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evolution of Creation. For now the mind of man is to be 

 evolved by the process of evolution in the course of time to 

 produce the trinity of the human soul (see line 4, Table I., 

 i.e., the powers of Imagination, Comprehension and Under- 

 standing). And with the creation of man's mind and soul, 

 out of the instinctive mind of animal, evolution makes a new 

 departure that is to be the labour of the Epoch of Hope. 

 Coming events cast their shadows before ; thus we will find 

 that the latter part of the Epoch of Hope is devoted to the 

 evolution of religions, governments, and science. The time 

 we are now dealing with is the end of the Epoch of Faith, 

 which finishes with the creation of mankind from his animal 

 existence, during which epoch of Faith conformity to the will 

 of God has controlled all creation. The first part of the Epoch 

 of Hope commences with his civilisation and fight against the 

 savagery he has created in his efforts to become the most 

 perfect human beast imaginable, and so prove his right to be 

 placed at the head of the animal creation. But before entering 

 upon the Epoch of Hope I will review how far we have 

 travelled along our Table II., and we find the seven days we 

 have travelled stand thus : ist, SPIRIT ; 2nd, EXISTENCE ; 

 3 rd, POWER OF GOD; 4 th, LOVE; 5th, THOUGHT; 

 6th, LIFE; yth, SOUL on the one side; and on the other : 

 ist, DESTRUCTION ; 2nd, CONSTRUCTION ; 3 rd, MAT- 

 TER ; 4th, CREATION or LIFE ; 5th, MARRIAGE ; 6th, 

 MIND ; yth, SOUL OF MAN. 



Now if we submit these figures to our mathematical Table, 

 Table IV., we find that Nos. i, 2, 5, and 8 represent imperfect 

 or transitory stages of creation. Now picking these out, we 

 have DESTRUCTION and CONSTRUCTION, which are 

 imperfect and transitory stages, also MARRIAGE, which will 

 during Evolution fluctuate between polygamy and monogamy. 

 No. 3, MATTER, and No. 6, MIND, are to become perfect 

 by the end of the world and complete in some form or other. 

 And No. 4, LIFE, and No. 7, SOUL OF MAN, which are to 

 last for all eternity but which are not to be perfect till man 

 gains IMMORTALITY. 



Before going further I wish to draw attention to what will 

 be demonstrated in our subsequent chapters that nothing is 

 correct in knowledge, science or religion, so far as it relates 

 to evolution, which will not bear the test of being reduced to 



