Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-03-03
THE LIFE AFTER DEATH.
Heaven aud Hell a. Undcrstood by .
IhcosOphist.

Colombo. CrylUn. recently lrctured on
Heaven ana Ilcll OF l'uct and Fancy"
under the auspices of the New York
branch OF the Philosophical society.
The lecturer said IN part:
"Al rcli ions have taught that when
a man dies his soul OF spirit enters into
IL place or condition which is pleasur
able or painful. corresponding TO what
are termed heaven and hell in tho
Christian religion.
Nearly all the ideas of heaven and
hell taught hy the various religions are
pure fancy The hot bells Of Chris
tianity and the cold hcls as taught
10y some of the eastern religions. sim
ply do not exist Heavens and bells
there are but they are conditions of
the mind and not localities. The men
tai conditions called heaven and hell
can bc experienced here on earth or in
that very real though invisible world
into which every man enters when he
passes the portals Of death.
Philosophy maintains that knOwl-
edge about heaven and hell can he
obtained knowledge as definite and
precise rs our understanding of the
laws governing the various combina-
tiOnS of the chemical elements. HUI
manty in its progress has solved many
mysteries and discovered many laws
governing the natural world. Heaven
aud hell are in Il way material. not
| spiritual In the SENSE of absolutely
nonuatcral states. ana consequently
can he studied 10y those who have
properly developed their inner senses.
I just rs science can study the properties
of the elements.
Modern science has shown us where
/ the truth Is 10 he found. The latest re-
searches of the physicists into the
composition of matter show grades OF
/ mattcr finer than any recognized by
I human senses. The clectrons that pen
citrate the hardest steel as though II
were Il sponge and the ether that inter
I pcnctraies all matter are now estab-
/ liShcd as facts The Investigations OF
scientists like Sir William Crookes and
I Sir Oliver Lodge in England and Ri
! chct in France show clearly that telep
I Gthy is one of the higher powers of
the human mind and that man has alb
normal senses hitherto unrecognized.
! ThcoSophistS hold that we are sur
rounded 10y invisible worlds of matter
and that trained Ii: Al can observe their
constitution and life therein This abil-
/ ity comes through development of pow
crs in man vaguely called psychic or
clairvoyant
THE invisible worlds surrounding us,
observed 10y these new faculties. are
made Of matter finer even than the all
I penetrating clcctron Of science: they
are governed 10y laws which are Just
rs natural rs any in our physical
world They can be observed In full
waking consciousness; ii is not neces-
sary for the trained scientific psychic
| Investigator 10 20 into Il trance or be-
come hypnoiiZci BY this method Of
/ investigation the So called dead are
seen 10 lie not far off in the stars or in
side the earth, but close at hand and
I living III these invisible worlds
I'm order 10 understand what the
after death states of heaven and hell
are like We must understand something
about the constitution or makeup OF
man
MAN has several physical bodies, or,
rather, his one physical body is very
complex piece of mechanism The out.
or physical form is composed OF the
chemical clements this outer form is
the oYcrcont which Is east aside ut
death The chemical elements compos-
ing the physical body are made up OF
atoms and atoms of clectrons. accord
ing to modern science. Further than
this science does not take us. Theoso
ply holds that the clcctrOns are com
posed of ether: back of ether Is astral
matter. and so OH. Man inhabits. there
fore. physical etheric, astral and n
mental body. and these bodies inter
penetrate one another. When the phys
ical is east aside the cthcric. astral and
mental bodies still remain. The man
himself. the ego. continues To function
In them on the planes of nature corre-
spending to them roughly speaking,
heaven and hell and except for his
physical body is just the same man
he was before he died
when man enters this after death
state hc finds no burning pit OF hell.
Hell Is only symbol Of the sufferln
that a man undergocs who longs for
the msts and ambitions of the earth
that cannot he gratifled without the
body he has cast aside AT death. He
burns within with these passions, and
his suffering lasts as long as he has
these desires but there Is no place OF
torture with devils.
Heaven is seen TO he one part OF
this invisible world. where all, irespec-
\ tive Of faith, nation or age. are happy;
realizing the dreams of happiness they
have had through affection to people,
devotion To God or love of knowledge
and Of the arts Whoever has done
something To help another lives in
heaven during at least II part Of his
after death condition. happy in his
own way. according to the unseliish-