Theos-Talk Archives (June 2006 Message tt00043)

Hi Cass
That is the same what HPB in her SD II 591/2 has written.
Only she mentioned that Solomon wrongly used the emblem, so there 
need to be a declaration for that.
I tired to find and somewhere on google they give that Solomon used 
three equalized triangles(Enneagram) I think that that gives more 
the answer.
The double triangle is another fact, what also have to do with the 
human being, as well as the triple one only in different way.
Christina.





--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Cass Silva <silva_cass@...> wrote:
>
> This might help from Isis.
> "The building of the Temple of Solomon is the symbolical 
representation of the gradual acquirement of the secret wisdom, or 
magic; the erection and development of the spiritual from the 
earthly; the manifestation of the power and splendour of the 
builder.  The latter, when he has become an Adept, is a mightier 
king than Solomon himself, the emblem of the sun or Light himself - 
the light of the real subjective world, shining in the darkness of 
the objective universe.
> 
> This is the "Temple" which can be reared without the sound of the 
hammer, or any tool of iron being heard in the house while it is "in 
building".
> 
> In the East, this science is called, in some places, "the seven 
storied," in others, the "nine storied" Temple, every story answers 
allegorically to a degree of knowledge acquired.
> 
> The former (Adepts)exemplify in works their control over the 
forces of inanimate as well as animate nature; the latter 
(neophytes) are but perfecting themselves in the rudiments of the 
sacred science.  These terms were evidently borrowed at the 
beginning by the unknown founders of the first Masonic guilds.  P391-
392
> 
> Christine, looking at Solomon's seal and gleaning from the above, 
I would say that the triangles and threes associated with them may 
have been connected to not only the building of solomon's temple, 
but also the building of a universe.  We see everywhere in Theosophy 
the triangle or the triad, from where all creation began, from the 
three attributes of Parabrahman manifesting through Brahman and 
again through the Logos, to the seven sons of light or the Dhyani 
Buddhas.
> 
> My guess, and I say guess, is that Solomon was a neophyte and had 
certain powers over some nature spirits.  As we know these can be 
used for negative or positive effects in our objective reality.  
Just like the ring in Lords of the Ring, I believe it had magnetic 
power and Solomon was able to use these powers through the 
talisman.  I think you might get more of an idea of where I am 
coming from by looking at the Kabalah Tree
> 
> First Triangle is The Unknown Darkness
> Second Triangle is the Manifested Logos,
> There are six Triangles in the Star which represent Humanity (Adam 
Kadmon) the objective world or Hell.  The world within the Universe 
is shown in a circle (See page 264 Isis)
> We see within this star is a circular portal which is bounded by 6 
sides. 
> The lowest point of the star points downwards to Matter, Earth, 
Female, the highest point of the star points to Spirit, Fire, Male.
> 
> Perhaps I am totally off on this symbolism, but I thought I would 
offer it, in the hope that some Theosophist may be more learned than 
I am in the subject.
> 
> Regards
> Cass
> 
> 
> 
> 
> christinaleestemaker <christinaleestemaker@...> wrote: -Dear 
Friends
> Still I see no answer,  which seal Solomon used and in what way?   
> google search gives and the two interlaced triangles and chaldees 
> the three equalized triangles  in a circle,called Enneagram.
> 
> As HPB wrote SD II 591/2, it is this two interlaced triangles- 
> wrongly called "Solomons's seal".
> zDid she means that two ????????
> Christina.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "christinaleestemaker" 
>  wrote:
> >
> > Dear Dallis,
> > Thanks for your work,I shall see the Mahatma's for that too.
> > I use the SD from TPH,Wheaton-Adyar-London large 
> octavos;illustrated 
> > with rare portraits; clothbound; fully indexed.1978/79 
printed.in 
> 3 
> > editions.
> > I literary typed over what is standing on page 591
> > 
> > see under your writing:
> > -- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "W.Dallas TenBroeck" 
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > 5/31/2006 4:59 PM
> > > 
> > >  Re:  Meaning of the double triangle
> > > 
> > > Dear Christinalee Stemaker:
> > > 
> > > You wrote:   "Can anyone give the answer to this: why HPB (SD 
> 591)
> > wrote the
> > > double triangle wrongly called  "Solomons seal",
> > > 
> > > What edition of the SECRET DOCTRINE do you use?.  There is in 
> Vol. 
> > II
> > > 591[original 1888 SECRET DOCTRINE] some mention of relevant 
> > symbology and
> > > meaning.  But not the wording you use.  
> > 
> > Dallis, strange enough she used the words in my book: After she 
> > explain the Indian Trimurti: 
> > *** 
> > For even in the exoteric rendering, the lower triangle with the 
> apex 
> > downward is the symbol of Vishnu, the god of the moist principle 
> and 
> > water ( N�r�-Yana) or the moving principle in water
(N�r�); while 
> the 
> > triangle with its apex upward, is Shiva, the principle of Fire, 
> > symbolized by the triple flame in his hand.
> > It is these two interlacted triangles- wrongle called "Solomons 
> seal"
> > which also form the emblem of our Society.   see farther page 
> > 592.which allinea I typed over before.
> > 
> > ***
> > By this I don't understand why she mentioned this, for the 
> solomons 
> > seal have more meanings, not only the enneagram with 3 equalized 
> > triangles in the circle, also there is a sign with this two 
> > triangles.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > I think we all use and refer to the ORIGINAL 1888 Edition.
> > ***
> > Which I have.
> > 
> > Times ago you also could not find the  SOLAR  and LUNAR ,for 
MANAS 
> > is double.
> > Which she give explanation on page 495/6:Varius names for 
> > initiations:
> >   
> > Lunar is lower manas(animal soul), and solar is the higher manas
> > (human soul),which is towards Buddhi.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Here are a few references I have found:
> > > 
> > > -----------------------------------------------
> > > 
> > >  Heptachord   - Lyre of Apollo
> > > 
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > 
> > > MAHATMA LETTERS [Barker], pp. 345-6  explains:
> > > 
> > > "Does your B.T.S. know the meaning of the white and black 
> > interlaced
> > > triangles, of the Parent Society's seal that it has also 
> adopted? 
> > Shall I
> > > explain? � 
> > > 
> > > the double triangle viewed by the Jewish Kabalists as 
Solomon's 
> > Seal, is, as
> > > many of you doubtless know the Sri-antara of the archaic Aryan 
> > Temple, the
> > > "mystery of Mysteries," a geometrical synthesis of the whole 
> occult
> > > doctrine. 
> > > 
> > > The two interlaced triangles are the Buddhangums of Creation. 
> They 
> > contain
> > > the "squaring of the circle," the "philosophical stone," the 
> great 
> > problems
> > > of Life and Death, and -- the Mystery of Evil. 
> > > 
> > > The chela who can explain this sign from every one of its 
> aspects -
> > - is
> > > virtually an adept. 
> > > 
> > > How is it then that the only one among you, who has come so 
near 
> to
> > > unravelling the mystery is also the only one who got none of 
her 
> > ideas from
> > > books? Unconsciously she gives out -- to him who has the key --
 
> > the first
> > > syllable of the Ineffable name! 
> > > 
> > > Of course you know that the double-triangle -- the Satkiri 
> Chakram 
> > of Vishnu
> > > -- or the six-pointed star, is the perfect seven. In all the 
old 
> > Sanskrit
> > > works -- Vedic and Tantrik -- you find the number 6 mentioned 
> more 
> > often
> > > than the 7 -- this last figure, the central point being 
implied, 
> > for it is
> > > the germ of the six and their matrix. 
> > > 
> > > It is then thus . . . [At this point in the original there is 
a 
> > rough
> > > drawing of the interlaced triangles inscribed in a circle. -- 
> > ED.] -- the
> > > central point standing for seventh, and the circle, the 
> Mahakasha -
> > - endless
> > > space -- for the seventh Universal Principle. 
> > > 
> > > In one sense, both are viewed as Avalokitesvara, for they are 
> > respectively
> > > the Macrocosm and the microcosm. 
> > > 
> > > The interlaced triangles -- the upper pointing one -- is 
Wisdom 
> > concealed,
> > > and the downward pointing one -- Wisdom revealed (in the 
> > phenomenal world). 
> > > 
> > > The circle indicates the bounding, circumscribing quality of 
the 
> > All, the
> > > Universal Principle which, from any given point expands so as 
to 
> > embrace all
> > > things, while embodying the potentiality of every action in 
the 
> > Cosmos. 
> > > 
> > > As the point then is the centre round which the circle is 
> traced --
> >  they are
> > > identical and one, and though from the standpoint of Maya and 
> > Avidya --
> > > (illusion and ignorance) -- one is separated from the other by 
> the
> > > manifested triangle, the 3 sides of which represent the three 
> > gunas --
> > > finite attributes. 
> > > 
> > > In symbology the central point is Jivatma (the 7th principle), 
> and 
> > hence
> > > Avalokitesvara, the Kwan-Shai-yin, the manifested "Voice" (or 
> > Logos), the
> > > germ point of manifested activity; -- hence -- in the 
> phraseology 
> > of the
> > > Christian Kabalists "the Son of the Father and Mother," and 
> > agreeably to
> > > ours -- "the Self manifested in Self -- Yih-sin, the "one form 
of
> > > existence," the child of Dharmakaya (the universally diffused 
> > Essence), both
> > > male and female. 
> > > 
> > > Parabrahm or "Adi-Buddha" while acting through that germ point 
> > outwardly as
> > > an active force, reacts from the circumference inwardly as the 
> > Supreme but
> > > latent Potency. 
> > > 
> > > The double triangles symbolize the Great Passive and the Great 
> > Active; the
> > > male and female; Purusha and Prakriti. 
> > > 
> > > Each triangle is a Trinity because presenting a triple aspect. 
> > > 
> > > The white represents in its straight lines: Gnanam -- 
> (Knowledge); 
> > Gnata --
> > > (the Knower); and Gnayam -- (that which is known). The black-
> form, 
> > colour,
> > > and substance, also the creative, preservative, and 
destructive 
> > forces and
> > > are mutually correlating, etc., etc. 
> > > 
> > > Well may you admire and more should you wonder at the 
marvellous 
> > lucidity of
> > > that remarkable seeress [Mrs. Kingsford], who ignorant of 
> Sanskrit 
> > or Pali,
> > > and thus shut out from their metaphysical treasures, has yet 
> seen 
> > a great
> > > light shining from behind the dark bills of exoteric 
religions. 
> > How, think
> > > you, did the "Writers of the Perfect Way" come to know that 
> Adonai 
> > was the
> > > Son and not the Father; or that the third Person of the 
> Christian 
> > Trinity is
> > > -- female? Verily, they lay in that work several times their 
> hands 
> > upon the
> > > keystone of Occultism. Only does the lady -- who persists 
using 
> > without an
> > > explanation the misleading term "God" in her writings -- know 
> how 
> > nearly she
> > > comes up to our doctrine when saying: -- "Having for Father, 
> > Spirit which is
> > > Life (the endless Circle or Parabrahm) and for Mother the 
Great 
> > Deep, which
> > > is Substance (Prakriti in its undifferentiated condition) -- 
> Adonai
> > > possesses the potency of both and wields the dual powers of 
all 
> > things." 
> > > 
> > > We would say triple, but in the sense as given this will do. 
> > > 
> > > Pythagoras had a reason for never using the finite, useless 
> > figure -- 2, and
> > > for altogether discarding it. 
> > > 
> > > The ONE, can, when manifesting, become only 3. 
> > > 
> > > The unmanifested when a simple duality remains passive and 
> > concealed. The
> > > dual monad (the 7th and 6th principles) has, in order to 
> manifest 
> > itself as
> > > a Logos, the "Kwan-shai-yin" to first become a triad (7th, 6th 
> and 
> > half of
> > > the 5th); then, on the bosom of the "Great Deep" attracting 
> within 
> > itself
> > > the One Circle -- form out of it the perfect Square, 
> > thus "squaring the
> > > circle" -- the greatest of all the mysteries, friend -- and 
> > inscribing
> > > within the latter the -- WORD (the Ineffable name) -- 
otherwise 
> > the duality
> > > could never tarry as such, and would have to be reabsorbed 
into 
> > the ONE. 
> > > 
> > > The "Deep" is Space -- both male and female. "Purush (as 
Brahma) 
> > breathes in
> > > the Eternity: when 'he' in-breathes -- Prakriti (as manifested 
> > Substance)
> > > disappears in his bosom; when 'he' out-breathes she reappears 
as 
> > Maya," says
> > > the Sloka. The One reality is Mulaprakriti (undifferentiated 
> > Substance) --
> > > the "Rootless root," the. . . But we have to stop, lest there 
> > should remain
> > > but little to tell for your own intuitions. 
> > > 
> > > Well may the Geometer of the R.S. not know that the apparent 
> > absurdity of
> > > attempting to square the circle covers a mystery ineffable. It 
> > would hardly
> > > be found among the foundation stones of Mr. Roden Noel's 
> > speculations upon
> > > the "pneumatical body . . . of our Lord," nor among the debris 
> of 
> > Mr.
> > > Farmer's "A New Basis of Belief in Immortality"; and to many 
such
> > > metaphysical minds it would be worse than useless to divulge 
the 
> > fact, that 
> > > 
> > > the Unmanifested Circle -- the Father, or Absolute Life -- is 
> non-
> > existent
> > > outside the Triangle and Perfect Square, and -- is only 
> manifested 
> > in the
> > > Son; and that it is when, reversing the action and returning 
to 
> > its absolute
> > > state of Unity, and the square expands once more into the 
> Circle --
> >  that
> > > "the Son returns to the bosom of the Father." 
> > > 
> > > There it remains until called back by his Mother -- the "Great 
> > Deep," to
> > > remanifest as a triad -- the Son partaking at once, of the 
> Essence 
> > of the
> > > Father, and of that of the Mother -- the active Substance, 
> > Prakriti in its
> > > differentiated condition. 
> > > 
> > > "My Mother -- (Sophia -- the manifested Wisdom) took me" -- 
says 
> > Jesus in a
> > > Gnostic treatise; and he asks his disciples to tarry till he 
> > comes. . . .
> > > The true "Word" may only be found by tracing the mystery of 
the 
> > passage
> > > inward and outward of the Eternal Life, through the states 
> > typified in these
> > > three geometric figures. 
> > > 
> > > The criticism of "A Student of Occultism" (whose wits are 
> > sharpened by the
> > > mountain air of his home) and the answer of "S.T.K. . . . 
Chary" 
> > (June
> > > Theosophist) upon a part of your annular and circular 
> expositions 
> > need not
> > > annoy or disturb in any way your philosophic calm. 
> > > 
> > > As our Pondicherry chela significantly says, neither you nor 
any 
> > other man
> > > across the threshold has had or ever will have the "complete 
> > theory" of
> > > Evolution taught him; or get it unless he guesses it for 
> himself. 
> > > 
> > > If anyone can unravel it from such tangled threads as are 
given 
> > him, very
> > > well; and a fine proof it would indeed be of his or her 
> spiritual 
> > insight.
> > > Some -- have come very near it. But yet there is always with 
the 
> > best of
> > > them just enough error, -- colouring and misconception; the 
> shadow 
> > of Manas
> > > projecting across the field of Buddhi -- to prove the eternal 
> law 
> > that only
> > > the unshackled Spirit shall see the things of the Spirit 
without 
> a 
> > veil. 
> > > 
> > > No untaught amateur could ever rival the proficient in this 
> branch 
> > of
> > > research; yet the world's real Revelators have been few, and 
its
> > > pseudo-Saviours legion; and fortunate it is if their half-
> glimpses 
> > of the
> > > light are not, like Islam, enforced at the sword's point, or 
> like 
> > Christian
> > > Theology, amid blazing faggots and in torture chambers. 
> > > 
> > > Your Fragments contain some -- still very few errors, due 
solely 
> > to your two
> > > preceptors of Adyar, one of whom would not, and the other 
could 
> > not tell you
> > > all. The rest could not be called mistakes -- rather incomplete
> > > explanations. These are due, partly to your own imperfect 
> > education in your
> > > last theme -- I mean the ever-threatening obscurations -- 
partly 
> > to the poor
> > > vehicles of language at our disposal, and in part again, to 
the 
> > reserve
> > > imposed upon us by rule. Yet, all things considered, they are 
> few 
> > and
> > > trivial; while as to those noticed by "A Student, etc." (the 
> > Marcus Aurelius
> > > of Simla) in your No. VII, it will be pleasant for you to know 
> > that every
> > > one of them, however now seeming to you contradictory, can 
(and 
> if 
> > it should
> > > seem necessary shall) be easily reconciled with facts. 
> > > 
> > > The trouble is that (a) you cannot be given the real figures 
and 
> > difference
> > > in the Rounds, and (b) that you do not open doors enough for 
> > explorers. 
> > > 
> > > The bright Luminary of the B.T.S. and the Intelligences that 
> > surround her
> > > (embodied I mean) may help you to see the flaws: at all events 
> > Try. "Nothing
> > > was ever lost by trying." 
> > > 
> > > You share with all beginners the tendency to draw too 
absolutely 
> > strong
> > > inferences from partly caught hints, and to dogmatize 
thereupon 
> as 
> > though
> > > the last word had been spoken. You will correct this in due 
> time. 
> > You may
> > > misunderstand us, are more than likely to do so, for our 
> language 
> > must
> > > always be more or less that of parable and suggestion, when 
> > treading upon
> > > forbidden ground; we have our own peculiar modes of expression 
> and 
> > what lies
> > > behind the fence of words is even more important than what you 
> > read. But
> > > still -- TRY. 
> > > 
> > > Perhaps if Mr. S. Moses could know just what was meant by what 
> was 
> > said to
> > > him, and about his Intelligences, he would find all strictly 
> true. 
> > As he is
> > > a man of interior growth, his day may come and his 
> reconciliation 
> > with "the
> > > Occultists" be complete. Who knows? 
> > > 
> > > Meanwhile, I shall, with your permission, close this first 
> volume. 
> > > 
> > >  
> > > K. H. 
> > > 
> > > {Esoteric Buddhism was published June 11.} 
> > > 
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------
--
> - 
> >  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > See TRANSACTIONS OF THE BLAVATSKY LODGE:  p.   106  
[Blavatsky:  
> > COLLECTED
> > > WORKS  Vol. X ]
> > > 
> > >   STANZA III. (continued). 
> > > 
> > > Sloka (2). THE VIBRATION SWEEPS ALONG, TOUCHING WITH ITS SWIFT 
> WING
> > > (simultaneously) THE WHOLE UNIVERSE; AND THE GERM THAT 
DWELLETH 
> IN 
> > DARKNESS:
> > > THE DARKNESS THAT BREATHES (moves) OVER THE SLUMBERING WATERS 
OF 
> > LIFE. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Q. How are we to understand the expression that the vibration 
> > touches the
> > > whole universe and also the germ? 
> > > 
> > > A. First of all the terms used must be defined as far as 
> possible, 
> > for the
> > > language used is purely figurative. The Universe does not mean 
> the 
> > Kosmos or
> > > world of forms but the formless space, the future vehicle of 
the 
> > Universe
> > > which will be manifested. This space is synonymous with 
> > the "waters of
> > > space," with (to us) eternal darkness, in fact with Parabrahm. 
> In 
> > short the
> > > whole Sloka refers to the "period" before there was any 
> > manifestation
> > > whatever. In the same way the Germ�the Germ is eternal, the 
> > undifferentiated
> > > atoms of future matter�- is one with space, as infinite as 
it is
> > > indestructible, and as eternal as space itself. Similarly 
> > with "vibration,"
> > > which corresponds with the Point, the unmanifested Logos. 
> > > 
> > > It is necessary to add one important explanation. In using 
> > figurative
> > > language, as has been done in the Secret Doctrine, analogies 
and 
> > comparisons
> > > are very frequent. Darkness for instance, as a rule, applies 
> only 
> > to the
> > > unknown totality, or, Absoluteness. Contrasted with eternal 
> > darkness the
> > > first Logos is certainly, Light; contrasted with the second or 
> > third, the
> > > manifested Logoi, the first is Darkness, and the others are 
> Light.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Sloka (3). DARKNESS RADIATES LIGHT, AND LIGHT DROPS ONE 
SOLITARY 
> > RAY INTO
> > > THE WATERS, THE MOTHER-DEEP. THE RAY SHOOTS THROUGH THE VIRGIN 
> > EGG; THE RAY
> > > CAUSES THE ETERNAL EGG TO THRILL, AND DROP THE NON-ETERNAL 
> > (periodical)
> > > GERM, WHICH CONDENSES INTO THE WORLD-EGG. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Q. Why is Light said to drop one solitary ray into the waters 
> and 
> > how is
> > > this ray represented in connection with the Triangle? 
> > > 
> > > A. However many the Rays may appear to be on this plane, when 
> > brought back
> > > to their original source they will finally be resolved into a 
> > unity, like
> > > the seven prismatic colors which all proceed from, and are 
> > resolved into the
> > > one white ray. Thus too, this one solitary Ray expands into 
the 
> > seven rays
> > > (and their innumerable sub-divisions) on the plane of illusion 
> > only. It is
> > > represented in connection with the Triangle because the 
Triangle 
> > is the
> > > first perfect geometrical figure. As stated by Pythagoras, and 
> > also in the
> > > Stanza, the Ray (the Pythagorean Monad) descending from "no-
> place" 
> > (Aloka),
> > > shoots like a falling star through the planes of non-being 
into 
> > the first
> > > world of being, and gives birth to Number One; then branching 
> off, 
> > to the
> > > right, it produces Number Two; turning again to form the base-
> line 
> > it begets
> > > Number Three, and thence ascending again to Number One, it 
> finally
> > > disappears therefrom into the realms of non-being as 
Pythagoras 
> > shows. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Q. Why should Pythagorean teachings be found in old Hindu 
> > philosophies? 
> > > 
> > > A. Pythagoras derived this teaching from India and in the old 
> > books we find
> > > him spoken of as the Yavanacharya or Greek Teacher. Thus we 
see 
> > that the
> > > Triangle is the first differentiation, its sides however all 
> being 
> > described
> > > by the one Ray. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Q. What is really meant by the term "planes of non-being"?
> > > 
> > > A. In using the term "planes of non-being" it is necessary to 
> > remember that
> > > these planes are only to us spheres of non-being, but those of 
> > being and
> > > matter to higher intelligences than ourselves. The highest 
Dhyan-
> > Chohans of
> > > the Solar System can have no conception of that which exists 
in 
> > higher
> > > systems, i.e., on the second "septenary" Kosmic plane, which 
to 
> > the Beings
> > > of the ever invisible Universe is entirely subjective. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Sloka (4). (Then) THE THREE (Triangle) FALL INTO THE FOUR 
> > (Quaternary). THE
> > > RADIANT ESSENCE BECOMES SEVEN INSIDE, SEVEN OUTSIDE. THE 
> LUMINOUS 
> > EGG
> > > (Hiranyagarbha), WHICH IN ITSELF IS THREE (the triple 
hypostases 
> > of Brahma,
> > > or Vishnu, the three Avasthas) CURDLES AND SPREADS IN MILK 
WHITE 
> > CURDS
> > > THROUGHOUT THE DEPTHS OF MOTHER, THE ROOT THAT GROWS IN THE 
> OCEAN 
> > OF LIFE. 
> > > 
> > > Q. Is the Radiant Essence the same as the luminous Egg? What 
is 
> > the Root
> > > that grows in the ocean of life? 
> > > 
> > > A. The radiant essence, luminous egg or Golden Egg of Brahma, 
or 
> > again,
> > > Hiranyagarbha, are identical. The Root that grows in the ocean 
> of 
> > life is
> > > the potentiality that transforms into objective differentiated 
> > matter the
> > > universal, subjective, ubiquitous but homogeneous germ, or the 
> > eternal
> > > essence which contains the potency of abstract nature. The 
Ocean 
> > of Life is,
> > > according to a term of the Vedanta philosophy�if I mistake 
not�
> > the "One
> > > Life," Paramatma, when the transcendental supreme Soul is 
meant; 
> > and
> > > Jivatma, when we speak of the physical and animal "breath of 
> life" 
> > or, so to
> > > speak, the differentiated soul, that life in short, which 
gives 
> > being to the
> > > atom and the universe, the molecule and the man, the animal, 
> > plant, and
> > > mineral. 
> > > 
> > > "The Radiant Essence curdled and spread through the depths of 
> > Space." From
> > > an astronomical point of view this is easy of explanation: it 
is 
> > the Milky
> > > Way, the world-stuff, or primordial matter in its first form.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Q. Is the Radiant Essence, Milky Way, or world-stuff, 
resolvable 
> > into atoms,
> > > or is it non-atomic? 
> > > 
> > > A. In its precosmic state it is of course, non-atomic, if by 
> atoms 
> > you mean
> > > molecules; for the hypothetical atom, a mere mathematical 
point, 
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