Spiritual talents

A second argument is that under communism spiritual needs - the need for productive and creative activity - wilt assume greater importance than the need for material goods. To this it may be objected that such needs may also be quite difficult to satisfy. First, not all individuals may have the talents required to satisfy them (2.2.7) secondly, even spiritual needs may require for their satisfaction a great deal by way of material goods (4.3.3). 

In Grojienhain in Saxony there lived in 1676 a certain official, who was educated, curious, and talented, by the name of Balduin,. .. a close acquaintance o/D. Friiben, at that time the doctor these two managed to discover the Spiritum mundi, in particular how they could capture it with a convenient magnet, and how they could use it. For this purpose they took chalk, dissolved it in Spiritu nitri, abstracted it ad siccitatem, and exposed the residue to the air, which then absorbed water. This they extracted, and they designated the water as a Spiritum mundi, of which a portion of 12 Gr. must suffice, and both high and low made use of it. 

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