Chapter I - Natural Science
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instead of body; they are not personal but Spiritual;
instead of body; they are not personal but Spiritual;
Intelligence passes from mind to body, that is, from
Principle to its idea, but cannot pass from body to mind,
for matter is neither cognizant of evil or good, of pain
or pleasure. Soul is not in body, it is the unlimited In-
telligence, impossible to limit, and the immortality that
mingles not with mortality; as light and darkness are
opposites, so are Spirit and matter, without the least
affinity; light dwelling in darkness would destroy the
darkness; thus would the sinless and immortal destroy
the sinning and mortal; but darkness extinguishes not
light, and matter cannot destroy Spirit, body cannot
destroy Soul, but Soul can and does destroy matter.
Man is not matter, brains are not Intelligence, they are
not the organ of the infinite. Life and Intelligence are
not in matter, nor do they act by means of organization;
matter is a creation of belief, a chimera of personal
sense that reverses science, as we shall hereafter show.
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Idea is inseparable from its Principle; man is idea,
Idea is inseparable from its Principle; man is idea,
and Soul the Principle that produces it, therefore man
and his maker are inseparable. Opinions and beliefs
have no Principle, they are erring and mortal, neither
expressing God nor immortal man; but the offspring of
personal sense, embracing sin, sickness and death, yea,
the dream of Life in matter. Materia medica, physi-
ology, mesmerism, etc., are opinions and beliefs, predi-
cated on intelligent matter, which is error; and the
discord and doubt attending them are owing to the false
position they occupy. Ideas, like numbers and notes,
admit no opinions or beliefs regarding them, when once
their Principle is understood; beliefs are theories that
change, and are falsely stated, because they are not un-
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derstood. The identity of every idea is in its Principle
derstood. The identity of every idea is in its Principle
where it is learned; immortal man is harmonious and
eternal; matter is the offspring of mortal belief; Soul
or understanding, has no part in it.
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Philosophy in general, finds cause in effect, Soul in
Philosophy in general, finds cause in effect, Soul in
body, Principle in idea, and Life and Intelligence in
matter. Materia medica seeking cause in effect, would
learn of matter what are the conditions of man, exam-
ining the liver, heart, lungs, etc., to ascertain how much
harmony they are permitting man; thus admitting mat-
ter instead of mind, causation, and producing Life or
death, pain or pleasure, action or stagnation, without
the mind's consent; this would place man and God, or
body and Soul, at the disposal and control of matter.
Physiology finds mind unequal to matter, cause not
master of effect, the so-called laws of nature failing in
their fulfillment to give health to man; making the
Infinite insufficient to govern the finite, Principle not
controlling its idea, and the Intelligence, or Soul of
man, unable to govern the body. To prevent disease,
or the effects of damp atmospheres, violent exertions, a
heavy meal, etc., destroying man; we say, laws of
matter are our only hope, leaving Spirit powerless.
Mesmerism, placing Life and Intelligence in elec-
tricity, finds matter superior to God, and the governing
Principle of man, an aura of brains, the lack or excess,
quality or quantity of which, determines his discord or
harmony.
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Theology would make the supreme Being a person,
Theology would make the supreme Being a person,
in other words, matter embracing Spirit; God dwelling
in man, Life in the things it creates, cause in effect,
Soul in body, the infinite and limitless, within limits.