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UNIVERSITY 



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Evolution of Life, 



their correspondences in the physical globe ether, 

 air, fire, water, earth, these being only the reflections 

 in miniature of their great prototypes in the system 

 at large. The only other thing we need to remem- 

 ber this morning with regard to matter, is that the 

 whole of these are animated by the life of the third 

 aspect of God. Here is a point where we may pause 

 for a moment and look at other religions, and we 

 shall find that they all tell us exactly the same. 

 Not only do we find in Hinduism, in such a book 

 as the Vishnu Purdna that the Divine creation 

 was from Mahat the third manifestation that 

 these great tattvas were evolved by modifications 

 from the principle of individuality which is the 

 characteristic of that aspect ; but if we turn to the 

 Hebrew teachings we shall find that it is distinctly 

 stated that the " Spirit of God," the third aspect, 

 or Wisdom, moved on the face of the waters. 

 Translating the symbol of water we have matter ; 

 it is so used in every great religious scripture, 

 and when it is said that the Spirit of God 

 moved on the face of the waters, we have the pic- 

 ture of a brooding life, brooding over and perme- 

 ating the ocean of primeval matter, giving to it 

 the life that will enable it to serve as the womb 

 for a higher life ; the divine energy that thus vivifies 

 matter conies from the third Person of the Christian 



