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Amazon.com   p. 42    In the Secret Doctrine of the Rosicrucians
we find the following Second Aphorism:  The Second Aphorism   In
this Second Aphorism of Creation the Rosicrucian is directed to
apply his attention to the concept of the World Soul—the First
Manifestation of the Eternal Parent. This World Soul—the First
Manifestation—is represented by the Rosicrucians by the symbol
of a circle containing at its centre a black dot or point. The
circle, of course, represents the Infinite Unmanifest, and the
black dot or point represents the Focal Point of the new
Manifestation—the "Germ within the Cosmic Egg," as the old
occultists poetically expressed the idea.  The Rosicrucian
concept of the World Soul—the First Manifestation—corresponds to
similar conceptions found, in various forms, in most of the
ancient occult teachings of the several great esoteric schools
of philosophy. In some philosophies it is known as the "Anima
Mundi," or Life of the Wor