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or the vagaries of a loosely prepared mind attracted by mysticism and inducing other ignorants to follow things they cannot understand and which therefore inspire them with awe. It is a true pity that when some simple economical or social facts are hard to instil in the minds of the public, on the other hand mysticism, and vague half baked reasonings will always find a multitude of followers. Furthermore most of their followers are found among women or men who have a womenly mind.
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Is this due to the fact that women for so many centuries have not had the benefit of rational education and have therefore remained in the same undeveloped state of mind of the metaphyscians and alchemists of former times. No sane man [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] acquainted with facts found by modern science can read there theosophic publication without a yawn and a shrug of the shoulders. Self satisfied ignorance feeding the conceit of a plausible women, arguing about the books of the hindoos in about the same way as Mrs. Goldy reasons