The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

EDITORIAL II 1. There is no hope in physical life, since death of the individual, the race, and ultimately the planet, ends all. 2. There is no hope in reason, since it contradicts itself, and is in any case no more than a reflection upon the facts of physical life. 3. What hope there may be in Investigation of the physical facts of Nature on Scientific lines is already actively sought after by a powerful and well-organised body of men of perfect probity and high capacity. 4. There is no hope in Faith, for there are many warring Faiths, all equally positive. 5. The adepts of Spiritual Experience promise us won- derful things, the Perception of Truth, and the Conquest of Sorrow, and there is enough unity in their method to make an Eclectic System possible. : 6. We are determined to investigate this matter most thoroughly on Scientific lines. III 1. We are Mystics, ever eagerly seeking a solution of unpleasant facts. 2. Weare Men of Science, ever eagerly acquiring pertinent facts. 3. We are Sceptics, ever eagerly examining those facts. 4. We are Philosophers, ever eagerly classifying and co-ordinating those well-criticised facts. 5. Weare Epicureans, ever eagerly enjoying the unification of those facts. 5