The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-24

treasures OF lie, and be prepared TO make
sacrifices by which alone a knowledge of the
higher life can be obtained. Nine. Blavatsky
claims that the Neo.Platonisls, especially
flotnus lamblichus and Proclus, were Theo-
sophists, and in later days the followers Of
Paracelsus, Levi, B~oienstein, T%halhauser,
Wetzel, Jacob Boehme and Emmanuel Swe-
denborg. The Mastery of knowledge is the
endless work Of the Theosophist and this
Nine. Blavatsky has exempliied with her
seemingly exhaustless powers, by the pro-
duction Of her monumental works-'Isis
Unveiled and 'The Secret Doctrine
which are as keys to all the mysteries of
mystical lore. In the production of these
works she has confessed she is helped by her
guru, or master. She says;
II live In a kind of permanent enchantment. a
life OF visions and sights with open eyes aud no
trance whatever 10 deceive my senses l sit and
watch the fair goddess Qsis) constantly. And as
she displays before me the secret meaning Of her
longlost secrets, and the veil becoming with every
hour thinner and more transparent. gradually
falls OF before my eyes. hold my breath and can
hardly trust to my sensesl . . . For several
years, In order not TO forget what I have learned
elsewhere, | have been made to have permanently
before my eyes all | used 20 see. Thus night and day
the Images of the past are ever marshaled before my
inner eye. Slowly and gliding silently like i'm.
ages In an enchanted panorama. centuries after
centuries appear before me. . . . And I am
madeto connect those epochs with certain historical
events, aud ! klOr there eau be no mistake. Races
aud nations, counties aud cities emerge dur.
Ing some former century, then fade out aud
disappear during some other one, the precise
date Of which | I'M then told by . . = Hoary
antiquity gives room TO histodc periods myths
are explained by real events and personagcs who
have really existed; and every important and often
unimportant event, every revolution. a new leaf
turned In the life Of natlons-with liz %incipient
course and subsequent natural rcsnls-remalns
photographed I'm my mind rs though impressed
in indelible colors. . When think and
watch my thoughts they appear TO me As though
they were like those liutlo bits Of wood Of various
shapes and colors In the game known as the case
tote; | pick them mp one by one and try 10 make
them 1t each other. nrst taking one. then putting
Il aside until I hnd IT, match. and finally there
always comes ont In the end something gcomctrlc.
ally correct . " " certainly REFUSE point
blank " attribute Il to my own knowledge or mem.
DRY, Tor I never could arrive alone ut either such
premises or conclusions tell you seriously | ah
helped. Aud he who helps me il my guru."
To understand this relationship, let me ex-
plain In the words Of Mr.. Sinnctt, who Is 10
well known rs the author Of 'Esotcric Bud.
dhism.' "Karma," and other works. that
'Thc primary conception Of Oriental occultlsm.
In reference 10 the human soul. rccognlzcs Il Ne
an entity. a moral aud intellectual center 81 con.
sclousncss, which not only survives the death NJ
any physical body IN which Il may be iunctionlng
atany given time, but has also enjoyed many perl.
.N..N 18th sI..Ha.N .mI a.H.Hs.H
IL incarnation In that body. Ia iacL the cstlty
tho real individual According 10 this ylow-may
be iientlaci by pcnons with psychis faculties sui
hcicntly developed through a srrics " lives. and
not merely ia Inference TO one. Tho view of va.
tuu I am dcpcribing-ih Es0tcrlc Doctrine quite
sufficiently accounts for the fact that from the
point Of view OF any given body. no incnnnied
person un command a prospect 81 the licscHcs
through which he may have passed. Zach lncnr
nation. each successive lie Ut the series il q de.
scent into matter from the puiat of view ~ th,
real spiritual entity, a decent intnn new organism
In which the entity, which IL rniy altogether IT,
true or higher sclf, on the spiritual plane Of Va
mrs-mny function with greater or less success. NC.
c%orling 10 the qualifications Of the o%rnnisn.
The ouanism only remembers, with spcclnc
detail. the incidents of H. own object.
i've lie. The true entity nnimailng that
organism may pcrhapu retain the capacity Of r..
ncmbcring a gnat deal more hut not through
the organism. Moreover. until the orsa1ism h.
cnnplcte-lhnt e. 10 uy, until the person con.
ccmci g. grown up-ihc true entity Is only I'm
mcned Ia tiff may employ n mntcralsdc illus.
tntlon Ia suggest The idea. which would be- oni,
fully expressed In metaphysical language Of grsat
clnhontion-to a limlicd extent The quite
young child, a. We ordinarily phrase Il. l. not o
morally responsible being hat IL 10 ay. the
oranisn has not attained a Development IN
which the moral sense Of the true entity eau func.
ton through the physical bmin aud direct physl.
cal acts Bui the young child Il already marked
ont As In process Of becoming the efficient
habitat Of the entity or soul that has begun 10
function through it, o%rgnulsn; and thcrciop " We
Imagine that there arc In the world living men
adopts In the dirccton Of ZONES on the higher
planes o%inAturc with which physical science Il not
set ncquaintcd-we shall readily understand the
peculiar relations that exist between them aud a
child IN process Of growing up. aud gradually
taking unto lucli a soul. that such adopts are al
ready In relations with IA" Further on the rcla
lions 81 the child N the adept grew Into the ph
tious ofthe chela or pupil. TO the guru. or master.
the chelh being actuaicd by a dolnc 10 achieve
moral aud spiritual cNaltiion that may lead 10
a higher state Of being than could b, hoped Cor By
the unassisicd operation Of the normal hw Of
nature"
obcylng her guru, In whom she has i'm.
plicit trust Mime. Blayatsky. who from her
childhood has dreamed dreams, been "a.
milIar with spirits and enjoyed their com.
partnership, has, according TO the testimony
/ OF her followers, been enabled 10y her guru
10 perform some icats that rival the marycls
attributed 10 the ancient thnumntuWists
Her record IN India. Egypt, Russia. Paris.
New York aud London Il one That her
friends and disciples point to with assur.
ance that Il cannot nor the witnesses 10 u
be questioned. She penetrated envelopes
that contained letters and without breaking
the seal read them 10 the persons 10 whom
they were addressed. She produced rccog.
nircd portraits Of the dead at will, dupli.
Gated ring Of peculiar and cunning work.
manship, restored lost articles, pro.
duced instant messages from distant
countries 20 persons sitting among
a promiscuous company, had article,
Of jewclry brought from ono room 10 an.
other Of a house through hard finished walls.
and had n glass broken at the moment when
a gentleman was about 10 drink from H. aud
repeated this work Of magic on a banter from
the discounted friend. She Is an adept,
Her wondrous works In India were called In
question bya Mr.. Hodgson, who wrote se.
we're criticism Of what he termed her prcten.
sions In connection with a Mr.. and Mrs
Coulombs His criticism and statement
were published by the London Society o
Psychioal Research, but Immediately on III
appearance Nine. Blavaisky went back Il