128 THE THRESHOLD OF EVOLUTION 



This he did by becoming a murderer and a cannibal. Then 

 the next perfection demanded of him, was to evolve the most 

 perfect shape. This he did by learning to stand upright, which 

 made it possible for him to evolve a soul. Thirdly, he had to 

 acquire the greatest possible strength of will that he might 

 become the image of his all-powerful Creator. This he did 

 by becoming the most determined, pugnacious and ferocious 

 of all animals, and the most determined and persevering 

 amongst the races of mankind. In this manner he has during 

 the Epoch of Faith, perfected his likeness to the primary 

 attributes of God the Father and of God the Mother, and it 

 is now his duty to evolve the higher attributes of God the 

 Mother, and the lower ones of God the Soul. 



The currents of power have now developed his power of 

 will in the Epoch of Faith, and during the first two hundred 

 thousand years of this Epoch of Hope he is to develop those 

 of Love, which travel diagonally, the reason being that Love is 

 to intermingle the influences of spirit, body and soul. For the 

 intermingling of the female forces of Existence, Love, etc., 

 with the male forces of Spirit and Soul is what constitutes the 

 marriages of God's Trinity in the mind and soul of mankind, 

 which are to make him like unto God's Image. For, as de- 

 monstrated elsewhere, this diagonal intermingling of the 

 female attributes of God in the mind and soul of mankind is 

 a marriage of affinity rather than of descent. Therefore to 

 bring this about, the intermingling of female attributes with 

 male ones, the miracle of redemption becomes a necessity of re- 

 ligious evolution, so as to make some of these female qualities 

 hereditary forms of variation. Thus we find that the Glacial 

 Period, by increasing man's fear, which is a female attribute, 

 creates both religion and a greater love and desire for the 

 sympathy, and for the company of his spouse within man's 

 dawning mind than he had ever felt before, and this makes 

 him protect his spouse, and tends to soften his cruel nature in 

 a degree not aimed at by any other animal. 



Fear being a virtue in woman and a vice in man, woman 

 has now to prove her superiority in fear and love, and hence- 

 forth on .man falls the necessity of devoting himself to her 

 protection more than on any other animal. This produces 

 more love for his conjugal surroundings as time goes on and 

 civilisation advances, but until this stage of evolution had 



