The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-01
in OTHER DAYS
Mrs. 5esant Says You Have
Lived Bsfore Now.
She TELLS ABOUT IT

So Tha. After While You Won't
Have to Bother About Coming
Back
Mrs. Anna Bessnt. high p.iestess
OF the occult. leader OF the Theoso-
phis,s OF ..ae world. is back in this
country from India TO give Ame.i-
can audiences the la,es. dope on
! what's going to be what IN the next
few hundred years.
Mrs. Besant's general religious
system IS vel! known-a kind OF
modified Buddhism. teaching that
| enc lives again and asaiD, accumu-
latios all the good deeds and all the
bad cnes. but gradually weading out
the bad ones till perfection Is at
tanned. after which one won't have
70 bottle. about coming back any
| more
4 crin!na! cant help being bad.
| she says. because ke has been bad
through so many l!tetimes. But
every time he lives be gets better.
An ultra good man or genius de-
serves little credit. for both are l!v-
'ug ont their lives as they have be-
'ore. living better and getting smart
e..
| This time. however. Mrs. Besant
presents some startling news, fresh
from the !nnernoss regions OF tae
loccult.
| Christ is coming back 20 earth
she says. soon. He has lived sew
eral times. she declares. This time
| he will appear IL the specially pre-
pared body Of some one in the mid
die west: perhaps e woman. more
likely q maI.
"Wni we know Him." she asks
and answers: Yes. those who knew
vill know. Those who understand
will understand
With HIS coming x!l! come q new
age OF 1nan-the sixth soot-age l!
her phrasing Of 4.
Il will be an age Of advanced
Christian socialism. when all neI
will BE ecua! in the spirit. wher
grabbing for gold and trusts ane
. taxes and tariffs and public Office ant
, rents Wont seem worth while str!v
ing so-.
/ The Industrial and soc!a! problem:
that ve1 US now will disappear strap
" because people won't be interested
, in such things. Money will be tn
cheaper thing IN the world.
Il will be a world where Budds
S the spirit. will dominate over Aanas
) the mind. Mrs. Besaat admits tina
so far Hanas has pretty tigh
: c;nch on things. But it wont b
i, long. IS her reassurins announce
e r1ens.
II We are getting more sensitive
more nervous. more susceptible ev
= cry year. she says. This is the pre-
9 pa-ation for the coming Of the ne-
: era.
e The Roekefcilers and Hartman
and Morsans today are. in spite o
5 themselves. laying the foundation o
g the new age 70 come. They a.
Y organizing the means OF preservin
: life so that the new state-selfish
s sess and self interest being kilie
q will be able to operate the bi
. organization without difficulty.
Cur.oasly enough IN her analyst
Of the society o, tomorrow. wher
al! will be equal and the brothe,
hood Of man VIII become an actua
( fact. Mrs. Besant admits that ther
vii! be those. who lead and those VIII
follow.
e The people who are most sensi
e tive. most closely n touch with tn
:. spirI: world. will rule" she says
i The rest must obey"
$ Mrs. ecsant was born in Englan
D in lS4T. was educated in England
e France and Germany. specializing i
2 science. She took up radical an
e free thought philosophy. advocate
D socialism. encouraged union labo:
/ helped lead a match strike IN th
D late '70s. and became a pIpi. Q
: Madam Blavstsky. the former hea
OF the ;heosopAical movement. /
, 1889. Since then she has studle
a and lectured continuously on the
, osoohy,
, On the death OF colone! Olcott il
IndSa. who succeeded Madam
Blavatsky. Mrs Besaat was advance
. 70 the presidency. Colonel Olcot
, declared before his death that "th
, masters" had picked Mrs. Besau
for the place. She had some diEicuI
/, " getting American members Of th
sect to listen to 'the masters
voice.
Mrs Besant was very fond o
crocuet. checkers end horsebaci
riding. She married an Episcopa
rector in 1867. separating from hin