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1The divine purpose of creation is the differentiation of the uncon¬ scious formless One, and the grand outcome of this divine purpose is the ultimation of Deific Intelligences; separate minds reflecting the divine idea of the universal mind, conscious, individualized mentalities possessing immortal souls capable of eternal progression, who, as dif¬ ferentiated life atoms of the Creator, the grand Arbiter of the whole, become themselves secondary creators and the arbitrators of the destinies of worlds. The processes of creation are dual, and consist of Involution and Evolution. The one is inseparable from the other. Paradoxical as it may appear to the uninitiated, it is, nevertheless, a divine truth that the Evolution and ultimation of spiritual life is accomplished by a strict process of Involution; from the without to the within, from the infinitely great to the infinitely small.
2To better understand this mystery we must have recourse to a series of symbols. Accordingly, we conceive the divine focus of the primal essence as the spiritual center of a universe. This Deific ray constitutes a triune Godhead, from which emanates the pure white light of the formless One, or in other words, this center constitutes a realm of sephiroth, a sun-sphere of living potentialities, divine beings infinitely beyond the highest archangelhood. As such we may conceive it floating as a speck in the infinite ocean of divine love, surrounded by the effulgent brightness of the nameless Crown. This divine sphere is passive in such a state. Nirvana reigns upon the blissful radiance of its motionless bosom. But the time now approaches when its mission in the scheme of creation must commence. The moment arrives, and as soon as the first creative pulsations of thought vibrate, the whole sphere of motionless, formless, white light flashes forth sparkling with living energy. And now, behold what a change has taken place. The soft, white light has ceased to be and in its place there is raying forth in every conceivable direction mighty oceans of force; each ocean differ¬ ing in velocity, color and potentiality. The passive has become active, and the motionless has commenced to move, traversing the void of space upon the wings of light. Deity has become refracted; a portion of the infinite soul decomposed, and its original unlimited potentialities resolved into a series of active but limited attributes. This is related in the mystical language of the Kabbalah as the evolution of the seven active sephiroth from the first trinity, Love, Wisdom and Crown. It is
3' ' V pU H5 k UNIYER5ITY OF MICHIGAN 8 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT Aliehael Victory \\^ S&rmttl LAlrenglk J Power Ansel Love Fhjwhlion / Splendor j Raphael \/nlelli^em THE REALM OF SPIRIT Symbolical Illustration of the Divine Harmony of Nature’s Laws "In the beginning was the Word, And the Word was with God, And the Word was God.”—S t. John, Chap. I, vi. ig Sized by G oogle THE REALM OF SPIRIT 9 these seven active sephiroth that constitute the seven principles of Nature. They form seven points or sub-centers around their parent center, the Spiritual Sun, and are the seven worlds of angelic life from whose divine matrix issue all the life atoms of their universe.
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 divine purpose of creation is the differentiation of the uncon¬ scious formless One, and the grand outcome of this divine purpose is the ultimation of Deific Intelligences; separate minds reflecting the divine idea of the universal mind, conscious, individualized mentalities possessing immortal souls capable of eternal progression, who, as dif¬ ferentiated life atoms of the Creator, the grand Arbiter of the whole, become themselves secondary creators and the arbitrators of the destinies of worlds. The processes of creation are dual, and consist of Involution and Evolution. The one is inseparable from the other. Paradoxical as it may appear to the uninitiated, it is, nevertheless, a divine truth that the Evolution and ultimation of spiritual life is accomplished by a strict process of Involution; from the without to the within, from the infinitely great to the infinitely small.
2To better understand this mystery we must have recourse to a series of symbols. Accordingly, we conceive the divine focus of the primal essence as the spiritual center of a universe. This Deific ray constitutes a triune Godhead, from which emanates the pure white light of the formless One, or in other words, this center constitutes a realm of sephiroth, a sun-sphere of living potentialities, divine beings infinitely beyond the highest archangelhood. As such we may conceive it floating as a speck in the infinite ocean of divine love, surrounded by the effulgent brightness of the nameless Crown. This divine sphere is passive in such a state. Nirvana reigns upon the blissful radiance of its motionless bosom. But the time now approaches when its mission in the scheme of creation must commence. The moment arrives, and as soon as the first creative pulsations of thought vibrate, the whole sphere of motionless, formless, white light flashes forth sparkling with living energy. And now, behold what a change has taken place. The soft, white light has ceased to be and in its place there is raying forth in every conceivable direction mighty oceans of force; each ocean differ¬ ing in velocity, color and potentiality. The passive has become active, and the motionless has commenced to move, traversing the void of space upon the wings of light. Deity has become refracted; a portion of the infinite soul decomposed, and its original unlimited potentialities resolved into a series of active but limited attributes. This is related in the mystical language of the Kabbalah as the evolution of the seven active sephiroth from the first trinity, Love, Wisdom and Crown. It is
3' ' V pU H5 k UNIYER5ITY OF MICHIGAN 8 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT Aliehael Victory \\^ S&rmttl LAlrenglk J Power Ansel Love Fhjwhlion / Splendor j Raphael \/nlelli^em THE REALM OF SPIRIT Symbolical Illustration of the Divine Harmony of Nature’s Laws "In the beginning was the Word, And the Word was with God, And the Word was God.”—S t. John, Chap. I, vi. ig Sized by G oogle THE REALM OF SPIRIT 9 these seven active sephiroth that constitute the seven principles of Nature. They form seven points or sub-centers around their parent center, the Spiritual Sun, and are the seven worlds of angelic life from whose divine matrix issue all the life atoms of their universe.
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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