LEARNING TO THINK IN TERMS OF SPACES

The Reader who is willing to consider the Higher Space Hypothesis

seriously, who would discover, by its aid, new and profound truths

closely related to life and conduct, should first of all endeavor to

arouse in himself a new power of perception. This he will best

accomplish by learning to discern dimensional sequences, not alone

in geometry, but in the cosmos and in the natural world. By so doing

he may erect for himself a veritable Jacob's ladder,

"Pitched between Heaven and Charing Cross."

He should accustom himself to ascend it, step by step, dimension by

dimension. Then he will learn to trust Emerson's dictum, "Nature

geometrizes," even in regions where the senses fail him, and the mind

alone leads on. Much profitable amusement is to be gained by such

exercises as follow. They are in the nature of a running up and down

the scales in order to give strength and flexibility to a new set of

mental fingers. Learning to think in terms of spaces contributes to

our emancipation from the tyranny of space.

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