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fundamentally
they at heart are one .
The former hav
ing postulated
an eternal
“ creator , ” a something
out
of something
- God ; the latter postulated
an eternal
creation ,” a something
for ever something — Matter .
“ The mere terrestrial
-minded
man
Knows not the things
of God , nor can
Their subtle meaning
understand
? ”
say , although
he mentions
Perhaps
the best of his inventions ,
God .?
A sage ,I
Then under
the daedal wand of Newton and Berke
ley ,
Science
disclosed
the
fact
that Matter is Hylo
Zoic-a
fact
already
supposed
by Spinoza
- that
is ,
that within
Matter itself lives
an indwelling
energy
and power , and also that matter
as body solely
exists
in the automorphism of experience .
Yet still do the
vapours
of
Animistic
Materialism
cling
round
the
forms of Newton and Berkeley , and out of
its
blinding
smoke
issues
the
flame
of
Hylo
-
Phenomenalism
or
Solipsimal
-
Automorphism
;
itself
to
blind
in
turn
,
and
to
scorch
the chill hands
of
the night which were being
extended
round
its
welcome
fire
.
The God
-
idea cling
ing
to
Philosophy
,
similarly
as
the phlogiston
-
idea
clung
so
long
to
the
principles
of
chemistry
.
Now
follows the philosophic fall
.
Seeking the Absolute
in
sense
-
perceptions
,
and
listening
to
the
chatter
of
the
carnal
snake
,
these wise men
,
these latter
-
day philo
sophers
,
not finding eternal
knowledge
in
the deific
apple
,
ceased munching
so
wry
a
pippin
,
declaring the
God
of
Religion
,
the Matter
of
Science
,
Unknowable
,
a
thing
in
itself
,
like the jinnee
in
the
vase
,
or
dis
persed throughout Space
as
the jinnee
when
the vase
1
Pentecost
,
vol
.
ii,
p
.
176
.