"In the analysis of the Egyptian Mysteries, the light of the/ our Arcane knowledge, we find that the corner-stone of knowledge which was actually a wisdom gained through initiation —had its foundation in the certainty that the first great cause for existence itself was spirit; that the first and only element was the Soul, and that this Soul existed eternally and filled infinity.
By the power of its Will, the Soul divided itself into emanations or many separate or individual Souls, and being from God, or part God— its own inherent capacity for creation, the unresting, or eternally restless element of force, was evolved.
Following this came matter which, moving on the ocean of chaos, created form and evolved or established order.
Hence said, with truth—and those seeking to attain the ultimate should remember this saying in all its applications— that "Order heaven's first Law," because confusion or chaos always follows disobedience. He who refuses to obey this Law will be destroyed.
In the order of creation, the fiery particles of matter ascended. It is written that "heaven" is above. To form the luminous bodies, the heavier bodies descended and ultimately separated into earths, seas, plants, animals and, finally, into the entities which became men.
This "earth plane" what we know as "hell," or the temporal — the ever-changing and constantly-suffering plane of existence. the below into which Souls fall to gain wisdom and understanding experiencing both joy and suffering."
Excerpt from - The Mysteries of Osiris or Ancient Egyptian Initiation by R. Swinburne Clymer
