St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-13

and those that stood, being those four, the y
accepted as true, being unable to decide the
question in any other way. And out OF the
31S members of the council only two Euse-
bus, the great forger, and the Emperor Con-
stantine-wrrc able to read. The rest were
ignorant donkeys. And the theologians of
to-day are as great donkeys as they we're
greater than Balaam's, for that ass knew a
spirit when he saw it, and owned up to it at
oncen
Talking thus by hours together when the
right listener was present, and speaking al
ways as zone having authority" it is small
wonder that Nine. Blavatsky made her mod
est apartments a common meetiug-ground
for as strange group of original thinkers
as New York ever held. Not all who visited
her agreed with her. Indeed, there were
only few who followed her teachings with
implicit faith. Many of her friends, and
many who joined the Theosophical society
which she formed, were individuals who af-
firmed little and denied nothing.
The marvels which were discussed and
manifested in Nine. Bavatsky's rooms were
to the most of them merely food for thought.
If the bell tones of the invisible s'attendant
sprite" Pou Dbl were heard, as they were
heard by scores of different persons, this
phetn ofhenon so minutely described by Mr..
Sinnett in '.The Occult World" was as likely
to be chaffed good-naturedy by an obstinate
skeptic as it was to be wondered at by be
lever. But even the skeptic would shrug
his shoulders and say, when hard pushed:
1T may be a spirit. cant tell what it is.
Ii the discussion turned on some marvel Of
eastern magic, or some fanciful doctrine of
eastern mythology, there was always witness
to the magic and believer in the mythology
present, and there was no one bold enough
to deny what was affirmed, however much it
might be laughed at. Sensitive as Nine.
Blavatsky was to personal ridicule and to
SANDER, she was truly liberal in matter of
opinion, and allowed as great latitude in the
discussion of her beliefs as she took in dis
cussing the beliefs of others.
The apartments she occupied was modest
fiat of seven or eight rooms in West Forty
seventh street. 1t was furnished plainly but
comfortably, but of the furniture, properly so
called, it was hard to get an exact idea, for
the roams, especially the parort, were lit
tered and strewn with curios of most varied
description. Huge palm-eaves, stuffed apes,
and tigers heads, Oriental pipes and vases,
idols, and cigarettes, Javanese sp.rrows,
manuscripts. and cuckoo clocks were items
only in confusing catalogue of things not
to be looked Tor ordinarily in lady's parlor.
Concerning the relations between Col.
Olcott and Nine. Blavatsky, much foul
sander has been written and uttered. Not
one person who knew them both eXer be-
lieved that there was the slightest fou ndaton
in fact for this calumny. Col. Olcott was
thoroughly and entirely dominated intellect
ually by Nine. Blavatsky, and if there was
ever Thoroughbred enthusiast in religious
matters he was one. The story of his life
has no place here, but it is due to him to
say that without his practical knowledge of
the world and executive ability the Theosoph-
ical society would never have been even as
well organized as it was.
The society, however, was never, at least
in New York, very much more than a dream.
So long as Nine. Blavatsky's lips were the
channel through which it was to be enlight-
ened the study of theosophy was recreation
and the society hourished after its own stray
Cling, irregular fashion, but when, some
eight years ago. she sailed, with Oicott and
two other Theosophists, on her way to ndia,
the New York society virtually died. Gen.
Doubleday was made president and tried
hard on several occasions to revive it, but
failed. The influence this strange writer
and thinker exerted while she was in Ameri-
ca seems to have been only temporary. 1t
was not very strong. Perhaps 1t was to some
extent more apparent than real, but to-day
it is difficult to realize that such person
was ever living in prosaic New York.-New
York Times.