Re: Adi-Buddhi
Nov 23, 2008 03:41 PM
by christinaleestemaker
Sorry, but I see it not like that.
--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Augoeides-222@... wrote:
>
> Christina,
> Here is a Google Image Search Listing on "Adi-Buddhi" for
members on the Forum here:
>
> >>>http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=adi-
buddha&btnG=Search+Images<<<
>
> Regards,
> John
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "christinaleestemaker" <christinaleestemaker@...>
> Better in the same time, then after you were born;)
>
> -- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Martin <Mvandertak@> wrote:
> >
> > I was born in 1959 May 28th, and at that time the Russians sent
the
> first monkey into space...ain't that funny....
> >
> > --- On Sun, 11/23/08, christinaleestemaker
> <christinaleestemaker@> wrote:
> > From: christinaleestemaker <christinaleestemaker@>
> > Subject: Theos-World Re: Mahatma letter 59
> > To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Sunday, November 23, 2008, 11:03 AM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Martin, how Cosmic or comic it can be.
> >
> > Do you understand all in the letter 59.
> >
> > I read it many times and figured out the satvika into
> >
> > the circle, as it is the triangle (triade) makes through the
> circle
> >
> > its trianglepoints the perfect square.
> >
> > And the psychological test they use in Germany for people wanted
to
> >
> > enjoy university they do the test with circles,triangles and
> squares
> >
> > to see a persons phsychological constitution.
> >
> >
> >
> > By the way who is de seeres or the lady they mentioned in this
> >
> > letter, who understand all without the book or knowledge they
gave?
> >
> > I think HPB, but am not sure.Do you know that?
> >
> > Christina
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, Martin <Mvandertak@ ...>
wrote:
> >
> > >
> >
> > > I once did some course with the A>A>B> group...I asked what is
> >
> > Ishvara (KRSHN or Christ):
> >
> > > then I got an answer it is the comic universal Love...(without
> the
> >
> > 's '). The fool after the great Arcana...
> >
> > >
> >
> > > --- On Sat, 11/22/08, christinaleestemake r
> >
> > <christinaleestemak er@> wrote:
> >
> > > From: christinaleestemake r <christinaleestemak er@>
> >
> > > Subject: Theos-World Re: Mahatma letter 15 page 88, 89.
> >
> > > To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com
> >
> > > Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 2:54 PM
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
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> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > A little FUN if I see I touched letter S after A in
> >
> > Atma Buddhi,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > a buddhi with astma, real lauchable, sorry for that, for the
well
> >
> > >
> >
> > > readers under us.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Christina
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, "christinaleestemak er"
> >
> > >
> >
> > > <christinaleestemak er@> wrote:
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Well yes, I have the book in two languages and as I read the
> >
> > Dutch
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > more and more I have the conclusion that masters write well,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > because
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > they wrote the so called parabrahm in its version with Maya
> gives
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Iswar,the creative principle - a power commonly called God
> which
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > disappears and dies with the rest when pralaya comes.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > And after they call it Adi Buddhi with its periodically
> >
> > manifesting
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Divinity.and that periodically is AStmaBuddhi, so the book is
> >
> > right.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > After reading in Dutch it shows me the AdiBuddhi WITH.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > It is not easy to read well I see.So there is no press
mistake
> in
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > this way.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Here comes the pages from on line edition:
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > http://www.theosoci ety.org/pasadena /mahatma/ ml-con.htm
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Letter No. 15
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > [Transcribed from a copy in Mr. Sinnett's handwriting.
> K.H.'s
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > repies are in bold type. -- ED.]
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > From K.H. to A.O.H. Received July 10th, 1882.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > (1) Does every mineral form, vegetable, plant, animal, always
> >
> > >
> >
> > > contain
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > within it that entity which involves the potentiality of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > development
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > into a planetary spirit? At this present day in this present
> >
> > earth
> >
> > >
> >
> > > is
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > there such an essence or spirit or soul -- the name is
> immaterial
> >
> > >
> >
> > > in
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > every mineral, etc.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > (1) Invariably; only rather call it the germ of a future
> entity,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > which it has been for ages. Take the human foetus. From the
> >
> > moment
> >
> > >
> >
> > > of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > its first planting until it completes its seventh month of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > gestation
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > it repeats in miniature the mineral, vegetable, and animal
> cycles
> >
> > >
> >
> > > it
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > passed through in its previous encasements, and only during
the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > last
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > two, develops its future human entity. It is completed but
> >
> > towards
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the child's seventh year. Yet it existed without any increase
> or
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > decrease aeons on aeons before it worked its way onward,
> through
> >
> > >
> >
> > > and
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > in the womb of mother nature as it works now in its earthly
> >
> > >
> >
> > > mother's
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > bosom. Truly said a learned philosopher who trusts more to
his
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > intuitions than the dicta of modern science. "The stages of
> man's
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > intra-uterine existence embody a condensed record of some of
> the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > missing pages in Earth's history." Thus you must look back at
> the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > animal, vegetable and mineral entities. You must take each
> entity
> >
> > >
> >
> > > at
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > its starting point in the manvantaric course as the
primordial
> >
> > >
> >
> > > cosmic
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > atom already differentiated by the first flutter of the
> >
> > manvantaric
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > life breath. For the potentiality which develops finally in a
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > perfected planetary spirit lurks in, is in fact that
primordial
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > cosmic atom. Drawn by its "chemical affinity" (?) to coalesce
> >
> > with
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > other like atoms the aggregate sum of such united atoms will
in
> >
> > >
> >
> > > time
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > become a man-bearing globe after the stages of the cloud, the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > spiral
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > and sphere of fire-mist and of the condensation,
consolidation,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > shrinkage and cooling of the planet have been successively
> passed
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > through. But mind, not every globe becomes a "man bearer." I
> >
> > simply
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > state the fact without dwelling further upon it in this
> >
> > connection.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > The great difficulty in grasping the idea in the above
process
> >
> > lies
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > in the liability to form more or less incomplete mental
> >
> > conceptions
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > of the working of the oneelement, of its inevitable presence
in
> >
> > >
> >
> > > every
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > imponderable atom, and its subsequent ceaseless and almost
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > illimitable multiplication of new centres of activity without
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > affecting in the least its own original quantity. Let us take
> >
> > such
> >
> > >
> >
> > > an
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > aggregation of atoms destined to form our globe and then
> follow,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > throwing a cursory look at the whole, the special work of
such
> >
> > >
> >
> > > atoms.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > We will call the primordial atom A. This being not a
> >
> > circumscribed
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > centre of activity but the initial point of a manwantaric
whirl
> >
> > of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > evolution, gives birth to new centres which we may term B, C,
> D,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > etc., incomputably. Each of these capital points gives birth
to
> >
> > >
> >
> > > minor
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > centres, a, b, c, etc. And the latter in the course of
> evolution
> >
> > >
> >
> > > and
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > involution in time develops into A's, B's, C's, etc., and so
> form
> >
> > >
> >
> > > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > roots or are the developing causes of new genera, species,
> >
> > classes,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > etc., ad infinitum. Now neither the primordial A and its
> >
> > companion
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > atoms, nor their derived a's, b's, c's, have lost one tittle
of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > their
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > original force or life-essence by the evolution of their
> >
> > >
> >
> > > derivatives.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > The force there, is not transformed into something else as I
> have
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > already shown in my letter, but with each development of a
new
> >
> > >
> >
> > > centre
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > of activity from withinitself multiplies ad infinitum without
> >
> > ever
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > losing a particle of its nature in quantity or quality. Yet
> >
> > >
> >
> > > acquiring
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > as it progresses something plus in its differentiation. This
> >
> > >
> >
> > > "force"
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > so-called, shows itself truly indestructible but does not
> >
> > correlate
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > and is not convertible in the sense accepted by the Fellows
of
> >
> > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > R.S., but rather may be said to grow and expand into
"something
> >
> > >
> >
> > > else"
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > while neither its own potentiality nor being are in the least
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > affected by the transformation.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > ***[ is page 88] in the book
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Nor can it well be called force since the latter is but the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > attribute of Yin Sin (Yin Sin or the one "Form of existence"
> also
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Adi-
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Buddhi or Dharmakaya the mystic, universally diffused
essence)
> >
> > when
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > manifesting in the phenomenal world of senses namely only
your
> >
> > old
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > acquaintance Fohat. See in this connexion Subba Row's article
> >
> > >
> >
> > > "Aryan
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Arhat Esoteric Doctrines" on the seven-fold principles in
man;
> >
> > his
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > review of your Fragments, pp. 94 and 95. The initiated
Brahmin
> >
> > >
> >
> > > calls
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > it (Yin Sin and Fohat) Brahman and Sakti when manifesting as
> that
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > force. We will perhaps be nearer correct to call it infinite
> life
> >
> > >
> >
> > > and
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the source of all life visible and invisible, an essence
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > inexhaustible ever present, in short Swabhavat. (S. in its
> >
> > >
> >
> > > universal
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > application, Fohat when manifesting throughout our phenomenal
> >
> > world
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > or rather the visible universe hence in its limitations) . It
> is
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > pravritti when active, nirvritti when passive.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > ***[This is page 89 the part I thought AdiBuddhi was wrong,
but
> >
> > >
> >
> > > they
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > say Adi Buddhi with its periodically and that peridically is
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > AtmaBuddhi]
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Call it the Sakti of Parabrahma, if you like, and say with
the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Adwaitees (Subba Row is one) that Parabrahm plus Maya becomes
> >
> > Iswar
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the creative principle -- a power commonly called God which
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > disappears and dies with the rest when pralaya comes. Or you
> may
> >
> > >
> >
> > > hold
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > with the northern Buddhist philosophers and call it Adi-
Buddhi
> >
> > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > all-pervading supreme and absolute intelligence with its
> >
> > >
> >
> > > periodically
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > manifesting Divinity -- "Avalokiteshvara" (a manwantaric
> >
> > >
> >
> > > intelligent
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > nature crowned with humanity) --
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the mystic name given by us to the hosts of the Dyan Chohans
> >
> > >
> >
> > > (N.B.,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the solar Dyan Chohans or the host of only our solar system)
> >
> > taken
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > collectively, which host represents the mother source, the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > aggregate
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > amount of all the intelligences that were are or ever will be
> >
> > >
> >
> > > whether
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > on our string of man-bearing planets or on any part or
portion
> of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > our
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > solar system. And this will bring you by analogy to see that
in
> >
> > its
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > turn Adi-Buddhi (as its very name translated literally
implies)
> >
> > is
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the aggregate intelligence of the universal intelligences
> >
> > including
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > that of the Dyan Chohans even of the highest order. That is
all
> I
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > dare now to tell you on this special subject, as I fear I
have
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > already transcended the limit. Therefore whenever I speak of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > humanity
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > without specifying it you must understand that I mean not
> >
> > humanity
> >
> > >
> >
> > > of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > our fourth round as we see it on this speck of mud in space
but
> >
> > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > whole host already evoluted.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Yes as described in my letter -- there is but one element and
> it
> >
> > is
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > impossible to comprehend our system before a correct
conception
> >
> > of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > it
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > is firmly fixed in one's mind. You must therefore pardon me
if
> I
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > dwell on the subject longer than really seems necessary. But
> >
> > unless
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > this great primary fact is firmly grasped the rest will
appear
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > unintelligible. This element then is the -- to speak
> >
> > metaphysically
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > -- one sub-stratum or permanent cause of all manifestations
in
> >
> > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > phenomenal universe. The ancients speak of the five
cognizable
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > elements of ether, air, water, fire, earth, and of the one
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > incognizable element (to the uninitiates) the 6th principle
of
> >
> > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > universe -- call it Purush Sakti, while to speak of the
seventh
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > outside the sanctuary was punishable with death. But these
five
> >
> > are
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > but the differentiated aspects of the one. As man is a seven-
> fold
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > being so is the universe -- the septenary microcosm being to
> the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > septenary macrocosm but as the drop of rainwater is to the
> cloud
> >
> > >
> >
> > > from
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > whence it dropped and whither in the course of time it will
> >
> > return.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > In that one are embraced or included so many tendencies for
the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > evolution of air, water, fire, etc. (from the purely abstract
> >
> > down
> >
> > >
> >
> > > to
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > their concrete condition) and when those latter are called
> >
> > elements
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > it is to indicate their productive potentialities for
> numberless
> >
> > >
> >
> > > form
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > changes or evolution of being. Let us represent the unknown
> >
> > >
> >
> > > quantity
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > as X; that quantity is the one eternal immutable principle --
> and
> >
> > >
> >
> > > A,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > B, C, D, E, five of the six minor principles or components of
> the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > same; viz., the principles of earth, water, air, fire and
ether
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > (akasa) following the order of their spirituality and
beginning
> >
> > >
> >
> > > with
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the lowest. There is a sixth principle answering to the sixth
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > principle Buddhi, in man (to avoid confusion remember that in
> >
> > >
> >
> > > viewing
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the question from the side of the descending scale the
abstract
> >
> > All
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > or eternal principle would be numerically designated as the
> >
> > first,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > and the phenomenal universe as the seventh, and whether
> belonging
> >
> > >
> >
> > > to
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > man or to the universe -- viewed from the other side the
> >
> > numerical
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > order would be exactly reversed) but we are not permitted to
> name
> >
> > >
> >
> > > it
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > except among the initiates. I may however hint that it is
> >
> > connected
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > with the process of the highest intellection. Let us call it
N.
> >
> > And
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > besides these, there is under all the activities of the
> >
> > phenomenal
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > universe an energizing impulse from X, call this Y.
> Algebraically
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > stated, our equation would therefore read A+B+C+D+E+N+ Y=X.
> Each
> >
> > of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > these six letters represents, so to speak, the spirit or
> >
> > >
> >
> > > abstraction
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > of what you call elements (your meagre English gives me no
> other
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > word). This spirit controls the entire line of evolution,
> around
> >
> > >
> >
> > > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > whole manwantaric cycle in its own department. The informing,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > vivifying, impelling, evolving cause,behind the countless
> >
> > >
> >
> > > phenomenal
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > manifestations in that department of Nature. Let us work out
> the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > idea
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > with a single example. Take fire. D -- the primal igneous
> >
> > principle
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > resident in X -- is the ultimate cause of every phenomenal
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > manifestation of fire on all the globes of the chain. The
> >
> > proximate
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > causes are the evoluted secondary igneous agencies which
> >
> > severally
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > control the sevendescents of fire on each planet. (Every
> element
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > having its seven principles and every principle its seven sub-
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > principles and these secondary agencies before doing so, have
> in
> >
> > >
> >
> > > turn
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > become primary causes.) D is a septenary compound of which
the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > highest fraction is pure spirit. As we see it on our globe it
> is
> >
> > in
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > its coarsest, most material condition, as gross in its way as
> is
> >
> > >
> >
> > > man
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > in his physical encasement. In the next preceding globe to
ours
> >
> > >
> >
> > > fire
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > was less gross than here: on the one before that less still.
> And
> >
> > so
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the body of flame was more and more pure and spiritual less
and
> >
> > >
> >
> > > less
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > gross and material on each antecedent planet. On the first of
> all
> >
> > >
> >
> > > in
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the manwantaric chain, it appeared as an almost pure
objective
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > shining -- the Maha Buddhi, sixth principle of the eternal
> light.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Our
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > globe being at the bottom of the arc where matter exhibits
> itself
> >
> > >
> >
> > > in
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > its grossest form along with spirit -- when the fire element
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > manifests itself on the globe next succeeding ours in the
> >
> > ascending
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > arc it will be less dense than as we see it. Its spiritual
> >
> > quality
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > will be identical with that which fire had on the globe
> preceding
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > ours in the descending scale; the second globe of the
ascending
> >
> > >
> >
> > > scale
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > will correspond in quality with that of the second anterior
> globe
> >
> > >
> >
> > > to
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > ours in the descending scale, etc. On each globe of the chain
> >
> > there
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > are seven manifestations of fire of which the first in order
> will
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > compare as to spiritual quality with the last manifestation
on
> >
> > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > next preceding planet: the process being reversed, as you
will
> >
> > >
> >
> > > infer,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > with the opposite arc. The myriad specific manifestations of
> >
> > these
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > six universal elements are in their turn but the offshoots,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > branches
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > or branchlets of the one single primordial "Tree of Life."
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Take Darwin's genealogical tree of life of the human race and
> >
> > >
> >
> > > others
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > and bearing ever in mind the wise old adage, "As below so
> above"
> >
> > --
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > that is the universal system of correspondences -- try to
> >
> > >
> >
> > > understand
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > by analogy. Thus will you see that in this day on this
present
> >
> > >
> >
> > > earth
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > in every mineral, etc., there is such a spirit. I will say
> more.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Every grain of sand, every boulder or crag of granite, is
that
> >
> > >
> >
> > > spirit
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > crystallized or petrified. You hesitate. Take a primer of
> geology
> >
> > >
> >
> > > and
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > see what science affirms there about the formation and growth
> of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > minerals. What is the origin of all the rocks, whether
> >
> > sedimentary
> >
> > >
> >
> > > or
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > igneous. Take a piece of granite or sandstone and you find
one
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > composed of crystals, the other of grains of various stones
> >
> > >
> >
> > > (organic
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > rocks or stones formed out of the remains of once living
plants
> >
> > and
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > animals, will not serve our present purpose: they are the
> relics
> >
> > of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > subsequent evolutions while we are concerned but with the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > primordial
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > ones). Now sedimentary and igneous rocks are composed, the
> former
> >
> > >
> >
> > > of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > sand gravel and mud, the latter of lava. We have then but to
> >
> > trace
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the origin of the two. What do we find? We find that one was
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > compounded of three elements or more accurately three several
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > manifestations of the one element, -- earth, water and fire,
> and
> >
> > >
> >
> > > that
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the other was similarly compounded (though under different
> >
> > physical
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > conditions) out of cosmic matter -- the imaginary materia
prima
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > itself one of the manifestations (6th principle) of the one
> >
> > >
> >
> > > element.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > How then can we doubt that a mineral contains in it a spark
of
> >
> > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > One as everything else in this objective nature does?
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > (2) When the pralaya commences what becomes of the Spirit
that
> >
> > has
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > not worked its way up to man?
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > (2) . . . The period necessary for the completion of the
seven
> >
> > >
> >
> > > local
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > or earthly -- or shall we call it -- globe-rings (not to
speak
> of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > seven Rounds in the minor manwantaras followed by their seven
> >
> > minor
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > pralayas) -- the completion of the so-called mineral cycle is
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > immeasurably longer than that of any other kingdom. As you
may
> >
> > >
> >
> > > infer
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > by analogy every globe before it reaches its adult period,
has
> to
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > pass through a formation period -- also septenary. Law in
> Nature
> >
> > is
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > uniform and the conception, formation, birth, progress and
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > development of the child differs from those of the globe only
> in
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > magnitude. The globe has two periods of teething and of
> >
> > capillature
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > -- its first rocks which it also sheds to make room for new
--
> >
> > and
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > its ferns and mosses before it gets forest. As the atoms in
the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > body
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > change [every] seven years so does the globe renew its strata
> >
> > every
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > seven cycles. A section of a part of Cape Breton coalfields
> shows
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > seven ancient soils with remains of as many forests, and
could
> >
> > one
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > dig as deep once more seven other sections would be found
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > following. . . .
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > There are three kinds of pralayas and manwantara: --
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > 1. The universal or Maha pralaya and manwantara.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > 2. The solar pralaya and manwantara.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > 3. The minor pralaya and manwantara.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > When the pralaya No. 1 is finished the universal manwantara
> >
> > begins.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Then the whole universe must be re-evoluted de novo. When the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > pralaya
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > of a solar system comes it affects that solar system only. A
> >
> > solar
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > pralaya = 7 minor pralayas. The minor pralayas of No. 3
concern
> >
> > but
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > our little string of globes, whether man-bearing or not. To
> such
> >
> > a
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > string our Earth belongs.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Besides this within a minor pralaya there is a condition of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > planetary
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > rest or as the astronomers say "death," like that of our
> present
> >
> > >
> >
> > > moon
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > -- in which the rocky body of the planet survives but the
life
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > impulse has passed out. For example. Let us imagine that our
> >
> > earth
> >
> > >
> >
> > > is
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > one of a group of seven planets or man-bearing worlds more or
> >
> > less
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > eliptically arranged. Our earth being at the exact lower
> central
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > point of the orbit of evolution, viz., half way round -- we
> will
> >
> > >
> >
> > > call
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the first globe A, the last Z. After each solar pralaya there
> is
> >
> > a
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > complete destruction of our system and after each solar p.
> begins
> >
> > >
> >
> > > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > absolute objective reformation of our system and each time
> >
> > >
> >
> > > everything
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > is more perfect than before.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Now the life impulse reaches "A" or rather that which is
> destined
> >
> > >
> >
> > > to
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > become "A" and which so far is but cosmic dust. A centre is
> >
> > formed
> >
> > >
> >
> > > in
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the nebulous matter of the condensation of the solar dust
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > disseminated through space and a series of three evolutions
> >
> > >
> >
> > > invisible
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > to the eye of flesh occur in succession, viz., three kingdoms
> of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > elementals or nature forces are evoluted: in other words the
> >
> > animal
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > soul of the future globe is formed; or as a Kabalist will
> express
> >
> > >
> >
> > > it,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the gnomes, the salamanders, and the undines are created. The
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > correspondence between a mother-globe and her child-man may
be
> >
> > thus
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > worked out. Both have their seven principles. In the Globe,
the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > elementals (of which there are in all seven species) form (a)
a
> >
> > >
> >
> > > gross
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > body, (b) her fluidic double (linga sariram), (c) her life
> >
> > >
> >
> > > principle
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > (jiva); (d) her fourth principle kama rupa is formed by her
> >
> > >
> >
> > > creative
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > impulse working from centre to circumference; (e) her fifth
> >
> > >
> >
> > > principle
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > (animal soul or Manas, physical intelligence) is embodied in
> the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > vegetable (in germ) and animal kingdoms; (f) her sixth
> principle
> >
> > >
> >
> > > (or
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > spiritual soul, Buddhi) is man (g) and her seventh principle
> >
> > (atma)
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > is in a film of spiritualized akasa that surrounds her. The
> three
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > evolutions completed: palpable globe begins to form. The
> mineral
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > kingdom fourth in the whole series, but first in this stage
> leads
> >
> > >
> >
> > > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > way. Its deposits are at first vaporous soft and plastic,
only
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > becoming hard and concrete in the seventh ring. When this
ring
> is
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > completed it projects its essence to globe B -- which is
> already
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > passing through the preliminary stages of formation and
mineral
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > evolution begins on that globe. At this juncture the
evolution
> of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > vegetable kingdom commences on globe A. When the latter has
> made
> >
> > >
> >
> > > its
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > seventh ring its essence passes on to globe B. At that time
the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > mineral essence moves to globe C and the germs of the animal
> >
> > >
> >
> > > kingdom
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > enter A. When the animal has seven rings there, its life
> >
> > principle
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > goes to globe B, and the essences of vegetable and mineral
move
> >
> > on.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Then comes man on A, an ethereal foreshadowing of the compact
> >
> > being
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > he is destined to become on our earth. Evolving seven parent
> >
> > races
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > with many offshoots of sub-races, he, like the preceding
> kingdoms
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > completes his seven rings and is then transferred
successively
> to
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > each of the globes onward to Z. From the first man has all
the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > seven
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > principles included in him in germ but none are developed. If
> we
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > compare him to a baby we will be right; no one has ever, in
the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > thousands of ghost stories current, seen the ghost of an
> infant,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > though the imagination of a loving mother may have suggested
to
> >
> > her
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the picture of her lost babe in dreams. And this is very
> >
> > >
> >
> > > suggestive.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > In each of the rounds he makes one of the principles develop
> >
> > fully.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > In the first round his consciousness on our earth is dull and
> but
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > feeble and shadowy, something like that of an infant. When he
> >
> > >
> >
> > > reaches
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > our earth in the second round he has become responsible in a
> >
> > >
> >
> > > degree,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > in the third he becomes so entirely. At every stage and every
> >
> > round
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > his development keeps pace, with the globe on which he is.
The
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > descending arc from A to our earth is called the shadowy, the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > ascending to Z the "luminous" . . . We men of the fourth
round
> >
> > are
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > already reaching the latter half of the fifth race of our
> fourth
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > round humanity, while the men (the few earlier comers) of the
> >
> > fifth
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > round, though only in their first race (or rather class), are
> yet
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > immeasurably higher than we are -- spiritually if not
> >
> > >
> >
> > > intellectually;
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > since with the completion or full development of this fifth
> >
> > >
> >
> > > principle
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > (intellectual soul) they have come nearer than we have, are
> >
> > closer
> >
> > >
> >
> > > in
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > contact with their sixth principle Buddhi. Of course many are
> the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > differentiated individuals even in the fourth r. as germs of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > principles are not equally developed in all, but such is the
> rule.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > . . . Man comes on globe "A" after the other kingdoms have
gone
> >
> > on.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > (Dividing our kingdoms into seven, the last four are what
> >
> > exoteric
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > science divides into three. To this we add the kingdom of man
> or
> >
> > >
> >
> > > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Deva kingdom. The respective entities of these we divide into
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > germinal, instinctive, semi-conscious, and fully
> >
> > conscious). . . .
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > When all kingdoms have reached globe Z they will not move
> forward
> >
> > >
> >
> > > to
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > re-enter A in precedence of man, but under a law of
retardation
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > operative from the central point -- or earth -- to Z and
which
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > equilibrates a principle of acceleration in the descending
arc
> --
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > they will have just finished their respective evolution of
> genera
> >
> > >
> >
> > > and
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > species, when man reaches his highest development on globe Z
--
> >
> > in
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > this or any round. The reason for it is found in the
enormously
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > greater time required by them to develop their infinite
> varieties
> >
> > >
> >
> > > as
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > compared with man; the relative speed of development in the
> rings
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > therefore naturally increases as we go up the scale from the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > mineral.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > But these different rates are so adjusted by man stopping
> longer
> >
> > in
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the inter-planetary spheres of rest, for weal or woe -- that
> all
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > kingdoms finish their work simultaneously on the planet Z.
For
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > example, on our globe we see the equilibrating law
manifesting.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > From
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the first appearance of man whether speechless or not to his
> >
> > >
> >
> > > present
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > one as a fourth and the coming fifth round being the
structural
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > intention of his organization has not radically changed.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Ethnological
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > characteristics however varied, affecting in no way man as a
> >
> > human
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > being. The fossil of man or his skeleton whether of the
period
> of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > that mammalian branch of which he forms the crown, whether
> cyclop
> >
> > >
> >
> > > or
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > dwarf can be still recognised at a glance as a relic of man.
> >
> > Plants
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > and animals meanwhile have become more and more unlike what
> they
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > were. . . . The scheme with its septenary details would be
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > incomprehensible to man had he not the power as the higher
> Adepts
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > have proved of prematurely developing his 6th and 7th senses
--
> >
> > >
> >
> > > those
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > which will be the natural endowment of all in the
corresponding
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > rounds. Our Lord Buddha -- a 6th r. man -- would not have
> >
> > appeared
> >
> > >
> >
> > > in
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > our epoch, great as were his accumulated merits in previous
> >
> > >
> >
> > > rebirths
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > but for a mystery. . . . Individuals cannot outstrip the
> humanity
> >
> > >
> >
> > > of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > their round any further than by one remove, for it is
> >
> > >
> >
> > > mathematically
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > impossible -- you say (in effect): if the fountain of life
> flows
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > ceaselessly there should be men of all rounds on the earth at
> all
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > times, etc. The hint about planetary rest may dispel the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > misconception on this head.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > When man is perfected qua a given round on Globe A he
> disappears
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > thence (as had certain vegetables and animals). By degrees
this
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Globe
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > loses its vitality and finally reaches the moon stage, i.e.,
> >
> > death,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > and so remains while man is making his seven rings on Z and
> >
> > passing
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > his inter-cyclic period before starting on his next round. So
> >
> > with
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > each Globe in turn.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > And now as man when completing his seventh ring upon A has
but
> >
> > >
> >
> > > begun
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > his first on Z and as A dies when he leaves it for B, etc.,
and
> >
> > as
> >
> > >
> >
> > > he
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > must also remain in the inter-cyclic sphere after Z, as he
has
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > between every two planets, until the impulse again thrills
the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > chain,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > clearly no one can be more than one round ahead of his kind.
> And
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Buddha only forms an exception by virtue of the mystery. We
> have
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > fifth round men among us because we are in the latter half of
> our
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > septenary earth ring. In the first half this could not have
> >
> > >
> >
> > > happened.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > The countless myriads of our fourth round humanity who have
> >
> > outrun
> >
> > >
> >
> > > us
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > and completed their seven rings on Z, have had time to pass
> their
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > inter-cyclic period begin their new round and work on to
globe
> D
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > (ours). But how can there be men of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th
and
> >
> > 7th
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > rounds? We represent the first three and the sixth can only
> come
> >
> > at
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > rare intervals and prematurely like Buddhas (only under
> prepared
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > conditions) and that the last-named the seventh are not yet
> >
> > >
> >
> > > evolved!
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > We have traced man out of a round into the Nirvanic state
> between
> >
> > Z
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > and A. A was left in the last round dead. As the new round
> begins
> >
> > >
> >
> > > it
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > catches the new influx of life, reawakens to vitality and
> begets
> >
> > >
> >
> > > all
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > its kingdoms of a superior order to the last. After this has
> been
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > repeated seven times comes a minor pralaya; the chain of
globes
> >
> > are
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > not destroyed by disintegration and dispersion of their
> particles
> >
> > >
> >
> > > but
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > pass in abscondito. From this they will re-emerge in their
turn
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > during the next septenary period. Within one solar period (of
a
> >
> > p.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > and m.) occur seven such minor periods, in an ascending scale
> of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > progressive development. To recapitulate there are in the
round
> >
> > >
> >
> > > seven
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > planetary or earth rings for each kingdom and one obscuration
> of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > each
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > planet. The minor manwantara is composed of seven rounds, 49
> >
> > rings
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > and 7 obscurations, the solar period of 49 rounds, etc.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > The periods with pralaya and manwantara are called by
Dikshita
> >
> > >
> >
> > > "Surya
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > manwantaras and pralayas." Thought is baffled in speculating
> how
> >
> > >
> >
> > > many
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > of our solar pralayas must come before the great Cosmic night
> --
> >
> > >
> >
> > > but
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > that will come.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > . . . In the minor pralayas there is no starting de novo --
> only
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > resumption of arrested activity. The vegetable and animal
> >
> > kingdoms
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > which at the end of the minor manwantara had reached only a
> >
> > partial
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > development are not destroyed. Their life or vital entities,
> call
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > some of them nati if you will -- find also their
corresponding
> >
> > >
> >
> > > night
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > and rest -- they also have a Nirvana of their own. And why
> should
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > they not, these foetal and infant entities. They are all like
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > ourselves begotten of the one element. . . . As we have our
> Dyan
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Chohans so have they in their several kingdoms elemental
> >
> > guardians
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > and are as well taken care of in the mass as is humanity in
the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > mass.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > The one element not only fills space and isspace, but
> >
> > >
> >
> > > interpenetrates
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > every atom of cosmic matter.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > When strikes the hour of the solar pralaya -- though the
> process
> >
> > of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > man's advance on his last seventh round is precisely the
same,
> >
> > each
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > planet instead of merely passing out of the visible into the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > invisible as he quits it in turn is annihilated. With the
> >
> > beginning
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > of the seventh Round of the seventh minor manwantara, every
> >
> > kingdom
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > having now reached its last cycle, there remains on each
planet
> >
> > >
> >
> > > after
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the exit of man but the maya of once living and existing
forms.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > With
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > every step he takes on the descending and ascending arcs as
he
> >
> > >
> >
> > > moves
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > on from Globe to Globe the planet left behind becomes an
empty
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > chrysaloidal case. At his departure there is an outflow from
> >
> > every
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > kingdom of its entities. Waiting to pass into higher forms in
> due
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > time they are nevertheless liberated: for to the day of that
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > evolution they will rest in their lethargic sleep in space
> until
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > again energized into life in the new solar manwantara. The
old
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > elementals -- will rest until they are called to become in
> their
> >
> > >
> >
> > > turn
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the bodies of mineral, vegetable and animal entities (on
> another
> >
> > >
> >
> > > and
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > a higher string of globes) on their way to become human
> entities
> >
> > >
> >
> > > (see
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Isis) while the germinal entities of the lowest forms, and in
> >
> > that
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > time of general perfection there will remain but few of such
--
> >
> > >
> >
> > > will
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > hang in space like drops of water suddenly turned to icicles.
> >
> > They
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > will thaw at the first hot breath of a solar manwantara and
> form
> >
> > >
> >
> > > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > soul of the future globes. . . . The slow development of the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > vegetable kingdom provided for by the longer inter-planetary
> rest
> >
> > >
> >
> > > of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > man. . . . When the solar pralaya comes the whole purified
> >
> > humanity
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > merges into Nirvana and from that inter-solar Nirvana will be
> >
> > >
> >
> > > reborn
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > in higher systems. The string of worlds is destroyed and
> vanishes
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > like a shadow from the wall in the extinguishment of light.
We
> >
> > have
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > every indication that at this very moment such a solar
pralaya
> is
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > taking place while there are two minor ones ending somewhere.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > At the beginning of the solar manwantara the hitherto
> subjective
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > elements of the material world now scattered in cosmic dust
--
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > receiving their impulse from the new Dyan Chohans of the new
> >
> > solar
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > system (the highest of the old ones having gone higher) --
will
> >
> > >
> >
> > > form
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > into primordial ripples of life and separating into
> >
> > differentiating
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > centres of activity combine in a graduated scale of seven
> stages
> >
> > of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > evolution. Like every other orb of space our Earth has before
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > obtaining its ultimate materiality -- and nothing now in this
> >
> > world
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > can give you an idea of what this state of matter is -- to
pass
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > through a gamut of seven stages of density. I say gamut
> advisedly
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > since the diatonic scale best affords an illustration of the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > perpetual rythmic motion of the descending and ascending
cycle
> of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Swabhavat -- graduated as it is by tones and semi-tones.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > You have among the learned members of your society one
> >
> > Theosophist
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > who without familiarity with our occult doctrine, has yet
> >
> > >
> >
> > > intuitively
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > grasped from scientific data the idea of a solar pralaya and
> its
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > manwantara in their beginnings. I mean the celebrated French
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > astronomer Flammarion -- "La Resurrection et la Fin des
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Mondes" (Chapter 4 res.). He speaks like a true seer. The
facts
> >
> > are
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > as he surmises with slight modifications. In consequence of
the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > secular refrigeration (old age rather and loss of vital
power),
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > solidification and desiccation of the globes, the earth
arrives
> >
> > at
> >
> > >
> >
> > > a
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > point when it begins to be a relaxed conglomerate. The period
> of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > child-bearing is gone by. The progeny are all nurtured, its
> term
> >
> > of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > life is finished. Hence "its constituent masses cease to obey
> >
> > those
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > laws of cohesion and aggregation which held them together."
And
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > becoming like a cadaver which abandoned to the work of
> >
> > destruction
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > would leave each molecule composing it free to separate
itself
> >
> > from
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the body for ever to obey in future the sway of new
influences.
> >
> > The
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > attraction of the moon (would that he could know the full
> extent
> >
> > of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > its pernicious influence) would itself undertake the task of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > demolition by producing a tidal wave of earth particles
instead
> >
> > of
> >
> > >
> >
> > > an
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > aqueous tide.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > His mistake is that he believes a long time must be devoted
to
> >
> > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > ruin of the solar system: we are told that it occurs in the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > twinkling
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > of an eye but not without many preliminary warnings. Another
> >
> > error
> >
> > >
> >
> > > is
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > the supposition that the earth will fall into the sun. The
sun
> >
> > >
> >
> > > itself
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > is first to disintegrate at the solar pralaya.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > . . . Fathom the nature and essence of the sixth principle of
> the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > universe and man and you will have fathomed the greatest
> mystery
> >
> > in
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > this our world -- and why not -- are you not surrounded by
it?
> >
> > What
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > are its familiar manifestations, mesmerism, Od force, etc. --
> all
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > different aspects of one force capable of good and evil
> >
> > >
> >
> > > applications.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > The degrees of an Adept's initiation mark the seven stages at
> >
> > which
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > he discovers the secret of the sevenfold principles in nature
> and
> >
> > >
> >
> > > man
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > and awakens his dormant powers.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > End of letter 15
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Christina
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, "Morten Nymann Olesen"
> >
> > <global-
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > theosophy@> wrote:
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > > Dear Christina
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > > My views are:
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > > I am not in possesion of this book and others are not.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > > Are you able to make quotes from the relevant passages from
> the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > online version?
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > >
> >
> > >
> >
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