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ONE!
Earth has been divided up so that instead of man being a brother to his
fellowman, he has set up artificial lines to separate and segregate others
different than himself. Man made boundaries, man made creeds and
ideals, man made religious groups, man made doctrine and dogma, man
made, man made. There is nothing wrong with religion, it's what man
has done to and with it that's so pitiful. Science is the twin-sister of
religion . . . truth cannot contradict truth, and there is no religion higher
than Truth. The worship of the Creator and the study of His laws,
causes and effects; of nature and the great powers waiting for discovery

within her bosom . . . all these should be massed into ONE. Hence,
science and religion are one, just as everything in the Omniverse is
ONE!
When Van Tassel said: "We must present to science, the religion of
science; and to religion, the science of religion," he gave the key for
understanding between the two great fields of human endeavor.
To many people today, science is the modern savior or "messiah". They
look to scientists and their discoveries for the answer to all of
mankind's ills. Recently reports said that soon we could live forever
through the latest discoveries in biological science. "What fools these
mortals be", indeed! We already possess immortal life!
Thousands of spiritually hungry people have come to realize that the
facts unearthed by science have not thus far been adequate to satisfy the
needs of humanity, and many today are searching for something . . .
orthodox theology has failed also to satisfy their deep longings, and
orthodox science presents only cold, bare materialism to them. There
are, of course, many scientists and theologians who are sincere, honest
men, working tirelessly to aid men on this planet. But, at the same time,
we must remember that all scientists are not "men of science", and all
theologians are not "men of God".
Men are most reluctant to give up their secure, comfortable positions
and pet theories. Desmond Leslie once said: "I'm convinced that the
orthodox scientists of today are the counterpart of the orthodox
theologians of the Middle Ages." Be that as it may, orthodoxy is the
same thing wherever it is found, and it doesn't matter by what name
you prefer to call it. Once in a great while a man comes along, or a
woman, and although usually despised by their contemporaries, they
manage somehow, by supreme effort, to haul all the rest of lagging
humanity behind them and what we call worldly advancement or
progression takes place.
In Of Flight And Life Charles A. Lindbergh says: "To me in youth
science was more important than either man or God. I worshipped
science. I was awed by its knowledge. Its advances had surpassed

man's wildest dreams. In its learning seemed to lie the key to all
mysteries of life.
"It took many years for me to discover that science, with all its
brilliance, lights only a middle chapter of creation. I saw the science I
worshipped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I
expected them to serve, and which I thought as permanent as the earth
itself.
"Now I realize that to survive, one must look beyond the speed and
power of aircraft, beyond the material strength of science. And, though
God cannot be seen as tangibly as I had demanded as a child, His
presence can be sensed in every sight and act and incident. Now I know
that when man loses this sense, he misses the true quality of life, the
beauty of earth, its seasons and its skies; the brotherhood of men; the
joy of wife and children. He loses the infinite strength without which
no people can survive, the element which war cannot defeat or peace
corrupt.
"Now I understand that spiritual truth is more essential to a nation than
the mortar in its cities' walls. For when the actions of a people are
unguided by these truths, it is only a matter of time before the walls
themselves collapse.
"The most urgent mission of our time is to understand these truths, and
to apply them to our way of modern life. We must draw strength from
the almost forgotten virtues of simplicity, humility, contemplation,
prayer. It requires a dedication beyond science, beyond self, but the
rewards are great and _it is our only hope!_"
All theology and science will not be done away with in the New Age.
But under the incoming "Golden Dawn" Man will acquire a greater
concept of Creation, free of ancient ritualism and the carried-over
pagan ideas. Likewise, man will enjoy more radiant health due to the
habit of right living and right thinking. Every man will be a scientist,
even