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generate. Its fate depends, therefore, on the possibility of filling up the second interval,
between FA and MI. If this gap is bridged, the development takes place in two stages, in
the notes MI and RE and the success of the work makes its appearance in the note DO
of the following octave.
These concepts of growth and development are confused very often. For example,
even when the distinction is made in biology, the demarcating line is not always clearly
defined. The one we have just indicated will be of use to the reader in his revision of the
examples cited in the first Volume, from the Creation to the general schema
representing the Way. In the latter case, he will be able to grasp better the difference
that exists between the two stages of the Way: the staircase which corresponds to the
idea of growth, and the Way which represents real development.
It remains to explain in general terms, the nature and the significance of the force
which is capable of filling in the gap between the notes FA and MI. We have noted
already that this force is born of a lateral octave, which issues from the note SOL of the
first octave, and it is the conjugated effort of the three notes LA, SOL and FA of the
lateral octave that fills in the gap.
Based on the definition given above, we may state that the growth of the lateral
octave is what renders the development of creation undertaken according to the
principal Octave, possible.