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{{Style P-No indent|and what not, only not the seven planets, which are Surya’s ''brothers'', not his ''Sons. ''These ''Astral ''gods, whose chief with the Gnostics was Ildabaoth * (from ''Ilda ''“ child,” and ''Baoth ''“ the egg ”), the son of Sophia Achamoth, the daughter of Sophia (Wisdom), whose region is the Pleroma, were his (Ildabaoth’s) sons. He produces from himself these six stellar spirits : ''Jove ''(Jehovah), ''Sabaoth'', ''Adonai'', ''Eloi'', ''Osraios'', ''Astaphaios'', † and it is they who are the second, or inferior ''Hebdomad. ''As to the third, it is composed of the seven primeval men, the shadows of the lunar gods, projected by the first Hebdomad. In this the Gnostics did not, as seen, differ much from the esoteric doctrine except that they veiled it. As to the charge made by Irenæus, who was evidently ignorant of the true tenets of the “ Heretics,” with regard to man being created on the ''sixth ''day, and man being created on the ''eighth'', this relates to the mysteries of the ''inner ''man. It will become com prehensible to the reader only after he has read Book II., and understood well the ''Anthropogenesis ''of the Esoteric doctrine.}} | {{Style P-No indent|and what not, only not the seven planets, which are Surya’s ''brothers'', not his ''Sons. ''These ''Astral ''gods, whose chief with the Gnostics was Ildabaoth * (from ''Ilda ''“ child,” and ''Baoth ''“ the egg ”), the son of Sophia Achamoth, the daughter of Sophia (Wisdom), whose region is the Pleroma, were his (Ildabaoth’s) sons. He produces from himself these six stellar spirits : ''Jove ''(Jehovah), ''Sabaoth'', ''Adonai'', ''Eloi'', ''Osraios'', ''Astaphaios'', † and it is they who are the second, or inferior ''Hebdomad. ''As to the third, it is composed of the seven primeval men, the shadows of the lunar gods, projected by the first Hebdomad. In this the Gnostics did not, as seen, differ much from the esoteric doctrine except that they veiled it. As to the charge made by Irenæus, who was evidently ignorant of the true tenets of the “ Heretics,” with regard to man being created on the ''sixth ''day, and man being created on the ''eighth'', this relates to the mysteries of the ''inner ''man. It will become com prehensible to the reader only after he has read Book II., and understood well the ''Anthropogenesis ''of the Esoteric doctrine.}} | ||
Ildabaoth is a copy of Manu. The latter boasts, “ Oh, best of twice-born men ! Know that I (Manu) am he, the creator of all this world, whom that male Virâj . . . spontaneously produced ” (I., 33). He first creates the ten lords of Being, the Prajâpatis, who, as verse 36 says . . . “ produce seven other Manus.” (''The Ordinances of Manu.'') Ildabaoth does likewise : “ I am Father and God, and there is no one above me,” he exclaims. For which his mother coolly puts him down by saying, “ Do not lie, Ildabaoth, for the father of all, the ''first ''man (''Anthropos'') ''is above thee'', ''and so is Anthropos'', ''the Son of Anthropos ”'' (Irenæus, b. i, ch. xxx., 6). This is a good proof that there were three Logoi (besides the Seven born of the First), one of these being the ''Solar Logos. ''And, again, who was that “ Anthropos ” himself, so much higher than Ildabaoth ? The Gnostic records alone can solve this riddle. In ''Pistis Sophia ''the four-vowelled name Ieov is in each case accompanied by the epithet of “ the Primal, or First man.” This shows again that the gnosis was but an echo of our archaic doctrine. The names answering to Parabrahm, to Brahm, and Manu (the first ''thinking ''man) are composed of one-vowelled, three-vowelled and seven-vowelled sounds. Marcus, whose philosophy was certainly more Pythagorean than anything else, speaks of a revelation to him of the seven heavens sounding each one vowel as they pronounced the seven names of the seven (angelic) hierarchies. | Ildabaoth is a copy of Manu. The latter boasts, “ Oh, best of twice-born men ! Know that I (Manu) am he, the creator of all this world, whom that male Virâj . . . spontaneously produced ” (I., 33). He first creates the ten lords of Being, the Prajâpatis, who, as verse 36 says . . . “ produce seven other Manus.” (''The Ordinances of Manu.'') Ildabaoth does likewise : “ I am Father and God, and there is no one above me,” he exclaims. For which his mother coolly puts him down by saying, “ Do not lie, Ildabaoth, for the father of all, the ''first ''man (''Anthropos'') ''is above thee'', ''and so is Anthropos'', ''the Son of Anthropos ”'' (Irenæus, b. i, ch. xxx., 6). This is a good proof that there were three Logoi (besides the Seven born of the First), one of these being the ''Solar Logos. ''And, again, who was that “ Anthropos ” himself, so much higher than Ildabaoth ? The Gnostic records alone can solve this riddle. In ''Pistis Sophia ''the four-vowelled name {{Style S-Small capitals|Ieov}} is in each case accompanied by the epithet of “ the Primal, or First man.” This shows again that the gnosis was but an echo of our archaic doctrine. The names answering to Parabrahm, to Brahm, and Manu (the first ''thinking ''man) are composed of one-vowelled, three-vowelled and seven-vowelled sounds. Marcus, whose philosophy was certainly more Pythagorean than anything else, speaks of a revelation to him of the seven heavens sounding each one vowel as they pronounced the seven names of the seven (angelic) hierarchies. | ||
When spirit has permeated every minutest atom of the seven principles of Kosmos, then the ''secondary ''creation, after the above-mentioned period of rest, begins. | When spirit has permeated every minutest atom of the seven principles of Kosmos, then the ''secondary ''creation, after the above-mentioned period of rest, begins. | ||
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In India these creations were described as follows : — | In India these creations were described as follows : — | ||
(I.) Mahat-tattwa creation — so-called because it was the primordial self-evolution of that which had to become ''Mahat'' — the “ divine Mind, conscious and intelligent ” ; esoterically, “ the ''spirit ''of the Universal soul.” . . . “ Worthiest of ascetics, through its potency (''the potency of that cause'') ; every ''produced ''cause comes by its proper nature.” (''Vishnu Purâna.'') “ Seeing that the potencies of all beings are under- | (I.) Mahat-tattwa creation — so-called because it was the primordial self-evolution of that which had to become ''Mahat'' — the “ divine {{Style S-Small capitals|Mind}}, conscious and intelligent ” ; esoterically, “ the ''spirit ''of the Universal soul.” . . . “ Worthiest of ascetics, through its potency (''the potency of that cause'') ; every ''produced ''cause comes by its proper nature.” (''Vishnu Purâna.'') “ Seeing that the potencies of all beings are under- | ||
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Esoteric doctrine teaches that the Dhyan Chohans are the collective aggregate of divine Intelligence or primordial ''mind'', and that the first Manus — the seven “ mind-born ” Spiritual Intelligences — are identical with the former. Hence the “ Kwan-shi-yin ” — “ the golden Dragon in whom are the seven,” of Stanza III. — is the primordial Logos, or Brahmâ, the first manifested creative Power ; and the Dhyani-Energies are the Manus, or ''Manu-Swayambhûva collectively. ''The direct connection, moreover, between the “ Manus ” and “ Mahat ” is easy to see. ''Manu ''is from the root ''man'', “ to think ” ; and thinking proceeds from the mind. It is, in Cosmogony, the pre-nebular period. | Esoteric doctrine teaches that the Dhyan Chohans are the collective aggregate of divine Intelligence or primordial ''mind'', and that the first Manus — the seven “ mind-born ” Spiritual Intelligences — are identical with the former. Hence the “ Kwan-shi-yin ” — “ the golden Dragon in whom are the seven,” of Stanza III. — is the primordial Logos, or Brahmâ, the first manifested creative Power ; and the Dhyani-Energies are the Manus, or ''Manu-Swayambhûva collectively. ''The direct connection, moreover, between the “ Manus ” and “ Mahat ” is easy to see. ''Manu ''is from the root ''man'', “ to think ” ; and thinking proceeds from the mind. It is, in Cosmogony, the pre-nebular period. | ||
(II.) “ The ''second ''Creation,” “ Bhûta,” was of the rudimental principles (Tanmâtras), thence termed the elemental creation (''Bhûta-sarga''). * It is the period of the first breath of the differentiation of the ''pre-Cosmic ''Elements or matter. ''Bhûtâdi ''means literally “ the origin of the Elements,” and precedes ''Bhûta-sarga'' — the “ creation ” or differentiation of those Elements in primordial “ Akâsa ” (Chaos or Vacuity). † In the “ Vishnu Purâna ” it is said to proceed along, and belong to, the triple aspect of ''Ahankâra'', translated Egotism, but meaning rather that untranslateable term the “ I-am-ness,” that which first issues from “ Mahat,” or divine mind ; the first shadowy outline of Self-hood, for “ pure ” Ahankâra becomes “ passionate ” and finally “ rudimental ” | (II.) “ The ''second ''Creation,” “ Bhûta,” was of the rudimental principles (Tanmâtras), thence termed the elemental creation (''Bhûta-sarga''). * It is the period of the first breath of the differentiation of the ''pre-Cosmic ''Elements or matter. ''Bhûtâdi ''means literally “ the origin of the Elements,” and precedes ''Bhûta-sarga'' — the “ creation ” or differentiation of those Elements in primordial “ Akâsa ” (Chaos or Vacuity). † In the “ Vishnu Purâna ” it is said to proceed along, and belong to, the triple aspect of ''Ahankâra'', translated Egotism, but meaning rather that untranslateable term the “ {{Style S-Small capitals|I-am-ness}},” that which first issues from “ Mahat,” or divine mind ; the first shadowy outline of Self-hood, for “ pure ” Ahankâra becomes “ passionate ” and finally “ rudimental ” | ||
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