LEO
PROBE
The
Planetary Centres
COMMENTARY
& TECHNICAL REFERENCES:
keynote
references:
"The
keynote, therefore, of the Lord of the World is HUMANITY for it is the
basis, the goal and the essential inner structure of all being. Humanity
itself is the key to all evolutionary processes and to all correct understanding
of the divine Plan, expressing in time and space the divine Purpose.
Why HE chose that this should be so, we know not; but it is a point
to be accepted and remembered in all study of [127] the Science of Impression
because it is the factor that makes relationship and contact possible
and it is also the source of all understanding. These are most difficult
things to express and to enlarge upon, my brothers, and only the penetrating
intuition can make these matters clearer to your avid and active intelligence".
TEV 127]
The
Great Word of our solar system keys in, if it might be so expressed,
with other Words, and is but one Word of the sevenfold Word, known to
that great Existence who stands in the same relation to the Solar Logos
as the latter does to the Planetary Logos. The sacred Words of seven
solar systems (of which ours is but one) make up this septenary sound,
which vibrates at this time in the cosmic spheres. [IHS.160]
The
basis of all manifested phenomena is the enunciated sound, or the Word
spoken with power, that is, with the full purpose of the will behind
it. Herein, as is known, lies the value of meditation, for meditation
produces eventually that inner dynamic purpose and recollection, or
that internal ideation which must invariably precede the uttering of
any creative sound. When it is said that the Logos produced the worlds
through meditation it means that within his own center of consciousness
there was a period wherein he brooded over and meditated upon the purposes
and plans he had in view; wherein he visualized to himself the entire
world process as a perfected whole, seeing the end from the beginning
and being aware of the detail of the consummated sphere. Then, when
his meditation was concluded, and the whole completed as a picture before
his inner vision, he brought into use a certain Word of Power which
had been committed to him by the One about whom naught may be said,
the Logos of the cosmic scheme of which our system is but a part. With
cosmic and Logoic initiations we are not concerned, except in so far
as the human initiations reflect their stupendous prototypes, but it
is of interest to the student to realize that just as at each initiation
some Word of Power is committed to the initiate, so similarly to the
Logos was committed the great Word of Power which produced our solar
system, that Word which is called the "Sacred Word," or AUM.
It must be here remembered that this sound AUM is man's endeavor to
reproduce on an infinitesimally small scale the cosmic triple sound
whereby creation was made possible. [IHS.151]
At
Shamballa, the Great Lives Who function there not only see manifestation
whole and apart from all the limitations of time, but They feel all
the major evolutionary impulses which are bringing the developing world
into line with the divine Will. They embody those impulses not in terms
of progressive movement, but in terms of one great divine and spiritual
reaction. This idea can perhaps be best understood by you in terms of
the Eternal AUM which is the symbol of the Eternal NOW. You have been
told, and it has been demonstrated, that the AUM is composed of one
major Sound, three minor sounds, and seven subsidiary vibratory tones.
So it is with the Will of God which is embodied and held in synthesis
by the Members of the Council Chamber. To Them, as They "hold the
Will of God in solution, it is one clear note; as They see that Will
in motion, it is three abiding chords, carrying outwards into all the
worlds the Purpose of the ONE Who for aeons will abide; as They impel
that Will to demonstrate, it is seven vibratory tones, drawing out into
the reflected worlds the structure of the Plan. And thus the note, the
chords and tone produce the Plan, reveal the Purpose and indicate God's
Will." This is a quotation from certain of the ancient Archives
which constitute the study of the Masters; they relate to the nature
of Shamballa, its work and emanating energies.[EXH.534]
The
cosmic Logos of our system works similarly through three major systems
(of which ours is not one), utilizing seven solar systems (of which
ours is one), for the distribution of His force and having myriads of
sevenfold groups as the cells of His body. [T.C.F.353]
THE
RAY LOGOI
commentary:
We
know the ray Logoi work through their respective focal points (macrocosmic
and microcosmic) and these, in the case of all Entities are ever the
seven major or primary etheric centers. A great Ray Life passes these
energies through its solar and planetary bodies of manifestation and
thereby imparts them to all forms upon and within the various bodies.
The ray energies, working on substance, produces the forms, and each
subjective form, in its turn, produces the outer form. The Central Spiritual
Sun is the source of the Seven Rays and of all forms of life in manifestation
within the Central Sun and planets of each one of the star centres.
The recipients of the radiations from the Cosmic Sun take the form and
nature of the PrincipalRay Forces. The Master Hilarion teaches that
we can attempt to visualize this process by imagining a seven spoked
wheel with a central hub. He goes on to say that in the same manner
as the spokes of a wheel reach the circumference or rim from the hub,
the seven cosmic rays pass from the central vortex to the objective
centres of the Central Suns, then to the seven appropriate planetary
centers in each system, and thence to man, the human hierarchy. Embodying
the power and potency of all the energies and forces in manifestation,
that which we vaguely express by the words the "noumenon of electricity"
is none other than the Great intra-cosmic Soul . The source of [Its]
vibration is in the Central Sun and from that point commences to build
a form for manifestation, the form of the seven Grand Heavenly Men,
the One Cosmic Hierarchy or Lodge, the pattern for humanity. The [Absolute]
Life of the Central Sun is in reality then, the [Incomprehensible] Light
or energy of the Great intra-cosmic Soul. The soul of man is primarily
a "reflection," so to speak, a beam of that Light, [the "uncreated
beam"] clothed in energy of substance of lower vibratory rates.
The human senses may be likened to receiving stations which catch those
rays of light and translate them into terms which are comprehensible
to man. When the spiritual Intuition has opened the avenue of perception
in the mind of man, the [invisible intellectual] Light of the Central
Sun will "reflect" an image of the truth to the physical brain.
Thus, on the basis of strict esoteric principles, there is a direct
line established from the Central Sun through the fields of spiritual
as well as material life. We can imagine then, it is perfectly true
that from each one of the Seven Cosmic Suns are radiated the streams
of energy which supply life force and power of growth to each one of
the planetary Logoi belonging to the respective star systems and that
it is through their motion and in their passing that the ethers of intra-cosmic
Space are thrown into specific mathematical rates of vibrations or waves.
There is a perfect system of interchange and interaction between the
seven streams of energy as they pass from the radiant centres of the
seven [Laya] Suns to the various planetary bodies of their systems and
thence to all the centres of life upon or within those bodies. Once
again, the fundamental importance of the Septenary must be emphasised
and the Occult fact that it takes, in Masonic symbology, seven Masons
to form a Lodge. No human intellect can grasp the reason for the use
of the numbers 3, 4, and 7 throughout every center of manifested life.
All that we do know is that their use is the effect of an action of
Universal Law, and must be satisfied with that for the present. We also
know that the control of form through a septenate of energies, is an
unalterable rule in the inner government of our Universe and of our
solar system, as well as in the case of individual man. In our solar
system therefore, we find the seven sacred planets which correspond
to the seven individual force centres in man and these in their turn
have higher correspondences and are ruled by the seven [Laya] Star-Centres
in the Cosmic Great Body. In Esoteric Astrology, all roads lead to the
Macrocosmic Logos through centres within centres and if you have found
the real centre of anything, atom, animal, human, planet or star, you
have found the Centre of All.
Spiral-Cyclic
Ray Force
references:
The
spiral-cyclic force demonstrates, as might be expected, in seven ways;
of these, the three major methods of demonstration are symbolized in
the Rod of Initiation of Sanat Kumara. The Rod most frequently recognized
by men is that of the Hierophant, the Bodhisattva, which consists of
the straight central serpent with the two others entwined around it,
thus picturing, among other things:
a. The
three outpourings,
b.The
three worlds,
c.The
spinal column and its channels,
or
those main factors with which the initiate concerns himself. He has
to understand somewhat the nature of matter and what is occultly involved
in that expression, his own triple constitution, the three worlds in
which he has to play his part, and the instrument which he has to use.
[TCF1035]
The
seven types of spiral-cyclic energy are suggestive of the nature of
the planetary Logoi which they represent, and produce, therefore, the
distinctions which exist between men; they are accountable for the nature
of cycles, and this is a point oft overlooked. Students discuss the
periods of the emergence of the Rays, setting arbitrary dates, such
as 2500 years, for the manifestation of any particular ray. One ray
does pass through its cycle in that length of time, but only one, the
others being either longer or shorter. The difference has a great effect
upon the egoic cycles, and is responsible for the length of time between
incarnations. Some Egos cycle through their incarnations and their pralayas
very rapidly; others spend untold aeons, and hence it is impossible
to say that there are even "averages" connected with the appearance
of Egos on the astral plane, for instance. This fact has bearing upon
the statement of H. P. B. anent the Lodge effort each one hundred years.
Under the particular type of cyclic force emanating from the Lodge,
the high water mark of its activity is to be found once in every seven
cycles. All that originates on that Ray is controlled by spiral-cyclic
efforts based upon the number 10 and its multiples, and finding its
highest cyclic vibration, as it happens, during the last [1037] quarter
of each century. What our more modern students are apt to forget in
this connection is that this activity is but the demonstration of one
type of force out of seven possible and that it concerns primarily that
group of adepts who are on that particular line of energy, and will
necessarily affect greatly all disciples and people on a similar line.
At the same time, the work it initiates is endorsed by the Lodge as
a whole, for it is part of the force emanation of the planetary Logos.
It is naturally of great importance owing to the fact that this ray-energy
is that of one of the three major Rays; but it will be, in the equilibrising
process, balanced by analogous cyclic emanatory activity from the two
other major Rays.
These
cycles will not coincide, for they are not all similar to the one hundred
year spiral. Some idea as to the Mahachohan's cycle of emanatory impulses
may be [1038] gathered by considering the dates of the foremost scientific
discoveries since Plato's time; the cycles of the second ray may also
be averaged by a summary of the appearances of the great Teachers down
the ages. [circa 375 BC - founding of the Academy in the "Grove"]
The
force emanations from the Manu, or those of the first Ray, are easily
traced when the races are considered, and this has been done in the
recognition of the races and subraces. What is oft overlooked is that
each of these rays of energy demonstrates constructively, through the
form-building agencies, and destructively through the ability of the
force to destroy prior to building. Thus the cycles can be viewed from
two angles.
Besides
the fact that each ray period is sub-divided into seven sub-rays, we
have also been taught that the spiral-cyclic ray activity must be viewed
from two different angles or points of view, as each septenate, in reality,
is dual.
"What
is oft overlooked is that each of these rays of energy demonstrate constructively,
through the form building agencies, and destructively through the ability
of the force to destroy prior to building. Thus the cycles can be viewed
from two angles." (A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, pg. 1037-1038)
The
nature of Ingoing & outgoing Ray cycles
commentary:
As
accurate students know, the second fundamental of the Ageless Wisdom,
the Law of Periodicity, involves the concept of duality. Its activity
brings about the periodical appearing and disappearing of existences
and is the cause of cyclic evolution. Each of the two major phases of
spiral-cyclic ray activity, termed the Path of Outgoing and the Path
of Ingoing, are divided into seven sub-ray periods.
1.Outgoing
a.
Return. Appearance. Force manifestation.
b.
Constructive form building agencies.
2.
Ingoing
a.
Withdrawal. Decline. Obscuration. Abstraction.
b.
Destructive force prior to building.
Keep
in mind the following During the period of the outgoing cycle, the ray
energy initially demonstrates seven constructive sub-ray periods. The
outgoing peak of the ray period occurs at the half-way point. At the
mid-point, or half-way through its cycle the ray energy begins to curve
in upon itself, decline and thus return. Thus, commences the period
of ingoing activity with its seven sub-ray periods. During the period
of decline the natural process of disintegration and wrecking begins.
What immediately begins is the prompt destruction of crystallised, static
and set forms. The cycle of withdrawal is one of abstraction out of
the existing "fossilised" forms which were built during the
previous constructive phase of ray activity. Thus, during the first
half of the period, the ray Lives are directly involved in the vital
process of energising and building approriate bodies, forms or vehicles
through which to manifest. During the first phase of a ray period the
outgoing Life is on an ascending scale, with its force being used in
construction and increase. Then, half-way through its period, the age
of retrogression commences and the ray Lives, having exhausted their
strength commence with the work of decrease, destruction and decline.
Incessantly ongoing, this perpetual process of building-wrecking-rebuilding
successively re-enacts the drama of birth, death and resurrection or
re-birth. The principle remains the same always so the process of building
and wrecking, due to the alternate functions of the ray Lives as Creators
and Destroyers, operates in an identical manner. thus evolve and proceed
the cyclic waves of the Ray Emanations in the great tide of evolutionary
process on Earth - in a double centrifugal and centripetal way - one
in their ultimate essence, seven in their aspects. Each ray Live is
life-giving and death-giving inasmuch as they build by aggregation the
ephemeral vehicles ready to receive the soul and then, destroy and change
the form, expelling the soul from the temporary bodies. the great ray
Logoi therefore, both create and kill; they are self-generating and
self-destroying both bringing into being abd annihilating all living
bodies, equally generating life and death every second of space.
The
numerical cycles of emanatory impulses of the three Hierarchical Lords
are given below as follow:
Ray
cycles of the 3 Lords
Manu 100 years
Bodhisattva 500 years
Mahachohan 900 years
references:
H.
P. B. is right in his affirmation as far as the impulse of the first
ray is concerned; but his followers are not right, in so far as they
overlook and negate the six other types of impulses, of equal or of
more importance, which may emanate cyclically from the Lodge, and which
will meet with response from those who vibrate to that particular type
of energy.
It
is at this point that students in one branch of our theosophical movement
must recognize the fact that just as H. P. B. came forth on a cyclic
tide of energy to destroy the limiting forms to be found in the world
of science and religion, so his work must fit in with other force emanations,
such as the constructive work of the second ray in conjunction with
the energy of the seventh at this time.
When
students learn to blend the one hundred year cycles of the first type
of energy with the equally powerful impulses from the second Ray and
the third, we shall then have a cessation of many controversies. No
great impulse will come from the Lodge along the line of the first Ray
of Will or Power till the close of a century. One such impulse along
another line of force came when the discovery of the nature of the atom
was arrived at through the study of electricity, and of radioactive
substances, and an impulse from the second aspect is imminent. It is
not safe for students with limited vision to dogmatize anent this question
of cycles. Apart from the cyclic impulses continuously going forth,
overlapping and superseding, and intermingling with each other, there
are many which we might call lesser impulses (and the cycle of one hundred
years to which H. P. B. refers [1039] is but one of the lesser impulses.
There is a one thousand year cycle of greater moment). There are vaster
cycles, of 2500 years, of 7,000 years, of 9,000 years, of 15,000 years,
and many others which only advanced initiates know of or can follow;
these can break in upon any of the lesser impulses, and can be seen
appearing, unexpectedly, as far as average man's knowledge is concerned,
and yet they are but the returning impulses set in cyclic motion perhaps
thousands of years ago.
The
Seven Planetary Ray Periods
Ray
I..........1,000 years
Ray
II.........5,000 years
Ray
III.......9,000 years
Ray
IV.......2,500 years
Ray
V.........3,500 years
Ray
VI........1,500 years
Ray
VII......7,000 years
The
Seven Racial Ray Periods
Ray
I.........100 years
Ray
II........500 years
Ray
III.......900 years
Ray
IV.......250 years
Ray
V........350 years
Ray
VI.......150 years
Ray
VII......700 years
Systemic
Source of the Seven Rays
the
seven solar systems:
Rule X. TWM
When,
through meditation and service, plus the discipline of the lunar bodies,
a man comes consciously and definitely under his soul ray, then he comes
as definitely under the influence of one or other of the seven solar
systems, as they focus their energy through one or other of the constellations
and [TWM Rule X 438] subsequently one or other of the seven sacred planets.
Eventually, there will be twelve sacred planets, corresponding to the
twelve constellations, but the time is not yet. Our solar system, as
you know, is one of seven. When a man has arrived at this point in evolution,
birth months, mundane astrology, and the influences which play upon
the form aspect become of less and less importance. This circle of solar
systems affects paramountly the soul and it becomes the focal point
of spiritual energies. This is the problem of the soul on its own plane,
- responsiveness to these types of energy, and, of them, the personality
is totally unaware.
The
signs which fall therefore into the four categories of earth, water,
fire and air, concern primarily the man who lives below the diaphragm,
and who utilizes the lower four centers: - the center at the base of
the spine, the sacral center, the solar plexus and the spleen. The inner
group of seven major or systemic energies produce their effect upon
the man who is living above the diaphragm, and work through the seven
representative centers in the head. Four of them focus through the throat
center, the heart center, the ajna and head centers. Three are held
latent in the region of the head centers (the thousand petalled lotus)
and only enter into functioning activity after the third initiation.
It will be evident therefore how complicated from the standpoint of
the horoscope (as well as of the individual problem) is this meeting
of the energies of two types of constellations in the case of the man
who is neither purely human nor purely spiritual. [TWM438]
note:
The two types of constellations, ie., the 7 solar systems and the 12
zodiacal constellations.
Commentary
The
seven solar systems revolve around the central spiritual sun, each maintaining
its respective orbital revolution position and numerical orbit. Keep
in mind; the inner systemic
wheel of seven inner solar Logoi revolve within the outer circle of
12 constellations. The Central Spiritual Sun is the common or identical
center for both wheels. From D.K.:
Ponder
on this and remember also that our Sun is traveling through space (carrying
our solar system along in its sphere of influence) around our own central
and conditioning star which it has been rightly presumed exists in the
constellation Taurus, the Bull, being found in the Pleiades. [E.A.112]
If
this is not the case then attempt to explain away this passage!
One
of the most esoteric cycles is based upon certain conjunctions and respective
positions of Virgo and the Pleiades." (Vol. II, 454) [658]
and
from the S.D.:
"The
sun (i.e. the solar system) has Alcyone in the Pleiades for the center
of its orbit." (S.D. Vol. I, 545) [670]
They
are thus considered (Alcyone, in particular) as the central point around
which our universe of fixed stars revolves." (Vol. II, 582)
The
astronomical origin or source of the seven types of spiral-cyclic ray
energy I specifically link to the mathematics incidental to the cosmic
motion of the seven solar Logoi as they sweep around the Grand Cosmic
Sun - Alcyone. It is illogical not to do so and cosmologicallyÂ
and metaphysical unsound not to do so. The operation of the numerically
controlled ray periods require cosmic motion as their basis. It takes our solar Logos according to D.K. to take 250,000 years to
make one complete revolution. As our systemÂ
does so [It] spends 25,000 year in each sign of the zodiac [termed
the cycle of the "greater zodiac]Â Â
and maintains an interlude period between signs of 5,000 years.
[these figures have been clearly given by D.K.]This is the higher correspondence
to the cycles of 2,5000 years in each sign and the interlude calculation
figure of 500 years inclidental to the "lesser zodiac" As
our solar Logos does so. Every 25,000 years as our solar Logos changes
zodiacal signs the ray charts and configuration change as well - hence,
our ray charts as given by D.K. are only "good" for 25,000
years! Keep in mind; a Ray is a blend of the energies of the solar systems
and the constellations. to refresh your memory please read read Proposition
Two from D.K., [EA26]:
Proposition
Two - Each one of the ray lives is the recipient and the custodian of
energies coming from
1. The seven solar systems.
2. The twelve constellations.
What
then, we might logically inquire are
the orbital periods of the other six solar Logoi as they too sweep around
the Central Spiritual sun and appear to pass through the 12 signs of
the "Greater Zodiac"? For each of the seven of the Solar Logoi,
I offer the following set of figures which describe their orbital periods,
transition periods through each sign and interlude period between any
two signs. Please remember; occult ray figures are rounded off to allow
for eccentricities and orbital deviations - the cosmic correspondence
upon the "Higher Way" to "free will" in individual
human beings.
Ray
cycles of the solar Logoi through the Greater Zodiac
Ray
I......................................Great Bear
orbital
period............. ............1,000,000 years
transition
period......................84,000 years
interlude
period.......................20,000 years
Ray
II....................................Sirius
orbital
period.........................500,000 years
transition
period.....................41,666 years
interlude
period......................10,000 years
Ray
III.................................Pleiades
orbital
period........................90,000 years
transition
period....................7,500 years
interlude
period.....................1,800 years
Ray
IV.................................Our sun
orbital
period........................250,000 years
transitional
period.................20,833 years
interlude
period......................5,000 years
Ray
V....................................Betelgeuse
orbital
period.........................350,000 years
transitional
period..................29,166 years
interlude
period......................7,000 years
Ray
VI..................................Antares
orbital
period.........................150,000 years
transitional
period..................12,500
interlude
period......................3,000 years
Ray
VII................................Draco
orbital
period........................700,000 years
transition
period....................58,333
interlude
period.....................14,000 years
The
total duration of each greater zodiacal ray cycle is figured through
the addition of the transition figure with the interlude figure calculation
and then the sum is rounded off! In other words, what we have therefore:
The
seven zodiacal ray periods
Ray
I..........100,000 years in each sign
Ray
II.........50,000 years in each sign
Ray
III........9,000 years in each sign
Ray
IV........25,000 years in each sign
Ray
V.........35,000 years in each sign
Ray
VI........15,000 years in each sign
Ray
VII.......70,000 years in each sign
Our
Solar System:
The
Rod of the cosmic Logos associated with our solar Logos is secreted
in that central spot in the heavens around which our solar system revolves,
and which is termed "the central spiritual sun."[IHS]
The
Cosmos. Our solar system, with the Pleiades and one of the stars of
the Great Bear, form a cosmic triangle, or an aggregation of three centers
in the Body of HIM OF WHOM NAUGHT MAY BE SAID. The seven stars in the
constellation of the Great Bear are the correspondences to the seven
head centers in the body of that Being, greater than our Logos. Again,
two other systems, when allied with the solar system and the Pleiades,
make a lower quaternary which are eventually synthesized into the seven
head centers in much the same way as in the human being after the fourth
initiation. [TCF183]
1. The base of the spine.
2. The solar plexus.
3. The heart.
4. The throat.
The
center in the cosmic body of the ONE ABOUT WHOM NOUGHT MAY BE SAID of
which our solar Logos is the embodied force is the heart center. [T.C.F.512]
It
is interesting here to note that when the solar Logos is being manasically
impelled to work out some purpose of His greater Source (THE ONE ABOUT
WHOM NAUGHT MAY BE SAID
The
originating source of manasic activity in a solar system is that great
cosmic Entity Who embodies our solar Logos as a center in His Body along
with six other solar Logoi Who are, in Their totality, His seven centers.
[TCF394]
In His turn, the Sirian Logos forms one of the
seven Grand Heavenly Men, who are the centers in the body of ONE OF
WHOM NOUGHT MAY BE SAID." [TCF.572]
Each of the two systems, [our system and the
Sirian system] as regards its internal economy, is independent in time
and space, or (in other words), in manifestation. We have practically
no effect on our parent system, the reflex action is so slight as to
be negligible, but very definite effects are felt in our system through
causes arising in Sirius. [T.C.F.570]
"Gradually,
by dint of hard effort, certain Masters have qualified themselves, or
are qualifying themselves, to take the place of the original members
of the group, permitting of their return to a cosmic center around which
our system, and the greater system of Sirius revolve." [IHS.190]
note:
we are independent systems in time and space both revolving around the
cosmic center - the Central spiritual sun, ie., Alcyone in the Pleiades.
"This
particular group of devas emanate from a great force center which we
generalize by calling it by the name of the sun Sirius."
Reference
to Sirius as a constellation:
The
cosmic mental plane, and therefore with the constellation Sirius. [TCF904]
This
great Sun (Sirius) which is to our solar Logos what the Monad is to
the spiritual man, has a peculiar part to play where our Earth is concerned."
(R&I 414)
"The
consciousness of the cosmic mental plane is the goal of attainment for
our solar Logos and the Sirian Logos is to our solar Logos what the
human Ego (or soul) is to the human personality." (C.F. 592)
in the alignment of our entire solar system
with the system of Sirius lies a still more remote goal. It is a point
far ahead in time, but holds hid the secret of the greater cycle.
This
great Sun which is to our solar Logos what the Monad is to the spiritual
man, has a peculiar part to play where our Earth is concerned. It might
be considered by those with a sound sense of occult proportion that
our tiny planet with its planetary Logos (one of the "imperfect
Gods" of The Secret Doctrine) would be too small to enter in the
slightest way into the consciousness of that Supreme Illumined Entity
Who is greater even than our Solar Logos. [414] Such, however, is the
case. There is a relationship of very ancient date between our Lord
of the World, Sanat Kumara, and the Lord of Sirius, and this exists
in spite of the fact that our planet is not a sacred planet. It might
be added that our planet is, in the immediate cycle, owing to the factors
I have lately considered with you, rapidly passing out of this category,
and on the inner planes and subjectively considered is a sacred planet;
the effects of this transition from non-sacred to sacred have not fully
demonstrated themselves objectively. The mystery of this relationship
is partially revealed at one of the higher initiations and it is then
realized by the initiates that there is a good and adequate reason for
the relation and that the following esoteric events, relations and happenings
are simply consequences:
On
the cosmic Logos:
Some
glimmer of the stupendous objective magnitude of the cosmic Logos may
be dimly sensed when it is realized that the Great Wheel of the twelve
whirling constellations constitutes a special revolving unity in our
universe. The Tibetan states this very clearly in volume II of his Ray
Treatise, Chapter I. The Egoic Ray , d. Astrology and the New Groups:
"It
must be remembered that, from certain angles, the circle of twelve signs
or constellations constitutes a special unity which revolves within
our universe of heavens as our planet revolves in the center of our
circle of influences." ( Esoteric Psychology II , pg.196)
In
The Rays and the Initiations, Part Two, Introductory Remarks, he states:
"The
zodiacal wheel is itself essentially a cosmic center; it is a twelve
petalled lotus, but it is a twelve petalled lotus within the thousand-petalled
lotus of an unknown cosmic Entity, the One referred to in my earlier
books as the One About Whom Naught May Be Said."
Commentary
It
is of course, immediately apparent that the power of man to conceive
of the essential unity of the Zodiac as a single Logoic Unit revolving
in space is not as yet great enough. The interaction and the complexity
is of vast proportions and man can do no more than theoretically accept
the Occult facts and leave full explanation until his consciousness
is of greater scope. It must be remembered therefore, from the point
of view of the "High One", the Ray Logoi appear to pass through
the twelve constellations of the Great Zodiacal Wheel as they sweep
around the Grand Cosmic Sun. It is the sweep of the Seven Primary Ray
Logoi through the twelve constellations of the Great Wheel which constitutes
the cycle of the "Greater Zodiac". This means, of course,
the two wheels, the "wheel within the wheel", share the identical
Grand Cosmic Center. Furthermore, this indicates to us, that the twelve
[outer] subordinate powers are each subordinate in turn to one or other
of the seven [inner] "Mystery Gods". The 11th Stanza of Dzyan,
as given in A Treatise on Cosmic Fire confirms the notion of the wheel
within the wheel. It states:
"The
Wheel of Life turns within the Wheel of Outer Form." Stanza XI
"The
wheel that is not glimpsed moves in rapid revolution within the slower
outer case, till it wears out the form". Stanza XI
The
meaning of the above quoted Stanza is clear and the Occult facts must
be borne in mind. It must be emphasized then, that each one of the rays
is the recipient and custodian of the energies coming from the inner
circle of the trans-solar systems and the outer circle of twelve constellations
and are consequently animated and colored by qualities from both Wheels.
It is this blend of dual energies impacting upon and conditioning substance
which produce the subjective forms in the relatively noumenal universe
which in turn, create the outer forms in the phenomenal universe. The
seven rays therefore, are themselves influenced by and under the astrological
control of the twelve constellations whose energies are contacted by
the trans-solar systems during the course of their journey through the
cycle of the Greater Zodiac. The "High One" therefore, is
chief of the twelve Great Gods, or zodiacal constellations and also
the seven "Mystery Gods", or [Laya] Star-Centers of the Ray
Logoi. The Central Spiritual Sun is then, the subject or Body anointed
by the Great Breath, or the "High One" - surrounded by the
twelve subordinate powers, also subordinate, in turn, to each of the
seven Ray Logoi. These Higher Ones, the (12 +7 = 19) are the Cosmocrators,
the fabricators of our Universe and hold within Themselves the astronomical
and astrological keys opening the gate leading to the mysteries of Theogony.
In conjunction or sygyzy with the Three Aspects of the Central Spiritual
Sun they produce the Mystical Number of the Adept, the Sacred 22. In
Esoteric astrology the two wheels, the inner and invisible wheel of
seven and the outer and visible wheel of twelve are the double links
of one and the same Great Life. This "Life" is the "High
One", or the Great Intra-Cosmic Logos - i.e., Spirit and Matter,
symbolized by the two wheels, inseparable from each other. Thus, there
is but one Absolute Basis, as H.P.B. states, in the cosmico-physical
sense, from, on, and in which, proceed the cyclic individual Evolutions
on the plane of Universal Manifestation during the active period of
Creation. Accordingly, the genesis of the host of Ray Logoi takes rise
in, and from the "Hub" of the Great Wheel, the Central Spiritual
Sun, the One Universal, Immutable, Eternal and Absolute Unity.
I
desire first of all to speak of the Ashram as a whole, constituted of
many Ashrams and creating an "invoking area" of relationship
for the supreme Head of the Ashram, Sanat Kumara, the Lord of the World.
I seek to enter into no discussion of this leading Life of our entire
planet. He is to a still greater Being, the One referred to elsewhere
as "the One about Whom naught may be said," what the vehicle
of a Master in physical incarnation is to Him, and on a less accurate
basis, what your personality is to you; it is an expression of the soul
or of the Monad when a disciple has attained initiate-consciousness.
All the qualities, the love and the purpose of a supreme Entity, referred
to in The New Testament as the "Unknown God," are focused
in Sanat Kumara. [R&I.367]
reference
to the Great Bear, Sirius and the Pleiades as "solar bodies".
"These
three groups of solar bodies (The Great Bear, the Pleiades and Sirius)
are of paramount influence where the spiral cyclic activity of our system
is concerned. Just as in the human atom, the spiral activity is egoic
and controlled from the egoic body, so in connection with the solar
system these three groups are related to the Logoic Spiritual Triad
- atma-buddhi-manas - and their influence is dominant in connection
with solar incarnation, with solar evolution and with solar progress."
(C.F. 1058)
Great
Bear........Atma
Pleiades............Buddhi
Sirius...............Mahat
This
energy which impinges upon the solar sphere, and is thence distributed
to all parts of the entire system, emanates from three cosmic centers,
and, therefore, is triple during this particular cycle.
From
the sevenfold great Bear.
From
the Sun Sirius.
From
the Pleiades.
Lying
behind all the many interlocking triangles in our solar system and conditioning
them to a very large extent (though today more potentially than expressively)
are three energies coming from three major constellations. They are
the emanations from the Great Bear, from the Pleiades and from Sirius.
It might be pointed out that: [EA.416]
Ray
I
"The
energies coming from the Great Bear are related to the will or purpose
of the solar Logos and are to this great Being what the monad is to
man. This is a deep mystery and one which even the highest initiate
cannot yet grasp. Its sevenfold unified energies pass through Shamballa."
Ray
II
The
energies coming from the sun, Sirius, are related to the love-wisdom
aspect or to the attractive power of the solar Logos, to the soul of
that Great Being. This cosmic soul energy is related to the Hierarchy.
You have been told that the great White Lodge on Sirius finds its reflection
and a mode of spiritual service and outlet in the great White Lodge
of our planet, the Hierarchy.
Ray
III
The
energies coming from the Pleiades, an aggregation of seven energies,
are connected with the active intelligent aspect of logoic expression,
and influence the form side of all manifestation. They focus primarily
through Humanity.
I
would like also to emphasize - perhaps unnecessarily - that Sirius,
the Great Bear and the Pleiades work through the medium of the twelve
constellations, pouring their influences through nine of them in particular,
but that these major constellations are not part of the zodiac with
which we are concerned. They, with the seven solar systems of which
ours is one, are the ten constellations connected with a still greater
zodiac which is not conditioned by the numerical significance of the
number twelve. Hence ten is regarded as the number of perfection. There
is confusion in the minds of some of the less learned students (astrologically
considered) on this point. [E.A.112]
What
are the ten systems - the three and the seven - of which our solar system
is one? Must we look for the major three within the seven, or extraneously?
[T.C.F.354]
The
three major Rays, being dual, are their own sufficient explanation.
They are at present the mode of expression of the three aspects, and
demonstrate under their appropriate Logoi, Who manipulate world affairs
through the three departments, of which the rulers on our planet are
the Lord Maitreya, the Manu, and the Mahachohan. [T.C.F.599]
Each
Heavenly Man of a scheme is a focal point for the force and power and
vibratory life of seven stupendous ENTITIES in exactly the same sense
[416] as the seven centers in a human being are the focal points for
the influence of a corresponding heavenly Prototype. Our Heavenly Man,
therefore, is esoterically allied to one of the seven solar systems,
[T.C.F.416]
It
must be remembered that the possible cosmic streams of energy available
for use in our solar system are seven in number, of which three are
major. These three vary during vast and incalculable cycles.[TCF.1182]
This
"control of form through a septenate of energies" (as it is
defined in the Old Commentary) is an unalterable rule in the inner government
of our universe and of our particular solar system, as well as in the
case of inpidual man. There are, for instance, in our solar system,
seven sacred planets which correspond to the seven inpidual force centers
in man, the seven solar systems, of which [12] our solar system is one,
and in their turn the seven energy centers of the One to Whom I have
referred in my other books as the One About Whom Naught Can Be Said.
We
are, therefore, concerned with the etheric body of the planet, of the
solar system, and of the seven solar systems of which our system is
one, as well as with the general and vaster etheric body of the universe
in which we are located. I employ the word "located" here
with deliberation and because [10] of the inferences to which it leads.
This vaster field, as well as the smaller and more localized fields,
provides the medium of transmission for all the energies which play
upon and through our solar system, our planetary spheres and all forms
of life upon those spheres. It forms one unbroken field of activity
in constant ceaseless motion - an eternal medium for the exchange and
transmission of energies. [EA.10]
"The
solar system is (from the higher cosmic planes) seen as a vast blue
lotus and so on down the scale; even the tiny atom of substance can
be so considered... The solar system is a twelve-petalled lotus, each
petal being formed of forty-nine lesser petals. [TCF.1018]
note:
[12X49 = 514]Â etheric petals
total in our solar logoic center.
our
sun is the embodiment of the heart, or love aspect, of the Logos (Who
is Himself the heart of ONE ABOUT WHOM NAUGHT MAY BE SAID) [T.C.F.156]
The
center in the cosmic body of the ONE ABOUT WHOM NOUGHT MAY BE SAID of
which our solar Logos is the embodied force is the heart center. Here
we have one of the clues to the mystery of electricity. The sacred planets,
with certain allied etheric spheres within the ring-pass-not, are parts
of that heart center, and are 'petals in the Lotus,' or in the heart
center of that great unknown Existence Who stands to the solar Logos
as He in His turn stands to the Heavenly [512] Men Who are His centers,
and specially as He stands to the particular Heavenly Man Who is the
embodied force of the logoic Heart center. Therefore, it will be apparent
to the careful student that the entire force and energy of the system
and its life quality will be that which we call (having perforce to
use handicapping, misleading words) LOVE. This will account for the
fact that the force that plays through that cosmic heart center will
be the paramount force found in the manifestation of a solar Logos,
and of a Heavenly Man; it will likewise produce its microcosmic analogy,
and reflective reactions; hence the relative importance of the astral
permanent atom within the causal periphery. It is in the direct line
of active force emanating from the cosmic existence, and passing to
it in ever lessening degree, via the solar Logos in His system of love,
and the planetary Logos within a scheme, the Dragon of Wisdom-Love.[T.C.F.512]
They
are, therefore, one and all an expression of His love nature, and it
is for this reason that buddhi is found at the heart of the tiniest
atom, or what we call in this [1226] system, electric fire. For the
positive central life of every form is but an expression of cosmic buddhi,
and the downpouring of a love which has its source in the Heart of the
Solar Logos; this is itself an emanating principle from the ONE ABOVE
OUR LOGOS, HE OF WHOM NAUGHT MAY BE SAID. [T.C.F.1226]
The
seven groups of "solar bodies" or Logoi
Ray
I.................Great Bear.............Head
Ray
II................Sirius......................Ajna
Ray
III...............Pleiades..................Throat
Ray
IV...............Our son..................Heart
Ray
V................Betelgeuse.............Solar Plexus
Ray
VI...............Antares..................Sacral
Ray
VII..............Draco.....................Base of Spine
The
seven planetary bodies
Ray
I..................Vulcan.....................Head
Ray
II.................Jupiter....................Heart
RayIII.................Saturn....................Throat
Ray
IV.................Mercury.................Ajna
Ray
V..................Venus....................Solar Plexus
Ray
VI.................Neptune.................Sacral
Ray
VII................Uranus...................Base of Spine
note:
this set of correspondences and correlations
to be used in conjunction with the Law of Supplementary Seven, Rule
Eight: i.e. "the seven sacred planets". The Rays and the Initiations.
technical
references:
The
First Ray of Will, Purpose and Power
Source:
The Great Bear
Center:
Head
The
seven stars in the constellation of the Great Bear are the correspondences
to the seven head centers in the body of that Being, greater than our
Logos. [TCF183]
Seven
stars of the Great Bear are the originating Sources of the seven rays
of our solar system. The seven Rishis (as They are called) of the Great
Bear express Themselves through the medium of the seven planetary Logoi
Who are Their Representatives and to Whom They stand in the relation
of prototype. The seven Planetary Spirits manifest through the medium
of the seven sacred planets.
The
Seven Stars of the Great Bear
References
in The Secret Doctrine and A Treatise on Cosmic Fire
1."The
seven Rishis are the Regents of the seven stars of the Great Bear, and,
therefore, of the same nature as the Angels of the Planets or the seven
great planetary Spirits." (S.D. Vol. II, 332, Note)
2."It
is the seven Rishis who mark the time and the duration of events in
our septenary life cycle. They are as mysterious as their supposed wives,
the Pleiades." (S.D. Vol. II, 579)
3."The
first 'seven stars' are not planetary. They are the leading stars of
seven constellations which turn [656] around with the Great Bear (S.D.
Vol. III, 195)
4."In
Egypt, the Great Bear was the constellation...called the Mother of the
Revolutions, and the Dragon with seven heads was assigned to Saturn,
who was called the Dragon of Life." (S.D. Vol. III, 195)
5."In
the Book of Enoch, the Great Bear is called Leviathan." (S.D. Vol.
III, 195)
6."Our
solar system with the Pleiades and one of the stars of the Great Bear
form a cosmic triangle or an aggregation of three centers in the Body
of the One about Whom Naught may be Said...The seven stars of the Great
Bear correspond to the seven head centers of this Great Entity."
(C.F. 182)
7."Vibrations
(energies) come to our solar system from the seven Rishis of the Great
Bear and primarily from those two who are the Prototypes of the seventh
and fifth Rays or planetary Logoi." (C.F. 553)
8."Cosmic
Avatars 'represent embodied force from Sirius, and from that one of
the seven stars of the Great Bear which is ensouled by the Prototype
of the Lord of the third major Ray, the third planetary Logos'."
(C.F. 723)
9."Cosmic
evil from the standpoint of our planet consists in the relation between
that spiritual, intelligent Unit or Rishi of the Superior Constellation
- the informing Life of one of the seven stars of the Great Bear and
our planetary prototype and one of the forces of the Pleiades...In this
relation, at present lacking perfect adjustment, lies hid the mystery
of cosmic evil...When the heavenly triangle is duly equilibrated and
the force circulates freely through one of the stars of the Great Bear,
the Pleiad involved and the planetary [657] scheme concerned, then cosmic
evil will be negated and a relative perfection achieved." (C.F.
990)
10."Great
waves of energy sweep cyclically through the entire solar system from
the seven stars of the Great Bear. The strength of these vibrations
depends upon the closeness of the connection and the accuracy of the
alignment between any particular Heavenly Man and His Prototype."
(C.F. 1052)
The
seven stars in the constellation of the Great Bear are the correspondences
to the seven head centers in the body of that Being, greater than our
Logos. [TCf.183]
"When
the heavenly Man (or Logos) first assumed the form of the Crown [Kether]
and identified himself with Sephira, he caused seven splendid Lights
to emanate from it [the Crown]" (SD.Vol.2. pg.151)
Prajapatis.
The Progenitors; the givers of life to all on this earth. They are seven
and then ten corresponding to the seven and ten Sephiroth. Cosmically,
they are the seven Rishis of the Great Bear; systemically they are the
seven planetary Logoi, and from the standpoint of our planet they are
the seven Kumaras.
See
S. D., I, 109, 122, 459, 661; II, 33, 36; footnote 80.
Seven
stars of the Great Bear are the originating Sources of the seven rays
of our solar system. The seven Rishis (as They are called) of the Great
Bear express Themselves through the medium of the seven planetary Logoi
Who are Their Representatives and to Whom They stand in the relation
of prototype. The seven Planetary Spirits manifest through the medium
of the seven sacred planets. [EA.85]
Each
of these seven Rays, coming from the Great Bear, are transmitted into
our solar system through the medium of three constellations and their
ruling planets.
[EA.86]
I
would here point out to you the close connection existing between the
seven Rishis of the Great Bear and the seven Heavenly Men. The seven
Rishis of the Great Bear are to Them what the Monad is to the evolving
human unit. [TCF.273]
The
seven Heavenly Men are in the line of force from:
The
cosmic buddhic plane (the seven Rishis of the Great Bear). [TCF.630]
In
the Secret Doctrine the Heavenly Men are spoken of as:
Agents
of creation. They are the totality of manifestation. - S. D., I, 470.
They
are precosmic. - S. D., I, 470.
They
are the sumtotal of solar and lunar entities. - S. D., I, 152, 470.
Compare II, 374.
They
are the seven Biblical Archangels.
They
are the seven Forces or creative Powers.
They
are the seven Spirits before the Throne.
They
are the seven Spirits of the Planets - S. D., I, 472, 153.
In
Their totality They are the Secret Unpronounceable Name. - S. D., I,
473.
They
are the collective Dhyan Chohans. - S. D., I, 477.
They
are the seven Kumaras. The seven Rishis. - S. D., I, 493. III, 196,
327.
They
are the Sons of Light - S. D., I, 521, 522.
They
are the Hierarchy of creative Powers - S. D., I, 233.
They
are the veiled synthesis. - S. D., I, 362.
They
are our own planetary deities. - S. D., I, 153.
They
are all men, the product of other worlds. - S. D., I, 132.
They
are closely connected with the seven stars of the Great Bear. - S. D.,
I, 488. S. D., II, 332. II 579, 668. S. D., III, 195
They
are symbolized by circles - S. D., II, 582. I
They
are collectively the fallen Angels. - S. D., II, 284, 541.
"...
I would point out that these rays have a close connection with the seven
stars of the Great Bear (again always the four and the three as a secondary
differentiation) and to the seven Sisters, the Pleiades. The first constellation
is the agent of positive force to the planetary Logos and the other
the relayer of the negative aspect. There is, therefore, a direct interchange
of energies between the lives of the seven planetary Logoi and the stupendous
and unfathomable Lives Who inform these major constellations. Great
interlocking triangles of force can be found existing between the seven
planets and these two groups of seven stars each. It will eventually
be discovered that the innermost secret of astrological deduction in
the planetary sense is connected with these "sacred triangles,"
and they are - in their turn - represented by the triangles (shifting
and changing) which can be constructed in connection with the seven
centers." [EA.32]
The
seven stars of the Great Bear or Ursa Major are involved in an intricate
relation with Ursa Minor and the Pleiades. With this we shall not deal.
This major [608] triplicity of constellations has a peculiar relation
to that Great Being to Whom I have at times referred as the One About
Whom Naught Can Be Said. All that can be hinted at is that these three
galaxies of stars are the three aspects of that Indescribable, Absolute
Monad, the Ineffable Cause of the seven solar systems - of which ours
is one. [EA.608]
We
have also brought into relation to our solar system another constellation,
called the Little Bear which is a reflection of or a corollary to the
major energies of its greater prototype, Ursa Major, the Great Bear.
These facts contain a great mystery connected with the interrelation
of Ursa Major, Ursa Minor and the Pleiades; they constitute one of the
greatest and more important of the triplicities to be found in the heavens
as far as we have astronomically ascertained the nature of our immediate
universe. This is a perfectly unimportant piece of information as far
as you are concerned and is only of significance to initiates of the
fourth degree. It serves, nevertheless, to add its evidence to the essential
integrity and interlocking dependencies of the universe. [EA.202]
Should
the brain suffice to hold the concept, thus [515] is the process also
on cosmic levels for such high existences as the seven Rishis of the
Great Bear, and that still greater Being, the ONE ABOUT WHOM NOUGHT
MAY BE SAID.[TCF.515]
This
great Life, the Ancient of Days, the Lord of the world, Sanat Kumara,
the Eternal Youth, the planetary Logos - His many names are of relative
unimportance - is the only Existence upon our planet Who is capable
of responding to and carrying out the objectives of the solar Logos.
He, in His turn, is the only one in, our solar system capable of responding
to the sevenfold Emanating Cause, expressing Itself through the Great
Bear or Ursa Major. [EA.613]
His
activities will then be concerned with the relation of the energies
of the Great Bear to the Pleiades, and their dual relationship (a higher
correspondence to atma-buddhi) to the solar system and only incidentally
to our Earth. Great is the interlocking, the interdependence and the
interpenetration! [R&I.405]
When
pided in the manifested sphere, to paraphrase H.P.B., in esoteric rendering,
one will find the 3 and 7 which yield 10, or the figure X manifested
and differentiated, the triple hypostases and appearance of the Seven
Great Mystery Gods. Just as the Absolute Monad is the sum total of the
three aspects and the seven Principles, so the Logoic Head Centre is
a replica of this and has within its sphere of influence seven other
centres with itself for the synthesis. These seven centres are likewise
pided into three major and four minor centres. The internal constitution
of the Great Bear with its triad of three handle stars and Square of
four cup stars portrays a perfect picture of the union of the Three
and the Four or the Male - female First Born One. On the manifested
plane, the Head Centre is a replica of the cosmic Monad and is likewise
sevenfold. As just stated, it is pided into three major centres which
correspond to the three rays of aspect and four minor centres related
to the rays of Attribute. There is some difference in the rays assigned
to this great Entity and those assigned the planetary Schemes or to
the human form. Clearly evident in the internal structure of the Great
Bear, as would be expected and what does not constitute a surprise though,
is the primary blueprint of numbers, 3, 4, and 7, in their special combination,
the sacred numbers of Life, Light and Union in this our special Mahamanvantara.
As related to the Head Centres of the Cosmic Logos, the stars of Ursa
Major represent successively:
The
Major Three
Star
One
Benetnasch
Head
First
Ray
Star
Two
Mizar
Ajna
Second
Ray
Star
Three
Alioth
Throat
Third
Ray
The
Minor Four
Star
Four
Megrez
Heart
Fourth
Ray
Star
Five
Duhbe
Solar
Plexus
Fifth
Ray
Star
Six
Merak
Sacral
Sixth
Ray
Star
Seven
Phegda
Basic
Seventh
Ray
In
the Universal System of sidereal symbology, the first Ray constellation,
the initial form of the "Father in Heaven", is seen to be
figured by the seven large stars of the Great Bear. These stars are
the spiritual and sidereal model of the primordial mysteries instituted
according to the pine Imperium of the Seven Ray Logoi. The Cosmic Ray-Regent,
known as the Great Bear, stands as one Cosmical Legislative Body within
the Great Body of the Macrocosmic Logos. The seven stars are the correspondences
to the seven head centres in the Crown Centre. It is the Seven Rishis
who are the [adhikarapurushas], the office-bearers in the Inner Goverment
of the Universe of the different manvantaras.
All
that originates on the first Ray is controlled by spiral-cyclic impulses
based on the number 10 and its multiples such as 100, 1,000, 100,000
and 1,000,000. These figures are given out by A.A.B., on page 265 of
Esoteric Psychology I.
The
Second Ray of Love-Wisdom
Source:
Sirius
Center:
Ajna
In
His turn, the Sirian Logos forms one of the seven Grand Heavenly Men,
who are the centers in the body of ONE OF WHOM NOUGHT MAY BE SAID.[T.C.F.572]
"The
energies coming from the sun, Sirius, are related to the love-wisdom
aspect or to the attractive power of the solar Logos, to the soul of
that Great Being. This cosmic soul energy is related to the Hierarchy.
You have been told that the great White Lodge on Sirius finds its reflection
and a mode of spiritual service and outlet in the great White Lodge
of our planet, the Hierarchy." [EA.416]
Sirius.
"This is the great star of initiation because our Hierarchy (an
expression of the second aspect of pinity) is under the supervision
or spiritual magnetic control of the Hierarchy of Sirius. These are
the major controlling influences whereby the cosmic Christ works upon
the Christ principle in the solar system, in the planet, in man and
in the lower forms of life expression. It is esoterically called the
"brilliant star of sensitivity."Â [EA198]
Sirius
- The Star of Sensitivity - governing the Hierarchy. [E.A.198]
"Sirius
- working in a sevenfold manner through the seven rays and their seven
groups as these constitute the active Hierarchy". [EA.200]
"the
great White Lodge on Sirius is the spiritual prototype of the great
White Lodge on Earth" [EA350]
"It
might be profitable to you to bear in mind at this point what I have
often told you, that the great White Lodge on [350] Sirius is the spiritual
prototype of the great White Lodge on Earth, of which modern Masonry
is the distorted reflection, just as the personality is a distorted
reflection of the soul." [EA.348]
"The
first four initiations of the solar system correspond to the four "initiations
of the Threshold," prior to [18] the first cosmic initiation. The
fifth initiation corresponds to the first cosmic initiation, that of
"entered apprentice" in Masonry; and makes a Master an "entered
apprentice" of the Lodge on Sirius. The sixth initiation is analogous
to the second degree in Masonry, whilst the seventh initiation makes
the Adept a Master Mason of the Brotherhood on Sirius.[IHS.18]
"These
ancient Mysteries were originally given to humanity by the Hierarchy,
and were - in their turn - receivedÂ
by the Hierarchy from the Great White Lodge on Sirius. They contain
the clue to the evolutionary process, hidden in numbers and in words;
they veil the secret of man's origin and destiny, picturing for him
in rite and ritual the long, long path which he must tread." [EA.331]
"Masonry,
as originally instituted far back in the very night of time and long
antedating the Jewish dispensation, was organized under direct Sirian
influence and modeled as far as possible on certain Sirian institutions
and bearing a slight resemblance also to our hierarchical life - as
seen in the light of the Eternal Now. Its "Blue Lodge" with
its three degrees is related to the three major groups of Lives on Sirius,
for there are there no kingdoms of nature, such as we possess; these
groups receive all Those Who choose the fourth Path, and train Them
in the mode of existence and the type of livingness which is found on
Sirius. This will make it plain to you that the least developed of the
Sirian Lives are - from our standpoint - all of Them initiates of very
high degree. Masonry is, therefore, connected in a peculiar way with
the fourth Path. Down the ages, the Masonic tradition has been preserved,
changing its nomenclature from time to time, reinterpreting its Words
of Power, and consequently getting further and further removed from
its original beauty and intent."
[R&I.417]
"The
influences of Sirius, three in number, are focused in Regulus, which
is, as you know, a star of the first magnitude and which is frequently
called "the heart of the Lion." There is more real occultism
hidden in the names given to the various stars by astronomers down the
ages than has yet been realized, and here you have a case in point."
[EA.300]
"A
Master, therefore, is one who has taken the seventh planetary initiation,
the fifth solar initiation, and the first Sirian or cosmic initiation."
[IHS.18]
[AN]
value of Sirius = [95] . Number
of stars in Leo according to AAB. is 95. [Labor of Hercules. Labor V.]
[RAN]
value of Sirius = [5] The Sacred Number of the Second Ray.
"First
and foremost is the energy or force emanating from the sun Sirius. If
it might be so expressed, the energy of thought, or mind force, in its
totality, reaches the solar system from a distant cosmic center via
Sirius. Sirius acts as the transmitter, or the focalizing center, whence
emanate those influences which produce self-consciousness in man. During
initiation, by means of the Rod of Initiation (acting as a subsidiary
transmitter and as a powerful magnet) this energy is momentarily intensified,
and applied to the centers of the initiate with terrific force; were
it not that the Hierophant and the two sponsors of the initiate pass
it primarily through their bodies, it would be more than he could stand.
This increase of mind energy results in an expansion and an apprehension
of the truth as it is, and is lasting in its effects. It is felt primarily
in the throat center, the great organ of creation through sound."
[IHS.99]
"Each
one of us, in due process of evolution, forms part of one of the Heavenly
Men, Who Themselves form the seven
centers in that greater Heavenly Man, the Logos. Yet, though we are
merged with the whole, we do not lose our identity, but forever remain
separated units of consciousness, though one with all that lives or
is. In like manner our Logos loses not His identity, even though He
forms part of the Consciousness of the Logos of Sirius. In His turn,
the Sirian Logos forms one of the seven Grand Heavenly Men, who are
the centers in the body of ONE OF WHOM NOUGHT MAY BE SAID."Â
[TCF.572]
The
Intermediate Law of Karma. - There is also an intermediate law, which
is the synthetic law of the system of Sirius. This law is called by
the generic term, the Law of Karma, and really predicates the effect
the Sirian system has on our solar system. Each of the two systems,
as regards its internal economy, is independent in time and space, or
(in other words), in manifestation. We have practically no effect on
our parent system, the reflex action is so slight as to be negligible,
but very definite effects are felt in our system through causes arising
in Sirius. [TCF.570]Â
The
system of the Sirian Logos is on the cosmic mental plane, and in a subtle
way, incomprehensible to us, our Logos, with His system, forms a part
of a still greater Logos. This does not involve loss of identity, though
the matter is too abstruse to express more adequately. It is in this
analogy that the basic idea can be found of all teaching given out about
the Grand Heavenly Man. The whole conception of these laws is bound
up in this idea. We have the three laws of the cosmic higher planes,
holding in a synthesis of beauty the greater and the lesser system.
Next we have the great law of Sirius, the Law of Karma, on the third
subplane of the cosmic mental plane, which law really controls our Logos,
and His actions, in the same way as the ego - in due course of evolution
- controls the human personality.[TCF.572]
"We
need to remember that, under the Law of Correspondences, we shall have
a relationship in the Cosmos, similar to that existing in the microcosm
between the ego and the personality. The suggestion holds much that
we might consider with benefit. We must not, however, carry the analogy
too far; as we have not yet evolved to where we have planetary consciousness,
still less systemic, how can we really expect even to conceive of the
A B C of cosmic truth? Just broad hints, wide conceptions, and generalities,
are as yet possible. Of one thing we can be sure, and that is that identity
ever remains." [TCF.572]
"Gradually,
by dint of hard effort, certain Masters have qualified themselves, or
are qualifying themselves, to take the place of the original members
of the group, permitting of their return to a cosmic center around which
our system, and the greater system of Sirius revolve." [IHS.190]
"This
particular group of devas emanate from a great force center which we
generalize by calling it by the name of the sun Sirius."
Reference to Sirius as a constellation:
The
cosmic mental plane, and therefore with the constellation Sirius. [TCF904]
This
great Sun (Sirius) which is to our solar Logos what the Monad is to
the spiritual man, has a peculiar part to play where our Earth is concerned."
(R&I 414)
"The
consciousness of the cosmic mental plane is the goal of attainment for
our solar Logos and the Sirian Logos is to our solar Logos what the
human Ego (or soul) is to the human personality." (C.F. 592)
(LOM)
Letter I: alignment of Ego with the personality personality:
Further
still the alignment may be progressed: - in the alignment of our entire
solar system with the system of Sirius lies a still more remote goal.
It is a point far ahead in time, but holds hid the secret of the greater
cycle.
From
AAB in the Labor V of Hercules:
"In
Canis Major we find Sirius, the Dog Star, called in many old books "the
leader of the entire heavenly host", for it is ten or twelve times
brighter than any other star of the first magnitude. Sirius has always
been associated with great heat, hence we have the phrase of "the
dog days" in the middle of the summer, when the heat is supposed
to be greatest. From the standpoint of the occultist, Sirius is of profound
significance. "Our God is a consuming fire", and Sirius is
the symbol of the universal soul as well as of the inpidual soul. It
is therefore, esoterically considered, the star of initiation. In the
language of symbology we are told, there comes a moment when a star
blazes forth before the initiate, signifying his realization of his
identity with the universal soul, and this he suddenly glimpses through
the medium of his own soul, his own star."
In
the zodiac of Denderah, this star is called Apes, the head. We are told
(in the appendix, p. 1518, of the Companion Bible) that the brightest
star in Canis Major is Sirius, the Prince, called in Persian, the Chieftain.
There are three other stars in the same constellation: one is called
"the announcer", another the "shining one," and
the third, "the glorious", all of them phrases emphasizing
the magnificence of Canis Major and, esoterically, the wonder and the
glory of the higher self.
In
Canis Minor, the "underdog", the same writing tells us that
the name of the brightest star signifies, "redeemer", that
the next brightest is "the burden bearer" or "the one
who bears for others". We have, therefore, in the significance
of these two names, a portrayal of Hercules, as he works out his own
salvation and as he bears the great burden of Atlas and learns the meaning
of service.
The
first of the cosmic laws is the Law of Synthesis. It is almost impossible
for those of us who have not the buddhic faculty in any way developed,
to comprehend the scope of this law. It is the law that demonstrates
the fact that all things - abstract and concrete - exist as one; it
is the law governing the thought form of that One of the cosmic Logoi
[568] in Whose consciousness both our system, and our greater center,
have a part.
August,
which is ruled by Leo, is the month of the Dog-star, or of Sirius, which
thus brings Sirius into close relation to Leo. Leo, in the cosmic sense
(and apart from our solar system altogether) is ruled by Sirius. Sirius
is the home of that greater Lodge to which our fifth initiation admits
a man and to which it brings him, as a humble disciple. Later, when
the new world religion is founded and is working, we shall find that
the major, monthly festival in August, held at the time of the full
moon, will be dedicated to the task of making contact, via the Hierarchy,
with Sirian force. Each of the months of the year will later be dedicated
(through accurate astrological and astronomical knowledge) to whichever
constellation in the heavens governs a particular month, as Sirius governs
Leo. This I shall later elaborate in the papers to be written anent
the new "Approaches" to spiritual reality.[EA.299]
"Those
devas who are the sumtotal of the astral light. They are the agents
of the karmic lords, who are in themselves deva entities of