St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-05
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Rev. w. H. Lhamon Preached OF
Philosophy"

Rev. w. H. Lhamon Preached on
Philosophy"
At the Church of Christ yesterday
Rev. w. j. Lhamon turned himself
loose ON Philosophy" This is what
he said:
''Theosophy. What is it? A hetero-
geneOuS compound of Hindoo panthe-
ism, Buddhistic fatalism. old Egyptian
transmlgrationism, spiritualistic seance
jugglery, and Gin America at LEAST a
suspicious varnish of Christian ethics.
Its high priestess was Mrs. Blavatsky,
an ugly fat woman, who smoked cigar
cites and swOre. Colonel OlcOtt posed
as its godfather. a man whose preten-
sionS at regenerating the world were
scorned by the HindOos, laughed at by
the Japanese, exploded in the East, and
adored in Boston, where Sullivan is wor-
SHIPPED. About fourteen years ago this
suspicious pair launched theOsOphy in
India. Through a Mr.. Hume, a secre-
tary of government, and a Mr.. Sinnett,
editor of the Pioneer, who prcfessed to
believe i'll Mrs. Blavatsky's miracles,
which Bishop Thoburn declares to have
been commonplace conjuring tricks
they were introduced in Simla society.
This shrewd couple realized that the
conJuror's art could not last in their
society, and they began gravely to
talk of an esoteric knowledge. and
OF a super-refined brotherhood
of humanity far away in Thibet. the
MahatmaS, who, by reason of many
transmigrations and much religious
asceticism, could do many wonderful
things. among which one was that they
could transport their astral bodies any
where In no time and carry with them
legibly written letters. Equipped with
this machinery of wisdom and wonders,
theosophy became a fad in India, and
shrewd Mrs. Blavatsky became famous.
From Egypt she imported a Mr.. Coulomb
and his wife, French people, to help
her i'll the miracle business. At SIS
apiece initiation fee they did an ex-
Blavatsky came TO England on a mis-
sionary tour. Then trouble sprang up
in the Indian brotherhood. The Cou-
lombs were deposed. and in retaliation
came forward with a file of Mrs. Bla-
vatsky's letters, containing an expose
of the whole fraud says Bishop Tho
burn. These letters were put into the
hands of Rev. George Patterson in
Madras. Mr.. COulOmb also came for
ward and showed how he had person.
ated the mahatmas, and performed all
HIS HUE cOnJurlng urlckS ana MS MIRA
Giles. The letters were published, and
in twenty-four hours'-I am quoting
from Bishop Thoburn in the Meth
odiSt Review for July and All
gust-'in twenty-four hours the
whole movement in India collapsed.
Mrs. Blavatsky fastened back to the
forlorn hope. Prosecutions were talked
Of, and the game of bluff was played by
her against her enemies to the utmost.
Nothing would have pleased them
better than to have had her under oath
ON the witness stand. But she was too
shrewd. She entered a suit, but before
the trial came she procured a medical
certificate and left the country.
The editor of the Month, London,
March, at the close of a series
of articles Oh the subject, sums up his
view Of theosophy as follows: 'Theos-
ophy is a false, anti-Christian, Goddess
system, teaching doctrines subversive
of all belief and all true morality, and
putting forward as its credentials won
ders which are neither more nor less
than simple deviltry. \ 1t de-
serves the hatred and adherence, not
only of every one who calls himself a
Christian, but also of every believer in
a personal Cod"