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with a general idea of its growth and development.

We will remember that the notes LA, SOL, FA, of the lateral octave correspond to the
whole of organic life, of which each represents one of the three elements: man; fauna;

and flora. Together, they form a sort of transmitting station of cosmic energy, which fills

in the interval between FA and MI of the Great Octave, and thus participate in the

normal development of our Ray of Creation.

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The reader should understand the importance of the difference of meaning between
the words growth and development. It is time, now, to give a precise definition of these

two terms.

The creative process, in the most general sense, follows a descending scale: one may

recognize three consecutive stages here:
— all creation is conceived in the note DO. Then it is born, when it receives the first

impulse of the will and power of the Creator, which fills up the interval between DO and

SI;

— then begins the process of growth. Normally, it goes through four consecutive
stages, following the notes SI, LA, SOL and FA. The growing process comes to an end in

the note FA;

— creation is faced, then, with the following alternative: to develop in the notes MI

and RE, or to de-