” ‘How would you explain the Great Spirit to children?’ Silver Birch was once asked. He answered:
‘That is not a difficult task if the one who is to do the explaining has a clear conception of the power which is behind all life. For myself, I would point to the divine artistry of nature’s handiwork. I would point to the stars, the diamonds in the sky. I would point to the glory of the sun, to the pale reflection of the moon. I would point to the whispering, murmuring breeze, to the nodding pines. I would point to the trickling stream and to the mighty ocean.
I would touch every facet of nature showing how each is controlled by purpose, by law. I would add that where man has made any discovery in the field of natural life, he finds it comes within the orbit of law, that its growth is controlled and regulated, that it is part of one vast, intricate, yet harmonious pattern, that order reigns supreme throughout the vast universe, controlling planets and insects, storms and breezes, all life, no matter how variegated its expressions may be.
And then I would say, the mind behind all that, the power that sustains it all, the force that controls the whole vast panorama of the universe and many other worlds that you have not seen, is what we call the Great Spirit.”
Silver Birch Anthology, Edited by William Naylor, p. 116-117.
Spirit teaching thru the trance mediumship of Maurice Barbanell First published in 1938. Silver Birch tells his own story and answers questions from sitters in the Home Circle.
