Solar Biology

CAUSES OF INHARMONY IN MARRIED LIFE. 269
general debility. But when these two opposite forces
come together, where there is a proper magnetic and
electric interchange between the male and female, a
new life essence or element is born within their
systems.
There are two methods of generation.
In the generation
of children, the seed is not the life, but the life is
in the seed.
It is that subtile principle which animates
the seed germ, and when the positive and negative
forces unite under proper conditions, a child is the
result.
If there be a suitable blending of opposites, the
offspring will be healthy but if the parents are too
;
similar in their natures, the child will be imperfect and
unhealthy. We call the life force magnetism, and in
the interchange between man and woman new life is
born in the body when the seed is not wasted. In procreation
the seed is not all thrown off, and the portion
retained m the body is transmuted, and becomes a new
life element in proportion to the amount retained.
There is an interchange of fine magnetic and electric
elements between the male and the female, sometimes
sufficient to gratify all sexual desires simply by sleeping
in the same bed, without further contact, and often by
mere association.
Persons differ greatly from each other in their elemental
combinations, and association between the sexes
produces varied sensations and mental conditions, according
to the result of the chemical combination of
the two qualities. If there is perfect physical and
mental adaptation, the result will be strengthening to
the body and illuminating to the mind in its normal
functions ;
but if the combination is not adapted, the