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the phases of the latter. Graphically, the intensity can be represented by a sinusoid.

The twin role of the atmosphere and the terrestrial magnetism which condition life
on Earth and the filling in of the interval between FA and MI of the Great Octave, are

only one example of the technique according to which the filling in of the second

interval of the Rays of Creation takes place, the DO-SI interval being filled in for the

whole of the Macrocosmos: thus, life can develop without any discontinuity at all stages
in a Universe whose functioning manifests organic unity.

If, in positive science, certain astronomical representations of the Universe have

sometimes seemed to contradict the theory of this fundamental unity, the most recent

data, notably on cosmic radiation or the exchange of energies, seem to indicate very
well the progress that is being made towards the confirmation of traditional Knowledge.

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Respiration, that essential characteristic of every living being, is the principal common

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denominator by which the unity of life — flora, fauna and man — is expressed . Bathed
in the atmosphere which penetrates even the soil, the rivers and the oceans, everything

that lives, breathes. Respiration has other functions besides the chemical
transformations during which oxygen and carbon dioxide are interchanged. It enables

living matter to draw out from radiation — such as it is when it reaches

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Ref. Psalm CIL (CL), 6. The number into brackets gives the numeration from Louis Segond.