Electrical-psychology, or, The electrical philosophy of mental impressions, including a new philosophy of sleep and of consciousness / from the works of J.B. Dods and J.S. Grimes ; revised and edited by H.G. Darling.

  • Grimes J. Stanley (James Stanley), 1807-1903.
Date:
1851
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    CHAPTER VIII. Much has been advanced in relation to mind and matter, their various operations, powers, and manifes- tations, and the countless mental and physical impres- sions of which they are susceptible. Not a little has been said in this work of the electro-nervous force, as the agent of the mind, and how the functions of every part of the system are executed under its energy. It has been proved to be the connecting link between mind and inert matter, and the agent by which the Creator moves all worlds through the boundless fields of space. The connection existing between man and nature, and the relationship he sustains to her as an epitome of the universe has also been shown. As electricity has been made the grand agent that, under mind, moves on all the multifarious operations appertaining to the human system, it may be asked, what proof is there to establish this truth, independent of what has already been offer- ed ? If the arguments already advanced to prove that mind touches and moves electricity as its prime agent, are not sufficient and entirely satisfactory, we will then refer to a visible and tangible experiment, the result of