Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-22
THE THEOSOPHIST..
A Sober English Journals Opinion
Of the Woman of Mystery.
Mime. BlnVatsiy, the Founder of the
Strange ReIigiOn-OricnfaI De-
cuItI.m--Vril, and Thtbet's
Sprit-Lorc.
fPall-Mall Gazette. I

Who is Nine Blavaisky' Mime. Blavat&y
| is a woman Of mystery. OF her life In tho
past no one can speak All that is known Is
that she is the niece II Gen. Fadayeff, the
weli-known fanslavonic leader, who died thl
other day at Odessa, and is related TO the Dol
gorouki family. which is one OF the Oldest in
| Russia. Nine. Bavatsky, however, is noble,
not on account of her aristocratic origin or
high descent. but from the part she has played
in the establishment of theosophy in India.
There is something incxpressiby bizarre
| and plradOxical about the strange relig ious
movement Of which Mime. Blavatsky is the
| founder. That wOnan-and that woman
Russian-should be the appointed agent
| for the revival Of occultism as d practical re
ligious faith in our Indian empire, is one Of
| the strangest phenomena OF our time
Altogether apart from her peculiar claim
as leader of religious movement, which
! within the last few years has displayed an
astonishing vitality. and, while numbering
its followers in every capital in Europe, is
rapidly extending in Hindostan, Nine. Blav
atsky is figure well deserving at
tention One Of the greatest travellers
IN the wOrli-therp is hardly any
country which she has not visited-there are
few languages which she does not speak.
Her English is not less fluent than if she hal
been born in WcStminster, and probably a
good deal more correct Her reading is ex-
tensivc, and her knowledge even OF the
Hinutest details OF English speculative and
rcEglou controversies Is txtfaor ilnarily ex-
act. Her book Isis Uaveil'd, is written in
English, and displays vigorous grasp of oar
language rs well "A very great controvel
sia vchemcnc.. She is. contributing TO the
leading Russian review, studi Of Indian
So ial life and character, and She has long
he n known as a learned correspondent Of
The Moscow Gazette,
Bat all these mundane distinctions are as
nothing compared with those mysterious
attributes with which, in the opinion OF
believing theosOphsts. she is invested For
Nine Biavatsliy is a woman who has stood
nearer than any other among mortals-out-
side Thibet--to the secret of the universe.
She it is who, after passing through 4 long
and toiIsome novitiate, has been selected
as the chosen vessel by which their myste-
rious Mahatmas have determined to COM
municate some portion of their jealousy
guarded hoard of spirit-orc to gen
Grafton which as yet dimly perceiveS
the need of it. IL we believe one
quarter of the stories confidently
repeated by those who have the honor
of Mime. Blavatsky's acquaintance, she
lives in constant communion with the I'M
seen Time and space have no existence for
her While she is sitting on the divan in
Mr.. Sinnett's drawing-room, smoking her
accustomed cigarette, she is holding con-
verse with her chiefs and teachers who in
actual flesh are residing in the remotest
glens Of the Hmalayas; nor is this COM
munion purely spiritual. At times the mes
sage Of the Mahatna viii bs com
mitted to writing. and small triangular
note neatly folded, bearing the strange Thi-
betan characters will flicker into existence
from the impalpable air and fall at her feet.
To talk to Mime Blavatsky is like reading
"Zanoni" with this difference, that Bulwer
Lytton's hero is the creation of the romancing
brain, whereas Nine. BlavatSky in flesh and
blood stoutly asserts that she herself has wit
after which lamont sought. As for vril, the
fatal essence with which the coming racs was
to be armed, Nine. Bavatsky is aware not
only of its properties and the conditions
under which it can be employed, but she sees
potential vrl on every side and can employ
it should the need arise for any beneticsnt
purpose. To the uninitiated and TO those
who as yet are cropping darkly about
the outer portal of the Theosophic temple,
Mme Blavatsky can necessarily speak but ia
enigmns. Even to Mr.. Snnett, the chief
Theosophist of the London branch of the |
true believers, she is but allowed TO com |
muncate in part. Secrets too vast TO he |
communicated to him lie hidden in her soul, |
nor dare she venture TO unfold those occult |
which, if grasped by persons |
whose fitness for such powers has not been |
tested by long series Of probationary |
stages. might prove disastrous to the world |
She moves among men much as one who |
knew the secret Of dynamite might have |
lived in the middle ages. ana she trembles as |
she thinks Of the possibility that this dread |
secret may some time fall into unhallowed |