CONTRASTING
RATES OF ELEMENTAL AFFINITIES
1. To contrast the first-rate power of the will
to do metachemically through not-selfish, i.e.
of the not-self, beauty with the fourth-rate power of the will to do
metaphysically through not-selfish truth, and each of these noumenal
absolutes with the phenomenal relativity of the second-rate power of the will
to do chemically through not-selfish strength and the third-rate power
of the will to do physically through not-selfish knowledge.
2. To contrast the first-rate glory of the spirit
to give chemically through not-selfish, i.e. of the not-self, pride with
the fourth-rate glory of the spirit to give physically through
not-selfish pleasure, and each of these phenomenal relativities with the noumenal absolutism of the second-rate glory of the spirit
to give metachemically through not-selfish
love and the third-rate glory of the spirit to give metaphysically
through not-selfish joy.
3. To contrast the first-rate form of the ego to
take physically through selfish, i.e. of the self, knowledge with the
fourth-rate form of the ego to take chemically through selfish strength,
and each of these phenomenal relativities with the noumenal
absolutism of the second-rate form of the ego to take metaphysically
through selfish truth and the third-rate form of the ego to take metachemically through selfish beauty.
4. To contrast the first-rate contentment of the
soul to be metaphysically through selfish, i.e. of the self, joy with
the fourth-rate contentment of the soul to be metachemically
through selfish love, and each of these noumenal
absolutes with the phenomenal relativity of the second-rate contentment of the
soul to be physically through selfish pleasure and the third-rate
contentment of the soul to be chemically through selfish pride.
5. That which, as will, does, always does
apparently, from the most apparent context of the metachemical
will to the least apparent context of the metaphysical will via the more
(relative to most) apparent context of the chemical will and the less (relative
to least) apparent context of the physical will. For the will, being affiliated to elemental particles, is ever a thing of appearances.
6. That which, as spirit, gives, always
gives quantitatively, from the most quantitative context of the chemical spirit
to the least quantitative context of the physical spirit via the more (relative
to most) quantitative context of the metachemical
spirit and the less (relative to least) quantitative context of the
metaphysical spirit. For the spirit,
being affiliated to molecular particles, is ever a
thing of quantities.
7. That which, as ego, takes, always
takes qualitatively, from the most qualitative context of the physical ego to
the least qualitative context of the chemical ego via the more (relative to
most) qualitative context of the metaphysical ego and the less (relative to
least) qualitative context of the metachemical
ego. For the ego, being affiliated to
molecular wavicles, is ever a thing of qualities.
8. That which, as soul, is, always is
essentially, from the most essential context of the metaphysical soul to the
least essential context of the metachemical soul via
the more (relative to most) essential context of the physical soul and the less
(relative to least) essential context of the chemical soul. For the soul, being affiliated to elemental wavicles,
is ever a thing of essences.
9. To do in relation to
beauty, strength, knowledge, and truth, descending, as it were, from first- to
fourth-rate orders of power.
10. To give in relation
to pride, love, joy, and pleasure, descending from first- to fourth-rate orders
of glory.
11. To take in relation
to knowledge, truth, beauty, and strength, descending from first- to
fourth-rate orders of form.
12. To be in relation to
joy, pleasure, pride, and love, descending from first- to fourth-rate orders of
contentment.
13. To combine, in the
fiery devility of metachemistry,
a first-rate power with a second-rate glory, a third-rate form and a
fourth-rate contentment, thereby descending from will to soul via spirit and
ego.
14. To combine, in the
watery femininity of chemistry, a first-rate glory with a second-rate power, a
third-rate contentment and a fourth-rate form, thereby descending from spirit
to ego via will and soul.
15. To combine, in the vegetative
masculinity of physics, a first-rate form with a second-rate contentment, a
third-rate power and a fourth-rate glory, thereby descending from ego to spirit
via soul and will.
16. To combine, in the
airy divinity of metaphysics, a first-rate contentment with a second-rate form,
a third-rate glory and a fourth-rate power, thereby descending from soul to
will via ego and spirit.
17. Metachemistry, being
of the will per
se, is the context of powerful appearances par excellence, and hence
of beauty.
18. Chemistry, being of the spirit per se, is the
context of glorious quantities par excellence, and hence of pride.
19. Physics, being of the ego per se, is the
context of formal qualities par excellence, and hence of knowledge.
20. Metaphysics, being of the soul per se, is the
context of contented essences par excellence, and hence of joy.
