Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1896.] THE THIPLICITIES. 178
force, and gf)es q( ill the form rif gas." Such whirling curr,nts
are certainly not found m this grea.t still ooea.n.
When Taurus and Capricorn are together active in the
heavens, I have seen and heard •• the violet flame" putf up before
the vi"ion u if from a blow pipe. From this and other
more intanJrible indications, it has seemed to m~. that, in this
triangle, Capt·icorn is the base of operation for the other two
factorl4.
Like attracts like, unlesa the condition• are present which
permit of the superior law of sex affinity, which, we have seen,
no longer exist in thi11 triangle; therefore Virgo, aftt!r flnt
gathering the desired elements from Caprioom, then po8888&e8
hel"!lelf of its feminine qualities, a·hioh merge her in Taurus.
In ord~r to he elearly understood let me he~ repeat: It ia the
function of Virgo, as such, to gather the elementa of life which
11he finds in CapriMrn : but when she afterwal'dR incorporates
into her own qnalitieR the feminine part of Capricorn, her
nature is no longt-r that of Virgo. This changes the character·
i11ties of the sign, and gives those of Taurus. Taurus thus receives
its dominant feminine quality: and the maaculioe prin.
ciple resilient in Virgo, which 11be baa al110 received, diatin.
gui.-hes her from a distinctly feminine sign.
This would give the gt·eat cairn aea of life with ita luminoua
qualitie11; but the gathering power of this great ocean alao
clra.ws to it.Relf the masculine part of Capricorn-it moat be
horne in mind that Capricorn ia the baae of all the phenomena
of thi11 Triplicity-and as the "centrifugal, expansive tlre-princliple
Mtruggles against limitation, it goes out seeking liberty,
and the substance is dissolved by the transmutative force and
goeR uff in gaR." Thus the elements helcl by Taurus " paas off
in the form of gas," which is the fctrm they must assume before
the airy sign Lihra can receive them.
In «lonclusion I will offer a few suggestions on the effects of
the laws we have b~en studying, as manifested in the
evolutionary development of man as a race, and in that of
the eart b. Capricorn is " the hou~~e of the gods," in which all
the mystic cet·emooiell of initiation into higher degrees, or planes
of development, are conducted: upon thts base the work of
Virgo ancl Taut·us are accomplished. From CIJ.prioorn the atep
is tak~n fnnn the old order and condition into the" holy place;,
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