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The Brahmanical occult doctrine probably contains everything that was taught about the powers of nature and their laws, either in the mysterious Island of the North, or in the equally mysterious continent of the South. And, if you mean to compare the Aryan and the Tibetan doctrines as regards their teachings about the occult powers of nature, you must beforehand examine all the classifications of these powers, their laws and manifestations and the real connotations of the various names assigned to them in the Aryan doctrine. Here are some of the classifications contained in the Brahmanical system:
The Brahmanical occult doctrine probably contains everything that was taught about the powers of nature and their laws, either in the mysterious Island of the North, or in the equally mysterious continent of the South. And, if you mean to compare the Aryan and the Tibetan doctrines as regards their teachings about the occult powers of nature, you must beforehand examine all the classifications of these powers, their laws and manifestations and the real connotations of the various names assigned to them in the Aryan doctrine. Here are some of the classifications contained in the Brahmanical system:


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| rowspan=10 | <center>Classification of the occult powers</center>
| Classification of the occult powers
| as appertaining to Parabrahman and existing in the MACROCOSM.
 
| width=200px | as appertaining to Parabrahman and existing in the MACROCOSM.


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| as appertaining to man and existing in the MICROCOSM.
 
| width=200px | as appertaining to man and existing in the MICROCOSM,


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| for the purposes of Târaka Yoga or Pranava Yoga
 
| width=200px | for the purposes of Târaka Yoga or Pranava Yoga


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| for the purposes of Sankhya Yoga (where they are, as it were, the inherent attributes of Prakriti).
 
| width=200px | for the purposes of Sankhya Yoga (where they are, as it were, the inherent attributes of Prakriti).


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| V.
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| for the purposes of Hatha Yoga.
 
| width=200px | for the purposes of Hatha Yoga.


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| VI.
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| for the purposes of Kula Agama.
 
| width=200px | for the purposes of Kula Agama.


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| for the purposes of Sakta Agama.
 
| width=200px | for the purposes of Sakta Agama.


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| for the purposes of Siva Agama.
 
| width=200px | for the purposes of Siva Agama.


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| for the purposes of Srîchakra. (The Srîchakra you referred to in Isis Unveiled is not the real esoteric Srîchakra of the ancient adepts of Aryavarta).<ref>Very true. But who would be allowed to give out the “real esoteric one”? [See Isis Unveiled, II, 265.]</ref>
 
| width=200px | for the purposes of Srîchakra. (The Srîchakra you referred to in Isis Unveiled is not the real esoteric Srîchakra of the ancient adepts of Aryavarta)<ref>Very true. But who would be allowed to give out the “real esoteric one”? [See Isis Unveiled, II, 265.]</ref>


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Now these seven entities which in their totality constitute man, are as follows:—I shall enumerate them in the order adopted in your article, as far as the two orders (the Brahmanical and the Tibetan): —
Now these seven entities which in their totality constitute man, are as follows:—I shall enumerate them in the order adopted in your article, as far as the two orders (the Brahmanical and the Tibetan): —


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| Prakriti
| Sthûlaśarîra (Physical Body)
 
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| II.
| The entity evolved out of the combination of Prakriti and Sakti
| Sûkshmamśarîra or Linga-śarîra (Astral Body)
 
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| Sakti
| Kâmarupa (the Périsprit)
 
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| IV.
| x
| The entity evolved out of the combination of Brahman, Sakti and Prakriti
| Jivâtma (Life-Soul)
 
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| V.
| The entity evolved out of the combination of Brahman and Prakriti
| Physical Intelligence (or animal soul)
 
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| VI.
| The entity evolved out of the combination of Brahman and Sakti
| Spiritual Intelligence (or Soul)
 
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| VII.
| Brahman
| The emanation from the ABSOLUTE, etc. (or pure spirit.)
 
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