[November, 
636 The Interbond of the 
the plant, the properties of an animal ; in an animal you see 
man ; and in man you cannot see, but you can feel the im- 
mortal principle.” The unshackled spirit should be consi- 
dered as the essential principle belonging to the organisation 
which can cognize instantaneously all things desired, and 
with its spiritual senses communicate with spiritual sub- 
stances. I do not receive impressions from the Gieat 
Supreme Mind, but from this second sphere, which legiti- 
mately belongs to this Globe alone. My information is. the 
result of a Law of truth emanating from the Great Positive 
Mind pervading all spheres of existence. 
No “ one can voluntarily enter that state in which he can 
view with clearness things belonging to a sphere of existence 
higher than the natural world.” If such vvere, death woula 
be inevitable. A medium of connection is required, or the 
mind could not return, and therefore “ it is impossible to go 
voluntarily into the independent state of clairvoyance without 
destroying it.” “ Mathematically speaking, two feet from 
where I now sit is as much in the future state as any othei 
distance. This consists simply in the condition which the 
mind assumes, and not necessarily in any change of its 
location. . ., 
In analysing a substance I separate its constituents until 
I find its simple elements. By a process of spiritual analysis 
I obtain truth, and pass from the body with a desire for 
particular information. This attracts the particular kind of 
truth of which I would be informed, separates it from all 
other things, and causes it to flow into the mind. lo me 
all that is known as matter becomes rare and unparticled,— 
as the ultimate of matter to which is applied the word 
spirit. “ Things appear real, to me, which are beyond the 
reach of the natural organisation, which knows of nothing 
except what exists in matter and form.” All ultimates to 
me are still matter, to you they are spirit. “ To make the 
understanding analogically convinced of the ultimation of 
matter termed spirit, it is necessary to commence at the 
beginning of all things formal and rudimental, and trace 
them evidentially and naturally to their ultimate perfec- 
tion. ” “ Natural things cannot produce supernatural : this 
term is only applied to effects where causes are not evident.” 
“ It is a law of matter to produce its ultimate mind. It is 
a law of mind to produce its corresponding principle spirit .” 
The nature of spirit is to progress to knowledge. All forms 
are correspondents of their inner life, which, working by an 
undeviating law, produces rudimental sensation in the 
