St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-06
She Dwells on the Brother
hood Of Man With Much
EIoquenee.
EVOLUTION THE KEYNOTE
Man Passed From the Mineral
Through the Vegetable
Kingdom.


of London, the high priestess of theoso-
ply. in her lecture upon that theme.
Previous to her introduction the an
nouncement was made that she would
be at the room of the st. Paul Theo.
sophical society between 10 and 10 this
forenoon; again between and 4, and
that this evening, at the same place, she
will lecture upon Nine. Blavatsky.
Countess Wachtmeister, on being in
troduced, spoke in substance as follows:
"Theosophy is from the Greek theos-
meaning God. 1t Is divine wisdom.
Adopts in theosophy are those that have
advanced us in civilization and in the
law of evolution. They have attained
that stage by experiences like our own.
They have advanced to that point
through altruis,n. The brain OF the
savage, for instance, advances until it
develops into a philosophic brain like
that of Emerson. or like the poet
Tennyson. From that stage 1t advances
until the adept stage is reached. Even
then it continues to progress, for there
are all stages of adopts. Theosophy is
unique i'll the world. There never be-
fore was founded a society like unto it..
Free Masons have founded society,
but it does not admit all classes.
1t does not admit women. When a
person desires to unite with US, we ask
him il he will be as tolerant of all other
religions as he would wish them to be
tolerant of his. He need not believe in
reincarnatl0n; he need not believe in
Nine. Blavatsky, but he must believe
in the universal brotherhood of man.
We seek to grow stronger. Men in this
age struggle for existence. Each man
is against his brother. To adopt and fof.
low out the principles of theosophy
would do away with ali this. and tiieh
all men would be brothers. What we,
want is not mere sympathlZerS; we
want workers. Theos0phy is not a re-
ligion. 1t is not Buddhism, nor Hindu
ism, nor Spiritualism. Religion should
bind all men into one brotherhoed?
Does It do it? The Christian religion
has failed in this. Look at history for
examples. Read of the horrors of the
inquisition. See the differences between,
Catholics and Professionals. See how the
latter are divided into sects. This tends
to narrowness. of ideas, like snail
within its shell, where IL thinks ii ELL
compasses; the world. Here Is where
'theosophy reveals its mission. Itbrings
all up to higher plane than they were
on. We, all of us, after all worship but
one deity. therefore in spirit we are one.
Let us put aside our narrowuess, and
then universal brotherhood will prevail.
Such is the mission of theosoplly.
''All religions to certain point have
ost the key OF the true religion. All
religions come from the East. In the
olden time everything was written in
allegory. This accounts for apparent
ScriptnraI inconsistencies. Once the
key is found, all becomes clear. To
those who have the Key, the mysteries
of the Indian, Grecian and Scandinavian
mythologies are easily dissipated, aud it
is found they are one.
"Pure souls, like divine sparks, en-
anated from the divine soul. ALI souls
must pass through the mineral, vegeta-
BILE and animal stage, until mans soul
is reached. The tree or knowledge must
| be frequently eaten CT; we must be re-
inearnated again and again. The expe-
riences of others is not for US; we must
| have our own. We must be born again
and again, amid various environments.
In the East end of London there are
| living men and women born amid vice,
| who are pearls of purity themselves.
| ReincarnatiOu was believed Indy the
ancieuts, but was dropped during the
Dark Ages. Later on it came to be
| believed in by the German and Italian
philosophers. Inside of the next cen
| tury it will be the universal belief.
''Pheosophy teaches justice. When l
consider innocent babes born into the
| world who are ill-treated, can abide
| time. Reincarnation teaches that they
shall in time have justice. We cannot
he too careful with our thoughts. The
| boys thoughts form the character of
! the man; the man that of the old man :;
| his. that of another life. Ii we think all
evil thought, we should try at once to
think good one. to counteract it. You
| eau make good thoughts habit Of your
life; you will be the happier for it. All
can, by working persistently in certain
grooves, become geniuses. Nothing can
come by favor; all must come by work
! Such is the law of reincarnation.
| ''Theosophy teaches US how to think.
| 1t has the ethics of all religions. 1t
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are here, whittier we are bound. =
| We have no right to judge our neighbour
| When we have done wrong let us serii
ously repent, and then put it aside fo4s-
| ever. BY pure thoughts we make our
selves pure. We attract good to our
selves, for bad molecules are not at
tracted 10 good ones. for like attracts
like. Every race has its own Key. These
gathered together make the symphonic
Gus chord of life. The key Rome struck
was that OF civic greatness, wealth,
etc. Greece went higher, and her key
was that of intellectual greatness. India
went still higher. She set up spirit
| ual ideal and attained it. These three
forces are the physical, psyehical and
spiritual, The two former nations have
passed away because their ideals were
material; not so with India. How can
Americans hope their country VIII live
when all are craving after the materially
| Money is your God. Ii you love your
| country and desire its perpetuity do
what YOU can to turn the tide from the
material to the spiritual" "
! Countess Wachtmeister predictei that
| i'm America, out of all the elements here
| from all races and nations, was to be
| formed a newer, grander and better race
than the world has yet seen.
ST. Paul Parish Celebrates.
The seventh anniversary of the rec
torship of Rev. DIR. Wright over this