The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-17
PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGY.

< 2fCopyright. 1907, by Joseph B. Bowies.) < Pnvchologyi and metaphysics are not fnterchangeable terms. There IS as much difference between psychology" and metaphysics as there is between xfntuiticn and instinct between person. ality and individuality.
 x The metaphysician tells us tnat .smind is that undefined somewhat as opposed to nonentity.. When asked: What Is mind? he answers. Never natfer. What is matter?-"never mind"
 Metaphysics is the science of the mind; psychology, the science of the !. soul. If we regard metaphysics as the science of the mind, we should ss faesfgnate which mind. Has a man two minds? Most assuredly; as dis X tinctively separate as day and night. One is the mind of the body Uhe x function of thes physical brainl; the other, the mind of the soul. The one fs mortal; the other immortal.
 These are sometimes called the conscious" and "subconscious." but, as such. the terms are misleading inas- much as they suggest two phases of ofse mind instead of Gas they should) two distinctively different minds. Herein lies the root of the whole mat < tor; the very cornerstone of tthe new psychology.v We are not dealing with . quality of mind, but with dual minds. For that reason l much pre- fer, and shall hereafter designate them, the objective and subjective.
 The collective" mind is the func- ton of the physical brain. Its media are the five physical senses. It comes with the body, develops with the body, perishes with the body. It controls all voluntary motion. It depends upon the body for its existence. Its highest Tz1 <xx tu rao reasons de- dtlctively and industively.
 The "subjective" mind is the func- ton of the soul. The soul is a dis 4inct entity and as such possesses in- dependent powers and functions, hav- ing mental organization of its own. It does not depand upon the body for it's existence The highest faculty is intuition It Is the seat of the emo tions and the storehouse of memory: s tn fact. the memory is absolutely per feet Everything you have ever read or heard or seen or said or thought IS registered in your subjective mind. In the case Of one rescued from drown- ing tand speak from personal expe- 2 r5ance1 the curtain is thrust back and the objective mind receives a quick. panoramic view of lifetime. The rsubjective'' mind controls all the si- lent involuntary and vegetative func- fions. It is anaenab1e to control by suggestion. Being intuitive, 1t req sons only deductively.
 It (the subjective mind) performs < its highest functions when the objec- five senses are in abeyance under or- dinary conditions. however, the "ob- Jective' mind has the floor.
 Soul and Body.
 On the material plane we have been given a material body to serve mate < rial purposes. It is merely the tene- msnt of the soul; therefore, 1t were better to say: My soul has a body. not "my body has soul" The soul is paramount.
 I look upon the soul as a spark of divinity. and as such it possesses all < the potentialities of the Divine x omniscence, omnipotence, omnipres- enee; these, of course, only j1 the de- z gree of the spark to the whole-the soul to the All Soul.
 ( Then, with this premise, we may Siogically conclude that man is immor- tai Let us put it in the form of a syllogism The soul is a thinking agent.
 A thinking agent cannot oe severed Into parts
 That which cannot be severed can ¬ be destroyed.
 Therefore, the soul cannot be de- strcyed.
 The belief in immortality has al least this much in its favorr-the neg afive cannot be proved. If immortal ffy Is not true it matters little wheth- < CT anything else is true or not There have been many attempts to < locate the soul. Because 1t cannot be kfocated; because the surgeon cannot tind 1t and dissect 1t with his scalpel the materialist declares there is no