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the dore lectures on mental science(辻親僥讐恙)-及16何蛍

酔楯荷恬: 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈 梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ● 辛指欺云匈競何! 泌惚云慕短嗤堋響頼���誅卒亮茂�俊彭堋響��辛聞喘貧圭 "辺茄欺厘議箝誓匂" 孔嬬 才 "紗秘慕禰" 孔嬬��



the    entire   absence    of   control   by   any   second     power     that  renders    the 

realization in external actuality of a purely mental ideal possible。 For this 

reason   systematic   spiritual   study   commences   with   the   contemplation   of 

the    existing    cosmos�察     �and    we   then    transfer    the   conception      of   the 

monogenetic   power   of   the   Spirit   from   the   cosmos   to   the   individual   and 

realize that the same Spirit is able to do the same thing in ourselves。 This 

is the New Thought which in time will fulfil itself in the New Order�察�and 

we thus provide new thought´conditions which enable the Spirit to carry 

on its creative work from a new stand´point�察�that of our own individuality。 

This attainment by the Spirit of a new starting´point is what is meant by 

the esoteric doctrine of the Octave。 The Octave is the starting´point of a 



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new     series   reduplicating      the   starting´point     of   the  previous     series   at  a 

different level�察�just as does the octave note in music。 We find this principle 

constantly referred to in Scripturethe completion of a prior series in the 

number   Seven�察  �and   the   starting   of   a   new   series   by   the   number   Eight�察�

which takes the same place in the second series that the number One did in 

the first。 The second series comes out of the first by natural growth and 

could   not   come   into   existence   without   it�察  �hence   the   First   or   Originating 

number of the second series is the Eighth if we regard the second series as 

the   prolongation   of   the   first。   Seven   is   the   numerical   correspondence   of 

complete   manifestation   because   it   is   the   combination   of   three   and   four�察�

which   respectively   represent   the   complete   working   of   the   spiritual   and 

material factorsinvolution and evolutionand thus together constitute the 

finished   whole。   Students   of   the   Tarot   will   here   realize   the   process   by 

which the Yod of Yod becomes the Yod of He。 It is for this reason that the 

primary or cosmic creation terminates in the rest of the Seventh Day�察�for it 

can proceed no further until a fresh starting´point is found�察�But when this 

fresh starting´point is found in Man realizing his relation to the ;Father�察─�

we   start   a   new   series   and   strike   the   Creative   Octave   and   therefore   the 

Resurrection takes place�察�not on the Sabbath or Seventh Day�察�but on the 

Eighth day which then becomes the First day of the new creak five week。 

The     principle     of   the   Resurrection      is   the   realization    by    man    of   his 

individualization of the Spirit and his recognition of the fact that�察�since the 

Spirit is always the same Spirit�察�it becomes the Alpha of a new creation 

from his own centre of being。 

     Now   all   this   is   necessarily   an   interior   process   taking   place   on   the 

mental plane�察�but if we realize that the creative process is always primarily 

one   of   involution�察  �or   formation   in   the   spiritual   world�察  �we   shall        grasp 

something        of    the   meaning       of   Christ     as   ;The     Son     of   God;the 

concentration   of   the   Universal   Spirit   into   a   Personality   on   the   spiritual 

plane     correlatively     to   the   individuality     of   each    one   who     affords    the 

necessary       thought´conditions。        To   all   who    apprehend       it  there   is  then 

discovered in the Universal Spirit the presence of a Divine Individuality 

reciprocal   to   that   of   the   individual   man�察  �the   recognition   of   which   is   the 

practical solution of all metaphysical problems regarding the emanation of 



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the   individual   soul   from   the   Universal   Spirit   and   the   relations   arising 

therefrom�察     �for   it  takes   these   matters    out   of  the   region    of  intellectual 

speculation�察�which is never creative but only analytical�察�and transfers it to 

the   region   of   feeling   and   spiritual   sensation   which   is   the   abode   of   the 

creative forces。 This personal recognition of the Divine then affords us a 

new basis of Affirmation�察�and we need no longer trouble to go further back 

in order to analyze it�察�because we know experimentally that it is there�察�so 

now   we   find   the   starting´point   of   the   new   creation   ready´made   for   us 

according to the architypal pattern in the Divine Mind itself and therefore 

perfectly  correctly  formed。 When   once   this   truth   is   clearly  apprehended�察�

whether we reach it by an intellectual process or by simple intuition�察�we 

can make it our starting´point and claim to have our thought permeated by 

the creative power of the Spirit on this basis。 

     But vast as is the conception thus reached we must remember that it is 

still a starting´point。 It�察�indeed�察�transcends our previous range of ideas and 

so    presents    a  culmination      of   the  cosmic     creative    series   which     passes 

beyond that series and thus brings us to number Eight or the Octave�察�but 

on this very account it is the number One of a new creative series which is 

personal to the individual。 

     Then�察    �because     the   Spirit   is  always    the   same�察   �we   may     look   for  a 

repetition   of the   creative process   at   a   higher   level�察 �and�察 �as   we   all   know�察�

that   process   consists   first of   the   involution   of  Spirit into   Substance�察  �and 

consequently        of   the    subsequent      evolution      of   Substance      into   forms 

continually   increasing   in   fitness   as   vehicles   for   Spirit�此  �so   now   we   may 

look for a repetition of this universal process from its new starting´point in 

the    individual      mind     and    expect    a   corresponding        externalization      in 

accordance with our familiar axiom that thoughts are things。 

     Now it is as such an external manifestation of the Divine ideal that the 

Christ of the Gospels is set before us。 I do not wish to dogmatize�察�but I 

will   only  say  that   the   more   clearly   we   realize   the   nature   of   the   creative 

process on the spiritual side the more the current objections to the Gospel 

narrative lose their force�察�and it appears to me that to deny that narrative as 

a point´blank impossibility is to make a similar affirmation with regard to 

the   power   of   the   Spirit   in   ourselves。   You   cannot   affirm   a   principle   and 



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deny it in the same breath
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