The stanzas of Dzyan (From The Secret Doctrine)

9. Light is cold flame, and flame is fire, and fire produces heat, which yields water—the water of life within the great mother original: "Great Mother"; likely referring to Mula-prakriti or primordial substance.

10. Father-Mother the dual masculine-feminine principle of the universe spin a web, whose upper end is fastened to spirit—the light of the one darkness—and the lower end to its shadowy part, matter. This web is the universe, spun out of the two substances joined into one, which is the self-existent essence Svabhâvat original: "Svabhâvat"; the plastic essence or spiritual substance of the universe.

11. It expands when the breath of fire is upon it; it contracts when the breath of the mother touches it. Then the sons separate and scatter, to return into their mother's bosom