Three Primary Axioms of Logic, Example

<p>Therefore we must either hold that the Cosmos is under Law and Order, or else that it is not. And if it is not, then Chance

or Arbitrary Decree rule the universe—and the Cosmos is but Chaos. There is no alternative—there can be no half‑and‑half

about the matter. Which is it? We need scarcely to assure the student that the highest modern scientific thought agrees

perfectly with the teachings of the ancient occultists, to the effect that the Cosmos is governed by Law in every detail, and as a whole; and that there is universal order, balance, and harmony manifested through it. Not only is this so, but the ordinary human mind is able to discover the existence of Law in the universe, in its every phase of manifestation. The rising

of the sun; the flow of the tides; the law of gravitation; the mechanical laws; and Natural Law in all of its phases; show the

existence of Law in the Cosmos. Science shows us that the entire universe is held together by the operation of Law—that if the

tiniest atom were released from the operation of Law, the entire universe would be resolved into Chaos, so interdependent are its parts, and so incompatible with Universal Law would be the slightest exception thereto. The Laws of the Universe can never be “broken”—if we come in contact with them and refuse to govern ourselves accordingly, we suffer—but the Law remains intact. We do not “break” the Law of Gravitation when we step over a precipice—we only prove its existence. If we could “break” the tiniest Law of the Cosmos, the Cosmos would be Chaos.</p>