all are tending to involve the whole world in a struggle similar to that which convolves France. So she here identifies spiritualism with the teachings that led to the French Revolution, and history teaches us that that's where atheism comes in to our study of history. But she also identifies the centralizing of wealth and power as one of the characteristics of spiritualism. Now, the philosophy that desire is what's supposed to guide us is also a characteristic of spiritualism. Now, here's another passage identifying spiritualism, the Dragon Powers, Patriarchs and Prophets, 123-124. And this one takes us symbolically right back to the Tower of Babel. There are tower builders in our time. Infidels construct their theories from supposed deductions of science and reject the revealed word of God. They presume to pass sentence upon God's moral government. They despise his law and boast of the sufficiency of human reason. And when, butting into this just briefly, when paganism brought in atheism just prior to the French Revolution, and brought about the French Revolution, and from this point on, the philosophy of atheism was in open battle with the philosophy of Catholicism, that point in history is called by some as the Age of Reason, the Enlightenment, the time when the mind was set above the revealed word of God. So when she's mentioning here these tower buildings, boast of the sufficiency of human reason, that's what she's referring to, that very time period. Continuing on, in the professedly Christian world, many turn away from the plain teachings of the Bible and build up a creed from human speculations and pleasing fables, and they point to their tower as a way to climb up to heaven. Men hang with admiration upon the lips of eloquence, which teaches that the transgressor shall not die, that salvation may be secured without obedience to the law of God. Many seek to make a heaven for themselves by obtaining riches and power. They speak wickedly concerning oppression. They speak loftily, trampling upon human rights and disregarding divine authority. The proud may be for a time in great power and may see success in all that they undertake, but in the end they will find only disappointment and wretchedness. So these characteristics of atheism, the accumulation of power, accumulation of wealth, man's reason above the revealed word of God, the tower building, all characteristics of spiritualism. Another one, Selected Messages, Book 2, page 131. In the revelation of his righteous judgments, God will break up all these associations. Now she's referring to this passage in Isaiah 8, verse 9 and onward, this unholy association,