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man ; i. e., the power or -holy spirit by which the mind may hold 

 communion with the divine world, having access through this 

 power to the mediator, and through him to the Father or Creator, 

 thus the divine trinity may be explained by reference to these 

 three degrees of relation to the mind of man, which are united 

 in one God. 



The sub-divisions of the mental department are, 1st, the intel- 

 lectual, 2d, the moral, 3d, the sensitive powers of the mind of 

 man, each of which forms a sub-branch of science, yet they are 

 united, three in one, constituting the mind. The sensitive pow- 

 ers are nearest to the material world, and are the medium through 

 which the higher powers hold communion with nature. These 

 three degrees in the human mind, and the order of its relation to 

 matter, are a resemblance of the divine trinity and its relation to 

 the human mind. " God created man in his own image." 



The department including the material or natural sciences is 

 sub-divided into organization, motion, and matter ; these primary 

 properties of nature are also united in one, and cannot be sepera- 

 ted without destroying the laws of the material world. 



None of the sub-divisions here enumerated can be explained 

 separately, although we must, in order to understand science, 

 direct our attention to each one of them so far as to make it a 

 leading object of study, considering the laws of its internal parts, 

 as well as those by which it is related to other divisions, forming 

 with it larger branches. This must be understood in regard to 

 all branches of science, whether large or small whether they 

 have been divided into few or many parts they are all related, 

 and if the divisions are in accordance with this system, there will 

 be no difficulty in seeing their true relations ; and thus it is clear 

 that no one science can be properly understood without some gen- 

 eral knowledge of the whole range. 



It will be seen, by looking to the synopsis, that religion stands 

 between the mental and divine departments, and it was called in 

 my first publication a relative science, to distinguish it from those 

 branches which were called sub-divisions of principal branches. 



It is the true Divino-Mental Science, and its place clearly de- 

 fined, whether it be called a relative or compound science. 



