Ridicule Is The Deadliest Weapon Of The

Every One Of The Numberless Religions And Religious Sects Views The Deity After Its Own Fashion; And, Fathering On The Unknown Its Own Speculations, It Enforces These Purely Human Outgrowths Of Overheated Imagination On The Ignorant Masses, And Calls Them "revelation." As The Dogmas Of Every Religion And Sect Often Differ Radically, They Cannot Be True. And If Untrue, What Are They?

Dogmas Are The Toys That Amuse And Can Satisfy But Unreasoning Children. They Are The Offspring Of Human Speculation And Prejudiced Fancy.

The Exercise Of Magical Power Is The Exercise Of Natural Powers, But Superior To The Ordinary Functions Of Nature. A Miracle Is Not A Violation Of The Laws Of Nature, Except For Ignorant People. Magic Is But A Science, A Profound Knowledge Of The Occult Forces In Nature, And Of The Laws Governing The Visible Or The Invisible World. Spiritualism In The Hands Of An Adept Becomes Magic, For He Is Learned In The Art Of Blending Together The Laws Of The Universe, Without Breaking Any Of Them And Thereby Violating Nature.

We Must Prepare And Study Truth Under Every Aspect, Endeavoring To Ignore Nothing, If We Do Not Wish To Fall Into The Abyss Of The Unknown When The Hour Shall Strike.

We See That Every External Motion, Act, Gesture, Whether Voluntary Or Mechanical, Organic Or Mental, Is Produced And Preceded By Internal Feeling Or Emotion, Will Or Volition, And Thought Or Mind.