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684 '^^^ SECRET DOCTRINE.
which is
a living mirror of the Universe, every Monad reflecting every
other, and compare this view and definition with certain Sanskrit
Shlokas translated by Sir William Jones, in which it is said that the
creative
source of the Divine Mind,
Hidden in a veil of thick darkness, formed mirrors of the atoms of the world,
and cast reflection from its own face on every atom.
When, therefore, Mr. Crookes declares that:
If we can show how the so-called chemical elements might have been generated
we shall be able to fill up a formidable gap in our knowledge of the universe,
the answer is ready. The theoretical knowledge is contained in the
Esoteric meaning of every Hindu cosmogony in the Puranas ; the
practical demonstration thereof—is in the hands of those who will
not be recognized in this century, save by the very few. The scientific
possibilities of various discoveries, that must inexorably lead exact
Science into the acceptation of Eastern Occult views, which contain
all the requisite material for the filling of those "gaps," are, so far, at
the mercy of Modern Materialism. It is only by working in the
direction taken by Mr. William Crookes that there is any hope for the
recognition of a few, hitherto Occult, truths.
Meanwhile, any one thirsting to have a glimpse at a practical diagram
of the evolution of primordial Matter—which, separating and differentiating
under the impulse of cyclic law, divides itself on a general view
into a septenary gradation of Substance—can do no better than examine
the plates attached to Mr. Crookes' lecture. Genesis of the Eleme7its, and
ponder well over some passages of the text.
In one place he says
Our notions of a chemical element have expanded. Hitherto the molecule has
been regarded as an aggregate of two or more atoms, and no account has been
taken of the architectural design on which these atoms have been joined. We may
consider that the structure of a chemical element is more complicated than has
hitherto been supposed.
Between the molecules we are accustomed to deal with in
chemical reactions and ultimate atoms as first created, come smaller molecules or
aggregates of physical atoms; these sub-molecules differ one from the other,
according to the position they occupy in the yttrium edifice.
Perhaps this h3'pothesis can be simplified if we imagine yttrium to be represented
by a five-shilling piece. By chemical fractionation I have divided it into
five separate shillings, and find that these shillings are not counterparts, but like
the carbon atoms in the benzol ring, have the impress of their position, i, 2, 3, 4, 5,
stamped on them. ... If I throw my shillings into the melting-pot or dissolve them
chemically, the mint stamp disappears and they all turn out to be silver.*
This will be the case with all the Atoms and molecules when they
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