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The '''law of correspondences''' is, according to [[H. P. Blavatsky]] "an immutable one in the system of cycles" <ref>CW7, 69</ref> | |||
<blockquote>The law of correspondences will lead you to the discovery of the greatest mysteries of macrocosmical life.<ref>CW12, 517</ref></blockquote> | |||
<blockquote>Fourth and last basic idea to be held is that expressed in the Great Hermetic Axiom. It really sums up and synthesizes all the others | |||
This law, sometimes also called the "law of correspondences and analogy", allows the student to infer the general processes that take place on any given plane by learning about the dynamics of another one: | |||
<blockquote>The beauty and wisdom of the Stanzas consist in this, that they may be interpreted on seven different planes, the last reflecting, by the universal law of correspondences and analogy, in its most differentiated, gross and physical aspect, the process which takes place on the first or purely spiritual plane.<ref>CW10, 354</ref></blockquote> | |||
[[Robert Bowen|Commander Robert Bowen]], produced some notes of teachings given by [[H. P. Blavatsky|Madame Blavatsky]] towards the close of her life. In them, [[H. P. Blavatsky|HPB]] is reported to have put forward four basic ideas that the student whould keep in mind while studying the ''[[Secret Doctrine]]''. The fourth one deals with the Law of Correspondences: | |||
<blockquote>Fourth and last basic idea to be held is that expressed in the Great Hermetic Axiom. It really sums up and synthesizes all the others: <br> | |||
As is the Inner, so is the Outer; as is the Great so, is the Small; as it is above, so it is below: there is but ONE LIFE AND LAW; and he that worketh it is ONE. Nothing is Inner, nothing is Outer; nothing is GREAT, nothing is Small; nothing is High, nothing is Low, in the Divine Economy.<ref>Bowen, R., Theosophy in Ireland (????, January–March, 1932), ?????</ref></blockquote> | As is the Inner, so is the Outer; as is the Great so, is the Small; as it is above, so it is below: there is but ONE LIFE AND LAW; and he that worketh it is ONE. Nothing is Inner, nothing is Outer; nothing is GREAT, nothing is Small; nothing is High, nothing is Low, in the Divine Economy.<ref>Bowen, R., Theosophy in Ireland (????, January–March, 1932), ?????</ref></blockquote> | ||
Revision as of 16:57, 14 March 2012
The law of correspondences is, according to H. P. Blavatsky "an immutable one in the system of cycles" [1]
The law of correspondences will lead you to the discovery of the greatest mysteries of macrocosmical life.[2]
This law, sometimes also called the "law of correspondences and analogy", allows the student to infer the general processes that take place on any given plane by learning about the dynamics of another one:
The beauty and wisdom of the Stanzas consist in this, that they may be interpreted on seven different planes, the last reflecting, by the universal law of correspondences and analogy, in its most differentiated, gross and physical aspect, the process which takes place on the first or purely spiritual plane.[3]
Commander Robert Bowen, produced some notes of teachings given by Madame Blavatsky towards the close of her life. In them, HPB is reported to have put forward four basic ideas that the student whould keep in mind while studying the Secret Doctrine. The fourth one deals with the Law of Correspondences:
Fourth and last basic idea to be held is that expressed in the Great Hermetic Axiom. It really sums up and synthesizes all the others:
As is the Inner, so is the Outer; as is the Great so, is the Small; as it is above, so it is below: there is but ONE LIFE AND LAW; and he that worketh it is ONE. Nothing is Inner, nothing is Outer; nothing is GREAT, nothing is Small; nothing is High, nothing is Low, in the Divine Economy.[4]