Nikola Tesla spiritual or not?

[noyan]

This is what Wikipedia says about Nikola Tesla (Source being PBS as below, interview from 1937 Nikola Tesla as told to George Sylvester Viereck)

Tesla was raised an Orthodox Christian. Later in life he did not consider himself to be a "believer in the orthodox sense," said he opposed religious fanaticism, and said "Buddhism and Christianity are the greatest religions both in number of disciples and in importance".[263] He also said "Science is opposed to theological dogmas because science is founded on fact. To me, the universe is simply a great machine which never came into being and never will end" and "what we call 'soul' or 'spirit,' is nothing more than the sum of the functionings of the body. When this functioning ceases, the 'soul' or the 'spirit' ceases likewise".

“What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics.”

SINCE time immemorial the most profound thinkers have tried to lift the veil that hides the beyond," said Mr. Tesla. "As for myself, I have read thousands of volumes of literature and thought for years in the hope that I might get some kind of evidence to show that death is not the end. But all in vain. To me the universe is simply a marvelous mechanism, and the most complex forms of human life, as human beings, are nothing else but automatic engines, controlled by external influence. "When we realize this as a fact we begin to grasp the great idea of Buddha--that self is an illusion. Indeed, we are nothing but waves in space and time which when dissolved exist no more"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#On_religion

https://www.pbs.org/tesla/res/res_art11.html
https://citaty-slavnych.sk/citaty/18...l-of-religion/

https://www.lotus-happiness.com/10-i...-nikola-tesla/

These are also some of Tesla quotes:

"My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this Core, but I know this does exists"

"The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence."

"The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power"

The first part is contradicting the last 3 Quotes, as the first paragraph states that he does not believe in spirit and afterlife, I got confused now.
Was he spiritual or not? Did he believe in spirit and afterlife or not?

[Rawnrr]

Does he need a title?
He expressed his beliefs as he believed them.

[noyan]

What do you mean? His beliefs are in contradiction from what he said ?

[JosephineB]

I think he was a spiritual man

I'd take Wikipedia with a pinch of salt. That gets edited willy nilly by randoms. With their own agenda sometimes

This book was written by him: My Inventions - The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla. Might give you a better idea of the man.

[noyan]

Actually Wikipedia got it from PBS, interview from 1937 Nikola Tesla as told to George Sylvester Viereck)

Originally Posted by JosephineBloggs

I think he was a spiritual man

I'd take Wikipedia with a pinch of salt. That gets edited willy nilly by randoms. With their own agenda sometimes

This book was written by him: My Inventions - The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla. Might give you a better idea of the man.

[JosephineB]

Originally Posted by noyan

Actually Wikipedia got it from PBS, interview from 1937 Nikola Tesla as told to George Sylvester Viereck)

A written interview or recording?

[noyan]

Don't know, this is what I found (Source for February 1937 Interview with Viereck)
http://www.tfcbooks.com/tesla/1935-02-00.htm

https://www.pbs.org/tesla/res/res_art11.html

This is what Tesla told in the interview with Viereck in February 1937 about spirit "what we call 'soul' or 'spirit,' is nothing more than the sum of the functionings of the body. When this functioning ceases, the 'soul' or the 'spirit' ceases likewise".

Tesla also wrote a letter to Viereck in 1937, the interview was in February the written letter from Tesla in December
https://www.thehenryford.org/collect...lide=gs-195489

Also found this about Tesla an interview from 14 March 1926 with Ross Duff Whytock published in a Newspaper "The Lima News, Ohio, USA" as can be seen in photos from the link below
http://anengineersaspect.blogspot.co...ikola.html?m=1




Also saying: "SINCE time immemorial the most profound thinkers have tried to lift the veil that hides the beyond," said Mr. Tesla. "As for myself, I have read thousands of volumes of literature and thought for years in the hope that I might get some kind of evidence to show that death is not the end. But all in vain"

By those interviews and publications seems that he didn't have faith in spirit

Originally Posted by JosephineBloggs

A written interview or recording?

[JosephineB]

Originally Posted by noyan

Don't know, this is what I found
http://www.tfcbooks.com/tesla/1935-02-00.htm

https://www.pbs.org/tesla/res/res_art11.html

Tesla also wrote a letter to Viereck in 1937, the interview was in February the written letter from Tesla in December
https://www.thehenryford.org/collect...lide=gs-195489

It's difficult isn't it OP. Are you able to read those letters? Anything in them?

I suppose the only way to truly know is if you heard it from the man himself.
There was some weird goings on with all his paperwork after he died wasn't there?

[noyan]

Yes, I could read them, don't know what to make out of all these. Yes I heard about the controversy after his death. These interviews were taken when he was alive so he could have reported them if they were hoax I guess

Originally Posted by JosephineBloggs

It's difficult isn't it OP. Are you able to read those letters? Anything in them?

I suppose the only way to truly know is if you heard it from the man himself.
There was some weird goings on with all his paperwork after he died wasn't there?

[JosephineB]

Not sure if you've seen this website OP. I don't know if they'll be anything on there that'll help.

http://www.teslasociety.com/ac.htm