The evening times., 1896-05-04

New York, May 4.-The Theosophists in
this city announced with elaboration yester-
| day that Claude Falls Wright, one OF the
chief workers in the society, had been
married yesterday afternoon. according to
the tbeosophical law and the common law.
to Miss Mary Katherine Leoline Leonard,
| of Chicago. another apostle.
| At the wedding ceremony only the men,
| bers of the Inner Council and Occult Body
were allowed to be present. The new Ma
hatma of tie society. who is said TO have
inherited the occult leadership from the late
william Quan Judge. performed tue .heo-
sophical ceremony. according to the an
| cicnt Egyptian rite practiced in the great
| III mysterics.'' The Mahatma is called 1.-THE
unknown adept and he. or she. wore a
| heavy veil at the ceremony.
The marriage ceremony was performed
| in Aryan Hall. and lasted some hours. A
yellow, smoky haze pervaded the building,
which. il afterward proved, was from the
burning of incense in the hall below. The In
ner Council OF the bod y had sc a Is on the plat
form. The yare fourteen II number. and they
sat in 4 semi-circle.
In the center of the platform. directly be-
hind the tree of life. sat the Yelled One.
L.
Hargrove president of the Visible Society.
Tine bridegroom. Mr.. Wright, sat on the
left. When all had taken their respective
positions. and the lights and other proper
tics were arranged to the satisfaction OF
the Inner Council, the meeting taccordingto
the press agents report) was begun with
the chanting of certain IN ystical sounds
A CURIOUS CEREMONY.
At this time there was nearly 200 per-
sons in the hall. all or whom were members
of the Occult Body. After the chanting
had proceeded long enough It was stopped
and President Hargrove arose and ad-
dressed themeeting. He said among other
things.
This afternoons ceremony is in part
a revival OF an old rite. The garments and
embleins worn are not for display but are
USED to hide the personal form. aud to start
vibrat ions by means OF color and II OtiOn
hat will be far-reaching in their effect
and beneficial 10 all concerned. The
sounds you Will hear are not To provoke
applause or to please the ear; they. too,
are vibrations. aud they, too, belong TO
The magic OF antiquity, which it Will
before long become our duty to revive"
Alice Cleather. aud then Mrs. Julia
Campbell yerPianck Keightiey. daugiI-
ter OF Supreme Court Justice CaiupbeIl.
OF Pennsylvania. read the permit of the
inner circle sand ioning the ceremony.
THE BRIDE APPEARS.
After the reading OF the permits the
assembly engaged in silent meditation.
which was suddenly interrupted by sol
einn myst icll music on cello. the door
opened aud the bride appeared.
Miss Leonard the press agent says, is
slight wiilowy and blonde, with bright
b!ue eyes, and face with spiritual char
dcleristics. She Wore a snow white Gre
can gown OF nuns yelling, giried at the
waist with a white silk cord She had
no orna ments other than plain diamond
ring, and carried no flowers
Following the bride and her chaperone
came Genevieye Mercedes q ndOiynKiuge,
of Newark, foUr-and-a half years old. the
only child in the world who is n member
OF the Occult Body" She carried has
ket OF cut lotus flowers, and was also robed
in u white Grecian gown.
AS the bride approached the platform
Mr. Wright arose and started forward
conventional black frock coat, dark ,rous-
ers, lavender tie. and patent-lcather shoes.
When bride and groom met they joined
hands and walked up to the tree of life,
where they stood before the Yelled One
AN OCCULT LITTLE GIRL.
The occult little Miss Genevieve walked
forward with her basket of lotus flowers
and held it out to the Yelled One. He or
she fumbled in the basket and pulled out n
parchment roll. which he or she handed 10
Mrs. Keightley. one of the inner council.
The latter read to roll aloud. In it the
happy couple pledged themselves to con-
tinue together in the work of the lodge
and to bend all their energies in the up
lifting of humanity TO the end OF all time.
After the reading of the pledge the adept
again furnbled in the basket of flowers nd
brought forth ring alleged TO possess oc-
cult properties. Without saying word
he or she solemnly placed the ring on the
third finger of the brides left hand; then
took the left hand of each and held them
for few moments within his or her hands.
The inner council arose as he did this and
'.chanted mystical sounds This chant
was repeated fifteen times in sets of five.
A deep silence followed the chanting. dur
ing which the Yelled One was working his
will power to strengthen the bond of mat tri-
mony between the two souls on a spiritual
plane. After doing that, he sat down on a
chair.
Three violins and the cello struck up
march. which was described by one of the
TheoSophists as a strangely affecting
strain that seemed to strike chord within
the soul of everybody present.
Then two by two, the members advanced
and silently shook hands with the newly
married couple. Miss Leonard's mother
was the first. This ended the theosophical
ceremony. and the assemblage departed.
The couple were afterward legally mar
ried by Alderman Robinson.
MARRIED 5000 YEARS.
Miss Leonard is the daughter of Anna BY
ford Leonard. perhaps the best known the
osophist in the West. and he gra nddaughter
of DR.. Byford. celebrated physician Of Chi
cago. She is reasonably rich.
Now. that marriage really took place.
they say. 5000 years ago. The spirits of
these two people came together in Egypt.
and they were welded by the priests of
Isis. They met in the flesh of their present
existence four years ago. They immedi-
ately recognized each other as spiritual
compliments. Mr.. Wright says he has seen
Miss Leonard in his dreams since he was
four years old. and he is twenty-eight now.
Both OF these remarkable young people
say they remember their first marriage
with perfect distiuctneSs. They can also
remember their life together in several re-
incarna tions. They refuse to tell what