Class -EljjfcOjb Boofc___iOj£_____ Wmmgm deposit. Love Supreme or The Great Exorcism By Arthur Crane FOURTH EDITION THE IMPERSONAL SERIES Published by The Abstract Truth Society 333 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ills. Price, $2.00 Net, Postage Paid tf Copyright 1918 by the Abstract Truth Society 333 So. Dearborn St. Chicago, Ills. AUG 21 ISi8 OCU503180? PREFACE. The author has been the target, ever since he began giving away "The New Philosophy" in 1904, of more abuse and persecution than has fallen to the lot of any other healer or teacher of this generation. He spent his savings distributing his first book, incurring the indignation of many who did not approve, and when he discovered the healing power of unselfish love, if given with- out money, he incurred the indignation of a powerful organization. That be does not flinch in the faee of the world's abuse, he claims to be no merit of his own. The Universal Love, which can be everyone's Courage, sustains him, and he be- lieves it will ever sustain him. This volume is an attempt to bring home to its readers the nature and reality of liv- ing and growing by the living power called the Universal Love, and of seeking and find- ing perfect health and increased powers thereby. The author aims to deal with this earth, and not the distant stars, with this time, and not the distant future, and hopes that he has succeeded in making his analysis of the heart of man wholly unecclesiastical. CONTENTS Page "... Portrait of Author j 1 Preface 5 Introduction to Fourth Edition 9 PART 1—LOVE IMMORTAL Chapter Page I. Instantaneous Healing 15 II. Love Defined 21 III. What Love is Not 31 IV. The Growth of Love 35 PART II—ALLEGED ENEMIES V. The Origin of Evil 44 VI. The Secret Power 58 VII. Literature on Influences 79 VIII. False and Slandering Influences 94 IX. Influences of Malice, Anger and Revenge 97 X. The Influence of the Beast 100 XI. The Influences Attacking Health....l07 XII. The Influences Causing Strife 116 XIII. The Influence Causing Self-accusa- tion 118 7 Chapter Page XIV. Mammon .". 121 XV. Sorrow and Disappointment 124 XVI. Injustice . .....128 XVII. Bad Luck . 131 XVIII. Astarte, the Goddess...:.... 135 XIX. Thirteen Adverse Spirits 139 PART III—THE IDEAL OR ALL MYSTERIES XX. The Voice Within .151 XXI. I Justify „ . 156 XXII. I Heal You 161 XXIII. I Heal Through You , 164 XXIV. I Am Pure 167 XXV. I Give 171 XXVI. I Am All; You are Nothing..... 178 XXVII. I Regenerate You . i 182 XXVIII. I Set You Free 186 XXIX. I Call You by All Voices 190 XXX. The Mystery of Death....... 196 PART IV—PRACTICAL APPLICATION XXXI. Listen to the Voice.. 203 XXXII. Let Me Help You..... 206 XXXIII. Self-Selfishness 1 210 XXXIV. Unselfishness 221 XXXV. The Song of Life...... .'. 236 XXXVI. Answers to Correspondence 243 XXXVII. The Great Acceptance 287 XXXVIII. Bible Lesson on Influences. .....293 XXXIX. Testimonials and Reviews 304 8 INTRODUCTION TO FOURTH EDITION. This book is divided into four divisions: (1) Love Immortal, (2) Alleged Enemies, (3) The Ideal of Life, and (4) Practical Ap- plication. Each of these divisions is from a different point of view, and none can be cor- rectly appraised by itself; each must be tem- pered in the mind by the other divisions. Some will find it best to read the last division first; others, the first first. Some will begin each part and study the one which interests them most. I.—First the reader is introduced to that wonderful force touching his heart with high resolve for good, which is love. II.—Next an analyzation of the divisions of that part of man 's earthly nature that would weaken him or fill him with fear. To many this is the most vital part, for even some advanced students are full of "the fear of fear." They turn their faces resolutely away from such analyzation, and avoid fear —most fearfullv. Now the only way to con- quer fear is to face it. Napoleon said the worst mistake that could be made was to despise the enemy. Life is warfare. To turn our back on the strife only exposes our weakest part. This analyzation must be faced if we would know the foe. Here also is a history of many superstitions —showing how our ancestors regarded those INFLUENCES which they felt—showing how each superstitious fear was induced by feelings which had a real basis, as science has demonstrated—showing how fear has al- ways been the chief weapon of the opposing forces. The veil of mystery hitherto concealing the real character of these superstitions has ex- isted because people were timid about facing the truth, and preferred to believe that there ' is no such thing as ' evil. ' This veil of mys- tery has helped the insidious power of the enemy—so much so, indeed, as hundreds of cases prove, that the mere tearing away of the veil of mystery—the mere exposure of the It ' true nature of the enemy—puts to flight all sorts of diseases and distempers. But if you fear to let your eyes behold such hideousness as the enemy of mankind, then by the weapon of that fear you will be conquered, instead of overcoming, until you at last say: "I will, at ' least, know what mine enemy is. III.—Then, when you have boldly faced the truth of the second part of the book, you will be ready to enter in to the realization of the beautiful ideal—to drop, for the time being, the shackles of personality, and live impersonally in the cosmic consciousness. There is no short cut to the Elysian fields. You cannot realize the Ideal, until after you have seen and recognized and conquered the Beast. You cannot know the glories of the morning until you have overcome the hor- rors of the night. No easy passage to glory is offered you "While others fight to win the prize." You must come to the battle if you would sit at the victory. This book takes you down to the "valley of the shadow of death" and shows you the naked falsity that you must withstand ; then it takes you to the mountain 11 top and shows you the beautiful Ideal—-and entrances you with the pure joy of that sweet and lovely consciousness which will dwell with you eternally-—springing up immortally like a fountain of joy in the mind. IV.—The fourth part of the book brings us back to Earth, but not as before. "With that consciousness of victory and that foun- tain of joy in the mind we can come back to the every day affairs of life. We have killed out all personal desires and ambitions, yet we are stronger to accomplish the very things that personal desire and ambition so vainly strive for. All that was once futile and dis- appointing becomes now possible and satis- fying. An illumination that would only be ours when we retire into the " silence," would be less than practical in this work-a-day world. A mental superiority that could not hold its own against the heartless logic of worldly chaff, would be all right in the secret places, but would seem less than complete for a standard of daily life. ,, So do not be satisfied if you think you have 12 mastered the first three parts of this book, unless you also can say that you live its prac- tical application, and demonstrate, in your own life, the consciousness of victory. If you cannot, you must go back, learn again the nature of the enemy, and learn again the consciousness of the ideal. Then, when you come again to the fourth part, the directions will seem more clear, and you will be able to live at one with the ME, the I AM within you, having overcome all sense of Separateness. 13 PART I—LOVE IMMORTAL CHAPTER I INSTANTANEOUS HEALING. There is a spirit in which the writer and the reader can be instantaneously joined. It is like an invisible body with visible parts, some at a great distance from each other. And we may call this great invisible body the Spirit of Love, universal, unselfish, immor- tal, yes, supreme Love. To Kant the subjective was but a part of the great objective, and we also may realize that we partake of the nature of the whole vine of which we are the visible branches. And when we do realize that wonderful truth we can be said to love. For the heart responds 15 — most wondrously to the touch of that realiza- tion. And when any two or more hearts re- alize the invisible body which unites them the invisible cord which joins them—they can be said to love each other. There is naught of Self in spiritual love. Any attempt to exercise it for money cuts the cord of realization of spiritual unity. And when obligation is felt, as for a great healing impulse received through that invisible body of Universal Love, such feeling of obligation cuts the cord of realization, it necessarily be- ing based upon a feeling of separate personal- ity. For the heart is subject to attacks by the Self. And the Self cannot realize any spiritual unity, e. g., as between one branch of an invincible vine and another, for the Self claims to be a whole vine itself, and inde- pendent. Now love is the great healing force. And the moment any one of us who realizes completely the power of the invisible vine and that other one who needs the healing and saving force, are both brought to realize the invisible cord which connects them, that very 18 .