The claim of the Gnostics is that the Christos is the consummation of the inner doctrine of the Mysteries, the end of them being the revelation of the Mystery of Man. (G.R.S. Mead. Thrice - Greatest Hermes.)

Be of good cheer, O initiates in the mystery of the liberated god; for to you too out of all your labours and sorrows shall come liberation.

Dedicated to Geoffrey Hodson for his published revelations in The Kingdom of the Gods relating to the existence and functions of the Angelic Hierarchies. May the brotherhood of angels and of man be made manifest on Earth.

This is the second book of a series.

1. The Aquarian Bible of the Cosmic Christ.

2. The Aquarian Mandala : The Macrocosmic Universe in Man.

3. Aquarian Mythology ; A Comparative Study.

4. Aquarian Astrology and Medical Diagnosis

MAAT is the Egyptian goddess of Truth. It lies beyond teachers, books and schools but can be reached through intuition. The language of Truth is symbolism because the symbol is numinous and can be reached in essence only by meditation. Written language is composed of signs and is related to the phenomena we see around us.

We treat people as separate individuals whereas they have one common source of life, love and consciousness within them. The descent of the Many from the One is the differentiation which occurs when the Monad or Spirit of the human being descends into incarnation. Each Monad is a fragment of the Godhead.

The Aquarian Mandala describes the process of emanation from the Godhead, first in symbolic form, then in terms of actual descent of the great Root Races. The second part of this volume deals with man as the microcosmic reflection of the universe.

The purpose of this volume is to provide information on the direct zodiacal correspondences between the universe or macrocosm and man, the microcosm, related to the evolutionary process.

Not only is there the Law of Karma or Cause and Effect but, more important, there is the machinery connected with the precipitation of karma, which demands that we radically revise our concepts of the psychological structure of the human being.

To understand why a horoscope should have a valid connection with a human being it is necessary to comprehend the cosmogenesis of the universe in terms of strict zodiacal sequences, and to understand the reflection of this structure in man, the microcosm.

The planets and zodiacal signs are not in themselves causative agents. They are the mechanisms through which the celestial hierarchies operate. It is nonsensical to speak of the planets as "ruling" man. They are merely physical centres for the distribution of spiritual energies which are controlled at all times by the spiritual hierarchies associated with the planets. The Lipika are the Lords of Karma who record and release karma according to cyclic laws.

I have demonstrated that the cosmological sequences in various mythologies are related to the signs of the zodiac. (See Aquarian Mythology). It can also be shown that the philosophical, cosmological, psychological and astrological teachings are capable of being integrated into a composite system which is self consistent. The system is based on the fundamental axiom that the macrocosmic universe is reflected into microcosmic man.

We must closely re-examine the teachings of ancient civilizations relating to the cosmological processes described in the early mythologies. These teachings have a direct and important bearing on the spiritual evolution of man in the twentieth century. The Aquarian Mandala provides the framework for the integration as outlined in the tables of correspondences contained within the various Chapters.

The integration of such knowledge fields is the work of the integrative Higher Mind. We have reached a time at the commencement of the Aquarian Age when the destructive analysis of the Lower Mind must be supplanted by new forms of education. These will encourage students to integrate the teachings of various disciplines into a composite whole. This Book is an introductory text designed to foster such an approach in the colleges and universities of the Aquarian Age.

The mandala is the circle of the twelve zodiacal signs divided into four quadrants each of three signs. The quadrants are:

Aquarius refers to the new Precessional Age which the Sun entered into at the end of the nineteenth century. (See Precessional Cycle and Aquarius.) The Precessional Year lasts for 25,920 years. The Sun spends 2,160 years in one sign such as Aquarius. This new age will be typified by the integrative consciousness of the Higher Mind as distinct from the analytical and divisive consciousness of the Lower Mind in the structure of the Personality.

The key to cosmogenesis and the evolution of man lies in the sequence of the twelve signs of the zodiac from Capricorn through Aquarius around the circle of the signs. The analysis of the sequence into four triads of the mandala is set out below. This sequence is directly related to the psychology of the individual and it is to be found in various mythological sequences. (See Aquarian Mythology.)

The macrocosm of six signs is the universe. The microcosm is man. They interact through the polarities of the signs.

No major body of truth can exist without structure. No esoteric group can present teachings which deviate from the macrocosmic order of the planets from Saturn to the Sun or from the linear progression of the evolutionary process through the zodiacal signs from Capricorn.

The test of esoteric truth is that it should be supported by the philosophical, metaphysical, religious and mythological knowledge of ancient civilizations. Their teachings should contain :

(a) Similar patterns of cosmogenesis.

(b) Common archetypal symbols in their language.

(c) Linguistic associations (names of the gods, etc.).

(d) The same classification of the planes of manifestation.

(e) Knowledge of the angelic hierarchies and their relations to the planes of manifestation and the planets.

(f) The same planetary sequences as in astronomy.

(g) Exposition of natural laws such as reincarnation and karma.

(h) An account of the cyclic incarnation of the Soul.

(i) Parallel accounts of the lives of the Sun-gods. (These relate to the journey of the human Soul.)

(j) Instruction on the solar cycle and the greater planetary cycles.

(k) Instruction on meditation and the process of spiritual unfoldment.

(1) A description of the non-physical bodies of man.

To understand the process of cosmogenesis it is necessary to comprehend the language of symbols (Part I) and the linguistic correspondences (c). A classification of the planes (d) and their respective hierarchies (e) is given in Part VI (a) - The Planes and the Angelic Hierarchies. These planes are associated with the planetary sequences (f). See Preliminaries Aquarian Mandala (B).

Reincarnation (g) and karma (g) are dealt with in Part X - Reincarnation and Karma. The cyclic journey of the Soul (h) means descent through the planes (involution or pravritti) and a subsequent ascent of the Godhead (evolution or nivritti ). This cycle is related to cosmogenesis (a) and to the parallel accidents of the lives of the Sun-gods (i). See Aquarian Mythology a companion volume to this. There are major (yuga) cycles and minor cycles (j) of evolution, such as the solar cycle. (See The Precessional Cycle and Aquarius.)

The relations between the chakras ( Part XI - Yoga and the Non-Physical Bodies) and the planets are one of the links between the microcosm or little world of man and the greater universe or Macrocosm. Man's non-physical bodies (1) are described in Part XI - Esoteric Psychology .

A list of key esoteric ideas is given below. Meditation on these ideas leads to an understanding of the Gnosis or Soul-Wisdom.

1. Svabhava	Self-becoming	Emanation of the Monad
2. Reincarnation	Cycle of the Soul	Zodiacal or Monadic journey
3. Karma	Action of the Soul	Cause of reincarnation
4. Hierarchies	Angel builders	Spiritual cosmogenesis
5. Pravritti	Descent of Soul	Fall into matter
6. Selfishness	Cause of misery	Bondage of the Soul
7. Self-gnosis	Soul-Wisdom	Spiritual knowledge
8. Meditation	Path of Bliss	Integration of Self
9. Nivritti	Path of Return	The Many become One
10. Brotherhood	Oneness	Unity of Life

Svabhava means the issuance forth of the Star-Monads from the One source in Capricorn. From the Monad come the two reflected triads of the Higher and Lower Selves.

Karma is created continuously by our thoughts, emotions, words and deeds.

The Angelic Hierarchies are the Builders of the seven planes which are inhabited by the Monad and its reflected triads. Pravritti and Nivritti are the descending and ascending hemispheres of the zodiacal circle. The Soul can choose the Path of Bliss or that of Selfishness.

Self-knowledge is Gnosis or Self-Wisdom. We must know who we are, where we came from, and how to get back to our source of origin in the Godhead. There is unity of life, love and consciousness in the universe. We are not separate from one another but are all members of one brotherhood.

Preliminaries:

Introduction (A)

Introduction (B)

The Aquarian Mandala (A)

The Aquarian Mandala (B)

The Structural Test of Truth (A)

The Structural Test of Truth (B)

Key Esoteric Ideas

PARTS (Chapters)	THE MACROCOSM or UNIVERSE
I	The Evolution of Symbols
II	The Kabala and the Platonic Solids
II (a)	The Kabala
II (b)	The Platonic Solids
IV	The Aquarian Mandala
V	The Precessional Cycle and Aquarius
VI	Chains, Planets and Hierarchies
VI (a)	The Planes and the Angelic Hierarchies
VI (b)	Moon and Earth Chains. Root Races
VII	The Descent of the Gods
VIII	Zodiacal Cosmogenesis
VIII (a)	The Cosmic Quadrant
VIII (b)	Aquarius, Pisces, Aries and Scorpio
IX	Gnosticism and the Pistis Sophia
	THE MICROCOSM OR MAN
X	Reincarnation and Karma
XI	Esoteric Psychology
XI (a)	The Nature of the Soul. The Golden Flower
XI (b)	Yoga and the Non-Physical Bodies
XI (c)	The Non-Physical Bodies
XII	The Masters and the Path
XIII	Annoted Bibliography
	Glossary and Index

Synopsis 

The Point as a Seed

The Circle as a Womb

Male and Female. The Circle Divides

The Circle as a Source of Emanation

The Lunar Key to the Mysteries

Cell Division and the Bisected Circle

The Diameter of the Circle (A)

The Diameter of the Circle (B)

The Cross (A)

The Cross (B)

The Spiral Path (A)

The Spiral Path (B)

The Cross and the Circle

The Triangle in the Circle

The Triangle and the Pythagorean Decad

The Emanation of the Trinity

The Circle of Seven Planes

The Line, the Triads and the Planes

The Pyramid

The Interlaced Circles and the Vesica Pisces

The Six-Armed Cross and the Rays

The Six-Armed Cross. The Octahedron

The Octahedron or Double Pyramid

The Double Triangles and the Seven Spheres

The Platonic Concept of the Atom

Atomic Evolution and the Seven Planes

The original esoteric symbolism of the Gnosis or Ageless Wisdom was embodied in the Senzar language which predates Sanskrit. This language was used by the Initiates of the Lemurian and Atlantean civilizations but was lost after the flood which destroyed the remnants of Atlantis.

Prior to the flood there was a unified "myth"-ology of cosmology based on the universal language of symbols. This explains why all major cosmological sequences can be unified through the symbolic language of the zodiac.

In all civilizations we find the same symbolic glyphs and diagrams and certain key words associated with the Mysteries. This esoteric science of the Ageless Wisdom was taught after the Flood by the Initiates of the Mystery Schools. When they withdrew from the physical plane the knowledge became fragmented and distorted. Fortunately it was embedded in mythological and religious texts and also in the symbolic language of the esoteric groups who remembered the ancient teachings.

Now it is necessary to examine the language of symbolism and present esoteric astrology as a key to the Mysteries for the Souls of the Aquarian Age.

The manifestation of a universe may be linked to the fall of a seed into a suitable medium for growth. There is the story in Greek mythology of the god Uranus being emasculated by Saturn-Cronus. The creative seeds of Uranus fall into the waters of Space (Pisces) where they commence to generate.

There is an exact correspondence, following the order of the signs of the zodiac, between the planets ruling these signs and the Greek gods.

The radiation from the Point has the expansive nature of Jupiter. The boundary or circumference is the delimited area of Space and Time marked out by Saturn-Cronus who is the ruler or chronocrator of the cycle. Saturn is synonymous with the Silent Watcher who guards the Ring-pass-Not of our universe. This is partly the reason for the restrictive quality associated with Saturn in astrological teachings.

The light of Christ emerge from the Rock-Tomb of the Winter Solstice. So the Sun emerges from the darkness of Winter into the growing light of Spring and Summer.

The first expansion of the Point is as a diameter within the circumscribed Sphere where its subsequent growth will take place. This glyph of the divided Circle represents the first differentiation of the homogenous Substance of the Godhead, known as Pradhana, into the original duality of Spirit (Purusha) and Matter (Prakriti).

One of the original names of God is Io (10). The name signifies "He of the Hidden Face". This name is still used by the Maoris of New Zealand. The one (1) represents the male phallus and the Zero (0) is the womb. In India these are the symbols of the lingam and the yoni. Collectively, the name Io is also the number 10 of the Pythagorean Decad, the number of the Sephiroth in the kabalistic Tree of Life, and the original number of the signs of the zodiac (Libra being an added sign and Virgo being split into Virgo-Scorpio.

Plato taught that man was originally a spherical being (before the division of the sexes in the mid-Lemurian Root Race). In Indian temples we find the lingam (phallus) and the yoni (womb) inside the main temple, there being a separate female temple alongside which is dedicated to the shakti (female aspect) of the god. The Shakti represents the manifested energies of the god.

This descent of the energies through the planes is symbolically related to the River Ganges, or to the great Sea of Pisces and the Virgin Mother. She is also the Virgin Maré (Binah in the Kabalistic Tree of Life) and Mulaprakriti. This fluid matter is the medium in which the generative seeds of the Godhead will germinate before entering into manifestation in Aries.

The Great Sea of Pisces is in effect the Cosmic Ocean of Love-Wisdom from which the great spiritual teachers of mankind issue forth according to the major cycles of manifestation. Manifestation is through Jehovah in Aries but this Jehovah is the manifested god or demiurge and not the hidden god.

Jehovah is in reality Yod - HeVauHe or Adam-Eve. The god (Yod) manifests as a female trinity through the female shakti of the Cosmic Ocean in Pisces.

The circle without a starting point symbolizes endless Duration. When the Point within the circle becomes the Diameter the two hemispheres represent the Macrocosm or universe and the Microcosm or man. The diameter of the circle represents 10 as One in the Zero. The unmanifest Circle is the Zero or No-Thing of the ten-sign zodiac. The moving Circle which issues forth from it, is the twelve-sign zodiac. The intersection of these two circles creates the Vesica Pisces.

The octahedron formed by the interaction of two spheres symbolizes the interaction between the Triad of the Higher Self and the Triad of the Lower Self. The triangle in the Circle is the symbol of the Trinity in the Godhead.

God is sometimes symbolized by an Eye within a Circle or Triangle. This God in man is the Monad. From it come forth the Triads of the Higher and Lower Selves. The Sphere in man is the human aura around the physical body.

The unmoving Circle depicts endless Duration. When the Diameter appears, the intersection of the circumference means the commencement of finite Time as a specific cycle around the Circle. When this diameter bisects the astrological signs of Cancer and Capricorn it divides the circle into the macrocosm and microcosm.

The sign of Cancer is ruled by the Moon and is related to birth through the womb. Cancer is therefore called the Gate of Birth of the Monad into the microcosm or little world of man. This Gate is similar to the fish bridge of the Vesica Pisces created by the intersection of the unmoving and moving spheres. This interaction creates the octahedron or double pyramid which symbolizes the interaction of the Triad of the Higher Self with the Lunar Triad of the Lower Self.

The symbol of the Moon is the ark or boat which carries the seeds of life across the Great Sea of Pisces, the Fishes, into a new cycle of manifestation in Aries. This is the real meaning of Noah and the Ark. The new cycle can be cosmic, planetary, racial or human.

The Cosmic Ocean of Pisces is the Great Sea of the Virgin Mary who is the Isis of the Egyptian Mysteries. The Isis festivals held at Rome until 394 A.D. were called the Navigium Isidis or Navigation of Isis. The statue of Isis was borne on a lunar boat, ark or carrus. Therefore the Festival, held early in March, was also called the carrus navalis or Carnival. It is a symbol of the projection of the seeds of life (animals) from the Great Sea of Pisces into manifestation.

The process of cell division duplicates the genesis of planets and of humans but is on a much smaller scale. The Cosmic Egg is the germ cell. The duality of Spirit/Matter or Father/Mother is related to the spermatozoon/ovum. In the process of cell division called mitosis the chromosomes split across the diameter of the cell and the nucleus forms two poles. The divided chromosomes then form a web-like structure prior to the division and subsequent multiplication of the cell and its offspring.

In the Stanzas of The Secret Doctrine (H.P. Blavatsky) there is a definition of this process applied to the manifestation of a universe which states that "Father/Mother spin a web".

When the chromosomes divide they create a geometrical form similar to the octahedron or double pyramid. The chromosomes form the base line and the split nucleus is polarized above and below the line. In three dimensions this forms the octahedron.

Manifestation requires the polarization of the original homogenous Substance (Pradhana) in the process of its self-becoming (Svabhavat). In Chinese terms Tao becomes Yang (male) and Yin (female). In Hindu philosophy Parabrahman divides into Purusha (Spirit) and Prakriti (matter). In the Maori religion from Io come Rangi, the Sky father, and Papa, the Earth Mother.

According to the Kabalistic doctrine Kether, the Point, divides into the male/female polarity of Chokmah and Binah. This last Sephira of Binah is the Great Sea of Pisces which is ruled by Saturn-Cronus from Capricorn. Binah is the Great Mother. Chokmah the male Sephira or centre, is ruled by Uranus and related to the cosmic energies of Fohat in Aquarius. In Greek mythology it is Saturn-Cronus in Capricorn who emasculates Uranus (in Aquarius) so that his generative seeds (in Chokmah) can fecundate the Waters of Space of Binah in Pisces.

In astrology Pisces is ruled by Jupiter. In the Kabalistic teachings the next lower Sephira from Binah is Chesed, which is also ruled by Jupiter. It is in turn followed by Pachad ruled by Mars. Similarly, in astrology, Pisces ruled by Jupiter is followed by Aries ruled by Mars. This complete integration of the Kabalistic, mythological and astrological teachings indicate the existence of a prior source of the teachings, certainly in Chaldea and probable through the Egyptian Mystery Schools from Atlantis.

The Biblical story of Eve being taken from the Adam's rib relates to the original androgyne nature of the Monad which divides in the Lemurian Root Race. The fall of mankind to the physical plane requires a different form of sexual reproduction which necessitated the division of the androgyne into male and female.

The dual forces of Spirit and Matter create as Father-Mother the web of the Universe to be

Manifestation requires duality which is found in the polar opposites of every atom.

The religions also have their dualities.

EGYPTIAN RELIGION	CHRISTIAN	MIDDLE EAST	ZOROASTRIAN
Osiris - Horus	God	Baal	Mithra
Typhon - Set	Devil	Moloch	Ahriman

The vertical line of the Cross depicts the descent of the Spirit as the Monad into Matter as the horizontal line. Every human being is crucified on the cross until he learns to free the Christ-consciousness within. This Soul-wisdom is symbolized by the Runes or Tablets of wisdom picked up by Odin whilst he was crucified on "the wind-swept tree".

Every Monad must descend through the Higher Self and the Lower Self of Personality into incarnation. It inhabits mental, emotional, etheric and physical bodies. The liberation of the Soul, as the consciousness of the Personality, lies in the freeing of consciousness from the confines of these bodies through the practice of meditation.

The "seven-skinned egg" of the universe consists of the seven planes:

On the five lower planes from Atma to the Physical the Monad acquires five permanent atoms. The emitted vibrations from these atoms aggregate the other atoms needed to build the superphysical and physical bodies used by the Soul during its incarnation on Earth. See Part XI (c) The Non-Physical Bodies.

The Cross (B)

The Collective Unconscious may be likened to a cosmic web of archetypal energies. The intersections of the web are the Star-Monads of Space. These Star-Points are the condensed ovules or eggs which represent centres of energy, each being a fragment of the Godhead. Space is a homogenous Substance known as Koilon. This undifferentiated Substance is also known as Pradhana, being neither Spirit nor Matter but including both.

The action of Fohat (cosmic energy in Aquarius) causes the Star-Points of the Monads to appear as luminous sparks in space. These are the Cosmic Eggs created by Saturn-Cronus, he being the Potter who drives the wheel of the Zodiac.

The Nucleus of the Egg is the Cosmic Consciousness of the Star-Monad from the light source in Aquarius. At a later stage of emanation the Star-Monad will descend from Aries into the Higher Self, a fragment of which is destined to incarnate in the Lower Self of the physical plane.

This is the crucifixion of the vertical line of the Spirit as the Monad into the horizontal line of Matter. The symbol of the Cross is timeless, as is Christianity. This timeless aspect is based on the language of symbols (which are the common basis of all religions). To be eternally valid Christianity can never be historical because it is based on the Cosmic Christ in each individual.

The universe in its movement toward Vega causes the planetary orbits to appear as a series of interlinked spiral paths. The interaction of the universe with man is symbolized by the interlinked triangles of the Star of David or Vishnu's Seal.

To speed this evolution man must balance the mandala of his total psyche as depicted in the combined glyph of the Circle and the Cross. The birth of Christ-consciousness occurs when the Lower Self successfully integrates its consciousness with that of the Higher self. The preparatory steps involve the integration of the energies of the polar opposites in the psychic mandala. The four quarters of the mandala represent the four triads in man and the four phases of the lunar month.

The Spirit, as Theseus in Greek Mythology, enters the labyrinth of the lower planes of manifestation to slay the Minotaur symbolizing the animal desires of the Lower Self. He successfully leaves the maze by following Adriadne's thread. This is the thread-self or sutr-atma of consciousness which links the Lower Self of Personality with the Higher Self of the Individuality.

Achilles is vulnerable in his heel, which the serpent-Scorpio of the desire-mind in the physical body. He enters Troy (the Lower Self) and kills Hector (the passions of the Lower Self). This is symbolized by his slaying of the Queen of the Amazons. The dragging of the body of Hector three times round the walls of Troy relates to the triadic nature of the Lower Self (mind, emotions and sensations).

The double spiral depicts the descent of the Monad, first into the Higher Self and then into the Lower Self. The descent is in the form of a triadic reflection.

In Egyptian ritual worship the three gods of the Egyptian Trinity were taken from Karnak to Luxor in a boat and then returned. So the triad of the Higher Self reflects during life into the triad of the Lower Self, and at death returns to the Higher Self.

The cross above the circle is the old symbol of Mars. The Tau Cross below the circle is the Egyptian ankh cross of immortality. The cross below the circle is the symbol of the planet Venus. The circle represents Spirit and the cross is Matter. We must learn to raise our spiritual consciousness above the plane of materialistic desire.

The cross in the circle denotes a time in racial history prior to the fall of the Lemurian Root Race into physical incarnation. This symbol is referred to as the Mandala. It represents the integration in Jungian psychology, of the four functions of willing, intuition, thinking and feeling.

The Mandala is also a symbol for a chakram or psychic centre connected with the spine. It blossoms like a flower when energized by the flow of spiritual energies such as kundalini up the spine. In the Bible Ezekiel's chariot, on which he rises to heaven, is described as having fiery wheels. These wheel are the coloured vertical motions of the energized chakras. In the enlightened man this energy activates the Ajna Chakram or Third Eye in the forehead thus awakening spiritual vision.

The original Point manifests in the Sphere and becomes the innumerable Points of the Star-Monads on the circumference. These are the stars in Space. Manifestation occurs through the genesis of the great polar opposites such as Yang and Yin from Tao. This polarization can always be negated by the fusion of the polar energies on a higher level of synthesis. This is the process of sublimation in psychology. For instance, sexual energies can be transmuted to spiritual energies by channeling these energies up the spine in meditation. In essence Freud is dealing with the energies of sex at one pole and Jung is writing on the same energies from the spiritual standpoint at the other pole. The spine is the bridge between the two apparently divergent viewpoints.

In Germanic philosophy the poles are the thesis and antithesis. Their mergence takes the place on a higher level as a synthesis. We should treat religion as universal because it has a psychological basis. The fact that the Godhead can be reached through the meditative process makes nonsense of the conflicting claims of the various religions and their squabbling sectarian factions. God is in man because He is born in all human beings at all times. The consciousness of the individual is the reflection of the God-consciousness to unity with the Godhead through meditation.

The eye in the triangle conveys the spiritual truth that the descent of consciousness from the Monad is by triadic reflection from the Trinity to the Godhead. We are gods in the becoming.

The Triangle commences with the Point of no dimension. It expands to the line of one dimension and is completes in the two dimensions of length and breadth. The Male Point expands into the Female Line to create the Trinity of the Godhead. The radiation of the Point generates the Sphere. The division of the Sphere by the diameter of the Line creates the duality of Father/Mother. From the Sphere substance of Pradhana comes the duality of Spirit/Matter or Parabrahman and Mulaprakriti. The One is the Line and the Sphere is Zero. Together they are 10.

The One in the Zero is the Father/Mother in latency. The 10 yods of the Pythagorean Decad are the 10 sephiroth of the kabalistic Tree of Life. The Ten is made up of the powers of the Trinity expressed through the Seven Rays in Aries. The Monads are the Sparks from the Flame of Godhead who descend into incarnation along one or other of the Seven Rays.

The Seven Rays are controlled by the Spiritual Hierarchies associated with the seven Sacred Planets (Sun, Mercury, Venus, Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn). The Pythagorean Decad includes the three higher octave planets of Pluto, Uranus and Neptune. So also do the energies of the three Kumaras connected with the Trinity emerge as the three major and three minor Rays with a Fourth Ray balancing point. The qualities of the Rays are those of the seven Sacred Planets.

The Trinity of Godhead is represented by a Triangle in a Circle. Each member of the Trinity is co-equal and eternal.

CHRISTIAN	ESOTERIC	NATURE	MANIFESTATION	HINDU
Ineffable	Chaos	Space	Unmanifest	Brahman
Creator	Theos	Monads	Partial	Purusha
Universe	Cosmos	Atoms	Complete	Prakriti

The Creator God is the Demiurge in Aries. The Hidden God is Saturn-Cronus in Capricorn. The Angelic Hierarchies are the Elohim or Builders of the universe in Aries. Their collective consciousness is Mahat in the macrocosm universe and Manas in man the microcosm. The Monads are the incarnating Sons of God who emanate from the Cosmic Ocean of Pisces into the planes of manifestation dependent from Aries. These Monads are the "little ones" of the Bible.

In Buddhism the Three Logoi are:

(a) Amitabha is the Boundless Light of Aquarius which manifests as the Monad or Atman or Monad in Aries.

(b) Alaya is the Great Sea of Cosmic Consciousness in Pisces into which the Monad returns at the end of the cycle.

(c) Avalokitesvara is the Third Logos or Mahat in Aries.

The Great Wheel of the Zodiac is the seven-skinned Egg of the universe. These skins are the seven great planes of manifestation commencing with Adi on the Spiritual level and descending to the physical plane. The outer circle is the sphere of the Monad. The intermediate circle is the realm of the Higher Self. The smallest circle is that of the Personality.

The fields interpenetrate, thus demonstrating the truth of the Eternal Presence in man. "Nearer is He than breathing, closer than hands or feet." The consciousness of man interpenetrates all planes because it is derived from the Monadic level of the Adic plane.

The Line of the thread-self or sutr-atma represents the descent of the Monad through the seven planes.

The Line (tree, Aaron's rod, staff, tower etc.) is also a symbol of the spine along which are to be found the chakras or psychic centres connected with the planets and with the endocrine glands. See also Vibrational Medicine for the 21st Century. Gerber, R. pub. 2001 [ISBN No. 0 4799 2187 0]

The heart centre acts as the Antahkarana or Bridge between the Higher and Lower Selves. It is the centre known as Tiphareth on the Middle Pillar of the Tree of Life.

The spiritual significance of the pyramid can best be grasped by studying the structure of the step pyramid or ziggurat. Each level of the pyramid is associated with one of the seven Sacred Plants and bore the colour of that planet.

 The initiates with their disciples and pupils took their stance on the pyramid according to their status. The temple situated on the flat top of the pyramid was used to invoke members of the Angelic Hierarchies related to the planets and the zodiacal signs. It is completely erroneous to assume that worship was at any time directed towards the Sun or the planets. On the contrary they had specific knowledge of the nature and functions of these Hierarchies no longer possessed by twentieth century man. It is we who are ignorant because the church no longer teaches what the Gnostics knew.

Using Christian terms the Hierarchies are the Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Virtues, Powers, Cherubim and Seraphim, Angels and Archangels. The kabalistic teachings still refer to these Hierarchies and in the not too distant future mankind is destined to re-establish communication with the Angelic Hosts.

The perfect figure of the ten-sign zodiac relates to the heaven world of the macrocosm. The subsequent twelve-sign zodiac of the Moving Circle relates to the fall of mankind into physical generation. This is depicted by the splitting of the sign of Virgo into Virgo-Scorpio with Libra being added as an intercepted sign.

The interaction between the Moving and the Unmoving Circles creates a common space between the spheres which is called the Vesica Pisces. It has the shape of a fish or womb in which gestation is taking place. It is therefore related to the Moon and the zodiacal sign of Cancer. The fish also denotes the passage of cosmic energies through the Great Sea of Pisces into manifestation in Aries. Pisces is the sign of the Fishes. This transfer applies to planets, races and individuals. The lunar germs are borne across the sea in the Ark (a lunar boat) under the direction of the the Seed Manu for that Chain, Round, Globe, Root Race or sub-race. Refer to the story of Vaivasvatu Manu and the fish who warned him of the flood in the Hindu scriptures. The planetary cycles govern the periods.

The manifestation of the Trinity can be represented by a three-dimensional cross. See also diagram in next Section. Each line of the cross is associated with two of the Seven Rays. The central point of the cross is the Fourth Ray of balance and harmony. By joining the end points of the cross we form the structure of the octahedron. The octahedron depicts the interaction of the Higher Self with the Lower Self, as symbolized by the Solar and Lunar Triads.

The signs of the zodiac listed above are those of the microcosm or lower hemisphere of the zodiacal circle. The Rays also relate to the polar opposites of these signs in the macrocosmic hemisphere. All Monads evolve along one or other of the Seven Rays. However, the evolutionary Ray of the Personality can be different from that of the Monad, or the Higher Self.

The ascription of the Earth and the Moon to Rays 4 and 5 respectively is related to the position of the Earth between Venus and Mars in the heavens.

The descent of Spirit into Matter is symbolized by the vertical arm of the cross. The field of manifestation is represented by the four arms of the horizontal cross. These arms are connected with the four elements and the fixed signs of the zodiac.

In Christianity the representation of the four fixed signs of the zodiac are called the Tetramorphs. these are the four beasts before the throne in the Book of Revelation.

The triadic reflection of the Monad is embodied first in the Higher Self and then in the Lower Self. The Octahedron is the Platonic Solid which symbolizes the interaction of the Higher self with the Lower. The Plane of interaction between the two Triads represents the perfect stillness of the lower mind in meditation. In this state of contemplation the intuitions of the Higher Self can be received.

The conscious bridge between the two triads is known as the Antahkarana in Yoga. In Japanese temples a mirror is used as a symbol of the tranquil mind. Religious conversion is experienced when the suppressed needs of the Soul are met by a conscious at-one-ment with the Higher Self. The direct and immediate aim of education should be the provision of the psychological knowledge and meditative techniques necessary to establish this bridge with the Higher Self.

In the Bible the Sea of Galilee is a symbol of consciousness. When the disciples are in a fishing boat and a storm arises this represents the stimulation of the lower desires. They call upon Christ (the consciousness of the Higher Self) to still the waves. He does so and directs them to cast the net of the mind into the waters of the Higher Self where they catch the fish of spiritual wisdom. This is the magic salmon of wisdom in Celtic mythology.

The seven planets of a Chain can be represented by six coins placed around a central coin. If the centres of the outer spheres are joined we create the Star of David or Seal of Vishnu which represents the interaction of the Higher Self with the Lower. There is the central point connected with the Fourth Ray of harmony or balance. The other six Rays are related to the outer Spheres and the Sacred Planets.

 

In the Fourth Chain of seven globes the fourth planet is the earth. Its role is to provide a stable fulcrum for the manifestation of the energies connected with the Chain. We have reached a point in Earth's evolution where the forces of involution have passed their densest level of manifestation. What we call physical matter is in process of change to an etheric or fluidic state. We speak of plasma physics and the convertibility of matter to energy. We have non-physical bodies and can photograph ectoplasm (as well as auras using Kirilian photography ed.). This is fluid matter.

According to Plato the sphere of heaven contains the seven orbits of the planets and is suspended from an axis or spindle. The revolutions of the seven orbits are guided by the Fates, Lachesis, Clotho and Atropos. These represent the three aspects of karma (agami, sanchita and prarabdha) and the Past, Present and Future. The distaff is the axis of the Earth (the poles) and the axis of the universe (the Milky Way). The web spun is that of Father-Mother or Spirit-Matter.

Lachesis offers the travellers a sample of lives to choose from. This is the fundamental law of reincarnation. Then the Souls (travellers) go with their gurus (Higher Self) to fulfill their lot on Earth.

Plato conceives of the atom as being composed of whorls, the inner being smaller and smaller. These whorls are related to the seven Sacred Planets. He correctly ascribes yellow to Mercury and red to Mars. His concept is in advance of twentieth century atomic physics because what he is describing is the anu or occultist's atom, which consists of a series of spirals and can be seen clairvoyantly. These spirillae are associated with the energies of the Trinity and the Seven Rays.

The comparable structure in Man are the chakras or psychic energy centres running from the spine. The seven main chakras are related to the seven Sacred Planets and the endocrine glands.

Koilin is the substance of Space. This fluid Root Matter is called Mulaprakriti and is the Cosmic Ocean of Pisces. The force of the Great Breadth as Fohat or cosmic energy acts on this fluid matter of the aether of Space to create tiny spherical bubbles of Koilin. These spheres are the ultimate atoms or anu out of which, by aggregation along geometric lines, are constructed the atoms of the physicist.

The archetypal Ideas from the Godhead have to be enclothed in forms. The aggregation of anu needed to create these forms commences on the plane of Adi and increases by powers on each lower plane of manifestation.

Each of these planes above has a tanmatra associated with it. This tanmatra represents an embodiment or limitation of the pure consciousness of the Godhead. The effect produced by this limitation is known as a tattva. In this manner the Divine outpouring is given form. Each plane is represented by a spiral in the anu or original atom. Evolution means the activation of these spirals. One spiral is activated during each round of a Chain of seven planets.