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

result OF the battle of Plevna during the
k~usSo-Turkish war, in which she had several
relatives, one of them high on the staff Of
inc emperor OF Russia, the rest being Major.
Generals commanding divisions, all OF whom
were wounded. She is, by the way, related
to the ~Dolgourowky family, a Princess OF
which became the wife of the Emperor Alex
ander just before his death. But il is not
because Of her occult power, through
the Mahatmas or the gifts of magic
that put TO shame the claims of the
thaumaturgists, that | have ventured on this
paper. OF that cannot write because |
know nothing. As the historian Froude
has said. 1--WE are born alone; we pass
alone into tbs great darkness. When the
curtain falls is the play over, or is a new act
to commence Are We to start again in q
new sphere, carrying with us what We have
gained In the discipline of our earthly trials?
Are we TO become again as we were before
We came into this world, when entornity had
not yet splintercd into time, or the uni
versal being dissolved into individual ex-
%istenceG For myself, | have long ceased to
speculate on these subjects, being convinced
that they have no bottom which can be rca.
soned out by the intellect. We are In a
world whore much can be learnt which Affects
our own aud others earthly welfare, and We
had better leave the rest alone. Yet one
listens and cannot choose but sympathise
when anxious souls open out to you what is
going IN within them" There may be
spirits and a spirit life, and there must
be II there are souls; and II may
be that surviving death as a mere
change, a process leading TO a
higher life these spirits are able TO commu.
nicate with those who on this earth seek to
find them. And il may be that they can
lend themselves as familiars to penetrate
matter and TO mortal wonder demonstrate
the fourth dimension OF space as Prof. Zoll.
nor, Of Lc,psic, made bold 10 claim as the
results OF his experiments in modiumship
with Slade. These things may be true, they
are true TO thousands, perhaps millions, but
they have never been demonstrated 10 me nor
before me and ] canno say. They are true
to Madame Blavatsky not in any common
spiritual medium sense, for she condemns
modern spiritualism as n Dissertation of the
mysteries of occulation and n waste ~ occult
energy, holding rs she does with Par
a%cclsus, Levi aud other adopts that
the dead are not able or willing 10
confer with the living IN the manner
resorted IN by s%pirltualists. whose claims she
investigated for three years and pronounced
against rs vehcmently and lercely as the
vcricst Of modern matcrialists. But Il Is mo-;
Of these things collateral, though they arc to
the subject that | have to deal. but with
''rhe Secret Doctrine" n work that IN two
large volumes deals with the development ~
the earth ns one Of many millions of planets
Of its formation ani cataclysnic changes, of
the human race, not in the way which We
have learned from the jewish Scriptures or
very recently from Darwin, bat In cycles
represented by root races. sub root races,
groups or family races, the latter having
smaller tribes aud onshoots. From this all.
sirusc aud seemingly complicated order We
learn that these root races aud sub-rlccs
have In the process Of time oycrlupcd each
other and In some places have intcrminglcd
20 that at this day, when the 9Th root race
dominates the earth, there are such xtrcmcs
rs the Bosjcsman In Africa, the Vcddahs In
India and the Aryan In England aud Amer.
lea. the negro, the American Indian.
the Malay aud the Mongolian mccs lying
between. Taking the tree for illustration.
the main stem We are instructed represents
the root race, L. larger limbs the various
sub.racos tscvon In numbcrl each limb hay-
ing seven branches or family races. "Aftcr
this Blayntsky says ''thc cactus plant Is n
better Illustration. for IT, leshy leaves are
covered with sharp splncs, each Of which
may be compared 10 q nation or tribe Of hu.
man beings" Asto the duration Of these root
mccs II may be sufficient for the reader Ia un-
dcrstand that the secret Doctrine" teaches
that the present existing or fifth root race
has been In existence ~ a race sui gcneris
aud quite free from H. present stem abodi
100000 years, therefore Il must be inferred
that each Of the four preceding sub-accs has
lived approximately 10000 years, and
thus each family race has an ex-
istcnce Of about 5000 years. The
Secret Doctrine" begins with the first
root race aud traces H. progress and that
Of the succeeding root races 10 the pres.
NllA AAiOis MINI nav AHAHhN AW'H AWNH ANNlN
what she declares 10 be prehistoric records,
an archaic manuscripts collection OF
palm leaves made impcrmeable 10 water,
fire aud air. by some specific unknown pro.
cess" From this record the author or wri-
ter, tells us the Secret Doctrine teaches
"thc Eternity Of the Universe In toto A. a
boundlcss plain periodically the play
a...s.I II Uan.N.NIaaa uUNu.Na.a NUsaHmsUNNU
manifcsiing aud disappearing, called the
maniicsiing stars and the sparks Of eternity.
The Eternity Of the Pilgrim IL like a wink Of
the eye Of sclf-cKistcncc. The appearance
aud disappearance Of worlds IL like n rcgu.
lar tidal obb OF hux aud rclux." The second
assertion Of the secret Doctrine" Is the 'ab.
solutc uniycrsality Of that law Of Pcriodioi-
ty, Of aux aud rcnux, ebb and how, which
physical science has observed and record.
ed In all departments Of nature. An
alienation such as that OF Day and
Night Life and Death, Sleeping and
Waking. n a fact 10 common, NJ
perfectly universal aud without oxoep.
ton, that Il Is easy 10 comprehend that Ia Il
we see one Of the absolutely fundamental
laws Of the universe. The Secret Doctrine
also teaches the fundamental identity Of all
souls with the Universal Over Soul, the lat
ter being itself an aspect Of the unknown
root; and the obligatory pilgrimage for every
soul-a spark Of the former-through the
Cycle Of Incarnation Tor necessity In nc
oordanco with Cyclic aud Karmic law, dur
ing tho whole term. In other words, no
purely spiritual Buddhi THAT Is, divine