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they soil the vital airs energized by the Will, Black Magic results. This is why all
sexual intercourse is forbidden in practical Occultism.
From Sushumnâ, Idâ and Pingalâ a circulation is set up, and from the central canal
passes into the whole body. (Man is a tree; he has in him the macrocosm and the
microcosm. Hence the trees used as symbols; the Dhyân-Chohanic body is thus
figured.)
The Auric Egg
The Auric Egg is formed in curves, which may be conceived from the curves formed
by sand on a vibrating metal disk. Each atom, as each body, has its Auric Egg, each
centre forming its own. This Auric Egg, with the appropriate materials thrown into it, is
a defence; no wild animal, however ferocious, will approach te Yogî thus guarded: it
flings back from its surface all malign influences. No Will power is manifested through
the Auric Egg.
Q. What is the connection between the circulation of the vital airs and the power of
the Yogî to make his Auric Egg a defence against aggression
A. It is impossible to answer this question. The knowledge is the last word of Magic. It
is connected with Kundalini, that can as easily destroy as preserve. The ignorant tyro
might kill himself.
Q. Is the Auric Egg of a child a differentiation of Ãkâsha, into which may be thrown by
the Adept the materials he needs for special purposes—e.g., the Mâyâvi Rûpa
[The question was somewhat obscurely worded. Evidently what the questioner
wanted to know was if the Auric Egg was a differentiation (Page 538) of Akâsha, into
which, as the child became a man, he might, if an Adept, weave the materials
needed for special purposes, etc.]
A. Taking the question in the sense of an Adept putting something into or acting on
the Auric Egg of a child, then this could not be done, as the Auric Egg is Karmic, and
not even an Adept must interfere with such Karmic record. If the Adept were to put
anything into the Auric Egg of another, for which the person is not responsible, or
which does not come from the Higher Self of that personality, how could Karmic
justice be maintained
The Adept can draw into his own Auric Egg from his planet, or even from that of the
globe or of the universe, according to his degree. This envelope is the receptacle of
all Karmic causes, and photographs all things like a sensitive plate.
The child has a very small Auric Egg which is in colour almost pure white. At birth the
Auric Egg consists of almost pure Ãkâsha plus the Tanhâs, which, until the seventh
year, remain potential or in latency.
The Auric Egg of an idiot cannot be said to be human, that is, it is not tinged with
Manas. It is Ãkâshic vibrations rather than an Auric Egg—the material envelope, such
as that of the plant, the mineral or other object.
The Auric Egg is the transmitter from the periodical lives to the Life eternal, i.e., from
Prâna to Jîva. It disappears, but remains.
The reason why the confession of the Roman Catholic and Greek Churches is so
great a sin is because the confessor interferes with the Auric Egg of the penitent by
means of his will power, engrafting artificially emanations from his own Auric Egg and
casting seeds for germination into the Auric Egg of his subject. It is on the same lines
as hypnotic suggestion.
The above remarks apply equally to Hypnotism, although the latter is a psychophysical
force, and it is this which constitutes one of its many serious dangers. At the
same time “a good thing may pass through dirty channels,” as in the case of the
breaking by suggestion of the alcohol or opium habit. Mesmerism may be used by
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