A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO ORIENTAL PHILOSOPHY, ART, LITERATURE AND OCCULTISM: EMBRACING MESMERISM, SPIRITUALISM, AND OTHER SECRET SCIENCES. VOL.t. No,~. BO.MBAY, NOVEMBER, 1882. No. :38. = the wl101e lin bject with him, gave 1lim minute information ns to what he must be prepared to encounter ltlld over­ COllie, aud told him tlJat lie must now choose for himself 'l'lIEItE 18 NO Ht<:LIGIOK lIIGllElt 'l'lIAN 'l'RV'I'll. all(l abide by his choicc: if lie had the l'io·ht stuff ill llim, success and the highcst hUllours were withiu his reach, if he had not, lie would wrctchellly fail and his failnre b~ a~criLed to a blind egotism tlmt would lIot 01' could not 'l'ltc Hdito'/'s disclaim j'espoltlilbilil!j ful' opinions c.J:presJed by COil­ ca.lculate cllances. The earliest young fellow pondered trluatul'sin tlteir articles, with SUllie of wltic/, tlwy a.<Jree,ll'itlt utlterd IUllg an.d eamest.Iy; amI, at last, with an expre~8ioll of nut. G reut latitude is allolced to corrcsjlomZents, and tltey aluile arc deternllnclj purpose tlmt cOll/d !lot be mistakell, he said­ aeCOUl/taUe for 'Idlttt tl,cy 'write. 'l'lle journal is olle'red as a 'vel, iele .. 1 think I halj bettcr go; 1 'will go!" He went amI here lor tlte 'wide dlsselllilUlliuIt ot' (acts ({lHl "Filtloils cOlllwcled Icitlt tl", ill Professor \Villiams' own words we llave a statement of Asiativ j'el/VIUIIS, t",ilosopl'les ,uI,l 8Dil'l!ces. All who have anytlu:'iliJ the result-a result uf wbidl we are proud ;- . 'wurth telliu.'! w'e 'IItCldc 'lcdwilW, a nd nut iilteljerell leit!,. 1!,jeuted ['1'0 THE EDITult OF THE "'IDlES UF INDIA."] )1/:iS. arc 'ltot j'e{ un ted . ...---- 8ir,-'i'be ease, with which Pundit t-lhyamnji Krisbna --_ Vanna (who came to EngJand, as is generally known, at ~PIWIA.L NOTICE '1'0 CORRESPONDENTS. my recomrncndntioll) passcil 11 is second eXHlllillatioll and c01'1'Cspondcncc (Moderatiolls) at tllO elld of tllO Oxford summer terIll, and Advc,rti'llV to ({,rtiell's the scholarlike pruneiency, displayed hy llilll ill Greek destined f01' the l)((gcs (l the THBOSOPHIS'l', 'We amI Latin literature, is HIl illtcresting proof of tllO close 'wonld call the attention (!/ ,iutending cont1'i~ l'elatiull:;llip Lctw('clI tIle clnssicallanguages of Iudia and lmturs tu the fullowing iust1"llctl:ons :- tllOse of Europe. TIle Pall<lit was quite unacfl'Jaillted with Greek aud Latin wilen 110 arri\'ed in Englalld, and yet (l.~ Ko (OW/till/lUllS documents 'will ve aeceptcIl fur insertion, eve'n passed his first eXtllllillatiol1 after little more tllan a year's tllUuyli tltey may've slYllc,l ,. a 'l'lwosop!tist." . (II.) An.'! contl'l'butur no! de~il'iltiJ !tis Ua.Iil~ to bC'ilw:cle pllb~IC, stucly. Allotlier interestillg' point cOllllectell with his slwuld .<Jive tlte uccessar!}I/lttlllltt/un tu tI,e Edltui' 'Ii'!tc/~ jUl'lcal'dl/l.'j sccond examiuation is tlmt, although nut a Cllristian, IIC /tis contribution. selected as olle uf his subjects the four Gospels in the (ll/.) ContributuN £lrc j't'ljuestell to jorw,w:cl t!teil' artides,in tl,e earl!} paj·t uftlw /llOutlt, so ((S tu allull' tlte Etltlol' plenty uf tllnc fUI' original Greek, amI passed a higllIy creditable examina­ correction and disposal I'll tlte paves ut' lIte 'l'IlEO:;OPlIHiT. tion, both in the text and suLject matter, showing by llis (1 V.) All cUTrespundellce t~ be un UJ~c siele .of the }Jt~pcr onl,,!, 11 leaving clear spaces beta'een lilies tlml IVItlt II 'lc,de I/lw·[Jt1l. answers, written aUlI oral, better acquaintance with the facts of Ohristianity tlUIll is cUlnmouly found eyen alllong thc young inCH who profess Christianity. This is the first OUR PARDI'l' A '1' OXFORD. iustance on record of a llOll-l)hristian student successfully surmounting difficulties, which to Asiatic mind:;, 1l1ll'tureJ Professor MouierWillialw; lias paiJ so lligh a. tribute ill a wholly differellt religious atmospllOre, have hitherto to our clever voulIg Brother, Pamlit ~hyalImji Uri::;\lIw,­ appeared iusupcrablc. The .Paudit will probably pa::;s bis vanna, 1<'.'1'.:::;.: that we reproullce it verbatim for the uratiticatiou of hii'l fellow Theosophists throughout the tllird examination lIext tel'lll, whell he will be allowed to ~vorId. It will not be amiss to mcution an incident connect­ take up Sanskrit as one of hi:; subjects. He will then be ed with Pandit Shyamaji's llepartllre for England, now (lualified for his B.A. degl'ee. that his splel1l1icl success lms thoroughly ~indicate~l the If 1 am askcd whether it is open to other young Indian wisdom of tha.t step. He was a favounte pupil of lJayammd Swami, amI, acting as llis amanuensis in the ~allskrit scllOlars tu cuter on a ~imilar career with anv , early correspolldellce of the :Swami with the Foullders uf prospect of similar :;llCCetlS, I answer yes, provided they the Theosophical Society, calllC into close anel affectionate possess four quulificatioll;; :--1. ~ufticiellt enlightenment per~ona! relatiolls 'vith ourselves. He cousulted us about tu be superior to the prejudices of easte. 2.• Energy and acceptiug Professor Willi[lllIs' iuvitati.un to Oxfurd, and at power:; uf applicatiull eomLiuCll witl! fair abilitie:;. 3. first we did not encourage the idea, as we fOl'esaw the vast wurk tlmt had to be done fur the Hindus, and felt that he ~ldficietltly st.rung health tt) resi::;t the cold amI damp of' should rather devote his cllcr<Ties to them than grasp after an Englisll willter. .J... Ilclatium; or friends able anJ the vaill distinctions of titles °aml degrees. But Shynlllfiji willing tu l'ellller peculliary aid,-Y uur::;, &c" " felt a call," as the revivalists say, to make the acallcIIlie plunge, aUll determined that go hc woul~ ; yet he wanteu .MON! 1m W~LLI.A.MS, tu take our good wishes, Colunel Olcott finnlly wept QV(;l' OxfOl'd l August L 1 . DEAT!T AND IM!I[OR1'ALITr. iutermediary eftse which could expbill tho condition of Eliphas Lc\,i's " llf'eless portion" of IllanIzilJ(I :lfter death, [The following IrUcr ~llltes lin rll11Jll\Tas~lllcl1t which may rt appears to me also that there eou lel l)O only two cnses YCl'y Jikrly IIII\,C ()c(~lIlTcd to other relldel's of the paswgc5 -(1) either tllo spirit cOlltillues its conuectioll, quote!], be.::ideo Olll' eOl'l'cspolldrllt.-ED. ] or (2) i to severs its cUJlllec:i 011, \V Imt, then, is meftll t by the" useless port ion flf lllal1hil}(I" who, yon suggest, l. UCCULT VltACL\I KXTS AN)) TIH; BOOK OF KlIIU -TE. are annillilatcll hy the milliolls '! Arc tlley it combiufltioll of less than f;()Veli principles I That calJnot IJe, for evell TO TilE EIlITOlt 0.' TIII~ "TJ1IWI>OPIIII>T." thu very wicked alld depraved have thelll all. Wlwt, then, In the :nticle Oil "])eath" by the lftte Elipllas Leyi, IJec01l1cs of the fourth, fifth, ~ixth alld sevellth prillciplefi printed in tile Uctuber number of the THI~of;uI'IUST, vol. III.. in thc case of the S'l-c11,lled " 118cll'8S prJ1'lil}/I. iiI J/lan1.~ind ?" pftge la, the writer Rfty,; that "to be ill1l110rtftl in good, TIle" Fragmellts" again tell 1\S that, in the case of the olle must identify olleself with God; to be ilJllllortnl in wicked, the fourth amI fifth principleii are si mply disilltegmt­ evil, with Satftll. These ftre the two poles of tile world of cd after long ages, while ill yOlll' above qlluted not.e yon :5ay Souls; beh"ccn tll/~sc t'l('O lJoles vegetate «lid die withollt tlwt the" wicked will seek a "cries of lives as conscious, rC1nelllll1'((lIc(~ the 1I8el('S,~ 7)(1'1'lion 0/ manh'iilrl," In yonr definite cxiiitences 01' heings," ftnt! ngain in the note t.o the explmmtory llote Oil this pftssnge yon quote the hook of word" [1 ell" yon write that it is " a world of nearly fthsolute Khiu-te, which sayR that "to force oneself npon tllu matll"', and Olle preceding the bst one ill tlte 'circle of current of ilillllortality, or rather to sucnre for olleself :1.Il lICCl'ssity' from wllicll tlleru is no redell1ption, for there endle,~8 81'1';1'8 ofl'e-l,il'lhs (/S COllsciolls illllivitlnftlitie,~, olle reigns ((hsolutc (brkneSfl," These twu notes suellt to suggest must become ~t eo· worker with Imtnre, either for [Ioor! or tlmt, ill the case of the del'nLl'!:d, the f01lrt,h and fifth for bad, in her work of creation ftn(l reprodnctioll or in that principles :Ire hom [l,gnin ill inferior world~ and have <" of destrnctioll. I t i~ ]mt the 1I8eiC88 drones which she gets series of consciolls existences. rid of, violent.ly ejecting them amI making them perish Tlte "Fraglllents" arc admittc(lly the prodl1etion cf tlle by the millioll,; as Seif-C(lIl:3ciullS entitie~. Thus while t.lle "Brother::;," ,LIl!1 wlwt I coulll gather from thom after It good ftllli pure strive to rench Ninarm, the wicked will cftreful penls:!.l seents appmell t1y lJ()t to accord with your seek, 011 the contrary, a series of lives ftS conscious, definite notes qllotell above. Evidently thel cis a gap somewhere, existences or beillgs, pH'felTing to be ever suffering under and, ftS the" useless portion of nWllkinll" have been so fm' the law of retributive jllstice rather thall give np their noticed, a 11lOl'e ex 1l!1.11sti ve expla.llatioll of t,h ern after the lives as portions of the illtegral nnivenml whole.