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220 THE TREE OF LIFE
Royal Union as described by some such authority as Swami
Vivekananda.
At some length has it been expatiated here that to the Sephiros
of thc Tree of Life various cosmic Gods are attributed, high beings
who are the intelligent regents and guiders of the evolutionary
processes ; to each God is subordinated an appropriate hierarchy,
the immediate messengers who are Angels, Archangels, Spirits and
Intelligences. Not only does this scheme of classification apply to
the hlacrocosm, but also to the microcosm. The basis of the Tree
of Life has been so elaborated as to refer not only to cosmic developments
but also to the various parts-psychic, mental and spiritual
--of man himself, thus focusing the whole field of universal activity
within man's own organism. To the Tree as a whole the twelve
Zodiacal signs and the Seven Planets are attributed. Considering
man as a microcosm of the great stellar and cosmic universe, then
all the planets, elements and forces have course in him, and even
the signs of the Zodiac are clearly represented in his nature. The
energy of the Ram is in his head ; the Bull gives laborious endurance
and strength to his shoulders ; the Lion represents the courage of
his heart and the wild fire of his temper, while the knees, helping him
to spring, are under the sign of the Goat. This, as an example,
supplies the basis for a subjective theory both of ontology and
epistemology ; the universe exists only within the consciousness of
man, is conterminous with that consciousness, and its laws are the
laws of the mind.
In my former work A Gnrdele of Ponzegraltates a diagrammatic
correspondence was drawn between the cosmic Sephiros, the various
Parts of Man, and the Chakras or the astral nerve centres which
exist in the psycho-spiritual department of man's constitution.
Further attributions in the light of the preceding speculations
immediately open themselves. As examples of these, describing
whither my speculations tend, the following may be noted. The
Anahata Chakra, which is the centre located in or near the physical
heart, being a correspondence of the sixth Sephirah of Harmony
and Equilibrium, is thus in direct correspondence with such sacred
Essences as Osiris, Helios, Mithra and the self-glittering Augoeides.
Thoth and all his divine attributes of Will and Wisdom enters into
a perfect correspondence with the Ajna Chakra situated in the
centre of the forehead above the eyes ; while the highest chakra of
all, the resplendent lotus of the thousand petals, the Sahasrara