The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19

called last year by the theosophical family
quarrel, when Mime. Besant, the high
priestess, charged the late high priest, Mr..
Judge, that he forged the communications
of the Mahatmas (when two servant-girls
are lighting the landlady gets out the
truth). In my ''Uriel" / showed by the
light of that quarrel that the Mahatma
business is a fraud. First, if Nine. Be-
SAINT said that Judge was a forger, she
ought to know what she is talking about,
and if Mr.. Judge declared the contrary,
he, of course, knew, too what he is about,
and we outsiders knew, too, what the mat
ter was with both. The Mahatma business
is only misrepresented idea of the Cab
bala, as / am going to show by the histori-
cal light of truth.
THE THIRTY-sIX MASTERS.
The thirty six Masters OF the Cabbala are
not like the mahatmas of the Theosophists,
sitting in idleness on the top of Thibet's
rocky mountains medltating like fools,
why has God created bad boys? The
thirty-six Masters of the Cabbala are scat
tered all over the world, and they occupy
positions in all the stations of life, from
the lowest beggar to the high-living banker.
While occupying their positions they do
good in ali directions, to help those who
are in need of it without being detected or
known. They are known each to the
other, and to the few students of the Cab
Ddld 1HcS nave HO reg OF SlRNS,
as they do not form an order, for each one
has his own way, and divided as they
stand, harmonious they work. They are
the guardians of the sacred science of the
Cabbala, and they communicate each
with the other either by telapathy or ty
self-appearance. Never do they write.
If one of them becomes known to out
siders, he either leaves the place or he
must pass off and another is replaced to
fill out the number thirty-siX
The masters are recruited from the ranks
of cabbaiistic students and they must be
of 40 years of age. / never dared to pub
lish about the Cabbala. and in my long
literary pursuit in Jewish literature |
avoided to touch the button of that sci
ence. Two years ago i was offered in Bos-
ton by Rabbi Shinder and Mr.. Ayers presi-
dent of the Theosophical Society, to fur
nish me $1,000 to translate the 'sSohar"
and / refused. But l published the Uriel
in the city when was ordered by the mas
ters. The reasons of giving now to the
world the light of the Cabbala, the masters
say that humanity has the dyspepsia
from digesting unripe fruits of knowledge
(alluoing to the false teachings), now the
people will know 10 value the healthy
food of truth.
WHY WAS CHOSEN.
People have asked me the above oues-
tion, and not for my sake only for the
sake of truth, that at the same time they
may take out of it as a lesson of the hour
to understand better spiritual life. Why
| was chosen? | do not know, but sur
mise. AS a matter of fact l am not an
educated man, and | never was in any
school. Ny personality as we'll as my
pocket-book are void of earthly attractions.
From my early childhood began to study
myself, which is only miniature edition
of the big cosmos, and you know that he
who seeks will find. At the age of IA
master revealed himself TO me, instructing
me with the keynote of the Cabbala.
handing me over regulations to live up to
them.
When I left my native country Joined
the Oliphants, going with them to Pales.
tine as member of the family. There
lived, so to say, high life. yet working
in the spiritual one, too. There | wrote,
together with the noble Alice Oliphant,
the book "Snpneumata." which / regard
as the heralder of the science of truth.
When got a mission TO go to Egypt left
the pleasures of life in order to enjoy
better pleasure in my spiritual work l
was again recalled, and after short stay
left again. Then, after wandering around
the world, came to this country and was
hail ed as poet, scientist and common
sense thinker. Had / been hypocrite
could have gained some position in life,
but throw the gauntlet to the Phi arisees,
fighting those who make love to God and
are wooing the devil. / made my living
in writing for the religious Jewish papers.
and there was not much of it, as YOU
know that there is no good pasture in
.churchyard. Two years ago | came to