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	of the <u>All</u>, the Universal Principle which, from any given point expands so as to embrace all things, while embodying the potentiality of every action in the Cosmos. As the point then is the centre round which the circle is traced — they are identical and <u>one</u>, and though from the standpoint of [[Māyā\|<u>Maya</u>]] and [[Avidyā\|<u>Avidya</u>]] — (illusion and ignorance) — one is separated from the other by the [[Triad#Cosmic_triad\|manifested triangle]], the 3 sides of which represent the three [[Guṇa\|<u>gunas</u>]] — finite attributes. In symbology the central point is [[Jīva#Jivatman\|<u>Jivatma</u>]] (the [[Seventh Principle\|7th principle]]), and hence [[Avalokiteśvara\|Avalokitesvara]], the [[Kwan-Shi-Yin\|<u>Kwan-Shai-yin</u>]], the manifested "Voice" (or <u>[[Logos]]</u>), the germ point of manifested activity; — hence — in the phraseology of the [[Christianity\|Christian]] [[Kabbalah\|Kabalists]] "the Son of the Father and Mother," and agreeably to ours — "the Self manifested in Self — [[Yih-sin]], the "one form of existence," the child of [[Dharmakāya\|<u>Dharmakaya</u>]] (the universally diffused Essence), both male and female. [[Parabrahman\|Parabrahm]] or "[[Adi-Buddha]]" while acting through that germ point outwardly as an active force, reacts from the circumference inwardly as the Supreme but latent Potency. The double triangles symbolize the Great Passive and the Great Active; the male and female; [[Puruṣa\|Purusha]] and [[Prakṛti\|Prakriti]]. Each triangle is a [[Triad\|Trinity]] because presenting a triple aspect. The white represents in its straight lines: <u>Gnanam</u> — (Knowledge); <u>Gnata</u> — (the Knower); and <u>Gnayam</u> — (that which is known). The black-form, colour, and substance, also the <u>creative</u>, <u>preservative</u>, and <u>destructive</u> forces and are mutually correlating. Etc., etc.		of the <u>All</u>, the Universal Principle which, from any given point expands so as to embrace all things, while embodying the potentiality of every action in the Cosmos. As the point then is the centre round which the circle is traced — they are identical and <u>one</u>, and though from the standpoint of [[Māyā\|<u>Maya</u>]] and [[Avidyā\|<u>Avidya</u>]] — (illusion and ignorance) — one is separated from the other by the [[Triad#Cosmic_triad\|manifested triangle]], the 3 sides of which represent the three [[Guṇa\|<u>gunas</u>]] — finite attributes. In symbology the central point is [[Jīva#Jivatman\|<u>Jivatma</u>]] (the [[Seventh Principle\|7th principle]]), and hence [[Avalokiteśvara\|Avalokitesvara]], the [[Kwan-Shi-Yin\|<u>Kwan-Shai-yin</u>]], the manifested "Voice" (or <u>[[Logos]]</u>), the germ point of manifested activity; — hence — in the phraseology of the [[Christianity\|Christian]] [[Kabbalah\|Kabalists]] "the Son of the Father and Mother," and agreeably to ours — "the Self manifested in Self — [[Yih-sin]], the "one form of existence," the child of [[Dharmakāya\|<u>Dharmakaya</u>]] (the universally diffused Essence), both male and female. [[Parabrahman\|Parabrahm]] or "[[Adi-Buddha]]" while acting through that germ point outwardly as an active force, reacts from the circumference inwardly as the Supreme but latent Potency. The double triangles symbolize the Great Passive and the Great Active; the male and female; [[Puruṣa\|Purusha]] and [[Prakṛti\|Prakriti]]. Each triangle is a [[Triad\|Trinity]] because presenting a triple aspect. The white represents in its straight lines: <u>Gnanam</u> — (Knowledge); <u>Gnata</u> — (the Knower); and <u>Gnayam</u> — (that which is known). The black-form, colour, and substance, also the <u>creative</u>, <u>preservative</u>, and <u>destructive</u> forces and are mutually correlating. Etc., etc.

	Well may you admire and more should you wonder at the marvellous lucidity of that remarkable seeress, who ignorant of [[Saṃskṛta\|Sanskrit]] or [[Pāli\|Pali]], and thus shut out from their metaphysical treasures, has yet seen a great light shining from behind the dark ~~bills~~ of exoteric religions. How, think you, did the "Writers of [[The Perfect Way (book)\|the Perfect Way]]" come to know that Adonai was the Son and not the Father; or that the third Person of the Christian Trinity is — female?		Well may you admire and more should you wonder at the marvellous lucidity of that remarkable seeress, who ignorant of [[Saṃskṛta\|Sanskrit]] or [[Pāli\|Pali]], and thus shut out from their metaphysical treasures, has yet seen a great light shining from behind the dark hills of exoteric religions. How, think you, did the "Writers of [[The Perfect Way (book)\|the Perfect Way]]" come to know that Adonai was the Son and not the Father; or that the third Person of the Christian Trinity is — female?

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	* '''The criticism''' with its answer by [[S. T. Krishnama Charya]] was published in ''The Theosophist'', June 1883, under the title "Cosmical Rings and Rounds" (See a reprint of the article [http://~~books~~.~~google~~.~~com~~/books?id=Ay0oeNxS5s0C&pg=PA196&lpg=PA196&dq=%22COSMICAL+RINGS+AND+ROUNDS%22+%22by+a+student+of+occultism%22&source=bl&ots=REm6gCOeSK&sig=7qe_-VxDwtVB23mZJNK3rXgBLMQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=k7tZUcL7GYm0yQGBi4HIDg&sqi=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22COSMICAL%20RINGS%20AND%20ROUNDS%22%20%22by%20a%20student%20of%20occultism%22&f=false# here])		* '''The criticism''' with its answer by [[S. T. Krishnama Charya]] was published in ''The Theosophist'', June 1883, under the title "Cosmical Rings and Rounds" (See a reprint of the article [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v4/y1883_078.htm# here])

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	This is '''Letter No. 111''' in ''' [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)\|''The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']], 4th chronological edition'''. It corresponds to '''Letter No. 59''' in '''Barker numbering.''' ~~See below for~~ [[~~Mahatma Letter No. 111#Context and background~~\|~~Context and background~~]].		This is '''Letter No. 111''' in ''' [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)\|''The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']], 4th chronological edition'''. It corresponds to '''Letter No. 59''' in '''Barker numbering.''' An unpublished letter that precedes this one was '''[[Mahatma_Letter_of_Sinnett_to/from_KH_-_1883-06-09\|written on June 6, 1883]]'''.
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	== Context and background ==		== Context and background ==

			An unpublished letter that precedes this one was '''[[Mahatma_Letter_of_Sinnett_to/from_KH_-_1883-06-09\|written on June 6, 1883]]'''. In that letter, Sinnett was describing his understanding of planetary chains, and about [[Spiritualism\|spiritualism]]; KH wrote across that page, "All wrong."

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	invaluable paper smothered in the "Sections" and the whole Royal Society trying to cough him down, metaphorically if not actually, as its sister Society in America did to that martyr, [[Robert Hare\|Hare]] — he little thought how perfect a revenge [[Karma]] had in store for him. Let him know that its cornucopia is not yet emptied, and that Western Science has still three additional states of [[matter]] to discover. But he should not wait for us to condense ourselves up to the stethescopic standard as his [[Katie King\|Katy]] did; for we men are subject to laws of molecular affinity and polaric attraction which that sweet simulacrum was not hampered with. We have no favourites, break no rules. If [[William Crookes\|Mr. Crookes]] would penetrate Arcana beyond the corridors the tools of modern [[science]] have already excavated, let him — <u>[[Try!\|Try]]</u>. He tried and found the Radiometer; tried again, and found Radiant matter; may try again and find the "[[Kāmarūpa\|Kama-rupa]]" of matter — its fifth state. But to find ~~it's~~ [[Manas]] he would have to pledge himself stronger to secrecy than he seems inclined to. You know our motto, and that its practical application has erased the word "impossible" from the [[Occultism\|occultist]]'s vocabulary. If he wearies not of trying, he may discover that most noble of all facts, his true [[Ātman\|SELF]]. But he will have to penetrate many strata before he comes to <u>It</u>. And to begin with let him rid himself of the [[Māyā\|maya]] that any man living can set up "claims" upon [[Adept]]s. He may create irresistible attractions and compel their attention, but they		invaluable paper smothered in the "Sections" and the whole Royal Society trying to cough him down, metaphorically if not actually, as its sister Society in America did to that martyr, [[Robert Hare\|Hare]] — he little thought how perfect a revenge [[Karma]] had in store for him. Let him know that its cornucopia is not yet emptied, and that <u>Western Science has still three additional states of [[matter]] to discover</u>. But he should not wait for us to condense ourselves up to the stethescopic standard as his [[Katie King\|Katy]] did; for we men are subject to laws of molecular affinity and polaric attraction which that sweet simulacrum was not hampered with. We have no favourites, break no rules. If [[William Crookes\|Mr. Crookes]] would penetrate Arcana beyond the corridors the tools of modern [[science]] have already excavated, let him — <u>[[Try!\|Try]]</u>. He tried and found the Radiometer; tried again, and found Radiant matter; may try again and find the "[[Kāmarūpa\|Kama-rupa]]" of matter — its <u>fifth</u> state. But to find its <u>[[Manas]]</u> he would have to pledge himself stronger to secrecy than he seems inclined to. You know our motto, and that its practical application has erased the word "impossible" from the [[Occultism\|occultist]]'s vocabulary. If he wearies not of trying, he may discover that most noble of all facts, his true [[Ātman\|SELF]]. But he will have to penetrate many strata before he comes to <u>It</u>. And to begin with let him rid himself of the [[Māyā\|maya]] that any man living can set up "claims" upon [[Adept]]s. He may create irresistible <u>attractions</u> and compel their attention, but they

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	Verily, they lay in that work several times their hands upon the keystone of [[Occultism]]. Only does the lady — who persists using without an explanation the misleading term "[[God]]" in her writings — know how nearly she comes up to [[Esoteric Philosophy\|our doctrine]] when saying: — "Having for Father, [[Spirit]] <u>which is [[Life]]</u>(the endless [[Circle]] or [[Parabrahman\|Parabrahm]]) and for [[Mother (symbol)\|Mother]] the Great Deep, which is Substance ([[Prakṛti\|Prakriti]] in its undifferentiated condition) — Adonai possesses the potency of both and wields the dual powers of all things." We would say <u>triple</u>, but in the sense as given this will do. [[Pythagoras]] had a reason for never using the finite, useless figure — 2, and for altogether discarding it. The ONE, can, when manifesting, become only 3. The unmanifested when a simple duality remains passive and concealed. The [[Monad#The_dual_Monad\|dual monad]] (the [[Ātman\|7th]] and [[Buddhi\|6th]] principles) has, in order to manifest itself as a [[Logos]], the "[[Kwan-Shi-Yin\|Kwan-shai-yin]]" to first become a [[triad]] (7th, 6th and [[Manas#Higher_manas\|half of the 5th]]); then, on the bosom of the "Great Deep" attracting within itself the [[Circle\|One Circle]] — form out of it the perfect Square, thus "squaring the circle" — the greatest of all the mysteries, friend — and inscribing within the latter the — <u><span style="border-bottom: 2px double #000;">word</span></u> (the Ineffable name) — otherwise the duality could never tarry as such, and would have		Verily, they lay in that work several times their hands upon the keystone of [[Occultism]]. Only does the lady — who persists using without an explanation the misleading term "[[God]]" in her writings — know how nearly she comes up to [[Esoteric Philosophy\|our doctrine]] when saying: — "Having for Father, [[Spirit]] <u>which is [[Life]]</u> (the endless [[Circle]] or [[Parabrahman\|Parabrahm]]) and for [[Mother (symbol)\|Mother]] the Great Deep, which is Substance ([[Prakṛti\|Prakriti]] in its undifferentiated condition) — Adonai possesses the potency of both and wields the dual powers of all things." We would say <u>triple</u>, but in the sense as given this will do. [[Pythagoras]] had a reason for never using the finite, useless figure — 2, and for altogether discarding it. The ONE, can, when manifesting, become only 3. The unmanifested when a simple duality remains passive and concealed. The [[Monad#The_dual_Monad\|dual monad]] (the [[Ātman\|7th]] and [[Buddhi\|6th]] principles) has, in order to manifest itself as a [[Logos]], the "[[Kwan-Shi-Yin\|Kwan-shai-yin]]" to first become a [[triad]] (7th, 6th and [[Manas#Higher_manas\|half of the 5th]]); then, on the bosom of the "Great Deep" attracting within itself the [[Circle\|One Circle]] — form out of it the perfect Square, thus "squaring the circle" — the greatest of all the mysteries, friend — and inscribing within the latter the — <u><span style="border-bottom: 2px double #000;">word</span></u> (the Ineffable name) — otherwise the duality could never tarry as such, and would have

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	turned from a "heathen" an atheist and a free-thinker — a [[Christianity\|Christian]], or rather a theist, and now humbly "submits" to Him (an extra cosmical [[God]] for whom he has even discovered a local) and to all delegated by Him with lawful authority." And we, poor creatures, are "traitors, Liars, <u>Devils</u>, and all my (his) crimes (as enumerated above) are as a shining robe of glory compared to Theirs:" — his capitals and underscorings being quoted as well as his words! Now friend, put away that thought that I ought not to compare your ~~cage~~ with his, for I do not. I have only given you a glimpse into the hell of this lost soul, to show you what disaster may come upon the "[[Chela#Lay_chelas\|lay-chela]]" who snatches at forbidden [[Siddhi\|power]] before his moral nature is developed to the point of fitness for its exercise. You must think well over the article "Chelas and Lay Chelas" which you will find in the <u>Supplement</u> of the July <u>[[The Theosophist (periodical)\|Theosophist]]</u>.		turned from a "heathen" an atheist and a free-thinker — a [[Christianity\|Christian]], or rather a theist, and now humbly "submits" to Him (an extra cosmical [[God]] for whom he has even discovered a local) and to all delegated by Him with lawful authority." And we, poor creatures, are "traitors, Liars, <u>Devils</u>, and all my (his) crimes (as enumerated above) are as a shining robe of glory compared to Theirs:" — his capitals and underscorings being quoted as well as his words! Now friend, put away that thought that I ought not to compare your case with his, for I do not. I have only given you a glimpse into the hell of this lost soul, to show you what disaster may come upon the "[[Chela#Lay_chelas\|lay-chela]]" who snatches at forbidden [[Siddhi\|power]] before his moral nature is developed to the point of fitness for its exercise. You must think well over the article "Chelas and Lay Chelas" which you will find in the <u>Supplement</u> of the July <u>[[The Theosophist (periodical)\|Theosophist]]</u>.

	So the great [[William Crookes\|Mr. Crookes]] has placed one foot across the threshold for the sake of reading the Society's papers? Well and wisely done, and really brave of him. Heretofore he was bold enough to take a similar step and loyal enough to truth to disappoint his colleagues by making his facts public. When he was seeing his		So the great [[William Crookes\|Mr. Crookes]] has placed one foot across the threshold for the sake of reading the Society's papers? Well and wisely done, and really brave of him. Heretofore he was bold enough to take a similar step and loyal enough to truth to disappoint his colleagues by making his facts public. When he was seeing his

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	* '''circumambient''' means encompassing on all sides; surrounding.		* '''circumambient''' means encompassing on all sides; surrounding.
	* '''circummuded''' may mean turbid or muddy.		* '''circummuded''' may mean turbid or muddy.
	* '''''Atmânam, âtmanâ paśya''''' is a ~~phrase from [[Vedanta]]~~, ~~used~~ by [[Śankarāchārya\|Sankaracharya]], ~~meaning "See the self~~ by ~~the self~~."		* '''''Atmânam, âtmanâ paśya''''' is a Vedantic concept meaning, "See the self by the self." The quote that follows is from [[Śankarāchārya\|Sankaracharya]]'s ''Ātma-bodha'', translated by Monier-Williams and published in his book ''Indian Wisdom''.
	* '''cogs''' refer to the complex gears within a mechanical clock.		* '''cogs''' refer to the complex gears within a mechanical clock.
	* The articles on Devachan published in ''The Theosophist'' can be read [http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/Study%20notes/Constitution%20of%20Man/Devachan,%20dream%20realm%20where%20pure%20souls%20are%20rewarded.pdf# here.]		* The articles on Devachan published in ''The Theosophist'' can be read [http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/Study%20notes/Constitution%20of%20Man/Devachan,%20dream%20realm%20where%20pure%20souls%20are%20rewarded.pdf# here.]

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	of the [[Spirit]] without a veil. No untaught amateur could ever rival the proficient in this branch of research; yet the world's real Revelators have been few, and its pseudo-Saviours legion; and fortunate it is if their half-glimpses of the light are not, like [[Islam]], enforced at the sword's point, or like [[Christianity\|Christian]] Theology, amid blazing faggots and in torture chambers. Your <u>[[Fragments of Occult Truth (article)\|Fragments]]</u> contain some — still very few errors, due solely to your two preceptors of [[Adyar (campus)\|Adyar]], [[T. Subba Row\|one of whom <u>would not</u>]], and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|the other <u>could not</u>]] tell you all. The rest could not be called mistakes — rather incomplete explanations. These are due, partly to your own imperfect education in your last theme — I mean the ever-threatening <u>[[Pralaya#Obscuration\|obscurations]]</u> — partly to the poor vehicles of language at our disposal, and in part again, to the reserve imposed upon us by rule. Yet, all things considered, they are few and trivial; while as to those noticed by [[Allan Octavian Hume\|"A Student, etc."]] (the Marcus Aurelius of Simla) in your No. VII, it will be pleasant for you to know that every one of them, however now seeming to you contradictory, can (and if it should seem necessary <u>shall</u>) be easily reconciled with facts. The trouble is that (<u>a</u>) you cannot be given the real figures and difference in the [[Round]]s, and (<u>b</u>) that you do not open doors enough for explorers. The bright [[Anna Bonus Kingsford\|Luminary of the B.T.S.]] and the Intelligences that surround her (embodied I mean) may help you to		of the [[Spirit]] without a veil. No untaught amateur could ever rival the proficient in this branch of research; yet the world's real Revelators have been few, and its pseudo-Saviours legion; and fortunate it is if their half-glimpses of the light are not, like [[Islam]], enforced at the sword's point, or like [[Christianity\|Christian]] Theology, amid blazing faggots and in torture chambers. Your <u>[[Fragments of Occult Truth (article)\|Fragments]]</u> contain some — still very few errors, due solely to your two preceptors of [[Adyar (campus)\|Adyar]], [[T. Subba Row\|one of whom]] <u>would not</u>, and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|the other]] <u>could not</u> tell you all. The rest could not be called mistakes — rather incomplete explanations. These are due, partly to your own imperfect education in your last theme — I mean the ever-threatening <u>[[Pralaya#Obscuration\|obscurations]]</u> — partly to the poor vehicles of language at our disposal, and in part again, to the reserve imposed upon us by rule. Yet, all things considered, they are few and trivial; while as to those noticed by [[Allan Octavian Hume\|"A Student, etc."]] (the Marcus Aurelius of Simla) in your No. VII, it will be pleasant for you to know that every one of them, however now seeming to you contradictory, can (and if it should seem necessary <u>shall</u>) be easily reconciled with facts. The trouble is that (<u>a</u>) you cannot be given the real figures and difference in the [[Round]]s, and (<u>b</u>) that you do not open doors enough for explorers. The bright [[Anna Bonus Kingsford\|Luminary of the B.T.S.]] and the Intelligences that surround her (embodied I mean) may help you to

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	* '''circumambient''' means encompassing on all sides; surrounding.		* '''circumambient''' means encompassing on all sides; surrounding.
	* '''circummuded''' may mean turbid or muddy.		* '''circummuded''' may mean turbid or muddy.
	* '''''~~Atmanam atmana pasya~~''''' is a phrase from [[Vedanta]], used by [[Śankarāchārya\|Sankaracharya]], meaning "See the self by the self."		* '''''Atmânam, âtmanâ paśya''''' is a phrase from [[Vedanta]], used by [[Śankarāchārya\|Sankaracharya]], meaning "See the self by the self."
	* '''cogs''' refer to the complex gears within a mechanical clock.		* '''cogs''' refer to the complex gears within a mechanical clock.
	* The articles on Devachan published in ''The Theosophist'' can be read [http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/Study%20notes/Constitution%20of%20Man/Devachan,%20dream%20realm%20where%20pure%20souls%20are%20rewarded.pdf# here.]		* The articles on Devachan published in ''The Theosophist'' can be read [http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/Study%20notes/Constitution%20of%20Man/Devachan,%20dream%20realm%20where%20pure%20souls%20are%20rewarded.pdf# here.]

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	yourself against yourself, and found the [[Theosophist]] an "Anak" morally, as compared with the "old man" (the <u>beau valseur</u>); is it not so? Well, this is, perhaps, your reward — the beginning of it: the end you will realize in [[Devachan]], when "floating along" in the circumambient [[Ether\|ether]], instead of the circummuded British Channel — foggy though that state may now appear to your mind's eye. Then only will you "see thyself by thyself" and learn the true meaning of <u>~~Atmanam~~</u>, <u>~~atmana~~</u> <u>~~pasya~~</u>: —		yourself against yourself, and found the [[Theosophist]] an "Anak" morally, as compared with the "old man" (the <u>beau valseur</u>); is it not so? Well, this is, perhaps, your reward — the beginning of it: the end you will realize in [[Devachan]], when "floating along" in the circumambient [[Ether\|ether]], instead of the circummuded British Channel — foggy though that state may now appear to your mind's eye. Then only will you "see thyself by thyself" and learn the true meaning of <u>Atmânam</u>, <u>âtmanâ</u> <u>paśya</u>: —

	"To know <u>itself</u> e'en as a shining light		"To know <u>itself</u> e'en as a shining light

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	of the <u>All</u>, the Universal Principle which, from any given point expands so as to embrace all things, while embodying the potentiality of every action in the Cosmos. As the point then is the centre round which the circle is traced — they are identical and <u>one</u>, and though from the standpoint of [[Māyā\|<u>Maya</u>]] and [[Avidyā\|<u>Avidya</u>]] — (illusion and ignorance) — one is separated from the other by the [[Triad#Cosmic_triad\|manifested triangle]], the 3 sides of which represent the three [[Guṇa\|<u>gunas</u>]] — finite attributes. In symbology the central point is [[Jīva#Jivatman\|<u>Jivatma</u>]] (the [[Seventh Principle\|7th principle]]), and hence [[Avalokiteśvara\|Avalokitesvara]], the [[Kwan-Shi-Yin\|<u>Kwan-Shai-yin</u>]], the manifested "Voice" (or <u>[[Logos]]</u>), the germ point of manifested activity; — hence — in the phraseology of the [[Christianity\|Christian]] [[Kabbalah\|Kabalists]] "the Son of the Father and Mother," and agreeably to ours — "the Self manifested in Self — [[Yih-sin]], the "one form of existence," the child of [[Dharmakāya\|<u>Dharmakaya</u>]] (the universally diffused Essence), both male and female. [[Parabrahman\|Parabrahm]] or "[[Adi-Buddha]]" while acting through that germ point outwardly as an active force, reacts from the circumference inwardly as the Supreme but latent Potency. The double triangles symbolize the Great Passive and the Great Active; the male and female; [[Puruṣa\|Purusha]] and [[Prakṛti\|Prakriti]]. Each triangle is a [[Triad\|Trinity]] because presenting a triple aspect. The white represents in its straight lines: <u>Gnanam</u> — (Knowledge); <u>Gnata</u> — (the Knower); and <u>Gnayam</u> — (that which is known). The black-form, colour, and substance, also the <u>creative</u>, <u>preservative</u>, and <u>destructive</u> forces and are mutually correlating. Etc., etc.		of the <u>All</u>, the Universal Principle which, from any given point expands so as to embrace all things, while embodying the potentiality of every action in the Cosmos. As the point then is the centre round which the circle is traced — they are identical and <u>one</u>, and though from the standpoint of [[Māyā\|<u>Maya</u>]] and [[Avidyā\|<u>Avidya</u>]] — (illusion and ignorance) — one is separated from the other by the [[Triad#Cosmic_triad\|manifested triangle]], the 3 sides of which represent the three [[Guṇa\|<u>gunas</u>]] — finite attributes. In symbology the central point is [[Jīva#Jivatman\|<u>Jivatma</u>]] (the [[Seventh Principle\|7th principle]]), and hence [[Avalokiteśvara\|Avalokitesvara]], the [[Kwan-Shi-Yin\|<u>Kwan-Shai-yin</u>]], the manifested "Voice" (or <u>[[Logos]]</u>), the germ point of manifested activity; — hence — in the phraseology of the [[Christianity\|Christian]] [[Kabbalah\|Kabalists]] "the Son of the Father and Mother," and agreeably to ours — "the Self manifested in Self — [[Yih-sin]], the "one form of existence," the child of [[Dharmakāya\|<u>Dharmakaya</u>]] (the universally diffused Essence), both male and female. [[Parabrahman\|Parabrahm]] or "[[Adi-Buddha]]" while acting through that germ point outwardly as an active force, reacts from the circumference inwardly as the Supreme but latent Potency. The double triangles symbolize the Great Passive and the Great Active; the male and female; [[Puruṣa\|Purusha]] and [[Prakṛti\|Prakriti]]. Each triangle is a [[Triad\|Trinity]] because presenting a triple aspect. The white represents in its straight lines: <u>Gnanam</u> — (Knowledge); <u>Gnata</u> — (the Knower); and <u>Gnayam</u> — (that which is known). The black-form, colour, and substance, also the <u>creative</u>, <u>preservative</u>, and <u>destructive</u> forces and are mutually correlating. Etc., etc.

	Well may you admire and more should you wonder at the marvellous lucidity of that remarkable seeress, who ignorant of [[Saṃskṛta\|Sanskrit]] or [[Pāli\|Pali]], and thus shut out from their metaphysical treasures, has yet seen a great light shining from behind the dark ~~bills~~ of exoteric religions. How, think you, did the "Writers of [[The Perfect Way (book)\|the Perfect Way]]" come to know that Adonai was the Son and not the Father; or that the third Person of the Christian Trinity is — female?		Well may you admire and more should you wonder at the marvellous lucidity of that remarkable seeress, who ignorant of [[Saṃskṛta\|Sanskrit]] or [[Pāli\|Pali]], and thus shut out from their metaphysical treasures, has yet seen a great light shining from behind the dark hills of exoteric religions. How, think you, did the "Writers of [[The Perfect Way (book)\|the Perfect Way]]" come to know that Adonai was the Son and not the Father; or that the third Person of the Christian Trinity is — female?

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	invaluable paper smothered in the "Sections" and the whole Royal Society trying to cough him down, metaphorically if not actually, as its sister Society in America did to that martyr, [[Robert Hare\|Hare]] — he little thought how perfect a revenge [[Karma]] had in store for him. Let him know that its cornucopia is not yet emptied, and that Western Science has still three additional states of [[matter]] to discover. But he should not wait for us to condense ourselves up to the stethescopic standard as his [[Katie King\|Katy]] did; for we men are subject to laws of molecular affinity and polaric attraction which that sweet simulacrum was not hampered with. We have no favourites, break no rules. If [[William Crookes\|Mr. Crookes]] would penetrate Arcana beyond the corridors the tools of modern [[science]] have already excavated, let him — <u>[[Try!\|Try]]</u>. He tried and found the Radiometer; tried again, and found Radiant matter; may try again and find the "[[Kāmarūpa\|Kama-rupa]]" of matter — its fifth state. But to find ~~it's~~ [[Manas]] he would have to pledge himself stronger to secrecy than he seems inclined to. You know our motto, and that its practical application has erased the word "impossible" from the [[Occultism\|occultist]]'s vocabulary. If he wearies not of trying, he may discover that most noble of all facts, his true [[Ātman\|SELF]]. But he will have to penetrate many strata before he comes to <u>It</u>. And to begin with let him rid himself of the [[Māyā\|maya]] that any man living can set up "claims" upon [[Adept]]s. He may create irresistible attractions and compel their attention, but they		invaluable paper smothered in the "Sections" and the whole Royal Society trying to cough him down, metaphorically if not actually, as its sister Society in America did to that martyr, [[Robert Hare\|Hare]] — he little thought how perfect a revenge [[Karma]] had in store for him. Let him know that its cornucopia is not yet emptied, and that <u>Western Science has still three additional states of [[matter]] to discover</u>. But he should not wait for us to condense ourselves up to the stethescopic standard as his [[Katie King\|Katy]] did; for we men are subject to laws of molecular affinity and polaric attraction which that sweet simulacrum was not hampered with. We have no favourites, break no rules. If [[William Crookes\|Mr. Crookes]] would penetrate Arcana beyond the corridors the tools of modern [[science]] have already excavated, let him — <u>[[Try!\|Try]]</u>. He tried and found the Radiometer; tried again, and found Radiant matter; may try again and find the "[[Kāmarūpa\|Kama-rupa]]" of matter — its <u>fifth</u> state. But to find its <u>[[Manas]]</u> he would have to pledge himself stronger to secrecy than he seems inclined to. You know our motto, and that its practical application has erased the word "impossible" from the [[Occultism\|occultist]]'s vocabulary. If he wearies not of trying, he may discover that most noble of all facts, his true [[Ātman\|SELF]]. But he will have to penetrate many strata before he comes to <u>It</u>. And to begin with let him rid himself of the [[Māyā\|maya]] that any man living can set up "claims" upon [[Adept]]s. He may create irresistible <u>attractions</u> and compel their attention, but they

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	Verily, they lay in that work several times their hands upon the keystone of [[Occultism]]. Only does the lady — who persists using without an explanation the misleading term "[[God]]" in her writings — know how nearly she comes up to [[Esoteric Philosophy\|our doctrine]] when saying: — "Having for Father, [[Spirit]] <u>which is [[Life]]</u>(the endless [[Circle]] or [[Parabrahman\|Parabrahm]]) and for [[Mother (symbol)\|Mother]] the Great Deep, which is Substance ([[Prakṛti\|Prakriti]] in its undifferentiated condition) — Adonai possesses the potency of both and wields the dual powers of all things." We would say <u>triple</u>, but in the sense as given this will do. [[Pythagoras]] had a reason for never using the finite, useless figure — 2, and for altogether discarding it. The ONE, can, when manifesting, become only 3. The unmanifested when a simple duality remains passive and concealed. The [[Monad#The_dual_Monad\|dual monad]] (the [[Ātman\|7th]] and [[Buddhi\|6th]] principles) has, in order to manifest itself as a [[Logos]], the "[[Kwan-Shi-Yin\|Kwan-shai-yin]]" to first become a [[triad]] (7th, 6th and [[Manas#Higher_manas\|half of the 5th]]); then, on the bosom of the "Great Deep" attracting within itself the [[Circle\|One Circle]] — form out of it the perfect Square, thus "squaring the circle" — the greatest of all the mysteries, friend — and inscribing within the latter the — <u><span style="border-bottom: 2px double #000;">word</span></u> (the Ineffable name) — otherwise the duality could never tarry as such, and would have		Verily, they lay in that work several times their hands upon the keystone of [[Occultism]]. Only does the lady — who persists using without an explanation the misleading term "[[God]]" in her writings — know how nearly she comes up to [[Esoteric Philosophy\|our doctrine]] when saying: — "Having for Father, [[Spirit]] <u>which is [[Life]]</u> (the endless [[Circle]] or [[Parabrahman\|Parabrahm]]) and for [[Mother (symbol)\|Mother]] the Great Deep, which is Substance ([[Prakṛti\|Prakriti]] in its undifferentiated condition) — Adonai possesses the potency of both and wields the dual powers of all things." We would say <u>triple</u>, but in the sense as given this will do. [[Pythagoras]] had a reason for never using the finite, useless figure — 2, and for altogether discarding it. The ONE, can, when manifesting, become only 3. The unmanifested when a simple duality remains passive and concealed. The [[Monad#The_dual_Monad\|dual monad]] (the [[Ātman\|7th]] and [[Buddhi\|6th]] principles) has, in order to manifest itself as a [[Logos]], the "[[Kwan-Shi-Yin\|Kwan-shai-yin]]" to first become a [[triad]] (7th, 6th and [[Manas#Higher_manas\|half of the 5th]]); then, on the bosom of the "Great Deep" attracting within itself the [[Circle\|One Circle]] — form out of it the perfect Square, thus "squaring the circle" — the greatest of all the mysteries, friend — and inscribing within the latter the — <u><span style="border-bottom: 2px double #000;">word</span></u> (the Ineffable name) — otherwise the duality could never tarry as such, and would have

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	turned from a "heathen" an atheist and a free-thinker — a [[Christianity\|Christian]], or rather a theist, and now humbly "submits" to Him (an extra cosmical [[God]] for whom he has even discovered a local) and to all delegated by Him with lawful authority." And we, poor creatures, are "traitors, Liars, <u>Devils</u>, and all my (his) crimes (as enumerated above) are as a shining robe of glory compared to Theirs:" — his capitals and underscorings being quoted as well as his words! Now friend, put away that thought that I ought not to compare your ~~cage~~ with his, for I do not. I have only given you a glimpse into the hell of this lost soul, to show you what disaster may come upon the "[[Chela#Lay_chelas\|lay-chela]]" who snatches at forbidden [[Siddhi\|power]] before his moral nature is developed to the point of fitness for its exercise. You must think well over the article "Chelas and Lay Chelas" which you will find in the <u>Supplement</u> of the July <u>[[The Theosophist (periodical)\|Theosophist]]</u>.		turned from a "heathen" an atheist and a free-thinker — a [[Christianity\|Christian]], or rather a theist, and now humbly "submits" to Him (an extra cosmical [[God]] for whom he has even discovered a local) and to all delegated by Him with lawful authority." And we, poor creatures, are "traitors, Liars, <u>Devils</u>, and all my (his) crimes (as enumerated above) are as a shining robe of glory compared to Theirs:" — his capitals and underscorings being quoted as well as his words! Now friend, put away that thought that I ought not to compare your case with his, for I do not. I have only given you a glimpse into the hell of this lost soul, to show you what disaster may come upon the "[[Chela#Lay_chelas\|lay-chela]]" who snatches at forbidden [[Siddhi\|power]] before his moral nature is developed to the point of fitness for its exercise. You must think well over the article "Chelas and Lay Chelas" which you will find in the <u>Supplement</u> of the July <u>[[The Theosophist (periodical)\|Theosophist]]</u>.

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	of the [[Spirit]] without a veil. No untaught amateur could ever rival the proficient in this branch of research; yet the world's real Revelators have been few, and its pseudo-Saviours legion; and fortunate it is if their half-glimpses of the light are not, like [[Islam]], enforced at the sword's point, or like [[Christianity\|Christian]] Theology, amid blazing faggots and in torture chambers. Your <u>[[Fragments of Occult Truth (article)\|Fragments]]</u> contain some — still very few errors, due solely to your two preceptors of [[Adyar (campus)\|Adyar]], [[T. Subba Row\|one of whom <u>would not</u>]], and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|the other <u>could not</u>]] tell you all. The rest could not be called mistakes — rather incomplete explanations. These are due, partly to your own imperfect education in your last theme — I mean the ever-threatening <u>[[Pralaya#Obscuration\|obscurations]]</u> — partly to the poor vehicles of language at our disposal, and in part again, to the reserve imposed upon us by rule. Yet, all things considered, they are few and trivial; while as to those noticed by [[Allan Octavian Hume\|"A Student, etc."]] (the Marcus Aurelius of Simla) in your No. VII, it will be pleasant for you to know that every one of them, however now seeming to you contradictory, can (and if it should seem necessary <u>shall</u>) be easily reconciled with facts. The trouble is that (<u>a</u>) you cannot be given the real figures and difference in the [[Round]]s, and (<u>b</u>) that you do not open doors enough for explorers. The bright [[Anna Bonus Kingsford\|Luminary of the B.T.S.]] and the Intelligences that surround her (embodied I mean) may help you to		of the [[Spirit]] without a veil. No untaught amateur could ever rival the proficient in this branch of research; yet the world's real Revelators have been few, and its pseudo-Saviours legion; and fortunate it is if their half-glimpses of the light are not, like [[Islam]], enforced at the sword's point, or like [[Christianity\|Christian]] Theology, amid blazing faggots and in torture chambers. Your <u>[[Fragments of Occult Truth (article)\|Fragments]]</u> contain some — still very few errors, due solely to your two preceptors of [[Adyar (campus)\|Adyar]], [[T. Subba Row\|one of whom]] <u>would not</u>, and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|the other]] <u>could not</u> tell you all. The rest could not be called mistakes — rather incomplete explanations. These are due, partly to your own imperfect education in your last theme — I mean the ever-threatening <u>[[Pralaya#Obscuration\|obscurations]]</u> — partly to the poor vehicles of language at our disposal, and in part again, to the reserve imposed upon us by rule. Yet, all things considered, they are few and trivial; while as to those noticed by [[Allan Octavian Hume\|"A Student, etc."]] (the Marcus Aurelius of Simla) in your No. VII, it will be pleasant for you to know that every one of them, however now seeming to you contradictory, can (and if it should seem necessary <u>shall</u>) be easily reconciled with facts. The trouble is that (<u>a</u>) you cannot be given the real figures and difference in the [[Round]]s, and (<u>b</u>) that you do not open doors enough for explorers. The bright [[Anna Bonus Kingsford\|Luminary of the B.T.S.]] and the Intelligences that surround her (embodied I mean) may help you to

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