New-York tribune., 1921-05-15

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thor Of The Initiate. Published BY e.
F. Dutton q co.
T EsUs, according to the oecultists.
vas an adept in the Yogi philos-
= D ophy, which he studied in India,
Persia and Assyris. among the
"wt*e men of the east
This very interesting belief is set
forth in a well-writtcn volume Of
more than four hundred pages, en-
titled The Adept of Galiiee, The au-
thor is an Englishman who prefers to
remain anonymous, because, as a Yogi
himself, he follows the doctrine that
me who would selfessly give to the
world must give unheknown to the
world.n
Christians who know their New
Iestament-we confess we had to Iook
1t up ourselves-will remember that
there is hiatus of about fourteen
years in the stories of the life of
Jesus as given in the Gospels, which
is covered solely by the bare informa-
tion that He worked as carpenter
with Joseph. 1t is this period, from
the time He was found conversing
with the elders in the Temple until,
at the age of thirty, He began his
teachings, that is outlined in detail in
The Adept of Gailee.
i We used to think that occuItisln was
some sort of black magic and that
Yogi was an Indian fakir who could
throw rope in the air and then climb
It, Just how the occultists and Yogis
did their tricks we didn't know. but we
were sure they were of devilish origin
end something no high church Episcops-
liam should have anything to do with.
This spring, however, we have been del
uged with books on every shade of re-
ligious and philosophical belief or
theory, and if it keeps up we won't have
decent prejudice left. Take the first
half of this book, for instance. which
tells what the occultists believe and
practice.
The occultists, it seems, are Yoris.
They are of all nationalities, and the
usual Yogis to be seen on the streets
OF Benares-we mean those that travel
ers see; we've never been there our
selves, unless in previous incarna-
tlon-are takers as we'll as fakirs. The
true Yogi seldom reveals himself but
goes serenely on his way doing good
deeds in secret. All of which sounds
Ike orthodox Christianity. Those who
are very learned in the science can
and do--dupiicate all the miracles of
Jesus, but only for some good purpose
and not to show off. In fact, if they
are caught showing off, the Guru. or
Master, refuses to teach them further.
Powers used for evil or selfish pur-
pose act asa boomerang to the Yogi
who misuses them.
The story of Jesus as Yogi is as
beautifully and reverently told as if
the author believed-as occultists do
not-that He was the one and only
Being who ever attained to Christ |
mood. Ravenna. of Orissa. roval |
prince of India, saw Jesus with the
elders IN the Temple, and, struck bv |
Ills wisdom, went to His parents and
'Hered Go take Jesus back to India /
With him to study with the great saees
here. They consented, and Jesus spent (
everal years in 0rissa in the tempfe
# Jaganath, where he studied the
5edas and the Laws of Manu- and the
our branches of the Yogi philosophy.
rom there he went with sLamaas. a
PRIEST, to the, valley of the Canoes. in |.
'rder to learn something of the Hatha
oga, the great Hindoo art of healing.
At Benares He found ereat Yogi
qho was known throughout India for
us miraculous powers of healing and
us wisdom. He was very old. but be-
ause of his Yogi powers he appeared
IS young man. After learning all
lie could from this Yogi Jesus Travelled
bout India and Thibet, putting into
'ractice his powers of healing the
lex. Then He went to Persia and
here met the three Masi who had
rought Him the gifts of gold, franklin
ense and myrrh when He was born.
lie stayed with them for some months
nd then went to Babylon to study +
nth another sage. From there He
urned toward His native land to see
lis mother. Later He went to Erept
nth Rabbi Peraehia, a man of great
'ealth, where, after many trials and
emptations, He was admitted to the
rotnerhood Of mysties who were the
scret possessors of the highest learn
1g of the world.
Back in Galilee once more, He was
aptized by John the Baptist, Yogi
eophyte, and from then on began His
fe work, which was not to end, if the
ccultists are to be believed, ON the
ross. According to their belief, Jesus
ent into trance while He hung on
,e cross, trance so deep that it ap-
cared like death, Later, after He had
ppeared to His disciples, He jour
eyed with the Apostle John and Mary
Magdala to the hills of Lebanon,
life She;ia Kaya Sr-15%f, f,,see 80 1