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exceedingly  short�察  �and   unattended   with   any  pomp   of   ceremony。              It   is   a 

doctrine   with   the   Vril´ya�察  �that   earnest   devotion   or   complete   abstraction 

from the actual world cannot�察�with benefit to itself�察�be maintained long at a 

stretch by the human mind�察�especially in public�察�and that all attempts to do 

so either lead to fanaticism or to hypocrisy。              When they pray in private�察�it 

is when they are alone or with their young children。 

     They   say   that   in   ancient   times   there   was   a   great   number   of   books 

written upon speculations as to the nature of the Diety�察�and upon the forms 

of   belief   or   worship   supposed   to   be   most   agreeable   to   Him。     But   these 

were found to lead to such heated   and angry disputations as not only  to 

shake   the   peace   of   the   community   and   divide   families   before   the   most 

united�察  �but   in   the   course   of   discussing   the   attributes   of   the   Diety�察  �the 

existence of the Diety Himself became argued away�察�or�察�what was worse�察�

became invested with the passions and infirmities of the human disputants。 

;For�察─�said my host�察 �since a finite being like an An cannot possibly define 



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the Infinite�察�so�察�when he endeavours to realise an idea of the Divinity�察�he 

only reduces the Divinity into an An like himself。;                   During the later ages�察�

therefore�察�all theological speculations�察�though not forbidden�察�have been so 

discouraged   as   to   have   fallen   utterly   into   disuse。   The   Vril´ya   unite   in   a 

conviction   of   a   future   state�察  �more   felicitous   and   more   perfect   than   the 

present。     If they have very vague notions of the doctrine of rewards and 

punishments�察�it is perhaps because they have no systems of rewards and 

punishments   among   themselves�察  �for   there   are   no   crimes   to   punish�察  �and 

their   moral   standard   is   so   even   that   no An   among   56them   is�察  �upon   the 

whole�察�considered more virtuous than another。                    If one excels�察�perhaps in 

one   virtue�察  �another   equally   excels   in   some   other   virtue�察  �If   one   has   his 

prevalent   fault   or   infirmity�察  �so   also   another   has   his。      In   fact�察  �in   their 

extraordinary mode of life。             there are so few temptations to wrong�察�that 

they   are   good   ��according   to   their   notions   of   goodness��   merely   because 

they live。      They have some fanciful notions upon the continuance of life�察�

when once bestowed�察�even in the vegetable world�察�as the reader will see in 

the next chapter。 



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                             CHAPTER XIV。 



       Though�察�as I have said�察�the Vril´ya discourage all speculations on the 

nature of the Supreme Being�察�they appear to concur in a belief by which 

they think to solve that great problem of the existence of evil which has so 

perplexed the philosophy of the upper world。                 They hold that wherever 

He has once given life�察�with the perceptions of that life�察�however faint it be�察�

as in a plant�察�the life is never destroyed�察�it passes into new and improved 

forms�察    �though    not   in  this  planet   ��differing    therein   from   the   ordinary 

doctrine of metempsychosis���察�and that the living thing retains the sense of 

identity�察�so that it connects its past life with its future�察�and is 'conscious' of 

its   progressive     improvement       in  the  scale   of  joy。   For    they   say   that�察�

without   this   assumption�察  �they   cannot�察  �according   to   the   lights   of   human 

reason vouchsafed to them�察�discover the perfect justice which must be a 

constituent quality of the All´Wise and the All´Good。                Injustice�察�they say�察�

can only emanate from three causes�此�want of wisdom to perceive what is 

just�察 �want   of   benevolence   to   desire�察 �want   of power   to   fulfill   it�察  �and   that 

each of these three wants is incompatible in the All´Wise�察�the 57All´Good�察�

the    All´Powerful。      But    that�察 �while   even    in  this  life�察 �the  wisdom�察   �the 

benevolence�察      �and    the   power    of   the  Supreme      Being     are  sufficiently 

apparent to compel our recognition�察�the justice necessarily resulting from 

those attributes�察�absolutely requires another life�察�not for man only�察�but for 

every living thing of the inferior orders。          That�察�alike in the animal and the 

vegetable world�察�we see one individual rendered�察�by circumstances beyond 

its   control�察  �exceedingly   wretched   compared   to   its   neighbours´   one   only 

exists   as   the   prey   of   another´   even   a   plant   suffers   from   disease   till   it 

perishes prematurely�察�while the plant next to it rejoices in its vitality and 

lives out its happy life free from a pang。            That it is an erroneous analogy 

from  human   infirmities   to   reply  by  saying   that   the   Supreme   Being   only 

acts by general laws�察�thereby making his own secondary causes so potent 

as to mar the essential kindness of the First Cause�察�and a still meaner and 

more     ignorant     conception     of  the   All´Good�察    �to   dismiss    with   a  brief 

contempt all consideration of justice for the myriad forms into which He 

has infused life�察�and assume that justice is only due to the single product 



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of the An。       There is no small and no great in the eyes of the divine Life´ 

Giver。     But once grant that nothing�察�however humble�察�which feels that it 

lives and suffers�察�can perish through the series of ages�察�that all its suffering 

here�察�if continuous from the moment of its birth to that of its transfer to 

another form of being�察�would be more brief compared with eternity than 

the cry of the new´born is compared to the whole life of a man�察�and once 

suppose       that  this   living    thing   retains    its  sense    of  identity    when     so 

transformed ��for without that sense it could be aware of no future being���察�

and though�察�indeed�察 �the fulfilment of   divine justice is   removed from  the 

scope   of   our   ken�察  �yet   we   have   a   right   to   assume   it   to   be   uniform   and 

universal�察�and not varying and partial�察�as it would be if acting only upon 

general      and    secondary      laws�察   �because     such    perfect    justice    flows    of 

necessity from perfectness of knowledge to conceive�察�perfectness of love 

to will�察�and perfectness of power to complete it。 58 However fantastic this 

belief   of   the   Vril´ya   may   be�察  �it   tends   perhaps   to   confirm   politically   the 

systems of government which�察�admitting different degrees of wealth�察�yet 

establishes perfect equality in rank�察�exquisite mildness in all relations and 

intercourse�察  �and   tenderness   to   all   created   things   which   the   good   of   the 

community does not require them to destroy。                   And though their notion of 

compensation to a tortured insect or a cankered flower may seem to some 

of us a very wild crotchet�察�yet�察�at least�察�is not a mischievous one�察�and it 

may   furnish   matter   for   no   unpleasing   reflection   to   think   that   within   the 

abysses of earth�察�never lit by a ray from the material heavens�察�there should 

have penetrated so luminous a conviction of the ineffable goodness of the 

Creator´ so fixed an idea that the general laws by which He acts cannot 

admit      of   any     partial    injustice    or    evil�察  �and    therefore      cannot     be 

comprehended          without     reference     to   thei

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