THE PLANET MARS AND ITS INHABITANTS

BY

EROS URIDES

(A MARTIAN)

 DEDICATION

 To the millions of God's children on this earth enthralled in darkness, for whom the solicitude of the Father is now in evidence, this book is dedicated. 

 May it be a beacon to light the way of weary searchers after TRUTH. 

One hemisphere of Mars showing the North Polar Cap and the main CanalSystem covering the planet. The many thousands of small lateralcanals, radiating from the larger waterways, and which form animportant part of the general plan, have been purposely omitted fromthe above to avoid confusion. The circular spots and dots are theprincipal reservoirs used for impounding water for use during the longMartian summer. The dark areas shown in the drawing are Mars ancientsea bottoms now covered with vegetation. It will be observed that mostof the canals are double, paralleling each other at a distance of aboutseventy-five miles. Centers of population are not shown for the reasonthat space is not available on so small a drawing. The City of Urid issituated adjacent to the reservoir in the center of drawing, just northof the equator. 

CONTENTS

Chapter I. -EROS URIDES, of the City of Urid, planet Mars, the Author, introduces himself and his book THE PLANET MARS AND ITS INHABITANTS. 

Chapter II. -He describes the Population Centers, Temperatures andClimate. The whole Planet is gridironed with Canals. (See Diagram. )

Chapter III. -He gives a full description of the marvelous Martian CanalSystem. 

Chapter IV. -Planetary Economy. No Worries, and the Wants of all aresupplied by the Commonwealth. 

Chapter V. -Property and Property Rights. God, the Creator of it, isconsidered the Owner of all Property. Material things to the Martiansare but Expedients. The Millions of Martians live as one great family, though divided into families. And it is this solidarity and filialconsideration towards each other that made the stupendous Canal andother Works possible. 

Chapter VI. -Trade and Barter are unknown. Transportation is by FlyingShips, and Gravitational Pull has been overcome. Also, they use Cosmicor Universal Energy. All Distribution is from immense Warehouses. 

Chapter VII. -A great many Clairvoyant Visions were seen by theShorthand Recorder, which make most interesting reading. 

Chapter VIII. -Knowledge of God comes from within. Selfishness has beeneliminated; and the Martians require no Policemen, Watchmen or otherGuardians of the Peace. Christ is known to the Martians as one of thegreat Powers in the Universe. 

Chapter IX. -Mars has no Political System; yet it is controlled by thevery Acme of System. Each Individual of their vast population isguided by "The Light Within" and by "LOVE. "

Chapter X. -Mars is ruled by LOVE, their only law. There is no Evil, for all are Good; all are Equal. Truth is simple. The people of Marsare ready to stimulate the living of the Christ-Life on other Planets. (This is a wonderful and most Inspiring chapter. )

Chapter XI. -Education and Training of the Individual. They have aSpoken and a Written Language; but Telepathy is often used. Set Rulesof Discipline are not required. There are References to Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Venus, Mercury, and the two Moons of Mars. 

Chapter XII. -Education and Training of the Individual (contd). Vocational Determination. School Age. Marriage. Science and DomesticScience. Relativity of Time, Space, Motion and Matter. All in thewhole Universe is ETERNAL MOTION. 

Chapter XIII. -Music is an Expression of the Father. "All around us isa beautiful RAINBOW UNIVERSE". About Music of the Spheres, and thatSinging is highly developed. 

Chapter XIV. -Aeronautics. Inhabited Planets. Sectarianism. No Sound, no Discordant Vibrations disturb the Atmosphere of Mars. 

Chapter XV. -Life is an Attribute of the entire Universe. The PlanetJupiter is enveloped in deep gloom and Darkness. Gives muchinformation. Vesta, an Asteroid, is about 500 miles in diameter. Saysthat communications between Planets of our Solar System and our Earthwill soon be realized, and that the initial Message will be from Mars. It will herald a New Era for the people of Earth, and will break downour narrow-minded Theology. 

Chapter XVI. -The Risen Christ. All the Mars people have lived on otherPlanets before, except your Earth. On Mars they live the Christ-Lifeevery day. 10, 000 years ago the Mars people accepted Christ as theirSavior WITHOUT MURDER. 

Chapter XVII. -Physical Environment is the result of Spiritual Causes, and is the Result of our Mental Attitude. 

Chapter XVIII. -Material Life is a Lesson, and is necessary for theunfolding of Character. The Martians have mastered their NaturalPassions. 

Chapter XIX. -Eros gives a graphic Description of a Martian Home andSurroundings, then shows how the Food is manipulated. It is broughtfrom a Central Depot in a Mechanical Contrivance which is rununderground, thence up into the Dining room. The Soiled Dishes are rundown and off the same way. No Drudgery for the Housewife!

Chapter XX. -"ART. " The Martians have beautiful productions in Painting, Sculpture and Tapestries, some of which depict the Scenes and Episodesincident on Christ's Visit to Mars ten thousand years ago. 

Chapter XXI. -Eros Urides has a good deal to write on the subject of"Scientific Sophistry, " which has mostly to do with our Earth. 

FOREWORD

It was Eros Urides, the real Martian behind the scenes, who dictatedthe contents of this book through the medium to Mr. Kennon. It wasfurther stated that "The medium was held in trance for short periodsonly, as the medium must necessarily experience the atmosphere of Marswhich is more rarified than that of your Earth. " Writes also that themedium seemed to have some difficulty, and at first pain in breathingwhile in the trance condition. 

Mr. Kennon also wrote in his foreword of the original book that it wasnot until January 4, 1920, it was decided to write the book in whichthe Planet Mars, its people, its form of government, its Art, Industries, Philosophy of life, etc. Would for the first time in thehistory of this world be given. 

It appears that Jesus the Christed One of God visited the planets ofour Solar system, the planet Mars being one of those visited andinvestigated. And, as a proof of this it was Jesus Christ whofunctioned as chairman or presidentat the great Peace Conference heldin the vast coliseum on the first sphere of the Heavens of our Earth. That was in the year 1912, as fully reported in "World of Tomorrow, "page 98. It was at that conference He stated that Universal Peace mustbe speeded up, as there were other planets to be investigated: and thatthe Earth stood in the way and was becoming a menace to neighboringplanets. 

CHAPTER I. 

THE PLANET MARS AND ITS INHABITANTS

Years ago, as you measure time, I was an inhabitant of Mars, yoursister planet. My name is Eros Urides (the latter signifying "ofUrid"). But a physical name is only an incidental in one's life. 

In the Spirit world we are given a name in accordance with ourspiritual qualities and gifts and the kind of work we do. 

I came into material being as the fruit of the sacred union of myparents. It is not necessary to say aught concerning their socialstatus, for on Mars all who unfold into a material expression of theFather are equal. Equal in rank, station, and in possession of thematerial fruits of earth. 

After my education had been completed I was, in accordance with theMartian system of scientifically determining one's rightful vocation, assigned as overseer to a section of one of the main canals supplyingwater from the North Polar cap to an impounding reservoir near the cityof Urid, the place of my birth. 

I was in the 36th year (Martian reckoning) of my physical life on theplanet when my transition occurred, which event was the result of myinability to observe, one night, warning signals sent out from acentral station advising the eve of a tremendous drop in temperature. This occurred in the Martian autumn, and I succumbed to the intensecold. I was not married, so I left no immediate family except myparents, brothers and sisters. 

I have come to your Earth to give your inhabitants some idea of theidealistic life lived by your more advanced brothers. I use the termidealistic in a relative way only, for in God's universe the degrees ofmaterial progress of His children are infinite in number. 

In giving this information to the inhabitants of your world I have beenassisted by the spirits of many former wise children of your Earth. 

The purpose of the information which I am about to impart to yourpeople is mainly to stimulate and hasten into material expression thereign of God's kingdom on your Earth. 

Many will reject this information, but it is God's truth nevertheless. But on the other hand, many of God's children now functioning on yourplanet will accept the statements as true, and they will be helped andencouraged in their hard struggle for material existence. Thisstruggle, unequal as it is, is the result of darkness engendered by theloss of faith in God. 

Man's faith in his Creator, in the ages preceding your present era ofdarkness, was sublime. Man's attitude towards, and his confidence inthe promises of God was as the faith of a child to its parents, whom ithas always trusted. But selfishness has gained the upper hand, and isnow man's master on your Earth. To break the chains now binding man toself is the purpose of God's holy emissaries, who have descended fromhigh spiritual spheres to your Earth to teach and show men the way outof bondage. They will succeed, for Omniscience has commanded it. It isunder their direction that I am now contributing my little part in thismovement. 

I am only too glad to have been able to give the information containedin this book, and I also appreciate the assistance of all those on yourEarth plane who so willingly assisted; but of course we are all obeyingthe Father's command. 

As life is an attribute of the entire universe, the material aspect ofall God's creations are the same. That is, life on another planet mustbe thought of as being no different from what experience teaches you. 

All inspiration comes from the Father. Hence, the degree of a race'sadvancement in point of civilization is in proportion to its spiritualenfoldment. Therefore the material aspect of life, which includesGod's evolutionary and non-evolutionary creatures, is the same on everyhabitable globe in limitless space. 

In telling the story of Mars you must be prepared to believe that, froma physical point of view, the Martians are just human beings, differinglittle from the people of your Earth. 

The same may be said concerning the activities of life enjoyed by allof God's creatures. Martians work and have their recreations. Theyenjoy the fruits of their earth just as you do the fruits of yours. They have invented labor-saving machinery, and indulge in a multitudeof industrial pursuits, but with this difference: their economic systemis such that the life of the Martian is not the struggle for existenceyou have created on your Earth. On the contrary it is a pleasurablelife in which work is as much enjoyed as is recreation. This conditionis due to two causes. First, Mars is much farther advanced as a worldin its evolutionary career. Second, the Spiritual enfoldment of itsinhabitants is proportionately advanced. 

As the Divine Plan is universal in its scope the physicalcharacteristics of Mars, compared to your Earth are, in a general way, the same, with the exceptions shown later in this book. 

The inhabitants of Mars enjoy a blue sky, mountains, hills, rocks anddells, clouds, beautiful sunsets, and in fact most of the physicalphenomena witnessed by the dwellers of your Earth. 

The Martians live and have their being just as your people do, but theyare surrounded by a different spiritual and a modified physicalenvironment. They take pleasure in music, art and the study ofphysical science, but with this difference: the spiritual growth andenfoldment of the individual is considered as most important, and allmaterial advancement as only an aid to ultimate ends. 

With main points in view the reader can now readily comprehend the realMartian character, although it may be a disappointment to some who haveimagined the inhabitants of Mars as physically different fromthemselves; or perhaps, as semi-spiritual entities, who have possiblybeen transplanted from other worlds to undergo a sort of probationarylife amid a Paradise of beautiful surroundings and things. 

CHAPTER II. 

POPULATION CENTERS, TEMPERATURE, CLIMATE

Although Mars is little more than half as large as your Earth, itsdiameter being 4, 200 miles, it contains a larger area of habitable landthan the latter, its surface area being approximately 212, 000, 000square miles as against 51, 000, 000 miles for your Earth. Hence ourglobe supports a larger population about 13, 160, 000, 000 people. Yourpopulation is in the neighborhood of 1, 645, 000, 000. Your land area is161, 000, 000 square miles less than the land area of Mars. This is forthe reason that your oceans occupy a vast surface of your Earth, andMars has no oceans, as these dried up ages ago. Consequently almost theentire surface of our planet (with exception of some small areascovered with swamps, remnants of ancient seas and oceans, and portionsof the extreme Northerly and Southerly Polar caps) is utilized by theMartian inhabitants. 

Our planet is gridironed with canals, many hundreds of the main onesbeing observable through your telescopes, and the art of intensivefarming is practised by us to a degree of perfection never dreamed ofby the dwellers of your Earth. 

Our winters, even in the Equatorial regions are severe, thetemperatures at times descending to as low as 80 degrees below zero. However, our springs, summers, and autumns are mild and nearly twice aslong as your seasons, for the Martian year is 687 days long. We growand mature many crops of necessary cereals, fruits and vegetablesduring the spring and summer months, so that want is never felt by ourhappy people. 

Our method of irrigation is somewhat different from that practised inthe arid portions of your Earth. We do not, except in a few instances, flood our lands as you do. Owing to the fact that our atmosphere ismuch lighter than yours, the normal air pressure being only about 8pounds to the square inch as against 15 pounds on your Earth, evaporation is very rapid, and the dewfall, as a consequence of muchmoisture being in the air, is very great. 

This heavy humidity also tends to prevent radiation of heat, and thetemperature at night does not drop exceedingly low, although frost isnot uncommon even in summer. As our vegetation is acclimated andadapted to our environment no damage is done to growing crops by reasonof these frosts. 

The Martians experience no difficulty in living in a rarifiedatmosphere. Neither have they abnormally developed lungs. God hasmade ample provision for the comfort of His creatures throughout all ofHis infinite creations, and we of Mars are not excepted from thisFatherly care and love. 

Should an inhabitant of your Earth be suddenly transported to Mars hecould live but a few minutes, for the reason that his lungs could notassimilate enough oxygen from our light atmosphere. 

Economy is a science with us. Nothing is wasted. Every possiblesquare inch of ground produces food for man or beast. Even the northand south Arctic regions, after their seasonal thaws blossom forth withvegetal growth, as astronomers on your Earth have observed. Theseregions produce their quota of food by being utilized as pasturage forour cattle. Immense amounts of forage are also gathered for the longMartian winters, when a greater portion of either the north or southhemisphere is covered with a mantle of snow. 

The equatorial regions are always pleasant. No severe wind storms areexperienced on Mars; neither do we have lightning or other magneticdisturbances such as you experience. 

As a corollary to the tranquility of our inhabitants living in peace, Love and harmony, and the truths of God expressed in our everydayliving, the climate is equable, the atmosphere clear and beautiful, thesky serene and sapphire-blue: the severest winds but gentle zephyrswafted towards the equator from the more remote portions of our globe. Cloudy skies are rare and rainstorms few. 

There is no lack of God's gifts on Mars. As intensive farming is anecessity on our planet, plant food or fertilizing elements areplentiful. One of the large white circular spots observed by yourastronomers, located in a region on Mars named by them Elysium, andwhich has been a puzzle to all observers, is an immense deposit offertilizing chemicals. An immense well is located in this particularspot which gushes forth a never-ending saline solution, highlyimpregnated with sodium nitrate, potash and other salts. The countryfor many miles around is covered with a white precipitate which hasbeen carried by the moist air and deposited on the Martian earth. These chemical compounds are refined and used to replenish the soilwith plant food. 

There are 153, 000 centers of population on Mars, but these centers arenot congested cities similar to those on your Earth. Every individualhas plenty of room to thrive and develop the best within him. 

Our cities are not crowded and our buildings are beautiful in theirsimplicity: large and roomy, with an abundance of sunlight and ampleventilation. White marble and metals are employed for buildingpurposes. 

The inhabitants congregate in centers and, owing to our more perfectmethods of transportation, go forth daily to their tasks in field orfactory, to return at the end of their allotted period to home andfireside. 

CHAPTER III. 

THE MARTIAN CANAL SYSTEM

The Canal system on Mars is comparatively new. The idea ofconstructing a planetary Canal system had its incipiency at the time ofChrist's visit to our planet. The Master warned the people that theymust make provision for their future water supply. At that time(10, 000 years ago) the water supply was becoming noticeably scarcer astime went on. It was nearly 3, 000 years after the Master's mission toMars had been concluded that actual construction of the Planetary Canalsystem was undertaken; and during the intervening 7, 000 years and up tothe present time, construction on the public waterways has continued. 

At the present day the system is most complete, but constant work isrequired to keep the canals in working order. In addition to thegigantic Canal system, provision had to be made for suitable reservoirsto impound the water after the seasonal thaws at the poles. To thisend immense reservoirs were constructed at most canal intersections. In some instances the reservoirs are established between parallelcanals; but in every case smaller canals, or laterals, always intersectat these points. 

Many of the canals on Mars are double, as they appear to yourastronomers. These double waterways parallel each other at a distanceof about 75 miles. The reason for this is that as the Martianpopulation is absolutely dependent upon the Polar waters to irrigatetheir crops, any accident to a canal, such as a landslide stopping theregular flow of water or the breaking of a lock or gate, would mean avery serious calamity to a great number of people. And for thatreason, soon after the main canals were constructed, second andparallel waterways were made for the purpose of guaranteeing anuninterrupted flow of water from the Poles to the Equatorial regions. The result of this was that on many occasions the foresight of theMartian engineers who had the water supply of the planet in charge, saved immense areas from drought. 

The rainfall on Mars is almost nil and the immense population (eighttimes larger than that of your Earth) is entirely dependent on thewater supply from the melting Polar caps. Water on Mars is a mostprecious fluid and there is none to waste. Our oceans evaporated agesago, and outside of the precipitation of moisture at the poles in theform of snow, none is to be had anywhere else on the planet except invery meager quantities. 

The astronomer Lowell of your Earth, who made a life study of ourplanet, called these reservoirs "Oases, " but he was mistaken in histheory. He concluded that these points, which appear as round disks inthe telescope, were centers of population. This conclusion iserroneous. The centers of population on Mars are scattered over theentire planet regardless of the position of the so-called "Oases. " Itis quite true that owing to the rapid evaporation of water in thecomparatively thin atmosphere of Mars, the dewfall for quite a radiusfrom the center of the reservoirs is considerable, with the result thatvegetation springs up, giving the "Oases" the appearance of a diameterof about 75 miles. The reservoirs are about 60 miles across and holdmillions of gallons of water. 

The same explanation may be given of the Canals. The dewfall on eachside is extensive, and the vegetal growth which extends the full lengthof the water-ways and for thousands of miles in some cases, is mostprolific. 

The water in the canals, in most instances, is distributed by gravity;but recourse is had to a lock system and to immense pumps for raisingthe water to proper levels. 

The gates of the lock system and the pumps are operated by electricity, the control of which energy is well understood by us. In fact, we arecenturies ahead of your Earth people in the knowledge of the use ofElectro-magnetic energy. (More will be given on the subject ofElectricity in a later chapter. )

Another source of mystery to your astronomers has been the appearanceof triangular dark spots at the origin of some of the Martian canals. These have been referred to by your astronomer Lowell as "Carets, "named so by reason of their peculiar shape. These so-called "Carets"are the thoughtful provision for the impounding of a season's supply ofwater. In other words they are in part a lock system for raising waterto the level of some of the main canals, and embrace also a prodigiouspumping system. 

These so-called "Carets, " as the telescope will show, are located atthe edge of some of what appear to you as very dark areas on ourplanet. These dark areas are Mars' old sea bottoms, and in manyinstances have been utilized by our engineers as natural reservoirs forwater. Their convenient location near the Poles has provided idealfacilities for the preservation of an adequate supply of water. 

The construction of Mars' gigantic Canal system, planetary in itsextent, might seem to your Earth people an impossible task. And itmight prove so to your Earth dwellers should you undertake a similarproject in the ages to come when your seas dry up, though it must beremembered that gravity on Mars, compared with your Earth, is as 38 to100. Excavations of large waterways then becomes a comparatively easytask. We have no high mountains on Mars; in fact, none exceeding 3, 000feet in altitude. 

Owing to the difference in gravity the angle of repose on Mars isnearly acute as against 45 degrees on your Earth, which permits ofalmost perpendicular walls to the canals and lessens the danger oflandslides and cave-ins. But above all, the biggest advantage enjoyedby us in the construction of large public enterprises, such as areembraced by our Canal system, is the solidarity and unity of purpose onthe part of the Martian people. As Love rules our planet no internaldissension or public misunderstanding exists among its people to retardany undertaking that is necessary for the good of all. 

It is lamentable that the dwellers on your Earth are divided againstone another. Not only are your false ideals of racial, sociologicaland religious distinctions a bar to your Spiritual and materialprogress, but your political and economic falsities are as millstonesaround your necks, which will ultimately lead you to destruction unlessyou, as a people, retrace your steps and go back to the pathway pointedout by Christ the Master 2, 000 years ago, when He came to your Earthwith a message from the Most High. The pathway is LOVE which leads toa true understanding of God and the Kingdom referred to by Christ. 

The Martian canals, as telescopic observation will prove in almost allcases, follow straight lines. When necessary, mountains have been cutthrough down to a proper level. Where the canals cross depressions orold sea-bottoms, immense aqueducts have been constructed of solid stoneand concrete in such a manner that the water, in most cases, flows toits destination by gravity. 

That this has been a stupendous task may be more readily imagined whenit is known that the width of the main canals averages from one totwenty miles. This announcement might seem to many unreasonable, butit must be remembered that the volume of water distributed over212, 000, 000 square miles of territory is immense. You might ask wherethis large volume of water comes from. 

The POLAR CAPS! During the Martian winter these extend down nearly tothe equator, and cover about five-sevenths of the planet's surface whenat maximum; and as the snowfall averages from six inches at the edge ofthe caps to 50 feet at and near the actual Poles, some idea may begained of the amount of moisture taken care of by these artificialwaterways. Ten feet of snow will make 12 inches of water, so thereexists on Mars an ample supply for all purposes. 

(NOTE--The question as to why many of the canals germinate has been aperplexing one to our astronomers. Lowell observed that many of themain canals germinated a short time after the commencement of theMartian summer, and for a time it was thought that the phenomena mightbe an optical illusion, and the latter theory was considered seriouslyby some observers until the double canals were actually photographed atthe Flagstaff observatory, but the cause of the doubling was neversolved until the receipt of these revelations. )

CHAPTER IV. 

PLANETARY ECONOMY

Economy is a virtue long cultivated on the Planet Mars. On your Earthyou waste more than you use, not only in food but in the fruits of theEarth. You are using up your resources at a tremendous rate, and someday you must pay the penalty. Witness the wanton destruction of yourbeautiful forests, the depletion of your coal beds and crude oildeposits. All this waste is the result of lack of Spiritual guidance;a gross materialism: an inordinate selfish greed. Instead of laying upSpiritual treasures you are worshiping at the altar of Mamon. Ultimately you will find your hoardings nothing but tarnished brass--anillusion leading you on to Spiritual destruction. 

With the Martians the incentive to live is to express life and be inharmony with the Creator, to develop spiritually and build forEternity. On Mars each one strives to live for his brother to the endthat all may inherit the promised Kingdom when yet as a physical being. Commercialism with us is unknown, for no one works for profit. Theproducts of the toil of all the inhabitants are for the public larderand other necessities and even luxuries. 

As a result of this system of public economy and industrialism, sweat-shops, child labor, poor houses, public reformatories, and thelong list of pernicious and iniquitous customs in vogue on your Earthare unknown on our planet. 

No worries mar the life of the people of Mars. Worry has no place inthe Martian mind. The wants of all are supplied by the Commonwealth, and each one contributes his best efforts to the common good, and inreturn each individual is supplied his every want. This is inaccordance with Christ's message: "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God andHis righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. "

CHAPTER V. 

PROPERTY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS

On Mars all property is considered as belonging to God, its Creator, who provided it for the enfoldment and comfort of His creatures. Noindividual lays claim to property in the sense that you Earth dwellersdo. 

Through God's love does man inhabit a portion of the material universe, but only for a season. Man comes into material being to express lifeand acquire an individuality, after which he passes out of materialbondage, when his place is taken by another. 

At man's transition he takes with him only character, nothing else. Ifthe things he has striven for during his material life have been butchimeras: the material things of life: the fruits of the Earth, then inthat case he will find himself poor indeed. The only real wealth, theonly thing worth striving for, is a knowledge of God and His Kingdom. And with us Martians a knowledge of God is the ultimate goal soughtfor. Hence all material things to the Martian are but expedients, soonto be forgotten. 

Material wealth is an abstraction. Its usual evidence is thepossession of property, which may be money, land, goods or chattels, asthe case may be. In final analysis this concrete evidence of wealth isnot real. 

Money is nothing more or less than a stamped token entitling thepossessor to so much human effort, for the real value behind money, after all, is but so much human energy or force, varying according toits quality and its worth. 

Other forms of property such as goods and chattels, are the result ofhuman endeavor and may be secured by the exchange of money, or it maybe produced by the owner. 

Wealth represented by lands, which were created by God for the benefitof all humankind, and not for the individual, is the so-calledright-secured by barter, exchange or inheritance, to use or withholdfrom use, at the caprice of the owner--of a certain piece or portion ofthe planet. Under a legal fiction the title to land extends to thecenter of the Earth and to infinity in an opposite direction!

The text: "Thou shalt earn thy bread by the sweat of thy brow" has adeep significance to one who has come into a knowledge of Truth. Drones have no place in the Divine Plan. It is not only essential butmandatory, that each one do his part for the common good. Thenon-producing rich man is as much a drone as is the vagabond whoneither toils nor spins. The Biblical test concerning the difficultyof the rich man getting into Heaven means that it is impossible for adrone or parasite to get into harmony with God. 

The possession of wealth is not in itself sinful, but the possession ofwealth is a corollary to selfishness. He who is unselfish will spurnwealth. The individual who accumulates beyond his needs sins againstHeaven when he locks up his goods in strong boxes. The act of hoardingdeprives some creature of his just portion, for God has planned thereshould be sufficient for all who make the effort, and a system thatpermits an unequal distribution of God's gifts is in opposition to theDivine Plan, and doubly pernicious is a church organization thatpermits it. 

Only after Christ has taken up His abode in the hearts of the people ofyour Earth will surcease come to the suffering millions on your planet. 

Happiness and selfishness are so diametrically opposed that the formeris impossible unless the latter is eliminated from your world, for onlyreal happiness comes after complete surrender to God. Surrender to Godmeans subordination to His will. His will on Earth must be done as itis in Heaven. All must be self-conscious of this. If God's will wasadhered to on your Earth what a different place it would be! Instead ofa shambles it would be a paradise, the brotherhood of man and theFatherhood of God a fact instead of the dream of a few. 

God loves all His creatures, both evolutionary and non-evolutionary. His love is infinite in extent. We are all His children. Everythinghas been provided for us. It is only man's selfishness that deprivesany creature of his just dues. Man suffers want on account of his lackof faith in God! Before man lost his faith in God he walked andcommuned with angels. He could do it now if he would but listen to theVoice Within--if he would only open his heart to Christ, for help isready whenever one asks for it in sincerity and faith. 

One of the sources of great injustice to the majority of theinhabitants of your Earth is the belief in the dogma of Divine Right. This dogma includes not only the absurdity of the Divine Right ofkings, but the Divine Right to the ownership of goods and land throughthe Creator's favoritism for a few. 

This dogma is the mother of untold misery and suffering. Out of thisungodly theory has evolved your shameful caste system; your shamefuleconomic ideas. 

Your ancient feudal system of government has been but little improvedupon today over its primitive status, for you still draw well-definedlines of class distinction between God's children--lines of demarcationbased on wealth and natal origin. With your inhabitants, communalstanding and social distinction is proportionate to the wealth of thepossessor or to the wealth or social standing of ancestors. 

The monstrous heresy of Divine Right is an invention of the powers ofdarkness and must be eliminated from your world root and branch beforeyour progress forward is assured. God plays no favorites. His love isshowered upon all alike. His gifts are for all His children. It wasnever the Divine intent that a favored few should bask in the sunshineof His grace while the majority suffered want and deprivation. Thesefalse ideas have been the procurers of darkness: of the Stygian gloomnow overshadowing your Earth. 

Spiritual darkness has not always covered your Earth. In primitivetimes--ages ago--eras whose history has been lost to you, man on yourEarth was in harmony with his Creator. This was in the Golden Age whenman and the angels of God walked hand in hand; when man communed withGod, and when the Christ spirit was abiding in the hearts of thepeople. In this age man was spiritually developed to a degree almostunbelievable by you. 

Then the time came when man listened to the temptor (his baser self), and through the workings of the law of Atavism man degenerated almostto the level of his animal prototype. 

This incident in your world's history is the source of the legend ofthe "Fall of Man" in the "Garden of Eden. " Man disobeyed God bylistening to self, by giving himself over to his selfish desires. Heslew his brother, figuratively speaking, when he abandoned himself toselfish ends and took advantage of his fellowman. He has been guiltyof that sin ever since. IT IS NOW INHERENT IN HIS MAKE-UP; THISSELFISH INSTINCT MUST BE ELIMINATED BEFORE HE CAN AGAIN FIND THEFATHER'S KINGDOM. 

No fences or other evidences of individual ownership surround themillions of homes on Mars. No lines of demarcation divide one plot ofland from another. The millions of beautiful homes--beautiful in theirsimplicity, for over-ornamentation such as the dwellers of your Earthpractise, is not tolerated on our planet--belong to the Commonwealth. The same are allotted to the individual as a life tenure only. 

The same custom prevails in the matter of personal property. Should aMartian have use for a flying machine, also used by another, or otherkind of property for personal use, he does not ask the use of same inthe spirit that your Earth dwellers borrow from one another. Use ofthe needed article is requested with the idea that it belongs to thecommunity: that all material possessions are the common property of theentire race. 

THE MILLIONS OF MARTIANS LIVE AS ONE FAMILY. IT IS THIS SOLIDARITY, THIS FILIAL CONSIDERATION THAT ONE HOLDS FOR THE OTHER THAT HAS MADETHE STUPENDOUS AND GIGANTIC PUBLIC WORKS ON MARS POSSIBLE. 

In the absence of a universal unity of purpose intelligent life on Marswould have become extinct centuries ago, when the last remnants of itsoceans and seas dried up and a planetary irrigation system becamenecessary in order to utilize the frozen Polar moisture. 

CHAPTER VI. 

DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES

Barter and trade are unknown on Mars. The entire race of Martians iscooperative, and the production of all necessities is based on theneeds of the Commonwealth. 

Specialization in different branches of industrial activity iscentralized, as is the case of your Earth. That is, some particularparts of the planet, owing to climatic and other conditions, are betteradapted for the production of some special kind of raw material used inthe manufacture of clothes or other necessities of life, or theproduction of some particular foodstuff. But in every case theincentive for industrial activity is not material profit. On thecontrary the real incentive is compliance with the Father's will. 

Transportation is effected by means of flying ships actuated by thecontrol of gravitational attraction. These vehicles of the air, besideyour crude affairs[1] are most perfect, and the amount of freightcarried is unlimited, for the reason that the gravitational attractionof the cargo is nullified as well as that of the ship. (A moreextended explanation concerning this matter is given in another sectionof this book. ) Another motive power used is Cosmic, or UniversalEnergy. (We shall refer to this later. )

Immense warehouses and depots are scattered throughout the entireplanet. These are centers of distribution. These warehouses arefilled with what all the people of the entire planet need in the way offood, clothing and other necessities of life. These depots are incharge of trained and competent workers who attend to the issuance anddistribution of all commodities. 

When a Martian is in need of any particular commodity he makesapplication to have his want supplied to the depot nearest to hishabitation. He immediately receives the needed article. If thequantity and nature of his requisition is too large for him to carrypersonally, the same is delivered at his domicile by the Commonwealth'sTransportation Department. 

[1] NOTE--Yes, 35 years ago, but not today, 1955. 

CHAPTER VII. 

CLAIRVOYANT VISIONS OF MARS

In connection with the revelation contained in this book concerning thephysical characteristics of Mars, the compiler of this volume, as wellalso as the medium, was given much information concerning this advancedplanet by means of clairvoyant visions. These pictures were given thewriter at different times, commencing early in 1920, and continuinguntil the book was finished. 

As has been explained by the controls who have been instrumental ingiving the information about Mars, the purpose of these clairvoyantpictures was to give the compiler of this book real visual evidence asto life on Mars; and in particular, real pictures setting forth itstopography, which could be elucidated in no other way. 

Written descriptions of scenery and of human activities necessarilyfall short of the reality, especially when an attempt is made to recorda series of events or a point of view outside the realm of ourexperience. 

The first picture realized by the writer, and for that matter the mostimportant one, was the view given him of Urid the Beautiful, one of themost Important centers of population on the planet Mars. 

It was while lying in bed one morning the writer was contemplating themany messages being received from the Martian, who is the dictator ofthe subject matter of this book, that he found himself at a strangeplace, suspended as it were in the air over a beautiful lake of bluewater, whose surface was broken by gentle ripples, due to the soft, balmy breeze blowing over the surface of the water. The writer wasfacing what seemed to be a westerly direction; and at a distance ofabout five miles there arose a series of small mountains about 2, 500feet in altitude. These mountains skirted the shores of the lake. Thesky was a beautiful blue, bluer than the sapphire-tinted skies of ourown desert lands. The mountains were tinted red from base to top, except where the moisture near the shores of the lake had stimulated avegetal growth, whose green contrasted most harmoniously with the redof the soil. Two white clouds floated majestically near the peaks ofthe highest mountains. 

The atmosphere was impressively clear and all objects seemed to standout in sharp definition, a condition seldom seen by dwellers on ourEarth except in extremely dry and arid regions. 

On top of a small plateau, forming the crown of a low-lying hill at thebase of one of the highest mountains, and about 1, 500 feet from theshore line, I was startled to see a large city. The thousands ofclosely nestling buildings seemed to be built of white stone. Thewriter was lost in admiration, for there in front of him the pure whiteof the city, contrasting so vividly with the red soil of this farawayplanet, stood the habitations of an advanced race many millions ofmiles removed from my own world. 

The writer was impressed with the fact that, with but few exceptions, the buildings of gleaming white were all one story in height, and itbecame instantly evident that crowding is not tolerated by theinhabitants of this progressive planet. A few structures towered abovethe rest. These, as the writer was informed later, were the publicbuildings dedicated to the use of the people as lecture halls, centersfor music and art, etc. 

On a subsequent occasion the writer was shown a close-up view of Urid. Flowers, grass and green foliage abounded everywhere. The long streetswere broad and well paved, and flanked on two sides with long rows ofone-storied buildings of white stone, beautiful in their simplicity. No extreme ornamentation is carried out in the erection of buildings onMars. On the contrary, the simple square outlines characteristic ofour own Old Mission architecture seems to prevail on the planet Mars. The same simple style prevails with the public buildings, except thatmassive stone columns marked the portals of same, reminding one of ourown early Grecian architecture. 

Many palm-like trees grew all over the city, especially in theneighborhood of the public buildings. 

A week after the occurrence of the above incident the writer was shown, in the same manner as before, one of the many canals that gridiron theMartian globe. This particular canal is one of the main waterways onMars, and appeared to be about a mile wide at the point of observation. The water was of a deep blue color, denoting great depth. Along thebanks of this waterway could be seen many houseboats or floatingdwellings. Some of these houseboats were very large and evidentlyhoused large families. The writer was informed that many Martians whohave charge of the waterways dwell in these habitations. 

The banks above the canal were covered with green grass and manyflowers. 

On subsequent occasions I was shown other canals and reservoirs, andthe manner in which some of the canals were cut through the mountains. In some instances the walls of the canals were almost perpendicular. Steep cuts, even in soft ground, seemed to be characteristic of all thewaterways observed by the writer. 

On another occasion the writer was given a view of the North Polarregions. At that time the deep snows that covered the groundeverywhere were melting. The country seemed to be very hilly. As faras the eye could reach I observed low-lying hills covered with a whitemantle of snow. Patches of reddish earth here and there indicated thatthe thaw was general and that the snow had thinned out in spots. Between the hills I observed a large body of water, and was informedthat this was an artificial reservoir which had been created by thedamming of a large valley. The sky on this occasion was hidden by amist, a very natural phenomenon in view of the fact that many thousandsof square miles of the country, covered with snow on this part of Mars, was undergoing a rapid thaw. 

That the large dark-colored areas on Mars, supposed by early observersto be seas, are nothing more or less than low, swampy land covered withrank vegetation, was evidenced to me on one occasion when I waspermitted to see the true character of these portions of the planet. 

The rank vegetation was about three feet high and of a greenish redcolor. Interspersed throughout the mass of coarse-leafed plants werehigh, dry stalks the remnants of an earlier crop of Martian flora. Theseason seemed to be advanced and all plant life was taking on autumnaltints. 

It was in December 1919 that I saw the first close-up picture of aMartian--a woman. Her head was covered with a thin veil which camedown to her well-formed mouth. She seemed to be a most beautiful womanwith most expressive eyes. Her hair was black. Her skin was unusuallywhite, which contrasted with the dark hair. She wore no jewelry, orother ornaments that I could see. 

On a subsequent occasion I was permitted to see a Martian male. He wasplaying a flutelike instrument, and as he was quite close to me I couldobserve the wax-like texture of his skin. This semi-transparency ofthe skin is characteristic of the Martians, and evidences a life thatis free from the many bodily ailments that afflict humanity on ourEarth. The Martian was dressed in graceful but loose-fitting clothesof a reddish-brown color. His eyes were a deep blue and his lipsseemed to be unusually red. In respect to stature he was, I would say, about five feet nine inches in height. In fact, on subsequentoccasions I have observed crowds of Martians gathered together and theyappeared no different from the inhabitants of our own world except asto clothing, which is much simpler, but more graceful than our styles. 

I was informed by the spiritual control that the fauna of Mars isvaried, but that all animal life is domesticated, there being now nowild animals on the planet. 

It was shortly after I had seen the Martians, described in theforegoing paragraph, that I was shown two cat-like animals, which atthe time of my vision were engaged in playing about the feet of aMartian. They did not exactly resemble cats, but were more feline thancanine. They were about the size of a large Airedale, and of a dark, reddish-brown color with deep black stripes, similar to the markings ofour tigers. They were very playful and cavorted about just as our owndogs and cats do when endeavoring to attract the attention of theirmasters. 

On the morning of January 20, 1920, I was shown another Martian canal. On this occasion I observed a large building on the banks of thewaterway near my point of vision. This building was more of agrandstand with a roof than anything else I can compare it to. Itconsisted of a large framework painted white, and was as high as ourtwo-storied structures. A multitude of the people were inside thebuilding, some sitting, some standing. They all seemed to be intentlygazing in a Northerly direction, up-stream. 

Much green foliage and varied-colored flowers lined the banks of thecanal, especially in the neighborhood of the building. The people allseemed to be attired in holiday garb, and it was evident to me that acelebration was going on. 

Later I was informed that what I had witnessed was an annualcelebration observed by the people of Mars on the occasion of arrivalof the first water from the North Pole after commencement of theMartian Spring. It appears that this occasion is a very importantevent with the Martians, as the arrival of the life-giving moisturefrom the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the planet insures a season ofplenty for the inhabitants. The water arrives at the equatorialregions in a little less than a Martian month (60 days) after thecommencement of the Polar thaws and after a season of thanksgiving tothe Father has been held by all in appreciation of His bountiful gifts. The Spiritual leaders of the different communities preside at thesegatherings. 

The foregoing is in remarkable agreement with a statement on page 375of the late Professor Lowell's book titled "MARS, " as follows. 

"The Canal quickening on Mars occupied 52 days, as evidenced by thesuccessive vegetal darkenings which descend from latitude 72 degreesNorth and latitude 0, a journey of 2, 650 miles. The rate ofprogression is remarkably uniform, and this fact that it is carriedfrom near the Pole to the Equator is sufficient tell-tale of extrinsicaid, and the uniformity of the action increases its significance. "

On the morning of January 21 I witnessed another interesting Martianscene, which was almost identical with the previous vision of theArctic regions of this planet, except that the warm season was moreadvanced, and I was permitted to see the country from another angle. Iwas facing East. Most of the Polar snow had disappeared, and thelow-lying hills were now covered with a growth of dark greenvegetation, except at a few isolated points which showed small patchesof snow. The sky was less misty than on the previous occasion. 

On the evening of January 21 I was shown a flock of Martian sheep. Theherd was small and I observed five of the animals at close range. Icall them sheep for the reason that the animals resembled our sheep inevery particular. The wool was very long and of a dark reddish-browncolor, except underneath their bellies which was yellowish. 

On the evening of January 29 I had a vision of a beautiful woman with achild kneeling at her feet. She was seated on a chair and held a bookon her lap. The symbolism of the vision was later explained to me bythe controls, who said: "Verily I say unto you whosoever shall notreceive the Kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not entertherein. " God's truths are perceived only by those who can acquire thesimple faith of a child. 

It was about the same time I had a vision in which I saw Sergius forthe first time distinctly. He is the principal control dominating thewriting of this book. He appeared very patriarchal with a long beard. His features were decidedly semitic. His countenance was mostspiritual and beautiful. 

On February 10 I had my first vision of Mars' two moons, known to ourastronomers as Diemos and Phobos. The latter appeared as a satelliteabout half as large as our full moon, and the former like a starbrighter than the first magnitude, and could be compared with Jupiteras seen from our Earth during a favorable opposition of that planet. The latter satellite sheds considerable light on her primary. Aninteresting explanation of these two moons will be found in a laterchapter of this book. 

On February 17 I was shown the actual appearance of our sun from theplanet Mars. What I saw disproves the theory that owing to thedistance of Mars from the sun the latter would be viewed by theMartians as a disk about half the size as seen from our Earth. TheSolar Orb appeared as to size and brightness, about the same as viewedfrom our Earth, and seemed to give forth its heat with the sameintensity. I was facing the sun and its brilliance blinded my eyes foran instant. 

On the evening of February 29 I had a vision of a strange lookingcreature ape-like in appearance. The form was about five feet tall, very hairy, his body being covered with a thick coat of woolly hair ofa grayish color. He was smoking what appeared to be a cigar-like rollof something, probably some sort of leaves rolled up into a convenientform for smoking. On the tips of his pointed ears were little tufts oflong hair, which gave his head a lynx-like appearance. There werequite a number of large yellow spots on his hairy chest. His nose wasvery stubby, and his entire face was decidedly apelike. 

I was later informed that I had seen an inhabitant of the planetMercury, where life has not yet evolved to a very high degree, andwhere man has not yet wholly emerged from his primary beast-like state. 

Concerning the flora of Mars I have on various occasions viewedorchards of growing fruit trees. The trees were set out in rowssimilar to the methods adopted in our own orchards. The trees weredwarf-like, being not over five or six feet high. I was informed thatthis particular species of tree was cultivated for its fruit and forthe fiber obtained from its large leaves, which is made into cloth, thread and cordage. 

On one occasion a short time after the chapter dealing with thetransmission of Electro-magnetic energy by wireless was received, I wasshown two immense towers on the planet Mars which are used for thepurpose of distributing power throughout the planet. The two towerswere very close together, probably 100 yards apart and 100 feet high. They resembled two immense round smoke-stacks, such as are common inour factory districts. The tops of the towers were surmounted by ovalcaps, transparent as if made from glass, and protected by a system ofgrill work. While I was intently observing the towers there occurred ablinding flash of light simultaneously from the two oval caps. 

The surrounding country was covered with high trees, and it wasimpossible for me to observe the base of the two structures. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

KNOWLEDGE OF GOD COMES FROM WITHIN

Mars, with its teeming millions of inhabitants, whose dwellings, factories, storehouses, etc. Cover most of the entire area, has nowatchmen, policemen or other guardians of the peace to prevent unlawfulacts on the part of its people. 

As all property is considered as belonging to the Father, and is heldin common by the people of the planet, there exists no incentive foranyone to steal. Each individual has all he requires for his comfort. Hence, why should anyone covet what is in the possession of his brother?

There is no temptation on Mars for anyone to take more than he needs, for selfishness has been entirely eliminated from our planet. Selfishness has no place among really civilized beings. It is a relicof the jungle where it is necessary to perpetuate the lower animal life. 

You of your Earth have reverted or degenerated to a primordialcondition or state through the law of Atavism. This is a part of yourfall from Divine Grace. And to induce man on your globe to realize hispitiful condition and redeem himself is the work of the Spirits fromthe higher Spheres who are now with you. 

Mars has no Church system and no Ecclesiastical Hierarchy. AllMartians recognize and worship one God, the Eternal Father. Eachindividual is taught from infancy to seek God through the doors of hisown soul, which is an institutional faculty possessed by everyone. 

Jesus Christ, who came to your Earth 2, 000 years ago with a message, isknown to us. The Christ is one of the greatest powers in theUniverse--next to the Creator. 

Your sectarian church systems are a hindrance to the proper spiritualdevelopment of the individual. These systems engender an element ofdependability on the individual which holds back his spiritualenfoldment and perverts his true individuality, which must grow andunfold before real progress upwards begins. 

All knowledge of God should come from within and not through theinstrumentality of imperfect individuals, such as your religiousteachers are. 

The present lack of interest (in 1920) in sectarian matters on the partof the inhabitants of your Earth is evidence of a slow but suredisintegration of a system that has held your people in mental andspiritual bondage for centuries, and presages the dawn of a better dayfor humanity on your Earth. 

CHAPTER IX. 

MARS HAS NO POLITICAL SYSTEM

When Love rules a community of people there is no need ofadministrative bureaus for the regulation of the lives of theinhabitants who make up the population of a planet. For the samereason Mars has no gubernatorial or political administrative center. 

This announcement may, in a measure, be a disappointment to manyreaders who have imagined that no considerable number of human beingscould live and prosper without the aid and guidance of a complexadministrative system such as you have on your Earth. 

Bureaucracy and autocracy are evils resulting from an undevelopedcivilization, and have no place in a community where selfishness hasbeen eliminated. 

When each individual of a vast population, such as that of Mars, isactuated and guided by the Light Within there is no need for a horde ofpolitical parasites to direct the destinies of the race. 

This lack of an administrative system on Mars also applies to itsindustrial and economic side. The law of supply and demand determinesjust how many factories there should be, and just what output isnecessary for a given period. But it must be remembered that the lawof supply and demand on our planet has no relation to a competitivesystem such as yours, for we have no competitor, a fact that will beimpressed elsewhere in this book. 

It is true that certain of our people who have been specially singledout by the dominating influence of the Invisible World are occasionallyappealed to by those in doubt as to what is best for their individualwelfare, or the welfare of the community at large, to act in advisorycapacities. These are the Spiritual Advisers of the planet, and arereally God's prophets. There was a time when your race was guided bysimilar individuals, as is evidenced from mention of them in yoursacred Scriptures. But their usefulness was lost when man on yourEarth forgot God. 

It was then that man mistrusted the Light Within, and disregarded theunwritten laws graven in the soul by the Creator. He clamored for aCode of Laws and received them (through Moses). His next downward stepwas taken when he admitted it was necessary to have interpreters of theLaw: for if the spirit of the Law had been kept there would have beenno misunderstanding or juggling of the letter. 

Soon there was so much of this turning and twisting to suit man'sgrowing selfishness, that there was need for someone in authority overall the interpreters, whose word should be final. So your people criedaloud for Kings. And you have them, and your law has grown to immenseproportions, as have also the clever sins of your selfishness. WHERETHERE IS NO SIN THERE IS NO NEED OF LAWS; FOR THE RIGHTEOUS MAN IS ALAW UNTO HIMSELF. 

It must not be imagined that because of the lack of a political systemon Mars, such as you deem necessary on your Earth, that all is chaosand life a sort of happy-go-lucky existence. On the contrary, theMartian existence is controlled by the acme of system, which is inaccordance with the law of Divine Harmony. A system from which hasbeen eliminated all the useless wheels which so clog up your lives andmake your progress slow indeed. 

CHAPTER X. 

MARS IS RULED BY LOVE

"And now abideth Faith, Hope and Love: these three; but the greatest ofthese is LOVE. " Paul to the Corinthians. 

THERE IS BUT ONE LAW ON MARS. THAT LAW IS LOVE. 

This law is not written in a code for the guidance of the people. 

It is graven in the hearts of the inhabitants, and is reflected in thecountenance of every individual. 

This law is the incentive before the entire population and urges eachindividual onward to the completion of the task before him. 

There are no rulers to bow before: neither is anyone better than hisbrother. There is no evil, for all are good: all are equal. God endowsevery individual expression of life with the Divine Heritage of a puresoul. It is the individual's concern to keep this heavenly giftunstained in its descent into matter. The love force of the Spirit isthe potent agent that does this for the individual when allowed topermeate and radiate the entire being. When individuals have learnedto bathe their innermost beings in the Father's love, then it mustfollow that a nation made up of such individuals will be governed onlyby such precepts as are evolved from this dominating Love-force. 

It is of no import to the individual on this planet what his particulartask may be, for all work is for the Father; and the humblest vocation(humbler from the point of view of the dwellers on your Earth) is asimportant and as honorable as the highest. 

MARS IS RULED BY LOVE, which is in accordance with the Divine Intent. It is the desire of the Father that every world in limitless spaceinhabited by His children be ruled by that Divine Principle. For whenLove is the supreme law of a world, as it is of the Universe, there isno need of a system of complex laws and a horde of judicial officers tointerpret and enforce them. 

When Love enters into the life of a community selfishness makes itsexit: misery becomes a stranger and pain and sickness vanish. 

From the cradle to transition the Martian is dominated by Love andguided by the Father's will. The result of this Love-rule isindividual and communal happiness. But above all, a Spiritual progressthat unfolds the individual in accordance with the Cosmic Intent. 

To die, in the sense of passing out of one's physical environment, isthe destiny of every created being. Hence, in that sense, death existson Mars as it does on your Earth. But the real death referred to byChrist: a Spiritual death imposed on man by his fall from Grace, apenalty for having forgotten God, is unknown on this planet Mars. Weare in harmony with the Father. Those who are spiritually dead are cutoff from the Father as a result of their indifference and ignorance ofSpiritual Truth. 

The religion of the Martian may be expressed in two thoughts: "LOVE"and "THY WILL BE DONE, NOT MINE. " The true definition of Religion is a"RULE OF LIFE, " and as our lives are guided entirely by Love and theFather's Will. WE HAVE A RELIGION. 

You, on your Earth, have created a Religion to satisfy yourconventionalities. Truth is simple, but you have made it intricate. It is free, yet you buy it from the would-be disciples. Both you andwe must approach Him in simple faith: "Unless ye become as littlechildren ye cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven. "

Speaking of children, I desire to give expression to a thought that mayappear to be outside the subject: it is this: The beauty and simplicityof youth is wonderful, and to be admired by all: but in the sight ofthe Heavenly Father, and those who have progressed to higher realms, itis not so wonderful as those older characters who have waded themarshes of life, as it were, and who have trod the dirty steps withoutlosing faith. 

This is to encourage those who sometimes think when they look back ontheir lives that all is dark. Their strength is being tried in thedarkness. Therefore their courage and faith is so much more. 

We who are giving you these messages have passed beyond the stage youare in, and do not have to be tried on every hand. We look upon youwho are struggling through the pitfalls created by your false systemswith pity, knowing how great your trials are. Do not think thatbecause we have gone on to higher planes of life that we are out ofsympathy with you. The more we bask in the sunshine of Love the moretender we become to those in the shadow. And if you would only realizehow strong you are, with the Father's love and His real considerationfor you, you would try so much harder to better your condition bymeeting His Love with Love. 

We of Mars have learnt to keep the right pictures before the minds ofour youth that they may not be so sorely tried, but on your planet youhave not even the beginning of a system whereby there could be keptcontinually before the minds of your children the real goal to bestriven for. I make exception of the few homes on your planet wherethe parents are in spiritual growth, but these homes are notideal--just a beginning of Idealism. But they are better far than themasses in their home conditions on your planet. 

Now, we are ready to do all we can towards stimulating the living ofthe Christ-life among all souls in the Universe when it can be soarranged: but it will take aeons of time on some planets, and manydecades on yours before we can scientifically teach you. To be sure, we are giving you all we can for this book, but it will not beuniversally accepted, although it will bring great joy to those whohave faith. 

If you can keep some of the pictures we are giving you of the wonderfulhappiness we possess it will help you in the sordidness of your ownlife. Picture beautiful things and your heart must be beautiful. Strive with all your mind to hold beautiful thoughts, for it is wellworth your every effort towards faith. 

CHAPTER XI. 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE INDIVIDUAL

The people of Mars have a spoken and written language, but not sofilled with complexities as yours, for the reason that owing to thehigh development of the mental faculties thoughts are almost as audibleas words. Hence, converse between individuals on our planet is notaltogether a series of vocal ejaculations. On the contrary, among theolder members of the race, communication between individuals is in somecases audibly imperceptible. 

Printed books are used, but mostly for the very young, as informationis usually transmitted impressionally. 

Education on Mars begins at the mother's knee. The first knowledgeimparted to the young is Spiritual. The first lessons given to thechild are: One's absolute dependence on God, and that the few yearsbefore the individual are but an unfoldment, or an individualizing ofthe entity into a separate and distinct unit. 

The Spiritual lessons are amplified as the child grows and grasps thesetruths. This procedure continues until the pupil is ready to enter aninstitution of learning. 

THE HOME IS THE PRIMARY SCHOOL, JUST AS A PHYSICAL EXISTENCE ON APLANET IS THE KINDERGARTEN OF A NEVER-ENDING LIFE. THE PARENTS ARE THEFIRST TEACHERS. 

The primary education consists, as already said, in lessons on thenecessity of expressing God in our lives in truth and righteousness inorder that the mind of the individual be so moulded and fashioned thatabsolute faith is placed in God's promises through the Master, Christ. 

The keynote to the education of the individual is that one must firstseek God's Kingdom, and that all knowledge and wisdom, which is theDivine Heritage of all, will be easily attained: and that coming into aknowledge of God means health, happiness and wisdom. 

After the individual has grasped the primary lessons, which result inan unfoldment of the spirit within, he is then sent to a school; but aschool system different from anything you have on your Earth. The taskof the teacher is, not to teach knowledge but to assist in bringing outwhat is already latent in the soul, rather than a set routine, forevery individual is considered a master in some line of thought andactivity. The pupil is led into knowledge instead of being taughtdirectly. 

The individual is left to his own tastes and volition. The harmony ofmusic of God's laws, which embrace Astronomy, Physics and of Life, together with a knowledge of the laws of Electricity, is especiallybrought to the attention of the individual. You of the Earth know asyet very little concerning the true nature of Electricity. Yourmethods of handling and generating this wonderful force are crudeindeed, by comparison with the deep knowledge attained on Mars with thesubject. 

And so with the study and development of the Harmony of Music, we ofMars have developed a high spiritual sense, and are able to hear andsee many intermediate degrees of vibration that do not exist at all foryou. Of course there are some exceptions among the few of your Earthwho, after having striven hard for light have been favored by God'sangels in the development of a higher Spirituality. 

Our teachers are guides who look after their charges in an atmosphereof Love and, as a result, right conceptions of Truth are acquired bythe pupil. 

Thought is the expression or fruit of the Spirit, and Martian childrenare never allowed to forget their Spiritual growth. As a consequenceof this they are easily led into true knowledge, and having a broadvision are able to see all things in their true relations. They beginat the cause and work towards the effect, which is the opposite of yoursystem. 

No set rules of discipline are used in the schools. Indeed they arenot necessary for the reason that the one ideal: the one goal impressedon the mind of the pupil is the complete expression of the FatherWithin, for to express the Father is to have perfect life, life inabundance. 

Concentration of mind, economy of time and energy are studied andlearned by the child in the early part of his career. 

Astronomy on our planet offers an ideal field in seeking anunderstanding of the reign of immutable law through the InfiniteUniverse of God, and owing to the clear rarified atmosphere of Mars, unusual opportunity is presented to students in visual observations ofthe Heavens. 

Entire classes of advanced students, accompanied by their teacherguides repair to the open at night when the canopy of God's Heavens isablaze with scintillating points of light. The differentconstellations as viewed from our planet present the same generalappearance as to configuration as they do to the dwellers on yourEarth; but the view is decidedly more vivid by reason of a moreadvantageous viewpoint. 

The so-called Superior planets, such as Saturn, Jupiter, some of thelarger asteroids, and Uranus and Neptune, are nearer to Mars than toEarth, and for that reason are more easily discerned from this vantagepoint. Some of the satellites of Jupiter are easily seen with thenaked eye. 

Your Earth appears to us about as Jupiter does to you, and with ourobserving instruments we are able to see your continent and oceans whennot covered by a cloud canopy. 

As to the so-called Inferior planets Venus and Mercury, the formerpresents the appearance of a star of the first magnitude, but being sonear the sun it is only visible an hour before or after sunset, depending upon its position. But Mercury, being so near the Solar Orb, it is rarely its position is favorable for observation from our planet, and then only with our more perfect telescopes. 

Our students view the phenomena of eclipses of the sun and our planetwith the greatest interest, just as your astronomers do. 

Mars' two moons present what would appear to you a most strikingphenomenon, for one rises in the East and the other in the West, passing each other at times within view of observers. The most distantsatellite of Mars is known to us as Laster, to which has been given thename of Deimos by the first observers on your Earth. Approximately 132hours elapse between its rising and setting at any particular point onour planet, as a consequence of the fact that it revolves in 30 hours18 minutes at a distance of 14, 600 miles more or less from its primary;and as Mars rotates in 24 hours 37 minutes from East to West the motionis almost neutralized by the circulation of this satellite. 

During the time of its rotation it changes four times from full to newand new to full. The appearance of this satellite to the Martians isequal, if not a little brighter than the view of Jupiter from yourEarth. 

The second satellite, known to us as Benii, and to your astronomers asPhobos, sheds considerable amount of light on the Martian landscape bymeans of its large size and close proximity, being distant about 3, 700miles from the surface of Mars. This satellite is shut out from viewbeyond 69 degrees latitude by reason of the curvature of its primary. Its period is 7 hours and 30 minutes--less than one-third the time ofthe rotation of Mars. It rises in the West and courses across theHeavens in 11 hours, during which time it undergoes one entire cycle ofits phases and gets through half another. Its disc appears to us as alittle more than half of the moon's disc on your Earth at full appearsto you. 

The realm of Physics presents another interesting study to the Martianstudent. We have advanced to the study of Nature's laws to a pointwhich would appear to your understanding most incomprehensible. Longago we mastered the knowledge of the method of releasing InteratomicEnergy, [2] a knowledge which in the brain of an unscrupulous personwould be most disastrous, not only to himself but to those about him. The energy locked up in an atom of matter is tremendous, and therelease of this power is only a matter of knowing the law. Theinhabitants of your world will have to bide a long time before the keythat will release this giant is placed within their reach. 

Not until you have eliminated your inherent selfishness; not before youhave learnt the lesson as Christ taught it will you be permitted toharness one of the mightiest forces in the universe, a force equally asgreat for evil as it is for good. This knowledge we have, and we haveutilized it in the construction and building of our mighty planetaryprojects. 

This Interatomic Energy is the source of the sun's continuous heat. Ifit were combustion the Solar orb would have burnt itself out ages ago. All your theories to account for the continuity of solar radiation arein error. The release of Interatomic Energy in the sun at a definiterate is the reason why its heat never increases or diminishes thoughmillions of years come and go in endless procession. 

And this process is not the working of a blind, senseless force, someof your scientists would have you believe, but the Creator: Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent is the Dominator: the Directing Intelligence, who sees to it that all is provided for His children. 

On your Earth you have thus far discovered some 85 elements. In orderto complete the list of 92, to conform to the so-called Periodic Table, there are yet seven elements to be found by your scientists. On Marsthe most elementary school pupil is well informed on the subject, andhas knowledge of the complete list among the new elements yet to bediscovered by your chemists, and which exist in appreciable quantitieson your Earth, is one which has the peculiar property of neutralizingGravity. 

This neutralizing is accomplished by screening off the gravitationalpull when interposed between the Earth and the matter sought to be madeimmune from the attraction, just as you would insulate against the flowof electricity by interposing a non-conductor between two conductingmetals. 

The knowledge and use of this element on Mars has been utilized in thesolution of our transportation problem. Instead of cumbersomerailroads consuming energy at a great loss, we use an almost perfectflying or floating ship. It is made buoyant by being screened from thegravitational pull of the planet. [3]

Another subject of importance, that takes no little time to understandby the Martian student is the part played by the planet's satellites inthe generation of Electro-Magnetic energy. The sun together with itscirculating family of planets is a huge Electric motor, so a planet andits satellites are minor generators of Electric energy. Satelliteshave a higher importance and necessity than the mere creation ofmoonshine. 

All the planets have their satellites, although your astronomers havenot yet discovered any in the case of Mercury and Venus. The latterplanet has a satellite whose distance is so close to its primary thatits presence is lost in the intense reflection of light caused byVenus' cloudy atmosphere, which is much denser than that of your Earth. In the case of Mercury, owing to its extremely close proximity to thesun, its satellite probably never will be seen by observers on yourEarth, as it is lost in the intense brilliance cast by the Solar Orb onthis planet. 

[2] The Popular Science Monthly, May, 1920, printed the following--"SirOliver Lodge thinks that man is not yet civilized enough to use theenergy hidden in ordinary matter. The time will come when atomicenergy will take the place of coal as a source of power. " The man whospoke thus before the Royal Society of Arts in London was Sir OliverLodge--one of the towering figures in modern science, a man who hasdevoted the better part of his life to the study and interpretation ofthe atom. This new form of energy, which our great-grandchildren mayutilize instead of oil and coal, has possibilities so appalling thatSir Oliver almost rejoices that we do not know how to release it. Ihope that the human race will not discover how to use this energy, hesays, until it has brains and morality enough to use it properly, because if the discovery is made by the wrong people this planet wouldbe unsafe. A force utterly disproportionate to the present source ofPower would be placed at the disposal Or the world. 

NOTE (By the Editor in 1920)--This article was published more than twomonths after the revelation above was received, but is another strikingconfirmation of the truth of these revelations. 

[3] In the February issue of the "Electrical Experimenter, " (1920)which was published about a month after this information was receivedby revelation, the following article appeared--another startlingconfirmation of the truth contained herein, and points to thepossibility that whatever is possible on one planet, is also possibleon another, depending upon that planet's type of civilization and realknowledge, not superficial theory:

"Recently a cable dispatch from Rome brought the announcement thatProf. Maiorana discovered that lead balls swimming on a pool of mercurylost a certain amount of weight. It was explained that the weight waslost due to a screening effect which the mercury produced on the leadballs. In other words, mercury acts as a sort of insulator against theearth's gravitational waves. For gravitation certainly is propagatedthe same as other forms of energy, i. E. , in wave form. Prof. T. J. See, famous investigator of Mare Island, California, in an addressbefore the California Academy of Sciences, announced recently that hisresearches on gravitation in 1917 and his latest researches onmolecular forces confirmed Maiorana's claim that the screening ofgravitation has been shown to exist. In 1917, says Professor See, 'Iexplained the fluctuation of the Moon's main motion by the circularrefraction of the sun's gravitation waves, as they are propagatedthrough the solid body of our earth at the time of lunar eclipses. '

"'I found also from dealings with capillary forces that quicksilver isindeed very resistant to the waves which produce molecular action, andthis developed a new theory of the depression of the mercury incapillary tubes. This would tend to confirm Maiorana's claim that abasin of mercury beneath a suspended mass of lead may decrease thegravitation of the lead by a small amount. My researches on ether showconclusively that gravitation is due to waves in the ether, and certainvery resistant bodies in the line of action may thus introduce a slightscreening effect. '

"This reasoning opens up new avenues of thought of what may beaccomplished in the future when we have found a perfect screen againstgravitation. "

CHAPTER XII. 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE INDIVIDUAL, VOCATIONAL DETERMINATION, SCHOOL AGE, MARRIAGE AND SCIENCE (Continued)

Everyone goes to school until the age of 16, that is, the length oftime on Mars would correspond to 32 years on your Earth. The Martianyear is nearly twice as long as on your globe. 

There are many universities on Mars where students enter direct fromtheir homes, where the primary and preparatory education is firstinculcated in their minds. Wonderful teachers have charge of thestudents, and many truths not yet known on your Earth are taught. Special and particular attention is given to the subject of thedevelopment of Spiritual gifts to the end that all may come into man'sDivine Heritage, the PEACE, POWER AND PLENTY of the KINGDOM OF GOD. 

Each student is selected for his or her proper vocation, and thisvocation is determined scientifically and accurately, for what benefitsthe individual also benefits the entire community. 

Each individual is trained to perform his part in a manner that willensure the unity and harmony of the entire industrial system of theplanet, and each unit understands the dignity and importance of hisposition, no matter what that position may be, for on Mars no activityof human endeavor is considered menial; no one position in life is lessimportant than the rest: all is God's work. 

And so each gravitates to his special liking in the realm of physicalactivity, for God has created each individual for some particular work. Six hours is a day's work, the remainder of the time is devoted torecreation, music, lectures, and those general activities that bestdevelop the highest spiritualities with the individual. For theMartians realize that life on the material plane is but temporary theisolation of the individual Divine Spark from the Infinite whole to theend that the personality may become for all Eternity self-conscious andin harmony with God, which means the inheritance of God's Kingdom forall time. 

Failure to come into harmony with God is destruction of theindividuality, but not of the Divine in man, for that isindestructible: it always was and always will be. 

Education on Mars is inculcated with a view principally of developingthe individual spiritually in order to prepare one for the spiritualprogress after the completion of the material probationary period aswell as having life in greatest abundance during that period, and withthis main end in view the subject of marriage, the rearing of children, receives special consideration and attention. 

The pivotal idea is that when the time for mating arrives the selectionof a wife by the prospective husband must be in accordance with trueconjugal harmony, and this is not possible in the absence of Spiritualdevelopment. Hence, divorces are unknown with us, and to that end isspecial care taken in the matter of teaching the truth concerning themarital relation, the rearing of children and their Spiritual growth. 

The marriage age for both sexes is about 35 years, in terms of yourtime measurements. The result of this early training is that the youngcouple just embarked on the "Sea of Matrimony, " are true mates and gothrough life without the usual occurrence of domestic turmoil socharacteristic of your Earth's people. 

Marriage on your Earth, with but few exceptions, has degenerated fromGod's holiest of institutions to a happy convenience for thegratification of the animal passions; and the rearing of children is anaccident rather than a preconceived reality. Such marriages are unholyand destructive, and unless your people respond to a Spiritualawakening such as God's workers are now trying to inaugurate on yourEarth the growing degeneracy will be augmented rather than diminishedand the extinction of the race will be inevitable. 

The curriculum of our schools embraces all branches of DomesticScience, as well as all the sciences, with the difference from yoursystem that Spiritual development must be the principal task of thosehaving supervision over the studies of the young. 

One of the subdivisions of Domestic Science receiving particularattention on Mars is the PREPARATION OF FOODS. With an atmosphericpressure of only eight pounds to the square inch, water boils at 175degrees on our planet. This temperature is inadequate for cookingfoods properly, especially the coarser varieties. But recourse is hadto the cooking of food in vacuum or under pressure, as the exigenciesof the occasion demand. 

Electrical energy is used most generally for producing heat, and thevariety of foods, both animal and vegetal, are as extensive as on yourplanet, for the flora and fauna of Mars differs little from yours. 

Martians are not excessive eaters, as their bodies do not require thegross foods so characteristic of your Earth. There are two reasons forthis. In the first place the difference in the gravitational pull onMars being thirty-eight one-hundredths to that of your Earth, obviatesthe necessity of supplying as much fuel to the human body as yourphysical make-up demands. In the second place the Martians partake offood to keep the body alive, and not for the vulgar pleasure affordedby the consumption of victuals. We eat to live: whereas most of yourEarth tenants live to eat. 

Although each individual has his particular place in the universe wherehe will excel in some kind of activity, there being no two persons inall Creation exactly alike, the student on Mars is given an opportunityto obtain a broad and comprehensive knowledge relating to all subjects, both material and spiritual. 

The study of matter, divided as it is into a number of elements, offersan interesting field for study and research work, as does also itsconcomitant Cosmic Energy. 

Compared to your Earth, industry on Mars, by the aid of labor-savingdevices is perfect: and as a consequence the use of energy isconsiderable, especially so in the realm of Synthetic Chemistry. Butit must be understood that the individual is taught that dependencemust be placed rather on one's own dexterity, born of that God-givenfaculty of Intuition, than on the perfectness of a man-made machine, the creation of finite mind. 

For it has so happened to races on other planets that completedegeneration and final extinction has come about by the entiredependence of the individual and afterwards of the entire race, onmachinery to do the work required of the individual by the Creator, such dependence finally terminating in almost complete atrophy of theworker's intuitional faculties. 

This calamity will surely overtake your future generations if a halt isnot called on the over-zealous adoption of automatic machines for mostevery line of industrial activity. You are now getting to the stagewhere the most simple and elementary mathematical problems are solvedby merely pressing a few buttons or turning a crank, the operatorunderstanding little or nothing of the fundamentals underlying thesolution of the problems in hand. This means, in the near future, brain atrophy through disuse. 

And so with other lines of industrial activity. Not one among athousand workers engaged in making shoes can do other than make a heelor perform some simple operation, one of hundreds of units in thecompletion of a pair of shoes. And perhaps it would be impossible tofind one individual whose intuitional faculties were developed to theextent that he could turn out the perfect, completed article. 

In order to explain how far we have succeeded on Mars in harnessing amighty universal force to the end of utilizing the same in turning ourfactory wheels, lighting our domiciles and giving warmth to our homesin winter, it might not be amiss to state a few facts concerning ourknowledge of matter and energy. 

We have learned that material life simply amounts to functioning in anEffect world. The Cause world is the Reality which is invisible to allwhile hampered with a physical body; that all forms of matter are butthe manifestation of the same ultimate Essence; that this Essence isbut a Divine Impulse--a thrust, as it were, in the Ether. Thatalthough we observe with our sensory organs many different kinds ofmatter, consisting of elements and compounds of elements: if we wereable to resolve any of the different forms of matter before us intotheir ultimate units, these ultimate particles would all turn out to bethe same thing, the "Divine Impulses" just mentioned. 

Now you can best grasp the idea by imagining yourselves immersed in anInfinite sea of such Divine Impulses, just as a fish is immersed in anocean of water. Everywhere, all about us, is a teeming maelstrom ofmotion. There is not a cubic centimeter of space that you can call atrest. All is eternal motion. All is Energy. 

And out of this inexhaustible Cosmic Reservoir do we Martians draw ourenergy. And as the Divine Impulse is the ultimate essence of allmatter and all energy, therefore you might imagine matter in itsdifferent aspects as Electrical in origin. As Electricity is amanifestation of the Divine Impulse, then the only Reality in theUniverse is GOD. 

We have learned to utilize this Cosmic Energy by getting into harmonywith its origin--GOD--for only through God can true knowledge beobtained. 

On your Earth you have devised a very crude method for utilizingElectrical Energy. You expend more energy by burning coal or usingwater power than you derive from your electrical pump: for a dynamo isnothing more than a pump. Your machines do not generate electricalpower for, as stated before you are immersed in an Infinite sea ofenergy. 

On Mars we have learned to draw directly on this Infinite reservoir ofenergy. We have learned the law as you some day must. 

Located at convenient points on our planet are high towers, capped withsuitable receiving apparatus. In turn this energy is transmitted todifferent parts of our globe where it is used. We do not require wiresto transmit energy. Our landscape is neither disfigured with unsightlywires, nor is it covered with a pall of black smoke. We devised a moreperfect method of power production and transmission. 

The relativity of time, space, motion and matter is an actualitybrought to the attention of advanced students on Mars. Anunderstanding of this truth exemplifies the unreality of the world ofgross matter and the importance of gaining knowledge concerningSpiritual truths; for the latter are the only real tangible treasuresworthy of one's efforts in their acquisition. Already a knowledge ofthese truths is beginning to be sought for by some of the morespiritually enlightened inhabitants of your Earth; but so immersed inthe unreal things of life is the vast majority of your Earth peoplethat it will take a long time before the present seed-sowing towardthis end will bear fruit. 

The seed-sowing referred to is the work of enlightenment now going onby a mighty group of Spiritual intelligences who, at the present day, have in hand the task of Spiritual reformation on your Earth. OnlyTruth can stand in the end. All that is unreal or false mustultimately give way to truth, and Omniscience has willed that the daywhen error shall be no more shall be hastened. 

There are other planes of existence for the Spirit: many of them. 

But they are simply extensions beyond your limited vision; for as longas you function in a world of unreality and error your Spiritual visionis incapable of discerning what lies beyond your present horizon, andmust remain dormant. Material eyes are but the windows of the Soul, and your environment has so beclouded your vision that you grasp butlittle of the real things beyond. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

MUSIC AN EXPRESSION OF THE FATHER

All material expressions of the Father, from the simplest chemicalelement to the most complex compound; from the one-celled protoplasmiclife germ to the most complex organism, are Vibratory in their ultimatenature. 

As has been stated elsewhere in this book, material life is thevibratory reflection from the Cause world into an Effect world. Theuniverse is a vibratory expression of an absolute Reality--GOD: amaterial expression of Divine Harmony. And as Harmony is an expressionof the Father, its antithesis, Discord, is the creation of man. 

Of all the vibrations that more fully express the Father and arouse theEmotional within the soul, Music must of necessity head the list. 

Owing to man's degeneration or fall, on your Earth, he has lost allreceptibility to the more refined vibratory tones of the chromaticscale. 

And for the same reason he has lost receptibility to intermediatevibrations in the COLOR spectrum, which has clouded or stultified hisvisional faculties. The long waves of the Infra-red and the shortwaves of the Ultra-violet ends of the spectrum are invisible to yourEarth people except in rare cases of developed mediumship, though yourphotograph plates are somewhat sensitive to these vibrations. 

You are immersed in commercialism and other selfish pursuits while allaround you is a beautiful RAINBOW UNIVERSE, vibrating with music tooheavenly for your dulled perceptions to enjoy. 

On Mars the development of the Musical talent is held to be of primaryimportance. The laws of Harmony are part of the curriculum of allschools, and all necessary paraphernalia for its proper exposition areprovided. We have instruments for measuring tone vibrations of sodelicate a pitch that the existence of these tones would be a blank tothe gross material ears of the inhabitants of your world. 

Music arouses the innermost emotions of the soul and its effect on theindividual is proportionate to his degree of spiritual development. Music is harmony, but it also creates an atmosphere of harmony. 

The music of the spheres is a living reality, for Harmony is the veryessence of the Cosmos. By Music of the Spheres is meant the harmoniousinterrelation of all spiritual planes. Every unit in the universe isin perfect accord one with the other, and all are functioning inperfect unison. Every Solar Orb and every Planet responds toHarmonious law. The Cosmos as a whole is the expression of a DivineSymphony. 

When man's spiritual progress has attained a degree of enfoldmententitling him to come into possession of his Divine Heritage then willthe sublime vibrations of the spheres be a reality to him. 

On Mars divers instruments are used for producing musical harmony, andmuch of this harmony is of such a subtle nature that your crudeinstruments could not give expression to it. 

We have a means of producing harmony of the highest order by utilizingEthereal Electric Vibration which produces light vibrationscorresponding to tone production, for true Electric Vibration is realmusic. This device resembles a series of globes, all transparent, colorless when not in action. But immediately they are allowed toproduce music they become units of color and tone work that would giveyou the impression of SEEING AND HEARING A RAINBOW SIMULTANEOUSLY. Youare not ready to receive the scientific explanation of this phenomenon, but we are ready to give it to you at any time. 

Singing is also highly developed on our planet, for it is the firstexpression of harmony that the child is taught. This is true for thereason that vocal music is the most natural expression of harmoniousvibrations. Much time is devoted to ensemble work among our people ofall ages. This chorus work is of great benefit to all partaking, forindividually and collectively much inspiration is received; and thetremendous Love-force loosened by this united expression of harmonybecomes a phenomenal power and stimulus--a purifying agent for soul andbody. This will help you to realize why disease is unknown to us. 

In the development of the musical talents of the individual on Mars thepupil is impressed with the necessity of expressing the true self, andthe original improvisation or composition is the method by which thepupil expresses his understanding of the subject. No one attempts toape the technique or genius of another, for on Mars all are geniuses. This is true in every form of activity. All must be creators toexpress individuality. 

When an individual on Mars has surpassed all others in some specialexpression of Divine Harmony the product of his genius is for thebenefit of all, hence copyrights and patents are unknown on our planet. 

CHAPTER XIV

AERONAUTICS, INHABITED PLANETS, SECTARIANISM

A great deal of interest is being manifested in your city this morning(April 25, 1920), over the Aeronautical Show. You imagine the Flyingmachines wonderful mechanisms; but in their present state they will notlift you out of your atmosphere. You have yet to perfect a realairship. 

Your Flying machines are cumbersome and awkward, and they consume lotsof fuel and make a deal of noise. It can hardly be said they areharmonious with the music of the spheres, but then it is only a sampleof your Earth's development. 

You have seen the seagulls soar over the water seemingly withoutmotion; and yet they go up and down, turning this way and that withouteffort. This is the best idea I can give you of our airships, whichreally soar. No sound, no discordant vibrations disturb the quiet ofthe Martian atmosphere, and the tranquility of the Mars people. 

When you have learned the secret of how to tap the Universal Reservoirof Cosmic Power, then will you evolve a perfect Flying machine such aswe have. A great deal of interest is also being centered on an attemptto signal Mars, and your apparatus is not fine enough to receive ourwaves. But success will come to you in another decade, and we will beable to get something through for your scientific world. 

It is gratifying to know that a large portion of your populationentertain the belief that Mars is inhabited: and also that thepossibilities point to the fact that other planets are inhabited. 

You have advanced a long way to come to that belief, but you are yet along way from the truth. You are on the eve of an awakening and muchwill come through the discoveries of scientists who are devoting theirlives to the study of Truth. It is true that only a few of that numberare bold enough to proclaim all they discover, and they must bear thebrunt of much harsh criticism. In the end, however, ignorance mustgive way to Light. 

We look upon your inventions with much amusement, and yet with greatinterest, just as you would look upon your children's finest toys. Weare much older than you and are doing all we can to help yourscientists by impressing them with thoughts that will lead them todiscover new truths, and our interest never flags. How could it if weare doing the Father's work? For it is the Father's great pleasure togive His children all they can receive. 

If you could cut loose from your world conventions and could perceivenew ideas; if you would but disregard man-made theories and open yourminds and souls to the Father's Revelations, it would not be longbefore your sin-cursed and forsaken Earth would be changed into aParadise. 

But the tendency among you if to think as your forefathers thoughtrather than cut new paths. However, your children of this generationare of a different sort, and they must be taught the importance ofDEVELOPING THE SPIRITUAL INTELLECT. There is MORE INDIVIDUALISM beingborn into the world today than ever before. THERE ARE FEWER CHILDREN, BUT THEY ARE STRONGER (the year 1920). 

THESE CHILDREN, WITH THEIR ORIGINALITY AND ESOTERIC TENDENCIES WILLBRING ON A REVOLUTION ON YOUR PLANET THAT WILL END BY DESTROYING YOURTHREADBARE DOGMATISM. This tendency is evidenced by the recent failureof the Interchurch movement. It has been the habit on your planet thatyou cannot accomplish anything without raising immense sums of money. 

It is not money that does the real work but rather PERSONAL SERVICE. People are inclined to give almost everything than personal service. If each person lived the Christ Life there would be no need of money. A close study of the Mars Economic system will demonstrate that truth. 

CHAPTER XV. 

LIFE AN ATTRIBUTE OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. 

THE PLANET JUPITER

LIFE IS AN ATTRIBUTE OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. Go forth on a moonlessnight and behold the firmament emblazoned with its myriad ofscintillating stars, solar orbs, nebulae, world-systems in the making:the galactic circle, a jeweled band athwart the canopy of Heaven; aseething maelstrom of Light: countless suns in space all expressing theone reality, OMNISCIENCE. 

Only presumptuous man can question the Divine Intent in the creation ofthe Infinite number of giant suns, stupendous worldwide systems, andplace his particular world-unit at the center of the Cosmos. 

Man contemplates this handiwork of God as a mere adjunct (moreornamental than useful) to his terrestrial environment, conceitedlythinking that the Father's only consideration is centered about himself. 

As these life-giving orbs are countless in number, their orbitsextending as they do to Infinity in all directions, so is it with thehabitable worlds in space. Some there are where life is not yetpossible: worlds not yet far removed from their primitive state: notlong since condensed from fire mist: others where life has just begun:others on whose surfaces live teeming millions of God's creatures, justas you live and others have lived before you. And there are otherworlds whose life-cycle has been run; where intelligent life hasceased: where world-disintegration has set in. For this is inaccordance with the universal law of Growth and Decay--a law thatexempts neither the one-celled amoeba, nor the complex Solar systemwhirling yonder in Infinite space. 

For all that comes from the Father into material expression must someday revert to its primordial state. 

You have thus far received much concerning the idealistic conditions onMars, whose planetary career is now reaching the zenith of its Cosmiccycle, and whose denizens have progressed to a degree of Divineunfoldment not yet attained by many worlds. 

It is necessary that you now receive some information relating to oneof the less-advanced planets belonging to the family of our sun, inorder you may be able to learn by contrast something of the wonders ofGod's work. 

JUPITER, owing to its prodigious size, being nearly eleven times largerthan your Earth, but whose density is proportionately less, might wellbe styled the Master Planet of our system. 

Jupiter is well blessed with satellites, having eight, a description ofwhich is not necessary at this time. This planet is in what might bestyled its primary evolutionary stage where life has just begun. Thislife has not evolved beyond the unicellular, or amoebic stage; and itwill be only after the lapse of a long period of time, measured inGeological units, when more complex organisms will appear: and many ofthese periods will come and go before this planet's surface will haveattained a proper development for the propagation of intelligencescapable of being classed with the denizens of your Earth. 

Long before that age arrives Jupiter's surface and atmosphere willundergo a tremendous change. Mighty planetary cataclysms will raisenew mountain ranges; new continents will appear, and the present landsurfaces on this planet will sink, to be covered with slime and water, to rise again in the centuries to come, for the Father's love andsolicitude will provide, as it has in the case of all His CelestialCreations, a bountiful supply of stored-up radiant energy, such as coaland petroleum, and other elements, for the comfort of those who willinhabit this giant among the worlds of this system in time to come. 

Jupiter still retains much of its internal heat, which gives thisplanet a very high mean temperature. Its atmosphere is still verydense, and owing to the very rapid evaporation of water due to theextreme heat a constant cloud canopy covers its surface, which onlydissipates occasionally in a slight degree, at which times only the sunpenetrates to the surface of the globe. By reason of the constantthick cloud canopy over the surface of Jupiter the planet is envelopedin deep gloom and darkness. As radiation is arrested to a markeddegree by the clouds and atmosphere the temperature is very humid aswell as hot. In this steam environment grow forests of fern andfungus-like trees and rank vegetal growths which will in the course oftime be preserved as coal for the races destined to inhabit thisplanet. This vegetal growth is a flora that knows not bloom or seed, but is propagated by root and spores, a flora most primitive in type, but which will in time evolve through the law of mutation andadaptation into a diversified and useful vegetal kingdom for the racesyet to come on the planet. 

Owing to the tremendous gravitational pull on Jupiter present organismsare, and future ones will be evolved along specially modified lines, inorder that they may encompass the least possible volume, just as thedenizens of the extreme depths of your oceans have evolved. Themodification is necessary that organisms mat be able to function on aplanet where the difference in gravity is as one to three compared withyour Earth. In other words a minimum density is necessary to producemaximum lightness. 

As there is no lesser or greater in the economy of Nature (Nature isGod Manifest), the most infinitesimal mote in the universe is asperfect within itself as is the most gigantic sun. Size is butrelative. The anatomy of the midget is as perfect and complex as isthat of the mammoth, and so there exist in the universe inhabitedworlds that are relatively very small. 

Circulating around the sun in orbits between Mars and Jupiter arenumerous small planets or asteroids. One in particular, which is knownto your astronomers as Vesta, is encompassed by an atmosphere and isinhabited by diminutive people and a correspondingly diminutive faunaand flora. The diameter of Vesta is about 500 miles, although yourastronomers give its size, erroneously, as much smaller. 

While the subject of these discourses is mainly Spiritual you aregetting many scientific facts, and although not a volume of them youare getting a proper understanding of the Cosmos. 

The universe with all its suns and planets is analogous to a perfectwatch. Each sun and planet moves over a prescribed orbit in a giventime mathematically proportional to the movements of all the othercelestial bodies, just as the geared wheels of the watch conform totheir prescribed movements. The celestial bodies are seeminglyactuated by invisible gears and are held rigidly in their proper placesby a mighty force whose power is incalculable. This is evidenced bythe fact that all celestial bodies conform to that inexorable law, Divine Harmony. 

That all planets describe equal areas in the same time in theirceaseless journeyings, and that the square of the time of their periodsis as the cube of their distance from their common centers, is anexemplification of the reign of God's harmonious laws. 

You must remember that Empirical knowledge is but a perverted view ofTruth. All the fleeting things of life are but dross: their apparentreality an illusion. Material life is but a projection from the Causeworld into the Effect world. Man is but a reflection of a reality thattranscends his material vision. 

You are on the threshold of a great awakening on your planet, which isyet in great darkness, but the dawn of a better day is nigh. Christ iscoming into His Kingdom, which must be in the hearts of the people. His Second Coming means that He will come into your lives with thePower of the Spirit. This can only become possible through an awakenedunderstanding of Spiritual laws. Although man on your Earth is ingreat darkness it is not the darkness of Jupiter, which planet mustundergo many changes before it reaches your evolutionary stage. 

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PLANETS in our system and your Earth will berealized in a short time, and the INITIAL MESSAGE WILL BE FROM MARS. This event will herald A NEW ERA for the people of your Earth, for itwill be an important factor in the BREAKING DOWN OF THE MEDIEVALDOGMATISM of the past, A NARROW-MINDED THEOLOGY built upon a pervertedcorruption of God's limitless universe: a universe narrowed down toyour Earth and the inhabitants thereof. 

Man's presumptuousness and sophistry is in direct ratio to hisignorance, and that is one reason why materialism holds sway among amajority of your so-called learned scientists and the people generally. But the materialism of the masses is not so degenerating anddestructive as the impossible dogmas entertained by your numerous sectsWHO HAVE MADE GOD, WHO IS INFINITE LOVE, AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC MONSTER. These dogmas are priestly inventions created to frighten God'schildren; to make of man, created after the image of God a crawling, servile creature, instead of what he really should be, the highestmanifestation of the Divine, the culmination of God's handiwork. 

CHAPTER XVI

THE RISEN CHRIST

Easter Sunday, April 4, 1920

Your Earth's inhabitants are celebrating today the Resurrection of yourSavior--by gratifying the desires of Self. 

We of Mars do not have such events to commemorate for we nevercrucified Him. We opened the door to His wonderful Truth. 

Not one of your Earth's inhabitants can perform the miracles Christdid, but we can. Our leaders, who are our advisers, guides andSpiritual teachers are Christlike men who can do all the works thatChrist and His disciples did. He said. "These signs do follow themthat believe, " and we have never stopped believing. 

Your condition is pitiful. There is nothing but darkness between youand the Truth Christ tried to give you. Christ is only an idea on yourplanet and not a reality in the hearts of your people. Their wholethought, for weeks past, has been devoted to their personal adornment, and in preparing festivals for this occasion. 

In your churches, where they seem to observe the period of Christ'ssuffering, it is only a form. They go through their vain repetition ofprayers, that have no soul in them, and your six weeks of so-calledLent is only a mockery of its real significance. 

If you would live the Christ life you would not crucify Him daily inthe flesh, but would come to that consciousness that He is risen inyour soul. You are continually crucifying Christ all over your planetin the same way that you crucified Jesus Christ, for you either denyHim or pervert His Truth to suit your selfishness. 

All of the people on Mars have lived on other planets before, exceptyour Earth. The Earth has not advanced enough to be placed in the lineof progression yet. However, the time is near when you will experiencethat progression. It will be after you are high enough spiritually toreceive word from the Martians through mediums. This work evidencesthe fact that you are beginning that experience now. Take hope, forafter the obscure darkness must come the dawn. Your whole Earth is nowin terrible travail, but the result will be the birth of the new ChristSpirit. 

You get glimpses now and then of the real Christ Life, but do you, orcan you realize what life on a planet is like when all the inhabitantslive the Christ Life every day? That is why we have the wonderfulmanifestations of the Father's Love in our intricate and delicatemechanisms, and in our utilization of Cosmic Energy. It is thus thatwe receive the Father's wondrous gifts. But Mars never became what itis until God purified it by His Son's example, and we accepted Him asour Savior WITHOUT MURDER. Your planet damned itself to many bloodyaeons by the rejection of Him, and your Religion has been blood, blood, blood! In your last five years you have been given enough blood todrown all the martyrs you have given to your bloody god. 

Your planet is in slavery. You are slaves to your conventionalities. They are like shackles on your souls: like bands of iron. And yet youcling to them until it seems you do not want freedom. 

It is only Truth that will free you; and as long as you cling to falseideals and sham systems you must expect to be slaves. 

Pin your faith not in material money, but in Spiritual Wealth. "Take noheed of the morrow. " Be of good cheer. MAKE WIDE THE OPENING TO THESPIRIT! HE WILL ENTER!

CHAPTER XVII. 

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT THE RESULT OF SPIRITUAL CAUSES

 "For they have sown the wind and they shall reap the whirlwind. " (Hosea, 8:7)

The Creator and Dominator of the entire Universe is DIVINE MENTALITY. 

The only real actuality that confronts sentient beings is MIND. We areborn, live and have our being amidst physical surroundings that infinal analysis are mere illusions. This idea is not new. 

It forms the base of most systems of philosophy from the dawn ofcivilization to the present day. 

Our physical environment is the result of our mental attitude. Mars isblessed with a climatic tranquility that would surpass theunderstanding of an Earth dweller. But this was not always so. 

In proportion to the spiritual unfoldment of the inhabitants of aplanet so is the degree of climatic tranquility enjoyed by them. Thismay, at first reading, appear far-fetched, but it is true nevertheless. 

Those who live on a material plane are immersed in the Effect world. The dominating and primary influence that gives rise to all materialphenomena have their inception in the Cause world--the world of Spirit. Hence the turbulence of the elements originate, through the law ofVibration, deep down in the mentalities of those who make up thepopulation of a planet. Cloudbursts, severe wind storms and otherdisturbances of Nature are all adjuncts of the spirit of war and rapine. 

When a race has discarded the pursuit of false ideals and comes intoharmony with the Father then there occurs a corresponding change in itsphysical environment by reason of the vibratory influences at work. These influences have their inception in the mentalities of sentientbeings who are doing the Father's work in the advancement of the racesof men throughout the entire physical universe. 

This same vibratory law is at work throughout all physical planes, anda knowledge of this law was referred to by Christ when He said: "THEKINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU. "

On Mars, owing to the high spiritual state of its inhabitants, who arein harmony with their Creator, climatic conditions are, compared withyour world, most perfect. However, there was a time, measured in termsof your millions of years, when the elements on Mars were as agitatedand capricious as they are today on your blood-stained globe. That wasbefore man on Mars had enfolded spiritually. 

As the Martians progressed and unfolded spiritually there occurred asubsidence in the roughness of the elements: and today our planet isblessed with a tranquility proportionate to the high Mental state ofits inhabitants. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

MATERIAL LIFE A LESSON

At the expense of what may appear as painful reiteration it is mydesire to impress upon the readers of this book this Truth: Materiallife is necessary to unfold character, to develop the real self, theDivine part in man: the only principle that endures forever. 

There is a lesson in every phase of work, in every joy, in everysorrow. That lesson is LOVE. Until you have fully realized this truthyou will not become full heirs in the Kingdom of God. "He that lovethis born of God. "

Christ taught that the Kingdom was not of your Earth, and that allmaterial things are transitory and would ultimately vanish like mist. 

The story of Mars is a lesson to you as to what may be accomplishedtowards a more harmonious relation with the Father: towards a truerrealization of God's real Kingdom. But in any event you should notidolize the Mars people, for the Father's Kingdom is more perfect. Mars' idealism is only a degree in the progress in the Cosmic Family ofworlds. The soul must really strive for a higher goal. 

The Martians, after ages of time, have mastered their natural passionsin suppressing self, but they have other heights to scale. But he whoconquers a sordid environment; he who rises from a black pool ofiniquity; he who finds the Father's Kingdom amidst an uncompromisingwarfare with sin deserves more credit than he who is favored bycircumstances of birth with more congenial surroundings and a higherSpiritual environment. 

You must remember that the individual on Mars, although living amidstan idealism, is beset with problems of life also. Our problems aremore subtle and of a very different character than you are accustomedto deal with. Every plane of life has its complexities. If this werenot so, the stimulus for growth would be weak indeed. Your mostapparent problems are material only to your understanding, since youare living under a most pernicious social and economic system, a systemwhich puts a premium on selfishness. 

All sentient entities are functioning in a universe of Relativity, andthe perfectness of the Martian character and the ideal material andspiritual aspects of the planet are so by comparison only. 

Martians are self-conscious of their shortcomings and aspire to higherthings in God's Kingdom, for progress is eternal and the ultimate goalis never reached on the material plane of action, for the pinnacle ofall progress is God. "BE YE PERFECT, EVEN AS YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN ISALSO PERFECT. "

CHAPTER XIX. 

A MARTIAN HOME

The HOME is the moulder of Character in the individual, and in mostcases the Home influences determine the future of the man. 

Home influences are the most lasting and abide by the individual untothe end of his material career. 

All the habitations of the people of Mars are beautiful, and a briefdescription of one will give our reader an understanding of the othermillions of homes on the planet. 

I will take you into a Martian home in the city of Urid the Beautiful. The rooms are large and commodious. Sunlight, which has been filteredthrough translucent glass to temper and rob it of its glare, floodsevery room. 

There are no stairs to climb, for the five or six rooms--depending onthe size of the family--form a rectangle with a court in the center. There is a fountain in the center of the court, and beautiful flowersgrow in profusion. Birds of vivid plumage fill the air with their song. 

In one of the large rooms a mother sits at a sewing machine making agarment. For the Martians use these machines too, although they are agreat improvement on yours. Not all the clothing is made in the homes, but much of it is, and this is easily understood when you recall thatthe Martians are true artists and possessed of great originality. 

The mother's attention is now and then centered on a very small childwho sits on a velvety carpet. This carpet would be a most wonderfulacquisition in the home of a man of wealth on your Earth. It has asoft, fluffy pile two inches thick, and makes a most comfortable floorfor the baby to play upon. This baby is about 18 months old, and playswith toys just as your Earth babies do. 

A beautiful young girl enters the room. She is dressed in a simplebecoming gown of white, and she carries her school books with her. After removing her hat and putting her books away she begins to tellher mother of the wonderful things learned at school that day. She isstudying the Harmony of Music, particularly the relationship betweenElectro-Magnetic Vibrations and Music. 

The mother shows much interest, and from her store of knowledge clearsup many doubtful points in the mind of her daughter. And so the hourspass quickly until the father comes home and joins the family circle. 

The walls of the room are white, and are relieved here and there by themost beautiful tapestries. The few furnishings of the room expressbeauty through the artistry that is born of Love. 

There is a lack of useless furniture and bric-a-brac in the room. 

A table, a few chairs and a receptacle for books, also a couch, complete the furnishings. But this simplicity in the matter offurniture adds a spirit of freedom to the home. 

There is no kitchen drudgery in store for the Housewife. The familyrepair to a dining-room where food is served by the mother. The foodhas just arrived from a central depot in a mechanical contrivance whichruns underground. After the meal has been partaken of, the soileddishes are returned in the same manner by which they were conveyed tothe home. 

Later in the evening the family prepares to attend a lecture or musicalconcert nearby. Or perhaps a visit to some distant part is considered, in which case an airship is ordered from a public aerodrome. 

CHAPTER XX. 

ART

As Harmony is an expression of the Father, its coexistent, Art, is anexpression of the laws of Rhythm through the individual whenpermanently registered in a material way. 

The more a created object conforms to the laws of Harmony the morepleasing it is to the eye. 

The artist gives expression to his soul within with paint brush, chiselor loom, and the quality of his production is proportionate to thedevelopment of his spiritual nature. 

All of God's creatures are artists, although only a small percentage ofHis evolutionary creatures are able to express materially what lieshidden in the soul. Hence, a beautifully executed painting, statue ortapestry appeals to and interests almost everyone, even though few areable to execute their own artistic impressions. 

The reason for this is that the average physical makeup is defectiveand therefore affords a poor vehicle for the expression of the realentity. Then again, artistic ability is a question of individualdevelopment. 

Primordial man's efforts to depict that which delighted his soul werecrude indeed, compared with the creations of your world's foremostartists today. But in a relative sense only, for the state of your artis as far behind the art of the Martians as are the carvings of yourprehistoric cavemen behind the productions of your Michael Angelos. Asman unfolds spiritually there is a corresponding advance in hisartistic point of view. 

This is evidenced by the fact that art has flourished more on yourEarth among those races and individuals who are spiritually inclined. The products of the monastery and cloister in the Middle Ages arewitness to this fact. 

Amongst a materially inclined people whose selfish instincts havestultified their souls; a people whose ultimate goal is the acquisitionof material things; a people whose only ambition is to satisfy self: apeople whose ideas of real happiness are the pursuit of materialpleasures, art has little place except as a fad. 

This is the condition today in many parts of your world, and especiallyso on your Western continent. Prize fights and the sensualities of thestage interest many more people than do Art galleries and the beautiesof Nature. 

The fact that God is the Supreme Artist of the Universe can beestablished not only with the microscope, but with one's natural eyes. Divine Art is expressed in every atom comprising the universe; and poorindeed is he in Spiritual gifts who fails to feast his eyes on God'shandiwork. 

As Art is an expression of God's law of Harmony it can be said that itsdevelopment on Mars has been a stimulus to the development of everyline of planetary activity and enters into every phase of Martiansocial and industrial system. 

As every one of God's creatures is an artist in the making, everyMartian is a developed artist. Hence, every product of the loom orforge on our planet is an artistic production, and reflects in amaterial way the soul of the creator. 

The incentive before the Martian is to work for the pleasure ofworking, which in ultimate analysis is God's work. Of course such asystem of industrial activity would be impossible among a partiallydeveloped people. 

Art on Mars typifies man's spiritual and material progress on thisplanet. This planet's past history and present achievements are woveninto the products of the looms. The warp and woof of our beautifultapestries, so much in evidence in every home, express the Spiritualityof the Martian people; as do also the creations of the Martiansculptors, and the works of those who use brush and paint. 

Some of the most beautiful productions of Mars art in painting, sculpture or tapestry depict the scenes and various episodes incidentto Christ's visit to Mars 10, 000 years ago. They show many wonderfulworks of the Master, but we do not call them Miracles for, as later artshows, the leaders of Martian spiritual attainment were and are truedisciples and do also the works of the Master. 

Mars' past has been one of achievement spiritually, and naturally in amaterial way also, so when the Martian artist weaves the story of thepast in his loom there are no misgivings, for the Martian past is notfraught with hate, sin and suffering. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

SCIENTIFIC SOPHISTRY

 "For we are of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon Earth are a shadow. " Job 8:9. 

The term "Scientific Sophistry" well fits your multitude of theoriesconcerning Truth. 

Science which connotes a higher wisdom of hidden things has degeneratedon your Earth from its original purpose (the overthrow of ignorance andsuperstition and the development among intelligent beings of a nearapproximation of Ultimate Truth) to an orthodox dogmatism, which todayis on a par with the unreality which this selfsame science has soughtto eliminate from the shallowness of the human mind. 

It is quite true that the modern scientific method of investigation:that is, along the lines of Observation, followed by the formation of atheory, and finally by demonstration, has resulted in the release ofmillions of souls from a darker thraldom than that which now besetsthem, but nevertheless, the human race on your planet now undergoingits probationary experience, is to be pitied for its blindness inmatters of real import, namely SPIRITUAL TRUTHS. 

Your scientific methods instead of leading you onward towards theCentral Sun of Spiritual enlightenment has so beclouded your visionthat your race today--that is, the so-called enlightened and learnedportions of your population--have been deflected from the main path, and they will soon find themselves pursuing an illusionarywill-o'-the-wisp. 

Another result of the adoption of the modern scientific method has beenthe tendency of those endeavoring to bring light into the dark nooksand crannies of human existence, to immerse themselves in an abysmalmaterialism from which rescue is almost hopeless. 

This condition is the result of a loss of Spiritual vision, and is thefinal effort on the part of scientists to explain the riddle of humanexistence in accordance with a cleverly thought out, but most amazinglydeficient, mechanistic conception of life. 

Since the inception of modern Science on your Earth, based on thescientific method of investigation, its devotees adopted a spirit ofskepticism concerning all problems of human activity not susceptible tomeasurement with the foot-rule, or analysis with the test tube, withthe result that the newer Science of Psychology was invented to supplya reasonable and material explanation for the subtle and mystifyingphenomena of the human mind. 

That the conceivers of this science of Psychology have been successfulis attested by the many remarkable explanations given to account foreveryday manifestations of human and animal mentality. 

I will venture to say that this idea applies to all branches of modernscience as there seems to be no class of phenomena in the entireuniverse, whether in the realm of chemistry, physics or psychology butwhat can be clearly elucidated to the satisfaction of all scientistswith the aid of an adequate terminology. So, today your Science infinal analysis, has degenerated into a system of clever word-juggling. 

It is true there are today in the ranks of your foremost investigatorsand God-inspired men who are seeking Truth. Their names and theirachievements will be treasured by a grateful posterity, and it is to beregretted that their declarations, based upon tireless investigationand honest opinion, are derided by their fellow-workers in the Realm ofTruth. 

All your scientific theories are based upon certain postulates that intime are out of agreement with observed facts, and you are compelled tocast those postulates aside, adopt others and theorize anew. Thisfruitless search for Truth must go on until a divergence is made fromthe blind trail and the right path is found that will lead you to theultimate goal. 

Be not surprised, then, that the revelations in this book will meetwith the usual criticisms launched at every new idea of Truth that hasbeen given to your world from the time man first walked erect andbeheld the stars in the firmament of God. Error must and will dissolvepresently in the presence of Truth, which will abide with you for alltime. HELP HASTEN THE DAY OF THE LORD.