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CHAPTER V
THE RELATION OF MAN TO GOD
N the preceding chapters we have been considering
man in relation to three of the five Worlds which
form the field of his evolution. We have partly
described these Worlds and noted the different vehicles of
consciousness by means of which he is correlated to them.
We have studied his relation to the other three Kingdoms—
mineral, plant and animal—noting the difference in vehicles,
and consequent difference in consciousness, between man
and each of these kingdoms. We have followed man through
one life cycle in the three Worlds and have examined the
operation of the twin laws of Consequence and Rebirth in
their bearing upon the evolution of man.
In order to understand further details as to the progress
of man, it now becomes necessary to study his relation to the
Grand Architect of the Universe—to God and to the
Hierarchies of Celestial Beings which stand upon the many
different rungs of the Jacob's ladder of attainment that
stretches from man to God and beyond.
This is a task of the utmost difficulty, rendered still
more so by the indefinite conceptions of God which exist in
the minds of the majority of the readers of literature dealing
with this subject. It is true that names, in and of themselves,
are not important, but it matters greatly that we know what
we mean by a name; otherwise misunderstanding will result,