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PAPER II
An Explanation - (Page 455) IN view of the abstruse nature of the subjects dealt with, the
present Paper will begin with an explanation of some points which remained obscure in the
preceding one, as well as of some statements in which there was an appearance of
contradiction.
Astrologers, of whom there are many among the Esotericists, are likely to be puzzled by
some statements distinctly contradicting their teachings; whilst those who know nothing of
the subject may perhaps find themselves opposed at the outset by those who have studied
the exoteric systems of the Kabalah and Astrology. For let it be distinctly known, nothing of
that which is printed broadcast, and available to every student in public libraries or museums,
is really Esoteric, but is either mixed with deliberate “blinds,” or cannot be understood and
studied with profit without a complete glossary of Occult terms.
The following teachings and explanations, therefore, may be useful to the student in assisting
him to formulate the teaching given in the preceding Paper.
In Diagram I, it will be observed that the 3, 7, and 10 centres are respectively as follows:
(a) The 3 pertain to the spiritual world of the Absolute, and therefore to the three higher
principles in Man.
(b) The 7 belong to the spiritual, psychic, and physical worlds and to the body of man.
Physics, metaphysics and hyper-physics are the triad that symbolizes man on this plane.
(c) The 10, or the sum total of these, is the Universe as a whole, in all its aspects, and also
its Microcosm—Man, with his ten orifices.
Laying aside, for the moment, the Higher Decad (Kosmos) and the (Page 456) Lower Decad
(Man), the first three numbers of the separate sevens have a direct reference to the Spirit,
Soul and Auric Envelope of the human being, as well as to the higher supersensual world.
The lower four, or the four aspects, belong to Man also, as well as to the Universal Kosmos,
the whole being synthesized by the Absolute.
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