CONTENTS.

EVOLUTION.

SLOWNESS OF EVOLUTION

THE WORK OF NATURE.

A NEW SCIENCE.

WORLD MAKING.

IMPERFECTIONS REVEALED.

WORLD ORIGIN.

SPIRIT INDIVIDUALIZED THROUGH MATTER.

WORLD SIGNS.

WORLD GROWTH.

DEATH A BENEFACTOR.

WORLD PROGRESS.

THE ORIGIN OF EVIL.

VIBRATION.

LIFE.

CHURCHES MONEY MAKERS.

LIFE IN NATURE.

HEAVEN.

NATURE SPIRITS.

EXPERIENCE.

SPIRITUALISM.

PHENOMENA.

MEDIUMSHIP.

THE MIGRATIONS OF OUR RACE.

THE DISCIPLINE OF LIFE.

HOMOGENEITY OF THE RACE.

OF GOD.

OF JESUS.

THE GODS.

KNOWLEDGE OF OCCULT LAW.

EVANESCENCE OF MERE BELIEFS.

THE FOUNT OF INSPIRATION FOR ALL.

MAN VERSUS DEATH.

FEAR OF DEATH.

TEST OF CHARACTER.

CHARACTER FORMING.

MAN THE FINAL EARTH PRODUCT.

SUPERSTITIONS.

SELF-JUSTICE.

SYMBOLISM.

LOVE.

"IDEALS OF LOVE."

THE NEEDS OF WOMAN.

MAN VERSUS WOMAN.

NATURAL CRUELTY OF THE UNDEVELOPED.

THE WORST SIN.

REINCARNATION.

PROCESSES OF REINCARNATION.

EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.

EGOTISM.

RESPONSIVENESS.

HELL.

THE COMMONPLACE.

PETROLEUM.

LAW.

COMMUNISM.

HAPPINESS.

PAIN.

FOES IN THE HOUSEHOLD.

THE INNER LIFE.

ROOT OF EVILS.

BEST IN CHANCE.

MISERLINESS.

SPECIAL PROVIDENCE.

HUMAN DESTINY.

ETHICAL LAW.

HUMAN LIFE.

ANIMAL LIKENESS.

NATURAL SUPERSTITION.

ADAPTIVENESS OF MAN.

DEVIL WORSHIP.

FANATICISM.

TRUTH.

CHRISTS.

HERO WORSHIP.

REASON.

SYMPATHY.

NEW RELIGIONS.

THE GROWTH PROCESSES OF THE HUMAN SOUL.

NECESSITY FOR PHENOMENA.

WILL.

CHANGE OF ATOMS.

OUR LIMITATIONS.

FINAL RACE EXPERIENCE.

RELIGIOUS PERFORMANCES.

OF TEACHERS.

WISE USE OF MONEY.

GENIUS.

"THOUGHTS ARE THINGS."

UNFOLDMENT.

INVENTIONS.

DIVINE HEALING.

SURPLUS.

ANALYSIS OF THE "LORD'S PRAYER."

ABSURD BELIEFS.

THE RESURRECTION.

THE CREATOR.

RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE.

THE SOUL.

WOMAN.

Title: Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul

Author: Anna Bishop Scofield

Language: English

E-text prepared by Al Haines

INSIGHTS AND HERESIES PERTAINING TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUL

by

AMMYEETIS (Persian)

Second Edition 1916

Christopher Publishing House Boston Copyright 1913 by the Christopher Press Copyright 1916 by the Christopher Publishing House

DEDICATION.

To those heroic minds who can truly say: "My soul is my own," and bravely maintain it through everything—in spite of Church or State—I do offer with earnest congratulations and my loving greetings, these fragmentary thoughts of

AMMYEETIS.

Our revered Emerson loaned his Plato to a neighbor. Meeting him some time afterward he said to him: "How did you like Plato?" "Very much," the farmer answered, "very much indeed. I see he has a great many of my idees." And so, my readers—if there be such—there may be herein set forth some of your own familiar thoughts which you may not have found opportunity to express in such guise as appears in this small book.