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Re: Five Elements and Five Senses

Mar 31, 2005 01:40 AM
by christinaleestemaker


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "bta1012003" <bta101@h...> wrote:
Yes, there the publisher made the mistake.
If you have the ADyar edition of the theosophical publishing house 
there you must find it on page 107 part II Antropogenesis.
Sorry for I could not make a copy, cause I don't know how I must scan 
it and paste it to this site.
I must ask a firend and after that I can show. 
Christina



> 
> Hi Christina:
> 
> I looked up the reference in SDII 107, but I was not able to find 
> anything related to the evolution of the five senses in Isis II Pg 
> 590. I liked the passages in SDII; it was clarifying. I have 
> enough materials to brood on for many years to come.
> 
> It is interesting that when HPB tabulated the five elements from 
the 
> top down. It goes like this:
> 
> 1.	Ether, Hearing, Sound
> 2.	Air, touch, Sound, and Touch
> 3.	Fire or light, Sight, Sound, Touch, and Colour
> 4.	Water	Taste	Sound, Touch, Colour, and 
> Taste
> 5.	Earth Smell	Sound, Touch, Colour, Taste, 
> and Smell.
> 
> But, when she tabulated it from down to up. It goes like this:
> 
> 1.	Earth	Smell	
> 2.	Water	Taste	
> 3.	Air	Sight	
> 4.	Fire	Touch	
> 5.	Ether	Hearing	
> 
> ** Note the switch between air and fire from down to up. 
> 
> Thanks for your thoughts.
> 
> Best,
> 
> 
> barbara
> 
> 
> > Hallo;
> > HPB writes the same only from upside down from spirit to matter 
and 
> > than you get first air, before fire.
> > See on page SDII 107.Evolution of the elements and the senses.
> > You must have a better look.
> > I wrote from matter to spirit, from the lowest chakra to the 
> highest.
> > The way we have to go back to the spirit.
> > Christina
> > 
> >




 

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