Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00260)

In a message dated 8/15/98 3:31:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
gschueler@netgsi.com writes:

<< The Abyss itself is actually the plane containing Globes A' and G'  >>

It seems from the diagram on p. 346 in GdeP's FUNDAMENTALS
OF ESOTERIC PHILOSOPHY that Globes A and G would be on
a higher plane of matter/energy. i.e., Lower Mental.  Globes B and F
would be Astral, C and E would be Etheric and the Globe D would
be dense physical matter.  This is how it's explained in Jinarajadasa's
FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THEOSOPHY on p. 226.  Globes A and G
then would be Kama-Manasic but necessarily in the "abyss" as
would the dense physical globe D, a globe where we are all
struggling with dense physicality.  The denser the matter the more
imprisoned is the Monad.  This is truly abysmal compared to a
living on globes made of mental matter.  I find therefore Purucker's
description of the two higher globes as "the Abyss" perplexing and
mystifying. Any thoughts on this, Dallas or Jerry ?

Best wishes,
Sutratman