178 THE UNIVERSE 



deal with him as a spiritual being ; we must go into 

 a realm that brings us within the sphere of the 

 electrical and magnetic relations of the elements, 

 but on a different plane. First, matter in the in- 

 visible world has the same essential basis of for- 

 mative power so potent in the more tangible rela- 

 tions. Second, the invisible atoms there obey the 

 same essential principles that in a lower grade of 

 activity give visible results. Third, there must be 

 a direct connection between the two conditions of 

 being the visible and the spiritual as to be axio- 

 matic. Fourth, there must be a secondary form of 

 the invisible elements ere they assume the visible 

 relation, which is a chemical or electric necessity. 

 In all life this law is absolute. Fifth, in applying 

 this principle to the process of the evolution of 

 man's form we have an explanation of how it 

 must be a natural product of evolutionary life, 

 and that man must follow the same law as the 

 evolution of all spirit that pertains to planetary 

 life. Spirit holds visible things in form by its 

 connection with the magnetic life of the planet. 

 It is the controlling power in shaping the form 

 and organism to correspond to changed conditions. 

 The material form can only exist by keeping itself 

 in harmony with the laws of the elements in the 

 planet, and as long as the planet endures the elec- 

 tric form in man and the electric or instinct form 

 in animals within the radius of its magnetic aurora 

 must exist as a secondary satellite, or miniature 

 concrete expression of the forces in the planet. 

 This principle may give the electric form immor- 

 tality, and, by reason of the eternal nature of 

 the elements composing it, place it beyond the 



