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DAUGHTERS OF MEN
A symbol of the lower affections and emotions
which proceed from minds united with desires.
"The sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and
they took them wives of all that they chose." - GENESIS. vi. 2.
The Egos or ideals in the mind identified themselves with the
sense-objects, and so affection for the things of desire was set up,
and hence illusion was produced. The "taking of wives" is the
seeking by the Egos for the Self through the taking of forms, or
bodies.
"Men are certain minds or thoughts; and a host of thoughts are now
discerned to be alive within us; their 'daughters' are the
affections springing from them." - A. JUKES, Types of Genesis, p.
108.
"In the days when the sons of God came down to the daughters of men.
Under this descent some have supposed that there is an enigmatical
reference to the descent of souls into bodies, taking the phrase
'daughters of men as a tropical expression for this earthly
tabernacle." - ORIGEN, Comm. on John, Bk. VI, § 25.
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