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— 4) LONDON SOCIETYS FREAK RELIGION FAD. , The titted beauties of England, and for that Matter berittles witheaut titles and tithe with out beauty, have been most earnestly the Purmit of the hlirher “Hieck Art, the con duration of apirita evil and olberwine, the revival of ancent mysterion, such as those of Elguala, for profanation of which beautiful , that mediaeval society of mystica, which even Up to the end of the eighteenth century had or ita mambere ad the astroferers and ml chemists—and most of the great scholars, STeminte, pod wages, if it had evermbred na It was two decider a—pen a community of enthusiasts a od dreamers—there would be no ooranlon now to remark upon it save ae o Uru Prepeunance as mystician in a cin gular form. Put in the last five yeare the pociety has spread amaxingh, and ite adherents are in very country. Within the last yer the mewl ful branch of the Engteh artetocracy has embraced it, and cheptere are pron to give demonstrations in the United states. Evin Sir Oilver Lodge has not been above Otletding tirious sander in a selentite effort to Chepter if the old daca tations can really sule anything. ‘The beautiful and eccentrite Leis Marjorie Manners, the daughter of the Grecian Phryso was condemned to death and saved only by her advocate snatching aside her garments and hassding her judges. Not perhaps since the days of Cagdostra and of the beginning of the Spiritualistic era, has such a fevor of pecultation and weird rites that fourth best at midnight eched upon Aristocratic and Literary London. Per haps the caure to the dubn of the Court of George and Mary ae contrasted to the always something-foing-rilen of Edward., Perhaps te is only the natural progress from mini braling, Indian Swarms, theosophy, and ghost Bunting. At any rate, an the witty Countess of Warwick said the other day: “Everybody equally eccentric Duchess of Rutland, ta and be ba among hhe forement of the Tosleru cians, MocHiogs of the Hoaleruciana for the pur pose of conjuration and of Invoking “for bidden knowledge” have bow secret until Inet week. Then the Elevennian rites were not so openly in a Lendan hall. The ori ginal rites were celebrated in ancient Green in honor of Demter oe Ceres, the Earth Mother of Chaddes, and to Persephone or Promrpine her daughter, who wea captured by Mute, God of the underwort. There modern Hosbrucians admit frankly that their furpées ia to attain felieious eca @amea to have their hemiis’ hearts met on Faleing the dirwilt The leader of the movement ly Alister Crowley, a distinguished English poet and Milerateur. He looted ecciety which, bin Les, revived the olfente: of the Rosicruciana, tary, ando get into communication with Wir, not disembodied common motrite, which on earth were plain John Jones or Wiltlin Stolih, but epidte that were power ful whet LLCH Aleted with Adary and haven't any place in a respectable Church of England Heaven. The Hoicrudians are of more than ordi nary Unqgeeest to Austrians from the fact that Mise Lain Waddell, late of Lathiuret, werd oe Beh Priestesa, miS5. LEILA WADDELL, The Bathurst violinist, who acts as High Priestess of the Rites of Eleusia, LADY MARJORIE MANNERS, The London beauty, who is deeply interfeted in the Mystic Rites of Elenesia WALLISTER CROWLEY, The Hinglish poet who is running a fresh ESButon, “The Myntorica of Elounts, in Lon-
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