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Compilation on Devas
and Subplanes
TCF, p. 431-432:
On the fourth subplane of the astral plane, a similar activity will be noted as
in process. The inflowing force will
cause an astral stimulation in the bodies of many of the human family who are
still on that subplane, and will bring about an awakening of the desire for
harmony in a new manner. This will work
out relatively well in the sixth subrace.
It should be remembered that numbers of the old Atlanteans (fourth
rootrace men) will respond to [Page 431] the stimulation and will find their
way into incarnation at that time, for the four and the six are always closely
allied. We have another suggestive
analogy in the fact that the devas of the fourth ether will be soon
swinging into recognised utility and that in the sixth subrace the deva
evolution will be exceedingly prominent.
The fourth plane is the plane of at-one-ment for certain deva and human
units, and certain groups (the fourth Creative Hierarchy and the sixth Deva
Hierarchy) have a pronounced karma to work out together. One can now see the supreme importance of the
human Hierarchy, the fourth in this sequence of planes and ideas.
Second Cosmic Plane Seven Cosmic Logoi.
Fourth Cosmic Plane Seven Rishis of the Great Bear.
Second Solar Plane Seven Heavenly Men.
Fourth Solar Plane Seven centres of the seven Heavenly Men in the fourth cosmic ether.
Fourth subplane of the solar physical Seven centres of the human unit in ether of the fourth order.
TCF: p. 465-467
Our subject for immediate consideration concerns the [Page 466] deva evolution, and the effect of the incoming ray upon them.
The first point to be noted is that this influence at this time affects primarily the devas of the physical plane, the devas of the ethers, or of the shadows, as they are sometimes called, and not, to the same extent, the devas of the astral or mental planes. Every Ray affects in more or less degree the plane or subplane which is its numerical correspondence; the student should bear this in mind, and should therefore recollect that for all purposes of investigation at this time the seventh Ray of Ceremonial Magic will have a powerful influence:
On the seventh or physical plane, regarding it as a unit.
On the seventh subplane or the lowest subplane on the physical, the astral and the mental planes.
On the seventh or lowest human principle: prana in the etheric body.
On all Monads in incarnation who are seventh Ray Monads.
On a peculiar group
of devas who are the agents, or "mediates" between magicians (either
white or black) and the elemental forces.
This group is occultly known as "The Mediatory Seventh,"
and is divided into two divisions:
a. Those working with evolutionary forces.
b. Those working with involutionary forces.
One group is the agent of constructive purpose, and the other of destructive. More need not be submitted anent this group as they are not easily contacted, fortunately for man, and can as yet only be reached by a particular group ritual accurately performed,—a thing as yet practically unknown. The Masons eventually will be one of the chief agents of contact, and as men are as yet not ready for such power as this will put into their hands, [Page 467] true masonry will develop but slowly. Nevertheless, under the magnetic force of this seventh Ray, the growth of masonry is inevitably sure.
This Ray of Ceremonial Magic will consequently have a very profound effect upon the physical plane, for not only is this plane coming under its cyclic force but at all times its planetary Logos has a special effect upon it; the Raja-Lord of this plane is what is occultly termed the "Reflection in the Water of Chaos" of the planetary Logos. Hence in the matter of this plane (which is the body of the Raja-Lord) certain very definite events are occurring which—though invisible to the ordinary man—are apparent to the eye of the spiritual man or adept.
The matter of the
plane becomes receptive to positive force for the feminine or deva aspect,
being negative, becomes responsive to the positive energy of the Heavenly
Constructive results transpire in the negative etheric matter of the plane and on the four higher subplanes. On the lower three a contrary effect is produced, and the energy of the Heavenly Man will lead to the destruction of form, preparatory to the building work. The building ever originates on, and proceeds from, etheric levels. Cataclysms of a world wide nature will occur during the next one thousand years; continents will be shaken; lands will be raised and submerged, culminating in the profound material disaster which will overtake the world towards the close of the fourth branch race of the sixth subrace. This will usher in the infant sixth rootrace.
The
devas of the ethers, with
which we are most concerned, [Page 468] will be affected in several ways, and
the results upon the other evolutions will be far-reaching. We must remember always that the devas are the qualities and attributes of matter, the
active builders, who work consciously or unconsciously upon the plane. Here I would point out that all the devas of
the higher levels of the mental plane, for instance, and of the systemic planes
from there on to the centre (the divine plane, the plane of the Logos,
sometimes called Adi) co-operate consciously, and are of high rank in the
system, and of position equal to all the ranks and grades of the Hierarchy from
a first degree initiate up to, but not including, the Lord of the World
Himself. Below these higher levels,
where the concrete is touched, we have lesser grades of devas who work
unconsciously, with the following exceptions, who are
conscious forces and entities and of high position:
a. The Raja-lord of a plane.
b. Seven devas who work under Him, and are the entities who inform the
matter of the seven subplanes.
c. Fourteen representatives of the Rays, Who cycle into and out of power, according to the Ray, waxing or waning.
d. Four devas who are the plane representatives of the four Maharajahs (the Lords of Karma) and are the focal points for karmic influence in connection with man. The four Maharajahs are the dispensers of karma to the Heavenly Men, and thus to the cells, centres, and organs of His body necessarily; but the whole system works through graded representatives; the same laws govern these agents of plane karma as govern the systemic and cosmic, and during plane manifestation they are, for instance, the only unit in form [Page 469] permitted to pass beyond the plane ring-pass-not. All other units in manifestation on a plane have to discard the vehicle through which they function before they can pass on to subtler levels.
TCF, p. 623-626
The
Cosmic Astral Plane. The force from this plane plays through our
systemic astral plane, the cosmic liquid physical sub-plane, and it is
practically subject only to two differentiations, each of them occultly
embodied in two great groups of devas:
First. The devas who are the substance or force of the astral plane, viewing it as the sumtotal of desire, of feeling and of sensation. They are, therefore, the nerve centers, or nerve plexi, of the logoic physical body, for the systemic astral plane provides the nervous system of the logoic physical body. It is the body of intensest vibration from the physical standpoint, and the vehicle through which all is transmitted to that portion of the logoic physical body which corresponds to the brain [Page 624] in man. I can elucidate this no further, but the few words here imparted open up a tremendous range of thought, and give the key to much which transpires and which is distressing in solar evolution as well as human.
Second. Those devas who are the sumtotal of the astral light. They are the agents of the karmic lords, who are in themselves deva entities of an inconceivably advanced evolution and who, in their own substance,
1. Record.
2. Produce effects from cause.
3. Direct force.
This particular group of devas emanate from a great force centre which we generalise by calling it by the name of the sun Sirius. Sirius-kama-manas—the cosmic astral plane—and the systemic astral plane—make a close interlocking chain, and form the line of least resistance for a particular type of negative force to pour through.
The Cosmic Physical Plane. This is the force (external and internal) of the solar system itself, and of its environing space. It might be regarded as the pranic forces, pouring through the logoic etheric body (our four higher subplanes) which are positive to the lower three, impregnating these lower three planes (a reflection in substance, or in the Brahma aspect, of the union of Father-Mother) and producing the purely concrete manifestation. This is why the physical vehicle has such control during long stages of man's evolution, for the force of this type of energy is necessarily felt more strongly than any other. It is deva force, and substance, which is so close to us as powerfully to delude us. Here lies the mystery of maya, and here is to be found the secret of illusion. Here exists for man the first great stage of the battle for full Self-consciousness, and for identification with the God-aspect, and not with the [Page 625] matter-aspect. Here lies the occult reason why man is called by his father's name and not his mother's. When man has dominated the deva essences of the physical plane, he controls next those of the astral and dominates the mental essences. Having achieved this in his own nature he can then safely become a magician and contact, control and work with, the devas in connection with the plans of the Heavenly Man. In the realisation of the three types of force, will be found for man the key to the mystery of his centres.
The secret of the note of the head, the heart, and the throat centre is found here and their blending with the lower centres so that the note of the higher sounds out, and the lower produces only harmony. Upon the note of nature the Logos has to superimpose a higher note. To the natural note of the centre (which is found through the development of the lower centre, which is its reflection or correspondence) must be added the dominant note of the higher centre, and, in the dual harmony the centre vibrates as desired. The note is the result of correct activity. That is why the lower centres of man are (in the early stages of his career) the controlling factor. He has to learn their note, and from it to attain the key of the higher. Then the higher takes the prominent place, and the lower only serves the purpose of providing that which is understood as occult "depth." Why is this? Because in these notes those groups of devas who are the force and energy of the centres (which are centres in substance) are contacted and controlled. Through their activity, directed through the centres, the material sheaths—physical, astral and mental—are built.
TCF, p. 631
Each of the seven Rays of Light differentiates into seven
making the forty-nine aspects of the logoic psychic nature, as it shews itself
on the cosmic physical plane, and each of the seven Fires manifests as seven
lesser Fires, making the forty-nine Fires referred to by H. P. B. in the Secret
Doctrine.6 The seven Heavenly Men
manifest each through seven lesser Entities, Who form the psychic centres in
Their body in the same manner as They—in Their turn—form the psychic centres in
the logoic vahan or vehicle. Each of the seven Fires, or Deva Lords, of a
plane manifest through seven lesser devas, who form the central fire, and
consciousness of the substance of a subplane.
TCF, p. 636
The
Agnichaitans—Physical Plane Devas.
These devas are the
sumtotal of physical plane substance.
This plane is, as we know, divided into two parts:
The four ethers, four
subplanes.
The demonstrably
concrete or dense three subplanes.
We have here a
subdivision of the seventh subplane of the cosmic physical plane making the
lowest manifestation one that is divided into forty-nine subplanes or states of
activity. For purposes of active work, the devas of the system are divided into forty-nine
groups—the forty-nine fires. The
Agnichaitans in turn are also divided into forty-nine groups, thus reflecting
the whole.
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2. Three groups of Agnichaitans concerned with:
A. The force or energy of physical substance. That electrical aspect which produces activity.
B. The construction of forms. They produce the union of negative and positive substance, and thus bring into being all that can be seen, and touched in the exoteric and ordinary connotation.
C. The internal heat of substance which nourishes and causes reproduction. They form the purely mother aspect.
These three groups
are subdivided again into seven groups which form the matter of each subplane,
viewing that matter as the body of manifestation of one of the seven devas
through whom the Raja-Lord of the plane is manifesting.
These seven groups
are again divided into seven, making forty-nine.
The three groups function as follows:
Group A. on the first subplane. They are the sumtotal of the atomic matter of the physical plane.
Group B. on the second, third and fourth etheric subplanes. They are the substance of those planes, the transmitters of prana, through which prana flows to the most concrete aspects of the logoic dense vahan, or vehicle.
Group C. the lowest three subplanes; they are the
devas who are the essences of all that is tangible, visible and
objective.
TCF, p. 637-638
a. That energizing the devas of the first subplane, the atomic. This emanates directly from the first aspect of Brahma, or Agni, considering Him as a self-conscious Identity, the third Person of the logoic Trinity, and therefore Spirit, Soul and Body Himself in His separated essential nature.
b. That energizing the devas of construction, or the form building groups; this comes from the second aspect of Brahma, and is prana, issuing from the physical Sun, and working under the Law of Attraction.
c. That energizing the devas of the lowest three orders, emanating from Brahma in His third aspect. Thus in the dual force, or the aspects of matter itself, interacting the one upon the other, densest forms of all are produced. Yet these three function as one.
Group C.
Agnichaitans. In considering these
groups of Agnichaitans, we must remember that we are dealing with that
manifestation of the Logos with which exoteric science is dealing, and that
as regards Group C, science is already making fair progress in the accumulation
of knowledge; it remains yet for science to [Page 638] acknowledge the
"entified" nature of substance,8,9 and thus account for the life that energizes
the substance of the three lower subplanes.
TCF, p. 901
There is again a very close esoteric connection between the fact lying behind the Biblical words "the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters,"81 and the ordered lawful activity of the Great Mother as she performs her work of body-building under the impulse of desire. The true relation between the astral plane and the physical plane will only become apparent as students carefully bear in mind that the astral plane of the solar system is the sixth subplane of the cosmic physical plane, and constitutes the sumtotal of the liquid substance of the logoic physical body. When this is realised, the work of the deva essence takes due place; the factor of desire, or of astral motion, and its reflex action upon the physical body via the sixth subplane will become apparent, and the Great Mother will be seen actively engaged, under the influence of desire, in the work of building, nourishing, and producing that warmth and moisture which make manifestation possible. The Mother is the greatest of the devas, and closely linked [Page 901] with the devas of the waters, for moisture of some kind or another is an essential to all life.
The sixth principle,
therefore, or the love aspect (the Christ principle), and the sixth plane, are
connected; there is an interplay of energy between the fourth cosmic ether, or
buddhic energy, and the sixth plane, or astral energy. The devas on both these planes belong
essentially to groups over which Neptunian influence presides, hence the astral
plane can, and eventually will, directly reflect the buddhic.
The greater building devas on the second plane of the solar system, the monadic plane or the second cosmic ether, direct the energies of the manipulating devas of the fourth cosmic ether, the buddhic plane.
The manipulating devas of the fourth cosmic ether will, in due course of evolution, work out the plan in objective perfection through the medium of the living substance of the lesser devas of the liquid or astral plane. When they have done this two results will be seen: first, the astral plane will perfectly reflect the buddhic plane and, secondly, the result of that will be that the physical plane will produce the exact vehicle needed for microcosmic or macrocosmic expression through the force of water, or desire.
TCF, p. 902-906
The devas of the sixth physical subplane can be divided into three groups, and these again into seven and into forty-nine, thus corresponding with all groups in the solar system. These groups (in their essential nature) respond to that "which lies above more than that which lies below," which is only an occult way of expressing a relationship of an intimate nature between the devas of fire and the devas of water, and a negation of a close connection between the water devas and the earth. Occultly expressed, through the action of the fire devas, the water devas find liberation.
The devas of water find for themselves the path of service in their great work of nourishing all the vegetable and animal life upon the planet; the goal for them is to enter into that higher group of devas which we call the gaseous or fire devas. These, through the action of their fire upon the waters, produce that sequence of evaporation, condensation, and eventual precipitation which—through its constant activity—nourishes all life upon the earth. Thus again can the psychic laws of love be seen at work in the deva kingdom as in the human; first, the withdrawal or segregation of the unit from the group (called individualisation in man, and evaporation in the water realm). Next, condensation, or the amalgamation of the unit with a newer or higher group, this we call condensation for the devas of the waters, and initiation in man; finally, the sacrifice of the group of human or deva atoms to the good of the whole. So does the law of service and sacrifice govern all the second aspect divine in all its departments great [Page 903] or small. Such is the law. But in the human kingdom, though love is the fulfilling of the law, it is arrived at along the path of pain and sorrow, and every true lover and server of humanity is stretched upon the cross until for them the sixth principle dominates, and the sixth type of matter in their bodies is completely subjected to the higher energy.82 In the case of the devas, love is the fulfilling of the law without pain or sorrow. It is for them the line of least resistance, for they are the mother aspect, the feminine side of manifestation, and the easy path for them is to give, to nourish, and to tend. Therefore, the devas of the waters pour themselves out in service to the vegetable and animal kingdoms, and in the transmutative fires all that holds them on the sixth subplane will eventually be overcome, and through occult "distillation and evaporation" these devas will eventually form part of the gaseous fiery group and become those fires which are the basis of the divine alchemy.
Speaking generally, it must be remembered that the earth
devas of densest matter become, in the course of evolution, the devas of the waters, and find their way
eventually on to the astral plane, the cosmic liquid; the devas of the waters
of the physical plane find their way, through service, on to the gaseous
subplane, and then to the cosmic gaseous, becoming the devas of the mental
plane. This literally and occultly
constitutes the transmutation of desire into thought.
The gaseous devas become eventually the devas of the fourth ether, and from thence in long aeons, find their way to the cosmic fourth ether, the buddhic plane. These three groups are therefore cosmically connected with:
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1. The cosmic astral plane and the constellation whence emotional and desire energy originates.
2. The cosmic mental plane, and therefore with the constellation Sirius.
3. The cosmic buddhic plane, and the constellation of the Pleiades.
Thus can the whole process be worked out, if man carefully studies his own nature, and the law of analogy.
The Devas of the Gaseous Subplane. In dealing with the elementals, or lesser devas, under the manipulatory devas of this extensive group, we are dealing with the devas of fire, and with the fiery essences of substantial nature which can be seen manifesting in myriads of forms. Certain of the subdivisions of this group are known to students, such as:
The Salamanders, or the fiery lives which can be seen by clairvoyants leaping in the flames of a furnace or of a volcano; this group can be subdivided into four groups according to color—red, orange, yellow, and violet—the last of which approximate very closely to the devas of the fourth ether.
The Agnichaitans; this is a term applied to the fiery lives, which are the sumtotal of the plane substance, as seen in the first part of our treatise, and also to the tiny essences which compose the fires of manifestation. As the nature of physical plane electricity is understood and studied, and its true condition realised, the reality of the existence of these agnichaitans will stand revealed.
As the race becomes clairvoyant, as it surely will in a great degree before the close of this rootrace, these gaseous devas will stand revealed, and men will realise that they are working with fiery lives, and that they are themselves closely allied to these lives through the fires of their own bodies. The clairvoyance which is in process [Page 905] of developing in this rootrace is entirely physical, and, under the law, its development is to be anticipated, for the Aryan rootrace is that one wherein man—in this fourth round—comes to full self-consciousness. This involves complete physical vision, and the use in perfection of the three physical plane senses of hearing, touch, and sight.
In the next rootrace, astral clairvoyance will be prevalent, though not universal, and thus contact with the buddhic plane will be more easily achieved. In the earlier rootraces of the next round, the fifth, there will be a recapitulation of the activities of this round, until, in the fifth rootrace, the sumtotal of that achieved in this round will be seen. Men will then begin to demonstrate mental clairvoyance. Thus the cycles mingle and overlap, in order that no unit of life, however small and unimportant, may fail in opportunity.
These agnichaitans of the third subplane come particularly under the influence of Saturnian energy. They are the great fusers of substance, and it is in connection with them that the transmutation of metals becomes possible. They have a relationship to the mineral kingdom analogous to that which the watery devas have to the vegetable and animal. They are, as will be apparent, connected with the throat centre of a planetary Logos and of a solar Logos, and it is through their activity that the transmission of sound through the air becomes possible. It might surprise students and inventors could they but realise that the present rapid growth of wireless communication everywhere is due to the swinging into contact with the human vibration of a group of fiery deva lives hitherto uncontacted.
Just as each plane
has its seven subplanes, so likewise each subplane can be subdivided, thus
making forty-nine fires on every plane, or the three hundred and forty-three
fires of the solar system. Herein can be
found the clue to the mystery of the "fourth between the three" [Page
906] which has at times bewildered students of the occult records. There are several ways of reading these figures,
3 4 3, but the only occult method which can be hinted at here, lies in the
recognition of the three higher planes, the three lower planes, the fourth
plane of meeting between them. This
fourth plane has occultly been called "the meeting place." When it is remembered that the goal for these
gaseous devas is the fourth cosmic ether, or the buddhic plane and that they
(in their major and minor groups) are the internal macrocosmic and microcosmic
fires, some idea may be gained as to the true significance of the eventual
at-one-ment between the two lines of evolution for the goal for man likewise is
the buddhic plane.
On the third
subplane, therefore, in its fifth division of deva essences, certain groups are
now being contacted in this, the fifth rootrace; the result of this contact can
be seen in the stimulation of responsive vibration, which is demonstrated
already in the discovery of wireless intercourse and of radium.
TCF, p. 907
Second, the Mahachohan is working specifically at this time (in co-operation with the Manu), with the devas of the gaseous subplane; this is in connection with the destroying work they are to effect by the end of this rootrace, in order to liberate Spirit from constricting forms.
TCF, p. 910-915
On the atomic subplane are the permanent physical atoms of all humanity and the appropriated atoms of the deva kingdom. The devas do not develop as do the human race. They reincarnate in groups, and not as individuals, though each group is composed of units, and has nothing of the nature of the involutionary group soul. The group soul on the involutionary path and that upon the evolutionary are unlike; one is passing on to differentiation and is composed of entities animated by one general life; the other has differentiated, and each entity is a separate unit of the one life, complete in itself, yet one with the whole.
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There are many types of life to be contacted on the four
etheric levels, but we can only concern ourselves at present with the deva
life, remembering that the deva evolution is of equal importance to that of the
human. These devas are many in number, are of involutionary and evolutionary
nature, and of all grades and types.
Ruling over them on the physical plane is the great deva Kshiti. He is a deva of rank and power equal to a
Chohan of a Ray; He presides over everything outside the human kingdom upon the
physical plane, and He has for His council the four subordinate deva lords of
the four etheric levels. He, with these
subordinate devas, presides over a subsidiary council of seven devas who handle
all that concerns the deva evolution, and the work of the greater and the
lesser builders.
The deva Ruler of the
fourth, or lowest ether, has delegated a member of His council to meet with
certain of the Masters at this time for two specific purposes, first, to see
whether the approximation of the two lines of evolution, human and deva, might
be now tentatively permitted, and, secondly, to reveal some of the methods of
healing and the causes of physical disability which are inherent in the etheric
double.
Devas of all kinds and colours are found on the physical etheric levels, but the prevailing hue is violet, hence the term so often employed, the "devas of the shadows." With the coming in of the ceremonial ray of violet, we have the amplification therefore of the violet vibration, always inherent on these levels, and the great opportunity therefore for contact between the two kingdoms. It is in the development of etheric vision (which is a capacity of the physical human eye) and not in clairvoyance that this mutual apprehension will become possible. With the coming in likewise of this ray will arrive those who belong thereon, with a natural gift of seeing etherically. Children will frequently be born who will [Page 912] see etherically as easily as the average human being sees physically; as conditions of harmony gradually evolve out of the present world chaos, devas and human beings will meet as friends.
As the two planes,
astral and physical, merge and blend, and continuity of consciousness is
experienced upon the two, it will be difficult for human beings to
differentiate at first between devas of the astral plane, and those of the
physical. At the beginning of this
period of recognition, men will principally contact the violet devas, for those
of the higher ranks amongst them are definitely making the attempt to contact
the human. These devas of the shadows
are of a dark purple on the fourth etheric level, of a lighter purple, much the
same colour as violet, on the third etheric level, a light violet on the
second, whilst on the atomic subplane they are of a glorious translucent
lavender.
Some of the groups of devas to be contacted on the physical plane are as follows:
Four groups of violet
devas, associated with the etheric doubles of all that exists on the physical
plane. These four are in two divisions,
those associated with the building of the etheric doubles, and those out of
whose substance these doubles are built.
The green devas of the vegetable kingdom. These exist in two divisions also. They are of high development, and will be contacted principally along the lines of magnetisation. The greater devas of this order preside over the magnetic spots of the earth, guard the solitude of the forests, reserve intact spaces on the planet which are required to be kept inviolate; they defend them from molestation, and with the violet devas are at this time working definitely, though temporarily, under the Lord Maitreya. The Raja Lord of the astral plane, Varuna [Page 913] and his brother Kshiti, have been called to the council chamber of the Hierarchy for specific consultation, and just as the Masters are endeavouring to prepare humanity for service when the World Teacher comes, so these Raja Lords are working along similar lines in connection with the devas. They are arduous in Their work, intense in Their zeal, but much obstructed by man.
The white devas of the air and water who preside over the atmosphere work with certain aspects of electrical phenomena, and control the seas, rivers, and streams. From among them, at a certain stage in their evolution, are gathered the guardian angels of the race when in physical plane incarnation. Each unit of the human family has his guardian deva.
Each group of devas has some specific method of development and some means whereby they evolve and attain a particular goal.
For the violet devas the path of attainment lies through feeling, and through educating the race in the perfecting of the physical body in its two departments.
For the green devas the path of service is seen in magnetisation, of which the human race knows nothing as yet. Through this power they act as the protectors of the vegetable plant life, and of the sacred spots of the earth; in their work lies the safety of man's body, for from the vegetable kingdom for the remainder of this round comes the nourishment of that body.
For the white devas
the path of service lies in the guarding of the individuals of the human
family, in the care and segregation of types, in the control of the water and
air elementals, and much that concerns the fish kingdom.
Thus in the service of humanity in some form or another lies attainment for these physical plane devas. They have much to give and do for humanity, and in time [Page 914] it will be apparent to the human unit what he has to give towards the perfecting of the deva kingdom. A great hastening of their evolution goes forward now coincident with that of the human family.
There is another group of devas about which much may not as yet be communicated. They have come in from another planetary scheme, and are specialists in their particular line. They have attained, or passed through, the human kingdom, and are of equal rank with certain members of the Hierarchy, having chosen to stay and work in connection with the physical plane evolution. They are not many in number, being only twelve. Four work in the violet group, five in the green group, and two in the white, with a presiding officer of rank equal to a Chohan. The number of the deva evolution is six, as that of man is now five, and as ten stands for perfected man, so twelve stands for perfection in the deva kingdom. This group presides over the three earlier enumerated. Certain subsidiary groups are found.
Under group 1 are found all the elementals working with the
etheric doubles of men, all the elementals forming the etheric bodies wherein is life, and all the elementals working with the etheric
counterparts of so-called inanimate objects.
These are named in the order and the importance of their development.
The violet devas are on the evolutionary path; the elementals are on the
involutionary path, the goal for them being to pass into the deva kingdom of
violet hue.
Under group 2 work
the fairies of plant life, the elves who build and paint the flowers, the
radiant little beings who inhabit the woods and the fields, the elementals who
work with the fruits, vegetables, and with all that leads to the covering of
the earth's surface with verdure.
Associated with them are the [Page 915] lesser devas of magnetisation,
those attached to sacred spots, to talismans and to stones, and also a special
group to be found around the habitations of the Masters wherever situated.
Under group 3 work the
elementals of the air and the sea, the sylphs, the water fairies, and the devas who guard each human being.
Here only general
hints are given. This list is not
complete and does not include the grosser elementals, the brownies, and those
that inhabit the dark spaces of the earth, the cities and the subterranean
spots of the earth's crust.
The devas of the ethers carry on their foreheads a translucent symbol in the form of a crescent moon, and by this they may be distinguished from the astral devas by those able to see clairvoyantly.
As we consider the devas of the ethers, we find that they fall naturally—as far as manifestation is concerned—into two main groups. Each group is represented on each of the four subplanes, and this grouping must be considered as but one method of differentiation out of the many possible. These groups are, first, those devas who are the transmitters of prana to all forms of life; they are a group of intermediary devas, and may be regarded as the energy providers in their various differentiations; secondly, those devas who form the etheric bodies of every form in manifestation. These constitute the bulk of the lesser devas.
There are naturally many other organised intelligences in the great Army of the Voice in connection with this primary division of the physical plane, but if the student will consider these two groups, and will investigate their relationship to man and to the Heavenly Man within Whose body they are to be found, he will learn much which will enable him to comprehend problems hitherto considered insoluble, and will find many things [Page 916] revealed which will tend to revolutionise the findings of modern science, and bring about changes in the care of the physical body.
The Devas and Energy. Before we take up the consideration of these two groups it might be wise here to emphasise the necessity of remembering that when we consider the etheric levels of the physical plane we are dealing with those planes upon which the true form is to be found, and are approaching the solution of the mystery of the Holy Spirit and the Mother. In this realisation, and its extension to include an entire solar system, will come a clarifying of the connection between the four higher planes of the system and the three worlds of human endeavour. We have, in the macrocosm, the four planes of super-conscious life, or those four central vibrations which are the basis of the life and energy of the etheric body of a planetary Logos and of a solar Logos, and the three planes of conscious and of self-conscious life which form the dense physical vehicle of a Heavenly Man, and of the Grand Man of the Heavens.
TCF, p. 919-920
The connection between the centres and etheric substance, systemic and human, opens up a vast range for [Page 920] thought. The "Transmitters of the Word" on the atomic subplane of each plane are devas of vast power and prerogative who may be stated to be connected with the Father aspect, and embodiments of electric fire. They are all fully self-conscious, having passed through the human stage in earlier kalpas. They are also corporate parts of the seven primary head centres in the body of a solar Logos or planetary Logos.
Though connected with the Father aspect, they are nevertheless part of the body of the Son, and each of them, according to the plane which he energises, is a component part of one or other of the seven centres, either solar or planetary—planetary when only the particular centre is concerned, systemic when that centre is viewed as an integral part of the whole.
Each of these great
lives (embodying deva energy of the first degree) is an emanation from the
central spiritual sun in the first instance and from one of the three major
constellations in the second instance.
Systemically they fall into three groups:
Group 1 includes
those transmitters of the Word who are found on the three lower subplanes of
the plane Adi, or the logoic plane.
Group 2 comprises
those great builders who transmit the Word on the three next systemic planes,
the monadic, the atmic and the buddhic.
Group 3 is formed of
those who carry on a similar function in the three worlds of human
endeavour. Fundamentally they are also
emanations from one of the seven stars of the Great Bear in the third instance.
TCF, p. 921-922
The great Transmitter of the Word on the physical plane, which is the one under our consideration, is the energising factor of the throat centre of Brahma. An interesting tabulation of the threefold centres and the three divine aspects might here be given which may prove of use to the student, though he should carefully bear in mind that these centres are for the purpose of generating and transmitting energy.
1. The transmitter of energy on the physical plane forms the throat centre in the body of Brahma, the third aspect.
2. The transmitter of energy upon the astral plane forms the heart centre of Brahma.
3. The transmitter of the Word on the mental plane forms the head centre of this, the third aspect.
These three Raja Lords, devas, or transmitters, form the three centres of logoic force in the three worlds. They are the lowest energy aspect of Brahma.
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4. The Transmitter of the Word upon the buddhic plane forms the throat centre of Vishnu, the second aspect. From thence the Word goes forth that builds the dense physical form of a Heavenly Man or of a solar Logos.
5. The Transmitter of energy upon the monadic plane forms the heart centre of Vishnu, the second aspect.
6. The Transmitter of force upon the atmic plane forms the head centre of Vishnu.
TCF, p. 936
d. The Elementals and the Microcosm.
Man and the building devas.
Man, in the process of evolution, as he pursues the method of
reincarnation, works with four types of
builders and three major grades of building essence or deva substance.
He connects with the transmitting devas who are found in connection with the microcosm on the fourth subplane of the mental plane, and on the atomic subplanes of the astral and physical plane. He connects next with the devas concerned with:
1. The mental unit.
2. The astral permanent atom.
3. The physical permanent atom.
TCF, p. 1026
Little can here be said in interpretation of these words, beyond a reference to the general sense. The gaseous sheath is created, and the hour for the formation of the sheath for the sixth subplane, the liquid, is near. The two must blend. This is the moment of the greatest danger, as far as the thought form itself is concerned. Earlier dangers have menaced the magician. Now the form he is creating must be protected. The nature of the danger is hinted at in the words: "Where fire and water meet apart from chanted sound, all dissipates in steam. The fire ceases to be." This danger is hid in the karmic enmity existing between the two great groups of devas. These groups can only be united by the mediator, man.
TCF, p. 1260
Doctors today get much information from certain devas. There are two great devas belonging to the green group on mental levels who assist in this work, and some physicians get much knowledge subjectively from a violet deva working on the atomic subplane of the physical plane, aided by a deva of the causal level who works with, or through, their egos. As men learn to sense and recognise these devas, more and more teaching will be given. They teach in three ways:
a. By means of intuitional telepathy.
b. Through demonstration of colour, proving the accomplishment of certain things in this way.
c. By definite musical sounds, which will cause vibrations in the ethers, which in their turn will produce forms.