Cosmic Consciousness A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind Edited by Dr. Ricuarp Maurice Bucks Verily, verily I say unto thee, except a man be born anew hhe cannot see the kingdom of God INNES & SONS 1301 Sansom Street PurLapeLeuta 1905 EditionCopyright, 1901, by Innes & Sons All rights reservedNOTICE It will be observed that this volume is printed in three types: in the larger is set up that portion of it which was written by the editor, together with certain shorter quotations which will be indicated by inverted commas in the usual manner 3 extracts from writers having Cosmic Consciousness and from other writers about them will be printed in medium sized type, and it will not be considered necessary to use quotation marks with it, since all matter in this type will be quoted and the writers of it will necessarily be credited cach with his own part; the smaller type will be used for parallel passages and for comment, and with this inverted commas will be used in the ordinary manner.A LIST OF SOME OF THE WORKS QUOTED AND REFERRED TO IN THIS VOLUME Reference numbers in brackets in the text point to book in this list and page, except in the cases of the Bible, where they indicate book, chapter and verse, and “Shakespeare's” Sonnets, when they indicate book and sonnet. 1, Anderson, A. A, Twenty-five Years in a Wagon. Chapman & Hall, London, 1888, The, Boston, Mass., February, 1893. Monthly, October, 1896. 4. Balzac, Honoré de. A Memoir of, by K. P. Wormley. Roberts Bros., Boston, 1892. . 5. Balzac, Honoré de. Louis Lambert. Roberts Bros., Boston, 1889. 6. Introduction to 5. Same volume but separate pagination. By George Fred. Parsons. Balzac, Honoré de. Seraphita. Roberts Bros., Boston, 1889. Introduction to 7, Same volume but separate pagination, By George Fred. Parsons. 9. Balzac, Honoré de. The Exiles. In same volume with 7. 10. Bible, Compared with the most ancient authorities and revised. University Press, Oxford, 1887. 11. Exodus, in 10. 12, Judges, in 10. 14. Matthew, in 10. 15. Mark, in 10. 16. Luke, in 10. 17. John, in 10. 18, 19, Romans, in to. 20. 1 Corinthians, in ro, 21. II Corinthians, in 10. 22, Galatians, in 10, 23. Ephesians, in 10. 24. Philippians, in 10. 25. Colossians, in 10. 26. I Thessalonians, in 10. 27. Revelations, in 10, ay28. Bormann, Edwin. The Shakespeare Secret. From the German. By H. Brett Wohlleben, London, 1895. 28a, Bucke, Richard Maurice. Man's Moral Nature. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1879. 29. Burnouf,E, Introduction a I'Histoire du Buddhisme, Indien, Deuziene Edition. Maisonneuve et Cie, Paris, 1852. 30. Burnouf, E, Le Lotus de La Bonne Loi. L’Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, 1852. 30a. Bacon, Roger E. Sa vie ses ouvrages, ses doctrines. Par Emile Charles Hachette, Paris, 1861. 31. Butler, Alban, The Lives of Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints. D. & J. Sadler, New York, undated, Volume XI. 32, Bacon, Francis, The Works of. Popular Edition by Spedding, Ellis and Heath, in two volumes, Hurd & Houghton, New York, 1878, Part I of Vol. II. 33 Part I of Vol. 1 of 32. 34. Part II (second pagination) of Vol. I of 32. 35. Part Il of Vol. II of 32. 36. Baconiana (American), May, 1892 37. Baconiana (English), November, 1893. 38. Bucke, Richard Maurice. Walt Whitman. David McKay, Philadelphia, 1883. 39. Behmen, Jacob, Works of, in four volumes. To which is prefixed the life of the author, with figures illustrating his principles, left by Rev. William Law. Printed for M. Richardson, London, 1764-1781. 40. The Life of Jacob Behmen, separate pagination, in Vol. I of 39. 41. Aurora, The Dayspring or Dawning of the Day in the East, separate pagination, in Vol. I of 39. 42. The Three Principles of the Divine Essence, separate pagination, in Vol. I of 39. 43. The Threefold Life of Man, separate pagination, in Vol. Il of 39. 44. Forty Questions Concerning the Soul, separate pagination, in Vol. II of 39. 45. The Treatise of the Incarnation, separate pagination, in Vol. II of 39. 46. The Clavis, separate pagination, in Vol. II of 39. 47. Mysterium Magnum, separate pagination, in Vol, III of 39. 48. The Four Tables, separate pagination, in Vol. III of 39. 49. Signatura Rerum, separate pagination, in Vol. IV of 39. 50. The Way to Christ, separate pagination, in Vol. IV of 39. 51. Bucke, R. M. Shakespeare or Bacon? Canadian Magazine, September, 1897. Ontario Publishing Co., Toronto, Ont. 52, Blake, William. Poetical Works. Edited by William Rossetti, George Bell & Sons, London, 1891. 53. Burroughs, John, Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person, second edition, J. S. Redfield, New York, 1871. 54. Browning, Robert, The Poetical Works of, in seventeen volumes, Smith, Elder & Co,, London, 1889-1894, Vol. VI.55. 56. 57 58. 59. s XI Cyclopedia of Biography. Edited by F. L. Hawks, D, Appleton & Co., New York, 1856 Carpenter, Edward, From Adam’s Peak to Elephanta, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., London, 1892. Carpenter, Edward. Ci Co., London, 1889. Charles, Emile, Roger Bacon. Sa vie ses ouvrages ses doctrines. Hachette, Paris, 1861. Carlyle, Thomas. Heroes, &c. In Complete Works, in twenty volumes, Estes & Lauriat, Boston, 1885, Vol. I. Century Cyclopedia of Names. Edited by Ben. 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Life of St. John of the Cross, prefixed to 202 infra. Lelut, F, L’Amulette de Pascal. Bailliere, Paris, 1846. Lyell, Sir Charles. The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, John Murray, London, 1863. Lecky, W. E. H. History of European Morals, Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1869, Vol. II. Mueller, F. Max, Lectures on the Science of Language, eighth edition, in two volumes. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1875, Vol. I. Mueller, F, Max. The Science of Thought, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1887, in two volumes, Vol. II. Vol. I of 116. Magee, Thomas, In California, May, 1893. Macaulay, T. B, Critical Historical and Literary Essays, in six volumes, Hurd & Houghton, New York, 1875, Vol. III. Medical Record, New York, May 11, 1895. Medical Record, New York, June 8, 1895. Martensen, Hans Lassen. Jacob Behmen : His Life and Teaching ; or, Studies in Theosophy. ‘Translated from the Danish by T. Rhys Evans. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1885. Morgan, Lewis H. 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