All Things Considered 22 - Science and Religion, 23 - The Methuselahite, 24 - Spiritualism
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In which the delicate dance between science and religion is examined with a quiet astonishment at the confusions wrought when purely physical truths are expected to resolve moral mysteries, whilst the earnest pursuit of novel philosophies is gently revealed as a quaint desire for longevity cloaked in solemnity. The mysteries of Spiritualism are met with a jocular reverence, suggesting that the divine, like true beauty, resists the gaze of the indifferent and rewards only the faithful with its presence.
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