The Birth of the Universe; Being a Philosophical Exposition of the Origin, Unfoldings and Ultimate of CreationHarmonial Association, 1853 - 142 páginas |
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... presented to the world . This fact is stated at the outset as a matter of individual conscious- ness , and as an act of justice to the invisible power of whose presence 1 am made distinctly conscious , and on whose gentle but impressive ...
... presented to the world . This fact is stated at the outset as a matter of individual conscious- ness , and as an act of justice to the invisible power of whose presence 1 am made distinctly conscious , and on whose gentle but impressive ...
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... presented to the world as the universal basis of hope and trust , it . would occupy a position analogous to that of the heathen god , presenting rather an object of worship , instead of investigation of a blind reverence , instead of an ...
... presented to the world as the universal basis of hope and trust , it . would occupy a position analogous to that of the heathen god , presenting rather an object of worship , instead of investigation of a blind reverence , instead of an ...
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... presented is an appeal to the reasoning and intuitive faculties of Man , and that it aims to pre- sent the grand fundamental principles on which the Universe itself is based . To those minds which yield a blind credence to the author ...
... presented is an appeal to the reasoning and intuitive faculties of Man , and that it aims to pre- sent the grand fundamental principles on which the Universe itself is based . To those minds which yield a blind credence to the author ...
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... presented to the view of the interior mind . To see the Universe in its grand , original birth - to stand on some lofty mount of spirit- ual light , and look back through the dim vista of ages to the period when Chaos began to be ...
... presented to the view of the interior mind . To see the Universe in its grand , original birth - to stand on some lofty mount of spirit- ual light , and look back through the dim vista of ages to the period when Chaos began to be ...
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... presented find their only proper basis in the immutable and divine prin- ciples of Nature . It is not wise to rear the superstructure of any system on the foundation of human opinions and preju- dices ; and hence the object to be ...
... presented find their only proper basis in the immutable and divine prin- ciples of Nature . It is not wise to rear the superstructure of any system on the foundation of human opinions and preju- dices ; and hence the object to be ...
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A. J. Davis ages animal ANIMAL MAGNETISM appears basis beautiful birth body bosom cause CLAIRVOYANCE composed comprehend conceive conception connection constitution contained corresponding created creative forces deep foundation Deity depths derived Divine Mind divine principles earth earthly effects essential established eternal evolved exist expanse fact gence George Combe glory gradations harmonious Hence human mind ical Ichthyosaurus illustration immensity inconceivable infinite infinity inherent intel intelligence interior invisible laws light living magnetism manifested material ments mighty movements Muslin Nature necessity organization Original Germ outward particles perceive perfect pervaded philosophy PHRENOLOGY plants Plesiosaurus portions position Positive Mind presented primary primitive elements process of creation produced progressive development reality realm reason refined essence relation represented result revealed sense soul space sphere spirit spiritual essence stance structure sublime substance supposed Supreme Intelligence tendencies things thoughts tion truth ultimate uncreated unfolding Universe vast visible wisdom
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Página 124 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd : From nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll Alike essential to the amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.
Página 53 - The flame of genius to the human breast, And love and beauty, and poetic joy And inspiration. Ere the radiant Sun Sprang from the east, or 'mid the vault of night The Moon suspended her serener lamp...
Página 54 - Almighty One, then, deep retired In his unfathom'd essence, view'd the forms, The forms eternal of created things ; The radiant sun, the moon's nocturnal lamp, The mountains, woods, and streams, the rolling globe, And Wisdom's mien celestial. From the first Of days, on them his love divine he fix'd, His admiration, till, in time complete, What he admired and loved, his vital smile Unfolded into being.
Página 53 - Then liv'd the almighty One : then, deep retir'd In his unfathom'd essence, view'd the forms, The forms eternal of created things ; The radiant Sun, the Moon's nocturnal lamp, The mountains, woods, and streams, the rolling globe, And Wisdom's mien celestial.
Página 117 - ... heat, and light, and wealth. My fire now burns with fuel, and my lamp is shining with the light of gas derived from coal, that has been buried for countless ages in the deep and dark recesses of the earth. We prepare our food, and maintain our forges and furnaces, and the power of our steam-engines, with the remains of plants of ancient forms and extinct species, which were swept from the earth ere the formation of the transition strata was completed.
Página 116 - We are all brought into immediate connexion with the vegetation that clothed the ancient earth before one-half of its actual surface had yet been formed. The trees of the primeval forests have not, like modern trees, undergone decay, yielding back their elements to the soil and atmosphere by which they had been nourished ; but, treasured up in subterranean storehouses, have been transformed into enduring beds of coal, which in these later ages have become to man the sources of heat, and light, and...
Página 117 - ... state, and apply it to innumerable uses in the economy of human life. Thus, from the wreck of forests that waved upon the surface of the primeval lands, and from ferruginous mud that was lodged at the bottom of the primeval waters, we derive our chief supplies of coal and iron ; those...
Página 116 - The important uses of coal and iron in administering to the supply of our daily wants, give to every individual amongst us, in almost every moment of our lives, a personal concern, of which but few are conscious, in the geological events of these very distant eras. We are all brought into immediate connection with the vegetation that clothed the ancient earth, before one-half of its actual surface had yet been formed.
Página 47 - If we search into the systems of all the ancient schools of philosophy, amid an infinite variety of jarring opinions in other respects, we find them, perhaps without an exception, concurring in a belief of the eternity of matter, or that general substance which constitutes the visible world around us...
Página 116 - ... have not, like modern. trees, undergone decay, yielding back their elements to the soil and atmosphere by which they had been -nourished ; but treasured up in subterranean storehouses, have been transformed into enduring beds of coal, which in these later ages have become to man the sources of heat, and light, and wealth. My fire now burns with fuel, and my lamp is shining with the light of gas, derived from coal which has been buried for countless ages in the deep and dark recesses of the earth.