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DEPARTMENT OF SPIRITUALISM,Conducted by the Associate Editor,

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4 Hackael’s Critics ’

In the above named book, the following statement

appears:---- "One of the most remarkable forms of

Superstition, which still takes a very active part in

modern life, is Spiritism, and it is a surprising fact

that millions of educated people are still dominated by

this dreary superstition, and that mediums are either

smart swindlers or nervous persons of abnormal irritability.

Also eminent men of science have been led astray by

Spiritism through their excess of imagination and defect

of critical faculty."

This is a bold assertion, and utterly unworthy of a

genuine broadminded scientist. Has he ever investigated

the phenomena of Spiritualism? There is no proof of it.

Such a mighty question as this—a question that

takes hold of the future existence, demands a most

conscientious and careful investigation, a most critical

and delicate study and research.

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Pronouncing Spiritualism a ‘ superstition* is, ad caplandum valgus, a word to catch the attention of

very common or ignorant people.

Hackael seems entirely oblivious of the fact that

Prof. A de Morgan, Dr. A. R. Wallace, Sir William

Crookes. Sir Oliver Lodge, Prof. Zollner, Prof. Richeb,

William James of Harvard, Prof. Hyslop of Columbia

University and other giant minded men, have, after the

most patient and critical investigation, received most

irrefragible evidences of an intercommunion between the

worlds material and spiritual. And so Hackael, .who is

a materialist, if nob an atheistic materialist, has put

himself into the category of the senile, if not the silly.* * * # * *

True Power.

There is an American Magazine of wide circulation

entitled Power yet allied to Divine Science. It matters

not so much whether the phrase Divine Science, origi

nated in purpose or providence, it is excellent, if not

prophetic; because it means the potency of the spiritual

and the practical in combination. The word "Divine"

relates to God who is absolute and omniscient

Spirit—Spirit, overarching, enveloping and immanent

in all things; and the word "Science" refers to selected

and classified knowledge based upon facts. «

"Power" is a sensible and taking word for a magazine. True, there aro a variety of forces, each

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called poorer. It is a very common remark, "Knowledge

is power." Granted; but unless purpose and goodness

are directed by wisdom, power may be missapplied.

Men who in night-time break into safes are knowing

men. Giafb requires political knowledge. Knowledge is

not the synonym of wisdom. The more steam in the

boiler, the greater the danger unless controlled by the

skillful engineer. Mere knowledge, inspired by earthly

impulses, may do great damage. All knowledge is right

when sincerely and rightly purposed and governed by

the higher or spiritual.

Pneuma Ho Theos. These words of Jesns, when

rightly translated, say, Spirit is God. Consequently, the

spiritual is the real. But this fact does not ignore

the reality of matter, or, to speak more metaphyhically,

it does not ignore substancH which, when manipulated

in accordance with law, and condensed, becomes matter;

somewhit as invisible steam becomes vapor, then wate

and afterwards ice; which is readily cognised by the sense

perceptions.

The spiritual, as we often say, is the real. All of the world's great religions originating in the spiritual, manifest through gods, angels, spirits, are one at the core; and their basic foundation, is love. The New Testament St John said, "God is Love". And that great Asiatic teacher of Nazareth is reported to have 6aid,—• By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one for another". This pure unselfish love constitutes the foundation of all true religions.

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DEPARTMENT O F PHRENOLOGY.Conducted by the Associate Editor,

Prof. J. M. Severn, F. B. P. S., F. I. A. So.

The Cfaims of Phrenology

to rank as a science have frequently been disputed; yet,

whatever may be set forth to the contrary, Phrenology

undertakes, and is, all that is required of a science,

namely, "knowledge reduced to system, or a branch of

knowledge which gives positive statement of truth, as

founded on the nature of things, or established by

observation and experiment."

Phrenology is founded on observation, and it is only by long and continued observations, comparisons, aud careful analysis, that the immense accumulation of facts relating to the science have been established, many of them by men of both note and learning— Drs. Gall and Spurzheim, the discoverers and founders of Phre nology* Mr. George Combe, Drs. Andrew Combe, Vimont, Hoppe, Broussais, tin Fowlers, and others, some of whom ware very sceptical before thoroughly investigating the subject for themselves. Mr. George Combe, who in his early manhood was a devoted disciple of Dngald Steward and

t h e ol d School of P h i losop h e r s,

was m decided sceptic of what was then termed the new feitnoe, and when Dr. Sptirzhoim first came to lecture

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had commenced his second course that George Combe

could be pursuaded to attend his lectures, yet, next to

Gall and Spurzheim, he became our greatest phrenologist;

and Dr. Vimont was so opposed to Phrenology that he

spent six years in collecting a large number of skulls,

casts, drawings, and other data, amounting to several

thousands, and at a great cost of time and money,

with the object of overturning the science, bnt after

carefully examining his collection he was converted to

the doctrine of Gall and Spurzheim, and afterwards be

came one of their greatest supporters.

Some writers have endeavoured to prove that the

brain is a unit, and that its whole power is employed

in each mental operation;

but observation shows

that a number of different faculties may be in active

operation at the same time, acting towards different

objects and for different purposes; for instance, we think,

see, and remember, or we may experience the sentiments

rf love, hope, and fear all at the same instant.

Dreaming, also, or incomplete sleep, where one or

more of the faculties are still awake and active.

Partial idiocy, in which the mind seems to be

nearly or quite a blank on some points, whereas, oa others, there may be manifested the ordinary amount

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Partial insanit|ja where the mind raves on one or more particular subjects, jet may be |j|uite sane on

others; and partial genius, where a person manifests k great talents or mental powers in some particular di^^H

|§|gion, yet in others is quite deficis||, as in the case of Mr. George Combe, who was a profound reasoner and

philosopher,^^ was very weak in the faculty of calcu

lation,— are all psstances <

Proving that the Mind Is not a Single Organ.

Again, the fact that when wearied by the exercise

of one class of faculties, we may turn to a subject

which calls into play other faculties, and experience a

feeling of restfulness, is explicable only on the theory

that the mind has many powers, each of which may in turn be called into activity, or be allowed repose.

The Mental Faculties more often

act in Groups than Singly.

There are several groups of faculties, and each of these groups is represented by organs located together in the brain. The intellectual organs are situated in the forehead or frontal lobes of the brain; the social aud domestic organs in the back-head or posterior lobes of the brain. Those of passion, appetite, force, executive ness, and self-preservation in the side-head or middle lobes of the brain; while those of an aspiring nature, ambition, pride, dignity, and self-respect are in the

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crown of the heal, aud those of sentiment, sympathy, spirituality, morality, aud religion iu the top-head.

• This will give an idea

of the harmony existing in the system of Phrenology, and will also show how characteristic each group is of the postion in which it is located, for not only does each organ occupy a position which is best suited to the execution of its function, bat near each organ will be found such other organs as are necessary for its Bupport and co-operation.

This systematic, and, one might say, seemingly Perfect Arrangement

as regards the localisation of the mental organs were not conceived all at oncHas the opponents of Phrenology have insinuated, by some impractical theorist, and com partments mapped out as seen on busts and drawings, and the different • faculties of the mind assigned to different parts of the head according as the imagination led to suppose the place appropriate to the power. The successive steps by which Dr. Gall proceeded in his discoveries, are

particularly deserving of attention;

he first observed a concomitance between particular talents and dispositions and particular forms of the head; he next ascertained, by removal of the skull, that the form and size of individual parts of the brain are in dicated by these external forms; the brain being afterwards

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minute!/ dissected, aud light thrown upon it&p^^Ruro. Each organ was discovered separately, or the discovery of one lod to that of another; andffi was iQ^antil thousands of observations, experiments, and careful com parisons had been made, followed by, st^^^^^Hproofs

confirming these discoveries, that eaeh was accepted

and established.

Meditation Exercise for November and December.1

Retire daily into a silent chamber at a fixeed hour.

Sit or lie down in an easy chair and jgilof'e your eyes.

Relax the muscles of your body and brain. Take a

dozen long deep breaths ( Prana-yam*.) Now concentrate

your mind on the following thoughts, t h ink and f e e i» them for 15 minutes at the least. Do this exercise

thric° dailr

I am well.

God is Health, that Health sur

rounds me,

In that Health I safely dwell,

5 Tis above, beneath, within me,

Health is mine and a l l is well.

Almighty Spirit. OM!

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Vedanta.

( Continued from the la tt issue.)

The key-note of Vedanta is Soul-realisation. ‘ That

Thou art’ — tattwam asi — says the Srati. Thou art the

Eternal Brahman and the blissful Atman; but thou hast

forgotten thyself, thy glory and thy freedom, and art

therefore rolling in the quay mire of sensualism. Thou

dost imagine a pleasure in the unreal, and art compelled

to imagine and feel pain in it. Now Vedanta wants

you only to enjoy souler happiness, that which all mea

seek but so often in the wrong direction. It unlocks

the door Hhin Man, to an inexhaustible mine of eternal

happiness, permanent soul-bliss, and not a transient

sense-pleasure which is sooner or later accompanied by

pain. It affirms that you make the world a heaven or

hell as you like, that the man who has ISfilled his

task of realisation finds that he ^already in Heaven,

that he is with God and in God and that God is with

Him andSp him. Great souls who have had intense

bliss of realisation care no more to associate themselves

with the transient joys of the world, for then they

appear in their true light. The sense-pleasures always

appear to . be as impermanent as the bubbles of air on the surface of the sea, and to be infinitely inferior to

the divine ecBtacy that always fills their minds. When

the dark veil of mays is removed from the world, the

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world appears to be one panorama of exquisite beauty.

A spiritual vision opens anew. All things shine with a

true light shed by their own effulgent Self. Harmony

being established within, the harmony without comes to

view. Everything is orderly, everything is good, every

thing is joyous. All fretting and fuming have disappered*

Ignorance and sorrow have fled afar to dwell in unripe

minds. Peace falls on him and envelopes him. As time,

space and causation have vanished, the soul finds itself

face to face with the Infinite and sees that it is the

same as it was, as it has been and as it will be.

School-boys and school-masters know what happiness

they feel on the last working day when they are

informed of a long and happy vacation to follow,—*4

vacation which sets them free from the work they were

conscientiously doing. Even a little freedom of any kind

is not without a proportionate amount of joy. Wheu

that is the case, what an infinite joy should a man

feel withiu himself on the day when he learns that he

being the Purnsha by his very nature is perfectly free

from all the Prakriti, and that everything that he per

ceives with the aid of his senses, his senses themselves,

his mind and egoism were all creations of his fancy,

dreams that he has been fondly doting upon! It is

only when we in our own experience recognise our

mid-summer night's dream as such that we shall have

a glimpse of the eternal joy that awaits the liberated

SELF-CULTURE 11soul which is nothing but Satchitananda. Finite words

can bat give a poor description of that infinite joy; in

fact no words can describe it, no mind can imagine it,

and no sense can feel it; for it is beyond the intellect,

beyond the senses, beyond the mind. The proof of the

pudding is only in the eating of it—and the only way

to understand all that is to realise the state in oneself.

We are all marching on from Samsara to the great

goal of Soul-Bliss and in course of time shall surely

reach it. Perhaps for a few of us, the work is done

sooner; but for many it takes a long time. Any how

the mission has to be consciously fulfilled; and the sooner

we doB| the better. If there be any reader who says

that the goal then shall take care of itself and that he

need nra care about it, then let him beware of what

he says; for he ennnot be idle, and therefore nature

will constrain him to perform works whose fruits he

must be prepared to endure or enjoy. Alas! hard

knocks will come to him, and whenever he goes against

nature, he shhll be punished; for the laws of Natrue are

inviolable and merciless. Pricked by pain and overcome

by grief, meeting with cold disappointment, and regret

where he expected to find a paradise, the sceptic shall

ultimately learn to lead his erring foot in the path of

wisdom. Peace is impossible so long as there is no

spirituality. Oh! ye men of the world, do you not see that there is nothing in the world worth your

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enjoyment nor is there anything that can be called en

joyment in the real sense. For pleasure is followed by

pain. What is there in woman’s beauty or the noisy

applause of fame, or in the shining heap of silver and

gold, that should make you lose the enjoyment of the

immense beauty of God? Clothe yourself with ignorance

and think yourself safe in the possession of something

that you may chance to loose any moment® Do you not

see that if you hide your head like a coward in a hole

in the manner of an ostrich, you fall an easy victim to

the merciless hunter? Are not golden fetters, fetters that

bind you? And pray you, why should you, Sense bound

man, remain so in such Samsara-bandha ?Ay! everything you call your own,

Renounce at once and listen well:

The charming flute is beck’ning nigh,

Cloud-coloured Krishna dancing by.

Here’s one who ne’er was loved in vain.

Have faith in Him, and sure he owes,

Your weary soul all sweet repose.

OM! (A. S.)

Secure purity of heart which is a necessary condi

tion for the attainment of spiritual knowledge by (1)

persistently driving away every bad thought, and (2)

by preserving an even mind under all circumstances, with

out being agitated or irritated at anything. (Annie Besant)

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Health And Healing.Health is the normal condition of anything that

has life. The normal condition of man is health. As long as this condition is kept, there is no need of healing. The important thing is to keep in that normal condram. There being so many chances for derangement of a normal condition that man is found in ill health and needs the healing elements found in nature. They are found in food B n plant life, or the vegetable king dom as well as in the mineral kingdom. This healing element is found exists in the animal kingdom. And further, it is found to exist lit the spiritual kingdom. Wherever found it is the same element.

is the wise application of the element that makes Q effective, found in what kingdom it may be. The child should be born in health. This requires a wise admfflstration of father and mother and when once born in health needs the care of a wise mother tokeep it so. The health of the child is affected by the acts of father and mother. Long before the little one sees the light of day its health is in the custody of father and mother.

Often what the mother needs marks the health of the child as well as the visible appearance of it. Like the mark upon the person, so in a great measure, is the effect of the mark upon the health of the person.

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A time comes when the child acts for himself. It is

for his health or for his ill-health. Ho is in a world

of mistakes and is liable to make many. His health

is marred. He needs healing.

The lower forms through which healing is done may

fail in his case. An appeal to the higher source can be

had. We may call it Divine healing, or healing in a

more direct way, or we may call it spirit healing

because of the higher forms through which it comes.

I suggest direct healing from the infinite supply

which heals body and soul, or that makes it possible

for nature to do its work. We have healing mediums

through whom healing is done. They are fitted persons

through whom the spirit physicians can work or ope

rate. Ill-health can be restored to health and this we

call healing.

' There is a fountain that never runs dry,

To which mankind may always apply;

And it is open for all,

Both great and small. ( The Voice of the M agi)

"Give light and comfort to the toiling pilgrim, and

seek out him who knows still less than, thou; who in

his wretched desolation sits starving for the bread oi wisdom and for the bread which feeds the shadow, without a teacher, hope or consolation, and—let him hear the law." This is our mission, tho mission of every Mystic who walks in the light of Love and Peace with all Being. * ( Cclcstia Root L ang)

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The Way To SuccessBr Gzo. Summer s.

(An American Negro.)

In starting up bill To reach a great fame,If you happen to slip back Don’t get sorrj or sname.Just keep on climbing,Yon may slip again;Bnt don't get discouraged — Hold oat to the end.The road may get rocky, Sometimes you may fall,Bat don't get discouraged — That's the worst of all.In starting to success Just get on the track;Keep your eyes before you And never look back.Take Jack Johnson Who won the great battle, Some people thought That he would get rattled.He won the battle fair,So I was told;And returned to Chicago A hero to behold.If yon see one succeeding,Push him along,Don’t give him a pull-back — Bemember that’s wrong.In starting this journey Don’t think abont rest,But keep on climbing—That’s the way to success.

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R e a l i z a t i o n

By Gr a c e M . B r o w n -.

REALIZATION is the soul assimilation of mentalaccumulation. Therefore realization is factual consciousne ss.

Every avenue of culture, every path of attainmentwhich leads to realization on any plane is worthy of ourclose attention and careful perusal, because until one ac- *tually comprehends a certain plane of his life through realization he does not manifest the life of that plane

, in completeness; he simply has not yet made it a part of himself.

Realization is so far beyond the plane of reason that to a truly awakened soul reason has become obsolete.

Realization is a sonl attribute and admits of no compromise and knows no wavering.

A man may have so much information that it posi tively weighs on him, but another man with very little

information may have such a profound realization of actual truth and th e re b y .o f his relation to l ife that be succeeds in bis undertakings and becomes an inspi ration to the entire race.

No man can teach, or rather, no man can inspire, another beyond tin praio of his own realization.When the teacher actually knows a thing it is an easy matter to impart it to another, his thonght is alive

with i t , bis intention is fall of it9 force, and being then

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a part of him it has entered his love realm nud become

a reality to him. Therefore it is his, and he has the

right to express it and to give it as ho wills.

The pages of a printed message are alive with t he

thought of the man who knows through realization

whereof he speaks; his words carry a living energy of

inspiration which is utterly lacking when he is writing

in and from externals and apart from consciousness.

The most commonplace phrasing becomes mighty when

it is viewed with the eyes of realization. Take this

platitude: "All is God.M How many times have we

read it and heard it spoken almost flippantly, and yet

what a marvelous underlying force those three common

little words carry. Truly, if one realized them, he would

be beyond all sorrow and all confusion, because he

would know all that there is to know, and, knowing

all, he would be master of himself and of his conditions.

It is far greater to be than it is to act. It is

much more mighty to Tcnow than it is to speak.

"To be" means to be alive in God and "to know"

means to be one with all intelligence; if you and I

are alive Hn that divine being and one with all else

that knows, we carry a power that will save the racegs

aye a power that will be a force of construction in

the entire universe.

Yerily, God is and there is nothing else beside.

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Key Thoughts.

By The Edit or .

Think always good helpful thoughts to humanity and you are sure to get ‘ good returns’ of Inspiration for your Soul-Culture.

To live that Heaven-life after Death means that yon should prepare thyself to live it now. Commence to lead a life of virtue free from all blemishes.

In the world around you see some fellow-men sa crifice Truth, deceive, rob, murder and torture each other and the animals, all for material profit. But in spiritual coinage, this profit is of no value to them.

Conceptions of advanced thinkers in one golden age become as a matter of fact, thaRhoughts and ofthe common people of the race following. This is a cyclic reaction.

The belief in Immortality of the Soul is to promote Universal Happiness and all round culture of the indi vidual to attain it.

The Happiness of the Soul is secured in the Silence. Follow the Meditation Exercise given elswhere.

Health is a necessary condition for your Self-Culture. Without Health you cannot think aright, feel aright and live aright. Take care of the laws of yomr well-being.

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. claims to the wcHl at large that Jesus of Nazareth did live, that Jesus was Calvary’s heights, as aM artyr to principle, to reform and to his system of re- ligion in H highest sense, and that the inspired Man, Medium, M aiH r and R ^ ^ Sm iH of Galilee went about doing g o o d , H ^ e a c h H r his system of truths, and healing the sHr and afflicted. Besides, our esteemed Doctor gives valuable Hferences in -support of his arguments, from many auH>ratative sour-ffSsL -

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