[37] This description is borne out by the Rev. A. R. Robertson, D.D., in The Roman Catholic Church in Italy (Morgan & Scott), a book which was accorded a flattering reception in January, 1903, by the King of Italy. In Southern Italy the Church’s methods remind one of what Paschal tells us concerning the Jesuits—how they kept men wicked, lest, if they became virtuous, the priests should lose their hold upon them.
[38] Encyclopædia Britannica, art. “Newman, John Henry.”
[39] See art. “Francis William Newman,” by Francis Gribble, The Fortnightly, July, 1905.
[40] Being an address given at the Pusey House, Oxford.
[41] Their guiltlessness is made abundantly clear in Robert Blatchford’s Not Guilty, a book containing a lucid presentment of the case for Determinism which may be understood of all. There are copious illustrations of heredity and environment—terms the wide application of which must be thoroughly realised.
[42] Regarding his philosophic position, however, see Appendix.
[43] In his book, Rough Ways Made Smooth, chapter on “Bodily Illness as a Mental Stimulant.”
[44] In Occult Japan, by Percival Lowell (Riverside Press), there is an interesting account of these practices.
[45] The delusions of the “Christian Scientists” in mixing up religion with psychic healing can only be attributed to their ignorance of modern psychology. Those who know better, and are making money out of it, are as shamefully imposing upon the credulity of religious folk as is the Roman Catholic Church with her shrines of healing.
[46] In the December (1904) Journal of the Society for Psychical Research a lady gives a vivid description of how she cured herself completely of certain nervous complaints by auto-suggestion. It is interesting to note that she says: “I did not believe in the efficacy of this treatment one bit; I just made myself do it; but I felt, most of the time, that it was extremely ridiculous.” See also Appendix.