Chapter XV - Genesis
Spiritual subdivision
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man, in perfect harmony. This Mind forms ideas, its
man, in perfect harmony. This Mind forms ideas, its
own images, subdivides and radiates their borrowed light,
intelligence, and so explains the Scripture phrase, "whose
seed is in itself." Thus God's ideas "multiply and re-
plenish the earth." The divine Mind supports the sub-
limity, magnitude, and infinitude of spiritual creation.
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Genesis i. 17, 18. And God set them in the firmament of
Genesis i. 17, 18. And God set them in the firmament of
the heaven, to give light upon the earth, and to rule over
the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the
darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Darkness scattered
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In divine Science, which is the seal of Deity and has
In divine Science, which is the seal of Deity and has
the impress of heaven, God is revealed as in-
finite light. In the eternal Mind, no night is
there.
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Genesis i. 19. And the evening and the morning were
Genesis i. 19. And the evening and the morning were
the fourth day.
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The changing glow and full effulgence of God's infi-
The changing glow and full effulgence of God's infi-
nite ideas, images, mark the periods of progress.
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Genesis i. 20. And God said, Let the waters bring forth
Genesis i. 20. And God said, Let the waters bring forth
abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl
that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of
heaven.
Soaring aspirations
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To mortal mind, the universe is liquid, solid, and aeri-
To mortal mind, the universe is liquid, solid, and aeri-
form. Spiritually interpreted, rocks and mountains stand
for solid and grand ideas. Animals and mor-
tals metaphorically present the gradation of
mortal thought, rising in the scale of intelligence, taking
form in masculine, feminine, or neuter gender. The
fowls, which fly above the earth in the open firmament