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CHAPTER V

The general Resurrection represents, therefore, adamic man's Fulfilment which is an
essential element for the evolution of the Tritocosmos. It must ratify humanity's

conscious participation in the development of our Ray of Creation, particularly by the

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Earth's accession to the rung of the Deuterocosmos . The two developments merge in
the notes Ml and RE, that of the lateral octave, where man plays a role of prime

importance, serving as a prop to that of the Great Octave. This is the divine plan, if
humanity does not refuse its mission. We know what will happen if it throws in the

sponge. The alternative with which it is faced today has been described by Saint Peter in
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his second epistle and we have noted the text already .
History provides us with ample proof of the ways by which divine Power, in leading

man towards his Fulfilment, has tried to rehabilitate him at the level to which Adam

belonged before his fall – a level which is not identical, however, for our communication
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with the higher planes will no longer be of a passive nature but of an active one .
Adamic humanity appeared about fourteen thousand years ago and we have already

been able to place three cycles within this period. The contemporary period marks our

entry into the fourth cycle. The compression of Time, to which we have referred several

times already, is mani-

1 Supra, pp. 58-59.
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Supra, pp. 48-49.
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Supra, pp. 34-35.