Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-01
THE KELLY MOTOR AND THEosOPHY

A peculiar concentration OF circum-
stances, which there is no getting away
from. has convinced the New York
Times that not only is the Keely motor
a mechanical development of Theo-
sophical teaching, but that Mr.. keely
himself is probably the new Mahatma
of the American Theosophical Society
elected to succeed the late Mr.. Judge.
Keelys invention, it is stated, lis
about TO be" applied as street car
motor. The new and wonderful motor
will consist of little box, eighteen
inches long by eight inches wide" fas-
tened to the front platform of the car,
but connected in no way with the run
ming gear. 1t should be said that, as
reported by officers of his company, he
has abandoned the vaporic ether sys-
tenn" and now uses the Migratory"
method, which is another name for
1.-The polar-depolar sympathy This
change. we suppose. could no, De avoid
ed. although his followers had eXDend-
ed about S250,0O0 in perfscting the ap-
plication of the force now laid aside.
But if we can, as he says, run street
car crowded TO the roof with a machine
no bigger than your hand" or merely
by talking to it, the new basis" is
better than the old one.
At the recent convention in New
York Keely was mentioned with ex-
pressions of profound respect by lead
ing Theosophists who have been per-
mitted to know the name of The rev
Mahatma. DR.. ]. d. Buck, of Cincin-
natl. acting President of the society
after the death of Mr.. Judge, and chair
man of the convention, referred as fol-
lows to Keely in learned paper which
he had prepared for the edification of
the assembly:
''No one holding firmly to the mechanical
theory of the universe has advanced
single step in any real discovery or appre-
henSion of the essential truths of cosmic
or human evolution.
The single exception is j. W. p. keely
of Philadelphia. j. w. r. Keely seems 10
combine the intuitiOnS of the seer with the
practical knowledge of mechanics and is
at once scientist ana philosopher.
lated the old philosophy TO which / have
referred. his conception of the constitution
of matter and the correlation of force is
i'm complete harmony with II. In his ap-
w. hon ian qf ha a N a.
ture he has no equal in his generation.
IF science would change its working
hypothesis. the Keelys of science would
doubtless become more numerous. Crkis
seems reasonably The Soul of the World.
or Universal Spirit. lies at the heart of
every atom, guiding and directing its
movements. There is thus derived the in
troductory impulse 10 motion. to which Mr.
Kelly refers. and, as he truly says be-
yond which no finite mind can go; further
than this. we must fathom the essence of
the Supreme Spirit
1t is admitted that the new Mahatma
was present in the convention. 1t has
not been learned whether Mr.. Kelly
was in New York at the time. The
New York Times, however. is inclined
to think, that owing to certain myster-
ious predictions proceeding from the
Society's group of "chelas,' Keely is
the man. 1t has been stated authori-
tatively that the new Guardian has
great opportunity" because 1.-The world
will soon have a striking demonstration
of the new era" and that the recent
discoveries as TO the ETHEREAL character
of matter and the material character of
ether" mark the beginning of a new
cycle" These may be yelled illusions
TO the reorganization of the Kelly Mo-
tor Company and the impending appli-
cation of Keely's polar and depolar
sympathy TO the street cars.