Leading Articles in the Reviews. 



THE OCCULT MACAZINES. 



Writing in the Theosophist for November on 

 " Aspects of Christ," Mrs. Besant says : — 



By studying we learn to understand, and we realise 

 as is generally the case, that there is truth embodied in 

 each conception, and that what we want is the power 

 to link the truths together and see them in their full, 

 all-round perfection, instead of in their fragmentary 

 aspects. . . . Now, what is of importance !• First, 

 the Ideal— the ideal of a perfect humanity irradiated 

 with Divinity, so irradiated that you cannot say which 

 is God and which is man, the seed of Divinity having 

 flowered into perfection, the spark of Divinity having 

 blazed out into a dazzling lire. That matters. That is 

 the Ideal. . . . You name that Ideal Christ. In the 

 East they give other names. But the names do not 

 matter. It is the thought that counts. 



Marguerite Pollard writes on " The Mystical 

 Teachings of Wordsworth and of Tennyson," 

 and assigns pre-eminence to the latter as poet of 

 immortality and to the former as poet of Nature. 

 Other articles include " Some Ideals of Astro- 

 logy," by Mrs. Marie Russak, and " The 

 Bhakti Marga of Pandharpur," by V. R. 

 Karandikar. 



In the Occult Review for November Mr. Here- 

 ward Carrington writes on " The Uses and 

 Abuses of Mind-Cure." While allowing that 

 much good may be done by psychotherapy and 

 mind-cure in many cases, he contends that much 

 mischief is done by their indiscreet application, 

 which, he maintains, often tends to " suppress 

 symptoms rather than remove causes," and sug- 

 gests the combination of mental methods of cure 

 with bodily hygiene. W. J. Colville, writing on 

 " Vril, The Energy of the Coming Race," 

 says : — 



By the agency of what Bulwer Lytton called Vril 

 we may be able scientifically to account for every 

 alleged miracle attributed to supernatural intervention, 

 and that without disturbing any one's Theistic faith. 



Very interesting is H. Stanley Redgrove's paper 

 on " Superstitions Concerning Birds." 



The Theosophical Path for November contains 

 many beautiful photographs of the district of 

 Palenque, Mexico, and several views of the 

 Point Loma shore. H. T. Edge writes very 

 scathingly on the Presidential Address of the 

 British Association from a Theosophist's point 

 of view. He says : — 



We might characterise it as the swan-song of a dying 

 sciolism, or a flowery epitaph in memory of departed 

 greatness. At times, indeed, one is tempted to think 

 the remarks are ironical, so out of place do they seem 

 amid contemporary thought. 



The Rev. S. J. Neill, writing on the question of 

 Education and the Social Problem, in reply 

 to the contention that education is one of the 

 causes of social unrest, maintains that it is not 

 the fault of education but of its limited extent. 

 1 1 is not less education but more he would plead 

 for. Not one-sided education, but the harmo- 



nious development of the whole man — physically, 

 intellectually, and morally. Lydia Ross's paper 

 on " The Adolescent Age " is full of interest, 

 especially to all who make a study of eugenics. 

 She says : — 



We are at a point to-day where the need of an 

 animating moral purpose in life is no mere question 

 of creed or of theoretic altruism, but a logical necessity 

 for further growth and welfare. 



Another paper on this question is contributed by 

 " B. A," to the Theosophical Chronicle, under 

 the title of Heredity and the " Germ-Plasm." 

 He says : — 



Thought is the great creative power ; and the lives 

 of men need regenerating all around ere the first steps 

 in eugenics can be successfully undertaken. Otherwise 

 the bad conditions will quickly reproduce themselves in 

 some other shape. For one thing, the existence of slums 

 and those that dwell in them is a tribute to the monu- 

 mental carelessness and unbrotherliness of us all ; and 

 as long as present standards and ideals e.xist such evils 

 will continue, for they are an essential part of our life 

 as it is at present. 



Besides the article referred to above the Theo- 

 sophical Chronicle contains many short interest- 

 ing papers, amongst them one on " Happiness," 

 by a Student, and " Man, Know Thyself," by 

 R. Machell. 



THE CANADIAN MAGAZINE. 



Giving, as it does, an invigorating picture of 

 life, of men, and of manners in our great 

 Dominion, this magazine is very welcome to 

 English readers. Amongst the papers calling 

 for special mention are those on " The Old-time 

 Ontario Farm," " Hope on the Highway," and 

 "Finland and the Fins." Fiction and verse 

 smack of life in the woods, of life in the small 

 towns and villages . of the far north, and the 

 strength of it is amazing. The book article is 

 devoted to Dr. Stephen B. Leacock's " Sun- 

 shine Sketches of a Little Town." It is illus- 

 trated by a good portrait of the author. 



THE WINDSOR. 



The Windsor Christmas number is adorned 

 with fifteen coloured plates. Its chief pictorial 

 feature is an account, plentifully and superbly 

 illustrated, of the Walker Art Gallery, Fiver- 

 pool, written by E, R. Dibdin. Mr. H. G. 

 Wells describes a game of much complex 

 interest, which he has invented for playing 

 " Little Wars." Horse fairs are described 

 and illustrated. Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell 

 describes with profuse illustrations the work 

 of the brotherhood of Boy Scouts. Ancient 

 pictures are revived by Maurice Hewlett in his 

 " History by Flashlight." The golf stories 

 have been separately mentioned. Altogether a 

 very excellent shillingsworth. 



