The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-24

strive to curb its power and turn it In the
right direction by right living and right
thinking Ii the people do not deslSt from
going to seances, both spIrltualiStlc and
hypnotic, this moral dynamite will explode,
>ure. am opposed to seances, for l know
them to be detrimental mentally, physically
and morally"
How about your successorship TO Nine.
Blayatsky? It is said you laugh at it.
And l do. That is all newspaper talk,
for which the reporters are not exactly re-
sponsible. They are influenced by persons
whose interests are not ours. Nine. Bla-
vat5ky had a very strong character, which
meant that person either liked or dsliked
her. There was no neutrality, so she made
a few enemies, who were persistent dur
ing her life in bounding her, and will in
her death hound as persistenty the work
she has left as Il monument. Sull their eff
fort-the work of the enemies OF theosophy
have been misspent, and have accrued TO
our favor.
But about the succession. Nine. Fl. P.
BlavatskY declined the office of President,
yet to honor her the society created the
honorary Office of Recording Secretary,
which was to be extinct at the moment of
her death. She is dead. notwithstanding
that the papers have printed costly tele-
grams to the contrary. | have seen her
ashes. The Office of Recording Secretary
died with her. |, nor any one else, can
ever succeed to that, and certainly no one
can succeed to her personality.
"Her ashes have been, by a vote of the
society, divided into three parts. Colonel
Olcott will take one part To India, one will
remain in England and the third will be
brought TO America as soon as we have a
proper building to put them in. That will
be the chief building in America. / was on
my way to England when the Madame died.
She was cremated at Working, England, in
the presence Of many witnesses. We do
q
deny such prep0SterOus story? Since the
Madame died the mem beTShip has increased
about one-tbird. The individual members
seem to rely more On their own efforts and
less on Blavatsky.
1.-The general effect of theosophic teach
ings is observable everywhere. While we
have not greatly increased in numbers the
race mind seems to be entertaining our
philosophy more and more. There are, per-
haps, in the world about 10000 members,
but there are at least 100, 100000 swayed by
the philosophy. 1t may not be known as
theosoDhy, yet il Is, whether pronounced
Buddhism or Christianity, just so long as
they are instilled with the brotherhood
feeling, which we insist upon first, last and
always. There are eighteen societies on
the Coast, of which fourteen are in this
State. Surely its thought is golden.
Some people think we hang on miracles.
We repudiate that word There is no such
thing. The miracle of yesterday is an ad-
United TACT TO- day ana an unQueStl0ned one
tomorrow. We only strive to deve into
the hidden laws of nature, but what is hid
den now may not be tomorrow, any more
than that electricity could remain unbridled
forever. Travellers marvel at the tricks of
the Yogis Of India. They call them mira
cles' there, and lear to speak of them here
for fear of being counted Insane.
yet each 1oga only exercises certain
laws of nature known to him and perhaps
not to another 1Oga. Those characteristic
powers are developed in families and for
generations. A fakir sells you squifming
snake stick for two rupi ees. You can't
make it sQuirm. In your hands 1t is no
snake. Nor is it in his. BE has only mes
meriZed you. You think you see it, yet it is
like life. all an allusion.
e." Man and nature grow together. We
are Of it and in it. We are the microcosm
Our thoughts are the worlds thoughts: our
wills the universal will differentiated; our
intentions form the plan upon which nature
proceeds. Do we laugh? The flowers burst
into bloom. Are we vendetta? The
travail of nature is horrible. The earth is
torn apart, lands sink, to be replaced by
waters and the face of nature il changed.
According to the mental condition of man
| is his phy sical condition and the condition
OF the cosmos. hen lakes appear mys-
teT.Ously, when lands disappear for miles,
that mans mental condition has produced
or at least indexed it.
II have delivered lectures at Seattle, Ia
coma and Portland on my way here, and
will, after lecturing here three times go to
about dozen places in California, where
there are The0sophic branches, before 90
East in November"