CHAPTER IV.
COMMUNICATION.
Communication proper belongs to the sphere of manifestation,
and signifies, as I use the term, the imparting
by one, and the receiving by another, of that which
is imparted, or that which represents that which is
imparted. When we look at man as a finite being,
born as he is without conscious knowledge, and without
conscious affection, and developed from that negative
point by that which flows or enters into his consciousness
and daguerreotypes itself there, we readily
see that he can only develop by being subject to the
principles of communication: that is, he must receive
that which is without into his consciousness; therefore
it must be communicated to him. Hence it becomes
necessary for us to understand somewhat the laws of
communication. As communication belongs to the
sphere of manifestation, or the sphere of the finite, we
must examine and see what are the means by which
man as a conscious being is addressed, and the law by
which the influence exerted upon him is governed.
The mind when looked at in its simplest nature consists of its perceptions and its affections: that is, its knowledge, if you please, and its love; but in the order of unfolding, perception, as a conscious principle, precedes affection. That is, an individual as a finite
