Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

lHi Tu£ Amv AS I> TilE \\' ATEI(Y THIPLICITIE~.
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ti ve, the centt·ipetal; and its function i11 to gather of the crtative
life and ensphere it. 'When Libra is active in the heavens.
I am ft·equently conscionK of standing in thtl midst of a vast
sphere which seems to contain the t·iehes nf cr~ation: I seem
to stand in the midst of the fnllne!ls of all things; and the
delights of an eternity appeat· in knowing ami in possessing
what I feel al'Ound me. This, then, is the storehiiUse of m·eati
ve life ft·om which thtl gTel~t mother Cant~er tlraw~ fot· her needs:
this, the negative sign of the Ait·y Tt·iplil'ity, is the one from
which Cancet·, the negative one of thP. W atet·y Tt·iplicity. •
sprang. We aU know that Cancet· is the mother principle of
life: bnt it seem!! that Pisee11 is the father of that life. Gemini
is the pt·odtwing sign of Pi,.ces, and, in the order of the
creation, the one in the triangle of air from which it was evidently
ev(llved. Let us for a moment study the nature of
Gemini in connection with the fellliuine pt·inciple Libm. with
which it is united.
Gemini is a positive or centdfugal fm·ce, as that of Libra
is ft-minine or centripetal. His office i11 to teat· down and to
scattet·, n.s hers is to gather anti ensphet·e. He is called the
serpent pt·hwiplt>, the dt!t~ei ver, the Devil; bnt I fear this is but
an instance of what we sometimes see in a human pait·. If het·
mot·e subtle nature conceals a devil. he is vet·y apt to bt·ing it
into expression ami get himself full ct·etlit fot· it. ln touching
the tlark blue center of the astral force of Gemirti. oue is conscious
of having to re11.ch vet·.v far back into the l!ause side;
and, iu the working of the tn·eative fot·ces, the Gemini sphet·e
of activity is evidently with Libt·a as a pt·imal cause. \Vhereevet·
tlai~ }>l'inciple of fermentation bt•giu!l its work of tearing
tlown, it seizes upon the fit·st j>l'inciple of life, the Libt·a qu:dity.
which holtls the Stlt'pent ot· JlR .VI'Ili,~ l)l'itwiple, by mean~ of
which she ha~ heeu ahle til gather it. .-\s he tea.r>~ tlown, het·
femiuine natnt·e again 11eize~ and gather!!: hut the life heing
entlowetl with highet· clement!!, in it>~ upw;u•tl stl'llggle fot·mulates
the iuhet·eut quality, anti. loa the wm·ut ot· sel')xmt, the
fil'st fm·ut of all life, which spt·iugs ft·om the Lihl'a antl not the
Getitiui qualities. The nwthet· Caneet·, as she dmws upon the
Lilmt function for het· futut·e off>~pt·iug, fitHis the eml)l'yo life
thus formulated fm· het· use hv the joint ;wtiou of the Jll'imal
po~itive aJHI negative fm·pes, Gemiui and Lihm. Examples of
the wot·kittgs of the pt·iueiple of fet·meutation in life amlllul us
:U'e too well known to dwell upon lwl'l'.
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