HPB-SB-14-92

H. P. Blavatsky Scrapbooks

from Adyar archives of the International Theosophical Society

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vol. 14, p. 92	volume 14, page 92 vol. title: vol. period: 1882 pages in vol.: 174
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right to do wrong. He doubtless has, if he does not infringe thereby upon the rights of another. No person has the right to do wrong to another; neither has one the right to outrage the finer feelings of another. A man doubtless has a right to hav any book in his possession which he desires, the same as he has a right to hav any kind of painting, whether physiological or anatomical, portraying the human form; but while having the right to keep such a picture in an interior room of his house, he has no right to offend public sense by giving it an offensiv public exhibition. So it is with questionable selections. While a person has a right to make them for his own use, he has no right to make himself offensiv by forcing them upon others.

15. Among the results of the late election in the change of the rule of political parties, one of the prominent ones will be the curtailing of Comstockism. Under the continued rule of the Republican party he wielded his most oppressiv power, which people will now hav good reason for expecting will be materially lessened. When Republican laws, Republican courts, and Republican presidents cease to be tools in his hands, it may be expected he will be unable to get people into prison with the same facility as in the past. Our hope is that Mr. Heywood will be wise, and that Comstock will not be able to deprive him of his liberty.

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THE VACCINATION INQUIRER.

<Untitled> (The Theosophist, a monthly journal devoted to Oriental philosophy…)

The Theosophist, a monthly journal devoted to Oriental philosophy, art, and literature, conducted by H. P. Blavatsky, and published in Bombay, contains a kindly notice of the Vaccination Inquirer in the number for September. It is said, “The subject-matter of this fearless little monthly is very interesting, and may be viewed by a bilious admirer of vaccination as a direct incitement to a breach of the law. It does its level best to upset the illusions of orthodox medicine, and to expose the legalised quackery of its practitioners.” Then follows a quotation from Mr. …. D. Dudgeon, showing how “fancies under the name of science,” are enforced under authority of first one foreign quack and then another; absurdity from abroad having greater power for the conviction of fools than similar hostility produced at home.

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THE MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1882.

<Untitled> (The Spiritual Institution Lecturer having laid down certain principles…)

The Spiritual Institution Lecturer having laid down certain principles for circle holding, which we report, went on to recount actual experiences of materializations in the light, which we have not space to report. However, this omission is well supplied by reports of sittings with Dr. Slade, and Mrs. Durrant’s letter, narrating materializations through the mediumship of Mr. Spriggs.

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<Untitled> (The world moves!)

The world moves! Mr. T. P. Barkas, Mr. C. C. Massey, Mr. Frank Podmore, and Mr. Thomas Shorter, have expressed an opinion adverse to the holding of public miscellaneous seances for physical manifestations. A number of others who have had the temerity to append their names unconditionally to a somewhat ambiguous document, will, no doubt, live to see the day when they will wish they had thought over the matter. Some thereby give their adhesion to a system to which they would not for a moment themselves submit; others have not the slightest experience to enable them to judge in any way. It is not to be wondered at that Spiritualists who thus whisk up the froth, and make it appear something substantial, should have their suspicions of all mediums.

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N. Q. & A. Supplement.

<Untitled> (The Theosophist: a monthly journal devoted to Oriental Philosophy…)

The Theosophist; a monthly journal devoted to Oriental Philosophy, Art, Literature, and Occultism, embracing Mesmerism, Spiritualism, and other Secret Sciences. Conducted by H. P. Blavatsky under the auspices of The Theosophical Society. Subscription price $5.00 per year. Damodar K. Mavalankar, Manager Theosophist. Breach Candy, Bombay, India; or Colby & Rich, 9 Montgomery Place, Boston, Mass. Volume IV commences with the No. for October, 1882.

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Editor's notes

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  The Medium and Daybreak, v. 13, No. 659, 17 November 1882, p. 728