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''To | ''To the Editor of Tic Spiritual Scientist:'' | ||
{{Style S-Small capitals|Dear Sir}}: Reading the communication in Spiritual Scientist No. 2, entitled “Mrs. Denton's Tactics,” I am inclined to think that she is correct in her assertion that “materialization is no proof of the presence of some particular spirit friend,” as my investigations—not theories—have forced me to the conclusion that the invisible intelligence or intelligences can and do at will produce forms, visions, and apparitions simulating our departed relatives or friends, which, without the application of rigid tests are liable to deceive us, and even then, we cannot always feel positively certain; for if the invisible power can come in ''rapport ''with the investigator so as to read the inmost thoughts of the mind, such answers will be given, in accordance with tests expected, as to almost compel conviction of the reality and truthfulness of the materialization and communication. More especially will this be the case if the investigators are highly imaginative, and giving free rein to their subjective fancies and theories, threw down the safeguards leading to the “interior castle of their souls,” so that stray “spirits” may enter in, take possession, and give back to us only the echo of our own thoughts and ideas. Hence, the just criticism made by skeptics, that at the larger number of seances, we simply get a rehash of our own present knowledge—of that we already know. | {{Style S-Small capitals|Dear Sir}}: Reading the communication in Spiritual Scientist No. 2, entitled “Mrs. Denton's Tactics,” I am inclined to think that she is correct in her assertion that “materialization is no proof of the presence of some particular spirit friend,” as my investigations—not theories—have forced me to the conclusion that the invisible intelligence or intelligences can and do at will produce forms, visions, and apparitions simulating our departed relatives or friends, which, without the application of rigid tests are liable to deceive us, and even then, we cannot always feel positively certain; for if the invisible power can come in ''rapport ''with the investigator so as to read the inmost thoughts of the mind, such answers will be given, in accordance with tests expected, as to almost compel conviction of the reality and truthfulness of the materialization and communication. More especially will this be the case if the investigators are highly imaginative, and giving free rein to their subjective fancies and theories, threw down the safeguards leading to the “interior castle of their souls,” so that stray “spirits” may enter in, take possession, and give back to us only the echo of our own thoughts and ideas. Hence, the just criticism made by skeptics, that at the larger number of seances, we simply get a rehash of our own present knowledge—of that we already know. | ||
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<center>BY AN ENGLISH MEMBER OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. {{Style S-HPB SB. HPB note|C. C. Mass[ey]}}</center> | |||
{{Style S-Small capitals|No one}} can understand the Hermetic philosophy without beginning ''at initio. ''The astral light (universal ether) is our starting point. If the reader, unlearned in the terminology of the occult writers, will interpret the “astral light,” to which allusion is more than once made, into the “universal ether” postulated by modern science, I think there is little else that requires explanation to be, at all events, intelligible. It is not to the purpose to go behind the operative activity of the law of evolution for its cause; that is a separate branch of metaphysics. Let us take the principle of cosmogony admitted by science, viz., that the visible universe is the result of aggregations of molecules caused by evolution’ Every molecule has its inherent energy, and is thereby forced into each successive relationship as it passes through the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms. The Hermetist, who sees with both eyes instead of with one only, observes that each atom, no matter where found, is Imbued with that vital principle called spirit. Thus each grain of sand, equally with each minutest atom of the human body, has its inherent latent spark of the Divine light; and as one law of evolution applies to the whole universe, so each of these grains of sand will assuredly one day go to make up the body of man. | {{Style S-Small capitals|No one}} can understand the Hermetic philosophy without beginning ''at initio. ''The astral light (universal ether) is our starting point. If the reader, unlearned in the terminology of the occult writers, will interpret the “astral light,” to which allusion is more than once made, into the “universal ether” postulated by modern science, I think there is little else that requires explanation to be, at all events, intelligible. It is not to the purpose to go behind the operative activity of the law of evolution for its cause; that is a separate branch of metaphysics. Let us take the principle of cosmogony admitted by science, viz., that the visible universe is the result of aggregations of molecules caused by evolution’ Every molecule has its inherent energy, and is thereby forced into each successive relationship as it passes through the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms. The Hermetist, who sees with both eyes instead of with one only, observes that each atom, no matter where found, is Imbued with that vital principle called spirit. Thus each grain of sand, equally with each minutest atom of the human body, has its inherent latent spark of the Divine light; and as one law of evolution applies to the whole universe, so each of these grains of sand will assuredly one day go to make up the body of man. | ||