UNITY OF ALL BEINGS IMPLIED BY SYMPATHY, LOVE, AND MAGIC ENCHANTMENT.

3. On the other hand, observation teaches us that we sympathize with

each other, that we cannot see the suffering of another man without

sharing it, that we are naturally inclined to confide in each other,

and to love; for love is a fact whose origin is connected with the

question that occupies us. Further, if enchantments and magic charms

mutually attract individuals, leading distant persons to sympathize,

these effects can only be explained by the unity of soul. (It is well

known that) words pronounced in a low tone of voice (telepathically?)

affect a distant person, and make him hear what is going on at a great

distance. Hence appears the unity of all beings, which demands the

unity of the Soul.

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