Text: "The nature of light is not difficult to grasp. It is nothing but a vibratory wave disturbance in the ether. The ether is capable of three basic vibrational states. The first involves movement of the etheric substance in the direction of wave propagation. This mode is identical to the propagation of sound in the atmosphere. The second vibrational state involves movement in a direction perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation. This can be compared to vibrations in a mass of jelly when the point giving off the vibratory motion moves back and forth in a direction perpendicular to the wave direction. The third mode is a vibration in which the medium itself moves in a direction transverse to the line of propagation. This can be compared to the movement undergone by a sheet or film when one edge is caused to move back and forth in the direction perpendicular to the film. It is somewhat like the motion of shaking out a rug, where an edge is grasped and moved rapidly up and down to cause ripples moving along the rug. These three vibrational modes correspond to different specific phenomena observed in the real world. The first vibrational mode, involving condensation and rarefaction, is experienced primarily as the longer wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. These are the waves which are given off by radio and TV transmitting antennae. The second mode of etheric vibration is experienced as visible and near-visible light. The third mode of vibration, in which the etheric matrix itself supports vibrational waves which cause the ether to move in the fourth dimension, is experienced as a gravitational field. Using the Flatland analogy for demonstration purposes, we could compare the first mode of vibration to a wave disturbance in the Flatland skin in which the skin itself undergoes vibration always in its own plane, and in a direction parallel with the wave propagation. Again this would be like the transmission of sound in the atmosphere. The second mode of vibration in its Flatland counterpart would involve movement of the Flatland skin still within its own plane, but this time in a direction perpendicular to the line of wave propagation. The third mode of etheric vibration would correspond to a ripple wave passing along the skin of Flatland and causing the skin to move perpendicular to its own plane. It could be compared to the ripples on the surface of a millpond which expand out from where a stone is dropped into the water. See LIGHT for rest of explanation.

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