The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-24
CEREMONY AT POINT L0MA
Dr. J. A. Anderson Tells of 7
 His Initiation.
The Dog Spot an Important Or acter in the Theosophica1 society-The Son of a
 Rising Sun. 74-tr l-

odn DleEo, GAL. DeC. 2~-ln kne xE0X- ley-Times libel suit today the depoaikion of pr. J. A. Anderson of San Trancisco, once a member of the Tingley cab1ne4, was finished.
 Anderson described his initiation kuks the soctet yof Lost Mysteries ox An sat on canvas and were supposed to h1 taking part in a very ancient csrmony. All were dressed in light muslin costumm and the rite was solemnized in the opm air.
 Describing the initiation, Anderson eaA1 1t consisted chisfy of Mrs. Tins,sys tan ing of her dog Spot and what the dog had done Then Mra- Tingiey ate soma fruit which was supposed to be very mysterious symbol and a part of the high initiation which was taking placa. Anderson then told how he was niAde . member of the order of the Risng Sun-- a son of the Rising Sun. The chief fsa- ture of this initiation was. he said, tlaAk candidate held a sunhower. There vas another order known as the Ancient Or der of Scribes which was very high
 The Dog Spot.
 Anderson related In some detail what Mrs. T1ngley had said about the dog Spot Mrs. Tingley. he said, had related how she was very blue and cast down and that Spot had gone to a heap of letters on the floor and picked out one from pr. Allen Griffin which greatly comforted her. In describing the ceremonies the depon- ent said there were a great number of them. In some those who took part went 1 about barefoot but they varied 60 that Q would take much time to describe them.
 Anderson said when Mrs. Tingiey went to welcome her visitors she wore large | purple robe that gave her queenly ap- | pearance.. Describing the sacred costume. | such as was wcrn to welcome q bridal couple married at the homestead Dr. Anderson said 1t was something like q l skirt but rather longer.
 '@The one I wore" he said. was like c wrap belted at the waist. Men and ws- men wore about the same" | All those who took part carried lime | lights in order to read improvised parts | and responses of the ceremony. which | took place at night and was supposed to be one of great antiquity. In reference to the food of the children. the deponent continued:
 Starved the Children.
 '"The little tots were fed principally on bread and milk, suitable food sup | am referring to those from year to two years old. There was a class of new ba- hes there. These, Mrs. Tingley told me, | she had great trouble with because of pr. Woods CMrs. Tingleys physician-) He would not fall into nne with her ideas as to food. She said he desired to hawe them fed while she desired to have them starved first, because they could more quickly kill out the low animal nature in hn1t in vtNFfF1 F1rR l them very little food and the doctor pro tested This she told me directly and per- sonaIly"
 | As to parents being separated from efEi- | dren Anderson said:
 q know of one instance In which they were fined. It was a matter of diSctp- rne."
 Parents were permitted to sec their ca1fl- l dren once in two weeks. Of course thero were exceptions but he said that was the rule. Mrs. TingIey's reason was that pa1 rental fAvorittsm and parental language irterfered with the proper development of | the children ana were things 10 be avoid l ed as much as possible
 Referring to the discipline of children. | Anderson averred:
 .-She takes away their food-thak iz she orders them away from the table and or | ters them to cease eating if they do any l thing that Sne uO1S nOI Wtlut5 GLAsS< AA N~hh1- trary to the rules have seen that end know that they were deprived altogether of a meal for the time being. did not watch very closely because, 1t was corA- | gidered a matter of impertfnenes almost to question her on any of her methods or to observe things too closely.
 To Subdue Lower Nature Referring to the feeding of the. bahfes Anderson said: T was going through the grounds once with Mrs. Tingley. We l came to the babies and one was only Q few days old She was explaining her methods. starvation-wfthholdin the food. She said that in one ease she with held the food tweRty-four hours. The child was about one year old. She said that the children's lower nature was sub dued and broken that the quickest way to hrina, 1t about was to adopt the course of withholding from the child until the | cbud car,e to it's senses-untn its soul appeared"
 In reply to a question touching the sta:us of the institution at Point Lorna. Anderson said;
 .Truthrully. 1t is not theosophical sc- cjetv at all. It Is a seeded movement | from, the theosophical society-a branch
 He said he left the Universal Brother hood because Mrs. Tingley had subsutut- | al her will for the institution. AS 70 writings that he had prepared for the nuhlicatton managed by Mrs. T1ngley. he said thev were rejected by Mrs. T1nsiey because he would not acknowleose her divine as others did-
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