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with cold and cautious scientific brains�察�endowed�察�in many cases�察�with the 

strongest   prejudices   against   dogmatic   creeds   and   with   very  natural   fears 

about   the   possible   re´growth   of   theological   quarrels�察  �have   in   most   cases 

stopped   short   of   a   complete   acceptance�察  �declaring   that   there   can   be   no 

positive   proof   upon   such       matters�察  �and   that   we   may   deceive   ourselves 

either by a reflection of our own thoughts or by receiving the impressions 

of the medium。 Professor Zollner�察�for example�察�says�此�

     ;Science can make no use of the substance of intellectual revelations�察�

but must be guided by observed facts and by the conclusions logically and 

mathematically uniting them;a passage which is quoted with approval by 

Professor      Reichel�察    �and    would     seem     to  be    endorsed     by    the   silence 

concerning the religious side of the question which is observed by most of 

our   great   scientific   supporters。   It   is   a   point   of   view   which   can   well   be 

understood�察�and yet�察�closely examined�察�it would appear to be a species of 

enlarged      materialism。     To   admit�察   �as   these   observers     do�察  �that  spirits   do 

return�察  �that   they   give   every   proof   of   being   the   actual   friends   whom   we 

have   lost�察  �and   yet   to   turn   a   deaf   ear   to   the   messages   which   they   send 

would seem to be pushing caution to the verge of unreason。 To get so far�察�

and   yet   not   to   go   further�察  �is   impossible   as   a   permanent   position。   If�察  �for 

example�察�in Raymond's case we find so many allusions to the small details 

of   his   home   upon      earth�察  �which    prove    to   be  surprisingly   correct�察    �is  it 

reasonable to put a blue pencil through all he says of the home which he 

actually  inhabits�拭  �Long before  I  had   convinced   my  mind   of the  truth   of 

things which appeared so grotesque and incredible�察�I had a long account 

sent    by   table   tilting   about   the   conditions     of   life  beyond。     The   details 

seemed to me impossible and I set them aside�察�and yet they harmonise�察�as I 

now discover�察�with other revelations。 So�察�too�察�with the automatic script of 

Mr。 Hubert Wales�察�which has been described in my previous book。 He had 

tossed it aside into a drawer as being unworthy of serious consideration�察�

and   yet   it   also   proved   to   be   in   harmony。   In   neither   of   these   cases   was 

telepathy or the prepossession of the medium a possible explanation。 On 

the    whole�察   �I  am    inclined    to   think   that   these    doubtful    or   dissentient 



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scientific     men�察   �having     their   own    weighty     studies    to   attend    to�察 �have 

confined      their   reading    and   thought     to  the   more    objective     side   of  the 

question�察  �and   are   not   aware   of   the   vast   amount   of   concurrent   evidence 

which appears to give us an exact picture of the life beyond。 They despise 

documents   which   cannot   be          proved�察  �and   they   do     not�察  �in   my   opinion�察�

sufficiently realise that a general agreement of testimony�察�and the already 

established   character   of   a   witness�察  �are   themselves   arguments   for   truth。 

Some   complicate   the   question   by   predicating   the   existence   of   a   fourth 

dimension   in   that   world�察  �but   the   term   is   an   absurdity�察  �as   are   all   terms 

which   find   no   corresponding   impression   in   the   human   brain。   We   have 

mysteries   enough   to   solve   without   gratuitously   introducing   fresh   ones。 

When solid passes through solid�察�it is�察�surely�察�simpler to assume that it is 

done by a dematerialisation�察�and subsequent reassemblya process which 

can�察   �at   least�察  �be   imagined      by   the   human      mindthan      to   invoke     an 

explanation       which    itself   needs    to  be  explained。     In   the  next    and   final 

chapter I will ask the reader to   accompany me in an examination of   the 

New Testament by the light of this psychic knowledge�察�and to judge how 

far it makes clear and reasonable much which was obscure and confused。 



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                                  CHAPTER V 



                                 IS IT THE SECOND DAWN��IS IT THE SECOND DAWN�拭�

                                 IS IT THE SECOND DAWN��IS IT THE SECOND DAWN�拭�



       There are many incidents in the New Testament which might be taken 

as   starting    points   in  tracing    a   close  analogy   between        the  phenomenal 

events which are associated with the early days of Christianity�察�and those 

which have perplexed the world in connection with modern Spiritualism。 

Most   of   us   are   prepared   to   admit   that   the   lasting   claims   of   Christianity 

upon the human race are due to its own intrinsic teachings�察�which are quite 

independent of those wonders which can only have had a use in startling 

the    solid   complacence        of  an   unspiritual     race�察  �and    so   directing    their 

attention violently to this new system of thought。 Exactly the same may be 

said   of   the   new   revelation。   The   exhibitions   of   a   force   which   is   beyond 

human       experience      and   human      guidance      is  but   a   method     of   calling 

attention。   To   repeat   a   simile   which   has   been   used   elsewhere�察  �it   is   the 

humble   telephone   bell   which   heralds   the   all´important   message。   In   the 

case of Christ�察�the Sermon on the Mount was more than many miracles。 In 

the   case   of   this   new   development�察  �the   messages   from   beyond   are   more 

than    any    phenomena。       A   vulgar    mind    might    make     Christ's   story   seem 

vulgar�察�if it insisted upon loaves of bread and the bodies of fish。 So�察�also�察�a 

vulgar mind may make psychic religion vulgar by insisting upon moving 

furniture   or   tambourines   in   the   air。   In   each   case   they  are   crude   signs   of 

power�察�and the essence of the matter lies upon higher planes。 It is stated in 

the   second   chapter   of   the  Acts   of   the  Apostles�察  �that   they�察  �the   Christian 

leaders�察    �were    all  ;with   one    accord;    in   one   place。   ;With     one   accord; 

expresses admirably those sympathetic conditions which have always been 

found�察�in psychic circles�察�to be conducive of the best results�察�and which are 

so persistently ignored by a certain class of investigators。 Then there came 

;a mighty rushing wind�察─�and afterwards ;there appeared cloven tongues 

like unto fire and it sat upon each of them。; Here is a very definite  and 

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