New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-19

D f11 bshi. TtO-e y no make q marvel Of this eIps
nsDoe, undoubtedly hold that as mage OF ths
rsua beet On the re,ins instead Of the natural OBJ
lcct i'se bat IBIS simply absurd or contradictory.
II woud indeed b. truly narseous il while .e,n.liy
sccHg this inverted imsge we yet cav BE object up
night But THE "a impossible In that clse II you'd
not be The eve which sees, but the brsi1 For we
not What lies wi,hiO the eye but what lies thout IL
srd :he imsge 10 question falls M, upoa the eye bu.
exclusively up tie biaia through rs ex.ensoo into
the Isiins.
Rot some ere VII SIX ID wa not see Il lsas, By
Mons Of tins inverted ia see ID not see BY VIZ
tue Ct reflection of tie natural void the rena
This question puts the ut before tie horse, oas csn
mansgs % ss'Afyi. IL Hs nniVeisA Hn that tue
nsturs world is altcg ther vvihsd from the spiritual
crc srd q Is also .fus ibst this VvlbcEi'f tAk's place
through ceitsin media, which We cal. the ssnsee.
TITUS We see We tesr, wo smell, We isS's, We auch,
which 81 experiences OF n=tu' 81 no, oy virtue O
& spiritual rfux into the Te.lus, the tympSnum, lle
ofsc.oTy ard gusts,ory nerve, 9ad tue Ska Bat
tis iraux dces rot traverse these yarous media, or
p@ss through them On the co2tearS, It - aSsys ~
rested there by lie cxsct Contrsriety or Inversion
VIZ IN il euco uLtsIs a. the hsGds al nSafe; and u IL
this very sessaton which becomes tae bssis or o1g
rs,rs, SUFFICIENTLY. mskcs our nSturt -xpaiisnes
pessiole. Iaus tie inverted natural image on tn
ietina IS Scbrg nor less thSn a regerbe -slna
O. coHtrt-c0Hp made upon the spl.i,us sesse by s1
SGT OF psturai vision marks The srscst All ruhec-
tor hsrding back, Of the spidtasl world ueon ,ss
when il ~ou,d otherwise pas ca. q IA tpiSe, snt
douir ate the natural ore. u Is therefore ras - s4y
that see by OF this reflex RssurSl inss1 o.
the ellos thus far, namely taet that reflex image
cid no; tske psce, woaia be he,sn'e saef' vas 81
6ifererce between soul sud body between sprs an
nature, ard consequently bseauso We we're ~, To-
tended 10 enjoy any na'ura lie. Beyond taiS +" -
absurdly untrue
aid iust now ths. 1t was this arrssts,iOn Of the
soul or OF spiritual influx, 1t the plrtss OF sense,
which sone allowed us a natural SUFFICIENTLY. lAs
is obvious enough. For II fne sonl passed tnr1dgh
these nervous mecs, so sulJ c,hg tle nstaFa' noif
10 Itself IT, in other words, the spd.ual con,}oas
tess dominated the bodily natural consciousness,
passing into 1t not courteousy and By correspondent
but brutaly or in person why teea OF coaes We
should have no ma urS sight or nsiarel coe'N'IsneS
Of sDy sort. We should IN that as be TIE mere sves
and paekhonts ol the soa, and would sooa lose even
the bodily form spPgopriste to humanity; ior tast
erect form postua'es 81 indweing divinity of hesdan
even down 70 its toe nails. In sord, natural expe'
rieuce never but 10 most dseasa and bessty condi-
TONS the contnu alton reproduction of spitds e1
peience: it is meEt strictly, or AZ its heslthiest cor
respondeIce and inversion OF H. lt as the inside of
glove s correspondence snd Inversion OF ts outside.
We see naturally oaly by ceaslng 10 zee sprtasllyi
ard We cease to spiritually by the very necessity
of cur natural orgsnlzalou winch makes toe eye lho
ear, and every other sense com NON medlgm fDr the
soul instead Of an individual one. Spiritual sigh. do
aLds orgsn which il empowered only nom 0itNw
the subject, which derives lIs potency eututy from
the affection aud thought, or spiritual coa'acssf, OF
suCh subject. lterCe Swedenborg coDunuaiy say
p.rsone hose interiors " that human .argeoess
that they StHs,by communicated with the renoest
planets turning ire distance between the earth sno
trCn lto Il NLlioi'u rulclrNui'lI iht' h'iN e-'~"
tifc pedsn,ry. But natural sight demands an organ
most strictly irrespective Of the Individual character
of the subject because depending exclusively upon
hs relations To the race or what no has "a common
with all other men, Thdsthe angel Gabriel, il be we're
IN the flesh, could make co morning call IN Audro-
media, whatever might be his awsnl fitness, and
would be obliged to drop his dearest friend IN arc,l-
Ius, simply because hs natural organzs'oa : no. tne
continuance or extension of hs spru.l oee but us
decisive contrast aud contradiction, nvansDy pro
noncing that fyst which the latter rrooounces 1a'f,
ard declaring that tho highest good ara ruth and
beauty when tie latter declares t. be the losee, ev
and falsity ard defJrmiy.
The bearing Of his deductions from Sge1snborg's
doctrine OF life ysdous topics Of the .logy IS dii-
cussed by the author with his usual logici Acutsne-s
ard bold ard exubersr originality Of illustration. But
further exposition OF his ressonogs would rsqairs
space than be afforded in our column, and
degree Of interest in theoretic specuations, whiea
cannot be assumed Of any considerable portion OF our
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