The Theosophist Monthly Journal devoted to Oriental Philosophy Art Literature and Occultism December 1884

Theosophy and Sectarianism are at opposite poles : the one contemplates the evolution of mankind through the spiritual development of the individual the other the aggrandisement of a faction by the subjugation of the world to dogma. [...] The image reflected in the mirror seems a reality to the unreasoning mind the voice of the echo may be mistaken for the voice of a man ; the elemental forces of nature may be loaded unconsciously with the products of our own thoughts and we may listen to their echo as being the voices of spirits of the departed ; we may dream while awake. [...] The Ancient Church like its predecessor had its " morning noon evening and night." " By the morning" is signified the rise of the Science of correspondences and Representations by the " noon" the perfection of them by the " evening " the gradual loss of them and by the " night " the worship of the objects that served to represent. [...] The establishment of the Representative of a Church with the Jews had three objects in view : first communication between the heavens and the earth ; second the promulgtion of the Ten Commandments; and third the preparation of the race for the reception of the Messiah Jesus of Nazreth by the publication of prophecies concerning Him. [...] The object of the establishment of the Christian Church was the elevation of the mind from the worship of matter to the worship of All-father in the person of Jesus.