THE PSYCHIC STREAM" by Arthur Findlay / 1939 / 1159 pages.
When man first
realised the difference between nature spirits and the
spirits of the so-called dead, he discovered the source
of the psychic stream. Man made one of the most important
discoveries, one which has had a more profound effect on
human thought than any other. Since that date the stream
has never ceased to flow, as contact has continued
between the physical and the etheric orders of existence
till the present day. So said Arthur Findlay in his
introduction to this volume. At times the stream has
flowed strongly and swiftly, at others sluggishly and
slowly, but the movement has never ceased. The psychic
stream has been the cause of every religion, the
interaction between earth and etheric realms. Today it is
known as psychic phenomena. Findlay traces the stream's
influences on the most primitive form of religious
thought, through the various forms of religious belief it
created until it brought the Christian faith into being.
This book was the outcome of 35 years of study and took
two years to write. The book required a knowledge of
psychic phenomena, comparative religion and mythology.
Because of this approach this book is revolutionary in
its conclusions. If we are able to accept its contents an
entire change will take place in our religious outlook.
This book gives a wide-ranging look into Christianity
covering its ancestors, relations, parents, conception,
birth, childhood, youth and its manhood. Psychic
phenomena have proved to us that beyond the physical lies
the etheric, and that there is not only a physical world
but an etheric world interpenetrating and vibrating in
harmony with our etheric bodies. Armed with this greater
knowledge, we can now approach the history of man from an
enlarged angle, enabling us to understand the reason for
present day religious beliefs and the way they are likely
to develop in years to come.
