The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES worth one day of wisdom, and that all the triumphs of ambition are not worth a single minute of heroism and of charity. SECOND SERIES QUESTION. What is man? ANSWER. Man is an intelligent and corporeal being made in the image of God and of the world, one in essence, triple in substance, mortal and immortal. Q. You say, “triple in substance.” Has man, then, two souls or two bodies ? A. No; there is in him a spiritual soul, a material body, and a plastic medium. What is the substance of this medium ? Light, partially volatile, and partially fixed. . What is the volatile part of this light? Magnetic fluid. And the fixed part? The fluidic or fragrant body. Is the existence of this body demonstrated ? Yes; by the most curious and the most conclusive experiences. We shall speak of them in the third part of this work. g. Are these experiences articles of faith? A. No, they pertain to science. Q. But will science preoccupy herself with it ? A. She already preoccupies herself with it. We have written this book, and you are reading it. Q. Give us some notions of this plastic medium. A. It is formed of astral or terrestrial light, and transmits 105 POPOPOP