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V

  The innumerable forms assumed by Thought are the result of the
  greater or less perfection of the human mechanism。



VI

  The Will acts through organs commonly called the five senses;
  which; in fact; are but onethe faculty of Sight。 Feeling and
  tasting; hearing and smelling; are Sight modified to the
  transformations of the Substance which Man can absorb in two
  conditions: untransformed and transformed。



VII

  Everything of which the form comes within the cognizance of the
  one sense of Sight may be reduced to certain simple bodies of
  which the elements exist in the air; the light; or in the elements
  of air and light。 Sound is a condition of the air; colors are all
  conditions of light; every smell is a combination of air and
  light; hence the four aspects of Matter with regard to Mansound;
  color; smell; and shape have the same origin; for the day is not
  far off when the relationship of the phenomena of air and light
  will be made clear。

  Thought; which is allied to Light; is expressed in words which
  depend on sound。 To man; then; everything is derived from the
  Substance; whose transformations vary only through Numbera
  certain quantitative dissimilarity; the proportions resulting in
  the individuals or objects of what are classed as Kingdoms。



VIII

  When the Substance is absorbed in sufficient number (or quantity)
  it makes of man an immensely powerful mechanism; in direct
  communication with the very element of the Substance; and acting
  on organic nature in the same way as a large stream when it
  absorbs the smaller brooks。 Volition sets this force in motion
  independently of the Mind。 By its concentration it acquires some
  of the qualities of the Substance; such as the swiftness of light;
  the penetrating power of electricity; and the faculty of
  saturating a body; to which must be added that it apprehends what
  it can do。

  Still; there is in man a primordial and overruling phenomenon
  which defies analysis。 Man may be dissected completely; the
  elements of Will and Mind may perhaps be found; but there still
  will remain beyond apprehension the /x/ against which I once used
  to struggle。 That /x/ is the Word; the Logos; whose communication
  burns and consumes those who are not prepared to receive it。 The
  Word is for ever generating the Substance。



IX

  Rage; like all our vehement demonstrations; is a current of the
  human force that acts electrically; its turmoil when liberated
  acts on persons who are present even though they be neither its
  cause nor its object。 Are there not certain men who by a discharge
  of Volition can sublimate the essence of the feelings of the
  masses?



X

  Fanaticism and all emotions are living forces。 These forces in
  some beings become rivers that gather in and sweep away
  everything。



XI

  Though Space /is/; certain faculties have the power of traversing
  it with such rapidity that it is as though it existed not。 From
  your own bed to the frontiers of the universe there are but two
  steps: Will and Faith。



XII

  Facts are nothing; they do not subsist; all that lives of us is
  the Idea。



XIII

  The realm of Ideas is divided into three spheres: that of
  Instinct; that of Abstractions; that of Specialism。



XIV

  The greater part; the weaker part of visible humanity; dwells in
  the Sphere of Instinct。 The /Instinctives/ are born; labor; and
  die without rising to the second degree of human intelligence;
  namely Abstraction。



XV

  Society begins in the sphere of Abstraction。 If Abstraction; as
  compared with Instinct; is an almost divine power; it is
  nevertheless incredibly weak as compared with the gift of
  Specialism; which is the formula of God。 Abstraction comprises all
  nature in a germ; more virtually than a seed contains the whole
  system of a plant and its fruits。 From Abstraction are derived
  laws; arts; social ideas; and interests。 It is the glory and the
  scourge of the earth: its glory because it has created social
  life; its scourge because it allows man to evade entering into
  Specialism; which is one of the paths to the Infinite。 Man
  measures everything by Abstractions: Good and Evil; Virtue and
  Crime。 Its formula of equity is a pair of scales; its justice is
  blind。 God's justice sees: there is all the difference。

  There must be intermediate Beings; then; dividing the sphere of
  Instinct from the sphere of Abstractions; in whom the two elements
  mingle in an infinite variety of proportions。 Some have more of
  one; some more of the other。 And there are also some in which the
  two powers neutralize each other by equality of effect。



XVI

  Specialism consists in seeing the things of the material universe
  and the things of the spiritual universe in all their
  ramifications original and causative。 The greatest human geniuses
  are those who started from the darkness of Abstraction to attain
  to the light of Specialism。 (Specialism; /species/; sight;
  speculation; or seeing everything; and all at once; /Speculum/; a
  mirror or means of apprehending a thing by seeing the whole of
  it。) Jesus had the gift of Specialism; He saw each fact in its
  root and in its results; in the past where it had its rise; and in
  the future where it would grow and spread; His sight pierced into
  the understanding of others。 The perfection of the inner eye gives
  rise to the gift of Specialism。 Specialism brings with it
  Intuition。 Intuition is one of the faculties of the Inner Man; of
  which Specialism is an attribute。 Intuition acts by an
  imperceptible sensation of which he who obeys it is not conscious:
  for instance; Napoleon instinctively moving from a spot struck
  immediately afterwards by a cannon ball。



XVII

  Between the sphere of Abstraction and that of Specialism; as
  between those of Abstraction and Instinct; there are beings in
  whom the attributes of both combine and produce a mixture; these
  are men of genius。



XVIII

  Specialism is necessarily the most perfect expression of man; and
  he is the link binding the visible world to the higher worlds; he
  acts; sees; and feels by his inner powers。 The man of Abstraction
  thinks。 The man of Instinct acts。



XIX

  Hence man has three degrees。 That of Instinct; below the average;
  that of Abstraction; the general average; that of Specialism;
  above the average。 Specialism opens to man his true career; the
  Infinite dawns on him; he sees what his destiny must be。



XX

  There are three worldsthe Natural; the Spiritual; and the
  Divine。 Humanity passes through the Natural world; which is not
  fixed either in its essence and unfixed in its faculties。 The
  Spiritual world is fixed in its essence and unfixed in its
  faculties。 The Divine world is necessarily a Material worship; a
  Spiritual worship; and a Divine worship: three forms expressed in
  action; speech; and prayer; or; in other words; in deed;
  apprehension; and love。 Instinct demands deed; Abstraction is
  concerned with Ideas; Specialism sees the end; it aspires to God
  with presentiment or contemplation。



XXI

  Hence; perhaps; some day the converse of /Et Verbum caro factum
  est/ will become the epitome of a new Gospel; which will proclaim
  that The Flesh shall be made the Word and become the Utterance of
  God。



XXII

  The Resurrection is the work of the Wind of Heaven sweeping over
  the worlds。 The angel borne on the Wind does not say: 〃Arise; ye
  dead〃; he says; 〃Arise; ye who live!〃

Such are the meditations which I have with great difficulty cast in a
form adapted to our understanding。 There are some others which Pauline
remembered more exactly; wherefore I know not; and which I wrote from
her dictation; but they drive the mind to despair when; knowing in
what an intellect they originated; we strive to understand them。 I
will quote a few of them to complete my study of this figure; partly;
too; perhaps; because; in these last aphorisms; Lambert's formulas
seem to include a larger universe than the former set; which would
apply only to zoological evolution。 Still; there is a relation between
the two fragments; evident to those personsthough they be but few
who love to dive into such intellectual deeps。



I

  Everything on earth exists solely by motion and number。



II

  Motion is; so to speak; number in action。



III

  Motion is the product of a force generated by the Word and by
  Resistance; which is Matter。 But for Resistance; Motion would have
  had no results; its action would have been infinite。 Newton's
  gravitation is not a law; but an effect of the general law of
  universal motion。



IV

  Motion; acting in proportion to Resistance; produces a result
  which is Life。 As soon as one or the other is the stronger; Life
  ceases。



V

  No portion of Motion is wasted; it always produces number; still;
  it can be neutralized by disproportionate resistance; as in
  minerals。



VI

  Number; which produces variety of all kinds; also gives rise to
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