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250 by demons, spirits, or demigods, but by the one Spirit. It is the prerogative of ever-present Mind, and of thought which is in rapport with this Mind, to know the past, present, and the future.

Acquaintance with the Science of Being enables us to commune more largely with the one Mind, to foresee and foretell events which concern the universal welfare, to be divinely inspired, to reach the range of fetterless Mind.

To understand that Mind is not bounded by corporeality, is not dependent upon the ear and eye for sound

and sight, or upon muscles and bones for locomotion, is a step towards Mind-Science, whereby we discern man's real nature and existence. This true conception of Being destroys the belief of Spiritualism at its very inception; for, without the concession of a corporeal personality, Spiritualism has no basis to build upon.

All we correctly know of Mind comes from God, divine Principle, and is learned through Christian

Science. If this Science has been thoroughly learned and properly digested, we can read mortal mind more accurately than the astronomer can read the stars or calculate an eclipse. This Mind-reading is the opposite of clairvoyance. It is the illumination of understanding, which demonstrates a capacity of Soul, not of material sense. This Soul-sense comes to the human mind, when the latter yields to the divine Mind.

Such intuitions reveal whatever constitutes and perpetuates harmony, enabling one to do good, but not evil. You will reach the perfect Science of Healing when able