Originally the Universe was only a soul or spirit.

Everything was without form and without life. All was calm, silent and soundless. Void and dark was the immensity of space. Only the Supreme Spirit, the Great Self-Existing Power, the Creator, the Seven-Headed Serpent, moved within the abyss of darkness.”

“The desire came to Him to create worlds, and the desire came to Him to create the Earth with living things upon it, and He created the earth and all therein. This is the manner of the creation of the Earth with all there is within and upon it: the Creator, gave seven great commands.”

These two tablets tell us that these seven commands were given to the Four Great Primary Forces. That these Forces were the executors of the Creator’s commands throughout the Creation.

“The First Command: ‘Let the gases, which are scattered throughout space and without form and order, be brought together and out of them let worlds be formed.’

Then the gases were brought together in the form of whirling masses.”

“The Second Command: ‘Let the gases solidify and let the earth be formed.’ Then the gases solidified. Volumes were left on the outside of the crust, from which the waters and the atmosphere were to be formed; and volumes were left enveloped within the crust. Darkness prevailed, and there was no sound for as yet neither the atmosphere nor the waters were formed.”

“The Third Command: ‘Let the outside gases be separated and let them form the waters and the atmosphere.’

And the gases were separated. One part went to form the waters, the remainder formed the atmosphere. The waters settled upon the face of the Earth so that no land appeared anywhere.”

“The gases which did not form the waters, went to form the atmosphere. And the shafts of the Sun met the shafts of the earth’s light contained in the atmosphere, which gave birth to light. Then there was light upon the face of the Earth.”

“And the shafts of the Sun met the shafts of the Earth’s heat which was contained in her atmosphere and gave it life. Then there was heat to warm the face of the earth.”

“The Fourth Command: ‘Let the fires that are within the earth raise land above the face of the waters.’ Then the fires of the underneath lifted the land on which the waters rested until the land appeared above the face of the waters-this was the dry land.”

“The Fifth Command: ‘Let life come forth in the waters.’ And the shafts of the Sun met the shafts of the earth in the mud of the waters, and out of particles of mud formed cosmic eggs. From these eggs life came forth as commanded.”

“The Sixth Command: ‘Let Life come forth on the land.’ And the shafts of the Sun met the shafts of the earth in the dust of the land and out of particles of dust formed cosmic eggs. From these cosmic eggs life came forth as commanded.”

“The Seventh Command: And when this was done, the Seventh Intellect said: ‘Let us make man after our own fashion and let us endow him with powers to rule this earth.’ Then the Seven-Headed Intellect, The Creator of All Things throughout the Universe, created man and placed within his body a living, imperishable spirit, and man became like the Creator in intellectual power.”

What does the phrase “after our own fashion” mean? It certainly does not mean in the image of the Creator; for, a little farther on in the Sacred Writings, it says: “To man the Creator is incomprehensible. He can neither be pictured nor named, He is Nameless.”

If man were “in the image of God” he would be a picture of God and, as God can neither be pictured nor named, being incomprehensible, the Bible has erred in translation by using the word “image.”

“Like the Creator” unquestionably means, in intellect and mystic powers, for man possesses both.

Man was created with the dual principle, male and female. The Creator caused this man to pass into a sleep and while he slept, the principles were severed by Cosmic Forces. When he awoke he was two–man and woman.”