vol. xxx, no. 4 april 1926 universal brotherhood - a fact in nature

THE THEOSOPHICAL PATH
pathetic relation and a better understanding between the nations -
all are well known; but it is particularly her work as Foundress and
President of the School of Antiquity and as Teacher that concerns us here.
In 1894 William Q. Judge made known to several of his students
that H. P. Blavatsky had foretold to him that following her own work
would be -
the establishment in the West of a great seat of learning, where shall he taught and explained
and demonstrated the great theories of man and nature,
-those great theories or teachings, in fact, which it had been her work
and mission to make known again to the world. There is a special interest
in this statement - this prophecy, we may call it - of H. P. Blavatsky,
for the reason that Katherine Tingley, when a child of only
eight years, had told her grandfather that some day when she grew up
she would build a beautiful city in "Gold-land," where should come
to live people and children from all over the world. And so it is that
the establishment of the School of Antiquity is Katherine Tingley's
work, it is her creation.
As designed by her, it is a further step along the path of Theosophy.
Obviously, not everyone is prepared, nor do the circumstances of life
give everyone the opportunity, to become a student in the deeper sense
of the word as outlined in this paper; and besides, out of the large number
of those who take a general interest in Theosophy there are only
comparatively few who look upon life so seriously that they realize
the opportunity which the School of Antiquity offers; or who are prepared
to take this further step. To all such, however, the doors of the
School are open for them to enter in and receive the deeper and more
advanced teachings of Theosophy which it gives.
It is thus of special interest to note the relationship which the School
of Antiquity bears to the original Theosophical Society, founded by
Helena P. Blavatsky in New York in 1875. The Universal Brotherhood
and Theosophical Society, which is the name by which the original
Theosophical Society is now known - after its reorganization under
Katherine Tingley in 1898 --is open to all who accept its principal
object, which is "to demonstrate that Universal Brotherhood is a fact
' in Nature, and to make it a living power in the life of Humanity." This
Society and Organization was "ordained and established for the benefit
of the people of the earth and all creatures." It is "part of a great and
universal movement which has been active in all ages"; it demands
merely the acceptance of the principle of Brotherhood and the sincere
endeavor to make it the rule and guide of life, and as far as possible to
study and apply the principles of Theosophy to daily life and conduct.