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                  THE DORE LECTURES ON MENTAL SCIENCE 



 THE DORE LECTURES 

ON MENTAL SCIENCE 



                        by Thomas Troward 



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     ENTERING         INTO     THE    SPIRIT     OF    IT  INDIVIDUALITY            THE 

NEW THOUGHT AND THE NEW ORDER THE LIPS OF THE SPIRIT 

ALPHA        AND     OMEGA        THE      CREATIVE        POWER       OF   THOUGHT 

THE      GREAT      AFFIRMATIVE          CHRIST      THE     FULFILLING         OF   THE 

LAW       THE     STORY       OF    EDEN       THE     WORSHIP         OF    ISHI    THE 

SHEPHERD           AND     THE     STONE       SALVATION         IS   OF    THE     JEWS 

FOREWORD。 

     The addresses   contained   in   this   volume were   delivered by  me   at   the 

Dore   Gallery�察  �Bond   Street�察  �London�察  �on   the   Sundays   of   the   first   three 

months of the present year�察�and are now published at the kind request of 

many of my hearers�察�hence their title of ;The Dore Lectures。; A number of 

separate discourses on a variety of subjects necessarily labours under the 

disadvantage of want of continuity�察�and also under that of a liability to the 

frequent repetition of similar ideas and expressions�察�and the reader will�察�I 

trust�察�pardon these defects as inherent in the circumstances of the work。 At 

the   same   time   it   will   be   found   that�察  �although   not   specially   so   designed�察�

there is   a  certain progressive development of   thought through   the  dozen 

lectures which compose this volume�察�the reason for which is that they all 

aim at expressing the same fundamental idea�察�namely that�察�though the laws 

of   the   universe   can   never   be   broken�察  �they   can   be   made   to   work   under 

special conditions which will produce results that could not be produced 

under the  conditions   spontaneously provided by  nature。 This is   a  simple 

scientific   principle   and   it   shows   us   the   place   which   is   occupied   by   the 

personal   factor�察  �that�察  �namely�察  �of   an   intelligence   which   sees   beyond   the 

present limited manifestation of the Law into its real essence�察�and which 

thus constitutes the instru´mentality by which the infinite possibilities of 

the Law can be evoked into forms of power�察�usefulness�察�and beauty。 

     The   more   perfect�察  �therefore�察  �the   working   of   the   personal   factor�察  �the 

greater will be the results developed from the Universal Law�察�and hence 

our   lines   of   study   should   be   two´foldon   the   one   hand   the   theoretical 

study of the action of Universal Law�察�and on the other the practical fitting 

of ourselves to make use of it�察�and if the present volume should assist any 

reader in this two´fold quest�察�it will have answered its purpose。 



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     The different subjects have necessarily been treated very briefly�察�and 

the addresses can only be considered as suggestions for lines of thought 

which     the  reader   will  be  able   to  work   out   for  himself�察  �and   he  must 

therefore   not   expect    that   careful  elabora´tion   of   detail  which   I  would 

gladly    have    bestowed     had   I  been   writing   on   one   of  these   subjects 

exclusively。 This little book must be taken only for what it is�察�the record of 

somewhat   fragmentary   talks   with   a   very   indulgent   audience�察  �to   whom   I 

gratefully dedicate the volume。 

     JUNE 5�察�1909。 

     T。T。 



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         ENTERING INTO THE SPIRIT 

                                      OF IT。 



     We all know the meaning of this phrase in our everyday life。 The Spirit 

is that which gives life and movement to anything�察�in fact it is that which 

causes it to exist at all。 The thought of the author�察�the impression of the 

painter�察  �the   feeling   of   the   musician�察  �is   that   without   which   their   works 

could never have come into being�察�and so it is only as we enter into the 

IDEA which gives rise to the work�察�that we can derive all the enjoyment 

and benefit from it which it is able to bestow。 If we cannot enter into the 

Spirit   of   it�察  �the   book�察  �the   picture�察  �the   music�察  �are   meaningless   to   us�此  �to 

appreciate them we must share the mental attitude of their creator。 This is 

a universal principle�察�if we do not enter into the Spirit of a thing�察�it is dead 

so   far   as   we   are   concerned�察  �but   if   we   do   enter   into   it   we   reproduce   in 

ourselves the same quality of life which called that thing into existence。 

     Now if this is a general principle�察�why can we not carry it to a higher 

range of things�拭�Why not to the highest point of all�拭�May we not enter into 

the originating Spirit of Life itself�察�and so reproduce it in ourselves as a 

perennial   spring   of   livingness�拭�This�察  �surely�察  �is   a   question   worthy  of   our 

careful consideration。 

     The    spirit  of   a  thing   is  that  which     is  the  source    of  its  inherent 

movement�察�and therefore the question before us is�察�what is the nature of 

the primal moving power�察�which is at the back of the endless array of life 

which we see around us�察�our own life included�拭�Science gives us ample 

ground   for   saying   that   it   is   not   material�察  �for   science   has   now�察  �at   least 

theoretically�察  �reduced   all   material   things   to   a   primary   ether�察  �universally 

distributed�察    �whose     innumerable      particles    are  in  absolute     equilibrium�察�

whence       it  follows    on    mathematical      grounds      alone    that   the   initial 

movement        which     began    to   concentrate     the   world     and   all   material 

substances   out     of   the  particles   of  the   dispersed    ether�察  �could   not  have 

originated in the particles themselves。 Thus by a necessary deduction from 



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the    conclusions     of   physical    science�察   �we    are  compelled      to   realize   the 

presence      of  some     immaterial     power     capable     of  separating     off  certain 

specific   areas   for   the   display   of   cosmic   activity�察  �and   then   building   up   a 

material     universe     with    all  its  inhabitants     by   an  orderly     sequence     of 

evolution�察�in which each stage lays the foundation for the development of 

the stage�察�which is to followin a word we find ourselves brought face to 

face with a power which exhibits on a stupendous scale�察�the faculties of 

selection and adaptation of means to ends�察�and thus distributes energy and 

life in accordance with a recognizable scheme of cosmic progression。 It is 

therefore      not   only    Life�察  �but   also    Intelligence�察    �and   Life    guided     by 

Intelligence becomes Volition。 It is this primary originating power which 

we mean when we speak of ;The Spirit�察─�and it is into this Spirit of the 

whole universe that we must enter if we would reproduce it as a spring of 

Original Life in ourselves。 

     Now in the case of the productions of artistic genius we know that we 

must enter into the movement of the creative mind of the artist�察�before we 

can realize  the principle  which gives   rise   to   his work。 We   must   learn to 

partake   of   the   feeling�察 �to   find   expression   for   which   is   the   motive   of   his 

creative   activity。   May   we   not   apply   the   same   principle   to   the   Greater 

Creative Mind with which we are seeking to deal�拭�There is something in 

the work of the artist which is akin to that of original creation。 His work�察�

literary�察�musical�察�or graphic is original creation on a miniature scale�察�and 

in this it differs from that of the engineer�察�which is constructive�察�or that of 

the scientist which is analytical�察�for the artist in a sense creates something 

out of nothing�察�and therefore starts from the stand´point of simple feeling�察�

and not from that of a pre´existing necessity。 This�察�by the hypothesis of the 

case�察  �is   true   also   of   the   Parent   Mind�察  �for   at   the   stage   where   the   initial 

movement   of   creation        takes   place�察  �there   are   no   existing   conditions   to 

compel      action    in  one    direction    more    than    another。    Consequently       the 

direction      taken   by    the   creative    impulse     is  not   dictated    by   outward 

circumstances�察�and the primary movement must therefore be entirely due 

to the action of the Original Mind upon itself�察�it is the reaching out of this 

Mind for realization of all that it feels itself to be。              The creative process 

thus   in   the   first   instance   is   purely   a   matter   of   feelingexactly   what   we 



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speak of as ;motif; in a work of art。 

     Now it is this original feeling that we need to enter into�察�because it is 

the   fons   et   origo   of   the   whole   chain   of   causation   which   subsequently 

follows。   What   then   can   this   original   feeling   of   the   Spirit   be�拭  �Since   the 

Spirit is Life´in´itself�察�its feeling can only be for the fuller expression of 

Lifeany other sort of feeling   would be self´destructive and is   therefore 

inconceivable。   Then   the   full   expression   of   Life   implies   Happiness�察  �and 

Happiness       implies     Harmony�察      �and   Harmony       implies     Order�察   �and   Order 

implies Proportion�察�and Proportion implies Beauty�察�so that in recognizing 

the inherent tendency of the Spirit towards the production of Life�察�we can 

recognise   a   similar   inherent   tendency   to   the   production   of   these   other 

qualities also�察�and since the desire to bestow the greater fulness of joyous 

life can only be described as Love�察�we can sum up the whole of the feeling 

which is the original moving impulse in the Spirit as Love and Beautythe 

Spirit   finding   expression   through   forms   of   beauty   in   centres   of   life�察  �in 

harmonious reciprocal relation to itself。 This is a generalized statement of 

the   broad   principle   by   which   Spirit   expands   from   the   innermost   to   the 

outermost�察�in accordance with a Law of tendency inherent in itself。 

     It sees itself�察�as it were�察�reflected in various centres of life and energy�察�

each   with   its   appropriate   form�察  �but   in   the   first instance   these   reflectio

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