SCIENCE AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE SPIRIT
Excerpt from the
Spiritist Book, "The Consoler Among Us"¹
(PART
1)
Ever since the evolutionary
phase in which primitive man acquired intellect, he has known, intuitively, that
death does not interrupt life. Life itself precedes the physical vehicle
and, likewise, continues beyond the grave.
Pre-historic beings buried their
dead together with their belongings, as they believed in the continuation of
life after life.
Renowned psychoanalyst, Carl
Gustav Jung, said, "The fullness of life requires more than a simple
being; it needs a spirit, independent and superior, exclusively able to call to
life all the psychic possibilities that the conscience-ego, itself, can not
reach (Jung, "Reality of the Soul").
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The existence of a physical
body, with trillions of cells, created upon the union of egg and sperm, can not
be the result of chance, especially considering the harmonic cellular differentiation
that takes place, an intelligent process that creates organs and systems,
without the active participation of the pregnant mother. There truly is a
"central regulatory energy", or a directing spiritual element,
responsible for the formation of the physical body.
During the process of
embryogensis², under the influence of the extra-physical
intelligence, the developing embryo repeats the evolution that took place during the animal sequence (phylogenesis³);
initially, the egg resembles an ameba, followed by the phases typical of the
reptiles and birds ̶ a sure proof of the existence of a spiritual being,
remembering the course traveled in the animal kingdom. This phenomenon is
still a puzzle to science, since it will only be understood in the context of
its proof of the extra-corporeal energy or spirit, liberating all that it
holds archived from the millenniums of evolution.
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In the melting pot of planet
Earth, the transcendental being, while suffering from the rigor of a denser
vibratory state, one which acts as a true, cellular prison, will have the opportunity
to grow, to develop its potentialities, and to seek out a possible degree of
perfection, through the diverse opportunities afforded by the process of
reincarnation.
When will humanity have sure
proof of the existence of the extra-physical being? We believe that
science will be given the responsibility of testifying to the existence of the
spirit.
Numerous well-known scientists
have already had the opportunity to prove the existence of the spiritual essence
that gives life to the physical body.
William Crookes, an English
physicist (London 1832-1919), discovered talcum in 1861; studied rarified gases;
invented the radiometer (1872) and the electronic tubes of cold cathode for the
production of x-rays; discovered in 1878 the properties of cathode rays; won the
Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1907 (source: Great Encyclopedia of Delta Larousse - Ed Delta SA); and researched the mediumistic production of ectoplasm by
the young medium, Florence Cook, through the materialization of the spirit, Kati
King.
¹ (This book is not
presently available in English) "O Consolador Entre Nós", by Brazilian author, Americano Domingos Nunes Filho, published in 1992 by O Clarim.
Excerpt from chapter:
"Discovery of the Spirit". Translation by the editors of
ExploreSpiritism.com.
² Translator's Note:
Embryogenisis
is the formation and development of an embryo
(The Collins English Dictionary © 2000 HarperCollins
Publishers)
³ Translator's Note:
Phylogenesis is the sequence of events involved in the evolution of a species,
genus, etc.
(The Collins English Dictionary © 2000 HarperCollins
Publishers)