These leading Sagemen, however, were said to have undertaken a stupendous task in an effort to gain universal Knowledge that would increase the general consciousness of man to fit him for magnitudinous undertakings for the benefit of man, not to be used to maim and kill the human race, as it is evident mankind is now in the act of doing.

At the time he wrote “BORN AGAIN," the thoughts of Alfred Lawson ran far ahead of the wise men of his years, for he not only outlined many of the world’s greatest inventions and improvements that subsequently materialized, but he also wrote of many magnitudinous undertakings yet to be undertaken that will surely be realized later that posterity will bless him for.

Alfred Lawson’s years were spent trying to show how to preserve and develop mankind for a greater future, instead of using the explosive materials of the earth to blow human beings to bits, in order to steal from each other the results of one another’s labors. He lived a whole natural life without having harmed a human being.

Although Alfred Lawson had been previously thinking and talking LAWSONOMY principles for the human race to follow, it was not until he was 31 years of age that he decided to put his ideas and plans into book form and preach them to the whole world.

A few of his practical concepts from the pages of “BORN AGAIN" preached by him previous to its copyrighted announcement in the year of 1904 follows:

“We Sagemen believed in Natural Law as controlled and operated by a living God; a super-grand ruler who guides the machinery of life and does not deviate from eternal and immutable laws; an all-wise, everlasting and unchangeable being far beyond the faintest conception the brain of man has ever been able to formulate. His power unlimited; His laws supreme; His goodness incalculable.

“Natural Law explains that He created the principle from which humanity evolved, but that it remains for all living things to make better or worse their own conditions.

“Natural Laws set forth that, notwithstanding the earth is but a mere speck in the universe, still, it being a part of the vast machinery governed by the Almighty, there is a reason for its existence and a work for it to perform. Like other bodies in space, it contains particles of living matter which are constantly passing through a course of development with methodical changes from life to death and from death to life. But while all living things live and die, the materials thereof are used over and over again indefinitely. Human beings are a species of these particles.

“All living things are composed of physical, mental and spiritual manifestations. The machinery is physical. The mind is that part of the machinery having power to control its movements. The soul is the spark of life and acts as a moral guide to the mind.

“The soul, always pure is continually striving to improve the conditions of the mind. The mind alone is responsible for the disposition of the body and the evils arising there-from, the soul merely acting as its instructor for good.

“If the mind would consult, and always follow the advice of the soul, it would do no wrong. It is the mind which inherits evil instincts and but for the good influence of the soul, living creatures would not exist in harmony.

“As the mind hardens against righteousness the sway of the soul is lessened, but as the mind softens towards goodness the soul increases its power. There is a continual struggle between the soul for good and the mind for evil, but the soul will eventually gain the ascendancy and all living things will be cleansed of impurities.

“The body, including the mind, of each living thing dies, the material disintegrates and passes into the composition of other forms. The soul never dies; it remains in one body until its collapse and then transmigrates into another. The soul of man today may be that of a lower animal tomorrow; therefore he should use the greatest kindness and consideration toward all living things.

“Selfishness is the root of all evil; eradicate selfishness from humanity and the earth will be heaven.

“Man’s heaven is here on earth if he is only capable of making it so, but man cannot enjoy heavenly blessings with hellish minds, and no selfish being can properly enjoy the sweets of life.

“The real essence and pleasure of life can only be extracted when mankind labors harmoniously together as a unit, instead of each individual struggling separately and murderously to obtain the largest portion of the earth’s blessings.

“Selfishness is the root of all Evil-Eradicate selfishness from Human beings and Earth will be heaven.

“As Telementy makes impossible the concealment of one’s thoughts from others that action makes everybody keep out unclean or wicked thoughts from their minds.

“Thoughts are the sustenance of the brain as air is for the lungs or food is for the appetite.

“By admitting good thoughts and repelling bad thoughts the brain acquires moral as well as mental strength.

“Shut your eyes and you cannot see; close your mind and you cannot think.

“The thought is the mightiest force for good or evil humanity has to contend with.

“Mind sight is an occult force exercised to advantage by Sagemen. This force eliminates distance and obstruction.

“The Sagemen discovered a method whereby they could mix the lesser density sun rays with substances of greater density and thereby coagulate the mixture into solid balls of shining daylight.

“In order to gain possession of gold or its equivalent man forgets his soul and sells his honor.

“Men and vultures are somewhat alike-they both eat the flesh of dead carcasses.

“The predominant features of the people of the world are: greed, vanity, egotism, gluttony, falsity, fraud, theft, brutality, deceit, murder and superstition.

“A little of nature’s pure food is strengthening but too much of it becomes poisonous.

“United exertion produces better results and with less toil than competitive efforts.

“He who consumes and does not produce is a parasite.

“Of what good will all the money on earth be if there is no labor to produce the necessities of life?

“He who works in excess of others for the good of mankind lives the noblest life.

“A few just laws properly enforced are sufficient to operate the governmental machinery of the Human Race according to God’s Lawsonomy Principles.

“Pleasure can only be extracted from temperateness in proportion to quantity and he who takes sparingly lives longer to enjoy most.

“The earth resembles a huge table overloaded with good things and surrounded by gluttons each striving to secure the largest portion.

“The foundation of existence is effort, without which the inhabitants of the world would perish.

“The Sagemen could have turned on currents of poisonous air and asphyxiated whole nations at once; their electricians could have sent an electric shock around the Earth that would have left a path of destruction thousands of miles in width; their scientists could have concentrated the full force of the Sun’s rays upon any particular city they might choose and burn it up instantly; but they did not. They had the power to destroy but the courage of forbearance.

“The apeman took the wrong road trying to reach real manhood and failed.

“It requires far more courage to suffer pain for a good cause than to inflict pain upon others.

“Preachers must set good examples, not merely offer good advice.

“How many brutes would have the courage to take insults from a weaker party without resenting it.

“If you hit another with a club and tell him you love him, he will not believe you.

“Equality of which people now boast, exists merely in their imagination.

“To preach a sermon about the beautiful innocence of the lamb and then fill your stomach with roasted lamb is hypocrisy.

“Fishing and shooting tame pigeons, quail, squirrel and other harmless creatures is a very cruel amusement.

“Do not allow malice to enter your mind against any living creature. Hatred will not make the world better; it needs love.

“Intelligence means the ability to think, or understand the thoughts conceived by others. The most intelligent mind will listen to the soul, and use the thought as an unselfish medium with which to aid others. The poorly developed brain stifles the pleadings of the soul and utilizes it as a selfish weapon to secure the power to take from others.

“The battle of existence is constantly carried on between selfishness, which is bred from the very lowest form of mentality, and unselfishness, which represents the very highest state of intelligence.

“A well-balanced mind wants all men to enjoy equal opportunities which will afford each a chance to rise as high as his abilities will permit. If you want to eradicate disease, you must stamp out the conditions that breed it. Before one can reach the highest form of intelligence, one must exterminate the causes which create selfishness.

“He who labors to improve others, produces better conditions for himself.

“The surest way to make the world better is to begin with yourself.

“Always consult your Soul for advice, do no act your conscience will not sanction.”