The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-08-25
THEOSOPHY.
Man Lives Many Lives On
This Earth.
THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.

DIR. Allen Gritfiths, Pacific coast lecturer Oh
! that subject, before cultivated audie
We give a synopsis of what the speaker
| said:
"A maxim OF theoscphy is accept moth
ing in authority, hearsay or because OF
| source, but riyidly investigate before either
accepting or rejecting anything This atti
tude yields largest returns III newly tiiscov-
cred truth and prevents mental slavery.
The theos"phical society was organized
i'll New York city in 1875 by Ii. p. Bavots-
ky, Col. Ii. S. Olcott and VIM. Q. Judge,
nucleus Of universal brotherhood of hu-
manity without distinction of race, creed,
sex or color; second, to promote the study
of oriental literatures, religions and sciences
study; third, to investigate unexplained
laws of nature and latent powers in man.
The society is a body of students entirely
unsectarian, and its members are earnest
men and women of all beliefs and nationaIi-
ties. 1t is legally chartered under United
st ties and state laws. The supreme court
of Missouri i'll granting charter stated
that the theosophic4l society was equally en-
titled to legal recognition with any ether
body since its objects tended to the moral
and educational elevation of any community.
Such eminent scientists as Prof. Crooks, f.
r. 5. of England, f. Flamarlon, the French
astronomer, Prof James of Harvard col
lege, Thomas Edison, the electrician and
scholars i'll literary and scientific circles and
in all departments of human thought, are
members of the society. Burnouf. the great
orientalist, says the theosophical society is
one of the three principal factors of ell
lightenment and progress of this age. The.
osophy has existed in all ages. In the past
and now it is the pure transmitted wisdom
originally impaired to infant humanity by
adopts of other and previdus humanities.
From it sprang all religions and phlloso,
phies Of all times and peoples, the only dill
ference between them being changes and
neutrality-suspicious. of basic truths of man,
] nature and deity, made by priestcraft of
past and theoogians of present times
Study will demonstrate this fact. In our
| time theosophy was heralded by Nine. FL.
/ t. Blavatsky, who claimed to bear a mes.
sage from a nigh order of adopts that have
always existed in the east, and are custodi.
ans of vast stores of wisdom as the result
of study, investigation and past experience
extending over ages. This message pro.
claimed the common origin, age, develop
ment and destiny of all men, relncarnation
and Karma, and shed light upon many
problems hitherto ignored, denied or as
cribed to the unknowahle, an inscrutable
power, or that apothesis of weakness, a
'special providence Mime. Blavatsky's
claim for the existence of and association
with this orer Of adopts (great souls, was
substantiated by possession of vast knowl-
edge contained in her hnoks Isis Unveiled
aud the Secret Doctrine, not found else
where. These adopts, Mahatmas, are but
more advanced men, who by special training
and insight into natures finer forces, are
able to proouce what appears miraculous to
the ignorant, but which is the effect of nat
urai law. They are imbued with altruism
and desire to assist the race progress, and
do so Ill the only true way hy imparting at
favorable times greater knowledge. thus
helping man keep himself Any other
course could but produce of weak.
lings. Man must exert himself to progress.
To carry him weuld not effect that end.
Cyces of activity and inactivity sway
over man and nature. The last quarter of
! each century is period OF activity 1t is
the worlds spring time. We are in the last
quarter of our century. Great enterprises
on all lines are begun and consuma ted with
amazing rapidity. These opportunities will
greatly lessen at the close of the century
Adopts utilize these favorable times hy CIV
ing out more knowledge, sounding the key
notes of finer forces and leaving man to
W rk out and test them by individual expe,
rIence. Some of the knowledge first given
out by Nine. Blavatsky was ridlculed, but
since has been demonstrated by scientists as
true. New truths usually share this fate at
fist; but being truths, later are accepted
Theosophical literature is replete with
knowledge not found elsewhere. Advanced
scientists are delving in it's archives and
there discovering solutions to problem, else
where and otherwise unsolvable. Theoso
ply applies to every conceivable racial and
individual condition, and appeals to think.
ets and students who are dissatisfied with
current conceptions of mans origin, age,
development and possible destiny, and
search for more light thereon. The condi
tions for attainment of real progress and
true happiness are: right motive, right
knowledge, right action. With these, fail.
ure is impossible; with less, success can be
but partial. The individual has to supply
motive and action; theosophy is the right
knowledge and lifts man from the plane Of
dumb, driven cattle, to that of master
and weaver of his own destiny. Man also
has his periods of activity and rest, minor
terms of which are the days and nights of
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