364 THE BIOCOSMOS PARTICULARIZED, 



origin? Now this norm is that which per- 

 sists through birth, life, death, and passes 

 on from individual to individual. It is the 

 immortal portion in Generation, and mani- 

 fests the participation in the universal life. 

 The generative Process of the individual liv- 

 ing thing, be it Plant or Animal finds its true 

 realization as well its primal source in the 

 creativity of the Earth-life, which is accord- 

 ingly the Generation of Generation, or Gen- 

 eration as universal, to which all individual 

 Generation returns as to its fountain as well 

 as creative prototype. From this point of 

 view we may behold the previous stage of 

 Animal-life passing over into Earth-life 

 through the generative Process, which must, 

 according to its own principle, be generated. 

 Here it will be recalled that the three Life- 

 forms we have put together in one process 

 Plant-life, Animal-life and Earth-life. Though 

 these three stages become outwardly very dis- 

 tinct, still we are to trace, as far as possible, 

 their inner inter-relation, and behold them 

 genetically connected. Thus we have just 

 seen Animal-life through its highest act, that 

 of Generation, connect with its primal orig- 

 inative source, the Earth-life. All special 

 Generation must push forward to the uni- 

 versal reservoir of Generation, which, how- 

 ever, in its turn needs to be accounted for, 



