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1In our next chapter we shall deal with some of the so-called evidences of re-incamation and karma, and show them to be nothing of the kind. ionized by Google CHAPTER IV MEDIUMSHIP — ITS NATURE AND MYSTERIES “All are but parts of one stupendous whole. Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.” “What is mediumship, and who are the mediums?” was the question we once asked of the initiated masters of Occult science. The answer received was as broad in its application as the universe itself. “Everything is mediumistic, and every atom is a medium for the expression of spiritual force. God, alone, is the great central controlling spirit,” said the master. Long years of spiritual research have verified the truth of the answer received and have established in the mind of the author the certainty that every word is an absolute fact. We find throughout the vast infinitude of our universe that the spiritual and the material are so intimate that any attempt to classify and separate them, or to account for phenomena on the basis of either alone, would be like erecting an edifice without a foundation, or building upon ground as unstable and infirm as quicksand.
2Modem science commences with matter, and confines its re¬ searches strictly to the domain of material forces and forms, the plane of manifestation. It terminates at the very moment its path impinges on the border of the imponderable, “the unknowable,” whereas the real starting point of all true science is within the spiritual spaces, the cause plane. From this state its vast orbit sweeps downward throughout the whole universe of matter. In matter it recognizes all the different attributes and manifestations of the one Divine Force in every form of creation. From here its decisions return to and again ultimate in the realm of spirit. Divinity is unity, and the two great attributes of the divine soul coalesce as matter and spirit in the universe of mani¬ fested being. This is the duality of life. Matter is visible, it is solidified spirit, the passive or negative principle in a concrete, condensed or materal form. Spirit is the movable, ever active, positive principle in motion, and between these two states there ramifies every grade of being. Matter ranges and transforms itself from the lowest dense state of the mineral upward to the aerial and invisible gases, terminating in v ^ o MEDIUMSHIP—ITS NATURE AND MYSTERIES 73
3the “universal ether” of science. In this refined condition, the active and positive principles of Divinity, again, become united and are transformed into creative force. Hence it must be apparent to the thoughtful reader that, the universal ether contains within itself all that is, that was, or that ever will be. Such being the actual facts of the case, what are the logical conclusions that the student of spiritual philosophy may draw therefrom? They are briefly as follows;— I. That the universe is one mighty, inconceivable medium, and Deity the controlling and omnipotent spirit. II. That Love becomes the medium of Wisdom, or, in other words, the passive becomes the medium of the active, state; conse¬ quently, matter is and must be the absolute medium of mind. III. That the passive nature of the divine soul is the only means whereby the active spirit of Divinity can manifest itself, and upon this basis rests all the mysteries of the cosmos. This is Divine Love. IV. In view of these facts, we find that the universal will, utilized by the imperial soul of man, is the one true center of all magical and spiritual power manifested upon our earth. Man is the great pivot around which revolves every phase of magical, magnetic and mental phenomena embraced within the realms of mundane psychology.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
1In our next chapter we shall deal with some of the so-called evidences of re-incamation and karma, and show them to be nothing of the kind. ionized by Google CHAPTER IV MEDIUMSHIP — ITS NATURE AND MYSTERIES “All are but parts of one stupendous whole. Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.” “What is mediumship, and who are the mediums?” was the question we once asked of the initiated masters of Occult science. The answer received was as broad in its application as the universe itself. “Everything is mediumistic, and every atom is a medium for the expression of spiritual force. God, alone, is the great central controlling spirit,” said the master. Long years of spiritual research have verified the truth of the answer received and have established in the mind of the author the certainty that every word is an absolute fact. We find throughout the vast infinitude of our universe that the spiritual and the material are so intimate that any attempt to classify and separate them, or to account for phenomena on the basis of either alone, would be like erecting an edifice without a foundation, or building upon ground as unstable and infirm as quicksand.
2Modem science commences with matter, and confines its re¬ searches strictly to the domain of material forces and forms, the plane of manifestation. It terminates at the very moment its path impinges on the border of the imponderable, “the unknowable,” whereas the real starting point of all true science is within the spiritual spaces, the cause plane. From this state its vast orbit sweeps downward throughout the whole universe of matter. In matter it recognizes all the different attributes and manifestations of the one Divine Force in every form of creation. From here its decisions return to and again ultimate in the realm of spirit. Divinity is unity, and the two great attributes of the divine soul coalesce as matter and spirit in the universe of mani¬ fested being. This is the duality of life. Matter is visible, it is solidified spirit, the passive or negative principle in a concrete, condensed or materal form. Spirit is the movable, ever active, positive principle in motion, and between these two states there ramifies every grade of being. Matter ranges and transforms itself from the lowest dense state of the mineral upward to the aerial and invisible gases, terminating in v ^ o MEDIUMSHIP—ITS NATURE AND MYSTERIES 73
3the “universal ether” of science. In this refined condition, the active and positive principles of Divinity, again, become united and are transformed into creative force. Hence it must be apparent to the thoughtful reader that, the universal ether contains within itself all that is, that was, or that ever will be. Such being the actual facts of the case, what are the logical conclusions that the student of spiritual philosophy may draw therefrom? They are briefly as follows;— I. That the universe is one mighty, inconceivable medium, and Deity the controlling and omnipotent spirit. II. That Love becomes the medium of Wisdom, or, in other words, the passive becomes the medium of the active, state; conse¬ quently, matter is and must be the absolute medium of mind. III. That the passive nature of the divine soul is the only means whereby the active spirit of Divinity can manifest itself, and upon this basis rests all the mysteries of the cosmos. This is Divine Love. IV. In view of these facts, we find that the universal will, utilized by the imperial soul of man, is the one true center of all magical and spiritual power manifested upon our earth. Man is the great pivot around which revolves every phase of magical, magnetic and mental phenomena embraced within the realms of mundane psychology.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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