The morning times., 1896-02-02

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The Western mind and its interpretation
of Christianity have compelled the state
ment that man is body aud may have
soul. The theologiaDs say mans sou
came from God, hut do not tel how %
where. The materialst saws there is Nc
soul, therefore it can come from nowhere
Many Spiritualists say man has a soul
hr that 1t was born by some peculiar CON
formations Of matter thus beginning i'm
morality here on EARTH aisf limiting it
10 the future ouiy.
SpiritualisIn, in announcing the existenct
nf the soul. says: The ego is either created
or it is not created; it is either evolved
or it IS existent forever. 1t is the Law
| OF logic. as well as of all mental philoso
phes, to conclude that that which !
,roIted can cease to be, for II Is Il crea ture
and that cause which created IL can un-
create 1t. 1t is also a statement of logi,
that that which has beginning must some-
where bavean ending
Every form OF life that has birth also hat
death. The soul. therefore. in order to be
immortal in The future, as every spirituaIist
affirms, must, as every reasoning mind de.
ciarcs, also be immortal in the past. II con-
scious existence begins here and now with
earth, there viii be a time, a condition,
state where that conscious existence must
cease by the very law Of things: That every
beginning gniusthavean ending and wha teveI
be the combination, apon that hypothesis,
that has fashioned the indiy iFisaal con-
sciOusness or the particular clay or dust
OF the particular molecules or atoms, Of thu
particular vital forces or essences con-
centrated in the physical organism, when
that combination ceases there must be a
cessation OF the individual Consciousness.
spiritualisni, therefore, does not accept
"nnihilation at either end OF The line, but
considers the circle as representing the
sphere of the souls existence. and declare,
the ego, the soul, as immortal.
Whatever the a-priori state has been. the
consciousness in time aud sense Is because OF
the soul; not because OF time and sense. That
soul, from the absolute to the relative. from
the uncreated state, to the created nlanfes
tation, that ego, eternal immortal. per
feet in its essence and nature, like unto the
infinite soul. must by the very necessity Of
its nature be immortal. II this is true. then
Immortality is neither a gift. creation,
nor permission. but the legitimate inheri
tant OF tie soul, is that which il Possesses
per Sc, is its state apriori, is, therefore,
its absolute possession.
Many iheologi.lns OF the Western natiOni
each that Immortality may be attained
many teach that il is a bestOwment OF thu
infinite: many teach that it is something
which one can climb up to by persistent
yyill and endeavor. Theosophists teach
mon this point that the soul. starting out
r:.re from The infinite Bra hm or good. may b,
'nst in the complicated and persistent
Kartna of material life. spirituaiisu
,.Iches that no soul becomes clay or dust
,nr i imprisoned in the house OF the senses,
nor takes on the conditions of mortal life;
p.t that the soul manifests through thi
conditions Of time and sense by the I'D
r=eathing Of its spirit. perfectly or inpeI
lectly. as the states of manifestations mai
~. that imperfection affects not the soul
From the innermost of life, which is ali
SoIlte. TO the outerinost Of human expires
sion the soul manifests according TO tn
wish. or desire, or purpose, and that tha
wish. desire, or purpose is its iInpelhnS
power to come in contact with matter
From the a bsolute state of the soul, whicl
is unit, 10 the eternal expression, which
: a broken fra glnent. there is the dividet
life. This emit. the soul, i'll its divides
state OF Expression is feminine and masou
line. As the soul takes on this double forIr
for human expression, there is for ever,
auma life in the masculine form n feminin,
representation somewhere at the SAINT
lime. This corresponds not only 10 th'
thought OF Plato. who believed In ant
tlught this divine duality. but it has becI
The dream of poets. has been stated by
Swedenborg.
In his doctrines Of correspondents and
in his perceptions OF the inner and outer
status, he understood that the manifesto.
tons of things are not things themselves
that the spirit precedes matter always. He
said: Those who are truly united on
earth are in heaven one angel" If one
angel after earthly experience mani
festly. they must have been one angel before
the earthly state.
out of the state OF the absolute. before
entering the human state. the life is divided;
the masculine takes the form OF the cherub,
the feminine the scrsph. The cherubim and
seraphim are the potentialties of humaB
lives that are TO he. These potentialities
are pictured in ancient symbolism as heads
with wings. Why pictured so? Because
they are mind and spirit not yet having the
manifestation of the body. They are the
first expression of soul toward manifesto
ton. through matter. or the human form.
What mother, looking down into the
heart of her child. does not see the angelic
soul there, that smiles out from the infant
lips and eyes, when the first throbbings OF
maternal love fill her life; what mother does
not predict ths somewhere and sometimes.
however wayward that child, the light
of that soul that CLEANS in the baby's eyes
will be restored in paradise.
Sp!r.tuaiiSn can say with absolute GER
taiDty To every human life, You have no
aspiration. no hope. no exalted purpose,
no high eudcavor. no lofty dream. no an
gclic seeking. that will not be fulfiled-
But first every earthly temptation must
be overcome. every human duty fulfilled,
every worldly victory won. You cannot
reap a harvest that you have not sown: you
cannot find in eternity what has not been
foreshadowed in time. When. mounting
from the earth, the soul seeks another and
higher world. nothing to he learned has been
left unlearned, nothing to be accomplished
has been left uufulfilled. The soul has eS'
perenced every possible expression the
earth affords. 1t has pervadci. r, r,-created,
upliftcd, strengthened and yivified mat.
ter to make its higher expressions possi.
BILE.
/ Through the man OF science. who on a
clear night of earth gazes through the lens
that his own intelligence has fashioned.
mounts the stairs OF mathematics which he
has created. and counts the worlds in their
orbits, the soul says: Il will climb those
heights. conquer those worlds. until
as umberless as the stars in their spheres