1056 Dynamic Theory. 



pistols, shot-guns, mortars, bomb-shells, torpedoes, cannon, &c., repre- 

 sent different forms of bodies related to gunpowder and its gas when it 

 is exploded, each causing a different effect due to its peculiar form and 

 constitution. In like manner the ponderable bodies constitute the bases 

 of the action of the ether ; and their form, structure, and molecular 

 constitution determine the manner and force of its manifestation. Its 

 impact sets the individual molecules of bodies in motion, and its currents 

 around all particles establish their gravity and chemism. Its motion in 

 magnets is magnetism. Its motion in batteries and conducting wires is 

 electricity, galvanism, &c. Its motion in the nervous systems of animals 

 is nerve action ; in their brains and ganglions its motion is mentality of 

 various kinds, depending upon the class of cells from which its re- 

 action takes place. From one it is warmth, from another heat, another 

 light, or red, or green, or blue ; from others it is sounds in hundreds of 

 tones and hundreds of qualities, as those of bells or voices, or breezes, 

 or brooks. In short it is sensation of all kinds. From others its mo- 

 tion is the result of the reduction and consolidation of sensations, con- 

 stituting the forms of mentality known as perception, ideation, reason, 

 &c. In short its reactions from brain cells constitute Mind. In a 

 special sense the ether is the soul of the animal. In a broad sense 

 Ether is the Soul of the Universe ; Ponderable Matter is its Body. 



