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The third eye is the director of energy or force, and thus an instrument of the will or Spirit; it is responsive only to that will as controlled by the Son-aspect, the revealer of the love-wisdom nature of gods and man, and it is therefore the sign of the white magician.  Third, the reflex action of the pineal gland itself.  

As these three types of energy, or the vibration of these three centers, begin to contact each other, a definite interplay is set up.  This triple interplay forms in time a vortex or center of force, which finds its place in the center of the forehead, and takes eventually the semblance of an eye looking out between the other two.  It is the eye of the inner vision, and he who has opened it can direct and control the energy of matter, see all things in the Eternal Now, and therefore be in touch with causes more than with effects, read the akashic records, and see clairvoyantly.  Therefore, its possessor can control the builders of low degree.  

The pineal gland is subject to two lines of stimulation: 

1. That which emanates from the Ego itself via the Etheric force centers.  This downflow of Egoic energy (the result of the awakening of the centers through meditation and Spirituality of life), impinges upon the gland and in the course of years gradually increases its secretion, enlarges its form, and starts it into a new cycle of activity.

2. The second line of stimulation affecting the pineal gland is that which is the consequence of the discipline of the physical body, and its subjugation to the laws of Spiritual unfoldment.  As the disciple lives a regulated life, avoids meat, nicotine and alcohol, and practices continence, the pineal gland becomes no longer atrophied, but resumes its earlier activity.  

RULE VII

The dual forces on the plane whereon the vital power must be sought, are seen; the two paths face the Solar Angel; the poles vibrate.  A choice confronts the one who meditates.  

Upon the Astral plane the thought-form must now function, and a body must be provided so as to make this possible.  The energy of desire enters it, and "he who meditates" has to energize the form with one of two types of force before it passes into objectivity.  Upon the action taken depends the construction of the Etheric body, and the consequent physical manifestation.  

The "nature of the Deva" (as it is called), enters in, and upon the quality of its love nature, and the specific type of that which is the object of love will depend the nature of the thought-form.  If the Deva, or solar Angel, is as yet in love with manifestation, and has a desire for objective existence, thus identifying himself voluntarily with substance, there ensues the phenomenon of reincarnated physical life.  If the Deva, or solar Angel, is no longer attracted by matter, then there is no identification, and objective life is no longer the law of his existence.  He identifies himself then with quality, or energy, and becomes an expression of the divine attributes.  Objectivity may then ensue as a voluntary offering to the good of the group or planetary existence, but identification with the separated form is no longer the case.  The human vehicle then created is as much a thought-form in this case as any other particularized idea, and the greatest act of conscious magic is to be seen.  All other magical creations are subsidiary to this.  

Through manipulation of negative and positive energy, thus bringing them to the point of equilibrium before informing them, the perfected body of the Adept is formed.  All magical work on the Astral plane has to be along the line of equilibrizing activity, and the distinctive nature of this type of work on the three planes in the three worlds might be summed up as follows:

1. On the Mental plane, the positive force of the solar Angel drives the substance needed into the correct form.  

2. On the Astral plane, the equilibrizing force of the solar Angel gathers the needed material and energy from all directions and builds it into the necessary Astral sheath.  

3. On the Physical plane the negative force of the solar Angel is all that is needed to gather the desired Etheric substance.  By this I mean the form has now achieved a vitality and distinction of its own, so that no aggressive action emanating from the Egoic center is required to continue the work.  The note and vibration of the form itself suffices.  

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