THE

THEOSOPHIST.

JULY,

VOL. XII.

• NO.
• 1891.
• 10.

IS

THERE

NO

RELIGION
THAN
TRUTH.

HIGHER

• motto
• the

Uaharajahs

[Family

• of
• of

Benares.]

"H. P.

B.'S" DEATH.

bereavements which

are certain

THE_sR_ileE_nce,

one would

to bear in

prefer

• Under
• justice.

do

• to
• are too
• them

since words

poor

such aro

I,

• the
• and
• of
• the members

Theosophical

• one
• Society,

an

especially, loss is too

• for
• Our

great

be

now

adequate expression.

Ordinary

even in

but

forgotten,

suffering.

time

nor can

and

friends there is

• may
• replaced,

Petrovna,

acquaintance no one to

Helena of her

she ever be for replace

have none have them all.

certain like,

This

• Others
• gifts,

the next

gotten.

will

her

not.

Take her

has not seen

probably

demerits, her

generation

• and her dark
• all, with
• merits and

her

moods, as one

history. in

all

bright

above her she towers

foibles,

• her
• and

her virtues

contemporaries in modern

• striking personages
• and
• most

as of the

Her

picturesque have known friend,

col

I

it

as

life,

• these
• seventeen

the

past

years,

of

• tragedy
• collaborator,

• a
• has been a

martyr-phi

and

tragedy,

league

intellec

and

welfare spiritual

the

• with zeal for
• Burning

lanthropist.

• selfish
• no

• tual
• of

moved

• by
• humanity,
• enfranchisement

inspiration^

work, sho her altruistic

slanderer, the that

unwilling

and without

to

• herself
• freely
• price

by giving has the and bigot

• to her
• the
• been hounded

death-day,

sho should

• even
• These wretches are

Pharisee. in vain have

theii* in the

• urn
• burial

and

her

aro now

her defiling

sleep hope peace,

• Catholics
• Roman

as the

of

;

besmirching Cagliostro

memory

Germain,

those of

by

and St.

her

predecessors, fail, becauso she has left

will

Their scheme mendacious

biographies.

• character
• to her

• for,
• than

myself, to do

• behind her a multitude of witnesses
• ready

None intimate

1874,we have been

justice

more so

and show the

of her motives.

purity

with

lines friends, imbued

• in
• first
• our

• since
• meeting

on

ns

• and, in fraternal
• working
• parallel

common

• a
• sympathy,

and purpose

dissimilar as in abilities

In

towards a common temperament goal.

• radically
• two
• could
• and often
• any
• well be,
• disagreeing

persons

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• Theosophist.
• The

of
574

t

• in
• lie.work

as

• heart
• mind and

• regards
• been
• one
• details, we have

yet

Masters, its

• and
• Teachers

to our

and in

• reverent
• hand
• our
• allegiance

We than

a

she

of

• them
• and

knew

overlookers. times more

• both
• personally,

made the

rupture planners hundred

I,

• our
• and this

intimately

• unthinkable
• the tie of

sense, as

but rather

She

earth-lives.

as

as the dissolution of

a

relationship

question

in

• sister
• a

uterine brotherhood.

• She was to me
• a

peculiar

• alliance,
• to our

• had
• there
• been no
• of

• period
• beginning
• though

a

which dated from

• psychical
• anterior

one of them

consanguinity was

• a
• double-selfed

• anti
• very
• pre-eminently

personality,

Her almost to me and some others.

• and the
• ill-health
• pathetic

constant

irritable, her want

of touch between herself and

• modern
• made
• society,

• —
• —

and

I

• often
• was

But she

self, never common

• the most
• which was also

unquiet

place.

• unjust.
• thought

other,
I _loved her for the

One

the higher

fullest

in

I had her

• us
• have said

seventeen mysterious. confidence,

• would
• together

seeing the

• of
• fact is that,

• intimacy
• yet

despite to years

• work,
• daily

I

she was an

would think

to me the end. Often enigma

and

I

knew her

that there were discover

perfectly,

self-hood

Helena presently

deeper could find out

who

in her
I had not

I

• sounded.
• never

depths

Hahns and

not as whose

• Petrovna,
• of

she was,

the

• daughter
• Dolgo-

mysteri

had

"

B.,"

the

H. P.

• roukis,
• but as

• was
• to trace,

lineage

easy

wonders. ous wrote, and worked

Her

• which
• individuality

family

• of
• stream

curious

• whence
• drew her exhaustless

erudition.

• no idea
• she

aunt the but

begun,

• and
• soon after the

wrote

asked her

I

• question,
• respected

was

"

she could afford no

• of
• Isis Unveiled"

clue. pre

writing

Madame

"
—

:

When I last saw her" some five

• years
• Fadeyef replied

—in

• know, even
• her dreams, the learned

"she did not she is now things that first of viously

you

her of

H.

I

• P. B. on
• tell me
• discussing."

helped

"

Isis," works,

and

• and saw written or edited
• wonderful

every page

• the
• of

The galley

proof-sheets. and its

the MSS.

every

production of

numberless

• with its
• erudition,

she

• book,
• was

that

• quotations
• strange

me,

satisfy

• all,
• that

and for

• to
• once

miracle

enough the possessed

quite

order.

highest
But

there was far more of

gifts

that.

far proof psychical

• we
• two
• often,
• were

working

• and
• when

• Often
• at

of

alone even

than our

• she would
• illustrate her
• into
• the night,

desks

descriptions nature

man and

• by impromptu
• experimental

in

that

pheno phenomena

occult

mena. powers

Now

^it, I

• back to
• can see

I look chosen science, as the that these

of educating the with

specific me in

or were

design seemingly

• of
• laudatory

to lead the experiments

Tyndall,

seriatim

through psychical

Cooke

Faraday the curricu

as

so

are

planned or pupil

• There were
• lum of

mud, no no

• then
• chemistry.

to

• Coulombs
• above the

or

physics

third

befool, none

• for
• parties

• waiting
• jewelry

presents,

• or
• about the short cut to

Nirvana :

• Yoga
• tips

literary help

she powers, wanted special and, on her book

• to
• make me

• the
• moment's discussion, she

;

merely

hend the occult my compre

laws involved in

the scientific

experi things

she stood

mentally

were

ground

never

More

• proved
• upon.

thus

shown me that have been

• the
• written
• than all

about, done wondrous

works

the

public

• has read
• about

her

the

in

pre

having
"

H. P. B.'s" Death.

then, that all
575

1891.] the

• it
• Is

strange,

humbugging

witnesses.

by

• of
• other

sence tales

critics,

about her

of

and

• interested
• trickery

• and
• reports

her real

to shake

failed what

knowledge

• psychical
• my

charlatanry,

I,

who have been favoured with these valid of transcendental chemis wonder that
And others

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powers in the

• Spciety
• Theosophical
• all

who

beyond proofs

her the realities by

• shown
• was

;

the

marvellous

of

human of

and the who was led soul

dynamic

potencies

• her into the
• by

• and
• physics,

try

will,

which delightful path

and

;

mind,

truth

and who

trodden

joyfully

was made since

;

have ever

know,

I

—

the Eastern Teachers

what and with

and talk

see,

to

personally wonder friend,

• as a
• a

her

teacher,

with her as

loved

that I have her

^priI^zed

?

her,

exer sacred

• might quarrel
• Living,

• memory
• evermore keep

• and
• loss,

irreparable

• redouble
• my

• her
• bewail

I must

push

dead, to

• but
• only

• work.
• on our

joint

tions moment to answer

• the
• seems
• as

to

This

what

many questions cabal

proper
I think about the Patterson-Coulomb-Hodgson against

nauseam,

• ad
• are

friend. The hostile

• dear
• rechauffing
• those
• papers

my

I

ⁱⁿ I^Australia

meats.

stir

• Wherever
• lectured

compost.

• baked
• there

can

• funeral
• were

• the
• then,
• to

feculent that I muck-rakes

• up
• say,
• do

the

than that

• nobody
• consider

More

• not
• charges proven.

un

go, have the

• should
• of
• innermost

• the
• consciousness
• less he

• gift
• reading
• of

and accused.

On the

when day

—

• accusers
• the

the her very

charges against

—

first

in the

in

Times, she then

London

were an

• published
• wrote
• that

denial.

I

• no
• have seen
• since
• then to

• proof
• indignant

The

• paper
• support

shown

charac to Mme. Coulomb as to