Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
THE MASTERS OF WISDOM.
(Theosophical Correspondence.)


When Nine. Blavatsky first appeared
before the public she presented many
ideas to us new and strange, and which
together go to make up what today is
called modern theosophy.
She asserted that each human being
had had many earth lives and would
have many more. We call this idea re-
incarnation. She taught that the rein
carnation took place under law which
caused US to reap exactly what we
sowed, and she called this law karma.
She taught that the material science of
today deals with but a small part OF
the universe, and that there was deep
err science which took in the nature and
function Of soul also, and the relation
of man to the universe, and this COM
prehensive science she called occultism.
When asked where she had gained all
this information and from whence her
authority she replied in the words of
st. John: "My doctrine is not mine, but
his that sent me-" and she told Of the
existence Of the great lodge of the mas
tiers of wisdom. AT that time there was
only her own word to support the
statement Today hundreds of members
of the Theosophical Society know her
words to be true. Many know now for
themselves, not only that great broth
erhood Of superior beings exists, but
they have become personally acquainted
with those special masterssof wisdom
who were the original cause of the for
nation of the society.
No one of the ideas brought forth by
theosophy has excited SO much opposi-
ton as this one. This fact is largely
due to our pride, which objects to being
told that we, who have considered, our
selves the leaders of the world, really
belong among the inferior rather than
the superior members of humanity. 1t
is true that in the mass we are the SUI
perior race; it is also true that there
are, and always have been, individuals
who are as much ahead of us as we are
ahead Of the savage. Khrisna, Buddha,
Christ, are we'll known examples. But
such beings exist today also.
What are they like, where do they
live, and why don't we know them if
we see them? They are IN appearance
like other men, but perfect in shape,
size, etc, they live where they are
needed We don't know them, for the
same reason that Christ was not known.
Only a few recognized him; only a few
today recognize a master This is be-
cause we cannot measure those wiser or
DelIer IMAM OURSELVES.
What constitutes a master of wis
dom?
Vibration is something we hear of in
science We know it to be the rhythmic
motion Of particles of matter. We
know that, although there are colors
produced by vibration more rapid than
those that make violet we cannot
see those colors just because the vibra-
tons are so rapid. In the same way
we cannot see the colors that We know
exist (for science marks their effect
below red because their vibrations are
too SLOW The same is true of sound.
Above and below a certain rate all is
to us silence. But the sound is there.
This is true of all. We can only be
conscious of matter within a certain
great scale of vibration That scale is
the physical world or plane. We are
conscious of it, because we, too, our
souls, are vibrating at. the same rate.
Theosophy teaches that there are in
the universe seven great planes, or
scales of vibration, and that in each
man there are seven corresponding
states of consciousness.
1t is possible by aspiration, will and
training for man to change the rate of
vibration of his consciousness and to
transfer it from the physical to one
the other planes. Then he can learn
there the laws that govern that plane.
Every adept does this, and a master of
wisdom is one who has obtained knowl-
edge and mastery of all the laws of all
the planes OF the universe. 80
Abraham and Moses were two great
adopts, and Mechizedek was one higher