THE CHURCH UNIVERSAL

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 40, 10 November 1921, Page 7

THE CHURCH UNIVERSAL

Last night in the Committee Boom of tho Town Hall, Mr. Viviani H. R. delivered an address cpM l ®* Aro Not Psychic, which was well attended and appreciatively > iste “ t°j Mr. Deacon said: "In spite of the demal of the materialist and the attempt of the old typo of theologian to to some remote region among the etars, an imperishable intuition has ever warn Cd man that this world is but an ante chamber to a. larger one. Heaien world is ‘within.’ ar.d its influences affect UR cverv day. Why do we try to banlsli Heaven, aiuT insist that it is t except here? In our ordinary state of consciousness we were unaware cf tho woild which surrounds us u p on ceijr haiui, even cs one lacking a sense oi smell might bo uuaffoctea by th e perfume of a rose. Nevertheless, were we to collect all the evidence for the existence of this subtler world we should bn astounded at iho overwhelminir mass of it. fl’lioto were very few original tnina ers; wo all' were more or Je®®, by tho ‘mass thought about things around us. Investigations into the ‘dream’,consciousness had however, abundantly proved that, wo, fortunately knew for more about this inner realm than had hitherto been suspected, it tnis is so wo might well ask why it is "_e aie not more psychic than wo aie. Surely there must bo some very good re .a®°’l our ignorance along these lines, if Divine Wisdom has established and is ®t lU e aid inc this world, of ours. Just as it is unwise to force open tho P cta ls of a budding flower, so it spells disaster to force our budding psychic, nature. Wo must use a healthy conunon sense when we start to examine these subjects for only as we retain our balance could we h°B® Jc safely study these matters and thud help to spread invaluable knowledge among our fellow-men. Premature psychic development was inadvisable, os it leit the soul open to many undesirable influences before it was ready to cope witn them in a wise manner. A man was just the same man live minutes after death as he was five minutes bevore, the Bislion of London, Dr. Ingram, had said, and, it this v.,ero true, surely it was unwise unless specially qualified or spiritually endowed, to tamper with these matters. Until the character development of the inass cf mankind had reached a higher level, it was well for us that we arc not psychic. Added power always means added responsibility, and until we could adequately cope with our present responsibilities wo would do we'll to Rave psychic investigations to those scientists who were well armed and approved efficient.”