cbob
09-12-2002, 12:13 PM
Does anyone know of or heard about this book? Seems quite interesting....and is shown on Dr Zammit's website. I never heard of it. Here are a few passages......
Silver Birch Anthology - Wisdom from the World Beyond edited by William Naylor.
Chapter 12: Who is Silver Birch?
We have read some of the teaching and wisdom of Silver Birch in preceding chapters. But what of Silver Birch himself? Who is he? Where does he come from? What is the purpose of his mission to earth?
Sylvia Barbanell, in her foreword to More Wisdom of Silver Birch, tells part of the story.
"More than a score of years have passed," she relates, "since I sat in my first circle. It was held in a very humble home in one of the poorer districts of London. One of the sitters, a young man who had just begun to inquire into Spiritualism, was astonished to find, when the second séance he attended was over, that he had been entranced. He was, and remains, Silver Birch's medium.
Chapter 10: Religion's True Purpose
Asked for his definition of religion, Silver Birch replied: "Religion is to serve the Great Spirit by serving His children. Religion has little to do with the conventional ideas of your world. Religion is that which enables the Great Spirit in you to be revealed in your life. Religion is that which increases the tie between you and the Great Spirit and between you and His other children. Religion is that which makes you go out into your world and give service wherever you can. Religion is service, and service is religion.
"All else does not matter. When the physical body falls away all the creeds over which human beings have for so long fought and striven are shown to be empty and vain, meaningless and purposeless, for they have not aided the growth of the soul by one iota. The growth of the soul is only increased by service, for as you forget self in the service of others so your own soul grows in stature and in strength.
Chapter 6: After We Die ...
"I find it difficult to grasp that the astral world is identical with this world," said one sitter.
"The next stage of life to earth is a replica of your world of matter," declared Silver Birch. "Were it not so, the shock for the many who are uninstructed and ignorant would be more than they could stand. And so it has to be accomplished by very easy stages. The next stage of life resembles your world. That is why so many do not know that they have passed beyond the physical.
Silver Birch Anthology - Wisdom from the World Beyond edited by William Naylor.
Chapter 12: Who is Silver Birch?
We have read some of the teaching and wisdom of Silver Birch in preceding chapters. But what of Silver Birch himself? Who is he? Where does he come from? What is the purpose of his mission to earth?
Sylvia Barbanell, in her foreword to More Wisdom of Silver Birch, tells part of the story.
"More than a score of years have passed," she relates, "since I sat in my first circle. It was held in a very humble home in one of the poorer districts of London. One of the sitters, a young man who had just begun to inquire into Spiritualism, was astonished to find, when the second séance he attended was over, that he had been entranced. He was, and remains, Silver Birch's medium.
Chapter 10: Religion's True Purpose
Asked for his definition of religion, Silver Birch replied: "Religion is to serve the Great Spirit by serving His children. Religion has little to do with the conventional ideas of your world. Religion is that which enables the Great Spirit in you to be revealed in your life. Religion is that which increases the tie between you and the Great Spirit and between you and His other children. Religion is that which makes you go out into your world and give service wherever you can. Religion is service, and service is religion.
"All else does not matter. When the physical body falls away all the creeds over which human beings have for so long fought and striven are shown to be empty and vain, meaningless and purposeless, for they have not aided the growth of the soul by one iota. The growth of the soul is only increased by service, for as you forget self in the service of others so your own soul grows in stature and in strength.
Chapter 6: After We Die ...
"I find it difficult to grasp that the astral world is identical with this world," said one sitter.
"The next stage of life to earth is a replica of your world of matter," declared Silver Birch. "Were it not so, the shock for the many who are uninstructed and ignorant would be more than they could stand. And so it has to be accomplished by very easy stages. The next stage of life resembles your world. That is why so many do not know that they have passed beyond the physical.