2 SKETCHES OF G-EEAT TRUTHS

hear of Theosophy he does not forget it; the
name sticks in his memory, to put it crudely»
It is as if a tiny fire-fly had flown across and
shown her light, and the remembrance of that
tiny spark comes back again and again to him
that caught its glint and he cannot forget it.
It matters not if he disagrees with his slight
knowledge of it, still he seems obliged to nibble
at it almost against his will, and is impelled to
seek to know more.

In these short articles it is of course only
possible to treat this big subject in a very ele-
mentary and somewhat sketchy way, but to the
seeker they may be of use in arousing him to
further study of the subject, by reading, by
thinking and by meditation. t( Theosoph^xs
Divine Wisdom, ^^Jbhis^^isdCT igJh&^gl1^
whiSE'Tightetl^CT'er^ man w^ro Qometh into the
^TrIS"?' This is the secret why the light once
^seeS^Gan never quite go out, for that which is
' Divine cannot die.

I was asked not long ago to give a lecture on
practical Theosophy, and in order to do so I
found myself staying in a large old-fashioned
house which possessed an ancient library full of
treasures. I do not know what prompted me to
do it, but I was thinking of my coming lecture
and, seeing a row of rare old dictionaries before