CYCLE THIRTY-SIX

1. FROM SUPERSTATE TO SUPERCHURCH. To devolve from the absolute State (Superstate) to the relative State, as from totalitarianism to pluralism, and to evolve, by contrast, from the relative Church (Christian) to the absolute Church (Superchristian), as from trinitarian polytheism to monotarian monotheism. Thus to devolve from the noumenal absolutism of dictatorial autocracy to the phenomenal relativity of parliamentary democracy, and to evolve, by contrast, from the phenomenal relativity of Christian theocracy to the noumenal absolutism of transcendental meritocracy.

2. STATE/CHURCH DISTINCTIONS. To distinguish the Superstate from the State on the basis of a noumenal/phenomenal dichotomy such that parallels that between the superfeminine and the feminine, while likewise distinguishing between the Church and the Superchurch on the basis of a phenomenal/noumenal dichotomy paralleling that between the masculine and the supermasculine. Hence to distinguish between the superfeminine (diabolical) essence of the Superstate and the feminine (worldly) essence of the State on the one hand, but between the masculine (otherworldly) essence of the Church and the supermasculine (divine) essence of the Superchurch on the other hand.

3. FROM SUPERSCIENCE TO SUPER-RELIGION. To devolve from superscience to science, as from cosmology to philosophy, on the one hand, and to evolve from religion to super-religion, as from theology to theosophy, on the other hand - a devolution from supernature to nature, and an evolution from culture to superculture.

4. EQUIVALENT ANTITHESES. Science verses religion is equivalent to alpha verses omega, the beginning verses the end, nature verses culture, woman verses man, State verses Church, organism verses organization, unconscious verses conscious, tribe verses nation, barbarism verses civilization, evil verses good, the old brain verses the new brain, etc., etc.

5. SUBDIVISIONS OF THE BRAIN. I have long conceived of the brain as divisible not only into 'old brain' and 'new brain', as with Koestler, but also as subdivisible into backbrain and right midbrain within the 'old brain', and into left midbrain and forebrain within the 'new brain'. In fact, to be perfectly honest, I have only recently arrived with any conviction at the conclusion that the right midbrain should be considered as a subdivision of the 'old brain', and for the simple reason that it is closer, on account of its sensual essence, to the unconscious than to the conscious, and therefore contrasts with the intellectual essence of the left midbrain ... as woman with man or nature with culture. Thus, for me, the right midbrain is a subdivision of the 'old brain', and the left midbrain, by contrast, a subdivision of the 'new brain'. Indeed, the 'old brain' and the 'new brain' stand, for me, in a sort of scientific/religious relationship having, in consequence, barbarous verses civilized overtones. Thus I should like to advance the theory that, within the 'old brain', the backbrain stands to the right midbrain as the super-unconscious to the unconscious, supernature to nature, superfeminine to feminine, whereas within the 'new brain', by contrast, the left midbrain stands to the forebrain as the conscious to the superconscious, culture to superculture, masculine to supermasculine. Hence one could speak of a devolution, within the 'old brain', from the supernaturalism of the backbrain to the naturalism of the right midbrain, as from emotionality to sensuality, but of an evolution within the 'new brain' from the culture of the left midbrain to the superculture of the forebrain, as from intellectuality to spirituality. The idea would be that the backbrain could be correlated with all that is Superheathen, the right midbrain with anything Heathen, the left midbrain with anything Christian, and the forebrain with all that is Superchristian - at any rate, within the restrictive compass of the overall brain as such. For, in reality, the heart and the lungs are more emotional and spiritual, respectively, than anything to be found within the brain, while the body (with particular reference to the reproductive organs) is more sensual than even the most sensual part of the brain, viz. the right midbrain. In truth, the brain is more intellectual than emotional, spiritual, or sensual; although these 'secondary' qualities are also to be found there.