agnostic about Christianity. He always tries to
prove something about it—that it is unphilosophical
or immoral or disastrous—whichis not true... .
A casual carpenter wandered about a string of
villages; and suddenly a horde of rich men and
sceptics and Sadducees and respectable persons
rushed at him and nailed him up like vermin; then
people saw that he was a god. He had proved that
he was not a common man, for he was murdered.
And ever since his creed has proved that it is not
a commen hypothesis; for it is hated.
‘Next week I hope to make a fuller study of
Mr. Crowley’s interpretation of Buddhism...
suffice for the moment to say that if this be indeed
a true interpretation of the creed, as it is certainly
a capable one, I need go no further than its pages
for example of how a change of abstract belief may
break a civilization to pieces. Under the influence
of this book earnest modern philosophers may, I
think, begin to perceive the outlines of two vast
and mystical philosophies, which if they were subtly
and slowly worked out in two continents through
many centuries, might possibly, under special cir-
cumstances, make the East and West almost as
different as they really are.”—G. K. CHESTERTON,
Daily News.
An exposure of the vile results of the existing
social system, and a satire on at least one of the
conventionally-approved remedies.
6¢
. Itis possible that electric shocks of this
nature ‘may prove beneficial in some cases.’
Literary Guide.
Oracles. 55.
“The Autobiography of an Art.” This volume
contains unpublished poems dating from 1886 to
1903.
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