The Secret Doctrine Volume 3.pdf

Anupâdaka
(c) Alaya
or Akâsha
(d) Vâyu
(e) Tejas
(f) Apas
(g) Prithivi
Manas
Ego
Kâma
Manas
Kâma
(Rûpa)
Linga
Sharira
Living
Body in
Prâna or
animal
life
Essence, or
Spirit;
"Primordial
Waters of the
Deep"
Ether of
Space or
Akâsha in its
third
differentiation.
Critical state
of Vapour
Critical state
of Matter
Essence of
gross Matter;
corresponds
to Ice
Gross Ether
or Liquid - Air
Solid and
Critical State
or Pineal
Gland
Head
Throat or
Navel
Shoulders
and Arms
to Thighs
Thighs to
Knees
Knees to
feet
Indigo
Green
Red
Violet
Orange-
Red *
Ignored
(c)
Akâsha Ether Head Black or
Colourless
(d)
Vâyu
(e)
Tejas
(f)
Apas
(g)
Prithivi
Gas Navel Blue
Head
()
Shoulders Red
Liquid Knees White
Solid Feet Yellow **
* One may see at a glance how reversed are the colours of the Tattvas, reflected in the Astral Light,
when we find the Indigo called black; the green blue; the violet, white; and the orange yellow.
** The colours, I repeat, do not here follow the prismatic scale - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo
nd violet - because this scale is a false reflection, a true Mâyâ; whereas our esoteric scale is that of the
spiritual spheres, the seven planes of the Macrocosm.
(Page 502) Such, then, is the Occult Science on which the modern Ascetics and Yogîs
of India base their Soul development and powers. They are known as the Hatha
Yogîs. Now, the science of Hatha Yoga rests upon the “suppression of breath,” or
Prânâyâma Literally translated, it means the “death of (vital) breath.” Prâna, as
said, is not Jîva, the eternal fount of life immortal; nor is it connected in any way with
Pranava, as some think, for Pranava is a synonym of AUM in a mystic sense. As
much as has ever been taught publicly and clearly about it is to be found in Nature’s
Finer Forces. If such directions, however, are followed, they can only lead to Black
Magic and mediumship. Several impatient Chelâs, whom we know personally in
India, went in for the practice of Hatha Yoga, notwithstanding our warnings. Of these,
two developed consumption, of which one died; others became almost idiotic;
another committed suicide; and one developed into a regular Tântrika, a Black
Magician, but his career, fortunately for himself, was cut short by death.
The science of the Five Breaths, the moist, the fiery, the airy, etc., has a twofold
significance and two applications. The Tântrikas take it literally, as relating to the
regulation of the vital, lung breath, whereas the ancient Râja Yogîs understood it as
referring to the mental or “will” breath, which alone leads to the highest clairvoyant
powers, to the function of the Third Eye, and the acquisition of the true Râja Yoga
Occult powers. The difference between the two is enormous. The former, as shown,
use the five lower Tattvas; the latter begin by using the three higher alone, for mental
and will development, and the rest only when they have completely mastered the
three; hence, they use only one (Ãkâsha Tattva) out of the Tântric five. As well said
in the above stated work, “Tattvas are the modifications of Svara.” Now, the Svara is
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