THE VITAL BODY 43and infuses it with life. Through these ethers the bodily
functions, such as respiration, etc., are carried on, and
the density and consistency of these matrices of ether
determine the state of health.
The atoms of the chemical and life ethers gathered
around the nuclear seed atom located in the solar
plexus are shaped like prisms. They are all located in
such a manner that when the solar energy enters our
body through the spleen, the refracted ray is red. This
is the color of the creative aspect of the Trinity,
namely, Jehovah, the Holy Spirit, who rules Luna, the
planet of fecundation. Therefore the vital fluid from
the Sun which enters the human body by way of the
spleen becomes tinged with a pale rose color, often
noted by Seers when it courses along the nerves as
electricity does in the wires of an electric system. Thus
charged, the chemical and life ethers are the avenues
of assimilation which preserve the individual and of
fecundation which perpetuates the race.
During life each prismatic vital atom penetrates a
physical atom and vibrates it. To form a picture of this
combination, imagine a pear-shaped wire basket
having walls of spirally curved wire running obliquely
from pole to pole. This is the physical atom; it is
shaped nearly like our Earth, and the prismatic vital
atom is inserted from the top, which is widest and
corresponds to the north pole of our Earth. Thus the
point of the prism penetrates the physical atom at the
narrowest point, which corresponds to the south pole
of the Earth, and the whole resembles a top swinging,
swaying, and vibrating. In this manner our body is
made alive and capable of motion.