on detailed knowledge and the reasons therefor.

We might say that the inner light is the efficiency while intuition is the product. The intuitive side of our nature as a whole is closely contiguous to its objects, so that when we discern an end or result intuitively we appear to be almost one with it. Out of this union comes the illuminating clue. There is every reason to revere the clue, allowing it to yield its full content, lead us as far as it can. Analysis and comparison rightfully begin when one has had the experience, reached the goal. Reason does not detract from, it adds to intuition. By insight one means the additional grasp of the situation which reason contributes through knowledge of law, interpretation of experience. The man of insight has reached the stage of wisdom. If we revered wisdom more and mere experience less, we should more steadily pursue insight as an ideal.

Another approach to the nature of insight is found when we compare various phases of the so called spiritual life. Find a person who makes of the spiritual life a direct object of pursuit because of his subjective experiences and you will be apt to find one who is self-centred. We may indeed admire the earnestness of such a person, we may wish that all men displayed as much zeal. But what else do we say? That there will be no way to test the reality of the religious experiences