E Maitland - A Treatise on Initiations; or, Asclepios - Fragments of the Book of Hermes to his Son Tatios Part VI lyrics

PART VI. O MY son, matter becomes; formerly it was, for matter is the vehicle of becoming. 1 Becoming is the mode of activity of the uncreate and foreseeing God. Having been endowed with the germ of becoming, matter is brought into birth, for the creative force fashions it according to the ideal forms. Matter not yet engendered, had no form; it becomes when it is put into operation.