Natural Marriage, as a representative of this, must include the subjection of the external to the internal, of the affectional to the intellectual, of the natural to the supernatural, and of the female to the male principles, and therefore of good to truth, as the condition of any productive natural manifestation; and the institution of Matrimony must therefore include the subjection of the female to the male, through the voluntary sacrifice of the will of the female. The Domestic Principle, through which the most perfect natural marriage of the sexes becomes realized, is one of the most important of those constructive supernatural mediums which represent Spiritual Life through Marriage, or the union of opposites through voluntary sacrifice; and the manifestations which are realized through it furnish some of the best illustrations we have of the unifying power of Marriage: for the reason, that, being so important a medium of production, its supernatural manifestations are particularly predominant; and, being accompanied by the most powerful emotions which are realized by the individual consciousness, the matrimonial experiences of the individual constitute the most distinct and lasting of all his self-conscious realizations. Through the operation of this principle, we see individuals becoming harmoniously united, whose spheres of life are in the most violent opposition, because it represents that which exists between the Infinite and the Finite; but who become so united by the operation of this domestic principle, that truth and good, which in the natural constitute antagonistic spheres, as vital and destructive, become attractive and unconsciously unite together in production, with the subjection of the female to the male, through the sacrifice of the female will; a result that includes a faith in things opposite, unseen, and incomprehensible, which is perfectly analogous to the self-sacrificing devotedness of religious faith, and which cannot be traced to any natural causes, for the reason that self-love is the governing law of natural life. A particular description of the domestic institution, which includes this relationship between the sexes, will be given in the psychological portion of our work, and the domestic relationships will also be alluded to in illustrating both its ontological and theological portions: to these, therefore, the reader is referred for a more particular illustration of this subject.

In the statement of Marriage that has here been made, we have shown that Subjection is the great and indispensable law that must precede all production, because this production must be realized from the union of opposites; and that this law is particularly

necessary in all natural production, for the reason that here every thing is dualistic, as male and female, and as internal and external, -that these female spheres and external principles are disorderly and destructive, and that, consequently, the subjection of these to the male spheres and internal principles is imperatively demanded, in order that any truth, good, or use, should be produced; all falsehood, evil, and abuse being the result of the inversion of this relationship, in the combination and manifestation of these spheres and principles through the active or constructive mediating principles of the mind, and through the individualizing principles of the will. We thus show, that truth and good, and falsehood and evil, whether we use these terms in a spiritual and real, or only in a natural and representative sense, result solely from the use or abuse of the sexual relation; the first being produced through the female in subjection to the male, and the second being produced by the female when throwing off this subjection and becoming a ruling principle. It is for this reason that the Hebrew Scriptures are so filled with sexualisms, or with the uses and abuses of the sexual relation, that they cannot be translated literally and given to the people without subjecting them to a profane and destructive misunderstanding; for, in the external condition of the consciousness to which these Scriptures were addressed, these things had to be brought down into the region of sensation, and represented through historical and personal forms, according to supernatural laws of correspondence which cannot, in the natural, be comprehended by the understanding, but only apprehended through religious feeling. These Scriptures are more strictly confined to this external symbolic form than those of the New Testament, or even than the forms of the Catholic Church, which is the great symbolic Church representing Christianity in a supernatural sphere; because, until after the advent of Christ, Christianity could not even be represented in a supernatural or representative-spiritual form, but only symbolized in natural forms, which, separate from the life that is given to them by the revelation of Christ, do not suggest any supernatural truth to the

mind.

We will now proceed to state and to illustrate the Laws of Correspondence, and the Laws of Succession, which have been derived from our statement of the Law of Tri-Personality; showing that the laws of Opposition, of Attraction, and of Marriage, as they have here been stated, govern all the forms, functions, and manifestations of Creation: and in classifying, analyzing, and ex

plaining these, we shall show, first, that all particular forms are constituted by three principles related as internal, external, and medial, which are soul, body, and spirit, and exist as supernatural combinations of vital and destructive elements through productive manifesting principles. We shall show, next, that all these particular forms hold positions in some particular department, constituted by three regions, which are also internal, external, and medial, as soul, body, and spirit: first, a male region representing Truth, as the Soul of each department, which is perceptive, intuitive, and vital, as the region of Law, but containing intellective and affective principles, which are internal and external, and vital and destructive, next, a female region representing Good, as the Body of each department, which is receptive, associative, and destructive, as the region of Phenomena, but containing intellectual and affectional principles, which are internal and external, and vital and destructive,—and, finally, a supernatural region representing Use, Marriage, or the union of opposites through voluntary sacrifice, as the Spirit of each department, which is reflective, constructive, and productive; being a mediating sphere through which these dualistic natural laws are combined in the production of phenomena corresponding with them, and these laws and phenomena are combined and manifested in natural forms, and also in supernatural forms not comprehensible by the natural mind, by the divine providence of God; these being forms of natural use, realizing the union of good with truth. We shall also show, that all general forms, which include all the particular forms belonging to any one sphere, are realized as a tri-personal individuality of Spirit, Soul, and Body, - the spirit constituting a vital sphere that is characterized as Real; the soul constituting a mediating sphere that is characterized as Representative; and the body constituting an incarnating and manifesting sphere that is characterized as internally destructive and externally productive all these forms, and the manifestations referable to them, being governed by the laws of Opposition, Attraction, and Marriage. We will now proceed to show the manner in which these laws are represented in the structure of the Universe, in the formation of the Races of Mankind, in the structure and functions of the Human Constitution, and, finally, in the structure of Human Society.

THE

GENERAL FORMS OF THE UNIVERSE

WHICH ILLUSTRATE

THE LAWS OF CORRESPONDENCE.

IN showing that the Universe is constructed in correspondence with the laws of Existence as they have here been stated, we will proceed first to realize a conception of the general form of the Universe by the application of these laws, and next to show how this conception corresponds with the theories of Philosophy. In accordance with these laws, the Universe is constituted by three several spheres of Phenomenal Existence, related as Spiritual, Ethereal, and Material, which are spirit, soul, and body; the material being the external incarnating sphere, and the spiritual being successively incarnated, through the ethereal and material spheres, in Individual Existence, which through successive births ascends to ethereal and spiritual spheres of conscious life: each of these spheres, as a particular form, includes opposite male and female spheres, antagonized as vital and destructive, each of which is divided into internal and external principles, also antagonized as vital and destructive; and these vital and destructive spheres and principles are combined and manifested through a third sphere, corresponding with the divine productive power; by which each sphere is made to constitute a threefold form of soul, body, and spirit, in which spirit is the manifesting principle and sphere. The form of the Material Universe we therefore conceive as follows; and, although this is nothing but an outline, it is necessary to complete the universal plan of Phenomenal Existence under which all the particular forms and manifestations of the Universe are to be classified and explained.

THE MATERIAL UNIVERSE.

THE SPIRITUAL SPHERE OF THE UNIVERSE.

THIS is conceived as constituting a Universal Sphere of Definite Phenomenal Substance, which includes in essence all human souls, each of these being constituted a tri-personal substance which is spiritual, ethereal, and material, and calculated to exist successively in Material, Ethereal, and Spiritual Atmospheres; and which also includes spiritual incarnating mediums, through which Spiritual Substance operates in realizing opposite Spiritual Atmospheres as opposite spheres for Spiritual Representation, and for Individual Spiritual Manifestation: for this reason, and because the Human Soul constitutes its internal and vital element, with which all other things must correspond as external representatives, we name this the sphere of HUMAN SUBSTANCE. The laws included in this sphere are suggested by the most universal forms of the human consciousness, and we name them

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RATIONALITY. SENTIMENTALITY.
INTELLECTUALITY. AFFECTIONALITY.
SPIRITUAL SUBSTANCE.

THE ETHEREAL SPHERE OF THE UNIVERSE.

This sphere is conceived as containing ethereal incarnating mediums in the Sun, Moon, and Stars, through which Ethereal Substance operates in realizing the internal condition of Gaseous, Liquid, and Solid Substance, in an Ethereal Atmosphere, as a sphere for Supernatural Representation, and for Individual Supernatural Manifestation. The opposite laws and the combining principle included in this sphere may be stated thus:

REPULSION. - EXPANSION.

ATTRACTION. CONTRACTION.
ETHEREAL SUBSTANCE.

THE MATERIAL SPHERE OF THE UNIVERSE.

This sphere is conceived as containing material incarnating mediums in the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Forins, through which Material Substance operates in realizing the external condition of Gaseous, Liquid, and Solid Substance, in a Material Atmosphere, as a sphere for Natural Representation, and for Individual Natural Manifestation. The opposite laws and combining principle included in this sphere may be stated thus: