The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-15
AnM snY oN MAMArMAs.

Chicago ThOolOplrsts iI1aTn tho Absence
OF Soul Observation-Disclosures Vt tho u await
sky school Wont Argue Runners Uou'
OprninE tho New Religious oas!n.
Chicago TribmK,
Chicago Thooaophis.s arc not inclined
to talk agreat deal about the origin Of
the theoaOphicRl societies ofthe United
States, In the Tribune Monday was
printed dispatch from New York,
which said tho origin Of tho sO.callel
thsosophiCal doctrines oil the world was
tho invuutlon OF Now York persons,
George y, Wright, president OF tho
Chicago Theosophical Society, Is con-
sldored tho head and front OF BlayRIsky'
ism hero, hut nothing could induce him
toeSprcss any npinion ON this last AZ
tuCli OIL tho antiquity OF lSintoriG Budd'
hism, lhGosophy, or BlaVGtskyism.
Miss Motto 4. WickeS, tho secretary
OF the Chicago branch, was more com'
mnnIcRtiyo. She said yesterday:
~ have read tho Now York story,
Some Of IL is true and part incorrect
We teach great llindoo truths, re-
ligion much older than any OF tho frat
lines OF the Bible, We expect ridiculo,
for th0osophy ia beyond tho compre.
hensiOn Of tho vulgaL No, do not un.
dsrstand any oil the myriad dIRlectS Of
tho east, | have not g,yen tho matter
q great deal OF thought. Tho whole
matter ia contained in tho NedaS and
UnpanlshRds. These have been trans.
lated for us, There arc no mahatmas
in Chicago so far as know. A mahat'
ma is perfect aopl-a great soul. Tho
headquarters Of thpuaophy are at AdyRr
in Madras. have not read Rudyard
Kipllng's definition Oi theosopiy. H0
has lived long ia India anl should know
something about il. What Is il2'
Her interviewer readi from Kiplinga
"Soudjng Of Dana pa," tho same being
tho history oil visitation Of cats, that
bright young mans revOrent ellurt to
rendeF theoIophy clear to tho masana.
1t ran thus; "Onco upon time,
some people in Iudia made u now
heaven and new earth out OF broken
toa,cupS, y missing brooch nr two. and
hair brush. These were hidden
under bushes or stuffed into holes in
tho hillside, and an entire civil service
Of subordinate gods used to find or
mend them arliH; and every ono said:
There arc moro thing, In heaven and
earth than arc dreamed OF il our
philosophy This religion was too
elpstic for ordinary use. II stretched
itsOlf and embraced pieces OF every.
thing that medicine,men OF all ages
have manufactured. Il Approved OF
a 81 Ia RnantV, Hat nA The
Latter.Day Rosicrucians Of half their
pet words; took any fragments OF Egyp-
tiau philosophy that it found. In tho
Encyclopedia Britannica annexed as
many Of tho Vedas as had been trans.
lated into French or English, and talked
Of all tho rest; built In the German ver-
slons OF what is left OF the Zend Avos,ai
encouraged white. gray, and black
magic, including spiritualism, palmlsiry,
iortuno.telling by cards. hot chestuuts,
double-kerneled nuts, and tnllow drop
pings; would have adopted Voodoo and
Oboe had it known anything about
them. aud showed itself in every way
one OF the most accommodating arrange.
ments that had ever been invented since
tho birth OF tho sea.
Tho secretary OF the Chicago ThOo.
snphical Society soon settled Rudyard
Ktpling's definition.
That's all bosh," she said, written
BY a man who could not understand tho
auGnito truths we seek, and seeking TO
teach. It is tho rldiculO We expect"
As last resort enlightenment was
sought from q. Mnrpolc Willis, No. 100
North Clark street, Mr.. Willis lie tho
vice president Of the local thoosophs.
He ia young and native OF London,
Vice President Willis was moro con.
servatiye In his claims Tor theoIophy.
II exists. no said, Tor thrGe.iold pur.
pose. Fitst,' universal brotherhood.
Second, the study Of Aryan and other
eastern literature. aud lastly aud least
OF all, the study OF psychic power latent
in man. IIo denied the New York thoo.
sophistI' Bible, Mrs. BIavat,ky'S "Se.
cret Doctrine" was in maunor similar
to tho Book Of Mormon, dictated by
higher power and came from an un.
known source. Mr.. Willis was doubt.
full II mahatmas existed in Chicago. lilo
thought nine.lonths Of the talk about
theosophy was fish storie,." Tho Chi.
cago branch had no affiliations with tho
Now York society Both were branches
OF the Thoosophical Society OF tho
World. So far from all tho truths OF
this mystoriouG doctrine being con.
tanned In Mrs. Blavatsky's book, Mr..
Willis produced FL Blavatgavad Gtta as
another text book for tho elect, TWAS
translated by Annie BOsant, and is full
Of biz words.