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tive,   why use any wireswir es at all ?” I f again onon this subject. He says: “A
the earth will carry the negative lightning flash, like a spark from a
current why will not the air carry laden jar,
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Consid er the earth a
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ing a period of three years, while Mr. Thurston was testing his meth- Kelvin, proof has been found that air positive electricity and you will
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unlike.” That is,
Havin
Hav ing g set forth the scientific negatively charged substances will
Lesson Number Six. proof of the two principles (a) attract all substances charged nega-
In regard to the second principle tively and repel all positive sub-
In my previous lesson I ex-  we find
find that: and (b) let us examine the result
plained the theory of how life is of the action of the two principles. stances. Posit ive substances will
Benjamin Franklin proved that repel the negative and attract the
created. I shall now now go into the the sky and atmosphere contained It has been previously shown
physiological detail. The impor- that in order to have an electrical positive. Thus Thu s the earth, being
electricity by sailing a kite which negative, attracts
attract s all
al l matter andand
tance of this cannot be overesti- registered the quality of the elec- manifestation of any kind, the two
mated. qualities or currents, negative and substances composed of earthlv or
trical phenomena. negative currents. Even human
Simply stated, the proposition is  Again, we can refer to Prof.  po sit h’C, must join. In the the simple
electric bell there are two poles, beings are subject to this law, for
this: Life, in any form, depends George Barker, who says in refer-  while we have withinwithin us both
both posi-
upon the action of  positive   electric- ence to the atmosphere and its posi- and when the two poles of a dry
battery, one negative and the tive and negative currents, our
ity as generated by the sun and tive electrical
electrical qualities: “ This elec- bodies, the material substances
contained in the atmosphere, com- tric stratum (the atmosphere) other positive, are joined to the
two poles of the bell, the bill rings. composing them, are earthly and
ing in contact with the negative must constitute very nearly the
Neither one of the two poles alone electrified negatively.
negativ ely. This should
should
electricity generated and contained electropolar complement to all the be kept in mind, for it will help to
 within
 within the elemen
elementsts and substances
substances electricity that exists on the earth's can ring the bell; separately the
two poles or currents manifest no explain death in future lessons.
of the earth. surface.” In other other words Prof.
This leaves two principles to be Barker claims that the atmosphere power nor force. THE MATERIAL, CHEMICAL COMPOSI-
proven, viz.: is a stratum containing the comple- Throughout the science of elec- TION OP HUMAN BODIES.
(a)
(a ) That
Tha t the earth contains
contains ment of the earth’s negative elec- tricity nothing is known as a  fact It has been stated that the ma-
negative   electricity; and tricity. And, of course, this this ccom-
om- except that these two currents terial substances of the human bodv
(b)
(b ) That
Tha t the sun generates and plement must be  positive electricity.
electricity. must meet if the power which they contain the negative electrical
maintains in the atmosphere only In fact. Prof. Barker further contain is to be made manifest. force. Let
Le t us examine the compo-
compo-
 positiv e  electricity. states : “ In general, however,
however, and and There is little need to dwell upon sition of the body more closely.
Now let us examine the proof as even in continued fair weather, the this point. The chemical composition is a
to the first principle. earth's electrification is influenced It has been stated that the earth complex compound of carbon,
Lord Kelvin found that the  very largely, as it would seem,seem, by is a continuous negative current nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, water
 whole
 whole surface of the earth earth is elec- external electrified matter some- and the air a continuous positive and the socalled protein. This
trified ; .and that it is electrified  where—probably
 where—probably at a distancedistance of current. I f the the two join there is combination in its primary unmodi-
negatively,  as a rule, although in not many radii from its surface.” a manifestation. Thu s it is that fied state is called protoplasm.
time of rain it (the surface) may Electrical tests made prove that there is life upon this earth. It must be apparent at once to
become electrified  positivel y  local- the rays from the sun contain only Prof. Barker stated that the my student that the chemical com-
ly. Moreover, Lord Kelvin found found  positive electricity.  Science has earth was always negatizre except position of the living body is of
that the density of the earth's elec- long proven that the atmosphere occasionally in places where it was such a nature and composed of
trification varies greatly at differ- contains only  positive   electricity raining. This is only natural, for such earthly elements as make the
ent times and in different localities.  when
 when it is in its pure state and un the clouds being in the “field” “ field” of
of entire structure of the human bodv
He believed that this was due to the effccted by other masses. In fact,  positive electricity,
electrici ty, the rain con- susceptible
susceptible to electrical
electrical forces. For
electrified atmospheric masses mov- the practical applications of elec- tained in the clouds would be elec- these same elements are used in
ing along within a few miles of the tricity today takes into considera- trified with this positive electricity, batteries to produce electricity. In
observer. These facts are set tion the two principles (a) and and, of course, would effect the fact, one element alone, carbon,
forth
forth in “Physics” by GeorgeGeorge Ba r- (b), stated at the beginning of this earth’s negative qualities during a  which
 which is found in all matter of
ker, Professor of Physics, Univer- lesson. storm. this earth, is used as a medium in
sity of Pennsylvania. The telephone has but one wire  Again, during a storm when the electricity.
electricity. Carbon is always found
In 1600 Gilbert published the between the two stations instead of clouds are lowered and the atmos- in electric batteries, and for this
first book containing this fact in two. One is ground
gro unded;
ed; that
that is.
is. it
it phere becomes electrified very reason we are enabled to know its
the following word s: “ The earth connects the 'phone with the densely, the action of the atmos-  value in the human
human body.
itself is a great magnet.” ground and ends there.
there. The other phere on the earth's current at so The socalled protein has never
Grover in 1849 proposed the the- continues through the air. It is the close a range produces lightning. been found in dead matter but al-
ory which is now generally accept- negative  wire which is grounded, The same result can be produced  ways in living matter.
matter. Therefore,
ed by science, namely, that the for, since the earth is one solid by having two electric wires, one protein, outside of its chemical na-
magnetism of the earth is due to negative  conductor the earth is positive and one negative, coming ture, contains life (the subtle, vital
its own negative  electrical qualities used to carry the negative   current in contact. The y will work upon upon force), and this being true it con-
effected by the action of  positive between the two ’phones. Of one another while separated at a tains a combination o f both both the
the
electrical currents circulating course, the  positiv e  current is car- short distance, unseen, but when negative   elementary current and
 reason they did not create life from
dead
dead matter. Tha t the atmosphere
atmosph ere
 with
 with its  positive  electrical currents
aided in their methods of creating
life is unconsciously admitted by
Dr. Littlefield when he says that
his substitute for blood plasma
“contained no life in itself but at
the same time proved to be very
susceptible to atmospheric condi-
tions.”
To show that the chemical solu-
tion used by Dr. Littlefield to cre-
ate
ate “ living org anisms" was in-
fluenced by both negative and posi-  
tive currents of electricity, we need
only
only refer to his own words. Pla c-
ing a drop of his solution on a glass
under the miscroscope after it had
been exposed to the atmosphere, he
notice
noticed d that “it
“ it possessed peculiar
pecul iar
magnetic properties, the centre of
the drop representing one pole of
the magnet and the periphery the
other." This statement
statement clearl y in-
dicates that there were two electri-
cal currents at work in that drop
of water, for there can be no mag-
netism unless both positive and
negative electrical currents are at
 work.
 work.
No matter what combination of
chemicals may be used, the living
 vital
 vital force cannot
cannot exist within it
indepen
independentl
dently.
y. The student
stude nt will
recall the fundamental propositions
in the first lessons, that although
matter
matter does exist its existence is
not independent. The Christian
Science principles declare that there
is no matter,  that matter docs not
exist at all, but that mind is all
there
there is. How erroneous
erroneou s this is in
the face of the facts presented
above.
above. Mind is the controlling
controlli ng fac-
tor; but mind must have matter in
 which
 which andand with which to manifest
itself. The vital force for ce may be
electrical in nature and may be all
important, but without a material
substance upon which to operate
this powerful vital force would be
useless.
Having progressed this far, let
my students note what Dr. Little-
field has said regarding the crea-
tion of life. It must be born in in
mind, however, that what Dr. Lit-
tlefield says is what was evident to
one of the world’s greatest scien-
tists after making many experi-
ments with the artificial creation of
life. When Dr. Littlefield made
these experiments he was not
 working on the electricelectric theory of
life but was attempting to create
life from seemingly dead matter.
This being true, it is all the more
remarkable that the following
facts were so clearly presented to
him. although he did not know
their true value as will be evident
to all my students.
He expressed his conclusions as
follows: “ 1st. Volatile magnetism
magnetism
is abundantly diffused throughout
nature, and is not generated by
chemical action or friction or in
any way dependent upon the vari-
ous functions or manifestations of
matter for its existence.
existence. It is
everywhere ready to be taken into
the. animal
animal body bv T H E A CT O F
RESPIRATION and retained in
the tissues by the inorganic com-
pounds normal to them.
fused into organisms after the vital
organs have ceased to perform
their legitimate functions.
"3rd
"3 rd.. An animal organism is not
necessarily past revivication when
it has ceased to manifest the ordi-
nary phenomenon of life—respira-
tion—even for hours."
Let us analyze these statements.
In the first conclusion Dr. Little-
field says that the magnetism is
diffused throughout all space. In
other words, the  positive  electrical
currents may be found in all space
where atmosphere
atmosphere may be foundfound..
He further states that this electri-
cal quality docs not depend upon
chemicals nor material substances
of any kind. This Th is is understood
understood
by my student. I have already
shown that the positive electrical
current is not of earthly origin but
comes from a Divine source
through the emanations of the sun.
His last statement in conclusion,
No. 1, is the most important, for
he practically states that this  posi-
tive electrical current,  w'hich is not
made from or by earthly sub-
stances, is at all times ready to be
taken into the body to give life by
breathing the air,  and that after
entering the body in this process,
the body and the material sub-
stances composing our bodies re-
tains this positive electrical force
and becomes "life.” 
In the second conclusion he
states that life is not dependent
upon the action of material sub-
stances contained in our body, but
may enter a body after they have
ceased to to have life. This complete-
complete-
ly upsets the theories of other
sciences which claim that all mat-
ter is life, and that matter lives
independently, for after the body
is dead and the material substances
have ceased to live, life may be put
into the body and the body can
again live.
The third conclusion is practical-
ly a duplicate of the second.
I believe that my students have
been shown clearly that all modern
experiments made by scientists up-
hold the theory presented in this
science, namely, that electricity is
life,  and that this electrical force,
operating upon the material sub-
stances of our bodies, causes life.
This electrical force coiuing from
a Divine source is the sacred
"breath of life" mentioned
throughout the the Bible.
Bible. Hence, man
man
is Divine in Soulforce.
Soulfor ce. We shall
now proceed to the next lesson.
 TH E CREATI ON OF LIF E.
It seems hardly necessary to treat
on this subject, since so much has
already been said of the principles
involved in the creation of all life.
However, let mv students add this
to their knowledge.
Human life depends upon two
requisites: the body and the soul.
The body is formed through na-
ture’s laws. In lower
lower animals
animals this
this
process begins with the develop-
ment of the ovum. The Th e same
same i s s
practically true of human life.
The general process is as fol-
lows: All animal life begins with
an egg or ovum. Usually this this
The egg or ovum is really noth-
ing in itself, being of earthly ma-
terial chemical substances and con-
taining only the negative electrical
elements, which, as has been ex-
plained. cannot contain or manifest
life independently.
independently. However
Howe ver,, life
is present in the egg or ovum be-
cause of its contact with and for-
mation from elements from the
mother.
mother. This egg or ovum ovum is later
later
on fertilized by contact with a sub-
stance called sperm. NatureNatur e fur-
fur -
nished both the egg or ovum and
the sperm, and has many ways of
bringing
brin ging them
them together. Science
cannot make or imitate the egg or
ovum, but science can fertilize this
egg or ovum without  using sperm.
Thus we see that after nature has
provided the proper chemical,
earthly material negative   sub-
stances composing the egg or
ovum, science can apply life to this
egg by using nature's laws and not
substituting them as some claim.
The question is—what is sperm ?   Afte r birth the animal
The chemical nature of sperm is
not of import, but its lifequalitics
are. Since sperm  can give life to
the negative   elements of the egg. it
must be that this sperm contains
the  positive   force, and this is pre-
cisely
cisel y the case. Therefore,
Theref ore, instead
instead
of using sperm science can simply
apply the  posith’c  force in another
 way. The atmosphe
atmospherere at the same
time acting upon the egg gives it
the positive elements and life is cre-
ated.
 Where life is produced
produced within
within
the womb of the female the egg is
always present, and is fertilized
 with the sperm from the male.male. This
then produces a chemical action,
and since the female’s womb con-
tains both the negative and positive
electrical currents, it is a storehouse
of the vital force, and this force
of life is imparted to the egg after
being fertilized and life is mani-
fested at once.
once. Aft er birth, when
the growth for child) is delivered
from the womb and all connection
 with it is severed, the positive elec-
trical currents of the atmosphere,
breathed in the lungs, maintains
life in the newborn, independent of
the mother.
No matter how far the develop-
ment in the womb may be and how
strong in life force the ovum mav
be. if the mother dies the ovum will
die. for its life, until born, is de-
pendent upon the life of the womb.
For the same reason if the new-
born does not immediately breathe
the atmosphere after severing con-
nection with the womb, it will die:
for there are but two ways for the
Life to remain in this new body—
one is by conection with the living
 womb
 womb containing
containing the positive cur-
rent, and the other is by breathing
the atmosphere and thereby taking
into the body the positive current
 which the air and atmosphere
atmosphere con-
con-
tains.
 We find,
find, therefore, that animal
animal
life depends upon certain chemical
substances acting upon one another,
producing the condition necessarv
to receive the positive electrical
force. This chemical action is tak-
ing place continually in a living
body, and all the while the atmos-
Therefore, life really depends
upon the  positive   electrical
electrical cur-
rents acting upon the negative
electrical qualities of the matter
 which composes
composes our bodie
bodies.
s.
My students cannot
cannot learn the
foregoing conclusion and fact too
 well. If they will reason a mo-
ment they will sec what vast knowl-
edge is co tained in that brief br ief
statement: they will find the whole
key to life and its mystery.
Iater on in this science it will
be shown Row the positive electri-
cal current can be strengthened or
 weakened
 weakened by man
man and how l ife mav
be maintained and prolonged.
Health will appear as a most sim-
ple quality, easily obtained and
maintained and disease and prema-
ture death will lose their power.
THE GROWTH OF THE MIND AND
BODY.
animal body con-
tinues to grow.
gro w. A chemical
chemical action
is constantly taking place within
the body, repairing tissues and
parts worn out and giving giv ing the
necessary material strength to the
body. In this the electrical forces
play a most important part. Ever Ev eryy
molecule and atom of the human
body, whether of the bones, flesh,
tissue or blood, is held in place and
in proper condition by the magnetic
attraction of the two electrical cur-
rents within the body. The electri-
cal currents of the body keep the
flesh and blood
blood alive. The food w'e w'e
eat contains elements of the earth
 with its negative qualities,
qualities, and
 when these are taken
taken into the body
they form new matter upon which
the positive electrical current can
act.
The heart is a pump keeping the
blood
blood in circulation.
circulati on. Its action is
caused by the electrical forces of
the body. There is an outer cover-
ing to the heart, like a bag, com-
pletely covering
coveri ng it. In this sack
and next to the heart is a peculiar
chemical solution of which science
knows very little.
little. In fact, medi-
medi-
cine and science have been slow to
examine carefully the exact com-
position of the solution, and in
many books on the subject of
physiology' the nature of this solu-
tion is treated so slightly that it
surprises
surpris es the student. The heart
is a most vital and important or-
gan, and for this reason alone it
should receive careful attention.
This subject will be treated separ-
ately and some rare or unknown
facts will be revealed.
Since the food we eat is to sup-
ply the negative qualities of the
body it is necessary therefore that
certain foods should be eaten in
order to keep the supply of nega-
tive elements in proper proportion.
This subject, too, will be treated in
detail later.
The lungs act as the
the receiving
station for the positive electrical
force necessary to maintain life in
the negative elements of the bodv.
Every breath of air reaching the
lungs gives life; not in the wav
that physiology
physio logy teaches,‘ but be-
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A Complete Course of Lessons on a New Science Which Explains

Life, Death & Spiritual Phenomena

BY ROYLE THURSTON

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“The New Ontology” completely covers the subjects of Hypnotism,

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 Lesson Number Six.

In my previous lesson I explained the theory o f how life is created.

created. I
shall now go into the
the physiological detail.
detail. The importance o f this cannot
 be over-estimated.

Simply
Simply stated,
stated, the proposition
pro position is this:
this: Life, in any form, depends upon
the action of positi
 po sitive
ve electricity
 electricity as generated by the sun and contained in
the atmosphere, coming in contact with the negative electricity
negative electricity
generated and contained within the elements and substances of the earth.

This leaves two principles to be proven, viz.:

(a) That the earth contains negative electricity;

electricity; and

(a) That the sun generates and maintains in the atmosphere only
 positive electricity.
 Now
 No w let us examine the proo
pr ooff as
as to the first principle.

Lord Kelvin
Ke lvin found that the whole surface of o f the earth is electrified
and that it is electrified negatively, as
negatively, as a rule, although in time of rain it
(the surface) may become electrified po
electrified positi
sitive
vely
ly loc
 locally.
ally. Moreover, Lord
Kelvin found that the density of the earth’s electrification varies greatly
at different times and in different localities.
localities. He believed
be lieved that this was
due to the electrified atmospheric masses moving along within a few
miles o f the observer. These facts are set forth in “Physics” by George
Barker, Professor of Physics, University of Pennsylvan
Pennsylvania. ia.

In 1600
1600 Gilbert published the first book containing this fact in the
following words:
words: “The earth its elf is a great magnet.”

Grover in 1849 proposed the theory which is now generally accepted

 by science, namely, that
tha t the magnetis
mag netism
m o f the earth is due to its own
ow n
negative electrical
negative electrical qualities effected by the action of po
of positi
sitive
ve electrical
 electrical
currents circulating around it in the atmosphere and also by the positive
electrical action o f the sun.
sun.

In regard to the second principle we find that:

that:

Benjamin Franklin proved that the sky and atmosphere contained

 electricity by sailing a kite which
w hich registered the quality of
o f the electrical
 phenomena.

Again, we can refer to Prof.

Prof. George Barker, who says in reference to
the atmosphere and its positive electrical qualities: “This electric stratum
(the atmosphere) must constitute very nearly the electropolar
complement to all the electricity that exists on the ea rth’s surface."
surface." In
other words Prof.
Prof. Barke
B arkerr claims that the
the atmosphere
a tmosphere is a stratum
containing the complement of the earth’s negative electricity. And, of
course, this complement must be pobe positi
sitive
ve electricity.
 electricity. In fact. Prof. Barker
further states:
states: “In general, however, and even in continued fair weather,
the earth's electrification is influenced very largely, as it would seem, by
external electrified matter somewhere—probably at a distance of not
many radii from its surface.”

Electrical tests made prove that the rays from the sun contain only
 posit
 po sitive
ive electricity. Science has long proven that the atmosphere
contains only po
only posit
sitive  electricity when it is in its pure state and uneffected
ive electricity
 by other
othe r masses. In fact,
fac t, the practical
practic al applications
applica tions o f electricity
to-day takes into consideration the two principles (a) and (b), stated at
the beginning
begin ning o f this lesson.

The telephone has but one wire between the two stations instead of
two. One is grounded; that tha t is, it connects the 'phone with the ground and
ends there.
there. The other continues throu gh the air. air. It is the negative wire
negative wire
which is grounded, for, since the earth is one solid negative conductor
negative conductor
the earth
ea rth is used to carry the negative curren
negative currentt between the two 'phones.
'phones.
O f course,
course, the pos
the positiv
itivee  current is carried from ’phone to 'phone by the
wire above ground.

My student may ask: “If the earth is negative and

negative and the air positive, why
use any wires at all?" I f the earth will carry the negative current why will
not the air carry the pos
the positiv
itivee  current? But it has taken science many years
to answer this question, and it has remained for Marconi and several
others to utilize these
these principles. Howe ver, today we haveha ve the wireless
telegraph, which
telegraph, which system places the negative wire in the ground and
allows the message to float through the air on the positive currents
which the air contains.
contains. It is these
these principles (a) and (b) which enabled an
electrician to invent a pocket telephone, with which instrument any one
can stand at any place on the ground (or in contact with the earth’s
negative current)
negative current) and telephone to any distant place by using the air as a
conductor o f the
the po
 positi
sitive
ve current.
 current.

In the experiments of Lemonnier, Cavallo, Baccaria, Ceca and more

recently Quetlet and Lord Kelvin, proof has been found that “The air
above the surface o f the earth is always ele ctrified positively while the
earth is electrified negatively.”
negatively.”

Having set forth the scientific proof of the two principles (a) and (b)
let us examine the result o f the action
a ction o f the two principles.

It has been previously shown that in order to have an electrical

manifestation of any kind, the two qualities or currents, negative and
negative and
 positiv
 pos itive,
e, must
 must join. In the simple electric bell there are two poles, and
when the two poles of a dry battery, one negative and the other positive,
are joined
join ed to the two poles o f the bell, the bill rings.
rings. Neither
Ne ither one o f the
two poles alone can ring the bell; separately the two poles or currents
manifest no power nor force.

Throughout the science of electricity nothing is known as a fac t 

except that these two currents must meet if the power which they contain
is to be made manifest. There is little need to dwell upon this point.

It has been stated that the earth is a continuous negative current and
the air a continuous positive current. I f the two join there is a
manifestation. Thus it is that there is life upon this earth.

Prof. Barker
Barke r stated that the earth was always negative except
negative  except
occasionally in places where it was raining.
raining. This is only natural,
natural, for the
clouds being in the “field" of po
of posit
sitive
ive electricity,
 electricity, the rain contained in
the clouds would be electrified with this pothis positi
sitive
ve electricity,
 electricity, and, of
course, would effect
e ffect the earth’s
ea rth’s negative qualities during a storm.
storm.
Again, during a storm when the clouds are lowered and the atmosphere
 becomes
 becom es electrified
elect rified very densely, the action o f the atmosphere
atmosp here on the
earth's current at so close a range produces lightning. The same result
can be produced by having two electric wires, one positive and one
negative, coming in contact. They will work upon one another while
separated at a short distance, unseen, but when allowed to come in
contact a stronger manifestation is made in the form of long sparks and
flashes.
 We can refer
refe r to Prof.
Prof. Barker
Bark er again on this subject.
subject. He says
says:: “A
lightning flash, like a spark from a laden
lade n jar, is simply a disruptive
discharge between opposite surfaces highly electrified. These surfaces
may belong to two clouds or a cloud and the earth...
earth... In the latter case the
tension is high and a forked flash darts to the ground, developing great
heat and raising the oxygen, nitrogen, watery vapor and carbon dioxide
of the air to vivid incandescence.”

All the elements of the earth, whether mineral or vegetable, are

diffused with and contain the negative electrical currents o f the earth.
earth.
As long as these elements or substances are upon the surface of the earth
or within the magnetic field of the earth, they will remain negatively
charged.

Gravitation is no more nor no r no less than the ope ration o f the earth
e arth’s
’s
magnetism. Consider the earth a mass of negative electricity and the air
 positive electricity
electri city and you
y ou will understand
under stand why all matter
m atter is attracted
attra cted
toward the earth.
earth. A law
la w of
o f electricity is that “like attracts like and repels
unlike.” That is, negatively charged
charge d substances will attract all substances
charged negatively and repel all positive
positive substances. Positive substances
will repel the negative and attract the positive. Thus the earth, being
negative, attracts all matter and substances composed of earthly or
negative currents. Even human beings are subject to this law, for while
we have within us both positive and negative currents, our bodies, the
material substances composing them, are earthly and electrified
negatively.
negatively. This should be kept in mind, for it will help to to explain
ex plain death
in future lessons.

THE MATERIAL, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF HUMAN

BODIES.

It has been stated that the material substances o f the human body
contain the negative electrical force. Let us examine the composition of
the body more closely.

The chemical composition is a complex compound of carbon,

nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, water and the so-called protein. This
combination in its primary unmodified
u nmodified state
state is called protoplasm.
 It must be apparent at once to my student that the chemical
composition of the living body is of such a nature and composed of such
earthly elements as make the entire structure o f the human body
susceptible to electrical forces.
forces. For these same elements are used in
 batteries
 batter ies to produce
produc e electricity. In fact, one element
eleme nt alone,
a lone, carbon,
carb on, which
w hich
is found in all matter
m atter o f this earth, is used as a medium
me dium in electricity
electricity..
Carbon is always found in electric batteries, and for this reason we are
enabled to know its value in the human body.

The so-called protein has never been found in dead matter but always
in living matter.
matter. Therefore, protein, outside o f its chemical nature,
contains life (the subtle, vital force), and this being true it contains a
combination
combination o f both the negative elementary
negative elementary current and the po
the positiv
sitivee
vital current.

In their work Loeb and Littlefield used this protein, and for this reason
they did not create life from
fro m dead matter.
matter. That the atmosphere w ith its
its
 posit
 po sitive  electrical currents aided in their methods of creating life is
ive electrical
unconsciously admitted by Dr. Littlefield when he says that his
substitute for blood plasma "contained no life in itse lf but at the same
same
time proved to be very susceptible to atmospheric conditions.”

To show that the chemical solution used by Dr. Dr. Littlefield to create
“living organisms"
organisms" was influenced by both negative and positive
currents o f electricity, we need only refer to his own words. Placing a
drop of his solution on a glass under the microscope after it had been
exposed to the atmosphere, he noticed that “it possessed peculiar
magnetic properties, the centre of the drop representing one pole of the
magnet and the periphery
periphe ry the other.” This statement clearly
c learly indicates that
there were two electrical currents at work in that drop of water, for there
can be no magnetism unless both positive and negative electrical
currents are at work.

 No matter
matte r what
wha t combin
co mbination
ation o f chemicals may be used, the living
vital force cannot
can not exist within it independently.
independently. The student will recall
the fundamental propositions in the first lessons, that although matter
does exist its existence is not independent. The Christian Science
 principles
 princip les declare that there is no matter, that
matter, that matter does not exist at all,
 but that
th at mind
m ind is all there
ther e is.
is. How erroneous
errone ous this
thi s is in the face o f the facts
 presented
 prese nted above. Mind
Min d is the controlling
cont rolling factor; but mind
m ind must have
ha ve
matter in which and with which
wh ich to manifest itself.
itself. The vital force may be
electrical in nature and may be all-important, but without a material
substance upon which to operate this powerful vital force would be
useless.

Having progressed this far, let my students note what Dr. Littlefield
has said regarding the creation
c reation of
o f life.
life. It must be born in mind, however,
that what Dr. Littlefield says is what was evident to one o f the world's
greatest scientists after making many experiments with the artificial
creation o f life.
life. When Dr. Littlefield made these experiments he was not
working on the electric theory of life but was attempting to create life
from seemingly dead matter. This being true, it is all all the more
remarkable that the following facts were so clearly presented to him, him,
although he did not know their true value as will be evident
ev ident to all my
students.

He expressed his conclusions as follows: “1st. Volatile magnetism is

abundantly diffused throughout nature, and is not generated by chemical
action or friction or in any way dependent upon the various functions or
manifestations o f matter for its existence.
existence. It is everywhere ready to be
taken into the animal body by THE ACT OF RESPIRATION and
retained in the tissues by the inorganic compounds normal to them.
them.

“2nd. Life is not as a principle dependent on cell action or

 physiologica
 physio logicall functions, but may
ma y be infused
infus ed into organisms
o rganisms after
afte r the vital
organs have ceased to perform their legitimate functions.
]
“3rd. An animal organism is not necessarily past revivification when
it has ceased to manifest the ordinary phenomenon of life—respiration—
even for hours.”

Let us analyze these statements.

statements. In the first conclusion Dr.
Dr. Littlefield
says that the magnetism is diffused throughout all space. In other words,
the po
the posit
sitive
ive electrical
 electrical currents may be found in all space where
atmosphere may be found. He further states that this electrical quality
does not depend upon chemicals
chem icals nor material substances o f any kind.
kind.
This is understood by my student. I have already shown that the positive
electrical current is not of earthly origin but comes from a Divine source
through the emanations o f the sun. His last statement in conclusion, No.
1, is the most important, for he practically states that this po
this  positi
sitive
ve
electrical current , which is not made from or by earthly substances, is at
all times ready to be taken
take n into the body to give life by breathing the air,
and that after entering the body in this process, the body and the material
substances composing our bodies retains this positive electrical force
and becomes “life.”

In the second conclusion he states that life is not dep endent upon the
action of
o f material substances contained
c ontained in our body, but may enter a
 body after
afte r they have ceased
ceas ed to have life. This completely
complete ly upsets
up sets the
th e
theories of other sciences which claim that all matter is life, and that
matter lives independently, for after the body is dead and the material
substances have ceased to live, life may be put into the body and the
 body can again live.
live.

The third conclusion

conclu sion is practically a duplicate o f the second.
second.
I believe that my students have been shown clearly that all modern
experiments made by scientists uphold the theory presented in this
science, namely, that electricity is life,
life , and that this electrical force,
operating upon the material substances o f our bodies, causes life. life. This
electrical force coming from a Divine source is the sacred "breath of
life” mentioned throughout the Bible. Hence, man is Divine in Soul-force.
We shall now
no w proceed to the next
n ext lesson.
lesson.

THE CREATION OF LIFE.

It seems hardly necessary to treat on this subject,

subject, since so much has
already been said of
o f the principles involved in the creation o f all
all life.
life.
However, let my students add this to their
the ir knowledge.
knowledge.

Human
Hum an life depends upon two requisites: the body a nd the soul. soul. The
 body is formed
fo rmed thro
t hrough
ugh natu
n ature’s
re’s laws. In lower
lo wer animals this process
p rocess
 begins with the
th e developme
deve lopment nt o f the ovum. The
T he same is practically
pra ctically true o f
human life.

The general process is as follows: All animal life begins with an egg or
ovum.
ovum. Usually
U sually this ovum is o f microscopic dimensions although large
animals may grow from it.
 The egg or ovum is really nothing in itself, being of earthly material
chemical substances and containing only the negative electrical
elements, which, as has been explained, cannot contain or manifest life
independently.
independently. However,
H owever, life is present in the
the egg or ovum
ovu m because o f its
contact with and formation from elements from the mother.
mother. This egg or
ovum is later on fertilized by contact with a substance called sperm.
sperm.
 Nature
 Nat ure furnished
furnis hed both
b oth the egg or ovum and the sperm, and has manyma ny
ways of bringing them together. Science cannot make or imitate the egg
or ovum, but science can fertilize this egg or ovum without  using
 using sperm.
Thus we see that after nature has provided the proper chemical, e arthly
material negative substances
negative substances composing the egg or ovum, science can
apply life to this egg by using nature's la w ’s and not substituting them as
some claim.

The question is—what is sperm?

is  sperm? The
 The chemical nature of sperm
of sperm is
 is not
o f import,
import, but its life-qualities are. Since
Since  sperm ra
 sperm  ran n give life to the
negative elements
negative elements of the the egg, it must be that this sperm contains the
 positi
 po sitive  force, and this
ve force, this is precisely the case. Therefore,
Therefore , instead o f using
sperm science can simply apply the posthe positiv
itivee  force in another way.
way. The
atmosphere at the the same time acting upon the egg e gg gives it the positive
elements and life is created.

Where life is produced within the womb of the female the egg is
always present, and is fertilized with the sper m from the male.male. This then
 produces
 produ ces a chemical
chem ical action, and since the fema
fe male’s
le’s womb contains both
the negative and positive electrical currents, it is a storehouse of the vital
force, and this force o f life is imparted to the egg after being fertilized
and life is manifested at once.
once. After birth, when
whe n the
the growth
gro wth (or child) is
delivered from the womb and all connection with it is severed, the
 positive electrical
electrica l currents o f the atmosphere,
atmosph ere, breathed
brea thed in the lungs,
maintains life in the new-born, independent of the mother.

 No matter
matte r how
ho w far
fa r the developme
deve lopment
nt in the womb may be and howho w
strong in life force the ovum
ovu m may be, ifi f the mother dies the ovum will
die, for its life,
life, until born, is dependent upon the life o f the womb. For
the same reason if the newborn does not immediately breathe the
atmosphere after severing connection with the womb, it will die; for
there are but two ways for the Life to remain in this new body— one is
 by connectio
conn ection n with
wit h the living
liv ing womb
w omb containing
conta ining the positive current, and
the other is by breathing the atmosphere and thereby taking into the
 body the
th e positive
p ositive current
curre nt which
w hich the air and
an d atmosphe
a tmosphere
re contains.

We find, therefore, that animal life depends upon certain chemical

substances acting upon one another, producing the condition necessary
to receive the positive electrical
e lectrical force.
force. This chemical action
a ction is taking
 place continually
continu ally in a living
li ving body, and all the while the atmosphere,
atmosphe re,
containing the positive currents, is acting upon these substances,
substances,
maintaining life.
life.

Therefore, life really depends upon the po

the positi
sitive
ve electrical
 electrical currents
acting upon the negative electrical
negative electrical qualities of the matter which
composes our bodies.

My students cannot learn the foregoing conclusion and fact too well.
I f they will reason a moment
mome nt they will see what vast knowledge is
contained in that br ief statement:
statement: they will find the whole key to life and
its mystery.

Later on in this science it will be shown how the positive electrical

current can be strengthened or weakened by man and how life may be
maintained and prolonged. Health
H ealth will appear
appea r as a most simple quality,
quality,
easily obtained and maintained and disease and premature death will
lose their power.
power.

THE GROWTH OF THE MIND AND BODY.

After birth
b irth the animal body continues to grow.
grow. A chemical action is
constantly taking place within the body, repairing tissues and parts worn
out and giving the necessary material strength to the body.body. In this the
electrical forces play a most important part. Every molecule and atom of
the human body, whether of the bones, flesh, tissue or blood, is held in
 place and in proper
prop er condition
condi tion by the
th e magnetic
m agnetic attraction
attrac tion o f the two
electrical currents within the body.
body. The electrical currents o f the body
keep the flesh and blood alive. The food we eat contains elements o f the
earth with its negative qualities, and when these are taken into the body
they form new matter upon which the positive electrical current can act.

The heart is a pump keeping the blood in circulation.

circulation. Its action is
caused by the electrical forces o f the body. There is an outer covering to
 the heart, like a bag, completely covering it. it. In
I n this sack and next to to the
heart is a peculiar chemical solution of o f which science knows very little.
In fact, medicine and science have been slow to examine carefully the
exact composition of the solution, and in many books on the subject of
 physiology
 physi ology the
th e nature o f this solution
solutio n is treated
tre ated so slightly that
tha t it
surprises the student.
student. The heart
he art is a most vital and important organ, and
for this reason alone it should receive careful attention.
attention. This subject will
 be treated
tre ated separately
separa tely and some rare or unknow
unk nown n facts
fac ts will be revealed.
re vealed.

Since the food

f ood we eat is to supply the
the negative
ne gative qualities o f the body it
is necessary therefore that certain foods should be eaten in order to keep
the supply o f negative elements in proper proportion.
proportion. This subject, too,
too,
will be treated in detail later.

The lungs act as the receiving station for the positive electrical force
necessary to maintain life in the negative elements of the body. Every
 breath
 bre ath o f air reaching
reach ing the
th e lungs
l ungs gives life; not
n ot in the way
w ay that
tha t physiology
phy siology
teaches, but because it takes to the body the electrical currents of the
atmosphere from the Divine source. source.