Now let us investigate the life of B. Shabal, the representative from your world. Firstly, you will notice she is similar to both A. Ligned and A. Round in that she is derived from a point of no dimensionality. Note just as well that all the descriptions of each character's development have thus far been similar: There is a growth period from a point into a maximum size and then a reduction back to that very point, after which disappearance occurs. With each new dimension added, the positive period of growth that each character experiences differs only in that a whole new dimension of growth is introduced into which a form may expand; consequently, a whole new dimension of deviation from the norm is introduced as well. In this last testimony, B. Shabal did not seem to be concerned about deviation as she was blessed with the privilege of radial symmetry, unlike poor E.Lips, who could only claim symmetry in the cases of only two lines.

These analogies pave the way for the explanation that B. Shabal was looking for with regards to her origins, but probably would have been to shocked to accept. The life of B. Shabal can be completely explained by the life of a personal friend of mine, Hy Persevere. Hy is a sphere considered in the 4th dimension, or a hypersphere. In order to understand what this entails, you must consider every point on B. Shabal, and acknowledge the fact that each is defined in a three dimensional world - Hy can "step out of" this world, meaning that he can pass through an infinite array of 3 dimensional worlds. His form is contained in the extension of all points on B. Shabal in a direction perpendicular to your three axes but foreign to your perceptual apparatus. His world is one of consecutive three dimensional universes adjacent to each other. Since he is from another dimension, he is able to look "down" on 3 dimensions in the same way that you humans observe events according to what you label a "bird's eye view". He can see all surfaces of a 3 dimensional object in a static image, whereas you require a movement of either yourselves or an object in order to conceive of its many surfaces.

Your lives can be explained by the very actions Hy Persevere undergoes as a four dimensional being, whether they are done willfully or naturally. As far as his perception of your life goes, he is merely passing into a lower dimensional space defined by three variables in what he would describe as an instantaneous, seemingly irrelevant event in his life. The result produces an effect very similar to what we have observed elsewhere: An origin of an origin, a growth dictated by the very shape of the higher figure, (in this case Hy Persevere) a growth until a climactic point is reached, and then a decline which is the reverse of the growth period.

To relate Hy and his type to all the dimensions we have spoken of today, he and his fellow 4 dimensional citizens determine the lives of the citizens of your three dimensional world, who in turn determine the lives of citizens in the two dimensional world, who in turn determine the lives of the citizens of a one dimensional world. Thus we see that for any small action in the life of Mr. Persevere, the births and deaths of an infinite amount of beings can result. The lower the dimension into which his being penetrates, the greater the infinite amount of potential characters conceived and removed in time (and it's not worth trying to count this infinite set - read Georg Kantor or speak to Prof. Thomas Banchoff in the flesh) While each being looks upon his or her life in a certain relative time scheme defined by certain events, we see that what may be a virtually instantaneous action in Hy's life can constitute the full lives of a plethora of characters in all dimensions.

Now, considering that this idea is already difficult for so many of you to swallow, I will not, in this lecture, go on to describe the fact that even Hy's life is determined by forms of greater dimension - I leave that thought up to those of you tolerant enough to explore the idea.

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