The times., 1899-11-19

dominautly magnetic, so that by the su-
DCTiOr pUlsive power OF the magnetism of
the hinder part it is thrown forward and
causes what is known as diurnal motion.
Those who have watched the progress
Of scientific thought during the last hah
of this century by its inductive methods
Of reasoning cannot fail to note that tee
scientific aXicm of today is kelly to be
cCme the scientific faiiasy Of tomorrow, Tor
example:
Science tells us that a piece OF steel
can be converted into a magnet by cnaT5-
iLg il With electricity, ana when thus
charged it becomes polarized. and mas the
power to attract and repel. but none OF this
is true and only appears 10 be SO, just as
the sun appears to reyolve ar0uul the
earth. The fact is that the steel is cur
rentized with magnetism instead OF being
charged with electricity, and when SEN
sitiye is placed under its influence II IS
controlled thereby either from or to the
magnet in the direction of the current
there being no polarization attraction, or
repulsion in the case. as in each instance
the current controls the grayitated subject.
The steel chips are carried by the current
and the steel serves as a barrier. Re
verse the current and the chips viii be
carried in the opposite direction, destroy
the current and no grayitating power VIII
be exhibited. Bodies of matter vary great
~ in their susceptibility to magnetic intiu-
eace. just as pzOple vary in their suscepti-
bility TO hypnotic influence, which is but
the manifestation Of the same pOwer-that
is. magnetism.
The tendency of a planet to follow in
the wake of its centre of electrical rsCep-
tlyity is called gravity; but this gravity IS
not due 10 the attraction of matter for
matter, but to the great velocity, estimated
at 55 coo, 600 miles per day, at the rate
which our planet travels through space.
The manufacture Of small shot is an eX-
emplifcatiOn of this fact.
Electricity is the passional expression
Of the negative condition of space. The
negative condition renders the omnipres-
ence Of space a genitive necessity; and the
omnipresenca Of space renders il static and
immobile because there is no whittier TO
which it can be moved. Electricity is as
immoyable as space, hence electricity Is
static and constant. while magnetism is
dynamic mobile, and ferveut.
In a Magnetic sphere.
'Our whole earth is enve,oped in mag
neuc sphere which greatly transcends the
outer limits Of our material atmosphere, SO
much so that il is being continually jostlsd
and repelIed by contact of its magnetic
sphere with the magnetic spheres of its
neighboring planets and it is this phencm-
ena that is mistaken for ether.
Electricity and magnetism are both
material in their nature On the con-
tTary they are both spiritual and the means
by which space and matter express their
love for each other The idea that space is
permeated with q material substance which
ether was until very recently supposed 10
be. had its origin in that old scientific gag
that mature abhors a vacuum ] Go not
pretend TO know what nature abhOrs. but
observation experience and reason all tell
me that wherever there is a vacuum mattF
tries % ill il.
The fact that matter does not obstruct
the IarCCni waves. and that not even
mountain ranges interrupt their vibrations,
is tle best possible proof of my cOutsn-
U0l. that he Is creating these waves in a
magnetic sea which surrounds the earth
ana extends beyond the confines of its Esa-
terial atmosphere but which is neverthe-
less a part of its personally as distin-
guished from the personality of space
In conclusion, ! beg to add that even
the sober second thought Of q Iayman
ought to suggest to him that in the order
Of possibility space is the absolute fact OF
astronomic existence and that therefore,
II is primary to- and Independent of. mat
Ter. and that therefore, it can and does
exist without the presence of matter, so
that If all matter were eliminated it would
have no more effect on space than the
elimination of numbers would have upon
zero, or the elimination of sound upon ST.
lence. as in either case the only result
would be 10 render the negative factor in
either case all the more pronounced.