theology
Incarnation
The doctrine that the divine or a spiritual principle takes on a specific, bounded material or bodily form — descending from an unconditioned state into individual, corporeal existence — as a discrete act rather than a diffuse pervading presence. The Christian Word made flesh, the Hindu avatara, the Egyptian pharaoh as living Horus, the Vajrayana tulku. Distinct from divine_immanence (the general claim that the divine pervades all of creation diffusely, not a specific embodiment-event) and separation_from_source (the felt exile FROM origin, the opposite motion) in describing a specific, individuated descent INTO a particular body or form.
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The Secret Doctrine | Page 3 (part 8)
“Moreover, the Secret Doctrine teaches: -- ( c ) The fundamental identity of all Souls with the Universal Over-Soul, the latter being itself an aspect of the Unknown Root; and the obligatory pilgrimage for every Soul -- a spark of the former…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 4 (part 4)
“I T IS THEY WHO ARE THOU, ME, HIM, OH L ANOO.
T HEY, WHO WATCH OVER THEE, AND THY MOTHER EARTH.
[[Vol.
1, Page]] 34 THE SECRET DOCTRINE.
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T HE ONE RAY MULTIPLIES THE SMALLER RAYS.
L IFE PRECEDES FORM, AND LIFE SURVIVES THE LAST ATOM…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 5 (part 8)
“The mystery in the hierarchy of the Anupadaka is great, its apex being the universal Spirit-Soul, and the lower rung the Manushi-Buddha; and even every Soul-endowed man is an Anupadaka in a latent state.
Hence, when speaking of the Univers…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 6 (part 3)
“The Lotus thus typifies the life of man and also that of the Kosmos; for the Secret Doctrine teaches that the elements of both are the same, and that both are developing in the same direction.
The root of the Lotus sunk in the mud represen…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 7 (part 6)
“"In the beginning, before Mother became Father-Mother, the fiery Dragon moved in the infinitudes alone" ( Book of Sarparajni.
) The Aitareya Brahmana calls the Earth Sarparajni, "the Serpent Queen," and "the Mother of all that moves." Befo…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 7 (part 8)
“And the numbers of these three words, Hoa Atah Ani, are 12, 406, and 61, which are resumed in the key numbers of 3, 10, and 7, by the Qabalah of the Nine Chambers, which is a form of the exegetical rule of Temura." It is useless to attempt…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 9 (part 1)
“The Secret Doctrine by H.
P.
Blavatsky -- Vol.
1 [[Vol.
1, Page]] 106 THE SECRET DOCTRINE.
STANZA V.
1.
T HE P RIMORDIAL S EVEN, THE FIRST SEVEN B REATHS OF THE D RAGON OF W ISDOM, PRODUCE IN THEIR TURN FROM THEIR HOLY CIRCUMGYRATING…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 9 (part 3)
“Fohat, then, is the personified electric vital power, the transcendental binding Unity of all Cosmic Energies, on the unseen as on the manifested planes, the action of which resembles -- on an immense scale -- that of a living Force created…”
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Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 7. The Pathology Of Non-Human Contacts-b
“In all cases the physical, etheric and astral bodies are involved; the vortex therefore always reaches as far as the astral plane; a soul upon the astral plane may be drawn into this vortex if it is ripe for incarnation, and thus enter the…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 7. The Pathology Of Non-Human Contacts-g
“The European belief of one man, one life, has imbued us with the idea of death as the supreme evil.
Therefore the European very often does not go to his death when he unites with the elements, but his higher self withdraws from incarnation…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 11. The Psychic Element In Mental Disturbance-a
“WE have seen in a previous Chapter that nervous and mental disorders can simulate a psychic attack, especially if the subject is familiar with the terminology of occultism.
We must also consider the part played by psychic attack in nervous…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 11. The Psychic Element In Mental Disturbance-d
“The older faiths knew this, but popular Christianity, which has no roots in tradition, has forgotten it.
Protestant Christianity threw away its occult aspect at the Reformation.
All the pagan pantheons have gross aspects of divinities as…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 13. The Motives Of Psychic Attack. I-b
“According to the Qabalists, Lilith was the first wife of Adam, who used to visit him in his dreams while he was as yet alone in the Garden of Eden, and the Lord God became so perturbed at these goings-on that He created Eve as a counter- at…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 13. The Motives Of Psychic Attack. I-c
“Anyone who has any knowledge of the esoteric aspect of sex knows that union is as much etheric as physical.
It is this fact which constitutes the real difference between normal union and self-abuse, and explains why the former is vitalisin…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 30
“TEMPERANCE. TEMPERANCE. 14. נ 14th Hebrew letter (Nun). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE FOURTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic sense of the Nun is the offspring of the female; a son, a fruit of any kind, all things produced. This let…”