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

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118 CONVOCATION OF SPIRITS.commensurate with <strong>the</strong>ir superiority iu learning, science, and wisdom?Ans.Yes.606. (51.) The object <strong>of</strong> marriage in this world being manifestly <strong>the</strong>perpetuation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> species, consistently with <strong>the</strong> preservation <strong>of</strong> refinementand <strong>the</strong> welfare <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fspring, and <strong>the</strong>rebeing no such motive in <strong>the</strong><strong>spirit</strong>ual world, how can <strong>the</strong>re be any motive for any such indissoluble ties?Ans, Between <strong>spirit</strong>s joined by matrimony in <strong>the</strong> spheres <strong>the</strong>re is agreater blending <strong>of</strong> mutual self-love into one common sentiment than inany o<strong>the</strong>r friendship.607. (52.) Have <strong>spirit</strong>s any fluid circulating through an arterial andvenous system, which is subjected to a respiratory process, analogous tothat which our blood undergoes ?Ans.Yes.608. (53.) As <strong>spirit</strong>s are weightless, is not this fluid devoid <strong>of</strong> weight?Ans.Yes.609. (54.) Has it any colour ?Ans.No.610. (55.) Does <strong>the</strong> gaseous or e<strong>the</strong>real matter respired by <strong>spirit</strong>s pervade<strong>the</strong> mundane sphere ?Ans.Yes.611. (56.) Do mortals brea<strong>the</strong> it as a means <strong>of</strong> sustenance to <strong>the</strong>ir<strong>spirit</strong>ual organization while encased by this " mortal coil ?"Ans.Yes.612. (57.) Does it supply <strong>the</strong> nervous system?Ans.Yes.613. (58.) Is it communicated to inferior animalsAns.Yes.614. (59.) Do fishes require atmospheric oxygen while swimming,(water consisting <strong>of</strong> 8 parts in 9 <strong>of</strong> pure oxygen,) in order to get at <strong>the</strong><strong>spirit</strong>ual gas associated with <strong>the</strong> former ?Ans. The <strong>spirit</strong>ual gas imperceptibly accompanying atmospheric air isespecially necessary to fishes.615. (60.) Creed is alleged to be productive <strong>of</strong> no obstruction to ascendencyin <strong>the</strong> <strong>spirit</strong>ual world.Ans.Belief, being an involuntary act <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mind, has no merit or culpabilityattached to it, excepting so far as it is <strong>the</strong> consequence or is productive<strong>of</strong> prejudices; <strong>the</strong> advance <strong>of</strong> a <strong>spirit</strong> is retarded by <strong>the</strong>se defects.616. (61.) As in <strong>the</strong> <strong>spirit</strong>ual world <strong>the</strong>re is no necessity, desire, orpassion which <strong>spirit</strong>s can gratify by violence or fraud, on what is virtuefounded ? Where <strong>the</strong>re is no motive or power to do wrong, where is <strong>the</strong>merit <strong>of</strong> doino; rio-ht ?Ans. In <strong>the</strong> spheres, vice is displayed by <strong>the</strong> endurance <strong>of</strong> bad passions;virtue is manifested by love, purity, and <strong>the</strong> aspiration for improvement.

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