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THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE.
which enables these relations to be understood and determined. This power is inherent in 'life,' though not easily observable in every one of its manifestations or forms; for there must be an original nucleus before its modifications can be admitted. Hence, the substratum of consciousness can never be said to be the outcome of evolution or of the matter of the physical brain.
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The investigations made by the Psychical Research Society have conclusively established the existence of the soul and the continuity of life. A mass of information has been obtained about the organization' of the soul and its two minds, the subjective and the objective. The phenomena observed have been subjected to the most rigid tests and searching enquiry, and classified and arranged on lines of scientific thought. The investigation has brought to light some of the most astounding secrets of nature, and has resulted in the confirmation of the ancient belief in the existence of souls. Things which were regarded as quite outside the range of possibility have been proved to be facts of observation, and telepathy, telekinesis, clairvoyance, and a host of other phenomena have been made subjects of experimental research. From the facts thus ascertained, it has been inferred,and rightly inferred-that the soul is quite independent of the body, and is made of a substance which completely differs from the matter of the physical organism which it inhabits. Many cases are known in which even the memory of the past lives' is claimed to have been recovered more or less fully.
This overwhelming mass of evidence fully justifies the belief that the soul cannot be a product of matter,
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