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 Creator are converted into natural forces. Suppose the case of one desiring to be at a certain place. His affections form the will to go. He loves; that is he desires to effect a bargain, to view a landscape, or to see a friend. Suppose he chooses to go by boat and oar. His desire to be at a certain place leads him to go. Desire propels the oar. Desire or love in the soul acts within the mind. The activity descends, and operates upon the fluids within the brain and nerves of the body. The nerves act upon the muscles, and the muscles act upon the bones; thus the arms move the oars. The origin of the oar's movements is in desire or love. The force of desire is converted into nervous force, then into the force of the muscles, and thence is communicated to the oars. The origin of the force in the mind is the force of Divine Love in the Creator. Divine Love, in which are all forces, actuates the spiritual atmospheres wherefrom there is communication of its activity and forces to the interior substances of the mind. These forces come out and shape themselves in the mind as the forces of love or desire, which become physical forces in the organism of the nerves and of the muscles. Looking where the oar is just lifted from the water, an eddy appears. The force of the oar has formed a whirlpool. Through the organism