and the nearness or the aloofness of companion souls. For in that
world love is actually self-preservation; the Communion of Saints
not only adorns but constitutes the Life Everlasting. nay, from
the laws of telepathy it follows that that communion is valid to
us here and now. Even now the love of souls departed makes answer
to our invocations. Even now our loving memory--love is itself a
prayer--supports and strengthens those delivered spirits upon their
upward way.

The measure of agreement between this view, which is founded on careful
scientific research, and that of the Baha'i teachings, is truly
remarkable.

Unity of Mankind

"Ye are all fruits of one tree, the leaves of one branch, the flowers of
one garden." That is one of the most characteristic sayings of
Baha'u'llah, and another is like it: "Glory is not his who loves his own
country, but glory is his who loves his kind." Unity--unity of mankind, and
of all created beings in God--is the main theme of His teaching. Here again
the harmony between true religion and science is evident. With every
advance in science the oneness of the universe and the interdependence of
its parts has become more clearly evident. The astronomer's domain is
inseparably bound up with physicist's, and the physicist's with the
chemist's, the chemist's with the biologist's, the biologist's with the
psychologist's, and so on. Every new discovery in one field of research
throws new light on other fields. Just as physical science has shown that
every particle of matter in the universe attracts and influences every
other particle, no matter how minute or how distant, so psychical science
is finding that every soul in the universe affects and influences every
other soul. Prince Kropotkin, in his book on Mutual Aid, shows most
clearly that even among the lower animals, mutual aid is absolutely
necessary to continued life, while in the case of man, the progress of
civilization depends on the increasing substitution of mutual aid for
mutual enmity. "Each for all and all for each" is the only principle on
which a community can prosper.

The Era of Unity

All the signs of the times indicate that we are at the dawn of a new era
in the history of mankind. Hitherto the young eagle of humanity has clung
to the old aerie in the solid rock of selfishness and materialism. Its
attempts to use its wings have been timid and tentative. It has had
rest