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{{HPB-CW-comment|[The original of the following fragment is in the Adyar Archives, namely, four odd sheets in H.P.B.’s handwriting; the above title was written by her on the back of the last sheet. The last paragraph gives an approximate clue to the date of this piece of writing, sometime in 1879.—''Compiler''.]}} | {{HPB-CW-comment|[The original of the following fragment is in the Adyar Archives, namely, four odd sheets in H.P.B.’s handwriting; the above title was written by her on the back of the last sheet. The last paragraph gives an approximate clue to the date of this piece of writing, sometime in 1879.—''Compiler''.]}} | ||
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To obtain a glimpse of the first ''Theosophists'', we will have to retrace the footsteps of hundreds of generations. To return for a moment to the dim traditions of “our abysmal past” as Mr. Tyndall would eloquently say—and name the four primitive Rishis—Agni, Vâyu, Aditya and Angiras, who, under the inspiration of the Omnipresent Spirit (Sarva Vipayas) gave utterance [to] the four ''Vedas''.<ref>See Swâmi Dayânanda Saraswati’s ''Veda-Bhâshya''.</ref> It is such men as these who knew of no other Deity but that which dwelt in them as they felt themselves inseparable from It, that Emerson must have had in his mind when writing his Essay on the ''Oversoul''. | To obtain a glimpse of the first ''Theosophists'', we will have to retrace the footsteps of hundreds of generations. To return for a moment to the dim traditions of “our abysmal past” as Mr. Tyndall would eloquently say—and name the four primitive Rishis—Agni, Vâyu, Aditya and Angiras, who, under the inspiration of the Omnipresent Spirit (Sarva Vipayas) gave utterance [to] the four ''Vedas''.<ref>See Swâmi Dayânanda Saraswati’s ''Veda-Bhâshya''.</ref> It is such men as these who knew of no other Deity but that which dwelt in them as they felt themselves inseparable from It, that Emerson must have had in his mind when writing his Essay on the ''Oversoul''. | ||
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“Union is strength” says the Wisdom of the ages. Having such a variety of enemies to contend with, a few scattered mystics and independent thinkers have joined four years ago into a small body. At the end of the year they had become a small army and their ranks are ever and continually increasing. | “Union is strength” says the Wisdom of the ages. Having such a variety of enemies to contend with, a few scattered mystics and independent thinkers have joined four years ago into a small body. At the end of the year they had become a small army and their ranks are ever and continually increasing. | ||
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