The sun., 1898-02-18
THEOS0PHISTS In a ROW.
REVOLT IGAINsT MRS. TINGEEY
Ar OHIOAGO TO-DAY.


Even Keot-mooni ana Maya said to Have
Taken ORenco mt Her Diotatorial Ways
methods by which JudEe'n Successor Is
saia TO Control Meth the 7. 8. and tho =, 2. =.
The annual convention OF the Theosophical
Society in America is to begin its sessions to.
day in Chicago. The election OF President
Is expected to develop lively row between the
partisans of Mrs. Katherine A. Tingley, the
successor OF Nine. Blavatsky and William Q.
Judge, and the opposition. Mrs. Tingley,
whom the opposition calls boss, has nomi-
mated as her candidate Mrs. Il. A. Neresheimer.
Tho candidate OF tho opposition Is Il. II. Har-
grove, who resigned from the Presidency few
months ngo under pressure which he now
feels able to copo with.
1t has been an open secret for somo time that
trouble was brewing In the organization. For
this trouble Mrs. Tingley is blamed by the op-
position. She is the woman whom Mr.. Judge
named in his will as tho 'outer head" Of the
Eastern School of Theosophy-ihe Il. S. 7. as
1t is generally called. The Theosophical Soci-
ETY., or T. s., rs It is called, has $50 branches
and Is an open organization. The school-the
X. s. (which Is the wheel within the wheel,
is quito another affair. 1t is secret. OATH
bound order. II has Its grips and passwords,
its hailing signs its penalties. To belong to IL
once is to belong to 1t forever. To lose stand
IubtOly tehNcS Ouo u mciuuCE Nv iaikO, "iLh
curtaiIcd privileges TO be sure, but with con-
tinued responsibilities. The divisions OF tho
school arc called groups, and never number
moro than twenty. To promote the mystery
Of the cult they are kept strictly apart. Men,
bers may know only those who belong to their
especial group. They are forbidden to know
even the names Of any In another group. When,
as for instance. at the reading Of the will of
the late Mr.. Judge there was general meeting
Of groups the members gave the password to
obtain admttance and no other word was
spoken between them. 1t was not even known
outside in tho 7. s. until tho reading of the
win that the late President Of the society had
also been tho 'outer head" of the school. But
such was the fact Mr.. Judge had been ap-
pointed to that office by Mime. Blavatsky, who
was tho first 90 IT, of the L. s. t., and in his
turn he appointed Mrs. ringiey.
r MSss OF he ORIGINAL en N mSmPcrs men q the and n In
happened that all the officers of the society are
E. =. t. members.
school that Mrs. Tingley. by her enormous
hypnotic power, has converted the school of
her ambition" a quality. by the way, which the
very hrst rule Of the order says all disciples
Is said to xe r Of s to
sign the Presidency last year. 1t is alleged to
have been the policy of the present o, H. to
gather into the school numbers of weaklings,
selected because amenabe TO her influence. So
It Is charged she has strengthened her hold on
both organizations. Against this there Is bit
It may be readily understood that from the
S o. I'll the m case The 9ppSs60n has not
lady threatens. Members of the opposition are
threatened with expulsion from tho school. with
nameless esoteric penalties to follow, and tho
plump high priestess intimates her intention
70 se9uestrate the Documents Of the school Il
they don't behave. She has all tho secret text
books, everything. in her hands.
These documents form ansimportant part Of the
oray snd in Wn the one
uninteliigible by itself; That which Is writ
members. all of whom are under bonds to return
intact and on demand every scrap SO intrusted.
Each Individual has lock despatch box in
which to keep these papers. and the box bears
his.name, and is also marked to be returned to
the p med in the ,Ha Of his dsnh
an encounter between Mrs; Tingley and some
than koot .hoomi and Marya, or Moryiah. This
il is now told: Long ' ago. @ when M Nine Bavat. T.
sky started the society, she wanted help In ad.
..nd turning thither she found % what at she needed
In two men who have since become known to
the world as ko9t.hoomi and Marya. These
arc not their real names, because they don't
pearls Of Oriental wisdom before the barba:
were both educated in Germany and England,
which has modified their views. One is deputy
q high office at the court Of the MahaTajah Of
one Of the native States. These and two other
brothers have written letters here chiefly upon
ethics and morals, and usually in reply to
quests for instruction and guidance. These
are the .,.nysti letters" that come from 1.-The
Mrs, Tingley always speaks Of them as "our
most holy MaSSters and she she speaks 1 Of them
whose craving for something to worship and
cling to is evident. She has also made the in.
novation Of bowling at the mention of their
names. While the crusaders were in India
Koot.hoomi. desirous OF meeting tho new lead.
and Mrs. fingloy OF the i. 5. T., sent them an
invitation to meet him at Darjccling. 1t was
But it is also stated by those who should know
that since that meeting there have been no let
ters to dhS Amercap "a b II 81 and there has been
used to cause delight and wonder among the
members.
gested. "Why on earth do theosophi=ts put up
with this tyrannyr In answer TheosophistH
sfy IN to
this" they say. "W. .. Judge was silent under
made dTnF The clash 6etMSsG
havo exonerated him. but that speaking would
have made him liable to imRseachmont for
our brothers who arc SO deplorably ensnared
by the Tinglcy; he had followed the rule and
hes ut ambition TO TO h9SS sSS It
elfseeker Another rulo Is to kill out all
sense of separatencss for II you allow the idea
Kafma. % Which viii bind you to that pei person nnDo OF
thing IN your soul recognizes that 1t cannot
In view of all the limitations imposed, 1t ia
to tas Of
know all the ropes, bets arc even as to which
will win. the Lady or the Theosophists.