Editing Spiritual evolution (section)

====Rosicrucians====
[[Rosicrucian]]s{{which|date=July 2022}} view the world as a training school, which posits that while mistakes are made in life, humans often learn more from mistakes than successes. Suffering is considered as merely the result of error, and the impact of suffering on the [[consciousness]] causes humans to be active along other lines which are found to be [[Goodness and value theory|good]], in [[harmony]] with [[nature]]. Humans are seen as spirits attending the school of life for the purpose of unfolding latent spiritual power, developing themselves from ''impotence'' to [[omnipotence]] (related also to development from [[innocence]] into [[virtue]]), reaching the stage of creative gods at the end of mankind's present evolution: ''Great Day of Manifestation''.<ref>[[Max Heindel]], ''[[The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception]]: Involution, Evolution and Epigenesis'', November 1909, {{ISBN|0-911274-34-0}} [http://www.rosicrucian.com/rcc/rcceng14.htm#par67 www]</ref>

In esoteric spirituality epigenesis it is the idea that since the [[mind]] was given to the human being, it is the original creative impulse which has been the cause of all of [[Human|mankind]]'s development. According to this approach, humans build upon that which has already been created, but add new elements because of the activity of the spirit.  Humans have the capacity, therefore, to become creative intelligences&mdash;[[Creativity|creators]]. For a human to fulfill this promise, his training should allow for the exercise of originality, which distinguishes creation from [[imitation]]. When epigenesis becomes inactive, in the individual or even in a race, evolution ceases and [[Devolution (biology)|degeneration]] commences.