The Theosophist. February 1904

This legalised the Presidential action in the matter of the American Section and the provisions for carrying on the business of the Section until its new Charter could be issued and a General Secretary recommended for appointment The President-Founder then read the following paper to the Council for its information and the same was upon motion ordeed to be included in the published report o [...] Moreover the majority in a Branch being the voice of the Branch—its governing power and lawful representative for the time being—I was compelled to accept a Branch majority vote in favour of the Boston Act of Secession as the expression of the Branch's sovereign will that it should cease to be a part of the Theosophical Society of 1875 and thenceforth be a part of the new' American society"1904. [...] [ To all the great nations of the world and to the chief religious sects in the East and the West ; to the followers of Moses of Jesus of Buddha of Confucius of Zoroaster of Mahomet of Nanak and the various branches of the Hindu church grace be to you and peace everlasting Gather ye the wisdom of the East and the West and assimilate the examples of the saints of all ages."] KESHAB CHAND [...] The civilization of the West which is now being grafted on the people of the East is at the best but a lop-sided civilization ; it teaches us how to develop the intellect at the expense of the finer and subtler susceptibilities of the heart ; the unfathomable depths of the most distant stars have been Measured278 The Theosophist. [...] As theosophic writers belong to all nationalities and as some of the advanced souls amongst them have already on higher planes seen and experienced for themselves palpably and consciously the unity which reigns throughout the Universe it is but fair to expect that with the development of intellect in the right direction and with the suppression of the heresy of separation the idea of brotherho