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Sunday, March 5, 1899. About sixty people were blown
into fragments. The explosion it is believed, was caused
by chemical decomposition of smokless powder. Now,
with which scattered limb of each individual did the astral body or spirit make the ascent? And descended, as each
individual limb would not entirely decompose for some
considerable time, with which did the astral body elect to
stay, or did it not rather stick to each individual limb,
and in that manner became entirely torn asunder, into so many cloudy shreds, or did it probably remain with the
brains? But, then, of course, they were scattered, toopoured out of the sculls like hash or stirabout from a cup. With which part then, did the astral consciousness remain?
An enigma, indeed, for any psychologist. The contemplation of these queries might make the staunchest theosophist quake in his shoes for fear of being mixed up in, or rather say, scattered -promiscuously about in any kind of explosion.
Or, to follow up the purport of this essay, will not each
individual limb retain a stunted or abrogated vital force, of which the chopped-up cereals and tobacco leaves gave an
indication, when displaying their maimed portions in atten- uated ice tracings, or palingenesis on the frosted windows?
There is certainly a suggestion of comparison. Or will the
scattered limbs, as in the case of the maimed celery plants,
which nevertheless displayed their entire form on the frosty
windows, retain the vital force in its entirety? Or as the
effect of the burned pieces of spruce fir wood evinced still retain in their redolent essence their entire form, or like as Linnaeus found the seed in the tea plant efflorescent in an entire ice tea plant? I don’t intend this for a pun, but
just think of it. Nature’s conundrums. I must perforce
acknowledge myself an agnostic in this respect. Yes, with
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