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| Creator | Eros Urides |
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| Creator | Kennon, J. L. |
| Title | The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a psychic revelation |
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THE PLANET MARS AND ITS INHABITANTS
BY
EROS URIDES
(A MARTIAN)
DEDICATION
To the millions of God's children on
this earth enthralled in darkness, for whom
the solicitude of the Father is now in
evidence, this book is dedicated.
May it be a beacon to light the way of
weary searchers after TRUTH.
One hemisphere of Mars showing the North Polar Cap and the main
Canal System covering the planet. The many thousands of small
lateral canals, radiating from the larger waterways, and which
form an important part of the general plan, have been purposely
omitted from the above to avoid confusion. The circular spots
and dots are the principal reservoirs used for impounding water
for use during the long Martian summer. The dark areas shown in
the drawing are Mars ancient sea bottoms now covered with
vegetation. It will be observed that most of the canals are
double, paralleling each other at a distance of about
seventy-five miles. Centers of population are not shown for the
reason that space is not available on so small a drawing. The
City of Urid is situated adjacent to the reservoir in the center
of drawing, just north of the equator.
CONTENTS
Chapter
I.-EROS URIDES, of the City of Urid, planet Mars, the Author,
introduces himself and his book THE PLANET MARS AND ITS
INHABITANTS.
Chapter
II.-He describes the Population Centers, Temperatures and
Climate. The whole Planet is gridironed with Canals. (See
Diagram.)
Chapter
III.-He gives a full description of the marvelous Martian Canal
System.
Chapter
IV.-Planetary Economy. No Worries, and the Wants of all are
supplied by the Commonwealth.
Chapter
V.-Property and Property Rights. God, the Creator of it, is
considered the Owner of all Property. Material things to the
Martians are but Expedients. The Millions of Martians live as
one great family, though divided into families. And it is this
solidarity and filial consideration towards each other that made
the stupendous Canal and other Works possible.
Chapter
VI.-Trade and Barter are unknown. Transportation is by Flying
Ships, and Gravitational Pull has been overcome. Also, they use
Cosmic or Universal Energy. All Distribution is from immense
Warehouses.
Chapter
VII.-A great many Clairvoyant Visions were seen by the Shorthand
Recorder, which make most interesting reading.
Chapter
VIII.-Knowledge of God comes from within. Selfishness has been
eliminated; and the Martians require no Policemen, Watchmen or
other Guardians of the Peace. Christ is known to the Martians as
one of the great Powers in the Universe.
Chapter
IX.-Mars has no Political System; yet it is controlled by the
very Acme of System. Each Individual of their vast population is
guided by "The Light Within" and by "LOVE."
Chapter
X.-Mars is ruled by LOVE, their only law. There is no Evil, for
all are Good; all are Equal. Truth is simple. The people of
Mars are ready to stimulate the living of the Christ-Life on
other Planets. (This is a wonderful and most Inspiring chapter.)
Chapter
XI.-Education and Training of the Individual. They have a Spoken
and a Written Language; but Telepathy is often used. Set Rules
of Discipline are not required. There are References to Jupiter,
Neptune, Uranus, Venus, Mercury, and the two Moons of Mars.
Chapter
XII.-Education and Training of the Individual (contd).
Vocational Determination. School Age. Marriage. Science and
Domestic Science. Relativity of Time, Space, Motion and Matter.
All in the whole Universe is ETERNAL MOTION.
Chapter
XIII.-Music is an Expression of the Father. "All around us is a
beautiful RAINBOW UNIVERSE". About Music of the Spheres, and
that Singing is highly developed.
Chapter
XIV.-Aeronautics. Inhabited Planets. Sectarianism. No Sound,
no Discordant Vibrations disturb the Atmosphere of Mars.
Chapter
XV.-Life is an Attribute of the entire Universe. The Planet
Jupiter is enveloped in deep gloom and Darkness. Gives much
information. Vesta, an Asteroid, is about 500 miles in diameter.
Says that communications between Planets of our Solar System and
our Earth will soon be realized, and that the initial Message
will be from Mars. It will herald a New Era for the people of
Earth, and will break down our narrow-minded Theology.
Chapter
XVI.-The Risen Christ. All the Mars people have lived on other
Planets before, except your Earth. On Mars they live the
Christ-Life every day. 10,000 years ago the Mars people accepted
Christ as their Savior WITHOUT MURDER.
Chapter
XVII.-Physical Environment is the result of Spiritual Causes, and
is the Result of our Mental Attitude.
Chapter
XVIII.-Material Life is a Lesson, and is necessary for the
unfolding of Character. The Martians have mastered their Natural
Passions.
Chapter
XIX.-Eros gives a graphic Description of a Martian Home and
Surroundings, then shows how the Food is manipulated. It is
brought from a Central Depot in a Mechanical Contrivance which is
run underground, thence up into the Dining room. The Soiled
Dishes are run down and off the same way. No Drudgery for the
Housewife!
Chapter
XX.-"ART." The Martians have beautiful productions in Painting,
Sculpture and Tapestries, some of which depict the Scenes and
Episodes incident on Christ's Visit to Mars ten thousand years
ago.
Chapter
XI.-Eros Urides has a good deal to write on the subject of
"Scientific Sophistry," which has mostly to do with our Earth.
FOREWORD
It was Eros Urides, the real Martian behind the scenes, who
dictated the contents of this book through the medium to Mr.
Kennon. It was further stated that "The medium was held in
trance for short periods only, as the medium must necessarily
experience the atmosphere of Mars which is more rarified than
that of your Earth." Writes also that the medium seemed to have
some difficulty, and at first pain in breathing while in the
trance condition.
Mr. Kennon also wrote in his foreword of the original book that
it was not until January 4, 1920, it was decided to write the
book in which the Planet Mars, its people, its form of
government, its Art, Industries, Philosophy of life, etc. would
for the first time in the history of this world be given.
It appears that Jesus the Christed One of God visited the planets
of our Solar system, the planet Mars being one of those visited
and investigated. And, as a proof of this it was Jesus Christ
who functioned as chairman or presidentat the great Peace
Conference held in the vast coliseum on the first sphere of the
Heavens of our Earth. That was in the year 1912, as fully
reported in "World of Tomorrow," page 98. It was at that
conference He stated that Universal Peace must be speeded up, as
there were other planets to be investigated: and that the Earth
stood in the way and was becoming a menace to neighboring
planets.
CHAPTER I.
THE PLANET MARS AND ITS INHABITANTS
Years ago, as you measure time, I was an inhabitant of Mars, your
sister planet. My name is Eros Urides (the latter signifying "of
Urid"). But a physical name is only an incidental in one's life.
In the Spirit world we are given a name in accordance with our
spiritual qualities and gifts and the kind of work we do.
I came into material being as the fruit of the sacred union of my
parents. It is not necessary to say aught concerning their
social status, for on Mars all who unfold into a material
expression of the Father are equal. Equal in rank, station, and
in possession of the material fruits of earth.
After my education had been completed I was, in accordance with
the Martian system of scientifically determining one's rightful
vocation, assigned as overseer to a section of one of the main
canals supplying water from the North Polar cap to an impounding
reservoir near the city of Urid, the place of my birth.
I was in the 36th year (Martian reckoning) of my physical life on
the planet when my transition occurred, which event was the
result of my inability to observe, one night, warning signals
sent out from a central station advising the eve of a tremendous
drop in temperature. This occurred in the Martian autumn, and I
succumbed to the intense cold. I was not married, so I left no
immediate family except my parents, brothers and sisters.
I have come to your Earth to give your inhabitants some idea of
the idealistic life lived by your more advanced brothers. I use
the term idealistic in a relative way only, for in God's universe
the degrees of material progress of His children are infinite in
number.
In giving this information to the inhabitants of your world I
have been assisted by the spirits of many former wise children of
your Earth.
The purpose of the information which I am about to impart to your
people is mainly to stimulate and hasten into material expression
the reign of God's kingdom on your Earth.
Many will reject this information, but it is God's truth
nevertheless. But on the other hand, many of God's children now
functioning on your planet will accept the statements as true,
and they will be helped and encouraged in their hard struggle for
material existence. This struggle, unequal as it is, is the
result of darkness engendered by the loss of faith in God.
Man's faith in his Creator, in the ages preceding your present
era of darkness, was sublime. Man's attitude towards, and his
confidence in the promises of God was as the faith of a child to
its parents, whom it has always trusted. But selfishness has
gained the upper hand, and is now man's master on your Earth.
To break the chains now binding man to self is the purpose of
God's holy emissaries, who have descended from high spiritual
spheres to your Earth to teach and show men the way out of
bondage. They will succeed, for Omniscience has commanded it.
It is under their direction that I am now contributing my little
part in this movement.
I am only too glad to have been able to give the information
contained in this book, and I also appreciate the assistance of
all those on your Earth plane who so willingly assisted; but of
course we are all obeying the Father's command.
As life is an attribute of the entire universe, the material
aspect of all God's creations are the same. That is, life on
another planet must be thought of as being no different from what
experience teaches you.
All inspiration comes from the Father. Hence, the degree of a
race's advancement in point of civilization is in proportion to
its spiritual enfoldment. Therefore the material aspect of life,
which includes God's evolutionary and non-evolutionary creatures,
is the same on every habitable globe in limitless space.
In telling the story of Mars you must be prepared to believe
that, from a physical point of view, the Martians are just human
beings, differing little from the people of your Earth.
The same may be said concerning the activities of life enjoyed by
all of God's creatures. Martians work and have their
recreations. They enjoy the fruits of their earth just as you do
the fruits of yours. They have invented labor-saving machinery,
and indulge in a multitude of industrial pursuits, but with this
difference: their economic system is such that the life of the
Martian is not the struggle for existence you have created on
your Earth. On the contrary it is a pleasurable life in which
work is as much enjoyed as is recreation. This condition is due
to two causes. First, Mars is much farther advanced as a world
in its evolutionary career. Second, the Spiritual enfoldment of
its inhabitants is proportionately advanced.
As the Divine Plan is universal in its scope the physical
characteristics of Mars, compared to your Earth are, in a
general way, the same, with the exceptions shown later in this
book.
The inhabitants of Mars enjoy a blue sky, mountains, hills, rocks
and dells, clouds, beautiful sunsets, and in fact most of the
physical phenomena witnessed by the dwellers of your Earth.
The Martians live and have their being just as your people do,
but they are surrounded by a different spiritual and a modified
physical environment. They take pleasure in music, art and the
study of physical science, but with this difference: the
spiritual growth and enfoldment of the individual is considered
as most important, and all material advancement as only an aid to
ultimate ends.
With main points in view the reader can now readily comprehend
the real Martian character, although it may be a disappointment
to some who have imagined the inhabitants of Mars as physically
different from themselves; or perhaps, as semi-spiritual
entities, who have possibly been transplanted from other worlds
to undergo a sort of probationary life amid a Paradise of
beautiful surroundings and things.
CHAPTER II.
POPULATION CENTERS, TEMPERATURE, CLIMATE
Although Mars is little more than half as large as your Earth,
its diameter being 4,200 miles, it contains a larger area of
habitable land than the latter, its surface area being
approximately 212,000,000 square miles as against 51,000,000
miles for your Earth. Hence our globe supports a larger
population about 13,160,000,000 people. Your population is in
the neighborhood of 1,645,000,000. Your land area is
161,000,000 square miles less than the land area of Mars. This
is for the reason that your oceans occupy a vast surface of your
Earth, and Mars has no oceans, as these dried up ages ago.
Consequently almost the entire surface of our planet (with
exception of some small areas covered with swamps, remnants of
ancient seas and oceans, and portions of the extreme Northerly
and Southerly Polar caps) is utilized by the Martian inhabitants.
Our planet is gridironed with canals, many hundreds of the main
ones being observable through your telescopes, and the art of
intensive farming is practised by us to a degree of perfection
never dreamed of by the dwellers of your Earth.
Our winters, even in the Equatorial regions are severe, the
temperatures at times descending to as low as 80 degrees below
zero. However, our springs, summers, and autumns are mild and
nearly twice as long as your seasons, for the Martian year is 687
days long. We grow and mature many crops of necessary cereals,
fruits and vegetables during the spring and summer months, so
that want is never felt by our happy people.
Our method of irrigation is somewhat different from that
practised in the arid portions of your Earth. We do not, except
in a few instances, flood our lands as you do. Owing to the
fact that our atmosphere is much lighter than yours, the normal
air pressure being only about 8 pounds to the square inch as
against 15 pounds on your Earth, evaporation is very rapid, and
the dewfall, as a consequence of much moisture being in the air,
is very great.
This heavy humidity also tends to prevent radiation of heat, and
the temperature at night does not drop exceedingly low, although
frost is not uncommon even in summer. As our vegetation is
acclimated and adapted to our environment no damage is done to
growing crops by reason of these frosts.
The Martians experience no difficulty in living in a rarified
atmosphere. Neither have they abnormally developed lungs. God
has made ample provision for the comfort of His creatures
throughout all of His infinite creations, and we of Mars are not
excepted from this Fatherly care and love.
Should an inhabitant of your Earth be suddenly transported to
Mars he could live but a few minutes, for the reason that his
lungs could not assimilate enough oxygen from our light
atmosphere.
Economy is a science with us. Nothing is wasted. Every possible
square inch of ground produces food for man or beast. Even the
north and south Arctic regions, after their seasonal thaws
blossom forth with vegetal growth, as astronomers on your Earth
have observed. These regions produce their quota of food by
being utilized as pasturage for our cattle. Immense amounts of
forage are also gathered for the long Martian winters, when a
greater portion of either the north or south hemisphere is
covered with a mantle of snow.
The equatorial regions are always pleasant. No severe wind
storms are experienced on Mars; neither do we have lightning or
other magnetic disturbances such as you experience.
As a corollary to the tranquility of our inhabitants living in
peace, Love and harmony, and the truths of God expressed in our
everyday living, the climate is equable, the atmosphere clear
and beautiful, the sky serene and sapphire-blue: the severest
winds but gentle zephyrs wafted towards the equator from the more
remote portions of our globe. Cloudy skies are rare and
rainstorms few.
There is no lack of God's gifts on Mars. As intensive farming is
a necessity on our planet, plant food or fertilizing elements are
plentiful. One of the large white circular spots observed by
your astronomers, located in a region on Mars named by them
Elysium, and which has been a puzzle to all observers, is an
immense deposit of fertilizing chemicals. An immense well is
located in this particular spot which gushes forth a never-ending
saline solution, highly impregnated with sodium nitrate, potash
and other salts. The country for many miles around is covered
with a white precipitate which has been carried by the moist air
and deposited on the Martian earth. These chemical compounds are
refined and used to replenish the soil with plant food.
There are 153,000 centers of population on Mars, but these
centers are not congested cities similar to those on your Earth.
Every individual has plenty of room to thrive and develop the
best within him.
Our cities are not crowded and our buildings are beautiful in
their simplicity: large and roomy, with an abundance of sunlight
and ample ventilation. White marble and metals are employed for
building purposes.
The inhabitants congregate in centers and, owing to our more
perfect methods of transportation, go forth daily to their tasks
in field or factory, to return at the end of their allotted
period to home and fireside.
CHAPTER III.
THE MARTIAN CANAL SYSTEM
The Canal system on Mars is comparatively new. The idea of
constructing a planetary Canal system had its incipiency at the
time of Christ's visit to our planet. The Master warned the
people that they must make provision for their future water
supply. At that time (10,000 years ago) the water supply was
becoming noticeably scarcer as time went on. It was nearly 3,000
years after the Master's mission to Mars had been concluded that
actual construction of the Planetary Canal system was undertaken;
and during the intervening 7,000 years and up to the present
time, construction on the public waterways has continued.
At the present day the system is most complete, but constant work
is required to keep the canals in working order. In addition to
the gigantic Canal system, provision had to be made for suitable
reservoirs to impound the water after the seasonal thaws at the
poles. To this end immense reservoirs were constructed at most
canal intersections. In some instances the reservoirs are
established between parallel canals; but in every case smaller
canals, or laterals, always intersect at these points.
Many of the canals on Mars are double, as they appear to your
astronomers. These double waterways parallel each other at a
distance of about 75 miles. The reason for this is that as the
Martian population is absolutely dependent upon the Polar waters
to irrigate their crops, any accident to a canal, such as a land-
slide stopping the regular flow of water or the breaking of a
lock or gate, would mean a very serious calamity to a great
number of people. And for that reason, soon after the main
canals were constructed, second and parallel waterways were made
for the purpose of guaranteeing an uninterrupted flow of water
from the Poles to the Equatorial regions. The result of this was
that on many occasions the foresight of the Martian engineers who
had the water supply of the planet in charge, saved immense areas
from drought.
The rainfall on Mars is almost nil and the immense population
(eight times larger than that of your Earth) is entirely
dependent on the water supply from the melting Polar caps. Water
on Mars is a most precious fluid and there is none to waste. Our
oceans evaporated ages ago, and outside of the precipitation of
moisture at the poles in the form of snow, none is to be had
anywhere else on the planet except in very meager quantities.
The astronomer Lowell of your Earth, who made a life study of our
planet, called these reservoirs "Oases," but he was mistaken in
his theory. He concluded that these points, which appear as
round disks in the telescope, were centers of population. This
conclusion is erroneous. The centers of population on Mars are
scattered over the entire planet regardless of the position of
the so-called "Oases." It is quite true that owing to the rapid
evaporation of water in the comparatively thin atmosphere of
Mars, the dewfall for quite a radius from the center of the
reservoirs is considerable, with the result that vegetation
springs up, giving the "Oases" the appearance of a diameter of
about 75 miles. The reservoirs are about 60 miles across and
hold millions of gallons of water.
The same explanation may be given of the Canals. The dewfall on
each side is extensive, and the vegetal growth which extends the
full length of the water-ways and for thousands of miles in some
cases, is most prolific.
The water in the canals, in most instances, is distributed by
gravity; but recourse is had to a lock system and to immense
pumps for raising the water to proper levels.
The gates of the lock system and the pumps are operated by
electricity, the control of which energy is well understood by
us. In fact, we are centuries ahead of your Earth people in the
knowledge of the use of Electro-magnetic energy. (More will be
given on the subject of Electricity in a later chapter.)
Another source of mystery to your astronomers has been the
appearance of triangular dark spots at the origin of some of the
Martian canals. These have been referred to by your astronomer
Lowell as "Carets," named so by reason of their peculiar shape.
These so-called "Carets" are the thoughtful provision for the
impounding of a season's supply of water. In other words they
are in part a lock system for raising water to the level of some
of the main canals, and embrace also a prodigious pumping system.
These so-called "Carets," as the telescope will show, are located
at the edge of some of what appear to you as very dark areas on
our planet. These dark areas are Mars' old sea bottoms, and in
many instances have been utilized by our engineers as natural
reservoirs for water. Their convenient location near the Poles
has provided ideal facilities for the preservation of an adequate
supply of water.
The construction of Mars' gigantic Canal system, planetary in
its extent, might seem to your Earth people an impossible task.
And it might prove so to your Earth dwellers should you undertake
a similar project in the ages to come when your seas dry up,
though it must be remembered that gravity on Mars, compared with
your Earth, is as 38 to 100. Excavations of large waterways
then becomes a comparatively easy task. We have no high
mountains on Mars; in fact, none exceeding 3,000 feet in
altitude.
Owing to the difference in gravity the angle of repose on Mars
is nearly acute as against 45 degrees on your Earth, which
permits of almost perpendicular walls to the canals and lessens
the danger of landslides and cave-ins. But above all, the
biggest advantage enjoyed by us in the construction of large
public enterprises, such as are embraced by our Canal system, is
the solidarity and unity of purpose on the part of the Martian
people. As Love rules our planet no internal dissension or
public misunderstanding exists among its people to retard any
undertaking that is necessary for the good of all.
It is lamentable that the dwellers on your Earth are divided
against one another. Not only are your false ideals of racial,
sociological and religious distinctions a bar to your Spiritual
and material progress, but your political and economic falsities
are as millstones around your necks, which will ultimately lead
you to destruction unless you, as a people, retrace your steps
and go back to the pathway pointed out by Christ the Master 2,000
years ago, when He came to your Earth with a message from the
Most High. The pathway is LOVE which leads to a true
understanding of God and the Kingdom referred to by Christ.
The Martian canals, as telescopic observation will prove in
almost all cases, follow straight lines. When necessary,
mountains have been cut through down to a proper level. Where
the canals cross depressions or old sea-bottoms, immense
aqueducts have been constructed of solid stone and concrete in
such a manner that the water, in most cases, flows to its
destination by gravity.
That this has been a stupendous task may be more readily imagined
when it is known that the width of the main canals averages from
one to twenty miles. This announcement might seem to many
unreasonable, but it must be remembered that the volume of water
distributed over 212,000,000 square miles of territory is
immense. You might ask where this large volume of water comes
from.
The POLAR CAPS! During the Martian winter these extend down
nearly to the equator, and cover about five-sevenths of the
planet's surface when at maximum; and as the snowfall averages
from six inches at the edge of the caps to 50 feet at and near
the actual Poles, some idea may be gained of the amount of
moisture taken care of by these artificial waterways. Ten feet
of snow will make 12 inches of water, so there exists on Mars an
ample supply for all purposes.
(NOTE--The question as to why many of the canals germinate has
been a perplexing one to our astronomers. Lowell observed that
many of the main canals germinated a short time after the
commencement of the Martian summer, and for a time it was thought
that the phenomena might be an optical illusion, and the latter
theory was considered seriously by some observers until the
double canals were actually photographed at the Flagstaff
observatory, but the cause of the doubling was never solved until
the receipt of these revelations.)
CHAPTER IV.
PLANETARY ECONOMY
Economy is a virtue long cultivated on the Planet Mars. On your
Earth you waste more than you use, not only in food but in the
fruits of the Earth. You are using up your resources at a
tremendous rate, and some day you must pay the penalty. Witness
the wanton destruction of your beautiful forests, the depletion
of your coal beds and crude oil deposits. All this waste is the
result of lack of Spiritual guidance; a gross materialism: an
inordinate selfish greed. Instead of laying up Spiritual
treasures you are worshiping at the altar of Mamon. Ultimately
you will find your hoardings nothing but tarnished brass--an
illusion leading you on to Spiritual destruction.
With the Martians the incentive to live is to express life and be
in harmony with the Creator, to develop spiritually and build for
Eternity. On Mars each one strives to live for his brother to
the end that all may inherit the promised Kingdom when yet as a
physical being. Commercialism with us is unknown, for no one
works for profit. The products of the toil of all the
inhabitants are for the public larder and other necessities and
even luxuries.
As a result of this system of public economy and industrialism,
sweat-shops, child labor, poor houses, public reformatories, and
the long list of pernicious and iniquitous customs in vogue on
your Earth are unknown on our planet.
No worries mar the life of the people of Mars. Worry has no
place in the Martian mind. The wants of all are supplied by the
Commonwealth, and each one contributes his best efforts to the
common good, and in return each individual is supplied his every
want. This is in accordance with Christ's message: "Seek ye
first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these
things shall be added unto you."
CHAPTER V.
PROPERTY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
On Mars all property is considered as belonging to God, its
Creator, who provided it for the enfoldment and comfort of His
creatures. No individual lays claim to property in the sense
that you Earth dwellers do.
Through God's love does man inhabit a portion of the material
universe, but only for a season. Man comes into material being
to express life and acquire an individuality, after which he
passes out of material bondage, when his place is taken by
another.
At man's transition he takes with him only character, nothing
else. If the things he has striven for during his material life
have been but chimeras: the material things of life: the fruits
of the Earth, then in that case he will find himself poor
indeed. The only real wealth, the only thing worth striving for,
is a knowledge of God and His Kingdom. And with us Martians a
knowledge of God is the ultimate goal sought for. Hence all
material things to the Martian are but expedients, soon to be
forgotten.
Material wealth is an abstraction. Its usual evidence is the
possession of property, which may be money, land, goods or
chattels, as the case may be. In final analysis this concrete
evidence of wealth is not real.
Money is nothing more or less than a stamped token entitling the
possessor to so much human effort, for the real value behind
money, after all, is but so much human energy or force, varying
according to its quality and its worth.
Other forms of property such as goods and chattels, are the
result of human endeavor and may be secured by the exchange of
money, or it may be produced by the owner.
Wealth represented by lands, which were created by God for the
benefit of all humankind. and not for the individual, is the
so-called right-secured by barter, exchange or inheritance, to
use or withhold from use, at the caprice of the owner--of a
certain piece or portion of the planet. Under a legal fiction
the title to land extends to the center of the Earth and to
infinity in an opposite direction!
The text: "Thou shalt earn thy bread by the sweat of thy brow"
has a deep significance to one who has come into a knowledge of
Truth. Drones have no place in the Divine Plan. It is not only
essential but mandatory, that each one do his part for the common
good. The non-producing rich man is as much a drone as is the
vagabond who neither toils nor spins. The Biblical test
concerning the difficulty of the rich man getting into Heaven
means that it is impossible for a drone or parasite to get into
harmony with God.
The possession of wealth is not in itself sinful, but the
possession of wealth is a corollary to selfishness. He who is
unselfish will spurn wealth. The individual who accumulates
beyond his needs sins against Heaven when he locks up his goods
in strong boxes. The act of hoarding deprives some creature of
his just portion, for God has planned there should be sufficient
for all who make the effort, and a system that permits an unequal
distribution of God's gifts is in opposition to the Divine Plan,
and doubly pernicious is a church organization that permits it.
Only after Christ has taken up His abode in the hearts of the
people of your Earth will surcease come to the suffering millions
on your planet.
Happiness and selfishness are so diametrically opposed that the
former is impossible unless the latter is eliminated from your
world, for only real happiness comes after complete surrender to
God. Surrender to God means subordination to His will. His will
on Earth must be done as it is in Heaven. All must be self-
conscious of this. If God's will was adhered to on your Earth
what a different place it would be! Instead of a shambles it
would be a paradise, the brotherhood of man and the Fatherhood of
God a fact instead of the dream of a few.
God loves all His creatures, both evolutionary and
non-evolutionary. His love is infinite in extent. We are all
His children. Everything has been provided for us. It is only
man's selfishness that deprives any creature of his just dues.
Man suffers want on account of his lack of faith in God! Before
man lost his faith in God he walked and communed with angels. He
could do it now if he would but listen to the Voice Within--if he
would only open his heart to Christ, for help is ready whenever
one asks for it in sincerity and faith.
One of the sources of great injustice to the majority of the
inhabitants of your Earth is the belief in the dogma of Divine
Right. This dogma includes not only the absurdity of the Divine
Right of kings, but the Divine Right to the ownership of goods
and land through the Creator's favoritism for a few.
This dogma is the mother of untold misery and suffering. Out of
this ungodly theory has evolved your shameful caste system; your
shameful economic ideas.
Your ancient feudal system of government has been but little
improved upon today over its primitive status, for you still draw
well-defined lines of class distinction between God's
children--lines of demarcation based on wealth and natal origin.
With your inhabitants, communal standing and social distinction
is proportionate to the wealth of the possessor or to the wealth
or social standing of ancestors.
The monstrous heresy of Divine Right is an invention of the
powers of darkness and must be eliminated from your world root
and branch before your progress forward is assured. God plays no
favorites. His love is showered upon all alike. His gifts are
for all His children. It was never the Divine intent that a
favored few should bask in the sunshine of His grace while the
majority suffered want and deprivation. These false ideas have
been the procurers of darkness: of the Stygian gloom now
overshadowing your Earth.
Spiritual darkness has not always covered your Earth. In
primitive times--ages ago--eras whose history has been lost to
you, man on your Earth was in harmony with his Creator. This was
in the Golden Age when man and the angels of God walked hand in
hand; when man communed with God, and when the Christ spirit was
abiding in the hearts of the people. In this age man was
spiritually developed to a degree almost unbelievable by you.
Then the time came when man listened to the temptor (his baser
self), and through the workings of the law of Atavism man
degenerated almost to the level of his animal prototype.
This incident in your world's history is the source of the legend
of the "Fall of Man" in the "Garden of Eden." Man disobeyed God
by listening to self, by giving himself over to his selfish
desires. He slew his brother, figuratively speaking, when he
abandoned himself to selfish ends and took advantage of his
fellowman. He has been guilty of that sin ever since. IT IS NOW
INHERENT IN HIS MAKE-UP; THIS SELFISH INSTINCT MUST BE ELIMINATED
BEFORE HE CAN AGAIN FIND THE FATHER'S KINGDOM.
No fences or other evidences of individual ownership surround the
millions of homes on Mars. No lines of demarcation divide one
plot of land from another. The millions of beautiful
homes--beautiful in their simplicity, for over-ornamentation such
as the dwellers of your Earth practise, is not tolerated on our
planet--belong to the Commonwealth. The same are allotted to the
individual as a life tenure only.
The same custom prevails in the matter of personal property.
Should a Martian have use for a flying machine, also used by
another, or other kind of property for personal use, he does not
ask the use of same in the spirit that your Earth dwellers borrow
from one another. Use of the needed article is requested with
the idea that it belongs to the community: that all material
possessions are the common property of the entire race.
THE MILLIONS OF MARTIANS LIVE AS ONE FAMILY. IT IS THIS
SOLIDARITY, THIS FILIAL CONSIDERATION THAT ONE HOLDS FOR THE
OTHER THAT HAS MADE THE STUPENDOUS AND GIGANTIC PUBLIC WORKS ON
MARS POSSIBLE.
In the absence of a universal unity of purpose intelligent life
on Mars would have become extinct centuries ago, when the last
remnants of its oceans and seas dried up and a planetary
irrigation system became necessary in order to utilize the frozen
Polar moisture.
CHAPTER VI.
DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES
Barter and trade are unknown on Mars. The entire race of
Martians is cooperative, and the production of all necessities is
based on the needs of the Commonwealth.
Specialization in different branches of industrial activity is
centralized, as is the case of your Earth. That is, some
particular parts of the planet, owing to climatic and other
conditions, are better adapted for the production of some special
kind of raw material used in the manufacture of clothes or other
necessities of life, or the production of some particular
foodstuff. But in every case the incentive for industrial
activity is not material profit. On the contrary the real
incentive is compliance with the Father's will.
Transportation is effected by means of flying ships actuated by
the control of gravitational attraction. These vehicles of the
air, beside your crude affairs[1] are most perfect, and the
amount of freight carried is unlimited, for the reason that the
gravitational attraction of the cargo is nullified as well as
that of the ship. (A more extended explanation concerning this
matter is given in another section of this book.) Another
motive power used is Cosmic, or Universal Energy. (We shall
refer to this later.)
[1] NOTE--Yes, 35 years ago, but not today, 1955.
Immense warehouses and depots are scattered throughout the entire
planet. These are centers of distribution. These warehouses are
filled with what all the people of the entire planet need in the
way of food, clothing and other necessities of life. These
depots are in charge of trained and competent workers who attend
to the issuance and distribution of all commodities.
When a Martian is in need of any particular commodity he makes
application to have his want supplied to the depot nearest to his
habitation. He immediately receives the needed article. If the
quantity and nature of his requisition is too large for him to
carry personally, the same is delivered at his domicile by the
Commonwealth's Transportation Department.
CHAPTER VII.
CLAIRVOYANT VISIONS OF MARS
In connection with the revelation contained in this book
concerning the physical characteristics of Mars, the compiler of
this volume, as well also as the medium, was given much
information concerning this advanced planet by means of
clairvoyant visions. These pictures were given the writer at
different times, commencing early in 1920, and continuing until
the book was finished.
As has been explained by the controls who have been instrumental
in giving the information about Mars, the purpose of these
clairvoyant pictures was to give the compiler of this book real
visual evidence as to life on Mars; and in particular, real
pictures setting forth its topography, which could be elucidated
in no other way.
Written descriptions of scenery and of human activities
necessarily fall short of the reality, especially when an attempt
is made to record a series of events or a point of view outside
the realm of our experience.
The first picture realized by the writer, and for that matter the
most important one, was the view given him of Urid the Beautiful,
one of the most Important centers of population on the planet
Mars.
It was while lying in bed one morning the writer was
contemplating the many messages being received from the Martian,
who is the dictator of the subject matter of this book, that he
found himself at a strange place, suspended as it were in the air
over a beautiful lake of blue water, whose surface was broken by
gentle ripples, due to the soft, balmy breeze blowing over the
surface of the water. The writer was facing what seemed to be a
westerly direction; and at a distance of about five miles there
arose a series of small mountains about 2,500 feet in altitude.
These mountains skirted the shores of the lake. The sky was a
beautiful blue, bluer than the sapphire-tinted skies of our own
desert lands. The mountains were tinted red from base to top,
except where the moisture near the shores of the lake had
stimulated a vegetal growth, whose green contrasted most
harmoniously with the red of the soil. Two white clouds floated
majestically near the peaks of the highest mountains.
The atmosphere was impressively clear and all objects seemed to
stand out in sharp definition, a condition seldom seen by
dwellers on our Earth except in extremely dry and arid regions.
On top of a small plateau, forming the crown of a low-lying hill
at the base of one of the highest mountains, and about 1,500 feet
from the shore line, I was startled to see a large city. The
thousands of closely nestling buildings seemed to be built of
white stone. The writer was lost in admiration, for there in
front of him the pure white of the city, contrasting so vividly
with the red soil of this faraway planet, stood the habitations
of an advanced race many millions of miles removed from my own
world.
The writer was impressed with the fact that, with but few
exceptions, the buildings of gleaming white were all one story in
height, and it became instantly evident that crowding is not
tolerated by the inhabitants of this progressive planet. A few
structures towered above the rest. These, as the writer was
informed later, were the public buildings dedicated to the use of
the people as lecture halls, centers for music and art, etc.
On a subsequent occasion the writer was shown a close-up view of
Urid. Flowers, grass and green foliage abounded everywhere. The
long streets were broad and well paved, and flanked on two sides
with long rows of one-storied buildings of white stone, beautiful
in their simplicity. No extreme ornamentation is carried out in
the erection of buildings on Mars. On the contrary, the simple
square outlines characteristic of our own Old Mission
architecture seems to prevail on the planet Mars. The same
simple style prevails with the public buildings, except that
massive stone columns marked the portals of same, reminding one
of our own early Grecian architecture.
Many palm-like trees grew all over the city, especially in the
neighborhood of the public buildings.
A week after the occurrence of the above incident the writer was
shown, in the same manner as before, one of the many canals that
gridiron the Martian globe. This particular canal is one of the
main waterways on Mars, and appeared to be about a mile wide at
the point of observation. The water was of a deep blue color,
denoting great depth. Along the banks of this waterway could be
seen many houseboats or floating dwellings. Some of these
houseboats were very large and evidently housed large families.
The writer was informed that many Martians who have charge of the
waterways dwell in these habitations.
The banks above the canal were covered with green grass and many
flowers.
On subsequent occasions I was shown other canals and reservoirs,
and the manner in which some of the canals were cut through the
mountains. In some instances the walls of the canals were almost
perpendicular. Steep cuts, even in soft ground, seemed to be
characteristic of all the waterways observed by the writer.
On another occasion the writer was given a view of the North
Polar regions. At that time the deep snows that covered the
ground everywhere were melting. The country seemed to be very
hilly. As far as the eye could reach I observed low-lying hills
covered with a white mantle of snow. Patches of reddish earth
here and there indicated that the thaw was general and that the
snow had thinned out in spots. Between the hills I observed a
large body of water, and was informed that this was an artificial
reservoir which had been created by the damming of a large
valley. The sky on this occasion was hidden by a mist, a very
natural phenomenon in view of the fact that many thousands of
square miles of the country, covered with snow on this part of
Mars, was undergoing a rapid thaw.
That the large dark-colored areas on Mars, supposed by early
observers to be seas, are nothing more or less than low, swampy
land covered with rank vegetation, was evidenced to me on one
occasion when I was permitted to see the true character of these
portions of the planet.
The rank vegetation was about three feet high and of a greenish
red color. Interspersed throughout the mass of coarse-leafed
plants were high, dry stalks the remnants of an earlier crop of
Martian flora. The season seemed to be advanced and all plant
life was taking on autumnal tints.
It was in December 1919 that I saw the first close-up picture of
a Martian--a woman. Her head was covered with a thin veil which
came down to her well-formed mouth. She seemed to be a most
beautiful woman with most expressive eyes. Her hair was black.
Her skin was unusually white, which contrasted with the dark
hair. She wore no jewelry, or other ornaments that I could see.
On a subsequent occasion I was permitted to see a Martian male.
He was playing a flutelike instrument, and as he was quite close
to me I could observe the wax-like texture of his skin. This
semi-transparency of the skin is characteristic of the Martians,
and evidences a life that is free from the many bodily ailments
that afflict humanity on our Earth. The Martian was dressed in
graceful but loose-fitting clothes of a reddish-brown color. His
eyes were a deep blue and his lips seemed to be unusually red.
In respect to stature he was, I would say, about five feet nine
inches in height. In fact, on subsequent occasions I have
observed crowds of Martians gathered together and they appeared
no different from the inhabitants of our own world except as to
clothing, which is much simpler, but more graceful than our
styles.
I was informed by the spiritual control that the fauna of Mars is
varied, but that all animal life is domesticated, there being now
no wild animals on the planet.
It was shortly after I had seen the Martians, described in the
foregoing paragraph, that I was shown two cat-like animals, which
at the time of my vision were engaged in playing about the feet
of a Martian. They did not exactly resemble cats, but were more
feline than canine. They were about the size of a large
Airedale, and of a dark, reddish-brown color with deep black
stripes, similar to the markings of our tigers. They were very
playful and cavorted about just as our own dogs and cats do when
endeavoring to attract the attention of their masters.
On the morning of January 20, 1920, I was shown another Martian
canal. On this occasion I observed a large building on the banks
of the waterway near my point of vision. This building was more
of a grandstand with a roof than anything else I can compare it
to. It consisted of a large framework painted white, and was as
high as our two-storied structures. A multitude of the people
were inside the building, some sitting, some standing. They all
seemed to be intently gazing in a Northerly direction, up-stream.
Much green foliage and varied-colored flowers lined the banks of
the canal, especially in the neighborhood of the building. The
people all seemed to be attired in holiday garb, and it was
evident to me that a celebration was going on.
Later I was informed that what I had witnessed was an annual
celebration observed by the people of Mars on the occasion of
arrival of the first water from the North Pole after commencement
of the Martian Spring. It appears that this occasion is a very
important event with the Martians. as the arrival of the life-
giving moisture from the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the
planet insures a season of plenty for the inhabitants. The water
arrives at the equatorial regions in a little less than a Martian
month (60 days) after the commencement of the Polar thaws and
after a season of thanksgiving to the Father has been held by all
in appreciation of His bountiful gifts. The Spiritual leaders of
the different communities preside at these gatherings.
The foregoing is in remarkable agreement with a statement on page
375 of the late Professor Lowell's book titled "MARS," as
follows.
"The Canal quickening on Mars occupied 52 days, as evidenced by
the successive vegetal darkenings which descend from latitude 72
degrees North and latitude 0, a journey of 2,650 miles. The rate
of progression is remarkably uniform, and this
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