The morning call., 1894-04-24

hidden behind these books of Moses.
DR.. j. ID. Buck followed OH "Memory OF
Brain and Memory of Soul He SAID the
greatest objection against the theoSopnical
doctrine of reincarnatlon was the lapse OF
memory. Ii we have lived before why do
we not remember 1t? The answer Is tnat
we do remember it, but fail to recognize
the experiences. Memory reproduces rast
experience, and the recognition of it Is
caused by the ego. There is no memory
of the physical brain. If the impression
made on running water flows away now
can experience of daily life come back
when matter changes continually. Even
in an hour things become dim to US, and
those experiences which wrung the heart
alone stand out in time. Nothing Is for
gotten and most can be recalled Dy the
law of association. That nothing is really
forgotten is shown by the experience OF
drowning or hanging men who reach the
point when consciousness is snilted from
the physical TO the inner plane.
A paper was also read by Mrs Anna l..
Blodgett of Seattle on the Three OoJects
Of the Theosophcal Society"
After the session the delegates nad their
photographs taken in group.
AT the evening session DR.. j. ID. Buck
presided, and after calling the convention
Ia order he announced that the Countess
Wachtmeister would not be present In con-
sequence of illness.
DR.. j. S. Cook treated of primitive
Christianity and Theosophy." The doctor
dealt largely with the scripture of the Kew
Testament, and especially with the Sermon
on the Mount, by which he sought to
demonstrate that the elementary prnci-
pies of both doctrines were Identical.
That both Christianity and theosophy
were founded upon the truth was all that
! was claimed. In answer to Plate, Christ
said that ne bore witness of the truth, and
that was, in the estimation of the speaker.
the highest plane for the foundation OF any
belief.
1.-The religions Of the earth that were
| heretofore supreme" the speaker declared,
would be downed, and then The battle
begins. The Karma must be OverthrOWn.
The Savior said that he had not come to
destroy the law, but to build it up. From
that it was evident that the law which he
came to uphold was of divine origin-tbe
law OF perfection, which was also the law
recognized by perfection"
DR.. Buck gave IAN Object Lesson in the
Old Christian Religion" by tue use OF a
chart tracing the beginning of theOsOphy
from the Vedas of the Brahmans down to
the present day. The secret doctrines
were divided into religion, science ana
philosophy, religion itself being the
diylnest bart of the threefold religion.
The necessity of a new creed was mani
fest, the speaker asserted, because OF the
fact that the religion Of the day is being
undermined Dy modern materlalism.
Ernest Il. Hargrove IF London made a
vigorous talk on the subject of 'Relncarna-
tiop," explaining, as he understood 1t, now
the soul would in the course of time take
on several bodies For instance, the soul
a one time might appear in the body OF
Hamlet, and again as OthellO, and so on.
Huxley cited the case of the bean, part
of which he says is immortal. 1t is planted
and periodically reprOduces aspects of
itself. So with the human soul. AT differ
ent times it was an inha bitant OF differe t
bodies, but never dies. The soul or mind
OF man is an entity and only uses the body
to express Its thoughts.
Twins are born, he said, which are en-
tirely different In every way. Mental
prodigies are born who did not inherit
their genius from their parents. How can
this be accounted for? They were
great souls Of centuries gone by, which
had been improving all that time. For
these reasons the speaker discarded the
Darwinian theory altogether, and con-
Guided that man was his own ruler and
guide, and having sprung from the sa me
source, how small were the differences of
race, creed or caste!
The soul may pass from a white body
and latterly reappear in the form of a
HiDdoO or negro. 1t was in the power of
man TO make his future what he would
have it be.
Psychic Phen omena and Spritualism"
was the concluding talk by William Q.
Judge. In his talk he reviewed spiritual
| ism In AmerIca. dating IL back to the + OK
sisters Of Brooklyn forty years ago. He
| gave the mediums some hard hits, saying
that they were dlsorganiZsd bodies, an
mainly controlled by evil spirits, such as
those of suicides. drunkards and murder
ers. 1t was known in India many years
| Ilah hal f.,I "a
| had been performed by spiritual mediums,
| uttbey were on higher plane than those
who charge money for their work.
| Mr.. Judge spoke for nearly an hour upon
this theme, after which the convention
adjourned sine die.