MAN IS A SOUL CLAD IN AIR 85 



Electricity, I contend, is the active, energetic and 

 all-pervading ultimate force in nature, controlled 

 by the still more refined and ultimate spiritual 

 force. It is the medium and ever-active agent in 

 evoking all visible forms and substances ; the medium 

 which produces all affinities and repulsions in mat- 

 ter, gyrating from the lowest to the highest elements 

 and from globe to globe, and constitutes the in- 

 visible controlling element whose results are known 

 as laws. Electricity is the guardian and executive 

 of the invisible laws of nature. It is the suspen- 

 sion bridge spanning the darkness and chaos of 

 space between suns and worlds. 



Man is the product of the perfect unfolding of 

 nature's invisible electric laws, and aggregate atomic 

 elements ; and unites within himself all the elements 

 and forces of the combined and harmonious universe. 

 He is an epitome of the universe and an atom of 

 deity. His form, like all visible forms, is only the 

 temporal combination of material substances woven 

 by invisible electric force out of invisible ether. 

 The thoughts of man's mind are the governing force 

 of his organism. The thoughts of the Great Crea- 

 tive Mind constitute the laws of nature and the 

 controlling force in the electric organism of the 

 universe. Man is a Soul clad in air. 



The results of these thoughts of deity are the 

 vast expanse of the universe and varied forms of 

 animate and inanimate nature; just as the result 

 of man's thoughts are the varied structures, tem- 

 ples and works of art, constructed by him upon 

 the surface of the earth. All things man creates 

 are the representatives of his thought, the outward 

 expression of his soul. He creates nothing but what 



