The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-18

a love Which will not be helpful to him
through life.
The children of the Raja Yoea School are
not only shown the beauty of self-ielp, but
they are also shown the usefulness and
the folly of anger and pride and jealousy
They are afforded glimpses of their own
natures and are thus taught to discrimi-
nate between the higher and the lower. be-
tween. the real and the unreal. Every es-
to adults can be taught also TO children.
and surely it is better that the little ones
should learn in the love and the sanctity
of the home the lessons which the world
has a rougher method OF impartinE at an
age when mental habits have become con-
frmed.
NATURE A GREAT TEACHER.
The Raja Yoga education is hut a per-
mission to the child to grow without the
chains of seIf-love. which will ever remain
outside of its nature if the foundation Of
education be laid Alright. Are there not
very many parents who will! even admire in
their children those very faults which may,
as adults. bring them within reach of the
law, encouraging in them the seif-will and
lives?
: The world has not yet realized how much
i, of truth children already know and how
much of that truth We destroy by our mis-
takes. There are but few children who do
not know that all nature Is a great teacher
until We. by our materialism and often by
our ridicule, drive the knowledge from their
minds.
The theosophic education is not so much
a something which is impaired. II is a
] liberation from the powers of the lower
4 forces which hinder and check n growth
which ought to be unchecked and sponta-
neous.
The usual studies of school life are not
neglected. but they are made to blend har-
moniously with the entire system of educa-
tion, Teachers. of proved and recognized
ability are provided and the ordinary school
curriculum receives an attention which
Finally the children are taught to regard
themselves as integral and responsible parts
are taught to aspire to the position of ma
tional benefactors. teachers and helpers.
and so to become opponents Of the truest
and the wisest patriotism.
MUSIC AT POINT Iona.
Music is usually regarded as an amuse-
ment. a relaxation. and nothing more. At
Point Iona 1t becomes a part of life itself
and on Of those subtle forces of nature
; the divine powers of the soul. The world
has a wrong conception of the ideal in
music. and not until 1t has rectified this
conception can it perceive that the true
harmony of music can never proceed from
one who has not that true harmony with,
the musical life at the Point the money
consideration is entirely absent. and that
. personal vanity cannot enter at all. There
is held TO be an intimate correspondence be-
tween music on the one hand and thought
and inspiration upon the other. and only
tEaC deserves the name OF music TO which
the noblest and purest aspirations are re-
sponsive.
Music Is a part Of the daily life at the
Point. not merely as an exercise which oc-
cupies its stated times and seasons. but as
q principle which inmates all the divinities.
The soul power which is called forth by a
harmony well delivered and well received
does not die away with the conclusion of the
piece. 1t has ELECTED a response from within
tn the ns hfsser the bitch Sh Of a seInk has and been ene key sss
smallest of daily duties. those which are
usually called mental. will be performed in
a different. upon q higher. plane as a result.
There Is a science of consciousness, and
into that science music can enter more
largely than is usually supposed. A knowi-
tfound nor wide which thus neglects one of
| the most effective of all forces. In the days
to come music will be a department of
Government.
Drama ranks almost equally high with
| music in the educational life at the Point.
ton Of the children. and nowhere are the
advantages o. the system more strikinsly
, MSieh esn s se eal, en- forth tne o wharexer p thsfe
il an absence of self-consciousness and
OF vanity.
OPEN-AIR AMPHITHEATER.
The drama, Ike music. is regarded by the
cause it Is supposed to deal with the un-
realities. True drama points a way from
As SUCH. the drama should lead and guide
the public taste, providing it with ideals
toward which II can aspire. 20
| Nowhere in the social life of to-day is the
need of reform moro manifest than in the
drama. In too many directions 1t has been
sualism OF the day and to stimulate the
vicious thought which 1t might be so power
full to suppress.
Iona are unsurpassed anywhere in the
world. The gigantic open air amphitheater
which has been completed is capable of
seating 5000 people, and is equipped with
every necessity and convenience for the
proper performance of the work to which it
has been dedicated. In conjunction with the
Isis Theater. in San Diago, it. forms the
most unique dramatic feature of the CEN
fury. and has never failed to call forth UNI
to judge of its capabilities. We are within
\ sight of the day which will once more re-
store the drama to its rightful position as
age.
ART AND DECORATION.
Art al. Point Iona follows faithfully up-
it is our mission to revive. Under this SCI
ence 1t becomes the true expression of the
soul ideals. and both art and decoration are
/, tions to our environments, but they become
integral parts of that to which they belong.
They Z become e, IN a, themselves the expression
| stration of the reality of that law. AS is the
case, with music; the art at Point Iona is
sct Ss'as.p'e sn'en pefsades all the life and
LIST must conan within itself the POSSIBLE
beautiful expression Is not an affair of the
intellect, nor Of. custom. nor convention,
books. 1t comes from the arousing of the
!, inner powers OF the soul which are in SYM
PATTY with whatever Is high and pure.
It would be impossible to find conditions
more. nearly ideal for the production Of a
worthy and a permanent literature. Thcoso-
verse conditions. has already supplied the
world with a literature which has profound
~ modified the thought and enriched the
I language OF the, day. How much greater
! will be the influence Of this new literature