16.1 The Creation of Mortals
All things living exist in two forms: spiritual and physical. It is the
combination of these two forms that creates intelligent, learning life.
Without our spiritual form, we would be as empty as the stones or the
illusions cast by magick, and without our physical form, our existence
would stagnate. We were not always this ideal combination of matter and
spirit. In the beginning, it was different.
When the Creator first fashioned the universe, the planets, and the
beings that inhabit them, He first created them in pure, spiritual
matter. All things living were fashioned as such; the animals, the
plants, and the planets themselves all existed in a perfect, pure form.
The creator was unhappy with this form of life. These spiritual forms
held intelligence, but lacked the ability to learn, to experience and
advance beyond this state. There was no progression for His creations.
They could feel nothing; they could not grow beyond the bounds set by
their spiritual forms. In spirit, they could not experience happiness or
sorrow, not the pains of defeat or the ecstasy of success. In spirit
alone, His creations could not develop into what He knew they could
eventually become.
Thus the creator fashioned physical matter as hosts for his spiritual
creations. All living beings could now grow and progress. We could now
learn through trials and experiences, through pain and joy. Not only did
His creations have intelligence, but through their physical bodies they
could advance their knowledge and understanding far beyond the limits of
their spiritual beings.
