Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-06
SOLVING THE FUTURE
ey Methods Novel, Superstitious or OF
Prophetic Nature.


ticipation" than we do in reality. SO
il is not perhaps, to be wondered at
that we eagerly grasp at anything
which constitutes medium between
the actual and the probable.
Carried to extremes, or fostered I'M
duly in ignorant and uncultured MINDS
this desire may lead to deploraple re-
suits but, balanced by Il mouicum oil
common sense and held in check by
rational and dispaSsionate analysis,
there is no doubt that occultism III us
various features presents q most IN
terCstng and absorbing study, ana
gives rise to the conclusion, even IN
most scientific and unbiased nlndS.
that there are mysterious forces at
work around us fashioning the dcst-
MES which we are helpless to mark
out on the lines so often lonSed for.
Perhaps it is this feeling of impo-
tcnce that creates the almost unlFcr-
sal wish to see, at all costs, glimpse
of the hidden stnry-tu lift the veil
that IS so near and yet so far. only
stcp-oniy d day. and you have read
another page Of your lifc'S story. but
the veil has receded us you advanced,
ana the interest in your acquired
knoWlcdge--in Your immediate atmos-
ptcrc-is almost lost in the anxiety to-
krow what still waits behind the veil.
Does son.2 thing pleasant happen
Some bright benefit fall from fortune
lap to your4--Eou trrmblc lest behind
that imuiacablc barrier. that Opaque
silence, some danger turks which will
snatch Your happiness from you.
Docs some great sorrow coIne-you
can bear it. because JOY may be sitting
just beyond the next fold Of the great
curtain we call our future.
Some wise person once said. We
have nothing bat the prescnt-th" past
is dead, the future is not All We real
~ possess is the present" OF course.
he was right from a ColnmonsenSt
point Of view; but who is there quite
content 20 nave lis life regulated by
cCmmonSnnsc alone.
And even the man who made this
tcrse assertion mNst have had the
germ OF superstition buried deep in his
PHILOSOPHERS, for later on ne became "
firm believer in the power of numbers
and an adept reader of their occult
significance.
There are many mediums that con-
duct US to the mystic region where
Queen Fortune sits ready to turn her
wheel backward or forward for the
helpless mortals who supplicatc her
favors; and perhaps it makes no diff
ference 20 the ineXorabe hand-our
puny efforts to pierce her methods
and forcsee her decisions-but the
tine old fascination Of trying Ito
know" what turn the wheel will take
before tie hour has come for il to
crush or elevate us still grips human
it's and any new method of wrestling
ner secrets from her must DC hailed
with interest. if not belief.
| have known the most Skeptical of
human beings 70 consult the Oracle
when things became complicated or
uncertain-:,nd an Oracle" J take i
is any medium in which we rcposa
faith as an Interpretation of our
mental darkness. and as Il guide t.
the light which leads us from DANCE
to difficulty. Some pin their faith t.
cards, some to clairvoyancc. to palm.
istry. to psychology. psychometry. lit
tie futile scraps of tea and remnants
of undissolved sugar in the bottom of
cup.
Mighty stars that have shone down
Snlennly on our anxious search for
happiness these many ages-meck lit
tie daisies, the numbers OF whose
leaves viii decide our fcvcrcd query
TO be or not to be-" All. all can as
sumo the majestic sarb Of the Ora
";'-" we select. as long as we have
faith in the rNediumship of prophecy
cniplcycl.
IN short it does not matter So much
what method of foresight YOU adopt
as long AZ YOU nave profound conf
dcDcc il yu,ir selection. 1t is the spir-
1t OF the undertaking which will inn
press the hidden forces
1t Is also quite feasible that if We
approach fortune i'll an optimistic
frame Q: mind, we arc moro likely To-
gain her fnvor5 than otherwise
Expect great things and th"y will
CONT.
"" all know tho popular axiom
puaa good vain" on yourself, and In.
world WI! accept You on your own
terms. So you might apply III. same
logic to fhe Oracle" adopted Have
iditf IL, anu a Ttitlnl3l assurance of
gaining The fArorS YOU seek, ana good
results Will Very often follow
Durin, her many researches into oc-
cult regions | have sometimes Stun
b!cd on some strange truths. / will
give YOU two Of them
Iho first one is--'If every human
being was entirely brave and fearless
and utterly careless of Fortunes
gtbes, sh" would have no power over
the world, and everyone would he
lucky
The second one is somewhat in.
rolver, but the more you analvze it
the more true it scerus-"rhe sccre.
Of finding happiness is ceasing 10 lool,
for it."
These two truths are very true but
tor their practical application to max,
any impression on life, they would
nave 70 be accepted zen masse." While
ever the majority scramble for fore.
most places il is little use for the indi-
vldual, pushing with anxiety for his
Share Of good things. to stand hv
fearless Of fortune" and ceasinr tn
look for happiness.
so the cid quest goes on tho ola
stiairinS of blind eyes against rho in,
penetrable. the old longing for ..r,oai