The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #26 January 2015 | Page 77

not yet created by THE ALL
having separated itself into
fragments?
What else can it be - of what
else can it be made?
This is the great question.
Let us examine it carefully.
We find here that the
"Principle of Correspondence"
(see Lesson I) comes to our aid
here. The old Hermetic axiom,
"As above so below" may be
pressed into service at this
point. Let us endeavour to get
a glimpse of the workings on
higher planes by examining
those on our own. The
Principle of Correspondence
must apply to this as well as to
other problems.
Let us see! On his own plane of
being, how does Man create?
Well, first, he may create by
making something out of
outside materials. But this will
not do, for there are no
materials outside of THE ALL
with which it may create. Then,
secondly, Man pro-creates or
reproduces his kind by the
process of begetting, which is
self-multiplication
accomplished by transferring a
portion of his substance to his
offspring. But this will not do,
because THE ALL cannot

transfer or subtract a portion
of itself, nor can it reproduce
or multiply itself - in the first
place there would be a taking
away and in the second case a
multiplication or addition to
THE ALL both thoughts being
an absurdity. Is there no third
way in which MAN creates?
Yes, there is - he CREATES
MENTALLY! And in so doing he
uses no outside materials, nor
does he reproduce himself and
yet his Spirit pervades the
Mental Creation.

Following the Principle of
Correspondence, we are
justified in considering that
THE ALL creates the Universe
MENTALLY, in a manner akin to
the process whereby Man
creates Mental Images.