PREFACE.

In presenting this little volume to the public I wish to show that man is governed by the laws of the universe; that the planets are the outward embodiment of these laws; that these laws in turn are reacted upon by the planets and that the one is the counterpart of the other.

The mind consists of a multitude of faculties, and these faculties are divided into groups, or classes, and each group has a function different from the rest. And so, too, the solar system consists of a number of planets, and each planet has a different quality and influence from the rest. And if it be true that man is an epitome of the universe, as most men believe we are, and if we are governed by the universal laws, it is only reasonable to believe that a certain class of faculties is allied to, and is directly governed by, a certain planet. That is just what I want to prove.

I do not accept as true all that is written on astrology for obvious reasons. It may not be out of place here for me to offer an apology for the astrologers, which I now proceed to do. Astrology is an old science, and since all the planets of our solar system were not discovered until recently, the astrologers, knowing that the mind was made up of so many faculties, and not knowing of the existence of the planets of Neptune and Uranus, naturally assigned to Jupiter and other known planets attributes and influences which they did not possess. They have assigned to Jupiter attributes which belong to Neptune, and Neptune had never been thought of. He was laboring under the same delusion that a phrenologist would if he went to examining heads and left out entirely from his mind a knowledge of the existence of the Moral and Reflective groups of organs. Is it any wonder then that they made blunders?

But even in recent years, after the planets Uranus and Neptune have been discovered, the astrologers do not seem to take 740494

much stock in Neptune. Raphael, the great English astrologer, says of it.."Some astrologers include Neptune, but we have nothing clear or definite as to his power, which at the best can effect but little, owing to his immense distance from our Earth.”

Notwithstanding Neptune's great distance from our earth it has to do with our Moral group of faculties. It is the still small voice that whispers to us and leads us onward and upward in the path of truth, purity and righteousness.

In sending this little book on its mission I am well aware that it has many opponents. The astronomers, as a class, do not believe in astrology; and, on the other hand, there are many learned men in the medical profession, and others, who do not believe in phrenology. They have my sympathy.

This book, however, was not designed for the incredulous; but for those who are in search of scientific truth it contains many ideas and facts which are not commonly known.

I have also given considerable attention to the harmony existing between science and religion, and the reader is especially requested to notice all through the work the harmony existing between Nature and its laws and the Bible.

Religion, in this work, of course, is viewed from a material or conscious standpoint; and, while religion cannot properly be brought to a conscious basis in this age of the world, it shows the similitude of that which is religion indeed.

The horoscopes of Jesus Christ and of Adam are also leading features of the work; and I may add that this is one of the chief causes of this work being written, but not all.

Mr. Andrew Jackson Davis, in his "Survey of Human Needs,"

says:

"The world has many needs; the greatest of all is, a philosophy, which unfolds in a systematic and orderly form the stupendous truths of Nature; which points the soul of man, through Nature, to the Eternal Mind. * * * The soft silvery sunbeams of heaven do not more naturally flow over the fields than did the loving, intuitive soul of Jesus spread its elixir over his solemn utterances. Every Bible student feels its mysterious beauty; realizes

its spiritual presence, as he reads those sacred evangels of the Testaments. Every civilized mind feels the goodness of his teachings, and admires the expurgated history of the man, bequeathed to us by the early fathers of the Church; nevertheless, the world needs to-day a 'philosophy' which Jesus did not furnish, needs a 'revelation' to the faculty of reason, which the Bible does not explain.”

This work has been written in the belief that there is need for such a work; need, because there are many scientifically inclined people who are ready to accept the truth of Christianity whenever it appears consistent with their reason. They have not yet become conscious of the harmony existing between science and religion. These seem, with them, to be separate things and at variance with each other. They have not yet learned that this apparent variance exists only in the mind of the thinker on account of his imperfect knowledge.

Considering that the world is earnestly endeavoring to unravel the mysteries of Nature, to discover the relation of man to the Universe, the relation of God to man, the philosophy of religion that we may the more perfectly understand the principles of religion and of salvation when viewed from a conscious basis, I am sending this book on its mission, believing that it will fill a longfelt want.

Yes, the world needs all that Mr. Davis has suggested, and more. It needs a scientific demonstration based upon natural facts, and upon natural phenomena, that the principles of religion may appeal to our reason, to our consciousness, and to our understanding. Religion, to most people, seems to appear as a dream; they know, or seem to know, that there is more or less truth in the subject, but that truth is so shrouded in mystery that they cannot properly understand it. Therefore, we need a demonstration that we may understand these things as in the light of DAY.

I have believed from the start that God is the spirit of the Universe; and therefore a knowledge of Astronomy and of Astrology, when combined with the Word of God, which has been revealed to us by the holy men in all ages, will give us as perfect an under

standing of what God is as we can acquire in any other way outside of Divine revelation.

A knowledge of man is also necessary, that we may compare or analyze the similarity between the two, between the Macrocosm and the Microcosm. Anatomy, Physiology and Phrenology will probably give us as perfect a knowledge of man as we can likely get in this present age of the world.

Therefore, taking these sciences as a basis of operation, I set out to discover if it could be proven scientifically whether Jesus is the Christ; and, having become convinced myself, through science, I am therefore presenting these same ideas to the scientific world that they also may become convinced. There is of necessity a great deal of collateral knowledge all along the line, but all this knowledge comes in to establish the grand central truth that Jesus is the Christ, being supplementary of His works.

The consideration of this question takes us through all the principles of salvation, yet I have endeavored to pursue the subject to its legitimate end, leading us, as it does, to the very portals of faith. I would like to place this book in the hands of every scientific man who claims to be an infidel.

Of all the works I ever read on science and religion they nearly all have had this fault, that while they may contain a great deal of science, or a great deal of religion, there is usually only a very few places where any harmony was shown to exist between the two. Therefore I determined that whatever fault this work may have it certainly should not possess this one. I have endeavored to explain this harmony all through the work as being one of its leading features.

Nor do I claim to know it all. No, indeed. I can only hope to pave the way to investigation and conviction that there is truth in the subject, and the reader, in investigating, will probably discover greater truths than I have been able to write; and that the reader may profit by this knowledge is the wishes of

THE AUTHOR.