Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-06-19

i v. There are two bodies-the rudi>
mental and the complete; corresponding
with the conditions Of the worm and the
butterfly. What we call ..de ath, )" is but
the painful metamorphosis. Our'Present
incarnation is progressive, preparatory
Temporary. Our future is perfected, ul>
innate, immortal. The ultimate life Is
the full design. :.
P. But of the worms metamorphosls
we are palpably cognizant. gaa
/ v. Ne, certainly-but not the worm.
The matter Of which our rudimental body
I is composed, is within the ken Of the Of
/, gans of that body; or more distinctly our
fundamental organs are adapted to the
matter of which is formed the rudimental
body; but not to that Of which the ulti-
mate is composed. The ultimate body
thus escapes our rudimental senses, and
we perceive only the shell which falls in
decaying from the inner form; not that
4 inner form itself, but this inner form. as
we'll as the shell, is appreciable by those
who have already acquired the ultimate
4 life. a .sa.a.4 .@57
i P, You have often said that the mes
meric state very nearly resembled death.
4 How is this2
/ ". When say that il resembles death,
mean that it resembles the ultimate life;
for the senses of my rudimental life are
in abeyance, and i perceive external
things directly, without organs through a
medium which l'shall employ in the ul-
innate, unorganized life. 1
p. Unorganized!
V. Yes; organs are contrlvances by
which the individual is brought into SEN
. slble relation with particular classes and
, forms of matter, to the exclusion OF 9TH
er classes and forms. The organs of
man are adapted to his rudimental condi-
> ton, and to that only; his ultimate con-
{ dition, being unorganized is of unl'mit-
ed comprehension in all points but one
q the nature of the voli:ion. or motion, OF
: the unparalleled matter. You will have
distinct idea of the ultimate body by
onceiyine It to be entire BRAIN. This it
IS mol; but conception Of this nature will
bring you near to "a comprehension OF
. what it is luminous body imparts vi
bration to the luminiferous ether. The
vibrations generate similar ones within
the retina, which again communicate
similar ones to the optic nerve. The
nerve conveys similar ones to the brain;
The brain, also, similar ones to the unpar-
ticIed matter which permeates it. The
motion to this latter is thought, of which
perception is the first unduation. This
is the mode of which the mind Of the ru-
!. dimental life communicates the external
world; and this external worlds limited,
throug n the idiosyncracy Of the organs.
But in the ultimate, unorganized life, the
external world reaches the whole body.
, (Which is of substance having affinity
to brain, aa have said) with no other
intervension than that OF an infinitely
rarer ether than even the luminiferous;
, and to this ether--in unison with it
the whole body vibrates, setting in mos
ton the unparalleled matter which per.
meates it. 1t is to the absence of lido.
syncratic organs, therefore, that we must
attribute the nearly unlimited perception
of the ultimate life The rudimental be-
ings, organs are the cages necessary to
confine them until hedged.
P. You speak of rudimental 'beings.'
Are there other rudlmental thinking be-
ings than man.
V. The multitudinous congomeration
Of rare matter into nebule, planets, suns
and other bodies which are neither neb-
ule, suns, nor planets, is for the sole
purpose of supplying pabuzum for the
idiosyncrasy of the organs of an inuity
of rudimental beings. But for the me-
cessity Of the rudimental, prior to the
ultimate life, there would have been no
bodies such as these. Each of these is
tenanted by distinct variety of organic,
rudi mental, thinking creatures. In all,
the organs vary with the features of the
place tenanted. At death, or metamor-
Phosis, these creates, enjoying the ulti-
mate life. and cognizant of all secrets
but the one, pervade at pleasure the
weird dominions of the infinite.
As the sleep walker pronounced these
latter words. in feeble tone, | observ-
ed on his countenance a singular ex-
preston, which somewhat alarmed me,
and induced me to awake him at once.
No sooner had done this, than, with a
bright smile irradiating all his features,
he fell back npon his pillow and expired
| noticed that in less than minute af.
terward his corpse had all the the ster n
rigidity of Stone Columbian Magazine
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