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	<blockquote>25. How did the Manâsa, the Sons of Wisdom act? They rejected the Self-born, (''the boneless''). They are not ready. They spurned the (''first'') sweat-born. They are not quite ready. They would not enter the (''first'') egg-born.		<blockquote>25. How did the Manâsa, the Sons of Wisdom act? They rejected the Self-born, (''the boneless''). They are not ready. They spurned the (''first'') sweat-born. They are not quite ready. They would not enter the (''first'') egg-born.
	~~<br>~~
	To a Theist or a Christian this verse would suggest a rather theological idea: that of the Fall of the Angels through Pride. In the Secret Doctrine, however, the reasons for the refusal to incarnate in half-ready physical bodies seem to be more connected with physiological than metaphysical reasons. Not all the organisms were sufficiently ready. The incarnating powers chose the ripest fruits and spurned the rest.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 171.</ref></blockquote>		To a Theist or a Christian this verse would suggest a rather theological idea: that of the Fall of the Angels through Pride. In the Secret Doctrine, however, the reasons for the refusal to incarnate in half-ready physical bodies seem to be more connected with physiological than metaphysical reasons. Not all the organisms were sufficiently ready. The incarnating powers chose the ripest fruits and spurned the rest.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 171.</ref></blockquote>

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	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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Pablo Sender: /* Fall of the Angels */

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Fall of the Angels

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	One kind of fall of the angels is related to the myth of [[Prometheus]], symbolizing the incarnation of the [[Mānasaputra#Sons of Wisdom\|Manasaputras]] in the [[Root-Race#Third Root-Race\|third Root-Race]]. This can be regarded as a fall of the angels into matter:		One kind of fall of the angels is related to the myth of [[Prometheus]], symbolizing the incarnation of the [[Mānasaputra#The Sons of Wisdom\|Manasaputras]] in the [[Root-Race#Third Root-Race\|third Root-Race]]. This can be regarded as a fall of the angels into matter:

	<blockquote>But we are now concerned with the “fallen Angels” of Enoch . . . This remark refers to divine Wisdom falling like lightning on, and quickening the intellects of those who fight the devils of ignorance and superstition. Up to the time when Wisdom, in the shape of the incarnating Spirits of MAHAT, descended from on high to animate and call the Third Race to real conscious life, humanity—if it can be so called in its animal, senseless state—was of course doomed to moral as well as to physical death. The Angels fallen into generation are referred to metaphorically as Serpents and Dragons of Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 230.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>But we are now concerned with the “fallen Angels” of Enoch . . . This remark refers to divine Wisdom falling like lightning on, and quickening the intellects of those who fight the devils of ignorance and superstition. Up to the time when Wisdom, in the shape of the incarnating Spirits of MAHAT, descended from on high to animate and call the Third Race to real conscious life, humanity—if it can be so called in its animal, senseless state—was of course doomed to moral as well as to physical death. The Angels fallen into generation are referred to metaphorically as Serpents and Dragons of Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 230.</ref></blockquote>
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	=== Those who refuse to incarnate ===		=== Those who refuse to incarnate ===

	There is a reference to a "rebellious" action on part of the "[[Mānasaputra#Sons of Wisdom\|Sons of Wisdom]]" when they refused to incarnate in the early Root-Races. This was not really an unlawful act because these early bodies were not prepared:		There is a reference to a "rebellious" action on part of the "[[Mānasaputra#The Sons of Wisdom\|Sons of Wisdom]]" when they refused to incarnate in the early Root-Races. This was not really an unlawful act because these early bodies were not prepared:

	<blockquote>25. How did the Manâsa, the Sons of Wisdom act? They rejected the Self-born, (''the boneless''). They are not ready. They spurned the (''first'') sweat-born. They are not quite ready. They would not enter the (''first'') egg-born.		<blockquote>25. How did the Manâsa, the Sons of Wisdom act? They rejected the Self-born, (''the boneless''). They are not ready. They spurned the (''first'') sweat-born. They are not quite ready. They would not enter the (''first'') egg-born.
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	To a Theist or a Christian this verse would suggest a rather theological idea: that of the Fall of the Angels through Pride. In the Secret Doctrine, however, the reasons for the refusal to incarnate in half-ready physical bodies seem to be more connected with physiological than metaphysical reasons. Not all the organisms were sufficiently ready. The incarnating powers chose the ripest fruits and spurned the rest.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 171.</ref></blockquote>		To a Theist or a Christian this verse would suggest a rather theological idea: that of the Fall of the Angels through Pride. In the Secret Doctrine, however, the reasons for the refusal to incarnate in half-ready physical bodies seem to be more connected with physiological than metaphysical reasons. Not all the organisms were sufficiently ready. The incarnating powers chose the ripest fruits and spurned the rest.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 171.</ref></blockquote>

	However, when the time for incarnation came, some of the "[[Mānasaputra#Sons of Wisdom\|Sons of Wisdom]]" refused to do it claiming the bodies were not ready, for which action they were "punished" by the [[karma\|karmic]] law. This is "fall" is more similar to the religious idea of some angels that did something wrong:		However, when the time for incarnation came, some of the "[[Mānasaputra#The Sons of Wisdom\|Sons of Wisdom]]" refused to do it claiming the bodies were not ready, for which action they were "punished" by the [[karma\|karmic]] law. This is "fall" is more similar to the religious idea of some angels that did something wrong:

	<blockquote>Those, on the other hand, who, jealous of their intellectual freedom (unfettered as it then was by the bonds of matter), said:—“We can choose . . . we have wisdom” (See verse 24), and incarnated far later—these had their first Karmic punishment prepared for them. They got bodies (physiologically) inferior to their astral models, because their chhayas had belonged to progenitors of an inferior degree in the seven classes. As to those “Sons of Wisdom” who had “deferred” their incarnation till the Fourth Race, which was already tainted (physiologically) with sin and impurity, they produced a terrible cause, the Karmic result of which weighs on them to this day. It was produced in themselves, and they became the carriers of that seed of iniquity for æons to come, because the bodies they had to inform had become defiled through their own procrastination. (See verses 32, 36.)<br>		<blockquote>Those, on the other hand, who, jealous of their intellectual freedom (unfettered as it then was by the bonds of matter), said:—“We can choose . . . we have wisdom” (See verse 24), and incarnated far later—these had their first Karmic punishment prepared for them. They got bodies (physiologically) inferior to their astral models, because their chhayas had belonged to progenitors of an inferior degree in the seven classes. As to those “Sons of Wisdom” who had “deferred” their incarnation till the Fourth Race, which was already tainted (physiologically) with sin and impurity, they produced a terrible cause, the Karmic result of which weighs on them to this day. It was produced in themselves, and they became the carriers of that seed of iniquity for æons to come, because the bodies they had to inform had become defiled through their own procrastination. (See verses 32, 36.)<br>

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	=== Those who refuse to incarnate ===		=== Those who refuse to incarnate ===

	There is a reference to a "rebellious" action on part of the "Sons of Wisdom" when they refused to incarnate in the early Root-Races. This was not really an unlawful act because these early bodies were not prepared:		There is a reference to a "rebellious" action on part of the "[[Mānasaputra#Sons of Wisdom\|Sons of Wisdom]]" when they refused to incarnate in the early Root-Races. This was not really an unlawful act because these early bodies were not prepared:

	<blockquote>25. How did the Manâsa, the Sons of Wisdom act? They rejected the Self-born, (''the boneless''). They are not ready. They spurned the (''first'') sweat-born. They are not quite ready. They would not enter the (''first'') egg-born.		<blockquote>25. How did the Manâsa, the Sons of Wisdom act? They rejected the Self-born, (''the boneless''). They are not ready. They spurned the (''first'') sweat-born. They are not quite ready. They would not enter the (''first'') egg-born.
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	To a Theist or a Christian this verse would suggest a rather theological idea: that of the Fall of the Angels through Pride. In the Secret Doctrine, however, the reasons for the refusal to incarnate in half-ready physical bodies seem to be more connected with physiological than metaphysical reasons. Not all the organisms were sufficiently ready. The incarnating powers chose the ripest fruits and spurned the rest.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 171.</ref></blockquote>		To a Theist or a Christian this verse would suggest a rather theological idea: that of the Fall of the Angels through Pride. In the Secret Doctrine, however, the reasons for the refusal to incarnate in half-ready physical bodies seem to be more connected with physiological than metaphysical reasons. Not all the organisms were sufficiently ready. The incarnating powers chose the ripest fruits and spurned the rest.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 171.</ref></blockquote>

	However, when the time for incarnation came, some of the "Sons of Wisdom" refused to do it claiming the bodies were not ready, for which action they were "punished" by the [[karma\|karmic]] law. This is "fall" is more similar to the religious idea of some angels that did something wrong:		However, when the time for incarnation came, some of the "[[Mānasaputra#Sons of Wisdom\|Sons of Wisdom]]" refused to do it claiming the bodies were not ready, for which action they were "punished" by the [[karma\|karmic]] law. This is "fall" is more similar to the religious idea of some angels that did something wrong:

	<blockquote>Those, on the other hand, who, jealous of their intellectual freedom (unfettered as it then was by the bonds of matter), said:—“We can choose . . . we have wisdom” (See verse 24), and incarnated far later—these had their first Karmic punishment prepared for them. They got bodies (physiologically) inferior to their astral models, because their chhayas had belonged to progenitors of an inferior degree in the seven classes. As to those “Sons of Wisdom” who had “deferred” their incarnation till the Fourth Race, which was already tainted (physiologically) with sin and impurity, they produced a terrible cause, the Karmic result of which weighs on them to this day. It was produced in themselves, and they became the carriers of that seed of iniquity for æons to come, because the bodies they had to inform had become defiled through their own procrastination. (See verses 32, 36.)<br>		<blockquote>Those, on the other hand, who, jealous of their intellectual freedom (unfettered as it then was by the bonds of matter), said:—“We can choose . . . we have wisdom” (See verse 24), and incarnated far later—these had their first Karmic punishment prepared for them. They got bodies (physiologically) inferior to their astral models, because their chhayas had belonged to progenitors of an inferior degree in the seven classes. As to those “Sons of Wisdom” who had “deferred” their incarnation till the Fourth Race, which was already tainted (physiologically) with sin and impurity, they produced a terrible cause, the Karmic result of which weighs on them to this day. It was produced in themselves, and they became the carriers of that seed of iniquity for æons to come, because the bodies they had to inform had become defiled through their own procrastination. (See verses 32, 36.)<br>

Pablo Sender: /* Fall into generation */

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Fall into generation

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	One kind of fall of the angels is related to the myth of [[Prometheus]], symbolizing the incarnation of the [[Manasaputras]] in the [[Root-Race#Third Root-Race\|third Root-Race]]. This can be regarded as a fall of the angels into matter:		One kind of fall of the angels is related to the myth of [[Prometheus]], symbolizing the incarnation of the [[Mānasaputra#Sons of Wisdom\|Manasaputras]] in the [[Root-Race#Third Root-Race\|third Root-Race]]. This can be regarded as a fall of the angels into matter:

	<blockquote>But we are now concerned with the “fallen Angels” of Enoch . . . This remark refers to divine Wisdom falling like lightning on, and quickening the intellects of those who fight the devils of ignorance and superstition. Up to the time when Wisdom, in the shape of the incarnating Spirits of MAHAT, descended from on high to animate and call the Third Race to real conscious life, humanity—if it can be so called in its animal, senseless state—was of course doomed to moral as well as to physical death. The Angels fallen into generation are referred to metaphorically as Serpents and Dragons of Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 230.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>But we are now concerned with the “fallen Angels” of Enoch . . . This remark refers to divine Wisdom falling like lightning on, and quickening the intellects of those who fight the devils of ignorance and superstition. Up to the time when Wisdom, in the shape of the incarnating Spirits of MAHAT, descended from on high to animate and call the Third Race to real conscious life, humanity—if it can be so called in its animal, senseless state—was of course doomed to moral as well as to physical death. The Angels fallen into generation are referred to metaphorically as Serpents and Dragons of Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 230.</ref></blockquote>

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	One kind of fall of the angels is related to the myth of [[Prometheus]], symbolizing the incarnation of the ~~"Sons of Wisdom"~~ in the [[Root-Race#Third Root-Race\|third Root-Race]]. This can be regarded as a fall of the angels into matter:		One kind of fall of the angels is related to the myth of [[Prometheus]], symbolizing the incarnation of the [[Manasaputras]] in the [[Root-Race#Third Root-Race\|third Root-Race]]. This can be regarded as a fall of the angels into matter:

	<blockquote>But we are now concerned with the “fallen Angels” of Enoch . . . This remark refers to divine Wisdom falling like lightning on, and quickening the intellects of those who fight the devils of ignorance and superstition. Up to the time when Wisdom, in the shape of the incarnating Spirits of MAHAT, descended from on high to animate and call the Third Race to real conscious life, humanity—if it can be so called in its animal, senseless state—was of course doomed to moral as well as to physical death. The Angels fallen into generation are referred to metaphorically as Serpents and Dragons of Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 230.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>But we are now concerned with the “fallen Angels” of Enoch . . . This remark refers to divine Wisdom falling like lightning on, and quickening the intellects of those who fight the devils of ignorance and superstition. Up to the time when Wisdom, in the shape of the incarnating Spirits of MAHAT, descended from on high to animate and call the Third Race to real conscious life, humanity—if it can be so called in its animal, senseless state—was of course doomed to moral as well as to physical death. The Angels fallen into generation are referred to metaphorically as Serpents and Dragons of Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 230.</ref></blockquote>

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	One kind of fall of the angels is related to the myth of [[Prometheus]], symbolizing the incarnation of the "Sons of Wisdom" in the Third Root-~~race~~. This can be regarded as a fall of the angels into matter:		One kind of fall of the angels is related to the myth of [[Prometheus]], symbolizing the incarnation of the "Sons of Wisdom" in the [[Root-Race#Third Root-Race\|third Root-Race]]. This can be regarded as a fall of the angels into matter:

	<blockquote>But we are now concerned with the “fallen Angels” of Enoch . . . This remark refers to divine Wisdom falling like lightning on, and quickening the intellects of those who fight the devils of ignorance and superstition. Up to the time when Wisdom, in the shape of the incarnating Spirits of MAHAT, descended from on high to animate and call the Third Race to real conscious life, humanity—if it can be so called in its animal, senseless state—was of course doomed to moral as well as to physical death. The Angels fallen into generation are referred to metaphorically as Serpents and Dragons of Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 230.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>But we are now concerned with the “fallen Angels” of Enoch . . . This remark refers to divine Wisdom falling like lightning on, and quickening the intellects of those who fight the devils of ignorance and superstition. Up to the time when Wisdom, in the shape of the incarnating Spirits of MAHAT, descended from on high to animate and call the Third Race to real conscious life, humanity—if it can be so called in its animal, senseless state—was of course doomed to moral as well as to physical death. The Angels fallen into generation are referred to metaphorically as Serpents and Dragons of Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 230.</ref></blockquote>

	~~The allegory of the Fall of man and the fire of Prometheus is also another version of the myth of the rebellion of the proud Lucifer, hurled down to the bottomless pit~~

	=== Those who refuse to incarnate ===		=== Those who refuse to incarnate ===

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	<blockquote>The “Fall of the Angels,” and the “War in Heaven” are repeated on every plane, the lower “mirror” disfiguring the image of the superior mirror, and each repeating it in its own way. Thus the Christian dogmas are but the reminiscences of the paradigms of Plato, who spoke of these things cautiously, as every Initiate would.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 268.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The “Fall of the Angels,” and the “War in Heaven” are repeated on every plane, the lower “mirror” disfiguring the image of the superior mirror, and each repeating it in its own way. Thus the Christian dogmas are but the reminiscences of the paradigms of Plato, who spoke of these things cautiously, as every Initiate would.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 268.</ref></blockquote>


	== General description ==		== General description ==
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	In [[Christianity]] ~~the phrase "Fallen angel" refers~~ to rebellious angels who sinned or angels cast down to the earth from the War in Heaven~~. The term fallen angel is not found in either the Hebrew Bible or the Deuterocanonical Books or the New Testament~~.		Although the term "fallen angel" is not found in either the Hebrew Bible or the Deuterocanonical Books or the New Testament, the phrase is used in [[Christianity]] to refer to rebellious angels who sinned, or angels cast down to the earth from the War in Heaven.

	From a Theosophical point of view, there are several happenings that could be regarded as a fall.		From a Theosophical point of view, there are several happenings that could be regarded as a fall.
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	One kind of fall of the angels is related to the myth of [[Prometheus]], symbolizing the incarnation of the "Sons of Wisdom" in the Third Root-race~~. There is a reference to a "rebellious" action on part of the "Sons of Wisdom" when they refused to incarnate in the early Root-Races~~. This ~~was not really an unlawful act because these early bodies were not prepared:~~		One kind of fall of the angels is related to the myth of [[Prometheus]], symbolizing the incarnation of the "Sons of Wisdom" in the Third Root-race. This can be regarded as a fall of the angels into matter:

	<blockquote>25. How did the Manâsa, the Sons of Wisdom act? They rejected the Self-born, (''the boneless''). They are not ready. They spurned the (''first'') sweat-born. They are not quite ready. They would not enter the (''first'') egg-born.
	~~<br>~~
	To a Theist or a Christian this verse would suggest a rather theological idea: that of the Fall of the Angels through Pride. In the Secret Doctrine, however, the reasons for the refusal to incarnate in half-ready physical bodies seem to be more connected with physiological than metaphysical reasons. Not all the organisms were sufficiently ready. The incarnating powers chose the ripest fruits and spurned the rest.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 171.</ref></blockquote>

	~~However, when the time came, the "Sons of Wisdom" incarnated in the Third Root-race, which~~ can be regarded as a fall of the angels into matter:

	<blockquote>But we are now concerned with the “fallen Angels” of Enoch . . . This remark refers to divine Wisdom falling like lightning on, and quickening the intellects of those who fight the devils of ignorance and superstition. Up to the time when Wisdom, in the shape of the incarnating Spirits of MAHAT, descended from on high to animate and call the Third Race to real conscious life, humanity—if it can be so called in its animal, senseless state—was of course doomed to moral as well as to physical death. The Angels fallen into generation are referred to metaphorically as Serpents and Dragons of Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 230.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>But we are now concerned with the “fallen Angels” of Enoch . . . This remark refers to divine Wisdom falling like lightning on, and quickening the intellects of those who fight the devils of ignorance and superstition. Up to the time when Wisdom, in the shape of the incarnating Spirits of MAHAT, descended from on high to animate and call the Third Race to real conscious life, humanity—if it can be so called in its animal, senseless state—was of course doomed to moral as well as to physical death. The Angels fallen into generation are referred to metaphorically as Serpents and Dragons of Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 230.</ref></blockquote>
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	~~Finally, there~~ is ~~another fall which is more related~~ to a ~~sense~~ of ~~sin~~ or ~~wrong action~~. ~~When~~ the time for incarnation came, some of the "Sons of Wisdom" refused to do it claiming the bodies were not ready, ~~and~~ were "punished" by the [[karma\|karmic]] law:		There is a reference to a "rebellious" action on part of the "Sons of Wisdom" when they refused to incarnate in the early Root-Races. This was not really an unlawful act because these early bodies were not prepared:

			<blockquote>25. How did the Manâsa, the Sons of Wisdom act? They rejected the Self-born, (''the boneless''). They are not ready. They spurned the (''first'') sweat-born. They are not quite ready. They would not enter the (''first'') egg-born.
			<br>
			To a Theist or a Christian this verse would suggest a rather theological idea: that of the Fall of the Angels through Pride. In the Secret Doctrine, however, the reasons for the refusal to incarnate in half-ready physical bodies seem to be more connected with physiological than metaphysical reasons. Not all the organisms were sufficiently ready. The incarnating powers chose the ripest fruits and spurned the rest.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 171.</ref></blockquote>

			However, when the time for incarnation came, some of the "Sons of Wisdom" refused to do it claiming the bodies were not ready, for which action they were "punished" by the [[karma\|karmic]] law. This is "fall" is more similar to the religious idea of some angels that did something wrong:

	<blockquote>Those, on the other hand, who, jealous of their intellectual freedom (unfettered as it then was by the bonds of matter), said:—“We can choose . . . we have wisdom” (See verse 24), and incarnated far later—these had their first Karmic punishment prepared for them. They got bodies (physiologically) inferior to their astral models, because their chhayas had belonged to progenitors of an inferior degree in the seven classes. As to those “Sons of Wisdom” who had “deferred” their incarnation till the Fourth Race, which was already tainted (physiologically) with sin and impurity, they produced a terrible cause, the Karmic result of which weighs on them to this day. It was produced in themselves, and they became the carriers of that seed of iniquity for æons to come, because the bodies they had to inform had become defiled through their own procrastination. (See verses 32, 36.)<br>		<blockquote>Those, on the other hand, who, jealous of their intellectual freedom (unfettered as it then was by the bonds of matter), said:—“We can choose . . . we have wisdom” (See verse 24), and incarnated far later—these had their first Karmic punishment prepared for them. They got bodies (physiologically) inferior to their astral models, because their chhayas had belonged to progenitors of an inferior degree in the seven classes. As to those “Sons of Wisdom” who had “deferred” their incarnation till the Fourth Race, which was already tainted (physiologically) with sin and impurity, they produced a terrible cause, the Karmic result of which weighs on them to this day. It was produced in themselves, and they became the carriers of that seed of iniquity for æons to come, because the bodies they had to inform had become defiled through their own procrastination. (See verses 32, 36.)<br>

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