Theos-Talk Archives (November 2005 Message tt00002)

Desmond,

To point you in the direction of
finding an answer to your interesting
question, I would read what HPB writes
about this subject in other parts of
the SECRET DOCTRINE:

BELOW are a limited number of index references
in her book:

KEY(S) in SECRET DOCTRINE
allegories & symbols have seven II 291n
geometry the fifth II 471
Hebrew physiological I 311
human, one of seven II 291n
IU gave, one turn I xxxviii
Massey used two or three II 632
Mysteries unlocked by seven II 632
new, needed for mysteries II 795
occult science a I 341
Rabbis lost II 537
Ragon on the, to symbols I 363
required for old theogony II 248
seven, must not be mixed II 517
seven, open past & future I 325
seven, taught in occultism I 155n; II 523
seven, to man's genesis I 323
seven, to meaning of swastika II 99
seven, to universal symbology I xxxviii, 310-11, 363
in Skinner's Source of Measures I 318 &n
to theogonies & Secret Doctrine II 23, 767
three of seven, only given II 517
three or four used in Secret Doctrine II 797
of wisdom found in nature II 797
to Zohar & Bible II 536-45, 590-8

SYMBOL(S)
seven meanings to every I 363; II 22n, 335, 357, 538, 547, 584, 765

SYMBOLOGY, SYMBOLISM. in SECRET DOCTRINE
Bible, Indian, Chaldean, Egyptian I 320-5
Christian fr Hebrew, Hebrew fr Chaldean II 354
discussed I 303-9
fourth stage of, & generation I 36
Hebrew-Egyptian I 308-9, 364n
Hindu I 667
history of world found in II 438
interpretation of II 335
kabbalistic II 457
of marriage ceremony I 614-15n
of Meru & Patala II 357
Mosaic, became crude under Ezra I 319
Mystery language or I 309; II 124
& origin of evil II 274
of Pentateuch & New Testament I 115n
power of occult I 272
representing abstractions I 615
seven departments of I 305
seven keys to universal I xxxviii, 310-11, 363; II 335
spirit & value of II 469
of temple curtain I 125

Hope this helps!

Daniel
Blavatsky Study Center
http://blavatskyarchives.com