isis unveiled: chapter chapter VII (thou great first cause)

"Unfortunately, human skepticism is a stronghold capable of defying any amount of testimony. And to begin with Mr. Huxley, our men of science accept of but so much as suits them, and no more. "Oh shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds - men only disagree Of creatures rational...." How can we [...]

isis unveiled: chapter chapter VII (thou great first cause)

"So much for the opinions of the English scientists. The Americans have not done much better. In 1857, a committee of Harvard University warned the public against investigating this subject, which "corrupts the morals and degrades the intellect." They called it, furthermore, "a contaminating influence, which surely tends to lessen the truth of man and [...]

isis unveiled: chapter chapter VII (thou great first cause)

"We are told, in behalf of science, that she accepts no other mode of investigation than observation and experiment. Agreed; and have we not the records of say three thousand years of observation of facts going to prove the occult powers of man? As to experiment, what better opportunity could have been asked than the [...]