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  | author = Olcott, H. S.  

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  | source title = Spiritual Scientist  

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  | source details = v. 3, No. 6, October 14, 1875, p. 63

  | source details = v. 3, No. 6, October 14, 1875, p. 63

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<center>by Henry S. Olcott.</center>

<center>by Henry S. Olcott.</center>

{{Style P-Align center|For the Spiritual Scientist.}}

{{Style S-Small capitals|If the bare}} announcement of the formation of the Theosophical Society has raised such a breeze throughout the country, what may we not expect when that now inchoate organization applies itself to the work contemplated by its founders! It is only a month, since, in a letter to the Slew York Tribune, I catted attention to the fact that in the works of the ancient Occultist authors, and the historical records of

 

IF THE BARE announcement of the formation of the Theosophical Society has raised such a breeze throughout the country, what may we not expect when that now inchoate organization applies itself to the work contemplated by its founders! It is only a month, since, in a letter to the Slew York Tribune, I catted attention to the fact that in the works of the ancient Occultist authors, and the historical records of

Egypt, Hindoostan and Chaldea, is alone to be found evidence of the nature of the mysterious phenomena classified under the misnomer of Modern Spiritualism, and yet the subject is already under discussion m many parts of the country. Nay, more, it has furnished themes for the European press and its correspondents. As was naturally to be expected, a great diversity of views is expressed by the several disputants; some warmly welcoming the idea; some expressing incredulity; some sounding the alarm of danger, and some, whose pretensions to knowledge warranted us in expecting better things of them, descending to cheap wit and buffoonery.

Egypt, Hindoostan and Chaldea, is alone to be found evidence of the nature of the mysterious phenomena classified under the misnomer of Modern Spiritualism, and yet the subject is already under discussion m many parts of the country. Nay, more, it has furnished themes for the European press and its correspondents. As was naturally to be expected, a great diversity of views is expressed by the several disputants; some warmly welcoming the idea; some expressing incredulity; some sounding the alarm of danger, and some, whose pretensions to knowledge warranted us in expecting better things of them, descending to cheap wit and buffoonery.