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color of a sound. The painting of the in- 

 visible, and all the marvelous sequel of 

 Eontgen's wondrous demonstration bear 

 witness to this. To be sure, the shadow 

 picturing of Eontgen rises not above the 

 material plane but its suggestions have 

 opened the gateway through which the uni- 

 versal aura is divulged. The correlation of 

 forces has led the way to the discovery of 

 the hidden meaning of elasticity and the 

 conservation of forces shows that the ele- 

 ments we know are only latent oxygen. 



" The societies for the study of flowers 

 through the opera glass, of stars in mirrors, 

 of the signals of inhabitants of Mars, all rest 

 on a broad basis of Sciosophy. The gifted 

 author of ' How to Study Birds Without 

 Knowing Anything About Them,' has 

 taught us the value of Sciosophy in matters 

 of common observation. 



" In tlie study of human politics Soi- 

 osophic hypothesis has disclosed wonderful 

 vistas of the social future. Men's dreams 

 of the ' City of the Sun ' shall dreaming 

 men make real. Toward this end the 

 struggle of the social i-eformer must tend. 

 The elfort to abolish legislation, the ef- 

 fort to make legislation universal, to own 

 everything in common, to own nothing 

 in common, to own nothing at all, to de- 

 stroy all nations, impartially, by repeal- 

 ing the charters of their existence, and to 

 extend the power of our own nation so that 

 all nations in the world may come under 

 her domination, all these movements tend in 

 the same direction, the recognition of the 

 unreality of external things. Only through 

 such recognition can universal peace and 

 happiness come about. If a single mode of 

 taxation, a single article of diet, or a special 

 form of ballot, will bring this for you, then 

 adopt it and strive for it and behold it is 

 yours. In other words, the perfection of 

 being is within us, and to reject all that 

 seems to be while struggling for the unat- 

 tainable is the sole price of social rest. 



When each man has the happiness of which 

 he dreams, he will have all the happiness 

 he deserves. To attain this lies with him 

 and with him alone. 



" N"otless charming than social Sciosophy 

 is Sciosophy applied to medicine. In gen- 

 eral disease is due to dislocation or wan- 

 dering of the Posthom Phantom or Astral 

 Shadow. When this is at rest the currents 

 of the body flow in peace. As to immediate 

 causes of disease, there are many theories, 

 and all are true so far as they go, but in Sci- 

 osophy all permanent remedies have found 

 their justification. The old dictum that 

 ' like cures like' is purely sciosophic in its 

 orgin, as it can rest on no material induc- 

 tion whatever. The same is true of the 

 theory that ' every part strengthens a part' 

 and that ' heroism demands heroic remedies.' 

 As the body is the fabric of the mind so 

 through the mind the body must be reached. 

 Through the Manas or mind alone can the 

 dislocated Astrum or Linga-Sarira be ad- 

 justed to the Eupa or body, which it was 

 made to fit. This readjustment depends on 

 the will and the will has been jarred into 

 action by many different influences. Con- 

 tact with Kings or with bones or even with 

 the garments that Kings or bones have 

 touched or worn, has produced this result. 

 Not that the aura of a King is more potent 

 than that of a cab-driver, but that the im- 

 pression of Eoyal Power is strong on the 

 human mind, and the jolt that this impres- 

 sion gives may shock the shadow back to 

 its place. A similar jolt is given by the 

 modern necromancy of a popular cult in the 

 art of healing. The nature of this action 

 is clearly expressed in these words of the 

 famous adept to whom the discovery of the 

 secret of phantasmal dislocation was once 

 vouchsafed. ' This cult' says the ' Mother' 

 of the sect, ' demonstrates that the patient 

 who pays luhatever he is able to pay for being 

 healed is more apt to recover than one luho with- 

 holds a slight eqtdvalent for healths Hence 



