Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-28

Rorhr~y"r. Is 'amru> tor being extra
ordinarily high Un IN soul mat eT~
She Is described ~ 1t delicate creature, with
almost trarsnIrrI b,iv. wlu mas th'
power to rr .iuo, >otlhinr Influences. In
addition t. her aiI'orta du.Ie-, ~br dHe, tn
greater part VI tn" hnu~- work. for min"
hoIrIrr,. Iu1, - hosp ~ for au'm :. ami
manages a HON. TO- broken Iowa spirit
media. People visit h'r from far. and con.
slider II a privi eye t. - much as enter her
presence One wonders why the power,
don't help her worldly fort"n -
Some Of the wealthy people Of New
York are the m rst Jealous theosophists
They open the.r parior- 10 its di Ciples, and
express them~. -, rs an XlOuI to devote their
lives 20 1t Some ~ abroad to be instructed
in it, prrcep
There are both philosophy and phenomena
toint.re I the peJp.e who investigate. Though
il Is generally conceded that since Mme.
B!avatS1y departed there is no one 10 pro
duce the phenomena or work wonders
She did queer things. they s1v. The highest
forogo m'at eating altOge; her They say
that when ", are really refined in spirit we
will all shuider at the thought of eating
flesh Some 20 so far a. to urge that each
person eat in solitude. The objection to so
Clahle eating is that each one eats some OF
the bodies OF the uth.r each boly giving OIL
an invisible substance which is absorbed
partly bv the food, and thereby conveyed
into the holies Of all the other eaters
thou .ht of tins when came down town ir
a street car one bitter cold morning not long
since Each persons breath ma lie a cloud O!
steam yarl in length, going out to h
breathed up by other breaI hers-very DIS
bodies SO Wa really do swallow more
of each other than We are anxious to.
Amolg the tales of queer phenomena w,
hear plenty Of talk about astral bolies
otherwise our Srirltual bodies spoken OF by
st Paul Cer.ain ''aiept~' in theOsophy
cain 10 he all e to dis ,Ssocate their astrs
from their material bodies and IN this weirc
shape roam arounl Any shock to tn,
astral body is Likely to prove fatal to tn,
life of the roamer, since it breaks the chorc
that binds him TO hi, earthly body, which
sleeps while this is - ng IN heard a lady
addicted to travelling in her astral body
relate some experiences recently She wa,
fviuy around the air among some friends
greatly exciting their wonder. but any mo
ton that indicated wish to lay handS or
her cau~e her to scream out Don't touct
me, don't touch me Even in her spiritua
form she VS. aware of the danger OF con
tact \ Ca~, OF death from too much
recreation in an astral form is whispered
among thu faithful. A lady in tht
uuper ranks wIS founi dead in her bed one
morning tn only a Sii cht bruise on her
temple Her friends knew that shs was in
the habit Of making trips about the city in
her astral bo H. and had heard her tell that
she wa, often propelled with such force
through the air that she was afraid of strik-
ing her head on the elevated railroad When
she was found dead IN her bed thev made uC
their minds that the elevated railrOld had
done il The doctor put forth no such views,
but doctor, are so materialistic.' they
said 1hcosophiStS believe that af ,er year.
of devotion they will be able to develop
powers Of which the average man, wrapped
in the environment Of materIaIity does not
even ir an. DIR. Eliot Coues professor al
the Smithsonian institution, is a shining the
osoohiS H. had sOmHth ng OF a strug : le
to find his soul bu; having found it, as he
SAYS scientifically. he is rather proud of II,
and talks about it good deal He is presi
dent Of the society at Washington and has
I to do with ISvCnic matters quite largely. A
/ we'll known man Of science III this city i
.'one Of them. though he is not given u
,reaking Of i. Iud ,ei. it is considered
rather untaught 10 talk much about it
Some OF the Etera ur, given out by tht
society in India is mOr' cOufu'ing to the un
! initiated than Chinese poetry XIII out
ambition, kill out sensation. kill out desire
/ for growth are few of the rules of actor
I laid ,wu bv those in authority. Per
haps the most curious thing in al
their queer b lirfs is the faith thess