The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #26 January 2015 | Page 96

The Hermetic Teachings
concerning the process of the
Mental Creation of the
Universe are that at the
beginning of the Creative
Cycle, THE ALL, in its aspect of
Being, projects its Will toward
its aspect of "Becoming" and
the process of creation begins.
It is taught that the process
consists of the lowering of
Vibration until a very low
degree of vibratory energy is
reached at which point the
grossest possible form of
Matter is manifested. This
process is called the stage of
Involution, in which THE ALL
becomes "involved," or
"wrapped up," in its creation.
This process is believed by the
Hermetists to have a
Correspondence to the mental
process of an artist, writer, or
inventor, who becomes so
wrapped up in his mental
creation as to almost forget
his own existence and who, for
the time being, almost "lives in
his creation," If instead of
"wrapped" we use the word
"rapt," perhaps we will give a
better idea of what is meant.
This Involuntary stage of
Creation is sometimes called
the "Outpouring" of the Divine

Energy, just as the
Evolutionary state is called the
"Indrawing." The extreme pole
of the Creative process is
considered to be the furthest
removed from THE ALL while
the beginning of the
Evolutionary stage is regarded
as the beginning of the return
swing of the pendulum of
Rhythm - a "coming home"
idea being held in all of the
Hermetic Teachings.

The Teachings are that during
the "Outpouring" the
vibrations become lower and
lower until finally the urge
ceases and the return swing
begins. But there is this
difference, that while in the