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ABEL, KEEPER OF SHEEP
A symbol of the dawning of, that moral
element in the soul which works by love. This state is a faint
correspondence of the Higher Self, and tends the virtues (sheep).
"Until the soul brought forth the God-loving doctrine (Abel), the
self-loving (Cain) dwelt with her. But when she brought forth Abel,'
or unanimity with God, she abandoned unanimity with that mind 'Cain'
which was wise in its own conceit."-
PHILO JUDEUS, Works, YONGE, Vol. IV. p. 207.
“And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were
in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew
him."-
GENESIS. iv. 8.
And the lower self,-the personal " I," now gains the power necessary
for its evolution , and contrives to obscure the love element in the
soul. The "death of Abel” occurs when the higher general motive of
love gives place to the dawn of individuality on the astral and
mental planes.
"The Cain in man -the sense -nature symbolized by the fruits of the
ground -has killed the Abel in man, the intuitional faculty
symbolized by the ' lamb ' of a pure and guileless spirit ."
- ED. MAITLAND , Bible's Own Account, p. 10.
"The feeling of each one of us that we have a Cain and Abel within,
and that our business here is to reverse the Scripture story and to
make our Abel kill our Cain, is in itself a kind of revelation and
an element of immense hope about the future." - J. BRIERLEY, Studies
of the Soul, p. 214.
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