The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-13
NEWEST OF ALL RELIGIONS

IRE propounGed the question as she laugh
ingly exhibited a Bristol card. handsomely
engraved. which had reached her house
IN the mails. The card read as follows:
Professor ---, late of the Theossoph-
zeal Society, adopts this means of corrlrnu-
nicatinS with Mr.. and Mrs Jawkins in
the interest of a society for mutual Gull
ture which he is founding. The aim is 10
be practical rather than visionary. The
object of the society viii be the proper
development of afhnities in social and do
nestle relations upon a mental plane
where like NETS like. in conformity with
spiritual law. rather than upon the plan
where unlike attracts, according to physi-
cal law.
professor -- requests permission to
address friends and acquaintances of Mr..
and Mrs. Jawkins at their home on -
evening
The card has evidently resulted in I'M
merous engagements at private houses.
for several attempts on succeeding even
ings to catch Professor at home
were unavailing. But persistence finally
brought reward in the shape of an un-
dersized, swarthy. be-spectacled and who'll
iy philosopher loking person.
IL was professor --. late of the
Theosophical Society," and he would
cheerfully give further details OF his Atm
ity culture besides those expressed on his
card.
"Afhnities exist and where they do not
exist they can be created, declared Pro-
How much does it cost?'' he was asked.
1T costs s. a head" returned the profess
sOr, bluntly, and the payment is OPP
tional''
In other words, members who don't
discover kindred souls needn't pay any
thing. Afinities or your money back?"
The professor did not sem to understand
the irreverent observation. and gazed
blankly out of his very black and piercing
eyes.
Persons born under the same Zodiacal
sign are certainly born with similar aspir
ations," he said IF there is no other
guide that one suffices. The best thinkers
of modern times coincide with the sages
Of antiquity in asserting that the stars
have decisive influence upon mans des-
tiny"
You refer to Marie Corelli?'
Yes, and TO Balzac, who makes Cathe-
rine de Medici read her destiny in the
stars; and to Ebers. the most popular
German novelist, who found proven the
horoscope of Emperor Hadrian; and TO
Schiller, who lets Wanensten find his fate
written upon the skies; and to Shake
speare, who built motives out of the SUI
pernatural, as unthinking persons term it,
Inc spiritual SlCe OF man Is utllllitt
fact, as these writer's and many others
prove to us. Civilization rests upon the
piritual growth of mankind from prehis-
toric times. BY consciously recognizing
spiritual forces individual souls in contact
with each other will find their aspirations
purified in harmony"
ITS a god deal for So admitted the
visitor, guardedly.
why should the actual realization of
inspired dreams be longer left to chance?"
demanded the professor, pacing about ner-
vously. ''The will of man has so neglect
ed his own best interests that we have
attained to comparative civilization only
by the most painful stages. The same
neglect is prevalent still. Even now, when
the eye of the careful observer falls upon
society unhappiness. discomfort, hate and
consequent strife are seen to reign SUI
preme. Balzac's analysis of modern So
ciety presents an abyss of horrors from
which We should shrink. He wrote as he
did because he was inspired. so immersed
in spiritual consciousness that he failed
to perceive the vital inconsistency with
his own personal prejudices, FOR Balzac
was a legitamist, a supporter of the Bour-
bon claimants.
The inspiration which enthralled Bal
FAC is of a spirit which exists for all. II
the principle of inspiration were under
stood no learned treatises would have
been needed 70 prove that Shakespeare
could not nave written his dramas; that
Boehme, an ignorant shoemaker in the
seventeenth century. could not have com
posed his philosophical treatises. Shake
speare,, Balzac, Swedenborg, whom EN-
erson called the representative mystic,
and many others who were inspired prove
to the unbiased searcher after truth that
there are powers invisible surrounding
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ignorance and selfishness raise no obsta-
ces to such guidance.
II think so too chimed in the visitor,
while clutching five dollars with desperate
not to start with them, but
how are these reflections to be applied in
practice?"
Divine instinct in each human being
recognizes that the chief means to happi-
ness is matrimony, and no one is so blind
as not to see the misery brought upon hu-
mainly by i'll assorted marriage. Drawing
again upon those who have experienced
inspiration. we find that the one purpose
which underlies the dramas of Ibsen. the
greatest drama sist of the nineteenth CEN
fury is to guard the mind against union
based upon physical charms and TO awak
en- loathing and contempt for marriages
where the dot receives the slightest con-
sheraton
of that practice is APPARENT on every hand.
No class is exempt Lift the curtain Of
coniugal life and only wretchedness is
discovered beneath an outward appear
ance of happiness. y woman deserts
throne thinking thereby TO satisfy the
longings of soul; the pair dwelling in
cottage, unable longer To bear the strain,
rush in desperation to the divorce court.
Where is the remedy? Is 1t free love adj
81, Il y, to- Co
sensitive soul will entertain the idea for a
moment Even savage nations have rec
ognized mutual obligation in matrimony.
But what is the key to happiness in that
condition. and how is it TO be found?'
Affinity" suggested the visitor. beating
the professor out by a breath
Affinity" he echoed. walking faster
about the rom. Soul must meet soul and
DhvsicaI circum instances he obliterated. Let
mind meet mind. disregsrding the senses,
Intellectual ami spiritual development is
the key to happiness, vivid recognition Of
soul the path which leads TO enjoyment
of the greatest bliss given 10 man. Such
mutual aspiration and dependence VIII
bring a foretaste Of the celestial happiness
awaiting all.
And it's only five dollars remarked
the amazemeut. as the professor was bow
ing him out What VIII your society b.
called?
simply the Society for Mutual Cult
ure." replied the professor And In the
meantime the principles upon which I
shall found IL are being propagated in the
lectures ! an delivering and in the book
which / have already finished. At least
that raucn shall continue 90 do. and Is
sue n ne razine besides And hope grad
uaIIv 70 brig my system to the attention
of every Intelligent mind
No doubt fashionable circles VIII son bC
alive "a their higher spiritual Abilities
II only the professor cards hold oct .
burn .-%ew YORK Herald.