THEOSOPHY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 143, 19 June 1899, Page 2

THEOSOPHY.

Mrs Draffin delivered the first, id •« course of four lectures OTi )i .shp, J 'TsgoJit» ings of Theosophy' in i&e Ponsoutiy Hall yesterday afternoon, to a fairly

large audience. Mr T>. Kent presided, and in introducing the lecturer said he did so with very «reat pleasure for the Theosophicai Society had hio fullest sympathy. The organisation was a large one, and was rapidly growing all over the world. A number of persons found it inconvenient to &t* tend night lectures, and these mi Ponsonby were held at three o'clock so that those who so desired could attend their own church in the evening. There> was nothing incompatible in this, since theosophy was not in any sense antagonistic to religion, and if ladie» and gentlemen, would attend the lee« tures Mrs Draffin proposed to give, he thought much of the antagonism felt towards theosophy would die out, Mrs Draffln then proceeded to deal with her subject, showing that far from opposing religion or any religion, theosophy was tb.e exponent of all tlia various world religions, since it was the underlying basic truth in the»" all. In the early ages of manifestation, the teachings about man, bis destroy, and the universe were committed into the care of Divine Beings, who always remained in touch with humanity, im& gave out extensions of this knowledge as man in his upward evolution needed. After dealing with the theosophie conceptions of God, and of the different teachers of all nations, tlio lecturer proceeded to show that in no age had the Great Architect of tbtj Universe left Himself without a witaesi. The various topics of the lecture, lasting one and a quarter hour, were given in a clear, lucid manner, and listened to with considerable attention «mH interest by the audience,, some of whom asked questions at the plows. The subject of next Sunday's leiHure will be 'Reincarnation,' and Will 1)8 duly advertised.