It cannot be called so by men in their WAKING STATE; therefore they have named it in their ignorance ' God-Spirit.
' (xix.) " It exists everywhere and forms the first U PADHI ( foundation ) on which our World ( solar system ) is built.
Outside the latter it is to be found in its pristine purity only between ( the solar systems or ) the Stars of the Universe, the worlds already formed or forming; those in LAYA resting meanwhile in its bosom.
As its substance is of a different kind from that known on earth, the inhabitants of the latter, seeing THROUGH IT, believe in their illusion and ignorance that it is empty space.
There is not one finger ' s breath (ANGULA) of void Space in the whole Boundless ( Universe ).........
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Moreover, each of its states or principles is graduated into seven degrees of density.
S URYA ( the Sun ) , in its visible reflection, exhibits the first, or lowest state of the seventh, the highest state of the Universal PRESENCE , the pure of the pure, the first manifested Breath of the ever Unmanifested SAT ( Be-ness ) .
All the Central physical or objective Suns are in their substance the lowest state of the first Principle of the BREATH .
Nor are any of these any more than the REFLECTIONS of their PRIMARIES which are concealed from the gaze of all but the Dhyan Chohans, whose Corporeal substance belongs to the fifth division of the seventh Principle of the Mother substance, and is, [[Footnote(s) -------------------------------------------------]] * This (teaching) does not refer to Prakriti-Purusha beyond the boundaries of our small universe.
** The ultimate quiescent state: the Nirvana condition of the seventh Principle.
*** The teaching is all given from our plane of consciousness.
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therefore, four degrees higher than the solar reflected substance.
As there are seven Dhatu ( principal substances in the human body ) so there are seven Forces in Man and in all Nature.
(xxi.) " The real substance of the concealed ( Sun ) is a nucleus of Mother substance.
* It is the heart and the matrix of all the living and existing Forces in our solar universe.
It is the Kernel from which proceed to spread on their cyclic journeys all the Powers that set in action the atoms in their functional duties, and the focus within which they again meet in their SEVENTH ESSENCE every eleventh year.
He who tells thee he has seen the sun, laugh at him** as if he had said that the sun moves really onward on his diurnal path .
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" It is on account of his septenary nature that the Sun is spoken of by the ancients as one who is driven by seven horses equal to the metres of the Vedas; or, again, that, though he is identified with the SEVEN " Gaina " ( classes of being ) in his orb, he is distinct from them, *** as he is, indeed; as also that he has SEVEN RAYS, as indeed he has .
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(xxv.) " The Seven Beings in the Sun are the Seven Holy Ones, Self-born from the inherent power in the matrix of Mother substance.
It is they who send the Seven Principal Forces, called rays, which at the beginning of Pralaya will centre into seven new Suns for the next Manvantara.
The energy from which they spring into conscious existence in every Sun, is what some people call Vishnu ( see foot-note below ) , which is the Breath of the ABSOLUTENESS.
We call it the One manifested life -- itself a reflection of the Absolute .........
(xxvi.) " The latter must never be mentioned in words or speech LEST IT SHOULD TAKE AWAY SOME OF OUR SPIRITUAL ENERGIES THAT ASPIRE towards ITS state, gravitating ever onward unto IT spiritually, as the whole physical universe gravitates towards ITS manifested centre -- cosmically.
(xxvii.) " The former -- the Initial existence -- which may be called while in [[Footnote(s) -------------------------------------------------]] * Or the "dream of Science," the primeval really homogeneous matter, which no mortal can make objective in this Race or Round either.
** "Vishnu in the form of the Solar active energy, neither ever rises nor sets, and is at once, the sevenfold Sun and distinct from it," says Vishnu Purana (Book II., Chap.
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*** "In the same manner as a man approaches a mirror placed upon a stand, beholds in it his own image, so the energy or reflection of Vishnu (the Sun) is never disjoined but remains in the Sun as in a mirror that is there stationed" (" Vishnu Purana ") .
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this state of being the O NE L IFE, is, as explained, a F ILM for creative or formative Purposes.
It manifests in seven states, which, with their septenary sub-divisions, are the F ORTY-NINE Fires* mentioned in sacred books .
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' Mother ' ( prima MATERIA).
Separating itself into its primary seven states, it proceeds down cyclically; when** having consolidated itself in its LAST principle as GROSS MATTER, it revolves around itself and informs, with the seventh emanation of the last, the first and the lowest element ( the Serpent biting its own tail ) .
In a hierarchy, or order of being, the seventh emanation of her last principle is: -- ( a ) In the mineral, the spark that lies latent in it, and is called to its evanescent being by the P OSITIVE awakening the N EGATIVE ( and so forth ) .
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( b ) In the plant it is that vital and intelligent Force which informs the seed and develops it into the blade of grass, or the root and sapling.
It is the germ which becomes the U PADHI of the seven principles of the thing it resides in, shooting them out as the latter grows and develops.
( c ) In every animal it does the same.
It is its life principle and vital power; its instinct and qualities; its characteristics and special idiosyncrasies .
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( d ) To man, it gives all that it bestows on all the rest of the manifested units in nature; but develops, furthermore, the reflection of all its F ORTY-NINE F IRES in him.
Each of his seven principles is an heir in full to, and a partaker of, the seven principles of the " great Mother.
" The breath of her first principle is his spirit ( Atma ) .
Her second principle is B UDDHI ( soul ).
We call it, erroneously, the seventh.
The third furnishes him with ( a ) the brain stuff on the physical plane, and ( b ) with the MIND that moves it [which is the human soul.
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Describing the divine only by negation—God transcends all positive categories and concepts; the via negativa.
The Absolute is described as 'ever Unmanifested,' must 'never be mentioned in words or speech lest it take away some of our spiritual energies,' and is beyond all positive categorization.
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 'As there are seven Dhatu in the human body so there are seven Forces in Man and in all Nature,' and maps each cosmic principle onto its human counterpart (Atma, Buddhi, Mind) as a legible mirror at every scale.
The supreme God's radical concealment beyond ordinary knowledge or perception; the Hidden Father.
The Absolute is radically concealed: it is 'concealed from the gaze of all but the Dhyan Chohans,' must never be spoken of, and exists in a state of LAYA (dissolution) beyond ordinary perception.
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 God-Spirit is described as existing everywhere, forming the foundation of the solar system, and pervading all space in pristine purity between the stars, rather than remaining solely transcendent.
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 entire passage is structured as a cascading descent from the Unmanifested SAT (Be-ness) through the Universal PRESENCE, seven states, seven degrees of density, Mother substance, down to gross matter, with each level derived from the one above.
Esoteric teachings reserved for those ready to receive them; outer meaning conceals an inner liberating truth.
The passage is framed as esoteric teaching ('the teaching is all given from our plane of consciousness'), references the Dhyan Chohans as the only beings who can perceive certain realities, and warns against mentioning the Absolute lest it deplete spiritual energies.
The doctrine of the universe as boundless and without center or circumference, populated by innumerable worlds — Bruno's rejection of the closed Aristotelian sphere; the divine and the cosmos as ontologically infinite.
The universe is explicitly called 'Boundless' and described as containing innumerable solar systems, stars, and worlds 'already formed or forming,' with no void space anywhere.
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 passage describes a non-physical substance pervading all space that inhabitants of earth see through and mistake for empty void, constituting a parallel 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 explicitly traces the directional descent of spirit into matter: Mother substance 'proceeds down cyclically' through its seven states until it 'consolidated itself in its LAST principle as GROSS MATTER,' a staged process from unconditioned principle to full materialization.
The divine reason, word, or ordering principle through which the universe was created; mediates between the transcendent God and the material world.
The 'Breath of the ever Unmanifested SAT' and the 'One manifested life -- itself a reflection of the Absolute' serve as mediating principles between the transcendent Absolute and the manifested solar and material worlds.
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 human being is presented as the privileged mirror of the cosmos: 'Each of his seven principles is an heir in full to, and a partaker of, the seven principles of the great Mother,' with the breath of her first principle becoming his spirit.
The absolutely simple, undivided first principle from which all multiplicity and existence flows.
The 'ever Unmanifested SAT (Be-ness)' and the 'Absolute' function as the undivided first principle from which all multiplicity flows, though the emphasis is on the emanation process rather than the source's simplicity.
Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.
The number seven and its products (49 Fires, seven degrees, seven rays, seven horses) constitute the structural grammar of the entire cosmology, with numerical relationships defining the architecture of reality.
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 (the unmanifested SAT) and its manifested reflections, noting that inhabitants of earth 'believe in their illusion and ignorance' what is actually a different substance, implying two registers of perception on their own planes.
The doctrine that all existence is ultimately one substance or one divine reality; non-duality as a theological claim.
The passage asserts that all of existence is one substance: 'There is not one finger's breath of void Space,' and the God-Spirit 'exists everywhere,' with all manifested forms being reflections of the one Absolute.