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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