Post by Tamrin on Aug 22, 2008 18:55:15 GMT 10
In an effort to give the impression of profundity and credibility, some so-called seers have latched onto fringe scientific speculations of their day. Where such theories are bolstered by further research, the "seers" take the credit and, where it is debunked, it becomes an "inner" reality. Such is the case with Alice and Foster Bailey's reference to seven solar systems, including our own, orbiting Alcyone in the constellation of the Pleiades. They appear to have garnered this nonsense from speculation among scientists of their day but which that community has subsequently abandoned, in the face of the huge amount of astronomical information which now able us to look back through space and therefore through time almost to the moment of creation. We read (excerpt):
The Seven Rays originate in the seven stars of the Great Bear constellation, and are representative of the energies of seven solar systems, of which ours is one. This helps us get a perspective of our tiny place on Earth, within just one solar system. Of course, these seven solar systems act as seven "chakras" within the body of a greater entity, which occultism terms "the One About Whom Naught May Be Said" (OAWNMBS). Just as our Earth is inhabited by a great life that we call God, so it is the same with all other planets and stars. As we are "cells" within this earthly body, so these great lives are simply cells or chakras within greater bodies of manifestation. The seven stars of the Great Bear have also been called the Seven Rishis (Seers, Sages), which date back to the ancient Vedic Hymns of India.
The descent of the seven rays to Earth - broadly speaking :
As the energy of the seven rays stream forth from the Great Bear constellation (Ursa Major), they interact with the "seven stars" of the Pleiades ("seven sisters" or "wives" of the Rishis), the seven stars of the "Little Bear" constellation (Ursa Minor), and the Star Sirius. The ray energies then travel through the 12 zodiacal constellations and toward our solar system, where they are "funnelled" through the physical sun into the solar system proper.
From there the rays are "picked up" by their planetary vehicles, the seven "sacred" planets of the solar system. Then, according to the various cycles of the planets, the ray energies are conveyed to our home planet, via our zodiac, which acts as an invisible "astral" body to the Earth. This zodiac of 12 signs reflects and focusses the energies of the 12 constellations. It does not matter if they are "aligned" or not, this being an illusion of the concrete mind.
The descent of the seven rays to Earth - broadly speaking :
As the energy of the seven rays stream forth from the Great Bear constellation (Ursa Major), they interact with the "seven stars" of the Pleiades ("seven sisters" or "wives" of the Rishis), the seven stars of the "Little Bear" constellation (Ursa Minor), and the Star Sirius. The ray energies then travel through the 12 zodiacal constellations and toward our solar system, where they are "funnelled" through the physical sun into the solar system proper.
From there the rays are "picked up" by their planetary vehicles, the seven "sacred" planets of the solar system. Then, according to the various cycles of the planets, the ray energies are conveyed to our home planet, via our zodiac, which acts as an invisible "astral" body to the Earth. This zodiac of 12 signs reflects and focusses the energies of the 12 constellations. It does not matter if they are "aligned" or not, this being an illusion of the concrete mind.