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We might consider these Devas of the Astral plane:

• As the substance of the Astral plane in its seven grades.

• As that aspect of the Logoic manifestation which corresponds to the liquid subplane in the systemic Physical plane.

• As the vehicle of the Deva lord Varuna.

• As the animating lives of that involutionary matter of the Astral plane which we call the elemental essence, and as the vitality energizing the desire elementals of all that is sentient.  In this correspondence, they are the Astral Devas of the Shadows, for the desire bodies of all human beings are composed of matter of the second, third and fourth subplanes of the Astral plane.

• From the standpoint of the Physical plane, as the sumtotal of material activity which produces that which is tangible and objective.  Just as the solar system is a Son of Necessity, or of desire, so the physical bodies of all that exist are the product of the desire of some greater or lesser entity within the system.

Energy enters the system, reaches a particular plane and thus finds its way to all units of consciousness:

The dense Physical plane is energized via:

1.  The planetary Etheric body.

2. The Mental plane, or the cosmic gaseous subplane.

3. The Atmic plane, or the third cosmic Ether.

4. The plane of Adi, or the first cosmic Ether.

The Astral plane is energized via:

1. The Buddhic plane, the fourth cosmic Ether.

2. The Monadic plane, the second cosmic Ether.

3. The cosmic Astral plane, and thus to the Heart of all Being.

The Mental plane is energized via:

1. The Atmic plane, the third cosmic Ether.

2. The plane of Adi, the first cosmic Ether.

3. The cosmic Mental plane.

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 polarization 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 realization 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 with Deva substance, though he may not realize it.

The Astral plane is man’s principal battle-ground and the area of his most intense field of sensation, it is the seat of a man’s most violent vibration and these are a potent cause of his Physical plane activities.  If a man only realized it, the Devas of the Astral plane at present very largely control what he does and says, and his immediately goal of evolution is to liberate himself from their control in order that he, the real Ego or Thinker, may be the dominating influence.  If this Deva is of a high order, the vibration will be high and the desires and instincts will be good and right.  If the Deva life is of a low order, the man will demonstrate low and vicious instincts and desires.  Nevertheless, if a man is controlled by either, he is yet under Deva influence.

In the three worlds, we have the parallel evolutions, human and Deva, in their varying grades.  In the higher four worlds, we have this duality viewed as a unity.  Some great Devas Who cooperate intelligently with the plan of evolution have their own method of expressing these ideas, the medium being color that can be heard and sound which can be seen, the reverse of the process used by man.

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