Adam, before his fall, was not aware of his Source. Being ignorant he considered himself as the highest being, just like Sacla before him. Pride, desire and ignorance were the major causes contributing to his entrapment within the tomb of matter. This unfortunate state of mind, this level of consciousness, is to be found among the masses today. Many are ignorant of the divine potential of man, the Cosmic verities, the existence of an Absolute Supreme Being, higher intelligences, and the spiritual worlds; and this sorry state misdirects their energy-forces into thoughts and actions that are detrimental to their spiritual well-being. From one point of view, Man has never really left his Edenic state. The apple he consumed has produced the delusion of separation from his Source. His consciousness is blinded by what we personally call "Maya-grams," or "forms of unreality" by our definition--and these Mayagrams man considers absolutely real. Absolute Reality is that which is eternal; Mayagrams are ephemeral, the stuff of which dreams are made. Man relegates his Edenic-Reality to the background of his consciousness and hypnotizes himself with fleeting things; he thus finds himself apparently denuded of divine qualities and faculties. The serpent that tempted Man, as recorded in the allegorical book of Genesis, to consume the apple--the apple of forgetfulness--as seen from one perspective, represents the Law of Evolution, the creative impulse of the pulsating Center of All. This is represented in the Mystery Schools by a snake coiling an egg. The principle of this symbol is the evolutionary urge inherent within Life, within Man's being that prompted him to descent into matter, to unfold his divinity, and to ascent to his God-estate.

The perverse beings later joined man on the physical plane, and they are with us today. Their characteristic wickedness as we are all familiar, have their strong influence in the political, economic, social, scientific and religious fields. We see that humankind, therefore, are divided roughly and symbolically into two lineages: the perverse beings, the "descendants of Cain," and the Fragments of Adam Kadmon, the "posterity of Seth." One way of classifying man according to Esoteric Christianity is the threefold division:

1) Hylic, the individual who lives solely according to his carnal nature, "the dead," as designated by Jesus.

2) Pneumatic, the individual who lives in accord with his spiritual being, the type of personality called by Jesus, "the quick."

3) Psychic, the individual who lives in an intermediary state, or what Jesus called "luke-warm."

The above are the basic three natures of man. Man, however, does not represent solely of the human race. There are angels, fallen angels, titans, and other beings incarnated in the shadowy form of Adam Kadmon. The "sons of God" did cohabit with human spirits to produce hybrids as told in Genesis and the Books of Enoch.

The whole drama of Man's Fall corresponds with the four worlds or stages of development in the Qabalah:

1) Atziluth, the World of Archetypes, corresponds with the impetus and commencement of a new Manvantara.

2) Briah, the World of Creation, corresponds with the emanations of beings; the period of the rebellion of the angels.

3) Yetzirah, the World of Formation, corresponds with the creation of the lower spiritual realms and the actual fall of the rebel angels.

4) Assiah, the World of Activity, corresponds with the creation of the physical plane and the Fall of Man.

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