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The Deity reveals itself as All-Soul and All-Life

[ 1 ] The Deity reveals itself as:

[ 2 ] All-Soul and All-Life.

[ 3 ] 1. All-Soul permeates All-Life from above and gives origin to universal matter. Now the All-Soul again permeates this universal matter, creating a denser degree of matter. This continues down to the densest physical matter known to man.

[ 4 ] 2. The polar process for this is that the All-Life permeates the All-Soul, creating the form that in its original state constitutes the manasic sphere. This type of All-Form can also be called All-Spirit. When it descends into universal matter and fertilizes it, forms one level lower arise, and so on down to the formation of physical matter. These are the transitory forms.

[ 5 ] 3. Once this formation has progressed through the three elemental kingdoms to the mineral kingdom, the All-Life descends to it, now directly, without first passing through matter as in 1. This gives rise to the living forms of the plant kingdom.

[ 6 ] 4. Once this life has risen to a certain level in form, the universal soul pours into it and transforms the animated forms into soul-filled forms. This gives rise to the animal kingdom. All these forms are still transitory; they become imperishable when

[ 7 ] 5. the All-Form as All-Spirit permeates the animated forms. This makes the forms themselves imperishable. This is the case in the human kingdom. Diagram in the Peelen manuscript

[ 8 ] When the All-Form manifests itself, the individual form disappears completely: Mineral

[ 9 ] When the All-Life manifests itself, the individual form passes away with the species: Plant

[ 10 ] When the All-Soul manifests itself, the individual form passes away with the hereditary characteristics: Animal

[ 11 ] When the universal spirit manifests itself, the individual form finally ceases to exist: human being

[ 12 ] One can therefore say:

[ 13 ] The human being initially has its spirit on the physical plane

[ 14 ] The animal initially has its spirit on the astral plane

[ 15 ] The plant initially has its spirit on the rupic-manasic plane

[ 16 ] The mineral initially has its spirit on the arupic-manasic plane

[ 17 ] If the spirit moves even further to the budhi plane, then one is dealing with the third elemental kingdom.

[ 18 ] If the spirit moves to the nirvana plane, then one is dealing with the second elemental kingdom.

[ 19 ] And if the spirit moves to the Paranirvana plane, then one is dealing with the first elemental realm.

[ 20 ] Finally, the foundation for everything is the comprehensive spirit on the Mahaparanirvana plane.

[ 21 ] Diagram in the Peelen manuscript

[ 22 ] Here, the reflection of the 1st Logos is transformed into reality, that is, the divine human being is born from the triple Maya (life, soul, form), first on the physical plane, then he animates himself from within on the astral plane, that is, he also makes the 2nd Logos a reality, and finally, on the manasic plane, the soul awakens to life, as the reflection of the third Logos is also transformed into reality.

Human Transformer of the Maya of the first Logos
Chela Transformer of the Maya of the 2nd Logos
Master Transformer of the Maya of the 3rd Logos

[ 23 ] The next step is then the transition to a planetary deity of the next order, which again involves itself in three illusions (Mayas): life, soul, and form, in order to then evolve all three.