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
It is admitted that the intellect, in treating objects singly and
dealing only with the starts and stops of a movement, is withal
loyal to the kosmic order, design and purpose which have priorly
characterized manifested phenomena by segmentation. And in this
loyalty it has been following merely a natural lead which, while
admitting of the widest development and experience, nevertheless at
the same time beneficently obscures the underlying reality in order
that in its adaptation to the sensuous world the intellect might
have the greatest freedom for the development suited to the given
stage of its evolution. But in thus admitting the natural congruence
between the intellectuality and the phenomenal or sensuous we do
not thereby unite with those who already believe that this kosmic
agreement is the _ne plus ultra_ of psychogenesis. On the other
hand, it is maintained that this is merely a phase of psychogenesis
which shall be outgrown in just the same measure as other phases
have been outgrown. And notwithstanding the fact that judgments of
the intellect with respect to inter-factual relations or the ens
of facts themselves are as valid as its judicial determination of
self-consciousness, no more and no less, we are, by the very rigor
and exclusiveness of this logical necessity and inherent limitation,
led to view the intellect's interpretation of phenomena as partial
and fragmentary; for the reason that the necessitous confinement of
its understanding and interpretative powers to fact-relations quite
effectively inhibits the use of these powers for the contemplation
of the deeper causative agencies which have operated to produce the
phenomena. But it is apparent that just as the transmuted results of
other phases of psychogenesis are now being utilized as a basis for the
efficient operation of the intellect in the sensuous world, thereby
enabling the attainment of a very high mastery over matter, so will the
functional dynamism acquired by it in the pursuit and comprehension of
diversity serve well when, in later days, it has acquired the power to
deal directly with reality, to _create_ and dispose of life just as
the kosmic intellect has and is now using it in the execution of the
infinite process of _becoming_ through which creation is proceeding. It
would seem that the necessary prerequisite to the development of any
higher functional capability is that the intellect should be capable of
disposing of innumerable details, indeed the totality of kosmic detail,
before it can come wholly into the power and capacity to understand
and manipulate life. Furthermore, it appears that the acquirement of
this power quite necessarily has been delayed awaiting that time when,
dominated by the intuition, the intellect shall have attained the
requisite managerial ability for marshaling an exceedingly large number
of details.
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