The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-08

finally I shall give the value Of the Theo-
sophIcal Society to the world. The Theo-
sophcal Society was formed for the promo
ton of permanent reforms for the ameliora-
ton of mans condition. The founders
thought they could see much of the evil in
social life to be attributable to the strong
materialistic bias. Our institutions tend
toward that utiltariansm that kills the
spirituality of our being and drives re-
ligiOn from the human heart The founders
wanted 10 uproOt that false, ephemeral
Ut iitariansm.
we knew that in ancient literature
there was the kernel of truth of the latent
powers of man and nature. We knew that
those latent powers produce the regard
for religion and we thought that by delvlng
into their mystery, we could show that all
religions spring from common basis and
that all men are brothers, having common
hopes and common destiny.
becoming convinced that it was the lack
of solidarity and the sense that all things
are temporal, we decided to form nucleus
for q universal brotherhood, not for the
purpose of making kings weld their swords
into plow-shares, but to go at it In an Amer
lean way by getting at the root OF the dis
cord.
after forming this nucleus we had to
call in the aid of the priests Of The East for
interpretations of their scriptures. That
put before them a proposition Of brother
hood undreaued of by the Buddhists of the
north in Japan, and those Of the south in
India, Crylon, Siam and Burmah No one
had dreamed of ever uniting these people
in one religion, except the Christians. They
proposed to wipe out Buddhis m, destroy its
sects, erase the line OF demarcation between
the castes-but how? By force and then
replace them with Christianity. 1t was
Mtopian dream that would have taken
centuries TO realize.
THE STUDY OF ARYAN.
ITO further our first object we adopted
two others, which are still left optional with
the members of the society. We intended
to prosecute the study of Aryan and other
Oriental literature, because they put us in
touch with the sources of Eastern phllo-
sophy, and also TO study the psychic powers
of man and nature. That was sixteen years
ago. l do not come here representing an
untried cause. 1t has undergone gross
cslumny and treachery. 1t has been held
up to public scorn by the ablest writers Of
the world, yet it lives and prospers. There
must have been q cause and there was. 1t
exists yet with increasing strength 1t is
attributable to an inherent force, to the
religious unrest of the day."
In speaking of Nine. Blavatsky the
Colonel said: " She has fallen by the way,
but not before she gave TO the world mass
of literature 1t will take years for 1t to
digest. There was something In that woman
that attracted. Hers was chafed spirit
in diseased and worn body, which made
one side of her character unlOvely. To
come into her company was to like her or
dislike her; there was no neutrality.
never knew her to make persons worse by a
long or short acquaintance. l say-after
years of close contact with her-that that
woman had more profound knowledge
than all the men and all the laboratories in
the world.
1.-THE Theosophical Society represents the
Oriental idea of man and his relations. 1t
is a perfected psychology. 1t is building the
Temple of Truth and such Investigations as
Charcot In France is now prosecuting will
give to the Temple its foundation. II be-
lieves in healthy mind in a healthy body.
Its system of psychology is founded on
Yogaism, or the union OF the lower with the
higher, and on Rajiyogaism. an upper stage
where siddhis or clairvoyance and clair
audience are among the manifestations"
About half an hour was spent by the
speaker telling Of the phenomena under
Madame Blavatsky, all of which have been
in print, such as the ringing of bells, hailing
of stones and the voluntary production Of
music in the air.
Colonel OlcOtt will leave this morning for
la Inv the sttamer