the material plane, save as they are manifested through matter, we must not think of them as the same quality of spirit. God is pure spirit. Man is spiritual, and indeed as to his interiors, spirit; but He would appear to be of that quality of spirit which has its own limitations, even if it has not the limitations of matter; thus is created spirit, a proceeding from the Infinite Uncreated Spirit. It is necessary to make this distinction in order that we may not think of God and man as of the same quality.
In order that we as spiritual beings may make ourselves manifest or apparent in the world of matter, or of nature, as we call it, it is indispensable that we shall have organisms of a material kind in which we shall dwell, and through which we shall manifest our real or interior spiritual life. In other words, the soul requires its body.
In order that God may make Himself manifest or apparent in the world of nature it is indispensable that He should have an organism of a material kind, through which He may manifest His real quality or character. Such an organism would make it possible for Him to reveal Himself. We could understand Him expressed in
