Modern Mysteries: Their Moral Aspect
"Modern Mysteries: Their Moral Aspect," is a pamphlet issued by the Pacific Press Publishing Company, on the subjects of Hypnotism, Clairvoyance, Telepathy, Theosophy, the "New Thought," and Pantheism. There are nine chapters, 107 pages, and the price is 15 cents. The edition will be soon exhausted, and probably will not be re-issued in this form. The pamphlet has received high commendation and some severe criticism. But there has been no criticism against the arguments presented or the general way in which the subject is treated. The criticism has been, and we say it frankly and openly, against the sarcasm and lightness sometimes indulged by the author. When Elijah witnessed the physical contortions and antics of the priests of Baal, he "mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god; either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked." The prophet thought that the time and the occasion demanded the biting sarcasm and banter, that made Baal and his worship appear in a ridiculous light. So the author of "Modern Mysteries" has felt as he has examined some of the silly, vapid, ridiculous theories put forth for the salvation or benefit of man by these various isms. Perhaps