The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-15
RELIGION IN PARIS.

RELlUlUN NV n"'o
! ,.--1nteilectual people some me
,bings and when they
usA .so,,t their souls their de-
sh,eye something aosoiu.eiy
latter OF religious worship
% = =, an extreme undreamed Of
D,,ls minded men and women
= the doctrines Of Christianity
.smand, but there is Ger
4, people among the former , who
!. necessary for them to deive
~ the way places to find
,,a,s for a system Of religious
~ heir minds is too simple
y ,.cu,ar to be serviceable.
mis- search for the novel IN
blended back to ancient
- and Rome, and one who
s saroughly up to date in his be-
a. must follow these new
ors n.p In their revival oil
,arms long since consigned to
,.s.rs dead religions lie.
~
.s. new religions that are SO
,nraced by some Of the most In
!, the younger generation are
IN Paris, where scarcely a
without seeing the birth OF
-. system of worship guaran-
remedy for all the miseries
life. but none Of these unique
!, the Intellectually religious
compare in novelty Of faith or
,ess Of ritual with that of the
Pagans.
Inc ago a number of the young
nan of Paris organized a reli-
They called themselves neo-
"A endeavored to conform as near
.,hls to the rites and ceremonies
,alisions of ancient Greece and
liars we're raised to Apollo, Ju-
Venus Aphrodite and the people
we're invited to become converts
bev religion in this remarkable
to submit eternally and without
the nideousness and despair OF
hife? Life which the omnipotent
ated splendid and joyous has for
centuries been transformed into
ination OF desolation. Since the
! Jesus Of Nazareth was crucified
ples have glorified the cross; the
punishment has become the sym
lie.
earnings and aspirations Of our
be thrills and transports OF our
ground by the mill to which, like
slaves, we harness ourselves, in
casting off our chains and proudly
bur heads, turning our eyes up
ward light, beauty and love-"
\ y
ieople Of Paris read this invitation
by gladly went to participate ii
flval OF the wisdom OF antiquity
were instituted in rooms fur
lin Oriental splendor and on the
acred to the gods and goddesse!
! birds and animals were sacrificed
b most elaborate ceremonies. Tn,
; went wild over the new cult. The!
&ountltss charms in their new di
ard extolled In prose and vers,
csty ana omnipotence of Jupiter
Leu and beauty of Venus and thu
Of heart and mind that mad
the sun god and the patron O
REd poetry.
Twas the beginning of the reviva
lnlsm in Paris, but within the pas
eks sect has arisen that bids fai
the place in popular favor of tn
fanism o. year ago. This is tn
J of Isis, religion that, while JUS
Roughly Pagan, is more attractlv
! OF the mysterious characteristic
Ich 1t has always been surrounded
Revival OF this mysterious religio
tent Egypt is the outcome of Sc
lectures that were recently deliv
" that distinguished psychologist
udent OF the black art" julie
IN these Ia called attention to tn
beauties OF the old religion and hi
Ion that nothing could be more fas
3 or spiritually interesting than
OF thu ancient mysteries met wit
approval from those who felt tn
a religious novelty.
sect OF the Isis worshippers wa
AMI e subscription was taken I
an Appropriate temple. which wi
py fer occupancy in time to enabl
sitors 10 the Paris Exposition I
the unique ceremonials.
haders OF this new cult are tw
" Scotch people, the Count an
rs MacGregor, who have lived
long enough to become thorough
] with the deoadent spirit that no
~ II tho intellectual society of u
4 Their Ianes in the new religio
Fefophant Rsmeses and High Prizes
iaH ana while their information
Fyiee that Is known as the Mass
4" married by their pronounce
eceent, tho ritual is oriental enoug
~ one forget all the prosaic horro
perm r'neleenth century existence.
-ay temple has been prepared +
EsSpllan goddess and here the Sc
n aef ttnor will be held until SUI
lee new temple is completed. II
"par'monts are luxuriously furnish,
A'nu curtain OF the richest 81
waxen hgtre of the goddess. {