The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24
CRUSADE OF THEOSOPHY.
THE MISSION OF MEssRs. WRI0 HT,
HARGROYB. AHD THE OTHERS.

There Is going TO be an American crupade
this summer. Theosophy will be It's war cry
and Europe its destination. On the thirteenth
day OF June. Mr.. Claude Falls Wright will
yet sail. clad in the full panoply OF his most
brilliant tartan cravat, his recently purchased
wedding clothes, and a steamer rug Of an
occult pattern. He will be accompanied by
Mr.. f. T. Harrrove. President Of the Tbeo-
sophical Society, Mr.. II. T. Patterson, Mr..
RUSSELL, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Keightley. Mrs.
Katharine Tingley. and others. The others
are waiting for q thought wave 10 strike them
and tell them whether TO go or not.
Tho crusade has q very laudable aim. Il Is
out-and-out American In It's purpose. It's pur.
pose is TO establish this country as the seat OF
ancient theosophical development. When
Mr.. Wright and Mr.. Hargrove and the rest OF
them get through with Europe IL will feel so
modern and crude and new that It's Oldest
ruined castle will be q thorn in tho flesh be.
cause II Is so recent. The reporter asked Mr..
HarRrove how he was going TO prove all this.
I'VE have ample evidence OF It." said the tall
young Theoeophist. Have you ever read the
'Popol. vuh'7"
The reporter reluctantly admitted that he
had not.
IN or the 'Mayas aud ouiches'i" with q
whitening glance.
The reporter murmured NO"
"well.' said Mr.. HarRrove, IF you had
read the 'Popol. vuh' Of the ancient Guate-
malians. you would be convinced. The
'Mayas and ou~iches'-wait a moment! I'll
write those names Town for you!"
NJ. HarRrove wrote tho first name in Q
large. bold hand, and was about TO write the
second one when the door softly opened. and
the unmistakable whisk srs OF Mr.. Claude Falls
wr light appeared. There is no doubt that
the remainder Of the person Of Mr.. Wright
was not visible. Mr. Harsrovo approached
his ear to the crack in the door whore the
fors moved. but no sound louder than a. breath
came from them. One might have thought
{ had nGii nos Me- fe'fHi ars MSs slG pSrnsd .n P9s his .H Iens.
sleni der fingers up as a screen between his
mouth and the corner where the reporter sat.
motion Of the lips. or else these two men have
They evidently carried on quito a converse
ton. although not a sound came from their
When they had concluded their discussion
the crack was widened and the whiskers
mann na1sds tn'o of ts Mr. T wight i0l He ~ss i Sx IN Int time ne
How dc, you spell ,,ouiches'l;.,' said Mr..
AAAI &i,Sou, WITH Should ID s don't sys Sd' Mr.. Wright,
: think it's with a t." persisted Mr.. Har-
"Without. should say" repeated Mr..
AD-yeS-l tulnk IL ID Nltnout- was
Just saying that we are going to work among
the poor people in Europe, and show them
s shas A sRscsophi Esi , ins sset " W. %S afs GOING 90 ss' a Hs;
to London. From there We shall make the
w tour q of the me s ssiG 6nsiIS cities is ADJUST of gse scr tSe san:
vention Of the theoso Dhical societies of Eu-
rope. Then we shall, go through France. Hol:
!aaf; t ss Es2p,. S We shsil Lecture fsss'ii in t tho
PRINCIPAL cities. especially among the poor"
I'VE shall lecture in English; One can al
q: :ssad e Ens,,ss: ia EsyDii we are s iaa;v "a S,is
That's }nr rsn very e .., ia% RI. HsrsI III w ahs . ths1 S aSwR
he wrote: "One or two individuals in Exypt
G Gldh rr wnG" OF Il. are F. B associated In tho WORK
Both Mr.. Wright and Mr.. HarErove seePed
to regard this sentence as "a triumph or .di-
R %ors 'sso ..i mhSf .ns r sts.doins a't Mr, T Haie
for Something a Ittie more explicit; he narsed
Certain members OF the great occult broth
F. f!nf B. a HGe Helped ae sd'P her in me- her WORK t'''9 We 81 Ii
visit them there and make connection with
Them M and one so St them ls am mas Sl'iP Psss . SSm s.s e
students of theosophy, and of ocoultism.",
IN reporter ! sa,1 tried d him Rhn,, on another tack.
New Zealand. and New South Wales, how
ever; One of our strongest centres is in
A I YOU going to try to convert the Arabs
mo: Our purpose in GoinG, to Egypt. as
said; Is 70 visit the individuals whom l have
Are they mahatmas7"
"MahatmasI CHorrid wo5dN Why. they
sssniI S..d rsGx p Thas wSTd ma ana H.4y has ias
The reporter asked Mr.. Hargrove. Il he had
. handy dAHntttAn 1T NhA trnri htn ugnnl1
help People who were not WORKING along
occult lines TO know what it meant.
1T means simply a wise man." was the re-
talned perfect wisdom"
"AIs all Of them over IN India' Haven't
"Oh. yes. we have them In America, but
fSeosophicSl Society are m%ahetmas. 0' We
have not attained perfect wisdom quite yet.
there are mon In America. not living in our
great cities, but away from the-what shall |
sayY, He evidently couldn't make ny his
are living quietly add carrying on their work"
VIVA is their work." the reporter asked
Through which Mr.. WRIGHT had just noise.
e"Hsii. they deal with causes, with mons
few people o really thin6; Their brain, go
grove described with a gesture the motion OF
the wheels which outsiders commonly sup
.Weli." he pursued. when a man learns
how 20 concentrate his mind completely on q
single thought, so completely that not an
other idea shall intrude IN the slightest de-
gree. why. you have q thought that could
knock q house over! It influences not one
man. but a thousand, without their knowing
that they are being influenced. That 10 the
work that these men are doing. And that
isn't all. AS a mahatma in India wrote in a
letter some lime ago: 'I.haye been in tho sad.
die forty eight hours, and yet our friends
down at Simla think we do nothing but sit
under a gum tree and think"
in the saddie1 Why didn't he send his astral
bodyr"
Perhaps he liked To ride a good horse bet,
ter than sit under u gum tree and think"
suggested the reporter.
Mr.. HarRrove shook hts head.
"torty-eight hours in the saddle" he said.
''wOuld not 10 any joke"
But why didn't he" began tho reporter.
NOW. that is another mistake" Interrupted
Mr.. BargrOve. You see. II mnhatma always
works along the lines or least resistance. For
instance, suppose he wanted 10 communicate
xUt1h the nfN.a Cpull ha pra,tpftaN. "a I.t,.,