Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1897.] THE SEn;N CREATIVE PRINCIPLES. 293
pure fountain 'and source of being, the life element that animates
.the organism. Therefot·e she is found united with this
life elenwnt, Fm·ce; and in the struggle of the two for manifestation,
she is continually condemning the old, and by virtue
of Fort~e, whidt she now possesses as a body, she is found in the
inner life of the race, causing it to perceive and choose the
highest anti he;~t, which is the lire and mind of God, and in her
purity she hates everything that i!! on a lower plane. As she
is not fonntl in her normal conditiun in the individual, but appeat·s
as a pl'imate in the budy of the race only, therefore the race
has already entered the g•·eat struggle which is Fermentation.
We thus see the fulfillment of the symbolism expressed in
the birth of .Jacob and E>~a.u. A. the two children_ struggled
in the womb of the mHther, Sll these two principles, struggling
for supremacy in the womh of the planet, will enevitably produce
in the body of humanity the result that is always J>I'Otlnced
hy Fet·mentatinn in orgt the act of tearing
down a111l sentling back to their legitimate sources the component
elements of :\ b 11ly. A!! the body of hum:~.nity c mtain!!
the word of Gml that liveth and abideth forever, the snb;~tance
of that wortl will he preset·vetl h.v org:t.nizing to itself, ont of
the decaying element.s of the ohl. a hotly aftet· the pattern and
t}IUt.litv of the hig-he!!t ide:t.l active in the t•aee; and all other
elements belonging to hnm:mity will retnrn, each to it'l own.
Then Fermentatimt, the chi}.{ of Discrimination and Force,
will he nltimat~d in the unity of Power antl -Riche!!, producing
the nnpa•·allcld ultimate Honor, a cootlition worthy of, anti
wh i t~h will oht;t.in the re"pect not only of man, but of God.
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