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instinct, thus at no time leaving the whole of God's 

 entire personalities present simultaneously in finite 

 creation. 



4th. Also that the first Epoch of Creation is at first devoted 

 to the evolution of the first three attributes of God the 

 Father and of God the Mother who have practically the 

 sole charge of creation during the rule of the Epoch of 

 Faith which is devoted to material creation, and con- 

 current herewith and gradually re-entering into and 

 striving for representation is the force of divine love, 

 the first attribute of God the Mother, in its lowest form 

 of the affinity of Matter. Thus is the material universe 

 created. Then the next three days are devoted to the 

 further increase of the powers of Love and Existence 

 which gradually evolve life, first in the form of plant 

 life, then in the form of animal life and instinct. In 

 the Epoch of Hope Love is to dominate over the power 

 of spirit, as woman, assisted by religion, is to overcome 

 the power of man's will, as woman's love conquers man 

 as completely as he is to conquer the world of animals 

 and Matter and rule the world God has created. This 

 occupies the first fourteen days of creation. Then when 

 the first two epochs have produced these results, the 

 final Epoch of Charity is to be evolved when the power 

 of God the Soul is to appear in the attribute of Wisdom 

 now gradually dawning in the mind of man throughout 

 the latter part of the second Epoch in the same way 

 as the spirit of love dawned in the first epoch ; but love 

 is not to complete its work till the middle of the third. 

 So during the second epoch the third lot of at- 

 tributes of God the Soul are to dawn, and gradually, 

 not abolish, but gain the ascendancy and control of the 

 power of the other two personages when man, obtain- 

 ing perfect wisdom, shall no longer be capable of crime 

 and shall thereby become worthy of immortality, when 

 mankind obtaining perfect wisdom shall also be able to 

 gain perfect self-control. I may here remark that the 

 words devil and evil are synonymous, as in Hebrew 

 the word means " the evil one/' and our English word 

 is a corruption of the French words diable or demon, 

 hence devil means an evil man. 



