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A Treatise on Cosmic Fire - Introductory Postulates |
Introductory Postulates The teaching which is given in this Treatise on Cosmic Fire might be formulated in the following terms. These postulates are simply extensions of the three fundamentals to be found in the Proem in the first volume of the Secret Doctrine by H. P. Blavatsky (S.D., I, 42-44). Students are recommended to study them carefully; in this way their understanding of the Treatise will be greatly aided. I. There is one Boundless Immutable Principle; one Absolute Reality which antecedes all manifested conditioned Being. It is beyond the range and reach of any human thought or expression. The manifested Universe is contained within this Absolute Reality and is a conditioned symbol of it. In the totality of this manifested Universe, three aspects are to be conceived.
From these basic creative principles, in successive gradations there issue in ordered sequence the numberless Universes comprising countless Manifesting Stars and Solar Systems. Each Solar System is the manifestation of the energy and life of a great Cosmic Existence, Whom we call, for lack of a better term, a Solar Logos. [4]
ELECTRIC FIRE, or SPIRIT
SOLAR FIRE, or SOUL
FIRE BY FRICTION (Body or Matter)
Each of these three is also triple in manifestation, making therefore
These, with the totality of manifestation or the Whole, produce the ten (10) of perfect manifestation, or the perfect MAN. These three aspects of the Whole are present in every form.
The three aspects of every form are interrelated and susceptible of intercourse, because
These three aspects of God, the solar Logos, and the Central Energy or Force (for the terms are occultly synonymous) demonstrate through seven centers of force, - three major centers and four minor. These seven centers of logoic Force are themselves so constituted that they form corporate Entities. They are known as
The Seven Logoi embody seven types of differentiated force, and in this Treatise are known under the names of Lords of the Rays. The names of the Rays are
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