The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-04
THE STATE AFTER DEATH
DOCTRINE BY TBE
COUNTESS wACBTMEIsTER.
Eastern Fsith-Bsd q Large
Audience.

Harmony Hall, King street, was
crowded Sunday evening, the occa-
sion being the first address by
Countess Wachtmeister, the theo-
sophical lecturer. The speaker was
introduced by Prof A. Marques
AS she approached the stand it
was noticed that the speaker was a
woman Of striking personality, pos
sessed of countenance indicating
deep.set convictions, firmness and
courage. Her enunciation was
clear and forceful, and her remarks
impressive. She announced her
subject as being Death and After, 3"
and in part said:
People in the East do not fear
death, because they believe in re.
incarnation. The commonest coolie
will lie down aud die as easily as
going TO sleep. Atheist and the
elect do not fear death. Those only
who believe in hell lear death. All
thoughts are things; those that are
sent out with great energy last a
long time indeed. Charles Dickens
so created the creatures OF his
works in his imagination that he
lived with them. Man is constant
ly peopling his current in space
with world Of his own, crowded
with the offsprings of his fancies,
desires, impulses and passions. Ser
mons preached today with regard
to hell ate different from those OF
thirty years ago. This shows that
even now hell is becoming a thing
of the past in the church.
Death is the awakening into a
new life, the subjective state, the
real home Of the soul. Most people
do not know the existence Of their
own souls, because they live in
their bodies. The soul exists and
can be made to perform part dis
tinct from the other portion of the
being. Magnetism proves the soul.
During the past ten or twenty
years there are those who have so
cultivated the acquaintance of the
soul that they are able to separate
1t from the body. Some have be-
come 50 perfect that the individuals
have looked into the next plane to
ours, the Astral plane. All possess
these faculties in latent state.
The death state, or Devachan, is
one OF intense pleasure. Sorrow
for the dead is a false sentiment
and is selfish. Those beyond feel
no sorrow for those left behind, but
have only longing that they may
come to them.
The third principle is the univer.
sal vital fluid and the fourth desire.
Men have the power over desire,
and can turn it up or down. The
mind is the fifth, the sixth the
spiritual soul and the seventh the
universal spirit. The last three
principles form the ego that enters
into the divine and becomes eternal.
The vital principle at death de-
parts slowly. A suicide enters
Devachan without the full senses,
and has to depend upon a medium
for the lacking principles. Like a
vampire he sucks out the principles
and thus procures for time the
bliss belonging to the sphere in
which he is.
Souls sometimes leave the body
in life. But it remains as long as
there is a spark Of virtue left.
There are few in the world who
are so desperately wicked that their
souls have left them. The soul,
when it thus leaves a man, enters
into state of bliss to return after
cycle in a better being. The
man dies and his vital principle
returns.
To the material, material objects
are material. To the spiritual,
light is material. When the spirit
enters into bliss, all material OBJ
jects must be left behind. Every
spiritual aspiration on earth will be
realized in the state Of light. Spirit
is all one. Loved ones cannot be
separated. The spiritual man is
distinct from the personality to the
extent that it can commune will
loved ones in Devachan.
The entity can remain in the
spiritual realm as long as it Sc
desires, be it two or three thous
ands years. After proper cycle
the soul feels all intense desire fol
activity, and it then returns &c
earth and is reborn in another
body. The life on the other sid,
is usually 1000 to 1900 years. /
is the true life. This is merely the
probationary state. In India they
say this body is hungry" They
do not say 81 am hungry" they
realizing the distinction between
the body and the soul.
At the close Of the address Mr.
Marques announced the next lee
ture to take place Tuesday even
ing. Subject; Man, the Make
Of his own Destiny"
About 100 people were unable t,
gain admission to the hall Sunda
evening. There was marked atten
ton given the approval of tn
Countess to cremation.