From the point of view of Gnosis, in fact, in any real spiritual tradition, we understand that everything that exists has its origin in the womb of the Divine Mother. That womb is a vastness, an emptiness we call the Akash or Akasha. It is a primordial substance, but it is also not a substance. You could say it is “undifferentiated matter,” but it is before matter. It is called Mulaprakriti, which is the great womb of Divine Mother space, and from that womb arises everything that exists, everything that manifests. So, in synthesis, we are saying that all atoms, all matter, all energy in its root is derived from this womb.
The womb of the Divine Mother space is symbolized in the Book of Genesis as the primordial waters. Likewise, in many other traditions we have the Great Ocean or the Great Waters from which life emerges; and you have this tradition in Hinduism and in various traditions in central and South America.
Those waters are feminine and they are the raw material or the raw source of all manifestation.
Within the womb is a seed. The seed is the immaculate creation or the immaculate conception from which life emerges, and that seed is fecundated or impregnated by the power of the Three Primary Forces, or what we call the Trinity. In Christianity we call them the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. These are the Holy Affirming, the Holy Denying and the Holy Conciliating. These are the three primary forces which are required for any level of creation in any level of existence. We call this the Law of Three and this law is fundamental on every level of nature. So we see in the very, very beginning, before anything actually manifests, the Law of Three is there modifying the very process of creation or what we would call “genesis,” to engender, to generate. The Panchatattva Ritual