The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-01
MRS. BEsANT AND THE
Men Who Have Reached a po,n.
olution Far Ahead a, ".

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London Chroniels
Mrs. Besant has been intsrv,.
subject Of the mysteriou. ms.... % u
ceives from the Mahatmas. She w;.a ash
to be understood that Mrs. BIav,..ss ]
not claim to have received apv -! Oa
messages from the spirit world y ~ y
exists, she explains, a broths.l Iass
highly evolved rnen-men. not s..
in the sense Of 'disembodied ,ni,,,.ppA s'
have developed their natuvs -
fashion that they can eommunica.. =, :
Others across any distance, prsctie.n'sa
simultaneously. The Communicate! u
be by voice or by writing. Ther. 4aF
ing more miraculous, she arvue. /. -OAa-
communications than there /. .~-.'ea
miraculous in speaking by telenhoD.aa1
London TO Paris, or by telegram. "a
ing across hundreds Of milss. ~
these men can speak and write bv 49, .-'
currents without wires. instead Of cn.-. as
sent along wires. The letters .s..sai
from these men-the Mahatmas -
ers-during Mrs. Blavatsky's m.
said by her enemies TO be fahri.,..saN
her; the point Of Mrs. Besaat's .,.,s-g
was that letters IN the same h.ns.-.as
had been received BY her land b. 49,
since her departure, thus clearing bs,s.-.
the charge Of fraud on this hand Az.
from this vindication of her uoepno-, =
Importance of the matter lies. sbA 49,. =
ues, in the existence Of men az o,. l@
who have evolved faculties and nov...n &c
beyond any yet normally enioved 70.
from these men that the TEACHINGS of.n.ls
sophy have been received. and a Ia-vs,-e-s
Der OF men and women in theWesteyn -,
were the pupils of Mrs. Blavatskv ana -. -
being trained by her under the Al rsct 49,. 80
ton OF these masters. Briefly. the co,.. 49,
ton IS that manls an embodied suiI, !,
mind, and can by proper trainirr 49,
joined with pure and unselfsh n.
make his body the effective inssrrv-a,
OF the spiritual intelligence which dr.I'
IN II, and that in the course of thisS,..1
opment he obtains a knowledge ofss, -.
which places under his control ali nss..'l
forces. giving him powers that seen :;
raculous because they are rare and A.. -.
understood. But this evolution d an w..
luton which takes place here on sar.s
and the masters are living men.
Intercepted further as 10 these Mab...
mas, she said: They are men VII
have reached point of evolution rhies
the race itself will not reach for thousand.
OF years, and this they have done ~
special training prolonged through NAM
lncarnatIOns. IL was from them thar M
BIavatsky came as a messenger. and under
their direction that she founded ths
TheosOphical Society. She received from
them large number of letters, and shs
was in continual communication with
them. A large number of men and vou,a
were pupils of Mrs. Blavatsky; they cana
into relations with the Mahatmas. vbieb
relations are not altered by her departur
/ myself came into direct communIcztoa
with the Mahatmas nearly wear ago; 10
| am able to say | have first-hand er-
dence Of their existence. Until .hs,
time my only personal knowledge OF tia
existence of those abnormal powers va
in their exercise by Mrs. Blavatsky her.
self The radical difference in our posi.
tions now as compared with out positions
before Mrs. Blavatsky left is that she wn
an initiate, while now there are only pu-
pills. There is no one who has the power
of knowledge TO take the place she occu.
pied among as. If it became necessary
the Mahatmas would send over another
messenger, but it is impossible to say
whether the necessity for that will arise
The Mahatmas are scattered all over the
world and belong to all nations, but the
largest group of them are resident at pres
ent in Thibet, and it is with the Mahatmss
there that the Theosophieal Society 10
connected