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The two problems which are of immediate concern to mankind in relation to the animal kingdom are:
1. The problem of human relations and responsibility.
2. The problem of animal individualisation.
The relation of the Rays to the centers in the average aspirant might be classified as follows:
1. Head Center Ray of Will or Power First Ray
2. Ajna Center Ray of Concrete Knowledge Fifth Ray
3. Throat Center Ray of Active Intelligence Third Ray
4. Heart Center Ray of Love-Wisdom Second Ray
5. Solar Plexus Center Ray of Devotion Sixth Ray
6. Sacral Center Ray of Ceremonial Magic Seventh Ray
7. Base of Spine Ray of Harmony Fourth Ray
4. The Human Kingdom
Man is a living entity, a conscious son of God (a Soul) occupying an animal body. Here lies the point. He is therefore in the nature of a link, and a far from missing link. He unifies in himself the results of the evolutionary process as it has been carried on during the past ages, and he brings into contact with that evolutionary result a new factor, that of an individual self-sustaining, self-knowing aspect. It is the presence of this factor and of this aspect which differentiates man from the animal. It is this aspect which produces in humanity a consciousness of immortality, a self-awareness and a self-centeredness which make man truly to appear in the image of God. It is this innate and hidden power which gives man the capacity to suffer which no animal possesses, but which also confers on him the ability to reap the benefits of this experience in the realm of the intellect.
The Rays and the Races
We have been told in the past teaching of the Ageless Wisdom that a human being is a triple aspect of energy, and that he is essentially a trinity, as is the Deity. We speak of him technically as Monad-Ego-Personality. We define him as Spirit-Soul-body. I should like to point out here that in studying the human family as a unit and as a whole, it also will be discovered to be essentially a Monad, with seven Egoic groups, within which all Souls (in incarnation and out of incarnation) find their place, and with forty-nine corresponding racial forms through which the seven groups of Souls cyclically express themselves. All Souls work out their destiny in all races, but certain types predominate in certain racial forms. Where, then, is to be found any reason for racial predilections or antipathies? In the realisation of the truth that we all, at some time, experience incarnation in all racial forms will come the knowledge that there is only unity. The subject may be clarified if we tabulate the teaching and the Ray relationship to the races as follows:
RAY FULL EXPRESSION MAJOR INFLUENCE
Ray 1 – Will/Power In the 7th Rootrace 1st and 7th Subraces
1st Ray Souls Perfection of the Plan
Ray 2 – Love/Wisdom In the 6th Rootrace 2nd and 6th Subraces
2nd Ray Souls Perfected Intuition
Ray 3 – Active Intelligence In the 5th Rootrace 3rd and 5th Subraces
3rd Ray Souls Aryan Race
Perfected Intellect
Ray 4 – Harmony/Conflict In the 4th Rootrace 4th and 6th Subraces
4th Ray Souls Atlantean Race
Perfected Astralism
Ray 5 – Concrete Knowledge In the 3rd Rootrace 5th and 3rd Subraces
5th Ray Souls Lemurian
Perfected Physical
Ray 6 – Devotion/Idealism In the 2nd Rootrace 6th and 2nd Subraces
6th Ray Souls
Ray 7 – Ceremonial Magic In the 1st Rootrace 7th and 1st Subraces
7th Ray Souls
For the magician, the moments of the greatest danger in the work of creating are at certain junctures on the Astral plane, where he is in danger of occult drowning, and at the transition from Etheric levels to the planes of tangible concretion, when he is menaced by "occult burning." In the one case, he does not call on the Ego, but stems the tide by love and the equilibrizing powers of his own nature. In the latter case, he must call in that which represents the will aspect in the three worlds, the impulsive, dynamic thinker or solar Angel. He accomplishes this by means of a mantram.
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