Here you have a body of bones — a body of flesh — a body of nerves — a body of veins and arteries — a body of skin — or the epidermis —
These various bodies go to make up your material form, but within that material form is a sensational — or spiritual body — a thought body — an astral body —t he ego — or soul —
Yet all these are apparently within one body, for only one form is visible to the sight.
So, in spirit-life, there is but one form apparent, yet this form is composed of spiritualised material substance—or like the epidermis—a fine spirit body — a thought body — an astral body, together with the soul.
Matter is matter and spirit is spirit and soul is soul.
Spirit and soul clothe themselves with matter, and only the spirit and soul are intelligent.
Matter possesses no intelligence of any kind—
Speaking closer to the point—
Nothing possesses intelligence, but the soul.
The spirit is simply the soul's vehicle, and matter its clothing.
Does clothing—or a dress possess intelligence?
Can learned nonsense go farther into ridiculousness?
One would think that there existed no air — no ether — nothing, but matter—matter! and that all life first existed within matter, and spirit, intelligence and soul was evolved from matter, whereas it is exactly the contrary.
When the air and earth — or matter kiss each other, then there is a marriage, and then life and intelligence enter earth — or matter, and only then.
Take away the germs of life that exist within the air — or the ether and matter would remain forever sterile.
Take some earth, for instance—
Destroy all the germs that it might possibly contain—they are not destroyed, merely driven out — or back into the ether—
Then seal up this matter so that not a particle of air — or ether can touch it, and it would remain forever without life — or intelligence.
God in person breathed the breath of life into man.
All spiritual—or soul germs are inhaled—or enter matter through the breathing process—
Or by the flower attracting and holding the germs of its own kind — or species, which afterward bear seed —
Seed is merely a living germ embedded deeply in matter—
The germs are all and wholly within the air—or ether—
It is simply the process by which germ-life and matter meet and blend — or the spiritual intelligence buries — or clothes itself —
The emanations, arising from the earth, which is merely the developed life and intelligence arising again into the air — or ether.
O, consistency, what a jewel thou art!
The germs of all things that exist in nature exist in the atmosphere—
Each distinct as to its kind and species—
They have existed from all eternity and were different from the beginning.
Yet spirit-lives cannot conceive of a beginning.
Germinal life is co-existent with spirit and matter.