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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 XXI.-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.