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
It is through Fohat that the ideas of the Universal Mind are impressed
upon Matter. Some faint idea of the nature of Fohat may be gathered from
the appellation “Cosmic Electricity,” sometimes applied to it; but, in
this case, to the commonly known properties of electricity, must be added
others, including intelligence. It is of interest to note that Modern
Science has come to the conclusion, that all cerebration and brain‐
activity are attended by electrical phenomena.
Stanza IV.
1. ... LISTEN, YE SONS OF THE EARTH, TO YOUR INSTRUCTORS—THE SONS OF THE
FIRE (_a_). LEARN THERE IS NEITHER FIRST NOR LAST; FOR ALL IS ONE NUMBER,
ISSUED FROM NO‐NUMBER (_b_).
(_a_) The terms, the “Sons of the Fire,” the “Sons of the Fire‐Mist,” and
the like, require explanation. They are connected with a great primordial
and universal mystery, and it is not easy to make it clear. There is a
passage in the _Bhagavadgîtâ_, wherein Krishna, speaking symbolically and
esoterically, says:
I will state the times [conditions] ... at which devotees
departing [from this life] do so never to return [be reborn], or
to return [to incarnate again]. The fire, the flame, the day, the
bright [lucky] fortnight, the six months of the northern solstice,
departing [dying] ... in these, those who know the Brahman [Yogîs]
go to the Brahman. Smoke, night, the dark [unlucky] fortnight, the
six months of the southern solstice, (dying) in these, the devotee
goes to the lunar light [or mansion, the Astral Light also] and
returns [is reborn]. These two paths, bright and dark, are said to
be eternal in this world [or Great Kalpa (Age)]. By the one (a
man) goes never to return, by the other he comes back.(148)
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