Theos-Talk Archives (May 1996 Message tl00458)

Here's an interesting quote on the seven principles. I
haven't come across one that I was looking for, but
still thought this was worth posting.

-- Eldon

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> The Secret Doctrine was the universally difused religion
> of the ancient and prehistoric world ...

> There were portions of the Secret Science that for
> incalculable ages had to remain concealed from the
> profane gaze. But this was because to impart to the
> unprepared multitude secrets of such tremendous
> importance, was equivalent to giving a child a lighted
> candle in a powder magazine ...

> The danger was this: Doctrines such as the planetary
> chain, or the seven races, at once give a clue to the
> sevenfold nature of man, for each principle is
> correlated to a plane, a planet, and a race; and the
> human principles are, on every plane, correlated to
> sevenfold occult forces -- those of the higher planes
> being of tremendous power. So that any septenary
> division at once gives a clue to tremendous occult
> the abuse of which would cause incalculable evil to
> humanity ...

This is from "The Secret Doctrine", I, XXXIV.

Note that HPB was saying that the principles were
correlated to planes, planets, and races, not that
there were found in such.

Another interesting aspect of this quote is that we're
reminded of how these doctrines are, and still, for the
most part, I suspect, are concealed from the profane
gaze. There is the fact that true knowledge of the
inner workings of nature brings power, as well as other
reasons, like the higher doctrines would simply not
be understandable to the untrained and uninitiated.

There's tremendous value to what we have, though,
fragmentary as it is, and it's a worthy endeavor to
preserve and pass on this gift to future generations.

-- Eldon