Nothing is Spirit, nothing is real and eternal, but God and His idea. Evil has no reality. It is neither person, place, nor thing, but is simply a belief, an illusion of material sense.
The identity, or idea, of all reality continues forever; but the Soul, or Principle, of all is not in its formations. Soul is the creative, governing, infinite Principle, outside of finite form, which forms only reflect.
Close your eyes, and you may dream that you see a flower, — that you touch and smell it. Thus you learn Dream-lessons. that the flower is a product of mind, a formation of thought, rather than of matter. Close them again, and you may see landscapes, men, and women. Thus you learn that these also are images, which mortal mind holds and evolves, which simulate mind, life, and intelligence. From dreams also you may learn that matter is not the image or likeness of God, and that Mind is not in matter.
In proportion as the Science of Mind is understood, Spiritualism will be found mainly erroneous, having Found wanting. no Scientific basis or origin in Principle, and having no proof or power outside of human testimony and belief. It is clearly the offspring of the physical senses, instead of Science.
The basis and structure of Spiritualism are alike material and physical. Its spirits are so many corporealities, Materiality. limited and finite in character and quality. Spiritualism therefore presupposes spirit to be capable of dwelling in finite forms, — a theory contrary to Christian Science.
There is but one spiritual existence, even the Life of which corporeal sense can take no cognizance. The
