The Astley home in Carmel Woods
Time: Space: Movement: Form: these are
the cardinal features of the eternal reality. Time
and movement are the same, viz.: Duration. Form
and Space are the same, that is, imply each other;
and the whole, inter-related, and co-dependent,
are relative terms to express the one ultimate and
fundamental fact of existence- which is Life. These
cardinal features are accepted as undeniable facts of
experience. A metaphysic that would deny the
reality of any one of them is unworthy of any sane
thinker. Nevertheless, we are reminded that there
are those who would question each and all.
“Doubting Castle” is no myth, but a mighty fortress
in the wilderness of the mind, and many there be
who dwell therein. There is also in that strange and
“hollow land” a great shrine most wondrously
fashioned by cunning craftsmen, called the Cave of
Solipsism, in whose sub-mundane gloom there is
reflected nothing but the images of self. Each
worshipper, being his own idol, is blind to
everything but the phantasmagoria of his own
creating. The atmosphere is mephitic! Let us pass
on! We have not forgotten the days of captivity on
Devil’s Island,” and need a breath of pure ozone
from the sea.