Matter - Objective sphere. See S. D., III, 561. Life precedes form. The Thinker ever remains. Force of life is the transformation into energy of the thought of the Logos.
Spirit evolves through form and out of form.
Spirit has to acquire full self-consciousness. Form imprisons Spirit. The principle of limitation is form. Spirit passes through the cycle of Being. The devas are the origin of form - S. D., I, 488.