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The energy which illumines the mind is basically active, but it lies dormant
until intelligence by its own power establishes control over it and rapport
with it. The union between Ida, the channel by the side of the spinal cord for
the movement of the vital air, and Budha, the pure consciousness giving
energy to mind to arouse Intelligence, is a mystic ritual that occurs in the
process of initiation. The marriage of Budha with Ida is a veiled and
allegorised version of this ritual. It indicates the extraordinary role of
Mercury in exploring the secrets of nature. Nature reveals her secret truths in
marriage, opening the most secret part of the body to the searching mind
which is not induced by any external attraction except the urge to know the
truth. Such a mystic role for Mercury in acquiring the control over nature's
secrets also explains the special status assigned to it by the Alchemists.
In the stories that refer to Ila turning into a female either as a malediction of
Shiva or his consort Parvati, Vishnu is instrumental in Ila's return to his
original nature. Shiva is the creative power functioning at the highest level
while Vishnu is the preserver. The blending of the consciousnesses of
Mercury and Ila was necessary for starting the Lunar dynasty of kings.
Unless the subjective consciousness and its objective channels of expression
are united together, no concretization of creative radiance is possible.
Vishnu, the preserver, has the responsibility to maintain the channel, the
womb or the Hiranyagarbha so that it can be utilized when required. This is
the role of Vishnu in changing Ila back to an active male agent.
Such involved allusions point out the role of Mercury to blend itself with the
cosmic creative energy that flows from the Sun and direct that energy to
lower levels of manifestation. Mercury aims at concretizing the Divine Will.
In every world religion, Intelligence personified as Mercury, Hermes, or
Nebo is considered the god of wisdom who represents the Word or Logos.
Mercury is that principle in man which leads the blind and restores sight
both mental and physical. He is the creative word of God, the creative
speech scattered throughout the universe.
Blavatsky states that Mercury has to be ever near Isis as her minister for
without Mercury neither Isis nor Osiris can accomplish anything. Isis is the
goddess Virgin Mother who personifies Nature. She is the Egyptian
equivalent of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, the goddess of music and sacred
works. She possesses the esoteric knowledge and wisdom and is similar to
Ila whom Mercury marries. Osiris is the First Cause, the Self-created god.
For these two to be effective, there is the need of Cosmic Intelligence,
Mahal. This raises the importance of Mercury and shows his place in the
spiritualizing as well as materializing processes of the soul. At earlier stages
of its operation Mercury accentuates egoism, the sense of I-am-I, but