,transcriber's ,note3 ,every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible4 ,italic text has been marked with underscores4 ,,god3 ,,outlines ,,of ,,the ,,new ,,theology4 ,,god3 ,,outlines ,,of ,,the ,,new ,,theology1 ,,based ,,on ,,facts1 ,,science1 ,,nature1 ,,reason1 ,,intuition1 ,,revelation ,,and ,,common ,,sense4 ,,by ,t4 ,d4 ,,curtis1 ,,author ,,of ,,the ,,nazarene1 ,,cross ,,and ,,crown1 ,,resurgam1 ,,and ,,other ,,poems4 ,,chicago3 ,,published ,,by ,,the ,,author #ahhi ,,copyrighted ,,by ,,the ,,author1 ,t4 ,d4 ,,curtis1 ,,of ,,chicago1 ,,in ,,the ,,year #ahhi4 ,,preface4 ,the ,new ,theology is a gathering up of the fragments1 antagonizing none of the ,old ,theologies1 while harmonizing the essential parts of all1 by omitting excrescences and supplying deficiencies4 ,all others have failed because they are fragmentary and narrow4 ,they do not recognize the ,female principle of ,being and its true relation to the ,male4 ,they do not recognize the results of endless ,progression1 or the outcome of an infinite and eternal sexual union of the primal principles ,love and ,wisdom1 which generates the motive power of ,being and causes evolution and all the innumerable manifestations of progressive existence4 ,they do not explain the origin of the idea of a personal ,god1 nor of the doctrine of emanation from ,him1 or the ,god-,pair4 ,they do not explain whence the idea of a non-personal ,being1 pervading everything4 ,none of them catch a glimpse of the conjugal pair unfolding and rising to ,godhood1 when their sphere becomes the parent of universes1 by natural development1 thus completing another of the cycles of ,being1 as we see in two infants growing into the adult estate and becoming the parents of other infants4 ,in place of the rule of ,law and ,order1 rising into the rule of ,equity and ,love1 they substitute the arbitrary rule of a monarch1 full of partiality1 favoritism and vindictiveness4 ,the time has come for something more humane1 consistent and rational1 more progressive1 comprehensive and complete4 ,this the ,new ,theology supplies to the advanced mind4 ,mankind are sloughing off the ,old ,theologies1 and coming up higher4 ,we are at the turn of the tide1 and the ,new ,theology is a safe craft on which to ride the spiritual waves1 in the light of a new and better era1 to a higher condition4 ,,the ,,author4 ,,god4 #a4 ,of all that is incomprehensible ,the name--in ,english language known as ,,god1 ,the ,force of which all forms and things are full-- ,the ,source of ,being--otherwise were null ,all things that now exist--at whose great nod ,the ,universes come to light--whose will ,omnipotent rules with ,discretion's rod ,of ,love and ,mercy1 ,equity and ,skill3-- ,thou art my theme--into my brain thy light instill6 #b4 ,others have speculated on this theme2 ,then why not ,i1 who feel impelled to try ,my feeble power upon the waking dream ,of all the ages8 ,though presumptuous seem ,my efforts1 there can be no reason why ,the least may not divulge the thoughts that rise ,within the soul so eager to descry1 ,as wide it opes its ever-straining eyes1 ,the visions that might daze the more profoundly wise4 #c4 ,throughout all animated nature we ,behold the presence and the power of ,sex2 ,from ,man to lowest forms of ,life we see ,all things are joined together sexually ,for ,reproduction2 simple or complex1 ',tis ,evolution's ever-acting law2 ,we trace through brutal matter the reflex ,of this all-potent force1 and view with awe ,the deep conclusions which from it we're forced to draw4 #d4 ,female and ,male all things at last appear2 ,thus ,sex thro'out all ,nature's realms controls2 ,from lowest upward to the highest sphere1 ,so far as mortal eye beholdeth here1 ,through ,sex conjunction everything unfolds2 ,as positive and negative1 when met ,in union chemical1 the union holds ,true to proportions which the law hath set ,for simples1 and they thus new elements beget4 #e4 ,together these two forces act as one2 ,without the one1 the other were as nought2 ,they are the ,heat and ,light thrown from the sun ,which warm and vivify the earth as run ,the planets in their courses2 nor is ought ,upon the face of earth they did not bring2 ,through these life-giving rays to us are brought ,all earthly blessings--,life and every thing ,that blooms and fructifies to which we fondly cling4 #f4 ,our sun1 like every other sun we see1 ,is a reflex of its ,great ,prototype1 ,the ,spirit ,sun1 from which perpetually ,is drawn all that is possible to be-- ,that is1 all primal principles1 when ripe ,are the conditions for them to descend ,into this outer sphere1 where ,pan's rude pipe ,breaks forth in music1 as the forces tend ,to consummate through ,nature ,being's aim and end4 #g4 ,the home of ,god1 as it to me appears1 ,is the ,great ,spirit ,sun1 whence emanate ,all things beheld by scientists and seers-- ,the births of countless myriads of years ,wherein the sexual forces procreate ,the suns and universes1 and the forms ,that naturally fill each vast estate1 ,preparing1 through each sun that lights and warms1 ,abodes for future life's innumerable swarms4 #h4 ,god is a highly conjugated ,pair1 ,once lowly born and dwelling on some earth ,so far remote that no one may declare ,or comprehend the stretch of time1 or dare ,to picture them at the domestic hearth1 ,where first they felt the flame of love divine ,to which their dawning future gave the birth2 ,then through their consciousness began to shine ,their vast unfolding1 as their lives should intertwine4 #i4 ,they too sprang from a ,god who had before ,been born as they1 and like to them did grow ,a ,mutual ,pair1 unfolding ,being's door ,for earthly suns and planets to outpour ,and then become with light and life aglow2 ,as closer still their sexual union grew1 ,life and intelligence unfolded more1 ,until the ,pair we call our ,god1 with due ,and orderly succession1 sprang to earthly view4 #aj4 ,they lived and died1 as men and women now ,are seen to live and die1 in earthly sense2 ,they entered spirit life1 and then the vow ,of love renewed was made1 and on each brow ,the blazing star of faith shone most intense2 ,they rose to higher spheres1 and all aglow ,they moved in ,love's own aura1 issuing hence ,and forming round them in a glorious bow1 ,until a sun began its radiance to throw4 #aa4 ,the elements of ,being evermore ,joined in a closer union1 as they must2 ,as they recede1 they form a darksome shore ,like what remained when earthly life was o'er ,and the ,god-,pair behind them left their dust2 ,upon this outer sphere1 surrounding all1 ,the only sphere where burneth selfish lust1 ,the inner heat of ,life began to fall ,and suns to burn and throw off earthly ball on ball4 #ab4 ,thus came our universe with all its stars1 ,its suns and planets--all that these contain2 ,our earth rolls on among the planet-cars1 ,freighted with life and death1 with peace and wars1 ,with all the good and evil in its train2 ,and we1 the tiny mortals struggling here1 ,hoping and fearing1 vexing heart and brain1 ,have much our weary1 drooping souls to cheer-- ,for what is mystery now will soon be plain and clear4 #ac4 ,our destiny is that which is our ,god's1 ,who has so many ages gone before2 ,the heights sublime whence he now smiling nods ,one day we all shall reach1 though great the odds ,now stretching out from hence to that bright shore2 ,for time and space are nothing2 the same laws ,that governed him1 unfolding evermore ,those sprang from him1 still working without pause1 ,must lift us to his plane1 as end doth follow cause4 #ad4 ,meantime1 he will go on as we come up1 ,since our unfolding must depend on his2 ,for we must drink from out the self-same cup1 ,and at the self-same table we must sup2 ,but he1 gone on beyond to higher bliss1 ,will be our leader still1 above all strife2 ,we from his realm1 as now we do in this1 ,like branches of the tree with sap grown rife1 ,draw elements of fruit1 which sprout new shoots of life4 #ae4 ,but1 did our ,heavenly ,parents not progress1 ,there would be no progression for us here2 ,all stagnant would become1 and motionless1 ,with utter silence and obliviousness ,as infinite as ,being's boundless sphere2 ,progress for one involves progress for all1 ,as long as ,love its mate delights to cheer2 ,as long as ,love responds to ,love's sweet call1 ,no cataclysmal force can ,being's tide forestall4 #af4 ,but does it seem too much for mortal hope ,to dream of a career so far above ,and still advancing as conditions ope ,the way of endless progress8 ,who can cope ,with infinite progression1 born of ,love1 ,and say where it shall end8 ,our destiny1 ,with all eternity in which to rove1 ,must have unbounded possibility2 ,oh6 glorious broadening ages that are yet to be6 #ag4 ,we only have a glimpse1 and yet behold ,how vast the scene stretched out before our eyes6 ,we start from seeming nothingness of old2 ,as we our dawning consciousness unfold1 ,what strides we make6 ,how vastly do we rise ,from knowing nought to science quick with sight ,to penetrate the earth and scan the skies1 ,so eager is the soul in search of light1 ,full of its destiny to grasp the infinite6 #ah4 ,who cannot see eternal progress must ,have infinite results1 and no one can ,e'er be so far advanced beyond the dust ,that1 progress ended1 he will stop and rust ,mid ,evolution's ever-onward plan8 ,if dreams of a progressive life are not ,a vain delusion1 then must rising man ,become more than the mind conceives of what ,befits a ,god--beyond all reach of earthly thought4 #ai4 ,and who shall say it is so very strange ,that suns and systems should be born and reared ,amid the ceaseless and unfolding change ,through which evolving souls are made to range ,in their progression1 marvelous and weird1 ,when mere conjunction of the sexes gives ,to human beings form and life endeared ,to parents and to other relatives-- ,the highest type of ,being here on earth that lives8 #bj4 ,the emanations from the wedded ,pair1 ,when truly wed1 forever conjugate2 ,in closer union constantly they are ,combining in the form of substance rare1 ,and building of the aura they create ,a sphere around the couple joined as one1 ,which ever is extending as they mate ,in their unending journey here begun1 ,until their sphere is a prolific ,spirit ,sun4 #ba4 ,we are unable here to further trace ,their grand career beyond this ,spirit ,sun2 ,we have no evidence on which to base ,their further progress1 nor a clue to place ,conjecture or belief upon2 but none ,can doubt the bliss and glory of the vast ,unfolding of the future here begun2 ,it seems impossible for seers to cast ,their vision farther on2 it stops with ,god1 at last4 #bb4 ,nor can we farther backward go than this1 ,our earthly plane1 which emanates as waste ,from the ,god-,pair1 while every atom is ,instinct with all that an analysis ,could find in highest forms of what is chaste2 ,though seeming void1 chaotic1 without trend1 ,as water seeks its level in its haste ,to be at rest1 so these rude atoms tend ,to reproduce the human form--their aim and end4 #bc4 ,but this is clear1 what is forever was1 ,so far as actual substance is concerned2 ,we need not look for any primal cause ,of ,being1 nor of any of its laws2 ,they were1 and are1 and will be1 when is burned ,the last of all we now behold below-- ,will be when countless cycles have returned1 ,and countless others shall return and go2 ,all was1 and is1 and will be--more we cannot know4 #bd4 ,two ,principles we recognize as first2 ,these primal principles unite as one2 ,all ,being dual is2 the sexual thirst ,felt by all sentient beings here is nursed ,by virtue of these ,principles1 which run ,each into each as naturally as ,the elements of water run1 or sun ,draws up the waters for the thirsty grass1 ,or streams to join the ocean ripple as they pass4 #be4 ,the ,swedish ,seer went not astray when he ,named these two ,principles ,wisdom and ,love2 ,their junction formeth all that e'er can be1 ,spirit or substance1 matter1 all we see1 ,or feel1 or think1 or hope for from above2 ,their union1 growing closer hour by hour1 ,oped infinite conditions when they clove ,unto each other with resistless power ,that moves all ,being--each the other's living dower4 #bf4 ,to show that ,being must be dual1 let ,us for a moment brief only suppose ,one man alone1 one sentient being1 set ,in utter nothingness1 with nought to fret ,or to disturb the silence and repose-- ,he could not even know he lived at all6 ',tis moving contact that to each one shows ,he has existence4 ,if stark darkness fall1 ,one cannot feel his hand without some motion small4 #bg4 ,love sleeping all alone could never wake2 ,wisdom in lone repose could give no light2 ,the two brought into contact1 ,love would quake ,with thrilling tremor that would warm and wake ,wisdom to knowledge and a joyous sight ,of his companion blushing to be seen2 ,the mutual recognition would be quite ,a startling revelation in the sheen ,of ,light and ,life gendered by touch the two between4 #bh4 ,then think with what attractive force the two ,great ,principles of ,being would be drawn ,together1 with no other thing in view ,to militate against the union true ,of every eager atom1 which would yawn ,with the intensest hunger to be wed ,to its twin atom1 waiting in the dawn ,of resurrection from the rayless dead1 ,to thus be on its everlasting journey sped6 #bi4 ,an illustration feeble this of how ,the ,principles of ,love and ,wisdom blend ,in mutual accord1 and thus endow ,the ,pair with the capacity to grow ,into a fonder union without end1 ,evolving from their conscious being all ,the forms and forces which forever send ,the tide of ,life through all that soar or crawl1 ,wherever the conditions infinite may call4 #cj4 ,it matters not what we may choose to name ,the element which we now contemplate2 ,it is the all-pervading vital flame ,and moulding force that from the union came ,of ,love and ,wisdom1 which forever mate2 ,if we so will1 we may suppose it ,mind1 ,and all things manifold and correlate ,so many thoughts projected and defined ,for use and contemplation of our human kind4 #ca4 ,so far as we can see1 the moving force ,comes through and issues from a ,human ,pair ,who lived long ages since1 and in the course ,of ,evolution1 have become the source ,of our vast universe1 and to it are ,as parents to their children1 by a law ,of higher1 broader scope1 that may compare ,with procreation here1 but which may draw ,from deeper source than even ,gods themselves e'er saw4 #cb4 ,man is the aim and end of what exists2 ,as forces at his earthly birth prepare ,for him the needed food1 and he subsists ,within the womb as kindly ,nature lists1 ,so ,love and ,wisdom1 present everywhere1 ,provide the suns and earths for his abode ,while1 all unconscious1 he is unaware ,of his condition1 or whence leads the road ,that he henceforth must tread1 as others erst have trode4 #cc4 ,what ,love suggests ,wisdom is prone to do1 ,as far as laws eternal will permit2 ,pervading all and ever working to ,whatever object seen they can pursue1 ,they find the highest form and type most fit ,in ,man and ,woman1 whom they ever aim ,to reproduce and then unfold to sit ,in higher realms1 with ,love and ,light aflame1 ,whence they survey new fields and those through which they came4 #cd4 ,the emanations from the ,parent ,pair ,at first take forms of very low degree1 ,according to conditions1 to prepare ,the way for higher forms1 which ever are ,ascending toward the human1 as we see2 ,the motion of the atom designates ,condition and its due activity2 ,sub-union of the elements creates ,varieties of forms and motions1 and of states4 #ce4 ,though ,being is but one1 within its scope ,it takes on countless forms1 ascending still ,to higher harmonies1 where new fields ope ,to higher beauties and to brighter hope2 ,as music's octaves rise1 progressive will ,ascends from sphere to sphere1 thro' endless range2 ,the higher motion makes each sphere to thrill ,with higher ,life and glories new and strange1 ,perfection nearing through an everlasting change4 #cf4 ,is this the lot of all8 some one may ask2 ,if so1 how can there be the room for each ,to thus unfold eternally and bask ,in glory e'er increasing1 with the task ,of guiding all in such a boundless reach8 ,do my thoughts clash with yours1 or yours with mine8 ,have you not room to think1 and act1 and teach1 ,because the world is full of thoughts that shine ,in other brains or firmaments1 which them enshrine8 #cg4 ,in spirit1 there is room enough to think2 ,the mental realm has no material bound2 ,to space there is no all-confining brink1 ,or wall of adamant against which clink ,the thoughts of men and useless fall to ground2 ,yet thoughts are things substantial as the rock1 ,but only tho'ts from higher source are crowned ,supreme and lasting2 these1 as real1 knock ,against our weaker conscious being1 shock on shock4 #ch4 ,well the psychologist knows how he can ,create what seem material things unto ,the sensitive whom he controls1 and plan ,surroundings real to him as ,god's to ,man2 ,his thoughts1 more positive1 come into view ,as actual objects to the subject's mind2 ,so in our little realm1 by law as true ,as ,life1 our consciousness is all confined1 ,and we behold ,god's thoughts in matter's form designed4 #ci4 ,we nothing add and nothing do we take ,by our unfolding1 which but changes what ,already has existence1 as we wake ,from our unconscious state and slowly shake ,the sleep of ages from our eyes1 our lot ,to find ourselves upon a higher plane ,of active life1 which we had heeded not1 ,because we had not risen yet1 through pain1 ,unto the higher level it was ours to gain4 #dj4 ,our life henceforth is one eternal ,now1 ,based on the ,past1 with all it has achieved1 ,and looking to the ,future with a brow ,beaming with keen anticipation's glow2 ,however in the past we may have grieved1 ,now comes a state where grief is all unknown2 ,we rise above the brutal plane1 relieved ,from its relentless rule2 we gladly own ,affection's sweeter sway1 and ever cease to moan4 #da4 ,as the conditions change1 we rise to higher ,enjoyment of the life which they unfold2 ,we are not torn by false or vain desire1 ,nor tortured with the slow but cleansing fire ,that burns the dross and purifies the gold2 ,but calmly and serenely on we keep ,our course to beauties and to joys untold2 ,no more our eyes are called upon to weep1 ,no more we sink in dull and all-unconscious sleep4 #db4 ,our life1 as then we find it1 still unfolds ,through the resistless tide or undertow ,of an involuntary force1 which holds ,us in the true unerring course--controls ,the flow of voluntary1 as below1 ,yet gives a sense of acting from free will2 ,but well we know the power to will must flow1 ,with all our opportunities1 from still ,profounder prior source1 whence we derive all skill4 #dc4 ',twas always so1 and will be without end2 ,we cannot pierce eternity of ,past ,to find beginning1 nor the future rend ,to find the final goal to which we tend1 ,but be content to know that1 first and last1 ,all was and will be as we find it now1 ,changed only in condition1 which is fast ,revolving the kaleidoscope to show ,how multiform the ,being first on earth we know4 #dd4 ,mankind are ,gods in embryo1 and ,gods ,are wedded ,pairs advanced to higher life2 ,all are one substance1 and the seeming odds ,are in conditions2 he who patient plods ,through this dull sphere of ever-active strife1 ,where hope and doubt a balance keep with fears1 ,will one day join his true allotted wife1 ,and they together rise1 as blend their spheres1 ,to ,god's estate and its unfolding lapse of years4 #de4 ,all the surrounding vast array we meet1 ,the sphere of ,god and present home of ,man1 ,is part and parcel needed to complete ,the home that every conscious life must greet-- ,as in the womb the infant but a span ,has there prepared a world to meet its needs ,till ,nature has completed every plan ,for its reception1 and where too she breeds ,all things required to aid the destiny that leads4 #df4 ,behold1 oh6 ,man1 how glorious a thing ,it is to be6 ,thou art the type supreme ,of all that is2 and couldst thou only bring ,thine eyes to see the grandeur which ,i sing1 ,thou wouldst not grovel in thy waking dream1 ,but rise to higher1 nobler1 juster aims1 ,and make the very vaults of ,heaven gleam ,with smiles of angels1 whose prolonged acclaims ,would shake the earth1 aglow with their ethereal flame4 #dg4 ,but now my task is done4 ,i drop the pen ,and turn to earth1 where bodily affairs ,call me to tussle with my fellow men ,for my small share of sustenance1 and then ,essay to help the weaker gather theirs2 ,would that ,i had the power to clearer make ,the meaning of my theme2 but all my prayers ,are vain to help my cause1 or even wake ,one echo in the mind that feels no thirst to slake4 #dh4 ,perhaps some day some abler hand will string ,the lyre to loftier1 clearer1 sweeter tones1 ,and of ,man's joyous destiny will sing1 ,and o'er the earth its thrilling echoes fling1 ,waking responsive feeling in the zones1 ,while listening from my spirit mansion ,i-- ,who long since in the ashes left my bones-- ,will smiling hear the notes that rise on high1 ,and fill with rapturous music the o'ervaulting sky4