150 DEATH AND RESURRECTION. 



terial of the organs, because the organs 

 just express their relations to the world 

 in which they exist. Thus it follows 

 of necessity that man's resurrection or 

 transition from one world to another 

 must be identical with the dying cells' 

 upbuilding of that organism w^hich man 

 shall possess in a future life. Any 

 other form of resurrection is neither 

 possible nor conceivable. It is further 

 confirmed by the relation that exists 

 between the soul and the cells. This 

 relationship, as we intend to show, is 

 such that the soul receives its entire 

 individuality, all its forces and facul- 

 ties, from the cell-organism, the previ- 

 ous resurrection of which therefore is 

 an indispensable condition for man's 

 own rise to another life. 



If the mass of a body is living the 

 body itself is alive. The whole receives 

 its qualities from its elementary com- 

 ponents. The organism itself is a living 

 being. From the point of view of the 

 building material the organism is a so- 

 ciety composed of independently living 



