Category: Cosmogenesis

"2.    THEY MAKE OF HIM THE MESSENGER OF THEIR WILL.   THE DZYU BECOMES FOHAT; THE SWIFT SON OF THE DIVINE SONS, WHOSE SONS ARE THE LIPIKA, RUNS CIRCULAR ERRANDS.   HE IS THE STEED, AND THE THOUGHT IS THE RIDER (I.E., HE IS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THEIR GUIDING THOUGHT).   HE PASSES [...]

"(In stanza V the process of world-formation is described: First, diffused Cosmic Matter, then the fiery "whirlwind", the first stage in the formation of nebula.)   1.    THE PRIMORDIAL SEVEN, THE FIRST SEVEN BREATHS OF THE DRAGON OF WISDOM, PRODUCE IN THEIR TURN FROM THEIR HOLY CIRCUMGYRATING BREATHS THE FIERY WHIRLWIND.   The "fiery [...]

"6.    ...THEN THE SECOND SEVEN, WHO ARE THE LIPIKA, PRODUCED BY THE THREE (WORD, VOICE, AND SPIRIT).   THE REJECTED SUN IS ONE, THE "SON-SUNS" ARE COUNTLESS.   The Lipi-ka, from the word lipi, "writing", means literally the "Scribes".   Mystically, these Divine Beings are connected with Karma, the Law of Retribution, for they [...]

"5.    ...WHICH IS:   "DARKNESS", THE BOUNDLESS OR THE NO-NUMBER, THE ADI-NIDANA SVABHAVAT: THE O (FOR X, UNKNOWN QUANTITY):   I. THE ADI-SANAT, THE NUMBER, FOR HE IS ONE. II. THE VOICE OF THE WORD, SVABHAVAT, THE NUMBERS, FOR HE IS ONE AND NINE. III. THE "FORMLESS SQUARE" (ARUPA).   AND THESE THREE ENCLOSED [...]

"4.    THIS WAS THE ARMY OF THE VOICE - THE DIVINE SEPTENARY.   THE SPARKS OF THE SEVEN ARE SUBJECT TO, AND THE SERVANTS OF, THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, AND THE SEVENTH OF THE SEVEN.   THESE ("SPARKS") ARE CALLED SPHERES, TRIANGLES, CUBES, LINES, AND MODELLERS; FOR THUS STANDS THE ETERNAL [...]

3.    FROM THE EFFULGENCY OF LIGHT - THE RAY OF THE EVER-DARKNESS - SPRUNG IN SPACE THE REAWAKENED ENERGIES (DHYANI-CHOHANS):   THE ONE FROM THE EGG, THE SIX AND THE FIVE; THEN THE THREE, THE ONE, THE FOUR, THE ONE, THE FIVE - THE TWICE SEVEN, THE SUM TOTAL.   AND THESE ARE:   THE ESSENCES, [...]

"(Stanza IV shows the differentiation of the "Germ" of the Universe into septenary hierarchy of conscious Divine Powers, who are the active manifestations of the One Supreme Energy.)   1.   LISTEN, YE SONS OF THE EARTH, TO YOUR INSTRUCTORS, THE SONS OF THE FIRE.   LEARN THERE IS NEITHER FIRST NOR LAST; FOR ALL IS [...]

"11.    IT (THE WEB) EXPANDS WHEN THE BREATH OF FIRE (THE FATHER) IS UPON IT; IT CONTRACTS WHEN THE BREATH OF THE MOTHER (THE ROOT OF MATTER) TOUCHES IT.   THEN THE SONS (THE ELEMENTS WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE POWERS, OR INTELLIGENCES) DISSOCIATE AND SCATTER, TO RETURN INTO THEIR MOTHER'S BOSOM AT THE END OF [...]

"8.   WHERE WAS THE GERM, AND WHERE WAS NOW DARKNESS? WHERE IS THE SPIRIT OF THE FLAME THAT BURNS IN THY LAMP, O LANOO? THE GERM IS THAT, AND THAT IS LIGHT; THE WHITE BRILLIANT SON OF THE DARK HIDDEN FATHER.   The answer to the first question, suggested by the second, which is the [...]

"7.   BEHOLD, O LANOO (A STUDENT OR CHELA WHO STUDIES PRACTICAL ESOTERICISM)! THE RADIANT CHILD OF THE TWO, THE UNPARELLED REFULGENT GLORY, BRIGHT SPACE, SON OF DARK SPACE, WHO EMERGES FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE GREAT DARK WATERS. IT IS OEAOHOO, THE YOUNGER, THE *** (WHOM THOU KNOWEST NOW AS KUAN-SHIH-YIN).   HE SHINES FORTH [...]