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238 Principle of man speaks through immortal sense. If a material body — alias mortal, material sense — were permeated by Spirit, that body would disappear to these senses. A condition precedent to communion with Spirit is the gain of spiritual Life.

So-called spirits are but corporeal communicators. As light destroys darkness, and in its place all is light, so

(in absolute Science) Soul, or God, is the only truth-giver to man. His presence destroys mortality, and brings to light immortality. Mortal belief (the material sense of life) and immortal Truth (the spiritual sense) are the tares and wheat, which are not united by progress, but separated.

Perfection is not expressed through imperfection. Spirit is not made manifest through matter. There are no convenient sieves which can strain Truth through error.

All real effects are based on a demonstrable Principle, explained in Science. Phenomena produced by

belief are destitute of Principle and Science. Error is a network of mystery, which cannot be united with Truth or Immortality. Absolute Truth only is true; and absolute error is more readily detected than beliefs which are partly true and partly false.

The notion that there can be a union of such opposites as Spirit and matter, the Infinite and finite, leads to the

errors seen in sin, disease, and death, and is exemplified in the mistakes of Spiritualism. As readily can you mingle fire and frost as Spirit and matter. In either case, one must destroy the other.

Spiritualism calls one person, living in this world, matter, but another, who has died, but inhabits earth,