Text: The matrix of the elements, from which the latter generated. For instance, each metal has its elementary matrix in which it grows. Mines of gold, silver, etc., become exhausted, and after centuries (or millenia) they may be found to yield again a rich supply; in the same way the soil of a country having become infertile from exhaustion, will after a time of rest, become fertile again. In both cases a decomposition and a development of lower elements into higher ones takes place.

See Also: EVOLUTION; TRANSMUTATION

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