In the West the higher minds are not turned towards spiritual truth but towards material science. The scope of science is very narrow: it touches only the most exterior part of the physical plane.

And even there, what does science really know? It studies the functioning of the laws, edificates theories ever renewed and each time held up as the last word of truth! We had recently the atomic theory, now comes the electronic!

There are, for instance, two statements of modern science that would stir up deeper ranges in an occultist: atoms are whirling systems like the solar system; the atoms of all the elements are made out of the same constituents. Different arrangement is the only cause of different properties.

If these statements are considered under their true aspect, they could lead science to new discoveries of which there is no idea actually and in comparison with which the actual knowledge is poor...   more »