Between these two conflicting Titans -- Science and Theology -- is a bewildered public, fast losing all belief in man's personal immortality, in a deity of any kind, and rapidly descending to the level of a mere animal existence. Such is the picture of the hour, illumined by the bright noonday sun of this Christian and scientific era!
And so, while the clergy, following their own interpretations of the Bible, and science its self-made Codex of possibilities in nature, refuse [Spiritualism] a fair hearing, real science and true religion are silent, and gravely wait further developments.
Isis Unveiled