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1' ' : V l< K U' UHIVER5ITVOF MICHIGAN THE ORIGIN OF PHYSICAL LIFE 27 some slight variation, and a still higher germ of life is evolved, viz.; the lowest form of the lichen. From the liberated atoms of the lichen spring forth still higher types of the same family until the climax is attained, when, by a higher and more ethereal attraction, the polar¬ ized germs bring forth the next higher form of vegetable life. Thus, as the ages roll on, from this original form develop species, classes, and families of vegetation, and from these evolve, through the medium of water, a still higher round in the gamut of being; insect, reptile, animal, and lastly, MAN. After ages of development, we have Man of today. Space will not admit of our going into further details of this ex¬ ceedingly interesting subject. Volumes might be filled in recounting the writer’s personal experiences in this department of life, watching with intense interest the weird but beautiful transformations of Nature. Much that has been left unnoticed here, should be made the subject of the student’s private meditation, and personal research. UNIVERSITY QF MICHIGAN CHAPTER IV THE MYSTERIES OF SEX It has been well said by an eminent Occultist, "man is most ignorant of those things which are most manifest.’’
2In some departments of Nature this is true, and probably in no other “manifested” department of his being is this truth more strik¬ ingly apparent than in that which relates to his sexual nature. He is aware that animal nature is divided into two great classes, male and female, but he knows almost nothing of the spiritual principles which underlie this physical expression of sex. He is fully aware that the union of the two organisms is necessary for the purpose of procreation, but he is fearfully ignorant of those interior processes which produce the actual germs of life. He is more or less acquainted with the fact that in the lower stratas of animated existence bi-sexual organisms are the general rule, and that, occasionally, this bi-sexual nature becomes manifested among men, as seen in the hermaphrodite, but he is quite at a loss to account for such “monstrous” productions. Hence it may be truly said that “man is most ignorant of those things which are most manifest.” Therefore, in order to enable the general reader to clearly grasp the various connecting links in the mystical ramifications of sex, to see their perfect harmony, and to understand their relation to each other, we will first speak of the origin of sex; secondly, describe, as clearly as possible its nature and functions; thirdly, point out the relation of the sexes to each other; and, lastly, present a brief appli¬ cation of the whole as it relates to Man, the Universe, and the Immor¬ tality of the Soul.
3I. The Origin of Sex Deity is a unity that expresses or manifests itself as a duality. This is the eternal trinity of life. The infinite ocean of formless spirit within its latent bosom con¬ tains all that is, was, or ever can be. Therefore it contains all the ele¬ ments of sex in their primal state. When the first pulsations of that thought which evolved “the divine idea” became manifest, Nature arrayed herself under the two modes of motion, action and reaction. ' ' : V ,UU 8 K UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN THE MYSTERIES OF SEX 29 The in-breathing and out-breathing of this divine thought, in the earliest dawn of creation, thus instituted the first spiritual attributes of sex. Each function of the Deific soul, which we designate as in¬ spiration and respiration, or action and reaction of the universal life current, thus became differentiated for all eternity as the primary fundamental principle of Manifested Being. The Kabbalistical initiates, of the ages that are gone, formulated this same biune spirit as Love and Wisdom. Love, as the negative or feminine ray, is content and ever seeks to enfold. Wisdom, as the positive, masculine ray, is rest¬ less and always in pursuit. The feminine forces are ever striving to encircle the atom, and the masculine forces striving to propel it in a straight line. From this dual action of the spiritual potentialities, is bom the “Spiral,” the motion of life and symbol of eternal progression.
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.
1' ' : V l< K U' UHIVER5ITVOF MICHIGAN THE ORIGIN OF PHYSICAL LIFE 27 some slight variation, and a still higher germ of life is evolved, viz.; the lowest form of the lichen. From the liberated atoms of the lichen spring forth still higher types of the same family until the climax is attained, when, by a higher and more ethereal attraction, the polar¬ ized germs bring forth the next higher form of vegetable life. Thus, as the ages roll on, from this original form develop species, classes, and families of vegetation, and from these evolve, through the medium of water, a still higher round in the gamut of being; insect, reptile, animal, and lastly, MAN. After ages of development, we have Man of today. Space will not admit of our going into further details of this ex¬ ceedingly interesting subject. Volumes might be filled in recounting the writer’s personal experiences in this department of life, watching with intense interest the weird but beautiful transformations of Nature. Much that has been left unnoticed here, should be made the subject of the student’s private meditation, and personal research. UNIVERSITY QF MICHIGAN CHAPTER IV THE MYSTERIES OF SEX It has been well said by an eminent Occultist, "man is most ignorant of those things which are most manifest.’’
2In some departments of Nature this is true, and probably in no other “manifested” department of his being is this truth more strik¬ ingly apparent than in that which relates to his sexual nature. He is aware that animal nature is divided into two great classes, male and female, but he knows almost nothing of the spiritual principles which underlie this physical expression of sex. He is fully aware that the union of the two organisms is necessary for the purpose of procreation, but he is fearfully ignorant of those interior processes which produce the actual germs of life. He is more or less acquainted with the fact that in the lower stratas of animated existence bi-sexual organisms are the general rule, and that, occasionally, this bi-sexual nature becomes manifested among men, as seen in the hermaphrodite, but he is quite at a loss to account for such “monstrous” productions. Hence it may be truly said that “man is most ignorant of those things which are most manifest.” Therefore, in order to enable the general reader to clearly grasp the various connecting links in the mystical ramifications of sex, to see their perfect harmony, and to understand their relation to each other, we will first speak of the origin of sex; secondly, describe, as clearly as possible its nature and functions; thirdly, point out the relation of the sexes to each other; and, lastly, present a brief appli¬ cation of the whole as it relates to Man, the Universe, and the Immor¬ tality of the Soul.
3I. The Origin of Sex Deity is a unity that expresses or manifests itself as a duality. This is the eternal trinity of life. The infinite ocean of formless spirit within its latent bosom con¬ tains all that is, was, or ever can be. Therefore it contains all the ele¬ ments of sex in their primal state. When the first pulsations of that thought which evolved “the divine idea” became manifest, Nature arrayed herself under the two modes of motion, action and reaction. ' ' : V ,UU 8 K UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN THE MYSTERIES OF SEX 29 The in-breathing and out-breathing of this divine thought, in the earliest dawn of creation, thus instituted the first spiritual attributes of sex. Each function of the Deific soul, which we designate as in¬ spiration and respiration, or action and reaction of the universal life current, thus became differentiated for all eternity as the primary fundamental principle of Manifested Being. The Kabbalistical initiates, of the ages that are gone, formulated this same biune spirit as Love and Wisdom. Love, as the negative or feminine ray, is content and ever seeks to enfold. Wisdom, as the positive, masculine ray, is rest¬ less and always in pursuit. The feminine forces are ever striving to encircle the atom, and the masculine forces striving to propel it in a straight line. From this dual action of the spiritual potentialities, is bom the “Spiral,” the motion of life and symbol of eternal progression.
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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