Physical life (the third dimension) is sustained by vital / ethereal processes (the fourth dimension). In our body, these are delicately balanced in four interpenetrating "ethers."
- The chemical ether is related with all the processes of organic assimilation and nourishment.
- The ether of life is related with the reproduction processes of the race.
- The luminous ether is related with the processes of sensory perception.
- The reflecting ether is intimately related with the faculties of memory, imagination, willpower, etc.
The vital body controls the whole motor vessel nervous system and is the seat of life. Each ethereal atom penetrates inside each physical atom and makes it vibrate. If we definitely extract the vital body from the physical body of a person, this person inevitably dies. It is totally absurd to suppose, even for a moment, that chemical-physical organisms can survive without the vital body.