Synopsis

Chinese Teachings

The Nine Planes and the Three Triads

The Division of the Seven and Ten Planes

Aquarius, Pisces, Aries and Libra

Stars, Sun and Moon

Japanese Teachings

The Descent of the Gods

The Triads of Amida Buddha and Shaka

The Japanese Account of Creation (A)

The Japanese Account of Creation (B)

Izanagi and Izanami

Izanagi, Amaterasu and Susanowo

Susanowo and the Serpent

Okuninushi and Sukuna-Bikona

Polynesian Mythology

Maori Mythology

The Creative Process From Capricorn

The Descent of Venus

Maui and the Reincarnating Triads

The planes of manifestation have various numbers depending on their divisions. The early zodiac had ten signs, Libra being excluded and Virgo-Scorpio joined. The present zodiac has twelve signs.

The nine planes are ten including Aries and twelve as the zodiac. They are also seven from Aries and five from Leo.

The Nine Skies are the nine planes of increasing density from Aries to Capricorn. The Nine Streams are the energies of the planes.

The Valley of Light (Yang-ku) is Aquarius. The lake there is Pisces, the Cosmic Ocean. The cosmic Tree is the Aries-Libra axis. The mother (Pisces) of ten suns (the ten planes including Aries) washes them in the lake (they emanate from Pisces). The Sun at the top of the Tree is the Sun exalted in Aries.

Pan is the name of Saturn-Cronos. In China he becomes Pan-Ku who is born from the cosmic egg in Aquarius as Father-Mother or Yang-Yin. The goat-skin bag of Capricorn contains Chaos. This becomes the Cosmos when the forces of emanation are released by the piercing of the bag.

The Sky and the Earth released from the egg grow by ten feet each day. This refers to the ten planes of manifestation from Aries to Capricorn. The seven orifices which Shu and Hu (Shu and Tefnut in Egypt) bore in the Emperor Hun-Tun are the creation of the seven planes by the artificer-smith as the Demiurge in Aries.

The Flaming Dragon is the cosmic energy of Fohat in Aquarius. It manifests in the cosmic mandala of the four quadrants of the zodiac related to the four directions of space (as in the Mayan-Aztec teachings).

The monster Kung Kung threw himself at Mount Pu Chou (Aries in the East) causing the Earth energies to flow from the Cosmic Ocean of Pisces (East) towards the south-east in Cancer (South). This refers to the descent of Fohat as cosmic energies (dragons or serpents) from Aries down through Cancer into Libra.

The Milky Way is the River Han in the sky. The three stars in Aquila and the Lyre are related to the story of the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd. She crosses the Milky Way (the descent of the Trinity) to be united with her lover, the Sun-Monad in Aries.

The sea-god Yu Chiang is the ruler of the Cosmic Ocean of Pisces in the north-east quadrant. The Count of the Wind represents Aquarius. Capricorn is in the North and Aries is in the East. Pisces lies between them. Yu Chiang has the body of a fish (Pisces, the fishes).

The Mount of Aries is represented by Tien Shan in the East (Aries). It is protected by red water (Mars colour, ruler of Aries). It is the source of the four great rivers (quadrature of the mandala). Goats (symbol of Saturn) are found there, and the Mount has nine levels (the nine planes of descent). The fallen Soul in Libra (the West) is Hsi Wang Mu, who lives in a cave (the physical body). She has three green birds symbolizing the Lunar Triad, and possesses the herb of immortality (means of raising consciousness to the Higher Self).

The five stones melted by Nu Kua are the five planes of the microcosmic pentad (Atma, Buddhi, Manas, Kama and Sthula). The lower hemisphere is depicted by the upturned tortoise.

The Sun in Aries is the male Yang of fire. (Aries is a fire sign.) It has a three-footed raven in its breast. (The Sun-Monad has the powers of the Trinity within it from the Cosmic Quadrant of the zodiac. The raven or black bird is the symbol of Saturn-Cronos in Capricorn, who governs the emanatory process.) The darkness of the Sun-Monad under the tree is the blindness of the Soul (Moon) in the physical body at the base of the spine or tree.

There are twelve moons related to the months and the signs of the zodiac. The week of ten days also refers to the ten planes of the kabalistic Tree of Life. The Moon is of water (Pisces, Cancer) and is Yin.

The Sun is the Higher Self and the Moon is the Lower Self. Together they represent the marriage of Yang and Yin or Fire and Water. This is the alchemical marriage.

The creator god lives in the Great Bear (the source of the Seven Rays from Aries) and his courtiers (Star-Monads) are thrown down from the sky. This is the "death" or crucifixion of the Star-Monads on the Cosmic Tree. We are these Monads incarnated on Earth.

Creation begins in the zodiacal sign Capricorn and follows, through Aquarius, the order of the signs.

SIGN Capricorn: Source. Macrocosmic Hemisphere Cosmic Quadrant Daijizaten Aquarius Cosmic Energies Kung Kung (Fohat) Pisces Virgin Sea. Kannon, Monju Aries Tree, Spear Amaterasu (Demiurge) Susanowo Monadic Quadrant Taurus Verbum, Voice (Vibrations) Gemini Twins Izanagi Cancer Womb Izanami Microcosmic Hemisphere Solar Quadrant Okuninushi (Higher Self) Leo Will Sun (1) Virgo Love-Wisdom Mercury (2) Libra Intelligence Venus (3) (Bridge) Lower Mind Moon (4) Lunar Quadrant Ninigi (Lower Self) Scorpio Desires Mars (5) Sagittarius Life Energies Jupiter (6) Capricorn Sensations Saturn (7)

The Seven Rays are depicted by the seven gods in the boat. They are the energies of the seven Sacred Planets.

The triad consists of the Amida Buddha, the Daiseishi Bodhisattva (Bodhi-wisdom and sattva-bliss) and Kannon (Kwan Yin in China). The Shingon sect expand this triad to six forms related to Kannon. As Kwan Yin (Mother of Mercy) Kannon is the Cosmic Sea of Love-Wisdom in Pisces. He is called the Great Compassionate One. He has eleven faces (the 11 signs of the zodiac excluding the source in Capricorn) and a precious wheel (the zodiac). His six forms relate to the six signs of the macrocosmic hemisphere. He wears a horse's head as a symbol of the outrushing spiritual energies (flying-horse or sea-horse of Neptune) from the Cosmic Ocean in Pisces. He has 33 shapes and 33 sanctuaries (the 11 zodiacal signs, each with three decans of ten degrees).

The triad of Shaka is called the Shakasanzon. It is composed of Monju, Fugen-bosatu and the Sakyamuni Buddha. Monju is Manjusri and like Kannon is the Mother of Enlightenment who lives on Mount Wu Tai. Fugen represents the disciplining of consciousness through meditation to lead it from the Lower Self to the Intuition or Wisdom of the Higher Self. This Intuition is symbolized by Virgo which is a direct reflection of the Cosmic Sea (Kannon or Monju) in Pisces, the Great Mother. The scroll or sword of Monju is the Aries-Libra axis.

Sign
Capricorn	Shiva (Daijizaiten).
	Kuni-Toko-Tachi, Emma-O (Pluto).
Aquarius	Kung Kung (Serpent energy of Fohat).
Aquarius	Cosmic Egg of In (Yang) and Yo (Yin).
Aquarius	Binayaka (dual forces of egg).
Aquarius	Izanagi (male) and Izanami (female).
Pisces	Kampira (sea), Benten, Kwannon (Kwan Yin).
Pisces	Tsukiyomi (Moon).
Aries	Kagu Tsuchi (fire god as Mars, ruler of Aries).
Aries	Sun-Monad (Sun exalted in Aries), Amaterasu (Sun).
Aries	Susanowo (Demiurge in Aries), Sukuna-Bikona (dwarf).

Through Susanowo, the Demiurge, comes the descent of Okuninushi (Higher Self). Also through Amaterasu (the Monad in Aries as the exalted Sun) comes Ninigi (the Lower Self or ruler of temporal affairs. The three precious gifts (sword, jewel and mirror) received by Ninigi refer to the reflection of the triadic powers of the Higher Self into the Lower.

In India the Great Lord or Maheshvara is Shiva, who as Saturn or Shani rules Capricorn. In Japan he becomes Daijizaiten, the Great Lord. The two sons of Shiva are:

(a) Subramaniam or Marichi, the God of Light in Aquarius who is depicted on a boar (the Sun symbol) or on a pack of seven boars (the Seven Rays emanating from Aries).

(b) Ganesha (Vinayaka or Binayaka) known as Daisho Kangiten, the elephant-headed remover of obstacles. As Binayaka he is symbolized as the man and wife in embrace. This relates to the splitting of the Cosmic Egg in Aquarius.

The energies from Space (Aquarius) are the cosmic energies of the serpent Fohat represented as Light. This Light is focussed through Pisces by the Demiurge (Susanowo) and Amaterasu (the Sun Monad) and emerges as the Seven Rays in Aries. The ark or boat on the sea of Pisces (the Cosmic Ocean) is the Japanese treasure ship containing the Seven Gods (Shichi Fukujin). These gods are Hotei (laughter), Jurojin (longevity), Fukurokuju (wisdom), Bishamon (zeal), Daikoku (wealth), Ebisu (fishing) and Benten (goddess of the sea). These seven represent the Cosmocratores or Angelic Hierarchies of the Seven Rays.

Izanagi and Izanami are brother and sister. They symbolize the two halves of the cosmic egg in Aquarius. They dip a spear (the serpent energies of Fohat) in the sea (of Pisces) and create land (the Mount of Aries).

Their child (like Moses in the Bible) was sent floating down the river (of spiritual energies) on a raft of reeds (bullrushes).

Izanagi and Izanami produce eight islands (the seven Sacred Planets and the Earth, the Gnostic and Egyptian Ogdoads). Izanami (the Virgin Mother in Pisces) gives birth to the god of fire (Kago Tsuchi or Mars in Aries) and dies. Izanagi cut off the head of the fire-god. (The emanations from Pisces fell into manifestation and were cut off or crucified in Aries ruled by Mars, the god of fire, Aries is a fire sign.) His sword is ten hand-spans in length. (Manifestation is through the ten planes from Aries to Capricorn.)

Izanami descends (as the Soul) to the underworld and Izanagi goes to find her. (The Sun-Monad descends into incarnation.) Like Persephone (Proserpine) Izanami ate food in the underworld (the physical body) and was forced to stay there during the life of the body.

Amaterasu is born from the left eye (Sun) of Izanagi and Tsukiyomi (Moon) from his right eye. Susanowo, the Demiurge, comes from his nose. Amaterasu, the Sun-Monad, swallows the ten hand-span long sword of Susanowo, and breaks it into three parts.

The ten (sword length) planes have three (pieces of sword) main divisions:

(a) Monad (Taurus, Gemini, Cancer)

(b) Higher Self (Leo, Virgo, Libra)

(c) Lower Self (Scorpio Sagittarius, Capricorn)

Aries is the source (1) + (3 x 3) = 10 of these three triads making up our esoteric psychological structure.

Amaterasu retires into a cavern (the Lower Self or physical body, which as a fragment of the Sun-Monad descends into during incarnation. The gods place a mirror (reflecting power of the still mind in meditation) before the cave (physical body) and Amaterasu (the Monadic fragment) emerges from the Lower Self (Lunar Triad) and becomes a radiant light-source (Christ) as the Higher Self (Solar Triad).

As a punishment for the Sun's disappearance Susanowo has his fingernails (10) torn out. These relate to the ten planes of descent of the Sun-Monad.

Susanowo as the fire-god is the Demiurge or Great Architect (Mars in Aries). He finds a serpent (Fohat in Aquarius) who has devoured eight daughters (the Seven Sacred Planets and the Earth). Susanowo kills the serpent. (The spiritual energies from Aries descend through the Seven Planes as the Seven Rays. The Earth is the eighth.) inside the serpent he finds the famous kuzanagi sword. (The sword represents the Will of the Aries-Libra axis, which is the Cosmic Tree, and the sword in the stone of King Arthur.)

By killing the serpent (controlling the serpent-fire of kundalini) he marries the ninth daughter (the Soul in the physical body) and she gives birth to Okuninushi, who marries the daughter (Soul) of Susanowo. Okuninushi is the Christ-consciousness of the Higher Self. He is tested by Susanowo, threatened by serpents (the lower desires) and purified by fire. He breaks down the house (manifested from planes which the Soul inhabits during incarnation) of Susanowo (the Demiurge or Architect) and passes from the Land of Darkness (the form or rupa planes) into the Land of Light (from the Lower Self, through the Higher Self to the Monad or Father in Heaven). There he is welcomed by Susanowo (as is the Prodigal Son).

Okuninushi gained the help of the dwarf Sukuna-Bikona (the dwarf Purusha, or artificer-Demiurge) in building the planes of manifestation from the Spiritual (Aries) down to the Physical (Libra). This is the stratification of the Cosmic Tree (Aries-Libra) into the ten planes.

The grandson of Amaterasu, Ninigi, became political king of the world, whilst Okuninushi was the spiritual ruler. Ninigi received the three precious gifts (the sword, jewel and mirror). The sword is the Will of the Personality. Using it the lower desires can be slain, so purifying the Lower Self. The mirror is the calm untroubled reflecting surface of consciousness, which can receive the spiritual promptings of Intuition (Virgo) from the Higher Self. The jewel is the Diamond-Soul, each facet of which is a Personality incarnated on earth. When all of the facets have been polished then the Jewel-Soul is a perfect reflection of the Monad and its incarnations are at an end. It becomes "a pillar in the temple of the Lord and goes out (into incarnation) no more".

These three objects are the spiritual symbols of the sovereign in Japan.

The astrological basis of Maori mythology is as follows.

The Tangaroan concept of creation is that rocks (symbol of the rock-tomb of Capricorn) were thrown from space (Aquarius). These seeds or eggs (the Cosmic Egg in Aquarius) are broken in half by Tangaroa to become the Sky (Light in Aquarius) and the Earth (the fluid matter of mulaprakriti in Pisces).

The creator god of the Polynesians is Tangaroa. He existed in the dark void of Po (the darkness of the North in Capricorn). His messenger bird, Tuli, is similar to the dove or raven sent out by Noah from the ark. The Peopling Vine is the Aries-Libra axis from which the Monads descend from Aries down to the Physical Plane.

Po as Darkness emanates the Light of Ao or Io. This is similar to the Aour (Ain Soph Aur ed.) of the Kabalistic Tree of Life, which lies above Kether, the first point or Sephira of manifestation. The darkness (Po) is Capricorn and the Light (Ao) is Aquarius. The Sky Father (Uranus ruling Aquarius) is Rangi and the Earth Mother (Pisces) is Papa. These represent Father-Mother or the Purusha-Prakriti of the Hindus. The god of the forest trees, Tane, separated Rangi and Papa to allow the emanation of Light.

The supreme god Io (Ao or Light) inhabits the highest of the ten heavens (similar to the ten Sephiroth of the Kabalistic Tree of Life). Tane brought from Io the three baskets of wisdom (these are the Buddhist Tripitaka). He also created man (Tiki) and woman (Hine). Man represents the creative power (Fohat or kundalini) of the god Tane. The Dawn-Maiden (Venus exalted in Pisces is impregnated by the Hidden Father (Capricorn) and being ashamed she descends to Earth (incarnates).

The original woman, Hine, gives birth to the Dawn Maiden, whose father is Tane. (The daughter is Venus exalted in Pisces and the Father, Tane, is the powers of Aquarius emanated from Capricorn.) The daughter is said to flee to the underworld. This represents the descent of the Soul into incarnation on the physical plane. Venus in the Macrocosm is the Great Mother of the Cosmic Ocean of Pisces. In the Microcosm she is Virgo, the Intuition in man.

Tiki is the Monad.

Tinirau is the Higher Self.

Maui is the Mind.

Maui is the trickster mind capable of carrying communications between the Lower and Higher Selves of man. His mother is Hine or Haumea, the goddess of childbirth. (This signifies Venus as the Great Mother, Diana, Artemis, Astaroth, etc.) The Soul made by Tane (the Demiurge in Aries) must descend into incarnation as Hine-Nui-Te-Po, the dweller in the microcosmic hemisphere or underworld.

The daughter of Haumea is Pele, the goddess of volcanic fire. She, Pele, is the shakti or female power of kundalini, the serpentfire in man, which has a volcanic action when aroused from the base of the spine. This serpent flow is symbolized by the sinuous eel Tuna, the lover of Hina.

Maui is the power of the mind which can effect our spiritual transformation. Maui found Hine-Nui-Te-Po in the underworld (the Soul in the physical body) and entered into her. Fire is a symbol of kundalini at the base of the spine. The energies of sex are raised up the spine in meditation, so Maui symbolically enters into Hine where he dies (as the Lower Self) but will be reborn when purified by meditation (or at the death of the physical body).

The Melanesians have retained the triadic teachings of the descent of the Trinity. Qat carves the bodies of three men and three women from the (Cosmic) Tree. He gives them life by dancing and beating a drum. (The Tree is the Aries-Libra axis. The vibrations are from Taurus, the Verbum or Logos.) They are buried (in the lower hemisphere) for seven days (the seven planes of descent from the Spiritual to the Physical Plane).

Men are said to grow young again by shedding their skin. The skin is the Lower Self shed at death. We grow young by entering into the Higher Self (the Solar Triad) at death or through meditation.

Qat who gives life through creation is the Demiurge in Aries. His other twin (of Gemini) is Marawa who causes man to fall into apparent "death" during incarnation. This is the cycle of involution ("death") and evolution of the Soul through the signs of the zodiac. Cancer is the Gate of Life and Capricorn the Gate of Death. We are in this cycle now.