The mystery of space : $b a study of the hyperspace movement in the light of the evolution of new psychic faculties and an inquiry into the genesis and essential nature of spaceBrowne, Robert T.
Religion
The mystery of space : $b a study of the hyperspace movement in the light of the evolution of new psychic faculties and an inquiry into the genesis and essential nature of space
Browne, Robert T.
Hyperspace
Kosmic truth has many facets. The rays of light which we see darting
from its surface do not always come from the core. Often they are
reflections of rays whose light stops short at the superfice; and
these, in turn, are reflections of deeper realities. Thus the reflected
light may be traced to its source by following the lead of external
reflections. It is now known that moonlight, and perhaps, in many
cases, starlight, are reflections of sunlight, if not of our sun,
some other in the universe. But it is only at certain times and under
certain conditions that we can see the sun which is the source of the
other kinds of light. The stars which owe their light to suns are so
many facets of sunlight. The moon is a facet of sunlight also. Facts
are facets of truth. They are so many faces of eternal truth. They
represent the many ways reality exhibits itself, or rather its effects,
to the consciousness. When we, therefore, become aware of facts we have
not in virtue thereof become aware of the reality which produces the
facts. We have come to know only something of the termini of realism
while the complexities and internal ramifications which lie between
realism itself and these termini altogether elude our cognition.
Let us examine briefly an icosahedron, for instance. An icosahedron is
a figure comprehended under twenty equal sides. These various sides
are so many faces by means of which the figure presents itself to the
consciousness. These faces, however, are not the real object. The
figure may be examined by viewing it from any one of its sides; yet,
by simply examining a single face, or any number of faces, less the
total number, we arrive at no satisfactory knowledge of the magnitude
or its substance. We must first become conscious of all the faces,
holding them in mind as a composite picture, before we can even begin
to have anything like a complete notion of the icosahedron. Then by
continuing the examination we may find that the magnitude is composed
of wood fiber or stone or metal, as the case may be. In this way we
might carry the examination to indefinite limits and finally arrive at
a very comprehensive knowledge of the icosahedron and yet be unaware
altogether of the forces which have been at work in the production of
the magnitude or of the reality which lies back of it.
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