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Nicolai Levashov. Spirit and mind. Vol.1

this phenomenon? Let us try to find a natural explanation for this curious feature of
the human psyche.
Ostensibly, the adrenaline rush in the bloodstream, triggered at the moment of
fear, would appear to account for this. But. rather than jumping to conclusions, let us

take a closer look at this physiological response of the human organism.
Adrenaline released from the adrenal glands enters the heart via the venous
system. But be-fore proceeding further, let us recall that venous blood is propelled
through the veins by the wave-like contraction of the circular muscles, eliciting only
an insignificant drop in blood pressure. Thus the adrenaline reaches the heart after
one to two seconds. The venous circulation then propels it through the inferior vena
cava to the right auricle, thence to the right ventricle, pulmonary artery, lungs,
pulmonary vein, left auricle, left ventricle, and aorta. From the aorta, two main
circulatory routes branch off — one, relatively short, to the brain where it constitutes
the cerebral vascular circulation, and the other, more extensive, but still rapid route to

the organs and somatic musculature
Thus the adrenaline reaches the muscles within seconds. But even a child can
recognize that a
predator needs only a few seconds to snap up his targeted dinner. Perhaps every one
of you has experienced an instantaneous fright reaction -your body in shock, your

hair standing on end, then a sudden inexplicable surge of strength and you are saved!

How does this all happen? Where does this remarkable strength — that we are
not even aware of — come from? To understand this phenomenon let us look at the
process that unfolds in every cell of our organism at the moment of fear or danger.

We may recall that within one and the same multicelled organism each and
every physical cell possesses a distinct quality according to its function. Simple cells

merely perform simple functions if their physical bodies possess only an etheric
body. Cells executing more difficult functions may possess an astral body and, in
certain stages of evolution, one or more mental bodies as well.

Thus, every living cell exists simultaneously on two or more planetary levels
(see Fig. 28., Fig. 29). Physical cells undergo disintegration of their organic
molecules into their constituent primary matters. These released substances begin

moving through the channel created by the cell's nucleus and are distributed between
the cell's etheric, astral and mental bodies.

Primary matters nourish each cell body on all its different levels, thereby
preserving it on each level and keeping it intact. Without this continuous
nourishment, the cell's bodies on the various levels lose their functional quality.
However, there is the proviso that for normal physical functioning a slight surplus
concentration of primary matter is needed to support the cell bodies of each lev-el,
i.e., the astral and mental as well as the physical.

During this process, some of the primary matter surplus gives rise to a reverse

effect — a backflow to the low-lying cells. Let us examine this in more detail.
Let us visualize a process of disintegration beginning inside a cell. The released
primary matters flow through the cell's nuclear channel on to the etheric level of the
cell (see Fig. 32). As this flow hits the qualitative barrier between etheric and astral

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