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EARTH, PRIMORDIAL
A symbol of matter which, when acted upon
by Spirit, takes forms and qualities for manifestation.
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the
earth was waste and void." - GENESIS. i. 1, 2.
At the commencement of the emanation of the Solar Universe, the
primordial elements, Spirit and Matter, are differentiated from that
condition which is itself neither, but which is potential for both.
And the matter is formless and devoid of special qualities, for
Spirit is not yet permeating and informing matter, and the process
of involution has not begun.
"Creation for Erigena means only a local and temporal exhibition of
eternal essences. The visible world is nothing but the appearance of
invisible primordial causes. Take away from any object in this
visible world all that can be thought about it, i.e. its Idea which
constitutes its 'primordial cause,' and nothing is left. In the last
analysis everything turns out to be immaterial. 'Matter,' so-called,
is no real being; it is only an aggregation of qualities.' Remove
the qualities which thought can seize and nothing remains." - R. M.
JONES, Mystical Religion, p. 125.
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See Also
CHAOS
COSMOS
CREATION
ELEMENTS
HEAVEN AND EARTH
KHIEN AND KHWAN
MATTER
MĀYĀ
PROTOTYPES
QUALITIES
SPIRIT
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