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Fascination Or The Philosophy Of Charming - Illustrating The Principles Of Life In Connection With Spirit And Matter (1847) (Paperback)
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Fascination Or The Philosophy Of Charming - Illustrating The Principles Of Life In Connection With Spirit And Matter (1847) (Paperback)
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HOUSE OF THE SOUL. 39 CONVERSATION III. PHSYIOLOGY. Doctor. The
body is the house of the soul: in an upper story, confined to an
inner chamber, closely imprisoned, and having no communication with
the external world, except through the medium of the life
principle, resides our immortal being. Lady. But there is no
mention of a double life in the account of man's creation. Genesis
ii, 7, says that the Lord God formed man out of the dust of the
ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man
become a living soul. Doctor. The Hebrew word, in that passage, for
life, is used in the plural; so that your objection but confirms
the physiological view. It should read, breathed into his nostrils
the breath of lives. Lady. Is the life principle immortal as well
as the soul? Doctor. I believe it is, but only in consequence of
its connection with the soul, to which it is subservient. It is an
intermediate between spirit and matter, presenting to us certain
phenomena, by which we are enabled to recognize its possession of
seven distinct properties; these are: ? Vital Affinity.
Vivification. Mobility. Irritability. 40 Instinct. Instinct.
Sympathy. Sensibility. The first five are common to all animated
nature? plants as well as animals; the last two, in consequence of
requiring a nervous system for their development, belong only to
animals. Vital affinity and vivification are used in the
organization of matter. Mobility is the power of originating
motion, as shown in the circulation of the sap and shrinking of the
mimosa. Irritability, or excitability, is the power of giving and
receiving impressions?of acting upon matter, and of being, in turn,
acted upon by it?and is one of the most important of all. The
instinctive property of plant...
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