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fest in the declining geometrical progression, of the reason 2, which defines the

duration of these cycles, as it figures in the following schema:

This schema outlines the different levels of being of humanity on the whole since the
fall of Adam and Eve until the time when, according to St. Peter, a new heaven and a

new earth will appear where justice will reign – if the conscious efforts of man are

probative.

Fig. 2

OX = scale of Time, by 1000 year periods, from the fall of Adam until the Last Judgment;
OY = scale of Man following his evolution on Earth from 1 to 7, and 7 beyond the third
Threshold,
1
 = the fall of Adam,
1
1
DO, DO , SI = descending scale: the action of God's will to regenerate adamic humanity,
2
 = the Flood,
3
 = Destruction of the Temple,
4
 = Hiroshima,
5
 = the Fulfilment: either the Deluge of Fire or a New Heaven, and a new Earth (II Peter, III,
13.),
Ω = the Last Judgment,
I - prehistoric Cycle,
II - Cycle of the Father,
III - Cycle of the Son,
IV- Cycle of the Holy Ghost,