25 Man was a thought of God, formed in the image of the Septonate, clothed in the substances of soul.
26 And his desires were strong; he sought to manifest on every plane of life, and for himself he made a body of the ethers of the earthy forms, and so descended to the plane of earth.
27 In this descent he lost his birthright; lost his harmony with God, and made discordant all the notes of life.
28 Inharmony and evil are the same; so evil is the handiwork of man.
29 Ashbina wrote the fourth:
30 Seeds do not germinate in light; they do not grow until they find the soil, and hide themselves away from light.
31 Man was evolved a seed of everlasting life; but in the ethers of the Triune God the light was far too great for seeds to grow;
32 And so man sought the soil of carnal life, and in the darksomeness of earth he found a place where he could germinate and grow.
33 The seed has taken root and grown full well.
34 The tree of human life is rising from the soil of earthy things, and, under natural law, is reaching up to perfect form.