A F O RE W O R &
“Th e
conditi on s und er whi ch thi s th e o ry of
S p i itu ll of a
o
d to t ak e a p lace in th e cre ativ e thought of
h uman it y as an a i d t o e fut b y in di sp ut ab l e e vi d en c e th g ro s s ab surdi
Th e b a s i s of thi s t h e o ry re s ts up on
ti e s o f a b ald an d vag ue ma t eri al i s m
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“
KN OW AB L E t hrough i t s
th e e v i d n c s of a un i v e s al or un i t i v e E n e gy
op e ati ons and culmin atin g in e ff e cts ; a n in fe en c e a i v e d at b y in ducti on
f om th e on e fact that th ere is n o in di cati o n of a s elf g en erati ve en ergy
anyw h e e in N atu e
I w i s h t o c ri t i c i s e a t en d en cy of s c i en t i st s e sp e c i ally S p e n c er of
”
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“
s e tt i n g up s t raw m n
( fig u at i v e ly ) in o d e to k n ock th e m dow n
a n d t h us t o ga i n th e e cla t of th e s up rfic i al a n d of th e P hi l i st i n e s of k n o w l
e dg e
als o to mak e a p l a f or a rugg ed vigo ro us manh ood un a
I d es i
frai d to s t an d up to t h con s qu n c es d ue t hi s ow n wro ngful d eed s b y
acc ep ting w i th o ut fi in ching th at w hi ch is his d ue w ith o ut p l e ading th e
“b a b y ac t ” an a c t t o w hi c h a d af
r i s eve
tu n e d b y i n x o r a b l N a
;
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of th e day to avo i d th ap p ar
T h e co n v n i ent
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an c e of a fus
i s an i n d i ca t i on of a ca nk e b eg i nn i n g i t s a t t ack on th e
vit al p oc es s es up o n w hi ch alo n e hu man i d als can b com e s ta bli h ed
T h e ab ol ut e o b e di enc to n o mal aut h o i ty i s th e i d al a n d i f r e cog n i e d a
—
B ut
w e ll &t h at i th e h i g h t a n d b e s t
un d r th e l a w of u a s i o n b y lov
h ave n t a iv ed at t h at goal an d n e d th
s wh
s om e ch a ac t
th r
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mo e vigoro us di s cip l in e of mu t un ti l W i ll con fo rm s and m eets th e r
quir men t s of L w
to x clu i v ly comm e ci a
T h e w it er g ew up f om a n e a ly a g
i en c e i n th e fun dam n t al s of
an d i n d us t i al p u
u i t s h av in g a l i mi t e d e x p
vat i on an d in
e d ucat i o n ye t p o s s e s i n g a fa i r d g e e of th e facul t y of o b s
of co n c en t ati on of th ought b y de
e a ly man h ood s t en g th n d h i s p o w e
v e l p in g n ew fo ms of mac h i n e ry w h er b y t o i n s t all b ett r m t h od s alo ng
m e ch an i cal and in du t ial l in es
Thi s occup ati on h as b een mo e ove favo r ab l e in cr ating an int r
ap p o t w ith anythin g th at b e a s up on b tt m eth o d
s t w hi c h p ut h i m e n
me
n co n fi n d t
of a iv in g at p ct i cal ul t H i s i n t
t h a n ot b
of th o ught c n
ch ni
l l i n s alo n e b u t h as b oad n d ut i n to o t h e l i n
d i ti on d h o w e v e
of accu acy d
s e n t i al c h a ac t e i t i c
up o n th
s am e
m an d d b y m e ch an i cal n e c
i ti s i n o d t o in su t h d i e d ff e c t an d
fu th th at th o s th oughts h av t eng th n d th b li f th at th e e xi s ts
a e a s on f e v y con d i t ion as w e ll a s f or th e m an b y whi ch th o s con di
t i ons
b rough t ab out
I h av e u ed th e fo
s u c h la n g u ag e as s ee m s t o e x p e s s t h e
t h o ug h t in m in d mo s t cl e arly ; t us tin g th a t o th e s may s t i k e a t o
criti
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c is e th e th e o ry un d e lying th e th o ug ht rath er th an th e languag e ex cep t
t h a t an y s ugg s ti o n as to it w i ll b e e x c e e d i n gly w e lcom e w h ere it c an p e
th o ug h t mo re cl e arly t o o th ers
s e n t th
I w i s h t o s t a t e h re a fact in favo r of th e h a b it of e a ly o b s ervat i o n
a n d r e fle c t i o n ; t h at t hi s t h e o y w a s o i g i n ally s ugg e s t e d w hi l e at th e s ea
”
“
s t o th e ma ny
of w at er an d of
s h o r e b y d e s ul t o ry th o ug h t s
p o p er t i e s
o bj e ct s as th e fru i ts of th e
a i r w hi c h t h ou g h t s e x t e n d e d al s o t o o t h e
of p od uc ti o n &c a s s ugg es te d to me f om a n exp e
e a th t h e i r ma nn e
ri e n ce w h e n a s mall co un try b oy
T hi s tre at m ent of the s ubj e ct sh ould in n o w ay b e con s i d ered as a
t r e a ti s
b ut a s a s t at e m e n t of fact s un d e r p ers o n al e xp eri en c e a n d o b s erva
ti o n w i t h d e du ct i o n s t h re f r om
On e mo e t h oug h t a s b e arin g up o n th e enti e s ub j e c t
I t i s t h e e ff o t t o w a d mak i n g th e co p or al a n d s p i itual n atu e s of
h uman e xi s t en c e t o c o o rd i n at e w ith th i r resp e ctiv e ty pe s t h at g iv es R e
lig io n i t s Sa n c t i o n t o d e ma n d t h a t th y b e o b e d i en t t o th e law s of t h e i r e
—
l a ti on s hip s a s of Ty p e t o Typ e a p oc es s w h i c h call s f o th ev e r ac t iv e
co n s i d e a ti o n of th e m en tal an d moral facult i es of th e human rac e in o d er
t o fulfill t h ei r o b l i gat i on s un d er t h o s e re la ti o n s hip s whi c h n o n e h av e a rig ht
t o e vad e
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TH E S P I R I T U E LL E O F M ATTER
S ta rtlin g & N o t if w e
can
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Co m p re h e n d its S ign ific a n c e &
In o ff erin g the followin g thoughts upo n a n ew th eory as
to matter with arguments in suppo rt thereof I r ealize that it is
difficul t to make the thought clear by use of any existin g ety
of Matt er as
molog y to express what I me an by Q ua li ti es
this etymology has also a commo n sign ifican ce an d likewis e I
realiz e that a coin e d word n ot of gen eral recogn itio n might also
fail to be un derstood
I ther efore state that what I m ean by Qualities of
Matter is that somethi n g ever co n sta nt with Matter an d i n sep
arable from it which admits of n o an alysis eith er physically
&
or psychologically an d yet is an all co n trolli n g factor in the
op eratio n s of Nature which I choose to call the S pirituelle
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as
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(
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elemen ts of Atoms or of io n s etc etera
I fully believe that these two el em en ts exist in all matter
Qualiti e s as bein g the E n ergy en dowed upo n all elemen ts of
Matter an d atoms io n s electro n s or other infin itessimal divis
io n s of matter as th e v ehicles which u n der th e excitation } of
that E n ergy c re at e all the k n own forces in Nature
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TH E
S PI R I T U E LL E O F M ATTER
T o E x p a n d the F o llo w in g P o s tu
la te
.
.
Qualities of M att er is that somethi n g ever co n stant
with matter an d in separable from it
To be distin guis he d from P rop erties of Matter in thi s
that th e term properti e s as applied to bodies w e u n der stan d
th e di ff eren t ways in which bodi e s pr e se n t thems elves to our
“
”
sen s e s while the term Qualiti e s co n v ey a d ee p er s ig nifi
—
ca n ce than a material sen se co n sciousn ess ; i n volvi n g as the
t erm does a s en se of compa riso n of ul timate el emen ts an d of
t heir o r igi n ; a power which is wholly outside of all physical
se n satio n
That somethin g compris e s the basic elem ent of ev ery
fo rm of matt e r an d charact eriz es its ultra or sublimi n al part s
that can by any mean s b e made appar en t to man s physical or
‘
m e n tal se n s e i As matt er is comprised of man y varian t fo rms
an d whe r eas th e y are all fou n d to be susceptible to th e o n e
si n gl e i n fluen ce which charac teriz e s th em all it se ems to emp h a
siz e the thought that th e y are of on e primary o rigi n an d i n as
much as that characteristic ( sus c ep tab ility ) in all of th em
caus e s un d er favorable co n ditio n s a display of e n ergy w e must
co n clude tha t eve ry a t om of matter is p erm eated with a pot e n
tial which r e qui r e s som e slight or other distu rban ce of its e quil
i brium which also characte riz e s ev e ry el e me n t of matter in its
n ormal or i n e rt co n di tio n as dorma n t e n ergy
Keep i n g in mi n d thes e two facts a poten tial an d i n ertia
we may here stat e a third con ditio n as b ei n g e vid ent in th e
fact that matter is of so ma n y forms havi n g va r yi n g degr ees
of pot ential that we may a s sum e that th erein li e s on e chi e f ( I
might say automatic on e in the physical cosmos ) el em ent to
cause a disturban c e of the e quilib rium an d h e n c e a display of
en ergy An d fu rth er that as th e law of physics is that you
can n ot get somethi n g out of an ythi n g which it has n ot re ceived
o n e must co n clude that that display of e n ergy is due to a n
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excitation o f some sort by which the equilibrium of that pot en
tial which exists withi n every form of matter was brok en an d
that e n ergy was r elea sed which always li e s do rma n t in eve ry
part of matter until disturbed from outsid e of its elf
As to the fact that matt er is of s o man y forms an d that
all have had on e o rigi n bas e d upo n th e equi li br a ti on of eth er
ial or S piritual (th er e is n o o th er n am e f or it an d on e may be
in this cas e s ubs titute d f or th e o th er ) e n ergy ; it may b e
assum e d that that en ergy p roduced those eth erial vibratio n s
u n d er various d egr e es of inten sity which upon comi n g to e quil
ib rium p roduc e d th e various el em en ta ry atoms of matt er f or
th e purpose of or as r e sulti n g in th e i r e quilibratio n an d h en c e
as lyin g dorma nt in th e el em ents of which that e n ergy was th e
sol e p rogen ito r ; its form ( ch aract or of atoms ) co n stituti n g its
content for that which e n ergy had b een exp en d e d in e xact
dole
This may be m erely a sp e culative th e ory but n o mor e
so than that of el ectro n s as a seco n dary forc e b ein g co n sid ere d
as th e basis of atoms
However we have an un told variety of el em entary atoms
in ma n y va ri eti e s of combi n atio n s which go to make up th e
un iv ers e of matter an d yet each el em en t an d each combi natio n
“
poss e ss that charac teristic som ethi n g which may b e call e d
its potential ( simply s to re d en ergy ) which w e have call e d in the
titl e of this articl e th e S piritu ell e of Matter an d furth er alon g
“
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have illustrat e d as its Quali ti es
I n o th er wo r ds w e may
de sign at e th em e ith er as Qualiti e s of Matter or as qualiti es
( d egr ees ) of E n ergy or the S piri tu elle of Matt er as embodi ed
in substan c e yet f or mi n g n o part of substa n ce an d yet as its
sol e Vitalizin g p ri n cipl e That substan ce is an ythin g which can
b e id en tifi e d an d classifi e d by n am e or numb er as Air Water
E arth coal et c etera or th eir con stitu en t eleme nts all of which
a re sto r e d wi th e n ergy of va rious d egre e s th ere fo re i n h er e n t
Qualiti e s of Ma tter
th erei n an d w hich I hav e call e d th e
I t is th e s e i n h er en t qualiti e s of matter or d egre e s of
en ergy
upon which all physical forc e s d ep en d ; for without
th em th ere could b e n o mo tio n amo n g th e compo n e n t el em e n ts
of matter an d I do not hesitate to say that without th em no
matter could have come i n to e xis ten c e ; f or I believe that
S cie n ce will come to the convictio n that matter is but the resul t
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of the equilibrations of the various degrees of inten sity of the
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vibratio n s of energy an d that these qualities of their r espect
ive forms of matter denote their dorman t e n ergy an d that it is
“
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these qualities ( or wha t would be th e same thi n un der a
b ett er or more distin ctive n ame ) of matter which was e n dowed
with the power of resis tanbe to motion an d the reby to eff ect
the equilibration of e n ergy as creative or vibran t volitio n s
These all en erg 1z mg Volitions have i n co n trovertibly
arisen from a creative an d co ordi n ati n g power that can alo n e
accoun t for the exact bala n ce which obtains th roughout the
material u n ive rse subj ect alon e to a reciprocal actio n bro ught
“
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about by a disturba n c e betw e e n th e variant atoms of matter
e q uilibriated from varyi n g d e grees of vibratio n s at their in
c ep tion an d which di ffere n ce in the degrees of those vibrations
“
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disturba n ce b et we en the va
c an most lik ely accou n t for the
ria n t qualities of matter an d which caus e s all th e man ife sta
tio n s that are taki n g place in physical n ature an d also by which
the law of their operatio n s an d limitatio n s were determi n ed
i e determined by the co efficien t of the varia nt degrees at
the exact poi n t at which the equilibratio n s of energy took plac e
in f ormmg the sublimi n al an d varia n t eleme nts of matter
But matter alo n e is not our o n ly co n cern for there is
”
an en ergy lyi n g dormant in all matter from an en ergy which
has call e d that matter to an existen ce an d which is supr eme
o ver all matter to which it is logically co n sistent to ascrib e the
cha racter of a P ure Will or Volition k nowi n g n o limitatio n s as
to space or time n or of pow er That will that power&is that
u n itive e n ergy of which all C reatio n is the sentie n t evid en ce
an d the spirit e n dow e d upo n man is the c r ow n i n g or spiritual
“
—
evid en ce A p ity too tha t th e re exists a spiritual resist
ance as that there exists a physical re sistan c e to an e lem en t
—
of that en ergy ; but possibly i t is a wis e provisio n to call fo rth
the highest e fforts of our n atu re or to ma n ife st a wid e r scop e
of that e n ergy towa rds ma nki n d as of a wis e an d ben eficent
B ei n g ;
Of this Voli tion or Will we have a display throughout all
th e phases of n ature as localiz e d E n ergy from the high e st type
of b ei ngs to the low e st order of i n orga n ic thi ngs as the movin g
pow er throughout n ature upon the elements of matter which
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through thei r co ordin ation absolutely respo n d to like vibra tion s
or the re fl e x the reof tha t have caus e d th e ir fo rmatio n un d e r
th e proc ess e s of equilibratio n of th ei r r e sp e c tive g en e ric en er
gi es an d which reflex e n ergies remai n dorma nt an d all p ervad
in g withi n th e various i n ert fo rms of matt er as p re or dai n ed
by c reative power for thi ngs i n o rga n i c ; but as a free en ergy in
the o rga n ic
This dorman cy of th e ( or r ath er withi n th e ) in organ ic
is absolute u n til thos e qualiti e s from any cause become aggres
that is , some
s iv e l y a ttack e d from outsid e of th emselv e s
excitatio n b etw een varia n t h en ce u nbala n c e d poten tials
The ord er of Nature has p rovid e d that caus e which is
bei ng d emo n s trat e d ev erywh ere in n ature in such ma nn er as to
b e n ot o n ly co n s ta n t but automatic in their op eratio n s
I have fa rth e r alo n g given an illustratio n i n volvi n g
at lea s t fou r g en e ral obj e cts whose resp e ctive qualities c o oper;
at e an d c o o r di n a te to p roduc e on e of th e most powe rful an d
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el ectro n s
us e ful fo rc e s in n atu r e
E l ectricity
probably bei ng
its i n cipi ent stage
Those four obj ects are opaque matter ; tran spare n t mat
ter ; tran sluce n t matter ; an d matter which by co o rdi n a tio n of
ma n y qualiti e s of various forms of matter give out i llumi na ti ng
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en ergy.
Those four obj ec ts as forms of matter are th e solid mat
ter of our glob e ; A ir Water an d th e blazi n g Sun of our S olar
syst em ; which I may h ere s tate as enteri n g i nto all the opera
tio n s of n atu r e u n de r Natural Law & th e e n tire op eratio n s of
which tak e place upo n th e r el eas e of the do rmant en ergi es
stor ed up in th eir ev ery co n stitue n t el eme n t but released o n ly
th ere from in exact r equi r em en t for e v ery op eration of n a ture ;
that is to supply all P hysical forc e s just as they are required
n o mo r e n o less
Now this fact is positive p ro f that there exists nowher e
in physical n ature an y f r ee or i mmi nen t force or en ergy
As th e s e en ergies lie dorman t in all matter an d as it was
through the e quilib ratio n of th e se e n ergies as d egre es of vibra
t io n s of on e supr em e e n ergy that was the caus e of forms of
matter it cann ot b e said that matter has either evolved itself
n or that it is the primary cause of energy
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A chil d is not father to its own father at least it is n ot
so in th e physical W orld however it may be to d elusio n s of some
mi n ds
But to pursue our table of matte r that are stor e d with
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dorman t energies which I call qualiti e s of matter an d which
perhaps may be th e better recogn ized through the uses to which
they are or may be d evot ed as may suggest themselves to those
who use or are familiar with them
C oal ; Wood ; Iro n ; S to n e ; S an d ; C lay ; Natural food grai n s
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of various ki n ds & V egetabl e s ; F ruits ; and the like all of which
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have their specific qualities in ord er to fulfill the d e sign ed
purpose
S ome of these rel e as e th e ir e n e rgi e s at the will an d pleas
u re of man ; o th er s r eleas e th e ir e n e rgies to sust ai n th e physical
e n ergies of ma n s physical life which life f orever af ter di r ects
a ll those e n e rgi e s de r iv e d fr om matter co n sumed to th e sus
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taini n g of his physical existen ce an d for What
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This Wha t & should make every on e pause an d thi n k
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— from
Whe n ce this gen eri c e n ergy which through its
equilibra tio n s produced eve ry form of matter an d l e ft its own
p roportio n al element stored up within it to be drawn upo n ac
cordi n g to human n eeds
Also to thin k what was essential that that generic e n ergy
should co n sist of as to its characteristics etc e t e ra We can
n ot apply the sam e cha r acteris tic to it as w e do to matt er b e
caus e it is abov e matter for it cre at e d matt er an d it wou l d n ot
do to speak o f it as qualities for on e would n ot sp e ak of that
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gr e at e n ergy in man his mi n d as the quality of his body for
it would n ot be true as it is the o n ly thi n g of valu e in his whole
body but it give s us a subj e ct for compariso n over an d above
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in th e r elatio n of type to Type
a ll physical thi n gs
W e are th er efore jus tifi e d in classi ng that S upreme i n itia
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tive en ergy as S upreme Min d An attribute it is true but
I t c an b e n othi n g l e ss
There is n o
r ela ted to a ll exi s ten ce
profit in quibblin g ov er sup erlativ e s p roper to be k n ow n n or of
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those u n k n owable to speak of which is to imply attribute s
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This In fi n ite Mi n d has e n dow e d all ( physical ) el e
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m en ts of matt er with their sp ecial qualities to co n tribute to
the support an d comfort of se ntien t bei ngs and as obj ects of
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study an d appropriatio n to active use through t he u n d ersta n d
in g of them as shown by th e pow er of co o r di n atio n by that
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part of man s n ature which is th e un doubte d refl e x of that I n
fi n ite min d ; b ecaus e th ere can b e n o oth er possibl e o rigin from
wh e n c e th e mi n d of man could aris e havin g th e pow er of retro
s p ec tion an d of a n alysis of lik e thi n g s by lik e thi n gs an d from
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th e pas t to plan a pa th for his future ba rri n g on ly his con tr o l
o ver his p hysi ca l life an d b ecaus e thi n gs of lik e n a ture can
have o n ly on e o rigin All n ature emphasiz e s th es e truths
It was o rdain e d that all thi n gs should obey the law of
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th eir b ei n g S pi ritual b ei n gs to ob ey th e S p iritual law an d
physical thi n gs the laws of Na tur e an d man s dual n ature to
ob ey th e laws of both
Amid the s earchi n gs by sci entists as to what matt er con
s ists of el em en ta rily th e y hav e al tog eth e r ov e rlook e d it s fu n c
tio n or what it was d e sign e d to do amid all th e activi ti e s of
n atur e i ts prim e charac teristic havi n g b een hith erto r ef erre d
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to as its in ertia ( physical el em ents regardl ess of th eir quali
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ties which are co n fluen t in th e w ole mass an d whos e en er gy
on bei n g brought to equilib rium cr ea ted those s torage batteries
of i n ert potential to co n serve en erg y to be rel eased o n ly as
brought into co op era tio n an d co ordi n atio n un d er n atural law )
whereas it should have always b ee n con sid er e d as th e s tore
house of e n ergy though lyi n g dorman t th erei n but w hl ch uh
d er excitatio n from o th er or ex terior fo rms p r or i di n g the
foun da ti on f or the Op er a ti on of n a tur a l law pour out that en
ergy in prodigio us volumes
The operatio n s in n ature began b e fore evolution could
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begin its work that is th ey began by th e forma tio n of the
physical elem en ts of all matter af ter which by the n ec essi ti e s
of th e situatio n n atural law was brought un der subs e rvi en c e
to the law of p r ep ara ti on for its Op eratio n
Natural Law was therefore th e cr ea tur e of p r ep a r a ti on
for it an d was i n stitute d to rul e immutably in the physical un i
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verse in obedien c e to the ordain ed m ean s That which p hiloso
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Those mean s imply Creation by an All Supreme an d
i ntelligent Bei ng No other than God &
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Well it woul d be tha t all men shou ld live in C o n scious
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ness of God who made them after His own imag e to be like
u nto Him in power intelligence righteous n ess and love in so
far as man can attai n u nto His perfectio n s by living ever in
that co n scious n ess of Him th rough practice of our h onest con
c ep tion of the perfe ct man the b e st aids to which are the reve
l ation s He has made to man in His word which if a man ca n n ot
accept in all good con sci en ce he is bli n ded to the clearest Light
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Blessed are they that do His will A law of privilege and
love that never has y et failed &
But to return to the evi d e n c e s of
T he S pirituelle of
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Matter in its fundamental bearing upon the dual relatio n of
man to his divi n e origin ; as evide n ced by the fact that the en
tire realm of n ature is working to the emphasizing of his con
n ection with the source of all energy which is e ver e n dowi n g
him with power an d aspiratio n s ; sometime som ehow an d som e
where to be f ully realized in each several person ality an d
which is to be d etermined by that perso n ality whe n brough t
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into u n iso n with the laws govern i n g his dual nature the high
est obligation resting upon spiritual law ( conformity to type )
or authority
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qualities of matter are of such a diversified
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n atu re that whil e th e y in n o d egree cross e ach othe r s li n e s as
to their spec i al cha rac te ristics they are still so wisely co n sti
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un k n owabl e
tute d as to be c apabl e of e n teri n g i n to th e
combin atio n s by which th e most compl e x as well as the simpl e st
atoms an d io n s of matt er have u n d er the laws of n ature
tak en on form ; wh ether thos e fo rms co n sist of basic atoms or
io n s an d their rel ative subdivisio n s d evelopin g into dep en d en t
g erms or protoplasm of a sin gl e world system or in to the
compl e x co n stitutio n of the un i v ers e
The compl ete orde r un d er which n atural laws operate
deman d that the source of those qualities eman ate from on e
source
My co ntentio n is that qualities of matter do not pos
s ess any physical character such as c an be detecte d by a physi
cal an alysis of matt er to t he utmost limit of its ( matter )
composite el ements wh eth er un d e r simple or complex forms
That is when w e combi n e el em en ts e ach possessin g its
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own p e culiar
all thos e quali ti e s coalesce in determin
q uality
in g th e sp ecial n a ture or fo r m of th e combi n atio n an d upo n
th e r esolvi n g of that combi n atio n all its e l eme nts resume th eir
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s eparate or iden tical quali ti e s showi n g that qualities quan
titatively l e av e n o physical e vid en c e of their exist e n ce when
at th e same time they have caus e d the most convi n cin g evid en ce
of th eir existence through their eff ect s
Now if an an alysis of matt er leaves n o physical r e si
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quali ty capable of s eparatio n from its el em en ts
duum of
al though it alo n e p ermits said el eme nts to e n ter i nto combi n a
tio n quali ty cann ot b e said to be of a physical n ature or origin
Now i n asmuch as n o elem ent or oth er form of matter
c an mov e its e lf ( thi s gives the factor of stability to fo rms ) an d
yet as all matter is everywhere in motio n there must exist an
explan ation of the cause of universal activity in the realm of
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Again the u n d oubted evide n ce th at all p rg an ic matter
has had its origin f rom an impalpable stat e or co n ditio n ( so im
palpabl e that the light from th e most dis tan t s tars suff ers n o
obscuratio n to our n ak e d visio n) this in co n n ectio n with the
utter i n ertia of every form of matt er shows that before matter
began to take on form th e re could n ot have existed any l aws
of phy sics ( n atural laws) to co ntrol or di rect th e in c ip en t op er
ati on s by which n atur e could evolve matter ( out ) from its
etherial state
Agai n Natural L a w if self co ntrolli n g must have b ee n
established afte r Nature was compl ete in all its varied forms in
s t ead of havin g its i n itial ope ratio n s guid e d by law an d b e caus e
all n atu ral law depe n ds for its op eratio n s upo n the al ready in
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here n t qualities of the elem ents of matter through th eir sole
co n trolli n g i n flu en ce which by m e a n s of th eir spo nta n eous ao
tio n s an d i nter ac tio n s ( whil e matt e r its elf would o th erwis e re
mai n i n ert ) are the dire ct casus b elli of all the forc e s of nature
operati n g un der n atural law
S uch a co n ditio n d e ma n ds a p r oge n ito r for the elemen ts
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of matter ( havi n g n o histo ric past ) which in th e beginn i n g
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had no existen ce eith e r as atoms or io n s
Again if life e x i sts u n d er our mat erial existe n ce which
has required a material pr eparatio n for its ma n ife statio n while
at the sam e tim e there is n o i nheren t p ri n ciple of life embodi e d
in matter n or in an y of its combi n atio n s on what g rou n ds do
sci entists ( materialists ) co nt en d that life is an e volutio n o ut of
matte r per se which is absolut ely i n e rt e xc ept as the va ri e d
qualiti e s of matt er e n abl e it to en t e r in to re ciprocal relatio n s
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an d in which thos e qualit
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Why th ere fo re should lif e‘b egin its e xis ten ce aft er matt er has
become prepared for its man ifes tatio n at th e sam e tim e l e avi n g
the ques tio n u n e xplai n ed as to th e r easo n why its va rious qual
iti e s which b ein g oth er tha n matter ( that is of a diff eren t n a
tu r e ) are automat ically a ff ect e d u n d e r favo r i n g c on ditio n s to
a ct an d reac t upo n eac h oth er to caus e a disturba n ce amo g its
n
atoms an d thus to create all th e k n ow n forc e s in n ature un
d er n atu ral law an d by which all cha g e s an d c ombi n atio n s
both simple an d complex take plac& That is in o rd er to
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p ared for life s physical relatio n in its n ew modes of motio n
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i ts limitatio n s as degre e s of on e S up reme Life
W ere it n ot f or these qualiti e s of matter which were
en dowed upo n matte r an d e xis t i n g prior to it in a diff e r en t fi e ld
than matt er th ere would h ave e xist e d n o eff ec tive fo r c e by
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which th e chan g e s an d combi n atio n s of matter could tak e
place
As el emen tary matter has a purely material exist en c e an d
is h e nc e totally i n ert n o fo rc e s can b e gen erated by it an d h e n c e
n o mo tio n ca n tak e plac e e xc e pt som e oth e r ag en cy ou tside of
matter b e e x erte d upo n it an d to lie dorman t th erei n in o rd er to
giv e to matter th e dyn amic forc e e ss ential to i n itiate that mo
tion This agen cy in n o wis e can b e class e d amon g mat erial
el em ents an d yet is th e s ole d ep en d ence or age n cy which can
eff ect an y or all mat erial chan ges or combi n atio n s a mo n g th e
el ements of mat ter
That op erative agen cy is th e vari e d qualities which
compl etely p erm eate whil e actually fo rmi n g n o co n stitu ent part
of th e el em ents of matter an d which n ever los e the l east trac e of
th e ir el em en tal qualiti e s al tho ug h follow e d out in ma n y com
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Th ese qualiti e s of matter al though p erm eatin g it lie dor
mant withi n matter u n til b rought i nto eff ectiv e op p ositio n ( ap
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positio n an d co o rdi n atio n ) with oth er qualiti e s of matter of
attrac tiv e or repelli n g n atu re to excit e actio n an d reac tio n b e
tw ee n said el em en ts wh e n 10 w e fin d Ki n etic ac tio n is d ev
e lo p e d an d fo rc e s are g e n erat e d u n d er th e op era tio n of n atu ral
law due n ot to ph y sical caus e s primarily b ut to the Op era tio n
of immaterial or eph em eral causes co n sis ti n g of th e n on ma
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terial el em en ts of th e varie d qualiti e s which perm ea te eve ry
e l e m en t of matt er fr om ou tsid e th e sph ere of mat te r as fr om
th e on e sourc e which has c re at e d or b rought i nto exist e n c e
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every form of matter by its own fiat an d c h a rge d it as a
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ba ttery with its own sp e cial Vitalizi n g qualiti e s as from an
all un ifyi n g Supr eme E n ergy
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S cience
has bas e d a th e ory of the creatio n of matter it
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su rely had its g en esis som e tim e som e how ) up on dire ct elec
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tric gen era tio n ; but who ever sen sed ( physically or p sych ol ogi
cally ) electrical e n ergy dissoc iat ed from material agen cies upon
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which that e n ergy ( electric ) must dep en d f or i ts own exis t en c
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pres enti n g this theory of the qualities of matter
as b ei n g th e tru e explan atio n of the operatio n s of n ature an d
th e k e ysto ne of n atura l l aw my a rgum en t is i n t en d e d to illus
trat e the n e cessity of re cogn itio n of som e adeq uat e caus e for a
mat erial existen ce which its ow n n ature prov e s did n ot n or
could not com e i n to bein g of its elf an d thu s by th e i n ductive
method to poi nt out that the o n ly al tern ativ e caus e for e xist
e n ce con sis ts in this fact ( which all S ci en c e must fi n ally
ack n owl edge as the ul timat e caus e of all b ei n g ) tha t all matter
must have a spi ritual an d n ot a materia listic origi n ; n ot o n ly
b ecause of th e i n ertia of ever y primary el em en t of matter an d
th e n ee d for its g en e ratio n befo re it could hav e a n e xist e n c e but
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much the more that matter can n ei th er c reate its elf n or s yn
c h ron i s e lif e n o r i n t e llige n c e an d he n c e the fi n al co n clusio n
that as life an d i n t el lige n c e as we hav e a shadowy co n c ep tio n
of it by our exp erie n ce exists n ow it must have had an exist
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that is b efore the first atom of matter cam e
i n to exist en ce
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is this th eory of the S pirituelle ( immaterial ) nature of
the qualiti e s of matte r to be in an y degree co n sidere d as a
so rt of a n imism spiritism pa nth eism n or much th e l e ss as an y
foun datio n for a cult which den ies th e ear thly standards of our
mat erial existe n
to S how th e ab solutg n ecess ity
for every fo rm of existen c e as bei n g d ep en de nt upon a Be in g
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who is the All an d in All an d outsid e of whom there could
have be en n o exis tence an d who acco rdi n g to a purpos e cre
at e d the heaven s an d the earth by his fiat in callin g ma tter
out of n othi n g in i ts vari e d elem en tal forms an d en dowin g each
with its specific qualitie s to lay as dorman t e n ergl es th e rei n
u ntil fully p repared t o e nter e ach in its own sph ere i nto the
upbuildi n g of worlds an d systems as p er a divi n e plan found e d
upon n atural law which itself is based sol ely upo n the dorma nt
e n ergies as qu alities stored up in the elements of matter to
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be r eleased u nder the operatio n s of n atural law ; which was
th erefore th e result of a divin e act as th e outcome th e reof an d
h en ce all exis ten c e in th e field of n atu re has its or i gi n in God
I n co n sid eri n g the Qualiti e s of Matt er as n on mat erial
elem ents by which alo n e all th e elem ents of matter are c on
troll e d an d ev ery op era tio n in n atu r e tak e s place an d th rough
which Op eratio n s all k n ow n physical forces are g en erate d
whil e th ere has n ever b een foun d n or ever will o n e si ngl e
existi n g s elf actin g forc e throughout th e en tire domai n of
Nature we are le d to th e study of said qualiti e s an d th e rea
son s for th eir exist e n c e an d to accoun t f or thei r origi n as ema
n ati n g f rom th e sou rce of a ma n y sid e d e n ergy as ma n if e s te d
I t is s ur ely i n co n c e ivabl e tha t
in all th e wo rks of Nature
th ere can b e an y cha n ge in th e r elative positio n of th e atoms or
in th e status of th e io n s ( its r adiati n g el em ent ) of matter
except th ey be i n duc e d th rough th e qualiti es by which th ey
are e n dow e d bei n g susc e ptibl e to an d i n flu en c e d by th e ou t ly
in g qualiti e s of o th e r atoms or io n s b e i n g b r o ught i n to opposi
tio n an d co o rdin a tio n Th e s e are caus e d to operate in n ature
automatically by r easo n of the laws of n a ture fou n d e d by a
suprem e en ergy domi n atin g all spac e an d ac tuat e d by a divin e
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versal en ergy in both th e mat erial an d spiritual un iverse as the
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All in All
The h elpless n ess of S ci en c e ( by th e law of elimi n atio n )
to show a s elf acti n g an d u n iversal fo rce a n ywh ere in n atur e
aris e out from th es e n on mat erial qualiti es which
e xc ep t
n o physical
S ci en ce c an e xplai n p r ove s th e n ec e ssi ty
accounti ng f or th eir sourc e n am ely that th ey must have aris en
outsid e of all mat erial in flu en c e s in o rd er that th e mat erial
thin gs may b e b rought to occupy th e voids of spac e an d a sys
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tem an d sys te m ef sys tems d ev e lop e d out of material thi n gs
which b esp e ak th e pow er an d glory of i n fi n ite P ower an d of
Him alon e
This co n ceptio n can o n ly apply as to our restricted com
preh en sio n of Divi n e P ow er b ut w h en hu man ity b ecom e s im
mortal an d garb e d in its glorifi e d fo rm how much va s te r will b e
its con c eptio n th rough a r ealiza tio n full an d complete of that
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power an d glory for E ye hath not seen n or ear h eard
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neither have entere d into the heart of man the things that
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God hath prepared for them who love Him
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We therefore
d educe
c orrollaries
from the foregoing
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F i rs t T hat matter of all kin ds as we know it in its phys
ical state did
orig in ally exist in any material form
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S econ d That at a stag e of non exist e n ce matter coul d
not spri n g out from itself by any p hysi ca l law
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Thi r d As material forms do exist an d i n asmuch as th e y
could not have spru n g out from a s tage of non existence in the
abse n ce of physical laws it must b e pl ain that they have arise n
through an age n cy that is n ot physical
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F our th W he n we see such bou n tiful evide n ce in this
material existence of the glory and i n telligen c e that has cr own ed
all material exis tence an d of its dominati n g power over matter
on e can fully realize that the actual depe n de n c e for exist e n ce
of all material thi n gs must b e attribute d to a sourc e whose li ke
n ess has been so marvellously display e d in the human race
limited though it be by its mate rial c ell and that o n ly f or a
short period of time as compare d to an eternity for its un lim
ited exercise
The vital principle possessi n g thos e cells may to a very
mi n ute degree as of an act but n ot of substa n ce be like n ed to
the qualities of ma tter all of which have sprun g out from on e
Vitalizi n g e n ergy to fulfill His o wn purpose in behalf of a new
born race of i ntelligen t beings
S i n ce writi n g this article up to this poi n t I have come
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across the followi n g quotation u n der the subj ect S pectro
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scopy in th e E ncyclopedia Brittan ica which seems to v erify
b y its i n complete an d as I thi n k erro n eous conception of el e c
trons ( as poi n ted out in subseq uent comments ) this th e ory of
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the S pirituelle qualities of all forms of matter with the quo
t ation from th e same authorit y from K elvi n noted further
along upon the two subj ects of radio activity an d electrical
units both of which are merely illustrations of the un iversal
conditions that subsist as to the active relations of matter to
its several qualities
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S p e c tro sc o p y
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Quotatio n from page 623 volume 25 last paragraph in
firs t column of E n cyclopedia Brittan ica A D 1 91 1
W e must n ow i n quire a little more clos ely into
the mechan ical co n cep tion of radiation Accor di n g to
pre s ent ideas th e wave origin ates in a di stur ba n ce of
T he el e c tro n s r e sp on
e l e ctro n s wi thi n th e molecul e s
sibl e for th e radiatio n are probably few an d n ot di
r ectly i n volved in the s tr u ctur e of the atom whi ch ao
c ordi ng to the view at p r es en t i n fa vor is its elf made
up of electr ons As ther e is u n doubte dly a con
betwee n th ermal motion an d radiatio n
n ection
th e en ergy of th e se electrons wi thi n the a tom
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mus t be suppos e d to i n crease wi th t emp erature
or to be aff ect e d by oth er i n flu en ces causi n g ac tio n an d r eac
tio n s b etwe en the atoms io n s or as I choose to call them th e
radio n s excit ed by opposi n g radio n s an d caused by the di ff er
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qualiti e s of matt er It is the qualiti e s which
e n tiatin g
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are the direct eff ect of th e disturba n c e me ntio n e d in th e
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foregoi n g quotatio n an d n ot the el ectro n s b ecaus e n o elec
tro n s can exist u n til they are e xci t ed to actio n by th e apposi tio n
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of th e various qualiti es which give th e el ectro n s th eir birth
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We must still go back of el ec tro n s to accou nt for every
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E l ectro n s can exist
en ergy or forc e display e d in Natu r e
on ly as a mode of motio n i n duc e d by the rel ease of en ergy pri
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marily s to re d up in th e el ements of matter as qualities of its
various fo rms as their matrix cau s i n g the decompo s ition of
th e material el emen ts of atoms causi n g th e ir expa n sio n an d
b y th e i r mat erial impulse of i n creased volum e c re ate a Ki n etic
en e rgy k n ow n as ph y sical fo rces
No physical fo rc e exists e xcept as created through som e
—
such proc e ss n ot even el ectrical fo rc e thought by som e to be
imman e nt en ergy although n ot so as n o on e ever yet saw a
man if cstation of it except alo n g the fo regoi n g proc ess es
This fac t is comfirme d si n c e stati ng it by r eferen ce to
E n cyclop e dia Brittann ica pag e 740 Volume 27 in th e wo rds of
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K elvi n subj ect E lec trical U n its as follows
As an elec
tric al curre n t is n ot a thi n g but a proc ess
mod e of motion &)
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t h e un it curre n t can only be reproduced whe n desire d
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U n i ts -P hysical
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Also und r
The progress of this
c o o r di n ation of u n i ts has b e e n gre atly aid e d by th e di scover y
that f or ms of p hys i ca l en ergy can b e con ver ted i n to o n e
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n ot a cha n ge of what exists p er s e but a co n ve rsio n
an oth er
by m ethod of p roductio n by a process di ff ere nt from that which
produc e d other forms of physical en ergy
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It is n ot so great a s train upo n o n e s credulity to believe
t hat S pirit an d i n t ellig e n c e exis ted befor e mat ter as it w ould
to believe that matt e r existed before that which can control
matter ( although huma n ly speakin g to a limite d degree ) to
suit its ow n purposes ; or much less to believe that matter can
develop its elf i n to thought an d as an ess en tial preparation to
provide so compl e x a mediu m as the human system whereby
to give thought expressio n
Agai n what can be more co nvin cin g of the etern a l ( im
mortal ) relatio n of min d to Mi n d than the universal assuran ce
in all ages of an u nseen P ower over us &
A thorough u n dersta n di n g of the Operation s of Nature
must reveal the gr eat fact that Nature is everywhere leadi n g
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up to God as reveal e d to us in these very dualitie s dffrfifitl er
which were fou n ded in Him and are forever being exercis ed
aggressively an d resp on sivelnzo the i flu e n ces of other ever
’n
lasti n g an d u n ifyi n g qualities ofz
iiidttér which by such co ordi
h
n atio n have cr e ated such mag n ificent results an d which give
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proof of on e singl e author of both the C reator of the on e an d
F ather of the other
C r eator of matter an d charging it with energy The
F ath er of Ma n ki n d breathi n g his life into it to appear as of
His likeness fou n ded within immortal life
As a fi n al thought ascribin g to God the authorship of
Natural Law ; who shall den y that it is these v er y qualities of
matter that accou nts ( by their i nterd epen de n ce an d co ordi n a
t ion ) for th e great law of gravitatio n ; f or th e great balan ci n g
between the c entrip etal an d centrifugal forces which are oper
&
ati n g th roughout space in obedien ce to those laws An d thus
that it is God who alone rules th e universe an d in whom
all e n ergy is centered yet reaches out to i nfinit y and whose
governm en t shall be upon the shoulder of one who is calle d
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Won d erful C ounsellor ; the Mighty Go d ; E verlasting F ather ;
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S ix te e n o f T he S p iritu e lle o f M a tte r
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All n a ture to b e co n sid ere d as of a divi n e o rigi n a s an
un ifyi ng en ergy which co ordi n ate s all th e multi tudi n ous an d
di ff erentiate d q uali ti e s of matter in varia nt i n o rgan ic forms
from th e low e st to th e high e st d e velopment i e as forms of
matter en dowed with th eir resp ective co efli c ients of en ergy in
ord er to compl e te th ei r eff ective preparation for the still high er
d ev elopmen t i nto the organ ic as th e i ntermediary between i n e rt
s ubs ta n c e an d th e high e r ma n if e s tatio n s of en ergy acco rdi n g
to a for e ordai n e d purpos e
After th e pr eparatio n f or that highe r m
a n ife statio n was
compl ete a n ew ord er in th e ma n ifestatio n of e n ergy culmin ated
in th e high es t o rd er of existe n c e as cr eatu res n ot as m er e
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thi n gs
capabl e of appreh en di n g ( some man y of ) th e p re
cedi n g proc es s es by which that preparatio n was eff ected by
being en dow ed w ith the characte ristics ( a d egre e ) of that en ergy
by w hich the p reparatio n was compl ete d for their exis ten c e in
that its
lik en e ss was bestow e d upo n them in p erso n al or
as in entitative relatio n s ; i e as havi n g an i de n tity of b ein g
of lik e type as a spiritual entity i n capabl e of exti n ctio n or of
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absorptio n becaus e of the d etermi n ism of a supr em e pur
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The
— u n til th e
P rin ce of P e ace
e n d wh en al l thi n gs
fi n al co n summatio n u nto
shall be subdu e d unto Him an d the
th e
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S on be subj e ct u n to God who is All in All
Who shall read th e mighty history of th e u n iverse exc ept
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those who have a hold upo n immo rtality a histo ry that over
pass e s all the wo e s an d strife s of huma n exp erien ces an d re
cord e d in its an n als every li n e cl ear an d distin c t to all who
choos e to open to them
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S hall c an huma n aspi ratio n b e foreve r obliterat e d by
the passin g of its material ga rb back i nto its el em en ts an d thus
l eave n o trac e of its most valuabl e posses s io n an d raise n o
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qu estio n of its Wh en ce an d Whi th er & The very f orm of the
questio n shows a co n sciousn ess ab n ormally u n d eveloped though
it be of an immortal r elatio n to an i nfi nite past pr es e nt an d
futur e which n o man can wholly escape however hard he
may try
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Why
Is n o t the an sw er writte n in the entire Book of Nature
as reveal e d in th e Word of God to l ead
to study an d e xplor e
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th e reco rds of Natu re in co rroboratio n of g re v elatio n s to m en
wh en S ci en c e was an unkn own d ep en d en ce of men an d as a
r eco rd of its facts without an y e xis ten ce &
Is n ot a p rove d r evela tio n ( proved in so man y ways an d
i n stan c e s ) as a l ead er of thought an d of uplift of gre ater u s e
to our race than all eff o rts to disp arag e it in an y way by fallibl e
me n who for faith pr ese n t impossibl e th e ori e s which lead to
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F or amo n g the gr e ater
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time
T ime
as un limited
values which a r e the measur e of
by fi n ite bo un ds ; an d Values as
fixed by the highest concept of worth based upo n complete adap
tation an d co ordi n atio n exis ti n g b etwee n e ve ry media th rough
which a compl ete o rd er has be en established everywh ere withi n
those boun ds an d crea ti ng values ; those values must surely be al
lotted first plac e in the r e velatio n s of Nature which give evid en c e
of a recogn itio n of the perfect adaptatio n an d c o ordi n atio n of
every eleme nt of matter arisin g out from the etherial st ate by
th e ex e rcis e of i n fi n it e e n ergy chargi n g it with its own e n ergy
an d crow n ed by its ow n lik en e ss ; that is havi n g th e pow er td
recogn iz e i tself as a part of that which is the fou n t of all Val
ues E tern al
There is n othing that can be co n sid er ed as i n any re spect
approachi n g such valu e s as that of C o n scious n e ss j oi n ed with a
free will ; as it is th e most importan t exe mp lification of an i ntel
lig e n t purpose in establishi n g such a magn ific en t o r der in Nature
Which has give n to man the b en efic ient power of appropriatio n
—
an d of appreciatio n
An d
( respo n sive Values as of on e type )
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also in this z tha t in man alo n e those same char act er istics of
c on sc l ou s n e ss fr e e will an d i n t ellig e n t purpose are so h ighly
illustrated as a crown upo n the e n tire order of Nature
I f there be such a thi n g as wo rth ( i n tri n sic Value ) surely
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we must fin d it h ere as the value of a compl ete co nt en t Ap
prop riatio n ; Appreciatio n ; C o n scious n ess ; F ree will ; High P ur
pose an d embodi e d i n a typ e of Bein g like u nto his E tern al
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A uto Type as the E t e rn al Values
If those etern al values of co n scious i ntelligent life were
to be exti n guish e d as a flame is extin guished it w ould violate
the law of Nature look e d at from th e mater ia listic stan dpoi nt
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servatio n of E n ergy un der th e assump tio n that life is a purely
physical p roduct or a chemical combi n atio n ; but who eve r fou n d
the least p hys ical molecule or ion of life a n ywher e existin g in an y
eleme nt of matter & To attempt to recover any such as the prod
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ch emical acti on would b e folly b e i n g a physical imp oss i
b ility Which is a positiv e p roof th a s lif e is n ot of a p hysi ca l or i
Now What
gi n an d mus t b e lo ng to an o r d e r wholly b y its elf
is go od law in th e physi cal Wo rl d may b e co n sid ere d good law
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in th e wo rld out from which th e physical aros e th e Wo rld of
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Sp irit Life W e may th ere fo r e apply th e lik e law of C ons erva
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E nergy all &ivi n e
ti on of E n ergy to th e world r ul e d by an
I have referr e d e ls ew h er e t o th e illust ratio n of a flame
in proof tha t flam e an d life b e a r n o c o or di n at e r elatio n
VM atte r i n ch e mical combi n a tio n s can o n ly p roduce alo n g
the li n es of matter wh eth er solids fluids or in gas eous fo rm all
of which are re solvabl e or reactive This ca nn ot b e said of
o rga nic lif e an d th er efor e its c ro wn i n g n ature is n ot physical
Agai n as th ere was n o app ea ran c e of life in th e physical
wo rld duri n g th e fo rmative ag es a n d n ot un til th e p repara tio n f or
its en try was comp l ete d an d th en that lif e should app e a r an d
domi n ate th e media of its man ifes tatio n s i e di re cti n g its
ever y f u n cti on by its ow n u n a id ed en er gy p r ov e s tha t that lif e
whic h the organ ic life is the r efl ex of or as b ea ri n g a relatio n
to it is the o n ly fr ee en ergy that eve r could hav e domi n at e d in
th e aff airs of n ature an d i n asmuch as it i s doi n g so u n d er th e
m ost compl ex op eratio n s in n atu re as n ow goi n g on it mus t
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lik ew is e have bee n tha t domi n ati n g en ergy at th e b egi nnin g or
Etern al an d h en c e Immortal L ife i s
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Agai n Li fe can n ot b e compared to the evan e sc en c e of a
flame which c an rise o nly from thos e el em ents p ro duc e d by the
d irec t ac tio n of lif e; b ecause of this s impl e fact that a flam e is
suppo rt e d a l togeth er by th e el em en ts of matter w hich life has
suppli e d an d co o r d in at e d to supp ort combus tio n n ot on e of which
el em en ts are l Os t ( but s till re mai n as matt er in som e o th e r fo rm )
thro h the payi n g out of that which they h ave r eceiv e d from
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On the oth er han d Lif e as lif e n e e ds an d g ets n o sup p o r t
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c ess through Which it adds to ( in st e ad o f takin g fro m) everyon e
Of those mean s which Suppo rt li f e; i e as of th e e l em e n ts of
matter or rath er the lif e gi vi n g e l em en ts of matt er which
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life ( as fr ee en ergy ) h as e ntered i nto as co n stituti n g an d
CO or di n ati ng the life sust ai n in g pri n cipl e i n all th e foods Of
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man e very
of whose growi n g operations are domi n ated by
Life wh e ther it b e man ife st e d as life of man or of beast
bir d s re ptile s pla n t or vegetabl e as livin g things
VL if e out of Lif e is the orde r of C re atio n as God s Ki ng
dom of Life
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i Life e ver remai n s life
a sp i r i tu a l fact an d Matt e r re
mai n s matter a p hysi ca l fact as th e vehicle of Op eratio n s by
life in this material U n iverse with both co n stitutin g the dual
relatio n between th e S pi ri tual an d th e physical as per Desig n
the spiritual as S upreme Life everywhere imman ent
To expa n d th e though t on flame ( light ) h er e in refe rred
to as b e i n g derived from or made to app ear as the result of
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vib ratio n s caused by th e co ordi n atio n of the varia n t Quali
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ties of matt er which support combustio n let us co n sid er
light as the first pri n ciple of e n ergy which e nt er ed i nto the
co n stitutio n of th e u n iv erse simul tan eously with its in ception
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I n the b egi n n i n g God cr e ated the heave n s an d the
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earth ; an d God said & Let th er e Be Light & It was the first
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e dict of Him who is Light
th e fi rst display of e n e rgy in th e
vast u n ivers e an d which is the basis of every man ife statio n
of en ergy throughout th e u n ivers e to this day an d all due to
that dorma n t en ergy in n ature which God impla nted from him
self in every atom of matter
Is this n ot fully co n firmed by the ma n y app e aran ces of
com ets which give out light an d which is p r oba bly caus e d by
th e i n t e n sity of vib ratio n s arisi n g b etw e e n va ria n t degre e s of
dorma n t e n e rgy reside n t withi n the sublimi n al elem en t of gase
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ous or etheric n orms
I simply throw out this suggestion as a p ossi bi li ty on ly
as it b elo n gs to othe r s qualified to pursu e such i n vestigatio n s
I n co n sid eri n g the subj ect of God as Light we do w ell to
d1sm1 ss all sor d id sup erficial u n ethical or physical co n c ep tio n s
of ligh t which can b e co n c e ived o n ly as in part a r efl ex of; or as
a r e fractio n from Him an d to b ehold that light as th e great illum
in atin g e n ergy var ia n t in d egr e e that aff ords an i n sight i n to
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The Deep Thi ngs of God as w ell as to radiate the fact of a
t err e strial e xiste n ce
I wish to state also here that an y theory herei n expresse d
not fully born e out by arguments which are abso lute proof of
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th em shall be referred to like competent i n vestigators ; as my sole
obj ect in writi n g down th ese thoughts is th at men of high or
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of low d egree may return to the r ight co n c eptio n of this glori
ous un ivers e an d that we may all be b rought back i n to a full
co nc eptio n of T ruth as through a compl ete C o n scious n ess of
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God i n n ature an d over all an d,specifically that those who are
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mad e in his li ken ess should bear th eir first fruit by livi n g
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as in that lik en e ss an d thereby manif es ti ng tha t ever C onsci
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L I FE A S FREE E N ERG &
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Note the Kin etic power of human action through the
powers of the human will as the result of thought demo n strate d
by writt en word speech and the ma n y o ther ways by which
thou ght is made to acc om
plish great deeds
One i n stan ce is that by which it moves vast masses of
thinkin g men an d builds vas t works as compared with the sim
ple power of impregn ation of mol e cules of matter with ema n a
tions from itself as the great foun t of all E nergy
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P e rs is te n c e
o
f T yp e s
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A simple illustratio n of the persisten c e of T ypes as
d ependi n g upon an arbitrary law of existe n c e of like produc in g
lik e as experi en ced in a life of seventy five years during sixty
eight years of observatio n noted fi rst as a boy
It occurred in the lin e of Arboriculture in which graft
in g of fruit scio n s such as buddi n g an d stem grafti n g takes
place by buddi n g a pea r stem upo n appl e stock The juices
or sap of the apple tree nourish e d the pear stem which of
course yielded pear fruit
Th e reaso n for this was the fixed d ete rmination of a
livin g al though i n visibl e p e ar n uclei e xisting as the en ergy
capable of produci n g o n ly its own ki n d within the origi n al p e ar
stem only an d not in the fruit as I am told pear se e ds do n ot
produce the same flavor or shape as its ow n fruit an d yet are
the source of its varieties This is corroborated by a n other
illustratio n in th e cas e of a vari ety of appl e s k n own as S pitzen
bergs which for the sam e period of time s tated can b e grown
s olely from grafts from st em or bud cut from a bra n ch that has
born e S pitzen berg apples which in flavor shape an d colorin g
are quickly recogn ized as such in its fruitage It seems to me
to be the law of some ki n ds at least of fruit p ro p aga tion It
cann ot be caused by an y process of evolutio n i n asmuch as th e
seeds of the frui t provides us with so vast a number of varieties
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which cater to diversified tastes of man Is there not some
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sign ifican ce in both of these facts a d et ermin ism foun ded
upon some predetermi n ed act or r elation and a us e ful or pleas
urabl e result in mi n istry to the comfort and pleasure of our
race
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T h e Vib ra to ry Co -Effic ie n t
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I believe that every primary eleme nt of matter has its
vibrant co efficie nt any combin atio n of eleme nts woul d mak e it
difficult perhaps impossible to ascertai n the exact vibratory
conten t
If an y primary el e m en t could be found to respo n d to vib ra
tio n s of di ff erent i nten siti es under just the right conditio n s and
all the eff ects upo n structure actio n etcetera be compl etely
re cord e d it might be possible to measur e its co efli cient of
e n e rgy f or each an d e ve r y pu rpose to which that eleme n t could
be utilized ; that is if its atomic content was formed u n der
vibrato ry actio n But what would be the result
Disin tegra
tio n an d absorptio n in to or n eutraliz e d by th e en ergy expe n ded
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in the process
S uch a r e sult could n ot res u lt in physical
i ncreas e or utility but o nly as s ettli n g a scie ntific fact as to the
n ature of mat e rial e lem en ts
I t occurs to my mi n d that that vibra n t co efficie n t would
have to be u n der the excitatio n of some forms of light or
in duc ed by light of like characteristics an d con di ti ons that pre
vailed un der which these element s were formed
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the Operati on s in the in org amc worl d of nature
energy is releas e d through th e co ordi n atin g eff ects of the
qualities of matte r of varian t forms un der th e e stablished order
of thi n gs accordin g to th e comman ds of natural law ; but in the
orga n ic world tha t e n ergy acts directly through the sole en ergy
of life whose highest characterist ics kn ow n to mortals are W ill
an d purpose an d eve r y attribut e of Life Infinite bei n g as a re
script of eve ry other coveri n g all P erfectio n
( S i n c e p lac i ng th e M s in th e h a n d s of th e p in t e I i n s e t th e fol
lo wing N ot e in o d e to amp l i fy a nd j u s t i fy th e d evo ti on al co n c ep t i o n s of
t h e A tt i b ut e s w hi c h R e l ig i o n h a s a s c ri b e d t o th e G r e a t F i r s t C a us e of all
e xi s t en c e
Th e occa s i on of thi s in s e t a r o s e a f t er r e ad i ng P a t I
e s p e c i ally S ec
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t i o n s 31 a n d 32 of H e b e t S p e n c er s
F i s t P ri n c i p l s
a n d aft er I h ad
fin is h e d my w o rk
T hi s al s o ap p l i e s to th e n o te at th e end of th e sub j e ct matter un d er
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t h e t i t l e of
E n ergy—A ll & i v i n e—I s L i f e co n t ov e ti ng hi s a g um en t rel
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in a s mu c h a s th ey a e com p ehen s i v e of e v ery
n ot b e
U n con d i t i o n e d
a s c ip ti on to a n e n tity un d e su ch A tt ibut s as L i fe Sp i it Lov e T uth
L ig ht G d F ath M in d In t llig n c e t c tera b e ing w h at w e may call
diff e ent mani f s tati o n s of On e R e al it y Kn own to us s L i fe a nd w hi ch h av e
a f ully re cogn i ed e la ti on w ith th e I n fin ite C aus e f om wh n ce all thin gs
w e e ca us d t o e xi s t an d w h i c h a e t yp i ca l ly ( n t s ymb ol i cally ) man i f e s t d
i n th e i d al s of P e f c ti o n f om e v e y v i ew p o in t of t h e h uma n m i n d b y
w hi c h t e x p s s t h e h i g h s t con c ep ti o n s of w hi c h t h e h u ma n i n te ll e ct a n d
aff e c ti o ns r cap ab l e of and b ing in r sp on s i v e h a mon y w ith s u ch i d al s
a i s ing s th ey do from th i r in sp iring An ti Typ or as L i k e p oduc in g
L ik e r s corr es p on ding w ith L ik e or Typ e w i th Typ e
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A lth ough i comp e h n s ib l e a s it i s to u s yet w e find th e s am e
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con diti on s t exi s t in re f en c e t o th e human m in d w hi ch cann ot k n ow
n or s et a l i m i t t o t h at p o w e ; a n d w hi c h t h
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lik n es s h o wb ei t on ly in
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a d eg ee of th at p ure E n e gy w hi ch is ov r all nd i n A ll
I n s p e ak i n g of th h uman mi n d a s th e o n ly con c i va b l e l ik e n es s t
t h a t p u e E n ergy it is r a t i o n al t o s ay th a t t h i n g s t h a t e xi s t h av e a v i t al
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C au e of th ir e x i t en c nd co n st i tute th e on ly log i cal
re la t i o n t o t h e
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I t i n s titut s t h e
of th at C aus e
e v i d e n c e b y w hi c h t o co n c e i v e a n d j udg
on ly m th od or w ay b y w h i ch we can ar iv e at th e truth in regard to all
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o rganic world it is light alon e p rimarily ( as h eat
is alon e caus ed by retar d e d ligh t due to th e i n terception of light
ray s ) that arous es th e co operatio n or reactio n s an d co or di n
ation s b etw een th e do rma n t e n e rgi e s of radio ac tiv e vapo r izi n g
attractive or repulsive or oth er characteristic qualiti e s of
matter that b ri n gs th e material el ements ( wh ether gas e ous or
solid s ) in to co ordi n atio n an d th rough which the vario us fo rces
in n ature are r en d er e d ac tive an d ( which ) g en erate Ki n etic
ac tio n or co n scious eff ects ; co n scious n ot to thems e lve s but to
—
s en ti en t bei n gs of an advan c e d o r d er ; i e of a typ e i n fi n itely
b eyo n d an o rd er of m ere thi ngs which are m erely en dow e d wi th
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quali ti e s which partak e of c reative en ergy but u n d er limi ta
tio n of localiz e d or co rpor eal ( mat erial ) fo rms
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This B ei n g of an adva n c e d O rd er b ears n o comp ara
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ble r elatio n to th e o r d er of m ere Thi ngs
i n a s much as all of its
fun ctio n s or op eratio n s are man ife ste d alo n g al tog eth er di ff er
en t pla n e s which the la tter
ar e wholly d es ign e d to
s erve an d ov er which it is capabl e of exercisin g a limite d con
trol sub&ect o n ly to above co n dit io n s
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Tha t ord er of B ei ngs r ep r ese nts all that which pos
s esses an d r ep re s ents th e tru e or etern al Valu es in a material
—
u nivers e th e Valu e s of B ei n g or co n scious E xis ten c e which can
alon e be th e p rimal or g en eric source of E n ergy e v eryw h ere
man ifes ted th roughout th e bou n ds of S pac e an d Time an d com
p reh e n s ib ly d e sign ate d as Life capabl e of e n te ri n g i nto e v ery
man ifes tation wh ich can app eal to its own co n scious n e s s pla n
n i n g for th e mul ti tudi n ous ma n if es ta tio n s an d co o r di n a tio n s of
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that u n itive E n e rgy an d b re athi n g fo rth out from an eth erial
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n othi n g n e s s
volitio n s which vibrate wi th en ergy an d u n d er
whos e equilib ratio n s ( fi n ish e d con c epts ) thos e volitio n s have
r esolv e d into con crete mat erial forms as arisi n g out of a cre
ative en ergy an d which are embo di e d th erei n as th e vi tal e n
erg y r e sid en t in ev ery fo rm of ma tt er u n to i ts ul timat e limita
—
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tion s an d such B ein g is Life vib ra nt
That Life has b een han d e d down from th e I nfi n ite Life to
p erm eate th e fin it e an d as such to reproduc e i ts elf in th e fi n i te
“
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as th e refl ex of its elf that M an may Kn ow thys elf as to his
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Wh en c e an d Whith er
This givin g of hims elf through his all S upreme an d re
flex en ergy to th e finite n ecessitate s the various an d multitu
I n th e
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adaptations of that en ergy throughout all the stages of
cre atio n an d o n ward through o ut all en duri n g world systems
from the very rudimen ts of el em ental or i n organ ic matter u n to
its highest an d most complex organ ic fo rms an d which are
r en dered esse ntial to th e embodime nt of that typical an d refl ex
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e n ergy which alo n e is Life itself an d h en ce f I mmortal having
its culmi n atio n in the huma n race accordi n g to d e sign a n d of a
setti n g apart a n ord er of bei n gs to occ upy a n ew sph ere of ex
i st en c e in which a n ew rela t ion is c re ated an d a race born i n to
the family of God ; an d in His liken e ss havi n g on e F ath e r an d
each i n dividual havin g an e stablished rel atio n to God as F ath e r
an d to each other as His childre n an d who ma rked by li n e am en ts
in his own s e parate p e r so n ality trac e d by li n e s of id en tity which
shall n eve r be eff ac ed but which as immo rtals shall p e rsist
et ern ally in ch ara teristics illumi n ed by celestial light
Those charac teristics will n o doubt b e as or more dis
tin ctly r ecog n iz e d amo n g immortals as amo n g mortals u n der full
play of all their faculti e s
This life immortal is co n scious Be i n g an d in its esse n ce
wholly u n relate d to thi ngs cr ea ted which poss e ss n o reason in
co n scious n ess of
e xist en ce n or much l e ss to q u e stio n
origi n n or p redicate i ts future e ith e r as to time n or as to
etern ity
Thos e who sow to the fl e sh i e regardi n g o n ly material
b rute b e asts that p erish in that
e xist en c e ar e lik e n ed u n to
n egl e c ti n g the thi n gs of the spi r it th e y become bli n ded to the
co n templatio n of thos e thi n gs which th e spirit alo n e can reveal
their organ s of s en s e b e comi n g atrophied fr om n on u se
I n th e o rga n ic wo rld it was esse n tial that Lif e should
appear as an active s elf di recti n g e n ergy in or d er to i n itiate
impuls e yet dep en de n t upo n co ordin ati n g con ditio n s i e th e
o rgan ism must b e such tha t it is capabl e of r e spo n di n g to th e
co n ditio n s u n d er which life c an alo n e di re c t th e op eratio n s of
that organ ism by co ordi n ati n g all of its ch emical or oth er
operation s through th e tra n s mutatio n s of on e form of matter
i n to oth ers as a fit t empl e f or its own fi n ite in dwelli n g
fi n ite as th e s ources of its sus ten a n ce d e rived from tran sie n t
forms wh erein is written d ecay as of E arth to E arth
E ve n when an organ b e s eparat e d from its or igi n al c or
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practition er an d a livi n g torso similar to that from which it was
s eparate d in ord er to co nti n u e its fu n ctio n in a n ew situatio n
as w ell as that its own orga n i sm be p erfect S uch a situatio n
is a w ell k n own proc e ss in arboriculture etcetera an d in bo th
th ere must be those life re spo n sive qualiti e s embodi e d in the
tra n spla nt e d organ ic matter Which can respo n d to the livin g
e nergy of a livin g s tock in exact co op eratio n
Outsid e of Life there exists n o s elf dire ctin g en ergy an y
where in n atur e ; a momentous fact u n l e ss it c an be proved
otherwis e B u t it cann ot &
is writt en upon eve ry organ ic body the Why
F i n it e
is wrapp e d in s ecrecy to fi n i te b ei n gs ; E a rth to E arth is
th e o rd er of orga n ic L if e of u n limi te d p erso n ali ti e s for un lim
ite d e a rthly g en eratio n s of immo rtals of E arth age co n ti n uity ;
w ere it n ot so p eopl e would c rowd th e la n d
Life out from Life is i n fi n i te withou t limitatio n wheth
“
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er as a
root
vi n e of many b ran ch e s
or as a
It is much the mo re p robabl e that li fe should spri n g from
life than that it should sprin g out from that which is without
life
Thi n gs immortal b elo n g to life
Life is & Th erefo re Life is immortal Life an d E n ergy are
syno nymous
E n ergy an d matt er cre ate physical forces
F re e or S up rem e E n e rgy havi n g pow er to c reat e mus t
also poss ess po w er to tra n sm ute
N ei th er matter n or en ergy could cr eat e th ems elve s out
from n othi n g Th erefore as w e k n ow tha t mat erial or i n o r
gan i e forms mad e up out of a toms or its sublimin al el em ents
as w ell as the dual relatio n of i n organ ic fo rms did n ot at on e
time e xist as such an d a s w e also k n ow that e n ergy also
e xi s t s an d also tha t it domi n at e d all ma tt e r in som e fo rm by
b rin gi n g it i nto e xis ten c e an d lyin g dorma n t th ere i n w e must
admi t that en ergy e xi s te d b efore matter could possibly exist
Agai n if en ergy could n ot crea te its elf an d as it n ec es
s arily mus t have e xist e d
b efore matter th e ultimate fact
re mai n s that E n e rgy is E ter n al
What mo re fitti n g co n c eptio n
can we have of it than as a livi ng all wise all pow erful Be i ng
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as God over All in Al l
To be cloth ed by human con sciousn e ss
as with attribute s a n oted sci entist to the co ntrary which ever
d eman d the high e st d eepest an d n oblest e xpression s of t h e
huma n min d an d aff e ctio n s or as en tirely opposed to al l
s en s ou s co n tami n atio n s which lead to an d o n ly to d e gr adatio n
of man s dual n a ture
Th e only e n erg y th at exists in the univers e of i n orga n ic
matt er that is ap pa rent to ph y sical s en se is that which w e fin d
to lay do rman t in matter or its el em en ts ; h en c e all gen erat e d
or Ki n e tic fo r c e s are physical o n ly in s e co n da ry
relation s
Now as matter is absolutely i n ert physical fo rc e s are n ot due
p rimarily to matt er but to that establishe d e n ergy residin g in
it bei n g caused to act by n atural law in our S olar sy s tem u n d e r
that vast foun t of light radiatin g from its lumi n ary the S un
as its centre
Thi s present co n dition of our S olar sys tem does not imply
that light may n ot h ave b een an accompa n ime nt of an i n ca n
de scen c e of our glo be at an e a rly stag e an d later of a bursti n g
fo rth at ma ny v en ts which would cause gradations of light an d
h eat in con tiguous t e rrito ry favo rabl e to luxurious vege tatio n
an d to th e va rious proc e sses which have e vid e n tly go n e on
duri n g its e a rli er stage s ; t hat light b e in g on e of the es tab
lish e d facts in n atu r e as repr e se n tative to physical se n se may
be liken e d to on e of th e a ttr ibu te s of D eity or of an E n ergy
all S up reme e n light en i n g e very man that cometh i nto the
wo rld
that is s et as the e n lighte n er of all n ot self bli n ded to
his e ffulgent rays
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w h e e S p n c e r i n S e c t i o n s 31 a n d 32
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“U nk n o w n C a us e ” —
C o nd i ti o n d th e h uman m in d ; h e ab s o
b y th e
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fact th at h e h as stultified h i m s e lf b y h i s t h e o ies in
lut ly ov rlook s th
r ga rd t o a cco d i ng att ib ut e s t o t h a t U n k n o wn C a us e b y o t h e s b y do i n g
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t h t v e y s e lf s am thi n g in t h a t h e a s c ib e s t o his U n co n d i t i o n e d Som e
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th a t i n t e ll i g en c e at
Unk n o w n C a us e s o t an sc en t all y g re a t
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lat iv r la ti on w e fin d man n dow e d
On th e o th e r s i d of t h e s am e
lati o n s th e e of w i th full p ow r
w i t h l i fe con s c i ous of hi m s lf n d all th
of e as on an d its elati on to co n s ci ou li f an yw h e e and v yw h
an d
cap ab l of e al i ing an d n fo c in g th e g a nd s t i de al s t w hi ch th at l i fe
may b e d ev e lop ed in n ob l e liv ing b y c ultivating h igh con c ep ti o n s of s p n
v y c t in r lati on th et o
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s ib ility an d acco unt a bi l i ty f or hi s
ing up o n his e la t i o n t o t h a t hi g h s ou c f om w hi ch th at l i f e h s i s u d
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I f th a t C a us h s st oo p e d t o con c n it s e lf w ith m e e a t om s w h e e
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do es th e d eg ada ti o n com e in wh n in t llig en t hu man b ing s wh
th e
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g and est p odu c t of th a t C a us e w ith wh om th at C aus e m u t al o h av e
con c n d its lf e x e c is e th p ow e s of th i typ e s till fa th r b y a s c ib in g
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t th e C e at o
of atom th Att ib ut
of C ause wh i l e oth s w h o
ato of A ll thing s an i n comp h n s ib l B i n g who h s out of
s e e in th e C
n o th i n g
con s titut d atoms in th in o gani c w o ld an d in c e t a in o th
atom s of th o ga n i c w o ld endo w d w ith a m i n d to ap p h n d ( wh i ch
atoms cann o t do ) th a t B in g al th ough in s om e fain t d eg e a s c ib t H im
th a pp e lla ti o n of G od ; o th I n fi n i t e M in d
o th Att ib ut s w hi ch t h at
f ee sp i it in man con c eiv e s of a p u e s p i it—as Li f L ight Lov e th A i
mighty F ath e th e All in A ll o b y n y th Attrib ute w hi ch a grat ful
b eing may ch oo s e d e vo ti on ally t o b es to w
re cog n i t i o n
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Th at is ; —whi ch co n fo m s th e clo t to human re as on a s w e ll a s t
th e in tui ti v e o r un i v e s al s en s of ou
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To say of s om e or of an y a s te d C au e w hi ch w e admit a s p o
d ucin g a n e ff c t s u ch a s o ig i n a t i n g a t om o th e l e m e n ts of ma tt e
th a t
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C aus e is U n conditi o n ed w ou ld b e n a b s u dity b e caus e of th
fact th at it b e a s a e lati o n to its ow n w o k an d th at to id en tify th e w o k
i s to g i v s o m k in d of a n i d en ti t y t o t h e w o kman
I t w ou ld b e a e fus al of th e s t o ng s t e vi d n c e t o ej e c t th e t e s ti mon y
whi c h t h e a c t h s accom p l i s h e d i f w e d en y th e ac to r a s comp re h en s ib l b y
th e e v i d n c e of H i s W o k s
Sp en c e s wh ol e a gum ent th ere for is ab s u d or d i sing enuou wh n
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h e t i es t p rov e th a t a C e a to is p o s i ti v ly U nk n ow ab l
th o ug h h uman
co n c ep ti o n an d i s a m e r e c ud es c en c e of th e So ph i s ts m ix d w ith th
“
an ci n t G e k p acti c e of l ig i on in er c ting t e mp l es U nto th e U nkn own
”
God
O h &f or an oth er P aul
On e mi g ht as w e ll a rg ue th a t b ca us e th e qu al i ty in a p e ac h or n y
o th er f uit food whi ch g ives to e ach th e i e cogn i ab l flavo r odo i s
“unk n o w ab l ” an d h a
th e
t
t w e m us t n ot g i v e t o th e s e flavo rs o odo
ap p llati on of s weetn es s d eli ci ous or o th r quali ti es th a t may dis tin gui h
e ac h ; n or t o a p p ly any t er m of d i s ti n c ti o n t o th e va r i o us fo r m s of fr ui t
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food
o nly b e caus e w e cann ot k no w th e p e cul iar inter relati on of flavo rs
t o t h e i r co rp u s as th e m e d i a of t h e ir ma ni fe s t at i o n &
”
“
i n con c ei vab l e th at th er e c an b e such a thing a s an un re la te d
I t is
r e la t i o n a s b et w e e n C a u s e a n d E ff e c t a n yw h er e in n atur e n or any e l s ewh e e
A v ery s i mp l e i llust at i on of man s p erv ers ity in ob s t uctin g sp i i tual
i llum in at i o n b y draw ing th é d n s e v e i l of p rej udi c e s elf Wi ll o ign o an c e
an d i n d i ff e r en c e i n un cov eri n g unp ala t a b l
( t o hi m ) fact s is th at of one
s hu tt i n g out t h e l i g h t of t h e s un b y d r aw i n g a n o p aque c ur t a i n b e fo r e all
th e ap ertures f or l i g h t in a room—th e a p ertur es are th ere un d er his own
control &but
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l llus tra tio n s
o
f t he
e x c ita tio n
d e n t in
re s i
W a te r
as
o
f the d o rm a n t
e n e rg ie s
m a tte r
a ll
.
e va p o ra tive
to its
.
q u a l itie s ,
e tc .
Water is subj ect to many various i nflue n ces as light win d
gravitation attrac tion etcetera
As to the i n flu en ce of light we fin d that th e water i n ter
c ep tin g by its r esista n ce to th e p en et ra tio n of its rays produces
h eat ; heat acti n g upo n the e vaporativ e qualities of wa ter causes
its molecul e s to e xpa n d u n til vapor which is n ecessarily lighter
( by r eason of such expan sio n ) than water aris es from it ; which
vapo r by r easo n of its expan ded an d heat co n te n t becom e s
lighter than the air ; an d because of the qualiti es of air to ah
sorb a c ertain portio n of vaporiz ed water we have air more or
l e ss saturated with vapor i n visibl e up to th e point of full satura
tio n wh en by som e u n kn o wn ( to me ) p roc ess this vapor seg
regates i nto cloud ( attractio n of like p articles probably )
To a n ticipate a littl e I remark h ere that this kin d ( by
heat o n l y ) of e vaporation has n ot be en accompa n i e d by frictio n
an d th u s has n ot g en erat e d an y po ten tial force withi n th e vapo r
an d he n c e n o n e withi n the cloud fo rm e d by such vapor an d
ther efo re those clouds will n ot be sto rm clouds but perha p s
simpl e rai n or mere vapor like steam to be r eadily absorb e d
by currents of dri er air
B u t wh en li ght falls u p o n an impe n etrabl e surface after
passi n g through th e air which slightly retar ds its rays p roduc
in g a c ertai n volum e of h e at abso rbed by th e air it b ecom e s
s till mo r e r etard e d by th e g r e at er re sis ta n ce to passag e an d
caus es a still greater i n t en sity of h eat to the e art h s su rfac e
which b ecomin g r efl ect e d back i nto th e air caus e s it to expan d
an d th ereby r e duci n g its w e igh t quan titiv ely u n til it b e com e s
so rarefi e d over large spac es as to caus e a partial vacuum ; so
that outlyi n g territory or upp e r strata of air n ot so highly rare
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rush in with great velocity ( force or Kin etic energy ) to fill
the partial void
Now u n d er this Ki n etic force the wi n ds pass over vast
“
”
ar e as of w ate r c re atin g fri ctio n an d ge n erati n g el e c tro n s ,
which becaus e of th e abso rbin g qualiti e s of the air absorb vapor
an d W i th it c e r tai n elec tro n s g e n erate d by fr ictio n b etw een the
win d an d water to cha rg e or t emporarily store electricity in
“
”
such vapo r an d by the quali ty or po wer of con de n satio n to
form i n to clouds from which u n der ce rtain o ther con ditio n s
both are rel eased u n der forms of rai n lightn i n g fire balls an d
the like
I do not thi n k an e num eratio n of other i n stan ces can add
r
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t
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emphasis
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Illustratio n s ; b eli e vi n g that th ere is not an el em en t of ma tter
in which th e se do rma nt e n ergies of matter b ut what are more
or less aff e cted u nto ac tivi ty th rough th e eff ect of light at some
stage or a n oth e r of our c el e stial an d t erre strial order ; as bei n g
the tru e practical an d e con omic law of n atur e which has n e ve r
r e veal e d n or ever will a si n gl e i n s ta n ce where an y forc e or
e n ergy act e d in an y other way tha n i n di r ectly; exc ept in or
i
r
n
o
f
a
a
n
matt
r
as
the
di
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act
o
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matter which must n ec e ssarily a nte date every Natural Law
fled
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C O N S TIT U TI O N O F M ATTER
.
th e ory of the di ff e re n ces between elem ents of matte r
may be assumed ; that at th e g en esi s of those el ements g en e
ration occurr e d un der a volitio n of en ergy as an origi n al or
p r im e mover gen erati ng mo tion at various degr ees of i n tensi ty
an d at th e e n d of such volitio n pu rpo se havi n g b e e n a ecom
h
r atio n s
r
n
e
n
equilib
a
t
ion
occurred
amo
g
or
to
t
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e
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l
s
p
which by s om e farthe r p roc e ss may b e took on so me physical
—
—
form the diff ere n ces of which in ki nd are due to vari e d in ten
s ity of vibratio n s whi ch still gov er n e d b y the voli t io n s causi n g
equilib rati on ; the pri me r esult of e quilibratio n bei n g matte r
charged with do rma n t en ergy in its co n cr ete or physical forms
As volitio n or Will as th e k n own characteristic of Life
alone is foun d only in organ ic life lo ng after inorganic exist
On e
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en c e has furn ished m ean s for its subsisten ce an d mean s for its
expr ession ( in its dual r elatio n ) it is n ot u n reaso n abl e to assume
that duri n g that p roc e ss an d etern ally prior to it that th ere ex
iste d an e n e rgy which all el em en ts of matter are charg e d with
an d that that en ergy was a S up r e me Will ex e rcisi n g voli tio n in
all ways It is n ot r easo n able to assum e that E n ergy c reated
“
”
its elf ( S ci entifically u nthi n kable ) n or that it is a physical
“
”
co ntent as it cann ot b e locate d as such co nten t b ecaus e th ere
is n o app ea ra n c e an ywh ere in n ature outsid e of its do rma n cy in
matter as a her i tage; exc ept as before stat e d in o rga n ic life
Th e fi n al co n clusio n mus t b e that if life alo n e at th e con
summatio n of thin gs material is th e o nly p rim e mover through
out th e ph y sical u n ive rs e th er e could hav e b een n o o the r p r im e
mover at th e g en e sis of thi n gs ithan Life as the great en ergiz
ing force in that u n iv erse
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RE M A R KS
.
It is far more co n siste n t with the strict e st rules of sci
e ntific
r esearch to lay th e greater str e ss upo n the better
grou n d e d theo ry or that which is th e most reaso n able as c on
n e c te d with es tablish e d fac ts & I o ff e r this po stulate in r e f e r
e n c e to th e establish e d truth upon which ev ery sci en ce must
—
dep en d in every s earch for facts that every eff ect has its caus e
My argument illustratio n s an d assum e d a n alysis of th e
gen esis of matter tak e s full cogn iza n c e of this basic law from
which I d e si re to fully emphasize the i n e vi tabl e an d mos t
re aso n abl e co n clusion tha t i n asmuch as S ci en c e has fi n ally s et
“
tl e d dow n to th e th e o ry that matt er is g e n e rate d th rough or
—
by way of ( as I u n d ers ta n d it n o o ther way s eemi n g p ossibl e)
“
”
the e quilibratio n of el e ctro n s tha t such a th eory l eave s a
very wide gap in accou nti n g f or thos e el ectro n s
I t is an i n dispu tabl e fact suppo rt e d by an y a n d every ex
p erimen t that el ec trical e ff e c ts while app e a ri n g as u n d er s ev eral
forms amo n g which e l ectro n s may a p p ea r as th e o rigi n al ele
ment it still remai n s the fact that those electro n s are o nly s e c
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as they appear only after matter has already taken on
form an d b een in fric tio n al co n tact amo n g its atoms
As to th e prese n t co n clusio n s of S ci en ce as to the form
atio n of matte r is it n ot more reaso n able to assum e that in the
ge n e sis of matter that there mus t be an i n itiatin g cause & This
“
is evide n t ; b e cause of its ( S ci en ce ) fixity upo n el ectro n s as
the basic e n ergy un d erlyi n g matter The fact is that those
—
electro n s are o n ly sec on dary to matter its elf that is th ey arise
out of matter already form e d or in process of formulatio n un der
frictio n al ( or equivalen t) co n tact a n d s tore d un d er equilib rati on
of its e n ergy withi n its atom s in its positive an d negative forms
in certai n forms of matte r f n ot all
If w e assume that el ectro n s are the starti n g poi n t of mat
ter we must assume that electro n s were either etern al or that
th e y cr e ate d th e ms elve s W e kn ow they could n ot do the latter
n e i th e r w e r e they th e form e r b e cause we kn ow that they are
o nly s eco n dary or frictio n al eff e cts an d n ot caus e s
With this elimin atio n of electro n s as e xplai n i n g th e origen
of matter th e way has be en prepared f or our fi n al postulat es as
a recog n izable basis for all sci e n tific r e search
“
”
F or if el e c tro n s
which have n o physical status is an
exi s ten ce as som e scie n tists h ave ass e rted pe rmitti n g of n o
physical an alysis it is n ot i n co n sisten t to assume that that
thi n g which is th e i n citi n g cause of those el ectron s is much the
more en titled to b e clas s e d as a sup er i or e xist en ce ; an d by
purs uin g the a n alysis s till farth er ( if that was n ec e ssary and
possible ) to assu me th e th e o ry of a Sup rem e E xist en c e out from
which e ve ry E n ergy in Nature has had its o r igin as bein g in
tru e agr eemen t wi th the facts
I n fact th e u n iv ersal op e ratio n s s e e n an d r ecogn iz e d in
n atur e d ema n d th e m e n tal s timuli that n o i n v e s tigation is com
r
u
til
have
acco
u
n
ed
for
co
n
ditio
n
s
o
u
t
f
om which
n
e
t
e
w
l
e
t
p
th e thi n gs i n vestiga te d have come i n to e xist e n c e ; f or th er e
n e v e r will n or e v er c an b e fou n d u n d e r th e most s e a rchi n g in
ve s tigation s of all or an y i n cipi e n t physical co n di tio n s that will
e ve r rev e al a n y e xpla n at io n s of them as sho w i n g an origi n as
a risi n g un d er Natu ral L aw which th e materialist bases his in
ve s tig ation s wholly upo n l n face of the fac t that they arose
before Na tural Law had any basis f or operatio n
on dary ;
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I o ff er this also as proof that Volitio n e xpressin g itself
as a pure Will is in n o way d ep en d en t upo n th e opera tio n of
Natural Law an d there fore is n ot subj ec te d to th e sam e pro
c ess e s of d evelopm en t bu t upon a n oth er cod e e ntirely ; a code
wholly e ducatio n al an d with moral i n sti n cts i ntu i tively sug g es
tive of its divi n e origi n an d un d er which r elatio n s it lies un d er
th e high e st obligatio n s of co n fo rmity to its type
It s eems like a was te of en ergy in attempti n g to elicit a
theory of the origi n of matter if we n egl ect to c o n sid er th e
only possible predec e ssor of matt er which must an d ev er will
“
”
r emai n un kn owabl e un less w e ex ercis e th e right to a compari
son wi th th e chara c ter of t h e o n ly exis ti n g type which c an an d
—
does domi n ate it this very was te of en ergy un d er the physi
“
”
cal law of co n s ervation of en ergy places that e ff o rt outside
of th e law of physics as h ere in co nten d e d an d as p rovi n g th e
existen ce of tw o disti nct n ature s which all ought to r e cogn ize
as th e S piritual an d P hysical ; the fo rm er c re ative of th e latter
an d p erm e ati n g it al though from its v er y n a ture u n disc ern ible
by any a n alysis ( al though discovered by its eff ec ts ) whil e th e
latter c ertain ly cann ot c reate n or develop the form er th rough
an y ch emical o r other proc e ss becaus e n o physical product r e
s ults fr om th em i n asmuch as th e e l e m e n ts that e n t ere d i n to
th es e p roc esses are qua nt itiv ely the same physically although
chan ge d in form but n ot l ess en e d at all & W h ereas if th e chemi
cal actio n produc e d thought th e el em en ts en teri n g i n to th e p ro
c ess mus t b e l ess ene d by as much as th e exp en diture had e m
tere d i n t o t hough t an d fi n ally ought to be r esolved back i nto
matter I doubt that an y chemist will ever b e fou n d W illi n g to
guaran tee such recovery
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P O S T U L ATES
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F i rs t That
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th ere cann ot be any such thi n g as s elf g en eration
Th ere must b e co o r di n ation betwe en two at l east p rece
d en t th ereof or co terminus
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S econ d This i n volves th e g en eric law of cause an d eff ect
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Thi r d There can be no eff ect a nywhere without its cause
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F our th E very e ff ect pre d icates a C a use .
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F if th I n the U n iverse we s e e wo n derful e ffects
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S i xth He n ce th e re ma s t be a Ca us e
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S even th F or u n ity of actio n there can be but On e C ause
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E i ghth T he exist en ce of that C ause without ge n eration
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,
,
c ssitate s etern i ty of b e i n g
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N i n th H e n c e A B e i n g which means Lif e Light ( I ntell i
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gen ce ) P ower ( E n ergy ) over All in All Ca us e
—
Ten th That i n v e stigatio n s of an y obj ect become more p racti
cal an d e ff ec tive as we a rrive at ac tual fac ts or those
truths bor deri n g facts which we are u n able to fully
uncover from present k n owledge an d by strivi ng to get
at primary sourc e s
—
E leven th W e should n ot base co n clusio n s upo n theories derive d
from seco n dary caus e s as agai n st un clear or probabl e p ri
mary causes eve n if th e latter b e n ot fully prove d when
those s e condary cause th e ories are disproved
—
Twelfth R easo n dema n ds that we acc e pt e vide n ce which is
th e most rea s o n able an d comprehe n sive e xcludi n g n o n e
especially that which i n clud e s co n scious n ess as the
i den tif yer both of orga n ic an d i n o rga n i c e x i stence an d
of their dual an d i n terlocki ng relatio n s wi thi n a great
F irst C ause the gra n d de n ou e m en t of which so cl e arly
poi nts to a prepara tio n for its physical man ifestation
”
an d hen ce as the child of Desig n and in His Image
ne e
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N A T U R A L L AW
.
That which we call n atural law is but a n atural proc e ss
compulsorily operative u n d er express or preparatory co n ditio n s
which b esp eak a p reco n c eived p reparation an d adaptatio n of
mul tifarious an d correlative yet i n d ep en d ent parts capable of
en te rin g i n to co ordi natio n an d co op era tio n A law coter
min ally op erative accordi n g as the preparations made for th e s e
op eratio n s are complete It must th ere fore be a law growing
out from compulsio n by a pre age n cy as th e fou n der of that
law ; such compulsio n b ei n g determi n ed by the relatio n of th e
c o op er ative en ergi e s s tor e d up in th e ir r e spective matrices of
atoms or sublimin al divisio n s thereof
S up reme E n e rgy implies man ifold attributes so as to
appear u n der man y forms of volition on e of which I wish to
co n sider un d er its highest k n own man ifestatio n s in the human
race as Organ ic E n ergy as Life
Organ ic en ergy can b e exerted to the poi nt of breaki ng
down its ve hic l e of op eratio n & e g a man s m ental en ergy
—
c an b e so exerted as to b r e ak dow n his physical body
it ofte n
occurs which prove s his men tal forc e s as b e i n g the domin ati n g
forc e ; if it w ere oth erwise an d th e body bei n g th e cre ator of
those e n ergies the en ergy could n ot b e e xert e d beyo n d the
capacity of the body to cr ea te as flux can occur o n ly from
some higher impuls e That is the flux is determi n ed physi
cally b y the in itiati n g impuls e suppl ied by the balan ce between
the bodily forces th emselves at or n ear zero an d c an at no
time exceed the in itiative impulse
Taki n g thes e two disti n ct features of orga n ic an d mor
ga n i e matte r in to compariso n proves that both are co ntroll e d by
”
exactly revers e applicatio n of e n ergies
On e by volitio n the
oth er by n atural law on e u n limite d by law the other limited
un der that law but compulsory by the necessities deman ded
for th e compl ete co ordin ation an d balan ci ng of the forces of
n ature operati n g wi thin such organ ic body which require that
they work at all tim e s in compl ete harmo n y with each other
as any interruption between such operatio n s would cause schism
withi n the body
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Hence we have Volition and Natural Law operating i n
nature
Assumi ng that these two forces or guidin g principles ex
press th e man n er of th eir op e ratin g throughout all n ature and
thus thems elves provi n g th e ir existen c e an d d ual relatio n ship
l et us b r iefly co n sid e r the method of th e ir operatio n s in the or
der primarily of their importan ce causally
“
W e have th erefor e primarily Volition as a fre e Age n t
u n limit e d an d u n co n fi n e d co n sid ered by its elf as an e ntity ; in
as much as whatever can be co n sid e r e d as an ultima te C ause
must have accord e d to it the charac t er of an e ntity or free
“
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ag en t w hether it b e assumed to be some un k n owable e n ergy
or som e r e cog n ized B ei n g a s such C ause
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Volitio n as fre e Age n t i mp li es a livi n g an d self op er
ati n g en ergy an d wh e n un co nfi n ed is capable of exercisi n g i tself
i n all dire ction s an d in all mann er of ways while in all respec t s
it will b e co n sist en t to its e lf as an u n co n tami n at e d or pure en
e rgy
F or our pres en t purposes w e wish to exp ress its m e an i n g
as a livi ng E nergy r epr e se nta tive of a pure Will an d that every
ma n if es tatio n of that will that whe re ve r an d wh en ev er it may
occur that man ife statio n its elf should be pur e or to refl e ct its
o wn type
This volition has had its o n ly full developm en t in
th e huma n race ; as man alo n e can be said to r eflect that char
a cteris tic which ho w ever has become dep en d e n t upo n pr e par
a tory co n di tio n s capable of an d cha rged wi th that livi n g will
begotte n en ergy ; an d which co n ditio n s must of n ecessity be
such as shall be capable of i n sta n t respo n se to the volitio n s as
the y a rise ; all of which are fou n d to exist in th e high es t type
of o rgan ic life an d which as b e fore stated are subj ect to its con
trol e ven to the ex tent of causi n g disi n t egratio n or disorg an
iz ation of its vehicl e of ma n ifesta tio n s
But as we have assum e d that this i n t ellig en t volitio n that
characterizes th e human rac e has become o n ly possibl e through
an orga n ic s tag e p r e pa rato r y to its f ull d e v elopm en t ( which
prepa ratio n p roves design ) wi thi n that orga n ism it also eluci
dates th e fact that a semi co n scious organ ism was e ssen tial for
i n termediary forms of livi n g an d co n scious movi n g creatur es ;
havin g possibly suffici ent developme n t of structure to permit of
the exercise of will but so far only as it applies to every other
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form of the order of movi n g creatures below man of exactly
the sam e d egr e e of d evelopm ent an d for the developmen t of
in sti n c ts to provid e susten an c e and oth e r requir ements which
are clearly discern able in th e high er o rd ers of a n imal life
This o rga n ic life can be trac e d down through various
characteristics of c ellular life from th e lowest fo rms of a n imal
i nto the vegetable ki n gdom of life ; below which w e com e to an
ord er of existen ce call e d i n o rgan ic but yet upon which all or
“
gan i e life dep en ds by reaso n of the S pirituelle of Matte r
As to thi n gs i n organ ic we fin d like provisio n s ma de
throughout the i no rgan ic U n iv erse as con ti nually bein g s upplied
to m eet every wan t of man ; both as to his physical n ee ds an d to
—
his m ental (there is yet on e high er stage th e Immortal ) de
velop ment ; still alo n g li n es of strictly p hysi ca l n eeds
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That provisio n exists in that every sublimi n al portio n
of matter has b e en charged ( from o n ly on e source ) w ith posi
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tive charact er is tics of en e rgy which I have call e d the
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ti e s of m
atter by or through which all n atur e is call e d upo n to
co ntribut e to the susten a n ce an d w ell bei n g of man n ot ex er
cising volition but operati n g u n der the comp ulsi on of the a r bi
tr ary laws of n ature
Is there an y co nn ectio n to be seen b etween the f oun da
tion s of a nn ivers e an d man as its c row n i n g glo ry ; an d that man
possessin g characteristics by which such stup en dous resul ts
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were a lon e car i e d on
Does not such a series of won derful d evelopme nts in but
this on e littl e world of ours burst forth with e vid en ce of a
providential foresight which on e can sca rc ely ca ll by any oth er
n ame tha n Desig n & an d th at it sp e aks loud e r tha n wo r ds as a
“
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sti ll small voice of i nward convictio n of that primeval sourc e
of all c reative sustain ing i n spirin g an d illumin ating power upo n
which the u n iv ers e of matter dep en ds an d as th e sourc e of all
purity an d d epen den ce of whom man in his hig h es t charac ter
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as th e Bibl e
istic shoul d be the exp r e ssio n of His like n ess
alon e has reveal ed it an d also t hat as a deep co n vic tio n an d
demo n stratio n of its truth man may feel it as that co n vic tio n
thrills throughout his whole bei ng &
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f o llo w in g m a tte r in p la c e o f th e f irs t p a ra
( T o a p p e a r a s p a ge
g ra p h o f p a g e 4 0
th e
S u b s titu te
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L i f cap ab l n t on ly of cog ni an c of it e lf but al s o of thi n g t o
lat d in many di c ti ons a d e p nd n ci s f or it
w h i ch i t h s b com
Th e elati on s includ e n t o n ly gn i
w n p h y i cal man i f s t a ti o n
a nc of s lf b ut als o cogn i an c of lf co ellativ att i butes in whi ch
con c p ti o n n d th d t m in i s m by w hi ch th e o o din a ti o n of vari o u
l em n ts a lat t s up p ly th in ci tin g caus e of s uch man i f s t ati ons
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con s titut g mi n l n u l i of v y con c p ti on al fo m in whi ch all
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were none of them —
not a m ember h ad been y et fo m ed —may in a small d egree be
com ared to the prel im in ary state of the human min d in many res ects whi ch LI would
illustrate in a w ay familiar to many
I refer to a cond itio n everywhere operating in the realm of human activ ities wherein
new method s and new means are being continuously brou ht into peration i n ord er to t
tain to c ertain resu l ts in which are call ed into lay the p owers of the human m ind in a cer
tain order or somewh at as follows
S u ggestion con c epti on ( p lannin g) a n d exe c utio n
S ugg estion or a d esire for a s om ethin g whereb y a c erta in resu l t may be a tta ined may
n ot amount to anything exc ep t one p lan the means to accomp l ish it Th suggestion o r
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rud e con ce tio n of a something is very vague but the rovid ing of the me n s by whi ch t
giv e that om ethin g sha e or form very often involv es the mo st intense con cen t ation of the
mind an d in c erta n con d itions or necessities re uires the w idest range of thought an d the
app l ication of many fundam ental prin ci les all of which h ave to be consid ered or p la ned
for in the mo st accurate manner s o th at all the elem ents or integers of constru c tion sh all
operate in ex ac t rela tions or ord inate one with the other d all in ex act harmon y
A ll this h as to be pre con c eived i the thou ght before a l in e is laid t giv e a basis for
the l ines an d fi nally when ev ery l ine is laid whi ch has existed in the mind or th ought of the
ori in ator then we hav e come to ev ery m ember thereof a s the germ in al nu cl ei as d eter
m ined i the m in d of the origina tor of tho se m em bers whil e a s y et there were n one of
them
roc ess involves th ought alon g l ines of the n on existent or the —
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d b t whi c h by hu ma n tho u ght are bro u g ht out f rom the
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an d constitutes the mo st ositiv e evid en c e of their relations
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as to a n existen ce e en though un app arent to phy sical sense ru n counter to all s c ientifi c
id eal s su c h as are b ased wh olly up on f d m t l law
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characteristics of p erso n ality
I n th e lowe r forms of orga n ic lif e life is o n e of d e gr ee s
of en ergy although un doubtedly of a gre ater in ten sity than
that which is re pre se nt e d in an y of th e forms of the spi ritu ell e
of matter ( in which that energy li e s dorma n t) an d although
thos e low er livi n g fo rms d ie thei r life u n der a law of c on
s ervatio n of en ergy agai n m erg e s back i nto th e gre at foun t of
free en ergy from wh en c e it proc e e ded as d etermi n e d by th e
s etti ng apart f or th e purpos e of a sp ec i al o r der of life wher e
w i th to supply the p r i n ciple of life to th e low e r ord er of orga n ic
e xis ten c e
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retur n i n g to
orga n ic life co n stitutin g huma n ity ; at d eath
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God wh o gave it but in w hich human ity re c eive d in addi tio n
th er eto a sp e cial o rde r of life which co n s tituted man as bei n g
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God
in th e lik e n e ss of God
an d which was typifi e d by
b reathi n g i nto his n ostrils th e breath ( typical of his e ssen ce )
of life an d man b ecam e a livi n g soul co n stituti n g a bei ng
as man but a littl e low er than th e a n gels of God in this & that
angels are n ot subj ect e d to the limitatio n s of co rpo real or mate
rial fo rms
But it may b e obj ecte d that if th e lower order of life c an
b e m erg e d i n to tha t e n ergy from which it issu e d ( which was a
sp ecialization ) why will not human souls ( above that of phys
ical life ) also merg e back i nto its sourc e whe n its physical life
l eave s its ten ement of clay & The a n swer plai n ly mus t b e that
th e p urp oses of G od mus t s ta n d wh eth er as to all c re a tio n or as
to th e givi n g of hims elf to th e obj ect s of His power an d of His
Love an d mo re e sp e cially that t he soul of man is of th e breath
of God
or
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Th e subj ects of I n fi n ite pow er an d Lov e an d
l i ken ess
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must b e as immo rtal in th eir n atur e an d p erso n ality as
are
are the material thi n gs or el em ents i n th eir n ature i e as
b ein g u n d er a co rrespo n din g law or as proc e eding from on e
intelligen t an d d etermi n e d pu rpos e in both cases I t w ould
s eem that th ere c an b e n o doub t abou t this
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The orga ni c i n di ca tes the en tr a n ce of lif e as an en dow
men t n ot as a d e velopment an d c ertai n ly n ot as an evolutio n
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we k n ow not ( to i llustrate a fact app arent in all the el ements of
matter) how it is that W ater wa s made W ater and Iron was mad e
Iron although we use an d evalu ate bo th and y et some refuse to
uti l i e their more intimate relations to their Author in the trip arte
relation of Auth or sub&e ct an d ob&ect
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l ine from bottom causing e uil ibration
A f ter e l em ents re ad —
being inert
A fter all read —inorganic i n ste ad of o rgani c
Insert after l ife —awa it to
M ea nin g
u al ities as the spirituell e of matter here representin g
the ffi i t of l ife ( as d egrees of energy re uired to establ ish
an ord er in N ature a s free energ —
the o rgani c) cap abl e of enter
ing into relations and combin ations with the inorgani c
both simp l e an d com lex
e there is n o ind i cation of any free or imman ent force anywhere
in inorgani c n at ure
e the means h ad to be prep ared whereby the d iff rentiated d e
grees bet ween vi brant l ife an d inert matter ( i n their du l relation )
were brought into ord ination a s a process issuing from one S
prem e L ife to be governed by N atural L w in its own O rder and
y et a s rep aratory for the su cceedin g an d d istin c t O rder of d ire ct
and S pirit al O rd er of relations of the S ou l o r of the m ind of M
to th Infi nite M ind of whic h it is the ty pe
A tom s ( substanc e) i n mo tion are dy nam i c
L ast p ar agr aph en d in g o n p ag e 1 3 ( refers to) O rig in of M a tter a s a
C re ati o n
N o te i n serted
A s manifestations of Al m ighty p ower
norgani c before matter
R ead
R ead o rgani c
before matter
R e ad th o se in p lac e of its
After ener y read ( matter do es n ot ac t in this w ay bein g u nd er the
law of dormant energy but l ife acts a s free energy )
F o urth p a r agr a ph ( o n fl m e) d d (T hin g s th a t cause flam e are th o se
in which l if e alone has ord inated the el ements that enter into
combustion a s wood coal gases p a er et c )
Af ter to re d —b g rowth
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see p age 4 l ine 6 al so p age 32 fifth l ine from
fi nishe d co n c ep t s
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