CHAPTER XVII
EFFECTS OF REMOVAL OF PHYSICAL
ORGAN
Generally speaking, when an arm, a limb, or an
organ has been removed from the physical body by
means of a surgical operation, the dense part of the
organ permeated by the planetary ether is taken away.
The four ethers which constitute the vital body of the
man or woman thus operated upon remain; but there is
a certain magnetic connection between the part
decaying in the grave and that etheric counterpart
which remains with the person. Therefore, he or she
feels the pain and suffering in the part removed for
some time after an operation, until decay has taken
place and the etheric counterpart has disintegrated.
However, there are some exceptions to this general
rule which it is well to note. We have observed that the
physical body accommodates itself so far as possible
to altered conditions. If a wound in a certain part of the
body makes it impossible for the blood to flow in the
normal channels it finds another set of veins by which
it may make its circuit, but an organ never atrophies so
long as it can serve any useful purpose. It is similar
with the vital body composed of ethers. When an arm
or limb has been amputated, the etheric counterpart of
that member is no longer required in the economy of
the body; therefore, it gradually wastes away. But in