H.P.B. ON EVERY NEW YEAR
Dec 30, 2006 06:32 AM
by carlosaveline
Friends,
Friends,
HPB wrote:
"In the January issue of 1888, LUCIFER said: '. . . . let no one imagine that it is a mere fancy, the attaching of importance to the birth of the year. The earth passes through its definite phases and man with it; and as a day can be coloured so can a year. The astral life of the earth is young and strong between Christmas and Easter. Those who form their wishes now will have added strength to fulfil them consistently.' He now repeats what was said and adds: Let no one mistake the importance and potency of numbers—as symbols. Everything in the Universe was framed according to the eternal proportions and combinations of numbers. “God geometrizes,” and numbers and numerals are the fundamental basis of all systems of mysticism, philosophy, and religion. The respective festivals of the year and their dates were all fixed according to the Sun—the “father of all calendars” and of the Zodiac, or the Sun-god and the twelve great, but still minor gods; and they became subsequently sacred in the cycle of national and tribal religions."
To read all of her article, which is part of the "HPB Collected Writings" now available online, click at
http://www.tonh.net/theosofie/hpb_cw_online/articles/v10/y1889_001.htm
Best regards and a happy new year,
Carlos.
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