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know who and what God is, but we can learn to know 

 God only by becoming wise, and we become wise when 

 the wisdom of God becomes manifested in us. The works 

 of God will become manifest to us through wisdom, 

 and God will be most pleased if we become His image. 

 To become like God we must become attracted to God, 

 who is the universal fountain of all, and the power that 

 attracts us is divine love. The love of God will be 

 kindled in our hearts by an ardent love for humanity, 

 and a love for humanity will be caused by a love of God. 

 Thus the God of the Macrocosm and the God of the 

 Microcosm act upon each other, and both are one, for 

 there is only one God, and one law, and one Nature, 

 through which wisdom becomes manifest" (i>6 Funda- 

 mento Sapientice). 



"There is an earthly sun, which is the cause of all 

 heat, and all who are able to see may see the sun, and 

 those who are blind and cannot see him may feel his 

 heat. There is an eternal sun, which is the source 

 of all wisdom, and those whose spiritual senses have 

 awakened to life will see that sun, and be conscious of his 

 existence ; but those who have not attained full spiritual 

 consciousness may nevertheless perceive his power by an 

 inner faculty, which is called Intuition. Animal reason 

 is active in the animal soul, and angelic wisdom in the 

 spiritual soul. The former sees by the light of Nature, 

 which is produced by a reflection of the rays of the divine 

 light acting in Nature ; but the light of the spirit is not 

 a product of Nature, but the supreme cause of all which 

 in Nature becomes manifest. Nature does not produce 

 a sage ; she merely furnishes a natural vehicle for a sage. 

 Nature is not perfect, but produces cripples and diseases, 

 abnormalities and monstrosities, the blind and the lame ; 

 but that which comes from God is perfect. It is a germ 

 which is planted in the soul of man, and man is the 

 gardener and cultivator, whose business it is to surround 

 it with the elements necessary for its growth, so that 



