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1|00:00:02|460|00:00:14|020Okay, hello everybody. We are now dealing with esoteric astrology adventure number 68. 2|00:00:15|820|00:00:22|140It is difficult to know whether this will be a one-hour, two-hour, or three-hour presentation. 3|00:00:22|140|00:00:32|780When I increase the length of these presentations, I simply try to save time in the conversion 4|00:00:32|780|00:00:45|210process, and so I can do more. Now we are dealing with Capricorn, and we have the idea that The 5|00:00:45|210|00:00:55|750keynotes of this sign are all indicative of a crystallisation process. This concretising 6|00:00:55|750|00:01:03|850faculty of Capricorn can be considered in several ways. EA, p.158 to make dense, to make concrete, 7|00:01:03|850|00:01:14|650to make rigid, to bring into a solid and unchanging relationship—a crystallized and 8|00:01:14|650|00:01:25|330non-fluid relationship. This is what we are talking about. So we are on page 158. First 9|00:01:25|330|00:01:37|310of all, Capricorn is an earth sign, EA, p.158 Let's see here. And it is— in it we have expressed 10|00:01:37|310|00:01:48|950the densest point of concrete materialisation of which the human soul is capable. EA, p.158 A very, 11|00:01:48|950|00:02:00|010as they say, earth-bound soul. This is taken from page 333 of Esoteric Astrology. The undeveloped 12|00:02:00|010|00:02:08|790man is considered to be very confined in his consciousness and is entirely connected with 13|00:02:08|790|00:02:14|790the senses and not with the subtler senses—connected with that which the senses reveal. 14|00:02:15|790|00:02:27|930Man is then “of the earth, earthy” EA, p.158 We see in Capricorn the mountain, but also the inverted 15|00:02:27|930|00:02:40|470mountain which points towards concretion and density and brings us into the sense of that 16|00:02:40|470|00:02:49|070which lies under the earth rather than that which rises above the normal surface of the earth. 17|00:02:50|230|00:02:58|750Man is then “of the earth, earthy” and is what the New Testament calls “the first Adam.” EA, p.158 It's a primitive 18|00:02:58|750|00:03:08|350and unredeemed state, and I suppose related to the idea of original sin, which is related to the 19|00:03:09|370|00:03:18|170lunar aspects of the human being—the elemental personal aspects which in their own nature are 20|00:03:18|170|00:03:26|870unregenerate compared to the solar aspects and have to be uplifted vibrationally through the 21|00:03:26|870|00:03:35|150evolutionary process. In this sense, Capricorn holds in itself the seeds of death and finality EA, p.158 22|00:03:37|110|00:03:54|610because we have the factor of crystallization, and that is—death is always involved, or should 23|00:03:54|610|00:04:02|070we say crystallization is always involved in the death process. The form can no longer respond, 24|00:04:02|070|00:04:17|730can no longer expand. It is frozen, non-growing, and has densified. So because, in a way, the 25|00:04:17|730|00:04:25|150densification of consciousness is its death. The more circumscribed the consciousness, the more it 26|00:04:25|150|00:04:34|370is dead to the higher life. Because Capricorn will always reach a point of no further accommodation 27|00:04:34|370|00:04:41|190and growth and flexibility, it will reach that point of crystallization beyond which it cannot 28|00:04:41|190|00:04:52|070go. This fact means that the seeds of death are inherent in it, because what is in Capricorn will 29|00:04:52|070|00:04:58|430always lead to final crystallization and to the shattering of that crystallization, probably under 30|00:04:58|430|00:05:06|510the influence of the first ray of Vulcan. So it has in itself the seeds of death and finality, 31|00:05:08|470|00:05:19|070—the death which takes place finally and eventually in Pisces. EA, p.158 So even though there is a great 32|00:05:19|070|00:05:26|910spiritual livingness that arises when we reach the top of the mountain of initiation, it holds 33|00:05:26|910|00:05:35|670in itself a kind of death to the lower worlds, which eventually will occur in Pisces, because 34|00:05:35|670|00:05:44|710Capricorn will demand that the illumined soul descend into the valleys carrying the water pot 35|00:05:44|710|00:05:54|270of service and make there not only a great service but a great sacrifice, which will release the 36|00:05:54|270|00:06:05|810server into the state of the world's savior in Pisces and release him from confinement to the 37|00:06:05|810|00:06:11|810lower worlds. There is a great sense of responsibility in Capricorn, which is very 38|00:06:11|810|00:06:23|210confining, as the high soul circumscribes the possibility of wider experience in order to 39|00:06:23|210|00:06:31|350carry out a certain service. Sanat Kumara, as the Ancient of Days, which is a term much related to 40|00:06:32|030|00:06:41|790Capricorn, exhibits this willing undertaking of a circumscribed and, in a way, crystallized state 41|00:06:41|790|00:06:48|970because he cannot move from his post until—or he will not move from his post. I guess he can, but he 42|00:06:48|970|00:06:55|690will not move from his post until the last weary pilgrim has found his way home. So this is an act 43|00:06:55|690|00:07:06|190of circumscribing will, and a definite ring-pass-not is established, and beyond that ring-pass-not 44|00:07:06|190|00:07:20|070the saving being will not venture until, at last, having brought this service—this salvation—to its 45|00:07:20|070|00:07:30|020fullest expression, he is released into Pisces. I guess in a way we could see, you know, death by— 46|00:07:30|860|00:07:36|400in Capricorn, death through air or through dispersion, certainly the death of the eagle 47|00:07:36|400|00:07:49|000in that way, because the person loses the sense of his circumscribing ego and manages to be a 48|00:07:49|000|00:07:59|120pervasive force, so the lower ego dies, but a higher sense of identity is born. There's a death by 49|00:07:59|120|00:08:11|520water—not the earlier death of drowning wherein the consciousness of the spirit is immersed 50|00:08:11|520|00:08:22|620and engulfed in the matter of the lower worlds, drowning within it—but a kind of death in which 51|00:08:22|620|00:08:33|000the bonds to the lower worlds are dissolved in Pisces. So it's a death to the lower consciousness 52|00:08:33|000|00:08:47|020and the lower circumscribed field of expression. Anyway, D.K. asked us to Ponder on this. EA, p.158 that Capricorn 53|00:08:47|020|00:08:58|400holds in itself the seeds of death and finality. It used to be, in one way, the last sign of the 54|00:08:58|400|00:09:04|920zodiac. As I've tried to explain, a zodiac is to be a twelve-petaled heart center and a great being's 55|00:09:04|920|00:09:12|580heart and a head center. So it doesn't mean that that heart and head center ever had only ten 56|00:09:12|580|00:09:19|360parts to it. It always had twelve. It's just a question of what humanity can really respond to, 57|00:09:20|300|00:09:33|420and at that time, the spiritual meaning of Capricorn was the final sign. Capricorn was the 58|00:09:33|420|00:09:39|040final sign in which man could respond spiritually to its significance. I think man 59|00:09:39|040|00:09:49|800can always respond in an elemental manner to all twelve signs at all times, but he rises slowly 60|00:09:49|800|00:09:59|660into higher capabilities and only then can respond to the later signs in a spiritual way. For instance, 61|00:09:59|660|00:10:06|520there was a time when we are told that Scorpio was the final sign, and therefore the spiritual 62|00:10:06|520|00:10:13|460meaning of Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces was not yet within the range of possibilities of 63|00:10:13|460|00:10:20|580the humanity of that period—though, of course, here and there isolated initiates could, I suppose, 64|00:10:20|580|00:10:31|110respond, just the way initiates have been able to respond to planets which have been hidden from the 65|00:10:31|110|00:10:39|650masses of people, like Uranus—a sacred, hierophantic type of planet about which the initiates knew, but 66|00:10:39|650|00:10:47|810about which average man knew nothing and was not therefore responding to its meaning, even though 67|00:10:47|810|00:10:53|530it was always there. So I'm saying the constellations are always there in that sense—that circle of twelve 68|00:10:53|530|00:11:02|990is always there—but man's response on earth is a graded process, and therefore at different times 69|00:11:02|990|00:11:11|590in the history of humanity, the response to the zodiac of constellations is widened. When 70|00:11:11|590|00:11:17|670crystallization, says the Tibetan, has reached a certain degree of density or so-called hardness— 71|00:11:17|670|00:11:33|010certain rigidity, certain rigidity or immovability—it is easily shattered. You know, in the hurricanes, 72|00:11:33|810|00:11:41|970in the tornadoes, it's the rigid, unbending trees that are easily destroyed, and the trees that can 73|00:11:41|970|00:11:48|050bend with the wind have a better chance. When crystallisation has reached a certain degree 74|00:11:48|050|00:11:54|750of density and so-called “hardness,” it is easily shattered EA, p.158—a Vulcanian word— and destroyed and man, 75|00:11:54|750|00:12:06|190born in Capricorn, then brings about his own destruction; EA, p.158 through a crystallized attitude, 76|00:12:06|190|00:12:20|230I guess. Attitude, ossification, rigidity, hardness, unbendingness—all of these are words 77|00:12:20|230|00:12:30|650that characterize the often rigid, unbending attitude of those conditioned by the sign Capricorn. 78|00:12:33|770|00:12:38|790And Capricorn has so much to do with the law and the enforcement of the law, and as we all know, that 79|00:12:38|790|00:12:46|990the law is something that does not bend. A law is a law. There may be rules that have greater 80|00:12:49|330|00:12:59|150flexibility, but when the law is a divine law, it does not change because it is an energy state 81|00:12:59|150|00:13:08|430which is reflective of the will of a great being, so naturally it would not then vacillate. As for 82|00:13:08|430|00:13:15|450human laws, they can change, but while they are under enforcement, they are rather rigid, although 83|00:13:15|450|00:13:22|950they can be interpreted—there we go with Mercury and Libra and so forth—with flexibility. So anyway, 84|00:13:22|950|00:13:35|830if we develop an attitude which is too hard—and another word here is unyielding—then we are 85|00:13:35|830|00:13:46|350bringing about the certainty of our own eventual destruction through shattering, because the 86|00:13:46|350|00:13:56|130substance cannot absorb the shock of the blow, whereas if we were more flexible and could bend 87|00:13:56|130|00:14:07|830or sort of receive that impulse and not hold our substance against it, there would be the greater 88|00:14:07|830|00:14:17|070possibility of surviving the blow. this is due to his fundamentally materialistic nature EA, p.158— 89|00:14:17|070|00:14:25|370that's the early Capricornian individual— plus the “blows of fate” which are the enactments of the law of 90|00:14:25|370|00:14:30|030karma. EA, p.158 And when we look at the “blows of fate,” I think we can think of three planets in particular: 91|00:14:30|030|00:14:41|190Vulcan, Mars, and Saturn—the general ruler of karma. So when we have the Sun, near to which Vulcan is 92|00:14:41|190|00:14:49|130always found, Mars, and Saturn in conjunction or in close aspect, I think we can expect the enactments 93|00:14:49|130|00:14:54|190of the law of karma. When we talk about enactments, we're talking about actions; we're talking very 94|00:14:54|190|00:15:05|350much in the language of Mars. So even in the first petal of the egoic Lotus, the man is under 95|00:15:05|350|00:15:13|590the influence of Capricorn very much. Those outer petals are earthy in nature, and it's a cardinal 96|00:15:15|230|00:15:23|850beginning, and he learns by violating the law, and he learns that the law really is rigid, and so the 97|00:15:23|850|00:15:31|530counterblow comes upon him. Natural law does not yield to our desires, neither does spiritual law, 98|00:15:31|530|00:15:39|770but mostly in those days it's natural law and, in general, the all-pervading law of karma. Well, 99|00:15:39|770|00:15:46|270anyway, we're dealing with a Capricorn individual who has a fundamentally materialistic nature—of 100|00:15:46|270|00:15:51|850course, this is in the early days—and I think with many of the average Capricorn individuals that one 101|00:15:51|850|00:16:05|310will meet. Again and again, a certain measure of concreteness is achieved, only again to undergo 102|00:16:05|310|00:16:12|710destruction, EA, p.158 Otherwise, how could there be the growth into a new pattern? You see, let's say 103|00:16:12|710|00:16:38|650rigidity prevents growth into a new pattern—a new pattern necessitated. Let's see how they go: 104|00:16:38|650|00:16:51|170consciousness which demands a compliant form to express this growth, and if there is no compliant 105|00:16:51|170|00:16:58|730form—and a rigid form is not a compliant form—then the inner consciousness just cannot find a 106|00:16:58|730|00:17:06|710field of expression, and the inability to find that field of expression will force a shattering upon 107|00:17:06|710|00:17:14|490the form, which must give way before a higher aspect, which is consciousness. So only again 108|00:17:14|490|00:17:20|870and again to undergo destruction prior to the release of the life and the rebuilding of the 109|00:17:20|870|00:17:27|850form. EA, p.158 We really outgrow our forms. Some people—you know, Capricorn people tend to live for a long time, 110|00:17:27|850|00:17:33|090whether it's Sun in Capricorn or Capricorn rising, or people with whom, let's say, the Saturn—which is 111|00:17:33|090|00:17:44|230in a way a preserving planet, preserving of the form—is powerful. But many who seek to have their 112|00:17:44|230|00:17:49|130physical vehicle preserved a long time are in Capricorn. Sometimes when I look at cryogenics, 113|00:17:50|730|00:17:57|950I'm trying to think about Walt Disney. I understand that he was—his vehicle was cryogenically frozen, 114|00:17:57|950|00:18:08|730and I'm trying to remember here whether he had a strong Capricorn in his nature. It would be 115|00:18:08|730|00:18:19|150interesting just to see. Let's see, so I'll say Disney just for fun, and Walt Disney—there he is. 116|00:18:19|150|00:18:28|730Find stuff. All right, so let's see, let's see what we have here. Maybe wrong, but it struck me that 117|00:18:29|310|00:18:36|090there was something—well, there are a number of Capricorn planets. Yes, about six of them, I guess, 118|00:18:36|090|00:18:44|470but fundamentally he's that visionary and Sagittarius and had Virgo rising—an earth sign— 119|00:18:44|470|00:18:52|620but there, here are these five Capricorn planets. Well, anyway, you know Capricorn rules the great 120|00:18:53|790|00:18:59|770coldness. When I think of cryogenics and the whole idea of preserving the form exactly as it is in 121|00:18:59|770|00:19:11|850the hope that medical science will someday be able to resurrect that form, it seems a very form-bound 122|00:19:11|850|00:19:21|230attitude, doesn't it? Without much faith in the interior consciousness, nor in the possibility 123|00:19:21|230|00:19:32|050of reincarnation and the providing of a new and more consciously compliant form—or a form compliant 124|00:19:32|050|00:19:41|990to consciousness—allowing for the future a fuller expression of the inwardly growing 125|00:19:41|990|00:19:47|330consciousness. Again and again, a certain measure of concreteness is achieved, only again to undergo 126|00:19:47|330|00:19:55|370destruction, prior to the release of the life and the rebuilding of the form. EA, p.158 So this is the process 127|00:19:55|370|00:20:01|730of death: releasing the life, all for good purpose, so that that life and its growing consciousness 128|00:20:02|890|00:20:10|330can find increased scope of expression in the lower and usually confining worlds. I don't think 129|00:20:10|330|00:20:20|290that life per se ever grows. Life is being. Being is being is exactly what it is—the raw fact of 130|00:20:20|290|00:20:28|870beingness which all forms share. The one thing they share is not qualitative; they all share the fact 131|00:20:28|870|00:20:39|410that they are. Then we get into the realm of quality; then the growth begins to occur. 132|00:20:40|650|00:20:47|010Secondly, we're talking about materialization now, and materialistic attitude, and densification. 133|00:20:47|010|00:20:54|210Secondly, Capricorn is ever the sign of conclusion, EA, p.158—a kind of conclusion. Yes, I mean, you know, it reaches the 134|00:20:54|210|00:20:58|790mountaintop. You can't go higher than the mountaintop unless you take off with wings, which is kind of 135|00:20:59|690|00:21:05|670Aquarius tends to do. I don't think the helicopter is much ruled by Capricorn; it is a bit more like 136|00:21:05|670|00:21:14|250Aquarius. It is ever the sign of conclusion, and of this the mountain top is frequently (though not 137|00:21:14|250|00:21:22|810always) the symbol, for it marks the point beyond which further ascent in any particular life cycle is not 138|00:21:22|810|00:21:30|670possible. EA, p.158 And yet—unless, of course, you have the mountain of ascension—so that you climb to a 139|00:21:30|670|00:21:42|010certain point, and from there you rise still higher, but in a way you are to do that to ascend further. 140|00:21:42|010|00:21:53|550You must defy natural law, or at least you must modify it through the power of the fifth ray, so 141|00:21:53|550|00:22:07|030that it has a type of expression which is unusual. So generally, when a high point is reached, one must 142|00:22:07|030|00:22:14|950do something with it, and that usually involves a descent. “Lost am I in light supernal, yet on that 143|00:22:14|950|00:22:23|490light I turn my back.” So one does not stay on the mountaintop bathing in the light supernal. The 144|00:22:23|490|00:22:29|290great realization itself is filled with love-wisdom and demands that one descend and share 145|00:22:30|230|00:22:34|830through the distributive power of the sign of world service, Aquarius, and through the saving 146|00:22:34|830|00:22:43|850power of Pisces. One uses all one has seen and achieved and absorbed on the mountaintop. 147|00:22:43|850|00:22:52|140But as I say, you know, Aquarius and Uranus… see, you know, normally under Uranus—under Saturn—a 148|00:22:52|570|00:23:01|610mountaintop is… it can't go further. But if you add the indications of the planet Uranus, you can 149|00:23:01|610|00:23:13|410go beyond Saturn in a way: leave the earth, rise, ascend, master the air, enter the Buddhic plane, and 150|00:23:13|410|00:23:21|810need not necessarily descend. And maybe there are some who do that. Maybe there are some who, having 151|00:23:21|810|00:23:34|310reached a great exalted point of achievement, continue on the upward way, leaving the earth 152|00:23:34|310|00:23:42|810behind—even the mountaintops behind—as they, with wings, fly into the air. Uranus has everything to 153|00:23:42|810|00:23:50|390do with aviation, and so does Aquarius. So when I think about Aquarius, yes, there is a strong inner 154|00:23:50|390|00:23:58|230compulsion out of a universal love to descend into the valleys and to bring with one what one 155|00:23:58|230|00:24:05|730has gained on the mountaintop. But there's also the possibility of elevation through aviation and 156|00:24:07|010|00:24:14|250taking off from that high space. Normally, those who do so are not considered to be on the world 157|00:24:14|250|00:24:21|390savior path. They are considered, maybe, to be—although we have to take it symbolically—as 158|00:24:21|390|00:24:29|030the selfish Buddhas, because they are simply concerned with forging ahead. They've shouldered 159|00:24:29|030|00:24:37|630a staff, as it were, without a crook to hold—the shepherd's crook. And having that shepherd's crook 160|00:24:37|630|00:24:44|230on the end of your staff is only useful if you descend into the place where the sheep to be saved 161|00:24:44|230|00:24:55|310are to be found. So if you think about the unicorn, he achieves the mountaintop, and what if he's 162|00:24:55|310|00:25:03|270granted the wings of Pegasus? He can also fly, so the upper realms are his as well. Well, we'll learn 163|00:25:03|270|00:25:12|250more about that as the fact of initiation becomes better appreciated in human consciousness, and when 164|00:25:12|250|00:25:21|510we, as true initiates, finally stand in the place where that kind of choice will be ours. Capricorn 165|00:25:21|510|00:25:28|770is, therefore, the sign of what has been called esoterically “periodic arresting.” EA, p.158 It's one of those 166|00:25:28|770|00:25:37|370very useful and descriptive terms: a sign of periodic arresting. It means you stop, but it's 167|00:25:37|370|00:25:45|890a cyclic kind of stopping. It's not a type of stopping that is final. There are various 168|00:25:45|890|00:25:51|690mountaintops, and each time you descend in service, the next mountaintop you ascend is even higher. 169|00:25:51|690|00:25:57|670Your progress is apparently arrested, but when you compare the mountaintop you reach before, you see 170|00:25:57|670|00:26:08|670that you have risen higher. You descend again, and upon rising after a time, you are still higher. So 171|00:26:08|670|00:26:20|710you see the cycle of rising, descending, rising, descending—but always… well, as you say, usually one 172|00:26:20|710|00:26:30|910will go no higher than the mountaintop for which one has a particular… one for which was taken as 173|00:26:30|910|00:26:39|910one's objective, unless you go mountain peak hopping, for which you'd have to fly. 174|00:26:39|910|00:26:49|210Progress becomes impossible under the existing forms, EA, p.158 Progress might be possible if the form 175|00:26:49|210|00:26:57|290could possibly take the new and more strenuous conditions, and there has to be the descent into 176|00:26:57|290|00:27:06|530the valley of pain, despair and death before a fresh attempt to scale the heights takes place. EA, p.158 177|00:27:07|430|00:27:14|810Now, the degree to which the initiate will identify—well, or say, yeah, he will in a way identify with, 178|00:27:14|810|00:27:22|890but will he be attached to pain, despair, and death—depends very much upon what he has achieved on the 179|00:27:22|890|00:27:32|190mountaintop. I don't think there will be quite such an immersion in pain, despair, and death, though the 180|00:27:32|190|00:27:37|470love-wisdom will take him into the presence of pain, despair, and death, yet he will see through 181|00:27:37|470|00:27:48|070the illusion that pain, despair, and death actually present. So all of us who are striving for 182|00:27:48|070|00:27:56|350initiation will have to realize that upon its attainment, there will be a descent, and we will 183|00:27:56|350|00:28:04|650face the lower conditions which we may have fled as we were rising up the mountaintop, and we'll 184|00:28:04|650|00:28:12|670have a redemptive attitude towards these lower conditions. And he talked here before Mount 185|00:28:12|670|00:28:21|630Everest was scaled—he said when was the scale? 1951? '50 or '51? Or early '50s? The attempt today to 186|00:28:21|630|00:28:26|450climb Mount Everest is amazingly symbolic, and it is being watched with much interest by the Hierarchy, 187|00:28:27|210|00:28:33|710for in this effort we see the attempt of humanity to achieve the top of the mountain whose height 188|00:28:33|710|00:28:43|970has hitherto defeated all efforts. EA, p.158-159 The attempt of humanity to achieve the top of the mountain whose 189|00:28:43|970|00:28:48|890height has hitherto defeated all efforts. But—and this is the matter of moment and of interest—when 190|00:28:48|890|00:28:56|390humanity emerges into the light and relative glory of the new civilisation, they will at the same time 191|00:28:56|390|00:29:05|570conquer this last remaining summit. EA, p.159 Well, you know, humanity has a funny way of being both behind and 192|00:29:05|570|00:29:13|110ahead. In one way, we are far behind where we should be, and in another way, we seem to be exceeding the 193|00:29:14|710|00:29:21|230schedules which are anticipated for us by the greater lives. For instance, we already discovered 194|00:29:21|230|00:29:30|350atomic energy in the age of Aquarius when it was scheduled, or expected at least, to be discovered 195|00:29:30|350|00:29:42|150in the age of Capricorn. And we have conquered Everest, and now many are climbing 196|00:29:42|150|00:29:51|030Mount Everest, which is an amazingly symbolic idea—so many of humanity can put the heights under foot. 197|00:29:51|030|00:29:58|850And of course, on the way to the heights, some struggle and die. This is how it is, I think, for 198|00:29:58|850|00:30:06|910the initiate as well, as he's struggling towards the heights of consciousness. Not all attempts to 199|00:30:07|670|00:30:18|910scale the heights are successful, and some lead to a temporary, seeming tragedy. We could also ask, in 200|00:30:18|910|00:30:25|730the light of what the Tibetan has here said, whether in a way we have emerged into the light and 201|00:30:25|730|00:30:31|710relative glory of the new civilization and therefore have conquered this last remaining 202|00:30:31|710|00:30:39|090summit. Well, there are so many things that seem to be stressed in the life of humanity on the planet 203|00:30:39|090|00:30:43|990that we could well question whether we have really emerged into the light and relative glory of the 204|00:30:43|990|00:30:49|990new civilization. But the indications are certainly present—at least the indications of the light 205|00:30:49|990|00:31:00|870and relative glory of the new civilization are present. We can somehow anticipate what they will 206|00:31:00|870|00:31:16|590be. Excuse me, a little sip of tea here. So we have, you know, in some way it could be that we— 207|00:31:18|230|00:31:26|830humanity—are ahead of schedule in certain things. We've certainly shown our prowess at the ability 208|00:31:26|830|00:31:34|990to climb this mountain. I think—is there one? Are there more than one that have undertaken the 209|00:31:34|990|00:31:43|990climbing of Everest without oxygen and, you know, just in the natural state? I think I've heard of 210|00:31:43|990|00:31:53|550one such—at least one such individual. Okay, so this is all hinting at the idea that humanity is 211|00:31:53|550|00:32:00|850heading towards the state of initiation. That which is of the densest materiality and which is the 212|00:32:00|850|00:32:10|730consummation of earthly grandeur EA, p.159 —that's Everest— will remain—but it will be beneath the feet of 213|00:32:10|730|00:32:22|370humanity. EA, p.159 So this is the promise of the Aquarian Age, which is an age of aviation. We already have 214|00:32:22|370|00:32:30|330the aviation of the Aquarian Age, and we will have kinds of aviation which will make our present 215|00:32:31|070|00:32:41|230patterns of flight and methods of flight seem antique. And we will be masters of the realm of 216|00:32:41|230|00:32:49|410air. Already that seems somewhat to be happening. We have mastered the water; we have also mastered 217|00:32:49|410|00:32:57|890travel underwater. We have the airplane; we have the rocket. We have left the planet, and I 218|00:32:57|890|00:33:06|090wonder when Master D.K. was writing whether he anticipated such a rapid growth of humanity 219|00:33:06|090|00:33:17|690towards space travel, because none of this existed when he was writing in the 1930s and '40s 220|00:33:17|690|00:33:25|570and certainly would have seemed fanciful to most. And here we are, sending probes into space to the 221|00:33:27|110|00:33:36|490farthest reaches of our normally known solar system and beyond—beyond the realm of Pluto. So 222|00:33:36|490|00:33:40|510we are doing some extraordinary things. We take it all in stride; we say, “Well, of course humanity 223|00:33:40|510|00:33:50|990is intelligent; we are progressing.” But I wonder—when Master D.K. did not foresee, or did the 224|00:33:50|990|00:33:57|670hierarchy foresee, the mastery of atomic energy by humanity, or at least the development of atomic energy and 225|00:33:57|670|00:34:09|990atomic weaponry by humanity so soon? Whether they also did not foresee our adventures into space and 226|00:34:09|990|00:34:19|390other scientific developments? Well, I think from the year 1950 to the year 2000, the fifth ray had 227|00:34:19|390|00:34:30|490to be phased out—at least its intensity had to be withdrawn—because I think humanity was traveling 228|00:34:31|350|00:34:39|210progressively too fast along this line. And of course, development of humanity should be balanced 229|00:34:39|210|00:34:47|330among the rays if it's going to be safe. We can only imagine, given the primitive psychology of 230|00:34:47|330|00:34:56|310humanity at present and the type of morality that it has, what an incredibly advanced technological 231|00:34:57|870|00:35:07|930civilization could mean, given that type of morality, very dangerous, I think. Okay, we move to the third. 232|00:35:08|490|00:35:21|750Third factor here. We were talking in general at first about the concretizing faculty. Yes, so we're 233|00:35:21|750|00:35:30|970talking about the density, and then the second paragraph talked about periodic arresting or 234|00:35:30|970|00:35:41|390conclusion. And the third: Thirdly, Capricorn is, as a consequence of all the above, the sign in which 235|00:35:41|390|00:35:52|810is inaugurated a new cycle of effort, EA, p.159 Usually that is a distinction given to Aries, but we can see as 236|00:35:52|810|00:36:02|510well Capricorn is a first ray sign. Through it is transmitted the first ray, yes, and perhaps even 237|00:36:02|510|00:36:10|570emitted the first ray. Perhaps its own periodical vehicles, at least one of them, is characterized 238|00:36:10|570|00:36:20|710by the first ray. A new cycle of effort, perhaps an initiatory cycle. The two signs of initiation are 239|00:36:20|710|00:36:31|590now Capricorn and, in the distant future, Aries. So considering Capricorn is a sign of initiation, the 240|00:36:31|590|00:36:40|290term initiation is, in fact, the inauguration of a new cycle of effort. So Capricorn is, in the 241|00:36:40|290|00:36:48|870consequence of leading to death through crystallization, leading to a point in the cycle 242|00:36:48|870|00:36:54|390when one can go no further. As a result of all this, a new cycle of effort will be inaugurated, 243|00:36:54|390|00:37:02|770whether this effort is in connection with the individual man or with the initiate. EA, p.159 If, after all, 244|00:37:02|770|00:37:09|090one is going to achieve the heights, if one is going to climb the mountain, either of ambition 245|00:37:09|090|00:37:18|810or of initiation, a new effort is required. I would say, let's just say in general, that effort is 246|00:37:18|810|00:37:28|350required in order to make the climb. And here is one of those important statements: Effort, strain, 247|00:37:28|350|00:37:34|970struggle, the fight with the forces native to the underworld, or the strenuous conditions entailed 248|00:37:34|970|00:37:42|990by the tests of discipleship or initiation—these are distinctive of experience in Capricorn. EA, p.159 So we have 249|00:37:42|990|00:37:52|810five factors here. None of them sound particularly relaxing, comfortable. Matter of fact, if you want 250|00:37:52|810|00:38:01|890comfort, I think perhaps we would go around along with the lunar signs and perhaps with Cancer, which 251|00:38:01|890|00:38:10|170is a softer sign, at least softer on the inside. The houses in which we live are hard on the outside 252|00:38:10|170|00:38:19|470but rather cushy on the inside, you know: soft chairs, sofas, carpets, draperies. All of these are 253|00:38:19|830|00:38:28|990ruled by the sign Cancer in one respect, and they provide comfort to the form, although they may 254|00:38:28|990|00:38:39|550provide veils which prevent the true life from achieving freedom. Effort, strain, struggle, and 255|00:38:40|430|00:38:47|650fight with the forces native to the underworld—yes, Capricorn has a strong connection with that 256|00:38:47|650|00:38:55|950domain which we call hell and which the Tibetan locates on the seventh subplane of the astral 257|00:38:55|950|00:39:04|990for the average Christian or average believer of any religion. So fight with the forces native 258|00:39:04|990|00:39:10|730the underworld, or the strenuous—there's strain and strenuousness—strenuous condition entailed 259|00:39:10|730|00:39:20|970by the tests of discipleship. These are distinctive of the experience in Capricorn. So we can see why 260|00:39:20|970|00:39:33|590this is a sign of initiation, because initiation requires all of these abilities to really—if it's 261|00:39:33|590|00:39:40|210going to be achieved—great effort, great strain, great struggle, fight, strenuous application of 262|00:39:40|210|00:39:48|570energies. The life of the initiate is not an easy one; it's not a comfortable one. One has to fight 263|00:39:48|570|00:40:00|230for the status of the initiate. In ancient days, as you may perchance have heard, there were 264|00:40:00|230|00:40:08|010only ten signs, EA, p.159 You know, well, at least at this point he's not saying ten constellations, is he? 265|00:40:08|010|00:40:16|770Has my point—as I've been trying to make that point—not saying ten constellations? No, not that. 266|00:40:16|770|00:40:27|410and—at that time—Capricorn marked the end of the zodiacal wheel, and not Pisces as is 267|00:40:27|410|00:40:34|230at this time the case. EA, p.159 Well, unless—unless for initiates, we can ask how the year was divided 268|00:40:34|230|00:40:43|390at that time, or was there some, oh, no man's land or undefined period between the Capricornian part 269|00:40:43|390|00:40:50|330of the year and the Arian part of the year? What—you know, what exactly was the calendar like in 270|00:40:50|330|00:41:01|990those days? We are not given to know that at this time. But at least, perhaps for initiates, Aquarius 271|00:41:01|990|00:41:13|250and Pisces were operative—operative. The two signs of Aquarius and Pisces were not incorporated in the 272|00:41:13|250|00:41:21|470signs EA, p.159 Okay, that's interesting. But you know how I would say it here: the two constellations of 273|00:41:21|470|00:41:27|150Aquarius and Pisces were not incorporated in the signs. Anyway, those—those energies were not 274|00:41:29|290|00:41:36|470available to humanity as then constituted, for the simple and sufficient reason that humanity could 275|00:41:36|470|00:41:43|330not respond to their peculiar influences; EA, p.159 But I will simply ask here: but what about the initiates 276|00:41:43|330|00:41:49|710of that time? the vehicles of contact and the mechanisms for responses were not adequately 277|00:41:49|710|00:41:55|850developed. EA, p.159 So today, when we are responding to Aquarius and Pisces, it must mean that we have 278|00:41:56|550|00:42:03|710developed in our energy system certain capacities or faculties which were missing in those earlier 279|00:42:03|710|00:42:13|430days when humanity, when the man of the period, could not respond to those energies. Originally, 280|00:42:13|430|00:42:20|650there were eight signs; then there were ten and now twelve. EA, p.159 And that he also tells us of some in-between 281|00:42:20|650|00:42:28|510states when maybe there were ten or eleven, something of that nature. So we have eight, eight, 282|00:42:29|810|00:42:37|910ten… yes, right, ten and twelve. At some point he talked about eleven signs. So certain signs begin 283|00:42:37|910|00:42:48|810to coalesce, and they change the number of signs to which man was responding, or the number of energy 284|00:42:48|810|00:42:57|790centers to which he was responding. So this eight, ten, twelve combination tells us about Scorpio, 285|00:42:58|390|00:43:08|950Capricorn, and Pisces—an important triangle. And you know, Mars is also a planet of finality. Saturn 286|00:43:08|950|00:43:18|430is a planet of finality as the ruling of Capricorn, and Pluto, the hierarchical ruler of Pisces and 287|00:43:18|430|00:43:27|190the esoteric ruler as well, is a planet of finality. Death—death or finality—is involved in all three 288|00:43:27|190|00:43:37|410of these, all three of these instances. Okay, so let's see what it says here: 1? In Lemurian days, 289|00:43:37|410|00:43:45|090during the early period of animal man and before humanity appeared on earth, EA, p.159 Well, Lemurian days 290|00:43:45|090|00:43:54|830go way back before individualization, so I assume he means here… okay, he probably means before 291|00:43:54|830|00:44:02|950individualization. in the interim period of development, eight signs influenced the planet 292|00:44:02|950|00:44:15|070and the kingdoms of nature found upon it. EA, p.159 —eight signs. Well, this is an interesting hint, because 293|00:44:15|070|00:44:26|050he seems to be extracting Leo and Virgo. Perhaps Sagittarius was included, as animal man was present. 294|00:44:28|510|00:44:39|490But if we want eight signs and we extract Leo and Virgo, is Scorpio the final sign? Let's put this down 295|00:44:39|490|00:44:54|750here and say that when eight signs prevailed, was or was not Scorpio the final sign? So this is animal 296|00:44:54|750|00:45:04|070man. Lemurian days extended for millions of years before the process of individualization actually 297|00:45:04|070|00:45:16|150took place in the middle of the Lemurian period. So humanity—the individualized animal man—had not 298|00:45:16|150|00:45:30|530yet appeared. Let's define humanity here: defined as individualized animal man had not appeared. in 299|00:45:30|530|00:45:34|330the interim of the development, eight signs influenced the planet EA, p.159 —he's not telling which 300|00:45:34|330|00:45:39|630yet— and the kingdoms of nature found upon it. There was no response to the influences of Leo EA, p.159 which is the sign 301|00:45:39|630|00:45:51|090of individualization, and Virgo. EA, p.159 in which the implanted Christ energy is growing. So Leo—let's 302|00:45:51|090|00:46:07|070just say sign of individualization—and Virgo, in which the implanted essence of the 303|00:46:07|070|00:46:18|770solar Angel is not yet present, and so the inner Christ is non-existent. And therefore… well, not 304|00:46:18|770|00:46:25|310existent—that's enough. The mystery of the Sphinx did not exist and these two signs were not then part 305|00:46:25|310|00:46:30|750of the zodiacal wheel. EA, p.159 So it's really not as simple as going from Aries to Scorpio—those are 306|00:46:30|750|00:46:41|590eight signs—but we have to remove two. I think we must include Sagittarius for the centaur, 307|00:46:41|590|00:46:52|190for the animal man, definitely. And let's put that down: that Sag should be included for the centaur— 308|00:46:53|590|00:47:03|450the centaur. Well, we can think of the centaur as the symbol of animal man. Certainly it is animalistic 309|00:47:03|450|00:47:10|890man, and perhaps for a pre-individualized man. When we talk about individualization, it's largely an 310|00:47:10|890|00:47:18|530interplay between Gemini and Sagittarius. Gemini provides the angelic content of the individualization 311|00:47:18|530|00:47:25|990process, and Sagittarius the animal content—the animal man content. So if Sagittarius is included, 312|00:47:25|990|00:47:38|430which of the next three signs—Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces—would be included? You know, I don't… that's 313|00:47:38|430|00:47:50|650not easy to answer. Of course, there is some… there is a factor connected with Capricorn that we can 314|00:47:50|650|00:48:00|450call the satyr. It's a bit like the centaur—it's also animalistic man. S-A-T-Y-R. And the 315|00:48:00|450|00:48:11|950satyr has, apparently, the torso of the man, but it has the legs of the goat. So there's probably some 316|00:48:11|950|00:48:19|950mysteries here as well. I would say, as well, it's got to be… I think either Capricorn or Pisces. Pisces 317|00:48:19|950|00:48:25|950may not have been a sign to which man could respond spiritually when there were ten signs, 318|00:48:25|950|00:48:33|650but one wonders whether its early, very materialistic meaning could have been involved when 319|00:48:33|650|00:48:40|520there were eight signs. So it's not quite as simple, is it, as just going from Aries to Scorpio and 320|00:48:41|270|00:48:46|730saying “eight signs”—these eight signs were obvious—because we are eliminating signs which have to do 321|00:48:46|730|00:48:54|290with individualization, because there was none. Then individualisation took place and the seed of 322|00:48:54|290|00:49:02|930Christhood was planted in man and these two signs began to influence humanity, and gradually that 323|00:49:02|930|00:49:09|190influence was recognised and the zodiac was then known to have ten signs. EA, p.159-160 Well, I think we've been given the hint because 324|00:49:09|190|00:49:24|150when the zodiac has ten signs, Capricorn is obviously included. So it seems that the 325|00:49:24|150|00:49:34|130centaur and the satyr are both part of the eight-sign Zodiac, and then when we add Leo and Virgo we 326|00:49:34|130|00:49:46|130get the individualized—the individualized man. So it seems like the animal part of Sagittarius 327|00:49:46|130|00:49:58|410and Capricorn were included in the eight-sign Zodiac. It seems that the animal aspect of Sag 328|00:49:58|410|00:50:11|970and Capricorn were included in the eight-sign Zodiac. Okay, and then indeed Aquarius and Pisces 329|00:50:11|970|00:50:21|570were at least spiritually left out of the enumeration. The Mutable Cross dominated, 330|00:50:22|370|00:50:31|830but it was then the Tau EA, p.160—and that of course meant that Virgo was the short leg here of the 331|00:50:31|830|00:50:41|370Mutable Cross, for Pisces was lacking and only Gemini, Virgo and Sagittarius were evidenced EA, p.160—were 332|00:50:41|370|00:50:47|840evidenced—and this is still in the early days of individualization. Following in the early days— 333|00:50:49|330|00:51:00|990well, spell it—days following individualization, Aries to Capricorn marked the circle of experience. EA, p.160 334|00:51:00|990|00:51:09|810and Aries to Capricorn also marked the experience in the eight-sign Zodiac without the two signs of 335|00:51:09|810|00:51:18|210Sphinx, the mystery of man being presented by these two signs—signs of individualization where 336|00:51:18|210|00:51:27|410we have the Beast and the angel. In this case, the angel provided by Virgo—Virgo actually is the sign 337|00:51:27|410|00:51:36|010which seems to be very intimately related to the Deva kingdom. So just as Gemini, another Mercurian 338|00:51:36|010|00:51:44|350sign, is related to the Deva kingdom, and sometimes we do see the woman as the angel with wings 339|00:51:44|350|00:51:53|930representing Virgo. So we have the angel and the animal, but Pisces, offering the opportunity for 340|00:51:53|930|00:51:59|750redemption, was not present. Although, as I said, in my own mind it's still difficult for me to see 341|00:51:59|750|00:52:13|310that either of these signs did not at least offer some—well, kind of elemental possibility to human 342|00:52:13|310|00:52:21|870beings of the period. We would—you know, there's so much of mystery implicit in what the Tibetan 343|00:52:21|870|00:52:30|570is saying here, because, you know, apparently every—in every month the Sun is traveling through 30 344|00:52:30|570|00:52:40|850degrees of a sign, and then we would reach, let us say, a 60-day period when the energies of Aquarius 345|00:52:40|850|00:52:50|690and Pisces could easily be appropriated by the animal aspect of man in an animalistic way 346|00:52:52|570|00:52:59|890through desire and form being the ruler, and through the rampant materialism of Pisces in 347|00:52:59|890|00:53:06|790which the individual cannot tell the difference between him and his environment. There are all 348|00:53:06|790|00:53:13|370kinds of lower ways of appropriating these signs, but that has to be, I'm afraid, one of those 349|00:53:13|370|00:53:23|790questions which remains in the air for a while until we can definitely solve that with increased 350|00:53:23|790|00:53:32|030light on planetary history and probably the ability to read with accuracy the Akashic record 351|00:53:32|030|00:53:38|730the way the Tibetan can do. So, you know, I was thinking about water, and there's so much today 352|00:53:38|730|00:53:47|050made about the ability of water to store impressions, as if water has memory. And I 353|00:53:47|050|00:53:51|470thought, well, that fits very, very well because in a way water is an exteriorization of the energies 354|00:53:51|470|00:53:56|430found upon the astral plane where the Akashic record, storing all of the memories of nature, 355|00:53:56|430|00:54:03|730are found. So on the plane of water, as a terribly considered, there is the memory of nature, and to 356|00:54:03|730|00:54:17|810find that substantial water—the water of the liquid subplane of the systemic physical plane— 357|00:54:17|810|00:54:24|890to find that that substance would also store memory or impression is somehow congruent with 358|00:54:24|890|00:54:35|770the idea that the astral plane is home to the Akashic records. [split 1] text 01 Okay, we move on here. 2. In 359|00:54:35|770|00:54:44|090Atlantean days, man had become so responsive to the planetary and solar influence that 360|00:54:44|090|00:54:51|490the door of initiation into hierarchical experience was opened and two more signs were 361|00:54:51|490|00:55:00|310added. EA, p.160 because these are signs having to do with initiation. Let's just say that Aquarius and Pisces 362|00:55:00|310|00:55:13|450are signs relating to that stage of human development when initiation is possible. So the 363|00:55:13|450|00:55:24|910spiritual potentials of these two signs could be responded to by the man of—by the—let's call it 364|00:55:24|910|00:55:33|730a progressive man of that period. Probably there were still so many who could not respond to what 365|00:55:33|730|00:55:41|870Pisces and Aquarius offered in those days, and even today there are so many people who may function as 366|00:55:41|870|00:55:53|450undeveloped Pisceans and Aquarians—you know, confused, sensitive, dispersed, full of desire, 367|00:55:53|450|00:56:01|270full of selfish use of resources for themselves, and so forth. I've talked about both of those 368|00:56:01|270|00:56:11|230signs in that connection, but they cannot imagine or understand what the higher Aquarian or higher 369|00:56:11|230|00:56:19|550Piscean can really do. These two signs were the higher correspondences of Leo and Virgo because 370|00:56:19|550|00:56:29|570after all, Aquarius rules group consciousness and initiation leads you into group consciousness, and 371|00:56:30|570|00:56:37|610that is the obvious point of development of the individualized ahamkaric individual in Leo to 372|00:56:37|610|00:56:46|990become truly group conscious. And Virgo allows the Christ to be nurtured and eventually born and to 373|00:56:46|990|00:56:56|810come to fullest fruition as Venus is exalted in Pisces in the sign Pisces, where that individual 374|00:56:56|810|00:57:06|490Christ becomes the world savior responding even to the higher forms of the Christ energy. These 375|00:57:06|490|00:57:11|930two signs were the higher correspondences of Leo and Virgo and were the polar opposites of these two: 376|00:57:13|290|00:57:21|510Aquarius and Pisces. Their influence became active and effective and thus they formed part of the zodiacal 377|00:57:21|510|00:57:30|330wheel because man began to respond to their potencies. EA, p.160 So in a way, the zodiacal wheel of 378|00:57:30|330|00:57:43|710signs is not the same… the zodiacal wheel of signs is not the same as the zodiacal 379|00:57:45|530|00:57:55|890wheel of constellations. It then became possible for the fixed cross to function 380|00:57:55|890|00:58:03|910esoterically. There we go, esoterically. Okay, so it's almost as if, you know, Aquarius being on the 381|00:58:03|910|00:58:13|130Fixed Cross, let us say, functioned exoterically before this point. This implies that Aquarius 382|00:58:13|130|00:58:29|910on the Fixed Cross… whoops… Fixed Cross did function exoterically before this point. So we're adding two 383|00:58:29|910|00:58:36|670signs to the zodiacal wheel of signs because man can begin to respond to them, and therefore the 384|00:58:36|670|00:58:48|950Fixed Cross of initiation can begin to function. Sometimes it's said that the third initiation 385|00:58:48|950|00:58:53|390was all that could be achieved in Atlantean days, and sometimes the fourth. We'll have to examine 386|00:58:53|390|00:59:00|330the references. It then became possible for the Fixed Cross to function esoterically in the life 387|00:59:00|330|00:59:08|970of humanity, and the first reversals of the wheel EA, p.160 which presumably are taking place for those who 388|00:59:08|970|00:59:18|070are approaching initiation from the time of the filling out of the fifth petal of the Egoic Lotus, 389|00:59:18|070|00:59:24|630and the first reversals of the wheel in the life of the advanced men of the period took place. EA, p.160 So they 390|00:59:24|630|00:59:33|050were definitely treading the path of initiation, even though it would be what is called preliminary 391|00:59:33|050|00:59:38|870initiation or probationary initiation, not the third initiation in the case of so many, although 392|00:59:38|870|00:59:46|550at that time the Christ and the Buddha did take the first… the first great initiation of third 393|00:59:46|550|00:59:53|590initiation. So first reversals of the wheel, because, you know, reversals of the wheel can mean 394|00:59:54|770|00:59:59|650different things. That depends upon the phase of reversal we're talking about. But I think you can 395|00:59:59|650|01:00:06|690already feel from the time you get into the love petals, you can already… and you're beginning to 396|01:00:06|690|01:00:12|210sense that there is a higher… that there is a pair of opposites after all, and there is a higher 397|01:00:12|210|01:00:18|520something, and that higher something is attractive and has something to offer. And as you begin to 398|01:00:18|520|01:00:23|480gravitate towards that higher something, it is preparation for the reversal of the wheel. And 399|01:00:23|480|01:00:32|420when we consciously struggle towards that higher self as if to live our life in response to that 400|01:00:32|420|01:00:41|640higher self and its values and qualities, then we are definitely reversing the wheel. Maybe the wheel 401|01:00:41|640|01:00:46|900is finally reversed following the great temptations in the desert, because you're not going to go 402|01:00:46|900|01:00:55|700backwards. Although still there is a counterpole, and it is a clockwise 403|01:00:55|700|01:01:01|920rotation that continues in your form, even though from the point of your consciousness you are 404|01:01:01|920|01:01:08|160moving forward on the counterclockwise wheel. Those ideas of clockwise and counterclockwise 405|01:01:08|160|01:01:13|040get a little bit confusing because really, forward movement is on the counterclockwise wheel, 406|01:01:13|560|01:01:19|640and retrogressive movement, ordinary movement, the kind of movement that happened when man was 407|01:01:19|640|01:01:25|680individualized but really didn't know who he was, that's all clockwise motion. Sometimes in occultism 408|01:01:25|680|01:01:35|340we dignify the idea of clockwise movement, and we will only in temples and in rituals use clockwise 409|01:01:35|340|01:01:41|820movement because we are afraid that counterclockwise movement is somehow evil. But all of this is very 410|01:01:41|820|01:01:48|680relative, and depending on your point of view, clockwise movement is counterclockwise movement 411|01:01:48|680|01:01:52|940and counterclockwise movement is clockwise movement. You know, if I am standing here and 412|01:01:52|940|01:01:59|500you were standing there and I move my hand like this, you see maybe even the reflection in 413|01:01:59|500|01:02:11|800The video will show this. I'm moving my hand in a clockwise manner as far as I'm concerned, but the 414|01:02:12|500|01:02:20|880so these are relative terms, and eventually the wheel has to turn in both directions and on itself 415|01:02:20|880|01:02:26|920in all ways, which the Tibetan assures us we have to see to believe, you know, because he can't really 416|01:02:26|920|01:02:33|700describe it, at least in the words that we have. So in those days, in Atlantean days, the first reversals 417|01:02:33|700|01:02:38|580of the wheel and the life of the advanced man of the period took place, and It was this reversal 418|01:02:38|580|01:02:47|700which was the true cause of the great contest or battle between the Lords of the Dark Face (as they 419|01:02:47|700|01:02:54|460are called in The Secret Doctrine) and the Lords of Light—a contest which is today persisting. EA, p.160 We can 420|01:02:54|460|01:03:01|580see that the Second World War did not resolve it. We can see that there are many today who are under 421|01:03:01|580|01:03:08|300the influence of the materialistic, selfish influence of the Lords of the Dark Face, and 422|01:03:09|140|01:03:16|140the other term that was used that was contrary to the Lords of the Dark Face is the Lords of the 423|01:03:16|140|01:03:26|400Shining Continents, the Lords of the Shining… content and something like that. The face shown 424|01:03:26|400|01:03:36|880with the light of their aura because the material of their vehicle had achieved that type of 425|01:03:36|880|01:03:44|440vibrational frequency which gave the radiation, and the true identity or the soul is not shining 426|01:03:44|440|01:03:50|880through the face of a Lord of the Dark Face. But when you look in the eyes of one who is a Lord 427|01:03:50|880|01:03:58|740of the Shining Continents, then the soul is shining through those eyes. Certain men then 428|01:03:58|740|01:04:05|840reached the stage of discipleship wherein they could consciously mount the Fixed Cross and be prepared for 429|01:04:05|840|01:04:16|360a major initiation. EA, p.160 Well, okay, now as I've sometimes said, what is major? There are different… usually we 430|01:04:16|360|01:04:26|000think it is the third initiation, and indeed that is… that is what we usually regard to be the 431|01:04:26|000|01:04:32|400first major initiation. But there were, preceding the first initiation, certain minor initiations 432|01:04:33|220|01:04:40|180such as the initiation which occurred… D.K. tells us when describing the petals of the Egoic Lotus 433|01:04:40|180|01:04:48|000it occurred when the first three petals were able to open up fully, and then another and later 434|01:04:48|000|01:04:55|520initiation that seems to be occurring in the vicinity of the fifth or sixth petal as it is 435|01:04:55|520|01:05:01|360opening but not fully opening. These are minor initiations, and they are initiations of… initiations 436|01:05:01|360|01:05:07|340of humanity, and compared to them, even the first initiation of the birth of the Christ in the heart 437|01:05:07|340|01:05:15|260is considered a major initiation. So it's major in that context when compared to these earlier two 438|01:05:19|080|01:05:27|160initiations. I might be able to just, you know, if I'm lucky here… I don't like to waste time by looking 439|01:05:27|160|01:05:36|540too long for things. Minor initiations, and maybe I can find something here that will give us 440|01:05:36|540|01:05:46|160that kind of hint. There are also other ways that I can do this, except the computer is not exactly 441|01:05:46|160|01:06:04|100cooperating. Minor, minor, minor, minor… okay, okay. Well, maybe it's always best to have these things up 442|01:06:04|100|01:06:17|060first, otherwise you have to go through the entire… you have to go through the entire H.I. So initiation 443|01:06:17|060|01:06:26|980defined, initiation defined, intuition, initiation, intuition… okay. Minor initiations preceding the 444|01:06:26|980|01:06:41|920first… well, the search function beat me to it, so that's okay. Let's see, here it is, and I guess I 445|01:06:41|920|01:06:54|780would have to increase the size of this. Yes, okay. “At this stage we are considering,” that is, the 446|01:06:54|780|01:06:59|580organization unfoldment of the first tier of petals, “the egoic influence is felt at the beginning. 447|01:07:00|520|01:07:05|660The egoic influence felt at the beginning is but small, but when the three petals become sufficiently 448|01:07:05|660|01:07:12|780active and alive through the energy accumulated and stored up in the ego during the activities of 449|01:07:12|780|01:07:20|100the personal life, a form of initiation then takes place which is a reflection of the… reflection on a 450|01:07:20|100|01:07:26|680lower plane of the great monastic initiations.” Presumably its reflection on the astral plane, 451|01:07:28|200|01:07:36|540maybe astral, right? “The energy of… in the outer circle of petals causes it to spring apart from 452|01:07:36|540|01:07:45|040the next circle and to unfold.” Spring apart and unfold. “This threefold energy becomes interactive, 453|01:07:45|040|01:07:51|740and a very definite stage is reached. This series of initiations…” Well, he only mentions two, but he 454|01:07:51|740|01:07:57|100calls it a series. “This series of initiations is seldom recognized within the physical brain 455|01:07:57|100|01:08:02|700consciousness owing to the relatively inchoate state of the bodies and the unresponsiveness of 456|01:08:02|700|01:08:09|640the brain matter. Yet they are nevertheless initiations of a definite, though less important 457|01:08:09|640|01:08:16|740character, and they involve primarily the display within the personal life of man of an intelligent 458|01:08:16|740|01:08:25|380recognition of his group relationships on earth. So this is the first one of these minor initiations 459|01:08:25|380|01:08:37|540described. It's rather selfish in character and it displays, for instance, something the union worker 460|01:08:37|540|01:08:44|260would display, but is indicative of group interplay, somewhat selfish in character. And then a similar 461|01:08:44|260|01:08:49|420process takes place when the second tier of petals is organized and ready for unfoldment. But notice 462|01:08:49|420|01:08:58|800it's not springing open and unfolding - it's only - there's only a readiness for this. So we don't get 463|01:08:58|800|01:09:05|380to the full unfoldment of the second tier of petals for the second minor initiation. This time 464|01:09:05|380|01:09:12|240the World Teacher, the Master, and the ego concerned are cooperating, for these smaller initiations 465|01:09:12|240|01:09:18|280deal with the love nature, with astral or emotional organization, and with the recognition by the man 466|01:09:18|280|01:09:27|240in his personal life of some form of unselfish love - some form of unselfish love - and of a love 467|01:09:27|240|01:09:35|020for some object, person, or ideal which leads to altruistic endeavor. And that's the nature and the 468|01:09:35|020|01:09:40|480navigation of the lower self. So that's not yet the birth of the Christ in the heart; it precedes it 469|01:09:40|480|01:09:48|040and it occurs on the astral plane. Because the other initiations are monadic in nature, the 470|01:09:48|040|01:09:54|540great monadic initiations can be considered from that perspective of the major initiations. 471|01:09:54|540|01:10:03|860And these two - the ones that D.K. is describing - they occur before, and they are not registered in the 472|01:10:03|860|01:10:10|020brain because the brain is not yet of that quality. The brain cells are not yet - as a matter 473|01:10:10|020|01:10:17|640of fact, the first and even the second initiation might not be registered in the brain cells. A 474|01:10:17|640|01:10:25|800recollection under many circumstances, or most circumstances, of the first and second monadic 475|01:10:25|800|01:10:34|680initiations may lack. All right, well that's just a little digression there, but I think it's important. 476|01:10:37|680|01:10:46|000So why I talked about it is that these men in Atlantis were able to consciously mount the Fixed 477|01:10:46|000|01:10:53|360Cross and prepare for a major initiation. Perhaps the minor ones had already occurred, and we usually 478|01:10:53|360|01:11:01|480think of it as the third, but we could mean - but we could mean even the first, the birth of Christ 479|01:11:02|580|01:11:10|980in the heart. We could mean even that, because that, as I've tried to justify, can be considered a major 480|01:11:10|980|01:11:18|140initiation in relation to these two earlier minor ones. This the Forces of Materiality and of Obstruction EA, p.160 - 481|01:11:19|460|01:11:25|840the selfish advanced individuals, often mostly from the previous solar system (as they are 482|01:11:25|840|01:11:31|460sometimes called) fought and the battle was fought out and conditioned in the sign Scorpio. EA, p.160 And I 483|01:11:31|460|01:11:37|020think it lasted a very long time, and I think we're not just talking about a smaller processional age 484|01:11:37|020|01:11:48|120of 2,160 or even 2,500 years. I think we're talking about a very long period; perhaps it was an entire 485|01:11:49|440|01:11:58|380Platonic year conditioned by the sign Scorpio. Well, you know, chances are all of us were involved in 486|01:11:58|380|01:12:07|160that great battle one way or another, because if we were Earth humanity individualized in the middle 487|01:12:07|160|01:12:12|540of the Lemurian times, we were certainly part of the Atlantean demonstration. And this big battle 488|01:12:12|540|01:12:20|920occurred in the middle of the Atlantean root race, and those who came in from the moon chain came in 489|01:12:21|460|01:12:27|640in the third sub-race of the fourth root race, which was before the middle period. Chances are 490|01:12:27|640|01:12:36|580the big battle was in the four of four - the fourth sub-race of the fourth root race - or in the - or 491|01:12:36|580|01:12:43|720initiation becoming possible in the fifth sub-race of the fourth root race. So it could have 492|01:12:43|720|01:12:50|360been a time of battle then as well. And if we were from the previous solar system, then D.K. tells us 493|01:12:50|360|01:12:57|840we were on this planet even before the individualization of animal Earth man took place. And so 494|01:12:57|840|01:13:07|800the experience of the human being from the earlier solar system on our particular planet 495|01:13:07|800|01:13:19|240in this fourth chain and fourth globe was very extensive and has lasted more than 21 million 496|01:13:19|240|01:13:24|020years. In other words, those from the previous solar system have been on this planet for more 497|01:13:24|020|01:13:33|220than 21 million years, although the question about whether they experienced the moon chain or not is 498|01:13:34|120|01:13:41|660still to be resolved. I think there are instances in which some of these beings from the earlier 499|01:13:41|660|01:13:47|600solar system did experience the moon chain, and maybe the Buddha is one of them, although that 500|01:13:47|600|01:13:56|700remains to be ascertained. 3. Today, in Aryan times, a similar conflict upon a higher turn of the 501|01:13:56|700|01:14:04|800spiral is taking place. EA, p.160 We're still battling with the Black Lodge. We are still battling with the 502|01:14:04|800|01:14:21|720Black Lodge, okay? And thus with cosmic evil. 503|01:14:21|720|01:14:27|880The reason is that certain world disciples and initiates have 504|01:14:27|880|01:14:34|360reached the point in their unfoldment wherein they are ready to mount the Cardinal Cross and 505|01:14:34|360|01:14:45|560take some of the higher initiations. EA, p.160-161 So every time there is a possibility of really moving ahead into 506|01:14:45|560|01:14:55|720a higher tier of reception and expression, a higher initiatory level, the forces of obstruction don't 507|01:14:55|720|01:15:04|260want to see that happen because the more true initiates there are in the world, the more their 508|01:15:04|260|01:15:11|660agenda is threatened—the agenda of the members of the Black Lodge. Mounting the Cardinal Cross, as we 509|01:15:11|660|01:15:20|240already have discussed, is not just a question of the fourth degree but occurs after the fourth 510|01:15:20|240|01:15:27|740degree. So what D.K. is really saying here is that many masters are being made—in process of being 511|01:15:27|740|01:15:41|980made. Many masters are in process of being, quote, “made,” and there are quotations to say that the 512|01:15:41|980|01:15:52|620fifth initiation will be taken by many imminently, though some people, I think, rush it just a bit. Okay, 513|01:15:52|620|01:16:02|540so at this point in our—just as in the early days it was possible for man to take the first 514|01:16:02|540|01:16:09|700initiation in Atlantean period and maybe, I guess, even the third initiation, even though the third 515|01:16:09|700|01:16:17|480initiation was the highest of the initiations to be offered in the Moon Chain, because the Buddha 516|01:16:17|480|01:16:26|360took his third initiation in the Moon Chain. Whereas, well, he was certainly capable of 517|01:16:26|360|01:16:35|060taking that initiation in the Moon Chain—he either retook it in the Earth Chain or was almost on the 518|01:16:35|060|01:16:42|560point of taking it on the Moon Chain when some circumstances intervened which did not allow this 519|01:16:42|560|01:16:53|160to occur. But just the way initiatory opportunity was available in Atlantis, so still higher 520|01:16:53|160|01:17:01|320initiatory opportunity is available in the Aryan race, and hence an even more intense confrontation 521|01:17:01|320|01:17:08|120with the Black Lodge at this time. And we are right in the middle of it. The first and second 522|01:17:08|120|01:17:15|920world wars were examples of it, and our condition at the moment is decisive whether there will be a 523|01:17:15|920|01:17:24|400third world war, which would be an extension of this battle and could, as D.K. indicates, mean the 524|01:17:24|400|01:17:32|860end for humanity as we know it, or whether we can circumvent that terrible possibility by being 525|01:17:32|860|01:17:40|120rather wiser than we have been in the past. So in these days, fifth degree initiates can mount the 526|01:17:40|120|01:17:45|400Cardinal Cross and take some of the higher initiations—maybe not the eighth and ninth. So 527|01:17:45|400|01:17:54|180the conflict is on—this being, you know, written in the 1930s just imminently before the Second 528|01:17:54|180|01:17:59|240World War precipitated. So the conflict is on between humanity (under the control of the 529|01:17:59|240|01:18:05|300Lords of Materiality) EA, p.161—a tendency they absorbed in the previous solar system—and the Hierarchy 530|01:18:05|300|01:18:13|960(under the control of the Forces of Light and Love), EA, p.161 And, you know, the Forces of Light and Love—these 531|01:18:13|960|01:18:23|100forces are still higher than those of the spiritual hierarchy, if we can realize that. And then we would 532|01:18:23|100|01:18:32|560ask: are the Forces of Materiality still more potent than the forces of the Lords of the dark 533|01:18:32|560|01:18:41|540face, members of the Black Lodge? and right before our eyes the battle is being waged. The influences 534|01:18:41|540|01:18:48|160of the twelve signs of the zodiac (particularly of seven of the signs) are being engaged, for today 535|01:18:48|160|01:18:53|760men of all types and rays are responsive to their influences and are implicated in some form or 536|01:18:53|760|01:19:02|200another in the affair. EA, p.161 Maybe which of these seven he means will be—will be indicated. I think we 537|01:19:02|200|01:19:07|780would have to say that Leo, Pisces, and Capricorn were involved because he particularly points out 538|01:19:08|800|01:19:14|260that triangle, and we could speculate as to the others, probably with pretty good reason. 539|01:19:17|880|01:19:26|960Yes, the decisive battle is now being fought, and towards the outcome of this battle, the 540|01:19:26|960|01:19:35|980scriptures of various traditions point—especially, well, well, in both the Hindu scriptures anticipating 541|01:19:35|980|01:19:43|940the Kalki avatar who comes forth as the Savior on his white horse—quite an archetype there—and the 542|01:19:43|940|01:19:52|460Book of Revelation, which foresees the second coming of Christ in victory and the binding of 543|01:19:52|460|01:20:00|320Satan for 1,000 years during a period of peace. Those are all symbolic numbers, of course. So we 544|01:20:00|320|01:20:07|160are even now in the thick of it, and though this was written 80 years ago, it still carries the 545|01:20:07|160|01:20:15|180same kind of authority and truth because it's not dealing with relative matters—it's dealing with 546|01:20:15|180|01:20:26|520aspects of the divine plan and with periods in that plan which have been long anticipated. You 547|01:20:26|520|01:20:36|100will note that—yeah, I was thinking about this idea of Capricorn dealing with forces native to the 548|01:20:36|100|01:20:40|920underworld—conflict with the forces native to the underworld. Well, certainly the underworld 549|01:20:40|920|01:20:47|720includes the Black Lodge, because they tend to use especially the forces that are found in the dense 550|01:20:47|720|01:20:53|820physical body of the Solar Logos and Planetary Logos. That is, in many ways, the underworld, and 551|01:20:54|940|01:21:05|180the true initiate or Master of the Wisdom is engaged in this conflict most strenuously, as are 552|01:21:05|180|01:21:15|220the Christ and the Buddha, and really all sincere disciples and initiates. We are all engaged. So far, 553|01:21:15|220|01:21:21|160the Third World War has not yet precipitated on the physical plane. There are many what 554|01:21:21|160|01:21:31|540I can call indicative conflagrations and explosive outbursts of a far greater explosion that could 555|01:21:31|540|01:21:42|640take place. This explosion is discussed by Madame Blavatsky, is discussed by Master D.K., and what it 556|01:21:42|640|01:21:51|420really would mean in terms of human terminology is an atomic war. And this is what we are all trying 557|01:21:51|420|01:21:59|800to prevent. We do have the encouraging words from Foster Bailey when he was writing in the early 558|01:21:59|800|01:22:05|9401950s. And maybe it was “Running God's Plan” or “Changing Esoteric Values,” and in one of those books he talked 559|01:22:05|940|01:22:11|340about his conversation with the Tibetan, in which the Tibetan had assured him at a time when the 560|01:22:11|340|01:22:18|760Russian arsenal was growing—a Russian arsenal of such weapons—that there would not be an 561|01:22:18|760|01:22:29|160atomic war. And that is our only hope that in these times of religious fanaticism and spreading 562|01:22:29|160|01:22:36|300nuclear technology, that the same indication holds: that there will not be an atomic war. We're told 563|01:22:36|300|01:22:44|020that Christ is expending every effort that He can possibly make to avoid a final war. We are told 564|01:22:44|020|01:22:49|180that in some of the later writings of the Tibetan's, so they obviously could foresee what could happen 565|01:22:49|180|01:22:56|460with the release of atomic energy and the presence of the religious fanaticism of the sixth ray 566|01:22:56|460|01:23:12|660energy not yet dissolved or faded out at the very end of the cycle, but not entirely vanished. So 567|01:23:13|960|01:23:23|900times are serious, but we move forward as if the new age is on its way and as if the possibility 568|01:23:23|900|01:23:29|600of the re-initiation into the Earth is only a possibility and will not become an actuality 569|01:23:29|600|01:23:38|300because we will be able to be wise enough not to fall into that trap. You will note, therefore, that 570|01:23:38|300|01:23:44|380if the concentrated forces of the Cardinal Cross are definitely potent at this time (as they are) 571|01:23:44|380|01:23:51|160the battle is terrific, because, EA, p.161 The battle is terrific. Now this is being written, remember, before the Second World 572|01:23:51|160|01:23:58|660War precipitated, and we remember the warning that the kind of war which could come in the Department 573|01:23:58|660|01:24:06|580of Religion, and presumably with atomic weapons, would make all the earlier wars look 574|01:24:06|580|01:24:15|660like child's play. And well, not to dwell on that subject, I think we all get the picture here. So 575|01:24:15|660|01:24:22|480there are concentrated forces of the Cardinal Cross: especially Capricorn, very strong; Aries present, 576|01:24:22|480|01:24:31|780trying to initiate the new age; Libra attempting to bring a degree of fairness 577|01:24:31|780|01:24:37|620and right human relations into the interplay of humanity—Libra being very potent, increasingly 578|01:24:37|620|01:24:44|580potent in the planetary horoscope—and Cancer representing the mass consciousness which we 579|01:24:44|580|01:24:56|060always have with us and which can be swept into a great and raging sea of irrationality unless our 580|01:24:56|060|01:25:06|380educational systems can offset that tendency. So the battle is of tremendous potency because 581|01:25:07|300|01:25:18|060it's interesting, you know, here we are discussing Capricorn, and he is dealing with the conflict 582|01:25:18|060|01:25:30|500with the forces native to the underworld. That's what he's talking about. 1. Humanity, as a whole, is 583|01:25:30|500|01:25:36|960in a state of turmoil, prior to a great step forward in self-conscious unfoldment, EA, p.161 and that, 584|01:25:36|960|01:25:45|740of course, is initiation. We have had one large step establishing self-consciousness long ago— 585|01:25:45|740|01:25:54|06021 million years ago—and for others even earlier on in other spheres of planetary life, prior to a 586|01:25:54|060|01:26:00|580step forward in self-conscious unfoldment and in the expression of the sense of responsibility 587|01:26:00|580|01:26:08|320which is the first flower and fruit of self-conscious awareness. EA, p.161 So we are on the threshold 588|01:26:08|320|01:26:17|900of this forward step and on the threshold of a new form of expression of the sense of responsibility, 589|01:26:18|900|01:26:24|480which, of course, is the voice of the soul—the pressure of the soul operating in the personality 590|01:26:24|480|01:26:31|320life. Indications of real soul contact are that sense of responsibility we have been taught, 591|01:26:31|320|01:26:37|160which is the first flower and fruit of self-conscious awareness. And in this particular case, I'd like 592|01:26:37|160|01:26:47|600to think of the self-conscious awareness as of the awareness of the soul, as if it were the self. 593|01:26:48|820|01:26:55|380This fact is responsible for sweeping into the conflict in a peculiar and pronounced manner, the 594|01:26:55|380|01:27:02|820forces of Cancer (involutionary in nature), EA, p.161 Is he counting the seven now? Is he going to count the seven for 595|01:27:02|820|01:27:16|000us? Let's see. Is D.K. counting the seven signs which are of peculiar force in today's difficulties? 596|01:27:18|560|01:27:23|340Okay, counting, counting. The forces of Cancer 597|01:27:23|340|01:27:28|360(involutionary in nature) and the mass always has to be dealt with, for it is not an educated 598|01:27:28|360|01:27:36|400force. It's a selfish and instinctual, powerful elemental force. The forces of Leo (concerned with 599|01:27:36|400|01:27:42|600individualisation), as more and more people come to themselves and realize that they are, in a sense, 600|01:27:42|600|01:27:48|580unique units and demand expression of their uniqueness. We see this happening all the time. 601|01:27:48|580|01:27:53|760And the forces of of Gemini (expressive of man's essential duality) as the soul 602|01:27:55|280|01:28:03|220will increasingly become a factor in the thought of the human race. the forces of Cancer 603|01:28:03|220|01:28:09|580(involutionary in nature), of Leo (concerned with individualisation), and of Gemini (expressive of 604|01:28:09|580|01:28:20|900man's essential duality). EA, p.161 And you know, these three signs were also operative at individualization 21 605|01:28:20|900|01:28:28|100million years ago. These are the very signs: the first incarnation of the mass of men being taken 606|01:28:28|100|01:28:34|740in Cancer; Leo ruling the solar Angels, in a sense, and bringing in the factor of self-consciousness 607|01:28:34|740|01:28:43|920through the intervention of that ahamkara—reflective sense of “I-ness”—in the egoic lotus; 608|01:28:44|740|01:28:51|840and Gemini representing the angels and expressing the duality of man, which is established when the 609|01:28:51|840|01:29:03|060human race is established—the higher self is established in contradistinction to the 610|01:29:03|060|01:29:08|440personal self. And so the pairs of opposites begin to be experienced where they were not 611|01:29:08|440|01:29:16|100before individualization. So we have three signs here. Let's see if we go back just a little bit. 612|01:29:16|100|01:29:26|940I think we will see D.K. talking about seven of these signs. There's a big conflict, and particularly 613|01:29:26|940|01:29:32|400seven of these signs are operative. So let's see if he's starting to talk about these— 614|01:29:33|900|01:29:40|740trying to talk about these signs. He has told us that in this day and age, 615|01:29:42|180|01:29:45|100the disciples of the world are fighting the battle in Scorpio, 616|01:29:46|260|01:29:55|340whereas the average human beings are making decisions in the sign Libra. They are not 617|01:29:55|340|01:30:01|980rational decisions; they're based upon their sense of desire. And one of the important things we can 618|01:30:01|980|01:30:11|720do is to help humanity as a whole rightly orient their desires. Okay. You find, therefore, today, 619|01:30:12|460|01:30:18|800the activity of the mass consciousness of Cancer which is indicative of the activity of the Cardinal Cross in the 620|01:30:18|800|01:30:25|280involutionary stage; EA, p.161 We did discuss that, and that is the mass that has to be leavened. And it's because 621|01:30:25|280|01:30:34|800of that Cancerian quality that we begin to get movements towards what might be called—as it was 622|01:30:34|800|01:30:40|760in Soviet communism—the dictatorship of the proletariat. It's like the dictatorship of mass 623|01:30:40|760|01:30:50|640consciousness. It's anti-elitist, anti-hierarchical movement, and therefore it's anti-evolutionary 624|01:30:50|640|01:30:57|360in a certain respect, because the base of the pyramid should not dictate to the capstone of 625|01:30:57|360|01:31:07|940the pyramid. That's setting all the higher laws on their head—upside down. Okay, so this is 626|01:31:07|940|01:31:11|620indicative of the Cardinal Cross. the self-consciousness of man as indicated by Leo, 627|01:31:12|340|01:31:20|380the most human sign of all, EA, p.161 That's one of those great quotes: “Leo, the most human sign of all.” 628|01:31:20|380|01:31:30|640In a way, humanity came to birth as a result of the Leo influence and also the Capricorn influence. 629|01:31:31|440|01:31:37|220But there would—that reflective consciousness that we call self-consciousness, where the knower 630|01:31:37|220|01:31:43|820knows that he knows, or even that he exists—this is one of the first steps of Leo. 631|01:31:44|600|01:31:51|600And we are told that three million years after individualization, under a Leonian influence, the 632|01:31:51|600|01:31:57|860man awoke to himself and realized that, in fact, individualization had occurred and that he did 633|01:31:57|860|01:32:04|680exist. It's possible to be individualized and not yet know that one is an individual. 634|01:32:06|020|01:32:10|820And it only took three million years to discover that—a long time! 635|01:32:12|740|01:32:17|740Okay, the most human of all signs and indicative of the Fixed Cross; and Gemini, which gives the sense 636|01:32:17|740|01:32:23|840of the dual nature of man—human and divine—which is the goal of the consciousness of experience 637|01:32:23|840|01:32:30|460upon the Mutable Cross. EA, p.161 So, in a way, Gemini represents the goal of becoming aware of the 638|01:32:30|460|01:32:40|540pairs of opposites within oneself, so that one is no longer under the lower unity, where one thinks 639|01:32:40|820|01:32:48|400that all that one is is before one's eyes, and one is not the immortal soul—one is simply a 640|01:32:48|400|01:32:55|340personality in matter, and that's all that one will ever be. And when death comes, that's the end. 641|01:32:55|340|01:33:02|240of that material being. Many people are still subject to this limitation of consciousness. 642|01:33:02|240|01:33:07|660So we have three signs here, and D.K. has been talking about seven being active in the great 643|01:33:07|660|01:33:14|080battle. But he's also been talking about the Cardinal Cross and how the factors on the 644|01:33:14|080|01:33:18|120Cardinal Cross are now strongly implicated in the great battle, and I've gone through them 645|01:33:18|120|01:33:28|280and tried to show how they could be implicated. Yes, the search for fairness in the world, for 646|01:33:28|280|01:33:34|280for a humanity ruled by the rule of law and international courts and so forth—this is all 647|01:33:34|280|01:33:44|100Libran. The mass consciousness is Capricorn—the, uh, excuse me—Cancer. The coming in of the divine 648|01:33:44|100|01:33:53|740law under the hierarchy is Capricornian in nature, and Aries inaugurating the new age. Those are some 649|01:33:53|740|01:34:03|200of the very potent intensifiers coming from the Cardinal Cross, all mixing in in this great and 650|01:34:03|200|01:34:10|740decisive battle that will decide whether humanity goes forward or turns, uh, retrogressive. So you 651|01:34:10|740|01:34:15|840consequently—he's describing these three, though, now, which is Cancer, Leo, and Gemini You 652|01:34:15|840|01:34:22|660consequently have a sign in each of the three Crosses particularly active today in influencing 653|01:34:22|660|01:34:30|000the masses of men everywhere. EA, p.161 Well, we're trying to get the masses, aren't we, to move out of the strictly 654|01:34:31|640|01:34:37|560material, egoistic, self-conscious stage? Well, you were trying to get them to move out of the 655|01:34:37|560|01:34:43|140uneducated mass consciousness, at least into the personality stage—that would be one step—and then 656|01:34:43|140|01:34:49|100after they become definite personalities and self-aware individuals and want to begin 657|01:34:49|840|01:34:56|160improving the quality of their life, they will move upward toward Gemini and appreciate the 658|01:34:56|160|01:35:04|100duality which exists within their nature and that the lower Leo also indicates a higher Leo. 659|01:35:04|630|01:35:13|300And the Gemini, in a way, measures the relationship of these two Leonian centers: a higher self and 660|01:35:13|300|01:35:20|100a lower self. Gemini represents the brothers in the light and the brother of form. So we can see 661|01:35:20|100|01:35:27|720the movement from Cancer to Leo to Gemini. A little study of world conditions, as far as man 662|01:35:27|720|01:35:35|280is concerned, will prove this. EA, p.161-162 says the Tibetan. Okay, we're on page 162. I didn't really stop, you 663|01:35:35|280|01:35:44|360know, at the hour point there, um, often I do. But we are—we are in Esoteric Astrology, number 664|01:35:44|360|01:35:51|460adventure number 68, and we so far have been working for about an hour and a half. 665|01:35:52|580|01:35:59|0402. The disciples of the world today and advanced humanity are equally in a state of turmoil. EA, p.162 I guess 666|01:35:59|040|01:36:08|220D.K. is describing this incredible disturbance which is happening not simply as a disaster, but 667|01:36:08|220|01:36:13|820as an indication of divine possibilities. “They are equally in a state of turmoil. They are being 668|01:36:14|360|01:36:21|120tested and tried, EA, p.162—test, trial, and triumph, right, under Scorpio. So the test and trial are occurring 669|01:36:21|120|01:36:27|840under Scorpio, and hopefully then the third of these descriptive words occurs: triumph. 670|01:36:29|180|01:36:36|860“Struggle, strength, and Sagittarian attitudes”—this indicates the movement towards the victory. 671|01:36:37|500|01:36:40|920And this also characterizes those who are 672|01:36:42|200|01:36:48|700born under Scorpio: test, trial, and triumph, and struggle, strength, and Sagittarian attitudes. 673|01:36:49|420|01:36:55|700So these disciples are being tested prior to taking a major step forward—in some cases this 674|01:36:56|400|01:37:01|020will be the taking of the first initiation and in others the second. EA, p.162 But remember, D.K. seemed to be 675|01:37:01|660|01:37:05|820hinting that the Black Lodge isn't so much worried about first and second degree initiates, but 676|01:37:05|820|01:37:11|960the fact that an increasing number of masters might be made, and that those would be formidable 677|01:37:11|960|01:37:20|860opponents to the materialistic agenda which has been embraced by the blinded members of the Black 678|01:37:20|860|01:37:31|060Lodge. Okay, so the first and second initiation here—this testing, this trying—This is brought about 679|01:37:31|740|01:37:41|620by, and brings in, the forces of Taurus, Leo and Scorpio, plus a general pervasive influence coming from 680|01:37:41|620|01:37:46|880Gemini. EA, p.162 Now we've added a couple of more signs here, haven't we? We've added—we're up to five 681|01:37:48|300|01:37:56|140if we're talking about looking at the seven that are most engaged. We are up to five signs, having 682|01:37:56|700|01:38:01|420introduced Taurus and Scorpio. 683|01:38:04|280|01:38:12|160Okay, um, we're talking about the first and second initiation. Taurus bringing in illumination, which 684|01:38:12|160|01:38:18|300is a requirement in some degree at the second initiation—spiritual intelligence and the illumined 685|01:38:18|300|01:38:23|480mind are needed. That's not necessarily the illumination of the third degree, and 686|01:38:24|180|01:38:29|820Scorpio—the great struggles found at each of the first three initiations. 687|01:38:31|680|01:38:36|620And generally, the whole question of there being a higher self and a lower self 688|01:38:37|240|01:38:43|900is constantly with us and in the background, and that sense of the higher—of the brothers, the 689|01:38:43|900|01:38:48|320brother in the light, although in a way both can be called brothers in the light. But 690|01:38:48|320|01:38:55|280the higher brother is coming in increasingly as humanity becomes more educated, and 691|01:38:55|840|01:39:02|720the possibility of initiation becomes more established. So this is brought about, this 692|01:39:03|700|01:39:09|200initiation, by the forces of Taurus and Scorpio. Here we do seem to be implicating 693|01:39:09|200|01:39:17|580Taurus in this initiatory procedure. And as stated, this type of illuminating of the astral body—and 694|01:39:18|340|01:39:24|600you think about how we dispel glamour using Taurus or Venus or the ajna center connected with 695|01:39:24|600|01:39:31|080Taurus, and how we direct that beam of light toward our personal glamours or towards world glamours— 696|01:39:31|080|01:39:40|780Taurus is definitely involved in clearing the way for and the possibility of becoming 697|01:39:40|780|01:39:46|160de-glamorized and thereby taking the second initiation, though some glamours do remain. 698|01:39:46|860|01:39:53|540You have here three signs found in the Fixed Cross EA, p.162 —notice we don't have Aquarius yet—and one 699|01:39:53|540|01:39:59|240in the Mutable Cross conditioning and affecting the world disciples, EA, p.162 Four signs conditioning and 700|01:39:59|240|01:40:07|960affecting world disciples, and three signs affecting the mass of men and the average 701|01:40:07|960|01:40:19|040human beings. And those were—we recall—they were Cancer, Leo, and Gemini. And now we have added 702|01:40:19|560|01:40:26|480Taurus and Scorpio, and all of them of terrific importance and potency today, owing to the stage 703|01:40:26|480|01:40:31|980of development and the sensitivity of the disciples and world initiates. EA, p.162 So 704|01:40:32|680|01:40:35|520great constellational energies through the signs 705|01:40:40|100|01:40:48|400through the signs are potently affecting all kinds of human beings 706|01:40:49|580|01:40:57|020from the undeveloped to the average to the progressive, which are aspirants, 707|01:40:57|740|01:41:06|920disciples, and initiates. Yes, we live in times when the heavens are demanding a change 708|01:41:07|640|01:41:19|240on our planet. And sometimes, because of the turmoil, we cannot see clearly how the progress 709|01:41:19|240|01:41:29|100is going, what the stakes are. We become bewildered by the chaos and turmoil before our eyes, and we 710|01:41:29|100|01:41:39|480don't really see very encouraging patterns taking shape within and behind all of the turmoil. 711|01:41:40|380|01:41:48|520So we have to have faith, and we have to believe in what the Ageless Wisdom has taught us. 712|01:41:49|240|01:41:55|540And we have to be perceptive and to see the good emerging in the midst of all of the 713|01:41:56|320|01:42:05|280turmoil and the chaos. If we become fixated on the turmoil and the chaos, we may lose faith and flag 714|01:42:06|000|01:42:13|360in our industriousness, in our service, and therefore be of less use than we otherwise might 715|01:42:13|360|01:42:21|620be. But I think when we study Master D.K.'s books, we understand that the good is indeed emerging 716|01:42:22|690|01:42:32|780and that we will be in a condition—we humanity—to rejoice in the wonders of the new age before long. 717|01:42:32|780|01:42:39|480We just have some perilous times to go through with vision, faith, understanding, 718|01:42:40|560|01:42:47|280and a knowledge of this great teaching which gives stability to the consciousness because 719|01:42:47|280|01:42:54|840it describes things as they are actually, things as they are really, and things as they are intended 720|01:42:54|840|01:43:03|560to be and will be in time. Okay, we've been looking here at the effects of this great battle going on— 721|01:43:04|300|01:43:08|820the effects on humanity as a whole. 722|01:43:10|880|01:43:14|360Okay, I'll make that nice and big so we remember what we're doing here. 723|01:43:15|100|01:43:22|820And the effects on disciples, which—there's also quite a turmoil happening, as anybody who's 724|01:43:22|820|01:43:27|800really following the life of discipleship will realize. And then we go to the initiates. 725|01:43:29|480|01:43:35|240And when we go to the initiates, we see whether we are continuing to add signs to make seven. 726|01:43:35|240|01:43:41|7003. The initiates, in their turn, are being subjected to the impact of energies from Scorpio, Capricorn 727|01:43:41|700|01:43:47|280and Pisces EA, p.162 Well, we've added two more signs. Looks like we're going to get our seven here —728|01:43:47|280|01:43:56|540an inflow of force from each of the three Crosses. This happened in each instance, always. 729|01:43:56|540|01:44:09|500Always, let us say… Let's say three crosses are contributing to each of these phases. 730|01:44:11|200|01:44:18|680Okay, now that probably should have been—that was a two, and this needs really to be a three. 731|01:44:18|680|01:44:25|120I wonder if I can do that. Yep, I think so. All right, so with respect to the initiates, 732|01:44:26|540|01:44:31|060the initiates in their turn are being subjected to the impact of energies from Scorpio, Capricorn, 733|01:44:31|060|01:44:36|060and Pisces. So we've added Capricorn and Pisces, and now we're talking about the first five 734|01:44:36|060|01:44:40|820initiations, and we're talking about Pisces in terms of the final initiations—namely, the 735|01:44:40|820|01:44:46|380fourth and the fifth, I would think—an inflow of force from each of the three crosses. 736|01:44:46|380|01:44:53|040These three forces enable the initiates to take the third initiation. EA, p.162 So now he seems to implicate 737|01:44:53|860|01:45:03|040Pisces in the third initiation as well. Pisces seems implicated in the third initiation. Perhaps the 738|01:45:03|040|01:45:12|580necessary detachment is involved here under Pluto and the ability to finally 739|01:45:13|440|01:45:17|560decide for the life of God, so to speak, rather than the life of 740|01:45:18|900|01:45:26|840earth and flesh and kin, as one of the old commentary stanzas discusses it 741|01:45:28|140|01:45:34|120when presenting to us an old Atlantean chant taken at the time of the third initiation. A 742|01:45:34|120|01:45:40|940great detachment under Pluto seems to be required. So before we get to what D.K. may do about this, 743|01:45:40|940|01:45:44|940let's look at the signs Cancer, Leo… 744|01:45:48|720|01:45:56|460We have a Scorpio. Okay, we have… we should have started over here: Gemini. 745|01:45:57|240|01:46:01|640We're not doing them in the order that he discussed them, of course. So at first we 746|01:46:01|640|01:46:10|660discussed Gemini, Cancer, Leo. Well, if we really want to be… Taurus. Okay, we have five here. Now we 747|01:46:10|660|01:46:17|760have Capricorn and Pisces. These are seven signs. Now the order in which he discussed them 748|01:46:18|310|01:46:28|120for the average human being was Cancer, Leo, then… um… Gemini. Then for the disciple 749|01:46:29|150|01:46:38|340it looks like he… let's go back and take a look there: Taurus, Leo, and Scorpio with Gemini pervasive. 750|01:46:39|140|01:46:46|560And now he is discussing Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces for the initiate. I think we have to 751|01:46:47|140|01:46:56|940remember these triangles. So we say triangles conditioning the battle, or the… yeah, battle 752|01:46:57|570|01:47:08|060in three levels. So the first one was Cancer, Leo, and Gemini in that order 753|01:47:08|680|01:47:22|420uh… for humanity. Then he discussed… um… Taurus, Leo, and Scorpio plus Gemini 754|01:47:23|600|01:47:36|400for disciples. Let's make it capital. Then… um… Scorpio… whoop, I want to erase that. Then… uh… Scorpio… 755|01:47:37|000|01:47:46|920uh… Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces for initiates. These were the order… 756|01:47:47|940|01:47:51|900the order in which he discussed these. 757|01:47:54|180|01:48:03|200And… um… yes, I… I think, you know, here is a… uh… a clarification and illumination. I think we 758|01:48:03|200|01:48:07|960understand the first one quite well: from the mass to the individual to the sense of duality 759|01:48:07|960|01:48:15|580of soul and personality. Then with Taurus, it's the ridding of glamour leading to a stronger sense of 760|01:48:15|580|01:48:24|880the higher self, followed by the tests of that self or soul, all of this taking place under a 761|01:48:24|880|01:48:30|860growing sense of duality with the soul aspect of that duality becoming stronger all the time. 762|01:48:30|860|01:48:36|880Then we have the triumphant disciple in Scorpio leading to the stage of initiation 763|01:48:37|580|01:48:44|060in Capricorn and to still higher… uh… initiations and detachment from the normal 764|01:48:45|200|01:48:51|500experiences of the world. Now D.K. did say this allows the initiates to take the third initiation, 765|01:48:51|500|01:48:57|140but this same triangle we have here would allow the initiate to go even farther than the third 766|01:48:57|140|01:49:10|660initiation. So those are seven signs which seem to be implicated in the struggle. We're leaving out 767|01:49:12|140|01:49:15|620Aries, Virgo, Libra… 768|01:49:16|580|01:49:17|320um… 769|01:49:18|940|01:49:31|240Sagittarius, and Aquarius. Okay, left out are Aries, Virgo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius, 770|01:49:32|060|01:49:40|580although all of these signs play a very important role in the modern era in different ways. So we 771|01:49:40|580|01:49:48|640have to look at the way D.K. combines these signs, these different combinations being implicated in 772|01:49:48|640|01:49:56|800different types of processes which are occurring at the present time. [split 2] text 02 It will interest you 773|01:49:57|820|01:50:04|720to note that average humanity is, therefore, 774|01:50:04|720|01:50:11|700subjected to the influences of three major signs at this time and conditioned by potencies 775|01:50:12|280|01:50:18|980coming from each of the three Crosses. EA, p.162 Okay, so Cancer, the Cardinal Cross; Leo, the Fixed Cross; 776|01:50:18|980|01:50:25|640and Gemini, the Mutable Cross. These present men with the responsibility of choice, evoking their 777|01:50:26|320|01:50:33|360free will, their trend towards self-determination and their established decision at this time of world 778|01:50:33|360|01:50:40|940crisis. EA, p.162 Sounds like he is somehow involving Libra as well, but maybe Gemini is giving the choice. 779|01:50:43|060|01:50:49|920The mass consciousness has no really… really free will about it. One is compelled by one's 780|01:50:49|920|01:50:55|120instincts and desires and doesn't even reason about it. One just does what one is prompted to do 781|01:50:55|120|01:51:04|800and feels like doing. But the… um… the responsibility is coming in, the free will is coming in via Leo, 782|01:51:05|920|01:51:13|560self-determination via Leo, and… uh… Gemini is always presenting a polarity of higher self, lower 783|01:51:13|560|01:51:20|580self about which a decision can be made. You know, which way do you go? Where do you throw the 784|01:51:20|580|01:51:24|160majority of your strength? On what side do you throw the majority of your strength? 785|01:51:25|380|01:51:33|560So that's one. You will note that the world disciples are related to the mass of men 786|01:51:34|140|01:51:40|420through their responsiveness to influences emanating from Gemini, EA, p.162 The mass of men has that 787|01:51:40|420|01:51:46|680pervasive sense of duality, a strengthening sense of duality, and to each other 788|01:51:48|040|01:51:52|180through Scorpio. EA, p.162 Well, Scorpio is also found among the initiates. 789|01:51:52|790|01:52:05|660But let's just say world disciples are all having Scorpio experience, even if 790|01:52:05|660|01:52:14|640their personal horoscope does not contain Scorpio. And that's a kind of important 791|01:52:15|200|01:52:19|540distinction there, because we sometimes think, well, our astrology is only 792|01:52:20|460|01:52:29|220what our chart indicates. But that's not so, because our astrology is also very much what 793|01:52:29|220|01:52:39|040our particular level of unfoldment or development indicates. That too. And this is some place where we 794|01:52:39|040|01:52:45|720are a little bit remiss. We are not really fully understanding that. It's a bit like saying, 795|01:52:45|720|01:52:51|760“Well, I've got the fifth ray in my ray chart.” Okay, well, perhaps I do. But there may be a stage 796|01:52:52|600|01:52:58|340of your development where the fifth ray is pervasive because of that stage of development, 797|01:52:58|340|01:53:06|600because it's needed at that stage of development. You might also at that time have the fifth ray in your 798|01:53:06|600|01:53:15|120stage where the fifth ray is necessary and called for. Like, you know, all those disciples 799|01:53:15|120|01:53:21|000who are approaching the third initiation—the third initiation is ruled by the fifth ray. 800|01:53:21|720|01:53:26|060Now, we cannot say that all those approaching the third initiation who are taking it necessarily 801|01:53:26|060|01:53:31|160have the fifth ray in their makeup, but they somehow have access to, or can 802|01:53:32|560|01:53:39|620express in line with that fifth ray, because it is required of the stage in which they are 803|01:53:41|340|01:53:47|040presently focused. In a way, in all of these vehicles, we have all the rays— 804|01:53:47|040|01:53:52|060all the ray potentials. It's just a question of their relative emphasis. 805|01:53:54|260|01:54:00|580I think we will find that the permanent atoms which generate the various vehicles, which are 806|01:54:00|580|01:54:06|100said to be qualified by the rays, have within them the potential for all the rays. It's just a question 807|01:54:06|100|01:54:14|300of the preponderance in any particular vehicle and the way the rays are, shall we say, focused 808|01:54:14|300|01:54:20|600and released by the permanent atom into the substance which is to create the vehicle. There 809|01:54:20|600|01:54:30|580may also be atoms that are vibrating to particular ray frequencies, and perhaps they are gathered 810|01:54:30|580|01:54:39|280according to the way the permanent atom is sounding, expressive of one particular ray 811|01:54:39|630|01:54:47|260for one particular incarnation. All of these are the technicalities of vehicle building and 812|01:54:48|400|01:54:55|540relate to how our ray chart is actually formed and how the rays condition these vehicles, and 813|01:54:56|120|01:55:03|580will be part of the science of the future. Very interesting. For right now, we just have to deal 814|01:55:03|580|01:55:11|900with the sense of the qualities which pervade us. Okay, so world disciples have this Scorpio 815|01:55:11|900|01:55:22|300part, and they are related to initiates via Scorpio. Let's just say disciples are related to initiates 816|01:55:22|300|01:55:30|180via Scorpio and to themselves via Scorpio, since all of them are in the scorpionic phase of 817|01:55:30|180|01:55:36|600unfoldment. Discipleship is very much a scorpionic issue. It's got a lot of Virgo in it as well for 818|01:55:36|600|01:55:44|140purification and training, but Scorpio for the fight and the battle and the overcoming of the 819|01:55:44|140|01:55:50|880negativity and the releasing into freedom as a result of that fight. This produces in them820|01:55:50|880|01:55:58|020 the capacity to respond to test, to a sense of the vision (through the illumined eye of 821|01:55:58|020|01:56:06|840Taurus) and to use their power of individuality through a developed personality and through 822|01:56:06|840|01:56:10|680the potency of Leo. EA, p.162-163 So you see, if you are a disciple, this is making a difference, 823|01:56:11|640|01:56:17|660really, in this sense, what your horoscope is. You will be having the vision under Taurus. You 824|01:56:18|420|01:56:25|880will be tested and responding to the tests under Scorpio. You will be developing your personality 825|01:56:27|280|01:56:34|220under Leo, and it's developed personality is a good instrument to be used by the soul. And you 826|01:56:34|220|01:56:42|560will also be getting a sense of the higher self under Leo. So let's say, whether or not 827|01:56:42|560|01:56:54|620you have these signs in your horoscope, you are responding to them because you are a disciple. 828|01:56:55|520|01:56:59|780Initiates are brought into relation with the world disciples through the constellation Scorpio. 829|01:57:00|360|01:57:09|820This we have said, because initiates are struggling too. Initiates are struggling as 830|01:57:09|820|01:57:15|160well through Scorpio. Initiates are brought into relation to the world disciples through 831|01:57:15|160|01:57:22|140the constellation Scorpio, to the hierarchical centre EA, p.163 which is the ashram itself, 832|01:57:22|860|01:57:32|340to the great ashram through Capricorn, and to the mass through Pisces, the sign of all world saviours. EA, p.163 And 833|01:57:32|340|01:57:43|460there's a close relation between Pisces, the sign of redemption 834|01:57:44|200|01:57:56|200and salvation, and Cancer, also ruled by Neptune and being a mass sign. 835|01:57:56|760|01:58:04|040So Pisces must redeem Cancer, and Cancer… So they're both water signs. They both have strong 836|01:58:04|040|01:58:12|560Neptune. They both have a strong identification with matter and with emotion. Pisces… Whoops, put 837|01:58:12|560|01:58:23|140it in the wrong place. Pisces must redeem Cancer. Okay, all right. So what he's done here 838|01:58:23|140|01:58:28|380is really important. He's said, “Look, we've got a great turmoil, struggle, conflict, battle. 839|01:58:28|380|01:58:36|080It is affecting three different types of human beings: average humanity, disciples, and initiates, 840|01:58:36|080|01:58:45|000with, I suppose, aspirants and probationers being at the upper end of humanity or at the early phases 841|01:58:45|000|01:58:53|140of the stage of discipleship.” Then he's talking about the three or four particular signs that, in 842|01:58:53|140|01:59:01|880this battle, particularly affect those three stages of humanity, those three types of human beings. Then 843|01:59:01|880|01:59:14|380talking about how disciples and initiates are related to themselves, to each other, and to 844|01:59:14|380|01:59:19|640humanity. So this is an important little section. When thinking about what's going on in the world 845|01:59:19|640|01:59:29|460and when we interpret events in the news and so forth, we should bear in mind these particular 846|01:59:30|000|01:59:35|120signs that are so operative and look for expressions of them. We certainly see the mass 847|01:59:35|120|01:59:41|500consciousness everywhere. We see powerful individuals emerging. We see the sense of duality 848|01:59:41|500|01:59:46|720everywhere because people are caught in the pairs of opposites under Gemini, but also the sense of 849|01:59:46|720|01:59:52|560that higher life. People are beginning to grasp a vision. The disciples certainly are, and they are 850|01:59:52|560|01:59:59|040struggling to make the vision a reality, and they are using the full force of their dominating 851|01:59:59|040|02:00:05|020personalities to do that and also the force of their higher self. And they are having an 852|02:00:05|020|02:00:11|800increasing sense of the pairs of opposites, with the higher of the pairs of opposites becoming 853|02:00:11|800|02:00:17|940stronger all the time. Then, behind the scenes, the initiates are working, struggling, struggling to 854|02:00:17|940|02:00:25|360overcome the forces of the world which are pitted against them, but achieving great realization and 855|02:00:25|360|02:00:29|840connection with the higher ashrams through Capricorn and are coming right back into the mass 856|02:00:31|200|02:00:38|180via Pisces. They're interfacing with the sign Cancer, the instinctual sign, the tendencies 857|02:00:38|180|02:00:47|560of the mass, and they are using compassion and pervasive wisdom and skill in action and self- 858|02:00:47|560|02:00:54|220sacrifice to deal with the masses of human beings and also to educate the 859|02:00:55|000|02:00:59|720disciples of the world. Because, after all, if Pisces can be related to Cancer— 860|02:01:00|820|02:01:05|360that's the initiates' relation to the mass—it can certainly be related to the Scorpio factor 861|02:01:05|360|02:01:13|980within discipleship. Namely, there is great understanding. Okay, well, looks like these are 862|02:01:13|980|02:01:22|580the seven, aren't they? Oh, we work them out first, and then D.K. will give his unique explanation. 863|02:01:23|180|02:01:29|820So I'm going to pause here for just a moment, as two hours have transpired. So this is the end of 864|02:01:31|280|02:01:34|620Esoteric Astrology… Well, not really going to be the end. It's number 865|02:01:35|420|02:01:51|64068A and B, and we have gone from pages… Whoop, not physical plane pages… 158 to 162 866|02:01:52|620|02:02:01|140thus far. Let's see how soon 163 shows itself, and is it one? Oh, it's 164. So it looks like we've gone 867|02:02:01|560|02:02:09|340all the way to page 163, and we will pick up in a little bit. Maybe this will be a slightly longer 868|02:02:10|240|02:02:14|120Esoteric Astrology adventure. I know it's harder for you to download them when they're like this, 869|02:02:14|120|02:02:20|920but it saves so much time on this end. And perhaps I'll ask our technical department to split them up 870|02:02:20|920|02:02:29|940a little bit. And in any case, they'll be split up on YouTube in 15-minute segments. End here (68 a and b) Okay, we will be 871|02:02:29|940|02:02:41|140back. All right, let us resume then. We have been working on Esoteric Astrology 872|02:02:42|000|02:02:48|12068, and we're about two hours into the program. We're talking about Capricorn, 873|02:02:49|720|02:02:57|880and we're talking about seven constellations which are involved in the great difficulty, struggle, 874|02:02:57|880|02:03:04|780turmoil through which humanity is passing. Probably D.K. is speaking of this in terms of 875|02:03:07|000|02:03:15|220Capricorn's struggle with the forces of the underworld, struggle with the forces native 876|02:03:15|220|02:03:25|020to the underworld, as it is said. The word “native” somehow implies the instinctual nature. 877|02:03:25|640|02:03:34|080Seven constellations are, therefore, predominantly brought into a close combination at the present 878|02:03:34|080|02:03:44|740moment of crisis and are responsible for world affairs as they are found today: EA, p.163 So, okay, and we 879|02:03:44|740|02:03:54|760have Cancer and Capricorn on the Cardinal Cross. The idea here is both gates stand wide. Well, 880|02:03:56|220|02:04:03|920the gate into initiation via Capricorn, certainly so. But what does the Tibetan mean here by both 881|02:04:03|920|02:04:10|520gates? Is the gate into—from the animal kingdom into the human kingdom—standing wide open? 882|02:04:11|840|02:04:19|400probably not. There are just a few of the domesticated animals that will be allowed through 883|02:04:19|400|02:04:28|800in this particular round. So the gates of Cancer and Capricorn — well, certainly the Capricorn gate is 884|02:04:29|480|02:04:36|080open — but from another perspective, we can think of the gate as standing wide as the members 885|02:04:36|080|02:04:47|020of the Hierarchy pass into the mass consciousness of humanity and there do their work associated 886|02:04:47|020|02:04:53|100with the externalization. The idea that also lesser members of the Hierarchy will be born 887|02:04:53|100|02:05:01|020into humanity and are passing through the gate into human service through the process of 888|02:05:01|020|02:05:09|080incarnation. This is one way of looking at “Both Gates stand wide.” EA, p.163 There was a time, I think, when 889|02:05:09|080|02:05:18|420perhaps both gates were open, but usually maybe not at the same time so much in terms of 890|02:05:18|420|02:05:26|820initiation or individualization. It was probably after the gate of individualization was shut to 891|02:05:26|820|02:05:32|740the animal kingdom that the gate of initiation opened, or that they happened somewhat simultaneously 892|02:05:32|740|02:05:42|400in Atlantean times. What else do we have? Leo and Taurus, Leo and Scorpio on the Fixed Cross. 893|02:05:43|300|02:05:55|500And this is a funny word: “disciples.” “The disciples dominate the world.” So we have here, 894|02:05:55|500|02:06:02|220you know, who are the disciples? The disciples dominate the world. I think I can't quite make 895|02:06:02|220|02:06:10|000this work exactly the way I would like, but I think you get the idea here. This idea 896|02:06:10|000|02:06:17|660of “dominates” — no, this is not going to work. Anyway, the disciples dominate the world, and the domination 897|02:06:19|180|02:06:27|920is indicated by the powerful personalities of disciples that can rule, control, direct, and so 898|02:06:27|920|02:06:35|740on. All this under Leo. There is also the consideration of Scorpio, which is 899|02:06:35|740|02:06:42|080the sign of the disciples particularly, and we have the members of the New Group of World Servers under 900|02:06:42|880|02:06:50|080Taurus. They are disciples, and we have the strong Vulcanian will under Taurus. So we have three 901|02:06:50|080|02:06:54|960aspects of the — mutable — excuse me, of the Fixed Cross 902|02:06:56|620|02:07:03|240operative here. The liberating aspect of Aquarius is not yet with us, but it is 903|02:07:03|240|02:07:14|440beginning to come in strongly as the New Age gradually emerges. So in many different countries, 904|02:07:14|440|02:07:20|600many different places, people who are in prominent positions might be considered, in 905|02:07:20|600|02:07:31|160one way or another, disciples. Whether their technique is always superb or even wise can be 906|02:07:31|620|02:07:38|780questioned, but they are nevertheless disciples. They do have their personal liabilities, but 907|02:07:38|780|02:07:46|440personal liabilities are not viewed as so important as the larger objectives which 908|02:07:46|440|02:07:59|140they are achieving. So Leo, Taurus, and Scorpio on the Cross of Discipleship. And even some of the 909|02:07:59|340|02:08:04|400individuals who have had quite a horrific effect on humanity have been referred to 910|02:08:04|400|02:08:11|920by D.K. as disciples. If we look at this, we go here into the book. 911|02:08:12|780|02:08:19|360I think there's a place where we might be able to… “Disciples of Shamballa.” I think there's one place 912|02:08:19|360|02:08:28|440where that is discussed, and he's talking about Ataturk, well, in a very positive manner, I would 913|02:08:28|440|02:08:36|770say. And is he talking about others here as well? He has… 914|02:08:39|060|02:08:51|860Yeah, he has discussed sometimes Stalin, Hitler, Franco, Lenin — people of this nature 915|02:08:52|540|02:08:59|500as associated with the center Shamballa. “It might be opposite here to point out that such first 916|02:08:59|500|02:09:06|560ray exponents of force are often misunderstood and hated. They may and often do misuse the energy 917|02:09:06|560|02:09:12|380available, but they also use it constructively within the desired limits of the immediate plan. 918|02:09:12|890|02:09:20|240I would like to state that a lot of the first ray disciples — hard and difficult — 919|02:09:20|980|02:09:26|360there are disciples of Shamballa just as there are disciples of Hierarchy, and this is a 920|02:09:26|360|02:09:31|500fact hitherto not recognized and never yet referred to in the current writings that are 921|02:09:31|500|02:09:38|460called subjects. It is wise and valuable to remember this. They are powerful, these disciples 922|02:09:38|460|02:09:44|340of Shamballa — headstrong and often cruel. They impose their will and dictate their desires. They 923|02:09:44|340|02:09:49|980make mistakes, but they are nevertheless true disciples of Shamballa 924|02:09:50|240|02:09:55|040and are working out the will of God as much as the disciples and masters of the Hierarchy 925|02:09:55|040|02:10:01|140are working out the love of God. This is a hard saying for some of you, but your failure to 926|02:10:01|140|02:10:06|600recognize this truth and respond to it does not affect the issue. It simply makes you individually a 927|02:10:06|600|02:10:19|780lot harder.” So I think he is talking about some of these figures who have played their role on the 928|02:10:19|780|02:10:27|240world stage in headstrong and often cruel ways, but behind it all is a certain amount of constructive action within 929|02:10:27|240|02:10:35|440the present limits of the plan, and so they must be considered as doing, working their role, expressing 930|02:10:36|120|02:10:45|340their role. He does in this particular paragraph speak of Atatürk, and that the historical records 931|02:10:45|340|02:10:53|020will indicate how fully, how wisely, sanely and disinterestedly he used this type of force for 932|02:10:53|020|02:10:57|080the attainment of first free objectives. Well, Atatürk's work is presently being challenged. 933|02:10:58|080|02:11:08|440I think as Turkey slides back into the Islamic fold 934|02:11:10|560|02:11:18|140and under the control of Islamists. I don't know what D.K. would say about this, but I think that 935|02:11:18|140|02:11:27|640he was commending Atatürk for bringing Turkey forward from that point. But the entire world 936|02:11:27|640|02:11:35|000under fear is undergoing a certain kind of regressive possibility. It's happening in many 937|02:11:35|000|02:11:41|780nations. The forces of regression are very afraid of the impending Aquarian energies, which even if 938|02:11:41|780|02:11:48|440they don't understand, they can certainly feel. And so there will be a tendency to want to move 939|02:11:48|440|02:11:58|000back into a safe and entrenched thought form. And hopefully this will not happen. Hopefully 940|02:11:58|000|02:12:03|520the constructive forces of the world are strong enough to prevent this from happening. 941|02:12:05|540|02:12:14|900“The disciples dominate the world.” Then “Gemini and Pisces: “World salvation is possible today.” EA, p.163 You 942|02:12:14|900|02:12:22|200know, I just can't stand the way this looks. I think if I just bring it down… Yes, I'll bring it down to 943|02:12:22|200|02:12:32|420number 10, and then there will not be this peculiar alignment. So D.K. has divided these seven 944|02:12:32|420|02:12:43|980signs in different ways, and we see the key ideas: “Both gates stand wide.” 945|02:12:44|780|02:12:48|960The Hierarchy is coming and going, we might say, into the Hierarchy and from the Hierarchy back 946|02:12:48|960|02:12:58|420into humanity. The disciples dominate the world, and whether they are always recognized, loved or hated, 947|02:12:58|960|02:13:06|180they are doing something constructive for humanity. And then we come to 948|02:13:07|640|02:13:12|560this “Gemini and Pisces: world salvation is possible today.” You know, these are the linking 949|02:13:12|560|02:13:18|660signs, Gemini and Pisces. They are very strong second-ray signs, and salvation is coming 950|02:13:18|660|02:13:24|600particularly under the second ray. The World Savior is found on the second ray, and we know when we try 951|02:13:24|600|02:13:29|920to relate the opposites in the zodiac that usually it's Gemini which is the relating agent. But when 952|02:13:29|920|02:13:36|020Gemini itself is involved as opposing Sagittarius, it's Pisces as a relating agent. And here we are 953|02:13:36|020|02:13:41|580looking at the two signs which are uniquely second ray. These are signs connected with the 954|02:13:41|580|02:13:50|260Master K.H. and are said to be found within his horoscope: Sun in Gemini and Pisces rising. 955|02:13:50|260|02:13:55|590I think a lot of the World Savior types have Pisces rising. I think this is true of the 956|02:13:56|180|02:14:00|940Christ. If I were to look at the Christ's chart and try to understand something of this, 957|02:14:01|560|02:14:08|400I'd say it could be Sun in Libra with Pisces rising, or maybe Sun in Pisces with Libra rising. 958|02:14:09|140|02:14:15|240Looking at the Buddha, it apparently is, I think, Sun in Taurus, Pisces rising, although so many 959|02:14:17|500|02:14:23|860different versions of the Buddha's chart exist, and we are not in a position to ascertain 960|02:14:24|560|02:14:30|220which is accurate. And you know how it is when you're making the charts of the great ones: you 961|02:14:30|220|02:14:35|940can always justify them somehow. I've seen a number of charts of the Master Jesus. 962|02:14:36|960|02:14:42|100We all have the good points. I think one of the ones with the Sun in Capricorn and Virgo rising, 963|02:14:42|100|02:14:48|060which is the same as the horoscope of the Jewish group, 964|02:14:48|990|02:14:57|640is one of the most convincing of the horoscopes, I would say. Okay, moving on: The exoteric and 965|02:14:57|640|02:15:06|020the esoteric planetary rulers of Capricorn are the same, and Saturn rules the career of the man in 966|02:15:06|020|02:15:13|260this sign, no matter whether he is on the ordinary or the reversed wheel, or whether he is on the 967|02:15:13|260|02:15:21|510Mutable or the Fixed Cross. EA, p.163 So we have to have in our quiver, as it were, lower and higher 968|02:15:24|680|02:15:25|380interpretations 969|02:15:27|360|02:15:34|540of Capricorn, of Saturn. And you know, one of them deals, of course, with the difficulties 970|02:15:36|020|02:15:42|200and obstacles and pressured circumstances of life. I guess you can never escape that with 971|02:15:42|200|02:15:49|560Saturn and with direct limitation and karmic retribution. And another, the higher, I think, 972|02:15:50|620|02:15:56|020deals with life after a great choice has been made, and it deals with conformity to 973|02:15:56|820|02:16:03|860divine law under the spiritual will, and it indicates a great ability to carry out 974|02:16:03|860|02:16:10|760the divine plan. Because the structure of the divine plan is Saturnian, and under Capricorn— 975|02:16:11|460|02:16:18|340Capricorn's ruler Saturn—this plan is more deeply understood 976|02:16:20|400|02:16:26|600When he has taken the third initiation and can consciously mount the Cardinal Cross, EA, p.163 Notice that 977|02:16:26|600|02:16:35|600Again, we're not talking about anything immediate in time. He says he can, after the third initiation, 978|02:16:35|600|02:16:41|680consciously mount the Cardinal Cross, but he doesn't say that he will do so immediately after 979|02:16:41|680|02:16:47|620the third initiation. We have to remember that this mounting of the Cardinal Cross, D.K. says, and no 980|02:16:47|620|02:16:53|040on certain terms, is done really after the fourth initiation. But after the fourth initiation is 981|02:16:53|040|02:16:57|100after the third initiation as well, isn't it? So sometimes he makes 982|02:16:57|980|02:17:07|140general statements which put you within the approximate time period of a possible event, 983|02:17:07|140|02:17:16|400and then he becomes more specific about when such an event will take place. And 984|02:17:17|040|02:17:26|220really, as I've said often, upon the fourth initiation, the initiate is on neither the 985|02:17:26|220|02:17:31|900Fixed Cross or the Cardinal Cross. When he has taken the third initiation and can consciously mount the 986|02:17:31|900|02:17:42|320Cardinal Cross, he is then released from the ruling of Saturn EA, p.163 Uh, yes, and we're told, you know, that 987|02:17:42|960|02:17:52|920Saturn does not follow the man onto the Cardinal Cross, and that's the reason for its 988|02:17:54|360|02:18:01|730fall in the preeminent cardinal sign Aries. And yet, if Saturn is the 989|02:18:02|790|02:18:09|240ruler of the entire cosmic physical plane and serves as correspondence of the physical 990|02:18:09|240|02:18:14|840permanent atom of the Solar Logos in relation to the cosmic physical plane on the highest of 991|02:18:14|840|02:18:20|320the sub-planes, the Logoic sub-plane, then you can see that, you know, at the sixth initiation you're 992|02:18:20|320|02:18:25|780still not off that cosmic physical plane, and yet you are definitely upon the Cardinal Cross, and at 993|02:18:25|780|02:18:32|400the seventh as well, where, uh, in relation to which you are still not off the cosmic physical plane, 994|02:18:32|400|02:18:37|960and only at the ninth initiation do you leave behind the cosmic physical plane. You're still 995|02:18:37|960|02:18:45|400on the Cardinal Cross, of course, and then in a sense one would leave Saturn behind. But of course, 996|02:18:45|400|02:18:55|540Saturn has a very strong cosmic mental aspect to it as well, and I wouldn't be surprised if, 997|02:18:56|080|02:19:01|520you know, some influence from the cosmic mental plane is not involved in Saturn. Saturn is a great 998|02:19:01|520|02:19:08|400planetary Logos. It's a sacred planet, is going to have a causal body on the cosmic mental 999|02:19:08|400|02:19:14|160plane, perhaps on the second level of the cosmic mental plane. So there are different levels of 1000|02:19:14|160|02:19:20|780Saturn to which we respond, and when we leave one level of Saturn behind by mounting the Cardinal 1001|02:19:20|780|02:19:29|300Cross, we're leaving mostly the karmic part of Saturn behind as it relates to the individual 1002|02:19:29|300|02:19:36|200karma experienced on the Earth. Remember how important Saturn is in the life of a great being 1003|02:19:36|200|02:19:42|460who uses Saturn, Mars, and the Earth as three forms of expression. Saturn is the mental body of that 1004|02:19:42|460|02:19:50|180great being, probably the Brahma of our solar system. So it's difficult to say or to think that 1005|02:19:50|180|02:19:56|020we leave all of Saturn behind even when we mount the Cardinal Cross, because simply by being upon 1006|02:19:56|020|02:20:03|000the Earth we are experiencing the downflow of the mental body this great Brahmic being 1007|02:20:03|880|02:20:09|240that Saturn represents. But anyway, you know, for practical purposes and in the life of the 1008|02:20:09|240|02:20:14|080individual initiate, he comes under the influence of Venus at the third initiation and no longer the 1009|02:20:14|080|02:20:25|400lower sort of karmic influence of Saturn, wherein he has to pay the price of ancient error and where 1010|02:20:25|400|02:20:33|480he is assuming burdens based upon his own imbalanced action of the past. So this is a 1011|02:20:33|480|02:20:39|320very illuminating—it's a love-wisdom influence, but the aspect of illumination I think is particularly 1012|02:20:39|320|02:20:44|480strong in Capricorn when Venus is the hierarchical ruler. and comes under the influence of Venus, 1013|02:20:44|480|02:20:52|140who is governor or ruler of the Hierarchy which is that of the Crocodiles. A reference to the tabulation heretofore given will show this. EA, p.163 Now this is dual 1014|02:20:52|140|02:20:59|820hierarchy, which means what? Does it mean part of it is very positive in relation to the solar 1015|02:20:59|820|02:21:08|140Angels, the other part of it is perhaps more personal, more elemental, and is relating to 1016|02:21:08|140|02:21:17|640lives that are still imprisoned and the tendencies which man, the personality, has to live that lower 1017|02:21:17|640|02:21:27|860life and sometimes a somewhat, uh, crocodilian life? Remember we have, um, we have the crocodile, the goat, 1018|02:21:28|440|02:21:34|240and the unicorn, and they represent three different phases of the life of man in 1019|02:21:34|240|02:21:39|680Capricorn. So we cannot consider the crocodiles high. The dual hierarchy is part of that mystery 1020|02:21:39|680|02:21:44|620which D.K. said we will not solve—the mystery of the fifth Creative Hierarchy, the mystery of the solar 1021|02:21:44|620|02:21:55|900Angels. Interesting, I've seen a picture, a painting, a diagram of Lakshmi, who was Venus, the Hindu 1022|02:21:55|900|02:22:02|240version of Venus, Lakshmi riding upon the back of the crocodile, and it is the power of the solar 1023|02:22:02|240|02:22:09|800Angel to subdue the crocodilian nature of man, the reptilian brain and all that it prompts towards, 1024|02:22:10|380|02:22:16|320which is a lower form of cold-blooded life which has not yet been heated by the warmth of the heart 1025|02:22:16|320|02:22:26|120which Venus confers. So there are some crocodilian Capricorns who, if they cry, it will not be out of 1026|02:22:26|120|02:22:31|720sympathy, but it will be crocodile tears—always for a purpose, always for a motive under the third degree. 1027|02:22:32|200|02:22:38|460Third aspect of divinity: It is only when a man is upon the Cardinal Cross 1028|02:22:39|100|02:22:46|940that the significance, purpose and potencies of the Creative Hierarchies become clear to him EA, p.163-164 1029|02:22:47|540|02:22:54|640Have we not been struggling? Indeed, the purpose and potencies and Creative Hierarchies become clear 1030|02:22:54|640|02:23:00|520once we are masters, because that's when it can be said that we are truly upon the Cardinal Cross— 1031|02:23:00|520|02:23:07|540not at the third degree. No, that is directly contradicted by what D.K. does say. and the “doors 1032|02:23:07|540|02:23:16|920of entrance” into all of them stand wide open. EA, p.164 Interesting. Perhaps the more advanced man can 1033|02:23:17|640|02:23:24|100function through the lower hierarchies in a very conscious and skillful way, and perhaps he knows 1034|02:23:25|740|02:23:32|400what are the methods by which he can enter any of the higher creative hierarchies. But even as a 1035|02:23:32|400|02:23:42|580wisdom, I cannot see how one could simply choose to enter hierarchy two or hierarchy one, or any of the 1036|02:23:44|440|02:23:51|080manifested, unmanifested, or therefore liberated Creative Hierarchies. One might understand 1037|02:23:51|440|02:23:59|140what those doors are, comprehend them, and they might stand open to one's knowledge at least, but 1038|02:23:59|740|02:24:07|340the actual entrance—I have difficulty seeing how anything but a gradual and well-planned 1039|02:24:07|340|02:24:12|320and well-earned entrance into these hierarchies over vast periods of time could be accomplished. 1040|02:24:14|100|02:24:22|120On the Mutable Cross and on the Fixed Cross we have the so-called green ray, controlling not 1041|02:24:22|120|02:24:27|820only the daily life of karmic liability upon the path of evolution, but also controlling the 1042|02:24:27|820|02:24:36|940experiences and processes of evolution. EA, p.164 So look—is green extending farther than we thought? Because 1043|02:24:38|100|02:24:39|980would you not think 1044|02:24:44|020|02:24:51|260that disciples are subject also to the blue ray? It would seem to me to be the case, but 1045|02:24:51|260|02:24:53|880disciples on the Fixed Cross are still very much 1046|02:24:54|760|02:24:59|060disciples within personalities, and until the fourth initiation is over, they're not really 1047|02:24:59|060|02:25:05|780liberated from that personality. And so because the personality is still a factor, therefore the 1048|02:25:05|780|02:25:17|200green ray is still an aspect of their life. So we'll take him at face value here. On the 1049|02:25:17|200|02:25:22|560Mutable Cross and on the Fixed Cross—that's a surprising thing, because the Mutable Cross is 1050|02:25:22|560|02:25:28|540definitely under the green ray, but in a way the Fixed Cross seems to me to be under the blue-green 1051|02:25:28|540|02:25:35|320or green-blue ray, and therefore the experience on our blue-green planet Earth should really 1052|02:25:35|320|02:25:44|560accentuate the more intense parts of the fixed cross experience: blinding light, fiery pain, bitter 1053|02:25:44|560|02:25:52|480woe, and yet the cross of liberation. It controls not only the daily life of karmic liability—now 1054|02:25:52|480|02:26:02|580karmic liability is under Saturn, the green planet, or at least the third ray of which Saturn is the 1055|02:26:03|500|02:26:12|520predominant expression is the green ray—and the will to evolve is related to the path of 1056|02:26:12|520|02:26:23|400evolution. It's the third ray type of will: will to evolve, will to evolve. But the path of 1057|02:26:23|400|02:26:28|560evolution is also controlling the experiences and processes of evolution, so that's also a green 1058|02:26:28|560|02:26:37|360influence as well—the will to evolve. And certainly that is operating also for disciples, but other 1059|02:26:37|360|02:26:45|260forms of the will take over, you know: the will to love, the will to serve, the will to save. These all 1060|02:26:45|260|02:26:56|100take over eventually. The reason for this is that Capricorn is an earth sign, particularly with 1061|02:26:56|100|02:27:03|940resonance particularly to the cosmic physical plane and to the systemic etheric physical plane, 1062|02:27:03|940|02:27:08|560which is the correspondence—the lower correspondence to the cosmic physical plane. 1063|02:27:09|960|02:27:14|520And these earth signs are all involved with some measure of concretion, which is a— 1064|02:27:15|140|02:27:21|120I don't know how we would call it—a denser or a more aggregated relationship of the factors of 1065|02:27:21|120|02:27:28|300the atoms involved, whether those atoms are strictly physical, etheric, or astral, or mental. 1066|02:27:28|960|02:27:34|760There is a closer and tighter relationship between them under earth sign influences—earth 1067|02:27:34|760|02:27:39|380sign influences. The reason for this is that Capricorn is an earth sign and because the third 1068|02:27:39|380|02:27:49|320and fifth rays work pre-eminently through this sign, embodying the third major aspect of divinity, 1069|02:27:49|320|02:27:57|900active intelligence plus that of its subsidiary power, the fifth Ray of Mind. EA, p.164 We're talking about 1070|02:27:57|900|02:28:02|500the color of green, generally related to the third ray of active intelligence, and I've often wondered 1071|02:28:02|500|02:28:08|660here how this is expressed. The third and fifth rays work pre-eminently through this sign. Now, 1072|02:28:08|660|02:28:20|740it's the word “through this sign” that is very important. We know that Capricorn is a constellation 1073|02:28:22|060|02:28:29|600distributes the third ray and also the first and the seventh, but you know the way the planets are 1074|02:28:29|600|02:28:34|600involved in a sign, and the third and fifth rays work through the planetary rulers of this 1075|02:28:34|600|02:28:42|200sign. But do they work through the sign? That is a question. I mean, how definitive is this 1076|02:28:42|200|02:28:50|440language? The planetary rulers of this sign express the third and fifth rays, 1077|02:28:53|540|02:29:00|580but does the sign too express the fifth ray? The third it does. 1078|02:29:02|120|02:29:06|480And there's something about Capricorn in relation to the concrete mind, 1079|02:29:07|120|02:29:14|140in relation to the universal mind, which makes me think that the fifth ray could come through 1080|02:29:14|140|02:29:21|240the sign as well as through Venus as the hierarchical ruler of the sign. Unless when he 1081|02:29:21|240|02:29:25|360says “through this sign,” he also means through the rulers of the sign. But we know that much: the third 1082|02:29:25|360|02:29:32|020and fifth ray do come through Saturn and Venus. But our greater question is, does the fifth ray 1083|02:29:33|240|02:29:39|620operate constellationally just as the third ray does? Okay, so we're talking about the path of 1084|02:29:39|620|02:29:46|180evolution under the third ray, and the fifth ray is in a way a concretization of 1085|02:29:46|180|02:29:54|000the third ray, just as the seventh is of the first and the sixth is of the second, leaving the fourth 1086|02:29:54|000|02:30:02|940ray in a unique position. The reason for all of this expression under the third ray and under the 1087|02:30:02|940|02:30:13|340color green—the green ray controlling all of this—is because Capricorn is an earth sign, and 1088|02:30:13|340|02:30:21|100the color green is related to the fecundity of earth and to the general reproduction of forms 1089|02:30:21|100|02:30:27|340in the area of earth. Capricorn is an earth sign because the third and fifth rays work pre-eminently 1090|02:30:27|340|02:30:34|400through this sign, and you kind of wonder, are there other signs for which they also work 1091|02:30:36|020|02:30:41|600pre-eminently? And we will find esoteric and hierarchical positions in Gemini and Libra, for 1092|02:30:41|600|02:30:52|680instance. What did I say? Gemini… in, yeah, in Libra particularly, and in Gemini for the fifth 1093|02:30:52|680|02:31:00|040ray, where they also work very powerfully. But the word “pre-eminent” is interesting. So third and fifth 1094|02:31:00|040|02:31:09|540pre-eminently through this sign, embodying the third major aspect of divinity: active intelligence 1095|02:31:10|390|02:31:15|000plus that of its subsidiary power, the fifth ray of mind. So he seems to be 1096|02:31:16|800|02:31:24|640saying that the sign itself, the constellation itself, sign itself, embodies 1097|02:31:27|320|02:31:37|420three and five. Well, this is something a bit of a mystery to be solved. How many 1098|02:31:37|910|02:31:44|540rays can come through a constellation or sign of the zodiac? Capricorn already has its full 1099|02:31:44|540|02:31:49|900complement of three with one, three, and seven coming through. Does five also come through, or 1100|02:31:49|900|02:31:57|420is it simply through the power of Venus? There's many ways in which concretization is connected 1101|02:31:57|420|02:32:02|180with the fifth ray, and D.K. tells us that the overproduction of concrete things is coming 1102|02:32:02|180|02:32:09|260as a result of a fifth ray impulse. So our Capricorn has this concretization, 1103|02:32:10|040|02:32:14|920the ability to concretize, to materialize as we've been seeing, to crystallize, and so does 1104|02:32:14|920|02:32:24|100the fifth ray. There is a definite resonance there. So, and here is… and this is the place, 1105|02:32:24|100|02:32:31|820this is what really makes me pause. These third ray and fifth ray, the third 1106|02:32:31|820|02:32:39|060major aspect… “embodying”—see, “embodying” suggests the sign. This suggests the sign, suggesting 1107|02:32:39|800|02:32:46|780the sign and not just the planets—embodying the third major aspect of divinity: active intelligence 1108|02:32:46|780|02:32:52|400plus that subsidiary power, this ray of mind. Although in a way, the fifth ray always was part 1109|02:32:52|400|02:32:58|680of the third ray, as is the case now when the fifth ray has been faded out in its own right, 1110|02:32:59|880|02:33:03|540withheld somewhat because mankind is getting ahead of itself in terms of 1111|02:33:06|460|02:33:12|700knowledge. But the fifth ray is still reaching us through its superior, the third ray. So as a part of 1112|02:33:12|700|02:33:18|240the general third ray expression, the fifth ray comes in. But now look at this: These EA, p.164—and by 1113|02:33:18|240|02:33:32|180“these” we mean the third and fifth rays—pour through Capricorn to Saturn 1114|02:33:32|180|02:33:38|880and to Venus and so reach our planet, the Earth. EA, p.164 There's not much question about it there. 1115|02:33:39|300|02:33:43|620The third and fifth rays are there already, pouring through Capricorn. 1116|02:33:44|340|02:33:54|120to, uh, Saturn and to Venus. So it's not just the ray of Venus being the fifth ray emitting the fifth 1117|02:33:54|120|02:33:59|640ray, but it's coming through Capricorn. So I think that's pretty definite, and even though DK does 1118|02:33:59|640|02:34:09|580not explicitly in so many tabulations give the fifth ray as a ray being, uh, emitted by Capricorn 1119|02:34:09|580|02:34:17|000even transmitted through it, uh, we do have apparently in this section 1120|02:34:17|880|02:34:23|080the indication that these rays pour through Capricorn and reach the planets with which 1121|02:34:23|080|02:34:27|840they are identified. The third ray is identified with Saturn but first of course with Capricorn. 1122|02:34:27|840|02:34:32|780The fifth ray is identified with Venus but first it appears to pour through Capricorn 1123|02:34:32|780|02:34:35|040and so reach our planet here. 1124|02:34:36|640|02:34:47|200Saturn is one of the most potent of the four Lords of Karma and forces man to face up to the past, 1125|02:34:47|900|02:34:53|340and in the present to prepare for the future. EA, p.164 The four Lords of Karma—I've talked about them before. 1126|02:34:53|960|02:35:00|480They are found in The Externalization of the Hierarchy. I don't know, page 112, something like 1127|02:35:00|480|02:35:14|280that, or perhaps… perhaps, uh, well let's see… uh, return and, uh, pain. That's it, that's the place. 1128|02:35:14|280|02:35:21|920117. Okay, here are the four Lords of Karma, and they have a symbolic meaning. The names of the 1129|02:35:21|920|02:35:26|320Lords of Karma signify symbolically and from the angle of their inner meaning: relationship, 1130|02:35:26|320|02:35:31|440enlightenment, pain, and return. Have a feeling the pain part is Saturn. 1131|02:35:32|700|02:35:39|300Relationship: Venus. Enlightenment: Mercury. And return… well, we could see 1132|02:35:40|560|02:35:54|200involves cycles here. What could it be? Is Jupiter, uh, which, uh, well it's a cycling, it's a… it's a 1133|02:35:54|200|02:36:02|120cyclic process coming back into incarnation under the law of opportunity. I think I've speculated on 1134|02:36:02|120|02:36:09|780this. Pretty sure about relationship, enlightenment, and pain in terms of their planetary associations. 1135|02:36:11|100|02:36:16|900Return is somewhat Uranian, but we cannot take these extra-Saturnian planets, I think, as Lords 1136|02:36:17|600|02:36:26|960of Karma. I wonder if the Earth itself, under its symbol of the cross, is a Lord of Karma and the 1137|02:36:26|960|02:36:37|940frequent return to incarnation—return to the flesh—is part of that. Perhaps. Okay, page 116 and 117 in 1138|02:36:37|940|02:36:44|440The Externalization of the Hierarchy. Okay, Saturn is one of the most… excuse me… 1139|02:36:45|280|02:36:53|280potent of the four Lords of Karma and forces a man—this is what it does—to face up to the past. 1140|02:36:54|400|02:37:00|700He pays the price of ancient error. He conditioned his vehicles in the past, and the conditioning 1141|02:37:00|700|02:37:05|180remains until he changes that. In other words, you make your bed, then you lie in it. 1142|02:37:06|320|02:37:09|440Uh, for… uh, face up to the past and in the present 1143|02:37:10|940|02:37:18|400uh, with practicality, to prepare for the future. So this is the factor—uh, the third-ray factor of 1144|02:37:18|400|02:37:25|420the urge to formulate a plan. It's one of the methods of inducing soul control. It's connected 1145|02:37:25|420|02:37:30|200with the third ray where the third aspect is infinity, and it's naturally associated with 1146|02:37:30|200|02:37:39|320Saturn. Planning is a great, uh, Saturnian virtue. Such is the intention and purpose of karmic 1147|02:37:39|440|02:37:49|140opportunity. EA, p.164 face the past, realize the present moment, and… and plan for the future. So that seems 1148|02:37:49|140|02:37:57|420to be one of the reasons the way karmic opportunity is presented: face the past and plan for the future. 1149|02:37:58|230|02:38:05|660From certain angles, EA, p.164 let's see how does that work? Yeah, well, you have to deal with the causes you 1150|02:38:05|660|02:38:10|820set in motion, and you want to better conditions—make conditions better. 1151|02:38:11|540|02:38:16|280Saturn will help you do that, give you the sequential path, the critical path 1152|02:38:16|280|02:38:25|040as it's sometimes been called. And that's a very Saturnian thing: the critical path to the objective. 1153|02:38:25|760|02:38:31|320But let's just say that the urge to better conditions comes in under Uranus, as he tells us. 1154|02:38:31|320|02:38:38|200So Uranus may present the flash of the, uh, vision of the future objective, but Saturn 1155|02:38:38|200|02:38:45|060incrementally plans its way to reach, uh, that objective. From certain angles, Saturn can be 1156|02:38:45|060|02:38:54|120regarded as the planetary Dweller on the Threshold, EA, p.164 Okay, so it's something that has to be 1157|02:38:55|400|02:39:01|480passed in the right way and according to law in order for the lives and life of this planet 1158|02:39:02|280|02:39:12|080to progress. So the Dweller on the Threshold idea: wherever Saturn is found in your chart will 1159|02:39:12|680|02:39:19|380present some aspect, some dweller aspect, some unfinished business, something that has to be 1160|02:39:19|380|02:39:28|660proved to be set in the right condition, to be overcome. The dweller is all that wants to hold 1161|02:39:28|660|02:39:37|100you into the present crystallized condition. Then you have to find a way to redeem this dweller, no 1162|02:39:37|100|02:39:43|540longer to be held by it, to pass through, to pass beyond it. for humanity as a whole has to face 1163|02:39:43|540|02:39:51|500that Dweller as well as the Angel of the Presence, EA, p.164 Humanity considered as—I would say—the disciple 1164|02:39:52|100|02:40:00|620humanity as the disciple has to face the dweller and know the evil tendencies within itself, which 1165|02:40:00|620|02:40:07|540we well see and which any one of us investigating the matter individually can well see. We have to 1166|02:40:07|540|02:40:13|860face all the misdeeds and the miscreations. Miscreant—that's an interesting word—somebody 1167|02:40:13|860|02:40:22|300who has created badly, a miscreant. All that the miscreant within us has created out of alignment 1168|02:40:22|300|02:40:31|300with the plan, and maybe even in an adversarial position with regard to the plan, and also that 1169|02:40:31|300|02:40:36|460higher part of ourselves in relation to which we have to turn on the light until it becomes so 1170|02:40:36|460|02:40:41|940intense that the dweller is overcome. In the ancient catechism, this is described— 1171|02:40:43|160|02:40:46|960has to face that Dweller as well as the Angel of the Presence, and in so doing 1172|02:40:48|040|02:40:54|180discover that both the Dweller and the Angel are that complex duality which is the human family. EA, p.164 And 1173|02:40:54|180|02:41:06|160here I would say it's the personality of the human family and the content of the egoic lotus 1174|02:41:06|160|02:41:13|760of the human family. In this case, when we talk about the word “angel,” what we should not mean is 1175|02:41:13|760|02:41:21|820the returning nirvani from a previous mahamanvantara, but we should mean that part of the human nature 1176|02:41:21|820|02:41:32|040which is underlaid by the great solar Angel of the human family and which is really 1177|02:41:32|040|02:41:41|360filled with transpersonal characteristics, aided and developed by that part of the 1178|02:41:41|360|02:41:47|760consciousness of the great solar Angel which underlies or pervades or sustains the 1179|02:41:47|760|02:41:57|160egoic lotus of humanity. Okay, so the Dweller and the Angel are that complex duality in this fourth 1180|02:41:57|160|02:42:02|180kingdom. You know, eventually under the law of magnetic control, the Angel will control the 1181|02:42:02|180|02:42:08|660Dweller. Fourth kingdom, fourth period of hierarchy, fourth law, fourth systemic law: law of magnetic control. 1182|02:42:09|760|02:42:17|440And resolving this complex duality into harmony—Saturn, in a peculiar relation 1183|02:42:18|340|02:42:27|140to the sign Gemini, EA, p.164—you're the sign of the constellation. The lord of Saturn and the— 1184|02:42:27|140|02:42:36|700makes this possible. EA, p.164 Um, let's see: “has to face the Dweller.” Let's see what is becoming possible. 1185|02:42:37|640|02:42:44|980Uh, Saturn, planetary Dweller and Threshold, and humanity will have to face the Dweller and the 1186|02:42:44|980|02:42:56|420Angel. So makes this possible—i.e., what is it? It's possible, i.e., that humanity will face its Dweller. 1187|02:42:57|980|02:42:58|940No, Dweller 1188|02:43:01|280|02:43:12|000and its Angel—the humanity will face both and know for a change that it is a complex duality 1189|02:43:12|820|02:43:21|500and not simply project the negativity sensed within itself upon other members of the human race. 1190|02:43:22|360|02:43:29|500So once we face these, we realize that the enemy is within and that we ourselves, you know, 1191|02:43:30|240|02:43:36|520in the Christian terminology, are born in sin and the idea of the original sin and all of that 1192|02:43:36|520|02:43:42|220having to do more with the condition of the lunar vehicles. And of course they dwell too much on the 1193|02:43:42|220|02:43:49|720sin part and not on the God immanent part. God immanent is not admitted, but God transcendent 1194|02:43:49|720|02:43:59|580is. So we have simple man and good transcendent God, and this is not recognizing that complex 1195|02:43:59|580|02:44:08|640duality. So modern religion—let's say Christianity, Islam, etc., maybe Judaism as well—perhaps the Abrahamic 1196|02:44:09|440|02:44:21|700religions do not recognize this complex duality because they do not recognize 1197|02:44:24|720|02:44:31|600God immanent, although I do believe in Christianity there is much to indicate 1198|02:44:32|420|02:44:37|140that God is immanent, but it depends on who's been doing the interpreting and how the interpreting 1199|02:44:37|960|02:44:45|560is presented. Individual man makes this discovery and faces the two extremes whilst in the sign 1200|02:44:45|560|02:44:53|440Capricorn; the fourth and fifth Creative Hierarchies do the same thing in Libra. EA, p.164 This is a 1201|02:44:53|440|02:44:59|320profound statement. Well, anyway, I think we understand that—uh, let's see—Gemini: 1202|02:44:59|320|02:45:10|220uh, the human race faces its Dweller 1203|02:45:12|580|02:45:24|120 and its Angel. In Capricorn, the individual man faces his Dweller and Angel. 1204|02:45:24|860|02:45:33|460Then we have this very provocative statement: um, the entire fourth creative hierarchy— 1205|02:45:34|660|02:45:40|180are these meant to be considered separately? Because, you know, in a way the fourth Creative 1206|02:45:40|180|02:45:44|620Hierarchy is a bit like the Dweller, and the fifth Creative Hierarchy of solar Angels is a bit like 1207|02:45:44|620|02:45:58|160the Angel. But maybe both of them are facing their Dwellers. So maybe both the fourth Creative 1208|02:45:58|160|02:46:10|920Hierarchy and the fifth Creative Hierarchy have Dwellers and a higher aspect as well. 1209|02:46:10|920|02:46:12|930We certainly know this of 1210|02:46:15|240|02:46:22|280man as the fourth Creative Hierarchy, although we are speaking really of monads here. 1211|02:46:22|770|02:46:29|800But perhaps in Libra, which is in a way 180 degrees away from the ascendant, given the 1212|02:46:29|800|02:46:38|740archetypal areas on the ascendant, we face our exact opposite. So, uh, we maybe the fourth Creative 1213|02:46:38|740|02:46:49|420Hierarchy will always have its Dweller in relation to the lower vehicles of expression of the monad. 1214|02:46:50|140|02:46:58|460So what is the Dweller to the monad? To the monad, the Dweller in a way is the soul plus personality. 1215|02:46:59|480|02:47:06|580That is interesting. So if—if true—interesting if true. Mary Bailey used to tell me that her husband 1216|02:47:06|580|02:47:12|140Foster Bailey used that little statement often: “Interesting if true.” 1217|02:47:15|220|02:47:23|460So, so let's just say that the fourth Creative Hierarchy of monads—of human monads— 1218|02:47:26|180|02:47:35|540has as its Dweller the combination of all that expresses on the— 1219|02:47:36|580|02:47:43|100in the—in the dense physical body of the, uh, Solar Logos, i.e., 1220|02:47:44|980|02:47:58|680okay, i.e., the combination—oh, let us spell it—of soul plus personality. So in a way, uh, you know 1221|02:47:58|680|02:48:02|960how it's very difficult for even the soul-infused personality to become the monad, because in a way 1222|02:48:02|960|02:48:09|580they are opposite. So if we start to identify—if we identify as a spiritual triad midway—suppose this— 1223|02:48:10|240|02:48:24|120suppose we identify as the spiritual triad midway between the monad and the 1224|02:48:24|120|02:48:32|580soul-infused personality, then what is the Dweller? Okay, then—then indeed the dweller 1225|02:48:32|580|02:48:38|780is the soul-infused personality, which is considered to be a limitation. Both soul and form 1226|02:48:38|780|02:48:42|820together must renounce the principle of life and thus permit the monad to stand free. Okay, 1227|02:48:42|820|02:48:50|940that's the tenth law of healing, and it shows that kind of position, okay, where 1228|02:48:50|940|02:49:00|100um, the monad is the true angel, as it were, the true divine presence, and everything that is not 1229|02:49:00|100|02:49:06|540the monad is the dweller—but especially that which represents to the monad's form within the 1230|02:49:06|540|02:49:11|260dense physical body of the Solar Logos, namely that which goes on on the higher mental plane, 1231|02:49:11|260|02:49:16|060which we call soul, and then personality. Now, what about the fifth Creative Hierarchy? Does it have a 1232|02:49:16|060|02:49:22|680dweller aspect? Well, maybe every Creative Hierarchy has a spirit aspect in the dweller aspect in a 1233|02:49:22|680|02:49:30|140midway position where the member of that hierarchy has to stand. But in this case, we have perhaps an 1234|02:49:30|140|02:49:39|320easier solution, because we know that the fifth Creative Hierarchy is dual. So with the fifth 1235|02:49:39|320|02:49:51|360Creative Hierarchy, we know it is dual, and one part of it is the crocodiles and the other the angels. 1236|02:49:52|660|02:50:01|940So maybe the dweller for this Creative Hierarchy is very much that which is called the crocodiles, 1237|02:50:01|940|02:50:07|840or the lives on the lower mental plane, compared with the lives on the higher mental plane. But 1238|02:50:07|840|02:50:13|920of course, this is too simplistic a solution, because really, where is the monadic nature 1239|02:50:14|720|02:50:18|420of the members of the fifth Creative Hierarchy? That might not even be on the cosmic physical 1240|02:50:18|420|02:50:24|380plane at all. It might be on the cosmic astral plane, and there might be some kind of expression 1241|02:50:25|040|02:50:30|420that's taking place on the cosmic physical plane which is considered as a Dweller, 1242|02:50:31|060|02:50:36|120I can't really say what that would be, and some intermediate position for consciousness 1243|02:50:36|120|02:50:42|660where on the cosmic astral plane or higher levels of the cosmic physical plane, which is analogous to 1244|02:50:42|660|02:50:49|900the position of the disciple standing between his soul and his dweller personality. So what are we 1245|02:50:49|900|02:51:01|360learning from all this? Maybe we learn that the dweller is a generic structure 1246|02:51:03|800|02:51:11|700which—which can relate to many different 1247|02:51:13|540|02:51:16|500kinds of self— 1248|02:51:18|220|02:51:28|760self-conscious beings, okay? Structure. And we have—we—what we see here is that 1249|02:51:28|760|02:51:37|620a man has his Dweller and Angel, humanity has its Dweller and Angel, the fourth Creative Hierarchy 1250|02:51:37|620|02:51:45|260of human monads has its Dweller and Angel, and even perhaps the higher—that—that group called 1251|02:51:45|260|02:51:51|000the fifth Creative Hierarchy, which is our redeemers, they have their Dweller and their 1252|02:51:52|800|02:52:00|520highest spiritual point, which is analogous to the Angel. A.D.K. somehow gives us some amazing 1253|02:52:02|240|02:52:07|160um, hints in the book. You know, you could just pass them over and read them, but 1254|02:52:07|720|02:52:15|080when you think about what he may be hinting at, it's really, really quite profound, okay? 1255|02:52:16|220|02:52:19|900So anyway, these were in the nature of speculations, of course. 1256|02:52:21|000|02:52:27|180[split 3] text 03Through Saturn and Venus, therefore, Capricorn is connected with Libra EA, p.164—so 1257|02:52:27|720|02:52:34|660a sign of initiation, Capricorn, with the sign of legislation, Libra, and also with Gemini and Taurus, EA, p.164 1258|02:52:34|660|02:52:41|060for Venus is the esoteric ruler of Gemini and the orthodox ruler of Taurus. and these four 1259|02:52:41|060|02:52:50|110constellations—Taurus, Gemini, Libra and Capricorn— EA, p.164 see, the—well, the main thing here: 1260|02:52:51|460|02:52:55|860the Saturn—Libra is involved in the Venus connection and the Saturn connection. 1261|02:52:56|720|02:53:00|180the Taurus only in the Venus connection, Gemini only in the Venus connection. 1262|02:53:01|170|02:53:08|240And these four signs, little quadrangle here, constitute a potent quaternary of energies 1263|02:53:08|730|02:53:15|080and between them produce those conditions and situations which will enable the initiate 1264|02:53:15|080|02:53:21|720to demonstrate his readiness and capacity for initiation. 1265|02:53:22|510|02:53:30|240They are called the “Guardians of the Four Secrets.” EA, p.164—somehow very important—the Guardians of the Four 1266|02:53:30|240|02:53:37|020Secrets, because the initiation really is taking place in Capricorn, although all of these signs 1267|02:53:37|980|02:53:43|160allow initiation to occur. And you know Libra can even be connected with the sixth initiation, 1268|02:53:43|160|02:53:47|460Gemini with the fourth initiation, but we're keeping ourselves, I think, 1269|02:53:48|460|02:53:55|960within the realm of the archetypally ruled third initiation, archetypally ruled by Capricorn. So 1270|02:53:55|960|02:54:02|400let's look at these four secrets here. Taurus—Guards the secret of light and confers 1271|02:54:02|960|02:54:06|080illumination upon the initiate. EA, p.165 and especially 1272|02:54:08|740|02:54:17|300upon the initiate of the second degree and maybe third degree, because remember 1273|02:54:17|840|02:54:23|180as a second degree initiate you have to have spiritual intelligence and an illumined mind. 1274|02:54:24|200|02:54:27|660But maybe, you know, since Venus is so important at the third initiation, 1275|02:54:27|660|02:54:35|380that the mother of illumination—mother of illumination—Taurus would be invoked and 1276|02:54:35|380|02:54:43|760somehow spread its light. Maybe it is participating in this light supernal of Capricorn, because after 1277|02:54:43|760|02:54:49|740all there's a huge illumination compared with Taurus. Even if you look at it in the larger sense 1278|02:54:49|740|02:54:55|360and outside the microcosmic context, you will see Taurus in a way is even a greater source of 1279|02:54:55|360|02:55:02|680illumination than Capricorn. Okay, so that's the secret of light. And maybe what is the secret of 1280|02:55:02|680|02:55:14|860light? What is the secret of light? Is it how light is matter and light is form? All forms 1281|02:55:14|860|02:55:28|400are light forms. And how is it that the great Sophia or the great light becomes form? How does 1282|02:55:28|400|02:55:34|800that really happen? How does God descend to manifest? Being descends to manifest. How? What is 1283|02:55:34|800|02:55:40|120this precipitation all about? You can be sure that if it's precipitation, then Capricorn and Saturn are 1284|02:55:40|120|02:55:49|060involved as well. Gemini—Guards the mystery or secret of duality EA, p.165—usually soul and form in this case, 1285|02:55:49|060|02:55:58|120but it can also be monad and soul plus personality. So either way, guards the mystery or secret of 1286|02:55:58|120|02:56:03|660duality and presents the initiate with a word EA, p.165 Don't the Geminians love words? Because, and do so 1287|02:56:03|660|02:56:09|120to the second ray, you know, a word to the wise is sufficient. Presents the initiate with a word 1288|02:56:09|120|02:56:15|360which leads to the fusion of the greater pairs of opposite. EA, p.165. What are the greater pairs of opposites? 1289|02:56:15|360|02:56:24|720Could be spirit-matter. The normal pairs of opposites are soul and personality, and the 1290|02:56:24|720|02:56:39|680greater pairs of opposites maybe spirit and matter. Okay, a word. So often words are 1291|02:56:39|680|02:56:49|780conferred and they have a special potency to bring about certain effects. Rule 11 about the group and 1292|02:56:49|780|02:56:58|240the word which will carry out this task: “But the group transfer the fire within the 1293|02:56:58|240|02:57:02|480jewel and the lotus into the triad and let them find the word which will carry out this task.” 1294|02:57:04|640|02:57:10|600The word has now gone forth from the great point of tension, accepted as a group, and the word 1295|02:57:10|600|02:57:17|160goes forth. It's a word of power and it has a special effect. And Gemini, being one of the most 1296|02:57:17|160|02:57:22|760verbal—related to Mercury—one of the most verbal of all the signs, naturally is receiving a word 1297|02:57:22|760|02:57:30|720here. What is really the mystery or secret of duality? How can—in a way, you know, the 1298|02:57:30|720|02:57:36|920secret of duality, if I say as it strikes me—the secret, the greater secret of duality 1299|02:57:39|320|02:57:49|860is the secret of emanation. How can a one become a two and still remain both one and the two? 1300|02:57:50|820|02:57:57|740How can the two really be the one and still each of the two be apparently independent in 1301|02:57:57|740|02:58:05|700their expressions? So it's really the secret of how the one becomes the many—the secret 1302|02:58:07|560|02:58:17|920of how the one becomes the many. But for all practical purposes, it's going into D.K.'s 1303|02:58:17|920|02:58:26|760statement that spirit is matter, matter is spirit, and soul is them as well, and they're all 1304|02:58:26|760|02:58:33|540three pervaded by life. How can all of these three be different and yet the same and be pervaded by 1305|02:58:33|540|02:58:39|900one synthesizing factor called life? So when he says the greater pairs of opposites, I don't think 1306|02:58:39|900|02:58:44|440it's soul and personality. He usually just talks about the pairs of opposites as soul and 1307|02:58:44|440|02:58:51|140personality, but it's the mystery of the secret—the secret of how soul and personality 1308|02:58:51|140|02:59:01|100relate and how spirit and matter relate. It's all contained in that word that in the second sentence 1309|02:59:01|100|02:59:10|920of the philosophical exposition, uh, Dina 2, page 285: “Being descends to manifest.” How is it that being 1310|02:59:12|040|02:59:19|840can descend to manifest? And he says creation is… then how can being be something else other than 1311|02:59:19|840|02:59:27|580what it is? But it's… it's being, and it's also in a manifested form. It's, uh, it's God and the many 1312|02:59:27|580|02:59:32|320forms that God takes. What is that secret, and how does emanation work? 1313|02:59:34|000|02:59:39|600Then Libra guards the secret of balance, of equilibrium, and finally speaks again the word. 1314|02:59:39|600|02:59:45|680We've got these magical, powerful words which release the initiate from the power of karma. 1315|02:59:46|660|02:59:50|480So we're almost talking about, uh, a shambalic 1316|02:59:50|480|03:00:01|260uh, a shambalic state, uh, leading to the sixth initiation of decision. 1317|03:00:02|660|03:00:07|960Um, so the power of the Lords of Karma… well, that's on the Cardinal Cross, you know. 1318|03:00:07|960|03:00:19|380We… we are released… we are released from karma on the Cardinal Cross, and, uh, 1319|03:00:19|380|03:00:25|440thus Saturn falls in Aries. So there are many times we have to achieve balance and equilibrium 1320|03:00:25|440|03:00:31|840only to have it disturbed by the initiatory processes. But the final condition that this 1321|03:00:31|840|03:00:41|000might refer to is even the sixth initiation, and, uh, from a very balanced, poised, with a completed 1322|03:00:41|000|03:00:49|360point of view, a harmless position, that great decision can be made. Uh, perfect poise, a complete 1323|03:00:49|360|03:00:54|460point of view, and divine understanding—these are all Libra qualities relating to harmlessness 1324|03:00:55|220|03:01:02|220that has been totally achieved when this great decision is made. When really is the 1325|03:01:02|220|03:01:07|260initiate released from the Lords of Karma? Well, in terms of the lower worlds, the initiate is 1326|03:01:07|260|03:01:14|960released at the fourth degree at least, uh, and then… and then Saturn, in one of its aspects, 1327|03:01:14|960|03:01:22|620cannot follow the initiate under the Cardinal Cross, which is, I think, mounted at the fifth degree, 1328|03:01:23|220|03:01:30|240though, you know, even more thoroughly as a liberated monad at the sixth degree. So Libra has 1329|03:01:30|240|03:01:37|000some powers way up there. It's not like we can think of only the human phase when we are 1330|03:01:37|920|03:01:45|420dealing with these… these signs of the zodiac. They… they have applications at various levels of the 1331|03:01:45|420|03:01:51|700human stages of human development, and we might think of, well, some of these signs are only active 1332|03:01:51|700|03:01:58|560in the earlier initiation, but then take a look at the later ones, and you will see that once again 1333|03:01:59|080|03:02:06|040they are active. Libra—Guards the secret of balance, of equilibrium and finally speaks the word which releases the initiate from the power of the Lords of Karma. EA, p.165 What do we have here? We have Libra with the secret 1334|03:02:06|040|03:02:14|820of balance. Oh, how about making that big? Libra with the secret of balance, and we have Gemini with the 1335|03:02:14|820|03:02:20|620mystery or secret of duality—not only a secret but a mystery as well, which means that 1336|03:02:20|620|03:02:26|320ordinary methods of understanding it are not given to success. In Taurus, 1337|03:02:27|600|03:02:33|660the secret of light. Interesting—here it's Mercury that confers illumination. 1338|03:02:36|600|03:02:44|760But Mercury is definitely related to Taurus. It's the, uh, the Buddha planet, uh, Taurus being the sign 1339|03:02:44|760|03:02:51|780of the Buddha, Mercury being Buddha esoterically. So even though Mercury is not the ruler of Taurus, 1340|03:02:51|780|03:02:58|440Mercury and Taurus together are involved in the secret of illumination. >wrap quote>Capricorn—Guards 1341|03:02:58|440|03:03:05|300the secret of the soul itself EA, p.165</wrap> Well, since these are secrets, you know, we're not going to be fathoming 1342|03:03:05|300|03:03:11|540them to the full degree, of course, but we'll, you know, hint our way towards what they might be, and 1343|03:03:11|540|03:03:18|860then some fine day the intuition will speak, and we will know the secret of the soul itself. and this 1344|03:03:18|860|03:03:24|480it reveals to the initiate at the time of the third initiation. EA, p.165 because until that time man is 1345|03:03:24|480|03:03:30|580not the true initiate. He's only a probationary initiate, and until that time the ancient, uh, 1346|03:03:31|800|03:03:40|820authority of the personality is not yet won over. This is sometimes called the “secret of the 1347|03:03:40|820|03:03:45|460hidden glory.” EA, p.165 So there's a great, you know, glorification… glorification occurs at the 1348|03:03:45|460|03:03:51|060third degree, a kind of glorification, a glori… glorification, the glorification. Okay, a 1349|03:03:51|820|03:03:58|880glorification at the third degree. And Christ was transfigured before the three disciples that he 1350|03:03:58|880|03:04:05|480took with him into the desert. They were prostrate before him, and they represented the 1351|03:04:06|640|03:04:13|600physical, emotional, and mental natures, and there was a great illumination, this glorification. 1352|03:04:13|600|03:04:23|560Saint Paul experienced that as well. But glory only continues to become more intense, and we cannot say 1353|03:04:23|560|03:04:28|380that the glory of the third degree is greater than that of the fourth—it isn't—and so forth. 1354|03:04:28|880|03:04:35|940The glory continues to augment. What is the secret of the soul itself? Well, this would involve 1355|03:04:40|380|03:04:50|320the Solar Angel, the fifth Creative Hierarchy, and the way, I suppose, in which the fifth Creative 1356|03:04:50|320|03:04:57|040Hierarchy and Solar Angel is related to the egoic lotus and to the position of 1357|03:04:58|160|03:05:05|800incarnating man upon the higher mental plane. Uh, you know, there are many, many factors involved in 1358|03:05:05|800|03:05:11|900what creates the soul of man on the higher mental plane, and perhaps these are revealed factors 1359|03:05:12|560|03:05:21|120which create the soul of man on the higher mental plane. Perhaps, uh, these are revealed 1360|03:05:22|620|03:05:28|000so. And of course, life upon the higher mental plane is glorious by comparison. It's life within 1361|03:05:28|000|03:05:38|420the radiant egoic bodies. The, uh, the egoic body—it's life, uh, that is no longer opaque. It's life 1362|03:05:38|420|03:05:45|780that is translucent and even, uh, well, moving towards transparency. It's a—we've been told 1363|03:05:45|780|03:05:52|320about the tremendous display of glory upon the higher mental plane, the radiance, all the colors, 1364|03:05:52|320|03:05:59|660the way the egoic lotus is something of beauty to behold—a flower created by the processes of 1365|03:05:59|660|03:06:08|740divine nature itself. These are factors which may be revealed at this point, at the third initiation, 1366|03:06:08|740|03:06:16|520somewhat of how it was that the Solar Angel, being a great being, participated in the soul of man 1367|03:06:16|520|03:06:25|940and gave it its augmentative possibilities. All right, now we seem to be—uh, here we are. 1368|03:06:26|430|03:06:33|200We are a little beyond the three-hour mark, so this is still Esoteric Astrology Adventure 1369|03:06:35|600|03:06:47|120number 68, and, uh, section C. And, you know, I hope I don't regret this, but I'm going to 1370|03:06:47|120|03:06:53|420go on, um, perhaps making this a four-hour presentation. Not sure. I know it will be 1371|03:06:53|420|03:07:00|400harder to download, but it is saving time, as it is at night that I can let this 1372|03:07:00|960|03:07:08|340um, convert into a form that will be usable to you. End here 68c So we will come back to this. Uh, we 1373|03:07:08|340|03:07:14|320were on page whatever we were on, uh, when we started this. 1374|03:07:16|120|03:07:28|940Yeah, we were on page 163, and now we are on page 165. Is that it? 165. 1375|03:07:30|920|03:07:42|400So section C, and these are pages 163 to 165, and we'll be back shortly. 1376|03:07:44|080|03:07:45|480Okay. 1377|03:07:53|900|03:07:54|360So, 1378|03:07:54|360|03:07:59|510now let us continue. We are going into the fourth hour here, 1379|03:08:01|100|03:08:05|670but of course this will be broken up in different ways so that it will be easier to use. 1380|03:08:09|140|03:08:12|740Through certain other of the planetary rulers, 1381|03:08:12|740|03:08:19|980through the medium of which the third and fifth rays work, 1382|03:08:21|220|03:08:27|200Capricorn is connected with other constellations besides the four above mentioned, 1383|03:08:30|050|03:08:36|300but these four are for our purposes the most important. EA, p.165 1384|03:08:38|600|03:08:47|140So, through certain others of the planetary rulers, through the medium of which the third and 1385|03:08:47|140|03:08:51|980fifth rays work, Capricorn is connected with other constellations. Well, I guess we could say, 1386|03:08:51|980|03:08:58|520you know, the third and fifth rays—third ray's operative through the Earth, and Capricorn would 1387|03:08:58|520|03:09:05|000be therefore connected with Sagittarius. The fifth ray, in terms of the present assignments, is only 1388|03:09:05|000|03:09:13|820operative through Venus, but of course both third and fifth ray work through Uranus. So you wonder 1389|03:09:13|820|03:09:24|360about Capricorn in relation to Aquarius. The third ray is only operative through Saturn, so Libra is 1390|03:09:24|360|03:09:33|900there. Capricorn is there, and Libra is one of the constellations to which it is related. But D.K. 1391|03:09:33|900|03:09:38|200probably has in mind some other planets. 1392|03:09:41|380|03:09:45|280Mercury carries a great deal of the third ray, probably on the 1393|03:09:47|560|03:09:54|900personality level and also on the monadic level. But I don't think D.K. is worried about those 1394|03:09:54|900|03:10:00|800at the moment, dealing more with the soul. So basically, what we have is, thus far, 1395|03:10:01|760|03:10:08|160hmm, we have a— 1396|03:10:08|160|03:10:11|900yes, here there: Taurus, the secret of illumination; 1397|03:10:13|320|03:10:19|360Gemini, the secret of duality. These are both Venus connections. 1398|03:10:21|220|03:10:28|140And Libra, the secret of balance. So all of the Venus connections are there. The Saturn connections 1399|03:10:28|140|03:10:34|740here in Libra as well. Capricorn, the secret of the soul itself. So I wonder how many others 1400|03:10:34|740|03:10:42|340he could be speaking of, unless he's speaking of the alternative rulerships, alternative rays in 1401|03:10:42|340|03:10:55|060other of other planets and of other signs of the zodiac. But, um, through the third and the fifth— 1402|03:10:55|060|03:11:06|060yes, yes, here's how we can do that. We can do it this way: through third ray, Capricorn is related 1403|03:11:07|040|03:11:11|200to what? Cancer. Okay. 1404|03:11:15|400|03:11:22|560But we're not dealing with the—well, we're dealing with the third and the fifth rays now. 1405|03:11:23|480|03:11:32|500Through the fifth ray, if it comes through Capricorn, which we have been inferring that it 1406|03:11:32|500|03:11:43|260might, Capricorn is related to Leo and Aquarius. That's another rulership, but this is taking place 1407|03:11:43|260|03:11:52|460On the level of the constellations, we are not dealing so much with planetary rulers here 1408|03:11:52|460|03:11:58|440as we are rays passing through constellations and obviously through the first ray. Capricorn 1409|03:11:58|440|03:12:04|380is related to Leo and Aries. Well, we are doing a little bit of this. Students can work out the 1410|03:12:04|380|03:12:09|900remaining interlocking energies for themselves, if they so desire, EA, p.165 That's the word: interlocking energies. This is 1411|03:12:09|900|03:12:16|640what we are studying here—the great science of relations. 1412|03:12:19|180|03:12:19|820Relations. 1413|03:12:23|140|03:12:30|800And we can make these relations according to the planetary rulers, according to planetary rulers 1414|03:12:30|800|03:12:36|640and constellational energies, and according to the energies passing through the constellations 1415|03:12:36|640|03:12:45|300themselves. So before we know it, we will find that some constellations are more related to others 1416|03:12:46|200|03:12:52|020than other constellations are to those others. But we will also find eventually that every 1417|03:12:52|020|03:12:55|660constellation, as part of a group, is related to every other constellation in that group. 1418|03:12:57|440|03:13:04|600Every planet within a group is related to every other planet within that group—otherwise they 1419|03:13:04|600|03:13:10|260wouldn't form a group, although some relations are stronger than others. So we can work this out if we 1420|03:13:10|260|03:13:17|380desire to do so by relating the rays, planetary rulers and constellations through reference 1421|03:13:17|380|03:13:22|920to the tabulations already given. EA, p.165 If we can find more fifth-ray planets— 1422|03:13:24|560|03:13:32|560some have hypothesized that the undiscovered or hypothetical planet Sigma has a strong fifth ray, 1423|03:13:32|560|03:13:41|160and some have called it the esoteric Saturn—then we can find the relationship of Capricorn 1424|03:13:41|160|03:13:48|840to Sigma via the fifth ray, and so forth. The subject is, however, definitely confusing to the 1425|03:13:48|840|03:13:54|900beginner, EA, p.165—maybe that's an understatement—and it is for this reason that I am dealing here with the 1426|03:13:54|900|03:14:01|860philosophy and symbolism of the signs first of all, so as to familiarise the student with 1427|03:14:01|860|03:14:08|300the general scheme and the universal broad interlocking. EA, p.165 And as usual, D.K. is moving 1428|03:14:09|100|03:14:14|980from the general to the specific, which is the occult way of proceeding. 1429|03:14:17|040|03:14:23|580Okay, we go on. There's a lot here about the third and fifth rays, which are two rays very connected 1430|03:14:23|580|03:14:28|760with the path of discipleship, just the way Capricorn is. Capricorn is the sign of initiation, 1431|03:14:28|760|03:14:34|600but let us remember that for the first two initiations, the individual is technically 1432|03:14:35|480|03:14:43|280upon the path of discipleship, and only at the third initiation is he no longer technically 1433|03:14:43|280|03:14:50|700called a disciple but an initiate. So the path of initiation really takes off after the third degree, 1434|03:14:51|560|03:14:58|620but the path of discipleship includes the path of probationary initiation, which is for the first 1435|03:14:58|620|03:15:05|880and second degrees. The third and fifth rays are peculiarly active upon the path of discipleship, 1436|03:15:06|500|03:15:11|520but now, interestingly, the planets which are peculiarly active upon the Path of Discipleship, 1437|03:15:11|520|03:15:17|140technically considered, are Mercury and Saturn, which are a fourth ray planet and a third ray 1438|03:15:17|140|03:15:23|200planet, though Mercury, as I say, is probably more essentially a third ray planet than it is a fourth 1439|03:15:23|200|03:15:32|100ray planet. I consider Mercury to be of a fourth ray soul nature but probably ultimately a third 1440|03:15:32|100|03:15:38|380ray monadic nature and also a fifth ray monadic nature. So there's those two planets on the Path 1441|03:15:38|380|03:15:43|600of Discipleship: Mercury and Saturn do ultimately bring in the third and the fifth ray. It depends 1442|03:15:43|600|03:15:52|460how deeply we want to go into the levels of these planets and the rays which rule those levels, 1443|03:15:53|520|03:15:58|940periodical vehicles, and so forth. The third and fifth rays—why is he talking so much here about 1444|03:15:58|940|03:16:07|920the third and fifth rays? Well, yeah, they are coming through Capricorn as planetary rulers' rays 1445|03:16:07|920|03:16:15|700of planetary rulers, but also apparently, as I pointed out earlier, as rays which are 1446|03:16:16|580|03:16:18|600constellationally emitted or transmitted. 1447|03:16:21|660|03:16:26|000The third and fifth rays are peculiarly active upon the Path of Discipleship, just as the sixth 1448|03:16:26|000|03:16:32|280and fourth are dominant upon the Path of Evolution EA, p.165 which is a lower path and maybe 1449|03:16:32|280|03:16:36|300also the path of aspiration, and the first and seventh upon the Path of Initiation. EA, p.165 This is a 1450|03:16:36|300|03:16:43|840very important little formulation here: three and five, with its mental polarization, on the Path of 1451|03:16:43|840|03:16:49|300Discipleship; six and four, more with an emotional polarization, upon the Path of 1452|03:16:51|460|03:16:56|840Evolution and of probationary discipleship, or transition is in process; and one and seven on 1453|03:16:56|840|03:17:03|720the path of will, which is the Path of Initiation. The second ray EA, p.165 is the great controller— 1454|03:17:03|720|03:17:11|000controls and dominates all the other rays, as you well know. EA, p.165 Okay. 1455|03:17:11|000|03:17:16|620Hmm, now here's a tabulation. We're talking about path evolution. 1456|03:17:19|020|03:17:24|780Really up to the, uh, almost up to the first initiation, but we have to consider the 1457|03:17:25|320|03:17:28|960path of aspiration and probationary discipleship, which are operating 1458|03:17:29|940|03:17:35|480even before the fifth petal is completely unfolded. Path of discipleship from the first 1459|03:17:35|480|03:17:39|220of the third initiation. Path of initiation from the third initiation onto the ninth. 1460|03:17:40|580|03:17:47|400And, uh, here are rulers of these. He's already told us about the sixth and fourth ray. Well, 1461|03:17:47|400|03:17:57|160on the path of evolution we desire, we aspire. Um, let's see… oh, that's pretty good lining up. 1462|03:17:59|200|03:18:05|280Mars is the sixth ray planet and is obviously bringing a great deal of idealism and conflict 1463|03:18:05|280|03:18:11|160on the path of evolution, and especially as we begin… well, it's active all the time, but 1464|03:18:11|160|03:18:16|220as we become aspirants, we aspire for the sixth ray and we enter into a period of conflict 1465|03:18:17|100|03:18:23|880where the different aspects of our personal nature are at war with each other, eventually 1466|03:18:23|880|03:18:31|500integrate, and then are at war with the soul. So Mars and Mercury, Mercury being the star of 1467|03:18:31|500|03:18:41|120conflict active on the path of evolution. But let's… let's remember that if we go to page 70 of 1468|03:18:43|300|03:18:48|600Esoteric Astrology, we will also see that Mercury and Venus particularly rule the path of 1469|03:18:48|600|03:18:58|420discipleship tests. Let's take a look at that. Whoop, that was wrong. Can press that. So let's try again. 1470|03:18:59|740|03:19:10|260And this time press that one and let's see… Astrology. Okay, page 70, and we will see it. 1471|03:19:10|260|03:19:15|420But disciples upon the path of discipleship are strongly influenced by Mercury and Saturn, 1472|03:19:16|090|03:19:24|420one bringing illumination and the other offering opportunity. So Mercury, although assigned via its 1473|03:19:26|180|03:19:32|060ray association to the path of evolution, also has a very prominent place on the path of 1474|03:19:33|260|03:19:43|220discipleship, doesn't it? Okay, and how do we look at these? Well, a path of evolution… the we are no 1475|03:19:43|220|03:19:46|720longer dealing strictly with those seven constellations which were involved in the 1476|03:19:47|460|03:19:50|840great conflicts through which humanity is presently passing. Now we are dealing with 1477|03:19:52|800|03:19:58|300uh, constellational energies as they are drawn in by the planets, and the planets are listed here 1478|03:19:58|300|03:20:05|660according to ray association. So Aries has Mars as the orthodox ruler, Gemini, Mercury as the orthodox 1479|03:20:05|660|03:20:14|220ruler, uh, Cancer is brought in through ray four and the moon could be listed there because the 1480|03:20:14|220|03:20:18|120Moon brings in ray four, and so we're looking for all planets to bring in ray four. The moon is not 1481|03:20:18|120|03:20:23|480listed as on the path of evolution, though I think in many ways it should be. So why don't I just 1482|03:20:24|580|03:20:30|750kind of put in non-official parentheses the Moon? All right. 1483|03:20:33|000|03:20:37|640Virgo with Mercury as its esoteric ruler and Scorpio with Mars as its 1484|03:20:37|640|03:20:45|100exoteric ruler. These five signs are particularly active upon the path of evolution. 1485|03:20:45|100|03:20:55|120All right, maybe we can even line that up properly. Not sure. I'd like to line it up properly. 1486|03:20:56|140|03:21:03|600It may not be possible if I make them small enough. It may be possible. 1487|03:21:04|360|03:21:09|640A little fastidious, I agree. All right, now we talk about the path of discipleship, 1488|03:21:11|020|03:21:16|880uh, particularly rays three and five. Now, as I said, then I pointed to page 70 of Esoteric Astrology. 1489|03:21:16|880|03:21:23|580It's the Mercury and Saturn, but here we're dealing with the planets as they appear because of the 1490|03:21:23|580|03:21:34|000rays that rule the path. So Venus rules the, uh, it's ruled by the fifth ray or transmits the fifth ray, 1491|03:21:35|200|03:21:41|340and Saturn the third. We should also include in a way Mercury because Mercury is very third ray, 1492|03:21:42|060|03:21:45|880but we would have to do so in, uh, parentheses. 1493|03:21:48|060|03:21:56|420Yeah, in parentheses, meaning the Tibetan didn't write it. Okay, now going back just a little… okay. 1494|03:21:57|380|03:22:03|200Then, um, Gemini would be included because we're talking about the Venus as its esoteric ruler. See 1495|03:22:03|200|03:22:09|880here? Note here: on the path of evolution, the signs involved are based on the exoteric ruler. So let's 1496|03:22:09|880|03:22:20|240just say the signs involved are based on the esoteric… exoteric ruler. It's easier to say 1497|03:22:20|240|03:22:31|000orthodox, but he doesn't want us to do that. He prefers a more definite and closely related 1498|03:22:31|700|03:22:37|380uh, use of terminology with exoteric and esoteric. Okay, now, um, 1499|03:22:39|000|03:22:44|100when it comes to the path of discipleship, Gemini as Venus says it's esoteric ruler… 1500|03:22:45|240|03:22:48|580uh, Sagittarius is coming in here. Why? 1501|03:22:50|340|03:22:57|980Well, it distributes certainly the fifth ray, but also I'm very surprised to see 1502|03:22:58|540|03:23:04|680that the Earth is not mentioned because… and yet accepted that it is an 1503|03:23:06|300|03:23:07|800exoteric planet in a way. 1504|03:23:10|500|03:23:14|900But Earth, of course, distributes the third ray. But on the path of discipleship, it's 1505|03:23:15|500|03:23:20|680a non-sacred planet, so perhaps is not involved. And yet, over here on the path of initiation, Pluto, 1506|03:23:20|680|03:23:26|160a non-sacred planet, is definitely involved. So Earth looks like it should be involved, and 1507|03:23:26|160|03:23:35|020Capricorn is coming in under Saturn and the third ray. Sagittarius is coming in under the third ray, 1508|03:23:35|980|03:23:43|420which has Earth as its esoteric ruler, although the word “Earth” is not given when we come to the 1509|03:23:43|420|03:23:52|560path of initiation. Rays one and seven: rays of will, a more abstract and more encompassing aspect 1510|03:23:52|560|03:23:57|880to the will into the first ray, and a more concrete and specified and focused aspect of the will under 1511|03:23:57|880|03:24:05|960the seventh. So Vulcan comes in as the esoteric and hierarchical ruler. Pluto is the esoteric and 1512|03:24:05|960|03:24:11|900hierarchical ruler, and Uranus as the planet through which the seventh ray is transmitted. So Taurus 1513|03:24:12|560|03:24:21|020comes in under Vulcan for which first ray Vulcan is both the esoteric and hierarchical ruler. 1514|03:24:22|160|03:24:31|800Libra comes in under Uranus, being the esoteric ruler, and Pisces is coming in under Pluto 1515|03:24:31|800|03:24:38|640in the first ray, being the esoteric and hierarchical ruler. And there would probably be 1516|03:24:39|740|03:24:47|220other ways we could deal with this. I mean, there are, of course, first ray constellations like Aries 1517|03:24:47|220|03:24:50|800and Leo and Capricorn which are not mentioned here. So this is pretty much being mentioned in 1518|03:24:50|800|03:25:02|780this way through the planetary rulers. In other words… oops, that's not what I want. Let's see 1519|03:25:03|780|03:25:14|080here. Let's just say here… here, the planetary rulers seem to determine… well, let's just say the 1520|03:25:14|080|03:25:19|520planets associated with the rays seem to determine 1521|03:25:22|480|03:25:25|260which signs are implicated 1522|03:25:27|460|03:25:33|520on the path of initiation. But let's remember that we were dealing with initiates just a little while 1523|03:25:33|520|03:25:37|540ago in terms of those seven constellations, and we had Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces, 1524|03:25:38|500|03:25:49|640not Taurus, Libra, and Pisces. So those other signs were brought in because of their functions 1525|03:25:49|640|03:25:55|160on the path of initiation. Scorpio being active certainly the first three initiations, and maybe 1526|03:25:55|160|03:26:04|240in a different way at the fourth. So, you know, there are so many ways to relate rays, signs, planets—all 1527|03:26:04|240|03:26:11|600these interlocking relationships. And sometimes D.K. doesn't decide to emphasize all of them but is 1528|03:26:11|600|03:26:19|740becoming selective. In this case, Venus and Saturn are pretty much being brought in 1529|03:26:19|740|03:26:25|660in the path of discipleship because of the third and fifth ray. But we've got more going on when it 1530|03:26:25|660|03:26:31|440comes to the constellations implicated, because we've got fifth ray Venus ruling Gemini 1531|03:26:31|440|03:26:36|680esoterically, and we've had third ray Saturn ruling Capricorn esoterically. But what's Sagittarius 1532|03:26:36|680|03:26:42|900doing there? And that has to be a different relationship, not coming in via the planetary 1533|03:26:42|900|03:26:48|240ruler but coming in via the fifth ray, perhaps. Although if Mercury or the Earth were included, 1534|03:26:48|240|03:26:57|120or let's just say Earth, even then Sagittarius would be implicated—third ray Earth. So we're 1535|03:26:57|120|03:27:02|860looking at the path that people tread, and as they're on this path, we should look for these 1536|03:27:03|880|03:27:10|620rays being operative to characterize the way that they are treading that path. 1537|03:27:12|900|03:27:17|240And when they are treading these paths, we should look particularly 1538|03:27:18|160|03:27:22|960towards certain of the planets as characterizing that phase of the path which they are treading. 1539|03:27:22|960|03:27:28|560Of course, the path of evolution is so long—millions of years—that it too can be divided up into 1540|03:27:29|440|03:27:34|300subsidiary sections. And according to those sections, different planets will be operative. 1541|03:27:35|400|03:27:42|900We can't just say Mars and Mercury are operative throughout the whole of what—24 million years? 1542|03:27:43|720|03:27:47|540They are, but other things are also operative. I think we need to 1543|03:27:47|540|03:27:53|900hierarchicalize the level of intensity of any particular planet at any particular stage 1544|03:27:54|820|03:28:04|240of development. If you're a primitive Lemurian type, the Moon and Mars will be very active, 1545|03:28:05|920|03:28:13|520and also Saturn in terms of karmic liability. If you're an emotional Atlantean type, Neptune in 1546|03:28:13|520|03:28:17|580lower aspect and certainly Mars are active. The Moon still remains active. 1547|03:28:18|800|03:28:24|600Other planets can come in, of course, and they all have the way they can be applied at that 1548|03:28:24|600|03:28:31|660emotional stage. If you are a concrete-minded Arian, Mercury in its concrete aspect, Saturn 1549|03:28:31|660|03:28:38|580its concrete aspect, even Uranus representing orthodox science, as we've been told in relation 1550|03:28:38|580|03:28:47|540to the decanates, can come in. Did I say Saturn? Yes, I think I did. Earth can come in. Earth can also 1551|03:28:47|540|03:28:53|680come in in the Lemurian phase and so forth, and those will be, you know, planets which are pretty 1552|03:28:53|680|03:29:01|100well present and important for people passing through those stages. If you're going through 1553|03:29:01|100|03:29:06|040the stage of personality integration, of course the Sun is very important, just like it is for 1554|03:29:06|040|03:29:10|180everybody, but it'll be more important because it's an integrated factor. Maybe Jupiter too 1555|03:29:10|960|03:29:15|400will be important, and Mercury relating things together. Mercury, the fourth 1556|03:29:16|220|03:29:20|640great planet at that fourth stage, they're called personality integration. Later, if you're trying 1557|03:29:20|640|03:29:24|960to integrate with the soul, well we certainly know Venus comes in as very important, indicating that 1558|03:29:24|960|03:29:33|920stage. So does Jupiter, a secondary planet of great fusing and integrative power. So when we're working 1559|03:29:33|920|03:29:41|240with people's horoscopes, we have to look at what the horoscope itself shows, yes, and that's most 1560|03:29:41|240|03:29:48|460particular. But always, what stage of the path are they on? Now I don't know how wide a perspective 1561|03:29:48|460|03:29:52|540we esoteric students really have, because so often we're working with people like ourselves. 1562|03:29:53|280|03:30:00|660We're not necessarily working with people who are longing for personality satisfaction per se and 1563|03:30:00|660|03:30:07|480for some spiritual elevation of that personality satisfaction. We're not very much working with 1564|03:30:07|480|03:30:11|940pure Atlanteans or Kama monastic people. We're certainly not very much working with Lemurians, 1565|03:30:11|940|03:30:18|040of whom there are not so many, nor are we necessarily working with true initiates, because 1566|03:30:18|660|03:30:23|760maybe they wouldn't, you know, need our advice. Maybe they might know more about it than we do. 1567|03:30:26|260|03:30:32|080So, um, what's the phase of the path that people are on? This, of course, one has to be most delicate 1568|03:30:32|080|03:30:36|460about. You can't go telling someone, “Oh, you're on this phase of the path. I just know it,” you know. 1569|03:30:37|020|03:30:43|940It's better to let people discover these things for themselves. It takes longer, but it's more solid 1570|03:30:43|940|03:30:49|780method of approach, although you can, you know, among those who can 1571|03:30:49|780|03:31:00|300um, be trusted to take your thoughts with a grain of salt or as possibilities, you can 1572|03:31:02|180|03:31:10|160hint. You can also say what you know from the teaching, and you can discuss that at this stage 1573|03:31:10|160|03:31:17|420of the path, thus and so is going on. Does this seem to correlate with your life? But you don't want to, 1574|03:31:17|420|03:31:24|520you know, take out the pin and put the butterfly in the collection. That's not the way we have to 1575|03:31:24|520|03:31:33|800operate, and we could be wrong. That's the point. So we do need people to go through all kinds of 1576|03:31:34|800|03:31:39|220speculation about themselves, and even quite fanciful speculations about which we think 1577|03:31:40|040|03:31:47|400they should know better. Eventually they will come to the correct conclusion, and as they're— 1578|03:31:47|400|03:31:51|660that if you're in a position to really know something, then your words will be 1579|03:31:53|160|03:31:57|440more respectfully absorbed and without emotional reaction. 1580|03:31:58|980|03:32:02|500You will notice from the above tabulation one or two interesting points. 1581|03:32:03|960|03:32:10|100These should be carefully considered by all astrologers after determining 1582|03:32:10|820|03:32:15|880the approximate place of the subject upon the evolutionary path in one or other of its three 1583|03:32:15|880|03:32:21|220divisions. EA, p.166—because of course evolution continues, and the path of discipleship is, after all, 1584|03:32:21|720|03:32:29|000a path of evolution, really—so, um, and notice that word “approximate.” It's so important, you know. 1585|03:32:30|520|03:32:38|180Using the concrete mind overly much to pinpoint exactly where someone is upon the path 1586|03:32:38|960|03:32:43|220may involve a huge error, because the concrete mind just doesn't see what the soul is, 1587|03:32:43|220|03:32:49|300and there may be so much more to the soul expression or the soul nature than what is 1588|03:32:49|300|03:32:57|100being expressed. So that word “approximate” is very important, and at least it gives us 1589|03:32:58|260|03:33:05|100a reasonable range of accuracy as we are deciding what planetary rulers to use and how to interpret 1590|03:33:05|460|03:33:15|440uh, different planets. It's astonishing how stubborn certain characteristics and flaws we have in our 1591|03:33:15|440|03:33:22|920nature can be, and how long they take to work through. You think that just knowing about them 1592|03:33:22|920|03:33:28|200would be enough to help dissipate them or transform them in a reasonable amount of time, but uh, 1593|03:33:29|620|03:33:35|000I had a little experience. I talked to a guy that had been working in the Arcane School 1594|03:33:35|000|03:33:40|060long time ago. It was forever and ever and ever. He'd been maybe a member of the same 1595|03:33:41|660|03:33:46|540school for 30 years, I don't know. He'd graduated from the highest degree of it, 1596|03:33:47|000|03:33:54|520and he said, “You know, Mike, I'm just the same blank I always used to be.” I won't tell you the word, 1597|03:33:55|900|03:33:58|460but this was in a moment of 1598|03:33:59|700|03:34:06|820self-assessment. May have been a little harsh on himself there, but it's hard to get rid of 1599|03:34:08|820|03:34:11|200some of these stubborn traits which 1600|03:34:12|800|03:34:17|480seem to stick with us. After all, they've been long in the making. Just because we can identify them 1601|03:34:17|480|03:34:26|460now doesn't mean that they so easily go away. I've seen people really work on themselves. 1602|03:34:27|100|03:34:33|920I've seen first-rate people really try to cultivate loving kindness. I knew a first-rate 1603|03:34:33|920|03:34:38|160person long ago with the first-rate soul and secondary personality, and you could just feel 1604|03:34:38|160|03:34:44|720how that first-rate wanted to blast right through. But the addition of that second ray 1605|03:34:46|220|03:34:54|780so, for good therapeutic purposes, stopped it, modulated it, modified it, re-presented it, 1606|03:34:55|800|03:35:03|420and it was not yet a spontaneous expression, but it was certainly a work in progress. First, that the constellation Gemini appears twice on account of its close connection with the fourth Creative Hierarchy. EA, p.166 1607|03:35:04|500|03:35:14|700So there are a few interesting things that are coming here. We are told first that the 1608|03:35:14|700|03:35:18|060fourth Creative Hierarchy… Yeah, there wouldn't be a fourth Creative Hierarchy 1609|03:35:20|700|03:35:26|500without Gemini. It's one of the signs most important at individualization, providing 1610|03:35:27|020|03:35:32|760let's say the solar angelic aspect of man, or stimulating that part of man. Remember, we have 1611|03:35:32|760|03:35:38|340Gemini here as related to Mercury and Gemini as related to Venus. By the time it's related to Venus, 1612|03:35:38|340|03:35:42|080the higher aspect of the twins is being strongly emphasized. 1613|03:35:44|520|03:35:53|260So anyway, it's here partially because of the rays: Ray Four Mercury ruling Gemini and Ray Five 1614|03:35:54|420|03:36:00|960Venus ruling Gemini esoterically. But he's telling us perhaps a deeper reason for its presence twice 1615|03:36:00|960|03:36:02|120in this 1616|03:36:04|480|03:36:11|720in this important list of the rays which rule the three phases of the path of evolution: 1617|03:36:12|400|03:36:17|600evolution, discipleship, initiation, and the planets and signs thereby associated. 1618|03:36:18|420|03:36:22|800Second, that during the period of the Mutable Cross five constellations 1619|03:36:23|440|03:36:27|060are concerned with the experience of man upon the path of daily life EA, p.166 1620|03:36:29|160|03:36:33|910Um, five perhaps because it's the cross of many changes, and the 1621|03:36:35|840|03:36:41|920the submerged soul, or the immersed soul, has to be subjected to many different impacts 1622|03:36:41|920|03:36:47|890in order to develop that kind of flexibility and versatility of response which will be 1623|03:36:48|480|03:36:55|580needed later. the path of daily life, of constant rebirths and of karmic difficulty. EA, p.166 1624|03:36:57|220|03:37:06|460Constant rebirth suggests cycles. Karmic difficulty certainly suggests Saturn. The mundane life. 1625|03:37:09|080|03:37:17|860Okay, the mundane life here is the life of earth, life upon earth. Five are involved. Four of them 1626|03:37:18|580|03:37:26|840lead to Scorpio, in which sign comes the point of the reversal of the Wheel. EA, p.166 Scorpio and Libra 1627|03:37:28|120|03:37:38|280— uh, Scorpio and Libra under Uranus bring about the reversal of the wheel. 1628|03:37:41|020|03:37:47|020Um, interesting about Scorpio because there's quite a battle in order, with the tendencies of form and 1629|03:37:47|020|03:37:52|080of consciousness moving in two different directions, and the person is tempted and fights against those 1630|03:37:52|080|03:37:56|240temptations. So we can understand how, if the disciple is triumphant at one of those early 1631|03:37:56|240|03:38:00|880phases of Scorpio, the wheel begins to reverse. And you can see how a certain person with a lot 1632|03:38:00|880|03:38:05|900of Leo and plenty of Scorpio, at a certain stage of evolution, could indeed reverse the wheel because 1633|03:38:05|900|03:38:13|900we'd be dealing with the fifth petal under Leo, and the fifth petal, uh, in some ways is also ruled by 1634|03:38:13|900|03:38:20|320Scorpio, if you think about it. Yeah, if we go backwards, is that correct? If we start with 1635|03:38:22|060|03:38:31|140um, Pisces, Aquarius, um, Capricorn… Um, maybe we have to do it… How would we do it? Because it's the 1636|03:38:31|140|03:38:38|980guardian of the fifth gate. So we have five petals to go through, and if we move backwards: 1637|03:38:40|820|03:38:48|240Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, and then we have Sagittarius and Scorpio. Yeah, starting with 1638|03:38:48|240|03:38:54|380with Pisces, we will have Scorpio representing the fifth petal and Leo representing the fifth 1639|03:38:54|380|03:39:00|020petal, and that's the petal in which the first reversal of the wheel is occurring, and the solar 1640|03:39:00|020|03:39:05|340Angel looks in and says, “Now I can do something with this personality which is becoming rightly 1641|03:39:05|340|03:39:16|280oriented.” So five constellations at first, and four of them lead to Scorpio. So let's go back 1642|03:39:16|280|03:39:24|580here and take a look. Yes, there we are: Aries, Gemini, Cancer, Virgo, in that order. I'm not sure… 1643|03:39:26|340|03:39:32|140Aries… It might be Aries, Cancer, Gemini, Virgo. But anyway, there is a purification that occurs and 1644|03:39:32|720|03:39:36|080an internalizing of the process of bringing out the inner Christ, 1645|03:39:37|480|03:39:46|080which, in emerging, causes a great battle which is achieved, or at least experienced, in Scorpio. 1646|03:39:47|500|03:39:51|400Four of them lead to Scorpio, in which sign comes the point of the reversal of the Wheel. EA, p.166 1647|03:39:52|380|03:39:59|060Libra and Scorpio, really, for the reversal of the wheel. Elsewhere he talks about Libra and 1648|03:39:59|060|03:40:07|100the reversal of the wheel, both of them strongly ruled by Uranus, as we can tell because, although 1649|03:40:07|100|03:40:17|400esoteric ruler of Libra is… Scorpio is… excuse me, is Uranus. The exalted planet in Scorpio is 1650|03:40:17|400|03:40:22|440Uranus as well, and Aries too is involved with the reversal of the wheel, just the way you would 1651|03:40:22|440|03:40:31|480expect opposites to be implicated in anything that a particular sign does. Okay, so Scorpio 1652|03:40:31|480|03:40:40|300becomes very important on the path of evolution. There are plenty of battles that a person has to 1653|03:40:40|300|03:40:47|160go through, overcoming that monster of selfishness, until finally we begin to approach… See, the 1654|03:40:47|160|03:40:51|080reversal of the wheel really takes place in a way before the initiatory process begins. 1655|03:40:51|620|03:40:57|960The reversal of the wheel is what allows aspiration to manifest in a strong way and 1656|03:40:59|280|03:41:04|220an even probationary discipleship, which has plenty of battles. So it's almost as if path 1657|03:41:04|220|03:41:09|280of aspiration, path of probationary discipleship, and the first three initiations—five opportunities 1658|03:41:09|840|03:41:14|100for Scorpio in different ways to manifest itself, although most characteristically we know 1659|03:41:14|100|03:41:19|640Scorpio is connected with the second initiation. Third, that on the Path of Discipleship 1660|03:41:21|060|03:41:26|680three constellations control and lead up to the activity of Capricorn, at which time initiation 1661|03:41:26|680|03:41:38|270becomes possible. EA, p.166 So going back here, we have Gemini, Sagittarius, and Capricorn, but I don't see 1662|03:41:39|120|03:41:46|510Scorpio. Scorpio should somehow be here. It says three constellations do what? 1663|03:41:47|510|03:41:54|120Gemini, Sagittarius, and Capricorn. I'm surprised not to see Scorpio. Maybe 1664|03:41:55|040|03:42:01|640there's a transition point: Scorpio on the path of evolution leads to Scorpio on the 1665|03:42:02|500|03:42:08|780path of discipleship. We really shouldn't leave the path of discipleship without Scorpio, and 1666|03:42:08|780|03:42:15|680of course, Scorpio is closely related to Mercury. It has a… the mind has a double power 1667|03:42:15|680|03:42:21|940in Scorpio, and hence fits well on the path of discipleship, though D.K. tells us that 1668|03:42:21|940|03:42:28|740in Scorpio the third ray fails to appear. But I often wonder why he doesn't implicate the other 1669|03:42:28|740|03:42:33|180fixed signs as well about the non-appearance of the third ray. He particularly 1670|03:42:33|700|03:42:39|760mentions it in Scorpio, but then again, in Scorpio the entire conflict has to be brought down under 1671|03:42:39|760|03:42:47|500the physical plane, which is generically ruled by the third ray, and so in a way that third ray is 1672|03:42:47|500|03:42:57|800there. So on the path of discipleship, three constellations control and lead up to the activity 1673|03:42:57|800|03:43:03|660of Capricorn, at which time initiation becomes possible. EA, p.166 Well, at least two of the constellations 1674|03:43:03|660|03:43:13|060which are Gemini and Sagittarius… at least two of the constellations, Gemini and Sagittarius, 1675|03:43:13|060|03:43:17|200lead up to Capricorn, and perhaps Capricorn controls 1676|03:43:20|020|03:43:27|520before it is specifically the sign of initiation. But I would say Scorpio really should be involved 1677|03:43:28|150|03:43:34|760on the path of discipleship, but not according to the ray we're talking about here, although I would 1678|03:43:34|760|03:43:40|350say on the path of discipleship there are plenty of conflicts. I'm looking… I'm thinking of F.C.D. of 1679|03:43:40|350|03:43:46|450A.S.E.J.O. League and Discipleship in the New Age—powerfully fourth ray individual, 1680|03:43:47|970|03:43:55|370probably an initiate of the third degree, probably took that initiation in that life, it seems to me, 1681|03:43:55|370|03:44:06|490and fourth ray very prominent, although Scorpio maybe not so prominent. So that's third… 1682|03:44:06|490|03:44:11|610You know, there's so many intricate interrelationships here, and we have to have 1683|03:44:11|610|03:44:16|590the opportunity to think these through. I welcome the opportunity to discuss these 1684|03:44:16|590|03:44:23|490books with you because I think in a way it's allowing me sort of to think on my feet, as it 1685|03:44:23|490|03:44:31|390were, and to think in a deeper way than I may have over the many years that I've studied this book. 1686|03:44:31|880|03:44:39|090I think I can remember when I first purchased this book back in 1971, probably in the Gnostica 1687|03:44:39|090|03:44:47|190Bookstore, something like that, thereabouts, you know, early, early in the game, maybe early 1688|03:44:47|190|03:44:53|250in 1972, and it was an old copy of the book which I still have and which is nicely falling apart 1689|03:44:53|250|03:44:59|790at the moment through overuse. But I remember that moment when I reached for Esoteric Astrology 1690|03:44:59|790|03:45:06|190on the shelf and I picked it up and saw some random underlining from a previous owner of the 1691|03:45:06|190|03:45:12|810book, and I realized that person had not really wanted to get very deeply into it. And then I 1692|03:45:12|810|03:45:20|850have held that book for a long time, filling in many things. Okay, onward. Fourth, on the Path 1693|03:45:20|850|03:45:28|430of Initiation the activity of all the three Crosses is felt simultaneously through the 1694|03:45:28|430|03:45:39|150“released powers” of Taurus, Libra and Pisces. EA, p.166 Now we do remember that for initiates it was… before… 1695|03:45:39|150|03:45:45|930A Capricorn, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces - that was what was conditioning their battle in the world. 1696|03:45:45|930|03:45:53|590At this time, but at least in terms of the rays connected, Ray One and Ray Seven, if we're looking 1697|03:45:53|590|03:46:00|530at how the planetary and ray conditioning of the path of initiation, we do find these 1698|03:46:00|530|03:46:06|330particular constellations implicated. And we do want to remember that any planet, when it's 1699|03:46:06|330|03:46:11|750functioning, will bring in a sign with which it is associated. But the sign must be associated 1700|03:46:12|370|03:46:23|470at one of the levels of rulership. In other words, let's say if we have Uranus, and we're just 1701|03:46:23|470|03:46:28|430the power of Aquarius, but not necessarily the power of Libra, and certainly not the power of 1702|03:46:28|430|03:46:35|050Aries, because the individual just isn't there. We have to consider the level of rulership 1703|03:46:36|090|03:46:42|690that is appropriate to the individual before we decide what sign that 1704|03:46:44|150|03:46:51|370planet is bringing to that individual. You will note also that - see, okay, so we have a Fixed, Cardinal, 1705|03:46:51|370|03:46:55|490and Mutable Cross. You will note also that the first ray influence, expressing through 1706|03:46:55|490|03:47:00|530Pluto and Vulcan, EA, p.166 one of which is a non-sacred planet, is only felt in a positive manner 1707|03:47:01|770|03:47:08|090upon the Path of Discipleship. EA, p.166 So then, what's happening with that First Ray 1708|03:47:10|510|03:47:18|290on other phases of the path? Let's just see the degree to which 1709|03:47:18|290|03:47:24|890Pluto and Vulcan may be involved on the Path of Discipleship. We know they are, but it's a question - 1710|03:47:24|890|03:47:30|210well, they're not here in terms of discipleship as described here in this tabulation, because it 1711|03:47:30|210|03:47:34|970looks like a pretty mental proposition having to do with the illumination of the mind, the Three 1712|03:47:34|970|03:47:42|530and Five and Venus, and that sort of thing. But this is the path of will, so only upon the Path of 1713|03:47:42|530|03:47:48|510Discipleship is the First Ray felt in a positive manner. And we might even be talking about 1714|03:47:50|880|03:48:01|090that part of the path of discipleship which is related to initiation, because also, in a way, we 1715|03:48:01|090|03:48:12|450realise that all initiates are, after all, disciples. This first ray potency has only lately been 1716|03:48:12|450|03:48:18|990experienced by humanity as a whole as it neared the stage of being the world disciple, EA, p.166 You kind of wonder about 1717|03:48:18|990|03:48:31|950the effect of the 1825 Shamballa impact - impact of 1825 - and the subsequent Shamballa impacts of 1718|03:48:31|950|03:48:42|4301975 and the year 2000, not to forget the possibility of a kind of Shamballa impact occurring during the - 1719|03:48:43|410|03:48:47|730almost occurring in the First World War. But that would have been more even a solar impact, which 1720|03:48:47|730|03:48:55|250would have been astonishing. But the Solar Logos almost intervened in the third year of the late 1721|03:48:55|250|03:49:03|970war - it's called the First World War - but it wasn't necessary. So it's only lately been experienced by 1722|03:49:03|970|03:49:10|690humanity as a whole. Now that would be almost 200 years ago, but in terms of when the Tibetan had 1723|03:49:10|690|03:49:16|830written the book, it would have been about 110 years. and vast numbers relatively stood upon 1724|03:49:16|830|03:49:24|410the Path of Discipleship and Probation. Hence the recent discovery of Pluto and the sensed 1725|03:49:24|410|03:49:31|590power of Vulcan, veiled by the potency of Mercury and hidden behind the planet. EA, p.166 Now there is one of 1726|03:49:31|590|03:49:37|490those occult hints, and some have followed that out to say, “Well, Mercury is always within three degrees - 1727|03:49:37|490|03:49:42|550Vulcan always within three degrees of Mercury - and it's literally hidden behind the planet.” But 1728|03:49:43|170|03:49:47|170some who have researched the matter more thoroughly have said that's not really 1729|03:49:47|810|03:49:54|630possible. So it's a qualitative veiling behind the potency of Mercury and 1730|03:49:56|350|03:50:03|270hidden behind the planet. I think the Vulcan researcher David Walters has come up 1731|03:50:03|270|03:50:10|150with good reasons and good interpretation of this, or at least the interpretation that we cannot 1732|03:50:10|150|03:50:17|630say that it's literally hidden behind the planet Mercury. But this is giving a very powerful hint, 1733|03:50:17|630|03:50:24|990and certainly Vulcan is in an intra-mercurial orbit. One of the astrologers I studied with, Charles 1734|03:50:24|990|03:50:29|190Jayne, said there's also another intra-mercurial planet, and I think Master K.H. said so as well - 1735|03:50:29|830|03:50:33|370maybe it's in the Mahatma Letters. But Charles Jayne identified that other 1736|03:50:33|370|03:50:40|270intra-mercurial planet as Adonis. Whether or not this is factual, time 1737|03:50:41|110|03:50:49|590will tell, but he did know what he was doing. So the potency of Mercury - Mercury and Vulcan oftentimes 1738|03:50:49|590|03:50:56|810show up in the same decanate involved with initiation, and I'm thinking particularly about the 1739|03:50:56|810|03:51:04|950third decanate of Capricorn, where the Sun, Mercury, and Vulcan all are appearing. And I think we'll 1740|03:51:04|950|03:51:12|910have a chance to study that very shortly. And there's already one we have discovered - 1741|03:51:13|770|03:51:20|450we're talking also about a union of these three. That's not what I wanted. 1742|03:51:21|330|03:51:32|350Um, what I wanted was my table of decanates, if I can find that without undue, uh, search. 1743|03:51:33|210|03:51:42|090Let's see. You know, you have to go through a great number of searches as you do this, so this is more… 1744|03:51:42|970|03:51:48|150And I'll just… yes, decanate graphics, and this would be 1745|03:51:49|850|03:51:53|950a graphic here. And if we make it quite big, 1746|03:51:57|050|03:52:07|830we would have the following. Okay, this… and at the very end, uh, Nicholas… this is his… 1747|03:52:07|830|03:52:15|470A lot of these are his interpretation. The various interpreters of decanates that I know about are 1748|03:52:15|470|03:52:22|250Nicholas Nelenn, Holger Staunsberg, Stephen Pugh, a little bit myself here too. And there are always 1749|03:52:22|250|03:52:31|390differences. But here, at the very last part of Mercury of Pisces, we have the Sun, Mercury, and 1750|03:52:32|190|03:52:37|650Mars. So Sun and Mercury are brought in there, but not Vulcan. At the very last part of 1751|03:52:39|710|03:52:42|950Capricorn, we do have the Sun and Vulcan, and I think Mercury should also be 1752|03:52:43|750|03:52:53|450included. So this is the wheel of… how can I call it? This is the wheel of form, I believe, 1753|03:52:53|900|03:53:02|470on the inside, and the wheel of consciousness on the outer… on the outer side. All right, um… 1754|03:53:04|990|03:53:05|770Yeah. 1755|03:53:08|770|03:53:09|550Now, 1756|03:53:13|210|03:53:19|830um, going on… well, not… one shouldn't really go on, um… 1757|03:53:21|590|03:53:25|450Vulcan and Mercury… yeah, well, how can we relate them? The potency of Mercury 1758|03:53:26|370|03:53:35|410is strong for illumination, but the potency of Vulcan is mighty for illumination and produces an 1759|03:53:36|130|03:53:41|330incredible blaze of sort of first ray light, the kind of thing which overcame 1760|03:53:41|330|03:53:46|670Saint Paul on the road to Damascus, which leads to the blinding influence which helps, I would 1761|03:53:46|670|03:53:51|990say, with the blotting out of all form, blotting out the light of form that can happen at the 1762|03:53:51|990|03:53:57|470third degree under the satori experience, illumination, enlightenment experience. 1763|03:53:58|850|03:54:02|970Mercury can still see the form very well in the illumination, but with Vulcan, the blaze of light 1764|03:54:02|970|03:54:07|590is so strong that we do have the blotting out of the light of form, and later in Rule Nine, the 1765|03:54:07|590|03:54:13|590lighting out of all form. So that's the potency. You know, he said, “Well, Neptune is hidden behind 1766|03:54:13|590|03:54:19|990the Moon, and not so many people can stand the unveiled Neptune.” In other words, if the Moon 1767|03:54:19|990|03:54:26|650slid away and Neptune were fully revealed, it would cause increasing… a great increase in sensitivity. 1768|03:54:26|650|03:54:33|490You might almost be overwhelmed by all the influences that came in, Neptune being such a 1769|03:54:34|970|03:54:41|950indicator of receptivity. Well, the same here, in a way, with Mercury and Vulcan. It's an illumination… 1770|03:54:44|550|03:54:48|010illumination relationship. They both have fourth ray: 1771|03:54:48|010|03:54:51|350Mercury as the soul, and I think Vulcan as a part of the monad. 1772|03:54:53|710|03:55:00|910But there's this blinding light of Vulcan, which is hidden behind the ordinary 1773|03:55:00|910|03:55:06|210illumination of Mercury, I think. It's that. And “hidden behind the planet”—is that literal 1774|03:55:07|070|03:55:13|250or is that metaphorical? So, you know, here we have, in a way, Mercury veiling Vulcan. 1775|03:55:13|970|03:55:20|810That's an interesting connection: Mercury veiling Vulcan. Normally, we have the Sun 1776|03:55:21|470|03:55:26|590veiling Vulcan, Neptune, or Uranus, and we have the Moon veiling Vulcan, Neptune, or Uranus, 1777|03:55:27|330|03:55:33|070or maybe sometimes the Sun veiling Jupiter in case of Leo, perhaps. But here we have Mercury 1778|03:55:33|070|03:55:37|810veiling Vulcan, and they really are involved in some of these initiatory experiences, I think. When we 1779|03:55:38|890|03:55:49|090read through the final decanate of Capricorn, we will learn that all three of these planets are 1780|03:55:49|090|03:55:56|470involved in that blaze of light which produces the third initiation in Capricorn, at least. 1781|03:55:56|590|03:56:02|170If all of those three planets are to be maximally potent in Capricorn, it probably will be the third 1782|03:56:02|170|03:56:06|890degree. This doesn't mean, of course, that people cannot achieve other initiations in Capricorn 1783|03:56:06|890|03:56:12|590also, with a measure of illumination and a measure of spiritual will, and, you know, that those planets 1784|03:56:12|590|03:56:17|590can't be involved in that way—they can, of course. I'm calling the Sun a planet; it's not, really, 1785|03:56:17|590|03:56:22|770but the convention is to call it thus in astrology. 1786|03:56:25|370|03:56:29|330Okay, so he has elaborated here on the interrelations 1787|03:56:30|310|03:56:37|550of these rays, planets, and signs at the different stages of evolution. And we always learn more when 1788|03:56:37|550|03:56:45|070we can make a relationship, because the connection between things… in the connection between things, 1789|03:56:45|070|03:56:49|810the light breaks forth. There's an arcing as we relate to things; there's an arc of light which 1790|03:56:49|810|03:56:56|750is created, and we understand something more about the two things than in isolation we understand 1791|03:56:56|750|03:57:03|010them in relationship. <wraps quote>Second ray influences and potencies are abidingly present and pour into 1792|03:57:03|010|03:57:12|010our planetary sphere and life, via the Sun (veiling a hidden planet) and Jupiter. EA, p.167</wrap> And I, you know, a hidden what? 1793|03:57:12|390|03:57:23|750Um, let's say non-sacred planet, although the Sun is very sacred. And, uh, secondary influences pour 1794|03:57:23|750|03:57:28|850in via the Sun as a star because the solar Logos has a secondary personality and secondary soul. 1795|03:57:29|930|03:57:39|590But via the Sun, secondary influences do reach us, um, through a hidden, undiscovered—I think 1796|03:57:39|590|03:57:46|330non-sacred—planet. I think Dr. Baker speculates about this, and the Tibetan seems to suggest it 1797|03:57:46|330|03:57:52|270when it lists the Sun as a non-sacred planet, and the Moon too, of course. But the Sun is certainly 1798|03:57:52|270|03:57:59|850not a non-sacred planet. The Sun is the most sacred entity in our solar system, so it's a veil. 1799|03:58:00|550|03:58:06|130And there is a non-sacred planet somewhere here, and the question is: where? 1800|03:58:07|910|03:58:11|850Some have linked this planet with 1801|03:58:13|750|03:58:19|010so-called Planet Isis, which is way out there, maybe with a period of some 360 years around the Sun— 1802|03:58:19|010|03:58:26|730a speculative planet, undiscovered, hypothesized. But you would think that Planet Isis, way out 1803|03:58:26|730|03:58:32|870there, might be more like a past master and more like one that was actively a sacred planet but 1804|03:58:32|870|03:58:40|010now is simply in a supervisory role. But that's too far for me to venture into. I just know that 1805|03:58:40|930|03:58:45|550Isis has a strong secondary connection and a strong connection with the sun. 1806|03:58:46|390|03:58:52|630It could be that, although it could be a planet that is not discovered, still within the boundary 1807|03:58:52|630|03:58:59|850of Pluto and Jupiter—of course, which is the sacred, especially the sacred secondary planet 1808|03:58:59|850|03:59:05|390closely related to our Sun. Sometimes Jupiter and the Sun are so much alike in some ways. 1809|03:59:06|590|03:59:10|650The Sun being the eye of Jupiter, as it has been called—but it really has a different meaning, you 1810|03:59:10|650|03:59:18|490know, the eye of the deity of a greater deity. But sometimes the sun can be considered as 1811|03:59:18|490|03:59:26|110veiling Jupiter, as is hinted in the Leo chapter. These sweep the forces of Leo, Sagittarius, Pisces, Aquarius 1812|03:59:26|110|03:59:32|690and Virgo into and through our entire planet and all its kingdoms in nature. EA, p.167 So let's take a look 1813|03:59:32|690|03:59:39|690at what is really being said there, because remember now what really is being said is that 1814|03:59:39|690|03:59:57|230planets—planets conduct zodiacal energies, bring them in. And we cannot speak of planetary 1815|03:59:59|110|04:00:02|130energies alone without considering 1816|04:00:03|970|04:00:09|290that through them come zodiacal energies. 1817|04:00:12|930|04:00:21|410Yeah, so let's look at how this will, um, how this will play out. Leo obviously is related to the sun. 1818|04:00:21|410|04:00:29|930Is it also related to the undiscovered, uh, hidden—the hidden secondary planet? Sagittarius related 1819|04:00:29|930|04:00:35|030Jupiter. Pisces related to Jupiter. Aquarius is related to Jupiter. Now he's getting to the 1820|04:00:35|030|04:00:42|050esoteric rulerships, and Virgo is related to Jupiter hierarchically. So he has allowed here 1821|04:00:43|070|04:00:54|830all manner of rulerships. D.K. has allowed all manner of rulerships when speaking of how 1822|04:00:55|430|04:01:06|590the energies of these constellations sweep into our planet and all kingdoms. And it wouldn't be 1823|04:01:06|590|04:01:14|590surprising—the entire solar system. So these all have a strong Ray 2 connection. 1824|04:01:16|750|04:01:22|210The Sun mainly responsible for Leo here, although you can't help but think that this other 1825|04:01:23|250|04:01:28|070hidden secondary planet—presumably it's a secondary planet because the Sun 1826|04:01:29|070|04:01:35|690is said to be a non-sacred secondary planet—and then Jupiter found in all of these other 1827|04:01:35|690|04:01:44|690signs. So if we wonder how it is that, uh, signs of the zodiac or constellational energy reaches us, 1828|04:01:44|690|04:01:53|130it's via the planets that are their rulers or their ray rulers. In other words, if, for instance, 1829|04:01:53|130|04:01:59|810first ray comes from Aries, then that first ray is represented by Vulcan and Pluto, even though 1830|04:01:59|810|04:02:07|490neither Vulcan or Pluto is the standard ruler of Aries. But again, that first ray is also 1831|04:02:07|490|04:02:16|950represented by Mercury and Uranus and Mars. So what an interlocking network of related energies 1832|04:02:16|950|04:02:26|790we do have! So Leo, Sagittarius, Pisces, Aquarius, and Virgo—that second ray is the predominant ray 1833|04:02:26|790|04:02:35|110of our solar system and of our planet because it has a secondary soul, and it is present on all the 1834|04:02:35|110|04:02:42|810aspects of the path. And these are the constellations that bring it in. Now notice above 1835|04:02:43|720|04:02:53|370that the hierarchical rulers were not considered. I don't, uh, well, yeah, I guess they were on the path 1836|04:02:53|370|04:03:00|490of the discipleship. Venus is a hierarchical ruler is considered, yes. But Uranus is a hierarchical 1837|04:03:00|490|04:03:04|930ruler even on the path of initiation because it's hierarchical in Aries and even veiled 1838|04:03:05|110|04:03:12|870hierarchical ruler and Leo is not considered. Pluto hierarchical Pisces and Venus hierarchical Pisces, 1839|04:03:12|870|04:03:19|010but notice that Aries, which really has Uranus as a hierarchical ruler, is not considered. 1840|04:03:19|750|04:03:24|270Although Aries is a major sign of initiation, becoming even stronger in future days, 1841|04:03:24|790|04:03:29|950and is very much related with Libra to the Great Bear and general first ray energies, 1842|04:03:30|830|04:03:38|850hierarchical rulers, however, are not considered on the path of evolution and not even esoteric rulers 1843|04:03:39|890|04:03:45|410on the path of discipleship, because the rays are the most important thing here. 1844|04:03:47|790|04:03:56|090Saturn is considered as an esoteric ruler of Capricorn, but… and Venus a hierarchical ruler 1845|04:03:56|090|04:04:02|530of Capricorn? Well, maybe not. Maybe not. Maybe that's not how it works. Uh, Venus is considered 1846|04:04:02|530|04:04:09|810as the esoteric ruler of Gemini. Yeah, that's it, not a hierarchical ruler. Two hierarchical rulers 1847|04:04:09|810|04:04:15|630are found on the Path of Initiation: Vulcan and Pluto, but they're also esoteric rulers as well. 1848|04:04:16|350|04:04:25|050Uranus is only listed as an esoteric ruler of Libra and not a hierarchical ruler. Otherwise, Aries 1849|04:04:26|090|04:04:32|850would be present on the path of initiation, and Aries really should be present in a way, 1850|04:04:33|990|04:04:38|890certainly the will to initiate, and because Aries is the major first-ray sign and we're talking 1851|04:04:38|890|04:04:44|370about the first ray, and because the seventh ray comes through it as well. But, you know, D.K. will 1852|04:04:44|370|04:04:52|230put things in, leave things out, and we have to try to understand why he does this. Okay. 1853|04:04:56|910|04:05:05|630We're moving from the above. Few points: hints can be gathered together as to the interlocking 1854|04:05:05|630|04:05:14|290forces of all the 12 constellations, and one day… uh, maybe it's already been done. One can sit down, 1855|04:05:14|290|04:05:26|070and I think I've been doing it, you know, at a certain point. But I… I start these books, and I… 1856|04:05:26|070|04:05:32|230As that, the interlocking forces of all the 12 constellations, so constellations to constellations, 1857|04:05:33|010|04:05:39|910constellations to planets either through rulership or ray, and constellations to rays. Turn simple. 1858|04:05:41|490|04:05:48|150So, and we could do that with each of the signs of the zodiac, each of the constellations. 1859|04:05:49|450|04:05:53|650[split 4] text 04 From the above few points, hints can be gathered together as to the interlocking forces of all the twelve constellations, 1860|04:05:53|650|04:06:02|270as they pour into and through all the kingdoms in nature, EA, p.167 The kingdoms of nature themselves 1861|04:06:03|130|04:06:09|210being ruled by different rays, and the assignments of those rays are various. 1862|04:06:10|470|04:06:16|630You know, we can always think of the mineral kingdom is ruled by one and seven, the vegetable 1863|04:06:16|630|04:06:24|570by two and six and four, the animal kingdom by six and three with a nascent five coming in, 1864|04:06:25|230|04:06:29|810the human kingdom by the fourth ray, but also the fifth kingdom of souls by the fifth ray, 1865|04:06:31|050|04:06:35|370the kingdom of planetary lives: well, third ray and sixth ray again, perhaps. 1866|04:06:35|370|04:06:39|350Kingdom of solar lives: ray one and seven, the opposite of the mineral kingdom. 1867|04:06:41|050|04:06:45|590Hints can be gathered as to the interlocking forces of all the 12 constellations. He's pointed 1868|04:06:45|590|04:06:48|810us in the right direction as they pour into and through all the kingdoms of nature, 1869|04:06:49|690|04:06:56|910which are operating throughout the entire solar system, carrying with them also not only their own 1870|04:06:56|910|04:07:07|270individual potencies EA, p.167 The individual potencies mean the potencies of each one of those 1871|04:07:07|270|04:07:11|490constellation lords, and I'll write that down: 1872|04:07:13|150|04:07:16|550“Potencies of the constellational 1873|04:07:19|550|04:07:27|810C.L.s.” C.L.s? No, not really. A constellation lords. 1874|04:07:30|450|04:07:38|570but also those of the seven rays, EA, p.167 and we know how that goes. We can review it. 1875|04:07:38|910|04:07:46|230Ray one through Aries, Leo, and Capricorn. Ray two through Gemini, Virgo, and Pisces. Ray three through 1876|04:07:46|230|04:07:54|730Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn. Ray four through Leo… uh, uh, Sagittarius and Aquarius? Wait, 1877|04:07:55|180|04:08:05|030yeah, is that… no. Ray four through Taurus, Sagittarius, and… and, uh, Scorpio. Okay. Ray five through Leo, 1878|04:08:05|030|04:08:13|650Sagittarius, and Aquarius. Ray six through, um, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces. And ray seven through Aries, 1879|04:08:13|650|04:08:20|750Cancer, and, uh, Capricorn. So, carrying not only their individual potencies, which are different 1880|04:08:20|750|04:08:25|010from the rays they transmit, but also the energies of the seventh ray… seven rays, 1881|04:08:25|710|04:08:34|770focussed through the sacred and non-sacred planets— EA, p.167 But the rays that are transmitted through 1882|04:08:34|770|04:08:42|470the constellations come through those planets, even though the planet may have a different ray. 1883|04:08:42|470|04:08:45|110I mean, look, you know, let's take a look, uh… 1884|04:08:48|290|04:08:53|310Yeah, Mercury is one of the rulers of Aries, esoteric ruler. Well, it's a fourth ray planet, but 1885|04:08:55|010|04:09:01|930first ray is coming through, um, Aries, and so a seventh ray. And therefore, Mercury will be 1886|04:09:01|930|04:09:08|770a transmitter, not an emitter, but a transmitter of first ray and seventh ray, even though it's a fourth 1887|04:09:08|770|04:09:17|770ray… third ray… fifth ray planet. So the rays begin to pile up, and the planet can emit its own ray, 1888|04:09:17|770|04:09:24|910perhaps, but transmit a higher ray. So here comes the 12 constellations with their own nature. 1889|04:09:26|330|04:09:30|690Each has… each is a… is a being with its own definitive nature, regardless of what rays 1890|04:09:30|690|04:09:36|570that may be associated with, what planets it may be associated with. Each of these is a 1891|04:09:37|210|04:09:47|390planetary lord with its own definitive nature. Okay, and also the seven rays focus through the 1892|04:09:47|390|04:09:53|010sacred and non-sacred planets, but being constellational rays as well, the discovered 1893|04:09:53|010|04:10:01|070and undiscovered planetary Lives. EA, p.167 Okay, we have a number of things operating: sacred and non-sacred, 1894|04:10:01|070|04:10:08|310but discovered and undiscovered or hidden - hidden sometimes near to discovery, but hidden. 1895|04:10:08|870|04:10:13|030It has been occultly said - the division of these powers. Notice how he's talking about this in the 1896|04:10:13|030|04:10:18|690Capricorn chapter as if you're on the mountaintop, able to see all these things simultaneously. 1897|04:10:19|390|04:10:26|390It has been occultly said that a vision of these powers and their many 1898|04:10:27|330|04:10:33|750weaving lines EA, p.167 Notice the third ray idea there - third ray - so comes through Capricorn. 1899|04:10:33|750|04:10:40|490There are many interweaving lines (seen as rivers and streams of light) is given to the initiate 1900|04:10:40|490|04:10:44|750from the mountain top of Capricorn, once that summit has been reached. EA, p.167 And I would think, you know, 1901|04:10:44|750|04:10:49|390especially if the initiate is working along the third or fifth line, and maybe the second… 1902|04:10:49|390|04:11:00|670uh, maybe not to the initiates of all rays, but especially I would think, especially 1903|04:11:02|430|04:11:09|850third, fifth, and even second ray. But, you know, let's see. 1904|04:11:10|720|04:11:16|670And let's try to remember: when that happens, It is at the Transfiguration initiation EA, p.167 1905|04:11:19|450|04:11:26|290ruled - uh, archetypally by Capricorn - that this vision appears before the eyes of the astounded 1906|04:11:26|910|04:11:32|710disciple. EA, p.167 Notice he's an initiate, but he's still called a disciple. All are disciples - even the 1907|04:11:32|710|04:11:38|950Christ himself is a disciple. So it is at this transfiguration initiation that this vision 1908|04:11:38|950|04:11:46|750appears before the eyes of the astounded disciple. Must be something to behold, and if beheld, to 1909|04:11:46|750|04:11:47|510remember. 1910|04:11:49|950|04:11:54|950From the mountaintop of Capricorn, once that summit has been reached… So Capricorn has so much to do 1911|04:11:54|950|04:12:02|550with the great interlocking energies because of its third and… and implied fifth ray nature. So 1912|04:12:02|550|04:12:09|790much can be seen panoramically and penetratively from the mountaintop of Capricorn. The great 1913|04:12:09|790|04:12:15|150experiences upon the various mountain tops as related in the Bible have all to do with 1914|04:12:15|150|04:12:25|570Capricorn. Moses, the Lawgiver on Mount Sinai, is Saturn in Capricorn 1915|04:12:26|270|04:12:30|190imposing the law of karma upon the people. EA, p.167 Now you kind of wonder about Moses - he was said, 1916|04:12:31|470|04:12:43|930along with Muhammad, to be born in Aries. I believe that's, uh… 1917|04:12:43|930|04:12:48|930might be in The Labours of Hercules. I have the quote: Moses and Muhammad in the Aries. But you 1918|04:12:48|930|04:12:54|070kind of wonder, because it is a mountaintop experience for Moses, and he's so identified 1919|04:12:54|070|04:12:59|230somehow with the third initiation, with the rending of the veil at the third initiation, 1920|04:12:59|230|04:13:05|350bringing the law. Because the lawgiver had to go to the mountain to get the law, and it is, uh… 1921|04:13:06|670|04:13:12|570the Ten Commandments under Saturn. As far as the higher law of love, it's not that he brought that 1922|04:13:12|570|04:13:22|350down - he brought down a Saturnian law, bringing the law of karma to an unruly people, 1923|04:13:24|330|04:13:31|520people who had gone backwards in… uh, retrogressing into the age of Taurus and 1924|04:13:32|640|04:13:45|220worshipping the… the lower energy connected with Taurus. So in the, um, tenth rule found in The 1925|04:13:45|220|04:13:53|640Rays and Initiations, the lawgiver is one of those who rent the veils, and we have to assume that 1926|04:13:53|640|04:13:58|460Capricorn was probably a big part of his nature. Otherwise, in a way, what was he doing on the 1927|04:13:58|460|04:14:05|300mountain? So we can ask, uh, was Capricorn also, 1928|04:14:09|340|04:14:21|120with Aries, a strong part of the… part of the horoscope of the lawgiver? 1929|04:14:22|220|04:14:29|700Uh, Master Morya presumably has Moses - at least that's one of the assumptions, though there are 1930|04:14:30|320|04:14:32|580issues of timing involved there. And 1931|04:14:33|960|04:14:37|980I think Philip Lindsay, in his excellent book The Hidden History of Humanity, 1932|04:14:39|600|04:14:42|980suggests that the taking down of the Ten Commandments 1933|04:14:43|950|04:14:49|520may have been a much earlier event than we suppose it to have been. 1934|04:14:57|640|04:15:03|320Okay, now he's going to, you know, get into the idea of Moses and the Jewish people. 1935|04:15:05|080|04:15:11|500Although Moses was also said to have been an Egyptian aristocrat who was an initiate, 1936|04:15:12|200|04:15:17|280but must have had a very strong connection - karmic connection - with the Jewish people. 1937|04:15:18|160|04:15:26|100Was this Master Morya? If it was, it will be quite an amazing light on the history of the Jews, because 1938|04:15:26|100|04:15:37|040he is considered to be also King Solomon, who is… definitely was a great initiate. Um, okay. 1939|04:15:38|680|04:15:46|340So Moses, symbolically at least, is Saturn in Capricorn imposing the law of karma upon the 1940|04:15:46|340|04:15:50|180people. And once he's done that, it seems to have followed them all the way because 1941|04:15:50|740|04:15:56|600the Jewish people is ruled by Capricorn in the personality, and at this present time with 1942|04:15:56|600|04:16:01|900Pluto ruling through the person going through Capricorn, along with the charts of a number of 1943|04:16:01|900|04:16:10|440other nations, there will be great changes, I think, for the Jewish group, especially through Israel, I 1944|04:16:10|440|04:16:18|660suspect. But Australia and Greece… wow, look at Greece, huh, with its Capricorn personality. 1945|04:16:18|660|04:16:28|060Australia is involved there. India is involved in one other I'm not remembering which it is, but 1946|04:16:28|060|04:16:33|540there's one other. I do believe A clue to the significance of the Jewish people as a karmic 1947|04:16:33|540|04:16:37|140clearing house can be found here. <EA, p.167—whatever that means, I suppose it means that when you have a lot of karma, 1948|04:16:37|980|04:16:45|940you can be born into that group for the clearing of that karma—can be found here. When there is 1949|04:16:45|940|04:16:55|210great karma, be born into the Jewish group for the clearing of that. Come, of course we have to also 1950|04:16:56|500|04:17:07|120think about the idea that many of the Jewish groups seem to stay together and to re-enter 1951|04:17:07|140|04:17:13|220and to reincarnate repeatedly in that group, although I think it's possible for many people 1952|04:17:13|220|04:17:19|360to pass through the Jewish group and without necessarily having a long history with it. And 1953|04:17:19|360|04:17:28|880such was the case for some of the disciples in D.K.'s group. R.S.U. was one of them, and maybe F.C.D. could 1954|04:17:28|880|04:17:35|820be considered as one of them, although D.K. said he had overcome that particular Jewish conditioning 1955|04:17:35|820|04:17:42|300long ago. Does it necessarily mean that one was associated with the previous solar system? I would 1956|04:17:42|300|04:17:49|140say it doesn't necessarily mean that. In other words, the original nomads from the previous 1957|04:17:49|140|04:17:57|040solar system can even now, I suspect, be found in many different groups, but they will be strongly 1958|04:17:57|040|04:18:08|120conditioned by the third ray of that system. Okay, so anyway, karmic clearing house, 1959|04:18:09|560|04:18:13|080and that means everything has to pass through it and 1960|04:18:14|880|04:18:22|120karma is cleared. What a tremendous clearing of karma occurred in the Second World War, and 1961|04:18:22|120|04:18:29|480I won't say especially for the Jewish group, but certainly in a way vocally for the Jewish group, 1962|04:18:30|330|04:18:40|740even though that is being denied today for inglorious reasons. But anyway, it must have 1963|04:18:40|740|04:18:49|580been a great liberation that occurred for many to pass through such terrible circumstances, but 1964|04:18:49|580|04:19:00|560liberating them for a wider effectiveness once the karma has been cleared. So he says, Ponder on 1965|04:19:01|380|04:19:07|600those words “a karmic clearing house.” EA, p.167 I guess he's talking about, you know, sort of banking 1966|04:19:07|600|04:19:14|600terminology where checks, I guess, and certain kinds of financial papers have to pass through 1967|04:19:14|600|04:19:20|880clearing house before they are sent on. I'm not sure it's so prevalent today with electronic 1968|04:19:20|880|04:19:27|640methods, but in those days it was—everything had to pass through that. So that when there 1969|04:19:27|640|04:19:33|760is a great buildup of karma, I suppose passing through the Jewish group is a way to expiate 1970|04:19:34|360|04:19:38|580that karma rather rapidly. The Mount of Transfiguration— 1971|04:19:40|160|04:19:44|560that's not Mount Sinai, but The Mount of Transfiguration in the New Testament is Venus 1972|04:19:44|560|04:19:53|160in Capricorn when love and mind and will meet in the person of the Christ, EA, p.167 Love and mind, the second ray 1973|04:19:53|160|04:19:59|560and the third ray, the soul and the personality, and he was—and really, you know, in a way the 1974|04:19:59|560|04:20:04|640present solar system and the previous one— and “He was transfigured” before all men. EA, p.167 1975|04:20:06|780|04:20:11|920And that's what we all, as a race and as groups of disciples, have to look forward to: 1976|04:20:12|560|04:20:16|960to climb that mountain of transfiguration with the three aspects of the personality prostrate 1977|04:20:18|340|04:20:26|140before the glorified Christ. So we have Mount Sinai, the mountain of the law, and we have the 1978|04:20:26|140|04:20:34|620Mountain of Transfiguration. At the same time, He received the vision of the Father EA, p.167 That's where 1979|04:20:34|620|04:20:41|580vision—he received the vision of the Father and of what He had to do as He “went up to 1980|04:20:41|580|04:20:47|020Jerusalem,” EA, p.167 Well, in a way you had to go down to the actual Jerusalem, but going up to Jerusalem 1981|04:20:47|020|04:20:55|540is Shamballa, so indeed it's an up rather than a down. And so that vision relating to Shamballa 1982|04:20:56|140|04:21:00|380was conferred upon the Christ at the time when the monad makes itself more consciously 1983|04:21:01|020|04:21:06|300impressive at the third initiation. It's not just about love and wisdom; it's also about will, 1984|04:21:06|860|04:21:12|260and that's where Vulcan comes in at the third initiation. It's a Vulcan-Venus connection, and 1985|04:21:12|260|04:21:20|180I suppose it's a big connection between the top of the head and the forehead, and also coming to the 1986|04:21:20|180|04:21:30|240back of the skull where Pluto could be involved in the sort of base of the spine center of the head 1987|04:21:30|380|04:21:36|860itself. So he had to, At the same time, He received the vision of the Father and of what 1988|04:21:36|860|04:21:44|200He had to do as He “went up to Jerusalem,” the place of death EA, p.167 which is Shambala. Of course, it was a 1989|04:21:44|200|04:21:49|200literal death for Master Jesus that the Christ was overshadowing, the place of death and likewise 1990|04:21:50|120|04:21:56|240the city of peace. EA, p.167 as Shambala is the only center of true peace on our planet at this time. 1991|04:21:57|420|04:22:06|720This Jerusalem is Pisces. EA, p.167 Well, you think about Venus is the planet of peace exalted in Pisces, and 1992|04:22:06|720|04:22:15|420as Pisces takes from all the signs and Jerusalem or Shambala accumulates all the signs and 1993|04:22:15|420|04:22:24|160distributes them accordingly, that's the place of the ultimate sacrifice and it's the place of the 1994|04:22:24|880|04:22:35|180great savior who is Sanat Kumara and who is somehow the great sacrifice. 1995|04:22:36|080|04:22:41|960He is the great sacrifice. He is Pisces. We think about Sanat Kumara under the influence of Pisces. 1996|04:22:41|960|04:22:47|760Actually, he's under the influence of all the signs, but S.K. under the influence of Pisces 1997|04:22:47|760|04:22:59|280is the great sacrifice. And of course, the Master Jesus made a corresponding sacrifice, and 1998|04:22:59|940|04:23:05|220the Lord Christ made an even greater sacrifice in the Garden of Gethsemane, in which he, in a 1999|04:23:05|220|04:23:11|420Piscean manner, said, “Not my will, but thine be done,” as he surrendered to, at the sixth initiation, to 2000|04:23:11|420|04:23:19|880great will of Sanat Kumara, which laid out before him the way in which he could become 2001|04:23:20|600|04:23:26|080what was intended to be the world savior for two consecutive processional ages: that of Pisces 2002|04:23:26|080|04:23:34|540and that of Aquarius. In Aquarius, EA, p.167 toward the end of his life, Christ, through the Master Jesus, 2003|04:23:35|200|04:23:40|440Christ put His disciples in touch with the “man, bearing a pitcher of water,” EA, p.167 It was kind of a 2004|04:23:40|440|04:23:45|180prophecy: “You will meet this man and you will be led to the upper room.” 2005|04:23:46|680|04:23:53|780He is Aquarius, and he's a foretelling, an Aquarian destiny for his disciples and how they have to 2006|04:23:54|440|04:24:01|980prepare for that, having the last supper where they will break bread together. the “man, bearing a pitcher 2007|04:24:01|980|04:24:07|500of water,” Aquarius, and in the upper room introduced them to union and unity under the symbolism of the 2008|04:24:07|500|04:24:17|680union feast. EA, p.167-168 It's the union and unity that is to be experienced by all, or at least by many— 2009|04:24:18|580|04:24:29|400by many, I'll say—during the age, during the age of Aquarius. For that feast, humanity is today 2010|04:24:29|400|04:24:35|060preparing, EA, p.168 Really requires sharing, doesn't it? Of course, now under Libra, a great adjustment is 2011|04:24:35|060|04:24:41|180occurring between the haves and the have-nots, even within the same country, especially within 2012|04:24:41|180|04:24:47|580the same country. For a long time, we've had the north-south divide, and I don't know how much 2013|04:24:48|080|04:24:54|640readjustment there has been between the haves and have-nots globally considered, but now within 2014|04:24:54|640|04:25:00|180countries, I think it's liable to be more effective. The disparity between the rich and poor in 2015|04:25:00|180|04:25:09|120countries is now being adjusted. It's not tolerated any longer. For that feast, humanity is today 2016|04:25:09|120|04:25:16|780preparing, as we saw when studying the last constellation. EA, p.168 which was Aquarius, bringing union, 2017|04:25:16|780|04:25:20|100unity. You know, we're talking about Jupiter here. We're talking about the second ray. 2018|04:25:22|620|04:25:29|480Jupiter transmitting for disciples of the world the qualities of Aquarius. We're talking about the 2019|04:25:29|480|04:25:34|360group consciousness of Aquarius and the circulation of energies and forces which will 2020|04:25:34|940|04:25:41|400go a long way, I think, towards eliminating the huge disparities between the energetically rich 2021|04:25:41|400|04:25:47|140and the energetically poor. Of course, you can't quite help that in terms of evolution because 2022|04:25:47|140|04:25:52|220people have either accumulated a great deal of energy and can distribute it through merit, or they 2023|04:25:52|220|04:25:56|780have not. So we have spiritually the rich and the poor, but in terms of that which gives material 2024|04:25:56|780|04:26:04|080opportunity, we can eliminate these huge discrepancies. The astrological significance 2025|04:26:04|080|04:26:11|720of the New Testament is as yet little understood. EA, p.168 and D.K. has done a good job of 2026|04:26:13|160|04:26:18|400elucidating at least some of this. Christ was born in Capricorn, EA, p.168 Well, the Master Jesus was certainly 2027|04:26:18|400|04:26:25|400born in Capricorn, but Jesus, signifying that which would carry the Christ light, he was born in 2028|04:26:25|400|04:26:34|840Capricorn. We are told, perhaps under, as a rising sign, the sign Virgo. fulfilled the law 2029|04:26:34|840|04:26:41|520under Saturn, EA, p.168 for a long time, maybe for 30 years, although it is said that he went elsewhere to 2030|04:26:41|520|04:26:51|360learn. But 30 is a third ray division, and so the fulfilling of the law for the first 30 years of 2031|04:26:51|360|04:26:59|020life before he began his mission under the second ray seems appropriate. initiated the era of 2032|04:26:59|020|04:27:06|880intelligent brotherhood under Venus EA, p.168 which will be the ruler of the third decanate of Aquarius 2033|04:27:07|380|04:27:11|080and is the hierarchical ruler of Capricorn. So there's a very strong connection between 2034|04:27:11|080|04:27:19|280Capricorn and, uh, Aquarius through the decanate ruler of Aquarius and the hierarchical ruler of 2035|04:27:19|280|04:27:28|160Capricorn initiated the era of intelligent brotherhood under Aquarius under Venus. 2036|04:27:30|320|04:27:36|940And that has not yet taken place, but all the indications of how it can be done have been given. 2037|04:27:37|860|04:27:45|320We have simply to follow that which is of the Christ in the New Testament, and intelligent 2038|04:27:45|320|04:27:51|340brotherhood will come about. And there will be initiates, perhaps quite a many second degree 2039|04:27:51|340|04:27:55|240initiates I would expect in the age of Aquarius, but some third degree initiates. And in both cases, 2040|04:27:56|480|04:27:59|420Capricorn and Aquarius will be involved, and Venus will be involved. 2041|04:28:00|560|04:28:03|700and is the perfect example of the Capricornian initiate 2042|04:28:05|860|04:28:11|020who becomes the world Server in Aquarius, and the world Saviour in Pisces, EA, p.168 And this is 2043|04:28:11|020|04:28:17|060um, discussing the union of both the Christ and the Jesus expression. 2044|04:28:19|840|04:28:24|460Jesus was not yet the world savior. It was truly the Christ was the world savior, but certainly 2045|04:28:24|460|04:28:30|420Jesus was a great world server, especially under the tutelage of the Christ. Jesus was 2046|04:28:30|420|04:28:36|140the Capricornian initiate. He had taken the third initiation as Joshua the High Priest. 2047|04:28:37|460|04:28:43|080So the incarnations of Jesus have been given by the Tibetan, some of the significant ones: 2048|04:28:43|080|04:28:51|920Joshua the son of Nun, Jeshua the priest, Joshua the High Priest, and finally Master Jesus taking 2049|04:28:51|920|04:28:57|040the fourth initiation. So that's his history, sort of from the second initiation through the fourth. 2050|04:28:57|040|04:29:04|560And then we're told as Apollonius of Tyana, which in my suspicion is Apollonius as a disciple of 2051|04:29:04|560|04:29:12|820Master Jesus giving the Master Jesus his body for use in a tulku kind of fashion, with Master 2052|04:29:13|360|04:29:18|140Jesus taking the fifth initiation at that time through the vehicle of Apollonius of Tyana. 2053|04:29:19|100|04:29:24|800So that's like five initiations of the initiate Jesus until he becomes the Master Jesus. 2054|04:29:26|220|04:29:30|980So these are all the things that happen in the New Testament. Christ was born in Capricorn, 2055|04:29:31|540|04:29:36|380maybe quite literally so, although people have fished around for the birth of the Master Jesus, 2056|04:29:36|380|04:29:41|400thinking it could have been an Aries, could have been here or there. But I think it makes sense in 2057|04:29:41|400|04:29:46|740Capricorn, fulfilling the law under Saturn, which he certainly did. And that job of being a 2058|04:29:46|740|04:29:52|040carpenter—Master Jesus as a carpenter is a very Capricornian Saturnian thing—deals with density, 2059|04:29:52|040|04:29:57|560concretion. Some of these stories have said that he used to make crosses, which would be incredibly 2060|04:29:57|560|04:30:03|060ironic. Initiated the era of intelligent brotherhood under Venus, and I think that 2061|04:30:03|760|04:30:09|360would have to be the Christ through Jesus who did this and is the perfect example. And here we have 2062|04:30:09|360|04:30:13|220the combination of their two lives as the Capricornian initiate, because long ago Christ 2063|04:30:13|220|04:30:18|620was that who became the world server in Aquarius—and long ago Christ was that—but the Master Jesus 2064|04:30:18|620|04:30:23|940was becoming that and the world's savior in Pisces, and Christ through Jesus could be that, 2065|04:30:23|940|04:30:31|060thus completing the round of the zodiac and able to say triumphantly in Pisces “It is finished.” EA, p.168 And 2066|04:30:31|060|04:30:38|700that is Master Jesus speaking—that's not the Christ, I believe. So Master Jesus speaking, meaning 2067|04:30:38|700|04:30:45|020that it is no longer necessary for him to take incarnation in the usual form, at least, although 2068|04:30:45|020|04:30:51|640you know he has his mayavirupa, I believe, and he took a further initiation as Apollonius of Tyana. 2069|04:30:53|560|04:30:59|240So, um, and you know that whole Apollonius thing is so important to sort out because it looks like 2070|04:31:01|140|04:31:13|620Apollonius was, um, how can we say, he had a long—he had a long life, and he was born, uh, before 2071|04:31:13|620|04:31:20|820Master Jesus or the initiate Jesus died. So how could Apollonius be Jesus? But the way it could be, 2072|04:31:20|820|04:31:27|280of course, is that Apollonius was the disciple of Jesus, and we all know that just the way the Christ 2073|04:31:29|440|04:31:35|780took the body of Jesus, so Jesus could take the body of Apollonius. So it seems to me, anyway, 2074|04:31:37|160|04:31:41|020completing the round of the zodiac as a fourth degree initiate, Master Jesus could triumphantly 2075|04:31:41|020|04:31:47|180say, “It is finished.” “My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me?” can mean many things. It can mean the 2076|04:31:47|180|04:31:51|780solar Angel returning to the heart of the Sun, Master Jesus left on his own in a way 2077|04:31:52|660|04:31:59|020in relation to his own inner God, the Monad. We have to see who's talking, because it was the 2078|04:32:00|020|04:32:07|220Christ overshadowing the Master Jesus, I believe, on the cross. But who is speaking? And so often 2079|04:32:07|220|04:32:16|180It seems that it is the Master Jesus speaking, but still overshadowed by the Christ. Okay. 2080|04:32:16|720|04:32:24|140What a wonderful chapter this is! Uh, so deep. The whole book is such a gift to humanity. 2081|04:32:25|300|04:32:32|380What a gift! And uh, the most occult of all the Tibetan's books because dealing exclusively 2082|04:32:33|140|04:32:39|420with energies. Although, you know, Cosmic Fire is pretty occult, but this is dealing 2083|04:32:39|420|04:32:43|660entirely with energy, and this is one of the books that is promised to continue 2084|04:32:45|620|04:32:52|940uh, after 2025, or perhaps in 2025. As I said, some feel they're already doing that, but 2085|04:32:53|640|04:33:00|760there's so much to develop in what Master D.K. gave that uh, those who feel they are giving out 2086|04:33:00|760|04:33:05|220the third dispensation at this point are, I believe, simply continuing what Master D.K. is given. 2087|04:33:05|980|04:33:08|500And that enough—that in itself is a worthy, 2088|04:33:09|700|04:33:17|200worthy task and worthily accomplished by some—and should be enough. When Master D.K. actually gives out 2089|04:33:17|200|04:33:24|280his new books on esoteric astrology, we'll know it because only a master could have written it 2090|04:33:24|280|04:33:32|420and not simply an intelligent astrologer, of which there are a few. So let us be patient. 2091|04:33:35|080|04:33:38|000Oops, that's not a good sign. 2092|04:33:39|880|04:33:45|780I'm getting a little interference here, and maybe it's because of what I just said. 2093|04:33:49|920|04:33:56|480So uh, there is a problem and—oh, and that problem—that problem just ceased. 2094|04:33:58|340|04:34:01|140That problem just ceased. Hold on. 2095|04:34:03|460|04:34:08|020Um, just—okay, you're right in the middle of my webinar. 2096|04:34:11|140|04:34:15|320Well, okay, if I'm finishing up a half hour—web—I have a half hour more to go, 2097|04:34:15|920|04:34:21|400and then I'll be happy to give you a call. But right now you're in the Capricorn chapter, 2098|04:34:22|000|04:34:24|740and you came in announced by thunder and lightning. 2099|04:34:28|380|04:34:34|640Okay, thank you. Thank you for coming in. It could—I have Tuye's computer uh, connected, 2100|04:34:34|640|04:34:41|200so I'm not being thrown off. But you're welcome to listen uh, just stay on mute as she is. 2101|04:34:43|260|04:34:47|080Oh heavens, oh heavens! Okay, well there you are for posterity. 2102|04:34:47|080|04:34:50|200Okay, I'll just continue and I'll give you a call a little later on. 2103|04:34:51|380|04:34:56|120Okay, bye. What a world we live in! Okay, um, 2104|04:34:57|140|04:35:03|640Kay has been so helpful in all of these webinars, and I was wondering what was going on there. 2105|04:35:05|200|04:35:08|440Anyway, um, now we move on a little bit because we have a little more to go. 2106|04:35:10|640|04:35:17|320Uh, and a lot more to go before we really understand esoteric astrology. The polar 2107|04:35:17|320|04:35:25|660opposite to Capricorn is Cancer and, as you have been taught, EA, p.168 Yes, we needed to be taught. 2108|04:35:26|440|04:35:33|040these two signs are the two great Gates of the zodiac— EA, p.168 sometimes called gates and sometimes called doors. 2109|04:35:33|860|04:35:43|900The door into life of those who must know death, and the door into life of those who know no death. 2110|04:35:44|680|04:35:51|260And there are other ways of—not sure I said that exactly correctly. Let me just check here. 2111|04:35:52|260|04:36:03|300The door into life—life—door into—I should—or is it doorway? Door into physical incarnation, 2112|04:36:03|300|04:36:09|840the door into hierarchy—don't—hierarchy—door into—door into—so that may not be—maybe doorway. 2113|04:36:09|840|04:36:21|860Let's see, doorway. Well, “the doorway into life of those who must know death”—yes, that's a Cancer—just 2114|04:36:21|860|04:36:28|940as just as the constellation Capricorn is ever regarded as another door which is esoterically 2115|04:36:28|940|04:36:33|660called “the doorway into life of those who know not death.” Okay, so that's the quotation on page 83 2116|04:36:34|320|04:36:44|060where “doorway” is used and not “gate,” but it's pretty much the same. The polar opposite to Capricorn 2117|04:36:44|060|04:36:49|800is Cancer and, as you have been taught, these two signs are the two great Gates of the zodiac—one 2118|04:36:49|800|04:36:54|400opening the door into incarnation, into mass life, and into human experience, EA, p.168 and that's Cancer 2119|04:36:54|400|04:37:02|740obviously, although in a way uh, also the doorway of the externalizing hierarchy, because they have 2120|04:37:02|740|04:37:06|460to come down into the human experience where all the mass consciousness is found, 2121|04:37:06|980|04:37:10|840whilst the other opens the door into the life of the spirit, 2122|04:37:13|120|04:37:20|500into the life of the Kingdom of God, EA, p.168—but certainly the soul, the life and purposes of the Hierarchy 2123|04:37:20|500|04:37:27|160of our planet. EA, p.168 I guess we're very close to what I just—maybe what I just quoted—maybe not. No, 2124|04:37:27|160|04:37:33|320probably not. Cancer admits the soul into the world centre which we call Humanity. EA, p.168 and that's long ago— 2125|04:37:33|320|04:37:42|20021 million years ago. Well, they kind of wonder when the, you know, a moon chain humanity came in, 2126|04:37:43|560|04:37:49|920whether those incarnations were taken in any mass sense in Cancer. They already had some petals open, 2127|04:37:49|920|04:37:56|400so they weren't in the same condition as the very early animal man who was being individualized. 2128|04:37:56|400|04:37:59|880So Cancer admits the soul into the world centre we call Humanity. 2129|04:38:01|140|04:38:06|720Capricorn, possessing the secret of the soul, we remember the secret of the hidden glory. Capricorn 2130|04:38:06|720|04:38:13|140admits the soul into conscious participation in the life of that world centre which 2131|04:38:13|820|04:38:23|500we call the Hierarchy. Libra admits the soul into the world centre which we call Shamballa, EA, p.168 What 2132|04:38:23|500|04:38:28|640dignity for Libra, right? You know, consider it to be a rather mild sign, but just think of what law 2133|04:38:28|640|04:38:34|780is, think of what peace is, what right relationship is, what archetypal relationship is under Libra. 2134|04:38:35|940|04:38:41|600Think of that, and if we began with Aries on the lowest plane, 2135|04:38:43|220|04:38:48|760well, let's see, where are we here? We would find, you know, here's one way of doing it. Let me show you 2136|04:38:49|400|04:38:55|930“A Treatise on Cosmic Fire,” okay? Just from this perspective, look at here. 2137|04:38:57|500|04:39:11|900Uh, yeah, suppose we began here with Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, and Libra. That's one way 2138|04:39:11|900|04:39:18|740of counting, and Libra would rule the highest level of Shambhala. And certainly possible to reverse the 2139|04:39:18|740|04:39:29|580order of counting, and we find a lot to suggest it when we find Virgo as the ruler of the monadic plane. 2140|04:39:32|700|04:39:42|840Why should we not find Libra as one of the rulers of the plane—the highest plane of Shamballa, as far as 2141|04:39:42|840|04:39:50|420we're concerned? There's so many ways to count, you know. Aries has everything to do with the fire, 2142|04:39:50|420|04:39:57|940which is tremendous power that's hidden in the mineral kingdom. Taurus with desire, Gemini with 2143|04:39:57|940|04:40:04|600mentality, Cancer with intuition, Leo with the will—spiritual will, Virgo with the monadic archetype, 2144|04:40:04|600|04:40:10|060and Libra with the highest law in the world—in the highest world of causes. But of course, you 2145|04:40:10|060|04:40:16|960start up here, go Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Libra, and so forth. You can do that, but there are different 2146|04:40:16|960|04:40:22|580assignments to these planes when we consider them in relation to the Creative Hierarchies, in which 2147|04:40:22|580|04:40:31|060case they are beginning with Leo—Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio—and then the reversal happens. Capricorn 2148|04:40:31|060|04:40:35|680comes onto the mental plane, and Sagittarius, which would normally be on the mental plane, is coming 2149|04:40:35|680|04:40:39|220on the emotional plane, which makes sense with the present world period, and finally Aquarius. 2150|04:40:40|060|04:40:47|780So these interlocking connections are very interesting to study, and we can study them 2151|04:40:48|440|04:40:59|020through many correlations which are left to us to determine. So we have Cancer, Capricorn, and Leo, 2152|04:40:59|020|04:41:04|760Libra. I want to put these down, you know, they're so important: Cancer, 2153|04:41:07|400|04:41:14|860Capricorn, and Libra. Two of them are signs of crisis—Capricorn and Libra—and combined with Leo, 2154|04:41:14|860|04:41:27|800and we'll be told about that. But, um, Cancer, Capricorn, Libra—humanity, Hierarchy, and also 2155|04:41:27|800|04:41:33|920Shamballa. Libra admits the soul—is it the soul? What is it? The soul is such a—soul is the 2156|04:41:33|920|04:41:39|360consciousness of the monad. That's the way I'd like to think of it. The soul is not just something we 2157|04:41:39|360|04:41:44|520find on the higher mental plane and we get rid of and no longer have, you know. All of that is not 2158|04:41:44|520|04:41:48|860really thinking things through, because soul is a—is consciousness, and it's a cosmic principle. 2159|04:41:49|680|04:41:55|840And our real soul—what we really are as a soul—is our consciousness as an immortal monadic being, 2160|04:41:57|040|04:42:07|420and going well beyond our position on the higher levels of the cosmic physical plane. So we do have 2161|04:42:08|980|04:42:15|180soul—we do have soul all the way up until we become the one soul of cosmos, which is the 2162|04:42:15|180|04:42:20|020consciousness of the Universa Logos, which we already are. At least this is my way of thinking 2163|04:42:20|020|04:42:24|140about it. I may sound dogmatic on this kind of thing because I've thought about it so much, but 2164|04:42:24|140|04:42:31|500you know, I'm prepared to understand things in a different way when the time is right. 2165|04:42:33|760|04:42:38|000Capricorn admits the soul into the conscious participation in the life of the world center 2166|04:42:38|000|04:42:42|960we call Hierarchy. Hierarchy is a world center, Shamballa's world center, Cancer—uh, humanity is 2167|04:42:42|960|04:42:47|900a world center. We're talking about the throat, the heart, and the head of the planetary Logos. 2168|04:42:47|900|04:42:54|640Libra and Shamballa, ruling the royal road, ruled by the Great Bear. And as we see on page 50 of 2169|04:42:54|640|04:43:04|600“Esoteric Astrology,” Libra—cap—uh, Aries, Great Bear, and the Sun. The Sun ruling, probably Vulcan in that 2170|04:43:04|600|04:43:11|480case. Vulcan has a lot to do with the Great Bear because the Great Bear rules the, uh, seven head 2171|04:43:11|480|04:43:16|200centers of the One about whom naught may be said, just as I think analogically Vulcan rules the 2172|04:43:16|200|04:43:25|900seven head centers of man and maybe is associated with the seven head centers of the solar Logos. 2173|04:43:27|340|04:43:31|620Libra admits the soul into the world centre which we call Shamballa, for it is the polar opposite of 2174|04:43:31|620|04:43:36|040Aries, which is the place of beginnings. EA, p.168 It's almost like Aries is the rising fire at the 2175|04:43:36|040|04:43:41|900base of the spine, and finally we reach, uh, the top through Shamballa, through, through 2176|04:43:41|900|04:43:49|380Libra in Shamballa. But we can also do it in the other way. Aries is a very indicator of a very 2177|04:43:49|380|04:43:55|360primitive beginning as animal man, and Libra—finally you become a, uh, what can we say? In Libra 2178|04:43:56|140|04:44:05|240you become a planetary life, because only planetary lives can really enter Shamballa. 2179|04:44:05|900|04:44:10|900It's at the sixth level. Libra demonstrates the perfect balance of spirit and matter EA, p.168 2180|04:44:11|560|04:44:14|780which first came together in Aries and had a long way to work through 2181|04:44:15|540|04:44:24|440until finally balanced in Libra. And maybe Shamballa too represents this perfect balance 2182|04:44:24|440|04:44:33|220of spirit and matter. All right, we're getting there. This balance and this relation of the 2183|04:44:33|220|04:44:39|560great opposites—spirit and matter— is symbolised for us in the personality situation 2184|04:44:41|100|04:44:44|180balancing the pairs of opposites on the astral plane, EA, p.168 It's a symbol. 2185|04:44:45|100|04:44:50|040Well, the great opposites are spirit and matter, okay? But we have a little foretaste of this as 2186|04:44:50|040|04:44:54|340on the astral plane we decide what is good and what is bad, what is tending toward the spiritual 2187|04:44:54|340|04:44:58|860part of ourselves and what is just giving in to the elemental part of ourselves. So these are higher 2188|04:44:58|860|04:45:03|660and lower pairs of opposites. I want to say the pairs of opposites on the astral plane— 2189|04:45:05|580|04:45:10|000particularly the higher and lower pairs of opposites we're talking about here— 2190|04:45:10|900|04:45:13|800those tending towards the higher part of ourselves, the higher power of the soul, 2191|04:45:14|340|04:45:20|500those tending towards matter, the tendencies of matter from the previous solar system, 2192|04:45:21|740|04:45:28|560and finding between them the “narrow razor-edged path” which leads the man into the kingdom 2193|04:45:28|560|04:45:35|220of the soul. EA, p.168 Because we, you know, in the beginning we just must not be matter, we just must not be 2194|04:45:35|220|04:45:47|640spirit. It's not safe. We cannot at first be either just spirit or matter. We are not capable of just 2195|04:45:47|640|04:45:52|700being spirit because not only can't we do it, but we would incinerate ourselves in the attempt 2196|04:45:53|120|04:46:02|020to do so. And we cannot be just matter, otherwise we would not progress, and the spirit located 2197|04:46:02|020|04:46:06|340deep within our nature would be totally frustrated. It would not be able to 2198|04:46:08|880|04:46:15|680move towards the—it would be suffocated. So one is the path of incineration—that's too much 2199|04:46:15|680|04:46:21|960spirit too fast. The other is the path of suffocation. So let's say, look at incineration 2200|04:46:22|660|04:46:28|220or suffocation—choose your poison. But the path of soul is the 2201|04:46:29|540|04:46:36|160the well-balanced, noble middle path, narrow razor edge path. And it's always rising in a way, you know. 2202|04:46:36|160|04:46:42|220We cannot think that this path of soul is simply like this, because, you know, the relationship 2203|04:46:42|220|04:46:47|320between spirit and matter is always rising. So the path of soul, in order to stay in the center, 2204|04:46:47|320|04:46:54|480must always rise. We're always having a higher point of tension. So the path of soul 2205|04:46:55|200|04:47:01|020is the middle path, and this middle path is what we will tread. There will come a time when the 2206|04:47:01|700|04:47:08|520monad within the monadic vehicle—whoa, audio is restored. There will come a time when the 2207|04:47:08|520|04:47:14|540monadic vehicle itself—the spirit within the monadic vehicle is a central point—and we will 2208|04:47:14|540|04:47:19|100be more related to something still higher. We're always treading the noble middle path 2209|04:47:19|100|04:47:24|320between the pairs of opposites, because where we are, neither one of those pairs of opposites 2210|04:47:24|320|04:47:30|800it represents a partial condition. But the middle path represents the union of the two, 2211|04:47:30|800|04:47:38|940which is always balanced and appropriate for the progressing consciousness. So if we say 2212|04:47:39|420|04:47:43|920that the noble middle path, yes, is always appropriate— 2213|04:47:46|060|04:47:56|620appropriate for the, for the advancing consciousness—even though that noble middle path 2214|04:47:57|460|04:48:06|900is always—noble middle path is always rising. As man passes around and around the zodiac in 2215|04:48:06|900|04:48:16|420the ordinary manner, he continually and consciously enters into life in Cancer EA, p.168 2216|04:48:16|900|04:48:22|580I believe there was a kind of a clockwise sequence given early in the book which said basically 2217|04:48:22|580|04:48:32|800Sagittarius, Leo, Cancer, and then later we had one that was more like Taurus, 2218|04:48:32|800|04:48:42|060um, Scorpio, Capricorn in the counterclockwise direction. So as he passes around, around the 2219|04:48:42|060|04:48:46|840zodiac in the ordinary manner, he continually and consciously enters into life in Cancer, 2220|04:48:47|520|04:48:54|340the constellation under which the Law of Rebirth is applied and administered. EA, p.168 Go back again into, 2221|04:48:55|440|04:49:01|740into matter. And we were looking at that whole idea of return as one of the Lords of Karma. 2222|04:49:01|740|04:49:08|080So it seems like the idea of return is connected also with the law of rebirth. 2223|04:49:09|180|04:49:16|640So he's entering here, uh, clockwise, I believe, ordinary manner. He's entering Cancer in a 2224|04:49:16|640|04:49:22|260clockwise manner, but it's only on the reverse zodiac that man learns to pass with equally 2225|04:49:22|920|04:49:29|640conscious purpose through the gate of Capricorn. So he can enter the hierarchy, he can leave the body, he 2226|04:49:29|640|04:49:35|580can go on to the higher mental plane. Eventually, as a member of the hierarchy, he can enter the 2227|04:49:35|580|04:49:42|880ashram on the buddhi plane. He can have buddhi consciousness, and interestingly enough, then 2228|04:49:43|400|04:49:50|160Cancer is related to that very buddhi consciousness through Neptune. So always the opposites kind of 2229|04:49:50|160|04:49:58|400meet each other. But under that magnetism of the elemental life, with the fourth sign Cancer ruling 2230|04:49:58|400|04:50:07|400in a way the four elementals as a whole, ruling in a way the elementals as they are aggregated 2231|04:50:07|400|04:50:13|660into a personality, and with Leo representing the kind of expressiveness of the personality 2232|04:50:13|660|04:50:21|080and the domination of the personality by the personality of its surroundings, but Cancer is 2233|04:50:21|080|04:50:27|200definitely related to the integrated personality, bringing all those four elementals together. So 2234|04:50:29|920|04:50:33|500uh, Cancer, the constellation under which the Law of Rebirth is applied and administered. 2235|04:50:33|500|04:50:40|540But it is only on the reversed zodiac EA, p.168 when the energy is moving upward in the energy system rather 2236|04:50:40|540|04:50:45|220than just downward that man learns to pass with equally conscious purpose through the gate of 2237|04:50:45|220|04:50:57|080Capricorn. EA, p.168-169 And this as an initiate, and also, yes, as an initiate, and uh, in the five initiations, 2238|04:50:58|580|04:51:05|620Five times he has to pass through that Gate in full waking consciousness EA, p.169 I would say on the causal 2239|04:51:05|620|04:51:13|720plane, yes, uh, let's say uh, within the causal body, because so much is forgotten. You know, it seemed 2240|04:51:13|720|04:51:25|500that even Roberto Assagioli, who had been, it looks like, an initiate disciple or a true initiate, a 2241|04:51:25|500|04:51:29|660third-degree initiate, even he had forgotten some of the happenings, not necessarily the 2242|04:51:29|660|04:51:35|880third initiation, but he seemed to have forgotten his interview with the Master K.H. and the Master's 2243|04:51:35|880|04:51:43|920ashram, about which Master D.K. had to remind him or refresh him on certain points. So the brain can be 2244|04:51:44|480|04:51:48|920not totally responsive to all that goes on in the inner worlds, even for a high individual. 2245|04:51:48|920|04:51:53|020Five times he has to pass through that Gate in full waking consciousness 2246|04:51:53|780|04:52:00|320and these five happenings are frequently called the five major initiations. EA, p.169 And there we go with 2247|04:52:00|320|04:52:06|700that word “major.” Okay, the sense in which the third initiation is called the first major initiation 2248|04:52:06|700|04:52:14|540is different from the way “five major initiations” is here used. Sense in which the third initiation 2249|04:52:14|980|04:52:25|700is called the first major is different from the sense in which the five major 2250|04:52:26|220|04:52:33|600initiations is here mentioned. And I discussed this earlier in relation to the at least the two 2251|04:52:34|100|04:52:41|280minor initiations which precede the first monastic initiation called the birth of the Christ and the 2252|04:52:41|280|04:52:47|300heart. So Capricorn is so important for five major initiations, but from another point of view, 2253|04:52:47|300|04:52:52|640you wonder whether it couldn't also start at the first major and rule the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, 2254|04:52:52|640|04:52:58|460and seventh in a generic sense. But definitely the birth of the Christ is connected with the 2255|04:52:59|120|04:53:05|480with Capricorn, definitely, because Christ is born in Capricorn. Master Jesus and the Christ 2256|04:53:05|480|04:53:11|960consciousness born in Capricorn, and this is the case for so many people. So Capricorn is 2257|04:53:11|960|04:53:15|640definitely connected with that birth initiation, definitely, and even with the second initiation. 2258|04:53:15|640|04:53:20|740That's the one who crosses the water and gains control over the astral plane, because it is, after 2259|04:53:20|740|04:53:27|370all, the fish goat or the goat fish. You know, it's the torso or the head of the 2260|04:53:29|090|04:53:35|350goat, and the tail is the fish of Capricorn. Viewing the fourth Creative Hierarchy 2261|04:53:36|590|04:53:41|550as a whole, the appearance and experiences of the life of the planetary Logos through the medium of 2262|04:53:41|550|04:53:47|910the five races—two past, one present, the Aryan, and two to come—are planetary correspondences to the 2263|04:53:47|910|04:53:53|430five initiations. EA, p.169 But then you kind of wonder, you see, here's where you begin to wonder, because 2264|04:53:53|430|04:53:58|350you know it's beginning at the third. In other words, we begin at the third root race. 2265|04:53:59|430|04:54:08|710We begin at the third root race. Third root race, yes, third root race. There it is. 2266|04:54:09|690|04:54:20|990And so do we begin at the third initiation? But the first initiation is called the Lemurian 2267|04:54:20|990|04:54:24|910initiation, the second is called the Atlantean initiation. So we have a way of still keeping 2268|04:54:24|910|04:54:30|210our idea the Capricorn very definitely as one of five begins with the first initiation. 2269|04:54:30|210|04:54:36|750and ends at the fifth, even though there is a correspondence here working from the Lemurian 2270|04:54:37|730|04:54:42|190root race through to the seventh root race, because after all, the Lemurian is the first 2271|04:54:44|150|04:54:48|810conscious, self-conscious root race, at least at a certain point, and it's at the midway point. 2272|04:54:48|810|04:54:55|710Whatever that midway point really is, it's at the third, fourth, or fifth sub-race. It is the 2273|04:54:55|710|04:55:01|850midway point, and the third, fourth, and fifth are the middle sub-races of the Lemurian root race. 2274|04:55:03|150|04:55:09|330But as Philip Lindsay points out in his “Hidden History of Humanity,” the Lemurian root race had 2275|04:55:09|330|04:55:15|390many, many millions of years preceding the point of individualization. Anyway, that first initiation 2276|04:55:15|390|04:55:21|550in which the bird Christ is born in the heart is called the Lemurian initiation. So I think we have 2277|04:55:21|550|04:55:27|690a justification here for considering the major initiations as beginning from number one, although 2278|04:55:27|690|04:55:34|450in a special sense, the first major initiation, in other words the first solar initiation, is the third. 2279|04:55:35|530|04:55:36|250Okay. 2280|04:55:38|370|04:55:49|670This is peculiarly interesting to study because at the time that any particular race comes into being 2281|04:55:52|010|04:55:59|350both the doors in Cancer and Capricorn stand wide open, being then occultly aligned. EA, p.169 Well, why would it be so? 2282|04:55:59|890|04:56:00|810We certainly— 2283|04:56:03|130|04:56:06|850I can only think of one reason, really. We, you know, we don't necessarily have the animal kingdom 2284|04:56:08|530|04:56:15|230coming through that door of individualization with every root race. We don't, because, you know, 2285|04:56:15|230|04:56:20|330root races are progressing, and the door to the animal kingdom has been almost completely closed— 2286|04:56:20|330|04:56:28|410a little bit open, but almost completely closed. So it was closed, probably at the time when 2287|04:56:28|410|04:56:36|710initiation began to occur, probably in Atlantean days. I have to check that for sure. 2288|04:56:38|390|04:56:44|030But in the Aryan root race, all right, there's a strong cultivation of the intelligence of animals, 2289|04:56:44|030|04:56:48|690and maybe a few will get through. But the door is still closed, and moving on in this particular 2290|04:56:48|690|04:56:52|570fourth round through the various races, the door of the animal kingdom is closed. So in what sense 2291|04:56:53|310|04:57:00|550is the gate open—both the door in Cancer and Capricorn? And I would say 2292|04:57:01|770|04:57:05|730because, in a way, the hierarchy requires close 2293|04:57:08|610|04:57:15|390contact with humanity in some sense as the changes of race are occurring. 2294|04:57:16|050|04:57:20|090The third race came into being—the God-kings were there. The fourth race 2295|04:57:20|090|04:57:25|960came into being—the hierarchy was still there, very much so, 2296|04:57:27|550|04:57:34|070because there was shaping up a great battle—not yet, of course—but the hierarchy needed 2297|04:57:34|070|04:57:38|210to continue its guiding when the fifth race came into being. 2298|04:57:39|490|04:57:46|670It's all about hierarchical guidance, I think, and a special need of hierarchical energy 2299|04:57:47|230|04:57:53|270when new root races are coming into existence. And with the sixth race coming into existence and the 2300|04:57:53|870|04:58:00|870sixth sub-race coming in and the sixth branch race coming in, hierarchy is also 2301|04:58:00|870|04:58:05|790making a very determined approach. So it seems that at these important points, 2302|04:58:09|290|04:58:15|950hierarchical guidance and direction is needed. Perhaps it's all done in different ways. 2303|04:58:16|890|04:58:27|230Perhaps there is a flow of initiates into Capricorn, but not necessarily new human beings 2304|04:58:27|230|04:58:31|910being made. I think it's pretty much for the initiates to flow into hierarchy and for the 2305|04:58:31|910|04:58:39|250hierarchy's initiates to be able to influence humanity in Cancer in the right way 2306|04:58:39|250|04:58:44|190to make the transition into the new race a possibility, because after all, new qualities are 2307|04:58:44|190|04:58:53|050needed to start a new root race. So if new qualities are needed, then perhaps the hierarchy 2308|04:58:53|630|04:59:02|310must help in the cultivation of these new qualities. All right, friends, so where are we? 2309|04:59:02|850|04:59:09|270Yes, we are at the point—this has been a five-hour blast. I have no idea—I certainly hope this works. 2310|04:59:09|810|04:59:23|850It'd be heartbreaking if it didn't. So we're finishing EAA 68: A, B, C, D, E, and we are on a page here— 2311|04:59:24|910|04:59:28|010what page are we on? Page 169. 2312|04:59:30|290|04:59:44|090And so the last two—let's see, 169 is where we are, and if we go back far enough, we will 2313|04:59:44|090|04:59:54|290find that, yes, when we finished section C, we were on 165. So now we're on 169. I didn't really stop 2314|04:59:54|850|05:00:02|650at the interim between section D and E. I'm just going ahead, so A, B, C, D, and E 2315|05:00:04|210|05:00:12|990from 165 to 169. Usually, you know, there's about two pages per hour-long program. 2316|05:00:15|810|05:00:20|250So as we often do, I just don't want to push my luck. It's getting late here as well, 2317|05:00:20|920|05:00:30|570and there's a long conversion involved here. So we will here say The Great Invocation together. 2318|05:00:33|670|05:00:41|370and then send this out to you after it is converted into a usable form. It'll be a long 2319|05:00:41|370|05:00:48|150download, I realize, but maybe I'll have our technical department break it up into sections. 2320|05:00:48|150|05:00:51|510We can see all right, The Great Invocation. 2321|05:01:05|410|05:01:11|450From the point of light within the mind of God, let light stream forth into the minds of men. 2322|05:01:12|350|05:01:14|090Let light descend on Earth. 2323|05:01:16|670|05:01:22|690From the point of love within the heart of God, let love stream forth into the hearts of men. 2324|05:01:23|290|05:01:25|310May Christ return to Earth. 2325|05:01:29|010|05:01:33|450From the center where the will of God is known, let purpose guide 2326|05:01:33|450|05:01:38|390the little wills of men, the purpose which the masters know and serve. 2327|05:01:41|570|05:01:46|350From the center which we call the race of men, let the plan of love and light work out, and 2328|05:01:46|350|05:01:54|490may it seal the door where evil dwells. Let light and love and power restore the plan on Earth. 2329|05:01:57|810|05:01:58|330Oh. 2330|05:02:16|630|05:02:17|210Um. 2331|05:02:30|300|05:02:37|940All right, friends, it's been a bit of a marathon. I'd like to keep going, but it's 2332|05:02:37|940|05:02:46|120late and I want to convert this in the right manner, so we will go on to Esoteric Astrology 2333|05:02:46|120|05:02:51|160Adventure number 69. This is a five-part one. We've done well over 70 programs, of course, 2334|05:02:51|940|05:02:58|920and I hope you're able to, you know, forge ahead, forge ahead with this. 2335|05:03:01|320|05:03:08|220And, you know, as I say, I'll get this into some sort of package so that you're not 2336|05:03:08|220|05:03:13|980troubled with the downloading. For every downloading, you'll have it all right there in one solid item. 2337|05:03:14|800|05:03:22|280Okay, so it's an interesting chapter on Capricorn, and we will continue with it. Until then.