Universal Space - The Spirit's Book

35. Is universal space infinite or limited?

"Infinite. Suppose the existence of boundaries, what would there be beyond them ? This

consideration confounds human reason; and nevertheless your reason itself tells you that it

cannot be otherwise. It is thus with the idea of infinity, under whatever aspect you consider it.

The idea of infinity cannot be comprehended in your narrow sphere."

If we imagine a limit to space, no matter how far off our thought may place this limit, our reason tells us that there must still be something beyond It and so on, step by step, until we arrive at the idea of infinity; for the "something beyond," the existence of which is recognised by our thought as necessity, were it only an absolute void, would still be space.

 36. Does an absolute void exist in any part of space?

"No there is no void. What appears like a void to you is occupied by matter in a state in which

it escapes the action of your senses and of your instruments."

¹This principle explains a phenomenon familiar to all magnetisers, viz., the imparting to any given substance-to water, for example-of very different qualities, such as specific flavours, or even the active qualities of other substances. As there is but one primitive element, and as the properties of different bodies are only

modifications of this element, it follows that the substance of the most Inoffensive and of the most deleterious bodies is absolutely the same. Thus water, which is formed of one equivalent of oxygen and two equivalents of hydrogen, becomes corrosive if we double the proportion of oxygen. An analogous transformation may be produced through the action of animal magnetism, directed by the human will.

From The Spirit's Book - Chapter II - Universal Space - Ed Federação Espírita Brasileira FEB