When asked to give some clues as to this new knowledge that could harness the new discovery for common usage, he stated that we must reverse all electrochemical practice by ceasing to rely upon substance primarily and electricity secondarily. “In fact,” he said, “it is better practically to
forget substance, for the
varying pressures of electricity in different sections of the wave alone determine the variations of substance and perform all the miracles of the laboratory of Nature, as well as that of the chemist. The
number of electrons and protons has nothing whatsoever to do with the determination of difference in the elements, as commonly believed.
“That which man calls
matter, or substance, has no existence whatsoever. So-called matter is but waves of the motion of light, electrically divided into opposed pairs, then electrically conditioned and patterned into what we call various substances of matter. Briefly put,
matter is but the motion of light, and motion is not substance. It only appears to be. Take motion away and there would not be even the appearance of substance.
“Electricity manufactures all of the qualities and attributes of light in wave motion which we think of as substance. Density, alkalinity, acidity, conductivity, pressures of heat and cold, and even appearance is given to waves of light by the two electrical workers which build up the universe and tear it apart in polarized fields measured out by the two magnetic surveyors which keep all electric actions in balance with their reactions.
“You pick up one of these products of wave motion and say, This is a piece of steel,’ or This is an apple,’ without the slightest realization that sudden withdrawal of the electric power which brought that state of motion into being would blow you and it, and a mile or more around you, into the nothingness of the equilibrium from which you were electrically assembled.
“That is what
radioactivity is: a quick return to the state of rest which underlies the spiritual or invisible universe. And that is what a lightning flash is, as contrasted to flame which is a slower return, or to decay which is a still slower return. “And so, our creative thinkers in the laboratories of the world must look primarily to light, which is the foundation of the universe, and to the wave, within which the secrets of creation lie, and to what electricity does with light, and to the why of it, and to the why of energy electrically expressed instead of to substance to perform tomorrow’s miracles.”
Our creative thinkers in the laboratories of the world must look instead of substance to perform tomorrow’s miracles:
- Primarily to light, which is the foundation of the universe
- To the wave, within which the secrets of creation lie
- what electricity does with light
- why electricity does with light
- why of energy electrically expressed