ABSTRACT

INTROD.] 337 by the sap in trees and plants and the blood in man and animals. The Wisdom of Equality, in like manner, manifests itself through the Element Earth, and thus produces the chief solid constituents of man's body and of organic and inorganic forms. The Discriminating Wisdom, by manifesting itself through the Element Fire, produces the vital heat of embodied human and lower animal beings; and the All-Performing Wisdom, using as its vehicle of manifestation the Element Air, is the source of the breath of life.