[Vocabulary] etheric life is expressed in etheric terms

[jacob123]

Does "terms" here mean "conditions"?

It is easy to raise the objection: "Why, then, do we not see it?" But we must realize that an etheric life is expressed in etheric terms, and that just as we, with five material senses, are attuned to the material world, so they with their etheric bodies are attuned to the sights and sounds of an etheric world.


"The History of Spiritualism," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

 

[GoesStation]

Would that make sense? No, it means "language related to the ether". In other words, it doesn't mean anything.

 

[Tdol]

Non-corporeal beings - fairies, etc - cannot be explained away by the five senses we have, which are designed to deal with the material world.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Does "terms" here mean "conditions"?

It is easy to raise the objection: "Why, then, do we not see it?" But we must realize that an etheric life is expressed in etheric terms, and that just as we, with five material senses, are attuned to the material world, so they with their etheric bodies are attuned to the sights and sounds of an etheric world.

"The History of Spiritualism," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

No. In this context, terms means the same thing as terminology but wastes less breath.

 

[Tdol]

Mind you, wasting less breath in a book of hot air seems a bit pointless. He was a great writer, but I have yet to see one quote from this book that is anything like an incite.