“In our belief solar radiation is maintained by the continuous, unbroken succession of souls, in the sun. These pure and burning spirits are replacing the emanations perpetually sent through space by the sun, to the globes which surround him. 

“From their throne of fire, these souls, all intelligence and activity, behold the marvellous spectacle of the march of all the planetary globes which compose the solar world, through space. Placed in the centre of this vast world, understanding the secrets of nature, and all the mysteries of the universe, they are in possession of perfect happiness, of absolute wisdom, and of illimitable knowledge.”

Louis Figieur, 1904