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The Condition of the Magician

It is of value to remember that when the physical Head centers are awakened (through alignment of the Etheric centers) we have the very lowest aspect of Egoic influence.  From these three centers, man on the Probationary Path, and up to the third Initiation, directs and controls his sheath, and from them spreads that illumination which will irradiate the Physical plane life.  By the time the third Initiation is reached, the internal triangle is in full process of circulatory transmission, and the whole life of the Personality is subjected to the will of the Ego.  

Before the three physical Head centers awaken, man is largely subjected to force flowing through the four minor Etheric centers; later the three major centers (the head, the heart, and the throat) begin to vibrate, gradually assuming a greater sweep of activity, till their energy tends to negate that of the lower centers, to absorb their vitality and deflect the direction of their vitality, until the three higher wheels are in full fourth dimensional activity.  As this proceeds, the three physical Head centers begin to awake from dormancy into activity, the effect being felt as follows:

• As the major Head center awakens, the pineal gland begins to function.  

• As the Heart center becomes fully alive, the pituitary body enters into activity.  

• As the Throat center assumes its right place in the process of evolution, the alta major center vibrates adequately.  

When the triangle of force that these three physical centers form is in circulatory effect, the greater triangle can be seen in circulation; it then becomes a "wheel turning upon itself."  The major Etheric centers are in full action, and the man is nearing the moment of liberation.  In the work of creation, as occultly carried on, all these three physical centers have to be utilized, and from a consideration of the subject it will become apparent why it has been necessary to deal with them in this order.  

By means of the pineal gland, the organ of Spiritual perception, man ascertains the will and purpose of the Ego, and from thence he draws the necessary energy from the higher levels, via the Head center and the sutratma.  By means of the pituitary body, the second element of desire or of the form-building energy, becomes available, and under the law of attraction he can mould, and build in Deva substance.  

When the alta major center, the synthesis of what might be called nervous energy, is awake, it becomes possible for him to materialize and activate the desired form which, through attractive energy, he is in process of constructing.  

It will be obvious, likewise, that the disciple's power for service for humanity is dependent largely upon:

1. The state of his bodies and their Egoic alignment.  
2. The condition of activity present in the physical Head centers.  
3. The circulatory action of the triangular transmission of force.  

These factors are again dependent upon others, among which might be enumerated:

• The ability of the disciple to meditate.  

• The capacity he displays for bringing through accurately from the subtler levels the plans and purposes of which his Ego is cognizant.  

• The purity of his motives.  

• His power to "hold a state of meditation," and while in that state begin to build the form for his idea, and thus materialize the plan of his Ego.  

• The amount of energy he can pour later into his thought-form and thus procure for it a period of existence, or its tiny "day of Brahma."

These subsidiary factors are again dependent upon:

• His place on the ladder of evolution.  

• The condition of his bodies.  

• His karmic condition.  

• The tenuosity of the Etheric web.  

• The caliber of his physical body, and its relative refinement.  

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