Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-20
ANOTHER NEW SECT.

The New York Sun tells about a new
sect that has sprung into existence in
that city. Its chief expononts are said
TO be n minister, o. p. Arnold. his
wife, and Hindu teacher with a
strange name, The latter seems to be
tho chief leader, The trio arrived In
New York about a month ago, and they
have succeeded In attracting attention,
A stream Of people, It is said, Is con-
stantly travelling out and In az head
quarters.
The name Of the sect is "The Psycho-
Rellelo Church Of Revelations" 1t Is
said to be the outcome Of a secret So
ciety, which was formed In this ooun-
try at the close of the worlds fair at
Chicago by Hlndus, here to represent
the east in the parliament OF religions
Ever since Its organization Mr. Arnold
has been student Of the things it
teaches, and for the last six or seven
years he and his wife have privately
taught ana demonstrated occulsm in
| many Of the large cities of the western
| states. As a result he was recently
adJudged worthy to be ordained and
to become The nominal head of church
IN New York.
what this strange church teaches Is,
like ancient Gnosticism, to large,
extent, secret, reserved for those inltl-
ated. But some idea may be had from
the following extracts from the sun:
'Its creed Is different, says Naz2er
singh, from that Of the Theosophists,
the Spirltualists, the Christian scien-
lists the mind curists. Mr.. Arnold's
ordination certificate states that he Is
TO teach and demonstrate the gospel
taught and demonstrated by Christ to
His people
when II was pointed out that many
OF the Churches In New York were
committed to very much the came
creed Mr.. Arnold rejoned.
But we teach it differently
What Is your method
First of all We show our fellows
how to connect themselves with high
err forces
How Is that done
by concentration, which is really the
Keynote Of this religion.
Concentration Of what?
on whatever thoughts shall con-
duce most to the welfare OF the person
at that time. No two persons viii CON
centrate perhaps In the same way or
on the same forces at the same time
AT this point Na2zer Singh took UP
the explanation
Thought Is tangible thing, he
began. Every person has the ability
TO make OF himself what he wishes.
AZ first people who come to us are
anxious to concentrate on thoughts
which bring material benefits only,
They want success they want money
Some even want to learn the power
to realize desires not according TO law.
They are bert on evil. But all that
IL soon outgrown.
AS soon as the desire for money is
satisfied II gives place to some thing
better, And It Is by the intensity OF
our wishes, OF our concentration, that
we attract to us the forces that aid,
whether they are the spirits OF noted
ilnanCicre the money makers. OF people
famous I'm the professions or successful
In business, or great spiritual leaders.
When we have become sufficiently
proficient we can do more than attract
such helpful spirits to us. We can
boldly send our spirit into their realm.
| States who have gone even further
so far, In fact. that they accidentally
! oyercame the law Of grayltaton while
| In state of concentration, ana
assembled bodily several feet In the air
~ long must those periods OF
| concentration last TO be successful
About half an hour. Beginners,
| though, find Il difficult to hold stead
lastly to any one thought for even
| one minute. We aid them many times
by doing the work for them,
"a result of pructlcng couccntra-
| ton In Things spiritual is that we are
able to choose the form and conditions
OF our reincarnation. We can't make
the choice while In this body, but az
terward
his church teaches that until
| we reach a very advanced spiritual
| plane We shall be reincarnated again
| and again, and return more than once
TO this earth The relncarnotion may
take place nine days after the spirit
leaves the body but not sooner
After the seventh or highest plane
! Of spiritual existence Is reached there
| win be no more rencarnations. Mir
yana, or perfect bliss, viii have been
! attained
| II would not be surprising to learn
| that guch philosophy" should gain a
hearing. and attract the thoughtless.
The age that crucided the Son Of God.
and rejected His messengers, was Will
ing TO accept the mysteries Of the
Gnostlcs and the sopl-sms Of false
teachers II was ever thus. The
world in it's most enlightened stadium
las every succeeding age calls itself
--ls not essentially different from pre-
cedlng ages