was sort of a mysterious alchemical article explaining a secret of life. Life comes from the formation of WHITE SPARKS or vacuo in matter, and therefore bioplasmic elements MUST BE LIQUID, SOLUBLE OR MOBILE. They must be capable of conforming into ROUND GLOBULES. Then the second feature must come in—heat and cold to expand the molecule and cool the outside and allow the inside to later contract and form a vacuum in the center, the home of SPIRIT.

"Decay" generates life as it makes solid substances soluble. Of course, excessive decay creates a gas and then this evaporates.

45.
Secrets of Silicon.

Moses was a great alchemist, skilled in all the arts and sciences of the Egyptians. The works or writings of Moses are called Books of the Old Testament and not works on alchemy, but tradition tells us that his sister Miriam wrote an extensive work on alchemy—(the Catholic Bible has the name Miriam translated as Mary).

In Genesis Chap. 3, verse 19, we read, "Till thou return unto the ground, for out of it thou was taken; for dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return."

Some scientists scoff at the idea of Moses and some scoff at the idea of "Spontaneous Generation," but we can prove that both are true.

Life can be produced from MINERAL ELEMENTS ALONE.

Silicon has always been a source of dispute among chemists in regard to its classification. Some consider it a regular metal, but it is usually called a "hyalogen" or glass former like Boron.

Silicon is never found in its pure metallic state in nature, but is in combination with oxygen, as is then called by various names as Silica, Silex, Silicic Acid and SAND, which is the most abundant of mineral substances.

The most important and useful elements as air, water and sand God gives FREE TO ALL, they are found everywhere.

Sand is at one time a crystallized substance and at another time it may be A COLLOID substance and thus become the same nature as an "organized substance," as albumen.

Sand is insoluble in pure water, but it is dissolved by alkaline solutions. Natural waters which contain alkaline carbonates always have some sand in solution.

Sand from its two fold nature seems to be the bond between death and life or the solution to the theory of "from dust to life."

Sand when in solution is a colloid.

If 8 or 10 parts of carbonate of soda or potash are mixed with 12 or 15 parts of sand and 1 part of charcoal on being heated they melt and form a mass resembling ordinary glass, but it entirely dissolves in hot water.

If now chlorohydric acid be added to the solution it neutralizes the alkali and the silica or sand separates as A TRANSPARENT JELLY. A colloid! It is "hydrate of silica," but it is now fixed like albumen or an organized substance and is insoluble in water or acid.

If it is kept moist it remains a colloid, but by drying it and separating it from its partner, water, the colloid making alchemical mysterious WATER, the sand turns to dust again—a gritty powder!

At common temperatures carbonic acid is stronger than silica, and upon many of the combinations of silica the air acts as a destructive agent, its carbonic acid slowly uniting with bases or alkali and liberating the silica, and at the moment of its liberation the sand is soluble in water.

Sand, it will be seen, acts both as an acid and combines with an alkali and as a base and combines with acids.

Sand in solution enters the roots of plants and from its transforming nature or transmutation, it performs great wonders in nature, it performs miracles in the animal body and in water itself.

It is the ideal agent for the generation of vacuo spaces or life cells, from its being in one state when warm and in another when cold, from its being capable of forming soft cell walls and then concreting around a quantity of ether or spirit upon cooling. It proves itself the "Philosopher's Stone."

Hot and cold and silicon! What a wonderful combination! It explains the mysteries of the universe, radio-activity and life.

It may be well to here state that there is no chemical difference between a dead man's brain and nerves and a live man's brain and nerves. This in itself shows that the cause of life and intelligence is simply from some conformation of matter which allows the presence of Spirit. This is the invisible process of the formation of WHITE SPARKS or the making of a hollow center to molecules.

LIFE is not a principle per se of organic matter, but organic matter is arranged into round molecules with cell center of silicon phosphorus, sulphur or iron.

The hard and fast nature of the elements is an imagination and it is only a short step of nature from quartz or silicon to carbon and I may also say to nitrogen the gas of the atmosphere.

THE FARMER CAN BECOME A MAGICIAN by intellect. We once proved that by the use of lime or an alkali vegetables can be made to grow IN SAND. A tomato plant was planted in a mixture of sand and plasterer's mortar (a mixture of quick lime and sand) and a bushel of tomatoes were gathered from this one plant. The lime makes the sand soluble and acts the same as manure which produces carbonic acid which at the moment of its formation acts as a solvent of sand and this gives growth. Water is the great element of life and growth—with the heating effect of the sun and the alternations of temperature or cooling after heating we augment the life and growth.

I will reprint some more of the articles which were in THE LATCH KEY, as they seemed to strike the readers more impressibly than anything which I ever wrote, and in fact THE LATCH KEY seemed to have hypnotic influence. First of all IT WAS ANONYMOUS and no author's name appeared and further it was given away.

One lady in later years found out the author and wrote to me for a few copies, saying she could not help crying when she read paragraph 37. Perhaps the paragraph took on the "poetical" and thus reached her sentiments.

37.
The Secret of Life!

The little chapel peacefully resting under the overhanging trees, with the solemn graveyard beside it, tells the story of life's longings and miseries. Yet within the little chapel, however humble, can be learned the secret of life's joy and success and the eternal happiness of the soul!

Life's sentiments are fragrant, space only is fraught with pain!

Spirit fledges space, unlocks the caverns of misery and sheds the light in the gloom.

Man grovels in the dark mid the skulls of despair till he lists to the whisper of spirit. The lisping pines, the rustling oaks, the sunshine in the meadow and the moonlight on the hill speak in accents calm and clear. Our motto:

"SPIRITUS EXCELLO."

Water is the great agent of life or conformation as it is mobile.

Molecules which are round when whirled or heated take to orbits, but the metallic substances having molecules of a disc shape whirl on their axes. I herewith give articles 26 and 42 of the LATCH KEY:

42.
Why Ashes or Water Do Not Burn.

Fire is the action of atoms or molecules in separating farther apart. To be sure, ashes have atoms, but for atoms to whirl apart their motion must be so that they can separate. If the heat causes them to whirl on their axis only, the substance may get red hot, but will not burn.

And some substances do not burn because the heat and motion applied whirls the molecules or groups of atoms apart and