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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Dec 21, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 51.

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School of the Occult

UNDER the heading “School of the Occult” it has been announced in the daily press that “a one-million-dollar university, of which the object will be the study of occult and psychic phenomena, the human soul, and all the arts and sciences of the ‘new thought,’ not recognized by established schools, will be built overlooking the Pacific, near Santa Barbara, Cal.”
The founder of this proposed university for the advancement of occultism, who is the wife of an ex-Congressman, makes the following statement concerning the project:—
It is intended the new school will be a twentieth-century institution for the unprejudiced discovery of every power of nature available for the benefit of man. It will make a scientific investigation of all so-called psychic phenomena, and will stimulate the invention of mechanical instruments capable of registering psycho-physical forces.
I believe that under the progress possible by such a university the time will come when we shall be able to furnish scientific proof of the existence of the soul, proof of which is yet lacking.
This is simply one more of the many indications now in evidence of the present strong trend toward spiritualism. Instead of looking to the Bible for instruction upon this subject, the appeal is made to so-called “scientific investigation,” the results of which will, of course, be regarded as authoritatively settling all the questions involved, even though they should contradict the testimony of the Scriptures. The modern home of the witch of Endor may yet be in the halls of culture and reform. Such wisdom is certainly “devilish.”
In a recent issue of the Sioux Falls (S. D.) Cataract there appeared an article, occupying two columns, signed by G. W. Rogers, which presented the Bible reasons to show that the Sabbath was never changed from the seventh to the first day of the week. Ten propositions, “each one sustained by the Bible,” were set forth in the article, and the attempt to change God’s law was made clear. Such presentations of the truth must do good.