St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-04
A HIGH pRIEsTEss.
The Countess " achtmcister, IL
APOSTLE of TheOsOnhy in ri

The Countess " achtmcister, the
Apostle Of Theosophy, in the
City.
The Countess Wachtmeister, the dis
ciple of theosophy, and who was in
India last winter with Mrs. Annie
Besout, arrived in the city yesterday
and is the guest of Mrs. Ida Harris, of
Tenth street south.
Last night at the First Unitarian
church. Eighth street and Mary place,
the countess lectured on the difference
between magnetism and hypnotism, a
lecture which touched more or less on
general principles. Sunday morning
in place OF the regular services she will
speak at All Souls Universalist church
Oh "Mme. Blavatsky and the Masters"
tuesday evening she will talk in South
Minneapolis. where there are large
numbers of ScandinavianS eager to hear
her. and this lecture will be on the
osophy as general subject 1t will
probably be delivered at the Nazareth
church, and definite announcements
will be made later. Saturday evening
and Sunday evening Countess Yacht
meiSter will address audiences in st.
Paul.
Asked why the effort to popularize
theosophy was being made, she replied
That 1t was to teach people to under
stand their own religion, and not to
take it away from them. She declared
theosOphy to be distinctly philosophy
and not religion. No worship, she
said, was ever carried on in the theo-
sophie meetings. as such a procedure
would tend to narrow the philosophy to
a creed, which was what they avoided.
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theoSophiStS. and no services ever held
in their room. The members met to-
gether as students and not as worship.
erS, as religion was a thing OF each
MANS own life.
80 the popular idea that theosophy
is revival or form of Buddhism is
wrong?" was asked.
Most decidedly" said she. when
Annie DeSant talked to Buddhists, she
gave them the esoteric wisdom of their
religion; when she talked to Mohamme-
dams. she did likewise, and SO on with
the ParseeS and various Oriental be-
levers, and with the Christians at home
as we'll" Theosophy. she said, was the
key 10 all divine wisdom.
The Theosophical society demands
only one thing of persons wishing to
unite with it, she stated. That Is the
acceptance of the truth OF the brother
hood of man. They need not accept
any other teachings. The generally ac-
cepted beliefs, however, she said, were
the theory of reincarnation and the law
of Karma. which is that of cause and
effect-a man must suffer the results of
his acts.
The countess was asked what the the
osophiStS believed 10 be the greatest
conception of the deity, and she replied:
"All individuals have different con-
ceptions of God, because to each one
God is the highest ideal one is capable
of making. The theosophists have
taken from God the idea OF sex, and say
That or 1T in speaking of the great
power which is the center Of all, the
causeleSs cause, and the rootless root.
In each man there is spark of that
divine nature which is the higher self.
"The life after death is the fulfill
ment, and this life is hell. Here we
struggle with difficulties, and after
death we rest and enjoy the fruit of our
labors; that is, heaven. After we are
rested and surfeited with pleasure, of
our own will we plunge into life again
to work out higher ideals, I'D the round
OF life and death is like the round of
days and nights.