The Machine as a Transformational Device 008 -- 1983 A detailed description of the machine as a path through which the soul passes is the subject of this talk. The machine can either be activated, which produces a transformational effect, or be left inactivated, which produces nothing Mr. Gold explains that he is stealing from us the force necessary to accomplish this transformation and, teaching us to steal force also so that we will be able to survive when we have no force of our own left.