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Further data having been added, this short chapter discussing some details is interposed.

In procreation, the soul, or all that part coincident with the degrees in the spiritual world, see Diagram IV, is derived from the father in a rudimentary form called the seed, which for the purpose of protection and conveyance to the ovum is clothed with natural substance. The body with its initial degrees is derived from the mother. That the complete soul is derived from the father is very evident; for, since it is a complete spiritual organization of itself, as has been observed, its division without its destruction can not be conceived. Likewise it may be known that the body in its entirety is from the mother. That the soul is derived from the father was known to the ancients, hence in marriage the name of the male was retained, which custom still pre-