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MAN’S HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS
BY
PROF. HILTON HOTEMA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS 4
PROLOGUE 5
WHY WE LIVE AND WHY WE DIE 7
INTRODUCTION 7
MAN EATS TO DIE 8
LESSON NO. 1—PHYSICAL PERFECTION 9
BREATH OF LIFE 10
STAGES OF DEGENERATION 10
MAGNETISM 11
SPIRITUAL POTENTIALITY TO PHYSICAL ACTUALITY 12
THE WAY TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL MAN 13
SO CALLED CIVILIZED VIEW 13
WHY THE TRUTH IS SUPPRESSED 14
ECONOMIC FREEDOM 14
LESSON NO. 2—THE LIVING CELL 16
CHIROPRACTIC LAW OF PHYSIOLOGY 16
WHERE DID THE LIVING CELL COME FROM 17
IS EATING NECESSARY 18
ELIMINATION 18
CELLS ARE NOT PRODUCED BY FOOD 19
EARLY MEN WERE BREATHARIANS 19
THE MIRACULOUS CELL 20
LESSON NO. 3—PHYSICAL IMMORTALITY 21
MAN’S BODY RESEMBLES THE PLANETARY BODIES 21
MISLEADING REPORTS 22
BODY CRAVES FOOD AS IT DOES POISON 23
MAN EATS TO DIE 23
DISEASE GERMS 25
GOOD HEALTH IS NOT IMMUNITY 25
IMMUNITY REDUCES POWER TO RESIST 27
CONDITIONS THAT DESTROY HEALTH 28
DANGER OF SMOKING 29
TOLERATION BY THE BODY 30
IMMUNITY 31
LESSON NO. 5—BODY CHANGES 33
MISLEADING THE MULTITUDE 33
HARMFUL PRACTICES FROM BIRTH 34
FEWER CENTENARIANS 35
THE BODY FIGHTS AGAINST CHANGES 36
RUDIMENTARY ORGANS 36
LESSON NO. 6—MAN’S NATURAL HOME 40
ALTITUDE IS BENEFICIAL 41
LESSON NO. 7—SHE EATS NOTHING 42
SURVIVAL IS NATURE’S GOAL 43
BREATHARIANISM TO GLUTTARIANISM 43
BURIED SIX MONTHS AND LIVES 44
SPENT TIME IN CELL 45
LESSON NO. 8—MATERIALISM 46
WEIGHT AND VITALITY LOSS DUE TO AUTOINTOXICATION 46
LIVE WITHOUT EATING 48
THE GREAT BODY NORMALIZER 48
LESSON NO. 9—BODY BUILDING MATERIAL 51
DISCOVERY AMAZED MATERIAL SCIENCE 52
IMPORTANT NOTICE 55
LESSON NO. 10—THE AGING PROCESS 58
CONDITIONS OF ARTIFICIAL LIFE 59
RETURN MUST BE SLOW AND GRADUAL 59
ANTIQUITY OF MAN 60
HOW TO REVERSE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF AGING 61
CONSTIPATION THE NATIONAL DISORDER 62
LESSON NO. 11—DOES MAN STARVE 64
FINDING THE TRUTH 65
FOOD STIMULATES 65
IT IS THE BODY THAT ACTS 66
PEOPLE WHO CRAVE POISON 66
POWER OF ADAPTABILITY 67
FISH DOES NOT GIVE BRAINS 68
LESSON NO. 12—DANGER OF ABRUPT CHANGES 70
MEN OF GREAT STATURE 70
STATURE ORIGINALLY GIGANTIC 71
MAN’S BODY RESEMBLES THE PLANETARY BODIES 73
MISLEADING REPORTS 74
BODY CRAVES FOOD AS IT DOES POISON 74
MAN EATS TO DIE 75
LESSON NO. 13—CHRONIC AUTO-INTOXICATION 77
BODY TRIES TO MAINTAIN BALANCE 78
VITALITY INCREASES 79
EAT LITTLE AND LIVE LONG 79
LESSON NO. 14—BODY NEEDS 81
MINERALS FROM COSMIC RAYS 81
SENSATION OF HUNGER 82
EATING IS A VICIOUS CIRCLE 83
ATOMIC ENERGY 84
LESSON NO. 15—EATING POISONS 86
DANGEROUS NARCOTIC FROM JUICE OF POPPY 87
MICE UNABLE TO LIVE ON HUMAN DIET 87
EVOLUTION AND DEVOLUTION 89
DORMANT ORGANS READY WHEN NEEDED 90
LESSON NO. 16—VEGETARIANISM IS BAD 92
BODY VITALITY REDUCED 92
MOST VEGETABLES ARE NOT NATURAL 93
CEREALS ARE A BAD FOOD 95
FRUITS EASIER PRODUCED WITH LESS LABOR 95
ALIMENTATION AND DECREPITUDE 97
EARTHY SALTS CAUSE OLD AGE 97
FRUITS HAVE LITTLE EARTHY MATTER 98
FRESH FRUIT 99
LESSON NO. 17—CARNIVORISM IS BAD 100
BUTTER, MILK AND CHEESE LESS HARMFUL 101
REASON FOR INCREASED VITALITY 102
FLESH FOODS PUTREFY 103
MODE OF LIVING BUILDS CRAVINGS, ACHES AND PAINS 104
48 MILLION HAVE TRICHINOSIS 105
TABLE SALT 106
OPINIONS ON SALT EATING 107
ANCIENT WISDOM 109
LESSON NO. 18—LONGEVITY 111
HE LIVED 256 YEARS 117
BODY NEVER MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS OLD 119
FRUIT AND LONGEVITY 119
DOCTORS DO NOT LIVE LONG 120
LIVE 200 TO 300 YEARS 122
LESSON NO. 19—WATER CAUSES AGING 123
LESS MINERALS NEEDED AFTER MATURITY 124
CAUSES OF SCLEROSIS 124
IMPORTANCE OF WATER 125
“MINERAL WATER” NOT BENEFICIAL 126
LIME DEPOSITS CAUSE STIFF JOINTS 127
RAIN WATER AND DISTILLED WATER ARE SAFE 128
LESSON NO. 20—THE WONDERFUL ORANGE 129
KING OF FRUITS 130
FINEST DISTILLED WATER 130
SIX MONTHS ON ORANGE JUICE 131
LESSON NO. 21—BREATH OF LIFE 136
EARLY THEORIES OF RESPIRATION 136
PHYSICO-CHEMICAL THEORY OF RESPIRATION REDISCOVERED 137
BREATHING PRIMARY FUNCTION 138
WHY MAN DIES 140
WHY MAN LIVES 140
LESSON NO. 22—SPIRITUAL ORGANS 143
MATERIALISM IS A SUPERSTITION 143
RECOVERY FROM ILLNESS ONLY PARTIAL 145
THE KINGDOM OF GOD WITHIN 146
UNCANNY POWERS OF INDIANS 146
LESSON NO. 23—SPIRITUAL POWERS 149
ANCIENT SCIENCE OF MAN 149
SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE 150
MAN’S INTELLIGENCE 151
INTELLIGENCE OF ANIMALS 152
MAN A MINIATURE UNIVERSE 153
MAN IS DEAD AS HE LIVES 154
MAN LIVES IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD 154
PARTHENOGENESIS (VIRGIN BIRTH) 155
THE KINGDOM OF GOD 156
FEEBLE MINDS 158
ANCIENT SCIENCE vs. MODERN NONSENSE 159
LESSON NO. 24—PHYSICAL PURIFICATION 164
FUNCTION OF BREATHING 164
SHOWER OF RED MIST 166
B
LOOD POISON 166
BREATH CULTURE 167
VITAL FUNCTION 168
THE RESIDUAL AIR 169
GASES AND ACIDS 170
THE SKIN 171
EXHALATION 171
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE 173
500 FELLED BY GAS 174
SUFFOCATION 174
COLD FACTS 175
LESSON NO. 25—BREATH OF DEATH 177
POISONS IN THE BLOOD 178
DEADLY CARBON DIOXIDE 178
EXHALED AIR IS POISONOUS 180
POISONS ENTERING THE BODY 181
BIG BATTLE FOR HEALTH 181
MILLIONS CHRONICALLY ILL 182
LESSON NO. 26—POISONED AIR 183
CARBON MONOXIDE GAS 183
DANGERS OF POISONED AIR UNKNOWN 185
BRAIN POISON 187
PERNICIOUS ANEMIA 187
CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE 188
LUNG CANCER 189
NERVE CELLS DESTROYED 190
CAUSES CANCER 193
EAT UP THE BODY 193
SMOKE, SOOT, TAR, ACID, GAS 194
TOBACCO SMOKE 196
CORONARY THROMBOSIS 198
SCIENCE EDITOR DIES OF “HEART ATTACK 198
CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION 199
KING GEORGE VI 200
CHANGE YOUR WORLD 200
LESSON NO. 27—THE COMMON COLD 202
DEGENERATIVE PROCESS 202
POLLUTED AIR 203
ACUTE AILMENTS 206
AIR CELLS BURST 207
VITAL ADJUSTMENT 209
NO COMPLETE RECOVERY 209
HARDENED MUCUS 211
AN INVISIBLE FOE 212
THE AGING PROCESS 212
THE BLOOD 213
WONDERS OF THE AIR 214
LESSON NO. 28—COSMIC AIR PURIFIERS 216
THE HOME 218
WHERE TO LIVE AND SLEEP 218
OZONE 219
IONIZED AIR 221
SHALLOW AND DEEP BREATHING 222
BREATHE MORE-EAT LESS 224
AIR IS LIFE 225
ETERNAL PHYSICAL LIFE 225
LESSON NO. 29—DEGENERACY OF CIVILIZED MAN 233
CIVILIZATION 235
ALEXIS CARREL 237
LESSON NO. 30—MYSTERIES OF LIFE 239
MODERN SCIENCE IS YOUNG 240
LIFE 241
SCIENCE CHANGES WITH THE WIND 242
ATHEISTS AND EVOLUTIONISTS 243
THE PHYSICAL 243
THE COSMIC CIRCLE 244
THE PHYSICAL PLANE 245
FOUR COSMIC BODIES 246
RISE ABOVE THE MATERIAL 247
PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY 248
INTELLIGENCE 248
FOURTH DIMENSION 250
SO-CALLED LAW OF GRAVITATION 251
END OF CREATION THEORY 252
NATURE 253
TWO KINDS OF FACTS 255
SEE THE INVISIBLE FROM WITHIN 256
SCIENCE OF MAN 256
ANCIENT WISDOM DESTROYED 257
ANCIENT SCIENCE 258
SPIRITUAL KINGDOM WITHIN 259
THE ANCIENT VOICE 260
THE GLORIOUS RESURRECTION 261
LESSON NO. 31—THE SACRED SCIENCE 262
DANGEROUS INVENTION 262
MORE PIOUS FRAUD 263
SPIRITUAL LIFE 263
REGENERATION 264
MAN’S DECREASING POWERS 265
THE RED DRAGON 266
TWO LAWS OF GENERATION 266
GENERATION AND DEATH 267
SEVEN SPIRITUAL CENTERS 268
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 270
PROLOGUE
Life is Creation’s greatest treasure for Man in the flesh, and most men should enjoy it much longer than they do. This can easily be done by learning the body’s simple requirements, and living in harmony with that knowledge, which is contained in Hotema’s late work titled Long Life In Florida.
Some men are now living 120, 150 and 200 years and even longer, and what is possible for one man is possible for millions more. Charlie Smith of Florida is vital and vigorous at the age of 119 and says he intends to live considerably longer. Much about him is contained in our work titled Long Life In Florida, which everyone should read, as it’s the greatest work ever written on Longevity.
In 1943 Santiago Surviate, an Indian, died in Arizona at the age of 135. In 1936 Zora Agha, a Turk, died in Turkey at the age of 162. In 1921 Jose Calverio died in Mexico at the age of 185. In 1795 Thomas Carn died in England at the age of 207. In 1933 Li Chung-Yun died in China at the age of 2 56. In 1566 Numes De Cugna died in India at the age of 370. He grew four new sets of teeth and his hair turned from black to gray four times.
In December, 1888, when Mrs. Fred Miller was two years old, her mother found a little turtle nearly frozen in an alley near their home in Baltimore. She took the turtle home, named it Pete, nursed it back to health, and now at an age estimated to be more than 100 years, Pete is still the family pet and shows little signs of his age.
All living creatures are ruled by the same laws of Creation, but they do not all live in harmony with those laws. Those that come the closest to it are those that live the longest in proportion to the length of time required for them to reach maturity of physical development.
There are many reasons, most of them preventable, why people die young and hospitals are filled with the sick, whereas others are seldom ill and live three to ten times longer.
It would logically seem that living creatures with the higher intelligence should be the ones to live the nearest to the requirements of the laws of Creation; but in action it seems to work the other way, the more intelligent creatures being those who appear to stray the farthest from the straight and narrow path which leads unto life (Mat. 7:13, 14).
The large majority of the so-called health writers are not noted for longevity. They seem to die as early as those who read their writings. And some who live 120 years can’t tell why they lived so long, as in the case of Diamond, who lived 120 years, wrote a book on long life in 1904 when he was 108, on page 43 of which he itemized “My Daily Menu”, which is rather good, yet not one we would recommend.
To reduce longevity to a scientific basis means that we must learn the requirements of the body and supply them. The fasts show that living is breathing. We can’t die as long as we can breathe—and we stop living when we stop breathing.
Breathing is the primary function of the body. We can live for weeks without eating, and for days without drinking, but when we stop breathing for a few minutes, we stop living.
And right here is the most neglected spot in the entire health field. Why is that so? First, ignorance; second, the claim of science that man lives on what he eats; and third, no one has yet found a way to commercialize air and breathing.
This is the discouraging condition we found sixty years ago, when we set out to learn how to live healthy and long. And so, we began almost alone to learn something about breathing and the Breath of Life.
The first valuable hint came when we found this: “If we maintain our blood in normal condition and circulation, sickness would be almost impossible. The blood is the life of the flesh. We are what we are by the influence of our blood flowing thru our body” (Bernarr Macfadden, in Vitality Supreme, 1910).
Then there came another surprise when we discovered that blood is made of gas. The gases of the air constitute the total composition of the blood. We know that water is the product of the uniting of hydrogen and oxygen gases. When we drink water, we drink gases in fluid form. Blood is gases in fluid form. Everything can be transformed to gas by heat. The earth itself is constituted of condensed gas. There is the source and origin of all things.
We have heard of fire damp, ignis fatuus, and will-o’-the-wisp. That fiery element is the Living Gas in what we eat and drink. That Living Gas is all the body uses of what we eat. Of that Living Gas the blood is made.
This is the first valuable lesson in dietetics. Scientists talk learnedly and foolishly abo
ut protein, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, fats, lipids, etc., ignoring the fact that the ox, elephant, horse and moose live in good health all their days on grass and green leaves.
The next lesson in dietetics is not to heat food and drive out of it the precious, volatile gases which the body uses in its laboratory to make its blood and the products it needs, which includes all the elements mentioned above.
Remember this one: Creation never uses second-hand material in its building work. The protein in the food we eat never becomes the protein of our body. That protein has served its purpose, is a used product, and is never used again by Creation in its constructive work.
The living gas in what we eat is all the body uses. The rest is useless waste, and cast off by the body as feces. Hence, most of what man eats goes down the sewer.
As gases are all the body uses in making blood and bone and building flesh, consider the condition of the blood, bone and flesh that are made of the poisonous gases that saturate the air of modern civilization, where health is the exception instead of the rule. If a chemist analyzed the air we breathe and gave us his report, we would be shocked to learn the great amount of poison the body must endure to live in our polluted environment.
This subject is so broad and vital, it would take a large book to discuss it adequately. But enough has been said to make a thinking person be more careful about the kind of air he breathes, the condition of the air in his home, and especially in his bedroom, where lack of activity during the night allows the air to stagnate and grow extra foul.
That’s another reason why people die in their sleep. The polluted, stagnant air in their bedroom paralyzes the breathing center of the brain, and they just stop breathing.
Stagnant air gets foul, like water in a stagnant pool. Keep the air in circulation in homes and bedrooms. Use electric fans for that purpose. Fewer people would die in their sleep if they had an electric fan in operation in their bedroom.
This writer is only fifteen years under the century mark, which he expects to pass by many years, as he feels as fit as he did forty years ago. And he is telling the world here, in this work of his, some of the secrets of how he has done it.
To an intelligent, unprejudiced person who can and does think, the information contained in this work may seem simple. But it is the fundamental simplicities that are always difficult to accept, because they are so very simple, and, therefore, unbelievable on that account.
Prof. Hilton Hotema
Tequisquiapan, Qro.,
Mexico.
Alt. 6000’.
WHY WE LIVE AND WHY WE DIE