This
impurity,
so
opposed
to
union,
is
appropria-tion
and
activity.
,
Appropriatiotiy
because
it
is
the
source
of
the
real
impurity
which
can
never
be
united
to
essential
purity
;
as
the
sun's
rays
may
touch
the
mud
but
cannot
unite
with
it.
Activity^
because
God
being
in
an
infinite
repose,
in
order
that
the
soul
may
be
united
to
Him,
it
must
participate
in
His
repose,
without
which
there
can
be
no
union,
because
of
the
dissemblance
;
and
to
unite
two
things,
they
must
be
in
a
proportionate
rest.
It
is
for
this
reason
that
the
soul
can
only
attain
divine
union
by
the
rest
of
its
will
;
and
it
can
only
be
united
to
God
when
it
is
in
a
central
rest
dind
in
the
purity
of
its
creation.
To
purify
the
soul
God
makes
use
of
wisdom
as
fire
is
used
for
the
purification
of
gold.
It
is
certain
that
gold
can
only
be
purified
by
fire,
which
gradually
consumes
all
that
is
earthly
and
foreign,
and
separates
it
from
the
gold.
It
is
not
sufficient
that
the
earth
should
be
changed
into
gold
;
it
is
necessary
that
the
fire
should
melt
and
dissolve
it,
to
remove
from
it
all
that
is
earthly
;
and
this
gold
is
put
in
the
fire
so
many
times
that
it
loses
its
impurity,
and
all
necessity
