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
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of heaven, correspond to aspirations soaring beyond and
of heaven, correspond to aspirations soaring beyond and
above corporeality to the understanding of the incorporeal
and divine Principle, Love.
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Genesis i. 21. And God created great whales, and every
Genesis i. 21. And God created great whales, and every
living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth
abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after
his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Seraphic symbols
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Spirit is symbolized by strength, presence, and power,
Spirit is symbolized by strength, presence, and power,
and also by holy thoughts, winged with Love. These an-
gels of His presence, which have the holiest
charge, abound in the spiritual atmosphere of
Mind, and consequently reproduce their own character-
istics. Their individual forms we know not, but we do
know that their natures are allied to God's nature; and
spiritual blessings, thus typified, are the externalized, yet
subjective, states of faith and spiritual understanding.
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Genesis i. 22. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruit-
Genesis i. 22. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruit-
ful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas; and let
fowl multiply in the earth.
Multiplication of pure ideas
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Spirit blesses the multiplication of its own pure and
Spirit blesses the multiplication of its own pure and
perfect ideas. From the infinite elements of the one
Mind emanate all form, color, quality, and
quantity, and these are mental, both primarily
and secondarily. Their spiritual nature is discerned only
through the spiritual senses. Mortal mind inverts the true
likeness, and confers animal names and natures upon its
own misconceptions. Ignorant of the origin and opera-
tions of mortal mind, – that is, ignorant of itself, – this
so-called mind puts forth its own qualities, and claims
God as their author; albeit God is ignorant of the ex-