The fifth sign, the heart of the zodiac and the throne of the Sun, the sign of the Lion, where the
lesson is the heart-temple and the Inner Master: the Lions of Fire, the path of initiation, Nanak and the path of the
heart, prayer and meditation, its natives and its practices, in his own words, from the fifty-two books
162 passages12 books27 practices40 sections8 parts
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Eight parts, from the heart of the zodiac and the Lions of Fire, through the heart-temple, the Master and the path of the Heart, to prayer with meditation, its natives and its practice
Above, the twelve signs in the order of his own list, with Leo lit, the fifth, at the head. Below, the road through the work: tap a part to go to it. The caption is his own sentence, from the passage it links to.
Every word here is his. Nothing has been paraphrased or improved. Each passage
was cut out of the book it belongs to by reference, and each carries that book and the
paragraph it came from, so anything on this page can be found again in the source. Most of it comes from the
three books where he gave a whole lesson on the sign, the Zodiacal Course, the Esoteric Treatise
of Hermetic Astrology and the Manual of Practical Magic; the rest are the paragraphs where he names
Leo, or its lions, in other books. Many of these passages also stand in other works of the shelf, chiefly
The Science of Meditation, Zodiacal Course, The Words He Uses and Imagination, Inspiration, Intuition. They are gathered here on purpose: the same teaching comes back in several of them because hearing
it again is how it settles.
The first part is the heart of the zodiac: the dates of the sign and its table, its metal, stone, colour and
element, its plants, the throne of the Sun, the Thrones and the Kumaras, intuition, the genii of the sign, and the
heart in the living zodiac: “Leo governs the human heart.”“…the color of Leo is golden.”
The second is the Lions of Fire: the Order of Leo, the highest of the twelve Orders, the flames of the
constellation within the human being, the sanctum of the constellation as he saw it, the evolution that begins and
ends in Leo, and the number five:
“Leo is the most exalted among the twelve Orders.”“The astral light of the constellation of Leo has a beautiful golden colour and one feels inspired looking at it.”
The third is the heart-temple: the heart as the sun of the organism, the seal of Solomon in the heart, the
Inner Master who speaks in hunches, the celestial man and the animal man, Nirvana, the narrow door and the path of the
tranquil heart: “The heart is the sacred temple of the Inner Master.”“The Initiate reaches Nirvana in one single life if he so wants it.”
The fourth is the Master: the seven sanctuaries of the astral plane, the warning against false prophets, his
two rules, travel in the astral body, and those who mock the initiations:
“When the disciple is ready, the Master appears”“I teach the student how to travel in the astral body, so that he will not allow himself to be deceived.”
The fifth is the path of the Heart: Master Nanak, a place in the heart-temple for every religion, the Sikh
scriptures, the Guru-Deva and the Samyasin of the mind:
“Nanak, the founding Master of the Sikh Religion in the sacred land of the Vedas, taught the path of the Heart.”“In the Heart-Temple we will find Han, the Being.”
The sixth is prayer combined with meditation: concentration, his summary of the lesson, scientific prayer and
the Our Father, the illuminating Void, the pulse and the second heart, and intuition against the rascals of the
intellect: “To pray is to converse with God”“INTUITION is direct perception of the truth”
The seventh is the natives, those born under the sign:
“The natives of Leo are like the lion; kind and courageous.”“The natives of Leo are energetic and generous at the same time”
The eighth part is the practice of the period of Leo: inner meditation in its three phases, the words to say in
it, the vowel of the sign, the Our Father prayed slowly, the relaxation and the pulse, and the perfume:
“During the sign of Leo, we should act on the heart, through meditation.”“A single Our Father well prayed and wisely combined with Meditation, is an entire Work of High Magic.”
This is the tenth of twelve, one for each sign, each released as the sun enters it.
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Part One — the heart of the zodiac
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IFrom the 23 of July to the 22 of August
The lesson of Leo in the Zodiacal Course opens with this table: the dates of the sign, what it rules, and its metal, stone, perfume, plant, flower, planet, colour, element, day, key word and ruler. Beside it, Occult Medicine says what the plants of the sign are like.
PART ONE
Leo is the house of the Sun and governs our heart.
From the 23 of July to the 22 of August Rules: Heart and Spinal Column Metal: Gold Stone: Diamond Perfume: Incense Plant: Sunflower Flower: Poppy Planet: The Sun Color: Golden Element: Fire Day: Sunday Key Word: Life Ruler: Michael
IILeo is the heart of the zodiac and the throne of the Sun
The lesson enters the constellation: Leo is the heart of the zodiac and the throne of the Sun, the dwelling of the Thrones and the house of the Kumaras, and it governs our heart.
Today we enter the constellation of Leo.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
Leo is the heart of the zodiac and the throne of the Sun.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
Leo is the dwelling of the sons of the flame, whom the Bible calls “Thrones”.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
Leo is the house of the “Kumaras”.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
Leo is the house of the Sun and governs our heart.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
the throne of the Sun
Leo is the house of the Sun and governs our heart.
The Hermetic Astrology says the same of the sign and gives its metal, stone and colour. Its natives, it adds, are like the lion.
Pray and Meditate in order for you to be able to listen to the Voice of the Silence. Leo is the throne of the Sun, the heart of the Zodiac. Leo governs the human heart. The Sun of the organism is the Heart. In the heart, the forces from above mix with those from below in order for those from below to become liberated.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in Clairaudience, Imagination, Inspiration, Intuition
The metal of Leo is pure gold. The stone of Leo is the diamond; the color of Leo is golden. In practice we have been able to verify that the natives of Leo are like the lion, brave, irate, noble, worthy, constant.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
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IVThe sign of LEO governs INTUITION
The Manual of Practical Magic gives the dates of the sign and the faculty it governs, intuition.
73. LEO: July 23rd to August 22nd
Manual of Practical Magic, 1954
74. The sign of LEO governs INTUITION.
Manual of Practical Magic, 1954
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VLeo: Sagham and Seratiel
A line from his list of the twenty-four elders names the two who rule Leo.
The Hermetic Astrology names the part of the body each sign governs; Leo governs the heart. The poster The Zodiac Within shows it.
Aries governs the head; Taurus, the throat; Gemini, the arms, legs and lungs; Cancer, the thymus gland; Leo, the heart; Virgo, the abdomen, the intestines; Libra, the kidneys; Scorpio, the sexual organs; Sagittarius, the major femoral arteries; Capricorn, the knees; Aquarius, the calves; Pisces, the feet.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in Aquarius, Aries, Capricorn, Gemini, Pisces, Sagittarius, Scorpio, Taurus
Leo, the heart
Aries governs the head; Taurus, the throat; Gemini, the arms, legs and lungs; Cancer, the thymus gland; Leo, the heart; Virgo, the abdomen, the intestines; Libra, the kidneys; Scorpio, the sexual organs; Sagittarius, the major femoral arteries; Capricorn, the knees; Aquarius, the calves; Pisces, the feet.
Of the twelve zodiacal Orders, the Order of Leo, of the Lions of Fire or Lions of Life, is the highest, he says in the Pistis Sophia and in a lecture. The Lions of Fire are Kether, Chokmah and Binah.
PART TWO
The Zodiacal Constellation of Leo is the Superior Order, the Order of the Lions of Fire, the Order of the Igneous Breaths.
Leo is the most exalted among the twelve Orders.
Pistis Sophia Unveiled, 1983
Let us remember the ‘Lions of Fire’, the ‘Lions of Life’, the ‘Igneous Shapeless Breaths’, the Triple Divine Powers, who emanated from the active, omnipenetrant and omniscient Okidanokh.
Pistis Sophia Unveiled, 1983
These ‘Lions of Fire’ are Kether, Chokmah, and Binah, true Dragons of Wisdom.
Pistis Sophia Unveiled, 1983also in Kether
the Lions of Fire
These ‘Lions of Fire’ are Kether, Chokmah, and Binah, true Dragons of Wisdom.
There are twelve Orders of Adepts in this cosmos, related to the twelve zodiacal signs. There is no doubt that the Order of Lions of Fire or Lions of Life, of the constellation of Leo, is the most exalted. This is how it is written, and it is so!
The Fifth GospelThe Danger of Mental EffigiesThird Chamber – Mexico City – June 1977
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IIthe flames of the constellation of Leo exist within the human being
The Orders of the zodiac exist in the cosmos and in man, and the flames of the constellation of Leo burn within the human being. In a lecture he adds that the twelve Orders, the Order of Leo among them, carry no Ego.
Above and below, in the Macrocosm and in the Microcosmic human being, the creative powers are esoterically divided into seven, three, and four, within the twelve great cosmic orders, which bring to mind the zodiacal signs in the Macrocosm and in the Microcosm. The Lions of Fire, or ‘Lions of Life’ of the zodiacal sign of Leo, are constituted as the most elevated group in the Macrocosm and within the Microcosmic human being.
Pistis Sophia Unveiled, 1983also in The Law of Correspondence
Moreover, it is important to remember that just as the zodiacal belt exists in the firmament, likewise, the flames of the constellation of Leo exist within the human being. The Hierarchy of the Fire is the most important Hierarchy in the Macrocosm and in the Microcosmic human being.
Pistis Sophia Unveiled, 1983also in The Law of Correspondence
For if you could for a moment unbottle the Essence, you could then see that those twelve Orders that exist in this Universe –among which is the Order of Leo, of the Lion– have no Ego nor carry mental forms or effigies within them. They are creatures who live from moment to moment and never have the bad taste to create mental effigies. Reflect on all that.
The Fifth GospelThe Danger of Mental EffigiesThird Chamber – Mexico City – June 1977
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IIIthe Sublime Sanctum of the constellation of Leo
He tells of entering the sanctum of the constellation of Leo, its threshold guarded by lions of gold, to wait there for the Lords of the Law. The Three Mountains gives the colour of its light.
I for my part, filled with profound reflection and tremendous veneration, went resolutely into the Sublime Sanctum of the constellation of Leo.
The Mystery of the Golden Blossom, 1971
The threshold of that place of worship was radiantly adorned with a pair of brilliant lions of pure gold...
The Mystery of the Golden Blossom, 1971
the Sublime Sanctum
The threshold of that place of worship was radiantly adorned with a pair of brilliant lions of pure gold
In ecstasy I silently lay down on my back upon a delightful divan, the Lion's shape armrests of which shone...
The Mystery of the Golden Blossom, 1971
Advanced as I was in time, I was not ignorant of any of this and patiently awaited the Lords of the Law; I was eager to be reincarnated under the constellation of Leo... However, reflecting a while I said to myself: "What am I doing here? I have to await orders from my Father. And what is more, I have been told that I will not possess a physical body again during this Mahamvantara... "Reflecting in this way I rose and left that sacred place.
The Mystery of the Golden Blossom, 1971also in Return and Reincarnation
The astral light of the constellation of Leo has a beautiful golden colour and one feels inspired looking at it.
The Three Mountains, 1972
a beautiful golden colour
The astral light of the constellation of Leo has a beautiful golden colour and one feels inspired looking at it.
IVMan began his evolution in Leo and will end his evolution in Leo
In three books he says that evolution begins in Leo and ends in Leo. The Greater Mysteries says it at the close of a passage on the initiation of Jesus, the Aquarian Message beside the zodiacal womb of the new Jerusalem.
Man began his evolution in Leo and will end his evolution in Leo. The entire evolution of man is written in the cosmographic map of his own organism.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
By means of the fire, we extract from the astral body a psychic extract which is the conscious soul (the conscious or sephirothic values of the astral body), which resembles a beautiful (male) child. This beautiful child remains during three days within his holy sepulcher. On the third day, he resurrects and fuses with the Inner-Self or Inner Being. After this esoteric resurrection, Jesus descended into the atomic infernos of nature. Within the abyss, we have to recapitulate all the evils of our past reincarnations. Master Jesus lasted 40 days in the abyss. Before the ascension, the door of the abyss located in the lower abdomen, opens up. Before the ascension, we are examined by fire, and we are taught the internal zodiac. Our evolution began in the constellation of Leo and ends with Leo.
The Greater Mysteries, 1956also in The Intimate Christ
A zodiacal belt with twelve constellations also exists. The new Jerusalem, that is to say, the earth of the future sixth Root Race, is being gestated within the zodiacal womb. Every evolution starts in Leo and ends in Leo. The street of the city is of pure gold (sacred fire) as if it were flexible, malleable glass, that is to say, christonic semen. The Pentecostal fire rises from this liquid glass.
Number five, the five-pointed star, corresponds to the fifth constellation, Leo. In two of his lists of the sephiroth, Yesod is set beside the Sun of Leo.
Netsah. The justice of the arcane. The eighth card of the Tarot; Saturn: Victory. Jesod. The Sun of Leo. The ninth card of the Tarot. The hermit. The absolute.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in Netzach, Sagittarius, Yesod
Number 5 is the Pentalpha, the five-pointed star. It corresponds to the planet Mercury and the fifth constellation of Leo.
Yesod: The Sun, Leo—the ninth card of the Tarot; the Hermit; the Absolute.
Esoteric Course of Kabbalahalso in Yesod
Part Three — the heart-temple
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Iso is the human heart the sun of our organism also
As the Sun is the heart of the solar system, the heart is the sun of the body. There the forces from above and below meet in the seal of Solomon, there the cross of initiation is given, and its fine membranes register the most distant tremors of the earth.
PART THREE
The heart is the sacred temple of the Inner Master.
Just as the Sun is the heart of the solar system, so is the human heart the sun of our organism also.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
the sun of our organism
Just as the Sun is the heart of the solar system, so is the human heart the sun of our organism also.
The forces that descend and those that rise from the earth, in the form of a triangle, meet at the heart, mingle and become redeemed, forming the seal of Solomon. The heart is the sacred chamber of the blessed mother Goddess of the world. The ineffable princess of the Kundalini, “Hadit”, the winged serpent of the desert, reaches as far as there.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
the seal of Solomon
meet at the heart, mingle and become redeemed, forming the seal of Solomon
The cross of initiation is given to us in the heart-temple.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
The Kundalini is the laboratory where the heart works.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
The fires of the heart serve as control to the fires of the spine. The Kundalini rises according to the merits of the heart. The Kundalini evolves and progresses within the aura of the Solar Logos.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
The heart is the most sensitive organ of our organism. The most remote seismic movements of the world are registered within the fine membranes of the heart.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
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IIThe heart is the sacred temple of the Inner Master
The heart is the temple of the Inner Master, who speaks to us in hunches. He describes the celestial man and the animal man in us, and the mind that will not obey.
The heart is the sacred temple of the Inner Master. The Inner Master speaks to us in the form of hunches. If man obeyed those hunches, he would live without problems.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in Imagination, Inspiration, Intuition
Man rebels against the voice of the Inner Master and creates problems for himself. There are two men in us that live in eternal struggle: one against the other.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
There is a celestial man and an animal man in us. The animal man wants to solve things on his own and act as he likes best.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
The celestial man talks in the form of hunches; his voice is the voice of silence and his actions are always upright; and create happiness.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in Imagination, Inspiration, Intuition
The animal man is the mind that resides in the head with its seven portals... The celestial man is the Inner Master.
The Master commands and the mind does not obey him; it wants to solve everything on its own and act as it likes best, without at all taking the orders of the Internal Master into consideration. As a consequence of this, pain and bitterness, appear which are the result of erred action and useless efforts.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in Suffering
Happy are those who act with the voice of silence, they will never lack bread, shelter and refuge. They shall live without problems and will have bliss.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
A practice
Coachman, dominate the untamed colt of the mind properly, so that it will not cast your cart to the abyss.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
Coachman
Coachman, dominate the untamed colt of the mind properly, so that it will not cast your cart to the abyss.
The Inner Master is the divine witness, seated on the throne of the heart-temple. The inner essence of the Master is absolute happiness and limitless omniscience. The Inner Master is “simple”; everything else is complicated.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
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IIIThat state of happiness is called Nirvana
The Inner Master stands beyond the changes of nature, and the soul that fuses with him enters the happiness called Nirvana, reached through countless lives or by the shorter path of initiation.
Eternal Nature keeps changing, but the Inner Master is immutable and because of this, the Master can free himself from Nature.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
Nature casts its shadows on the Master, but the Inner Master is beyond all shadow. When the Soul fuses with the Inner Master, then it becomes free from Nature and enters the supreme happiness of absolute existence.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in Chesed, The Human Soul
That state of happiness is called Nirvana.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in Chesed
One arrives at Nirvana through millions of births and deaths, but is also reached by means of a shorter path, the path of “initiation”.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in Chesed
The Initiate reaches Nirvana in one single life if he so wants it.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in Chesed
“Narrow is the door and narrow the path that leads to light; and just a few ones are those who find it”.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
Narrow is the door
Narrow is the door and narrow the path that leads to light; and just a few ones are those who find it
The Hermetic Astrology on the path of the tranquil heart: the mind placed in the heart, and learning to think with the heart.
A practice
The one who wishes to tread the Path of the Tranquil Heart, should concentrate the Prana, Life and the Sexual Energy in the cerebrum and the mind in the Heart.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Science of Meditation
A practice
It is Urgent to learn to think with the heart, to deposit the mind in the Heart Temple. The Cross of Initiation is always received in the marvelous Temple of the Heart.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
Part Four — he has to seek a Master
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IWhen the disciple is ready, the Master appears
There are seven initiatic sanctuaries in the astral plane, and the disciple who wants to go forward on this path must seek a Master.
PART FOUR
When the disciple is ready, the Master appears
Seven initiatic sanctuaries exist in the astral plane and if the disciple wants to progress in this path, he has to seek a Master.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
Seven initiatic sanctuaries
Seven initiatic sanctuaries exist in the astral plane and if the disciple wants to progress in this path, he has to seek a Master.
He warns against false prophets and external masters: the disciple learns to travel in the astral body and takes orders only there, for even sincere initiates of the Lesser Mysteries can lead a student astray.
A practice
“Be careful of false prophets”. Do not accept external Masters in the physical plane. Learn to leave in the astral body and when you are skillful in the astral, choose an authentic Master of Greater Mysteries of the White Brotherhood and consecrate to him, the most absolute devotion and the most profound respect.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in The Keys of Astral Travel
Be careful of false prophets
Do not accept external Masters in the physical plane.
You should walk with much care in the physical world, since there are many false prophets. Do not accept external orders from anyone; thou should only obey the orders that “we” give thee in the astral plane.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
There are many initiates of lesser mysteries in the physical plane, good and sincere, but they have not yet fused with their Inner Master. They are also “living dead” and consequently, have serious and very grievous errors, which can lead the student astray and even make him fall into the abyss.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
When we want to make ourselves known to a student in the physical plane, we will give him “signs” and proofs in the astral plane, but “be careful”, live alert and vigilant as the guard in times of war, because in these times the Antichrist makes deceiving signs and wonders.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in Awakening
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IIIThese two rules are very simple, but of terrible importance
Two maxims, and the warning that the higher the disciple stands, the harder the fall.
A practice
“Be simple like the dove and shrewd as a serpent”.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
A practice
“Be meek and humble, but when it regards the truth, be strong in thought, word and deed”.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
The higher thou art, the more terrible the fall shall be.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
Be careful then from falling, because the disciple who allows himself to fall, then has to struggle much to recover what has been lost.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
These two rules are very simple, but of terrible importance.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
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IVI teach the student how to travel in the astral body
Initiates have fallen through accepting false prophets of the physical world; knowing how to travel in the astral body keeps the student from being deceived.
I have known many initiates in the Lesser Mysteries, who have known and accepted false prophets of the physical plane and then fell into the terrible abyss.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
I teach the student how to travel in the astral body, so that he will not allow himself to be deceived. The student allows himself to be deceived because he does not know how to travel in the astral body.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
Anyone who tries to ridicule our sacred temples and our sacred initiations is still “a living dead person”. Do not listen to him, he is dangerous.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
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VThere are people who think they can reach Nirvana without going through any initiation
Some think they can reach Nirvana without initiation, and some mock the path they have trodden. The nine initiations of the Lesser Mysteries come first.
There are people who think they can reach Nirvana without going through any initiation. Such “living dead” people follow the spiral path of life and only through millions of lives and deaths, will they truly reach Nirvana. But there are other “living dead” people who want to rapidly fuse themselves with their Inner-Self and nevertheless, try to mock our sacred initiations. This kind of living dead people are the most dangerous because they have tread the path and are “mocking” the path. “These are the offenders” of Victor Hugo. These are the defilers of the temple.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in Chesed
To want to rapidly become fused with the Inner-Self without having passed through the nine initiations of Lesser Mysteries, is akin to wanting to receive a doctor’s degree in medicine, without having studied all the required years at university, or like wanting to be a general, without having passed through all the military ranks.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
Part Five — taught the path of the Heart
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IAnnie Besant narrates a case of Master Nanak
The fifth chapter of the Hermetic Astrology opens with a story Annie Besant tells of Nanak at the mosque, who would not bow with men whose thoughts were elsewhere.
PART FIVE
In the Heart-Temple, there is a place for all religions, sects, orders, etc.
Annie Besant narrates a case of Master Nanak, which is well worth the while to transcribe. “It was a Friday that day, and when the hour of prayer arrived, master and servant headed towards the mosque. When the Kari (Muslim Priest) started the prayers, the Nabob and his retinue prostrated themselves, as is prescribed by the Mohammedan Rite; Nanak remained standing, still and silent. Once the prayer had ended, the Nabob confronted the young man and, indignant, he asked him: “Why have you not fulfilled the ceremonies of the Law? You are a liar and a fake. You should not have come here to stand like a post.” “Nanak replied: “You prostrated yourself with your face on the floor while your thoughts wandered through the clouds, for you were thinking of bringing horses from Candar and not in the recitation of the prayer. As to the Priest, he was automatically practicing the ceremonies of prostration, while at the same time his thoughts were in saving the she-donkey that gave birth days ago. How was I going to pray with people who kneel out of routine and repeat words like a parrot?” “The Nabob confessed that in effect, he had been thinking during the entire ceremony on the planned purchase of horses. As far as the Kari was concerned, he openly manifested his disgust and pressed the young man with many questions.”
Nanak, founder of the Sikh religion, taught the path of the heart and brotherhood among all religions. In the heart-temple there is a place for every one of them.
Nanak, the founding Master of the Sikh Religion in the sacred land of the Vedas, taught the path of the Heart.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
Nanak taught fraternity among all Religions, Schools, sects, etc.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
When we attack all Religions or any Religion in particular, we commit the crime of violating the Law of the Heart.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in Fanaticism
In the Heart-Temple, there is a place for all religions, sects, orders, etc.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
All Religions are precious pearls strung on the golden thread of the Divinity.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
precious pearls
All Religions are precious pearls strung on the golden thread of the Divinity.
Our Gnostic Movement is made up by people of all religions, schools, sects, spiritual societies, etc.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
In the Heart-Temple there is place for all religions, for all worships. Jesus said: “In loving one another thou shalt prove that thou art my disciples.”
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
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IIIThe Sikh Scriptures, like those of every religion, are really ineffable
Sikh scripture names Omkara the primary divine Being, and he copies two hymns of praise. Nanak held, with the Upanishads, that Brahma is one.
The Sikh Scriptures, like those of every religion, are really ineffable.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
Among the Sikhs, Omkara is the Primary Divine Being who created heaven, the Earth, the waters and all that exists.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
“Omkara: is the Unmanifested, Endless, Primary Spirit, without a beginning, without an end, whose Light illuminates the Fourteen Dwellings, instantaneous knower, internal regulator of every heart.”
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
“Space is its power. The Sun and the Moon are its lamps. The army of the stars, its pearls, Oh Father! The odoriferous breeze of the Himalayas is your incense. The wind refreshes you. The plant kingdom pays you tributes of flowers, Oh Light! For you are the hymns of praise, oh, destroyer of fear! The Anatal Shabda (Virgin Sound) resounds as your drums. You have no eyes and you have them by the thousands. You have no feet and you have them by the thousands. You have no nose and you have them by the thousands. This your marvelous work enraptures us. Your Light, Oh, Glory, is in all things! The Light of your Light radiates from all beings. This Light radiates from the teachings of the Master. It is an Arati.”
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
Nanak, the Great Master, in accordance with the Upanishads, comprehends that Brahma (the Father), is One and that the Ineffable Gods are merely his partial manifestations, reflections of his Absolute Beauty.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
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IVOne needs the Guru-Deva, the director, the guide
The Guru-Deva is one with the Father, and the narrow path needs such a guide, found in the heart-temple. He copies Sikh stanzas of devotion to the Guru.
The Guru-Deva is the one who is already one with the Father (Brahma). Fortunate is the one who has a Guru-Deva as a guide and director. Blessed be the one who has found the Master of Perfection.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Words He Uses
The path is narrow, strait and frighteningly difficult. One needs the Guru-Deva, the director, the guide.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Words He Uses
In the Heart-Temple we will find Han, the Being. In the heart-Temple we will find the Guru-Deva.
Now we will transcribe a few Sikh stanzas about the Devotion to the Guru-Deva.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
“Oh, Nanak! Recognize him as the true Guru, the beloved one who unites you to the all...”
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
“A hundred times a day I would like to sacrifice myself for my Guru who has converted me into a God in a short time.”
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
“Even if one hundred Moons and a thousand Suns shone, profound darkness would reign without the Guru.”
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
“Blessed be my Venerable Guru who knows Han (the Being) and who has taught us to treat friends and enemies alike.”
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
“Oh, Lord! Favor us with the company of Guru-Deva, so that together with Him, we, lost sinners, may make a journey by swimming.”
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
“Guru-Deva, the true Guru, is Para-Brahma, the Supreme Lord. Nanak prostrates himself before Guru-Deva Han.”
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
3 passages · 2 practices
Va Samyasin of the mind
The Samyasin of the mind serves the Guru-Deva found in the heart and works to dissolve the Ego, defect by defect. Meditation on the name Han, the Being, gives the experience of the Real.
In India, a Samyasin of the mind is one who serves the true Guru-Deva, who has found him in the heart, who works in the Dissolution of the Lunar Ego.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
A practice
Whoever wants to put an end to the Ego, to the I, should annihilate Anger, Covetousness, Lust, Envy, Pride, Laziness, Gluttony. It is only by putting an end to all those defects in all the Levels of the Mind, that the I dies in a radical, total and definite manner.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in Greed, The Subconscious
A practice
Meditation on the name Han (the Being), permits us to experience what is Real, authentic.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Science of Meditation
Part Six — combine Prayer with Meditation
1 passage
IConcentration is one technique
Concentration is one technique, and he quotes The Voice of the Silence on the soul that must grow deaf to every noise before it can hear.
PART SIX
To pray is to converse with God
Concentration is one technique. On page 17, in “The Voice of the Silence”, H.P.B. says the following and I quote: “Before the soul can hear, the image (man) has to become as deaf to roarings as to whispers, to cries and bellowing elephants as to the silvery buzzing of the golden fire fly”. “Before the soul can comprehend and may remember, she must unto the Silent Speaker be united just as the form to which the clay is modelled, is first united with the potter’s mind”. “For then the soul will hear, and will remember”. “And then to the inner ear speak - The Voice of the Silence”.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in Clairaudience, Imagination, Inspiration, Intuition, Zodiacal Course
6 passages · 1 practice
IIIn this lesson of Leo, we taught the disciple to converse with his own internal master
His summary of the fifth lesson: the three steps to the inner master, learning to converse with the Inner Being, the mind as a mirror to be dusted each day, and the doctrine of the heart.
In this lesson of Leo, we taught the disciple to converse with his own internal master, through internal meditation.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in The Science of Meditation
Darana (concentration), Ayana (meditation) and Samadhi (ecstasy) are the three steps that take us to the throne of the internal master of each person, who is the “Inner-Being” (the internal master).
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in The Science of Meditation
the three steps
Darana (concentration), Ayana (meditation) and Samadhi (ecstasy) are the three steps that take us to the throne of the internal master
The disciple has to learn how to talk with his own “Inner-Being”, and should be demanding with his own Inner-Being.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
The disciple should receive instructions from his own “Inner-Being”, and the Inner Being’s duty is to instruct his Bodhisattva, that is to say, his soul anxious for Light The doctrine of “Shin-Sien” teaches that the human mind is like a mirror, which attracts and reflects each dust atom, and has to be dusted each day, until becoming a “Christ - mind”. Shin-Sien was the sixth patriarch of northern China, who taught the esoteric doctrine of “Boddhidharma”.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in The Being Is the Being, The Human Soul
In Sanskrit, the internal chamber of the heart is called “Brahma-pura” (The city of the supreme God). The disciple should become a master of Samadhi. Boddhidharma is the religion of wisdom in China.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
The doctrine of the heart is called the seal of the truth, or the true “seal”.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
6 passages
IIIit is necessary to learn how to pray scientifically
Prayer has to be learned: some prayers carry petitions, some recapitulate cosmic events, and the Our Father is a magical formula. Joined with meditation, prayer gives objective results.
Really, it is necessary to learn how to pray scientifically; the one who learns to intelligently combine Prayer with Meditation, will obtain marvelous Objective results. But it is urgent to comprehend that there are different Prayers and that their results are different.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Science of Meditation
There are Prayers which are accompanied by petitions, but not all prayers are accompanied by petitions.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
There are very ancient Prayers which are authentic Recapitulations of Cosmic events and we can experience their entire content if we meditate on each word, on each phrase, with true conscious devotion.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Science of Meditation
The Our Father is a Magical formula of immense sacerdotal power, but it is urgent to comprehend in depth and in a total manner the profound meaning of each word, of each phrase, of each supplication.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
The Our Father is a prayer of petition, a prayer to converse with the Father who is in secrecy. The Our Father combined with deep Meditation produces Marvelous Objective results.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Science of Meditation, The Words He Uses
The Gnostic Rituals, Religious Ceremonies are authentic treatises of Occult Wisdom for the person who knows how to meditate, for those who comprehend with the heart.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Words He Uses
6 passages · 2 practices
IVthe Experience in the illuminating Void
When the mind is still and silent, freed from the battle of the opposites, the experience of the Real in the illuminating Void comes. To pray is to converse with the Father.
A practice
When the Mind is still, within and without, when the Mind is in Silence within and without, when the mind has freed itself from dualism, then the novel comes to us. It is necessary to empty the mind of all kinds of thoughts, desires, passions, appetites, fears, etc. in order for the experience of what is Real to come to us.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in Fear, The Science of Meditation
The eruption of the Void, the Experience in the illuminating Void, are only possible when the Essence, the Soul, the Buddhata frees itself from the intellectual bottle.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Essence, The Human Soul
The Essence is engrossed within the tremendous battle of the opposites: heat and cold, like and dislike, yes and no, good and evil, pleasant and unpleasant.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Human Soul, The Law of Opposites, The Law of the Pendulum
the opposites
The Essence is engrossed within the tremendous battle of the opposites
When the Mind is still, when the Mind is in silence, then the Essence remains free and the Experience of what is Real in the illuminating Void comes.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Essence, The Human Soul, The Law of the Pendulum, The Science of Meditation
A practice
Pray, therefore, good disciple and then with the mind very still and in silence, empty of all kinds of thoughts, await the reply from the Father: “Ask and it shall be given, knock and it shall be opened.”
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
To pray is to converse with God and certainly one has to learn to converse with the Father, with Brahma.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
6 passages
VControl over the physical body begins with control over the pulse
Control of the body begins with control of the pulse, the second heart, reached through full relaxation. In Samadhi the pulsations slow and the Essence fuses with the Being.
Control over the physical body begins with control over the pulse. The pulse of the tranquil heart is felt all at once, entirely, in its totality, within the organism, but Gnostics can feel it at will in any part of the body, whether it be on the tip of the nose, an ear, an arm, a foot, etc.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
It has been demonstrated in practice that by acquiring the possibility of regulating, hastening or slowing down the pulse, the heartbeat can be hastened or slowed down. Control over the palpitations of the heart can never come from the heart muscles, but rather it depends totally on the control of the pulse. This is, beyond all doubt, the Second Heartbeat or Great Heart.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
The control of the pulse or control of the second heart is achieved totally through the Absolute Relaxation of all the muscles.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
Through Attention we can accelerate or slow down the Pulsations of the Second Heart and the beats of the first heart.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
Samadhi, Ecstasy, Satori always occur with very slow pulsations, and in Maha Samadhi, pulsations end.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Science of Meditation
the second heart
Samadhi, Ecstasy, Satori always occur with very slow pulsations, and in Maha Samadhi, pulsations end.
During Samadhi, the Essence, the Buddhata escapes the Personality, then it becomes Fused with the Being and the experience of what is Real in the Illuminating Void comes. It is only in the absence of the I that we can converse with the Father, Brahma.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Being Is the Being, The Essence, The Science of Meditation
10 passages · 3 practices
VIOur disciples should cultivate INTUITION, which resides in the heart
The Manual of Practical Magic on intuition, the faculty of the heart: the mind freed from schools and theories, the rascals of intellect without spirit, and direct perception of the truth.
A practice
75. We should free our Mind from all types of schools, theories, political parties, concepts, desires, emotions, passions, etc.
Manual of Practical Magic, 1954also in The Mind
76. From intellectualism without spirituality, rascals come forth.
Manual of Practical Magic, 1954
77. Rascals wander through elegant salons, drink liquors of all types and the whole world applauds them and admires them.
Manual of Practical Magic, 1954
78. Rascals are called doctors, graduates, intellectuals, etc.
Manual of Practical Magic, 1954
79. Rascals have taken over the world, and all the governments of the earth have fallen into their hands.
Manual of Practical Magic, 1954
80. Rascals are the pedantic intellectuals of the age.
Manual of Practical Magic, 1954
81. Rascals have always been the enemies of the sages.
Manual of Practical Magic, 1954
A practice
82. Our disciples should abandon all types of knavery.
Manual of Practical Magic, 1954
A practice
83. Our disciples should cultivate INTUITION, which resides in the heart.
Manual of Practical Magic, 1954also in Imagination, Inspiration, Intuition
84. INTUITION is direct perception of the truth, without the depressing process of reasoning and of opinions.
Manual of Practical Magic, 1954also in Imagination, Inspiration, Intuition
INTUITION
INTUITION is direct perception of the truth, without the depressing process of reasoning and of opinions.
IThe natives of Leo are energetic and generous at the same time
After a line on the blue hierarchies of the Sun, the Zodiacal Course describes the natives: energetic and generous, mystic and authoritative, inclined to anger, and suffering much in their moral life.
PART SEVEN
The natives of Leo are like the lion; kind and courageous.
The blue hierarchies of the Sun are the fountain of all life. The natives of Leo are energetic and generous at the same time, magnanimous, mystics and authoritarians. They have a tendency towards anger and should struggle much to dominate that defect.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
Leo, being the throne of the Sun, announces fortune and high position. The occult significance of Leo is Intuition. Gold is the metal of this sign and diamond, its stone. The natives of Leo are authoritative and want to command only. Leo brings some journeys. The natives of Leo suffer a great deal morally.
Zodiacal Course, 1951
4 passages
IIthey develop the sentiment and bravery of the lion
The Hermetic Astrology on the natives: the bravery of the lion, the developed and the mediocre types, their mysticism, and accidents to the arms and hands.
But there are many people and it is clear that, among the natives of Leo, we also find those who are arrogant, proud, unfaithful, tyrants, etc.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
The natives of Leo also have organizational aptitudes, they develop the sentiment and bravery of the lion. The developed persons of this sign get to be great paladins. The mediocre type of Leo is very sentimental and irate. The mediocre type of Leo overestimates his own capacities too much.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
In every native of Leo, mysticism already developed in an incipient stage always exists; it all depends on the type of person.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
The natives of Leo are always predisposed to suffer accidents to the arms and hands.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967
accidents to the arms and hands
The natives of Leo are always predisposed to suffer accidents to the arms and hands.
90. The natives of Leo become irritated easily and get angry easily.
Manual of Practical Magic, 1954
Part Eight — During the sign of Leo
2 passages · 1 practice
IInner meditation consists of three phases
During Leo the disciple works on the heart through meditation in three steps, concentration, meditation and Samadhi, conversing with the Inner Master until his voice is heard.
PART EIGHT
Before beginning the exercises of Prayer and Meditation combined, relax the body properly.
A practice
All initiations are received in the temples of the astral plane, but the school is life itself. During the sign of Leo, we should act on the heart, through meditation. Inner meditation consists of three phases: 1st - Perfect Concentration 2nd - Perfect Meditation 3rd - Perfect Samadhi One has to concentrate the mind on the Inner Master. One has to meditate on the majesty of the Inner Master. One has to talk with the Inner Master, until one hears his voice and converses ineffable things with HIM...
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in The Science of Meditation, Zodiacal Course
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in The Science of Meditation, Zodiacal Course
4 passages · 3 practices
IIwe should especially practice inner meditation during this sign of Leo
Inner meditation is practised in the moments of drowsiness, with the mind held still. Deep in meditation the disciple says the words he gives, and asks the Inner Master to teach him.
A practice
So then, we should especially practice inner meditation during this sign of Leo. I advice my disciples to practice inner meditation during those instants in which they feel more predisposed to sleep. You should totally dominate the untamed horse of the mind. You should control all possible reactions of the mind before the objects and sounds of the physical world.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in The Science of Meditation
The Inner Master is not the mind. The Inner Master is not emotion; the Inner Master is not the will; the Inner Master is not the conscience nor the intelligence.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in The Being Is the Being
A practice
The Inner Master is the divine witness. The Inner Master is the Being. The Inner Master is the Inner-Self; therefore, while sunk in deep inner meditation, say: “NOT THIS, NOT THIS, NOT THIS. I AM HE, I AM HE, I AM HE”.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in The Being Is the Being, The Science of Meditation, Zodiacal Course
I AM HE
NOT THIS, NOT THIS, NOT THIS. I AM HE, I AM HE, I AM HE
Be demanding with thy Inner Master, he should teach thee the most ineffable things. If thy concentration is intense, then thou shall penetrate in the marvels of the cosmos and will learn things which are impossible to describe with words.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in The Science of Meditation, Zodiacal Course
1 passage · 1 practice
IIIVocalize daily the vowel “O” during this sign of Leo
The vowel O is sounded daily during Leo for the heart chakra. The same paragraph names a secret planet between the Sun and Mercury.
A practice
Vocalize daily the vowel “O” during this sign of Leo, to awaken the heart chakra. A secret planet from which emanates the life of all that throbs in the physical plane, exists between the Sun and Mercury.
Zodiacal Course, 1951also in The Chakras, Zodiacal Course
the vowel “O”
Vocalize daily the vowel “O” during this sign of Leo, to awaken the heart chakra.
After the prayer, we must know how to await the reply of the Father and this means to know how to meditate, to have the mind still and in silence, empty of all thoughts, awaiting the reply of the Father.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Science of Meditation
4 passages · 3 practices
Vrelax the body properly
Before prayer and meditation the body is relaxed, lying in the star or the corpse posture with the eyes closed and drowsiness joined to meditation. Then the pulse is felt in the nose, the ears, the hands and the feet in turn.
The Heart-Temple is house of Prayer. Found in the heart-temple are the energies which come from above, with the energies which come from below, forming Solomon’s seal. It is necessary to pray and Meditate profoundly. It is urgent to know how to relax the physical body in order for Meditation to be correct.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Science of Meditation, The Words He Uses
A practice
Before beginning the exercises of Prayer and Meditation combined, relax the body properly.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Science of Meditation
A practice
The Gnostic Disciple should lie down in a face-up position, in other words, lying on his back on the floor or in bed, legs and arms open to the right and left, in the form of a five-pointed star. This Pentagonal Star position is formidable due to its deep meaning, but persons who for any circumstance are unable to meditate in this position, should then meditate by placing their body in the Corpse Posture: heels together, tips of the feet spread out in the form of a fan, arms unbent along the sides, placed alongside the trunk The eyes should be closed in order for things of the physical world to not distract us. Drowsiness properly combined with Meditation is very indispensable for the good success of the Meditation.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Science of Meditation
This Pentagonal Star position
The Gnostic Disciple should lie down in a face-up position
It is necessary to try to totally relax all the muscles of the body and then concentrate Attention on the tip of the nose, until we fully feel the heart pulse in that organ of smell, then we will continue with the right ear until we feel the heart pulse in the latter, then we will continue with the right hand, right foot, left foot, left hand, left ear and nose once again, fully feeling the heart pulse separately in each of these organs where we have focused the Attention.
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology, 1967also in The Science of Meditation
the heart pulse
concentrate Attention on the tip of the nose, until we fully feel the heart pulse in that organ of smell
How this was made. All fifty-two books were extracted (73,105 paragraphs, 2,157,671 words) and
swept for the sign. The sweep took the whole Leo chapters of three books: the Zodiacal Course
(1951, ¶328–407, the fifth lesson, with its summary, ¶1005–1013; 89 paragraphs), the
Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology (1967, ¶270–343, 74) and the Manual of
Practical Magic (1954, ¶458–475, 18). It then took every other paragraph in any
book that names Leo (28), and every paragraph that names a lion (201), for the readers to keep only where he
ties them to the sign; the lines of his correspondence tables not already in, from Occult Medicine and Practical
Magic (3); and, where his sentence ran across the paragraph break, the paragraph beside it (12). The
name Leo also belongs to popes and to others: those paragraphs were swept with the rest, and the readers kept only
the sign. Forty-four paragraphs on the lion-faced power of the Archons of the Pistis Sophia (43 in
Pistis Sophia Unveiled, one quoted in Buddha’s Necklace) were set aside
before the readers: they speak of that power, not of the sign. The Sun, gold and the heart were not searched for
on their own: they run all through his books, and the lessons on the sign carry what he says of them under Leo. That
returned 425 candidate paragraphs in 36 books, 144 of them already printed in another
work of the shelf.
Every candidate was read twice, by independent readers working from a written brief. The two passes agreed on
whether to print 100.0% of the time and on the class 97.4%. A third reader, who saw neither verdict,
settled the eleven differences of class: six lines of the warnings and the maxims in the
Zodiacal Course (¶375–386), three lines of the story of Nanak in the Hermetic Astrology
(¶273, ¶276, ¶278), the emptying of the mind (¶320, printed as a practice) and the Frankincense
line of the list of perfumes in Occult Medicine (¶1617). 200 were judged printable; none was
left out, and 38 were joined into the passage before them where his sentence, his list or his story ran across
several paragraphs, so 162 passages are printed here. The rest are recorded with the reason each was set
aside.
The practices were not gathered in a separate pass. The twenty-seven passages marked as practices are
the ones the readers marked as giving the reader something to do. Twelve are gathered as
the last part, with the five passages that stand among them in his order. The other
fifteen stay beside the teaching they belong to: the coachman of the mind and the path of the tranquil
heart in the third part, the warnings against false prophets and his two rules in the fourth, the death of the Ego
and the meditation on Han in the fifth, and in the sixth the still mind, the prayer that awaits the reply and the
Manual’s numbered lines on intuition.
What was set aside. Of the 225 paragraphs the readers set aside, 196 spoke of a
lion without tying it to Leo: in a story, a simile, a myth or a card of the Tarot; of the 201 paragraphs of the
lion the sweep found, four are printed, where he ties the lion to the sign or its constellation.
Fifteen were headings, salutations, sign-offs, list numbers and the labels of his tables;
three used the name for a person or in a Latin line; eleven belonged to the sign
before or the sign after, named Leo only in a list of the signs, or spoke of something else beside it.
Nothing left out, six mends, recorded. This page prints “Maha Samadhi” for “Maha Sainadhi”; “the I that we” for “the Ithat we”; “golden. In practice” for “golden. practice”; “the Kari” for “the Karl”; “five-pointed” for “fivepointed”; “Ayana (meditation)” for “Ayana meditation)”, as the scan has it: the
same sentence of the Hermetic Astrology names Samadhi, the same chapter names the Kari, and his own formula
“In practice we have been able to verify” opens the natives of other signs in that book; the five-pointed
star is printed so in Tarot and Kabbalah (¶2770); and the same sentence of the Zodiacal Course
glosses its other two steps in brackets (¶1007). No line was trimmed and no heading lifted. Otherwise the
passages are printed as the extraction gives them, its remaining slips included (“Anatal Shabda” in
the Sikh hymn, “Christ - mind”, “Boddhidharma” and “Ayana”).
No sentence of his is cut in half. Each range was extended against the corpus until his
sentence closed, and 14 ranges run over more than one paragraph.
Nothing else was left out. Where he says the same thing in two books in different words, both are
printed: the throne of the Sun and the heart of the zodiac, gold and the diamond, the seal of Solomon in the heart,
the three steps to Samadhi, the evolution that begins and ends in Leo in three books, the Order of Leo the highest in
two, and the natives in three.
61 passages also stand in a finished work, and every one is marked where it
stands, most often in The Science of Meditation (22), Zodiacal Course and The Words He Uses (7 each), and Imagination, Inspiration, Intuition (6). The repetition is wanted: this is the vocabulary of the whole teaching,
and a reader who meets the same line in a second book holds it better. What is not allowed is an overlap a
reader cannot see.
No passage carries an editor’s note. Every passage was read for a line that credits the Kundalini to
anything other than the work of the couple, and none does. Three passages of the lesson on the heart name the
Kundalini; they speak of the heart and of how far the Kundalini reaches, not of its cause.
The Pentecostal fire of the Aquarian Message is the fire of the christonic semen. The vowel of the sign is given for the chakra of
the heart.
Checked twice over. Every section and part title is a line of his, proved against the passages under it.
And every passage was checked word for word against a fresh extraction of its book.
The tenth work of The Zodiac, beside Scorpio, Sagittarius,
Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini,
Cancer and the Zodiacal Course booklet on the shelf, which prints his practice for every sign. This
one gathers everything he says on one sign. It wears the pale night-blue of the zodiac and the themed works’
two hairlines, in the golden of his table for the sign.