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{{Style P-No indent|ever mean “ the exemplification of the unity of the divine Essence ” ; for this was exemplified by the plane of the boundless Circle. What it really meant was the triune co-equal Nature of the first differentiated Substance, or the ''con-substantiality ''of the (manifested) Spirit, matter and the Universe — their “ Son,” who proceeds from the Point (the real, esoteric Logos) or the Pythagorean Monad. For the Greek ''Monas ''signifies “ Unity ” in its primary sense. Those unable to seize the difference between the monad — the Universal Unit — and the ''Monads ''or the manifested Unity, as also between the ever-hidden and the revealed Logos or the ''Word'', ought never to meddle in philosophy, let alone the Esoteric Sciences. It is needless to remind the educated reader of Kant’s ''Thesis ''to demonstrate his second ''Antinomy.'' * Those who have read and understood it will see clearly the line we draw between the ''absolutely Ideal ''Universe and the invisible though manifested Kosmos. Our Gods and Monads are not the Elements of ''extension ''itself, but only those of the invisible reality which is the basis of the manifested Kosmos. Neither esoteric philosophy, nor Kant, nor Leibnitz would ever admit that extension can be composed of simple or unextended parts. But theologian-philosophers will not grasp this. The Circle and the Point, which latter retires into and merges with the former, after having emanated the first three points and connected them with lines, thus forming the first ''noumenal ''basis of the Second Triangle in the Manifested World, have ever been an insuperable obstacle to theological flights into dogmatic Empyreans. On the authority of this Archaic Symbol, a male, personal god, the ''Creator ''and ''Father ''of all, becomes a third-rate emanation, the Sephiroth standing ''fourth ''in descent, and on the left hand of En-Soph (see the ''Kabalistic Tree of Life''). Hence, the Monad is degraded into a Vehicle — a “ throne ” !}} | {{Style P-No indent|ever mean “ the exemplification of the unity of the divine Essence ” ; for this was exemplified by the plane of the boundless Circle. What it really meant was the triune co-equal Nature of the first differentiated Substance, or the ''con-substantiality ''of the (manifested) Spirit, matter and the Universe — their “ Son,” who proceeds from the Point (the real, esoteric Logos) or the Pythagorean {{Style S-Small capitals|Monad}}. For the Greek ''Monas ''signifies “ Unity ” in its primary sense. Those unable to seize the difference between the monad — the Universal Unit — and the ''Monads ''or the manifested Unity, as also between the ever-hidden and the revealed {{Style S-Small capitals|Logos}} or the ''Word'', ought never to meddle in philosophy, let alone the Esoteric Sciences. It is needless to remind the educated reader of Kant’s ''Thesis ''to demonstrate his second ''Antinomy.'' * Those who have read and understood it will see clearly the line we draw between the ''absolutely Ideal ''Universe and the invisible though manifested Kosmos. Our Gods and Monads are not the Elements of ''extension ''itself, but only those of the invisible reality which is the basis of the manifested Kosmos. Neither esoteric philosophy, nor Kant, nor Leibnitz would ever admit that extension can be composed of simple or unextended parts. But theologian-philosophers will not grasp this. The Circle and the Point, which latter retires into and merges with the former, after having emanated the first three points and connected them with lines, thus forming the first ''noumenal ''basis of the Second Triangle in the Manifested World, have ever been an insuperable obstacle to theological flights into dogmatic Empyreans. On the authority of this Archaic Symbol, a male, personal god, the ''Creator ''and ''Father ''of all, becomes a third-rate emanation, the Sephiroth standing ''fourth ''in descent, and on the left hand of En-Soph (see the ''Kabalistic Tree of Life''). Hence, the Monad is degraded into a Vehicle — a “ throne ” !}} | ||
The Monad — only the emanation and reflection of the Point (Logos) in the phenomenal World — becomes, as the ''apex ''of the manifested equilateral triangle, the “ Father.” The left side or line is the ''Duad'', the “ Mother,” regarded as the evil, counteracting principle (Plutarch, ''De Placitis Placitorum'') ; the right side represents the Son (“ his Mother’s husband ” in ''every ''Cosmogony, as one with the ''apex'') ; at the basic line is the Universal plane of productive Nature, unifying on the phenomenal plane Father-Mother-Son, as these were unified in the ''apex'', in the supersensuous World. † By mystic transmutation they became the Quaternary — the triangle became the {{Style S-Small capitals|Tetraktis}}. | The Monad — only the emanation and reflection of the Point (Logos) in the phenomenal World — becomes, as the ''apex ''of the manifested equilateral triangle, the “ Father.” The left side or line is the ''Duad'', the “ Mother,” regarded as the evil, counteracting principle (Plutarch, ''De Placitis Placitorum'') ; the right side represents the Son (“ his Mother’s husband ” in ''every ''Cosmogony, as one with the ''apex'') ; at the basic line is the Universal plane of productive Nature, unifying on the phenomenal plane Father-Mother-Son, as these were unified in the ''apex'', in the supersensuous World. † By mystic transmutation they became the Quaternary — the triangle became the {{Style S-Small capitals|Tetraktis}}. | ||