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2. The Fire Devas, the Greater Builders
a) Introductory Statements
The Devas and elementals are divided into two groups; evolutionary and involutionary Builders. The greater Builders are the positive aspect of substance whilst the lesser Builders are the negative aspect. Two types of force are represented in the activities of these two groups and it is their interaction which produces Light, or a manifested Solar System. They are also the sumtotal of the Pitris, or Fathers of mankind. These Deva activities in relation to Self-Consciousness can best be studied through the consideration of groups, of races and of the life of the scheme, the manifestation of one of the Heavenly Men.
The greater Builders are the Solar Pitris, whilst the lesser Builders are the lunar ancestors, meaning initiatory life impulse. It is that subjective activity which produces objectivity, and concerns those emanatory impulses which come from any positive center of force, and which sweep the negative aspect into the line of that force, thus producing a form of some kind.
MAN, A FIRE | ||||
Monadic fire. | Electric fire. | Spirit Will. | The Central Spiritual Sun. | |
Egoic fire. | Solar fire. | Consciousness Love-Wisdom. | The Heart of the Sun. | |
Personality fire. | Fire by Friction. | Physical Man. | Physical Sun. | |
Each of these fires can also be studied in a threefold manner and under three aspects. | ||||
The Monad | ||||
Will aspect. | Electric fire. | Flame. | Spiritual Will. | |
Love-Wisdom. | Solar fire. | Light. | Spiritual Love. | |
Active Intelligence. | Fire by Friction. | Heat. | Spiritual Intelligence. | |
The Ego | ||||
Will. | Atma. | Electric fire. | The Spark. | Conscious Will. |
Love-Wisdom. | Buddhi. | Solar fire. | The Rays. | Conscious Love. |
Active Intelligence. | Manas. | Fire by Friction. | Substance. | Conscious Activity. |
The Personality | ||||
Will. | Mental body. | Electric fire. | Lower Mind. | Thought. |
Love. | Astral body. | Solar fire. | Kama. | Desire. |
Activity. | Physical body. | Fire by Friction. | Prana. | Activity |
I seek to emphasize here the fact that in this threefold manifestation there is a ninefold unfoldment. It should ever be borne in mind that seven is the number which governs the evolution of substance and of form-building in the solar system, but that nine is the number governing the development of the consciousness within that form, or the psyche. This is seen in the sevenfold display of logoic life through the planetary scheme, and the ninefold nature of Egoic unfoldment. | ||||
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