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1From the foregoing the reader will see, that when the dawn of any universe commences, the pure formless essence is indrawn from the realms of the unmanifested into their sun-sphere of creative life previous to being involved by the deific will of the angelic hierarchies, and by such contact it immediately undergoes a change. It is formless no longer but atomic, and endowed with an attribute or state it had not before, viz., polarity. This polarity at once evolves a sort of partner¬ ship, and equally divides the formless substance into two parts, each a necessary attendant upon the other in manifested existence. One is positive, the other, of course, negative. The positive ray is that which constitutes the living spiritual fire of all things, and its atoms are infinitely fine. The negative ray is ever tending toward a state of repose or inertia, and its atoms are coarse and loose as compared with those of the positive ray. It is the substance formed by the negative ray that constitutes every species of matter, so-called, from the in¬ conceivably fine etherealized substance, which composes the forms of the divine archangels of the sun, down to the mineral veins of dense metal in the earth.
2Therefore, when speaking broadly of spirit and matter, the terms are perfectly unmeaning in an occult sense, for that which we call spirit is not pure spirit, but only the positive or active attribute of that which we term matter. Hence matter is so far unreal, it is only an appearance produced by the negative ray, and this appearance is the result of polarity or mode of motion; the positive is straight and pene¬ trating, the negative is round and enfolding. With this brief but necessary digression we resume. From the seven angelic states before mentioned, spiritual involution commences. Each one of the seven spheres is a reflection of one of the seven re¬ fracted principles, which constitute the divine mind of the angelic creators. From this reflection spring forth angelic races, second only in mental power and potentiality to their parents. Then, in turn, are produced still lower celestial states, each state or sphere corresponding in nature, color and attribute to the sphere from which it was bom or reflected. But though each state in the descending scale is similar by 10 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT
3correspondence, it becomes less in size, more material; the spiritual potencies of its angelic races are weaker, that is, less active, because they are more and more involved within matter as they descend in the scale. Thus does involution proceed; involving state after state, and sphere after sphere, forming a series of circles whose line of motion or descent is not in the plane of its orbit; hence the form ultimates itself as a spiral until the lowest point is reached. Beyond this, motion is, impossible, and the infinitely great has become the infinitely small. This is the great polarizing point from which the material world is reflected. It is the lowest possible spiritual state of life, which formed the first ethereal race of human beings upon our planet, and thus ushered into existence the famous golden age of mythological celebrity. EXPLANATION OF THE DIAGRAM The central triad represents Love, Wisdom and Crown, The Trinity of God. The seven-pointed star, the seven rays issuing therefrom. The seven circles show the seven angelic worlds formed from the seven active principles. The names Cassiel, Michael, etc., are cabalistical names for the sephiroth (the secondaries or ruling intelligences, who, after God, actuate the universe), while the words above and below show their attributes. UNIVERSITY QF MICHIGAN CHAPTER II THE REALM OF MATTER Evolution
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.
1From the foregoing the reader will see, that when the dawn of any universe commences, the pure formless essence is indrawn from the realms of the unmanifested into their sun-sphere of creative life previous to being involved by the deific will of the angelic hierarchies, and by such contact it immediately undergoes a change. It is formless no longer but atomic, and endowed with an attribute or state it had not before, viz., polarity. This polarity at once evolves a sort of partner¬ ship, and equally divides the formless substance into two parts, each a necessary attendant upon the other in manifested existence. One is positive, the other, of course, negative. The positive ray is that which constitutes the living spiritual fire of all things, and its atoms are infinitely fine. The negative ray is ever tending toward a state of repose or inertia, and its atoms are coarse and loose as compared with those of the positive ray. It is the substance formed by the negative ray that constitutes every species of matter, so-called, from the in¬ conceivably fine etherealized substance, which composes the forms of the divine archangels of the sun, down to the mineral veins of dense metal in the earth.
2Therefore, when speaking broadly of spirit and matter, the terms are perfectly unmeaning in an occult sense, for that which we call spirit is not pure spirit, but only the positive or active attribute of that which we term matter. Hence matter is so far unreal, it is only an appearance produced by the negative ray, and this appearance is the result of polarity or mode of motion; the positive is straight and pene¬ trating, the negative is round and enfolding. With this brief but necessary digression we resume. From the seven angelic states before mentioned, spiritual involution commences. Each one of the seven spheres is a reflection of one of the seven re¬ fracted principles, which constitute the divine mind of the angelic creators. From this reflection spring forth angelic races, second only in mental power and potentiality to their parents. Then, in turn, are produced still lower celestial states, each state or sphere corresponding in nature, color and attribute to the sphere from which it was bom or reflected. But though each state in the descending scale is similar by 10 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT
3correspondence, it becomes less in size, more material; the spiritual potencies of its angelic races are weaker, that is, less active, because they are more and more involved within matter as they descend in the scale. Thus does involution proceed; involving state after state, and sphere after sphere, forming a series of circles whose line of motion or descent is not in the plane of its orbit; hence the form ultimates itself as a spiral until the lowest point is reached. Beyond this, motion is, impossible, and the infinitely great has become the infinitely small. This is the great polarizing point from which the material world is reflected. It is the lowest possible spiritual state of life, which formed the first ethereal race of human beings upon our planet, and thus ushered into existence the famous golden age of mythological celebrity. EXPLANATION OF THE DIAGRAM The central triad represents Love, Wisdom and Crown, The Trinity of God. The seven-pointed star, the seven rays issuing therefrom. The seven circles show the seven angelic worlds formed from the seven active principles. The names Cassiel, Michael, etc., are cabalistical names for the sephiroth (the secondaries or ruling intelligences, who, after God, actuate the universe), while the words above and below show their attributes. UNIVERSITY QF MICHIGAN CHAPTER II THE REALM OF MATTER Evolution
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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