Harmonics of Evolution

Contents Chapter I. Preliminary Statement Chapter II. There Is No Death Chapter III. Life After Physical Death is a Fact Scientifically Chapter IV. Life Here and Hereafter Has a Common Development Chapter V. The Scope, Method and Purpose Chapter VI. The Genesis of Physical Life Chapter VII. The Spiritual Basis of Evolution Chapter VIII. The Law of "Natural Selection" Chapter The Natural Law of Selection Chapter A Question in Science Chapter The Question Answered Chapter Masculine Will and Feminine Desire Chapter The Struggle for Happiness Chapter XIV. Masculine Reason and Feminine Intuition Chapter XV. The Spiritual Basis of Love Chapter XVI. Physical Science Corroborates Natural Science Chapter XVII. Natural Marriage Chapter XVIII. Legal Marriage Chapter XIX. Divorce Chapter XX. True Marriage Chapter XXI. The Individual Solution *** a selection from the beginning CHAPTER I. Preliminary Statement There Is No Death. Life After Physical Death Is A Fact Scientifically Demonstrable. Life Here And Hereafter Has A Common Development And A Common Purpose. These propositions are laid down with due appreciation of their importance. They are presented as facts of Nature clearly demonstrable by scientific methods. The writer is aware that these statements directly challenge both dogmatic theology and scientific skepticism. It is possible that they may provoke the hostility of the one and the ridicule of the other. If, however, such hostility and ridicule finally pave the way to honest investigation, the object of the writer will have been accomplished. These positive initial declarations, be it understood, foreshadow the positive character of the philosophy to be presented. The authority to state these truths in unconditional terms is derived from a school of science which transcends in scope and investigation that school commonly known as the school of modern physical science. This authority is reinforced by direct teaching and a personal experience covering a period of more than ten years. Having made this statement, any further discussion as to the relation of the writer to her authority is obviously out of place. Natural Science, which is the basis of this philosophy, is an exact science and not a theory. This means that its propositions are based upon the theorem of any one of our exact physical sciences, viz., the study of natural phenomena and the classification of facts in Nature, together with experiment along the lines of natural law and the demonstration of the principles involved. The propositions of Natural Science are susceptible of demonstration with the same certainty as are those of physical science. It will be observed that this is an unqualified statement. Positive assertion invariably accompanies either deliberate falsehood, profound ignorance, or a personal and definite knowledge as to the question involved.