T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, JU N E 21, 1900.
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Our Scientific Magi.
BY T. B. W A K EM A N .
J Cosmology,
Biology,
Sociology,
E thics and practical life and hopes
— the effects upon the masses of
the people are very diverse and in-
teresting, and among them we have
the revival of the Magi—old and
new. We have three grand divi-
sions of people, which we have Ao
consider in relation to these Magi,
as well as every other question;
to wit:
1. The Scientific H u m an itarian s,
who are the leading few of our race
They use their L iberty, which re-
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suits from the breaking up of the
old, to become real “ L iberals,” th a t
W ho were the Magi in history?
and what are they now with us?
The Article on our first {»age of
la st week’s Torch begins to tell,
How can we get the whole story
a t once?
The bird ’ s - eye view is the thing,
W ithout it we never know where
we are nor what we are. W hen a
noor fellow gets lost in the woods
F
or desert he climbs the highest
peak or even tree he can, to dis­
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cover which way the rivers and is th o se who are w h o lly e m a n c ip a i-
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eye view of their evolution. W here .o f the New Life and Hope from
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we “ are t t , ” they know not. They i the historical point of view, and is
M a in S t r e e t
S ilv e r t o n , O re neatly p rin te d and d istrib u ted all over th e U n it­
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versity, Reader, how m any can you d is trib u te to
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childishly a Jot of old stories they
-• The next class of people, as
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th o u g h t very m uch
have inherited, like a lot of losti various as the hues of A utum n,
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They have no idea where they are, aQd fate, are the Reactionists. They
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how they got there, what they are shrink back to the over-old of
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really saying, and least of all, how S piritism — back of C h ristian ity , or
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or where they are to get out of their try to galvanize some of its sects
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confusion, or w hat they are to do. into some kind of spasm odic or
How can one study Geography comatose vitality. These A utum n Dealers in Fruits, Vegetables XI? L ib e ra I U n iv e rs ity
w ithout a m ap of the w orld—of the swarms, hoping against hope, and
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two hem ispheres— of the Physical refusing or unable to see the com-
and M ental W orld, to begin w ith? ir)g frost of fact and reason, m ake for
1 It will h elp m any young m en and
50 YEARS'
young wom en to a h ig h er ed u catio n who
Thoughts of this kind enable us to th e evolutional Scientist and Soci-
E X P E R IE N C E
otherw ise will grow up w ith o u t its great
realize the im portance of h is to ric a l. ologist his saddest outlook.
Their j
, advantages.
2 It will educate w orkers for th e g reat
expositions like th a t on the A rticle hearts are so good but their heads
J forward m arch of F re eth o u g h t a n d Pto-
on our first page of last week on 80 weak or unscientific, th a t instead
jgress.
of
helping
the
progress
of
the
race
3 ft will forever silence th e accusation
“Ancient and Modern M agic.” The
I
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a t S ecu larists have never done anv-
ancient Magi were the Priesthood of orw ard, as they would like and
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T rade M a r k s
4 I t will h asten th e tim e when Reason
D e s ig n s
the Sun and S tar W orships ( A e - im ean to do, they have their eyes
C o p y r ig h t s A c .
and Love will reign, and w hen su p e rsti­
Iro latry ) of the C haldeans and tu rn ed backward and filled with
A nvone sending a sk etch and description limy
tion and h a te will be forever gone.
quickly ascertain o u r opinion free w h eth er an
invention is probably paten tab le. C om m unica­
5 It will give you an o p p o rtu n ity to
Persians and Hindoos of the E a s t.; the old visions, as their ears are. tions
strtctly co n fld en tial. H andbook on P a te n ts
build
yourself and o th ers a m onum ent,
Oldest ngenev fo r securing p aten ts.
Our modern Magi and their follow- with the old and childish fables of sen P a t te free.
n ts tak en th ro u g h M unn & Co. receive
w hile you y e t live, th a t will do a million
^,»ct«i notice, w ith o u t c h arg e. In th e
tim es m ore good th an th e m ost costlv
ers and credent s are survivals of, j the past ages. If they could only
one of cold, senseless m arb le.
an d reversions to, a sim ilar state
th eir faces turned to the dawn
A handsom ely Illu strated weekly. I.n reest cir­
of m ind. Our modern phases of w hat a help they would be! \\ hat
culation o f any sclen tiü c tournai. T e r n f" a
year : fo u r m o n th s, <L Sold by all new sdealers.
I f a ll h e lp a l i t t l e , w e c a n a c ­
practical p iriti - m, such as Astrol- do they expect to find of the new
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ogy, Theosophy, F aith or Mind in those old ghostly catacom bs of
a little ?
Cure, C hristian Science, Medium- th e soul? They try to but cannot
H ealing, T elepathy, etc., are phases , defeat evolution by dwarfing them-
q p he W ile y B.
Six Tracts to Promote
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of the old “ A siatic Mildew,” which selves into children of the past.
3. There are, underlying thesetw o
T he O ldest ! th e
used to flourish under the nam e
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argest ! M usic
and doings of the Magi before classes, a large mass of m iscellane­
In Place of C h ris tia n ity :
Store. L eading P i­
anos and O rgans.
C h ristianity came and sought to ous people who may be described
1 Can Sins be Forgiven?
209-31! F irs t S t.,
take their place. In order to do as hum an anim als, who exist and
2
Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil­
P O R T L A N D , O R EO .
this the Magi, “ wise men of the float, hut who have never discover-
ization?
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3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable?
E ast,” w ere represented as com ing ed th a t an y th in g new has hap*
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and worshipping the infant Savior- P®ned. They live not in the world
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ft 4 e R g break
S 5 ! R Ä » i 8 ö ’* Does Belief in Miracles Benefit?
C hrist in a most cunning A stro- °f thought or progress. They are
to chill bot hat. he# every egg that can h«
6 Immortality or Annihilation?
hatched.
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logical and O riental m anner iu th® dead stra ta of Social Geology,
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C ontinued on 8th page.
L ib erty St, In d ia n a p o lis, In d .
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