Theos-Talk Archives (October 2004 Message tt00151)

Hallo Daniel and all,

Sorry about that.
A spelling error: The word "promosed" aught to be deleted in the below.

Blavatsky on the psychological key
1. Here is a quite interesting excerpt from what I call a high quality
article written by Aryel Sanat -
http://www.teosofia.com/transformation1-SD.html :

"The first key that one has to use to unravel the dark secrets involved in
the mystic name of Christ, is the key which unlocked the door to the ancient
mysteries of the primitive Aryans, Sabeans and Egyptians. The Gnosis
supplanted by the Christian scheme was universal. It was the echo of the
primordial wisdom-religion which had once been the heirloom of the whole of
mankind... The author of the Clementine Homilies is right; the mystery of
Christos -- now supposed to have been taught by Jesus of Nazareth -- "was
identical" with that which from the first had been communicated "to those
who were worthy,"...We may learn from the Gospel according to Luke, that the
"worthy" were those who had been initiated into the mysteries of the Gnosis,
and who were "accounted worthy" to attain that "resurrection from the dead"
in this life... "those who knew that they could die no more, being equal to
the angels as sons of God and sons of the Resurrection."

In other words, they were the great adepts of whatever religion; and the
words apply to all those who, without being Initiates, strive and succeed,
through personal efforts to live the life and to attain the naturally
ensuing spiritual illumination in blending their personality -- the "Son" -- 
with the "Father," their individual divine Spirit, the God within them. This
"resurrection" can never be monopolized by the Christians, but is the
spiritual birth-right of every human being endowed with soul and spirit,
whatever his religion may be. Such individual is a Christ-man. On the other
hand, those who choose to ignore the Christ (principle) within themselves,
must die unregenerate heathens -- baptism, sacraments, lip-prayers, and
belief in dogmas notwithstanding.

In order to follow this explanation, the reader must bear in mind the real
archaic meaning of the paronomasia involved in the two terms Chrestos and
Christos. The former means certainly more than merely "a good," and
"excellent man," while the latter was never applied to any one living man,
but to every Initiate at the moment of his second birth and resurrection. He
who finds Christos within himself and recognizes the latter as his only
"way," becomes a follower and an Apostle of Christ, though he may have never
been baptised, nor even have met a "Christian," still less call himself
one."
H.P. Blavatsky, Studies in Occultism, Pasadena: Theosophical University
Press, 1967 [1887-1891], pp. 145-146; see also Collected Writings, op. cit.,
vol. VIII, pp. 182-184.

That may be the most important passage in HPB's writings. Anyone serious
about what theosophy is, would pay attention to what it says. HPB is saying
unequivocally that if the psychological key is not turned first, one cannot
understand theosophy. First, there must be transformation. Only then can one
even begin theosophical study, whether one calls it "theosophy,"
"occultism," "esoterism," or whatever. "Theosophy," divine wisdom, refers
precisely to what the passage above says. Theosophy is that which takes
place in transformative states of awareness. It is wisdom "such as that
possessed by the gods," as HPB defined it.6 That is why it is "divine": It
is not mundane. It cannot be reduced to some diagram or formula, which
clearly come from the mind. Nor is it logic or cleverness, such as what is
typical of the conditioned mind in general. And belief, which derives either
from knowledge, memory, logic, or cleverness -- from conditioning -- 
qualifies even less as representative of theosophy. So if one is not in a
transformative state of awareness, one is not in a theosophical frame of
mind, and is in no position to understand, much less teach, theosophy. "

(The mentioned text from Blavatsky can be found online here:
http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/hpb-sio/sio-eso1.htm )

The psychological key was also known as the mystical or spiritual key.
All - This leads me to say, that Christ used to teach the "Worthy" or the
Initiated by the use of allegories.
This is a thread to follow - if one wants to unravel the first key of the
seven.

******* Answer to Daniel Caldwell *******
By this we understand that before there can be given any real "proof" of
Guptua-Vidya (Ie. Divine Wisdom or Theosophy) as H. P. Blavatsky talks
about,
- one will have to learn to use the psychological key first.
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Even our friend Sct. Paul knew about this.
Blavatsky in her article "GENIUS", Lucifer 1889, says:
DIVINE ALL proceeded Amun, the Divine Wisdom . . . give it not to the
unworthy," says a Book of Hermes.
Paul, the "wise Master-Builder,"2 (I Cor. III, 10) but echoes Thoth-Hermes
when telling the Corinthians
"We speak Wisdom among them that are perfect (the initiated) . . . divine
Wisdom in a MYSTERY, even the
hidden Wisdom." (Ibid. II, 7.)
http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/Genius.htm


2.
About conditioning - I recently emailed the following to the forum on the
subject "Conditioning" and other issues:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/18733

3.
"To some extent, it is admitted that even the esoteric teaching is
allegorical. To make the latter comprehensible to the average intelligence,
requires the use of symbols cast in an intelligible form. Hence the
allegorical and semi-mythical narratives in the exoteric, and the (only)
semi-metaphysical and objective representations in the esoteric teachings.
For the purely and transcendentally spiritual conceptions are adapted only
to the perceptions of those who "see without eyes, hear without ears, and
sense without organs," according to the graphic expression of the
Commentary. The too puritan idealist is at liberty to spiritualise the
tenet, whereas the modern psychologist would simply try to spirit away our
"fallen," yet still divine, human Soul in its connection with Buddhi."

The Secret Doctrine; - Vol. 2, Page 81 MAN, A GOD IN ANIMAL FORM.

http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd/sd2-1-04.htm



(Just to point something out to the reader. I find personally Aryel Sanat's
article to be of a higher quality than the one John Alego wrote a few years
back on the same issue. Although his article also could be said to be of
importance. John Alego's article on the Seven Keys and Senzar is here:
http://www.theos-world.com/archives/issues.html (January + February 1997)



Did this help?


from
M. Sufilight with peace and love...




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel H. Caldwell" <danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 2:59 AM
Subject: Theos-World Re: The Psychological Key !??


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> Morten,
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> Exactly where does HPB write about
> "the promosed psychological key"?
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> I don't see that key mentioned in the
> quote you gave (see below).
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> Daniel
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> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Morten N. Olesen" <global-
> theosophy@a...> wrote:
> > Hallo all,
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> > Here are more than 36 highly recommended titles written by Idries
> Shah (d.1996).
> > http://ishkbooks.com/books/books_shah_catalog.html
> > Included could with advantage be the following two titles:
> > "The People of the Secret" by Ernest Scott.
> > "The Sufi Mystery" by N. P. Archer
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> > All These books could very well could contain the promosed
> psychological key, (a key of the Seven belonging to the Mystery
> Language), which Blavatsky wrote about in her famous book The Secret
> Doctrine (1886-1888):
> > "In Century the Twentieth some disciple more informed, and far
> better fitted, may be sent by the Masters of Wisdom to give final and
> irrefutable proofs that there exists a Science called Gupta-Vidya;
> and that . . . the source of all religions and philosophies . . . has
> been for many ages forgotten and lost to men, but is at last found.
> > (H. P. Blavatsky - S.D., 1888, Vol I, p. xxxviii (original
> edition) "
> > An online version of The Secret Doctrine:
> > http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd/sd-hp.htm
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