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{{Style P-No indent|radiant matter will have vindicated in time the Archaic Aryan works on Occultism and even the Vedas and Purânas. For what are the manifested “ Mother,” the “ Father-Son-Husband ” (Aditi and Daksha, a form of Brahmâ, as Creators) and the “ Son,” — the three “ First-born ” — ''but simply Hydrogen'', ''Oxygen'', and that which in its terrestrial manifestation is called ''nitrogen. ''Even the exoteric descriptions of the “ First Born ” triad give all the characteristics of these three ''gases. ''Priestley, the “ discoverer ” of Oxygen, or that which was known in the highest antiquity !}} | {{Style P-No indent|radiant matter will have vindicated in time the Archaic Aryan works on Occultism and even the Vedas and Purânas. For what are the manifested “ Mother,” the “ Father-Son-Husband ” (Aditi and Daksha, a form of Brahmâ, as Creators) and the “ Son,” — the three “ First-born ” — ''but simply Hydrogen'', ''Oxygen'', and that which in its terrestrial manifestation is called ''nitrogen. ''Even the exoteric descriptions of the “ First Born ” triad give all the characteristics of these three ''gases. ''Priestley, the “ discoverer ” of Oxygen, or that which was known in the highest antiquity !}} | ||
Yet all the ancient, mediæval, and modern poets and philosophers have been anticipated even in the exoteric Hindu books. Descartes’ ''plenum ''of matter differentiated into particles ; Leibnitz’s ''Ethereal Fluid ''and Kant’s “ primitive fluid ” dissolved into its elements ; Kepler’s Solar Vortex and Systemic Vortices ; in short, from the Elemental Vortices inaugurated by the universal mind — through Anaxagoras, down to Galileo, Torricelli, and Swedenborg, and after them to the latest speculations by European mystics — all this is found in the Hindu hymns and Mantras to the “ Gods, Monads, and Atoms,” in their fulness, for they are inseparable. In esoteric teachings, the most transcendental conceptions of the universe and its mysteries, as the most (seemingly) materialistic speculations are found reconciled, because those sciences embrace the whole scope of evolution from Spirit to matter. As declared by an American Theosophist, “ The Monads (of Leibnitz) may from one point of view be called ''force'', from another ''matter. ''To occult Science, ''force ''and ''matter ''are ''only two sides of the same ''substance.” (“ Path,” No. 10, p. 297.) | Yet all the ancient, mediæval, and modern poets and philosophers have been anticipated even in the exoteric Hindu books. Descartes’ ''plenum ''of matter differentiated into particles ; Leibnitz’s ''Ethereal Fluid ''and Kant’s “ primitive fluid ” dissolved into its elements ; Kepler’s Solar Vortex and Systemic Vortices ; in short, from the Elemental Vortices inaugurated by the universal mind — through Anaxagoras, down to Galileo, Torricelli, and Swedenborg, and after them to the latest speculations by European mystics — all this is found in the Hindu hymns and Mantras to the “ Gods, Monads, and Atoms,” in their fulness, for they are inseparable. In esoteric teachings, the most transcendental conceptions of the universe and its mysteries, as the most (seemingly) materialistic speculations are found reconciled, because those sciences embrace the whole scope of evolution from Spirit to matter. As declared by an American Theosophist, “ The Monads (of Leibnitz) may from one point of view be called ''force'', from another ''matter. ''To occult Science, ''force ''and ''matter ''are ''only two sides of the same'' {{Style S-Small capitals|substance}}.” (“ Path,” No. 10, p. 297.) | ||
Let the reader remember these “ Monads ” of Leibnitz, every one of which is a living mirror of the universe, every monad reflecting every other, and compare this view and definition with certain Sanskrit stanzas (''Slokas'') translated by Sir William Jones, in which it is said that the creative source of the Divine Mind, . . . “ Hidden in a veil of thick darkness, formed ''mirrors of the atoms ''of the world, and ''cast reflection from its own face on every atom''. . . . .” | Let the reader remember these “ Monads ” of Leibnitz, every one of which is a living mirror of the universe, every monad reflecting every other, and compare this view and definition with certain Sanskrit stanzas (''Slokas'') translated by Sir William Jones, in which it is said that the creative source of the Divine Mind, . . . “ Hidden in a veil of thick darkness, formed ''mirrors of the atoms ''of the world, and ''cast reflection from its own face on every atom''. . . . .” | ||
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“ Perhaps this hypothesis can be simplified if we imagine yttrium to be represented by a five-shilling piece. By chemical fractionation I have divided it into five separate shillings, and find that these shillings are not counterparts, but like the carbon atoms in the benzol ring, have the impress of their position, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, stamped on them. . . . If I throw my shillings into the melting-pot or dissolve them chemically, the mint stamp disappears and they all turn out to be silver.” . . . | “ Perhaps this hypothesis can be simplified if we imagine yttrium to be represented by a five-shilling piece. By chemical fractionation I have divided it into five separate shillings, and find that these shillings are not counterparts, but like the carbon atoms in the benzol ring, have the impress of their position, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, stamped on them. . . . If I throw my shillings into the melting-pot or dissolve them chemically, the mint stamp disappears and they all turn out to be silver.” . . . | ||
This will be the case with all the atoms and molecules when they have separated from their compound forms and bodies — when ''pralaya ''sets in. Reverse the case, and imagine the dawn of a new manvantara. The pure “ silver ” of the absorbed material will once more separate into {{Style S-Small capitals|substance}}, which will generate “ Divine Essences ” whose “ principles ” * are the primary elements, the sub-elements, the physical energies and subjective and objective matter ; or, as these are epitomised — {{Style S-Small capitals|gods | This will be the case with all the atoms and molecules when they have separated from their compound forms and bodies — when ''pralaya ''sets in. Reverse the case, and imagine the dawn of a new manvantara. The pure “ silver ” of the absorbed material will once more separate into {{Style S-Small capitals|substance}}, which will generate “ Divine Essences ” whose “ principles ” * are the primary elements, the sub-elements, the physical energies and subjective and objective matter ; or, as these are epitomised — {{Style S-Small capitals|gods, monads}}, and {{Style S-Small capitals|atoms}}. If leaving for one moment the metaphysical or transcendental side of the question, — dropping out of the present consideration the supersensuous and intelligent beings and entities believed in by the Kabalists and Christians — we turn to the atomical theory of evolution, the occult teachings are still found corroborated by exact Science and its confessions, as far, at least, as regards the supposed “ simple ” elements, now suddenly | ||
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