TRAVELS IN INDIA.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1171, 5 July 1911, Page 4

TRAVELS IN INDIA.

A TUJiOSOrniCAL LECTI'fiEK.

A very interest in? was spent In- lictuecn tiro am! tlnvV thousand Pyopii- in the -(.'jiiccH (. iiaiubri- <:f til.' I own Jlsill !u4 evening lisl.enim; Ijsuhk«;»i«i;k» by ili- s C. W. Christie on hului. the. lecture was {jivrii under Hie ausl>iu\< of the Wclliii S ;oii Sj'•H'ty. -Miss Christie has been j,, (hi' IhMbjpliical rThnuls in lndi;., ami in "■ k . »' "liny kiiuls which lias bi km- in caiitiict with Mr.-, Vli«s Uniiho h ; , nmt pulertiiiiiiii k-liuer, and her lantern slicJi-s ;„•«■ new ~,,(1 of fxcellent qiialiiy Tlie chair ~i the Ifliiru was occupied by Jlr. A. ]~ llenliHiin, J[.]>. who, in i, !,,„■ pi-cOiiiiiiiarv loin-irk.N >aul (l.nl he knew very lillle ind2«t iiljoiit theo.-ophy, and had' Liken the fl.air becau.-c lu-lmd been asked to. ' Jliss Christie said she , w-is a Xew ZeaInnder. and li-ul sjent two and a In If .vpar.s in .Madras and if. vifiiiilv. She «-m m i mi l'- a ' it: ck,|r ,lu,t I'w'contnct ■Hi the natn-es liad l )? en onlircly nil' ho beaten track. Tim brolli:-rlund uf luniamty showed itself very clearlv in I* !><?!>»!<! of ,)i/re,f,it naticu. when' one nation could forget national prejudices of M 11 % eyes cf a brulhor. She reconntP!l. tlie incidciil-s o£ her meeting with Mix &>,uit, al ,,| ) 101l - , he nmo -~, ~, ■ firk u:lder ],e,-whieh was Mm be-in-IJS ol her introduction anion? the more hidden places ot the Indian peaiilo. She spectacle.-. 3lan.v Christian workers "hose work and devotion Mis.s Christie X } i Pr?,SW) , WOul,, ,lot !,llow «1"'»ivln' , ! V 7, r <10 co " n,r - v am, ' ,l "' People Km the lalter's- own thoosophieal Itandl>ol nr. C.oiisor,i,(.ntl.v (lieir ideas were -it yanance. The lecturer, afler .-etti,,. on into the jßriciiltiiral of India, seeping f a , in out-or-thc-wav )l. Ms whoro 1,0 wlnle woman had ever h, IAI ° ! V, ram t " lc , hM ™ *" '""lor- !-'" U sl '"-.Sesant. and her ier.cliin^. ■iiitii tJicse few' renia.r.ks Jli«- Ch'risli-> proceeded with her lantern siidc." Sl e ■showed it miml wr ill, l ,tj-ati i , f; rmo% , m fiui !, ~ p1,, ' Tli ? ro werc"bPautilui ■Hajsitlo .scenes vjth ovorspre-din" Bauyan trees and dense shadou-ii- Wi! beautiful '/..^. «PW»«1 that the M* ' '-r ll - , ">lourin-7 of the Uijlwajs, if it conk! 01! | v i produced on the canvas, would make 'nddv C ?,n nr '° much ,nole charming mi if '• 'V tlio roadside, pinnitivo meiiiitds of i,,, inaiij- other inrerostin? views TW pro oi6ty. Several views of theso building, rally jna.wificent palace, wore shown & ) ™V ,Ui !f * ™l(hy nioinbe,'; and then when (hey died thoy (■I- them to (he focictv. Soino of thcosopliists firmly ),|;,]i OVC(l „,„,. proatnihinafe,. r ,,, t( . 0( - Ulp conc|,,Cst of India by t-|,o A\ os |. would be' an intcr&°ln I-" 10 C '!'f S ° f V ,O 3 " s t "nd to ?\«tj India w-ould Rive back to the West its ancient philosophy, and tho West ;«mld give to India, her education, sana aljon, materialistic ideas, and otlicr niißs hat dibtinguiihed tl, o AVeH from

In Adgar no flesh was oalcii and no alcohol iras drunk. To ,lo n 4<l "mo ° Iho Indians one had to be a vcVSn J. Ins was impressed upon the audience moral limes in annisin S and inlorcstiiw )Ule anee.lolos. A u >»- s wore shoun o ho panalL?, or. outcast r mi of India, tho work that was done anions thorn'bv lie society, and the great results that had been accomplished. Yet the 4 poor beings - sometimes climbing to the umversity. - were so humble i n Ho estimation of their higher "caste" coiintrvfhin A no ( -ono -would ever handle an'vlimg . that, they had touched. Amone other views were some'of: Mrs. Besant in her own domain. Mrs. Besant, said the lecturer, had a very busy life, and could i only be seen, even by those around her at certain stated periods. She had done great work for tho natives, especially in regard to (ho young wives' problem/and tins would- one day be recognised, especially, by {he Christian missionaries, whose .work also in this, direction tho lecturer peatly praised, though it was almost hopeless of them to expect to convert (lie people. Several interesting and amus-, ing-incidents of life among .'the natives find the anomalies of "caste" wero told in happy style. In conclusion, Miss Christie warned her hearers about entering into the occultism of the East except under the guidanceof genuine teachers. One book on Hathayoga sho had noticed in circulation out of'lndia. It was devoted to certain practices connected with occultism. .'Jfuch harm could arise out of following the teaching therein set put; indeed, the lecturer knew of specific instances of where insanity and death had resulted. The mental, nervous, and physical systems of the West wero so entirely different' To' fliosc of tl\c Enslern races, that what was good for the ono was nor good for (lie other. This subiect would be more fully dealt with to-night. • Jlearty votes of thanks wero passed to the lecturer and the chairman.