The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-03
THE, MYSTERY OF SEX.
subject of Lecture by DIR. Allen
GrifHths Last Might.

The interest in Or Griffiths' lectures
Al, theosophv increases as the course pro-
ceesis. Last night in Theosophicai ha1.
si2 Third avenue. his theme was the hys
terry of Sex" and the hall was again
crowded 30 It's fullest capacity. he said N
part:
.sAll systems of religion aud philosophy
sneak OF sex as a pivotal problem, ana
upon its proper conception arto dPilsdtlo.
much depends The Biblical trinity or
Father. Son and Holy Ghost mos ~ cor
respondents in all Bibles OF all peoples.
Indeed. the mythoi of all ancient ana nea-
ern peoples rest upon the same osSc
trinity. These mytholoxieS are not M
fables but were formulated end usea by
initiates Of all times As means 20 IN
part know ledge Of the mysteries OF man.
God and nature 10 their disciples ft9nlef
did not originate the liliad ana the N.nSe-
Sey. for these works are TRANSACTIONS from
the more ancient works Of the fdf East,
the Puranas. which are eonlnaet.lafles
upon the Nedas, the oadesf woths hilo~h
TO man. The Fsdas in their purity were
written bv adopts and from them spFang
almost every system Of religion ahd PM
losophy. All Bibles teach the 81 me- ,Fulh1.
when the true meaning. Yelled ~ ssi .
parable ana figuFaiive speech = uilnrr-
stood. Jesus said 20 his disclpfeo' 70
YOU, whom / have instrucfed, ~ = gwen
10 understand the mysteries OF the king
dom OF heaven. while 20 the pepfte tse9
are spoken ln parallels Every otheF 50
vioT and great moral sage atse 80 itts
disciples. neophites or isnoos, whom NJ
instructed IN fhls way. And + was the
disciples. not the teachers ths-tnSeiF =,
who wrote the many different Bibles
Among the Norser1en we IND the - me
trinity as tn our own and other FeslAions.
Wt.h them IL s. Odin father. Draya
tFnotherb. Thor fsoBl. IN the Greclsn my
fhoicRy i ia Jupiter Venus and Eros IN
the Egyptian system & Is Crisis ISIS ana
HorElS. and in the rahmansca5 pnas0So-
ply we find the same trinity called Braa-
ma Sisanu and silva, ali OF Sn8ch nave
the same meaning as the Chrsstiaa trin-
ify. The action e father upon no,n+r
produces the son. Father Is the spirit.
IRE. mother IL chaos the great waters,
prirlersiial substance Spirit tfatneFf act
srg np0n mo- her fspace, sslbSt@ncet pro-
daces the worlds and planafory systems
tfAe zonl- Take. for tnstsBce- the inaTlAe"
uiats conception As tsuzh< ~ taSoio@-
fans u Involves a miracle Asa1@ from
ire fact that q universe EoksrFlexi ~
tax Ylere - TO nlare al anY time Tor
miracle. the Theological 1nte i1rt-fat1o3 -
wrouE absurd and rel helpful ~niIe The
fgsGlosopascs4 tHterSsrs a.tau II both "a
sf9nsa ard helpful y "a a siEFlla4anf fact
that ths. mothers ~ all the ~ Pr iz5rfY or
sartv szvfags az diNsrefs T@si sons % ofn-
- peopses were also virgins and Eayzed
Mary. or a name svncnSzA9zfS IN nsea II
lrx. Mary. Martha. Miriam. mother. mat
ter ear1n. wAfer-aA mean tire same
thing The body aud lower. uuenligfsssFf-
cd nature q man. dominated ard Deceived
by the ILLUSION % matter gnd the paSSss,si
Senses - the virgin. Mary. When
through sorrOE and experience The dark
eled mind casts OF tAs li2sAonAry spei!