WCP5479

Postcard (WCP5479.6211)

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Dear Sir

I myself find no satisfaction in Theosophy, and its elaborate and complex theory of man and the universe seem to me very improbable and unsatisfactory. It is wholly theoretical, and no part of it can be brought to the test of experiment or observation. Much of it is Spiritualism under other names, but where it goes beyond I see nothing but the speculations of the old Indian philosophers full of the fanciful numerical arrangements and vast cosmic cycles in which they delighted.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace[signature]

The communication is a postcard addressed to Olaf Halvorsen, postmarked Kristiana, 11 April 1893.

Please cite as “WCP5479,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5479