138 Spiritual Astrology
equator was parallel to the ecliptic in one plane. Gradually,
a fourth part of this hollow half-globe became denser.
There was a disturbance in the motion and the earth
rotated in a periodical manner and not in the cyclic
rotation of no periodicity. Due to this disturbance, there
was a gradual tilt of the axis into another plane. When
the tilt completed 90 degrees from the previous position,
the lower hemisphere was formed. The earth became
round and there was the formation of the lower pole. The
denser portion caused objectivity and there was the birth
of matter in the mental plane. This caused the separation
of the two poles and the manifestation of the earth into
astral and etheric planes was complete.
In the meanwhile, the beings on this earth evolved
the lower egos into men of the existing plane. Some of
these sons of grace performed the greatest sacrifice of
themselves by descending into the matter of this planet
to guide the infant humanity. Some others escaped to their
suitable abodes on other planets. By that time, the
evolution of the bodies of man was also complete, except
for their manifestation on the gross physical plane.
Through a law of correspondence with the earth, these
beings of the new evolution had their lower pole formed
at the base of their spinal cord. Previously, the sons of
grace had only the upper pole, upto the throat-centre. This
change brought in the origin of polarity of sex in the minds
of the new men. This caused the physical differentiation
of the sex organs.
Man imitated the art of creation on the material plane
through his lower pole. This imitation is developed as
the sex act to reproduce. This caused the fall of man into
matter. Even at the present day, the development of the