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1、THEVITALMESSAGETHEVITALMESSAGEARTHURCONANDOYLE1THEVITALMESSAGEPREFACEIn"TheNewRevelation"thefirstdawnofthecomingchangehasbeendescribed.In"TheVitalMessage"thesunhasrisenhigher,andoneseesmoreclearlyandbroadlywhatournewrelationswiththeUnseenmaybe.AsIlookintothefutureofthehumanraceIamremindedofhow
2、once,fromamidthebleakchaosofrockandsnowattheheadofanAlpinepass,IlookeddownuponthefarstretchingviewofLombardy,shimmeringinthesunshineandextendinginonesplendidpanoramaofbluelakesandgreenrollinghillsuntilitmeltedintothegoldenhazewhichdrapedthefarhorizon.Suchapromisedlandisatourveryfeetwhich,whenw
3、eattainit,willmakeourpresentcivilisationseembarrenanduncouth.Alreadyourvanguardiswelloverthepass.Nothingcannowpreventusfromreachingthatwonderfullandwhichstretchessoclearlybeforethoseeyeswhichareopenedtoseeit.Thatstimulatingwriter,V.C.Desertis,hasremarkedthattheSecondComing,whichhasalwaysbeenti
4、medtofollowArmageddon,maybefulfillednotbyadescentofthespiritualtous,butbytheascentofourmaterialplanetothespiritual,andtheblendingofthetwophasesofexistence.Itis,atleast,afascinatingspeculation.Butwithoutsocompleteanoverthrowofthepartitionwallsasthiswouldimplyweknowenoughalreadytoassureourselves
5、ofsuchacloseapproximationaswillsurelydeeplymodifyallourviewsofscience,ofreligionandoflife.Whatformthesechangesmaytakeandwhattheevidenceisuponwhichtheywillbefoundedarebrieflysetforthinthisvolume.ARTHURCONANDOYLE.CROWBOROUGH,July,1919.2THEVITALMESSAGECHAPTERITHETWONEEDFULREADJUSTMENTSIthasbeenou
6、rfate,amongalltheinnumerablegenerationsofmankind,tofacethemostfrightfulcalamitythathaseverbefallentheworld.Thereisabasicfactwhichcannotbedenied,andshouldnotbeoverlooked.Foramostimportantdeductionmustimmediatelyfollowfromit.Thatdeductionisthatwe,whohavebornethepains,shallalsolearnthelessonwhich
7、theywereintendedtoconvey.Ifwedonotlearnitandproclaimit,thenwhencaniteverbelearnedandproclaimed,sincetherecanneveragainbesuchaspiritualploughingandharrowingandpreparationfortheseed?Ifoursouls,weariedandtorturedduringthesedreadfulfiveyear
