The evening times., 1896-08-28

CStuit sCfthtt 10 10 Dt lUuflGcu W tUS
United States would be an evidence of re-
version To the dark ages, when black magic
was supposed TO flourish, but The Sect which
is about TO erect this institution claims that
il is Il revival of the light and civilization
OF ancient times
That such an academy Is to rise within
our borders, that America, which Is tl.e
youngest country of modern. times, is 10 be
the sacred center in which are to De taught
the mysteries of Osiris aud Isis ard OF the
Greek, is the latest announcement from the
inner school OF TheOsopiiists, and Cre which
IL has only decided To make public within
a very short time.
a few weeks ago there set out from Amer
ic;. for = tour around the world small band
of Theosophsts, headed by Mr.. Hargroye.
The president, and accompanied by Mrs.
Tingley, who holds the position of Cor
responding SECRETARY, which was once the
post occupied by Mime. Blavatsky and which
is ole OF the mCst important III the society.
These missionaries are called the Crusaders.
and The ypropose to go intOeyery land plant
ing the seed OF their doctrine Ia every nation.
This doctrine, which they claim Is to he
the future belief of the American people.
is not modern sect. but a faith which was
born in prehistoric times, liz cd in its glory
during the civilization Of aneien, Egypt and
Greece, and was practiced even on Tie con-
tiuent oi America. when it was the Atlantis
wrich existed before tile dawn OF history.
They assert that these doctrines have de-
sccnded by master minds or adopts aud have
thus heenpreseryed, especially IN Thibet and
India, where the learned occultists live.
LOCATION OF THE COLLEGE.
The fact that the college at Which the
mysterious rites of the most ancient peo-
pies are 10 lie taught, is to be built in the
United States opens a most roma rkafle
period, for rit would seem that in this prosaic
uinetee nth century the soil Of tie most
prosaic Of nations is 10 lie consecrated to
temple such as the world saw when In It's
infancy, though the civilization OF .he
aDcients was equal If ] OF superior 10 ours
That the religion Of The times OF the
Ptoleniys is to fsse III the country which
furnished a Ms. .Lsate. that .thc ocf'1Ilt
science OF the III ost IN ysterious adopts uf The
East is TO grow up alongside of the pork
packing. none: -cetti ng genera iiUa Of AIneri-
cans, seems in incongrous assemblage Of
events, combination OF circumstances
which the average uIind inds q difficult in
grasping at FIRST glance
Over tbirty-siN thousand dollars have teen
already subscribed toward the erection or
the school Tor the Revival Of the Lost
Mysteries of Antiquity" bat lie sEe has
not yet been announced for the reason that
the holders OF ite desired land would rise
In their prices If they were aware of the
wish OF the ocety to purchase the properly
Itiss opposed that the building willhe iegun
next spring. and that within its wall those
who wish TO telong to the Inner School
will lie there Instructed. Tree OF charge ia
the wonders of occultisui, which the adopts
possess.
The establishment of the college in
America will be the first effort in historic
times to found an academy in which this
faith, which has been held by various per
sons for ages, will be given to tbe. world.
Among thestrange doctrines OF the Theos
ophists which will be inea,lca ated are those
OF The wonders possessed by the miEd when
1t is trained in the science OF life and
nature. When 1t becomes aware OF the
occult powers II Possesses. There are
within this sect two circles. the outer
and the inner. the latter possessing an
intimate knowledge of nature and her
powers. which they can cultivate unui
they reach the highest attainments and
deserved to be termed adopts or master
of minds, which rule lay psychic force alone.
FOR TIE INNER CIRCLE.
The outer circle is composed of the body
)t mankind which has rot yet been in
structcd in the mysteries. or are not sur.
fciently educated aud ennnbled to permit
them to possess such power. II Is FOR che
inner circle that the American school OF
the Revival of the Anciens Mysteries is
10 he erected, and here will the leaders
OF the movement, the people whose minds
are the ruling force, initiate their follow
ers in the ceremonials which have not
perhaps, been used for more than 1000
years, which were once performed by the
Egyptian priests in the temples on the
banks of the Nile, which were the scenes
in which the old Greeks enacted their
religious belief by the Eleusiniau -mys-
teries.
One OF the most rcmarkab bb: doctrines OF
the Theosophists, and one which will, OF
course, be well brought out AT the ne w col
iege, Is that ofthe transmisration OF souls
BY his they mean that after death the soul
goes into another world for shori period,
after which it returns to this world, assum-
ing new body, being literally born again
in the flesh. Most OF US have II, recollection
Of any previous existence, but many Theos.r
phistS assert that they have a memory af
another life. in which they have existed liz
another form, when they were another Rein 2
and lived on earth clothed in the guise ..sf
another personality.
The doctrine OF the Influence Of the adopts
sents many evidences of what would be
termed magical effects. According 70 The
Theosophists, there are In many places in
the Old World, in The hidden fastuesses nj
Thibet, where no white man has ever tro1,
many most wonderfully learned men who
have kept alive this ancient faith, whose
modern name is. Theosophy.
They have retained the doctrines which
came down from Atlantis and prehistoric
times through Egypt and Greece and at
stated periods exerf a powerful Influence
to bring men back to the lisht OF the old
faith, to bring them to a knowledge OF the
supernatural forces by which we are sur
rounded.
MAGIC OF THE OLD WORLD.
| These man can communicate with great
minds Throughout the world by psychic force;
they have such wonderful powers that they
! have within their minds ever present the
| whole history of the human, race in the
| past and see its progress into the. future.
They have also preserved written records
Of the worlds history. but these records
| have never been seen by Western eyes
They possess the power OF projecting theiI
| thought to another mind over hundreds oi