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ating influence, and the second force in our Table II., Affinity, 



collects together the dust of electrons, and 



3. Nebulae and planets fill the firmament with innumerable 

 stars and planets, and so we move on till the invisible power 

 of the first day becomes the visible material power of the 

 chemical action of material construction (see line 3, Table II.) 

 and the world is ready for the dawn of creation, and we have 

 now two forces of God the Father and one of God the Mother 

 active instead of dormant forces of creation. 



No. 4. On the fourth day, the second attribute of God the 

 Mother, Love, becomes active with the creation of plant life, 

 as the love of the mother for the offspring starts with the 

 material creation of love, the creation of se_e,d, and so moves 

 creation on a step further ahead. 



No. 5. On the fifth day or stage " Thought," the third 

 attribute of God the Father (Table I.), conies into play as 

 MARRIAGE, and Sex causes the first dawn of matrimonial 

 affection or love of others, and sows the seed that is ultimately 

 to give birth to society and its distinctions. 



No. 6. On the sixth day the third attribute of God the 

 Mother, Life, comes into existence, creating the mind, for 

 until the mind was evolved even animal life could not be said 

 to be more than partially evolved. 



No. 7. On the seventh day Imagination, the fourth attri- 

 bute of God the Father, becomes active, and the human mind, 

 supplanting the animal mind, we can now with the activity of 

 four qualities of God the Father and three of God the Mother 

 say that the first foundation of the soul, the first attribute of 

 God the Soul begins to exert its influence in its mildest form, 

 and that with the dawn of the human mind conies the first 

 creation of man and the first true likeness in nature to the 

 Trinity of God in Nature, although it will be two days later 

 with the dawn of Civilisation before we can say that the soul 

 is born and this likeness even approaches any form of reality, 

 when on the ninth day Civilisation ushers in the birth of soul. 



But to return to Table II. On the sixth day we find Wis- 

 dom marries Love and creates Comprehension to give birth to 

 animal mind. On the Seventh Day Imagination, by urging 

 him to set his will in opposition to Nature, paves the way for 

 Comprehension to be born on the Eighth Day of evolution 

 (see Table III.). 



