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laws of mental activity once discovered ��as�察�in fact�察�the fundamental laws
of mechanics were discovered���察 �we should have passed from mind�察�
properly so´called�察 �to life�察 �biology would have been constituted�察 �but a
vitalist biology�察 �quite different from ours�察 �which would have sought
behind the sensible forms of living beings the inward�察�invisible force of
which the sensible forms are the manifestations。;
It would therefore in the very first days of its activity have
encountered all these strange problems�此 �telepathy�察 �materializations�察�
clairvoyance�察�miraculous cures�察�knowledge of the future�察�the possibility of
survival�察 �interplanetary intelligence and many others�察 �which it has
neglected hitherto and which�察�thanks to its neglect�察�are still in their infancy。
But�察�as the human mind is not able to follow two diametrically opposite
directions at the same time�察 �it would necessarily have rejected the
mathematical sciences。 A steamship coming from another hemisphere�察�one
in which men's minds had taken�察 �unknown to ourselves�察 �the road which
our own has actually taken�察 �would have seemed to us as wonderful�察 �as
incredible as the phenomena of our subconsciousness seem to us to´day。
We should have gone very far in what at present we call the unknown or
the occult�察 �but we should have known hardly anything of physics�察�
chemistry or mechanics�察 �unless�察 �which is very probable�察 �we had come
upon them by another road as we travelled round the occult。 It is true that
certain nations�察 �the Hindus particularly�察 �the Egyptians and perhaps the
Incas�察 �as well as others�察 �in all probability�察 �who have not left sufficient
traces�察�thus went to work the other way and obtained nothing decisive。 Is
this again a consequence of the hopeless incompatibility between the
faculties of the brain and those of the subconsciousness�拭�Possibly�察�but we
must not forget that we are speaking of nations which never possessed our
intellectual habits�察 �our passion for precision�察 �for verification�察 �for
experimental certainty�察�indeed�察�this passion has only been fully developed
in ourselves within the last two or three centuries。 It is to be presumed
therefore that the European would have gone much farther in the other
direction than the Oriental。 Where would he have arrived�拭�Endowed with
a different brain�察 �naturally clearer�察 �more exacting�察 �more logical�察 �less
credulous�察�more practical�察�closer to realities�察�more attentive to details�察�but
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with the scientific side of his intelligence uncultivated�察 �would he have
gone astray or would he have met the truths which we are still seeking and
which may well be more important than all our material conquests。 Ill´
prepared�察 �ill´equipped�察 �ill´balanced�察 �lacking the necessary ballast of
experiments and proofs�察 �would he have been exposed to the dangers
familiar to all the too´mystical nations�拭�It is very difficult to imagine so。
But the hour has now perhaps come to try without risk what he could not
have done without grave peril。 While abandoning no whit of his
understanding�察�which is small compared with the boundless scope of the
subconsciousness�察�but which is sure�察�tried and docile�察�he can now embark
upon the great adventure and try to do that which has not been done before。
It is a matter of discovering the connecting link between the two forces。
We are still ignorant of the means of aiding�察�encouraging�察�developing and
taming the greater of the two and of bringing it closer to us�察�the quest will
be the most difficult�察�the most mysterious and�察�in certain respects�察�the most
dangerous that mankind has ever undertaken。 But we can say to ourselves�察�
without fear of being very far wrong�察�that it is the best task at the moment。
In any case�察 �this is the first time since man has existed that he will be
fronting the unknown with such good weapons�察�even as it is also the first
time since its awakening that his intelligence�察�which has reached a summit
from which it can understand almost everything�察�will at last receive help
from outside and hear a voice that is something more than the echo of its
own。
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