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83 Even the 'invocation' of spiritual beings, if the modern practice of Seance-holding can be so called, which affords conditions for spiritual manifestations—is quite in conformity with the rituals and ceremonials of the ancient Indian system; as, for instance, the Sama Veda says, "Come, Father, along with the spirits of our Fathers."* If this practice was observed, and formed an integral part of religious worship,—and if this was done under the ægis of the Church itself in far back ages; surely with our increase of knowledge, and, we may hope, with improved morals, we may now safely engage in it with safety to both sides, provided the motives are pure and worthy. Are there not any adept "Brothers" of British or European extraction in sufficient sympathy with the efforts of their own countrymen to open up a direct correspondence with those who are striving to attain to a higher order of Life?† [A full reply is left over for a future article.]

A PERSONAL AND AN IMPERSONAL GOD.

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remarks that I have noticed in the Arya lead me to believe that, as is so commonly the case, differences in interpretations of terms, are leading to apparent antogonisma between persons whose views are in reality identical.

Attacks are made on those who deny the existence of a personal God, and we are told that such persons, even the believing in an Impersonal God, are in reality Atheists.