THOUGHTS FROM WRITINGS 



sense: they fear lest, if they acknowledge 

 it, they will be fettered by mediaeval 

 conditions. My contention is that the 

 restrictions of the mediaeval ever should 

 entirely be cast into oblivion, but the 

 soul recognised and employed. Instead 

 of slurring over the soul I desire to see 

 it at its highest perfection.—' The Story 

 of my Heart.' 



THE restriction of thought to 

 purely mechanical grooves 

 blocks progress in the same 

 way as the restrictions of mediaeval 

 superstition. Let the wind think, dream, 

 imagine: let it have perfect freedom. 

 To shut out the soul is to put us back 

 more than twelve thousand years. Just 

 as outside light, and the knowledge 

 gained from light, there are, I think, 

 other mediums from which, in times to 

 come, intelligence will be obtained, so 

 outside the mental and the spiritual 



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