CHAPTER XII.

Building a Kosmos.
It is not possible, at our present stage of evolu- tion, to do more than roughly indicate a few points in the vast outline of the kosmic scheme in which our globe plays its little part. By '*a kosmos" is here meant a system which seems, from our stand- point, to be complete in itself, arising from a single Logos, and sustained by His Life. Such a system is our solar system, and the physical sun may be considered to be the lowest manifestation of the Logos when acting as the centre of His kosmos ; every form is indeed one of His concrete manifesta- tions, but the sun is His lowest manifestation as the life-giving, invigorating, all-pervading, all-control- ling, regulative, co-ordinating, central power.
Says an occult commentary: Siarya (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 un- manifested Sat (Be-ness). All the central physical or objec- tive Suns are in their substance the lowest state of the first Principle of the Breath,*
are, in short, the lowest state of the "Physical Body" of the Logos.
All physical forces and energies are but transmu- tations of the life poured forth by the sun, the Lord
* Secret Doctrine, i., p. 309.
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and Giver of life to his system. Hence in many ancient religions the sun has stood as the symbol of the Supreme God — the symbol, in truth, the least liable to misconstruction by the ignorant. ]\Ir. Sinnett well says :
The solar system is indeed an area of Nature including more than any but the very highest beings whom our humanity is capable of developing are in a position to investigate. The- oretically we may feel sure — as we look up into the heavens at night — that the whole solar system itself is but a drop in the ocean of the kosmos, but that drop is in its turn an ocean from the point of view of the consciousness of such half- developed beings within it as ourselves, and we can only hope at present to acquire vague and shadowy conceptions of its origin and constitution. Shadowy, however, though these may be, they enable us to assign the subordinate planetary series in which our own evolution is carried on, to its proper place in the system of which it is a part, or at all events to get a broad idea of the relative magnitude of the whole sys- tem of our planetary chain, of the world in which we are at present functioning, and of the respective periods of evolution in which as human beings we are interested.*
For in truth we cannot grasp our own position in- tellectually without some idea — however vague it may be — of our relation to the whole ; and while some students are content to work within their ov.'n sphere of duty and to leave the wider reaches of life until they are called to function in them, others feel the need of a far-reaching scheme in which they have their place, and take an intellectual delight in soaring upwards to obtain a bird's-eye view of the whole field of evolution. This need has been recog- * The System to which we belong, p. 4.
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nized and met by the spiritual Guardians of human- ity in the magnificent delineation of the kosmos from the standpoint of the occultist traced by their pupil and messenger, H. P. Blavatsky, in the Secret Doctrine, a work that will become ever more and more enlightening as students of the Ancient Wis- dom themselves explore and master the lower levels of our evolving world.
The appearance of the Logos, we are told, is the herald of the birth-hour of our kosmos.
When He is manifest, all is manifested after Him; by His manifestation this All becomes manifest. "^
With Himself He brings the fruits of a past kos- mos— the mighty spiritual Intelligences who are to be His co-workers and agents in the universe now to be built. Highest of these are "the Seven," often Themselves spoken of as Logoi, since each in His place is the centre of a distinct department in the kosmos, as the Logos is the centre of the whole. The commentary before quoted says :
The seven Beings in the Sun are the Seven Holy Ones, Self- born from the inherent power in the matrix of Mother-sub- stance. . . . The energy from which they sprang into con- scious existence in every Sun is what some people call Vishnu, which is the Breath of the Absoluteness. We call it the one manifested Life— itself a reflection of the Absolute.
This ''one manifested Life" is the Logos, the mani- fested God.
From this primary division our Kosmos takes its sevenfold character, and all subsequent divisions in * Mundako panishad, H. ii. 10.
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their descending order reproduce this seven-keyed scale. Under each of the seven secondary Logoi come the descending hierarchies of Intelligences that form the governing body of His kingdom; among These we hear of the Lipika, who are the Recorders of the karma of that kingdom and of all entities therein; of the Maharajas or Devarajas, who super- intend the working out of karmic law ; and of the vast hosts of the Builders, who shape and fashion all forms after the Ideas that dwell in the treasure- house of the Logos, in the Universal Mind, and that pass from Him to the Seven, each of whom plans out His own realm under that supreme direction and all-inspiring life, giving to it, at the same time. His own individual coloring. H. P. Blavatsky calls these Seven Realms that make up the solar system the seven Laya centres ; she says :
The seven Laya centres are the seven Zero points, using the term Zero in the same sense that chemists do, to indicate a point at which, in Esotericism, the scale of reckoning of dif- ferentiation begins. From the Centres — beyond which Esoteric philosophy allows us to perceive the dim metaphysical outlines of the "Seven Sons" of Life, and Light the seven Logoi of the Hermetic and all other philosophies — begins the differentiation of the elements w^hich enter into the constitution of our Solar system.*
This realm is a planetary evolution of a stupendous character, the field in which are lived out the stages of a life of which a physical planet, such as Venus, is but a transient embodiment. We may speak of the Evolver and Ruler of this realm as a planetary * Secret Doctrine, i., p. 162.
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Logos, so as to avoid confusion. He draws from the matter of the solar system, outpoured from the central Logos Himself, the crude materials He re- quires, and elaborates them by His own life-energies, each planetary Logos thus specializing the matter of His realm from a common stock.* The atomic state in each of the seven planes of His kingdom being identical with the matter of a sub-plane of the whole solar system, continuity is thus established through- out the whole. As H. P. Blavatsky remarks, atoms change "their combining equivalents on every plan- et," the atoms themselves being identical, but their combinations differing. She goes on:
Not alone the elements of our planet, but even those of all its sisters in the solar system, differ as widely from each other in their combinations, as from the cosmic elements beyond our solar limit. . . . Each atom has seven planes of being, or existence, we are taught, t
— the sub-planes, as we have been calling them, of each great plane.
On the three lower planes of His evolving realm the planetary Logos establishes seven globes or worlds, which for convenience sake, following the received nomenclature, we will call globes A, B, C, D, E, F, G. These are the
Seven small wheels revolving.one giving birth to the other, spoken of in Stanza vi. of the Book of Dzymi:
He builds them in the likeness of older wheels, placing them on the imperishable centres.
* See Chapter I., on "The Physical Plane," the statement on the evolution of matter.
t Secret Doctrine, i., pp. 166 and 174.
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Imperishable, since each wheel not only gives birth to its successor, but is also itself reincarnated at the same centre, as we shall see.
These globes may be figured as disposed in three pairs on the arc of an ellipse, with the middle globe at the midmost and lowest point ; for the most part globes A and G — the first and seventh — are on the ariipa levels of the mental plane ; globes B and F — the second and sixth — are on the rupa levels ; globes C and E — the third and fifth — are on the astral plane; globe D — the fourth — is on the physical plane. These globes are spoken of by H. P. Blavatsky as "graduated on the four lower planes of the world of formation,"* i.e., the physical and astral planes, and the two subdivisions of the mental (riipa and arupa). They may be figured if
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physical
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archetypal
creative or intellectual
formative physical
* Secret Doctrine, i., p. 176.
t See p. 221 of the Secret Doctrine; the note is important, that the archetypal world is not the world as it existed in the
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This is the typical arrangement, but it is modified at certain stages of evolution. These seven globes form a planetary ring or chain, and — if for a mo- ment we regard the planetary chain as a v^^hole, as, so to say, an entity, a planetary life or individual — that chain passes through seven distinct stages in its evolution ; the seven globes as a whole form its planetary body, and this planetary body disinte- grates and is re-formed seven times during the plane- tary life. The planetary chain has seven incarna- tions, and the results obtained in one are handed on to the next.
Every such chain of worlds is the progeny and creation of another lower and dead chain — its reincarnation, so to say.*
These seven incarnationsf make up "the planetary evolution," the realm of a planetary Logos. As there are seven planetary Logoi, it will be seen that seven of these planetary evolutions, each distinct from the others, make up the solar system. J In an occult commentary this coming forth of the seven Logoi from the one, and of the seven successive chains of seven globes each, is described :
From one light seven lights; from each of the seven, 5«;ven times seven. §
Taking up the incarnations of the chain, the man- mind of the Planetary Logos, but the first model which was made.
* Secret Doctrine, i., p. 176.
t Technically called "manvantaras."
t Mr. Sinnett calls these "seven schemes of evolution."
S Secret Doctrine, i., p. 147.
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vantaras, we learn that these also are subdivisible into seven stages ; a wave of life from the planetary Logos is sent round the chain, and seven of these great life-waves, each one technically spoken of as "a round," complete a single manvantara. Each globe has thus seven periods of activity during a manvantara, each in turn becoming the field of evolving life.
Looking at a single globe we find that during the period of its activity seven root-races of a humanity evolve on it, together with six other non-human kingdoms interdependent on each other. As these seven kingdoms contain forms at all stages of evolu- tion, as all have higher reaches stretching before them, the evolving forms of one globe pass to an- other to carry on their growth when the period of activity of the former globe comes to an end, and go on from globe to globe to the end of that round; they further pursue their course round after round to the close of the seven rounds or manvantaras ; they once again climb onward through manvantara after manvantara till the end of the reincarnations of their planetary chain is reached, when the results of that planetary evolution are gathered up by the planetary Logos. Needless to say that scarcely any- thing of this evolution is known to us ; only the salient points in the stupendous whole have been indicated by the Teachers.
Even when we come to the planetary evolution in which our own world is a stage, we know nothing of the processes through which its seven globes
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evolved during its first two manvantaras ; and of its third manvantara we only know that the globe which is now our moon was globe D of that planetary chain. This fact, however, may help us to realize more clearly what is meant by these successive rein- carnations of a planetary chain. The seven globes which formed the lunar chain passed in due course through their sevenfold evolution ; seven times the life-wave, the Breath of the planetary Logos, swept round the chain, quickening iu turn each globe into life. It is as though that Logos in guiding His kingdom turned His attention first to globe A, and thereon brought into successive existence the in- numerable forms that in their totality make up a world ; when evolution had been carried to a certain point. He turned His attention to globe B, and globe A slowly sank into a peaceful sleep. Thus the life-wave was carried from globe to globe, until one round of the circle was completed by globe G finishing its evolution ; then there succeeded a period of rest,* during which the external evolution- ary activity ceased. At the close of this period, ex- ternal evolution recommenced, starting on its second round and beginning as before on globe A. The process is repeated six times, but when the sev- enth, the last round, is reached, there is a change. Globe A, having accomplished its seventh life-period, gradually disintegrates, and the imperishable laya centre state supervenes ; from that, at the dawn of the succeeding manvantara a new globe A is evolved * Technically called a pralaya.
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— like a new body — in which the "principles" of the preceding planet A take up their abode. This phrase is only intended to convey the idea of a relation between globe A of the first manvantara and globe A of the second; the nature of that connection re- mains hidden.
Of the connection between globe D of the lunar manvantara — our moon — and globe D of the terrene manvantara — our earth — we know a little more, and Mr. Sinnett has given a convenient summary of the slender knowledge we possess in The System to which we belong. He says :
The new earth nebula was developed round a centre bear- ing pretty much the same relation to the dying plant that the centres of the earth and moon bear to one another at present. But in the nebulous condition this aggregation of matter occu- pied an enormously greater volume than the solid matter of the earth now occupies. It stretched out in all directions so as to include the old planet in its fiery embrace. The temper- ature of a new nebula appears to be considerably higher than any temperatures we are acquainted with, and by this means the old planet was superficially heated afresh in such a man- ner that all atmosphere, water, and volatilizable matter upon it was brought into the gaseous condition and so became amenable to the new centre of attraction set up at the centre of the new nebula. In this way the air and seas of the old planet were drawn over into the constitution of the new one, and thus it is that the moon in its present state is an arid, glaring mass, dry and cloudless, no longer habitable, and no longer required for the habitation of any physical beings. When the present manvantara is nearly over, during the seventh round, its disintegration will be completed, and the matter which it still holds together will resolve into meteoric dust,*
* Op. cii., p. 19.
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In the third volume of the Secret Doctrine, in which are printed some of the oral teachings given by H. P. Blavatsky to her more advanced pupils, it is stated :
At the beginning of the evolution of our globe, the moon was much nearer to the earth, and larger than it is now. It has retreated from us, and shrunk much in size. (The moon gave all her principles to the earth.) ... A new moon will appear during the seventh round, and our moon will finally disintegrate and disappear.*
Evolution during the lunar manvantara produced seven classes of beings, technically called Fathers, or Pitris, since it was they who generated the beings of the terrene manvantara. These are the Lunar Pitris of the Secret Doctrine. More developed than these were two other classes — variously called Solar Pitris, Men, Lower Dhyanis — too far advanced to enter on the terrene evolution in its early stages, but requiring the aid of later physical conditions for their future growth. The higher of these two classes consisted of individualized animal-like beings, creatures with embryonic souls, i.e., they had de- veloped the causal body; the second were approach- ing its formation. Lunar Pitris, the first class, were at the beginning of that approach, showing mentality, while the second and third had only developed the kamic principle. These seven classes of Lunar Pitris were the product the lunar chain handed on for further development to the terrene, the fourth reincarnation of the planetary chain.
* Op cii., p. 562.
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As Monads — with the mental principle present in the first, the kamic principle developed in the sec- ond and third classes, this germinal in the fourth, only approaching the germ stage in the still less developed fifth, and imperceptible in the sixth and seventh — these entities entered the earth-chain, to ensoul the elemental essence and the forms shaped by the Builders.*
The nomenclature adopted by me is that of the Secret Doctrine. In the valuable paper by Mrs. Sin- nett and Mr. Scott-Elliot on the Lunar Pitris, H. P. B.'s 'Xower Dhyanis," that incarnate in the third and fourth rounds, are taken as the first and second classes of Lunar Pitris ; their third class is therefore H. P. B.'s first class, their fourth class her second, and so on. There is no difiference in the statement of facts, only in nomenclature, but this difiference of nomenclature may mislead the student if it be not explained. As I am using H. P. B.'s nomenclature, my fellow-students of the London Lodge and the readers of their ''Transaction" will need to remem- ber that my first is their third, and so on sequen- tially.
The "Builders" is a name including innumerable Intelligences, heirarchies of beings of graduated consciousness and power, who on each plane carry out the actual building of forms. The higher direct
♦H. P. Blavatsky, in the Secret Doctrine, does not include those whom Mrs. Sinnett calls first- and second-class Pitris in the "monads from the lunar chain" ; she takes them apart as "men," as "Dhyan Chohans." Compare i., pp. 197, 207, 211.
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and control, while the lower fashion the materials after the models provided. And now appears the use of the successive globes of the planetary chain. Globe A is the archetypal world, on which are built the models of the forms that are to be elaborated during the round ; from the mind of the planetary Logos the highest Builders take the archetypal Ideas, and guide the Builders on the arupa levels as they fashion the archetypal forms for the round. On globe B these forms are reproduced in varied shapes in mental matter by a lower rank of Builders, and are evolved slowly along different lines, until they are ready to receive an infiltration of denser matter; then the Builders in astral matter take up the task, and on globe C fashion astral forms, with details more worked out; when the forms have been evolved as far as the astral conditions permit, the Builders of globe D take up the task of form-shaping on the physical plane, and the lowest kinds of matter are thus fashioned into appropriate types, and the forms reach their densest and most complete condition.
From this middle point onwards the nature of the evolution somewhat changes ; hitherto the greatest attention had been directed to the building of the form ; on the ascending arc the chief attention is directed to using the form as a vehicle of the evolv- ing life and on the second half of the evolution on globe D, and on globes E and F the consciousness expresses itself first on the physical and then on the astral and lower mental planes through the equiva- lents of the forms elaborated on the descending arc.
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On the descending arc the Monad impresses itself as best it may on the evolving forms, and these impres- sions appear vaguely as impressions, intuitions, and so on ; on the ascending arc the Monad expresses itself through the forms as their inner ruler. On globe G the perfection of the round is reached, the Monad inhabiting and using as its vehicles the archetypal forms of globe A.
During all these stages the Lunar Pitris have acted as the souls of the forms, brooding over them, later inhabiting them. It is on the first-class Pitris that the heaviest burden of the work falls during the first three rounds. The second- and third-class Pitris flow into the forms worked up by the first; the first prepare these forms by ensouling them for a time and then pass on, leaving them for the ten- ancy of the second and third classes. By the end of the first round the archetypal forms of the mineral world have been brought down, to be elaborated through the succeeding rounds, till they reach their densest state in the middle of the fourth round. "Fire'' is the "element" of this first round.
In the second round the first-class Pitris continue their human evolution, only touching the lower stages as the human foetus still touches them to-day, while the second class, at the close of the round, have reached the incipient human stage. The great work of the round is bringing down the archetypal forms of vegetable life, which will reach their per- fection in the fifth round. "Air" is the second round "element."
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111 the third round the first-class Pitris become definitely human in form; though the body is jelly- like and gigantic, it is yet, on globe D, compact enough to begin to stand upright; he is ape-like and is covered with hairy bristles. The third-class Pitris reach the incipient human stage. Second- class solar Pitris make their first appearance on globe D in this round, and take the lead in human evolution. The archetypal forms of animals are brought down to be elaborated into perfection by the end of the sixth round, and "water" is the char- acteristic "element."
The fourth round, the middle one of the seven that make up the terrene manvantara, is distin- gtiished by bringing to globe A the archetypal forms of humanity, this round being as distinctively hu- man as its predecessors were respectively animal, vegetable, and mineral. Not till the seventh round will these forms be all fully realized by humanity, but the possibilities of the human form are mani- fested in archetypes in the fourth. "Earth" is the "element" of this round, the densest, the most ma- terial. The first-class solar Pitris may be said to hover round globe D more or less in this round dur- ing its early stages of activity, but they do not defi- nitely incarnate until after the third great outpour- ing of life from the planetary Logos in the middle of the third race, and then only slowly, the number increasing as the race progresses, and multitudes incarnating in the early fourth race.
The evolution of humanity on our earth, globe D,
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offers in a strongly marked form the continual sevenfold diversity already often alluded to. Seven races of men had already shown themselves in the third round, and in the fourth these fundamental divisions became very clear on globe C, where seven races, each with sub-races, evolved. On globe D humanity begins with a First Race — usually called a Root-Race — at seven different points, "seven of them, each on his lot."* These seven types side by side, not successive — make up the first root-race, and each again has its own seven sub-races. From the first root-race — jelly-like amorphous creatures — evolves the second root-race with forms of more definite consistency, and from it the third, ape-like creatures that become clumsy gigantic men. In the middle of the evolution of this third root-race, called the Lemurian, there come to earth — from another planetary chain, that of Venus, much farther ad- vanced in its evolution — members of its highly evolved humanity, glorious Beings, often spoken of as Sons of the Fire, from Their radiant appearance, a lofty order among the Sons of Mind.f They take up Their abode on earth, as the Divine Teachers of the young humanity, some of them acting as chan- nels for the third out-pouring and projecting into animal man the spark of monadic life which forms the causal body. Thus the first, second, and third classes of Lunar Pitris become individualized — the
* Book of Dzyan, 13. Secret Doctrine, ii.
t Manasaputra. This vast hierarchy of self-conscious Intelli- gences embraces many orders.
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vast bulk of humanity. The two classes of solar Pitris, already individualized — the first ere leaving the lunar chain and the second later — form two low orders of the Sons of Mind; the second incarnate in the third race at its middle point, and the first come in later, for the most part in the fourth race, the Atlantean. The fifth, or Aryan race, now leading human evolution, was evolved from the fifth sub- race of the Atlantean, the most promising families being segregated in Central Asia, and the new race- type evolved, under the direct superintendence of a Great Being, technically called a Manu. Emerging from Central Asia the first sub-race settled in India, south of the Himalayas, and in their four orders of teachers, warriors, merchants, and workmen,* be- came the dominant race in the vast Indian peninsula, conquering the fourth-race and third-race nations who then inhabited it.
At the end of the seventh race of the seventh round, i.e., at the close of our terrene manvantara, our chain will hand on to its successor the fruits of its life ; these fruits will be perfected divine men, Buddhas, Manus, Chohans, Masters, ready to take up the work of guiding evolution under the direction of the planetary Logos with hosts of less evolved entities of every grade of consciousness, who still need physical experience for the perfecting of their divine possibilities. The fifth, sixth, and seventh manvantaras of our chain are still in the womb of the future after this fourth one has closed, and then
* Brahmanas, Kshattryas, Vaishyas, and Shudras.
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the planetary Logos will gather up into Himself all the fruits of evolution, and with his children enter on a period of rest and bliss. Of that high state we cannot speak ; how at this stage of our evolution could we dream of its unimaginable glory; only we dimly know that our glad spirits shall "enter into the joy of the Lord," and, resting in Him, shall see stretching before them boundless ranges of sublime life and love, heights and depths of power and joy, limitless as the One Existence, inexhaustible as the One that is.
Peace to all Beings.
INDEX
Abstract ideas Ill, 217
Accidents 243, 265^
Adi-Buddha 15
Affections the root of moral evolution 216
Agni 66
Ain Soph 17
Ameshaspends 20, 22, 184
Amitabha 14, 15
Amun-Ra, hymn to 18
Ancient of the Ancients 17
Angels 17, 28, 114, 115
Animal kingdom 49, 68, 190-193, 281
Antenatal life 205
Archangels 21, 28, 114
Archetypes 316, 323, 324, 325
Armaiti 22
Aryan race 6, 11, ZZl
Astral body 68-70, 72-81, 87, 89, 96, 97, 104, 122, 123, 161,
176, 191, 202, 203, 222-224, 252, 253, 260, 266,
281,287,301,323
" energy 247, 252-254, 256
" plane, the 57, 80, 117, 186, 223, 247, 302
" vision 59
Atlantis 5, 7
Atoms 42, 43, 44, 57, 109, 110, 187, 315
Auharmazd (Ahura-Mazda, Harmazd) . 19, 20, 21, 22, 31, 184
Aura, health 50, 51
Auric ^z% 129, 168, 169
Avalokiteshavra 15
Barriers between souls 117
Basis of religions, common 2, 4
Body, leaving the 36, 228, 229
Brahma 13, 15, 111
Brahman 11, 12, 13 14, 42, 164, 276
330 INDEX.
Brahmanical religion 11, 14, 15, 27
Bramha-Vidya 1
Breath, the divine 9, 30, 313, 319
Brotherhood of Man 170-174
of Teachers. . . 3, 29, 37, 39, 71, 89, 91, 119, 152, 156, 168, 194, 210, 272, 283, 294-296, 326
Buddhas 327
Buddha, the 15
Buddhi 165
Buddhic body 167, 169, 176, 225, 290
plane 36, 117, 165-168, 171, 175, 287
state 36, 166
Buddhism 14, 15
Buddhist.. 4, 111, 112, 114, 137, 168, 179, 180, 302, 305, 306, 307
Buddhist and Gnostic thought 26
" Greek " 25
Builders, the 48, 314, 322, 323
Building a kosmos. 311-328
Causal body 131, 132, 133, 139, 146, 176, 193, 196, 201
203, 225, 326
Chakras 74, 76, 78
Chenresi 15
Child-life 206, 207
China 5
Chinese Buddhism 15
" religion 9
Christian. .4, 18, 27, 32, 101, 112, 114, 115, 137, 157, 160, 184, 275
Chwang-tze 9, 11
Clairvoyance 54
Colors 73, 76, 78, 102, 112, 114, 223
Common basis of religions 2, 4
Concealed mystery, the 8
Conscience 215
Continuity of forms 182, 200
of life 182-184, 200
Conversions 262, 263
INDEX. 331
Crimes, inevitable 261
Death 56, 85, 86, 87, 89, 158, 199, 252
Dense physical body 49-56, 85, 205, 219-221, 266, 267
Desire-energies 247, 252-254
Desires 211-215, 247, 251-254, 263, 268, 269
Devachan 58, 137-162, 268
stay in 138, 139, 199
Devas 66, 114, 137
Dhruvam, the 87
Disciple 72, 119, 156, 157, 223, 220, 294-308
Discipleship, qualifications for 226, 2%-301
Divine Ruler of the Golden Gate 6
Divine Wisdom, the 1,4
Dreams 55, 76, 77, 99. 221, 222, 228
Effect of belief in Karma 273, 274
" of environment 200, 201
Egypt 18
Elemental essence 48, 59, 60, 73, 113, 114
kingdoms 48, 114, 184-186
Elementals, artificial 60-65, 115
building 275
desire 69, 72, 73
natural 65-69, 75, 95, 283, 284
Elements 45, 46, 67, 114, 324, 325
Etheric double 49-56, 68, 85, 87, 187, 205, 221, 266, 267
Evolution and reincarnation 179, 180
in Devachan 145
monadic 184-193, 280, 281
why possible 40, 44, 163, 240, 241
Factors in reincarnation 202-205
Fairies 67
Family likeness 235
Fetters, casting away 305-308
Fifth race 6, 11
"Form" and "formless" levels of manasic plane.... 110, 111,
139, 153, 307
332 INDEX.
"Formless" levels 128, 133, 137, 154-157, 158, 184, 218
Fourth race 5
Freeing soul from body 36, 228, 229
Freewill and necessity 262
Friends in heaven, our 143, 144
Fundamental truths of religion 5
Genius 108, 232, 233
God manifested as unity 5, 7,%, 12, 17, 22, 41, 313
" duality 5, 7, 8, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 41
" trinity. ... 5, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 22, 41
Gods of the elements 66
Greek and Bhuddist thought 25
" Gnostic " 26
" Hindu " 25
Hamilton, Sir William, as child 233, 234
Heavens 100-102, 284, 285
Hebrew 17, 18, 20, 32, 166
Hells 83, 84, 92-97
Heredity 183, 235, 266, 267
Hindu 4, 12, 13, 15, 25, 30, 66, 83, 87, 111, 112, 114. 137,
164, 166, 168, 275, 285, 302, 305, 306, 307, 327
" and Greek thought 25
Holy Spirit 27, 111
Horus 18
Hostility of elemental world 65, 66
Illusions in Devachan 139-144
Illusory "F's 132, 133, 160
Individuality 161, 192. 193, 308
Indra 66
Infant prodigies : 233, 234
Initiates 3, 6, 7, 70, 71, 119, 156
Initiations 304-307
Instinct 192
Kama 69, 81, 82, 175
Kamadevas 69
Kamaloka 58, 83-106, 137. 146. 148
INDEX. 333
Kamaloka, divisions of 91-103
stay in _ 83, 89, 199
Kama-Manas 121, 175, 176
Kamarupa 69
Karma 15, 128, 243-274, 275, 277, 286, 306, 315
" collective 248, 264, 265
" ending of 268-273
" individual 248, 251, 264, 267, 270
" Lords of 204, 205, 259, 265, 267
" three kinds of 248, 259-263
Karmic causes, three kinds of 247, 249-255
Kosmos, building a 311-328
definition of 311
Ko Yiian 6
Kshiti 66
Law inviolable 243-246
Levitation 66
Liberation, longing for 269, 292-294, 300
Life-waves 38, 44, 48, 59, 318
Linking of vehicles 226, 227
Lipika, the 266, 314
Logoi 19, 22, 164, 184, 313, 317
Logos 11, 15, 16, 20, 23, 27, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44, 48, 52, 128.
157, 163, 168, 170, 175, 181, 200, 218, 275-277, 287,
288,311,314,315
" first 14, 17, 19, 22, 27, 41
" planetary 315, 317, 318, 319, 323, 325, 327, 328
" second 18, 21, 22, 27, 41
" third 15, 22, 27, 41, 111, 165
Lotus 13, 15
Lower Dhyanis 321, 322, 325, 327
Quaternary 81
Lunar Pitris 321, 322, 324-326
Maharajas 266, 314
Mohammedans 114, 137, 229
Manasaputra 193, 326, 327
334 INDEX.
Mandjusri 15, 111
Man's ascent 291-310
Masters. . . .3, 37, 39, 71, 72, 89, 106, 116, 119, 152, 156, 157, 168, 183, 210, 216, 223, 263, 272, 283, 294-296, 300-306,
309, 310. 327
Maya 42, 276
Mayavirupa 115
Mediums 55, 66, 91, 98, 100, 101, 102
Memory 123, 128, 145, 190, 208, 212, 225, 236-240, 254
Mental atmosphere 63-65
attributes, the six 297-301
" bodies 122-127, 130, 137, 139, 153, 154, 160, 176, 196, 197,
202, 203, 223-225, 251, 260-266
" energies 247, 250-252, 256
" images 209, 211, 217, 227, 250-252
" plane, 107-136, 117, 158, 175, 217, 223, 247, 286, 287, 323
Mesmeric energy 51
Mineral kingdom 49, 68, 187, 188, 280, 281
Mithra 22
Monad, the.. ..48, 49, 52, 59, 68, 114, 164, 168, 175, 181, 184-
196,, 280-282, 290, 308, 324
Monads 322
Monadic evolution 184-193. 280, 281
Mongolian 6, 7
Moon 319-321
Motive 248, 256-258, 288
Nature-spirits 65-69
Necessity and freewill 262
Neo-platonic schools 33, 35, 36
Nepaulese Buddhism 15
Nirvana 16, 170, 308, 309
Nirvanic consciousness 169, 170, 309
plane 117, 168, 169, 170, 175
Occultists, white and black 71
One Existence, the 5, 11, 14, 19, 23, 28, 42, 328
One Life, the 5. 8, 81, 176, 313
INDEX. 335
One Reality, the 5, 7
One. the 8, 9. 11, 14, 24, 25, 40, 164, 217, 218. 328
Orphis system 23
Osiris-Ani 19
Osiris-Isis 18
Padmapani 15
Parsis modern 22
Path, probationary, the 296-303
" the 291-310
Pavana 66
Personality 160, 161, 190, 192. 213, 221
Physical body 49-56, 68, 85. 87, 130. 161, 176, 191, 202,
203, 204, 219-222, 226, 227, 260. 266, 267
energies 247. 254, 255
Pitris, lunar 321, 322. 324-326
" solar 321, 322, 325, 327
Plane, astral 58-82, 117, 186. 223, 247, 302
" buddhic 36, 117, 165-168, 171, 175, 287
definition of 47
" mental 107-136, 117. 158, 175, 217. 223, 247, 286
287, 323
" nirvanic 117, 168, 169, 170. 175
" physical 40-56, 247, 251. 258. 287. 323
Planes of universe 42. 43, 248, 255, 256, 258
Planetary chain 315-318, 319, 323, 326, 327
Prana 50. 81, 85, 87, 175, 176, 222
Prayers, protective 61, 106
Predestination 230
Pre-existence of the soul 28
Pretaloka 83
Principles 81, 175-178
Psychics 71 , 12
Purification by vibrations 51, 75. 11
Pythagorean school 25. 33-35
Qualifications for discipleship 296-301
Ra 18
336 iND^x.
Real and unreal 267, 269
Reality of devachanic life 139-144
" the One 5, 7
Regions of Davachan 149-157
of Kamaloka 84, 85
Reincarnation 5, 11, 14, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 28, 72, 128, 148,
15&-160, 162, 179-241, 286, 243, 268, 271, 273,
303, 304, 306
proofs of 229-240
Root-races 318, 325, 326, 327
Round, a 318, 327
Sacrifice, definition of 275, 276
law of 275-290
lessons in 283-286
Logos, of the 275-277
practice of 288-290
suffering and 278-280
Sankhyan and Gnostic systems 21
Savage, mental state of 209
Self, the. . . . 5, 12, 13, 36, 71, 107, 129, 132, 133, 141, 163, 164,
166, 168, 172, 176, 181, 250, 290, 309
Shell 104-106
Shells, concentric 87, 88, 91
Shiva 12, 13, 15
Sleep 55, 12, 75, 76, 11, 78
Solar body, the 167
'* pitrls 321, 322, 325, 327
Sons of Mind 193, 194, 210, 326
Sons of the Fire 326
Soul 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 23, 28, 83, 96, 99, 100, 145, 148
153-156, 158, 165, 175, 176, 194, 196-202, 210, 219, 228-231, 249, 260, 266, 268, 291, 301, 304
Souls, earthbound 98
Spiritual Intelligences 5, 9, 35, 48, 114, 170, 194, 204, 266
313, 314, 322, 323
Stages of consciousness, intellectual 216-218
" " " sensational 208-212
INDEX 337
Stages of struggle 212-216
" of unity 218
Students in kamaloka 103
Subdivisions of matter 45.47, 58, 109, 110
Suicide (sudden death) 89-91
Sun, life currents from the 50
the 311^ 312
^^^ 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Teachers 3, 37, 39, 71, 72, 89, 106, 116, 119, 152, 156, 157,
168, 183, 210, 216, 223, 263, 272, 283, 294-296, 300-306, 309, 310, 326, 327
Tendencies 263
Theosophical Society I73
Theosophy 1, 4, 37, 82
Thinker, growth of the 196-202, 208-213
" the 107, 108, 112, 115, 117, 118-121, 124, 127,
128-136, 137, 141, 144, 146-148, 153, 160-162^
165, 167, 196, 197, 202, 203, 206, 208, 209, 210,
215-223, 225, 239, 240
Thought-forms 60-65, 99, 112-114, 250-252
Three worlds, the 158, 160, 269. 286. 292
Toltec empire 7
Triad ........'..' 23
T^^m^^ti 13^ 14^ 1^
Tnmty, man a 5, 9, 164, 175. 193
the manifested God a 5, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18
T • • r. 1 r ^^' 23. 27, 184 1 riviahty, results of 97 gg
Turanian c y
Twins, the pair of 20 21 22
likeness and unlikeness between 235
Universal mind 1 1 1
Vach 27
^^^""^ v.'.'.' *.'**.'.■*'.'.. '.'."22, 66
338 INDEX.
Vegetable kingdom 49, 68, 18&-190, 280, 281
Vegetables sensitive 68
Vehicles of consciousness 218-229
Vibrations.... 51, 52, 53, 60, 74, 75, 11, 79, 105, 108, 110, 112 118, 120, 121, 122, 125-127, 133, 134, 181, 219-
222, 227, 248, 250
Virtues, classification of 35
Vishnu 13, 15
Vivisectors 95, 96
Vohuman 22
White and black occultists , 71
Will 212-216, 262
Wraith, the 56
Yatana, the 87
Young, Dr., as child 233
Zoroaster (Zarathustra) 21
Zoroastrianism 19, 21, 22
Zoroastrians 114. 137, 184, 275
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An Outline of Theosophy. C. W. Leadbeater. Popular Lectures. Annie Besant. Riddle of Life. Annie Besant. Theosophy for Beginners. C. W. Christie. First Steps in Theosophy. E. Mallet.
STUDY COURSE NO. 1
Man and His Jodies. Annie Besant.
Man's Life in This and Other Worlds. Annie Besant.
Astral Plane. C. W. Leadbeater.
Devachanic Plane. C. W. Leadbeater.
Reincarnation. Annie Besant.
Karma. Annie Besant.
A Text Book of Theosophy. • C. W. Leadbeater.
Clairvoyance. C. W. Leadbeater.
Dreams. C. W. Leadbeater.
In the Outer Court. Annie Besant.
Devotional
At the Feet of the Master. J. Krishnamurti.
STUDY COURSE NO. 3
The Ancient Wisdom. Annie Besant.
Thought Power. Annie Besant.
ThoughtForms. Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater.
Man: Visible and Invisible. C. W. Leadbeater.
Study in Consciousness. Annie Besant.
Path of Discipleship. Annie Besant.
Man, Whence, How and Whither. Annie Besant and C. W.
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SCIENTIFIC
Valency of the Chemical Atom, de Jongh. The Physics of the Secret Doctrine. Wm. Kingsland. Scientific Corroborations of Theosophy. Dr. A. Marques. Esoteric Buddhism; Nature's Mysteries. A. P. Sinnett. Theosophy and Modern Thought. C. Jinarajadasa.
ETHICAL.
The Way of Service; Brotherhood. G. S. Arundale.
The Path of Discipleship; In the Outer Court; The Laws of the Higher Life; Three Paths to Union With God; Dharma; The Path to the Masters of Wisdom; Initiation, the Per- fecting of Man; The Spiritual Life; Spiritual Life for the Man of the World; The Doctrine of the Heart; Superhuman Men; Mysticism. Annie Besant.
The Voice of the Silence. H. P. Blavatsky.
The Secret of Happiness. Irving S. Cooper.
The Heart of the Master. C. Crozier.
In His Name; Christ and Buddha; Flowers and Gardens; The Lord's Work. C. Jinarajadasa.
RELIGIOUS
Universal Textbook of Religion and Morals; Four Great Re- lig-ions, Hints on the Study of the Bhagavad-Gita; The Wisdom of the Upanishads; An Advanced Textbook of Hindu Religion and Ethics; Buddhist Popular Lectures; The Relfgious Problem in India; Esoteric Christianity. Annie Besant.
The Christian Creed. C. W. Leadbeater.
Fragments of a Faith Forgotten. G. R. S. Mead.
A Buddhist Catechism. H. S. Olcott.
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Theosophy and The Theosophical Society. Annie Besant.
The Adyar Album. J. Krishnamurti.
Old Diary Leaves, Vol. IV. H. S. Olcott.
Incidents in the Life of Madam Blavatsky. A. P. Sinnett.
Reminiscences of H. P. B. and the Secret Doctrine. Countess
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Other Side of Death, The. C. W. Leadbeater.
London Lectures, 1907. Annie Besant.
Occult World, The. A. P. Sinnett.
Some Glimpses of Occultism. C. W. Leadbeater.
Study in Karma, A. Annie Besant.
Mysticism. Annie Besant.
Hidden Side of Things, The. C. W. Leadbeater.
Five Years of Theosophy.
Evolution and Occultism. Annie Besant.
Practical Occultism and Occultism versus Occult Arts. H. P.
Blavatsky. Methods of Psychic Development. I. S. Cooper.
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Changing World, The. Annie Besant.
Science of Social Organization, The. Bhagavan Das.
Growth of National Consciousness in the Light of Theosophy.
The. G. S. Arundale. Theosophy and Human Life. Annie Besant.
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