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Psychological interpretation
1 Corinthians 15:47 ('the first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven') joined to the twins of Genesis 25 ('In your limbs lie nations twain, rival races from their birth'): in every man the first-born is the outer man of the senses (Esau, hairy, the most external), who feeds only on what the senses dictate; the second is the inner man, one's imagination (Jacob, the supplanter), who sleeps until roused, enters any state and then brings the first man to feed on it.
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Bible wordings
Matthew 20:16 | the first shall be last and the last shall be first
Blake wordings
To Tirzah | Whate’er is Born of Mortal Birth Must be consumed with the Earth To rise from Generation free
Other quotations
unattributed | In your limbs lie nations twain, rival races from their birth; one the mastery will gain, the younger o’er the elder reign
Own wordings
The Second Man is the Lord from Heaven, and the Second Son is your own wonderful human imagination
The “first man” can’t do it. He can only feed upon what his senses dictate
The “outer man” is completely anchored by his senses and confirmed by his reason