STATEMENT No. 8. 



All Chemical reaction is "regeneration" of atomic 

 combinations, and the forces arising therefrom. 

 " Atoms " are indestructible. Thus arise " the 

 indestructibility of Matter," and "the conservation 

 of Energy." All Nature is alive. 



WE have seen that both the chemist and the physicist 

 have failed to destroy atoms they can only destroy 

 the groupings molecules. Atomic matter is thus 

 indestructible, and every species of atom has its 

 inherent properties, not only of fixed powers to combine, 

 but specific inherent molecular powers after com- 

 bination. Thus each species of atom and each species 

 of molecule has its specific energies producing force 

 atomic and molecular life. Amongst other forces is 

 that of attraction, and the sum of the specific forces of 

 attraction inherent in all atoms and molecules of which 

 this earth consists, is the great factor called Terrestrial 

 Gravitation. Not only does each so-called inorganic 

 object, atom and molecule, have this power of attrac- 

 tion, but every living being (groups of molecules) does 

 so ; every animal, every vegetable which grows and 

 dies is a factor in Terrestrial Gravitation. 



The combining and re-combining or. group ing and re- 

 grouping of atoms and their inherent energies we shall 

 call " REGENERATION " of matter and energy. And in- 



