Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-03
RUSSIAN MYSTICISM.
They Believe That Man Should BE
Abandoned to liis Natural In-
stincts Without Interference.

CATION 70 their extvt1est limit. The
members lead q lie Of yagabondistn, and
pass the larger portion Of their existence
in prison. The Government thinks their
doetrinM dangerous to public safety, aud
subjects them to the most rigorous pun
isllaehts, fet US take as q type Of this
sect q certain INGREDIENT named Shishkin
IN his fearch for truth no four times
lnhanged hissect, and finally became per-
aallcd that al religion WIS crrcr and ~
jiig Itu addicted himself to ttlie study
/ Of the eaeredsSctipbures and thought he
| perceived that they were not IN accord
With hsnsansnature, and then he came to
repudiate all ideas OF God and religion,
ns we'll as all human institutions, all
Iauthosity, government and society. He
iwas promptly arrested and imprisglssd
and an his property coniisoated. He re-
fused 20 justify himself or avail himself
Of legal help for his dcfsnse, persisted in
| his opinions, and continued 10 preach in
ibc prison. Here is curious specimen
- his answers TO the Judge d'Instruc-
tom: % i:w ras
Judge--Who are YOU?
l. Plisener-4Don't you see Pm man ?
| Are yoii blindg
J.--What is your religion?
r. Perl havelnone.
| J.--AYhai 0iod do You believe in ~
oP.- FL don't beieve in any God. God
belongs to- yon--to you people. 1t was
VOC who invented Him. | don't want
| Him.
/ .sl ,r-Do YOU worship the devil, then?
/ with some iiritation) v
tgiiP ri worship neither God nor devil,
because ] hare no need Of prayer The
| devil is also an invention.of yours. God
Il and tHe dayil are yours. as well as the
| Gar. the priests and Government OH
! GALS. You arelall children OF the same
lsiather. nm not one OF you, and wish
ito know nothing Of you
! Zach for4himself, say these sectaries ;
there is neither right, nor DUTY, nor
social or political on religious hierarchy
| Man, abandoned to mis- natural instincts,
without hiparanee from Government,
| viii be irresistibly inpelled toward truth
and equity. They deny, without excep-
lion, all rights OF property, and recognize
no form OF social organization For
| them. marriage, the family, social duties,
do not exist they live in fantastic
I~Forld OF liberty without limit, and de-
| spise all that surrounds them
/ For example, if any one asked Shishkin
Tor anything whatever, he would give it
Them at once Spnly it absolutely must be
! something Useful food, clothes, or money
f0r vital needs etc. But he would not
give 2 halfmnpy for tobacco, wine, or
such like things. 81 should prefer to
throw the cmeney out of the window
Gather tban heJp you to poison yourself
With tohacco3 ii he answers to those who
i ask him for money to indulge in that
habit. III any one thanks him, he
answers 'fy5hat a stupid word You
have receivesiewhat you wanted; you
/ have eaten wells now go.'
These sectiasies are advocates Of all
hat is natural: they never shave or cut
| their hair, tfsax drink no spirits and dc
not smoke, soas not to spoil the natural
beauty of thefihtellectual faculties. They
dream of a. ]Aeein which each should
work for himself, satisfying his wants
with the productions OF the earth. ezd
making for hineself all necessary q a q
What is over ought to be giw4 fiibtfj
who are in Yant. They entelsfin pro
found hatredlq3r all compulsory work
under all formed They never 90 SO SER
vice, even if t9Seatened with dex and
they employ 1R5servants. When shish-
KIN was in prisen they shaved him and
iried to Compel him to work, but he ut
terly refused styling: "You have taken
me by force. Y did not ask you to shut
me up. So If5w you ought to feed me
and to work for ne.v 1t was Of no use
| to fog him td'ahain him to wheelbar-
row, to shut HIM up in dungeon, to give
him only braid and water, it had nc
effect He reAiained immovable.
| These sectariss do not allow OF the ex-
change of products or or trade. ''If You
want anything aud can give 1t to you,
take it. WheR1 in my turn want any
| thing, yon VIII give itme.u They preach
free love and az not recognize marriage.
They considefiwomen to be independent
beings, equal Ia men, free to choose low
ers and occupRtions according to taste.
They replacegtffe word wife by friend.
A man, ybinan and child were
| brought before q judge, accused Of be-
longing to thereof Of Negators. els this
your wife?" asked the Judge. mo, she
is not my wife2n ''But you live with
/ her." eyes but she is not mine. She
| is her own" ~ Is this your husband p
mo, he is not my husband, p answered
The woman. shut how is it then?''
aslsed the Judge astonished II need
! him and he needs me; that is all; but
1--we each belong to ourselves" answered
the woman. and this little girl, is
i she yours?" continues the Judge. "No.
She is of our blood, but she does not be.
long to us, but to herselfn ssBut are
YOU mad, then?, cried tho magistrate
out Of patience.
'sThis cloak tint you are wearing. is
that yours?n s'No. it is not mine. y
1 answered tho sectary. "Why DO you
4 wear it then % 1t'I wear it bnoause Vol,
have not taken 1t from me- THIS cloak
was on the baclt Of some one else, now il
is on mine; perhaps tomorrow 1t will be
Oh yours. How can you expect me to
| know to whomit belongs? Nothing be-
| longs to nue. but my thought and my rea-
aoR.n And so on.
The ofdst'faith," 'spcwer, /" Claw, y
usage" inspire them with profound
horror. Under no pretext do they have
lrecourse to The protection of the magis-
trate, ,prefersingto suffer with patience,
1 70 appeal 10 tbs law for protection would
be to recognize it, to submit to social in.
stitatione butte submit to law is to de.
stroy one's Individuality, which should
4 rest for its support only on the individual
conscience and personal convictions.
Ii must be added that they do not be:
iieve in the lie OF the other world and
the rewards Of the future life. They hold
that manis irfnortsiized only in poster
4 ity, in behalf of which he spends his
moral and physical force.
| ABOUT twenty-five years ago new
| mystical sect appeared in Russia, called
the Jumpers Prigoony. The Caueas
us and the neighhoting countries serve
i us the place. oifexile to which the Coy.
Y eriment seiFs hardened and recalcitran
4 dissenters, tearing their demonstrating in
liHuence on the lnasscs of tho Russian
| people There are to be met representa-.
lives Of all the Russian sects--Alolo
kanes, Skaptsys, Vagabonds, etc. There
because at SO great distance frona thu
nntakra Of l1aa.a1.ll sa1.aa,t md -i.a.n.,ro Al.