THEOSOPHY.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16036, 29 January 1920, Page 8

THEOSOPHY.

To the Editor. Sir, —It would be a futile course to enter upon a newspaper discussion of the whole subject of Theosophy, but let mo say that I grant your correspondent, “P.D./’ all that he wants in connection with the Indian origin of the cult. All that I meant to imply in my reference to the supposed “purloining” from Christianity was that, while the morals of the Indian religions won’t bear investigation, those of Christianity are spotless, and that Theosophy has adopted the Christian standard in introducing the cult into Christian communities. If the morals of Theosophy as we see it exemplified in daily life in this and other English-speaking communities were down on a level with those of the religions cited as its sources by “P.D.,” I know some who are Theosophists today who would not have touched it with a 40-foot pole. I give “P.D.” a challenge. Which religion, other than Christianity—let him name only one—has had a founder whose coming into •the world was by the process of strict parthenogenesis—“of a virgin mothe# bom?” In his answer, let “P.D.” refer us to the authorities of the rclioion ho names: hearsay will not do.—l am, etc. J. AITEEN.