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Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.

The passage explicitly contrasts the esoteric synthesis of the triad in 'pure divine abstraction' with the orthodox tendency to 'anthropomorphize it,' and characterizes the personal creative god as arising from 'the illusive conception of the Egotistic personal and human Soul.'

The doctrine of the periodic restoration or recurrence of all things to their original state after vast cycles.

The description of Pralaya (dissolution) followed by re-awakening, and the Manvantaric cycles of emanation and withdrawal, constitute the doctrine of periodic restoration after vast cycles.

Describing the divine only by negation—God transcends all positive categories and concepts; the via negativa.

The 'Unknown Root' and the One Principle described as 'sexless, unconditioned and eternal' beyond all positive categories suggest a via negativa approach to the supreme reality.

The universal fluid or medium of occult philosophy — Lévi's Great Magical Agent — that transmits will, thought, and magical influence between minds and matter, and preserves the impress of all forms and actions as a book of consciences; cognate with akasha and the anima mundi. Distinct from cosmic_sympathy (a doctrine of hidden affinity) in being a substantival medium that can be charged, directed, and abused.

The 'plastic Akasa, Father-Mother, the Spirit and Soul of Ether' that first re-awakes after Pralaya functions as the universal subtle medium through which all forms are preserved and re-manifested, cognate with the astral light concept.

The Hermetic axiom that the structure of the cosmos is reflected at every scale — 'as above, so below; as within, so without' — making each level a legible map of the others.

The passage explicitly states the seven cosmical and seven human principles mirror each other, and references 'whether Cosmical or micro-cosmical' as the same reality, embodying the as-above-so-below axiom.

A state of awareness transcending ordinary human consciousness, often involving unity with the universe or higher dimensions.

The 'fundamental identity of all Souls with the Universal Over-Soul' and the recognition that the One is 'the only reality in the Universe whether Cosmical or micro-cosmical' point toward a state of awareness transcending ordinary individual consciousness.

Narratives or doctrines of cosmic origin — how heaven, earth, and the primordial deities first came into being. The Kojiki's deities born alone on the Plain of High Heaven, Voluspo's Ginnungagap, Genesis's tohu wa-bohu, the Timaeus's Demiurge fashioning the Receptacle, the Hesiodic Theogony, the Kalevala's egg-cosmogony, Egyptian Nun-and-Atum. Distinct from emanation_hierarchy (structural-ontological cascade), letters_of_creation (mechanism of creation), and apocatastasis/frashokereti (end-state restoration); cosmogony is temporally-narrative beginning.

The passage narrates the re-awakening of the Universe after Pralaya: first the plastic Akasa, then the Circle with the root point in the Centre, then the triad branching into seven principles — a temporally-narrative account of cosmic origination.

A secondary creator deity—often ignorant or malevolent—responsible for fashioning the material world, distinct from the supreme transcendent God.

The creative god is characterized as 'false apprehension' arising from 'the illusive conception of the Egotistic personal and human Soul,' positioning a personal creator as an illusion distinct from the supreme principle.

The supreme God's radical concealment beyond ordinary knowledge or perception; the Hidden Father.

The 'Unknown Root' from which the Over-Soul is an aspect, and the One Principle in its absoluteness beyond all manifestation, suggest the supreme God's radical concealment beyond ordinary knowledge.

The doctrine that the divine is present within all things and the universe itself, pervading creation rather than remaining solely transcendent above it. Distinct from unity_of_being (the general claim that all existence is one substance, agnostic about whether that substance indwells its parts) and from kingdom_within (the divine present specifically IN THE INDIVIDUAL human, accessible without mediation) — divine_immanence is the general pervading-presence claim applied to all of creation, not a human-specific indwelling.

The passage states that 'Brahma is in every atom of the universe' and that the six principles in Nature are 'all the outcome — the variously differentiated aspects — of the SEVENTH and ONE, the only reality in the Universe whether Cosmical or micro-cosmical.'

The doctrine that God has no parts, divisions, or composite attributes; pure undivided being.

The One Principle is described as 'sexless, unconditioned and eternal' in its absoluteness, and the 'SEVENTH and ONE' is presented as having no parts or divisions prior to its periodical emanation.

Fragments of divine light or spirit trapped inside material bodies, awaiting liberation and return to their source.

Every Soul is described as 'a spark of the former' (the Universal Over-Soul) and 'the spark which issued from the pure Essence of the Universal Sixth principle,' trapped in the Cycle of Incarnation awaiting its return.

A chain of divine beings or principles flowing downward from a single transcendent source (the One or the Father), each level less perfect than the one above.

The passage explicitly describes the One Principle emanating, its radiation radiating in turn, and the triad branching off and dividing into seven cosmical and seven human principles — a full cascade from the transcendent source downward.

The Hermetic doctrine that a masculine-feminine generative principle operates on every plane of being, not only the biological — present at all times as a structural feature of creation itself. Distinct from divine_marriage (a specific reunification event or symbol) and aeons (paired divine beings arranged in syzygies, not a universal structural claim).

The passage explicitly states that the One Principle is sexless, its emanation is androgynous, and all radiations are androgynous 'to become male and female principles in their lower aspects' — a structural claim that the masculine-feminine generative principle operates on every plane of being.

Esoteric teachings reserved for those ready to receive them; outer meaning conceals an inner liberating truth.

The passage is from 'The Secret Doctrine' and refers to 'the Esoteric philosophy' and 'occultists' versus the ordinary understanding, implying teachings reserved for those initiated into the inner meaning.

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.

The passage describes the soul's descent through 'every elemental form of the phenomenal world' and the 'Cycle of Incarnation' as a discrete process of the unconditioned spark taking on bounded material and bodily forms across successive lives.

A non-physical dimension of reality, interpenetrating the physical world, populated by forces, beings, and forms ordinarily imperceptible to physical senses and instruments, that can affect embodied life without being seen — Dion Fortune's 'mind-side of nature,' the astral plane of Western esotericism broadly construed. Distinct from astral_light (a specific transmitting medium or fluid operating within this realm, not the realm itself), pleroma (the divine fullness at the summit of a cosmic hierarchy, not a parallel plane coextensive with ordinary life), and animism (particular indwelling spirits bound to specific natural objects, not the general unseen dimension itself).

The reference to Akasic or astral 'photographs' that persist during pralaya and the subtle planes of existence implies a non-physical dimension interpenetrating the physical world.

The doctrine that the cosmos unfolds as a structured descent of spirit into matter — a directional process traced stage by stage from an unconditioned principle down through successive planes to full materialization — complemented by its own eventual return ('evolution'). Distinct from emanation_hierarchy (the static structure of the resulting levels of the cascade) and cosmogony (a single originating event rather than an ongoing staged process) in naming the directional cosmic PROCESS of descent itself, paired with its own complementary ascent.

The passage describes the soul's directional process: passing through every elemental form of the phenomenal world, acquiring individuality, and ascending through all degrees of intelligence from mineral and plant up to the holiest archangel — a staged descent-then-ascent of spirit through successive planes.

The human being as a small-scale image of the entire cosmos; the body, soul, and intellect mirroring the structure of the heavens and the divine — distinct from correspondence in that it makes the human the privileged mirror.

The explicit mapping of seven cosmical principles onto seven human principles, with the human being described as containing the same structure as the cosmos, makes the human the privileged mirror of the whole.

The absolutely simple, undivided first principle from which all multiplicity and existence flows.

The 'SEVENTH and ONE, the only reality in the Universe' and 'the One Principle under its two aspects (of Parabrahmam and Mulaprakriti) is sexless, unconditioned and eternal' define the absolutely simple, undivided first principle from which all multiplicity flows.

The merging of the individual soul or self with the divine, transcending personal identity.

The 'fundamental identity of all Souls with the Universal Over-Soul' and the soul's ultimate return to its source describe the merging of the individual with the divine, transcending personal identity.

Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.

The passage repeatedly invokes specific numbers as structurally significant: the SEVENTH and ONE, the six principles, the triad, the seven cosmical and seven human principles, suggesting numbers as the underlying architecture of divine reality.

The dissolution of binary oppositions (male/female, inner/outer, above/below) as a mark of spiritual completion.

The One Principle is 'sexless' and the emanation is 'androgynous' before differentiating into male and female, suggesting the dissolution of binary oppositions at the highest level as a mark of completeness.

The Hermetic doctrine that apparent opposites are identical in nature but differ in degree — two extremes of the same scale (hot/cold, love/hate) — such that one pole can be shifted toward its opposite by a change of degree ('mental transmutation'). Distinct from opposites_transcended (a completion-state marking the path's end, not this doctrine's active technique) and magical_equilibrium (balance held BETWEEN two forces, not identity-by-degree of what looks like two forces).

The passage states that the androgynous radiation becomes 'male and female principles in their lower aspects,' presenting opposites as degrees of the same underlying androgynous unity rather than fundamentally different substances.

The doctrine that reality has two registers — an Absolute truth as the divine or ultimate mind knows it, and a Relative truth as finite human reason perceives and must act on — with both held as legitimate on their own plane rather than the second being simply an error to correct. Distinct from apophatic_theology (a claim about how the divine may be described, by negation) and unity_of_being (a claim that being is ultimately one) in being a claim about two coexisting registers of truth-claim itself.

The passage distinguishes between the absolute One (Parabrahmam) and its 'manifested phenomenal and temporary appearance' which is 'no better than an evanescent illusion of our senses' — holding both the absolute reality and the relative phenomenal register as legitimate on their own plane.

The soul's journey back to its divine origin, reversing the fall into matter through stages of purification or illumination.

The soul's 'obligatory pilgrimage through the Cycle of Incarnation' and its ascent 'through all the degrees of intelligence, from the lowest to the highest' describe the journey back to the divine origin.

The Hermetic doctrine of a measured swing or pendulum motion between poles — action and reaction, flow and outflow, rise and fall — operating in mental, physical, and cosmic-historical registers alike. Distinct from apocatastasis (cosmic-scale eschatological restoration after vast cycles) in naming a constant, ever-present oscillation rather than a singular restorative event.

The passage describes Cyclic and Karmic law, Manvantara cycles, and Pralaya as the periodic dissolution and re-awakening of the universe, embodying the doctrine of measured cosmic oscillation.

The transmigration of the soul across lives.

The passage explicitly names 'metempsychoses and reincarnations' and 'the Cycle of Incarnation' as the obligatory pilgrimage of every Soul through successive lives.

A staged journey of the soul upward through heavenly realms or levels of being toward the divine source.

The soul ascends 'through all the degrees of intelligence, from the lowest to the highest Manas, from mineral and plant, up to the holiest archangel (Dhyani-Buddha)' — a staged journey upward through levels of being.

The doctrine that the one Godhead or first principle subsists as three co-equal aspects or persons rather than a bare unity — the Christian Father/Son/Holy Ghost invoked in the recurring liturgical formula 'In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,' but structurally the same pattern as the Egyptian Amen/Ptah/Osiris, the Hindu Brahma/Vishnu/Siva, and the Kabbalistic Chochmah/Binah/Kether triads that esoteric writers explicitly map onto it as instances of one universal law. Distinct from unity_of_being (the general claim that all existence is one substance, agnostic about internal plurality) and divine_simplicity (God as having no parts or divisions at all) in asserting a definite three-aspected differentiation within a single divine essence.

The passage extensively compares the esoteric pregenetic triad (Father-Mother-Son, Atma-Buddhi-Manas) with the Christian Trinity, the Hindu Brahma-Vishnu-Siva, and the Kabbalistic triad, presenting them as instances of one universal three-aspected differentiation within a single divine essence.

Division of the human being into three principles: spirit (pneuma), soul (psyche), and body/matter (hyle or soma).

The passage explicitly names the triad as 'Atma-Buddhi-Manas (Spirit, Soul, Intelligence)' — the three principles of the manifested universe and the human being, corresponding to the spirit-soul-body division.

The doctrine that all existence is ultimately one substance or one divine reality; non-duality as a theological claim.

The passage's central claim is that the 'SEVENTH and ONE' is 'the only reality in the Universe whether Cosmical or micro-cosmical' and that all Souls share 'the fundamental identity' with the Universal Over-Soul — non-duality as the foundational theological claim.