A Poem by an
H.P.B. Student
Ianthe H. Hoskins
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Ms.
Ianthe H. Hoskins, a British theosophist
and
author, was a deep student of H.P. Blavatsky’s.
A woman
with a bright sense of humour, she was near
100
years old when she died in 2001. Ianthe Hoskins’
last
book was “Time, Duration and Immortality”, from
which
we reproduce the poem below. It suggests that a
truth-seeker
must be prepared to face obstacles, especially
if he
does not want to delude himself along the way.
(C.C.A.)
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There is no
path for me, no God, no guide;
I fling away from light and leading hand;
I have no sword, no staff, no friend beside:
Alone, unarmed, I seek an unknown land.
I fling away from light and leading hand;
I have no sword, no staff, no friend beside:
Alone, unarmed, I seek an unknown land.
With
bruised fingers and with bleeding feet,
Alone I tread, while round me and before
Foe upon foe assails me, whom I greet
As friends to lead me to the unknown shore.
Alone I tread, while round me and before
Foe upon foe assails me, whom I greet
As friends to lead me to the unknown shore.
Give me no counsel, proffer me no aid,
No star in my impenetrable night;
Alone, alone my journey has to be made
Through the here-darkness to the yonder Light.
No star in my impenetrable night;
Alone, alone my journey has to be made
Through the here-darkness to the yonder Light.
So
shall the pilgrim know from whence he came,
The spark be one with the eternal flame. [1]
The spark be one with the eternal flame. [1]
NOTE:
[1] From “Time, Duration and Immortality”, by Ianthe
H. Hoskins, Theosophical Publishing House, London
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