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impressions. Through “ the existing medium between the 
mind and the body I arrive back to convey impressions 
through the natural organisation.” 
1 he ultimate perfection of all substances, the ethereal 
existence of the spiritual spheres, and the means of im- 
pression are evident to me, but so different from the concep- 
tions of the natural mind that it is impossible for me to 
make them evident to the senses of others. As to-my im- 
pressions : — 
“ d'he human organisation appears as a perfection and 
combination of all substances below its exalted composition. 
It is controlled by mechanical and chemical forces, and is a 
coating, a casement to contain its inward properties. There 
is another distinct principle which appears, and is evident 
to me as Spirit; also there is & mediator, or medium, con- 
necting the spirit with the body. The mediator I know as 
sensation : when this medium becomes disunited there is a 
physical dissolution, and a spiritual elevation to a different 
sphere of existence. When the mind becomes connected 
with this sphere by a medium similar to that which connects 
it with the body, it then becomes identified with a personal 
sphere peculiar to itself.” 
Man possesses his organs as instruments for external 
communications, and when transferred (i.e., dies) he retains 
all the senses in a spiritual condition, and thus becomes 
susceptible of all properties and elements that compose the 
existence of all things. The natural organisation perceives 
appearances as artificial ; the spiritual organisation perceives 
the real and invisible through a sensation peculiarly be- 
longing to its nature. 
When in the clairvoyant state the impressions are a 
knowledge of the reality (or essence) of that I desire to in- 
vestigate without counsellor or informer. All natural things 
appear closed from view as by a great shade or mantle ; all 
appears one broad and extensive light passing through all 
the second sphere of existence : the light is the medium of 
perception and association, and unites them ; the reality, the 
invisible, the real cause of all effects are then known, and 
this knowledge makes us free. 
The laws which govern Nature are established by one 
Great Positive Power and Mind, and equalled by a negative 
or ultimate equilibrium. Every particle of matter possesses 
the same power which governs the whole Universe, and in 
each particle is seen a representation and evidence of these 
Divine laws. “ Thus in the stone you may see the proper- 
ties of the soil ; in the soil, the properties of the plant ; in 
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