The Futurethat Awaits Us.^283
Consider also writing of history. How
different thatwill beinaworld where all the
astralrecordslieopento beread,whenhistory
cannolongerbewrittenfrom one side or the
other,tosupport atheoryortobolsterup some
view of the writer,but when those who are
historians will throw themselves back mto the
past, will live and move among the scenes
which they depict! When history is told it
willbe toldfrom the astral records,the livingscenes,andtheywhotellitwillliveas itwere
in the period, and trace events step by step
withthemenandwomenofthetime. Andall
thiswiththecertaintyofobservation-reverified
at willbydifferentstudents-neither guessnor
inference necessary, but patient looking and
faithful recording; just as we live and move
amongourfellowsto-daywill thehistorianlive
and move in the world we call the past, a
world living and present to those who know
howtotreadtheirwaytherein.
Again, how different will art be in those
daysthat arecoming different even from the
merelymechanicalstandpoint. So manymore
colours will then delight the eye,brilliant and
vivid of hue, translucent, exquisite and soft;
such varieties of changing forms in the astralworld,somuchmoretodelineate,toreproduce
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