Modern Saints and Seers

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Modern Saints and Seers, by Jean FinotThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.orgTitle: Modern Saints and SeersAuthor: Jean FinotTranslator: Evan MarrettRelease Date: April 22, 2008 [EBook #25126]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MODERN SAINTS AND SEERS ***Produced by Al HainesMODERN SAINTS AND SEERSTRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OFJEAN FINOTBYEVAN MARRETTLONDONWILLIAM RIDER & SON, LTD.CATHEDRAL HOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.1920PREFACETHE FOREST OF ILLUSIONS"Listen within yourselves, and gaze into the infinity of Space and Time. There resounds the song of the Stars, the voice ofNumbers, the harmony of the Spheres."—HERMES TRISMEGISTUS.In these days the phenomenon of religion, which we believed to have receded into the background of human life, isreappearing among us, more vigorous than ever. The four years' desolation into which the world was plunged hasrendered the attraction of "the beyond" irresistible, and man turns towards it with passionate curiosity and undisguisedlonging. The millions of dead who have vanished from mortal sight seem to be drawing the present towards theunsounded deeps of the future. In many cases their loss has taken all joy and colour from the lives of those ...