14 PREFACE 



subordinate to future welfare. As the forces con- 

 trolling human development shift their centers from 

 the past to the present, the factors and laws we were 

 wont to associate with Evolution become replaced by 

 those of an integrative character. The individual 

 knows himself as part of a larger life. The ages 

 have written his biography and will write through all 

 time! In man's increasing consciousness of unity 

 with his fellows lies a potentiality for sense percep- 

 tions that transcend the here and now. The fourth 

 dimension of being is imminent. The mighty crash 

 now resounding through space is the breaking down 

 of its walls. " The old order changeth " ; would we 

 make ready for the new we have to engender other 

 and larger categories for our thought. 



A thesis bordering as does mine on the super- 

 natural must justify its claim to serious attention. 

 To that end carefully selected passages from recog- 

 nized authorities are placed at the close of each 

 chapter to corroborate the points in question. My 

 main contention : to-wit, Evolution posits Involution, 

 finds its biological support in the work of the late H. 

 M. Bernard, an English scientist; Mr. Bernard's 

 investigations establish beyond question the recur- 

 rence of a rhythm in organic development. 



The descriptive subtitles which form the frame- 

 work, as it were, of the book are from Browning, 

 whose great vision prophesied Involution. 



Those persons who find my lead failing of the 



