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- forces are in their unity represented by the Astral light.*[1]
- Tula. When represented by numbers according to the method above alluded to, this word will be converted into 36. This sign, therefore, is evidently intended to represent the 36 Tatwams. (The number of Tatwams is different according to the views of different philosophers; but by Sâktêyás generally and by several of the ancient Rishis such as Agastya, Doorwása and Parasuráma, &c., the number of Tatwams has been stated to be 36). Jeevátma differs from Paramátma, or to state the same thing in other words, "Baddha" differs from "Mukta" †[2] in being encased as it were within these 36 Tatwams, while the other is free. This sign prepares the way
- ↑ * Even the very name of Kanyá (Virgin) shows how all the ancient esoteric systems agreed in all their fundamental doctrines. The Kabalists and the Hermetic philosophers call the Astral Light the "heavenly or celestial Virgin." The Astral Light in its unity is the 7th. Hence the seven principles diffused in every unity or the 6 and one—two triangles and a crown—Ed. Theos.
- ↑ † As the Infinite differs from the Finite and the Unconditioned from the conditioned.—Ed. Theos.
adjustment of internal relations to external relations" which is the essence of life according to Herbert Spencer and that "continuous adjustment of external relations to internal reiations," which is the basis of transmigration of souls or punarjanman (re-birth) according to the doctrines of the ancient Hindu philosophers.
A Yogi must thoroughly subjugate this power or force before he can attain Môksham. This force is, in fact, the great serpent of the Bible.
Mâtrikâsakti:—Literally, the force or power of letters or speech or music. The whole of the ancient Mantra Shástra has this force or power in all its manifestations for its subject-matter. The power of The Word which Jesus Christ speaks of is a manifestation of this Sakti. The influence of music is one of its ordinary manifestations. The power of the mirific ineffable name is the crown of this Sakti.
Modern science has but partly investigated the first, second and fifth of the forces or powers above-named, but it is altogether in the dark as regards the remaining powers.
