of reasoning leads toward the conclusion that every creature is a theophany, or manifestation of God. Evil creatures are manifestations of God too, so that the archangel Michael and the fallen angel Satan might be viewed as “brothers” or as different aspects of the one God. The universalist conclusion derives from the notion that all these aspects of God or theophanies must be restored and reintegrated back into God. The origin of evil, in esoteric thought, does not lie in human choice, as intimated