S D Study Vol. I pp Introductory to
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by dalval14
June 27 2002
SECRET DOCTRINE study Vol. I pp vii to
MISCELLANEOUS Subjects considered in the S D
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ANALOGY AND CORRESPONDENCE
"From Gods to man, from Worlds to atoms, from a star to a rush light,
from the Sun or the vital heat of the meanest organic being--the
world of Form and Existence is an immense chain, whose links are all
connected. The law of Analogy is the first key to the world-problem,
and those links have to be studied coordinately in their occult
relations to each other." SD I 604
"Analogy is the guiding law in Nature, the only true Ariadne's thread
that can lead us, through the inextricable paths of her domain,
towards the primal and final mysteries." SD II 153
"It [ The SD ] closely adheres to Nature, and follows Law the laws of
uniformity and analogy." Key, p. 1 fn., SD II 640
"...there are proofs of a certain character which become irrefutable
and are undeniable in the long run, to every earnest and unprejudiced
mind...such were offered to her [HPB]...But, this is the personal view
of the writer; and her orthodoxy cannot be expected to have any more
weight than any other "doxy."...
Therefore are we, Occultists, fully prepared for such questions as
these: "How does he know that the writer has not invented the whole
scheme? And supposing she has not, how can one tell that the whole
foregoing [scheme of evolution--Rounds, Globes, Races, etc...], as
given in the Stanzas, is not the product of the imagination of the
ancients? How could they have preserved the records of such an
immense, such an incredible antiquity? The answer that the history of
the world since its formation and to its end "is written in the
stars," i.e., is recorded in the Zodiac and the Universal Symbolism
whose keys are in the keeping of the Initiates, will hardly satisfy
the doubters...
So are our data based upon the same readings [of the Assyrian tiles,
cuneiform fragments, and Egyptian hieroglyphics], in addition to the
almost inexhaustible number of Secret works of which Europe knows
nothing--plus the perfect knowledge by the initiates of the symbolism
of every word so recorded..." SD II 438-9
ATOMS
Atoms - taught by Leucippus to Democritus 5 Cent. BC. fill space -
rotary motion - also taught by Epicurus & Lucretius who added the
attribute of affinity
WQJ Art I 600 S D I p. 2
AUTHORITY
"As all Theosophists have to be judged by their deeds and not by what
they may write or say, so all Theosophical books must be accepted on
their merits, and not according to any claim to authority which they
may put forward." Key, p. 300
"It is above everything important to keep in mind that no theosophical
book acquires the least additional value from pretended authority." S
D I xix
"...there are proofs of a certain character which become irrefutable
and are undeniable in the long run, to every earnest and unprejudiced
mind...such were offered to her [HPB]...But, this is the personal view
of the writer; and her orthodoxy cannot be expected to have any more
weight than any other "doxy."...Therefore are we, Occultists, fully
prepared for such questions as these: "How does he know that the
writer has not invented the whole scheme? And supposing she has not,
how can one tell that the whole foregoing [scheme of
evolution--Rounds, Globes, Races, etc...], as given in the Stanzas, is
not the product of the imagination of the ancients? How could they
have preserved the records of such an immense, such an incredible
antiquity? The answer that the history of the world since its
formation and to its end "is written in the stars," i.e., is recorded
in the Zodiac and the Universal Symbolism whose keys are in the
keeping of the Initiates, will hardly satisfy the doubters...So are
our data based upon the same readings [of the Assyrian tiles, cuneifor
m fragments, and Egyptian hieroglyphics], in addition to the almost
inexhaustible number of Secret works of which Europe knows
nothing--plus the perfect knowledge by the initiates of the symbolism
of every word so recorded..." SD II 438-9
"To the mentally lazy or obtuse, Theosophy must remain a riddle; for
in the world mental as in the world spiritual each man must progress
by his own efforts. The writer cannot do the reader's thinking for
him, nor would the latter be any the better off if such vicarious
thought were possible." Key, Preface.
"As all Theosophists have to be judged by their deeds and not by what
they may write or say, so all Theosophical books must be accepted on
their merits, and not according to any claim to authority which they
may put forward." Key, p. 300
"It is above everything important to keep in mind that no theosophical
book acquires the least additional value from pretended authority." SD
I xix
AUTHORSHIP of The SECRET DOCTRINE
"I have also noted your thoughts about the Secret Doctrine. Be
assured that what she has not annotated from scientific and other
works, we have given or suggested to her. Every mistake or erroneous
notion, corrected and explained by her from the works of other
Theosophists was corrected by me or under my instructions. It is a
more valuable work than its predecessor, an epitome of occult truths
that will make it a source of information and instruction for the
earnest student for long years to come."
--K.H. Letters from the Masters of Wisdom, 1st Ser. p. 54; [see also
Path, Vol. 8, p. 1]
[HPB on the method of seeing the SD references in the Astral Light.]
HPB to APS, Letters, p. 194-5; [ see also Path, Vol. 9, pp 266-270,
297-302 ]
Authorship WQJ Art. II 57-9, [Path Vol. 8, p. 1, 202-3
Letters From the Masters of Wisdom, p. 54
2nd Series, "Letters from the Masters of Wisdom," p. 126-7.
Mahatma Letters, p. 363-4
"How HPB was Helped" Path, Vol. 9, p. 300. HPB Art. I, p. 478
"The work now submitted to public judgment is the fruit of a somewhat
intimate acquaintance with Eastern adepts and study of their science."
Isis I v.
"The writer [H.P.B.] loves them [the Ancients] and therefore believes
in [them], and the modern heirs to their Wisdom. And believing in
both, she now transmits that which she has received and learnt herself
to all those who will accept it." SD I xxxvii
"What I do believe in is 1. the unbroken oral teachings revealed by
living divine men during the in fancy of mankind to the elect among
men; 2. that it has reached us unaltered; and 3. that the Masters
are thoroughly versed in the science based on such uninterrupted
teaching." Lucifer (Oct. 1889) p. 157
PRECIPITATION of MSS
Pages from a Pre-Historic Period on impervious material Mr. Judge in
Hidden Hints in the S D [ WQJ Art I 599 ] asks how this was "seen"
by her - either in the astral light of objectively being brought to
her table.
In HPB Letters to APS, pp. 194, 244, 253, and in ML, p. 479 HPB wrote
to Mr. Sinnett and told him of the method: it was either dictated, or
she was made to see the panorama of events, or actual books were
brought, or written MSS was given to her.
In a letter she wrote to her family, and which Mr. Judge had received
translated for him to print, this was done in Path, Vol. 9, pp 266,
300 she indicates the methods used in writing Isis and the SD. See
also in HPB to APS pp. 88-9, 178 172 there she writes of her
determination to finish the SD and the value of its contents are
indicated on p. 178, where we read: --
"Well-- keep courage and go on. If we remain ten persons in the
Society united strongly--it cannot die and my Secret Doctrine is
there." S D I 178
BLAVATSKY, H.P.
vii "writer" HPB did not claim authorship S D I vi, 318, xlvi, II
441fn,
vii Style HPB apologizes for her usage of English a foreign language
for her.
vii Purpose "English...is employed...the most widely diffused medium
for conveying the truths it
vii Truths had become her duty to place before the world."
HPB to APS p. 88
vii "Revelation" No ! Material assembled is scattered through
thousands of volumes in many places. S D I xviii, xxxvi, xx,
xxiii,
vii Oldest Tenets Gathered together into a harmonious and unbroken
whole.
vii Learned by HPB a partial statement of what she was taught by more
advanced students.
S D I vii 21, 272, 303, 438, Is I v,
viii Book of Dzyan [ Dzyan, Jnan, Gnyan, Dzan, Dan, Zen -- all
word-sounds meaning Wisdom, Knowledge,
Fact and Truth ] Voice Pref.
S D I 20, 27 II 15 S D I viii
AIM OF The SECRET DOCTRINE
viii AIM OF S D 1. Nature is not a "fortuitous concurrence
of atoms.
2. Assign to Man his rightful place.
3. Rescues archaic Truths from degradation.
- basis of all Religions.
viii 4. Uncovers their fundamental Unity of
origin.
5. Occult side of Nature has never been
approached by our Science.
HPB Art II 48-50
viii SD is written in the service of humanity and future generations
will judge it. [no modern court of appeal is recognized. HPB does
not submit to orientalists or academicians who do not have access to
the material and training she had.]
vii Style HPB apologizes for her usage of English a foreign language
for her.
vii Purpose "English...is employed...the most widely dif-
fused medium for conveying the truths it
Truths had become her duty to place before the
world." HPB to APS p. 88
vii "Revelation" No ! Material assembled is scattered through
thousands of volumes in many places.
SD I xviii, xxxvi, xx, xxiii,
vii Oldest Tenets Gathered together into a harmonious and unbroken
whole.
vii Learned by H.P.Blavatsky a partial statement of what she was
taught.
by more advanced students.
SD 21, 272, 303, 438, Is I v,
viii Facts presented - because of wild speculations by students SD I
xxii II 798
viii This S D is only a select number of fragments of The S D SD
I xxii
EDITIONS of The SECRET DOCTRINE (partial list)
1888 October 500 copies, London.
Sheets sent to New York for binding in America
1889 2nd printing: "to meet the demand," done from the original
type.
1893 3rd & revised Edition by G.R.S.Mead & A. Besant, 40,000
changes.
The entire book was reset in new type.
"A. Besant & G.R.S.Mead" TM, 3, p. 91
"A. Besant" Thy. Vol. 22, p. 48
1897 spurious "3rd. Vol." issued - Editor: A. Besant
"unarranged MSS of HPB."
-- Pryse on its compilation Thy. 15, pp. 51-4, 101
also reissued at the same time & printed was the 1893
(3rd & revised Edition of the first 2 Vols.) not to be confused
with the THIRD VOLUME S D
1897 4 Vol. Edition, reset, per original. Published by Point Loma
T.S.
Added were some "sectarian" comments.
1925 Theos. Company, Photographic Edition
[ a "facsimile" edition printed from photographs of the original
pages made on zinc etched palates. Done in New York.]
1938 6 Vol. TPH Adyar Edition. [Reset type]
1947 Theos. Co. 2nd reprint. [Done by photo-litho. Original pages
were
photo-reproduced. Different Publisher's Preface from the 1925 one.
1974 Theos. Co. 3rd reprint. [photo-litho ]
1984 Theos. Co. 4th reprint. [photo-litho ]
Note: Many other reprints done since by TPH Wheaton, London &
Adyar, and by Point Loma T S. Theosophical University Press,
Altadena.
S D REVIEWS & NOTICES:
Publisher's Advertisement Path, Vol. 3, p. 133 July 1888.
Correspondence in Path on the S D Path Vol. 4, p. 97-9, 268, 298,
330,
>From Theosophist, Vol. 10, pp. 247 (H.S.Olcott on 308, 370, 502.
"A Glance at HPB'S S.D. Aryan Path, I, p. 193
De Zircov on S.D. Theosophy, Vol. 67, pp 26-7
No review found in Path
No review in Lucifer
H.S.Olcott reviews Theosophist, Vol. X, p. 247, 300
A. Besant Review of The SECRET DOCTRINE. "Pall Mall Gazette" 1888.
3rd & 4th VOLUMES of The SECRET DOCTRINE
"Two years ago, the writer promised in the S D [ Vol. II, p. 798 ], a
third and even a fourth volume of that work. This third volume (now
almost ready) treats of the ancient Mysteries of Initiation, gives
sketches--from the esoteric stand-point--of many of the most famous
and historically known philosophers and hierophants...from the archaic
down to the Christian era, and traces the teachings of all these sages
to one and the same source of all knowledge and science--the esoteric
doctrine of Wisdom Religion...Now the main point of Vol. III of the S
D is to prove by tracing the blinds in the works of ancient Indian,
Greek, and other philosophers of note, and also in all the ancient
Scriptures --the presence of an uninterrupted esoteric allegorical
method and symbolism; to show, as far as lawful, that with the keys
of interpretation as taught in the Eastern Hindu-Buddhistic Canon of
Occultism, the Upanishads, the Puranas, the Sutras, the Epic poems of
India and Greece, the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Scandinavian
Eddas, as well as the Hebrew Bible, and even the classical writings of
Initiates (such as Plato, among others)--all, from first to last,
yield a meaning quite different from their dead-letter texts. That is
flatly denied by some of the foremost scholars of the day. They have
not got the key, ergo--no such keys can exist..." HPB Art. II 80-81
"The Negators of Science" Lucifer April 1891
vii 3rd & 4th Vols. - close to readiness ( see later
notes and references S D I 11 xl, II 437 798
SECRET DOCTRINE STUDY AIDS
Index to the S D separate book
Theosophical Glossary Explains Words used in Theosophy and ancient
languages
Isis Unveiled should first be read as it gives a survey of evidence
which is
developed in the SD.
Index to Isis separate book
Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge questions asked of HPB by her
students
for the first 200 pages
Studies in the SD Series of articles first published
in Theosophy Magazine Vols. 11, 12, 13.
In Theosophical Movement, Vol. 5, 6,
29, 30, 31 (now in a book)
ARTICLES on the Study of the SD Magazine THEOSOPHY
"Authorship of the SD" HPB and 2 Mahatmas WQJ Art II 57
[ Path, Vol. 8, p. 1 ]
"A Word on the SD" WQJ Art II 60
"Esoteric Buddhism & the SD" . . . HPB Art III 18
"Mistaken Notions on the SD" . . . HPB Art I 485
"Hidden Hints in the SD" articles by WQJ - end of Vol. 1 of
WQJ Articles. Covers points of special interest in first 220 pages
of Vol. 1.
"Seeming Discrepancies" . . . HPB Art I 488
"The Babel of Modern Thought" . . . HPB Art III 35
"My Books". . . . . . HPB Art I 475
"Science and the SD" . . . Series in Theosophy
"Isis and the SD" . . . . Thy 6, p. 179
HPB's Method in the SD . . . Thy 22, p. 217
DOCTRINES Of the SECRET DOCTRINE
"The Secret Doctrine will explain many things, set to right more than
one perplexed student." M L 289
"The Secret Doctrine is not a treatise, or a series of vague theories,
but contains all that can be given out to the world in this century."
S D I xxxviii
"These truths are in no sense put forward as a revelation; nor does
the author claim the position of a revealer of mystic lore. now made
public for the first time in the world's history." S D I vii
"Is it a new religion, we are asked? By no means; it is not a
religion, nor is its philosophy new...it is as old as thinking man.
Its tenets are not now published for the first time, but have been
cautiously given out to, and taught by, more than one European
Initiate--especially by the late Ragon." S D I xxxvi
" The latter," The Secret Doctrine "though giving out many fundamental
tenets from the Secret Doctrine of the East, raise but a small corner
of the dark veil. For no one, not even the greatest living adept,
would be permitted to, or could--even if he would--give out
promiscuously, to a mocking, unbelieving world, that which has been so
effectually concealed from it for long aeons and ages." S D I xvi
"...it is perhaps desirable to state unequivocally that the teachings,
however fragmentary and incomplete, contained in these volumes, belong
neither to the Hindu, the Zoroastrian, the Chaldean nor Christianity
exclusively. The Secret Doctrine is the essence of all these. Sprung
from it in their origins, the various religious schemes are not made
to merge back into their original element, out of which every mystery
and dogma has grown, developed, and become materialized." S D I viii
"...it is not in any sense worse than are many of the so-called
Scientific theories; and it is in every case more philosophical and
logical." S D I 23-4
"There was a "primeval revelation" and it still exists. S D I xxx
"If coming events are said to cast their shadows before, past events
cannot fail to leave their impress behind them. It is, then by those
shadows of the hoary Past and their fantastic silhouettes on the
external screen of religion and philosophy, that we can, by checking
them as we go along, and comparing them, trace out finally the body
that produced them. There must be truth and fact in that which every
people of antiquity accepted and made the foundation of its religions
and its faith." S D II 794
"For in the 20th century of our era scholars will begin to recognize
that the S D has neither been invented nor exaggerated, but on the
contrary, simply outlined; and finally, that its teachings antedate
the Vedas." S D I xxxvii
"It is only in the XXth century that portions, if not the whole, of
the present work will be vindicated." S D II 442
"We give facts, and show land-marks: let the wayfarer follow them.
What is given here is amply sufficient for this century." S D II 742
"The Secret Doctrine [not the book] was the universally diffused
religion of the ancient and prehistoric world." S D I xxxvi
[ HPB claims incredible antiquity for S D sources. S D II 438-9,
449, 200-201, ]
viii Coherency "of this new Genesis" -- HPB takes full responsibility.
COSMOS AND KOSMOS
3 NOUMENON - Kosmos -- has no relations with the causal relations
of the phenomenal World S D I 6
[ NOTE: HPB apparently uses Kosmos (with a "K" to indicate
conditions and relationships which are Universal and
outside our Solar System. She seems to designate
phenomena inside our Solar System as Cosmos with a "C"].
3 Intra-cosmic soul -- the Ideal Kosmos in the immutable Divine
Thought we may say it is beginningless and endless ! S D I 1,
130
3 Cosmic organization -- its body [ like the personality ] is
special to each manifestation - first and last of its kind -
in future evolutes to a higher plane WQJ I 600 S D I p. 3
3 Days & Nights of Brahma - Manvantaras & Pralayas
Is I 264-5, Is II 273 471 Isis quoted by HPB on this S D I p. 3
SENZAR
"The work which I here translate forms part of the same series as
that from which the "Stanzas" of the Book of Dzyan were taken, on
which the Secret Doctrine is based."
Voice p. i
viii Book of Dzyan [ Dzyan, Jnan, Gnyan, Dzan, Dan, Zen -- all
word-sounds meaning Wisdom, Knowledge, Fact and Truth ] Voice
Pref., S D I 20, 27 II 15
Palm-leaf MSS impervious to the elements - archaic. Isis I, p. 1
S D I xlii II 692
[In HPB to APS p. 76, HPB writes Sinnett that "Coulomb stole a "queer
looking paper" and gave it to the missionaries with the assurance that
it was a cipher used by the Russian spies..." It is one of my Senzar
MSS," I answer ...for one of the sheets of my book with numbered pages
is missing. I defy anyone but a Tibetan occultist to make it out, if
it is this." ]
INITIATION
" There are more secrets of initiation given out in the Introductory
Chapt. than in all Isis. And what comes after is still more
interesting Fancy Masters giving out the secret of the
"Divine Hermaphrodite" even ! "
[ Hermes-Aphrodite ]
[ Spirit (Atman) -- Wisdom (Buddhi) ]
[ "Father -- Mother" ]
RELIGIONS
"Sprung from it in their origins, the various religious schemes are
now made to merge back into their original element, out of which every
mystery and dogma has grown, developed
and become materialized." SD I xviii, 272, II 794 Is I 635
WISDOM-RELIGION
"The Secret Doctrine merely asserts that a system known as the Wisdom
Religion, the work of generations of adepts and seers, the sacred
heirloom of pre-historic times--actually exists, though hitherto
preserved in the greatest secrecy by the present Initiates; and it
points to various corroborations of its existence to this very day, to
be found in ancient and modern works. Giving a few fragments only, it
there shows how these explain the religious dogmas of the present day,
and how they might serve Western religions, philosophies and science,
as sign-posts along the untrodden paths of discovery. The work is
essentially fragmentary, giving statements of sundry facts taught in
the esoteric schools--kept, so far, secret--by which the ancient
symbolism of various nations is interpreted. it does not even give
the keys to it, but heresy opens a few of the hitherto secret drawers.
No new philosophy is set up in the Secret Doctrine, only the hidden
meaning of some of the religious allegories of antiquity is given,
light being thrown on these by the esoteric sciences, and the common
source is pointed out, whence all the world-religions and philosophies
have sprung.
Its chief attempt is to show, that however divergent the respective
doctrines and systems of old may seem on their external or objective
side, the agreement between all becomes perfect, so soon as the
esoteric or inner side of these beliefs and their symbology is
examined and a careful comparison is made.
It is also maintained that its doctrines and sciences, which form an
integral cycle of universal cosmic facts and metaphysical axioms and
truths, represent a complete and unbroken system; and that he who is
brave and persevering enough, ready to crush the animal in himself,
and forgetting the human self, sacrifices it to his Higher Ego, can
always find his way to become initiated into these mysteries.
This is all the Secret Doctrine claims.
Are not a few facts and self-evident truths, found in these
volumes--all the literary defects of the exposition
notwithstanding--truths already proved practically to some, better
than the most ingenious "working" hypotheses, liable to be upset any
day, than the unexplainable mysteries of religious dogmas, or the most
seemingly profound philosophical speculations ? Can the grandest
among these speculations be really profound...when they are limited
and conditioned by their author's brain-mind, hence dwarfed and
crippled...cut down to fit limited sensuous perceptions, which will
not allow the intellect to go beyond their enchanted circle?..."
--HPB-The Babel of Modern Thought - HPB Art III 44-5
2 fn Absolute Wisdom transcends ideas of Time & Space S D I 38 44
56
SYMBOLOGY
1 White disc in dull black ground = Kosmos in Eternity
Kosmos before the awakening of Energy [ which
emanates from the Word (later systems) ]
S D I 4 369 429 443 613-5
1 White disc with a Point in the Center = dawn of
differentiation - Point in Mundane Egg
"Germ" S D I 359...65
1 Germ becomes: the Universe, the All, the boundless
periodical Kosmos
Germ is latent and active in periodical turns
1 Circle = divine Unity
>From this all proceeds and to this all returns.
1 Circumference symbolizes - the abstract, ever in-
cognizable Presence.
1 Plane of the Circle symbolizes = Universal Soul
( although that and the Presence are one.)
1 White face of Disc (surrounded by black) symbolizes
the only knowledge that man can attain.
1 Manifestation can only begin on the plane of the Circle
A Manvantara
1 In this [plane] of the Universal Soul slumbers the
Divine Thought during Pralaya. S D I p. 3
1 In that [plane] is concealed the plan of every future
Cosmogony and Theogony. WQJ Art I 599 S D I p. 1
4 Disc Trans 84, S D I 11, 18-9 91 98 113 315 354 443
S D I 321 436 327 364 613 70 429 GN 178
4 Disc with Point - First differentiation of the sex-less
ever-eternal nature, Aditi in THAT S D I 327 429 Is I 506 Glos
7 S D II 613-4
S D I 99 142 SD II 65 247fn Trans 5 145
4 Potential Space within ABSTRACT SPACE SD II 536 553 574 613-5
4 Disc with Diameter -Divine, immaculate Mother-Nature in Infinitude
Trans 15-16 S D I 214
Lucif. 3-p. 317 Is I 242 Th. Art & Notes 67
4 Feminine Principle. - First manifestation of creative but still
passive,
feminine Nature
4 - Man knows his mother more than his father - first shadowy
perception. of man connected with procreation -
4 - Female deities more sacred than male
4 - Nature is feminine - tends to objectivity and tangibility
4 - The spirit Principle which fructifies it is concealed.
5 Disc with Cross - Mundane Cross
Glos 90 218 Trans 83-6
Isis I 154-7 508 II 214 S D I 19, 36, II 541
5 - Humanity has reached its 3rd Root Race [ in this 4th Round ]
- Pure Pantheism
5 Circumference disappears leaving only the Cross
- Fall of Man into matter is accomplished
Fourth [Root] Race begins S D II 600
HPB II 241fn III 283-4fn Is I 58 II 27
5 Phallic Cross - Phallic Cross (when uninscribed)
Glos 252 158-9 SD I 264fn 189 383 319 452fn
(4th R. Race) S D II 54 285 460-71
Is II 135 285 582 526-7
5 Tau in Circle Glos 322 91 SD I 364-5
S D II 30 581 542 590 557
HPB II 241fn III 184fn Is I 372 573
Is II 254-5 365
5 Svastika - Thor's hammer, Jaina cross
S D II 98-9 29
Theos't I 35-6 161 HPB 2-490-1,240-2 3-251-2
Glos 23 260 315 331 (Paramantha-fire) 122
SD II 526 585-6 545 556 Is I 160-1
5 Tau with no Circle T - oldest form of the letter.
Glos 317 322 Isis II 30 254 293 392 454
Trans 89
5 Circle with a Vertical Diameter - glyph of 3rd Root Race to the
day of
the "Fall" when the separation of the sexes by
natural evolution took place
5 Circle with a Vertical Diameter [symbol of the
separation into two sexes -- the "Fall"]
5 Egyptian Tau [Circle over the Tau "T"]
[ 5th R. Race] "Sacr' and n'cabvah S D I 390 S D II 465-7fn
Glos 252
- "first formed races"
5 Sign of Venus Circle sep. by a line over the Tau "T"
5 Svastika Thor's Hammer, Hermetic Cross, Jaina Cross
5 5-Pointed Star Reversed - Symbol of Kali Yuga, HUMAN SORCERY
- Horns point up. Point down. SD I 4, 5
MOTION -- VIBRATION
2 Universal Motion - symbolized the Unrevealed Deity since it could
not be cognized under any other symbol philosophically S D I
613 Trans 3,4
"the thrill of the creative Breath in Nature" M L 138-9, 67 S D I
p. 2
3 Intra-Cosmic motion is ceaseless and eternal but
cosmic motion (visibly perceived) is finite and periodical
[ "Intra-Cosmic" does this mean between Solar Systems ? ]
As an eternal abstraction it is EVER PRESENT but
as a manifestation, it is polarized and finite
3 Alpha & Omega of successive reconstructions
[ Analogous to successive personalities ? ] S D I p. 3
CONSCIOUSNESS -- NATURE, STATES -- INTELLIGENCE
2fn States of Consciousness S D I 38
resting on sensation which is Maya
Sensation implies limitations S D I 2fn
GOD -- DEITY -- PERSONAL -- UNIVERSAL
2 Personal God - limited by its inventors - emotions:
anger - fluctuating pride - response to
stimuli [ prayer ? ]
-- cannot be changeless or infinite. S D I p. 2
2 ONE LIFE eternal - invisible but Omnipresent - endless but
periodical in manifestation S D I 3 60 130
2 Non-Being dark mystery of between periods [Pralayas ]
SD I 1fn 16
2 Paradoxes
2 Absolute Consciousness yet "unconscious"
Reality - The One self-existing yet unrealizable
"a chaos to the sense, a Kosmos to the reason."
Motion - ceaseless - eternal -- Its one absolute attribute.
S D I 27 117 594
Great Breath - symbolically S D I 4 14
the perpetual motion of the Universe
Space - limitless - ever-present S D I p. 2
2 If Motionless it cannot be Divine. But there is nothing which is
absolutely motionless in the Universal Soul.
[Inane beatitude of pure Spirit SD II 103 421 ]
S D I p. 2
2 One Existence - "Deity is an arcane, living (or moving)
Fire, and the eternal witness to this Unseen
a Trinity Presence are Light, Heat, Moisture,"
S D I 14 21 57 81 S D I p. 2
4 Infinitude of Creative Powers S D I 3, 7
Divine essence - expands on beginning of Manvantara
- Polar interaction in - out & out - in
[ SPIRIT -- MATTER ]
Pralaya - brings dissolution of materials S D I 2 14
4 Out-Breathing and In-Breathing process is ETERNAL
More of the esoteric meaning to be given in the SD later.
[ Analogous to incarnation ] S D I p. 4
SVABHAVA -- SVABHAVAT
SVABHAVAT (Sk.) Explained by the Orientalists as "plastic
substance," which is inadequate...Svabhavat is the world-substance and
stuff, or rather that which is behind it--the spirit and essence of
substance. The name comes from Subhava and is composed of three
words--su, good, perfect, fair, handsome; sva, self; and bhava,
being, or state of being. From it all nature proceeds and into it all
returns at the end of the life-cycles.
In Esotericism if is called "Father-Mother." It is the plastic
essence of matter." T. Glos. 314
SUBSTANCE Theosophists use the word in a dual sense, qualifying
substance as perceptible and imperceptible; and making a distinction
between material, psychic and spiritual substances (see "Suddha
Sattva") into ideal (i.e., existing on higher planes) and real
substance." T. Glos. 311
SUDDHA SATTWA. (Sk.) A substance not subject to the qualities of
matter; a luminiferous and (to us) invisible substance, of which the
bodies of the Gods and the highest Dhyanis are formed.
Philosophically, Suddha Sattwa is a conscious state of spiritual
Ego-ship rather than any essence." T. Glos. 311
PARAMAPADHA (Sk.) The place where--according to Vishistadwaita
Vedantins--bliss is enjoyed by those who reach Moksha (Bliss). This
"place" is not material but made of...Suddhasatwa, the essence of
which the body of Ishwara, "the lord," is made."
T. Glos. 249
PARANIRVANA (Sk.) Absolute Non-Being, which is equivalent to absolute
Being or "Be-ness," the state reached by the human Monad at the end of
the great cycle (see SD I 135 ). The same as Paranishpanna." T. Glos.
249-01
[ see S D I 16 42 53-4 266 Trans 148 Thy. Mag. Vol. 16- 500 ]
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OCCULTISM
"...this work is written for the instruction of students of
Occultism." S D I 23
"An adept must refuse to impart the conditions and means that lead to
a correlations of elements, whether psychic or physical, that may
produce a hurtful result as well as a beneficent one. But he is ever
ready to impart to the earnest student the secret of the ancient
thought in anything that regards history concealed under mythological
symbolism, and thus to furnish a few more land-marks towards a
retrospective view of the past, as containing useful information with
regard to the origin of man, the evolution of the races and
geognosy...a mass of facts is given in the present work. And now the
origin of man, the evolution of the globe and the races, human and
animal, are as fully treated here as the writer is able to treat
them." SD I 306-7
vii History of Occultism - material accumulated and ready Occult
philosophy - bears on daily life. Ethics leads to true Wisdom.
Dallas
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