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philosophy; but I believe in the “Anima Mundi” as the living, conscious spirit of the Earth, in whom we subordinate spirits are, even as the cell-souls are in us; then the Planets appear to be in the Sun Spirit; and so on till you arrive at the Supreme. All is in all, and one conscious sphere within another: there is a hierarchy. On this I have written more fully elsewhere. Still I am conscious that I am only a poet with metaphysical bias, not a systematiser in metaphysical philosophy. I have indeed best expressed my philosophy in “De Profundis” and other poems of the “Little Child’s Monument,” and “the House of Ravensburg.” | {{Style P-No indent|philosophy; but I believe in the “Anima Mundi” as the living, conscious spirit of the Earth, in whom we subordinate spirits are, even as the cell-souls are in us; then the Planets appear to be in the Sun Spirit; and so on till you arrive at the Supreme. All is in all, and one conscious sphere within another: there is a hierarchy. On this I have written more fully elsewhere. Still I am conscious that I am only a poet with metaphysical bias, not a systematiser in metaphysical philosophy. I have indeed best expressed my philosophy in “De Profundis” and other poems of the “Little Child’s Monument,” and “the House of Ravensburg.”}} | ||
On the whole, then, I incline to the theory of spiritist phenomena held by “M. A. Oxon,” Mr. W. H. Harrison, and the majority of Spiritualists. Whether the Spirits chiefly concerned are good or evil, or neither, is a difficult question, and I have ventured to warn Spiritists not to take the phenomena for a new religion, only as a stepping-stone to one; for religion, “the Kingdom of God,” must be within, not in external appearances, however curious, miraculous, and abnormal, nor even in revelations from the Spirit-world, ''except so far as these may be verified by the inward light,'' which is the Spirit of God in each, and all. “Other foundation ''can'' no man,” angel, or devil, “lay than that is laid,” and revealed by Jesus Christ, which is the essential Divine Humanity of self-suppressing Love—that “God may be All in All,” the one All being for ever retained in the other All. | On the whole, then, I incline to the theory of spiritist phenomena held by “M. A. Oxon,” Mr. W. H. Harrison, and the majority of Spiritualists. Whether the Spirits chiefly concerned are good or evil, or neither, is a difficult question, and I have ventured to warn Spiritists not to take the phenomena for a new religion, only as a stepping-stone to one; for religion, “the Kingdom of God,” must be within, not in external appearances, however curious, miraculous, and abnormal, nor even in revelations from the Spirit-world, ''except so far as these may be verified by the inward light,'' which is the Spirit of God in each, and all. “Other foundation ''can'' no man,” angel, or devil, “lay than that is laid,” and revealed by Jesus Christ, which is the essential Divine Humanity of self-suppressing Love—that “God may be All in All,” the one All being for ever retained in the other All. | ||
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I have, since commencing my remarks, read another very kind notice of my book by “M.A. (Oxon.)” | I have, since commencing my remarks, read another very kind notice of my book by “M.A. (Oxon.)” | ||
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| source details = v. 2, No. 67, April 15, 1882 | | source details = v. 2, No. 67, April 15, 1882 | ||
| publication date = 1882-04-15 | | publication date = 1882-04-15 | ||
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Heaven and Hell are not localities, but states, which we carry within us; and as for the eternity of suffering, only unthinking theologians believe in such a paradoxical theory, forgetting what is said in Holy Writ, that “the wrath of God does not last for ever.” The idea of infinite punishment is not consistent with the mercy, the wisdom, or the prescience of God. We, the children of a loving Father, can be but destined to inherit His eternal love. A Greek word in the Bible being translated in the sense of ''everlasting,'' instead of its true meaning ''long lasting,'' has been the cause of that serious misapprehension.— | Heaven and Hell are not localities, but states, which we carry within us; and as for the eternity of suffering, only unthinking theologians believe in such a paradoxical theory, forgetting what is said in Holy Writ, that “the wrath of God does not last for ever.” The idea of infinite punishment is not consistent with the mercy, the wisdom, or the prescience of God. We, the children of a loving Father, can be but destined to inherit His eternal love. A Greek word in the Bible being translated in the sense of ''everlasting,'' instead of its true meaning ''long lasting,'' has been the cause of that serious misapprehension.— | ||
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