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SWEAT OF THE FACE

A symbol of falsity and illusion, -the inverted reflection of truth.

"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou (Adam) eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." - GENESIS. iii. 19.

Through gropings of ignorance,—the effort generated of the truth-nature (face), reflected as falsity and illusion (sweat),—shall goodness (bread) be appropriated, until evolution upon the lower planes ends. For the lower mind (Adam) is but the culminating product of the lower evolution. It is as dust which passes away, and it shall not ascend.

 

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ADAM (Lower)
BREAD
DUST
EVOLUTION
FACE
FALL OF MAN
GROUND
ILLUSION
PERSONALITY