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as a distinctly helpful means of explaining the new 

 universe. . . . Relativity pictures the present and 

 future as co-extensive — Striking coincidence be- 

 tween the conceptions of the future held by relativ- 

 ity and psychical cognition — Psychic power by no 

 means an abnormal function — The spiritistic and 

 psychological hypotheses for manifestations de- 

 scribed in this paper must exist side by side — 

 When science and religion may come together — 

 They are coming together with psychical research 

 the common meeting-ground — Religion and science 

 must make contributions: religion by abandoning 

 its doctrinaire aspect; science by release from ma- 

 terialism — Psychic phenomena stands precisely at 

 the crossroads where science and religion must 

 eventually meet. 



Conclusion ....... 295 



Index ......... 299 



