Aphorism 04

<p>The Law is the efficient reason of all things; and is the Supreme Power and Causer.</p>

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In this Aphorism is stated plainly and clearly the truth that The Law is the Supreme Power of the Cosmos, and the Causer thereof. &nbsp;The term "Efficient Reason" conveys the entire truth regarding the creation of or evolution of the Cosmos. &nbsp;Let us consider the definition of the two words composing the term, in order to see the meaning still more clearly:</p>

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Efficient: “Causing or producing effects or results; acting as the cause of effects; a prime mover; actively operative; etc.</p>

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”Reason: “An efficient cause; a final cause; explanation; that which explains or accounts for anything; motive of action; etc.”</p>

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The Cosmos is explainable only the The Law. Without The Law there could be no Cosmos. &nbsp;The Law is the cause of the Cosmos, and of every manifestation within it. &nbsp;The very word "Cosmos" is derived from the Greek word meaning: "the universe as governed by law." &nbsp;Not only the Arcane Teaching, but modern science states as its first axiom: "The Cosmos is Governed by Law."&nbsp;</p>

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To those who prefer the idea of an anthropomorphic Being, or a World-Spirit, as the Absolute, we have to say that, unfortunately for their idea, the facts of the Cosmos are all against them--Law is everywhere seen to be dominant and sovereign, even in its relative manifestations. &nbsp;We cannot escape it, and should not dsire to; and will not desire to, when we understand its meaning. &nbsp;The explanation of this must wait until its proper place in these lessons is reached. &nbsp;</p>

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Enough for the present to state that in all human ideas of Law there is to be found the correlated ideas of Justice and Equity. &nbsp;Know then that this relative idea, when transformed to the absolute plane, results in the identification of absolute Justice and Absolute Equity, with the Absolute Law. &nbsp;Could mortal ask more? Has he aught to fear of Absolute Equity and Justice: Can he not postulate in the Absolute all the highest conceptions of Fair Play that he find in himself: &nbsp;The Cosmos is Governed by Law!</p>

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