February 6, 2001

SHORT PAPER ON THE KEY SOUND 7+5=12

I have chosen to focus upon the relationship between the five liberated hierarchies upon the cosmic astral plane and the seven hierarchies of the cosmic physical. We know that the second solar system is focused upon the 'son' aspect and that the drama of the son has three acts.

1.THE SEPARATION OF THE SON FROM THE MOTHER

One could say that this stage is still incomplete and hence the global oedipus complex. The five hierarchies that were to have achieved in the last system did not quite make it. The fifth or Cancer hierachy still has a few apron strings to cut. This we are told is linked to the 'failure' of the Buddha regarding 'too much compassion' and has it's roots in the moon chain when 'compassionate zeal' led our PL to open his arms a little too wide to that which should have been left to develop on its own. The Atlantis drama as well appeared to be the result of too much being given too soon.

The overall impression we get is that there is that within the devic astral life of our planet that has not become 'detached' enough and hence the astral body is not yet able to function independently of the physical/etheric. One might imagine that the 'stickiness' is on the three highest levels of the Logoic plane and that this is a correspondence to the human soul being 'stuck' in the causal body on the three higher levels of the mental plane.

There are three separate 'crucifixions' being undergone as part of this detachment.

First, the planetary Logos is undergoing the fourth subinitiation of the second major cosmic intiation on the fourth subplane of the cosmic astral plane. This involves the Aries or second hierarchy. It is reasonable to assume that this is being undergone in the fifth subrace of the fifth rootrace of the fourth round (a PL masters one subplane of the cosmic astral with each round). The result of this crucifixion is that the polarisation will be able to shift to the third subplane where the PL of Venus is polarised and the second cosmic initiation can take place in the fifth round.

The second crucifixion is being undergone by the fifth or cancer hierarchy on the seventh subplane of the cosmic astral. This hierachy is struggling to free itself from the cosmic physical plane and 'shamballa' as the crown centre is where this conflict takes place.

The third crucifixion is being undergone by the ninth or scorpio hierarchy on the buddhic plane as the human soul attempts to free itself from the causal body. Thus a direct relationship is established between the human soul, shamballa and the will of the planetary Logos.

The chart below may make this clearer. It includes a comparison between the personality of a human being and the personality of the Solar Logos.

CHART 1

This latter is AGNI, the sum total of fire which makes up the three worlds of Logoic manifestation. Agni expresses as a unity, represented by the orange sphere and connected to the fifth ray. Agni expresses as a duality represented by the light blue spheres and related to the sixth ray. Agni expresses as a triplicity represented by the violet spheres and related to the seventh ray.

Agni is also the substance of the twenty one lower cosmic subplanes and these together with the threefold, dual and synthetic expression make up the twentyseven laws of fire. (21+3+2+1=27) The centre of the orange sphere is the fourth subplane of the cosmic astral where the PL is polarised. The centre of the lower blue sphere is Shamballa (there must be a corresponding centre between the cosmic astral and mental planes - any ideas?). The centre of the the lower violet sphere is the buddhic plane. The relationship between the centres of interpenetrating spheres can be said to be a 'fourth dimensional' connection, but that is another whole subject.

A simple way of understanding the way these three points of tension operate is to imagine them as points of at one ment between the highest and lowest planes of any sphere. Thus the human point brings the energies of the logoic plane or leo hierarchy into relationship with the physical or aquarian plane. Shamballa brings the pisces hierachy, where Venus is polarised into relationship with the capricorn hierarchy and the PL, once the whole cosmic antahkarana is built, brings the energy from the Solar causal body all the way down to the physical plane so that eventually, in the next system the Solar Will can be fully anchored on the planet.

 

2. THE SON WEDS THE MOTHER

Within the Solar personality, the son expresses on the cosmic astral plane. We are told that there are five great words connected with the U or Vishnu aspect and seven great words related to M or the Brahma aspect. The five of sentiency, the solar psychic life expresses through the seven of form. We are told that there is a light within substance - the light of the planes and also the light of the creative hierarchies which is the light of consciousness working through the substance of the planes.

In addition, it seems clear that the creative hierarchies can work through each other so that, in that light, we shall see light. The five liberated hierarchies have already mastered and liberated themelves from the substance of the lower planes of the cosmic physical - infact the process of their liberation in the last system is what has resulted in the light that is to be found within the substance of the planes and therefore incurs a karmic obligation.

These liberated hierarchies, by shining their light through the light of the seven hierarchies currently working in form, are able to help them liberate more rapidly and at the same time adjust thereby the light within the substance of the planes. The way this occurs is illustrated in the second chart which confines its scope to the lower blue sphere of Agni - the unity within a greater duality of the cosmic astral and physical planes.

Initially, before consciousness is fully developed the higher spheres are reflected into the lower and operate in an inverted fashion. Within the cosmic physical plane, the monad is reflected via the buddhic into the astral plane until the antahkarana has been built. Within the physical/astral planes the light of the first hierarchy is reflected from the third subplane of the cosmic astral into the fifth subplane of the cosmic physical. This reflection is the key to the relationship between the third and fifth rays and the mystery of makara.

On the third subplane of the cosmic astral, the Planetary Logos of Venus is polarised. Venus synthesises the five liberated hierarchies and represents the height of achievement on the cosmic astral plane. Venus is now striving upwards under pisces towards identification with the Father aspect or cosmic mental plane.

Earth is positioned midway between the mother and father aspect of the Logoic personality. The reflection of this upwards striving on the cosmic astral is experienced as the 'fall' of Venus on the fifth subplane of the cosmic physical - the mental plane.

Paradoxically it is the success of Venus on the cosmic astral that results in the driving of human consciousness into the lower two planes. This fall is both an act of limitation and redemption. The 'reflection' of the upper five hierarchies into the first five planes of the cosmic physical explains why these latter are solar planes and expresses the dual nature of manas - 5+5=10 the number of Capricorn.

Once the antahkarana is built from the cosmic astral plane through shamballa, hierarchy and humanity, the five liberated hierarchies can operate in an upright fashion rather than inverted.

The resulting relationships between the hierarchies and their rulers are tabled here

Hierarchies

Note that the only consistent relationship is between Aries ruled by Uranus and Scorpio ruled by Mercury. The Light of Life meets the Light of Day. Man, mercury, under the stimulus of electric fire, realises his essential nature and lifts his gaze to the monad. As a result,the light of venus representing the liberated hierarchies is lifted from her 'fall' on the mental plane and rises upright on the atmic plane creating the higher antahkarana. The fourth and fifth hierarchies 'marry' creating the nine of the initiate and the planes of the triad, 3,4 and five are brought into right relationship.

(As an aside there is a link here too between the reason why the 9th,10th and 11th hierarchies are the key to Agni and the cycles of Vishnu, and the reason solar fire expresses on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th planes of our system.)

At the third degree, the cause of the fall is realised. At the fourth it is reversed and at the fifth degree man has mastered the five lower subplanes of the cosmic physical with the aid of Venus who has done the same on the cosmic astral. Pluto breaks us free from Saturn. In the third chain, round, root race etc there is always the fall represented by the downward pointed pentagram. In the fifth round,rootrace etc there is always a ressurection represented by the upright pentagram.

 

3. THE SON ARISES AND GOES TO THE FATHER

The wedding of the cosmic astral and physical planes results both in the driving of consciousness into matter and also it's ultimate resurrection. The externalisation of the Hierarchy is a part of this process. Humanity is being redeemed , not because of its worthiness from the human perspective but because striving upwards similtaneouly requires the descent into matter. What we call 'love' is the desire or astral nature of the Logos.

Once that is fully expressed on earth (which will happen by the liberated hierarchies operating through the hierarchies expressing through the seven planes) then the planetary logos can take the second cosmic initiation and free his astral body from the cosmic physical. The focus of the logos will then shift to the integration of His astral and mental nature represented by the upper blue sphere in Chart 1 above..

Finally in the next system, the Solar Logos will integrate the mental, astral and physical bodies of the whole system and take the third cosmic initiation.

 

CONCLUSION

In this solar system the Logoic astral and etheric bodies are being brought into relationship (God is Um -ing)! The five liberated hierarchies from the last system are assisting the development of the hierarchies of this system by operating through them. Twelve planes are involved and twelve hierarchies developing consciousness on the planes. Ten of the planes are influenced by manas which operates in a dual fashion - upright and inverted.

The correspondence in man is the seven centres in the etheric body, with the soul as the fifth principle pouring it's influence through five of them. Twelve is also the number of petals in the lotus. Nine, the number of initiation resulting from the fusion of the fourth and fifth hierarchy plus three, the synthesis of atma around the jewel. The mental plane is 'the council chamber of the three divinities' because three lights merge here. The light of the fifth (ninth) hierarchy on its own plane.

The Venusian light via the first hierarchy on third subplane of the cosmic astral reflected via Shamballa. The light from the causal body on the cosmic mental plane, reflected via the planetary logos and the second hierarchy on the cosmic astral plane. These same 'lights' meet in a more conscious way on the atmic plane when man becomes a master and liberates himself from the five worlds of human evolution.