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possibility of dissolution as long as the planetary 

 relation of the elements exists. But with man it goes 

 even further, for the spirit form, having the basic 

 principles of eternal existence in its spiritual com- 

 position and having once entered upon organic life, 

 has in itself immortality and the power of self-sus- 

 tenance from the elements in space and cannot 

 become disintegrated, for it has all the necessary 

 material to keep it in eternal existence as an organ- 

 ism, though the planet should revert to its original 

 status and vanish as a distinct form. This explan- 

 ation of the nature of spirit gives us a logical 

 ground for the rational consideration of the phenom- 

 enon that has been the basis of all the superstitions 

 embalmed in the sacred and curious literature of 

 past ages. That man and probably all types of 

 life have a spiritual or electric counterpart is not a 

 scientific speculation or hypothesis merely, but a 

 logical sequence of the forms that enter into phys- 

 ical organization. 



Here in the secondary form, says the author of 

 " Planetary Evolution," is an explanation of the 

 nature of spirit that follows the same principles 

 that construct the physical body and form the 

 same material environments. And the questions of 

 a spiritual life, apart from this principle of a second- 

 ary form, cannot be solved by any known formula 

 of a scientific character. On the other hand, the 

 existence of a form holding the powers of thought 

 and action upon the plane of radiant matter gives 

 a satisfactory explanation of the transference of 

 the mental powers that belong to planetary life. 

 The law of correlation and conservation of force 

 prevent their annihilation, and they must exist 



