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

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OF MATTER, MINI), AND SI'IIUT. 3951920. But if this will <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Creator exists, it must have gome mediumthrough which it roaches <strong>the</strong> objects which it influences, just as <strong>the</strong> etlicr<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> \indulationist is necessary to <strong>the</strong> transmission <strong>of</strong> light. It isthrough this medium that gravitation exists as one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cfiects <strong>of</strong> divinewill, since, although it appears to be a property <strong>of</strong> matter, it is inferred tobo no less <strong>the</strong> effect <strong>of</strong> an habitual exercise <strong>of</strong> volition, than <strong>the</strong> erectposture preserved in man, by analogous means, unconsciously;whence, inhim, it ceases "with sleep. The human will, within its comparativelyminute, humble sphere <strong>of</strong> action, must require also a medium analogousto that through which God acts; o<strong>the</strong>rwise, how docs a thought so quicklymove <strong>the</strong> toe ? While encompassed by its perishable tenement, <strong>the</strong>re isa certain extent <strong>of</strong> this will-power enjoyed through <strong>the</strong> laws <strong>of</strong> God;but on casting <strong>of</strong>f this envelope, <strong>the</strong> <strong>spirit</strong>, to be qualified for its new state<strong>of</strong> existence, becomes endowed with more extensive power <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> nature inquestion.1921. This power <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> will exists and is displayed in <strong>the</strong> mesmericphenomena, where <strong>the</strong> will <strong>of</strong> one individual dominates over <strong>the</strong> limbsano<strong>the</strong>r. The power <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> will <strong>of</strong> an individual over his own muscles,not only in <strong>the</strong> usual movement, but in producing a rigidity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> muscles<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> arm or thigh, is <strong>of</strong> course notorious. But it appears that<strong>the</strong>re arc some persons morbidly susceptible <strong>of</strong> this rigidity, or at leastpreternaturally liable to it. Again, o<strong>the</strong>rs have a will which is, in somedegree, preternatural ;hence, when such persons are in proximity, <strong>the</strong> onecan actuate <strong>the</strong> muscles <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r, and even modify <strong>the</strong> impressions<strong>the</strong> brain.1922. Spirits, as above stated, appear to be endowed with this willpowerto an extent proportioned to <strong>the</strong>ir necessities.<strong>of</strong>onHence it was substantiatedby my <strong>spirit</strong> fa<strong>the</strong>r in <strong>the</strong> first instance, and by <strong>the</strong> convocation <strong>of</strong><strong>spirit</strong>s in <strong>the</strong> second, that <strong>the</strong>y, like <strong>the</strong> genius <strong>of</strong> Aladdin's lamp, cancreate, in <strong>the</strong>ir own world, <strong>the</strong> objects <strong>of</strong> rational desire or fancy by a^a^,but <strong>the</strong>ir will-power cannot directly move mundane bodies. In order toeffect this, <strong>the</strong>y must avail <strong>the</strong>mselves <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> coarser medium <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> humanwill-power, in which case <strong>the</strong>y act, as one mortal may act upon <strong>the</strong> willpower<strong>of</strong> ano<strong>the</strong>r in proximity. The will-power aura <strong>of</strong> human beingsand <strong>of</strong> <strong>spirit</strong>s seems to emanate from <strong>the</strong>ir organism respectively, and,no doubt, connects duly with that <strong>of</strong> God. Hence, <strong>the</strong>re is thus, thatassociation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> divine will, with all animated beings, which is su"--gested by <strong>the</strong> popular <strong>the</strong>ology. The will, and <strong>the</strong> aura through whichit acts, varying with <strong>the</strong> organism with which it is associated, it requiresa certain coincidence in <strong>the</strong> attributes <strong>of</strong> a <strong>spirit</strong> and a mortal, to enable<strong>the</strong> former to use <strong>the</strong> aura <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> latter to produce any manifestation <strong>of</strong>its will or ideas.But so far as this coincidence exists, <strong>the</strong> power is enjoyed.That such coincidences have arisen, I conceive must be evident from <strong>the</strong>careful consideration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> facts which I have recorded in this work.

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