CHAPTEE XXI. 



THE DOCTRINE OF CORRESPONDENCES. 



As a natural sequence of the doctrines of Serial Circles, and 

 of Degrees, as presented in the foregoing pages, arises that 

 doctrine of CORRESPONDENCES which has been the guide to so 

 many important conclusions set forth in this work. All per- 

 fect Series, Circles, or complete Degrees involved in the sys- 

 tem of creation, must, of course, proceed from the same final 

 Cause ; and as they must thus correspond to the common final 

 Cause, they must hence, in some way, correspond to each 

 other. Moreover, every complete Degree in the character of 

 a Circle, necessarily involves the same principles of constitu- 

 tion with all other Circles, and therefore must, in the general 

 sense, correspond to all others, whether they be on a higher or 

 lower scale. And as each circle consists of the same number 

 of parts, which occur in the same order of sequence and rela- 

 tions, so each part of any circle corresponds, in the general 

 sense, to the similarly disposed parts of all other circles. 

 Thus it is, that if we acquaint ourselves thoroughly with the 

 characteristics and interior principles of any complete circle 

 or Degree in nature, we may, in a general way, make it the 

 exponent of all other circles or complete Degrees. But in 

 order to pursue this correspond ential method of investigation 

 to the best advantage, and with the most accurate results in 

 the way of eliciting truth, we must, of course, have a due re- 

 gard to the relative positions in the whole grand scale or 



