The Star in the West

THE NEW WINE 213 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 .