The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-10-05
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to be imagined, the second being a
spirit in matter, energy, the third
being intelligence" All human evolu-
ton is the effort of this "god" (says
the Jesuit ITO reascend with as much
of it's personality as it can take to
it's proper plane, it being understood
that it will go through a succession
of ''reincarnations" Zone in every
2,1OO years. until it becomes perfect
in all it's attributes.
AS to the morality of theosophy, it
may be, says the Jesuit, self-regarding
or social. The latter aspect is en-
phasized in the sense that one life
circulates through the whole universe,
and consequently universal brother
hood is possible, kind of vague al
truism being the main principle I'M
DERIVING the idea. It will not, how
ever, admit of virtues as the Christian
understands them, since it looks upon
Christianity as morally corrupt and
spiritually paralyzed," to use it's own
expression. Yet they will tell you
that they honor the person of Christ,
and still speak as follows: eff by
Christ you mean Divine Man, then
He is not unique are we not
all Christs more or less. If, however,
you mean that he is spirit in matter,
essence of spirit, essence of matter,
then worship Him with all your soul,
but remember your worship reaches
Him whom the Hindu names Vishnu.
Our Christ is the mysterious power
of evolution and involution, the omni-
present, omnipotent; it is the eternal,
| necessarily evolving builder of the
universe universe itself unfold
| ing itself out of it's own essence. :"
1t is, therefore, not to be doubted that
theosophy differs in no way from
pantheism, which maintains the same
principles and which also holds that
there is a great rhythmic throbbing
in the Infinite, in the All, which
causes transitory forms to emanate
through which the unique spirit cir
culates, develops, and re-absorbs
them"
That theosophy is opposed to the
influence of Catholicity, is shown by
former and recent actions of the sect
in seeking to prevent Catholic mis-
sionary work in India. In Ceylon,
the movement has been profoundly
Buddhized, and Colonel Olcott (the
disciple of Madame Blavatsky, who,
however, described him as ga psyche
logized baby'O, the gentleman who
declares that in a previous incarna-
ton he was King Asoka, has preached
about temperance, decrying Catholic
schools and exhorting the natives to
give the money they saved on drink
to the Buddhist propaganda. In
India, theosophy is, on the other hand,
Brahminica1, and it still continues to
fight Christian, and especially Catho-
lie, influences with all the weapons
at it's command. Extravaganza can
not go too far for their high priests
and high priestesses, and when Mrs.
Besant, alarmed at the number of
conversions being made by st. JOS
ephs College at Trichinopoly, went
to that city, she was received at
Madras as a goddess, the prime min
lister of Mysore prostrating himself
before her as being the incarnation of
the goddess Sarasvati, the deity of
science and wife of no less important
a parsonage than Brahma. Her gen.
eral policy was to explain CONVEX
sions to the Catholic Church by the
basest motives.
How linked, too, with the lowest
forms of occultism theosophy is, may
be realized when it is said that cheap
jack chemists, music-hall magicians
and fortune-tellers have written treat
Uses which have been placed among
the Books of Wisdom" of the theo
sophical creed One ALAN Leo has
written work called "Astrology fol
He'll: How to Judge Nativity,
which is one of the accepted text
books, and with which is included ar
offer of "a carefully delineated horo
scope for five shillings."