31. Life, Revelation, Wisdom, Love

We now know that all light can be recognized through the division of an all-containing primary source of light – the so-called white light – as it emanates from the sun and is revealed through division into seven main rays and many intermediate colors. The light that we can perceive comes from the division of another power into number. Thus all knowledge of man comes from the revelation of the higher life, and through knowledge it penetrates again into this revelation. When he raises his knowledge to a higher level, everything around him reveals itself to him according to its innermost nature. Thus the elevation of warmth is light, the elevation of light is number; and in the sphere of the soul, the elevation of love is knowledge, and the elevation of that which is known is revelation. Just as the first number proceeded from unity, from life itself, so the first revelation also proceeded from the divine Self. By rising through love to knowledge and through knowledge to revelation, man attains access to the divine self, to life, through the further elevation of his powers, through further ennoblement and refinement.