The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 1 of 4: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and PhilosophyBlavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
Religion
The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 1 of 4: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy
Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
Theosophy
In its Unity, Primordial Light is the seventh, or highest, principle,
Daiviprakriti, the Light of the Unmanifested Logos. But in its
differentiation, it becomes Fohat, or the “Seven Sons.” The former is
symbolized by the central point in the Double Triangle; the latter by the
Hexagon itself, or the “Six Limbs” of Microprosopus, the Seventh being
Malkuth, the “Bride” of the Christian Kabalists, or our Earth. Hence the
expressions:
_The first after the One is Divine Fire; the second, Fire and Ether; the
third is composed of Fire, Ether and Water; the fourth of Fire, Ether,
Water, and Air. The One is not concerned with Man‐bearing Globes, but with
the inner, invisible Spheres. The First‐Born are the_ LIFE, _the Heart and
Pulse of the Universe; the Second are its_ MIND _or Consciousness_.
These Elements of Fire, Air, etc., are not our compound elements; and this
“Consciousness” has no relation to our consciousness. The Consciousness of
the “One Manifested,” if not absolute, is still unconditioned. Mahat, the
Universal Mind, is the first production of the Brahmâ‐Creator, but also of
Pradhâna, Undifferentiated Matter.
(_c_) The _Second Order_ of Celestial Beings, those of Fire and Ether,
corresponding to Spirit and Soul, or Âtmâ‐Buddhi, whose names are legion,
are still formless, but more definitely “substantial.” They are the first
differentiation in the Secondary Evolution or “Creation”—a misleading
word. As the name shows, they are the Prototypes of the incarnating Jîvas
or Monads, and are composed of the Fiery Spirit of Life. It is through
these that passes, like a pure solar beam, the Ray which is furnished by
them with its future Vehicle, the Divine Soul, Buddhi. These are directly
concerned with the Hosts of the higher World of _our_ System. From these
Two‐fold Units emanate the “Three‐fold.”
In the cosmogony of Japan, when, out of the chaotic mass, an egg‐like
nucleus appears, having within itself the germ and potency of all
universal as well as of all terrestrial life, it is the Three‐fold just
named, which differentiate. The male ethereal principle (Yo) ascends, and
the female grosser or more material principle (In) is precipitated into
the universe of substance, when a separation occurs between the celestial
and the terrestrial. From this, the female, the Mother, the first
rudimentary objective being is born. It is ethereal, without form or sex,
and yet it is from it and the Mother that the Seven Divine Spirits are
born, from whom will emanate the seven “creations”; just as in the _Codex
Nazaræus_ from Karabtanos and the Mother Spiritus the seven “evilly
disposed” (material) spirits are born. It would be too long to give here
the Japanese names, but in translation they stand in this order:
(1.) The “Invisible Celibate,” which is the Creative Logos of the non‐
creating “Father,” or the creative potentiality of the latter made
manifest.
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