foolish as to be unable to realise that cosmic events can neither be stayed nor turned aside. Nor can they, on the other hand, be precipitated by the fact of the watchman sounding the alarm, for whether the watchman sleep or wake, that which is to be shall surely come to pass.

Let it be remembered that the forces of the three worlds are sharply divided into two camps—those who would awaken the sleeper, and those who would drag him to deeper unconsciousness, or lull him fatally to false security. These latter are they who cry “peace, peace, when there is no peace.” They prate of the “mercies of Providence,” forgetting that His decrees change not, for He is unchangeable. They are up in arms because, forsooth Cosmic Law may not be turned aside to accommodate the reveller or the indifferent. They decry the watchman, the alarmist, and imagine that the whole time-table of cosmic evolutionary progress should be held up and disorganised until such time as the fools decide to vacate the track.

Consciously or unconsciously these do the work of the Forces of Evil, binding more tightly the bandages of ignorance and disbelief upon the brow of their Brother. If we are alarmists, these are the “Hush-hush brigade”—a deceitful and doubtful crew at best.

The question of the legitimacy and value of such warnings as are exemplified in The Shadow was most admirably dealt with by the Editor in a recent issue of the OCCULT REVIEW, from which I now quote:

“. . . such foreshadowings have a definite value, as have those premonitory dreams to which certain individuals are liable. They afford at least an opportunity of mitigating to some extent the coming shock, and in some