Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1896.] SCIENTIFIC PRIN( IPLF.S OF VInRATION. 195
conditions necessary for the uplifting of the spiritual nuderstanding.
The power of the 1\farseill:~ise Hymn to arouse the
patriotism of the Frem·h. is well known. The RenRational
music of the datwe hall wonlll destroy all thought of devotion
in the chur~e he uoticed its
powet· in quieting the reRtlesRtu.~s!l of the patient!!. I believe
mu~icl is now regarcled hy physicians in general as :\ remmlial
agent fm· insanity. I was told of another case in whida a child
was suhjed to the must uncont•·ollahlc paroxysms of r:L:;e and
nervonsn ... ss. A(~eiclentally, dm·ing one of these paroxyRm~.
some one played the Second ',y altz of Chopin. Immediately
she wa.~ quieted. After •·epeatedly playing this waltz during
the paroxysms, they could not dnuht that its harmony •·es~red
her Jwt·mal condition. FJ·rehel seemetl to fully comp•·chend the
pnwer of muRi(•, and made it one of the most powe..Cul fa(ltors
in hiR syRtem of nnfoltlment of the tlu·ee.fuld nature of the
ehilcl, n:wwly, the physic:d, mental, aaul spiritual.
All i" law, all is cmle•·, antl if we would onl_v allow this
thought tn t~omplet..Iy pt>rmeate every atom of our heing, and if
we live dose to natm·e, the apparent notes of discot·d, sic~kness,
so•·row, and pain wonlcl hec~ome noteR of sweetest melocly and
praise in the sunshine of har111ony and love. Nature teems
with life, and life is love. With ahsolnte obedience to tl1is
law of lov(', the pe.-fed life Christ taught would unfold, namely,
the completeness nf t.he physical, mental, and spi.-itnal. Then
with active love would our ears quicken toward the music of
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