New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-11-06

=, ,;I uorn,,u,, which il his essential Destiny,
and not to his present condition OF soc' Dlseol"'
which ia only transition and step III ms progress
! 10 tie attainment of his Destiny:
When n desire Is 50 generally expressed as '''it
! c ,I I,,r,,r,nlitv of the Soul, we must conclude
, !, j.; ,bc essential Destiny OF Man 1t this desire
;.,,r l., bc satisfied there could be no proportion
! bc,,y,cr Mans Destiny and his Attractions. Hod
ynr l,trg,v Il want Of skill IN the distribution OF
A,,r,cton Il, the Human Family, whilst he has dis
,r,,,1 II in the, iustcst manner throughout the
rir, Animn mud NcCo,nbc Kingdom From the
concerts oi The stars down those Of the industrial
ynimals-thc beaver, the bee, the nnt. &c. which
work reomctrically by the stimulus OF PassionaI
Attraction aonc-all Nature demonstrates In the
most conclusive manner, that Attraction is based
upon mathematical justice, and distributed in exact
propor,ion 10 Destinics. This indication that At
fractions are in harmony with Dcstinies. will have
the force of the most entire conviction when we
come 10 a full comprehension Of the theory OF the
laws ,ha, govern the Universe.
We will observe in this connection, that we can
cxpcc, much happiness in another me- so long
as the false and degraded condition oil human So
ri,,,irs and he collective life of Mankind on earth
shall continue as they are. In conformity Win ina
doctrine OF UNITY OF SYSTEM-thc fundamental al
,ribut, of the Dcy-thc lot ot the two worlds is
linked together the happiness and misery OF bolh
are reciprocal and the souls OF the departed remain
in an inferior condition. in which ours will partici-
mil, ofIer this life until The Social w orld shall have
boon elevated from It's state of dscord and subver
sion TO one of harmony and unity.
The, subject of Magnetism recently mOolcd in the
learned world will serve rs n brief illustration Of
The evidence which is connected with the sixth
branch OF the foregoing table; that IS the Contact
of Extremes.
II being Gods purpose to give US compound cvi-
dence upon this point,-tha Is 10 say both material
and rational proos.-as Il necessary consequence
some demonstrations must be of such nature as 10
n,H fr1NN m
n,crtarv cNpcriencc of the faculties which the soul
is 10 enjoy in another life Mere reason would
avail little in acquiring knowledge oil those tacul-
ties palpable evidence can alone he conclusive.
TO seek them we vii! rccur TO the unerring rule
of Justice the progressive Series: let us consider
Series of three conditions of the soul-o wit, mean
or middle state, with two extremes which must be
in contact
The mean condition shall be the WAXING state.
or complete existence. when the body operates III
combination with the mind constituting co1aP0aH@
mode of being
The inferior extreme condition shall be that of
SLEEP or incomplete existence, constituting S'n'-
yle mode OF being a state in which the body does
not respond in action 10 the mind.
The superior extreme shall be that OF an ULTRA
MrSpANE life the spiritual life OF the other world
which is Su2c, mpound, the faculties OF which II
is our object to ascertain.
Let u, then determine the difference between
these three conditions OF the soul
The Simple and Mfrd-MHHdaae state-Sleep.
The Compound, or Mundane sfatc--Wake!uness.
The Sgper. Compound or SR,cr. Mundane state-the
Future Iife-n which our soul will assume more per-
feet bodies The bodies now occupy are TER
AQUEOUS, formed OF two gross elements called fnr,n
and Water the bodies OF our souls in future existence
will bc ETHERARoMAI, formed Of two subtle elements
called Air and Aroma Arena is general name fol- all
the known and unknown impondcrablc fluids
According to the rule Of Contact of Extremes the
two extreme existences, called LJr0- Mundane and
Super-.Uunddae should be connected in some point
of resemblance The lowest should present some
images of the highest and, in fact, sleep III certain
subjects aud under certain conditions may initiate
Man into knowledge of the faculties OF the Super
Mundane state We have proof OF this In the
case of artificial or maenctzed somnambuiIsIs,
and natural somnambus,s; either of these states
gives Man powers which are beyond the common
experience of his senscs,-such as the faculty OF
reading piece of writing through an intervening
Opaque body and Of seeing what passes at great
distances and in such places as the natural eye
could no, penetrate. These somnambusts have
the visual faculties OF Ukira. MGRdoHc souls; they
are in contact with the superior term OF the series
of existence Of which they form the inferior term
And this is the uniform necessity OF the law OF dit
fraction, which prevails throughout all nature
To give more weight to this explanation, the
reader should be acquainted with examples OF Con-
tact of Extremes which may he easily found in hun
dreds OF instances but of which regular table
has ever been formed ! have described two OF
these in Chap. LV treating OF Beet-Root Sugar and
Slavery A printed collection OF thousand OF these
Contacts of Extremes would lead TO the unavoidable
conclusion that this Contact called Diilracion is
fundamental law in the Order Of Nature, and that 1t
should be applied to the theory OF Immortality, and
form one branch OF It's proofs.
In Observing upon the theory of Immortality we
must speak OF Death, which Is the point OF passage
between the two states and also of the embems ct
Death which are the most rcpulsivc in the whole
of French
readers would be unreasonable; they never desire
other than agreeable pictures: this compels me to
suppress the most papahle Of the proofs OF lmmor-
tality. which are to be drawn from the human body
and its mechanism.
As 10 the proof OF Magnetism, already alluded TO,
we viii be very plain concerning the discussion
now going on about lis ruth or talsity. The Ger
man Physicians find abundant reason 10 believe in
it, notwithstanding the skcptcism OF the Faculty OF
Paris, whose opposition may be Dictated by mere
calculations Of interest but let them not be troubled
although Magnetism is n very sure and reliable
remedy, and one which will be universally EN-
ploycd in the Combined Order, it cannot make
great progress in Civilizations 1t is too much hln-
dcred by the material vices Inherent in this Society
four OF which | mention:
lst They have no well known method Of discerning
maguetizabe subjects they know not how 10 cultivate
in them this faculty from period Of early infancy. and
they stiie and flsty 10y of education which
dstorts the natural faculties; and instead ui having
choice among good subjects those only arc commonly
met with which quite imperfect and who are simu'
lated by the desire OF gain.
I'd They cannot, from entire Ignorance Of the science
form sympathetic corps OF attendance upon the mag
nctiZed subject this corps should be composed OF TWO
sympahies of temperament i'll Identity and contra'i.
and two sympahies of character in identity and con
,rast But how collect such corps when neither the
scale oftemperaments or character is known!
3D. Magnetiacd subjects are injured and spoiled ny
their use they deprayed ty the desire OF GAIN
which even in their clarvoyaut sleep exercises dele,
FERROUS influence. upon their superhuGan faculty and
falsifes its virtue and clenrncss OF apprehension
4th They are also uuriously affected by their he'ero-
gcneous cmpoymcnts being besiesed with consultations
Altogether at variance with their peculiar talents, winch
il is not known how TO discern.
Still other difficulties concur 10 render these opera
tons abortivc and neu,razc almost all the benefits
which might be drawn from this powerful agent, 1t
is NOT a6spted TO the prcsen, Social Order. In this
respect, as in multitude of others it exceeds the
limits OF AS attributes Always unfortunate IN It's
genius, it makes great prctenslons 10 search mo
those branches. knowledge of which Nature re-
fuses it, while is incapable of entering upon those
paths OF real progress which Nature invites IL