1701 37 py 1 : 1701 137 »py 1 BRA The most audacious booklet of the century. " God hath chosen the foolish things to confound the wise - - tl dings to confound the mighty, and the base things - which are c «a, and the things that are net - - to bring to naught the things that are " D r. Frank Crane's OPINION OF ASTROLOGY With notes, comments and other interesting matter By the publisher FRANK THEODORE ALLEN, Director, u > ASTROLOGICAL RESEARCH SOC1E' \ WASHINGTON. D. C 1918 "This prospect vast - what is it ? Judged aright 'tis Nature's system of divinity, "lis Elder Scripture, writ by God's own hand: Scripture authentic! Uncorrupt by man!" PRICE ONE DOLLAR Copyright, 1918, By Frank The adore Allen. PRE Unless we may except the chapter entitled "ASTRO-MET] which commences on page 68, the author, in this broc serious attempt to prove ,the truth of astrology, nor to de strate the effectiveness of the planetary influences upon human life ar affairs of men and nations. His underlying purpose, on this occasion, publicly demonstrate, exhibit, dissect and expose the contemptiblj tonest, cowardly and utterly unscientific spirit manifested by those den astrology and who ridicule the claim that it deserves to tak< ■ ie greatest of all the arts and sciences. he author does not attempt to justify, nor even apologize for lauseating messes that are so generally served under the guise of scie astrology Nor does he defend the professional practice of giving asti' ical "Re lings," advice, etc. The subject is far too vast and all-inclusi warrant m attempt to comprehensively consider any of its num< featun i a booklet of this kind. )f the chief motives that inspired the writing and publishii :h of the matter included in this brochure is an earnest desire to * respectful attention of men and women of learning, culture influence and convince them that the defamers of astrology have not a to stand upon ; that they have neither a moral nor a scientific right to less to express, an opinion concerning the validity of the clain astrology! Not one of them has ever seriously and honestly given the ject such consideration and fair investigation as would warrant the: pinion of even a much less profound and abstruse theme ! often the writer has blushed and felt impelled to apologizi f tVqueer types, strange capers and fantastic practices of many of t xlv espouse the cause of astrology. It is a sad and shameful | noblest of all the sciences has been so generally and wl dei> *v nd rejected by the "Cultured," the "Respectables" and the "£ ^ lat only those who were in some way rendered immune or i * ferent ft the jeers, sneers, ridicule and ignomy meted out to its advoc lave ei able to persist in its investigation, advocacy and practice, mental k ks coincident with such immunity have, of course, been gr< emphasize I by the intellectual and often social isolation, the frequent p< cutions riiiH other untoward conditions resulting from the adoption championsKp of an unpopular and despised art and calling. For maiy years the writer has cherished the hope and expectation he would live to see and participate in at least the beginnings of a s ie, sensibl\ and soundly scientific system of astrological research exper j entatftn. None but the most arrant bigots will dispute the f ol dedaratioi if it\be true that the planets and the jigns of the zodiac do exert a definite and readily ascertainable influence upon the life, character and destiny of men and ons, then the investigation and under- st/« -jding of the modes, means and methods of sui i influence constitutes the most impor- tant subject that the human mind is capable OMPREH^NDING. * . , r - f/1on T DR. FRANK CRANE'S OPINION OF ASTROLOGY. Text by Frank Theodore Allen. But now, so callous grown, so changed since youth IVe learned to think and sternly speak the truth: Learned to deride the critics starch decree, And break him on the wheel he meant for me! To spurn the rod a scribbler bids me kiss, Nor care if courts and crowds applaud or hiss ! r many years I have been, and still am, 'dent admirer of the writings of Dr. k Crane. Almost always I find myself arty accord with the opinions he ex- ?s, the theories he propounds, and the ations or projects he proposes. I had to idealize this man and hold him in snce as one who was eminently y of my sincerest love and respect, the winter of 1912-13 my attention railed to one of Dr. Crane's news- articles in which he had expressed If quite vigorously in condemnation rology. I addressed him courteously sked for his birth-date in order that ht prepare for him a brief sketch of the horoscope of his birth would re- loping by that means to interest him id convince him of the wondrous inherent to the science of astrology, nt a brief tho very courteous note /ing with my request, but saying that 1 no knowledge of the time at which rth occurred. I did the best I could such incomplete data, explaining to at it stood to reason that if there was uth in the theory of planetary influ- lpon human life and character that nust be some scientific way by which riminate between and distinguish the children that are born every day. t letter I said: ""Every minute of "nd every degree of latitude and of de involves differences in the relative at which the planetary rays con- , hence the correct time of birth and vledge of the latitude and longitude birth place was necessary to insure :y in forming a correct estimate of the influences of the planets in any life/ The following is another paragraph fr< the same letter to Dr. Crane: "My reason for going to this trouble that recently in one of your writings 3 asserted that astrology was ' one of 1 useless things that the advancing inte gence of humanity had relegated to the ju heap/ Now my respect for you and exceptional ability evidenced in your w\ ings is such that upon reading that arh from your pen I felt as grieved as thoi a favorite child had suddenly given t dence of a most distressing defect in ch acter. One of my idols had been revea'< ' * as having a nasty flaw. A man whose s ings I have been quoting and lauding to skies has shown himself tainted with an pardonable prejudice against and ignora of one of the most comprehensive and j : pendously potent repositories of knowle — of Self-Knowledge — that Creative In ligence has made available to humanity. "Your intellectual strength and influe is measured by < the completeness of y knowledge and information, and is lim\ by the gaps of ignorance and the prejud which you fail to eliminate. If there is truth in astrology it is by far the most portant truth that men can approach, com- prehend and utilise. If there be a stri ' scientific and mathematical KEY to code of laws which predetermine hui character and influence the general tr ri and tendencies of human life, then it hooves a man who exerts so great an fluence as you certainly do upon the m\ of thinking people to acquaint himself this truth and avoid the disagreeable nbility of writing himself down as / idiced as well as adding to the preju- - of his fellows." . Crane sent a brief tho very courteous ki owledgment of the effort I had made to est him in the science of astrology. Be- ■ follows a copy of his note: CRANE 5 West Fifty-fifth Street, New York. March 13/13. ik Theodore Allen, Room 210, Humphrys Building, Atlantic City, N. J. ! y dear Mr. Allen : — / thank you for >: r very interesting horoscope, which I ? read with careful attention. I am glad called my attention to this department \nowledge. Yours very truly, FRANK CRANE. accepted Dr. Crane's polite note at its ; value, believing him to be sincere and ted glad that I had called his attention i department of knowledge to which he hitherto been a stranger. 'But as the rs that have since intervened passed by vas frequently wounded by learning of sh attacks made by Dr. Crane upon subject that I knew him to be so mefully ignorant of and prejudiced inst. These, and more especially certain ;nt developments, have proven that Dr. ne's courteous treatment of me in 1913 nothing but a wilfully assumed mask ind which he concealed his contempt- s estimate of me and of the theme I taken such great pains to try and in- st him in. : grieved me to realize that a man of h charming talent and whose abilities ;ed him in the foremost rank of literary iuses should be so terribly tainted with cankerous poisons of prejudice. It i hurt and stung me to the quick to ize that the same papers that published screeds against astrology by Dr. Crane others of his ilk welcomed and gave it prominence to the grotesquely irra- al and wildly improbable predictions such megalomaniacs as, for instance, one ofessor Gustave Meyers, of Hoboken, J.," who brazenly advertised himself as I e Nation's Counsellor," and whose d and fantastic pronounciamientoes had . urn declared the certain destruction of I ly every city on the map. By such ns have the newspapers assisted in the ipiracy to nurture the prejudice against Dlogy, causing it and its sincere votaries be despised, scorned, denounced and ridiculed. And incidentally giving free advertising to certain unscrup mountebanks who never hesitate to I fullest advantage of the credulity oi poor dupes who apply to them for hi views and readings. On January 10th, 1918, I received a munication from a gentleman who plained that he had recently been vinced that there must be much trut' astrology and that he was in ques 1 guidance in the selection of suitable t to assist his investigation of the sul Incidentally this gentleman stated the had written to Dr. Frank Crane bee of the sincere respect in which he held after having for years been reading Cr syndicated articles in the newspa This seeker after light and truth quite urally assumed that a man of Dr. Cr evident breadth of thought and wond fund of information on all sorts of sub would surely be well informed concei and at least charitably disposed tow astrology. Dr. Crane's response to the query oi new correspondent was nothing shor an insulting denunciation of astrolog: shall presently reproduce in full the i which Dr. Crane sent this gentlema response to his inquiries. To say th was hurt, indignant and angry but m describes the feelings this incident arc in me. Here was I — -in the midst of i of the most severe struggles against menace of poverty and suffering keenh want of suitable facilities with which t my work — and for no other reason because of the popular prejudice ag ain astrology which is so wilfully and pei ently fostered by the likes of Dr. C: And here was this man who in sir quest of guidance had applied to this mous, popular and prosperous Dr. Cra only to be treated to a scornful dia against the subject he had venture* inquire about. I lost no time about dressing a letter to Dr. Crane. That 1 and his answer and others that follow* will be reproduced in the order of development : Washington, D. C, January 10, 19 Dr. Frank Crane, 117 West 79th St., New York City. Mr. dear Dr. Crane: — / have before I M letter written by you a few weeks ag reply to an inquiry that was sent yo\ one zvho admires your writings. I . quote its message: " I have never considered astrolo seriously for the simple reason that 6 INDEX PAGE Ivisors, My 77 roplane Fatalities Can Be Greatly Reduced 89 riculture and Planetary Influence... 90 i Exception Among Educators 28 An Unsuccessful Victor 90 A.-itrological Iconoclast, Resumption of 86 - trology Untarnished Amid the Decay >f Knowledge 60 tro-Metro Money-Mad Acrobat 81 tro-Meteorology 68 jotry in Our Universities 25 ' ss, George D., Director of Philadel- >h:a Branch of U. S. Weather bureau 72 Ic, Edward W 79 rt Before the Horse 90 arJatans, Occultists, Fortune-Tellers, 48 ickens Doves, Geese, Mice, Sheep its 21 sre's the 73 53 verend Russell 14 nons to 91 rank, Opinion of Astrology 5 shing Company, How and ey Lost an Exceptional y 79 :ope Flap-doodle 60 45 jmas, Modern Scientific Exploded.. 55 Frank Crane's Opinion of Astrology 5 61 olary Fly-Swatter 67 nong Educators 28 in Officially Recognized ical Theories 70 37 : Dodging 88 a Scientific and a Moral 55 -.i c. cond Effects 56 -Swattei, An Epistolary 67 ecast Fulfilled (Lloyd George) 77 time-Tellers, Occultists, Charlatans 43 Jik Confession by a Frank Frank.. 18 i Direct from Nature's Fun Factory 49 ggs, Edward Howard, A. M., L. [. D 25 e's the Clincher 73 *oism, Poem 44 lodges, Lehigh Mitchell Hodges, etters to 69 oscope Flap-doodle 60 «r a Hiatus Punctures a Hole 70 ■ nan Wasps, Bumble Bees, Yellow ickets and Mosquitoes 83 I p*t Had to Do It 88 This the Last Straw ? 89 ings of a Scientific Acrobat 15 ian, David Starr 25 fman, Herbert 23 PACK Kaiser William and Astrologer Allen Under Same Astrological Classifica- tion 80 Kepler's Critics 30 Kipling's Message to Young Men 52 Kirk, Eleanor 28 Last Straw 89 Leland Stanford, Jr., University 25 Le Row, Caroline B 28 Lloyd George Government Triumphs.. 77 Love of Money, Root of All Evil 50 "Love Your Enemies" 52 Low, The Hon. Seth 26 Mad as a Hatter 57 Markham, Edward 23 Missing Link Which Is Ignored by the Official Weather Forecasters 70 My Many Mysterious Matrimonial Mutations 94 Nautilus, The 28 New Era, The 91 New Thought Endorsements 28 Nineteen Eighteen a Climacteric Year. . 33 New York Sun a Misnomer 30 New York Sun but a Dark Satellite. ... 15 Nutty Raiser and Cracker of Nuts.... 89 Only a Man — a Human Being — That's All 50 Pampered Pets or Fighting Dogs 80 Philadelphia's Temple College a Monu- ment to Its Founder's Vanity and Ambition 14 Planetary Influence Explained 54 Prayer, My 52 Prevision 47 Professional Beggar 66 Prussian Offensive, Forecast of 59 Schwab, Charles M 77 Sears, Roebuck & Company 63 Selfishness the Greatest Enemy of Man 32 Service, The Keynote of the New Era 76 Serviss, Garret P 15 Skunks 19 Spiritual Disasters 41 Tantalizing Tests, Troubles and Tribu- lations, A Week Of 61 Thanks— To Contributors , 84 Towne, Elizabeth 28 Two Types of Persons 48 i Unsuccessful Victor, An 90 I Victor, An Unsuccessful 90 " War Forecasts by Various Astrologers 15 Weather Bureau Statistics Demonstrate Claims of Astro-Meteorology 73 Weather Forecasting by Astro-Meteor- ology «6 Why and How of This Human Docu- ment 31 Wilcox, Ella Wheeler 24 Woodrow Wilson's Masterpiece 89 Woodrow Wilson's Personality in the Zodiac 94 ^A LIBRARY OF CONGRESS III t The author has demonstrated the above claim t Q Q00 171 fifiQ ^ isolated individuals and is now ready to make demoi_y_ _„ ^_L _____ __r_T strict test conditions as must convince and satisfy all fair-minded ar rational people. In the twenty years he has devoted to astrology he h; not once met nor learned of one of its critics who had personally investigate or studied the subject. Nor has he ever learned of a single instance which one who had once studied and mastered the rudiments of scientif astrology who afterwards denied the effectiveness of the influence of tl planets and the Zodiac upon human life. Either Astrology is the ONE BIG and SURPASSING TRUTH O ALL TRUTH, or it is NOTHING! FRANK THEODORE ALLEN. CRUDITIES, BLUNDERS, ERRORS, ETC. Readers are asked to kindly make note of such errors in spellin phrasing, punctuating, etc., as they find in this booklet and send a mem randum of same to the author, so that he may make proper correctio before printing a second edition — which he feels confident will b quire The writing of and all the work incident to the preparat publication has been performed under the most turbulent, disti painfully trying conditions imaginable. The author begs to readers that with good health, fair facilities, congenial environ freedom from vexatious interferences, he is capable of turr. much more creditable job than he is obliged to let go on this occasion. desires also to express his sincere appreciation of the exceptic and splendid helpfulness of the printers. He has never had proofs than those for this booklet. ADDENDUM: Finding two additional pages at my disp< decided to use them and include the first few paragraphs of tl my matrimonial experiences. This should prove especially i because it includes an analysis or description of the sign which 9 the personality of President Wilson. But back of and underlyin sonality Woodrow Wilson has the Sun — representing the he center and foundation of his character; and the Moon, who signifies 1 instinctive or natural mental atmosphere; and Mercury, who denotes t intellect and reasoner, or higher mind — all three in the cardinal sig Capricorn. Capricorn is, pre-eminently, the sign of order, system, orgai zation, method, leadership, perseverence, tact, resourcefulness and endi ance. The President's horoscope is a truly wonderful study. He is inde chosen of the Gods — a "Man of Destiny !" COPYRIGHTED, 1918. The contents of this booklet are under the protection afforded authc by virtue of the copyright laws of the United States of America, the stip lated requirements having been conformed with and the required i duly paid. The author has certain ingrained "Conscientious scruples" respecti the use of the copyright privilege. On some future occasion he expects define his objections and also reveal his reason for having — apparently — this occasion, compromised with his conscience. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 022 171 669 3 #