Mystic masonry, or, The symbols of freemasonry and the greater ...

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Mystic Masonry.
The order of this interpenetration, however, is from
above downvi^ard. The higher penetrate the lower,
while the lower are only latent in the higher.
Take,
for example, seven planes of which the highest (seventh)
represents spirit, and the lowest matter or
physical substance. The first or lowest plane is
altogether illusory. It has no permanent or real
existence. It is not only in continual motion and
continual change (Formation, Dissolution, and Reformation)
but these are its characteristics. Under
certain conditions it disappears (dissolves) from the
ist plane entirely, and passes to the 2d, and to the
3d, 4th, and so on. The greatest activity is on
the higher planes, and is greatest on the highest;
till all merge in, or return to, the One, and Changeless,
from which they emanated. All known phenomena
in nature testify to the existence of such a
law. Hence the saying in the old philosophy:
"Nature prefers that matter shall be eternal on the
higher planes only."
The grossest physical substance, therefore, is
penetrated or saturated with all the higher substances
and energies. These are held to subordinate
positions by the dominant chord, which is,
say, "F," and so are latent or active as the theme
unfolds, or as the combination varies. Can any one