ZOROASTRIANISM ON THE*SEPTEN- ARY CONSTITUTION OF MAN, Many of the esoteric doctrines given out through the Theosophical Society reveal a spirit akin to that of the older religions of the East, especially the Vedic and the Zendic. Ceaving aside the former, I Propose to point out by a few instances the close resemblance which the doctrines of the old Zendic Scriptures, as far as they arc now pre- served, bear to these recent teachings, Any ordinary Parsi, while reciting his daily Niyashes, Gehs and Yashts, provided he yields to the curiosity of looking into the meanings of what he recites, will, with a little exertion, perceive how the sauic ideas, only clothed in a more intelligible and comprehensive garb, ace reflected in these teachings, ‘Ihe description of the septenary constitu tion of man tound in the 54th chapter of the Yasna, uc of the most authoritative books of the Mazdiasnian religion, shows the identity ot the doctrines of Avesta and te esoteric philosophy, indeed, as a Mazdiasnian, I telt quite ashamed that, having such undeniable and unmistakable evidence betore their