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The Secret Doctrine. 131
of Divinity lies the secret of the Ineffable Name,
i. e., the Nameless. The Lost Word is to the Master
who possesses it and knows how to "pronounce"
it, what the Logos or creative power is to the
Nameless. Hence the real Master creates, and in
this sense is a god. This will be further shown in
connection with the Seven Principles and the Nature
of Man.
The second proposition—the Eternity of the Universe
in toto—reveals the law of cycles and the "incessant"
work of creation.
In other words, the creative process never had a
beginning, and will never have an end. There is
one endless succession of Universes. Worlds and
Solar systems continually appear and disappear.
Each sun, star, or solar system has a period of
activity and a period of repose; emanates from, and
is. drawn back into, the All and the One. These
periods are called the "Nights and days of Brahm,"
The idea that a God with human qualities and
human passions made the Earth out of nothing in
six days of twenty-four hours each, is sufficiently
miraculous, and sufficiently childish, for those who
are ready to burn all who do not accept their interpretation.
To endow a God with the power of performing