1|00:00:03|480|00:00:05|700Well, hello again. 2|00:00:06|120|00:00:13|320It's been one of those busy days when it's possible to do a number of these recordings. 3|00:00:15|080|00:00:23|200We are working on page 53 of Esoteric Astrology. 4|00:00:23|920|00:00:32|740We've been discussing what a world period may be and how variable that term may be, 5|00:00:32|880|00:00:47|840all the way from a period of rotation of the Earth's axis, a 25,000 year approximately— 6|00:00:47|840|00:00:59|040it's actually more than that, 25,920 approximately, a great Platonic year—to a rotation of our 7|00:00:59|040|00:01:06|300Earth around, a rotation of our solar system and all its planets around the Pleiades, or 8|00:01:06|300|00:01:15|880more likely a round, a complete round, or perhaps even a scheme round which is larger 9|00:01:15|880|00:01:23|400still, or perhaps even a Mahamanvantara or still greater than a Mahamanvantara. 10|00:01:23|860|00:01:28|500So often the term “world period” refers to a round. 11|00:01:29|840|00:01:36|860Anyway, For a long time during this cycle of reincarnations and periods of manifestation, 12|00:01:37|700|00:01:43|100the human being is conditioned almost entirely by the activity of the non-sacred planets. EA, p.53 13|00:01:43|100|00:01:47|440and then he discusses which they are. 14|00:01:48|140|00:02:01|060There are five petals which have to open before it becomes possible for the human being to 15|00:02:01|060|00:02:07|300really respond sacredly to the sacred planets. 16|00:02:07|300|00:02:14|580There may be response to the sacred planets in a non-sacred way, but the activity of the 17|00:02:14|580|00:02:23|120non-sacred planets is major during the first millions of years of human evolution. 18|00:02:23|260|00:02:29|480There are some people who have individualized even in Lemuria on the Earth chain and are 19|00:02:29|480|00:02:36|420still responding primarily to the non-sacred planets or to the sacred planets in a personal 20|00:02:36|420|00:02:37|800and non-sacred way. 21|00:02:38|540|00:02:47|480So it takes a long time to work ourselves into sensitivity to the truly sacred planets, 22|00:02:48|100|00:02:49|380the sacredness of them. 23|00:02:49|680|00:02:57|980That takes us to page 53, These, as you know, are five in number: EA, p.53 and then we have the five non-sacred planets. 24|00:02:58|080|00:03:03|640Eventually there will be twelve planets, we are told, and all of them eventually will 25|00:03:03|640|00:03:08|900be sacred, which means they will have passed their fifth initiation. 26|00:03:10|660|00:03:16|120Whether that is a cosmic initiation or a lesser initiation has yet to be established. 27|00:03:16|660|00:03:18|460The Sun is veiling a planet. 28|00:03:18|640|00:03:25|420This is not the planet Vulcan or any of the other… Vulcan, an undiscovered planet, or 29|00:03:25|420|00:03:27|120any of the discovered planets. 30|00:03:27|120|00:03:29|920It is a non-sacred second-rate planet. 31|00:03:29|920|00:03:37|580I think this idea was most advanced by Dr. Baker—Theodore Baker, is it? 32|00:03:39|100|00:03:45|020He has the idea of a non-sacred second-rate planet which is veiled by the Sun. 33|00:03:45|660|00:03:54|780Another of my astrological friends think that it could be the planet Isis, which has a period 34|00:03:54|780|00:04:08|840of approximately 360 years, so its period has as many years, speculatively, as the Earth 35|00:04:08|840|00:04:16|300has days, and so there is a very close connection between that speculative planet and the Earth. 36|00:04:16|300|00:04:20|780The Moon is veiling another non-sacred planet. 37|00:04:21|480|00:04:24|800The Sun was veiling a Ray 2 planet. 38|00:04:25|340|00:04:27|020The Moon is veiling a Ray 4 planet. 39|00:04:27|340|00:04:37|880Some speculative astrologers feel that it may be an etheric planet called Rex, which 40|00:04:37|880|00:04:41|940is fairly close. 41|00:04:43|320|00:04:44|760I'll have to brush up on that. 42|00:04:44|760|00:04:48|400It's near Mars, I think. 43|00:04:48|600|00:04:50|040It's not far from the Earth. 44|00:04:50|860|00:04:53|060It's not beyond Jupiter, I do believe. 45|00:04:54|120|00:04:55|740But that is simply speculation. 46|00:04:56|180|00:05:02|440What does not seem to be speculation is there is a planet, undiscovered, non-sacred, fourth-ray, 47|00:05:03|080|00:05:04|380that the Moon veils. 48|00:05:04|500|00:05:06|980It may be this planet Rex. 49|00:05:06|980|00:05:16|780When I worked with Charles Jane, he was quite emphatic about the existence of this planet 50|00:05:16|780|00:05:17|000Rex. 51|00:05:17|160|00:05:28|760He didn't relate it to the fourth-ray particularly, but he did insist on its orbit and its value 52|00:05:28|760|00:05:29|620in the human horoscope. 53|00:05:30|060|00:05:35|500Then there is the Earth itself, of course, thus far a non-sacred planet, but interestingly, 54|00:05:36|020|00:05:42|340sacred inwardly, whatever that means. There is a certain aspect of the Earth which must 55|00:05:42|340|00:05:43|800be considered sacred. 56|00:05:44|160|00:05:46|980It has yet to work itself into outer expression. 57|00:05:47|460|00:05:55|160Then Mars, a planet less advanced than the Earth and definitely non-sacred at this point, 58|00:05:55|680|00:06:00|800farther behind in its initiatory process. 59|00:06:00|800|00:06:07|920And Pluto, even though it is an esoteric planet, it is still less sacred than Mars. 60|00:06:08|880|00:06:16|840Just because the scientists demote Pluto to kind of a planetoid or a non-planet or a minor 61|00:06:16|840|00:06:22|400planet does not mean that they are necessarily accurate from the occult perspective. 62|00:06:22|920|00:06:31|300Mars is the alter ego, or the symbolic of the higher ego of Pluto, just as Venus is the 63|00:06:31|300|00:06:34|800alter ego, or symbolic of the higher ego of the Earth. 64|00:06:34|980|00:06:36|700These are the five non-sacred planets. 65|00:06:37|440|00:06:42|740Sometimes I look at the piano and I see the seven white keys and the five black keys, and 66|00:06:42|740|00:06:49|400I think of the analogy that the seven white keys which give us the C major scale are related 67|00:06:49|400|00:06:55|540to the sacred planets and the black keys to the non-sacred planets, but this also has 68|00:06:55|540|00:06:57|120yet to be verified. 69|00:06:58|120|00:07:02|060Right, we will continue moving. 70|00:07:03|560|00:07:07|920Man, speaking symbolically, is the five-pointed star. 71|00:07:07|980|00:07:16|560That relates him to Leo, the most human of the signs, and the fifth sign relating to 72|00:07:16|560|00:07:22|240the solar nature, to the solar egoic lotus. 73|00:07:23|020|00:07:25|860When I say that, to man's solar egoic lotus. 74|00:07:26|020|00:07:33|640Man, speaking symbolically, is the five-pointed star, and at the fiery points the forces of 75|00:07:33|640|00:07:40|180the man pour out and upon each fiery point appears a center of reception. 76|00:07:40|180|00:07:41|820Well, this is very interesting. 77|00:07:43|880|00:07:51|320We might consider that the head, the two hands, and the two feet are those fiery points, but 78|00:07:51|320|00:07:53|660it could mean something else. 79|00:07:54|180|00:08:03|420Suffice it to say the five-fold links, which are the solar angels, must have their five-fold 80|00:08:03|420|00:08:07|300points of reception in the man. 81|00:08:07|300|00:08:13|300There must be a correspondence between that which the solar angel can give of its five-fold 82|00:08:13|300|00:08:16|200nature and that which man can receive. 83|00:08:17|420|00:08:24|760It is possible then at the present moment to consider that man is particularly five-fold 84|00:08:24|760|00:08:32|240because two of his chakras are not functioning fully, just the way two of the continents are 85|00:08:32|240|00:08:39|560not fully developed. And with respect to the eventual seven centers of the earth, upon 86|00:08:39|560|00:08:42|240the earth, only five of them are active. 87|00:08:43|280|00:08:49|600So man perhaps is keeping pace with the planet with five centers developed. 88|00:08:50|300|00:08:55|260We might wonder whether eventually man will become the seven-pointed star. 89|00:08:56|240|00:09:03|340Man-speaking symbolically-is the “five-pointed star and, at the fiery points, the forces of 90|00:09:03|340|00:09:09|200the man pour out and upon each fiery point appears a centre of reception.” EA, p.53 91|00:09:09|420|00:09:16|180So let us say that for most human beings the base of the spine is non-receptive and non-radiatory 92|00:09:16|780|00:09:24|420except that it provides for the survival of the human being, and that the head center itself 93|00:09:25|100|00:09:30|740is not receptive for most human beings and not radiatory for most. 94|00:09:31|380|00:09:35|480The rest of the centers are active to a certain extent. 95|00:09:35|600|00:09:41|000This is the five-fold nature of the present man, but the seven-fold nature is coming. 96|00:09:42|300|00:09:44|380The five-fold nature is fairly Brahmic. 97|00:09:45|340|00:09:50|140Five is the number of the previous solar system, a Brahmic solar system, and seven will be 98|00:09:50|140|00:09:53|180the number of the present solar system. 99|00:09:53|180|00:09:58|400And what will we be able to say about nine-fold man in the next solar system? 100|00:09:59|440|00:10:04|000This is of course pictorially expressed, but the meaning is clear. EA, p.53 101|00:10:04|240|00:10:07|020Well, man is two types of pentagrams. 102|00:10:07|040|00:10:12|800He is the higher pentagram, he is the egoic lotus, the soul, in its five-fold nature by 103|00:10:12|800|00:10:13|800one method of counting. 104|00:10:14|260|00:10:23|060And he is the lower mind as well, and the personality which can be symbolized by the inverted five-pointed 105|00:10:23|060|00:10:28|460star without evil connotation, but simply given its orientation into matter. 106|00:10:29|260|00:10:34|840Take those two pentagrams together and you have the complete human being, and the number 107|00:10:34|840|00:10:36|300is ten and the number is one. 108|00:10:37|720|00:10:44|920However, as man nears the path of discipleship, the influence… yeah, man is the five-pointed 109|00:10:44|920|00:10:45|140star. 110|00:10:45|140|00:10:59|160Okay, well from this point of view, let's see here… right, it's just taking a moment 111|00:10:59|160|00:11:02|320here, right. 112|00:11:04|940|00:11:13|620And so we say that man, speaking symbolically, is the five-pointed star, and this five points 113|00:11:13|620|00:11:18|160has to do with the five non-sacred planets. 114|00:11:18|560|00:11:20|660He will progress to a seven-pointed star. 115|00:11:20|800|00:11:26|740I just realized, of course, we've been talking about the number five, and man's five-fold 116|00:11:26|740|00:11:30|720nature can be considered in either a sacred or a non-sacred way. 117|00:11:31|240|00:11:37|240He says this is, of course, pictorially expressed, but the meaning is clear. 118|00:11:38|400|00:11:45|380However, as man nears the path of discipleship, which technically I think you can think of 119|00:11:45|380|00:11:52|520beginning at the first initiation, the real path of discipleship—when a person is a little 120|00:11:52|520|00:11:55|180chela, that's the real path of discipleship. 121|00:11:56|960|00:12:04|240However, as man nears the Path of Discipleship the influence of the sacred planets becomes increasingly 122|00:12:04|240|00:12:05|520effective, 123|00:12:06|940|00:12:15|840until after the final and fifth initiation the non-sacred planets have no effect, EA, p.53 124|00:12:16|240|00:12:22|760But that's very interesting that… here, let me do this correctly… that until the fifth 125|00:12:22|760|00:12:23|860initiation they do. 126|00:12:23|860|00:12:27|020So, let's put that down. 127|00:12:27|380|00:12:38|320Until the fifth initiation, the non-sacred planets do have an effect. 128|00:12:38|800|00:12:44|340though the initiate wields their energies potently as they pour into and through his 129|00:12:44|340|00:12:51|860vehicles of reception, of response and of expression, for all three activities 130|00:12:51|860|00:12:53|700and purposes must be noted. EA, p.53 131|00:12:54|300|00:12:57|300He has reception, response, and expression. 132|00:12:57|920|00:13:07|400Man can wield the energies of the non-sacred planets even at a high initiatory level, even 133|00:13:07|400|00:13:13|300though he is not necessarily affected by them. 134|00:13:14|720|00:13:21|180So, you know, we see that some of these planets are, after all, hierarchical planets—hierarchical 135|00:13:21|180|00:13:21|820rulers. 136|00:13:22|700|00:13:29|660Pluto in Pisces, for instance—although that would affect a man, I suppose, at the fourth 137|00:13:29|660|00:13:33|780initiation particularly, whether it would affect him at the fifth when the base of the 138|00:13:33|780|00:13:38|600spine center becomes maximally active, I'm not certain—there's a possibility, but he 139|00:13:38|600|00:13:44|000says after the final and fifth initiation, which is not really the final initiation but 140|00:13:44|000|00:13:50|480he calls it that for present purposes, the non-sacreds have no effect, but their energy 141|00:13:50|480|00:13:52|860can be wielded. 142|00:13:54|340|00:14:00|500The other planets do have an effect, so just pause for a moment and realize that earlier 143|00:14:00|500|00:14:06|220he said that the planets in the houses affected primarily circumstances, and now he's talking 144|00:14:06|220|00:14:14|480about high levels of initiation when the sacred planets can be effective and influential 145|00:14:14|480|00:14:15|540in the life of the man. 146|00:14:15|640|00:14:26|640So we must always hold our judgment in reservation when a statement is made and wonder and look 147|00:14:26|640|00:14:33|340for if there are modifying statements such as this. 148|00:14:33|340|00:14:44|720Okay, so when it comes to energies, we receive, we respond, and we express, and we must note 149|00:14:44|720|00:14:45|580these three. 150|00:14:47|900|00:14:53|620The energies of the twelve constellations are blended with those of the twelve planets, EA, p.53 151|00:14:53|620|00:15:00|000That's what we were talking about earlier when we discussed that this blending occurred 152|00:15:00|000|00:15:06|900in two phases: one in which the sun sign dominated, and the other in which the driving energies 153|00:15:06|900|00:15:10|560of the rising sign were emerging as dominant. 154|00:15:12|900|00:15:17|000The energies of the twelve constellations are blended with those of the twelve planets. 155|00:15:17|320|00:15:24|880Just the way the energy of the esoteric ruler is blended with the preceding energies of 156|00:15:24|880|00:15:25|900the exoteric ruler. 157|00:15:25|900|00:15:31|180It supersedes but does not eliminate the esoteric ruler. 158|00:15:32|640|00:15:37|800but their power to evoke response, and to be consciously received, recognised and employed, 159|00:15:39|180|00:15:45|800is dependent entirely upon the type of response mechanism of the planetary Life and of the 160|00:15:45|800|00:15:47|340individual man. EA, p.53-54 161|00:15:47|500|00:15:55|020Well, you know, I think the implication there is that planetary Logoi have an effect upon 162|00:15:55|020|00:16:02|500another planetary Logoi, and it depends on the response apparatus of the particular planetary 163|00:16:02|500|00:16:07|720Logos, what type of effect another planetary Logos will have upon him. 164|00:16:08|040|00:16:16|960So you see, planets are not sources simply to be relegated to the houses of the horoscope 165|00:16:16|960|00:16:26|060and thought of as determining only the circumstantial aspect in the life of man. 166|00:16:26|900|00:16:35|860They have much higher targets; they have much higher levels which they can influence and 167|00:16:35|860|00:16:36|380affect. 168|00:16:37|100|00:16:47|680Okay, so we have the power to evoke response, to receive these energies, to recognize them, 169|00:16:47|680|00:16:48|500and employ them. 170|00:16:48|540|00:16:52|560That's another way of looking: receive, recognize, and employ. 171|00:16:52|720|00:16:57|820That's another one of those important triplicities when it comes to our dealing with energies. 172|00:16:58|500|00:17:05|860And the degree to which we can do that depends entirely upon how refined or developed our 173|00:17:05|860|00:17:11|660response mechanism may be, and even how refined or developed the planetary life may be. 174|00:17:12|220|00:17:16|900And of course, since those energies have to come to us through the planetary life, the 175|00:17:16|900|00:17:22|700degree of sensitivity and the development of the response mechanism of the planetary 176|00:17:23|830|00:17:30|420Logos will affect the manner in which we can receive, recognize, and employ these energies. 177|00:17:30|420|00:17:39|220It has been rightly said that consciousness is dependent upon the vehicles of consciousness, EA, p.54 178|00:17:40|220|00:17:45|700whichever must be refined so the consciousness can be elevated, upon their point of development 179|00:17:46|160|00:17:54|240and upon the ability of the individual to identify himself with the energies and impulses 180|00:17:54|240|00:17:56|460which are reaching him, EA, p.54 181|00:17:57|580|00:18:04|480So, you know, if our vehicles of consciousness are relatively crude, the energies which are 182|00:18:04|480|00:18:07|700trying to reach us do not get through in their pure form. 183|00:18:08|100|00:18:15|340We have to learn how to identify ourselves with the actual energies and in their pure 184|00:18:15|340|00:18:17|820form and not in their distorted form. 185|00:18:18|560|00:18:23|700So we're talking about that which consciousness is dependent upon. 186|00:18:23|700|00:18:31|440It is not dependent only upon that which is already recognized, a recognized part of 187|00:18:31|440|00:18:32|020himself. 188|00:18:33|520|00:18:42|580So consciousness is dependent on our vehicles and the degree to which we can recognize the 189|00:18:42|580|00:18:49|540energies which are attempting to enter, the degree to which we can attune with them, identify 190|00:18:49|980|00:18:50|540with them. 191|00:18:50|600|00:18:51|480Let's read that again. 192|00:18:51|480|00:18:58|580It has been rightly said that consciousness is dependent upon the vehicles of consciousness. 193|00:18:58|820|00:19:02|700Do we have a pure astral body that will determine our astral consciousness? 194|00:19:02|820|00:19:07|380Do we have a pure mental body that will determine the type of consciousness we experience within 195|00:19:07|380|00:19:07|700it? 196|00:19:08|200|00:19:14|140Upon their point of development, upon the ability of the individual to identify himself 197|00:19:14|140|00:19:22|480with the energies and the impulses which are reaching him. 198|00:19:23|080|00:19:27|400the energies and impulses which are reaching him, and is not dependent EA, p.54—consciousness is 199|00:19:27|400|00:19:33|780not dependent only upon that which is already a recognised part or aspect of himself. EA, p.54 200|00:19:33|780|00:19:36|380because consciousness is always growing. 201|00:19:36|840|00:19:42|720There are always impacts which are attempting to increase the scope and depth of our consciousness. 202|00:19:42|720|00:19:49|540So our consciousness is not only dependent upon the present condition in which we find 203|00:19:49|540|00:19:49|980ourselves. 204|00:19:50|760|00:19:59|340It might be said that the higher response to the realities and qualities revealed and 205|00:19:59|340|00:20:06|340made possible by the impact of energy from the zodiacal signs is somewhat dependent upon 206|00:20:06|340|00:20:13|120the waning influence of the planets to hold down the consciousness aspect of the man. EA, p.54 207|00:20:13|240|00:20:21|100Very interesting. Although zodiacal lords are much greater beings than planetary lords, 208|00:20:21|100|00:20:32|660and even though the planets can be effective even up to the fifth initiation, perhaps beyond, 209|00:20:32|660|00:20:38|260at least even the non-sacred planets can be effective up to the fifth initiation, they 210|00:20:38|260|00:20:50|720as lesser lords eventually wane in their influence and then the zodiacal constellations, the 211|00:20:50|720|00:20:57|480zodiacal signs become more influential. 212|00:20:58|480|00:21:01|220So there's a higher response involved here. 213|00:21:01|590|00:21:07|220It's the realities and qualities of the zodiacal signs and the planets must wane. 214|00:21:07|820|00:21:13|020So you know how it often is, we have to stop doing something before it becomes possible 215|00:21:13|020|00:21:19|100to do something higher, and we have to stop being under the sway exclusively of the planets 216|00:21:19|100|00:21:24|620before the zodiacal energies can reveal their qualities. 217|00:21:25|480|00:21:30|820Remember that the zodiacal energies, as we looked at just a little while ago, do affect 218|00:21:30|820|00:21:38|980soul development but they also work through Shamballa and are expressive in terms of the monad. 219|00:21:39|680|00:21:44|580Ponder upon this, for it embodies a deep esoteric truth. EA, p.54 What 220|00:21:44|580|00:21:48|860will we de-emphasize in order to emphasize something higher? 221|00:21:48|860|00:22:01|980So somehow in our life, D.K. is suggesting, D.K. suggests that we must allow the planetary 222|00:22:04|500|00:22:20|560planetary influence to wane somewhat before the full zodiacal influence can be felt and 223|00:22:20|560|00:22:21|140appreciated. 224|00:22:22|020|00:22:32|260All right, thus two potent streams of energy, cosmic and systemic. And even though D.K. does 225|00:22:32|260|00:22:40|080call the planetary Logoi cosmic beings, in this particular context he's looking at them 226|00:22:40|080|00:22:47|220as systemic beings. Thus, two potent streams of energy-cosmic EA, p.54 that is zodiacal, and systemic-227|00:22:47|590|00:22:55|800reach man via the conditioning planetary centres of force EA, p.54 228|00:22:57|570|00:23:03|660Another thing he can be saying here is that the energies of the three great constellations 229|00:23:03|660|00:23:09|680and the zodiacal energies reach man via the conditioning planetary centres of force 230|00:23:09|970|00:23:16|840(the seven EA, p.54 presumably sacred, planetary schemes in the solar system and their corresponding 231|00:23:17|400|00:23:28|840seven centres in the planet on which we live) and pour into the symbolic “twelve houses” through 232|00:23:28|840|00:23:29|400their medium. EA, p.54 233|00:23:29|540|00:23:35|200He is trying to tie everything together, give us the grand synthesis of the three great 234|00:23:35|200|00:23:40|180constellations, the twelve zodiacal signs, the seven major planetary schemes, five minor, 235|00:23:41|360|00:23:48|380and the twelve houses of the horoscope which give us influence upon circumstance. 236|00:23:49|100|00:23:55|340Thus, two potent streams of energy, cosmic and systemic, and I suspect that the systemic 237|00:23:55|340|00:24:01|760energies in this context are considered planetary, reach man via the conditioning planetary centers 238|00:24:01|760|00:24:09|580of force. They condition life within the lower worlds and also in some cases in the 239|00:24:09|580|00:24:14|940higher worlds, the seven planetary schemes in the solar system and the corresponding 240|00:24:14|940|00:24:19|240seven centers in the planet on which we live. 241|00:24:21|320|00:24:28|620Our planet has, well let's call it a planetary globe, and it has chakras on many different 242|00:24:28|620|00:24:34|720levels and seven major chakras presumably on each level. 243|00:24:35|120|00:24:48|100We also have the seven continents and we also have the seven major city-like centers: Darjeeling, 244|00:24:48|100|00:24:53|220Tokyo, Geneva, London, and New York. 245|00:24:54|760|00:24:58|120Five of those exist and seven will. 246|00:24:58|940|00:25:05|400So there are a number of septenates on our planet which receive the energies of the seven 247|00:25:05|400|00:25:06|860planetary schemes. 248|00:25:06|960|00:25:14|060We would assume that the chakra systems of the chain lords and the chakra systems of 249|00:25:14|060|00:25:21|620the globe lords would receive these sevenfold planetary energies. 250|00:25:22|940|00:25:28|960And they pour into the twelve symbolic twelve houses through the medium of the planets. 251|00:25:29|100|00:25:34|260When we really want to know what's happening circumstantially we look at planets in our 252|00:25:34|260|00:25:38|380houses whatever house system we may use. 253|00:25:38|380|00:25:44|740Since D.K. does not deny the value of the house systems he simply is telling us that in the 254|00:25:44|740|00:25:52|140future the arms of the horoscope will be considered even more important. 255|00:25:53|560|00:26:01|260These arms correspond to the houses but probably have a more spiritual meaning as the planet 256|00:26:01|260|00:26:04|660works out in an arm of the horoscope. 257|00:26:06|680|00:26:16|840It is for this reason that our solar system is spoken of as one of “intrinsic duality” 258|00:26:17|540|00:26:24|440(love-wisdom) and that the major task of man is the “regulation of the pairs of opposites.” EA, p.54 259|00:26:24|580|00:26:30|280Well, he's talking about the two potent streams of energy and presumably one of them is associated 260|00:26:30|280|00:26:33|520with wisdom and one of them is associated with love. 261|00:26:33|520|00:26:37|680It would be difficult to differentiate here which is which. 262|00:26:38|500|00:26:45|240But we have two potent streams of energy and just above he's talking about the influence 263|00:26:45|240|00:26:49|940of the zodiac and the influence of the planets. 264|00:26:51|380|00:26:55|740The energies of the twelve constellations are blended with those of the twelve planets. 265|00:26:55|740|00:27:02|780That's the dual stream and that is related to the love-wisdom of our solar system. 266|00:27:03|860|00:27:11|560But one would think that that would also be the case with other solar systems if they 267|00:27:11|560|00:27:25|720have planets and are related to the same zodiacal signs, such as let us say the stars of the 268|00:27:25|720|00:27:31|860planets are quite close to us and they also would be related to these great twelve conditioning 269|00:27:32|740|00:27:33|220constellations. 270|00:27:33|940|00:27:39|220So there are two potent streams of energy and he says It is for this reason that our 271|00:27:39|220|00:27:45|180solar system is spoken of as one of “intrinsic duality” (love-wisdom) and that the major 272|00:27:45|180|00:27:48|500task of man is the “regulation of the pairs of opposites.” EA, p.54 273|00:27:48|500|00:27:54|300Is he saying here that the zodiacal signs and the planets are opposites? 274|00:27:54|720|00:28:06|480Are the zodiacal signs and the planets opposites in a way, or are they hierarchically related, 275|00:28:06|480|00:28:07|920one superior to the other? 276|00:28:08|520|00:28:13|300The theme of duality, let's just accept that at face value, The theme of duality, therefore, 277|00:28:13|300|00:28:17|520runs through the whole story of man's development. EA, p.54 278|00:28:17|520|00:28:25|760There is always something higher bringing him forward, luring him on, and something 279|00:28:26|360|00:28:30|120lower which is attempting to hold him back. 280|00:28:30|520|00:28:33|720So we have the higher and lower pairs of opposites especially. 281|00:28:34|760|00:28:40|320We cannot really think of love and wisdom however as opposites because they both seem 282|00:28:40|320|00:28:43|000to cooperate very well with each other. 283|00:28:43|410|00:28:47|820The theme of duality therefore runs through the entire, through the whole story of man's 284|00:28:47|820|00:28:54|220development. Upon all the three planes of human unfoldment the reconciliation goes forward. 285|00:28:54|700|00:29:01|060We can call this the reconciliation of the pairs of opposites. 286|00:29:02|240|00:29:07|730And certainly when one looks at the type of reconciliation we have to carry forward it's 287|00:29:07|730|00:29:16|690reconciliation initially between the soul and the personality and thus between the zodiacal 288|00:29:16|690|00:29:18|190signs and the planets. 289|00:29:18|230|00:29:24|950We remember that in this section, just a little while ago, Master D.K. is basically telling us 290|00:29:24|950|00:29:31|910that the zodiacal signs are correlated with soul development and with subjectivity, and 291|00:29:31|910|00:29:40|950the planets are correlated more with conditioning influences which condition our circumstances. 292|00:29:41|990|00:29:48|970Okay, so that is a little discussion of duality and how duality is related to the blending 293|00:29:48|970|00:29:54|730of the zodiacal constellations, or signs, the energies of them with the energies of the 294|00:29:54|730|00:29:55|070planets. 295|00:29:56|210|00:29:58|410Okay, now we have a little tabulation. 296|00:29:58|410|00:30:03|8301. Upon the physical plane we find the merging of the dense and the etheric forces. EA, p.54 297|00:30:04|110|00:30:06|790He's going to give us various of the pairs of opposites. 298|00:30:07|090|00:30:11|670So here are various of the pairs of opposites. 299|00:30:12|350|00:30:16|950Upon the physical plane, and this took place back in old Lemuria as one of the initiations 300|00:30:16|950|00:30:17|650of that period. 301|00:30:18|390|00:30:23|070Upon the physical plane we find the merging of the dense and etheric forces. 302|00:30:23|070|00:30:28|850This is consummated upon the Path of Purification. EA, p.54 when, according to the energies within the 303|00:30:28|850|00:30:36|610etheric body, we can control the strictly dense physical promptings and impulses which have 304|00:30:36|610|00:30:43|830to do with the third aspect of divinity and not with the second aspect at all. 305|00:30:44|150|00:30:50|330So many of the appetites that we are prompted to follow… 306|00:30:51|050|00:30:58|730So many of the instincts have their root in the dense physical nature, and we, by bringing 307|00:30:58|730|00:31:03|770higher energies into our etheric nature, have to learn how to control these. 308|00:31:03|910|00:31:13|170This leads up to the first initiation in which a degree of that purification is substantiated 309|00:31:13|170|00:31:13|990as achieved. 310|00:31:15|410|00:31:17|010Pairs of opposites upon the astral plane. 311|00:31:17|650|00:31:22|3902. Upon the astral plane there must come the resolution of the pairs of opposites. EA, p.54 and this 312|00:31:22|390|00:31:24|830is the pull of the personality and the pull of the soul. 313|00:31:25|550|00:31:31|030This is consummated upon the Path of Discipleship. EA, p.54 and the battle is fought out on the astral 314|00:31:31|030|00:31:31|450plane. 315|00:31:32|370|00:31:34|190Higher desires and lower desires. 316|00:31:34|670|00:31:37|710Spiritual desires and personal desires. 317|00:31:38|070|00:31:43|450Kind of a Kurukshetra which many of us have experienced at different times of our life 318|00:31:43|450|00:31:51|770and lives, and in which even the planetary Logos is experiencing now. 319|00:31:53|350|00:31:59|430You would think that we, as disciples being somewhat mentally polarized or almost there 320|00:31:59|430|00:32:06|050perhaps, would be beyond this type of Kurukshetra, this type of battle on the astral plane which 321|00:32:06|050|00:32:11|250is so common to the ordinary non-aspiring human being, but we are not. 322|00:32:11|250|00:32:14|830We are still somewhat subject to it. 323|00:32:15|170|00:32:21|230There are high desires leading us, aspirations leading us into the world of soul, and there 324|00:32:21|230|00:32:27|530are strictly personal pulls leading us back into the world of personality, and pretty much 325|00:32:27|530|00:32:37|030at the third initiation the bird on the branch flies free of the counter pulls. 326|00:32:38|030|00:32:46|550That old stanza used in Atlantean days at the time of the third initiation describes 327|00:32:46|550|00:32:47|810this very beautifully. 328|00:32:50|130|00:32:57|3103. Upon the mental plane the Angel of the Presence and the Dweller on the Threshold 329|00:32:57|310|00:33:06|230are brought face to face. Their synthesis EA, p.55 which is really a synthesis of the man as 330|00:33:06|230|00:33:13|790the angel and man as the personality, is brought about upon the Path of Initiation. EA, p.55 and the final 331|00:33:13|790|00:33:21|550synthesis of this in a way does not occur until the fifth initiation, although a good 332|00:33:21|550|00:33:25|310part of that synthesis is achieved at the third degree. 333|00:33:25|490|00:33:32|970Well, really at the third degree the man only catches a glimpse of the full nature of the 334|00:33:32|970|00:33:34|610dweller, I think. 335|00:33:36|630|00:33:45|910This is in “Glamour: A World Problem,” and I think it would be good in “Glamour: A World Problem.” 336|00:33:45|910|00:33:55|310I'll put the word “glimpse,” and there's only one, and we can see that in the third initiation 337|00:33:57|190|00:34:01|490the initiate can employ the intuition for right perception of truth, and in that initiation 338|00:34:01|490|00:34:07|630he catches the first real glimpse, the first real glimpse of the dweller on the threshold 339|00:34:07|630|00:34:10|550and the angel of the presence. 340|00:34:10|690|00:34:15|910This is a very mental initiation and it allows him to focus within the causal body. 341|00:34:16|750|00:34:21|930In the fourth initiation the initiate demonstrates his ability to produce completed onement between 342|00:34:21|930|00:34:28|050the higher and lower aspect of the soul in manifestation because the personality is the 343|00:34:28|050|00:34:32|770lower aspect of the soul in manifestation and sees the dweller on the threshold which 344|00:34:32|770|00:34:40|310is the refined, purified and empowered personality merge into the angel of the presence and even 345|00:34:40|310|00:34:47|990At the fifth initiation, this is involved. Interestingly, in the fifth initiation, and here words fail 346|00:34:47|990|00:34:54|570to express the truth, he sees the dweller on the threshold, the angel, and the Presence merged 347|00:34:54|570|00:34:59|830into a divine synthesis. And this Presence is none other than the Monad. 348|00:35:00|670|00:35:09|970So the dweller is with us for a long time. So it's upon the mental plane that the true 349|00:35:09|970|00:35:16|910Angel of the Presence, which is expressing itself on the higher mental plane, and the 350|00:35:16|910|00:35:24|410Dweller on the Threshold, which is also expressing itself on the mental plane because it is, in 351|00:35:24|410|00:35:30|830a way, the entire personality focused on the fourth sub-plane of the mental plane and connected 352|00:35:30|830|00:35:35|630with the mental unit, they are brought face to face. 353|00:35:36|830|00:35:41|730Their synthesis proceeds later upon the Path of Initiation. We've just seen that the real 354|00:35:41|730|00:35:48|130merging of the dweller and the angel does not occur until the fourth initiation, but 355|00:35:48|130|00:35:53|930at least they are brought face to face, and a clear sight of the dweller and the angel 356|00:35:55|070|00:35:58|830exists for the one who is reaching that degree. 357|00:35:59|990|00:36:02|650I just noticed I look like some sort of head suspended in the dark. 358|00:36:02|810|00:36:08|330Well, anyway, the room is dark. I've been in this room for quite a while, and you know the 359|00:36:08|330|00:36:13|890sun has changed position and so forth. But I trust you'll be able to see me and hear 360|00:36:13|890|00:36:14|390me. 361|00:36:14|790|00:36:18|350All right, let's see where we are. 362|00:36:21|510|00:36:27|770What is true of man in this connection is true also of humanity as a whole, EA, p.55 363|00:36:27|910|00:36:34|910There is a sense in which the angel of humanity must face its dweller. In some of the — in the 364|00:36:34|910|00:36:40|630great war of the previous century, which may not quite be over, perhaps to run its third 365|00:36:40|630|00:36:49|370phase, hopefully subjectively — the dweller and angel of humanity are facing each other. 366|00:36:50|190|00:36:55|530This is not totally realized by all members of humanity, but certainly we see the best 367|00:36:55|530|00:37:01|450and the worst of humanity being displayed in these warlike — in this warlike situation. 368|00:37:01|990|00:37:10|210So what is true of man in this connection, in relation to the dweller and the angel, that 369|00:37:10|210|00:37:16|850profound duality perceived in relation to the fourth sub-plane of the mental plane and 370|00:37:16|850|00:37:21|910the second sub-plane of the mental plane, the angel focusing here on the second sub-plane 371|00:37:21|910|00:37:26|310of the mental plane and the dweller on the fourth sub-plane of the mental plane. 372|00:37:26|720|00:37:35|170What is true of the individual, of man, is also true of humanity as a whole, of the planetary 373|00:37:35|170|00:37:42|290Logos of the Earth, as of all planetary Logoi, and of a solar Logos. EA, p.55 All have their dweller; all 374|00:37:42|290|00:37:44|170have their angel. 375|00:37:45|250|00:37:52|830What — may I think — what we have to deal with now is the dweller of humanity. We cannot really 376|00:37:53|350|00:38:00|190deal with what may be the planetary dweller; that is up to the planetary Logos himself 377|00:38:00|190|00:38:05|510as he proceeds through various initiations. Actually, he is passing through a kind of fourth 378|00:38:05|510|00:38:11|530initiation at this moment, although a cosmic second awaits him. So he may not be totally 379|00:38:11|530|00:38:19|850ready for the merging of his own Angel of the Presence with his own dweller. And our 380|00:38:19|850|00:38:26|510solar Logos — we may say the same because he is verging on the third cosmic initiation 381|00:38:26|510|00:38:33|150and perhaps passing through a kind of subsidiary fourth initiation. But we can see that the 382|00:38:33|150|00:38:39|310complete merging of angel and dweller does not occur until the fourth degree, and I would 383|00:38:39|310|00:38:46|110assume this means the fourth cosmic degree for the solar Logos and for the planetary 384|00:38:46|110|00:38:52|530Logos. And our planetary Logos is far from his fourth cosmic degree. Our solar Logos is 385|00:38:52|530|00:38:59|150closer. You can check out for the hints on this page 384 of A Treatise on Cosmic Fire. 386|00:39:01|610|00:39:06|230So what is true of man in this connection is also true of humanity as a whole. It's true 387|00:39:06|230|00:39:10|230of the planetary Logos of the earth; it's true of all planetary Logoi. They all have their 388|00:39:10|230|00:39:18|170dweller aspect and the need to infuse and fuse with that dweller. The angel and the dweller 389|00:39:18|170|00:39:23|110must merge if the second and third aspects of divinity are to merge. And it's true also 390|00:39:23|110|00:39:29|870of a solar Logos, but this merging for the solar Logos lies very far ahead because it 391|00:39:29|870|00:39:36|050may be that the solar Logos is planned — the solar Logos will take his crucifixion initiation 392|00:39:36|050|00:39:44|710in this solar system. He will take the great renunciation, the fourth initiation, when that 393|00:39:44|710|00:39:51|170merging can occur. And it is also possible, though not absolutely confirmed — it is suggested 394|00:39:51|170|00:39:57|630in the teaching that he may even take his fifth cosmic initiation. The analogy between 395|00:39:57|630|00:40:05|970the fusion of the pairs of opposites, for instance, upon the physical plane can be seen in the 396|00:40:05|970|00:40:13|550conscious and directed fusion of the planetary forces with the energy of any specific planet 397|00:40:13|550|00:40:19|310or group of planets. EA, p.55 The analogy between the fusion of the pairs of opposites, for instance, 398|00:40:19|310|00:40:25|830upon the physical plane… and do we mean etheric and physical, or do we mean perhaps the sexual 399|00:40:25|830|00:40:30|110relationship? The fusion of the pairs of opposites can be seen in the conscious and directed 400|00:40:30|110|00:40:36|970fusion of the planetary forces with the energy of any specific planet or group 401|00:40:36|970|00:40:45|470of planets. Well anyway, energies which represent the higher aspect and forces must merge. So 402|00:40:45|470|00:40:51|850we'll put this down: energies and forces must merge. We're talking always about the pairs 403|00:40:51|850|00:40:57|910of opposites and usually not on the same level. There are horizontal pairs of opposites. You 404|00:40:57|910|00:41:04|930know, we have heat and we have cold; we have hard, we have soft. I mean, one is 405|00:41:04|930|00:41:09|690not better than the other. But when we're dealing with soul and personality, one is definitely 406|00:41:09|690|00:41:15|370higher than the other. The analogy, involving discrimination to regulate and offset the force of the pairs of opposites upon the astral plane, can be seen when the energies of the sun sign and of the planets are perfectly directed and adjusted. EA, p.55 This is not true of those encountering poles upon the astral plane, and 407|00:41:15|370|00:41:23|550we are looking for the aspectual integration of the Sun sign and the planets. We are looking 408|00:41:23|930|00:41:29|990to harmonize their relationship. So there is an analogy here: when we are able, even if we 409|00:41:29|990|00:41:36|710have tough aspects, to harmonize the relationship between the Sun sign and the planets, then 410|00:41:36|710|00:41:42|550we have the analogy here to offsetting the force of the pairs of opposites on the astral 411|00:41:42|550|00:41:50|570plane. And then there will be a harmony and right progression, and the man will not be 412|00:41:50|990|00:41:56|610pulled below, held below, and prevented from moving on. There's going to be another analogy 413|00:41:56|610|00:42:02|690here, I suspect. The analogy can also be carried forward onto the mental plane EA, p.55 and when the… 414|00:42:02|690|00:42:08|770Aha! Yeah, very interesting. and when the energies of the sun sign and the rising sign are 415|00:42:08|770|00:42:15|870coherently blended and expressed (in the case of both the individual or a planetary 416|00:42:15|870|00:42:21|050Life) there comes a point of crisis wherein the soul and the personality are brought 417|00:42:21|050|00:42:32|050face to face. EA, p.55 and that is the dweller and the angel. The personality stands for 418|00:42:32|050|00:42:44|050the dweller, and the soul for the angel. So that is a mental happening. Now, very, very 419|00:42:44|050|00:42:53|290interesting. We have an analogy here of how to reconcile pairs of opposites on different 420|00:42:53|290|00:43:00|350planes. Does he talk about how to do this? The fusion of the pairs of opposites on the physical 421|00:43:00|350|00:43:04|870plane can be seen in the direct fusion of the planetary forces with the energy of any 422|00:43:04|870|00:43:12|810particular planet or group of planets. Well, we are talking about etheric and dense physical 423|00:43:12|810|00:43:22|250fusion, and we are talking about planetary forces and energies, and we are trying to blend 424|00:43:22|250|00:43:29|510the higher with the lower on any particular planet or group of planets. Then we go on to 425|00:43:29|510|00:43:36|910the astral plane, and we try to blend the Sun sign with the other planets and bring them 426|00:43:36|910|00:43:43|270to harmony. And then we move on to the mental plane, and we try to harmonize the energies 427|00:43:43|270|00:43:49|350of the Sun sign and the energies of the rising sign coherently blended and expressed. And 428|00:43:49|350|00:43:55|210you have to ask yourself: can I do that? Can I do that right now, even if my Sun sign and 429|00:43:55|210|00:44:06|590my rising sign are in what can I say… difficult aspect? Are my Sun sign and rising sign, regardless 430|00:44:06|590|00:44:11|630of what their aspect may be, are they in a position to be coherently blended and expressed? 431|00:44:11|630|00:44:16|730Then we will no longer have warfare upon the mental plane, the struggle between the opposites, 432|00:44:16|730|00:44:22|110warfare upon the astral plane with the Sun and the planets, and warfare upon the physical 433|00:44:22|110|00:44:27|070plane between the energy aspect and the force aspect of any planet or groups of planets. 434|00:44:27|630|00:44:32|370You know, D.K. is wonderful, and you know, sometimes when I'm reading this, it's just as if I've 435|00:44:32|370|00:44:37|850read it for the first time. I know you all have that experience from time to time, and 436|00:44:37|850|00:44:43|550I'm having it right now. You know, how could I have overlooked the importance of this particular 437|00:44:44|090|00:44:53|890section? How could I have not kept it in my mind? Well, maybe 1% or 2% of what is given 438|00:44:53|890|00:44:59|390by D.K. is kept rightly in mind. I used to say I think I could maybe grasp 5% of what he's 439|00:44:59|390|00:45:03|790written, and the further I go and the deeper I study, my percentage falls. I think I'm down 440|00:45:03|790|00:45:10|950to 2.5% and rapidly falling. And maybe I will even find these percentages to be an exaggeration. 441|00:45:10|950|00:45:16|710One cannot help but be humbled in the face of the magnificent presentation which Master 442|00:45:16|710|00:45:26|510D.K. has given us on behalf of the Hierarchy. It's just astonishing. It is the esoteric essence 443|00:45:26|510|00:45:32|170of so much of what is hidden in other traditions, and here it is clearly given in the King's 444|00:45:32|170|00:45:40|770English, you know, so we are to be grateful—grateful for what is given. 445|00:45:41|850|00:45:48|150The Angel of the Presence, distributing solar fire EA, p.55 Some people distinguish between 446|00:45:48|150|00:45:55|830the Angel of the Presence and the solar Angel. Perhaps they consider the Angel of the Presence 447|00:45:55|830|00:46:02|270to be the actual solar Angel, and the solar Angel to be that part of the solar Angel which 448|00:46:02|270|00:46:08|790underlies the egoic lotus, and consider the egoic lotus as the solar Angel. I have never, 449|00:46:10|090|00:46:17|510with consistency, made any such discrimination, just as I don't—I tend not to discriminate 450|00:46:17|510|00:46:22|690between the planetary Logos and the heavenly man, because so often they are used in a manner 451|00:46:22|690|00:46:30|550equivalent. But heavenly man, I think, can also refer to—there are degrees of heavenly man, 452|00:46:30|550|00:46:36|830so a planetary Logos is a heavenly man, a chain lord is a heavenly man, a globe lord is a heavenly 453|00:46:36|830|00:46:43|070man, but you cannot call them planetary Logoi. Some have said that when you speak of the 454|00:46:43|070|00:46:47|760planetary Logos, it emphasizes the monadic nature of that being, and when you speak of 455|00:46:47|760|00:46:54|440heavenly man, it emphasizes the soul nature of that same being, and it's a good distinction. 456|00:46:54|440|00:47:02|260But I haven't found it to bear out in so many contexts. Anyway, you can make up your 457|00:47:02|260|00:47:08|380own mind as you study this, not only now, but in centuries ahead at the wonderful new esoteric 458|00:47:08|380|00:47:15|680schools which will be established—fourteen of them—and then more in the centuries ahead 459|00:47:16|080|00:47:22|340to bring down to earth the true esotericism and train those who can undergo the rigors 460|00:47:22|340|00:47:30|640into service to humanity on behalf of the Hierarchy. The Angel of the Presence, distributing 461|00:47:30|640|00:47:45|660solar fire and holding focussed electric fire, EA, p.55—that's quite an important statement, so the 462|00:47:46|240|00:47:51|760electric fire, after all, it has its own monadic nature, doesn't it? But that's one of the only 463|00:47:51|760|00:48:02|960times I've seen this. The Angel of the Presence, let's see, Angel of the Presence holds electric 464|00:48:02|960|00:48:08|860fire focused. Interesting. and the Dweller on the Threshold, expressing and utilising 465|00:48:08|860|00:48:14|720fire by friction, EA, p.55 See, in a way, within the Angel of the Presence and within any second 466|00:48:14|720|00:48:20|660aspect demonstration, the first aspect is held latent because the time for its full expression 467|00:48:20|660|00:48:30|280has not yet come. We're not in that final, or sixth, solar system, so always the first 468|00:48:30|280|00:48:38|520aspect of divinity is expressing itself in a mediated manner. Anyway, they know each other 469|00:48:38|520|00:48:43|600“with intimate occult knowledge.” EA, p.55 This occurs on the plane of mind, starting at the third 470|00:48:43|600|00:48:50|840initiation and increasingly as we move towards the fourth initiation and even the fifth, when 471|00:48:50|840|00:48:56|640the angel and the dweller—whatever that is, could be a mayavirupa at that time—and 472|00:48:56|640|00:49:06|520also the presence all three blend together, and the triangle becomes one. The door then 473|00:49:06|520|00:49:13|580stands open wide through which the life and light of the three major constellations can—474|00:49:13|600|00:49:18|540after the third initiation— EA, p.55 that's the point—the three major constellations after the third 475|00:49:18|540|00:49:24|860initiation can be occultly available to the initiate, be he a liberated human being or 476|00:49:24|860|00:49:29|840a planetary Logos. EA, p.55 And of course, it's not just to the human being that the three great 477|00:49:29|840|00:49:37|520constellations extend their influence, but they are so great that they have amazing power 478|00:49:37|520|00:49:45|480over the planetary Logos as well, and even over the solar Logos. So they pour forth their 479|00:49:45|480|00:49:49|760radiation in different measure, or shall we say it can be received differently by the 480|00:49:49|760|00:49:56|640three classifications of beings: the liberated human being or initiate, the initiate planetary 481|00:49:57|400|00:50:02|860Logos, and the initiate solar Logos, the three great constellations. Because think of it, 482|00:50:02|860|00:50:09|300even the tiniest of those three, which is Sirius, has an amazing effect upon our solar 483|00:50:09|300|00:50:18|440Logos. Okay, we can do a little more, I think. You know, as I go over this material, I'm just— 484|00:50:19|740|00:50:29|140you know, one would like to ponder, to dwell upon it for a long time and extract all that 485|00:50:29|140|00:50:36|920is hidden. But alright, we are going over this book somewhat carefully, and there will come 486|00:50:36|920|00:50:42|900thoughts to you about what has not really been fathomed, and there will come ideas to 487|00:50:42|900|00:50:49|980you about what might further be fathomed, based upon the hints we have generated. So the Angel 488|00:50:49|980|00:50:55|120of the Presence, distributing solar fire and holding focus—solar fire, electric fire—wow, 489|00:50:55|120|00:51:00|640that really has to be remembered because there is electric fire there, and in a way, 490|00:51:00|640|00:51:07|140the entire jewel in the lotus is a representation of electric fire, although you could say that 491|00:51:07|140|00:51:15|700is more the creation of the monad than it is the creation of the solar Angel, and the 492|00:51:15|700|00:51:20|120Dweller on the Threshold expressing and utilizing fire by friction know each other with intimate 493|00:51:20|120|00:51:24|960occult knowledge, and this is happening at the higher initiations. The door stands wide 494|00:51:24|960|00:51:31|920open, and the three major constellations can express themselves through the liberated human 495|00:51:31|920|00:51:38|880being who is the initiate and through a planetary Logos at various stages of his development, 496|00:51:38|880|00:51:46|250and probably especially once he is an initiate planetary Logos. When astrologers understand 497|00:51:46|250|00:51:51|410the true significance of the constellation Gemini, the the head of the cosmic Christ— 498|00:51:51|410|00:51:57|410a very, very important constellation which is inspiring, I think, Master D.K. and Master 499|00:51:57|410|00:52:04|370K.H. and many of the revealers of the ageless wisdom. When astrologers understand the 500|00:52:04|370|00:52:11|170true significance of the constellation Gemini, the Twins, and the dual forces which pour through 501|00:52:11|170|00:52:17|450this sign (the “forces in conflict” as they are sometimes called or “the quarrelling brothers”) EA, p.55 502|00:52:18|110|00:52:25|330Watch out when you have Mars in Gemini, because it sets up a good quarrel—and the forces which 503|00:52:25|330|00:52:32|510beat upon our planetary life, then the true method of resolving the dualities will be 504|00:52:32|510|00:52:41|150known.EA, p.56 Now I don't know if it is said here, but we do know that Gemini is used as a material 505|00:52:41|170|00:52:48|830mediating force between the pairs of opposites. I'll call them the zodiacal pairs of opposites. 506|00:52:48|990|00:52:55|610You know, there's Aries, Libra, Gemini. Taurus, Scorpio, Gemini. We'll skip Gemini for a moment. 507|00:52:55|910|00:53:03|550Then there's Cancer, Capricorn, Gemini. There is Leo, Aquarius, Gemini. There is Pisces, 508|00:53:03|670|00:53:08|810Virgo, Gemini, and when Gemini is involved itself, Pisces becomes the mediating influence. 509|00:53:08|810|00:53:14|310We discuss that later. That's the opposition between Gemini, Sagittarius with Pisces as 510|00:53:14|310|00:53:19|650the mediating force. So we have to understand the great pairs of opposites by understanding 511|00:53:19|650|00:53:25|290the sign Gemini. The pairs of opposites, higher and lower, are always quarreling. That means 512|00:53:25|290|00:53:29|310they're out of adjustment for a while, and those pairs of opposites under Gemini can 513|00:53:29|310|00:53:33|650be soul and personality, but they can also be the spirit and the soul-infused personality. 514|00:53:33|650|00:53:40|670They can be Sirius and the Sun. They can be different constellations which hold to each 515|00:53:40|670|00:53:49|190other that kind of pairs of opposites relationship. So, you know, we have Pollux, which is a great 516|00:53:49|190|00:53:56|270supergiant star, and we have three pairs of double stars that are called Castor. It's 517|00:53:56|270|00:54:03|630really a visually single star, but it's really six stars, and those represent the same kind 518|00:54:03|650|00:54:11|570of forces which are lower than the force of spirit itself. So everything that is generated 519|00:54:11|570|00:54:18|310by spirit—the six—pulls in an opposite direction from spirit itself until there is a reconciliation. 520|00:54:20|210|00:54:24|030So anyway, we need to learn to reconcile the pairs of opposites, and especially upon our 521|00:54:24|030|00:54:31|590planet, which is a planet of magnetic adjustment. We become adjudicators between the pairs of 522|00:54:31|590|00:54:40|310opposites. We are involved in magnetic work. Let's just see if we can find that. Let's 523|00:54:40|310|00:55:01|570just say something about the school… adjudicators. I'm not going to do too well here. School— 524|00:55:03|170|00:55:10|450magnetic. Oh, I see! I know what the problem is. I still have glamour checked, and you can't 525|00:55:10|450|00:55:22|950find a reference… adjudicator. Let's call this just “school of magnetic something,” and let's 526|00:55:22|950|00:55:28|750see if we can find it. One, two, three—there it is: the school of magnetic response. This 527|00:55:28|750|00:55:36|030is Earth. Another name given to its pupils is “the graduates of painful endeavor” or “the 528|00:55:36|030|00:55:42|910adjudicators between the polar opposites.” A further hint to be taken in connection with 529|00:55:43|910|00:55:48|870the two names given above is that its graduates are said to undergo examination on the third 530|00:55:48|870|00:55:57|030sub-plane of the astral plane, and probably that is the third counting from the top down. 531|00:55:57|650|00:56:04|890So the constellation Gemini has a tremendous relationship to our Earth. It provided, in 532|00:56:04|890|00:56:10|430a way, the door of entry for the solar angels, and in another way, it represents the pillars 533|00:56:10|430|00:56:19|090of wisdom through which advancing human beings can pass into the higher life. So Gemini gives 534|00:56:19|090|00:56:27|010a huge angelic content to our Earth, just as Sagittarius promotes the animal content. All 535|00:56:27|010|00:56:33|250right, I do believe we have reached the point. I realize that I must present quite a spectacle 536|00:56:33|250|00:56:39|410here in the dark. Excuse me. We've done six of these today. I don't know whether there 537|00:56:39|410|00:56:44|090will be a seventh. I'll try to get them out to you as soon as I can. We have gone as far 538|00:56:44|090|00:56:56|310as page 56. So this is Esoteric Astrology Adventure number 26. That's 36—number 26. 539|00:56:56|330|00:57:14|550Can I type it? And up to ending page 56. I believe it's from page 53 to page 56. So we 540|00:57:14|550|00:57:26|290will together work The Great Invocation as we always do, because ritualistically it's 541|00:57:26|290|00:57:30|330a ritual. Yes. All right. 542|00:57:41|050|00:57:49|770From the point of light within the mind of God, let light stream forth into the minds 543|00:57:49|770|00:58:03|530of men. Let light descend on earth. From the point of love within the heart of God, let 544|00:58:03|530|00:58:14|450love stream forth into the hearts of men. May Christ return to earth. From the center 545|00:58:14|450|00:58:21|710where the will of God is known, let purpose guide the little wills of men, the purpose 546|00:58:21|710|00:58:33|010which the masters know and serve. From the center which we call the race of men, let 547|00:58:33|010|00:58:42|750the plan of love and light work out, and may it seal the door where evil dwells. Let light 548|00:58:42|750|00:58:47|890and love and power restore the plan on earth. 549|00:59:26|010|00:59:38|590Okay friends, we are making progress. What are we up to page 56 now? And I think this 550|00:59:38|590|00:59:51|830opening section has only 90 or 100 pages, so by the time we've done 50 of these webinars, 551|00:59:51|930|00:59:56|110we will be through the introduction. But in a way, the other parts of the books will flow 552|00:59:56|110|01:00:04|630more easily. I wish I could talk through quite a number of these books. Anyway, I've done 553|01:00:04|630|01:00:08|590most of the Treatise on Cosmic Fire and half of the Rays and Initiations, and that's 554|01:00:08|590|01:00:14|850done in more careful written language. The quality of what we're doing here is a little 555|01:00:14|850|01:00:20|150more spontaneous, a little more ramifying and rambling and taking in various considerations. 556|01:00:20|730|01:00:27|750A different style. Perhaps it's less concrete, but it's what I can do at the moment. So we 557|01:00:27|750|01:00:37|950will go on to Esoteric Astrology Adventure number 27 shortly. Okay, bye for now.