Theosophy and the Great War
St George for
By
Annie Besant
First Published
AN English
friend sends the following story, told by a man who was present in the trenches
at the time. Under the tremendous strain of battle, men's eyes are sometimes
opened, as in earlier days, when such tales were told. The Roman saw Castor and
Pollux on their
white horses battling for Rome; the Greek saw Hermes, the messenger; the
Christian, the oriflamme In hoc signo vinces; the Hebrew, the angel of the Lord. And so our soldiers. Under similar conditions, similar
visions are seen.
Here is the
story:
"A small force of British were in trenches and saw
approaching them a tremendous number of Germans; they thought: 'Hullo, we can
just make a last stand, but we can't possibly keep them at bay'. One of the
British sat back and suddenly thought of a restaurant in London where he had
been - and he thought he saw over it the figure of St George, and he kept
saying to himself: 'St George for England, St George for England', over and
over again, and couldn't get away from it. Presently he looked up, and saw that
although the British were not firing, the Germans were falling in every
direction. Another man, happening to look at the thinker, saw above him the
figure of St George, and all around were figures in green, throwing something -
he did not know what - at the Germans, who were falling fast. The British were
able to beat the Germans back because of this other help. Afterwards the
Germans told them they had been using something (I can't remember what it is
called) that kills without making any mark. The British said they hadn't; but
went to look at the German dead, and found crowds of dead with no mark of
wounds anywhere."
In this
tremendous struggle, good and evil are ranged against each other, Shri Ramachandra against Ravana, and the progress of the world depends upon the
triumph of those who are battling for treaty faith and international law
against the brute reign of force. The Devas of the nations ever guide the destinies of nations - Origen's account of this, as part of the work of angels, is
at once interesting and true; and, as they ever subserve
the divine Will, they work for evolution, and work against the retarding forces
when they grow strong enough to imperil the upward progress of humanity. -
March 4., 1915.
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