Life, 1916-08-03 · page 11 of 38
Life — August 3, 1916 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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**Top Image:** This illustration is labeled "Great Americans" and identifies "Mrs. Robert Looseways, Whose Alimony is Said to Be the Largest on Record." The cartoon satirizes wealthy women of the era through this fictional character—likely mocking the growing phenomenon of high-profile divorce settlements and alimony payments among the American elite. The woman's fashionable dress and the surrounding figures suggest commentary on wealth inequality and marital dissolution among the rich. **Bottom Section:** "Egosophy—A Super-Cult" satirizes New Thought and occult philosophical movements popular in early 20th-century America. The text mocks these belief systems' promises of personal power through concentration and visualization techniques—portraying them as superficial "super-cults" exploiting gullible followers seeking self-improvement.
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GREAT AMERICANS MRS, ROBERT LOOSEWAYS, WHOSE ALIMONY IS SAID TO BE THE LARGEST ON RECORD Egosophy—A Super-Cult Ak you an Egosophist? This lat- est cult is positively the final word in modern philosophy. It is Ultimate Truth—Isis unveiled According to the teachings of ophy, each person is in reality a Deity, infinite, omnipotent, omniscient, omni- present—in fact, omni-everything. You may not be conscious of this great truth, but that is because you are (or rather seem to be) in the embryonic or jellyfish stage—like the present admin- istration. All that you need to do, in order to realize your real or astral nature, is to concentrate on a colored dise and repeat the mystic words, “C'est moi,” until the light dawns; if the light fails to come, try another color scheme until the correct combina- tion is attained. This system is ab- 187 solutely infallible: by means of its occult powers you can at once banish all sin, disease, death, poverty; fore- cast the next President, the end of the European war, to-morrow’s weather— in fact, its possibi are limitless. It all consists in finding the proper color combination, and then vibrating in tune with it—all Being is vibration. For instance, if one has housemaid’s knee, the pip or acute spring fever, he should concentrate upon a blue disc with a red center—if that doesn’t work, try a green disc with a yellow center, and so on. Are you behind with the rent? Sim- ply concentrate upon the proper disc and hold the thought of wealth—he- fore you know it, the landlord will send you a receipted bill, Does your wife nag? Just concentrate brate—directly she will be qu gelic. No matter may be the condition to be met, stroy the ming false claim at once, leaving you calm, pez tented. Simply remember that all Be- ing is vibration—then concentrate and vibrate until you visualize your desires or become tired of the process! what Sgosophy can de- nd con © HAPPY DAY “ACH, HANS! CHEER UPL ONLY IN TWO WEEKS YOU WILL ff OLL TO FIGHT FOR YOUR EMPEROR.” comicbooks.com