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constituted, in this way, the process of growth could continue and reach its completion.
However, this was not yet the adamic man, severed from the heaven to which he had
access originally, bound to the earth, and bereft of his animal nature. The Divine spark,
represented in man by the upper conjugated centres, is his link with Heaven; while the
lower intellectual centre binds him to the earth, though, at the same time, it
distinguishes him from the animal. The adamic man is, so to speak, suspended between
Earth and Heaven, but he possesses the faculty of regaining Paradise by bridging the
gap, a feat he can accomplish through conscious efforts. In this way, he can kindle that
Divine spark which he carries within him, even though he is generally unaware of it.
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The combined efforts of the creative energy proceeding from the sexual centre,
certain intuitive faculties, and the discernment of the lower intellectual centre, are
responsible for the birth of imagination in man. From now on, its development, which is
the result of conscious efforts, takes on an epicyclic form:
1. Man explores the unknown: it is the normal procedure for every project, which is
the fruit of his creative imagination;
2. Then, by a return-road, his ideas become concrete, he accumulates the data
necessary to establish a plan of action and he brings together the desired elements