The Lvceun.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1481, 15 October 1885, Page 4

The Lvceun.

| Communicated.] Electrical Psycholoijy was the subject of an ftdiiress;, delivered by Mr T. fVL. Walton WSinidayVveuihg' v fKe ; lecturer said man was a dual structme^ possessing a spiritnal and ptiysical existence doubly related ; on the one side by the spiritual world, • and on theotheif- by the physical. The solution of the problem v What is Man ?" had baffled scientists and theologians ; yet, man stood^ forth as the .greatest effort' of creative 1 energy. Man's origin and destiny was enshrouded ih^riysteryV Brahmin, Budhist; and Christians, were agreed on the' one point ; viz., that man was an incarnate spirit, created by a miracle, supported by a miracle, and his eternal future depended oh & miracle." As a reasqniug beiug man was . , the ; noblest worlc of God, and capable of extending his researches/ beyond the present, into other spheres. Herein' was tracd tho essence of Divine powerj the source of his being; rhe*'imaKe,4pf God in -the mind $$$^1? a^'biitCpaiis o.fr,ojpe stupettfJbtfiv^hple .-;,'. wl)oset : ;6()dyj nature is, aiiAGo'd • tKe ? soul. ,Mali-snp>B^phq-logical' pVwer, If aa ; , startlld amd a^ak^ ened'the' worid 'but of its reverie.-^lfe^is 5 the mind that "brings- to - life -exalted ideas. of the'lnfinite. wisdom. Psycho-, logy difftefs from' mesm<Tistn/inasmuJh .that the former is the , doctrine of sympathy. The misßmericßu»»je6t I bnly sei.'S, .hears and tastes as the magnetizer do'sires. But with the psycliologisud the, senses are independent. TUonsnnds. are .nattirally v, in ,' ( the. psy.chologiaed state,.. ariß' m no', way ,sn bject to the power "of aj, magoptizer.,, Psychologic i powers , ; a^e sheered at by the sceptical, and meet 'with the cou tempt of the ignorant and conceited . It is the duty off nil to think , for themselves, and search out the ; truth, which }s .t6. ; be. found, m nature, firmly established, immutable ;ind etcrn al; Truth ,18 ; . . self existent, whether sneered at or disbelieved, it matters not.' The. Psychologic powers developed by Copernicus, Bruno, Newton, Fulton,' f arid others, were m the ascendnnt. ,pOn that account t waves -of condemnation, ;pe[r.secutiob, and r derißiqn, rose against .^hpm. The truth' iiowev«r could not be destroyed, theflamo could not be extiii- s Their names will . be forever 'emblazoned m the semll of fam-, .whilst their detractors, '. poraecutors, and ! ;deriders, will siuk into the dark shades pfioblivion. The. phenomenal m man's •nature was now:, pointing the wise men of jthe world to tne..birthrplace ; hjgf psy«^logy, viz., "The^inind ofrManv'^ The ?motto, 4t Know Thyself," carved, m thu Teuip^l'slibhld^er^erdniemb ered by young and' old. That wonderful, subtle, and powerful agent, Electricity .; v Oift/mpsfiipnffei s pj God, >he/se'rV/ . ant of man, is the great and only con " Ejecting link betwee,;mi'nd and matter. Byjit, worlds were kept -m motion, and Withpnt it %sre iw^nldVbii nojliff . trinity was^evfer pfesent m "light, heat, .'tide, wind, an<r.earthq«ake,;in tVe power of Ipassion and.tho burst of laught«r. . Fileclvicity^gavfl ..brJUlianqy. tp.*thef sunv* -color to the rose, nud sweetness to the. , fruits of JbeAieaTth.; { IJtj' regulates- thh ■seasons, it uprooted and destroyed, yet sustained life. Elec|rici^y. was co^ternal . , wi^h '• ' spirit, ann by "and : through it, mind manifested itself; Inherent>tnptibn' is alone pofiscssed by the mind, it^is'the, gre;at movlrig'rjbwer. • Mitid wills', efe'c ytyicity obeys. .Wi\l,ijs si}l»stance .but Bim|ply energy, or resiiit' of mini!. , Mind 'comes m concVt''witli ' ; electricitV,' eleo;triqity withmrve, nerve with bone, boqe raiaejß.dearl matter; link by link mind controls matter,, nnd not by direct contact. The circulation of, the blood, and the important part playV% by elecHfjeity, m giving color to * andipurify- : ingjit, was very fully; and inlerestingly dealt with by/thfiiettureiri The db'ptiine K ot physical ajad|mißrital impreHsions, and .their power m, Effecting cures, or'bj-ing-i ng; about dis^asesi Jebeivedj/dorisider-,. able attentionV and \tent to pro.yejhe t important nnd'wonderful effects of elec-J 'tricity 4 in^he, system, 4 Mind ,ia m reaHty| a subsfan^p/a iiving^nd embodied form I ppssessine l?f« and motion. The seen j was' not the real, but simply the manifestation of the, .unspen origin. was! eternal; .pot of iiiathing',/ nothing can f.nn\p. Mind has alwayß exis'tedv Mind and primeval matter are co-exiatent and 'co-eternal j.thejp/ie.cpu'd not exist r %itHounhS|o:t>e^ 1 Fjfejthe \f'n^nlt^ : |iin'd Ml thinks'- have emanated^ The %aih dp€iß.n.ot -produce ,mind, hut, the, latter is the origi nal germ that produced , M anfl ■! devplripeci ' brkih.> ! The ■ voi utitsfry • "anfl linvoliintary powers of man, activity, sleep, and death, w>re. fully' dealt ' with. ' The!lec'thr«r cphcladed a mbst ■ ipterest-^ ing, ■ and 'in^trnctive , paper, by • hatip'Fych^ipgy, or jthe wjtodom > b,f the soul, ijnfplHs the great end , lp , be '..■ss.-■ tamed py Br>ir.it becoming .embodied, , it befng to obtain a conscious knowledge , by ekperionce of what is called indivi dnalJty. $t jlftst.h; ;{perJßonality>iis 1 ' dj4:. i solved and diffused ' x but individuality i\. rnairitainVd j' Wnd 'iHontity retaihVd. ' M|m jshpuld add : to, Fn ( Uh knowledge, f or th r e spiritnalis tlVo kpystpnej'n the great !arch,^and 4 the r cr(».w;nine\ clor,y f {, > Q£.^f^'sf jgra.nq Bfftiftf v ijife^anS existence WbjiJd " ibe a Hknk, without the spiritual, withput the ( wisdom of the soul ;~ to whitsh" ili'e're'is no boundary. Man never dies, 'buY must live on through, nll^the count!resß rigeß of eternity, a life^ of prbgres- j sibnJ - : - ' ■• \'[ ( . .{ , A ] voto. of thanks ;was proposed and junanimously \ c«rried after w^ich a short discussion waS^,eritemd e;!irslo!!betweeij Mr Thos. rT^li y aira''TO^tur er, which added considerably to the interest of th 4 evening's werk, tpgether ivith excellertt rendering of two duets Hewitt and Person, to a piano accompaniment by Miss M^Walton.i An ap|pelil waß_ also made for pojne members, ;tp:tome\br^a%\n-dj>ofecn^y the plat'form.janq so contribute to the mtpneciial entertnininent of thoso pr<»spnt. It w.as ¥ also nio|iged tb;at"ithe. pJatfoVm^onTS atf any. time b« placed ;ai theydisaqsaljTrpf anyonje willing'tp becupy^it, Jet them lie the advqcatP8 f of ony creed ; they yjould • ir| nil pafleW^re'at'ed witji'the ntHibsl 'bourtes^'iififl^ecei^e a J patient l he'ar!ng.