50 THE THRESHOLD OF EVOLUTION 



To illustrate this I propose to show in Table V. how 

 the emotions of the animal mind are evolved from the twenty- 

 one attributes of God's Trinity, in their baser or animal forms 

 during the first Epoch of convolution or Faith, when influenced 

 only by the predominating qualities of God the Father ; that is 

 to say, by the attributes of Power or Motion and of Thought 

 unassisted by the refining influences of God the Mother, or 

 the attributes of Love, Sympathy and Religion, and unim- 

 proved by Wisdom, the second attribute of God the Soul. 



In Table VI. I shall show how the evolution of the influ- 

 ences of the attributes of God the Mother, which take the 

 command of the Epoch of Hope, acting upon these primitive 

 emotions, still further develops them and brings about this 

 new departure, by further evolving these emotions. Subse- 

 quently in Table VII., I will show how the influence of God 

 the Soul, by its influences in the future Epoch of Charity, 

 converts the base animal emotions and sympathies into the 

 more perfect emotions and sympathies of man's soul ; in their 

 highest and most virtuous forms, the possession of which 

 higher sentiments will in time fit mankind for immortality. 

 Hence in the Epoch of Faith, which is that of animal develop- 

 ment, the attributes of the Trinity develop the emotions of 

 animals. Now Mr. Romanes, who is perhaps our best autho- 

 rity on this subject, makes twenty-four animal emotions. 

 According to my Hypothesis I can only account for twenty- 

 one, and I have, therefore, come to the conclusion that possibly 

 Mr. Romanes has duplicated three of the twenty-one emotions, 

 and that Rage is a further degree of Anger, and that Hatred 

 and Revenge may be extensions of Jealousy and Resentment. 

 I therefore include the twenty-one that my Hypothesis will 

 account for in the following list : 



1. Fear. 8. Play. 15. Benevolence. 



2. Surprise. 9. Sympathy. 16. Pity. 



3. Curiosity. 10. Emulation. 17. Shame. 



4. Affection. n. Pride. 18. Regret. 



5. Jealousy. 12. Resentment. 19. Deception. 



6. Anger. 13. Love of Beauty. 20. Cruelty. 



7. Pugnacity. 14. Joy and Grief. 21. Sense of the 



Ridiculous. 



