What of the dreadful dark regions of the spirit-world?

The dreadful dark regions of the spirit world. 

What of them, you will say? 

They are the work of man—of man alone. 

I could throw back the words to you, in a most friendly fashion, of course, by adding that they are the work of men who have all come from the earth.

The obnoxious features of those regions are the result of the obnoxious denizens who dwell in them—just as all the natural beauties of the realms of light reflect the minds and thoughts of those who live in them. 

In the dark realms, there are no trees—no flowers—and as their designation speaks truly—there is no light even.

The pestilent odours, which befoul the very air are but a further indication of the quality of its inhabitants.

That is their creation in so far as they are capable of it. 

Creator of all things invisible. 

There are theological minds on earth, both past and present, who believed—or yet believe—that the Father would be responsible for the filthy stench pools that are to be found in the realms of darkness, together with the many more unnameable horrors that abide there.

Why does He not sweep them away and be done with them forever? 

It is not for the Father to undertake this work, but just so soon as the spiritual condition of man upon earth improves, and still more improves—just so soon will these regions discontinue being peopled from the earth.

If from today, forever onwards, no single soul were to enter those spheres to take up his abode, then, in time, those whose work it is would be able gradually to clear them of their inhabitants. 

With their passage into higher realms, the lower realms of darkness would pass away, too. 

That is but the working of natural law, and such laws will always work thus. 

The Father does not step in to perform miraculous tricks such as the Church fondly believes He does. 

If man were to improve his spiritual condition upon earth before he came to the spirit world, his own disgusting earthly hovels of dwelling houses would be the first to disappear.

The word supernatural is utterly devoid of meaning either in your world or ours. 

The Father Himself does not act above or beyond what is natural. 

Natural laws are paramount and the Father is the great exemplar of them.

—Spirit Robert Hugh Benson