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15 Mar 17 - 09:32 PM (#3845159) Subject: truth rhymes with vermouth From: GUEST,poem Add: The New Theosophy (D. MacKinnon) THE NEW THEOSOPHY Who wouldn't be A devotee Of up-to-date Theosophy? Which supersedes All cults and creeds And every known philosophy. Its students scan The Cosmic Plan And sub-divide the Trinity; And may with ease Obtain degrees That certify divinity. I do not speak -- I haven't the cheek -- About the scheme original; Divulged to us by H. P. B. Which we now safely pigeon-hole. We now have saints Whose vision paints A future more fantastical; And we can fool The Golden Rule And make it more elastical. "The Secret Doc- trine" now we mock, its study self-revealing Made plain to us With painful fuss The things we're now concealing. It might be Truth? For us, Vermouth! That soothes us like a zither -- The wine distilled From pages filled With Man: Whence, How, and Whither. It dulls our brains, But entertains And gives us dreams entrancing, And proves without The slightest doubt The race is sure advancing: Since our new Star, Our avatar Was once a moon-chain chimpanzee And arhats good, Near Buddha-hood, Are here as any simp can see. Let zealots rant, Intolerant, About our new Theology; We'll let them see That H. P. B. Missed points in sociology. That we don't lie Is proven by Our splendid popularity; Clairvoyantly We always see Occasion for hilarity. In vestments dressed, Upon our chest A golden cross we dangle; Poor sinners come: We haw and hum -- Untwist the ether's tangle. A mystic word By devas heard -- A magic invocation! And sinners go, Now pure as snow, Assured of consecration. Our modern stuff Is never rough -- We make occultism simple! To qualify You simply buy A share in our new temple In Sydney Bay; And watch and pray for 'Alcy' 's transformation. From callow youth To Lord of Truth -- Our Christ by acclamation! So, you'll agree, A devotee Of up-to-date Theosophy Is far ahead Of one that's fed on H. P. B.'s philosophy, For he may scan The Cosmic Plan And sub-divide the Trinity, And may with ease Obtain degrees That certify divinity. credited to "D. MacKinnon, Vancouver" and printed in Volume VII, no. 2 of The Canadian Theosophist. Toronto: The Theosophical Society in Canada, April 15, 1926. Page 40. |
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15 Mar 17 - 09:39 PM (#3845163) Subject: RE: truth rhymes with vermouth From: GUEST,keberoxu OOOPS, previous GUEST was me. No excuse, I apologize, must be getting sleepy. |