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{{Style P-No indent|objective kingdom of minerals, in which latter that apperception is entirely latent, to re-develop only in the plants). The ''mukhya ''“ Creation,” then, is the middle point between the three lower and the three higher kingdoms, which represent the seven esoteric kingdoms of Kosmos, as of Earth.}} | {{Style P-No indent|objective kingdom of minerals, in which latter that apperception is entirely latent, to re-develop only in the plants). The ''mukhya ''“ Creation,” then, is the middle point between the three lower and the three higher kingdoms, which represent the seven esoteric kingdoms of Kosmos, as of Earth.}} | ||
(V.) The ''Tiryaksrotas ''(or Tairyagyonya) creation, * that of the “ (''sacred'') animals,” corresponding only on Earth, to the dumb animal creation. That which is meant by “ animals,” in ''primary ''Creation, is the germ of awakening consciousness or of ''apperception'', that which is faintly traceable in some sensitive plants on Earth and more distinctly in the ''protistic ''monera. † On our globe, during the first round, animal “ creation ” precedes that of man, while the former (or mammal) evolves from the latter in our fourth round — on the physical plane : in Round I. the animal atoms are drawn into a cohesion of human physical form ; while in Round IV. the reverse occurs according to magnetic conditions developed during life. And this is ''metempsychosis ''(''See ''“''Mineral Monad''” ''in ''“''Five Years of Theosophy'',” | (V.) The ''Tiryaksrotas ''(or Tairyagyonya) creation, * that of the “ (''sacred'') animals,” corresponding only on Earth, to the dumb animal creation. That which is meant by “ animals,” in ''primary ''Creation, is the germ of awakening consciousness or of ''apperception'', that which is faintly traceable in some sensitive plants on Earth and more distinctly in the ''protistic ''monera. † On our globe, during the first round, animal “ creation ” precedes that of man, while the former (or mammal) evolves from the latter in our fourth round — on the physical plane : in Round I. the animal atoms are drawn into a cohesion of human physical form ; while in Round IV. the reverse occurs according to magnetic conditions developed during life. And this is ''metempsychosis'' (''See ''“''Mineral Monad''” ''in ''“''Five Years of Theosophy'',” ''p. ''276). This fifth stage of evolution, called exoterically “ Creation,” may be viewed in both the ''Primary ''and ''Secondary ''periods, one as the Spiritual and Cosmic, the other as the material and ''terrestrial. ''It is ''Archibiosis'', or life-origination — “ origination,” so far, of course, as the ''manifestation ''of life on all the seven planes is concerned. It is at this period of Evolution that the ''absolutely eternal ''universal motion, or vibration, that which is called in Esoteric language “ the {{Style S-Small capitals|great breath}},” differentiates in the primordial, first manifested atom. More and more, as chemical and physical sciences progress, does this occult axiom find its corroboration in the world of knowledge : the scientific hypothesis, that even the simplest elements of matter are identical in nature and differ from each other only owing to the variety of the distributions of ''atoms ''in the molecule or speck of substance, or by the modes of its ''atomic vibration'', gains every day more ground. | ||
''p. ''276). This fifth stage of evolution, called exoterically “ Creation,” may be viewed in both the ''Primary ''and ''Secondary ''periods, one as the Spiritual and Cosmic, the other as the material and ''terrestrial. ''It is ''Archibiosis'', or life-origination — “ origination,” so far, of course, as the ''manifestation ''of life on all the seven planes is concerned. It is at this period of Evolution that the ''absolutely eternal ''universal motion, or vibration, that which is called in Esoteric language “ the {{Style S-Small capitals|great breath}},” differentiates in the primordial, first manifested atom. More and more, as chemical and physical sciences progress, does this occult axiom find its corroboration in the world of knowledge : the scientific hypothesis, that even the simplest elements of matter are identical in nature and differ from each other only owing to the variety of the distributions of ''atoms ''in the molecule or speck of substance, or by the modes of its ''atomic vibration'', gains every day more ground. | |||
Thus, as the differentiation of the primordial germ of life has to precede the evolution of the Dhyan Chohan of ''the third ''group or hierarchy of Being in Primary Creation, before those “ gods ” can become ''rûpa ''(embodied in their first ethereal form), so animal creation has to ''precede'', | Thus, as the differentiation of the primordial germ of life has to precede the evolution of the Dhyan Chohan of ''the third ''group or hierarchy of Being in Primary Creation, before those “ gods ” can become ''rûpa ''(embodied in their first ethereal form), so animal creation has to ''precede'', | ||
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{{Style P-No indent|for that same reason, ''divine'' {{Style S-Small capitals|man}} on earth. And this is why we find in the Purânas : “ The fifth, the Tairyagyonya creation, was that of animals, and —}} | {{Style P-No indent|for that same reason, ''divine'' {{Style S-Small capitals|man}} on earth. And this is why we find in the Purânas : “ The fifth, the Tairyagyonya creation, was that of animals, and —}} | ||
(VI). The Urdhvasrotas creation, or that of divinities ''(Vishnu Purâna Book I. chap. i.)''. But these (divinities) are simply the prototypes of the First Race, the fathers of their “ mind-born ” progeny with the ''soft ''bones. * It is these who became the ''Evolvers ''of the “ Sweat-born ” — an expression explained in Book II. Finally, the sixth “ Creation ” is followed, and “ ''Creation ''in general, closed by — | (VI). The ''Urdhvasrotas'' creation, or that of divinities ''(Vishnu Purâna, Book I. chap. i.)''. But these (divinities) are simply the prototypes of the First Race, the fathers of their “ mind-born ” progeny with the ''soft ''bones. * It is these who became the ''Evolvers ''of the “ Sweat-born ” — an expression explained in Book II. Finally, the sixth “ Creation ” is followed, and “ ''Creation ''in general, closed by — | ||
(VII.) The evolution of the “ ''Arvaksrotas ''beings, which was the seventh, and was that of man ” (''Vishnu Purâna'', ''Book I.''). | (VII.) The evolution of the “ ''Arvaksrotas ''beings, which was the seventh, and was that of man ” (''Vishnu Purâna'', ''Book I.''). | ||
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{{Style P-No indent|— the chief of the Kumâras — is called Ambhamsi, “ Waters,” — according to the commentary on ''Vishnu Purâna. ''Why ? Because the “ Waters ” is another name of the “ Great Deep,” the primordial Waters of space or ''Chaos'', and also means “ Mother,” ''Amba'', meaning Aditi and Akâsa, the Celestial Virgin-Mother of the visible universe. Furthermore, the “ Waters of the flood ” are also called “ the {{Style S-Small capitals|Great Dragon}},” or Ophis, Ophio-Morphos.}} | {{Style P-No indent|— the chief of the Kumâras — is called Ambhamsi, “ Waters,” — according to the commentary on ''Vishnu Purâna. ''Why ? Because the “ Waters ” is another name of the “ Great Deep,” the primordial Waters of space or ''Chaos'', and also means “ Mother,” ''Amba'', meaning Aditi and Akâsa, the Celestial Virgin-Mother of the visible universe. Furthermore, the “ Waters of the flood ” are also called “ the {{Style S-Small capitals|Great Dragon}},” or Ophis, Ophio-Morphos.}} | ||
The Rudras will be noticed in their Septenary character of “ Fire-Spirits ” in the “ Symbolism ” attached to the Stanzas in Book II. | The Rudras will be noticed in their Septenary character of “ Fire-Spirits ” in the “ Symbolism ” attached to the Stanzas in Book II. There we shall also consider the Cross (3 + 4) under its primeval and later forms, and shall use for purposes of comparison the Pythagorean numbers side by side with Hebrew Metrology. The immense importance of the number ''seven ''will thus become evident, as the root number of nature. We shall examine it from the standpoints of the Vedas and the Chaldean Scriptures, as it existed in Egypt thousands of years B.C., and as treated in the Gnostic records ; we shall show how its importance as a basic number has gained recognition in physical Science ; and we shall endeavour to prove that the importance attached to the number ''seven ''throughout all antiquity was due to no fanciful imaginings of uneducated priests, but to a profound knowledge of natural law. | ||