| Three
Groups of Solar Angels
Peter Kubaska
SOLAR LORDS, ANGELS, and PITRIS
This compilation attempts to represent or characterize both the status
and goal of the great bulk of humanity and its constantly shifting matrix
of attitudes and values in the Three Worlds, from the point of view
of the hierarchies of lives that make up the composition of human sheathes
through various permutations of buddhi,
ahamkara, and manas. It
does not represent the technical point of view of atma-buddhi-manas,
in other words, of the conscious triad working on manifesting or actualizing
the purposes of the monad in the 7 or 5 worlds of solar or planetary
life. The key to this insight is to be found in the higher cosmic and
solar (Brahmânda) correspondence
of Shiva in his form of Mahadeva, seated between Vishnu and Brahmâ hypostases
in this 2nd solar system. In other words, active loving will, or the
light within the lights, remains occult (despite what contemporary interpreters
assert) when intelligence is active and love-wisdom is as yet only latent
in human and planetary manifestation.
These compilations are meant to be taken into meditation, rather than
taken at apparent or verbal face value. They are meant to incite questions
and disputation, within oneself and others. Classical disputation or
critical reflection and heart meditation working together temper the
mind and refine the heart. The 5th Ray concrete mind is the only path
humans have (at this stage of IVth Creative Hierarchy evolution) toward
fully conscious Identification — with soul, triad, monad, or deity.
(_____). It is hoped that this compilation will also help students of
Buddhism and Vedanta to understand AAB's and HPB's sophisticated technical
and terminological usage.
[Single
or double underlining and square brackets are used throughout to indicate
emphases and interpolations, respectively.]
[Please excuse abbreviations utilized to save space — LH "Liberated
Hierarchy," CH "Creative Hierarchy," HMan "Heavenly
Man," K "Kingdom," 1° "1st initiation, etc.,"
o/t "of the," &th "and the," w/t "with
the," th "the," w/ "with."]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Three Classes of
Solar Angels
2. Solar Lords
3. Solar Angels
4. Solar Pitris
5. Lunar Lords, Angels
& Pitris
6.
Mental Unit, Permanent Atoms and Ego
THREE
CLASSES OF SOLAR ANGELS
Peter Kubaska
CF.1100-1Certain influences and forces play upon the mental sheath
of any human being, and produce in it that activity which is termed
"spiral progressive." These forces might be briefly considered
as comprising the following:
1. The energies of the atoms of substance which compose the mental
body.
2. The energies of the lunar father who is the coherent life
of the mental group body.
These two groups concern the Not-Self, the 3rd aspect of *monadic*
manifestation.
3. The energies of the solar Angel, or Father, which is the coordinating
principle behind manifestation in the three worlds.
4. The energies o/t intelligent *lives* who *form* the
body egoic. These lives find their emanating source on *other
levels than the systemic*. These 2 groups concern the egoic principle,
the middle principle..., and is the 2nd aspect of *monadic*
manifestation.
5. The energy emanating from the "Jewel in the Lotus" itself,
the focal point of energy in the *Upper Triad*. This concerns
the *Self*, the highest aspect of *monadic*
manifestation.
CF.526 The fundamental difference between the *mental unit* and
the other two atoms consists in the fact that it contains only 4
spirillae instead of 7. This is brought about by the very facts
of evolution itself, for the *mental unit* is the *1st
aspect* of the *personality triad*, or of man functioning
in the human *kingdom* on the three lower planes. At his
transference into the spiritual *kingdom*, these 3 aspects
—the mental body, the astral body &th physical body— are synthesized
into the higher by a dual process:
1. His polarization shifts from out of the *lower three atoms*
into the *Triadal atoms*.
2. The force which these atoms generate and embody is merged and blended
into the higher force points.
A *permanent atom* is the positive nucleus or germ substance
to the sheath wherein it is found. It is that which is the basis
of form-building, and it is literally a vibrant point of force, emanating
from the *2nd aspect* of the *Monad*, which aggregates
to itself, and subsequently builds into form, the negative or *3rd
aspect*. But it must here be remembered that this 2nd aspect
is itself dual, and that in considering the permanent atoms
we are dealing with the feminine aspect of the second Person.
The *spirillae* therefore are but streams of force, or 2nd
aspect vitality which circulates geometrically within the circumscribing
wall of substance, composed of 3rd aspect force of substance.
...
CF.335...In relation to the animal kingdom it might be said that the
key whereby entrance is effected into the human kingdom is that of instinct.
This instinct, towards the final stages of the animal's evolution, and
as it becomes more and more detached from the *group soul,*26
becomes transmuted into mentality,...
Man passes into the 5th kingdom through the transmutation of the discriminative
faculty of mind, which —as in the animal's individualization— brings
about at a certain stage a *spiritual individualization* which
is the correspondence on higher levels to what transpired in Lemurian
days. Therefore, we have:
Instinct..The key from the animal into the human kingdom or from the
3rd into the 4th kingdom.
Manas..The key from the human into the spiritual kingdom, or from the
4th kingdom into the 5th kingdom.
26"A Group-soul is a collection of *permanent Triads* in
a triple envelope of monadic essence. The permanent Triads
are a reflection upon the lower planes of the spiritual Triads
on the higher. This description is true of all group-souls functioning
on the physical plane, but gives no idea of the extreme complexity of
the subject." — A Study in
Consciousnes, by A. Besant.
CF.694-5...The
response of deva substance to the inflow of force on the mental plane
has a threefold effect in connection with the Logos or the Septenate:
1. ...a greatly increased vitality in the logoic centers on the 4th
cosmic ether, due to reflex action, ...felt both above & below...
2. It stimulates the efforts o/t highest specimens o/t 3rd K, and a
dual effect is produced through this, for the 4th K in nature makes
its appearance on the physical plane & the *Triads*
are reflected on the mental plane in the causal bodies to be found
thereon.
3. ...the dense physical is linked and coordinated with the *etheric
bodies* of the solar *l*ogos and of the planetary
*L*ogos. therefore, the lower three planes are synthesized
with the higher 4, and the devas of an earlier mahamanvantara or solar
cycle are brought into conjunction with those of a newer order who were
awaiting just conditions. The physical incarnation of the Logos is completed.
...
CF.146...In a manner inconceivable to us the first Logos brings
in the influence of other constellations. When this first aspect is
better understood (in the next mahamanvantara) the work of the *Seven
Rishis of the GREAT BEAR*, and the supreme influence of *SIRIUS*
will be comprehended; in this present manifestation of the Son, or of
the Vishnu aspect, we are concerned more closely with the *PLEIADES*
and their influence via the *SUN*, and, in relation to our planet,
via *VENUS*....
The first Logos embodies the "will to live" and it
was through His instrumentality that the *Manasaputras* came
into objective existence in relation to the *human*
and *deva* hierarchies. In this system, the blending
of the Divine Ray of Wisdom and the Primordial Ray of intelligent matter
forms the great dual evolution; back of both these cosmic
Entities stands *another Entity* Who is the embodiment of
Will, and Who is the utilizer of forms — though not the forms of any
other than the *Greater Building devas* and the human hierarch*ies*
in time and space. He is the animating principle; the
will-to-live aspect of the
*seven Hierarchies*. Nevertheless these 7 Hierarchies are
(as says HPB) the *sevenfold ray of wisdom*, the dragon in its
7 forms. [SD1.100-8, 2.668]
CF.147 The *Mahadeva* aspect or the first Logos (who embodies
cosmic will) is controlled by the Law of Synthesis, the cosmic
law governing the tendency to unification; ...the unification of the
seven into the three, and into the one. ...The Law of Synthesis has
a direct connection with One Who is still higher than our Logos, and
is the law of control exercised by Him upon the Logos of our system.
This is a spiritual relationship that tends to abstraction or to that
synthesis of the spiritual elements that will result in their
conscious return (the whole
point lying in that word "conscious") to their cosmic point
of synthesis, or of unification with their source. Their source is
the ONE ABOUT WHOM NAUGHT MAY BE SAID, as we have earlier seen.
CF.148 Therefore, in connection with the first Logos, we can
sum up as we did with the other Logoi:
a. His goal is the synthesis of the *Spirits* who are gaining consciousness
through manifestation, and who, by means of experience in matter, are
gaining in quality.
b. His function is, by means of will to hold them in manifestation for the
desired period, and later to abstract
them, and blend them again with their spiritual source. Hence the necessity
of remembering that fundamentally, the first Logos controls the
*cosmic entities* or *extra-systemic beings*; the second
Logos controls the *solar entities*; the third Logos controls
the *lunar entities* and their correspondences elsewhere in the
system.
CF.717 (c.) Methods of Individualization.
We have seen how the characteristic method of individualization in this
solar system is the result of force emanating from the cosmic mental
plane, which sweeps into activity those entities whose function it is
to form the body of the ego out of their own living substance on the
mental plane and thus, through their own quality and nature,
endow human units on the physical plane with the faculty of self-consciousness,
thus producing Man. It is their work also to energize the mental units
of all men,... and to energize the sheaths of the threefold lower man,...
Through the carrying out of this function in the case of the human family,
certain planetary and systemic conditions are brought
about.
The dense and etheric bodies of the Logos and of the planetary Logoi
are merged, and one coherent vehicle of expression is provided for
these *cosmic Entities*.
CF.833...the solar *Pitris* are the substance of the egoic
bodies and groups, and the medium of expression for the Spirit
aspect,... These solar *Angels* ...express ...a dual energy
...the positive life of the egoic lotus ...and there is also
the energy of the petal substance itself, or the negative aspect
which is swept by the positive force of the greater solar
*Lords* into living whorls or wheels which we symbolically call
"petals." ...
CF.176...The egoic ray can always be one of the seven, but we need to
remember that, in this astral-buddhic solar system, wherein love
and wisdom are being brought into objectivity, the bulk of the monads
are on the love-wisdom ray. ...This is the divine incarnation of
Vishnu. The Dragon of Wisdom is in manifestation, and He brings into
incarnation those *cosmic Entities* who are in essence
identical with Himself. After the 3rd initiation, all human beings
find themselves on their monadic ray,...
CF.578...on the 3rd [monadic] subplane can be found
quite a number of the Monads of activity, but numerically not as many
as the Monads of Love. They are the failures of System I. ...
EP2.101...A hint is here conveyed as to the prevalence of 3rd ray
Monads among the sons of men. The ray of active intelligence,
expressing itself through the seven ray types, is above everything
else the ray upon which the majority of human monads will, particularly,
*at this time*, be found.
CF.511Second. The goal set
before humanity is that of becoming Masters of the Wisdom, or
conscious units in the Body of the Dragon of Wisdom or of Love. This
a man achieves when he can function consciously in the buddhic vehicle,
or when the astral permanent atom is superseded by the buddhic
permanent atom.
CF.1223-5...Just as the three planes of the Ego on the mental plane
dominate the remaining planes in the three worlds, so in the
five worlds of the Hierarchy the three higher subplanes of
the atmic plane hold an analogous place.
[PISCES] humans enter incarnation through CANCER on the Mutable Cross
until servitude is transformed into service (117); You find... the activity
of the mass consciousness in CANCER which is indicative of the activity
of the Cardinal Cross in the involutionary stage (161)
Mutable Cross of the anima
mundi, and of the human soul before the consciousness of duality
is clear in the mind of man... it [PISCES] is consequently more
closely allied with the Cardinal Cross... This human interlude
[Fixed Cross] is in the nature of a cross section in the development
of consciousness, but the main emphasis is the unfoldment
of the mass consciousness of all the kingdoms in nature into
the group consciousness of the three highest kingdoms through the
mediatorship of the human kingdom... PISCES on the involutionary arc
[Mutable]... is felt largely in the anima
mundi and in the hidden, incarnated and imprisoned Christ [VIRGO/PISCES]...
Esoterically, the reason that VENUS is exalted in PISCES is connected
with the relation of PISCES to GEMINI... VENUS is the EARTH's alter ego and is closely related to the human kingdom. ["the
6 becomes the 5"; R6 becomes R5 ?]
IVth CH is qualified by knowledge, love, and will
IVth CH is animated by ceaseless persevering devotion (117) [VEN
Ray VI —PK]
[SAGITTARIUS] "These [esoteric, hierarchic] planetary influences
[esp. MARS-PLUTO] are distinctive of the Sons
of Mind of Venusian origin, characteristic of the Lords
of Sacrifice and Will functioning in time and space as the IVth
CH. The form life is ruled by the MOON, veiling a hidden planet;
these Sons of Mind live on the EARTH and thus within the body of the
planetary Logos, and are of a definitely intelligent nature, making
them Lords of Knowledge, achieving
their goal through the light of the mind and through the method of conflict,
for they are also *Lords of
Ceaseless and Persevering Devotion*. All the above names
which are related to the planets governing SAGITTARIUS [ MERCURY,
JUPITER; VENUS, MOON, EARTH; MARS ] will be remembered by students of
The Secret Doctrine. They
are the "quality names" of the Divine
*Manasaputras*, the *Agnishvattas*
who are ourselves." (188)
CF.615-7...before ...the 3 main groups of building devas on the 3 planes
in the 3 worlds which most intimately concern man.
The building devas are the *Ah-hi*, or *Universal Mind*.
They contain within their consciousness the plan logoic, and inherently
possess the power to work it out in time and space, being the conscious
forces of evolution.
They not only embody the Divine Thought but are that through which it
manifests, and its actuating activity. They are essentially motion.
The lesser builders are more particularly the material form which is
actuated, and in their cohorts are the substance of matter (considering
substance as that which lies back of matter).
They are that which produces concretion and which gives form to the
abstract. The terms "rupa" and "arupa"
devas are relative, for the formless levels and the formless lives are
only so from the standpoint of man in the three worlds; the formless
lives are those which are functioning in and through the etheric body
of the Logos, formed of the matter of the four higher planes
of the system. From this point of view the mental plane provides an
interesting consideration. — its *three higher subplanes*
are positive, and centralize the positive force of the *plane*.
This focusing of the positive affects the negative substance of the
*four lower planes* and brings about likewise:
a. The formation of force
centers on the causal levels, those force centers being *egoic
groups* in their various divisions.
b. The concretion of substance,
or the building of the dense physical body of the Logos.
On the physical plane of the solar system an analogous process can be
seen taking place as regards the physical body of man, or his concrete
manifestation. In his case, the 4th subplane is the focal point of positive
force. On that plane are located the
etheric centers of man, which have, in the evolutionary process and
in the work of force direction, a relationship to his physical body
similar to the relationship which groups of Egos on the mental plane
have to the dense physical body of the Logos. This is a profound occult
hint.
In the words "*prana and the etheric body*" (or life
force and form) we have the key to the mystery of the *solar*
and *lunar pitris*, and a hint as to the place of the physical
body in the scheme of things.
The *solar Pitris* and devas find their force expression most
adequately through man,...
The *lunar Pitris*, and lesser builders from the systemic point
of view find their fullest expression in the animal kingdom.
When they, as the initiatory impulse, had produced animal man, they
had performed their prime function, and just as (on a smaller scale
in connection with only one of the HMen) the MOON is a dying and decadent
world, so on a systemic scale and therefore covering a vast period
of time, the work o/t *lunar Pitris* is slowly coming to a conclusion
as the power o/t 3rd K ...over the human is being superceded by spiritual
power; the systemic correspondence to lunar pitric activity will
occultly die out.
CF.563...Roughly speaking, a solar
Logos works only through the *greater Builders*, the *Manasaputras*
[sacred planets] in Their various grades on the two higher planes
of the solar system. ...The *planetary
Logoi* [sacred & non-sacred] work primarily through the
Builders of the next three planes (atma-buddhi-manas) [Lesser
Builders, the Triads], who construct and control the work of the planetary
schemes. Men work through
the builders of the lower mental planes, and the astral plane,
for the human thought-forms are kama-manasic; the physical plane builders
are swept automatically into action by the force of the currents,...
CF.516 Relative Permanency.
In the *7th principle* of all manifesting entities is
stored up and developed capacity, acquired ability, and the atomic
memory, or in other words the heredity
of the *Thinker*, viewing him from the physical standpoint or
from the emotional. There is no permanence whatever in the sheaths;
they are built into temporary forms, and dissolved when the Thinker
has exhausted their possibilities, but the *7th principle*
of each *sheath* gathers to itself the achieved qualities
and stores them up —under the Law of Karma— to work out again and to
demonstrate as the *plane impulse*
at each fresh cycle of manifestation.
Heat. Herein lies the distinction
between the *permanent atoms* on all planes, and the *atomic
matter* of which they form a part. .... The permanent atom
is one that has been appropriated by one of the *lives*
that form the *centers* in the body of a *solar Lord*, whilst
atomic matter per se
goes to the formation of other parts of His great body of light.
A permanent atom is one [1st aspect] which has come under
the attractive power of the 2nd aspect, whilst atomic matter
itself is vitalized by the life of the 3rd aspect.
A permanent atom ... passing out of the control of the *Deva
Lord* and coming under the control of *positive life*...
A permanent atom comes under the direct control of the lower
of the *three groups of Lipika Lords*, and is the agency through
which They work in the imposition of karma upon the particular entity...
They work directly with the permanent atoms of men,...
CF.515...The permanent atom finds its place within the sphere
of influence of one or other of the great devas who are the *Raja-Lords*
of a *plane*.
CF.303-4The cycles in a man's personality
manifestation demonstrate in groups of fours and sevens,
...
The *egoic cycles* proceed in groups of sevens and of
threes, and not in groups of fours and sevens as do the personality
cycles, and the same ratio must be predicated of the *central cycles*
of a Heavenly Man and of a solar Logos.
The *monadic cycles* proceed in groups of ones and threes
as do the basic cycles of those great Entities of which man is the microcosmic
reflection. If the general concept here laid down is studied in relation
to the schemes, ...some idea of purpose...
CF.3021. The Monadic cycle, which corresponds in man to the 100 years
of Brahma, and to a planetary scheme.
CF.305It has been stated that a mystery lies hid in the *777 incarnations*.
This figure provides room for much speculation (SD1.191). It should
be pointed out that it does not hold the number of a stated cycle of
incarnations through which a man must pass, but holds the key to
the three major cycles previously mentioned. Primarily this number
applies to the planetary Logos of our scheme and not so much to other
schemes. Each HMan has His number and the number of our HMan lies
hid in the above three figures, just as 666 and 888 holds the mystery
hid of two other HMen.
SOLAR
LORDS
Peter Kubaska
1°
contact with solar Pitri [IHS.114];
3° contact with solar Angel [IHS.115];
5° contact with solar Lord [IHS.117-8];
7° solar Lord "nirvanis" or Manasadeva on the
solar mental plane [IHS.136, CF.687]
CF.848The *Ah-hi*, the *greater Builders* [SD1.27,38],
Who are the *Lords* working out the *will*
of the *solar Logos*, mainly use two planes for communication
with each other and with Their cohorts:
First, the second plane, where
They communicate by means of a spiritual medium incomprehensible to
man at present.
Second, the mental plane,
where They communicate with all lesser lives by means of a type of mental
telepathy
CF.562...It should be remembered here that only
cosmic and solar *lords* formulate thoughts.
The lunar Lords and all lesser intelligences do not do so.
CF.710n...that entity we call Man. (Note: The
Solar *Lord*, the Divine Ego). [not solar Pitri or
Angel; not spiritual Ego]
CF.712The *Manasadevas* are themselves energized by force from
the cosmic mental plane — a force which has been in operation
ever since the individualization of the solar Logos in kalpas far distant.
They, in Their corporate nature, embody the will or
purpose of the Logos, and are the *cosmic* "*prototypes*"
of our solar Angels. The solar Angels on the mental
plane of the system embody [only] as much of that will and
purpose as the Logos can work through in one single incarnation
and as They, in Their groups, can develop. They [Manasadevas] work,
therefore, *through* egoic groups and *primarily*,
*after individualization*, upon the *mental units*...
RI.538b. The causal body ... monadic
heart center. In studying the egoic body it should be remembered
that the causal body is the correspondence in the monadic manifestation
to the heart center. It
is a *flaming wheel of fire* within the monadic auric
egg, which embraces the five planes of monadic manifestation;
it is also seen as the twelve-petalled Lotus. ...
CF.1049-50We will now sum up briefly the various vibratory impulses
which have a definite effect upon the *Monad*, and which must
be borne in mind as we consider the evolution of the *Divine Pilgrim*.
...
1. Three impulses inherent in the *three periodical vehicles*,
as HPB terms the three main centers of energy through which the Monad
manifests:
a. The energy of the *monadic ring-pass-not*, viewing it as a
unit.
b. The energy of the *causal body*, within the monadic periphery.
c. The energy of the physical body, the synthesis upon the physical
plane of the force pouring through into manifestation through
the *three permanent atoms*.
CF.832-3...Third. The stage
wherein the energy of the Ego is centered at the heart of the circle,...
The earlier process has then to be repeated on a higher turn of the
spiral, and monadic energy begins to work upon the Ego... The Monad,
which has been identifying Itself with the *Ego* (its
outer manifestation) begins again to seek its own true center "within
the Heart,"... [cf RI.538]
... The problem of the devas may be somewhat better understood if it
is remembered that they in themselves embody the 2 types of energy.
For instance, the solar *Pitris* [3] are the substance
of the egoic bodies and groups, and the medium of expression for the
Spirit aspect, for Spirit manifests by means of soul. The lunar Pitris,
who form the personal lower self, being the aggregate of the
lower sheaths, are energized and used by the solar *Lords*.
These solar *Angels* [2] again are in many groups and
express within their own ranks a dual energy, both *positive*
and *negative*. There is the *positive life* of
the egoic lotus... also the energy of the petal substance itself,
or the negative aspect which is swept by the *positive*
force of the greater solar *Lords* [1] into
living whorls...
CF.854All these lotuses in their myriad differentiations have specific
effects upon each other on mental levels, and these effects are as yet
utterly unrealized by man. Nevertheless, they are the basis of the true
psychology, and the grounds of all true activity. The student would
do well to ponder upon the effect any advanced Ego would be likely to
have upon:
a. Other Egos in his group.
b. The solar Pitris who are
the substance of the group.
c. The lunar Pitris, who are
linked with the solar Pitris through the permanent atoms.
CF.1112-3e. There is the energy
reaching directly to the knowledge petals from the manasic permanent
atom. The permanent atoms of the *Spiritual Triad*, as
well as the bodies which are built around them, bring in certain
groups of deva lives which have not as yet been much considered.
They are not the *lunar pitris*, as that term is commonly
understood, but have a direct connection with what is called "the
cosmic moon" or to that dying solar system which has the same relation
to our system as the moon has to the earth chain. This "cosmic
moon" transmits its energy to the manasic atomic subplane, via
the planet Saturn. It is a triple energy and there is an esoteric connection
between this triple energy, and Saturn's rings.
CF.878...The solar *Lords*, in their three major groups,
are equally ready for the final sacrifice, which involves the "rupture
between the sun and the moon" as it is called. This results in
the breaking of the magnetic link between the true man, and the vibratory
sensitive substance of which his three world bodies are made. ...
CF.968...The *Ego*, having brought about a condition of receptivity,
or of recognition in the physical brain of the man, and having drawn
from him the necessary response, the process of [thought form] building
is thereupon begun. ...The physical brain is responsive to the positive
influence o/t lower nature in the earlier evolutionary stages, or to
the reactions o/t substance of the sheaths, the impress o/t lunar Lords.
It responds in the later stages t/t positive influence
o/t *Ego* or the impress of the solar *Lord*.
...As is apparent, this building process is divided into three parts,
which overlap, and assume an appearance of simultaneity. ...When man
is learning consciously to
create, which he does through the organization of thought, concentration
and meditation, he proceeds more slowly, for he has two primary things
to do... a. To contact or communicate with the *Ego*,
or solar *Angel*. b. To study the process of creation...
...The above is necessarily but another way of defining meditation and
its objective.
Later on, when a man is an expert in meditation,... He begins
first to organize the material required upon the mental
plane....
EA.225VENUS in Detriment: the intelligent mind is lessened because intellect
must subordinate itself to spiritual intuition; the *Son of Mind*
or solar Angel must now manifest as a *Son of God*; the
*solar Angel* gives place to the *Presence*; VENUS wanes
and the *SUN* waxes ...
WM.387These [3 aspects of mind] have to be unified in the consciousness
of the aspirant. When this has happened, the disciple has built the
bridge (the antaskarana) which links:
1. The spiritual triad2. The causal body3. The personality
When this is done the egoic *body* has served its purpose,
the solar Angel has done its work, and the form side of existence
is no longer needed, as we understand and utilize it, as a medium of
experience. The man enters into the consciousness of the Monad, the
ONE. The causal body disintegrates; the personality fades out, and
illusion is ended. This is the consummation of the Great Work, and another
*Son of God* has entered into the Father's home.
CF.525...It [middle of th Round] is also a mystery hid in the relationship
between the *four exoteric* Kumaras (SD1.116,493; 2.112,149)
and the *esoteric three*, and from the point of view of man separates
those who are developing the consciousness of the *Triad*
from those who as yet are living the life of the *Quaternary*.
It concerns those who respond to the *solar Lords*, distinguishing
them from those who recognize as yet only the control of the *lunar
Lords*. [not Pitris or Angels] ...
CF.877-8Sacrifice ... it involves
what is termed "a solar and lunar act of abnegation"... ...The
lunar Lords of the three bodies have been controlled, and their
vibration synchronized, so that the great act of sacrifice finds them
ready for the final process of renunciation. The solar *Lords*,
in their three major groups, are equally ready for the final
sacrifice, which involves the "rupture between the sun and the
moon" as it is called. This results in the breaking of the magnetic
link between the true man, and the vibratory sensitive substance of
which his three world bodies are made. The need for incarnation is no
longer felt, the chains of karma are broken, and the man is liberated.
...
The final sacrifice involves also the disappearance of the lower triangle,
or the severing of the connection between the three permanent atoms
in the lower part of the causal body or egoic lotus, and the central
unit of energy. ...
Again, the solar *Angels* complete their final sacrifice
by a final one, and offer themselves upon the fiery altar. The causal
body is completely destroyed. The four lower groups of solar
*Pitris* return to the *heart* of the *subjective*
sun, or to that inmost center of the system from whence they came,
whilst the three higher groups are carried ...straight to the
*central spiritual sun*, there to abide until another kalpa
calls them forth to sacrifice Themselves, this time as planetary
Logoi. The student must bear in mind that in thinking of the *Pitris*,
he must ever think in group terms. The *Pitris* who formed
the egoic *body* of a human being do not — alone and isolated
— form planetary Logoi. The 49 groups of solar fires concerned
in the great work are those spoken of, and they become the *49
planetary Logoi* in connection with *seven solar systems*.
In them is hid the mystery of the 3 which become the 16 — united
or synthesized by the 17th — a correspondence upon cosmic
levels of the seven with the eighth sphere. This must remain
practically an insoluble mystery to man at present. The four groups
who found their way to the Heart of the system will reappear as the
four planetary Logoi who are the twenty-eight and who thus
produce the possibility of the ten of perfection in another series of
manifesting systems.
CF.536III. THE EGOIC LOTUS 76 We must now deal with the subject
of the causal body on its own plane from the point of view of FIRE.
We have studied it ...as a vehicle of rarefied substance, containing
within itself the 7th principle of each of the two lower sheathes of
the microcosm, and the *mental unit*. This latter is that which
*embodies the first aspect in manifestation*, and which is
analogous to the first logoic aspect — one that in this *solar
system* does not come to full demonstration.
76
The Egoic Lotus "...the laws of karma are adjusted, the clue
being found in the mastery of the 16 rays of the Ego, for which
16 rays 16 mantras or words are given, the real pronunciation being
however reserved for initiates only." — Kali
Upanishad.
"The mystery of the 16 rays of the Ego will be revealed
when the force of the Sacred Tetraktys is merged with that of the Holy
Twelve." — The Old Commentary.
¶ The Primordial is the Ray and the direct emanation of the first Sacred
Four [SD1.115-6os]. The Sacred Four are: Father ..Spirit. Existence.
Unity., The Son ..Soul. Love-Wisdom. Duality., Mother ...Matter. The
trinity, and their united manifestation making the active evolving solar
system, the logoic ring-pass-not. This is the Macrocosm.
CF.1164Each
of these planetary schemes can be seen as a lotus having seven
major petals, of which each chain forms one petal, but having
also subsidiary petals of a secondary color according to the nature
and karma of the Entity concerned. It is in the enumeration of
these solar lotuses that occult students go astray. It is, for instance,
correct to say that the planetary scheme corresponding to the microcosmic
base of the spine is a *fourfold lotus* and has, therefore,
four petals. There are 4 outstanding petals of a peculiar hue, but there
are 3 of a secondary color, and 9 of a tertiary nature. [=16]
CF.146The first Logos embodies the "will to live" and it was
through His instrumentality that the *Manasaputras* came into
objective existence in relation to the human and deva
hierarchies. In this system, the blending of the Divine Ray of
Wisdom and the Primordial Ray of intelligent matter forms the great
dual evolution; back of both these cosmic Entities stands another Entity
Who is the embodiment of Will, and Who is the utilizer of forms — though
not the forms of any other than the Greater Building devas and the human
hierarchies in time and space. He is the animating principle; the will-to-live
aspect of the seven Hierarchies. Nevertheless these seven Hierarchies
are (as says HPB) the sevenfold ray of wisdom, the dragon in its seven
forms.66, 67, 68.
CF.148The *Mahadeva* aspect or the first Logos (who embodies
cosmic will) is controlled by the Law of Synthesis, ...the unification
of the seven into the three, and into the one. ...
CF.149...Hence the necessity or remembering that fundamentally, the
first Logos controls the *cosmic entities* or extra-systemic
beings; the second Logos controls the *solar entities*; the third
Logos controls the *lunar entities* and their correspondences...
CF.543The Ego takes no active interest in the development until the
2nd petal in the 2nd series is beginning to open. Before that
time, the work proceeds under the law of its being and through the inherent
life of the 2nd Logos which is the life of the petals of the
lotus. The life of the *1st Logos*, working thru the *SELF*
(who dwells in a form built by the life or energy of the
2nd Logos out of force-substance animated by the
life o/t 3rd Logos) only responds to opportunity when the above
mentioned stage is reached.
CF.544...*permanent atoms*. They are analogous, as earlier
pointed out, to the *7th principle* of each of the three aspects
— ...
CF.545 Bear in mind here, that the
*permanent atoms* are concerned with the substance aspect
of Existence or Becoming, while the *petals* of the lotus, or
the fiery spokes of the wheel, deal specifically with the psychical
aspect, or the development of consciousness; the central *nucleus*,
or the three inner petals, embodies the aspect of pure Spirit.
All three lines of evolution are proceeding simultaneously, and
have a reflex action the one upon the other; ...
CF.545-6...It must be remembered that the three lower petals
when fully unfolded affect, through their vitality, the three *major*
spirillae in the physical permanent atom. As the 2nd ring of
petals gradually opens, the astral permanent atom undergoes a similar
process, leading up to the full arousing of the spirillae within the
mental unit.
Here I would point out that there is a slight difference in the case
of the mental unit, for the *four spirillae* of the mental
unit are aroused to full activity when the
*knowledge petal*
of the *final three* opens. The opening of the remaining
two reveal the *glowing threefold flower* which lies at the
center of egoic manifestation.
CF 697-8...The 5th or spiritual kingdom is *entered* when
the units of the 4th kingdom have succeeded in vitalizing the *5th
spirilla* in all the atoms of the threefold lower man; when
they have unfolded three of the egoic petals and are in process of
unfolding the 4th and 5th & when they are becoming conscious
o/t pranic force of the Heavenly Man. [Radiant Lotuses, CF.855]
CF.387-8 These Entities are divided into three groups of thirty-five
each, and in Themselves embody the three major centers of the planetary
Logos, those three groups which we know as the "three departments,"
for it should be emphasized that each department forms a center: [Head
- Ruling, Heart - Teaching, Throat - Mahachohan's] c These Kumaras (or
Their present substitutes) can also be divided into the seven groups
which correspond to the seven Rays, and are in Themselves the life
of the center for which They stand. Fifteen, therefore, of these Entities
(again the ten and the five) form a center in the body of the
planetary Logos, and the three Kumaras about Whom we are told (Who in
Themselves are five-fold, making the fifteen) are the entifying Lives
of the particular center which is involved in the coming Initiation
of the *HMan*, and to which the human units at this time,
and during this greater cycle, belong.
CF.842Primary Lotuses. These
are a group of special interest brought in under the influence of the
Lord of the 5th Ray, and therefore fundamentally allied to the energy
which is the special manifestation in this system and the basis of all
achievemnt, that is, manas. ...They are a group a good deal more advanced
than the earlier classes but need much to develop the 2nd [knowledge]
petal. ...The middle tier also shows no signs of vitality. Owing to
conditions in their emanating planet, their development has been one-sided,
and hence their entering on a wave of energy into this scheme in order
to "round" themselves, out, as it is called. They may be seen
in the purely intellectual selfish scientific type. ...the solar
*Lords* who embody this type are linked with a group of lunar
Lords who respond magnetically to the devas of the mineral kingdom.
...
SOLAR ANGELS
Peter Kubaska
IHS.136...the *Ego on its own plane*. This Ego is a great *solar
angel*, who is the medium of expression for the Monad or pure spirit,
just as... personality for the Ego.... From the point of view of man
in the three worlds, this Ego, or solar *Lord*,
is eternal; he persists throughout the entire cycle of incarnations,
just as the personality persists during the tiny physical life cycle.
[!?!] Nevertheless, this period of existence is only relatively permanent,
and the day dawns when the life which expresses itself through the
medium of the Ego [2], the Thinker [3], the *Solar
Lord* or *Manasadeva* [1], seeks to loose itself
from even this limitation, and to return to the source from which
it originally emanated.
EA.154[CAPRICORN] 1. Mystery of the Sphinx, of LEO to VIRGO, and tied
up with the secret of the *solar Angels.* This is not the mystery
of soul and form, but the mystery of the *higher* and
*lower* mind and their *relation* to each
other.
EP2.5...as the third aspect is consciously developed, man arrives
as a knowledge of matter, of substance and of outer creative activity.
Then he passes on to a realization of the underlying qualities
which the form is intended to reveal, and identifies himself
with the *ego*, the *soul* or *solar angel*. This
he comes to know as his true self, the real spiritual man. *Later*,
he arrives at the realization of the purpose which is working
out through the qualities, as they express themselves through the form.
CF.848-9Within the Hall of Ignorance
kama-manas rules. ...All seeking thus the selfish fruits of karma
must each despise each other; hence strife & greed, ill-will &
hatred, death & retribution, karmic invocation &th thunderbolt
of vengeance characterize this Hall.
Within the Hall of Learning
intellect rules and seeks to guide. Desire of a higher kind,
the fruit of manas and its use, supplants th lower kamic urge. ..."Know
that the knower greater is than knowledge; the One who seeks is greater
than the sought.
Within the Hall of Wisdom
the Spirit rules; the One within the lesser ones assumes supreme
control. Death is not known within these halls, for its two great gates
are passed. Discord and strife both disappear and only harmony is seen.
The knowers see themselves as One; they recognize the field wherein
knowledge grows as Brahmic dissonance and differentiation. Knowledge
they know as method, an instrument of purpose utilized by all and just
a germ of eventual recognition. Within this hall union of each with
each, blending of one and all, and unity of action, goal and skill marks
every high endeavor."
CF.869
I. Knowledge Petals.
First circle.
a. Organized in the Hall of Ignorance.
b. Guided by the force and energy of the Mahachohan.
c. The 3rd group of solar *Pitris* affected.
II. Love Petals. Second circle.
a. Organized in the Hall of Learning.
b. Guided by the *force* of the Bodhisattva.
c. The 2nd group of solar *Lords* affected.
III. Will or Sacrifice Petals.
Third circle.
a. Organized in the Hall of Wisdom.
b. Guided by the force and energy of the Manu.
c. The 1st group of solar *Angels* affected.
CF.779The three groups of *Agnishvattas* concerned with
the evolution of man on the mental level have each a specific function,...
and the lowest of the 3 deal primarily with the transmission
of force or energy to the 3 permanent atoms.
CF.515...The permanent atom finds its place within the sphere
of influence of one or other of the great devas who are the Raja-Lords
of a plane.
CF.514...The *mental unit*, having a position within the causal
body analogous to the planet furthermost from the SUN, ...
WM.439PLUTO It governs ...the death or cessation of old ideas and emotions,
and its influence is ...largely cerebral ...the clue to its late discovery.
Mankind is only on the verge of becoming mental. Its effects are
felt first in the mental body.
EA.365-6PLUTO Toward the end of the evolutionary process, PLUTO produces
the death of the hindering factors and all that prevents synthesis,
of the separative, *instinctual nature*, for this is
the factor which lies behind all dualism (*ahamkara*).
CF.775The work of the solar *Angels* is of a triple nature:
(1.) Directing the vibration towards
the atomic triangle.
... This force is circulated four times around the triangle (this being
the fourth round) until the *mental unit* is again contacted
and the energy becomes centralized in the *fourth spirilla* of
the *mental unit*. Then and only then do the lunar Pitris
begin their work, and commence the coordination of the substance which
will form the mental sheath,...
...The *fifth spirilla* in the lower two atoms increases its
vibration. As we know, there are only four spirillae in the *mental
unit* and the moment that that is in full activity, the coordination
of the *antaskarana* becomes a possibility....
(2.) Pronouncing the mantram which
will make possible the 777 incarnations. Each of the figures in
this triplicity stands for:
a. A cycle of egoic manifestation. b. A sound enabling Ego to express
some subray of egoic ray. c. The three circles of petals which will
unfold as the result of incarnation. d. The particular group of *manasadevas*
who form the *causal body* of the *Ego*...
(3.) Building in the causal
body that which is required for its completion.
CF.825-9In these three circles of *petals* lies concealed
another clue to the mystery of the 777 incarnations. The figures do
not convey an exact number of years but are figurative and symbolical;
they are intended to convey the thought of three cycles of varying
duration, based upon the septenary nature of the manifesting
*monad*.
CF.828Third. The 7 incarnations.
These [last 7] are those passed upon the *Probationary Path*.
...
a. The permanent atoms have
the 4 lower spirillae fully active (2 groups of 2 each) and the
*5th* is in process of arousement into equal activity.
The triangle is in circulatory action but has not yet achieved its full
brightness nor its rotary or 4th dimensional revolution.
b. The *two* circles
of petals are "awake," one being wide open and
the other on the verge of opening.
CF.829-30At the termination of the 777 incarnations, a man passes through
the door of initiation and enters upon a brief synthesizing process,
or a final period in which he garners the fruits of experience *in
the two first halls*, and transmutes knowledge into wisdom... This
period of initiation itself is divided into 7 stages, but only 5 of
these concern the evolution of the Ego, just as the five
*Kumaras* concern primarily the evolution of Humanity in the
system and on this planet. Thus again we have the four
exoteric Kumaras, of Whom *two fell*, and the three esoteric,
of whom One gathers the life forces of the four exoteric,
making with Them the five above mentioned. ... For instance:
a. The Ego synthesizes or gathers in the life forces of the fourfold
lower man.
b. The Mahachohan's Ray on EARTH synthesizes the life forces
o/t lower 4. This Ray is the 3rd subray of our planetary Ray.
c. The third major Ray of the solar system blends the
minor four.
d. The fifth Kumara blends and unites in Himself the work of
the lower four.
CF.1176-75. The absorbing Triangles.
This term is applied to the evolutionary schools found located in the
three major planets of our system — URANUS, NEPTUNE and SATURN — and
to those found in the three major chains, and three major
globes in a planetary scheme. The Rulers of these planets, chains
and globes are called the "Divine Examiners," and Their work
concerns the human kingdom specifically and entirely. They are responsible
for the work of ... We might regard the presiding lives in these *departmental
schools* as the *custodians of the Path*, and responsible,
therefore for the divine Pilgrim during the final stages
of the treading of the Path of Evolution. They begin to work with
men from the moment they first set foot upon the *Probationary
Path* and They continue Their work until the 7th initiation is
taken.
The Masters, therefore, Who take pupils for training, are numbered amongst
them, whilst the Masters Who do not concern Themselves with individuals
and their development are not.
CF.378...our Heavenly Men are the transmitters, via their seven schemes,
to the seven stars of the PLEIADES. Our solar system is negatively polarized
as regards the sun SIRIUS, which influences our entire
system *psychically* via the three synthesizing schemes — URANUS,
NEPTUNE, SATURN — the latter, SATURN, being the focal point for the
transmission of cosmic manas to the entire seven schemes.
CF.1138...The elemental group souls find correspondences in the
higher — first, in the human kingdom in the *three main groups
of Egos*, in whom the 3 types of energy predominate; again in the
3 main or major planetary groups, and finally in the 3 aspects. Sattvic..3rd
K..Solar Logos..URANUS. Rajasic..2nd K..Planetary Logoi..NEPTUNE. Tamasic..1st
K..Plane devas..SATURN.
EA.219...I would here remind you that the MOON is usually regarded as
"veiling" or "hiding" some planet and of these there
are three which the MOON may be veiling. Here the intuition of the astrologer
and of the esoteric student must be called out. These planets are VULCAN,
NEPTUNE, or URANUS. These three create and influence certain
aspects of the Mother principles, which nourish and feed the life of
the inner divine reality until the time comes when the Christ child
is brought to the birth. They determine or condition the *physical*,
*astral* and *mental* natures, *thus creating the personality*.
SOLAR PITRIS
Peter Kubaska
CF.615In his [human's] case, the 4th subplane is the focal point of
positive force. On that plane are located the
etheric centers of man, which have, in the evolutionary process &
in the work of force direction, a relationship to his physical body
similar to the relationship which groups of Egos on the mental
plane have to the dense physical body of the Logos. This is a profound
occult hint.
In the words "*prana and the etheric body*" (or life
force and form) we have the key to the mystery of the *solar*
and *lunar pitris*, and a hint as to the place of the physical
body in the scheme of things.
The *solar Pitris* and devas find their force expression most
adequately through man,...
The *lunar Pitris*, and lesser builders from the *systemic*
point of view find their fullest expression in the animal kingdom.
When they, as the initiatory impulse, had produced animal man, they
had performed their prime function, and just as (on a smaller scale
in connection with only one of the HMen) the MOON is a dying and decadent
world, so on a systemic scale and therefore covering a vast period of
time, the work o/t *lunar Pitris* is slowly coming to a conclusion
as the power o/t 3rd K ...over the human is being superseded by spiritual
power; the systemic correspondence to lunar pitric activity will
occultly die out.
CF.683-5[We are dealing with: 1. That fifth state of consciousness called
the mental plane, 6. The individuality of those Existences whom
we call: Agnishvattas, Manasa devas, Fire dhyanis,
Solar angels or solar Pitris, the Asuras] Much
confusion exists in the minds of students as to the distinction between
the Agnishvattas who incarnated in man, and those who simply
were responsible for the implanting of the manasic or mental spark in
animal man. This opens up for us the entire question of individualization
itself, and the incarnation of certain spiritual existences who
— when in bodily form — are spoken of as Avatars, as Buddhas
of Activity, or as direct manifestations of the Logos. The entire
mystery is hidden in the relationship of the individual *Monads*
who form the various *centers* in the *body*
[2nd aspect] of a planetary Logos and the *self-conscious Identity*
[1st aspect] of that planetary Logos Himself. The student must here
bear in mind the fact that the mental plane is the first aspect
of the dense physical body
[3rd aspect] of the planetary Logos, the buddhic plane ...whereon
are to be found the etheric centers of a HMan.
EH.332-3It might also be pointed out, as a 3rd necessary statement,
that the soul pours its consciously directed energy into the dense physical
body through the medium of the etheric or vital body. This instrument
is composed of:
1. 7 major centers of force and 49 minor centers.
The major centers are found in the head and up the spinal
column. The minor centers are to be found scattered all over the
body.
2. The etheric network which is composed of streams of energy,
connects all the centers into two systems —one maojr and one minor—
and radiates out from these centers all over the entire body. [Meridian
system of Chi]
3. The nadis are infinitesimally small threads of energy or force
fibers which radiate out from every part of the network and underlie
every part of the *triple nervous system*. They are found in
their millions, and produce the sensitive response apparatus
through which we work and of which the mechanism of the *five
senses* is one of the externalizations.
TEV.165-6...From the angle of Shamballa the centers in a human being
resmble a triangle with a point at the center.
From the angle of the Hierarchy, conditions are somewhat different.
...
1. The Point at the center, indicative of the *monadic*
life.
2. The related energies of the egoic lotus, conditioned by the
*soul*.
3. The sphere of radiation, the emanating influence of the lotus,
conditioning the *personality*.
4. The triangle of energy, conditioned by the *Spiritual Triad*.
CF.842-4 Lotuses of passion or
desire. They are so called because their fundamental nature is embodied
love in some one or other form. The bulk of the Monads of Love are among
this large group and they are to be seen incarnating in the bulk of
the well-to-do, kindly people of the world. They are divided into *five
groups*, of whom *three* individualized upon this planet,
and *two* were the very latest to individualize upon the moon
chain. They have 2 petals unfolded and the 3rd is for them at this
time the object of their attention. Many may succeed in unfolding it
before the 7th RR of this round but the bulk of them will unfold it
in the 2nd RR of the next round [5th], and will stand ready before
the close of the round to pass on to the *probationary path*,
having unfolded one tier of petals, and organized the
2nd. All these lotuses of the 1st circle are divided into groups but
interplay goes on between them; energy in any center produces reflex
energy in another. It must be remembered that in closing the door in
Atlantean times to the animal kingdom, and the consequent temporary
cessation of the forming of any more "bud lotuses" the effect
was dual, in directions other than the human or the animal. It was the
result of the internal decision on the part of the planetary Logos to
turn His attention away from the act of creation on the systemic mental
plane to the work of progressive evolution. This caused a cessation
of certain types of activity, producing a quiescence in certain of His
centers, and an increased activity in others. It also had an effect
upon the *solar Angels*, and consequently upon the Heart of the
solar system from whence they are drawn. Floods of energy or streams
of force from the heart of the sun (the subjective Sun) were arrested
and directed elsewhere, while the *Pitris* already active began
to center their attention upon the work begun, and temporarily new beginnings
were out of order. It must not be forgotten here that the work o/t
*solar Pitris* from
their point of view, is not primarily the evolution of man,
but is the process of their own development within the plan of the solar
Logos. The evolution of the human race is, for them, but a method.
Perfected men are in the councils o/t planetary Logos of their
particular ray; the *solar Pitris* are in the council
o/t solar Logos.69
69 All these will become solar Logoi of varying grades.
CF.844
5. The *solar Pitris*...The highest 3 groups will become
major planetary Logoi; the lower 4 groups will become
minor planetary Logoi.
6. The human evolution...To become the *solar Pitris* of another
cycle. To follow any of the paths earlier enumerated. Those who become
*solar Pitris*, being the bulk of humanity, return to
SIRIUS to be breathed out again into activity. [failures]
7. The lunar *Pitris*...To become men. They will in their
higher grades pass directly into the animal evolution of the
next cycle and so eventually individualize. Their 3 higher grades will
become animal-men, and the lower 4 will contribute to the quaternic
forms of the men of the next creation.
CF.1243This leaves Path IV to be accounted for. Upon this Path pass
all those who, through devotion and activity combined, achieve the
goal but who lack as yet the full development of the manasic principle.
This being the solar system of love-wisdom, or of astral buddhic development,
the 4th Path includes the larger number of the sons of men. In the hierarchy
of our planet the "Lords of Compassion" are numerically greater
than the "Masters of the Wisdom." The former must therefore
all pass to the sun SIRIUS there to undergo a tremendous *manasic*
stimulation, for SIRIUS is the emanating source of manas.
There the mystic must go and become what is called "a *spark*
of mahatic electricity."
CF.878-9Again, the *solar Angels* complete their initial sacrifice
by a final one, and offer themselves upon the fiery altar. The causal
body is completely destroyed. The 4 lower groups of *solar
Pitris* return to the heart of the subjective sun, or to that inmost
center of the system from whence they came, whilst the 3 higher groups
are carried (by the force and energy generated in the fiery furnace
and blaze, and through the stimulation produced by the blazing forth
of the central jewel) straight to the *central spiritual sun*,
there to abide until another *kalpa* calls them forth to sacrifice
Themselves, this time as *planetary Logoi*. The student must
bear in mind that in thinking of the *pitris*, he must ever think
in group terms. The *Pitris* who formed the egoic body
of a human being do not —alone and isolated— form planetary Logoi.
The 49 groups of solar fires concerned in the great work are
those spoken of, and they become the *49 planetary Logoi*
in connection with *seven solar systems*. In them is hid
the mystery of the 3 who become the 16 —united or synthesized by the
17th— a correspondence upon cosmic levels of the 7 with the 8th sphere.
This must remain practically an insoluble mystery to man at present.
The 4 groups who found their way to the Heart of the system will
reappear as the 4 planetary Logoi who are the 28 and who thus produce
the possibility of the 10 of perfection in another series of manifesting
systems.
CF.937These are the four main groups of devas which come under
the influence of any particular Ego ["Transmitters of the Word"
[919ff] on 4th subplane manasic, astral and physical atomic; devas of
mental unit and two lower permanent atoms]. They unitedly produce the
lower man, and bring into manifestation the Personality, that
*reflection* of the Ego and *shadow* of the
Monad. The three grades of building *essence* which
are built into forms through the activity of the above four groups
are here briefly recognized as the mental substance, built into the
mental body, the astral substance, built into the astral vehicle and
the matter of the physical body. These seven groups form, in
their totality, what we might call the Brahma aspect of the microcosm.
From another point of view, we may be considered as studying the action
of the solar *Angel*, or *Lord*, upon the
*lunar angels*, and the process whereby the solar *Lord*
imposes a certain rhythm and vibration upon different aspects
of lower manifestation.
The first step of the Ego towards producing a "shadow" is
expressed in the word "The Ego sounds his note." ...the lesser
"army of the voice" responds immediately to it. According
to the tone and quality of the voice, so is the nature of the of the
responsive agents. According to the depth or height of the note,
and according to its volume, so is the status or grade of building
deva which replies to the call.
CF.717(c.) Methods of Individualization.
We have seen how the characteristic method of individualization in this
solar system is the result of force emanating from the cosmic
mental plane, which sweeps into activity those entities whose
function it is to form the body of the ego out of their own living substance
on the mental plane and thus, through their own quality and nature,
endow human units on the physical plane with the faculty of self-consciousness,
thus producing Man. It is their work also to energize the mental units
of all men,... and to energize the sheaths of the threefold lower man,...
Through the carrying out of this function in the case of the human family,
certain planetary and systemic conditions are brought
about.
The dense and etheric bodies of the Logos and of the planetary Logoi
are merged, and one coherent vehicle of expression is provided for
these *cosmic Entities*.
CF.720Thus, in the *mahamanvantara*, the 3 methods of
individualization in connection w/ our planetary *scheme*
are to be seen:
a. In the moon chain, the
gradual evolution of self-consciousness under natural law.
b. In the Earth chain that
of achieved self-consciousness thru the aid of extraneous agencies.
.th distinctive method of this system.
c. In the next round and chain
the method will be abstraction through will power, but this in an embryonic
manner.
... They [these three methods] mark the gradual control by the Logos
on cosmic levels of His threefold lower nature. ...
CF.781...The *solar Pitris*, therefore, could give to man his
consciousness; the *lunar Pitris* could give to him the instinctual
consciousness of his vehicles. In their aggregate in all the kingdoms
of nature, on this planet and elsewhere, they give to the planetary
Logos and to the solar Logos the sumtotal of the form
consciousness of Their respective bodies. This is the case in every
scheme in the system, but in the Earth chain a peculiar condition of
affairs was brought about through the planetary failure coincident with
the moon chain; this is the cause of the present balancing of forces
on this chain [the dual EARTH chain]. The *4th chain*
in every scheme sees the work of the *solar Pitris* in
connection with man begun. It sees also the *Pitris* of his
sheaths in activity through the impulse given by the *solar
Angels*.
CF.768...But individualization as we understand it is not yet effected.
This process of radioactivity on the part of the lower, and of a downflow
of energy from the higher, covers a long period wherein the solar
*Angels* are working on Their Own plane and the lower
*Pitris* are also working on theirs; one group is producing the
nucleus of the egoic body, and the other the receptacle for
the life of God, or the *Monad* in the three worlds.
CF.807-8We enter now upon one of the most vitally practical parts of
our Treatise on Fire, that which deals with the building of the *causal
body*, or body of manifestation of the *Ego*. It concerns
the work of the solar *Angels*, or the true self-conscious
*Identity*, man. ... We have studied somewhat the constitution
of the *Triangles*, or *Pitris*, Who, through
self-sacrifice, endow man with self-consciousness, building his
egoic vehicle out of Their own essence. We have touched briefly
upon the lunar Pitris, who endow man with his lower sheaths and
principles through which the energy of the solar *Lords*
may make itself felt, ...
CF.775The work of the solar *Angels* is of a triple nature:
(1.) Directing the vibration towards
the atomic triangle.
... This force is circulated four times around the triangle (this being
the fourth round) until the *mental unit* is again contacted
and the energy becomes centralized in the 4th spirilla of the
*mental unit*. Then and only then do the lunar Pitris
begin their work, and commence the coordination of the substance which
will form the mental sheath,...
...The 5th spirilla in the lower two atoms increases its vibration.
As we know, there are only four spirillae in the *mental unit*
and the moment that that is in full activity, the coordination of the
*antaskarana* becomes a possibility....
(2.) Pronouncing the mantram which
will make possible the 777 incarnations. Each of the figures in
this triplicity stands for:
a. A cycle of egoic manifestation. b. A sound enabling Ego to express
some subray of egoic ray. c. The three circles of petals which will
unfold as the result of incarnation. d. The particular group of *manasadevas*
who form the *causal body* of the *Ego*...
(3.) Building in the causal
body that which is required for its completion.
CF.712-3The *Manasadevas* are themselves energized by force from
the *cosmic mental plane* — a force which has been in operation
ever since the individualization of the solar Logos in kalpas far distant.
They, in Their corporate nature, embody the will or
purpose of the Logos, and are the *cosmic "prototypes*"
of our solar *Angels*. The solar Angels on the
*mental plane of the system* embody as much of that will
and purpose as the Logos can work through in one single incarnation
and as They, in Their groups, can develop. They work [the cosmic Manasadevas
through the solar Angels], therefore, *through* egoic groups
and *primarily*, *after individualization*,
upon the *mental units* of the separated identities who go
to the constituency of the groups. This is Their secondary work. ...
Secondly, they work through
the *mental units*, impressing upon that atom that portion, microscopic
as it may be, of the logoic purpose which the individual can
work out on the physical plane. ...After the 3rd init., the will
or purpose aspect predominates.
It might here be noted that it is the positive force of the *Manasadevas*
that produces initiation. Their function is embodied by the *Hierophant*.
He, seeing before Him the vehicle for *buddhi*, passes
the voltage from the higher planes through His body, and by means of
the Rod (charged with positive manasic force) transmits this higher
manasic energy to the initiate so that he is enabled to know consciously
and to recognize the plan for his group-center through the immensely
increased stimulation. This force descends from the manasic permanent
atom via the *antaskarana* and is directed to whichever center
the Hierophant — under the Law — sees should be stimulated. He stabilizes
the force, and regulates its flow as it circulates throughout the egoic
Lotus, so that when the work of unfoldment is accomplished the *6th
principle* at the Heart of the lotus can stand revealed.
...
CF.688...Equally so in the next solar system, individualization
(if such an inadequate term may be applied to a state of consciousness
inconceivable even to an initiate of the 3rd Initiation) will not
be possible until the *second or sixth stage of Pleroma*.
Consciousness will blaze forth then on the *Monadic plane*,
and it will be *the plane of individualization*. All states
of consciousness below that high level will be to the Logos what the
consciousness of the three worlds is to Him now. Just as the physical
body of man is not a principle, so all planes at this time below the
fourth cosmic ether are not considered by the Logos to be a principle.
Our present solar *Angels* or fire devas will then have
a position analogous to that of the lunar *Pitris* now,
for all will form a part of the divine consciousness, and yet, will
be esoterically considered as "below the threshold" of consciousness.
CF.720Individualization in the next round will begin to show
indications of the third method, — that of the *next
system*. This method has been described as that of "occult
abstraction." It will concern itself with the withdrawal from out
o/t lowest type of the then existing men (through knowledge of the etheric
constitution of the body) o/t vitality latent in it, and a temporary
turning of that latent fire in the increase of the activity o/t germ
or spark of mind; this will be effected by a dynamic action o/t will.
...
CF.684-5We should ...study carefully the following statement ...concerned
w/ kama-manas, & wch deals w/the conditions wch produce individualization,
or which call forth into self-conscious Being the Monads seeking
full self-expression. It is as follows:
Only as the heart center of a
Heavenly Man (each in His cycle and each differing cyclically) becomes
vitalized and attains a certain vibratory capacity does the individualization
of the Monads become possible under the Law.
Again, it is only as the threefold dense physical body of a planetary
Logos (...our three worlds, the mental, astral and dense physical planes)
has reached a corresponding vibration and retraced the cyclic development
of the previous mahamanvantara, that there is produced that vibratory
contact which causes the shining out upon the mental plane of the
*egoic groups*.
... This life vibration emanates from *the soul of the mother*
(the correspondence to the *Pleroma* or *universal
soul*) and is coincident with the awakening of the *3rd spirilla*
in the permanent physical atom of the infant. ...all the preceding
stages are *rapidly* recapitulated, and just as in
the prenatal period the foetus recapitulates during the formative process
the history of the preceding *kingdoms*, so in the
solar system a similar procedure can be seen. (Note: These [lower]
three planes are the correspondences to the three lower spirillae
in the physical permanent atom of the solar Logos and the planetary
Logos.)
CF.881-2Love is
the right apprehension of the uses and purposes of form, and of
the energies involved in form-building, the utilization of form, and
the eventual dissipation of the superseded form. ...and it necessitates
the development of those powers within man which will make him a conscious
Builder, a *solar Pitri* of a coming cycle. This is one of the
great revelations at initiation: the unveiling to the initiate of the
particular cosmic center whence emanates the type of force or energy
which he, the initiate, will be concerned with when he becomes in due
course of time a *solar Pitri*, or divine *manasaputra*
to a coming humanity. Hence he must have, not only knowledge, but
the energy of love likewise to enable him to perform the function
of linking the higher three and the lower four of a future race of men
at some distant period, thus permitting of their individualizing through
the sacrifice of his own fully
conscious middle principle.
CF.950-1This work of destruction [of glamour] the Great Ones are bringing
about in four main ways:
... (4) By stimulating the egoic bodies of men so that the *solar
Angels* may carry on with greater precision and force their conflict
with the lunar gods. This is the true war in heaven. As the solar
Godsfn descend ever nearer to the physical plane, and in their descent
assume a steadily increasing control of the lunar natures, the thoughts
and desires of men are consequently purified and refined. The solar
fires put out the lunar light, and the lower nature is eventually purified
and transmuted. In time the *solar Angels* blaze forth in all
their glory through the medium of the lower nature on the physical plane,
that lower nature providing fuel to the flames. The hated "Dweller
on the Threshold" thus gradually dies for lack of sustenance, and
disintegrates for lack of vitality, and man is set free.
b. At present much of the manipulation
of mental matter and its direction into forms of some kind or another
emanates from lower levels, and is the result of powerful desire
based on physical attraction. The desire bodies, and not the mental
bodies of the majority of men are the most powerful, and set up such
a strong vibration (due to the force of two groups of lunar lords)
that the third group of lunar entities who construct the mental
body are swept into a willing response, and the whole threefold lower
nature is immediately engaged in the dire process of feeding the dreaded
"Dweller." This direction of energy follows the line of least
resistance. One of the primary works of the *Ego*, as we well
know, is to impose a new rhythm upon his shadow and reflection,
the lower man, and it is this imposition which in tim deflects energy
away from man's distorted creation, and brings his vibration into tune
with that of his *solar Angel*.
The devas who are the sumtotal of the energy of substance itself care
not what form they build. They are irresponsibly responsive to energy
currents, and theirs is not the problem of dealing with sources of energy.
Therefore, the place of man in the cosmic plan becomes more vital and
apparent when it is realized that one of his main responsibilities is
the direction of energy current from the mental plane, and the creation
of that which is desired on higher
levels. Men, as a whole, are undergoing evolutionary development
in order that they may become conscious creators in matter. ...
CF.973...The thought forms of the majority of human beings are
energized from no such high source, but find their active impulse emanating
from either the solar plexus, or the still lower organs of generation.
It is this constant stream of emotional or sexual energy which is responsible
for the chaotic conditions of the present; the balance is not preserved...
These forms, which scarce merit the prefix "thought,"
being largely kamic with an admixture of the lowest grade [7th] of
mental matter, are responsible for the heavy, slow vibrating or
pulsating fog or cloak which envelops the human family, and which produces
much of the present evil, crime and mental lethargy. People are mainly
polarized in the astral body, as we know, and the lower centers
are the most active; ...
CF.562...It should be remembered here that only
cosmic and solar *lords* formulate thoughts.
The lunar Lords and all lesser intelligences do not do so. Therefore,
the two above mentioned groups come under karmic law. They only are
self-conscious, and therefore responsible. Where self-consciousness
is not, there is no resopnsibility. Hence animals are notheld to be
responsible...
LUNAR LORDS, ANGELS, and PITRIS
EH.691 I would have you take notice of the importance of form activity.
It is the Form which shatters
the connection (the usually despised, belittled, frustrated form is
that which performs the final act), bringing complete liberation. The
"*Lunar Lord*" of the personality has achieved his goal, and
those elements which have composed his three vehicles (physical, astral,
mental), together with the life principle, will constitute the atomic
substance of the first body of manifestation of some soul seeking incarnation
for the first time. This is closely related to the abstruse subject
of the *permanent atoms*. It marks a moment of high initiation
for this *Lunar Lord* when he shatters the connection
and severs all relation w/ the hitherto informing soul. He is no
longer just a shadow, but has now those qualities which make
him "substantial" (in the esoteric sense) and a new factor
in time and space. [cf. 678-92 for 4th init.]
CF.632-3...the Agnichaitans, the Agnisuryans, and the *Agnishvattas*.
They are concerned primarily with the evolution of the dense body
of the Logos, the liquid, gaseous and dense subplanes of the cosmic
physical, or the three worlds of human endeavor;... Finally they are
concerned with the evolution of *consciousness* 7
in the three worlds, and particularly with the individualization of
the human unit of consciousness, and with the vitalization of the centers
in the body of the HMan with Whom we are peculiarly connected.
7
The *Lunar Angels* have to reach the plane of the solar Angels.
(SD1.203 os) They have to win immortality. (SD3.518-9 os) Self-consciousness
is their goal. (SD1.205, 2.622 os)
CF.779-80These
*lunar Pitris* embody the substance of man's lower bodies, just
as the solar Pitris sacrifice themselves to give him his egoic body,
and his consciousness. They are substance in its *dual*
aspect, and the *Lunar Pitris* in their higher grades are
the positive energy of atomic substance, and in their lower are the
negative aspect of the same substance. They might be considered, in
connection with man, as triple in their ranks:
a. The highest group of all receives the energy from the higher levels,
and ensouls the *spirillae* of the *three permanent atoms.*
b. The 2nd group, being the positive energy that attracts, builds and
forms the body of man on the three planes.
c. The lowest group are the negative aspect of energized substance
and the matter of the three sheaths.
CF.919It will have been noted that in the enumeration of these 2 main
groups, we did not touch upon that great group of Builders who are called
esoterically "Those who transmit the Word." I have only dealt
with the 2 groups who constitute the "*Army of the Voice.*"
This is due to the fact that in this section we are only dealing with
that army, or with those builders, great and small, who are swept into
activity as the Word of the physical plane sounds forth. The "*Transmitters
of the Word*" upon the *1st subplane or atomic level*
are those who take up the vibratory sound as it reaches them from the
astral plane and —passing it through their bod*ies*— send it
forth to the remaining subplanes. These transmitters may be, for the
purposes of clarity, considered as 7 in number. In their totality they
form the atomic physical bodies of the Raja Lord of the plane and in
a peculiarly occult sense these 7 form (in their major differentiations
on etheric levels) the sumtotal of the etheric centers of all human
beings, just as on the cosmic etheric levels are found the centers of
a HMan.
CF.1139The 2nd consideration is the karma and life-history of the *planetary
entity*. He sleeps and awakes; he is the embodiment of tamas, and
as he progresses and evolves so do the lower kingdoms.
The *lunar pitris* are to the *planetary entity* what
the three major centers are to man or to the Logoi. The *lunar Pitris*
who contribute the human form are (to the planetary entity) the correspondence
to the head center. Those
who are the fathers of the vegetable forms correspond to his
heart center, whilst the Pitris of the mineral kingdom are analogous
to the throat center. This
is all very obscure but hints of much value lie here.
MENTAL UNIT, PERMANENT
ATOMS, and EGOS
Peter
Kubaska
CF.1098The *mental body* is composed of only four types of essence,
whereas the astral body and the physical are formed of seven types.
The devas who compose this body are grouped together as "the
cohorts of the 4th order" and have a close connection with that
group of *cosmic Lives* who (through the impress of their influence
upon solar matter) are responsible for that fact that our system
is a system of the 4th order. This group of Lives is manipulated
and controlled, in the macrocosmic sense, from cosmic mental levels
via the central spiritual sun, and through what is called in
esoteric parlance "the 4th solar cavity." If students will
meditate upon the nature of the human heart and its various divisions,
and particularly upon one o/t valves, light upon this complex problem
may be forthcoming. There is a constant inflow of energy from these
great Entities on cosmic mental levels; this inflow is the very
life itself of the *solar units* who are the sumtotal of the
four lower subplanes of the mental plane, and consequently the
life of the individual units who form the mental bodies of all human
beings.
CF.937These are the four main groups of devas which come under
the influence of any particular *Ego* ["Transmitters of
the Word" [919ff] on *4th subplane* manasic, astral and
physical atomic; devas of mental unit and two lower permanent atoms].
They unitedly produce the lower man, and bring into manifestation the
Personality, that *reflection* of the Ego and *shadow*
of the Monad. The three grades of building *essence*
which are built into forms through the activity of the above
*four* groups are here briefly recognized as the mental substance,
built into the mental body, the astral substance, built into the astral
vehicle and the matter of the physical body. These seven groups
form, in their totality, what we might call the Brahma aspect
of the microcosm.
From another point of view, we may be considered as studying the action
of the solar *Angel*, or *Lord*, upon the
lunar angels, and the process whereby the solar *Lord*
imposes a certain rhythm and vibration upon different
aspects of lower manifestation.
The first step of the Ego towards producing a "shadow" is
expressed in the word "The Ego sounds his note." ...the lesser
"army of the voice" responds immediately to it. According
to the tone and quality of the voice, so is the nature of the of the
responsive agents. According to the depth or height of the note,
and according to its volume, so is the status or grade of building
deva which replies to the call.
CF.762...At the base of the lotus petals are three points of light which
mark the position of the *permanent atoms*, and which are the
medium of communication between the solar Angels and the lunar
Pitris. By means of these permanent atoms the Ego, according to
its state of evolution can construct his lunar bodies, acquire knowledge
on the lower three planes, and thus buy his experience, and becomes
aware. On a higher turn of
the spiral, the *Monad* through the egoic petals,
and thus with the aid of the solar Angels, acquires knowledge
and equally on more exalted levels becomes aware.
CF.1049-53...the physical body, the synthesis upon the physical plane
of the force pouring through into manifestation through the three
permanent atoms. ...
CF.1133The appearance, and the final disappearance, of any manifested
Life is intimately concerned with the possession, the evolutionary development,
and the final disintegration, o/t permanent atom. *Permanent atoms*,
as the term is usually understood, are the property of those lives
only who have achieved *self-consciousness*, or individuality,
and therefore relative permanence in time and space. The permanent
atom may be viewed as the focal point of manifestation on any particular
plane. It serves, if I may use so peculiar a term, as the anchor for
any particular individual in any particular sphere, and this is true
of the three great groups of self-conscious Lives: a. The incarnating
Jivas, or human beings, b. The planetary Logoi, c. The solar Logos.
CF.694Again, forms differ as do kingdoms according to the nature of
the force flowing through them. In the animal kingdom
that which corresponds to the *permanent atom* responds
to force of an *involutionary* character, emanating from
a particular group. The human *permanent atom*
responds to force emanating from a group on the *evolutionary*
arc and the Ray of a particular planetary Logos in Whose body a human
*Monad* has a definite place.
CF.517-8...as regards the solar Logos manifesting in the system,
we are concerned with but one permanent atom, and this is His physical
permanent atom. ...but we cannot penetrate the secret as yet of
His three lower permanent atoms as they function as a unity within
His causal vehicle. Until we can do this it is useless for us to conjecture
as to His fundamental Being.
...The *mental unit* is in a unique and peculiar position as
regards man, the Thinker in the causal body. ...In connection
with the HMen we have a secondary manifestation, and on the buddhic
plane we have Their *3rd aspect* found, leaving for
Their paramount manifestation of force, the cosmic gaseous plane,
or the manasic plane; They are essentially the divine Thinkers,
the *Manasaputras*. In connection, therefore with the Microcosm,
viewing him as part of a *center* in the *body*
of a *HMan*, we have a *lesser descent* within the gaseous
or fire manifestation of a solar *Lord*. This concerns
the three higher *subplanes* of what might be considered
as the manifestation of Man's three higher aspects in mental matter,
whilst on the *4th subplane* we have the *mental
centers* of man within the periphery of his mental body, of which
the *mental unit* is the unifying factor. This is
—as has been earlier said— a deep mystery, and one that can be no further
amplified.
CF.1124The various alignments [2 sets, above]... result in the transmission
of energy in the first case from the manasic permanent atom,
and in the second case from the buddhic permanent atom. It will
be apparent, therefore, how important it is that the student duly considers
the process of bringing about a uniform alignment, and a conscious
appreciation of the vibratory processes of these two groups. ...the
energy of the manasic permanent atom, for the force of *Mahat*
(of which Manas is an expression) is closely connected with what
is erroneously called "evil." *Mahat* and cosmic Evil
have a close connection.
CF.1125The first group of alignments, when not balanced by the second
group, is the line of the black magician; it will lead him eventually
out of the stream of 5-fold energy we call manasic
on to the cosmic path of *fohatic energy*, the strictly
*mahatic*.
CF.1126The subject is most intricate, but some light may come, if we
remember that manas on the mental plane is found in two expressions:—
the *mental unit* on the form levels and the *manasic
permanent atom* on the formless planes. These two types of
manas may be regarded as embodying the qualities of the two kinds, white
and black. ...
CF.407The 4th plane, the buddhic, by the aid of manas, will gradually
be realized. This will be done as manas is transmuted into wisdom. By
a few in this round the 5th principle will be superseded by the principle
of buddhi. Right on from now till the middle of the next round there
will be an overlapping of the four and the five —manas and the buddhic
principle— thus making the nine, or perfected man, the initiate.
It might also be remarked that more and more will the control of the
4th Kumara be evidenced and felt. On this I cannot enlarge, being only
permitted to make the statement.
The consciousness of the mass o/t human family will gradually pass on
to the *4th subplane* o/t mental plane, and be more and more
controlled by purely concrete mind. Unless this is paralleled by
a steady influx of egos on to the *buddhic plane* in conscious
activity, and thus out of the control of manas pure and simple, a very
serious condition will have to be handled by the Hierarchy.
CF.703...This fifth Hierarchy of *Agnishvattas* in their
many grades embody the "I principle" and are the producers
of self-consciousness, and the builders of man's body of realization.
In time and space, and on the mental plane, they are Man
himself in essential essence; they enable him to build his own body
of causes, to unfold his own egoic lotus, and gradually to free
himself from the limitations of the form which he has constructed, and
thus to put himself... into the line of another type of energy, that
of buddhi. ...through Their work man can become *conscious
without the manasic vehicle*, for manas is but the form through
which a higher principle is making itself known. [buddhi]
CF.953All that I have here said anent this "Dweller on the Threshold"
of the Path between the two great kingdoms, the 4th and the 5th, can
be studied by the student with a personal application. Facing each earnest
aspirant to the Mysteries is that vitalized form which he has himself
constructed and nourished during the course of his previous incarnations,
and which represents the sumtotal of his evil desires, motives and thoughts.
For ages it has vampirized him, and for ages it has represented that
which he has failed to achieve. It affects not only himself but also
all those units whom he contacts and meets. In its destruction he has
to pursue methods similar to those followed by the Great Ones, and through
the increasing power of his *solar Angel*, through the force
of his Ego, and through a study of law, the knowledge of the power of
sound, and the control of speech, he will eventually bring about its
disintegration. ...
EH.156a. The heart centre corresponds to the "heart of the Sun,"
and therefore to the spiritual source of light and love. ...
EH.157-8Thinking in the heart becomes truly possible only when the mental
faculties have been adequately developed and have reached a fairly high
stage of unfoldment. Feeling in the heart is often confused with thinking.
The ability to think in the heart is the result of the process of transmuting
desire into love during the task of elevating the forces of the solar
plexus into the heart center. Heart thinking is also one of the indications
that the higher aspect of the heart center, the 12-petalled lotus found
at the very center of the 1000-petalled lotus, has reached a point of
real activity. Thinking as a result of correct feeling is then substituted
for personal sensitivity. It gives us the first faint indications, likewise,
of that state of being which is characteristic of the monad and which
cannot be called consciousness — as we understand the term.
SOURCE.
. A.A. Bailey, A Treatise on Cosmic
Fire. . NY. Lucis Publishing Co., 1925, 1962 ed., 1982 pr.
SOURCE. . H.P. Blavatsky, The
Secret Doctrine, Centennial facsimile ed.Los Angeles. Theosophical
University Press, 1988.
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