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ation, which in each case may be called the sphere, or 

 ethereal atmosphere, of the substance or form from which it 

 proceeds. It may . therefore be presumed, on analogical 

 grounds, that things also not available for experiment, and 

 that, indeed, absolutely all things, from atoms to worlds and 

 systems, and even the whole universe, considered as a tlnit, 

 are in like manner characterized by a surrounding and per- 

 vading ethereal sphere.* 



2. The emanating spheres of smaller bodies associated with 

 larger ones, must necessarily be included in the emanating 

 spheres of the larger bodies on which they rest or depend. 

 The sphere of a single particle of mineral matter, for example, 

 is comprehended and encircled in the general sphere of the 

 whole crystal of which it forms a part; and the same remark 

 applies to particles and organisms in other kingdoms in 

 nature. The spheres of all minerals, vegetables, animals, 

 etc., separately and collectively, are involved and compre- 

 hended in the general sphere of the earth ; the sphere of the 

 earth, together with the spheres of all other planets, with 

 the satellites and comets, is involved and comprehended in 

 the general sphere of the whole solar system ; that sphere is 

 comprehended in the general sphere of the great stellar vortex 

 in which, accompanied by myriads of like systems, it moves ; 

 and that sphere is comprehended in the general sphere of the 

 whole Universe ; and that sphere is, in like manner, enveloped 

 in, and pervaded by, the great sphere of the infinite Divine 

 Being, which is the Essence of all essences, the Force of all 

 forces, and the Vitalizer of all vitalities ! Here, then, is a 



* This doctrine of " spheres " was taught by Swedenborg, and by others since his 

 day. It may almost be said that it has a sufficient foundation in the developed intu- 

 itions of the human mind, and it would stand even independent of Keichenbach'a 

 most conclusive scientific verifications. 



