 There was some equivocation on Fechner’s part on the basis for his natural religion. Although he insisted that it had to be based on science, he had to admit that it could not be based on “exact research” (ZA: vii, xiv). The very nature of the subject matter did not permit “empirical confirmation and mathematical calculation”. Furthermore, he vacillates concerning how it is based on empirical fact. He insists that he will allow only inferences based on experience; but then he says that his theory is in order as long as it does not contradict the results of science (ZA: xiv). He then went on to admit that to believe in the soul of the stars would be always “a matter of faith” (Glaubenssache; ZA: 7). 