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AUTHOR: RAWSON, FREDERICK LAWRENCE TITLE: LIFE UNDERSTOOD FROM A SCIENTIFIC PLACE: LONDON DA TE : 1914 Restrictions on Use: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT BIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET Master Negative # Original Material as Filmed - Existing Bibliographic Record 113 R191 •m» — ■ ^ ■!■ ■■ la ,m »«^ I M«»«v»«>^ ^W9 'M'w.«. 4 Rawson, Frederick Lawrence, 1859- i/^ -3. Life undei-stood from a scientific and religious point of view, and the practical method of destroying sin, disease, and death. By F. L. Rawson ... 2d ed. London, The Crystal press, ltd., 1914. xvl, 4, 4a-4d, ilj, 4f-4g. i5i-740 p.. 1 L front, (port.) 22':«n. K 1. rosiiiology— Cuiiosa uiid miscellany. 2. New tliouj^Iit. i. Title. wi-vimi Library of Congress BDTOl.lC.'] 1J)14 .3S FILM S1ZE:__ IMAGE PLACEMENT: I DATE FILMED FILMED BY: RESEARCH !NT: lA /] : X^L- TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA REDUCTION RATIO: IB iiB ryv i^_V_ INITIALS lt-_I iCATIONS. INC WOODBRIDGE. 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RAWSON, Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers; Consulting Engineer to the Government of Iceland; Hon. Member of Council and past Vice-President of the Acetylene Association; and past Vice- President of the Aeronautical Institute. Author of AriiclcH on ^^ Transit'' and '''■Power,'' and the ''' Engineers' Dictionary, '^ for the Harms- worth ^^ Educator" ; atid of ^^Ace- tylejie: What It Is," for the Acetylene Associa- tion ; a)id other works. SECOND EDITION. ' LONDQN-. , , THE CRYSTAL PRESS/; LIMITED. %. RECEN'T STREET^ W. i9l4. 2>eDicatcD to MY BKOTHEKS AND SISTERS, THE MASS OF MANKIND, WRITHING UNDER THE LASH OF FALSE LAWS, THROUGH IGNORANCE OF TRUTH. m^ • • • • • • • • • ■ • • • • • • • • • « * • • • • • ••••• •• • • • • • •• •• ■ • • • • • • « t k • •« • • • • ••••• • • • • • • • i INDEX OF CONTENTS- SECTION L A Correct Word Picture The Mysteries of Our World " Occult " Phenomena Scientific Diflficulties Medical DiflBculties Healing ._ Physiological DiflBculties Unrecognisecl Human Capacity... Unaccountable Animal Wonders Philosophic Difficulties The Mystery of God This Mystery '* Finished " The Solution of All Mysteries The World of Illusion Reality "No-mind" and "Non-mental" The False Spiritual World The Real Mind, God Matter 'Non-mental" Matter the Manifestation of False Impressions A Correct Basic Theory Paok 7 8 9 9 10 12 12 13 13 14 16 16 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 20 Evil and the Material World 20 Evil 20 The Illusion 21 The Devil and Hell 21 The Non-reality of Evil and there- fore of Matter 22 What Origin has Evil ? 24 The Illusory Cause of Evil .. 25 "No-mind" 25 Sin the Cause of Disease 26 The Arraignment of the So-called Man 26 Pagk The Ignorant Man a Helpless Victim ... 27 The Death Struggle of Nature ... 27 Wonders of the World 28 The Arraignment of the So-called God ... ... ... ... 29 Good ... ... ... ... 30 Evolution of Our Sense of God 31 The Religion of One God ... 32 The Definition of God 34 The Logos 35 The Trinity 35 Origin of Good 35 The Religion of Many Gods ... 36 Is THE Real Man Material or Spiritual? 37 Man IS NOT Material 37 The Material or Carnal Man as Described in the Bible ... 37 The Apparent Duality 38 False Spirituality 39 For Man IS Spiritual 39 The True Man 39 Sons of the Living God 41 The Christ 42 The " Second Coming of Christ" 43 Three Points of View 44 Choice of Words ., 44 Knowledge of Truth 46 Wisdom ... ... ... ... 46 Theology 47 Dogma ... ... ... ... 48 The Three Stages of Truth ... 50 New Truths are Hateful to the Sluggard .. .. 60 TI INDEX. INDEX. Pack Philosophy 51 Science 51 Paracelsus 62 True Science Includes True Re- lis^ion 53 Ethics 54 The World's Awakening 54 What is Heaven? 55 The Kingdom of Ood that is Within 55 Individuality 56 The Unfolding of God's Ideas ... 57 Creation ... ... ... .. 57 Heavenly Happiness 57 Reality of Good 58 Proof of Our Knowledge of Heaven 59 Movement Instantaneous ... 59 Practical Results an Undeniable Proof 60 Perfect Sequence of Thought ... 60 Spiritual Reality of Parts of the Body ... ... ... ... 61 A World of Four Dimensions ... 61 Counterfeits and Symbols ... 64 Natural Laws Merely Memoria Technica 66 The Advancement of Human Knowledge 67 Miracles 68 Payment 69 SECTION 11. A Consistent Theory of Mate- rial Phenomena 70 Scientific Forecasts 70 *' Exposure is Nine Points of Des- truction " 71 Cinematographic Pictures ... 71 So-called Thinking Merely Picturing 72 Material Phenomena 72 A Consistent Theory a Safe Temporary Guide 72 The Ether 74 Material Thoughts 76 Human •Thoughts" Merely Ex- ternal Beliefs 77 Self- Intensification 77 Pain 77 The Human Mind 78 A Mechanical Concept 79 A Chemical Concept 79 The Basic False " Mentality "... 79 The " Subconscious Mind " ... 80 The Body 81 The Electron 81 P.\GK Matter 82 Matter Merely Ethereal Pheno- mena 84 Motion 84 Gravity 84 Time ... ... ... ... 85 The Scientific " Now " 86 The Metaphysical View of Time 87 Space ... ... ... ... 88 The Ethereal Chart 88 The Non-Reality of Matter... 88 Heydweiler 89 Professor Osborne Reynolds ... 89 Dr. LeBon 90 Scientific Views 91 Philosophic Views 92 This Suppositional Opposite World a Dream 94 Cause Must be Good 94 The So-Called Evolution of THE Material World ... 95 Birth and Death 95 Lines of Force 95 Electrons 96 Aqueous Vapour 96 The Constellations 96 So-called Solid Matter 97 Material Man 97 God ... ... ... ... ... 97 The inevitable End of Matter ... 98 The End of the World ... 98 Meaning of the End of the World 99 The End Unexpected 100 The Power of Good 100 Be of One Mind 100 Inevitable Suddenness of the End 101 Troubles at the End 101 The Power of United Right Thinking 102 The Darkest Hour 102 The Loosing of the Devil 103 Satan Loosed for Destruction ... 105 Signs of the End 106 Exact Time Unknown 107 Approximate Time Known 108 Time of the End 109 Universal Salvation 110 Responsibility of the Knowledge 111 The End to be Desired, not Feared 1 12 Education 112a SECTION IIL The Human 'Mind," that is '•No-Mind" 113 The Subconscious Mind or Basic False Mentality 113 Sense Impressions 114 Human So-called "Powers" ... Memory is Mental Thought Sequences Repeated . . Sight is Mental ... Clairvoyance Rapid Transmission of News . . . Seeing with the Nose and Ear . . . Painting ... Hearing is Mental Speaking Directly to America ... Speech is Mental ... Smell is Mental Psychometry Scientific Explanation The Divining Rod Evil Effects when Reading Scientific Method of Working ... Thought Reading Lack of Knowledge Results in Trouble Early Experiences Work Mentally Only by Thinking of God and Heaven Second Sight The " Murderer " Foreseen The Seaforth Prophecy Mr. Perceval's Murder The Murderer Now Unsafe Genius Calculating Boys Trance Speaking Somnambulism Ghosts and Visions The Apparent Power of the '■ No- Mind ' ' to Move Instantly Danger Ahead Dangerous and Useless Experi- ments Ha rmful Results .. . Karma Dr. Franz Hartmann The Safe Way to Work The Appearance of Jesus when the Doors were Shut Page 114 115 115 117 117 118 118 119 119 120 121 121 121 122 122 122 128 123 124 124 125 125 125 125 126 126 127 127 127 128 128 130 132 132 132 133 133 134 134 Divine Powers 135 A Scientific Remedy 135 The Denial, or " Michael " ... 135 The Affirmation, or " Gabriel "... 136 Con-tant Conscious Communion with God 137 The Reportof Gamaliel upon Jesus 138 Reverse Every Wrong Thought Instantly 138 Wrong Thoughtfl 139 The Two-edged Sword of Truth 140 Man, the Male and Female of God's Creation ... .« ... 142 Striving, a Joyous Realisation Scientific Working Restful Man Cannot Retrograde Treatment Personal Treatment Impersonal Treatment ... The Rod of Iron The Healer Dematerialisation . . . Vll Paob . 143 . 144 . 144 . 144 . 146 . 147 . 148 . 148 . 148 SECTION IV. Philosophic Theories 151 Evil is of No Value 152 Process of Self- Destruction ... 163 A Present Devil and a Future God I 153 What is Truth? 153 The Truth of Being 154 Two Horns of a Dilemma ... 154 Man's Better Understanding of God 155 Two Impossibilities 155 God Finite, if not Omnipotent... 156 Is God Unwilling or Unable to Abolish Evil? 166 The Evolution of Philosophy 157 New Theology 157 Theosophy... ... ... ... 158 Socialism and Women's Rights 158 How TO Understand Advanced Writings 158 Misinterpretations of Truth ... 158 Definition of " The Scriptures " or " Canonical Writings " .. 158 Fear of Criticism Betrays Doubt of Truth 159 The Bible, the Book of Books ... 160 Difficulties in Understanding the Bible ... ... ... 161 Numbers and Names ... ... 163 Anglo-Israelites ... ... ... 163 Symbols ... ... ... ... 163 Inspiration 164 George Eliot ... 164 Hawthorne... ... ... ... 164 Thackeray ... ... ... ... 164 Coleridge 165 George Sand ... ... ... 166 Robert Louis Stevenson 165 Mozart ... ... ... ... 165 Schubert 165 Beethoven 165 Jacob Boehme 165 Madness 166 Inspiration Scientific 166 Proofs of Its Truth 167 >i- VIII INDEX. INDEX. IX Practical Demonstbatioxs ... The Ether and Matter Disappearance of Matter •' The Earth Helped the Woman " Crookes's Berlin Lecture Non-Reality of Matter Thoujrht Germs ... •* Correct " and " AccDrate " Short-circuitinjr Pbophesyino Predestination Correct '• Appointments " not to be Kept Vivisection The Hopeless Injustice of the Material World Fatalism Untrue The Prophecies of Moses The Covenant The Book of Revelation Value of Revelation Fellow-Soldiers Impersonality of Evil Pack hiS 168 IGl) 169 170 170 171 171 171 172 17H 174 17.5 17,5 176 176 177 178 178 179 180 SECTION V. So-CALLBD Mental Effect Medical Needs The EflFect of So-called Thought Confidence... Psychotherapy The King's Touch Modern Views Lord Kelvin Martin Crane President Hall Professor C. A. Strong Professor James Professor Ladd Professor Miinsterberg Dr. W.G. Anderson Professor Barret t Professor E I mer Gates Changed Mental Conditions Create Chemical Changes Hate Producing Poison Professor Hall T. J. Hudson, Ph.D., LL.D. ... Albert Moll Dr. Still Professor Miinsterberg A Purely Metaphysical Ba«is Re- quisite 182 182 182 184 I8r, 189 11>1 191 191 191 191 191 192 192 192 192 193 193 193 195 19.-) 19.5 196 196 197 Pace Medical Recognition 197 Sir Andrew Clark 197 Dr. Clouston 197 Dr. J. H. Sealy 197 Sir John Forbes 198 Sir Clifford Allbutt, K.C.B., M.D., F.R.S 198 The '-Lancet" 198 Dr. Hack Tuke 198 Dr. Schofield 198 Sir Frederick Treves 198 Functional and Organic Disease 198 Dr. Buzzard 199 Admitted Ignorance 199 De Fleury 199 Dr. Schofield 199 The "Medical Times" 200 The " British Medical Journal " 200 Pereira's '• Materia Medica " ... 20() Dr. Shoemaker 200 Dr. S. Weir Mitchell 201 Practical Experience 201 On Muscles ... 2(>1 On Animals 202 On Human Beings 202 On Inert Matter 202 On Watches 203 On Vegetable Life 203 Platform Displays 204 A Warning 204 Mental Healing . 204 The Bihle Testimony 204 Our Present Duty 206 Raising of the Dead 206 Action op Thought 208 Homoeopathy 208 The Cause of Disease 208 Poi.son 209 All Action in the Material Seem- ing World only Apparent ... 209 Cancer and Humanity 210 "Some Ray of Hope*' 210 Hope Fulfilled 211 Appearance and Disappearance of Matter 211 " There is Nothing but God " ... 212 Two Methods of Working ... 212 Alteration of Electrical Tension 213 Short-circuiting Particles ... 214 Reappearance of the Disease ... 214 Synchronous Vibration 215 The Beam in the Eye 215 Startling Home Truths 216 Sin and Its Punishment 216 The Freeing from Sin 217 The Way of Escape 217 '•Greater Works" 218 The Evolution of Prayer Material Gods Semi human Gods Anthropomorphic God ... The One God The One True God Faith Healing Return of Trouble No Real Healing with the Human So-called "Mind" Supplicatory Prayer Sugge.stion Mental Suggestion The Real Test Divine Healing The Key to the Miracles of Jesus The Bishop of Durham God Destroying Matter Results of True Prayer Results According to Law Early Instantaneous Results ... The Holy Ghost All Can Heal The Medical World The Man in Authority Instantaneous Healing Recogiiised Scientific Leaders ... Love ••• ••• ••• •■• The Power of Love The Protective Power of Love ... Three Phases of Love Purity The False Division of the 8EXES The Union of Mental Qualities Platonic Friendship Danirerous Whirlpools Gods Protection A AVarning The Marriage Tie Spiritual Advance Spiritual Consecration Necessary Neetl for Fulfilment of the World's Highest Standard . . . Practical Results the Only Proof The 3Iighty Purpose to be Ac- complished •^'^y Beauty SECTION VI. "The Carnal Mind [Ethereal • No - Mind '] la Enmity against God" Good is Absolute, Evil Relative Conscience Sin Persecution The Absolute Standard of Good Pagb 218 218 219 219 220 221 222 224 225 225 226 228 229 229 230 231 232 233 234 236 236 237 237 239 240 240 241 243 243 243 245 245a 245A 24 .5A 245 a 245b 245b 24.5b 245c 245c 24 5d 245D 245D 246 246 The Unfailing Action Principle of Good Apparent Two Worlds of the Page 252 252 249 249 250 260 251 251 Collective Force of Foolish Beliefs 253 The Action of Food 25a Be a Law, Good, unto Yourself... 254 Sleep a Waste of Time 254 False Beliefs ... 255 Hypnotism 255 Hypnotic Prayer 266 Hugo Miinsterberg 266 Charcot. Richet, Brabinski ... 256 Dr. Schofield 256 Unfortunate Workers 267 Napoleon 257 False Christs 258 Occultism 258 "Spiritualism" 259 So-oalled Proofs 260 Stages in the Formation of Matter 261 The Explanation of Its Seeming Mystery 261 Objections and Dangers 262 Terrible Results 263 Deterioration of Moral Character 263 Planchette 265 Grief f or a " Departed * ' Friend ... 266 Theory Unsound 266 Magicians and Wizards 267 Divination 268 The Unknown Powers of Animals 269 Disastrous Self-Made Laws ... 269 Tiredness 269 Disease 270 Fear 270 Will Power 271 So-called "Mental Malpractice'' 272 " Drawing Fire " 272 Malicious " Mental" Malpractice 273 Preventive Legislation 273 Matter Refined up to Demate- rialisation 274 I>eath ... 274 Death Unnecessary 275 Raising from the Dead ... .. 276 No Spiritual Advancement or other Gain by Death 277 Suicide No Release 278 Victory Over Death 279 What Happens at Death 279 Birth, Its Mystery Solved ... 280 Counter fesance 281 Fleeting Dream Pictures ... 282 Nicodemus 283 Unprejudiced Hearing Necessary to Gain Truth 284 " History Repeats Itself " ... 285 A Mechanical World 286 Scientific Confirmation 287 > . INDEX. INDEX. XI The Darwinian Theory of Evo- lution '' Cause of Variability " '•The Survival of the Fittest" ... *' Speoies Once Lost Do Not Re- appear "... "Absence of Intermediate Va- rieties at the Present Day " ... " Mutual Affinities of Organic Beingra" ... " Geosrraphical Distribution " ... " Spiritual Evolution " Unnatural Science Unnatural Religion Business The Greatpj^t Goo