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<center>STANZA IV. — ''Continued.''</center>

:2. {{Style S-Small capitals|Learn what we, who descend from the Primordial Seven, we, who are born from the Primordial Flame, have learned from our Fathers}} (''a'').

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(''a'') This is explained in Book II., and this name, “ Primordial Flame,” corroborates what is said in the first paragraph of the preceding commentary on Stanza IV.

The distinction between the “ Primordial ” and the subsequent seven Builders is this : The former are the Ray and direct emanation of the first “ Sacred Four,” the ''Tetraktis'', that is, the eternally Self-Existent One (Eternal ''in Essence ''note well, not in manifestation, and distinct from the universal one). Latent, during Pralaya, and active, during Manvantara, the “ Primordial ” proceed from “ Father-Mother ” (SpiritHyle, or ''Ilus'') ; whereas the other manifested Quaternary and the Seven proceed from the Mother alone. It is the latter who is the immaculate Virgin-Mother, who is overshadowed, not impregnated, by the Universal {{Style S-Small capitals|Mystery}} — when she emerges from her state of Laya or undifferentiated condition. In reality, they are, of course, all one ; but their aspects on the various planes of being are different. (See Part II., “ Theogony of the Creative Gods.”)

The first “ Primordial ” are the highest Beings on the Scale of Existence. They are the Archangels of Christianity, those who refuse — as Michael did in the latter system, and as did the eldest “ Mind-born sons ” of Brahmâ (Veddhas) — to create or rather to multiply.

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