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ative principle of the Universe which we have 

 often called the All-Ego. The individual now 

 re-enacts and indeed recreates the universal 

 Self; so far has that primal individuation of 

 Nature unfolded till this has individuated the 

 very All in its primordial process. That is, 

 the natural individual has evolved to the point 

 where it is the bearer of the Universal, or of 

 the essential movement of the Universe. To 

 use our technical terms, through the long, tra- 

 vail of Nature the Psychosis has risen till it 

 has become the pure reflection of the self- 

 creative Pampsychosis as the supreme genetic 

 act of the All. Such is the high origin of Con- 

 sciousness on the one hand, and such is its low 

 origin on the other. Consciousness results 

 from and in fact embraces the vast experience 

 of Evolution from the beginning of Nature, 

 till it can evolve Evolution out of itself. Con- 

 sciousness is given from above, yet it has had 

 to win this gift of itself by the toil of aeons. 

 So it is its own, yet also the Universe's; on 

 one side it is the created, but it must forever 

 recreate its creation ; if it be truly God-made, 

 it must itself make God, or rather re-make 

 Him; else He could not have being for it. 

 The Ego has gained its autonomy through a 

 long service to Nature, yet it had to be en- 

 dowed with this capacity to serve for its au- 

 tonomy, which service has been just its disci- 



