The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-21
PURPOSES OF THEOSOPHY
TT Is CLAIMED THAT TT SUPPLIES
TIE KEY TO ALL MYSTERIES.
Nine. BIssatsky's Message to the occi-
dental World Proclaimed the
brotherhood of Man.

EdUlLtllONS IN the NNIlU. III ui1Flioh u
forts to help men are parts of it. There are
two legitimate organizations at work on
the western continent and many pseudo
plans managed by usurpers and pretenders
for black magic purposes The original and
legitimate Blavatsky organization has con-
troll OF the work ia America. IL has
branch IN Indianapolis called the Indian
apolis Branch OF the Theosophicai Society
IN America" II also has branches through
out the world.
There never was a time I'm the Occident
when such an intense effort was being
made 20 solve the questions of man : orl-
gin. duty and destiny. We are going so
fast there IS such a rush OF inordnate
selhshness that no fair opportunity to in
vestigate is given. Psychology In the ORR
ent has been generally taught. but in the
West all teaching has been superficial.
Magic has always had two schoOls-the
black and the white. Black magic Is based
on selnshness: the white on altruism. IN
Ill 1879 black magic was almost the only
kind taught in the Occdent. Almost every
scheme Of science and religion was selfish;
the central idea in science was TO make
money; the central idea in religion was 20
secure a comfortable position after death;
both are selfish alike. The schemes OF sal
AaAlDA All llOhlAtu a pam bl WHADh 1ih'
were piled on an innocent and unselish
person The impossibnity OF making this
plan work, the injustice OF it. even If it
could be done. and the unmanliness attend
ing the acceptance Of IL became so mani
fest that the masters Of wisdom sent a
message from the Orient mending this plan.
The time had come the hour had struck
BY the wonderful law OF periodicity the
last quarter of each century is given up
&c new baptism and impetus of psychol-
ogy This has been verified BY every re-
turning cycle since man was man on this
planet. Three great teachers who are
initiates in the same mysteries with Mo-
ses. Abraham. David, Jesus, Paul. Soc
rates, Plato. Brahma and BudGha under
took the task of overseeing and directing
the work OF the cycle beginning in 1915.
All the founders OF great religions, Mo-
manned excepted Che being more a war
r:or tian religious teacher), taught ex-
actly the same thing. In every essential
their teachings were Identical. All their
Bibles. in every essential point, were also
Identical The fundamental doctrine of
all these teachers and Bibles was the
fatherhoot of God. the brotherhood of
man, the immortality OF the ego the law
OF causes and effects. that earth life is
school and all must keep at work, day
after day and life after life. until earths
lessons were learned; that when the job
was finished all would reach a glorious
rest and bliss. Every religion was found
ed on these teachings, and nothing else.
All the creeds. dogmas, schemes and isms
that differ from these are the inventions
of special Observation-Disclosures who de-
parted from the pure teachings in quest
OF place power and shekels. The gods
made the religions. men made the creeds.
BLAVATSKY'S MESSAGE.
The three masters of wisdom referred to
at the close of the last seventy-fve-year
cycle sent the original message 10 the Oc-
cident. II was the same old banner that
had been carried by all the great teachers
OF the white Lodge" I'm all the ages The
west was not prepared to receive it quickly
and a strong messenger was needed Bla-
yatsky had been equipped. She was only
the amanuensis of the lodge; she originated
nothing; she only proclaimed what was die
tated 10 her by the masters. She trans
lated their Bible into the English Ian
guage; she proclaimed the ''wisdom-re-
lieion" This bible had been preserved in
the catacombs of Thibet. as also were
COPIES of all the books of the Alexandrian
library. In proclaiming her message she
was directed TO make brotherhood the
central idea. The brotherhood of man COM
pels a belief of all other tenets.
Only the merest outline of her message
can be touched upon i'm a limited article,
and to make 1t plain only English terms
will be used Some definitions may be help
ful. Theosophy Is the system the uni
verse The word comes from "theos" (God)
and sophia" (wisdom) II is 1.-The wisdom
of the gods" spirit is the finest state of
substance: IL Is matter raised TO its highest
powers; It is the raw material out OF which
all other expressions emanate. Matter" is
spirit reduced 10 it's solid state. Spirit is
alive. has consciousness and wisdom. Spirit
Is the foundation from which everything
flows Duration. space and spirit are eter-
nal Spirit always has and always Will
occupy all space
SCIENTISTS AND THE TRUTH.
4 science is the arrangement OF the
facts on a particular subject. A philoso-
phy Is the arrangement Of sciences into a
system Theosophy being the philosophy
OF the universe, arranges all the sciences
OF the universe. Scientific men. like Hum
boldt. Haeckle. Tyndall. Darwin. Huxley
and Spencer. and theologians like Calvin.
Wesley, Luther and others, delved I'm one
subject They were specialists" but not
philosophers The sciences were not re-
iigious, the religions were not scientific.
and neither were philosophical. 1t re-
manned for H. +. Blavatsky. under the
direction OF the Masters of Theosophy, TO
formulate them and arrange all these spe-
cial subjects into a symmetrical philosophy.
These scientists and theologians. as well
as sir Isaac Newton. found only one-half
Of the truth. Newton made manifest but
one-half OF the law OF gravity, namely,
attraction" IL remained for Blavatsky
TO unfold the other half. expansion. -
When she came the scientific world was
all agog about evolution" II the
only thing 10 tell how nature folds out u
remained for her 20 teach the other half,
.'involntion. IL was all right L. tell how
things fold out. but no more can come
out than had first gone in.
Theosophy teaches the great law Of per-
fodicity. lts cosmogony shows that the OBJ
tsctivc universe folds into the subjective
state every four hundred and eleven tril-
lions and forty billions OF solar years. and
at the end OF this period IL unfolds again