The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-09-19
THE NEW MAHATMA.
EAEOSCPHiSTS SAY HE IS w. @.
JUDGES SUCCESSOR.

Nita AIl Him Were He KnOwn-He's
u Real Smart One, Though, and Knows
q Thing or Two.
The theosophists have got Il new ma
latina, or initiate or adept, or leader.
Furthermore, it has been discovered
rAat he is right here in New York. The
F~hst'spphlsts at the headquarters in
Madison avenue will not announce in
so many words that he is in New York.
tnt II is plain from their conversation
f1A2f he Is. lie IS a foreigner, though.
lie L. not TO become known to men us
&L. Indeed, only Il few of the elect are
t> know of his identity for the next
zgelveInOnth.
Or may seem to the world at large an
taAs thing for the theosCphists to have
aa. invisible leader after they have had
y leaders SO much in evidence as
1,ae. Rlavatsky and William @. Judge,
3Mt sc it is. They had an option on "a
: Isihle leader. for Mrs. Annie Besant is
s'AN alive and has often been talked Of
S. I71fses successor, but however guard |
ri x ThF E~heOsOphists are in their CONVEX
''2'ioss as TO the real identity of the new
"a s'isT, Nhey are strenuous in their de-
ASAls that Mrs. Besant is or could be in
Es1s Place held by Mr.. Judge. She is 60
~ 81 On another tangent, it is said,
.a42 il TIylng TO sWerve the t~heOsophists
s%f IL 81 HinGoO movement and to form
. costrie solely for the discussion Of
sz1Fesic problems. This the genuine
l~s.ssoDnists will have none of.
tNheD Il reporter went to Mr.. Claude
-'4lIf Wright to ask for further informa-
, III .sDnnt the prospects of the Theo-
Is nhical society and about their new
:sAr- Mr.. Wright was not inclined to
~" very many particulars.
'IAe announcement made in this
-tgnlng's paper" he said, sis sub
7" 11lSlally correct, wherever you got it,
l.lt tisale is not very much as to detail
l4At ! ran give you"
10 you know the new LEADER" Mr..
U%jGhT was asked.
have knowledge Of him., he re-
i~ied
4 iae here?"
"TEaf ! canno say"
~ ne a native or a foreigner"
fl II a foreigner
Man, WOman o child?'
Il refuse to answer.
Is D. TO be at the conventional
No for that would involve his be-
known, and that must not be
Ehe convention is to be held in the
.1lAhisIm Square Garden concert hall on
A adag. April 26. Although Mr.. Wright
d.. gaH like to acknowledge that the
- are of meeting of the convention had
s'ap changed from Chicago to this city
. The dictatlon of the new leader, he
sf44rrtssj that it was done ut the lead
- : suggestion.
Ih@ reason ascribed for the year Of
Il gI,iro of the new leader is a curious
IA Ar Wright said: IF he were ,
42l1EVri, the tremendous thought waves
.@t; g9onld come at him from all over
49," world would in his sensitive condi-
Kill him, just as they killed tho late
-" Judge and Nine. Blavatsky. On
" orhel hand, if knowledge Of his -.
nifty is deferred for awhile there Z,
,.4 be less curiosity and the thought =
YES Will have become settled. More
L he Will have time to form psychic
= -llle"ilpns with many pupils and thus !
.a-AI}H hiInself 10 work with freedom
ST MS power to make these connec- q
L. As Mr.. Wright had no doubt. Il il
iAses rim To be of great power and at
-}~..uneDts, he said. Il know that at g.,
|ts present moment he can tell the T
-iGacter Of every person in the society, =,
st?auugh they are all unknown to him, 7
.lAl that he can tell whether any one is
) tr 7agallit hln as Il leader. He can
Is Also their status and their mental.
DH.rchic and spiritual condition. have
~! 81 very strong personal demonstra-
A>1 IT these powers III the new adept" a
he society is fortunate i'll having in
= iAeNS leader one OF better health than \
- predecessors, for Notwithstanding
- great powers OF mind worshiped
developed by the theosophists Nh. '
ght admits that health is essential to
Ns 81 leadership, Mr.. Wright added:
lie has more vigor and opportunity
- Mime Blavatsky had CT more than c
D.. Jndge had III his last years. BY
IL re opportunity l mean that the time q
- totning soon when the world will ,
-.4a a striking demonstration of the new
T. and OF the fact that the society has
: @p"cial work to do. | don't see lust =
y We have been laughed at so much, =
y laughter does no harm and | sup
it will continue for a time in spite l
u Roentgen's demonstration of things {
TO those who are at all able
81 ssrand it the demonstration will be '
u ~ And II will nnll. A.An, ;, /