The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-30
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graphical executon--every,nin coming within The
province OF the printer and publisher--is complete.
The work Itself, occupying deId so new to many
readers will be judged according the
by them In thu topics which 1t discusses. sciolsis
VIII hurry discard u with some scornul remark. IN
the hope that ther admirers VIII accept their Juds-
ment without further investigation But "Isis' can
not be dismissed thus uncerenoniousIy. There
too many investigators who do not receive opni
thus subrn ssively. These will welcome tho
publication a most valuable contribution TO
phiosorblca literature Even those who hesitate
10 accept the bold conclusions OF the author
will yet gladly receive the book anordng
amount of information regard topics aoont which
there oxisis vivid curiosity but little accurate
ceptioD. SO thoroughly have the storehouses of an.
Gent aud medieval learning been ransacsed that few
subjects OF much interest appear to have been left
unnoticed The genesis OF the human race, the emit
grafton OF peoples the submerged continents, the rsa
uouship between the myths aud worships of the
peoples OF the OLD and New World, Buddhistc, Bra
mimic, philosophical aud Theological IDEAS as they
once were believed and their Influence upon modern
thought and dogma. have all received the fullest
attention This was necessary In orisr to render The
work, which Processes TO be, "a master KEY the
mysteries OF ancient ana modern science and theol-
ogy" In accordance with this purpose Nine. Bava,sky
has divided her treatise into two parts
science aud to religion. Sue handles with httio
ceremony the claims and ptoas OF modern
savans, however imposing their prctensions, wien
they.are adverse TO her views She believes that an
cent philosophers Oriental less than Grecans ma
Egyptians, have been couvcrsant with murn OF the
science that IS now regarded modern diAcoysry;
also that pdndits ainas and cages IN abe heart
OF Asia aud India are still IN possession Of know edge
transccndiug that Of occidental scientist {: tss CT.
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ceeds the attachments OF the pupils OF bis cisss Ia
takiug such ground far from being prelentous
There doubt OF her abundant assursncc but she
speaks from the card. She has been trayecr-in the
principal countries Of the East; spending ldhood
IN Armenia, tho Caucasus, Persia ana Turkestan,
and many years OF adult life among the Hindoos,
s,ngalcsc, rhbetans aud Egyptians All the time
was eagerly acquiring knowledge She had no scruplc
TO learn from lamas or faHirs aud wherever was
practicable she entered the lodges and assoca-
lions Of the East passing through the ordeas ntla-
ton. or course she has not ven;urcd to reveal what
had been disclosed in the crypt; but when IL has be-
como already known sho makes abundant quotations
which contain the gst OF the matter. Numerous
translated extracts from the Kabaha, the Hermetic
tablets The vedas and sacred books OF the Persians
and Buddhsts US well as OF tbs Grcclau and Ionian
philosophy snd oil sages OF tho. madeval period are
thus intersperscd through tho worE-oten, however
10 be criticised and corrected She has made the
Chaldcan OF the pre- Abrabamc period live again. and
what Is hard for US To believe insists that hc
OF the Aryan or lndo. European AMI the
disciple Of Bramin sages Of Upper India
But tho Oldest tab-we hardly cali it
worship-she declares 10 have been the religion Of
wisdom. In this she confirms tho ssertions Of the
Alexandran Eclectics and Their modern followers
Tho great world religion, uow known as Buddhism.
| Ia ordtn hpf CLAY fin
with all It's authorizations, tue irucs, Of any She pro-
icsscs to know doclrucs and regards them
as not only antodat'ns ths vedic, Bramin ami MAJ
dean thcologres hui as comprising the snhimer reve-
laon OF the mysteries aud The principal cal
doemas OF the Wcst Others havo not learned this
because they did not possess the xey The religious
and scientific wealth OF the Oldest peoples of the earth
has been so jealousy guarded from inqnlsoral tor.
/ egners by mysteries OF Jargon that tho many have
den led tho existence Of anything worth seeing and
the few have been so discouraged by the obstacles IN
the road that Tor the part they have abandoned
the undertaking. But DO not for SO many cen.
turtles perform the rites and accept the ordinances OF
| u religion that rs merely farce.
"lss everywhere asserts the antiquity Of the older
peoples and doctrines. Many Efforts have boon mat
TO show the laws OF Manu- aud the Aryan conquest OF
Hndostan TO be almost within the confines OF modern
history. the Mahabharata and Ramagana have beer
declared post-Christian. But further knowledge OF
Hndoo methods OF recording time Is disprovns that
evolution well and even The positive
and molecular philosophers taught beside the
! Hmnayas Telegraphs and even telephones, seem
to have been older than history. Seventy thousand
years Of experienced in indefinite number of cycles
are cited in demonstration. But the book is not all
dry logic or tedious philosophers The IS too
true TO the laws Of her not TO DO sprehtly or
| nd nj stin
She outdoes tho arabian Nights Entertainments''
In marvellous story; aud, whlic denying super
natural miracles, she docs not hesitate to
relate occurrences that surplss tho capacity
OF faith usually possessed by mankind. Like ParcIu
ana Paracesus, she peoples the mid air with spiritual
exstcnccs, elemental and elementary, good, bad and
indifferent They can be evoked by music and peculiar
vapors, and then made to reveal secrets or run on
errands Magic and necromancy are no lcuons.
| There have been, there who cen '.con-
juro down the moon" 1t Is no mposso ilty TO man
uiacture gold as Raymond Lully did for Edward III.
Roger Bacon disclosed spiritual scenes to human
view. These common matters Oriental coun-
tries, and the madam describes several which sho
herself witnessed. However sceptical We mry be In
many respects she Is confident aud sincere From
Coo the Universal Mind TO Nirvona, the final bliss
there Ia marvel that she does believe. VAN.
p!res the dead catalcptc absorbing vitality from the
living, the virtue OF resh-spilt blood TO spirits
the possibility Of reincsrnation aud of losing sou
lite depicted by Buiwor-Lyt.on tue OF inf CT
ing mortal injury by cutting out the bowels aud then
healing the hurt by tue mysterious ASasi the pro.
longing of life for centuries, icw OF the topics
| introduced and illustrated actual facts ono who
reads the book carefully through ought to know
everything OF the marvellous aud mystical. except
| perhaps the passwords.
isis" will supplement the AnacalypsiS Whoever
loves to read Godfrey Higgins will DO delighted with
Nine. Blavatsky There Is q great resemblance be-
tween their works. Both have tried hard to tell
everything apocrypnal and appcayptc 1t IS easy TO
forecast the reception Of this book with ils striking
pecusr,tes. It's audacity, its versatility and tho pro-
! dig'ous variety OF subjects which 1t notices and
handles II Is one OF the remarkable PRODUCTIONS OF
| the century.
sroaBIDpEN FRUIT"