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walked upon the water, healed the sick, raised the dead, turned water into wine and stilled the tempest. It was thus he performed all his miracles.

Man has learned how to cause Matter to act upon Matter by mechanical means, but he is now learning a higher law by which Spirit acts through Mind directly upon Matter without mechanical intervention, changing its shape, annulling its destructiveness, increasing its constructiveness, and making it altogether obedient to spiritual mandate.

Many strange things are happening to revolutionize our false beliefs regarding Matter.

Some time ago a young machinist in Massachusetts attracted the notice of scientific men, among them the late Professor James of Harvard University, by some remarkable feats such as bathing his face, hands and arms in blazing alcohol, without raising a blister or suffering the least discomfort.

He also dematerialized his body and became invisible to those in the room with him for about forty seconds. Those who watched him said he seemed to dissolve in air until entirely invisible, afterward returning to his natural form. These tests were made under the strictest conditions so as to guard against mistake or fraud. The young man seemed to be in a _passive state and said he thought of nothing in particular. This would indicate that he used no conscious control over Matter, and the probability is that a Subconscious Power came to the surface and asserted