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The Three Suns

June 4, 2025 Joseph Dewey

The Three Suns
The Physical Sun
The Heart of The Sun
The Central Spiritual Sun

In the past we have talked a lot about the body, or matter, the soul and the spirit. The three fires at first glance seem to be describing the same thing, but in reality, they hone in on the aspect of motion.

Similarly, the three suns represent these three states, but with another aspect emphasized. And what is that?

It is Light.

Let us take a look at how light expresses itself through these three aspects.

The Physical Sun not only represents but is the source of physical light. This reveals knowledge.

Corresponds to: Ray Three – Brahma – The Physical Body – Holy Spirit – Personality – Active Intelligence – Throat Center – Intelligent Form – Knowledge – The Mystery of Electricity – Fire by Friction – Universal Mind

DK says this:

“The energy thus originating is of a peculiarly interesting kind being the basic energy of all manifestation, and the sum total of the forces which form the sevenfold heart of the physical sun, and which are located within its sheltering luminosity.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 1115

“The ‘lower light’ is that which is hidden within the human being on the physical plane. This light, at a certain stage of man’s experience, is awakened throughout the physical body and blends eventually with the ‘greater light.’ The light and life of God Himself may emanate from the central Spiritual Sun, but it is only as the light within the solar system itself is awakened and aroused that there will come that eventual blazing forth which will typify the glory of the Sun shining in its strength. Similarly, the light of the soul may emanate from the Monad, but it is only as the light within the little system (directed by the soul) is awakened and aroused that there will come the eventual shining forth of a son of God.” Treatise on White Magic, Page 73

The Heart of the Sun represents the light of the soul and is strongly linked to the heart chakra. This reveals wisdom and understanding. This sun radiates love and is said to be “the inner point of life in all manifested forms.”

Corresponds to: Ray Two – Love-Wisdom – Vishnu – Soul-Son-Ego – Heart Center – The Christ – The Soul and Solar Angels – The Causal Body – Solar Fire

D K adds this:

That each revelation “carrying the initiate closer to the Heart of the Sun wherein all things are known and felt, and through which all forms, all beings and all things can be bathed in love.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Pages 727-728

The Central Spiritual Sun represents the light of the spirit and is linked to the head center. This reveals the light of the intuition and is the key to unlocking the consciousness of oneness with all things.

The Central Spiritual Sun represents a point in divine space wherein lies the One Great Light which casts no shadow. Here all is revealed.

Corresponds to: Ray One – Agni – Spirit-Father-Monad – Intuition – Life – Head Center – Will, Power and Purpose – Electric Fire – The Jewel in the Lotus – Divine Consciousness

DK adds this:

“The initiate in good standing looks into the heart of things; he has forced his way to the very ‘Heart of the Sun’ (using those words in a ‘planetary’ and not in a ‘solar’ sense) and—from that vantage point—he becomes aware of the ‘Central Spiritual Sun’ and the Way of the Higher Evolution which leads inevitably to that assured centre of the Most High.” Rays and Initiations, Page 652

“Under this Law of Sacrifice, Sanat Kumara (to express the idea in occult terms) ‘must turn His back upon the Central Spiritual Sun, and with the light of His Countenance irradiate the path of the prisoners of the planet.’ He sentences Himself to stay for as long as may be needed, ‘acting as the Sun and light of the planet until the Day be with us and the night of pralaya descends upon His finished task.’ Thus and only thus can the light of the Central Spiritual Sun begin to penetrate the dark places of the Earth; when this happens all ‘shadows disappear’ — an occult reference to the all-embracing radiance of the Monad as it absorbs both its reflection, the soul, and its shadow, the personality.” Discipleship in the New Age, Vol 2, Page 287

“‘I see the greatest light.’ This statement has relation to the Central Spiritual Sun and not to the Heart of the Sun; it involves, if I might so express it, the most intense effort to see in the light the relation of the whole, and this is one of the most potent experiences to which the disciple can be subjected. It is not vision or even aspiration to see the vision. It is complete sight and of this the Masonic symbol of the ‘Eye of God,’ the ‘All-Seeing Eye,’ is the expression. It involves realisation of the light of the divine countenance; of this the light of the soul is the dim reflection. The disciple has learnt the significance of solar and lunar light (soul and form light), but this is something other. It is the great obliterating light of reality itself, revealing the fact of the higher Lighted Way which leads to Nirvana; Of this, the projected antahkarana is the stage first consciously realised by the disciple.” Rays and Initiations, Page 516

There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle. – Robert Alden

Dec 12, 2009 (Edited June 2025)

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Understanding the Cycles of Creation

June 2, 2025 Joseph Dewey

Understanding the Cycles of Creation

Perhaps nothing confuses new students of the Bailey writings (as well as Theosophical works) more than the cycles of time which are regularly mentioned. Even many seasoned students feel confused. Instead of giving separate definitions let us explore them from a wholeness standpoint so we can see how they are related to each other.

Readers often express difficulty in understanding the meaning of schemes, rounds, globes etc. used by Alice A. Bailey and Blavatsky.

Students should have a general grasp of the various cycles of time so they can more easily follow along in their studies.

In theosophical writings the earth that we are on is called a “globe.” We are on what is called “globe D,” the densest of seven globes of which it is a part.

Genesis indicates that this earth was created spiritually before it was created physically. Esoteric writings also tell us this, but instead of one previous spiritual earth there have been three which were Globe A, Globe B and Globe C. Globe C was a more refined matter than the present earth and Globes B and A still more refined respectively. When this earth passes away it will give birth to Globe E which is comparable to Globe C in vibration. The difference will be that humanity will be on the path of return rather than the path of descent, or falling into matter. When we reach Globe G we will have passed through seven globes. These seven globes constitute a “chain.”

To remember this just visualize a chain of seven globes, or earths, linked together like a chain.

Evolution goes much further, however. Instead of there being only one chain of earths there are seven. When one chain passes away another chain of seven begins to materialize. Think reincarnation here. Not only is the earth reincarnated in seven different globes, but each of the chains of globes are also reincarnated into new chains when the previous passes away.

There are a total of seven chains and these 49 globes of seven chains constitute one scheme. Our scheme which is linked to six other schemes and then synthesized into three schemes for a total of ten is equal to the life of a solar system.

Ironically, just as we are the fourth globe in a chain we are also the fourth chain in a scheme meaning that we are living on the 25th earth-like planet that has materialized on some plane in this solar system.

The coming of Christ marked the midway point in our globe, in our chain and in our scheme. This was indeed a point of tension and magic for planetary lives.

Before this earth scheme and this solar system there was a previous solar system where we (or our solar angels) passed through 49 other globes. This was our first estate.

We shall progress through one more major solar system to perfect human (and other) evolution. After this there appears to be four more to come, for what I suspect is for fine tuning with rays 4, 5, 6 and 7:

“There will be seven systems, though we are only concerned with the major three, of which our present solar system is but the second.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 1254

Of course, these three (or seven) solar systems are merely a link in a chain in connection with greater evolution still.

It is mind boggling to contemplate the vastness of it all.

The positive globe, chain or scheme in relation to another is the one that gives more than it receives.

DK explains a mystery as to why the earth is positive to Venus even though the Kumaras came from Venus to stimulate our evolution on this globe. He tells us that when the entire chains of Earth and Venus are looked upon as a whole that the earth sends more than it receives from our sister planet.

Here is a tabulation of cycles that causes some confusion in students because it does not mention a globe:

7 branches = 1 subrace – 7 subraces = 1 root-races – 7 root-races = 1 world period – 7 world period = 1 round – 7 rounds = 1 chain – 7 chains = 1 planetary scheme – 10 planetary schemes = 1 solar system

I think even some Theosophists and old time Alice A. Bailey students get confused with these terms.

A round is equal to the life of a globe. Technically it is called a globe-round. An entire chain is usually just called a round, but sometimes a globe-round is also referred to as a round, hence the confusion.

Previously I said: “There are a total of seven chains and these 49 globes of seven chains constitute one scheme. A scheme is equal to the life of a solar system.”

One may wonder at the fact that there are 10 schemes in the life of a solar system which seems to indicate that the life of a solar system is ten times longer than the one earth scheme.

That’s not quite the way it works.

At present the are seven schemes in our solar system of which the earth scheme is one. Each one of these seven schemes represents a center in the life of the solar logos. The earth scheme represents the first center – the one at the base of the spine with four petals. Here again the number four surfaces. This gives the cross particular significance as far as the earth is concerned. DK calls the four petals the “Cross of the Holy Spirit” which also makes it the point where spirit and matter meet within our solar system.

Just as all the centers in our body are linked and interdependent, yet all exist simultaneously in the body even so do the seven schemes or centers in our solar system all exist together.

Also, just as life begins at the center at the base of the spine for a human and dies when it is extinguished, even so, will the end of the earth scheme signal the end of the solar system.

When the earth scheme ends the six other schemes will also come to an end and the physical sun will disappear also. When this happens three more schemes will appear made of refined mental matter which will be a synthesis of the previous seven schemes. When these final three schemes have played themselves out then the sun will disappear on higher levels and go into rest or pralaya.

The seven schemes we have now plus the three of higher vibration in the future equal the ten schemes.

This is one reason ten is called the number of perfection. Ten great cycles wrap up the work of the Solar Logos.

We are told that the period connected with what DK calls a solar system is 100 years of Brahma which is the stupendous period of over 311 trillion years which is over 60,000 times the current age of the Sun as science tells us. Yet the life of a globe, such as planet earth is equated to just one day of Brahma or 4,320,000,000 years. This is amazingly close to the age of the earth as taught by current science. It is interesting that when the Secret Doctrine was published science considered that the earth was no older than 100 million years. It is now considered to be over 45 times that age.

Examining the Great Cycles

Esoteric teachings tell us that the length of a solar system is 100 years of Brahma or just over 311 trillion years. This seems to conflict with science which tells us that this solar system came into existence only 4.6 billion years ago and is only expected to exist another 5-6 billion years to come or about a ten-billion-year total lifespan. How does one explain that the life of a theosophical solar system is over 31,000 times as long as explained by science?

The answer is that what the Ancient Wisdom calls a solar system is quite a bit more expansive than that seen by today’s science. Science todays sees our solar system as the one physical sun and the bodies which orbit around it.

The solar system in DK’s universe is much more extensive than this.

The complete solar system in Theosophy is composed of ten schemes which covers the massive time period of 311,040,000,000,000 years.

In our solar system there are “ten planetary Logoi, (which) manifest through Their ten schemes in time and space, the hour of Their appearing differing.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 744

So there are ten Logoi appearing through ten schemes, but at different times.

We are currently on planet earth which is a part of one of those schemes.

A scheme is composed of seven chains and a chain is composed of seven globes or planets. The fourth globe (which includes the earth) exists in the dense physical and the rest are in higher grades of matter invisible to us.

When life has fulfilled its purpose on one globe it is then transferred to the next globe. The earth itself is about 4.5 billion years old but our globe round began when there was a transfer of life from a previous earth of a higher grade of matter to this one.

In our Earth scheme of seven chains, each with seven globes, we have a total of 49 globes. But within the solar system there are 10 schemes which would give us many additiional globes, each lasting for billions of years in incarnation and any billions out of incarnation. This gives us a rough idea of the vastness of time involved in what DK identifies as a solar system and makes the 311 trillion life span of our solar system and most probably the universe itself a logical possibility.

Based on information available let us tabulate the lifespan of the differing creations.

That which covers the lengthiest time period is what DK calls a solar system covering ten schemes. This spans over 311 trillion years or 311,040,000,000,000 years.

Each of the 10 schemes are composed of seven chains.

Because there are ten schemes one would think that the lifespan of one would be one tenth of the life of a solar system, but DK says a single planetary scheme lasts 100 years of Brahma:

“The Monadic cycle, which corresponds in man to the 100 years of Brahma, and to a planetary scheme.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 302

So, when do the other nine schemes come in? Do they appear separately or during different time periods? Not much is said about it except this:

“the ten planetary Logoi, manifest through Their ten schemes in time and space, the hour of Their appearing differing.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 744

So they do appear at different times, but the appearing of all ten whether together or sometimes separately we are told covers a period of over 311 trillion years.

He does give us this piece of definite data:

“One year of Brahma The period of seven chains, where the seven planetary schemes are concerned.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 743

We are told that one year of Brahma is 3,110,400,000,000 years. If we divide by seven, we get the figure 59,815,384,000 Years for the life of a chain of seven incarnations of an earthlike planet.

The next step down are the seven globes that make up a chain. As noted earlier this physical earth is one of those seven. We are on globe four, the only one visible to human eyes. The life of a planet is often called a globe-round, or just a round.

If we divide the life of chain by seven, we arrive at an average of 854,505,000 years for the period of one globe round. This doesn’t cover the entire existence of life on the earth but describes a period where the earth is capable of housing intelligent life.

For instance our moon is described as being a dead body, no longer capable of nurturing life. It still exists but is not a part of a globe round. The earth will someday be in that same situation.

The next step down is called a “world period”. There are seven of them in a globe round. If we divide by seven we arrive at 122,072,000 years

Next there are seven root races. If we divide by seven we get an average of 17,438,000 years for each.

The root races are divided into seven subraces of 2,491,000 years each.

Finally the branch races are divided into seven branch races of 355,000 years each.

Keep in mind that the seven divisions may not be exact. For example the first and second root races likely had a longer existence than the later races. It is also a fact that the races overlap. We are currently on the fourth subrace of the fifth root race. Even so, there are remnants of the fourth root race in the Orientals and of the third in the Bushmen of Australia.

We are given a definite figure as to when the future sixth root-race will end which is ten million years from now. DK says this:

“Later, we shall have a transition period again, analogous to that period wherein kama-manas was developed, and we shall then have the entire race expressing a developed synthesis of intellect-intuition, preparatory to that advanced stage which will come at the close of the next root race, the sixth. This takes us to a period ten million years hence, when the intellect will have in its turn slipped below the threshold of consciousness, as did the instinct.” Esoteric Psychology, Vol 1, Page 357

The terms “kalpa” and “manvantara” are also used in relation to cycles of time but different teachers of the Ancient Wisdom apply them somewhat differently. Just keep in mind that they refer to vast cycles of time and check the context to figure out what type of cycle is being discussed.

As far as what is to come in our immediate future, I have found that the tendency of many seekers and writers is to expect a good portion of them to be fulfilled in the near future. This is largely because it is a human tendency to want lots of positive transformation to occur within the lifetime of the individual.

Even back 2000 years ago this seemed to be case as Paul expressed anticipation that Christ would come in his lifetime:

“Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” I Thess 4:17

As it turned out Paul was executed instead of living to meet his Lord in the air.

Since that time there have been many hundreds of teachers predicting the Second Coming, generally within their own lifetimes.

I remember when I was a kid in the early sixties that there was a little old lady who attended church who consistently told everyone that Jesus was going to show up no later than 1968. Of course, she had a figure in mind wherein she expected to still be living.

Since then, I have witnessed many other similar prophesies of the return of Christ, the transformation of the earth into a higher dimension, a new age of peace, a great destruction but where the enlightened will be rescued by aliens or supernatural means among others.

Almost always, the expected great events are supposed to happen within the lifetime of the prophet, psychic or guru.

Perhaps we can’t blame them for who wants to miss out on the greatest events in history?

This tendency to shorten the time of future events shows up in esoteric teachers and students as well in standard religion. Some speculate we are currently moving off the material earth (Globe D) to the next one (Globe E) or perhaps finishing up with the fifth root race (the Aryan) or moving on to the sixth or some higher dimension.

They say that the vast cycles of time noted by Blavatsky and Bailey were either blinds or merely symbolic and what was presented as covering vast areas of time is happening within our lifetime – that the real change is in consciousness, not in physical appearance.

Yes, it is true that there is a change of consciousness when humanity moves forward to another globe or race, but there is also a physical change.

As noted, we are told in this time of the fifth root race there are still remnants of the third and fourth, for remnants of the fourth root race are found in the Orientals and the third in the Bushmen of Australia. This tells us clearly that a change in a racial cycle involves a change of appearance as well as consciousness. Thus, one should assume that if we move out of the fifth root race there would be a change in physical appearance as well as consciousness.

It is also interesting to note that one may be in the body of a fourth root race, but have an Aryan, or even higher consciousness. DK, for instance, is in an oriental body, but has a consciousness much higher than that of the fourth root race.

As far as the vast time periods go there is no evidence the numbers given are symbolic. Misdirection is only given by a master teacher when it is dangerous to give out the full truth. For instance, there are esoteric formulas held secret by the Spiritual Hierarchy which would be dangerous if understood by a dark brother. A master teacher will create blinds of misdirection to prevent such information falling into the wrong hands.

There is no danger in giving out the correct figures of the various cycles of time. There is, of course, always some possibility of error and some approximations are given, but a Master would not give out a blatant untruth for no apparent reason. When studying the writings of a master teacher it is wise to go with what is written unless one has a good reason to think otherwise.

Various great cycles are among the most difficult subjects for the student to grasp. Hopefully, this article will be helpful.

Order is heaven’s first law. – Alexander Pope

June 2, 2025

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The Lower Quaternary and the Spiritual Triad

May 28, 2025 Joseph Dewey

The Lower Quaternary and the Spiritual Triad

We’ll cover both of these together because of their strong connection. In a nutshell they represent the lower and higher self.

Let us look at the lower quaternary first.

DK here defines it as it refers to the lower self as follows:

“The fourfold lower self, or man, in the three worlds. There are various divisions of this, but perhaps for our purpose the best is to enumerate the four as follows:

[1] Lower mind.

[2] Emotional or kamic body.

[3] Prana, or the Life Principle.

[4] The etheric body, or the highest division of the twofold physical body.” Initiation Human and Solar Pg 224

This basically represents our vehicles that our consciousness occupies within the three worlds of form. This composes the lower self and consciousness of form.

There are several correspondences to the four sides of the Quaternary. One is the city of the New Jerusalem, a city that lies foursquare. The city with the four sides represents the highest perfection that can be achieved in form. Those who enter the city must have the lower quaternary, the four parts of the lower self, dominated by the life of the Spirit.

The [biblical] four horses of the apocalypse are closely aligned with the lower quaternary, which in turned are aligned with the energies of the lower centers.

Here DK corresponds the lower quaternary to the lower centers and the spiritual triad to the higher three:

The Lower Quaternary

“1. The solar plexus.

The spleen.
Organs of generation.
Base of the spine.

Above are the three higher:

Heart.
Throat.
Head.

In the microcosm we have the lower quaternary separated from the Triad in a similar manner, and this analogy will bear pondering upon.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 203

He also corresponds them to colors:

“There are the rays of red, blue, yellow, orange, green and violet. There is the ray that synthesises them all, that of indigo. There are the three major rays—red, blue and yellow—and the four subsidiary colours which, in the evolving Monad, find their correspondence in the spiritual Triad and the lower quaternary.” Esoteric Psychology, Vol 1, Page 127

“The current point in human evolution “marks a point where higher and lower manas (mind) approximate, and where the concrete mind, meeting its highest development of this round, gives place to the intuition from above.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 599

The goal of the disciple is to master the lower quaternary and the requirements are “fourfold and concerns four vehicles. The results of this purity are also fourfold and have reference equally to the four sheaths. These results are, in the order of the vehicles:

[1] Conquest of the organs The physical body, [2] A quiet spirit The emotional vehicle,

[3] Concentration The lower mind or the mental body,

[4] Ability to see the self The synthetic result of the triple condition of the above sheaths.” Light of the Soul Pg 204-5

There are higher correspondents to the lower quaternary but unless noted otherwise DK is referring to the four ingredients of the lower self.

The Spiritual Triad

The Spiritual Triad is often referred to as the “Higher Self” or the “Higher Mind.” Technically, it is a Triad composed of Atma-Buddhi-Manas. Manas means mind and refers to the higher part of the mental plane, the third plane of existence, the highest in the worlds of form — the celestial.

The lower mind, which functions in the average person while in incarnation, is not part of this trinity, but a part of the lower quaternary.

Buddhi is the first of the formless worlds, the fourth plane in ascension. This is the carrier of ideas and is accessed through the intuition.

The Atmic is the fifth plane and is the source of eternal ideas and principles.

The lower Triad, (reducing the four to the three) completing the Star of David, is composed of the physical, astral and lower mind. It is important to note that the mind is that plane which is common to the two triads and is thus the key to bringing higher knowledge down to earth. Heaven and earth come together and is understood through the mind. Then the knowledge obtained is set upon its correct course through the desire for service registered in the heart.

Here are some quotes from DK shedding additional light:

“The higher mind (being the lowest aspect of the Spiritual Triad) can be regarded as a door admitting the consciousness of the soul-infused personality into a higher realm of contact and awareness. But again – as you can well see – there is nothing here but symbolism; there is no door, but simply a symbol indicating means of access.” Discipleship in the New Age 2, Page 194

“The stage wherein the lowest aspect of the Spiritual Triad (that of the abstract mind) becomes potent as the conveyor of ideas; these are transformed by the initiate into ideals for the service of humanity.” The Rays & the Initiations, Page 588

“It is through the activity established between higher and lower mind that fusion with the Spiritual Triad becomes possible, with points of tension arising at many points along the bridge, the antahkarana; it is through the activity of pure reason that fusion with the Hierarchy becomes possible, and it is that which produces those points of tension which we call Initiations.” The Rays & the Initiations, Page 541

“Let him learn to control and consciously employ the mind; let him train his mind to receive communications from three sources:

“The three worlds of ordinary living, thus enabling the mind to act as the ‘common sense.’

“The soul, and thus consciously become the disciple, the worker in an Ashram, illumined by the wisdom of the soul, and superseding gradually the knowledge gained in the three worlds. That knowledge, rightly applied, becomes wisdom.

“The Spiritual Triad, acting as the intermediary between the Monad and the brain of the personality. This can eventually take place, because the soul and personality are fused and blended into one functioning unit, this superseding again what we mean when we use the erroneous phrase ‘the soul.’

“Duality then takes the place of the original triplicity.” The Rays & the Initiations, Page 433

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul. – Alexander Pope

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The Three Fires

May 24, 2025May 25, 2025 Joseph Dewey

The Three Fires

DK talks quite a bit about the three fires which he names as follows: Fire by Friction, Solar Fire and Electric fire. I remember when I first started reading the Bailey books, I had difficulty in figuring out what he was talking about, so let us present some explanation here that will assist those who are trying to make sense of the Bailey writings.

The three fires are basically three types of emanating warmth, or fire, created from the three aspects of Divinity. Fire by Friction represents the third, the Holy Spirit, mostly in the form of heat. Solar Fire represents the second, the Son, with love and light. Electric fire is the highest representing the first, or the Father energy of will and life itself.

Here is a breakdown of the three:

Fire by Friction

This is the lowest of the fires that manifest within the seven planes of our existence. The simplest explanation is revealed in the striking of a common match. What causes the fire to begin? It is the created friction that interplays with atomic forces that brings the fire into manifestation.

“Fire by friction is substance with the quality of heat as its predominant characteristic; it is latent heat or sensation. Both these ideas, therefore, convey the idea of duality. An emanation must have its originating source, and heat is but the result of friction, and is necessarily dual.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 803

Fire by friction produces warmth in the physical universe from a point in a center to the circumference. This fire is manifest at the center of an atom, a cell, the heart of a human being, the center of a planet, the center of the sun and finally of galaxies.

Fire by friction is not only manifest in the dense physical plane but also in the astral/emotional one and here the fire is manifest as some aspect of desire. DK says this:

“Therefore, in conjunction with the lowest fire, or “fire by friction,” as it makes itself felt on the sixth plane. These lives are called “the burning Sons of Desire” and were the Sons of Necessity. It is said of them in the old Commentary:

“They burned to know. They rushed into the spheres. They are the longing of the Father for the Mother. Hence do they suffer, burn, and long through the sixth sphere of sense.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 1197

What is the true cause of this fire? Science has not adequately explained it but DK gives us some light stating that:

“It is an effect and not a cause. It is produced by the two fires of spirit and of mind (electric and solar fire) contacting each other through the medium of matter. […] When evolution ends, the fire of matter is not cognisable. It persists only when the other two fires are associated, and it does not persist apart from substance itself.” “Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Pages 50-51

Solar Fire — Fire of Mind

All fire involves movement and warmth, but the warmth produced is on different planes. Solar fire creates warmth indeed, not directly on the physical plane but in mind through the motion of rarified mental matter.

DK gives this interesting comment associating light with solar fire:

Electric fire, being an emanation is essentially dual in concept, and so is fire by friction; they together produce solar fire, and thus the esoteric fifth… and this is solar fire or light.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 803

The interesting thing is that mind and love are often seen as either opposing or totally different aspects. Unrealized by many is the fact that the fires of love (solar fire) are created by the awakened mind, the stimulated mind, or mind in motion. Without mind there would be no such thing as love manifested on the physical plane.

When spirit (electric fire) and living matter (fire by friction) blend and merge then soul energy or solar fire is created. The mind must awaken to perceive this merging. In the vast majority of humans this aspect of the mind is asleep. When it awakens the soul (or solar fire) is perceived and spiritual love is enflamed. The seeker is then on the path of discipleship and is capable of seeing and understanding the things of the spirit (electric fire).

DK gives these comments on solar fire:

“To state the whole in terms of fire: The causal body is produced by means of the positive life, or fire, of the Spirit (electric fire) meeting the negative fire of matter, or “fire by friction”; this causes the blazing forth of solar fire. This central blaze inevitably in due course burns up the third fire, or absorbs its essence, and is itself eventually blended with the fire of Spirit and passes out of objective display.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 506

“The Fire or Spark of Mind corresponds to Solar Fire. This constitutes the thinking self-conscious unit or soul. This is governed by the Law of Attraction. This links the monad to the personality and can be the vitalizing factor of thoughtforms…. This is an expression of the evolution of mind or manas. It is the vitality of the soul. As this merges with fire by friction consciousness appears.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 46 & 48

“Solar fire is electricity animating forms or congeries of atoms, and resulting in: Coherent groups. The radiation from all groups, or the magnetic interaction of these groups. The synthesis of form.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 316

Electric Fire

Electric fire is the polar opposite of fire by friction and is its source. When we strike a match we produce fire by friction, but this fire consists in more than a chemical reaction for the fire on the physical plane could not be if the higher electrical, or spiritual fire, were not linked to it.

Electric fire is linked with spirit and fire by friction to matter. So why do we not just use the term “spirit and matter” instead? The reason is that “fire” is an aspect of these two planes, an aspect which is created by motion. Electric fire is thus spirit in motion.

Here are some quotes from DK that give a greater comprehension of electric fire:

“The first Logos is electric fire, the fire of pure Spirit. Yet in manifestation He is the Son, for by union with matter (the mother) the Son is produced by Whom He is known. “I and my Father are One” is the most occult statement in the Christian Bible, for it not only refers to the union of a man with his source, the monad, via the ego, but to the union of all life with its source, the will aspect, the first Logos.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 151

“The abstractions or entities who indwell the form (of the solar system) are “electric fire.” The material substance which is enclosed within the ring-pass-not viewing it as a homogeneous whole, is fire by friction.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 493

“All that we can know of God or of man is the quality of his energy as it demonstrates in force and activity, hence in the Secret Doctrine, the highest aspect of divinity is called electric fire.” Initiation, Human & Solar, Page 350

“Man’s just apprehension of this mystery of electricity will only come about as he studies himself, and knows himself to be a triple fire, manifesting in many aspects.

Monadic fire Electric fire Spirit Will The Central Spiritual Sun.

Egoic fire Solar fire Consciousness The Heart

Love-Wisdom of the Sun.

Personality fire Fire by friction Physical man Physical Sun.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Pg 608

A spark of kindness starts a fire of love. – Author Unknown

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The Jewel in The Lotus

May 22, 2025 Joseph Dewey

The Jewel in The Lotus

The vehicle of expression for the Solar Angel is the causal body, which is composed of a twelve-petalled lotus with a jewel in the center.

What is this jewel?

One with higher vision would see “a brilliant point of electric fire of a blue-white hue surrounded, and completely hidden, by three closely folded petals.” More specifically the jewel is represented by a triangle with a point in the center.

The triangle is symbolic of the three aspects of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, or Power, Love and Active Intelligence.

The point in the center represents the one invisible God from whence all life comes.

The Jewel in the Lotus circulates the necessary energies to create life and is the life principle itself. The point in the center is that which we must all pass through to receive higher revelation. It is that which links us all to God and esoterically makes us all one with God and each other.

This lotus is reflected to the centers of each of the seven chakras where a lower octave of the jewel resides. Because of this reflection the seeker can find a partial revelation of God in each of the centers through contemplation. After he finds the seven revelations in the seven centers he will then discover the secret of the jewel in the lotus, the seat of the soul.

Quotes from DK

“The Point at the Centre. This is the “jewel in the lotus,” to use the ancient oriental appellation; it is the point of life by means of which the Monad anchors itself upon the physical plane, and is the life principle therefore of all the transient vehicles—developed, undeveloped or developing. This point of life contains within itself all possibilities, all potentialities, all experiences and all vibratory activities. It embodies the will-to-be, the quality of magnetic attraction (commonly called love), and the active intelligence which will bring the livingness and the love into full expression.” Telepathy and the Etheric Vehicle, Page 169

“We have seen that on the third level of the mental plane, the egoic lotus is found and the student should picture it to himself as follows:

“Concealed at the very centre or heart of the lotus is a brilliant point of electric fire of a blue-white hue (the jewel in the lotus) surrounded, and completely hidden, by three closely folded petals. Around this central nucleus, or inner flame, are arranged the nine petals in circles of three petals each, making three circles in all. These petals are formed out of the substance of the solar angels, as are the central three,—substance which is not only sentient as is the substance of the forms in the three worlds and the lunar bodies, but which has an added quality of “I-ness” or of self-consciousness, enabling the spiritual unity at the centre (by means of it) to acquire knowledge, awareness, and self-realisation. These nine petals are of a predominant orange hue, though the six other colours are found as secondary colours in a varying degree. The inner three petals are of a lovely lemon-yellow hue. At the base of the lotus petals are the three points of light which mark the position of the permanent atoms, and which are the medium of communication between the solar Angels and the lunar Pitris. By means of these permanent atoms the Ego, according to its state of evolution can construct his lunar bodies, acquire knowledge on the lower three planes, and thus buy his experience, and becomes aware. On a higher turn of the spiral, the Monad through the egoic petals, and thus with the aid of the solar Angels, acquires knowledge and equally on more exalted levels becomes aware.” TCF, Pages 761-762

“The jewel in the lotus is the director of energy from the monad, whilst the third eye directs the energy of the Ego on the physical plane. … The jewel, or diamond concealed by the egoic lotus, is the window of the Monad or Spirit whereby he looks outward into the three worlds. The third eye is the window of the Ego or soul functioning on the physical plane whereby he looks inward into the three worlds.” TCF, Pg 1129

“This—as the Old Commentary puts it—is “a point of focussed fire, found in the centre of the jewel. It stirs to life the quality of love which permeates the Ashram of the Lord. Radiation then can penetrate to other centres and to other lives, and thus the Lord is served.” It is this point of focussed dynamic will at the very heart of the Hierarchy which in reality implements the Plan.” Rays and Initiations, Pages 375-376

The centers “are awakened in three major stages, though through the medium of many smaller awakenings.

“1. They begin to develop from that of the “closed bud to that of the opened lotus”. This takes place during the period of ordinary evolution.

“2. The petals of the lotus become vibrant and alive. This is the stage of personality integration.

“3. The heart of the lotus, “the jewel in the lotus” also becomes actively alive. This is the period of the final stages upon the Path.” Esoteric Psychology, Vol 2, Pages 338-339

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The Causal or Egoic Body

May 21, 2025 Joseph Dewey

The Causal or Egoic Body

These two bodies are essentially the same thing called by two different terms. To confuse the issue further it is also called the Karana-Sarira. This latter phrase comes from the Sanskrit. “Karana” means “cause” and “Sarira” refers to “body or bodily frame”.

It is also called the Causal Body because it makes possible for the human entity to initiate causes.

Finally, it is also called the Egoic Body because it is the vehicle of expression for our ego. This is not the illusionary, selfish ego as indicated in some teachings, but the highest part of our individuality, which eternally survives. What is often called the ego here is a lower reflection of this.

Its body is the twelve-petalled lotus, the higher reflection of the Heart Center which is in the head and links the heart to the soul and the soul to the monad.

The causal body is an essential ingredient that causes us to identify with one body instead of many. In the higher realms we can share a oneness because there is no pain, but in the realm of matter where pain exists, we need to associate our identity to only one body. Just imagine how difficult life would be if you shared the pain of only six other people – now imagine billions. Thus the causal body limiting our consciousness to one separate body is essential if we want to function in the physical realm.

“The causal body is that sheath of mental substance which is formed at the moment of individualization.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 506

Just as the physical body is the vehicle to house and allow life expression, even so is the causal body a vehicle of consciousness itself. This vehicle was given birth to you by your Solar Angel when you reached individualized consciousness and as it unfolds consciousness grows until soul contact is established.

When contact and expression is fully created the causal body is no longer needed and we break free from the parent Solar Angel and become linked directly to our Monad, or our personal Father in Heaven. Our developing soul then takes the place of the assisting Solar Angel.

The causal body is composed of mental substance from the higher part of the mental plane and takes the form of a closed twelve petaled lotus which petals gradually unfold leading to the revelation of the “jewel in the lotus” which is a gateway to the consciousness of the Solar Angel. Here are some additional words from DK.

“At the early stages after individualization, the egoic body has the appearance of a bud. The electric fire at the center is not apparent, and all the nine petals are closed down upon the inner three; the orange color has a dead aspect and the three points of light at the base are just points and nothing more; the triangle which is later seen connecting the points is not demonstrated.” A Treatise on White Magic,” Page 763

“The egoic lotus is now composed of twelve petals, nine of these appear at this stage in bud form and three are completely hidden and mysterious.

“At the same time, the three permanent atoms are enclosed within the lotus, and are seen by the clairvoyant as three points of light in the lower part of the bud, beneath the central portion.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 709

“Petals described with colors As we know, the egoic lotus consists of three circles,—each circle being composed of three petals, and all shielding the inner bud where hides the jewel. It is with the evolution of these petals that we are concerned, with their formation, their vitalisation, their nurturing, and eventual unfoldment…

“These three circles of petals are called in the esoteric terminology:

“1. The “outer knowledge” triad, or the lords of active wisdom.

“2. The middle “love” triad, or the lords of active love.

“3. The inner “sacrificial” triad, or the lords of active will.

“The first is the summation of experience and developed consciousness; the second is the application of that knowledge in love and service, or the expression of the Self and the Not-Self in reciprocal vibration; and the third is the full expression of knowledge and love turned toward the conscious sacrifice of all to the furthering of the plans of the planetary Logos, and to the carrying out of His purposes in group work. Each of these three groups of petals come under the definite guidance of three groups of Agnishvattas, who form them out of their own substance and who in essence are the threefold Ego during its manifestation.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Pages 820-821 (Read on to page 824 for expanded comments on the petals)

“The causal body, the vehicle of the Higher Self, and the average causal body is on the third subplane of the mental plane…We must not forget that the causal body contains the three permanent atoms or the three spheres which embody the principle of intelligence, of desire, and of physical objectivity.” Letters on Occult Meditation Pg 3-4

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The Solar Angel

May 20, 2025 Joseph Dewey

The Solar Angel

A very complex treatise could be written on the solar angels, as DK says quite a bit about their history, incarnation into this system and their interaction with lesser lives. We’ll thus keep this defining article as simple as possible while giving the reader a grasp of its essence.

The term “Solar Angel” was made popular in the Bailey writings and has a scant mention in other Theosophical writings. Blavatsky only mentions it a couple times, but also calls them Manasaputras, Sons of God, Mind-born sons, Sons of Wisdom and various other names. They are also classified as Agnishvattas in the Bailey writings.

As it is, most of what we know about them is from DK in the Bailey writings. Here is a brief summary.

The Solar Angels are very advanced entities who went though many incarnation experiences as we do here, but in a previous creation and achieved a high degree of perfection and liberation.

“We must remember that they are the beings who, in earlier manvantaras have achieved, and who—in this round—waited for a specific moment at which to enter, and so continue their work. Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 699

After a long period of advancement, they rested in the great pralaya or “in the Heart of God until the hour was come.” (TCF Pg 702)

Their hour came when there was a need for primitive humans to obtain self-consciousness and eventually become solar angels themselves.

Approximately 18 million years ago they came to assist the primitive humans in reaching self-consciousness through stimulating their minds through their causal bodies. They have been here ever since assisting us in and out of incarnation attempting to bring us upward in awareness to where they are. Concerning them it is written:

“The great solar Angel, Who embodies the real man and is his expression on the plane of higher mind, is literally his divine ancestor, the “Watcher” Who, through long cycles of incarnation, has poured Himself out in sacrifice in order that man might BE.” Initiation Human and Solar, Pg 115

“Their appearance upon the mental plane brought about the union of Spirit and matter, and from this union was born a self-conscious Identity, the Ego.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 702

Slowly the process has taken place in that the human souls have been stimulated and eventually begin to consciously recognize their solar parent. We are finally at the state where a handful of humanity have learned to be one with and adjust to the vibration of the solar angel so they will move in consciousness from the lower lunar control to the solar. When this happens, the solar angel has completed its mission and returns to its Source.

“The sacrifice of the solar angels brought the fourth kingdom in nature into being. The “returning nirvanis” (as they are called in esoteric literature), with deliberation and full understanding, took human bodies in order to raise those lower forms of life nearer to the goal. These were and are ourselves. The “Lords of Knowledge and Compassion and of ceaseless persevering Devotion” (who are ourselves) chose to die in order that lesser lives might live, and this sacrifice has made possible the evolution of the indwelling consciousness of Deity.” Esoteric Psychology, Vol 2, Page 92

“The causal body disintegrates; the personality fades out, and illusion is ended.” Treatise on White Magic Pg 388

“Once he becomes the conscious builder himself, seeking to control the forces and builders of his lower nature, and to construct the Temple of Solomon, then he is no longer subject to the earlier conditions. He becomes a ruler, a builder, and a transmitter, until the time comes when he is one with the solar Angels, and the work of human evolution is accomplished. Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Pg 946

“Then the Bull of God (enlightened human) carries the light in his forehead, and his eye transmits the radiance; His head, with magnetic force, resembles the blazing sun, and from the lotus of the head, the path of light issues. It enters into the Greater Being, producing a living fire. The Bull of God sees the Solar Angel, and knows that Angel to be the light wherein he walks. Treatise on White Magic, Pg 108

From the time that we arrive at self-consciousness to the fourth initiation where the lower self is sacrificed, that which we call the “higher self” usually has reference to the Solar Angel which overshadows our developing soul. But then the time arrives where our own soul becomes one with the Solar Angel and shares in its awareness. When this time arrives, the Solar Angel has completed its mission and returns to its Source. It has not only assisted lives lower than itself, but has gained valuable experience that will aid it its own progression.

Meanwhile, the human soul has progressed to the status of a solar angel and instead of being overshadowed by a solar being the pilgrim is overshadowed by his own monad which has never left its Source.

As a solar angel the entity has a new sense of mission that “Through their sacrifice, matter is lifted up into Heaven.” Esoteric Psychology II Page 93

In other words, the goal is to link heaven and earth, or we could say:

“Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” Matt 6:10

My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is Heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my guide is reliable, my mission is clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, diluted, or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate … at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in a maze of mediocrity. I won’t give up, shut up, let up, or slow up. – Robert Moorehead

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The Lunar and Solar Pitris

May 17, 2025 Joseph Dewey

The Lunar and Solar Pitris

The word Pitris means “Father.” They are called our Fathers because they interact with the negative aspect of matter (Mother) in the physical, astral and mental to create form and consciousness.

The Lunar Pitris are the Fathers of life below the human state and the Solar Pitris are the Fathers of human consciousness and above. An individual’s Solar Angel would be a Solar Pitris that interacting with refined substance to give birth to your consciousness.

The Lunar Pitris interact with matter to build the vehicles (bodies) of man animal and the entire body of form for the Planetary Logos.

The Solar Pitris interacts with higher substance to create the egoic, or casual body of man. As the energy of this refined body unfolds the consciousness expands and soul contact is achieved.

Quotes shedding further light:

“These lunar Pitris embody the substance of man’s lower bodies, just as the solar Pitris sacrifice themselves to give him his egoic body, and his consciousness. They are substance in its dual aspect, and the Lunar Pitris in their higher grades are the positive energy of atomic substance, and in their lower are the negative aspect of the same substance. They might be considered, in connection with man, as triple in their ranks.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Pages 779-780

“The solar Pitris, therefore, could give to man his consciousness; the lunar Pitris could give to him the instinctual consciousness of his vehicles. In their aggregate in all the kingdoms of nature, on this planet and elsewhere, they give to the planetary Logos and to the solar Logos the sumtotal of the form consciousness of Their respective bodies.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire Pg 781

The Lunar, or Barhishad Pitris have the following function:—S. D., II, 99.

They are the Ancestors of Man.—S. D., II, 107.
They are the Fashioners of his form.
They possessed the physical creative fire.
They could only clothe the human monads.
They could not make man in their likeness.
They could not give him mind.—S. D., II, 82.
They build his external form.
They give the lower principle.—S. D., II, 92.

Temporarily they are the Conquerors of Spirit.—S. D., II, 66.

Spirit becomes immersed in material forms.
Forms are the battle ground.
Eventually Spirit will slay the forms.—S. D., II, 67.
Note the esoteric order.—S. D., II, 88, 92, 100; II, 116. From Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Notes Pg 618

“In solar fire, these solar Pitris in their ninefold formation represent and make possible the unfolding of the consciousness of the Monad through the medium of the Ego in the three worlds of human evolution.

“In fire by friction, the lunar Pitris are represented and constitute the lower self, the personality, or those vehicles by means of which the Ego in turn is to acquire experience on the lower planes.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 819

“It must not be forgotten here that the work of the solar Pitris from their point of view, is not primarily the evolution of man, but is the process of their own development within the plan of the solar Logos. The evolution of the human race is, for them, but a method.

“Perfected men are in the councils of the planetary Logos of their particular ray; the solar Pitris are in the council of the solar Logos.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 843

“The solar Pitris and devas find their force expression most adequately through man, with all that is included in that term. They are the source of his self-consciousness, and it is their action upon the negative aspect which produces the human Ego (on a large scale, viewing them in their totality as cosmic force); it is their action upon the negative or mother aspect which, on cosmic levels, produces that Self-conscious Unity, a solar Logos, functioning through His physical vehicle. From the Christian standpoint, the greater Builders are the Holy Spirit, or force overshadowing and fecundating matter, whilst the negative or lesser Builders correspond to the Virgin Mary.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 617

“The lunar Pitris, and lesser builders from the systemic point of view find their fullest expression in the animal kingdom. When they, as the initiatory impulse, had produced animal man they had performed their prime function, and just as (on a smaller scale and in connection with only one of the Heavenly Men) the moon is a dying and decadent world, so on a systemic scale and therefore covering a vast period of time, the work of the lunar Pitris is slowly coming to a conclusion as the power of the third kingdom, the animal, over the human is being superseded by spiritual power; the systemic correspondence to lunar pitric activity will occultly die out.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Pages 617-618

“A hint as to the constitution of these solar Pitris and Manasadevas may come to the student who ponders upon the place of the egoic unit in the body of the planetary Logos, and in the particular centre of which it forms a component part. These Manasadevas and Dhyan Chohans who produce self-consciousness in man are indeed the energy and substance of the cosmic Heavenly Man.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Pg 732

“The Dhyanis (Pitris) are those who have evolved their BHUTA (doubles) from themselves, which RUPA (form) has become the vehicle of monads (seventh and sixth principles) that had completed their cycle of transmigration in the three preceding Kalpas (Rounds). Then, they (the astral doubles) became the men of the first Human Race of the Round. But they were not complete, and were senseless.” Secret Doctrine, Vol 1, Page 183

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Devas of Emotion and Mind

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Devas of Emotion and Mind

Agnisuryans

These Devas create form in the astral or emotional world. These create the forms in the heavens and hells in the next world that form the habitation of many souls after death. They also create the forms in the devachan – or heaven as defined by Theosophy.

Even though they exist in a plane above the physical we can still influence them through sound and by our emotional desires. One reason that those who have a powerful one-pointed desire manifest successfully on the physical plane is because these Devas responds to emotion.

Key Statements DK made about Agnisuryans

“The Agnisuryans are the builders on the sixth subplane of the cosmic physical plane, our systemic astral plane. They represent, as I have before hinted, the sympathetic nervous system in the logoic physical body, just as their brothers of the seventh vibration represent the sumtotal of the circulatory or blood system.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire Pg 634

“The Function of the Agnisuryans. The devas of the astral plane are those with whom man is very specially connected at this time owing to his astral polarisation, and to the place desire and feeling play in his development. Consciousness expands through contact, through intelligent appreciation of that which is contacted, and through realisation of that which is to be gained through a specific contact. That which is contacted depends upon reciprocal vibration, and the place therefore of desire (which is the going out after sensation) and of feeling (which is the reflex of that desire) is of real importance; they put man constantly in touch—even though he realises it not—with deva substance of some kind or another.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Page 661

(The disciple) “learns to choose the Way of light and to see his form and all forms as custodians of the light. So he buckles down to the work of making the astral body simply a reflector of that light and by the quelling of desire, through the subjugation of the “Agnisuryans” who constitute his astral body and are the living substance of the astral plane, he learns to function as an adept on that plane, to pierce through its illusion and to see life true.” A Treatise on White Magic, Pg 238

“These elementals and devas are called the Agnisuryans, and in their totality are the fiery essences of buddhi, hence their lowest manifestation is on the sixth plane, the astral.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Pg 68

“It will again be apparent why the Agnisuryans are of such supreme importance; they embody force which is a direct emanation from the cosmic astral plane and which reveals—when triply blended—the desire nature of our Heavenly Man, and of any particular planetary Logos. In the two opposites, which are called by the theologians “”Heaven and Hell,”” we have two of these types of force hinted at, and in this thought we have indicated one of the keys to the astral plane.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire Pg 676

“This angle of the matter should be studied in order to bring out the true meaning of this sixth order of devas, whose symbol is the six-pointed Star set at a particular angle and in full manifestation. The six-pointed star is the sign that a “Son of Necessity” (no matter whether God or man) has sought physical incarnation. The devas of the sixth order, the Agnisuryans, are a prime factor in bringing this about.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Pages 669-670

The Agnishvattas

These are lofty devas that create forms on the plane of the mind which is technically called the Fifth Subplane of the Cosmic Physical. The Solar Angels are called Agnishvattas, but is every Agnishvatta a Solar Angel? Not in the way the average seeker understands the work of the Solar Angel, but the terms are pretty much interchangeable.

In a previous system the Agnishvattas passed through the human form and now exist as one of three groups according to DK

The Buddhas or Lords of Activity.

The Buddhas or Lords of Compassionate Love.

The Buddhas of Sacrifice, of Whom the Lord of the World is, to man, the best known exponent.

These great lives create the forms of their own mental substance that are vehicles for expression of our own consciousness. They create the egoic lotus which expands and unfolds as we progress in consciousness.

To put it quite simply the Agnishvattas could be called our “mothers in heaven.” They give birth to our own consciousness by creating organized mind out of their own substance.

Key Statements DK made about Agnishvattas

“This fifth Hierarchy of Agnishvattas in their many grades embody the “I principle” and are the producers of self-consciousness, and the builders of man’s body of realisation. In time and space, and on the mental plane, they are Man himself in essential essence; they enable him to build his own body of causes, to unfold his own egoic lotus, and gradually to free himself from the limitations of the form which he has constructed, and thus to put himself—in due course of time—into the line of another type of energy, that of buddhi.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire Pg 703

“That Son of Mind, which we call the Ego or Soul. This is the intelligence principle, and is called by many names in the esoteric literature, such as the Solar Angel, the Agnishvattas, the Christ principle, etc. With this, religion in the past has professed to deal.” Education in the New Age Pg 5

“The Agnishvattas are the builders on the fifth or gaseous subplane of the cosmic physical, and—from the human standpoint—are the most profoundly important, for they are the builders of the body of consciousness per se. From the psychic standpoint of occult physiology, they have a close connection with the physical brain, the seat or empire of the Thinker.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire Pg 635

“We start here upon the consideration of the Agnishvattas, or the Fire devas of the mental plane, and are thus launched upon the most stupendous subject in connection with our planetary evolution; it is the one having the most occult significance for man, for these solar Angels concern his own essential nature, and are also the creative power by which he works.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire Pg 680

“Where man is concerned these solar Angels, the Agnishvattas, produce the union of the spiritual Triad, or divine Self, and the Quaternary, or lower self. Where the Logos is concerned, whether solar or planetary, they produce conditions whereby the etheric, and the dense physical become a unit. They represent a peculiar type of electrical force; their work is to blend and fuse, and above all else they are the “transmuting fires” of the system, and are those agents who pass the life of God through their bodies of flame as it descends from the higher into the lower, and again as it ascends from the lower into the higher.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire Pg 698

“We leave now the consideration of self-consciousness, as it is produced through the medium of the particular type of deva substance which the Agnishvattas provided for the body of the Ego, and pass on to the study of incarnation, cosmic, planetary and human.” Treatise on Cosmic Fire Pg 732

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