Experimental investigation of the spirit manifestations, [electronic ...

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD. 9344G, Wo derive mueli pleasure from the exercise of our talents in vocaland instrumental music, "which far excels the noblest efforts of musicalgenius on earth.When wc convene to worship Cod in our temples, v^hoschalls and columns beam with inherent celestial light, our voices are blendedtogether insongs of praise and adoration to the Almighty Author of ourexistence, from whom all blessings are derived.447. From what has been stated, it may be perceived that wc are moral,intellectual, and sensitive creatures. Instead of being, as many of youimagine, mere shadowy and unsubstantial entities, wc arc possessed ofdefinite, tangible, and exquisitely symmetrical forms, with well-rounded andgraceful limbs, and yet so light and elastic that we can glide through theatmosphere with almost electric speed. The forked lightnings may flash,and the thunders roll in awful reverberation along the vault of heaven, andthe rain descend in gushing torrents ; nevertheless, by the mere act ofvolition, we may stand unharmed at your side.448. We are, moreover, endowed with all the beauty, loveliness, andvivacity of youth, and are clothed in flowing vestments of efi'ulgent naturesuited to the particular degree of refinement of our bodies.Our raimentbeing composed of phosphorescent principles, we have the power of attractingand absorbing or reflecting the rays evolved, according as our conditionis more or less developed. This accounts for our being seen, byclairvoyants, in different degrees of brightness, from a dusky hue to themost intensely brilliant light.449. The spiritual body is a perfect human form, originating in, andanalogous to, the corporeal organization in its several parts, functions, andrelations. The heart beats in rythmic pulsations, the lungs fulfil theiroffice of respiration, and the brain generates its vitalized magnetic fluid,whose life-giving currents permeate every portion of the spiritual organism.Man in the rudimental state is tripartite, consisting of soul, of spirit, andflesh ; but in the spheres a duality, composed of soul and spirit. Havingapproached the portals of death, he disrobes himself of the exterior form ashe would put away a worn-out garment.The gross and cumbrous physicalmachine, which was given for the purpose of developing his more beautifuland excellent spiritual body, and of bringing him into more immediaterelationship with the outward world, can serve his purposes no longer.450. For your clearer understanding of the modus ojierandi of our intercoursewith man, you will remember that by our transition to the worldof spirits we part with the body only. We lose none of our intelligenceby thetransfer, but, on the contrary, become daily more and more developedin our knowledge of and power over the forces in nature jso that weare enabled to perform many feats to you, seemingly wonderful, and whichreally appear miraculous to the majority of those who witness them.451. Having disposed of the external mechanism of flesh, we cannotcome into direct contact with physical matter, but we are able, through