John St. John

2.22. 4.20. 4-55- JOHN ST. JOHN I believe in the Law of Cause and Effect—and I loathe the cant alike of the Superstitionist and the Rationalist. Tlm Confession of SI. judas McCabbagz I believe in Charles Darwin Almighty, maker of Evolution; and in Ernst Haeckel, his only son our Lord Who for us men and for our salvation came down from Germany: who was conceived of Weissmann, born of Buchner, suffered under du Rois-Raymond,was printed, bound, and shelved: who was raised again into English (of sorts),a5cended into the Pantheon of the Literary Guide and sitteth on the right hand of Edward Clodd : whence he shall come to judge the thick in the head. I believe in Charles Watts; the Rationalist Press Association; the annual dinner at the Trocadero Restaurant; the regularity of subscriptions, the resurrection in a sixpenny edition, and the Book- stall everlasting AMEN. Arrived at Brenner’s studio, and went on with the “ moulage ” of my Asana. Left the Studio; walk with mantra. Mantra-march. Pranayama; quick time. Very brac- ing and fatiguing, both. At Döme to drink a Citron pressé. Reflections have been in my mind upon the grossness of the Theistic conception, as shewn even in such pictures as Raphael’s and Fra Angelico’s. 2 B 129