Nervengeist
(See Psychic Body and Spiritualism.) Neuhusens, Henrichus: (See Rosicrucians.) Nevill, William: (See England.) New Existence of Man upon the Earth: 66 66 Spiritualistic Journal. (See Spiritualism.) New Motor, The: A strange machine constructed in 1854 by John Murray Spear (q.v.) at the instigation of the "Association of Electricizers," one of the bands of spirits by whom he was controlled. It was to derive its motive power from the magnetic store of nature, and was therefore to be as independent of artificial sources of energy as was the human body. The machine was hailed as a god-the Physical Saviour of the race," the "New Messiah "and a certain lady, in obedience to a vision, went to the High Rock (Lynn, Mass.) whereon stood the New Motor, and for two hours suffered birth-pangs," whereby she judged that the essence of her spiritual being was imparted to the machine. At the end of that time it was averred that pulsations were apparent in the motor. A. J. Davis expressed the belief that the design was the work of spirits of a mechanical turn of mind, but was of no practical value. The New Motor was finally smashed by the inhabitants of Randolph (N.Y.) whither it had been taken. In all it cost its builder some two thousand dollars. In common fairness to the Spiritualists it may be said that the majority had no sympathy whatever with such an absurd scheme.