The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-26

ly opened, and the unmistakable whisk-
ers of Mr.. Claude Falls Wright appeared.
There is no doubt that the remainder Of
the person of Mr.. Wright was in olose
proximity to those whiskers. but it was
not visible. Mr.. Hargrove approached
his ear to the crack in the door where tbe
glowing hirsuto vision appeared. The
whiskers moved, but no sound louder
than breath came from them. One
might have thought noiseless zepbvr
was blowing through them, had not Mr..
Hargroye turned, put his longs slender
fingers up as screen between his mouth
and the cornar where the reporter sat-
and evidently made some noiseless re-
mark. Either theosophy enables q per-
son to read the motion of the lips or else
these two men have been trained in a
deaf and dumb asylum. They evidently
| carried on quite conversation, although
not sound came from their lips.
When they had concluded their discus
sion the crack was widowed and the
whiskers came into the room, followed
by the remainder of Mr.. Wright, He
was just in time.
Glow do you spell 'Quiches'9'' said
Mr. Hargrove. with st., don't your"
Without, l should say" said Mr..
~ think IT'S with st. - persisted
Mr.. Hargrove.
A Without should say" repeated Mr..
Wright, gently, but firmly.
"Ah-yss-I think it is without l
was just saying that we are going work
among the poor people In Europe and
show them that America was the seat of
much of the ancient theosophioal
thought. We ars going first to London.
From there we shall make the tour of
the principal cities of Great Britain,
winding up at Dublin in August for the
convention Of the theosophioal societies
France, Holland, Germany, Switzerland,
Italy, and Malta to Egypt. We shall leo
ture in the principal cities, especially
among the poor.
How about the different languagesr'
"We shall lecture in English. One can
always find an audience of people who
understand English. In Egypt we are
going to visit one or two-indiyiuals-
yes, individuals. That's very important.
I'll write that down for you, said Mr..
Hargrove, and after much study and
Weighing of words, and an interchange
wrote: Zone or two individuals in
Egypt with whom we are associated in
the ,rk. Old friends of Il. P. B."
Both Mr.. Wright and Mr.. Hargrove
semed to regard this sen tenoe as tri-
asked what work the individuals" are
doing, Mr.. Hargrove deliberated duly
and then said it was "along occult
lines" When he was pressed for some
thing little more explicit, he nursed
his lofty brow for while and then wrote
| again in his oraeular way;
Certain mem bers of the great occult
brotherhood live in Egypt. They were
| friends of H. P. b. and helped her in
make connection with them. One of
them may ultimately come to live and
work in America. They are deep stu.
dents of theosophy and Of occultisIn.' -
The reporter tried him on another tack.
Are you going to India?"
Probably not. We shall go to Aus
tralia, New Zealand and New South
Wales, however. One of our strongest
centres is in Australia. -
''Aro you going to try to convert the
Arabs and the negroessto theosophy?'
No. Our purpose in going to Egypt
as l said is to visit the individuals
whom have mentioned"
Are they mahatmas?''
"Mahatmas (Horrid word)t Why, they
tsre.iAoA'iuua 4ua1 woru Manatlnas
has been used very promiscuously and
very incorrectly by the press. /" sr
The reporter asked Mr.. Hargrove il he
had handy definition of the word which
| would help people who were not "work
| ing along occult lines to know what 1t
means.
| 1T means simply wise man," was
the reply. "A mahatma Is man who
has attained perfect wisdom"
| 50 A re- all 0f fhor1 Oyar in India Havoytf
we any in Amerioa?"
| ooh, yes, we have them in America,
but none Of us whom you know as mem
hers of the Philosophical Society are
mahatmas. We have not attained per-
| fect wisdom quite yet" and Mr.. Har-
grove smiled modestly. ''But there are
men in America, not living In our great
say?" He evidently couldn't make up
his mind qlite what to say, SO he let it
go. "They are living quietly and carry
| ing OH their work." he concluded.
What is their work?" the reporter
asked; as Mr.. Hsrgrove cast glance at
the door through which Mr.. Wright had
| just noiselessly fed.
"WelI, they deal with causes, with
mems thoughts, not With effects. You
know how few people really think.
Their brains go round and round appar-
! entity" and Mr.. Hargrove described
with gesture the motion of the wheels
which outsiders commonly suppose to be
at work in the theosophical BRAIN
"WeIl' he pursued, "when man learns
how to concentrate his mind completely
on a single thought, so completely that
not another idea shall intrude in the
slightest degree, why, you have q thought
that could-knock house over! 1t in.
duences not one man, but a thousand,
without their knowing that they are be-
ing influenced. That is the work that
these men are doing. Ard that isn't all.
AZ mahatma in India wrote in letter
some time ago: ] have been In thu sad
die forty eight hours, and yet our friends
down at Sinla think we do nothing but
sit under a gum tree and think.
what made him spend forty Eight
hours in the saddle? Why didn't he send
his astral body?"
Because he wanted to go physically ~
"Perahps he liked to ride good horse
better than sit under a gum tree and
think, suggested the reporter.
MIR. Hargrove shook his head.
Forty eight hours in tho saddle" be
said. would not be any joke"
"But why didn't he" began the re.
lporter.
"Now that is another mistake" in.
terrupted Mr.. Hargrove. sYou see, a
| M ahatma ALWAYS works along the linz