Indication of the Title Figure concerning the

GREAT MYSTERY.

Microcosm The "little world," referring to Man as a reflection of the universe. and Macrocosm The "great world," or the universe at large., Moses and Messiah are the Great Mystery original: "Mysterium Magnum" and great secret / like fire and light / law and grace / image and essence / which are unequal things / and must nevertheless be together / and love one another / for they are born out of the Unity / which has no life nor joy / except from these two / and yet is the life of them both.

But where God’s light and Spirit hides within itself / and does not flow out of itself / there is no true life / light / joy / peace nor rest / as is to be seen in the Macrocosm. For although the sunlight shines beautifully and gladdens everything / and the stars shimmer lovely / it is nevertheless only a modeled power in the conflict of light and darkness / of water and fire / which pursue one another / therefore the life of the spirit of the Greater World original: "Majoris Mundi" stands in anxiety and unrest / so that it constantly rolls and turns / and can find no satisfaction in its own light. And as it is / so also are its creatures / which lead a conflicting life against one another / for they inherit its driving fire-spirit / which He lets be seen in dark clouds / mist / steam / thunder / lightning and impetuous winds as his trumpets / so that everything is afraid / and flees before his terrible face / until the gentle water is born / and the sunshine breaks through: and so it drives forth through fixed times and years until the Judgment / when everything shall go through the fire / the good be separated from the evil and come to rest.

So also is Adam the image of God which was swallowed up in him through Imagination In this context, a creative or formative power that can lead to a fall into material desire. and became animal-like / also burdened with its spirit / nature and property; he drives his wonders in hate / envy / wrath / murder / self-mastery / violence / tyranny / as well as vain lust and joys in arts / piping / fiddling / as also heavy toil with plowing / building / planting and cattle-breeding / until the figure is fulfilled with Pharaoh and Egypt A metaphor for spiritual bondage and the material world. / so that man has lost the childlike freedom and his Paradisiacal Fatherland / and fallen under a stupid and animal-like compulsion and power / where he must form dead things for Death / and make dead stones out of the earth.