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Twelve ''Orders of Celestial Beings'' (corresponding to the twelve signs of the [[Zodiac]]) are mentioned in [[Stanzas of Dzyan#Stanza VII|Stanza VII.1]], of which only seven are described. These Orders are divisions of the hierarchy of Creative Powers.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 213.</ref>
Twelve ''Orders of Celestial Beings'' (corresponding to the twelve signs of the [[Zodiac]]) are mentioned in [[Stanzas of Dzyan#Stanza VII|Stanza VII.1]], of which only seven are described. These Orders are divisions of the hierarchy of Creative Powers.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 213.</ref>


[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] quotes the following in reference to the higher four Orders:
<blockquote>“The first after the ‘One’ is divine Fire; the second, Fire and AEther; the third is composed of Fire, AEther and Water; the fourth of Fire, AEther, Water, and Air.”* The One is not concerned with Man-bearing globes, but with the inner invisible Spheres. “The ‘First-Born’ are the Life, the heart and pulse of the Universe; the Second are its Mind or Consciousness.”† († This “Consciousness” has no relation to our consciousness. The consciousness of the “One manifested,” if not absolute, is still unconditioned. . .<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 213.</ref></blockquote>


== First Order ==
== First Order ==


<blockquote>The highest group is composed of the divine Flames, so-called, also spoken of as the “Fiery Lions” and the “Lions of Life,” whose esotericism is securely hidden in the Zodiacal sign of Leo. It is the nucleole of the superior divine World (see Commentary in first pages of Addendum). They are the formless Fiery Breaths, identical in one aspect with the upper Sephirothal Triad.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 213.</ref></blockquote>


== Second Order ==
== Second Order ==





Revision as of 20:11, 31 August 2012

Twelve Orders of Celestial Beings (corresponding to the twelve signs of the Zodiac) are mentioned in Stanza VII.1, of which only seven are described. These Orders are divisions of the hierarchy of Creative Powers.[1]

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky quotes the following in reference to the higher four Orders:

“The first after the ‘One’ is divine Fire; the second, Fire and AEther; the third is composed of Fire, AEther and Water; the fourth of Fire, AEther, Water, and Air.”* The One is not concerned with Man-bearing globes, but with the inner invisible Spheres. “The ‘First-Born’ are the Life, the heart and pulse of the Universe; the Second are its Mind or Consciousness.”† († This “Consciousness” has no relation to our consciousness. The consciousness of the “One manifested,” if not absolute, is still unconditioned. . .[2]

First Order

The highest group is composed of the divine Flames, so-called, also spoken of as the “Fiery Lions” and the “Lions of Life,” whose esotericism is securely hidden in the Zodiacal sign of Leo. It is the nucleole of the superior divine World (see Commentary in first pages of Addendum). They are the formless Fiery Breaths, identical in one aspect with the upper Sephirothal Triad.[3]

Second Order

Third Order

Fourth Order

Fifth Order

Sixth Order

Seventh Order

Notes

  1. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 213.
  2. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 213.
  3. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 213.