640 The Four Forces in Nature . [October, 
In the case of animals and plants it means the force 
which causes the ascension of the sap of plants, the move- 
ment of the substances of the body, such as the circulation 
of the blood, the secretions, &c., the contraction of the 
muscles, the production of sensation and thought. 
The four forces are Atomic Viva, Organic Viva, Animal 
Viva, and Mensic Viva (mind). 
Previous to the Great Creator calling the world into aCtive 
existence three of these forces were in a state of combina- 
tion, and atomic viva alone was aCtive. 
The environment of the atoms in the process of evolution 
determined the development of organic viva ; then animal 
viva; and, lastly, mensic viva (mind). 
Life cannot exist without heat ; deficiency of vital heat is 
weakness or disease ; absence of vital heat is death to 
organic, animal, and mensic viva. Heat is a mode of motion, 
and caused by the vibration of atoms ; all atoms vibrate 
more or less. The ultimate composition of the universe is 
therefore Vibration and Heat . 
That the forces of the physical world — such as light, heat, 
electricity, chemical aCtion, &c. — are modes of motion are 
Quite agreed to by philosophers. This mode of motion we 
have given the name Atomic Viva. 
Atomic viva is therefore a mode of motion. Taking the 
embryo as a type of our second force, we find the first indi- 
cation of animation is a minute pulsating point. It is the 
development of our second force, organic viva ; the cause of 
existence — the distinction between atomic and organic viva. 
This motion causes the formation of the young heart, which 
in its turn causes the propulsion of the infant stream. 
With the motion of the heart begins life ; with its stop- 
page begins death. It is by this motion that arteries, veins, 
capillary vessels are formed and receive the vital fluid. 
With the circulation begins secretion, then digestion, 1 hen 
nutrition. These functions are closely related and dependent 
on each other ; one cannot stop without the whole circle 
stopping. It causes the formation of brain nerves and 
muscles. It is anterior to animal viva, which begins at 
birth. Organic viva begins with this first motion, is com- 
plete at birth and continues without fatigue, and is never 
for a moment suspended until the stoppage of the motion, 
which we call death. 
Heat is produced by the first and subsequent pulsations. 
Organic viva is therefore a mode of motion. 
At birth is developed our third force, animal viva. This 
force does not come into existence until the new being 
