CYCLE FOUR: PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MANIFESTATIONS
1. That which descends, in objectivity, is
primarily negative, whereas that which ascends, in subjectivity, is primarily
positive.
2. In no context are
negativity and positivity completely independent of
each other, but co-exist, to varying extents, on either a primary or a
secondary basis, depending on the overall 'gender' of the context in question.
3. Hence the objective elements of fire and
water present to our understanding a context in which negativity is primary and
positivity secondary, as we descend from most to
least basic via more and less basic in primary terms, but ascend from least to
most advanced via less and more advanced in secondary terms.
4. Hence the subjective elements of vegetation
and air present to our understanding a context in which positivity
is primary and negativity secondary, as we ascend from least to most advanced
via less and more advanced in primary terms, but descend from most to least
basic via more and less basic in secondary terms.
5. The most basic
element of fire is rooted, overall, in appearance, since the apparent is that
which corresponds to an elemental particle subdivision ... and has connections,
in this context, with ugliness and hatred (if negative) and with beauty and
love (if positive).
6. The more (in relation to most) basic element
of water is rooted, overall, in quantity, since the quantitative is that which
corresponds to a molecular particle subdivision ... and has connections, in
this context, with weakness and humility (if negative) and with strength and
pride (if positive).
7. The more (in relation to most) advanced
element of vegetation is centred, overall, in quality, since the qualitative is
that which corresponds to a molecular wavicle
subdivision ... and has connections, in this context, with knowledge and
pleasure (if positive) and with ignorance and pain (if negative).
8. The most advanced
element of air is centred, overall, in essence, since the essential is that
which corresponds to an elemental wavicle subdivision
... and has connections, in this context, with truth and joy (if positive) and
with falsity and woe (if negative).
9. Vegetation and air are only respectively less
basic and least basic in relation to fire (most basic) and water (more basic),
where the negativity of their secondary manifestations is concerned.
10. Fire and water are only respectively least
advanced and less advanced in relation to vegetation (more advanced) and air
(most advanced), where the positivity of their
secondary manifestations is concerned.
11. As a primary factor,
negativity begins and ends on the female side of life with fire and water,
though it continues, in secondary fashion, on the male side of life with
vegetation and air.
12. As a secondary
factor, positivity begins and ends on the female side
of life with fire and water, though it continues, in primary vein, on the male
side of life with vegetation and air.
