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degrees, which stopped all further rapid development or 

 marked alterations in shape, had attained an upright posture 

 and were therefore able to continue their development and 

 evolve a mind and soul. Hence from this onward mankind is 

 now to be permitted, as was explained in the chapter on 

 descent, to transmit his mind to his offspring. But man is 

 only to transmit those qualities which are the products of the 

 attributes of God the Father and of God the Soul; it is 

 woman's province to transmit those of God the Mother. The 

 attributes of God the Father are: first, SPIRIT, that of 

 motion in Man ; second, POWER, that of will in Man ; third, 

 THOUGHT; fourth, IMAGINATION; fifth, KNOW- 

 LEDGE ; sixth, PEACE ; seventh, JOY. He will also, when 

 he develops still further be able to transmit those of God the 

 Holy Ghost, which are: first, SOUL; second, WISDOM; 

 third, MIND; fourth, UNDERSTANDING; fifth, USE; 

 sixth, CONTENT; and seventh, HAPPINESS. He has 

 already developed the first five qualities of God the Father, 

 and the first four of God the Soul, which leave the last 

 two qualities of God the Father and Mother and the last 

 three of God the Soul to be evolved in the future. In the past 

 he has learnt to conquer the world of Matter ; in the future he 

 will have to evolve a soul capable of enabling him to conquer 

 himself as well as the world of the material universe. 



He is only able to transmit his qualities from father to son, 

 daughter and grandson, not to his grand-daughter. So, in 

 like manner, the qualities of the mother descend in the female 

 line from mother to the sons and daughters, but not to the 

 grandsons. But one of the results of the Epoch of Hope, in 

 fact the most important result, is to be produced by the Mother 

 of Creation giving birth to sons without the assistance of 

 man by the miracle of Incarnation, as in the case of Christ the 

 Son of God the Mother of Creation and woman, which acts 

 of redemption result in woman receiving the power of 

 transmitting the qualities of Love, Sympathy and Charity, 

 and the attributes of Love, Comprehension and Invention to 

 her grandsons as well as to her grand-daughters, which would 

 not otherwise have been possible. But this is not to apply to 

 the rest of the seven qualities of God the Mother, viz., Exist- 

 ence, Bodily life and shape, Comfort and Pleasure. For man 

 is only to have the hereditary powers of transmitting and 



