TCR 822 - Hereditary Evil: TCR 827 - Mary

TCR 822

It is well known that a person has
inherent or hereditary evil from his parents;
but few know where it resides in its fullness.
It has its seat
in the love of possessing the property of all others,
and in the love of dominion.
This latter love is of such a nature
that so far as rein is given to it,
it rushes on till it burns
with the love of domineering over all,
and finally desires to be
invoked and worshipped as God.
This love is the serpent
which deceived Eve and Adam;
for it said to the woman:

"God does know
that in the day you eat of the fruit of that tree,
your eyes shall be opened,
and then you shall be as God."
(Genesis 3: 4, 5)

So far, therefore,
as a person rushes into this love without restraint,
he turns away from God and turns to himself,
and becomes a worshipper of himself . . ..

TCR 827

To the above
I will add a matter especially worthy of note.
Mary, the mother of the Lord,
once passed by;
and she appeared over my head in white raiment.
Pausing for a moment she said
that she was the mother of the Lord,
and that He was indeed born of her;
but that, having become God,
He put off all that was human which He had from her,
and that she, therefore,
now worships Him as her God;
and that she does not desire
that any one should acknowledge Him as her son,
since all in Him is Divine.