19th century magazine discusses the nature of spirits and having "spiritual eyes."

Date
Aug 1850
Type
Periodical
Source
Spiritual Philosopher
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

"Spiritual," Spiritual Philosopher 1, no. 2 (August 1850): 24

Scribe/Publisher
Spiritual Philosopher
People
Spiritual Philosopher
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

External senses, for an external world. Internal senses, for Ideas, for the Mental, and Spiritual. If, then, we must have external eyes for external objects, should we not have spiritual eyes for spiritual subjects? . . . So we say of the Spirit and the Spirit World. Show us a spirit, let us see one! Well, now, let me ask,—Have you a mind? Let me see your mind. How will you convince me, that you have any mind, unless you show it to me? O, yes, you will exclaim, you will show your mind to one who has mental eyes to see it. MIND can be seen only by mind. True. And so we say of spirit. Spirits can be seen only by spiritual eyes, as external objects can be discerned only by external sight.

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