. First lessons in reality, or, The psychical basis of physical health. rtthe very danger to be avoided. To interpret them too literally will be to lose theiressence. On the other hand, not to discern the vitalrelation between the ideas herein expressed, and thesymbols embodying them, will be equally fatal totheir true apprehension; for the terms employed arenot as one might suppose merely fanciful, figurative,poetic, etc., but are used because they express thedual unity of Thought and Symbol. To have a knowledge of facts is one thing, butto grasp the relation of these facts to each other, isq
. First lessons in reality, or, The psychical basis of physical health. rtthe very danger to be avoided. To interpret them too literally will be to lose theiressence. On the other hand, not to discern the vitalrelation between the ideas herein expressed, and thesymbols embodying them, will be equally fatal totheir true apprehension; for the terms employed arenot as one might suppose merely fanciful, figurative,poetic, etc., but are used because they express thedual unity of Thought and Symbol. To have a knowledge of facts is one thing, butto grasp the relation of these facts to each other, isquite another thing. One mind can help another inthe former case, but in the latter each soul mustdiscern relations for itself. This discerning must beinborn, it cannot be imparted. One cannot discerna relation for another any more than a joke can beappreciated vicariously. So in these lessons Thoughtand Symbol have been placed in juxtaposition, theinsight into their relation must be left to the Soul intravail with Truth. Los Angeles, California,July, 188(5. WisdomRed. SYNOPSIS. Introduction —The Staff. I. REFLECTION. f Visible. f Hunger. Ray-ment 1 Audible. Food < Eating. (^ Tangible. ( Assimilating. II. REFRACTION. {Proportion. f Ray. Door. Hearth-fire < Images. Hearth. (^ Law. Conclusion—The Wall. FIRST LESSON IN REALITY. INTRODUCTION. THE STAFF. One end of a staff implies another end. I can-not (as tradition relates of a certain Hibernianphilosopher) cut off one end from my staff, andthen have only one end left. I may thus reducethe size of my staff, but while it holds out it con-tinues to have two ends, Neither do the two endsremain after the staff has gone. The staff and itsends are real, or polar opposites, which mutuallyimply each other, which are utterly meaninglessand unthinkable apart. However, although I cannot detach the stafffrom its ends, nor the ends from the staff, yet Ican distinguish between them. One end is not theother end. The head is not the foot
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