The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25

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nan has deprived woman % ths con-
sesousnsss IAaz sra is an immortal soul
inhaoitlng physical and mortal body.
He has next made her ruin 10 depend
on the dealsEnnt of her body. ard con-
Struef The law - bis oxn advantage so
"a as This se1fe-11ent may be cirCluS.an-
tsal. anu CONSIST in suspicion before he
tscl he ouSra~es her maternal instincts
ans natural -fst<s in we5lock by enacting
laws that deprive her Of she children 10
wnon sna nas given birth. ami j1stifes
this danuaale robbery bv The tacs that
ne holds the nursestrtnss. while he re-
p11faies the children 20 hiErsg If barn out
side % wedloca. and screens himself be-
AND those same ma ernai instincts which
re has core his bes. 10 outrage and
destroy. C0al1 an incarn3te fen6 90
more 10 destroy life and damn a souls
IAe-e can oe no greater folly than 20 look
% man 10 re4iaquish his grasp or % in
siliuse any rea! reform The reform must
come from woman herself
innocence and purity are no protection
20 ? oman, as the annals 81 seduction and
prostitution abGndantly snow. and as was
proven by the Pail Mall expose On the
contrary, youth and innocence are but an
additional Incentive 10 the selfish lust of
man. There * 10 principle in nature.
no application OF justice, either human
or divine, that determines that woman is
which man may commit ten thousand
times won't Jiefiie;nent; or that woman
Is ruined. doomed 10 despair and TT
subject for suicide or the sluns Of society.
py an act wh1ch does not exclude man
from The best sociesy'' ana from every
chance IN life.
In thus claiming justice for woman. no
principle OF moral purity is outraged. no
standard of virtue is lowered. II is by no
means proposed 10 degrade woman TO the
level OF man, but on the contrary, 10 ele-
vate man 10 the level OF woman IL is true
that body and soul are so intimately con-
nected. the threads OF life, of feeling and
OF consciousness so completely blended to-
gether, that one canont be degraded with
out also degrading the other. II is also
true that man has degraded his own soul
just in proportion as ne has degraded the
body of woman for II is motive that gov
ems here as elsewhere. The motive of
man in dealing with woman is universally
selfish and 6evihsh. He will do his best
10 degrade her by appealing 10 her in
suncts OF love and sympathy, and then
take advantage of her innocence and ig-
nordnce. and when he has done his best 10
degrade her he will treat her with scorn
and contempt for the very ruin he has
himself wrought Such motives and such
practice in business affairs among men
would brand d man Geseryedly as a villain
and send him TO felons cell, as indeed IL
ought. Theological dissertations and nit
ualsstic mummeries have so completely
obscured the a4truism of Jesus, as TO make
the professed Christian among men no
whit better in this regard than the "un-
regenerated." If proof be demanded at
this point. ask any old physician or medi-
cal specialist for evidence. Again / say.
IL Is utterly useless TO look TO man or 10
man-made laws for reform. for this whole
sociahstic inferno is mans work. and he
will never undo IL or seriously reform IL
Whenever this Upas tree has been too
plainly exposed. he assumes an air OF con-
triton and virtue and pretends TO lop off
a few OF its branches, but the idea or wish
TO uproot and cast out the tree never en-
tiers his selfish mind.
Theosophy lays the ak at the root of the
tree by proposing the recovery of the lost
consciousness of the soul. and by showing
that the body is more than raiment so
is the soul more than body. 1t proclaims
the universal brotherhood Of man, which
fully and equally includes woman, It
shows that IL no single act can utterly
ruin man and ALLEVIATE his blrthright, so
also can no single act be ruinous TO
woman, for whatever degrades man de-
grades woman and whatsoever may be for
given man may be forgiven woman. It
demands for man and woman alike the
right even 10 fail, and TO try again. 1t de-
mands that man shah no longer degrade
either himself or woman, and by the law
of karma shows that man can by no posi-
b!lity escape from the just consequences
of every thought. word and deed. 1t
shows that sex is but an incident OF gesta-
ton, and that mans innocent victim in
one incarnation may be his karma-neme-
sis in the next. 1t is proposed that chill
iren, boys and girls alike. shall be taught
that conduct and character are infinitely
superior TO creeds, and that no ritlfal!stic
mummeries can possibly take the place of
the simple truth and consideration for
others. 1t teaches that the God for man
is the God IN man, and that the dead
Jesus OF Judea is not the living Christos
In every human soul. II teaches the
nature of man, the meaning of life. the
possibilities of the human soul, and the
one only method Of the higher evolution
of humanity; and it determines that no
boy. no man thus educated would any
more ruin an innocent girl and drive her
TO despair and suicide. than he would lie.
steal or cut his brothers throat. 1t deter
mines that the girl thus educated in the
principles of truth. virtue and knowledge
of her own nature and boundIess POSSIBLE
ties, shall be a source of continual insp.ra-
ton to man. and lift him, through her
beauty of soul, no less than her body,
through her finer spiritual instincts of
gentleness and love, TO A pane where ne
will no longer commit murder 10 gain pos
session OF her body that he may degrade
her soul II determines that rttualism.
materialism and Nam worship shall
no longer masquerade In the garb OF reli-
gion without being branded and exposed
as the Cerberus that guards the earthly
pandemonium.
These are some OF the plain lessons
taught by the Old wisdom religion which
demand and Will nave a hearing. No
amount OF Misrepresentation or personal
abuse VIII be able TO silence these teach
ings. for the day, the very hour of their
unfolding has come. Their hour has
struck. Their pTomulgators are here, they
have discounted the present life by their
hold on eternity. and by their recovery of
the consciousness Of soul. that smiles in
triumph in the very face OF death, and de-
fies the triple Cerberus 10 do his worst
The wisdom religion appeals to man and
woman alike. standing on the simple
basis OF justice and truth. and by It's
world-o,d records. its key 10 nature and
the nature of man. Il demonstrates lis
position jus;!ties SIS principles. and
brushes ASIDE the superstitions OF both
past ard present as ths rising sun scatters
the Tnists o. the dark valley II penetrates
every myth. explains every Gayph, and
reads alike the cycles OF time, the records
Of she ages. ana the monuments OF man
Behold on. Christian wornanhooa! all
ye who are worthy OF the name: We who
strive IN vain to reform the Magdalene.
the reasons Of your failure. lad the pro-
mise OF your success, Begin with the
little children. and recover 70 them the
rs con seriousness OF the in-dwelltng d.
vinitv. Draw from your OWL conscious
ness Of this divine Innocence the lessons
OF truth. and charity. and love. and these
little ones shall indeed come unto Him
who IS TIE heavenly glest.' the good
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