Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-17
DR.. M'lV0R-TYNDALL'S
SUBJECT, "THE INVISIBLE
Well Known Psychologist Scientific
ally Defines Meaning Of Words
nReYelatlon and Discovery


Revelation and Discovery"
The popularity of metaphysical sub
jects was again demonstrated yester-
day, when DR.. Alexander j. McIvor-
Tynrall lectured to a packed house at
Blanchard hall on the subject, 1.-THE
Invisible" DR.. McIvor-Tyndall dealt
with the subject from the standpoint
of advanced physics. and stated it as
his belief that what is popularly
known as metaphysics may be de-
scribed equally and pertinently by the
term physics" The psychologist said
in part:
"I believe that life activity is like the
ascending notes of the musical scale.
Encompassing this coarser plane of
vbratory matter there is another
plane, removed from us only by one
note in the scale. This plane is none
the less real, none the less tangible
and none the less material 1t is only
a finer material, and may he illustrated
by considering the possibilities within
a piece of iron In it's crude state,
where the atoms are held in cohesion
by a simple force of attraction, II is
heavy, cumbersome and ponderous.
And then by chemical process in
which the cohesive power is increased
it is made finer and finer. until 1t may
become invisible. And from what we
know of the refinement of matter we
may readily realize that it may be re-
duced to finer and finer form until it
becomes invisible to our finite senses.
Hitherto it has been the custom to be-
gin at the denser the coarser mani
festations of force in our analysis of
physical life. Gradually there has
arisen the conviction that this physical
manifestation emanates from an in
visible force All is from one and the
same source, which may be termed life
energy, and the words matter and
spirit are merely terms expressing
different conditions of the same force,
as water and ice are different forms of
the same thing.
Revelation and discovery are
also synonymous at root. Revelation
is popularly supposed to be a direct
message from a personal God. 1t is
supposed to come from some far off
place, through suspension of all
known laws of nature. Just what the
character of this far off place is differs
according to the religious bias of the
one who does the revealing. Discovery,
on the other hand, is supposed to be
the unearthing of some fact in the
physical world and has always held
place distinct from that accorded to
revelation. In other words, any per-
ception of truth CLEANED from the in
visible has been set down as 'revela-
ton when it relates to the moral or
religious life. When 1t affects the So
called practical things of life it has
been called discovery Now / think
we are about to realize that revelation
and discovery are one and the same
thing, as are matter and spirit They
are merely different names given to
knowledge that is infinite and that
may be found in every phase of life"
Next Sunday afternoon the subject
will be appropriate to Easter, II am
the resurrection and the life" Glass
meetings will be held at the McIvor-
Tyndall Institute of Psychic Science,
1901 South Grand avenue, this after
noon and evening, and Wednesday and
Friday afternoons and evenings, the
subjects being Concentration: the Key
to Success" What Thought Is and It's
Use" and "The Mastery of Fear"
The Psychic Science alliance will
hold its weekly meeting at the institute
on Tuesday evening, when several
speakers from other cities will be
preSant