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Principles of Man
Theosophy: "As we are proceeding
here frorn Universals to Particulars, instead of using the inductive or Aristotlean
method, the numbers are reversed. Spirit is enumerated the first instead of seventh, as is
usually done, but, in truth, ought not to be done... Or as usually named after the manner
of Esoteric Buddhism and others: 1, Atma; 2, Buddhi (or Spiritual Soul); 3, Manas (Human
Soul); 4, Kama Rupa (Vehicle of Desire and Passions); 5, Linga Sarira; 6, Prana; 7, Sthula
Sarira." (Secret Doctrine I, p. 153) PRINCIPLES 1. Atma "We include
Atma among the human 'principles' in order not to create additional confusion. In reality
it is no 'human' but the universal absolute principle of which Buddhi, the Soul-Spirit, is
the carrier." (Key to Theosophy, p. 93) "The
'principles,' as already said, save the body, the life, and the astral eidolon, all of
which disperse at death, are simply aspects and states of consciousness." (Key to
Theosophy, p. 100) "Occultism teaches
that physical man is one, but the thinking man septenary, thinking, acting, feeling, and
living on seven different states of being or planes of consciousness, and that for all
these states and planes the permanent Ego (not the false personality) has a distinct set
of senses." (Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge, p. 73) |
Neo-Theosophy: i . Adi
(Annie Besant, Ancient Wisdom, p. 194)
(C. W. Leadbeater, A Textbook of Theosophy, 3rd Edition, 1918, p. 41) [13] |