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(January — March 1891)
Publications:
- The Path, vol. V, no. 10, January 1891, pp. 311-314 (from p. 1 to p. 67 of The Secret Doctrine, vol. I)
- The Path, vol. V, no. 11, February 1891, pp. 339-341 (from p. 67 to p. 128, vol. I)
- The Path, vol. V, no. 12, March 1891, pp. 382-383 (from p. 128 to p. 160, vol. I)
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CTD entry in Russian: Джадж У.К. - Скрытые намёки в «Тайной доктрине»
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Title for references: Judge W.Q. - Hidden Hints in the Secret Doctrine
Short description: Signed "By W. Q. J." A running series of short, numbered glosses keyed to specific pages of volume I...
311 A PROPHECY. In the 20th century—1900—the scholars of our era will begin to recognize that the Secret Doctrine has neither been invented nor exaggerated, but simply outlined—Vol. I, p. xxxvii Intro. In other places the author hints at surprises in store in the way of manuscripts, etc. It would seem that by 1900 some "discoveries" will be made by scholars312that will support our author. "Once the door permitted to be kept a little ajar, it will be opened wider with every new century. The times are ripe for a more serious knowledge than hitherto permitted." Vol. I, p. xxxviii Intro. note. "We have not long to wait, and many of us will witness the Dawn of the New Cycle at the end of which not a few accounts will be settled and squared between the two races." V. I, Intro. xliv.
AN ARCHAIC MANUSCRIPT. Some of the doctrines given out are found by her in a collection of palm-leaves made impervious to the elements by some unknown process. Proem V. I, p. 1. It is well known that some of the most ancient eastern manuscripts are on palm-leaves which are cut in oblong, narrow form and tied with a string. How is this seen by her? Either in the astral light or objectively, being brought to her table. By whom or what?
CONTINUITY OF PLAN FROM ONE MANVANTARA TO ANOTHER. In this old MS. it is said (Proem) that during the pralaya the plan for the next manvantara slumbers until the dawn of the next evolution, when its potential power goes forth into action. There is, therefore, a continuity from manvantara through pralaya to succeeding manvantara. Continued on pp. 4 and 5 of V. I.
THE BASIS OF AFFINITY, hence for all correlations of force. It is stated that Leucippus taught an occult law when he declared, 500 B. C., that the lateral motion of atoms is the root for affinity and correlation of force. p. 2, V. I.
EACH PERIOD OF EVOLUTION IS sui generis. "Yet at each new manvantara its organization—speaking of the cosmos—may be regarded as the first and the last of its kind, as it evolves every time on a higher plane." V. I, p. 3.
A NEW ELEMENT AT THE END OF OUR 4TH ROUND. "Occult science recognizes seven cosmic elements, four entirely physical, the fifth—ether—semi-material, as it will become visible in the air toward the end of our 4th round, to reign supreme over the others during the whole of the 5th Round." Vol. I, p. 14.
AKAS AND MANAS CORRESPOND. See note p. 13, Vol. I. "That Akas-a, the fifth universal cosmic principle—to which corresponds and from which proceeds human Manas—is, cosmically, a radiant, cool, diathermal, plastic matter, creative in its physical nature, correlative in its grossest aspects and portions, immutable in its higher principles." It must therefore follow, under the law of correspondences, that manas in the seven-fold division is creative, correlative, and immutable in the same way and portions as stated for Akasa.313MANAS IN THE 5TH ROUND. By following out the correspondence we find that as Ether, the lower form of Akas, now semi-material, will become visible in the air at the end of this Round—the 4th—so manas, now only semi-developed in this race, will be further evolved in the 5th Round at the same time with the parent source, and as the form of Ether spoken of will then be the superior element in nature, so at the same time the superior principle reigning in the septenary constitution of man will be manas. The full development of manas imposes full responsibility on the race, and thus we see how the turning point is reached and what it may mean, and also what is the meaning of the "moment of Choice". With full responsibility the choice must be made by the race which thus has perfect manas. It is for and towards that period that the Masters of Wisdom are now working so as to prepare the present Egos for the momentous days when the choice of the good or evil path must be intelligently made.
And as in many places in the Secret Doctrine the author says that we are the same egos who were in the Atlantean bodies, and that they had a very weighty karma, we may perceive why it is that we are those who will be compelled to make the great choice for good or evil destiny in the next Round.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EFFECT OF GREAT AND MINOR PRALAYA. The question "What happens to the planets during a minor pralaya or dissolution?" is answered in footnote p. 18, V. I. They are dead, as it were, but not dissolved, for, as she says, "they remain intact as a huge animal caught and imbedded in the polar ice remains the same for ages." After the great Pralaya no planets remain in corporibus, but all are dissolved, their akasic "photographs" alone remaining. This must be taken metaphorically, or else we will again be making objective that which is subjective. But in a minor pralaya the "dead planets" are objective in space, with all their active life and energy gone.
DHYAN CHOHANS NOT THE ONLY TERM FOR THE HIGHEST BEINGS. "Each of the various groups has its own designation in the Secret Doctrine." V. I., p. 22, lines 8, 9. Nor are they personifications of powers in nature. Vol. I, p. 38, line 18.
EACH ROUND has its special class of Dhyanis to watch over it. The same for races, p. 42, Vol. I (a). The present round is watched especially by the Fourth Class of Dhyanis.
THE ABSOLUTE NOT UNDERSTOOD by the Dhyan Chohans. p. 51, vol. I, line 16. And yet some theosophists ask to have definitions or explanations of the Absolute. We heard of one who claimed to have "communed with the Absolute."314THE BREATH OF BRAHMA. This may be said to be the same as "The Eternal Breath" spoken of in the Secret Doctrine. It is motion, and proceeds through space ceaselessly. It does not stop during the pralayas. p. 55, vol. I, line 11.
IDEALS AND TYPES IN THE ASTRAL LIGHT. The prototype is present in an ideal form in the Astral Light from dawn to night during the manvantaric period—everything from man to mite, from giant trees down to the tiniest blade of grass. There is a clear correspondence here with the formation of the astral man, which is the copy, plan, or prototype on which the corporeal man is formed. p. 63, vol. I, 1st para.
THE PRIMORDIAL FORM of every manifested thing is like that of an egg. p. 65, vol. I. A paramahansa once wrote for the Theosophist an article in which he said that theosophy was that Branch of Masonry which showed the universe in the form of an egg.
THE VERBUM, OR WORD, AND ITS FORCE. All religions speak of "the Word." The Jews, from whom the Christians get their religion, say that the all-powerful name of God if pronounced will shake the Universe; the Freemasons speak of the lost word; it is the Greek logos. The question is often raised, "Supposing there be such a word, wherein is its force?" H. P. B. says it is in motion and not in number. Note 1, p. 67, vol. I. The Hebrew Kaballah leans more to number, as being the force of power of this word.
339 MATTER DURING PRALAYA. It is in a state of great tenuity seen only by Bodhisatvas. When evolution begins again it appears like curds in space. V. I, p. 69.
ELECTRICITY AN ENTITY. V. I, p. 76, line 6; it is an emanation from an entity of power, p. 111 note; and is coexistent with the one life p. 81; it is primordial matter of a special nature, p. 82.
PULSATION OF THE HEART AND THE TIDES. Probably due to the universal expanding and contracting of the atoms, which in turn are caused by the expansion and contraction of matter of space. V. I, p. 84. "There is heat internal and heat external in every atom" id.
TWO SORTS OF FIRE OR HEAT. One in the central Sun and the other in the manifested universe and solar system. V. I, p. 84, 87.
MAGICAL POTENCY OF WORDS is in the vowel sounds and not in the numbers. 94, V. I.
THE TERM "HUMAN" IS NOT TO BE CONFINED TO THIS GLOBE. It must be applied to all entities who have reached the fourth stage of development on any planet in space in its fourth round in any chain of planets. V. I, p. 106, 2d para.
BUDDHI AS COMPARED WITH SPIRIT is material, although for us and the highest conceptions we can form it is wholly beyond materiality. V. I, p. 119, line 7.
THE HUMAN MONAD is the union of the ray from the absolute with the soul. V. I, p. 119, para 1.
SYMBOLISM AND NUMBERS. They are intimately connected with the hosts of the Dhyan-Chohans. The basic numbers refer each to distinct groups of ideas which vary according to the group of Dhyan Chohans re340ferred to. In other places the author says that, as the Dhyani are connected with evolution in all its intricacies and mysteries, it follows that symbolism is of the highest importance. V. I, p. 119, (b).
THE ONE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF OCCULT SCIENCE is the radical unity of the ultimate essence of each constituent part of compounds in nature from star to atom and from the highest Dhyan Chohan to the smallest infusoria. And this is to be applied spiritually, intellectually, and physically. V. I, p. 120, last para.
KARMA NEEDS MATERIAL AGENCIES to carry out its decrees. V. I, p. 123, line 2. The material agents spoken of here are not merely those that we class as such, but many others which are generally conceived of by us as spiritual. For, as said above, even Buddhi is material when compared with Atman of which it is the vehicle. The clue here given is in regard to the operations of Karma through the atoms that are used by the egos in their various incarnations. But in following this out it must not be forgotten that there is no particle or point of materiality which is not at the same time mixed with or in company with another particle—if the word may be used for this purpose—of spirit or the one life.
THE THREE GROUPS OF BUILDERS. These are as follows: The first is the group which constructs the entire system as a whole and which includes more than this globe system; the second is the group of builders who come in when the system as a great whole is ready and form the planetary chain of this earth; and the third is that group which builds or projects Humanity, as they are the great type of the microcosm—man. V. I, p. 128, second para.
THE LIPIKA AS COMPARED WITH THE BUILDERS are the great Spirits of the universe as a whole, the builders being of a special nature. The Lipika, like the others, are divided into three groups, but it is asserted that only the lowest of these three groups has to do with this system of ours and that the other two cannot be known, and also that those two are so high that it is doubtful if even the highest of the Adepts know about them. It may therefore be supposed that for the Adepts the Lipika of the higher degrees are as great a mystery as the Mahatmas are for us, and that this ascending scale of greatness ever gives to the soul something still higher, to which to look and aspire. V. I, see whole of page 128.
But as each of the three groups is divided into seven others (p. 127), it may be the 21st sub-group which has to do with this globe; and it is said that as to the highest of the groups it is directly connected with our karma. V. I, p. 128, last line. Now as Karma rules the entire universe, it must follow, in order to make and keep harmony, that the "highest grade of 382Lipika" referred to on page 128 is not the highest of the last series of 21 sub-groups, but the highest of the whole three great groups.
NOTE WELL. Whenever an "entity" is spoken of among the various "hosts" it is to be known as composed of many entities, just as man himself is similarly constituted, his total consciousness being that of the whole mass of beings who go to make up his intricate life.
NIRMANAKAYAS. First reference to these on p. 132, note, where they are called "the surviving spiritual principles of men", and in the text they are those who reincarnate for the good of the world if they choose.
ELECTRICITY AGAIN is mentioned as Life, p. 137, 4th line; also p. 139, line 17; also a form of "Fohat"; also p. 145, (b).
ETHER only partially manifested, and not to be fully so until the 5th round, p. 140.
THAT ENTITIES ARE CONSTITUTED of many units, each an entity. Thus that "Fohat", elsewhere called "an Entity", is not one undivided entity but is made up of others; and that there are as many Fohats as there are worlds. Note 2, p. 143, and p. 145 (b).
ELIXIR OF LIFE. A hint thereupon. Note 2, p. 144.
ELEMENTALS CONCERNED in all forces, e. g. that electricity, magnetism, cohesion, and the like are made up of elementals. These, of course, are not all of one class, but of several, near the end of this page, p. 146. It is inferentially stated that elementals are generated in millions by other beings. This must be, in fact, a transforming process in the atoms. By referring to p. 143 a broad hint will be found as to this in the remarks upon the "fate of an atom" once caught into other world sphere, and the means of getting out through "a current of efflux". Is this efflux the transforming being?
THE MOON. In what sense dead? Only as to her inner principles. Her physical principles are not dead, but have a certain activity, p. 149, note 1. And her spiritual principles have been transferred to this earth, p. 155, note, and p. 156, line 6.
DISAPPEARANCE OF THE MOON will have occurred before this earth has passed through her 7th human round, p. 155, note.
ARCHETYPAL MAN ON GLOBE A. p. 159, last para. Here is a most interesting hint not often referred to and opening up a vista of thought. In the 1st round of the monads in this chain of planets, the monads from the preceding chain of worlds—say the moon's chain—become human beings on Globe A. But in the 2d round the process alters, and it is in the 4th383round that man appears on this earth, the 4th Globe. To quote: "on globe A man rebecomes a mineral, a plant, an animal, on globe B., C., etc. The process changes entirely from the 2d round, but—" This abruptness is to give the hint to intuitional investigators, and opens up as great a problem as the 8th sphere seemed once to be and still perhaps is. But we may ask if on Globe A—unseen by us—the archetypal process does not obtain?
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