Show f dc i 1 1 I 11 t f r ORACLES OR AClIS jl i 1 j p ft ill ili sil si l H ia truth in astrology asti T b e re there w gr e apt body world would fieve lt it it illja Js the surfaces surface of gold on the spur spurious lous loua coin coln which makes it possible to the die in which the coin is made ia ig as good steel as that of the tho he mint thie thip workmanship is as good I 1 the ibe methi metal metai used in making the fhe coin is true metal of its kind but the coin ia Is bad even if the coin were made of the purest gold it is made without authority 1 tho rity the man who makes it ia Is a traitor to the commonwealth and ana the man who utters it is a felon the question question Is 14 la Is apy proposed Oc science lenee lence ben beneficial edicia to man which obliterates his free agency which robs our father of th the e prerogative of pf governing tills this alnet rila fila net nef and its ita V in inhabitants V which claims to io be superior to all human buman institutions and converts man mau into a mere automaton that thab the planets have influences peculiar c to themselves Is at least as reasonable to suppose as that we have an individual influence that in the midst of the great family of worlds they act each other is reasonable but that they uy eon coni troi my actions is unreasonable the abo light of the hial bial planets jets lets impinging upon objects may produce effects upon them or i that the light of the moon may possess s ess qualities chich that of the not is 19 very probable but that that light should haye have power to cause men to do evil or good is to say the least very improbable that wonderful effects have been produced by very subtle elements both u upon pon mind min d an and d bo body history an and d experience teach the oracle of delphi can be advanced as one among many evidences of the kind in ancient times the inhalation of nitrous oxide may be advanced as 68 ic E physical and the thee mhz magnetic passes of the and ms ras me rizer as among the mote more ethereal elements used in ou obrown roWn day but in all thase cases here there ia a constant influence ce exerted in a manner which if the cause is beyond our the effects never var vary Y the intoxicating or inspiring fumes which made the ora or orae q oie ole forth if unintelligible utterances 61 c es I 1 gli gil were werl construed nto ober sense I 1 or nonsense noised se as the daso gaso case mag might abe be by the priests of the 0 oracie oracle would inspire il re any one else who breathed them tham nit yit nitrous I 1 t rous oxide or laughing gas may cause one ono to daice dancea another other othen to perhaps af another iother to pray butah luta cypko duce effects which are analogous As io to the passes of the mesmerist they do not produce like effects lipon upun kiffer differs ent at individuals bub but this is only a question ion lor of degree some require a higher intensity of the thi magnetic influence to subdue them or the operator bilm himself I 1 may ny be influenced y 1 1 b by the tho 11 IT patient uti ati lent 11 in these casen easen cases eases therb there is a similarity of effect produced educible reducible to a law may tinder i iland stand ali ail all men are more or less jiuu ab the same 1 1 I P is 4 it t with w th regard to pian plan etal ii flu erica astrologers og 0 say A y ene bissu k j acle of emr ss fram the we light t or 4 in fluence 0 ty P 1 te jr another from r that of mars e eto etc te 1 theres this influence in tile the bl dutiful light of the planet jupiter it tr is in reasonable tea zea to suppose taht that all ML wre are alike bene behe fitted by it rot hot so as the astrologer understands it the in individual whoa who is born wider under the influence of 0 f that planet is the favorite of ahoo thoO he greater eater fortune as that planet is called I 1 while the poor creature who hAppe hib fis to be bo born perhaps through a protracted tabor labor too late to td geathe ged get the blessing lessing may come into existence under we the dominion of saturn ominous name and unless jupiter is I 1 s in trine or sextile to tho athe the greater 1 saturn a turn or venus the next best of the good planets thet the native the person born borna will be a poor miserable sickly cowardly drudge throughout all his existence unless saturn is not in his dignities that Is weak by reason of his position in I 1 the I 1 this thil is all very pretty in theory but is 13 it true strange that mankind should have haive made observations and recorded their i experience I 1 as the ancients did for thousands of years to try to establish the infallibility of the stars as oracles and then have failed no SY system 9 which has beell been the subject of human investigation has been so thoroughly tested and has failed falleo so completely plew piew bly ely why was it so well examined men bleh wanted it io to be betrue true they wanted to ralee raise the veil veli which hides bides the future fro from mortals to gratify their vanity and to gwo gmo them powe rover their fellows jhb does not know this who is free from the this pseudo science should be true dor for to him who desires it it is true the mancho man who sincerely bel believes feves he Is under the dom dominion fulon of saturn jupiter or any aby 0 h being is olied he 40 is act to an influence whose sway is ig despotic i just juson apro pro portion oil to fo tho the anten auten intensity sity of hid hig condic ions lons j now what are the facts A man believe believes s in astrology pr gy plau plan chete fe or intuition or magic or clairvoyance at mes wes mesmerism i i or pr any ither other ibm iam it trails as jiji 0 oracle oracie ra cle ele he bows before iland it and it bacon becomes les ies his bis idol the thi more fully he Is convinced of the truthfulness orrelia or reliability clity oghig of his idol tbt tho the more he will reverence it will vill he seek the true god no he will be weaned fro from many any former attachment when he ceases to drink of the sincere milk odthe of the word 71 to him there is na no pro prophet libet hut but his prophet phet no god glod but his bis he may not tto ETo have ave descended to this depth today to day but js t 19 only question nv of time N aho V vho h 0 con eon its iti an any 0 of f these oracles to d do glod what t are th the e ino motives tives which actuate men to seek for information 1 1 awant to be great greaty to be rich to know who loves me or 1 who hates me or who wrong wrongs me 21 do any consult them w with ith a view to be more useful members rs of society to enable theato become better letter men and women socially intellectually morally none noni where then 1 is the good of such sciences falsely so called eryou if you are afraid to g goto Q to jaw unless the ibe planets are kropi propitious ous it is because your course is unjust I 1 eyou are afraid to marry mirry fon for the reason reabon that venus is not well as pecked adibe heavens it is because you have doubts concertin conce concerning rhin the venus you have chosen on eartha earthy if you are afraid to plant today to day because the configuration of the planets says no hot not it sho shows ws you ack lack confidence tin rin in the being g wb who 0 causes the plants to grow r but have the planets no influence on earth yes the stream which flows upon this earth from countless myriads of suns centres cantres of other solar systems helps to sustain life both in animals and vegetables the sun is by no means the only luminary which is engaged in ministering to mab and it is highly probable that the light derived from those planets circulating in this solar system althou although a h only reflected light may bring with it some of the qualities of the planet from which it ios ius is reflected terha s those botand ho tand dry drs dryland leand watery ery an and d cold qualities which the ancients noticed as qualities certain f planets are ridall really nece necessary iary lary ro the perpetuation bf this planet at all events we may be asuno asuro of this he who bb Va made adeall 11 thib things s well weil welland weiland in 01 ol broj pro bounced noun 0 ced i every ry th thing ing very veny dt not created crea tei tej and ana certainly woud fiut not per ver perpetuate any withering pernicious jn fluentes fluen ees ces such as ard are acri nerl ascribed bed to the rays of f light which innocently fall fali upon the a tha of our solar bys 6 71 f tem fern f I 1 1 I lir i 1 it r 0 C U a J J |