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He PhthfophieoiTytbagoraSjfwhich was full 

 or Super ftitwnjdid firftplanta Monftrous L 

 magmation f which afterwards was, by the 

 Scbcol of Tlato, and Others, Watred, and 

 Nourifhed. Ic was, That the World was 

 One, Entire, < ?erfeH J UYmg Cre.iture; Info- 

 much as J pollonius of Tyana y a Tytbag n- 

 anVrophet, affirmed that the Ebbing and 

 Flowing of the vSVd,was the Refpiration of the World f drawing 

 in rr^rr as ©rertf/>, and putting it forth again-They went on^nd 

 inferred; That if the World were a UYmgCreature, it had a So«/, 

 and iSWfc* which alfo they held, calling k Spirits Mundi- The 

 vSpinf or Sow/of the W 'rid. By which they did not intend 6W;(for 

 they did admit of a Deity befides: ) But only the Soul, or Ejjent't- 

 ^ Form of the Vnmrje. This Foundation being laid, they moughc 

 build upon it, what they would; For in a UVmg Creature, though 

 never fo great, (As for example, in a great Wbale)fhc Senfe , and 

 the JjfeBs of any one fart of the Body, inflantly make a Tran/cur- 

 yibnthorowcut the whole Body-. So that by this they did infmuate, 

 that no diftance of Tlace, nor Want or Indtfpofition of Matter , could 

 hinder Mig)ca ] Operations j But that for example, we mought 

 here in E«/ op?, have Senfe and Feeling of that, which was done 



Experiments 

 in Confort, 

 couc hing 

 T ranfmiffion .. 

 and Influx ot 

 Immateriate 

 NirtutSy and 

 he Force of 

 Imagination. 



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