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it, as will be readily seen when we understand the process
of germination.
The process is the same with animals as with human
beings, and in fact with all kingdoms. When an animal
is to be born, the group spirit, helped by nature spirits and
angels, fashions the vital body of the coming animal, which
is then deposited in the womb of the mother and the seed
atoms are deposited in the semen of the male; then gesta-
tion takes place and an animal is born. Without the presence
of the seed atom and the matrix vital body no dense
animal body can be formed. Similar conditions govern
fecundation in the case of an egg, or of a plant seed. They
are like the female ova they are so many opportunities.
If an egg is put into an incubator or under a hen, the
group spirit sends forth the requisite life, accepting the
opportunity for embodiment. If a seed is dropped in the
soil, that is al?o fertilized when the proper conditions have
been made for its development, but not before. When an
egg is crushed, cooked or in other ways disqualified for its
primal designation, or where a seed is stored for years per-
haps, there is no life, and consequently we do no wrong
when we use these products for food. It is even beneficial
to plants when the ripe fruits are removed, because then
they cease to take sap from the tree unnecessarily.