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of its origin. This is its psychical element, 

 which has been already stated to be the con- 

 necting principle which runs though all the 

 separate forms of Nature and interlinks them 

 together in their primordial genesis. Thus 

 we catch a glimpse of the universal science 

 of Nature of Nature belonging to and gen- 

 erated by the Universe. 



Moreover the psychical element is in me as 

 Ego, as self-conscious, whereby I come to 

 know all the diversity of Nature as process, 

 which is at bottom identical with mine ; other- 

 wise I could not know it. Of old the philos- 

 opher observed that he could only recognize 

 his own in cognizing the object. That is, the 

 process of his Self (or Psychosis) must iden- 

 tify Nature's process (or Psychosis) with 

 his own, and then connect it with the genetic 

 process of the Universe (the Pampsychosis). 



In this connection a passage from one of 

 Darwin's letters is significant in which he 

 acknowledges that it is "impossible to con- 

 ceive this immense and wonderful universe 

 including man with his capacity of looking 

 far backwards and far into futurity as the 

 result of blind chance or necessity. ' ; Thus 

 we behold the great scientist summoning be- 

 fore himself the Universe and trying to ac- 

 count for it in some way, as being the origin 

 of all origins, ' ' including man. ' ' Still he does 



