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

HkLkS rArsoosA sI-AvArskv.
e<ath and - observed with IS many
rites a. are performed before the
spsstie shrine in the temple of the
Arabs on holy days
There arr a. least ave Thousand the
o~ophi>ts now in Chicago aud bel fore the
Grsad Convention Is hel. there viii DO
shr.s siuss that number. The rsgu-
lar s~purss say that seventy branch
societies from seventy cities ssatsssed
shrvaSh America. Francs. England
and India win be represented. and
sash society will have . report 10 rcad
OF an astral body ~ Introduce.
An astral body. you must know. b .
eosy which comes back 20 The earth
after the passing away ef the spirit
When an aetral body comes back IL
NAV Ia very peculiar thlnsa But
these do not show that the spirit IL
unhappy. or. indeed. that the spirit IL
o, all concerned In the doings Of the
astral body. The spiri, has gone
marching on like John Browns
soul But the body may return II IL
want. -.
And this 10 whsrs the sptrttualissa
differ from the th~osophists The
o-aphists say that spirits never rap or
move tables Ascending ~ Annie Be
ssAnt. they have something better "
do But spirisualisss say they rap
The mos, celebrated woman spirit
ualist now here In Mira Isabella Beech
or Hooker. She 10 staying " unvsl
the stowe bus,. but. incidentally, she
viii talk on spirituaiism and will up
hold her own religion. II the .os-
ophisss esrrosch too much u,slu the
donaia Of Departed spirtsa
Anri. Be>ant also comes te ne fair
- take part in the worlds congress.
of course her public lectures will be
upon ,heosophy. a. she - the leader OF
its cohorts but IL is rurnored she will
pin hands with Lady Aberdeen In pro-
noting the welfare OF industrial Arts.
such a. lsce-makin9. crochetins and
buttsr-making. for girls OF the lower
ela~-eS
hat theosophists are not going To-
spare Mrs. Bessnt long. She IL the
NOS. mr. yae,is speaker that the theos-
ophis,s have had since the dsys Of Bla-
vatskv and she can draw a. many con-
s~rts a. her meetings AZ can even the
beautiful Maud Ballingson Booth
snoug the saivstionissS. 80 she 10
bool<cd - speak daily.
Annle Besant Is the originator of
WHITE Lotus day. In explaining the
dag See says that iss origin l. three
fold
.<fi~~s. II " ~ hold -a-r,d one day IN
sh~ rear ~ the memory OF The dead
high priestess.
second fower IL selected becsuse
che thso-ophists consider towers more
worthy 81 he used az emblems than
ern--cS. crowns or wreaths OF wood or
stone
Third. ~. lotus - selected h~cause
y has rs r,sot@ n The earth and grows
Though th@ water and blossoms into
the ar si.rve thu. typifying the birth
- man. his growth aad spiritual life
These fhlngS constitute the days
symbols
~ on one DAY in each years day
~ MAY because Bia-stsky died In The
meath - blossoms there must be a
rally among th. ranks II the theosr-
phist-
The same programme i observed all
over she world This year the biggest
meeting In America was held ~ Chiea-
80 The programme consisted Il read
log tr,rn Sir Edwin Arnolds Light ~
Asia and fron sh- "Foicc Of the 81
i~ncr.~ NE text book a the theo>a-
phi-s-
This ~a~ f1'lgvet by q very inter
--t.nx iife a. Binvs,sky and them the
rne.ting wa shr'wa op~n fcr general
fisras<ion- yp-pn table IN he center
- ths rourn stood lifesis- picture IL
,he Aesd pri~stess. and ~ IN. fo-ns ~
,hs picture re~tss hix iardini-re Fall
- -hSs- lilies Ner- e the lilies were
erruur..a around th- TOP - the picture
ar.l rver on~ end ~ IL ws- drap~d en-
fndi. scsrf aid - have h~>n worn Nv
Elav.,sky While lec.urtas IN csicystai
Irsa. fnv~rrs ~-r~ inpc~-ibis ~ cb-
sssn. az Tiles wsrs s-~.l
The wsy The .hec.ophisss % - y-ork
A. sarssss Thsy arr Intensely gr,eti-
cal. tAsoxh thar r-.i4ss. ~susas ~-wy
wv-sv. romantic and up~-sl Yet there
n 30 dsuhs that thsy haze . vay ~
..<inz hoid a things Which l. beth
N<-rsrssinx ~ behold and comfortable
O. h~iieve.
FIR ess-pi> shsy begin ~ish Esruss.
n yuv srop IN 81 sny ore - sh~fr s's~t-
in<-. ~ ~,s5s she Chs.,>xn hsssqssv.-rs
D. ~ |isY.inse. yoa sr~ xivsn i~sfes
h~~ss-a Harms - |. esrs fs~ r--~bse. =
wh<o y-sa r~ass sf-res kAr-na yoa assa
that be - state q nisi Hassns
sssch>s ror hat vv.r he IN iif~ Il -
god - ys~s s~~~rv. karrss tells y~s
tAss ~h.sr yos v~r~ alive In lie p~e-
~s,~s ~ shis uu~ rou were nee - so--t
Q. -, -hos,f hs~~ s.~a. ss-s esso~>-
e.~n,sy yvu or. sasertpg ssr u no~
isut kama sl>o 49,. rca shst -,
a. s-ry sd snd A~sr fn.sr ai~ppw