26 ROSICRUCIANCOSMO-CONCEPTION
his investigations.
This also accounts for the varied versions, which
superficial people think are an argument against the
existence of the higher Worlds. They contend that if these
Worlds exist, investigators must necessarily bring back
identical descriptions. If we take an illustration from
everyday life, the fallacy of this becomes apparent.
Suppose a newspaper sends twenty reporters to a city
with orders to “write it up.” Reporters are, or ought to be,
trained observers. It is their business to see everything and
they should be able to give as good descriptions as can be
exp ect ed from a ny s ource. Yet it is certain that of the t went y
reports, no two would be exactly alike. It is much more
likely that they would be totally different. Although some of
them might contain leading features in common, others
might be unique in quality and quantity of description.
Is it an argument against the existence of the city that
these reports differ? Certainly not! It is easily accounted for
by the fact that each saw the city from his own particular
point of view and instead of these varying reports being
confusing and detrimental, it is safe to say that a perusal of
them all would give a fuller, better understanding and
description of the city than if only one were read and the
others were thrown in the wastebasket. Each report would
round out and complement the others.
The same is true regarding accounts made by
investigators of the higher Worlds. Each has his own
peculiar way of looking at things and can describe only what
he sees from his particular point of view. The account he
gives may differ from those of others, yet all be equally
truthful from each individual observer's viewpoint.
It is sometimes asked, Why investigate these Worlds?