country but for all1 yet it has a peculiar relationship with ,america4 ,not only was the ,united ,states the birthplace of the ,theosophical ,society1 and the home of the ,parent ,body up to the present time1 but ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 the ,foundress of the ,society1 although a ,russian by birth1 became an ,american citizen2 ,william ,q4 ,judge1 of ,irish parentage and birth1 also became an ,american citizen2 and ,katherine ,tingley is ,american born4 ,america therefore not only has played a unique part in the history of the present ,theosophical ,movement1 but it is plain to see that its destiny is closely interwoven with that of ,theosophy2 and by ,america is meant not only the ,united ,states or even the ,north ,american continent1 but also the ,south ,american continent1 and1 as repeatedly declared by ,madame ,blavatsky1 it is in this great ,western ,hemisphere as a whole1 ,north and ,south1 that the next great ,race of humanity is to be born4 ,,madame ,,blavatsky ,,founds ,,the ,,esoteric ,,school2 ,,her ,,life-,,long ,,trust ,,in ,,william ,q4 ,,judge ,in #ahhh1 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 then in ,london1 on the suggestion and at the request of her ,colleague1 ,william ,q4 ,judge1 founded the ,esoteric ,school of ,theosophy1 a body for students1 of which ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky wrote that it was the heart of the ,theosophical ,movement1 and of which she appointed ,william ,q4 ,judge as her sole representative in ,america4 ,further1 writing officially to the ,convention of the ,american ,societies held in ,chicago1 #ahhh1 she wrote as follows3 ,to ,william ,q4 ,judge1 ,general ,secretary of the ,american ,section of the ,theosophical ,society3 ,my dearest ,brother and ,co-,founder of the ,theosophical ,society3 ,in addressing to you this letter1 which ,i request you to read to the ,convention1 summoned for ,april #bbnd1 ,i must first present my hearty congratulations and most cordial good wishes to the ,society and yourself--the heart and soul of that body in ,america4 ,we were several to call it to life in #ahge4 ,since then you have remained alone to preserve that life through good and evil report4 ,it is to you chiefly1 if not entirely1 that the ,theosophical ,society owes its existence in #ahhh4 ,let me thank you for it1 for the first1 and perhaps for the last time publicly1 and from the bottom of my heart1 which beats only for the cause you represent so well and serve so faithfully4 ,i ask you also to remember that on this important occasion1 my voice is but the feeble echo of other more sacred voices1 and the transmitter of the approval of ,those whose presence is alive in more than one true ,theosophical heart1 and lives1 as ,i know1 pre-eminently in yours4 ,this regard that ,madame ,blavatsky had for her colleague ,william ,q4 ,judge continued undiminished until her death in #ahia1 when he became her successor4 ,madame ,blavatsky1 in #ahhi1 writing in her ,theosophical magazine published in ,london1 said that the purpose of the magazine was not only to promulgate ,theosophy1 but also and as a consequence of such promulgation1 to bring to light the hidden things of darkness4 ,she further says3 ,as to the weak-minded ,theosophists--if any--they can take care of themselves in the way they please4 ,,if ,,the ,,false ,,prophets ,,of ,,theosophy ,,are ,,to ,,be ,,left ,,untouched1 ,,the ,,true ,,prophets ,,will ,,be ,,very ,,soon--,,as ,,they ,,have ,,already ,,been--,,confused ,,with ,,the ,,false4 ,,it ,,is ,,high ,,time ,,to ,,winnow ,,our ,,corn ,,and ,,cast ,,away ,,the ,,chaff4 ,the ,theosophical ,society is becoming enormous in its numbers1 and if the false prophets1 the pretenders1 or even the weak-minded dupes1 are left alone1 then the ,society threatens to become very soon a fanatical body split into three hundred sects--like ,protestantism--each hating the other1 and all bent on destroying the truth by monstrous exaggerations and idiotic schemes and shams4 ,we do not believe in allowing the presence of sham elements in ,theosophy1 because of the fear1 forsooth1 that if even a false element in the faith is ridiculed1 the latter is apt to shake the confidence in the whole4 444 ,what true ,christians shall see their co-religionists making fools of themselves1 or disgrace their faith1 and still abstain from rebuking them publicly as privately1 for fear lest this false element should throw out of ,christianity the rest of the believers8 ,,the ,,wise ,,man ,,courts ,,truth2 ,,the ,,fool1 ,,flattery4 ,however it may be1 let rather our ranks be made thinner1 than the ,theosophical ,society go on being made a spectacle to the world through the exaggerations of some fanatics1 and the attempt of various charlatans to profit by a ready-made program4 ,these1 by disfiguring and adapting ,occultism to their own filthy and immoral ends1 bring disgrace upon the whole movement4--,lucifer1 ,vol4 iv1 pp4 #b #c ,,william ,q4 ,,judge ,,elected ,,president ,,for ,,life ,in #ahic there openly began what had been going on beneath the surface for some time1 a bitter attack ostensibly against ,william ,q4 ,judge1 but in reality also against ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky4 ,this bitter attack threatened to disrupt the whole ,society and to thwart the main purpose of its existence1 which was to further the cause of ,universal ,brotherhood4 ,finally the ,american members decided to take action1 and at the annual convention of the ,society held in ,boston in #ahie1 by a vote of #aia delegates to #aj1 re-asserted the principle of ,theosophy as laid down by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 and elected ,william ,q4 ,judge ,president for life4 ,similar action was almost immediately taken by members in ,europe1 ,australia1 and other countries1 in each case ,william ,q4 ,judge being elected ,president for life4 ,in this action the great majority of the active members throughout the world concurred1 and thus the ,society was relieved of those who had joined it for other purposes than the furtherance of ,universal ,brotherhood1 the carrying out of the ,society's other objects1 and the spiritual freedom and upliftment of ,humanity4 ,a few of these in order to curry favor with the public and attract a following1 continued among themselves to use the name of ,theosophy1 but it should be understood that they are not connected with the ,theosophical ,movement4 ,,katherine ,,tingley ,,succeeds ,,william ,q4 ,,judge ,one year later1 in ,march #ahif1 ,william ,q4 ,judge died1 leaving as his successor ,katherine ,tingley1 who for several years had been associated with him in the work of the ,society4 ,this ,teacher not only began immediately to put into actual practice the ideals of ,theosophy as had been the hope and aim of both ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky and ,william ,q4 ,judge1 and for which they had laid the foundations1 thus honoring and illustrating the work of her illustrious predecessors1 but she also struck a new keynote1 introducing new and broader plans for uplifting humanity4 ,for each of the ,teachers1 while continuing the work and building upon the foundations of his predecessor1 adds a new link1 and has his own distinctive work to do1 and teachings to give1 belonging to his own time and position4 ,no sooner had ,katherine ,tingley begun her work as successor1 than further attacks1 some most insidious1 from the same source as those made against ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky and ,william ,q4 ,judge1 as well as from other sources1 were inaugurated against her4 ,most prominent among those thus attacking ,katherine ,tingley were some referred to by ,madame ,blavatsky in the article above-quoted 7pp4 #aei-fj71 who by their own actions had removed themselves from the ranks of the ,society4 ,there were also a few others who still remained in the ,society who had not joined hands with the disintegrators at the time the latter were repudiated in #ahie4 ,these now thought it to their personal advantage to oppose the ,leader and sought to gain control of the ,society and use it for political purposes4 ,these ambitious agitators1 seeking to exploit the ,society for their own ends1 used every means to overthrow ,katherine ,tingley1 realizing that she was the greatest obstacle to the accomplishment of their desires1 for if she could be removed they expected to gain control4 ,they worked day and night1 stooping almost to any means to carry out their projects4 ,yet it seemed that by these very acts1 i4 e41 the more they attacked1 the more were honest and earnest members attracted to the ranks of the ,society under ,katherine ,tingley's leadership4 ,,katherine ,,tingley ,,gives ,,society ,,new ,,constitution ,,society ,,merges ,,into ,,broader ,,field ,to eliminate these menacing features and to safeguard the work of the ,theosophical ,movement for all time1 ,katherine ,tingley presented to a number of the oldest members gathered at her home in ,new ,york on the night of ,january #acth1 #ahih1 a new ,constitution which she had formulated for the more permanent and broader work of the ,theosophical ,movement1 opening up a wider field of endeavor than had heretofore been possible to students of ,theosophy4 ,one month later1 at the ,convention of the ,society1 held in ,chicago1 ,february #ahth1 #ahih1 this ,constitution was accepted by an almost unanimous vote1 and the ,theosophical ,society merged itself into the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society4 ,in this new step forward1 she had the heartiest co-operation and support of the vast majority of the members throughout the world4 ,,theosophy ,,in ,,practice ,it is of interest here to quote our ,teacher's own words regarding this time4 ,in an article published in ,the ,metropolitan ,magazine1 ,new ,york1 ,october1 #aiji1 she says3 ,later1 ,i found myself the successor of ,william ,q4 ,judge1 and ,i began my heart work1 the inspiration of which is partly due to him4 ,in all my writings and associations with the members of the ,theosophical ,society1 ,i emphasized the necessity of putting ,theosophy into daily practice1 and in such a way that it would continuously demonstrate that it was the redeeming power of man4 ,more familiarity with the organization and its workers brought home to me the fact that there was a certain number of students who had in the early days begun the wrong way to study ,theosophy1 and that it was becoming in their lives a death-like sleep4 ,i noticed that those who followed this line of action were always alarmed at my humanitarian tendencies4 ,,whenever ,i ,,reminded ,,them ,,that ,,they ,,were ,,building ,a ,,colossal ,,egotism ,,instead ,,of ,a ,,power ,,to ,,do ,,good1 ,,they ,,subtly ,,opposed ,,me4 ,,as ,i ,,insisted ,,on ,,the ,,practical ,,life ,,of ,,theosophy1 ,,they ,,opposed ,,still ,,more4 ,they later exerted personal influence which affected certain members throughout the world4 ,it was this condition which then menaced the ,theosophical ,movement1 and which forced me to the point of taking such action as would fully protect the pure teachings of ,theosophy and make possible a broader path for unselfish students to follow4 ,thus the faithful members of the ,theosophical ,movement would be able to exemplify the charge which ,helena ,petrovna ,blavatsky gave to her pupils1 as follows3 ,real ,theosophy is altruism1 and we cannot repeat it too often4 ,it is brotherly love1 mutual help1 unswerving devotion to truth4 ,if once men do but realize that in these alone can true happiness be found1 and never in wealth1 possession or any selfish gratification1 then the dark cloud will roll away1 and a new humanity will be born upon the earth4 ,then the ,golden ,age will be there indeed4 ,here we find ,william ,q4 ,judge accentuating the same spirit1 the practical ,theosophical life3 ,the power to know does not come from book-study alone1 nor from mere philosophy1 but mostly from the actual practice of altruism in deed1 word1 and thought2 for that practice purifies the covers of the soul and permits the divine light to shine down into the brain-mind4 ,,the ,,parting ,,of ,,the ,,ways ,on ,february #ah1 #ahih1 at the ,convention of the ,theosophical ,society in ,america1 held at ,chicago1 ,ill41 the ,society resolved1 through its delegates from all parts of the world1 to enter a larger arena1 to widen its scope and to further protect the teachings of ,theosophy4 ,amid most intense enthusiasm the ,theosophical ,society was expanded into the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 and ,i found myself recognized as its leader and official head4 ,the ,theosophical ,society in ,europe also resolved to merge itself into the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 and the example was quickly followed by ,theosophical ,societies in other parts of the world4 ,the expansion of the original ,theosophical ,society1 which ,madame ,blavatsky founded and which ,william ,q4 ,judge so ably sustained1 now called the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 gave birth to a new life1 and the membership trebled the first year1 and ever since that time a rapid increase has followed4 ,,international ,,headquarters ,,at ,,point ,,loma1 ,,california ,in #aijj the ,headquarters of the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society were removed from ,new ,york to ,point ,loma1 ,california1 which is now the ,international ,center of the ,theosophical ,movement4 ,this ,organization is unsectarian and non-political2 none of its officers or workers receives any salary or financial recompense4 ,in her article in ,the ,metropolitan ,magazine above referred to1 ,katherine ,tingley further says3 ,the knowledge that ,point ,loma was to be the ,world-center of the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 which has for its supreme object the elevation of the race1 created great enthusiasm among its members throughout the world4 ,the further fact that the government of the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society rests entirely with the leader and official head1 who holds her office for life and who has the privilege of appointing her successor1 gave me the power to carry out some of the plans ,i had long cherished4 ,among these was the erecting of the great ,homestead ,building4 ,this ,i carefully designed that it might not stand apart from the beautiful nature about it1 but in a sense harmonize with the sky1 the distant mountains1 the broad blue ,pacific1 and the glorious light of the sun4 ,so it has been from the first1 so that the practical work of ,theosophy began at ,point ,loma under the most favorable circumstances4 ,no one dominated by selfish aims and ambitions was invited to take part in this pioneer work4 ,although there were scores of workers from various parts of the world uniting their efforts with mine for the upbuilding of this world-center1 yet there was no disharmony4 ,each took the duty allotted him and worked trustingly and cheerfully4 ,many of the world's ways these workers gladly left behind them4 ,they seemed reborn with an enthusiasm that knew no defeat4 ,the work was done for the love of it1 and this is the secret of a large part of the success that has come to the ,theosophical ,movement4 ,not long after the establishment of the ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters at ,point ,loma it was plain to see that the ,society was advancing along all lines by leaps and bounds4 ,letters of inquiry were pouring in from different countries1 which led to my establishing the ,theosophical ,propaganda ,bureau4 ,this is one of the greatest factors we have in disseminating our teachings4 ,the ,international ,brotherhood ,league then opened its offices and has ever been active in its special humanitarian work1 being the directing power which has sustained the several ,rja ,yoga schools and academies1 now in ,pinar del ,rio1 ,santa ,clara1 and ,santiago de ,cuba1 from the beginning4 ,the ,aryan ,theosophical ,press has yearly enlarged its facilities in answer to the demands made upon it through the publication of ,theosophical literature1 which includes ,,the ,,theosophical ,,path and several other publications4 ,there is the ,isis ,conservatory of ,music and ,drama1 the ,department of ,arts and ,crafts1 the ,industrial ,department1 including ,forestry1 ,agriculture1 ,roadbuilding1 ,photo-engraving1 ,chemical laboratory1 ,landscape-gardening1 and many other crafts4 ,,do ,,not ,,fail ,,to ,,profit ,,by ,,the ,,following ,,constantly ,,the ,,question ,,is ,,asked1 ,,what ,,is ,,theosophy1 ,,what ,,does ,,it ,,really ,,teach8 ,,each ,,year ,,the ,,life ,,and ,,work ,,of ,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky ,,and ,,the ,,high ,,ideals ,,and ,,pure ,,morality ,,of ,,her ,,teachings ,,are ,,more ,,clearly ,,vindicated4 ,,each ,,year ,,the ,,position ,,taken ,,by ,,william ,q4 ,,judge ,,and ,,katherine ,,tingley ,,in ,,regard ,,to ,,their ,,predecessor1 ,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky1 ,,is ,,better ,,understood1 ,,and ,,their ,,own ,,lives ,,and ,,work ,,are ,,seen ,,to ,,be ,,actuated ,,by ,,the ,,same ,,high ,,ideals ,,for ,,the ,,uplifting ,,of ,,the ,,human ,,race4 ,,each ,,year ,,more ,,and ,,more ,,people ,,are ,,coming ,,to ,,realize ,,that ,,not ,,all ,,that ,,goes ,,under ,,the ,,name ,,of ,,theosophy ,,is ,,rightly ,,so ,,called1 ,,but ,,that ,,there ,,is ,a ,,counterfeit ,,theosophy ,,as ,,well ,,as ,,the ,,true1 ,,and ,,that ,,there ,,is ,,need ,,of ,,discrimination1 ,,lest ,,many ,,be ,,misled4 ,counterfeits exist in many departments of life and thought1 and especially in matters relating to religion and the deeper teachings of life4 ,hence1 in order that people who are honestly seeking the truth may not be misled1 we deem it important to state that the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society is not responsible for1 nor is it affiliated with1 nor does it endorse1 any other society1 which1 while calling itself ,theosophical1 is not connected with the ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters at ,point ,loma1 ,california4 ,having a knowledge of ,theosophy1 the ancient ,wisdom-,religion1 we deem it as a sacred trust and responsibility to maintain its pure teachings1 free from the vagaries1 additions1 or misrepresentations of ambitious self-styled ,theosophists and would-be teachers4 ,the test of a ,theosophist is not in profession1 but in action1 and in a noble and virtuous life4 ,the motto of the ,society is ,there is no religion higher than ,truth4 ,this was adopted by ,madame ,blavatsky1 but it is to be deeply regretted that there are no legal means to prevent the use of this motto in connexion with counterfeit ,theosophy1 by people professing to be ,theosophists1 but who would not be recognized as such by ,madame ,blavatsky4 ,it is a regrettable fact that many people use the name of ,theosophy and of our ,organization for self-interest1 as also that of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 the ,foundress1 and even the ,society's motto1 to attract attention to themselves and to gain public support4 ,this they do in private and public speech and in publications4 ,without being in any way connected with the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 in many cases they permit it to be inferred that they are1 thus misleading the public1 and honest inquirers are hence led away from the original truths of ,theosophy4 ,the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society welcomes to membership all who truly love their fellow men and desire the eradication of the evils caused by the barriers of race1 creed1 caste1 or color1 which have so long impeded human progress2 to all sincere lovers of truth and to all who aspire to higher and better things than the mere pleasures and interests of a worldly life1 and are prepared to do all in their power to make ,brotherhood a living energy in the life of humanity1 its various departments offer unlimited opportunities4 ,the whole work of the ,organization is under the direction of the ,leader and ,official ,head1 ,katherine ,tingley1 as outlined in the ,constitution4 ,,objects ,,of ,,the ,,international ,,brotherhood ,,league #a4 ,to help men and women to realize the nobility of their calling and their true position in life4 #b4 ,to educate children of all nations on the broadest lines of ,universal ,brotherhood and to prepare destitute and homeless children to become workers for humanity4 #c4 ,to ameliorate the condition of unfortunate women1 and assist them to a higher life4 #d4 ,to assist those who are or have been in prisons to establish themselves in honorable positions in life4 #e4 ,to abolish capital punishment4 #f4 ,to bring about a better understanding between so-called savage and civilized races1 by promoting a closer and more sympathetic relationship between them4 #g4 ,to relieve human suffering resulting from flood1 famine1 war1 and other calamities2 and1 generally1 to extend aid1 help1 and comfort to suffering humanity throughout the world4 ,,joseph ,h4 ,,fussell1 ,secretary ,,book ,,list ,,of ,,works ,,on ,,theosophy1 ,,occultism1 ,,religion1 ,,philosophy1 ,,science1 ,,and ,,art ,,published ,,or ,,for ,,sale ,,by ,,the ,,theosophical ,,publishing ,,company ,,international ,,theosophical ,,headquarters ,,point ,,loma1 ,,california1 ,u4 ,s4 ,a4 ,the office of the ,theosophical ,publishing ,company is at ,point ,loma1 ,california ,it has ,,no ,,other ,,office and ,,no ,,branches ,,foreign ,,agencies ,,the ,,united ,,kingdom--,theosophical ,book ,co41 #ah ,bartlett's ,buildings1 ,holborn ,circus1 ,,london1 ,e4 ,c41 ,england ,,germany--,j4 ,th4 ,heller1 ,vestnertorgraben #ac1 ,n,,rnberg ,,sweden--,universella ,broderskapets ,frlag1 ,barnhusgatan1 #aj1 ,,stockholm ,,holland--,louis ,f4 ,schudel1 ,hollandia-,drukkerij1 ,,baarn ,,australia--,willans and ,williams1 #af ,carrington ,st41 ,wynyard ,sq41 ,,sydney1 ,n4 ,s4 ,w4 ,,cuba--,h4 ,s4 ,turner1 ,apartado #abg2 or ,heredia1 ,baja1 #aj1 ,,santiago ,,de ,,cuba ,,mexico--,samuel ,l4 ,herrera1 ,calle de la ,independencia1 #ee altos1 ,,vera ,,cruz1 ,v4 ,c4 ,,address ,,by ,,katherine ,,tingley at ,san ,diego ,opera ,house1 ,march1 #aijb 4#ae ,,an ,,appeal ,,to ,,public ,,conscience3 an ,address delivered by 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7ill47 by ,f4 ,s4 ,darrow1 ,a4 ,m41 ,,ph4 ,d4 7,harv47 #ahi ,the ,theosophic ,torch by ,grace ,knoche #aij ,the ,pythagorean ,solids by ,f4 ,j4 ,dick1 ,m4 ,,inst4 ,c4 ,e41 ,m4 ,,inst4 ,c4 ,e4 ,i4 #aid ,the ,black ,age by ,ariomardes #aif ,egyptian ,art ,under the ,x,x,v,ith ,dynasty 7illustrated7 by ,c4 ,j4 #bjj ,the ,house of ,lords1 ,london 7illustrated7 by ,r4 #bja ,music ,notes by ,charles ,j4 ,ryan #bjb ,ancient ,calendars by ,travers #bje ,the ,mysteries of ,eleusis 7illustrated7 by ,h4 ,t4 ,e4 #bjg ,glaciation1 ,past and ,present 7illustrated7 by ,t4 ,henry #bji ,god and the ,child 7verse7 #baa ,power by ,lydia ,ross1 ,m4 ,d4 #bab ,sokrates 7illustrated7 by ,f4 ,s4 ,darrow1 ,a4 ,m41 ,,ph4 ,d4 7,harv47 #bae ,sokrates and ,seneca 7illustration7 facing #bbb ,scenes in ,cuba and ,florida 7illustrations7 facing #bbc ,a ,visit to a ,louisiana ,sugar ,plantation by ,barbara ,mc,clung #bbc ,the ,lorelei 7illustrated7 by a ,student-,traveler #bbe ,the ,western ,four-,toed ,salamander 7illustrated7 by ,percy ,leonard #bbg ,the ,real ,man by ,h4 ,coryn1 ,m4 ,d41 ,m4 ,r4 ,c4 ,s4 #bbi ,book ,reviews 7by ,carolus72 and ,notices #bcc ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,south-,,west ,,corner ,,of ,,the ,,greek ,,temple ,,in ,,the ,,greek ,,theater ,,international ,,theosophical ,,headquarters1 ,,point ,,loma1 ,,california ,,the ,,theosophical ,,path ,,katherine ,,tingley1 ,,editor ,,vol4 ,i ,,september1 #aiaa ,,no4 #c ,there is but one ,eternal ,truth1 one universal1 infinite and changeless spirit of ,love1 ,truth1 and ,wisdom1 impersonal1 therefore1 bearing a different name in every nation1 one ,light for all1 in which the whole ,humanity lives and moves and has its being4--,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky ,,the ,,new ,,cycle3 ,extracts from an ,article ,written by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 the ,foundress of the ,theosophical ,society1 for the first number of ,la ,revue ,thosophique1 #ahhi ,the principal aim of our organization1 which we are laboring to make a real brotherhood1 is expressed in the motto of the ,theosophical ,society3 ,there is no religion higher than truth4 ,as an impersonal ,society we must be ready to seize the truth wherever we find it1 without permitting ourselves more partiality for one belief than for another4 ,this leads directly to a logical conclusion4 ,if we acclaim and receive with open arms all sincere truthseekers1 there can be no place in our ranks for the bigot1 the sectarian1 or the hypocrite1 enclosed in ,chinese ,walls of dogma1 each stone bearing the words ,no admission4 ,what place indeed could such fanatics occupy in them1 fanatics whose religions forbid all inquiry and do not admit any argument as possible1 when the mother idea1 the very root of the beautiful plant we call ,theosophy is known as--absolute and unfettered liberty to investigate all the mysteries of nature1 human or divine6 ,with this exception the ,society invites everyone to participate in its activities and discoveries4 ,whoever feels his heart beat in unison with the great heart of humanity2 whoever feels his interests are one with those of every being poorer and less fortunate than himself2 every man or woman who is ready to hold out a helping hand to the suffering2 whoever understands the true meaning of the word ,egoism2 is a ,theosophist by birth and by right4 ,he can always be sure of finding sympathetic souls among us4 ,we have already said elsewhere1 that ,born in the ,united ,states the ,theosophical ,society was constituted on the model of its mother country4 ,that as we know1 has omitted the name of ,god from its ,constitution1 for fear1 said the fathers of the ,republic1 that the word might one day become the pretext for a state religion3 for they desired to grant absolute equality to all religions under the laws1 so that each form would support the ,state1 which in its turn would protect them all4 ,the ,theosophical ,society was founded on that excellent model4444 ,each ,body1 like each member1 being free to profess whatever religion and to study whatever philosophy it prefers1 provided all remain united in the tie of solidarity or ,brotherhood1 our ,society can truly call itself a ,republic of conscience4 ,though absolutely free to pursue whatever intellectual occupations please him the best1 each member of our ,society must1 however1 furnish some reason for belonging thereto1 which amounts to saying that each member must bear his part1 small though it be1 of mental or other labor for the benefit of all4 ,if one does not work for others one has no right to be called a ,theosophist4 ,all must strive for human freedom of thought1 for the elimination of selfish and sectarian superstitions1 and for the discovery of all the truths that are within the comprehension of the human mind4 ,that object cannot be attained more certainly than by the cultivation of unity in intellectual labors4 ,no honest worker1 no earnest seeker can remain empty-handed2 and there is hardly a man or woman1 busy as they may think themselves1 incapable of laying their tribute1 moral or pecuniary1 on the altar of truth4444 ,in the present condition of the ,theosophical history it is easy to understand the object of a ,review exclusively devoted to the propagation of our ideas4 ,we wish to open therein new intellectual horizons1 to follow unexplored routes leading to the amelioration of humanity2 to offer a word of consolation to all the disinherited of the earth1 whether they suffer from the starvation of soul or from the lack of physical necessities4 ,we invite all large-hearted persons who desire to respond to this appeal to join with us in this humanitarian work4 ,each co-worker1 whether a member of the ,society or simply a sympathizer1 can help4 ,we are face to face with all the glorious possibilities of the future4 ,this is again the hour of the great cyclic return of the tide of mystical thought in ,europe4 ,on every side we are surrounded by the ocean of the universal science--the science of ,life ,eternal--bearing on its waves the forgotten and submerged treasures of generations now passed away1 treasures still unknown to the modern civilized races4 ,the strong current which rises from the submarine abysses1 from the depths where lie the prehistoric learning and arts swallowed up with the antediluvian ,giants--demigods1 though with but little of mortality--that current strikes us in the face and murmurs3 ,that which has been exists again2 that which has been forgotten1 buried for aeons in the depths of the ,jurassic strata may reappear to view once again4 ,prepare yourselves4 ,happy are those who understand the language of the elements4 ,but where are they going for whom the word element has no other meaning than that given to it by physics or materialistic chemistry8 ,will it be towards well-known shores that the surge of the great waters will bear them1 when they have lost their footing in the deluge which is approaching8 ,will it be towards the peaks of a new ,ararat that they will find themselves carried1 towards the heights of light and sunshine1 where there is a ledge on which to place the feet in safety1 or perchance is it a fathomless abyss that will swallow them up as soon as they try to struggle against the irresistible billows of an unknown element8 ,we must prepare ourselves and study truth under every aspect1 endeavoring to ignore nothing1 if we do not wish to fall into the abyss of the unknown when the hour shall strike4 ,it is useless to leave it to chance and to await the intellectual and psychic crisis which is preparing1 with indifference1 if not with crass disbelief1 saying that at the worst the flowing tide will drive us all in the course of nature towards the farther shore2 for it is far more probable that the tidal wave will cast up nothing but a corpse4 ,the strife will be terrible in any case between brutal materialism and blind fanaticism on the one hand1 and philosophy and mysticism on the other--mysticism1 that veil of more or less translucency which hides the eternal ,truth4 ,but it is not materialism that will gain the upper hand4 ,every fanatic whose ideas isolate him from the universal axiom that ,there is no religion higher than ,truth will see himself by that very fact rejected1 like an unworthy stone1 from the ,archway called ,universal ,brotherhood4 ,tossed by the waves1 driven by the winds1 reeling in that element which is so terrible because unknown1 he will soon find himself engulfed4444 ,yes1 it must be so1 it cannot be otherwise when the chilly and artificial gleam of modern materialism will disappear for want of fuel4 ,those who cannot form any idea of a spiritual ,ego1 a living soul and an eternal ,spirit within their material shell 7which owes its very existence to these principles72 those for whom the great hope of an existence beyond the grave is a vexation1 merely the symbol of an unknown quantity1 or else the subject of a belief sui generis1 the result of theological and mediumistic hallucinations--these will do well to prepare for the serious troubles the future has in store for them4 ,for from the depths of the dark1 muddy waters of materiality which hide from them every glimpse of the horizons of the great ,beyond1 there is a mystic force rising during these last years of the century4 ,at most it is but the first gentle rustling1 but it is a superhuman rustling--supernatural only for the superstitious and the ignorant4 ,the spirit of truth is passing over the face of the waters1 and in dividing them1 is compelling them to disgorge their spiritual treasures4 ,this spirit is a force that can neither be hindered nor stopped4 ,those who recognize it and feel that this is the supreme moment of their salvation will be uplifted by it and carried beyond the illusions of the great astral serpent4 ,the joy they will experience will be so poignant and intense that if they were not mentally isolated from their body of flesh1 the beatitude would pierce them like sharp steel4 ,it is not pleasure that they will experience but a bliss which is a foretaste of the wisdom of the gods1 the knowledge of good and evil1 of the fruits of the tree of life4 ,but although the man of today may be a fanatic1 a sceptic1 or a mystic1 he must be well convinced that it is useless for him to struggle against the two moral forces at large today engaged in the supreme contest4 ,he is at the mercy of these two adversaries and there is no intermediary capable of protecting him4 ,it is but a question of choice1 whether to let himself be carried along on the wave of mystical evolution1 or to struggle against this moral and psychic reaction and so find himself engulfed in the maelstrom of the rising tide4 ,the whole world1 at this time1 with its centers of high intelligence and humane culture1 its political1 artistic1 literary1 and commercial life1 is in a turmoil2 everything is shaking and crumbling in its movement towards reform4 ,it is useless to shut the eyes1 it is useless to hope that anyone can remain neutral between the two contending forces2 the choice is whether to be crushed between them or to become united with one or the other4 ,the man who imagines he has freedom1 but who1 nevertheless1 remains plunged in that seething caldron of foulness called the life of ,society--gives the lie in the face of his divine ,ego1 a lie so terrible that it will stifle that higher self for a long series of future incarnations4 ,all you who hesitate in the path of ,theosophy and the occult sciences1 who are trembling on the golden threshold of truth--the only one within your grasp1 for all the others have failed you one after the other--look straight in the face the great ,reality which is offered you4 ,it is only to mystics that these words are addressed1 for them alone have they any importance2 for those who have already made their choice they are vain and useless4 ,but you ,students of ,occultism and ,theosophy1 you well know that a word1 old as the world though new to you1 has been declared at the beginning of this cycle4 ,you well know that a note has just been struck which has never yet been heard by the mankind of the present era2 and that a new thought is revealed1 ripened by the forces of evolution4 ,this thought differs from everything that has been produced in the nineteenth century2 it is identical1 however1 with the thought that has been the dominant tone and key-stone of each century1 especially the last--absolute freedom of thought for humanity4 ,why try to strangle and suppress what cannot be destroyed8 ,why hesitate when there is no choice between allowing yourselves to be raised on the crest of the spiritual wave to the very heavens beyond the stars and the universes1 or to be engulfed in the yawning abyss of an ocean of matter8 ,vain are your efforts to sound the unfathomable1 to reach the ultimate of this wonderful matter so glorified in our century2 for its roots grow in the ,spirit and in the ,absolute1 they do not exist1 yet they are eternally4 ,this constant union with flesh1 blood1 and bones1 the illusion of differentiated matter1 does nothing but blind you4 ,and the more you penetrate into the region of the impalpable atoms of chemistry the more you will be convinced that they only exist in your imagination4 ,do you truly expect to find in material life every reality and every truth of existence8 ,but ,death is at everyone's door1 waiting to shut it upon a beloved soul that escapes from its prison1 upon the soul which alone has made the body a reality2 how then can it be that eternal love should associate itself absolutely with ever-changing and ever-disappearing matter8 ,but you are perhaps indifferent to all such things2 how then can you say that affection and the souls of those you love concern you at all1 since you do not believe in the very existence of such souls8 ,it must be so4 ,you have made your choice2 you have entered upon that path which crosses nothing but the barren deserts of matter4 ,you are self-condemned to wander there and to pass through a long series of similar lives4 ,you will have to be contented henceforth with deliriums and fevers in place of spiritual experiences1 of passion instead of love1 of the husk instead of the fruit4 ,but you1 friends and readers1 you who aspire to something more than the life of the squirrel everlastingly turning the same wheel2 you who are not content with the seething of the caldron whose turmoil results in nothing2 you who do not take the deaf echoes of the dead past for the divine voice of truth2 prepare yourselves for a future of which you have hardly dared to dream unless you have at least taken the first few steps on the way4 ,for you have chosen a path1 although rough and thorny at the start1 that soon widens out and leads you to the divine truth4 ,you are free to doubt while you are still at the beginning of the way1 you are free to decline to accept on hearsay what is taught respecting the source and the cause of truth1 but you are always able to hear what its voice is telling you1 and you can always study the effects of the creative force coming from the depths of the unknown4 ,the arid soil upon which the present generation of men is moving at the close of this age of spiritual dearth and of purely material satisfaction1 has need of a divine symbol1 of a rainbow of hope to rise above its horizon4 ,for of all the past centuries our ,nineteenth has been the most criminal4 ,it is criminal in its frightful selfishness1 in its scepticism which grimaces at the very idea of anything beyond the material2 in its idiotic indifference to all that does not pertain to personal egotism--more than any of previous centuries of ignorant barbarism or intellectual darkness4 ,our century must be saved from itself before its last hour strikes4 ,this is the moment for all those to act who see the sterility and folly of an existence blinded by materialism and ferociously indifferent to the fate of the neighbor2 now is the time for them to devote all their energies1 all their courage to the great intellectual reform4 ,this reform can only be accomplished by ,theosophy we say1 by the ,occultism of the ,wisdom of the ,orient4 ,the paths that lead to it are many2 but the ,wisdom is one4 ,artistic souls foresee it1 those who suffer dream of it1 the pure in heart know it4 ,those who work for others cannot remain blinded to its reality1 though they may not recognize it by name4 ,only light and empty minds1 egotistical and vain drones1 confused by their own buzzing will remain ignorant of the supreme ideal4 ,they will continue to exist until life becomes a grievous burden to them4 ,this is to be distinctly remembered1 however3 these pages are not written for the masses4 ,they are neither an appeal for reforms1 nor an effort to win over to our views the fortunate in life2 they are addressed solely to those who are constitutionally able to comprehend them1 to those who suffer1 to those who hunger and thirst after some ,reality in this world of ,chinese ,shadows4 ,and for those1 why should they not show themselves courageous enough to leave their world of trifling occupations1 their pleasures above all and their personal interests1 at least as far as those interests do not form part of their duty to their families or others8 ,no one is so busy or so poor that he cannot create a noble ideal and follow it4 ,why then hesitate in breaking a path towards this ideal1 through all obstacles1 over every stumbling-block1 every petty hindrance of social life1 in order to march straight forward until the goal is reached8 ,those who would make this effort would soon find that the strait gate and the thorny path lead to the broad valleys of the limitless horizons1 to that state where there is no more death1 because one has regained one's divinity4 ,but the truth is that the first conditions necessary to reach it are a disinterestedness1 an absolute impersonality1 a boundless devotion to the interests of others1 and a complete indifference to the world and its opinions4 ,the motive must be absolutely pure in order to make the first steps on that ideal path2 not an unworthy thought must attract the eyes from the end in view1 not one doubt must shackle the feet4 ,there do exist men and women thoroughly qualified for this whose only aim is to dwell under the ,aegis of their divine ,nature4 ,let them1 at least1 take courage to live the life and not conceal it from the eyes of others6 ,the opinion of no other person should be taken as superior to the voice of conscience4 ,let that conscience1 developed to its highest degree1 guide us in the control of all the ordinary acts of life4 ,as to the conduct of our inner life1 we must concentrate the entire attention on the ideal we have proposed to ourselves1 and look straight ahead without paying the slightest attention to the mud upon our feet4 ,those who make this supreme effort are the true ,theosophists4 ,,recent ,,confirmation ,,of ,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky',s ,,teachings ,,about ,,ancient ,,continents ,,and ,,races3 by ,h4 ,t4 ,edge1 ,b4 ,a4 7,cantab47 ,the ,london ,times' ,south ,american ,supplement 7,may #cj7 contains the first half of an article on the ancient people of ,peru1 in which the writer speaks of the gigantic works in masonry wrought by a people who lived there ages before the ,incas4 ,being on the wrong side of the ,andes for fertility1 these people built the enormous irrigation systems which still exist2 and the writer asks why they did not cross the ,andes to the well-watered slopes and plains on the east4 ,the extent to which they had explored their own country and its mountain heights proves that the other country should have been within their grasp4 ,yet they took all this trouble to make the western slopes fertile4 ,the answer given is--that in those days perhaps there was no land to the east of the ,andes4 ,the writer then goes on to speak of the ancient continental distribution of land1 of ,atlantis1 of the connexion between ,south ,america and ,australasia1 etc41 in a way that is now growing familiar4 ,people whose opinions are of weight are coming to see that the true explanation of the ancient ,american civilizations1 as well as those of such isolated spots as ,easter ,island1 with its marvelous statues1 is to be sought along these lines4 ,at the same time the subject has afforded a fertile field for cranks and others who pin their various fads or new gospels thereto4 ,the latter1 however1 cannot last1 but the truth is eternal4 ,the myths will be exploded1 but the actual facts as to past history will be proved4 ,in ,the ,secret ,doctrine ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky sums up all the available speculation and information on the subject of these ancient continents and weaves it into consistency by applying to it the keys of the ,wisdom-,religion4 ,there is little doubt that her writings have contributed largely1 in more or less direct ways1 to many of the other published utterances on the question4 ,it is maintained1 and with reason1 by ,theosophists1 that the statements of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky refer to actual facts and must therefore one day be verified4 ,the history of discovery and speculation since she wrote has already done much to confirm this conviction4 ,but as her teachings with regard to the ancient continents are inseparably bound up with her statements as to the ancient races of mankind1 and indeed with the ,theosophical teachings in general1 it follows that these also will be confirmed4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,looking ,,eastward ,,over ,,part ,,of ,,the ,,grounds ,,of ,,the ,,international ,,theosophical ,,headquarters1 ,,point ,,loma1 ,,california ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,lomaland ,,ca,,on ,,and ,,hillside ,the great importance of this enlarged knowledge about the human race and its history is that it so enlarges and ennobles our view of human life4 ,before the light of knowledge all narrow dogmas fade away4 ,the errors of theology1 the mistakes of scientific theory1 our inadequate sociological ideas--all these must fade in the light which will be shed when the ,theosophical teachings are more fully recognized4 ,and all this remarkable progress in archaeology may be welcomed as one of the signs4 ,the publication to which reference has been made speaks of other countries of ,south ,america1 but seems unable to do so without mentioning their antiquities4 ,the ,aztecs of ,mexico1 the ,aymars of ,peru1 come in for notice4 ,the ancient people of ,peru present analogies to the ,egyptians1 ,babylonians1 ,indian peoples1 ,polynesians1 and ,malays1 it is said2 and some writers have theories about their connexion with ,jews and ,chinese4 ,it is easy to see that speculation1 left to itself1 runs amuck among the theories4 ,the same writer1 ,comyns ,beaumont1 concludes his article on the ancient ,peruvians in the issue for ,june #bg1 and says that3 ,central ,america1 as the ,enterprise or ,easter ,divide1 a large submarine ridge1 indicates1 was connected to the ,pacific ,continent4 ,on the other side ,central ,america was connected in the ,east with the ,mediterranean by another continental mass that spread across the ,atlantic ,ocean1 and of which today the ,antilles1 ,azores1 ,canaries1 and the ,atlas ,mountains in ,morocco are the existing remains4 ,peru also was a member of this vast continental system4 ,apart from the evidence of geological strata1 confirmation of this is obtained from the study of sea fauna4 ,the marine deposits of ,peru1 ,chile1 and ,ecuador belong to the same genus as those of ,central ,america1 and to find the corresponding genus elsewhere one must search in the ,mediterranean4 ,precisely1 therefore1 as ,europe1 ,asia1 and ,africa possess a continuous land connexion1 at the epoch when the ,peruvians were in the forefront of civilization there existed a world which comprised the regions of the ,mediterranean 7then very different from nowadays71 the lost ,atlantic ,continent1 ,central ,america1 and ,peru1 and the lost ,pacific ,continent which embraced lands not only in the ,pacific ,ocean1 but continued to where the ,indian ,ocean now washes the shores of ,africa1 ,india1 and ,mesopotamia4 ,thus a step is made in the fulfilment of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's prophecy that the present century would witness a recognition of many of the teachings she outlined in her writings4 ,but there is still much to be done4 ,and not the least important point is to distinguish carefully between the ,sons of ,light and the ,sorcerers among the mighty men of these perished lands4 ,there was a true ,wisdom and a false knowledge2 and ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky never fails to discriminate between those who preserved the light and those who fell into darkness4 ,the ,easter ,island statues1 for instance1 she describes as resembling the sensual type of the ,atlantean sorcerers rather than that of the ,buddhas 7so-called7 of the ,bamian colossi4 ,the writer in the ,times ,supplement calls the ,easter ,island statues ,turanian1 employing thereby such familiar classifications as he finds to hand2 and in any case he distinguishes them from that higher type loosely designated by the term ,aryan4 ,this ,turanian type he finds also in ,chaldaea1 ,india1 ,central ,america1 etc41 and alludes to their habit of building pyramids4 ,finally he shows how inadequate are the speculations of many anthropologists as to the antiquity of man4 ,human bones disintegrate after a comparatively short time2 so that the few we find are such as have been accidentally preserved4 ,and these ancient civilizations tend to disprove the conventional theories of human evolution--which theories1 however1 change from year to year4 ,,the ,,origin ,,and ,,nature ,,of ,,folk-,,music1 as ,exemplified in the ,welsh ,national ,melodies3 by ,kenneth ,morris ,great attention is being paid nowadays to the collecting of old folk-songs in such countries as ,ireland1 ,wales1 and ,england2 and there has been much discussion raised as to the nature and origin of a folk-song1 properly so called4 ,the subject is one of considerable interest1 because it leads one to a point where the known and visible things melt away1 and forces and influences of a deeper nature are at work4 ,these may be called spiritual and formative2 there is a hand guiding1 but no one can see any hand2 there is a creative mind at function1 but it is not the mind of any human being4 ,in ,wales one can still see the genuine folk-song coming into being2 one can still watch1 more or less1 the processes incidental to its birth4 ,in that country1 poetry was never held to be a mere string of words that you could repeat as if you were reading an article from the newspaper2 conversational methods of utterance are kept for conversation1 or for the lower levels of prose1 and there is a peculiar chant used for verse4 ,the poem is born with a music of its own2 and if it have no such music innate in it1 and inseparable from its words1 then for all its rhymes and scansion it is no poetry4 ,so in speaking their poems the bards give full value to this music1 using a kind of chant which is called hwyl4 ,the word means simply sail2 the idea being that the inner music of the poem swells and extends and drives along the words1 as the wind will fill and drive the sails of a ship4 ,the method is perfectly natural2 the least introduction of artificiality into it is absolutely damning3 there you would get the desolating thump1 thump1 thump1 of the motor boat instead of the free flow of the winds of heaven4 ,as regards the musical scale1 this hwyl is mainly monotonous2 there is another kind or direction of scale in it1 depending on the varying vowel sounds1 which1 though you chant them upon one musical note1 have a certain rise and fall in them proper to themselves4 ,if one imagines the scale of do1 re1 mi1 fa1 and the rest as being in a vertical line2 then this scale of a1 e1 i1 o1 oo1 etc41 would fall horizontally2 we can think of no better way of making a likeness for it4 ,the richness of the vowels will make the music1 and therefore the poetry4 ,one can see this by comparing two lines1 both popularly supposed to be poetry4 ,i am monarch of all ,i survey2 there is no music in that1 and if one should attempt to put the hwyl into it1 he would be guilty of the sin of untruth1 which is the greatest of the crimes against poetry1 according to the ancient doctrine of the bards4 ,i saw ,osirian ,egypt kneel adown ,and one would be guilty of the same sin1 should one repeat that lifelessly1 and without the hwyl that existed around the mind of ,keats before the line took verbal form1 and out of which magical and alchemic element it was precipitated4 ,the bard1 then1 chants his poem1 and the words are noted down1 and pass from mouth to mouth2 and as they pass1 the horizontal scale takes on gradually some coloring of the vertical scale1 and the chant becomes more and more a tune4 ,the process is natural1 and dependent upon no brain-mind2 no composer gets to work upon it1 and no one inserts in it consciously any ideas of his own4 ,the ,dorian mode1 which 7we quote from ,mrs4 ,mary ,davies1 an authority on ,welsh music7 has a minor third as well as a minor seventh2 and the ,aeolian or la mode1 in which the third as well as the sixth and seventh are minor1 are still largely in use in ,wales2 and we believe that these two modes represent a stage in the passing of the chanted poem1 or the chant of the poem1 into the full-fledged folk-tune4 ,for one will sometimes hear an air which1 in the printed collections is given in the arbitrary modern major or minor scales1 sung a little differently1 according to these older modes2 and it would appear that all or nearly all the well-known ,welsh national tunes have passed through such or similar stages4 ,it is here worthy of note that the ,welsh hwyl--which is used not only in poetry1 but in all the higher levels of prose as well1 particularly in pulpit rhetoric--is not found1 we believe1 elsewhere in ,europe1 at any rate as a popular custom 7for all poets chant and do not say their verses72 but it is to be heard in ,morocco1 along the coast of ,northern ,africa1 in ,arabia1 ,persia1 and throughout the ,east2 where also certain of these older modes of music1 such as the ,dorian1 are said to be in vogue to some extent4 ,we imagine that the chant and the music-modes both vary as they go eastward2 but it is a gradual growth or differentiation1 not an abrupt change4 ,the ,persian poet1 chanting his ,hafiz1 and the ,welsh preacher1 giving out the hymn1 have much more in common with each other than either has with the modern conventional drawing-room reciter4 ,and then there is the national air1 the last stage in the growth of that which began with some village bard's arrangement of his deep vowels and diphthongs4 ,long ago the words were forgotten1 or lost all connexion with the tune they gave birth to2 because at a certain stage the harpers took the tune up1 and sang whatever words to it they might make up for the occasion4 ,such a tune as ,all through the ,night1 for example1 would set out with such and such a bard on his wanderings4 ,he would come to a wedding1 and play it there1 singing extempore verses to it filled full of joy and merriment4 ,then he would come to a house where there might be one newly dead2 and his tune would again be called for2 now it would be a dirge laden with mystical wailing and the joy that hides behind wailing4 ,at the village fair it would appear as a dance2 in the house of the warward chieftain it would ring and clamor with all the pomp and surging and uplift of the old wild1 ,quixotic1 ridiculous wars4 ,there would be different songs for it on each occasion2 one hardly troubled much with the preservation of them1 for song was a thing that a gentleman could call upon himself for at any time4 ,why keep the songs you sang today1 when tomorrow you would surely sing other songs as good8 ,poetry was of all things the cheapest and most general where every other man1 as you might say1 was a poet4 ,one hears this kind of thing at the present day4 ,very few of the ,welsh national tunes have any traditional words to them4 ,if there is any special song attached to this tune or that1 it will probably be the work of ,ceiriog1 who may be called the ,robert ,burns of ,wales1 or of some individual bard in the last two or three centuries1 who sang such and such words to the tune on such an occasion1 or in whose tragic or amusing history those words and that tune blended were pivotal1 and have passed into a popular tradition4 ,generally speaking1 the words sung to all these airs are what are called ,pennillion--hen bennillion1 old verses2 a kind of traditional folk-poetry arising no one knows from whom1 and commemorating popular wisdom1 historical events1 personal peculiarities and eccentricities of long dead countryside celebrities1 the beauties and delights of this or that locality1 and so on4 ,there will be war-songs1 love-songs1 dance-songs1 dirges and nature-songs2 a pennill on the three best dancers of ,wales1 and a pennill on the three prized things of three neighboring villages3 the yews of ,bettws1 the bridge at ,llandeilo1 the sacred well at ,llandybie4 ,unnumbered are these pennillion2 perhaps more many than the tunes themselves to which they may be sung4 ,,ii ,the old ,welsh choirs and singing-parties--and they still do it1 though of course foreign music1 both the work of the great composers and the ribald stuff of the music halls1 is making grand inroads--the old choirs would delight to take such and such a tune for the work of their evening1 and sing song after song to it1 now a dance1 now a war-song1 and now a dirge1 one after the other2 and whichever kind of song they might be singing1 you would say that that tune was composed as1 and could inevitably be1 only suitable for that4 ,you would say that1 of course1 by its very structure it would be impossible for it to be anything but martial2 there was the very pride and beat of war in it2 no blood could keep still1 no feet forget to march at the sound of it4 ,and then you would change your mind1 and know that it could never be anything but a dirge2 there as obviously the whole secret of sorrow in it2 you were at one1 hearing it1 with everyone who might be mourning for their dearest dead2 and you too1 with them1 were initiated into marvelous hopes and superhuman certainties and joy--carried out of time wherein men die1 into that timelessness wherein they neither die nor are born4 ,and that too would pass1 and the singers would bring you into careless summer-evening merriment1 and for the life of you1 there was no keeping your feet from the shaking and wandering of dance4 ,one hears the multifold music of the world2 the innumerable rhythms and variations of melody2 combinations and intricacies many as the thoughts in the minds of terrestrial beings4 ,and of those thoughts themselves1 there will be all manner of ranks and no democratic equality4 ,some will be clansmen1 so to say1 in the house of merriment1 others in the house of grief2 mere commonalty of the mind1 wearing at any time all the badges of their clan4 ,these are cheap1 every-day wayfarers1 and stir the same emotion1 or bring the same colorlessness1 into whatever mind they may enter and whenever they may enter it4 ,others will be chieftains and tribal leaders1 entering with greater circumstance1 and imposing a larger subjection4 ,good or evil1 they too bear always their own colors2 grief will be grief and joy will be joy2 love will be love1 and hatred never anything but hatred1 of the emotions that follow in their train4 ,but there are some few archetypal thoughts that you cannot so docket and always rely upon4 ,they are the kings and high bards1 standing beyond the limitations of tribe and sept4 ,they will come in what insignia and royal robings they may choose1 and rouse up gladness or sorrow1 stillness or militancy according to their will4 ,such thoughts are those of death1 of duration1 of humanity1 of compassion4 ,you have spoken no true nor final word on death1 when you have proclaimed him the king of terrors2 though indeed1 the thought of august death comes often in sorrowful and terrible disguise4 ,yet behind that dark regalia1 what serenity1 what unstirred meditative calm1 what peace that passeth all understanding1 lie hidden6 ,compassion1 too1 comes doubly robed in the purple2 dark with the sorrow that is in pity2 glowing with the regality and gladness of unity with universal life4 ,it is at once the martial conqueror of the world1 boundless in hope and exultation2 the sweet ministrant of the wounded1 and the mourner at the graves of the fallen4 ,i think that there are expressions of music that correspond to these supernal and superpersonal thoughts2 and that they are in fact simple tunes1 and that many of them must be to be found in the folk-music of all nations4 ,they are1 as it were1 archetypal patterns of song1 root rhythms1 sprung absolutely from the fountains of feeling1 where feeling has not yet been diversified into all its countless forms of pain and delight4 ,i think that the most beautiful of the ,welsh airs fall into this class1 or into that other corresponding with what we have called the tribal leaders of the thought plane4 ,the ,marches of the ,men of ,harlech1 of ,glamorgan or ,meirionydd--indeed every district in ,wales seems to have had its own war-tune in the ancient days--these are always distinctly martial1 and there is no possibility of mistaking them or of making them anything else4 ,y ,galon ,drom1 ,anhawdd ,ymadael1 ,morfa ,rhuddlan and a thousand others1 again1 are always dirges2 to ,gyrru'r ,byd o'm ,blaen1 or to ,pwt ar y ,bys1 you would never dream of doing anything but dance4 ,all have with them a certain distinction and aristocracy in their own kind3 about folk-music there is nearly always a bearing and a value1 and vulgarity is impossible to the bulk of it4 ,but beyond and higher than these there are those archetypal tunes which stir the source of whatever feeling they may be directed towards2 one might mention perhaps ,llwyn ,on the ,ash ,grove1 as a good example4 ,there are hundreds of them among the ,welsh airs4 ,now the whole point of our inquiry is this--what was the creative or directing mind that brought these things to be8 ,it was not the bard who first chanted the song2 it was no one of the thousands of singers who modified and modified it as they passed it on1 until presently the fixed tune was evolved1 and changes and modifications ceased4 ,these were all instruments in its evolution2 but there was also an evolver4 ,for it was brought1 if indeed it is a primeval and radical thing1 to no haphazard conclusion4 ,the music that you make up is one thing2 the music of the spheres is another3 though it might happen indeed1 that sitting down to compose1 there should be revealed to you a measure from the music of the spheres4 ,no doubt that would have happened occasionally--probably only occasionally--with the great transcendent geniuses of music3 but then1 there was no great transcendent genius1 neither ,wagner nor ,bach nor ,beethoven1 concerned in the making of the folk-tune4 ,we can posit the soul of ,beethoven1 wrapt up into the universal soul1 hearing immortal immeasurable things1 and after1 producing some fragment of them in a sonata or a symphony6 ,but what soul was it here1 who heard the rhythm and measure of the star-music1 and what the mountains are singing in their hearts to make them eternal1 and the song that drives the rivers and the rain1 and the bardic carol of the sun1 and the ineffable yearning of the souls of men1 upward towards their divinity and evolutionary destined grandeur--who heard1 and set all these things bleakly and magnificently down in the folk-song8 ,i will not apologize for speaking of the folk-song and the sonata in one breath3 of the gods also are the mountain and the pansy4 ,do we not see here the working of a ,soul greater than that of any individual2 the soul of the nation2 the ,god that is this people or that8 ,his compositions are marked by a unity1 as are those of any composer3 you can tell an ,irish ,air at a hearing1 or a ,welsh ,air4 ,and ,he1 or ,it1 reveals through them greater and deeper things than are known to any individual among his people2 ancient memories that they may have wholly forgotten2 aspirations after spiritual glories which not one of them may have ever foreseen or hoped for4 ,so all the deepest things that are in the national consciousness may be poured through the playing of these composerless compositions2 and we cannot doubt that they remain a most potent link between the people and its hidden divinity4 ,,lapland3 by ,p4 ,f4 ,more than one-fourth of ,sweden is occupied by that vast wilderness1 ,lapland4 ,it is a remnant of archaic nature2 its majestic snow-crowned peaks are all of the very oldest geological structure4 ,in primeval times it was a compact mass of rock-ground2 but time1 with the aid of water and ice1 has formed a network of valleys between the remaining ranges and peaks1 and great lakes receive the melting snow and preserve its crystalline purity1 mirroring the snow-capped giants2 from them the water seeks its way to the sea by numerous mighty rivers1 winding around the towering masses and making many a daring leap down gorges in foaming and roaring and whirling play4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,skerfe1 ,,lapland1 ,,sweden ,photo by ,l4 ,wstfelt ,jokkmokk4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,rapa ,,valley1 ,,lapland1 ,,sweden ,photo by ,l4 ,wstfelt ,jokkmokk4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,rapa ,,valley1 ,,lapland1 ,,sweden ,photo by ,l4 ,wstfelt ,jokkmokk4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,lajdaure1 ,,lapland1 ,,sweden ,photo by ,l4 ,wstfelt ,jokkmokk4 ,it is a wilderness of singular beauty and serene atmosphere1 and one who has once tasted of its life will ever thereafter feel the longing for its grandeur and silence2 for where can man feel the pulse of real life better than in places like this where the eternal snow protects the original purity of ,nature8 ,it has been found that the farther north one passes1 the more alive become the soil and rock1 radiating life in such abundance that it can often be actually seen as a kind of electric discharge4 ,in summer-time1 there is no vegetation like that around and above the ,polar ,circle1 no colors and fragrance of flowers like those to be found in the sanctuary of these remote valleys where human foot so seldom intrudes4 ,and where can one witness such interplay between ,earth and its outer atmospheric layers1 manifesting in all the varied phenomena of northern lights and mystic1 trembling color-screens8 ,one could sometimes fancy himself in the very forecourt of a grander mode of existence4 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky tells us in ,the ,secret ,doctrine that these mountain ranges were part of previous great continents occupied by earlier great races of humanity4 ,what have they not witnessed8 ,at one time in far-past aeons1 enjoying a tropical climate1 fertile soil1 and a golden human life in all the bounteousness of ,nature2 at another1 resting for ages below the water1 or stripped of their luxuriant garb by a mighty ice-cover4 ,truly the history of it all is written somewhere and somehow even now2 and as one treads the archaic rock-ground in a solitude that seems teeming with life1 one begins to understand something of the language of the great silence around1 and to feel the presence of the ancient past4 ,since prehistoric times the ,lapps1 with their nomadic herds of reindeer1 have been the warders of this pristine land4 ,but like most ancient remnants of human races they are at present rapidly disappearing1 and the ,sons of the ,sun1 as the ,lapps call themselves1 have had to give up much of their ground to the children of the present civilization4 ,lapland is entering upon a new era2 railroads have already found their way across the wastes to bring its immense reserves of iron-ore out to the world2 its waterfalls are being harnessed in the service of man2 and its natural resources utilized in many novel ways4 ,though at the same latitude as southern ,greenland1 its climate is by no means so forbidding2 it is1 moreover1 undergoing a slow but sure change which seems to be one of the causes why the reindeer are dying out4 ,evidently there are mighty forces at work1 rendering hitherto shielded places on ,earth accessible to our civilization as a preparation for a new phase of life awaiting all humankind4 ,,cultivating ,,genius ,,for ,,music3 by ,e4 ,a4 ,neresheimer ,the natural gift for music which during recent years is so frequently found in very young children of all civilized nations1 is a phenomenon that has given rise to much speculation on the part of active theorists4 ,however1 the brain molecule scientists have been significantly silent on that--to them--perplexing question1 and so have the other doctors of learning who explain every human quality on a theory of hereditary transmission4 ,nor does the gift of ,god1 or ,holy ,spirit theory explain this wonderful but most natural manifestation of the progress of the human soul4 ,no theory will account for these and other gifts in children1 that has not for its basis knowledge of the natural growth from one life to another--reincarnation4 ,when we reflect how diligently the smallest accomplishment must be earned before we can call it our own1 and how delightfully secure we are in its possession when once we have attained to it1 the question is then more like this3 ,may it not be that a musical prodigy is after all the ,soul himself that has labored through many lives on earth with ceaseless diligence1 following its aspirations and love for music1 and is now earning the fruitage thereof8 ,many people say3 ,oh6 ,i am so fond of music2 but they never go to a concert or to an opera2 nor are they any more fond of music in reality than of hearing themselves talk1 because the beginning of music is to them the sign to begin a conversation quickly4 ,to the majority music scarcely yet exists4 ,there are some people who have a quiet love for music2 they go unobtrusively to places where good music is made1 listen with attention1 and go home in a serene1 satisfied mood4 ,such persons1 from their youth on1 embrace every opportunity to hear music in high and low places2 they look longingly at the instruments displayed in music-stores and1 perchance1 in the hours that others devote to rest or folly1 they plod away for years unaided1 practising on some unsuitable instrument4 ,no one pays particular attention to such a budding artist4 ,perhaps he himself is not aware that his judgment grows better1 riper1 keener2 that the finer distinctions of music are becoming to him sharply defined and thus satisfactory to his consciousness2 his ear1 too1 waxes critical at dissonances1 and his very soul also delights in the musical gems1 in the flowing rhythms and harmonies4 ,the long weary days that are drowned for the multitude in an ocean of sensation1 do not exist for the person who is deeply1 truly1 interested in music4 ,such a one may not hear music for days or weeks1 nor have any particular melody running through his brain2 but in his sub-conscious mind there is such a reservoir of harmonies that flow and flow all the time1 making him thoughtful1 meditative1 happy4 ,he laughs or sighs like other people1 but there is something besides1 that shows in his countenance or manner1 something that one instinctively feels is lofty2 perhaps it is music running through his blood1 singing all the while4 ,there are some who by ,karma's decree have a father or a mother who recognize a little talent for music in the child and let him be taught1 and by encouragement promote his musical development4 ,this is like bestowing a priceless treasure on the one so favored1 for now he enters upon the realm of one of the mysteries of the ,eternal4 ,once begun1 there is no end4 ,on and on goes the progress1 revealing with each step an ever-widening horizon of beauty1 love1 happiness4 ,the musician goes inward1 ever inward4 ,all is being transformed and remodeled in his soul4 ,the tears are music1 the joys are music1 the whole world is music2 men and women are like harps on which to play2 he can sway them from one extreme mood to another2 and he8--he really owns the world1 never to lose it6 ,on the other hand there are some who practise on a musical instrument for hours every day4 ,years roll by1 but there seems to be no progress made1 at least there is no appreciation of progress at the hands of other persons4 ,still1 the musicians belonging to this class do not seem to be discouraged4 ,they may grow old the while1 but never relax in their aspirations4 ,what for8 ,think you1 perhaps1 that all this one-pointedness1 this expenditure of energy to attain to an ideal1 will be lost when the man dies8 ,not so6 ,nothing is ever lost4 ,nature preserves everything4 ,every single effort leaves its imprint upon the soul in which the result finally inheres4 ,when such a life has come to its end the people may say3 ,poor musician6 he labored all his lifetime and accomplished nothing6 ,but see6 when a boy suddenly appears who at the age of eight years can play an instrument1 surmounting the most difficult technique with great ease1 almost as if he had known it before he commenced--what then8 ,we begin to look around for the hereditary connexion2 and here we see quite often that neither his parents nor cousins or any relations have or had any trace of such talent4 ,how comes it then that the prodigy can do this without having to learn it like other people8 ,may it not be that he has really learned it at some time1 in another life and stored it away in his soul1 and now1 he simply manifests most naturally what is his own8 ,truly1 artists are not made out of nothing4 ,they are made out of all these things that they previously1 diligently and persistently1 labored for4 ,every bit of it1 every feeling1 every emotion1 and every touch of the heart1 of the head1 and of the hand that they now manifest is of their own making1 without any miracle or extraneous grace4 ,thus is ,genius for music cultivated4 ,,glimpses ,,of ,,scandinavian ,,mythology3 by ,per ,fernholm1 ,m4 ,e41 ,royal ,institute of ,technology 7,stockholm7 ,when the fragments still left of ,scandinavian mythology1 scattered in the ,icelandic sagas and tales1 are carefully put together1 they give a grand picture of the history of ,earth and ,man from the first dawn of the present great ,day of evolution4 ,clear and scientific in the broad outlines1 they will some day surely prove a gold-mine of useful knowledge for future researches into the past4 ,nor do they stop with the history of the past and its blending with the present1 but go farther and picture the destruction of life as we know it in a purifying fire1 and show how a new earth arises from the sea1 whereon a new and lasting ,golden ,age will be enjoyed by ,gods and men4 ,when ,earth had assumed its shape and was ready to receive living beings1 the ,creative ,wisdom permeated the elements and in the ensuing fermentation the cow ,audumla appeared4 ,licking the salt rocks she liberated from the life-germs of the various elements a great and beautiful being endowed with a divine spirit4 ,he became the father of the ,gods who rule and protect the world of ,man in this cycle4 ,drops of venom from the ,fount of ,frost grew to another being1 the giant ,ymer1 who nourished by ,audumla's milk brought into being various giants1 some good1 but many evil and horrible4 ,among the good are the wise ,mimer1 the guardian of the ,fount of ,wisdom at one of the three roots of the world-tree1 ,yggdrasil2 and the three ,norns1 ,urd1 ,verdande and ,skuld--,urd1 the ,norn of the ,present1 being the guardian of the ,fount of ,life at another of ,yggdrasil's roots4 ,odin knew his mighty task as chief ruler of human life in this cycle4 ,but he was not yet perfect and felt himself lacking in strength2 therefore he went to ,mimer to drink from the ,fount of ,wisdom4 ,none1 not even the ,gods1 can1 however1 win this precious drink without proving his worthiness1 and here at the very outset we meet with the great example of self-sacrifice4 ,odin gave up himself to his greater ,self1 remained for nine days and nights in ,yggdrasil without food or drink1 looking inward to the roots of things1 listening to the mystic song out of the depth4 ,purified and prepared1 he was allowed to drink from the water of ,wisdom and learned from ,mimer nine wonderful and potent songs4 ,and ,odin grew henceforth rapidly in knowledge and creative power4 ,presiding over the ,gods and the various hierarchies in ,nature he then began to make ,earth a fitting habitation for man4 ,that done1 ,odin visited ,midgard with his two brothers1 ,hner and ,lodur1 and there on the shore they found two trees1 powerless and without destiny4 ,lodur loosened them from their connexion with earth1 giving them power to move and act from inner impulses1 and made them images of the ,gods2 ,hner endowed them with a human ,ego1 having consciousness and will2 and finally ,odin gave them the most precious gift1 the spirit4 ,in the childhood of the ,earth men long lived in a golden age of unbroken peace1 knowing of no evil4 ,but there came a time when two beings among the giants1 both adopted by the ,gods as members of the ,asgard family1 appeared among men tempting them to evil things1 the man ,loke1 and the woman ,gullveig 7the golden way1 or stream71 ,gullveig being the worse4 ,to strengthen the good in human hearts1 enlighten them and prepare them for coming days of strife1 the ,gods sent to ,midgard as ,teacher ,heimdall1 the ,shining ,one1 the ,god of the pure and most sacred fire4 ,he brought with him many things not before seen in ,midgard1 and as the ruler of the people he instructed them in cultivating the soil1 in sowing the seed he had brought1 and in preparing bread2 in carving and forging1 spinning and weaving1 cutting runes and reading4 ,he taught them how to tame animals for domestic use1 to build houses and to form families and communities2 also the use of weapons in protection against animals4 ,and further he informed them of the rules laid down by the ,norns for a righteous life1 and of the names and functions of the ,gods4 ,he showed them how to build altars and temples for worship1 and brought to them the pure and undefiled fire produced by friction1 the only one worthy of burning in the shrine of the ,gods2 and then he taught them the sacred songs that ever since have sounded from the lips of men in praise of divine powers4 ,but even now ,gullveig began her wanderings among men and secretly taught them runes and songs which counteracted ,heimdall's teachings4 ,when the ,gods became aware of this1 they had her burned2 but her heart was proof against fire4 ,loke found it1 and swallowing it he brought into the world the monster-wolf ,fenris1 which feeds on all the evil thoughts and feelings among men4 ,gullveig soon incarnated again and continued her ways unrecognized for a long period4 ,when discovered she was burned a second time1 ,loke again finding her heart and giving life to the giantess of pestilence1 ,leikin4 ,the same thing happened a third time1 and then was born the ,midgard-,snake1 destined to grow rapidly and finally to encircle the whole earth4 ,while ,gullveig spread ruin in human life1 ,loke caused enmity and strife among the powers of nature and even among the ,gods4 ,many were the resulting wars in ,asgard1 besides the constant warfare against the giants2 and always they were followed by wars in ,midgard4 ,at last the ,gods were divided to such a degree that ,odin1 rather than cause the death of many of his nearest kin1 left ,asgard and the guidance of humanity in the care of the ,vaner ,gods1 who otherwise presided over the regular course of the processes of ,nature4 ,when the giants learned this they thought it a fit time to gain supremacy not only over ,midgard but even over ,asgard itself4 ,odin knew this in good time1 through his power of prevision1 and he issued from his retreat far in the ,east to warn the ,vaner ,gods and offer them assistance4 ,the fearful resulting war united the ,gods once more1 after which ,odin was freely offered the high seat in ,asgard1 where1 purified and perfected by experience and adversity he now rules with wisdom until the last day of the cycle4 ,heimdall died in ,midgard before the golden age was over1 and he was followed by his son ,skld-,borgar4 ,his son1 ,halfdan1 became the first king1 and led the people in all the battles that followed in the new age1 while constantly overshadowed by the ,gods4 ,on the other side the chief was ,od-,svipdag1 a most heroic and valiant champion4 ,war after war raged1 one of them being so frightful that a new generation had to grow up before new armies could be collected4 ,svipdag is a most remarkable character1 who journeys to the ,underworld and obtains the avenging sword which nothing can resist1 not even the hammer of ,thor4 ,the fate of the world seems to depend on his mind1 when at the critical moment his love for the ,goddess ,frja turns his steps to ,asgard1 in order to make peace with the ,gods4 ,he then lives mostly in ,asgard with ,frja and is sent by the ,gods on many difficult journeys1 even to the ,underworld to find whether ,balder1 the ,god of purity1 who had died when strife came into the world1 could not return from his safe retreat near the ,fount of ,wisdom4 ,the great ,ice period is described as coming in ,halfdan's days1 the people being obliged to leave the ,northern countries for more southern climes4 ,but when the ice at last receded they went back step by step northward1 fighting continual battles4 ,halfdan at last dies by ,svipdag's sword1 and is followed by his brave son1 ,hadding4 ,and thus we reach the present age1 which is depicted as one of supreme darkness4 ,seldom nowadays the ,gods appear before men1 for they are few who by a righteous and sincere life keep the link unbroken with the regions in the crown of ,yggdrasil4 ,the evil is increasing all the time2 men have forgotten their divine birth1 and they prostitute their divine powers4 ,yet above the veil of darkness the ,gods rule as ever1 helping wherever there is an opportunity2 while elves and dwarfs and all the other nature sprites continue to fulfil their duties in the economy of nature1 although no longer seen by men4 ,much is said about the process of death4 ,man is made up of six principles1 and death is a purification whereby the higher and purer elements1 after passing through the second death1 go to the bliss of the presence of the ,gods4 ,if man in life has developed his inner body by noble living1 then he passes easily through the trials and the judgment of the ,gods4 ,if not1 then he is held down by the demons of passion and lust and meets torture and suffering4 ,of ,reincarnation there is little in the form of direct statement1 probably partly because carefully removed in ,christian times1 and partly because it forms an integral part of the whole conception of life found in all ancient sagas4 ,some of the heroes are1 however1 named in more than one incarnation1 showing the same soul in different garments4 ,the noblest and the worst reincarnate almost immediately2 for others some time has first to elapse4 ,in the efflorescence of time the hour will at length arrive for ,ragnark1 the great purifying battle and fire1 when evil will be destroyed in the final war between good and evil4 ,the ,gods assemble with their faithful1 ,odin leading1 majestic1 calm and wiser than ever1 knowing that he and most of the ,gods will have to buy the victory with their lives4 ,the different groups on both sides are pictured with matchless boldness and vividness1 and we see how each has to meet his fate4 ,odin is killed by the ,fenris ,wolf2 ,thor kills the ,midgard ,snake1 but falls dead from its venom4 ,the giants who have possessed themselves of the avenging sword use it in the battle1 but at the same moment their fate is sealed4 ,for this sword was so forged that if swung by a giant it would destroy the giant world4 ,at the close of the fearful battle the very foundations of the earth seem to tremble4 ,fires rise towards heaven1 and amid flame and smoke and destruction--the ,gods still living--,odin's sons ,vidar and ,vale1 and ,thor's sons ,magne and ,mode1 ride to the ,underworld1 to ,balder's peaceful land1 where neither death nor destruction are4 ,and the old earth finally sinks into the sea1 dissolved into slag and ashes4 ,the flames die4 ,the air is purified by the fire1 the sky is bluer than ever4 ,from the sea arises a new earth1 covered with luxuriant vegetation4 ,it is the regions of the ,underworld near the ,founts of ,wisdom and ,life1 the lands of ,mimer and ,urd1 that now appear4 ,those founts1 so long nearly dry1 again flow copiously1 and ,yggdrasil is fresh and green4 ,the days of golden life return to ,gods and men4 ,balder assumes full sway1 and the new earth is peopled from the two races who have been spared for that purpose1 living in purity unstained along with ,balder during the age of darkness4 ,even animals have been spared in the same way and enjoy the new ,day4 ,it is the happy ,day of ,balder the ,pure and ,righteous4 ,but even this is not the final scene1 according to the ,northern mythology4 ,a mightier ,being than even ,balder will come after him1 descending upon a still higher and more purified earth4 ,it is the unnamed ,god whose servant ,urd is1 ,one whose spirit blendeth with all living things by virtue of the ,fount of ,wisdom--an omnipotent ,god1 a ,god bringing highest peace1 who will then establish a worship that will endure forevermore4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,ruins ,,of ,,the ,,dipylon ,,gate ,,of ,,ancient ,,athens ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,ancient ,,athenian ,,tombs ,,along ,,the ,,sacred ,,way ,,the ,,dipylon ,,and ,,the ,,outer ,,ceramicus3 by ,f4 ,s4 ,darrow1 ,a4 ,m41 ,ph4 ,d4 7,harv47 ,the ,dipylon or ,double ,gate 7so named because it consisted of an inner and an outer gateway1 separated by a court71 was the principal entrance of classical ,athens at the west end of the city4 ,probably1 it was built under ,perikles' directions on the site of the still older ,thriasian ,gate1 but the extant remains which are shown in the accompanying illustration belong to a somewhat later alteration4 ,the gateway itself1 because of its size and position 7it was at the lowest point of the city walls7 was surrounded by massive fortifications4 ,the inner wall with the upright stone1 marking one of the boundaries of the ,outer ,ceramicus or ancient ,potters' quarters just outside the city1 was built by ,themistokles1 but the outer wall shown in the illustration was probably added by ,perikles4 ,about sixty yards to the west of the ,dipylon1 that is to the right of the illustration1 is a smaller gateway1 which is thought to be the ,sacred ,gate1 used for the exit and entrance of the ,procession of ,mystics during the celebration of the ,eleusinian ,mysteries4 ,in ancient times three roads lined with tombs led from the ,dipylon1 namely1 the ,road to the ,academy1 the ,sacred ,way leading to ,eleusis1 and the ,road to the harbor1 the ,peiraeeus4 ,along the ,road leading to the ,academy were buried those who had died fighting for their country on land and on sea4 ,the public burials were made at the end of each campaign1 when the bones of the slain were placed in coffins of cypress wood1 one coffin for each of the ten ,athenian tribes1 and an empty one1 serving symbolically for the burial of those whose bodies could not be recovered4 ,citizens and strangers alike were permitted to join in the procession1 and as the coffins were lowered1 a speaker publicly appointed ascended a lofty pulpit and delivered an oration in honor of the dead4 ,thukydides says3 ,the public cemetery is situated in the most beautiful spot outside the walls and there the ,athenians always bury those who fall in war2 but after the battle of ,marathon the dead in recognition of their pre-eminent valor were interred on the field4 ,it was here in the winter of #dca ,b4 ,c41 while delivering his immortal funeral oration that ,perikles declared3 ,it is difficult to say neither too little nor too much4 ,i do not commiserate the parents of the dead3 ,i would rather comfort them4 ,those men may be deemed fortunate who have gained the greatest honor4 ,to you who are sons and brothers of the departed ,i see that the struggle to emulate them will be an arduous one4 ,the dead have been honorably interred and it remains only that their children should be maintained at the public charge until they are grown up2 this is the solid prize with which1 as with a garland1 ,athens crowns her sons1 living and dead4 ,the tombs of many of the most famous figures in ,greek history were in this public cemetery1 including those of ,harmodios and ,aristogeiton1 the ,tyrannicides2 ,kleisthenes1 the ,law-giver2 ,perikles1 the greatest ,athenian ,statesman2 ,thrasybulos1 the ,liberator1 who overthrew the ,thirty ,tyrants2 ,chabrias2 ,phormio2 ,konon and ,timotheus1 father and son1 second only to ,miltiades and ,kimon for their brilliant feats2 and ,lykurgos1 the son of ,lykophron1 the ,athenian orator and statesman1 who finished the ,dionysiac ,theater in stone and built the ,docks at the ,peiraeeus4 ,the public tombs which once lined the ,road to the ,academy seem to have been almost entirely destroyed1 but many of the private tombs along the ,sacred ,way may still be seen in situ4 ,some of these1 which have been well preserved 7thanks to the fact that they were covered by a huge mound in #hf ,b4 ,c4 when the ,roman ,cornelius ,sulla was besieging ,athens71 are shown in the second illustration4 ,,the ,,theosophic ,,torch3 by ,grace ,knoche ,o the great benefactor who points the ,way6 ,to ,triptolemus have all men erected temples and altars1 because he gave us food by cultivation2 but to him who discovered truth1 and brought it to light and communicated it to all--not the truth which shows us how to live but how to live well--who of you has built an altar for this1 or a temple1 or has dedicated a statue1 or who worships ,god for this8--,epictetus ,the final stitches are taken in the little garment which has stood for the evening's duty4 ,it is folded and laid aside1 to fill on the morrow a need as impersonal as the service that need inspired1 silent tribute to a system of work so practical and so perfect in its conservation of energy that the world is already clamoring at ,lomaland gates to be let into the secret4 ,a pile of loved books--very tiny ones1 ,the ,voice of the ,silence1 the ,bhagavad-,git1 ,patajali1 and the rest--lies beside the sewing-basket1 jostling the newspaper1 which1 because of the temporary need of another1 at present has to be given room4 ,but ,i brush it aside to take up one of the little writings--any one of them1 from cover to cover1 would hardly make up a newspaper page--thankful that if the frothy and distempered bilge-water of current crime and gossip does have to lie before me1 ,i do not have to drink of it2 grateful that even in the present heyday of lower psychological influences ,i am free to drink what ,i will1 free to pick my associates from among the immortals--if ,i choose4 ,and so we parry1 and give and take1 question on my part and answer on his--small wonder that ,h4 ,p4 ,b4 paid tribute to his philosophy and ,w4 ,q4 ,j4 to his life1 this grand old ,roman whose company for an hour any one would be proud to have--,epictetus6 ,o the great benefactor who points the ,way6 ,this1 a tribute to the ,helpers of ,humanity by one who was humbly1 yet with the courage of ,hercules1 trying to fire the mind of his age with the torch-gleam of a true philosophy of life--,theosophy in fact1 but adapted to the conditions of his time1 a fevered and cruel time1 though with gleams of nobility and spiritual splendor here and there4 ,what a picture comes before one of this brave old ,roman ,socrates1 banished in his last years from ,rome by the ,emperor ,domitian--for the crime of being a philosopher6 ,and then another picture--of the ,epictetus as the ,rome of ,nero knew him1 young but never strong1 weakly1 lame1 the abused slave of ,nero's profligate secretary2 allowed by his owner to study philosophy because it chanced to be the fashion in wealthy ,rome to number wise men among one's possessions as one numbered cocks and fine horses2 ,epictetus1 a slave1 often in chains1 tortured at his master's whim--but a ,torch-bearer of the ,truth6 ,although a disciple of ,rufus1 the great ,stoic teacher of the time1 ,epictetus himself claiming no superiority to his teacher whom he lovingly quotes1 the conviction forces itself upon one that the latter bathed in a wider ocean of truth than that of ,stoicism as a doctrine4 ,he quotes ,socrates1 ,plato1 ,diogenes1 far more than ,zeno2 he had no part in the tolerance of many ,stoics to the idea of suicide4 ,and we hear him down the ages fulminating against the ,academics1 the ,epicureans1 the ,skeptics2 declaring the ,godhood1 the ,divinity1 of man2 immortality1 the higher law1 man's obligation to study human nature in its duality2 ,karma1 the power of the ,spiritual ,will1 the royal road to happiness2 and man's obligation to integrity1 fidelity1 compassion1 reverence1 gratitude1 trust1 love1 wisdom and a noble use of power4 ,what was he banished for8 what is it that he said8 ,if ,caesar should adopt you1 no one could endure your arrogance2 to know1 then1 that you are the son of ,zeus--will you not be elated8444 ,you are a superior thing2 you are a portion separated from the ,deity2 you have in yourself a certain portion of ,him4 ,why then are you ignorant of your own noble descent8 ,when you are in social intercourse1 when you are exercising yourself1 when you are engaged in discussion1 know you not that you are nourishing a god1 that you are exercising a god8 ,but give me directions1 you say4 ,why should ,i give you directions8 ,has not ,zeus given you directions8 ,what directions1 what kind of orders1 did you bring when you came from ,him8 ,to keep what is your own2 not to desire what is not your own4 ,fidelity is your own1 and integrity1 and modesty and virtue2 for who can take these things from you8 who1 excepting yourself1 can hinder you from using them8 ,having such promptings and commands from ,zeus1 what kind do you still ask from me8 ,am ,i more powerful than he1 am ,i more worthy of confidence8 ,if you would make anything a habit1 do it2 if you would not make it a habit1 do not do it4444 ,so with respect to the soul3 when you have been angry you must know that not only has this evil befallen you1 but that you have also increased the habit1 and in a manner increased the habit thrown fuel on the fire4444 ,for he who has had a fever1 and has been relieved from it1 is not in the same state that he was before1 unless he has been completely cured4 ,something of the kind happens also in diseases of the soul4 ,certain traces and blisters are left in it1 and unless a man shall completely efface them1 when he is again lashed in the same places1 the lash will produce not welts but sores4 ,it is circumstances 7difficulties7 which show what men are4 ,therefore1 when a difficulty falls upon you1 remember that ,god1 like a trainer of wrestlers1 has matched you with a rough young man4 ,for what purpose8 you may say4 ,why1 that you may become an ,olympic conqueror2 but it is not accomplished without sweat4444 ,hercules1 when he was being exercised by ,eurytheus1 never deemed himself wretched2 but fulfilled courageously all that was laid upon him4 ,but he who shall cry out and bear it hard when he is being exercised by ,zeus1 is he worthy to bear the scepter of ,diogenes8 ,the philosopher's school1 ye men1 is a surgery2 you ought not to go out of it with pleasure but with pain1 for you are not in sound health when you enter3 one has dislocated his shoulder1 another has an abscess 444 another a headache4 ,and shall ,i sit and utter to you little thoughts and exclamations1 that you may praise me and go away1 one with his shoulder in the same condition as when he entered1 another with his head still aching1 and a third with his fistula or his abscess just as they were8 ,is it for this that young men quit home and leave their parents and friends1 their kinsmen and property1 that they may say to you1 ,wonderful6 when you are uttering your exclamations8 ,did ,socrates do this1 or ,zeno1 or ,cleanthes8 ,diogenes well said to one who asked from him letters of recommendation1 ,that you are a man he will know as soon as he sees you2 and he will know whether you are good or bad if he has1 through experience1 the skill to distinguish the good and the bad2 but if he has not1 he would not know though ,i were to write him ten thousand times4 ,for it is just the same as if a drachma asked to be recommended to a person4 ,if he is skilful in testing silver1 he will know you 7the drachma7 for what you are4 ,we ought then in life to be able to have some such skill as in the case of silver coin1 that we may be able to say1 like the judge of silver1 ,bring me any drachma and ,i will test it4 ,when ,florus was deliberating whether he should go down to ,nero's spectacles1 and also perform in them1 he asked ,agrippinus for advice1 and ,agrippinus said1 ,go down4 ,but why do you not go down8 said ,florus2 and ,agrippinus replied1 ,i do not even deliberate about the matter2 for he who has brought himself to calculate the value of external things1 is very near to those who have forgotten their own character4 ,but if ,i do not take part1 ,i shall have my head struck off4 ,go then1 said ,agrippinus1 and take part2 but ,i will not4 ,why8 ,because you consider yourself to be only one common thread in the tunic2 it is then fitting for you to take thought how you shall be like the rest of men4 ,but ,i wish to be purple1 that small part which is bright1 and makes all the rest appear graceful and beautiful4 ,katherine ,tingley said recently in one of her intimate talks on the subject of the individual responsibility of students in being given the opportunity to bring a deeper than the common touch into the production of ,the ,aroma of ,athens3 ,we are just now at a strange point in the cycle and in many ways are linking ourselves with the past4 ,may not one evidence of this be an easier recognition of the ,theosophic ,light that has been passed from hand to hand down the ages8 ,many have been its disguises1 many and strange the lamps holding it1 often obscured it has been1 again nameless--but ever the one ,light1 the one ,flame1 shining upon and enlightening all men4 ,,the ,,pythagorean ,,solids3 by ,f4 ,j4 ,dick1 ,m4 ,,inst4 ,c4 ,e41 ,m4 ,,inst4 ,c4 ,e4 ,i4 ,students of ,the ,secret ,doctrine and of ancient teachings such as those of ,pythagoras1 the ,kabala1 and the sacred books of different races and epochs1 are often puzzled by the frequent references to ,number1 and to elementary plane forms like the circle1 triangle1 and square4 ,it may be surmised that these symbols refer to meta-physical forces of various orders concealed within the atom and within nature generally4 ,for nature is built1 obviously enough1 upon some internal principles of structural harmony4 ,without discussing the many avenues of thought suggested by a study of the five regular solids1 the main features of these forms may be briefly summarized4 ,in the first place1 they may be all considered as generated by ,twelve ,points on the surface of the ,sphere1 at equal adjacent distances1 or by six diameters of the sphere mutually inclined at angles whose tangent is #b1 the number of the octave in music4 ,joining each of the twelve with every other point1 we have #ff lines1 of which #cf are internal4 ,six of the latter being diameters1 there remain #cj1 intersecting at #bj points1 which give the #cj edges of the internal ,,dodecahedron4 ,the #cj outer1 or external lines of the #ff1 form the edges of the ,,icosahedron4 ,joining one set of alternate corners of the ,dodecahedron by #ab lines1 a ,,cube appears4 ,so far1 there are #cc points defined1 including the center of the sphere4 ,joining opposite corners on each ,cube-face by #ab lines1 two interlaced ,,tetrahedrons appear4 ,these define1 by their intersection1 #f new points and #ab new lines forming the ,,octahedron1 beautifully poised in the heart of the ,sphere4 ,thus only #ci points1 including the central point1 are needed to define the ,pythagorean solids1 only one solid form being repeated1 the ,tetrahedron1 which in fact is seen to repeat itself ten times4 ,for between the interlaced ,tetrahedron corners and the eight faces of the included ,octahedron1 eight smaller ,tetrahedrons are seen4 ,the interlaced ,tetrahedrons suggest the origin of the plane symbol--the interlaced triangles2 but the full beauty of the symbol does not appear until we notice that the axis of symmetry of the ,tetrahedrons coincides with the diagonal of the ,cube1 and that the orthographic projection of all these on a plane perpendicular to the diagonal gives a perfect hexagon with the interlaced triangles in the center4 ,the interlaced ,tetrahedrons--one a reflection of the other--in fact define the eight corners of the ,cube4 ,the ,tetrahedron is #c1 and the ,cube is #d 7or #f74 ,so we see one way in which the three fall into the four1 and why it is a septenary1 and a decad1 as well as a three1 or a four1 according to the various aspects and interrelations considered of the electric1 rotary1 magnetic1 or vibratory forces symbolized by the various lines4 ,science has already reached the speculation that the hypothetical carbon atom has a tetrahedronal form4 ,let us look at this ,tetrahedron with the eye opposite the middle of an edge and in line with the center4 ,the two opposite edges now form the ,cross1 composed of two equal lines1 but separated by a space4 ,one is reminded of an electric wire1 and a magnetized needle placing itself at right angles to1 although at some distance from1 the current in the wire4 ,thus the opposite edges1 whether as rotational vectors or in some other way1 indicate a connexion with the dual forces of attraction and repulsion4 ,the ,tetrahedron1 a triangular pyramid1 may be a ,fire-symbol4 ,in any case the following passage is suggestive3 ,when the molecules of salt1 clustering together1 begin to deposit themselves as a solid1 the first shape they assume is that of triangles1 of small pyramids and cones4 ,it is the figure of fire1 whence the word pyramids2 while the second geometrical figure in manifested nature is a square or a cube1 #d and #f2 for1 the particles of earth being cubical1 those of fire are pyramidal truly--7,enfield74 ,the pyramidal shape is that assumed by the pines--the most primitive tree after the fern period4 ,thus the two opposites in cosmic nature--fire and water1 heat and cold--begin their metrographical manifestations1 one by a trimetric1 the other by a hexagonal system4 ,for the stellate crystals of snow1 viewed under a microscope1 are all and each of them a double or treble six-pointed star1 with a central nucleus1 like a miniature star within the larger one4 7,the ,secret ,doctrine1 ,,ii1 #eid47 ,the number ,five penetrates the whole system of the ,five solids in a remarkable way4 ,thus there are #bd pentagons visible1 and by joining other corners of the ,dodecahedron1 ,five ,cubes are seen1 which of course produce ,five ,octahedrons1 and twice that number of principal interlaced ,tetrahedrons4 ,five has been said to be the ,number of ,life4 ,confining ourselves to one rectangular system1 we find ,four axes of symmetry for the ,tetrahedrons and ,three for ,cube and ,octahedron4 ,thus there are really #gc principal lines in the complete system defined by the #ci points4 ,a study of the three principal orthographic projections shows that the circle should be divided into #c1 #d1 #e1 #f1 parts1 and the products of these1 or #cfj degrees4 ,certain angles are found in abundance1 such as #cf1 #fj1 #gb1 #ij1 #ajh1 #add2 and their combinations and products by #aj and #ab1 and their multiples1 give figures bearing a strong resemblance to the various cyclic periods of eastern chronology4 ,periodic orbits are vibrations on a large scale4 ,twice the perimeter of an ,icosahedron-face divided by the perimeter of a ,dodecahedron-face is #c4adaf1 the value of used in all ordinary scientific and constructional work4 ,the actual error is so small that if both were accurately made of copper at the same temperature1 the ,icosahedron-face would only have to be brought rather more than one degree ,fahrenheit below the temperature of the other for the value to be absolutely correct4 ,accuracy of this sort is unattainable outside of specially equipped laboratories4 ,so the ,pythagorean solids may be said to square the circle4 ,,the ,,black ,,age3 by ,ariomardes ,let us imagine a romance1 such as most people must have heard1 wherein some royal child is stolen away and reared amidst peasants in ignorance of his birth2 and where some wise man comes and reveals to the youth the secret of his parentage4 ,the young man forthwith steps out from his lowly life1 and clothed in a new self-respect1 begins to acquit himself worthily of his origin and destiny4 ,thus has ,theosophy declared to outcast humanity1 ,thou art the king's son2 and in proof it has referred him to his ancestry4 ,this is why ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 pointing out in the skein of history certain clues which scholars have hitherto overlooked1 started that greater enthusiasm for archaeology which since her day has already borne such wonderful fruit4 ,in a dark age there is the danger that man might forget his divine origin altogether4 ,the revelations of archaeology confirm the teachings of ,theosophy that before the dark age of our historical period set in1 there were brighter ages2 and by showing what man has been1 they are indicating what he may again be in the future4 ,the epochs and durations of the various ages are not uniform all over the earth1 so that it cannot be said that the black age began1 for the earth generally1 at any definite time4 ,the ancient ,hinds have their own chronology1 showing the dates of the different ages for their race4 ,we find in a very ancient work1 the ,vishnu-,purna1 a prophecy of the characteristics of ,kali-,yuga or the ,black ,age1 from which the following extracts are taken3 ,then property alone will confer rank2 wealth will be the only source of devotion2 passion will be the sole bond of union between the sexes2 falsehood will be the only means of success in litigation2 and women will be objects merely of sensual gratification4 ,earth will be venerated but for its mineral treasures2 the ,brahmnical thread will constitute a ,brhman2 external types 7as the staff and red garb7 will be the only distinctions of the several orders of life2 dishonesty will be the 7universal7 means of subsistence2 weakness will be the cause of dependence2 menace and presumption will be substituted for learning2 liberality will be devotion2 simple ablution will be purification2 mutual assent will be marriage2 fine clothes will be dignity4444 ,amidst all castes1 he who is the strongest will reign over a principality thus vitiated by many faults4--iv1 ch4 xxiv4 7,from ,h4 ,h4 ,wilson's translation1 vol4 iv1 pp4 #bbf-bbh47 ,some of these details may be thought to apply more to the ,east1 some to the ,west2 we can surely recognize many of the characteristics of our own civilization4 ,what is particularly striking is the way in which things which we regard as inevitable qualities of human nature are here spoken of with horror and classed among the iniquities4 ,and there are signs in our contemporary literature that some of the standard human frailties are now being exalted into virtues4 ,one of the signs of decadence mentioned is the fact that passion will be regarded as the sole bond of union between the sexes4 ,and we have philosophers who would persuade us that passion is and always has been and always will be the bond of union6 ,for some writers1 passion1 even in its most material form1 is the origin and supreme fact of all union4 ,here1 then1 is the danger--that having allowed our ideals to drag down our practices1 we afterwards suffer our practices to drag down our ideals1 thus descending by a continuous and periodical process of leveling down4 ,it seems as if the saying that property alone will confer rank has some meaning for us today1 as also the phrase wealth will be the only source of devotion4 ,what is said about falsehood in litigation reflects no discredit on our jurisprudence1 but surely it describes much of what occurs in practice4 ,that about the mineral treasures of earth is very true2 for we consider people simpletons when they fail to tear out the bowels of their homeland in order to coin them into the only source of devotion4 ,when the ancient scribe says that dishonesty will be the means of subsistence1 he may seem to be going too far2 but what does he mean by dishonesty8 ,if it includes every form of insincerity and injustice1 the statement may not be too extreme after all4 ,the question1 ,shall ,i do as the others do or let my family starve8 becomes every day more difficult to answer4 ,menace and presumption will be substituted for learning4 ,this may allude to the fact that most people argue for the purpose of pushing their own ideas1 losing their temper and resorting to tricks in order to attain this end2 and that the attainment of knowledge is so often subordinated to the desire to compel assent or gain notoriety4 ,liberality will be devotion1 may be better understood if we substitute the word munificence1 as applying to large donations to churches and also to the prevalence of the charity of the purse rather than the charity of the heart4 ,a difficult subject to speak upon1 in view of the mental chaos reigning today1 is the hint that there can be higher motives for marriage than mere mutual attraction or worldly convenience4 ,the quotation gives a rebuke to those who1 seeing no farther back than the ,black ,age1 argue that there never have been any higher ideals of marriage4 ,we may point to the ancient ,egyptian religion as an instance of a culture that is free from the erotic element2 while in the quotation given above the erotic idea is expressly condemned4 ,clearly1 then1 that idea belongs to the age of decadence4 ,the word love having now become practically useless from its association with passion1 we must seek our clue to the real meaning of marriage in the word duty4 ,regarded as a sacred rite involving vows of unselfishness and self-restraint1 undertaken only in sober earnestness and with a vision undimmed by the colored mists of selfish romance1 marriage might take its place among the blessings instead of among the problems of life4 ,in days when philosophicules try to define honor in terms of vanity1 and devotion in terms of self-interest1 it is beneficial to receive from antiquity a hint that may help us to understand that honor and devotion are the breath of the ,soul4 ,pretended reformers1 claiming a superior acumen and to be quite grown-up and out of leading-strings1 may dissect before us the animal nature of man1 pointing out its sordid details and requesting us to believe that these represent our entire endowment4 ,some prominent writers1 whose outlook upon life has somehow suffered from unfortunate circumstances1 would have us accept depravity and neurotic conditions as inevitable concomitants of human nature2 and1 profanely invoking ,freedom1 they recommend open license as a means of purity6 ,signs like these justify one in thinking that the ,black ,age is casting the shadow of its pinions over the firmament of modern thought2 and we are grateful for the smallest hint of the possibility of an age free from the all-absorbing morbidity and itching self-consciousness that seem to dominate every department of inquiry4 ,will society ever again be so constituted that honor and reverence and duty shall be a universal atmosphere1 a currency in which all share1 a life-force that flows from man to man1 a common possession in the maintenance of whose integrity all are involved--as we are now all involved in the maintenance of commercial credit and the upkeep of standards of outer respectability8 ,can we imagine a society wherein no man would dare to sully the purity of this inner atmosphere by any unworthy thought8 ,if so1 then we might call honor and morality real existences instead of mere abstractions2 these words might then convey the genuine qualities they were meant to denote1 instead of the spurious imitations which they now seem to stand for in the minds of those who try to express them in terms of selfishness and passion4 ,it is well to think that such things have been upon earth2 and it is easier thus to account for some of the deeds of antiquity whose signs remain4 ,it is easier to see in religion the faint echo of a former knowledge and conduct1 than to interpret it as an outgrowth of fear and charlatanry4 ,we need a greater faith in human nature4 ,,egyptian ,,art ,,under ,,the ,x,x,v,ith ,,dynasty3 by ,c4 ,j4 ,the statue of ,neshoron1 of which we give an illustration1 is a very fine example of the work of the ,x,x,v,ith ,dynasty 7,b4 ,c4 #fff to #ebh74 ,this was a period of great prosperity for ,egypt1 after long years of depression4 ,rawlinson says3 ,the entire valley of the ,nile became little more than one huge workshop1 where stone-cutters and masons1 bricklayers and carpenters1 labored incessantly4 ,under the liberal encouragement of the king and his chief nobles1 the arts recovered themselves and began to flourish anew4 ,the engraving and painting of the hieroglyphs were resumed with success1 and carried out with a minuteness and accuracy that provoke the admiration of the beholder4 ,bas-reliefs of extreme beauty and elaboration characterize the period4 ,there rests upon some of them a gentle and almost feminine tenderness1 which has impressed upon the imitations of living creatures the stamp of an incredible delicacy both of conception and execution4 ,statues and statuettes of merit were at the same time produced in abundance4 ,under ,king ,psametik ,i1 the first king of the ,x,x,v,ith ,dynasty1 a semi-,libyan devoid of ,egyptian prejudices1 foreigners1 especially ,greeks1 were encouraged to settle in the ,delta and to establish commercial relations on a large scale--a hitherto unheard-of innovation4 ,the effect of this was a great change in the character of the ,egyptians1 perhaps not for the better4 ,a mercenary army was enlisted1 and the beginning of ,egypt's downfall and subjugation drew nigh4 ,in the reign of ,apries 7,uah-ab-,r1 the ,pharaoh ,hophra of ,jeremiah xliv1 #cj7 an unsuccessful attempt was made to restore the greatness of the ancient ,egyptian empire4 ,apries1 or ,hophra1 finding the ,nebuchadnezzar of ,babylon was unable to reduce ,phoenicia to subjection1 concluded a treaty with ,zedekiah1 king of ,judah1 in ,b4 ,c4 #ehh1 promising him assistance if he would help him to attack the ,babylonians4 ,the war that followed resulted in the capture and destruction of ,jerusalem1 and the transfer of the ,jews to ,babylon4 ,apries failed to protect ,zedekiah1 though he appears to have done his best4 ,he retreated before the victorious ,babylonians1 and with the fall of ,palestine1 the two great powers of ,babylon and ,egypt became conterminous4 ,within a few years ,nebuchadnezzar had conquered ,egypt1 making it a tributary kingdom4 ,the statue of ,neshoron is remarkable for the realism shown in the treatment of the face1 which is obviously an excellent portrait4 ,the feet are also treated in a naturalistic manner1 but the rest of the figure is more conventional in accordance with the prevailing custom4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,statue ,,of ,,neshoron1 ,a ,,dignitary ,,under ,,king ,,apries ,,louvre ,,museum1 ,,paris ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,lords1 ,,london ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,lords1 ,,palace ,,of ,,westminster1 ,,london3 by ,r4 ,though such an important chamber1 the ,house of ,lords is only forty-five feet wide1 forty-five feet high1 and ninety feet long1 yet it is very well adapted to its purpose4 ,there is none of the crowding from which the ,house of ,commons suffers when all the members wish to be present at some important debate4 ,like the rest of the ,palace of ,westminster1 the ,house of ,lords is built in the ,tudor-,gothic style1 but it does not date back to the fifteenth century4 ,the old ,house of ,parliament1 a patched-up and unimposing building1 was almost completely destroyed in #ahce--;an important service to architecture being rendered thereby--and the new one was commenced upon the same site in #ahdj4 ,it took twenty-seven years to build and it is generally admitted1 in spite of many weaknesses1 to be a worthy home for the ,mother of ,parliaments1 and the most impressive modern ,gothic building in ,europe4 ,one important though indirect result of the fire which burned down the old ,parliament ,house was that public competition1 almost unknown in ,england1 was adopted as the safest way to obtain a good design4 ,sir ,charles ,barry1 the architect1 was greatly helped by the famous ,pugin in the superintendence of the detail1 which1 as can be seen in the plate1 is well-designed and executed1 for modern work4 ,of course no modern imitation-,gothic possesses the life and vigor of the old2 there is a mechanical feeling about it which can never be avoided in some degree2 there is want of spontaneity1 a rigidity and formal correctness1 which is entirely absent in the old work4 ,the ,house of ,peers and the ,king's ,apartments occupy the western portion of the palace2 the ,house of ,commons the eastern4 ,being so new1 there are few important historical associations connected with the ,house of ,lords1 and in recent times the most thrilling scenes in parliamentary life have taken place in the other ,house1 where the expression of the emotions has always been allowed freer play1 and where the ,government of the day has to meet its strongest opponents in debate1 but a very impressive ceremony takes place when the ,sovereign in person opens ,parliament4 ,he then takes his seat on the throne1 which can be seen in the plate1 and reads his speech from it before a brilliant audience4 ,the ,british monarchy being a constitutional one1 this speech is1 of course1 really an outline of the policy of the ,ministry in office1 and it usually says very little4 ,the composition of the members of the ,house of ,lords consists of ,lords spiritual 7,bishops71 and ,lords temporal4 ,the latter include the five dignities of ,duke1 ,marquis1 ,earl1 ,viscount1 and ,baron4 ,no new dignity has been created since the time of ,henry ,,vi1 when the rank of viscount was established4 ,in the reign of ,queen ,elizabeth there were only fifty-nine temporal peers1 but the present number is about ten times as many4 ,the principle under which a peer holds his seat is in the main the hereditary one1 but there are a few peerages which are bestowed for life only4 ,the peers who are judges1 sitting as a judicial tribunal1 constitute the ,supreme ,court of ,british ,law1 and the presiding peer of the whole ,house1 the ,lord ,chancellor1 is a lawyer1 and always belongs to the party of the government in power4 ,the ,lord ,chancellor's seat is known as the ,woolsack2 this peculiar term comes from a period in ,elizabeth's reign when wool was the staple industry of ,england and its export was forbidden2 sacks of wool were kept in the ,chamber of ,peers to remind them of its importance4 ,,music ,,notes3 by ,charles ,j4 ,ryan ,richard ,wagner's autobiography1 just published to the world at large1 though it does not include the last twenty years of his life when he had attained success1 has made a great stir among all who are interested in the study of human nature4 ,it is an amazing self-revelation1 and1 from the ,theosophical standpoint1 a striking example of the duality of man4 ,the popular conception of ,wagner is amply confirmed by this human document4 ,but why should we waste our time1 and perhaps feed our own sense of self-righteousness injudiciously1 by dwelling on the failings of genius8 ,have not the great men given us1 in their immortal works1 that which is really worthiest of remembrance8 ,whatever his personal shortcomings were1 ,wagner never failed in his loyal devotion to his ideal in music-drama2 he dared everything and suffered greatly in his protracted efforts to lead the incredulous world to listen to his novel and glorious revolutionary forms1 which he knew to be superior to those of his time4 ,the soul behind stands out in his immortal music1 high above the limitations of his personality1 for there was that in him which had listened to the music of the spheres and which lived serenely apart from the jar and jangle of the petty life4 ,that it is possible for an inspired ,soul in touch with the ,realities to force its way through all kinds of difficulties1 even the greatest--the incarnation in a hindering personality--and to deliver its message of living beauty to men1 seems to be the principal lesson this ill-advised autobiography teaches4 ,it would have been better perhaps that it had never seen the light1 for there are not many who have the understanding of the complex nature of man1 the higher and the lower1 which alone can interpret so unusual a character4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,spirit of revolution was in the air of ,europe when ,wagner was meditating upon the imperfections of the grand opera of his youth4 ,he says1 ,the spirit of revolution took possession of me once forever4 ,in #ahdb ,the ,flying ,dutchman was brought out in ,dresden1 and in #ahde ,tannhuser appeared and set all musical ,europe by the ears4 ,for the rest of his life1 till #ahhb1 ,wagner was at war with his fellow musicians and critics4 ,his keen perception of natural beauty and artistic fitness is shown in the following passage from his ,life3 ,one solitary flash of brightness was afforded by our view of the ,wartburg1 which we passed during the only sunlit hour of this journey4 ,the sight of this mountain fastness1 which from the ,fulda side is clearly visible for a long time1 affected me deeply4 ,a neighboring ridge further on ,i at once christened the ,hrselberg1 and as ,i drove through the valley pictured to myself the scenery for the third act of my ,tannhuser4 ,the scene remained so vividly in my mind that long afterwards ,i was able to give ,desplchin1 the ,parisian scene painter1 exact details when he was working out the scenery under my directions4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,death of ,felix ,mottl came as a sudden blow to all music lovers4 ,it was known for a little while that the great ,viennese conductor was in bad health1 but not that he was dangerously ill4 ,he was only fifty-five4 ,his reputation was made at an early age2 in #ahhe he was conducting ,tristan at ,baireuth4 ,mottl was virtually the last of the great conductors who had received the true ,wagnerian tradition by personal contact with the great composer4 ,he was also distinguished among ,german conductors of his time by his liking and understanding of ,french music1 and for the success with which he conducted ,french music before the most discriminating ,parisian audiences4 ,he was well known in ,new ,york2 where his conducting of the ,nibelungen ,ring series made a profound impression4 ,his remains were cremated4 ,at his funeral in ,munich no clergy were present1 but ,richard ,strauss gave an eloquent address4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,there are women in ,boston1 says the ,boston ,herald1 who are undoubtedly as good violinists as some of the younger members of the ,boston ,symphony ,orchestra1 and perhaps better4 ,but the old prejudice that woman is necessarily inferior to man and for the same work should receive less pay1 is still to be reckoned with4 ,miss ,maud ,powell is perhaps the only ,american woman violinist who has reached the highest success in this country1 but there are many others who have spent many years at the best ,european ,conservatories and who are quartet and solo players of distinction1 and yet while a male violinist of fair quality can find employment1 it is often difficult for women of equal ability to be admitted into the best orchestras4 ,they have to become teachers1 or to give up4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,paderewski',s eloquent patriotic address at the ,chopin ,centenary ,festival has just been translated into ,english4 ,he says3 ,music is the only art that actually lives4 ,her elements1 vibration1 palpitation1 are the elements of life itself4 ,the great pianist is repeating exactly what ,katherine ,tingley said many years ago4 ,in her ,rja ,yoga system of training1 music is given a prominent position1 and the effect upon the character has been very marked4 ,to produce the best results and to avoid the undesirable ones which the ordinary musical training sometimes engenders1 great discrimination in the method of teaching is necessary4 ,in the ,rja ,yoga system of education music is taught in such a way that the interest is sustained without the egotism and vanity of the pupil being stimulated4 ,can this be said of musical training in general8 99 99 99 99 99 ,,france is certainly the land of great opportunities4 ,a caf singer1 ,m4 ,couyba1 who1 fifteen years ago was earning a precarious salary at a ,montmartre restaurant by singing his own songs1 is now ,minister of ,commerce in the new ,french cabinet4 ,,ancient ,,calendars3 by ,travers ,among features of the ,chinese calendar we find3 ,the connexion of the five planets and the sun and moon in a septenate called the ,seven ,regulators1 with a corresponding septenary week1 and in some cases a sabbath marked as inauspicious for doing work4 ,the ,ten ,celestial ,stems1 representing the ,father ,heaven or masculine principle4 ,the ,twelve ,earthly ,branches1 representing the ,mother ,earth or feminine principle2 also standing for the twelve houses of the zodiac1 which are of uneven size1 and are denoted by symbolic animals4 ,the year is lunar1 but its commencement is regulated by the sun1 the new year falling on the first new moon after the sun enters ,aquarius4 ,these features are supposed to have been introduced1 mostly from ,chaldaea2 but whether the ,chinese got them from the ,chaldees or the ,chaldees from the ,chinamen1 the question as to how and by whom they were originated remains the same4 ,the subject of ancient calendrical systems is extensive1 and no speculation can be of much account which has not been prefaced by an examination of the various systems4 ,it would be pertinent1 for instance1 to see what is known about the calendars which have came down to us from the ancient ,central ,americans4 ,these evince an accurate knowledge of the periods of the celestial movements1 together with knowledge of another kind2 for the ,mexicans had both a civil and a sacred year4 ,the former was #cfe days1 with #ac added every #eb years2 the latter #bfj days1 with #ac months of #bj days each1 each month divided into #d weeks of #e days each4 ,it is evident that the entire system from which all these various ancient systems of computation were derived was complex and profound1 and that it comprised a mathematical knowledge having sound reason at the bottom of it1 but whose keys have not yet been discovered4 ,the competency of the computers is shown by their ability to ascertain with exactitude all natural cycles1 such as those of the solar year and the eclipses1 when such was their purpose2 and this relieves them from the imputation that their secret and sacred years were due to ignorance and mal-observation4 ,these cycles were not due to ignorance1 but to a knowledge and a purpose which remains to be discovered by research free from both theological and scientific bias4 ,the septenate of planets is of course a very familiar symbol in ancient lore2 the number seven was recognized as the principal key-number in cosmic architecture4 ,the reason why the sun and moon are included among the number of planets is not due to ignorance2 and it is evident that such an alleged ignorance is not compatible with the knowledge displayed in other particulars4 ,it was due to the fact that the real septenate of planets was esoteric1 an item of arcane knowledge1 and that when the septenate was mentioned exoterically1 the place of two secret planets had to be supplied1 the sun and moon being introduced for this purpose4 ,the question whether the number of zodiacal signs was originally twelve or ten receives a suggestive hint from the fact that in the above calendar both a denary and a duodenary were used4 ,the ten and the twelve are combined in some of these calendars by taking their least common multiple1 #fj1 and using that number to designate a period of #fj years4 ,ten and twelve are likewise said to be combined by addition in the #bb letters of the ,hebrew alphabet4 ,from such gleanings of archaic science as are accessible to us1 we may infer that it consisted largely in a marvelous application of fundamental mathematical principles to mensuration and the measurement of time4 ,the computers1 so far from being ignorant experimenters1 were very brainy people1 as we find some of their descendants to be still4 ,the still unexplained existence of the very ancient ryan ,hind astronomy of the ,srya-,siddhnta and other works1 proves that1 when exact calculation of natural cycles was the object1 the calculators were fully as competent as ourselves4 ,we must infer1 then1 that their secret and sacred cycles were based on the like competence and not upon ignorance4 ,as to mathematics1 there are some who think that our great progress in that science may represent merely a partial recovery of what was known before2 and that logarithms and the calculus may be but a fraction of what has been known4 ,and there is much yet to be found out as to the relation between numbers and dimensions4 ,it is hardly to be expected1 however1 that a culture so recent as our own should have reached the point that must have been attained by civilizations of such duration as those of the past4 ,,the ,,mysteries ,,of ,,eleusis3 by ,h4 ,t4 ,e4 ,eleusis is sacred as one of the last1 and to us best known1 spots where the ,ancient ,mysteries survived in publicly recognized form until the days when corruption and dogmatism caused their withdrawal4 ,the name wakes an echo in the recesses of our consciousness1 for do we not belong to the same humanity as that which flourished when the ,mysteries were recognized and venerated8 ,in considering the ,mysteries we must choose between two hypotheses4 ,either the whole thing was a delusion and a fraud1 or the ,mysteries held and could impart knowledge inaccessible to the outsider and since departed from among men4 ,to maintain the former theory we must discredit our own judgment and invalidate all human testimony on any subject whatever1 by supposing that whole nations and ages of competent and highly cultured people were deluded4 ,as so well argued by ,thomas ,taylor1 relatively to the ancient oracles 7,century ,path1 ,sept4 #be1 #aiaj71 such a theory is altogether preposterous4 ,the only thing which stands in the way of our admitting in this particular case the true value of evidence is our own foolish vanity and juvenile insularity as regards the merits of our own culture4 ,we are reluctant to admit that anything we do not know can be knowledge2 any one who contradicts us must be wrong4 ,a fine attitude to take6 ,yet of late years our confidence has somewhat wavered4 ,for one thing we have found that our scientific universe is not so complete as we once thought it was and that we have merely been exploring an anteroom2 but now we find ourselves on the threshold of a vast unexplored region4 ,for another thing1 we find a few little difficulties arising in connexion with the management of the affairs of civilized life1 which makes us a little mistrustful of the efficiency of our knowledge4 ,little details like physical health bother us2 there are insurrections of vice we cannot quell2 our religion is decaying2 our philosophy is composed mostly of doubts and questionings4 ,the ,mysteries of ,eleusis date from times to us prehistoric2 but our historians have at last been forced to admit that the period of ,grecian civilization covered by our history books was but the tail end of a period equal in culture and antiquity to those of ,egypt and ,chaldaea4 ,the rites consisted of the ,greater and the ,lesser ,mysteries1 the former celebrated between harvest and seed-time1 the latter in the spring4 ,the inner teachings were kept secret by effectual means2 for the public there were dramas1 in which the exoteric teachings were symbolically presented4 ,the institutions of all past times were based on what filtered out through many channels from the veiled ,mysteries4 ,the ,drama can be traced back through the plays of ,aeschylus and the choric dances in honor of ,dionysus to the exoteric rites of the ,mysteries4 ,our own religious symbolism is derived therefrom3 our term ,christ1 our sacraments1 our ,cross1 etc41 etc4 ,the ,mysteries are the eternal root of religions4 ,for the gateway of knowledge is ,man's own inner faculties1 by which1 when purified1 he comes into direct relation with the mysteries of the ,unseen4 ,hence the preliminary requisite for the candidate was always purification2 his attainments were conditioned on his success in that respect4 ,it is even so today2 for none but the pure1 who have given guarantees of unselfishness and integrity1 can attain4 ,those who lust after knowledge without having thus earned the right to it fall into delusions--of which also the world today is not without illustrations4 ,so great is the power of these words1 ,mysteries and ,eleusis1 in the inner consciousness of man1 that they are even now used by magicians as part of the paraphernalia which1 together with rabbits and top-hats1 they carry about in their carpet bags as a means of relieving the idle of some of their spare cash4 ,if anybody today thirsts after knowledge the old way is still open4 ,he can either belong to 1 the crowd1 or seek to enrol himself of the elect4 ,but the latter dignity is not a matter of privilege4 ,he can neither be admitted nor refused1 except according to his qualifications4 ,the desire to join a movement for uplifting humanity is the key that will open the first door4 ,students of ,theosophy will find that that condition has always been made essential2 see ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's writings1 as also those of her successors1 ,w4 ,q4 ,judge and ,katherine ,tingley4 ,he who desires to be initiated into the mysteries of his own ,soul must first purify his heart and mind4 ,thus alone can he distinguish between the false and the true4 ,otherwise he must go by the erring light of his fallible judgment and accept teachings on the authority of the teachers4 ,but the man who relies on the guidance of his own pure motives will not be imposed upon and will follow only such teachings as give him the light he seeks4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,part ,,of ,,the ,,ruins ,,of ,,eleusis ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,haines1 ,,alaska ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,an ,,alaskan ,,valley ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,an ,,alaskan ,,glacier ,,glaciation1 ,,past ,,and ,,present3 by ,t4 ,henry ,the stupendous effects of ice in ages long gone by have been elaborately studied by geologists1 who have given us fascinating descriptions thereof4 ,the enormous power of ice as an agent in transforming the land is shown by the study of its doings at the present day4 ,much has been done in this direction in the ,alps1 but in ,america we have ,alaska1 which1 besides the prospects of material resources which it holds out to the future1 is already affording a fine field for the observer of nature4 ,here we may see glaciers at work2 and though the action of the ice-sheet at its bottom is hid from view1 what goes on at the advancing margin is evident from year to year1 and even from day to day4 ,all the phenomena of moraines1 the pushing forward of rocks and trees1 the damming up of valleys to form lakes1 the scraping up of boulder-clay1 the rounding-off of the rocks1 etc41 may be witnessed2 together with many details that could not easily have been inferred from a study of the sites of past glaciation4 ,one of the most interesting of these effects is the way in which the glacier acts indirectly through the force of the huge waves it produces when it enters a river4 ,vast blocks from the ice-front fall off with a splash and send up a wave and a series of waves that sweep over the bank and into the forest beyond1 achieving more erosion than ever rain or river did4 ,the greater erosive effects follow on brief sudden movements4 ,in the ,national ,geographical ,magazine 7,washington7 for ,june1 #aiaa1 there is a most interesting article recording the field-studies of the ,national ,geographical ,society in ,alaska4 ,many of the glaciers which they studied had advanced during the last year or two1 and others had been retreating4 ,the reasons why some should advance while others retreat were not satisfactorily determined1 and further study must precede a decision in this respect4 ,but earthquakes1 of which there were twenty-six days in ,september1 #ahii1 are assigned a chief rle4 ,the effect of an earthquake was to produce a sudden advance and great but brief transformations4 ,one of the largest glaciers in ,yakutat ,bay1 the ,nunatak1 had changed a great deal since the year before4 ,it had advanced decidedly1 different parts of its front having come out #gjj to #ajjj feet up to ,june #ag1 #aiaj4 ,from #ahij to #aiji the ,nunatak ,glacier receded steadily1 going back over two miles and a half in this time4444 ,the forward movement commenced between ,july #f1 #aiji and ,june #aiaj4 ,this was due to the accession of unusually large quantities of snow to the reservoirs of this glacier by avalanches during the twenty-six days of severe earthquakes of ,september1 #ahii4 ,the size of glaciers is illustrated by the following description3 ,on the lower ,copper ,river is ,childs ,glacier1 which is seriously threatening to destroy a steel railway bridge just completed4 ,the rate of forward motion in ,childs ,glacier increased during the winter of #aiji-aj so that part of the margin of the glacier changed its forward movement from nothing to two and as much as eight feet a day4444 ,childs ,glacier is ten to twelve miles long1 not much over a mile wide in the mountain valley1 but it widens to over three miles in ,copper ,river ,valley4 ,its front is a precipitous white wall #bej to #cjj feet high1 and is swept at the base by ,copper ,river4444 ,in ,august1 #aiji1 ,childs ,glacier was advancing at about its normal rate--four feet a day at a point near the north side and perhaps six or seven feet a day in midglacier4 ,the melting and the many icebergs discharged from the terminal cliff at that time just about balanced this advance1 so that the front of the glacier remained in about the same place4444 ,during the winter and early spring of #aiji-aj1 however1 the glacier began to advance more rapidly1 buckling up the ice of the frozen river4 ,in ,june #aiaj the ice-front had moved forward from #ibj to #abbe feet1 narrowing the river to #djj or #ejj feet4 ,every time the ice cliff was sufficiently undercut by the river1 great masses of ice would cascade down the front1 raising a gigantic wave in the river4444 ,during the advance the waves washed up over a bank five to twenty-five feet in height and rushed back #ajj or #bjj feet into the alder thicket4 ,ice blocks1 up to ten tons in weight were thrown in among the trees4 ,stones a foot or two in diameter were hurled into the thicket4 ,alders nine to eleven inches in diameter were stripped of leaves and bark and bent backward or broken off short1 or uprooted or buried beneath the gravel and boulders and macerated trunks of other trees4 ,the river bank1 which was cut back some in the preceding year was in #aiaj being fairly eaten up by the iceberg waves which crossed the river1 fifty to sixty feet by actual measurement having been removed along the bank of the stream facing the glacier4 ,it was a rare opportunity to see the visible forward movement of ,childs ,glacier into the forest4 ,a series of lobes developed1 though some of them were not persistent1 and at the end of these lobes the day-to-day changes were most pronounced4 ,ice blocks were sliding down the frontal slope some of them being rolled many feet into the forest2 trees were overturned1 turf and grass were ploughed up and carried on the ice of the glacier4 ,yet one saw and heard little of a spectacular nature while traversing the ice-front4 ,it was an irresistible steady movement1 but slow1 as the movement of the hour hand of a clock is slow4 ,as impressive as anything was to find tons of ice resting where one stood to take a photograph the day before1 or to find some great tree1 #ajj years old1 prone on the ground with the butt beneath the glacier1 where the day before the tree was upright with the ice just touching it4 ,a whole grove 444 was overturned between #aiji and #aiaj1 444 practically not a tree remaining which was not overturned or leaning4 ,peat bogs were rolled up in great bolsters five or six feet high4 ,isolated trees in the peat were pushed forward a hundred feet or more without being overturned4444 ,in the bay east of ,heather ,island marine deposits with shells are being pushed up above sea-level4 ,on the east margin of the glacier a lake was formed where there was only a marginal stream4 ,it is evident that in ice we have an agent which in the past has played a great part in cosmic changes and cataclysms1 and may do so at any time in the future4 ,when we consider the changes in climate to which the earth is believed to be liable1 owing to certain cyclic changes in the gearing of its revolving pinions1 the conviction becomes stronger4 ,it is now generally admitted that the words ,ice ,age or ,glacial ,age should be spelt with a final s indicating the plural number2 for if there was one there were many4 ,what we study in the north of ,america and ,europe is the effects of the last1 or the last few1 of these periodic phenomena4 ,,god ,,and ,,the ,,child ,for in ,him we live and move and have our being4--,st4 ,paul ,god and ,i in space alone ,and nobody else in view3 ,and where are the people1 oh ,lord1 ,i said1 ,the earth below and the sky o'erhead ,and the dead whom once ,i knew8 ,that was a dream1 the good ,god said1 ,a dream that seemed to be true2 ,there are no people living or dead1 ,there is no earth and no sky o'erhead1 ,there is only ,myself--and you4 ,why do ,i feel no fear8 ,i asked1 ,meeting you here this way1 ,for ,i have sinned1 ,i know full well-- ,and is there heaven and is there a hell ,and is this the judgment day8 ,nay1 all are but dreams1 the great ,god said2 ,dreams that have ceased to be4 ,there is no such thing as fear or sin1 ,there is no you and never has been-- ,there is nothing at all but ,me4--,selected ,,power3 by ,lydia ,ross1 ,m4 ,d4 ,his hearers agreed that the pastor of their ultra-fashionable church had transcended himself that ,sunday morning4 ,this was no small praise1 for his trained mind and wide experience1 his analysis of men1 his delicate wit1 his eloquence1 and the fervid poetry of his prayers made the congregation regard his ordinary efforts with patronizing pride4 ,when he began with the beatitudes1 in clear1 resonant tones1 his voice seemed to radiate a grateful calm through the softly lighted interior4 ,then he painted a graphic picture of the compensations of unselfish work and sacrifice1 artistically coloring the whole theme with the glow of noble peace which comes to those who give themselves generously4 ,there was a responsive awakening in the cultured1 ennuied minds of his high-bred audience which was like wine to the speaker4 ,the interest which he had aroused reacted as a pungent mental stimulus4 ,the very air seemed to scintillate with new thoughts which he swiftly grasped and clothed in vivid words4 ,my ,lady ,luxury1 who had played the game of slumming for diversion1 breathed a little deeper in her faultless gown4 ,the commonplace creatures of work and weariness had never seemed quite the same kind of flesh and blood as the members of her exclusive set4 ,the poor were interesting enough as authors' types or artists' models but she had not supposed they had any of the finer feelings4 ,she assumed that the narrow ugliness of their lives could be no trial since they had never known anything else4 ,how skilfully the minister was analysing things4 ,after all1 there was some comfort in religion when a man could preach like that4 ,if the homely struggles of the weary1 dulled mothers and fathers of poverty and toil had these compensating pleasures of sacrifice1 they could not complain4 ,it really was an indifferent matter1 then1 whether one gave alms or not1 though of course1 the fashionable charities ought to be sustained4 ,she was not stirred to taste the higher sense of sacrifice so well described1 but a complacent feeling of the fitness of things came over her4 ,how absurd the less fortunate were to think this an unjust world4 ,the toilers' backs were fitted to their burdens as hers was meant for soft purple and fine linen4 ,this was not exactly what the minister was saying1 but it suited her to regard him as the author of her translation4 ,the members of the pulpit committee in their pews secretly congratulated themselves upon their foresight in having selected this candidate4 ,the demands of the position were exacting1 but he was equal to them--even his physique fitted the pulpit admirably4 ,his culture and learning were a credit to even this patrician parish1 which believed in having the best that money could procure4 ,down the central aisle was the clear-cut1 immobile face of a financier whose opinions in the money world were never discounted4 ,his keen eyes rested upon the speaker in admiration4 ,personally he played the game of gold so intensely he forgot to calculate what life meant to the individuals who composed the market4 ,he was rather hypnotized with his own success3 but he recognized his peer in this man who ruled in his own world of thought4 ,why1 he was making the game of life appear so vivid and real that the whole financial play grew dull and artificial beside it4 ,the listener's quick eye noted the alert1 interested faces around him4 ,ah1 it were indeed a great thing so to play upon the minds of men and women as to win this tribute of silent1 rapt attention4 ,the eloquent voice aroused in him no impulse of envy or of aspiration2 but his own ability inwardly saluted this master of words who could so paint the atmosphere with sound4 ,a gratified flush crept into the minister's face as he looked over the audience4 ,was this not ready proof of the compensations of work8 ,he had put his mind's best effort into this sermon1 and there was not one in the great church who was not touched1 mentally4 ,that sense of the unreality of the market-place followed the financier after the artistic music had ended the service4 ,later in the day he wandered along the country roads in the spring sunshine1 thinking of the sermon4 ,how dramatic it all had been and how perfect a performance6 ,it seemed a part of the fresh spring day as the inviting green fields melted into his reverie and he followed the path with careless strides4 ,the wind gently stirred the branches and a delicate shower of fragrant petals fell at his feet1 while a strangely familiar odor filled the air with its long-forgotten charm4 ,apple blossoms6 ,how sweet they were6 ,with delicious subtlety the perfumed breath from the boughs filled him with its own ethereal magic4 ,nature was playing a glorious game of sound and color and form and fragrance4 ,deep in his slumbering heart something stirred and fluttered and sprang up at the first touch of this enchantment4 ,the power in the fragile petals swept the sordid earth from under his feet4 ,the dear old apple orchard of his boyhood was before him4 ,again he stood upon the threshold of joyous1 strong1 young life4 ,the taste of sweet belief in an untried world was on his lips1 the wine of high impulse tingling in every nerve4 ,the harmony of life's song thrilled him into vibrant sympathy with its purity and beauty and his heart glowed with the faith which only youth knows4 ,oh that he might crystallize the wondrous meaning of this perfumed vision of unfolding life into sound or color or form that would make the dreary world of men feel that this1 this was the reality6 ,his pulses throbbed with a longing for toil and struggle and sacrifice--no effort was too great1 no price too much to pay1 if only he might help to voice this living poetry4 ,he would valiantly espouse this cause of beauty until mankind's glad belief should liberate the truth imprisoned in a selfish world4 ,no lesser ambition should lure him from the task3 this was the only thing worth while4 ,other champions might prove more able1 and he might sadly fail2 but oh1 how he longed to lose himself in the glory of the attempt4 ,with uncovered head the financier stood disciple-wise among the trees4 ,long and deeply he drank of the redolent air1 feasting his eyes upon the marvel of perfectly tinted petals and countless buds of promise still brighter in their tender curves4 ,it was all too subtle for analysis1 yet his heart recognized the meaning of the message so strangely sweet and strong4 ,what revelation lay at the heart of this unfoldment1 with its touch of the eternal spring which sleeps beneath all forms6 ,oh the power and inspiration and the rare1 old-time enchantment of returning apple-blossoms6 ,,sokrates3 by ,f4 ,s4 ,darrow1 ,a4 ,m41 ,ph4 ,d4 7,harv47 ,sokrates was born in #dfi ,b4 ,c4 and was put to death in #cii ,b4 ,c4 at the age of seventy4 ,he grew to manhood among the splendors of the ,periklean ,age2 took an active and honorable part in the ,peloponnesian ,war2 saw the ,long ,walls1 extending from ,athens to its harbor1 ,peiraeeus1 destroyed at the blast of ,lysander's trumpet1 and displayed the fearlessness and nobility of his nature during the ,reign of ,terror when the ,thirty ,tyrants ruled at ,athens4 ,finally he was accused of heresy and was condemned by his fellow-citizens to drink the hemlock--the immemorial fate of great believers1 to be condemned for unbelief by unbelievers4 ,three dialogs of ,plato depict the last month of his master's life1 the ,apology1 the ,crito1 and the ,phaedo4 ,the ,apology is a reproduction of the extemporaneous defense made by ,sokrates at his trial4 ,the ,crito is a discussion between ,sokrates and his old friend ,kriton on the subject3 ,would it be right and just for ,sokrates to accept ,kriton's proffered assistance and escape8 ,the ,phaedo is a most beautiful and inspiring account of the last day of ,sokrates' life1 when in prison surrounded by a few devoted disciples1 in discussing the nature and destiny of the soul he avowed his belief in its immortality1 its pre-existence1 and its rebirth4 ,the personality of ,sokrates was strikingly unique4 ,he was unusually robust and strong1 capable of enduring fatigue and hardship to a surprising degree4 ,he went barefoot throughout the year1 even when campaigning at ,potidaea and among the severe snows of ,thrace4 ,the same clothing sufficed him in winter as in summer4 ,his diet was simple and temperate1 and he used to say in jest that ,circe transformed men into hogs by entertaining them with an abundance of luxury1 but that ,odysseus through his temperance was not changed into a hog4 ,nevertheless1 at festivals and banquets when joviality and indulgence were in order1 ,sokrates was able to outdo all the others4 ,he consciously limited the number of his wants and repressed all artificial tastes4 ,he was just1 moderate1 and above all independent in thought and action1 absolutely regardless of danger when confident that he was acting rightly4 ,his features were extremely ugly and grotesque3 his nose was flat1 his nostrils large1 his lips thick1 his eyes bulging2 so that his companions jokingly compared him to the mythical old ,satyr1 ,silenus4 ,he purposely avoided politics and never held any public office until #djf ,b4 ,c41 when for a single day1 as chairman of the ,prytanes1 he presided at a meeting of the ,popular ,assembly and refused to put to vote the unconstitutional proposal that the victorious generals of ,arginusae be condemned collectively and be executed for their alleged neglect of duty4 ,heedless of threats and protests1 at the greatest personal risk ,sokrates persisted in his noble refusal to listen to the clamor of the mob4 ,he was so law-abiding1 such an advocate of peace and stranger to violence1 so diligent in the performance of the duties of an upright man and of a brave and righteous citizen1 that despite his many enemies he was never summoned to appear in court until in his seventieth year he was accused of atheism and impiety4 ,he was pre-eminently a teacher of ethics1 a preacher of morality1 a defender of right1 an earnest believer in duty4 ,he is the ,prophet of ,reason1 who more than any other one of the great teachers of religion sought to sanctify the mind and to give to common sense a sacramental power4 ,three peculiarities mark ,sokrates as a loyal member of that splendid band of brothers who possess that wisdom which in all ages1 entering into noble souls1 makes them prophets and reformers4 ,first1 he passed his long life teaching in contented poverty1 and devoted all his energy to pointing out piety1 self-control1 and justice to all1 young and old alike4 ,secondly1 he was of a deeply sensitive1 religious nature1 and firmly believed that he had a divine mission to perform under the inspiration of his ,daemon or ,higher ,self4 ,thirdly1 he was intellectually original both in choice of subject and in method of teaching4 ,plato calls him a cross-examining ,god4 ,his lecture-room was the street2 his auditors were shoemakers1 tanners1 sailors1 and other craftsmen2 his philosophy was for the market-place4 ,his disciples were young men whose minds he had quickened and whose lives he had elevated4 ,he aimed to prick the bubble of pretension everywhere4444 ,to ,sokrates the precept inscribed on the ,delphian temple1 ,know thyself1 was the holiest of all texts4 ,he accepted no salary for the instruction he gave and refused the many rich gifts which were offered to him1 spending the entire day in conversing with all who cared to listen to him1 treating without any distinction rich and poor1 never withholding his assistance from any one who consulted him in the spirit of truth4 ,as his words were both interesting and instructive1 some regularly attended him in public1 and these were commonly called his disciples of students1 although neither ,sokrates nor his personal friends used the terms teacher and disciple because of the disrepute then attached to them as a result of the mercenary and casuistical teachings of the ,sophists4 ,early in the morning ,sokrates frequented the public walks1 the gymnasia1 and the schools4 ,then later1 between nine and ten1 he went to the market-place1 when it was most crowded4 ,sokrates' power of meditation was developed very exceptionally4 ,frequently for hours at a time the strength of his inner life made him entirely oblivious to the outer world4 ,in proof of this it is recorded that while he was a soldier at ,potidaea ,one morning he was thinking about something which he could not resolve2 and he would not give it up but continued thinking from early dawn until noon--there he stood fixed in thought2 and at noon attention was drawn to him and the rumor ran through the wondering crowd that ,sokrates had been standing and thinking about something ever since the break of day4 ,at last1 in the evening after supper1 some ,ionians out of curiosity 7,i should explain that this was not in winter but in summer71 brought out their mats and slept in the open air that they might watch him and see whether he would stand all night4 ,there he stood all night as well as all day and the following morning2 and with the return of light he offered up a prayer to the sun and went his way4 ,two nights before he died1 when the date of his execution was not known by him or his friends1 it was revealed to him by a vision in the likeness of a woman1 fair and comely1 clothed in white raiment1 who called out and cried3 ',o ,sokrates1 the third day hence1 to ,phthia shalt thou go4' ,sokrates also declares3 ,in the course of my life ,i have often had intimations in dreams that ,i should make music4 ,the same dream came to me sometimes in one form and sometimes in another but always saying the same or nearly the same words3 ,make and cultivate music1 said the dream4 ,and hitherto ,i imagined that this was only intended to exhort and encourage me in the study of philosophy1 which has always been the pursuit of my life and is the noblest and best of music4 ,also1 ,sokrates heard even in childhood a divine voice1 which all through his life acted as a restraining influence whenever he was about to take a false step4 ,this never urged him to adopt any particular line of action but always served as a prohibitory warning4 ,he heard it not only on great but also on small occasions when it frequently prevented him from continuing what he had begun to say or do4 ,later writers refer to this as the ,daemon or ,genius of ,sokrates1 but he always spoke of it as a ,divine ,sign1 a ,prophetic ,voice1 and obeyed it implicitly1 referring to it publicly and familiarly to others4 ,it had continually forbidden him to enter public life1 and after he was indicted it forbade him to take any thought of what he should then do or say1 bidding him to trust that all would come out for the best4 ,so completely1 he tells us1 did he walk with a consciousness of this bridle that whenever he felt no check he was confident that all was well4 ,his enemies asserted that this belief was an offensive heresy1 an impious innovation on the orthodox creed1 atheistic and immoral4 ,hence they accused him of not worshiping the recognized gods but of introducing new and false divinities of his own4 ,the truth is that ,sokrates believed in ,one ,divine ,life1 the ,one in ,all and the ,all in ,one1 while he did not deny the existence of the popular gods but declared that the popular conceptions were erroneous and imperfect4 ,to appreciate the mission of ,sokrates1 the message he had to deliver1 it is necessary to refer to the ,oracle of ,delphi1 in which ,apollo proclaimed to ,chaerephon1 an intimate friend and enthusiastic follower1 that ,sokrates was the wisest of all men of his time4 ,this declaration exerted a very great influence upon the subsequent life of ,sokrates in that it caused him to inquire continually1 ,what is wisdom8 and made him not only a philosopher but a religious reformer as well4 ,in the words of ,cicero3 ,sokrates labored to bring philosophy from heaven to earth4 ,sokrates taught3 ,there is no better way to true glory than to endeavor to be good rather than to seem so4 ,a man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying2 he ought only to consider whether in doing anything he is doing right or wrong--acting the part of a good man or of a bad4 ,for wherever a man's place is1 whether the place he has chosen or that in which he has been placed by a commander1 there he ought to remain in the hour of danger2 he should not think of death or of anything but of disgrace4 ,the difficulty1 my friends1 is not in avoiding death1 but in avoiding unrighteousness2 for that runs faster than death4 ,let every man be of good cheer about his soul1 who has ruled his body and followed knowledge and goodness in this life2 for if death be a journey to another place and there all the dead are1 what good can be greater than this8 ,be of good cheer about death and know this of a truth that no evil can happen to a good man either in life or after death4 ,to want as little as possible is to make the nearest approach to the ,deity4 ,knowledge is the food of the soul4 ,we ought not to retaliate and render evil for evil to any one1 whatever evil we may have suffered from him4 ,neither injury nor retaliation nor warding off evil by evil is ever right4 ,act toward others as you would have others act toward you4 ,forgive your enemies1 render good for evil1 and kiss even the hand that is upraised to smite4 ,grant me to be beautiful in soul and may all ,i possess of outward things be at harmony with those within4 ,teach me to think wisdom the only riches4 ,if thou wouldst know what is the wisdom of the gods and what their love is1 render thyself deserving the communication of some of those divine secrets1 which may not be penetrated by man and which are imparted to those alone who consult1 adore1 and obey the ,deity4 ,sokrates1 speaking of his life-work1 says3 ,in this research and scrutiny ,i have been long engaged4 ,i interrogate every man of reputation4 ,i prove him to be defective in wisdom but ,i can not prove it so as to make him sensible of the defect4 ,fulfilling the mission imposed upon me1 ,i have established the veracity of the god 7,apollo71 who meant to pronounce that human wisdom is of little reach and worth2 and that he who like ,sokrates feels most convinced of his own worthlessness as to wisdom is really the wisest of men1 for the truth is1 ,o men of ,athens1 the ,deity only is wise4 ,my service to the god has not only constrained me to live in constant poverty and neglect of political estimation1 but has brought upon me a host of bitter enemies in those whom ,i have examined and exposed1 while the bystanders talk of me as a wise man because they give me credit for wisdom respecting all the points on which my exposure of others turns4 ,whatever be the danger and obloquy which ,i may incur1 it would be monstrous indeed1 if having maintained my place in the ranks as an hoplite under your generals at ,delium and ,potidaea1 ,i were now from fear of death or anything else to disobey the oracle and desert the post which the god has assigned to me1 the duty of living for philosophy and cross-questioning both myself and others4 ,and should you even now offer to acquit me1 on condition of my renouncing this duty1 ,i should tell you with all respect and affection that ,i will obey the god rather than you and that ,i will persist until my dying day in cross-questioning you1 exposing your want of wisdom and virtue and reproaching you until the defect be remedied4 ,my mission as your monitor is a mark of the special favor of the gods to you and if you condemn me it will be your loss2 for you will find none other such4 ,perhaps you will ask me1 ,why cannot you go away1 ,sokrates1 and live in peace and silence8 ,this is the hardest of all questions for me to answer to your satisfaction4 ,if ,i tell you that silence on my part would be disobedience to the god1 you will think me in jest and not believe me4 ,you will believe me still less1 if ,i tell you that the greatest blessing which can happen to man is to carry on discussions every day about virtue and those other matters which you hear me conversing1 when ,i cross-examine myself and others and that life without such examination is no life at all4 ,nevertheless so stands the fact1 incredible as it may seem to you4 ,i certainly have my enemies the ,pharisaical party and the ,high ,priests of orthodoxy and these will be my destruction if ,i am destroyed2 of that ,i am certain2 not that ,meletos1 nor yet ,anytos1 but the envy and detraction of the world1 which has been the death of many more--there is no danger of my being the last of them4 ,later1 after his condemnation1 he added3 ,and ,i prophesy to you1 my murderers1 that immediately after my death1 punishment far heavier than you have inflicted on me will surely await you4 ,me you have killed because you wanted to escape the accuser and not to give an account of your lives4 ,but that will not be as you suppose2 far otherwise4 ,for ,i say that there will be more accusers of you than there are now4 ,for if you think that by killing men you can avoid the accuser censuring your lives1 you are mistaken--that is not a way of escape which is either possible or honorable2 the easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others but to be improving yourselves4 ,this is the prophecy which ,i utter to the judges who have condemned me4 ,how true have the last twenty-three centuries proved these words to be6 ,how many deaths and ruined lives have been accomplished by that same spirit of intolerance6 ,it led the way from ,gethsemane to ,golgotha4 ,it is responsible for the death of the martyrs in all ages4 ,it lighted the fagots that consumed the bodies of ,giordano ,bruno and ,joan of ,arc4 ,yes1 and hundreds of others4 ,how just is the praise with which the ,saint ,mark of ,sokrates ends the ,memorabilia of his master3 ,of those who know what sort of a man ,sokrates was1 such as are lovers of virtue continue to regret him above all other men even to the present date1 as having contributed in the highest degree to their advancement in goodness4 ,to me1 being such as ,i have described him1 so pious that he did nothing without the sanction of the gods2 so just1 that he wronged no man even in the most trifling affair1 but was of service in most important matters to those who enjoyed his society2 so temperate that he never preferred pleasure to virtue2 so wise that he never erred in distinguishing the better from the worse1 needing no counsel from others but being sufficient in himself to discriminate between them2 and so capable of discovering the character of others1 of confuting those who were in error and of exhorting them to virtue and honor1 he seemed to be such as the best and happiest of men would be4 ,then to side with ,truth is noble1 when we share her wretched crust1 ,ere her cause bring fame and profit and 'tis prosperous to be just1 ,then it is the brave man chooses1 while the coward stands aside1 ,doubting in his abject spirit1 till his ,lord is crucified1 ,and the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied4 ,count me o'er earth's chosen heroes--they were souls that stood alone ,while the men they agonized for1 hurled the contumelious stone2 ,stood serene1 and down the future saw the golden beam incline1 ,to the side of perfect justice1 mastered by their faith divine4-- ,they must upward still and onward1 who would keep abreast of ,truth4 ,sokrates was early canonized as a ,christian ,saint1 and ,professor ,john ,stuart ,blackie 7#ahjh-ahie7 ,scotland's greatest ,greek scholar1 has taken the idea of his ,latin refrain in the following poem from a rosary by an early ,christian father beginning ,sancte ,socrates1 ora pro nobis3--,o1 ,sainted ,socrates1 pray for us4 ,o ,,sancte ,,socrates1 ,,ora ,,pro ,,nobis6 ,dear ,god by wrathful routs ,how is thy church divided1 ,and how may he that doubts ,in such turmoil be guided6 ,when weeping ,i behold ,how ,christian people quarrel1 ,ofttimes from ,heathens old ,i fetch a saintly moral2 ,and while they fret with rage ,the sore-distraught community1 ,i look for some ,greek sage ,who preaches peace and unity4 ,and thus ,i pray3 ,o ,sancte ,socrates1 ora pro nobis6 ,let faith and love and joy increase1 ,and reason rule and wrangling cease1 ,good saint1 we pray thee6 ,they pile a priestly fence ,of vain scholastic babble1 ,to keep out common sense ,with the unlearned rabble4 ,a curious creed they weave1 ,and1 for the church commands it1 ,all men must needs believe1 ,though no man understands it2 ,thus while they rudely ban ,all honest thought as treason ,i from the ,heathen clan ,seek solace to my reason4 ,and thus ,i pray3 ,o ,sancte ,socrates1 ora pro nobis6 ,from creeds that men believe because ,they fear a damnatory clause1 ,good saint1 deliver us6 ,some preach a ,god so grim ,that when his anger swelleth1 ,they crouch and cower to him ,when sacred fear compelleth2 ,god loves his few pet lambs1 ,and saves his one pet nation1 ,the rest he largely damns ,with swinging reprobation4 ,thus banished from the fold1 ,i wisely choose to follow ,some sunny preacher old ,who worshiped bright ,apollo4 ,and thus ,i pray3 ,o ,sancte ,socrates1 ora pro nobis6 ,from silly flocks of petted lambs1 ,and from a faith that largely damns1 ,good saint1 deliver us6 99 99 99 99 99 ,such eager fancies vain ,shape forth the rival churches2 ,and each man's fuming brain ,god's holy light besmirches2 ,and thus they all conspire ,the primal truth to smother1 ,and think they praise their sire ,by hating well their brother4 ,such wrangling when ,i see ,such storms of godly rancor1 ,to ,heathendom ,i flee ,to cast a peaceful anchor4 ,and thus ,i pray3 ,o ,sancte ,socrates1 ora pro nobis6 ,let love and faith and joy increase1 ,and reason rule and wrangling cease1 ,good saint1 we pray thee6 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,sokrates ,,and ,,seneca 7,berlin ,museum7 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,avenue ,,of ,,royal ,,palms1 ,,cuba ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,cuban ,,country ,,scene ,illustration3 ,,florida ,,palmettos ,,one-,,half ,,mile ,,avenue ,illustration3 ,a ,,casuarina ,,avenue ,,trees #ac ,,years ,,old ,,royal ,,poinciana ,,hotel1 ,,palm ,,beach1 ,,florida ,photos by ,puffer1 ,new ,york and ,palm ,beach ,a ,,visit ,,to ,a ,,louisiana ,,sugar ,,plantation3 by ,barbara ,mc,clung ,the writer recently made a visit to a section of the country that still retains much of its own distinctive individuality and charm1 most delightful in these days1 when the various widely-differing regions of our vast commonwealth seem to be trying to become as much alike as possible1 and the very word provincial is a name of scorn4 ,we left ,new ,orleans in the early morning and much time was consumed in crossing the ,mississippi on a ferry4 ,soon after reaching the other side1 the sugar plantations began1 and our way lay through mile after mile of brown furrowed fields stretching1 as flat as the sea1 to the distant river levee1 the only high ground in sight4 ,what a glorious scene it must be in the spring1 when the young green cane begins to sprout1 or in the fall1 when it stands drawn up full height1 waiting to be cut6 ,it is an extremely wet country1 full of countless ditches and trenches1 and there is something about the flat land and straight1 intersecting canals that reminds one of ,holland4 ,as the train swept through one plantation after another1 we could see in the distance1 gleaming white homesteads1 set in little islands of green live-oaks1 cut off by a fence from the spreading sea of bare fields4 ,each plantation had its sugar-house1 lifting four or five tall smoke-stacks in air1 and its laborers' quarters--quite a little village of cabins or cottages1 and sometimes1 we ran close enough to see old-time darkies in actual red bandannas1 staring at the train4 ,there is a class of ,french poor whites in this region1 called ,cajins--a corruption of ,arcadians--and they are indeed a forlorn remnant of those unfortunate exiles who wandered all the way from ,nova ,scotia to the bayous of ,louisiana4 ,the writer's memory reverted in a flash to the fields of ,grandpr1 which she had visited only last summer1 and to the vision of the lonely well-sweep and straggling line of ancient ,french willows1 which once bordered the vanished village street4 ,strange to say1 there is a noticeable resemblance between the flat1 inlet-threaded meadows of the ,minas ,basin and the winding bayous around us4 ,occasionally the plantations would give way to swamps1 where palmettos1 bamboos1 and cypresses with their weirdly beautiful trailing moss1 were growing out of a watery1 glassy floor1 and it was hard to realize that if drained1 these marshes would be quite as good soil as the rest4 ,we saw a solitary hunter1 gun in hand1 standing on a bit of tree trunk in the bog2 how he could have gotten there without a boat or else wings1 is a mystery4 ,the house at which we visited1 realized in every way one's ideal of what an old plantation home should be4 ,it is an immense square building with double galleries1 tall white columns and green shutters2 it faces the ,mississippi1 which1 however1 cannot be seen from the ground floor on account of the levee4 ,the architecture is of engaging simplicity--four large rooms1 each exactly twenty-five feet square1 upstairs and down1 with a hall eighteen feet wide between4 ,at the rear is a long wing1 perhaps a later addition1 with the inevitable and delightful gallery around it4 ,the house contains many treasures of beautiful antique workmanship and mementos of a by-gone time4 ,our hostess pointed with pride to an immense pair of glass candle shields1 about two feet high1 which had belonged to her grandmother4 ,they stood on each side of the mantelpiece1 over tall silver candlesticks1 whose flame they could protect from all possible draughts4 ,we slept in a high four-poster bed1 with a canopy1 lined with red pleated cloth1 like the inside of a mushroom1 which would have done credit to a lady of the ancient rgime4 ,though the sugar-making season was over on our host's plantation1 he took us to one in the neighborhood that was still in operation4 ,the equipment was of the most up-to-date kind--great iron claws to rake the cane from the cars to a sort of traveling trough1 called a conveyor1 which carries it up to the chopper3 from whence it travels through several crushers until all the juice is squeezed out and the remaining pulp is as dry as tinder4 ,this is carried off to be used as fuel or fertilizer4 ,the cane juice goes from one boiling vat to another1 being purified with lime and sulphur1 and refined again and again1 smelling more and more delicious at every stage of its progress4 ,we watched the syrup being changed to sugar by a very interesting centrifugal process1 and then shaken into barrels4 ,two barrels at a time were placed upon metal plates1 and by means of an electric current1 were made to dance gaily1 shaking down the sugar as it fell until it was firmly packed4 ,it was an absurd sight1 and the writer was reminded at once of dancing furniture at a spiritualistic sance4 ,we were surprised to learn that one-third of the ground has to be planted in corn to supply the stock2 the crops are rotated so as to allow sugar-cane for two successive years1 then corn the third1 etc4 ,our host and hostess and their family were true types of southern hospitality4 ,the occasion of our visit was a wedding1 and the old house was crowded to its utmost capacity1 with new guests arriving on every train4 ,yet there was no stir of nervous excitement3 everything moved with a tranquil gaiety1 and we felt a delightful sense of informality as if we were a part of the household4 ,perhaps the strongest sense-impression which remains with the writer1 is the memory of waking in the early morning and looking out1 at the dawn-flushed sky beyond the white pillars of the verandah and the gray ,spanish moss draping the live-oak trees4 ,that tender1 peaceful moment1 full of color and soft brightness1 seemed to seal upon the mind something of the poetry and the romance of the old ,south4 ,,the ,,lorelei3 by a ,student-,traveler ,just where the river ,rhine narrows and inclines1 making a drop of five feet which causes the water to flow more swiftly1 towers the ,rock of the ,lorelei1 four hundred and fifty feet high and nearly perpendicular1 at the base of which sunken rocks form a whirlpool in the rapidly flowing stream4 ,at the top of the high rock in olden days1 so the legend runs1 a maiden sat and sang1 and as she sang she combed her golden hair4 ,and her song was so full of magic that boatmen on the river below1 falling under the spell of her enchantment1 as they listened to the song1 forgot the dangers of the whirling waters and were dashed to pieces on the sunken rocks underneath4 ,is the tale of the ,lorelei a mere poetical personification of the whirlpool and rocks8 ,if so1 how account for the tale being universal8 ,who does not know the story of ,ulysses and the ,sirens8 ,virgil's ,harpies had the faces of maidens1 but ended in foul feathers and talons4 ,and so with many another destructive enchantress in ancient myth4 ,people seem to have loved to trace out in the topography of their native land its analogies with that internal region wherein the ,soul goes its pilgrimage4 ,in every land there were sacred mountains1 healing founts1 caves of the ,sibyl1 rocks of the ,lorelei1 etc4 ,the eternal drama of the human ,soul has been allegorized again and again1 always with the same features1 though the topography is changed to suit the race and time4 ,every man knows the luring enchantress1 for who has not been seduced by the captivating charms of promised pleasure1 only to be mocked and punished8 ,and why these cheating experiences of the ,soul8 ,are they the chiding hand of a ,god or the mocking malice of a fiend2 or are we the sport of a ,chance whose utter indifference outclasses alike the wrath of deity and the malice of devil8 ,the answer is a commonsense one4 ,life is not a cradle of down nor a pleasure-garden4 ,it is a drama full of incident1 an enterprise full of adventure1 a world full of people4 ,in it we find the helper and the adversary2 and if there are sirens and wicked giants1 there are also the meed of victory1 the bride won1 the warrior's home-coming4 ,life is worth while1 for the triumphs it contains2 and it is because we aspire to the triumphs that we engage in the fights1 though our lower nature1 the mere varlet1 may cry out at the discomfort4 ,the ,dragon1 once defeated1 becomes our ally4 ,if we would win beauty and truth1 we must not seek in them mere balm for the senses1 but rise in our strength and be worthy of them4 ,what is worth having is not to be had for the taking4 ,beauty rhymes with duty4 ,truth rhymes with ruth4 ,tarry not in the pleasure grounds of sense1 heed not the sweet voices of illusion1 thou who aspirest to wisdom--say the ancient teachings4 ,it is the illusion produced by the senses and desires that we have to overcome1 if we would not be dashed on the rocks of the ,lorelei4 ,,lorelei 7,heinrich ,heine7 ,ich weisz nicht was soll es bedeuten ,dass ich so traurig bin1 ,ein ,mrchen von alten ,zeiten ,das kommt mir nicht aus dem ,sinn4 ,die ,luft ist khl und es dunkelt ,und ruhig flieszt der ,rhein1 ,der ,gipfel des ,berges funkelt ,im ,abendsonnenschein4 ,die schnste ,jungfrau sitzet ,dort oben wunderbar1 ,ihr gold'nes ,geschmeide blitzet1 ,sie kmmt ihr goldenes ,haar2 ,sie kmmt es mit goldenem ,kamme ,und singt ein ,lied dabei ,das hat eine wundersame ,gewaltige ,melodei4 ,den ,schiffer im kleinen ,schiffe ,ergreift es mit wildem ,weh' ,er sieht nicht die ,felsenriffe ,er schaut nur hinauf in die ,hh'4 ,ich glaube die ,wellen verschlingen ,am ,ende ,schiffer und ,kahn1 ,und das hat mit ihrem ,singen ,die ,lorelei gethan4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,rock ,,of ,,the ,,lorelei ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,western ,,four-,,toed ,,salamander 7,batrachoseps attenuatus7 ,,the ,,western ,,four-,,toed ,,salamander3 by ,percy ,leonard ,the ,batrachians occupy a place between the reptiles proper and the fishes4 ,they are distinguished from the fishes by the possession of paired limbs furnished with four fingers and a thumb1 and though their early days are passed beneath the water1 breathing like fishes through their gills1 yet when fully grown1 almost without exception they breathe through well-developed lungs4 ,there is a superficial resemblance between the reptilian lizard and the batrachian newt or salamander1 and they are often confounded together in the popular mind4 ,true reptiles1 however1 are easily distinguished from batrachians by their overlapping scales1 quite different from the smooth moist skins of the latter4 ,reptiles breathe as we do by expanding the ribs and drawing the air into the hollow thus formed2 but batrachians1 lacking ribs1 are obliged to swallow their air1 and a glance at a toad or a salamander will reveal the incessant palpitation of the throat as the air is forced into the lungs4 ,reptiles are hatched1 or born1 as the case may be1 perfect copies in miniature of their parents and never go through the tadpole stage4 ,batrachians are divided into two groups3 the ,salientia 7or ,jumpers71 and the ,urodela4 ,the ,salientia 7or ,jumpers7 comprise the frogs and toads2 and the ,urodela include the numerous tribes of newts1 water-dogs1 efts1 and salamanders4 ,the illustration shows one of the lowliest of the order of ,urodela1 the western four-toed salamander 7,batrachoseps attenuatus74 ,the legs are ridiculously small in comparison to the long1 unwieldy body4 ,that the tail is fat and cylindrical is only to be expected1 because being a terrestrial salamander1 it has no need of a flat tail for swimming like the water-haunting newts4 ,probably the bulky tail serves as a store of nourishment in reserve for use in time of famine1 as does the hump of a camel under similar circumstances4 ,here at ,point ,loma these odd creatures may be found under stones in the damp caons4 ,in the absence of pools they cannot pass through the tadpole stage under water and so the various phases of tadpole transformation are gone through while in the egg4 ,the males are glossy black2 but the female figured in the picture has a light brown skin with irregular blotches of flesh color on the tail4 ,a male once captured by the writer exhibited a curious case of mimicry4 ,he coiled up just like a rattlesnake and looked so venomous and threatening as to inspire terror in anyone who was unaware of his utter powerlessness to do an injury4 ,the abnormal humidity of the air enables this delicate animal to survive the rainless months of summer1 and probably he never ventures from his shelter till the sun goes down and the dew provides a little moisture4 ,the mere contact of his skin with a dewy surface would probably be as refreshing as a draught of water to a thirsty man2 but the salamander1 like the frog1 does not drink3 he simply blots up his water through the skin4 ,thus the four-toed western salamander passes his uneventful days and nights4 ,his pleasures are few and simple and his sorrows correspondingly light4 ,according to ,theosophy1 the inner ,essence of every creature in this broad universe either is1 was1 or prepares to become1 man2 but the mind staggers in the attempt to conceive the enormous stretches of time before such dull1 inert1 insensitive beings will arrive at the human stage4 ,but pain is a grand stimulant and spur to advance1 and perchance when the salamander gets eaten by a snake or a stoat1 he gains as compensation for the pangs of death some slight promotion to a higher order of batrachians in his next rebirth6 ,so mote it be4 ,,the ,,real ,,man3 by ,h4 ,coryn1 ,m4 ,d41 ,m4 ,r4 ,c4 ,s4 ,now we know the real man1 is the usual comment when some heretofore respectable citizen is convicted of forgery and sent to jail3 ,now we know his real character4 ,do we8 ,a fire breaks out in the prison and the forger reveals himself a hero1 risking life without a second's hesitation for the rescue of his jailer or fellow-prisoners4 ,do we now know his real character8 ,later on1 his confinement1 throwing him in upon himself1 provides opportunity for the manifestation of a marked vein of poetry1 and from his prison he issues a volume which at once takes high rank in the literature of the day4 ,some will now put away their moral standard of measurement1 produce another1 and remark that the real man after all turns out to have been a poet4 ,you can photograph half of a man's face1 right or left1 throw the picture over upon itself and get a whole face composed of two lefts1 and another of two rights--often quite different4 ,we judge character in that way1 taking any one aspect of it upon which we choose to dwell or which alone we see1 and of that one constructing a whole4 ,thus the same man viewed by various knowers of him is a philosopher1 a sharp lawyer1 a skilful amateur actor1 or an ever-ready helper and friend in times of trouble or perplexity4 ,to his cook he may be solely a grumbler1 and to his son at school a supply-machine whose crank is not always easy to turn4 ,to come back to the prisoner4 ,the respectable citizen was evidently not the whole of him4 ,under stress he revealed the weakness and dishonesty which led to the forgery4 ,environment1 the temptation1 brought them to the surface4 ,we need not say that his character changed4 ,nevertheless1 as we all know1 a change of character is possible--so thorough that after emergence from prison no stress of temptation and no assurance from discovery would provoke another theft4 ,on the other hand we cannot conceive of his change from a hero into a coward1 nor hardly of his loss of the poetic vein4 ,environment--the fire and the conditions of prison life--brought those traits out too4 ,but1 once out they are out4 ,being in search of the essence of character1 the really real man1 we cannot accept anything which may vanish or be surmounted1 nothing which in the normal course of individual evolution1 gone far enough1 will for certain be surmounted4 ,no man is essentially a thief1 but he may be essentially a hero or a poet or both4 ,consider the question in the light of evolution1 the evolution of each of us4 ,we sometimes make imaginary pictures of the ripened humanity of the far future1 a noble flower of which there are as yet but indications of the bud4 ,let us add another touch4 ,let us recognize in that far humanity1 however godlike1 ourselves4 ,many1 many births and lifetimes and deaths lie between this and that for all of us4 ,but the lines of continuity are unbroken4 ,it is we ourselves who shall be that splendid and radiant humanity4 ,the evolution of the human race means the evolution of the present members of the human race4 ,we shall meet each other in heaven because we are always children of the earth that will be that heaven4 ,we note that some qualities1 such as a tendency to theft1 have every encouragement to vanish4 ,sooner or later1 in one or another lifetime1 they bring about so much disgrace and pain or are found so incompatible with an ever increasing love of right and inner peace1 that they are cast out and away1 are outgrown and done with4 ,the last dirty fiber is ripped out of the ever perfecting pattern4 ,on the other hand the germs of some other qualities will have a constant and in the long run irresistible tendency to grow1 root and branch4 ,shall we say real character of traits destined to grow or of those destined to disappear8 ,so far we only use the words of so much as we can see of a man3 a poor enough application4 ,we talk of the respectable citizen1 and behold a thief4 ,in the next change the thief turns out to be a hero2 and whilst we are admiring the hero we are invited to read a volume of poetry4 ,we had better restrict the words real character to that which time shall at last unveil and develop1 to the permanent germs and their ripened product2 not to the spores and fungi which1 however noticeable now1 will sometime be entirely cleaned away4 ,there is no thief2 there are men who thieve--at present1 but who will cease to do so4 ,there are poets and heroes2 for these men will not only not cease to create and do1 but will create and do more and more worthily as they go forward through time to the great light4 ,there are some men whom no stress of temptation would force into theft4 ,are there any men in whom no circumstances would evoke some smallest gleam of heroism8 ,still we are not clear about real character4 ,for there some qualities1 for example courage and love of the race and sensitiveness to the supernal light1 which time will perfect in all men4 ,we must put aside all the elements1 however splendid1 in whose possession men will resemble each other and seek for what will be peculiar to each4 ,within the unity of essence1 apart from common sensitiveness to the great light1 there will be essential diversity4 ,and it is to this finally appearing individuality1 this uniqueness of each1 that the words real character properly belong4 ,in a few men only has this germ of true individuality yet achieved much manifestation4 ,the end of man1 said ,carlyle1 is not a thought1 were it the noblest1 but a deed4 ,the aphorism cries aloud for completion4 ,what sort of a deed would be that which had no thought behind it8 ,the end of man is a deed faithfully manifesting a worthy thought1 and the mere writing down of a thought is often its sufficient and only possible manifestation4 ,even the careful nurture of a thought may be a deed4 ,the universe is the ideation of the divine getting itself written down on the face of substance4 ,man's entire business is to aid that1 to make manifest as much of the divine1 the light1 as he can come at or get aware of in his inner conscience or consciousness4 ,if he constantly tries to live in that way1 the divine will presently take turns and come at him4 ,inspiration is the final reward of aspiration4 ,but the light has a separate and special ray or aspect of itself in store for each man1 so that the whole of it can only shine through all men4 ,there is a part of the divine essence unborn as yet into the world1 unmanifest4 ,and there is a part of it which men and gods have wrought into the manifest1 each according to his nature and comprehension of his duty4 ,from the highest to the lowest departments of human life this way of work is possible1 to search out duty and do it4 ,but duty has here a very full meaning4 ,the soul of the ,beethoven searches1 and is illumined by1 the divine essence1 whatever his name for it or thought of it4 ,then he renders it or manifests it for the world4 ,the craftsman might search it as he designed a wall-paper2 he who did so1 who worked that he might manifest it for men1 would find his invention grow ever richer and readier4 ,the divine has no one kind of manifestation or inspiration4 ,the mother might search it to learn the highest ways of conduct with her children1 not even waiting for their birth2 and their souls would in time show her what she had done for them4 ,the gardener might thus work among his flowers and would find in them a new responsiveness4 ,there is no one who has not some work which can be fruitfully done in this spirit of bringing forth for the world4 ,this use of will in no metaphoric sense is the real magic4 ,when all men and women work in this way the world will begin to be for the first time an expression of the divine plan1 governed--through them and of their will and choice--by the divine4 ,by that time work will have been raised to its highest terms and there will be modes of work as inconceivable to us now as the work of ,beethoven to a savage4 ,each of us will have found his work--that is1 will have found that aspect of the divine which he is uniquely constituted to deliver forth to the rest4 ,no one can be spared4 ,all will need all the others4 ,all will stand unveiled as artists1 creators1 or showers-forth or thinkers-out of something good and necessary for the work of their fellows4 ,we have ourselves made life dark and work monotonous1 stifled the latent or nascent craftsman or thinker in ourselves and the others1 and created forms of work that should never have been to do at all4 ,now we must live them through and be thankful that some few1 the thinkers1 the musicians1 the poets1 the artists1 have in some sort broken through into a corner of their heritage and can serve us and lighten our lives and make the day nearer when we too can break through4 ,here then is what we may mean by real character4 ,it is the veiled creator or shower-forth4 ,no man is what he seems4 ,he is waiting for his own nature1 and the divine in nature is waiting for him1 to give him the ray he alone can transmit4 ,neither ,hndel nor ,beethoven could have given us the music of the other2 and the music of both was made possible by every bit of divine-serving and divine-revealing work that was ever done since man began4 ,that principle holds throughout1 in small and great4 ,the humblest work1 if it have one ray of the divine put into it1 helps the whole world for all time to come4 ,and no work need lack that ray1 no life need lack such work4 ,,reviews ,life of ,leonardo da ,vinci by ,professor ,osvald ,sirn by ,carolus ,we have just received another important work from the indefatigable and accomplished pen of ,professor ,osvald ,sirn1 ,,ph4 ,d41 of the ,stockholm ,university4 ,it is a study of ,leonardo da ,vinci's life and work1 a most complete and thorough monograph of #dfh pages1 magnificently illustrated by hundreds of full-page and smaller reproductions1 the majority taken from ,leonardo's pictures1 sketches and diagrams2 the rest are mostly from the works of other painters which throw light upon the special points discussed2 there are also some pleasing views of places referred to4 ,the first edition consists of #gjj numbered copies1 beautifully printed on thick paper1 and is in all respects but one a perfect example of what such a book should be2 the one thing lacking is an index to the subject-matter and illustrations4 ,this can easily be remedied in the next edition1 for there is no doubt that another will immediately be called for1 as the work will be invaluable to all lovers of art who wish to read the latest and most complete analysis of ,leonardo's career and to learn the results of the most recent research4 ,this edition is1 of course1 written in ,swedish1 but we understand that in response to the demand1 it will soon appear in other languages1 and so be made accessible to a much larger public4 ,dr4 ,sirn has spent a long time in ,italy and elsewhere studying everything connected with ,leonardo and his contemporaries1 and this volume is largely the result of his original researches4 ,it has been very favorably received by the most competent ,swedish critics4 ,the monograph is founded upon a series of lectures lately given in the ,university of ,stockholm 7in which ,dr4 ,sirn occupies the chair of ,art-history7 and it has been the author's aim to show the great master as he appears in his works and writings1 with as little of the personal equation of the writer visible as possible--to make ,leonardo tell his own story--but at the same time1 one cannot help feeling and approving of the warm glow of appreciation which inspires every word ,dr4 ,sirn writes about his hero4 ,his admiration for the master seems to have influenced his style1 for there is a greater simplicity and clearness1 and a more easy flow of words and sentences than we have observed in previous works from his able pen4 ,the book is arranged in four main sections4 ,the first consists of extracts from the famous ,italian art-historian1 ,vasari's almost contemporary life of ,leonardo1 translated into ,swedish and freely commented upon and greatly expanded by ,dr4 ,sirn4 ,many illustrations are given showing ,leonardo's extraordinary knowledge of mechanics1 engineering1 architecture1 fortification1 anatomy1 etc4 ,dr4 ,sirn finally demolishes one of our pet illusions1 i4 e41 that ,leonardo died in the arms of ,francis ,i of ,france1 by showing that ,king ,francis was at ,st4 ,germain-en-,laye1 attending the birth of a son1 at the moment when ,leonardo was breathing his last at ,cloux in ,touraine4 ,it appears this was one of ,vasari's occasional decorations of the truth for the sake of picturesqueness4 ,another myth was that ,leonardo prostrated himself at the feet of the church at his last hour with tears and cries of repentance for the independence of thought for which he had consistently stood4 ,in this connexion it is noteworthy that he studiously avoided introducing halos or nimbuses round the figures in his religious pictures6 ,neither is there more than one example of the cross in any of his undoubted works1 and that may have been added by another hand afterwards4 ,his object was plainly to accentuate the simple human and natural side in everything that he touched4 ,even the head of the ,christ in ,the ,last ,supper has no radiance2 the ,teacher is painted just as he might have been seen by ordinary vision4 ,the distinction of ,leonardo's sacred figures depends upon the superior beauty and majesty of expression and bearing4 ,this was a very daring innovation on ,leonardo's part4 ,the second portion of ,dr4 ,sirn's learned volume treats of ,leonardo's pictures and sculptures in more detail2 his scientific work is sufficiently dealt with in the earlier part of the volume1 for after all1 his fame depends mainly upon his standing as an artist4 ,special chapters are devoted1 respectively1 to the work of his youth3 ,the ,adoration of the ,magi1 the ,madonna among the ,rocks1 ,the ,last ,supper1 ,the ,battle of the ,standard1 ,leda and the ,swan1 ,john the ,baptist1 ,st4 ,anne1 and his studies for equestrian statues1 etc4 ,dr4 ,sirn strongly accentuates the fact that ,leonardo's leading motive was ,movement4 ,while he rivaled ,michel ,angelo in form1 ,titian and ,giorgione in color1 and ,raphael in composition1 his greatest efforts were concentrated upon the true rendering of life and action4 ,his brilliant effects of light and shade1 for which he was particularly noted1 were skilfully used to emphasize the impression of vital energy which he felt to be the principal object of the true painter's art4 ,dr4 ,sirn has most carefully weighed the evidence concerning the rival claims of the two or three replicas of the ,virgin among the ,rocks1 one of which is in ,london and the others in ,paris and ,copenhagen1 and he conclusively establishes the authenticity of the one in the ,louvre1 ,paris4 ,that one1 the famous ,vierge aux ,rochers1 is by far the most satisfactory in composition1 and the faces and figures of the children are much more beautiful than those of the others4 ,the one in the ,national ,gallery1 ,london1 is by ,ambrogio ,preda1 who was a close imitator of ,leonardo4 ,the figures have nimbuses in that one1 but not in ,leonardo's4 ,dr4 ,sirn illustrates his argument with a large number of plates4 ,with respect to ,the ,last ,supper at ,milan1 it is satisfactory to learn that ,professor ,cavenaghi1 who has just finished a long and extremely careful scientific examination of the work1 has proved that it is far better preserved than was believed4 ,it turns out that very little indeed has been repainted2 the heads are quite untouched1 and though greatly damaged and obscured in places1 we really are able to look at the actual work of the master4 ,this has been a great surprise to the artistic world4 ,the third part of the book deals with ,leonardo's personality1 and several good portraits of him are given4 ,it is to be regretted that there is not one surviving that was taken when he was young1 for it is related of him that he was almost divinely beautiful4 ,in his old age his countenance is very impressive4 ,dr4 ,sirn discusses the moot question of ,leonardo's alleged visit to ,oriental countries1 and he throws the weight of his opinion in favor of the journey4 ,certainly it is difficult to see how ,leonardo could have given such accurate descriptions unless he had been to the places and undergone certain experiences4 ,there are many gaps in his life which are yet unfilled by reliable evidence4 ,when one reflects upon the extraordinary character and knowledge of the great man it seems not unlikely that he spent some time in the ,east receiving instruction which it was impossible to get in ,europe4 ,the fourth part consists of a translation into ,swedish of his ,treatise on ,painting1 and it gives1 as ,dr4 ,sirn says3 a glimpse of a section through a soul-life filled with all that is possible or thinkable for a human being1 of observation of nature1 of experience of the world1 of search for truth1 and passion for beauty4 ,one lays the treatise down with the grateful and humble feeling that one has stood before one of the greatest of our race1 has met his eye and heard him speak4 ,we may learn almost more about him from this work and from his sketches than from his pictures1 for as ,dr4 ,sirn says3 ,what ,leonardo painted and carved constitutes only a small part of his creative activity1 a fragment of that great soul's universality4444 ,many of his designed works never reached expression 444 others were left half done1 and those which were carried out1 have1 moreover1 in no small degree1 had the misfortune to be destroyed or corroded and defaced by time4 ,many of ,leonardo's most important works which are spoken of by the old writers1 seem to have disappeared without leaving a trace4 ,the great work of his prime1 ,the ,last ,supper1 is little more than a shadow of what it once was1 and the powerful monumental composition of his old age1 ,the ,battle of the ,standard1 was only carried out in paint to a partial degree1 and now can only be studied through imperfect copies4 ,the stately equestrian statues which truly denoted the culminating point of that branch of art did not reach final material expression either1 and only live in rough sketches and sundry imitations1 while of the noble architectural projects for domed cathedrals1 for mausoleums and palaces1 for entire towns1 not even one has come to anything4444 ,the art historian has to trust to preparatory studies1 to copies or imitations1 to reports1 in order to get an idea of the appearance and quality of the works of the master4444 ,for analysis we have to lean on sketches when the finished work fails us4 ,it cannot indeed be denied that herein lies a deplorable limitation and a special difficulty in the way of popularizing his work1 but perhaps the limitation is not so great as many are inclined to assume4 ,a great musical composer's preludes and fantasias may contain the beautiful motives of the entire symphony1 even if the instrumentation is incomplete and the execution imperfect4444 ,leonardo has been placed before us as an ideal man1 because his life and work are stamped by a sovereign balance which in our time is so greatly coveted and so rarely obtained4 ,to the degree that the author has succeeded in letting ,leonardo express himself1 free from all fanciful embellishments and arbitrary hypotheses--speaking to the reader through his own words and art--he will consider his mission fulfilled and his work to possess something more than temporary value4 ,there is no doubt that ,dr4 ,sirn has done this and more than this1 and we must heartily congratulate him upon the production of a most valuable contribution to the literature of art4 ,it may interest our readers to know that engrossed as he is in his labors for the cause of the higher intellectual education1 ,dr4 ,sirn is able to find time to work strenuously for the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society of which he is a very active member4 ,note4 ,just as this is going to press the startling news has arrived that ,leonardo's great masterpiece1 the so-called ,mona ,lisa1 has been stolen from the ,louvre1 an almost unprecedented event4 ,its recovery will be anxiously awaited by the whole art-loving world of the two continents4 ,the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society ,founded at ,new ,york ,city in #ahge by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 ,william ,q4 ,judge and others ,reorganized in #ahih by ,katherine ,tingley ,central ,office1 ,point ,loma1 ,california ,the ,headquarters of the ,society at ,point ,loma with the buildings and grounds1 are no ,community ,settlement or ,colony4 ,they form no experiment in ,socialism1 ,communism1 or anything of similar nature1 but are the ,central ,executive ,office of an international organization where the business of the same is carried on1 and where the teachings of ,theosophy are being demonstrated4 ,midway 'twixt ,east and ,west1 where the rising ,sun of ,progress and ,enlightenment shall one day stand at full meridian1 the ,headquarters of the ,society unite the philosophic ,orient with the practical ,west4 ,,membership in the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society may be either at large or in a local ,branch4 ,adhesion to the principle of ,universal ,brotherhood is the only pre-requisite to membership4 ,the ,organization represents no particular creed2 it is entirely unsectarian1 and includes professors of all faiths1 only exacting from each member that large toleration of the beliefs of others which he desires them to exhibit towards his own4 ,applications for membership in a ,branch should be addressed to the local ,director2 for membership at large to ,g4 de ,purucker1 ,membership ,secretary1 ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters1 ,point ,loma1 ,california4 ,,objects ,this brotherhood is a part of a great and universal movement which has been active in all ages4 ,this ,organization declares that ,brotherhood is a fact in ,nature4 ,its principal purpose is to teach ,brotherhood1 demonstrate that it is a fact in ,nature1 and make it a living power in the life of humanity4 ,its subsidiary purpose is to study ancient and modern religions1 science1 philosophy1 and art2 to investigate the laws of ,nature and the divine powers in man4 ,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky1 ,,foundress ,,and ,,teacher ,the present ,theosophical ,movement was inaugurated by ,helena ,petrovna ,blavatsky in ,new ,york in #ahge4 ,the original name was ,the ,theosophical ,society4 ,associated with her were ,william ,q4 ,judge and others4 ,madame ,blavatsky for a time preferred not to hold any outer official position except that of ,corresponding ,secretary4 ,but all true students know that ,madame ,blavatsky held the highest authority1 the only real authority which comes of wisdom and power1 the authority of ,teacher and ,leader1 the real head1 heart1 and inspiration of the whole ,theosophical ,movement4 ,it was through her that the teachings of ,theosophy were given to the world1 and without her the ,theosophical ,movement could not have been4 ,,branch ,,societies ,,in ,,europe ,,and ,,india ,in #ahgh ,madame ,blavatsky left the ,united ,states1 first visiting ,great ,britain and then ,india1 in both of which countries she founded branch societies4 ,the parent body in ,new ,york became later the ,aryan ,theosophical ,society and ,,has ,,always ,,had ,,its ,,headquarters ,,in ,,america2 and of this1 ,william ,q4 ,judge was ,president until his death in #ahif4 ,it is important to note the following3 ,in response to the statement published by a then prominent member in ,india that ,madame ,blavatsky is loyal to the ,theosophical ,society and to ,adyar1 ,madame ,blavatsky wrote3 ,it is pure nonsense to say that ,h4 ,p4 ,b4 444 is loyal to the ,theosophical ,society and to ,adyar 76874 ,h4 ,p4 ,b4 is loyal to death to the ,theosophical ,,cause and those ,great ,teachers whose philosophy can alone bind the whole of ,humanity into one ,brotherhood4444 ,the degree of her sympathies with the ,theosophical ,society and ,adyar depends upon the degree of the loyalty of that ,society to the ,,cause4 ,let it break away from the original lines and show disloyalty in its policy to the cause and the original program of the ,society1 and ,h4 ,p4 ,b41 calling the ,t4 ,s4 disloyal1 will shake it off like dust from her feet4 ,to one who accepts the teachings of ,theosophy it is plain to see that although ,theosophy is of no nationality or country but for all1 yet it has a peculiar relationship with ,america4 ,not only was the ,united ,states the birthplace of the ,theosophical ,society1 and the home of the ,parent ,body up to the present time1 but ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 the ,foundress of the ,society1 although a ,russian by birth1 became an ,american citizen2 ,william ,q4 ,judge1 of ,irish parentage and birth1 also became an ,american citizen2 and ,katherine ,tingley is ,american born4 ,america therefore not only has played a unique part in the history of the present ,theosophical ,movement1 but it is plain to see that its destiny is closely interwoven with that of ,theosophy2 and by ,america is meant not only the ,united ,states or even the ,north ,american continent1 but also the ,south ,american continent1 and1 as repeatedly declared by ,madame ,blavatsky1 it is in this great ,western ,hemisphere as a whole1 ,north and ,south1 that the next great ,race of humanity is to be born4 ,,madame ,,blavatsky ,,founds ,,the ,,esoteric ,,school2 ,,her ,,life-,,long ,,trust ,,in ,,william ,q4 ,,judge ,in #ahhh1 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 then in ,london1 on the suggestion and at the request of her ,colleague1 ,william ,q4 ,judge1 founded the ,esoteric ,school of ,theosophy1 a body for students1 of which ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky wrote that it was the heart of the ,theosophical ,movement1 and of which she appointed ,william ,q4 ,judge as her sole representative in ,america4 ,further1 writing officially to the ,convention of the ,american ,societies held in ,chicago1 #ahhh1 she wrote as follows3 ,to ,william ,q4 ,judge1 ,general ,secretary of the ,american ,section of the ,theosophical ,society3 ,my dearest ,brother and ,co-,founder of the ,theosophical ,society3 ,in addressing to you this letter1 which ,i request you to read to the ,convention1 summoned for ,april #bbnd1 ,i must first present my hearty congratulations and most cordial good wishes to the ,society and yourself--the heart and soul of that body in ,america4 ,we were several to call it to life in #ahge4 ,since then you have remained alone to preserve that life through good and evil report4 ,it is to you chiefly1 if not entirely1 that the ,theosophical ,society owes its existence in #ahhh4 ,let me thank you for it1 for the first1 and perhaps for the last time publicly1 and from the bottom of my heart1 which beats only for the cause you represent so well and serve so faithfully4 ,i ask you also to remember that on this important occasion1 my voice is but the feeble echo of other more sacred voices1 and the transmitter of the approval of ,those whose presence is alive in more than one true ,theosophical heart1 and lives1 as ,i know1 pre-eminently in yours4 ,this regard that ,madame ,blavatsky had for her colleague ,william ,q4 ,judge continued undiminished until her death in #ahia1 when he became her successor4 ,madame ,blavatsky1 in #ahhi1 writing in her ,theosophical magazine published in ,london1 said that the purpose of the magazine was not only to promulgate ,theosophy1 but also and as a consequence of such promulgation1 to bring to light the hidden things of darkness4 ,she further says3 ,as to the weak-minded ,theosophists--if any--they can take care of themselves in the way they please4 ,,if ,,the ,,false ,,prophets ,,of ,,theosophy ,,are ,,to ,,be ,,left ,,untouched1 ,,the ,,true ,,prophets ,,will ,,be ,,very ,,soon--,,as ,,they ,,have ,,already ,,been--,,confused ,,with ,,the ,,false4 ,,it ,,is ,,high ,,time ,,to ,,winnow ,,our ,,corn ,,and ,,cast ,,away ,,the ,,chaff4 ,the ,theosophical ,society is becoming enormous in its numbers1 and if the false prophets1 the pretenders1 or even the weak-minded dupes1 are left alone1 then the ,society threatens to become very soon a fanatical body split into three hundred sects--like ,protestantism--each hating the other1 and all bent on destroying the truth by monstrous exaggerations and idiotic schemes and shams4 ,we do not believe in allowing the presence of sham elements in ,theosophy1 because of the fear1 forsooth1 that if even a false element in the faith is ridiculed1 the latter is apt to shake the confidence in the whole4 444 ,what true ,christians shall see their co-religionists making fools of themselves1 or disgrace their faith1 and still abstain from rebuking them publicly as privately1 for fear lest this false element should throw out of ,christianity the rest of the believers8 ,,the ,,wise ,,man ,,courts ,,truth2 ,,the ,,fool1 ,,flattery4 ,however it may be1 let rather our ranks be made thinner1 than the ,theosophical ,society go on being made a spectacle to the world through the exaggerations of some fanatics1 and the attempt of various charlatans to profit by a ready-made program4 ,these1 by disfiguring and adapting ,occultism to their own filthy and immoral ends1 bring disgrace upon the whole movement4--,lucifer1 ,vol4 iv1 pp4 #b #c4 ,,william ,q4 ,,judge ,,elected ,,president ,,for ,,life ,in #ahic there openly began what had been going on beneath the surface for some time1 a bitter attack ostensibly against ,william ,q4 ,judge1 but in reality also against ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky4 ,this bitter attack threatened to disrupt the whole ,society and to thwart the main purpose of its existence1 which was to further the cause of ,universal ,brotherhood4 ,finally the ,american members decided to take action1 and at the annual convention of the ,society held in ,boston in #ahie1 by a vote of #aia delegates to #aj1 re-asserted the principle of ,theosophy as laid down by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 and elected ,william ,q4 ,judge ,president for life4 ,similar action was almost immediately taken by members in ,europe1 ,australia1 and other countries1 in each case ,william ,q4 ,judge being elected ,president for life4 ,in this action the great majority of the active members throughout the world concurred1 and thus the ,society was relieved of those who had joined it for other purposes than the furtherance of ,universal ,brotherhood1 the carrying out of the ,society's other objects1 and the spiritual freedom and upliftment of ,humanity4 ,a few of these in order to curry favor with the public and attract a following1 continued among themselves to use the name of ,theosophy1 but it should be understood that they are not connected with the ,theosophical ,movement4 ,,katherine ,,tingley ,,succeeds ,,william ,q4 ,,judge ,one year later1 in ,march #ahif1 ,william ,q4 ,judge died1 leaving as his successor ,katherine ,tingley1 who for several years had been associated with him in the work of the ,society4 ,this ,teacher not only began immediately to put into actual practice the ideals of ,theosophy as had been the hope and aim of both ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky and ,william ,q4 ,judge1 and for which they had laid the foundations1 thus honoring and illustrating the work of her illustrious predecessors1 but she also struck a new keynote1 introducing new and broader plans for uplifting humanity4 ,for each of the ,teachers1 while continuing the work and building upon the foundations of his predecessor1 adds a new link1 and has his own distinctive work to do1 and teachings to give1 belonging to his own time and position4 ,no sooner had ,katherine ,tingley begun her work as successor1 than further attacks1 some most insidious1 from the same source as those made against ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky and ,william ,q4 ,judge1 as well as from other sources1 were inaugurated against her4 ,most prominent among those thus attacking ,katherine ,tingley were some referred to by ,madame ,blavatsky in the article above-quoted 7pp4 #aei-fj71 who by their own actions had removed themselves from the ranks of the ,society4 ,there were also a few others who still remained in the ,society who had not joined hands with the disintegrators at the time the latter were repudiated in #ahie4 ,these now thought it to their personal advantage to oppose the ,leader and sought to gain control of the ,society and use it for political purposes4 ,these ambitious agitators1 seeking to exploit the ,society for their own ends1 used every means to overthrow ,katherine ,tingley1 realizing that she was the greatest obstacle to the accomplishment of their desires1 for if she could be removed they expected to gain control4 ,they worked day and night1 stooping almost to any means to carry out their projects4 ,yet it seemed that by these very acts1 i4 e41 the more they attacked1 the more were honest and earnest members attracted to the ranks of the ,society under ,katherine ,tingley's leadership4 ,,katherine ,,tingley ,,gives ,,society ,,new ,,constitution ,,society ,,merges ,,into ,,broader ,,field ,to eliminate these menacing features and to safeguard the work of the ,theosophical ,movement for all time1 ,katherine ,tingley presented to a number of the oldest members gathered at her home in ,new ,york on the night of ,january #acth1 #ahih1 a new ,constitution which she had formulated for the more permanent and broader work of the ,theosophical ,movement1 opening up a wider field of endeavor than had heretofore been possible to students of ,theosophy4 ,one month later1 at the ,convention of the ,society1 held in ,chicago1 ,february #ahth1 #ahih1 this ,constitution was accepted by an almost unanimous vote1 and the ,theosophical ,society merged itself into the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society4 ,in this new step forward1 she had the heartiest co-operation and support of the vast majority of the members throughout the world4 ,,theosophy ,,in ,,practice ,it is of interest here to quote our ,teacher's own words regarding this time4 ,in an article published in ,the ,metropolitan ,magazine1 ,new ,york1 ,october1 #aiji1 she says3 ,later1 ,i found myself the successor of ,william ,q4 ,judge1 and ,i began my heart work1 the inspiration of which is partly due to him4 ,in all my writings and associations with the members of the ,theosophical ,society1 ,i emphasized the necessity of putting ,theosophy into daily practice1 and in such a way that it would continuously demonstrate that it was the redeeming power of man4 ,more familiarity with the organization and its workers brought home to me the fact that there was a certain number of students who had in the early days begun the wrong way to study ,theosophy1 and that it was becoming in their lives a death-like sleep4 ,i noticed that those who followed this line of action were always alarmed at my humanitarian tendencies4 ,,whenever ,i ,,reminded ,,them ,,that ,,they ,,were ,,building ,a ,,colossal ,,egotism ,,instead ,,of ,a ,,power ,,to ,,do ,,good1 ,,they ,,subtly ,,opposed ,,me4 ,,as ,i ,,insisted ,,on ,,the ,,practical ,,life ,,of ,,theosophy1 ,,they ,,opposed ,,still ,,more4 ,they later exerted personal influence which affected certain members throughout the world4 ,it was this condition which then menaced the ,theosophical ,movement1 and which forced me to the point of taking such action as would fully protect the pure teachings of ,theosophy and make possible a broader path for unselfish students to follow4 ,thus the faithful members of the ,theosophical ,movement would be able to exemplify the charge which ,helena ,petrovna ,blavatsky gave to her pupils1 as follows3 ,real ,theosophy is altruism1 and we cannot repeat it too often4 ,it is brotherly love1 mutual help1 unswerving devotion to truth4 ,if once men do but realize that in these alone can true happiness be found1 and never in wealth1 possession or any selfish gratification1 then the dark cloud will roll away1 and a new humanity will be born upon the earth4 ,then the ,golden ,age will be there indeed4 ,here we find ,william ,q4 ,judge accentuating the same spirit1 the practical ,theosophical life3 ,the power to know does not come from book-study alone1 nor from mere philosophy1 but mostly from the actual practice of altruism in deed1 word1 and thought2 for that practice purifies the covers of the soul and permits the divine light to shine down into the brain-mind4 ,,the ,,parting ,,of ,,the ,,ways ,on ,february #ah1 #ahih1 at the ,convention of the ,theosophical ,society in ,america1 held at ,chicago1 ,ill41 the ,society resolved1 through its delegates from all parts of the world1 to enter a larger arena1 to widen its scope and to further protect the teachings of ,theosophy4 ,amid most intense enthusiasm the ,theosophical ,society was expanded into the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 and ,i found myself recognized as its leader and official head4 ,the ,theosophical ,society in ,europe also resolved to merge itself into the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 and the example was quickly followed by ,theosophical ,societies in other parts of the world4 ,the expansion of the original ,theosophical ,society1 which ,madame ,blavatsky founded and which ,william ,q4 ,judge so ably sustained1 now called the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 gave birth to a new life1 and the membership trebled the first year1 and ever since that time a rapid increase has followed4 ,,international ,,headquarters ,,at ,,point ,,loma1 ,,california ,in #aijj the ,headquarters of the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society were removed from ,new ,york to ,point ,loma1 ,california1 which is now the ,international ,center of the ,theosophical ,movement4 ,this ,organization is unsectarian and non-political2 none of its officers or workers receives any salary or financial recompense4 ,in her article in ,the ,metropolitan ,magazine above referred to1 ,katherine ,tingley further says3 ,the knowledge that ,point ,loma was to be the ,world-center of the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 which has for its supreme object the elevation of the race1 created great enthusiasm among its members throughout the world4 ,the further fact that the government of the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society rests entirely with the leader and official head1 who holds her office for life and who has the privilege of appointing her successor1 gave me the power to carry out some of the plans ,i had long cherished4 ,among these was the erecting of the great ,homestead ,building4 ,this ,i carefully designed that it might not stand apart from the beautiful nature about it1 but in a sense harmonize with the sky1 the distant mountains1 the broad blue ,pacific1 and the glorious light of the sun4 ,so it has been from the first1 so that the practical work of ,theosophy began at ,point ,loma under the most favorable circumstances4 ,no one dominated by selfish aims and ambitions was invited to take part in this pioneer work4 ,although there were scores of workers from various parts of the world uniting their efforts with mine for the upbuilding of this world-center1 yet there was no disharmony4 ,each took the duty allotted him and worked trustingly and cheerfully4 ,many of the world's ways these workers gladly left behind them4 ,they seemed reborn with an enthusiasm that knew no defeat4 ,the work was done for the love of it1 and this is the secret of a large part of the success that has come to the ,theosophical ,movement4 ,not long after the establishment of the ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters at ,point ,loma it was plain to see that the ,society was advancing along all lines by leaps and bounds4 ,letters of inquiry were pouring in from different countries1 which led to my establishing the ,theosophical ,propaganda ,bureau4 ,this is one of the greatest factors we have in disseminating our teachings4 ,the ,international ,brotherhood ,league then opened its offices and has ever been active in its special humanitarian work1 being the directing power which has sustained the several ,rja ,yoga schools and academies1 now in ,pinar del ,rio1 ,santa ,clara1 and ,santiago de ,cuba1 from the beginning4 ,the ,aryan ,theosophical ,press has yearly enlarged its facilities in answer to the demands made upon it through the publication of ,theosophical literature1 which includes ,,the ,,theosophical ,,path and several other publications4 ,there is the ,isis ,conservatory of ,music and ,drama1 the ,department of ,arts and ,crafts1 the ,industrial ,department1 including ,forestry1 ,agriculture1 ,roadbuilding1 ,photo-engraving1 ,chemical laboratory1 ,landscape-gardening1 and many other crafts4 ,,do ,,not ,,fail ,,to ,,profit ,,by ,,the ,,following ,,constantly ,,the ,,question ,,is ,,asked1 ,,what ,,is ,,theosophy1 ,,what ,,does ,,it ,,really ,,teach8 ,,each ,,year ,,the ,,life ,,and ,,work ,,of ,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky ,,and ,,the ,,high ,,ideals ,,and ,,pure ,,morality ,,of ,,her ,,teachings ,,are ,,more ,,clearly ,,vindicated4 ,,each ,,year ,,the ,,position ,,taken ,,by ,,william ,q4 ,,judge ,,and ,,katherine ,,tingley ,,in ,,regard ,,to ,,their ,,predecessor1 ,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky1 ,,is ,,better ,,understood1 ,,and ,,their ,,own ,,lives ,,and ,,work ,,are ,,seen ,,to ,,be ,,actuated ,,by ,,the ,,same ,,high ,,ideals ,,for ,,the ,,uplifting ,,of ,,the ,,human ,,race4 ,,each ,,year ,,more ,,and ,,more ,,people ,,are ,,coming ,,to ,,realize ,,that ,,not ,,all ,,that ,,goes ,,under ,,the ,,name ,,of ,,theosophy ,,is ,,rightly ,,so ,,called1 ,,but ,,that ,,there ,,is ,a ,,counterfeit ,,theosophy ,,as ,,well ,,as ,,the ,,true1 ,,and ,,that ,,there ,,is ,,need ,,of ,,discrimination1 ,,lest ,,many ,,be ,,misled4 ,counterfeits exist in many departments of life and thought1 and especially in matters relating to religion and the deeper teachings of life4 ,hence1 in order that people who are honestly seeking the truth may not be misled1 we deem it important to state that the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society is not responsible for1 nor is it affiliated with1 nor does it endorse1 any other society1 which1 while calling itself ,theosophical1 is not connected with the ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters at ,point ,loma1 ,california4 ,having a knowledge of ,theosophy1 the ancient ,wisdom-,religion1 we deem it as a sacred trust and responsibility to maintain its pure teachings1 free from the vagaries1 additions1 or misrepresentations of ambitious self-styled ,theosophists and would-be teachers4 ,the test of a ,theosophist is not in profession1 but in action1 and in a noble and virtuous life4 ,the motto of the ,society is ,there is no religion higher than ,truth4 ,this was adopted by ,madame ,blavatsky1 but it is to be deeply regretted that there are no legal means to prevent the use of this motto in connexion with counterfeit ,theosophy1 by people professing to be ,theosophists1 but who would not be recognized as such by ,madame ,blavatsky4 ,it is a regrettable fact that many people use the name of ,theosophy and of our ,organization for self-interest1 as also that of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 the ,foundress1 and even the ,society's motto1 to attract attention to themselves and to gain public support4 ,this they do in private and public speech and in publications4 ,without being in any way connected with the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 in many cases they permit it to be inferred that they are1 thus misleading the public1 and honest inquirers are hence led away from the original truths of ,theosophy4 ,the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society welcomes to membership all who truly love their fellow men and desire the eradication of the evils caused by the barriers of race1 creed1 caste1 or color1 which have so long impeded human progress2 to all sincere lovers of truth and to all who aspire to higher and better things than the mere pleasures and interests of a worldly life1 and are prepared to do all in their power to make ,brotherhood a living energy in the life of humanity1 its various departments offer unlimited opportunities4 ,the whole work of the ,organization is under the direction of the ,leader and ,official ,head1 ,katherine ,tingley1 as outlined in the ,constitution4 ,,objects ,,of ,,the ,,international ,,brotherhood ,,league #a4 ,to help men and women to realize the nobility of their calling and their true position in life4 #b4 ,to educate children of all nations on the broadest lines of ,universal ,brotherhood and to prepare destitute and homeless children to become workers for humanity4 #c4 ,to ameliorate the condition of unfortunate women1 and assist them to a higher life4 #d4 ,to assist those who are or have been in prisons to establish themselves in honorable positions in life4 #e4 ,to abolish capital punishment4 #f4 ,to bring about a better understanding between so-called savage and civilized races1 by promoting a closer and more sympathetic relationship between them4 #g4 ,to relieve human suffering resulting from flood1 famine1 war1 and other calamities2 and1 generally1 to extend aid1 help1 and comfort to suffering humanity throughout the world4 ,,joseph ,h4 ,,fussell1 ,secretary ,,book ,,list ,,of ,,works ,,on ,,theosophy1 ,,occultism1 ,,religion1 ,,philosophy1 ,,science1 ,,and ,,art ,,published ,,or ,,for ,,sale ,,by ,,the ,,theosophical ,,publishing ,,company ,,international ,,theosophical ,,headquarters ,,point ,,loma1 ,,california1 ,u4 ,s4 ,a4 ,the office of the ,theosophical ,publishing ,company is at ,point ,loma1 ,california ,it has ,,no ,,other ,,office and ,,no ,,branches ,,foreign ,,agencies ,,the ,,united ,,kingdom--,theosophical ,book ,co41 #ah ,bartlett's ,buildings1 ,holborn ,circus1 ,,london1 ,e4 ,c41 ,england ,,germany--,j4 ,th4 ,heller1 ,vestnertorgraben #ac1 ,n,,rnberg ,,sweden--,universella ,broderskapets ,frlag1 ,barnhusgatan1 #aj1 ,,stockholm ,,holland--,louis ,f4 ,schudel1 ,hollandia-,drukkerij1 ,,baarn ,,australia--,willans and ,williams1 #af ,carrington ,st41 ,wynyard ,sq41 ,,sydney1 ,n4 ,s4 ,w4 ,,cuba--,h4 ,s4 ,turner1 ,apartado #abg2 or ,heredia1 ,baja1 #aj1 ,,santiago ,,de ,,cuba ,,mexico--,samuel ,l4 ,herrera1 ,calle de la ,independencia1 #ee altos1 ,,vera ,,cruz1 ,v4 ,c4 ,,address ,,by ,,katherine 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any way superior to his fellow-men1 is incapable of discipleship4--,light on the ,path ,,karma1 ,,reincarnation1 ,,and ,,immortality3 by ,h4 ,t4 ,edge1 ,b4 ,a4 7,cantab47 ,people habitually discuss the past and the future of the human race with a zeal and interest that clashes strangely with their professed views on the subject of immortality2 for what living interest could we have in the drama and prospects of a world if our appearance on the stage were actually limited to the term of a single mortal life8 ,this constitutes the strongest kind of argument against the conventional views1 theological or otherwise4 ,it would seem that we are really conscious1 though in a dim and undefined way1 of our immortality--or1 rather1 of the immortality of our essence4 ,the same conviction also arises when we consider the readiness with which people will face death1 sooner than sacrifice some ideal of love or duty2 a readiness quite inconsistent with professed beliefs4 ,while most of that which goes to make up a man has grown together during the period since his birth1 and will fall asunder again when he dies1 there is an immortal seed which was before and shall be again4 ,what is needed is to make our philosophy agree with our inner convictions1 instead of contradicting them4 ,if the consciousness of immortality in the young were preserved1 and not destroyed by wrong teachings1 the old would not have to spend so much time and energy in trying to solve problems that would never have arisen4 ,we do not sufficiently realize what we owe to centuries of theological dogmatism and other forms of materialism2 and consequently we underestimate the effect which would be produced if the rising generations were guided on higher1 broader1 and more generous lines of thought4 ,theosophy justly claims that its philosophy enables us to interpret our own intuitions4 ,its teachings do not contradict our innate conviction of the justice of universal law4 ,theosophy may be called a science1 inasmuch as it interprets nature1 studying the effects and unraveling their causes1 finding explanations that will account for the facts4 ,it might also be called rationalism1 since it imposes no dogmas but points out facts4 ,but both science and reason must be understood in a vastly wider sense than the conventional one4 ,nature is not limited to her external manifestations2 for the body is but the vesture of the soul within--whether in man or in the earth4 ,nor can the function of science be limited to physics4 ,the justice and harmony of a human life cannot be discerned if we regard that life separately--apart from its sequel and apart from that of which it is the sequel4 ,this circumstance accounts for most of the strivings and strainings to reconcile faith with experience and to find a place for ,god in philosophy4 ,but the idea of ,reincarnation is so unfamiliar to ,western culture and habits of thought that reasonable as it is it will take some time to win its appeal4 ,the process of familiarizing this truth is rendered slower by the fact that much nonsense is talked about it1 and reasonable inquirers thereby warned off4 ,yet it is possible to speak of ,reincarnation in a sane and serious way4 ,what people most often forget is to distinguish properly between that which survives and that which does not1 and this may lead them to expect proofs of a kind that cannot logically be demanded4 ,they also confound memory with recollection1 assuming1 quite illogically1 that where there is no recollection there can be no memory4 ,but it is conceivable that memories may be stored up beyond our present reach1 and yet be accessible to stronger efforts which we may be able to make at some future time4 ,it may be true that we do not recollect our past lives1 but we are not warranted in inferring that the memory is obliterated or that there never was any such record made4 ,the recollection of past lives is a question of memory training2 but it is probably unnecessary to say that anyone who should venture on such a task in the expectation of achieving speedy results by his own unaided efforts would be liable to disappointment and delusion4 ,for this attainment lies a long way ahead of us on the ,path4 ,if people were habituated from birth to regard their present life as only one of a series1 a great benefit would accrue4 ,the fear of death would disappear2 in time it might come to be looked upon as a mere incident4 ,the haste to achieve disproportionate material prosperity would be seen to be needless4 ,there could never be any ground for the philosophy1 ,let us eat1 drink1 and be merry2 for tomorrow we die6 ,but1 more important still1 confidence and courage would be restored4 ,it would never be too late to mend2 the oldest man might begin a new study or enterprise4 ,things left undone in this life could confidently be left for completion in the future4 ,failings not entirely overcome would be left behind1 and a clean start would be in prospect4 ,we do indeed already act as though we believed in ,reincarnation2 for old men begin new studies1 and in many other ways people behave as though they were not going to die for good4 ,our intuitions are better than our philosophy2 they tell us true1 but we give them the lie2 hence we marvel at our inconsistency or say that ,god moves in a mysterious way1 when it is ourselves who are moving in a mysterious way1 our wonders to perform4 ,how much more reasonable it would be1 if we could give up these dogmas and mold our philosophy into harmony with our inner perceptions4 ,and1 speaking of dogmas1 be it remembered that there are dogmas and dogmas2 and one of the latter is that nothing is true unless it can be shown to follow from certain arbitrary rules of reason4 ,another mistake made in thinking of immortality consists in regarding it merely in relation to time4 ,yet the ,soul exists all the time2 and while the personality is living its temporal life1 the ,soul1 free from the limitations of time and sense1 is living its eternal life4 ,hence we may truly be said to be experiencing immortality while in the flesh2 and though we but faintly realize it1 we do so in different degrees1 some people more than others4 ,a useful comparison is that between death and sleep1 between a lifetime and a day4 ,during the period of a day we pass through successive phases similar to youth1 maturity1 and old age4 ,at night we cheerfully lay down our work1 confident that we shall resume it4 ,each day is determined to a large extent by preceding days1 and is in its turn the parent of following days4 ,in every day our free initiative works amid conditions imposed by our actions on preceding days1 and here we find an analogy with the workings of the law of ,karma during a lifetime4 ,if we but regard a lifetime as a longer day1 the analogy will clear up many difficulties4 ,continuing this analogy further1 we find that as regards the successive days of our lifetime1 our mind is conscious of them all2 in fact our mind is in the same position with regard to the days as the ,higher ,mind is with regard to the successive lives4 ,knowing this1 we do not make the mistake of scolding ,providence for conditions which we know we have created ourselves4 ,the only difference1 in the case of a lifetime1 is that we are not yet cognizant of the continuity of our existence1 and find ourselves in circumstances whose origin we have forgotten4 ,yet these circumstances are the logical consequence of past actions4 ,the opportunities we enjoy and the drawbacks under which we suffer were made by ourselves4 ,it is maintained by ,theosophists that the doctrines of ,karma and ,reincarnation are perfectly adaptable to ordinary life2 that they are not mere theories such as a scholar might amuse himself with2 that they represent actual facts and constitute an interpretation--indeed the only logical interpretation--of things as they are4 ,it may be regarded as certain that these tenets will eventually become generally adopted2 there is great vitality behind them1 and the human mind is at present in a fluid condition1 during which it is rapidly assimilating new ideas4 ,the future may be forecast by a comparison of present ideas with those of a few years ago4 ,the important thing is to provide that the pure teachings1 and not any absurd travesty of them1 shall prevail4 ,it is a solemn and oft-repeated truth that no real reform in human circumstances can be made unless the characters of the people are reformed4 ,and how can these be reformed so long as there is such a chaos of beliefs and non-beliefs1 theological dogmas that teach us to fear ourselves1 so-called scientific theories that magnify our animal nature and animal heredity8 ,what is needed is views of life based upon common sense1 views which dignify man and inspire him with self-confidence of the right kind4 ,the ,theosophical teachings as to ,karma1 ,reincarnation1 and the sevenfold nature of man can achieve this2 but they need to be seriously studied1 and above all made the basis of action4 ,theosophist is who ,theosophy does4 ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,crowning ,,of ,,homer ,a ,,tableau ,,presented ,,in ,,the ,,greek ,,theater1 ,,international ,,theosophical ,,headquarters ,,on ,,april #ag1 #aiaa1 ,,in ,,the ,,greek ,,play ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,iris ,,advising ,,priam ,,to ,,ransom ,,hektor',s ,,body ,,another ,,tableau ,,presented ,,in ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,children',s ,,scene ,,in ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,another ,,children',s ,,scene ,,in ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,,poetry ,,and ,,criticism3 by ,kenneth ,morris ,i ,matthew ,arnold will have it that the function of ,poetry is the ,criticism of ,life2 and the work of a poet will be important1 according to him1 only in so far as it throws light on human life and character4 ,but in the work of all poets there is a kind of cream that may be skimmed off 7provided that there is a cream1 and that it was not all sky-blue wretchedness from the first72 and when it has been so skimmed1 one may say that the poetry is the cream1 and the criticism of life the skim-milk4 ,such and such a lyric1 by so and so1 says your poet or poetry-lover1 is of equal value with ,hamlet or the ,odyssey1 all three being absolute in their beauty4 ,gammon6 says your man of the world in letters2 there is the criticism of life to be thought of4 ,how shall ten lines be equal to ten thousand8 ,which is right8 ,the second will get all the votes2 which is no great argument1 perhaps4 ,the epic took longer in the writing2 but one never knows what may lie behind the lyric4 ,the didactic or philosophic poem1 the work full of this criticism1 will influence the thought of the world2 and if thinking is to be the judge1 it will win unquestionably4 ,but the lyric will be singing itself through thousands of minds1 in the sunshine1 in the mines1 over the washtub1 heaven knows where3 without noise1 it will shed its brightness through a million eyes1 its sweetness on a million tempers1 its clearness and magic on a million imaginations4 ,to the writer of the most perfect lyric1 ,i am not sure that we do not owe as much gratitude as to the writer of the greatest epic or drama3 ,i am almost positive that we owe him more than to the best writer of criticism of life2 though it be a dozen lines against a dozen volumes4 ,most of the ,english-writing poets have been also1 and many of them mainly1 philosophers2 writing their thought in verse form1 and perhaps sprinkling it from the spice-box of pure poetry1 and perhaps not4 ,often and often we find stories or philosophic disquisitions in verse1 that might have been told as well in prose2 although it has been said rather wisely that nothing should have verse form that could be told honorably without metre4 ,there is a class of idea that journeys leisurely and step by step through the mind2 this should be reserved for prose4 ,there are other classes that have the sweep and charge of cavalry1 and you build epics and all heroic poetry of them2 others that soar singing like the skylark1 or that wander from bloom to bloom droning out a magical and honey-laden monody1 secrets of a learning incomprehensible to the minds of men4 ,these will be the right stuff for your pure lyrics1 these bees and birds in the golden regions west of thought4 ,their revelations are more esoteric than philosophy2 they home to deeper places4 ,but one cannot deal with all poetry or all life in one article2 and it is the intention here to consider narrative poetry alone4 ,narrative poetry1 when it is anything more than a ballad1 is epic3 and epic is heroic poetry2 not by any convention1 ,i believe1 but in accordance with deep-seated law4 ,there is room for nothing personal or limited here2 for no dissection of personal characteristics1 no consideration or criticism of problems of exterior life4 ,those things all belong to prose2 poetry proclaims the actions and perceptions of the soul4 ,heroic or epic poetry tells of the soul as hero1 warrior1 redeemer2 as ,sigurd going out against ,fafnir1 ,arthur ferried in a dark barge to ,the ,island of the ,apples2 as ,satan unconquered in the lake of flame2 as ,christ on ,golgotha1 or ,prometheus on ,caucasus4 ,it has to show forth the glory1 the indomitableness1 the magnanimity of the soul1 dwelling in those lofty regions and letting who will come to it for general strength and inspiration4 ,it is the ,mountain2 it will not descend from itself for any ,mohammed4 ,for this reason is its aloofness1 its tendency to concern itself with periods apparently in the far past1 but really in the eternal4 ,that atmosphere all narrative poetry must retain1 under penalty of sinking into berhymed or bemetred prose2 or into the ballad--which1 indeed1 can be good1 at its best1 but not supremely good4 ,yet how many stories there are1 beautifully written in verse1 which are neither epic in spirit nor ballad in form2 which are1 if the truth should be told1 novels strayed from their proper fold of prose1 valley wanderers by no means at home on the mountain4 ,one thinks1 for example1 of such a work as ,mrs4 ,browning's ,aurora ,leigh4 ,if she had only written it in prose6 ,with that faultlessness of expression1 that delicate insight and unerring justness of criticism which mark it1 it would have become a classic2 we should have said1 ,why1 this is a prose poem1 a literary treasure among novels4 ,but being in verse1 it remains1 however beautiful1 only versified prose2 and it is to be feared that we neglect it2 to be feared1 but hardly to be wondered at4 ,if she had only written it in prose6 ,or one thinks of nearly all ,tennyson's narrative poetry4 ,the aim1 one feels1 was nearly always criticism of life1 the life of all these myriads of personalities2 not poetry1 which is the illumination of the hidden life of the soul4 ,it was for this reason that ,idylls of the ,king1 although flaming up here and there with such poetry as has not been excelled in any known literature1 perhaps--yet fails as a whole to be a great poem4 ,the ,nineteenth ,century was too insistent1 and the troubles and problems of the day4 ,milton1 dealing with matters beyond the crystalline and the brink of time1 achieved the epic2 but even ,milton1 coming down to ,eden1 heaven1 and the familiar things of dogmatic theology1 attained only to be 444 ,well1 well1 all honor to him2 he deserves that all that should be lost and forgotten4 ,poetry and personality cannot be blended2 they are a veritable ,god and ,mammon4 ,then there are those charming stories of ,tennyson's3 ,dora1 ,enoch ,arden1 ,almer's ,field1 ,the ,princess4 ,he dignified them all with his own high gift of style2 stamped on every line his own noble and melodious manner2 adorned them all richly1 and with consummate taste1 with the best color of ,english rural life4 ,yet they remain essentially of the nature of prose2 and we should not have been lured into thinking them poetry1 but for the wonderful genius with which ,tennyson handled them4 ,the matter is the matter of the novel2 and the style--what a wonderful style it is6--is rather the polished style that reflects light1 the style of prose1 than the white-hot luminosity of the genuine epic4 ,let us take1 for example1 ,the ,princess1 perhaps the most romantic and beautiful of this series1 the one it takes the greatest temerity to speak of as not really poetic4 ,its aim is to throw light on1 or to consider1 or discuss1 a certain present-day problem1 that of the emancipation of women2 and who shall say that that might not be done in prose8 ,is poetry to throw no light on our modern problems1 or on contemporary problems1 then8 ,turn to your ,milton for an answer3 ,dare ye for this adjure the civil sword ,to force our consciences that ,christ set free1 ,and ride us with a classic hierarchy ,taught ye by mere ,a4 ,s4 and ,rutherford8 ,men whose life1 learning1 faith1 and pure intent ,would have been held in high esteem with ,paul ,must now be named and printed heretics ,by shallow ,edwards and ,scotch ,what-d'ye-call6 ,but we do hope to find out all your tricks4 ,poetry8 ,by heaven1 yes6 ,and on a contemporary problem8 ,look at the title of it3 ,on the ,new ,forcers of ,conscience under the ,long ,parliament2 and the date given1 too2 #afdf4 ,but does he discuss8 ,does he consider8 ,indeed he does not4 ,he flames forth from the standpoint of the soul2 he is still ,god's ,warrior1 and you dare not mention truce to him4 ,so those prosaic names1 that mere ,a4 ,s4 and ,rutherford1 shallow ,edwards1 and above all the ridiculous ,scotch ,what-d'ye-call1 become flaming and terrible poetic utterances on his lips2 he blasts with them the fools that dare stand up against the liberty and supremacy of the soul4 ,but suppose1 instead of this terse1 burning sonnet so entirely free from the atmosphere of argumentation1 he had written a long story designed to thrash the matter out from the standpoint of pure reason8 ,some one might do so2 and the work might be one of great value2 but it would not be poetic2 it could not be ,miltonic2 it would be a novel with a purpose1 not an epic poem4 ,there are problems and problems2 those which poetry may specifically handle1 are1 ,i think1 the same yesterday1 today and forever4 ,who is to hinder her handling what problems she likes2 will you set down rules for her8 ,heaven forbid6 it were more profitable to build a fence about the cuckoo4 ,but the fact remains that she will touch these1 and will not touch those others4 ,charm you never so wisely1 she will not come from her own ground4 ,for all your birdlime of earnestness1 of enthusiasm1 of excellent purpose1 it is some masquerading jackdaw you will have captured1 not the ,bird of ,paradise2 unless it is the trees of ,paradise you have limed4 ,poetry hardly deals with any historic period1 old or new2 she leaves those to the historians1 and has a period of her own1 which is eternal4 ,what then1 you say1 of those ,new ,forcers of ,conscience in the ,long ,parliament8 ,this6 that that parliament is so long that it has been sitting any time this two thousand years1 and is sitting now1 in all our towns and villages4 ,new ,presbyter is but old ,priest writ large2 ,a4 ,s4 and ,rutherford1 ,shallow ,edwards and ,scotch ,what-d'ye-call--they all preach in a thousand pulpits every ,sunday4 ,for they are prototypal figures1 and plot and persecute wherever there is bigotry or ecclesiastical dominance4 ,against them1 and1 so far as one has been able to discover1 against them only1 does poetry ever come forth armed1 enangered1 utterly ruthless4 ,it is she that has pity and pardon for the ,magdalene and the publican2 but a whip of bitter small chords for those that have made her ,father's house into a den of thieves4 ,do you doubt it8 ,then find some passage where anger is expressed1 not in rhetoric1 not in mere fustian bombast1 but with the sublime music and undertone1 the ring of genuine poetry2 perhaps an anger without mercy1 a declaration of utter war2 and see whether it is not directed always against this same ecclesiasticism4 ,but we set out to discuss the epic2 and here we have wandered off to consider a sonnet with particular gusto2 a grave digression1 surely8 ,i think not4 ,you shall not judge a poem's right to the epic name by its length4 ,this little sonnet is an epic too1 with ,milton on ,pegasus for hero2 and ,a4 ,s41 ,rutherford1 ,edwards1 and ,what-d'ye-call for four-headed ,chimaera4 ,i think the very archaeus of the epic is the eternal battle of the world2 and that all epics have their root in that1 and are great and regal in proportion to their nearness1 inwardly and spiritually speaking1 to it4 ,tennyson knew it when he set out to write in his ,idylls of the ,king a record of the ,soul at war with sense2 only perhaps he knew it too personally and consciously2 and lost the grand epic symbolism in his quest after actual criticism of life4 ,,ii ,but to return to ,the ,princess4 ,here1 the objective is not to set forth eternal verity1 but to discuss1 perhaps throw light on1 a problem of our own day2 a social1 in a sense1 rather than a spiritual problem4 ,what figure can stand for the battling soul1 and what for the principle of evil8 ,there are epic places in the ,idylls of the ,king1 where this symbolism stands forth majestically1 and style and glory correspond4 ,we have the story of that last1 dim battle in the west and the passing of ,arthur thereafter2 clean1 antique1 touched with the infinite and with eternity2 therein1 if you will1 is the epic atmosphere4 ,but here it is the benevolent1 thoughtful ,tennyson that is speaking1 troubled by the evils that he sees around him2 not ,tennyson the great ,bard on fire with ultimate and secret truth4 ,you see1 there was the duality there2 and both sides of it are honorable1 to be revered and loved4 ,if criticism has a work to perform in discriminating between the two1 she does no dishonor to the thinker in separating him from the poet4 ,we have to ask what there is in this work1 ,the ,princess1 that might entitle it to be considered poetry1 in the highest sense4 ,the style8 ,style is there1 undoubtedly4 ,every line has been molded1 heightened1 shaped1 polished1 chiseled4 ,but let us compare it with the style of poetry1 and we shall see the difference4 ,here is one of the most fiery passages2 one in which you can feel that the invitation was to the supreme1 super-personal compassion to enter in3 ,o brother1 you have known the pangs we felt1 ,what heats of indignation when we heard ,of those that iron-cramp'd their women's feet2 ,of lands in which at the altar the poor bride ,gives her harsh groom for bridal-gift a scourge2 ,of living hearts that crack within the fire ,where smoulder their dead despots2 and of those-- ,mothers--that1 all prophetic pity1 fling ,their pretty maids in the running flood1 and swoops ,the vulture1 beak and talon1 at the heart ,made for all noble motion2 and ,i saw ,that equal baseness lived in sleeker times ,with smoother men3 the old leaven leaven'd all3 ,millions of throats would bawl for civil rights1 ,no woman named3 therefore ,i set my face ,against all men1 and lived but for mine own4 ,far from all men ,i built a fold for them4 ,so speaks the princess of the story2 profusely1 if with great dignity2 bitterly1 but argumentatively3 it is a heightened1 an exalted prose style2 but it has not taken that leap into infinity which is the mark of the poetic grand manner4 ,for a contrast1 consider this2 the work of another ,victorian bard2 one not greater than ,tennyson1 but here with his poet's blue mantle upon him1 robed with the infinite4 ,he1 too1 is smitten with compassion for certain women2 and the flame leaps up from the blow in this wise3 ,here1 down between the dusty trees1 ,at this lank edge of haggard wood1 ,women with labour-loosened knees1 ,with gaunt backs bowed by servitude1 ,stop1 shift their loads1 and pray1 and fare ,forth with souls easier for the prayer4 99 99 99 99 99 ,god of this grievous people1 wrought ,after the likeness of their race1 ,by faces like thine own besought1 ,thine own blind helpless eyeless face1 ,i too1 that have nor tongue nor knee ,for prayer1 ,i have a word to thee4 ,it was for this then1 that thy speech ,was blown about the world in flame1 ,and men's souls shot up out of reach ,of fear or lust or thwarting shame-- ,that thy faith over souls should pass ,as sea-winds burning the young grass8 ,it was for this1 that prayers like these ,should spend themselves about thy feet4 ,and with hard overlaboured knees ,kneeling1 these slaves of men should beat ,bosoms too lean to suckle sons1 ,and fruitless as their orisons8 ,it is the first and the last verses quoted that count2 and ,i think much might be learned from a careful comparison of them with the passage from ,the ,princess4 ,tennyson has made a catalog1 in the manner of prose1 of the sorrows of women2 his mind traveling with passion1 but with a certain artistic1 conscious discrimination1 from ,china1 ,india1 ,arabia1 to the hustings of ,victorian ,england 7for it is that1 in reality74 ,the style of prose we say2 well1 the style of rhetoric3 picture by picture has been chosen with a view to make the case strong1 to impress who should hear it4 ,ida's answer 444 ,oration-like1 says ,tennyson1 knowing well what he was writing4 ,swinburne1 in the supreme manner of poetry1 has burned upon our vision that solemn1 terrible picture1 bare1 unornate1 unforgetable1 of the women at the wayside crucifix2 slaves of men beating bosoms too lean to suckle sons3 and with the picture there is that impression of augustness1 that sense as of the presence of a great avenging angel1 or perhaps1 of the majesty of the ,law4 ,the attitude of the ,princess ,ida towards the evils that she condemns1 is one of personal protest2 she dwells on the same plane as they do1 albeit in the brighter regions of it2 she is a human personality1 and speaks with a human and quite personal voice4 ,but the anger of ,swinburne here1 the condemnation that he deals out1 is not personal3 the words are such as might be spoken by a god from his throne4 ,they come from a loftier place than the thing condemned occupies1 as though they were a sentence passed from the tribunal against whose decrees there is no appeal4 ,so they are indeed4 ,for this is ,poetry1 which is the voice of the ,soul2 and the ,soul is deific1 sovereign1 aloof2 and it does look down and pass sentence on the things of this world--a sentence damnatory or compassionate1 but based on the evidence of direct vision and certitude1 never on argument and the weighing up of pros and cons4 ,look at those last lines again2 with what sure intensity the whole tragedy is revealed6 ,compassion1 in her own manner loftily disdainful1 we might almost say1 is suddenly focused2 nine-tenths of the story are left untold1 but the one-tenth that remains has the whole cry1 the whole tragedy in it of a world blighted by lies3 it is dowered with the hate of hate1 the scorn of scorn1 and1 mirabile dictu1 with the love of love1 or compassion1 in a breath4 ,we get that same strange glorious blending of compassion and scorn--pride or scorn1 one does not know what to call it2 it is neither of those things in reality1 but rather the native accent of divinity in the voice of the soul--we hear that same majestic blending of compassion and haughtiness pre-eminently in a line from the ,purgatorio which ,arnold justly gives as one of the most perfect examples of the ,grand ,manner of poetry1 the highest style than can be impressed on written or chanted words2 the line3 ,che drizza voi che il mondo fece torti1 ,which straightens you whom the world made crooked4 ,we see here1 ,i think1 as in the passage from ,swinburne1 the same impatience of words and details2 the same godlike aloofness2 the same pity too compressed1 too burning and intense1 to reveal itself fully or tenderly3 the feeling has passed beyond the limits of the power of tenderness1 we might say1 to be tender3 it is such a super-passional passion of tenderness1 suppressed1 governed1 boiling1 that it must be stern1 swift1 momentary--or nothing4 ,is it not the very naked voice of the august divinity hidden within us8--the greatest fashion that can be burned and infused into the brute stuff of language2 because ringing with the dominance of that hidden ,master8 ,it bears the mark of compassion1 because compassion is the inevitable attitude of the soul outward from itself2 and it bears the stamp of sublime titanism--that thing that would be scorn1 were it bitter and hostile1 and that would be mere majesty1 might it remain passive and in repose--because the soul is a god1 and knows itself to be a god1 and breathes out the atmosphere of godhood4 ,here it is in ,milton1 again3 ,his form had not yet lost ,all her original brightness1 nor appeared ,less than archangel ruined3 and of course1 it is ,milton and ,dante who are the supreme masters in modern literature of the ,grand ,manner2 as poets1 the greatest of the poets4 ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,pheidias1 ,,euripides1 ,,and ,,ariston ,,group ,,in ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,kriton1 ,,thukydides1 ,,pheidias1 ,,ariston1 ,,and ,,hipponikos 7,,reading ,,from ,,left ,,to ,,right7 ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,hipparete1 ,,periktione1 ,,potone1 ,,aspasia1 ,,agathokleia1 ,,diotima1 ,,deinomache1 ,,and ,,myrto 7,,reading ,,from ,,left ,,to ,,right7 ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,diotima1 ,,perikles1 ,,and ,,aspasia1 ,,seated ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,now it will be said that there is compassion in the passage quoted from ,the ,princess2 and undoubtedly there is2 but is not the effort all to manifest it1 to make it plain to every one that it is there1 to lead it from picture to picture that will feed and excite it8 ,we may say that it is a voice from below upward1 an inspiration2 it has the style and atmosphere of a great endeavor of the personal self towards the soul3 whereas in the other cases1 it is the comment and utterance of the soul itself4 ,there1 there is no effort to manifest compassion2 the effort is all to suppress and control it4 ,the effort is like the metal walls of a bomb1 without which the explosive would only fizzle and waste4 ,the poet--,swinburne1 ,milton1 or ,dante--had no doubt of his dynamite2 it was too mighty1 too awesome a thing2 all he must do is to make the bomb walls strong1 strong1 strong4 ,so1 in reading1 we get the effect1 and are blown up--to the altitudes of consciousness4 ,tennyson1 being also a poet1 and therefore knowing the nature of dynamite2 but writing here1 not poetry1 but mere criticism of life in the guise of poetry1 puts what he can1 out of his memory1 of dynamite into his work3 infuses what he may of the atmosphere of compassion into it4 ,swinburne and ,dante and ,milton have a ,niagara to deal with1 and they must make the channel of it as small as they may2 they must dam it as well as they can1 or heaven knows where they and the world would be swept to--mere incoherence and blind fury perhaps1 or silence4 ,tennyson 7in this case7 has to deal with an irrigation scheme1 and must make his channels as wide and deep as he can1 and coax the waters of the world into them4 ,then1 too1 see how he deals with that other quality4 ,he knew well enough that it is integral in the ,grand ,manner of ,poetry1 and he will weave it in here1 if he may4 ,so we have3 ,far from all men ,i built a fold for them3 99 99 99 99 99 ,and prospered2 till a rout of saucy boys ,brake on us at our books4 ,there is no doubt what quality that is2 scorn1 indignation1 separateness1 bitterness1 hostility4 ,it is a personal imitation of loftiness1 the compassionate element has quite vanished from it2 there is all the difference in the world between it and the fierce pity of-- these slaves of men should beat ,bosoms too lean to suckle sons1 ,and fruitless as their orisons3 or the sudden stern mercy implied in-- la ,montagna ,che drizza voi che il mondo fece torti3 or the serene1 august luminance of compassion shining through-- ,his form had not yet lost ,all her original brightness4 ,or1 since the compassion is out of it1 we might compare it with those many lines from ,milton that convey only the sense of the grandeur1 without the compassion1 of the soul2 lines such as these3 ,an old and haughty nation1 proud in arms2 or3 ,standing on earth1 not rapt above the pole1 ,more safe ,i sing with mortal voice1 unchanged ,to hoarse or mute1 though fallen on evil days1 ,on evil days though fallen1 and evil tongues1 ,in darkness1 and with dangers compassed round2 or3 ,let such bethink them1 if the sleepy drench ,of that forgetful lake benumb not still1 ,that in our proper motion we ascend ,up to our native seat2 descent and fall ,to us are adverse3 --these speak of the majesty of the soul2 but the other only of the bitterness of the personality4 ,but you will say1 ,tennyson was putting words into the mouth of a very human1 limited personality2 and so the piece is more artistic as it is1 and would be inappropriate otherwise4 ,these are the words she actually would have said4 ,true4 ,the personality does speak in prose4 ,prose is the language of personality2 and no doubt it was first invented when first the souls rayed out personalities from themselves2 no doubt poetry is the older1 as it is the more august4 ,so the style used in ,the ,princess is suitable1 well-chosen1 artistic2 it fits the subject admirably2 which proves that the subject is essentially a prose one4 ,for prose--history1 philosophy1 criticism--examines and criticises life from without2 but poetry illumines it from within4 ,prose considers and passes judgment on the external1 the seeming1 the current3 ,poetry dwells within the holy of holies and her whole burden is the story of the ,soul4 ,if she looks outward at all--and she does that too1 at times--it is from her own standpoint1 and in the eternal manner4 ,she does not then criticise2 her tones do not mince nor falter4 ,the bardic schools had a law1 that the office of the ,bard was solely to extol what was noble2 there were other orders1 not sacred like the bardic1 whose business was to satirize or to amuse4 ,one can see that such a law must have come from a time when that one force which1 as was said above1 alone can move poetry to anger absolute1 was not in evidence3 for1 except that they must fight that force1 that old law holds for the bards now4 ,so poetry1 looking down into this world1 criticises no one and nothing4 ,she exalts whom she will2 she mantles humanity with godhood3 and whom she will--the antihumanists1 the plotters against the freedom and beauty of the soul--she thunders upon4 ,swinburne1 looking at the roadside crucifix ghastly in its deification of decay and death1 criticises that--nay1 scourges the idea it symbolizes1 the soul-fettering dogmatism2 pours on it the hate of hate1 the scorn of scorn1 if you like--but it is because the awful vision of the real ,crucified burns up before him2 the tragedy of the ages1 the enslaved1 thwarted1 hindered1 persecuted ,soul of ,man4 ,dante beholds the severe mercy of the ,great ,law1 that straightens us1 whom the world has made crooked4 ,milton1 vainly endeavoring to be orthodox1 to write within the limits of the dogmas1 justifying the ways of his strange deity1 and holding up ,satan for our abhorrence1 gives way to the great spirit of the ,poet within him time and again2 and shows1 time and again1 the sublime pathos of the ,soul1 ,unchanged1 though fallen on evil days4 ,nay1 but they do not tell of these things2 they make them live2 they are revelations shown before us2 so that our own eyes have seen1 and the universe has undergone transfiguration1 and ourselves4 ,for ,poetry is no little thing1 no mere refinement4 ,it is magic2 it is the life of the ,gods2 it is the secret and spiritual nature of things4 ,without it1 this ,universe like a rotten bough1 would break off from the ,tree of ,life4 ,without it1 there would be no ,tree of ,life4 ,it is the living sap1 the greenness1 the subtle vigor1 and the beauty of the ,tree4 ,,the ,,music ,,of ,,the ,,spheres3 by ,h4 ,coryn1 ,m4 ,d41 ,m4 ,r4 ,c4 ,s4 ,hegel1 commenting upon the ,pythagorean doctrine of number as the basis of all things says3 ,numbers have been much used as the expression of ideas4 ,this1 on one side1 has a look of depth4 ,for1 that another meaning is implied in them than they immediately present1 is seen at once2 but how much is implied in them is known neither to him who proposes1 nor by him who tries to understand4444 ,the more obscure the thoughts1 the deeper they seem2 the thing is1 that what is most essential1 but also what is hardest1 namely1 the expression of one's self in definite notions--is precisely what the proposer spares himself4 ,upon which ,stirling remarks3 ,but the curious point is that ,hegel himself adopts this very numerical symbolism1 so far as it suits the system6 ,it is only1 indeed1 when that agreement fails1 that the agreement of ,hegel fails also4 ,the moment it does fail1 however1 his impatience breaks out4 ,the one1 the two1 the three1 he contentedly1 even warmly and admiringly accepts1 nay1 as far as five1 he says1 there may well be something like a thought in numbers1 but on from six there are simply arbitrary determinations6 ,especially1 said ,hegel1 there is meaning in three1 the ,trinity4 ,the ,trinity is only unintelligible when considered as three separate units2 its divine meaning appears when we take it as a whole4 ,it would be a strange thing if there were no sense in what for two thousand years has been the holiest ,christian idea4 ,it would be stranger if one of the profoundest thinkers that ever lived1 a teacher whose grandeur of character made him almost an object of worship to his pupils1 had selected his symbols to spare himself the labor of clear conception 7or had let them conceal from himself the confusion of his own thought74 ,according to ,hegel we must respectfully see philosophy in the ,christian ,trinity2 in the ,pythagorean ,dekad1 none4 ,pythagoras wrote nothing4 ,and his teaching was esoteric1 delivered under pledge of secrecy4 ,the essence of the echoes that reach us amounts to this3 that numbers and ratio are the soul of things2 that the soul itself is a number and a harmony4 ,is there any possible reading of this from which it might appear profoundly true and illuminating8 ,we sometimes estimate savage intelligence by the power of counting1 of adding units4 ,from one point of view the power does not seem to go very far with ourselves4 ,we cannot in one act of perception count more than a very few dots irregularly placed on a sheet of paper4 ,if more than that few they must have some arrangement4 ,nine must be perhaps in three threes1 twelve in four threes or three fours4 ,but even before twenty is reached1 no arrangement will permit one act of perception to accomplish the numbering4 ,there is merely a considerable number1 and actual unitary counting--of units or groups--is necessary to know how large it is4 ,but now let there be a sufficient number of dots to suggest to the eye say a flower form or a frieze pattern1 and let them be so arranged4 ,before that arrangement they were a mere horde of ones2 in their definite arrangement they have a meaning1 excite an idea1 a state of consciousness4 ,is not the advent of this meaning1 the perception of this form as a whole1 a new and transcendental kind of counting8 ,number in this sense1 is form2 and the form is form and not inchoateness1 chaos1 just because of its meaning2 that is1 because of the state of consciousness it excites in us4 ,you can count the ticks of the clock--as ones4 ,if they were four times as fast you could perhaps still count them4 ,as they became more rapid than that they would pass beyond the power of counting4 ,as they became still more rapid they would presently cease to be units at all and become a musical note4 ,now they excite what might be called an idea1 a state of feeling peculiar to that number per second4 ,is not the perception of that number as a note a kind of counting8 ,let the number per second be now suddenly doubled4 ,are we aware of the ratio of this new number to the previous one8 ,yes1 but as a rise of an octave in the note1 not as a counted doubling4 ,to this corresponds another state of feeling1 partly due to the new note as it is1 partly due to its relation to the old one4 ,it is a perception of ratio appearing in consciousness as aesthetic feeling4 ,set this clock to beat twice as fast again1 and having listened a moment so as to get the sense of the new note1 stop it4 ,set a second clock to beat five for the first one's four4 ,listen so as to get the sense of it and then stop that clock also4 ,set a third to beat six for the first one's four and do the same4 ,now start them all at once4 ,you cannot by counting ascertain that whilst one beats six the other two are respectively beating five and four4 ,but your appreciation of the fact takes the form of hearing the musical chord do1 mi1 sol1 ,c1 ,e1 ,g1 the common chord in its first position4 ,is not the perception of that chord1 the acceptation of that state of feeling1 really a recognition of the ratio1 a highly transcendental counting8 ,in the feeling you have the meaning of the numbers and of the ratios between them4 ,it is those numbers themselves viewed from a high standpoint4 ,the same might be said of every other chord4 ,listening to music is perceiving ratios of vibratory speed between the successive notes and chords1 transcendental counting4 ,the feelings aroused are what those ratios mean4 ,the meaning1 the feeling1 of the composer gets out into expression through those numbers and ratios4 ,number in the ordinary one-plus-one sense is the body of music2 number in the transcendental sense is its soul4 ,we cannot in the ordinary sense count ether-touches on the optic nerve4 ,but when they reach a certain number of trillions per second we suddenly perceive the meaning of that number--which we call the color red or the sensation of redness4 ,when the rapidity is seven-fourths as many we get the sensation violet4 ,but there is more than a sensation2 the colors have an aesthetic and emotional value4 ,and when colors1 that is rates1 are juxtaposited in certain ways we get art and the value may become spiritual4 ,but no two people are affected in exactly the same way by the same piece of music or of art work1 though the souls of both may be touched4 ,since1 as we have seen1 the highest aspect of number and ratio is spiritual meaning1 we can already see something in the ,pythagorean saying that the soul is a number and a ratio or harmony4 ,in its self-consciousness it has a spiritual meaning for itself2 it means something to itself2 it understands itself4 ,and so each soul1 each with its own special nature or meaning1 reacts a little differently to the spiritual meaning of numbers and ratios coming to it from without4 ,nature herself1 thought the ,pythagoreans1 is instinct with spiritual meanings4 ,whilst the soul is embodied and limited by the senses she cannot ordinarily or easily get these meanings direct4 ,they have to be clothed or bodied in those masses of units and ratios that are color1 sound1 and form4 ,she touches these ordered aggregations 7numbers them1 understands them7 on three planes3 first as sensation2 then as aesthetic feeling2 then1 perhaps1 in their spiritual meaning4 ,the musician1 as he composes1 does receive direct a bit of nature's spiritual meaning and then aggregates such numbers and ratios of vibration as will express it4 ,and if his music1 carrying this meaning1 be so sounded as to affect plates of sand or other fine powder1 forms will result such as nature herself makes--perhaps in the same way1 though we cannot hear the sound for its subtlety--forms of flowers1 trees1 groves1 and what not4 ,for any of nature's meanings may get out along the ways of sound1 color1 or form4 ,we can conceive that the whole of evolution is guided by number1 ordered number1 ratio4 ,the electrons in an atom and the atoms in a molecule and the molecules in a cell or crystal are not only so many in number but definite in arrangement1 in form4 ,they mean something2 they express in arrangement and in successive changes in arrangement a unitary spiritual idea of nature's1 and in that is the force of evolution4 ,if the units disintegrate and scatter so that we speak of death1 the idea1 the real life1 remains and embodies again in a new harmonized mass of units4 ,the idea is the magnet that attracts and arranges them and incarnates among them4 ,it is their spiritual number1 the cause of their countable number and scientifically ascertainable arrangement4 ,number1 therefore1 in the highest sense1 is not the same as a heap1 a mass1 an anyhowness2 it is an order expressive of a spiritual meaning4 ,in the highest sense it is that spiritual meaning itself even before expression in an ordered mass of items or vibrations4 ,and in this sense the soul is a number and nature the synthesis of numbers2 both finding expression1 the one in the soul's several garments 7one only known to science7 and works2 the other in what we call nature4 ,pythagoras will yet find his full vindication in philosophy4 ,he is of the future1 not the past4 ,,does ,,nirv,,na ,,mean ,,annihilation8 by ,t4 ,h4 ,it is sometimes said by superficial students that ,nirvna means total annihilation2 while more accurate scholars point out that it means the extinction of the impermanent part of our nature1 whereby the permanent prevails4 ,this is well brought out in the following quotation from ,the ,kashf al-,mahjb1 the oldest ,persian treatise on ,sfiism1 translated by ,reynold ,a4 ,nicholson4 ,annihilation is the annihilation of one attribute through the subsistence of another attribute4444 ,whoever is annihilated from his own will subsists in the will of ,god1 as the power of fire transmutes to its own quality anything that falls into it 444 but fire affects only the quality of iron without changing its substance4 ,it is evident that what is annihilated is the personality1 which1 according to the teachings1 is an erroneous conception preventing the manifestation of the real ,self4 ,thus the doctrine of annihilation is seen to be a consistent part of a logical teaching and not the untenable idea which some critics have represented it to be4 ,the fact that most of us in our present state of development look with reluctance at the idea of losing our transitory personality does not invalidate the truth of the teaching2 for the teaching relates to the destinies of the permanent ,spirit1 in which the wishes of our erring1 transitory personality play but little part4 ,were we washed clean1 standing forth in robes of light1 as most religious believers hope to be at some time or other1 we might consent in will and understanding to this teaching2 seeing then that the personality is indeed a delusion and a source of woe1 whose annihilation is even to be desired4 ,in the meantime1 and for immediate practical purposes1 we can consider annihilation as a process applicable to the development of our character2 substituting1 however1 a less harsh word--say neutralization4 ,there are in our character many elements which we should wish to reduce to nothing2 there are many false selves which obtrude themselves on us1 claiming a share of our life and crowding out the better phases of our character4 ,the elimination of these1 in order that the better elements may shine forth unobscured1 is a process of purification4 ,why1 then1 may not ,nirvna be so considered8 ,to what extent have our prejudices on the subject been aroused by the mere use of an inadequate word in translation8 ,nirvna is extinction of the false4 ,ring out the false1 ring in the true6 ,,cathedrals ,,in ,,ancient ,,crete3 by a ,student ,great as is the reverence which we have for our religion1 we scarcely realize how much more ancient and venerable it is than is usually supposed4 ,but archaeology is doing much to enlighten opinion on that point4 ,for instance1 we read in ,the ,discoveries in ,crete1 by ,ronald ,m4 ,burrows1 that ,it was long ago suggested that the ,roman ,basilica1 which formed the earliest type of ,christian church1 was derived both in structure and in name from the ,stoa ,basilike or ,king's ,colonnade at ,athens4 ,this was the place where the ,king ,archon1 the particular member of the board of nine annual magistrates who inherited the sacred and judicial functions of the old kings1 tried cases of impiety4 ,it had further seemed possible that the building as well as the title was a survival from some earlier stage1 when a king was a king in more than name4 ,what we have found at ,knossos seems curiously to confirm this suggested chain of inheritance4 ,at one end of a pillared hall1 about thirty-seven feet long by fifteen wide there is a narrow raised dais1 separated from the rest of the hall by stone balustrades1 with an opening between them in which three steps give access to the center of the dais4 ,at this center point1 immediately in front of the steps1 a square niche is set back in the wall1 and in this niche are the remains of a gypsum throne4444 ,we seem to have here 444 a pillar hall with a raised ,tribunal or dais bounded by ,cancelli or balustrades1 and with an ,exedra or seated central niche which was the place of honor4 ,even the elements of a triple longitudinal division are indicated by the two rows of columns that run down the ,hall4 ,is the ,priest-,king of ,knossos1 who here gave his judgments1 a direct ancestor of ,praetor and ,bishop seated in the ,apse within the ,chancel1 speaking to the people that stood below in ,nave and ,aisles8 ,the antiquity and universality of the doctrinal basis of ,christianity forms the subject of frequent remarks in ,theosophical writings1 as it is a topic much to the fore in religious circles just now4 ,but here the question is of ecclesiastical architecture2 and that too1 as we see1 is ancient and pre-,christian4 ,little do many people seem to suspect that the grand cathedral1 with its nave and aisles1 its transept1 its chancel1 and its altar1 are founded on such ancient models4 ,while such facts are for the most part unknown or deliberately ignored1 there are some ,christian writers who admit them1 but are disposed to regard ,christianity as a capstone to the entire edifice of ancient wisdom1 a final and complete revelation4 ,whether or not ,christianity really occupies or can occupy such a commanding position is of course a question of fact2 the proofs must be practical2 by results we must judge4 ,mere claims will not replace actualities1 nor would claims be needed where actualities were present4 ,if ,christianity can maintain such a position1 it will doubtless win the respect it so yearns for4 ,,the ,,world ,,of ,,womanhood3 by ,grace ,knoche ,there are subjects which even thought floats round and round1 as a bird above her nestlings or incense over the flame which gave it birth--subjects which the brain-mind hesitates to touch directly1 so reverential is the appeal they make to the inner and the best in heart-life4 ,words seem out of place4 ,even reason before them pauses1 makes obeisance1 and dowered with glamor1 passes on1 as one might pass who stands for a moment in the presence of a new light4 ,there are events1 though they are few1 that so enshrine within themselves the deeper sacredness of soul-life that words seem poor and mean as carriers of their largess4 ,the heart feels intuitively that silence1 the great ,empire of ,silence1 alone could hope to attune human lives to the voice of them4 ,deep answereth unto deep1 but sometimes not by the ,marconi messages of the soul4 ,there are times when from deep to deep the mystic1 intangible bridge that is to be builded must use living words for its piers and masonry4 ,but they must be living words1 golden-tongued words1 words glowing with the lambent touch of flame rekindling flame4 ,they must be vital1 electric1 surcharged with the mighty currents of compassion and that love that layeth down its life for a friend2 heart-messengers of ,wisdom herself they must be1 and even then can build no bridge royal enough for ,wisdom's whole mighty entourage to pass over when the ,event is such as recent days have brought forth in the world of womanhood--the world of womanhood1 bear in mind1 which is a larger1 more soulful realm than the world of women1 merely4 ,yet words are the only masonry-stuff at hand1 and so build we must with them4 ,hearts that respond to the finer harmonies of life and nature1 and minds that have touched understandingly to a degree the great problem of woman's work and woman's true place in life1 will quicken and respond4 ,at ,isis ,theater1 ,san ,diego1 on the evening of ,monday1 ,february #ai1 and again on ,february #bg1 ,anno ,fraternitatis ,universalis ,,xiv1 ,katherine ,tingley looked into the eager1 upturned faces of more than a thousand women1 respectful1 waiting1 aspiring1 dead-in-earnest women4 ,both meetings had been called for women only4 ,as ,i glanced over pit and gallery while the strains of music announced that the meeting was about to begin1 the words which ,mr4 ,judge once used in reference to right action and the altruistic life1 seemed to sing out in tones of unmistakable triumph from the very bosom of the air3 ,it is better than philosophy1 for it enables us to know philosophy4 ,nothing in this world of unity can be rightly judged if conceived of as an isolated something1 just a fragment4 ,a primrose by the river's brim is far other than a yellow primrose 444 and nothing more to the rational1 open mind4 ,it is a part of all the rich nature-environment which1 when we think of it in parts1 as some mosaicist might think of his design1 we call river and bank and forest-wildness and sedge and shimmer and sky4 ,the distant mountain is no mountain1 merely1 but part of a noble panorama1 its base melting into gentler slope and foreground at just what point no living soul can say1 its heights suffused in sunshine1 its edges softened and purpled and cooled and warmed in the shimmering atmosphere1 its stature rising grandly undefined against the misty1 illimitable ,beyond of azure or gold or gray4 ,no more can the artist in color say ,here1 definitely here1 the foreground or distance end and the mountain begins1 than the artist in life can say1 ,here we will mark off and limit truthfulness1 and next to it1 virtue1 and beyond the next hard dividing-line1 compassion1 and a goodly collection of such separate items we will call character4 ,ah no1 life is no rag-bag of scraps and shreds and patches1 nor is nature4 ,it is one grand whole and no part can be understood1 or even seen as it is1 unless looked at and studied in its relation to all the other parts which with it constitute the whole4 ,so also with historic truth4 ,the mountain-peaks of history1 rising as they do above the plain and level of general human action1 never rise separate to the philosopher's vision from all that lies behind them1 nor are they ever wholly unsuffused by the glow or the dimness that speaks to the prescient mind of glories or of disillusionments ahead4 ,there could be no question1 in the minds of those whose duties led them both before and behind the scenes of action at the two meetings referred to1 that the twentieth century call for women had come4 ,katherine ,tingley1 in inaugurating this work1 issued a challenge to all the nobler possibilities of womanhood4 ,those who could look beyond the present into the dim aerial distance and adown the vistas of the past1 knew the ,event for what it was and made no mistake in prophesying wonderful things for the future from the glow of promise which fell upon it4 ,it was part of the past1 yes1 but a nobler than the common part2 one felt that it had somehow swung out from old limitations1 as some great glorious member of a star group might be conceived of as swinging out into space1 into a greater orbit and an orbit of its own4 ,it was as a new note sounded in the long1 ascending gamut of woman's evolution1 a gamut in which there are1 here and there1 glorious notes1 royal notes1 with echoing overtones of soulfulness and strength1 but which has1 alas6 its burden of discord to carry1 as well4 ,there has been no unity of soul in past efforts1 as a whole1 and the keynote struck by ,katherine ,tingley had a ring of newness1 somehow1 on very real lines4 ,which does not mean that women have not worked together1 often in large bodies1 as we see them doing today4 ,but both their aims and the quality of result that grew from these showed that real unity on lines of soul-strength and soul-effort has been lacking4 ,for example1 we have today the apparently united body of women who are storming council-chambers and invoking hand-to-hand battles with policemen2 and yesterday we had their prototypes in old ,rome1 excited groups of fad-ridden women who even barred the approaches to the ,forum as an argument in support of their demands for political equality--and ,roman homes going to pieces by the hundred for lack of true womanhood at the helm4 ,oh1 if women would read history in a new way6 ,efforts characterized by a certain outer binding-together1 while of real inner unity there was none1 there have been in all ages4 ,but1 strange to say1 until the inauguration of ,theosophical work for women in this year of the twentieth century1 the true note has been sounded1 in most cases1 by some one woman who was more or less unhelped by the women about her4 ,history inspires us with the virtues of ,alcestis1 that peerless wife2 of ,antigone2 of that perfect exemplar of motherhood1 ,cornelia1 mother of the ,gracchi2 of the queenly ,thusnelda2 of ,cleopatra1 ,semiramis1 and ,zenobia2 and let us not forget the peasant girl of ,domremy1 whose simple purity and absolute self-forgetfulness did more for the woman movement of the ages than even her generalship did for ,france4 ,yet these are isolated types4 ,barring ,sappho and her woman pupils1 ,birgitta of ,sweden and her wonderful work for and with the women who flocked to the home centers that ecclesiastical enemies fortunately did not prevent her from establishing1 history has little to say as to women who have worked together for some truly spiritual cause1 in which the noblest they had was placed on ,humanity's altar4 ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,pheidias ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,,kratinos ,,in ,,center1 ,,euripides ,,to ,,left1 ,,attendant ,,at ,,right ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,,magnetons1 ,,force ,,and ,,matter3 by ,h4 ,travers ,a man of science has presented to the ,paris ,academy of ,sciences a paper in which he attempts to prove from the results of certain experiments that the atoms of magnetic bodies1 such as iron and manganese1 contain definite quantities of an elementary magnetic substance1 which he proposes to call magneton4 ,this is regarded as a sequel to the new way of regarding electricity2 for in the electrons we now seem to find a means of defining electricity in terms of a unit of substance4 ,electricity1 light1 and other physical forces1 have at different times been defined either as kinds of matter or as modes of motion4 ,at the present moment1 many people think1 we are passing from the kinetic to the corpuscular view again4 ,but it is more likely that our present studies will end by giving us a more accurate and adequate notion of the nature of force on the one hand and matter on the other4 ,we shall see more clearly that force and matter are inseparable1 and that in our use of these words we are merely making mental abstractions for the purpose of calculation4 ,what was at one time considered to be inert matter was later found to be teeming with energy2 so that this kind of matter1 instead of being inert substance1 was found to be the result of forces acting in some finer kind of matter4 ,this finer kind of matter--hypothetical so far--was denominated ether2 and should we succeed in examining this ether1 we should probably find that it too is the result of forces acting in a still more recondite form of matter--a sub-ether1 as it were4 ,at all events we should have no choice but to describe it in that way4 ,in the same way force must always be inseparably associated with mass1 for the quantity denoted by the term mass is included in the definition of force4 ,thus the question whether electricity1 magnetism1 etc41 are forces or forms of matter loses its meaning1 since 7strictly speaking7 they cannot be either but must be both4 ,the experiments mentioned seem to have shown that there is a definite physical unit of quantity for magnetism1 just as the negative electron is said to be a definite unit of quantity for negative electricity4 ,in this case we should have arrived at the conclusion that magnetic substances are those to whose atoms or molecules are attached these magnetic atoms4 ,as to the kinetic theory of electricity1 light1 and other physical forces1 we certainly know that kinetic effects attend the manifestation of these forces2 and where there is no physical matter present we have predicated an ether to serve as a substratum for these kinetic effects4 ,but is that the same as saying that electricity and light are modes of energy or forms of motion8 ,later research has shown us that these physical forces are attended1 not only by kinetic effects1 but also by those other effects which we denote by such terms as mass1 inertia1 or substance4 ,again1 are we entitled to say that electricity1 light1 etc41 are substances1 or forms of matter8 ,it would seem more reasonable to say that both energy and mass are to be classed among the effects or accompaniments of electricity and light1 electricity and light themselves being something that is neither energy nor mass but parent to both4 ,in brief1 the life or vis viva of the physical universe escapes observation and analysis1 while its various effects1 appearing in the forms which we describe as light1 heat1 electricity1 etc41 are defined by us in terms of our two mental concepts mass and energy4 ,the farthest limit to which physical observation has reached1 or seems likely to reach1 is that of minute and extremely active particles1 whose motions are attended with luminous1 thermal1 and electric phenomena4 ,to put the matter in a nutshell3 we find that the so-called inert matter of the universe is composed of what are to all intents and purposes small beings1 very much alive and endowed with proclivities4 ,given our electron or magneton1 we are obliged to take for granted its innate properties of energy1 etc41 for we have no means of explaining them except by reducing them to smaller factors of precisely the same kind--and this is no explanation4 ,that is1 we have to assume the universal presence of active and purposeful life--for that is what it amounts to1 whatever names we may give4 ,and behind all this manifestation of life there of course lies mind2 otherwise we must suppose the existence of causeless and purposeless life--a conception which is highly arbitrary and unnecessary4 ,science has a great future before it1 but at present it is laboring under limitations due to the restriction of its sphere4 ,a large portion of its proper domain having been usurped by theology and wild deductive philosophy1 science has confined itself to such limits as give it a free field4 ,but if the careful and logical methods of true science could be applied to all departments of investigation1 knowledge would take a great leap4 ,of late years we have seen many foolish attempts to establish a higher science1 many of them associated with psychism and similar eccentricities4 ,all this naturally arouses the antagonism of true men of science and causes them to shun the possibility of association with such movements4 ,take the psychical research movements1 for example2 is it not evident that in many cases these are destined to achieve delusion rather than any useful truth8 ,or take hypnotism3 how can such a dangerous pseudo-science be adequately studied without the grave risks which its knowledge brings upon society in the shape of credulous folly and a cover for cowardly vice8 ,it seems evident that science is too unorganized and indiscriminate at present1 and that when it extends its boundaries so as to include the larger fields it will also have to raise its standards4 ,scientific work1 if valuable1 should be treated like other valuables--that is1 protected4 ,this can only be done by intrusting it to worthy and competent people2 from which we see that the character of the professors becomes an important matter4 ,this principle is recognized in many of our departments2 for we do not intrust the performing of surgical operations nor the care of lunatics to all and sundry4 ,why then should other departments be thrown open1 allowing dangerous drugs and dynamite to pass into the hands of weaklings and criminals8 ,above all1 why should the far more dangerous powers of hypnotism and so forth be made thus free to all8 ,in brief1 knowledge is as inseparably connected with conduct as force is with matter4 ,he who attempts to separate them and to pursue knowledge independently of duty and conduct1 does not achieve knowledge2 he achieves only partial knowledge or harmful knowledge4 ,the fair bride is won only by the pure and valiant knight4 ,one of the most important adjustments which our views have to undergo is that of recognizing the proper relative positions of religion and science4 ,they should be one and not separate4 ,but before this can be done there is much rubbish to be cleared away from the foundations4 ,,the ,,natural ,,history ,,museum1 ,,south ,,kensington1 ,,london ,the ,british ,museum was completed as recently as #ahdg1 yet hardly thirty years elapsed before it was found to be too small to hold the continually accumulating specimens1 and an enlargement had to be made4 ,to preserve and properly exhibit the enormous collection of natural history objects a commodious building was erected at ,south ,kensington1 near the well-known ,museum of ,science and ,art4 ,it was finished in #ahhj and stocked with the old specimens from the ,british ,museum and many new ones2 the crowded rooms from which the old specimens were taken being immediately filled with other objects which had been waiting for exhibition4 ,the ,natural ,history ,museum was designed by ,waterhouse1 and there has always been a strong difference of opinion as to its architectural beauty1 at least externally4 ,the interior design and decoration is generally approved4 ,the large towers are #aib feet high1 and the length of the building is #fge feet4 ,the ornamental decoration is composed of terra cotta1 and consists of bands and dressings of animals and other natural objects4 ,the interior consists of a great central hall with long side galleries and basement4 ,the eastern galleries are devoted to the geological1 mineralogical1 and botanical collections2 the western to the zoological collections4 ,the great hall is an index or typical museum1 arranged with such specimens as to give a general idea of the scope of the subject of natural history4 ,the historical development of those species of whose past there is definite knowledge1 the effect of seasonal changes upon the colors of certain animals and birds1 protective resemblances and mimicry1 etc41 are here displayed4 ,among the most interesting and rare fossils are the gigantic kangaroo of ,australia 7six times larger than the present representative1 which is placed near it71 the gigantic armadillo of ,buenos ,aires and its modern dwarfed descendant1 the huge megatherium from ,buenos ,aires compared with the sloth of today1 etc4 ,the collection of stuffed birds shown in natural positions and with the correct surroundings always attracts admiring attention from the general public4 ,in a commanding position on the first landing of the main staircase there is a fine statue by ,bhm of the great naturalist1 ,charles ,darwin4 ,the ,natural ,history ,museum faces ,cromwell road1 a street of palatial residences1 called after one of ,oliver ,cromwell's sons1 who lived in a house once existing there4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,natural ,,history ,,museum1 ,,south ,,kensington1 ,,london ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,a ,,bird',s ,,eye ,,view ,,of ,,part ,,of ,,geneva1 ,,switzerland ,,showing ,,the ,,end ,,of ,,the ,,lake ,,of ,,geneva1 ,,the ,,river ,,rh,,ne1 ,,and ,,old ,,geneva ,,in ,,the ,,center ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,near ,,champ,,ry 7,,valais71 ,,switzerland ,,the ,,route ,,du ,,col ,,de ,,coux2 ,,and ,,la ,,dent ,,du ,,midi ,,was ,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky ,a ,,plagiarist8 by ,henry ,t4 ,edge1 ,b4 ,a4 7,cantab471 a ,pupil under ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky ,this article1 written by an old pupil under ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 and voicing the feelings of other students1 is a vindication of the memory of that great teacher against certain charges brought against her4 ,the charges are many and mutually inconsistent2 so that if brought together they would confute each other and the various critics might be left to settle their own quarrel4 ,thus ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky is accused both of inventing her teachings1 and also of plagiarizing them from other people2 her works are said to be at once a stale rehash1 and a new fad4 ,but1 as any one of these charges may appear alone and thus gain a plausibility it would not otherwise have had1 it is both the desire and the duty of those who uphold the truth about ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky to show up the absurdity of the attacks4 ,the particular charge in question just now is that of unoriginality4 ,it has been based on a quotation from the ,introduction to ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's great work1 ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 which is as follows3 ,i may repeat what ,i have stated all along1 and which ,i now clothe in the words of ,montaigne3 ,gentlemen1 ,i ,,have ,,here ,,made ,,only ,a ,,nosegay ,,of ,,culled ,,flowers1 ,,and ,,have ,,brought ,,nothing ,,of ,,my ,,own ,,but ,,the ,,string ,,that ,,ties ,,them4 ,the attempt to construe this into a charge of plagiarism signifies the wish to depreciate ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's writings1 as being so stale and unoriginal that it is not worth while reading them4 ,but1 if this were so1 why did the critics deign to notice them at all1 instead of suffering them to sink into the rapid and perfect oblivion which awaits all works that are actually open to such a charge8 ,evidently there was a desire to prejudice the mind of the inquirer1 so that he would be deterred from reading the works for himself and thus forming his own opinion4 ,in short1 the arguments of these critics1 not resting upon fact1 would have been disproved by such a reading2 and therefore they have preferred to rest their statements upon mere assertion4 ,of course the genuine truth-seeker will always derive his opinion from his own investigations2 and if he finds anywhere the help and knowledge for which he is seeking1 he will not hesitate to accept it from any doubts as to the popularity of the author4 ,rather he will base his opinion of the author upon his or her works4 ,but as the conditions of life render it necessary for us to a great extent to be dependent upon the judgments of professional literary people1 it is possible for any prejudice that may exist in that quarter to inflict much injustice by lending the weight of authority to false representations4 ,we may find1 for instance1 some standard work1 having great influence and repute1 treating of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky and ,theosophy in a way that would lead one to think the writers had studied these subjects2 whereas the contrary is the case1 and the apparently scholarly treatise is actually a misrepresentation of fact1 amounting to throwing dust in the eyes of the inquirer4 ,the inquirer1 the sincere seeker for knowledge1 is therefore referred to ,the ,secret ,doctrine itself1 where he may ascertain what the author really does say in her ,preface and ,introduction and where he may study the actual teachings she thus introduces4 ,her attitude is both plain and frank2 there should be no difficulty in understanding it1 and its sincerity is apparent to anyone who has studied the book enough to see whether or not the writer has justified her claims4 ,in the ,preface we read3 ,these truths are in no sense put forward as a revelation2 nor does the author claim the position of a revealer of mystic lore now made public for the first time in the world's history4 ,for what is contained in this work is to be found scattered throughout thousands of volumes embodying the scriptures of the great ,asiatic and early ,european religions1 hidden under glyph and symbol1 and hitherto left unnoticed because of this veil4 ,here the charge of having invented a new system is met by the express affirmation that the materials are gleaned from ancient sources2 while the charge of unoriginality is rendered pointless4 ,a plagiarist is one who gives out the teachings of others as his own1 and the charge of unoriginality is not usually brought against writers who set out with the deliberate and announced intention of quoting and expounding other writers4 ,as ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky herself says1 in the very passage from which the words of the critic were selected1 it would be as reasonable to charge ,renan with having plagiarized his ,life of ,jesus from the ,gospels1 or ,max ,mller his ,sacred ,books of the ,east from the ,indian philosophical writings4 ,and what shall be said of the insinuation that ,the ,secret ,doctrine is merely a compost1 a stale and profitless rehash8 ,that it is equally absurd4 ,a nosegay is not a mere heap of flowers1 nor does a heap of stones make a temple4 ,the riddle of ancient knowledge is not solved by merely collecting the scattered fragments4 ,anyone may bring together a lot of colored threads1 but only a weaver and artist can make them into a beautiful and symmetrical fabric4 ,the question is1 ,what has ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky made of her studies of the world's mystic lore8 ,what use has she made of her quotations and references8 ,has she succeeded any better than other writers who have delved in the same soil8 ,is ,the ,secret ,doctrine really but one more of those numerous compilations that find a speedy and eternal tomb on dusty shelves8 ,on consulting the ,preface we find that the author has made the claim that she has been able to weave the tangled threads into a symmetrical whole1 to put the various fragments in their right places1 and to apply a key that will unlock mysteries4 ,in proof of her claim she refers the reader to the book itself4 ,this is the only test she demands2 surely not an unreasonable one6 ,it is written in the service of humanity1 and by humanity and the future generations it must be judged4 ,its author recognizes no inferior court of appeal4--,preface4 ,other authors who have compiled voluminous works on ancient lore have signally failed to render them profitable to the student4 ,they have either been mere compilers having no definite purpose other than the production of a learned book1 or they have been overruled by some theory or fad which they have sought to prove4 ,but ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky has pointed out the real clues and for the first time made sense of what was chaotic4 ,to quote her words again3 ,what is now attempted is to gather the oldest tenets together and to make of them one harmonious and unbroken whole4 ,the sole advantage which the writer has over her predecessors is that she need not resort to personal speculations and theories4 ,for this work is a partial statement of what she herself has been taught by more advanced students1 supplemented1 in a few details only1 by the results of her own study and observation4 ,it is not easy to see how a plainer and franker statement could have been made4 ,the indebtedness to other sources is freely admitted2 and1 as the reader can see1 all references to sources are fully given in the text4 ,the author mentions her own teachers1 but not for the purpose of lending a fictitious authority to her statements4 ,for these statements do not need any such support1 consisting1 as they do1 of appeals to reason1 to the weight of testimony1 and to accepted authorities in the different branches of learning4 ,the reference to her teachers was made simply in modest and honorable disclaim of credit which the writer felt was due to others4 ,as to the teachings thus received and thus transmitted by her1 they are to be judged on their merits1 and should neither be accepted or rejected on any other principle4 ,information is information1 however gained2 and a man lost in a forest1 who has actually been conducted out of it1 does not need any testimonials to the trustworthiness of his guide4 ,if ,the ,secret ,doctrine can really solve problems1 answer questions1 and remove doubts1 that fact alone is sufficient for the genuine truth-seeker2 and the author's statement as to the source of her knowledge will be taken for what it was intended for--a due acknowledgement of gratitude and indebtedness4 ,if ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's work is of the kind which these critics wish to make it out to be1 surely the student may be trusted to find out that fact for himself2 but if it is not of this kind1 then the statement that it is1 is a misrepresentation--founded possibly on ignorance1 but in any case unworthy of a scholar4 ,she claims that she has pointed out many things that have hitherto escaped the attention of scholars4 ,and this is a statement which can only be tested by investigation2 anyone presuming to affirm or deny it without such investigation is either a simpleton or a bigot4 ,the pointing out of truths is not an act of dogmatism1 since the person to whom they are pointed out is left perfectly free to use his own judgment 7if he has any7 as to whether that which he has been shown is true or not1 whether it is what he was looking for or not4 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky did not write for recognition1 but she has succeeded in the object for which she did write--that of arousing thought1 calling attention4 ,she desired to startle the world of thought2 and this she has certainly done2 for her opponents cannot let her alone4 ,moreover a kind of acknowledgement is to be found in the large and increasing number of facts1 denied in her day but since admitted by scholars4 ,it is true that for these revised views credit is not given to their originator2 but that must be left to posterity when time shall have obliterated selfishness and ignorance4 ,the question of originality may be settled by calling ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky a pioneer4 ,the lands into which she has led us are indeed ancient and many a foot has trod them of yore2 yet to the modern world they were virgin forests4 ,but one word remains to be said4 ,fortunately for the credit due to ,theosophy and its first promulgator in this age1 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's writings do not constitute the whole of her work4 ,she has left behind her the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 an organization which embodies many teachings which could never be communicated by books alone4 ,this means that her work is in hands that will take care that she gets the credit to which she is entitled1 and that the real ,theosophical work is of a kind that can only be done by ,theosophists1 and so can not be plagiarized4 ,and even the clues given in her writings will prove inadequate unless taken in connexion with an application of ,theosophy in the student's daily life2 for she took good care to show the inseparable connexion between knowledge and conduct4 ,thus those who try to use ,the ,secret ,doctrine as a mine from which they may dig out something that they can use to their own private advantage are more likely to serve the author's cause than their own2 for the only use that can be made of half-truths is to point the way to the missing halves4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,a ,,farmhouse ,,on ,,the ,,norfolk ,,broads1 ,,england ,a district to the west of ,great ,yarmouth watered by three rivers with many open spaces called broads1 roads and long narrow lanes1 all of water4 ,many birds--water-fowl--nest and feed amongst the sedges2 pure white swans sail about with majestic dignity and grace1 some carrying their cygnets on the back1 between the raised wings4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,buckingham ,,palace1 ,,london3 ,,the ,,london ,,residence ,,of ,,the ,,british ,,sovereign ,,buckingham ,,palace1 ,,london ,the illustration shows the eastern faade of ,buckingham ,palace1 the residence of ,king ,george ,v when in ,london4 ,it is taken from ,st4 ,james' ,park4 ,the end of the lake1 which is five acres in area1 can be seen in the picture4 ,the private gardens occupy fifty acres4 ,the eastern wing of the palace1 #cfj feet long1 was added by ,blore in #ahdf1 making the building a large quadrangle4 ,buckingham ,palace was originally erected in #agjc by a ,duke of ,buckingham1 on the site of ,arlington ,house1 where it is recorded that tea was first drunk in ,england4 ,george ,,iii purchased it1 and it was remodeled by ,nash in #ahbe for ,george ,,iv4 ,the exterior is generally condemned as an architectural failure1 imposing only from its size1 but the interior has some good features4 ,the white marble staircase is considered very handsome4 ,the palace contains a fine sculpture gallery1 library1 etc4 ,the ,throne ,room is #ff feet long1 the ,state ,drawing ,room #aaj feet by #fj4 ,the ,picture ,gallery1 which is #ahj feet long1 contains a very fine collection1 chiefly ,dutch pictures4 ,there are excellent examples of ,rembrandt 7the great ,adoration of the ,magi--#affg71 ,hals1 ,teniers1 ,rubens1 ,osrade1 ,van ,dyck 7,charles ,i on horseback71 ,cuyp1 ,potter1 ,de ,hooch1 ,titian1 ,carracci1 ,claude1 etc4 ,permission for strangers to visit the gallery is difficult to obtain1 but may sometimes be obtained when the court is not in residence4 ,the new monument to ,queen ,victoria1 just unveiled1 stands in front of ,buckingham ,palace4 ,,the ,,golden ,,chain ,,of ,,platonic ,,succession3 by ,f4 ,s4 ,darrow1 ,a4 ,m41 ,ph4 ,d4 7,harv47 ,a key to the interpretation of ,greek philosophy1 generally neglected except by ,platonists and ,theosophists1 is given by the following statement of ,proklos1 the ,platonic ,successor3 ,what ,orpheus delivered in hidden allegories1 ,pythagoras learned when he was initiated into the ,orphic ,mysteries1 in which ,plato next received a perfect knowledge from the ,orphic and ,pythagorean writings4 ,in this connexion it was pointed out by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 the foundress of the ,theosophical ,society 7,isis ,unveiled1 vol4 ,,ii1 p4 #ci1 ,point ,loma edition7 that ,plato himself in his ,letters declares that his teachings were derived from ancient and sacred doctrines4 ,in the ,seventh ,letter of the collection which has come down to us he says3 ,it is ever necessary to believe in the truth of the ,sacred ,accounts of the ,olden ,time1 which inform us that the soul is immortal and has judges of its conduct and suffers the greatest punishments when it is liberated from the body4 ,hence it is requisite to regard it a lesser evil to suffer than to commit the greatest sins and injuries4 ,it is unjustifiable to assume as scholars usually do that we are in a position to judge correctly of all of ,plato's thoughts because1 most fortunately1 it appears that all of his published works have been preserved4 ,the last thirty-eight years of ,plato's life were spent as ,scholarch or ,head of the ,platonic ,school among the olive groves of the ,academy where the philosopher dwelt with some of his principal students1 namely1 his successor and pupil ,speusippos1 ,xenokrates1 and others1 teaching ,divine ,wisdom freely to those who were able to understand4 ,the fact that ,aristotle refers to various teachings of ,plato not now extant in the ,platonic works1 as well as the request in the ,second of our ,platonic ,letters that the letter be burned after its frequent reading so that it may not fall into improper hands1 both afford corroborative evidence of the tradition that ,plato refused to publish any of his numerous lectures and oral teachings4 ,it is therefore a priori probable that ,plato treated philosophy in two distinct ways1 one treatment intended for public circulation and the other intended for ,school instruction4 ,if this be true1 presumably his published dialogs give mere indirect hints1 illustrations1 and applications of the central principles of his teachings1 which were revealed only orally to a selected audience4 ,doubtless the character of his oral instructions also varied and certain teachings were given only to a few of his more advanced students1 as even ,grote admits4 ,therefore in seeking to understand ,plato it is important to recollect that today the ,prince of ,western ,philosophers is known only from his ,dialogs1 while his teachings as ,scholarch are now unknown4 ,it is1 however1 certain from the statement of ,aristotle in regard to ,plato's lectures ,on the ,supreme ,good1 that ,plato in his oral instructions taught ,pythagorean ,doctrines1 and dealt with the highest and most transcendental concepts in a mystical and enigmatical way4 ,in regard to this there are important declarations in the extant ,letters of ,plato1 ,letters which it is orthodox to declare to be apocryphal1 but whose genuineness is rightly defended by ,grote in his ,plato and ,other ,companions of ,socrates4 ,in the ,second ,letter1 which is addressed to ,dionysios the ,younger of ,syracuse1 ,plato uses some very suggestive language in referring to the effect upon the newly fledged student of entering the ,school3 ,i must speak to you in enigmas that should this tablet meet with any accident by land or by sea1 he1 who might perchance read it1 may not understand4 ,this has not happened to you alone but in truth no one when he first hears me is otherwise affected4 ,some have greater troubles1 others less but nearly every student has a struggle of no slight power from which in truth he is freed only with difficulty4 ,be careful1 however1 that these discussions do not become known by men devoid of knowledge--discussions which if continually heard for many years at length with great labor are purified like gold4 ,many persons apt at learning and remembering have heard them for not less than thirty years and after testing them in every way have recently declared that those things which formerly appeared to them to be least worthy of belief now appear to be most worthy of belief and perfectly clear4 ,the most important protection is to learn but not to commit to writing because what is written will almost certainly become public knowledge4 ,therefore on this account ,i have never myself at any time written anything on these subjects4 ,there neither is nor ever shall be any treatise of ,plato4 ,the opinions called by the name of ,plato are those of ,socrates in his days of youthful vigor and glory4 ,these words of ,plato1 if admitted to be genuine1 especially when linked with the following statements made in the ,seventh of our ,letters1 show the futility of the current dogmatism of what purport to be correct and complete modern expositions and criticisms of ,platonism1 and ought to instil more humility in the orthodox dogmatists who strive to interpret the thoughts of the ,master4 ,the declarations referred to in the ,seventh ,letter are set forth as follows3 ,in regard to all who either have written or who shall write confidently stating that they know about what ,i am occupied1 whether they claim to have heard it from me or from others or to have discovered it themselves1 ,i can say that it is impossible for them to know anything as to my beliefs about these matters2 for there is not and never will be any composition of mine about them4 ,for a matter of this kind can not be expressed in words as other sciences are4 ,but by a long acquaintance with the subject and by living with it suddenly a light is kindled in the mind1 as from a fire bursting forth1 which being engendered in the soul feeds itself upon itself4 ,he adds3 ,i should consider it the proudest accomplishment of my life1 as well as of signal benefit to mankind1 to bring forward an exposition of ,nature luminous to all4 ,but ,i think the attempt would be in nowise beneficial except to a few who require merely slight guidance to enable them to find it out for themselves2 to most persons it would do no good but would only fill them with the empty conceit of knowledge and with contempt for others1 as if they had learnt something solemn4 ,it may therefore be safely assumed that ,plato intentionally refused to publish his views upon the most important subjects in a world of spite and puzzling contention4 ,note what he says in the ,seventh ,letter of the true disciple who is in fact a lover of ,wisdom1 related to it and worthy of it by reason of his own inherent divinity4 ,he thinks that he has been told of a wonderful ,path1 on which he ought forthwith to travel and that any other manner of life is unendurable4 ,after this he does not torture both himself and his ,leader by departing from the ,path before he reaches the ,goal1 thereby obtaining the power of journeying without a ,guide to point out the way before him4 ,but they1 who are not really lovers of ,wisdom1 but have only a coating of color like those whose bodies are sunburnt1 when they perceive how many things are to be learnt and find out how great is the labor and what temperance in daily nourishment is requisite1 they deem it too difficult and beyond their powers and become unable to attend to it at all and some of them persuade themselves that they have sufficiently heard the whole and do not wish further to exert themselves4 ,at ,plato's death in #cdg ,b4 ,c4 the house1 the library1 and the garden in the ,academy1 were bequeathed by the ,master as the permanent property of the ,school1 whose income in the course of the centuries was largely increased by endowments4 ,for about three hundred years the grounds at the ,academy remained uninterruptedly the ,headquarters of the ,school1 but during the ,siege of ,athens by the ,roman general ,sulla in #hg ,b4 ,c41 the ,teacher or ,scholarch of that time was forced to retire within the city walls and gave his instruction in the ,gymnasium1 called ,ptolemaeum1 where ,cicero heard the ,scholarch ,antiochos in #gi ,b4 ,c4 ,for more than six hundred years longer the grounds at the ,academy remained in possession of the ,school1 which however soon degenerated into a form of philosophical scepticism and eclecticism1 from which it was later recalled by the so-called ,neo- or ,new ,platonists4 ,finally under the pressure of ecclesiastical bigotry and greed the ,emperor ,justinian confiscated the ,school property and forbade the last ,scholarch ,damascius to teach4 ,accordingly a little band of seven ,platonic ,pilgrim-sages1 consisting of ,damascius1 ,simplicius1 ,eulalius1 ,priscian1 ,hermeias1 ,diogenes1 and ,isidore1 to avoid ecclesiastical persecution1 were forced to wander away from the domains of ,christendom over mountain and desert to the distant court of the ,persian ,emperor ,chosros1 who four years later forced ,justinian by treaty to let the last of the ,neoplatonists return to their native land and die a natural death1 guaranteeing them protection against further monkish persecution4 ,it is a strange fact that as soon as the ,school grounds in the ,academy were confiscated1 a rumor1 true or false1 presently spread to the effect that the deserted property had become straightway unhealthy1 a rumor which has persisted to this day1 although it is impossible for one who has visited the spot to perceive any reason why it should not under proper cultivation re-become the healthful and beautiful garden it once was4 ,the following notice appeared in the ,bibliotheca ,platonica for ,november-,december1 #ahhi3 ,secure the ,academy6 ,we desire to call the attention of ,platonists throughout the world to the fact that the site of the ,ancient ,academy at ,athens1 ,greece1 could probably be secured by prompt and concerted action4 ,proper measures should be taken at once to organize an association having for its object the purchase1 preservation and restoration of the place where ,plato lived and taught and where his disciples continued his sublime and enlightening work for centuries4 ,it should be rescued from the hands of the profane1 and set aside for the perpetual use and benefit of all true followers of ,divine ,philosophy4 ,there is no good reason1 why1 in due time1 the ,platonic ,school should not again become1 as it once was1 the nursery of ,science and ,wisdom for the whole ,world4 ,note the significant words of ,thomas ,taylor1 the great ,platonist of a hundred years ago1 who in the words of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky is one of the very few commentators on old ,greek and ,latin authors who have given their just dues to the ancients for their mental development3 ,as to the philosophy 7,platonism1 as taught by ,orpheus1 ,pythagoras1 and ,plato7 by whose assistance these 7the ,eleusinian and ,orphic7 ,mysteries are developed1 it is coeval with the universe itself2 and however its continuity may be broken by opposing systems1 it will make its appearance at different periods of time1 as long as the sun himself shall continue to illuminate the world4 ,it has been1 indeed1 and may hereafter be violently assaulted by delusive opinions2 but the opposition will be just as imbecile as that of the waves of the sea against a temple1 built on a rock1 which majestically pours them back1 ,broken and vanquish'd foaming to the main4 ,somewhat similar although less suggestive is the tribute of a recent writer upon ,neoplatonism3 ,the ,neoplatonist held that nothing perishes and ,neoplatonism is still alive4 ,its mysticism has lived on4 ,its idealism can never die4 ,,classical ,,cyrene3 by ,ariomardes ,what we call history is largely a dogma4 ,it stands on a basis very similar to that on which some other dogmas1 religious1 literary1 scientific1 etc41 stand2 that is1 it stands on a particular1 restricted1 and local brand of culture1 known as ,western civilization4 ,and1 like these other dogmas1 it is destined to become seriously modified by later researches and discoveries4 ,for look at our classical history2 it is founded chiefly upon a literature--the literature of cultured circles in ,greece and ,rome4 ,that this literature does not reflect the life of the people to any adequate extent we know2 for the spade of the archaeologists1 instead of confirmations1 too often unearths surprises4 ,the results of archaeology go to show that ancient peoples were more advanced in many important arts of life than we had surmised from our acquaintance with the said literature4 ,hebraic tradition1 too1 backed by the weight of religious authority1 has colored our views of the past1 and prevented us from estimating aright the claims of non-,christian peoples4 ,in considering the history of ,hindstn1 ,persia1 ,egypt1 etc41 students have sought to make dates agree with their own sacred traditions4 ,again1 we have too often shown a lack of appreciation of the form and style of other historians1 when these have not adopted the literal and precise form favored by our own historians2 and have consequently1 in a vain attempt to take poetical language in the sense of a scientific treatise1 frequently rejected it and its message altogether4 ,around that ,mediterranean basin which was the classic theater1 were great nations to whose history we have not hitherto had access1 but of which we are now beginning to learn a little4 ,the civilization--or rather1 several distinct civilizations--that preceded ,greece1 and whose center at one time was ,crete1 at another the western shores of ,asia ,minor2 the mysterious ,nabatheans and ,sabaeans2 the equally mysterious ,hittites2 empires in ,africa1 south of ,egypt1 and inland from the east coast2 these and other fragmentary remains slowly accumulate to confirm the assurances made by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky in ,the ,secret ,doctrine that a far greater and longer past lies behind us than we have so far guessed4 ,the name ,cyrene is suggestive along these lines1 and forms the topic of a recent article by ,professor ,alfred ,emerson of the ,chicago ,art ,institute1 in ,the ,scientific ,american4 ,a number of ,dorian islanders1 we are there told1 planted a ,european colony on the great ,libyan headland to the south of ,greece proper1 #fdj years ,b4 ,c41 so that ,cyrene and its neighborhood had as long an authentic history as ancient ,rome itself4 ,a dynasty of kings was succeeded by a republic and the ,libyans sometimes pressed the ,greek colony hard4 ,cyrene had its own school of philosophy and a famous school of medicine4 ,it had over #ajj1jjj inhabitants1 and the ,ptolemies gave it kings again4 ,sporadic explorations have brought to light a few relics1 but heretofore the ,ottoman government has repressed the curiosity of more systematic researchers4 ,now1 however1 an ,american expedition has won a firman to explore the ruins1 and we shall soon have a record of this powerful but little known outlier of classic culture4 ,,killarney1 ,,ireland3 by ,f4 ,j4 ,dick1 ,m4 ,inst4 ,c4 ,e41 ,m4 ,inst4 ,c4 ,e4 ,i4 ,those who pass hurriedly through the ,killarney district know little of its manifold fascination4 ,even among natives few have thoroughly explored its features4 ,but to one who has made many more or less prolonged visits there1 at all seasons1 and who has gained a sympathetic interest in its people and in the legends that belong to every rock1 islet1 and mountain1 and who has seen it in storm and sunshine1 at dawn and sunset1 and by moonlight1 the feeling grows that here the immutable decree of ,karmic law1 there shall be no more going up and down1 during this cycle1 never fully descended--that1 in fact1 this is no part of the ordinary world at all1 but something distinct1 sacred1 set apart for some inscrutable reason and purpose4 ,the very atmosphere of some fairy-world of ,light and ,day hovers about these ,lakes and wooded mountain heights1 and seems to penetrate everything4 ,right in the center1 in the very heart of all the beauty1 between ,dinish ,island and ,glena1 rises the ,shee1 or ,sidhe 7,sanskrit ,siddhi7 ,mountain--the mountain of the ,fairy ,world1 next to ,purple ,mountain4 ,strange to say1 it is just here1 too1 that the luxuriant vegetation of ,killarney seems fairly to run riot1 and we find trees and shrubs of tropical character growing side by side with those of temperate and colder climes4 ,eucalyptus1 palm1 bamboo1 jostle cedar and pine2 while the profusion of flowers of all kinds is amazing4 ,and the delicious perfumes of the place1 with just a faint suggestion of a turf-fire somewhere a little way off1 are something to remember4 ,some of the ,killarney plants belong to what was once an unbroken coast-line extending to ,spain4 ,such are saxifraga umbrosa 7,london pride71 saxifraga geum1 arbutus unedo1 and pinguicula grandiflora4 ,the arbutus grows in profusion at ,killarney1 although its real home1 in a sense1 is among the ,pyrenees4 ,other plants are found along the west coast1 which are indigenous to the eastern shores of ,america4 ,one thinks of ,breasil1 and the ,isles of the ,western ,sea1 a later geological period than that when there was unbroken1 or practically unbroken1 connexion between ,ireland1 ,spain1 and ,america4 ,and then one begins to wonder when the links of the past will be more clear4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,old ,,weir ,,bridge1 ,,killarney ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,gap ,,of ,,dunloe1 ,,killarney ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,colleen ,,bawn ,,rock1 ,,killarney ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,an ,,old ,,irish ,,farmyard ,these memories of the past6 ,are they not pressing more strongly than ever on the hearts and imaginations--on the soul--of the ,irish8 ,no attempted deadening of this urge by half-hearted dry-as-dust methods ingeniously forced on the poor folk by interested parties 7vested interests7 will avail much4 ,the unrest1 which manifests in so many ways in contemporary ,irish life1 has surely a deep source4 ,there are incarnations and incarnations4 ,some kinds are racial1 that is1 belong to the larger sweep of things4 ,no artificial barriers can stop them4 ,no pretended patronage of the ,irish language movement will be able to check influences belonging to the inner life of a race-soul under recurrent upward impulse4 ,hy-breasil and the ,isles of the ,west6 ,once the ,coom-,dhuv1 or ,black ,valley1 to the west of the ,killarney ,upper ,lake1 was an arm of the sea2 and those who lived on the temple-crowned heights of ,killarney could have told us something of those ,isles1 which were in no shadow-world1 but were realities1 relics of ,atlantis1 undoubtedly4 ,these legends must find their solution1 partly by the names1 partly by the details2 and be studied in the light of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's writings1 particularly ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 where many a clue is given2 and where the ,sanskrit1 ,chaldaean1 and ,irish names fail to give the clues1 it seems the ,welsh will come triumphantly to the rescue4 ,after all1 the details have only relative importance1 for the broad facts are already plainly outlined in ,the ,secret ,doctrine2 and it is no very difficult matter to see what is meant by ,partholon1 with the cow-faced and the goat-headed2 by ,nemed2 by the ,tuatha de ,danaan 7,fourth ,race ,atlanteans of the ,right ,path71 and ,formorians 7those of the ,left72 some of their descendants living on in archaic ,ireland2 and the ,milesians1 the early arrivals of the ,fifth1 from ,central ,asia via ,egypt and ,scandinavia1 when ,spain and ,africa were one and ,ireland was part of ,scandinavia4 ,all of which was long before what we call the ,celts1 crossed the ,caucasus into ,europe4 ,irish mythology is real history1 some of it disfigured1 as usual1 by irreverent or ignorant hands4 ,the worst of it is that the ,irish seemed to enjoy having their past belittled1 and their gods and heroes dethroned in favor of a piece of patchwork of alien growth2 a kind of travesty of ,eastern and ,egyptian teachings1 belittled1 like the ,irish gods2 and dethroned1 truly6 ,it was a magical and ,druidic mist of the wrong kind unfortunately1 which descended upon the heirs of ,atlantean knowledge4 ,and it will take some effort to dispel it1 very probably4 ,it is dispelled though6 ,thoughts like these are apt to cross one's mind among the regal solitudes of ,killarney1 where for miles1 as you look down from some crag1 no human habitation can be seen--one of the places where you can sit1 and watch the ,sword of ,light1 and the ,spear of ,victory getting busy2 so that the other two ,jewels brought from the ,isles of the ,west will shine again4 ,one visible sign1 at least1 of the ,sword of ,light1 is a growing temperance movement among the youth of ,ireland4 ,right conduct leads to light1 whatever be the mists obscuring one's vision along the road of life4 ,perhaps the youth of ,ireland will next look into the ancient past to discern vestiges of nobility as well as simplicity of character2 and note what manner of men some true kings were1 and by whom attended--bards1 or poet-seers2 lawgivers1 or disciplinarians2 craftsmen2 and warriors4 ,another kind of functionary was--well1 he was not needed4 ,one of the legends of ,killarney1 really connected1 it would seem1 with ,inisfallen1 has no very exact parallel1 and possesses some interesting and suggestive features4 ,the story as given by ,mr4 ,ockenden a century and a half ago is somewhat as follows4 ,there lived in ,inisfallen many hundred years ago a prince named ,o',donoghoe4 ,he manifested during his stay on earth great munificence1 great humanity1 and great wisdom2 for by his profound knowledge in all the secret powers of nature1 he wrought wonders as miraculous as any tradition has recorded1 of saints by the aid of angels1 or of sorcerers by the assistance of demons2 and among many other astonishing performances1 he rendered his person immortal4 ,after having continued a long time on the surface of the globe without growing old he one day took leave of his friends1 and rising from the floor1 like some aerial existence1 passed through the window1 shot away horizontally to a considerable distance1 and then descended4 ,the water1 unfolding at his approach1 gave him entrance to the sub-aqueous regions and then1 to the astonishment of all beholders1 closed over his head1 as they believed1 for ever2 but in this they were mistaken4 ,he returned again1 some years after1 revisiting--not1 like ,hamlet's ghost the glimpses of the moon1 making night hideous1 but--the radiance of the sun1 making day joyful1 to those at least who saw him2 since which time he has continued to make very frequent expeditions to these upper regions1 sometimes three or four in a year2 but sometimes three or four years pass without his once appearing1 which the bordering inhabitants have always looked upon as a mark of very bad times4 ,mr4 ,ockenden continues the tale of his experiences3 ,it was feared this would be the third year he would suffer to elapse1 without his once cheering their eyes with his presence2 but the latter end of last ,august he again appeared1 to the inexpressible joy of all1 and was seen by numbers in the middle of the day4 ,i had the curiosity1 before ,i left ,killarney1 to visit one of the witnesses to this very marvelous fact4 ,the account she gives is1 that1 returning with a kinswoman to her house at the head of the ,lake1 they both beheld a fine gentleman mounted upon a black horse1 ascend through the water along with a numerous retinue on foot1 who all moved together along the surface towards a small island1 near which they again descended under water4 ,this account is confirmed in time1 place1 and circumstance1 by many more spectators from the side of the ,lake1 who are all ready to swear1 and1 not improbably1 to suffer death in support of their testimony4 ,another account says that at the feast1 before he first disappeared1 he was engaged in a prophetic relation of the events which were to happen in the ages to come2 and that after he reached the center of the ,lake opposite them1 he paused a moment1 turned slowly round1 looked toward his friends1 and waving his hand to them with the cheerful air of one taking a short farewell1 descended4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,c4 ,hall relates that an ,english soldier of the #cjth ,regiment1 and an ,irish comrade1 were while she was at ,killarney engaged in plowing up part of the old churchyard in ,inisfallen1 a work they both disliked4 ,as they were mooring the boat in which they came to the island in the morning1 a day or so after the work had commenced1 they saw a procession of about two hundred persons pass from the old churchyard1 and walk slowly and solemnly over the lake to the mainland4 ,reynolds 7the soldier7 himself was terribly alarmed1 but his companion fainted in the boat4 ,he repeatedly afterward saw smaller groups of figures1 but no crowd so numerous4 ,in answer to our questions1 he expressed his perfect readiness to depose to the fact on oath2 and asserted he would declare it if on his death-bed4 ,some say the best way to approach ,killarney for the first time is by the wildly picturesque road over the mountains from ,kenmare and ,glengarriff4 ,one obtains a magnificent view of the ,upper ,lake from the turn of the road a little north of the police barrack4 ,others again have experienced the charm of an absolutely sudden surprise awaiting them1 when1 arriving at ,killarney by rail and driving south about a mile or more1 during which nothing is seen but the over-arching trees1 and turning to the left up a steep road south of the ,flesk demesne1 toward one of the guest-houses there1 the whole panorama of the ,lower ,lake and the mountains bursts upon you just as you reach your destination4 ,nothing has prepared you for a scene of so great beauty2 so this way of arriving has its merits4 ,from this situation1 or from ,flesk ,castle2 from a point above the ,torc cascade2 and from the point first mentioned1 are obtained perhaps the three finest views of the ,lakes4 ,but in truth unrivaled view-points seem endless1 each having its own especial charm4 ,the play of color1 cloud1 and shadow at various hours and seasons is so extraordinary that no brush of painter could ever do ,killarney justice4 ,as for photographs1 they are merely like pegs to hang one's memory-hats upon4 ,to know ,killarney stay two months there at least1 make friends with the natives1 learn the legends1 and absorb the harmony of the region4 ,and though many an isle be fair1 ,fairer still is ,inisfallen1 ,since the hour ,cuchullain lay ,in the bower enchanted4 ,see6 the ash that waves today1 ,fand its grandsire planted4 ,when from wave to mountain-top ,all delight thy sense bewilders1 ,thou shalt own the wonder wrought ,once by her skilled fingers ,still1 though many an age be gone1 ,round ,killarney lingers4 ,william ,larminie ,,the ,,vrbas ,,defile1 ,,bosnia3 by ,f4 ,j4 ,b4 ,bosnia1 in ,europe1 best known as one of the ,balkan ,provinces1 belonged in the fourteenth century to the kingdom of ,stephen of ,servia3 it attained freedom in #acgf1 then fell again under the ,turkish invasion of ,europe4 ,in #ahgh the treaty of ,berlin provided for the occupation1 by ,austria-,hungary1 of ,bosnia1 ,herzegovina1 and ,dalmatia1 accomplished only after severe conflict with the ,mahommedans4 ,count ,callay was appointed administrator and made it his life-work to promote harmony between the different races1 as well as to develop the country's resources4 ,ultimately the three provinces were annexed by ,austria-,hungary2 compensation was awarded to ,turkey and the long-feared ,european war averted4 ,the ,vrbas is a tributary of the ,save1 which divides ,slavonia from ,bosnia1 on its northern border4 ,the accompanying print exhibits the deep1 narrow1 rocky bed of the ,vrbas and the precipitous height of the cliffs forming this magnificent defile1 the summits being invisible from certain parts of the road4 ,the river was once probably one of the underground watercourses of ,bosnia-,herzegovina4 ,nature is majestic there and hews out her own rock temples4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,vrbas ,,defile1 ,,bosnia ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,rocking-,,stone ,,pinnacle1 ,,mount ,,wellington1 ,,tasmania ,,astronomical ,,notes3 by ,c4 ,j4 ,ryan ,there has lately been an interesting correspondence in ,the ,english ,mechanic upon the subject of meteorites1 and a remarkable conflict of opinion has been manifested1 showing that there is really not much positive knowledge about them4 ,the ,earth's atmosphere is continually being bombarded by these missiles1 and the dust into which they are transformed during their passage through it falls upon the ,earth1 sprinkling it annually with a layer of dark mineral substance1 which if evenly spread1 would cover the surface to about the thickness of a match4 ,for long it was denied by the ,academies of ,science that mineral masses1 varying in weight from a few ounces to several tons1 ever fell from the sky1 although they had been frequently seen in the act of falling and had been handled while still warm4 ,but the incredulity of the astronomers was broken down about a century ago and they could no longer hold to their axiom that as there are no stones in the sky1 they cannot fall out of it4 ,the careful study of shooting-stars has not been undertaken for much more than half a century4 ,although there is no doubt that meteoric masses do fall to the ground occasionally and that the meteoric dust which is found in the enduring snows on high peaks and in the ,arctic regions comes from the disintegration of such objects1 it is not certain that all of the shooting stars that flash across our night skies 7and day ones too1 though we rarely see one by day7 are of the same nature as the meteoric stones which we can examine in our museums4 ,one of the most difficult problems to explain is the cause of the luminosity of the meteors4 ,many of them start into brilliancy at the enormous heights of eighty or ninety miles above the ,earth and1 after dashing at planetary speed across a distance of perhaps a hundred miles or more1 disappear at heights of thirty or forty miles from the surface4 ,compared with the rapidity of their motion the quickest bullet is practically at rest4 ,the explanation most widely accepted is that the friction of the meteorite in passing through our atmosphere at such an enormous speed ignites it and rapidly destroys it4 ,objection has been raised to this theory on the ground that the atmosphere at great heights is exceedingly rare and that it is difficult to believe it could offer enough resistance4 ,another problem has hitherto proved quite insoluble2 i4 e41 the long persistence of the train of luminous particles which remain drifting in the upper air after the disappearance of the explosive bolides4 ,for instance1 on ,february #bb1 #aiji1 such a luminous train was seen for several hours drifting across the sky at high speed4 ,its height was so great that it was visible over a large part of ,england and ,france4 ,why these sparks do not go out instantly1 in the same manner as those which follow the ordinary shooting-stars1 is an unsolved mystery4 ,the only thing that is well established about meteor showers is that most of them are periodic and come from well-defined quarters of the heavens4 ,from the study of the directions from which these streams come1 it has been calculated that they travel round the sun in long elliptical orbits1 and are members of his family4 ,an orbit of thirty-three years has been computed for the famous ,november meteors4 ,they probably extend about as far as the planet ,neptune on one side of the ,sun4 ,the wonderful displays of ,november meteors seen in #ahcc and #ahff1 which astonished the whole world1 were probably caused by the passing of the ,earth through a particularly dense portion of the stream4 ,in #ahff we met the same portion that we had encountered in #ahcc4 ,it was again looked for in #ahii1 thirty-three years later1 but1 to the surprise of the astronomers1 there was but a very ordinary display4 ,many reasons have been offered for this1 but no one really knows enough to explain it satisfactorily4 ,a few of the meteoric streams follow the tracks of comets1 and it is supposed that they may be the disintegrated remains of comets1 particularly in the cases where the latter have faded away4 ,there are many other peculiarities in the behavior of meteorites and of the meteoric streams which are quite incomprehensible1 but enough has been said to show that the problem is full of interest to inquiring minds4 99 99 99 99 99 ,students of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's teachings will not have failed to notice that there is a continual effort being made by astronomers to find some really satisfactory theory to explain the formation and behavior of comets' tails4 ,she discusses the subject in ,the ,secret ,doctrine in such a way and gives such suggestive hints as to make it clear that when we do get the real clue to the mystery there will be need for further readjustments in our theories of matter4 ,she also leads us to understand that partly through the discoveries which will be made in connexion with the anomalies of comets' tails1 science will find that the present theory of gravitation is highly incomplete1 and that there is an opposite force--repulsion--to be understood4 ,gravitation is only one aspect of a mysterious force which is as definitely polarized as electricity or magnetism4 ,it is of interest to notice that ,professor ,kapteyn1 the famous ,dutch astronomer of ,groningen1 has just declared at the thirteenth ,science ,congress of ,holland that the law of gravitation is abrogated among the spiral nebulae4 ,his words are3 ,all the known facts indicate that the so-called universal force of ,gravitation exerts no influence upon the primordial matter from which all stars have been produced4 ,a few years ago--even to a date considerably later than the time when ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky wrote the daring suggestions in ,the ,secret ,doctrine--such a statement would have been considered the rankest heresy2 no scientist would have dared to throw doubts upon the universal supremacy of the law of gravitation4 ,truly1 indeed1 did she prophesy that in the twentieth century it would be recognized that she had but sketched an outline1 which1 though rejected at its first appearance1 was based upon real knowledge4 ,in seeking a plausible hypothesis to explain comets' tails1 ,signor ,luigi ,armellini1 an ,italian astronomer1 has advanced the revolutionary idea that they are optical illusions1 merely the effect of light passing through the more or less lens-shaped head of the comet4 ,he publishes1 in the ,astronomische ,nachrichten1 fourteen photographs of comet-like forms which he produced by passing beams of light at various angles through lenses so as to fall upon sensitized plates4 ,he claims that the different angles at which the solar rays fall upon the nucleus of a comet as it moves round the sun sufficiently explain the familiar changes in shape of the tail4 ,this hypothesis has not been favorably received1 for it provokes more difficulties than it solves1 plausible though it may seem at first sight4 ,for instance1 there is the undeniable fact that comets' tails display an entirely different spectrum from that of the ,sun4 ,then there is the fact that they are frequently most irregular in shape1 with strange bends and gaps in them1 and sometimes they show bright projections pointing towards the ,sun4 ,everyone who saw the great daylight comet of the winter before last 7,comet #aiaj a7 will remember the curious bend half way down the tail which was plainly visible without optical aid4 ,this was a curious freak for a comet6 ,it is singular that a somewhat similar hypothesis to that of ,signor ,armellini was offered by a correspondent to the ,century ,path not long ago 7,april #bd1 #aiaj71 the difference being that he suggested that the comet's tail was a shadow of the nucleus thrown upon a surrounding spherical nebulosity and which became visible as a bright object when relieved against the intensely black background of the sky4 ,this hypothesis lies open to the same objection as the lens theory1 and also to others4 ,but the important thing is that the mystery of comets has not been cleared up1 nor will it be until the properties of other states of matter than those with which we are familiar are discovered by science4 ,the following quotation from ,the ,scientific ,american shows some of the difficulties which comet theorists have to meet3 ,the tail of ,halley's comet has conducted itself in the most whimsical fashion4444 ,it seems to have split longitudinally into three more or less well-defined parts4 ,when we consider that ,morehouse's comet of #aijh exhibited some extraordinary changes2 that it repeatedly formed tails which were discarded to drift out bodily into space until they finally melted away2 that in several cases tails were twisted or corkscrew shaped1 as if they had gone out in a more or less spiral form2 that areas of material connected with the tail would become visible at some distance from the head1 where apparently no supply had reached it from the nucleus2 that several times the matter of the tail was accelerated perpendicularly to its length2 and that at one time the entire tail was thrown forward and curved perpendicularly to the radius vector in the general direction of the tail's sweep through space 7a peculiarity opposed to the law of gravitation7 it is evident that a comet presents important problems for the future astronomer to solve4 7,may #bh1 #aiaj1 ,italics ours74 ,in connexion with the profoundly interesting problem of gravitation and the dead mechanical theory of the universe versus the living1 spiritual teachings which ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky brought us1 the student should consult ,sections ,,iii and ,,iv of ,part ,,iii of ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 ,vol4 ,i4 ,nothing displays more forcibly the strength and beauty of the ,theosophical position1 which sees the working of ,divine ,intelligence and ,control in every thing1 from the least to the greatest4 ,to the general public as well as to astronomers the question of the habitability of the planets is a perennial subject of interest1 and it is curious to observe how the opinions of experts have been modified lately4 ,a few years ago it would have appeared most unlikely that the time was quickly coming when it would be seriously advanced by a distinguished astronomer that with the exception of ,mars all the planets are probably inhabited6 ,yet that is the position taken today by ,professor ,t4 ,j4 ,j4 ,see of the ,u4 ,s4 ,observatory1 ,mare ,island4 ,mars has been inhabited in the past1 but life has doubtless vanished there1 as but little of the ,martian atmosphere remains4 ,until recently it was thought that the extensive dark shadings on ,mars were oceans1 but the numerous observations made of late with finer telescopes and under more favorable conditions than were formerly available have proved that these dark areas1 instead of being the smooth1 even surfaces they should be if composed of water1 are irregularly mottled and actually crossed in places by some of the fine lines called canals about which so much controversy has raged4 ,very limited dark blue regions surrounding the white snowcaps1 which are most distinctly visible during the ,martian summers1 are most probably water1 but these are so small that conditions must be very different on ,mars from those on the ,earth or any similar planet4 ,the state of things upon ,venus appears to be far more like that to which we are accustomed4 ,no mountains such as ,venus possesses are to be traced on ,mars4 ,professor ,see feels sure that ,mars must have been the seat of life in the past1 and with respect to the families of planets which we are morally certain must surround the myriads of gigantic suns which we see only as twinkling stars1 he is convinced that they also must have been formed for the habitation of intelligent beings1 for to regard them as barren deserts would make ,nature ridiculous4 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 in ,the ,secret ,doctrine and elsewhere1 and ,william ,q4 ,judge in his writings1 have plainly stated the ,theosophical teaching about the condition of ,mars in its present cycle4 ,according to this1 the planet is under obscuration1 that is1 it is not the seat of full and complete active life1 though there may be some lower vital forces at work4 ,but this does not mean that ,mars is becoming extinct or that it is a dead planet4 ,according to the ,esoteric philosophy1 of which ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky was permitted to unveil a little and to give a partial outline1 the planets are subject to great periodic changes of state4 ,from a high condition of activity in which life in every form flourishes1 they decline to a state of quiescence during which the vital forces are active in the unseen planes2 but in due course the nearly extinct fires are re-lighted and a further and higher evolution commences4 ,we see this taking place on a smaller scale around us2 civilizations rise and fall only to rise again2 nations and even races disappear to be replaced by others commencing their upward march4 ,during the intervals between the active manifestations on the physical plane the life-stream or wave passes into other and interior states which are necessary for the full development of perfected intelligence4 ,what takes place in the case of the individual man in the comparatively short cyclic alternations of earth-lives and ,devachanic or ,heavenly conditions is a reflection of the vast cosmic process of the planets and the suns4 ,modern science has not yet grasped the enormous and far-reaching significance of ,cyclic or ,periodic laws1 particularly in their application to human life1 and how firmly everything1 from the lowest animalcule to the great sun itself1 is held in their grasp4 ,when ,cyclic ,law as the key to the greater mysteries of life is thoroughly understood we shall no longer find any opposition to the fact of the reincarnation of the human soul1 which is simply a necessary corollary to it4 ,the soul is not supernatural in the sense of being outside ,nature's laws2 it is a part of the whole4 ,so with respect to ,mars4 ,it is1 as ,professor ,see and others believe1 under obscuration today1 but its energies will revive or reincarnate in some future age4 ,it has not reached the state of our ,moon1 which is a decaying corpse1 having passed through its life-history long ago4 ,the ,moon's life-principles reincarnating in the sphere of the ,earth hundreds of millions of years ago1 are now pursuing a higher evolution here4 ,the ,earth will in its time reincarnate similarly4 ,,st4 ,,paul',s ,,cathedral ,,from ,,ludgate ,,hill3 by ,carolus ,the great fire of ,london in ,september #afff destroyed eighty-nine churches1 the city gates1 hospitals1 schools1 libraries1 and many other public buildings1 thirteen thousand two hundred dwelling houses1 and the fortunes of over two hundred thousand people2 but only eight lives were lost1 and the plague1 which only the year before had destroyed a hundred thousand persons in ,london alone1 was never afterwards a cause of serious anxiety4 ,notwithstanding the temporary suffering the fire was a great hygienic benefit1 and the city rapidly recovered more than its former prosperity4 ,one of the severest losses was that of the old cathedral of ,st4 ,paul1 a magnificent thirteenth century ,gothic building with a central spire4 ,its dimensions were enormous2 the total length being #gjj feet1 the height of the nave #ajb feet1 and the spire attained the extraordinary altitude of #ecd feet1 #acj feet higher than ,salisbury ,cathedral spire1 which gives the impression1 today1 of enormous height4 ,the old cathedral had suffered many losses and injuries before the fire1 its spire had been destroyed1 and its monuments defaced1 while many outrages called restorations had injured its beauty4 ,after the fire much of the work of rebuilding was entrusted to ,sir ,christopher ,wren1 the most renowned architect of modern times in ,england4 ,in four years ten thousand houses had been rebuilt1 and very soon fifty-one churches were commenced by ,wren4 ,the greatest was new ,st4 ,paul's4 ,the first stone was laid on ,june #ba1 #afge1 the last in #agaj4 ,just before the fire ,wren had been commissioned by ,king ,charles ,,ii to restore old ,st4 ,paul's1 and he proposed to remodel all but the choir in a good ,roman manner4 ,we may be thankful that such an atrocity was providentially prevented4 ,wren made several designs for the new building on the lines of his proposed remodeling of the old one2 but for various reasons none of them were finally carried out4 ,the finished building is very different from even the last approved design1 and is generally considered far superior4 ,in place of the one-storied effect produced by a single order of columns1 which he originally intended1 he divided the whole height into two orders4 ,the result was an immense gain in apparent size4 ,st4 ,peter's in ,rome is utterly dwarfed by the colossal size of the columns and pilasters of its single order1 and it is a remarkable fact1 that although the top of ,st4 ,paul's dome is only about the same height as the springing of that of ,st4 ,peter's1 owing to ,wren's ingenious design in this matter1 the one looks about as high as the other4 ,it is rather a singular fact that the greatest cathedral of the ,protestant ,reformation should be called after the wise master-builder1 ,st4 ,paul1 while the central church of the ,roman faith is dedicated to the apostle who thrice denied his ,master4 ,the ground plan as finally built1 is much smaller than that of the old cathedral1 being only #ejj feet long1 by #bej across the transepts4 ,the front towers are #bej feet high1 and the dome is #djd4 ,the dome is a wonderful example of ,wren's constructive skill4 ,the stone lantern at the summit is quite independent of the external wooden and lead dome2 it is supported on a cone of brickwork1 concealed from the interior by an internal dome4 ,wren said he was building for eternity1 and he was especially careful about the strength of the foundations1 but he had no suspicion of the boring and tunneling that would before many centuries take place around the cathedral1 and serious anxiety has been caused of late years by sundry cracks which have appeared in some of the walls and vaults4 ,there is good reason to suppose that the site of ,st4 ,paul's was once dedicated to the worship of ,diana4 ,ox heads1 which were sacred to that goddess1 were discovered near the church in #acaf1 and at other times fragments of vessels that seem to have been used in the old ceremonies have been dug up4 ,a chronicler of the fifth century speaks of the worship of ,diana being restored in ,london in his time4 ,the site of the building is the highest in the city1 and it is the most reasonable place for the sacred ,temple of pre-christian times to have been founded4 ,fortunately there are no thirty-five-story skyscrapers in ,london to dwarf the picturesque mass of the majestic edifice which has an abiding place in the heart of every ,londoner--and indeed of every ,englishman4 ,see6 how shadowy1 ,of some occult magician's rearing1 ,or swung in space of heaven's grace1 ,dissolving1 dimly reappearing1 ,afloat upon ethereal tides ,st4 ,paul's above the city rides4 ,john ,davidson ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,st4 ,,paul',s ,,cathedral1 ,,london4 ,,view ,,taken ,,from ,,ludgate ,,hill ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,a ,,eucalyptus ,,grove1 ,,point ,,loma ,,who ,,made ,,the ,,eucalypts8 by ,nature-,lover ,australia is a remnant of ,lemuria1 as geologists call that ancient continent which once stretched across the ,southern hemisphere4 ,in ,australia we find strange animals and plants1 the relics of a bygone age4 ,one plant is the ,eucalyptus1 of many varieties1 a very perfect tree1 with two systems of roots1 one to catch surface water1 the other to dig deep2 formed for hardiness1 yet distilling every kind of fragrant and health-giving balm4 ,is this tree a product of evolution8 ,or has ,man had a hand in the perfecting of it8 ,men in our recent civilization are already learning how to manipulate plants so as to make them into better plants than they were before4 ,if it be true that the ancient continent of ,lemuria was occupied by an ancient humanity1 divided into races and sub-races1 nations and tribes1 enduring for millenniums1 it must also be true that they made discoveries in science1 of which agriculture is a branch4 ,perhaps they had gone further than we have yet gone in the art of plant culture2 perhaps they had carried it to a point of perfection2 perhaps they made the ,eucalypts4 ,there are many other plants and fruits and trees on the earth which seem as if they had been made at some time or another2 and it is quite possible that bygone human races may have had something to do with it4 ,the influence of man upon nature may have been underestimated4 ,plants and animals seem to remain about the same for very long periods2 man is able to produce variations in them2 and then the varieties often remain permanent and unaltered4 ,it is quite conceivable that scientific agriculture on a large scale may have been practised at one time or at several times in the world's history1 and that many now-existing forms may be attributable thereto4 ,thus far we have spoken only of the direct and purposeful influence of man upon nature2 but man has also an indirect and undesigned influence4 ,for just as the physical body of man is continually discarding atoms1 which return to the soil1 carrying thither vital elements that will be used over again in the lower kingdoms of nature2 so man is as constantly throwing off other elements1 not physical1 and these likewise return to the lower kingdoms of nature to enter as vital forces into the constitution of lower forms4 ,in other words1 man excretes used-up and superfluous elements from his mind2 and these1 though no longer of use to man1 and being now divested of everything human1 may nevertheless serve to ensoul lowlier forms4 ,it will thus be seen that some of the theories of evolution held by biologists are the reverse of the truth4 ,the analogy between animals and the organs in man has been regarded as pointing to a descent of man from the animals2 but why might it not imply a descent of animals from man8 ,once get rid of the idea that physical begetting is the only way in which one thing can be derived from another1 and the way is clear for postulating a descent or derivation of animals from man4 ,the crab1 all claws and stomach1 works off naturally and harmlessly certain proclivities which in man were cultivated to an excess too great for their further expression in the human kingdom4 ,in the same way we have the spider1 built perhaps from the cast-off atoms of a bogus-company promoter 7671 the snake1 the pig1 etc4 ,it has been well said that in the ,zoo one may meet all one's friends and enemies--behind the bars of the cages2 and the cartoonist can represent faithfully his human characters by giving them animals' heads4 ,but let us not overdo the idea4 ,it is true that many of the animals now on earth appeared subsequently to man in the present ,round of evolution2 but this does not apply to all the animals4 ,the facts are1 as might be expected1 not so simple as one might like them to be2 for the history of evolution in all its ramifications is a long and complex one4 ,to return to the main proposition3 man plays an important part in the evolution of nature1 both conscious and unconscious4 ,,australian ,,marsupials3 by ,nature-,lover ,australia is one of the oldest lands1 says ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky2 it can produce no new forms1 unless helped by fresh races or artificial cultivation and breeding4 ,this is in keeping with the native race whose home it has been2 for a portion of the present native tribes are the descendants of those later ,lemurians who escaped the destruction of their fellows when the main continent was submerged4 ,this remnant has since declined4 ,its environment is suggestive of a survival from a long bygone age4 ,as ,jukes says1 in his ,manual of ,geology1 it is a curious fact that the fossil marsupials found in ,oxfordshire1 ,england1 together with ,trigonias and other shells1 and even some fossil plants1 should much more nearly resemble those now living in ,australia than the living forms of any other part of the globe4 ,this fact is interesting and suggestive4 ,from a recent article in ,the ,english ,mechanic we condense the following4 ,the remains of some of the oldest mammals were discovered in the ,keuper beds of bone breccia of ,upper ,triassic age near ,stuttgart4 ,they consisted of the teeth of a small animal about the size of a rabbit1 ,microlestes antiquus4 ,teeth of a similar animal were found in the ,rhaetic beds at ,frome1 ,england1 while in the red sandstones of the ,upper ,trias in ,virginia and ,north ,carolina were found the lower jaws of ,dromatherium sylvestre1 and in beds of similar age in ,basutoland the skull of ,tritylodon longaevus4 ,all these are believed to have been marsupials1 mammals that bring forth their young in an imperfect condition and place them in a pouch formed by the skin of the abdomen1 where their development is completed4 ,in the ,australian regions there are about one hundred and sixty species of living marsupials including the kangaroo1 kangaroo rat1 phalanger1 tarsipes1 wombat1 bandicoot1 rat1 koala1 ,tasmanian wolf or ,thylacine dasyure1 and the ,tasmanian devil or ,ursine dasyure2 while in the remainder of the world there are only about forty-six1 and these confined to ,north and ,south ,america1 the representatives being the opossum and the ,south ,american selvas4 ,the kangaroo is also found in ,tasmania1 ,new ,guinea1 ,new ,ireland1 and in the ,aru and other islands of these regions4 ,up to the present very few fossil remains of ,monotremes have been found4 ,these are the lowest forms of mammals and lay eggs2 they seem to form a link with the reptiles4 ,their skeletons exhibit very reptilian characters and true teeth are absent4 ,they appear to have been followed by the ,marsupials and finally by the ,placentals1 which bring forth matured young1 and which seem to have made their appearance in the ,upper ,jurassic4 ,the only representatives that now exist of the monotremes are the duck-billed platypus or ,ornithorhyncus1 and the spiny anteater1 both of ,australia1 and ,parechidna of ,new ,guinea4 ,these lay soft-shelled eggs and have no teats1 the milk being exuded from pores in the skin1 which the young ones lick when hatched4 ,the fossil remains of ,echidna have been brought to light in the bone breccia of ,tertiary times in ,australia4 ,in the ,stonesfield ,slate of ,oxfordshire1 which is ,lower ,oolitic1 the lower jaws of several small marsupials have been found1 and these were contemporary with the great saurians4 ,the latter waned as the former increased4 ,similar lower jaws have been found at ,swanage in ,dorsetshire1 the lower jaw being the first bone to become detached and being left stranded while the rest of the body or skeleton was carried out to sea4 ,there would seem to have been a world-wide distribution of monotremes and marsupials2 but they did not develop any size except in ,australia1 where they became isolated4 ,in the newer ,tertiary deposits of ,australia are the remains of a large marsupial allied to the kangaroo and named ,diprotodon ,australis2 and in the ,post-,tertiary another named ,nototherium2 as also a few others including fossil kangaroos4 ,this concludes our abstract from the article4 ,in reference to what is said therein about the first two forms of ,mammals--the ,monotremes and the ,marsupials--their analogies with the types below and above them1 and the gradation in development which they exhibit1 it may be recalled that the teachings given in ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 with regard to animal and human evolution1 are not the same as the conjectures of most modern theorists4 ,the ,mammalia1 it is stated1 are 7in the present ,round7 posterior to ,man on this globe4 ,the evolutionary process which culminated in the production of a physical organism for ,man took place in an earlier ,round4 ,similarly1 it is not in the present ,round that the ,monads inhabiting animals now living will progress so as to enter into the composition of ,man4 ,that destiny awaits them in a future ,round4 ,hence these ,monotremes and ,marsupials do not represent early stages in the evolution of our present humanity4 ,analogy in form does not always mean derivation of the one form from the other2 and when it does1 there still remains the doubt as to which form was prior to the other4 ,the subject of evolution1 as taught by ancient ,science1 is comprehensive and fascinating4 ,it is evident that the actual facts must be far more complex and vaster in scale than tentative hypotheses4 ,australia is a country with natural scenery of fascinating type4 ,the illustrations accompanying this note give an idea of it4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,a ,,cascade1 ,,new ,,south ,,wales1 ,,australia ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,near ,,nature',s ,,heart1 ,,new ,,south ,,wales1 ,,australia ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,an ,,australian ,,picnic ,,resort ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,where ,,the ,,rainbow ,,sports ,,new ,,south ,,wales1 ,,australia ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,where ,,the ,,ferns ,,thrive3 ,,australia ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,australian ,,gum ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,one ,,of ,,the ,,lesser ,,statues ,,brought ,,from ,,easter ,,island ,,this ,,statue 7,,now ,,in ,,the ,,british ,,museum7 ,,has ,,been ,,called ,,hoa-,,haka-,,nana-,,ia ,,hoa-,,haka-,,nana-,,ia3 by ,p4 ,a4 ,malpas ,much has been written and said about the famous ,easter ,island statues in mid-,pacific4 ,so little is really known about them that until ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky called attention to their immense antiquity they were not thought to be of any particular value4 ,there were one or two speculations which she1 as with so many other scattered data1 gathered together1 sifted1 confirmed1 or refuted1 adding a few details to complete the bare outline of the picture4 ,the one in the illustration stands at the entrance outside the ,british ,museum with a smaller1 more shapeless companion4 ,they were brought to ,england in ,her ,majesty's ,ship ,topaze1 and presented in #ahfi by ,queen ,victoria to the national collection in the ,museum4 ,as they are said to be of hard trachyte and the ravages of time are great1 therefore it is said they are very1 very old4 ,presumably they were carved in the ,stone ,age1 wherever that mysteriously ancient 7yet still existing67 epoch of science may be situated in the years of the world4 ,it would be interesting to know by what ,stone ,age tools they were carved4 ,perhaps ,aladdin's diamonds may have helped in the carving8 ,in any case they are evident sun-worship monuments4 ,so would our clocks and sundials be if we could emulate our ,stone ,age brothers 7what wonderful masons they were67 in making them last a million years or so4 ,we would wish to remark that the cross on the backs of these very ancient statues1 made in one of the hardest kinds of stone1 is a very remarkable case of testimony by anticipation4 ,they were only ,stone ,age men1 but they had shrewd powers of anticipation--almost as wonderful as their masonry6 ,,sun-,,life ,,and ,,earth-,,life3 by ,per ,fernholm ,indwelling ,if thou couldst empty all thyself of self1 ,like to a shell dishabited1 ,then might ,he find thee on the ,ocean shelf1 ,and say--,this is not dead1-- ,and fill thee with ,himself instead4 ,but thou art all replete with very thou1 ,and hast such shrewd activity1 ,that1 when ,he comes1 ,he says3 ,this is enow ,unto itself--'twere better let it be3 ,it is so small and full1 there is no room for ,me4 ,t4 ,e4 ,brown1 ,collected ,poems4 ,there1 in your garden1 is a plant1 busily engaged in collecting material for its future growth1 although you can see nothing as yet above the ground4 ,still in the darkness of the earth it is sending out numerous root-threads amongst many strange material things1 of which some serve it as nourishment4 ,buried in the soil without any visible link with the life of the air above1 it lies1 dormant and inactive until that life above reaches it with its beneficent influence in the form of rain and sunshine1 quickening the soul of the plant to begin the weaving of its material garb on the already present ideal form4 ,and then1 one day1 the budding life breaks through the soil separating it from the air1 and from now on a new life is entered upon1 a double existence4 ,the roots in the dark prison of earth continue to collect nourishment for the redoubled activity needed to build the ideal form4 ,but the plant is now directly nourished and stimulated to growth by water and air and sunshine by means of its leaves as well4 ,and thus1 in proper time1 the culmination comes in form of the flower1 in its beauty really belonging to another world and a constant promise of a higher life4 ,when it has given its message1 blended its note of form1 color1 and fragrance in the great symphony of vegetable life1 it passes away to rest2 but in doing so it produces a store of seeds for future plant-lives similar to its own1 thus binding together past and future and securing the continuity of its species4 ,how much food for thought there is in a simple picture that we constantly have before us6 ,how thoughts and analogies built upon it help us--far better than the filling of our brains with narrow and petty theories without any spark of life1 or the poisoning of our emotional life by our artificial aims and desires4 ,men are overburdened by false ideas and unsound emotions of their own making4 ,purification of heart1 mind1 and body1 is surely needed1 before the wholesome influences always reaching us from the ,center of ,life can make us grow rightly1 intensely1 though quietly and in silence4 ,i am not of this world1 said the great ,master whom the ,western world professes to follow4 ,it was the ,christos that spoke thus1 the spiritual1 glorious1 ideal being that breathes the air of the higher life4 ,each of us has--nay1 each one in essence is--the ,christos1 though few have consciously and purposely taken up the great task before us all3 to weave the worthy1 shining garment that will allow this spiritual being to take actual form in manifested existence4 ,man is not like the flower1 he is self-conscious1 and he cannot grow as the flower grows until he freely uses his self-consciousness in full accordance with the laws of life4 ,he cannot hope to burst through the dark soil of material existence that separates him from the air where the spiritual sun sheds its glory until1 in every moment of daily life1 he feels its influence and adjusts his life accordingly1 gathering nourishment from all his duties1 from all the opportunities that the threads of his mind may encounter1 and pushing upwards all the time4 ,trust is the key to it all1 the magic power that will bring the human plant to bloom4 ,compassion is the guiding power for the mental root-threads in their work of gathering nourishment2 the giving of the good tidings to all we can reach1 the extending of aid to all as we progress4 ,and when the glorious moment arrives when the soil opens above us1 there comes redoubled activity in our earthly life1 reaching out farther and farther1 inspiring and stimulating more and more the hearts of the hosts of souls that grope blindly in the dark and finally have come to doubt even the existence of any spiritual life4 ,we watch the plant in our garden and nurse it even before we see any visible sign of its growth1 knowing that it will blossom in due time4 ,have we ever thought that there may be beings in the spiritual world that watch the humans in like manner and give them the tenderest care8 ,have we thought of how some already may have reached up into the air of spiritual existence1 preparing to bloom1 or already blooming1 or1 in going to rest1 scattering all over the earth seeds of potential spiritual growth8 ,how these may be working with all the powers of heart1 mind1 and body1 to give the good tidings to us that still struggle in the dark8 ,how they are to be recognized by that divine ,compassion that does not shut out anyone of the blind and faltering human beings1 and how they are able to inspire that ,trust which acts like a kindling spark1 producing light and order in a chaos8 ,the sun does not enter into the growth of a plant otherwise than spiritually1 inspiring and drawing it upwards4 ,it is not of this world2 and yet it is the basis of all growth in this world4 ,so even in human life2 the ,christos stands apart from all nature's activity1 and yet it is illuminating every particle therein1 living in the heart-life of all4 ,the mind can open to its rays by acting in unison with the heart1 by finding its way upward in trust1 and by expanding1 as compassion makes it embrace ever wider circles of earthly existence4 ,seen thus1 earth-life1 dark and confusing as it still often may be1 has its great purpose and is felt to be the means of a glorious spiritual blossoming4 ,every thought and act may then serve the interblending of the spiritual influences with the lives of our fellows1 and as purification proceeds and the life-currents more and more easily and normally find their course through our hearts and minds1 ,joy becomes manifest and comes to stay with us1 the ,joy of ,true ,living1 precursor of the blossoming of the spiritual life4 ,in this work of bursting through the dark soil of material existence1 woman has her predominant position4 ,being in close contact with nature she can clothe the spiritual rays entering her heart in a thousand forms that make everything she touches radiant in its turn4 ,and she can protect the sanctuary thus brought down to earth4 ,if her trust is sublime1 her spiritual will unflinching1 none will dare to desecrate it4 ,she can challenge others to leave the false and cheap glitter of life1 for the precious jewels of the higher life4 ,how glorious her position as guardian of the home1 if she enters into it in the right spirit1 trustingly6 ,the seeds of love and unselfishness1 scattered over the earth by those who already have blossomed forth in the higher glory1 may in such a home find the soil needed for their quickening4 ,and what a reward for a mother to watch over and guide such a soul in acquiring a serviceable instrument for the delivering of its message of ,truth1 ,light1 and ,liberation6 ,the most fertile soil is often composed of the most unpleasant and incongruous ingredients1 and it is often the darkest4 ,our age is certainly dark1 but just because of the swift vibrations of material life it permits a growth that could not be equaled at any other time4 ,this century has to make a bold step forward towards the realization of a higher life4 ,let the woman who feels its urge and who longs to help and serve1 know that by doing rightly the small duties that lie nearest at hand1 her path will gradually widen4 ,the plant blooms where the seed falls4 ,what woman cannot1 deep within the heart1 feel some hint of the glory and joy of stepping forth as a conscious worker with nature8 ,one of the most wonderful passages in the pearl of the ,eastern scriptures1 the ,bhagavad-,gt1 that poem of the spiritual life1 is where ,arjuna discovers the majesty of ,krishna1 whom he had taken for a friend and at times had treated without respect in sport1 in recreation1 in repose1 in thy chair1 and at thy meals1 in private and in public2 and where he exclaims3 ,forgive1 ,o ,lord1 as the friend forgives the friend1 as the father pardons his son1 as the lover the beloved4 ,we will all some day waken to find ,krishna1 the ,christos1 at our side4 ,but we must ask ere we can receive1 we must call before the inner ,christ can show himself in his true form1 before he really can help us4 ,we must change our whole attitude1 our polarity1 and drink in the light from above4 ,we must let ,sun-life illuminate ,earth-life and draw forth the divine blossoms4 ,,the ,,spade ,,of ,,the ,,archaeologist3 ,,the ,,resurrection ,,of ,,truth--,,error',s ,,funeral3 by ,ariomardes ,the resurrection of the prehistoric age of ,greece1 and the disclosure of the astonishing standard of civilization which had been attained on the mainland and in the isles of the ,aegean at a period at least #bjjj years earlier than that at which ,greek history1 as hitherto understood1 begins1 may be reckoned as among the most interesting results of modern research into the relics of the life of past ages4444 ,all preconceived ideas may be upset by the results of a single season's spade work on some ancient site4 ,the work is by no means complete2 but already the dark gulf of time that lay behind the ,dorian conquest is beginning to yield up the unquestionable evidences of a great and splendid and almost incredibly ancient civilization4444 ,most surprising of all1 in many respects1 was the revelation of the amazingly complete system of drainage with which the palace was provided4 ,indeed the hydraulic science of the ,minoan architects is altogether wonderful in the completeness with which it provided for even the smallest details4444 ,perhaps the most striking and interesting result that has been attained is the remarkable confirmation given to the broad outlines of those traditions about ,crete which have survived in the legends and in the narratives of the ,greek historians4--,the ,scientific ,american1 in a review of ,james ,baikie's ,sea ,kings of ,crete4 ,preconceived ideas may certainly be said to be in a precarious situation1 if they can be so easily upset by a spade4 ,pagan tradition1 however1 comes out triumphant4 ,should we not therefore1 place more faith in the pagan legends than in the preconceived ideas8 ,refusing to believe that the ,greek legends were imaginary1 ,schliemann and his successors investigated the sites at ,troy1 ,tiryns and ,mykenae1 there discovering the old civilization described4 ,now we learn that this was but the dying remnant of a still older and grander civilization whose center was ,crete4 ,how much more has the spade to reveal to us8 ,how much further will discovery go8 ,it can but show1 as revelation follows revelation1 that the map of ancient history sketched in ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's ,the ,secret ,doctrine is correct2 that our annals1 as far as we can trace them back1 record not a rise but a fall4 ,the present ,fifth ,root-,race of humanity1 being in its middle course1 has reached the lowest point of its cycle before its reascent2 the earlier of its seven sub-races have lived2 some of the most enduring of their colossal works in masonry have survived1 silent yet eloquent witnesses4 ,the spade is slowly uncovering the vestiges of civilization gradually rising in knowledge and culture as we go backwards2 until at last the completed chain of history will conduct us to the glory of our ,race in the ,golden ,age of its birth4 ,confirmation1 ,theosophy has in plenty1 as ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky foretold of the dawning years of this century4 ,recognition1 it may get later4 ,and this important question arises3 ,will archaeologists1 while admitting the truth of the ,theosophical teachings about history1 also admit those teachings as to the nature of ,man and other kindred subjects1 which logically depend on the historical teachings8 ,if not1 then1 ,archaeology1 thy name is inconsistency4 ,for ,nineteenth ,century views of the origin of man will not fit4 ,and let us not become so absorbed over the ,aegeans as to forget the rest of the world and devise theories to account for our own particular discoveries regardless of the discoveries in other fields4 ,the ancient ,chimu civilization recently uncovered in ,peru claims our attention4 ,history in ,america too goes back through rising stages to a mightier past4 ,and linking all1 we have the admissions1 now being made on all sides1 as to the truth of the ,theosophical teachings 7in ,the ,secret ,doctrine7 about ,atlantis4 ,this links together the prehistoric cultures of the ,old ,world and the ,new4 ,even in mechanical science there was prowess1 as we learn in connexion with these drainage works of ,crete4 ,perhaps we have been wont to solace our pride by the reflection that if the ,egyptians surpassed us in building1 and the ,greeks in art1 in science at least we bear the palm4 ,but is this consolation merely based on the fact that the civilizations with which we have so far been familiar have not expended their genius in that particular direction8 ,could antiquity have surpassed us in applied science also1 if it had had the mind to apply its abilities in that direction8 ,nay1 have there actually been civilizations which surpassed us8 ,this particular ,cretan culture seems to have been distinguished by many features which connect it more with modern times than with the intervening ,greek culture4 ,the same has been said with regard to the choice and treatment of subjects in the decorative and imitative pottery unearthed on the ,chimu site in ,peru4 ,,the ,,lands ,,now ,,submerged3 by ,durand ,churchill ,to those persons who are interested in geographical facts and geological statistics1 as well as to those who are students of climatology1 the following remarkable features of the great bodies of water which cover such a large part of the surface of this globe1 a part of the surface which in bygone ages has borne upon it races of people from whom our remote ancestors were descended1 will be of interest4 ,thanks to modern energy1 skill1 and perseverance1 the great oceans have been sounded practically throughout1 so that today we have published maps1 which show quite clearly enough the general contour of the ocean bottoms4 ,from these we see that the floor of the ocean is an extensive plain1 or series of plains1 lying at an average depth of about two and one-half miles beneath the ocean surface4 ,in some places1 gigantic mountain ranges rise up from these submerged plains to the very surface of the ocean1 or to within points so near the surface that they form dangerous reefs1 and volcanic islands4 ,the depth of the ocean thus varies quite as irregularly and as precipitously as does the level of dry lands in the mountain ranges of ,switzerland or ,south ,america or ,india4 ,so far as is officially known in #aiaa1 the greatest depth in the ,atlantic ,ocean is found between the ,west ,indies and ,bermuda1 at a point called the ,nares ,deep1 which is #dffb fathoms1 or #bg1igb feet4 ,the greatest depth1 so far discovered in the ,indian ,ocean1 is between ,christmas ,island and the coast of ,java1 which is #chbh fathoms1 and is called the ,wharton ,deep4 ,the greatest depth1 so far discovered in the ,pacific ,ocean is called the ,challenger 7or ,nero7 ,deep in the ,north ,pacific1 which is #ebfi fathoms 7#ca1fad feet74 ,to get a comparative idea of this great depth1 we can imagine the highest mountain in the world placed in this depth of water1 and would then find that the peak of this great mountain would be #bfjj feet below the surface of the sea4 ,thus could ,mount ,everest be lost in the depths of the ,pacific ,ocean4 ,there are1 at present on record1 fifty-six of these great holes in the sea bottoms which exceed three miles in depth4 ,there are ten areas which lie at a depth greater than four miles1 and four places where the depth exceeds five miles4 ,the depth seems to bear a certain relation to the salinity of the water1 for it is found that the amount of salt held in solution is less as the depth increases4 ,this of course is the effect of temperature and pressure changes1 as well as the greater quietness of the subsurface waters4 ,the composition of the salts found in sea-water1 that is the proportional amounts of the various component salts1 does not vary materially in the different parts of the ocean1 although the degree of saturation does vary1 as above explained4 ,the temperature of the ocean varies1 at the surface1 from #bh ,f4 at the poles1 to over #hj ,f4 in the tropics4 ,the cold water1 near the poles1 at any given point1 varies less than #aj ,f42 and the warm water of the tropics1 likewise has a variation1 annually1 of less than #aj ,f41 in a band that nearly encircles the earth2 this band1 it is interesting to observe1 is the region of coral reefs4 ,between these regions of small annual variation1 there are two bands surrounding the earth1 where the annual temperature variation is greater1 and may at some spots even exceed #dj ,f4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,amsterdam3 ,,the ,,green ,,canal1 ,,and ,,the ,,steeple ,,of ,,the ,,zuiderkerk 7,,south ,,church7 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,oil ,,creek ,,falls1 ,,waterton ,,lakes1 ,,alberta1 ,,canada ,illustration3 ,the ,screen of ,time ,,book ,,reviews3 ,charles ,morice's ,il est ressuscit3 by ,h4 ,a4 ,fussell ,once to every man and nation ,comes the moment to decide1 ,in the strife of truth with falsehood1 ,for the good or evil side4 ,that there do occur critical periods in the lives of nations and of individuals1 when the irrevocable step is taken which allies them definitely with the beneficent or maleficent forces which are contending for the mastery of the world1 has become a truism4 ,it is seldom a spectacular contest--this battle of ,armageddon2 even when it is1 at the moment of choice we are alone1 face to face with the ,higher ,self4 ,the many and varied ways in which this contest may occur furnish the moralist and the preacher with occasions for the highest flights of eloquence1 and it forms the background of history1 biography1 and fiction4 ,one of its most recent presentations is by ,charles ,morice in his book ,il est ressuscit6 of which we give a rsum4 ,one day in the middle of ,december the ,parisians were surprised on opening their daily papers to see the last page perfectly blank1 all the questionable advertisements had disappeared1 no ,stock ,exchange news1 all the transactions by which clever financiers attract the unwary and pile up their millions1 had been suppressed4 ,why8 ,no one could say6 ,amazement on all faces6 ,it was the same the next day1 and the next--even the feuilleton1 containing the inevitable sensational and sometimes salacious story was no more4 ,at the ,bourse itself there was nothing doing2 would-be purchasers were told of the watered stocks1 were advised not to buy4 ,in the evening the leading journalists met as usual at the ,lapin ,cru4 ,they were no wiser than the rest4 ,consternation was on all faces4 ,their occupation was gone1 there was not a single piquant event in all ,paris--suddenly become virtuous--to write up4 ,on unfolding their papers--the first impression was always brought in at midnight by the office-boys from the publishers--on one of the blank pages was this notice in small print3 ,the ,son of ,god needs no advertising4 ,he has put up at the ,three ,kings' ,hotel1 ,place de l'toile4 ,he will be at home from noon to noon1 all the day1 the #adth of ,december and tomorrow4 ,narda1 a prince among journalists1 sat apart1 moodily4 ,suddenly he became aware of a man opposite him at the next table4 ,but what a man6 ,there was in fact nothing remarkable about him1 except that perhaps he lacked precisely those little peculiarities and idiosyncracies which distinguish one man from another4 ,yet he was a fine man1 but his remarkable beauty did not cause surprise4 ,the fact is1 that one would have been surprised1 nay scandalized1 if it were not so1 for his beauty1 formed of the perfect equilibrium of all the elements of his person1 revealed man in his ordinary and magnificent integrity4 ,it was as if necessitated by the soul1 sovereignly and ineffably serene1 which shone in the eyes of the man3 a constant1 rich1 intense light1 eclipsing the crude brilliancy of the electric lights1 and forming a halo in his unusually long hair4 ,narda was not dazzled by the light3 on the contrary1 he felt himself illuminated by it to the very depths of his being4 ,he looked at this unknown man with a sympathy mingled with trust and deference4 ,he had no desire to speak to him1 to question him1 fully satisfied by his presence alone1 the presence of a man4 ,a real man6 he said to himself1 and not a puppet like my comrades and myself4 ,the stranger went1 ,narda scarcely knew how2 and without him the room1 life itself1 seemed empty and vain again4 ,the subject is not new--the incompatibility of the ,christ and modern civilization4 ,we are all acquainted with sensational pictures1 painted by well-known artists1 depicting ,christ in the midst of decadent modern society1 with all its revolting contrasts2 or with lurid sketches written by clever journalists2 but never have we seen the subject treated with so much reverence and psychological insight as in the work before us4 ,read the scene the following night at the ,lapin ,cru1 where ,narda was sure he would meet again with the ,son of ,god4 ,they communed as of old the disciples with the ,master4 ,i thought1 ,lord1 you were to come in a different manner4 ,are you also without intelligence8 ,jesus replied4 ,visible or invisible the ,son of ,man comes every day4 ,the question rose to the lips of ,narda3 ,you come1 doubtless1 to finish the work begun two thousand years ago8 ,it is finished to all eternity4 ,why then have you not conquered8 ,because ,i wished to leave to you the merit of the victory4 ,after some further talk1 ,narda1 who has been led into the depths of his own conscience1 depths unsuspected by him before1 exclaims3 ,lord1 perhaps you are only myself1 my self raised to perfectness4444 ,but has not one of your writers said3 ',it is only ,god who is really man4' ,how do you know1 if ,i have not become little by little divine8 ,and while they were speaking ,jesus was giving1 at the ,three ,kings1 in its three hundred rooms1 private audience to three hundred interviewers at the same time1 and to each he appeared different4 ,on leaving1 some declared he had fair hair1 others that it was dark4 ,to the philosopher he appeared a philosopher2 to the artist more beautiful than ,apollo2 to the soldier a divine warrior4 ,last of all came the ,scribes and ,pharisees1 as of old1 to question him4 ,are you really the ,son of ,god8 ,are you going to tell us again that salvation is difficult for the rich8 ,are you going to be crucified anew8 and so on4 ,the ,churches held aloof4 ,he had not come as they expected4 ,we will not describe how our author solves the problems1 economic1 social1 and religious1 which this unsuspected advent of ,jesus causes in ,paris4 ,it suffices to say that the crisis was met and tided over for the time being4 ,one circumstance1 however1 must be mentioned3 woman was honored as never before4 ,civil marriage alone is legal in ,france2 in more than sixty per cent of the couples presenting themselves before the civil authorities for the ratification of their marriage1 the unexpected happened4 ,instead of the perfunctory ,yes which was almost invariably the rule1 one or other of the contracting parties would say ,no4 ,there were no more ill-assorted matches1 none of those crimes against humanity that the marriage service1 not only among the ,french1 but in every nation1 condones4 ,and the children1 they had never been so happy before1 so unrestrained1 and yet so well-behaved4 ,even the youths and maidens1 as they walked through the streets or wandered in the parks1 showed a self-restraint and tenderness for one another never remarked before4 ,older people stood and looked after them in wonder4 ,something idyllic and noble had entered into and stopped the bantering1 mocking1 scoffing tone of the average ,parisian4 ,it was beautiful1 some thought it unnatural--would it last8 ,towards the end of ,december ,jesus preaches to the people--this time from ,montmartre4 ,all ,paris is gathered there to hear him4 ,again the gracious words are heard1 but are received and interpreted by each in accordance with his own interests and prejudices4 ,the common people heard him gladly1 but the rich and learned murmured4 ,he spoke of self-sacrifice and devotion to ideals2 the majority1 though convicted of sin1 with seared hearts1 felt revolt rising within4 ,when ,jesus had ended and had betaken himself away1 for their eyes were holden1 that they should not see1 it was in a state of astonishment1 deception1 consternation1 even rage1 that the crowd slowly melted away4 ,many men1 mere simulacra of humanity--though considered the pillars of society--made haste to flee the place where all they held most dear1 their success1 their station1 their darling sins1 were menaced4 ,but the innocent1 the poor and the wretched1 felt that it was an awakening from an all-too-sweet dream to the harsh realities of the pitiless struggle for life4 ,it was the beginning of the end4 ,ere many days had passed1 ,jesus was asked to leave the city1 and normal life1 with its political institutions1 its scientific progress1 its suffragettes1 its railway accidents1 theater-parties1 and fashionably attired women1 resumed its wonted course4 ,by a kind of tacit agreement no one spoke any more of the disconcerting events of the last days of ,december4 ,the newspapers wore their wonted appearance2 twenty lines1 identical in every case1 was all the press notice of what had so profoundly stirred men's souls4 ,and ,narda1 the veteran journalist1 the new disciple of ,jesus8 ,brought face to face with his divine self1 he saw himself once again when in youth1 with forehead high and heart full of hope1 he had vowed allegiance to the highest4 ,and now8 ,was it lack of courage8 ,he lost his grasp of that divine life to which all are called1 and which had awakened once again with so much power in him4 ,he has come in vain1 he cried1 we cannot endure him4 ,how true1 alas6 are the sad words of ,baudelaire1 which ,charles ,morice prefixes to his work3 ,mais le damn rpond toujours3 ,je ne veux pas6--,the lost soul always replies3 ,i do not want to4 ,the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society ,founded at ,new ,york ,city in #ahge by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 ,william ,q4 ,judge and others ,reorganized in #ahih by ,katherine ,tingley ,central ,office1 ,point ,loma1 ,california ,the ,headquarters of the ,society at ,point ,loma with the buildings and grounds1 are no ,community ,settlement or ,colony4 ,they form no experiment in ,socialism1 ,communism1 or anything of similar nature1 but are the ,central ,executive ,office of an international organization where the business of the same is carried on1 and where the teachings of ,theosophy are being demonstrated4 ,midway 'twixt ,east and ,west1 where the rising ,sun of ,progress and ,enlightenment shall one day stand at full meridian1 the ,headquarters of the ,society unite the philosophic ,orient with the practical ,west4 ,,membership in the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society may be either at large or in a local ,branch4 ,adhesion to the principle of ,universal ,brotherhood is the only pre-requisite to membership4 ,the ,organization represents no particular creed2 it is entirely unsectarian1 and includes professors of all faiths1 only exacting from each member that large toleration of the beliefs of others which he desires them to exhibit towards his own4 ,applications for membership in a ,branch should be addressed to the local ,director2 for membership at large to ,g4 de ,purucker1 ,membership ,secretary1 ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters1 ,point ,loma1 ,california4 ,,objects ,this ,brotherhood is a part of a great and universal movement which has been active in all ages4 ,this ,organization declares that ,brotherhood is a fact in ,nature4 ,its principal purpose is to teach ,brotherhood1 demonstrate that it is a fact in ,nature1 and make it a living power in the life of humanity4 ,its subsidiary purpose is to study ancient and modern religions1 science1 philosophy1 and art2 to investigate the laws of ,nature and the divine powers in man4 ,it is a regrettable fact that many people use the name of ,theosophy and of our ,organization for self-interest1 as also that of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 the ,foundress1 and even the ,society's motto1 to attract attention to themselves and to gain public support4 ,this they do in private and public speech and in publications4 ,without being in any way connected with the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 in many cases they permit it to be inferred that they are1 thus misleading the public1 and honest inquirers are hence led away from the original truths of ,theosophy4 ,the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society welcomes to membership all who truly love their fellow men and desire the eradication of the evils caused by the barriers of race1 creed1 caste1 or color1 which have so long impeded human progress2 to all sincere lovers of truth and to all who aspire to higher and better things than the mere pleasures and interests of a worldly life and are prepared to do all in their power to make ,brotherhood a living energy in the life of humanity1 its various departments offer unlimited opportunities4 ,the whole work of the ,organization is under the direction of the ,leader and ,official ,head1 ,katherine ,tingley1 as outlined in the ,constitution4 ,inquirers desiring further information about ,theosophy or the ,theosophical ,society are invited to write to ,,the ,,secretary ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters ,point ,loma1 ,california ,illustration3 ,,the ,,path ,the ,theosophical ,path ,an ,international ,magazine ,unsectarian and nonpolitical ,monthly ,illustrated ,illustration ,devoted to the ,brotherhood of ,humanity1 the promulgation of ,theosophy1 the study of ancient modern ,ethics1 ,philosophy1 ,science and ,art1 and to the uplifting and purification of ,home and ,national ,life ,edited by ,katherine ,tingley ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters1 ,point ,loma1 ,california1 ,u4,s4,a4 ,all that we are is the result of what we have thought3 it is founded on our thoughts1 it is made up of our thoughts4 ,if a man speaks or acts with an evil thought1 pain follows him1 as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage4 ,all that we are is the result of what we have thought3 it is founded on our thoughts1 it is made up of our thoughts4 ,if a man speaks or acts with a pure thought1 happiness follows him1 like a shadow that never leaves him4 ,he abused me1 he beat me1 he defeated me1 he robbed me4--in those who harbor such thoughts hatred will never cease4 ,he abused me1 he beat me1 he defeated me1 he robbed me4--in those who do not harbor such thoughts hatred will cease4 ,for hatred does not cease by hatred at any time3 hatred ceases by love1 this is an ancient rule4 ,,dhammapada1 #a1 #b1 #c1 #d1 #e4 7,translation by ,f4 ,max ,mller1 ,sacred ,books of the ,east1 ,vol4 ,x47 ,,the ,,theosophical ,,path ,,monthly ,,illustrated ,,edited ,,by ,,katherine ,,tingley ,,new ,,century ,,corporation1 ,,point ,,loma1 ,,california1 ,u4 ,s4 ,a4 ,entered as second-class matter ,july #be1 #aiaa1 at the ,post ,office at ,point ,loma1 ,california under the ,act of ,march #c1 #ahgi ,copyright1 #aiaa1 by ,katherine ,tingley ,,communications ,communications for the ,editor should be addressed to ,,katherine ,,tingley1 ,editor1 ,,the ,,theosophical ,,path1 ,point ,loma1 ,california4 ,to the ,,business ,,management1 including 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,athens 7illustrations7 #caf-cag1 #cbb-cbc ,what are the ,bases of an ,intelligent ,belief in ,reincarnation8 ,f4 ,s4 ,darrow1 ,a4 ,m41 ,,ph4 ,d4 7,harv47 #cag ,the ,victory of the ,divine in ,man ,rev4 ,s4 ,j4 ,neill #cbj ,ancient ,america 7illustrated7 ,an ,archaeologist #cbc ,the ,parable of the ,crucifixion ,cranstone ,woodhead #cbh ,is ,light ,corpuscular8 ,t4 ,henry #ccb ,astronomical ,lore ,a ,student #ccd ,the ,mystery of the ,molars ,medicus #ccf ,a ,dutch ,house ,court by ,pieter de ,hooch 7illustrated7 #cch ,point ,loma ,hills at ,eventide 7illustration7 #cci ,the ,incarnation of ,geniuses ,h4 ,travers #cci ,the ,plight of the ,vivisector ,h4 ,coryn1 ,m4 ,d41 ,m4,r4,c4,s4 #cda ,the ,ekoi3 ,children of ,nature ,h4 ,t4 ,edge1 ,b4 ,a4 7,cantab47 #cdd ,an ,unknown ,american ,nation 7illustrated7 ,h4 ,s4 ,turner #cdg ,the ,confines of ,science ,investigator #cdi ,the ,tower of ,london and the ,houses of ,parliament 7illustrated7 ,carolus #ceb ,point ,loma ,notes ,c4 ,j4 ,r4 #ced ,the ,woman's ,international ,theosophical ,league ,a ,member of the ,league #ceg ,illusion and ,reality ,lydia ,ross1 ,m4 ,d4 #cfb ,venice 7illustrated7 ,grace ,knoche #cff ,humanity and ,theosophical ,education ,elizabeth ,c4 ,spalding #cge ,book ,reviews3 ,commentary upon the ,maya-,tzental ,perez ,codex 7,william ,e4 ,gates71 ,c4 ,j4 ,ryan4 ,a ,new ,magazine4 ,the ,strange ,little ,girl1 a ,story for ,children #cgh ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,diotima1 ,,myrto1 ,,and ,,aspasia ,,group ,,in ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens1 ,,as ,,presented ,,in ,,the ,,greek ,,theater ,,international ,,theosophical ,,headquarters1 ,,point ,,loma1 ,,california ,,on ,,april #ag1 #aiaa ,,the ,,theosophical ,,path ,,katherine ,,tingley1 ,,editor ,,vol4 ,i ,,november1 #aiaa ,,no4 #e ,spirit feeds and sustains the air and the earth and the liquid plains of the sea2 also the shining globe of the moon1 and the ,titanian stars3 while ,mind pervading 7the ,universe7 puts the whole in action1 and blends itself with the mighty frame4 ,thence men1 and the races of the beasts and of the flying kind1 and the huge creatures brought forth by the ,sea beneath his mottled surface4 ,a fiery energy works through these elementals and a celestial origin in the seed1 so far as heavy bodies1 earth-sprung limbs1 and mortal members1 weigh not their vigor down4--,virgil1 ,aeneid1 vi1 #gbd-gcb ,,evolution ,,in ,,the ,,light ,,of ,,theosophy3 by ,h4 ,t4 ,edge1 ,b4 ,a4 7,cantab47 ,after studying the various theories of biological evolution and the controversies of their respective exponents1 one reaches the conclusion that each of the theorists is worrying a small fragment of the truth1 and that the actual facts comprehend not only all these theories but a good deal more besides4 ,there is 7#a7 the theory of continuous evolution1 which supposes that forms reproduce other forms in a continuous and uniform series2 and there is 7#b7 the theory of mutation or saltation1 which supposes that new species appear suddenly4 ,an ,american professor of palaeontology is quoted as reconciling these two supposedly conflicting views by still another hypothesis1 which supposes that evolution is on the whole continuous1 but with occasional jumps and divergences4 ,then there is the controversy as to whether changes are produced by the influence of external environment or whether they occur within the germ2 or whether1 again1 both these influences co-operate4 ,the confusion is due mainly to two causes3 the attempt to define the operations of nature within too narrow limits2 and the attempt to form an idea of evolution by considering its visible products only1 and apart from the invisible something which is manifesting itself in those products4 ,our thought should reach out to wider horizons4 ,all growth consists in the physical manifestation of something which previously was not physical4 ,take the case of a tree growing from a seed4 ,the tons of material composing the body of that tree have been collected from the air and the soil4 ,within the seed was enshrined something 7which afterwards passes into the tree7 having the power to perform this wonderful operation4 ,we may say1 if we like1 that the whole tree existed in potentia in the seed2 but unless this expression is to remain a mere logical figure1 we must attach a concrete meaning to it4 ,in other words1 we must inquire what was that something which existed in the seed4 ,here we are driven right up against the real point at issue2 out of the seed comes the tree1 the tree cannot come from any other source than a seed or its equivalent 7such as a slip72 hence the whole future tree must be in some way locked up within the seed4 ,but in what guise8 ,is there perhaps a miniature tree folded up within that husk8 ,but even so1 whence that miniature tree and why does it grow8 ,theorists1 in spite of their alleged practicality1 are often contented with abstractions that would not satisfy a more concrete mind2 and for this reason many inquirers will not be satisfied with the explanation that there is some force or tendency in the seed4 ,theorists may deal with tendencies1 but the ,theosophist will demand something less imaginary and abstract4 ,the primary postulates demanded by theorists are often so comprehensive as to amount to a begging of the main question4 ,give ,archimedes his standing ground and he will move the whole earth2 grant ,euclid his postulates1 and he will soon knock you off a few theorems2 give a biological theorist his tendencies1 and the rest is as easy as rolling off a log4 ,but the inquirer would like to know something about those tendencies4 ,so then there is locked up in the seed1 which is to become a tree1 a tendency4 ,translating this highly abstract and even theological expression into the matter-of-fact language of ,theosophy1 we get this3 that the whole future physical tree has existed beforehand in some form other than physical1 and complete in everything except the purely physical attributes4 ,size and dimension1 mass and solidity1 being physical attributes1 do not pertain to the tree in this antecedent form4 ,is science prepared to say that that which has no dimensions nor any other physical attributes does not exist8 ,if so1 then we are reduced to the conclusion that the physical visible universe is self-creative and all-sufficient and all-inclusive--in short1 that physical matter is the prime material1 the source of all intelligence1 substance1 all energy1 everything2 in which case it is of course useless to try to explain it1 and it must be simply accepted as an irresolvable fact4 ,but1 setting aside such an untenable proposition1 if physical matter has not produced itself1 if it is not the ultimate unknowable1 let us ask from what was it produced8 ,driven thus to the conclusion that there are states of existence prior to physical matter1 is it out-of-the-way to suggest that the tree within the seed exists in one of those states8 ,accustomed as we are to think in terms of physical matter and of its principal attribute--extension 7or1 as we wrongly call it1 space7--we cannot imagine that there can be room in the universe for anything else4 ,we think that matter entirely fills space2 we imagine that1 if a thing is not in what we call space1 it cannot be anywhere4 ,but space is in reality immeasurable2 it can have no dimensions1 no up-and-down1 no fore-and-aft1 no right-and-left4 ,it may well be that physical matter1 so far from crowding it1 does not incommode it at all--that there is plenty of room still1 so to say4 ,another consequence of our habit of regarding physical extension as a plenum is that when we have to allow for the existence of anything else1 we think it necessary to suppose that that something else must be extremely small4 ,thus the tree in the seed has to be extremely small1 the atom has to be extremely small1 and so on2 and this simply because we imagine that space is packed full with the physical objects4 ,but what logical reason is there why there should not be a world full of trees1 animals1 and every other form that is become physical1 all in a pre-physical state1 and yet by no means interfering with anything in the physical world8 ,why1 even in the familiar terms of physical science1 this view is quite reasonable2 for the atoms1 we are told1 are so minute in comparison with the intervals between them that they are like planets swimming in an ocean of ether4 ,these atoms are of course utterly imperceptible to any of our senses2 we know them only through their groupings and motions4 ,now suppose there are other atoms between them1 or even different groupings of the same atoms1 what would we know about these8 ,their vibrations might not happen to be attuned to our physical senses4 ,we have imagined1 then1 our tree as existing1 complete in all but physical attributes1 in this world1 but in a state where it is beyond the ken of our physical senses4 ,the microscopic germ within the seed is the point through which the change from pre-physical to physical is operated--a door1 as it were1 through which the tree has to pass1 admitting it to its new state4 ,this point is like one of the knots where the fabrics of these two worlds are woven together2 the very small seems in some way to be the gateway to another world4 ,but let us extend the idea to the case of evolution generally4 ,so far we have taken a tree as an instance2 but1 on the same analogy1 all organized physical beings will have pre-existed in this pre-physical state4 ,the germ1 the point within the germ1 is their gateway to physical existence2 but before passing through this portal1 they have already existed1 complete in all but physical attributes1 in another state4 ,to sum up the argument--we must predicate the existence of a type-world1 wherein exist the prototypes1 the models1 of all that is to become physical2 and we have already seen that it is necessary1 on other grounds1 to predicate the existence of such a world4 ,this hypothesis will explain the riddles of evolution readily4 ,in one point in particular does it clear up difficulties4 ,if organisms grow and change in the physical state1 why may they not also grow and change in the pre-physical state8 ,this would fully account for the so-called saltations and for the missing links4 ,an organism1 after passing out of physical life1 shedding all its physical atoms1 and resuming once more its former non-physical state1 might undergo modification while in that state and before re-entering the physical condition4 ,thus1 when it reappeared1 it would be different1 and biologists would call it a mutation or saltation4 ,palaeontology shows us that in past epochs there were on earth forms intermediate between different forms existing on earth now4 ,this at least indicates that the complete chain is not necessarily all upon the earth at one time2 and this again agrees with the idea that the earth is never at any one time fitted to support every form of life4 ,this being so1 how can we possibly trace a chain of evolution by reproduction8 ,a good idea of the process of evolution can be got by watching from one side the ascending threads of a revolving screw4 ,they pass up and up1 one after the other1 but we cannot see where they are connected2 to see that1 we must take an all-round view4 ,in a similar way the organisms are passing around a spiral curve1 of which curve but one side comes to our view2 hence we see it as a number of disconnected elements4 ,the process of evolution1 in fact1 is not carried on entirely within the limits of our physical vision--surely not an unreasonable statement4 ,it would be strange indeed1 if all that we see were all that there is4 ,hence biologists should expect1 as a logical inference from their own conditions of research1 that the results at which they arrive shall be incomplete2 the imperfection of these results is rather to be regarded as evidence of their truth than the contrary4 ,but1 instead of taking the case of animals1 suppose we take that of human beings2 for here we can view the matter more from the inside4 ,we are human beings ourselves and are conscious of our own mind4 ,this mind1 as we know1 undergoes development2 it gains experience from day to day and ends up with a very different outfit from that with which it started4 ,when this inner being again enters into the make-up of physical humanity1 will it be the same as before8 ,shall we have the same old horoscope at our next nativity8 ,jupiter and ,saturn forbid6 ,but in case any reader should cavil over the question of death and rebirth1 we can consider the matter apart from those4 ,we are actually being reincarnated all the time2 for does not our body continually discard old atoms and take on new ones8 ,and does not the growing and changing body accommodate itself to the requirements set by our mind8 ,if not1 what do habit and exercise amount to8 ,we can create for ourselves a body different from the one we have now1 by muscular exercise1 temperance1 intemperance1 and other means4 ,so here we have a definite example of the process of growth and evolution4 ,death itself is but a major change1 similar in kind1 if greater in degree1 to the lesser deaths that are taking place in us every day4 ,the physical structure is slow in its movements and conservative in its habits2 and so in the course of a life in the physical state a misfit is apt to result2 and this is adjusted by death and rebirth4 ,it is reasonable to suppose--indeed it is inevitable--that the animals1 in their own smaller and slower way1 learn while they live1 and that the indwelling animal monad is not forever doomed to reside in the same kind of form1 but passes very gradually on to higher forms4 ,the species that we see and study are the beads on the string4 ,it is almost like studying the different houses which a man may have built and left standing while he himself has gone elsewhere4 ,these would give a clue to his mental development2 but we must presuppose the existence of the man4 ,the question of physical reproduction is closely involved with that of evolution2 and here again biology investigates but a few of the factors that enter into the process4 ,biology gets down as far as the microscopic germinal speck1 and naturally enough has to stop there4 ,a fertilized ovum provides the essential conditions for the entry of a life1 but it needs other kinds of research to trace the source of that life4 ,in the light of ,theosophy1 evolution becomes a vast and entrancing study1 for it concerns worlds and ages4 ,apart1 however1 from merely curious interest1 this study is of the greatest positive importance to humanity1 for the reason that inadequate theories are giving rise to various movements that we believe to threaten great harm1 should all their ideas be carried out4 ,a king who should ruthlessly slaughter all those among his subjects who did not happen to suit his ideals of what a subject should be1 would justly be considered a cruel and stupid tyrant2 yet there are proposed methods of eliminating the unfit1 which1 though clothed in ambitious language1 seem none the less monstrous4 ,hence the need of greater knowledge to prevent erroneous ideas from incarnating as monstrous acts4 ,,the ,,mysteries ,,of ,,rotation3 by a ,student ,one of the most fascinating results of the attention bestowed in the last few years upon gyroscopic effects1 has been the almost final perfection of the gyrostat-compass1 and the ,scientific ,american ,supplement contains an excellent account of it1 together with one of the clearest popular explanations of its action which we have seen4 ,the tests of the ,anschtz instrument as improved by ,sperry1 were carried out last ,april for five days on a steamer plying between ,new ,york and a port in ,virginia4 ,although the vessel rolled in heavy seas1 it was found that the compass kept practically absolutely on the meridian during the whole period4 ,the electric motor runs at #fjjj revolutions per minute1 and the instrument is in the steering-engine room1 connected electrically with a repeating compass on the bridge4 ,it is stated that at all ordinary latitudes this compass has a directional force some fifteen times greater than a corresponding magnetic compass4 ,this1 however1 diminishes on approaching the poles4 ,the interesting feature of the gyro-compass is that its action in pointing true north depends upon the rotation of the ,earth4 ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,scene ,,from ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,,in ,,the ,,center ,,is ,,pharnabazos1 ,,the ,,persian ,,envoy ,,to ,,athens1 ,,with ,,his ,,suite ,,and ,,attendants ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,another ,,scene ,,in ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,,central ,,figures ,,are ,,perikles ,,and ,,pheidias ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,archers ,,in ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,another ,,scene ,,in ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,,what ,,are ,,the ,,bases ,,of ,,an ,,intelligent ,,belief ,,in ,,reincarnation8 by ,f4 ,s4 ,darrow1 ,a4 ,m41 ,ph4 ,d4 7,harv47 ,reflection inevitably reveals the limitations of the actual1 the confines of the present4 ,so narrow is the sphere within which our daily life revolves that even the man who most prides himself on his avoidance of philosophy is forced1 perhaps unconsciously1 to construct a theory of metaphysics4 ,how is it possible to do our daily duties without forming a working hypothesis as to the nature of the world within which those duties lie8 ,inarticulate and crude as the theory may be1 each and every man is forced to adopt a life-hypothesis and by it1 as best he can1 to mold his actions4 ,no specious reasoning can free us from speculation4 ,therefore it is a solemn duty which we owe to ourselves to choose intelligently our hypothesis as to life and its meaning4 ,this duty can be trusted neither to chance nor to tradition4 ,to shirk a moral responsibility incurs grave consequences4 ,it is necessary that our life-hypothesis shall fulfil two conditions3 it must be thinkable and it must be livable4 ,life leads to thought about life2 but our judgment must concern itself with life4 ,therefore what we believe must be both logical and practical4 ,logical because fact makes the appeal to logic1 and practical because logic must answer fact4 ,our life-hypothesis1 since its subject-matter is the ,self and the ,world in which the ,self lives1 must be both universal and particular4 ,in answering the query1 ,what are the bases of an intelligent belief in ,reincarnation8 we are primarily concerned with the ,self4 ,without considering the nature of the ,self in detail1 let me postulate that by the ,self ,i mean the ,real ,you and the ,real ,i1 the ,individual ,life1 which expresses itself through your physical nature and through mine1 the ,individuality at the basis of the ,personality1 the ,character underlying the physical man4 ,the conception of reincarnation or rebirth of soul1 ,i grant1 is speculative1 since it ranges far beyond the cramped present4 ,so1 if it is to become part of our life-hypothesis it must be both logical and practically imperative4 ,if logic and practical requirements combine in their demands1 then we must conclude that reincarnation has been demonstrated to be true in so far as any hypothesis can be4 ,the most probable is and must be accepted actually as the true4 ,many circumstances suggest that the ,self existed previously to its birth in the present body4 ,poetry voices the thought as follows3 ,our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting3 ,the soul that rises with us1 our life's star1 ,hath had elsewhere its setting1 ,and cometh from afar4 ,children frequently instinctively believe that they have lived before4 ,the poets do not monopolize those tantalizingly vague sensations of familiarity1 which sometimes accompany strange and apparently novel experiences4 ,sometimes a breath floats by me1 ,an odor from ,dreamland sent1 ,which makes the ghost seem nigh me ,of a something that came and went ,of a life lived somewhere1 ,i know not ,in what diviner sphere3 ,of mem'ries that come not and go not3 ,like music once heard by an ear ,that cannot forget or reclaim it-- ,a something so shy1 it would shame it ,to make it a show3 ,a something too vague1 could ,i name it ,for others to know3 ,as though ,i had lived it and dreamed it1 ,as though ,i had acted and schemed it ,long ago4 ,whittier voices the impression of many when he says3 ,a presence strange at once and known ,walked with me as my guide3 ,the skirts of some forgotten life ,trailed noiseless at my side4 ,so1 too1 the recurrence of the seasons1 the ebb and flow and re-ebb of the tides1 the cycles of day and night1 the phenomenon of genius1 and countless other things1 suggest that the old is continually reborn4 ,yet classing all these together they amount merely to presumptive evidence1 hints at possibilities1 but not proof4 ,we are born with a sense of ,justice1 a sense which extends at least as far as our private rights4 ,further1 justice is so valued that we regard ,deity as perfectly just4 ,the kernel of justice is3 ,as a man sows so shall he reap4 ,the effect must be equal to the cause4 ,to talk of the justice of a god who creates ,souls is to babble nonsense4 ,personal responsibility is an indispensable requirement for the maintenance of justice1 and personal responsibility can exist only if souls are the creators of their own destinies4 ,otherwise ,justice is a mockery and a delusion4 ,therefore1 if we are to believe that the ,universe is ruled justly1 eternal pre-existence of soul must be a fact4 ,the books say well1 my brothers1 each man's life ,the outcome of his former living is3 ,the bygone wrongs bring forth sorrows and woes1 ,the bygone right breeds bliss4 ,so is a man's fate born4 ,ex nihilo nihil fit--from nothing nothing is made4 ,nineteenth century science has succeeded in proving what the world's thinkers have long believed4 ,matter and energy are indestructible4 ,creation in the sense of manufacture out of nothing is unthinkable4 ,if the soul is one with the ,universal ,energy1 it is not a thing of which a man may say1 ',it hath been1 it is about to be1 or is to be hereafter1' for it is without birth and meeteth not death4 ,nature is nothing less than the ladder of resurrection1 which step by step leads upward4 ,the eternal ,soul1 now linked to a mortal body1 has lived before and will live hereafter4 ,the last and most important of the logical imperatives demanding a belief in reincarnation is the thesis3 ,immortality of soul demands complete eternity of soul4 ,that which has a beginning1 of necessity has an end4 ,the child is born1 grows into youth and manhood1 lives its life1 but it dies4 ,death's fingers clutch at birth4 ,that which is born is mortal4 ,thus the soul must be birthless if it is to be deathless4 ,it must have lived before its present body and it will outlive any body which it may hereafter enliven4 ,reincarnation is merely the natural corollary to eternity4 ,let us now turn to the practical considerations reinforcing our belief4 ,even when discouraged we feel that life has a purpose and a meaning4 ,this is1 to keep adding to experience and to knowledge4 ,the amount actually experienced and learned within the limits of a single life is so small in comparison with the possibilities of experience and knowledge that it can only serve as an introduction into deeper mysteries4 ,the scholar does not graduate until he has fulfilled the requirements of a definite standard4 ,the knowledge and experience of one life is surely too low a standard to admit of graduation from earth4 ,our globe is a school and the souls are the scholars4 ,what is once gained is never lost4 ,be ye perfect even as your ,father who is in heaven is perfect4 ,think of the hope6 ,an infinite future with the possibility of an infinite progress in knowledge and attainment6 ,ambition1 zeal1 and love1 demand an infinity to express themselves4 ,love of work1 love of learning1 love of loved ones1 presuppose by their existence the complete eternity of the ,soul4 ,so1 too1 all our impulses which tend toward expansion and increase1 all those which break loose from the present into the expanse of the future1 require that the soul be immortal and consequently eternal4 ,notice1 aside from logic1 what a belief in rebirth and in the eternity of the ,soul1 means4 ,it gives hope in the perfectibility of man1 inspiration in his divinity1 and comfort in the trials of life1 trials that are just and capable of teaching greater knowledge4 ,there is no inspiration which in the future cannot be attained by honest effort4 ,these are a few of the blessings which the philosophy of ,theosophy has to offer to you and to me1 a philosophy of soul-evolution that is an ever-present help in trouble1 one that is both logical and practical1 a religious science1 and a scientific religion4 ,search within yourself and listen to the message of ,theosophy3 ,truth takes no rise ,from outward things1 whate'er you may believe2 ,there is an inmost center in us all1 ,where truth abides in fulness4 ,,the ,,victory ,,of ,,the ,,divine ,,in ,,man3 by ,rev4 ,s4 ,j4 ,neill ,nothing moves on with even flow4 ,it seems to be inherent in the very nature of the universe that there should be ripples in the great ,life-,current of ,existence1 just as there are waves in the sea4 ,a well-known scientist once asked me if ,i had ever noticed how a stream of water1 perfectly smooth1 apparently flowing over a sheet of quite smooth glass would nevertheless produce ripples4 ,there is no known explanation of this except it be that the water at its source had received unequal impulse which it never lost4 ,so in the universe1 the great impulse of the ,creative ,word in manifestation stamps cyclic law on all things4 ,we see this in the coming and going of the seasons2 in the recurrence of day and night2 in the ebb and flow of the sea4 ,human life too1 is made up of cycles great and small4 ,the seven ages of human life1 mentioned by ,shakespeare1 are distinctly marked4 ,the four ages corresponding to the changing seasons of the year1 are also well known4 ,the wise note and take advantage of cyclic law4 ,to educate during the time of youth is like sowing seed in the springtime4 ,many people have distinct moods at certain times3 at one time they are happy1 hopeful1 buoyant2 at another time they are miserable and despondent4 ,no doubt much of this moodiness is the result of people allowing themselves to drift4 ,we can1 if we will strongly enough1 rise above this condition of things4 ,we can cast out the morose1 sullen1 discontented states of mind1 and make the character firm and strong1 calm and hopeful4 ,we can cultivate a good temper and a sunny atmosphere4 ,just as man can make a clearing in the forest or on the hillside1 so we can make a clearance within our minds and in our mental atmosphere4 ,and the happy feeling thus produced will be part of the harvest we shall reap1 for it will return and return1 it will become cyclic1 until at last it will be most truly natural for us to dwell in light and sunshine4 ,and we ourselves shall be producers of light and sunshine4 ,joy and peace will attend our steps1 and wherever we come it will be a sunny place4 ,we can do this2 we can rise above circumstances and control them because at the center of our being the ,light of ,life ever shines forth4 ,dwelling in ,time1 and therefore to some extent subject to heat and cold1 summer and winter1 joy and sorrow1 we can1 nevertheless1 rise above these things4 ,we can create surroundings for ourselves4 ,the more we are truly alive the more we shall be able to do this4 ,it may be that the birds by some act of will1 to them as simple as breathing1 can change their polarity and thus remain poised in air without a motion4 ,it should be possible1 and it is possible1 for us to change our moral or spiritual polarity when we will1 and rise above all terrestrial attractions4 ,all holy scriptures regard this as certain4 ,the ,bhagavad-,gt on nearly every page speaks of man overcoming his lower nature and being master of circumstances4 ,the ,bible teaches the same thing3 ,cease to do evil2 learn to do well4 ,resist the ,devil and he will flee from you4 ,overcome evil with good4 ,do good hoping for nothing again4 ,jesus treats his disciples as men who have within them a divine possibility1 and says3 ,where ,i am1 there shall ye be also4 ,there is much darkness in the world1 much evil2 but we can lessen it2 we can to some extent remove it and annihilate it2 and in the end we can1 if we so will1 produce the reign of light everywhere4 ,as the moral sense in us is more and more sensitive we shall regard many things as wrong which now we do not so regard4 ,just as we now regard many things as wrong which people in a less advanced stage do not regard as evil at all4 ,the brighter the light1 the deeper the shadows4 ,in this sense ,light and ,dark are the world's ,eternal ways4 ,but a time will come when1 as ,st4 ,paul says1 ,mortality will be swallowed up of ,life2 when the ,great ,light will shine so fully within us and around us that there will be nothing to cast a shadow4 ,is this not some of the meaning of such places as that in the book of ,revelation1 where it says1 and there shall be no night there2 and they need no lamp1 neither light of the sun2 for the ,lord ,god giveth them light8 ,or as we read in the ,git1 neither the sun nor the moon nor the fire enlighteneth that place2 from it there is no return2 it is my supreme abode4 ,it is also written that the path of the just is as a shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day4 ,surely all this means1 if words mean anything1 that perfection can be and will be reached2 and that even here a large degree of perfection may be attained4 ,each victory will help us some other to win4 ,each step we mount upward over our lower selves gives us a wider horizon and a heavenlier air to breathe4 ,the foes we slay today1 we shall never have to fight again4 ,we not only become stronger but we become much stronger relatively as our foes are weaker and fewer4 ,the more we live with perfect unselfishness then the more we come into the ,path of the ,just4 ,but if we do good things even1 looking for the reward1 we do not take the highest path4 ,it is much to understand the nature of these two paths1 for it is written3 ,knowing these two paths1 ,o ,son of ,prith1 the man of meditation is not deluded4 ,or1 in other words1 though we dwell in ,time1 and our lower nature belongs to it1 yet in our inmost and only true ,self1 we belong1 not to ,time1 but to the ,eternal2 that is our ,home and ,place of ,peace always4 ,the man who retires often to this fortress1 to this place of peace1 though he may have to pass through much suffering1 will be raised above its destroying influence4 ,like the three ,hebrews in the fiery furnace he will pass through the fire of affliction and not a hair will be singed nor even the smell of fire be on his garments4 ,we are assured that ,nirvna is on both sides of death4 ,we can take the highest path now1 and the sooner we take it the sooner shall we reach the goal4 ,so bright a hope should give us greater strength4 ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,,aspasia ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,athenian ,,soldiers ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,hektor ,,chiding ,,paris ,,tableau ,,presented ,,in ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,katherine ,tingley1 #aiaa ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,thetis ,,bringing ,,the ,,armor ,,to ,,achilles ,,another ,,tableau ,,in ,,the ,,aroma ,,of ,,athens ,,ancient ,,america3 by an ,archaeologist ,like an oasis in a desert1 like a moment of silence and a sound of distant bells amid a din of discordant sounds1 comes a brief note on prehistoric ,america in the midst of a monthly review devoted to a rsum of the ,babel of modern thought4 ,bewildered with foolish spite of party politics1 disgusted with lucubrations on ,the ,coming ,christ1 and a new ,elixir of ,life discovered in ,africa1 the reader achieves a moment of silence and inward joy inspired by this paragraph on an ancient ,city of the ,sun1 with its illustrations of the sublime architecture and sculpture of that epoch4 ,these pictures inspire a reverence1 similar in nature1 if different in quality1 to that which the ancient classical architecture and statues inspire2 it is more akin to that inspired by ancient ,egypt4 ,it speaks of a spirit1 so different from any that pervades our modern life1 yet arousing in the soul a response as of something familiar--familiar but very deep and ancient4 ,we read that in the ,bulletin of the ,pan-,american ,union a writer describes ,chichn ,itz4 ,the ,itzs were a tribe of the ,mayas1 whose civilization reached a height equaled by no other people of the ,western hemisphere4 ,they excelled in architecture1 sculpture1 printing1 and astronomy4 ,the pyramid on which the temple stands is #aie feet long on each side at the base and covers nearly an acre4 ,it is made of nine terraces of faced masonry4 ,up the center of each of its four sides rises a stairway thirty-seven feet wide4 ,a picture of a temple faade1 in rectangular massive style like that of ,egypt and covered with elaborate symbolic carving1 while up from the roof rise tropical plants that have grown there1 is labeled1 ,view of an ,ancient ,monastery 7so-called74 ,the impression it gives is anything but that given by the idea of a monastery4 ,its spirit is alien to that of any spirit familiar to the times in which monasteries have prevailed4 ,it is awe-inspiring to think that this continent of ,america has behind it such a past1 more ancient than ,egypt1 as great and perhaps greater4 ,the ,red ,men must1 many of them at least1 be the remote descendants of this past4 ,there is something about their physiognomy that reminds us of the faces on the ancient pottery and carving2 a broad-featured bronzed type--what one might call a solar type4 ,peoples like the ,zuis and ,moquis have mysteries1 into which but few white men have even partially penetrated2 which shows they are the remnants of a once greater race1 a part of whose knowledge they preserve in memory4 ,this subject of ancient ,america has not yet received from archaeologists the attention it deserves4 ,nevertheless there are explorers who study in this field1 and the results of their researches are frequently written up for the ,sunday editions4 ,in this way the public gets acquainted with the subject independently of academical instruction4 ,such periodicals as the ,national ,geographical ,magazine and ,records of the ,past often give beautiful illustrated accounts of the ruins4 ,thus we read that ,dr4 ,max ,uhle1 director of the ,university of ,california's archaeological work in ,peru1 has discovered that a great civilization flourished at least #bjjj years before the ,incas1 and that a highly cultured race was in existence in ,peru before the ,trojan war4 ,in ,guerrero1 ,mexico1 in a region south of the ,balsas ,river1 over an area of fifty square miles1 there are remains of thousands of prehistoric dwellings and scores of pyramids4 ,the sculptured tablets bear the usual mystic geometrical symbols of the ancient ,science of ,life4 ,a mining engineer1 ,mr4 ,a4 ,lafave1 is reported to have discovered in ,arizona a prehistoric city older than ,babylon or ,nineveh1 but nevertheless the center of a civilization very highly advanced4 ,great architectural skill is shown1 and the symbol of what is called a sun-god was found4 ,the ,british ,museum recently acquired the collection of pottery and other relics discovered by ,mr4 ,hubert ,myring in the ,chimcana ,valley of ,peru and stated by him to be at the lowest estimate #gjjj years old4 ,yet this pottery shows the highest possible degree of skill1 while the subjects represented prove that the artists had the materials of a highly cultured and complex civilization to draw upon4 ,in ,ecuador ,dr4 ,marshall ,h4 ,saville of ,columbia ,university discovered many tombs1 and the objects collected show that the district was densely populated by a highly civilized people4 ,writing from ,new ,orleans1 ,may #ac1 ,charles ,f4 ,lummis of ,los ,angeles records his excavations at ,quirigu1 ,guatemala4 ,a trackless jungle had to be cleared1 and numerous monuments of heroic size were found2 one was twenty-six feet above ground and sixteen feet below and weighed about #adj1jjj pounds4 ,the greatest discovery was a palace which must have been magnificent4 ,it was surrounded by columns and the frieze was covered with carved heads4 ,the ruined temples of ,palenque1 ,uxmal1 ,chichn ,itz1 etc41 have often been described4 ,the mysterious hieroglyphics of the ,mayas have yet to be deciphered2 and when they are we shall have another epoch-making revelation like that following the deciphering of the ,egyptian hieroglyphics by ,champollion4 ,dr4 ,heath1 a writer on ,peruvian ,antiquities1 gives an account of the incredible size and quantity of the ruins1 from which the following is selected4 7,see ,kansas ,city ,review of ,science and ,industry1 ,nov4 #ahgh7 ,the coast of ,peru extends from ,tumbez to the river ,loa1 a distance of #abcc miles4 ,scattered over this whole extent there are thousands of ruins 444 while nearly every hill and spire of the mountains have upon them or about them some relic of the past2 and in every ravine1 from the coast to the central plateau1 there are ruins of walls1 cities1 fortresses1 burial vaults1 and miles and miles of terraces and water-courses4444 ,of granite1 porphyritic lime and silicated sandstone1 these massive colossal cyclopean structures have resisted the disintegration of time1 geological transformations1 earthquakes1 and the sacrilegious destructive hand of the warrior and treasure-seeker4 ,the masonry composing these walls1 temples1 houses1 towers1 fortresses1 or sepulchres1 is uncemented1 held in place by the incline of the walls from the perpendicular1 and by the adaptation of each stone to the place designed for it1 the stones having from six to many sides1 each dressed and smoothed to fit another or others with such exactness that the blade of a small penknife cannot be inserted in any of the seams thus formed4444 ,these stones 444 vary from one-half cubic foot to #aejj cubic feet of solid contents1 and if in the many many millions of stones you could find one that would fit in the place of another1 it would be purely accidental4 ,speaking of the terraces1 he says3 ,estimating five hundred ravines in the #abjj miles of ,peru1 and ten miles of terraces of fifty tiers to each ravine1 which would only be five miles of twenty-five tiers to each side1 we have #bej1jjj miles of stone wall1 averaging three to four feet high--enough to encircle this globe ten times4 ,the mention of hieroglyphs yet undeciphered1 which may any day prove the key to a new revelation of history1 receives apposite illustration in an article in the ,los ,angeles ,times 7,sunday magazine edition7 for ,may #ad4 ,this describes the discovery of several cylinders1 resembling the clay cylinders of ,babylonian civilization1 which have been deciphered2 and it is thought that these may prove the ,rosetta stone of ,american ,egypt4 ,they are about three inches long by an inch and a half in diameter1 hollow1 the walls a quarter of an inch thick4 ,the clay has turned to stone1 thus being preserved1 and the inscriptions repeat hieroglyphs known to correspond to familiar phrases4 ,the account in which this occurs is that of a discovery made by ,prof4 ,william ,niven1 a field archaeologist of ,mexico ,city2 and his statements as to the age and value of his finds are confirmed by ,dr4 ,edward ,e4 ,seler1 head of the ,national ,school of ,archaeology of the ,republic of ,mexico4 ,the latter authority declares the ruins and relics to be the evidences of a civilization new to archaeology1 though bearing some resemblance to the ruins of the ,tigris and ,euphrates4 ,this center of civilization lies about forty minutes' ride from ,mexico ,city1 under the suburb of ,azcapotzalco4 ,it is eighteen feet beneath the surface1 and from it have been produced pottery of a type different from any hitherto found in ,mexico1 an entire goldsmith's outfit with patterns and molds for the making of ornaments of gold and silver1 pendants and rings and beads of jade1 copper knives which cut like steel1 skulls containing teeth whose cavities are filled with cement and turquoise1 the cylinders just mentioned1 and many other objects4 ,these things were found in an immense basin containing the ruins of a city some ten miles long by three or four wide4 ,its houses were of laid stone1 cemented with a white cement1 unlike the black cement of ,mitla or the gray composition of ,palenque4 ,the rooms were of uniform height--nine feet2 the floors of tile--or1 rather1 of small squares of cement1 colored and traced in beautiful patterns2 the walls ornamented with frescoes and friezes showing a remarkable development of the color art4 ,paints used on these buildings1 though evidently of vegetable composition and more than #cjjj years old1 are fresh and do not fade when exposed to light4 ,the skulls and arrowheads found in the soil above are similar to those found in other parts1 and relate to peoples having no connexion with the occupants of this ancient city4 ,does not this prove that so-called primitive man was merely odd tribes of lowly nomads or settlers1 belonging to fallen remnants of earlier civilizations2 whereas many anthropologists seem to try to make out that they represent an earlier stage in evolution8 ,this ancient city flourished long before the owners of the skulls and arrow-heads4 ,all through the period of ,aztec civilization it lay buried and unsuspected by the ,aztecs4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,pyramid1 ,,and ,,building ,,commonly ,,called ,,the ,,castle--,,chich,n ,,itz1 ,,yucatan 7,photograph by ,a4 ,p4 ,maudslay7 ,illustration3 ,,another ,,view ,,of ,,chich,n ,,itz ,,the ,,so-,,called ,,temple ,,of ,,the ,,tigers1 ,,and ,,the ,,castle ,illustration3 ,,portion ,,of ,,the ,,eastern ,,fa,,ade ,,of ,,the ,,so-,,called ,,governor',s ,,house1 ,,uxmal1 ,,yucatan ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,panoramic ,,view ,,of ,,san ,,juan ,,teotihuac,n1 ,,taken ,,from ,,the ,,north 7,sketched by ,w4 ,h4 ,holmes7 ,a4 ,pyramid of the ,moon4 ,b4 ,pyramid of the ,sun4 ,c4 ,the ,path of the ,dead4 ,,ff4 ,san ,juan ,river4 ,g4 ,town of ,san ,juan4 ,the great age of this civilization is amply proved by the fact that the city was buried under the wash of a great river that came down from the mountains4 ,geological considerations enable us to fix the date of that river back beyond other changes that have taken place in the ground since4 ,hence the city must be older still4 ,and even before this flood the city was probably already abandoned--through pestilence1 war1 or some such cause4 ,it was quite by accident that it was found2 the exploring party chanced to step into a cave-in4 ,it lies beneath the thick and long-cultivated residual soil1 and consequently there may be an indefinite number of such cities almost anywhere4 ,among objects found was a dental cast of a human mouth4 ,the more we discover1 the more do we confirm the teaching that civilization is not of recent growth4 ,the older the civilization1 the more advanced--this seems to be the rule everywhere4 ,clearly the arts of modern civilization have been known before and we are but rediscoverers of them4 ,we might go on quoting indefinitely1 but must pass on to comment4 ,it is very clear that these mighty builders1 whose achievements have never since been equaled or even approached by any race in any part of the world were no barbarians or primitive men4 ,and we have to remember that it is not only from ,america that such archaeological accounts come1 but from ,asia1 ,africa1 ,europe1 ,new ,zealand--practically everywhere4 ,and always one tale is the same--that of ancient civilizations and their prowess4 ,only recently the discoveries in ,crete have altered all our views of ,greek history by showing the existence of a great and widespread civilization in the ,aegean1 far preceding that of ,greece4 ,and side by side with all this we find the extraordinary fact that many anthropologists are still deeply engaged in their attempts to establish a gradual ascent of man from ape ancestors4 ,ignoring these evidences1 they are diligently seeking and collecting the bones of unburied wanderers4 ,but even these bones do not bear out the theory1 for the older bones are no more ape-like than the later ones4 ,men exist on earth today1 even among civilized peoples1 as backward in type as these bones4 ,what is quite certain is that man degenerates as well as evolves4 ,culture moves in waves1 having ebbs and flows4 ,the so-called aboriginal peoples are the remote and degenerated descendants of civilizations4 ,but what is the real import of these discoveries8 ,are they mere subjects of curiosity and wonder8 ,no2 the interest lies in what they imply4 ,for if there is to be any coherence in our views1 we must make the rest of our ideas agree with our enlarged view of past history4 ,and the conventional views of man and his life do not thus agree2 they are too insignificant1 and out of tune with increasing knowledge4 ,,the ,,parable ,,of ,,the ,,crucifixion3 by ,cranstone ,woodhead ,for nearly two thousand years the story of the ,crucifixion which we find in the four ,gospels of the ,new ,testament has appealed in various ways to the deepest and most sacred feelings of the human heart4 ,yet it may possibly be questioned whether its history and deeper meaning have been entirely comprehended by more than a very small fraction of those who have fashioned the framework of their lives and aspirations upon the tragic story4 ,before attempting the explanation which modern enlightenment and research have thrown upon this deeper meaning1 it may be useful to consider what we really know of the origin of the gospels themselves2 for the investigations of the last half century or so1 have thrown much light upon this question4 ,it is now the opinion of most well-informed biblical critics1 that the gospels1 as we now know them1 did not exist until about two centuries after the beginning of the ,christian era4 ,they are merely different editions of the manuscripts containing the sayings and teachings of the ,nazarene initiate1 which were handed round and copied by his disciples after his death1 with additions and interpolations added by later writers4 ,it would not be profitable1 nor have we time within the compass of this paper1 to sketch even in outlines1 the almost endless arguments which have been educed in the elucidation of the questions involved4 ,only a vast library could contain all the books which have been written upon the history of the gospels4 ,nearly all of them were written in days when the psychological influence of the ecclesiasticism of the middle ages still enthralled the judgment of even the most learned4 ,but as time passes on1 and the vast literary and archaeological treasures of the ,eastern home of the gospels become more widely known1 several points stand out more and more clearly from the haze of controversy and dogmatic prejudice4 ,for instance1 it is now well known that the gospel of ,matthew is but a later and much-changed edition in ,greek1 of the original gospel of the ,hebrews 7a work constantly referred to by early ,christian writers71 which is now almost entirely lost1 only a few fragments remaining4 ,but none of the numerous references to it lead us to suppose that it contained anything more than a collection of the logia or especial sayings of the ,master whom they revered and followed4 ,the gospel of ,luke1 on the other hand1 was originally the gospel used by ,marcion the ,gnostic1 derived from similar sources2 and this gospel also suffered the same kind of mutilation and addition at the hands of the patristic fathers4 ,the early ,christian writers of the first two centuries1 such as ,papias and his contemporaries1 do not appear to have been aware of the existence of the gospels which have come down to us in the present canon of the ,new ,testament4 ,their quotations from what they call the scriptures1 are almost entirely from the books of the ,old ,testament4 ,and when they quote the sayings of their ,nazarene ,master1 they do it in such a way as to show that they reverenced them as ethical precepts to be followed1 each man for himself1 as counsels of perfection4 ,then the words used in these quotations vary considerably from those of our present gospels1 and some of the quotations most often used1 are not to be found in any of the four4 ,they are evidently not drawn from that source4 ,nor is there any word or sign in these early ,christian writers that they regarded their ,teacher other than as a great philosopher4 ,we find no reference whatever to the ,man-,god whom later dogmatism represented as a sacrifice for the sins of ,humanity4 ,it is therefore evident that before these earlier books were incorporated into our present gospels1 a mystical story was superadded containing an account of his supposed death upon the cross4 ,this story was perfectly well understood by its writers to have an entirely different meaning to that which has been given to it in later centuries4 ,it was a superb piece of poetic imagery derived partly from the traditions of the ancient ,mysteries1 then just fading away into oblivion1 and partly from the teaching of the apostle ,thomas1 who1 on his return from ,india1 had brought home the mystical parable of the deified ,krishna4#d #d ,isis ,unveiled1 ,vol4 ,,ii1 p4 #eci4 ,the contemporary history of the ,christian era has been so beclouded by the benumbing effect of misconceptions that it is exceedingly difficult to bring into play a dispassionate judgment of such data as are left to us4 ,but there is no doubt that the gospels cannot be trusted as regards historical detail4 ,the more reliable accounts show1 however1 that ,jesus was condemned to death by the ,jewish ,sanhedrim after he had wandered about in ,judaea for many years as a teacher4 ,one definite tradition says that when about sixty years of age1 he was stoned to death1 and his body was hung upon a tree4 ,had it not been for the mad fanaticism which in the early centuries1 time and again1 destroyed so much of the priceless literature of the past1 all this would doubtless be widely known4 ,all we can do now1 therefore1 is to rise above the shadows which have obscured our vision for so many centuries1 and in reading for ourselves the true story of the crucifixion1 find therein a message which is of the deepest importance for man's real salvation4 ,for the crucifixion is a parable and simile of the supreme mystery of evolution1 the goal towards which every human soul is progressing in the course of its spiritual development4 ,the student who has realized the teachings of ,theosophy that man is a divine soul inhabiting a material body1 on a dual line of evolution for the perfection of both1 knows well the opposing nature of the forces continually at work within his inner consciousness4 ,he knows that in his real ,self1 he is not the body in which he finds himself2 and that the task before him is the conquest and mastery of the lower animal nature by the aid of the ,god within him1 which is1 indeed1 that real ,self1 when he can so realize the fact so as to assume his own potential godhood4 ,such has been the teaching of the ,wisdom-,religion of ,humanity for countless ages1 and such has been the doctrine of all the divine ,teachers whose wisdom has come down to us in the sacred books of the world4 ,of these ,teachers and ,sages1 ,jesus was one of the illustrious4 ,those who have studied the religions of ancient times1 the myths and allegories of all nations1 especially in the poetic ,east from whence all historical religions have sprung1 have found that there are countless records of men who have so far advanced on the line of interior enlightenment and evolution1 that they have solved the supreme mystery of their own inner godhood1 and have thenceforward devoted themselves to the help and enlightenment of souls less advanced in the scale of spiritual progress4 ,there have been such men in all ages of the world1 men who have accomplished the union with their own ,higher ,selves1 and such men there are today1 although little known to the world at large4 ,the contest which thus takes place within the human heart1 has been symbolized in the imagery of every ancient civilization4 ,the conquest of the dragon by ,st4 ,michael1 of the python by ,apollo1 and the labors of ,hercules to cleanse the ,augean stable1 are examples of these ancient allegories4 ,life after life1 again and again1 we slowly evolve towards the great goal4 ,and though the end may be far away1 for the great mass of humanity1 yet there are ages in advance of us1 as there have been ages in the past1 and the ,law must be fulfilled4 ,thus the provision of the divine law of evolution is1 that all have the potentiality of godhood4 ,yet some are in advance of the rest4 ,there are gradations4 ,still1 the unity of the one divinity in its countless aspects is preserved by the law of love and helpfulness to one another4 ,each man becomes his brother's keeper1 and the more he realizes this1 the nearer he is to his own divinity4 ,it is now well known that the symbolism of the crucifixion is many thousands of years older than the days of ,jesus4 ,it was created by some of the divine sages of prehistoric times to represent a great ideal1 and to serve as a permanent metaphor for a great event which must come sooner or later in the history of every seeker for divine truth4 ,this has been expressed by a modern writer as follows4 ,to put on armor and go forth to war1 taking the chances of death in the hurry of the fight is an easy thing2 to stand still amid the jangle of the world1 to preserve stillness amid the turmoil of the body1 to hold silence amid the thousand cries of the senses and desires1 and then1 stripped of all armor and without hurry or excitement1 take the deadly serpent of self and kill it1 is no easy thing4 ,yet that is what has to be done4 ,it will be evident that in these days1 comparatively few attain the great enlightenment which follows this supreme victory4 ,yet1 on our way thither1 and in the experiences which follow the repeated conquests which must precede it1 we may realize1 that the voice of conscience1 when obeyed1 will gradually grow into intuition1 and that intuition in its final victory becomes enlightenment4 ,thus self-denial1 which is only another name for self-conquest1 is transmuted from a dismal task into a joyful duty performed as a sacrifice to the ,god within4 ,thus we see that the symbolism of the crucifixion is that of the conquest of the lower passional material self4 ,fixed upon the cross of matter the body is pierced by the spear of the spiritual will1 and the soul is freed from the tyranny of the lower human self4 ,thenceforth1 whether in or out of a body1 it lives not for self but for humanity4 ,such was the well-understood symbolism of the crucifixion in ancient times4 ,it was the supreme ceremonial enacted in the divine ,mysteries of ,ancient ,egypt1 ,india1 and ,greece4 ,and the reason why we do not now hear more about it1 is that in recent centuries1 these ancient teachings have been forgotten in the rush and strain of nations armed to the teeth1 and in the allurements of material prosperity4 ,in the ignorance and darkness which followed the death of the ancient ,mysteries1 the beautiful ancient symbolism of the ,crucifixion was soon forgotten4 ,it was very early degraded into a materialistic dogma which has come down to our own times4 ,the earliest ,christians knew nothing of the crucifixion as now taught in the churches4 ,it is entirely absent from their writings4 ,all they had were manuscripts containing the words of their ,master1 and it was not till long afterwards that this poetic symbol was added to the early versions4 ,of the esoteric teachings of ,jesus1 one version alone has come down to later times1 the ,pistis-,sophia1 of the ,gnostics2 and it is to be noted that therein1 the teachings of ,jesus are distinctly stated to have been given for years after his crucifixion1 implying thereby his initiation into the mysteries of his own divinity4 ,,is ,,light ,,corpuscular8 by ,t4 ,henry ,the latest scientific contribution to the reinstated corpuscular theory of light has been made by ,professor ,bragg1 of ,leeds ,university1 ,england1 who in a recent lecture at the ,royal ,institution announced his conclusion that the x-rays are corpuscular4 ,he said1 as reported1 that the alpha and beta rays are considered to be electrons1 while the gamma rays and the x-rays are held to be etheric vibrations4 ,but he thinks that all four are corpuscular1 also that ultra-violet light may be corpuscular2 and from this he infers that even ordinary light may be so4 ,as we have frequently found occasion to point out1 the nature of either a corpuscle on the one hand or a vibration on the other has not yet been sufficiently accurately defined to enable us to state definitely whether anything is the one or the other of the two4 ,light1 and also electricity and other forces1 are manifestations of life2 and we view their effects alternately under their positive and negative aspects1 as best suits our temporary convenience1 thus forming the ideas of energy and matter4 ,speaking of matter or substantiality1 as contrasted with force or energy1 what distinctive attributes may we assign to it8 ,mass or inertia is one of its supposed attributes2 yet there is no definite idea of what this is2 often it seems to reduce itself to a passive force or resistance4 ,but then if we are to express everything1 even matter1 in terms of force and energy1 how can we conceive a force without a substratum or vehicle8 ,is not the quantity mass a component of the mathematical definitions of force and energy8 ,all this confusion comes from the attempt to define physical matter in terms of physical matter4 ,there are in physics certain primary notions of space1 mass1 dimension1 etc41 correlative with our five-sense physical consciousness4 ,these we may either accept as axioms without attempting to resolve them any further1 or1 if we do make that attempt1 we must resolve them into something other than themselves4 ,this latter course means that we must leave the field of physics altogether2 for it is necessary to conceive of things that are not in physical space and have none of the attributes of physical nature4 ,to analyse dimension1 space1 etc41 is a metaphysical inquiry4 ,yet it is surely essential if we are to arrive at an explanation of the phenomena antecedent to physical phenomena4 ,then there is the purely practical side of physical science--applied science4 ,the worker in this field may leave metaphysics alone perhaps2 but let him either leave it alone or not--one of the two4 ,and above all1 let him not overstep that sphere to lay down laws for the governance of human life2 such laws being based on a knowledge that is admittedly restricted in its scope4 ,to return to the point at which we started--the corpuscles of light--we may suggest a new way of looking at such matters4 ,we have been accustomed to regard the minuteness of these corpuscles as a negative quality--to say that they are deficient in size4 ,but why not speak of bulk as a negative quality and say that physical objects are deficient in smallness8 ,the less bulk a thing has the quicker it gets about1 the more active and potent it is4 ,there seems no limit to velocity1 except the presence of objects that impede the motion of a body4 ,given the absence of matter1 a corpuscle can get across any distance in a practically negligible time4 ,thus what we call space seems rather like an obstacle1 and when we remove the matter we seem to remove the distance also--for practical purposes4 ,logically1 when two things have nothing between them they are in contact2 and the corpuscles seem to recognize this conclusion4 ,the condition of greatest activity1 power1 and omnipresence1 is that a thing shall have as little size as possible2 size is a weakness4 ,what we call space and dimension is a delusion correlative with our physical consciousness4 ,it is a reality relatively to that consciousness1 but a delusion relatively to those deeper strata of consciousness which we penetrate when we try to analyse our ideas4 ,we have arrived at the conception of light as a very refined1 omnipresent1 and active form of matter4 ,we might as well call it a spirit2 those who did so meant the same thing4 ,at any rate it is a reality4 ,when we call it a vibration in the ether1 we reduce it to an abstraction2 for a vibration is nothing in itself2 nor does the device help us1 for we are obliged to suppose an ether4 ,the universe is full of life guided by mind4 ,the life is on various planes1 in various grades4 ,these forces we are studying are its physical manifestation4 ,,astronomical ,,lore3 by a ,student ,among the exhibits in the ,science ,section at the ,coronation ,exhibition in ,london1 was a ,chinese planisphere from the ,royal ,scottish ,museum1 which records observations that must have been made some thousands of years before the ,christian era and handed down to the time of the maker4 ,ancient ,hind astronomy is a standing puzzle to modern astronomers1 for its records have preserved from the remotest antiquity accurate calculations of the revolution periods of the heavenly bodies1 their nodes1 apsides1 etc42 and the ordinary theories respecting the evolution of human knowledge are flatly contradicted thereby4 ,the ,srya-,siddhnta gives the number of revolutions performed by each planet in a period of #d1cbj1jjj years2 and the quotients obtained by dividing the period by the number of revolutions give in each case figures agreeing with our own to a nicety4 ,how were these results obtained8 ,moreover there are in some of these ancient treatises calculations that go beyond anything our astronomy has yet accepted1 dealing as they do with those larger cycles concerned with apparent displacements of the fixed stars4 ,the celebrated ,french astronomer ,bailly made a careful study of these4 ,despite certain limitations due to a natural reluctance to concede superiority to an ancient ,oriental people1 and confessedly poor translations1 he arrived at the conclusion that this people had attained profound knowledge in astronomy1 and drew the general inference that civilization is extremely old1 and that this earth has witnessed its rise and fall many times4 ,some of ,bailly's conclusions are considered at length by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky in ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 where they are used1 together with those of other later well-known writers1 to show the consensus of evidence in support of this branch of the teachings she outlines4 ,was this knowledge obtained by observations or deductively8 ,in both ways1 probably4 ,we know that ancient civilizations lasted for long ages1 and we known that indelible records in stone were kept4 ,modern astronomers have discovered that one object at least of ,stonehenge and similar monuments was to fix epochs depending on the precessional movement4 ,but there is also a strong presumption that the ancient calculators possessed numerical keys4 ,in this case their method would have been partly observation and partly deduction from general principles2 a method we all apply1 whether intentionally or not4 ,the existence of such mathematical clues--applicable to the measurement both of time and of space--has often been suspected2 and in our own times isolated workers have labored in this field of speculation1 discovering sundry fragments4 ,their efforts being usually solitary1 however1 and unsupported 7when not actually opposed7 by the generality of workers1 have not achieved recognized success4 ,some of such speculations are considered in ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 where it is shown that not infrequently these so-called cranks arrived at results commensurate with what we learn about the ancient science from other sources4 ,among these isolated workers may be mentioned ,ralston ,skinner and even ,piazzi ,smyth in connexion with the measurements of the ,great ,pyramid and certain integral approximations to the ratio 4 ,doubtless mankind in bygone times1 having brains and other faculties1 as we have1 but having studied for far longer periods than our civilization has yet had time to study1 reached results which for us are still in prospect4 ,it is conceivable too that their faculties may have been superior to ours in some respects--less materialistic1 perhaps2 and they may have been more united among themselves4 ,ancient astronomy is certainly a hard nut to crack for conventionalists4 ,,the ,,mystery ,,of ,,the ,,molars3 by ,medicus ,the hero of ,artemus ,ward's story languished for twenty-seven long and weary years in jail4 ,at last a happy thought struck him--he raised the window and got out4 ,the evolution of teeth in mammalia presents a problem which calls for an analogous feat of inventive genius4 ,as the problem is representative of many others it is worth consideration4 ,the study of these teeth is a specialty of ,professor ,henry ,f4 ,osborn's1 and though to the layman this may seem a very small matter it is really big enough to concern not only science but philosophy4 ,anyone who will look into the glass at his back teeth1 the molars or grinders1 will perceive that their tops are not flat but raised into little promontories1 tubercles1 or cusps4 ,an eye-tooth1 on the other hand1 is a single sharp peg or fang4 ,were the molars1 then1 far back in evolution1 made by fusing together two or three original peg-shaped teeth1 each component being now represented by a cusp8 ,or were they always single1 each growing its own several cusps for grinding purposes8 ,professor ,osborn has shown that the latter was the case4 ,we used the words for grinding purposes4 ,that was raising the window4 ,it has been raised before4 ,once in a long while a biologist gets out4 ,as a rule however they will not even see it1 or1 seeing it1 they deny that it is a window4 ,if these words1 implying something possessed of the purposes1 conscious and capable1 will not do1 how came the cusps to grow8 ,how came the original sharp peg tooth1 a cutter and piercer1 to broaden and tuberculate its top so as to form1 with its opposing fellow in the other jaw1 a pair of convenient grinders8 ,according to the ,darwinian theory all sorts of small chance variations1 useful and useless1 are constantly appearing among the progeny of all species4 ,the useful ones1 conferring an advantage in the struggle for existence1 persist4 ,the others do not4 ,the usefulness is the cause of the persistence4 ,in scarce seasons an animal that had1 for example1 developed opposing grinders among its teeth would be able to utilize food not available for the mere cutters4 ,it would tend to live--and therefore produce offspring--while they died4 ,the grinders being handed on by heredity1 their usefulness would in time secure the whole field for their owners4 ,a new and predominant species would have arisen1 to live until ousted by a stronger4 ,but this would only apply to variations useful from the moment of their appearance4 ,if at first--as they often are--so small as to be useless1 a mere tendency or suggestion1 they would not persist4 ,having1 according to the theory1 no special purposive force behind them1 and being the products of mere accident1 they would quickly be diluted out of existence4 ,the chance theory would therefore be able to account for the persistence of such few variations only as were useful from their first appearance4 ,are there any such variations8 ,according to the theory itself1 no6 ,for it does not admit sudden jumps2 merely fine shadings from the common type4 ,and these fine shadings confer no advantage4 ,since1 moreover1 they occur only by some chance confluence of conditions1 they must depend for their force of heredity upon the continuance of this confluence4 ,and to account for the next1 and the next1 degree in the progression1 the theory must require that the conditions become more and more effective--and so on1 till the degrees sum up to a useful degree4 ,what a lot of wriggling to escape the conclusion that there is a purposive force at work6 ,even ,professor ,osborn does not see it in his studies of teeth1 though he walks straight up to it4 ,mr4 ,gruenberg1 summarizing the ,professor's work in ,the ,scientific ,american says3 ,the cusps of the molar teeth do not appear fortuitously and then survive in accordance with their relative fitness1 as would be required by the ,darwinian theory1 nor do they appear fully formed in a discontinuous manner1 in the sense of ,de ,vries' theory2 they appear at definite points1 at first too small to have any adaptive or selective value1 and become with succeeding ages larger and larger until they are of adaptive value4 ,in other words they are determinate in their origins2 they develop gradually2 and they are adaptive in the direction of their development from the very start4444 ,they arise because of some inherent tendency or potentiality to vary in a determinate direction4 ,what this internal determining factor is we do not know4 ,the same problem presents itself in the origin of horns1 at first and for ages too small to be of any value4 ,science has recently discovered the subconscious1 finding that it possesses powers over the body1 fashioning1 healing1 or deforming1 which are quite beyond the reach of the conscious mind4 ,suppose that the subconscious is part of the conscious of nature4 ,grant to nature the purposiveness which we find in the subconscious1 and the difficulties respecting the appearance of variations vanish4 ,heredity is an aspect of the persistence of the purpose1 a persistence shown likewise by the relatively wide area of a species in which a variations occurs1 and by the steady progression of the variation1 despite its primary uselessness1 on to the stage where first it becomes helpful in the struggle for life4 ,a ,,dutch ,,house ,,court ,,by ,,pieter ,,de ,,hooch ,practically nothing is known of the life of ,pieter de ,hooch1 but the fifty or sixty examples of his exquisite genre painting are now almost priceless4 ,he was a native of ,rotterdam1 and it is supposed he died in #afha at ,haarlem at the age of fifty4 ,there are three of his pictures in the ,london ,national ,gallery1 from one of which the illustration herewith reproduced is taken4 ,this is an out-door subject--a rather unusual choice for the master1 who preferred interiors as a rule4 ,he is noted for an extraordinary skill in depicting the atmosphere of rooms lighted by various doors and windows1 and for his marvelous perfection in detail1 which however1 is never obtrusive nor does it interfere with the broad effect4 ,there is an air of the greatest serenity in all his pictures1 and the simple1 homely subjects he preferred are transfigured into classics by the discrimination of his choice and the perfection of his mastery of the most difficult problems of light and shade and tone values4 ,no reproduction can give the least idea of the delicate handling of tone in his works4 ,his drawing is absolutely true to nature2 the perspective of his buildings is more than photographically accurate1 but it never obtrudes itself or interferes with the general effect of repose4 ,de ,hooch painted very few large pictures2 unfortunately the only one which came down to our time perished in a fire in #ahfd4 ,he was little appreciated in his own lifetime--indeed it was not until the eighteenth century that he was recognized in his own country4 ,he was a disciple of the school of ,rembrandt1 but his taste did not lie in the direction of life-size portraits or of the classical or scriptural stories which were the greater master's favorite subjects4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,a ,,dutch ,,house ,,court1 ,,by ,p4 ,,de ,,hooch3 ,b4 #afcj1 ,d4 #afgg 7,,national ,,gallery1 ,,london7 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,point ,,loma ,,hills ,,at ,,eventide ,,the ,,incarnation ,,of ,,geniuses3 by ,henry ,travers ,enthusiasts for eugenics imagine a time when vice and disease shall have been eliminated from the race4 ,their critics reply by suggesting that not only vice and disease1 but also genius1 would then have been eliminated from the race1 and humanity be reduced to a dead uniformity4 ,but the power which makes geniuses may be stronger than the eugenists1 thus preventing them from succeeding in their utopian plan4 ,what is genius8 ,it is often defined as a sport--a natural phenomenon which defies calculations and makes light of theories of heredity4 ,we cannot breed a race of geniuses4 ,as to the cause of the appearance of geniuses1 some theorists appear to find sufficient explanation in a fortuitous combination of parental qualities4 ,one son in one family happens to extract from his parents all their best qualities4 ,to other thinkers1 however1 this explanation will seem more like a restatement of the problem to be solved than like a solution of it4 ,for what is fortuity8 ,if a scientific principle1 let it be explained2 if a god1 perhaps we may not be willing to worship it4 ,the appearance of geniuses finds easy explanation in accordance with the teachings as to reincarnation1 karma1 and the sevenfold constitution of man4 ,a human being is like a seed in a soil1 drawing some of its traits from its surroundings1 others from its internal nature4 ,a lifetime is like a day1 whose deeds are determined partly by present conditions and partly by the deeds of preceding days4 ,in some people the present conditions--their parentage1 upbringing1 and circumstances--have the paramount influence1 and their innate character evinces but little effect4 ,in others the innate character is strong enough to mold and alter the other conditions considerably4 ,in a genius the innate character may altogether predominate over the acquired character4 ,besides our physical heredity we have a spiritual heredity--character built up in previous existences4 ,the usual trend of upbringing is to smother this1 to destroy originality4 ,parenthetically one must introduce a caution here1 to the effect that there are certain well-meaning attempts to preserve the originality of children1 which1 however1 do not accomplish the right object4 ,the parent or guardian1 while shielding the child from some influences1 lays it open to the assault of other influences4 ,these other influences are the passional nature of the child4 ,this way of preserving or stimulating originality is by no means that intended above4 ,to give freedom for the child's higher nature to express itself1 we must protect the child from all influences that proceed from the lower nature4 ,then we would get geniuses2 innate character would be enabled to manifest itself4 ,the ideas of eugenists are worthy1 but1 we feel sure1 too narrow4 ,in many a satire they have been ridiculed4 ,owing to the prevalent ignorance of man's nature1 many disastrous mistakes would be made4 ,what authority is there in sight1 to which we should be willing to intrust the regulation of marriage and parentage8 ,great as the existing evils are1 might not the remedies be worse8 ,might not we indeed provide conditions that would preclude any useful or aspiring soul from incarnating at all8 ,the remedy lies in educating the people to a better understanding of the laws of life4 ,till then1 there will be nobody competent to devise or apply any methods of eugenics4 ,in short1 before we can treat the young properly we must educate the old4 ,the work of the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 in its ,rja ,yoga ,schools at ,point ,loma gives illustrations of what can be done by the proper upbringing of children2 and here we escape from the weary desert of schemes and theories to a fertile land of produce4 ,here we have a result2 the problem has been solved as an ancient sage solved the problem of motion--solvitur ambulando4 ,this is one of ,theosophy's practical answers to one of the questionings of today4 ,,the ,,plight ,,of ,,the ,,vivisector3 by ,h4 ,coryn1 ,m4 ,d41 ,m4 ,r4 ,c4 ,s4 ,it is very well worth while to work out on ,theosophical principles the plight of the vivisector himself4 ,he is creating causes whose effects will take him a long time to be done with1 more than one lifetime1 effects connected with some very interesting and very little known laws of nature4 ,his plight may presently appear worse than that of his animals4 ,by way of text we will take some non-vivisectional work recently carried out at the biological station of the ,prater in ,vienna1 by ,paul ,kammerer4 ,he has proved1 says ,cosmos1 that the maintenance of the lizard ,lacerta ,vivipara in an unaccustomedly warm temperature for several generations1 transforms it from a live-young-bearing animal to an egg layer4 ,this acquired property is retained even when the subsequent generations are returned to their normal conditions4 ,we must remember that the live-young-bearing lizard 444 may be characterized as an arctic-alpine animal4 ,its status as a glacial creature explains its live-young-bearing habit2 the development of the young is evidently better assured in the mother's body than when the eggs are exposed to the vicissitudes of exterior cold4 ,some other lizards1 and the field cricket1 have been made to vary by similar methods1 the new characteristics being likewise transmitted4 ,what was that intelligence which1 working within the body of the lizard1 noted the warmer temperature without and knew at once that the hatching of the eggs within the protecting body of the mother1 and the further development of the young there1 were no longer necessary8 ,we do not propose to admit that we are prejudging a dispute in using the word intelligence4 ,if it seem so now1 it will not in ten years4 ,no one will suggest the intelligence of the lizard itself4 ,the ancients--not very ancient ancients1 either--believed in the existence of certain classes of lesser gods constantly at work behind the visible veil of nature4 ,when in a few years this belief reincarnates among the scientists as a necessary hypothesis 7a reincarnation already beginning71 some new name will have to be found for the collective intelligence of these beings4 ,gods is not a good word1 neither for them nor for their directive superiors1 the absolutely spiritual powers on the same plane of being as that spiritual soul of man whereof he knows so little4 ,the gods then1 to use that word1 have charge of the centers of life1 the living beings1 in all departments of nature1 mineral1 vegetable1 and animal2 contain and work in accordance with the principle of evolution both of form and intelligence2 and guide the appearance of variations--not without occasional mistakes needing rectification4 ,kammerer unwittingly made an indirect appeal to them1 and they responded by producing an interior physiological change corresponding with the change of exterior temperature which he maintained4 ,we come here upon specifically ,theosophical criticisms of vivisection4 ,the man who vivisects has made himself the enemy of conscious nature--at work in his own body as much as in that of the animal he injures4 ,to make the matter clearer1 let us think of the ,one ,supreme ,intelligence of the universe as manifesting in two ways or directions3 in the first1 as the spiritual souls of men1 and1 lower down1 as their minds2 in the second1 as the spiritual directive intelligences of nature and1 lower down1 as the lesser gods whom these direct4 ,in time1 when men's minds are sufficiently spiritualized and potentized1 sufficiently at one with the omnipresent spirit of evolution and intent upon co-operating with it1 they will themselves be able to direct the lesser gods1 helping and guiding them in their work upon animal1 plant1 and mineral--the power of immense prolongation of their own lives then coming within their reach4 ,there is already--as the abnormal success of men like ,burbank shows--some interplay between man's mind and the working gods2 whilst the relation between man's soul and the greater nature-powers1 the directive1 is very much closer4 ,he who serves and studies nature in the right way1 begins at once to stand nearer to her consciousness1 and is at once the better for it on one or more planes of his being4 ,the partnership begins4 ,and a first way to serve her is to make her children1 the animals1 feel man as friend1 a feeling which enables their minds to come into some measure of inner contact with his and thus be suddenly and immensely stimulated in their evolution4 ,there is vivisection attended with much immediate pain connected in the animal's mind with man as its cause2 and other with little1 say a hypodermic injection1 the pain following later in the form of the disease sown by the syringe and often not connected by the animal with man at all4 ,either way the operator is a disease-producer and has the mental attitude of one4 ,to say that he is recognized by nature as such may seem absurd4 ,but as he who really wills and pictures health1 whether his own or that of some other1 finally affects the nature-mind in his own body and--other things being co-ordinate--begins to move toward it3 so likewise the constant willing and picture-making of disease and pain at last affects the same mind but in the contrary direction4 ,the man moves and is moved away from health4 ,there are states of ill-health unattended1 at any rate for a long time1 by a single definite symptom4 ,the activities of the bodily machine may maintain their relations1 their general balance1 yet drop as a whole to very low levels4 ,if there is no radiance1 no responsiveness to the finer forces of nature1 no vital spring1 there may yet be no point of actual friction1 and to its human tenant the body may seem in average working order4 ,we say then that the preoccupations of the vivisector's mind have taken his body outside the conscious life-stream of nature1 have stopped her constructive and vitalizing work4 ,the body is not simply a living thing2 it is an organized complex of living things1 conscious centers1 life-charged monads1 far finer than any of the bacteria which the microscope has shown us or can show us4 ,drawn in from nature1 they dwell with us a while and then return to her somewhat as the blood cells go to the lungs for aeration4 ,it is the quality of our mental states which determines the quality of the elemental coming in and determines also the intervening history of those which leave4 ,the circulation is constant1 and if we lived ideal mental lives we could1 as already said1 achieve something like physical immortality4 ,the monads would come back to us refreshed and recharged with electric vitality4 ,death liberates them all4 ,they take their ways into the nature-stream and are regenerated in nature's thought and life4 ,the process continues during all the time between death and rebirth4 ,whilst the man1 the soul1 rests1 his body 7the subtler elements of it7 is being refashioned and reinvigorated for him4 ,at his rebirth his own monads1 blended with those he receives from hereditary sources1 are animating the infant form with which he connects himself and in which he will ultimately incarnate4 ,so far as the thought and habit of his last life permitted--for1 as said1 they are absolutely sensitive to the thought-color of their owner's mind and feeling--they have been renewed4 ,but there will have been little renewal possible for them if that mind was filled with the color and thought of death1 disease1 pain1 was occupied with the will to produce these--a will exactly oppositely directed to that of the worthy physician4 ,they were untuned with nature's keynote during life and consequently return nearly unchanged--which1 in medical language1 will mean a case of congenital disease1 ill-health1 or deformity2 and1 as part of the penalty1 the reaction of the physical defects and disease upon the mind and disposition of child and youth and man4 ,nor does the penalty finish at that4 ,the entire personality of such a child and man is in greater or less degree repellant to others1 to children1 to animals4 ,the latter especially1 feel him not as a friend but as enemy4 ,their dislike is instinctual4 ,and all this will continue till in one or another life the man has been stung to the redress of the evil he has done1 has returned kindliness for hostility year by year1 has changed1 freshened1 and sweetened his thought and feeling and so by degrees every atom of his body4 ,truly the plight of the vivisector is a thousandfold worse than that of the animal he worst outrages4 ,,the ,,ekoi2 ,children of ,nature3 by ,h4 ,t4 ,edge1 ,b4 ,a4 7,cantab47 ,the ideas current about ancient or ethnic peoples are largely qualified by the personal equation of those who have observed and described them4 ,these ideas are not facts but points of view4 ,in too many cases the point of view is so colored by an unsympathetic attitude on the part of the viewer as to constitute a misrepresentation--a fancy picture1 having no counterpart in reality4 ,thus have been described the classical times and the non-,christian races4 ,but times are changing4 ,as our civilization grows older it grows wiser1 loses some of its supercilious ignorance1 and can view other times and places than its own with more sympathy and sense4 ,already the histories and geographies of our childhood seem prejudiced in our present eyes4 ,but we cannot boast2 for there is still much to be done in the same direction4 ,as a notable instance of what may be achieved in the way of beauty1 charm1 and uplifting of the mind1 by viewing and treating a subject sympathetically1 we welcome an account of ,the ,land of the ,ekoi1 ,southern ,nigeria1 by ,p4 ,a4 ,talbot1 ,b4 ,a41 ,f4 ,l4 ,s41 ,f4 ,r4 ,a4 ,s41 ,f4 ,z4 ,s41 in ,the ,geographical ,journal 7,london1 ,dec41 #aiaj74 ,by the adoption of such an attitude1 in place of the too frequent attitude of superiority and condescension1 error is avoided1 truth learned1 and both writer and reader benefited4 ,we give some extracts and comments1 and refer to ,the ,geographical ,journal for the rest4 ,the ,ekoi live to the north and northwest of ,calabar1 the headquarters of the eastern province of ,southern ,nigeria1 partly under ,british rule1 partly under ,german4 ,the river is magical1 and bold indeed would be that man who should break an oath sworn on its name4 ,for somewhere in its depths dwells ,nimm--the terrible--who is always ready1 at the call of her women worshipers1 to send up her servants1 the beasts that flock down to drink and bathe in her stream1 to destroy the farms of those who have offended4 ,she manifests herself sometimes as a huge snake1 sometimes as a crocodile4 ,this could have been described so as to make it a heathen superstition4 ,but we see it is possible to give it another color4 ,the interdependence of man's conduct and the powers of nature is indicated2 and retribution is shown as the logical consequence of violating natural law4 ,honor and fidelity are qualities essential to man's well-being4 ,evil fortune is the result of his putting himself out of tune with nature by his conduct4 ,we take care about the physical needs of children1 but are strangely reckless in other and more important matters concerning them4 ,contrast this with the following about the ,ekoi3 ,the ,ekoi are devoted parents1 but it will take years of patient teaching before they grasp the importance of fresh air and the simplest sanitary measures for the health of their little ones4 ,they have curious beliefs as to the advent and death of their babes4 ,one charming superstition 6 forbids all quarreling in a house where there are little children4 ,the latter1 so they say1 love sweet words1 kind looks1 and gentle voices1 and if these are not to be found in the family into which they have been reincarnated1 they will close their eyes and forsake the earth1 till a chance offers to return again amid less quarrelsome surroundings4 ,rather a healthy superstition1 is it not8 ,one that we might adopt with benefit1 so that fewer of our children should grow up with quarrel interwoven with every thread of their bodies1 mentally1 psychically1 and physically too4 ,we wish well of the efforts to teach the ,ekoi the use of soap and toothbrushes2 but only on condition that it does not mean unteaching them their own beautiful superstition4 ,the children gave a particularly charming series of games1 singing all the while in the pretty lilting way usual among them4 ,nothing could be more graceful than the waving arms and swaying limbs of the little brown forms as they bent and moved1 always in perfect time to their song4 ,the musical faculty of this people is certainly wonderful1 though developed along peculiar lines4 ,during the whole period spent among them ,i have never heard a false note nor found a dancer or accompanist one fraction of a second out of time4 ,of this1 by way of contrast with us1 but one thing can be said3 that if it be true1 then in time and tune they are immensely our superiors2 for how few people can whistle a tune correctly1 and how difficult it is to drill people into keeping time6 ,the religious observances of the ,ekoi are altogether a fascinating study4 ,beneath many modern corruptions and disfigurements are yet to be found traces of an older1 purer1 form of worship1 traces which carry us back to the oldest-known ,minoan civilization1 and link the belief of the modern ,ekoi with that of the ancient ,phoenician1 the ,egyptian1 the ,roman1 and the ,greek4 ,trees are sacred2 birds are sacred1 for ,should the birds be injured or driven away the women would become barren and even the cattle cease to bear4 ,more recognition of the inviolability of cosmic law6 ,call it self-interest1 if you will1 it is at least a higher and worthier form of self-interest than the kind that rips the feathers off the birds and turns them loose to die a lingering death1 or planes off the wooded hills in order to pile up riches on high4 ,the ,ekoi spend their whole lives in the twilight of the beautiful mysterious bush1 peopled1 to their fancy1 not by wild animals alone1 of which they have no fear1 but by were-leopards1 and all kinds of terrible half-human shapes1 and by the genii of rocks1 trees1 and rivers4 ,here1 more truly even than in old ,greece1 the terror of ,pan is everywhere6 ,verily savage life is not without its consolations4 ,we have dwelt on the bright side of the picture1 and purposely so1 for the other side has been too much dwelt upon2 and so far from exaggerating1 we are merely tending to restore the balance of an equable view4 ,if we regard life as mainly the experience of a ,soul1 then the outward appurtenances of civilization count for less2 and a people like the ,ekoi may possibly fulfil the purposes of ,soul in quite a satisfactory way4 ,one can even imagine a ,soul1 wearied with life in modern civilization1 taking a resting incarnation in such a people1 to dwell with ,pan in these beautiful glades4 ,that the journal of the ,royal ,geographical ,society should publish such a sympathetic account is a noteworthy sign of the times4 ,there seems to be a reactionary movement by which the heathen in his darkness is shedding a little light on our inveterate superstition4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,a ,,seminole ,,indian 7,photo4 by the ,albertype ,co41 ,brooklyn1 ,n4 ,y47 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,a ,,family ,,group ,,of ,,seminole ,,indians ,,an ,,unknown ,,american ,,nation3 by ,h4 ,s4 ,turner ,but few people know that living within the precincts of this country1 there is a nation1 independent and virtually free from dominance of the ,united ,states ,government1 or of any of its ,states4 ,its history is a singular one and is practically unknown4 ,even our school histories have but little to say about it2 so that the impression left on the minds of casual readers is that this nation long ago ceased to exist1 as a body of people4 ,far down in the southern part of the peninsula of ,florida1 this nation has its center2 its rulers1 laws1 and government4 ,it has no written treaties with foreign governments--for such is the ,united ,states considered by them--yet there is an unwritten treaty accepted by both1 which to their common credit has never been broken4 ,this treaty1 or agreement as it should be called1 stipulates that each nation shall go its own way and not interfere with the other4 ,the ,seminole ,nation is its name1 and its existence1 as at present constituted1 dates from the year #ahdb4 ,seven years previous to this date1 the ,united ,states ,government decided that the ,seminole ,indians1 who belong to the family of the ,muscogees1 should be moved from their fertile ,florida lands and taken to those of the ,creek ,nation1 far away in the ,west4 ,at this time the authorities concentrated our ,indian wards in a few special places4 ,the ,seminoles bitterly resisted the efforts made to remove them4 ,it was only after a seven years' war that two thousand of them surrendered and were duly sent westward4 ,originally the ,seminoles had been numerically strong4 ,this hard-fought war reduced their numbers to such a point that after those who surrendered had been transported1 but five hundred remained in ,florida4 ,they represented1 however1 the strongest and most determined of their tribe2 those who preferred death to surrender4 ,separating themselves from those who decided to surrender1 they penetrated to the innermost recesses of the ,everglades1 that death-dealing morass1 covered with reeds and jungle-growth1 through which winds a veritable labyrinth of stagnant streams1 in whose mud crocodiles and alligators disport themselves1 and where snakes1 mosquitos1 and other poisonous life abound4 ,what little solid earth was to be found was nothing but a bog-like mass of sodden ground1 thickly covered with grass and vines4 ,yet there and under such conditions these were determined to look up their home4 ,they valued their freedom above all1 and were willing to make any sacrifice and undergo any hardship rather than lose what they valued so highly4 ,white men could not endure the conditions they had to meet in the swamps1 neither could they ever equal the ,red man in ability to move quickly in such a place4 ,the little band of ,indians scattered and built their shelters on the driest spots they could find1 maintaining themselves by hunting the game that was found on every hand4 ,so accustomed have they become to the conditions in which they live1 that they are almost amphibious and absolutely immune to the bites of mosquitos or other poisonous insects4 ,at times some of the ,indians will come out of their retirement and visit their white neighbors4 ,quite often many of them can be seen on the streets of ,miami1 ,florida1 where they go to purchase what limited supplies they may need1 the money for the same being obtained by the sale of alligator hides4 ,at times a few white men have been invited by them to visit their homes in the ,everglades4 ,those who have accepted this invitation have always been glad to hasten their departure1 on account of the ravenous hordes of mosquitos and the familiarity of the water-snakes1 and this notwithstanding the hospitality and sincere cordiality of their hosts4 ,undoubtedly it is due to the ravages of these so-called pests--to their beneficent protection in this instance--that these ,indians owe their freedom from the usual contaminating vices of the white man4 ,the latter is simply unable to get close enough in touch to demoralize them4 ,so we find these ,indians today1 whose life is the same as it was before the white man set foot upon the ,north ,american ,continent4 ,they are free from the vice of drink1 they live according to the highest moral code1 they do not gamble1 and are altogether a happy and care-free people4 ,let us hope they will ever remain so2 that they will never lose their natural simplicity of character and their dignified reserve4 ,the typical costume of the ,seminoles is as singularly different from the one usually adopted by ,american ,indians1 as their customs and mode of life are4 ,the accompanying photographic reproductions show this feature1 as well as give one an idea of their strength of character4 ,the ,american type is clearly shown by the facial angles4 ,,the ,,confines ,,of ,,science3 by ,investigator ,it is still debated whether the earth in its orbital motion drags the adjacent part of the ether along with it1 or whether the earth travels through the ether without stirring the latter4 ,on the one hand it is argued that if the earth 7and presumably other planets also7 dragged the ether along1 complex currents would thereby be set up in the ether2 and this circumstance would upset the calculations with regard to the aberration of light1 whereas the observations of aberration do not indicate the existence of any such currents in the ether4 ,on the other hand are cited certain delicate experiments of ,michelsen and ,morley1 connected with the measurement of vibration-rates of light1 which go to show that there is little or no relative motion between the earth and the ether1 or1 in other words1 that the circumjacent ether moves with the earth4 ,hence we are required to make the ether stationary for some purposes1 but moveable and full of currents for other purposes2 not the first time that the ether has been required to perform inconsistent1 or apparently inconsistent1 rles4 ,this quandary has led some petulantly to throw the ether overboard1 alleging that there ain't no such a thing2 while others have sought refuge in abstruse mathematico-metaphysical speculations as to the nature of our conceptions of space and time and the meaning of such conceptual words as mass and velocity4 ,it must be remembered that the ether so far is not an observed object but a hypothetical something4 ,the necessities of our reasoning have demanded that we should1 on various occasions and for various purposes1 postulate a fixed standard of reference4 ,thus the undulatory theory of light has required the supposition of a medium to convey the undulations2 the kinetic theory of matter has required that we postulate a substantial basis wherein the supposed vortices or centers of energy can inhere4 ,but the ether is1 and ex hypothesi must be1 beyond the reach of sense perception4 ,could we but weigh it or measure it in any way--at once we should stand in need of another ether yet more subtle4 ,in a word1 however far we go1 there is always something beyond4 ,physical science1 being admittedly a limited sphere1 must of course become indeterminate near its borders4 ,rules which are found to apply with sufficient exactitude within certain limits will be found to apply no longer when we transcend those limits4 ,so long as we study physical phenomena in their relation to each other1 we may find those mutual relations sufficiently exact and constant2 but when we begin to study physical phenomena in relation to what lies beyond1 then the uncertainty supervenes4 ,we find it necessary to inquire into the nature of our own perceptions and conceptions4 ,a phenomenon has its subjective factor as well as its objective factor2 but our physics has so far been based on the tacit assumption that the subjective factor is fixed and constant4 ,and it may indeed be so regarded within certain limits4 ,but now we propose to explore the limits of the illimitable and the confines of eternity1 regions1 whither our senses and our instruments cannot penetrate4 ,what wonder that we find those conceptions of time1 space1 and motion1 which we have derived from our sensory experience in this world1 inadequate as a means of formulating what lies beyond6 ,a slight acquaintance with certain ancient sciences suffices to show that they took into account the subjective component of our perceptions and conceptions1 studying the mind and its organs along with nature and its qualities4 ,regarding phenomena as the result of interactions or coalescences between faculties within and qualities without1 they studied both concurrently4 ,neglecting to do this1 we have landed ourselves in not a few difficulties4 ,needing a fixed standard of reference in our study of motion1 we have postulated space as objective1 while at the same time our very hypothesis has divested that space of every property which could entitle it to be regarded as an object at all4 ,in vain do we try to overtake our shadow1 to put things on a shelf out of our reach1 to explore the land of nowhere1 or to measure the cubic contents of zero4 ,the notion of space as possessing size and three-dimensional extension1 but nothing else1 is an assumption that may well be regarded by ,nature as groundless2 yet it is to this standard that we refer our calculations as to motion1 etc4 ,practical science strides ahead in defiance of such speculations1 for it is founded on an investigation of what actually exists in ,nature4 ,and even where the theories serve to guide our path to new discoveries1 it is as likely as not that our discoveries will outstrip the limits of the theories4 ,there is bound to come a time1 if it has not begun to dawn already1 when we shall be uncertain whether it is external nature or our own internal faculties that we are studying2 as was brought out in connexion with those very singular ,blondlot rays1 which were visible 7apparently7 to ,latin races but not to ,teutonic6 ,having thus suggested the possibility of a study of states of consciousness1 such as might result in placing the observer in an entirely new relation to external nature and thereby rendering nugatory all his previous conceptions of time1 space1 and the like--it remains to add a few words on that topic4 ,there are many people engaged in a heedless and unguided dabbling in such fields1 and both old-time wisdom and contemporary experience indicate that the practice is fraught with dangers to health and mental balance4 ,such explorations demand that we shall step out from the safe shelter of our familiar five-sense consciousness and brave the perils of an unknown land4 ,we are in precisely the position of a man who forsakes the dry land1 his native element1 where he is lord of the beasts and can plant his feet and his dwelling firmly1 and plunges into a sea without bottom or stability and teeming with sharks1 and where his life depends on his constant energy and watchfulness4 ,hence the study of science in its deeper aspects becomes primarily a question of discipline--a fact always recognized in the ancient ,mysteries4 ,in proof that this statement is true1 we need only point to the state of affairs in the world of psychic investigation today2 a condition which breathes more of menace than of promise to the future welfare of society1 a world where fatuity and folly seem to dog the steps of the heedless explorer4 ,we give out all our secrets to the mob because there is no one who can successfully assert his claim to be above the mob2 our only rule of fair-play is indiscriminate distribution4 ,one cannot presume to set up a sacred college1 and the mob rightly and justly fears the possible domination of a clique of biological or theological theorists4 ,yet knowledge is inseparably connected with duty and obligation2 and if this connexion is ignored1 that which should be a blessing will prove a curse4 ,what has already occurred in connexion with dynamite and drugs can occur in far worse form in connexion with hypnotism and mental influence4 ,this is sufficient to explain the ,theosophical program of work and the reason why ,theosophical workers do not find such public researches a profitable field for their efforts while there is so much preliminary work yet to be done both in their own characters and in the world4 ,when we begin to explore the ether of our own inner nature1 we find that investigation comes second to management2 we must control our nature--or it will control us4 ,knowledge is relative to ,duty4 ,,the ,,tower ,,of ,,london ,,and ,,the ,,houses ,,of ,,parliament3 by ,carolus ,the ,tower of ,london and the ,houses of ,parliament1 ,westminster1 are the most striking and important buildings that stand on the banks of the ,thames in ,london4 ,both are on the north side of the river1 but are at a considerable distance from each other4 ,the ,tower is one of the few early ,norman castles which have come down to us in a fairly perfect condition4 ,tradition says a fortress was built by ,julius ,caesar on the site1 but the nucleus of the present building was begun in #ajgh by ,william the ,conqueror4 ,this was the ,white ,tower1 the highest building with the four turrets shown in our illustration4 ,it was completed by ,william ,rufus1 who also built the famous ,traitor's ,gate1 through which the unfortunate victims of ,royal displeasure were rowed in from the river4 ,many additions were afterwards made1 and the building and courts now cover thirteen acres surrounded by a moat4 ,the ,tower was closely identified with many of the most tragic events in ,english history for at least five hundred years after its erection1 and if its walls could speak the tale of horror could hardly be surpassed by the record of any other medieval building4 ,in the ,chapel of ,st4 ,peter-in-,chains1 lie the bodies of ,queen ,anne ,boleyn and her brother1 ,queen ,catherine ,howard1 the ,earl of ,essex1 the ,duke of ,monmouth1 ,bishop ,fisher1 ,more1 and many other great personages who suffered death in the ,tower4 ,it was a short road from the ,traitor's ,gate1 through the ,bloody ,tower1 to this chapel4 ,many ,state prisoners have spent weary years of incarceration in the ,tower2 ,sir ,walter ,raleigh1 one of the greatest and noblest1 was confined here for thirteen years4 ,the ,tower of ,london was occasionally the residence of the earlier sovereigns of ,england1 but its main purpose was the defense of the city4 ,in these days of powerful weapons it would be useless as a fortress1 but it is still a military post and headquarters1 and contains a large collection of armor4 ,the ,jewel ,room1 in which the ,royal ,regalia are kept1 and the rooms where distinguished prisoners were confined1 attract many visitors4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,tower ,,of ,,london ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,houses ,,of ,,parliament1 ,,london ,,view ,,from ,,the ,,river ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,trafalgar ,,square1 ,,london ,,taken ,,from ,,the ,,national ,,gallery ,the ,houses of ,parliament at ,westminster are--with the exception of ,westminster ,hall1 built by ,william ,rufus--quite modern1 and have no gloomy associations such as those of the ,tower4 ,the building covers about eight acres and the faade overlooking the ,thames is nine hundred feet long4 ,the tall tower on the left in the illustration is the ,victoria ,tower2 it is supported upon four pointed arches sixty feet in height1 and the highest point is three hundred and forty feet above the ground4 ,the central tower is three hundred feet high1 and the picturesque ,clock ,tower1 on the right1 is three hundred and twenty feet high4 ,during the evening sittings of the ,houses a lamp is kept burning near the top of the ,clock ,tower1 which is extinguished when the debates are over4 ,the building consists mainly of the ,house of ,peers and the ,house of ,commons1 with the connected apartments and offices1 the whole forming one structure4 ,just above the river1 along the front of the palace runs the ,terrace1 a broad paved walk where the members of ,parliament can stroll in the fresh air and yet be within sound of the division bell4 ,the towers of ,westminster ,abbey are visible to the left of the ,victoria ,tower1 and a small portion of ,westminster ,bridge is seen at the extreme right4 ,not far from the ,houses of ,parliament is ,trafalgar ,square1 which is probably more familiar to the general public than any spot in ,london1 for it is the meeting-place of so many important thoroughfares4 ,our illustration is taken from the steps of the ,national ,gallery of ,pictures4 ,the fluted ,corinthian ,column erected to ,admiral ,nelson dominates the scene4 ,the colossal bronze statue of the hero is elevated one hundred and seventy-six feet in the air and1 needless to say1 the artistic workmanship is above criticism1 for no one can distinguish any detail at that height6 ,the bronze lions at the base are by ,sir ,edwin ,landseer1 and possess considerable dignity4 ,at the far end of the street to the left of the ,nelson ,monument 7,parliament ,street7 the faint outline of the ,clock ,tower of the ,houses of ,parliament can just be distinguished4 ,at the top of this street1 not far from the ,nelson ,monument1 stands the fine antique equestrian statue of ,charles ,i1 one of the few outdoor monuments that are creditable to the ,british metropolis4 ,a few steps to the left of ,trafalgar ,square as shown in the plate is the new ,charing ,cross2 the original one was destroyed by the ,puritan ,parliament4 ,,point ,,loma ,,notes3 by ,c4 ,j4 ,r4 ,here at ,lomaland the yerba santa1 whose leaves never lose their delicate gray-green1 is a widely scattered bush4 ,it is a favorite of the ,leader's4 ,among other plants1 the sumach1 the manzanita1 the grease-wood1 the mahogany1 and the dwarf-oak1 clothe the sides of the romantic caons and the tops of the hills with bright verdure throughout the year4 ,there are always some wild flowers too1 though the kinds that blossom during the summer are generally not as plentiful or beautiful as those of the spring4 ,the thousands of eucalypts and cedar trees1 etc41 which have been planted mainly upon the lower portions of the grounds during the past few years by the ,lomaland ,forestry ,department1 have greatly improved the beauty of the landscape for miles along the ocean front2 and the ,canary palms and ,date palms1 the lemon and pepper trees1 the acacias and pines1 within the ,homestead gardens and bordering the avenues1 have now grown to a size and beauty which make them a pleasure to look at4 ,every visitor who comes into the grounds expresses delight at the wealth of foliage and cultivated flowers which surround the ,rja ,yoga ,college and ,temple as well as the students' homes and bungalows4 ,in a few weeks we may expect the first rains1 though sometimes they do not arrive till nearly ,christmas1 and then the multitude of seeds that have been quietly biding their time will begin to stir1 and soon after the opening of the new year the hills will assume the vivid green which will not diminish till next summer2 the five varieties of ,lomaland ferns will unfold their delicate fronds on the shady southern side of the caons2 and then the ground will become carpeted with spring flowers of many colors1 chiefly purple and gold4 ,when ,katherine ,tingley first established the headquarters of our ,society here there was very little grass1 except at the lower levels near ,san ,diego1 but it has been gradually creeping up the hills until it has become a characteristic feature of the ,spring2 it seems to have increased in proportion to the enlargement of the human population of ,point ,loma4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,we have been reading with sympathy of the terrible heat that has been such a marked feature of the present summer throughout ,europe and the larger portion of the ,united ,states4 ,in ,lomaland1 and all along the ,pacific slope1 nothing of the sort has been felt1 for the constant westerly breezes which blow from the ocean keep the temperature down2 no case of sunstroke has ever been recorded here1 and there is never any need to cease from outdoor work or exercise during the heat of the day2 the nights are never too hot for a blanket4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,though we usually do not get our best sunsets until the so-called winter months1 lately there have been several of the magnificent ones for which ,lomaland is famous4 ,in ,august a very remarkable mirage was seen by a large number of persons at a sea-coast town about a hundred miles to the northward4 ,it represented a ship ashore on dangerous rocks with the waves beating over it1 and it was so real and vivid that the lifeboat went out to rescue the supposed drowning crew4 ,but when it reached the spot 7less than a mile from the beach7 the boatmen could see nothing1 and there were no rocks near4 ,from the shore it appeared as if the lifeboat passed through the wreck4 ,an attempt made to photograph the mirage turned out a failure4 ,about ten years ago a strange mirage was seen from the ,homestead in the form of an island far out at sea4 ,it persisted for several days and was so realistic that some persons were on the point of chartering a boat to sail out to it and take possession when it disappeared4 ,the mystery of many well-authenticated mirages has never been explained by the ordinary laws of refraction and reflection4 ,the ,century ,path of ,october #be1 #aijh1 which can be found in nearly all the libraries in ,america and other countries1 contains a special article on the subject1 giving many examples and treating it from the ,theosophical standpoint4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,woman's ,international ,theosophical ,league1 with its center at ,point ,loma and its world-wide membership elsewhere1 is becoming1 or has become1 one of the most potent instruments for the spread of our work that the ,leader possesses4 ,first organized under the name of the ,woman's ,propaganda ,league1 it has greatly extended and enlarged its activities under the new title4 ,during the ,spring months of this year the women of the ,league in ,lomaland organized a most successful series of meetings for women only at the ,isis ,theater1 ,san ,diego1 at which the ,leader gave addresses which are said by those who were present to have been the most uplifting and inspiring she has ever delivered4 ,she spoke out in the plainest language about the causes and the only remedies for the steady degeneration of the so-called civilized world1 and she showed what a marvelous power for redemption women have in their own sphere1 the home4 ,the ,isis ,theater was crowded to its utmost capacity on each occasion ,katherine ,tingley spoke1 hundreds of eager women of all classes could not find accommodation and1 to judge by the mass of correspondence received1 the impression made was most profound4 ,according to the ,leader's words1 the splendid organizing work of the women of the ,woman's ,international ,theosophical ,league and the perfect harmony and unity prevailing among them in no small degree helped in producing this admirable result2 the conditions were ideally perfect1 and the audiences felt that there was an entirely different spirit present from anything ever before experienced4 ,from the loyal1 impersonal and womanly efforts of the ,league a new life has come into the atmosphere of ,lomaland1 a broadening and harmonizing influence4 ,its members are giving a fine expression to the principle of ,co-operation between men and women which the ,leader is ever striving to build up4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,soon after the last of the women's meetings at ,isis ,theater the ,leader gave the signal for dramatic work1 and the ,woman's ,league began the preparations for the ,greek ,symposium1 ,the ,aroma of ,athens1 several representations of which were given with conspicuous success1 first in the ,isis ,theater and then in the open-air ,greek ,theater1 ,lomaland4 ,here was an excellent opportunity for the co-operation spoken of1 and it was realized to the uttermost4 ,while the artists and craftsmen prepared the scenery and properties1 or built the stately ,grecian structures in the open-air theater which remain permanently for use in the future dramatic work1 the skilful and tireless needlewomen made the hundreds of costumes needed1 all being done under the personal supervision of the ,leader and from her own designs4 ,the same cheerful spirit of co-operation was evinced in the musical and dramatic rehearsals for the ,symposium1 and in the frictionless management of the arrangements for the staging of the couple of hundred characters who appear in the play--no easy task4 ,in view of the greater activities of the ,woman's ,theosophical ,league which are shortly to take place1 it has secured a spacious hall within the ,homestead grounds which will afford ample accommodation for the present as a headquarters for its business meetings and other general activities4 ,it is known as the ,woman's ,league ,hall4 ,,the ,,woman',s ,,international ,,theosophical ,,league1 ,,point ,,loma1 ,,california ,woman's ,work in ,lomaland2 a ,side ,light3 by a ,member of the ,league ,,that is the true athlete1 the man who exercises himself against appearances 7illusion74 ,pause1 consider1 do not be carried away4 ,great is the combat1 divine is the work4 ,it is for kingship1 for freedom1 for happiness4--,epictetus ,i ,,desire not to disgrace the soul4 ,the fact that ,i am here certainly shows me that the soul had need of an organ here4 ,shall ,i not assume the post8 ,shall ,i skulk and dodge and duck with my unseasonable apologies and vain modesty and imagine my being here impertinent--less pertinent than ,epaminondas or ,homer being there8 and that the soul did not know its own needs8 ,,let us1 if we must have great actions1 make our own so4 ,all action is of an infinite elasticity1 and the least admits of being inflated with the celestial air until it eclipses the sun and moon4 ,let us seek one peace by fidelity4--,emerson ,several years ago ,katherine ,tingley said to a group of ,lomaland ,students1 while touching in a cursory way upon the general world-problem of woman's work and true place in life1 that her great longing was to take up this question in a public way4 ,she added1 reflectively1 and with a trace of sadness in her voice1 ,but ,i cannot do this as yet4 ,i should have to do it ,theosophically1 and while the need is there1 conditions are not yet ready2 the time for it has not come4 ,as all ,students know1 the time came early in #aiaa1 and the work that had waited so long was ushered in by a series of meetings for women only1 at ,isis ,theater1 ,san ,diego1 under the auspices of the ,woman's ,international ,theosophical ,league of ,lomaland1 a body founded by ,katherine ,tingley on ,july #bdth1 #aijf4 ,any question as to this being the right time--the psychological moment--had a twofold answer in the eager and wide-reaching public response1 and in the superb nature of the service rendered in the arrangement and conduct of the meetings by members of the ,lomaland ,woman's ,league4 ,everything was placed in their hands1 though under the ,leader's direction1 from the advertising and distribution of tickets--the meetings of course being free although admission was by tickets secured in advance--to the seating of the audience and the carrying out of the beautiful and impressive program1 of which ,katherine ,tingley's address was at each meeting the central feature4 ,the work was begun at a time when the tourist season was at its height and in the audiences that crowded ,isis ,theater to the doors were hundreds of women from distant points--,canada1 ,vancouver1 the far ,south1 the ,middle ,states1 the ,atlantic ,coast1 ,europe1 and even the ,orient4 ,consider that these were thinking women1 by their very interest in ,theosophy marked as women apart from the mass2 consider as well that the subjects taken up by ,katherine ,tingley in the impassioned addresses that formed the axis1 so to speak1 the real fulcrum1 of the meetings1 were subjects of the most vital import to the home--the higher duties of wifehood and motherhood1 the sacredness of the home as a spiritual temple and woman's duty as guardian of that temple1 the key to a knowledge of child nature1 the protection of the growing child1 the ,theosophic keynote of duty--and add to that the fact that nearly every woman in those vast audiences was an important factor in some home1 and it is evident that the influence of these meetings could not be measured4 ,consider also that this work was launched at the present time of transition1 when all the old ideas of woman's work are being torn up1 root and branch1 in some cases1 by fanatics who little dream of the reaction their frenzy and unwisdom is certain to produce1 a reaction that will make doubly difficult the path of unselfish workers for a long time to come4 ,the climax of effort in the ,woman's ,international ,theosophical ,league was of course reached in the marvelous production of ,the ,aroma of ,athens1 given under the ,league's auspices1 with accounts of which both ,students and the public are familiar4 ,social ,hall was converted into a huge costumer's shop and greenroom for the space of nine magic days1 with the ,leader here1 there1 everywhere1 directing1 designing and fitting costumes1 designing properties1 drilling individuals1 rehearsing1 oblivious for the time of all such gentle excellencies as food1 relaxation1 or rest4 ,here again shone forth in the members of this ,woman's ,league the qualities that were of such pre-eminent service in the conduct of the women's meetings--intuition1 fidelity1 alertness1 conservation of energy1 the power to work on lines of least resistance1 unity1 trust4 ,there was no friction1 no personal competition1 no jealousy1 no over-reaching1 no gossip1 no rule or ruin spirit1 no personality1 and as a result there was a general capacity to get things done that made the onlooker wonder if some hidden ,aladdin's lamp were not in a nearby corner1 just rubbing results into existence4 ,what was it8 ,pre-eminently1 it was the power these women had created by learning to work together4 ,it was the ,christos-spirit1 that magic-working something that harmony is powerful to create1 the spirit of which ,jesus spoke when he said1 ,for where two or three are gathered together in my name1 there am ,i in the midst of them4 ,but what did it8 ,theosophy as a system of thought did not1 or it would have done so in past centuries1 for ,theosophy has been brought to the world before under this and other names4 ,the inspiration that is born when women work for women did not1 for if this could do it then we would have some royal examples of unity in women's organizations elsewhere4 ,what then did it in ,lomaland8 ,there was a ,sower once who went forth to sow2 and some seeds fell on stony ground and the fowls of the air devoured them2 and others fell on thin and shallow soil1 springing up only to wither in the noontide heat because there was no depth of root4 ,but of the seeds which fell upon good soil we are told that they sprang up and bore fruit an hundredfold4 ,there is the answer1 and the answer also to the question as to why ,katherine ,tingley could not and would not start this woman's work earlier4 ,the seeds were waiting and they are forever the same1 the ,sower was waiting1 the world was waiting1 for whatever may be the needs or conditions of any age the true ,teacher knows how to adapt her message to it4 ,but--oh women of ,lomaland6 we were not ready1 for we were the soil4 ,the ,sower was compelled to wait until we would let the hot plowshare of truth in action break through1 and break up1 the hard surface-crust of mental limitations and personality1 and reach1 with its diamond-tipped point1 the warm1 rich1 moist soil of integrity and soul-life that lay underneath4 ,it has taken time1 and patience on the part of husbandman1 and trust on our part1 though with greater trust it could all have been done so much earlier4 ,but we had no knowledge of our own natures1 when we first touched ,theosophic truth1 and it was necessary to learn that in ,katherine ,tingley's curriculum lip-knowledge and wisdom are two different things--that one may have a brain-mind understanding of the literature of ,theosophy without being a ,theosophist in the slightest degree2 that in short1 the ,theosophy that is not lived1 that is1 applied to every act1 every problem1 every relationship of daily life1 need not hope to be recognized in ,lomaland4 ,and this takes time4 ,from the precept to the life there is a path to be traveled1 often a long one4 ,it is indeed plain that the work upon which the women of ,lomaland have been permitted to enter is one that could not be done ,theosophically by any body of women who had not gotten beyond the limitations of the lower psychology1 that master of the brain-mind1 where only diversity lies2 it could not be done by any who had not found and clasped hands on the plane of soul-life1 where alone is unity4 ,if all other proofs of brotherhood as a fact in nature--,theosophy's shibboleth and standard--were to be swept away and the ,woman's ,international ,theosophical ,league alone permitted to remain1 that would suffice to demonstrate to the world that ,theosophy is what the ,teachers declare it to be1 a living power1 and that universal brotherhood is4 ,small wonder that as we listened to ,katherine ,tingley's heart-appeal to the women of the great world--truly orphaned1 as is all humanity--we saw barriers swept away1 limitations dissolve1 mountains move1 and1 verily1 a new world come into being4 ,in the discourses of ,epictetus1 slave of the profligate ,epaphroditus1 and in chains1 but the grandest ,stoic in all ,rome1 we read3 ,never then look for the matter in one place and progress towards it in another4444 ,what then is progress8 444 lo1 if a man1 in every matter that occurs1 works out his principles1 as the runner does in reference to running and the trainer of the voice does with reference to the voice--this is the man who truly makes progress1 and who has not traveled in vain4 ,if ,i were talking to an athlete1 ,i should say1 ,show me your shoulders4 ,and then he might say1 ,here are my ,halteres4 ,you and your ,halteres look to that1 ,i should reply1 ,i wish to see the effect of the ,halteres6 ,that is the point and that is ,theosophy4 ,the burden of this ancient problem of woman's work lies heavy upon the world1 unspeakably heavy because so many lesser problems are enfolded within it--the problems of the home1 of the protection of childhood1 of man's true place in the grand creative scheme1 of the much misunderstood and more discussed sex-question1 in short1 of education in all its phases4 ,to borrow the old ,socratic metaphor1 myriad other problems hang down from it as from a ring held in suspension by a magnet other rings hang down1 chainlike1 one depending from the other4 ,to carry such a burden1 or even part of it1 requires not treatises nor diplomas but shoulders1 strong shoulders1 strong in a threefold sense1 physically1 yes1 but still more mentally and spiritually4 ,we women of ,lomaland see now why this great public work for women could not have been begun earlier with absolute confidence on the ,teacher's part that the heat of noontide endeavor would not cause it to wither and fall away4 ,it would have withered if begun earlier1 as women's efforts are withering all over the world today1 partly because they are mistaken in themselves1 it is true1 but mainly because the soil is not there4 ,the workers themselves cannot stand the test4 ,the storms of jealousy and rancor1 the hot winds of ambition1 the noontide heat of heavy demands1 the shallow soil of brain-mind interests and desires which point like a weathercock to a new quarter with every gust of illusion--ay1 these are what test the nature4 ,thinking it all over1 a gratitude wells up within the heart too deep for words to touch--gratitude to the ,teacher who has led us along the path with so much patience and love2 helping but not putting props under us2 heartening and encouraging1 but not carrying us along on silver platters2 forcing us to put into practice these treatises we have been studying--for ,theosophy is the science of soul-strength and it enunciates principles and possesses rules4 ,lomaland is verily a great ,school of ,philosophy1 greater than those of past ages1 for here divine principles are actually demonstrated which in the golden days of our historic past were but dreamed of1 and the ,woman's ,international ,theosophical ,league is one of its ,halls of ,learning4 ,plato and ,epictetus1 ,sappho and ,hypatia1 would understand4 ,gratitude--it is a feeble word1 plumb the depths of its meaning though you will4 ,even the most splendid examples of womanhood that graced the audiences at the various ,women's meetings which the ,teacher of ,theosophy addressed1 can realize what is being done and what is going on only to a very limited degree4 ,we in ,lomaland do not realize it fully for if we did we would rise to that height of trust and calm that would verily make us like the ,teacher2 not like her in wisdom1 for that is the rare fruit of ages of search and service1 and we are but beginners on the ,path2 but like her in a certain quality of courage and devotion that would makes us ten times in effectiveness the instruments in her hands that we are today4 ,for the acquirement of soul-strength is the object of this soul's gymnasium1 this life1 the living out of which in all its fulness of opportunity alone makes it possible for the ,teacher to sow the seeds of that tree the leaves of which shall be for the healing of the nations4 ,here is the keynote1 sounded clear amid the resolving harmonies of ,katherine ,tingley's last address3 ,overcome6 ,that is the song the gods would sing to you women and to all the world4 ,overcome6 ,learn to overcome and learn to love6 ,,illusion ,,and ,,reality3 by ,lydia ,ross1 ,m4 ,d4 ,the ,man was wearied with success4 ,he had sought to win beauty1 fame1 fortune1 and personal power1 and he had linked them all with his name4 ,around him was a wide circle of desirable things2 within him was a restless center of discontent4 ,far into the night he sat musing over his career4 ,he had been fortunate beyond all expectation4 ,he could name no ambition which had not been gratified2 but the thought brought with it no feeling of elation or of satisfaction4 ,just now his keenest sense was that stinging ache in his breast which so often came of late at quiet times like this4 ,it is all illusion and disappointment1 he said1 at last4 ,marriage is a failure2 fame is a mockery2 happiness is not had at any price1 and life is not worth living4 ,that nameless hunger from which he suffered was so baffling4 ,if it were only possible to find the meaning of that dreary want4 ,with all the new inventions for lighting the world why was there no illumination for the dimness of the inner life8 ,if he could only find the source of that hungry need which devoured all the pleasure in his possessions4 ,filled with intense desire for light1 he drifted into the ,land of ,dreams with its countless pictures4 ,there he saw a moving figure which was himself and yet not himself4 ,there were no familiar lines in the form2 but the eyes were his own and through them he read the thoughts4 ,he knew that this ,traveler had come from afar4 ,along dusty highways1 in shady bypaths and green meadows1 through thickets and unwholesome swamps and across waters he had played a part in many scenes of a changing world4 ,youth and strength and gaiety were his companions1 and together they sought activity and pleasure4 ,through places all unknown and often full of hidden dangers they made their way with merry jest and idle song and noise1 fearing nothing save it were the ,silence4 ,then came a day when the ,traveler grew tired of dust and heat and stains1 of noisy mirth and empty songs and poisonous miasma4 ,he wished for solitude and rest4 ,as his companions sped along he turned aside and wandered into the deep forest4 ,throwing himself upon the ground long he lay beneath the trees with closed eyes and fingers threaded through the soft grass1 finding refreshment in the touch4 ,his chest rose with deep draughts of clear air1 and as the cool quiet stole into his blood the throbbing pulses sank into a healing stream4 ,he had found some pleasant places in the old life that seemed so far away now1 but this was beyond compare4 ,filled with a novel sense of awakening1 the past appeared but a feverish dream4 ,the sweetness of the place seemed to be taking form somewhere near and to be surrounding him with a delicious perfume4 ,as he sprang up his wondering eyes rested upon a new-blown ,rose growing near4 ,the dainty folded petals had uncurled and opened out until its golden heart was centered in tinted light4 ,its fragrance filled the air with a subtle tenderness4 ,it was beautiful6 ,he had not failed to gather flowers1 too1 in his time--conventional hot-house blooms and gorgeous tropical beauties1 and some with cold1 odorless petals--how many had drifted through his hands4 ,never was there one among them all like this4 ,standing out against the guardian green leaves like a beloved queen1 it shed a royal circle of uplifting peacefulness over everything4 ,softly he knelt before this symbol of purity and loveliness with its message from the source of light and sweetness4 ,the soul of the ,rose was glowing upon him with tender beauty and glad fearlessness4 ,his own soul stirred into life and looked out of eyes all too sadly strange to their indwelling guest4 ,the littleness and folly of the past were but faded pictures of half-forgotten dreams4 ,he knew that this was the awakening2 this was the steady1 noble1 tender glow of real life4 ,his heart dilated with a sense of all that life might mean3 its dignity1 its love1 its aspiration1 its unspeakable destiny4 ,oh1 but he would struggle to keep alive this enlarged and transfigured sense of things6 ,his rapt gaze rested on the ,rose until the mystery of color and light and sweetness entered into his very heart4 ,he felt himself a part of the brightness that lives at the center of all things1 and his confident soul swept out to the unseen stars to claim its own4 ,beyond and beyond1 throughout distant space1 everywhere was a flush of light and beauty and a radiant heart of peace4 ,then came a memory--a mere shadow from his dream-life--and a selfish doubt brought him back to earth again4 ,the ,rose still smiled upon him in sweet faith4 ,he would never leave it1 but together they would live the larger life4 ,as the wind whispered in the leaves the ,rose bent and brushed his cheek and a swift wave of tenderness surged over him4 ,what if someone else should find this flower and should rise upon its power as he had risen8 ,what if he should lose it8 ,a hungry look stole into his eyes and his old self in a misery of longing cried hoarsely1 ,never6 ,it shall be mine1 mine1 only mine6 ,he leaned forward until the petals quivered beneath his breath4 ,what if it should turn from him8 ,it is mine1 mine1 cried the selfish self as with eager1 passionate grasp he kissed it and crushed it close1 close1 until he grew faint and sick with the spent sweetness4 ,he is stung with pain4 ,ah1 the thorns1 the thorns6 ,impatiently he tries to pick them out1 but the sting remains4 ,and oh6 the pitiful ,rose that he holds--so crushed and weary and broken6 ,gone is the delicate fire of the higher life that breathed through every curve of its free-born petals4 ,and the fragrance which had radiated waves of tender gladness falls like the faltering breath of some beautiful1 wounded1 dying thing4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in the dim light which fills the mind in sleep1 a mountain scene took form upon the moving screen4 ,up the steep side a ,hunter toiled1 burdened with weapons and game4 ,in his strangely familiar eyes was a weary1 dissatisfied look4 ,the trail he had followed grew indistinct and was lost2 but as he pushed onward he reached a place where the rough mountain side stretched out into a broken level of fertile plateau4 ,how grateful it looked after the steep climb4 ,this was the place to rest1 he thought1 catching sight of a tiny1 sheltered lake and turning his steps toward it4 ,even now he can see its unruffled surface reflecting the blue sky and a drowsy chorus of encircling pines4 ,on the lake-shore the ,hunter stood spell-bound with the beauty of the scene4 ,the spoils of the chase and the weapons dropped from relaxed fingers as with uncovered head he drank deeply of rest and comfort and inspiration4 ,as the wind swayed the bordering pine-branches flecks of light came and went through the shadowy circle of scintillating water4 ,around the shallow border the glint and tint of glossy stone and delicate shell lighted the mosaic curtain of shadows with the fire of a living iris4 ,deep and dark and clear was the mystical center4 ,a tall1 slender fringe of grasses around the edge softened and deepened the whole liquid beauty before him like the lashes of a sentient eye4 ,a feathery cloud floated by overhead4 ,its reflection brushed the surface like a breath of fancy1 a mere passing thought4 ,the opalescent gold of the sunshine sank down1 down1 down1 until1 transmuted into a look of love in unfathomed consciousness its glow was diffused through the limpid depths4 ,beyond the beauty of the lake was the infinite calm1 the untouched purity and the perfect peace4 ,the atmosphere was filled with restfulness4 ,from the lighted depths came an answering look to his eager eyes4 ,the soul of the lake speaks to him in lingering softness and silence2 and oh1 how serene it is6 ,the iridescent picture of a flying bird falls into the clear water1 a song in color4 ,he sees his own face bathed in a tender light4 ,he will seize this mysterious beauty of a living calm and hold it forever4 ,it shall reflect only his face1 he thought1 jealous of the very sky4 ,this treasure is for me1 for me alone1 he said1 as his eyes followed the shafts of light that illumined the shadowy depths4 ,for me1 plunging in and stretching out greedy hands4 ,the first footstep broke the mirror of light into troubled waters4 ,the soil and sand rose beneath the desecrating feet in a sorrowful cloud that hid the glory in advance and around him4 ,the peace lies deeper yet1 he thought1 watching the center and pushing on4 ,but ever before him rose the obscuring cloud of his own creation4 ,he can no longer wade1 but strikes out boldly1 greedily1 to plunder the lake of its secret4 ,he finds that no physical force or finesse can touch the delicate beauty he desires2 and after vainly striving to grasp the fine lines of soul-sense1 he returns to the shore1 weary1 disappointed1 and bitter4 ,it is all illusion1 he railed4 ,no other ,hunter excels me in strength or skill2 yet when this promised happiness is almost within my grasp1 it fades and disappears4 ,there is no reality behind the dissolving pictures of a deceitful world4 ,the ,dreamer looked from the fair strength of the ,hunter on the bank to the cloudy1 restless water4 ,there he saw reflected his own figure--a dusky1 broken image with the pessimistic poise4 ,then the light which he had longed for shone full upon his mind4 ,he was the ,traveler whose rude selfishness had despoiled the trusting ,rose4 ,he was the ,hunter of ,happiness4 ,around him were the rejected trophies of his skill--sweet-voiced birds and creatures fleet of foot and quick of eye4 ,too well they vouched for his unerring aim with bloody breast and broken limb and dull1 unseeing eyes4 ,he had wasted the life that gave these things their joy and beauty4 ,only the pitiful1 unlovely forms were his possessions2 from these his wearied senses turned in sick distaste4 ,the ,dreamer's eyes fell before the luminous scene in which the ,hunter was the one dark stain4 ,how worse than blind his whole career had been4 ,his life was but a crowded list of failures4 ,how fair were ,nature's pictures everywhere before he marred them with greedy1 sordid touch4 ,now he saw that the world was alive with a wondrous reality for those who sought it unselfishly4 ,the fault is all my own1 he groaned in bitter shame4 ,that is mine1 indeed1 all mine4 ,oh1 for a chance to redeem this wretched past6 he cried1 pierced with so keen a heartache that he awoke4 ,through the open windows the dewy morning air came in1 sweet with the breath of flowers and alive with the subdued joy of birds4 ,the great elms brooded over the lesser things with stately tenderness1 while with slender1 outstretched branches1 like waving magnetic fingers1 they soothed and awakened the freshened earth4 ,in the east the lavender veil fell down before the sacred flame which daily gives new hope and strength to light dull lamps of clay4 ,,venice3 by ,grace ,knoche ,it is one of the world's wonders that a little community should rise up from the midst of untillable marsh lands--literally out of the sea--and within a few centuries1 through its energy1 thrift1 invention1 and sheer ability1 should become a world power not only in diplomacy1 arms1 and commerce1 but in architecture1 art1 philosophy1 and belles lettres4 ,and all this1 in spite of envy and attacks from without and conspiracies from within4 ,the power of ,venice1 the wealthy republic1 was so great in her palmy days that the honor of alliance with her was covetously sought by emperors and popes alike4 ,at a time when1 as history declares1 a dictum from the ,pope1 or a threat of excommunication1 would have brought almost any other nation of ,europe to its knees in groveling terror1 ,venice laughed at both and pursued the even tenor of her imperial way4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,fra ,,paolo ,,sarpi ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,carta ,,gate ,,and ,,corner ,,of ,,ducal ,,palace1 ,,venice1 ,,italy ,the climax of her independence of dogmatic rule was reached in those glorious and courageous later days when ,fra ,paolo ,sarpi lived and guided her destinies1 ,sarpi1 the noblest of the ,venetians1 who realized more fully than any other in that republic the dangers that would threaten should outside influences ever gain a foothold in the chambers of government4 ,had there been a successor to ,fra ,paolo1 one worthy of his example1 one who grasped his purposes1 knew the spirit of the teacher that molded them and what beneficent power lay behind1 who possessed as well the power to continue ,sarpi's work--had such an exceptional soul appeared1 ,venice would not have decayed4 ,at ,fra ,paolo's death the decline of ,venetian greatness set in4 ,in the course of her history--and three centuries practically included the period of her undisputed greatness--,venice attained a position of supremacy on virtually every line of activity4 ,in war she was dreaded4 ,says ,yriarte1 author of ,l',histoire de ,venise3 ,the arsenal of ,venice1 which still exists1 was its palladium2 the high organization of this establishment1 the technical skill of its workmen1 the specially selected body of the arsenalotti1 to whom the republic entrusted the duty of guarding the senate and great council1 and its admirable discipline1 were for centuries the envy of other ,european powers4444 ,at the most critical period in its history1 when it 7,venice7 was engaged in its great struggle with the ,turks 444 the arsenal regularly sent forth a fully equipped galley each morning for a hundred successive days4444 ,at the acme of its prosperity the arsenal employed #af1jjj workmen4 ,it is impossible to touch upon the political life and fortunes of ,venice in the short space of a single article4 ,moreover1 information on this is very accessible1 for the ,venetians themselves were great chroniclers1 who firmly believed that their city was building in a strange way for the future and that its foundation stones should not rest unmarked4 ,and though the last thing these old recorders dreamed of was the imminent decay of their proud city--their idol1 their divinity1 the object of their passionate adoration--they were right4 ,venice was building for the future--to which seeming mystery ,theosophy also has the key4 ,suffice it to say that when the inner history of ,katherine ,tingley's visit to ,venice1 upon the occasion of her first trip around the world in the interest of ,theosophy1 is given out publicly1 a new interpretation will be given to some of these old records4 ,the spirit of ,venice has never died although untoward aims and evils have for nearly four centuries obscured the outer expression of it4 ,but that1 like the history of ,fra ,paolo1 is another story1 too1 and volumes would be needed to contain it4 ,venice was in her days the commercial link between ,europe and the ,orient and her merchants neglected no opportunity4 ,the result was that not only did the city become fabulously wealthy but new trades and wonderful art-crafts sprung up4 ,rare damasks1 glass1 tapestries1 silks1 enamels1 metal-work of various kinds1 plastic work1 mosaics1 brought from the countries of the ,orient by ,venetian merchants1 served as models to craftsmen who not only copied but improved upon them in the great industrial centers which sprang up4 ,venetian art-craftsmanship became throughout ,europe a synonym for the ultra1 the perfect4 ,a link between ,italy and ,greece1 ,venice afforded an asylum for ,grecian men of letters when the light in their own land failed4 ,these men ,venice honored4 ,they taught in her universities2 they lighted up in the city not only a knowledge of the great literary monuments of the ancients but a love for them2 they filled her libraries with translations4 ,plato1 ,socrates1 ,thucydides1 ,strabo1 ,xenophon1 ,homer1 and ,orpheus1 became something more than names4 ,says ,yriarte3 ,venice1 more than any other town1 has the credit of having rescued from oblivion1 by editions and translations1 the master-pieces of ,greek literature4 ,the art of printing was welcomed upon the very threshold of its discovery and the services of ,venice on this line are unique in the history of letters4 ,her printers were not mere workmen2 some of them were scholars4 ,the ,aldine ,press is synonymous with scholarship today as it was in renaissance ,italy4 ,symonds describes the enthusiasm of the elder ,aldus 7or ,aldo7 for ,greek literature1 and his life-ambition1 which was to secure the literature of ,greece from further accident by committing its chief masterpieces to type4 ,he relates how ,aldo1 already a scholar and qualified as a humanist1 according to the custom of the country1 spent a further two years in a study of ,greek literature4 ,not a ,venetian himself and with no ties in the city1 by some accident of fortune he selected ,venice as the place in which to build up a work whose parallel the world has not since afforded and of which a similar record is not to be found in the past unless possibly in the secret records of ancient ,china4 ,at ,venice ,aldo gathered an army of ,greek scholars and compositors around him4 ,his trade was carried on by ,greeks and ,greek was the language of his household4 ,instructions to typesetters and binders were given in ,greek4 ,the prefaces to his editions were written in ,greek4 ,greeks from ,crete collated ,,mss41 read proofs1 and gave models of calligraphy for casts of ,greek type4 ,not counting the craftsmen employed in merely manual labor1 ,aldo entertained as many as thirty of these ,greek assistants in his family4 ,his own energy and industry were unremitting4 ,in #adie he issued the first volume of his ,aristotle4 ,four more volumes completed the work in #adig-ih4 ,nine comedies of ,aristophanes appeared in #adih4 ,thucydides1 ,sophocles1 and ,herodotus followed in #aejb2 ,xenophon's ,hellenics and ,euripides in #aejc2 ,demosthenes in #aejd4 ,the troubles of ,italy1 which pressed heavily on ,venice1 suspended ,aldo's labors for awhile4 ,but in #aejh he resumed his work with an edition of the minor ,greek orators2 and in #aeji appeared the lesser works of ,plutarch4 ,then came another stoppage4 ,the league of ,cambray had driven ,venice back to her lagoons1 and all the forces of the republic were concentrated on a struggle to the death with the allied powers of ,europe4 ,in #aeac ,aldo reappeared with ,plato 444 in a preface eloquently and earnestly comparing the miseries of warfare and the woes of ,italy with the sublime and tranquil objects of a student's life4 ,pindar1 ,hesychius1 and ,athenaeus followed in #aead4 ,but ,aldo's enthusiasm for the classics was not confined to those of ,greece4 ,he issued superb editions of the principal ,latin and ,italian classics as well1 in an exquisite type especially cast for his ,press and which it is said he had copied from the very handwriting of ,petrarch4 ,there is something very reminiscent of the ,orient in ,aldo's reverence for beautiful calligraphy4 ,to the ,chinese scholar the ideograph is sacred and to write it well demands art and philosophy both4 ,there is an ancient ,chinese legend which says that once upon a time certain ideographs came down from their tablets and spoke unto mankind4 ,curious1 that one should recall it here4 ,but not to know ,aldo is to miss a great light upon the spirit that made ,venice what it became1 the spirit that animated every soul in that wonderful city--devotion to a high ideal1 absolute unselfishness and service4 ,where is the ,press today that combines these unpurchasable qualities with the acme of scholarship8 ,we know of one--but only one4 ,even in a short article1 with ,venice herself a subject for volumes1 libraries1 it is impossible to omit the following--also from ,symonds3 ,aldo 444 burned with a humanist's enthusiasm for the books he printed2 and we may well pause astonished at his industry1 when we remember what a task it was in that age to prepare texts of authors so numerous and so voluminous from ,,mss4 ,whatever the students of this century may think of ,aldo's scholarship1 they must allow that only vast erudition and thorough familiarity with the ,greek language could have enabled him to accomplish what he did4 ,in his own days ,aldo's learning won the hearty acknowledgment of ripe scholars4 ,to his fellow workers he was uniformly generous1 free from jealousy and prodigal of praise4 ,his stores of ,,mss4 were as open to the learned as his printed books were liberally given to the public4 ,while aiming at that excellence of typography which renders his editions the treasures of the book-collector1 he strove at the same time to make them cheap4444 ,his great undertaking was carried on under continual difficulties1 arising from strikes among his workmen1 the piracies of rivals1 and the interruptions of war4 ,when he died1 bequeathing ,greek literature as an inalienable possession to the world1 he was a poor man4 ,to touch with any show of justice upon the architecture of ,venice would task the eloquence of a ,ruskin4 ,but it is possible to indicate a few of the causes that contributed to make ,venice the architectural marvel of ,europe and her palaces and churches unique in the world4 ,according to tradition1 there were both castles and churches in ,venice several centuries before the earliest examples that survive4 ,the first church1 it is said1 was founded in #dcb by one ,giacomo del ,rialto1 but the earliest of which we have tangible evidence--and it is still standing--was built in the eleventh century4 ,of the eleventh and twelfth century castles or palaces1 a number still may be seen4 ,venetian architecture1 like her literary and industrial life--indeed1 like her whole life--was a combination of ,oriental and ,occidental influences4 ,her people were discoverers1 adapters2 they had a perfect genius for appreciation of the artistic1 the eloquent1 the statesmanlike1 the progressive--in a word1 the ,good1 the ,beautiful and the ,true in the work of others--and with opportunities strewn along her path thicker than flowers in ,june1 ,venice seemed to grasp them all4 ,although ,venetian architecture was complex and composite to a degree1 it is possible to trace the predominating influences as they set their mark upon style after style4 ,up to the thirteenth century the prevailing style was ,byzantine1 of which the leading characteristics seem to have been in ,venice the semi-circular arch and a prodigal use of sculptured ornament4 ,the method of construction employed by the ,venetians--the walls being of a fine hard brick which was covered with stucco1 or in the finer buildings with thin slabs of costly marbles and porphyries--permitted no end of surface decoration4 ,and in this the color-loving ,venetians reveled4 ,moldings1 carvings1 rolls1 cavettos1 flutings1 panels1 bands and diapers of flowing scroll work1 lent their support to most varied adaptations of characteristic ,persian or ,moslem design1 with its semi-conventional foliage1 animals1 dragons1 birds1 flowers1 etc4 ,markedly beautiful1 and in a way peculiar1 is the effect of the faades of many buildings1 studded with gorgeous panels like jewels on a rich brocade4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,venice ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,a ,,street ,,in ,,venice ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,st4 ,,mark',s1 ,,venice ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,rio ,,pinelli ,but in the thirteenth century a period of transition ushered out the round ,byzantine arch1 and in the pointed ,gothic arch of the countries immediately north4 ,very soon1 however1 the ,early ,renaissance style1 as exemplified in ,verona and other ,italian cities1 became a dominating influence1 this in turn to give way to the ,classic1 which became the grand style of sixteenth-century ,venice4 ,after that1 the deluge--of mediocrity4 ,the ,venetians1 a conquering people by virtue of their navy which was the envy of ,europe1 made their city the storehouse of rich treasures stripped from the ruined cities of the past1 and from other cities made her own by conquest4 ,and her merchants did the rest4 ,quantities of rich marbles were brought from fallen ,aquileia1 ,ravenna1 and ,heraclea1 cities which in their turn had brought them from ,egypt1 ,greece1 and ,arabia1 and ,numidia-- the red porphyry of ,egypt and the green porphyry of ,mt4 ,taygetus1 red and gray ,egyptian granites1 the beautiful lapis ,atracius 7verde antico71 ,oriental alabaster from ,numidia and ,arabia1 the ,phrygian pavonazzetto with its purple mottlings1 cipollino from ,carystus1 and1 in great quantities1 the alabaster-like ,proconnesian marble with bluish and amber-colored striations4 ,add to this magnificence a lavish use of gold and color1 particularly the warm ochres and earth reds1 and the costly ultramarine1 and the modern mind1 accustomed to uncolored and unstriated marbles and the quiet gray of stone1 can hardly imagine the gorgeous luxuriance of color that marked the city in her prime4 ,the architectural glory of ,venice is of course the ,church of ,st4 ,mark1 which1 says ,professor ,middleton1 stands quite alone among the buildings of the world in respect of its unequaled richness of material and decoration1 and also from the fact that it has been constructed with the spoils of countless other buildings1 and therefore forms a museum of sculpture of the most varied kind1 nearly every century from the fourth down to the latest ,renaissance being represented in some carved panel or capital1 if not more largely4444 ,during the long period from its dedication in #ajhe till the overthrow of the ,venetian republic by ,napoleon1 every doge's reign saw some addition to the rich decorations of the church--mosaics1 sculpture1 wall linings or columns of precious marbles4 ,by degrees the whole walls inside and outside were completely faced either with glass mosaics on gold grounds or with precious colored marbles and porphyries1 plain white marble being only used for sculpture1 and then thickly covered with gold4444 ,no less than five hundred columns of porphyry and costly marbles are used4444 ,a whole volume might be written on the sculptured capitals1 panels1 screens4 ,the use of inlay is almost peculiar to ,st4 ,mark's1 as is also the method of enriching sculptured reliefs with backgrounds of brilliant gold and colored glass mosaics1 producing an effect of extraordinary magnificence4 ,one of the great glories of ,st4 ,mark's is the most magnificent gold retable in the world1 most sumptuously decorated with jewels and enamels1 usually known as the ,pala d',oro4444 ,this marvelous retable is made up of an immense number of microscopically minute gold cloisonn enamel pictures1 of the utmost splendor in color and detail4 ,of the architecture and art of the great council hall of the doges1 the ,ducal ,palace1 little need be said after the description of ,st4 ,mark's1 for while not so lavishly ornamented1 it is a world in itself in the style of architectural beauty that most appealed to the ,venetians4 ,the original ,palace of the ,doges was built in the ninth century1 but the vicissitudes of war and of fire decreed its rebuilding several times1 and the ,ducal ,palace that we know today dates from the fourteenth century4 ,says ,professor ,middleton3 ,the two main faades1 those towards the sea and the ,piazzetta1 consist of a repetition of the same design1 that which was begun in the early years of the fourteenth century4444 ,the design of these faades is very striking1 and unlike that of any other building in the world4444 ,the main walls are wholly of brick2 but none was left visible4 ,the whole surface of the upper story is faced with small blocks of fine ,istrian and red ,verona marbles1 arranged so as to make a large diaper pattern1 with1 in the center of each lozenge1 a cross made of verde antico and other costly marbles4 ,the colonnades1 string-courses1 and other decorative features are built in solid ,istrian stone4 ,very beautiful sculpture1 executed with an ivory-like minuteness of finish1 is used to decorate the whole building with wonderful profusion4 ,at each of the three free angles is a large group immediately over the lower column4 ,at the south-east angle is the ,drunkenness of ,noah1 at the south-west the ,fall of ,man1 and at the north-west the ,judgment of ,solomon4 ,over each at a much higher level is a colossal figure of an archangel--,raphael1 ,michael1 and ,gabriel4 ,the sculpture of all the capitals1 especially of those on the thirty-six lower columns1 is very beautiful and elaborate1 a great variety of subjects being introduced among the decorative foliage1 such as the virtues1 vices1 months of the year1 age of man1 occupations1 sciences1 animals1 nations of the world1 and the like4 ,on the whole1 the sculpture of the fourteenth century part is finer than that of the later part near ,st4 ,mark's4 ,on the walls of the chief council chambers are a magnificent series of oil paintings by ,tintoretto and other1 less able1 ,venetians--among them ,tintoretto's masterpiece1 ,bacchus and ,ariadne and his enormous picture of ,paradise1 the largest oil painting in the world4 ,up to and during a part of the sixteenth century the state prisons were on the ground floor of the ,ducal ,palace1 but they were finally removed to a new structure on the opposite side of the narrow canal1 and a bridge1 the ,ponte dei ,sospiri or ,bridge of ,sighs1 was thrown across the canal1 connecting the two buildings4 ,in the magnificence and beauty of its homes--its palazzi or palaces--,venice is unique in the world4 ,it is said that no other city1 then or since1 is to be compared with ,venice in the loveliness and romantic interest of its domestic architecture4 ,up to the twelfth century the ,byzantine style of architecture prevailed1 but the thirteenth and fourteenth century palaces--whose builders were more or less influenced by the design of the ,ducal ,palace1 then nearing completion--are ,venetian ,gothic4 ,the climax of splendor was reached in the ,golden ,house the wonderful ,ca' d',oro1 so named from the lavish use of gold leaf on its sculptured ornamentations4 ,it was literally a golden house4 ,no words can describe the magnificence of this palace on the ,grand ,canal1 its whole faade faced with the most costly variegated marbles1 once picked out with gold1 vermillion and ultramarine1 the walls pierced with the elaborate traceried windows and enriched with bands and panels of delicate carving--in combined richness of form and wealth of color giving an effect of almost dazzling splendor4 ,but following close upon this magnificence--which was reflected in nearly all the palaces that were built toward the close of the fourteenth century--came the inevitable reaction toward a less ornate style1 the ,early ,renaissance4 ,compared with the ,ca' d',oro one writer has described the sixteenth century palaces1 which followed ,early ,renaissance and ,classic models1 as dull and scholastic4 ,they certainly must have been a restful change4 ,so much for the architecture of ,venice-- ,white swan of cities1 slumbering in her nest ,so wonderfully built among the reeds ,of the lagoon4 ,but the visitor to the ,venice of today finds his interest in her buildings doubled from the fact that upon the walls of many of them are to be found the works of some of the greatest painters the ,occident has known4 ,when we reflect that in the sixteenth century ,venice possessed a school of art that for power1 technical perfection1 and gorgeous interpretation of color1 stood pre-eminent in its own day and has not been surpassed in ours1 little more need be said4 ,palma ,vecchio1 ,giorgione1 the great portraitist ,lorenzo ,lotto1 ,paul ,veronese1 ,tintoretto1 and--,titian6 ,what a galaxy6 ,surely nothing more need be said upon the art of ,venice4 ,as in everything else1 the impossible seemed not the exceptional but the mediocre4 ,in short1 to give one the outline of only a few of the activities of the people of this ,city of ,destiny is to drown oneself in superlatives4 ,her history is as fraught with heroism1 with simple dauntless courage1 as that of the ,dutch ,republic2 it is as colored with romance as that of ,palmyra or ,thebes4 ,karma is the only key to an understanding of the strange destiny which brought to flower such transcendant energy in so seemingly sterile a soil4 ,reincarnation is the only theory which can hope to throw light upon the quality of effort that marked her citizens as a body of people apart1 who must have worked together in the past as they unquestionably will in the future4 ,not that ,venice was perfect2 her citizens made their mistakes2 there were the jealous and the covetous1 and there were conspiracies within her borders as well as without4 ,her doges were not all1 like ,caesar's wife1 above suspicion1 her counsellors were not all like ,fra ,paolo nor all her scholars like ,aldo4 ,but there was no apathy and there was a nucleus of impersonal1 united effort sufficiently vitalized to hold back the agencies of disintegration during century after century of steady upward effort4 ,and then the ,wheel of ,destiny turned and the ,venice of ,sarpi passed4 ,but the days to dawn will again see ,venice whirled upward into the light on the rim of this mighty ,wheel4 ,this is inevitable4 ,it is ,theosophical teaching4 ,the old clans will gather--and there--and they will work again and aspire again and build again2 and in the light of the lessons learned through the failures and successes of the past will rise again to greater heights4 ,doge and counsellor1 artist and craftsman1 scientist and scholar1 statesman1 philosopher1 and poet--as the whirling wheel of spiritual will and power brought to you great opportunities in the past1 so will it bring them to you again and yet again1 in the future4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,ducal ,,palace1 ,,venice ,,in ,,the ,,foreground ,,the ,,lion ,,of ,,st4 ,,mark',s ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,courtyard ,,of ,,the ,,ducal ,,palace ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,bridge ,,of ,,the ,,rialto ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,ponte ,,dei ,,sospiri--,,the ,,bridge ,,of ,,sighs1 ,,venice ,,humanity ,,and ,,theosophical ,,education3 by ,elizabeth ,c4 ,spalding ,had our modern philosophers studied1 instead of sneering at1 the old ,books of ,wisdom--they would have found that which would have unveiled to them many a secret of ancient church and state4 ,as they have not the result is evident4 ,the dark cycle of ,kali-,yug has brought back a ,babel of modern thought1 compared with which the confusion of tongues itself1 appears a harmony4--,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky ,to the placid minds of one part of humanity the idea that there is an imperious need for ,humanity to be saved1 may seem quite absurd4 ,to them the world appears to be moving on well enough2 children are born to them1 and are trained in the same methods they were1 and their ancestors before them for centuries1 possibly2 life passes smoothly along1 so they ask in wonder1 ,why change8 ,on the other hand is noticeable amongst a large class1 a great unrest1 a fretting against established conditions1 and a reaching out for something new4 ,individuals striving with different motives1 but massing together into various societies1 and associations1 united in the purpose of breaking down the old1 but with no ideals upon which to form new and better ones4 ,it is like building an edifice on shifting sands4 ,this vague but extreme restlessness is permeating every race and country4 ,is it not pitiful that with such an expenditure of force1 there should be a lack of the right understanding to lead men and women out of all their difficulties1 discouragements1 and adverse conditions1 to the correct solution of life's problems8 ,truly the world is harvesting a chaotic mass of thought that unless checked1 will tend rapidly towards degeneracy1 and the disintegration of all things4 ,we need a clearer and cleaner atmosphere mentally1 morally1 and physically1 and to secure this the minds of people must be opened to the truth4 ,theosophy offers to humanity this knowledge1 and shows the way to restore balance and harmony4 ,these few words convey a simple declaration of the truth1 but a world of meaning lies in them4 ,down through the ages has this touch of wisdom been kept burning in the hearts of a few4 ,great ,teachers passing its light to their pupils1 they in their turn to others1 thus forming a noble and devoted band4 ,they held the knowledge as a sacred trust awaiting the time to come1 when humanity could receive these truths1 without crucifying the great ,souls who revealed to them the teachings4 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky had the key to this knowledge1 the ,secret ,archaic ,doctrine in other words ,theosophy1 which she brought to the western world4 ,in ,isis ,unveiled1 written thirty-three years ago1 she wrote3 ,the said key must be turned seven times before the whole system is divulged4 ,we will give it but one turn1 and thereby allow the profane one glimpse into the mystery4 ,happy he who understands the whole4 ,in her book1 ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 which followed later1 she gave out much more information4 ,so little did the world then understand her that she was considered a charlatan by some4 ,but others did recognize that a ,teacher had come1 and they gathered around her4 ,she appointed ,wm4 ,q4 ,judge1 another ,teacher1 as her successor1 to carry on the work she had created1 the ,theosophical ,society4 ,he1 in his turn1 appointed ,katherine ,tingley1 the present ,leader of the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 who is electrifying the world with her educational work in different countries4 ,katherine ,tingley is now making practical the true ,theosophical education4 ,what is a ,theosophical education8 ,man ,know ,thyself1 was one of the most valued teachings of the ancients4 ,to know that one is a compound being1 spiritual1 mental1 and physical2 to know that this trinity also makes man a dual being2 that he has both the potentiality of the ,god1 and the lower forces as well2 to learn how to conquer the evil that the ,god may prevail1 and the soul be liberated to become the living power in him for good4 ,all this is but a part of what ,theosophy teaches4 ,socrates asked ,which of us is skilful or successful in the treatment of the ,soul1 and which of us has had good teachers8 ,if that question were asked today ,katherine ,tingley's students could answer1 here1 at ,point ,loma1 and her various centers throughout the world4 ,consider what it means to a child1 to enter upon life's path favored with an understanding of these truths1 imparted to him in such a simple1 practical1 logical manner that he lives naturally from the beginning1 the proper life4 ,the first shoot of every living thing is by far the greatest and fullest4 ,such a child has the right foundation on which to build2 he is truly educated4 ,the physical has not been strengthened at a loss of the mental and spiritual2 the intellectual has not been so abnormally developed that the intuitional and spiritual have been absolutely shut off4 ,the ,theosophical education gives a gradual unfolding of the whole nature1 from within1 outwards4 ,its growth may be likened to the ripening of the ,lotus seed into the pure1 white perfect blossom4 ,the soul of the child who has developed under this training 7making due allowance for ,karmic heredity7 will look forth1 when matured1 upon the world with so clear a vision1 that confusion of ideas will be to him an unknown quantity4 ,he can more clearly detect right from wrong--the necessary from the unnecessary1 the practical from the unpractical--the true brotherhood from the selfish independence4 ,in fact he will restore equilibrium1 and always for humanity's welfare4 ,theosophy has been a revelation to the women4 ,women as a rule cling to old established forms and conventionalities1 some from fear of varying kinds1 others from ignorance1 or a lack of desire to take the initiative1 owing to an inertia which the habits and customs of centuries have bred in them4 ,it is mainly because of the manifold possibilities which have been dormant so long in woman that she feels the impelling urge to do something now1 perhaps more than ever before4 ,in her effort to respond1 she sometimes strikes an extreme note which results in making the whole tide of life about her1 of which she should be the harmonious center1 stormy and discordant4 ,without the spiritual thread of knowledge how can she act wisely8 ,yet woman is responsible to a large degree for the unsettled condition that the minds of men are in today1 and she always will carry a heavy responsibility1 because she is the matrix of humanity4 ,one of our best-known ,american cartoonists has pictured the condition of the world1 as a large globe held in a woman's hand4 ,consider what a power for good woman has in her position of motherhood1 which must of course embrace wifehood4 ,words cannot depict all the fine possibilities and capabilities of mother-love4 ,it has been said that great men have great mothers1 and if we trace the life and thought of the mother prior to the child's birth1 we can invariably find a clue which explains the strength1 or weaknesses of the child4 ,are not the majority of humanity simply drifting8 ,men and women growing apart1 the seeds of separateness and consequent disintegration being sown1 instead of their growing together into the nobler1 fuller comradeship which ,theosophy encourages4 ,as ,katherine ,tingley has said3 ,we want not only the hearts1 but the divine fire1 the divine life1 and the splendid royal warriorship of men and women4 ,theosophy is the panacea4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,screen ,,of ,,time ,,book ,,reviews3 ,commentary upon the ,maya-,tzental ,perez ,codex 7,william ,e4 ,gates7 by ,c4 ,j4 ,ryan ,the ,peabody ,museum of ,american ,archaeology and ,ethnology at ,harvard ,university recently published a new ,paper 7,vol4 ,,vi1 ,no4 #a7 on the subject of ,central ,american hieroglyph writing4 ,the ,paper is entitled ,commentary upon the ,maya-,tzental ,perez ,codex1 with a concluding ,note upon the ,linguistic ,problem of the ,maya ,glyphs4 ,professor ,wm4 ,e4 ,gates1 ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters1 ,point ,loma1 the author1 has been a member of the ,theosophical ,society for about twenty-five years1 beginning the serious study of ,theosophy during ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's lifetime4 ,later1 an ardent supporter of ,william ,q4 ,judge1 he is now one of the most active workers at ,point ,loma under the direction of ,katherine ,tingley4 ,professor ,gates has applied himself largely to the historical and ethnological side of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's teachings1 and1 by a careful study of her ,secret ,doctrine and other works1 he has been able to bring to the problem of ancient ,american culture a fund of information and many valuable clues not familiar to the average student of archaeology4 ,professor ,f4 ,w4 ,putnam of the ,peabody ,museum1 ,harvard1 in his prefatory note to the ,commentary1 says3 ,the ,museum is fortunate in adding to its collaborators ,mr4 ,william ,e4 ,gates1 of ,point ,loma1 ,california1 who for more than ten years has been an earnest student of ,american hieroglyphs4 ,from his life-long studies in linguistics in connexion with his research in the motifs of civilizations and cultures he comes well-equipped to take up the difficult and all-absorbing study of ,american hieroglyphic writing4 ,mr4 ,gates has materially advanced this study by his reproduction of the glyphs in type4 ,these type-forms he has used first in his reproduction of the ,codex ,perez1 and now in this ,commentary they are used for the first time in printing4 ,this important aid to the study will be highly appreciated by all students of ,american hieroglyphs1 as it will greatly facilitate the presentation of the results of future research4 ,the ,harvard ,papers are taken by the principal ,universities and learned societies throughout the world4 ,the ,commentary on the ,perez ,codex and the reproduction of it have been printed by the ,aryan ,press at ,point ,loma and are fine examples of the highest class of printing4 ,illustration3 ,a ,,page ,,of ,,the ,,maya-,,tzental ,,perez ,,codex ,,from ,,central ,,america ,illustration3 ,,perez ,,codex3 ,,page #ag ,the ,perez ,codex itself1 of which ,professor ,gates' ,commentary treats1 and of which he has just issued a new1 definitive edition1 redrawn1 colored as in the original and slightly restored1 is a ,central ,american manuscript on specially coated maguey paper1 of unknown antiquity4 ,it was discovered about fifty years ago in a forgotten chimney corner of the ,bibliothque ,impriale1 ,paris1 black with dust and without record of its antecedents4 ,it is but a fragment1 but fortunately the twenty-two remaining pages contain several chapters complete4 ,the artistic quality of the work is of a high order2 the coloring is most harmonious and the drawing of the hieroglyphs firm and refined4 ,the human figures in the accompanying illustrations are conventionalized in certain grotesque though evidently intentional ways1 but they have character and a real dignity1 and admirably fit the spaces alloted to them4 ,as an example of decorative art the manuscript must take high rank4 ,it irresistibly reminds one of the best ,egyptian ,papyri4 ,professor ,gates says3 ,and when1 444 one advances to an appreciation of the work in its bearings as a whole1 one has to acknowledge himself facing the production of craftsmen who had the inheritance of not only generations1 but ages of training4 ,such a combination of complete mastery in composition1 perfect control of definite and fixed forms1 and hand technique1 can grow up from barbarism in no few hundred years4444 ,had we nothing but the ,perez ,codex and ,stela ,p at ,copan1 the merits of their execution alone1 weighed simply in comparison with observed history elsewhere1 would prove that we have to do not with the traces of an ephemeral1 but with the remains of a wide-spread1 settled race and civilization1 worthy to be ranked with or beyond even such as the ,roman1 in its endurance1 development and influence in the world1 and the beginnings of whose culture are still totally unknown4 ,as to the ,codex before us1 we can only imagine what the beauty1 especially of the pages we now come to discuss1 must have been when the whole was fresh and perfect4 ,but1 alas1 no one can yet read the meaning of this and the two other ,maya ,codices that have escaped the destructive hands of the over-zealous ,spanish missionaries who saw nothing in such things but hindrances to the spreading of the ,true ,faith1 yet at the time of the ,conquest they could be read easily by the cultured natives1 and the language is still spoken6 ,though it seems almost incredible1 there is no living person known who can decipher any of the hieroglyphs on the manuscripts or the hundreds of stone monuments except a few calendar signs and other signs of little consequence4 ,we are indebted to ,don ,diego ,landa1 second bishop of ,yucatan1 for the destruction of all the manuscripts he could find1 but it is to him also that we owe some gratitude for preserving the meaning of the hieroglyphs of the days and the months and a few other signs1 which he inserted in his book4 ,the little he has given us is not enough to help much2 we may have to await the discovery of some ,rosetta ,stone like that which opened the lost secret of the ,egyptian sacred writings to ,champollion4 ,in ,professor ,gates' words3 ,up to date our knowledge of the meanings of the glyphs is still to all intents and purposes limited to the direct tradition we have through ,landa1 and the deductions immediately involved in these4 ,we know the day and month signs1 the numbers1 including #j and #bj1 four units of the archaic calendar count 7the day1 tun1 katun and cycle71 the cardinal point signs1 the negative particle4 ,we have not fully solved the uinal or month sign1 which seems to be chuen on the monuments and a cauac1 or chuen1 in the manuscripts4 ,we are able to identify what must be regarded as metaphysical or esoteric applications of certain glyphs in certain places1 such as the face numerals4 ,but every one of these points is either deducible directly by necessary mathematical calculation1 or else from the names of certain signs given by ,landa in his day and month list1 and then found in other combinations1 such as yax1 kin1 etc4 ,that we have as many of the points as we have1 and still cannot form from them the key--that we cannot read the glyphs--is a constant wonder2 but a fact nevertheless4 ,a large portion of the ,commentary is devoted to a highly technical1 detailed and closely-reasoned examination and analysis of the glyphs and illustrations in the ,codex1 of interest chiefly to specialists1 but a considerable space is given to some general conclusions on language which are highly significant to students of ,theosophy4 ,there is one point from which this question of ,american origins1 at least of ,american place in human society and civilization1 can be studied in its broader lines1 even with what materials we have4 ,it is that of language in general4 ,from one point of view language is man himself1 and it certainly is civilization4 ,without it man is not man1 a ,self-expressing and social being4444 ,it is the constant effort of the conscious self to formulate thought4 ,it is the use of the energy of creation1 of objectivation1 a veritable many-colored rainbow bridge between the inner or higher man and the outer or lower worlds4 ,and it is not only the expression of ,man as man1 but in its varied forms it is the inevitable and living expression of each man or body of men at any and every point of time4 ,itself boundless as an ocean1 it is in its infinite forms and streams and colors and sounds1 the faithful and exact exponent both of the sources and channels by which it has come1 and of the banks in which it is held1 racial1 national or individual4444 ,every word or form comes to us with the thought-impress of every man or nation that has used or molded it before us4 ,we must take it as it comes1 but we give it something of ourselves as we pass it on4 ,if our intellectual and spiritual thought is aflame1 whether as nation or individual1 we may purify it1 energize it1 give it power to form and arrange the atoms around it--and we have a new literature1 a new and beneficent1 creative social vehicle of intercourse1 mutual understanding1 and human unification4444 ,it is evident that the criterion of the perfectness of any language is not to be found in a comparison of its forms or methods with those of any other1 but in its fitness as a vehicle for the expression of deeper life1 of the best and greatest that is in those who use it1 and above all in its ability to react and stimulate newer and yet greater mental and spiritual activity and expression4 ,the force behind man1 demanding expression through him1 and him only1 into the human life of all1 is infinite--of necessity infinite4 ,there is no limit1 nor ever has been any limit1 to what man may bring down into the dignifying1 broadening and enriching of human life and evolution1 save in his own ability to comprehend1 express1 and live it4 ,and the brightness and cleanness of the tools whereby he formulates his thought1 as well as the worthiness and fitness of the substance and the forms into which he shapes it for others to see1 are the essentials of his craft4444 ,there is one great broad line that divides the nations and civilizations of the earth1 past and present1 in all their arts of expression4 ,we may call it that of the ideographic as against the literal4 ,it controls the inner form of language and of languages2 it manifests in the passage of thought from man to man2 it determines whether the writing of the people shall be hieroglyphic or alphabetic2 it gives both life and form to the ideals of their art4 ,it is a distinction that was clearly recognized by ,wilhelm von ,humboldt1 when he laid down that the incorporative characteristic essential to all the ,american languages is the result of the exaltation of the imaginative over the ratiocinative elements of mind4 ,ideographic writing directs the mind of the reader by means of a picture or a symbol directly to the idea existing in the mind of the one who uses it2 while alphabetic or literal writing is simply the written expression of the sound1 and only indirectly expresses the idea4 ,passing on from the culture of ancient ,america with its ideographs1 the writer draws attention to the great transition of thought1 as indicated by language1 that took place in ,central ,asia probably1 the supposed seat of the ,aryan beginnings after the destruction of ,atlantis and the general break-up of the former civilizations4 ,he says3 ,i believe 444 that coincident with a new and universal world-epoch1 as wide in its cultural scope as the difference between the ideographic and literal1 there was finally formed a totally new vehicle for the use of human thought1 the inflectional1 literal1 alphabetic4 ,that this vehicle was perfected into some great speech1 the direct ancestor of ,sanskrit1 into the forms of which were concentrated all the old power of the ancient hieroglyphs and their underlying concepts4 ,for ,sanskrit1 while the oldest is also the mightiest of ,aryan grammars2 and no one who has studied its forms1 or heard its speech from educated native mouths1 can call it anything but concentrated spiritual power4 ,that the force which went on the one hand into the ,sanskrit forms1 was on the other perpetuated on into the special genius of ,chinese1 in which1 as we know it1 we have a retarded survival1 not of course of outer form so much as of method and essence4 ,and in ,tibetan1 in spite of all that is said to the contrary1 ,i suspect that we have a derivative1 not from either ,chinese or ,sanskrit as we know them1 but by a medial line from a common point4 ,many students feel convinced that once we solve the problem of the ,maya-,tzental manuscripts and carved inscriptions1 which undoubtedly relate to enormous periods of time1 we shall have conclusive evidences of the civilization and destruction of ,atlantis4 ,several illuminating quotations from ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky's ,secret ,doctrine are given by ,professor ,gates1 and in his last paragraph he sums up the results of his long application to the study of ancient ,american and other languages1 in which he has been so notably helped by the teachings of ,theosophy1 in these words3 ,and ,i am convinced that the widest door there is to be opened to this past of the human race1 is that of the ,maya glyphs4 ,the narrow limitations of our mental horizon as to the greatness and dignity of man1 of his past1 and of human evolution1 were set back widely by ,egypt and what she has had to show1 and again by the ,sanskrit2 but the walls are still there1 and advances1 however rapid1 are but gradual4 ,with the reading of ,america ,i believe the walls themselves will fall1 and a new conception of past history will come4 ,a ,,new ,,magazine ,translation of an article that appeared in the ,gothenburg paper ,gteborgs ,handels- och ,sjfarts ,tidning for ,august #bc1 #aiaa1 written by the literary and dramatic critic of the paper1 ,j4 ,atterbom4 ,,the first number of a new international magazine which seems worthy of recognition is now out in a ,swedish edition4 ,the publication is called ,den ,teosofiska ,vgen 7,the ,theosophical ,path7 and the ultimate direction is in the hands of ,katherine ,tingley1 the ,leader of the international ,theosophical ,movement4 ,the editor of the ,swedish edition is ,dr4 ,gustaf ,zander1 ,stockholm4 ,this monthly magazine is intended to continue1 on a broader scale1 the work of the former magazine ,theosophia1 which has been published for a good many years4 ,the interest in ,theosophy has grown steadily of late1 not only in our country but in all civilized countries4 ,and the more attention the ,theosophical ,movement has attracted through its propaganda and educational activities1 the more the need has been felt of a publication which1 instead of devoting most of its space to theoretical ,theosophy and the deeper teachings of its philosophy suited to advanced students1 would serve primarily to enlighten and inform all genuine seekers of ,truth upon the essential character of this ,theosophical ,movement throughout the world1 and indicate the path along which its workers are trying to make ,theosophy a living power in the world's life1 as well as in the daily life of each of them4 ,the new international magazine1 which is published in ,america at the ,center of the ,movement1 ,point ,loma1 ,california1 and in ,england1 ,germany1 ,holland1 and ,sweden in the respective languages1 will thus be a valuable source of information for all who wish to know what ,theosophy1 as understood in the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society and as an ideal power for good1 is really doing in a practical way4 ,the magazine seems to have an important mission to fulfil towards the public in dispelling divers prejudices which the ,movement has encountered in its progress2 prejudices of which its adversaries have readily sought to avail themselves4 ,and all who would like to see better established those principles of compassion and helpfulness that lead to practical results have in this magazine an excellent means of reaching and helping new fellow-travelers on the path of ,theosophy4 ,the international character of the magazine ensures contributions from prominent foreign writers on problems and questions of general human and international interest4 ,and the intimate connexion with ,point ,loma1 it is stated1 will allow it to present some views of the life of the ,students there1 and to show some of the causes that have made the ,rja ,yoga ,college at ,point ,loma an educational institution of world-wide significance4 ,not long ago ,mrs4 ,tingley secured an estate on ,visings1 as all know1 in order to establish a school there on the same lines4 ,as a reminder of this the ,swedish publication opens with a picture of the ruins of ,visingsborg ,castle4 ,under the heading ,the ,path are given some quotations from ,william ,q4 ,judge1 who was a ,student and co-worker of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 the ,founder of the ,theosophical ,movement4 ,later he became her successor4 ,he passed away in #ahif and was followed by ,mrs4 ,tingley4 ,general information regarding the early days and growth of the ,theosophical ,movement can be found at the end of the magazine1 where a rsum is given4 ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky and the ,theosophical ,society is the subject of a special article4 ,then follow under the heading ,on ,firm ,basis ,stands the ,doctrine of ,karma some profound thoughts of ,viktor ,rydberg4 ,he says in part3 ,our acts and their effects constitute a series as everlasting as all other series of causes in nature4 ,if you think that death on earth is able to break it1 do not for confirmation plead the judgment of natural science4 ,science has its own ground and method1 and knows that it has to explain the quantitative series of causes2 beyond these it is unable to go4 ,if you have not conviction with respect to the unseen1 beware of the contrary shallow idea1 that everything which cannot be seen does not really exist4444 ,the doctrine of ,karma has sprung from the depths of righteousness1 which are indeed those of truth4 ,no one escapes the effects of his acts4 ,an article by the editor1 ,dr4 ,zander1 is on ,the ,power of ,imagination ,inherent in ,man4 ,professor ,osvald ,sirn gives a profusely illustrated description of ,point ,loma2 and ,mr4 ,per ,fernholm1 ,m4 ,e41 who is living at that place1 gives some thoughts on ,sweden in the ,stone ,age1 elucidating some points in our ancient history in the light of ,theosophical chronology1 which seems to differ somewhat from that still adopted by archaeologists and geologists4 ,the ,american publication presents perhaps a still fuller outline of the field proposed to be covered by the magazine1 as also of the resources that the ,theosophical ,movement possesses for the realization of its objects4 ,a prominent place is evidently given to ,art--music1 painting1 and sculpture1 literature and drama--as a means to reach a wider circle2 serving as a mediator between the supersensible and the sensible1 the immaterial spiritual life and the material physical life4 ,the object of the magazine is placed in a special light by a quotation from ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 chosen as motto in the ,american edition4 ,it reads3 ,the ,secret ,doctrine is the common property of the countless millions of men born under various climates1 in times with which ,history refuses to deal1 and to which esoteric teachings assign dates incompatible with the theories of ,geology and ,anthropology4 ,the birth and evolution of the ,sacred ,science of the ,past are lost in the very night of ,time4444 ,it is only by bringing before the reader an abundance of proofs all tending to show that in every age1 under every condition of civilization and knowledge1 the educated classes of every nation made themselves the more or less faithful echoes of one identical system and its fundamental traditions--that he can be made to see that so many streams of the same water must have had a common source from which they started4 ,what was this source8444 ,there must be truth and fact in that which every people of antiquity accepted and made the foundation of its religions and its faith4 ,a full list of general ,theosophical literature is found in the magazine4 ,,the ,,strange ,,little ,,girl3 a ,story for the ,children1 by ,v4,m4 ,illustrations by ,n4 ,roth4 #abmo1 about #gj pages1 cloth #ge cents4 ,this little book1 printed by the ,aryan ,theosophical ,press1 ,point ,loma1 ,california1 will be ready in time to form a wholly charming ,christmas or ,new ,year's gift4 ,it is in large clear type on good paper1 and the fourteen illustrations are quite unique4 ,eline1 a princess who lived in a marvelous realm of joy and peace1 divines from what some travelers left unsaid that there is another and a different world4 ,she interrogates the king1 who finally says the children are free to come and go4 ,a harper arrives whose music speaks of far off sorrow4 ,they pass away together2 she drinks the cup of forgetfulness1 and reaches the other world where many things happen of interest so supreme that we fancy older folk will be eagerly reading this book when the children are asleep1 for it will interest both young and old4 ,the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society ,founded at ,new ,york ,city in #ahge by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 ,william ,q4 ,judge and others ,reorganized in #ahih by ,katherine ,tingley ,central ,office1 ,point ,loma1 ,california ,the ,headquarters of the ,society at ,point ,loma with the buildings and grounds1 are no ,community ,settlement or ,colony4 ,they form no experiment in ,socialism1 ,communism1 or anything of similar nature1 but are the ,central ,executive ,office of an international organization where the business of the same is carried on1 and where the teachings of ,theosophy are being demonstrated4 ,midway 'twixt ,east and ,west1 where the rising ,sun of ,progress and ,enlightenment shall one day stand at full meridian1 the ,headquarters of the ,society unite the philosophic ,orient with the practical ,west4 ,,membership in the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society may be either at large or in a local ,branch4 ,adhesion to the principle of ,universal ,brotherhood is the only pre-requisite to membership4 ,the ,organization represents no particular creed2 it is entirely unsectarian1 and includes professors of all faiths1 only exacting from each member that large toleration of the beliefs of others which he desires them to exhibit towards his own4 ,applications for membership in a ,branch should be addressed to the local ,director2 for membership at large to ,g4 de ,purucker1 ,membership ,secretary1 ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters1 ,point ,loma1 ,california4 ,,objects ,this ,brotherhood is a part of a great and universal movement which has been active in all ages4 ,this ,organization declares that ,brotherhood is a fact in ,nature4 ,its principal purpose is to teach ,brotherhood1 demonstrate that it is a fact in ,nature1 and make it a living power in the life of humanity4 ,its subsidiary purpose is to study ancient and modern religions1 science1 philosophy1 and art2 to investigate the laws of ,nature and the divine powers in man4 ,it is a regrettable fact that many people use the name of ,theosophy and of our ,organization for self-interest1 as also that of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 the ,foundress1 and even the ,society's motto1 to attract attention to themselves and to gain public support4 ,this they do in private and public speech and in publications4 ,without being in any way connected with the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 in many cases they permit it to be inferred that they are1 thus misleading the public1 and honest inquirers are hence led away from the original truths of ,theosophy4 ,the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society welcomes to membership all who truly love their fellow men and desire the eradication of the evils caused by the barriers of race1 creed1 caste1 or color1 which have so long impeded human progress2 to all sincere lovers of truth and to all who aspire to higher and better things than the mere pleasures and interests of a worldly life and are prepared to do all in their power to make ,brotherhood a living energy in the life of humanity1 its various departments offer unlimited opportunities4 ,the whole work of the ,organization is under the direction of the ,leader and ,official ,head1 ,katherine ,tingley1 as outlined in the ,constitution4 ,inquirers desiring further information about ,theosophy or the ,theosophical ,society are invited to write to ,,the ,,secretary ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters ,point ,loma1 ,california ,illustration3 ,,the ,,path ,the ,theosophical ,path ,an ,international ,magazine ,unsectarian and nonpolitical ,monthly ,illustrated ,illustration ,devoted to the ,brotherhood of ,humanity1 the promulgation of ,theosophy1 the study of ancient modern ,ethics1 ,philosophy1 ,science and ,art1 and to the uplifting and purification of ,home and ,national ,life ,edited by ,katherine ,tingley ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters1 ,point ,loma1 ,california1 ,u4,s4,a4 ,a knowledge concerning spiritual and ,divine things is surely attainable with much greater precision than commonplace modern philosophy dreams of3 it has been attained by great ,theosophists in all ages2 it is recorded in a hundred enigmatic volumes1 the comprehension of which exacts the care and effort which in due time it will so well reward1 and the pursuit of this knowledge is one of the great aims of the ,theosophical ,society4444 ,and another great aim of the ,theosophical ,society has been to show how the pursuit even of the highest philosophical knowledge must itself1 to be successful1 be wedded with the wish to do good to the whole family of mankind4 ,as a mere intellectual luxury1 sought for in a selfish spirit1 spiritual knowledge itself must necessarily be futile and unprogressive4 ,this is a great mystic truth1 and out of the full knowledge thereof on the part of those from whom the ,theosophical ,society received its creative impulse1 has arisen ,,that ,,primary ,,watch-,,word ,,of ,,our ,,association ,,universal ,,brotherhood4--,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky 7,the ,theosophist4 ,vol4 ,i1 ,no4 #b1 ,leading ,article47 ,,the ,,theosophical ,,path ,,monthly ,,illustrated ,,edited ,,by ,,katherine ,,tingley ,,new ,,century ,,corporation1 ,,point ,,loma1 ,,california1 ,u4 ,s4 ,a4 ,entered as second-class matter ,july #be1 #aiaa1 at the ,post ,office at ,point ,loma1 ,california under the ,act of ,march #c1 #ahgi ,copyright1 #aiaa1 by ,katherine ,tingley ,,communications ,communications for the ,editor should be addressed to ,,katherine ,,tingley1 ,editor1 ,,the ,,theosophical ,,path1 ,point ,loma1 ,california4 ,to the ,,business ,,management1 including subscriptions1 address the ,new ,century ,corporation1 ,point ,loma1 ,california4 ,,manuscripts ,the ,editor cannot undertake to return manuscripts2 none will be considered unless accompanied by the author's name and marked with the number of words4 ,the ,editor is 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journey of the year1 where we may see the legend writ large on the signboards3 ,change here for a better way of life2 change here for happiness4 ,we read1 and come out on the platform2 make festivity a little in the waiting 7and refreshment7 rooms1 and then bundle back into the old train1 having never changed at all4 ,the ,christmas-,new ,year time1 and the ,easter-time of the flowers1 are two such important junctions2 and it is worth while to note that these feasts were kept long before the advent of ,christianity4 ,for ,christmas is in the very nature of things1 and not merely historically1 the birthday of the ,christ4 ,it is the end of the winter solstice1 when the sun is1 as it were1 born anew after his months of decline1 and begins to flow towards the high tide mark of his power4 ,that there is a certain reality in the significance of the season1 is proven by the bright good will that greets us when we rise on a ,christmas morning1 and that it is so hard to escape4 ,marley's ghost and the three spirits will be apt to haunt the veriest ,scrooge among us1 forcing issues1 compelling us to see that benevolence and kindliness are part of the essential business of life4 ,though we starve our souls on a thin diet of self-interest during the rest of the year1 now our fare shall be less meager1 and the whole world demands of us that we share in the common joy4 ,there lies the heart and crux of it all--share4 ,it is a great thing that there should be the habit of present-giving2 it is so easy1 when one is considering the giving of a gift1 to escape from self1 and take thought in some degree for the one to whom the gift is destined4 ,just a little such thought is cleansing2 for even the least trickle of it1 ,augean selfhood is the sweeter and more habitable4 ,and here it is flowing at ,christmas time1 a full current of which all the world may partake4 ,the force of age-long custom has dedicated the day1 and the habit has been formed of making an effort at brotherly feeling4 ,we think of the children1 of absentees1 of many we give no thought to at other times4 ,no doubt but for this1 many a soul still flickers on1 that would else have dwindled long since into pin-point insignificance1 or waned altogether out of minds anchored at all other times to dreary and sordid self-interest4 ,no doubt our civilization would be nearer to the rocks even than it is1 or quite battered and broken on them1 were it not that we do put some strain on the rudders1 and turn1 if falteringly and without clear design1 to the free open waters on this one day of the year4 ,it is the proof of brotherhood1 and that we are all filled with a common life1 this generality of ,christmas good will4 ,we share in thought and feeling1 as much as we do in the very air we breathe2 mental infection is as real1 and perilous1 as the physical infection of disease4 ,one man's thinking1 though unuttered1 shall pass through a thousand minds1 sowing wheat or tares1 good or evil1 light or darkness1 health or disease1 in every one of them4 ,what a new light this sheds on the question of reform6 ,new laws are only efficient as old modes of thought are sweetened and uplifted4 ,will you move heaven and earth over the mote that is in your brother's eye1 forgetting the beam that is in your own8 ,then do you stand accused1 not merely of hypocrisy1 but of being a worthless1 profitless laborer1 a twister of sand-ropes1 a plower of the barren shore4 ,but what might not ,christmas be for us1 were we to treat it really reasonably6 ,happiness lies not in the region of sanctimonious ecstatics2 but then1 it is also incompatible with an overloaded stomach4 ,we begin well enough with the wishes for a ,merry ,christmas2 excellently well with the geniality and present-giving4 ,what a promise there is for all sorts and conditions of men1 or nearly all1 on a ,christmas morning3 what a general sun of ,austerlitz is it that rises6 ,but how of its setting8 ,what heavy physical clouds there are apt to be2 what a sinking low1 a simple vanishing1 of ideals--what mere brute1 material indigestion6 ,heigho6 here's a come-down--from ,,peace ,,on ,,earth1 ,,good ,,will ,,to ,,men1 to these well-known1 brain-deadening results6 ,it all comes of our erratic1 freakish extremism4 ,we pride ourselves on the practical trend of our lives3 ,gad1 there's no nonsense here2 it is a businesslike and commonsense generation1 with the whole trade of the world on its hands2 and what would you have1 sir8 ,why1 some evidence of that same so-much-bragged-of commonsense1 if there be any4 ,our notion of carrying on the work of the world is1 on the whole and for the most part1 a fever2 a wearing out of manhood1 a furious1 unseemly jostling round the trough wherein providence1 like a swineherd1 pours the wash of money1 position1 fame1 power1 etc42 and while we are so fighting and swilling1 the work of the world is left undone2 it may take care of itself1 it may go hang1 we will have none of it4 ,does anyone doubt that8 ,let him look around and see the abuses that remain and fester1 heaven knows1 till the world is rank with the corruption of them4 ,let him think of the reformatories that don't reform2 of the horror that walketh by night in the cities4 ,when he has taken note of all the work left undone within the limits of his own nation1 let him consider1 but with more charity--for the conditions will be less easy for him to understand--the work that other nations are leaving undone2 the work that humanity as a whole whistles past unheeding4 ,and meanwhile we sweat and drudge and strain1 strain and drudge and sweat after the things we desire1 money and so forth2 we give health for it1 culture for it1 leisure for it1 honor for it1 virtue for it1 manhood for it2 and call that business2 call that doing the work of the world4 ,oh how this aching earth must be desiring a humanity that can put in some claim to be human6 ,we cannot go on so always2 we must of course have safety-valves somewhere2 and so we arrange these holidays and festivals1 when we shall react and revolt against the things of common day1 and be wildly different1 for those few annual hours at least4 ,now we will have pleasure1 rest1 recreation4 ,so-- ,oh1 we know the sweet fair picture6 ,we know how it is done1 only too often1 this recreation business4 ,come now1 who is it that is recreated8 ,which element1 which party1 which guild or stratum of society in that curious pathocratical republic1 that kingless1 impolitic1 mob-swayed kingdom called the human personality1 rises like a giant refreshed from the somnolent1 torpid nebulosity wherewith the liver1 poor drudge on strike1 has its revenge on its tyrant8 ,how much of ,christmas good will1 ,christmas merriment and cheer1 will be carried forward8 ,what new light will shine on our workaday activities8 ,you pass through a treasure-house1 from which you may take what you will1 and the more you take1 the better4 ,but you take no thought for the morrow--with a vengeance6 you pay no heed to the rich and beautiful things2 you allow yourself to be beguiled1 from entrance to exit of it1 by that most wily esurient companion ,appetite1 that should be slave and porter but has tricked himself into the position of master and guide4 ,we do go in there1 indeed2 we do see the treasures2 it is proven for us that they exist1 and undoubtedly we are the better for that4 ,but we might go forth enriched for the whole year2 and--we don't4 ,christmas1 that might be perennial1 hardly lasts for a whole day4 ,why should not such a birthday be kept in a fitting manner8 ,is there nothing within ourselves that corresponds to the ,hero of the day--no sunbright redeeming principle8 ,indeed there is2 and it is the service of that that pays 7to put it vulgarly72 for that is the soul1 whose mere garments are brain and body and appetites2 indeed1 whose mere hopples and handcuffs they are4 ,no joy is acceptable1 or without its sickening foul aftertaste1 unless countersigned by ,it2 that feast is poisonous of which ,it does not partake4 ,to carry through the day the jolly atmosphere of good will and good service1 of stepping outside selfhood2 to keep one's insolent servant1 appetite1 cowed and right down in its place1 finding pleasure in the things that belong to ourselves1 not to it--that would be to celebrate ,christmas rationally4 ,when we do so1 we do not find that the ,christmas spirit wanes with the waning of the holidays4 ,i wish the whole world could have just a glimpse of the ,lomaland ,christmas1 which is such a rational one1 permeated with sunlight both within and without4 ,then it would be more generally understood1 how that the day may be1 and ought to be1 the feast-day of ,human ,brotherhood1 the annual reconsecration of the celebrants to all things bright and beautiful1 and cheerful and excellent1 and happy and thoroughly practical and of good report4 ,by heaven1 the influence of these ,theosophical ,christmases will make its mark on the world yet6 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,rothenburg3 ,a ,,view ,,of ,,the ,,medieval ,,town ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,another ,,view ,,of ,,rothenburg3 ,a ,,romantic ,,corner ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,view ,,of ,,rothenburg ,,showing ,,some ,,of ,,the ,,old ,,town ,,houses ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,rothenburg3 ,,the ,,strafthurm ,,peace ,,on ,,earth3 ,,good ,,will ,,toward ,,men3 by ,r4 ,machell ,peace to all beings6 is an ,eastern benediction4 ,peace on earth3 good will toward men6 is the ,christian expression of the same heart-felt emotion4 ,but what is peace8 ,is it merely the suspension of war1 or the prevention of war1 or its postponement8 ,is a long period of peace merely in itself productive of good will toward men8 ,does prosperity necessarily produce generosity1 love1 nobility1 dignity1 purity1 or happiness8 ,can we possibly answer in the affirmative with the statistics of want and crime1 corruption and suicide before our eyes constantly8 ,is peace the absence of war8 ,if so we must stretch the meaning of the word war very considerably1 stretch it indeed until it includes all unbrotherly acts2 but then it will include a great part of our commercial system as well as of our social life4 ,what then8 ,is peace a mockery8 ,if so why is it so generally recognized as a desirable state1 a blessed state1 a state of beauty and joy8 ,the cessation of international wars1 so greatly to be desired1 is peace of one kind only4 ,the peace of ,god that passeth all understanding1 is another4 ,it has been found that the greatest stability can be attained by maintaining rapid motion in a heavy body1 as in the gyrostat1 the power of which has made the monorail train and other strange things a possibility4 ,thus stability in mechanics is found to be increased by rapid motion2 rest is produced by action4 ,even in the arts of peace1 and indeed more particularly in these1 prosperity depends upon intense activity2 when the works are at rest there is not usually an extra amount of peace and good will in evidence4 ,prosperity is not the result of idleness1 and peace is not attained by the prevention of war2 an idle man may grow fat1 and a nation that does not fight may grow rich2 but the fat man is not the healthy man1 not the ideal human being1 and the rich nation is not the happy nation2 neither the fat man nor the rich nation are types of true progress in the eyes of any but the grossest of materialists4 ,i venture to think that peace is not at all a question of war or its prevention1 but entirely a matter of self-discipline3 self-discipline in the individual1 in the family1 the community1 the nation1 and the entire human race4 ,it is the result of ceaseless activity4 ,if this activity of self-discipline 7not self-torture or abuse of the body7 ceases there is an end of the state of peace as surely as the top or gyrostat falls when its rotation ceases4 ,the essence of this rotation is the recognition of the center or axis of rotation by all the particles of the revolving body1 from which an important analogy may be drawn4 ,self-discipline begins at home1 as surely as the circle can only be described around a center4 ,a circle without a center is unthinkable1 and so is self-control without a self2 but as the center of any visible object is itself an abstract point 7having no magnitude7 but subsisting on the plane of the immaterial1 so the self is not material1 but in its spiritual reality bears a similar mysterious relation to the material body that the abstraction called the center bears to a mass4 ,a homeless man may be self-disciplined1 but a nation is not composed of homeless men2 national life depends upon the family and the family depends upon the home4 ,the home is the spiritual center of the nation4 ,it is everywhere and depends upon the ceaseless activity of its parts4 ,this is the great binding-force that holds a nation in balance1 and when this home-life weakens1 the whole nation1 like a top whose rotation slows down1 begins to wobble2 then1 like the top1 it is likely to fall over and rush off violently in any direction1 and it becomes a dead body4 ,so if we would have peace in ourselves we must keep up a ceaseless fight against the inertia of the lower nature and replace the false peace of inertia by the stability1 which1 as in the gyrostat1 results from rapid motion round its own center--that is to say1 constant attention to duty4 ,if we would have peace in the nation we must have it in our homes1 and the home must have its invisible center of attraction1 and the constant attention to duty of its parts or members4 ,if this is established there will be no great need to think about the sorrows of international wars or the means of preventing them4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,universal ,,brotherhood has no creeds or dogmas2 it is built on the basis of common sense4 ,it teaches that man is divine1 that the soul of man is imperishable1 and that ,brotherhood is a fact in ,nature1 and consequently takes in all humanity4 ,men must rid themselves of fear1 and reach a point where they realize that they are souls1 and where they will strive to live as souls1 with a sense of their duty to their fellows4--,katherine ,tingley ,,psychism3 ,a ,study in ,hidden ,connexions3 by ,h4 ,t4 ,edge1 ,b4 ,a4 7,cantab47 ,the wave of psychism which is sweeping over us grows more pronounced as time goes on4 ,if we do not master it1 it will master us and bring our civilization to an untimely end4 ,theosophy did not bring on this tide of psychism4 ,theosophy was introduced 7in part7 for the purpose of coping with it4 ,when ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky entered upon her work she foresaw what was approaching4 ,an era of materialism was about to be succeeded by a reaction towards psychism4 ,the first beginnings were already manifest in the rise of phenomenalism4 ,one of the objects of founding the ,theosophical ,society was to prevent the disasters that would arise if this wave of psychism should come in the midst of an atmosphere of selfishness and ignorance4 ,some people still wrongly suppose that ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky initiated the interest in psychism2 but what she really did was to prepare the way for a successful fight against the abuse of psychism2 to prepare the way by introducing to the world a knowledge of ,,occultism--a very different thing4 ,she did work among the ,spiritists because that movement was there ready to hand2 among them she found many awaiting the teachings of ,theosophy4 ,she sought to turn the prevalent craze for phenomena into channels of true knowledge4 ,her writings all show how strongly she emphasized the dangers of dabbling in phenomenalism and the distinction between ,occultism and the occult arts1 between ,spiritual powers and psychic powers4 ,some may think the warnings of ,theosophists against psychism are exaggerated1 but the record of facts tells a different story4 ,every day brings new justification of these warnings4 ,in a newspaper published by the ,american-,examiner ,company there lately appeared an article entitled ,the ,soul-,destroying ,poison of the ,east4 ,let it be said at the outset that the phrase thus unqualified would constitute a libel upon the ,east1 and that it is not the ,east in general1 but merely a particular phase of orientalism1 that is intended4 ,the title goes on3 ,the ,tragic ,flood of ,broken ,homes and ,hearts1 ,disgrace and ,suicide1 that follows the broadening stream of ,morbidly ,alluring ,oriental ',philosophies' into ,our ,country4 ,the article begins as follows3 ,it is startling to realize that in many a commonplace flat 444 occult rites are being celebrated as shocking as the ancient worship of ,moloch and ,baal4 ,a long series of recent occurrences has proved that ,oriental occultism in various forms has many followers in the ,united ,states4444 ,hindu occultism is leprous4 ,this kind certainly is2 but should it not be the ambition of ,hinds to clear their name from such an aspersion8 ,the article then recounts several cases of the breaking up of homes1 suicides1 and other calamities1 of a kind with which we are daily becoming more familiar through the columns of the newspapers2 and it traces all these to the subtle influence of the said poison4 ,it goes on to speak of ,tantrikism1 a cult which is said to have #ajj1jjj followers in the ,united ,states and to have been introduced by the ,swamis1 many of whom came over ostensibly to attend the ,congress of ,religions in #ahic4 ,we know of a certain class of ,swmis1 sanctimonious and plausible individuals1 who reap a harvest from a credulous and admiring public4 ,according to my interpretation of the following quotations1 the basis of this cult is a deification of passion and sensuality4 ,indeed that seems to be the whole tenor of it4 ,it exalts weakness and vice into an appearance of virtue and makes a religion of depravity4 ,the fundamental principle is thus expressed3 ,our emotional longings are not to be crushed1 but we must lend brain1 heart and muscle to secure their eternal gratification4 ,to quote again3 ,some of the ,american ,tantriks would persuade ,american parents that it is an honor to have their daughters chosen as nautch-girls1 and it is sad to say that they sometimes succeed4 ,oh1 parents6 ,fond and foolish1 but how ignorant6 ,all this fully justifies ,theosophists in asserting that there is a cancer lurking at the roots of our racial vitality4 ,how futile and frivolous1 in face of this terrible fact1 seem our puny efforts at reform by legislation and philanthropy1 a mere tinkering at the symptoms4 ,the sexual passion has obtained a fearful hold on us1 as is manifested in numerous ways1 in secret and open depravity1 in the form of new religions and philosophies4 ,here we have a cult which exalts it into a worship and which is well calculated to ensnare the morbidly excited imaginations1 debilitated nervous systems1 and untrained minds of our ill-guided youth of either sex4 ,no doubt the above account will come as a revelation to many1 and it may serve to enlighten them on some matters which before were dark1 particularly as to the underground connexions between certain things which on the surface seem unconnected4 ,one of these is the connexion between psychism and crank religions on the one hand and sexual depravity on the other4 ,from the beginning ,theosophists have insisted on this fact and issued warnings against the danger4 ,it is a commonplace of the history of religions and cults that1 when the devotees fail in following the path of light and duty1 they lapse into sensual perversions4 ,as far as we can trace back1 we find instances of pure worship and sacred symbolism being perverted into gross license and corrupt teachings4 ,in our times we have witnessed many eruptions of vice associated with crank religions4 ,the connexion is not accidental2 it simply means that when anyone dares to try and make the higher nature serve the lower he ends in a complete breakdown4 ,how well is illustrated the truth that psychic practices merely stimulate the animal centers1 send up a foul current to the brain1 and produce an emotional and erotic intoxication1 which is often mistaken by the ignorant dabbler for divine inspiration6 ,and here we call attention to the circumstance that innumerable people today are ignorantly and heedlessly dabbling in psychism4 ,many of them are perfectly innocent of any leanings to depravity4 ,yet observe the connexion4 ,theosophists have never failed to warn them2 and for their pains have been laughed at2 yet see the confirmation of their warnings4 ,we merely take this occasion to point out to the heedless and innocent experimenters the dangers that lie ahead of them in the path they are treading4 ,there are only two paths in ,occultism--the right and the wrong2 the right path is the path of duty1 service1 and righteous living2 any other path is the wrong path4 ,in an age when nothing is immune against perversion1 it is no slur upon the ,theosophical ,society to say that even that body1 pure and lofty as its teachings and work are1 has not been free from attempts made to divert it into some wrong direction4 ,from time to time ambitious and misguided adherents have deserted its ranks that they might pursue outside the courses which they were prevented from pursuing within4 ,in this way a number of so-called ,theosophical cults have originated1 which in varying degrees carry on a propaganda that misrepresents ,theosophy and thereby wrongs the public4 ,the reason for alluding to this here is that some members of these cults are preaching the very psychism which1 as has just been shown1 is so intimately related to these grave abuses4 ,in books and on the lecture platform we may find their leaders reproducing some form of the original ,theosophical teachings and even professing lofty principles of morality2 but a closer examination of the teachings prevailing among them reveals only too often the same unsavory atmosphere of psychism4 ,if these teachers really followed the lofty teachings they profess there could be no reason why they should not be working in harmony with real ,theosophists2 but it is because they have cut themselves from the pure teachings of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky and the original ,theosophical program that ,theosophists are obliged to repudiate them4 ,it behooves all people who have a reputation to preserve to search out carefully these hidden connexions and make sure of the nature of everything they may endorse2 for a man is judged by his associations4 ,again1 all kinds of new social doctrines are being preached1 usually in the name of liberty1 honesty1 and purity2 and those who protest against them are dubbed slaves of ,mrs4 ,grundy4 ,but in view of the above newspaper revelations it would seem as though the protestors had some justification for their warnings4 ,in much of this talk about liberty we detect not liberty but license4 ,we are told1 on high authority1 apparently1 that it is better to give vent to one's youthful vitality than to let it smoulder2 but what becomes of this argument in view of the ,tntrik program mentioned above1 or other similar cults8 ,there is a class of popular writers who1 having won the public ear by novels1 brilliant criticism1 or some such way1 are now using the opportunity to vent their crude speculations and unripe imaginings1 which pass current as daring and original views4 ,the morbidity1 acidity1 or angularity of their minds--seemingly unsuspected by themselves--is revealed in a way that dismisses them from the consideration of the more thoughtful readers2 but they serve as ringleaders to a host of readers who share their temperament if not their literary gifts4 ,they analyse in their peculiar fashion the institutions of human life as though they were people sent from another planet to inspect this world4 ,ignorant of the existence or possibility of points of view other than their own1 they discuss marriage as if it were a physiological problem1 and men as if they were but draughts on a checkerboard4 ,we have had novels based on the theory that human life is a physiological question1 whose heroines are soulless over-cerebrated women of the most intolerable type2 and a continuous torrent of smart writing whose aim seems to be to turn everything upside down and take the perverse view on every possible occasion4 ,all this literary rubbish1 whatever its moving spirit may be1 must be regarded as a part of the general disintegrative force that is at work among us2 its effect is to unsettle inexperienced minds at a time when they need guidance2 and thus to pave the way for the implanting of the noxious seeds described above4 ,time and space will not suffice for a full list of the movements and cults and fads which are all heading1 consciously or unconsciously1 in this dangerous direction--fads scientific1 religious1 social1 what not4 ,sometimes one can detect the same element at the root of them--the morbid craving1 the pruriency of thought1 the subtle suggestion of the lower nature seeking new recognition for itself by assuming an attractive disguise4 ,the difficulties of a ,theosophist may be realized when we bear in mind that he has to warn people against dangers which1 though real to him1 by reason of his knowledge of human nature1 are by them unsuspected4 ,so many of the fads seem quite harmless4 ,yet the ,theosophist may be aware of the direction in which they are tending1 or of some ugly facts beneath the surface4 ,his warnings are uttered with the voice of genuine compassion4 ,he sees every one of his warnings justified as time goes on and the latent seeds of evil develop and come into view4 ,his one aim in life is to spread a knowledge of the noble and helpful teachings of ,theosophy1 for these alone can cope with such a subtle and powerful foe4 ,his pity is aroused for those who are innocently lending themselves to such a propaganda1 and for those earnest truth-seekers who are deceived by the misrepresentation4 ,so great is the menace of evils like the above1 and so rapidly are they spreading1 that every attempted reform sinks into insignificance beside the importance of dealing with this4 ,we fret about the evils of our educational system1 the increase of insanity and suicide1 child-degeneracy1 consumption and cancer1 drug-taking1 the white slave traffic1 unemployment and labor troubles1 all kinds of problems2 when down in the very marrow of our twentieth century life lurks this frightful decay4 ,under the most plausible and specious forms it insinuates itself4 ,many teachers are insinuating the same poison into us under the guise of fine high-sounding doctrines1 and sometimes even by using ,theosophical terms4 ,sometimes from beneath the surface of their public teachings some inner doctrine pops up as though the teachers were experimenting with the public tolerance2 and we hear whispers of a new morality1 strange sexual doctrines1 etc4 ,then1 if we are wise1 we suspect what lies at the root4 ,the consequences to our children and youth are a thing that should surely move our hearts4 ,parents and teachers alike are by their own confession unable to cope with the evils becoming so rampant among the young4 ,noted headmasters have given up in despair the attempt to stop unnatural vice among the boys entrusted by loving parents to their care4 ,most mothers are sublimely ignorant of what goes on in the inner life of their boys and girls1 who in secret and in ignorance are all the time sowing in their constitution the soil of debility in which the poison seeds so ruthlessly sown can sprout4 ,in fact there is no visible power competent to deal with this evil4 ,it lies beyond the reach of any criminal or judicial procedure4 ,religion is powerless before it2 science can find no cure4 ,so the conclusion remains that unless something is done1 the evil will continue to grow and spread unchecked1 involving in its decay the very powers that should check it1 until the fabric of society is altogether loosened and our civilization comes to a premature end4 ,in the past whole nations probably have been swept away by this cause4 ,our own race has reached a point in its development where the same fate threatens it4 ,unless we are to experience a general outburst of libertinism1 a welter of disease and insanity1 a universal strife1 we must find some means of restoring a knowledge of the immutable laws of life and an adherence thereto1 such as taught by ,theosophy4 ,passion can never be overcome by being indulged2 it has to be subdued by self-knowledge4 ,those unfortunately afflicted with unlawful desires should not seek to make society their victim in the hope of thus saving their miserable selves4 ,let them patiently and loyally bear their burden until unremitting effort at last brings the meed of success4 ,such infirmities must perish at last if they are not fed by the mind2 but as they took a long time in the acquiring1 they may take a long time in the undoing4 ,disease is thrown off by building surely1 if slowly1 a healthy foundation4 ,we conclude with a few quotations from ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky3 ,do not believe that lust can ever be killed out if gratified or satiated1 for this is an abomination inspired by ,mra delusion4 ,it is by feeding vice that it expands and waxes strong1 like to the worm that fattens on the blossom's heart4--,the ,voice of the ,silence ,occultism is not ,magic4 ,it is comparatively easy to learn the trick of spells and the methods of using the subtler1 but still material1 forces of physical nature2 the powers of the animal soul in man are soon awakened2 the forces which his love1 his hate1 his passion1 can call into operation1 are readily developed4 ,but this is ,black ,magic--,sorcery4444 ,the powers and forces of animal nature can be used by the selfish and revengeful1 as much as by the unselfish and the all-forgiving2 the powers and forces of ,spirit lend themselves only to the perfectly pure in heart--and this is ,,divine ,,magic4--,practical ,occultism ,there are not in the ,west half-a-dozen among the fervent hundreds who call themselves ,occultists1 who have even an approximately correct idea of the nature of the ,science they seek to master4 ,with a few exceptions1 they are all on the highway to ,sorcery4 ,let them restore some order in the chaos that reigns in their minds1 before they protest against this statement4 ,let them first learn the true relation in which the ,occult ,sciences stand to ,occultism1 and the difference between the two1 and then feel wrathful if they still think themselves right4 ,meanwhile1 let them learn that ,occultism differs from ,magic and other secret ,sciences as the glorious sun does from a rush-light1 as the immutable and immortal ,spirit of ,man--the reflection of the absolute1 causeless1 and unknowable ,,all--differs from the mortal clay1 the human body4--,occultism versus the ,occult ,arts ,a ,,magic ,,boat3 by ,d4 ,f4 ,in the ,scandinavian saga the vessel ,ellida one day quietly sailed into harbor and dropped anchor1 without a living creature on board4 ,this performance seems at first to be surpassed by that of an electric launch on ,lake ,wann1 ,berlin1 which though carrying no human freight effected the following feats at the behest of a distant but controlling intelligence3 steering2 starting1 stopping1 or reversing of engines2 firing of signal guns1 fireworks1 mines1 or torpedoes2 ringing of bells2 lighting or extinction of electric lamps2 and other operations4 ,of course the agency is an ingenious extension and adaptation of wireless telegraphic methods1 said to be applicable also to airplanes1 railroad trains1 life-boats1 etc4 ,but the ,ellida had some excellent qualities1 too1 for work in all weather on the high seas4 ,,irish ,,scenes3 by ,fred ,j4 ,dick1 ,m4 ,inst4 ,c4 ,e41 ,m4 ,inst4 ,c4 ,e4 ,i4 ,to the archaeologist1 the geologist1 the folk-lorist1 and the lover of nature in all her aspects1 perhaps no area of similar extent is more replete with interest than that of ,ireland4 ,as to fairies1 the county ,sligo folk will tell you they have more of them to the square yard than can be found in a square mile of the county ,kerry4 ,folk-lorists will doubtless pass upon this claim intelligently1 when they wear the right sort of spectacles4 ,fairies aside1 however1 hardly a square mile of the country lacks some ruin of great antiquity4 ,nearly two thousand years have elapsed since ,baile ,atha ,cliath ,duibhlinne 7the town of the hurdle-ford on the black river71 now ,dublin1 began to share with ,tara the honor of being chief city4 ,dublin1 therefore1 has no known history that could be called really ancient2 for in the light of the ,theosophical teachings and records1 two thousand years is merely modern4 ,tara1 on the other hand1 was a center of national life and government so ancient as to be probably coeval with ,brugh na ,boinne4 ,which means they were there before the flood1 or in other words1 long before ,poseidon went down1 some eleven or twelve thousand years ago4 ,the fact that the city of ,tara was set on a hill1 suggests the idea that there may have been a time1 once1 when cities having certain high functions to fulfil1 were usually set on hills4 ,in correspondence with the withdrawal of the higher influences of the ,tuatha de ,danaans from visible participation in ,irish life1 and the reign of the ,formorians and their heirs1 leading ,ireland in common with other places to descent through dark ages1 it was fitting that regal and poetic ,tara should fade1 and ,dublin rise with its distilleries1 breweries1 and vivisection halls1 and with many of its folk within hospitals1 poor-houses1 and insane asylums--in accentuation of the modern spirit4 ,that such conditions are1 in point of fact1 unnecessary1 can easily be deduced from the study of certain small races who have not wholly forgotten some essential principles in the art of living4 ,nevertheless1 ,dublin1 equally with other parts of ,ireland1 has its bright side4 ,much of its social life is vivacious1 artistic1 and literary in high degree1 surpassing many cities in these respects4 ,this city began to assume its present appearance in the eighteenth century1 when ,sackville street1 as then named1 was built4 ,it is one of the finest streets in ,europe4 ,the munificent grants of the ,irish parliament enabled many handsome public buildings to be constructed1 as well as hospitals1 harbors1 canals1 etc4 ,among the finest of the public edifices is that of the old houses of parliament1 now occupied as a bank4 ,the first meeting of the ,irish parliament within the part of this structure then completed1 took place in #agca2 but entire legislative independence was only reached in #aghb4 ,eighteen years later1 owing to some rather meretricious influences1 the parliament voted away its rights2 and the ,union occurred in #ahjj4 ,the building1 which took many years to complete1 possesses majesty in design combined with simplicity in arrangement1 and has few rivals4 ,constructed of ,portland stone1 the style is chastely classic1 owing nothing to extraneous embellishment--the mere outline producing a harmonious effect4 ,the principal front is formed by an ,ionic colonnade1 raised on a flight of steps1 and ranged round three sides of a spacious quadrangle4 ,in the central part a portico projects1 formed of four ,ionic columns1 sustaining a tympanum with the royal arms1 while the apex is adorned with a colossal statue--,hibernia--with others representing ,fidelity and ,commerce on the western and eastern points4 ,from the outer ends of these colonnades the building sweeps eastward and westward in circular form1 the walls1 unpierced by openings1 standing behind rows of ,corinthian columns1 and having the interspaces tastefully indented by niches4 ,over the eastern portico are statues of ,fortitude1 ,justice1 and ,liberty4 ,the original designer of this noble edifice is unknown4 ,the ,house of ,lords has been left practically untouched to this day1 save that the ,speaker's chair is now in the ,royal ,irish ,academy4 ,on the opposite side of ,college ,green is the extensive ,corinthian faade of ,trinity ,college2 and passing a short way towards ,sackville 7now ,o',connell7 street1 one reaches the ,carlisle ,bridge1 from which can be seen another magnificent building called the ,custom ,house 7though so immense as to accommodate many government offices71 as well as the ,four ,courts and other massive structures1 so numerous as to give the impression of a people possessing energy1 taste1 and industry4 ,since the early years of the nineteenth century1 however1 there have been no fine buildings added1 if we except the splendid pile of the ,science and ,art ,museums and ,library in ,kildare street4 ,the environs of ,dublin1 within a dozen miles or so1 possess singular charm and variety2 and on ,sundays the good folk keep the jaunting-cars busy throughout the regions from ,delgany1 ,powerscourt and the ,dublin mountains1 to ,leixlip1 ,howth and ,malahide4 ,not many know that ,malahide ,castle contains an altar-piece from the oratory of ,mary ,queen of ,scots1 at ,holyrood1 for which ,charles ,,ii gave two thousand pounds sterling4 ,among the valuable paintings in this ,castle is a portrait of ,charles ,i by ,vandyke4 ,there is a territory within almost equally easy reach of ,dublin1 whose loveliness excels anything of the kind in ,ireland except possibly the ,blackwater in county ,waterford4 ,it is the ,boyne valley between ,slane and ,beauparc4 ,everyone in ,dublin admits it lovely--but no one has seen it6 ,in the north and west of ,ireland the scenery is frequently wild and stern4 ,of this character is ,fairhead on the ,antrim ,coast1 the ,robogdium ,promontorium of ,ptolemy the geographer1 where on one's northward journey is obtained the first glimpse of the remarkable columnar basalt formation met with in profusion in the ,giant's ,causeway region4 ,one of the basaltic pillars forming the stupendous natural colonnade over six hundred feet high at ,fairhead1 is a rectangular prism #cc feet by #cf on the sides1 and #cai feet in height1 and is the largest basaltic pillar known4 ,further along this coast is the rope-bridge at ,carrick-a-,rede1 which sways in the wind as you walk over it1 while the ,atlantic waves boil in the appalling chasm beneath2 and woe to you1 if overcome by terror you attempt to lean on the thin hand-line4 ,the coast scenery in the vicinity of the ,giant's ,causeway is grandly impressive1 as seen from a boat4 ,the promontory called the ,pleaskin1 consisting of terrace upon terrace of columnar basalt1 and the succession of extraordinary rock groups such as the ,sea ,gulls1 the ,king and his ,nobles1 the ,nursing ,child1 the ,priest and his ,flock1 the ,chimney ,rock1 the ,giant's ,organ1 and finally the ,causeway itself1 form astonishing instances of nature's sportfulness4 ,the pillars in the ,causeway number about forty thousand1 and are composed mainly of irregular hexagonal prisms varying from fifteen to twenty-six inches in diameter1 but all fitting together compactly4 ,among other features of the place is the ,giant's ,amphitheatre1 which is exactly semi-circular1 with the slopes at the same angle all round2 while around the uppermost part runs a row of columns eighty feet high4 ,as a ,german writer1 ,kahl1 continues3 ,then comes a broad rounded projection1 like an immense bench1 for the accommodation of the giant guests of ,finn ,mac,cumhal2 then again a row of columns sixty feet high1 and then again a gigantic bench1 and so down to the bottom1 where the water is enclosed by a circle of black boulder stones1 like the limits of the arena4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,old ,,houses ,,of ,,parliament--,,now ,,the ,,bank ,,of ,,ireland2 ,,college ,,green1 ,,dublin ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,an ,,irish ,,peasant ,,woman ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,an ,,irish ,,farmer ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,part ,,of ,,the ,,giants' ,,causeway1 ,,antrim1 ,,ireland ,we should have to go back to the era when the ,bamian statues were carved out of the living rock 7see ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 ii1 #chh7 to find giants tall enough to occupy this amphitheater gracefully4 ,the convulsion which lowered the ,giants' ,causeway1 with its substratum of ocher1 below the upper tier level of the ,pleaskin1 produced the landslide at the ,giants' ,organ1 and submerged the continuous land connexion with ,staffa1 must have belonged to far pre-,atlantean times 7the ,atlantean continental system proper having ended nearly a million years ago71 and be referable to the ,secondary ,age1 when there really were giants somewhat approaching the size suggested4 ,it must have been far back in ,lemurian times1 for the sinking and transformation of the ,lemurian continental systems began in the vicinity of ,norway1 and ended at ,atlantean ,lank1 of which ,ceylon was the northern highland4 ,there are traditions of enormous giants in many parts of ,ireland4 ,thus the rope-bridge chasm above mentioned1 is said to have been cut by a stroke of ,finn ,mac,cumhal's sword1 a feat that would have been difficult for even a ,lemurian giant4 ,the legends in ,kerry express1 by similar exaggeration1 the size and strength of a former giant race4 ,this reminds us that the ,raphaim 7phantoms71 ,nephilim 7fallen ones71 and ,gibborim 7mighty ones7 of the ,bible refer to the ,first and ,second semi-ethereal ,races1 the ,third 7,lemurian71 and the ,fourth 7,atlantean7 respectively4 ,but in order to grasp this subject intelligently1 the reader may be referred to those volumes which it will be more and more the principal business of the scholars1 archaeologists1 and scientific men of the twentieth century to study1 interpret and vindicate 7vindication is already in full stride71 namely1 ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 written by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky4 99 99 99 99 99 ,true glory consists in doing that which deserves to be written1 in writing what deserves to be read1 and in so living as to make the world happier for our living in it4--,pliny ,,the ,,bluebells ,,of ,,wernoleu3 a ,welsh ,legend by ,kenneth ,morris ,out of the bluebell bloom of the night ,when the east's agloom and the west's agleam4 ,over the wern at ,alder-,light ,and the dark stile and the stream1 ,there's dew comes dropping of dream-delight ,to the deeps where the bluebells dream4 ,it's then there's brooding on wizard stories ,all too secret for speech or song1 ,and rapture of rose and daffodil glories ,where the lone stream wandereth long2 ,and ,i think the whole of the ,druids' lore is ,known to the bluebell throng4 ,for they say that a sky-bee wandered of old ,from her island hive in the ,pleiades1 ,winging o'er star-strewn realms untold1 ,and the brink of star-foamed seas-- ,thighs beladen with dust of gold1 ,as is the wont of bees4 ,she left the hives of magical pearl1 ,of dark-heart sapphire and pearl and dreams1 ,where the flowers of the noon and the night unfurl ,their rose-rimmed blooms and beams-- ,fain of the wandering foam awhirl ,on the wild ,dimetian streams1 ,of the rhododendron bloom on the hills-- 7,there's dear1 red bloom in the pine-dark dell7-- ,of rhododendron and daffodils1 ,and the blue campanula bell1 ,and the cuckoo-pint by the tiny rills ,that rise in ,tybie's ,well4 7,and where's the wonder1 if all were known8 ,there's many in ,michael's hosts that ride ,would lay down scepter and crown and throne1 ,and their aureoled pomp and pride1 ,so they might wander and muse alone ,an hour by the ,teifi side4 ,and if anything lovely is under the sky1 ,that the eye beholds1 or the proud heart dreams1 ,when the pomp of the world goes triumphing by1 ,when the sea with the sunlight gleams-- ,it's show you a lovelier thing could ,i1 ',twixt ,tywi and ,teifi streams4 ,let be6 whatever of praise be sung1 ,here's one could never make straight the knee1 ,nor stay the soul from its paeans flung ,where the winds might flaunt them free1 ,for a thousand o' mountains1 cloud-fleece hung1 ',twixt ,hafren ,hen and the sea47 ,musing1 down through the firmament vales1 ,here and there in a thousand flowers1 ,even till at last she was wandering ,wales1 ,lured by the pure ,june hours1 ,lured by the glamor of ancient tales1 ,and the glory of age-old towers4 ,peony splendor of eve and dawn4 ,tulips abloom on the border of day1 ,west on fire with the sun withdrawn1 ,night and the ,milky ,way-- ,ah1 it was midnight's bluebell lawn ,most in her heart held sway4 ,o'er ,bettws ,mountain she came down slowly1 ,drowsy winged through the tangled wern2 ,where in the sky was there hill so holy1 ,with so much glamor to burn1 ,as the hyacinth wilds beyond ,wernoleu1 ,with their white bells 'mid the fern8 ,musing1 round by the wern she wandered ,from bell to bell with her wings acroon1 ,there where they laughed and nodded and pondered ,through the beautiful hours of ,june2 ,bluebell-dark were the dreams she squandered ,on the gold and green of noon4 ,and the wild white hyacinths1 wondering1 heard her1 ,suddenly caught by her starry song2 ,gave no more ear to the woodland bird1 or ,heeded the wild bee throng1 ,or laughed with delight of the sunbright verdure ,of fern they had loved so long4 ,marvelous thought took hold of them wholly1 ,azure of mingled darkness and light1 ,and they deepened to dark-heart sapphire slowly ,with brooding on the splendor of night2 ,and the first of the bluebells of white ,wernoleu ,bloomed1 night-blueness dight4 ,and that's why the wern at ,alder-,light ,is sweet with silence and deep in dream1 ,in that wizard region of dream-delight ,beyond the stile and the stream1 ,when the dews have fallen from the bloom of night ,on the glooms where the bluebells gleam4 ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters ,point ,loma1 ,california ,,the ,,soul ,,at ,,the ,,british ,,association3 by ,henry ,travers ,the majority of people are not very original and independent in their thinking1 and consequently prefer to await the sanction of some recognized authority before accepting a doctrine4 ,for this reason it is scarcely just to lay all the blame on the institutions1 ecclesiastical and otherwise1 which supply this demand4 ,for this reason1 too1 it will be a matter of considerable moment that a professor at the meeting of the ,british ,association for the ,advancement of ,science should have brought forward arguments which1 according to the report of his address1 help the belief that man has a soul4 ,the arguments brought forward are as old as man himself1 it is true2 but doctrines are judged largely according to their immediate source4 ,thus a new color1 an additional weight1 is given to the idea that the eye has been made by some external agency cognizant of all the properties of light1 and to the idea that the brain is an instrument played upon by some power that is not material4 ,we have heard this from the pulpit1 perhaps2 now we hear it from the lecture table2 so we can believe it a little more strongly than we did before4 ,the lecturer's cautious remarks1 as gathered from a brief report1 seem to indicate a belief on his part that there may be a soul after all4 ,the report is headed1 ,eye and ,brain ,show a ,soul ,possibly ,independent of ,life4 ,his view is said to be regarded by physiologists as offering a great stimulus to research1 and it provides for the general public a new exposition of the theory of belief in a divinity4 ,the eye and the brain are such wonderful instruments that they surely must have been made by some intelligent power4 ,that is the argument1 and it surely must have occurred to many people before4 ,the brain's workings and the will-power suggested1 he said1 that the brain was mysteriously affected by invisible and untraceable harmonies4 ,the following is of interest to ,darwinists3 ,it was natural to suppose1 he declared1 the existence of some external agent over and above natural selection1 which latter would have done no more than assist in the process4 ,natural selection is in fact no more than a phrase descriptive of the process itself2 it can neither help nor hinder1 any more than the theory of the law of gravitation can pull down a stone or the calculus of probabilities affect the destiny of a soul4 ,one feels as if the ancient faiths of humanity1 after being confirmed and appealed against times without number1 had been laid before a final court of appeal1 which1 after many painstaking and protracted labors1 had at last begun to hand down opinions1 slowly and carefully4 ,the existence of the soul has at last been established beyond all possible cavil4 ,it has passed all the courts1 there is no further appeal1 it is law4 ,the most irrational rationalist1 the most credulous sceptic1 the most visionary materialist1 may now believe in the soul4 ,there really is one4 ,at least there was some loophole for the view that mind was not directly associated with life or living matter1 but only indirectly with certain dispositions of dynamic state that were sometimes present within certain parts of it4 7,times report47 ,at present1 then1 we may believe in a soul--cautiously4 ,one wonders if the ,british ,association will ever get so far as to say that we must believe in a soul4 ,but why should there be only one soul8 ,why not separate souls for the eye1 the brain1 the heart1 the liver--all equally wonderful8 ,the fact is that such problems as this have been debated from time immemorial1 and one can but refer the curious to the world's literature4 ,while our learned men are cautiously speculating about a soul1 the literature of ,hindstn 7to take a single instance71 thousands of years old1 summarizes the tenets of many different schools of philosophy on the subject of the various souls in man1 the faculties of these souls1 the nature of the mind1 its numerous powers and functions1 the inner senses and their external organs1 and so forth4 ,and back of all lies the inscrutable ,self of man1 the ,master and possessor of all these powers4 ,verily we have much yet to learn--the road we are going4 ,it looks like a snail verifying the tracks of a bird4 ,it looks as if these physiologists had just arrived at the edge of the sea1 near enough to get their feet wet so as to know there is a sea4 ,and now they are talking about a promising field of investigation4 ,of course these physiologists are souls1 the same as the rest of us1 and they have minds and other faculties which they use all the time4 ,but what they are doing is to bring a little of this actual practical knowledge down to the plane of formal theory4 ,an extraordinary duality of the mind1 truly6 ,to be a soul1 to act as a soul1 and yet to live half in and half out of a mental state wherein conditions are entirely different6 ,one sometimes wonders what bearing these speculations have upon actual life at all4 ,the achievements of science lie mainly in the region of applied mechanics and chemistry4 ,physiology brings us closer into contact with vital questions that cannot be ignored and that yet lie without the prescribed domain4 ,the zoological professor also indulged in a little flight of the imagination2 for in lecturing on ,the ,greater ,problems of ,biology1 he made ,wonderment a part of his theme4 ,he pointed out that the problems of consciousness and the mystery of the reasoning soul were not for the biologist but the psychologist4 ,beyond and remote from physical causation lay the ,end1 the ,final ,cause of the philosopher1 the reason why1 in the which were hidden the problems of organic harmony and autonomy and the mysteries of apparent purpose1 adaptation1 fitness1 and design4 ,here1 in the region of teleology1 the plain rationalism that guided them through the physical facts and causes began to disappoint them1 and ,intuition1 which was of close kin to ,faith capitals not ours1 began to make herself heard4 ,this is enough to make ,tyndall turn in his grave1 thereby causing an earthquake in ,scotland4 ,he was so very satisfied with the plain rationalism1 and died before it began to disappoint4 ,what would he have said of ,intuition1 if not that it is a secretion of one of our glands8 ,it seems to have taken a long time to realize that purpose1 design1 etc41 are qualities of mind and not of matter4 ,it is absolutely essential that physiologists should study mind and soul1 even though their immediate object be the body4 ,what geologist could adequately study the earth if he ignored the existence of the air and the sea8 ,,warwick ,,castle3 by ,c4 ,j4 ,ryan ,warwick ,castle1 one of the most magnificent and well-preserved of the baronial palaces of the middle ages1 is among the first of the historic monuments that ,american travelers visit in ,england1 for it is in the immediate neighborhood of ,stratford-on-,avon1 ,shakespeare's birthplace1 to which most ,americans pay their respects early in their tour4 ,warwickshire is a typically ,english county4 ,it is not only central in situation but1 as ,henry ,james writes1 ,it is the core and center of the ,english world1 midmost ,england4 ,he rightly considers there is no better way for a stranger who wishes to know something of typical ,english life and scenery than to spend some time in ,warwickshire1 with its richly-wooded and densely-grassed undulating landscape1 its famous historical relics1 and its literary associations4 ,not only is the county sacred to the memory of ,shakespeare1 but it is also the scene of many of ,george ,eliot's finest stories4 ,the backgrounds of ,middlemarch and ,adam ,bede are here4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,warwick ,,castle1 ,,from ,,the ,,avon ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,inner ,,court ,,and ,,towers ,,of ,,warwick ,,castle4 ,,guy',s ,,tower ,,on ,,the ,,left ,the castle stands on a commanding eminence1 overlooking the river ,avon1 and from every point of view it presents an imposing and highly picturesque appearance4 ,it is little touched by time1 though some of it dates from ,saxon times1 and it passed through a great siege in ,cromwellian times4 ,the oldest portion which is conspicuous is ,caesar's ,tower1 a solid building #aej feet high1 built soon after the ,norman conquest4 ,the greater part of the castle was built in the #adth and #aeth centuries1 and1 with the exception of the great ,keep1 which has disappeared1 it has been very little injured4 ,the roof of the great ,hall and some parts of the other buildings were destroyed by fire in #ahga1 but they have been carefully restored4 ,the dungeons below ,caesar's ,tower are painfully interesting1 and the view from ,guy's ,tower is famous for its beauty4 ,guy1 ,earl of ,warwick in the tenth century1 is a notable hero of chivalric legend1 though it is probable that the stories about him have been greatly exaggerated4 ,tradition relates that he defeated in single combat a doughty champion of the ,danes in the time of ,athelstan4 ,if the ,dane had won the ,english would have lost their independence1 says the legend4 ,guy1 who was disguised as a simple pilgrim when chosen--through a vision--for the defender of his country1 immediately afterwards retired for life to a hermitage in a cave near ,warwick1 at ,guy's ,cliff1 a romantic spot where the river ,avon winds through picturesque rocks1 woods1 and meadows4 ,the interior of ,warwick ,castle contains many priceless relics of antiquity1 such as the mace of the great ,earl of ,warwick1 the ,king-maker 7died #adga71 relics of the legendary ,guy1 the helmet of ,oliver ,cromwell1 the well-known ,warwick vase found in ,hadrian's villa1 ,tivoli1 and many celebrated portraits by ,vandyck and ,rubens4 ,warwick ,park is noted for its magnificent ancient cedars4 ,nathaniel ,hawthorne has written about ,warwick ,castle and the surrounding scenery in a way that cannot be bettered4 ,he says1 in one passage3 ,we can scarcely think the scene real1 so completely do those machicolated towers1 the long line of battlements1 the high windowed walls1 the massive buttresses1 shape out our indistinct ideas of the antique time4 ,,man ,,and ,,nature3 by ,r4 ,machell ,no sooner is the right man in the right place than order begins to take the place of confusion in any department of human activity2 for order is natural and disorder is the result of an interference with the law of nature4 ,there are some who seem to think that natural law can operate without agents and instruments1 which is absurd2 and there are some who seem to think that the agents and instruments of natural law are gods and angels and spirits1 but not men2 or that they are microbes and bacteria1 and forces1 whatever that may be1 and anything invisible and intangible1 but not man4 ,and why not man8 ,is man outside the field of nature1 while he is still subject to her laws8 ,that is hardly reasonable4 ,the divine1 the human1 and the natural1 are but different aspects of the ,universal1 which is called ,nature4 ,the right man was not in power when these separations and limitations took the place of the true teaching4 ,the right man is ,theosophy4 ,when ,theosophy comes in then knowledge of the unity underlying all multiplicity of manifestations takes the place of ignorance which breeds confusion and causes discord4 ,it is so easy to get hold of one part of the truth1 and to make it false by separating it from the other parts of the great whole4 ,this is what men have done and still are doing4 ,and the ,teachers1 while trying to proclaim the greater ,truth1 have been forced at times to limit their teachings to that which will serve the immediate need of the hour by correcting some evil that has sprung from making a dogma out of a partial aspect of truth4 ,yet in the old mythology preserved in the ,scandinavian book of the ,wisdom of ,brunhilda there is the teaching of man's duty to nature as the instrument of the ,higher ,law plainly stated in the lines from ,william ,morris' version3 ,know thou1 most mighty of men1 that the ,norns shall order all2 ,and yet without thine helping shall no whit of their will befall4 ,the ,norns are the emblems of ,natural ,law2 they are above mankind and above the gods4 ,all-,father ,odin1 who seems to correspond to the ,greek ,zeus1 was forced to pay dearly for but a glimpse of their knowledge4 ,they are above all the hierarchies of spiritual beings1 a primordial trinity1 prototype of all lesser trinities2 and yet without man's help1 their will remains unaccomplished among men4 ,it seems as if the ,universal ,law is supreme1 but that in the world of man its action may be blocked by man1 creating confusion in that world1 and in those dependent upon it1 which lies within the sphere of illusion we call ,time4 ,this great illusion produced by the succession of our states of consciousness as we pass through eternal duration 7,the ,secret ,doctrine71 is the field of man's operation1 when he blocks the action of the supreme ,law by the interposing of his personal will2 in it he dreams1 and the dream becomes a nightmare1 which beneficent nature ends by periodic cataclysms of fire or flood1 while the deluded souls returning to their waking soul-state know that it was a dream4 ,it seems as if this state of illusion1 in which we think of ourselves and our world as separate from the divine or from nature1 were produced by the refusal of the personal will to carry out the will of the ,supreme2 for when this opposition ceases and the personal will becomes the direct agent of the spiritual will1 order reigns and the world of disorder disappears4 ,this amounts to saying that the illuminated man is no longer in darkness1 when the inner light is allowed to shine through his lower mind4 ,but as such men are no longer subject to the darkness1 or the illusion of the world1 they are lost to those who are still blind and in the dark unless they hold themselves down to that condition in order to help others to get free from the darkness which obscures the true life4 ,so in the old mythologies we find the ,gods1 doing on a higher plane what man does in his world1 interposing their personal will in interference with the will of the ,supreme1 and thereby throwing a veil of illusion over the lower worlds which is the cause of a cycle of strife and discord2 for the personal will has shut out the light and suspended the action of the higher ,law through the failure of its agent1 and produced the illusion of that series of states of consciousness we call ,time4 ,the ,eternal1 being beyond time1 is not affected2 but that is a mystery to man in his lower consciousness1 in which he cannot get away from the reality of time4 ,the lower consciousness is bound up in time1 and to it time is reality2 but man is not bound up in his lower consciousness1 nor is he limited to its field of operation4 ,the eternal is in him and at any moment he may get a ray of that light which we call inspiration or intuition1 and by that illumination he may see the solution of the problem and feel his divinity1 while utterly unable to put that knowledge so obtained into any satisfactory form of words2 he may even be unable to put it into a form of thought1 and may find himself with a knowledge that must remain secret4 ,as natural ,law is ,universal1 so it must operate in an appropriate manner on all planes2 as above so below 7,hermetic maxim72 ,thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven 7a ,christian prayer72 but as the action of a law is conditioned by the mind and matter on which and through which it acts1 it may not be easy to recognize the ,one ,law in its various manifestations4 ,so we find the application of the highest philosophy in the most ordinary circumstances of daily life1 for the law is universal2 and when we have reached up to some high thought and got some new light1 we must find means to see its application to some practical detail of life1 or we have again blocked the course of the higher ,law1 which is seeking to penetrate to the lowest depths of matter through us4 ,we are thus agents of the higher ,law of ,nature and it is our duty to get into line as quickly as may be1 and to let the light shine through4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause4444 ,the ,deity is the brave man's hope and not the coward's excuse4--,plutarch ,,the ,,will ,,as ,a ,,chemical ,,product3 by ,investigator ,in a current review appears an article entitled ,the ,will as a ,chemical ,product1 accompanied by the portrait of a professor1 beneath which is written1 ,who holds that what we call 'will' in the lower animals is a mere chemical or physical phenomenon1 like the sunflower's turning toward the light4 ,this statement might just as well be turned around so as to run1 ,what we call chemical action is nothing but a manifestation of the mere will4 ,however1 this professor appears to be haunted with the desire to represent the whole universe as a mechanism2 for1 by a daring use of the scientific imagination1 which vaults scornfully over all gaps in the chain of reasoning1 he applies his theory to man--including presumably himself1 the author of the theory1 since he does not make any mention of himself as an exception4 ,to begin with the sunflower1 which is where the professor begins--the idea is that the solar rays cause chemical actions in the plant1 the chemical actions in their turn causing movements which switch the flower around into a position where the balance of forces results in stability4 ,next we go to the small fresh-water crustacean4 ,this animal1 when experimented upon1 did not show any heliotropism2 but the professor was nothing daunted4 ,he just poured some acid into the water1 and the result was that the pollywogs all flocked to the light and stayed there4 ,it was the same when carbonic acid gas or alcohol was put into the water4 ,our explanation is that the pollywogs were upset by the poisoned water and crowded into that part where the light rendered the water less poisonous or gave them greater strength to resist the ill effects4 ,but the professor has a theory to prop2 so his conclusion is that the chemical poured into the water sensitized the creature1 rendering them heliotropic4 ,it is wonderful what a great theory a little fact can be made to prove6 ,passing to ethics--rather a large jump--the professor suggests that persons who exhibit the highest manifestation of ethics--that is1 persons who are willing to sacrifice their lives for an idea--are victims of a tropism4 ,in other words1 these unfortunate people have become slaves to the chemical reactions produced in them by the stimuli of ideas4 ,well1 it may suit this professor to define self-sacrifice as an obsession1 but we could give other instances of the obsession of ideas which would fit the definition better4 ,ethics may be a chemical phenomenon1 but in that case it does not much matter after all1 since every other thing in the universe is also a chemical process4 ,the professor himself is a chemical process--so1 a fig for his theory6 say we2 who cares for a theory made by a chemical process8 ,frankly1 we do not believe this theory4 ,but1 if the theory is false1 it follows that it was not made by a chemical process after all2 hence it is perhaps not false4 ,and so the logic goes round and round4 ,people who weave theories of this fantastic kind are people whose ideas have no relation to life2 they live in a world of imagination4 ,people who can define their own mind as a chemical process--the very mind which they are using all the time--must surely have something the matter with their thinking machinery4 ,and we recognize in the sneer at ethics the shadow of a certain destructive stimulus which is certainly not of the sun but which acts on people's brains a good deal in these days4 ,under the influence of a stimulus which has acted on our chemical cells1 and which we feel powerless to resist1 we state without apology that all chemical1 physical1 and electrical processes are manifestations of will4 ,the action of the sunflower in turning to the sun is a manifestation of will4 ,without will1 no atom could approach or recede from its neighbor4 ,physical notation cannot get any further than corpuscles separated by empty space2 and what short of a will can bridge such a gap8 ,shall we define the whole universe as chemical processes1 or shall we define it as mind and will8 ,take your choice4 ,in the one case you have a chemical process defining itself as a chemical process2 for your mind1 which defines1 is a chemical process2 in the other case you have mind recognizing mind in other beings4 ,analysis of the universe must begin with consciousness2 we must define matter in terms of mind2 to attempt to define mind in terms of matter1 while at the same time using a mind to do it with1 is to make a fundamental mistake in logic that can only lead to a piling up of absurdities4 ,in speculating as to the cause of motion1 try to imagine any other cause for it than volition4 ,you have1 let us say1 two atoms2 they approach one another2 here is motion2 what causes it8 ,you can only answer ,attraction1 which is only defining it by an equivalent word2 for attraction is nothing more than a name for the very thing we are seeking to explain4 ,if we study our own organism we find that volition is the cause of motion1 and we infer that it is the same in other people4 ,we are not conscious of any volition that moves our own vital organs1 or the muscles of other people or animals1 or the sunflower1 or the chemical mixture4 ,but if we do not put these actions under the same category as the ones of which we are conscious1 we have to find a new and special explanation for them4 ,it is better to accept1 provisionally at least1 volition as being one of the fundamental facts of the universe1 and to use it as a basis of inference2 for volition is a thing of which we have actual experience1 while the atoms and blind forces of materialistic speculation are mere suppositions4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,noble ,,vikings ,presentations in the ,open ,air in ,sweden1 #aiaa ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,another ,,view ,but delusions1 however erroneous1 do actually exist as such in the minds of those obsessed by them2 and are capable of giving rise to mischievous actions4 ,we have at present a regular epidemic of awful sociological theories1 threatening to develop into action1 and based on these mechanical and chemical ideas of the universe4 ,such proposals as that criminals shall be vivisected1 that private or co-operative self-abuse shall be officially taught as a means of keeping down the population1 and many other such notions1 are the fruit of a perverted and materialistic philosophy4 ,they give a faint idea of the reign of terror that might supervene if the destructive forces now at work should gain the upper hand4 ,a section of the world of thought seems to be going mad and the sooner the people find it out the better4 ,,open-,,air ,,drama3 by ,per ,fernholm1 ,m4 ,e41 ,royal ,institute of ,technology 7,stockholm7 ,all know that to act with knowledge at the critical moment is like throwing out a kindling spark that sets minds aflame and makes possible things which long have loomed in unattainable horizons4 ,but the spreading of this fire proceeds on inner planes and can not be followed by those ignorant of the source4 ,seldom does it leave obvious traces in so short a time as is the case in the recent development of the drama4 ,not more than twelve years have passed since the hills of ,lomaland resounded with the soul-stirring stanzas of the ,eumenides1 the open-air drama being directed and supervised in all its detail by ,katherine ,tingley1 and played by her students4 ,she then declared that a new awakening in this art was at hand and that the drama would be restored once more to its true dignity as a most potent means of expressing the life of the ,soul4 ,the seed at that moment planted knowingly by her fell into a rich soil--today there is hardly a country where an attempt has not been made to present ancient life by representations in the open air4 ,this year1 in ,lomaland1 another note has been struck1 a new impulse given by the presentation of ,the ,aroma of ,athens in the open-air ,greek ,theater4 ,more plays are to follow1 of different lands and times1 opening up limitless opportunities for all who are in earnest and have the welfare of the nations at heart4 ,ancient life is here given in unstained purity1 suffused with the inspiring splendor of soul-life4 ,here all the rays come from within1 from above2 the false glamor from below has no place4 ,elsewhere efforts have not always been successful1 and we need not wonder at that4 ,where do we find knowledge of ancient times except in regard to scattered details of superficial life8 ,modern plays are few which can withstand the silent environment of nature1 for there the conflict of human passions are out of place1 as also much of the modern way of acting1 dissecting emotions and sensations4 ,nature demands sincerity1 and requires that a rle should not only be acted1 but actually lived1 supported by a worthy life4 ,then only will nature help in many a hidden way2 then only shall we have before our eyes the drama of all ages3 ,man learning to use his own powers wisely and to work in harmony with ,nature4 ,one of the happier attempts outside ,lomaland seems to have been that made in ,sweden this summer by a band of young and enthusiastic actors4 ,their success may be due to the fact that they started out with the sincere wish to give the people out in the country who never had seen a play1 and especially the young1 an opportunity to obtain a glimpse of their ancient life4 ,refreshing simplicity and heart-feeling characterized their whole work1 going around1 as they did1 from place to place where the young usually meet in summertime1 selecting a fit place on a mountain1 at a lake1 in a grove1 or whatever they could find1 the audience having to resort to the flower-sprinkled grassy slope of a hill4 ,over one hundred representations were given in this way1 most of them far away from cities4 ,even as a string vibrates when its note is sounded from a distance1 so the deeper heart-strings vibrate when their note is struck2 and it seems as if a new means of reaching the people has been found in such representations4 ,if only the highest and purest notes be sounded1 as was the case in ,lomaland1 new and helpful forces are called into play in human life4 ,,intra-,,atomic ,,energy3 by ,h4 ,coryn1 ,m4 ,d41 ,m4 ,r4 ,c4 ,s4 ,will the turn of ,keeley 7of motor fame7 come for vindication8 ,the turn of the ,keeley principle1 the disintegration of atoms by sound1 and the consequent liberation of their stored energy1 undoubtedly will4 ,in his recent address to the ,british ,association for the ,advancement of ,science ,sir ,william ,ramsay dealt with the self-disintegration of atoms1 especially radium atoms1 and then went on3 ,this leads to the speculation whether1 if elements are capable of disintegration1 the world may not have at its disposal a hitherto unsuspected source of energy4 ,if radium were to evolve its stored-up energy at the same rate that gun-cotton does1 we should have an undreamed of explosive2 could we control the rate we should have a useful and potent source of energy4444 ,if some form of catalyser promotor of atomic change could be discovered which would usefully increase their such elements as radium almost inconceivably slow rate of change1 then it is not too much to say that the whole future of our race would be altered4 ,a ,scientific ,american writer follows on naturally3 ,iodide of nitrogen1 a black powder1 is one of the most dangerous of all explosives4 ,when dry1 the slightest touch will often cause it to explode with great violence4 ,there appears to be a certain rate of vibration which this compound cannot resist4 ,some of it in the damp state was rubbed on the strings of a bass viol4 ,it is known that the strings of such an instrument will vibrate when those of a similar instrument1 having an equal tension1 are played upon4 ,in the present case1 after the explosive had become thoroughly dry upon the strings1 another bass viol was brought near and its strings sounded4 ,at a certain note the iodide exploded4 ,it was found that the explosion occurred only when a rate of vibration of sixty per second was communicated to the prepared strings4 ,the note ,g caused an explosion while ,e had no effect4 ,the writer goes on to state that damage to stone and brick walls has been traced to long continued violin playing4 ,it follows1 of course1 that there must have been continuous playing for years to cause the loosening of masonry or to make iron brittle1 but it will do so in time4 ,the point of interest is the special rate of vibration required to set free the energy locked up in the iodide of nitrogen4 ,it was intra-molecular energy4 ,sir ,william ,ramsay was referring to the far greater stores of intra-atomic energy1 energy within the atoms1 holding each one together4 ,the other ties them one to another within the molecule1 i4 e41 holds the molecule together4 ,but may not the atom too respond to some special rate of vibration producible by sound1 lying far among the upper harmonics of any audible tone8 ,this at any rate was ,keeley's statement and claim4 ,the causes of his equally unquestionable successes and failure may be worth looking into once more now that a certain high temperature surrounding the subject has died down4 ,sound may be ,sir ,william ,ramsay's catalyser4 ,a ,,japanese ,,writer',s ,,views ,,on ,,modern ,,civilization3 ,contributed by ,e4 ,s4 7,tokyo1 ,japan7 ,in an essay on the future of civilization in ,japan1 quoted in the ,japan ,chronicle1 ,dr4 ,otsuki says3 ,there can be little doubt that ,western civilization and ,japanese civilization will eventually be united4444 ,the harmonizing of the two can be brought about only by mutual concessions2 but it seems to me it would be a calamity if we were to concede too much4 ,there are times when one feels as ,dr4 ,nitobe felt when he wrote his ,soul of ,japan1 and as ,lafcadio ,hearn felt when he described the moral beauty of old ,japan2 one fears that in their conflict with ,european civilization our ,japanese ideals will be gradually wiped out1 that the good and the beautiful as we have known it and loved it1 will be sacrificed to the coarser forms of modern utilitarianism4444 ,the blending of the two civilizations leads us to inquire what is likely to be the future of ,western civilization4 ,on this subject there is a great variety of opinion in the ,west2 but of one thing deep thinkers seem sure3 the present system of material civilization can only escape from ending in a terrible cataclysm by the addition to it of spiritual and moral elements that will guide1 control1 and conserve its energy4444 ,is it not possible that ,japan may be able to take a prominent part in this work8 ,can she not save ,europe and ,america from the dangers that now beset them8 ,if by blending her civilization with theirs she can supply the elements of strength and permanence which are now lacking1 then her future as well as that of ,western nations will be one of increasing prosperity4 ,but if1 while receiving from ,europe and ,america much that is good1 she takes also much that is distinctly bad1 and in addition to this1 she allows her own fine old system of civilization to be blotted out of existence--then her future destiny cannot be contemplated by any patriotic ,japanese with anything but grave misgiving and profound grief4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,face ,,of ,,stela ,b3 ,,copan ,from ,maudslay's ,archaeologia ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,face ,,of ,,stela ,p3 ,,copan ,from ,maudslay's ,archaeologia ,,copan1 ,,and ,,its ,,position ,,in ,,american ,,history3 by ,william ,e4 ,gates ,no place among all the sites of ancient ruins on the continent of ,america1 arouses a livelier interest in both the observer and the student1 than does ,copan4 ,other remains1 in ,peru1 and even in ,mexico1 are of vaster bulk2 but the ensemble of ,copan produces upon the mind an effect comparable in ,egypt only by that of ,thebes4 ,and this evidence grows and is supported at every step by the evidence of such researches and excavations as it has been so far possible to carry on4 ,all would seem to indicate a gradual addition of new features accompanied by abandonment of older parts4 ,it can readily be seen how a process of this kind carried on for centuries1 without any well designed plan to adhere to or any definite idea to carry out1 would result in a great complex mass of structures like that of ,copan to puzzle and perplex the explorer4 ,there are other evidences that point to several successive periods of occupation4 ,the river front presents what looks like at least three great strata1 divided by floors or pavements of mortar cement4 ,if these floors mark the various levels corresponding to different epochs in the history of the city1 the question of the age of the ruins becomes still more complicated2 for between each successive period of occupancy there is the period of silence1 the length of which can only be inferred from the thickness of the superimposed stratum4--,dr4 ,geo4 ,b4 ,gordon1 ,exploration of ,copan1 7in ,peabody ,museum ,memoirs74 ,the ruins of ,copan lie on the level plain of a beautiful valley1 a mile and a half wide by seven or eight miles long1 in ,honduras1 some twelve miles east of the ,guatemala boundary4 ,the site thus marks the eastern limit of the region covered by the ancient ,maya remains and inscriptions1 as ,palenque about marks its western edge1 a short distance beyond the ,guatemala line1 in the ,mexican state of ,chiapas4 ,the valley of ,copan is watered by a swift river which enters and leaves by a gorge1 washing the eastern side of the ruins4 ,the force of the annual freshets each year carries away more of this river wall1 and by its washings has shown that the entire elevation of #abj feet is of historical or artificial growth1 showing the stratification of occupancy mentioned by ,dr4 ,gordon1 and yielding fragments of pottery and obsidian down to the water level4 ,as can be seen by the plan1 the ruins form a composite whole1 some #bcjj by #adjj feet1 and the historical development of the site is shown by three independent pieces of evidence4 ,of these the most striking at first sight is the very apparent growth of the ground plan1 pointing to successive additions and enlargements of an original nucleus1 just as we see at ,thebes4 ,the second evidence is that of excavation1 which proves beyond all question1 even by the little so far done1 that new structures and temples were built upon or into the old4 ,and this evidence is corroborated by the dates on some of the monuments4 ,the striking unity of the whole group of structures at ,copan is therefore a composite unity1 the result of long-continued occupation4 ,structures and temples were built and used2 life flowed on around them1 and after lapses of time whose length we have no means whatever 7save in one case7 of even estimating1 other buildings were added1 and the earlier ones built over1 or even covered up by the new4 ,people do not build temples and tear them down to build new ones the next year2 nor on the other hand do alien peoples and civilizations expand by a harmonious enlargement the works of those they supersede1 but rather change1 destroy1 or build their own4 ,the first thing then to be realized about the entire group of structures at ,copan is their composite unity2 then that this is not the result of a single construction1 but of growth and successive additions2 then that these periods of enlargement are separated by other1 more or less long1 periods of continued use and occupation1 during which the civilization of the people maintained itself1 somewhat modified by time1 but not broken or interrupted4 ,and finally1 this evidence1 together with that of the monumental dates1 to which we will come1 has so far only to do with the ground plan and the structures we can discover by a few feet of digging on the surface of the plain of ,copan2 for we have not the slightest means as yet of relating anything we can see at ,copan to the various strata of occupation1 with intervening silence1 marked on the #abj feet of the disintegrating river wall4 ,those periods of silence may indeed1 for everything we can yet tell1 be the silence of non-occupation1 of civilizations destroyed and forgotten1 only to be followed by others4 ,one ,copan after another may have been built upon the obliterated site of its predecessor4 ,whatever evidence there is1 read in comparison with similar evidence elsewhere1 points to that2 a few years ago we disbelieved in a historical ,troy1 only to find successive ,troys1 and many like places elsewhere1 built one above the other4 ,to deny the like or its probability at ,copan1 would be foolish4 ,but to return to the ,copan whose remains we can see1 one great question is forced upon us at the very outset4 ,that is this3 what must have been the state of the ,american continent1 as regards civilization1 during the ages into which we are trying to look8 ,and that they were long ages1 even for the ,copan we have before us1 we shall presently see4 ,while all this was going on there1 what was the rest of the continent like8 ,our preconceived notions of savagery or nomadic tribal communities must be thrown entirely to the winds1 together with the statement of the historian ,robertson1 made in #aggg1 that in all ,new ,spain there is not any monument or vestige of any building more ancient than the ,conquest4 ,as a first step towards an appreciation of the place of ,copan in ,american history1 we must consider the actual state of ,new ,spain 7that is1 the region from the ,rio ,grande to ,panama1 approximately7 at the time of the ,discovery4 ,the ,aztecs were in possession of the valley of ,mexico1 with an elaborate civilization1 fairly comparable if not superior to that of ,europe at the same time2 but their history only goes back a few hundred years1 for they were merely a warlike nation who had come in1 probably from the north1 and were about comparable to the ,manchus in ,china1 or the ,goths in ,rome4 ,they settled upon and appropriated some 7a very small part7 of the civilization before them4 ,around them were various semi-independent peoples whom they had neither destroyed nor entirely subdued1 and among whom they had only a primacy of force4 ,to the southwest of ,mexico the ancient ,zapotec kingdom still existed1 a link with the past1 towards its end1 but still owing nothing to the ,aztecs4 ,in ,yucatan and ,central ,america were the fragments of the ,mayan peoples1 broken up into half a dozen main language stocks1 and a score of separate dialects4 ,between the ,mayas and those of ,mexico there was some intercourse and a little borrowing1 with some very ancient traditions probably in common4 ,in culture and mythology1 as to which we have limited material for comparison1 and in language1 as to which we have ample material1 they were about as much alike1 or as closely related1 as the ancient ,germans to the ancient ,romans4 ,both were ,americans1 as the others were ,aryans1 with a common inheritance of tradition1 mythology1 and language type2 no more4 ,beyond all possible dispute1 the ,mayas were indefinitely the older people4 ,the ,aztecs had but a picture or rebus writing1 and there is no evidence they ever had more than this4 ,there are slight traces of writing akin to the ,maya1 among the ,zapotecs4 ,but the ,mayas had a complete system of genuine hieroglyphic writing1 certainly not derived from the ,aztec picture-writing1 but dissimilar from this in every way1 with monuments antedating the period of ,aztec history1 on which the hieroglyphic forms are fully developed and perfect4 ,the civilization1 monuments1 and hieroglyphs of ,copan1 ,palenque1 and of ,tikal in southern ,yucatan1 are ,mayan2 but they are not the ,mayan of the time of the ,discovery4 ,the period immediately preceding the entry of the ,spaniards is a historical period4 ,we have various chronicles written by native hands1 princes1 priests or recorders1 giving us some of the early cosmic traditions1 brought down into contemporary times4 ,we have these in ,maya for ,yucatan1 and in ,quich-,cakchiquel for ,guatemala4 ,in each case the period of definable history goes back several centuries1 but throws no light on the earlier period4 ,in #aejj the triple ,quich kingdom was still a powerful and civilized nation2 and if we know less of it than we do of the ,aztec it is only because it was more quickly wiped out1 because ,lake ,tezcoco and not ,lake ,atitln became the seat of the ,spanish capital1 and because no efforts were made at the time to preserve the ,mayan knowledge and traditions1 as was done by a few in ,mexico4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,hieroglyphic ,,stairway3 ,,copan 7,,after ,,excavation1 ,,showing ,,one-,,sixth ,,of ,,original ,,height7 ,from ,peabody ,museum ,memoirs ,illustration ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,copan3 ,,general ,,plan ,from ,maudslay's ,archaeologia ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,stela ,h3 ,,copan ,from ,maudslay's ,archaeologia ,in northern ,yucatan the capital of the last ,mayan confederacy1 ,mayapn1 had been destroyed in the middle of the #aeth century2 ,chichn ,itz lasted as a city practically up to that time2 and on the island of ,tayasal in ,lake ,petn1 southern ,yucatan1 there was a powerful and flourishing ,itz nation down to #afig4 ,of the architecture1 manner of life1 house furnishings1 etc4 of the different living ,maya centers we have reasonably full descriptions left by different ,spanish writers of the time4 ,and they do not correspond in the smallest degree1 to the monuments and buildings we have left at ,copan and other ancient1 abandoned sites4 ,we are only able to trace a continuation of the type1 and to know that the same hieroglyphic writing we find on the carved monuments of the older places1 continued to be used until the ,conquest4 ,so that after sifting the various descriptions1 we find that even the powerful cities of ,tayasal and ,utatln1 the ,quich capital1 were but villages in comparison4 ,the nearest link is ,chichn ,itz1 which seems to have been the last really great ,maya city4 ,its architectural remains are indeed in size and extent comparable with the older sites2 but in style and in the life of the people displayed by the carved and painted scenes1 it is like comparing the ,egypt of the ,ptolemies with that of ,ramessu and ,hatshepsu4 ,but ,chichn ,itz itself was abandoned as the capital at least a century before the coming of the ,spaniards4 ,and to quote from the description of ,mr4 ,a4 ,p4 ,maudslay1 from whose great work most of our illustrations are taken1 after saying3 ,i fear that this slight description of ,chichn must wholly fail to convey to my readers the sensation of a ghostly grandeur and magnificence which becomes almost oppressive to one who wanders day after day amongst the ruined buildings2 and then after noting various differences between the ruins of ,chichn and those of ,copan and ,quirigu1 he adds3 the absence of sculptured stelae1 the scarcity of hieroglyphic inscriptions1 and1 most important of all1 the fact that every man is shown as a warrior with atlatl and spears in his hand2 the only representation of a woman depicts her watching a battle from the roof of a house in a beleaguered town1 whereas at ,copan and ,quirigua there are no representations of weapons of war1 and at ,copan a woman was deemed worthy of a fine statue in the ,great ,plaza see illustration1 ,stela ,p4 ,i am inclined to think that it must have been the stress of war that drove the peaceable inhabitants of the fertile valleys of the ,motagua and ,usumacinta and the highlands of the ,vera ,cruz ,copan1 to the less hospitable plains of ,yucatan1 where1 having learnt the arts of war1 they re-established their power4 ,then again they passed through evil times3 intertribal feuds and ,nahua invasions may account for the destruction and abandonment of their great cities1 such as ,chichn ,itz and ,mayapn1 444 ,so much for the ,maya civilization in the #aeth century1 and its then centers and capitals4 ,but of ,copan1 ,palenque1 ,tikal1 and ,quirigu1 we have not the slightest trace as living cities4 ,cortes visited ,tayasal on his way to ,honduras2 ,alvarado overran and conquered the ,quich kingdoms2 but no one even mentioned the existence of any of these older places4 ,not a tradition about any of them has ever been discovered among the living natives at any time2 for all we can see they were then buried1 in ruins1 in the forests1 and forgotten4 ,in #aegf ,diego ,garca de ,palacio1 ,judge of the ,royal ,audiencia1 made a report to ,king ,philip ,,ii of his travels1 by royal order1 in what is now eastern ,guatemala and western ,honduras4 ,he reached ,copan1 and describes ruins and vestiges of a great civilization and of superb edifices1 of such skill and splendor that it appears that they could never have been built by the natives of that province4 ,he sought1 but could find no tradition of their history1 save that a great lord had come there in time past1 built the monuments and gone away1 leaving them deserted4 ,this1 in the face of what we see on the site1 means exactly nothing4 ,palacio's original manuscript1 which is still in existence1 was forgotten1 only to be later discovered1 and printed first in #ahfj4 ,for #bei years ,copan was again forgotten1 until visited in #ahce by ,john ,l4 ,stephens4 ,palenque for its part remained entirely unknown until about the middle of the #ahth century4 ,for what we know of real value concerning these ruins we are indebted to the works of ,stephens1 to the archaeological survey and excavations carried on by ,mr4 ,a4 ,p4 ,maudslay1 by the ,peabody ,museum of ,cambridge1 and to a few less extended visits by other explorers4 ,in #ahia1 by the enlightened zeal of ,president ,bogrn of ,honduras1 the ,peabody ,museum acquired the official care of the ,copan ruins for a period of years4 ,as seen upon the plan1 ,copan consists of a group of pyramids1 on the summit of each of which probably once stood a small temple2 of terraces and walls2 and finally of sculptured pillars or stelae1 each of which has or had before it a low1 so-called altar4 ,nearly all of these stelae bear on one face a human figure surrounded by most elaborate symbolism of dress1 ornament1 and other figures4 ,the faces are dignified and for the most part not grotesque4 ,above the head is usually a triple overshadowing4 ,the main symbolism is worked out in bird and serpent motifs1 and into the dress at different parts of the body1 notably the chest1 are worked medallions of faces1 as if to symbolize different human centers of consciousness in the body4 ,the sides and back of all are covered with hieroglyphic inscriptions1 whose general characteristic it is to begin with a date1 which is followed by the indication of intervals which reach to other dates throughout the whole inscription4 ,this statement holds good for practically all ,mayan monumental inscriptions1 on stelae or otherwise4 ,and these dates1 or most of them1 are all we can yet read of these writings4 ,we can1 that is1 read them in their own terms1 but without being definitely able to translate them into our chronology4 ,the first and greatest work done by the ,peabody ,museum was in the excavation and partial restoration of the ,hieroglyphic ,stairway4 ,this stairway is on the west side of mound #bf1 almost in the center of the plan4 ,it is #bf feet wide1 with a three foot carved balustrade on each side4 ,the risers of the steps are carved with a hieroglyphic inscription2 at the base is an altar1 and the ascent is1 or was1 broken by seated figures4 ,but fifteen steps are left in place1 although an approximate restoration was made by ,dr4 ,gordon of the position of what were probably the upper rows4 ,originally they must have numbered about ninety1 to the top of a pyramid as many feet high2 but a landslip at some time1 probably since ,palacio's time1 carried the upper rows down and on over the lower ones1 which remained buried until ,maudslay's first visit4 ,palacio mentioned a great flight of steps descending to the river1 which the river may have destroyed4 ,in front of the ,stairway stands ,stelae ,m1 of which ,dr4 ,gordon closes by saying3 ,it would seem to have stood in front of the older edifice1 that served at last as a foundation for the ,hieroglyphic ,stairway with its temple1 for centuries before the latter was built4 ,and what now is the chronological evidence on these monuments8 ,without going into what would be long details to set forth even what is known of the very elaborate ,maya methods of time reckoning1 it is enough to say that these sculptured dates regularly specify a certain day 7indicated by the combination of twenty names with thirteen numbers71 and hence recurring only once in #bfj days1 falling on a certain day of a certain month1 in a certain year expressed by four numbers in vigesimal 7instead of decimal7 progression1 so that the successive figures stand for #a1 #bj1 #djj1 and #hjjj years1 instead of as with us1 #a1 #aj1 #ajj1 #ajjj4 ,it is a moot point whether the dates include the next stage1 of #afj1jjj years1 in the reckoning1 or not4 ,and it may be stated by the way1 that though the ,mayas knew and used the ordinary solar year1 their long chronological count was kept in terms of #cfj days1 the same as we find in co-ordinate use in ancient ,india1 and perhaps significantly identical with the perfect circle of #cfj degrees4 ,whatever the fact1 however1 as to these higher periods1 it is established that nearly all the ,maya inscription dates occur within the ninth #djj of the current #hjjj-year cycle2 that is1 they are dated between about #cbjj and #cfjj years after the initial date of that particular period4 ,it is not possible for us to consider these dates other than as the contemporary dates of the monuments themselves2 and the great number of them1 all over the ,maya territory1 slightly varying for different sites1 points most clearly to a special building period of about that extent4 ,a very few monumental dates go much back of this period4 ,the initial dates of the ,temples of the ,sun and of the ,foliated ,cross at ,palenque both fall in the #gfeth year of the same current #hjjj-year cycle1 and that of the ,temple of the ,cross about five years before that great cycle began4 ,but as these inscriptions then go on to cover long successions of years1 these earlier dates are probably historical1 but not contemporary4 ,on the other hand1 a very few dates come on into the tenth #djj2 and the only large stela bearing so late a date is at ,chichn ,itz1 the last great ,maya city1 so far as our history goes4 ,an analysis of the groupings of these dates on the various monuments of the different sites1 and their mutual comparison1 gives a good deal of basis to check future historical researches1 and at ,copan it gives us one definite confirmation1 already referred to1 of the evidence which the structures themselves afford of successive separated building periods1 with continued intervening use4 ,of four consecutive and deciphered dates on the fifteen lower steps of the ,stairway1 still in position1 at ,copan1 the second and third are respectively #dh and #gd years1 and the last1 at the lower right hand of our illustration1 is #icg years1 #dd days later than the first4 ,we can hardly regard this date as a future or prophetic one2 it must be1 like similar final dates of long inscriptions at ,palenque1 the contemporary date of the structure4 ,all the other dates at ,copan1 those as initial dates on stelae1 fall within the building era of the ninth #djj1 which we have mentioned as common to nearly all the inscriptions--except one1 ,stela ,c1 in the middle of the north part of the ,great ,plaza1 whose date is apparently almost contemporary with this final date of the stairway4 ,and these two dates are #gcj years later than any other stela date at ,copan4 ,of ,stela ,c1 ,dr4 ,gordon says3 ,the two monuments the ,stela and the ,stairway have certain technical affinities in the carving1 as though they might have been the work of the same master4 ,in short1 while we are still far from the end1 the story of the monuments and their dates alike so far is that there was a great building period among the most ancient known ,maya cities1 in what we know as the ninth period1 about date #cdjj of the current cycle2 that ,copan shared in this2 that then such building ceased1 so far as dated monuments go1 at ,copan for some #gcj years4 ,that then the ,stairway was rebuilt over a former pyramid1 and ,stela ,c erected2 that this latter period was a few hundred years later than one ,stela we find at ,chichn ,itz2 that after that silence fell1 oblivion for all the southern sites1 and internal strife1 warfare1 and disintegration for the last great ,itz city2 then its abandonment2 and then finally1 on new sites1 local dynastic histories1 each silent as to these earlier places1 yet embracing several hundred years of history1 and carrying on even into ,spanish times what were still then powerful and1 as things went1 civilized kingdoms4 ,but they were not ,copan4 ,,scientific ,,brevities3 by the ,busy ,bee ,egyptian mummies have been put to a use for which they were probably never intended--the manufacture of a particular fine brown pigment4 ,the body1 being preserved in the finest bitumen1 has assumed an appearance like leather2 and it has been found that this mixture of bitumen and leather1 when ground down1 makes a brown pigment prized by portrait painters for the representation of brown hair4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,scientific ,,american is responsible for the statement that the power which drives the mechanism of a watch is equivalent to only four times that used in a flea's jump2 or1 in mathematical language1 a watch is a four-flea-power motor4 ,one horse-power would suffice to drive #bgj1jjj1jjj watches1 whence we infer that one horse is equivalent to more than a billion fleas6 ,we suggest the dividing of the horse-power unit into convenient sub-multiples1 such as the dog-power or the mouse-power1 instead of using the names of people1 like ,watt and ,joule4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,medieval churches took whole reigns to build1 and some of the monuments left to us from antiquity may have taken centuries4 ,structures designed for more immediate and less enduring purposes can be rushed up in a very business-like way4 ,in fact the stately pile can be reared by gasoline jacks4 ,reference is had to the description and pictures of a church which was built in this way4 ,it is of concrete2 the molds are laid horizontally upon the jacks1 and the walls cast each in one solid piece4 ,then the motors are started and the structure rears itself into place4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,evidence as to the persistency of life is afforded by some experiments in which fish were frozen up in their water1 and the block of ice then cooled down to #bj ,c4 below the freezing point2 after thawing1 the fish came to life and swam about as usual4 ,yet1 if the frozen block were broken1 the fish would break up into little pieces along with the ice4 ,frogs can be frozen down to #bh ,c4 below the freezing point and still revive2 while snails will resist #abj ,c4 ,from this it may be inferred that life can be preserved throughout long periods of glaciation4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,it is reported that the farmers in the province of ,skne1 ,sweden1 have organized to build a central station to furnish their farms with electric current1 which will be used both for mechanical power and for lighting2 and that in another part of the country the farmers have formed a company to purchase power from a power station and distribute it to the farms4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,at a meeting of the ,selborne ,society 7for ,natural ,history7 ,england1 it was suggested that a sanctuary for wild birds should be provided and a tract of wild country acquired and set aside for the preservation of birds likely to become exterminated1 such as the chough1 the raven1 the buzzard1 the peregrine1 and the kite4 ,if the ,government did not see its way to undertake the work1 it might give a grant as the nucleus for an appeal for subscriptions4 ,the ,united ,states1 ,switzerland1 and ,austria already provide such sanctuaries4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,by looking at one object too hard we may so bedazzle ourselves that we can see nothing else4 ,this remark is suggested by the views of a botanist who appears to regard the colors and scents of flowers as being designed entirely and solely for the benefit of insects1 in order that the insects may pollenize the flowers4 ,we dare say that object forms part of the plan2 but we surmise it does not form the whole plan4 ,birds carry seeds1 but that is not the sole object and purpose of a bird's existence4 ,besides1 the idea that insects and flowers were created for each other reminds one of the old story of the posts that held up the wires and the wires that held up the posts4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,swiss correspondent of the ,london ,morning ,post said recently that the glaciers in the ,rhne district of ,switzerland are in retreat1 some of them to an extent which may almost be described as alarming4 ,the ,arolla glacier has receded #he;ft4 in the past twelve months2 the ,aletsch1 the longest in the ,alps1 #fe;ft42 the ,gorner1 #eh2 the ,zinal1 #ea2 while the ,turtmann1 in the ,zermatt range1 and the ,zanfleuren or ,sanetsch have retreated nearly #df;ft4 each4 ,within the last ten years the ,zigiornuovo glacier has shrunk by #ijd;ft41 the ,zanfleuren by #gah1 the ,aletsch by #dei1 the ,zinal by #cgh1 and the ,gorner by nearly #aij4 ,other glaciers were observed1 and all showed more or less shrinkage2 but1 as for the small ,mont ,bouvin glacier1 in the space of four years it has entirely disappeared from sight--a cautious expression4 ,these changes may of course be part of a periodic variation4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the encroachment of the sea on the east coast of ,england is such that at ,pakefield1 near ,lowestoft1 a row of cottages has been brought to the edge of the cliff4 ,in one of these cottages live an old couple1 who own the house1 but are now forced to move1 as the cliff edge is only a few feet from the front door4 ,the woman was born in the cottage and remembers when it was a good walk to reach the cliff4 ,old fishermen in ,pakefield are now catching fish where as boys they gathered blackberries4 ,such rapid encroachments of the sea on some shores1 accompanied by recession of the sea on others1 alone suffice to account for great changes in the course of ages4 ,these changes include tilting of the strata and change of the configuration of the shores4 ,judging by general analogy1 one would infer that geological changes are of various speeds1 some very gradual1 others more rapid1 just like the work of running water1 which goes on all the time and yet may accomplish more during a single flood than during several ordinary years4 ,there is room for both the catastrophists and the advocates of slow and gradual movement4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,that the presence of comets causes or indicates hot weather is an item of ancient belief1 and theorists may choose between rejecting or explaining it4 ,there is a well-known story of a philosopher1 who1 desirous of proving that his philosophy could1 if need be1 be turned to material profit1 bought up some vineyards in view of a prospective comet1 thus reaping the harvest of a good season4 ,the phrase comet vintage1 as applying to wine1 is also well known4 ,a recent theory1 as announced in the papers1 attributes the great heat of the summer of #aiaa to the presence of a comet in the solar system1 the head of the comet being supposed to act like a lens and to concentrate the solar power4 ,whether or not this lens plays any tricks with optics1 we are not told4 ,as science progresses1 more attention is paid to the influence of electric and magnetic conditions upon the weather2 while recent discoveries provide us with an ample machinery of rays and emanations to act as go-betweens from celestial bodies to the earth4 ,this is the ,dog that worried the ,cat ,that killed the ,rat ,that ate the ,malt ,that lay in the ,house that ,jack built4 ,so says an ancient poem1 and it reminds us of the balance of nature which people are always upsetting4 ,if we kill the ,dog there will be too many cats and they will have to supplement their rat-diet with birds4 ,if we kill the ,cat1 the ,rat will eat all the ,malt2 and if we kill the ,rat1 we starve the ,cat4 ,so with agriculture2 one scarcely knows what to kill or what to spare4 ,we are told now that we must avoid deep plowing1 or we shall kill the ,spider which worries the ,grub which eats the ,crop that ,jack sowed4 ,this spider is the aerial spider1 a small but very numerous creature who--doesn't fly1 but uses a filament of web as an aeroplane4 ,a writer in ,the ,technical ,world ,magazine has studied their habits4 ,their webs are seen during the warm autumn days floating in countless numbers through the air2 but even these are but a small fraction of the real number2 for what we see are merely the ones who have made failures and got their aeroplanes caught on something4 ,it is estimated that on cultivated grass-land there are enormous numbers of these spiders per square foot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,as to the old style and new style calendars1 people are often in doubt as to the number of days by which these differ from each other1 and whether to add or subtract the days4 ,if we remember that when the new style is adopted anywhere1 days are omitted from the calendar1 and the date thereby set forward1 we shall see that the old style dates are always behind those of the new style1 and we must add or subtract as required4 ,the astronomer ,clavius1 whose work has lent immortality to the name of ,pope ,gregory ,,xiii1 put the calendar date ten days forward1 to make up for the error which had been accumulating for centuries4 ,this was in the #afth century4 ,to prevent the calendar from getting wrong again1 he suppressed the intercalary days 7,feb4 #bi7 three times in every #djj years1 namely1 in #agjj1 #ahjj1 #aijj1 but not in #afjj or #bjjj1 the intercalary days being thus allowed to remain in every century year whose first two digits are divisible by #d4 ,by the time ,england made the change it was necessary to put the date forward #aa days1 as this was in the #ahth century1 and the year #agjj had intervened4 ,those countries which have not yet adopted the change were #ab days behind in the #aith century1 and are now #ac days behind4 ,the correct way to write a date so as to represent it in both styles is1 for instance1 ,july #ca _/ ,aug4 #ac1 #aiaa2 or ,july #ca _/ ,aug4 #ab1 #ahca4 ,the calendars1 unless the old style is given up1 will continue to differ by #ac days until ,march #ast1 #bajj4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,writer on heredity says that if a person has not inherited the music disposition1 he will never become a musician1 although he may acquire a knowledge of music2 and that a person not born with the potentiality of the poetical disposition will never be a poet1 although he may gain a knowledge of prosody4 ,this is a dogmatic statement1 but it does not amount to much after all2 for it can be turned around by saying that if a person does not become a musician or a poet1 the inference is that he has not inherited the faculties4 ,thus it is mainly a question of words and phrases4 ,at all events let the aspirant to the ,muses put the matter to a practical test4 ,let him strive to become a poet or a musician2 and if he succeeds1 he can say3 ,see1 ,i must have inherited the power4 ,if he fails1 why then he can foist the blame upon heredity4 ,but surely it would be difficult1 in many cases of musical genius1 to trace the effect to heredity4 ,still harder would it be1 reversing the process1 to predict such hereditament4 ,so the above-quoted theory is only tantamount to an acknowledgment of the facts and the provision of a plausible formulation of them4 ,characteristics come partly from the parental and ancestral soil wherein the human seed grows2 partly from the mental atmosphere of the race and community2 partly from one's education2 and partly from qualities which the ,individual himself has brought over from his own past4 ,all of these concomitants have to be taken into account in considering the question of heredity4 ,needless to say1 nobody should permit his efforts and aspirations to be relaxed in consequence of any dogma or theory which may tend to cast discouragement thereon4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,be conscious of one's ignorance is to have taken the first step from folly towards wisdom2 and doubtless the tremendous overhauling that is now taking place in the stock of our ideas should be taken as a hopeful sign rather than an omen of woe4 ,hence the fact that chaos1 as it seems1 reigns in our ideas about the science of agriculture may be regarded as the sign that something is about to hatch out4 ,according to quotations made by ,the ,literary ,digest1 a university professor of agricultural science takes to task the ,bureau of ,soils of the ,united ,states ,department of ,agriculture4 ,these opponents take diametrically opposite views with regard to the care of the soil4 ,the ,bureau is credited1 on the strength of quotations from its circulars1 with maintaining that the soil contains an inexhaustible fund of plant food which is continually replaced by natural processes4 ,its opponents declare that this teaching is wrong and disastrous4 ,the professor in question claims to have taken the opinions of most of the land-grant experiment stations1 and maintains that the opinions of the ,bureau are derided by these and by most other authorities in this country and in ,europe4 ,the soil needs to be taken care of1 or else it will become barren4 ,history is quoted in support4 ,this controversy indicates that our theories are in a state of chaos4 ,the more we learn about agriculture1 the more there is to learn2 for each new discovery opens up a new field4 ,plants need mineral food2 they need nitrogen2 they need bacteria to help them get the nitrogen4 ,the chemist1 the physicist1 and the biologist all have a say in agriculture4 ,some of the great nations of the past seem to have known a good deal about agriculture2 and probably there is a good deal of their knowledge that has not yet been transmitted or revived4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the statement that the emu is almost extinct is misleading1 says an ,australian correspondent to a scientific paper4 ,the birds exist in large numbers in north and northwest ,new ,south ,wales and practically all over ,queensland1 and ,south and ,western ,australia4 ,and he adds that he does not think they will become extinct yet1 because they are practically valueless4 ,can this be an instance of the survival of the fittest8 ,the nave assumption that man destroys that which he values can but lead to the scientific inference that the world will become stocked with things which man does not value4 ,hence1 whatever may be supposed to be the case in nature1 the influence of man is to promote the survival of the unfit4 ,true1 this works out all right for nature1 but man becomes reduced to a mere destructive agency whose influence nature eliminates4 ,eventually1 on this theory1 man will find himself the denizen of a world stocked with things which are to him practically valueless2 and then1 presumably1 he will leave off destroying1 for want of anything to destroy4 ,still it must not be forgotten that man1 even in such a destructive civilization as the present1 is a creator4 ,he is potent on the invisible planes where thoughts are things2 and according to hints given in the ancient teachings1 mankind is concerned in the processes by which the animated forms of nature are evolved4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,with regard to instinct in animals1 people are sometimes prone to take too extreme views4 ,experience teaches us that instinct which is so reliable in beaten tracks of habit proves a failure in unfamiliar circumstances4 ,a bird in a room cannot find the way out1 even when door and windows are open1 but flies back and forth just above the level of the openings4 ,but even here we must be cautious2 for animals can adapt themselves to new circumstances4 ,the timid wild-bird learns to feed from the hand4 ,in this respect we notice degrees among different animals1 some having more plastic minds than others2 this marks different upward stages in the perfection of the animal monad4 ,because instinct1 the accumulation of age-long experience1 is so infallible in ordinary cases1 we must not assume that it cannot err4 ,on the contrary we often meet with cases of dunderhead stupidity and of a blind addiction to custom that savors almost of automatism4 ,thus a correspondent of an ,english paper writes about a blackbird which had been brought up as a nestling in the house4 ,when grown up and given her liberty1 she insisted on coming back to build1 and made her nest in a bookshelf4 ,but the family was a failure1 because the hen had no mate and nature failed to depart from her rule2 there were no young2 fertile eggs had to be procured for her to hatch4 ,another story in the same paper tells of a mare which lost her foal and was given a calf dressed in the skin of the departed4 ,the giving of stuffed calves to cows1 while being milked1 is a familiar practice4 ,in animals we see minds in course of development1 capable of considerable growth1 but within limits4 ,the self-conscious ego1 characteristic of man1 is not there4 ,we must bear in mind that the animal is an animal soul 7or monad7 within a form2 that it is the monad which undergoes the evolution2 and that though an animal does not become a man1 that which ensouls the animal will in some future cycle of evolution enter into the making of man4 ,it is by the gift of the self-conscious ,mind1 which links the ,spiritual to the terrestrial1 that the animal consciousness was made to subserve the purposes of the human kingdom4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,while the acknowledged scientific method of inquiry consists in logical inferences from observations1 it is well known that a very limited amount of observation is frequently made to support an unlimited amount of inference4 ,the scientific use of the imagination 7,tyndall7 is highly recommended1 but may o'erleap itself and give to airy nothings a local habitation and a name1 unless checked by some sedater quality4 ,we see that a biologist has gone back in imaginative speculation beyond protoplasm as the origin of life2 for1 just as the physicists have subdivided their atom into electrons1 so this theorist has subdivided his protoplasm into something still more elementary and primordial1 which he calls mycoplasm4 ,the first part of the word means fungus1 so now we can speak of our ancestor as the primordial fungus2 and indeed fungoid traits do seem to survive in some people4 ,science1 we are told1 knows a whole world of minute corpuscles which do not need oxygen for their existence and cannot be killed by boiling water4 ,they do not make the amoeboid movements characteristic of protoplasm and are immune to the strongest poisons4 ,this kind of creature1 therefore1 could exist on earth long before protoplasm could1 as it is so very hardy2 and from it1 as soon as the crust had cooled and oxygen been formed1 the protoplasm sprang4 ,such is the theory1 but it may be wrong4 ,what we want to know1 however1 is what the mycoplasms sprang from2 because either they must have sprung from something else1 or else they are the great ,i ,am1 eternal and uncreate4 ,it is a curious method1 this1 which traces the great back to the small1 thus making the small greater than the great4 ,the man in a silk hat proceeded from the man without a silk hat1 and he from the ape1 and the ape from the duck-billed platypus1 and so on back to ,haeckel's moneron1 and back again to this primordial mushroom4 ,so we may trace the scale of numbers back to prime factors and to unity2 but between the unit and the zero1 infinitude stretches4 ,is not unity1 though in one sense the smallest of numbers1 in all other senses the greatest8 ,from whatever source we derive life1 that source must be greater than life itself4 ,so let us set up an image of the ,mycoplasm and worship it4 ,jehovah himself could not have done more than it has done4 ,is it not clear that material evolution is but one aspect1 and that a small one1 of the process8 ,growth and evolution mean nothing if not a coming into visibility from invisibility1 into actuality from potentiality4 ,a seed grows2 and1 seen from the material point of view1 it seems to grow from nothing4 ,but all the time the material plant is unfolding1 something unseen is expanding into it4 ,evolution is a twofold process4 ,a mycoplasm would lie forever wrapped in its complacent hardihood in the primordial fiery atmosphere1 unless some ,impulse gave it the word to unfold and turn itself into protoplasm4 ,the view of the world as a great machine without any motive power1 and running by the power of its own motion1 may be interesting1 but it is not convincing4 ,if ever our globe were in such a primitive condition as that imagined1 it is equally certain that the life-impulse which it received came from somewhere2 and all analogy would lead us to surmise that that life-impulse came from another globe4 ,but obviously the matter is too vast for little theories4 ,the important point is that some theorists1 in spite of good intentions1 appear to have got things wrong way up4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,surf ,,at ,,coronado1 ,,san ,,diego1 ,,california ,,this ,,view ,,shows ,,the ,,southern ,,end ,,of ,,point ,,loma ,photograph by ,slocum1 ,san ,diego ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,the ,,mammoth ,,cave1 ,,la ,,jolla1 ,,san ,,diego ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,seraejevo1 ,,capital ,,of ,,bosnia ,the minarets of the city's mosques are especially elegant ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,klamath ,,reclamation ,,project1 ,,oregon-,,california ,,part ,,of ,,tule ,,lake1 ,,oregon1 ,,looking ,,toward ,,bloody ,,point ,nature frequently puts too much water in some places1 and too little in others1 to suit the purposes of man4 ,draining a piece of wet land is just the opposite of irrigating a piece of dry land4 ,both processes are called reclamation4 ,this picture shows ,tule ,lake1 in ,oregon1 which required to be drained that its fertile bed might be turned into farms4 ,,conflict ,,of ,,the ,,ages3 by ,s4 ,f4 ,the bugle calls6 while far and near ,the gathering hosts are marching by2 ,their clanging arms1 their tread ,i hear1 ,the sounds which tell the strife is nigh4 ,to arms6 to arms6 each loyal heart ,responsive trembles at the call6 ,each valorous soul will do his part ,to win the victory for all4 ',tis not for selfish worldly gain1 ,for cross or crescent1 king or crown1 ,they marshal on the battle plain ,to strike the bold usurper down4 ,it is no mortal foe they seek-- ,no ,brother's blood they wish to spill1 ,nor strong that triumph o'er the weak-- ,their good to gain through other's ill4 ,ah no6 the world has never yet ,been called to arm for such a fray1 ,nor e'er such countless hosts have met ,as those that bear the sword today4 ',tis hidden ,forces they oppose-- ,a subtle ,power that rules the earth-- ,while ,nature shudders in her throes ,to bring the ,savior1 ,truth1 to birth4 ,and 'tis not only men's weak hands ,which bear aloft the spear and lance-- ,lo6 o'er the plains the ,master's bands ,with swift and noiseless feet advance4 ,the ,helpers of mankind are ,they-- ,great ,elder ,brothers of the ,race6 ,at dawning of the grand ,new ,day ,each ,warrior stands within his place4 ,the ,order of the ,ages ,new ,has come at last in dawning ,light-- ,its soldiers neither weak nor few-- ,and they are armed with ,god's own might4 ,in vain the hosts of ,darkness rise ,and shriek aloud their battle cry6 ,the dawn of ,truth lights all the skies ,and crime and wrong and fraud shall die4 ,,women ,,who ,,have ,,influenced ,,the ,,world3 by the ,rev4 ,s4 ,j4 ,neill ,as gravitation existed before ,newton made his discovery1 so1 also1 has the influence of woman exerted a powerful sway among many nations long before the modern movement towards woman's emancipation4 ,that the modern movement is a powerful one cannot be denied by anyone who knows what is going on in the world4 ,the wise study the action of the winds and waves and use them for beneficent purposes4 ,we smile at the picture of the ,english ruler ordering back the tide2 and at the ,persian ruler who commanded the waters of the ,bosphorus to be castigated4 ,the woman's emancipation of the present day calls for careful study and wise direction on the part of all lovers of human welfare4 ,everything which gives a clearer understanding of woman in her own nature1 and in her relation to man must be of service4 ,what women have done in the past may throw some light on what woman may achieve in the future4 ,as lives of great men all remind us1 we can make our lives sublime1 even so the lives of great and noble women are a beacon light and a prophecy4 ,though a truism1 it must never be forgotten that woman's nature and her function in the world differ from man's4 ,many mistakes have been made1 and are still made1 through forgetting that woman and man are two aspects of the ,one ,life in manifestation2 therefore they are not opposed to each other1 but are complementary of each other--like perfect music unto noble words4 ,milton has tried to express this in the well-known lines3 ,for contemplation he and valor formed2 ,for softness she1 and sweet attractive grace4 ,harmony in nature consists in each part of the whole working according to its proper use or function4 ,while this general law may seem to preclude the possibility of women being in their proper sphere and yet acting as great generals1 great statesmen1 or great rulers1 we find that women have again and again become illustrious in these respects4 ,in doing so it is possible that the woman parts with some of that softness and sweet attractive grace1 of which ,milton speaks4 ,it is possible that she may lose the childlike in the larger mind1 which ,tennyson says the perfect woman should not lose2 yet she remains a woman essentially while doing work supposed to be appropriate to man4 ,joan of ,arc retained her girlish heart to the last1 and after she had led the armies of ,france to victory1 wished for nothing better than to return to her native village and live in peace4 ,even ,queen ,elizabeth of ,england1 generally regarded as one of the most masculine of her sex1 retained to the end some of those qualities which distinctly belong to woman4 ,queen ,isabella of ,spain1 though weighted down with domestic sorrows and engrossed with cares of state1 was moved with deep compassion for the condition of the ,indians1 and in her last moments exacted from her husband a promise for their protection4 ,a biographer says that she was possessed of all the personal grace1 gentleness1 and feminine accomplishments of ,mary ,stuart1 without her weakness4 ,great queen as she was1 the name bestowed on her by her people1 and ratified by history1 was3 ,isabella of peace and good will4 ,from the dawn of history we find great women in many countries of the world4 ,passing by ,biblical women1 as too well known to need mention1 we find in ,egypt1 according to ,meyer in his ,oldest ,books of the ,world1 that the position of woman both in religion and government was very elevated4 ,he says3 ,woman appears to have met with more consideration among the old ,egyptians than with any other people of ,oriental antiquity4 ,it is to the glory of ancient ,egyptian wisdom1 that it has been the first to express the dignity and high position of the wife and woman4 ,near the ,great ,pyramid a tomb has been opened which gives us a few facts concerning the first ,queen of ,egypt of whom we have any knowledge4 ,her name was ,mer-ti-tef-s1 which means the beloved of her father4 ,she was also described as the wife of the king whom she loved4 ,another great ruler of ,egypt1 about #aeaf ,b4 ,c41 was ,hatshepsut4 ,dr4 ,wallis ,budge of the ,british ,museum tells us that this queen dressed herself as a man4 ,some of the other great queens of ,egypt are3 ,nitocris2 ,aah-hotep2 ,mutemva1 mother of ,amen-hotep ,,iii2 ,ti1 wife of ,amen-hotep1 whose tomb was found not long ago1 and whose remains were found wrapped in sheets of gold1 with the exquisitely worked crown of gold at her head4 ,these two with ,nefert-i-tain1 are said to have worked harmoniously together for the establishment of ancient truth in ,egypt4 ,besides these we have ,batria1 wife of ,rameses ,,iii2 the well-known ,cleopatra2 and last but not least1 ,dido of ,carthage1 whom1 had ,aeneas married1 the whole course of history would have been different4 ,crossing over to ,greece1 we may mention ,sappho1 the sweet singer1 who has suffered much misrepresentation1 and of whom ,professor ,palgrave says3 ,there is no need for me to panegyrise the poetess whom the whole world has been long since contented to hold without a parallel4 ,there is also ,aspasia1 the wife of ,pericles4 ,from ,greek statuary we see how noble woman must have been in ,greece4 ,in ,italy we have ,cornelia1 who has been called the ideal mother1 and ,volumnia1 mother of ,coriolanus2 and ,portia1 wife of ,brutus2 nor must we forget ,beatrice1 the heroine of ,the ,divina ,commedia4 ,in ,japan1 in ,china1 and in ,india1 we find many names of great women whose influence has endured through the ages4 ,the ,taj ,mahal is sufficient to remind us of what a woman has been in the ,moslem world4 ,j4 ,s4 ,mill says that if a ,hind principality is strong1 vigilantly and energetically governed2 if order is preserved without oppression1 in three cases out of four that principality is under the regency of a woman4 ,coming to ,western lands we find the valiant ,british queen ,boadicea4 ,in ancient ,germany there was ,queen ,radignde1 who founded a school for women4 ,in ,sweden ,birgitta was famous as a patron of learning2 her schools numbered eighty1 and there still exist six schools of her order on the ,continent and one in ,england1 the only one that can boast of an unbroken existence from pre-,reformation times4 ,ireland too had a ,saint ,brigit1 some of whose wonderful works were evidently transferred to her from the ,celtic goddess ,ceridwen4 ,who has not seen the beautiful picture of ,queen ,louise of ,prussia1 of whom such a great historian as ,mommsen speaks so enthusiastically8 ,she is said to have been by no means a genius1 nor in any way abnormal1 but she was so beautiful1 so winning1 so optimistic1 and combined such dignity and charm1 such cheerfulness1 faith and fortitude1 that she gained ,silesia for her husband from ,napoleon4 ,then we have such great women as ,madam ,guyon1 the mystic2 ,caroline ,herschel2 ,frances ,power ,cobbe2 ,florence ,nightingale2 ,queen ,olga of ,greece2 ,queen ,victoria2 ,madame ,curie1 and many others whom time does not permit to mention4 ,there is no need here to speak of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky and ,katherine ,tingley1 the heralds of a new age1 except to say that the world in that new age will render them that justice which is so tardily given now4 ,while the greatness to which women have attained proves to us what woman is capable of doing1 yet1 in a sense1 it may be a little depressing1 for all cannot be queens or rulers4 ,but true greatness consists in doing well what has to be done4 ,besides1 who can say what is great and what is small in the ,divine ,economy8 ,the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world1 is an old saying4 ,and for the great majority of women the making of the home to be a real home is the highest service that can be done to help the world2 for the home is the foundation of the nation4 ,and as ,ruskin says3 ,wherever a true wife comes1 this home is always round her4 ,the stars only may be over her head1 the glow-worm in the night-cold grass may be the only fire at her foot1 but home is yet wherever she is2 and for a noble woman it stretches far around her1 better than ceiled with cedar or painted with vermilion1 shedding its quiet light far1 for those who else were homeless4 ,,the ,,turkish ,,woman3 by ,grace ,knoche ,the ,sultan of ,turkey recently received a deputation of representative ,ottoman women and in the course of his conference with them pledged them his support in their efforts to bring about a reform of certain conditions4 ,press dispatches state that the members of this deputation were heavily veiled4 ,the veil has always been1 to the ,european mind1 the point of departure for ,turkish feministic reform1 and the wearing of it by those who stand for such reform1 when many ,turkish women have discarded the impenetrable yashmak entirely and a still larger number wear only veils of gauze1 seems an anomaly4 ,to realize that it is not1 one must get below current misunderstandings and baseless reports and know the high-caste ,turkish woman as she really is--for with her ,turkish feministic reform begins and by her it is being safeguarded4 ,many who are familiar with the diplomatic and social life of our ,european capitals have stated that the high-caste ,turkish woman of today is as a class more highly educated1 and also more feminine1 in the tenderest and most refined meaning of the term1 than any other woman in the world4 ,she not only knows the history1 geography1 and literature of her own and foreign nations1 but in addition knows two1 three1 and often four languages besides her own--always ,french and ,german1 usually ,english1 and often ,italian or ,russian--languages which she does not speak haltingly but with fluency and perfection1 for in the wealthier ,turkish families of today ,french1 ,german1 and ,english governesses are a recognized institution4 ,she is very beautiful1 always refined1 unobtrusively thoughtful of others1 and supremely loyal to her ideals of character and duty--and her ideals always center about the home4 ,yet her life is virtually an imprisoned one1 bounded as it is1 day and night1 year in and year out1 by the four walls of the women's apartment or harem4 ,she cannot go out unattended in the daytime1 nor in the evening at all2 she may not attend theaters nor even a concert2 she may not attend social or other gatherings where men are present4 ,this state of things was not so unendurable to the women of the preceding generation1 for they had not been permitted to embrace ,european ideas through an education on ,european lines1 but to the high-caste woman of today1 who has been given a glimpse into a larger world than her own1 and a world very wonderful and alluring1 the old harem existence is almost intolerable4 ,yet she must continue in it for a time1 and here is the wonderful thing--she does this1 in the deeper sense1 willingly4 ,those who know her best tell us that out of the silence and seclusion of her life1 the ,turkish woman has evolved a philosophy of her own1 and one that is not limited to the orthodox ,muslim view of woman2 those who know life and humanity best know also that this could never have come to her past the impenetrable barriers of caste and orthodox religious doctrine1 had she not attuned her life to some1 at least1 of the higher notes of ,life ,universal4 ,and it is the teaching of ,theosophy that this can only be done by those with whom duty is the highest ideal--duty1 for ever and ever1 duty4 ,in a heroic determination to do her whole duty to husband and family1 to nation and to home1 the ,turkish woman may well be commended to that ultra-modern type who leaves husband and children to their own devices while she is away1 chasing some will-o'-the-wisp or fad4 ,of this type ,turkey is yet as destitute as certain strata of ,european and ,american life are prolific4 ,the ,turkish woman is wise enough to wait in trust the day of her complete emancipation1 and she feels it is approaching--but she also knows that to push or hurry it forward would invoke a reaction that might ruin her country and defeat her hopes4 ,she knows that methods even approaching those of the modern suffragette would only blot the golden dawn and put back until a later cycle the glorious day4 ,we see now why the members of this deputation wore the orthodox veil1 or partly why1 for no ,turkish woman of the educated class is unaware that to needlessly offend the conservative element is to fetter the ,young ,turk movement1 that evolving drama of national life in which woman played so heroic a part4 ,says a current writer3 ,everybody agrees that the most remarkable change in social conditions caused by the revolution in ,turkey has occurred among the feminine portion of the population1 and it is conceded that the wives and mothers of the ,young ,turk party had a powerful influence in bringing it about4 ,during the anxious months of conspiracy and preparation many high-born ,turkish ladies worked with courage1 enthusiasm and intelligence for the cause of liberty4 ,some of them acted as messengers1 carrying concealed about their persons papers which1 if discovered1 would have been their death2 others afforded the revolutionary committees opportunities for holding their meetings1 and furnished those who were in danger means of escape4 ,twelve thousand spies in the employ of ,abdul ,hamid were unable to outwit the women of ,turkey in this work1 and the leaders of the ,young ,turk party concede that they owe their success largely to the assistance of their wives and sisters and mothers4 ,in that intimate blending of heroic self-abnegation and of wisdom which characterizes the efforts and the daily life of the typical high-caste ,turkish woman1 the world has offered for its reading a great lesson4 ,the ,ottoman woman possibly has found her intuition1 which is the soul's own voice1 and her will1 which is the soul at work4 ,pain1 misunderstanding1 oppression1 and heartache1 have opened many doors in the chambers of her being1 and in wrestling with the angel of untoward circumstance she has found the inner power that enables one to turn the leaden fetters about one's feet into the golden sandals of ,hermes himself4 ,if this has come about1 and those who know the ,ottoman woman best declare that it has1 then we know that it is because she has striven to attune her life to that which must be the keynote of all lasting feministic reform--womanliness--true womanliness1 with its overtones of tenderness1 compassion and aspiration1 and its deepening undertones of solid attainment1 of patriotism1 of courage1 of loyalty to one's ideal1 and of faithfulness to duty4 ,,an ,,english ,,lady',s ,,letter3 by ,f4 ,d4 ,udall 7,london7 ,pevensey ,castle is one of the most interesting of all the ancient and historic castles of old ,england4 ,it was seized by ,william the ,conqueror immediately he landed in the bay close by1 and he left a garrison to hold it while he pushed on to ,hastings and subsequently to the country round about the hoar apple tree mentioned in the ,saxon ,chronicle1 where the decisive engagement with ,harold and his army took place4 ,this spot1 ever since commemorated in the name of the village--,battle--is some seven miles inland4 ,harold had taken care to leave a garrison1 too1 at ,pevensey1 while he went north1 but according to ,freeman1 ,william found the place wholly undefended or else with a force totally inadequate to resist the ,normans4 ,at all events there appears to have been no resistance offered to the invaders1 on that fateful ,michael's ,eve4 ,the castle and land for miles around eventually became the property of the ,conqueror's half-brother4 ,how old the castle is nobody knows4 ,british coins have been discovered at ,pevensey1 and it is thought that the place was an ancient ,british settlement4 ,as to the castle itself1 the general opinion is that it was built by the ,romans1 and the many ,roman coins found in its precincts1 chiefly of the ,constantine family1 give support to the theory4 ,in the days of the venerable ,bede there was a great forest in these parts1 the forest of ,anderida1 roamed by herds of deer and swine4 ,pevensey is first mentioned in historical documents in the year #gib1 when its owner--generous man6--gave it away1 together with ,hastings1 to the ,abbey of ,st4 ,denis at ,paris4 ,sir ,john ,pelham was appointed ,constable of the ,castle in the reign of ,edward ,,iii1 and his courageous wife held it during a siege in her husband's absence1 in the following reign1 in #acii4 ,this lady gives the old ruins an interest of quite another character from their warlike associations by reason of a letter she dispatched to her husband during that siege4 ,he was up in ,yorkshire at the time4 ,the letter has come down through the centuries--a brave1 sweet1 womanly1 wifely relic of those early days in our rough island story4 ,it enjoys the honor of being enshrined in ,hallam's ,literature of ,europe1 and well it deserves the distinction4 ,here is what the lady wrote while the enemy was at the gate4 ,,my ,,dear ,,lord3 ,i recommend me to your high lordship with heart and body and all my poor might1 and with all this ,i thank you as my dear lord1 dearest and best beloved of all earthly lords1 ,i say for me1 and thank you1 my dear lord1 with all this that ,i say before of your comfortable letter that ye sent me from ,pontefract1 that come to me on ,mary ,magdalene day 7,july #bb72 for by my troth ,i was never so glad as when ,i heard by your letter that ye were strong enough with the grace of ,god for to keep you from the malice of your enemies4 ,and1 dear lord1 if it like to your high lordship that as soon as ye might that ,i might hear of your gracious speed2 which ,god ,almighty continue and increase4 ,and1 my dear lord1 if it like you for to know of my fare1 ,i am here by laid in manner of a siege with the county of ,sussex1 ,surrey1 and a great parcel of ,kent1 so that ,i may nought out1 nor none victuals get me but with much hard4 ,wherefore1 my dear1 if it like you by the advice of your wise counsel for to set remedy of the salvation of your castle1 and withstand the malice of the shires aforesaid4 ,and also that ye be fully informed of their great malice workers in these shires1 which that haves so despitefully wrought to you1 and to your castle1 to your men1 and to your tenants for this country1 have yai 7sic7 wasted for a great while4 ,farewell1 my dear lord2 the ,holy ,trinity you keep from your enemies1 and soon send me good tidings of you4 ,written at ,pevensey in the ,castle on ,st4 ,jacob day 7,st4 ,james1 ,july #be7 last past1 ,by your own poor1 ,j4 ,pelham4 ,to my true lord4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,ruins ,,of ,,pevensey ,,castle ,illustration3 ,,in ,,the ,,forest ,a ,,magic ,,place3 ,a ,forest ,idyll for ,young ,folks3 by ,m4 ,ginevra ,munson ,who has not felt the inspiring and soothing influence of certain quiet spots8 as though the jarring and restless forces of nature were there rendered impotent and the soul could commune freely with the great heart-life of all4 ,the conflicting vibrations of human thought are annulled and nature speaks in whatever language you choose3 in song or verse1 art or science4 ,how it draws one up to the heights of infinitude to sit in solitude1 with eye on the expanse of ocean in which is mirrored all the gorgeous tints and cloud-forms in the sky at sunset2 or on mountain heights where no sounds or sights except the blue dome overhead and the distant landscape beneath1 can distract the mind from the sense of the invisible ,presence that fills all space2 or in the depths of a noble forest where the foot of man seldom comes4 ,it was in such a place as this1 surrounded by the elves and fairies of the wood1 that ,helena1 in the company of her father and a few other artist spirits1 pitched their tents for summer work in the stillness of the forest2 sculptors1 painters1 poets1 musical composers1 and writers on various themes1 each lived in the quiet and privacy of his own domicile1 out of sight or hearing of any other4 ,helena was the daughter of a poet and inherited that keen sense of communion with and understanding of nature's moods and voices1 but had never before been in such a place as this1 having been born near a thriving city4 ,she was devoted to her father1 and though only yet in her early teens1 showed such appreciation of her father's work that he brought her along with him as a sort of mentor when reading his poems over4 ,then too1 her mother was dead1 and he felt it his duty to keep ,helena under his own care as much as possible1 as she was an only child4 ,nothing could have made her happier or have been better for her than this forest air and odor of fragrant wood1 and her spirits and health responded to it gratefully4 ,while her father was busy she wandered about1 making companions of the birds1 trees1 and other forest-life4 ,the inspiration and magic of the place was so great that she was seized with the desire to express the joy and budding knowledge that stirred within her soul2 so without saying anything to her father1 she would take out tablet and pencil and sit on a fallen log near the singing brook that ran close by1 and write down the daily dialog she heard going on around her4 ,overhead the trees said to the birds3 ,are you happy my pretty ones1 fluttering and hopping from twig to branch1 pluming your feathers as ,i sway and swing you about8 ,oh yes1 dear trees1 twittered the birds1 and we will be diligent in destroying the worms that prey on your beautiful leaves1 while we sing to you our thanks for the lacy bowers and secret hiding-places for our nests of young birdlings1 who take their first lessons in song from the music of the breeze through your branches2 and then they poured forth a chorus in greater glee than ever4 ,up in a high fork of the great spreading top of an oak was a huge nest of dead leaves1 from one edge of which peered a pair of bright eyes in a furry gray head1 over which curled a bushy gray and white tail4 ,a chattering voice chimed in with the birds3 ,dear trees1 ,i too love you1 for with your leaves for my nest you provide me a home out of reach of all harm1 and you feed me with lovely acorns in such abundance that ,i can store up enough for the whole round year2 but ,i'm sorry ,i can return so little back to you1 save a grateful heart4 ,oh1 thanks1 ,i am safe home1 said a bounding cotton-tail rabbit1 as he shot into the protecting walls of a hollow log4 ,what would ,i do if it were not for the deserted trunk of a tree2 and even the live ones sometimes give me a home in a hole in their bodies1 quite low enough down for me to jump into1 yet too small and deep for intruders to poke their noses in very far4 ,yes1 yes1 ,i too1 chirped a striped ground squirrel1 owe all my comforts to the trees1 and no one can find my cosy nest of pine needles1 so fragrant and clean4 ,an old sly fox ran swiftly by1 saying3 ,o shelter me in your depths1 dark forest1 for ,i hear the bay of a hound on the scent of my track1 then he jumped the purling stream to cut off the lead of the dog1 and sped away4 ,as ,helena glanced down the stream she saw a beaver working away on a pile of logs and heard him murmur3 ,what would ,i do if the trees did not furnish me logs for my dam8 ,nothing else would serve me so well1 ,i am sure1 and ,i only cut down young saplings where they are too crowded to thrive4 ,in turn for the favor ,i will make the stream deeper so the water will not dry away in hot weather1 but will give drink to the tree roots all the year through4 ,away in the distance ,helena spied the red-brown coat of a deer and heard its call to the fawn4 ,out from a tangled mass of vines and low swaying branches bounded the spotted young beauty1 and answered back3 ,here mother-deer1 the forest has safely sheltered me1 and fed me too on sweet young sassafras shoots4 ,may ,i now take a run with you8 ,then ,helena gazed in the stream at the fishes1 who answered her thought3 ,yes1 we too would perish were it not for the shady pools that reflect the lacy network of the trees that draw down the rain from heaven to fill the stream and keep the water fresh4 ,filled with wonder at these voices of the woods1 ,helena realized that though it seemed so silent it was full of song and happy life1 but that the love and harmony of these beings made the magic of the place and filled it with peace and soul-inspiring influences4 ,while she meditated and watched the bees gathering sweets from the fragrant wood-violets and wild-plum blossoms1 she heard a voice so startlingly loud that she jumped with surprise4 ,it said ,who8 ,who8 ,who----o8 and seemed to come from the very tree tops4 ,while looking up in wonder1 ,helena saw a great1 fluffy cream-colored bird with brownish bars on its wings and a big round head with two enormous yellow eyes1 float noiselessly away through the forest4 ,could that voice have come from the bird8 ,what did he say ',who8 ,who8 ,who----8' ,it seemed to question me1 asking to whom were all these creatures1 as well as myself1 beholden8 ,why1 yes1 every voice spoke of love for and indebtedness to the trees4 ,they stand here so silently and majestically through ages1 affording food1 shelter1 shade1 and protection1 for all these other beings whose very lives depend upon them4 ,the dear trees are monarchs over all1 yet serve all1 standing here with their roots fast in the soil and their heads touching the sun-bright heavens4 ,to us people too1 though we may live in cities and never know or think of the forest trees1 we could scarcely live without them4 ,our houses1 our furniture1 and almost everything that is of use or convenience to us have some wood about them2 and then we enjoy the nuts1 the fruit1 and other kinds of food produced by the trees as much as the squirrels and birds1 no doubt4 ,perhaps these trees bring down from higher regions other forces that feed our souls also--,who8 ,who ,who----o knows8 ,yes1 now ,i understand1 thought ,helena1 why the great ,initiates1 ,masters and ,saviors of the world1 were called ',trees4' ,jesus was called 'the ,tree of ,life1' and the ,initiates spoken of in the ,bible1 'the ,cedars of ,lebanon4' ,they stand and serve and protect4 ,then ,helena remembered that she had read in her ,scandinavian ,mythology that trees were formed from the hair of the giant ,ymir1 in the creation of the world4 ,his blood formed the oceans and rivers2 his bones the mountains2 his teeth the rocks and cliffs2 and his hair1 the trees4 ,also that the universe springs from beneath the branches of the world-tree ,yggdrasil1 the tree with three roots4 ,helena must certainly have been sitting on a branch or root of the tree of wisdom when getting into such a deep strain of thought4 ,the spirit of the forest had awakened her soul to the realization of the fact of ,brotherhood in ,nature too1 the give and take1 the unity and inseparable life of the denizens of the wood that made it such a magic place4 ,she also saw why the tree was made a symbol of universal life1 for all other life in the world is really somewhat dependable upon the trees4 ,no wonder1 ,helena thought1 as she walked back to her father's bungalow1 no wonder there is such magic in the depth of the forest1 and that father comes here to get in touch with the soul of things4 ,that is why 'tis said that ',poetry is the true language of the soul4' ,illustration3 ,,the ,,screen ,,of ,,time ,,current ,,topics3 by ,observer ,the recent theft of the famous ,mona ,lisa of ,leonardo da ,vinci from the ,louvre1 which is such a loss to the artistic world1 has brought to light the fact that many other valuable works of art have been stolen from the ,louvre and other public museums without any arrests following4 ,one thief is reported as having admitted that he lately stole many small pieces of sculpture from the ,phoenician gallery in the ,louvre and sold them for trifling sums4 ,he lately returned a statuette to the museum in return for a payment1 and the authorities admitted that it was actually one from their collection4 ,three years ago there were forty sculptured heads in one of the cases2 now there are about twenty6 ,there seems to be no hope of regaining the ,mona ,lisa at present1 but1 just as the famous ,duchess of ,devonshire of ,gainsborough was restored after many years upon the payment of heavy blackmail1 it is possible that the robbers will take some favorable opportunity of realizing a large sum by the return of ,leonardo's masterpiece4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for the first time since the creation of the ,french ,academy at ,rome1 a woman has been admitted as a student at the ,villa ,medici4 ,mlle4 ,lucienne ,heuvelmans1 the successful winner of the famous ,prix de ,rome for sculpture1 had to compete against nine other contestants1 but her remarkable ability compelled the judges to decide in her favor and to establish an entirely new precedent4 ,her subject was ,the ,sister of ,orestes ,guarding her ,brother's ,sleep4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,norwegian ,academy of ,sciences has just recognized the claim of woman to admission to that body for the first time1 by admitting ,miss ,kristine ,bonnevin of ,christiania1 a doctor of philosophy and an eminent zoologist4 ,she is ,conservator of the ,zoological laboratory of the ,christiania ,university1 and has produced several interesting scientific works in ,norway1 ,germany1 and the ,united ,states4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,complete revision of the rules of the road is being made in ,france4 ,instead of vehicles keeping to the right1 as has hitherto been the custom1 they will now have to travel on the left side of the road4 ,this will bring ,france into line with ,great ,britain and most other ,european countries1 and will be a great advantage for many automobilists and cyclists touring in ,france1 for the difficulty of breaking through the automatic habit of turning to the left when another vehicle approaches is very great to those who have been accustomed to keeping on that side4 ,americans1 who obey the rule of keeping to the right1 will however find the new ,french regulation irksome4 ,it is claimed that the rule of the left is more sensible for many reasons4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,french people seem very quick to modify old-established customs when something they consider better is offered4 ,they lately adopted ,greenwich ,observatory 7,england7 as the place of first meridian for time and nautical calculations1 as it was shown to be practically advantageous2 they did not let an exaggerated patriotism stand in the way1 though it may be questioned whether the change would have been made a few years ago1 before the entente cordiale between ,france and ,england had been established1 to which the indefatigable efforts of ,king ,edward ,,vii so largely contributed4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,everyone who has read ,irving's ,alhambra and has felt the charm of that delightfully romantic account of the celebrated ,moorish palace in ,granada1 will be glad to hear that the ,spanish ,government is taking active measures to remove the dbris which has collected during the last several centuries and to clear out the watercourses1 and otherwise prevent the famous masterpiece of ,moorish architecture from falling to ruin4 ,many interesting antiquities have been discovered and the finds have been removed to the old palace of the ,emperor ,charles ,v1 which is being turned into a museum4 ,beautiful arabesque decorations have been discovered in unexpected places1 and a hitherto unknown staircase has been laid bare1 leading to a large system of underground vaults4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,it is difficult to realize that it is only six years ago since the ,wrights made their first flight of eleven miles in a power-driven aeroplane1 and now we are reading of attempts to fly across the ,united ,states from ocean to ocean1 and speeds of over a hundred miles an hour for long distances are continually being made4 ,the days of racing and sensational exhibitions are apparently nearing an end1 for a demand is arising for less flimsy aeroplanes which can be used for practical purposes4 ,it will certainly be many years before the art of aviation arrives at perfection1 and before it becomes as safe and practicable to travel by air-line as by train or automobile4 ,nothing but careful and scientific experimenting1 free from the sensational element1 can bring this about4 ,the days of the big gas-bag type of flying machine1 the dirigible1 seem to be numbered1 for the numerous accidents which have happened to these machines1 even when directed with the greatest skill and caution1 have greatly disappointed their supporters4 ,a mere puff of wind1 which would have presented no terrors to a heavier-than-air machine1 destroyed the ,british naval dirigible lately4 ,its cost--about #djj1jjj--would have paid for eighty of the best aeroplanes of the heavier-than-air-type4 ,the lifting power of the air is being utilized in man-carrying kites for war-scouting purposes1 and they have proved quite practicable4 ,they have been adopted by the ,british navy and are now being tried in that of the ,united ,states4 ,large six-sided box-kites are used2 the total pull of fifteen of these1 carrying a man in a boatswain's chair1 is more than two thousand pounds4 ,at the height of four hundred feet observations covering a range of some forty miles can be made4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the celebrated ,boston ,symphony ,orchestra completed its thirtieth year of existence and uninterrupted success on ,oct4 #bb4 ,at the last ,symphony ,concert of the ,harvard ,musical ,association in ,boston1 in ,march1 #ahha1 a ,concert ,overture was conducted by the composer1 ,georg ,henschel1 whose brilliant performance attracted the attention of ,major ,h4 ,l4 ,higginson1 a music-lover who had for several years been maturing a new scheme of symphony concerts1 and who was willing and able to subsidize it out of his own pocket4 ,he was only waiting to find the orchestral conductor in whom he could have sufficient confidence4 ,the ,harvard ,musical ,association1 then more than twenty years old1 had been gradually declining in popularity1 and he saw that there was an opening for a really first-class orchestra in ,boston4 ,large audiences were attracted from the very first1 and the ,boston ,symphony ,orchestra has advanced from success to success4 ,its twenty-four annual performances now fill a very large place in the musical life of ,boston1 and the orchestra has now a double fame and a double audience1 for it gives ten concerts yearly in ,new ,york1 where it is equally popular4 ,of the original seventy members four are still playing in the orchestra1 which at present numbers one hundred and one4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,it is surprising that there is so much misapprehension in ,western lands about the real character of the ,turkish people4 ,during the present difficulty with ,italy many most exaggerated charges have been made against the ,turks1 which those who know them best deny with indignation4 ,a writer in ,the ,boston ,transcript has just published an article which is unusually fair and which is marked with a due appreciation of the weakness of our frenzied manner of life which we call civilization4 ,a few quotations will be of interest to all who are not prejudiced against the heathen4 ,mr4 ,cobb1 the writer1 says3 ,no people in the world are more likeable than the ,turks4 ,they are kindly1 honest1 and generous-hearted4444 ,the ,english and ,americans who live among the ,turks like them--come to feel a real affection for them4 ,to the charge that they are cruel1 he assents1 but he says that the reason is that they possess to a marked degree the ,oriental indifference to physical pain1 and that1 above all1 they are still in the condition we were during the later middle ages4 ,it is only a few centuries ago that we too held life and suffering in little value4444 ,we burnt men at the stake in order to save their souls4444 ,even within two or three centuries we could have found in ,england the prototype of the modern ,turk--the cultured ,english gentleman1 the kindly1 dignified merchant1 who could witness with calmness1 torture1 execution1 burning at the stake4 ,already there has been a great refining process in the ,near ,east during the last half century2 and within the lifetime of this generation we shall see the ,east purged of its cruelty and physical roughness4 ,speaking of the new movement in ,turkey towards a better interpretation of the ,korn1 ,mr4 ,cobb says3 ,a protestant wave is sweeping over ,islm2 quietly and cautiously a translation of the ,korn into modern ,turkish is being prepared4 ,the grip of the clergy is waning in proportion as the people are becoming educated4 ,it must be said in justice to ,islm1 that it has never been as fanatical and intolerant of heresy as the ,christian ,church4 ,there has never been any ,inquisition in ,islm1 and persecutions for religious differences have been far rarer than in ,christianity4 ,the ,turks are the broadest and most tolerant of all ,mohammedans4 ,while both ,turkey and ,persia are yet mostly in the middle ages as regards education1 ,in both countries there are a number of leaders who have received a ,european education and are thoroughly in sympathy with its ideas4 ,their influence is radiating throughout the country and in the end it must pervade the masses4 ,mr4 ,cobb speaks in a most significant and welcome manner about industrial conditions in ,turkey3 ,in methods of industry and business the medieval form holds sway4444 ,their hours are long1 but their labor dignifies instead of degrading them4 ,now and then they stop work1 light a cigarette and dream4 ,there is a chance for a bit of meditation1 a broadening of the vision of life4444 ,compare all that with the feverish activity of our modern industrial system with its soul-racking machines and unhumanizing servitude to work4444 ,poor ,east6 ,little does it dream1 in its silent1 meditative happiness1 that it will one day have to face the industrial system--the age of machinery and iron4 ,already this is creeping upon them--already factories are being established1 and labor is being chained to the loom4444 ,let us hope it will profit by the bitter experience of the ,west1 and keep the good things it has4 ,the ,turkish craftsman makes a living--he is happy1 he lives near to ,god4444 ,will you undertake to show him the possibilities of combination1 of fierce competition1 of ostentatious wealth8 ,will you take away his soul and give him a few millions in return8 ,pray do not6 ,leave us some distant corner of the earth where we can flee when the shadows of industrialism oppress us2 when the soullessness of human faces arouses our despair4444 ,the ,east is yet a land where one can seek the eternal solitudes of the spirit4444 ,the despotism of the ,east is over4 ,no more can its rulers consign to death at their whim4444 ,will the ,east be able to keep its characteristic of peace8 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,irish-language demonstration held in ,dublin on ,september #ag was impressive and successful2 indeed the citizens appear to celebrate this annual event as a festival day4 ,a considerable number of those taking part wore the ancient national costume4 ,the first part of the procession1 consisting of branches of the ,gaelic ,league1 occupied half an hour in passing a given point4 ,then came various schools4 ,next the ,national ,foresters formed a picturesque element1 an innovation being the attire of two branches of the lady ,foresters1 who appeared in green velvet cloaks and hoods which imparted a very realistic ,celtic touch4 ,numerous labor organizations brought up the rear4 ,at the subsequent mass meeting ,dr4 ,douglas ,hyde1 the energetic ,president of the ,gaelic ,league1 presented resolutions dealing with the education question in connexion with the preservation of the ,irish language and industrial development4 ,he said the ,national ,board of ,education had informed him that the managers of the schools and the parents of the children were colder towards the ,irish language than the ,board itself4 ,the priests of ,ireland are the managers of the schools1 he went on to say1 and if it was true that the priests are colder than the ,board it is a sad state of affairs4 ,i do not believe it1 but ,i will leave this question because it does not touch us4 ,he concluded by asking the ,gaelic ,league members to have a welcome for every person who was an ,irishman1 and to apply no tests except that when members came in they should leave religion and politics outside the door4 ,one cannot but admire the optimism of ,dr4 ,douglas ,hyde1 and if the course he outlined be followed many will soon realize that the words unsectarian and non-political1 sound a keynote of progress4 ,and the ,gaelic ,league is surely for progress6 ,there is an eastern book called ,the ,arabian ,night's ,entertainments4 ,it contains the ,story of ,es-,sindibd1 who had the ill-luck to encounter trying adventures1 among which was the task of carrying an ,old-,man-of-the-,sea on his back4 ,perhaps the parents1 the ,national ,board1 and ,dr4 ,douglas ,hyde might think of an ,irish version4 ,meanwhile the children suffer most4 ,talking of translations1 we wonder whether some ,gaelic ,league member will think of putting ,atlantis1 by ,ignatius ,donnelly1 into ,irish4 ,to be sure1 it would give young folk a wider outlook on life1 but this might not be an insuperable objection4 ,,book ,,reviews3 ,les ,derniers ,barbares3 ,chine1 ,tibet1 ,mongolie1 par le ,commandant d',ollone4 ,pierre ,lafitte et ,cie41 ,paris4 ,by ,h4 ,alexander ,fussell ,in the preface to this most interesting and readable book of exploration ,commandant d',ollone reminds us that within or about the confines of the ,chinese ,empire there still exist those races which conquered ,cyrus1 stopped ,alexander1 ravaged the ,roman ,empire1 conquered ,asia and half of ,europe1 that they are still the same1 unconquered and untamable4 ,and he asks the question3 ,will they succumb under the pressure of civilization2 or shall we see them1 armed with our own weapons1 with modern artillery1 utilizing the railways we have constructed1 to begin again their terrible incursions8 ,the names of these barbarians are familiar enough3 ,scythians1 ,huns1 ,turks1 ,mongols2 to these must be added the ,lolos1 a race1 according to some theorists1 more nearly allied to our own1 the ,indo-,european1 than to the so-called ,mongolian or ,yellow race4 ,to study the ,lolos and their characteristics was one of the principal objects of the expedition d',ollone4 ,inhabiting the high mountainous plateau1 about #aa1jjj square miles in extent1 on the left bank of the ,blue ,river1 to the north of the province of ,yunnan1 they have maintained their independence at the price of continual war with the ,chinese4 ,theirs is the forbidden land1 the country where the ,chinese never go2 for the latter1 if found in the country of the ,lolos1 are either massacred or reduced to slavery4 ,nevertheless1 they are admitted at certain seasons to gather the much coveted insect-wax1 a source of riches to the neighboring province of ,sseu-,tch'ouan1 which is found only in the ,great ,cold ,mountains of the ,lolo country4 ,to do this they must get the protection of some ,lolo chief and pay an indemnity to each of the frontier clans4 ,the ,lolos1 on the other hand1 go freely in times of peace into ,chinese territory to buy weapons and firearms4 ,the expedition had some difficulty in finding ,lolo chiefs to be their introducers or sponsors2 not only was it impossible to proceed without them1 but with them they would be treated more as guests than travelers4 ,however1 three ,lolo chiefs were induced to undertake this office4 ,d',ollone describes them as tall1 magnificent men1 with nothing of the ,asiatic4 ,one of them1 ,ma-,yola1 having one of the finest heads that could be imagined1 not yellow in complexion1 but tanned like the inhabitants of ,southern ,europe1 straight large eyes1 arched eyebrows1 aquiline nose1 well-formed mouth1 and an open1 frank1 martial expression4 ,truly1 a ,european head1 with a touch of the ,red ,indian4 ,the ,lolo woman1 too1 is quasi-,european in appearance and attire--a high bodice1 a long pleated skirt with flounces1 a cloak of fine wool1 and turban4 ,describing the wife of ,ma-,djdj1 another of their sponsors from a different clan1 d',ollone says1 of stately and noble beauty1 she at once compels attention1 and all her movements are graceful and dignified4 ,among many customs which testify to the high moral development of the ,lolos is that of dividing property equally among the heirs of both sexes2 as an unmarried woman1 however1 cannot inherit1 her share is held over till her marriage1 when it forms her dowry--and until her marriage her brothers must provide for her maintenance4 ,if there is any inequality in the division of property1 the youngest is favored4 ,the ,lolos appear to be ,theists1 but have no temples or religious ceremonies4 ,who are the ,lolos1 and to what race do they belong8 ,hardy mountaineers1 good horsemen1 fond of war and violent exercise1 of proud bearing1 noble and often beautiful in countenance1 they show all the signs of an energetic race well fitted to develop4 ,what statues1 monuments1 or architecture have they to tell of their past8 ,none1 much to d',ollone's disappointment4 ,though their system of government reminded him strongly of the feudal system1 yet noble and serf would sleep together on the ground wrapped in their long cloaks1 or in cabins without a scrap of furniture4 ,what is the explanation of this anomaly8 ,the real home of the ,lolos is not the mountainous country where they have maintained their independence1 but on the other bank of the ,blue ,river1 where the semi-independent ,lolos 7and the ,miao-,tseu7 live under their hereditary chiefs1 who1 however1 acknowledge ,chinese authority4 ,but even here no traces of their ancient civilization are to be found1 for the ,chinese conquerors destroyed everything that reminded them of the ,lolo supremacy4 ,the ethnological problem is thus succinctly stated by ,commandant d',ollone3 ,are there in the midst of ,china populations which do not belong to the ,yellow ,race8 ,if there are and they have come from elsewhere1 we ought to find traces of their passage1 colonies which they have left on the way1 discover whence they came and to what original family to assign them4 ,if1 however1 they are indigenous1 or at least if they arrived before the beginning of history1 then the ,far ,east is not the cradle of the ,yellow ,race2 it is this last which has come from far and has dispossessed the indigenous races1 incorporating many of them without doubt1 and its homogeneity is a fiction4 ,here may be quoted a note by ,madame ,blavatsky in ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 ,vol4 ,,ii1 page #bhj2 ,what would you say to our affirmation that the ,chinese--,i speak of the inland1 the true ,chinaman1 not of the hybrid mixture between the ,fourth and ,fifth ,races now occupying the throne1 the aborigines who belong in their unallied nationality wholly to the highest and last branch of the ,fourth ,race--reached their highest civilization when the ,fifth had hardly appeared in ,asia 7,esoteric ,buddhism1 p4 #fg74 ,and this handful of the inland ,chinese are all of a very high stature4 ,could the most ancient ,,mss4 in the ,lolo language 7that of the aborigines of ,china7 be got at and translated correctly1 many a priceless piece of evidence would be found4 ,but they are as rare as their language is unintelligible4 ,so far one or two ,european archaeologists only have been able to procure such priceless works4 ,this was written in #ahhh4 ,it may be added that the ,lolo nobles preserve very carefully their genealogies4 ,to return to the ,miao-,tseu4 ,they1 says d',ollone1 are usually considered as having no writing of their own4 ,taking advantage of the fact that one of them1 who had a law-suit1 asked my help1 ,i begged him to put his case in writing4 ,this he did without any difficulty1 and assured me that since their subjection by the ,chinese1 the latter having destroyed all the books they could discover1 the ,miao-,tseu had hidden those that remained1 and had feigned ever since to be ignorant of the art of writing2 they possessed1 however1 numerous books containing the annals of their race4 ,we must refer our readers to d',ollone's book for an interesting account of his hunt for documents4 ,after studying the ,miao-,tseu and the semi-independent ,lolos the expedition returned to ,ma-,tao-,tseu1 whence they had set out1 where d',ollone met some pimos or learned ,lolos who while they can read the sacred books1 have no priestly functions and must by no means be considered as priests4 ,with one of them1 who was especially intelligent and well-informed1 my ,lolo professor1 as he calls him1 d',ollone worked hard for a fortnight1 learning the ,lolo writing and laying the foundations of a ,lolo-,french dictionary4 ,at the end of that time1 as a recompense for my zeal1 my professor presented me with five volumes1 treating1 he said1 of religion1 geography1 history1 mathematics1 and various sciences4 ,our sympathy is secured in advance for all brave people who are striving to retain their nationality and their own language4 ,the last twenty-five years or so has witnessed a great ,celtic revival2 the ,welsh and ,irish are both studying their ancient literature1 speaking their original languages1 and publishing books about their traditions which go back to a time when ,england was joined to the ,continent and our forefathers could walk dryshod from ,wales to ,ireland4 ,it is at least curious that far away in ,central ,asia1 a ,lolo prince1 one of the most powerful and learned of them all1 the nzemo ,len1 fired by the same national enthusiasm and patriotism should have founded a school where eighteen pupils are educated at his own expense in ,lolo1 not in ,chinese4 ,he has moreover established a rude printing-press1 so as to publish books in his own language1 to disseminate not only the old ,lolo learning1 but to popularize ,european science and discoveries1 notably railroads1 telegraphy1 and ballooning1 about which he has heard4 ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,commandant ,d',,ollone ,chief of the recent ,mission d',ollone to the ,far ,east and author of ,les ,derniers ,barbares ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,archaic ,,colossal ,,statues ,,of ,,kiang-,k',,eu ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,a ,,lolo ,,warrior ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,lolo ,,men ,,and ,,their ,,inseparable ,,cloak ,illustration3 ,lomaland ,photo4 and ,engraving ,dept4 ,,miao-,,tseu ,,dancing4 ,,both ,,men ,,and ,,women ,,are ,,represented ,the musical instruments are of curious form ,we have indicated but a small part of the work undertaken by the expedition d',ollone4 ,many other interesting and hitherto unknown regions in ,tibet and ,mongolia were explored and are described with a wealth of anecdote and adventure which makes the book delightful reading even for those who are not attracted by the important data it has gathered for the solution of ethnographic and archaeological problems4 ,for the sake of the latter we would observe that among the results of the expedition are forty-six vocabularies of non-,chinese dialects2 four dictionaries of native writings hitherto unknown or undecipherable2 thirty-two ,lolo manuscripts2 two hundred and twenty-five historical inscriptions in ,chinese1 ,sanskrit1 ,tibetan1 ,mongol1 ,manchu1 ,arabic and ,lolo2 the local histories of forty-two towns1 about which hardly anything was known before1 etc41 etc4 ,these documents1 illustrated by nearly #bjjj photographs1 are now being published in seven volumes with the collaboration of eminent savants1 aided by a grant from the ,french ,government4 ,the success of the expedition was due to the high qualities of the ,french nation1 always the pioneers alike in science and in exploration4 ,the difficulties to be surmounted only made their task the more attractive4 ,commandant d',ollone and his confrres1 ,captains ,lepage and de ,fleurelle and ,sous-lieutenant ,boyve1 have done honor to their country and made scientists the world over their debtors4 ,in conclusion one may refer in justification of the warning with which this review opens1 to an earlier work by d',ollone1 published in #aijf1 ,la ,chine novatrice et guerrire 7,armand ,colin1 ,paris74 ,it does away1 once for all1 with the old idea of the homogeneity and inertia of the ,chinese ,empire--as large1 we must remember1 as ,europe1 and more densely populated by a hundred different races4 ,this ,empire1 which ,europe not so long ago spoke of dividing into spheres of influence1 so as better to pursue a policy of commercial and military aggression1 is wide awake now and intends to be master in its own household4 ,the patriotism that was flouted a few years ago is breaking out today in cries for war4 ,in the province of the lower ,yang-,tse1 where1 ,marco ,polo declared disdainfully1 there was scarcely to be seen a man-at-arms1 there are now young men training1 by gymnastic exercises and drill for the coming struggle4 ,soon1 so runs one of their military marching songs1 soon1 chiefs will lead millions of young men whose battalions will crush ,europe and ,america4 ,o stupid white-faced ,barbarians1 is the refrain of the ,gymnastic ,society of ,hang-tche'ou1 do not think that the wrongs of the ,yellow ,race will last many years longer6 ,and d',ollone avers that all over ,china the same songs are sung4 ,it seems indeed as if we were approaching one of those great crises of the world's history4 ,east and ,west are getting to know each other1 and are measuring their strength4 ,may a peaceful solution be found in the higher ideals which each proclaims1 and the ,federation of ,nations and the ,brotherhood of ,man at last become a reality6 ,the work is beautifully printed on calendered paper1 and illustrated very handsomely with views photographed during the expedition4 ,a few of them are reproduced on these pages2 they give one an idea of the different peoples4 ,the ,plough and the ,cross3 a ,story of ,new ,ireland1 by ,william ,patrick ,o',ryan4 ,the ,aryan ,theosophical ,press1 ,point ,loma1 ,california4 ,by ,f4 ,j4 ,d4 ,this story is surely one of the most arresting and charming which has appeared for many years4 ,reviewers of the first edition were almost unanimous in saying that it has to be read and re-read1 because of its absorbing interest4 ,filled with beauties of ideation born of ,celtic inspiration1 are many memory-haunting passages4 ,seldom has there been a book portraying with such skill and grace the contemporary mental states of a naturally buoyant and imaginative people4 ,the first chapter is an adumbration1 almost an epitome both of the story and of the general situation in ,ireland along certain lines1 mainly in the thought-world4 ,for in spite of occasional brief personal or scenic sketches1 one lives1 in these pages1 pre-eminently within the very thought-life of a people--a bold departure1 and few have been the writers competent to make the attempt4 ,withal1 the story is so genial and humorous1 that one lives in that world unconscious of the magic woven around him4 ,most stories and dramas depend largely for their interest upon plot1 incident1 and stirring situations4 ,yet here the keenest interest is sustained within realms of mind1 aspiration1 and the higher planes of emotion2 with little or no aid from plot or dramatic situation2 although there are in reality deeply dramatic touches1 those which belong to soul-drama4 ,one feels that the writer1 while taking life seriously1 looks ever to the brighter side--a wonderful achievement for any ,thinker living in the ,ireland of today4 ,because of this inherent attitude1 he succeeds in throwing a strong search-light on existing conditions2 and again because of it1 that light illumines conditions prevalent in some other countries equally4 ,the story has thus an almost universal character1 and is in fact a kind of prose-poem4 ,some1 entire strangers to ,ireland1 declare the characters in the story to be to them much more familiar than their most intimate friends4 ,for being typical1 they are real4 ,in one aspect it is the oft-told tale of struggle against conventionality and dogmatism2 but the remarkable thing is that here these are presented in a sympathetic1 rather than in an antagonistic light4 ,it is a masterly touch2 for conventionality1 dogmatism1 and even intolerance1 are ways in which our imperfect natures cling fearfully to some halting-place1 ere a new step is taken on the upward journey4 ,and so there must always be pioneers1 leaders who encourage us to take the next step onward4 ,books such as this are like refreshing waters pouring new streams of life on jaded souls1 weary of the squirrel-in-cage business of the accepted order4 ,the book is full of good-humored raillery1 and abounds in richly imaginative and poetic flashes4 ,although practically a recital of actual occurrences in ,ireland1 and therefore occasionally weighted with sad and unavoidably stern vicissitudes 7less stern than the reality71 one discerns plainly those undercurrents of aspiration and effort which are pressing upward in many places today--forces which1 indeed1 attain embodied expression before the world1 in the ,theosophical movement led by ,katherine ,tingley4 ,and it was ,katherine ,tingley who1 recognizing the high merit of this little work1 acquired the copyright and caused the first edition to appear from the workshops of the ,aryan ,theosophical ,press4 ,the author himself1 who is unconnected with the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 replying to his critics1 and after disclaiming the idea that there was any propagandist design in his mind1 went on to say3 ,the truth is that life and character in the ,ireland that is waking up are extraordinarily rich and interesting if we look a little below the surface4444 ,to take such ideas and characters and try to press them into the service of some personal theory or propaganda would be a crude and senseless proceeding4 ,the point is to illustrate and interpret them1 as well as one can1 to let them speak for themselves4 ,the following extracts1 much to the point1 are taken from a review which appeared in ,the ,gaelic-,american1 ,new ,york4 ,here we see the mysticism of the medieval poet done into prose4 ,into his love romance the author has woven his own peculiar ideas about religion1 society1 theosophy1 altruism1 and every-day politics4 ,his characters talk these things without1 however1 losing their human and personal traits4 ,that is why the story is so interesting4 ,in some respects ,the ,plough and the ,cross is a psychological study4 ,katherine ,tingley1 the famous ,theosophist of ,point ,loma1 condenses the features of the novel in the following brief introduction3 ,a story of real life in ,ireland--in the deepest sense as well as in the usual one--it elucidates certain heart problems in social and religious life with a candor1 charm1 and fearlessness1 and with so tender a restraint and sympathy that it can hardly fail to be regarded as a wholly unique contribution to modern thought4 ,more than one actual initiation into the real meaning and purpose of human life is subtly and exquisitely depicted here--the outcome of those stern yet joyful experiences which must come sooner or later to all true hearts that toil nobly and unselfishly for the uplift of social and national life4444 ,the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society ,founded at ,new ,york ,city in #ahge by ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 ,william ,q4 ,judge and others ,reorganized in #ahih by ,katherine ,tingley ,central ,office1 ,point ,loma1 ,california ,the ,headquarters of the ,society at ,point ,loma with the buildings and grounds1 are no ,community ,settlement or ,colony1 but are the ,central ,executive ,office of an international organization where the business of the same is carried on1 and where the teachings of ,theosophy are being demonstrated4 ,midway 'twixt ,east and ,west1 where the rising ,sun of ,progress and ,enlightenment shall one day stand at full meridian1 the ,headquarters of the ,society unite the philosophic ,orient with the practical ,west4 ,,membership in the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society may be either at large or in a local ,branch4 ,adhesion to the principle of ,universal ,brotherhood is the only pre-requisite to membership4 ,the ,organization represents no particular creed2 it is entirely unsectarian1 and includes professors of all faiths1 only exacting from each member that large toleration of the beliefs of others which he desires them to exhibit towards his own4 ,applications for membership in a ,branch should be addressed to the local ,director2 for membership at large to ,g4 de ,purucker1 ,membership ,secretary1 ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters1 ,point ,loma1 ,california4 ,,objects ,this ,brotherhood is a part of a great and universal movement which has been active in all ages4 ,this ,organization declares that ,brotherhood is a fact in ,nature4 ,its principal purpose is to teach ,brotherhood1 demonstrate that it is a fact in ,nature1 and make it a living power in the life of humanity4 ,its subsidiary purpose is to study ancient and modern religions1 science1 philosophy1 and art2 to investigate the laws of ,nature and the divine powers in man4 ,it is a regrettable fact that many people use the name of ,theosophy and of our ,organization for self-interest1 as also that of ,h4 ,p4 ,blavatsky1 the ,foundress1 and even the ,society's motto1 to attract attention to themselves and to gain public support4 ,this they do in private and public speech and in publications4 ,without being in any way connected with the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society1 in many cases they permit it to be inferred that they are1 thus misleading the public1 and honest inquirers are hence led away from the original truths of ,theosophy4 ,the ,universal ,brotherhood and ,theosophical ,society welcomes to membership all who truly love their fellow men and desire the eradication of the evils caused by the barriers of race1 creed1 caste1 or color1 which have so long impeded human progress2 to all sincere lovers of truth and to all who aspire to higher and better things than the mere pleasures and interests of a worldly life and are prepared to do all in their power to make ,brotherhood a living energy in the life of humanity1 its various departments offer unlimited opportunities4 ,the whole work of the ,organization is under the direction of the ,leader and ,official ,head1 ,katherine ,tingley1 as outlined in the ,constitution4 ,inquirers desiring further information about ,theosophy or the ,theosophical ,society are invited to write to ,,the ,,secretary ,international ,theosophical ,headquarters ,point ,loma1 ,california ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,bold type is shown as strong4 ,italics are shown thus3 sloping4 ,small capitals have been capitalised4 ,illustrations have been moved out of mid-paragraph4 ,variations in spelling and hyphenation are retained4 ,punctuation has been retained as published4 ,typographical errors that were noticed during transcription have been changed4 ,in the ,list of ,illustrations1 ,temple in the ,greek ,theater1 ,point ,loma1 ,california1 ,p#aj1 has been removed1 it does not exist4 ,in the book list1 the unclear superscript in the dutch entry for ,pit en ,merg1 uit sommige ,heilige ,geschriften has been given the value 'e'4 ,in the ,index1 ',egyptian ,art1 #bfth ,dynasty'1 has been corrected to page #bjj from page #bj4