The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-20

To the Editor OF the Indiana polls Journal:
The keys furnished, the missing links
discovered and the dark corners illuminated
by theosophy. These are only a few of the
shells on the shore of its illimitable ocean.
Small minds and narrow souls will pass on
listlessly through the present incarnation
and take no note of the wondrous truths
wrapped up in the wisdom religion; yet
there are many who do show their capacity
to comprehend it and grapple with its
transcendant tenets. What departments of
knowledge nave been under locks and the
keys lost What gaps and bridgeless chasms
and missing links in every subject of in
vestigationi What numberless corners have
been rayless! The coming of Theosophy
to the Occident was the greatest event. The
present opportunity only permits a glance
at these keys, links and Nominations.
Theology was a chaos of warning creeds;
hundreds of Bibles and thousands of creeds
were struggling for the mastery, each
claiming to be the only true one. There
was no common ground, no rule of interpre-
tation, no bridge for the chasp, no light
for the dark corners. Time was spent in
fighting over nonessentials and cutting each
others throats over man-made theories.
II is amazing TO see the amount of blood,
suffering, spoliation. misery and injustice
found along the trail of theological conten-
ton. 1t is the bloodiest track across the
stretch of the centuries. Whenever creeds
were able they have baptized the world in
blood; and until the spirit of brotherhood
supersedes the creed spirit the same thing
will happen whenever the opportunity turns
up. When theosophy came a key was fur
nished showing that under all bibles, all
creeds. all religions were the same founda-
ton principles; that all came from the same
source; that all the founders taught the
same thing; that all bibles were written in
poetry; that parallels and symbols, glyphs
and blinds were used; that there was a
public teaching which the multitude could
comprehend. and a secret or private teach
ing which the advanced could grasp; that
the real inner meaning had to be sought. in
the inner department. and TO those capable
of understanding them the keys TO all
knowledge were given. When these lines
are followed all discord will cease, churches
will be at peace and righteousness will
abound as the waves of the sea"
In science the Occident, too, was i'm con-
fusion, there were keys lost, inks gone
and dark corners MateriaIism
held the fort. All the greatest thinkers
were heterodox: but the first key to mat
ter showed that Tyndall and his school
were wholly in the dark as TO the real
character of matter. Matter was unlocked,
found TO be sevenfOld In its makeup. Ii
is treacherous in its solid state it gets
away from Us. Matter appears as APP
parent solid stun. on physical plane;
it appears i'm another form as stun
on the astral plane; il appears i'm another
form as stuff on the branic or life plane:
II appears again in another form as stuff
on the kamic or desire plane; it appears
again as stuff on two-mind planes;
il appears again as stuff OH the soul plane,
and it appears again as stuff on the spirit
plane. Tyndall had no key to these inner
planes. and OF course he did not understand
more than the lowest plane OF matter.
EMIT OF MATERIALIsM.
Since theosophy came the schools Of ma
terialism have actually disappeared. Athe-
ism fares no better. for the very founda-
lions OF the doctrine or atheism have been
shown to be the underlying stones support