The Mastery of Destiny
The Mastery of
Destiny
By
James Allen
Author of
“From Poverty to Power,” “All These Things Added,”
“As a Man Thinketh,” etc.
No longer art thou drear and dark and dread,
Absolute king and god arbitrary
Seated in tragic state among the dead—
Friendly and fair to man I see thee now,
And light and beauty round thy lordly brow.
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New York and London
G. D. Putnam’s Sons
The Knickerbocker Press
The Mastery of Destiny
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Works by James Allen
- Byways of Blessedness.
- From Poverty to Power; Or, The Realisation Of Prosperity And Peace.
- All These Things Added.
- The Life Triumphant.
- The Mastery of Destiny.
- Poems of Peace.
- As a Man Thinketh.
- Out from the Heart.
- Through the Gate of Good; or, Christ and Conduct.
PREFACE
The discovery of the law of Evolution in the material world has prepared men for a knowledge of the law of cause and effect in the mental world. Thought is not less orderly and progressive than the material forms which embody thought; and not alone cells and atoms, but thoughts and deeds are charged with a cumulative and selective energy. In the realm of thought and deed, the good survives, for it is “fittest”; the evil ultimately perishes. To know that the “perfect law” of Causation is as all-embracing in mind as in matter, is to be relieved from all anxiety concerning the ultimate destiny of individuals and of humanity—
“For man is man and master of his fate”—
and the will in man which is conquering the knowledge of natural law will conquer the knowledge of spiritual law; the will which, in ignorance, chooses evil, will, as wisdom evolves and emerges, choose good. In a universe of law, the final mastery of evil by man is assured. His lesser destinies of separation and sorrow, defeat and death, are but disciplinary steps leading to the Great Destiny of triumphal mastery. The himself is unconsciously building, albeit with lacerated hands and labour-bowed form, the Temple of Glory which is to afford him an eternal habitation of peace.
In this volume I have tried to set down some words indicative of this Law and this Destiny, and the manner of its working and its building; and have so arranged the subject-matter as to make the book a companion volume to The Life Triumphant. The first six, and the last, chapters first appeared in Bibby’s Quarterly and Bibby’s Annual, and it is by kind permission of the Editor, Mr. Joseph Bibby, that they are now brought together and published in volume form, the other three chapters having been added to make the book consecutive and complete.
Bryngoleu, Ilfracombe, England,
April, 1909.
CONTENTS
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