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'''Force''', in physics, is any influence that causes an object to undergo a certain change, either concerning its movement, direction, or geometrical construction. In particle physics, any of the fundamental interactions of nature is mediated by a particle known as gauge boson, which acts as a "force carrier". | '''Force''', in physics, is any influence that causes an object to undergo a certain change, either concerning its movement, direction, or geometrical construction. In particle physics, any of the fundamental interactions of nature is mediated by a particle known as gauge boson, which acts as a "force carrier". | ||
== General description == | |||
At the end of the nineteenth century [[matter]] and force were thought to be two different principles, the former being absolutely inert, and the latter the source of [[motion]]. However, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] stated that forces had a material basis, though "it is not matter, as defined by Science—i.e., matter in any of its known states":<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 508.</ref> | At the end of the nineteenth century [[matter]] and force were thought to be two different principles, the former being absolutely inert, and the latter the source of [[motion]]. However, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] stated that forces had a material basis, though "it is not matter, as defined by Science—i.e., matter in any of its known states":<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 508.</ref> | ||
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Because "forces" have a material nature and are always in moving, force, [[matter]], and [[motion]] form "the trinity of physical objective nature"<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 283.</ref></blockquote> | Because "forces" have a material nature and are always in moving, force, [[matter]], and [[motion]] form "the trinity of physical objective nature"<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 283.</ref></blockquote> | ||
In the Theosophical view, | The knowledge of forces and their laws is central to [[Occultism]]. In [[Mahatma Letter No. 90#Page 24|one of his letters]], [[Koot Hoomi|Mahatma K.H.]] wrote to ornithologist [[Allan Octavian Hume|A. O. Hume]]: | ||
<blockquote>The world of force, is the world of Occultism and the only one whither the highest [[Initiation|initiate]] goes to probe the secrets of being. . . . He sees how to guide force in this direction or that — to produce desirable effects. The secret chemical, electric or [[Odyle|odic]] properties of plants, herbs, roots, minerals, animal tissue, are as familiar to him as the feathers of your birds are to you.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 284.</ref></blockquote> | |||
== The cause of force == | |||
In the Theosophical view, he forces we perceive on the physical plane are the effects of the action of [[Ākāśa]]: | |||
<blockquote>Expressed in occult language it might be said with more correctness that this “force-substance” is the ever-active phenomenal positive æther—prakriti; while the omnipresent all pervading ether is the noumenon of the former, the substratum of all, or Akâsa. . . . For ÆTHER, in Esotericism, is the very quintessence of all possible energy, and it is certainly to this universal agent (composed of many agents) that all the manifestations of energy in the material, psychic and spiritual worlds are due.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 508.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>Expressed in occult language it might be said with more correctness that this “force-substance” is the ever-active phenomenal positive æther—prakriti; while the omnipresent all pervading ether is the noumenon of the former, the substratum of all, or Akâsa. . . . For ÆTHER, in Esotericism, is the very quintessence of all possible energy, and it is certainly to this universal agent (composed of many agents) that all the manifestations of energy in the material, psychic and spiritual worlds are due.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 508.</ref></blockquote> | ||
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===Articles=== | ===Articles=== | ||
*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v4/y1882_100.htm# What is Matter and What is Force?] by Mahatma KH | *[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v4/y1882_100.htm# What is Matter and What is Force?] by Mahatma KH | ||
*[http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd/sd1-3-06.htm# The Masks of Science] by H. P. Blavatsky in [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']] vol. I | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Revision as of 18:45, 13 May 2013
Force, in physics, is any influence that causes an object to undergo a certain change, either concerning its movement, direction, or geometrical construction. In particle physics, any of the fundamental interactions of nature is mediated by a particle known as gauge boson, which acts as a "force carrier".
General description
At the end of the nineteenth century matter and force were thought to be two different principles, the former being absolutely inert, and the latter the source of motion. However, H. P. Blavatsky stated that forces had a material basis, though "it is not matter, as defined by Science—i.e., matter in any of its known states":[1]
. . . it is not in the least unscientific to speak of the substantiality of the so-called Forces. Subject to some future specific name, this force is substance of some kind, and can be nothing else; and perhaps one day Science will be the first to re-adopt the derided name of phlogiston. Whatever may be the future name given to it, to maintain that force does not reside in the atoms, but only in “space between them,” may be scientific enough; nevertheless it is not true.[2]
Because "forces" have a material nature and are always in moving, force, matter, and motion form "the trinity of physical objective nature"[3]
The knowledge of forces and their laws is central to Occultism. In one of his letters, Mahatma K.H. wrote to ornithologist A. O. Hume:
The world of force, is the world of Occultism and the only one whither the highest initiate goes to probe the secrets of being. . . . He sees how to guide force in this direction or that — to produce desirable effects. The secret chemical, electric or odic properties of plants, herbs, roots, minerals, animal tissue, are as familiar to him as the feathers of your birds are to you.[4]
The cause of force
In the Theosophical view, he forces we perceive on the physical plane are the effects of the action of Ākāśa:
Expressed in occult language it might be said with more correctness that this “force-substance” is the ever-active phenomenal positive æther—prakriti; while the omnipresent all pervading ether is the noumenon of the former, the substratum of all, or Akâsa. . . . For ÆTHER, in Esotericism, is the very quintessence of all possible energy, and it is certainly to this universal agent (composed of many agents) that all the manifestations of energy in the material, psychic and spiritual worlds are due.[5]
Online resources
Articles
- What is Matter and What is Force? by Mahatma KH
- The Masks of Science by H. P. Blavatsky in The Secret Doctrine vol. I
Notes
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 508.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 511.
- ↑ Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 283.
- ↑ Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 284.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 508.