The Universal Mysteries

The title of this book, The Disclosures of the Universal Mysteries, designates the matter set forth herein. Thousands upon thousands of years have elapsed, and of all the theologians, philosophers and men of science who have concerned themselves with the subject, not one has hitherto found the key of the universal mysteries. Whether or not I have found this key, I leave to the calm judgment of the reader, after a careful study of this book.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. MATTER AND FORCE: THE UNIVERSE IN ITS POTENTIALITY AND ACTUALITY Preface. To analyze or criticise all ideas, all hypotheses, theories and systems which have been meditated and composed on the field of these sublime subjects, "Matter and Force," from the ancient philosophers until the latest scientists, is an impossibility for a single person in a single book; and perhaps there are many of them which have no value for any analytical or critical review, and no importance to warrant spending a little space or a little time on them. But, as I venture to establish a complete theory, containing the pure conception of the universe entire, and to disclose the whole mysteries of nature, and at the same time the brains of men are filled and packed up with all the fanciful and fantastical notions of all the different and various schools, so that it is of great difficulty to bring in something clear and pure before those brains are purified, I, therefore, am compelled to analyze and criticise many ideas, hypotheses or theories of the most and the greatest philosophers and scientists, from the ancient till the modern times, in order to purify the brains of men, to enable them to conceive the eternal truth of the universe. In ancient times, Democritus was the founder of the atomic theory, a theory of the constitution of bodies, which asserts that they are made up of atoms, indivisible parts of matter; that matter, through which all bodies of the universe appear before us, consists of those small, indivisible particles, called atoms. His opponent asserts that all bodies are infinitely divisible, and that there are no atoms, small indivisible particles, in existence. Anaxagoras propounded the continuity of matter, under the name of the...