Correspondence by R.E.S. & A.R. | Reply by Annie Besant & H.P.B. [Editors of Lucifer]
On the 3rd July was inaugurated the new meeting room of the Blavatsky Lodge; and on that occasion were set forth its use and purpose:—for the spread of Esoteric wisdom, and as the platform from whence H. P. B. can uninterruptedly give that instruction which she alone is qualified to do.
The following week a syllabus was announced, partaking more of the nature of a debating society’s programme than the fulfilment of the above objects, and calculated moreover to give to enquirers an inaccurate impression of the truths contained in Theosophy.
It is against this syllabus we would remonstrate, humbly, but with the utmost sincerity, and in the hope that this letter may, be it ever in so slight a degree, advance the cause we mutually have at heart.
R. E. S.
A. R.
Our Correspondents forget that Right Living is as important a part of Theosophy as Right Thinking. The first object of the Theosophical Society becomes a sham if it is not practically carried out, and it is necessary that the attempts to carry it out should be very carefully considered, so that mistakes may be avoided. “The Relation of Theosophy to the Problems of Modern Life” is surely a suitable subject for discussion in a Lodge of the Theosophical Society. The subjects are not dealt with from the point of view of a debating society, at which they are debated generally on their merits: they are dealt with entirely from the Theosophical standpoint, and it is the application of Theosophical principles to the solution of pressing questions which is now being discussed by the Lodge. So far, the discussions have been most interesting and most useful, and the full attendances show the approval of the Lodge. As already announced, a philosophical course will follow the present.—Eds. [A.B. & H.P.B.]