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1The term evolution is from the Latin e and volvo, which means to roll from, or unroll, and the evolution of matter means precisely what the term implies, viz., unfolding, expanding, opening and evolving. The whole of which can be summed up in the word progression. Matter, per se, is the polar opposite of manifested spirit. It is the reaction of spiritual action. It is energy in a state of rest. It is force and motion in an exact state of equilibrium; in short, matter simply means solidified spirit. When two imponderable equal forces from opposite directions meet each other, both powers become polarized, force is resolved into inertia, motion is transformed into rest; in other words, spirit becomes matter, its refinement or its density depending upon its degree of etherealization. The progression and ultimation of the life forces latent within matter, must be accomplished by a process of unfoldment. The poten¬ tialities, in order to expand and put forth their infinite possibilities, must EVOLVE, and this is so, because they have become incarnated by the opposite forces of enfoldment. But having become involved in the degradation of the material, by the fall, and cast into “the bottom¬ less pit” or crystallizing point in space, the only possible means of return to the original pure spiritual state is through the progressive cyclic pathways of material unfoldment.
2The evolution of matter, like everything else within the realms of manifested existence, must have some point of commencement. If matter is, as previously stated, but the manifestation of spirit —the negative ray externalized and in a state of crystallized inertia — then matter must be the first offspring of spirit, and both combined must comprise the all of all things, yea, even Deity itself; for an infinite creator cannot get beyond his creation, nor exist apart from himself, because the great law of polar opposites is the direct emanation from his own divine nature. Consequently, HE must also be governed by the self same laws and principles which control his creative activities, :: : ■ V pUU iy t UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 12 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT and when traced to their source we have seen how beautifully simple such primal laws are, viz., “Wisdom and Love,” and, convertibly, male and female, positive and negative,'activity and repose. Briefly stated there is but one law, one principle, one agent and one word. This sacred law is SEX, a term wherein may be summed up the grand totalities of the Infinite Universe.
3Sex is dual, and finds expression in the phallus and yohni of animated Nature. This same sexual law operating throughout Nature limits the sources from which our knowledge of Nature can be obtained; in other words, there are but two sources from which knowledge of any kind is received; one is subjective, the other objective; the former gives us knowledge of the spiritual or causal side of the cosmos, the latter gives the material side, which is the world of effects, on account of its being evolved out of the former, as the poet hath said; “The outward doth from the inward roll. And the inward dwells in the inmost soul.” The great first cause has evolved out of himself the esoteric, or subjective world; and out of the subjective, by a simple change of polarity, which at once brings forth a change of energy and substance, he has evolved the objective world. Therefore, the antecedents of the objective are to be found in the subjective world. We have now completed the cyclic outline of our present research, and, as a result, we know that the point of commencement in material evolution which we have thus far been seeking, lies hidden within the realms of spirit, of which realm we have already spoken, in chapter one.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
1The term evolution is from the Latin e and volvo, which means to roll from, or unroll, and the evolution of matter means precisely what the term implies, viz., unfolding, expanding, opening and evolving. The whole of which can be summed up in the word progression. Matter, per se, is the polar opposite of manifested spirit. It is the reaction of spiritual action. It is energy in a state of rest. It is force and motion in an exact state of equilibrium; in short, matter simply means solidified spirit. When two imponderable equal forces from opposite directions meet each other, both powers become polarized, force is resolved into inertia, motion is transformed into rest; in other words, spirit becomes matter, its refinement or its density depending upon its degree of etherealization. The progression and ultimation of the life forces latent within matter, must be accomplished by a process of unfoldment. The poten¬ tialities, in order to expand and put forth their infinite possibilities, must EVOLVE, and this is so, because they have become incarnated by the opposite forces of enfoldment. But having become involved in the degradation of the material, by the fall, and cast into “the bottom¬ less pit” or crystallizing point in space, the only possible means of return to the original pure spiritual state is through the progressive cyclic pathways of material unfoldment.
2The evolution of matter, like everything else within the realms of manifested existence, must have some point of commencement. If matter is, as previously stated, but the manifestation of spirit —the negative ray externalized and in a state of crystallized inertia — then matter must be the first offspring of spirit, and both combined must comprise the all of all things, yea, even Deity itself; for an infinite creator cannot get beyond his creation, nor exist apart from himself, because the great law of polar opposites is the direct emanation from his own divine nature. Consequently, HE must also be governed by the self same laws and principles which control his creative activities, :: : ■ V pUU iy t UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 12 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT and when traced to their source we have seen how beautifully simple such primal laws are, viz., “Wisdom and Love,” and, convertibly, male and female, positive and negative,'activity and repose. Briefly stated there is but one law, one principle, one agent and one word. This sacred law is SEX, a term wherein may be summed up the grand totalities of the Infinite Universe.
3Sex is dual, and finds expression in the phallus and yohni of animated Nature. This same sexual law operating throughout Nature limits the sources from which our knowledge of Nature can be obtained; in other words, there are but two sources from which knowledge of any kind is received; one is subjective, the other objective; the former gives us knowledge of the spiritual or causal side of the cosmos, the latter gives the material side, which is the world of effects, on account of its being evolved out of the former, as the poet hath said; “The outward doth from the inward roll. And the inward dwells in the inmost soul.” The great first cause has evolved out of himself the esoteric, or subjective world; and out of the subjective, by a simple change of polarity, which at once brings forth a change of energy and substance, he has evolved the objective world. Therefore, the antecedents of the objective are to be found in the subjective world. We have now completed the cyclic outline of our present research, and, as a result, we know that the point of commencement in material evolution which we have thus far been seeking, lies hidden within the realms of spirit, of which realm we have already spoken, in chapter one.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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