The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
Adopts SHUNT MRS. KITTY
NEW OUTER HEAD ron THE rso-
ZERO SCHOOL OF TIL

VIZ hbEEFuN WY puN W NlUlntgd H.
Fundamental Tenet or orcultlsm. nnd Ia,
Her Bishoprio Hath Another Taken.
Since the formation of tho Philosophical ca.
cicty by Mime. II. +. Blavatsky and n'hcrs Il,
1873, its history has been one Of continual
struggle. Aggression from without has beo,
frequent, and discussions within its own rant,
have givon ample opportunity for the pointin,
OF the proverbial I" finger of scorn." To an ma.
thinking, embryonic mind IL may seem sfropu,
that people who have unitod for the purposc n,
forming a nucleus of universal brothcrhood .
should find it 30 difficult to agree among tncm.
selves. for by this time 1t is we'll known that IN
form such n nucleus Is the only binding object OF
the Philosophical Society.
In that fact, however. lies the solution OF ,hs
question, "Why is It that there have been an
many disturbances among people calling them.
selves Theosophists f" Whenever you have N
deal with strong effort in a particular direction. g.,
you arc sure TO encounter reaction. under IN,
universal law that action and reaction are eounl
and opposite. This law would make progress,
impossible II IL were not for another law aunlIv
universal in its operation: that both action and
reaction are controlled by q force common "a
them both, which may be described as the action
Of spirit in matter, bringing about a general OF.
pansion during evolution, and a general con.
traction, from circumference to centre, during ,
the involution which invariably follows pyoli.
ton.
This forward tendency. which is everywhere
perceptihlc, is usually so marked that the con.
tinual reactions, which are, In all departments
OF nature. one of tho prime factors in growth.
como to be overlooked. But in the case OF an
organization such as the Thcosophical Society,
its extraordinary progress is less noticeable to
the ordinary observer than the reactions 1t eSpe.
riences. which obtrude themselves as disturb
ances within its own ranks. These disturbances
are naturally seized upon by tho uninitiated
scoffer-and THE SUN occasionally ventilatcs
the product thereof-whilo the real and invalu.
able work OF the society rs a great liberalizing
agency is too often overlooked.
limo after time the death OF tho Thcosophicol
Society has been announced, and appropriate
obituary notices. written from a critical stand.
point. have hidden 1t a final farewell. But the
society has continued its career unimpeacd.
When the so-called "Coulomb charges" wer,
made the general public thought that the move.
ment had received its deathblow, and many
me mbers resigned from the society. Other dis
turbances followed with similar effect, until
Mrs. Annie Bcsant began hor attack upon Mr..
w. Q. Judge, when it was generally agreed by
the press that the further existence of the So
ciety was impossible. Such ings. occa.
gronndlcss, and tho society prospered exceed.
iIngly under Mr.. Judges direction. After MIR.
~ hukOc III -NlhTCl, lSDO, IlTS. IL. \. llnk- '
ley became the Outer Head OF the "Esoterio
school Of Theosophy," succeeding Mr.. Judge
elected by the Thcosophical societies in America,
Europe and Australasia. TO follow Mr.. Judge as
PRESIDENT ssn d toG of those no organizations For various
the time. l resigned those offices last September.
e a%d n Tr.. e T,n0 further her e. evidence Of internal DIS:
as the Outer Head; while tits further Known
Feb. 10. quite a number Of the members lett tho
society and formed themselves into a new
Of which Mrs. Tingley was made leader and
oihciai head, With power SO dcspotic that one ot
II he could have foreseen this Extraordinary
Of nineteenth century ingcnuity-ior
is an attamnte sd ma st en1ESrsM AZ broiher;
So far l have declined to say. anything public.
~ concerning Mrs. Tingley's present posi-.
longer the Outer Head OF tho "E. 5. r. is no
or adopts. and that the adopts have n-
ready appointed her successor. Needless to say
Who has doposed Mrs. Tingleyi Why was
she deposed : These questions cannot be an:
tho fundamental tcnets of occultism. Occult
Ism Is the science of life; it is the knowledge
h Il to 90 the right thing. at the right time, and
not something vague and supernatural, as Is
frequently supposed. occultism denies the pos
sioility OF supernature on the ground that THAI
word is c contradiction in terms.
The fundamental tenet referred to is set forth
reads az Follows: ii pledge myself never 10 lis:
brother Theosophist and to abstain from con.
denning others" Every violation of than
turbance in the Theosophicai Society has been
due to, Its violation by one or more
av MEMBER mn Of the the9 Theo nSs SGshq s6 oy E shaf n p!%aF f@
nat way reacted against the first and only
binding object Of the society, and have consc-
brotherhood which It is designed to
But the nucleus has remained intact.
iestruction OF a cell as such.
The adeptsawh9 according to their own
'elves. differing from us only in SO far rs they
IRE re perhaps = little wiser as the result o.
that those who would work with them as
heir agents must above all things be true to tbs
Ibove Is essential. morally and spiritually, il
service Is to be rendered them in their work.
Il bad motive. the condemnation of others. are
,9so y barriers to true spiritual activity.
faic on II s Fepeat tho 1sS with true e, 1 SrSsS. In th,'
nd all the sages of the past.
In a printed paper recently issued by Mrs.
not a document OF the &c. s. r." shs
3 given IN LucUer; She either no longer
else she cannot afford to recognize it withouo
herself; for her wording OF it now
listen without protest to any evil thing spoken
q worthy brother and to abstain from con.
Others"
Evil speaking by an Individual. slanderous
Iatelnents made as an individual. aro as moth
ng compared to the degradation OF an ideal, tho
qualification of a great princip!o.
aceSrding to Mrs. Tingley's revised version
I This obligation. every one 10 constituted ~,
Judge Of his brothers; he has 70 determine
whether his fellow Is or is not worthy" Onnt
is FELLOW 10 condemned as unworthy" evilot
i'm may be freely, listened to. even repeatc..
'nch an attitude is the very neEation of lhb
rothorhood, and for an alleged agent oftlb
TO adopt such an attitude must have
lemoraliZing effect upon such members az have
iot suficient understanding OF theOsOphy. -
blige them to use their own discriminatipn
ways Hence public protest hns to be mul,.
IL should be evident from the above why Nj.
ingloy has ceased to BIO the agent OF the m,,.
ers. She has INDUCED in Wholesale aCcusn'oN
I'D has been obliged TO defend her action ~
the ethical standard it was her duty -
And now who deposed hort In occulti-m
men Judge. condemn. and execute thrw'
Her own actions deposed her. TO
depts made every possible effort to save hor.
ut, as one OF them wrote long ago, they, "buInu