The Key to Theosophy: Being a Clear Exposition, in the Form of Question and Answer, of the Ethics, Science and Philosophy for the Study of Which the Theosophical Society Has Been FoundedBlavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
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The Key to Theosophy: Being a Clear Exposition, in the Form of Question and Answer, of the Ethics, Science and Philosophy for the Study of Which the Theosophical Society Has Been Founded
Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
Theosophy
THEO. We denounce no one, leaving this noble task to our enemies. The
spiritualistic author of _Art Magic_, etc., may or may not have
been acquainted with such an Adept—and saying this, I say far
less than what that lady has said and written about us and
Theosophy for the last several years—that is her own business.
Only when, in a solemn scene of mystic vision, an alleged “Adept”
sees “spirits” presumably at Greenwich, England, through Lord
Rosse’s telescope, which was built in, and never moved from,
Parsonstown, Ireland,[57] I may well be permitted to wonder at the
ignorance of that “Adept” in matters of science. This beats all
the mistakes and blunders committed at times by the _chelas_ of
our Teachers! And it is this “Adept” that is used now to break the
teachings of our Masters!
ENQ. I quite understand your feeling in this matter, and think it only
natural. And now, in view of all that you have said and explained
to me, there is one subject on which I should like to ask you a
few questions.
THEO. If I can answer them I will. What is that?
FOOTNOTES:
[56] Such, for instance, as Prof. Bernheim and Dr. C. Lloyd Tuckey of
England; Professors Beaunis and Liégeois, of Nancy; Delbœuf of Liège;
Burot and Bourru, of Rochefort; Fontain and Sigard, of Bordeaux; Forel,
of Zurich; and Drs. Despine, of Marseilles; Van Renterghem and Van
Eeden, of Amsterdam; Wetterstrand, of Stockholm; Schrenck-Notzing, of
Leipzig, and many other physicians and writers of eminence.
[57] Vide “Ghost Land,” Part I., p. 133, _et seq._
CONCLUSION.
THE FUTURE OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
ENQ. Tell me, what do you expect for Theosophy in the future?
THEO. If you speak of THEOSOPHY, I answer that, as it has existed
eternally throughout the endless cycles upon cycles of the Past,
so it will ever exist throughout the infinitudes of the Future,
because Theosophy is synonymous with EVERLASTING TRUTH.
ENQ. Pardon me; I meant to ask you rather about the prospects of the
Theosophical Society.
THEO. Its future will depend almost entirely upon the degree of
selflessness, earnestness, devotion, and last, but not least, on
the amount of knowledge and wisdom possessed by those members on
whom it will fall to carry on the work, and to direct the Society
after the death of the Founders.
ENQ. I quite see the importance of their being selfless and devoted,
but I do not quite grasp how their _knowledge_ can be as vital
a factor in the question as these other qualities. Surely the
literature which already exists, and to which constant additions
are still being made, ought to be sufficient?
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