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{{Style P-Quote|“. . . Besides, bear in mind that these my letters are not written, but impressed, or precipitated, and then all mistakes corrected.... | {{Style P-Quote|“. . . Besides, bear in mind that these my letters are not written, but impressed, or precipitated, and then all mistakes corrected.... | ||
“. . . I have to think it over, to photograph every word and sentence carefully in my brain, before it can be repeated by precipitation. As the fixing on chemically prepared surfaces of the images formed by the camera requires a previous arrangement within the focus of the object to be represented, for otherwise—as often found in bad photographs—the legs of the sitter might appear out of all proportion with the head, and so on—so we have to first arrange our sentences and impress every letter to appear on paper in our minds before it becomes fit to be read. For the present it is all I can tell you. When science will have learned more about the mystery of the lithophyl (or litho-biblion), and how the impress of leaves comes originally to take place on stones, then 1 will be able to make you better understand the process. But you must know and remember one thing—we but follow and servilely copy Nature in her works.”<ref>A. P. Sinnett. The Occult World (orig. ed. London: Trübner and Co., 1881), pp. 143-44.</ref>}} | “. . . I have to think it over, to photograph every word and sentence carefully in my brain, before it can be repeated by precipitation. As the fixing on chemically prepared surfaces of the images formed by the camera requires a previous arrangement within the focus of the object to be represented, for otherwise—as often found in bad photographs—the legs of the sitter might appear out of all proportion with the head, and so on—so we have to first arrange our sentences and impress every letter to appear on paper in our minds before it becomes fit to be read. For the present it is all I can tell you. When science will have learned more about the mystery of the lithophyl (or litho-biblion), and how the impress of leaves comes originally to take place on stones, then 1 will be able to make you better understand the process. But you must know and remember one thing—we but follow and servilely copy Nature in her works.”<ref>A. P. Sinnett. The Occult World (orig. ed. London: Trübner and Co., 1881), pp. 143-44. Also Mah. Ltrs., No VI, with small variations.</ref>}} | ||
In an article entitled “Precipitation”, H. P. B., referring directly to the passage quoted above, writes as follows: | In an article entitled “Precipitation”, H. P. B., referring directly to the passage quoted above, writes as follows: | ||