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Theos-World Re: Mahatma letter 59

Nov 23, 2008 04:04 AM
by christinaleestemaker


Oeps  need to read then you were born AFTER


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