What is material magnetism?

Electricity or material magnetism furnishes strength and substance for the soul's growth, which is the spirit body, the same, as the material body requires solid substances combined with elementary fluids, which are drawn from the atmosphere—those same fluids are impregnated in the material magnetism. 

It is a higher substance, containing oxygen and hydrogen combined with electric fluids. 

Those three elements impart substances for the growth of material bodies. 

The spirit while in the material body obtains its substance from the blood—the blood being inoculated with those essences, which add largely to the strength and vitality of the material body. 

Nevertheless, when separated from the material body the soul is an identical substance, which interblends with the elements, but is more refined than any solid substance, which you have here in the material. It is lighter and more ethereal than your atmosphere, being a compounded element, the very essence of the separate forces, which in uniting purify themselves and produce a more ethereal body—it attracts immediately, draws as a magnet does steel. This magnetism impregnates the spirit body, gives it a more material aspect, holding itself within this magnetism for a certain length of time, it becomes electrified, the same as you may be by a shock from an electric battery. 

Children, therefore, who have to grow and develop to maturity are brought in contact with this material magnetism that they may receive the proper conditions and inhale the magnetism, which imparts to them vital power or physical strength. They are not permitted to remain long at a time—there is a certain portion necessary every day, the same as with yourselves—you must have fresh air every day and if you do not have it, you suffer, becoming weak and debilitated.

Nor is this requisite for children alone, but adults, the young and the elderly require this material magnetism. 

Not as long a period to all, but that depends upon the spiritual nature of the individual. If the soul is very material, it requires more material assistance. 

What we mean by material is when the physical body is given to gross desires—if there is more attention paid to the material than to the spiritual and every passion of the soul is gratified with sensual and gross desires, then the material body becomes saturated with the cruder parts of the electric elements. 

For let it be clearly understood that the body is nourished by the essences, which are extracted from solid food. Those essences in the form of gases permeate the blood, and if there is too much of one kind of food taken, that becomes an overbalanced power and produces inharmonious effects in the blood, arousing passions and not unfrequently disordering the whole system. 

The brain being the base of the physical body those essences in their evolutionary growth stimulate that organ and produce various diseases when not in harmony with each other. 

They must interblend in equal proportion to each atom—they then develop a regular circulation and add beneficial effects for the growth of the soul. 

The spirit is controlled by the material propensity. 

The majority of human beings are more likely to be controlled by the material desires of the physical body, which germinate from the soul, which is more animal and is drawn to the material being, fed and nourished by the material, it is essentially material.

Therefore, humanity should learn the Laws of Nature and learn that by cultivating the physical appetite, by abstaining from the grosser material, they impart a more perfect essence for the soul's growth. The soul imparts the essence refined to the spirit, which in its action stimulates and develops intellect.

Our object is to teach mankind to know themselves and learn the anatomy of their physical bodies—then by understanding how they are formed, they will be enabled to realise the essentiality of cultivating the physical body to perfect the soul and spirit.

The intellectual require assistance in development and receive it through the channel of the soul, which is the monitor that replenishes the vital power of the spirit. 

When in a crude, material body, which is given largely to the use of stimulants containing more gaseous substances, especially in liquid form, they inflate the soul and make it weak without any solidity whatever. 

When such a soul enters spirit life, it is necessarily drawn to the material, for the purpose of nourishing itself more often from the same substances, which it draws from the elements surrounding the individuals who are given to the use of stimulants—

They scent it the same as a hound does the magnetism of his master. 

Care should be taken that this Law be generally understood, for many times those weak, debilitated creatures consume individual bodies by goading them on to excessive drink, feasting off the emanation of the highly charged and poisonous vapours, which are thrown off in the respirations of their diseased bodies.

When such an individual passes over, they are mere nonentities. 

The soul in its single separate fluidic state can take no form—there being, but one elementary atom, the other two being consumed through the influences of those beings, the spirit then seeks a body and will take the very first opportunity to reincarnate. 

There is rarely a spirit, which enters this life perfect in the formation of the soul—there is a deficiency of either one or the other of those elements—oxygen, hydrogen or electric magnetism. They must essentially perfect that body and are drawn to your earth for that purpose. 

Most are put under treatment immediately. 

Experienced spirits who are well-informed take them in charge. They are nursed and carried hither and thither until strength is restored. 

Medicines are rarely ever resorted to in this treatment. 

They depend principally upon the manipulating power of material magnetism and in time with proper instructions from the physicians who have them in charge, they are enabled to cultivate the will, the strength of which enables them to exercise power over themselves and learn to use the spiritual will in controlling such objects, as are necessary for their own development. 

Many of them, yes—thousands of them are brought to Old Mother Earth without seeing or realising their condition. 

It all lies in development and those who are too weak to develop their faculties are left in a position in the spiritual sphere where they locate, the soul or spirit body not developing. 

For its development depends entirely upon the will of the spirit. And if there is too little will force, there can be no soul growth, and consequently annihilation consumes the soul or in other words, the soul is annihilated, wastes away in vapour and the spirit is guided to take its course in another material experience. 

The individuality of the spirit is only attained through material experiences and not until it has developed a certain degree of willpower can it accomplish anything toward its individuality.

All depends upon the development of this force. 

The magno-electric, which controls the whole physical body is will force. 

Intelligence is the magnetic. 

The electric is the positive. The magnetic is the intelligence. The electric is the positive and is the will, and through the electric the magnetic is assisted, they interblend and are one. 

The positive assists the negative—this is spiritual force so-called and after disembodying itself from the material it controls all material. 

If it has attained sufficient power through material experiences, it will be able to cultivate and perfect the soul, its body, but if not, it retraces and tries another and still another until sufficient force is attained by which it is enabled to control the spiritual. 

Out of the material emanations of your planet, spirits are enabled to produce and manufacture objects, which are as tangible to them, as your material is to you in the material.

This power, which is so potent in its attributes must yield flexible to the will that the spirit may design and if the power is not sufficiently developed, it cannot be controlled by the potent will. 

Knowledge is power when acted upon by the will—

It is drawn in and controlled, as a solid substance yields to the flexible touch of the material hand. 

In this wise, the spirits of men and women become creators, gods, as it were, endowed with the sublimest forces of Nature's Laws and he who desires to outgrow the material experiences can through the exertion of the will command spiritual forces, and they will yield to their design.

The immortalised spirit becomes godlike in its attributes and can attract all that is beautiful to the sense and all that can perfect its happiness.

Mind you, it lies in the individual's power to make himself happy in this life, as well as in the spiritual. 

In the spiritual it is glorified by the development of willpower. 

None need to suffer in this material life. 

The Allwise Creator has imparted alike to one and all the attributes through which the spirit develops.

True enough experiences alone on this material planet enable the intellectual positive mind to outgrow the sensual and undeveloped. 

The pure and progressive spirit while encased within the material organs should inform itself that intellect can accomplish nothing without will force. 

Will force constitutes the highest and material effects are attained if used in a proper direction. 

And more often if it stands alone, unsustained by intelligence, it follows out its material wrath, which causes much suffering and sorrow. 

Such a course never benefits the spirit, but acts directly opposite, chaining it to the material until such wrathful effects are worked out through good pursuits.

But where will force and intelligence interblend, where the intellectual negative is assisted by the firm positive, man can and does make his home harmonious and beautiful. He locates where he feels the aspirations of his soul, ascending to the realms of the cherubs where ethereal expressions are sent to cheer him and assist him, where sublime happiness, peace and contentment ever unite in harmony and love. 

No suffering, no sorrow can reach him in that far distant sphere. 

It is only the desire of your own individual development that attracts you to such a locality.

—H. B. in Spirit