The herald., 1895-04-22
THEY LIVE MANY LIVES
Revere a Secret Brotherhood of
Perfect Men
THEOSOPHISTS ARE THESE
Whose Faith Rests on the Immutablc
Law OF karma
II Is Called the Wisdom Religion, and Its
Members NAV Be Jew, Christian
or Mohamme dan
Have Won lived on earth before?

nave YOU llNcu Oh edIbu DclpIt.
On April 2Sth next a convention of peo-
pie whv think they have will be held in
Boston. The Theosophists of America
will hold their annual meeting. 1t was
not ma year s ago that the conventions
OF the Theosophical society were small
affairs attracting little attention. Not so
now. Like Masonry, Theosophy has
taken root all over the world, and this
within the short period OF nineteen years;
for the society was organized only in 1870.
In Anne lea alone there are now TO-
branches. Canada, South America, the
West Indies and the Hawaiian islands be-
long to America according to the TheoSo-
phical map, and will be represented at
the convention. In Canada there are half
dozen branches in Honolulu one, in
Grenada. Il. w. l.. one. and in Peru one.
There are also Theosophists in Mexico.
but not existing as an organization there
they will not have delegates
When this fin de steele convention will
have adjourned cultured Boston will have
something to think about for the rest OF
the year.
Here are some OF the maiden beliefs of
Theosophy which viii be discussed.
First-Man lives many lives on earth.
Second-If he is happy or unhappy in
this life it is because he is having meas
ureu TO MN What lie nieteo 10 otncle !"
former life.
Thlrd-A secret brotherhood OF perfecte
men exists with headquarters in Thihe.,
and has branches all over the word.
All of its mem bers are men of the Christ
and Buddha type. They have power of
assuming any lorH anu u tfalH loIt'ns
themselves 10 the i'!osU uis'.iie I'"o?o ~,
earth at VIII: anu tiousn .ues nnoa Lille
constantly WIFI men. aiT {, scl'oii ieeoS
hlHed hey stiie M;ne plan". .s H. ' I'll
game the lheosophicai Soc'e! Mh .t
they watcn over ana pLoteG'. Ai' NV; tnJ
members Oh ms prot'ie' hoo" nave i'e"
thousands ol years. az
Notwlthsland'hs 'uat "pou. % iea oe,,V
c oil tne hn 'hsse al and other beIefs the
society as society hoids no aoctrlnes ,E ot
any klnu. tfuer tne ;,tnS ~ AZ, eno
society cannot ne comm t.eu 10 any Joy
ma even IL peliel ~ ~ SOU, De u''aa.
NOUS. Dut as mn. iu',ais 10 nnoi'ibeis
can ca noiu any ueileii > 5l'am iiiaA pe d
buouhist' thrlstian' Jew, hioiiafii'.euaii' r
splrltua,lst an" eAeot'nu NE peilei' With
means tnat an men are pr9'ners u! VIZ,
tue OF oelne sons ol one oou' anu tHat all
relSions must DC toieraceu' mere - "lso
no ulstlnclloll DIS 70 sen VI oo,oI III .ne So
clety' hesioee ooins vi? . "I Poo,
sesslns SOUS as wen as Wilt Hie en- FIoiil
WIS ~ "ou.' 49, 80 " go
diversity Oh oellei among the members.
but the contrary IL tne laI.. ne 'e'icilIhS
OF the mysterious nIo.nerhoou whom
Mme. DlaVatshy repIeSenIeu are pecu-
harry synrhetlc anu aIiloni Aths anu
snow. as ineosoPIisCs pel.e'e, tlia A: &c .ne
various Ieilglohs y" eal'h ore oily u!lieT-
eht expressions VI 90 =. -i'loh uoctr ne
one truth cio'heu III various garments
III IS cialmeu 'nae the tliLee .elws en-
meTaieu ABOVE Meie tulIsnt. .nouSl ~
felIeu Ioihi' u! an tne sie"' ehslo"'
tea W any p" =; 49, A.;,
W. " Judge II ciliei VI .ne AlIel!can
tneosophlsts: ne 10 the eehrrai secletafy
OF Tue american sectlon III" ,Vice-liesI-
ueht ol tne Wiicle SoIiety; iie 10 NeIy
mysterious lhui|luu alif ait,'ptRh cleu-
lteu VIII oeiIS hlllselt ~ 4Hplit tHp
mehiper VI She Hlsa' lRrtall pIopneI-
hoou' Is iloleu .uieny LOT sit1nop on We
SUBJECT ol occult hla'Cers' Ie -. III Iact'
the spnihN among lneosophlsts. ne Is
ABOUT Al years olu' quie,, uhassulhlIS
and man OF tremendous VIII power.
Although no atiemp tlhg oratoIv, ne IS an
Impressive speaker, anu mas HctHleo IN
nall OF the states IN the union. re was
PfomlHent az 'ne woa rera, 'a,r pariae ed
OF re1glohS, on several occasions ad-
dressing AUDIENCES OF Z)oo ana 'ooI peo-
pie. Mr.. Judge was one OF the original
seventeen charteT members Vi me society
ana is practically the 1ounuef OF the
American sectioh.
An interesting story Is .eiu OF now he
started the INST branch IN New orN city.
Prior to about loSo MT. Judge was
the only theosophist IN the me
tropolis. lie knew no one whose
mind ran IN similar channel, put he mad
an Immense faith IN the power OF thought.
SO he used to slt IN ms law once IN
Nassau street and mediate on the doc
trines OF theosophy holding a meeting
by himself. lie cohndently expected that
men with sympathetic minds would be