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Title: The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul
The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies
in Psychology

Author: Jirah D. Buck

Release Date: October 12, 2008 [EBook #26893]

Language: English

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THE NEW AVATAR
and
The Destiny of the Soul

THE FINDINGS OF NATURAL SCIENCE
REDUCED TO PRACTICAL STUDIES IN PSYCHOLOGY

By
JIRAH D. BUCK, M.D.

Author of
"Mystic Masonry," "A Study of Man," "Christos,"
"The Genius of Freemasonry," "Constructive Psychology,"
"The Lost Word Found," "Browning's Paracelsus," and other MSS.

SECOND EDITION
1916

INDO-AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
(Not Inc.)

5705 SOUTH BOULEVARD
CHICAGO
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COPYRIGHT
STEWART & KIDD CO.
1911
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England

All Rights Reserved

TO THE

GREAT FRIENDS

THE HELPERS--VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE--WHOSE
DEEPEST MOTIVE AND HIGHEST AIM
ARE TO ENCOURAGE, UPLIFT, AND INSPIRE

THOSE WHO NEED;

THAT ALL, AT LAST, MAY STAND

TOGETHER

IN THE MIDST OF
THE
RADIANT SPLENDOR
OF

ETERNAL
TRUTH

CONTENTS

FOREWORD xi

INTRODUCTION xvii

SECTION ONE

STUDIES IN PSYCHOLOGY

I. CLASSIFICATION OF FACULTIES, CAPACITIES, AND POWERS 3

II. EMPIRICAL AND SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE 9

III. MEDIUMSHIP, SEERSHIP, AND HYPNOSIS 18

IV. THE MEASURE OF VALUES 29

V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 50

VI. THE CROSS IN RELIGION AND THE CRUX IN SCIENCE
WITH THE GREAT WORK IN AMERICA 68

VII. THE MODULUS OF NATURE AND THE THEOREM OF PSYCHOLOGY 93

SECTION TWO

THE NEW AVATAR OF NATURAL SCIENCE

VIII. OUR INDEBTEDNESS TO ANCIENT INDIA 11