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Of development, ns VIC sec them, Il ING sou 10
supposed 10 embrace all TIC mental faculties,
and must bc rejected. D0t, u the soul IL cuT,-
s'icrcd entity, separate and apart .fot,i pnsn
range Of mental faculties, the theory may hc
passed. orcr as hnvtng nm special bearing on Tho
one 10 be suugested regarding The phenomena
Of Mind.
Fiji, M .' that' Mind Ia Itself IN element, cock.
tstent with md pervadtn1 all matter, ,-.constttut.
Ing evcrvwnetc It's controlling force, It's natural
Or, eeron,1, that Il Il coo1.stent With, or has
lts seat In, some element nr c'encnts of univcr-
raj iEssrsb,,tton, through which, a. through tliS
nerves Of tho human botiy. u can act upon all
tho elements OF tho universe.
This theory would presume further that tho
germ OF mental life fs cocxlstcnt With the germ
Of PHI steal life, and thst It develops with tho
material l"ly drawing ts Isn, snnstanse , from % ne
It's clements ften tbs Universe u Matter; while
nt death Its substance returns to the source
from which It wns derived. 1t Il not proposed,
Theological II I' d questions, int w might go far
enough 10 imagine tho element Of Mind To bo
itself Tho Deity. clothed, through IT. univerha1
diffusion and universal sovcre'Enty our Matter,
being bv thcoloaisss; while tho return Of tho
substance Of tho human mind 10 the sonrcu
from which II Is derived would be literal
"re.urn Of the sr!rit to the God who Eavo Il"
t'ons to this tDeory,--poesiblyt tnsnrmoltntai''9
oncs. Possibly, also, It Ia not new, bnt. II
have derived fttrom any other source tlan my
own thoughts and sCssnla.is an ~ ptfsSnf tS"i
am myself fully convIncod Of It's truth; but II
Offers 80 perfect a solution Of many Of the rte-
nomcna OF Mind, that 1t has seemed to me
worthy Of consideration. .... -..
We iii acknowledge tho existence Of natural
laws az combination Of forces hy which the
universe Of Matter I. controlled. These laws
VIC consider Interchangeable, AMI yet they arc
ali the complicated structures Of tho earth
md the universe. Attraction, repuleon, tho
productions VI heat, light, and electricity, tho
ituion Of elements in certain exnet proportions
OF laws, "in,p!antcl in mattcr,i "a VIC are in
tho habit OF expressing H. It Ia less reasonable
to suppose that tncso laws are in rcn!!ty tho
operat,ons Of the element Of mind pcrvadlng tho
universe, and directing It's movements, a. tho
human mind directs the motions OF the human
hodyl But We may 60 still further, and consider
Mind itself ~ complication Of elements. work
9s ,es Ro a ,s seat vsons q sns s
and functions, but ali necessary to maintain
lie, or give man the supremacy he has attained
reasoning faculties, wh,c,, ,tnny devise and exc.
rutc mnty plans for the advantage Of tho lN'dy,
hut canuut change tile 1aws BY which the organs
perform their work. so,, In The universe Of
.NlIu, GuCIC UuA uC AA ElCMEukf VI HkCIlECA1
whicl, watches liver the whole, but must oper-
ate through other elements capable Of working
only BY ixci processes. .....
Accepting this theory OF Mind, We may easily
itua!fsn,. mcsmers1n, c!airsOyancc, and alt tho
Other occllt sciences. II Mind IL M element Of
universal dtstributlop,t ls no more Incredible
that the hunah mind, developed frnm Il. should
bc abic to at on and through II, than that the
human hand is competent to act upon aud
through tho elements of Matter from which 1t
j. Ieytlopcd. II all matter Is controlled by
Mim',tt T. not stfanEs thnt: under certain pecul.
ly on tho elements OF Matter, as IN the table
tipping u the Sp[r1tuallsts; OF that one mind
1nny act upon another through space, without
si I'D o. 6 Sa 3 hs
Summing up some Of tic argumcnts fayoEtng
this theory OF Mind, We may reason; -.
fIst, irom snalHgr bclwsen !' II the a observed M
Ind that tbe t two a arc cocxisteut; ' @ tnas they
nrise, grow, and disappear together. Both have
their origin in tue germ. nnd We sec that tho
body derives ali lis increase anA the material
Matter by whic.. Il Is surrounded; whIe In ~
waste nnd ita tnal dispersion II Is returned
70 tho source from whcncc II cainc.
II tbcre Is analogy between the origin
sources from whIcl, the material for their origin
and growth Is derived Tho physical body lias
It's ORIGIN and T!oWth In and from olemcnts Of
universal distribution: mutt not the mind have
It's origin and growth In md from elements slrnt-
larly distributed: Tho body cannot maintain
Its existence IN tho absence Of The mind; may
maintain and execute THO laws by which 1t Is
Tcnt OF the MluAa Tho material clc.ncits OF
aIt organic bodies asc dispcFscd to tbs 1natcrfnl
not lte mental elements Of organic bolcs bo
siIn!farly dIspcrscl to tho universe Ut Mind fr0tl