Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

A
Magazine of
ADVANCED AND PRACTICAL ESOTERIC THOUGHT.
Vot .. X.
No.3.
THE SEVEN CREATIVE PRINCIPLES.
THIRD PAPER.
BY II. ~;.
llt;TLJo:H.
FOHCE, TilE Jo'IHST o~· Tt!lo: l'Jo:Y~:N
l'HINC'IPLES.
F01·ce is a pl"ineiple in life as well as in all manifestation in
natUJ·e. \V e t~all it a pt · itic~iple heeanse it lays behind phenomenon
antl prmltwes it,-lays hehitHl all physim~l manifestation,
;mcl, therefot·t~, is heyoncl, hy means of the light
within his owu soul, to petwtrat.e still deeper· into the t'fnl pt·ineiple fnt·c·e. ancl cause it to serve
his will, both hy the f.,t·ntatioll of mel'ltanical instl'tlmentalities
and by that wo11clwus fnndion of mind.
A mat·,·elous p:u·adox IIJ'Il exi~t.Pm'l' and thought: we know
IIIOI'e of forc•e than of any othet· prineiple in natm·e. and yet, iu
reality, we know 11othi11g of it. \Ve see and perceive the form~
of falling bodies, from the gentle rain to the mighty avalanche,
ancl we satisfy t'Ul'iosity by talki11g very wisely about gravitation;
yet how little we know what that fot·ce is! If there
was no othet· force in llatnt·t• but that of falling hollies, we
might reasonably feel satislied that the solution of the great
problem had heen reached, but we find a multitude of varieties
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