Understanding of the Way the World Works

All THE upside-down, inside-out, other-way-round thinking of the secret societies, all that is bizarre and mind-bending in what follows stems from the belief that mind preceded matter. We have almost no evidence to go on when we decide what we...

Source: The Secret History of the World  by Mark Booth

The Earth May Now Be a Mere Planet Moving Around the Sun

The earth may now be a mere planet moving around the sun, but man is no longer confined to it. His spiritual energy, his reason, his brain power, his psyche, his consciousness have become the center and the purpose of...

Source: Utopian Thought in the Western World  by Frank E. Manuel

It Affirms, in Effect, That Living Beings Create Themselves

As a scientific theory, Darwinism would have been jettisoned long ago. The point, however, is that the doctrine of evolution has swept the world not on the strength of its scientific merits, but precisely in its capacity as a Gnostic...

Source: Teilhardism And The New Religion  by Wolfgang Smith

No Reason Why This Old Philosophy Should Be Longer Concealed

Underlying this Secret Doctrine was a profound philosophy of the creation or evolution of worlds and of man. The present humanity, in many quarters of the globe, has evolved on the intellectual plane so far that there now exist a...

Source: Mystic Masonry  by Jirah Dewey Buck

Not upon Any Theory or Abstract Model of the Universe

It is evident that Teilhard does not resonate to the biblical world-view. Not only does he find it staticist and narrow, but he thinks that it is based upon "the Alexandrine" cosmology (whatever that might be). What Teilhard fails to...

Source: Teilhardism And The New Religion  by Wolfgang Smith

We Are Using Philosophical Criteria in Choosing Our Models

"People need to be aware that there is a range of models that could explain the observations," Ellis argues. "For instance, I can construct you a spherically symmetrical universe with Earth at its center, and you cannot disprove it based...

A Co-Conscious Vehicle of Divine Wisdom

He is able to discern that it was himself who at first was "without form and void" and who in virtue of that Fiat Lux! has at last become transformed from chaos and unconsciousness into a form so perfect and...

Source: The Meaning of Masonry  by W.L. Wilmshurst

Different Theories Add Strength to the Edifice

This architecture of scientific logic has an inherent beauty which emerges from how various arguments fit together, how several measurements interlock with one another, and how different theories are suddenly introduced to add strength to the edifice.

Source: Big Bang  by Simon Singh

This Is Essentially an Artistic Task

Science has given new answers to all these problems in recent years but most of the people do not know them. And those who know, often do not feel them. For this reason, Mr. Frank considers the rebuilding of our...