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CONFUSION OF SPEECH; BABEL

A symbol of the disharmony which arises through the expression of mind and desire, in the evolving soul.

"Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech." - GENESIS. xi. 7.

The Divine Life therefore descends, since it is a means of causing disagreement and disharmony in the qualities of the lower nature, & necessary condition and state of soul which precedes a craving for higher things. The confusion is evidenced in the irregular character of the alliance of mind with emotion or desire. Its expression (speech) is a natural unbalanced result which the mind produces when coming under the sway of the emotions. Neither manas alone, nor kama alone, can produce confusion.

It is as each struggles with the other that confusion results.

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BABEL CITY
KAMA
LANGUAGE
SPEECH