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Theosophical Lecturer Says World Facing Greatest Crisis fn FutureLi slit and electric power for allIkinds , of machines will some day be transmitted by -wireless, .accord-ins: to Mrs. Pansy Black, 'who lectured before, the Theosophlcal Society here Sunday night.Mrs. Blade pointed out that wireless and telephones and lighting equipment is already practicable and would be in use if! some wav could bo found to attach motors to the contraptions. Household lightswhich can be moved train room to room like a picture could easily be developed, she said;'•Television ar.d the radio have opened up marvelous fields of use. and investigation with this force, Mrs. Black said. ‘'We are only on the threshold -of! the electrical age. Our present culture will have to be radically modified It we are to adapt ourselves to this power de-veloping in our midst.“The time will come shortly when nn man will have any privacy. of any sort. 33r, MlUlkan has already discovered a ray which wilt, penoirate the earth to n dls-tannc of over GOO feet. That Is only the beginning. When that power is fully developed, you will he able to focus an all seeing eye on the wills of your neighbor's h on sr. bur. also realizing that your neighbor has the same privilege,jp that day society will be free of deceit; there will be no such Thing as secret treaties or political trades. A higher standard of 'ethics will prevail for man will he forced to be honest in order to m;i In tain his self respect.Wireless light and wireless telephone have already reached the practical stage. Nothing remains but the working out of a. few details and we might be enjoying wireless light now, with fixtures like picture which could be movedabout at. pleasure, were it nnt fclone thing. This obstacle is that no way has yet been found to put a meter on the contraption.This broadcasting of light brings us to another probability ofthe lilt Lire; the ecu trc.Tlx«Uon ofpower. In the not far dislant future enormous broadcasting plants will be creeled which will supply all the energy needed for both power and light needs nf a. cent I rent. Airplanes, automobiles, electrical devices of every kind will got their energy by wireless from these central power planls.■ AL first the radius may be more or less limited but the time will undoubtedly conic when a, single plant will supply ih* needs nf! a continent, or, may be the entire earth.And I his will bring on the greatest economic crisis the world ha* known. Wars will he fought for the monopoly*of thf* power, for of course, those in control of this energy can dictate the commerceof the world. It will afford an opportunity for the greatest good, but also for the greatest Imposition of tyranny known to ninn.
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San Antonio Express
San Antonio, Texas, US
Mon, Jan 16, 1933
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