Category: Isis Unveiled: H. P. Blavatsky (1877)

"These guerilla-skirmishes between the champions of the clergy and the materialistic Academy of Science, prove abundantly how little the latter has done toward uprooting blind fanaticism from the minds of even very educated persons.   Evidently science has neither completely conquered nor muzzled theology. She will master her only on that day when she will [...]

"Denying that the Church had anything to do with his books, des Mousseaux gravely gave the Academy, in addition to his Memoire, the following interesting and profoundly philosophical thoughts on Satan:   "The Devil is the chief pillar of Faith. He is one of the grand personages whose life is closely allied to that of [...]

"Dr. Royer and Jobart de Lamballe - both celebrities in their way - formed an alliance and presented to the Institute a German whose cleverness afforded, according to his statement, the key to all the knockings and rappings of both hemispheres.   "We blush" - remarks the Marquis de Mirville - "to say that the [...]

"The medical faculties, as might have been expected, assuming the part of the Greek chorus, echoed the various expostulations against the demonological authors.   The Medico-Psychological Annals, edited by Drs. Brierre de Boismont and Cerise, published the following: "Outside these controversies of antagonistical parties, never in our country did a writer dare to face, with [...]

"Among the multitude of books against spiritualism emanating from Catholic and Protestant sources, none have produced a more appalling effect than the works of de Mirville and des Mousseaux: La Magie au XIXme Siecle - Moeurs et Practiques des Demons - Hauts Phenomees de la Magie - Les Mediateurs de la Magie - Des Esprits [...]

"Those who are unable to believe in a personal devil and the dogmas of the church must nevertheless accord to the clergy enough of shrewdness to prevent the compromising of her reputation for infallibility by making so much of manifestations which, if fraudulent, must inevitably be some day exposed.   But the best testimony to [...]

"Since 1850, des Mousseaux and de Mirville, uncompromising Roman Catholics, have published many volumes whose titles are cleverly contrived to attract public attention. They betray on the part of the authors a very serious alarm, which, moreover, they take no pains to conceal. Were it possible to consider the phenomena spurious, the church of Rome [...]

"The following affirmations of physical phenomena, as witnessed by himself and Professor Thury, may be found in de Gasparin's voluminous work.   "The experimenters have often seen the legs of the table glued, so to say, to the floor, and, notwithstanding the excitement of those present, refuse to be moved from their place.   On [...]

""I choose the nobler part of Emerson, when, after various disenchantments, he exclaimed, 'I covet Truth'. The gladness of true heroism visits the heart of him who is really competent to say this." - TYNDALL.   "A testimony is sufficient when it rests on: 1st. A great number of very sensible witnesses who agree in [...]

"Furthermore, Bruno confesses his inability to comprehend the doctrine of three persons in the godhead, and his doubts of the incarnation of God in Jesus, but firmly pronounces his belief in the miracles of Christ. How could he, being a Pythagorean philosopher, discredit them?   If, under the merciless constraint of the Inquisition, he, like [...]