Systematic Study of Spiritism

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SSS 1

Class 18

Universal Cosmic Fluid Vital Principle – Vital Fluid

The Spirits’ Book, Chs. 2 and 4 Genesis, Chs. VI and XIV

Translations of other bibliographic references

18. […] The veil is lifted as humans become more and more

purified, but in order to understand certain things they

need faculties they do not have yet.

The Spirits’ Book

17. […] On Earth, God does not allow

everything to be revealed to humans.

What happened on that moment? Who has the reason?

WORKERS

BELOW

Why do people have not the same idea about the same fact ?

THE TRUE ANALYSIS of a fact depends on some items:

The fact – who suffers from the fact – the observer extras and additional factors

the time (the moment/ the era in which one lives) the location

the needs of one unknown forces

action and reaction

Matter Modified Universal Matter Material Principle of the Universe Material Principle Elemental Matter Purified Matter Elemental Fluid Universal Cosmic Fluid - UCF Universal Fluid Cosmic Fluid Electric Fluid Animalized Magnetic Fluid

Concepts:

22. Matter is generally defined as: that which

has extension; that which can impress our senses;

that which is impenetrable. Are these definitions correct?

From your own point of view they are correct because you

can only talk about matters that are familiar to you.

Matter, however, also exists in states that are unfamiliar.

For example, it may be so ethereal and subtle that your

senses cannot detect it; it is matter nonetheless, even

though you do not perceive it as such.

The more

dense

matter

The Universal Trinity

God

spirit = Intelligent Principle

of the Universe

matter = Material Principle

of the Universe

All intelligent beings;

Individual beings; Spirits

All that is not spirit

The more

ethereal

matter

UCF

Universal Cosmic Fluid

“(...) the universal fluid represents the most

elemental state of matter; its subtlety is such that

escapes all analysis.

(...) Through gradual condensations, all solid and dense bodies

that form the base of earthly matter originate from this fluid..”

Translated from Léon Denis‘ book – No Invisível, (Ch. 20 / Portuguese)

By comparing the cosmic fluid with the concepts of physical science, we could associate it with the ether, field, space and energy. These concepts of science are limited because they are only valid in the particular context or theory in which they are mentioned. On the other hand, the concepts of physics have changed with the passing of time.

At the time of Kardec: the ether was thought as a fluid at rest. In today's physics: fluid is associated with both material substances as with gases and liquids, indicating the possibility of internal relative motion.

Universal Cosmic Fluid was the name given by Spirits to

imponderable fluid which serves as an intermediary

between spirit and matter; it allows attachment of dense

matter, has innumerable combinations, and it is the

beginning of the heavy matter.

The Spirits’ Book: 27 and 29

The matter, when invisible, is imponderable and is always under

more and more subtle forms, what we denominate fluids. As it

rarefies, it acquires new properties and a capacity of irradiation

always crescent; (…)

Translated from Léon Denis‘ book – “No Invisível” (Part 2 - Ch. XV / Portuguese)

The Matter

The discovery of radiant matter, i.e. a subtle state of matter that escapes our perception entirely,

of the hertzian waves,

and of the radioactivity of the bodies,

have demonstrated the existence of forces, of incalculable potencies and

the possibility of forms of life that

our feeble and limited senses are insufficient to perceive.

the discovery of the X rays,

Translated from Leon Denis’ book “El Mas Allá y la Supervivencia del Ser” (Parte 1 – paragraph 13 / Spanish)

As well as the world of the infinitely small

remained unknown to us before the invention of

the microscope,

Broken tip of a human hair

in the same manner, without the discoveries

of W. Crookes, Roentgen, Berthelot and Curie,

we would still be ignoring that an infinite

number of forces, of radiations, of potencies,

surround us entirely.

Sperm on the surface of the ovule

Translated from Leon Denis’ book “El Mas Allá y la Supervivencia del Ser” (Part One, – paragraph 14 / Spanish)

The more

dense

matter

matter = Material Principle

of the Universe

All that is not spirit

The more

ethereal

matter

UCF UCF

Vital Fluid / Vital Principle

Combined Elements

Individualized Elements Multiple

Forces

UCF

Vital Principle Vital Fluid

It is certainly one of the elements required in the composition of the universe.

Organic beings are those possessing an inner source of activity that gives them life.

The cause of the animalization of matter is its union with the vital principle.

It gives life to all beings that absorb and assimilate it.

The vital principle is the same for all organic beings, but it is modified according to each species. Vitality is in a latent state (in the UCF) whenever the vital agent is not united with a body.

Its source is in the universal fluid.

This vital principle is the motive force behind all organic bodies.

Organic beings draw the principle of life and activity from

the universal source; they absorb and assimilate it, and

restore it again to that source as soon as they cease to exist.

Organs of organic beings are

impregnated with the vital fluid, giving

activity to all parts of the body.

The amount of vital fluid may become depleted and insufficient

for maintaining life if it is not renewed by absorbing and

assimilating substances that contain it.

The amount of vital fluid is not the same in all

organic beings. It varies according to species and is

not constant in the same individual or in the

individuals of the same species.

The vital fluid may be transmitted from one

individual to another. Those who have greater

quantities of it can give it to those who have

less, and in certain cases they can bring back a

life on the verge of being extinguished.

Conclusion

Its subtlety is such that escapes all analysis;

It represents the most elemental state of matter;

It is the principle of the dense matter;

It plays an intermediary role between spirit and matter.

Universal Cosmic

Fluid

They are sourced in the universal fluid;

They are one of the elements required in the composition of the

universe;

They give life to all beings and they are the cause of the

animalization of matter;

The amount of vital fluid is not the same in all organic beings; it

varies according to species and it is not constant in the same

individual or in the individuals of the same species;

The amount of vital fluid may become depleted and insufficient for

maintaining life;

The vital fluid may be transmitted from one individual to another.

Vital Principle

Vital Fluid

Conclusion

The Spirits’ Book The Mediums’ Book

Translations from the book “Perispírito” - Zalmino Zimmermann

Perispirit

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