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The young man guesses my meaning, and casts
his eyes down. “You guess it! Go in peace,
and sleep well!”
Yes! I must be silent and let my meaning be
guessed, for if I began to play the preaching
monk, they would turn their backs on me at once.
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A friend asks me, “Whither are we going?”
“I cannot say, but as regards myself personally,
it seems that the way of the Cross leads me
back to the faith of my fathers.”
“To Catholicism?”
It appears so. Occultism has played its part,
by giying a scientific explanation of miracles and
demonology. Theosophy, the forerunner of religion,
has fulfilled its function, when it has
revived belief in a world-order which punishes
and rewards. Karma will be replaced by God,
and the Mahatmas will be revealed as the
new-born powers, the chastising and instructing
spirits. Buddhism in Young France has
preached renunciation of the world and the
worship of sorrow, which leads direct to
Golgotha.
As regards the homesick longing I feel for the
bosom of the Mother Church, that is a long story,
which I may summarise as follows:
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