A Theosophical Magazine

DESIGNED TO "BRING TO LIGHT THE HIDDEN THINGS OF DARKNESS."

FOUNDED BY

H. P. BLAVATSKY.

EDITED BY

ANNIE BESANT & G. R. S. MEAD.

The Light-bearer is the Morning Star, or Lucifer; and "Lucifer is no profane
or Satanic title. It is the Latin Luciferus, the Light-bringer, the Morning Star,
equivalent to the Greek Φωσφόρος
the name of the pure, pale herald of
Daylight."-YONGE.

VOLUME XVI.

MARCH, 1895-AUGUST, 1895.

LONDON:

THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING SOCIETY,
7, DUKE STREET, ADELPHI, W.C.

BENARES: THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING SOCIETY
MADRAS: The Theosophist OFFICE, ADYAR

1895.

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Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science. J. Stirling
Article for the Time, An. Jasper Niemand

Arian Martyr, An. Mary Kendall

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296

Éliphas Lévi, Unpublished Letters of. Trans. by B. K. 55, 155, 247, 507

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171

Plotinus.

G. R. S. Mead

Purpose of the Theosophical Society, The. Bertram Keightley
Prayag Letter, The. Annie Besant

Bhagavad Gîtâ, The. Translated by Annie Besant

Birth and Evolution of the Soul. Annie Besant

Brother of the Third Degree. W. L. Garver
Buried Alive. Franz Hartmann.

Chaldean Oracles, The

Christianity, The Esoteric Basis of. W. Kingsland
Christian Missions and Hinduism. J. H. Wilson

House of the Hidden Places, The. W. M. Adams
Indian Palmistry. J. B. Dale

Jamblichus on the Mysteries. Trans. by Thomas Taylor
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, The

Les Croyances Fondamentales du Bouddhisme. A. Arnould
Modern Spiritualism. A. P. Sinnett

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525

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Path of Initiation, The. A. P. Sinnett
Romance of Paradise, The. E. S. Gunn .
Self and Its Sheaths, The. Annie Besant
Theosophical Analogies in the Divine Commedia. L. Schram
Two Essays on the Remnant. J. Eglington
Unknown World, The. Edited by A. E. Waite

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Vedanta Philosophy, A lecture on the. M.L. Battacharya, M.A.
Yoga of Christ, The. H. Müller

Samoyed Seeress, A. Trans. from Novoë Vremya by C. J.
Spiritual Culture, The Necessity of. Manilal N. Dvivedi

Tibet, The Buddhism of. G. R. S. Mead
Theosophical Activities

Theosophic and Mystic Publications
Theosophic Morals as applied to Education.
Two Houses. Ivy Hooper

LUCIFER.

ON THE WATCH TOWER.

THE LEGEND OF CHE-YEW-TSANG.

THERE has lately appeared a pamphlet entitled A Forgotten Pledge, signed by the name "Che-Yew-Tsang." The pamphlet is a violent attack on Mrs. Besant; the writer is Mr. E. T. Hargrove, who never even saw H. P. B. though he writes so glibly about her. I have a few words to say on the subject.

In the October and December numbers of LUCIFER, 1893, appeared two articles, entitled "Modern Failings" and signed "CheYew-Tsang." These articles were powerfully written and attracted wide notice, and I hope Mr. Hargrove may in future write other articles as powerfully on impersonal subjects.

The genesis of the legend that grew up round the pseudonym "Che-Yew-Tsang" is as follows. The articles and letters I received as Editor of LUCIFER were all type-written, the signature included, and the address of the writer was 7, Victoria Street, Westminster. The first article reached me in the third week of September. At that time all of us at Headquarters were exceedingly indignant at the accusations which were then being circulated privately against Mr. Judge; our defence of him was precisely on the same lines as these articles took up, and our private conversations were of the same nature. Mr. Hargrove was then working at Headquarters and was a sharer in these conversations. Mrs. Keightley ("Jasper Niemand") also was resident at Headquarters and was the chief contributor to the defence of Mr. Judge on these lines.

On receiving the first article I was struck by the intimate knowledge possessed by the writer concerning the inner lines of thought of