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A Series of Lessons in Mystic Christianity1046
The churches are so wedded to materialistic thought that a preacher does
not even hint at the existence of phases of life above the physical lest he be
termed “a spiritualist” or accused of being “spooky.” In the name of Truth, is
the teaching, that man is a spiritual being, inconsistent with the teachings of
Christ and the records of the Scripture? Must one forego all such beliefs, in
favor of a heathenish creed of “physical body” resurrection of the dead—an
immortality in the worn-out mortal body long since discarded? Which is
the true spiritual teaching? Can there be any doubt regarding the same in a
mind willing to think for itself? It seems sad that the orthodox churches do
not see this, and cease forcing out of their congregations all thinkers who
dare assert the existence of a soul independent of the physical body.
What is the use of a soul, if the physical bodies of the dead are to be
resurrected in order that their owners may enjoy immortality? And where
are the souls of these dead bodies now residing and abiding pending the
coming of the Last Day? Are the souls of the dead with their bodies? If
not, then they must be living a life independent of the physical body—
and if such be the case, why should they afterward be required to take on
their worn-out physical bodies which they have managed so well without
during their disembodied life? What becomes of those who had diseased,
deformed or frail bodies during their mortal life—will they be compelled
to inhabit these bodies through all eternity? Will the owners of aged, worn
out bodies be compelled to re-assume them at the Last Day? If not, why
the necessity of a physical body at all, in the future life? Do the angels have
physical bodies? If not, why should souls require them on higher planes?
Think over these questions and then realize how materialistic is the current
Christian conception, when compared with that of Mystic Christianity, which
teaches spiritual evolution from lower to higher planes of being, and on to
planes of being beyond even the faintest conception of men of the present
day.
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