Theos-Talk Archives (May 2007 Message tt00094)

The HPB Mss Page in THE PHOENIX 

[Name deleted],

Concerning what I told you on the phone, here are two
views (smaller and larger) of the HPB MSS page in THE
PHOENIX by Manly Palmer Hall. 

Click on links:

http://blavatskyarchives.com/blavatskysdmissingsm.htm

http://blavatskyarchives.com/blavatskysdmissing3.htm

I have colorized the manuscript page since it helps
somewhat to read HPB's handwriting.

You will also see the text of this page in COLLECTED
WRITINGS, Vol. VII, pp. 274-275 under the title
FRAGMENTS (p. 272).  All of these "fragments" appear
to be "missing" pages from various manuscripts of
HPB's that had somehow been misplaced and later found
by the LUCIFER editors.

My WORKING hypothesis is that this page belongs in
the SD Volume III 1897.

See SD Volume III 1897, the article titled "The
Doctrine of the Avataras", Section XLI, pp. 361-373
See page 369 of this article.  In THE COLLECTED
WRITINGS, Vol. XIV, the SAME article is on pp.
370-385, especially page 378 (last paragraph and
beginning text on page 379.

I give BELOW the relevant text as found in SD III 1897
from online edition):

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The theory of rebirth must be set forth by Occultists,
and then applied to special cases. The right
comprehension of this psychic fact is based upon a
correct view of that group of celestial Beings who are
universally called the seven Primeval Gods or
Angels?our Dhyân Chohans?the "Seven Primeval Rays" or
Powers, adopted later on by the Christian Religion as
the "Seven Angels of the Presence." Arûpa, formless,
at the upper rung of the ladder of Being,
materializing more and more as they descend in the
scale of objectivity and form, ending in the grossest
and most imperfect of the Hierachy, man? it is the
former purely spiritual group that is pointed out to
us, in our Occult teaching, as the nursery and
fountain-head of human beings. Therein germinates that
consciousness which is the earliest manifestation from
causal Consciousness?the Alpha and Omega of divine
being and life for ever. And as it proceeds downward
through every phase of existence descending through
man, through animal and plant, it ends its descent
only in the mineral. It is represented by the double
triangle?the most mysterious and the most suggestive
of all mystic signs, for it is a double glyph,
embracing spiritual and physical consciousness and
life, the former triangle running upwards, and the
lower downwards, both interlaced, and showing the
various planes of the twice-seven modes of
consciousness, the fourteen spheres of existence, the
Lokas of the Brâhmans.

The reader may now be able to obtain a clearer
comprehension of the whole thing. He will also see
what is meant by the "Watchers," there being one
placed as the Guardian or Regent over each of the
seven divisions or regions of the earth, according to
old traditions, as there is one to watch over and
guide every one of the fourteen worlds or Lokas. [This
is the secret meaning of the statements about the
Hierarchy of Prajâpatis or Rishis. First seven are
mentioned, then ten, then twenty-one, and so on. They
are "Gods" and creators of men?many of them the "Lords
of Beings": they are the "Mind-born Sons" of Brahmâ,
and then they become mortal heroes, and are often
shown as of a very sinful character. The Occult
meaning of the Biblical Patriarchs, their genealogy,
and their descendants dividing among themselves the
earth, is the same. Again, Jacob's dream has the same
significance.] But it is not with any of these that we
are at present concerned, but with the "Seven
Breaths," so-called, that furnish man with his
immortal Monad in his cyclic pilgrimage.

The Commentary on the Book of Dzyan says: 

Descending on his region first as Lord of Glory, the
Flame (or Breath), having called into conscious being
the highest of the Emanations of that special region,
ascends from it again to Its primeval seat, whence It
watches over and guides Its countless Beams (Monads).
It chooses as Its Avatâras only those who had the
Seven Virtues in them [He "of the Seven Virtues" is
one who, without the benefit of Initiation, becomes as
pure as any Adept by the simple exertion of his own
merit. Being so holy, his body at his next incarnation
becomes the Avatâra of his "Watcher" or Guardian
Angel, as the Christian would put it.] in their
previous incarnation. As for the rest, It overshadows
each with one of Its countless beams. . . . Yet even
the "beam" is a part of the Lord of Lords. [The title
of the highest Dhyân Chohans.] 

The septenary principle in man?who can be regarded as
dual only as concerns psychic manifestation on this
gross earthly plane?was known to all antiquity, and
may be found in every ancient Scripture. The Egyptians
knew and taught it, and their division of principles
is in every point a counterpart of the Âryan Secret
Teaching....
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I would suggest that the "missing" HPB page as seen in THE
PHOENIX  book reproduction probably goes RIGHT BEFORE
the text (quoted above) which reads:

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The reader may now be able to obtain a clearer
comprehension of the whole thing. He will also see
what is meant by the "Watchers," there being one
placed as the Guardian or Regent over each of the
seven divisions or regions of the earth, according to
old traditions....
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NOTICE HPB's reference to the "Watchers" above.....

Now consider what is found in THE PHOENIX REPRODUCTION
and Fragments text which reads:

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"The seven [regions]* of Bhûmi, hang by golden threads
[beams or rays] from the Spiritual central Sun [or
`God']. Higher than all, a Watcher for each [region].
The Suras come down this [beam]. They cross the six
and reach the Seventh [our earth]. They are our mother
earth's [Bhûmi] supporters [or guardians]. The eighth
watches over the [seven] watchers."
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******Is HPB quoting from some Dzyan text???

Also notice that HPB --- in the Avataras article in SD
III --- writes as follows QUOTING from "The
Commentary on the Book of Dzyan":

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But it is not with any of these [that is, the
Watchers, guardians, etc.] that we are at present
concerned, but with the "Seven Breaths," so-called,
that furnish man with his immortal Monad in his cyclic
pilgrimage.

The Commentary on the Book of Dzyan says: 

Descending on his region first as Lord of Glory, the
Flame (or Breath), having called into conscious being
the highest of the Emanations of that special region,
ascends from it again to Its primeval seat, whence It
watches over and guides Its countless Beams (Monads).
It chooses as Its Avatâras only those who had the
Seven Virtues in them [He "of the Seven Virtues" is
one who, without the benefit of Initiation, becomes as
pure as any Adept by the simple exertion of his own
merit. Being so holy, his body at his next incarnation
becomes the Avatâra of his "Watcher" or Guardian
Angel, as the Christian would put it.] in their
previous incarnation. As for the rest, It overshadows
each with one of Its countless beams. . . . Yet even
the "beam" is a part of the Lord of Lords. [The title
of the highest Dhyân Chohans.]....
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Hope some of this makes sense!

Hopefully I didn't do any typos concerning page
numbers!

More later.

Daniel
http://hpb.cc