Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-28

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probably made other. ssald when you
were alive In the previous life. ADD
thi~ IL - good - you deserve
! OK kArEss would say "Hs happy
with the sandwich you are eating for
your laAeh. IL has no batter upon IL.
that II true. II in DO larger than .
souvenir dollar. IL so~t yoa forty
essts and the plate upon which you
are eating il sas ten cents extra But
aSser rsisdi BE- happy. When you
we're alive. b>luse. yuu we're NO douos
very dis~xre>abis ~ hungry people
and she world's fair sandwich y y~us
reward"
And then karms woaid add But
b. calm, Choke il down In the next
tife yoa shall have vtsaAs bread. gilt
edged butter. dns china end cup Of
crystal water. Drink Md now aud be
happy. tasting the crystal water in
your minis eye for the present"
With these pr-ccpts laid down before
you. yoa cannot help seeing that
theosophy has It's merits and that
karms is q very comfortable thing 10
have In the house
Chicago theosophists expect o. add
at least avc thousand converts during
shs vostt's cuagvpsa To become .
tacosophist convert you do not have Ia
beiisve. Yea have oaly " cay that
you ssc willing To read the books Naat
tell yvu what thsoscphy ~ Then you
pay one dollar and you are theoso-
phist fnr three months At the end
of that time you can pay two dollars
more. aud be = theosophist for year.
of course you might te sheosophist
without paying . cent, II theosophy
wore different But unfortunately
you have to study all the time. OF reed.
snd the books coat money. Thu 20
eourO Iov tho dollar. IL II In no
sense = money making scheme and puts
20 the blush many sects whose motives
are manifestly mcrcenary.
Theosophists are absolutely unselash
and svsp csrslsss In money matters.
Blavstaky never had . cent. And
Annie Beaant II often without car
fare. When she travels money is raised
tor her.
Annie Ba~snt, who h undoubtedly
the leader In theosophy. now that
Blavsssky 10 no longer on earth In the
fesh. ssys that Blavstsky frequently
communicates with her and has even
sent her instructions In handwriting.
But Mrs. Besant has not got as far
along In the occult science rs Blavntsky
was st the time of her death and. 30. the
dead high pricstess Is waiting appsr-
emily for her followers 20 catch mp
with her before shc instructs them any
further.
This Nrs Bsaant says Is ''veddy veddy
sad. but lsss onfswtunste than II IL
had been swtherwise."
On White Lotus day the theosophists
are on the lookout for astral bodies, for
IL Is then they return to comfort be-
levers
The fnvorite way Of reappearing Is
70 show a hand with pen in il ready
and arm have appeared so often that
now there Is being made . silver hand
and arm which is to be placed in
theosoptSsta' hall in the west
The hand and arm are Blavntsky's,
but the pose Is that of Ada Rehan's
Statue OF Justice" Blavatsxy Is sup
posed TO be weighing the good and
bad deeds Of her followers in silver
scale.
Hermann, the magician. b doing. OF
trying 10 do. funny thing Herr
mann II an unbelievar in all sciences
except his own He takes no stock. so
20 speak. In spiritualism. theosophy, or
the occult sciences. He says that there
IL nothing In any OF them which he
cannot easily reproduce by his magic"
and he " spelling TO get chance to
do H.
Of course. IL would be . very undig-
aiHed thing for the worlds fair people
to allow a magician To enter into com
petition with the spiritualists. or the
theosophistA But there are those who
are naughty enough TO enjoy seeing
pet faneies put 10 fight. And these
are making arrangements u get hall
IN Chicago. where they can place our
Hermann and the Hindoo magician
Hadi Naja opposite some Chicago
spiritualists and advanced theosophists.
Hermann says he can produce FIVE
bodies where they can produce one.
And usdji Naja says T. Z he will make
. snake talk. while the theosophis.s
SAY that EIavatsky will write letter
on this occasion.