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122 ESOTERIC ANTHROPOLOGY.
show, have a powerful influence over the organic sys
tem.
Thus the faculty of tune finds expression, through
nerves and muscles, in the production of vibrations of
air, as it passes through the —the larynx most simple,
of all musical
and, at the same time, the most perfect
instruments. Guided by the sense of hearing, and
aided by other intellectual faculties, this passion for mu
sic finds its expression by means of various instruments;
and the art of music produced by so complicated an or
ganism, becomes itself an expression of many other
passions.
So all faculties, all feelings, all passions of the soul,
find their natural expression, or natural language, in
movements, gestures, signs, and voluntary motions, in
cluding the various expressions of language, all of which
are accomplished by the nerves of motion, originating
in the nervous centers, and imparting their stimulus, or
motive force, to the muscular system.
If I read to myself, there is sensation, perception,
perhaps emotion or passion. But if I read
aloud, there is added to these a complicated process of
—
and thought
nervous action and muscular motion. Some of the best
examples of these combinations of mental and physical
action, may be found in the earnest orator; the impas
sioned actor, whose whole being is controlled by the
direct influence of the passions he has the power of
calling into temporary action; the great singer, who
overcomes the most astounding difficulties of vocaliza
tion, and impresses us with all the emotions the com
poser intended to convey ; the accomplished violinist or
pianist, who effects the same with his fingers, upon an