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... | {{Style P-No indent|that spirit pervades all matter, and that matter may be potent or impotent according to the spirit power permeating it; in addition we know, or think we know, that heaven is among us and hell also, so why should we spend our time in seeking after fresh proofs of this? Our great business first is to make ourselves receptive to spirit power. Self-development, in short the reform of the individual, the evolution of our own divine nature, the recognition of the practical necessity that man cannot be fed by bread alone, but that if we wish to be wise, and good, and true, we must seek the necessary food for that part of our nature. We have found out that our five senses are not all that belong to us, that others are latent, and therefore we feel that we need to be born again; then the senses of the spirit, counterparts of those of the body, will be open to us.}} | ||
{{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|10-348.1}} | Now this new birth and the necessity for a pure mind in a pure body, are not as yet central doctrines of Spiritualism. Indeed, Spiritualism has happily formed no doctrine or code, it has simply helped us on with a powerful hand, and now it tells us that there is a higher religion coming, and this is the wisdom religion of the archaic times to be born once more among us. We have seen that there has ever been a golden thread held fast by each nation which connected all with the golden age; and there have been ever glowing beacons from time to time, showing us the glimmering of that golden thread. The hills have been weary and the valleys dark and cold, the thread has been dull and frayed but it has never been broken; firmly held by groups of wise men here and there, the majority have always wandered off into the desert; but the time is coming when the wanderers shall return. Modern Spiritualism is the new beacon which gathers men in from all parts, and by and bye, from Spiritualism they will be led to Theosophy, and Theosophy paves the way from East and West, and makes straight the highway to our birthrights. As it stands at present, it appears to me that the Spiritualism of to-day, or the study of soul phenomena and all the mysteries of astral power, is but the introduction to better things. We are yet confused and bewildered with the multitude of facts, as lately was so well said here; and we vainly think to correct this by correlating, tabulating these facts, for this alone would not help us; we must have the key to understanding spirit and astral power; this key we have strong or weak in each of us {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|10-348.1}} | ||
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... | {{Style P-No indent|''if we only knew how to use it''. As it is, we demonstrate to the outside gaping multitude, that the spiritual phenomena of to-day are one and the same, akin to the miracles of the past; and then we gape ourselves; we begin to have vague ideas that what the disembodied spirit can do, the embodied one ought to do; condition cannot annul power, but it may make it latent, and we find that we are but blind leaders of the blind. We begin therefore to see and understand that spiritual things must be spiritually discerned, and that the eyes of our spirit must first be opened before the spirit world will be plain to us. This hidden science, the understanding of the powers of the spirit, the study of spiritual laws, is therefore the divine science coming to our rescue, the religion of the future. Spiritualism must be more rightly judged and placed in its proper rank, and mediumship, now martyrdom, and all its present mysteries and inharmonies, must be understood and appreciated justly by those who, adept into the divine science, will try the spirits truly. It will therefore neither have the cruel and ignorant repression that it now has, neither also its wrong position and exaltation in spiritual matters. A medium being passive must always be subordinate to an adept who is positive. There is, therefore, a grand hope for the human race, when this long repressed reason shall burst out, when it shall examine the magnificent laws of nature gradually unfolding to the student of the real wisdom religion. There will be no doctrine that will not challenge and delight the highest intelligence. The wisest man will be the most religious, and the most religious the wisest. The transcendent powers of man will again shine forth when he has once more gained the haven of man, his own inheritance; and to this great future, I say it is the mission of modern Spiritualism to guide us. Helping hands will be held out in all directions, when we say we want them, and the time is not far distant when we shall knock at the door and the door will be opened to us.}} | ||
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... | {{Style S-Small capitals|The}} last number of ''The Spiritualist'' ran out of print in three days, in consequence of the extra demand always produced by the beginning of the London season, but the extent of which rise cannot be foreseen. Copies may be had now, by those who want them, out of a few unsold returned by the retail trade. | ||
{{Style S-Small capitals|A circular}} has been issued by the Council of the National Association of Spiritualists, saying that at the annual general meeting to be held on the 18th May, it will recommend the dissolution of the present Council, and that a new one of thirty-six members shall be elected. This is in response to a recent memorial intimating that a Council of twenty was amply large enough for any society containing only between three or four hundred members altogether. | |||
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< Some of the Religious Aspects Spiritualism (continued from page 10-347) >
that spirit pervades all matter, and that matter may be potent or impotent according to the spirit power permeating it; in addition we know, or think we know, that heaven is among us and hell also, so why should we spend our time in seeking after fresh proofs of this? Our great business first is to make ourselves receptive to spirit power. Self-development, in short the reform of the individual, the evolution of our own divine nature, the recognition of the practical necessity that man cannot be fed by bread alone, but that if we wish to be wise, and good, and true, we must seek the necessary food for that part of our nature. We have found out that our five senses are not all that belong to us, that others are latent, and therefore we feel that we need to be born again; then the senses of the spirit, counterparts of those of the body, will be open to us.
Now this new birth and the necessity for a pure mind in a pure body, are not as yet central doctrines of Spiritualism. Indeed, Spiritualism has happily formed no doctrine or code, it has simply helped us on with a powerful hand, and now it tells us that there is a higher religion coming, and this is the wisdom religion of the archaic times to be born once more among us. We have seen that there has ever been a golden thread held fast by each nation which connected all with the golden age; and there have been ever glowing beacons from time to time, showing us the glimmering of that golden thread. The hills have been weary and the valleys dark and cold, the thread has been dull and frayed but it has never been broken; firmly held by groups of wise men here and there, the majority have always wandered off into the desert; but the time is coming when the wanderers shall return. Modern Spiritualism is the new beacon which gathers men in from all parts, and by and bye, from Spiritualism they will be led to Theosophy, and Theosophy paves the way from East and West, and makes straight the highway to our birthrights. As it stands at present, it appears to me that the Spiritualism of to-day, or the study of soul phenomena and all the mysteries of astral power, is but the introduction to better things. We are yet confused and bewildered with the multitude of facts, as lately was so well said here; and we vainly think to correct this by correlating, tabulating these facts, for this alone would not help us; we must have the key to understanding spirit and astral power; this key we have strong or weak in each of us <... continues on page 10-348.1 >
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if we only knew how to use it. As it is, we demonstrate to the outside gaping multitude, that the spiritual phenomena of to-day are one and the same, akin to the miracles of the past; and then we gape ourselves; we begin to have vague ideas that what the disembodied spirit can do, the embodied one ought to do; condition cannot annul power, but it may make it latent, and we find that we are but blind leaders of the blind. We begin therefore to see and understand that spiritual things must be spiritually discerned, and that the eyes of our spirit must first be opened before the spirit world will be plain to us. This hidden science, the understanding of the powers of the spirit, the study of spiritual laws, is therefore the divine science coming to our rescue, the religion of the future. Spiritualism must be more rightly judged and placed in its proper rank, and mediumship, now martyrdom, and all its present mysteries and inharmonies, must be understood and appreciated justly by those who, adept into the divine science, will try the spirits truly. It will therefore neither have the cruel and ignorant repression that it now has, neither also its wrong position and exaltation in spiritual matters. A medium being passive must always be subordinate to an adept who is positive. There is, therefore, a grand hope for the human race, when this long repressed reason shall burst out, when it shall examine the magnificent laws of nature gradually unfolding to the student of the real wisdom religion. There will be no doctrine that will not challenge and delight the highest intelligence. The wisest man will be the most religious, and the most religious the wisest. The transcendent powers of man will again shine forth when he has once more gained the haven of man, his own inheritance; and to this great future, I say it is the mission of modern Spiritualism to guide us. Helping hands will be held out in all directions, when we say we want them, and the time is not far distant when we shall knock at the door and the door will be opened to us.
<Untitled> (The last number of The Spiritualist...)
The last number of The Spiritualist ran out of print in three days, in consequence of the extra demand always produced by the beginning of the London season, but the extent of which rise cannot be foreseen. Copies may be had now, by those who want them, out of a few unsold returned by the retail trade.
A circular has been issued by the Council of the National Association of Spiritualists, saying that at the annual general meeting to be held on the 18th May, it will recommend the dissolution of the present Council, and that a new one of thirty-six members shall be elected. This is in response to a recent memorial intimating that a Council of twenty was amply large enough for any society containing only between three or four hundred members altogether.
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London Spiritualist, No. 402, May 7, 1880, p. 226