SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

FROM

THE

ARCANE

SCIENCE

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

FROM

THE

ARCANE

SCIENCE

WRITTEN

DOWN

BY

EDWARD

CLARENCE

FARNSWORTH

PORTLAND,
SMITH "

MAINE PRINTERS

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MCMXIII

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CONTENTS

PAOK

INTRODUCTION

IX

THE

POLE

STAR

THE

KOSMIC

ORBITS

7
PROCESS
lO

THE

PLANETARY

THE

OUTER

PLANETS

20
. " . " .

v)L
X

THE

SECRET

PLANETS

25
2

THE

KOSMIC

PROCESS

;s

THE

KOSMIC

SCHEME

29
31

LOVE LIVES

MINERAL

AND

VEGETABLE

"

"

"

33 34

SOUND

AND

COLOR

PLANES

OF

FORCE

36 38

FIRE TEN-FOLD SUN CYCLES

THE

40
ORIGIN OF

FOHAT

AND

THE

43 47 49

MANIFEST

Am"

UNMANIFEST

"

...

OCCULT

TIME AND THE EVERLASTING NOW

THE

EVERLASTING

HERE

GRAVITATION

54
AND THE MOMENT
" .

"0
CONCENTRATION
KARMA

56
58

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PACK

FORGIVBNSSS
SEPTENARY MAN

59
6l

PRANA

67
AURA

THE

72
OF REINCARNATION
...

THE

ORBIT

73 75

TRANSUBSTANTIATION

THE

SEVEN

SENSES

76
77

FOOD

BREATH

78
IMMORTALITY

PHYSICAL

8
SELFISHNESS

THE

BUDDHAS

OF

...

87
88

JESUS
THE

THE

CHRIST
OF MASTERS

LODGE

....

95
99
I Of

GIVEN

NAMES

GOD

OR

PRINCIPLE

FAITH

103
104
KXmARAS

SPECIALISM
THE HIGHER

I07
IO9
PATH
" " "

THE

MUSICAL

SCALE
OF THE .III

SOME

PERILS

OBSESSION

113

METEMPSYCHOSIS
COMPENSATION

II5 I18
119

SEX

THE

PHYSICAL

BODY

121

"

VI

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PACK

DEATH

AND

BIRTH

23

WOMEN

MASTERS

25

MARY

128
RAYS
1

FATHER

29

KINGS

131
AND RACES
1

ROUNDS

33

SELFISHNESS

AND

SELFLESSNESS
.

134

SPONSORS

136
AND RECEIVING

GIVING

138
1

MARRIAGE

39

THE

ZODIACAL

SIGNS

141
STAR
1

THE

SIX-POINTED

45

THE

GREAT

PHYSICIAN

48

THE

KARMIC

RECORDS

150
1

KARMIC

ADJUSTMENT

54

IMMORTALITY

56
57

SPIRIT
LEVITATION

COMMUNICATION

160

DESIRE

162

PRAYER

164
MERIT
1

TRANSFERRED

66

THE

AFRICANS

168

PICTURES LANGUAGE CREATIVE

WORD

169
171
1

THE

73

""

vu

CONTENTS
PAGS

WILL

"

"

176
178

WORSHIP
THE CENTRAL

MESSAGE
LAND

OF

THE

AVATAR

180
.

THE

SACRED

1S3 185
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188

THE

SEVENTH

RACE

THE

WORLDS

KALI

YUGA

-*

INTRODUCTION

THE
altogether
in

author
readers

is well
the

aware

that these
fail
to

to

the

majority
will
seem

of

bulk

of

writings
interest this
more

fantastic. outside their

of

Many
the

themselves

things

usual,

and

failure
refuse

largely
to
con*

invalidates sider
hard

opinions.
lies

Many
the

whatever

beyond
and

narrow

province
class many heads Doctrine" know
the
an a

of

and

proven

fact,

from

this
are

sneer

is will

inevitable.

Among
statement

theosophists
under of the the

who

judge book,
H. P.

every

various "Secret should

to

of

this
of that

by

the

authority
This
not

filavatsky.
work
and the
now was

class

that

marvelous
of

designed
truth, but
warrant

be

compendium
exposition

universal
as

final

rather

ample
We

times
in B.
a

would

are

larger cycle
and her

and

the

veiled
Masters be

language
in

which wisdom

H.

P.

associate may author

upon

their

deemed

necessary,
The

safely
makes

superseded
to

by plainer speech.
many

bold

say

that
wardly out-

things briefly
at

touched
are

by

him,
hidden
The

things

variance,
of
the
"

nevertheless Doctrine."
of

beneath does been with

At

the
not

veils

Secret

author

deny

that

somewhat
in ancient he
a

speculation
to

has deal
truth.
not

allowed

place
of the time

work
search
to

endeavoring
for confess

phases
the
same

satisfying
that

is free his

did he

certain
not

statements

embody

own

convictions,
ix

would

INTRODUCTION

now

turn

from

other

paths
consideration.

of

literature

to

present

them

here

for

impartial
a

That

great

World-Teacher

is

soon

to

deliver
is

comprehensive
his convictions. he
also

and

enlightening
As
to

message

one

of

the

purport
and

of

that

modern

message,
to

has

convictions

naturally

desire

express In what

them.
known the world

are

to

at

large
life

as

early
for

historic the

times,
part
to

the

conditions

of

this

earth

were

most

endurable other-world

only

because

of

belief

in

man's All sal univer-

pilgrimage
exoteric faith.

rest

and

happiness. well-nigh
of

religions
Even

are

built

upon

this

where

the

doctrine
the

reincarnation esoteric
what

obtains,
the

every

teaching
for
a

except
blessed
The idea

most

pares pre-

disciple
realms.

translation
of

to

are

called
earth

higher
has
not

bringing
upon of

heaven

to

heretofore
the

been

enlarged

chiefly

because

of

supposed

imperfectibility

physical

matter

as

such.

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS ARCANE SCIENCE

FROM

THE

THE

POLE

STAR

IN

bygone
land.

ages

the

North

was

deemed

sacred

Nations India
;

antedating peoples
more

historic
than than

Egypt,
hoariest
any

Persia,
tion; tradiwhose

Assyria

and

older

civilizations
unearthed
secrets
common

ancient
in

relics
of
a

yield

tantalizing
have

fragments
as

the
one

mighty
to
a

past,
land

looked
the

with

eye land
Star of

beyond
temperate
from of the

ice

barriers,
one

sacred

upon

whose
shone

shores zenith.
towered

able immov-

night

In

that

polar

home
the

mystery
of in the

Meru,

the

celestial
the

height,

Olympus

old

Aryan
Purana

Hindus,
and
mogonies cos-

mountain esoteric
were

celebrated

the

Vishnu
the

other

writings.
built
of

Inevitably
the

earliest Star and for

around

Pole

the
the in
a

immediate

circle

his
men

attendants.

Longing
themselves beheld

fixed,
world

the of

permanent,

yet

found

passing things.
and

Daily
like the in So

they

the

Sun

appearing
meridian
And
to
or

disappearing,
to

themselves

attaining gloom.
but

only
what

decline

into

unresponsive
the Moon the
some

then

brief but
to

fulfilment
wane

rising

set,

waxing

1
no

with

Stars, solitary

clustering, grouped
held
in

doubt

by
bond,

mighty
and

hand

and

by

some

unescapable they followed

in

yet wake,

ful change-

this, that
sea,

the

Sun's

sailing
then

the

same

finding
in

the

same

hidden

haven,

and

reappearing

ceaseless

circumnavigation.

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

Amidst
once

all the the fixed

now

panorama Star

of

earth the

and

heaven,

not

did
the

Pole

betray
of the of

universal he

unrest

From

throne

spheres

inspired
but then round

his
the

ministers,
Seven

the

Stars

Ursa

Major,
round flame.
of
to

Primordial
in
to

Sages, moving
of

and

him
were

clad

garments
do
of

resplendent Dispensers

Mighty
Law,

they
tioners
were
sure

his reward all

will. and

the

appor-

punishment,
revealed;
to

them

all deeds

open,
was

thoughts
measure

therefore, just and

and
to

their

every

world

its every

creature.

In

prehistoric
as
"

ages
of

the

Constellation held

of the

Dragon,

known

the

tree

knowledge," golden
the

place supreme
of Wisdom
was

in heaven.
the
as

The
and

great
of

Dragon

spine along
In

brain
human

Kosmos.

Along
the
sacred

that

spine,

the
the of

spine, moved
head and

Kundalini
the

Fire.
eye, Star

Dragon's
inmost
as

constituting
the
sacred

third

that known

vision, burned
Germ the

Mother of
all that of

Isis, the
be

Star, nucleus

is

and

yet

shall

until

long

Kosmic

Night

dissolution.
In

the
sacred

body

of

the
now

Dragon
known

was
as

another

Star, the Draconis,

the Star

no

less
Pole

Osiris,
of

Alpha
before of
or

the of

Star

centuries

long, long
the

Bethlehem While
was

proclaimed
Isis
was

reshaping
Egg breaking
Star of of

ancient

Truth. Osiris
that

the

primeval
the
"

Nebula,
away
from from

the

Egg-born,
He
was

first

Nebula. heart of

the

bright
beacon

dropped
on

the
seven

Eternity
the

the

hope Being."

whose

Rays

hang

seven

worlds

Symbolically

ARCANE

SCIENCE

speaking,
Mother,
Breaths

He

was

the

child the
one

and creative
to

husband

of

the

great
or

and

through
from
were

Kundalini
other the hosts of

Fires these of

passing

the

two

gigantic Suns,
That the
to

engendered
Pair
are
no

heaven.

original

longer whereby
to

conspicuous
in the

is

due

the

stupendous

sacrifice

ning begin-

of thus and

time

they
the

gave

themselves
one

their
one

progeny,
in

making
also the
one

universe
its

in

essence,

duty
back

in

destiny
and

which

is to

be into

drawn the

into

Parent Source

Heart,
of

eventually

unman-

ifested
The Pole the

all.
no

idea
Star

of

symbolism
and the

doubt

originated
circle

with

the

Alpha
of

imaginary
around

formed

by
itself thus

moving
with

Ursa

Major

it. of the

Symbolism
Pole In

begins

the
space here

circle void
of

empty
visible
the and

Star,
the

suggesting
cosmogony the

creation. Unmanifested Osiris

the
are

hoary
One is

mentioned,
while three Isis

First

Logos,
These

the

Second

Logos.
of

constitute

universal

Trinity

trinities,Source
The

of all that
of the

follows.

first children
the Seven
matters

Second

Logos
before

are

the

Third
to.

Logos,
In these

Primordial
a

Sages
of of

alluded

difference
the

opinion
honor
to

existed, for
the Seven

certain of
the

teachers

gave group

place

Pleiadic
the

whose around

brightest
which of
our

star,
Sun of each

Alcyone,
revolves
years

they deemed
in
an

Center

orbit

requiring
They

hundreds
also
our

millions that

for the
nected con-

its
seven

completion. planets,
with
one

taught

of

including
of

earth,
Seven.

is

occultly

the

Pleiadic

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

Turning
the

to

prehistoric times, imagine

limit
of and

ourselves

upon

northmost

the
of

globe
his
to cross,

with
seven

Alpha
Rays
cardinal this

Draconis
four
are

directly overhead, emanating

Now
cross
we

from

the the

zenith

the in

points.
the
are

behold
matter

original

instance

of

whereon
the

all Stars

and Kosmic
the the

all

beings

crucified
Modem Star

until

great

night

of

rest.

astronomy
to

shows

that
of

of fixity earth's
;

the
upper

North

is due
a

the

coincidence
of the

pole
shows

with
that

certain
the

section
of

heavens

it further varies

place
the

supposed

stability
of the

slowly
thereby and,
of
the

throughout making

great
and

cycle

equinoxes,
and

Vega

Alpha

Draconis

Polaris

later, Alpha
North.
to

Caephus,
modern

successive

sovereigns

Thus

investigation would
However,
based charted and had
on

give quietus
old Illuminati
for

the

ancient forestalled
that

teaching.
argument

the
this

have

view,

it is

provable by
the

they
the

had earth

the

circle

described the years

pole of
to

computed
the

necessary

its

completion.
earth the
a

Moreover

initiated

few

considered
To them

the

sphere
was

having
also
a

its cardinal

points.

universe
upper
or

sphere

ing, hav-

like the
or

earth, its pole, and

reasons

positive pole,

its lower
east

negative
For the touch

its

equator
occult those

running
they
ruled
our

and this Sun.

a

west.

deeply
planet
on a

believed

earth To minor with

favored
somewhat

of

by

our

mystery,
past

Sun,
in of

although
direct
the

luminary,
the

was,

during

ages,

line
seven

central
from

Sushumna
the
true

Ray,
North.

chiefest

emanating

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

Let

it be

remembered is in
the

that

the

motion

of the
both

circumreal
and

polar groups seeming; being

ever

ancient

theory

the

first motion
the

requiring
fourteen the
energy

ages,

the

second
are

diurnal, while

orbits
of Pass

described
those

surcharged
is formed division and

with
an

groups.
an

Thus
outer

inner

''Ring
over

Not,'' and

sovereign
of Stars

the

zodiacal

tions constellathe

all else

and

planets throughout
Stars and the the

Kosmic

Sphere
farther

or

expanded
farther
and

Egg.
removed

lations Constel-

and

from
; thus

Center,
universe
because

revolve consists
of

in of

larger

larger orbits

concentric

circles, imperfect
of
are

only

the

mutual of
these

attraction orbits
of

all
so

heavenly
vast

bodies.
modern that of
or

Certain

that

astronomers,
no

because

insufficient
the

data, suppose
and
are

exact

system
also
that
to
save

controls
Suns hurl for

comings

goings
destined

the

sky;

innumerable
on

rather

doomed
not

and brief
as

on

in

straight paths
of also
even
some

deviating
chance
suppose

the

attraction
the

neighbor
that Star in

methodless

other;
awaits

they
the
;

possible
of
we

destruction
not
some

brightest
destruction
some

know
of

what

hope

and

promise

shape

onrushing
unsoundable
and

fierygiant, or
abysses
and

dark

derelict
seons

from space

unthinkable That
wise but

of

time.
is not the

dead
draws

worlds them

should

clash
says

strange
Secret

since Science

law
that

together

living Suns destroy Way

the
each

presiding over
other
even

planetary evolutions
in the
mazes

should

of

the

Milky

Secret

Science

emphatically

denies.

ARCANE

SCIENCE

To

complete
limit

his of

journey
the

from

the
our

southern Sun

to

the
not
not

northern less
than

Milky
years.
in

Way

requires
have

fifty million
a curve

Astronomers but then

yet detected
of
vast

his

path,

only

tion fracthat
to

his

orbit

shall

have

been

measured
was

by
deemed

journey.
the
true

While

Alpha
of Kosmic that
our

Draconis

be

Center

evolution, certain
Sun
turn

ancient
to

teachers

believed
group, In
one

is

planet
around
seven
a

*the the

Pleiadic
Pole Star. of and
a

which the
of
were

in

revolves
of the

Greek

legend

ters daughmortal,

Atlas,
whom of

whom,

Sterope, married
to

all of

translated

the who

sky,
hid

is hidden for

mystery
and

occultism. therefore
to

Sterope,
has
some

herself
the the

shame

who

been

called
at

''lost head
of

Pleiad,"
this with

is, according
group,

teachers,
therefore
in

septenary
the

and

direct

touch

Supreme
Wisdom

Center.

Divine
of

has
the the law

decreed of

that

the

highest

world
to

being

is,by
Thus

polar opposites, bound

is endowed
is

the

lowest. and

allegory
It

with

mystical
of

magical

meaning.

taught that,
Sun the is
one

because

undeveloped
Suns and
so

possibilities,our
receives
Our

of the
or

lowest

directly
earth for

seventh
same

highest
one

Pleiadic
the

Ray.

the

reason

of

lowest of the

planets,
our

receives

directly, through
that

the
It the the

medium
contacts

Solar
at
a

Logos,

seventh
which

Ray.
at

earth

particular point,
". C.
was

autumnal
shaft
was

equinox
the

2170

identical saith
the

with

of

great
an

Pyramid, king.

which,

legend,

built

by

Adept

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

The

influence
as

of

the in

Pleiades
the book

makes
of

for

universal
and the

harmony,
seventh
source

hinted has
been

Job,

their
true

Star of

called
as a

the

Christ

Star,

the
it

Christos
was

Kosmic the

principle.
or

For

this

reason

held

that

Avatars,

Divine
earth

descents

into

flesh, have

taken

place

on

this

only.

THE

PLANETARY

PROCESS

THE
were

Masters
men

of who of

the

"Ancient learned
as

Arcane

Wisdom"
of humility,

had

the

lesson

for showed

the

scheme
the

creation
to

understood

by them,
from

things
and
at

highest
stone

be

evolved

things
builders ing followto

the

lowest

the

rejected by
of
the
corner.

the The

becoming
is
an

last the
of

head

outline

special teaching
attainment.
whose

in

regard

man's

origin,progress
This

and

world's is
made

humanity
up of

destiny
from

is of

the

iest, loftof

of

failures

the

evolutions
than the

other

worlds, all
Our

them solar of

apparently higher
system
is ruled

this

globe-chain.
the
ten

by

Logos,
tion habitamay
seven

Hierarchies ten-fold
as

perfected Beings whose

These
an

is the considered visible is the and Solar

Sun. in

Hierarchies

be

colors

ascending
vision. of his

series,

three

beyond
or

our

Each

Hierarchy
In ing ascendgreen,

Father

Author
are

Ray.

order

these

Rays

(i) violet, (2) red, (3)

(4) indigo, (s) yellow, (6) light-blue, (7) (8) beyond

normal

orange,

vision, (9) beyond,

10

(10) beyond.

ARCANE

SCIENCE

The

ten

planets governed
series
as

by

the

Hierarchies

are

in

descending (2) Mercury,

green, orange,

follows:

(i) Jupiter, light-blue,

indigo, (4) Saturn, violet, (7) Earth, vision, (9) Uranus,
to

yellow, (3) Venus,

red, (6) Moon,
below normal

(5) Mars,
(10)
outmost

(8) Neptune,

below,

planet,

unknown

physical

science, below.
The

(i)

Violet

Hierarchy
The

has

for

polar opposite (i)

Jupiter, light-blue. polar opposite

(2)

Red

Hierarchy
The

has

for

(2) Mercury,
for

yellow. (3) Venus,

(3)

Green The
ten

Hierarchy
rest

has

opposite

indigo.
Each
of the

of the is

series built

follow
from

in like order.
ten

planets
Solar

grades
that

of

substance,
which is his

each

Hierarchy building
thus

grade
or

polar

opposite;
builds
the

the

(i)

Violet

lowest

Hierarchy

the

highest planetary
esoteric
other

substance,
we

ing which, followshall call the

of

usual
in The

enumeration,
the

seventh,

words,
Red

Atmic builds and

so

plane
the
on.

the

planets.
or

(2)

Hierarchy
the

(6) yellow
The

Buddhic

plane of

planets
the

(7)

Orange
planets.

Hierarchy
The
so

builds

first material

plane of the
material
can

8th
on.

Hierarchy Only
and

builds

the

denser

plane
compress

and

the

greatest

Hierarchy
of

the

rock

mineral
even

framework esoteric be is

the

globe-chains.
are

Exoteric, and
it may

instructions
that
the

full of of
in

blinds, and
the such

here

stated

scheme

planetary
works
as

chains
A.

quite unlike

that

given

P.

Sinnett's is

''Esoteric
on

Buddhism.''
same

Every
;

planetary
dense

chain

built is
a

the

model

thus

the

center

of each

quater-

II

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

nary above the

more

of the

colors
orange, Astral is

from and

the

orange

downward.
its
next

Next

penetrating
;

lighter parts,
larger
and

is
so

larger

globe of violet
the red

refined,
dense
of

Kamic
next

globe

penetrating
the green
next

more

orange
Manas

matter;

larger is
still

globe

lower
the

penetrating

deeper;
then

larger is

indigo, higher

Manas;

Buddhi,
all of

yellow,
the

and

lastly Atma,
The the

penetrating light-blue,
of and each chain

orange.
to

globes 8th, 9th

contracted

which

respond cor-

loth
not

Hierarchies,

are

unevolved

and

and

really
the

connected
orange will of in

with
our

our

septenary

evolution. of the

However,
7 th

chain, correspondent expand

Solar
to
a

Hierarchy,

time
The each

sun-like

splendor.
finished
or
"

Builders
of
our

having
the

the if
we

globe-chains,
confine
"

Hierarchy
to

ten,
of

the archy Hierin of

seven

explanation
of
his the

system
emanated
"

evolution
to

each

seven,

the
to

globe-chain
the monads in

keeping
"

the that

lives
were

analagous
to

Leibnitz

perfect themselves
round is
a

consecutive
seven

rounds. of
same. a

descent then
an

through
ascent

shades the

prismatic color,

through
To

exemplify,

round

of

Jupiter is

in

descent

ist,

light-blue; 2nd,
blue;

yellow-light-blue; 3rd,

indigo-light-

4th, green-light-blue;

5th, red-light-blue; 6th,

In

violet-light-blue; 7th,
the
source

orange-light-blue.
The
or

ascent,
the

order of

is man's

reversed. seventh farthest

Jupiter

evolution,
or

highest principle
from that

body,
of
our

is the

evolution

removed

12

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SCIENCE

planet.
to

It is
seven

simple primary
divisions of
*'

one,

normally

confined
of the

the

the

highest globe
evolutions

chain, and
chains.
In the the

begins

the

group-soul"

of other

first round

of

Jupiter the

lives,beginning
a

in

pure

light-blue, penetrate
dense divisions
true

only
of

to

certain
seventh

extent
or

the

increasingly
globe.
the It

the

highest only begin

in
to

holds
arc

of

all

globe-chains
do the

that

lowest

of the lower

fourth shades

round of
a

lives

penetrate
In each

the round

the

dominating

color.

is described
round

larger circle,but
is the of

only

in of

the
the

seventh

of
the

Jupiter
lowest

highest region

light-blue and

the

orange-light-blue

explored.
The in the

although Mercury-yellow-evolution,
scale, emanated
The from
to

one

lower
of

the

(2)

Red

Hierarchy

the
the

Logos.
sixth
of

life-wave
of the

Mercury

passing through
with
to

globe
the

Jupiter chain, carried

had descended the

it

certain

light-blue that they

were

that

globe

because

better

fitted for
the

Mercury
monads

evolution.

These

uniting
evolution the

with
of Green

Mercury

originated the
The
wave

dual from

Atma-Buddhi.

(3)
the

Hierarchy
globe
of

to

Venus,
and who

indigo, passed through

Mercury,
had

fifth it
from

Jupiter
many
a

carrying
to

with

each,

dropped

those
we

globes
have
in

in the

seeking
Venus
The
wave

yet lower
the the

evolution.

Thus

scheme
from fourth

group-soul, Atma-Buddhi-Manas.

(4) Indigo Hierarchy passed

of

through

the

globe
down

Jupiter, Mercury

and

Venus,
13

carrying

many

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

to

the

Saturn

evolution
It and is

which
seen

is Atma-Buddhi-Manas that the the

of

and
of

lower
the

Manas.

Jupiter is the father

father
of

higher

triad
The

Saturn from

the

lower

quaternary.

wave

(s) Yellow
the

Hierarchy
down Atmawave

passed through the third globe

Mars,
red. The Martian
Manas

planets

to

scheme and

is therefore
Kama. The

Buddhi-Manas-lower
from the

(6) Light-blue Hierarchy passed

of the
was

through

the
;

second
so

globe

planets
a

to

the
one.

Moon-chain,
The
wave

violet from

that

evolution

six-fold

the

(7) Orange
of

Hierarchy
to
our

passed
own

through

the

first

globe
so

the

planets
is the

globe-chain,
one

orange, in
teric exo-

our

scheme
works.

seven-fold

described

The

normal

Moon-chain
were

beings, having
to

finished

their
but here

evolution,
the

united whom

their
were

Solar

Hierarchy,
came
man

failures,of
united this

there with

six classes,

and
to

themselves
to

the various the six

only part
grades

of of

native

world,

wit, the

ble hum-

physical Ultimately gathered

arc

lives emanated
failures of

by
the
on

Orange

Hierarchy.
were

the

globe-chains
earth
at

into

group-souls

our

the

lowest
of

yet explored, and

round. the
Venus Not
to

therefore

in

the

middle

the

fourth
In

scheme

were

certain their

entities

of

peculiar
had
There
to

sort.

adapted

to

globe evolution, they

in
to

dropped they
and of

lower

globe
the

conditions life-wave

their
Saturn

chain. and drawn

to
our

had
to

contacted
the

Mars any

Moon,
but

without the

having

been

into

these;

life-wave

flowing

14

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

even
or

ten-fold

group-soul; but be
his

the
are

incarnation

normal
to

abnormal)
one,

various
"

souls
am

unified, made
the

appear

by
in
or

the

I !" in

of

highest
incarnation
or

soulis
the

consciousness
the

him, which
will

abnormal

Astral
or

personal

consciousness,

else

Kamic

selfish
the

desire
or

consciousness.

In

normal

incarnation,
the
to

Atmic

spiritualwill consciousness
the
"

is
seem

real

unifier,although
in
the

am

I !"

would
center

originate body

physical brain, during

to
am

chief

of

material
The the

consciousness
has

earth-life. that after

death of

materialist

yet
"I is The the

learn
I !"

physical body

the

continues, although
included
to
more

material

consciousness

no

longer

in

the and

unified
more

group-soul.
interior
a

entity passing

planes,

unif3dng spiritual
until,
on

will

nates domi-

lessening
seven-fold
the

group becomes

the

Devachanic
In
return

plane,
to

the

the

trinity.
a reverse

incarnation,

spiritual will by
and

process soul of

enlarges
the
To
seven.

its dominion

again

is the

unifying

the
1"

man

of

today

his
true

affirmation,
that
"

"

am

physical
be ordinate sub-

body

is
to

so

obviously

it cannot soul
;

well !" his which

his

affirmation,
a

am

really

is
"

more

or

less

matter

of
more

faith

while
How

affirmation the
race

am

spirit! "
of
a

is

even

so.

different
seventh

affirmation with
not

being
has

of become

the

perfected
clearest
of

whom

faith
to

sight. Owing
his

only

the but

individualization also
to

every
of

sciousness, con-

the

harmonious
he
can

union say

all

as

one

group-soul consciousness,
i6

with

full

ARCANE

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realization, "
can

am

seven

in

one

!"

or,

if he

choose,

he

make
and

any think

of

the
and

seven

the in that

dominating
as

ness consciousthe others of the have any

act

though
may

were

non-existent.

From while

this
the of
ten

we

know

Solar
the

Logos

that

Hierarchies

Supreme
or

Consciousness
any member of the

absolute
can

Oneness,
at

Hierarchy
the

thereof,
entire
can

will

focus
or, the

consciousness
out

ten

in and

himself,
act

shutting

all

others, he
any

think

with

consciousness
natural bent The will he

of

single Hierarchy,
act

although
own

by

would

with evolution
to

that of

of

his

archy. Hier-

completed
every

the in
or

solar

system
the

enable

entity

focus

himself

Supreme
of is
ever

Consciousness
any of the
a

of the

Logos,

the

ness consciousevolution
this

Solar

Hierarchies.

Kosmic
of

toward the
we

grander

correspondent

solar

unity,
As

goal being Kosmic

have
to
a

group-soul consciousness.
man

defined

him,
and

the

group-soul sphere.
is
more

is

parable com-

shaped

centered

On
or

the

other

hand,

life in the Thus

out

lower
the of

kingdoms
creation

less

nebulous.

of

insect

every

group-

soul
each and

sends

millions

lives in with

tiny physical bodies,

its
the is
source.

magnetically
higher
is in and
an

connected

Higher
put out-

the

scale

of

being
nebula

group-souPs
condensing
like in the
are more

less
to
were

less; the
orb. The

and

cohering
creation
more

lives whose
far and and the fewer

insect
and

scattered fewer

wide,

gathered into
the

physical bodies
soul of

untU
a

in

higher

creatures

animal

permeates
a

single body,

the

physical manifestation
17

group-soul

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

once

embryonic,
of
man

and

still infantile

when

compared

to

that In
one

the

septenary.
condition
of

the

ultimate

Earth's
is

humanity
seen

as

gigantic and

complex
of

group-soul,
the nebulous
the

the

fected per-

correspondent
insect sites the

group-soul
law of

of the
oppo-

family.
links

Thus

everywhere
and

polar

together things
Were it
an

conditions
the

outwardly
final

most

diverse.

otherwise,
unfulfilable

tion unificaand the

of all life would

be the

dream,
be the

pessimist rather
and

than
reasoner.

optimist

would

logical

convincing
The

beings
in

of

other scheme

world-schemes
of

are

especially
as

interested

the

this

earth, for,
all

already
ones.

shown,
The
a

our

evolution of
oneness

synthesizes
Mercury
with

preceeding
have

beings
sense

the

scheme

developed
not to

of

Higher
The

Powers

be

attained scheme

by
have

this
a

humanity.
pure

beings

of the

Venus that these

nor

intelligence transcending
On
of the other

acquirable by
ethereal
can

our

Masters.

hand,

beings
ever

know

nothing
until

material
man

things,
shall
show

they
the

know

perfected
over

to

them In
man

fruit of

triumph

hard will

earth

conditions.
to

exchange,
every

these
of

lofty beings
their
own

communicate

result every its

peculiar evolution.
of every

In

like manner, will

perfected humanity
to
one

world
and

bring
of

sheaves

common

sharing;

because

this, the perfection

be
or

of

individual

ness conscious-

shall Whether is
a

attained.
not

the

planets of
of

our

system

are

ited inhabTo

question provocative
i8

much

discussion.

ARCANE

SCIENCE

those
seems

who

know
to

nothing
answer

of

globe-chains
have
and

the

question
found
the

easy devoid

for

they

not

Moon

of

atmosphere
Uranus

Jupiter still at
are

almost ciently suffilife.

and

fire heat

? while

and

Neptune
other believe
men
on

not

yet

dense

to
was

sustain led
to
once

than that both

;

marine
he
met

Swedenborg
conversed

with

beings
and the

the

material

planet Jupiter
of

material
astronomers

Moon had

but, in the days

not

the

Swedish

seer,

discovered which
as

the
can

planetary
be
seen,

conditions

above

mentioned,

discredit the of
the

his statements.
manner

Having
also any be its

outlined scheme
upon

of

building each
we

planet,
see

evolution,
material the

readily
of

that
must

evolution
far

globe

Jupiter

below seventh

the

limit of

normal
upon

which

is confined

to the

globe.
is
one

Evolution

the material than

of
on

globe
that
of

of

Mercury

degree
normal
the

higher

Jupiter because
extends
rial

the

evolutibn

the the

former
mater-

down
of

through Venus,
of

sixth

globe. Upon
is
on one

globe
on

evolution because

degree
the

higher
normal

than

that

Mercury
down

Venus
the

evolution

extends this
the

through
we

fifth
one

globe.
degree

Following higher
the upon

proceedure
material

find of

life

globe

Saturn. below the

On

Mars

material
the

evolution

is two

globes

normal,
in
structing con-

hence

impossibility of
the so-called Moon

intelligentagency
habitable had
the
one
no

canals.
were

If there from

the

material be

entities

would
the

failures Occult

who

dropped

globe
normal

normal

Science

recognizes

19

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

material
our

globe

evolution is

until

in While

downward
Occult of

descent Science Material

or

globe-chain
the that

reached.
of

admits Science least

conclusion
the
some
no

many

votaries
are

material form
means

globes
of

inhabited,

at

support
that

animal

or

vegetable life, it
devisable

contends
man

of

communication with
the

by

will
our

establish

relations

physical

worlds

of

system.
THE

OUTER

PLANETS

IT
to

is

commonly

observed
possess

that

many

creatures

of the
not

animal

kingdom
The

certain
of

faculties birds
and of

given
certain

man.

homing
known.
is

instinct
The

animals
ants

is well

intelligence
for

bees those

and
not

while
the

known,
clue. Science

unaccounted

by

having
Occult
us

teaches
in the

that

the

kingdom
wave

next

below
ing emanat-

is

to

some

extent

evolutionary
Civilized certain

from advanced
to

the

8th
now

Hierarchy.
possessed
to

man

when

less

than evolution
have

faculties but
the his

peculiar higher
lifethe

the

due

that drawn

Hierarchy,
him
to

principles
wave

since

from proper

eighth sphere,

and

confined

him

his

seven-fold

evolution.
Science is

Physical
the and
outer

holds
a mere

that
star

the

Sun,

as

seen

from

planets,
them

incapable

of

lighting
by

warming

; so

organic
indeed. of
our

life is there Occult

environed

conditions
that the

cheerless

Science

teaches
unseen

highest Rays
in
a

Sun

are

well-nigh
the

and

unfelt

globe emanating
20

from

(7) Orange

ARCANE

SCIENCE

Hierarchy.
descent visible
;

In

Neptune,

the

next

planet in
Solar
Sun

the

long

from

Jupiter, the
to

eighth
planet

Ray
is
not

becomes
ished dimin-

therefore
any of of

that

the

in No

his

properties.
is to
any
; extent
seen or

Ray

the

Sun

felt until from the other of the

it contacts

its

polar opposite
is visible evolution

thus
to
man

the and

Ray

(7) Orange entity of

our

Hierarchy physical
is its

every eye

because
The

the

physical body
Ray
Astral

polar opposite.
to

orange-violet
Because of his

is also

visible the
so

physical
is

man.

body
and in

true
on.

violet
The

possible
of

to

man's

Astral

sight;

entities way
the

the
seven

animal

dom king-

have
so

imperfect
the
seven

entire

principles,
Rays
are

to

them This

orange-tinted
is
not

Solar

visible. creation

earth

the

true

home it

of the
to
an

animal

which

is but
even as

passing through
we

fold eightsix-fold

evolution
evolution is
a

passed
The

through

the

of

the

Moon-chain.
the

vegetable kingdom
;

globe-chain behind
is
a

animal
the

the

mineral What the of

dom kingis

globe-chain
vegetable
and the from will

behind

vegetable.
from

now

the

kingdom
find its

emanated

9th
opment devel-

Hierarchy
on

appropriate
The

place

planet
the

Uranus.

mineral and
on

kingdom
find
outmost

emanated

loth
of

Hierarchy,

will the

its

appropriate
planet.
Each of

place

development

the

ten

creative

Solar

Rays

finds

its best
it
tacts con-

field of the
the

distinguishing activity when

lowest
the

in descent

aspect

of its

polar opposite.
the

Therefore

animal,

vegetable
21

and

mineral

kingdoms

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

all

about

us,

now

fall in

far

short

of

indicating

their

possibilitieswhen,
of the three of

its

appropriate
contacted

globe-chain, each
the

shall
own

have

full

creative

power The

its

Solar

Hierarchy.
destined
been for

three

lower

kingdoms
ages

the
here

outer

planets, have good

man,
reasons.

during long
Since

detained
a

for

first

he

became
in the

septenary,

of

all

beings
in
some

to

be

found
most

seven

globethe

chains, has
fulness
aeons

ways

nearly approached Archetypes.

their
In

of the each

the

highest

Divine
on

future

lower

kingdoms
an

respective planets
not

shall man,

compass
more

evolution
than

unlike his is

that

of of

yet

comprehensive

capable

becoming.
"The vertebrates"

unity
is it has
As
man

of due been

structural
to

plan

characterizing
of
eras

all

imitation different
or

man's of

physical
his world-

body

as

in

history.
after
so

consciously
Logos,

unconsciously patterns
his
own

the

Solar

especially

Hierarchy,
the human way the

the

animal while
after

unconsciously patterns
the the

after

model,
patterns

vegetable
animal,
due and

in

more

imperfect
mineral
after

the
to

plant.
wise
the

This

patterning,
great
of

propinquity,
who have lower

is in
in

the

plan

of those

Hierarchies
the so-called should

charge

special evolution
to

kingdoms.
have
to

What
an

the

animal

kingdom

always

been
man

advantageous
has
too

association often been

eventually helpful
made Hence

himself,
his

disadvantageous
the need of

by
that

ignorance

and

cruelty.
the Arcane

enlightening

which

Science

affords.

22

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

scheme.
not

The

residuum
to

of

any
rather

planetary
to
one

scheme whose

does

reallybelong

it,but

Logos,

reaching higher
residuum
Drawn tenth
a

and

therefore itself.

lower, shall

yet lift that

to

unity
some

with

into

fiery collision, the residuum begin

in the first

of

our

planet

will
ascent

spiral

of

the
aeons

nebula for

prodigious

requiring
the

unthinkable

its

culmination.

Evidently
is
to not

evolutionary
that of
can

scheme

of the

Wisdom-Religion
Never,
world
an

the
a

Darwinians.
in

according
become
no a

the

former,
;
no

mineral
can

this

vegetable
animal,

vegetable
of the
'*

become

animal;
become
a

unless When

delayed races,''
race

can

man.

the

human because

has

attained
law seek of its

certain

development, attraction,
the

then,
animal

of

the will

magnetic
own

creation

globe-chain.

When

constructed
of the the
ten

by
sacred

their

Hierarchies,
were

the

physical

globes
After became
case

planets
the

self-lumirious.

appearance

of have the

Kamic

principle
and,
of the
our

they
the

fiery.
of all

These

since

cooled

in

preceding
so

physical globe

earth-

chain, they will

remain, emitting only Jupiter is self-luminous

reflected
on

light of

the

Sun. of

only

the
centrated. con-

highest globe

his

chain is of

where

his

evolution
on

is his

Mercury higher
Buddhi.

self-luminous
the

two

globes
Venus because When

because is of her

evolution
on

of three

Atmaupper

self-luminous the

her

globes
Manas.

triple evolution,
is the

Atma-Buddhithe Earth

evolution
on

complete
entire
seven

will

be

self-luminous

globes

24

ARCANE

SCIENCE

of the of his be

chain.

Neptune
two
on

will

be

self-luminous

on

eight
will
are

globes,

of

which

are

physical. globes, three

on

Uranus

self-luminous
the of

nine

of his

of which
ten

physical ;
chain, four
of that the The
are

outmost

planet
are

the

entire
The

of

his

which
as

physical.
a

lowest

globe
tain con-

planet while
unassimilated characteristic
or

whole

self-luminous, will
of the

residuum
color of the of

all

planetary chains.
of any

globes

chain
of

tinted,

will the the

be, by
orange

dominating
our

color tint The

the

chain.

Thus

earth

will

every
Moon

globe including
in her with
to

light-blue or
on

highest.
six

prime

was

self-luminous
Her

globes beginning
returned
unper-

the

Astral.

perfected humanity has

while,
to
as we

the

Solar

Logos,

have

seen,

her in

fected

life has

passed

this
to

globe
a

which

exoteric
of

parlance
Moon-chain.
Those of

is therefore

said

be

reincarnation

the

self-luminous
a

globes whereon
is

the

normal with All

lution evo-

chain
pass

accomplished,
to

will, Logos.
to

their lower

humanities

upward
chain
must

the pass

Solar down
on

globes
with
more

of

the

assimilation

material

conditions

other

planets.

THE

SECRET

PLANETS

IN
the the

certain
what
are

esoteric
known these and

instructions
as

mention

is made
tion Informa-

of

the

secret

planets.
been schools but

concerning

has
even

always
in the

withheld
of

from

general public,
knowledge
in this

occultism
ever, How-

imparted

has age

been
of

meagre.

Aquarian

larger receptivity and

25

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

assimilation, something given

To
out.

about

these

planets

may

be

physical
light
of

eyes
the

the Sun This of

Moon
;

shines
to

with

but

the

rowed bor-

yet
it
was

Astral
to
an

sight it becomes
earlier
was

the the

violet
"

planet.

age

when

third-eye,"that
As

spiritual vision, explained,

the the

generally
Astral of the

operative. globe
lunar of the

previously
was

violet

Moon-chain When

basic

sphere
of that
were

evolution.

the

higher globes
Moon

chain,
united
of the is but
to

together with
with the

the

perfected
a

humanity,

Solar

Logos,

considerable
Of is that

residuum

violet

globe remained. by
cruder
our

residuum
to

whatever

assimilable
with the both it
outer
a

chain

passing

this
our

planet
chain influence
not

residuum Thus

passes the

through
Astral and

planets.
and

Moon's

is

beneficent if
one

malevolent,
the
races.
outcome.

yet

lent malevo-

comprehend by
the

Seen red

early

Mars

was

the

red the

planet
red

to-day
the of

because Kamic

in

this

world-period
from and

of

Mars,

principle emanating
scheme,
of man's Hence

the rules of red the green

basic
the

globe
lower

the

Martian

penetrates
and therefore the eyes.

quaternary

earth's is
to

seven-fold
some

constitution.
visible
was

Martian To

extent

to

physical planet
its

ancient

races

Saturn

the of

from

whose
was

globe
ward downthere
to

the

thought-force
even

humanity
of middle

directed
man,

to

the him the

abode that

terrestrial

strengthen
the
upper So for

in and

principle which

welds

lower
reasons

triad.
Venus in other

adequate

times

was

26

ARCANE

SCIENCE

the

indigo sphere, Mercury

We
are

the in
a

yellow,
future color of man's
more

and age

Jupiter
the

the

light-blue.
are

told

that

planets

to

shine

each and

in distinctive this because

Saturn

resplendent
clarified vision.
green round

than

before
the

During

fifth round

shall be

seen

as

the

predominating
Venus the

sphere.
be the

Throughout

the
and shall

sixth

is
seventh
over

to

indigo ruling star,

the

throughout reign
ereign sov-

round

yellow Mercury

all.

THE

KOSMIC

PROCESS

"

"

T^HE
X

Planetary
in successive

Process rounds
are

"

shows

the

law

whereby
and

greater

heights
and

wise like-

profounder larger circles

widest
are

deeps

attained,
This Kosmic

therefore

encompassed.
governs the

law, having
process, the

application,
of

succession
In us,
an

universes.

early
light of
which

Kosmic
the may

Day

unthinkable

aeons

behind

the

Kosmic
be

Logos
called its

but

little

penetrated
For
not

the

abyss

negative pole.
evolution residuum Successive did
of

immeasurable

regions
the

of that

abyss

yet

exist, while
was

unassimilated considerable.
the

actual tionary evolu-

evolution

indeed

periods enabled
lower and lower lifted

Kosmic
of
more

Logos
matter,
toward

to

penetrate
its
own

conditions it
more

while
the have
"

evolution Unmanifest.
the

and

Supreme enlarged
which
which the the

These

evolutionary periods
not to

visible

universe

that
to

"

limitless

physicist supposes,
most

but

in fact

proportions
rather
than

modern

telescope suggests
27

reveals.

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

The
mos

lowest

conditions

from

which
to
man.

the

present
That

Kosare

originated are
lower than

unknowable
those of

they

much

preceding
the

ods evolutionary periarc

analogy
present
that
arc

reveals.

Because of progress
one,

downward

of the
than

great
any
to

cycle

descends that

further the

of

preceding

it follows

opposite
than the

is

lift the

foremost
Thus

life

to

greater

heights
to

heretofore Kosmic still there

attained.
process grows

from and

period
more

period

vaster

intricate, and
unsealed

exist unsounded
whose

deeps

and

therefore

heights
fails.
Ere

before

contemplation

finite mind

utterly

the

Absolute
must must to

can

be

wholly expressed,
All process

mate its ultifrom

opposite
that

be

explored.
Kosmic

life

rising

ultimate
relation Heart of is

in the the

attain

highest
the

polar
Kosmic

Absolute.

Then share
matter.

through
in the The

great

every the

being shall deep

of

grandest
Kosmic
nessed, witthe
tacted. con-

evolution

lowest

Logos

all-powerful, hence
to

failure because

wheresoever of which is not all is

is due

misplacement
from the

appropriate

Ray

Kosmic

Logos
after

Furthermore,
and
not

misplacement
the
outcome

seeming
process

real because that very

of the and

Kosmic
the

demands of failure When

misplacement

experience

therein.
the real

upward
a

course

of

misplaced
the which

entity
lesson

begins, necessarily in
of

lower the

environment,
critical

failure

will

carry
never

it past
have

point

erwise oththe

it could

surmounted.

Through
stern

manifold

adjustments

of the

seemingly

but

really

28

ARCANE

SCIENCE

compassionate
discord
these
no

law
sweet

of

Karma,

harmony
Not his

is evolved

from

and

from fool has

bitter. said
in

comprehending
heart,
'*

things, the
while
that

There
even

is

God,"

the

shallow is but
a

sentimentalist illogical false

declares
alone

evil

appearing,

and

good

is real.

THE

KOSMIC

SCHEME

THE
Cause,

essential
and therefore the end

nature

of

the

manifested
to

universe First Kosmic gians theolo-

its relation
to

the

-hidden

also

be

attained

through
and
men

manifestation, have
in every of age the

inspired philosophers
and

country

producing
of

capable
these has

pondering

deep

things
the

God.
Arcane

Touching
Science
the

momentous

questions,
to

ancient

its may

contribution
seem

thought
it has
pure

and,
also

while its

assertion
to
con-

overbold,

contribution
or

knowledge.
structible

Every by
the

monism

constructed,

philosophically ingenious,
obvious
or more or

contains
concealed.

dualism,

either this

less

Avoiding
Arcane The

contradiction,
at
once

this
for

fatal dualism.
to

pitfall, the

Science
universe

declares

in

toto

is two-fold,
and the

wit, the

ever-

concealed

Positive
To

Pole

periodicallymanifested
and

negative pole.
whatsoever.
To

finite mind
on

perhaps
is

to

all mind

Being
a

its

secret

side

wholly perfect.
the
to

bring

about
or

corresponding perfection in
of

ative negattain

aspect
rounded

pole
"

Itself, in other
of both
the

words,
inner

perfection

that

and

the

29

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

outer

"

the

Unmanifested

employs

what

is

known

as

manifestation.
From that of in
can

the

view-point
far

of

man,

and First and

no

doubt

from

beings
what First what
we

above define

him, the
as

Cause space;

less is limittherefore in

time Itself
not

the than

Cause
to

express
us,

outwardly

nothing

less

though
space.

necessarily to Itself,
That

is illimitable

time the

and finish

this

operation
death

is

yet far

from

is

proved
and

by birth,
the

and of

decay everywhere
our

within

without

confines

solar

system.
atom

Every
Pole of

called
has

into its
atom

manifestation

by
in

the

Positive Positive
;

Being,
must

correspondent
attain
or

the

therefore for should

that

to

negative perfection,
dwarfed,
to

it be

destroyed
of

permanently
the Whole human value of will

then
extent

rounded be
to

perfection
There the
or

that

defective.

is

no

standard

by
now

which

determine

ultimate

things
final may

denominated
of with the all

great

small.
stone
or

Thus,

in the

tion perfecrank

spheres,
of is
to

the

by
the

the

wayside
of Buddha. The
to

brain which way

Plato, perfect

heart

That
on

is immutable. is

imperfect

the

perfection
and

subject
its

cyclic change,
and

but
are

its
in

waxings

wanings,

comings
the other

goings,
that

ever-enlarging cycles. retrogrades

now moves

On
in Moon

hand,

which the the tend

lessening cycles like

once

outwo|"n

earth-encircling
In
so

revolving
universes
a

in

planetary paths.
to

their
to

succession
;

perfection

and

permanence Secret

reachable

condition

according

to

the

Science.

This

30

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

what
All
or

is sacred

to

its Polar

Opposite

in

the

Unmanifest

drawing
any form

together whether
of

through
beneath
to

ideal
the
true

friendship,
the
to

love, has, far

of

obvious,
relation

secret

desire
unseen

the

spirit

attain

love's

Source.

Only
this

through

higher

and
The

higher ordinary
one

intermediates intermediates and

can

be

accomplished. earthly loves

into

are

those

which
A pure

is born intermediate

those is the of

achieved love
some

during
which

life. every

higher

into

religion
with

lifts one, human such

that

exalted

being

endowed This the

every

virtue

many

times

magnified.
to

is well, for
Secret

beings
are

exist; yet, according only intermediates

The his poor has

Science, they
ones.

though bowing

very
to

necessary and

"heathen,"
way
an

wood

stone,
than is

seeks

in

intermediate
to

better
too

ordinary

love
human

revealed foot
must to

him. the

This

well, for every

stone

touch Truth.

first rude On
a

stepping
stone

in dull may

the

long
are

ascent

higher

such
ones

idols mould
**

flung
man,
"

away

that

more

adequate
civilized have his
and

the

for, like

his
must

even

his

enlightened Among
the

brother,
three
;

he

idols. is

supreme is the
one

Kosmic

forces. Mind
; but

the

enlightener
binder.

Will

strengthener
of

Love

is
end

the

From

point
Kosmic
atom

view
process

the

chief

attainable

through
of

the every

is first the

binding together ultimately

and the the

of
of of

the

manifest,
the

and

binding together
Because

both this

manifest
Love

Unmanifest. deemed
the

view.

is

usually

Supreme
32

Kosmic

force.

ARCANE

SCIENCE

MINERAL

AND

VEGETABLE

LIVES

BY
Solar

the of

law
nature

of

polar opposites, the lowest

from
we

kingdom
of the the lives

emanated

that
seen,

Hierarchy
compressed
The

Logos,

which,

as

have

mineral

foundations
the mineral

of

the

globe
of

chains.
our

informing
have

kingdom

material
of the

globe

passed through the lowest

globes

planetary

series The

beginning
lives which

with

Jupiter.
what descent

inform slow the

is known
have Thus

as

the

occult

metals, during their

characteristics
related
to

acquired certain
tin is

from

planets.
to

occultly
to

Jupiter, quicksilver
to

Mercury,
Mars,
In

copper
to

Venus,
Moon the

lead
and

Saturn,
to

iron

to

silver

the

gold

the

Sun the All

itself. mineral have

descent substances

through
have

planetary chains,
hardened.
our

gradually density
In
on

acquired

maximum

chain. conditions
the occult far

humble

below

the
here

plain

of

self-

consciousness,
mission
of

minerals

begin
for

their

service, thus
and

preparing themselves
on

vastly

greater
where

service the

advancement

the

globe-chain highest
and

mineral

kingdom
life

is to

attain
in
our

the

fullest self-conscious

possible

solar

scheme.
from the

Gold,
tenth supreme the

whose

characteristics

were

derived

Hierarchy
service.

itself, is

fitted
the In
uses

by
heads

endowment
of

for it is

Crowning

kings,
the been
A

insignia of

their
the the

authority. temple, its

ceremonial

adorning
have

palace
fold, manilittle

and

beautifying
as

also

in

of

worship.

33

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

band
of

of

gold

is the

token

of in

cemented the

friendship
arts,

and the

plighted troth, while,

and
most

mechanical
and other

untarnishable
proves have

malleable
On the

ductile

of metals evil
men

itself invaluable.

hand,
in the

perverted its

uses

till every of

crime

calendar

is

instigated by the greed

The lives which
from the been inform

gold. vegetable kingdom

of the Solar
nated ema-

the

ninth

Hierarchy

Logos. by

These

have Solar

filled with
and the of

capability for
by
the

service
in

their

Source Thus useful

Because

also atomic

planets

ing descendthat
to
nearer

series.

lives of wheat,
the

most
our

generally
planet.
its
a own

grains, is

gift

of

Venus is

the
so

vegetable
nearer

kingdom
man,

to

planet and
more

to

it renders the

to

him

service
It

obvious
him and

than food

that and

of

mineral
and

dom. king-

affords

shelter of the

healing,
are

while
a

the

beauty

fragrance
the other

floral world
the virus

pure

delight.

On

hand,
has

of

evil

suggestion species with

emanated
virulent

by

mankind

tainted

certain

poison.

SOUND

AND

COLOR

IN taught
models the

the

Grecian

School

of

Pythagoras primal
both of
a

the and the Suns

pupil

was

concerning
which
were

those created

universal

after

huge
and

and the

infinitesimal.
of
a

The
atoms

orbital
each

sweep around

whirling dance
of

pivotal point
of

balance,
and

were

Kosmic

symphony
from

motion
of dust

and
as

color

sound

emanating
34

the

grain

ARCANE

SCIENCE

also

from

the while
was

august
in the

Attendants curriculum
the

of

the

Polar

Star.

Therefore,
geometry
less
so.

of the of

great
music
notes

Initiate
was no

compulsory,
the

study

In

system
the

of
seven

Pythagoras

the

of

the

musical

scale, like
each

primaries
seven.

of

the
note

color and and

scale, were

divisible

into

Every
a

its sub-divisions its septenary

corresponded
evolution.

to

certain

planet

Beginning
in
seven our

with

Jupiter,
musical of the

thus

far

the
was

highest planet
as

system,

the

scheme
note

follows

the the

sub-divisions
of the

were

sacred
in the

to

planet
of the

light-blue.
"

There
to

tones

"music
and
note

spheres
but
to

were

said

be

ineffably sweet
F The those
was

pure, sacred

necessarily Mercury
of this

of limited

range.

the
seven

the

yellow planet.
in
a

divisions subgave E pure

to

note,

addition
range the
was

to

of

G,

to
was

the

Buddhic sacred
to

planet
Venus,

of

fourteen

tones.

dark-blue
therefore
to

planet

of

whose intelligence,

range D
was

augmented

twenty-one

tones.

sacred
whose

Saturn, the green

musical C gave than
resources

planet
were

of

the

mundane

mind,

indicated
red

by twenty-eight
of
was

tones.
no

to

Mars,

the five

planet
B

purified passion,
sacred of
to

less

thirtyof her the

an

tones.

the

Moon,
and

mother
gave
to

violet

Astral

envelope
of six

man,

ample
to

harp

strings
mother of

and the

forty-two

tones;

while
the A A

Earth,
the

orange, full gamut

to

of

physical form,
The
to notes

gave

forty-ninetones.
octave,
of
ten
was

upper the

necessary

the

full

sacred

Sun,
corre-

and

began

his

series

ascending

35

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SPECIAL
his

TEACHINGS

sponding
the

to

ten

Hierarchies, and
scale A three of of
our

culminating on
and divisions their subThese

high
In the

C.

planetary
lie below

notes

the

globe-chain.
A, B, C, of

are

the and

polar opposites
loth

the of

the

8th,
scale
the

9 th

Heirarchies
the low G

the
now

Logos.
discordant
of in

The

beginning with
untold
brothers it is
to

is

with

the suffering,
of be the
"

horror

and

the rage but their

our

younger
aeons

brute

kingdom,"
attuned
to

future

wholly
ear

enduring
any

and world

triumph.
or can

What

or

what

in intelligence
even

time

that kills and

eats, and

wantonly destroys,
and

comprehend
power ?

its

depth

and

grandeur

ing appeal-

PLANES

OF

FORCE

OCCULT
and the
or

Science

divides
of The

both
man

the

solar system
seven

constitution

into
lowest

planes plane
are

states

of consciousness.

material

and of and

the

highest plane,
substance

with

all

planes between,
rates

identical different

in of

different

of

vibration

degrees
of

compression.
so-called,and
all

The
are

plane

of matter,

higher planes
resides
The in microscopic

in truth

planes

force.
as

This

force

points known figuresgive an idea planes ;

of
on so

corpuscles.
relative
the

following
the
seven

of the
at

density of
human

also

they hint
plane. plane
that
an

undeveloped possibilities
seventh

the

lower

On of

the

plane, as
substance but
one

the seventh

Jupiter,its source,
of force contains

is of

attenuated

atom

36

ARCANE

SCIENCE

these

tiny corpuscles.
an

On

the sixth
49

plane

of

man

and
the
a

of

Mercury, plane
over

atom

contains
of

corpuscles.
an

On

fifth

of
2,400

man

and

Venus,
On

atom

contains

little
man

corpuscles.
an

the

fourth
not

plane
than

of

and

of

Saturn,
On

atom

contains third

less
man

119,600
of Mars

corpuscles.
an

the about
man

plane

of

and

atom

contains

5,830,600
and of the

corpuscles.
Moon,
;
an

On

the
tains con-

second

plane
about

of

atom
on

285,700,000 physical body

14,000,000,000

corpuscles
and of

while

the
atom

plane

of

the about

the

earth,

an

contains
A

corpuscles.
from
seventh While in

long evolution
the
atoms

downward
of what man's

their

source

has

developed
made that

principle, and
theory
every of
an

principle
in man's

it is.

corpuscle
evolution

physical
to

vehicle
of those

is

capable
in of

analagous
in the

that

his
the

seventh,

probably,
many
economy It is his the lower
seven an

refiningand
are

purifying

physical,
wise

corpuscles
of

to

be

discarded, and

in the

nature,

used of

elsewhere. Occultbm
that the in

open

secret
man

mastering
domain
Let it of be in the

self,
human

masters

all within

and the

planetary principles.
enormous

understood man's

that

forces

compressed
he

lowest which
words

vehicle unlocks harmonious

are

his whenever The vibration.

acquires
indicated
the accord of his the

key
the

them.

key

is

by
many

When
man

corpuscles
the

and

atoms

of
atoms

the
or

physical

with

vibrations
all

of the power

corpuscles
won

seventh unselfish

principle, aspirant.

will

be

by

37

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

FIRE

THE occultist,
radicallyfrom
has stated in
a

essential

nature

of

Fire
his

is well idea

known

to

the

but

because

thereof

differs

that

of the

material what

scientist,he
if Now

usually
would

veiled
and

way

outspoken
that the

excite

opposition
is

ridicule.
and be that

day

of its

materialism
own, certain

waning
may

idealism
removed of

is

rising into
one

veils

from

of

the

great central
In all Gnostic

mysteries,

Fire.
Fire also in

philosophy intelligence.
pure

pure So

is the
the

summit
most
arcane

of

manifest

ancient

teachings
and It is

Fire born

is the from and

infinite

potency

of

Will, Desire
"

Mind
the

the end As

concealed
of every
to

tiality. Poten-

origin

material

thing.
sense

It is divine in

substance." age of

known

physical
is
an

this

immature
and Breaths do

the

world.

Fire And
never

burning igniting,
pure Breath neither
or

consuming
of the

element. Solar burn

yet the
sume, con-

Logos
until of

they kindle
Prana manifest Definite with the in

and those the

in

descent

their

Jiva

becomes which

globes
four of

the

etary planseven

chains Cosmic
Solar Saturn

lower

of the heat

principles. Rays
chain Not

perception
normal

in the of
outmost

begins
and

evolution
that of the

the

culminates
the in pure any

with
Solar of in the

planet.
the

until

Flame

encounters

Kamic
heat and
extent

principle produced.
even

Nature's the first

kingdoms,
round of
was our

is

real

Thus
ere

globe
some

later

Kamic

element
as a

to

developed.

Fire

manifested

cool

shin-

38

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

The

bush
was

which

burned occasion

not,

though

like others

of

its

kind,
free

for the

surrounded
a

by
and

an

atmosphere

from
no

impure
man,
"

Kama,
even

pure

holy atmosphere
breathe
;

which
the

not

Moses,
not

could
The of

hence nace fur-

command,
in

Draw walked

nigh."
the all
men

fire of
old
was

the

which
flame

impure
the pure

earthly

devouring emanating

impurities,
the

but the

atmosphere
presence,

from the

fourth,
with
an

angelic

enveloped

three

impervious

covering,

THE

TEN-FOLD

SUN

THE
systems,

fore-ordained
dead
arouses

collision the

of barren of

and

seemingly
solar latent
at

planets,
from

residuum

perfected
their

profound
them for

pralaya
a new

energies,
the

thus

preparing
of the

beginning
In

first stage world

gathering principles
to

nebula.
have other
a new

either

liding col-

certain

been

exhausted;
of its

but, in
kind.
eventuates

their Thus in of

stead, each
from
a

the

supplies

strange

sources

combination

solar

system

unlike

any
to

preceding
be, condenses

it.

The the ball

Logos
diffused
of

this

solar
and

system
the

yet

atoms

result in the the

is

a manner

Sun,

great

material
the

from

which

already

described,
them filling in

Logos
the those

builds

globe-chains, afterward
future humanities
Unused and from held

with

lives, the
dead

pralaya by

worlds.

material it
what some-

yet remains

in the descends

solar
on

store-house

always

the Solar

Breath,

Therefore

40

ARCANE

SCIENCE

the
means

Sun

is not
the

all pure
ocean

Fire, neither
of

is it all

by

any

molten
would

billowy flame

which

the

telescope
Material

indicate.
declares the
a

Science
surrounded of the

Sun

to

be

globe

of

liquid
gas,

fire

by
is

photosphere
corona or

of

glowing

outside

which

atmosphere.
to

However,
the
never

Secret

Science
Sun

has

much

say

cerning con-

ten-fold

which

Material

Science

has

said. Sun's
core

The central pure The

body,
being
of the

the

four fourth

planes
or

of

the

Fire
"

"

the

the 7

highest plane
loth

is the

body
outer

th, 8th, 9th and

Hierarchies.
that
to

plane

of this

body

is

our

Hierarchy, evolving.
elements
The
not

which

man's of the

physical principle
Fire
contain and

is

four

planes
in the

certain the
to

found

photosphere
elements,

surrounding
Material

atmosphere.
are

These

unknown of the

Science,
of

the

distinguishing ones
Logos.
As the

highest planes

the

Solar

has
four

been

said,

when

the

planets

were

created,
material
pure the

great

Hierarchies
These after became

evolved
were

their
not

foundations.

foundations
the

tive posiKamic in
a

Fire, but, principle, they globe-chain

must to true

development

of fire

crude evolution

negative
is

which,
or

whose and

seven-fold

more,
return
same

first cool
the of

solidify and
pure

then

by degrees
Fire.
When* live The

condition
the

of the

Solar
of
were man.

is

physical

germs

emanated
in the fire

from

his

Hierarchy, they
during
the

fit to of
our

kindled

early rounds
41

globe.

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

Having
are now

cooled

and

solidified
to
assume

like
the

their

world,

they

just beginning
During
the

tion. fire-body condimust

remaining

rounds

they

rise

to
or

the

condition

of the

first round.
or

Misunderstanding,
knowledge
power fanatic that of of

imperfect intuition,
has led
to

perverted purging

all this

belief

in

the

purgatorial

fires. the be

Also,
of

it has

stimulated unbelievers

religioniststo
their souls

crime
saved The

burning

might

alive.
outer
or

lowest

plane
at

of

the

Fire
his of

is the

source

of The
no

man's

physical body,
and

present

lowest the
are

principle.

second, third
center
save

fourth in man's

planes

Fire, having
unseen

of

contact

body,
the have

and below

unfelt
us.

by

the of

entities
the
our

of Fire

globe-chains
auras

The the the

planes
limits
Fire of

extending
in

beyond
far
as

of
our

solar

system,

and the

fact, as
so-called
The

Sun,

penetrating
of

spCk^ial void,
outmost

finds

point

physical
is

contact.

undiscovered

(?) planet
Fire, the

warmed

by
of

the
our

fourth

plane
;

of

the

synthesizing Light
to

Logos

which
in

Light
turn

is subordinate

that the

of

greater

Logoi

who

reflect the

Light

of

unknowable

Absolute.
In
see

pur

present
first

imperfect
of the the Sun's

physical bodies,
but

we

never

the

plane
of

Fire,

instead its

an

quate inade-

reflection
Astral

photosphere,
the

light-blue
Astral
phere, atmosor

body

from of
man.

which The
is

emanated Sun's
source

violet

Moon-body
the

5th
of

or

highest
red

yellow,
4th

the

man's

Kamic

body.

The

solar

atmosphere,
42

the

indigo,

is the

ARCANE

SCIENCE

source

of

man's

green

Kama-Manasic
green, the 2d emanated

body.
man's

From

the

3d

atmosphere, body. yellow

From

indigo
came

Manasic
man's

atmosphere,
From the
ist

red,
or

Buddhic
came

body.

violet

atmosphere,

man's

light-blue or

7th principle.

FOHAT

AND

THE

ORIGIN

OF

CYCLES

WHILE Unmanifest,
Opposite
Thus
to
us.

the

Arcane it deems

Science
"

defines
"

not

the

That

to

be the

the

Polar

of every is
a

attribute

and

qualityof
of

manifest.
as

heat

leading

characteristic
energy,

fire

known
as

This its

fire derives

manifesting
crudest Fire. We fire

heat,

from

Polar

Opposite;
Unmanifest
the

the

therefore

derives the
pure

from

cold of

characterize
but

Fire
of

Logos

as

cool

Radiance,
the

the
of

coolness Unmanifest
What

purest
Fire,

manifest

Fire

is not

coolness

caused
one

Fire the

first to

become of Will

manifest? Primal
stands

dently Evi;

of

great
for

Trinity

Principles
Desire."

not

Will

however in its

"behind

Desire
that
we
"

which

highest is
more

Divine
and

Love, brings about

more

manifestation
sense as

which
heat.

becomes

what

"Heat,"

"Cosmic

Electricity,"
by Intelligence,
whirlwind" of heat of and

Fohat,"

causes

motion
rather

which, guided
the the

is circular the
the

or

spiral,
Hence
are

"fiery

shaping

nebula.
of

beginning

beginning
In that

motion

simultaneous.
which breath

earthly manifestation
man,

closely concerns
of the

physical

Fohat

is the

warm

Logos

43

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

sustaining
our

all

physical

life.

Divine
and

Fire

pure and

from

Logos,
life
on

cannot

sustain

develop
upon

finally
itself the

perfect

any of

planet until
that

it takes

characteristics

planet's life which

Hence every

in

certain
has its

planets
own

are

largely Kamic. emanating

the
to

planet
Solar
heat

Fohat

from Solar

its dominant

archy. Hierwhere toward

more

Although
heat is necessary

Rays
as a

develop planet

life,yet
the

evolves and

its
assume

Divine their

Source,
true

Solar

Rays

more

nature.

While

Fohat

is the

energy

of

manifest

Divine
and
not

Love

guided by
by
but manifest
"

manifest Divine
one

Divine

Intelligence

controlled

Will, its activity is

the other the

unending,
seven

from in

twilight to
words,

during
great

nities," Eterof the

other Kosmos.

during

cycle
not

objective by
the

Fohatic

activityis
rather of the Fohatic

measured

Kosmic

Day,
the
runs

but

Kosmic
energy.
more

Day
The

is

determined Kosmic
Power The total
man

by
clock

duration
down and

time

is

no

when

the

that

turns
a

its innumerable Sun energy.

or a

wheels

is exhausted.

life of of

planet
The
amount

is determined

by its

Fohatic

normal of
or

life of incarnated

is determined

by the
The

Fohatic
the of
a

energy

in

his
of

physical body.
that

death,
like the

rather

pralaya,

physical body,
due of
to

pralaya
and

physical
porary tem-

planet, is largely
exhaustion

friction
material

consequent aspect
of from
are

the Thus

Fohatic
that of

energy
Brahma of

informing
to

it. of

all life

cycles

that

the

tiniest

animalcula,

those

Fohatic

energy.
44

ARCANE

SCIENCE

The
hour
or

objective life
more, but

of

the

animalcula
of
as

may

last of

for

an

the

cycle

the

group-soul
while
The

which animal

it is

manifestation is connected
of

endures
with in

such

the

kingdom
aspect
countless

our

globe.
animalcula
as

material

life energy exhaustions

the

experiences
but
a

known
same

death,
the

not

total

extinction.

By

the

law

life of

physical
"death's
to

planet

after

long
The

ages

experiences
forces his

pralaya,
which

counterfeit."

physical
him in

man's

knowledge
are

antagonize
but
those
are

objective

life his

cycle

many,

assailants

against which
numerous

fleshly
he

body
aware

is

proof,

vastly

more

than

is

of.

The

physical
which

life of
soon

the

animalcula
A

is brief

because

of frictions defies forces

the

kill. the

physical planet
of
more

almost

time
but

because

friction
The

all but

slow-moving
the

little affect
;

it.

interior

plane
where every-

less friction outlast

therefore, the
lower

higher principles
and and

their
has

correspondents;

yet

Brahma His

Himself life.

His

days

and in

nights,
some

finally
other

finished

It is friction
"

sort, in

words, Karmic
to

hindrance
"

the
or

universe

being subject
Fohatic
of

Karmic
and

Law

that
the

sooner

later exhausts

energy

causes

enormously

varying length

cycles.
The for
a

physical body
century,
years

of

the

lion

seems

built one-third

to

endure of man's

yet its
;

is life-cycle
we

not
so

allotted the

but

then

know

little

concerning
and the

forces

which which

hurry
soon

that

body

to

maturity,
life
;

frictions

exhaust

its Fohatic

frictions

45

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

which from whale

"

man's

physical organism
such
even

little
the

experiences
and

and the

which
are

long livers
more

as

elephant
the

exempt.
"

Evidently
imply
far
more

words
the

adaptation
of

to

environment science
of

than

votaries
In and of the
even

physical

imagine.
our

embryonic
in the

races

early planetary rounds,

human element
race

corresponding
the
of Kamic
an

and

animal
was

races

our

fourth
so

round,
the units

but

little

manifest,
a common

entire
result

were

moved

by

impulse
was

and

as

the

united
the group.

life-energy objective
Increase about of
a

of

all

shared each

by
was

every

unit.

Hence entire

of life-cycle of the

that of the

Kamic which

principle gradually brought

divided individual is
and

self-

assertion

the

race-cycle
as

objective separated cycle

an

life-energyinto
bundle
became of sticks weak

cycles, and,
so

easilybroken,
of in

each

separate
This
from
was

short
man's

duration.
progress

inevitable ualized
where

incident

unindivid-

unity
the

toward

his

goal, individualized
the entire and
unit

unity
again
race.

objective life-cycleof
with round that of the

shall

be

commensurate

human

In of that

the third

self-assertion
in
was

resulting illusion
evolution,
to

separateness
of
man,
races.

originated
and

the

foremost

by

him in

communicated third
root-race

the the

animal fourth
in
man

Again
these
so

the

of

round and

characteristics
the animal
now

became

accentuated

in

kingdom
revolved clue the
to

which,
in

to

the selfall

smallest
created

'of

the

infusoria,
Herein dawn is
of
a

its of

cycle.
since
the

the

origin
Day.

cycles

Kosmic

With

46

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

Perfect
the Un

Equilibrium,

distinguishing
Motion
so

condition
as

of

manifest, is Absolute
is darkness
Man but has
to

and

Absolute Motion

Light
is rest.

man,

to

him

Absolute
of

measured

the

velocity
of
causes

physical Light,
him the

light, making

the
at
once

Absolute

Motion

Absolute
in

it

Omnipresent,

illusionaryidea
Were Absolute
of it

of rest.
to

possible

disturb
be

Perfect

Equilibrium, then
to

Motion manifest

would

degraded
Since is
an

that

lower

form

energy,

motion. motion

this

cannot

be, it
and

follows renewal Kosmic

sort.

that of

manifest
that had energy become

awakening
the

which exhausted
of
to

at

close

of
in

the

Day
This energy

by friction
may be

some

reappearance is

what the
and

called
of

tive nega-

necessary

progress

manifest
Perfect

creation

toward

frictionless Disturbed

therefore

Equilibrium.
and
causes as

equilibrium indicates
causes

friction,
in turn in the

already said, friction

manifest motion Friction Kosmic contacted.
not

heat wise

which

which therefore

beings guide
even on

spiral paths. highest

lower manifest

is present and

plane,

increases

as

the

planes
or

are

Whether
of the

the

manifest

is

to

attain

the

librium Equisince

the

Unmanifest
have in

is not view
an

determinable unattained

latter

may

ideal

of of

Equilibrium,
"

thus

vindicating Hegel's
Absolute Itself. finite

conception

becoming

"

in the

Eternity,as by
man

understood the

by

mind,
is

and

as

viewed

from

present

moment,
or

beginningless
If man's
con-

whether

he

look

backward

forward.

48

ARCANE

SCIENCE

ception

of

Eternity be
itself

true,
even

why
to

has
the

the

universe minute
atom

not

already perfected
Not

most

having

perfected
to

itself
come

in ?

past

eternities, why
if
on

should

it in eternities that which

to

Again,
the which
a new

the

other
or
"

hand,
as
we

emanates

from that
"

Unmanifest,
the

prefer
to

state

it

Unmanifest
or

awakens
within

activity,be

always why

creation,
not

has
of and that

it

something
in the

new,

was

the To

source

supply
kindred
man

exhausted

past
Wisdom

eternities?

these

questions
far has

Religion
to

answers

thus

attained the

only

perception
the

of

threeof of

dimensional

space,
to

illusion,
of and but the

limitation third

things,
time, the
ness

and

perception
present
he has

the

aspect

past, the
Until

future, the
to

separateof the

of these.

attained

perception
of the remain

synthesizing dimension
aspect
of

of space,

also
must

ing synthesizunsolved.

time, such
OCCULT

riddles

TIME

THE
Hierarchy
divisions

enormous

Fohatic
or

energy those of

in

the

Kosmic whose

Logos

Kosmocratores,
most

beings

is the that

exalted the

all the

innumerable

constitute

universal
years supreme
i-

Whole,
of

mines deter-

the

311,040,000,000,000 The

manifest
is that second. the
or

creation.
of
an

opposite of this
atom,
a

cycle
of
a

Astral occult

cycle
of

of

about
the

150th

Those four Lunar

divisions
the and Daiva

time,

Brahmic

years,

Yugas,

years
and

and many

days,

the

Pitrya

days

nights
their

others, represent

the

cyclicactivityof

respective hierarchies.
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TEACHINGS

Occultism
the

finds

the

origin

of and

all timal
more or

divisions
less

in

cyclic activityof grouped

great
and
"

unified

entities

small.
was

Therefore

during
it

the

versal uni-

pralaya
Infinite
For

Time

not, for
**

lay asleep

in the

bosom
our

of Duration.

planet, time
and

is determined

by

the hierarchies
; but

causing its diurnal

for

yearly
of time

revolution

though
like the

it

dominant

idea

exists,that idea

planet's dominating

color

is

subject

to

modifications
of evolution. of
our

corresponding
Mercury Neptune
a

to

the

planet's seven
his year
in about

planes
SB Thus

completes
in

days

about

164 of
time
as

our

years.
for the

is indicated
two

vastly differing
our

standard
a

the
true

planets.
of time

For

solar
the

system

whole
the

idea

is with

Logos
lower

that

from

Center

is

gradually
the solar

lifting all
sphere
may be
"

conceptions.
in
a

Meanwhile which
in
to

moving
no

vast

orbit
no

the

Logos
our

larger
is to

in space,
us
"

longer
a

time

than of

planet's
and

orbit for

seeks

higher concept
is

time
of

space,

verily such

knowledge

knowledge

Deity. Only
at

the

Unmanifest
of

Supreme Space
can

Center Divine be

is

full

comprehension
attained.
and That such

Divine

and

Time

comprehension
as

only

indicated,
and is
a

by

terms

the

Everlasting
in its full of

Here
sense

the

Everlasting
hidden
but

Now.

Eternity
the divided

tery mys;

within
has

bosom

the

Unmanifest
and future

little

man

into he

past, present
span the

the

tiny bridge

wherewith

would

abysm

of

Infinity.
SO

ARCANE

SCIENCE

THE

EVERLASTING

HERE

AMD

THE

EVERLASTING

MOW.

WHAT
when
but of
a narrow

shall
the

be

said

of them
of

What

can

be

said

faint

torch

human inscrutable

reason

lights
blackness

circle
?

amidst

the

the The

unknown

fixed, lone
of
a

Sentinel

of the

the

north,

the

nebulous

band

the

Milky

Way,

attained

zenith,
Clusters
or

goal
of

of the

many

risen

Star, the

low-hanging
eastward

south, the
afar

Constellations
the round of of

appearing, day,
traversed
a

ing followthe
mind and

descended
is

in

short the

entire
in the
a

domain
way

the
proves

visible
the

by

which
a

lightning
thing.

laggard,
to

sunbeam

slow-moving
is

Still
for

man's

physical body
outstrips
Had
the known Here With the him

space and the

real, very
flies far freedom

real,
above and

the

horse

bird the

his

footsteps.
of the

physical body
man

alertness
in

mind,

would
;

be

well-nigh Omnipresent
the

universe would
man

therefore
to
an

mystery

of

the

ing Everlast-

begin
and in

approach

solution.
marked of
manner

increasingly
the

with
in
some

the

lower
ways

kingdoms,
has
sense

evolution
that and of also and

physical body
As

outstripped
of

mind. of

result
attests

the the
known man's of he and

physical
coexistence

sight

touch

of

length, breadth
of space and

thickness,
in
one

the
;

dimensions

objects

space

but

fully

realized

mental
moment.

life is in but
The himself
to moment

dimension
with

time, the
has
from

present

which

already
thence

identified
it recedes

he

deems

behind of

him,

the

obscurity

well-nigh

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

forgotten
yet

events.

The himself

moment
man

with
calls

which

he

has As

not at

identified

the

future.

present
the
one

constituted, the
dimensions
as seen

human

mind, while
can

perceiving
but and
a

three

of

time,

focus
man

on

single
moves

wherein,
has

by himself,
Could
moment

lives

and

his
the

being.

he

enlarge
and that

his
to

focus
come"

to

include
would

preceding
in

he

live
the

three-dimensional

time, in
and the future

the

unified
moment.

trinityof
The

past, the

present

imperfectly
the
as

focused
casts

light, or
upon
cast

rather

the
moment

side

light which
is known

mind

the upon

preceding
the

memory;
as

that

moment

to

be, is known
those
are

foresight.

Let

it be
**

understood three

that
"

arbitrary time illusionaryaspects

seen as

divisions,

the

moments,
and
must

of indivisible all the

Eternity
is

be

such
on

ere

enlightenment
moment

attained.
human of

Though
mind

focused
no means

present
it

the because Law Karma

by

sees

clearly, and
of

this

imperfect vision possible.

moments

the

operation

Karmic
of
to

becomes
see

The in their

sublime
correct

Lords
relation
to

all

the

Kosmic
which

Day,
is

but above

not

in

their

relation
of

the

Unmanifest

all divisions

day

and

night. Therefore,
of

while

dispensing
themselves

Karma,
are

the

Will

the

Unmanifest,

They

under the

its absolute
of series of
so

sway.

By
focus

causing
on a

minds
or

all subordinate of Karma

moments

beings
of that what

to
we

moment

call the
become

past, the
visualized
Thus

Lords and

make
over

past
as

to

lived
a

again

the

present.

is afforded

fresh

opportunity

to

learn

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the

lessons
at

of life.
his brother

To

illustrate
man, man,

the
at at

man

who

once

struck

struck
and
so

the

internally
;

unified his
life

brotherhood
in the but truth

of

himself
filled in

hence
an

immediate
necessary

present

is

with
fact

unpleasant
the

object lesson,
himself is

with lesson

higher

that
is

he

injured.

This

learned. Justice again compel

With
moment

satisfied,and
mind
to

its

dispensers
of
now

do
moment.

not

the

that of

aspect

the

adequate
that
seems

knowledge
to

Truth,

hid and

by

the

reveal

it,all mistakes
false visions of
mind

erate delibone

wrong-doing Reality
whose
vastness

become shall

the and for

yet fill the

of

so

accomplish
the
of

that have

blotting out
ever

transgressions
After
this

which

penitent
error,

prayed.
of

effacement
and wilful

the

lesson becomes

imperfect
of
a

sight

wrong-doing
compassionate deep,
He his
can own

in the mind
;

perfected being, sounding

his
as own

intuition
labours the and
to

therefore,
to

every

he who

there

lift others

vision.
he

knows

manifest with
and the

universe the

knows

view-point,
his

velocity of thought
to

transfer

subtile
realized

perfected body
Here of
to

every

part
He

thereof, has
who
to

that

universe. tion relacan

knows
the that his the
to

the

present
Kosmic
with
can

moment

its inmost

great
moment

Day,
all other

and

therefore
and

connect

moments,
any of

by
has

focusing
realized necessary Absolute
and the

faculties
of that

live

in

them,
the

Now

Day.
a

Nevertheless
minute the
no

motion
of time. Here time

all this

requires

fraction

Motion

necessary Now

to

Everlasting
fraction
of

Everlasting

requires
S3

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

which
the

even

the

LfOrds
a

of Karma
of what

can

compute.
we

Still
may of Ideal

to

Unmanifest
;

fraction the

call time

be that

necessary fraction
the

hence be

reduction
in

or

overcoming
unattained

may

included

that

of

Unmanifest

already alluded

to.

GRAVITATION

To
square the

the force

physicist Gravitation
which
or

is the

name

of
;
a

that

draws

all bodies in
exact

together

force
to

increasing
of

decreasing
distance
has

proportion
that
so

the

their

apart.
somewhat the

Concerning
to

force
as

Secret

Science
may

say

let us,

brieflyas
Gravitation.
In

be, expound

teaching

in

regard

to

its

totalitymanifest
the the

creation

is

unit, as

likewise
within

the
the

Unmanifest,
inmost
of

Omnipresent,
The the

necessarily
Unmanifest manifest
The

manifest.
whereas of

wholly
more or

knows
less

its Oneness,
in the of its

is

illusion
own

separateness.
emerge
or

manifest
to must

not can-

accord into

attempt attempt

emerge

from

illusion
in the

Truth, hence Cause,

the
on

any

nate origi-

First

Unmanifest.
not

Gravitation

operative
but
on

only
matter to

the

most
as

evolved

substances,
incessant idea that of

the

crudest

well, is the
about the

effort of the Oneness

in the from

Unmanifest manifest.
Perfect of than the

bring
the

In Love.

Unmanifest
In the
most

effort

results

enlightened
the

Hierarchy
of

manifest. Love,

Gravitation while
in

is the

expression

less

Perfect

54

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

ment

of

human

sympathy,
and

for,

as

Buddha Love is

and the

the
true

Christ

have

taught
us

exemplified,

enlightener of

all.

CONCENTRATION

AND

THE

MOMENT

AS
Truth,
the it is

understood is
or some

and
an

defined

by
to

the

Occultist, concentration
the
which Now. the is

attempt
to

devine
Truth

essential
hides in

approach
of

that

Moment
an

Eternity,
to

the

Everlasting

Also

attempt

stay the ^quick shifting of

that
a

mind,
stable,

thereby
whereas Into and

demonstrating
is instability the Moment but of

the

Moment the

peculiarityof beings
Moment In
to
an are

mind

itself.
deeds and the

all

thrusting their
is

imaginings, by
seems

the these.

undisturbed

uncolored
Moment

any
to

illusionaryway
man

belong
may

the
to

personal
him his

fore ; there-

concentration
to

show that the in

past

relations
with

it,and
past
The

to

the

extent
men

that web

past is interwoven
becomes

the

of other human

revealed.

mind

the

aggregate
that it

being
in

well-nigh
from

universally unstable,
moment to moment

it follows of time

passing
the

acquires against
timeless
for is
a

volume
the

and
one

impetus
who would and
or

of

mighty
himself

stream to

which
Moment

hold lone

the

is
The and

strong

swimmer time

battling
moments,
both
more

place.
chosen
the

Moment,

the

three

ample
Masters

subject
and

for

concentration

with

highest

with
came

Beings
to

far

exalted.
under

Whatever Sacred

enlightenment

Buddha

the

Tree,

S6

ARCANE

SCIENCE

could
and
moments.

not

have

exceeded
of the

knowledge
three

of

the

Moment time
atom

therefore

interiorly unified
that all

Occultism
ocean

declares
reflects

every other

single
atoms; all

in
a

the

of
Moment

being
of

and

single

Eternity

elucidates

time

moments.

It would

seem

the and

Will
more

of

the

Absolute

that

every

being

obtain and

more

interior

knowledge
be the

of
means.

the

Moment,

that

Karmic
the
to

adjustment
Absolute
the

Figuratively speaking
beings Moment, realizing
opposes The in
a

would

draw

all the

direct limited

line and

inmost

reality of

but

therefore with result

the

negative will, not

Absolute

its
that

essential method
and

oneness

Will,

the of

is

spiralapproach.
which their

three

days* journey lengthened

this.
of the
to to

Israelites in the and

frowardness well

forty years
innumerable

wilderness,

illustrates
moments

The

illusionary
represent
could
idea tesimal infini-

time

manifested
what
a

universe

indirect attain
of the in

approach
a

perfected
A
most

being
narrow

Moment

of

Eternity.
of the

Moment

is that
In
our

electrons
the

in their Sun

orbits. the

solar
the

system

represents
all

largest idea
in

of

Moment In Kosmos

which
a

planets
far

approach
more

spiral path.
aspect
of the

grander,

interior
Center orbits

Moment Sun
turns

is

represented
in

by

the The

around

which
are

the

mighty orbit.
the
more or

of all Stars

determined
of the Moment

by

less their

interior

perception
Hierarchies.

attained

by

guiding

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TEACHINGS

KARMA

ACCORDING Beings
conceivable created
have

to

the

Ancient with and of

"

Wisdom,
their space That in

the

highest
ers pow-

conditioned

in finite time copy

this conditioned
'*

universe, the

imperfect

the

tioned. Uncondirank of the

Furthermore,
has

every
and

entity

descending
somewhat

imitated

in

cruder

cruder

way

original imitation.
Karma

is the

mainspring
leads
the

of all

that
creatures

Kosmic

process,

that series
to

evolution of

which
to

through
and

the

imitations

primal imitation,
All-

perhaps

the

Archetype
Karmic

Itself.
Law and

adjusting
with the

and first

infinitelymotion of spon-

adaptable
the
.

begins

spiral nebula,
the

is administered of the

by

those

sor-guides,
yet
on

hosts

Logos
the

of the
most

Solar

System
demands whose

to

be. lower

Karma

makes of

only

general

the

kingdoms
is left
to

planetary

life ; demands of those

fulfilment In

the

sponsor-guides
kingdom,
there

doms. kingthe

the

animal

much

below Karma

plane

of
on

individual
the

responsibility,retributive
of
a

operates
soul's On

group-soul

species
that

since

the

group-

intelligence much
the the

exceeds
that of
more

of any

of its output. ality, person-

plane

of

man,

self-conscious
and
more

entity finds
and

Karma

definitely
the outgrown

discriminating

requiring ;
become
are

but the

though
wrong

right of to-day
Karmic

shall

of in

to-morrow, advance
of

requirements
standards.
Karmic

not

unduly
and

attained

Progress

attained be

perfection
were

through

adjustment
S8

would

impossible

ARCANE

SCIENCE

not

the

Infinite

at

the

base

of

all in

manifested its

being.

The

Infinite
or

apprehensible

only

Modification,
of every

Ishwara
every

the

Christos, is in the
and every Karma and the with
creature

heart and
an

Sun,
There urge

planet

atom.

cooperating
to

with

it becomes

interior

things higher
For

yet
one

higher.
purpose of

humanity
is union

Karmic That

ment adjustend

the

Solar Ideal which

Logos.
reveals
our a

consummated,
far That that

the
Star

Infinite around

requirement
revolves.

off

as

the

Sun the

Star the

attained, what
Ideal
the
not

then

Surely
more

discovery
fested fully mani-

yet realized,though

by
Here,
ultimate

Central

Sun,
with

abides

in

the

Everlasting
that is

co-existent division
of

the

Infinite

Moment,
of

of

time, the

knowledge

which

knowledge
On
world the

Karma.

lower

steps

of
to

the climb
as

seven

stairways
what human

of

the

all life is forced

by
a

ance ignor-

arrogantly godless
is
seen

denounces
to
man

cruel, arbitrary and

law
as

but

at

his in

best, exacting Karma

Well
up the faraway

Love

masked

iron.
every

winding
till, on
awaits enamoured

spiral, one
the him

by

one

disguise falls
Divine

Ineffable
who heart.
nevermore

Summit,
is

Compassion

urged

save

by

his

own

FORGIVENESS

KARMA
as

being
effect evil

the

basic

Law
cause,

of Laws

manifesting
apparent
upon

following
thoughts
and

it is
react

that their

good

and

deeds

59

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

authors

as

sure

reward,
every

or

as

unescapable
of be

ment. punishspiritual practiced

seventy
to

Nevertheless
Truth
not

great expounder
a

has

made

forgiveness
seven
a

virtue
but
even

to

merely
seven.

until

times,

until

times
Law of

While
the the

seeming
of

contradiction
teachers

the

Karma,
once

attitude real

these of

is

wholly

consistent

nature

forgiveness

is understood.

When

through
ties, how
soften

death

we

have

lost

one

knit

to

us

by
his
a

tender
defects

his
more

excellences
and more! and
a

brighten,
The
the heart

while has

heart

wisdom
that

beyond
those while
the

the

head,
are

to

it is revealed

excellences
the defects

real

and

abiding
that

achiev-

ment,
ways

at to

worst

indicate
is
not

in certain To
to

victory, sure

be,

yet
is
an

gained.
attempt
the

put
rise
with which the

it

this differently,

heart-wisdom
and in of that

above the

time-limitations
future's the
outcome

identify

present
view
on

comprehensive
to

makes

Lords and

Karma

look

serenely
man.

present

failures

the
utterance
:
*'

passing
of I condemn

ills of the

Forgiveness
the shalt the

is that
assents
"

heart
not

to

which
thou in I

higher

mind

since

surely attain.
Kamic

Unforgivingness,
prompts
shalt
a never

originating
to
"

nature,
since thou

the

head achieve.

say,

"

condemn is human

ness Forgivethe law of and

a

optimistic love,
progress
;

force

furthering
both is the cruel

it

benefits

forgiver

the

forgiven.
to

Unforgivingness
law
to

pessimism,
to

hindrance

that and

and
the

an

injury

both

him

who

forgives

not,

unforgiven.
60

Forgiveness

is

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SCIENCE

love's
have

attempt
demonstrated its

to

realize

that

time

when but

good

shall
have

its permanence,

evil shall
from

proved
memory.

impermanence
By forgiveness

by
one

vanishing
identifies

human with
to

himself

angelic
realize

powers.
an

Unforgivingness
and himself

is hate's

attempt

opposite time
identifies

condition. with

By

ingness unforgivinfluences.

one

satanic

SEPTENARY

MAN

SWEDENBORG form,
that in

asserts

that

the

present

human

which

Christ
;

appeared,

is

the

perfection
He
can

and

ultimate of

of form in

the

only
or

one

by which
various is

be of

conceived
our

this

world,
of

the

worlds

system.

The

result

such

teaching
The

of

course

an

anthropomorphic taught

Deity.
to

ancient
descent he
was

Arcane

Wisdom conditions

that, prior
the

man's
ones,

into
a

approximating
shaped

present

perfect sphere
an

by the

ideation he its
man

of

the

Logos
to

to

image Orphic taught

of

of
or

Itself,and
Brahma's

therefore

corresponded
seven

the
was

Egg
that

with
as

layers.
the

It

furthermore

began
as a

great
so

cycle
should
"

evolutionary
complete

birth
In the

and the

rebirth

sphere,
his

he
of

it.
"

lowest

arc

of

great

cycle

necessity
to
a

densest

of

his

principles

contracted In the

perpendicular
arc a

line, the
out

physical body.

upward

rounding

is in process. seventh

The
or

entity that
was,

constitutes its first

man's

principle
a

body

before

earthly incarnation,
hue. Those

fairlywell

rounded

globe

of

transcendent

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entities
were

that

constitute
somewhat
were
more

man's
more

sixth oval.

and

fifth The while

principles ciples prinAstral,

to
a

in of

shape
man

lower the itself

elongated,
accommodated wherein

denser
contour

than of the

all

above,

the freer

physical body developing

the

it

sought
as

expression province
and

by

that

body

far

as

its
of

comparatively unyielding
matter

nature

plastic early physical

These

would and
was

permit.
ovals
were

incarnating spheres
and

further
contact

elongated
with the

their

brightness
therefore

dimmed
contact

by

physical;
The

this

constituted
than

their the

fall.

Kamic

entity,of
somewhat

finer the solar

substance

Astral, protruded
at

from the

physical body,
plexus.
a

particularly

the

region of
and
finer

The

principle next
and
so on

higher

described
was

larger oval,
the
a

until the

seventh man's

principle

largest.
group-

By
soul

this arrangement
of and

principles became
ovals
;

concentric

spheres and

Atma,

the

est high-

finest,interpenetrating all below

below and
are

itself ; Buddhi
on.

interpenetrating all
The of the

and itself,

so

constitution

arrangement

of the
or

vital organs
process As of the

physical body
in each

duplicated
man's of the other

in

duplication
heart from is the

of

bodies.

vital

center

physical, the
to

fountain

which
so

flows

the

life-stream
other

nourish
of the

the various Auric

parts,
From

is it with relative
the
center

the

bodies
of the
must

Egg. bodies,

the

position

concentric coincide

evidently
center

j of

one

with

the

of

all others.
in the

Thus

physical

heart

of

man

are

six hearts.

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states

of

consciousness,
are

the
as

sum

total of

our

globe-chain

experiences,
This sacred

united where

one

complete
"

consciousness.

Center the

the

pairs
man

of

opposites
this side
Nirvana is to of

"

are

balanced, is
Solar

only

Nirvana
a

for

the

Nirvana. souls

Still it is for

negative
rest

which lose
the

great

renounce,

to

there of

positive Solar
the Sun is
an

Nirvana. Auric

By

the in of

law

correspondence
or

Egg, and
all states

its seven-fold consciousness

fold tenas

Heart-Center,
one

unite

Cosmic
In

Consciousness.

the
is

septenary
fitted
to

evolution

of all

globe-chains,
In

ours

alone

assimilate
of
can

experience.
save

the

septenary
of
our

evolution

egos,

none

one,

necessarily
and

humanity,
Of the of all

compass egos each

all will

knowledge develop
one

wisdom.
towards

other

chiefly
the divisions subAs mid, pyra-

conditions
our

indicated

by

of
or

world's
the

dominating

Ray

Color.

symbolized
however

by

pyramid
has
a

builders,

evolution's
a

vast,
the

cap-stone
is
a

and doctrine
as

culminating
of
or

Point.

While
in

above ego fixed

discreet

degrees
becomes

that

every

either in his

ruler

ruled,
in the

permanently Logos,
still other

hierarchy
in

even

Solar

and

by
the

all

analogy,

every of the

higher Logos,
thereof,
tributed con-

Logos,
every

through

Heart-Center and every fund group in of of

hierarchy,
in each
even

monad

participates by
their

the

common

experience
egos. life

specialized
as ours

This
is

is the

heritage

this

earth

accumulated
of human

knowledge
research.

of

specialists in every
Thus

ment departPara-

Nirvana

and

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Nirvana

stand

for

an

ever-widening

circle

of individual

consciousness.

Already
that the

we

have

touched
of

on

the

ancient

teaching
are

vital organs
other

man's
How

physical body
this
came

cated dupliwill

in his
now

bodies.
in brief. but of

about of the

be

described

The
one

entities
organ,

Jupiter

evolution

developed

the

breathing
pure archical Hier-

apparatus.

By
and

means

breath the

they

absorbed
of

Life, Love

Wisdom,
This
used in knew

substance
as

their

Source. has The

breath, known
the

the

will-breath,
of

long

been

highest forms
of

''Yoga.''
in

Jupiter entities

nothing

death, but

its

stead, they underwent

of
a

cyclic change.
alike their
came on

During

one-half grew
in the touch touch

cycle, operative
to

all

entities,they

positive relation
second
with with The of Love

environment.
more

During
more

half-cycle they

and less

into

their Solar
their

Hierarchy,

and

and

less

into

environment. entities emanated

from
a

Mercury

Hierarchy
the

somewhat and
means

denser

substance.

Breathing they
a

Life,
it

Wisdom
of
to

of their

Source,
called
vital

assimilated which
Atma-

by

what the

might

be these

heart, that
forces. and As heart.

distributed
Buddhi

body

these knew

entities
not

had

both

lungs

They

likewise
more

death, but
that of the

cyclic change

somewhat

marked The Venus the

than

Jupiter

entities.
and brain while
was

entities
other

developed
two

brain,
the

they
their

possessed

organs,

distinguishing characteristic.
their
Solar

Breathing
assimilated it

in the

gift

of of

Hierarchy, they

by

means

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TEACHINGS

the

brain,

or

rather

with
with

that
the and

part

of

the mind.

brain

which

Occultism

associates still

higher
so

Nourished

by

substance

denser,

in its

negative
more

dition, con-

they
than

experienced

cyclic change

marked

did

their
the the

predecessors.
Saturn

With

evolution and the

to

came

the

dividing
Heretofore
; now
arose

line
all
a

between entities

celestial looked

earthly.
the

had
of

upward
a

Logos

feeling
downward
the

need,

desire
of

for

something
added The
new

below.

The
to

tendency
of this

thought

faculties
Love

brain

evolution.

Life,

and
now

Wisdom
in descent
so

inbreathed

by

the

Saturn

evolution, had

experienced

considerable
coarse

change
solar

of

polarity ;
wellof

these

comparatively
the

substances

nigh

overcame

entity at

the

turning point

its

negative cycle.
In the Martian
out

evolution
of

the

entity

at

the

turningcertain
which

point passed
of the its

its lower

principles into
resulted
in
a

higher.

This

passing

need
a

Martian

evolution
sufficient
our

supplied, namely
to

generative
but the
one

principle
unlike evolution

recall
has

the known. in

entity;
In

anything
the

earth

Moon

solar

nourishment
An and

descent

underwent

still greater

change.
organs,

unassimilated
in this the

deposit required specific work

our

eliminating
Moon the

of

the

evolution solar

is indicated. which nourish

Upon
the

globe-chain
are

energies
from

physical body
that

extracted while

material
the

foods;
organs and

therefore

body,

duplicating
a

existing in

the

higher
In

bodies, added

stomach

digestive apparatus.

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turn

the lowest

higher

bodies, from

long
have

association imitated
have these

with
last

the named that

during incarnation,
In
so

organs. union and

doing they
a

strengthened
use

indicated

need

and

which

our

humanity

will yet

develop.

PRANA

IN
To the

certain
prana, the

exoteric diluted

works
Solar

of

theosophical origin,
is said
a

Energy,

to

be

one

of man's

seven

principles. Although
a

blind than

the

ment state-

contains

truth

deeper

and

wider

admitted.
of

speak
pure

definitely, prana
Solar

is the
two

negative pole
if considered
are

Jiva,

Energy.
words

These
as

in their the
sum

entirety, in
total of all Will

other

Prana-Jiva,
is

principles. Prana-Jiva
has condensed
Great the
on

that

which
of
or

the
our

Supreme
system.
ten

to

the

globe-chains
the
or
seven

Also

it is the

Breath,
seven-fold

the

Rays
to

emanating
sustain
down grow

from

the

ten-fold

Logos

all life
to
more

every

planet.
the

Sweeping
the
as

their
and prana

polar opposites,
more

Rays

of

Logos,

material. the
four of
or

Emanated

Jiva they become globe-chains.

may
be

on

lowest
man

spheres according
his

of the
to

Every
called

principle
his
prana,

its color every

else

Jiva,
of in

and

principle is sustained
color.

by

the

Life-Wave
prana

identical

Failing
all

to

receive

the

proper

right measure,
Because
and

physical organisms
to inability

become

diseased.
sia ambro-

of their
nectar

assimilate

Jiva, the
old and

of the

Gods,

they
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TEACHINGS

The four water,

physical body
of prana,

is

in

great

part

nourished
are

by food,

kinds fire
as a

each

seven-fold.
and air.

These

(combustion)
means,

Using
extracts

the from

physical
these

body
the prana the

the the

Astral Kamic

body

Astral which

prana;

body
the

extracts

the

fiery
ether,

is identified
known

with
to

luminiferous science.
of
or man

only

ether the

modem

During
the

incarnation

higher principles
the
ceases

through Jiva.
his

physical extract
the lower
man

highest
to

prana,

even

When

nourish

himself,
the

higher physical

principles denied
death
ensues.

their
A

due, break

tie and
of

partial understanding
the
use

this law
that

of the

nourishment

led draw the

to
near

of burnt

offerings
of the

gods

might

and A

partake
better

purest

prana has

liberated
to

by
and

fire.
more

understanding
Good
to

led

higher
a

acceptable sacrifice.
a

deeds
man's better

have

sweet

savor,

prana these

very he him
at

grateful
nourish
;

higher principles.
parts,

If with will

his

they
them

in such

turn

nourish

but, if he

wholly

deny
him the

sustenance,

they

last the

depart leaving
dissolution
of

soulless, spiritually dead,

before

physical body.
The
seven

pranas

shot pranas. Solar

out

from At

the the

Sun

are

called those the

the

warm,

positive

night

planets,
beam the

polar opposites
cool

of the

Hierarchies,

forth

negative
of the The

pranas.

Thus,

Jupiter gives
the Moon that in

negative
violet
to

aspect
prana.

light-blue and
Moon is
a

of the

dead The

planet
low

respect

its

higher principles only.

there

Astral

principle yet Physical

is in

care

of

the

6th

Solar

Hierarchy.

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man

appropriates
pranas do
not

the well

warm

pranas

chiefly;
so

the

tive nega-

sustain

him,

he

falls

asleep
bodies. little

and

the

negative

pranas

stimulate and
other

his

higher

The
from

nocturnal the
warm

animals
pranas
;

creatures

get

sluggish during
to

the

activityof
and from

these, they
bodies
full the

appropriate negative
This and
even

their

physical

Astral
the

pranas,

especially that
is felt

Moon.

Astral
to
an

prana

by

all humble

creatures,
human A

appreciable

extent

by

the

species. planet's
prana,
at

though

always operative,
full the

becomes
at

so particularly

its
as

rise, attains
it
moves

strength
west.

ian, meridsame

and

declines
of the of
warm

into pranas.

The

is

true

solar

Although
arc,

the

tive posi-

pranas the

the

Sun, during his daily

of the the Moon
uterus
are

overpower then

negative
the

pranas

and of

the
woman

planets
and

above
contents to

horizon, yet
pregnancy pranas. about
to

its

during
negative
the child

at

all hours
other

susceptible
human
tures, crea-

the

Like be

all born color

has
and

its
so

dominating
on.

planetary color, its secondary

the

When in

planet
and

of
the

that

dominating
colors

color
are

appears

its

house,

secondary
pranas

in

tion, right conjuncchild

the whose

the

liberated

stimulate heretofore but solar

now

the under

perfected
of the
outer

physical body,
the

ence influunder the under

planetary
of and the the

pranas,

coming
seeks born

influence

positive
child

pranas,
to

world,
and such

is said

be

such

planets.
of

The

wombs

animals

and

their

contents

are

con-

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TEACHINGS

trolled
from

chiefly by
Neptune.
drawn

the

negative
young
outer

pranas,

especially that
when

The
to

animal world
8th

physically
the
The

perfect is
prana

the

chiefly through Hierarchy.

the earth-womb

emanating
of the

from in the the

the

Solar
of

seed

plant

darkness

is

affected
from

chieflyby

negative

pranas, the of

especially that
seed
the

Uranas. the

Having
under

germinated,
the influence

springs
Solar

into

light

9th

Hierarchy.
On
at
noon

either

hemisphere
maximum
At

of

our

globe,
the

the

solar

pranas
are

reach

and

planetary

pranas

at minimum.

midnight
solar whole the

the

planetary
are

pranas

attain
;

maximum for in the

and

the
as a

pranas the

at

minimum

but
are

globe

positive

and of

negative
noon

opposition

on

ever-moving

axis

and

midnight
The and

flower

opening

at at

dawn,

in

full
a

bloom

at

noon

closing its petals

life. draws
In

night, is
and the the

symbol
and

of

man's
hood, man-

physical
he the

childhood

youth

early
pranas

largely from
At
to

increasing

of

rising Sun. beginning

the In

full

prime
in

negative planetary
he draws less
now

pranas

work

him,
of

and

less from meridian.

decreasing
old
age he

pranas draws

the

Sun,

at

past

largely from
those the of the

the

etary plan-

pranas

and in

but

little from

setting Sun.
to

Something
the Fortunate

this

teaching
the

led

ancients

place
to

Islands,
the

abode
of the

of the

happy
The
Sun

dead,
North

westward American
and

beyond
Indians

Pillars

Hercules.

associate
thus

setting
their

with

ture depar-

death,

Hiawatha,
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special Avatar,

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

entity descends
vital A its of into the germs of

to

incarnation,

carrying
use

with

him earth known

the life. is

every of the

body
Auric

he

will
not

during

peculiarity

Egg

generally
and

capability of
extreme

enormous

expansion,
At

necessarily
it

contraction.
womb there and
to
even

conception
the

is
ovum

drawn of of

the

into

minute the

female,

expand

during

months

gestation.
THE

AURA

SIR
Occultist

Isaac

Newton

demonstrated
matter ;

the but
was

well-nigh
to

nite infi-

compressibility of
is demonstrated of the

the

trained
the

that

which

beyond
the in

province
of

great

English scientist expansion

aura

possibility
the

well-nigh
The the

infinite

existing

higher
and has
rounds sur-

ethers.

seven-fold

which of the in

permeates

physical body
been

ordinary
works

man

to to

some

extent

described The
seven

accessible
colors and
or

the

general public.

auric

their else of
these
as

modifications, indicative
actual
works.
one

of

spiritual advance,
to

retrogression,
The of the
aura

are

familiar Master

students

of

of

is therein

described
of

great

size

and

transcendent

purity

color.

But

possibilities of
in such notice. of
an an aura

well-nigh infinite
have
not
as

expansion brought

existing
to

yet

been

general
The
aura

Avatar
a

when

not

scribed necessarily circumin

during
matter,
for that

voluntary
an

incarnation

physical

would
aura,

be

amazing
of

sight

to

the

unprepared, higher prin-

because

expansion
72

of

its

ARCANE

SCIENCE

ciples, would disciple

whether
more

encompass
found.

or

in

some

way

contact

every
aura,

wherever of
man,
more

It is

taught

that

every

god

or

planet, in expanding
and
a

becomes

and

refined In

capable

of

penetrating
school
the it is

denser

substances. that
at
once

certain

occult
of

taught
Jesus
now

the

self-sacrificing death
liberated his

Master

higher principle which,

to

greatly refined, expanded

the

dimensions
Because

of

the of the

globe, thereby encompassing

this
he became of the the human

all
he

peoples.
shall

uplifter as
race.

yet become

Saviour

THE

ORBIT

OF

REINCARNATION

AMONG religious belief,

idea the Suns that of reincarnation Moon's and
to

those

who

dabble
the
a mere

in

matters

of

ancient
that

opinion

prevails

the
from of is

is

assumption
the

gotten
revolution The and

revolution

and
our

seeming

planets
the wise of the

around

little earth.
the

truth the

ancients

seeming

real

movements

heavenly

bodies because

illustrate
of

that

great
orbital

Law

of

Correspondence
is universal. the of

which

motion

Notwithstanding spheres, planets

Should of be the of the orbit
our

gravitative pull
earth, like
is
on

of

all of
a

heavenly
the other
one.

this

that

system,

the lose

whole
her

fixed

earth

suddenly
the

foundation her orbit

globe
would of her

physical matter,

eccentricityof
through
forces
now

enormously

increased Cosmic material

the

operation by

innumerable
gross,

finer

inhibited

unsensitive

envelope.
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TEACHINGS

Of

man

it

was

anciently
;
a

said

that

his

earthly

term

is fourscore

years
As
to

general
once

statement

holding good deprived

matter.

to-day.

his

orbit

he

is

of

the To

regulating physical vehicle, that

what
''

is another

gravitations
man

''

due

to

earthly
when

deeds robed

and
in

deeds, mishis
can

shall

be

susceptible
while
mere

posthumous

principles,he Evidently
to

yet

in of

the

flesh

only

surmise.
no

length
the

earthly days
unseen

affords
If it

clue

one's for

in life-cycle
man

world.
to

were

possible

in other

every

incarnation
if his

progress

systematically,in
deeds the
ages and
were

words,

earthly
then

days

and

always comings

wisely ordered,
and
at

through
describe

his

goings
first

would
metrical, sym-

larger
and

larger

orbits

fairly
a

subsequently tending
such
progress

toward ideal

perfect

circle.
on

That

is but

an

unattained

this

complex

seven-fold into

planet, is indicated
which

by the
are

hampering
and into On life amidst

conditions which
many

multitudes
to

born

continue

exist ; conditions

which
the

still others

eventually
a

fall.

other

hand

great, active, and

ended whereon of the

wholly
an

useful
event

begun

auspiciously and history ;

who,
weary
one

serenely, is
are

in the

world's
of
men

fastened and

the

eyes
own

level
the

bare, their
hills
of

material soul
The

creation, do
the

yet desire
mountain Master material of

green

the

and orbit

wooded

heights.
Masters indicated

of the

great
of the

possible kingship
soul and

world, but
met

desiring
tions condi-

spiritualsovereignty, he
to

the

hard

necessary

achievement.

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TRANSUBSTANTIATION

THE
on

doctrine the
the

of

Transubstantiation

rests

chiefly
words
an

literal

interpretation
This

of

Jesus'

touching

Last

Supper.

doctrine

implies
;
one

ever-recurring sacrifice,a perpetual

human
reason

miracle

scending tran-

and of

so

not

demonstrable

to

it.

With

this all

article
Protestant
to
mere

faith, this
sects

dogma
Christendom

of

Mother
are

Church,
variance.
the

of is
a

at

What
a

Rome

vital

sacrament,

is to these

dissenters
the
to

commemoration.

Avoiding
because

extremes,

occult

teaching

explainable,

appeals
The
came

reason.

words down
"

of from

Jesus,

"

am

the

living bread
with the life that Son in

which
other of Man
are

heaven,"
ye
eat

together
flesh
no

saying,
and

Except
his Mother but

the
ye

of

drink

blood,

have
to

you,"
sacrifice

deemed
the the
as

by

Church
to

prophesy

the

of

Eucharist,
vital and bread
and

the

Occultist elements
mere

eating

and

drinking
manifest in

imperishable wine,
are

outwardly

not

physical
ones

acts, but

fact
to at

largely mental
extent

and from

spiritual
the the

accomplishable service, and

bodies
aura

some

apart

communion interior

all times

nourishing
the

to

of

every of
the

disciple contacting
risen
To Master. the whether

world-pervading

Occultist blessed
are

the

bread
the

and

wine

of the

ion commun-

by

priest,or

regarded

as

mere

symbols,
the
aura

for the

the

occasion
The

especially permeated
influence, material

by
and

of

Master.

IS

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

spiritual,produced instigated by
communicant assimilate
pranas then the of in his

by

the

deeply

occult

ceremony

Supreme
no

Initiate,enables
what the

the

devout
sect
to

matter

Christian

interior

bodies

highest
and

and

purest

contained
of
at

in the

bread

wine.

Because the Master

his

harmonious,

seven-fold
the the

organization,
highest
ages pranas
on

all times

assimilated

but, that
occasion

his

disciples throughout
a

might
the

experience
feast
came

like

spiritual benefit,

munion com-

into

existence.

THE

SEVEN

SENSES

MAN'S
development.
its

physical body
centers
or
"

when
"

perfected
will
have

in its various
an

chakras
ray of

equal finding
as

Thus,

sunlight which,
of

negative
upon will

pole

in

the

organ

sight,
in

manifests the organ

color,

finding its negative pole

be

of

hearing,

recognized
the In organ the

as

sound. smell
of
taste

Finding
the the
on same

its negative
ray ray will will

pole
become become of touch. The

in

of

odor.

organ of ray

same

flavor.
the

Because that

its

impact
have

the

ery periph-

body,

will

its

distinguishing

five

senses

are

now

separate
these
are

because unfolded
we

of

the shall
ness one-

limitations
be in full

of each.

When of A the

possession
all

seventh gap

sense,

that be

of

with
means

things.
sixth

great

yet

to

filled

by
and

of The

the

sense,
ear

exists

between
not

sound much

color.

average

distinguishes
76

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SCIENCE

seven

octaves

of sound.

The

eye

as

at

present

structed, con-

distinguishes seven
in its modifications
octaves

primary colors, each

an

color
seven

being
far

octave.

The the organ

entire
seven,

of

color, and

more

than

will yet vision

in

be

discovered white ray

by
of

man's the

perfected
Sun.

of

every

FOOD

AS
pranas
taste.
to

hinted,

the

organs

of

smell

and

taste

are

to

undergo

corresponding development.
is
at

The
the

coarse
coarse

physical body
in foods The

present
to

maintained
are

by

which

it

of

pleasant
are

smell

and

carniverous
pranas in

animals
in animal

naturally drawn

the

Kamic
pranas The

the tissues, particularly pranas

crude
man

deca3ring tissues;
animals carniverous.
tract
are

poison
to

to

herbaceous
than the

held

be
of
to

higher plant

in food

the has

scale

Choice
of these

caused

the

intestinal

undergo

structural
Man is

change.
not

carniverous animals
even

by

nature,

but
one

in

fact

by
he

example.
also In What

Seeing
to

devouring
the
extent

another,
cannibalism.
food low

began

eat

to

of

polar regions
then? The

no

other

than

animal
are a

exists.
sub-race

Esquimaux
in any in
case;

nearly
be

carniverous
where
are

advancing
are

they

will fected Perfrom

reborn

foods

variety
by

plentiful. Jiva direct

beings
its solar Source.

nourished

pure

During
to some

incarnation
extent

the
man's

odor
Astral

of

certain Ramie

foods

ishes nour-

and

bodies, but

77

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TEACHINGS

if the share drawn the

what

man

be

glutton

and the

wine-bibber, these

bodies
he

the

debasement

of
sense

physical.
places
of

At

death odors

is
on

by depraved
Astral would
man

to to

bad

plane, there
nauseate

extract

nourishment

from

the
to

normal

being.
of

The

ate temper-

is
to

drawn those

places

pleasant
the odor

odors,
of

for

instance,
used

permeated
of

by

incense

in the

ceremonial

worship.
pranas

From

the

extracting of
to

present
from

in
the

tissues
pure the

of

slain

animals,
a

their

absorption

solar

Rays,
once

long evolution

is indicated.

Let

wise

at

begin it, not

rather from

necessarily by abjuring animal

the

food,

but

by decreasing

quantity

and

also

inating by elim-

the diet all that

the palate. merely gratifies the

Then

in the

physical body will begin

centers
so

perfection

of

its

assimilating

that, ultimately, the

the

ishment nour-

freely given
inestimable
pranas,

by

Logos

will

confer The

that lower

boon,
of the

physical immortality.
earth

being

earthy,

at

present
mean

leave

in

the
age
worn

system
and
out

calcareous

deposits

which

advancing clogged

cessation and, finally, senility,

of the

machinery

of

the

body.

BREATH

"

"

'\7'0GA"

is but evolution
and
as

another
known

name

for

evolution

not

to

the

Darwinians,
in other

but

material, mental
evolution knows
of man's but

spiritual evolution,
seven

words,
ence Sci-

bodies, of which
Nature is
a

Material

one.

great and

universal
life

Yogee

that

by ages

of

effort has

brought

terrestrial

78

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

priate bodies.
Nature and that proves.

The of

difference
the

between of

the

method
is

of
as

Science

Breath

great

the

result
The

disciples
to

of

"

Hatha solar

Yoga plexus
too

**

sit for
other

the

purpose
ters, cen-

of

directing
the

the in

and
often

lower results

energy

breath;
centers

this natural
the

in

over-stimulation is downward. the lower triad

of the Thus from

whose

tendency
of

is the
has

brought

about

sundering

higher.
become

Unless

by thorough

self-discipline one
for

quite unselfish, sitting

with

self-development

is

fraught

this

peculiar

danger.
The but
western vast

nations

are

the

great

positive nations,
as

their

spiritual possibilitiesare
in

yet,

largely
seem

latent. inferior
are

Hence
to

respect
eastern

to

spiritualitythey
who the

certain
to

peoples
Much
in

nevertheless

negative
of

them.

Yoga
to

risms aphoEast,
of

Patanjali,while
the West be

wholly adapted
replaced by
the is

the

can

for

well

by

the

Yoga

action, that
of and

which

is indicated

helpful activity

all advanced
is maintained While of of the the the

beings. during
his

Breathing
all

largely automatic
whether

actions,

good
and

or

evil. effect
man

knowing
higher
West

complex
on

constitution

the

pranas

his

higher bodies,
actions
is

if the selfless aided

performs
of and these

good
pranas

with

purpose,

work

immensely
until the

by his will, love

bodies
are

intelligence. Not
developed
and lower
of

higher

thus safe

cohesive bodies

strength by
means

attained, is it
posture
and

to

aid

the

of

deliberate

control

the

lung-breath.

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PHYSICAL

IMMORTALITY

THE
ever so

Story
been

of
a

Christ's

physical
block
to

resurrection
many, the and
secrets

has
must

stumbling
more

continue

until

is revealed
at

of

of

physical
Suffice immature

matter

than

present
the

deemed

advisable. which divinest

many

it that

physical matter,

thing

Occultists
Moreover

depreciate, contains
the

sibilities pos-

condensing
Creative

of

physical
Will the

matter

as

already

shown

demands
the
as

residing Logos.
the

in

nothing

less than
that

highest Trinity of
far
as

Remember
work of
one

it affects of
our

man,

specific
is
to

each
of the

globe-chain
his
seven

solar The

system

evolve

principles.
bodies
of
came

Moon-chain
to

perfected

Astral
The

beings
to
our

evolved

its

possibilities.

laggards
certain

chain, which,
is
not
a

notwithstanding
reincarnation certain
the Solar of

exoteric

teachings,
but the

the

Moon-chain,
one

emanation
is

of than of

Hierarchies,
of those

of

which the its

higher

highest
Moon-chain The

which

emanated

six

globes

the

connected

with
our

normal

evolution. its

specific work
evolution
more

of
raise

globe-chain through
the

entire
ray,

is

to

physical matter,

orange
to

but

particularly man's
the

physical body,
of of the

its

polar Opposite,
words,
shall
is
sown

white

glory

Sun,

in

other Thus
"

the

Seventh the

Hierarchy
words
of the

the

Logos.

be

verified
in in

Hebrew

Initiate,

It
:

corruption, dishonor, it
it is raised

it is raised
is raised in

in

incorruption
:

It is in

sown

glory

it is

sown

weakness,

in

power."

8i

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

We

have emanated

seen

that from

what
the

is

now

man's

ciple highest prinof the

(i)

Violet
of

Hierarchy

Logos
more

that

Hierarchy

which,

knows itself, does

nothing
of the the
or

of material

conditions
Man's that

than sixth

the

God

Christian

Scientist.

principle
in its

is from

(2)

Red

Hierarchy,

which
a

negative
than

evolving aspect
negative
of the

penetrated
other,
but

little
not

deeper
the

did
of

the the

to

plane

physical.
That much emanated
to

underestimated
from be found That
a a

principle
Hierarchy
in the six

man's

physical
every
over

body,

possessing
Hierarchies
in

experience
which
man

it gave

presides.
its

regal Hierarchy
at

giving

to

best,
a

thing

first

almost
indeed then

identified

with the

matter,

then

thing insignificant
our

during
a

early
poor

rounds and

of

globe-chain, and
until
of

thing
from

both other
to

unsightly
The

its the

helpers

came

planets.

destiny
which
other

physical

body

is the

fully develop
powers
man

organs of the

synthesize therein
six

unfolded
For

principles.
scheme
is that

the

present
he

evolutionary
the "fourth

moving
with
the

upward
him

complete

round,"
vehicle

ing carryto

the

perfecting physical
of six the

even

highest

divisions his

physical

globe,

while,
ascend
to

simultaneously,
in their

"superior"
Before
of but around

principles
he
one

respective globes.
man,
a

attained

will, free-

physical
a mere

creature

principle, was globe-chain

to

automaton
wave.

moved

his

by

the

evolutionary symbolic

The

peril yet
of

confront

him,
is the

the

Last

Judgment
82

Revelations,

ARCANE

SCIENCE

possible unfitness
the

of his

physical

vehicle

again

to

enter

higher
The

and

fierydivisions
of

of that

globe.
who,

"Buddhas their

selfishness"

having
now

doned aban-

unperfected
interior

physical vehicles,
will round be in

live

on

more

or

less

planes,
seventh

sorry
the

plight
unified

when
races

the of

completed

finds

selves earth, in fiery physical bodies, uniting themthe

with

Solar

Logos. affirm, man's

chief

If, as
is to be

inmost
a

teachings

principle
then

glorified
to

seven-fold
cannot

physical body,
be

his
What

present
need of

duty
a

it
to

over-estimated.
in all

Paul

advise
proves of
our

temperance
that

things!
calls

Universal
down
a

experience

intemperance
on

heavy

weight
because
aeons,

retribution
most

the

physical

body

which,
future

valuable

possession
promptest
wise such is he

through
and
most

is of

ever

purged
Rarmas.

by

the

obvious

all

Truly

all righteousness, and who, by fulfilling

by

ant import-

aids

as

right meditation
and in
to

and

right concentration, higher bodies

a

gives
that

form

cohesion
turn

to

his so-called
to construct

they
yet

may the

help

physical

vehicle
All
as

defy

last great

enemy.

exoteric

religionsregard
for

the

physical
and

life of in

man

preparation

life

more
as

real

positive
in the the

the

great Beyond.
of the

Theosophy,
century,

taught

last quarter
same

nineteenth
the

conveys and the

about

idea,
were

for both

physical plane
to

physical body
protects
the

by
This The

it

compared
view
vast

the suited
of

rind
to

which
the and

fruit.

is

well

average
women

investigator.
look
to

majority

men

that

83

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TEACHINGS

reward the
not

and

rest

which

comes

to

the

weary

toilers

in

vineyard
to

of

life,for

it is their

Karmic these
be
are

right,one
not

be

questioned.

Evidently
Many
debts their
;

ready
are

for

deeper teachings. by Karmic

evils
these
turn
are

there

whose

lives

burdened
and other

sickness, grinding poverty

to

thoughts ready.
result
Few

happy
indeed

release.
are

Certainly

not

pared pre-

for conclusions of inmost No

which

from

understanding

teachings.
in

entity is
of

positive condition
his

unless

in

active
of the

possession

all

principles. Impairment
beginning
vehicle.
of

physical vehicle
before
to

is the of that

negative
in

conditions

the

death

Because is the
seem

proportion
of
no

its

possibilitiesthe physical principles,

it its loss
to

least his

developed gain, help

for

man's

may
nor

longer
his the

weighs
of

him

earth,

does

it

obscure of the
state.

vision

Truth. is in
a

For

all of that, man,

state

deprived
therein

physical,
or

negative
deeds

reaping
in the
earnest

bitter

sweet

fruit of this

done the

positive
and

Understanding

teaching,

therefore

positive disciple

of Truth

will choose

the
not

positive state,
as an

thereby foregoing
renunciation,
advance
can

Devachanic
as a rare

rest,

act
no

of

but be

privilege,
a

since

great
and

made

during
the

negative

state,

evidently that body,

rest.

desideratum,
the

progress
term

of the

physical

is

delayed during

entire

of post-mortem

Just
the
too

here

let

us

consider overlook.
the

an

important
As

truth the

which

zealous
of

may

through
of

great
forces

night

Parabrahman

operation
84

negative

ARCANE

SCIENCE

made the

all that

should

yet
of

manifest
the of

to

be

receptive
Day,
or,

of
as

creative
an

energies

great
this

Kosmic

during
pranas pranas

ordinary night
all Sun the
nature
soon

earth, the
the

negative
positive
prepares
so,

render of the

impressible by
to

rise ; or, of

as

winter

the
the

ground
interval

for

germination
two

spring,

during

between

earth-lives, the
render
man

negative
receptive
Hence
to

pranas
to

of the

subjective planes
pranas

the

positive
of

during
rest

objective life.
is necessary

somewhat progress. The of

a

post-mortem

all

supreme

positive

state

presupposes

the

winning
union

fieryphysical body,
the is in

in other

words,
progress

possible
of the of and

with
race

Logos. large

The
measure

snail-like
due
to

human Heaven

conception buoys
after

as

place
vast

of rest.

That of

conception

sustains
lifts

the them

majority
and
or

religionists,and
them in
or

death be what

into

holds
Mohammedans and

their

Heaven,
or

they
not.

Christians
To the

Buddhists it should
in the

strong
is
a

enlightened
of

be

known

that

Heaven

sphere

activity,not negative
hard and and

plastic ethers
and

shaped by
but him
to
on

man's

every

thought

tion, imaginashell

this world's
and
master

obstinate

given
to

mould powers

make

subservient
those of

his

positive
Source

which

yet will be

the

sublime

of his

physical principle.
of
now

Mighty
vehicles

souls would

vanished and

ages

in be

their
here

physical laboring
man

henceforth weal if the

with the

us

for

the

common

average

of and

past

by

duty wholly performed

8s

had

purified

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

uplifted
finer
the

the

physical globe, making

and
our

it habitable

for that of

clay, the purified

foremost
orb egos in of

uplifted physical bodies

humanity.
we

But,
have

like

some

compelling
how that

realms
us

never

yet
on

traversed,

glory
the

draws

on

and
not

to

prophecy's high
thousand
meagre
ured meas-

fulfilment
mortal

true

Millennium,
rather and of
a

of

years, and

but

thousand
one

divinely
a

filled,each
well man's
now

every

thereof

thousand.
as

Let

it be

understood

that

such

matter

shall cool

constitute in
"

permanent
"

material
of his the

body,
Kamic Fire.

while

would itself, affect him

that

because with

condition
more, Further-

like

contact

Solar

perfecting, permanent
the

body

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necessary

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bear
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mind
man

what is
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principle,
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microcosm.
the
seven

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man

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power

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Jehovah

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people

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priests, but,
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Jews
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them.
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man's

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pole,
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Master

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to

discover

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names

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horizon
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SPECIALISM

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by

the

seven

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thermore,
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upper shows all

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case

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THE

HIGHER

KUMARAS

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unsuited afforded
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self-interest

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TEACHINGS

to

philanthropy.

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entities
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the

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the

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wholly spiritual were

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ancient
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planes
future

of

this world
and

in

order

to

meet

the

present

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material
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needs spiritual

of

mankind.

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are

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on

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brought
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septenary

scale also

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earth

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tones

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high planes, so
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mize epitobrain
tones

experiences.
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ethereal

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physical

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THE

MUSICAL

SCALE

primal characteristics, IN manifestations, vibrating

creative

their

as

in
and
was

their

varied
are

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Light
the

energies
The
terms

of the

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in

ning. begin-

sound
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interchangeable,
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might
invented
;

become
not at

systematized
once

musical

scale

however

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TEACHINGS

the

Greek

modes,

as

also
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the

scale

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a

every

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people,
scale
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Each

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however The

proof of inestimable
Saul
of Tarsus who

to

times.

of hostility

due that

the

tremendous
outcome

obsession which
The the

of

beings
Saul
of

feared

glorious

real

merited.
a

enemies

certain

Master

who in his

always
chelas
a

has the

ruled

wisely

and

well, would
Should

develop
any

spirit of the
Master

autocrat.

disciple of
the

certain

develop

abnormal

propensities,
112

judgment

ARCANE

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of the

occultist would
to

should

not

be

that

of

the

outer

world.
Master

Little

it avail shield
must

any

disciple should
from his

his

attempt
He

him

wholly

obsessing they

foes.
will

himself
and

overcome

them,
to

otherwise

again

again

return

tempt

him.

OBSESSION

Omnipotent BECAUSE affairs,

it follows known obsessed
to
as

Justice presides over

the

human

that

deplorable
to
some

condition
of

obsession
;
a

is traceable

fault

the

fault

whereby
of inimical

the

aura

becomes One's

ble vulneraaura

the

assault

entities.

is

fortress
seen

naturally impregnable;
that
no

therefore is

it should
in

be

to

breach,

no

weakness

anywhere

its

shielding walls.
In Saul in
aura

the other

Zealot
words

was

developed
vibration

certain drew the

ance, intolerinto his

of

which
to

certain

Astral

entities
as

fanatical would

extreme

violence
of

against Jewish
break

such

imperil
short of the

the
a
**

integrity
miracle
"

the

religion. Nothing
the

could into

spell

and
to
a

transform the

narrow

Jew

the

broad who

Apostle
curbs
not

Gentile

world. incurs risk

of

One obsession
of

hasty temper
the the of
some

since
Astral

anger

changes
Should
to

normal

vibration vibration
Astral wise other-

the

body.

abnormal

induced

correspond
should he
not

that
that

vindictive
be

entity,and

entity'senergies
the
or

directed,
anger.

rushes
are

through
more

breach
less in

caused touch

by
with

Such

entities

113

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TEACHINGS

the

earth

plane,
rage

but

until

controlling
men

some

physical
things.
seldom

body they
Through
can

impotently against
this class
the

and
creatures

obsession their the

of

vent
; so

feelings on
result
is

precise
rage

person

enraging
all who
tact con-

them

general

against

the

obsessed

personality.
normal

Mental
thus

disease

changes
foothold some loaththe
of

the and

sufferer's
then

vibration,
to
some

giving
the
most

full

possession
of the and
seem

of

inhabitants doctrine obsession

of Karma

Astral

plane.

Without this with

form

Reincarnation, incompatible
the

does The

indeed drunkard
and

Divine

Justice.
the

and
even

drug

habitud
ones.

poison
The
to

physical body
vibration entities
a

certain induced

inner

abnormal debauched
is to

thus
both

gives
hereafter.

control
If

here

and

there

be

kind almost

of Devachan
to

this

deplorable
Nor

condition

continues
the

its threshold. Devachan

is

is this
or

all,for

brightness
the

of such

more

less dimmed
earth

by

harmful many

finer pranas

absorbed obsession

during

life.

Though
we

phases

of law

exist in the
them

world,
While
many, sion obses-

give only the general

above contains

governing

all.
to

the

little

not

already
here the

familiar

it is deemed should treated.

advisable be

that

subject

of

brieflybut

for

good

reasons

superficially

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METEMPSYCHOSIS

THE
kind
From in which the human

life-atoms

with

which
man

the

body

of

every is
stantly con-

breathing
renewed,
of

thing, from
have
even

downward,

each for
a

an

affinityfor
organ
of

certain

body

and

certain
be

that

body.

occult
these

textbooks
atoms
are
means

may
drawn

gathered
to

the

manner

and

expelled
orifices. certain him

from The

body imparts

by
to

of its various life-atoms with

a

process

man's

motion tend

which
to

because

of

long association

they

maintain. The anatomical

structure
to

of
the them

any

creature

ever of whatsothat

species, imparts
movement

life-atoms
to

peculiar species
is
totype. Pro-

which
organ

causes

choose normal the

that

and
toward

some

thereof.

Man's

progress

the His

Divine

Adam-Kadmon,
is

heavenly
certain

retrogression
man.

toward
human

extinct is

forms the
most

of

primeval

The

physical body
; therefore

unpliable
but

of

the

lower its

quaternary

debasement

little alters

general
Not
so

appearance

and

complex
man's
man

internal

arrangement.
for
on

with

certain

of

interior indeed

sheaths,
leaves his
and

these

the

debased therefore of
to

inner tend
mals ani-

mark. Kamic

These bodies

to

imitate
and

the

Astral

certain
man.

other
draw

creatures to

antagonistic
the

By

so

doing
of of those

they

themselves
This

discarded

life-atoms

entities.

in brief

is the

original doctrine

Metempsychosis.
At
a

certain

period

of

retrogression

debased

human

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

disembodied entity, himself

has
ones.
no

and

in his

appropriate sphere,
since his Kamic
or

finds

in

an

anomalous in the
father

situation
human and

body

counterpart
No human

kingdom
mother
can

the lower
to

give

him
now

that

material
and the

body
the

which
door
to

his
the of

inner
animal

constitution

demands,
closed then
answer

kingdom
round. Initiates
?

was

at

turning point
a

the upon the

fourth

How For
our

is such
we

being looked
draw in upon

by
Secret
age
can

must

Science,
of

excuse

being
matters

that

this

Aquarian

larger truth
be

many upon.

before

unrevealed

now

touched

Already evolving
and
on

we

have
our

shown

that

of the

the

four

kingdoms

planetary chain,
but
As

mineral, vegetable
to

animal

are

tarriers
has

on

their way

their respective seven-fold unsuited

chains.
human
to

been

explained,
of

the

kingdom
evolution
now

is the
of

aggregate

entities

the
have

certain

so-called
another
or,
more

higher spheres.
class
of

We those

to

distinguish
human whose

failures,

among
as

the
human

precisely, those
is
on

masking

sphere

the

planet
one

of

eight-fold evolution.
thirteenth of

This

class, it is said, formed

primeval
from final It is
our

humanity. evolution,
out

Many
others

of them
are

have

disappeared
but the

ing; disappear-

weeding

will
vast

occur

during
of

the
mal nor-

fifth round.
human

taught that
have
been
as

the
at

majority
period
as

beings
the lower

some

much Even

swayed
Masters risen

by
of

nature

this in

class

now

is.

the
low

White

Lodge

some

instances

have

from

conditions.
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It is
to

an

occult

truth

that his

no

one

is

wholly

amenable
been

Divine

influence

until

basic

principle has
This
often
as

reached
at

by
in

its
the

corresponding
Christian
church

Rajiu

happens

what

is known
our

conversion. evolution of the

All

beings rightlybelonging
be

to

seven-fold Great
out

shall
Seven

reached

eventually by

the

Master

Rays.
is
to

Every Saul breathing

become the

threatenings and
his
not

slaughter

witness

of

Lord lower

whose
than

reclaiming
the

power

nevertheless

extends of
our common

lowest The

principle or
love
for

Ray
her that ! is

humanity. offspring

mother's

wholly depraved
of the
torn

is

deeper

wisdom
!

than Somehow

wisest

theologian.
cry, and

Somewhere
so

her

heart's
another

shall it be love's

though

ages

intervene fulfilled.
who
can

and

planet

behold The

prophecy
of

tragedy

Judas;
in

understand,
Sacred
was

who

interpret it except
Science?
Master
as

light of
the

the first

and

Secret
to

Iscariot
an

from

known the

the

alien, the
the

"rejected son,"
even as

thirteenth
were

associated
still
as are

with

twelve
with
a

his 'kind
for
a

and

associated mind
can

humanity
purpose

purpose the

deep

the

fathom,

which

perfected

eighth planet
As
an

shall

wholly justify.
a

Avatar,

therefore

representative of
no more

the the

Solar

Logos, Jesus eighth

because he aided is
Solar

rejected Judas

than

did

great
him
That what

Hierarchy.
work

Nor
to

could that what

all

he

reclaim

such
him
a

appertains certain, but

hidden

Hierarchy.
way but and the
to

is
secret

in
from

extent

highest

Initiates.

117

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COMPENSATION

HOW
the

manifold the methods Scheme

From !

the
of

resources,

how
as

transcendent

Divine
From

Wisdom

revealed

in

Kosmic

harshest

able dissonance, ineff-

harmony.
Such
law is the

direst
of

failure,grandest
law
of Polar

triumph.
a

outcome

the

Opposites, High
proves

originatingin
a

the

secret

counsels
the

of the Most

therefore
the

law the

which

rebukes

pessimist
reasonable

and

optimist
He who

only logical and directly to

of the and

being.

passes

goal

of

ment attainspiritual

is
no

worthy
he

all

praise

emulation.
and the

Making
and of life, bowers
an

detour
who

avoids

the
to

b3nvays dally
in

hedges
poison
disaster

yet he

deviates

of

pleasure, acquires
not

from

inevitable

ence experi-

otherwise

attainable.
who that
man

Of
not

countless
one

multitudes
can

have
at
no

trodden time
created be
was

this
he

Earth,
swerve

being
the

say Had the

did
a

from

way.

been

little lower
;

than
we

the have

angels,

statement

would
man

arguable
once

but

already
and the that

seen

that

well-nigh
the

mindless,
Master of

the

informing ^o
was

of

greatest

White

Lodge

not

always

ble. invulnera-

From

innumerable

stumblings
have
and
at

and
come

innumerable
to
man.

falls,
While

experiences
failures
the have
must

innumerable

delayed

times
For

almost whatever
to

stayed him,
of iation humilextent

goal
the

yet be reached.
comer

latest

is to the

feel,he shall
rich and

large

be

compensated

through

varied

knowledge

ii8

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

in bodies

of

the

softer

sex.

As

for

Rome,

such

an

appalling
soon

situation masculine
at

demanded barbarians
the

drastic of
the

methods,
northern and

and forests

the

were

thundering
on

city'svery

gates

ing debouch-

its home

territories.
of in of Sodom and

The

abominations
has the
ever

Gomorrah,

whose resulted in

like
from bodies

existed

degenerate nations,
debased Conditions
female souls

incarnation

male

and

vice

versa.

prevalent throughout India,

are

many
to

provinces
cruel
to

of

modern

due The

largely
female childto

certain

customs

long

in

vogue.

infant

thrown the the

the

crocodiles, the
actual of of her

ostracised constrained

widow,
mount
one

hapless, flaming

older pyre

widow dead

lord, will, every

through the instinct

a

self-preservation, seek
in those cope

safety

in

male

body necessarily deficient

enable This the
man

aggressive
life's material

qualities which
issues.
creates
a vacuum

to

with

egress into

from
are

the drawn
races.

female
many Well

population
immature
it is for

which

female

souls
future

from that

little evolved
the virile

India's

Briton

has

temporary

trol. con-

The of the

physical and
Turkish
custom

mental
but

idleness
more

and

resulting ennui

harem,
which sexual but

especially that unjust,

several driven and

unnatural

allows
reasons

wives many

to

one

husband,

has

for

women,

physically vigorous
into the

mentally
and and

weak, spiritually
of the

greater

freedom

license

male

dition. con-

Licentiousness
of

brutality are
"

characteristics
as

the

"

unspeakable

Turk

with

whom,

with

certain

I20

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SCIENCE

animals
to
some

especially of
extent

the

feline
as

tribe, the sexual

nature

manifests

cruelty.

Non-polygamous
and
means

marriage, fatherhood, motherhood, friendship,are

souls Should
of
men

sweet

untainted
the

the and
a

heaven-ordained
women

whereby

grow

to
one

common

likeness.

now

stubborn

soul,
or

resisting normal
sexed, then
ordeals
to

methods,
to

remain other

narrowly
sex,

harshly
with

change

the

together
means

ing try-

therein, is the
symmetry.
Thus the
sexes

stringent
we see

necessary
and stability,
not

future ideal

that

that

equality of
of

which and

confuses

their

respective spheres
sureties
of
a

capacity

duty,

are

the

prime

nation's

well-being.

THE

PHYSICAL

BODY

physical MAN'S disease,

first two, he finds in

death and

results

from age.

three

causes,

accident
the

old
an

Escaping

the
and

last
a

uncompromising

victorious
that
even

enemy.
to

It

is

theory generally accepted

the human

its

bony

framework,
every
were seven

physical
or so

body
life

is renewed If this then man's of

during

years
in
one

of

its

term.

theory

not

vital

respect
ing result-

untrue,
from

intricate

bodily mechanism,
not

ages the
to

evolution, could
months of

be This

duplicated
we

during
endeavor The of many

brief show.

gestation.

shall

physical body
rooms

may

be

likened
are

to

vast

temple
workmen
work-

in each

of which

countless

under

one

master

workman,
121

while

over

all master

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

men

is

one

supervising architect, the

Every
organ and

"*

Hiram

"

of

that is

temple.
built workmen group So he he up

part of the

physical body
atomic
master

and who

maintained
come

by countless
go, while the

lives, tiny
of
or

and

each

is connected
was

permanently
incarnations
to

with
of the

that

organ and

part.
shall

in

past

Ego

so

continue
The

in births

be.

physical life-cycle of
with
that of the the
tear
new

all

masterworkmen

is

commensurate

supervising
common

architect.
now

When

his

cycle
but

terminates
of energy,
no

workmen,
the
are

guideless
the that the

full

down

structure

of

body

into

which of the

workmen Word In which

drawn
was

by
at

syllable
death of

Creative

lost

the

architect. and from workmen

the

ancient

mysteries
enacted
as

Hiram's

illness resulted

death,
an

dramatically
outbreak of rule

murder,

these

atomic
session pos-

lives, ordinary
of As
to

who Word.
master

would

through

the been

Master's

has

said, the
therefore
as

workmen
the

are

necessary
atomic

the

temple;

unlike

ordinary

lives, they remain,

in

regards
the Auric

their

inner

constitution,
the

conjunction
life-term

with of the

Egg

during
to

mous posthuthe

Ego.
master

Descending workmen,
of
"

rebirth drawn

architect the

assembles
Word Then
or

his

and,

by
come

mystic

syllable
without
of

Hiram,"
of

they
or

crowding
other
In

in.

sound

hammer,

any

tool, the

Temple

Solomon
we

again is builded.
read their
worn

theosophical
who for those have

literature

of

Adepts
out

and

Mahatmas bodies

exchanged
younger

physical
dead

of

persons

suddenly

122

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from

drowning,
and is old if

or

any

fatalitywhich
the

leaves

the

vital Our

organs, criticism

possible
in

entire

body,
as

intact.
every and his and the

that age have

this

instance,
that the

in

other,
ter mas-

physical

proves

architect

workmen
demand hand the have and

completed
an

their

life-term On of that
use

now

require

interval
master

of rest.

other

architect
been

and forced

workmen

younger
of

body body

from

it.
of

Further

that

throws

the

specific duty

its

own

architect, its
that of

and appropriate controllingentity, upon the would the

also
new

ordinates, his sub-

Astral

of

the
in

indweller. and

This
every

misplacement
attendant ill to

result mechanism
organs
to

confusion,
of that

physical body.
of

Though
have of any been

healthy
transferred of
a

and

parts

dead

bodies
the

living ones,
the

still after
master

loss
of

portion

livingbody,
for

workman
the

that

portion remains, ready

occurs.

duty

when

fer trans-

DEATH

AND

BIRTH

THE physical
over

architect

of

the and

physical body
his

dwells is to

in

the

heart

prime
His

duty

preside
duties
At the

its been

ceaseless indicated
of his
one

functions.
in the

secondary

have

preceding chapter.
architect

termination control organs ceased

for
a one

the life-cycle, of the When

relinquishes
of all other

by

master-builders
the

and

parts.
no

physical
is

breath

has

and brief

faintest is he

heart-beat very

perceptible, then

interval

much

alive.

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TEACHINGS

His
as a

consciousness
now

heretofore concentrated
In this

extending
to
a

to

the

body
point
gently intelli-

whole, is
the

microscopic
he
contacts

within

heart.

condition
the

and

sympathetically
that of the

architects
of the

of

the

other fore There-

bodies,
for

even

highest
the

seven.

this brief
the

season

wisdom illuminated and

to

of the eye, the

Ego
he

is his.

Seeing

incarnation
and

with
successes

nizes recog-

its failures
the Karmic and over, what Law

also him

justice of
merited

apportioning

certain

rewards

corrective
the

punishments.
finds deemed himself

This

entity
he So he

still alive

though
to

lacking

before

indispensable,
from

wit, a
now

physical principle.
seems

withdrawing
passes
out

what

but the head

prison,
where the time

through

the

opening
the

in

Sushumna

terminates.

Upon

Astral

plane
in due

entity, ever
a

retiringinward,
out to

ences experiby

painless passing
Astral of

preceded
Astral in

the

withdrawal

of the
a

architect

the

heart,
to

and

therefore
more

period

illumination

regard

things
This

interior.
out

passing

whereby

sheath that

after

sheath

is

discarded, brings
permanent
there
to

the

entityto
his worth the that

place comparatively
him. Even final here ination illumis

which

entitles very
no

is progress
reveals
to

until, at
the Earth descent

summit,

Ego
and

higher condition
are

attainable contacted. moments,

each
or

until In but

its
are

experiences
no more

again

there
moments

illuminated
as

rather
awakens

of

shutting out, for,

his

architect
less

and

reconstructs

body

more

rapidly, the

attention

of

the

entire

entity

is

124

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directed

to

the

process. of till

Thus

every

preceding
child
in the that

tion condiwomb
must

is lost and learn

"

sight

finally the

at

physical
what
even

birth the

is the
lower

ignorant
creatures

thing
know

through

instinct."
WOMEN MASTERS

MANY
components
the
a

theosophists
mankind grow converges
to
a

believe
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MARY

OF
than Mother and
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Capable
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TEACHINGS

The

Moon

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130

nations

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SCIENCE

one

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SPECIAL

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Master

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visibly they
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this

world

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become

kingdom

Christ.

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SCIENCE

ROUNDS

AND

RACES

WHAT
movement

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combination
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of

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to

be

the

sub-race

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TEACHINGS

of

the

Fifth
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more

The clannish

Jew

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peculiar use

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134

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TEACHINGS

Despite
poorer
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TEACHINGS

GIVING

AND

RECEIVING

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teaching
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case

Great

Breath,
and
and
on

instance,
or on

the

little
one

between the of
a

heart individual

heart,
the

the

larger
or,
as

community,
between
of
a

in

Lincoln,
nation,

the
as

cycle
the the

himself

and
on

an

entire

or,

in and

case

Master,
of his

the
or,

cycle
as

between
the
case

himself
of

children

Ray,

in

the

Supreme

Master,

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on

the

cycle
and

between

himself

and

the

human

race

both

incarnate Without
such

discamate.
of

loss

distinguishing characteristics, every

must

minor
so

cycle

merge

in

larger,more

general giving of
the
a

cycle,
cup of

that cold
even

eventually the compassionate

water to
:

becomes the Kosmic the

identified

with

cycle

reaching
In the

Logos.

conclusion
to

while

giving of
of the

bad

giftssubjects
unescap-

giver

the in

inflexible
one

law

recompense, Law of

able

Karma,

aspect

Love,

strives

throughout
every
in the

all worlds
of

to counteract

and

therefore

nullify

result main

evil

giving
of the

ere

it becomes

incorporated

current

Kosmic

Cycle.

MARRIAGE

UNDER early
the loss of the

the

heading
human

"

Love
at

"

it

was

stated and

that then

race,

first

sexless

androgyne, separated
balance

into

sexes

because
the

of the

entity's

between

mind,

tive developing posi-

male female

principle,and
This

desire, the
was

developing positive
sex

principle.
state
are

in alone

order, for
certain

is that

transition lessons
As

in

which

imperative

of life

learned. in this
age of the

constituted

world,

man

sents repre-

positive wisdom
woman

and

negative
love and

love;

whereas wisdom.
in

represents
seeks in
Woman
woman

positive
the seeks
in

negative
of

Man

positive
man

love

lacking
wisdom

himself. without

the

positiveof

which

she

is

incomplete.
139

The

unifying process

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

whereby
in
sex

humanity
sex

is

to

become
Were

one

ated group-soul, originfor

of the
our

attraction.
the

it

not

office

of

throughout
the

middle

period
the

planetary
defeat

progress, every

of self-sufficiency

unit

would
of alL

attempt
love

toward
and

the

interior

oneness

Marital love
which group

consequent
the of

mother

love

and

father

characterize
is

ideal
a

family, that

little

group-soul

promise by
among

larger, more

perfect community
affection. sisterly
also every rude

bound

pure

brotherly
civilized

and

Marriage
form
the of

peoples,

mating
a

among

aboriginal tribes, has,

more

beneath

obvious,

purpose Hence

vital than
or

the

perpetuation
whichever where

of the
the

species.

marriage
with
the

mating, plan,

custom,
is

accords

Divine

even

issue
The
as

physically impossible.
woman

who

fails in the her

feminine

quality of
not
to

love her

understood what

by

time

and

people, gives
craves.

husband
he
excuses

his better

nature

With
to

this fact its extent the

the

himself
the pure

for that

which infidelity of
measure

delays
man

unification
the
same

the

race.

Likewise short
what the is in

who

by

falls

masculine
to

quality
the

of

wisdom,

gives
numerous

not

sary neces-

wife.
the

However

issue, such union, and

union
must

misses
after

interior

object
a

of

every

all be
ardent the

adjudged

failure.
the average
man

In

his

pursuit of gain
wealth
even

of

to-day ignores
seems

of

true to

wisdom.
the
sex. woman

Hence

he

crude'and
above the

obtuse of

ally intellectuThe eagerness

enters

average

her

with

which

the would-be

progressive woman
140

into

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every
that

new

"ism"

is but which

her

instinctive natural because

seeking
order
of

for

positive wisdom
environ
the

in the

should

always

her, but

which,
of the

activities
she

demanding

energies

male

provider,

finds

unavoidably lacking
A

in the

home. of of

pronounced
sex

advantage

ideal love
or

marriage
wisdom,

is that is
not

in

it

limitation, either
as

confirmed
woman a

may

occur

in

ordinary
mere

celibacy.
pride
with and the

The self-

celibate
sex

through
is
out

sufficiencyof
purpose

of

harmony
a

Divine

; therefore

she

tempts
her.
a

power

that

yet

may
over-

humble critical liable the

to

and

conquer

The

over-cautious,
of the the

bachelor end in

suffers
utter

shrinkage
On

affections

selfishness.
of

other

hand,

ideal

celibacy
that
to

Paul
and

and

every which Wisdom

high Initiate,
render
as one

indicates

purity

elevation and

receptive

positive
than
as

Love

Cosmic

forces, rather

personal qualities.

THE

ZODIACAL

SIGNS

IN
Modem

every Zodiacal

ancient

occult

system
have that the

the

ten

or

twelve

Constellations hold

prominent
names

place.
Star-

astronomers

of these

Groups
to

originated in fancied lion, the

bull

resemblance,
goat.
Such
our

for

instance,
not

the

and

the

is Solar
are

the

case,

for

it

was

taught secretly that

the

Logos,
dinate subor-

together with
to

hierarchies

in its

keeping,
seek

the
to

Zodiacal

Logoi,
upon

who all

through

the

Solar

Logos

impress

planetary

evolutions

141

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

their

own

sublime

attributes, which
names

attributes Twelve.
the

are

only

indicated
For
our

by

the

given
these

to

the
are

solar
of

system

Supreme
failure
on causes

pensers Disto

Karmic their
of

Justice.
twelve

Man's

every entails twelve

sweep

approach
twelve

Perfections
therefore and

him of

kinds
As

Karma, Sun,
Moon Houses lines

rebirth.
the

the

planets
become

through

twelve

Zodiacal
the
"

they
of

intermediates

that

along

great

Zodiacal

Energy
Law. As

"

mic Cosresult

Electricity
of

apportion
observations

Zodiacal
since

continuous

far-ofiF Atlantean

times. Esoteric
Karma these

Astrology
rebirth the
"

"

lucid
in

only
every

in

the

light

of of

and bodies

finds

combination
of
a

complex
nations and

operation

Law

tially imparsame

rewarding

individuals, or

in the

spirit causing general calamity, or

The

personal mishap.
of

circle,
the
"

or

rather
of

the

Dodecahedron of twelve

the
joined con-

Zodiac,

Archetype
In
are

form, consists
"

Spheres."
Libra

this

circle

"

the

Constellations

Aries
and

and

represented
Aries
Isis and of and the

by
Libra

the

Sun,

Osiris,
the The

the

Moon,
Osiris

Isis.
and Cancer

represent
heavens.
are

original

polar

Constellations

Capricornus
These individual
four

represented

by

Mercury

and

Venus.

Constellations
also Bud-

embodying
dhi
and

spiritual and
are

will, and
of the four

Manas,
heavens.
Four
"

the

guardians

quarters
Law

of the
"

In

conformity
the that

with

Karmic
and

the the
of
a

Holy

determine
from

bounds of
a

preserve
to

stabilityof cycles
man or an

planet

that

atom.

142

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

Avatars evolution downward

sexes,
as

and
of

others
human
arc

to

come.

In

the

regular

and

slow

entities,Virgo-Libra signifies the

their

of

cycle

before

separating
arc

into

while male

Scorpio indicates
and female.

the

upward

of

ress prog-

As
what

stated, the
is known
as

cycle
the

of

the

Avatars

accords

with

Equinoctial Precession;
In

thus,
the

Taurus,
nature must

Aries, Pisces, Aquarius.

of
an

determining
pole
;

Avatar,

the

n^ative
illustrate

of

the
Sun

Sign
in

be

considered.
the Avatar will

To be

with

the

Taurus

Taurus-Scorpio.

Then and
so

low folon.

Aries-Libra, Pisces-Virgo,Aquarius-Leo
The
Avatar

is
van,

progressive entity,man's
but of still

elder

brother

far in the The

the
was

evolving

like all
was

humanity.
that
of
a man

Avatar

Taurus-Scorpio
of the
sex

most
an

advanced
Avatar

masculine trembled of the The

Sun in

sex.

Aries-Libra
the

wherein
an

in

balance.

Pisces-Virgo was
Master his

Avatar

inwardly androgyne
in

of

Compassion.

Pisces

represents

the higher principles,

From

Earth truth

Virgo, his physical

arose

body. teaching
yet
to

this

arcane
was

the The

exoteric
Avatar

that

Jesus

bom

of

virgin.
The

be

is known

as

Aquarius-Leo.
one

Sun
to

Sign
these

a signifies larger message,

wholly adapted
heart, indicates sphere
Avatar of
our

times. will be chain

in
an

Leo,
born

the

sign
the

of
most

the

that

he

from

interior
that
one

globeappear

; it also

indicates

the which

is
will

to

imperishable body,
incarnations.
the

he

perfect in

future

Again,

correspondence
144

between

Leo

and

the

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human

heart heart

is such desires
the

that

the

disciple
of

who

with
can,

his
in

whole
these
so

coming
cooperate

the

Master,

auspicious years
that

with

cyclic Law,

and

hasten for have An

consummation
the

of which

Job prophesied,
of the

and Era

which

faithful

in all ages
#

Christian

prayed.
descends in

Avatar Sun

accord Pisces
in the of and

with
or

cyclic Law Aquarius,

when
but

the

is for
in the

instance

in

his

mission
or

physical body
at

negative Sign Virgo

choice, indicated
brain.

Leo

begins
of

the

moment

by

full

maturity

physical body

THE

SIX-POINTED

STAR

Six-pointed THE triangles,

one

Star

formed
to

by

two

equilateral
descent
ascent

inverted
other

indicate
to

of

spiritinto
of
matter

matter, into

the

upright
inner
a

indicate

spirit,is in its
Let
us

significance profoundly
few of

esQteric.

consider
as

the

hidden

meanings
To

of what

is known the

the

Star

of Initiation.
of

begin with,

points and
each

angles
in
the From
to

this

macro-

cosmic
indicate
star

symbol
the

are

six, which

their

totality
the

Zodiac.

By

reducing

points of
the each
center

the
star

Dodecahedron thus then

is formed.
draw
a

of
and

the

reduced twelve
be

line

point
the

angle,
lines

spheres
so

separated
each have

by
of

twelve ahedron Dodecof

should
is
an

placed
equator

that
we

side
the

the

and

archetype
hidden

Plato, twelve
The apex
or

spheres
cusp

radiating

from

Unity.
star

of the

upright triangle of the

US

is

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

Aries;

the

western eastern

angle just angle

is

below Pisces.
other

is Taurus;
These

the
three

corresponding
are

the

Solar The
;

trinityof Signs, in
apex
or

words, the

Solar

AUM. Libra

cusp

of

the

inverted is

triangle is
;

the

western
eastern

angle just above

angle
is

Virgo
These

the

responding cor-

Scorpio.
lunar

three

are

the

lunar
as

trinityof Signs, the

the

AUM.

more Further-

highest triangle represents

so

Divine

Will,
their every

Desire

and

Mind,

the

lower

triangle represents
is
not to

evolving polar opposites.

point
and

This

all, for
seven

angle
For of of

of

the

twelve
the

refers cusp

Zodiacal indicates
the

mysteries.
the of

instance Kosmic
our

of and

Aries also
the

beginning
the Sun

evolution

birth
of

solar

system,

while

cusp

Libra tion

indicates becomes middle

as a

the

Kosmic

turning-point when

evolur

involution.
western

The

angle

of the

star

indicates
that

cer Can-

which of matter

Kosmic

Sign symbolizes
"

condition
natal pre-

which

physical science
"

not

recognizing
of

conditions
Parallel As
a

considers is the this

the
eastern

beginning

things.

with

Cancer

angle Capricornus.

Kosmic which

symbol

that condition angle signifies

of

matter

physical

science real

associates
does

with
not

mic Kos-

dissolution, whereas
before with
The the

pralaya
Cancer

begin

last decan
and
western

of

Pisces.

is associated

Mercury
upper

Capricornus
cusp the

with
star

Venus.

of the

indicates

Gemini,

the

Heavenly
of

Man,

Perfect
as

Sphere, the Androgyne

the

Model model

individual form.

form,
The

Dodecahedron
eastern

is the

of group

lower

cusp

indicates

146

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Sagittarius, the
present

polar opposite
is

of

Gemini.
of

Man's his lower brainern west-

shape
the

due

to

the

evolution The

mind,

Kama-Manasic indicates fate

power
can

principle.
The
a

cusp

Lieo.

material
race or

and life-cycle
even a

ultimate is in which of
that the

of

more

than this here

planet

of be

mighty
revealed.

Hierarchy concerning
Leo back like the Hercules

little

the

northern the

heavens

holding

Mighty,

is

Sign of

Mercury

trinitywhich
The

precedes right cusp

Virgo,
of the
Venus

first of the

Moon
star

trinity.
indicates

upper

six-pointed

Aquarius,

third

of the

trinity.
Uranus,

Neptune
not

and

the

secret

planet beyond
twelve-fold indicated
The the
macro-

are

seemingly
cosmic
in

represented
These
where

by

the
are

star.
center

however
all lines

by

dot

its

converge.

hidden Zodiacal

Isohedron

certainly
and

extends

beyond

Dodecahedron,
bounds. The divided
the

all

planets

revolve

within

its

Six-pointed
into four

Star

also indicates
seasons

the
;

twelve

months

the trinities,
hour

also it indicates
hours first
to

twenty-four

day

divided

as

follows, six
with

from
three
noon

midnight

till morning

corresponding
Six from

the

Signs beginning with Libra.

morning
so on

corresponding succeeding
twelve

with

the

next

three, and

for

the

hours.

147

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

THE

GREAT

PHYSICIAN

CHRISTIANITY
before known
Roman

in

our

day
the

exhibits

phase
While
of

not at

since

first

century.
miracles
Protestant

Catholic

shrines

so-called
the the cults

healing
church Science
'*

have

long

been

performed,
offshoots
as

through
denomination

such

Christian
of

and has of

the

various
a

so-called

New

Thought/'
to

for

only

few

decades While

given
many

attention
"
"

the this

matter

bodily healing.
bear
the

cures
more

of
are

class

would
to

and investigation,
power of

many there

attributable
a

suggestion,

still

remain
The who
seen

few

not

thus

explainable.

fact

is that

these

healing

cults

and

those

also
have the

would
a

demonstrate

physical immortality,
of
a

distorted
when the

vision
Sun of

truth

apparent
appears

to

world

Righteousness
of the
of

with

healing
and
"

in his

wings.
of the

Because
true
nature

law

of

Karma,
matter

because whose

physical

existence is
to

certain
a

healers
extent

altogether deny
impermanent
Meanwhile
and

"

such

healing

great

or

illusionary,or
the presence

else of
of both

obviously
these

ineffective.
healers is
one

would-be

the of and
a

demonstrators time
even

physical immortality
Elijahs and Marys

sign
Pauls,

producing
Messiahs in

and

our

very

midst.
all of and have the the contacted the

In

way

these

"healers'' the
advent

energy
while
ones

preceding
the have

Great other

Physician,
illustrious with

self-styledElijahs
somehow

identified

their

personal selves

148

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the with
was

Avatar.

When faith
That
next
more

Jesus
touched the

was

on

earth
of power

certain

woman

ample
healed.
in

the

hem

his

garment
then
in

and

healing
be

Jesus
is

shall

his

coming

greatly augmented
will

evident, for his

health The
to

perfect physical body

to

radiate

all entitled
era

it. is the
and

present
one

of

individualism faith

opposite

of

previous
of the

of

unreasoning
In

blind toward
arc

dicipleship
attainable
the

multitude.

man's

ascent

truth, inevitably he
of pure pure. progress truth
to

moves

from

one

of

spiral
no

its extreme unanimous

opposite.
assent,
nor

Nowadays
does

gains

it remain

Ingenious

manipulators

introduce

subtle transform

or

marked all but

the

variations, while
the

plausible theorists
of
men,

fundamentals
"

that
many

truth.

Thus

fied is veri-

saying,
those

Many
able
as

minds."

Among
universal

to

receive

it, a

truth

of

such of
a

import

that

relating to
arouses

the

advent

World-teacher

necessarily
the

wide
seem

diversity

of

opinions,
and

with

result scoffers lack

that

sceptics
a

justified ready-made

satirists
use.

and This is
a

find of

weapon among

for their

unanimity
of

genuine
away from
ate eventu-

truth-seekers characterless in true

passing phase
;
a

growth
which without

submission

growth
which

will

individually, that
with all other view.

sacrificing
in
a

blends identity,
and As the

individualities

just

comprehensive

Jesus foretold, differences

and
manner

of

belief shall

concerning
until

time

of his

coming

multiply

his actual

appearance

stays further
149

speculation.

This

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

being
the

so,

it is well

that

the hold

most

dogmatic
open

believer
to

in

"Second
of

Coming"

himself mind
Sun

ment restate-

truth; otherwise
darkened
the
man

his
the

shall
of

be

clouded

and

his eyes
upon

when

Righteousness

bursts

world. is free to

Evolving
humiliated
may
even

speculate and
of his

dogmatize that,
theories,
toleration
and
so

by
the

overthrow

elaborated
of

he

learn

indispensable
the views

lesson

and pare pre-

respect
himself

for for

of other

minds,
of As

that
an

communion book.

saints
in the

wherein

truth Rome's
now

becomes

open

days

of
are

decadence,

recognized
; the

religious systems
that
arc

losing ground
progress

limit

of

of the

spiral

of

wherein

individualism lie

obtains

is

already
:

reached. the

Beyond

disintegrationand
the
race

chaos
from
more

hence further

World-teacher
to
a

will draw

away and

individualism

cycle of larger faith

that which

ened enlightthe

dicipleship than
of the

characterized

ginning be-

Christian

Era.

THE

KARMIC

RECORDS

IF

we

would
Law for

know of Exact

something

of

the

means

whereby
to

the

Justice is administered
in the
we

the

individual

deeds in the

done

body

both

in

the

ent pres-

life and certain breaths

the

past,

must

inquire concerning
various
pranas in
or

properties which
or
"

exist also

in the their

tatwas,"
and

and

operation

both

Microcosm

the

Macrocosm.

ISO

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

transmit vacated Kamic

the

them the

back

to

the

individual
the

aura.

Having
upon itself the with

physical body,
Kama-Manasic
sounds goes

entity, then
identifies in the

and

plane, preserved
the

pictures and
it

aura,

in other for
or

words,
is its

again

through Passing

old
to

situation,
the the

this sub-

purgatory.
of

thence
or

plane

plane

higher perhaps
which

Manas for

Buddhi,
with
from

entity

fies identiand of

itself harmonies earth-life. When

centuries

the its

pictures
part

emanated

better

however,
Aries
"

the

northern will its

pole
which

of

the it

Auric

Egg

"

its

spiritual
has

lifted
the

through pole
the

subjective planes,
"

spent

force,

southern
draws

Libra

"

the the and

personal pictures

will,asserts
now

itself and

entity
Centers

to

revivified lower

by

the of

Zodiacal
the Auric

existing

in

the

planes

Egg.
Whenever
an

entity reincarnates,
with
to

his

new

physical
these

brain

causes

identification
but his

certain may
sees

of be himself
sees

old

pictures,
To

relation murderer
the former

them
now

reversed.
as

illustrate, the
man;

the

murdered robbed
or reverses

thief is
so

now

himself
obscures the deeds other and may

and

so

on.

This

because truth.

evil On

one's

perception
man

of
sees

hand,
realizes
have
not

the his

good
reward

again
which until
of for

his

good

some

Karmic

reason

been
of

withheld rather of

now.

Evidently

all

this

is

fate, but
"

Divine

Justice dispensed

by

the

great
It must

Lords
not

Karma."
that

be

supposed

in

impressing

the

pic-

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SCIENCE

tures

of

our

solar
his

system

the

Sun

as

recorder
is the the these

has itive pos-

performed
pole, poles poles
the
of
our

full office. the

seven or

Our
ten

Solar

Logos
are

and

planets
means

negative negative
in

the

system,

and

by
aware

of

Logos

is well

of

every

happening

system.

Although
of its
which

our

Sun
are

is concerned other Suns

with
vaster

the and

lower

poles
to

there life,

higher,
Logos
seven

it

assumes

the in its

attitude

of learner.
means

Our

is

Omnipresent
or

system,
to

since, by
the

of the

ten

Rays

despatched

planets, it gathers
then is reflected
out

up

as

pictures everything
to

therein
it

which also
space,

back

itself,nevertheless
across

sends

other

Rays

which,
Stars. As

the

gulf

of

contact

the

outlying

already shown,
reflected, cannot
around

the

lightof

our

planets, both
the

real
lution revo-

and

penetrate
fixed
to

to
so our

planets

in

the

Stars,
be

planets gather
back
to themselves.

up

no

pictures
means

of these that

reflected

This

by
has

this

method,

in

our

solar the far

system,

only
of

the

Logos

knowledge
Our
Sun
a

of life upon

planets
into the

the

fixed
of space

Stars.
; to

penetrates

abyss
his

but

should
up

point be pictures,
obtainable

reached
the fact
our

where

light

fails

gather

would

indicate

the

limit of

knowledge

by

Logos
another entitled

through
method,
"*

this
one

method;

nevertheless
in the

there

is

already explained

chapter

Gravitation.'' The
seven or

ten

Solar

Rays

or

Breaths from

are*

the the

lifeSolar

blood

of

the

planetary system
IS3

direct

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

Heart,
return

and, like
in
at

the

blood

in

the the

physical body, they

Sun
seven

ceaseless this stage

cycles while
the

endures.

Our

Earth,
not

lowest
real
seven

of the

planets, but
and The

of
in

the

ten, is the

negative pole
Breaths.
our

turning
Rays
or

point
Breaths
are

the
that

cycle
emanate

of

the

from

Sun

to

other

systems
the
sciousness con-

innumerable,
grasp
are

but
man,

their
so

specific work
no

is above
states

mental

of

in

study of
such

of

they considered,
states
seven

study being

ited lim-

to

the

seven

and

their
seven

sub-divisions

making

the

seven

times

of the

higher planets.

KARMIC

ADJUSTMENT

UNDER
was

the

heading
that
a

"

The

Karmic

Records

"

it

taught

disembodied

being

on

the

Kamic the

or

Kama-Manasic
and

plane, identifies preserved

and thus in

himself
aura

with
ponding corres-

pictures
to

sounds

his

that

plane,

going through
Add Karmic
to

the

old

situation, experiences
well known

his
that earth
man

purgatory.

this the

teaching
on

complete
and

adjustment
that and and
we

takes
every

place
wrong

this

it is evident both
that

for after. here-

doing,
the

suffers notion

here
real

Despite
suffering awaits
endeavor
When
as

popular

acute

the the

disembodied reasonableness
of the Venus
or

sinner,
of
a

shall view.

to

show

contrary

certain

entities

evolution, known preferred

chose the

the

reincarnating
our

Triads

Egos,

opportunitiesof
the
most

planetary chain, they

in

tions condi-

trying

the

entire

seven

planetary

IS4

ARCANE

SCIENCE

schemes.

This
that

choosing

was

in

the

Divine

order Divine free and

and
Will

illustrates
and
not

mysterious
will which enmeshed
not

bond

between

personal
free.
man

makes
in

the

latter

yet

When

physical

matter

it is well

that

realizes
and
even

his

unique
would
in

position.

Otherwise and
so

life's
retard

trials
and

tribulation

discourage
endeavors
on man

stay
more

him

absolutely
than
on

necessary
other As

since
in

depends

any

being

the

seven

planetary
also that

schemes.
the

compensation
for its next that

and

soul Divine

may

erate recuphas

descent
from the the
;

into

matter,

Justice
disembodied
of

ordained
on

viewpoint
faults therefore is
in

of

the

the
are

lower
much

planes,

and

failures

earth

life
the

mitigated

whatever

living-over
with
to

disembodied
Should
an now

undergo
that

accordance
be

that the

view.

view

permitted
to

embodied,
would of
cause
our

inevitable

laxity in regard
that
come

wrongdoing ities possibiltherefore

retrogression, so
evolution
Karma here

the
to

Divine

would
assume

naught,

adjusting
On

its severest
an

aspect.
and

the

Devachanic
awaits
man

plane
since
are

added there
to

compensation
his
moral
an

refreshing
and his
and

triumphs
added above
chain
one

good

deeds

made
The

assume

glory

sweetness.

consistency
fact
that

of

the

teaching
the where evolution chief

appears

from of

the

for any

globe

sphere

Karmic

adjustment,
is that

hence
on

the
which

Karma

is most

exacting,
For

its

is

taking place.
the

this

planet

that

sphere
and
not

is, as
the

already stated,
and

positive

earth

plane

negative

so-called

higher planes.

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TEACHINGS

IMMORTALITY

THE
human

gist
that
race

of

the

preceding
chapter
yet
wise
"

chapter, together
that

with the
to

of

the

Faith," indicates
and of unselfish

is not

enough
which

profit by those
would
In

positive proofs
the

immortality

quite convince
matters

sceptic.
moment
as
are

of man's

such

extreme

tality immorthe

and

posthumous
in
a

condition,
to

least
That

uncertainty
the

resiilts

holding
for

the

known.
to

prepared spiritually
that for

death
would

will if

cling

physical gain
by
of
tainty uncer-

life, and
added
observer in This is
as

many which
kind.

such David

possible
is marked

the the

years
of the

prayed,
the

his

Evidently
faith
Man

drop

potion

of

is

determining
here Powers for
a

quantity.
purpose the verse Uni-

it should

be.

being
the

unaccomplil^hable
will Let but
as

elsewhere,
to

of

hold

him and

his

task. fullest how and

faith
for
a

hope

have

exercise
often

in

man;

positive

knowledge,

it would

induce

wholly contemplative
to

expectant

tion condiworld's
would
to enter

inimical

energies exercisable
1

only

in the

high beget
upon

activities
in far
rest

Again,
many
an

positive

knowledge
desire
for

too

impatient
reserved
or

the

and than

recuperation
for the

the

spent

toiler

rather

sluggard
are

the

slothful.
not

Because but in

the

spiritual realms
of

abodes

of that

ness, idlethe

fact

restful
and

activities,it follows
contented
work
no

habit should

of

concentrated
be

in

the
to

world

cultivated

by

beings

in

haste

end

it

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SCIENCE

all.
of

The love

sweet
are

ties of

friendship

and
us

the
to

closer
the

ones

happy
man,

bonds than
own

holding
his

mortal

years has wealth

man

; but

wiser
his

Authors the

and

Helpers,
of

welded
and

for

enslaving
the

shackles of that
rather

authority.

Despite
and

result

folly,
than

would
the

live discomforted

suffering

face

mystery

beyond.
shall be
must

This
in he the

clinging to physical life

sequel,
the eyes for

wholly justified
man

again

and

again

return

till that

restore

olden
on

ties, thus
Eden and

undoing
dulled his

the
ears

deed
to

closed voices

his

all the

of the

unseen

world.

SPIRIT

COMMUNICATION

THE
could
be

posthumous
relation
is
a

condition

of

the

entity
and

and

his

to

others, both
matter
our

embodied which

bodied, disemmore

vital than

concerning
survey

far

said

general

of Occult

Science

permits.
The reveals from Astral the

doctrine
that

of

the the

seven-fold Astral
the

constitution
one

of

man

upon

plane, but
disembodied
and
on

removed
contact

physical plane,
of

the The

bodies

both

the

dead

the
that
;

living.

disembodied

properly functioning
in their and
as

plane, evince

lively interest
easy
of

surroundings
communicative
On

also
as

they
the

are

as

approach
of the
an

itants inhabthe

earth

plane.

the
shows

other

hand,
tion; preoccupafrom

Astral

of

embodied
it is

entity

deep

evidently

receiving impressions
IS7

the

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

earth

life, and

unless
or

that

entity
a

be
or a

in

some

way is the

remarkably endowed,
left unnoticed

else

friend

relative,he
of

since
engage

the the

innumerable attention

activities

Astral

plane

of its denizens.
oi

Certain

utterances

and

doings
of

everyday

life

are

impressed
this and
the
some

upon

the

Astral

the

embodied
of the such

entity,but
Astral

reproduction
also in

is in the

language
Reading
of the

plane
of
to

its

symbolism.
the

records

embodied,
extent

denizens

Astral

plane

are

informed
but
not

concerning
the

certain

things of
and this

the

earth

plane,

highest things,
for of the
an

meagre

information

suffices

great majority.
embodied in
man or

Occasionally
woman

the

Astral

exhibits
with of
to

abnormal considerable the

what earth
are

characteristics
the fidelity

that

it

reproduces
and

very

language

pictures

plane.
but

This

reproduction
brain Astral in

appertaining
of of

physical
to

notions brain
that in

reality,is
the

therefore
Astral

enigmatic
inhabitant. certain
certain
to
us.

the

ordinary
are

However,
abnormal

region
whose

to

be

found
are

entities
of
not

Astral

brains
as

impressions
This

earth
essarily nec-

plane conditions

known often

class,
not

but intelligent but spiritual

the reverse, attach

to

necessarily
to

oftentimes
of

gross,

themselves
be
a

the

abnormal

Astral

what

proves

"medium."

"Spirit through

communication"

thus

begun

is

facilitated

practice.
the

Naturally
serious services

curious
among
"

and the

certain Astral

others

with

more

motives
of the

dwellers, enlist the

From

spirit-control." 158

this

result

the

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

goodly

deed

is
of

pictured
the

on

the

sensitive
him
no

but
sweet

able imperish*'

tablets
me-not
"

Ego

if for the yes,

Forgetbliss, him,
the

is
to

blooming
every
never

in

fadeless
even

bowers her who

of bore should
rest

then
as

is he

one,
were

to

though

he

born;
her of upon her

for

why

mother's

heart

be

torn

and

Devachanic

tered embitchild
?

through
If his and be
a
"

knowledge
''

wholly wayward
Devachanic
in

medium deeds

exist
are

whose

body

purest

reproduced
if
on

earthly language
plane
is to

symbolism,
found
on an

and

the who

Devachanic
for instance

interpreter, one
lower
of

filled that
with the

office

plane, long
to
or

then

communication Otherwise
the

worthy

dead

ago be

is

possible.

thing every-

purporting
of self-deceived

authentic

is but

imposture
of the

wilfully deceiving

denizens

lower

planes.

LEVITATION

HOWEVER
describe

minutely
life
on

certain

theosophical writings
and
more

the

Astral of in this
our

interior
to

planes,
such Occult
we

it is not

the

purpose but that

book

include of

descriptions;
Science,
touch
this
on

general
be
not

survey

interesting matter
curious

ignored,
the

shall

one

experience

awaiting

newly

disembodied.

It is

openly taught
propels
force.
to

that

Desire,

one

of

the

universal
another

forces,
universal

its

destination
ago
no ere

Thought,
the of human

Ages
needed

body

had
other

solidified, man

means

locomotion

i6o

ARCANE

SCIENCE

than

these
to

two

forces.
near

Seeing
at

distant

object

and

desiring

be

it, he
to

once

approached
and control
with

with

velocity proportionate
on

his desire
in the

ent dependhis
fixed

his of

will

and

directness

accord
outer

thought
more

that
more

object.
solidified
solid

As and

body
the
more

became

and

weighty,
more

gravitative
interfered resourceful
arms

or

desire this

pull of the
means

earth

and

with Nature

of

locomotion;

therefore

elongated
to

the

physical sphere, adding

trunk. with the

and

legs

what

is

now

the

Through
the

long
and the

association
more

material
have of upon
means
man.

body,
to

Astral

ethereal

bodies
structure

large
cause BeAstral

extent

duplicated
of this fact

the each

physical
fresh

arrival with
method
two

the
of the
more

plane

finds To

himself
him

endowed the earth

motion. loco-

seems

safest,
or

while
of

the

other, though
since

inspiring,causes
the upon
a

less
itative grav-

apprehension
or

Astral

globe

exerts

desire

pull
Unless

his

correspondingly
student

light

Astral he has

body.
never

deep

of
a

the

Occult,
force earth

learned

that in man,

Desire
can

is

universal
the

which,
his

if

intensified

lift from
which

weighty physical body,

and will
can

after and

his its

intensified
movements

thought
in any

guide

control

direction.
with

Although immeasurably
tation,
timid
as

little output
Astral

of

energy,

man,

in

his leviare

lighter
his
of

body
at

demonstrates aerial
the
nest.

still those

first attempts
a

progress

bird

new

from fear

The
in

urally nat-

fearful

discover

that

results

sudden

i6i

^^

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

weakness control like

the
a

of will ; also of his

movements

that

from

loss

of will

one

loses

and in the

either

falls

or

flounders Should ble considera-

rudderless for the

of

ship

heart desire is

of the
to
cross

storm.
a

timid

first time

body
a narrow

water, confidence
or

gained only by crossing

In what

stream
a

shallow

pond.

land
to

flightsthe
them
on seems
a

timid, fearing
stable clambers
Soon
even as

sudden
Such
to
resume a

brink, hug
one

ground.
down however
the

finding himself
his

cliff,

wingless
exhibit
sea.

progress.
full Then

the

most

timid
at

confidence
fleeter
over
tains moun-

little bird

miles
on

far

than

the and

fleetest
oceans

thing
to

earth, they speed

every

region of
and

the

Astral

globe.

Freedom
to
a

from
as

disease

pain, together with ability

induces
in the
; not

move

just described,

disembodied

notion

of

complete, positive being

and

whereas in

they

are

incomplete
the under

negative, of
of the
"

course

accord
as

with

Greek
the

idea

dead,

but

rather

explained
The fected perto

heading body
death
as

Physical immortality."
man

fire disease
render and

of
;

sevenfold

will

be pure

superior
desire
on

besides

intensified
now

will

it free

any

body

functioning

interior

planes.

DESIRE

A
to
roam

BELIEF

prevails
or

that

because

capable
disembodied least
this

of
are

flight,
free
to

wingless
from of
our

otherwise,
to

the
at

Star

Star,

or

from belief

planet
is due

planet

solar

system.
162

That

to

ARCANE

SCIENCE

misconception
to

of

the

Kosmic

scheme,

we

now

purpose

show.
It

is necessary

to

perfect results
be

that

the

various
merge

planetary evolutions
in the

kept distinct
Solar

until
Those

they

Unity
and

of

the

Logos.
of

infinitely
which
der ren-

numerous

subtile
that

lines

demarcation

possible

Divine be
to

Ideal drawn

diversity in Unity,
and
made

can

by

no

other

method
the
means

enduring.
we

Seeking
it in
In
a

for

this

imperative end,
of Gravitation.
the

find

certain every

peculiar operation organism

with

conscious

principle of
of
our

Desire
on

is in which
no

sympathetic
the

vibration

that

the

world

organism
suffers

functions. discomfort

Upon

globe-chain
the of the

organism

through
and below
for that

mutual

attraction

of its seven-fold
In have

body

nary septe-

planet.
which
the the of be
as

all
seen

kingdoms
are

man,

kingdoms planets,
to

we

destined
become

other

desire world their

of

all entities will

draws
one

has
so

attuned

that

of

itself and

continue This
the

only until the time

fact, it may
descent of here
man's

departure
reveals

nigh.
cause

noted,

of

principles through
When for
a an

the

planetary
the

chains.
of
a

organism
element

experience
becomes

chain

is

exhausted,
Henceforth
world is of
more
more

new

of desire

operative.
of the

the and
now

gravitative or
more

desire

pull

its

own

disconcerting,while
world
grows and

tion attrac-

the

necessary
These

stronger
forces
are

and

enticing.
to

conditions

ogous analon

those

which

largely induce

reincarnation

our

planet. 163

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TEACHINGS

Should

the
to enter

ordinary
another of
a

disembodied

human
at
once

being
the be

attempt

globe-chain,
form

gravitative pull disconcerting and

Among beings,
the bent

novel

of
to

desire his

would

even

distressing
our

finer

bodies. evolved because fully wonderto

worlds
on

of

solar

system
come

highly
and go

special work,
renders

developed
tenuous

spiritualwill
and

their vehicles
so

elastic, and
the

almost

immune From

the
mere

diverse choice
of his

gravitationsof
even

planetary

chains.
the
not

these

beings prefer
;

each

tion attracmere

own

globe-chain

hence

duty

and

pleasure impels them

The

beyond.
a

evolution

of

globe-chain
of

once

finished, its
concord
Hence in

wholly purified principle

that of other
one

Desire

is in

with
our

perfected
outcome

globe-chains.
of

solar

system
of

evolution Desire.
of

is mutual

mony har-

planetary
intricate

and

solar

Beyond
Desire
that

is the
to

vast

and

evolution

Kosmic

be

accomplished
host, the
Suns

between
of the

themselves Manifested

by

innumerable

Universe.

PRAYER

MAN'S
the
as

terrestrial whole While

are

condition
his

we

have

defined

as

on

positive;
in

posthumous

condition
life his
ones

negative.
powers

progressive earthly

itive posare

indispensable, his negative

Therefore
must
at at

increasingly
incarnated

so.

the

apex

of

progress, power

man

have

command

every

164

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SCIENCE

of his

discarnated

state, in short, the

powers. of

balance

of

tive posi-

and

negative
his

During
powers
are

long series

physical lives
whoever

these

negative

acquirable
in himself

by

with

discrimination
The

cultivates attitude and

of

certain teacher
That
source

negative
is
a

conditions.

pupil
one.

to

discriminating negative
of mind

receptive
truth from

openness
to

which but

bles ena-

any

enter,

is

rare

most

desirable
and

negative
often

condition. follow unwise

Spiritual mediumship
cultivation of
tive nega-

obsession conditions.

Prayer is
one

universal

and

most

ancient for
a

observance

instituted

by great
is that

teachers

purpose of

deeply
and

occult. mind

Prayer
which

negative
to

attitude

heart

opens in

them

influences
the human

from
race.

beings
That

immeasurably
prayer

advance
a

of

might
and

become

permanent
that

observance

it it all

was

wisely
would of man's

truthfully intimated
values, in fact

through

men

receive native

spiritual gifts.

Because did
not

selfishness,spiritualgifts alone
prayer for
to
our

long
even

satisfy,so
a

became

largely
benefits.

petition or
it has

demand down

material

Thus the

continued

day
more

nevertheless
and and
more

original
seen

office of prayer
a

is

now

clearly

by

growing
The

minority
of
the

of

devout who

discriminating minds.
"I
am

prayer fact

one

said,

the
a

bread

of

life," in

Lord's
with

Prayer, contains

petition
to

seemingly
who

in accord
"

prevailing ideas, but

us

those

understand,
to

Give

this

day

our

daily bread,"

refers

spiritual giftsonly.

i6S

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

That

real attitude

balance
of

and

benefit should
A
one

may

result, the
succeeded

ative negthe

prayer
of

be
life

by
to

positive attitude
and mic

service.

devoted

prayer Kar-

meditation
Law

is

negative

which

balancing
life of would

will offset labor.

What
were

by

succeeding
human the
race

necessary

physical

the

be
we

if its

positive powers
first from
"

largely in
savage,

ascendant,
afterward

learn
the

the

warring
"

and

from

Super
Whoever
or

Man

of

such open

one-sided
heart

thinkers mind

as

Nietzsche.

with

and any

receives
and

ration inspihuman far

instruction

from
to

good
them
to

pure
sources

source,

is
;

preparing is, he

receive

from

higher
purpose

that

is

beginning

fulfil the

original

of prayer.
TRANSFERRED MERFT

IT
redeem

is
one

doctrine

of the

Roman blood

Catholic

Church
sufficient

that
to

drop
the human

of

Christ's
race

being

from
and
one

original sin, the

on

der, remaina

shed
to

in the

Garden

the

Cross,

is

legacy
bration cele-

Mother of

Church;
the Mass. from

available

through
the

the
excess

Furthermore,

of

merit

accruing
and

the of

the self-denials, the sufferings,

her

prayers

penances

saints

and
her

martyrs,
ordained
to

is in
and

custody

of the

Church
it

and
can

through
be

empowered penitent.
bodies
of The of
an

clergy
This

applied

her

every

dogma,

rejected by
is to the

the

Protestant but sion perver-

Christendom,
Arcane

Occultist

teaching. principle of
1

seventh

all components
66

of

our

race

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

THE

AFRICANS

NO
declare

nation

on

the

foot-stool,
Karmic

not

even

the

Jewish ling equalRecords

and
slaved en-

people,
meted that

has
to

suffered
the

retribution
The Arcane

that

Africans. black in

these
arts

became

through

sorcery

all infernal the every The the the

whereby
of

Atlantean

times

they

wills

their

victims, pliant tools

for their

crime.

Adept
forces

in these which

arts,

uses

as

far

as

in his

power

make the

for

those

heavenly

ideals,
he

community
a

and
of

national
of

group-soul.
hellish

Thus

creates

kind
as

group-soul
controlling

characteristics
No other
at

with of

himself human

its

center.
more

deed
the

wickedness Plan.
No other

strikes entails
a

directly
terrible
s are

Divine Hence

more

Karma. and

these

re-incarnated

Atlantean
the for been has loss

degraded

well-nigh cunning.

brutish

through

of

their

intellectual
the

Furthermore,
have

uncounted

centuries,

original enslavers
The the and
curse

enslaved.
been
arc

of
now

bondage

heavy
of his

indeed Karmic

upon

African
on

past the lowest

course

cycle,
and black known be in
an

the

upward
The

to

ultimate the

liberation

enlightenment.
races

history of
communities
shows with the

unachieving
have been
to

who
to

in

Christian

to

revert

Voodooism,
of white blood Law

their

hope
own.

admixture

their
curse

Through
become

the
their tel chat-

operation
salvation.

of the
To

wise

shall

illustrate, in ante-bellum
of the

days
to

the

slave-woman

South
68

was

subject

her

owner

" "

"'
.

" . " "

"
"

ARCANE

SCIENCE

and

as

result
is in

some

of

the of

best
the

white

blood

of

that

section
and the Were have

the

veins

mulatto, the

quadroon,

octoroon.

it not

for

the shores

slave-ship the
where To the

negro

would
of the

not
new

found

these

nucleus

sub-race upon in

is
a

justforming.

the

amalgamation
with what
a

touched and prove the

race

preceding chapter dealing

negro else for

Rounds
may
to

Races,
a

the
or

is yet Karmic

to

contribute
reasons

gain,

loss
the

subin

race.

In

either

event
numerous

gain

comes

to
are

black

whose The the

interests

forces Africa's

now

active.
will

opening
of power

up the of

of

vast

interiors
and
over

stay
the
most

ravages

Arab the of

slave-driver witch-doctor
all

break
those

demoniac

abject
dreadful
for Nor
new

and

grovelling

slaves, the
with the
outer

victims world

of
means

his

methods. native
we

Contact
a

the
must

African

certain that
at

infusion the

of white

blood. of
the

overlook egos
and

culmination
the

sub-race, the
to
own

representing
elevate

different
own

Rays
in

return

mix

with

their

peoples

their

lands.
PICTURES

ONE'S picture,
carries with
none
save

whether it
an

painted
occult

or

photographed,
suspected by
of

influence
with the

those subtile

acquainted
forces.

operation

Nature's If
canvas a

true

artist, the
in the

painter would
of

transfer

to

his best

that

features

the

sitter

which

expresses

his

inner

being.
169

Meanwhile

the

attention

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

of

the

sitter
of

is concentrated
Thus of

largely
is directed

on

the
the

growing
canvas
a

likeness

himself.

to

magnetic
artist's

current

double the

intensity charged with

sitter's

the self. him-

perception
The

and

knowledge
from
are

of

atomic all
men

lives and
canvas

radiating
creatures,
and
a

the
in this

sitter, as
instance

always

from

projected
between Should upon the
never

upon

the

permanent
is thus love have

connection established. and

ence rever-

the
a

sitter friend

and

his

picture
look

hereafter

with years

that

picture, though
to
once

intervened,
senses,
even

current,

imperceptible
at

man's

gross

but
after

wholly stayed* is original has

this law,
one

augmented

the of

left the finds

earth-plane.
thrilled
the

Largely
with
the

because

himself upon

spiritof
of

emulation the honored In the the

when

looking
the

pictured
dead.

likeness

living,or
the take

memorable

photography
Solar

Sun's the the

rays,

those
of is
an

emanations

of To

Logos,

place
result

the

painter.

ordinary
of
the

observer

exact
a

tion reproducfrown is in

face, smiling perhaps

Our

when shown the

the the of

heart. Sun's the

investigationshave
rays and
are

that

within

material

hidden
these the
;
on

finer

emanations

Solar

Logos,
is

by
upon

interior
film. aye,
more

Rays
Hence,
of

the
all

man

unmasked the
a

pictured
to

that
than

painter

strives

express

truth and

Raphael
its

can

delineate, is
and

that

negative

largely by
one

on

reproduction,
with the

is there vision.
his

discoverable

endowed
Between the
same

penetrating
person
as

and

photograph
him and

exist
his

nearly painted

conditions

between

170

ARCANE

SCIENCE

likeness,
the death
of

and of

these
the

conditions
The
are

likewise
venerated

endure

after

original.

relics of the
not

saints
because of the

various
of the faith

religions
of the

efficacious
but and also

only

believer,

because

magnetic
the saint

current

established his relics.

As

maintained

between the

and

demonstrated
between every

by
one

psychic, a
or

certain
and

current

exists
once

living
or

dead,
on

those

articles

habitually worn

carried

his person.

LANGUAGE

days IN negative gift, was produced

and bitter
in him

Eden

of

old,

man

was

endowed
at

with

but tionable ques-

virtues
not

because

mind,

first
nor

yet

his

enlightener,
the

had

it

selfish Tree

cunning,

first immature
In that
no

fruit of

of the

of Wisdom.
man

far-off

peaceful
save

age

gold, mindless
sounds

knew

language
at

certain

vowel
of entire

softly inflected;
then
a

first
of

peculiar sound
and love sounds certain
to

A, and

peculiar
the
seven

sound

O,
of

later

the

series, in fact
every artless
to

voices These
race

expressing
were

his

affection.
of his

potent
them
to

appeal
all lower

others
creatures

and

of

who, according
Thus

their

answered ability,

each

in kind. of the us,

through
whose
race

that

love-modulated the
of

language
infant

heart the

with

correspondent
men

compels

infant

of

were

lords

obedient

creation.
with Forces. the

The

consonants

originated

letter When

which

signifiedone

of the universal

eventually

171

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

the the

hard
harsher

consonants
ones

of
of the rage

command
and hate

harshly
had

uttered,

or

drowned
and

the

primal sweetness,
man

magic
creature

spell

was

broken,
in

lo I

and that

every

other

answered
which

kind, flinging
ages have

back

battle
and

challenge
all ears,

succeeding

resounded,
hear. The

willing or

unwilling, still must

admixture

of

good

and
mind

evil into

affections vowel
and

was
sonant con-

moulded

by

man's

enlarging

sounds,
with

first monosyllabic and

in fact it
was

then

interspersed
into
and

polysyllables;
tongues
life.

moulded
barbarous

inal aborigsemi-

epitomizing
As

savage,

civilized
and
came
more

enlarging
interests

mind and

compassed

enlarging

complex
express
were

experiences, language
the

to

them

all until

great
so

archaic that

zations civili-

epitomized

in tongues of

potent

still
and

they flourish, vital memorials

buried
From

crumbled

empires

peoples.
the of

above

hints

it

may

be of

gathered
our

that

evolution humanities'
seven

language
expression
and
the

is evolution
of the Word.

incarnated
The

original
nounceable unpro-

vowels

originalseven
organs of many

consonants,
man as now

by
have
can

the

vocal

tuted, constiThese
or

differentiated
into

into
the

sevens.

be

concentrated three
no

seven-syllabled Word,
or

that

of

syllablesthe
save one

AUM,
of
our

the

monosyllable
evolution

which
can

being
"

septenary
in the the East word of

utter

although
is of

thousands indicated
was

attempt
OM.

it

"

and Love

which devoid

only
Wisdom

by
the

Word

mindless

172

ARCANE

SCIENCE

man.

In

the

evolution
much

of

the

Wisdom

of but

the
in

Word,
fected per-

Love

has

suffered

displacement,
seventh

the

language
are

of the the

Race,
intonation

Love of

and both

Wisdom vowels

to

blend

in

correct

and

consonants.

THE

CREATIVE

WORD

THE
than
a

Sacred

Creative
contain of
more

Word
an

of which

most

ancient
more

languages
mere

example,
three

is

vastly
a

word
seven or

two

or

or syllables,

tence sen-

of
utterance

or syllables,

in its

fact

any

vocal

known
to

to

our

planet.
is that
are

In

apprehensible
from

relation all words and

man,

the

Word

Original
In Word

which

in all

languages
form organs in

derived.
worid

its universal
antedates

primitive
or

this
of

the
for

speech,
all

the

speech,

it is

producible by

breathing things.
The

out-breathing, the
points
into other
two

in-breathing

and Word

the which and

two

turning
divisible
the

make

one

cycle
;

of

the

is

hemispheres
interior
the and

one

external
The

tive, objec-

subjective.
while the of

external

turning point is point

mouth
at

Libra,

interior
the and Word. the

turning
The

is
at

the

Aries

expression
is the

out-breathing
are

Cancer,

nostrils
of
to

in-breathing
which the is

the
a

Capricornus sphere
human
a

expression

the the

Word

really
and
the

corresponding
aura.

Sun,
The of

Earth
Word

is likewise

number,

the

Zero,

source

all numbers.

Exoterically the
173

O, and

esoterically

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

the

sphere

"

the form

perfect
have but

model
a common

of

form

"

indicate
that
were

that
not
structed con-

number the

and

origin, and
and
to

world

alone,

also

Cosmos In

Man

geometrically.
the Word that

addition
rather
no

these

attributes,
White
or

is

color,
from

or

color, the
the

Glory,
the
ten

sphere

which

emanate

seven

prismatic rays.

In
to

cycle

of

breath, the

outward

flow

corresponds
flow
to

Libra, the

personal By

will ; the
constant

inward

Aries,

the

spiritual will.
is
on

change
on

of

polarity the

Word but

not life-sustaining,

only

the

physical plane,
Between of
a

all

planes,

for and

Breath

is universal.

dumb,
and the

mechanical

unintelligent use
of

the

Word,

ordinary speech
has

mankind,
for

great
is

evolution indeed
an

of

power

taken

place,

speech

occult

power,

though
all

familiarity has

bred is
The
or

contempt.
an

Notwithstanding
and of of
so

this, ordinary speech

use

nite indefi-

imperfect syllables during

is
an on

of the
a

Wdrd. note,
of

sounding
succession
above

certain notes,

certain
motion the
to

the

cyclic
to

Breath

described,

approach
has much

true

Word.
the
true

Quality
Omitting
sex

of voice

do
are

with
of the
seven

Word.
The
less sex-

sub-divisions, voices
of of
men

kinds.

voices voices

and

women

and
a

undeveloped
quaternary

boys

and the and

girlsare
voice that
with Of of of

lower

of the

human

voices, while

that

evolved

being

normal
sexless

androgyne
Master
are an

the the the

still further
voice of the

evolved Creative

together
upper of the

Logos,
one

triad. balanced

first four

voices, not
nec-

is

capable

positiveand

negative

174

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

WILL

FOR
are

the

preservation
man,
;

and and

for the

evolution

of

every forces

atom,
necessary force

planet
the

Sun,
force

two

opposing
Will the

positive

of Divine

and

the

negative
of

of

personal will.
the

Without
be drawn be
man

opposition
the Sun. other

personal will
that

world
Sun

would

into

Without
Suns.

will

the

would
will

drawn would

into
no

Without
and All and
our

personal
necessary

longer
be

reincarnate
cut

earthly experience
life shall
shall

would

short. Sun

planetary
Solar
;

yet be
yet be

drawn united

into with

the
a

Logos
until the
will is

greater

Logos

but

right balance found,

these

between

spiritual and
are

personal
not

great

cations unifi-

permitted.
the

The will of

evolutionary
indestructible

process while
oneness

is yet

to

render

personal
condition

drawing
with
In the the

it into that Divine Earth's

are

Para-Nirvana,

Spiritual Will.
orbital revolution
the the
two

points of
autumnal

balance

indicated

by
and To
enters

vernal
are

and
of

the

equinox
all
over

when the
21

days
Earth. Earth

nights
be the
more

equal

length
on

explicit, when
and
on

March
enters
21

the

sign Libra again

and is

the

Sun

the

opposite sign Aries, and

the Earth orbital the To
enters

September
Sun be
enters
plished accom-

when

Aries

the
to

Libra.

This

revolution combined illustrate

the
:

said
of
on

through
negative
the
would Earth draw forces. is in

action
when Sun the

positive
December

and
2 1

Cancer,

positive
but within

in

Capricomus
is
a

it to

himself,

Earth

neg-

176

ARCANE

SCIENCE

ative
cause

force
the

of

repulsion ;
motion. human

so

the

two

forces

combined

orbital
of

The and

cycle

life has

its
us.

axis, Aries-Libra,

its equator,

Cancer-Capricorn
as a

Regarding
Aries

the

Auric
that

envelope point
of in

zodiac,

we

find

that

denotes
when the Then
causes a

man's

post-mortem
has

progress

force
the

spiritualwill
of in

reached

its summit.

force

Libra, the
the He

personal will,awaking
This into
is the

trembling
man's Cancer

balance.
comes

turning
life

arc

of his of

cycle.
and Thus is

objective
the balance

in

reaches
a

his

prime

at
or

point
of
human

Libra.
progress here

hemisphere

half-cycle physical
of
man

accomplished.
his

The

having
the

reached

fulness, the
toward Nature's

force

Aries,

ual spiritthere

will, draws
no

him in

itself,and, because

is

resting place
to

mighty progression, man

and

passes

his

Capricornus
that he

disappears
the

from

the

physical plane
or

may
the

complete
balance

other
of

sphere, hemiAries.

half-cycle,at
man's birth of the

point

Originally
with
power the of

and

death

largely corresponded
but, through the
broken and from may

signs

celestial has

equator,
so

personal will,he
Law that of law
now

far be the

the die
when

Celestial
at

he year. hour

may On of
race

born other

any

moment

the the

hand,
this

under

cyclic

pralaya
shall

for

planet
the

arrives, then
balance
as
a

because

the

have

attained

between passes

personal upward.
of the

and

spiritualwill, mankind

unit

The

progress

great souls
25,000-year 177

who

have

identified differ-

themselves

with

the

cycle, is quite

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

ent

from

that

already

described.
are

Descended bom
not

from in the the

these subjective into objective life,

summer

sign sign.
Seven

of

Cancer,
that

but

rather

in

Capricomus,
the

winter of the
one

Thus

great
most

Hierophant

Master the

Rays, Earth's
to
on

perfected Being,
all

destined

become
any of

the the

first of
seven

beings evolved
in
to

or

evolving
the its
one

planetary chains,
Mercury
at

fact Mars

whose

symbol
was

is

conjoined
advent

polar opposite,
Sun.

born

the
the

of the Ones
to
are

northward-turning
pass
to

From of Cancer

Libra and above

great
on

the The

summer

sign

so

back

Aries.
in

ordinary
to

incarnations

described
; the

blind

obedience

evolutionary
accord with

law
the

others

are

voluntary, but

still in

law

governing

special evolutionary

processes.

WORSHIP

BELIEVING swayed
be

the like

invisible himself

powers

of

the

world

to

by alternating love
them his favor

and

hate, primitive man

or more

imagined
foes with for

possible friends,
he he gave
a

probable

whose

ing fawnup

lip-service, or firstlingson
Such rude

grudging

hand

offered

his

altars.

debased

observance,

descending
a

even

to human
narrow

sacrifice, was
indeed from
as

superseded
the

gradually by
view-point,
attain
to.

worship
still a
the of

modern
could
to

but

worship

large
totem

the

times

Thus

family
other

gave

place

the

tribal
own

god

jealous
and

gods

and

jealous

for

his

glory,

therefore

178

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partialto
succeeded

his
the

worshippers.
tribal
of

Later that

the

national

divinity
of
of
at

god
which

; but

drawing together
fatherhood
man

peoples
God first

because the

the

universal

and

universal
and for

brotherhood
then

of

became

conceivable
centuries

generally acceptable,
while of
its
our

has

required

its furtherance,
utmost

plishment accomown

demands

the the

endeavor
of the

day.
the

Evidently

world-worship
present.

All-Father

is

religious ideal
Because

of the

of Truth's

orderly unfolding, an
must, which
of all
to

ideal

higher
from The

than the

this

world-worship
of mind

if

attainable, grow

attitude

induces

worship.
ideal
age.

universal

brotherhood

beings
this

is the

offered
But ers Broth-

by
the

the

Wisdom-Religion
of be
men

enlightened
supreme

attitude should

toward of

their

Elder

one

love,

reverence

and
who have

loyalty
never

unattained bowed
the

and
head

unattainable
and the bent the

by

those in

knee

worship
of
us

of that

large conception,
While the

impartial Father
of

all.
of their

founders

great
reverence

faiths

required
and

followers
followers

necessary
ere

love,

loyalty,those
with

long confounded Early

times
were

all

requirements
not

actual nice

worship.
discrimination
reverence

ready

for

that ideal

which

divides

worship
what pass
;

from

love,

and desired
as

loyalty;
soon

therefore
came

the

great

teachers

never

to

henceforth

they
of has which

were

honored

gods.

Nevertheless
in those

the

worship
ones

the been

wise

and

good
the

embodied
race

great
for

preparing
to

through
every form

centuries of

that

yet is

supersede

worship.

179

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TEACHINGS

THE

CENTRAL

MESSAGE

OF

THE

AVATAR

DECAY stamped
yet
the
first the live
to

and
on

death
the in

and face

passing
of Nature Sacred
the

have

for

ages

been

and
Land

of man,

and and
Race who The into into all

Race

their
That seventh

lived sixth

on

became shall read

second.
be the

perfected
to

the

is evident
Arcane

those

between

lines known that

of the
as

Teachings. merged
merge

globe condition
the the second seventh
;

the sixth

first Round
Round
to

and

the

will
any

without
true.

physical

death

entity is by

analogy equally
of the

Gradual

uplifting and
the about

refining

entire

environment
shall

through bring

instrumentality of
the
ere

perfecting mankind glimpsed

foretold
of

Millennium

by
the

prophets peaceable

and

dreamers

yet

Isaiah

kingdom,

the

dwelling

together

all creatures. The

perfectibility of
announced
to

man's
was

physical by
him

organism,
veiled
in Not

though

by
his in

Paul,
time

teachings adapted
upon

and

environment.

this

earth, but
be

super-mundane incorruptible.
the

realms, would
But let it be

corruptible body
said become that in what

raised
of
our

its age
we

perfection
gross Paul

Earth

shall would
was

have
deem

in

surroundings

super-mundane.
the

To

physical body
not to

already
without
"

temple

of

God,

holy

and

be

defiled
that

incurring
and

severest

penalties.
inherit flesh
and the

Granting Kingdom

Flesh
we

blood

cannot

of
man's
to

God,"

contend

that
to

the

blood

of

physical
which
the

body yet
Hebrew

be, will

little resemble

that

Initiate

referred.

i8o

ARCANE

SCIENCE

The
to

resurrected the
same

body
yet
in
not

of

Jesus, proved
same,

by
the

Thomas

be

the

in

fact

temple
was

destroyed
first fruit
to

and of
an

three

days

builded

again,
;
one

the

evolution
human enemy,
race

God-ordained

destined

include
last Herein

the

when,
have the the

in been

this

world, death,

the

great
we

shall

overcome.

believe

lies
Herein

vital

message
to

of

the

"

Second

Coming."

incentive be

universal

improvement;
that
can none can

nevertheless

it should his
or

remembered still each

wholly outstrip
other
an

fellows;
a

be

to

the

impetus
Jesus
material
that

else
can

drag.
the

Only

the

resurrected man's the

demonstrate
and of

of perfectibility the

vehicle

convince

selfish
every

and
act
men

sinful
upon

outside

brotherhood

their

recoils rise

themselves.
the

Would
human

above

mortal
all

ills alike
one

which,
? If

ing ignorso,

distinctions,
brotherhood

menace

let and

them
then

practice
to
an

first circle

to

another Would

ever-widening
brief
to

of
the

life.
measure

men

multiply
decree

the

years

deemed

by Divine
erhood practice broth-

allotted universal

mortality ?
in its scope.

Let So

them

doing shall

they

lift

every

creature

toward

that

Divine

Unity,

that

able imperish-

Oneness

which,
recompense

because

largely their richly through

bringing
the law

about,
of

shall

them

Absolute
Down

Justice.
the and

Christian

centuries
but the

the

Church has

has turned As

preached
from the her

practised,
or

multitude
him afar

Founder,
of the

followed
but

ofif.
in
man,

yet
while

lamp

spirit bums
i8i

dimly

SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

too

much

the

torch

of

self-interest
true

lights the

darkness

of his way. with from

For and the

Nevertheless,
forever

self-interest
forever

is identified

Spiritand

and

is undivorceable

it. their

arousing

to

right effort
need
a
"

the

dull spiritually
more

undiscerning
can

multitudes
An

than

the
"

Church like that

offer.
have

Avatar,
must

Second
to

Coming
gross but such

we

described,
true

their
;

eyes
an

with identifyspirituality

self-interest has
not

Avatar,
to

heretofore the

impossible,
world.

yet
of

descended

bless
true

needy

Identification would
menace

spirituality
of
a

with

self-interest

mean
our

solution
modern for

thousand

problems
solution

which is

days.
the
on

Immediate terrific
the

however,

impossible,
cannot

impetus

of

wrong-doing

be

checked

instant.
The

retarding,
I Does her

the
mean

pause, the

the New

disappearance Jerusalem
find New

of

wrong

it not
firm

ing descendthe

until and Shall

and of

deep

foundations The

during

familiar
we

hills behold
and
numerous

Earth? her

Jerusalem!
;

not

proud, encircling walls everywhere

domes
; her

her
;

portals wide
her in

many,

opened
; her

towers

temples

summits, cloud, and

and
more

peaks

regions of
midst
all with
we

the the
morn

driven

there
of

lofty
night,
or

seeming golden
Shall peace;

far, dim
and the

twinklings
eve's

the

transmuting alchemy
of
our

not

behold

tranquil City
reward

earthly
true

the the

promised

City just

of
won

selfskies

interest;
afar?

heaven-appointed

City

from

182

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TEACHINGS

Round,

or

else

to

the

inception
due

of

Root-Race. the
arcs

Many

minor

happenings
of

apparently
axis in

to

changed
of
to

inclination

the

Earth's
are

certain

the the

great
birth

equinoctial cycle,
and

related

interiorly

development
teachers Mount

of the that the

sub-races.
**

Certain

hold

the

Imperishable
of the

Sacred

Land,"
and than Island
the

the

Meru,

Eden

harmonious
was no

undying
this
now

first and

second
barren of

Root-Races,
and the

other

wholly
the

forsaken
Root-Race that

Antarctic
came

At

inception
of the

third

first reversal
end of the

poles since
Hence

occurring
the

at

the

third

Round. the the

of Pole

during

cycle
was

of the

third

Root-Race
to

real Star.

northern

pole

in

negative
At
em

relation

the

inception
became

the

fourth

Root-Race the Pole

the Star.
a

northAt

pole again

positive to

the toric his-

inception of

the

fifth Root-Race incident

to

occurred reversal
to

great

cataclysm
made last the northern

the

which Pole Star.

again
The of

pole negative
to

the

reversal

prior
will The

that

due
at

at

the

termination of the normal

the

fourth
Root-

Round,
Race.

occur

the
resume

inception
their
of
"

sixth

poles

then

tion posiAge
of

and the first

higher correspondent
and

the

Golden

second knew
not

Root-Races death
"

simple
the

child-like

peoples
those

that

becomes

heritage of
the

sophisticated yet
and
seventh

child-like

beings,

undying

sixth

Root-Races.

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THE

SEVENTH

RACE

dealing IN pronounced

with
a

the

unmixed

Africans

they
These

were

non-achieving people.
progress
are

structors ob-

of human
races

to

be

absorbed Thus for

by

the

that

have

maltreated

them. the
as

Karmic of those

reasons

they will lower

while

somewhat

standard

races

themselves lifting
of the
or

units.
has of

Every
the
seven

color

spectrum
bodies
one or

representation
and
at

in

principles

man,

certain
some

periods of racial unfolding degree

the

another

color to

tints

the

cuticle

of

the

physical body.
skin
of the

Thus
a

Kamic

principle
type
of

tints low

the

Indian
a man

pronounced
courage,
;

the

red, yet withal

to

of

of

will,of justiceaccording
a man

his crude

ards standof

in fact

of characteristics

capable

great

uplifting toward
When the

their

polar opposites.
was a

human

one-principled creature,
Source in colored

the the session pos-

Orange

Ray

of

his The

Hierarchical first Root-Race Land

was an

physical body.
of the vitalized
even

original

Sacred
to

orange-hued
their Solar

people
archy. Hier-

deathlessness
as

by

So those Fourth

even

the

first,the

seventh

Root-Race,
ages of the the the

world-wanderers

during
to

the

middle
and

Round,

are

be of
man,

tinted
what his

vitalized
shall become

by

Orange
dominant

Ray

the

source

yet

principle
the the

of

perfected fire-body.
of the fifth Rootwill

Evidently
Race,
likewise

seventh seventh

sub-race of the

sixth

Root-Race,

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SPECIAL

TEACHINGS

approach

the

true

golden
eyes.

orange,
In the the

color

not

yet

cerned dis-

by physical
to

great

upward

sweep

successive

culminations,
shall brown
now

proud,

self-sufficient
from

Anglo-Saxon
the

encounter

vigorous rivalry,not
but from rather
an

decadent

races,

from

the
to

yellow
a

Mongolians

turning
worthy
of

inert

past
and

gressive proceeding suc-

future
ones.

this

century

many

THE

WORLDS

THE
planets
and
of

Arcane those of

Science
or

recognizes beings
evolving
In upon it the

other Suns
or

than the Suns

evolved
the
as

Universe. themselves

fact

regards all
the that

planets

intelligentbeings,
the

Titans model
he

creation, in shape
form
return

preserving
man

sphere,
and and
a

of
will

from

which in

deviated,

to

which

when
moves

his the

perfected
freedom
"

deathless^fire-

body
**

he The

with

of

planet.
the older

Planetary planets from

Process the

describes
of each

upbuilding
solar tems, systen

of

our

residuum
that

and
is
a

it may
of

be
more

added
or

planet of the
The in

group-soul
souls
of

less

permanence.
were

fying uniuntil

each of
our

future solar
awoke the

planet
system.
them vital

pralaya
the

the

inception
of
our

Then
to

Creative scious self-conthe

Word

Logos
As

primary
of

life.

for

principles
in

older with

planets,
their

those

principles
Orb.
a

were

past

eons

united

ruling

solar

Although

Jupiter is
real

seven-fold

and

even

ten-fold of

planet,

his

evolution, together
1

with

that

his

86

ARCANE

SCIENCE

humanity,
hence

is

concentrated
of be his substance

upon and

his

highest

plane;
life is

all else
to

group-soul

residuum series.
one

assimilated
the

by

the

ing planets in descendof The

Evidently

group-soul
Atma.

Jupiter

has

but

permanent
has
two

component, permanent
of Venus has
;

group-soul
Atma-Buddhi.
of

of

Mercury
The

components,
three of the the
;

group-soul
; that
were

that
Moon

Saturn had

has

four these
solar

of

Mars ago

five

that

six, but
of the

long

united

with

group-soul

Orb.
Moon's

The

discarded
Earth

physical principle is
which is
a

to

unite

with

that

of the and down

septenary
of
to

group-soul.
planets,
with

Certain
from

rock

mineral
to

principles
Earth,
are

all the unite

Jupiter

this
outer

the is
an

basic

principles

of the

planets,
a

for

Neptune

eight-fold group-soul,
while the
outmost

Uranus is
a

nine-fold
ten-fold
one

group-soul,
whereto the solar
a

planet
is
a

every

residuum

to

be

gathered. residuum,
the

Finally
is
summum

Orb,

containing
and

certain

to

become bonum

gigantic
of

complex
within

group-soul,
the

all evolution

direct

purview

of the

Arcane

Science.
The which volume.

subject
but
a

of

this chapter
is in line of

is indeed with the the

large

one

of this
or

hint

purpose

of

The

anatomy
and and and

Earth, without;

seven-fold
her
seven

ten-fold

within,

seven-fold
minor
even

or

forty-nine major

centers
on

reacting
her lesser

Karmic-

ally
her

on

mankind arterial
the

progeny;

vast

system

her

mysterious poleward;

heart-center her

whence

Kundalini

passes

Kamic

187

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TEACHINGS

principle rending
Astral shores:

the

surface the

in

fiery cataclysms
and

her

principle upheaving
all
man

oceans

sinking

the

this

of who

the
at
"

earth times

"

corresponding
her

with
anger

imperfect
to

arouses

slow
and

destructive
orb and the

fury

moreover

her with

stable

selfher

luminous

corresponding
ruler,
world
are

Super-man,
detailed

perfecter
for

matters

of
not

teaching

which

at

large

is

yet

prepared.

KALI

YUGA

chronicles, ACCORDING iron, began

to

the

Kali

Yuga,
as
a

the

black

age

of

for mankind

whole

at

the

death

of Krishna The
12,000

5,000 Devia

years years,
are

prior
or

to

the

cycle

of

1898.

the

432,000 the
most

ordinary
backward

years
races

of this

Yuga,

those
to

which
reach the

of mankind

require Yuga.

enment enlight-

of the
The the Root

succeeding
of

cycle

1898
of
the the into

is the

significantin
sixth
of

that of

it marks
the

small

beginning
At of

sub-race
that

fifth

Race. egos of

dawn

cycle

certain
the In shall Bud-

advanced shadows
a

fifth the

sub-race of

emerged
Sattva that

from

Kali
a

sunlight
from

Yuga.

quarter
been

of

century

1898

nucleus
the

have dhic

appreciably
the

increased.
of
to

Through
the the

principle
a

advent

World-Teacher

is
; at

always
hence

powerful
now

stimulant
the
outmost

rightly inclined
of Kali will sub-race powers

many

in the in

circle
of the

his
now

coming

join

Brotherhood

sixth the

centering

this

country
188

where

of