The Universe a Vast Electric Organism

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warder, Geo. W. (George Woodward), 1848-

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The Universe a Vast Electric Organism" by George Woodward Warder is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book explores the author's theories regarding electricity as the fundamental force behind the universe's creation and operation, proposing that the cosmos functions as a vast electric organism. Warder argues that all phenomena of nature, including light and life, are manifestations of electrical energy, presenting a controversial perspective that challenges conventional scientific understanding. The opening of the work introduces Warder's central thesis by emphasizing the significance of electricity in the cosmos. He posits that the universe is not merely a collection of burning suns and planets but rather a self-sustaining system governed by electrical forces. The author offers personal anecdotes and observations, illustrating the profound impact of electric energy in natural phenomena and human life. Warder suggests that the creative forces of electricity are both the primary source of life and the mechanism by which all forms of existence are realized, setting the stage for a detailed exploration of these ideas throughout the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

The universe is a vast electric organism

Electricity produces all the phenomena of nature

Electrical creation, briefly stated. It seems to solve the riddle of the universe

Electrical creation more fully stated confirms scientific evolution

Man is a soul clad in air, a spirit in an electric organism

All light, heat and life evolved only in the atmosphere of suns and planets

Electrical derangement of the bodily organism produce sickness and death

Recent electric discoveries and appliances, wireless telegraphy, etc.

Present science is in a dubious and chaotic condition

Electrical creation explains natural philosophy

Science and philosophy sustain the religious concept

Human reason and the universe are books of God, as well as the Bible

Love is the electric law of life: all that live must come from loving

Jacob's ladder is the electric pathway between suns and planets

This electric universe is self-sustaining and eternal

Are all suns and worlds inhabited?

The electrical theory of creation will save modern science from pantheism.

Credits:

Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 54.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Release date is 2011-06-07