[ 23 | In this solar universe it is the electrons (themselves the producis of solar force or energy) which are the cause of all living things. Inspired by these, a myslerious force emanating from the human body lays the seed of another body in the ulerus : there it grows from day to day fill, in some myslerious and unspeakable way.—through ihe myslerious combination of various gases—this body becomes inspired with life. And as it is the energy of the sun which is the (ultimate) cause of this combination of gases. so this cnergy is the ultimate principle of life. Thai the solar force and the electrons logether are the cause of life musi have been realised hy the ancient sages also. Hence, they have provided for ihe worship of the sun through the great hymn of ihe Gayatri : and ihey have provided the means also whereby the elociric energy of the body may be preserved and conserved. The Brahmins, who desire the advancement and welfare of every section of the community, perform the ritual of their daily worship with vessels made of copper ; and, as has been said before, it is copper which is the chief vehicle for the conduction and slorage of electricity. Again, there is a natural excess ဂ‡ electricity in ihe hides of animals like the liger and the rhinoceros : and hence the Shastras prescribe the performance of Zarpan upon the skin of the rhinoceros. For persons familiar with the developments of
