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There ''is ''a ''transcendental ''set of causes put in motion — so to speak — in the occurrence of these phenomena, which, ''not being in relation to our narrow range of cognition'', can only be traced to their source and their nature, and understood by the Spiritual faculties of the Adept. They are, as Asclepios puts it to the King, “ incorporeal corporealities ” — such as “ appear in the mirror,” and “ abstract forms ” that ''we see'', ''hear'', ''and smell'', in our dreams, and visions. What have the “ modes of motion,” light, and ether to do with these ? Yet we see, hear, and smell, and touch them, ''ergo ''they are as much ''realities ''to us in our dreams, as any other thing on this plane of Maya.
There ''is ''a ''transcendental ''set of causes put in motion — so to speak — in the occurrence of these phenomena, which, ''not being in relation to our narrow range of cognition'', can only be traced to their source and their nature, and understood by the Spiritual faculties of the Adept. They are, as Asclepios puts it to the King, “ incorporeal corporealities ” — such as “ appear in the mirror,” and “ abstract forms ” that ''we see'', ''hear'', ''and smell'', in our dreams, and visions. What have the “ modes of motion,” light, and ether to do with these ? Yet we see, hear, and smell, and touch them, ''ergo ''they are as much ''realities ''to us in our dreams, as any other thing on this plane of Maya.
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> In this case the American “ Substantialists ” are not wrong (though too anthropomorphic and material in their views to be accepted by the Occultists) when arguing through Mrs. M. S. Organ, M.D., that “ there must be positive entitative properties in objects which have a constitutional relation to the nerves of animal sensations, or there can be no perception. No impression ''of any kind can be made ''upon brain, nerve, or mind — no stimulus to action — unless there is an actual and direct communication of a substantial force.” (“ Substantial ” as far as it appears in the usual sense of the word in this universe of ''illusion ''and maya, of course ; not so ''in reality.'') “ That force may be the most refined and sublimated immaterial Entity (?). Yet it must exist ; for no sense, element, or faculty of the human being can have a perception, or be stimulated into action, without some substantial force coming in contact with it. This is the fundamental law pervading the whole organic and mental world. In the true philosophical sense there is no such thing as independent action : for every force or substance is correlated to some other force or substance. We can with just as much truth and reason assert that no substance possesses any inherent gustatory property or any olfactory property — that taste and odour are simply sensations caused by vibrations ; and hence mere illusions of animal perceptions. ”
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