evolved, only now we are specializing its action from the standpoint of
our own individuality, according to the ancient teaching that Man, the
Microcosm, repeats in himself all the laws of the Macrocosm, or great
world, around him.

As we begin to see the truth of these things, we begin to transcend the
simply generic stage. That first stage is necessary to provide a
starting-point for the next. The first stage is that of Bondage to Law.
It could not be otherwise for the simple reason that you must learn the
law before you can use it. Then from the stage of Generic Creation we
emerge into that of individual Creation, in which we attain liberty
through Knowledge of the Law of our own Being; so that it is not a mere
theological myth to talk of a New Creation, but it is the logical
outcome of what we now are, if, to our recognition of the Power of the
Law we add the recognition of the Power of the Word.




CHAPTER V

THE SOUL OF THE SUBJECT


We may now turn to speculate a little on some conceivable application of
the general principle we have been considering. It seems to me that, as
a result of the generic creation of which I have just spoken, there is
in everything what, for want of a better name, I may call "The soul of
the subject."