The Elbert County tribune., 1908-02-06
PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGY.

HuCh ulHerence between pSychology
and metaphysics as there is between
intuition and instinct between per-
sonality and individuality.
The metaphysician tells us that
mind is that underlined somewhat as
opposed to nonentity." When asked:
What is mind? he answers: Never
matter. 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
designate which mind. Has a man
two minds? Most assuredly; as dis
tinctively separate as day and night.
One is the mind of the body (the
function of the physical brain); the
other the mind of the soul. The one
is mortal; the other, immortal.
These are sometimes called 'the
conscious" and "subconscious." but, as
such, the terms are misleading mas
much as they suggest two phases of
one mind instead OF las they should)
two distinctively different minds.
Herein lies the root of the whole mat
ter; the very cornerstone of 'the
new psychology" We are not dealing
with duality of mind. but with dual
minds. For that reason / much pre-
fer, and shall hereafter designate
them, the objective and subjective.
The objective" mind is the func-
tion of the physical brain. Its media
are the FIVE physical senses. 1t comes
with the body. develops with the body.
perishes with the body. 1t controls
all voluntary motion. 1t depends
upon the body for its existence. Its
| highest faculty is reasoning. 1t rea-
sons deductively and inducuvely.
The subjective" mind is the func-
tion of the soul. The soul is dis
tinct entity, and as such possesses In
/ dependent powers and functions, hav-
| ing a mental organization of it's own.
1t does not depend upon the body for
its existence. The highest faculty is
intuition. 1t is the seat of the emo
tions and the storehouse of memory I;
flsfact, 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 (and l speak from personal expe-
/ rience) the curtain Is thrust back and
the objective mind receives a quick,
panoramic view of a lifetime. The
/ subjective" mind controls all the ST.
lent, involuntary and vegetative func.
tlons. 1t is amenable to control by
suggestion. Being intuitive, 1t rea.
sons only deductively.
1t (the subjective mind performs
its highest functions when the OBJ
/ 1ective senses are in allegiance under
ordinary conditions, however, the
objective" mind has the floor.
Soul and Body
/ On the material plane we have been
/ given material body to serve mate
rial purposes. 1t is merely the tene
ment of the soul; therefore 1t were
better to say: "My soul has body
not my body has a soul" The soul is
paramount.
| look upon the soul as a spark oi
divinity. and as such it possesses al
the potentialities of the Divine -
omniscence, omnipotence, omnipres
ence; these, of course, only in the de
gree of the spark to the whole-the
soul to the All Soul.
Then, with this premise, we may
logically conclude that man is immor
tai. Let us put 1t in the form of {
syllogism:
The soul is thinking agent.
A thinking agent cannot be sew
cred into parts.
That which cannot be severed can
not be destroyed.
Therefore the soul cannot be de
stroyed.
The belief in Immortality has a
least this much in its favor-the neg
ative cannot be proved. If immortal
ity Is not true. 1T matters little wheth
er anything else is true or not.
There have been many attempts tc
locate the soul. Because II cannot BIZ
located; because the surgeon canno
ind 1t and dissect 1t with his scalpel
the materialist declares there is ne
soul, and there is no God; therefore
the materialist has no difficulty in ac
cepting evolution. On this point
quite agree with Felix Adler: III w,
are descended from an anthropoid ape
on the physical side, we are not de
scended from him, in any strict sens,
OF the word. on our rational side; foI
as life is born of life, SO reason is borr
OF reason; and II the anthropoid ap,
does not possess reason as we pos
sess 1t, 1t cannot be said that on oul
rational side we are his progeny"
1t strikes me that II there is a miss
ing link in the chain of physical evo
luton there is surely a missing linI
In the chain of rational evolution.
The highest faculty in man is intu
ition tsonl perceptlon); the highes
FACULTY In the animal-or in the AMI
NAL nature of man-is instinct. Id,