| Show Fact Versus Fanc Fancy Y Yr I r Dabbling with spiritualism or other supposed occult ideas are dangerous to ones one's integrity nty of mInd according to Dr William Wilham J l Ia Mayo 0 eminent emment surgeon and cal scientist who points out that many men mon of oC brilliant attainments have been misled by Imaginary phenomena He mentions Sir Conan Doyle Sir William Crookes and Sir Oliver er Lodge as three outstanding examples examples examples les of oC men of oC science who interest interest- interested interested ed themselves in 11 phenomena phenomena mena and come to behe believe C in 11 the reincarnation of oC the dead But he pOInts out that these eminent emment men got ot tint that way ay late in m l life e after their mental powers were on the wane ane Dr Mayo further points out that many things s we ve experience tolay to Jay and understand as perfectly natural natural natural al phenomena would have been at- at attributed attributed at attributed to the supernatural If they had been produced in m earlier tImes For example is someone had invented the radio during the Dark Ages he hs would have been considered in 10 league with Satan Saron and would probably have been burned at the stake So ho concludes con con- concludes con concludes Whenever er we vv c e do not understand e phenomena let us lay the lack where it to belongs belongs to the fail Call failure failure ure of oC the understanding which the future may clear cleir and up-and up and not allow ourselves to prostitute m in intelligence by talking about fairies 1 ghosts spirits and reincarnation of oC the dead |
