The Secret Doctrine Volume 3.pdf

In this, the most sacred of all Eastern formulas, not only has every syllable a secret potency
producing a definite result, but the whole invocation has seven different meanings and can
produce seven distinct results, each of which may differ from the others.
The seven meanings and the seven results depend upon the intonation which is given to the
whole formula and to each of its syllables; and even the numerical value of the letters is
added to or diminished according as such or another rhythm is made use of. Let the student
remember that number underlies form, and number guides sound. Number lies at the root of
the manifested Universe: numbers and harmonious proportions guide the first differentiations
of homogeneous substance into heterogeneous elements; and number and numbers set
limits to the formative hand of Nature.
The Jewel of the Lotus - (Page 437) Know the corresponding numbers of the fundamental
principle of every element and its sub-elements, learn their interaction and behaviour on the
occult side of manifesting Nature, and the law of correspondences will lead you to the
discovery of the greatest mysteries of macrocosmical life.
But to arrive at the macrocosmical, you must begin by the microcosmical, i.e., you must
study MAN, the microcosm—in this case as physical science does—inductively, proceeding
from particulars to universals. At the same time, however, since a key-note is required to
analyze and comprehend any combination of differentiations of sound, we must never lose
sight of the Platonic method, which starts with one general view of all, and descends from the
universal to the individual. This is the method adopted in Mathematics—the only exact
science that exists in our day.
Let us study Man, therefore; but if we separate him for one moment from the Universal
Whole, or view him in isolation, from a single aspect, apart from the “Heavenly Man”—the
Universe symbolized by Adam Kadmon or his equivalents in every Philosophy—we shall
either land in Black Magic or fail most ingloriously in our attempt.
Thus the mystic sentence, “Om Mani Padme Hum,” when rightly understood, instead of
being composed of the almost meaningless words, “Oh the Jewel of the Lotus,” contains a
reference to this indissoluble union between Man and the Universe, rendered in seven
different ways, and having the capability of seven different applications to as many planes of
thought and action.
From whatever aspect we examine it, it means: “I am that I am;” “I am in thee and thou art in
me.” In this conjunction and close union with the good and pure man becomes a God.
Whether consciously or unconsciously, he will bring about, or innocently cause to happen,
unavoidable results. In the first case, if an Initiate (of course an Adept of the Right-hand Path
alone is meant), he can guide a beneficent or a protecting current, and thus benefit and
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