The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-28

him that is seen is always of the form o
the beings of the world below.
His voice while still in his own dimen-
sion would be heard by the being of the
world below as coming from an entirely
new direction.
world below are not caused by any change
of form or substance, but by his entering
and leaving that world.
A world and beings of any dimension
include all the shapes and characters of the
world below with the further addition of
that shape or dimension peculiar to the
dimension to which the individual belongs.
Now let US consider the relations of a
being in any one dimension with the di-
mension above him and the beings of that
world.
I. All conception of a dimension above
him is impossible, though capable of a
mathematical development.
II. However vast and populous the
dimension to him, it is absolutely nom
existent.
III. If he could hear such beings the
sound would appear to come from an en-
tirely new direction, possibly from his
inner consciousness, and not from the
world around him.
". If such beings enter his world he
can see and feel only that part OF them
that enters.
V. And to him such part always appears
as the likeness of a being of his own world,
the inhabitants of one world being always
/. partial likeness or likeness Of part of
the beings in the world above them.
vi. A being of his own power can never
leave his own dimension or world.
VII. While in his own world he can
never see the true appearance or shape of
any being in it, but only its bounding sur
faces. Yet every being of any dimension
may be able to form a conception of all the
objects in his own world.
VIII. If raised into the world above he
at once sees the true size and shape of
every being in the world below.
TX. The beings of the dimension into
which he is raised at first present the same
form and appearance as those in his own
world.
X. By careful inspection and compari-
son the true difference becomes known.
XI. Even if the dimension above be
visited and understood, it is impossible to
draw it in the figures or to describe it in
the language of his own dimension.
| XII. All such attempts are necessarily
unintelligent and sound foolish and IRA
tional.
XIII. All attempts to understand or
grasp the dimension above without having
entered it are futile.
XIV. An eye in ones inner conscious
ness would according to analogy look in
the direction of the fourth dimension.
XIV. Each dimension adds one new
direction of size, space, capacity and form
to the one below.
XVI. The visibility of a being does not
depend upon its physical properties, but
upon its position within or without the
world below.
1t is not altogether impossible to repre-
sent an object of four dimensions, even in
our limited Spaceland. We can represent
Aof T,rfo h-r Is
perspective drawing, SO we should be able
to represent a fourth dimensional solid in
side three dimensional space. Draw two
squares with their sides parallel and sep
arated from each other a short distance;
connect the points and you have a rather
rude representation of cube. Now, take
two cubes with their edges parallel and
separate them by short distance; connect
their corresponding points and you have a
rough representation of a fourth dimen-
sional object, the four squares containing
all the properties of the four-square here
tofore described. A plane cannot be rep
resented by point, a solid cannot be rep
resented by line and a fourth dimen-
sonal object cannot be represented on
fat surface or plane. All attempts, there
FORE to draw picture on paper of such an
object will be as futile as an attempt to
draw picture of your nelghbor's voice
Few Of those who have had the interest
to read through the preceding article will
have failed to note the falsity of some OF
the analogies drawn. There are no Line
landers or Flatlanders. All animated OBJ
jects are inhabitants of space. The argu-
ment was merely introduced to add In
terest to the discussion and to show the
meager foundation upon which some of
the opponents of spiritualism base their
arguments.
Their defense of their faith would be