SCHOOL FOR THE REVIVAL OF THIS LOST MYSTERIES OF ANTIQUITY..

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 74, 31 March 1897, Page 3

SCHOOL FOR THE REVIVAL OF THIS LOST MYSTERIES OF ANTIQUITY..

" F. M. St.C." sends us the following for publication :—"By lasb San Francisco mail bho following information was received, thab on December 19th, 1896, ab Albany, New York, the School for che Revival of the Lost Mysteries of Antiquity was incorporated with bho following objects : Tho mutual improvement in religioua knowledge by the comparative study of religions, the investigation of the secret mysteries of antiquity, the performance of charitable and benevolent services. On January 22nd, 1897, a'site for tbe school was purchased ab Poinb Loma, San Diego, California. Point Loma is a narrow poinb of land starting from the north of the city of San Diogo, and the site for the school is about three miles from the extteme point, which ia Government reservation, and is directly across the bay from the city proper, and comprises 132J acres. The cost of the site was£2.4oo, of which amounts $3,300 have been paid. The S.R. L.M.A. has also tho option of purchasing 40 acres more land adjoining the property for the sum of £1,400. When in Dublin in August( last, Mrs K. A. Tingley gave detailed instructions to Mr E. A. Neresheimer as to the exacb locality. A map of bhe place was then drawn, and further instructions and plans were sent to New York by Mrs Tingley when in Geneva. A temporary building will be erected immediately, and ib is expected tbab ib will bo ready far occupancy by the end of April. The cose of erecting this building will be $4,500. Other and more extensive buildings will be erecbed, the corner stone of which was laid on Tuesday, February 23rd, 1897, at two o'clock p.m., by Mrs Kathrine A. Tingley, Founder Directress of the School, and leader of the Theosophical movement throughout the world, introducing ancient ceremonies. The stone consisted of four triangular piecea joined together co form a square. The tour pieces came respectively from Ireland, Scotland, Egypt, and the northern part of New ¥ork Stabe. Other similar foundation stones will be provided by each of the societies in other countries, and by oaeh of the branches of tho, T.S A. An arch of classic design will.be erected ab the entrance to the grounds. No other buildings have been erected on this land, although ib is bo near tho extensivo city of San Diego, nor haa it ever been under cultivation, except a small patch which was used as a lemon orchard. Point Loma is said to bo part of tho oldest land now above the ocean, and thab it has been protected for centuries from other uses, and probably on the same spot, in remote antiquity, stood a Temple of the Mysteries. The site has a frontage on tho Pacific Ocean of 2,600 ft, aud oil it there is a lofty hill with an extensive view. Inquiries are frequently made as to tho purpose of the school and its teachings, and although no details have been given as yet, it is perhaps possible, in some degree, to understand the scope of the work. The ancient mysteries were bhe mysteries of the soul, and initiation into the mysteries meant initiation into the mysteries of one's own nature, and of universal nature, for the one is the key to bhe other. There wore the greater mysteries and the lesßer mysberies. In olden bimes it was the custom for all men and women to seek admission to the lesser mysteries, and when admibbed they " were called Mystai—the veiled —seeing thab they wero permitted to see things only aa through a mist. . . . while the Initiates or ' Seort' of the greater mysteries were called Epoptai—those who see things unveiled." The School for the Revival of the Lost Mysteries of Antiquity is nob tor the benefit of individuals, but for the uplifting of humanity. Nature will never reveal her deepest mysteries except to those who work with her—those who work not for self but for all." F. M. St.C.