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But this will not do, for THE ALL cannot be subtracted from, nor divided, as we have seen, and then again if this be so, would not each particle in the Universe be aware of its being THE ALL--THE ALL could not lose its knowledge of itself, nor actually BECOME an atom, or blind force, or lowly living thing. This statement is usually illustrated by the Teachers by a reference to the Principle of Correspondence.

From astrology has grown modern astronomy; from alchemy has grown modern chemistry; from the mystic psychology has grown the modern psychology of the schools. What Hermetists know as "the Law of Paradox" is an aspect of the Principle of Polarity.

Thus the upward movement begins--and all begins to move Spiritward. "--The Kybalion.

The Law of Correspondence, in our opinion, reaches only to that aspect of THE ALL, which may be spoken of as "The Aspect of BECOMING. Every Male thing has the Female Element also; every Female contains also the Male Principle.

"--The Kybalion. The question is: "WHY does THE ALL create Universes" The question may be asked in different forms, but the above is the gist of the inquiry.

So long as the Universe endures, will they endure--for the Universe exists by virtue of these Laws which form its framework and which hold it together. At the end of countless cycles of aeons of time, THE ALL withdraws its Attention--its Contemplation and Meditation--of the Universe, for the Great Work is finished--and All is withdrawn into THE ALL from which it emerged.

"--The Kybalion. Not only may the mental states, etc.

To take familiar illustrations, we all recognize the fact that matter "exists" to our senses--we will fare badly if we do not. Then if the Universe is neither THE ALL, nor Nothing, what Can it be?

It must be Infinite in Time, or ETERNAL,--it must have always continuously existed, for there is nothing else to have ever created it, and something can never evolve from nothing, and if it had ever "not been," even for a moment, it would not "be" now,--it must continuously exist forever, for there is nothing to destroy it, and it can never "not-be," even for a moment, because something can never become nothing. The Laws of the Universe are none the less "Iron Laws" because of the mental nature.

The Law of Correspondence, in our opinion, reaches only to that aspect of THE ALL, which may be spoken of as "The Aspect of BECOMING. And yet there are degrees of Hate and degrees of Love, and a middle point in which we use the terms "Like or Dislike," which shade into each other so gradually that sometimes we are at a loss to know whether we "like" or "dislike" or "neither.