XVII. Behold a wonderous truth.
When the Universal Soul, first imparted a portion of his being to living forms, or, forms of flesh and blood, the Soul of Evil, marred his work, by creating other forms, unto whom he gave a part of his own malignant life, impulse and destiny.
XVIII. Do not hesitate. There is yet a more wonderous truth. These forms, in which the Soul of Evil, embodied a portion of his being, resembled the forms, in which the Universal Soul, diffused beams of his light and eternity.
XIX. Through countless ages, the beings, born of Almighty Intellect, warred with the beings, created by the Soul of evil.
XX. At last, the children of eternity, clothed in flesh and blood, mingled their lives and lives, with the offspring of the evil Soul,—doomed to annihilation,—who were also clothed in flesh and blood.
XXI. The earth, on which we live was peopled by the generations of this mingled race; a race composed of Good and Evil, of Eternity and Death.
XXII. In these words, given above, all the mysteries of life, are explained.
XXIII. Wonder no longer at the perpetual paradox, presented in all ages by the human race. It is true that Good and Evil, fight an eternal battle, in the heart of man. It is true, that the basest have some consciousness of their Divine Origin; and that the best, have some throbbings, to remind them of an infernal paternity. Could it be otherwise? Man is made up, of two elements; he is the Child of two distinct races. One is the race of Light and Eternity; the other of Dark and Death.
XXIV. There have been men, whose entire nature, has been formed from the race of the Evil Soul. They have been called, Monsters, by their fellow men, and their name, has passed into a Curse.
XXV. There has also been men, whose entire nature, has been formed from the race of the Universal Soul. They are called, Angels, Demi-gods, by their fellow men, and their name is a Blessing.